Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 153, Decatur, Adams County, 29 June 1927 — Page 1

weather Generally fa* anit continued wanm tonight end Thursday.

FLIGHT TO HONOLULU IS SUCCESSFUL

COMMANDER BYRD ANO HIS CREW BEGIN LONG DELAYED Fl IGHTTO PARIS IN MONOPLANE “AMERICA" Fliers Encounter Bad Weather Near Nova Scotia; Compasses Refuse To Work Due To Magnetic Effect Os Steel Handles On Extra Cans Os Gasoline; Plane’s Radio Signals P icked Up Bv Ship. Boosevclt Field. New York, .lune 29. (United Press) Al 3 r ni, eastern daylight lime, the liner Maurdania heard Hie America's automatic signals cleany. but was unable to obtain any roily when it tried to signal the ship, it reported in a radio dispatch la the American tnins-Oceanic company, 't he liner asked for the America’s route and was inlornied from the hangar that it

would follow a course slightly Hatter than the great circle route from St. Johns, Newfoundland. to Brayhead, Ireland. Hazard Roosevelt Field, N. Y. .June 29 lUP) -Commander Richard Bytd ami his crew of th.ee' faced an unexpected hazard as they neared Nova Scotia today on their way to Paris in the Monoplane America. To the murky weather and squalls ts Rain which they knew they faced when they left Roosevelt field at 5:24 (1.1 A. M. was added the difficulty of balky compasses, made untrue by the magnetic effect of steel handles on auxiliary tins of gasoline. To overcome the handicap the fliers started at 9:48 A. M. E. D. T. to pump gasoline from the auxiliary tins into the main tanks so that the tincould be thrown overboard. It was a long process, but it was hoped when it was over the compassqs would work properly for the dangerous journey across the open ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland. Reported Near Halifax Bedford, Halifax county, Neva Scotia June 29 —(UP)—The America was reported over Bedford, It) miles from Halifax, at 12:29 local daylight time today. Roosevelt Field, N. Y., June 29 — (UP)—Commander Richard Byrd and three companions in a cruiser of the air left Roosevelt field tor Palis at 5:24:03 A. M. today ;and headed North along the seacoast into fog and murky weather. ""d. of delays caused by cap: ■ storms, Byrd took a chance on ■::”i '' atmospheric distm nances ami set out when meteorological reports showed that major storms at' least had cleared from the path to Europe. With Byrd went Lieut. George 0 N'oville as navigator, Beit Acosta as pilot and Lieut. Bernt Balchen. the jack of all trades, as a general utility man to do whatever may be needful. The constant automatic wireless call of the America was heard by the S. S Homeric and the S. S. California at 5:34 A. M. those ships reported to independent wiieless. They estimated the ICON FINKED ON PAGE TWO) K. OF P. INITIATE AT WILLSHIRE, 0. Forty Members Os Decatur Lodge, Including Degree Team, Are Present About 40 members of the Decalin Knights of Pythias lodge motored to Willshire Ohio, last night, where the local degree team presented the firs rank work to a class of Willshire canHdates. The Willshire lodge invited the local lodge to return to put on the third rank work, and the invitation "'as accepted. The date for the third rank initiation will be announced later, und it is hoped that about 75 Decatur Knights will attend the next Willshite hieeiing. The local lodge will hold its annua' Section of officers at the regular meeting to be held at the home on Thiid street Thursday night, of this week. at 7:30 o’clock. Other important business will cent* before tie lodge and all members are "rged to attend. The officers elected next Thursday night will serve for a Period of one year.

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i ! » fe ’ Commander R. E. Byrd. BOARD WREYIBN? COMPLETINGTASK I _ Board Expects* To Finish .lob This Week; Several Changes Are Made II Members of the Adams county ■ board of review are nearly finished with their work. Although they have I until next Wednesday to complete the'r task, it was indicated today that 'they probably would be through this hoard has made several changes, in Berhc, trie a.-.-' ■ „n automobiles were increased J per cent and the valuations placed l ( „ household goods were increased it) per cent. At Geneva, the boaid -[increased the assessments «n autm J mobiles 40 per cent ami placed a 4 C ent increase on hottseho.d I goods, also. / An increase on merchandme assessments undoubtedly will be '" ade ’ a ‘' J so, as this item is far below the figures of a year ago ’I Verv few a'xpayers appeared be- ' fore the board on the dates set toi S various hearings. A few Berm: c jfizens and one or two from Dei.before the board. — — Bluffton Police Chief Dies This Afternoon • — , 90—(TTP) - Marion Bluffton Juno .9 (I ( . it ,. p.irtnn 64!, chief of police < ' ' , . it \ o'clock this afternoon folio". ■■ I of pvtliia - Moose and Elks « I ..... e- - Is Informed By ■ ing to Europe in the succ ess formed by ' alll ° '['j ' , 1( „ ; j leg . . cf the Hawaiian ill-1" 11 ■ enberger and^^L—A large crowd J - ;berty way ' band C ° h n t e b r y band This ' last night by o( f en C onl was the second of- eonsecutiV e , C erts to be given Tuesday nigl' l ’-

