Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 106, Decatur, Adams County, 4 May 1927 — Page 1

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RAIN ADDS TO DANGER IN FLOOD

* I IK V SCOUT AREA ItOUNCIL FORMED E AT FORT WAYNE ■ ■]>,.: County Included In ■ ■nlhonv Wayne Council. E f Orv.ini/ed Last Night fl IpRMID TO PROMOTE |V <t;>lT ACTIVITIES K ■ W.iyn<‘ Ai'.i :..■•• m-eting held m ■■„. city of Fort Wayne. ■BE, of the council is ■■i S«<»ut activities in the and the work will be sponsored Bl bj the n "tial Hoy Scout headquart in Xi w York City. HE w.. ■ liciti.i'.ly proposed to cull ■ Limberlost Council. ■ ■ 11-. of the ■■- at the meeting K|| ’ was decided to call it ■■. A:i ’. Wayne council. Wells ■BE Imlei! in the conn. ■ planned. ' S E9L i. K ■>' ■ Liakrtian. C. C Pumphre.- ■ ■ ... all ■By VI. ins county th' 1 ■ ■-- E. G. Hoffman, ■IB ' " 1 ' ■ I lit’ council. ■K B 1 ’ W l.iinkenau. of Decatur: D:i \\ of Columbia City. ■ of Fort Wayne. (■ cilent.s of the a;. E ■ | n.al last night. ■ I() !■• r officers elected at e c. C "f Decatur, scout '■ M. Haffner, of Fort treasurer: J. 1.. Anguish. ■ executive, ■ B'" of the aria council. IE I T lie inliers of the area < onnell ■ district, Chester I ' ! ii, ('. Ward, superintendent E f I dilv schools; 11. P. BBr 'd Haffner. E. G. Hoffman. Earl E c lines. J. Ross McCulloch, Merlin ■ggS w 'son. Lm.i.s W. Bons! I ’, Clem ■ St'igmeyer, P. AL Uertia and EE'“ , "“ i ' Buist - ■ I Alien county district,: Dr. M. A. ■ ~f New Haven: H. S. Meof Poe. ■ I Adams county district: E. W. ■ E-'"d'-->.311. C. C. Pumphrey, M. F. ■ E'orh man and Guy Drown, all of B ""'riMßltiD e xi.i: txx oi | T 9 AWARD FOUR ■ ROAD CONTRACTS I I County Commissioners To I Receive Bids On Four I Macadam Roads In .June R H.'is for building four macadam I I roads in Adams conuty will be re ■ I ceiveii by th? board cf commiss'enors I I 011 June 7. The roads on which bids ■ I "til be received are the Frank Neid- ■ idine road jq Monroe and Blue Creek I I township; the Carl Murphy and Sam I I Nussbaum roads in Monroe township; I . 'nd the Price and Wells road improve I I ment in Geneva, Wabash township. ■ I Hie roads will be built this summer. I rhe viewers report on the Gu-’, Koenetnan road in Preble townshi n was filed and approved and the preltminI I ary bond ordinance adopted. The conI tract of c. W. Merriman, deceased, [ for the construction of the Mar'z road [ I *n the town of Monroe was reeomlignj I fd by the administrator of the Merryi Man estate. The commissioners Awarded contracts to the Carroll Coal and Coke i company for West Virginia large ■ lump coal at $5.30 a ton, delivered, ami $5.60 a ton for Pocahontas, delivere 1. and to JJJuHus Hangk for White ash at 4.60 per ton, delivered at ths court house, county jail and comity Infirmary, respectively. The board of commissioners adjourned Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday I morning the board let contracts for building two cacadam roads and five small bridge spans and retaining walls In Adams county.

