Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 139, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1927 — Page 1

WEATHER probably showers a „d local thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. Not much change In temperature.

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(PLAN TO ABANDON IINTERURBAN LINE IISNOTOPPOSED No Objections Made at Hearing On Petition Os Fort Wayne-Deeatur Line Shearing h e l d IN DECATUR TODAY \ ( , objections to the proposed hbiiiwlonment of the Ft. Wnyneivcalur inlerurban line were ollVred id (lie public hearing on the petition of the traction company for authority to abandon [lie line, held here today in the circuit court room of the Adams county court house. The hearing was conducted by Mr. I)avid K. Mathews, chief railwav examiner for the Indiana Public* Service commission. Attorney Barrett, of Fort W avne, assisted Mr. Mathews. Robert Feustel, of Fort Wayne, general manager of the traction line, appeared for the petitioners. He submitted a detailed report on the operation of the line tor the last several years, showing that the operating expenses have exceeded the revenue each year. The Fort Wayne-Deea-tur Traction company, owner of the line, has employed the Indiana Service Corporation and the Fort Wayne Northern traction company at $1,500 per year to operate the line for (he last few years. Revenues Decreasing Mr. Feustel also declared, in his Spinion, there was no .possibility of li-creasing the operating cost or increasing the revenue of the line. In tart, he said, the revenues have been lecreasing each year. No dividends lave ever been paid by the company, t. was said during the hearing. Mr. i'eustel said that he had advised the tiling of a petition to abandon the Ine three years ago, but that the iwners wanted to continue operating lie line in hopes that it could he nade to pay. ' The huge increase in the number if privately owned automobiles and he fact that the line was forced to tompete with a steam railroad, truck ind bus lines wero the causes given iv the petitioners for the decrease li revenue. F The traction line owns 22 miles of ■track between this city and Fort wayne. The Indiana Service Corpor<<OVH\i FI) OX PACK <IV) SOPHIA HEKE EXPIRES SUNDAY Lifelong Resident Os Preble Township Dies At Age Os 79 Years ■ Mrs. Sophia Hilgemann Beineke, IT?! 1 , iife'ong resident of Preble towni' Blip, died at the Beineke residence at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon, following an extended illness. Deatli ■was due to complications and infirmities. Mrs. Beineke was the widow Os William H. Beineke, who died in 1912. ■ Sophia Hilgemann Beineke was Born October 14, 1857, in Preble townand lived her entire life in that ITtcality. In early life, she was united in marriage to W. H. Beineke. lira. Beineke was a member of the Bangley Reformed church. B Surviving are four children, Mrs. Kruetzman, of Kirkland townBhlp; Mrs. Emma Kolmerten, of Al--8611 county; Mrs. Mina Reppert and Bin; on W. Beineke, of Preble township. A son, Henry, and a daughter. Bit's. Bertha Scherry, preceded the mother in death. Thirteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren 4lso survive, as does one foster son, Bjhe Rev. John L. Conrad, of PortjHjNnd, Oregon. ■ Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock standard time) at the home And at 2 o’clock at the Salem Reformed church. Burial will take Slace in the church cemetery. The Rev. Otto Scherry, of Vera Cruz, will Blve charge of the’ services.

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Lindy Predicts Successful Plight From U. S. To Hawaii Washington. I>. c. Juno pi ippi — Charles Lindbergh today predicted a successful flight would soon be made from San Francisco to Hawaii. But he warned the aviators who attempt the Pacific hop their navigation must be even more careful than ni» navigation of the Atlantic. The flyer’s optimism regarding the Pacific flight was expressed in a speech at the breakfast given by the National Aeronautical Association shortly before Lindbergh was to hop off for New York.

