Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 120, Decatur, Adams County, 20 May 1927 — Page 1

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■Sinclair Sentenced To Three Months In Jail

I in MAGNATE IS ■WED CONFINED I j "COMMON JAIL" \nd l ine Os $511(1 Impos'd For Contempt K 01 C. S. Senate BLi’I’EM expected ■F TO BE FILED SOON HI Wa.'li:: 20. — (LT) ]| a;T < |'<>><! Sinclair, niulti"il operator and ■ day was sentenced three months in a “comtad" mid to pay a fine of a' fur refusing to answer of the senate Teapot committee in 1924. .• o-old self-made man, in Marell. oil j . nipt 11.e . ■■ , i ■H Jip'i . V, i!!:.i:n Hitz imposed the Appeal Is Expected M| ■ ..;re\s are expetted to : il unsuccessful. Io I lie s and smli action even ■■ .1.,il and lie sentences both were I. ' nspecifying BE?: from one to 12 montli fin.- frmn slmi to $l,o<)o. Bi o II Here's The Old Woman ■ Who Lived In A Shoe Eb International News Service BB l':.i. h.il'.e. N. ('. .May 2u Meet B 9 a living i xump'e ,f that character ■| ■ ’!'■■ ( )[.{ Women Who Lived a Shoe. S - Amanda Belk, 79, of BB ’lib admits she has ,o BB num imidien she di.es mt know BB ''bat io do She hail 323 living de■Bj ■lendr'its she's counted them. >M IM<‘\. ~? them are iter children. BB J 4!» . inldren. ami 163 cf them BB o .I'-urnndchiiidreii Ih acBB liral'v ~il of them live in MeeklenBB i 'cs adjoining counties. HB MM — ■tn END WORK AT I CENTRAL SCHOO!. HAH Members Os E i g h t h ■ I Grade Graduating Class B Expect To High School l l iiuv ix Cential school pupils te- ■ eighth grade diplomas al - ..a o'. !■>. ;, this afternoon and were M ’rut nn to high school, in the annual grnde commencement held ai HI s,l "ii and Principal W. Guy Brown the diplomas. ! ’ ihown urged that the pupils c n- ' " 'l'rii education, and compliment 1 pupil on his newly acquired honor, rhe 36 pupils who were grad ■ ’‘i>« afternoon will enter high Ashman mass. All those graduating HI their Intention of continuing lhe ir education. H ,l " lse who received their diplomas were: H ~' I ' ll " rnin " Andrews. Frederick Brown ■l ' 1 < loss, Inez Cook. Chalmer Debolt. II I " ng ' P ' eor K* a Foughty, Edward HI auze > Mary Hower, Paul I lonelier. ■H ayn,on d Heller, Robert Hesher, Verp 0" llurst . Thurman Irelan, Margaret H E|p SOn ' tt plen Koos, Sherman Koos, H M eVena Lough ' Ruth Macklin. Mary HB i?, 11 ’ I ''' Harold Melchi, Ralph Myers, Bl a r igg. Dorothy Stevens, Cecil ShafBl . r ’ L " ,her Singleton, Vanfan SnedeB| ic * lari ' Steele, Jesse Sutton, Wil- ■ ch 1 " Gladys Thompson, GretB| Kg r^e '^ inans ’ Dorothy Young, Wayne

