Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 138, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1927 — Page 1

WEATHER Unsettled. Proba bly showers and IoCtl l thunderstorms late tonight or on Sunday. Not much change in temperature.

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CHAMBERLIN AND 11 EVINE PREPARE I TO LEAVE BERLIN ■Trans-Atlantic Fliers Pay I Tribute To Germany’s Greatest War Time Ace ■‘LAN FLIGHT TO MUNICH TOMORROW J By Frederick Kith ■ (I' licil Press Staff Correspondent l ■ Berlin. June 11 — (UP) — Clarence anil Charles A. Levine toS !tv paid tribute to Germany’s greatest time ace, Manfred Von Richthoffwho brought down about 125 al-, planes before he himself was kiil-iS-d in a duel in the air several months tefore the Arfnistice. A crowded ihedtde was ahead of the Americans *r their last day in Berlin. They will ■fly io Munich and Vienna tomorrow. I The Americans placed a laurel ou the grave of Von Ricbihoi in the invaliden eemeteiy. Tim iih was adorned by an Amerie..n and a white ribbon bearing the tknd •’Homage.” Riehthoffen, who was called "th? h ng i ircus” on f.-indedly outfought a dozen or more allied planes. I lei his plane in fantastic colors identify during his engagements ar t ' ie a * r ’ ■ .At the invitation of the Luftan-a, -lin and lovine devoted most ■1 day to an automobile and mote" excursion to Wansee, A watering e near Berlin. They also visited former Kaiser's I alace. Sans Sooci Potsdam. This evening they werr/o of the Gentian Aeronautic where most of their hosts will be time fliers. Later they were to i the Ufa moving picture theatre to themselves in films taken a: < ott ■id and Beilin. sOTIm American club in Berlin h ’nor 1 the fliers at a banquet last night HBttended by more than 500 prominent 1 ■m rnment and municipal officials ’ representative Germans. It was I as the greatest social event of 1 ■ip season. aS American Ambassador Jacob Gcml-I 1 said in a speech that the and Chamberlin-Lt vine I ■?®l?lifs heralded the beginning of a new which "calls *'ot disarmament, and 1 loudly.” 0 Bible School Students .■All students in the class taught t.y 1 |Hliss Effie Patton in the Daily Vaca- 1 ■Bon Bible School are utged to note 1 Bbe picnic will be held Monday in--tea I 1 ■ Os Tuesday as previously planned lermar funeral MONBAY MORNINS jsill 1 • Former Decatur Woman, Bp ho Died In Toledo, Is ■ Returned Here For Burial ( services for Mrs. William L. Permar, of Toledo, sister of W. LMoon, of this citv. will be held at the W. E. Moon residence. Monday morntog at 10 o'clock. Burial will be Wail ' in the Decatur cemetery. The Bey. R. W. Stoakes, of the Methodist 1 a ■tkrch, will have chargo of the BBvvices. ■Mrs. Permar was horn : n Randolph County, Indiana, August 20. 1871. HBter. she moved to this city and 1 was united in marriage to W. Li ■krmar. They have been residing . in [Toledo for several years. Mrs. i death was due to an at- 1 tank of influenza, which later .level- , c oped nlto heart trouble. 1 .Mrs. Permar is survived by the ' SHBBlmi.d and two children. Dorothy. who was graduated from the MA. hi- J gan Agricultural college, at Lansing, t Michigan, this spring, and Frank, of t who was graduated this I spring from a Toledo high school, t ' Tw.. brothers, W. E. Moon of this I <Hty, and Ora Moon, of Cleveland, O. also survive. Mrs. Permar was a 1 member of the Methodist church. < Friends may view the remains at the I W.|E. Moon residence. 1

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Rev. Ambrose A. Kohne

Rev. Kohne was onlainetl Io the priesthood by R(. Rev. Bishop John I‘. Noll, I). I)., at Fort Wayne this morning. He will say his first solemn high mass tit the SI. Marys (aithoiie church in this city Sunday morning at ten o'clock. Rev. Schmill, who wtts ordained Io the priesthood last December, will say his solemn high mass <»n his parent's 35th wedding anniversary, Tuesday, June 1 llh. Father Kohne is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Kohne and Father Schmitt is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Dynois Schmitt of this citv.

