Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 127, Decatur, Adams County, 28 May 1927 — Page 1

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I Lindbergh Is Cited For Distinguished Flying Cross

I Imerica honors lioiINTRV'S MOST [IDARING AVIATOR I Hare Honor Awarded To I Ki ver In Recognition Os i I New York Paris Plight I Belgium also I DECORATES HIM I IV> .. hiiightii. May 28.— (UP) I rica Today honored its 1 Ho i daring airman son. Char-, S Lindbergh with a citation j I Hr distinguished living cross. ■ ■•■ This rare honor, only eight K have had it. was anI Olbia.■ cd by the while house this a in recognition of I Hndbergh’s achievement in ■ the Atlantic from New I Work to Paris. ■ W.'c'.i the president had approved K el ihis great honor, the while H anmiunced that citation as lid- ( ■ K ® ■■ci:;,’!•■-: A. Lindbergh, captain. ( ■ i,Il d. and air corps i • it v. . | ■ H '• ■! slates Army: lor e.vraordin | ■ BKI. achievement while par'ieipal ing | ■ K aerial Hight and in rieogniion | I LA courage, his kill and i'-smir , ■ . in making alone. airplane I I ■ from New York fin in tin- ■ K*! ..(i States across the .Miami' E I’l'ris, Prance. di-tanc. ■ M.C’ I miles, the longest mm slop ■ , ver made by man. in the re I Hr.” ib’e >inie_uf hours. ■ 30 seconds." K Decorated In Belgium Re ■ p c .els. May 28. il'l’i Kina A! ■ ■ Bic” tlie Be’giums today gfasped ■ H’..- Charles Lindbergh b> llm liaml ■ de< orated him with Um tinier K in recognition of his New H Paris flight. t EgfiaE *“ ■ I Ev ere Airdrom \ Brils-, s. May 28 , B H- i' l’i ('apt. Charles A Lindbergh ■ Han. ids Ryan monoplane arrived toB Kl.iy Horn Paris on a 24-honr invasion , B Boi capi'al during which Um- flier B Hl"' 1 ’ 1,1 ' ,e dccoia.ed with B Htln Order of Leopold by King Albert . ■ it ontixi rd ox i’mie two, g a o i BAPTISTS WILL || MEET IN CHICAGO I I Northern Baptist ConvenI i tion To Open Tuesday; I Local People To Attend | The Northern Baptist convention I I " meet in Chicago next Tuesda' I I morning and continue over the folI I lowing Sunday, June 5. This con- ■ I vent ion is composed of delegates | | from the Baptist churches of thirtyI I six northern states, from the AtlanI I tic to the Pacific. Usually from three I I to f,ve thousand persons attend the I I annual meeting, but a special effort | I has been made this year, and since I I the meeting place is central to all I I the territory, it is expected there will I I Im at least twenty thousand delegates I I and visitors. The meetings will be I I held in the Coliseum, which can I I easily accomodate twenty-five thouI I sand people. I The motto of the great meeting is I "Jesus Christ, the only hope of the I World.” There is an expectancy I through all the convention territory I that this will characterize a new step I I in the church life. Peace and har- [ mony with power is being prayed | I and hoped for. The climax of the whole meeting | is expected Sunday evening at the I closing service, when Dr. J. C. Masi see, pastor of the Tremont Baptist l Temple, of Boston, will bring a direct evangelistic message and appeal. The Rev. and Mrs. O. E. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Cal E. Peterson and possibly several other people from the local Baptist church will attend the convention. There will be no worship services at the local church Sunday, June 5.

