Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1927 — Page 1
WEATHER south portion Thursday. ®
SCHOOL BUILDING IS DYNAMITED
I CITY COUNCIL GETS BIDS ON NEW FIRE TRUCK pour Manufacturing Concerns Submit Bids; Purchase Is Postponed OTHER BUSINESS IS TRANSACTED Bids for furnishing a new fj, r truck and pumper outfit f,, the city of Decatur were revived by the council in regu- ];„• session last evening, but awarding of the contract was postponed until next Monday mb mylit, wiieii a special meeting, II will lie held. ■ r nr fin> trutk companies, the K Ahri'iis-Kov, 'tic Seagrave. the AmenEl oan |.a France anil the Stutz fire EnEE sine companies fileil hills. The prices ■ I ranged from $12,000 to $13,000 on a E| 7, r io-gal!im-per-minute outfit with ail I El allowance of from S3OO to $1,00(1 for K thp rid 1! i sicr Limited fire truck on l| a ivailc, while the hid on tlie 1000-gal--1 lon-pe: -minute pumper ranged from ■ fu'.r.oo to $13,500 with the same al- [ lowanee for the old truck. The lowest Hnet bid totaled about $12,000 for a new truck and pumper, allowing credit I for the chi truck. 0. L. Vance, chairman of the purI i lias ng and finance committee, stated at he believed the council, would purchase the truck and pumper Monday night. ~t Other Council Matters A remonstrance of the Decatur Home Builders association against the street anil sidewalk assessment on ! South Light it street was filed and referred to the street and sewer .commit-1 te. The assessments will, in all probability. lie figured hack 150 feet, the original assessment taking into consideration tlie* abutting property only. The petition of Joe Tonnelier and ctheis for three ornamental lights posts on the west side of North First street, from Monroe street north to the alley, was referred to the electric . cor. uittee. An analysis of the city water was filed hy Engineer Orval llarruff. The semi- annual examination of the water, made hy the state, found the city water in good condition. Street Petition Granted The petition of R. D. Myers and othUOVriMMD OX PAGE SIVI TON LITTER CLUB MEMBERS VISITED Nine Members Nominate Fifteen Litters In Annual County Contest A nominating committee visited nine members of the Hoosier / Ton Litter Club in Adams county, Monday, and inspected fifteen letters which are entered in the county contest this year. All the litters seen were very likely prospects and indications are that local farmers will maintain the good record the county has made in the work for several years. Following are names of members and numbers of pigs in the litters nominated: Ben Liniger, nine pure bred Poland Chinas; John E. He!mann, twelve crossbred Poland-China-Durocs ; Henry Heimann, nine grade Lurocs; Albert Davison, nine cross bred Duroc-Poland Chinas, ten cross bred Duroc-Poland-Chinas and ten cross bred Duroc-Poland Chinas; M. Clem and Son, nine grade, Durocs; otto Hollo, seven pure bred Chester Whites and eight pure bred Chester Whites; Fred W. Bleeke, eight grade Lurocs, io pure j, re( j Durocs, ten Pure bred Durocs; Fred W. Busche, ,en pure bred Durocs. About twenty other farmers have "ors which they intend to nominate and they will be visited by the nominating committee durfng the few days.
DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT
VoI.XXV. No. US.
