Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 134, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1927 — Page 1

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I SJPP SELECTED I TP HEAD ROTARY I f INTERNATIONAL I Billington Ma n UnaniI |n< usly Nominated For | ■><>'! \t Meet In Belgium I SECTION SET I FOR THURSDAY I ■)-.:- 11’1. Belgium, June | (J i Press) Arthur S.ipp, I of Huntington. Indiana, \v;is I ui) mriieiisl) nominated today I the i!127 International BoI dL presidency. Hie interntiI jliml convention of I’otary I which began here yesterI considered the problem of I aß>r< sid< nt soon id ler conven I iiL todav. I Kv T Elliott. <>f Leeds, Eng.. reSi hi lust moment that he not. nominated because his duties I :i clergyman would prevent his I requisite time to the offic. ■ ami Sapp were the principal I .til lidates. ■ Richmond Man A Director I Hn .. Hiion nominated the fol I i<> be directors of Internation | all notary: I mil. Knoeppel. New York: I Mri..!:c| I'keggs, Youngstown, Ohio: I Mm Garretson, Wilmington, Del.; I Rbl.ort Heun. Richmond, Ind.; J. G.l I -r. Shreveport, La ; John B Orr. | I ■ ni. l-'ia.; Norman Black, Fargo| [ Nt 1).; Walter D. Cline, Wichita I i Tex.; Joseph S. Royer, Que-1 i le Charles White, Belfast, Ire. I B T ’ 'lection wil take place Thugs i' I ■Tie mbject of war debts was mom before the convention today IF. C. Thomsen, of Denmark, who oke on the subject "Rotary in trope." "Europe," he said, “Now is under p darkest of clouds and is paying ■mentions debts, particularly to the K»>iit.'il States.” I f 0 Physician And i Family Home From Tour I I Dr. Amos Reusser, of Perm 1 , who. | his wife and two daughters. JoseI and Rebecca, have been on a trip the West Indies and the Panama expected to arrive home this They were to leave, Buffalo >his morning and arrive in Fori i ■Vaync at noon. Dr. Reusser was tl-.e • ■di-le-a’o from Indiana to the 1927 erm■ration of the American Institute of The convention was held I the Red Star liner. S.S. L:ipy ■ [SELECT NAMES I FOR CITY PARKS ity Councilmen Expected 3 To Officially Name Play Grounds Tonight At the regular meeting of the city M council to be held this evening, a.B tion will be taken, it was stated, off!- ■ dally naming the two city parks. ■ Sometime ago, two petitions were B filed with the council asking that the ■ name of the new park on. Winchester ■ street, formerly the old cemetery be I named Legion Memorial Park” and the I other asking that it be named “The I Samuel Rugg park". ft was stated that the petitioners I asking that the park be named the I Samuel Rug park withdrew their petiI tion and would file a new petition askI Ing that the name of the Water Works I Park be changed to the Samuel L I ft’ißg park. Mr. Rugg founder of Deca- | tur, also donated the ground which I forms the site of the water works and I and park adjacent to it. If such a petition is filed the council I W HI in all probability name the now I Park on Winchester street, "Legion Memorial Park" or just plain, "Metn- | orial" Park" and change the name of | Mater Works part to the "Samuel L. ffi'Bg” park or the "Rugg Mentor':" ‘ Park."