0N L Y DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

TO INSTALL NEW I LIGHTS ON NORTH SECOND STREET City To Erect Ornamental Lights To North End Os City This Summer ALL MAIN STREETS TO BE WELL LIGHTED — Ornamental street lights will he erected on North Second street from [Jackson street, north to the curve beyond the filling station at the corporate limits, this summer, if the cable which Hie council ordered this morning arrives within the next 31) days. At a special meeting of the e’ectr'c light committee of the city council last night, it was decided to ustall the posts tills year, instead of wa tng untl next year. M. J. Mylott. superintendent of the city light and power department, ordered the cable this morning from the General Electrie company and. if possible, it will , be shipped next month. The posts will be extended down I the entire street and beyond the filling station at the north end of the c'ty. It Will require about 55 posts. The petition for the lights was filed with the council last year and, according to schedule, the (improvement would not have been made until next year. This year, the lights on Monroe street and Winchester street were . installed. In connection with the (city's extension of the lights beyond the curve, a proposition will be subm tteil to the county commissioners .Ho carry the lights out to (he Smith bridge on State road number 27. , I It Is also likely that the commissioners will lie asked to extend the ornamental Vgilts past the Memorial I hosp tal on Mercer avenue, the posts being in as far as the hospital. The iwners of the Decatur country club have placed several ornamental posts , in front of the chib house, thus lighting the way beyond the city limits. 1 With the installing of the lights ’ on Second street, every principal ' north and south street in Decatur t will be lighted. TO PRESENT PLAY j THURSDAY NIGHT 1 i St. Marys Chorus Choir To i Stage “Hulda Os Holland” Here • The public is invited to the home- ' talon: musical comedy, "Hulda of HolI land to he given by the St. Marys , '('horm choir in the auditorium of the ■icatholi- school building at 8:30 ’ o'clock Thursday evening. The play ! is a story of modern Holland, by May Howes Dodge and John Wilson Dodge. The east, composed of about 35 persons lias been directed by Mrs. L. A. > Holthouse ami True Frlstoe of this , jty. The play is in three acts, which i takes place in the grounds of Peter ■ | < residence at Scheveningen, HolHnd Seventeen musical numbers ■ will be given during the three acts, . there being 7 in act one, 9 in act two and one during act three. The cast of characters and members j o f the chorus are: Pater Cats, a descendant of the erea Jacob Cats Joe Colchin Jacob Hoogenbeets, Peter's neigh- ' bor and ’bosom friend Fred T. Schurger t Hulda Peter's daughter Mrs. Joseph C. Laurent Katrina, Jacob’s daughter and Hiilda’s best friend Mrs. Fred Fulienkamp rv TTevden. an American, traveling abroad /au Briede ' drown Cats, Peter’s good wife . fit o '' ll M r s. J. Q- Neptune Tm Steen, an* artist from America Jan John Dowling iimmv S’one, an American, Jerry’s Jimmy ]rre(] p u ]] en k a mp nirc/mtin of all work Jerome Bosse ; -a'SK(CONTINVED 05 PAGE TWO)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, June 29, 1927.

Blazes Trail Through Skies Across Pacific | | ■ > - > .. . i • * UN ■ » . , , , , ..... — i Telephoto shows (he actunl take-ofT pf the giant Fokker monoplane piloted hy Lieut. Lester , Maitland and Lieut. Albert F. Hegenberger, who successfully Hew Iron) Oakland, (.alilornta. Io Honolulu, Hawaii, landing in Honolulu this morning. I bis photo was taken as the giant monoplane took-otf in Oakland yesterday morning an l transmitted to Chicago by telephoto. picture was converted into a mat anti sent to th ■ Daily Democrat by last mail.