STORY REPORTED BY RADIO PHONE U. P. Correspondent, In Plane, Follows Memphis Up Potomac River Washington, June 11. — (United Press)- -Journalistic and scient ifi c progress rnncHed D new milestone today when, for the first time in newspaper and radio history, the story of a great event was reported from an airjj’ane by radio phone direct to the t T n’ted Press office here. William J- McEvoy, staff correspondent attached to the Washington bureau of the United Press, reported the final stages of the triumphal progress of the U. S. S. Memphis up Ihe Potomac to Washington to the welcome for Col. Charles Lindbergh sirrlt as no civilian before him ever bad received. Dr. J. H. Dellinger, commerce (le-v,mtm<-r.f ludla cli’cf, v-hnse nntlert se’entlfic work had made this acMen-ment nnsslh’e, assigned bis assistant. C. B. Hempel, to accompany McEvoy from Bolling Field in a Ford tri-motor plane. The Ford company of Detroit, to aid in this remarkab’e demonstration of 20th century scienUfic and journalistic accomplishment. had permitted the government to equip its Ship with the necessary radio apparatus. Good Will Flier In Indiana Evansville. Ind . June 11 (UP) — Thousands of Evansvillians today wer<» prepared to greet Major Herbert Dargue army Good Will flier whose plane was expected to land on the Ohio River off Sunn Set park about 4 p. in SWIMMING POOL TCIOPFN HINE 18 Municipal Pool To Be Opened Next Saturday, City Dads Announce Provided the weather continues fair, the municipal swimming pool, at Samuel L. Bugg park will be opened June IS, the committee in charge announced today. Further details will be announced the early part of next week. Plans are now underway to have a more thorough examination of those who desire to use the pool. The opening has been detained this year because the water which is used in the pool, is pumped from the river and is distilled, but the river lias been out of banks for a long time this spring, and the water has been muddy. It is thought that the water will have settled sufficiently to have .the opening next Saturday. Herb L. Curtis, of this city, will have charge of the pool again this year.

ENTER CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD

ONLY DAILY NEW SP APER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Rev. Simeon M. Schmitt

Col. Lindbergh Gets [An Offer Os SIOO,OOO Salary A v ear New York, June 11.— (UP) Col. Charles Lindbergh today was offered a salary of $lfl(),0()() a year to take charge of all flying activities of the American Society for the Promotion of Aviation. The organization, of which Thomas L. Hill is pipshlenl. waq formed four years ago to encourage aviation development in the United States. It plans to establish landing fields in cities which are inadequately equipped for aviation, according to officials of the organization. DEMOCRATIC EDITORS MEET Editorial Association Holds Annli ’ - o-I)ay ()utiic* Ai Corydon Corydon. Ind., June 11. (UP) — Members of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association holding their annual two-day outing here, have definitely decided not to make any definite indorsement for a gubernatorial candidate this year, according to all indications today. Evans Woollen is sure to be approved for presidential candidate, but plans to indorse Charles A. Greathouse for governor, were blocked with the arrival of the full membership of the association yes erday. Thomas Taggart, veteran leader of Indiana democracy was applauded by the party, when he appealed for a united front of the party in Indiana for Woollen as the national standard bearer in 1928. Taggart's appeal was made in an address before the gathering yesterday afternoon. “1 believe that conditions point to a democratic victory in Indiana next year.” Taggart declared. "The thing we want to see is a united democratic front with Woollen a strong candidate for the presidential nomination.” Greathouse’s indorsement was blocked because of the great number of prosepective candidates in the field this year, and the feeling of association members that more time should bo given to selection of the right man. Nickel Plate To Run Excursion To St. Louis The Clover Leaf division cf the Nickel Plate railroad will run an excursion to St. Louis on June 18 and 19 for the celebration to be staged in that city for Col. t'haries A. Lindbergh, New York-Paris flier. The round trip fare will be $6.25. The tickets will be good going on June 17 and returning June 19.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 11, 1927.