PRESIDENT TO LEAVE TONIGHT FOR BLACK HILLS Nation’s Chief Executive And Party To Spend Three Months In South Dakota TO MAKE STOP AT HAMMOND By Paul R. Mallon, (IT. P. Staff Correspondent) Washington, June 13. — (UP) —With a retinue of 85 white house attaches, photographers and newspapermen, President Coolldge will set out tonight aboard a special train to spend three months in the Black Hills of South Dakota. There in the locale of six-shooting bad men and Indians he will devote himself primarily to fishing, walking and avoiding guests. To Stop At Hammond Ejt rlyj pm orr_ow a fit* XR Q!IP. 1 h £J? resb "denlial special will pause for two hours at Hammond, ind., to enable Mr. Coolidge to dedicate the Wicker War memorial there. Proceeding on his journey before sundown he will reach Pierre, S. D.. Wednesday morning to he welcomed by state officials. After half an hour stay there he will go on to Rapid City, arriving Wednesday evening for a 32 mile motor trip to the state game lodge which is to be the summer white house. Accompany the president will he Mrs. Coolidge, Postmaster General New, Secretary and Mrs. Sanders, Major James F. Coupal, his personal physician, and Col. Blanton Winship, 1.,-i aide, with members of his office staff, household employees and secret serivee operatives. There will also be 26 newspapermen and six movie and still photographers. The exact schedule of the train, in accordance with custom, is being kept confidential. Pan-American Flier To Reach Fort Wayne Today Indianapolis, June 13—(UP)— Major Herbert, Dargue, Pan-American flight commander, will take off in his Amphibian plane this afternoon for Fort Wayne, enroute to Detroit, continuing liis United States tour. The hop will be byway of Muucle. An escort plane also will make the trip. Major Dargue arived Sunday from Evansville. Today lie spoke before fie service club, conveying a message of good will from Latin America. Convoy To Have Fair On Streets Next Fall Convoy will have a street fair this fall. llusiness men of the village voted for the event at a recent meeting. It is planned to hold another meeting in the near future for making preliminary arrangements. William Geake, Prominent Fort Wayne Citizen, Dies Fort Wayne, June 13 — William Geake, 77, prominent Fort Wayne citizen. dep'uty for Indiana Scottish Rite Masonry since 1902, died this morning at his heme in this city. Death was due to broncho pneumonia. Mr. Geake wa3 the father of William C. Geake, mayor of the city of Fort Wayne. Mr. Geake had been identified with every important Masonic development in Fort Wayne and throughout the state for many years. He was a former grand master of Indiana Masonry.

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Rapid City, S. D, will be the Summer capital of the United States. It is the nearest city of size to the- State game lodge in the Black Hills, of South Dakota, where President Coolidge will spend his vacation, and because of its accessibility will be used as executive headquarters by the President. The main street shown above; at tin right is the high school, where executive offices for the President will be. (M-N Exclusive.)

THREE KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS Two Persons Killed Near Hartford City; Third Meets Death At Capital Indianapolis, June 13. —(UP)--Three persons were killed and 15 others injured in autonfoTille accidents Sunday, [ according to reports received early today from over the state. George R. Head was instantly killed late yesterday and three other men anil a woman injured when two automobiles collided and overturned in \ this city. Two men who were in one of the machines but escaped unhurt, were charged with drunkenness, as | well as tiie three men who were injured. The injured are Lester Brown, 39, John Mayner, 40, Miss Ethel Huston,) 32, and Henry Stevens. 50. None of the injuries are serious. Brown was driving a rented mu-, chine and was turning a corner at a higli rate of speed when (he rear left ( wheel of his car hooked the front left . wheel of a machine driven by Miss Huston. Miss Lucille Claytor, IS, of Hartford City and Arthur Compton, 21, of Marion, were killed and six others UOMIM KII ON I’A OH TWO) MEMORIAL HELD BY K. OF P. LODGE Knights And Pythian Sisters Unite In Annual Service Sunday Afternoon About 60 members of the 'local Knights of Pythias lodge and Pythian Sisters met at the Home on Third street at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, for the annual memorial services held for deceased members. The p’.em bers of the two lodges went to file D> catur cemetery where flowers were placed on the graves of all departed members. A memorial service was held at the grave of Ed Aughenbaugh, last deceus- ■ ed member of the lodge. The rltualistic service was conducted by I>. B Erwin, John R. randali and John Nelson. Following tiie services at the cenie-; tery, the members returned to the Pythian home where the memorial service was completed. The memorial service is an annual affair, being held In conjunction by the two lodges. To Make Decision Thursday Valparaiso, Ind., June 13. (United Press)—After hearing pleas of attorneys in the case of Walter Scholl, slayer of his two children at Gary, Judge Grant Crumpaeker, today announced that Me would hand down w rtArJuinn Thursday morning.