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FARMS BRING GOOD PRICE AT AUCTION i Two Adams County Farms Sell For $149 And $74.50 Per Acre, Respectively Two Adams county farms were sold at auction yesterday ami prospective buyers were here from Illinois. Ohio and Michigan. The Frank Ji. Smith fat in. So acres, located six miles southeast of this city, and well improved, sold to Virgil Arnold for $14!) per acre, while the 160 acres of Mrs. Orpha MeManama, in the same locality, was purchased by Barrel Dudgeon, of Rockford, Ohio, for $74.50 per acre. The interest was keen and the bidding spirited. The farms were worth the money they brought and the purchasers should make an earning on them that will show the judgment of the investments. The sale was conducted by the National Realty Auction Company and proved conclusively that farms in this section can be sold. A number from here attended the sale. FARMED HURT IN ; TRACTOR MISHAP Dora Myers, of Near Tocsin, Seriously Injured In Accident Tuesday

Dora Myers, 39, who farms the W. J. Rupiight farm, cne mile north ami onehalf mile east of Tocsin near the i Wells-Adams county line, was serious injured at 5 o'clock Tuesday evening in tin accident with a tractor, which he was operating in a fiei-. it is thought that he suffered internal in juries, as he complained this morning of pains in his chest and abdomen. The tractor became stalled in mud in the field. Mt. Myers placed a heavy pole in front of the large wheels on the tractor and wired the pole to the wheels, forming a cleat. He then started the tractor which pulled out o’’ the mud rapidly and the pole continued to make a revolution with the whee’s. striking Mr. Myers in the back and pinning him aaainst the steering wheel with such gteat force that the steering wheel was broken elf. Mr. Ruprigbt, who was not far away heard Mr. Myeis yell and ran to his rescue. He took him to the house and called a physician from Preble. The physician made an examination and stated that it was probably that there was a fracture in the back, in addition to possible internal injuries. An X-ray examination was □ he made today, in an effort to determine the extent cf Mt. Myers' injuries. o WOMAN’S CLUB TO ENTERTAIN GIRLS To Give Special Mothers-Daughters Program Monday Evening; High School Girls Invited On next Monday evening, May 9. the Woman’s Club wi'.l hold a motherdaughters meeting, at which time ;U1 appropriate program will be given. Each dub member is urged to be accompanied by a girl as her guest. A special invitation has been extended to all high school girls. A very enjoyable time is. anticipated. Pythians To Confer Third Rank Thursday

Several candidates from Monroeville will receive work in the Third ratijt of the Knights of Pythias lodge, at the loctif Pythian Home, Thursday night, at 7:30 o'clock, it was announced today. All local Knights of Pythias ar6 invited to attend the meeting. Refreshments will be served following the meeting. Local members will confer the work, and all are requested to be present Thursday night. o German Remains In Air 14 Hours In Plane Not Equipped With A Motor Berlin, May 4.— (UP) — Ferdinand Sechulz yesterday established a new world’s record for gliding in a plane not . equipped with a motor. He remained in the air 11 hours and 7 minutes.

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HEROINE OU THE FLOOD

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Miss Nell Williams, :i Red (joss worker, is the heroine ol the Mississippi Hood. She crossed the seething river in tin open hoot to get supplies to slrnnded refugees al Red fork Landing, Ark. She's from SI. Louis. >

DATES SET FOR BIBLE CONTESTS All Sunday School Pupils Invitefl To Enter Bible Memory And Story Telling Contest The Washington township Bible memory and Bible story telling contest will be held at the First Presbyterian church in this city. Sunday May 15, it was announced by those in charge today. The contest will lie open to all Sunday school pupils of the town ship and the winners wil irepresent Washington township in the county contest. The county contests will be held at the Evangelwal church- of Herne, Thursday night May 19, and the winners will represeht Adams county in the district meet at Warren. Sunday afternoon. May 22.'The township meeting in this city will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, May 15. Considerable interest is being shown in the coming contests and ft is expected that there will be several entries in each division of the twocontests. Eligibility rules and t icse govt riling the meets will be furnished i:y xar'""ls Sllil i’: "S' lionl t.'.i.-ln , ’ vr the township. LIONS ENTERTAIN THEIR MOTHERS Club Holds Mother’s Day Program At Christian Church Tuesday Night The members of the Lions club en'.ertained their mothers at a Mother's Day program held last evening, in the basement of the Christian church, the dinner being served by the Ladies' Aid society of the church. The Rev. Harry W. Thompson, pastor of the Christian church and a member of the club, delivered an excellent. address during the evening, paying tribute to the noble mothers in general. He eulogized a mother's untiring efforst and lovable devotion for her chil<|ren and said that man could not really appreciate th' many splendid sacrifices made by her. Os all characters, mother is the most lovable, said the speaker. Dr. Hurt Mangold, president of the club, presided, and Roy Mumma acted as chairman of the program, presented the speaker and announced the musical numbers. Mrs. Dan 1 yndall and Mrs. Cecil Moser, each, sang several songs, including, "Little Mother of Mine,” “Songs My Mother Taught Me,” “Mother of Mine," “Baby,” “When Honey Sings an Old Time Song” and “That Wonderful Mother of Mine.” They also’sang two duets, “O that we two were Maying" and “Sweet Mother." The tables were neatly decorated and each lady present was given a rose as favors. Besides the mothers, the wives of the club members, who did not have a mother to accompany to the program, were guests nt the meeting. Places were set for more than fifty guests.

