Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1927 — Page 1

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I LINDBERGH IS ■ ENROUTE HOME I FROM EUROPE Mil H< '(> Sails From Cher- ■ ■holin’. France, Aboard | ll.s. S. Memphis Today I ll’E TO ARRIVE IN | | WASHINGTON JUNE 11 K By Charles McCann, ■ il p. S;.iff Correspondent) B I \ . ,i,| T S. S.. Memphis, enroute IB' 1 ■ ■ j " n '' I ■ l I Carles A. Lindbergh started home xlay at the conclusion of an unpreHlented fortnight in which the lowly id those of high estate combined to mor the hero of the greatest sportg event of modern times. Lindbergh arrived in Franco two eeks ago tonight, a little known nitli. He departed today bearing the ■(■orations and citations of France, dgittm and Great Britain and with emorles of acclaim such as none her of his age and station ever has joyed. Lindbergh’s lonely flight tint New Yolk to Paris seized upon e imagination of the people of irope to a startling extent. Now. irope is waiting to see if Lindbergh's me land can exceed the old world in i welcome to him. Lindbergh boarded Admiral Burge's launch for the Memphis at 3:17 fi. in., (10:17 a. tn., eastern daylight inc-1 Fluttering flags and screamI Hinr sirens hade him a last goodbye. ■ Bit appeared that all the vessels in I ■ tliT- port had tied their sirens down. I Ba score of hydroplanes flew overhead B Tile Memphis raised her anchor and | ■sail"! for Washington with Lindbergh | ■ aboard at 4 p. m.. (11 a. m., eastern ■ ■ daylight time). The vessels has ordI Bers to reach Washington June 11. He- ■ Bea ho Lindbergh is not a good sailor I' ■ and might become sick if the cruiser I ■were forced to her maximum sp I | Bof 35 knots, an average of 23 knots I ■ will be maintained on the voyage I B across. Captain White. IT. S. naval I R attache, said he would b<- surprised I ■ if Lindbergh were not ill. jj£ A gigantic chocolate cake bearing I ■ a replica of Lindbergh's plane and I ■ large enough for every member of I ■ the Memphis's crew to have a slice | I was p,i.t aboard the cruiser today. A i I photograph of Mrs. Lindbergh was I placed above the head of bis bunk. I Relieving that Lindbergh would onI joy the engine room most aboard the | Memphis, Admiral Burrage informed 11 the crew that Lindbergh would prob- | ably be among them a great deal and | that he was not to be asked for auto- | graphs nor otherwise bothered. Lindbergh may fly if he likes during the voyage to Washington.. The Memphis is equipped with p’anes whose tt nvTni kii <>x pick twiii RIFLE ANO PISTOL | TEAMS SELECTED — Adams County Bank Viffilantees Pick Representatives For State Shoot Rifle and pistol teams to represent the Adams county bank vigilantees in the second annual bank vigilantees shoot, to be held at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis. June 13. were selected yesterday at an elimination shoot held on the Fred Schurger farm, west, of the city. A majority of the members of the Adams county committee participated in the elimination. The pistol team picked to represent *he county in the state meet is composed of Robert L. Nevil, Daniel F. Grille and Herbert C. Chew. The rifle team is composed of Leonard BaumKartner, “Spot” Hollingsworth and Fred Schurger. Several others from Adams county will attend the shoot, although they will not take part in the events. T. A. Graliker and W. A. Lower, local bankers, are planning to attend. All vigilant.ee are invited to go to the state meet. Those who expect to attend are asked to notify T. A. Graliker, of Decatur, who is the chairman.