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Talk Is Not Always Cheap, Tipton Woman Learns To Her Sorrow Tipton, Ind., June 13. — (INS) —The old saying that talk is cheap was disproved tiy Judge C. W. Mount of Tip-1 ton county circuit court at the ex-j pense of Mrs. Dollie J. Gannett, of j Grant county, during a suit against j her husband. J Judge Mount had indicated he would award the woman 12,200, but | then she began to dispute her hits- ( hand's testimony. The argument ex- ( pandeil until she began battling with the judge. ] "That remark will cost you $700," , said Judge Mount, striking out Ihe $2,200 and inserting $1,500. | Mrs. Gannett remained silent thereafter, although her husband doubtless j wished she would renew her argument. ELKS TO OBSERVE FLAGDAYTUESDAY Decatur Lodge To Hold Special Service In Honor Os Flag’s Birthday A special Flag Day service will be held by the local Elks lodge at a spec- | ial meeting to he he,id at the Elks ! home on North Second street, at 8 o'clock Tuesday night, June 14. The regular meeting will he liehl following the services. All members are urged to attend the Flag Day services. FNag Day is one day which is observed by Elks all over the country. Following the special services, plans will he made for an Elks carnival, which will lie held for an entire week in this city this summer. A carnival was held by the local lodge two years ago, and proved successful Dates for tiie carnival will he decided upon at the Tuesday meeting and several important committees will be announced. All members areu urged to attend the Flag Day service and tiie regular meeting. , June 14 is the Flag’s Birthday. j it, was on June 14, 1776, that congress formally made the Stars and | Stripes the emblem of the republic. | Many changes have been made during I the passing 151 years. The nation’s flag fundamentally j means today what it meant in 1776. In j paying tribute to the flag, June 14, the; nation will not only honor the found-; ers of the republic but also it will P“: ; tribute to all the great and brave men j and women who have helped keep in- ! tapt the fundamentals cf Americanism o —— Oldest Odd Fellow Dies , Valparaiso, Ind., June 13- —(TIP) - I Herman Hagen, 94, oldest Odd Fellow n in Indiana, is dead here today at the ! home of his daughter, Mrs. P. A. Gant.

SEEK REDUCTION IN APPRAISEMENT Petition Signed By 1,200 Adams County Farmers Filed With Tax Board A petition, bearing more than 1,200 names- of Adams county residents, has been sent lo The state lax board, asking for a 25 per cent reduction on land appraisements in Adams county, effective at once. The state board will send a special representative to Decatur, Hhursday June 16, for a hearing. The hearing will he held at the Adams county court house Thursday at 10 o'clock, and will lie public. Those sponsoring the petition have appointed a strong committee to represent the county at the hearing. Tiie committee which will represent tiie petitioners is composed of: Noah Rich. Monroe ownship; Jonas Neuenschwander, French township; John H. Smith. Wabash township, and William Miller, St. Marys township. The committee will present the facts to tiie committee and will then formally ask the tax board representative for the reduction. The petiI lion has been signed by residents of every township in Adams county. JUNIOR BAND TO PLAY CONCERT First of Scries of Eight Concerts To Be Given Tomorrow Evening The Decatur Junior band will give tiie first of a series of eight public concerts Tuesday evening, on Liberty Way, providing the weather is favorable for an out-door concert, it was announced today. The band members will donate their services for the eight concerts, which will he held every Tuesday evening, at 8 o'clock. As a special attraction tomorrow night, the Girls' Saxaphone Band, of Fort Wayne, of which four Decatur girls are members, wilt play several selections. Prof. J. C. Cafaro, who is director of the Decatur Junior band, is director of the saxaphone II and, also. The public is cordially | inv.ted to hear the concert. o Auto Catches Fire The local fire department made a I run about 6:30 o’clock Saturdaynight, to the corner of Madison and First streets, where a car, whose i owner was not learned, had caught ■ fire. A short circuit in the storage ■ battery caused the blaze, which was ) | quickly extinguished without muph : loss to the owner.

Former Geneva Man Dies At Newcastle Harry Carlton Mason, 45. former resident of Geneva, died Saturday at the Indiana Village for Epileptics, at Newcastle. He bail been a patient at the hospital for the last eighteen years. Mr. Mason was born in Geneva In 1381. He was a sou of Adam ami Sarah Mason, both now deceased. Mr Mason was never married Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Jessie Wlswell, and two brothers, Fred and Arthur Jason, all of Geneva. The body was returned to Portland Saturday and was taken to a mortuary In that city. Funeral set vices likely will tie held at the Jay City church. MANY PRIESTS TAKE PART IN SERVICES HERE Impressive Ceremonies Mark First Solemn Mass Os Rev. Ambrose A. Kohne BANQUET GIVEN AT NOON HOUR With impressive ceremonies and a large congregation attending, the Rev. Ambrose A. Kohne, who was or dained to the priesthood Saturday, said his first solemn mass at St. Mary’s Catholic church, at 10 o’elpck Sunday morning. The celebrant, acq'ytes, altar boys, assisting priests and the Rev. J. A. Seimetz. rector, marched from the school house to the church, accompanied by a delegation of the Knights of Columbus, who also attended the service. The priests who assisted at the celebration of the mass were. Rev. Anthony J. Kroeger, Oxford. Ind.; Rev. Otlo l’e'ers, Waterloo, Ind.; Rev. Simeon Schmitt, Decatur; Rev. Mr. John E. Duffy, Lafayette; Rev. Mr. Leo Breltenback. Wanatah, Ind.; and Gerald and Thomas Durkin, of this city, who are studying for the priesthood, acolytes. Rev. Seimetz Gives Sermon Rev. Seimetz delivered the sWrmon during the mass and extended words of congratulations to Rev. Kohne and to the parents on having a son in tiie Holy Orders. Other priests who were in attendance at the services and at the banquet served at noon in tiie Catholic school building were. Rev. Edward T- Fallon. St. Vincent’s Orphanage, Fort Wayne; Rev. Alfred Reinig. Waterloo; Rev. H. J. Miller. Fort Wayne; Rev. Geo. Angerniaier, Fort Wayne, a former assistant here; Rev Charles Olrardot, Bluffton; Rev. John A. Dapp, Ft. Wayne; Rev. Edward A. Miller. Waterloo; Rev. John S. Steger, Nix Settlement, Ind. About 175 people attended the banquet at noon, given by Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Kohne in honor of their son. A program of vocal selections w-as given during the dinner hour and Father Seimetz delivered a short