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MRS. DICKERSON I CALLED BY DEATH Decatur Woman Dies At Hospital After Illness Due To Complications Mrs. Manha Mills Dickerson. 31, wife of John Dickerson, died at 7:40 o'clock last night at the Adams County Memorial hospital, where she had been taken two weeks ago. Death was due to fi complication of ailments. ; Mrs. Dickerson became seriously ill the latter part of last week and death came at 7:40 o’clock last night. Martha J. Mills Dickerson was born in Wells county, October 29, 1895. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Mills, of Monroe. She was unit’ed in marriage twelve years ago to John Dickerson, of Geneva. About ten years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson, and their son. Glenn, moved to this city, where they have since resided. , Surviving, besides the father, mother and husband, are a son, Glenn, and six sisters, Dessie Crowl of Kanias; Mrs. A’.u -t iWy: ct E tur; Mrs. Francis Harvey oi Monroe; Mrs. Mary Oliver, of Monroe; Miss 1 Minnie Mills, of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Hattie Andrews, of Monroe. Mrs. Dickerson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of I this city and of the Eastern Star lodge. Funeral servides will be held

(< <>\TIM El> OX VAGK T"<)> Evan Kok Is Winner Os New Gold Watch Evan Kek, senior in the Decatur high school, won the Gruen watch given away by the- Pumphrey jewelry store. The clock, which has been in the window since April 9. stopped this afternoon at 12:51%, in tht? space in which Mr. Kek's name was written. o —— Red Cross Relief Fund The list of contributions to the Red Cross flood relief fund announced today was the smallest it has been fcr several days, but about $45 was added Io the total amount contributed. The total of all contributions reported to M'sst AnniJ' Wini|es. of Decatur, secretary of the Adams county chapter of the Red Cross, has reached $1,265.82. The quota for the county is $2,050. In yesterday’s list of contributors, the name of Walter Wullenberger should have read Walter Wittenberger. Following are the contributions announced today: Previous total $1220.36 Mrs. Jesse Cole • IDO Mi. and Mrs. Mat Coffee . 1.00 Flood Sympathizers 1.00 Womans Missionary Society, Reformed church 5.00 Employees Cloverleaf Creameries Corp, and W. A. Klopper i 25.00 Mrs. Clifford Lee LOO L. R. Lepird Co. 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. Ed Moses 2.00 J. S. Coverdale 2.00 Werling & Jaberg 1.00 R. A. Drummond 1.00 C. M 1.00 Richard Kn'gge 1.00 Leone change in boxes 1.46 Totall $1265.82

TWO NAMES ARE SUGGESTED FOR NEW CITY PARK « Petitions Ask Council To Name Park For Legion And Samuel L. Rugg COUNCIL DISPOSES OF OTHER BUSINESS Two petitions were filed with the city council last evening, one asking ♦hat the park on Winchester street be named "Legion Memorial Par'," in honor cf the war veterans, and the other that the patk be named. “Samuel L. Rugg Pat k,” in memory of Famuel Rugg. one of the founders of Decatur. The old cemetery grounds on Winchester street are being converted Into a park and. as yet, the council has not officially designated the name oi the park. The petition asking that the park be named "Legion Memorial Park" was signed by a number of world war veterans and contained several hundred names. The other petition was signed by a numlter of older residents and set out that Mr. Rugg had donated much of the ground in this city for public use, including .the old cemetery plot, which is now to be made into a park.

