Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 180, Decatur, Adams County, 1 August 1927 — Page 1

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PUNE HOPS OFF MM SHIP DECK; FLIES TO UNO Clarence Chamberlain Flies Biplane From Leviathan 150 Miles To Land fIJTS TWO DAYS OFF ’ TRANS-OCEANIC TRIP Curtiss Field, N. Y„ Aug. 1. '..(United Press) — The first demonstration of flight intendi f | to show how two days can be cut oil the traveling time hetween New York and Europe succeeded here today when Clarence D. Chamberlin landed ina Fokker Diplane al 9:30 a.m. Chamberlin took off from the decks o( the liner Leviathan 150 mi’es out from New York at 8:14 a. m. and few through fog to Long Island. Hasbrouck Heights. N. J., was his original destination, but because of the poor visib lity, he found the field here a better landing place. No Difficulty Experienced "I was in the air before I reached the end of the runway,” Chamberlin told off ciaia of the United' States lines, regarding his take-off. “I had nn difficulty in reaching land, and the plane, after inspection, shows no 111 effects from the take off or the ttjtht." Officials of the steamship line expressed pleasure at the soccess of the fight. He arrived at the field sooner than was expected; It was supposed ho would not land befeffe 10:14. two hours after his take-off. Announcement will be fiiaiT? r T3ter by steamship officials of the exact effect Chamberlin's flight will have on the inauguration of ship4o-land istrire. “This certairj’y proves that a runang takeoff is just as good or better | than a catapult aboard ship.’* Chamberlin said. Chamberlin always has hrored a running takeoff over the catapult because of the lesser strain mi the airplane. Later in the day Chamberlin will fly the b'p'ane from Curtiss field to IWerlg.ro field at Hasbrouck Heights, he said. -— o— Decatur Invited To Stage Radio Program Chester W. Keene, of Fort Wayne, wner of raio station WCWK is asking Dfcafur through the Industrial Association to join with fifty-one other towns and cities in furnishing a program over that station. The idea is to Itave a town for each week to have satire charge of the program on rntiay evenings, and to organize for that 10 suit themselves. The matter will be taken up at the next meeting of-the hoar<l of directors. SIGNAL ORDERED FOB FIVE POINTS Electric Traffic Control Device Ordered For Street Intersection ' ,ra fHc signal device for the Five lo ' lls corner in this cf.ty was ordertoday by the street committee of the coty council, and will be placed llle center of the street Intersec,in" as saon as it is received here. signal will control traffic Second, Adams and Winchester ee ' B and Mercer avenue. It will nal'r an( ’ wi '' have sig- „„ on a H four slides, reading “Caution," “Stop.” The light operated electrically and is of the In^, 011 ,ype ' Vl ,e same‘kind as used ar S«r citiies. The signa) will be ' toke care of all tragic entT] g from th e five points. inatT. COUnell also proposes to elintAnk* 4 Pl ' l ° f tke s h ar P turn at the Sp P nJ/ Orner on the west side of cutUn' T’ Winchester streets, by this n * IP Sii<lewa l' t and curb at 0 nt and setting back the walk 3h °rt distance.

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Honesty Pays L - iof * \ -— 1-1 N Lyman \V. Prose, ten-year-old son of Leonard Prose, San Diego, ('ttl., fireman, found that honesty paid—one per cent. The boy was rewarded with $l9O when he returned to the owner a purse he found. It contained $10,()<>(). RIGHT OF WAIU BEING SECURED

Steps Being Taken To Secure Pavement Os Road From Monroe To Berne Sixty-foot right-of-ways between Monroe and Berne on state and federal highway No. 27 have all been signed up with the exception of two. Raymond Bluhm and Jacob J. Roth have, so far failed to give their consent, and action on securing the grading of the road this fall will not begin until all are in. It is probable that condemnation proceedings will be necessary according to those who hate been interested ii. securing Hie Jmn—yemenC The Highway commission is anxious to construct an improved road entirely through this county and it is important that it be finished as soon as possible. E. M. Ray, assisted by Thurman Gottschalk, John Hocker and others have secured the easinents over the road which runs a mile west fiom Monroe and six miles south. When this stretch is constructed it will provide hard surface from the Allen county line to Berne. The commission is also urging the securing cf the easements from Berne to Geneva as soon as possible and by next year, it is expected the road will be completely entirely and through Adams County. . o American Legion To Hold Special Meeting Tonight Adams post. No. 43, of the American Legion, will hold a meeting in the Legion hall at 7:45 o'clock tonight. This is a special meeting and all members of the post are urged to attend. — 0 _ ANNIVERSARY OF CHURCH OBSERVED Decatur Lutherans Commemorate 25th Anniversary Os Organization Members, friends and former members and pastors of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran church of Decatur enjoyed one of the happiest days in the history of ithe church. Sunday, when the twenty-fifth anniversary of, the organization of the church was' commemorated. It is estimated that! a totaV. of more than 1,000 persons attended the three services held during the day and evening. The Rev. J? H. Klausing, of Fort Wayne, who was the itinerant pastor of the Decatur congregation when (CONTINUED OX PAGE TWO)

