Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 181, Decatur, Adams County, 2 August 1927 — Page 1

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COOLIDGE NOT TO SEEK REELECTION

hSEI TESTIFIES I {(UN TODAY IN 111 FRAUD TRIAL Ifpneva Man Insists That I promoter Did Not Pay I For Leases I trial resumed I™ alter a recess I Detroit. Aug- 2. - (United |i) Trial of E. I). Filzgcr■ji Detroit promoter, charged Kh swiiHtling two Kansas oil ■.nil out ol Ihousands of <lol■L bv misrepresenting the. ■alue of his Indiana ml h01d- ■.,., when lie sold out to them. ■ ns resumed Imlay in Federal Ur Fitzgerald renewed i*fir efferts '<> show that lulame for (If taneled finances of his company, tie Security <» aa, l Refining compur, which h>- "‘’ld to Walter Varnes lid Charles Eddy. of Independence. Kinsss. should not lie laid v on Fitzjtrald Kiliam Hesel, Geneva. Indiana, riman v.T.o charged that Fitzgera'd ipn>r paid him for oil leases which It bought from h m. was placed on Ja witness stand and showered with uceHnl cheeks designed to show •ill hr had rceived several thousand Biiarr in payment Hesel. howev. r, persistently clung Shin content ion that the money was gid to him for operating costs of the < wells drilled on the leases and ns not in payment for the oil land. o Rtv. Fernthiel And Family Begin Vacation The Rev. and Mrs. Harry Ferntheil ud family left today on a month’s vaation They will spend part of their toon a motor trip through Michigan, whiting at Detroit and other places. Os their return, they will motor to firinnati. Ohio, where they will visit the remainder of the month with their’ touts. Bather Is Injured In Pool West Os Berne Berne, Aug. 2.—Curtis Wullimanl •» of Mr. and Mrs. Menasse Wulli- ( ran. residing northwest of Berne. W a narrow escape from drowning ® the Bieberstine swimming pool, •tst of Berne, Sunday afternoon. The boy started to dive into the pool •ml his feet slipped. He fell back••rd, striking his head on the edge ’T the diving board. The youth fell htto the water, unconscious, and dis-1 Wared beneath the surface of the 1 •Ater, other bathers rushed to his rascue and brought him to the bank. regained consciousness before he Ws taken from the water. A deep Mi was cut jn the back of the young rau's head. STOCKHOLDERS HOLD MEETING Directors Elected By Provident Building And Loan Association The annual meeting of the stock•’'lersof the Provident Building and ■ran Association was held last even-' hi the offices of Lenhart, Heller, 1 Sch'urger. The elections of direc-' elf. rPßUlled in 3° 2 votes being cast? James Cowan, John H. Heller ,during. E. W. Johnson and E. Da. „' kenau f° r terms and s 4. h'ibiicK tor one year. J. H. Car-' wer/’ Ge ° rSP Krlck an<l J f L ’ Kocher I th a s | l )0 * n led a committee to audit °°l {S °f the company. hv th SiX P6r Cent l " v *d en< l declared »as P ''’ reetors at the June meeting f y (onfi!l "ed and the report of Henreso He " er ’ Becretary , showed total for' lrPeS ° f nearly * so ’ ooo - To conlegi'l"' 111 tke law enacted at the last c hangi Ure ’ a reso^u^on was adopted tip Bng ,lle value of shares from Meet °' aiS t 0 ’ P ' le directors will " on^ay evening to elect of-