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To Head Rotai ians I li JLj M*s "St. ~, » > . mb ■‘4 * Arthur Stipp Arthur Stipp. Huntington, In--1 (liana, attorney, was unanimously nominated today, to be president of Rotary, International. at the annual international eonvention of the club, now being held in Ostend, Belgium. Since Mr. Sapp was the only candidate nominated for the office, his election is assured when the dub votes Thursday. PROPOSED DRAINS MEET OPPOSITION Remonstrances File d To Petitions For Krick And Niblick Drains Remonstrances were filed with the county commissioners today against tlie Henry Krick diain in Decatur and Washington township and against the James Niblick drain in Kirkland t< wnsliip. Following the docketing »of the petitions and the filing of the remonstrances the commissioners set a date for hearing the cases. The two cases will be heard on Tuesday, July 5. The petition for the Henry Krick drain asks that a tile drain be constructed in the southwest part of Decatur, beginning at the Abe Schnepp farm and extending across the state road and Thirteenth street, west through the property beyond Thirteenth street and terminating in the Holthouse ditch, near the .Decatur and St. Joseph cemeteries. The remonstrances was filed by 204 persons, the route of the proposed diain covers about a mile and is one of the largest proposed drains in the city. It would empty into the Hilthouse ditch and would drain much of the property in that section of the city. The petition for the Niblick drain asks that a drain bo constructed in Kirkland township. The location is near 1 eterson ami cnly five property owners ate affected. *t was stated. Two of the five filed the remonstrances it was slated. — Wells County Has New Attendance Officer Bluffton, June 7—Miss Mineva Scott of Nottingham township, was elected attendance officer of Wells county at a meeting of the county hoard of education. Monday. She will succeed Mrs. Clara Burns, of Keytstone, who is now completing her second term. Miss Scott was elected from a field of seven candidates and six ballots were necessary to decide the election. The board of education voted to open school next fall on Monday, September 5. —— o Oldest Citizen Dies Greencastle. Ind., June 7-IUP)-Walter J. Ashton, 94, the oldest citizen of Greencastle, is dead at his home here today after an illness of several months. Ashton, who for years was a justice of the peace, came here from Canada in 1847.

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SECOND FLOOD MENACE LOOMS IN ARKANSAS Rivers Again At Food Stage; Families Returning To Homes Leave Again HOOVER REMAINS ON SCENE LONGER Little Kock, Ark., June 7 —(United , Press) —Rivers again are at a flood stage in Arkansas, the weather bureau announced, and many families just returning to their honnes following receding waters have been forced to leave again. The Arkansas. Black. White and St. Francis rivers, fed by heavy rains all along their upper tributaries are again creeping over'■the lowlands menacingly. Secretary of Commerce Hoover . and ills party of officials surveying , l oud condifions remained (i day . longer to get first hand reports on a . poss : ble second flood. New Orleans, I-a., Juno 7 —(United . Press)-*-New flood crests are report- . ed sweeping 'iow;n ’lie river and it is feared today will cause considerable difficulty in some of the already-flood swept districts. In Arkansas some of the fields washed away several weeks ago have been replanted. In the vicinity of the St. Francis river in Louisiana I many farmers had new crops in. These crops have been overflowed now, according to the report here. In the lower Louisiana district little additional damage can be done * only a few of the refugees have returned to their homes and many of tlie fields still are under water. Relief workers Monday called up--1 on Secretary Herbert Hoover for aid. They declared that between 15,000 and 20,000 persons he made homeless by the new floodcrest. O Martin .Jaberg To Return From Michigan Mrs. Martin Jalierg and Robert , Macklin left this morning for Ann Arbor. Michigan, to accompany Martin Jalierg. county auditor, home from the hospital. Mr. Jaberg had an operation performed on bis foot several weeks ago and it will lie sometime until he , is able to walk. The trip was made in the Macklin automobile. o WILL ACCOMPANY THEPRESIDENT • Francis Stephenson. Former Decatur Boy, To Be Correspondent At Black Hills Franc's Stephenson, son of the Rev. and Mrs. D. T. Stephenson, former Decatur resident, will accompany the presidential party to the summer white house in the Black Hills, North Dakota, according to an. article in Editor and Publisher. Mr. Stephenson will be the Associated Press correspondent with the presidential party during th(j sum mer. Mr. Stephenson has been connected with the Associated Press in Washington for several years. For the last two years, he has been the White House correspondent for his press association. There will be more than 35 reporters, camera men and special correspondents in the summer White House party, and most of them, according to the article, are not so fond of the trip to the Black Hills, because of a lack of facilities to broadcast the news. There is only one telephone wire out of that locality, and. it will be a real job to get the news to all the papers. Mr. Stephenson is a brother of Miss Hq’.en Stephenson, girls’ physical training director of the local public schools. Rev. Stephenson was formerly pastor of the local Methodist church.