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America’s Greatest Airmen To Assemble To Welcome Lindbergh . Washington. June 4—(T'Pi—Amerl- ■ ca's greatest airmen will assemble here June 11 for the Lindbergh day ceremonies. Secretary of war Davis to- - day asked Hying commanders to designate their most distinguished aviators for participation In the Lindbergh welcome. 'ACTIVITIES FOR SUMMER OUTLINED BY COUNTRY CHIS ) . Grand Opening Scheduled For Tuesday, .lune 21; Committee Appointed EXHIBITION GOLF , MATCHES PLANNED , The Decatur Country Cub is to be t. the scene of many social activities i during he summer and autumn. Sevf era! parties are scheduled to lie held . in the spacious rooms and, at a meeti ing of the board of governors and i others interested, last evening, it was decided to give a grand opening - dinner on the evening of Tuesday, ; June 21. with an afternoon tea and program for .the ladies. A committee consisting of Miss Fanny Hite. Mrs. Chalmer Porter i and Miss Mildred Nihiick and Messrs Herman Myers { H. J. Yager and F. M. Schirmeyer was named to formuI late plans which will lie reported at ! a meeting of the ltoar<l_ to be held , Monday evening. An invitation will . be extended to the champion lady golf . er of Indiana amatures, and it is • believed that a feature of the after- • noon wi|l be an exhibition game of I golf between her and a Fort Wayne i lady. The dinner Will bo for the ■ members and their families and for I such ethers as are extended invita- ; Hons. Meeting Monday Night At the special meeting to lie held i next Monday night, members and ■ captains of the teams which canvassed a year ago for members, will bo ’ (present and plans will be announced (COX'll 'I '!'"<>> ’ Miss Gladys Kern To Speak Here Sunday Night Miss Gladys Kern, missionary to the whites of the Kentucky mountains. will speak Sunday evening at the Evangelical church of this city. Miss Kern, a former member of the Evangelical church, has spent the past year teaching in a mission school conduced for the Kentucky mountaineers. This mission ! s conducted by the Evangelical church. ar( l is only a few years old. Tn this short time, the work done by the miss'on lias been of such a characI fee as to have enlisted the sympaI thetic attention and support of the ■ government, and has already led to radTal improvement among these . mountaineers. This service is being put on under the auspices of the Young People's Missionary Circle of •he Evangd’Jcal church. A special musical program has been prepared ■n connection witn the address. The ' public is cordially invited. A stiver ' offering for missions will be received. I ■ - — Col. Richard Lieber To Speak At Berne Col Richaid Lieber, head of tile state conservation department, has accepted an invitation extended to him by State Senator Thurman A. Gottschalk, of Berne, to speak at the meeting of : the Berne Chamber of Commerce. Mon- . dav evening. June 20. The meeting will be held at the Community Auditorium. A banquet will be held in the basement and will be -for the members of the Chamber o Commerce and their Mends. Colonel . Leih er will give his address on the . main floor, and this meeting will , open to the public. Those who have , hear( i “Dick” Lieber, as he is fami . ln rly known to his friends, are enthusiastic about his coming.

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The I . S. S. Memphis, the speedy battle cruiser, placed til the disposal of Captain Charles Lindbergh. New York-to-Paris flyer, for his return to America. The vessel is seen in New York harbor.

, MANY ROTARIANS ■ REACH BELGIUM Six Shiploads Os Americans 1 Reach Ostend For International Convention r —— — 1 Ostend. Belgium. June 4—(United Press)—Six shiploads of Rptarians, ’ nearly half of the 3,000 from the ' United States disembarked at Flushing, today and came by taxi and on foot into Ostend to attend their International Convention here. Their arrival officially opened the Ostend season. The city was in a holiday mood and attire. Citizens awoke *<■ find flags of all countries floating from public buildings and hotels. The customs officials at Flushing were considerate to the visitors. A Rotarian insignia was the only pass- ( port needed and only a random examination was made of the baggage of one or (two persons on each of the ships—just enough to comply with the law. The Americans were carried across the Atlantic on six Cunard liners, the Carinthia, CaYmania, Samaria, Lancastria, Transylvania and Caronla. (< OXTIXI El» OX I’AGl'', I’ll I'D 0 NEW OIL WELL : COMES IN STRONG Well No. 2 On Stengel And Craig Farm Near Berne Looks Like Good One Berne. June 4.—0il well No. 2 on the Stengel and Craig farm, northeast of Berne, was characterized by the shooter, Wickiey, as the best well he had shot in a year. Sixty quarts of nitro-glycerine were used. It was shot at 5:00 o'clock Tltnrs-, ( ] a y evening. Dad Randall dropped the go-devil and it seemed a long I time after the boom shook the muck | before it gushed out. Oil splattered i high up on the derrick and the entire ' floor and the surrounding ground was covered thick with oil. The well is owned by the Reckon! Petroleum Company of Berne and was started by Harry M,anion and his contractor. Dad Randall finished the well. It is the shallowest well in sand for this field. They were in sand 26 feet. ; The total depth of the well is 1,092 , feet. Twelve minutes after teh well . was shot, it filled up 132 feet. It was baled only once up to (his morning. There is a good flow of gas also. The first sale of oil off the Hl'ty and Neuenschwander well was made (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, .lune 1, 1927.