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i Drunks Must Squeal On Their Bootlegger Or Pay For Their Fi n Ind anapolls, Ind , Aug. 2. — (INS’) Drunks tn the capitol city hereafter must remember the name and address of thir bootlegger in the future, unless they desure to pa y heavy fines and spend a portion of their time in jail, according to the dictum of Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter. "The drunks gotta squeaf," is the word that is go’ng around underworld circles here. ‘‘Get rhe name and address of your bootlegger," is the dictum of Judge Wetter. Judge Wetter’s wrath was aroused when the majority of defendants in liquor proceedings pleaded poor memories or lack of mental curiosity for failing to reveal the names of their favorite bootleggers. YOUTHS ADMIT HOUSEBREAKING Two Decatur Boys Confess To Breaking Into Farm Residence John Deßolt, Jr., and Edward Diehl, both of this city wore placed in the county ja<l last night after they adm’tted breaking into the home of John Blakey, east of this city. Saturday night. Charges were filed against the two young men and they will have a preliminary hearing in Mayor’s court this afternoon. Charges of larceny and burglary were filed against each of the two. They admitted yesßerday afternoon to- Sheriff Hart Hoilingswnrth - and Chief of Police Se<phus Melchi that they entered the house Saturday r.’ght. The loit was recovered. Three other young men were with Deßq’t and Diehl later dn the evening. and they will be questioned con- \ rning the Incident, sometime today. FORMER MONROE GIRL IS DROWNED Miss Bernice Johnson, 20, Os Fort Wayne, Loses Life In Lake James Miss Bern-’ce Johnson, 20. former resident of Monroe, was drowned in Lake James, Monday afternoon. Miss Johnson was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Johnson. 242 Baker street. Fort Wayne. The girl was drowned whl’e playing with a water ball with her mother and a friend. Miss Velma Spillner, 19. also of Fort Wayne. Miss Johnson and eight other Fort Wayne girls and her mother went to the lake Sunday. there they planned to stay this week. Only three of the party were in the lake when the tragedy occured at a point ailong the shore known as Hudson bay, a few hundred feet south of Weldon's landing. They were playing with the ball when it was thrown several yards from shore. In attempting to recover the ball each of the three unexpectedly stopped into deep water and sank from view. Mrs. Johnson and her daughter were unable to swim. Miss Spillner cou,'d swim only a little. Two men. whose names could not. be learned, heard the cries of the tjio and were ab’e to rescue Mrs. Johnson and Miss Spillrier with a boat. I It was several minutes later that they learned that the Johnson girl was in water. Miss Johnson was a niece of John D. Andrews, of Decatur. Thhe body had not been recovered yet this morn’ng. Arrangements were being made to bring the body to Decatur as soon as it is recovered. o- , Fashionable Hotel Bankrupt South Bend. Ind., Aug. 2.—(UP)— The fashionable Washington-Colfax Apartment hotel was thrown into receiyership in the superior court here yesterday by the Indiana Trust Company which asks a judgment of $90,000

Coolidge Begins Fifth Year As Chief Executive President Faces Most Precarious Political Situation Os His Career As Farm Relief, Taxation, A Failing Geneva Disarmament Conference And Other Vital Problems Occupy His Attention

(By Paul R. Mallon. United Rapid City, S. I)., Aug. 2. lidge entered today upon his fill I niletl Slates, faring the most | his career. It was just four years ago al group of newspaper men inchidii ent rule up to Mr. Cooridge’s farm home at Plymouth Notch, Vermont. | with news that President Harding had died and that he was to be I President. There by the dim flickering light lof an oil lamp, he was inducted Into office with the oath administered by his father, John Coolidge, who in stocking feet, struggled down the walled stair-case of that farm dwellI ing, to receive newspaper men who were frantically pounding upon the screen door. Star To Rise Or Set Today Mr. Coolidge, first presdent ever to summer in the west, is meeting divergent views upon farm relief. taxation, a faiEng Geneva disarmament conference and other vita! ’.pending problems. From this panorama of mingled political colors, Mr. Coolidge's star *s xepected to rise or set —and at this moment it is on the rise. As Senator Capper. Republican. Kansas, fender of senate farm bloc says, Mr. Coolidge can have the west f he wants it, hut that some farm relief legislation must be passed at the next session of congress or the ‘ranquil west will "make some trouble.’’ Capper says Kap»qs_. just as the rest of the west, was disappointed at Mr. Coolidge’s veto of the McNaryHaugen bill but that 101 of its 105 '’epublican county chairmen already have declared for Mr. Coolidge for Capiper takes care to warn that this situation may not prevail next year, if congress fails to enact some relief legislatino. Furthermore. Mr. Coolidge is faced with the breakdown of his conference. called at Geneva to work out limitation of naval armaments, and he has returned with a sanction to Hugh Gbson, 'head of the American delegation there, a document prepar-, ed by Gibson which may state the most vigorous proclamation of American sea policy since the Monroe

