Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1927 — Page 1

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Bluffton Factory Is Destroyed Bu Fire: Loss Is $35,000

early morning glaze destroys ffIIMESIFOUNDRY \|| Os Company’s Valuable Patterns Are Lost In Costly Fire DEFECTIVE SMELTER blamed FOR BLAZE Bluffton, June 25.— (U.P.) — j fi re at 1:45 o’clock this morning destroyed the G. W. Grimes foundry, here and did damage estimated at $35,000. Practically all the plant’s valuable patterns were destroyed by the blaze, which raged for several 1 hours. The Bluffton fire department man ased to gain control of the fire and fcatp it from spreading to neighboring Routes and buildings. The cause was sad to have been from a defective smelter. o Berne Factories To Have Exhibits At Furniture Show Berne. June 25—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Homer Manufacturing company and the Dunbar Furniture company, local furniture manufacturers, will have displays of their products at the semi-annual furniture market, which opens at the Furniture Mart on Lake Shore Drive. Chicago, ’next Monday. The Dunbar has shipped two car loads of furniture to the show, consisting of .35 living room suites, and the Homer company has sent 45 pieces of furniture. The latter company sent beautiful specimens of occasional and Coxwell chairs. — - — Eleven Prisoners Saw Way Out Os Oklahoma Jail Hobart, Okla., June 25—(UP)—Eleven prisoners sawed their way out of Kiowa county jail and escaped in an automobile. Seven other inmates Tii'anot'.'.; ;• ■ •-.... partment were unable to free themselves. 0 TAX CHECKS WILL BEREADYTUESDAY County Auditor To Distribute May Installment Os Taxes Next Week Checks for the June distribution ot the May installment of taxes will be ready Tuesday, Mrs. Martin Jaberg. deputy county auditor, stated th s morning. The total distribution amounted to $445,27.68, of which $55.520.59 was sent to the state and the balance distribted among the township, school boards, incorporated towns, the general fund, the road bond and interest funds and the gravel road repair funds. The townships, school boards and incorporated town governments will receive the following amounts: ICOVTIXI RD OV VAGI'! TWI»

Scotch Girl Waits 20 Years To Save v Enough To Bring Her Here To Marry

By International News Service New York, June 25. —An old axiom dictates that time waits for no man but, wisely, it said nothing about women. For 20 years Robert Innes waited for Catherine Mitchel to become his bride and, although she was willing, there was a wide breach between them— the Atlantic ocean. Coming to the United States in 1907, Innes bought a ranch in Montana but it never yielded him sufficient income to bring his fiancee, Catherine, whom he had left in Scotland, io this country. And she, in turn, could not save enough out

