Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1927 — Page 1

Il WEATHER and Wilder lomqht and Kednesday-

HIGH WINDS TAKE TOLL OF 228 LIVES

I THREE NATIONS JOIN IN SEARCH ■for MISSING NEW YORK-TO-PARIS ■ AVIATORSi NO TRACE IS FOUND - ♦ I Bjovflrnments Os France, United States And Canada ■ ■ And Many Private Enter prises Join In Search For I Captains Nungesser And Coli; Last Heard I From Sunday Morning ■ ■ (United Press)

! The governments of France, United Stales and Canada and ol private enterprises joined today in search for Captains |h:trlcs Nungesser and Francois Coli, missing Paris to New York Wy.ilors. hot the search was fruitless. I rani no source was there any authentic information of as is a trace of the flyers. They have not been heard from

HIUCII •« lACA'-V ' | . not long after they left 'Bu is Sunday morning. ■ (.oast guards and other ships Marched the New England coast Kilay. Ships at seti maintained ■watch along the steamer lines. ■ Orders were sent to praetical,lßv all ships to be on the lookout, ■sone' already have given up hope ■h ; ■ ofliers were of lhe opinion that L . flyers are safe. Lieut. Leigh JL one ot lhe American Army the world flyers who perhaps L s flown in as many sub-artic storms ■ an >' other man. admitted that he ■“Sieved them alive largely because wanted to think that way. ExW"'" of the Aero tieague, on the other Kr: believed they had reached the ■nirrican continent and would be Kind in some out of the way place ■f Canada or New England. Others > ieved that probably ‘.hey had been irk'd up by some ship without ■ireless. possibly one of the fishing «• >t off the Grand Banks. ■ There was no proof, however, that aL aviators had come into proxinjity Si h lin American or Newfoundland ■’iW Accordingly on tlie“otTior side ■f the Atlantic, ships leaving for north ■merican ports were taking up the ■'<h almost as soon as they left. I ■ But despite all the search, no word ■ any kind came of the missing ■yers. I The White Bird was built with a' ■raiertight cabin, capabl ll of floating ■or 40 hours, and in addition Nunges-[ ■er and Coli had life preservers and ■hating parachutes. I If the plane was forced down at sea gid. v ..s' able to alight upright, it ■reliably was still afloat, today. I if it crashed and the flyers were ■creed to use their parachutes, only ■fr preservers and the canvas para■hutes themselves stood between the Baring pair and death. . o Woman Commits Suicide I Indianapolis. Ind. May 10—(UP)— ■reding over domestic troubles, Mrs. ■Eftii' Sndth. 40 shot and fatally woundled herself in an appartment here told ay I She died after being taken to the' I'lty hospital. Her husband. Alter 1 iSniith, is a railroad man. [teaching corps OF D.V.B.S. NAMED Committee Selects Instructors For Daily Vacation Bible School The teaching corps for the Daily Vacation Bible school, to lie conducted in Decatur this summer under the auspices of six Protestant churches of the city, was selected today by the teachers’ committee, composed of the hev. Harry W. Thonlpscn, the Rev. E. Miller and W. Guy Brown, principal of the Central school. Mr. Brown will be instructor of the seventh and eight grade pupils. The other teachers are: Miss Matilda Sellenwyer, sixth grade; Miss Dora Marie Magley, fifth grade; John R. Parrish, fourth grade; Miss Veronica Anker, fourth grade; Miss Vivian Burk, third grade; Miss Kathryn Do-rwin, third grade; Mrs. F. W. Downs, second grade; Marcella Hower, kindergarten; Mi'S Della Sellemeyer. music. The school will be held in the Central school building. It will open on Monday, May 23 and continue for four four weeks, closing on Friday, June 17.