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Spends $25,000,000 ''W* * ‘ >: *** ■' JS&SS Ld- * * J Many wives mit’ht envy Mrs. C. \V. Wetlierton. She spends $25,000,000 a year. But she can't spend it on finery. She's budget director of the State of Kansas, and the money goes to keep the Slate machinery functioning. ENROLLMENT IN D.V.B.S. GROWS Total Os 299 Children Enrolled At Close Os First Week Os The School A total of 259 pupils were enrolled in the Daily Vacation Bible School in til’s city at t.he close of the first week of the school, Friday. This is sixte< n more pupils than were enrolled at the close of the first week of the school laut year, and oply nine less than t.he final enrollment of last year’s school. It is expected that more pupils will enroll next week and the final enrollment will be larger than that of last year. Last year, there were twenty enrollments at the beginning of tlb second week. \V. Guy Brown, principal of the school, stated today that it was not too late 1.0 enroll. There will be no classes on Monday, Decoration Day. The Method st church leads all others in the total number of pupils enrolled, there being 7G children from the Methodist congregation enrolled to date. The Evangelical and Zion Reformed are tied for second honors wi’.h 49 each. Following are the enrollment figures as released by Mr. Brown, showing the enrollment at the close of the first week last year, the enrollment at the c’ose of the first week this year and the f lint enrollment last year: Ist week Ist week Final Church 1»26 1927 1926 Methodist 65 76 7i United Brethren 51 3S 54 Evangel'cal 49 49 M Reformed 35 49 Ptesbvterian . 33 32 •■•> Baptist 29 28 33 Christ an 13 14 Je Ev. Lutheran . 3 5 S'. Paul 0 Church of God 2 2 1 Tint lassil'ied 3 3 Totals 283 299 308 o Dr. Connell Files Suit For Damages To His Car Dr. C. V. Connell, of this city, has filed suit in the Allen circuit court at Fort Wayne against F. E. Barker, asking for $1,430 damages, alleged to have been done to Mr. Connell’s automobile in the collision between Barker’s car and the Connell car. on the DecaturFort Wayne road, near Fort Wayne, last Thursday evening. Athletic Field Fund The Rotary Club has voted $25.00 for the athletic field fund, making the total $4Ol. Another hundred would make it a go and pave the way for a real play grounds. Help raise it.

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BERNE MAN IS KILLED BY TBAIN AT LOWELL, IND. Sam Dro, Salesman For Berne Manufacturing Company, Meets Death AUTO HIT BY FREIGHT TRAIN Sam Dro, 43, of Berne, a salesman for the Berne Manufacturing company. was killed Friday afternoon when a Chicago. Indianapolis &• -St. Louis freight train struck his auto mobile at a crossing near Lowell, larke county, Indiana. The fatal accident is believed to have occurred between 3 and 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. First word of Mr. Dro's death was received late yesterday afternoon bv he Berne Manufacturing company, when a travelling salesman from Indianapolis, who was passing the scene of the accident saw Mr. Dro’s name and address in tlie wrecked car and sent a telegram to the Berne concern. No details of the accident have been received. Left Berne Last Monday Mr. Dro had been a resident of Berne since ISSO. He had been in the employe of the Berne Manufacturing coinpan, makers of overalls and shirts, for several years. He left Berne last Monday morning, covering his usual route. Surviving are the wiilpw; mother. Mrs. Emi Dro. of Berne? four brothers, Ernest. li-win nnd Herman, of Berne, and Smil. of California; and two sisters. Miss Pauline Dro. of Chicago, and Mrs. Richard Hall, of Colorado. Roy Girod, of the Borne Manufacturing company, left this morning for Lowell and will return with the body tonight. Funeral arrangements have not been made, but it is thought that the service will be held Monday. — o EABL CARROLL CRmGALLY ILL Theatrical Producer Suffering From Malady Part Physical, Part Mental ' Alanta, Ga„ May 28—CUP)—Earl Carroll, New Yotk theatrical producer is in critical condition from a Malady part physical and part mental, Dr. Henry McGehee, Atlanta diagonosticlan, said today. “Something must be done immediately.” Dr. McGehee declared, "if Carroll’s is to tecover. 1 cannot say at this time what the cause of Carroll's condition is but will be able to do so in time." Tlie report of Dr. McGehee, Dr. Fred C. Williams, superintendent of the South Carolina State Hospital, and Dr. James Fouche, Columbia, S. C., on Carroll is to recover. I cannot say at once to the department of justice in Washington. None of the Physicians would say whether it recommended clemency for Carroll, now a federal prisoner, under sentence for pet jury. FOREST FIRE IS RAGING IN COLORADO Flames Threaten To Destroy Large Part Os San Isabel National Forest Today Pueblo, Colo., May 28. — (UP)—A raging forest fire, fanned by a high wind, threatened to destroy a large part of the San Isabel National forest today. Morethan 5,000 acres of timber, principally pine, have been laid waste. As tree after tree crashed to the ground in flames, leaders of the 600 fire fighters were pessimistic over their ability to stop the blaze. H. E. French, forest supervisor, declared that unless the wind abated “there will be no stopping the Are.”