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Forest Fire In California Beyond Control ()f Fighters Bakersfield, Calif.. June 25 -(UP)— J A tire which was burned over approxInnately 35.000 acre- of stnnfl | r , K ' tin , ’ her in the Santa Barbara National f r-l rest was out of control early today. Addition.,' fire fighters have li.-en I rushed from ail nearhy towns. Tim J blaze, it is feared, will reach the heart I of the forest north of Mt. Anhnony mtless it is checked before night. LUTHERANS END 3 ANNUAL MEETING ;i Concordia College. Fort M ayne, Chosen As Con--1 ference Site In 1928 J Fort Wayne, June 25.—(Special)— I Rev. Fted Wambsganss. 2322 T’"iad- , way. pastor of the Emmaus Lutheran , church, was elected chairman of the , mission board of the central district synod of the Missouri Lutheran conference at Concordia College Friday. The annual six-day convention of the central district closed at noon Friday after the delegates selected! Concordia College for the 1928 con- j ference. "I The delegates passed a resolution ■ authorizing the transfer of the dis- . t trict mission board headquarters from Cleveland to Fort Wayne, installation i service for the new officers and visit- , ’ ors of the district was held at the opening session Friday morning. The r iiMUdlaUMi «erMMony was in charge , of Rev. Patil Dannenfeldt. pastor of , Zion's Lutheran church, of this city. '! The following officers were installed: President. Rev. Walter Lichtsinn, of Hammond: first vice-president, ! Rev. Paul Kleinhans. of Cleveland; second vice-president Rev. J. D. Mat'thius, of Indianapolis; German secretary, W. F. Doctor, of Cleveland; Eng--1 iish secretary, 11. D. Mensing. of Fort I Wayne, and treasurer, J. C. Trier, of Fort Wayne. 'I Rev. Paul Kleinhaus, retiring chair- ’ man of the central district mission 'board, asked for appropriations for the support of a number of new mis- • Sfons at-Louisville, Frankfort, Fort Wayne and Cleveland. The delegates 'voted $16,000 as subsidies for salaries I of those in charge of the missions. The delegates pased another resolution giving the church extension 1 board, charged with erection of new ' church buildings, permission to float , in* erest-bearing notes to the extent !of $150,000 for new churches. Rev. J. D. Matthius, of Indianapolis, retiring president of the district, gave 'la farewell address. Rev. Lichtsinn. I the new president, outlined his work 'for the district for the ensuing year. , Rev. Lichtsinn will be provided with an assistant pastor during his presidency. He is pastor of St. Paul's ’ Lutheran church at Hammond. Wife Os Berne Minister Critically 111 At Hospital Mrs. C. W. H. Souerwein. wife of the pastor of the Reformed church at i Berne, is in a critical condition nt the | Adams County Memorial hospital, f ’- lowing an operation performed there ! several days ago. The attending physicians fear that peritonitis may devel'l cp- —

I of her earnings to pay her passage i across. , . ,1 Her father died recently and t ! Catherine inherited enough money to immediately sail across the harI rier that for a score of years had , separated her from Robert. He met her at the pier and they lost ; no t , :m e in getting married he £ leaving after the ceremony for In- , X ranch in White Water. Saco, ’ M “bergh crossed the Atlantic ' ,- n 33 hours and it took me 20 years J but I got more in my way han he , 1 1U d in his for the trip, said the II bride happily-

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MUSI ELIMINATE FIRE HAZARDS IN SCHOOL BUILDING State Fire Marshal Orders Several Changes Made In Berne Building BOARD PLANS TO BEGIN WORK SOON Berne, June 25. —Tiie state fire marshal has ordered the Berne school hoard to make several Im- 1 provements in the local school build- ] ing ths summer, before school can] ;be he’d in the building. The changes I must be made before the building will qualify under the rigid state laws regarding fire protection. The state fire marshal was here on the 20th of last April and made a careful inspection of the building anti very recently the Board of Education received the information of h’s findings, including also complete instructions for tiie necessary change - . The school board is starting at once to make the necessary preparations !*■ begin the work. At present the mmer Bible School is still continual the school building, but as soon as the term closes the work of improvement will very likely begin. Perhaps the most important improvement is the addition of a new standard, approved fire escape on the south side of the building. The escape is to reach from the Irage assembly hall on the second floor to the ground level and it is to be approved by the State Industrial Board and the State Fire Marshal’s office. At, present there are just two fire escapes from the second floor, one on the east side with the escape from the science room and the other is on the west side of the building with escapes leading from the seventh and eighth grade roonys. The