Decatur Girl Graduated From School In Chicago Chicago, June 4 — Miss Jeannette Claik, of Decatur. Ind., was graduated! Thursday form the Chicago Normal i School of Physical Education. Com- ! mencement exercises wore Held in the evening at the school, 5026 Greenwood avenue, with an address by the Rev. Fred V. Hawley, pastor of Unity church.. Diplomas were presented to the class of eighty-six students by Miks Frances Musselman, principal. PORTLAND U. B. PASTOR KILLED The Rev.CJ.Swain is Fatally Injured In Auto Acciddent At Newcastle 1 Newcastle, Ind., June 4. — (UP) — One person is dead and five o'bers are recovering in bosptials here today as tli» result of an automobile collision here yesterday. A car driven by Rev. C. J. Swain, United Brethern pastor at Portland. Ind., struck fresh gravel and crashed into a telephone pole. The Rev. Mr. Swain died half an hour later from ' a fractured skull. I I Mrs. Swain suffered serious injuries, but her condition is reported improvI ing today. Mary Swain, 5, daughter of the minister. Mary Axe, 19. and Lucille Bry- . an, 17, all of Portland and Martha Butcher, 17, of Geneva, were badly bruised. o— — Marion Man Wins M. E. Oratorical Contest Indianapolis, June 4. —(UP) —Howard Bromfleld of Marion was the winner here last night of an oratorical contest on the subject of Prohibition,| ■ under auspices of the Indiana area of 'the Methodist Episcopal church. He. received a SSO prize. I Ernest Boyd of Crawfordsville, | representing the Northwest Indiana ' conference, placed second. 0 Linnigcr Released On Bond At Bluffton Today, Bluffton, Pune 4—Fre.l Liniger. of Decatur, appeared in circuit court herei this morning, before Judge Hamilton, to answer to charges of non-support, filed against him by his wife, who rcj sides in this city. Llnniger gave evi- ( dence In the case and made arrangements to make payments for the' sup- ! port of his wife, after which the court ( reduced his bond to SIOO. Llnniger expected to provide the bond and return to Decatur today. He did not enter a plea to the charge.

SWIFT JUSTICE IS PROMISED I Early Action Expected In Case Os Confessed Poisoners At Marion Marion, Ind., June 4.— (UP) —A wretched husband and wife their full parts in the poisoning of a schoolboy for his bit of Insurance at last admitted in signed confessions, will be made the objects of swift administration of justice. Prosecutor Edward C. Hays promised today. Just as a formality, warrants charging first degree murder will be sworn out against Arthur and Dorothea Walter, the husband a matured man of 29, tlie wife a girl of 16. who have admitted the bizarre plot to kill her cousin, Clifford Cox. 12. The machinery of the law will swing into aepon Monday when a special grand jury will meet. Hays will ask the return of indictments charging first degree murder. I Hays, nearing the end of his first term as one of the youngest to sit in the office of prosecuting attorney of Grant county, asserted today that early arraignment and trial will be sought. | o EXAMINATIONS TO END NEXT WEEK Children Os Decatur And Berne To Receive Free Examinations Next week will conclude the conference and examination work that has been carried on for the last two ■ weeks in Adams county by representatives of the child hygiene division of the state board of health. The ex- ■ aminations next week will be held as follows: Berne. Monday and Tues'day, in community auditorium; Decatur. Wednesday and Thursday, public, library. The Psi lota Xi sorority is in charge of the examinations to bo 'held in Decatur. Parents who have ' children of pro-school age, that Is tip to seven years, are urged to bring I them to the free examinations. On Thursday, thirteen children ' were examined at Geneva, and on Friday 23 children of Hartford township were examined at the township 1 central school building. Dr. Ada E. Schweitzer, director of the child hygiene division of the state board of examinations In Hartford township | health, observed and supervised the j 1 yesterday. Dr. Schweitzer left for | ,( ox i txt i:i» <>x I’lt.i: ri! i-i