DECATUR YOUNG MAN ORDAINED TO PRIESTHOOD Rev. Ambrose A.Kohnc Says First Hitrh Mass Here Sunday Morning REV. SCHMITT SAYS FIRST MASS TUESDAY The Bev. Ambrose A. Kohne. who was ordained to the priesthood at 9 o'clock this morning at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Fort Wayne, by Bt. Bev. Bishop John F. Knoll, D. D„ will say his first solemn high mass at St. Mary’s Catholic church in this city, at 10 o’clock Sunday morning. The Bev. J. A. Seimetz, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic church, will deliver the sermon at Father Kohne's first mass. The gev. Anthony J. Kroeger, pastor of St. Patrick’s church, Oxford, Ind., former assistant of the local parish, will bo the assistant priest of the mass; the Rev. Otto Peters, pastor of St. Michael’s church. Waterloo, Ind., also a former assistant pastor here, will be deacon; the Bev. Simeon M. Schmitt, of this city, a classmate of Father Kohne, will be subdeacon; the Rev. Mr. John E. Duffy, a subdeacon. Lafayette, will be master of ceremonies; the Rev. Mr. Leo Breitenbach, a subdeac.on, Wan atah, Ind., will be thnrifer and two Decatur young men, who are studying for the priesthood, Gerald and Thomas Durkin, will be acolytes. Besides those mentioned as ministers of the mass, there will be several other priests in attendance at the mass. Members of the Knights of Columbus, friends and members of the congregation have been invited to the service. Rev. Kohne is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Kohne, of this city. Following the celebrant’s first mass Sunday, a banquet will be given in his honor by his parents in the dining ♦oom of the Catholic school building. A reception will be held Sunday evening at the Kohne home on Jefferson street. Rev. Schmitt to Say Mass The Rev. Simeon M. Schmitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dynois Schmitt, of this city, who was ordained to the priesthood last December, will say his first solemn high mass at St. Mary’s Catholic church on Tuesday morning. June 14. at 9 o'clock. Bev. Schmitt imTINI KR ON PUIK TNN <>» o — Union Chapel Cemetery Cleaned And Grass Mowed The Union Chapel cemetery, east of Decatur, has been cleaned and the grass mowed. George W. Cramer, sec retary-treasuier of the board ct trustees of the cemetery association, said today. Mr. Cramer said that contributions from persons who have relatives and friends buried there is the only means of raising funds for the upkeep of the cemetery, and contributions are needed now. Persons wishing to contribute to the fuqd for the upkeep of the cemetery are askd to snd or give their contributions to Mr. Cramer. —oSTART ON TOUR THROUGH WEST Mr. And Mrs. John S. Peterson Leave Today For Trio To Denver And Other Western Cities

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Peterson left this afternoon on a western lour. They will join about a hundred other Hoosiers at Chicago and travel from there to Denver, Colorado, where they will attend the national convention of the T. P. A.. Mr. Peterson going as the delegate from Post X of this city. The meeting will be heli at the Shirley-Savoy hotel, beginning Monday, and will continue until Friday. Mr. Peterson will return home next Saturday while Mrs. Peterson will go on to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. At the latter place, she will visit her sister, Mrs. Rev. B. Earl Parker and family, and will enjoy a number of sightseeing trips from there. She will return home about August 1.

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REPORT MURDER MYSTERY CLEARED Confession Involves Birger Gang In Murder Os Illinois ('ouplc Nashville. 111.. June 11 (UP) Mr. and Mrs. Art Newman confessed that members of (he Charlie Birger gang killed Lory Price, state highway patrolman, and bis wife, chief John Stack of the state highway patrol and N. H. House, state’s attorney of Washington county, announced today. The announcement was made at the reconvening cf the county grand jury which will be asked to return murder indictments cn the basis of the cotifession. Authorities declare the confession will clear the mystery whith has surrounded the Price murder since the disappearance of the couple on January 17. Newman recently was returned here from Los Angeles. o Store Owners Sentenced For Concealing Assets South Bend Ind June 11—(UP) —F. Forrest Freed and Henry A. Sawyer, furniture store partners prepared to depart for Leavenworth penitentiary today following their sentencing by federal judge Slick late yesterday on charges of concealing assets of the defunct Wade Sawyer furniture company front a teferee in bankiruptcy. Freed was given two years and Sawyer a year ami a day.