NOTED AVIATRIX TO APPEAR HERE Miss Gladys Roy To Appear In Decatur With Aerial Circus July 3 * Miss Gladys Hoy. noted aviatrix. holder cf the world’s high and low parachute jump records for women airplaine stunt. artist, west coast movie star and aspirant to non-stop airplane flight ftoni New York In

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lished tile world's high parachute jump record al Los Angeles, t’alifor--1 nia. ju 1923. jumping ft om an altitude j of 16,000 feet. She' established -.iw world’s lew jump record for women the same yeai leaping fim a distance of 100 feet. t.. "Tl.m tie

Miss Roy has appeaYed in "The Air Mail" and “The Fighting Ranger", produced by L’niveisal Film company, and in “Up in the Ah", produced by The i (CONTiM i.f» on si:vi:n> RATIO DE 6-5-4 ISOISCUSSED Unofficial Proposal Would Give Great Britain Larger Naw Than U. S. By Henry Wood (11. P. Staff Correspondent) Geneva, June 29. — (UP) — A 6-5-4 ratio for cruisers, destroyers, and sub- , marines, with Great Britain superior ' to the United States, was discussed unofficially in naval limitation coni ference circles today. The suggestion was not made to the American delegation even in the form r of gossip. It was regarded as more I of a hope than an expectation. It was thought certain that the United States would not accept anything less ’ than equality with Great Britain, even if the idea of elevating Japan’s auxiliary strength to fonr-flgths of Amer- ? ica's, instead of three-fifths as in the case- of battleships, were agreed to. E- - Child Hit By Auto ? Helena Lehman, age 4, of Berne. B was struck by an automobile on 1 South Third street during the band concert last night, but was'not serr iously injured. Sht waa thrown between the wheels.

HUNDREDS ARE USING I CITY SWIMMING POOL I Municipal Pool Is Filled Nearly Every Available Hour Os Day And Evening Now — Hundreds of Decatur people, young and old, have been taking advantage i.f the municipal swimming pool the last 1 several days, and Heib L. Curtis, who is in charge, stated this morning that the pool lia dbeeii filled at every available hour all day yesterday. Few violations of swimming pml rules have liee nreported this season, and the large crowds have been order- , ■ ly on all occasions. Many adults have , . been utilizing the pool in the evenings, i and predictions are that the pool will i be far too small far the crowds, if the j hot nights continue. LIONS ADDRESSED BY FRENCH QUINN I Prominent Decatur Maa Gives Patriotic Address At Meeting Os Club

Rome, will appear at Bellmont paik, Decatur, next Sunday, July 3. in connection with a big program of events and attractions scheduled to Lake place in the air 'and on the race Hack. Mis Roy estab-

French Quinn was the principal (speaker a. the regular luncheon meet- ~ [ing of the Lions Club, held in the s basement of the Christian church last night. Mr. Quinn gave an Inspiring [ patriotic address, touching on the spirit of the Fourth of July. Howard Wisehaupt, of Cleveland, ' Ohio, who Is a member of the Decatur . 1 Lions Club, attended the meeting last 1 night and made a short talk. Mr. | t Wisehaupt lias been giving a series I I of business lectures in Fort Waym' s during the last few days. 1 Col. Lindbergh Flying , Back To St. Louis Today , Mitchel Field. N. Y„ June 29. (United Press)—Ctrl. Charties Lind- _ bergh left here for St. Louis in an | army plane at 10:45 E. D. T. time today. ' | Major Thomas J. Lanphier in another army pursuit plane accompany ■ed Lindbergh. They planned to stop at Columbus, 0., to refuel. - Mrs. Ruth Havens Dies At Petroleum Word was received in this city late, this afternoon of the death of Mrs. | Ruth E. Havens 53 of Petroleum, for merly of Unit Grove, Adams county. Cause of the death was not learned. Mrs. Havens is survived by the hus-, i band. William Havens, and one son. I by a former marriage. Morris B? iwn. - 'of Linn Grove Funeral services have not yet been arranged.