doctrine. !*< is left to G;bson’s discretion K’oxrivi i:n »»x’ p»i;r two) SAMSIMISON DIES AT BERNE Prominent Retired Merchant Dies Os Pneumonia Late Monday Night Berne, Aug. 2. — (Special)—Sam Simison, 77, prominent retired merchant, d'ed of pneumonia, at his home, 21 i West Wabash street, at 11:30 o’clock. Monday night, follownig an illness of several weeks durat'on. Mr. Simison had been in poor health for several months. Sam Simison was born in L’nn Grove. Adams county. January 10, 1850. He was marrie’h to Miss Grace Howard, who survives. In 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Simison moved to Herne and they have resided here since that Cme. Mr. Simison was a clerk in the AU son-Morrow store for five years and in 1885 he became a member of the firm. He remained active with the firm until he ret red a fewyears ago. Surviving are the widow: three daughters, Mrs. T. A. Gottschalk, wife of State Senator Gottschalk, of Berne. Mrs. Haro’d Snyder, of Detro't, Michigan, and Mss Irvin Bell, of Fort Wayne; and two sisters. Mrs. Catherine Slawson and Mrs. Eugene Morrow, of Bluffton. Funeral services will be he.'d at the Evangelical church at 10 o’clock Thursday morning, with the Rev. J. A. Arndt, pastor, officiating. Burial will bo made in the M. R. E. cemetery. Friends are requested to omit flowers.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 2, 1927.

I Press Skill' Correspondent) (United Press) President CooIh year as chief executive of the precarious political situation of I 2 A. M. Io the day that*a sleepy inj! this United Press correspoixlBANK ELECTS ' NEW DIRECTORS I Annual Meeting Os Stockholders Os Old Adams Countv Bank Held The annual meeting of the stocM holders of the Old Adams County bank was held in the count ng rooms of the bank at 10 o’clock this morning. The usual dividend was declared and the annual election held resulting in the selection of the following board of <Vrectors: J. W. Tyndall. G. T. Burk, J. W. Vesey, L. C. Waring. J. H. Heller. Leo Yager, J. G. Niblick. F. M. Schirmeyer and L. G. Ellinghant. The board will meet . either this evening or tomorrow to <oct ofJcers for the ensuing year. o 1928 Auto License Plates To Have New Dimentions Indiana automobile license, plates t I for 192 S will be smaller bur with ■ more distinct numerals. The new ’ plates will be four inches shorter and a half inch wider than thte present plates. White numerals on the ma roon background witli ’ Indiana 192 S spelled in full at the bo tom. Eckrote Found Guilty Os Assault And Battery Berne, August 2—Harvey Eckrote. of Geneva, was found guilty of assault and battery and fined $lO and costs, by Chris Stengel, local justice of the peace, Monday afternoon. The case was venued from Wabash town-

1 ship. Eckrote was charged with attacking his son, William. <. with a hammer on Friday morning, July la. John T. Kelly, prosecuting attorney, represented the state in the trial, and I Eckrote was defended by Attorney H. IM. DeVoss, of Decatur. Eckrote api I pealed his case to the cir uit court ' after he had been fiSund guilty. FORMER RESIDENT OF COUNTY DIES Mrs. William Kershbaum Dies Os Cancer At Home In Sturgis, Michigan Mrs. Wil iam Kerschbaum. 70, died of cancer at her home, 508 South Centerville street. Sturgis. Michigan, ■ Monday morn ng. Mrs. Kerschbaum formerly resided in Adams county. Funeral services wi’l be held at the Methodist church, in Sturgis, at 2 o’clock. Wednesday afternoon, with he Rev. F. M. Thurston officiating. Burial will be made in the Oaklawn cemetery. Nancy Naomi Kerschbaum, nee Ogden, was born at New Paris, Ohio, Ju’y 19. 1857. She was married to Wiliam Kensehbaum, inj October. 1881. at Middletown, Ohio. In March, 1888, Mr. and Mrs. Kerschbaum moved to Adams county, where they resided in the vicinity of Monroe for i period of 25 years. Mrs. Kerschbaum spent the last 14 years of her I'fe near LaGrange, Indiana, and Sturgis. Michigan. Surviving are the husband; three daughters. Mrs. Dejmer Douglas, of Monroe, Mrs. John Johnloz, of LaGrange, and Mrs. Edward McKale, of Sturgis, Michigan: one son, Harry, of Sturgis; and eight grandchildren.

