Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 13 July 1927 — Page 5

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CALENDAR Wednesday tidies' Aid Society of Zion Reformed ciHircb-churcb. 2:30 p. m. Thursday Moose Legionnaire#—Moose Home, * Ladies’ Aid Society of U. B. Church ,Mrs. Frank Fisher. 2:00. Loyal Workers Class of E. V. Church _Mrs. Earl Butler 7:30. Evangelical Ladies Aid Society-At °?Sttan Ladles’ Aid Society-Mra. George Teems. 2:30 p. b. Luncheon Bridge Club—Miss Rose Teonelier, 7:30 p. m. St. Mary s Chorus Choir—Catholic ,<*ool building. 7:30 p. m. Friday lee Cream Social — Salem Church lAWD. P v B Class of U. B. class of U. B. Sunday school-Mrs. C. W. Hitchcock. TtJO P. M. Tuesday Tri Kappa Sorority—Mrs. Cecile Moser, 8 pm. The Moose Lebionnaires will meet a t the Moose Home at 8 o clock Thursday night. The D. Y. B. Class of the United brethren Sunday school will meet at the home of Mrs. C. W. Hitchcock, corner of Twelfth street and Nuttman avenue, at 7:30 o'clock Friday evening. Haugk-Thieme-Bittner Reunion The Haugk Thieme-Bittner reunion was held last Sunday in the Otto Bleeke grove. One hundred fifty members of the. families were present. A short talk was given in the afternoon by Rev. Gaiser. Contests and games were enjoyed, after which election of officers was held. The same officers were re-instated and art: president, Fred Thieme; secre-ury,,-Joha.-RUkey; treasurer,, Wjj; liam Kleuk; program committee. Elmer Haugk. Mr. and Mrs. William Gerke. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sellemeyer entertained at dinner last evening for Mrs. J. 0. Sellemeyer and daughter, Martha, of Los Angeles, California. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heuer. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Vance and daughter. Lee Anna. . Miss Delia Sellemeyer, of this city, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sellemeyer, of Fort Wayne.

The Ladies Aid Society of, the E. V church will meet at the church Thursday afternoon for the regular Monthly session. All members invitsd to attend. One of the prettiest parties of the summer season was given last evening when Mesdames Ray Keller, V. '■ Borman. Florence Bollinger and the Misses Alys Kreigel and Regina Murtaugh entertained the members of the So Cha Rea Club and the Pledges, Mrs. Harold Conklin, Miss Dorothy Miller and Miss Teresea Appleman, at the Keller home on Ninth street. The entertaining rooms * ere given the appearance of a f|ower garden with its many bouquets, howls and baskets’of garden flowers lading hollyhocks, daisies, clematis. sweet peas, nasturtiums and roses. At seven o'clock, an elaborate four-courge dinner was served at smal ' tables which were laid with w hite linen and silver. They were ofntered with graceful silver candle ’"hlers holding tall tapers in shaded oolor;; of S | lver t 0 blue . green and . d '“odar. Dainty handpainted sUk Ue Pe handkerchiefs in butterfly de- * n ' diawn through small gold rings decorated with sweet peas, were Pf'wl at,the guests places as favors. Bl ' id ','*' ng ,he <liuner ’ four games of '.gc were piayed and prizes were to Mrs. Charles Starost, Mrs. « Butler, Miss Helen Gass, Miss ’f' e Murtau « h and Mrs. Fred Fulth dUIP !nitiation was held late in South'u' nR *' llss Etla Andrews, of Helen c elWl ' h ° USe B “ eSt Os Miss “ G ass, was a guest. Miss lucile Engle was hostess to the '“Pt* fO'ority last evening at her Aguiar h ß ' ? C ‘ ty EoHo ’ rt »K ‘he usiness meeting, a social hour served 10 '? 6 ' 1 Snd refresh ments were at the u CBl ed niee,i “8 will be held Cecile mX ° T?V reßldent ’ Mrß «*gbt o'clock y eVe “ iDg at a busiif H ' PnSthWanrtf,r ’ nf Berne - was visitor here this morning.