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I —_ Improvement Noted In ' Mr. France’s Condition ■I I i The condition of F. E. France, suf- • sering from a severe attack of the - flu, was reported some improved this . afternoon. While doing as well as ‘ can be xopected, according to those ' in charge, it will be several days be--1 fore marked improvement, wll be possible. i, o BUSINESS MEN HEAR FINE TALK I Judge William N. Ballou, Os Fort Wayne, Addresses Industrial Association I Judge William N. Ballou, of Fort Wayne, spoke to the members of the Decatur industrial Association at the montlr’y luncheon ami meeting held last evening, at the K. c,f C. hail. Judge Billion spoke on organization and told 'of lhe many things a commercial organization could do for a city. I About TOO members, attended the ' meeting last night, ami tlie audience ' showed its appreciation of Judge Bali ion's fine address. He t id of the sever 1 a! different units cf the Fort Wayne I Chamber of Commerce and explained ' how each chairman and his committee worked for the betterment of the orI << ox- txt i:t> ox p xt.v. iiima’.i COBB, SIMMONS ABE REINSTATED Suspension Os Two Philadelphia Baseball Stars Lifted By Johnson i Chicago, May 10—(UP’—The bubipension of Ty Cobb and Al Simmons, 1 Philadelphia Athletic outfielders, was lifted today by Ban Johnson, American League president, who took the disciplinary action lest Saturday. The pair were put out of the game for an altercation witlt umpire G. Emmett Ormsby at Philadelphia last Thursday, Johnson said he would prepare a finding on the altercation ami probably woull make it public later today. o — Storms Will Delay Start Os Flight To Paris From New York Curtiss Field, N. Y , May 10—(UP) — Storms .sweeping Hie mid-Atlantic prevent the Belanca Monoplane Columbia from starving for Paris tomorrow morning, Lloyd W. Bertaud who will be navigator on the New York-Paris Flight, said today. “The best we can hope for is Thurs day and even starting then is uncertain" Bertai’d said. “A start tomorrow is out of the question.” Memory Fails Him Indianapolis, May 10. — (United 'Press)—Jesse Quackenbush, 32. re- ' mained in the city jail here today regretting his poor memory which caused his arrest. Mrs. H. A. Leaman called police when he knocked at her door and tried to sell her a vacuum cleaner. She said he sold her a vacuum cleaner a year ago but never delivered it.

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New Wave Lengths To Be Assigned To All Radio Stations U’ashinglon, May 10—(UP)—Virtu ally radio broadcasting stations will lie assigned new wave lengths under Hie General relocation plan of the Fedetal Radio Cvti.inhslnn, commissioner A. H. Bellows announced today. The relocation will Ito completed in about tlfree weeks. COMMENCEMENT WEEK ACTIVITIES TO START FRIDAY Junior-Senior Reception To Open Functions Os Decatur High School BACCALAUREATE SERVICE SUNDAY The annual fun tions in connection with the Decatur high school commencement will start Friday night, at fi o'clock, witlt Hie Jun’vr-Senior reception at tile Masonic hall, it was I announced today. The affair, which is one of the outstanding social func- | tions of the year, will be given by the | Junior class of the Decatur high school in honor of the graduating class. A dinner will he served at 6 o'clock and a program will then be given, honoringSthe senior class. Following the program, the annual Junior prom will lie held. The members of the junior class ol'-Uie local high school have started decorating the rooms for .lie affair. Baccalaureate Service Sunday Sunday night, at 7:30 o'clock, at the Methodist church, the Rev. R. W. Loose, pastor of the Evangelical church of this city, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the senior class and their friends- The Methodist church was selected in order that all those who wished to attend the services might do so. Thursday. May 19. is designated as Senior class day, ami a class exercise will be given at the high school build ing, Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. The seniors will participate in tins exercise. Commencement May 20 On Friday, May 20 the commencement exercises will be held in the high school auditorium at 8 o’clock. Th Rev. A. .1. Folsom, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational church of Fort Wayne, will deliver the corf!l< OXTIXI RD ox PAOK TllltHKt 0 SHERIFF GETS AUTO REGISTRATION DATA County Sheriff Supplied With List Os Registration And License Numbers Os Aill Cars In Indiana Sheriff Marl Hollingsworth has received a complete list of registration and license numbers of all automobiles in Indiana. The list is alphabetically arranged ami will be. of great assistance when a car is taken info custody in this county. Every sheriff in Indiana is being supplied with a similar list to assist in tracing down stolen cars, and stolen license numbers. 0 — Warden Daly Replies To Mandamus Suit Laporte, Ind.. May 10- —(United Press)—Warden Walter 11. Daly of the Indiana state prison today awaited court action on his reply to a suit brought by Robert H. Moore, Michigan City attorney who seeks a court order admitting him and a stenographer to interview D. C. Step|ienson, life convict at the institution. In the reply filed late yesterday attorneys for Daly argued that certain parts of the original complaint are not per'dnent to the Issues, and asks to have those parts strickep from the complaint. The motion seeks to strike from the petition all references to the alleged "void” trial and conviction of Stephenson.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 10, 1927.