The council referred the matter to the Judiciary committee and members of the council wisli to obtain public sentiment on the question before they name the park. Bids for Light Pests Bids for furnishing ornamental light posts for Winclnxster street and Monroe street were received by the council last evening. The following firms submitted bids. Auburn Foundry, Nearing Electric Mfg. Co., Westinghouse Electric Mfg Co., and the Graybar Electric company. The Graybar company was low bidder on the Winchester posts, but as bids for two different kinds of posts for Monroe street were received, the prices varied. The contract was not awarded, but left in the hands of the electric light committee, with power to purchase. Alley is Widened No objections were filed against the tCOXiTIMEP O.X PAGE TWO) FIRE DESTROYS AODTOMOBILE Coupe Belonging To Ed Ahr Burns Beyond Repair Tuesday Evening A Dodge coupe, belonging to Ed Ahr, of th s city, was destroyed by fire late yesterday afernoon in a field east of Mercer avenue just south of the city limits. Mr. Ahr and his son. Fred, were working in the f.eld, sowing oats. Mr. Ahr had ust driven to the field in his car, and he said that he noticed it had “back-fired” several times. He stopped the car at. the edge of the field and, before he was out of the car, the flames xvere spreading rapidly to all parts of the automobile. The local fire department xvas called, but the car was almost completely destroyed before the alarm was received. Mr. Ahr carried fire insurance on the car, but the loss will not be completely covered, since the car was said to be burned beyond repair. Two More Navy Fliers Killed In Plane Crash Norfolk, Va., May 4. — (UP) — A board of inquiry today was investigating the cause of an airplane crash yesterday which brought the death toll of navy fliers near the Hampton Roads navy air base to ten in the last two weeks. Lieut. Comraandor Hardy B. Page, of Washington, D. C., and Lieut. Russell V. Pollard of Hampton Roads xvere the latest victims of the navy flying “jinx" hovering in this locality.

Klan Dragon Is Married To Girl Os Catholic Faith Evansville, May. 4 (UP)- Love today has succeeded in breaking thtough lellglous ban let s. W. L Smith. 32. grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klnx Klan, head quarters at Indianapolis, and Miss Katherine Halbrlg, 24. formerly of Mount Carmel ill. a graduate of St. Marys hospital here, were secretly married at Louisville. Ky.. April 2. Rank and file of the Klan is reported to he up in arms over the marriage because Mrs. Smith was baptized a Catholic and graduated as nurse from a Catholic institution. q Union Movie Operators Strike Kokomo, Ind. May 4— (UP) Non union motion picture operators were on duty in six theaters here today, following a strike of Union operators. Dissatisfaction over a new contract offered them is blamed for the walk-out. FORMER DECATUR WOMAN EXPIRES Mrs. Mary Ashbauchcr Dies This Morning- At Home Os Daughter In Fort Wayne Mrs. Mary Ashbaucher, 70. died at home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Burroughs, of Fort Wayne, at 8:15 o'clock this morning following a long illness. Death was due to infirmities. Mrs. Ashbaucher moved from this city, where she spent most of her life to Fort Wayne a few months ago. Mary Ashbaucher was the daughter of John and Mary Anne Lugenbill. She was born in Monroe township. Adams county. September 14, 1856. In September. 1875 she was united in marriage to Peter Ashbaucher, who preceded her in death, 27 yeais ago. Mr. and Mrs. Ashbaucher spent most of thsil- - in Adams county, Mr. Ashbaucher serving as sheriff for two terms. Mrs. Ashbaucher was a member of the Reformed church of Bluffton, where she lived a few years. She is survived by the following children lienry Ashbatit iter, of Hammoml; Homer Gdodin, of Bluffton, Mrs Willis Van Camp of Jackson, Michigan: A. R. Ashbaucher and Ed Ashbaucher, of this city. Fifteen grandchildren and one great grandchild and two sisters Mrs. Christena Ix>hman, and Mrs. Katie Burkhalter, of Berne, also sur vive. The remains will be kept at the J. 11. Boi roughs heme, 309 Masterson avenue, Fort Wayne until Thursday, when they will be brought to this city to the home of her son Ed. Ashbaucher, on Winchester street. Funeral services will be held at the Zion Reformed church, df this city, and burial will take place at the Decatur cemetery. The day of the funeral has not yet been decided, hut it is probable that the services will be held Saturday. o OFFICE BUILDING BEING REMODELED