MERCURY TAKES A LEAP UPWARD Hottest Weather Os Year Hits Adams County; No Sign Os Early Relief The hottest weather of the year arrived in Decatur today, and by noon the thermometer on the side of the Peoples Loan and Trust Company building registered 95 degrees. The slightest breeze which prevailed earlier in the day was completely gone by noon, and a perfectly blue sky without a trace of cloudiness caused predictions of a “hot spell." Weather forecasters say that the warm weather will continue at least tomorrow, and possibly Friday. There Is little hope for cooler weather until rain falls, and present indications are that there will not be rain for a day or two. I 'rbe weather is ideal for growing corn, but in most localities in the county a rain is needpd before the hot weather sets in. Other farm CWI»9 art ' heing iajttred by the heat wave, aceordiaH u» ail parts of the county. No casualtie have been reported

from the hot weather in the county. The entire state was enveloped in a record heat wave for the present season, according to press reports. o Missing Pittsburgh Man Returns To His Home Des Moines, June 29.— (UP)—William L. King, vice-crusader for the Pittsburgh Citizens league, who mysteriously disappeared from tliat city Saturday and for whom a nation wide search had been conducted, appeared here today hut refused to discuss his reasons for dropping out of sight. King told the United Press he arrived her* late yesterday after a 600mile airplane trip but refused to say where he chartered the plane. I lie only statement he would make, he said he had not written a letter of resignation as head of the Pittsburgh league but that his resignation would

— - be banded in along with charges against certain Pittsburgh city officials when he returned there. Richard Grace Plans To Hop Oil From Hawaii Soon Lihue. Kauai, June 29 —(UP)—Richard Grace, here for departure through 'th eskles to California, declared be- | fore retiring for sleep last night that he would "take off from Lihue today or give up the at’tempt.” Grace, whT) brought hih Crulsalr monoplane to Kauai, earlier in the evening from Pearl Harbor, expected to hop off by 7 a. m., today, although necessary changes in the Barking i Sands runway may delay him beyond I that hour.

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U.S. ARMY PLANE COMPLETES HOP FROM MAINLAND Lieuts. Maitland And Hegenberger Get Great Welcome At Honolulu FLYING TIME IS 25 HOURS. 51 MINUTES Whcekr. Flying Field, Honolulu. .lune 29. (t'niled Press) Tile lonely and unchartcred skies between Hawaii and the mainland a course ol more than 2.(MM> miles over the dangerous Pacific waters have been contpiered by man. As dawn broke over the islands today, the giant trimotored Fokker monoplane of the United States army the “Bird of Paradise” sped down out of the skies and like a grey green bird nestled to rest on the flying field. Die landing was made at 6:31 a. m. Honolulu time. Two tired and happy pilots. lister J. Maitland and Albert F. HegenberRer , stepped from the cabin of the trans-Paelfic plane to receive the homage, such as only romantic Hawaii could give. Natives Give Welcome The tinkle of many stringed instruments, which had kept the flying field alive with music through the warm night, mixed with the sullen drone of the monoplane's motor and cheers of the thousands at the field. The actual flying time, unofficial, for the journey from Oakland. Cal., was 25 hours and 51 minutes. The fliers missed their landing directions, delaying their arrival somewhat and causing some momentary anxiety among those gathered to greet them. Misses Escort Planes The giant Fokker made a graceful landing with Lieut. Maitland at the controls. It taxied to the reviewing stand ant'd the cheers of thousands —Americans, Hawaiians and Orientals. The arrival, despite the delay, took the great welcoming throng completely hy surprise. A group of planes had ' taken off from Wheeler field to meet ' the aviators at sea and escort them 1 to their goal. But in the mist, the giant Fokkei eluded the escort ant! ■ ' ■ landing field. The'gr“ini> "ot < . 1 planes had been searching over

Motoki channel for hours. The ship was 50 feet from the ground before the onlookers realised it had arrived. The landing time was unofficial, due to the almost instant and totally unheralded arrival. Before touching tile ground, the great ship rose slightly, skirted the iCOKTIII Kr» M I’.MIK DIEHL SCHOOL REUNION SUNDAY All Former Pupils of School In Kirkland Township Invited To Attend I " I | Gid ami young fe’.k, all who ever • a .1.1 ...1 ! I-t t* *

attended the Diehl school, district number G. of Kirklan 1 township, are lulled to the iiiinu.il reunion.of that school to be held Sunday, July 3. at Bellmont park. A big basket dinner will be served nt noon, and all former pupils of ’lie school are urged to bring their families and attend. Tht reunion la it year was one that will long be remembered. Many pupils of 25 years ago attended the reunion, and it Is the desire of the committee in charge of this years ' picnic to have a large- number pres--1 ent this year than ever before. I The reunion and picnic dinner will 1 be held near the lake at Bellmont S park. It will not Interfere with tho <1 other activities scheduled for the park. July 3.

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