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TWO FINED IN MAYOR’S COURT Fred Knight And Darius Robinson Fined $lO And Costs Each On ' Charges Os Public Intoxication I Two cases in Mayor's court, e.intin tied several weeks ago, were dispo-e. of this week. Fred Knight pleaded guilty to public intoxication and was I fined $lO anil costs, amounting to S4O He also received a saspended sentence Os 30 days. Darius Robinson pleaded guilty to a similar charge and was assessed a fine of $lO and c sts. The two men were attested several weeks ago northeast of this city when they were found parked in an auto in the middle of a road. Neighbois of the vicinity were unable to rouse them ■ from their sleep and Shetiff Harl Hollingswoith and Deputy Dallas Hower ■ went to the scene and arrested the , men, finding a qnanlty of "hatd” C'der — o Freight Train Derailed By Washout In Ohio Eight cars and two locomotives of . a Cincinnati Northern freight train wete detailed in a ditih about three feet deep. Wednesday night, when the > train struck a washout two miles south of Coldwater. Ohio. Engineer A C. Dickey suffered a fractured lib. A > wrecking t.ew dispatched to the seem cf the wieck fiont Van Wert, Ohio > was delayed live hours when it eni centered another washout, a short distance north of the other one. Traffic was delayed several hours. o 50,000 ORDERED TO LEAVE HOMES — Break In Levee Os Atchafalaya River In Louisiana Expected Soon New Orleans. Lu.. May 20.(United Press) Imminent dancer of a break in the east bank 'levee of the Atchafalava river i today prompted stale ilood dijrectdr John M. Parker, to issue a virtual ultimatum to the 50.000 inhabitants of Point Coupee parish ordering evacuation of their homes at once. Point Coupee parish is the most thickly settled of those in the “sugar ■ bowl” area of Louisiana. Its farmlands are valued, accord ng to the Lousiana department, of agriculture. at $8,00(1,000. Tlie fleet of relief boats concentrated at baton Rouge and along Old river was held in readiness following ' the engineer's report to Parker that a break appeared inim'nen* and cer- ( tain. Beaumont, Texas. May 20. (, nited Press)- A special train bearing trucks and busses left here today for ■ Lafavette, La., following a request ' sent, by the Red Cross for transport ! a ion to rescue 6.000 persons who are I in danger of being trapped as a re- ■ suit of new breaks in the Atchafal- ’ aya levees. Morgan City. La , May 20-(United - Press) —A census of every horse. - cow and mule was being completed I here today and arrangements made -for their evacuation when the- flood i waters of the A'chafalaya basin > reached the doomed city.- . “Let the flood come. We’re ready i for it.” said State’s Representative .Turns P. Herbert, one of the Morgan , City's 600 inhabitants. — o—i Citizens Bank Anpoinfed Receiver Os Defunct Bank I Bluffton May 20-Tbo Citizens bank of this citv. was appointed permanent - receiver for the defunct Studabaker t bank by Judge Hamilton in the Molls circuit court this morning. The Citiz- '■ ens bank had been acting as tvmpor- , ary receiver. ——o Miss Margaret Belle Atz, of Goshen. - is visiting friends here for a few’ days. Miss Geraldine Everett is sttend- > i„g the week-end at Terre Haute I with friends.

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| PASSPORT FOR PARIS 'A O Ta r I* I i x - BE ♦ Paris, France, is listed as the port of entry on tbe passport of Captain C.barles A. Lindbergh. The “Flying Fool" is shown getting his traveling papers from James J. Hughes (left). Federal Passforl Agent in New York, in prepartition for his flight across the Atlantic.