DAIRING AIRMEN LOST AT SEA » > *1 & I Syß " ■ i Frauds Coli. ! yv Searcli has been started in llie » north Atlantic ocean for Captains A- -3s Nungesser, and Coli, who attempted ” to fly from Paris to New York. Captain Charles Nungesser.

Three Little Boys Contribute 15 Cents To Flood Relief Fund The young and old. ricli and poor of Decatur and Adams county, have responded to the Red Cross appeal for money with which to carry on relief work in the flood area of tlie Mississippi valley. Today, fifteen cents was turned over to Miss Annie' Winnes, secretary of tlie Adams ] county Red Cross chapter, by three' little boys from the west part of the city. Tlie boys signed their contribution. “the Junior Lions Club.” The sum wasn't large, but it was welcomed just the same. Those fifteen cents, representing a sacrifice on the part of Hie three little boys, will buy some bread, milk or some other article of food for a suffering family that lost home, clothing and ail belongings in the flood. 0 RELIEF FUND IS OVERSUBSCRIBED Adams C o u nt y Exceeds Quota In Flood Relief Fund; $2,277.93 Donated Adams county has oversubscribed its quota in the American Red Cross fund for the relief of suffering human-j ity in the flood area of the Mississippi valley. Miss Annie E. Winnes, of De- 1 catur, secretary of the Adams county chapter of the Red Cross, announced today that a total of $.277.93 lias been subscribed to the fund in this county, while the quota fixed by the national Red Cross, for Adams county, was $2,050. j Although the quota has bsen oversubscribed. Miss Winnes urged that those persons who have not contributed to the fund do so yet, as the quota fixed by the Red Cross was only a minimum and more money can be used to great advantage in bringing relief to the sufferers. The citizens of Berne and community have oversubscribed their quota $226.49. Tlie quota fixed for Berne was S6OO, but T. A. Gottschalk, local chairman at Berne, reported to Miss Winnes today that a total of $826.49 has been contributed there. Decatur has oversubscribed her quota of sl,050, also, but Monroe and Geneva have fallen short. The quota for Monroe and Geneva was SIOO each. However, individuals and organizations in those two towns have contributed several dol’ars to tlie fund. Adams county was one of the first counties in the state to oversubscribe its quota. The fund is expected to increase considerably yet. A benefit motion picture show will be given at the Adams theatre Thursday and Friday of this week by the Civic section of the Woman's Club, the proceeds to be donated to the Red Cross fund Following are (lie contiibu|ions reported today by Miss Winnes: Previous tptal $1,679.G9 Peoples Restaurant and Employees 10.00 Mrs. Henry Haugh 1.00 (COATIXT ED ON PAGE THREE)