Col. Charles Lindbergh

Methodists Os Goshen District Are Opposed To Medicinal Whiskey Bourbon. Ind., June 11 (UP) Meridian 45U delegates to the anntlul meeting of the Goshen district council of the Methodist Episcopal church went on lecoid today against the’ legalization of medicinal whisky. “We commend the high standard of our laymen for G dliness and Right eousness, for law enforcement am! law observance and are unanimous in oar stand regarding medicinal whisky,” read a resoultion aiepted by the body “We have’ so far reared our families without it and we are determined to continue to do so." — o MANY OVERCOME BY HEAT TODAY Seventy-Seven Persons Are Overcome During Lindbergh Celebration Washington. June 11. — (United Press)—Seventy-five persons mostly women, were overcome by -the heat during the cermonies at the Monument grounds here today for Col. Charles Lindbergh, Red Cross ofl'icials announced. The Red Cross maintained two first aid stations on the grounds. Three children were lost, but two were’ later claimed by their parents. The other is being held by police.

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GREAT THRONG GIVES JOYOUS DEMONSTRATION President Coolidge Pins Distinguished Flying Cross On Youthful Flier LINDY RESPONDS WITH SHORT SPEECH Washington, .hint' 11 (I nitt'tl Press) A sandy haired hoy with a dear eye, Charles A. Lintlhergh, was acclaimed hy President Coolidge anti 100,000 people here totlay as America s greatest modern hero. Ihe boy flew across the Atlantic ocean alone met a madly joyous dejnonstration. He greeted with a smile Ihe thousands who cheered him down America’s triumphant way, Pennsylvania Avenue. He wore no uniform and looked even younger than his 25 years. President Makes Speech Mr. Coolidge made a speech vailing him, our ambassador without a portfolio. and p’nned upon his breast the d'stinguished flying cross. Lindbergh seemed unmoved. He stood straight as a top sergeant ami smiled at the greetings of the arowd. “On the evening of the 24th of May, last, I arrived at Paris,” ho said. “During the week I spent in Paris and the time 1 spent in Europe the people asked that 1 bring back one message to the people of America. “At every gathering I heard the same words, ‘You have seen the affection of the people of France toward the American people demonstrated to you,’ they said. “I want you to bring back to them this message of lafflection)” That was the whole of Lindbergh’s speech. The President’s speech and Lindbergh’s simple, unassuming answtpr climaxed a glorious day. Washington. June 11 (UP) —<’01. Charles Lindbergh Is home. The smiling hero of the first New York-Paris flight but in here today at 11:32 o’clock, eastern Standard time aboard the I’nited States Cruiser Memphis, glad to tie again among his joimirymen anil above all. to bm • ig'.iiu iiL M.A’u... ’.1;? ilvi.tis*:';; ixidge Lindbergh. A mighty welcome was given him From dawn today when the Memphis hoisted anchor off Piney Point, <<ox vim tin on evt.t: t wo, GARY READY TO ENTERTAIN G. A. R. City Expects 4,000 Visitors At Annual Encampment Next Week Gary, Ind., June 11.— (UP) —With approximately 4,000 visitors expected, Gary today was preparing to entertain the forty-eighth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, department of Indiana, and affiliated organizations the first four days of next week. Features of the encampment will be the parade Wednesday, the campfire Wednesday, where members of the organization will be addressed by Gov. Ed Jackson. Approximately ten thousand veterans, auxiliary members, Legionaires, guardsmen and school children tire expected to take part in the parade which will end at East Side Park where a Legion ceremony awarding 62 medals to representative Gary school children will be made. Many of the veterans are expected to hear President Coolidge’s address dedicating Wicker park between Gary and Hammond Tuesday afternoon, and special arrangements for transporting the veterans to the park have been made. This city was ablaze with flags and bunting today as it prepared to enter(CONTINt Kl» ON PAUK TWO)

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