Three Hard-Boiled Eggs Are Captured By Federal Officers Jasper, Ind., May 26 —(UP) Three hard-boiled egg? “• RoberF. Clarence. ' ami Carl —were under arrest here to-j day, taken into custody only after i Federal agents from Indianapolis had. 1 reinforced Jasper authorities. Tlie Egg brothers were to bo taken to Evansville for arraignment before the United States commissioner. When two Federal agents. Sheriff Koi des and policeman Said went to their home, the Eggs did not resist, as anticipated. Clarence and Carl are accused of prohibition law violation and Robert faces charges of assault and battery with intent to kill as a result of firing of shots at Sheriff Kordes March 25. when Robert's home was raided. Geneva Council Buys Additional Fire Hose i Genova. May 20 The Geneva town board, in session Monday night, purchased an additional 250 feet of fire hose. Only 500 feet of hose has been carried on tbe fire truck and a need was felt fcr more. DEATH CLAIMS MRS, 0-C. FINK Former Adams County Resident Dies At Hospital In Fort Wayne Mis. O. C. Fink, 59, of Fort Wayne! former Adams county resident, died at | the Methodist hospital last night at 9:10 o'clock, following an extended illness. Death was due to a complication of diseases. Mis. Fink was born in Adams county. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andrews, both deceased. Mrs. Fink is survived by her husband and son, Robert, of Fort Wayne, One brother. Leslie Andrews, of Indianapolis, also survives. Mrs. Fink was a member of the Methodist church and of the Eastern Star lodge. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at the Klaehn and Son's funeral chapel in Fort Wayne at 10 o’clock (daylight saving time). Burial will take place in the Ray cemetery near Monroe. The casket will be opened at the cemetery, in order that Adams county friends may view the remains. Burial will take place at the cemetery at 10:30 o'clock (standard time).

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 20, 1927.

PLANS MADE FOP. ' MEMORIAL DAY — W. R. C. Plans For Services On Sunday And Monday, ’ May 29 And 30 | At a meeting of the Women's Relief Corps, held Thursday afternoon, plans were made for the Memorial Day , observance to be held by the W. R. ('. 1 and the G. A. R... Monday May 30. The program, which will be announced later will be held at the Decatur cemetery. Plans were made yesterday for the Memorial church service, which will be held at the Baptist church Sunday morning. May 29, at 10:30 o’clock. The Rev. O. E. Miller, pastor of the Baptist church, will deliver the sermon. Au invitation is extended to the American Legion, Spanish American war veterans and .the general public ta attend the service. I The members of the G. A. R. and the W. R. C. will meet at the public library at 9:45 o'clock Sunday morning May 29, and march to the Baptist i ohurih in a body. I 0 ’ Bryce Thomas To Attend Reserve Officers’ Camp Bryce Thomas, of this city, will go r to Culver Saturday to attend a three i day contact camp for reserve officers I of the United States army. Mr. Thomas is a first lieutenant in the reserve offi- , cers corps. The camp at Culver is for - the officers cf the northeastern part | of the state. | o Help Swell Fund For Athletic Field | The fund for the Athletic field is growing and the Legion boys and ail i others interested are enthusiastic over ■ the outlook. i You are invited to subscribe some tiling to the fund which will be used for leasing ten acres of ground and whipping it into condition for baseball ■ football, tennis, track work and other i outdoor sports at once. Don't put it oft. | Send in a subscription today, either to the Daily Democrat office or to Paul . Graham, commander of the Legion. i They need $500.00. The list to date is ) aa follows: I Adams Pont SIOO.OO Lions Club 25.00 Woman's Club 25.00 t General Electric 50.00 ■ R. J. Harting 5.00 > Father Hession 20.00 1 Total $225.00

i WOMAN HURT !N AUTO JCCIOENT Mrs. Ed Moser Seriously Injured In Collision Near Monroe Today Mrs. Ed. Moser, of near (Talgville was severely injured about 11 o’clock this morning when the car in which she was riding collided with another car near Monroe. The driver of the other car has not been identified. Ml". Moser ami her husband and several children were driving Io Monroe in their ear. The impact of the collision threw Mrs. Moser against the frent of the car and she received a deep cut almost completely across Hie face. She was taken to the Wells County hospital, where it was necessary to take 12 stitches to sew up the wound. No other occupants cf the car were injured. o 1). H. S. COMMENCEMENT TO BE HELD TONIGHT Diplomas To Be Presented To Forty I Graduates At 46th Annual ComB l mencement This Evening il The 16th annual commencement ex-