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, May 28, 1927.

Herrick And Wife Follow Lindbergh On Hop To Brussels Ix> Bourget Field, France, May 28. — <UPi U. S. Ambassador Myron T. Herrick, accompanied by his daugh-ter-in-law, Mrs. Partneley Herrick, followed ('apt. Charles A. Lindbergh for half an hour today when he left by air for Brussels. The ambassador and Mrs. Herrick were passengers in an airplane flown by Louis Blerlot, first man to fly across the English channel. They returned to Le Bourget safely. A score of military and commercial planes followed Lindbergh but they were expected to turn back before lie reached Brussels. LUTHERANS PLAN FOR ANNIVERSARY Observance Arranged For 25th Anniversary Os Decatur Church, July 31 To extol and ponder in a special way the inaniforld blessings showered upon the congregation during the last 25 '■ears, a program has been aranged for an all-duy anniversary celebration at the Zion Lutheran church in this city, to take place Sunday, July 31. The former pastors of the congregation. Rev. Hinz. Rev. Klausing and Rev. Wehmeyer, wflio are all well known to a great many persons in Decatur and vicinity, will be the plincipal speakers at the celebration. The congregation invites Its friends to attend tlie services and worship with them. A dinner and supper will be served to all present. Detailed arrangements for this occasion will be announced shortly before the celebration. ——o Funeral For Suman Baby Postponed Until Sunday The funeral services for Bruce Elwin Suman, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Suman, who died at the home northwest of Decatur Thursday night, have been postponed from this afternoon until Sunday afternoon, in order that the grandfather, Grant, Perry, of Toledo, Ohio, may attend. The services will be held at the home at. 1 o'clock and at the Antioch church, south of Portland, at 2:30 o’clock, Sunday afternoon. Burial will be made in the Antioch cemetery. AQUEDUCT IS DYNAMITED —————— Los Angeles Aqueduct Dynamited For Second Time In 24 Hours Early Today Losangeles. May 28 — (UP)—The Ixis Angeles Aqueduct was dynamited i for a second time in 24 hours early today at the Big Pine power house, 251 ■ miles north cf here, according to re ■ ports reaching waterpower bureau ■ officials. Al! telephone lines in Owens valley were cut by the dynamiters and mea ger reports said that more titan 30( * -tcox rixi i:i> ox nut: < w<>> NO PAPER MONDAY Following its usual custom, the ' Daily Democrat will not publish an edition next Monday, May 30. and the employes will join in the national observance of Memorial Day. ’ Business in general will be suspended for the day. There will be a public observance of MentorDay on Sunday, held by the ' American Legion and SpanishAmerican war veterans, and one on Monday, held by the Women’s 1 Relief Corps and the G. A. R.