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LEVEES STILL HOLDING TODAY Maximum Flood Danger In Southern Louisiana Is Due Tomorrow i | New Orleans. La., May 10—(United Press) —Levees in southern Louisiana were still holding today as workers continued doggedly to build sand bag tops oft .the dikes ia a seemingly hopeless attempt to avert the threatened flood. • Maximum danger will not be readied until tomorrow at tlie Big Bend along Bayou Des Glaises. Thirteen parishes in tlie south-central part of the state—one of the greatest sugar can belts of the world —were threatened. Residents of the valley continued to refuse pleas to evacuate. A few have left, but the majority chose to I rema'n until driven from their homes by the water. Wave wasiit.. yesterd: y along the Bayou and on the Mississippi near | Baton Rouge were checked without ' : erioils damage. The dikes will not i feel the full force of the flood however, until the advancing crest readies there tomorrow or possibly Thursday. I The Mississippi was falling from Natchez, north, but between Angola 1 and New Orleans it is rising at. the rate of onedcntli foot a day. Tlie water level at New Orleans is stai and the city is believed free > from danger of serious flood. Boats have been concentrated in the vicinity of Bayou Des Claises and | weak spots in the levee of the Old river in anticipation of breaks. All preparations have been made to avert loss of life. o SISTER OF DECATUR MEN DIES MONDAY Mrs. Addheit Schust, Sister Os Eno W., And Oscar Lankenau. Expires At Home In Fort Wayne Mrs. Adellieit Schust 57, sister of Eno W., and Oscar Lankenau, of Decatur, died Monday afternoon at her home. 712 Home avenue, Fort Wayne following an illness due to a complication of diseases. Mrs. Schust was the widow of H. L. Schuts. Surviving are two sons. Dr. J. H. Schust and C. L. Schust, of Fort Wayne; the mother, Mrs. Catherine Lankenau; three sisters. Mrs. Herman Gerke, and Mrs. Glen Seip of Fort Wayne, and Miss Clara Lankenau, of Chicago; and seven brothers, the Rev !•’. J. Lankenau of Napoleon, Ohio, Louis, Herbert. .Adolph and August, of Fort Wayne, and Eno W.. and Oscar, cf Decatur. o Moyer Wrecks Plane While attempting to make a flight Sunday, Hugh Moyer, Adams county aviator, wrecked his airplane when it a tree near Berne. The wings and several other parts of the plane ar? a total wreck.

Price Os Gasoline Drops Two Cents Gallon In Indiana Indianapolis, May 10. — (United Press) —A rwo-cent reduction in the price of gasoline went into effect today at ail stations of Hie Standard Oil Company in Indiana and ten other mid-western s utes. Motorists will pay 19.2 cents a gal lon for low-test gasoline and 22.2 cents a gallon for high-test. BELIEVE AUTO TAKEN IN RAID WAS STOLEN CAR Ownership Os Car Used By Alleged Liquor Peddlers Is Investigated BRENNEN ADMITS HIS REAL IDENTITY Sta'.e Motor Police Hal Ayres, ami Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth investigated the possibility of the Studabaker coupe, driven by the three men arrested Sunday in a liquor raid near Linn Grove, being a stolen car. The. numbers which were on the car when it was confiscated were issued for an Auburn sedan in Bluffton. There was no title card in the car, and Mr. Ayres stated that there was a possibility that the car was a stolen one. The investigation will continue through-out today, and the three men will )>e questioned sometime this afternoon regarding the license num bers. Confiscated Articles Examined A careful Investigation ami exam n ation was made of all Hie confiscated articles in the car and in the farm house in French township, when- the still was captured. The still is one of the largest ever taken in Adams county, and when found it was run ning full force. Much valuable information was se << OXTIXI El» OX I’AGF. thki-;i-:i o NEW VEHICLE LAW EXPLAINED All Vehicles Must Display Red Light Or Reflector On Rear At Night State Motor Policeman Hal Ayers, of Portland was in this city today, d ■ livering a final warning concerning the new law passed compelling all vehicle.: whether stationary or moving to display a rear light or reflector. Officer Ayers stated that all violators of the now ordirance would be prosecuted. The fine for violation of the ordinance is placed at not more than $25, and the law provides ;hat “every vehicle. which is used < r operated on any public highway in this state, whether such vehicle be stationary or in motion, shall have attached from the rear thereof at least one red light or at least one red reflector. Suck light shall be so adjusted and displayed as to be clearly visible at the distance of at least 500 feet frqm the rear and shall be lighted from one-half hour after sun-down to one-bait hour before sun-rise. Such reflector shall be s< adjusted and displayed as to be clearly visible when lights'are thrown against it, for at least 500 feet frem the rear, and shall be so constructed that the reflected rays of light therefrem wiil show red to any parson approaching from the rear. Such reflector shall have a surface at least 1G square inches.” XThe word vehicle is defined as follows "The term 'vehicle' shall lie construed to mean all horse-drawn vehicles, foot propelled bicycles and ail other vehicles other than motor vehicles Mr. Ayers stated that the law wo"!d go into effect as soon as the newly enacted laws bad been published and presented <n etch county, and that he would commence enforcing the law as soon as it was effec’ive He urged that -all persons take note of the new law.