PERSONNEL OF ‘ TEACHING CORPS IS ANNOUNCED All Teachers For Decatur Public Schools For Next Term Are Employed SEVERAL CHANGES MADE THIS YEAR A complete list of teachers for the conVng school year was announced th.’s morning by M. F. Worthman, superintendent of the Decatur public schools. Several changes have been made in the personnet'. Miss Florence Haney will return this year to the South Ward, after a leave of absence, to take the place of Mrs. Caroline Acker Huntington. There 's a possibility that some replacing among the grade teachers will take place tonight, at the meeting of the school board, it was learned. R. A. Adams, of North Manchester, who has had 17 years experience teaching chemistry and mathematics, w-? 11 take the place in the high school made vacant by the resignation of Miss Marjorie May. Miss Mary Burk will teach domestic science in the high school. New Physical Training Teacher Miss Jeanette Clark, a graduate of Decatur high school, has been selected to till the vacancy in the physical training department made by the resignation this week of Helen Stephenson, who will teach in the east this coming year. Miss Clark will have charge of girls’ athletics and physical training. She is a graduate of the Cfffrago Physical Culture school. This summer, she has been assistant at the municipal swimming pool. A compete list of teachers is as fn’lows: North Ward Elizabeth Peterson. F'rst grade Della Sellemeyer. Second grade Serena Hornada. Third grade John R. Parrish, Prin.. Fourth grade South Ward Eva Acker. Prin.. First grade Florence Hanev. Second grade F z l'e Patton. Third grade Hazel Curtis, Fourth grade. Riley Building Bertha Banner. First grade Ruth Vizard, second gramMarcel a Hower. Third grade Nell Winnes. Prin.. Fourth grade. Central Building Naomi Gilbert, Fourth grade Margaret Moran, F'fth grade Kathrvn Dorwin, Sixth grade Dora Marie Maelev. Sixth erode Glennys Elzey F:f<h and Sixth << <>xtixi ei> ox I’m;h mxi BUS LINE WILL ENLARGE SERVICE

Busses To Operate On Same Schedule Now Followed By Interurban Beginning Wednesday, August 10 the day following suspension of service on the Fort Wayne-Decatur interurban line, the A. B. C. Coach Line will establish local bus service between Fort Wayne and Decatur,, operating on the same schedule as that followed by the interurban line, except that no bus will leave Decatur at 4:30 'clock P. M., and no bus will leave Fort Wayne at 6 o'clock P. M. Central Standard time. The A. B. C. Company has operated a bus line between Fort Wayne and Winchester, via Decatur, Monroe, fierne, Geneva. Bryant and Portland for the last three years. Busses will leave Decatur from the Murray Hotel corner of Third and Madison streets, and will leave Fort Wayne from tthe Indiana Service Corporation bus station. 211 West Berry street, where tickets to all points will be sold. Passengers between Fort Wayne and Decatur will be accepted on through busses, but not to the exclusion of through passengers. To assure accomodations, all passengers are urged to get on the busses at stations. Schedules and more detailed information will be announced later.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 1, 1927.

Mystery iw » , I webs ~~r jmiFßiMiiiiiii'iiiiiiiiiiiiirJitv ' Mystery surrounds the shooting of Senor Don Francisco Latour. Minister to the United Slides from Guatemala. While some circumstances indicated a suicide attempt, friends insisted his self-inflicted bullet was the result of an accident.