Bluffton Man Gets $566 For Injuries j Caused By Assailant A broken nose and other injuries to a man's lat e, caused by the said face I coming into too dose contact with an-' other man's fists, are worth $556 to' the man receiving the injuries, according to a verdict returned by a I jury in the Adams circuit court late' Tuesday afternoon. The case on trial was that of Howard Stanton, of Bluffton, vs. Lester Purdy, of the same address. Stanton alleged that Purdy; assaulted him on a street in Bluffton, without provocation or just cause, hitting him in the face several times. He asked for $750 damages. The jury deliberated two hours and returned a verdict for the plaintiff, awarding him $566. FIRE DESTROYS ftRM RESIDENCE Farm House On HarveSmith Farm, South Os Decatur, Burns Late Tuesday Firs caused from sparks from the kitchen chimney completely destroyed the farm home of Harve Smith, 4 miles south of Decatur, lute yesterday' afternoon. The fire was discovered too, late to save much of the furnishings,*l hut fine work of neighbors saved the other buildings on the farm. The house was only partly insured, j The loss has net yet been estimated,: bn? it pT itiaidy will a limn nt .UTRT' not insured. The clothing, furniture! and canned goods were completely destroyed. I Mr. Smith asked that the Daily Democrat thank the neighbors who) worked valiantly to save the rest of the buildings on the farm, and he stated that he appreciated the fine effort made to save the house. Although the house was completely destroyed, none of the other buildings on the property were damaged except firm the heat of the flames. CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS MAKING GROWTH Encouraging Reports Made At Annual Convention Os Christian Churches Os Indiana Lafayette, Ind„ May IS. — (UP) Delegates to the annual convention of the Christian Church of Indiana, are enthusastic today over reports of the contnued growth of tlie organization during the last year. Yesterday's session was given over to reports of progress in the church and mission field. The statements of seven state evangelists showed that as a result of their individual work among the congregations in their district there had been 625 baptisms, 235 added by letter and statement, making a'total of 859. A declaraton of the Rev. G. I. Hoover, general, secretary of the Indana Christian Missionary Association said that during the nine months in which he has been head of this department the number of churches supporting the state missionary program has increased froth 128 to 226. Following these reports Rev. J. H. ; Wilson of Crawfordsville addressed the convention on the “Development of the local church." Dr. O. F. Hall of Purdue University and Rev. O. E. Kelley of Terre Haute spoke on problems of rural life.
WOMEN IN “UNDIES” AND OVERCOATS W ° TRY NEW STUNT IN SHOPLIFTING
I 11 1 X JL-« T» * ' Cleveland, 0, May IS (INS) Attired only in their "undies” and overcoats, two w6men shoplifters here have been working a brand new “racket” during the winter months, according to detectives who arrested the * Mrs Edna Sharpe, 28, and Mrs. Stella Mayer, 30, are the accused. Their customary street costume, authorities believe, was a coat and “stepin." Wearing a coat, the absence of a
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY
DECORATION DAY SERVICES TO BE HELD BY LEGION Special Honor To Be Paid I To G.A.R. And W.R.C. In Services Sunday, May 29 TO DECORATE GRAVES OF FORMER SOLDIERS Decora lion Day services, under the auspices of Adams Post No. IH, American Legion, with special honor to the Grand | Army of the Republic and the Woman’s Relief Corps, will he | conducted on Sunday, May 29, * it was announced this morning. The W. R. C. is planning a program ! for May 30, also plans for which will be completed at a meeting to be held tomorrow evening. For the services on Sunday memi bers of the Legion and Spanish War ! veterans will meet at Legion Hall at 9 A. M. and will visit every cemetery in the county to see that the graves j of ex-soldiers from every war are deci orated. Program at Cemeteries At 1 o'clock, members from all or- , ganizations and all who care to join I with them, will meet at the court | house and proceed in oars to the De--1 J catur and St. Joseph cemeteries, at each of which places, services will he held as follows: Music by band. I Legion Memorial Services. 1 t-feayas Lv the jUfj. Harry H. FeTOUliftl (pastor of (he Presbyterian church) I Firing of salute. Taps. ' Special cars will be furnished for I members of the G. A. R. anil the W I , R. C. Returning to the court house, a new line of march will be formed and i the veterans will proceed to the Monroe sftreet bridge, where the service in honor of naval heroes will be given. The crowd will then return to the Peach Monument in the court house yard, where Rev. Fernthiel will give tile address. Meeting Friday Night Members of all organizations interested in the observation of this oceaI sion are requested to meet at tli Lo- ' gion Hall at 8 o'clock Friday evenin, this week, to complete all the details for the event. LIONS ADDRESSED BY REV. STOAKES Methodist Pastor Is Speaker At Luncheon; Charter Night Plans Made 1 The Rev. R. W. Stoakes, pastor of | the Methodist church of this city, was I the chief speaker at the weekly lunch-] I eon meeting of the Dcatur Lions cjnb, 1 held last night, at the Christian church 1 dining room. Following the fine address, plans ! were made for the charter night and installation of the local club, which will be held Wednesday, May 25, at the Decatur Country club. | Members of the Lions club from all parts of Indiana will be present at the ■ installation, which will bo made by ' the Fort Wayne club.
dress in this age, of short skirts is not noticeable. Tints, it was no trick at all to pick up u dress in some shop, enter a dressing room to “try it on," and walk out Anyone who protested was privileged to search the suspects and find out for themselves that they had no extra dresses. Several hundred dollars worth of clothing was found in the apartment where the women lived.
Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, May 18, 1927.
DAYLIGHT SAVING PETITION NOT FILED Expected Move To Secure Adoption Os Daylight Saving Time In Decatur Fails To Materalize Cent ary lo tepoits, a petition asking that daylight saving time lie estab- | Hshed in Decatur this summer, was not J filed with the city council last evening. Several of the councllmen staled that they expected a petition to he filed, but as u few factories bail adopted a daylight saving schedule voluntarily, It is not likely that the petition will be filed. FLOOD CRISIS BELIEVED PAST Mississippi River Expected To Fall Slowly From Now On New Orleans, La., May IS —(UP) — The flood crisis in the Mississippi below Old river, 105 miles north of New Orleans, apparently was passed today. 1. M. Cline, meteorologist of the ; wea'her bureau here, said Hood waters of thf> Mississippi proper will “change very little or probably fall slowly." Several thousand laborers have abandoned efforts to hold dikes west of the Atchafalaya following the break at Melville and today were at work opposite that inundated town fighting to hold tile east side levees. With the weather bureau sure the river crest has been lost in the rapid flow into the "Sugar bowl." principal danger was the possibili y of slides along weakened levees. BANKER AND HIS STENOGRAPHER SLAIN Mystery Surrounds Deaths Os George E. Powell, Jr., And His Helper In Los Angeles Los Angeles, May TS —(TIP) —With two theories before them, police today attempt to solve the mystery surrounding the deaths of George E. Powell, Jr. and his beautiful young stenographer, Miss Margie Pike. Idle pair was found dead yesterday in an automobile in front of Miss Pike’s home. A bottle of gin was on the running board cf the oar. Police immediately summed up the case as “suicide and murder” the result, they said, of unrequited love. Friends of the pair, however, advanced a different theory, declaring that threats had been made against (he lives of both. ‘ A note left by Miss Pike referred to a threat against Tier. No reason, however, was mentioned. BAND BANDITS KILL MARSHAL Eight Bandits Roll Two Banks And Stage Gun Battle In Beggs, Okla. Beggs, Oklahoma, May T8 —(United Press) —City Marshal W» J. McAnnally was killed and a woman bystander wounded in a gun fight here today between polite officers and eight bandits who robbed two banks here. The banditsi entered title town, robbed the First National Bank, then proceeded to the Farmers National Bank where they took all the cash in sight. The alarm had been sounded and the men were fired upon by McAnnelly. The bandits entered waiting motor cars and sped from the town, firing back as they went. MeAnnelly fell mortally wounded and Mrs. Charles Campbell was s'ruck by two bullets. A hurried check by bank officials gave an estimate of STO,OOO as the loss.