Deratur, Indiana, Tuesday, .lune 7, 1927

OHIO BOY, AGE 12, STEALS AUTOMOBILE Lad Is Picked Un At Bryant On Charge Os Stealing Car Belonging To Greenville Man Portland, June 7. Jack Cliapel. a 12-year-old boy. is being held here in custody of Sheriff Ren Hawkins, charged with steal ng a f’hevrofet ear belonging to D. (.'. Elliott oF Greenvi le, Ohio. Tlie boy, small for his age, was picked up Monday, at Bryant, by Marshal George Hoehammer. The Bryant marshal noticed the lad driving the car through the streets and stopped him. After questioning the l»y and making some inquiries, the lad was brought to this city. It was learned that the car he was driving was stolen at Greenville Sunday night. The boy is in the custody of the sheriff awaiting the arrival of officers from Greenville. He will be taki n back and his case will come up in the juvenile court. STARY WORK IN NEW OIL FIELD Schulte Company Moves Rig To Monmouth Field To Drill Test Well Work staited this morning on the development of a new oil field near this city. The Paul Schulte Oil and Gas company Incorporated, moved oil rigs and tools to tlie James Parrish farm near Monmouth, north of this city, and will start a test drill in tlie location nt once. Douglas Haney, local manager of the company, stated this morning that workman would start drilling for oil as soon as the rig was set up. and, in all probabilities, tlie first well would be shot in about three weeks. Expert oil men say that there is oil in tlie land north of Decatur, and hopes are high that a new field may lie developed in tlie locality of Monmouth. The Schulte company holds 'several leases in that locality and other individuals also own leases there. It is expected that quite an oil boom will start north of Decatur if the first drill proves successful. Heretofore, most of the fields have been developed south and southeast of Decatur. HOME-GROWN BERRIES APPEAR ON MARKETS Fine Large Strawberries On Sale At Local Stores; Watermelons And Canteloupes Here Home-groiwn strawberries, large, red and juey, made their appearance an the local market yesterday. The fine big berries, grown in Adams county, are selling at local stores at twentyfive cents a guart. The first berries are exceptionally nice ones this year. Watermelons are beginning to appear on the local market in increasing numbers. Canteloupes can be obtained at the Decatur stores, also. They appear to be good quality, for early in the season. o- » Gilliom Refuses To Debate Liquor Question Indianapolis. Ind. June 7—(UP)— Attorney General Arthur L Gilliom refused today to be drawn Into debate on his suggestion that the Indiana hone dry law he modified to permit the prescription of the administration of medicinal whiskey. The attorney general replied coldly to tlie challange cf W. Clyde Martin of Palmyra, national president of the Pro-volstcad association of Indiana. There is no question to debate, he said. Upheaval In Balkans Is Likely To Spread Geneva, June 7 (UP)- The ability of the league of nations to copc with the problems of the Balkans in which Italy is interested today rapidly was approaching a crucial test. An upheaval in the entire Adriatic and Balkan hegicn was considered possible. The difficulty concerns Jugo-Slavia's severance of diplomatic relations with Albania.