Mi s. Don Lutes and sou, Thomas, returned to Indianapolis this morning, after spending a week here with Mrs. C. R. Hammel and family. B. F. Arendt, of St. Louis, Michigan, general superintendent of the HollandSt. Louis Sugar company, is here looking after business affairs at the local plant. New boilers are being installed in the factory here. Read the special correspondence from the Daily Democrat representatives at Berne, Monroe, Geneva, Linn Grove and Pleasant Mills. Subscribers of the paper- are invited to give their items to these correspondents and to notify them whenever anything in the news line happens. Several Rotarians from this city are planning to go to Huntington this evening to attend the reception to be given Arthur Sapp, newly elected president of Rotary International. A citywide reception will be held for Mr. Sapp tonight, under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Sapp arrived in New York yesterday and was scheduled to arrive in his home early today. Miss Hertha Cook returned to Connersville today after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Cook, in this city. She was accompanied to Connersville by her sister, Clara, who will spend several days there. Rufus Stuckey went to Cincinnati today to see the Elks parade w hich will be the convention feature tomorrow. The Madison street room of the Knights of Columbus building is being partitioned off and will be occupied by the Young and Hill barber shop, who will move from the Anker, cigar store. The room has been used by the Hite Dry Goods store who will move their ready-to-wear department into the rear of the Second street room. County Auditor Martin Jaberg has gone to Ann Arbor Michigan, where he will have his foot treated. Mr. Jaberg had an infected bone removed from th? ankel of the right foot several weeks ago and is now able to get about on crutches. Kissin' babies, promisin’ t’ reduce taxes an’ shaktn' hands no longer fool th' voter, but strange t' say, fillin' a pulpit, one o’ th’ very earliest most transparent an' overworked of all th' p'litical tricks, still endures. Ther’ kin be no denyin' that aerial navigation is th’ cornin’ business, but if 1 go in it will have t’ be on th’ ground floor. —Abe Martin. Indianpolis News Mrs. Oscar Hoffman, of Chicago, who is visiting her father and sisters Mr. Henry Hite and daughters,^ Fan anil' Madge, has gone to Fort Wayne to spend the afternoon with friends. Miss Helen Christen, of the First National Bank, is enjoying a two weeks vacation. Miss Helen Gass an<r guests, Etta and George Andrews, will spend the evening in Fort Wayne with friends. Misses Maude McLaughlin and Agnes Conwoy. of Wichita, Kansas, are visiting relatives in this city for a fewdays. Little Mary Madeline Dowling, of Fort Wayne, is speintyig the week with her grandmothers, Mrs. Mary Terveer and Mrs. Tom Dowling. Mr. and Mrs. Russie Clymer have returned to their home in Indianapolis after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Myers, of North sth street. Daly Riley, Clair Kelsy and Jim Bordens, of Monroe, and Herman and Ernest Girod, of this city, left this morning on a camping trip through North Dakota. They expect to be gone three or four months. —— o ■ ■ ■ ■ SUES RAILROAD FOR DAMAGES (COATIAI'KI* FHOW PAUB OXE) ed with gasoline and oil. It is alleged in the complaint that the view of the tracks to the west of the crossing was obstructed! by* buildings and that the whistle and bell on the locomotive were not sounded as the train neared the crossing. The ■truck was demolished by the collision and Mr. Merriman was injured. The complaint alleges that the trafn was travelling gt a speed of 60 miles an hour at the time of the accident. Attorneys Fruchte and Litterer. of Decatur, represent the plaintiff. o Get the Habit—Trade at Home, it Faya

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1927.