PIECE OF MISSING 5* T L Lead To Alter Ends FRENCH PLANE IS In Jail For Youth REPORTER QIPHTFn L °B an<, p <m ' imi m,v ,s nLIUn I Lll OlOn I LU { The path that was to have led to the | altar ended in the Delphi jail for Part Os Nungesser’s Plane u " ny w, ‘ lkpr ,s Believed Seen Oft’ Massa- I Jl,s ' iUi hP 0,111 I,is fi;inipo H '“'"' , “ l •U aboard an Interurnan oar that was lo enusetts vOBSI have taken them to Lafayette for the AMHTHPR ft ITF K WMidltag - Welkel ' was anes,, ‘ ll 0,1 u ** I*Citv v Ijl r, les charge of issuing fraudulent checks. REPORTED ABROAD le had been sought for three weeks. Welker plans to be married when he Boston, MtlV IS. — (l nited laves the jail. Press) — Two airplanes left o Gloucester at 9 a. in., today to liff" lTl|rn CTII I „„rd, oil- ,l„. MiisJiiiclluxoUs fftfl Htn 0 ILL coast tor a piece ot wreckage which was believed might be a nri IVfft Tl VPflO wing of the While Bird, in 11r*j uYSrj YrKN which Captains Charles Nun- •**■■■■* 8 w ■ L> I kllU gesser and Francois Coli tiltempted a non-stop trans-Allan- , , ml XT xr , tie flight, and failed. America s Three New YorkThe wreckage was reported seen To-Paris Flying CreWS Monday by Captain S. F. Inge, com- Mark Time Again mander of the IT. S. shipping board —, steamer Bellepline, about 200 miles By M. D. Tracy east of Boston. ! (IT. F. StafT Correspondent) Commander V. C. Von Paulsen of jjew York, May 18— (UP) —-Amorthe Glouchester coast guard station ica . B u „. Pe New York-to-Paris flying and Ensign Leonard M. Melka piloted groups, poised out at Roosevelt and the planes which left today to invest i- (' llr (j KS flying fields, complained of the gate. Each plane carried two other weather (hat wouldn’t let them fly tomen anil homing pigeons to lie used (lay am , pa( . h p„ t in its time in its in sending bark messages to the Coast characteristic fashion. Guard station here. Commander Richard E. Byrd and Message Found In Bottle tiis shipshape anil always efficient exFalmouth, Eng., May 18 (UP) pedition, tuned and tinkered its plane Coast Guards today found a floating an(l prepared for a final weight liftbottle containing a message purport- j ng test j n t| lP usual businesslike mailing to have come from Captain Charles ner Nungesser,- missing French Airman. j n ti lP camp of the Bellancn monoThe message said Nnngesser landed pi ane . arguments and ill-feeling con--75 miles off the Irish coast because tinned and there was a repetition of of Engine trouble. Coast Guard offi- declarations that IJoy(l Bertaml and cials were uncertain regarding the Clarence Chamberlin would he the authenticity of the message, but imtne- pilots or the plane would not go and diately telegraphed there information 0 f reports that probably the plane to the French Embessy at London. would never leave. London, May 18 —(UP) —The sec- Capt. Charlesie Lindbergh, the westretary of the French Embassy an- P m youth who pinys riie lone hand nounced today that he had received a with his one seated monoplane rested message from the Falmouth Coast up from an aviators holiday. Guard saying that a bottle containing Rain was reported from New York a message purporting to be from Cap- 1 this forenoon, with low clouds, while tain Charles Nnngesser had been prospects for improved weather to found there. He said lie had no means the banks were foreseen for tomorof knowing whether the message was row, the bureau cautioned that its authentic but was conferring with the latest reports from out at sea indicate ~—“ unfavorable flying conditions for at (CONTINUED OS PAAJE Kit.:, |w( , , hree days . The late st miim ■ lim ■nr A ocean weather report received here niVr\ HtfFnfiltlS came from iluj steamer Arabia last U! WLu “ H LllflULv night, half way between Newfouud- __ _ . - _ land and the Azores, saying the OF ASSESSMENTS^ Washington, May 18. — (UP) — Weather conditions at sea the next County Assessor Announces two or three days will lie unfavorable Averages Os Personal for the proposed American New York- ] Property Assessments Paris flight, according to the i. s. , weather bureau today. County Assessor Jay Cline announ- — — o ced today the various averages com- JJebout Bov Remains piled for Adams eunty in the recent j n er j ous Condition assessments made by the township ayil county assessors. Following is tile 10- T j ]p conc ]ition of Donald Bebout, week average: • 11-year-old lad, residing southeast of Implements, $135; Automobiles and t pj g ( ,; fi y w ) 10 was kicked in the trucks, $221; horses, $79; mules, SB9; )lea(l Monday by a horse, remains i Milk cows, $57; other cattle, S2B; unchanged today, it was learned late Sheep, $10; sows, $36; other hogs, $8; this afternoon. The lad's condition dozens poultry, $11; Household goods j s regarded as serious. He was i slßl. brought to the Adams County Me o mortal Hospital Monday ti ght. Compensation Claim To T Be Heard Here May 23 Trustee Os Purdue Refuses Reappointment A hearing will be held in the court — ' housq here on Monday, May 23, by the Lafayette, Inil., May 18— (UP) — Industrial Board of Indiana, on the Henry W. Marshall, Sr., has refused ; compensation claim of John Shaw reappointment as chairman of the Pur- ■ against the Holland-St. Louis Sugar due university board of trustees, it was - company. Any questions pertaining to learned after a meeting of the hoard 1 compensation matters should he tak- late yesterday, lie also has decided to en up with the hearing member of the give up his duties as a member of the hoard while he is In this city. board on July 1-
GIRL WINS SILVER CUP AFTER DANCING BLACK BOTTOM 39 MILES
New York May 18 — (INS) — The marathon dancers are at it again. Police Intervened land stopped a “blackbottom marathon,” after three of the girl contestants had collapesd. The contest started at 1 a. m. and was stoppped at 4 a. m.