COMMISSIONERS REJECT BIDS ON THREE HIGHWAYS Total Os Bids On Three Roads Exceeds Amount Os Money Available BOARD PLANS TO RECEIVE NEW BIDS Bids for the construction of the three hard surfaced raads which form approaches to the city of Decatur were rejected by the hoard of county commissioners this morning and new bids will be received by the board on Tuesday, August 23. Tlte low bids were below the estimated cost of construction, but the total of the three bids exceeded the amount of m tiey available in Washington township for road building. The three bids totaled $95,467.88. The preliminary costs and extias which are necessary in the final completion of the road improvement bring the total cost of the three roads to about $99,000 Part of the Wem’.ioif road improvement or the one which goes west on Nuttman avenue past tile Catholic cemetery, is in Root township and this township will pay its proportionate share of the cost was about $10,900 ton town.-hip has $88,125.04 available for road building, based on the reduced valuations, and Washington township’s share of the cost was about 051.900 nioie that the amount available. Many Bids Submitted fecil D. Coil of ort Wayne, was the low bidder on the Paul Schulte road, his bid being $29,700.00 Manix Brothers, of Greenville, Ohio weie the low bidders on the Hurst road, their bid being $30,651.79. The Frace Construction company, of Fort Wayne, was the low bidder on the Wemhoff road, the bid being $35,116.09. Other bidders who submitted bids on the roads were Macklin and Zehr; Yost Bros., Ray L. Harris, Gast Construction Co., Julius Haugh, J. C. O'Connoer and Son; W. C. Halstead; Schweir and Harris; W. L. Magaw, Allen County Paving Co., Keefer, Kreig and Hipskind. The high bid on the Schulte road was $33,604.45. on the Hurst road. $32,995.00 and on the Wemhoff road, $42,426 34 Will Sell Roads August 23. The commissioners, after considering the bids, announced that all bids were rejected and that new bids would << OX TIXI El> OX PAGE HM!» NEW FIRE I kUCK READY FOR USE Big Stutz Pumper Delivered Late Monday; Has 1,000Gallon Capacity The new Stutz fire truck, purchased recently by the city council arrived here from Indianapolis late yeasterday afternoon. The new truck was pruchased, recently, when it was reported that the old Decatur fire truck was incapable of service and that left only one truck to take care of the entire city. The new truck is complete, with a pumper which will pump water either fro;..t the water mains or from a liver or stream at a rate of 1,000 gallons per minute. The new machine is capable of gaing 80 miles an hour. The oil truck was traded in on the new outfit. This new purchase gives the local fire department two of the best fire trucks in the country, and the committee of councilmen say that the two should give Decatur sufficient fire protection for years to come. It is expected that fire insurance companies will grant a lower rate to local property owners. No official try-out of the new machine has been made, awaiting arrival of underwriters for the insurance companies. The try-out will probably be made some time this week. An unofficial try-out was made this morning and firemen say they are pleased with the .accomplishments.

Portland Man Claims His Mate Married Him Just To Get Into U. S. Portland, Ind.. Aug. 2.— (UP) — A romance that began at the ga es of the United States ended on the docket of the Jay Circuit court today. Chris opher E. Emery, suing Alice M. Emery for divorce, says she married him only to get entry into the United States. He says they were wed at the immigration s atiori in Boston I in 1919 after she hail been detained as an undesirable alien. He met her, he exp'ains. while serving in the U. S. forces in the world war. Now she has left him, he charges, and asks for a decree and the ustody of their three children SCHOOL BOARD IS REORGANIZED — Dr. Burt Mangold Is Reelected President; School Opens Sept. 5 Dr. Burt Mangold, was re-elected president of. the Decatur school hoard at the annual reorganization meeting: held last night. Milton E. Hower was re-elected treasurer and Mrs. CarI rie Haubold was re-elected secretary. Plans were made for the opening of i the local public schools in this city. I Labor Day, Sep’ember 5. All teachers for the coming year have been secured, and a complete report was announced by the board last night. Following the allowance of bills ’ and disposal of other regular business, the board adjourned. > a HOME-COMING ST MAGLEY CHURCH Reformed Church Plans Four-Day Meeting For Ministers And Students A home-coming for the ministers and students who have gone out I from the Salem Reformed church, near Magley, will be held for four days, beginning Sunday, August, 7. and continuing until Thursday evening, August 11. Eight ministers in the Reformed church have gone out from the Magley church. They are Rev. E. 1,. Worthman. of Kaukauna. Wis.; Rev. M. Worthman, of Poland, Ind.; Rev. R. Worthman. of Freeport. Ill.; Rev. O. H. Scherry, of Vera Cruz, Ind ; I Rev. A. L. Scherry. of Orrville, Ohio: • Rev. C. H. Reppert, of Stony Plain. Canada; Rev. J. L. Conrad, of Portland, Oregon; and Rev. E. C. Jaberg, of Linton, Indiana. Walter Scherry anh Arthur Kreutzman, of the Magley church, are students at present. There will be sevices in the forenoon. afternoon and evening. Sunday. August 7; on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and an all-day pirnic will be held on Wednesday. August 10. During the Sunday school service at 0 o'clock Sunday morning, August 7, Waiter Scherry and Arthur Kreutzman will give addresses. The program f<> ■ the divine worship service, starting at 10 o’clock, is as follows: Organ Prelude Miss Aita Kreutzman Invocation . Rev. D. Grether Hymn, "Holy. Holy. Holy" Congregation Scripture Reading Rev. Otto Scherry Prayer Rev. Albert Scherry Song. "Pra se Ye the Father" Mag’ey Malo Chorus Address of Welcome Ed. Fruechte Response and Sermon, "Mans Work and God's" Rev. E. L. Worthman. Kaukauna, Wisconsin Hymn, “Faith of Our Fathers”. Announcements and Offering ■Benediction and Doxology. Afternoon at 2:30 P. M. Organ Prelude Miss Alta Kruetzman i Hymn. "Come Thon Almighty King” . Congregation Scripture Reading and Prayer 1 Rev. Otto Engeiman • song, “Keep the Step” ■ Magley Mali' Chorus . Address “Thoughts on the Homei r Coming” . Rev. Charles Reppert Stony Plain. Canada ' Hymn "The Church in the Wild1 j wood" Congregation : — i (COVI’IXI Kl> OX PAGE TViO)