Interior Os Graham And Walters Office On Second Street Being Changed Completely Tlie interior of tlie Graham and Walters office building in this city is undergoing a complete renovation and remodeling. cage counter is replacing the old counter in the building. and it will lie completed in a few days. The offices in the rear of the building will remain unchanged, but the front of the building, which is used as an insurance office and as the county automobile license branch, will have the appearance of a bank. o Five Persons Asphxiated In Council Blurts Home Council Bluffs. la., May 4 —(UP) — Five persons were found asphyxiated by gas in the home of Leo Alberti, prominent banker and real estate man hete today. The Dead: Mr. and Mrs. Leo Alberti, Their two children, I>eo, 5, and Eldon, 3 and their maid.

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LEVEES SOFTENED BY RAIN;RIVER LIKELY TO RISE New Break Occurs In Levee South Os Vicksburg, Flooding Large Area HOOVER RETURNS TO FLOOD DISTRICT Vicksburg. Miss., Muy I. (Cnited Press) A heavy and persistent rainstorm over northern Louisiana today added Io the gravity of the situation in territory left open to the flood of the Mississippi river by a break in the levee at Milliken Bend. Levees, already strained to the limit by high water, were further weakened by softening from the downpour. The rain also pressaged a rise in the water tevel. Refugees, huddled for safety along levee banks, were unprotected from the rain as they waited for boats to carry them to high ground. New Break Occurs New Orleans. May 4—(United Press A break in the west bank of the Mississ ppi opened at Winterquarter. 30 miles south of Vicksburg, today, Un'ted States engineers here were notified today. As the water rushed through a crevasse 150 feet wide at Winterquarter the levee at Villa Clara was abandoned by workers, who had battled for a week to save the embankment. A break at Villa Clara is only a matter of minutes, the engineers were informed. The new break will f’.ood St . Joseph Parish, seat of Tensas Parish and Cover Waterproof. Four thousand refugees were expected to arrive in Natchez tonigh’ aboard relief boats, according to word received here this noon. They have been removed from the area threatened by the break near St. Joseph. All other levees except, the one at Villa Clara are expected to hold engineers were advised. Hoover Returns To Vicksburg Washington, May 4—(United Press etarj unnt I louver and Secretary c x.- -.is will'leave at 9:50 p. m, tontg'.c for Vicksburg. They plan to make a flood inspection << OXTIXI F.l> OX PAOF TWO) PASS ITINERANT SHOW ORDINANCE City Councilmen Pass Ordinance Requiring License And Payment Os Fees The ordinance requiring a license and fixing the fee therefor for itinerant shows, c'rcuses, carnivals, roller skating rinks, patent medicine vendors ami otiier similar businesses in city of Decatur was passed last night by a unanimous vote of the city council. It will become a law after the notice has been duly published The new ordinance provides: that an itinerant circus or menagerie must procure a license and pay $25 therefor for each day it exhibits in the city; that each itinerant show, theatre. theatrical entertainment, minstrel show or exhibition must procure a license and pay $25 peg - day for each day it exhibits here: that each itinerant out door carnival must procure a license and pay $25 per day; that the owners of an itinerant skating rifik must procure a license and pay $25 per day; that firms operating an itinerant merry-go-round must procure a license and pay $25 per day: that each itinerant patent medicine vendor must procure a license and pay $lO per day for eacli day he operates in the city; that persons or firms conducting any other itinerant amusement not mentioned above must procure a license and pay $lO per day for each day it operates in the city. The penalty for violation of this ordinance was fixed at a fine of SIOO.

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