Chinese Protest Against Presence Os Jap Troops Peking, July 13—(Untied Press)— The foreign office of the Peking government today protested against the presence of Japanese troops in China. The protest was lodged with the Japanese legation here. "Indignation is intense throughout the entire country,” the note said. Immediate withdrawal of forces from Tsing-Tao and Tsinan-Fu was demanded. STINSON WINS FORD TROPHY Wins Third Annual National Air TouY; Randolph Page Finishes Second Detroit, Mich, July 13—(UP)—Eddie Stinson, mature an dexperienced pilot, was the proud possessor today of one of the most coveted awards in aeronautics, the Edsel Fort Trophy. Fighting his way from Grand Rapids through a severe electrical wind and rain storm, Stinson landed at the Ford air port late yesterday, The winner of the third annual national air tour. Randolph H. Page, piloting a Hamilton Metal plane won second place. Stinson's lead which he had maintained from the start of the tour was very nearly lost when the undercarriage of this plane proke in landing at Grand Rapids. However, repairs were made quickly. ——o — Wisconsin Woman Sheriff Has Plenty Os Assistants P ———— Jefferson, Wis., July 13 — (UP) — Bank robbers, highway-bandits or other marauders who select Jefferson county as a likely field of operation because it has a woman sheriff, reckon without considering her force of 72 vigilantes. Carefully selected men from all parts of the county were chosen for this force commanded by sheriff Nell Cruel. Their identity is unknown to the general public. They are equipped with high power rifles and sawed off shot guns. A secret alarm system will be used to call them when they are needed. Through the medium of this alarm this force can be summoned hastily to blocade roads and prevent the escape of bank, store or even chickenroost looting. ' Q Says Indiana Needs Flood Control Measures

Indianapolis, Ind., July 13. —(INS) Extension of Mississippi river Hood control measures to the Ohio and Wabash rivers must take place in justicq to Indiana, State Senator Bruce E. Cooper of Stewartsville said during a trip here to visit his son. Bruce Cooper, Jr., taking treatment at the state clinic here, was bitten by a mad dog. "Farmers of southern Indiana, partaiularly in Gibson and Posey counties suffered severely from the floods. Their losses received little publicity, 'but I have seen thousands of acres in crops ruined," Senator Cooper said. Water worms, left in the sediment that covered the fields after the floods subsided have ruined many acres of corn. Senator Cooper said. Principal Causes Os Fire Losses Tabulated Indianapolis Ind., July 13 —(UP) — Thirteen principal causes of fire loss have been tabulated by G. H. See, chief clerk and statistician of the State Fire Marshal’s office. What each cost in the United States each year he lists as follows: Matches and smoking $30,231,840; defective chimneys and flues, $22,746, 380; stoves, furnaces, boilers ami pipes $21,160,396; spontaneous combustion $17,037,454; sparks on roofs $15,052,140; electricity, $14,579,757; lightning $11,680,516; Sparks from combustion, $9,345,570; sparks from machienry, $88,819,239; hot ashes and coals, open fires $6,146,304; open lights $3,376,803; miscellaneous causes, $93,166,629. 0 - Fifteen Hundred Students Attend I. U. This Summer Bloomington. Ind. July 13 —(UP) — More s(udents are enrolled now for the summer session at Indiana University than at any time last summer, according to the registrar’s office of the state University. Fifteen hundred students ate now in attendance here. No complete report has been received from the schools at Indianapolis and Winona Lake, but it is thought by registration officials the enrollment there will be approximately the same as last year.

FOUR DROWN AS I SAIL BOAT SINKS Three Persons Are Rescued After Boat Flounders On Lake In Ontario Hamilton, Ont., July 13 —(UP) — Four persons were drowned and three rescued when a sailboat foundered in a sudden rain and windstorm here last night. The Lake was being searched today for bodies of the victims, only one of which ad been recovered. The dead were Frank Ryan and his three-month-old baby; Winifred Turner, 14; and Edna Stuart, 18. The baby's body was recovered. Mrs. Ryan wife of the man drowned; Winifred Smith, 14 and Majorie Stuart 12, were rescued after they had clung to the overturned sailboat for more than two hours during the storm. The Ryans had been married 18 mouths. m ELKS ELECT NEW OFFICERS (COXTIMED ritOM PAGE ONE) Merriweather, who was second in the balloting. Other officers elected include: Grand esteemed leading knight, Robert S. Barrett of Alexandria, Va.; grand esteemed loyal knight, David Schultz, Daytona, Fla.; grand esteemed lecturing knight, Harry Lowenthal, Evansville, Ind.; grand secretary, Fred Robinson, Dubuque, la.; grand treasurer, Fred Morris, Mexico, Mo.; grand ruler, Ralph Hagen, Fargo, N. D.; grand inner guard, Ek J. Morrison, of Birmingham, Ala.