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PRESIDENT SAYS HE WILL RETIRE AT END OF TERM Announcement Made Without Warning As He Starts Fifth Year In Office DISAPPOINTED AT FAILURE OF PLANS Rapid City, S. I).. Aug. 2. (United Press) As unexpectedly as lie took plficc. President I Coolidge today announced he ■ would retire at the expiration | of his present term without I seeking reelection in 1928. W ithout the slightest warning. newspaper correspondents to cover the President's ■ vacation here, were called into |Mr. Coolidge's school room office at noon and were handed a slip of paner reading: "I do not choose to run for President in 1928.” Took Office Four Years Ago It was just four years ago today that Mr. Coolidge was notified of 'the death of President Harding and was immediately sworn by Iris own father as President of the United States. The setting for that was in lan obscure farm house in Vermont, ■many miles from the center of communication. Today, the statement came without i previous warning. No reason was asciibed for its issuance at this time, although it is known Mr. Coolidge has been deeply dsappoinfed at apparent failure of the Geneva disarmament conference because ho fears his economy program might be interrupted by the necessity for further naval construction. Rev. Benzinger Buried At Hessen Cassel Today Funeral services for the Rev. Maximilian Benzinger, former pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church at Hessen Cassel, on the Decatur-Fort Wayne road, who died suddenly in Fort i Wayne last' Saturday, were held at 1 St. Peter's Catholic church in Fort Wayne at 9:30 o'clock this morning. Interment was made a: Hessen Cassel. 0 ,— Auto Damaged In Accident Sunday A Ford coupe driven by Fred Kauffman of near Decatur, was damaged in a collision with another machine j Sunday afternoon four miles north of Bluffton along the Bluffton and Fort Wayne road. A left front fender and right rear wheel was damaged on the coupe. SALVATION ARMY CAMPAIGN ENDS Directors Os Home Service Fund Drive Leaves For Monroeville Today Miss Vida Deetjen, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, who has been in charge of the annus! campaign for the home service fund of the Salvation Army cn Decatur during the past week. left, today for Monroeville, where she will conduct a campaign. Although final reports have not been made by various lodges and organizations. Miss Deetjen stated that she i beloved the goal of SSOO would be j reached. Albert Scheumann. of the O'd Adams Countv bank, is treasure’’ of the fund and he will have a final report to make sometime next week. Before leaving today, Miss Deetjen 1 asked that the Daily Democrat ext press on her hehalf, hearty thanks for the cooperation of individuals, i! committees and organizations who in ‘any way assisted in the campaign here and for the donations made to t the fund. She said she had enjoyed u her stay in Decatur very much and was looking forward to returning n hero next year to conduct the annual campaign.

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