ervises of Deeatui high school will be held in the high school auditorium at 8 o'clock this evening. The commencement address will be deliveted by the Rev. A. J. Folsom, paster of the Plymouth Congregational church of Fort Wayne. Diplomas will be piesented to forty graduates. The public is Invited to attend the exercises. _:_2 Red Cross Relief Fund Adams county’s donations to the Red Cross fund for the relief of the sufterers in Hie Mississippi river flood area today reached $2,880.28. more than SBOO above the quota for the county. Eleven dollars was received today from Geneva. Following are the contributions reported today by Miss Annie E. Winnes, secretary of the county Red Cross chapter: Previous To'al .$2,809.78 Mr. & Mrs. W. Myers. Preble 2.00 Geneva, A. J. Briggs & Son It).00 Geneva. Wil! Vance 1.00 Mrs. O. T. Johnson, St. Paul Missionary Society 10.00 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Fisher 5.00 Tuesday Aft. Bridge Club 16.00 Sunsh ne class Baptist S.S. 1.50 Member of American Legion 1.00 Bess E. Erwin 1.00 A Friend 1.00 Envelop.' . 1.00 Psi lota Xi Dance 20.77 Loose change in boxes .23 $2,880.28 RICHARDSON GIRL EXPECTED TO LIVE Daughter Os Former Decatur Girl, Hurt In Explosion. Is Out Os Danger Murtha Henrietta Richardson, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Richardson, who was seriously injured in the dynamiting of the consolidated school building at Bath, Michigan, by a demented man, Wednesday, is on the road to recovery, according to a message received this afternoon by Mrs. Cecil Moser, of this city a relative of the child. The message stated that Martha was in a hospital and was out of danger. Word was received indirectly last night that it would be necessary to amputate one cf the child’s legs. Funeral services for Richard Richardson, 13, Matha’s brother, who was killed in the explosion, will be held at Bath, at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Agnes Andrews, of this city, and Mrs. Walter Rosenwiiikle. of Fort Wayne, cousins of the child's mother, who was formerly Miss Blanche Dibble, of this city, will go to Bath Saturday, to attend the funeral services.

YOUNG AMERICAN AVIATOR RECINS DASH ACROSS ATLANTIC ALONE IN MONOPLANE:WEATHER IS GOOD Dark Horse In Race From New York To Paris Gets Jump On Rivals; Flight Begins At 7:15 A. M. Eastern Daylight Saving Time; Commander Byrd Helps Escort Lindbergh On Start; Smile Absent From Flyer’s Face. Halifax, N. S., May 20—(United Press)—A report from Meteghan, Digby. N.S.. today said an airplane which might have been Captain Charles Lindbergh's passed over 10 miles from that place at 12:25 p.m. eastern daylight saving time. The plane was reported flying fast and eastward. Boostveil I'ielil, N. Y„ May 20. (Fnilet! Press) ( apl. Charles Lindbergh look lite tiir for Paris as 7:51 1 L > a. m.. today, .alone in his speedy silver colored Byan monoplane. It started out a damp, foggy morning, but was clearing when he took oil. The youthful pilot, a dark horse in the nice across the Atlantic, scarcely considered as a candidate until a week ago, had the field to himself. Both his rival

Two British Airmen Out To Set Record Cranwell, Lincolnshire, Eng., May 20.— (UP) — Two British airmen departed at 10:40 a. m., today for Karachi, British India, in an attempt to establish a new world record for nonstop airplane distance flight. They were flight Lieut. C. 11. Carr and Hight Lieut. 1,. E. M Gillman.