= CONTRACTS LET FOR FOUR ROADS IN ADAMS COUNTY I, r Warren Striker Gets Contracts For Building Three ’, Macadam Roads f DENNIS STRIKER , GETS OTHER .JOB ? Bids for the construction of four a macadam roads in Monroe. Blue ? Crek and Wabash townships were re- >’ reived today by the county commissioners. ? The roads to be built arc the Mur- ■ phy road in Monroe township, length 9 about 2 miles; the Neadstine, in Blue " Creek and Monroe township, 1 mile; the Nussbaum, in the town of .Berne, Monroe township, three-fourths of a mile and the Price and Wells road in Geneva. Wabash township, onehalf mile. I Warren Striker was the low bidder lon three of the roads. Dennis Striker was low bidder on the Murphy road and contract were awarded to tlie low bidders. f The bids filed with the commissioners follow: Murphy road—Davis and Carr. sll,241; Jacob Barger, $11,250.55; War--3 ren Striker. $10,990; Bieherick and r Arnold. $10,885; McCarty |md’, son. L $12,808.40; Arthur Zehr, $11,227; 1 Floyd L. Purdy, $11,482; Dennis i Striker. $10,323. i The Neadstine road—Davis and 1 Carr. $4,903; Warren Striker, $4,200; Bieherick and Arnold. $4,984; Floyd f L. Purdy. $5,173. t Nussbaum road—Warren Striker, I $5,975; Bieherick and Arnold, $7,488; , Arthur Zehr, $11,969; Dennis Striker, I $6,500; Chris Eicher, $6,500. Price ami Wells road- B. W. Bears I $4,477; Warren Striker, $4,100; t , Floyd L. Purdy, $4,293. Specifications Filed Spccff'cations for the three hard I surfaced roads leading from Decatur. past, the Catholic cemetery, the Decatur cemetery and the Decatur Country Club were filed today by 1 Engiujeer Dick Boch. ' The plans were unproved- by the commisloners ’ and bids for the construction of the 1 thre roa Is will be received by the board at the August session. The estimate on the road past the Country Club is s;‘>4.ooo; the Decatur 5 cemetery, $32,000, and the Decatur Catholic cemetery road, $42,000. It t ~ (CONTINUED ON P.4GE TWO) O COUNTRY CLUB SEEKS MEMBERS Club Plans Campaign For 200 Paid Up Members; Opening Dinner Planned i Two hundred members paid up is i the slogan of the Decatur Country Club and a campaign for that purpose will be launched Wednesday morning, at 9 o'clock, when the committees will report at the down town offices of the club to start a canvass of the city. The club is going forward now and plans are being made for a busy year with a program that will interest everyone. There will be a dinner and t a formal big opening of the club on ' the afternoon and evening of Tuesday, June 21, an invitational affair for members and families, with cards ‘ and dancing on the program. Later, there will be afternoon bridge parties for the ladies and tournaments and 8 exhibitions on the golf course. At the (tinner, short talks will lie made by President C. C. Schafer and Man ager Rov Craig. Dinners will be one I tollar each and wortii more. In tlie meantime, an urgent request is to • be made that all who desire to bei come members, do so at this time. Ii When the list has reached 200, the s roll will be closed for the present - and a waiting list started. > The club will hold another meeting 0 next Monday evening to discuss plans .. for the dinner and for the season and |. every member is invited. At that i<o\riMi:i> ON I'A(.E sivi

Fights Back * ’ iVtl ib Q ■ I I I I k A jHI RfeClJr ."''W - Arthur L. Gilliom. tiltorney general of Indiana, is carrying itis fight Io the people against the efforts of the state anti saloon league to oust him. Ihe league launched an attack on him after he condemned Indiana prohibition laws for preventing sick persons from getting liquor prescribed by doctors. CAPT. LINDBERGH STORES UP SLEEP Air Hero Is Preparing For - Late Hours After Arrival In United States By Charles M. McCann, (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Aboard the U. S. Cruiser Memphis, June 7. —-(UP)—As the Cruiser Memphis neared mid-ocean today on its voyage to Washington. Captain Charles A. 1 Jmllx vgl’. still enjoved th". . best and quiet of the ship. He was storing up many hours of sleep in anticipation of late hours and early rising during the first week or so after liis arrival at the capital on Saturday. The Memphis had the distinction of being the most sought .and honored vessel on the Atlantic. In addition to the ordinary courtesies at sea, ail ships passing wen- giving salutes in honor of Lindbergh. Gets Cake From Officers At dinner with the officers in the wardroom last night Lindbergh was presented a cake in the form of his airplane, tlie Spirit of St. Louis. The cake, tlie officers explained, was to have been the table decoration at a farewell party of officers at Rotterdam. The sudden departure of the Memphis when ordered to call at Cherbourg for I dndbergh necessitated the cancellation of the party. Lindbergh is proving a good sailor. He has impressed all of the officers by his modest demeanor. Admiral Burrage, tommandor of the Memphis, summarized the general opinion aboard the cruiser by saying that he found by talking with Lindbergh that his flight to Paris and his previous achievements were not a question of luck but rather the result of “the thoroughest preparation and the soit of accuracy and good judgment which the navy tries to attain. His success is a matter of efficiency and determination." — o — Scholl Pleads Insanity To Escape Electric Chair Valparaiso, Ind. June 7 —(UP) Waithr Schell. Gary accountant, will try to escape tin 1 electric chair for the murder of his two children. Vivian. 8. ami Donald, 6. by pleading insanity, it was learned today. • Scholl had peladed guilty and hearings will begin Wednesday to determine the penalty he v 11 pay for tho crimes. Several alianists arre read.v to testify h« i« insane, it was learned.