TORNADO STRIKES i MISSOURI TOWNS; SEVERAL KILLED 1 Storm Strikes Between Columbia And Moberly; Details Are Lacking 1 COMMUNICATION LINES ARE DOWN Columbia, Mo.,’ May 28. (United Press) Details of a serious tornado between Columbia and Moderly, 25 miles east, reached here today. I'he storm was understood to have struck the villages of Halsville, Yales, Sturgeon tmd ' Salisbury. Communication lines were down throughout the affected territory and only meager in- • formation xvtis available. I Four persons were reported to have been killed in Yales. Lawrence Abbott Killed . Near Bloomington, Illinois • Lawrence Abbott, 25. former resident of Wells county, was killed Fri- ' day afternoon, near Bloomington. 11- > linois, when he fell from a gasol no ' speeder on a railroad. Abbott, who resided at Bloomington, was employed by the railroad company. Asa Abbott, a brother of the dead 1 man. resides near Crajgville. His wife’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles ’ Busiek, reside in Bluffton. The widow and ‘three children survive. S , o 1 New Radio Allocations Postponed To June 15 Washington, May 28 — (UP) —The ’ Federal radio commission today postponed to June 15 its new radio allocations originally scheduled to be effective June 1. This postponement anr sweied a request of New York broadcasters for a 60 day postponement. i. ; —o — PRISON TRUSTEES r TO HOLD INQUIRY t Board To Convene Soon To Investigate Charges By 1). C. Stephenson C Michigan City, Ind., May 28 —(UP) The state board of charities is expected to convene in special session soon to investigate new charges of D. (’. Stephenson, former Ku Klux I Klan dragon. The board was asked to complete an inquiry by July 1 in a resolution adopted Friday by the Michigan City state prison board of trustees. Stephenson is serving a life term in the 'prison for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer. The board of trustees took no acp tion on Stephenson’s petition for a ,1 90-day parole, but will hear the former dragon at its meeting on July 1 iU In asking the parole to aid him in perfecting an appeal from the life sentence, Stephenson charged that 11 he was hampered by the unfriendly attitude of prison officials. ' He charged that the prison officials had refused to allow ths attorneys to see him alone, especially, it was alleged, during a time that such ar — interview was essential to the appeal To these charges, the prison trus tees alluded in adopting the resolu tion asking the state board of chart ties to start an inquiry. A repor was asked by July 1 when the prisor board will consider the request so: a parole. 0 Men Steal Girl’s Diamond Marion. Ind.. May 28. — (UP) —Pc lice today sought two men who stole ; diamond ring from a young woman ( neglected to pay their hotel bill am left suddenly In an automobile. On said he was from Indianapolis. The: vzere headed toward Anderson.

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wA ~w Scnorti Calles, wile ol tlie 1 President of Mexico, xv a s 1 brought to a Los Angeles bos- : pital for a possible operation. 1 The nature of her allliction was not announced.