Two French Airmen Hop Off On Flight To Far Away Tokio I.e Bourget, Fiance, June 4 -(UP) —l.ieutenunls Hegnot and Costes. French aviators, took off at 9:02 A. M I today for Tokio. The flight was not intended as a non-stop voyage, but they hope to reach Tclilta, Lake Baikal a distance of about 4 435 miles, before making their first landing. DULL SENTENCED TO SERVE 1 TO 7 YEARS IN PRISON Willshire Man Gets Prison Term For Obtaining Goods Through Fraud REC EIVES FINE OF S3OO. ALSO Muri Dull, 30. of Willshire, Ohio, was sentenced to serve from 1 to 7 years in the Indiana state prison, at Michigan City, and was fined S3OO and costs today in the Adams circuit court, following his plea of guilty, yesterday, to the charge of obtaining property under false pretense. The court ordered Dull committed to the prison at once. When Dull was brought into court this morning to receive ills sentence, lie told Judge Sutton that he was 29 years old. The law provides that prisoners who are less than 30 years old must be sent to the state reformatory at Pendleton instead of the state prison at Michigan City. The court was preparing to fine Dull SIOO and costs and send him to the reformatory for a period of 1 to 7 years when it was decided to consult the marriage license records in the clerk's office to ascertain Dull's correct age. The records showed that Dull was 30 years old last January. The court then raised the fine to S3OO and sent the prisoner to the state prison. Dull's fine and sentence are the result of a cigarette game which he worked in this city several months ago. He ordered a large quantity of cigarettes from a Fort Wayne firm, to lie shipped to this city to the Everett & Hite company, local wholesalers. When the cigarettes arrived at the interurban station. Dull signed I<ov> ix t i:t> ox r m.i i tVi' i Robert McKim, Veteran Movie Actor, Is Dead Hollywood, Calif.. June 4—(United Press)—Robert McKim, stage and screen star, died today In the Hollywood hospital of cerebral hemorrhage. His wife, formerly Dorcas Matthews, who abandoned a stage career when she married McKim 17 years ago, was at his bedside. McKim never regained consciousness from the time he was placed on a train at Salt Lake City on Tuesday. The hemorrhage followed a second shock of paralysis. The actor was born in San Jacinto, Calif., 50 years ago. He began his stage career on juvenile roles in California stock companies. He entered the movies when they were in their infancy, playing with the former Ince and Triangfe pictures. 0 Saviors Motor Companv Moves Into New Building The Saylors Motor company local I>odge agent, ha moved into the new building on First street, alongside of its present quarters, and will use the large room as a display room for new cars. The back part of the new building will be the general repair shop, in charge of a compentent Dodge repair man. The north room will still be occupied by the Saylors motor company and the office and used car department will be located there. Clifford Saylors, manager of the company, stated this morning that the new models were arriving and would be on display in the new Sales room. Chris I Bucher erected the building for Mr. , Saylors. The company now occupies about a 70- foot frontage on First street.

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ROME BELIEVED TO BE GOAL OF DARING AIRMAN Charles A. Levine, Head Os Company Owing Plane, Acco m pa n ies Cham berl i n PLANE IS SIGHTED OVER NOVA SCOTIA Wtishinglon. .hint' I (I’nitI <><l Press) The Columbia | plane's apparent Hight over Yarmouth. N. S„ indicates its pilots tire heading not towards Berlin hut toward Paris and Home, two naval hydrographic experts, Lieut. Logan C. Ramsey and Earl 11. Kincaid, said today. They charted specittl maps on Lindbergh's flight and were within <m hour of estimating ills correct

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CHAMBKRT-AW over Nov i a - Scotia. Sighted at Halifax Halifax, N. S., June 4—(U. P.)— Clarence D. Chamberlain and Charles A. Levine, in the Bellanca monoplane Columbia. Ji-w over Halifax, outer harbor, bound east, at 12:40 p. m. eastern standard time today. To Encounter Sleet Washington. June 4 —(United Press The monoplane Columbia winging its way for an unannounced point in Europe, will encounter that most dreaded obstacle of the airman—sleet —the United States weather bureau reported at noon today. Start At 6 O’clock New York. Juno 4 —(United Press) Clarence Chamberlain, with Charles A Levine, for company, have headed east by airplane over the route which led Charles A. Lindbergh to such dizzy heights. At 6:05:27 am., today (EOT) they roared away from Roosevelt Field in the sturdy Bellanca monoplane which already holds a record of having flown longer than any other airplane in the world. They circled the field once and then faded out in the sky over Long Island. After the plane wns far away Sen. Charles C. Lockwood, who said lie was authorized to speak for Levine, announced that Rome was the destination. The fliers were first reported after leaving New York, from New Bedford, Mass., and a little later they were sighted near Providencttown, (CONTINI Kl» OX PAGE HVEI PERU IS HIT BY WIND STORM Houses Unroofed and Small Buildings Demolished In Indiana City Peru, Ind., June 4.—(UP) —Houses were unroofed, porches blown away, trees uprooted and garages demolished by a terrific wind storm with tornado characteristics which descended on a section of the east end of Peru early today. The damage will amount to several thousand dollars. No one was injured, as far as could be learned. No wind was noticed In other sections of the city, although a heavy rainfall was general. Warsaw, Ind., June 4. — (UP) —A cloudburst early today sent the Tippecanoe river and other streams in Kosciusko county on a rampage, flooding basements of business places and residences. Three inches of water fell within an hour, badly damaging the corn crop here.

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arrival time in Paris. Yarmouth is 85 miles off the logical route from New York to Berlin. the hydrographers say. and is close to Where Lindbergh passed