Price Two Cents.

FIVE STATES IN PATH OF DEADLY CYCLONIC WINDS Desolation S p re a <1 Over Vast Section Os Middle And Southwest TOLL LIKELY TO REACH 250 LIVES (United Press) Widespread desolation spread over a vast section of the middle and southwest today following a series of cyclonic disturbances | in five states. The known death list today stands at 228 and is rising as news of the disaster is carried from the isolated region. Relief workers say there probably will be 250 casualties. The worst of the storm disaster centers in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, two sections of which only a few weeks ago were swept by waters of the Mississippi river. Popular Bluff. Mo. link a known death list of 85, while lescue workers say this list probaldy will mount to mote than 100 when all tlie bodies are relovered. In addition, to tlie casualties, reports today showed approximately 850 injured as result of tlie high winds. Popular Bluffs Hard Hit Popular Bluff. Mo., May 10. (UP) —Sixty bodies had been recovered from the tornado-twisted downtown sections of Popular Bluff and East Popular Bluff today, and authorities in charge of rescue work estimated the total deatli toll at 100. Only 21 of the dead had been identified up to a late morning hour, and long lines of relatives tfnd friends were passing through makeshift morgue.; where the unidentified bodies << OXTIXI ED OX I’AGF. IHltEi:) o_ _ HAS RELATIVES AT POPULAR BLUFF Mrs. Charles Burdg Receives Word That Her Relatives Are Safe After Disastrous Cyclone Word was received in this city today ..the, relatives of Mrs < harle» Burdg who live at Popular Biufi'. Mo., are safe after lhe cyclane which took a toll of 100 lives in that city. Several of the persons killed are friends of Mr. and Mrs. Burdg. Several Portland people also live at Popular Blu'f. Mrs. Burdg talked to some of her relatives by telephone last night and learned of the ttagedy. Tom Grisham, a brother of Mrs. Burdg, lives within a block of (lie lintel that was completely razed by the terrific storm. o MRS. SNYDER AND GRAY CONVICTED Mrs. Snyder Sutlers Two Nervous Seizures After Verdict Is Read Long Island City, N. Y.. May 10. — (UP) —Mrs. Huth Brown Snyder, convicted last night of first degree murder for which the sentence is death, has suffered two nervous seizures which physicians said have a strong resemblance to epilepsy. Both occurred the jury brought in the verdict which demanded the life of herself and of Henry Judd Gray. As a result, there appeared a new possibility that Mrs. Snyder's execution might be delayed or even that she might be sent to an asylum rather than to the electric chair. Tlie law will not permit execution of an insane person and should the seizures she has undergone prove to be epilepsy, it is possible that she might be adjudged insane. Should she recover at any time, however, the death penalty then could be exacted. Long Island City, N. Y„ May 10.--(CONTIXUED O.X PAGE THREE)

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