Mrs. King’s Mother Is Showing Improvement Mr. and Mrs. Fred King returned to their home here last night, after being at the bedside of Mrs. King’s mother, Mrs. Julius Dickey, of Toledo, Ohio, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident near Paulding. Ohio, Sunday. Mrs. Dickey was removed from a Defiance hospital to the Otis hospital, at Celina, Ohio, Monday. She is suffering from two scalp wounds, fractures of her right arm, left shoulder blade, and two ribs, and a sprained back. Her condition showed improvement yesterday, and it is believed she will recover. Ed Bidlack, also of Toledo, was fatally injured in the accident. His brother, John, was injured. The two men were friends of the Dickey family in Toledo. They had gone to the home of another brother near Paulding and were enroute from there to Celina, where Mrs. Dickey was to visit rela tives and friends, when the accident occured. The car, an Overland touring car, struck a pile of crushed stone which had been dumped at the edge of the tarvia pavement, to be used in repairing the road, and turned over twice. Ed Bidlack sustained a punctured lung. — — o Birth Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leichty, of Berne, are the proud parents of a 9 3-4 pound boy baby born yesterday. The mother before her marriage was Miss Helen Stanley, of this city. His Health Ruined Sy Constipation Tells How He Got Quick Relief. No Sign of Trouble Now. “For five years I suffered with liver trouble and constipation. My bowels were so sluggish they would hardly act more than once a week. My complexion was yellow and I was all run down. My appetite was poor and I had a disgust for food most of the time. I went down to 136 pounds, and my vitality was so low I just had no pep at all. I felt lazy and wanted to sleep all the time. I tried different medicines and nothing did ms any good. Then a relative recommended Viuna. Before I had taken half a bottle I felt better, and by the time I had taken the second bottle I had gained 4 pounds and could eat anythin", had a good, healthy appetite and was feeling fine. All that drowsiness was gone and I would get up in the morning full of pep. It has been three months since I bought my first bottle of Viuna, and I believe I can truthfully say that I am entirely well. I have gained 20 pounds, and never felt better in my life.”—Paul D. Bragdon, 1523 Cedar St., Anderson, Ind. Viuna acta promptly on sluggißh bowels, lazy liver and weak kidneys. It purifies the blood, clears the skin, reMores appetite and digestion, and brings | new atrength and energy to the whole ; body. Take a bottle on trial Then if ! you’re not glad you tried Viuna, your money will be refunded. $1 at druggists, or mailed postpaid by Iceland Medicine Co.. Indianapolis, Ind. VIUNA The vegetable regulator ' Sold By CALLOW & KOHNE

Judge Goes Easy With Bootlegger Who Decides To Go Straight Henceforth South Bend, Ind., July 13 —(United Press)—Christian Christianson, of i English Lake, near Knox, Ind., is preparing to begin life anew today, as the result of leniency shown him by Judge T. W. Slick in federal court yesterday, when ho pleaded guilty to charges of bootlogging. Christianson explained that when he learned the stork was enroute to his home, he decided to quit bootlegging and give his expected child a chance to live without disgrace. He gave away his business, he declared, and went Io North Judson to live. But before the transfer was actually completed he was arrested by federal agents for bootlegging. Yesterday he admitted the truth of the charges and was rewarded by Judge Slick with a suspended 30-day sentence. — o- - Cures Wife Os Insanity By Drowning In Barrel « Tokyo (United Press) — Hirokichi Oku. a farmer of Kofu, aged 55, attempted a novel cure for his wife, who had suddenly gone insane. First binding his spouse with a rope, Okuo put her in a barrel, then poured pailful after pailful of cold water over her head until she was submerged. Giving the cure two hours to work in Oku dragged his wife out of the water. She was no longer insane but she had been thoroughly drowned. Oku is now in custody, with the police wavering whether to charge him with murder or place him in an asylum. Genuine “Ape Man” Found In Village In Hungary Berlin, July 13 — (INS) A ‘‘genuine ape-man” a reversion to the missing link which some scientists assert never existed, has teen discovered in Hungary, in the little town of Abony. He is 34 years old, and has what the physicians call "purely animal instincts." His body is covered with fur-like hair. He usually walks bent over like an ape, supporting himself on his hands as well. He is quick of movement and climbs like an ape. He has never worn any clothes and tears into shreds any clothes put on him now. He is unable to talk and utters ' only unintelligible sounds and cries. For 29 years he has lived like an ani-

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