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BELLANCA PLANE •COMPLETESITS RECORD FLIGHT Pilot and Passenger Receive Great Ovation From German People WIVES SAIL FOR EUROPE TODAY Telephones Mother Berlin. June 7—(UP)—Clarence D. Chamberlin, pilot of the recordbreaking Bellanca monoplane, Columbia, celebrated his safe arrival here by telephoning his mother at Dennison, lowa, and inviting her to come to Europe while he is here. Mrs. Chamberlain told her son she would be glad to accept his invitation if it were possible for her to make the journey. Berlin. June 7. (I'niled Press) Clarence D. Chamberlin arrived today in the Bellanca Monoplane Columbia, completing a record breaking flight from New York Io Berlin which was interrupted twice an d which almost ended in disaster in swampy kind <S() miles southeast of this capital. Charles A. Levine, barker of the Bellanca plane's flight who leaped aboard the craft just before it soared away from New York Saturday morning. was In the cabin with Chamber- | I’n today. The pair left Cottbus, where they had remained overnight, at 4:15 p.tn.. and landed here ;at I 5:57 p. m. Chamberlin. Levine and the Bellanca received a tremendous ovation. Tlie entire city was attracted to tho open air by the roaring of 20 nirplanes which finally composed the Bellanca's flying circus. The planes wheeled and circled over Berlin while the townspeople stared upward from streets, roof tops and other points of vantage. Welcomed by Schurman There was a rush forward when 'ciiamlierlin Ylliaily landed. Unite.’ States Ambassador Jacob Gould Schuman was among th" first to reach Hie monoplane, smiling and with outstretched arms. He invited Chamberlin and Levine to be his guests at the embassy. No Plans For Reception Here Washington, June 7- (United Press The government is making no plans vet for reception to Clarence D. Chamberlin, pilot of the Bellanca, which flew from New York to Ger(CONTINIKC ON PAGE (U(>> LIGHTNING HITS FARM RESIDENCE Home Os Simon Sprunger Badly Damaged By Bolt Early Saturday Morning Berne, June 7. Lightning struck the Simon Sprunger residence, two miles north of Berne, early Saturday morning, causing damage estimated at several humlred dollais. Members of the family were asleep in the house at the time. The bolt came into the house and struck an,iron bed in which Matilda Sprunger was sleeping. The north wall of that room was practically shattered by the bolt and the foot of tlie bed was badly scorched. Timbers from the north wall were touqd on top of the barn, between 80 and 100 feet away. Matilda was not injured except for a small scratch caused by flying timber. Tlie bolt also struck an iron lied in an adjoining room, which was occupied by Matilda's brother, Gerhardt. The bolt passed through the head of tho bead and out through the knob into the wal. Every room in the house was damaged. Tlie two sleeping rooms, tn the kitchen, dining room and attic showed the worst effects, however. Fire started in two places. Two comforters and one quilt on a spare bed in (CONTINUED ON CAGE TWO)

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