RODEO STAGED BY BOY SCOUTS 1 Decatur Troops Engage In Contests Held At Fort , Wayne Friday Night , Before 1.000 people at the Lincoln - Tjife field, Fort Wayne, last night, ’ Boy Scouts of Fort Wayne. Decatur, ’ New Haven, Churubusco. Columbia ‘ City, Elkhart and Uniondale, staged ’ an exhibit of their activities. Eno Lankenau, chairman of the Decatur Boy Scout organization. Bryce Thomas, scoutmaster, Avon Burk. Guy Brown and Richard Frisinger accompanied the local Scouts ’ to the rodeo. Scout maneuvers including wallscaling. first aid race, fire building and athletic events were features of the program, which was classed a;- a I Boy Scout rodeo. The rodeo was opened with a grand entry of 39 troops. They circled the field and then saluted the Stars and ’ Stripes. ’’ The first events of the rodeo were II staged before night. Flood lights f illuminated the field lor the remainK der of the program. The untimely cold weather seemed to sharpen the 3 spirits of the scouts as they rushed 11 their events to completion. y Additional entertainment for the *’ rodeo was provided by the Enkhart e Boy Scout band. The band was die rected by Deputy Scout Commissioner W. T. Duganne of Enkhart. ■' Spectators at the event were higha ly entertained by Scout troop No. 13 r ' tinder the direction of H. A. Clemens. '• The boys of this troop were attired n as clowns, furnishing amusement bee tween events. lt The events and winners by troop y numbers are ns follows: First Aid-First, Troop 32; second Is Troop 2; third. Ttoop 7; fourth, •s Troop 22, and fifth. Troop 1. l 8 Troop 43, of Columbia City, won the dug-of-war event. n Pony Express—First, Troop 38; '• second. Troop 24; third, Troop 25. s- and fourth, Troop 28. q. Wall Scaling—First, Troop 6; secj. ond. Troop 12; thjrd, Troop 30, and fourth. Troop 10. rl Broad jump relay—First, Troop 45; n second. Troop 39. >r Skin the snake—First, Troop 6: second, Troop 7. Chariot race—First, Troop 12; second, Troop 24, and third. Troop 2. Tlie horse and rider event was won by Troop 43, of Columbia City. 0 . Tent pitching—First. Troop 33: second. Troop 17, and third. Troop 11. a Wood chopping—First. Troop 45; n - second, Troop 8; third, Troop 14 and id fourth, Troop 24. le At the final event of the rodeo the , v troops assembled in the center of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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THREATEN LIFE OF GIRL CLERK DURING HOLDUP "Wild West” Bandits Escape With $3,100 In Bold Robbery This Morning COMPANION WAITS OUTSIDE IN AUTO Ltipel, Ind.. Muy 28 (t nited Press) Two “wild west" b:indits raided the bank til l.ap«’l today, threatened the life of a girl clerk and escaped with about $3,1 (KI. I'he hold-up oecured shortly tifter the bank opened for business. While a third bandit remained at the wheel ot their automobile at the curb in trout of the bank, the two entered wi’.h drawn guns and commanded Cashier W. J. Kerr to turn his face to the wall in a teller's cage. He complied. While one guarded Kerr, the other walked to the rear where Miss Margaret Bini. 1.9. was filing cancelled checks. When Miss Bird refused to do commanded, the bandit pulled a revolver and threatened to shoot her. o Dr. Taylor, Os Portland, Addresses Medical Society Members of the Adams County Medical association met at the Memorial hospital last evening. Practically every member of the association was in attendance and Dr. B. M. Taylor of Portland gave an instructive talk on “Prenatal care.” Dr. Craig, of Portland, also attended the meeting. Mrs. A. J. Hoskinson Breaks Leg In Fall Mrs. A. J. Hoskinson, mother of Mrs. J. F. Snow, of Decatur, and William P. Hoskinson, of Geneva, broke one of her legs near the hip joint in a fall at the home ot her son in Geneva. Friday. Mrs. Hoskinson is in her 89th year and the injury is causing her great pain. As has been her custom for several years, Mrs. Hoskinson spends much of h<;r time with her children. MANY CHILDREN ADE EXAMINED Representatives Os State Health Board End First Week In County Representatives of the child hygiene division of the state hoard of health today completed their first week of examinations of children of pro-school age in Adams county. Scores of chil<|ren vdere examined during the week. The examinations ■ will continue throughout next week 1 ami part of the following week. The children of Root, Union, St. 1 Marys, Blue Greek. JCirkland, and ■ Preble townships have been examined this week. Fourteen were exarn- > ined in iKjrkJand township Friday. The children of Preble township were being examined today. The examinations are given free. ( Following is the schedule for the examinations to bo held next week: Monday, May 30—French Twp.. at . the Meyers school building, district No. 6, all day examinations. Chairj man — Mrs. Martha Moeschberger, Berne, R. 1. Helpers—Edwin Beer. ; Berne, R. ; Mrs. Ascheltnan. Berne, R. 1; Mrs. Levi R. Schindler. R. R. Tuesday, Mity 31 — Monroe and vicinity, at. school building, all dav examinations of children. Chairman n —Mrs. E. W. Basche, Monroe. Ind. Helpers—Howard Sprunger. Monroe, Mrs. P. G. Habegger, Monroe, R. 2; Mrs. E. M. Foster. Monroe. ( j Wednesday. June I—Jefferson1 —Jefferson twp. at school building, all day examlnie ations of children. Chairman—Mrs. le E. I<. Stuber, Geneva, R. R. 2; Mrs. (COXTIXI.ICI) OX P4OE TWO)

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