BLUFFTON WOMAN HANGS HEBSELF

Mrs. Elizabeth Ashhaucher, 73. Commits Suicide At Home Os Daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Ashhaucher. 73. wid-' ow of Matthias Ashhaucher, committed suicide late Thursday afternoon by banging her self to the rafter of the : back porch at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Nettie Sale. 608 West South] street, in Bluffton. Tlie lifeless body; of Mrs. Ashhaucher was found by her daughter, Mrs. between 41:30; and 5 o'clock. Despondency over ill health and worry over the suicide of her son. William' Ashhaucher, w* 10 : ended his life by jumping into the Wa-‘ bash river at Bluffton several months ago, are attributed as the causes fori the suicide of Mrs. Ashhaucher. Mrs. Sale called a neighbor, Mrs. I Lee Wahman and the latter notified the county coroner. William Mcßride. The coroner stated that Mrs. Ashbaucher had been dead about a half hour when he examined the body, and his verdict was strangulation self induced. Mrs. Ashhaucher evidently had climbed onto a chair and tied one end ol the rope to the rafter and the oth- 1 er end around her neck. After tieing the rope, she had jumped off the chair Her feet were barely touching the floor of the porch. Elizabeth Beeler Ashhaucher was a daughter of David and Catherine Cooper Beeler and was born at Vera Cruz, April 11, 1854. She was married to Matthias Ashhaucher. who died several years ago. Surviving, besides the daughter, Mrs. Sale, with whom she made her home, are two other daughters, Mrs. ,’harles Krim and Mrs. Jesse Markley, both residing south of Bluffton. Mrs. Ashhaucher was a member of the Reformed church of Bluffton She was a relative of Ed and A. R. Ashhaucher, of Decatur. Funeral services will lie held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the home. Burial will take place at the Bluffton cemetery. Former Canton Detective Gets A Life Sentence Canton, 0., May 20.' — (UP) —Sentence of life imprisonment was imposed today upon Floyd Streitenberger, former Canton detective, for his part in the murder of Don Mellett, publisher of the Canton Daily News. Immediately Judge Frank Clevenger announced that Streitenberger had expressed a desire to talk to him in private.

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planes were landhound, one by incomplete*! tests and one by quarrels and an injunction. Lindbergh. 25, former air mail pilot and marvel of nonchalant youthfulness —had been waiting impatiently for nearly a week while bad weather over the Atlantic made it foolhardy to start, the journey. When weather reports last night showed conditions at sea were relatively safe, despite the fog here, he crawled out of bed after two hours sleep and started fuelling his plane. Weather Conditions Excellent Ships at sea, the weather bureau and the wireless station at Lewisburg, Nova Scotia united in reporting that weather conditions were excellent. Lindbergh the lucky, who has escaped death in four airplane crashes, went nonchalantly about the buss-

noss of defying the Jinx which has greeted attempts to fly between New York and Paris. It was 7:40 a. m., when the propeller was started for the final test of the engine. Four more planes took the air. A plane which had been up said visibility to the northwest was low and that a fog hung over the ocean. The Independent Wireless company reported from Lewisburg. Nova Scotia, that the air was clear, and fine there, however, and indications were that once the plane passed out of this area, it would have clear skies. At 7:51 a.m . the plane started (covrixi 1:11 ox i»a<;e Turn COUNTY BIBLE CONTESTS HELD Decatur Boy And Girl Win In Bible Memory And Story Telling Contests Two Washington townslfp entries. Mary Engle, of the Evangelical church of Decatur, ami Milton Host man, of the Zion Reformed church of this city, carried off the honors in the county Bible story telling and Bible memory contests, held at the First Evangelical church of Berne last night, before an audience that filled that church to capacity. Much interest was shown in the county contest. The township contests had been held previous to the county meet, and each church represented in the final meet had many representatives at the contest. More than 25 Decatur people attended tho con'est last night, and were present when their representatives car*lfc<l off the honors. Regional Contest Sunday Miss Engle and Mr. Hoffman will represent Adams county at the regional meet to be hold at the Methodist church of Warren, next Sunday afternoon. at 2 o'clock, and those who attended the county contest last night say that the local entries have a splendid chance to win the regional contest and represent tills region at. the state meet, which will be held at Martinsville, during the state Sun- • day school convention, June 15, 1G , and 17. The judges at last night's contest (CONTINUED ON CAGE TWO)

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