sc'ence room escape is the only one that was to bo used by the high school pupils. Whenever a fire drill was given the pupils in the assembly room made a dash down the long hall leading to the science room and then to the escape. With only so ft possible that in even' of a fire the single escape could have easily been shut off «nd the I ves of the pupils would have been greatly endangered. Since the aisles in the assembly (COS rtM Klt ox PAGE I " <»> MAIL CARBIERS Hi CONVENTION Decatur Carriers And Postoffice Emnloycs Go To Daleville Today | Twelve employees of the Decatur post office headed by Postmaster L. f A. Graham and assistant Postmaster t (’ E. Hocker, left today for Daleville, . ln ,liana, where they will attend the an- . nua ] convention of the Eighth district > nira i mail carriers of Indiana, to be - held this afternoon and tonight at the First Christian church of Daleville. The program includes an address by ■ Congressman Albert H. Vestal, of the Eighth district, election of officers, selection of a meeting place for 1928. a song program, and other addressebv members of the association. The ’ annual banquet wil Ibe held at G o'- ■ clock tonight. Those attending from this county ' Included: Mr. and Mrs L. A. Graham, , Mr and Mrs. H. 0. Davis, Mr. and , Mrs. Ray Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Hubei;' Zerkle. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mallony Mr and Mrs. H. A. Fuhrman, Mr. and ’ Mrs. Earl Butler. C. E. Hocker. William H. Engle, James Andrews, E. Os- ’ terman and Ed. Ellsworth. , The Adams county party left by an- , tomobiles this morning and will return . following the banquet tonight. The . convention is held annually as some town or city in the Eighth dlstri.t.

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[ Moral—Don’t “Get I Gay" With A Cop When He Arrests Your Hubby Indianapolis, June 25. — (UP) —The first arrest recorded in enforcement of the ordinance against more than three passengers riding in the driver's seat of an automobile, was made last night, when Mr. and Mrs. 11. E. Scott were placed in city prison. 1 Mrs. Scott was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct and interfering witli an officer when she Is alleged to have remonstrated against her . husband’s arrest. Mrs. Scott said she recently came to Indianapolis with her husband, from Vincennes, and knew of no ordinance prohibiting I lie carrying of 1 four passengers in the driver's seat. 1 {The Scotts were riding with two oth- 1 I er persons in a coupe. TAXPAYERS MAKE NO OBJECTIONS I None Appears Before Board Os Review For Hearing On Assessments Up to noon today, not a single taxpayer had appeared before the county board of review and offered an objection against tiie assesment of personal property. The board has kept busy checking assessments and making and making changes where necessary. Beginning last Thursday, the board set Thursday, Friday. Saturday and Monday as the days on which ohpections to the assessments of personal property would be heard. The attitude i f tiie taxpayers in this county is different from those in Allen county ami other nearby counties where the review board has been kept busy hearing objections and making horizontal changes. Tiie review board ' does not have jurisdiction over tie assessments of rial estate, a petition > Signed by mite than 1,200 farmers

being filed here asking that the appraisement of farm lands be reduced 25 per cent. The petition was heard by a representative of the state board of tax comtristtoners, but so fa' no action has been taken. PHYSICIAN FACES SERIOUS CHARGE — Warren Physician Arrested I In Connection With Death i Os Mrs. Twain Grove Dr. Henry E. Laymon ,ot Warren was arrested late last night by Huntington county officials charged with performing a criminal operation on Mrs. Twain Grove, former Decatur resident, who was found dead in her home at Huntington early Friday morning. Laymon was taken to Huntington, where he was arraigned and released on a bond of $5,000. Funeral services for Mrs. Grove will be held from the home in Huntington Sunday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Burial will take place in the Bluffton centetry. Mrs. Grove’s husband, '1 wain, wa sformerly a linotype operator in the Daily Democrat in this city. Dr. Laymon has a similar charge pending at present in theuH tn iMES pending at present in the Huntington county court. He was arrested about two months ago and released on a similar bond. Mrs. Grove was well known in Decatur having previously lived here for about four years. — Clinton Man Murdered Clinton, Ind., June 25. (United Press)—Peter Dancy, 64, is dead today after being shot three t mes in the head by unknown assailants. Dancy had gone to the rear of the home to investigate noises in his chicken yard when he was shot. No motive has been found for the murder.