COUNTY OFFICE IS IN DISPUTE Two Persons Claim Job As Adams County Attendance Officer Today Mrs. Ella Peoples called at the County Attendance office this morning and demanded that the office be turned over to her and Nathan Nelson, present attendance officer declined to surrender the place to her. Mr. Nelson used as his authority to hold the office, a letter he received from the State Attendance officer ( Blanche Merry, telling him to continue as county attendance officer until he resigned, for the reason that Mrs. Peoples did not pass the required examination last May and was not qualified to serve. Tlie examination far attendance officer was held last spi ing. There were several applicants for the place on May 2, when the county board of education met and Mrs. Peoples was elected to the place. On the day of election iiltd •'■■'lowing the action of the board of education, Clifton Striker, county superintendent of schools, was advised by telegram that Mrs. Peoples had not passed the required examination. A letter following stating that Mrs. Peoples could serve a temporary appointment until August 1, 1927, if there was not a regular attendance officer. Mr. Nelson received a letter from the state attendance officer to continue in office until his successor qualified or until he resigned on his own accord. Mr. Nelson, when interviewed this afternoon, stated that he intended ti holo the office for another year. The state attendance officer stated that the law did not provide for an “emergency” examination, for tlie reason that the county already had an attendance officer, who could serve until the required time for the regular examination. The board of education lias lot rescinded its action and Mrs Peoples informed Mi. Nelson that she would continue to call at the office every morning, but Mr. Nelson, refused to turn over the keys to her. c —— Evangelical Brotherhood To Meet Tuesday Evening The Men’s Brotherhood of the Evangelical church will hold a regular meeting in the church Tuesday evening. starting at 7:30 o'clock. A good speaker has been secured and refreshments will be served. All members are urged to attend the meeting. o Farm House Entered By Thieves Saturday Night Thieves broke into the house of John Blakey, east of this city, Saturday night, and ransacked the house. A watch, gun and several other articles were stolen. Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth was working on rhe case •today and one already has been secured. An effort is being maije to link several robberies in this community together.

SEVERAL AUTOS ARE DAMAGED IN WRECKS SUNDAY Several Adams County PerSons Are Slightly Injured In Accidents AUTOMOBILES ARE BADLY DAMAGED Several automobile accidents occurred over the week-end in wich Adams county people were slightly injured. Most of the mishaps were slight, and participants received only a few scratches. Several of the cars were badly damaged, however, and they have been taken to garages for repairs. A Ford touring car driven by Grey Gresley, of Hoagland and an Essex coach driven by John Barkley, of Hoagland, collided near the town Sunday afternoon. Both cars were badly damaged. William Klepper, Jr., of Decatur riding in the Gresley car, was scratched ami bruised in the mishap. A Dodge sedan belonging to V. A. Showalter, of Fort Wayne, struck looce gravel and turned over on the Decat-tur-Van Wert road, about 8 o’clock Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Showalter and their six children were riding in the car at the time of the accident. All received slight cuts and bruises. Hearse Is Sideswiped A hearse driven by J. F. Blight of Laketon, Indiana collided with another car driven by Roy Miller, of Spencerville, at the Graham farm crossing, about five miles south of Decatur, at 5:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon Mr. Bright states that lie was driving west and had just crossed the road and claims that Mr. Miller also turned west ami hooked his car into the hearse. The running board ami right front fender was damaged on the hearse. Mr. Miller's car was also damaged and had to be towed to this city, while Mr. Bright was able to drive his hearse to Laketon. Mr. Bright had delivered a corpse to Rockford, Ohio, and was returning home when the accident happened. Wreck Near Berne Berne, August I.— (Special to the Daily Democrat) —A Chevrolet coach -ran into Lise ditch .-.t the side of tl.e road, a mile west cf Berne. Sunday afternoon. None of the occupants, said to have been from Decatur, was seriously injured. A section of the fence at the side of the load was torn down (CONTixri-:i> ox I'tGtc two) AUCTION SCHOOL IS OPENED TODAY

Thirty-two Students On Hand For First Class; Others Are Expected When the first class of the annual summer term of Reppert's Auction school started at Bellmont park this morning, 32 students were in their places and 23 others had enrolled and were expected to arrive later today or tomorrow. The first class started at 8 o’clock this morning, and the embryo auctioneers wilj! settle down to real work tomorrow after completing the preliminaries of getting acquainted, electing officers and getting settled for the term. The same faculty which was used by Coiloncl Fred Reppert during the winter term, will be used again this summer. Coldneil Reppert will have active charge of the school himself, which each phase of auctioneering will be taught by a different instructor. The following students have arrived in the city and attended the first c’ass this, morning: Jesse Patr'ck. Middle-town, NewYork; Ralph E. Clyde. Venus, Nebraska; John E. Clyde, Orchard, Nebraska: W. H. Shoemaker, PonVac, H’linois; Donald L. Armstrong, Pittsford. Michigan; Vernon Hagarity, Auroara, Nebraska;. C. Given, Alp'ne, Texas; Frank L. Coffey, Burley, Idaho; Ray Basicker, Anderson. Ind., R. R. 12; Warren Meserva, Quincy. Mjichl'gan; Donald H. Hamman, Shi(CON TINTED ON PAGE TWO)

Promotes Flight Gk’’ , " V sag* Ulk o dfll SB * ■k tea M. Farman (above), famous French aircraft designer, is giving final tests to the plane lhal he hopes will be the first Io make a round trip from France to America. Farman’s original pilot for the plane, M. Drouhin. deserted him Io fly with Charles Levine.