irnvTivt nn »>\ i*a«;h two* Decatur Girls To Diav At Fort Wayne Tonight The Missqs Mildred and Lillian Worthman, Violet Souirc and Mrs. George H. Squire went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to play with the Cafaro Saxaphone band at the Mizpah Shrine They will furnish the music for the banquet at 6:30 o’clock this evening, which is to be given in honor of Major Herbert A. Dargue, Pan-American flier and several other fliers who arcompained the Major (o Fort Wayne. Reservations have been made for 800 guests. Open House At M. E. Church This Evening Open House will be observed tonight at the Methodist church by the Co-Workers class of the Methodist Sunday school. All members of the class, which consists of the men of the congregation, and their families are most cordially invited to be present at the church tonight. A good program has been prepared and refreshments will be served. The program will start at 7:30 o’clock.

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WELCOME MOST TUMULTUOUS IN CITY'S HISTORY New York-Paris Flier Borrows Army Plane To Fly There From Washington SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS HAS MOTOR TROUBLE New York, June 13 (United Press) New York today reeeived Charles Lindbergh as its hero in the most tumultuous welcome this city lias ever given to any man. Lindbergh Hew here from Washington, alighting in the harbor from an amphibian plane. He was brought down to the Battery through a line of hundreds of whistling, saluting boats and beneath great arches of water, thrown l. r >o feet in the air by fire boats in the escort. For five minutes, police fought back crowds to g.vo hUn a chance to land. Surge Through Police Lines When the thousands at the battery saw Lindbergh was once ashore, they could not be restrained longer. They surged through police lines, a- if none were there, and packed in a mass around his automobile Foot policemen fought and shored to no avail. Two hundred mounted poll's; charged at full tilt, there shovin.t. rearing horses threatening to tru:nplc the people before them. But it took five minutes of that to make even a semblance of a path ahead of Undbeigh’s car. Then it began to move slowly forward, foot and mounted police crowding back the throng. The crowd closed in behind It. At 2:10 p. in., Lindbergh reached the city hull and alighted from Ills car at the historic steps cf the old budding. It stands on the spot where George Washington read to his troops the declaration of independence. < ‘‘There he is," was the shout which swept the crowds around the port, and was carried high up to the windows and roofs of nearby buildings to lie repeated by oilier thousands. Mayor Walker was awiting hint on the city hall steps. As the mayor stepped forward to (CO\Tl\l El> <*\ PAfiK TWO* PLANS COMPLETE FOR FARM TOUR Annual Adams County Dairy Tour Promises To Be Big Affair

Plans for the annual dairy farmer's lour to be held next Thursday, June 16, have been completed. Five stops, each of which emphasize some pa:titular phase of dairying, will he made The stops are planned at the homes of farmers who have made successes In some line of dairy farming. Everyone Is invited to luing a basket and accompany the crowd on the tour. It is expected the Adams county delegation will hang up a state record this year, the tour having ranked second in size last year. The first stop will he made at the farm of Otto D. Illeberlch, located t 3-4 miles west of Peterson, where an automatic watering system will be inspected. Mr. ltleberlch’s equipment enables each row to obtain a fresh drink of water without being removed from her stanchion. The herd of Ernest Kruetzman Is located just across the road, will also be inspected. Mr. Kruetzman is making use of a milker and separator run by electricity. The next stop to be made will find the crowd inspecting the pure bred herd owned by David J. Maxelln. This herd averaged 492 pounds butter-fat last year, the leading cow having produced seven hundred pounds. The next stop will be made for a basket dinner at the C. W. R. Schwarts (CONTINUED ON PAGE Sill

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