Margaret Miller, 18, was declared the winner having danced thrity-nlne and one half miles. She was given a “handsome silver cup for her efforts and declared champion black-bottom dancer of New York, which won't buy her any new dresses.
Price Two Cents.
MORE THAN 30 CHILDREN AND ADULTS KILLED Crazed School Board Treasurer Blamed For Tragedy At Bath, Michigan SEVENTEEN OF DEAD IDENTIFIED Rath, Mich., May IH—(United Press) —The plotting of a suddenly crazed school board treasurer was blamed by Michi- | gan police today for the tragic dynamiting of the Rath consolidated grade school and the estimated death of more than i :{0 children and adults. Seventeen of the dead had been identified bv grief stricken parents or relatives in the improvised morgue at Rath at 1:30 p. m. Andrew Kehoc, the tmisurer who was killed when a subsequent explosion demolished his tulo near the school, was held responsible for the tragedy in the first semblance of an investigation launched amid the confusion of wreckage' and dead. Brick Building Wrecked The explosion crumbled the west wing of the t,wo-story brick structure where the little tots attending kindergarten and slightly older children were housed. According to reports received by Oscar (Tamler, head of the Michigan department of public safety, only a few seconds after the explosion Kehoe was seen to emerge from the (COXTIYI Kn l>\ PACK l-’IVKI Man Who Shol Ex-Wife At Fort Wayne Is Sentenced Fort Wayne, May 18 —A sentence of 1 to 10 years in the state reformatory that may be changed to 2 tol4 years, was imposed by Judge Sol A. Wood in the circuit court yesterday upon Christian A. Morton, 46. of Fairfield, Ohio, who on May 6 shot, but only slightly injured his former wife, Mrs. Daisy Morton, 34. of 516 Prospect avenue. Morton pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill when arraigned before Judge Wood yesterday and the court pronounced judgment under the 1927 acts of the legislature, which provides for a sentence of 1 to 10 years instead of 2 to 14 years as heretofore for such an offense. COUNTY BIBLE CONTEST MAY 19 Date For County Bible Memory And Story Telling Contest Is Changed The date of the county Bible Memory and Bible Story Telling contest has been changed from Sunday May 22 to Thursday evening May 19. The change was made necessary by the date of the inter-county contest being set for May 22. The contest Thursday evening determines who will represent Adams county in the inter-county contest. The Copnty contest will be held in the Evangelical church at Berne. The program Liegins at 7:30 o'clock and is as follows: Music Zimmerman Orchestra (Kirkland) Music Young Mens Chorus (Berne) Invocation Music Geneva Music Pleasant Dale Quartet Bible Memory Contest. Music Zimmerman Orchestra (Kirkland) I Reading ...., Viola Lusk Music Pleasant Dale Quartet 1 Bible Story Telling Contest. 1 Music Zimmerman Orchestra i (Kirkland) , Music Decatur , Report of Judges Song Congregation Benediction.
CLEAN up AND PAINT UP