COMMISSIONERS HOLO SESSION Request For Ornamental Light Posts At Approach To Decatur Made The county commissioners me’ in regular session this morning and devoted the forenoon to checking up and allowing bills. The commissioners heard a request from city officials anil citizens to install ornamental light posts on the highway north of Decatur, leading to the Smith bridge, on State road No. 27. The delegation requested that the county erect S light posts on each side of the road, beginning at the intersection of North Second street and extending north to the bridge. The city will install the posts on North Second street as far north as the curve. The board will be in session again tomorrow, at which time bids will be received for the building of three hard surfaced roads, which form approaches to the main roads leading into Decatur. It is expected that a number of bids will be filed. Budgets Are Filed County officers and heads of the different departments in tl.e county have filed their budgets of estimated expenses with the board. In a few cases, the budgets are higher than a year ago. These budgets will be taken up by the- board and at a joint meeting of the county council to be held in September, they will be acted upon. The tax rates will also be fixed at the September meeting. County auditor Martin Jaberg stated that the tax rate for the county would be figured on a valuation of $36,600,000.00, a reduction of about $3,000,000. due to the decrease in farm land valuations. • 0 ——— — THIEVES FAIL TO OPEN STORE SAFE Unsuccessful Attempt Made To Crack Safe In Hower Grocery Store Thieves made an unsuccessful attempt to rob the safe at the M. E. Hower grocery on West Monroe street Saturday night or early Sunday morn ing. They enteied the building at the real, and attempted to break into the safe with a hammer and crow bar. stolen from the tool loom of the Pennsylvania tailroad.' The thieves apparently were scared away, because they left their tools and failed to get into the safe. The combination was broken off the safe. Nothing else was molested in the buildiUg ' ..4,1

Price Two Cents.

AIRPLANES RILL THREE: FIVE OIE IN AUTO WRECKS I Heavy Toll Exacted In Indiana Over Week-end; Trains Kill Two TWO DROWN; MAD BULL KILLS ONE (I’NTTEP PRESS SERVICE) Thirteen persons died violent deaths in Indiana over the week-end. Airplanes killed three; automobiles five; trains two; and drownings 2, and a mad bull one. An aviator and two passengers making the first ollicial trip in a newly purchased monoplane lhal was lo initiate commercial service out ol Newcastle were killed when the plane 'crashed and burned. Four deaths from various causes were recorded in the Calumet district of Northern ndiaha but all were due to auto mishaps. Char es E. Reed. 50, of Vanßuren, sait down on a railroad track to rest at Marion and was killed by a train. Farmer Killed By Bull John Meyers, of Hobart, a farmer was unable to get out of the way of a maddened bull which gored him to death in a field near Hobart. John Travore. 64. of Whiting, guarding a section of track under repairs was ki.'led by a train. Wilks Mutespaugh, 5. son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Raymond Muterspaugh of Anderson died of injuries suffered in a crash between an auto driven by his father and Mark McCain, 35. More than a score were reported hurt in auto mishaps. The body of Edward C. Hill, 20, was recovered from White river near Sandbourne, two hours after he drowned while swimming. Charles Frentz, 40, drowned in Lake Michigan near Hammond. o Decatur People To Leave Tomorrow For California Mrs. J. C. Miller and son, Richard, will leave tomoirow morning for Lbs Angeles, California, where Mrs. Miller will visit with her son. Fred Miller and family, and with her daughter, Mrs. Harry Paul. Richard intends to remain in California indefinitely and will probably entbr the University of California next month. Richard was graduated from the Decatur Catholic high school last June and. for several years, has been employed at the Daily Democrat office, as paper carrier and in the mailing room. PLANS MADE FOR FARMERS'PICNIC Committee Appointed To Select Location For Picnic On Labor Day At a meeting of the directors of the Adams County Farm Bureau Federation, held in Decatur Saturday night, the directors were enthusiastically in favor of holding a Farm Bureau picnic on Labor Day. Since Labor Day has long been considered largely as a rest day for everyone except farmers, the Farm Bureau directors have decided to change the meaning of the day somewhat and make it a rest day for tillers of the soil as well. A committee was appointed to select a location for tlie picnic and to make necessary arrangements. This committee is composed of L. M. Busche„ Clifton Striker and Dean Byerly. It was the concensus of opinion of the directors that the picnic should be held on the banks of the Wabash river if a suitable location could be found. The entertainment committee, appointed Saturday night, consists of Alton Wherry, W. T. Rupert and Ferd : Christen. ' Mrs. M. A. Clem, of Union township . has been appointed director of the women's department of the Farm Bureau in Adams county.

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