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PRESIDENT OF DEFUNCT BANK GIVES SELF UP Walpole Kaier, of Columbia City, Surrenders To Federal Authorities ENDS NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR HIM Fort Wayne, Ind., June 25. —(UP) Walpole Kaier, former president of the First National bank of Columbia City, Ind., surrendered himself to federal authorities here today. Appearance of Kaier ended a nation wide search that had been conducted for him afier his bank was forced by its tangled affairs to close. The other two chief officials of the institution already are in custody. Kaier said he had been in Detroit, where he went after the Columbia City hank failure, to obtain a "fresJi start,” and did not know until recently that he was wanted. When lie heard indictments had been returned against him, he returned to Columbia City, arriving Friday night. Today, lie came to Fort Wayne to give himself up. His bond was fixed at $10,00(1 and lie provided tile amount and was released to await trial. Arthur ('. Smith, vice-president and cashier of the hank, and Frank E. Kenner, assistant cashier, also have been indicted, each charged with abstraction. conspiracy and embezzlement. Smith is accused of embezzling $3,000 and Kenner of embezzling $1,500. Like general charges have been made against Kaier. The indictments were relumed by the federal grand jury that ended its sessions at Indianapolis this week. o

Three Members Os One Family Killed In ( rash Washington, Ind., June 25— (UP) — Three members of one family were dead at Shoals today, killed late Friday when' their automobile was struck at a crossing by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train, secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover was a passenger in a special car attached to the train which was enroute to St Louis. H \ iifT.'.lgl'-t ' v u. " 1 . inson, HI. Mrs. De Maris Eagleton, 69, His wife.. Miss Georgia Eagleton. 36, their daughter. TRUSTEES HOLD ANNUALMEETING Trustees And Former Trustees And Their Families Enjoy Day Together The annual get-together meeting of the township trustees and extrustees of Adams county was held at the home of D. A. Studler, trustee of Hartford township, Friday. The trustees and ex-trustees, together with their wives and children, came with baskets filled with plenty of good things to eat. Since the trustees and former trustees have much to discuss in common, they spent the forenoon in talking on various subjects. At the noon hour, Mrs. Studler appeared on the scene and announced that she and the other ladles present had arranged the contents of the dinner baskets on a long table previously prepared. The dinner was served cafeteria style, and everybody enjoyed the delicious meal. After dinner, all went to the Hartford township high school building, I where Mr. Studler is landscaping the . school grounds. Everyone was loud , in the praise of Mr. Studler's work in beautifying the grounds. Later, , all returned to the Studler home, ( where games were played. The con- , test that drew the most attention was a croquet match between a team (COmiNl'RD ON PAGE FIVE)

- - Ladies Quartet To Sing At U. B. Church Tuesday: - —-- The ladies quartet from Indiana Central College, of Indianapolis, will aje pear at the United Brethren church I In this city next Tuesday evening. The Tin - young ladles are touring part of the state. Their programs are entertaining an dlnterestlng. Vocal and instrumental musical numbers and several readings will lie given here. No admission will be charged at their program in tills city. R. 0. STITES DIES OF BLOOD POISON Former Decatur Tailor Dies At Wells County, Hospital In Bluffton Raleigh O. Stites, 55, of Bluffton, formerly a tailor in this city, died at 7 o'clock last night at the Wells county hospital, following a short illness due to blood poisoning in the hand. Mr. Stiles suffered a scratch on his hand a few weeks ago, and after his condition became serious, he was taken to the hospital in Bluffton where death came last night. I , Mr. Stites was born in Churubusco, in 1872. He lived in Bluffton several years before coming to Decatur, about 1924. Mr. Stites and his famI ily resided in this city until about a year ago, when they removed to . Bluffton. He was engaged in the tail-• oring trade while in this city, conducting a shop at the Murray hotel and later in the Morrison building. , Mr. Stites is survived by a son, L. E. Stites, and five brothers and sisters, all of whom reside at Churubusco. Mrs. Stites also survives. FuI neral services will be held at the home in Bluffton Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and burial will be made at the Churubusco cemetery.

Truck Caravan To Be In Decatur Tuesday A General Motors truck caravan, which is now making a state tour, will be in Decatur. Tuesday. June 28. and will stop in this city for several hours during the afternoon. The trucks will park around the court house, according to advices received here today. The caravan will include the new 6 cylinder Buick truck, made by the General Mi-idl•»'com|,ait: Tl f .r-nx :i 11 will be in charge of Mr. Waisi), factory branch manager located at Fort Wayne The caravan wil Icome here from Bluffton, and will go to Van Wert, Tuesday evening. O County Clerk Explains Fishing License Law John E. Nelson, clerk of the Adams circuit court, today issued a statement in an effort to clear up a misunderstanding that appears to exist ip regard to hunting and fishing licenses Mr. Nelson stated that all hunting and fishing licenses issued in 1926 are good until a year from the date of the issue, but licenses issued this year are good only until December 31. next. A new law changes the method of issuing licenses. Previous to this year, ’ the licenses were good for one year from date of issue, but henceforth, the licenses will be good only for the cal- ■ undar year in which they were issued. 1 Mr. Nelson said that cases have been '■ called to his attention where persons ■ holding licenses issued in 1926, less than a year ago, were told that their ' licenses wete no good. 1 Women must have licenses If they 1 wish to hunt or fish outside their own ’ county, also, Mr. Nelson said.

’ Kansas Has Law For Motorists To Telephone Ahead When Entering City

, Topeka, Kansas, June 25 —(INS) I t! 3 Every motorist In Kansas is a law- e 1 breaker. ( i ( In 1905 a law was passed by the « legislature requiring motor car drivers ' li i, before entering a town or city, to stop I i- at the corporation line, and telephone, t n ahead that lie was coming. This was toil prepare the business men and citizens s ~ for the passage of the autombblle

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FORMER DECATUR TEACHER IS HELD AT INDIANAPOLIS I — Dean Os College Os Drugless Physicians; Alleged To Have Sold Diplomas REPORTER GATHERS DATA ON SYSTEM Rigid Inspection Promised Indianapolis, June 25 —(LIP) —Unusually rigid inspection of all a|e plications for licenses from the state board of medical examination was promised today as the result of Indianapolis diploma mill scandal. Dr. W. A. Spurgeon, of Muncie, president of the board, said a special meeting may he summoned. He revealed that the board has bean on the alert for such happenings as in the Briggs case. If a special meeting Is not called, the board will await the hating of papers presented during the semiannual examinations this week before it acts. Indianapolis, June 25 (I'nitfd Press) "Strictly cash” was the basis on which Otis .1. Briggs, 35, dean of the College of Drugless Physicians, who is in prison on a charge of conspiracy to commit a felony, admitted today that his “mill” issued diplomas right and left to hoodwink the state board of examiners. A reporter for the Indianapolis News, posing as a mill worker from Bluffton who had "looked over” a few lessons in drugless healing sent to a friend who was taking a correspondence course, exposed the hoax Friday, and on the basis of his information regarding Briggs’ liberality with diplomas, on a "strctly cash" basis, the doctor was arrested. Briggs Signs Statement Confessing a "longing to help suffering humanity,” Dr. Briggs gave detectives a signed statement, expounding his theory that he was acting in the capacity of a benefactor of mankind, and admitting that his "mill" hail ground out 21 diplomas to “grsaluicoxtini i:n ox va<;r rue l DV.B.S. ENJOYS STEADY GROWTH Local Bible School Regarded As One Os Best In This Part Os State Comparative figures on the attend- - ante in the Daily Vacation Bible < School in this city show that the ; school has enjoyed a steady growth > during the three years in its exls- • tence. The third term of the school a closed last week. In 1925, the first year of the school, . the total enrollment was 289, In • 1926, the total enrollment was 308. r while this year, a total of 314 pupils e were enrolled. The average dally attendance this I year was 289 while In 1926 it was 282. n "A” certificates were issued to 162 s pupils this year, signifying that the recipients had not missed a day ot r the school. ’B” certificates were issued to 60. signifying that those v pupils missed not more than three i, days. The Decatur school is consld(COXTISt HI) O> I'tllK TWO)

through the streets. It was especially enacted to notify farmers who han driven their teams onto the main streets and "parked" them to the hitchracks, to be with the teams, holding them to prevent a runaway when they became scared as the car passed. Strang io say, this law is still on the statute books and has never been repealed.

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