Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 23 August 1927 — Page 5

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CIJ B CALENDER Tuesday nebeccuh- After Lodge. Auction Bridge Club, Madge Hite, 2 30 p. mMusic Section of Woman's Club— Mrs. C. E. Bel!, 7:30 p. m. Tri Kappa sorority—Miss Lois Pe- [ terson. 8. !’• M. Tri Kapp* Sorority—Lois Peterson. Young Women's Missionary Circle; o( Ev church—Miss Mary Macy, 7:30) p. »■ Wednesday Bible Class, Mt. Pleasant ChurchMr and Mrs. Wm. Jones. ' K i nK3 Heralds of M. E. Church-| Jeanette and Virginia Beery, 2:30. Thursday Phoebe Bible class, Reformed church I —Chu r <h parlors, 7:30 p. m. Saturday Pastry Sale by Section No. 2 of V. I B. Ladies Aid-Sclimitt Meat Market. The Barley family reunion will be held on the Barley farm two miles ueut ot Decatur next Sunday, August 28* Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Elzey had as their guests Sunday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Elzey, Mr. and MrsClyde Elzey, Miss Alice Milligan, and Glen Keshn, all of Fort Wayne. A lunch was served at a late hour. Merica Reunion The seventh annual reunion of the Merica family was held at the Ernest Merica home, near Hoagland, Sunday. Seventy relatives attended. At noon a basket dinner was served, after which a business session was held. The next reunion will be held at the John Rider home at Monroeville, on the third Sunday in August. 1928. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. M. S Merica and family, Mr. E. Merica. all of St. Paris, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. J C. Merica and Mis. James Davis and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker, all of Payne, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. D R. Merica and family of Paulding, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Merica. and family of Columbus, Ohio;Mr. John Merica of Concord, Michigan; Mr. and and Mrs. Jesse Urick. Mr. and Mrs. H 0 Crick and family, all of Howe. Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hough and family, of Geneva; Mr. and Mrs. John Kidmer and son. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Parker, all of Monroeville; MrBurley Hough and Mr. Wm. Logan of Bryant; and Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Miller f Monroe; Geo. W. Burrell and Thomas Fairchild, of Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Meica and family of Hoagland: Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hough, Mr. and Mrs. Delmis Roe., and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Young and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Flaugh and family, Ralph S- Krill, S. F. Krill. Mrs. Roy Merica and son. Smith Merica, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Shookman and family all of Fort Wayne. , , Th- August meeting of the Root Township Home Economics society has been postponed. The September meeting will be held on September 22, with Mrs. Dt*le Moses. The Young Ladies Missionary Circle of the Evangelical church, which *as to hold its regular meeting at the home of Miss Mary Macy tonight, has postponed its meeting until next Tuesday night, at 7:30 o’clock. All members are asked to note the change. The third annual reunion of the K stler families was held Sunday at Rome City. Relatives were in attendance from Greenville, Penna., Bluffton, Hondoras, Elkhart. Topeka Shipshewana, Gemhen, Decatur. Six-ty-five were present. The next year meeting will be held at Fort Wayne, bn the second Sunday in August. The Rebecca lodge will meet this evening after the regular lodge meeting. Refreshments will be served and a good attendance is desired. Sect on No. 2 of the United Brethren Ladies Aid Society will hoM a Pastry sale at gthmitt Meat market Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Johnson entertained at dinner Sunday and 1 oVer the week-end for Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mayette and children, Mr. an, l Mrs. John Williams, of Califor- • n j a: Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Williams, Knox, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. John Wil-' I’atns, Mrs. Anna My-Jott, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hammond and son, Robert. Miss Ruth Hammond, J. W. Harkless and Abe Whitright. Mr. and

Mrs. Euiene Mayette and children and Mr. and Mrs. John Williams left for their home in California today, by motor. Personals Dr. and Mrs. Ro y Archbold and : daughter. Josephine, and Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Coverdale and daughter, Mary ' Magdallne, have returned from Lake Wawasee, where they spent a few j days. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Everhart and j son. Junior, and Bud Cloud, of Hot ; Springs. Arkansas, and Mrs. A. A. ! Everhart and daughter, Margaret, of [ Chicago, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cook this week. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Smith and son, William, of California, made a short visit today with the Fred King family on Mercer avenue on their way home after spending several weeks in Indiana and Ohio. Mrs. Esther Biggs, of the Edwards Studio, is enjoying a weeks vacation at Niagra Falls, Buffalo, Cleveland, and other points of interest. Mrs. Johanna Braun and daughter, Stella, have returned from South Bend, where they vis:ted several days with their daughter and sister, Margarite, who is a novice of the Holy Cross sisters. They were accompanied by Miss Edith Heiman, and Sister Leguorius, formerly Rose He man, returned with them for a week's visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Beavers and son. Glen, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Poling. Mr. and Mrs. Dee Fryback and daughter, Mary Kathleen. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Evans have returned home from a ten-day outing at Lake Webster and Wawasee. 0 —— CONDUCTOR FALLS BENEATH WHEELS OF LOCOMOTIVE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) part of the body was badly crushed. He also received bruises about his head. The injured man was rushed to the hospital and he remained in a conscious condition until a few seconds before his death. He gave instructions for notifying a brother. Mr. Longbrake was the oldest conductor in the service of the Pennsylvania company on the G. R & I. division. In addition to being the conductor of tnc local freight, he was an extra passenger conductor. He had been making his home at the Depot restaurant i nthis city, although his pei manent residence was in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was separated from his wife. Mr. Longbrake is survived by several children. No funeral arrangements have been made. CONTRACTS LET FOR THREE HARD SURFACED ROADS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) $95,467.88, while at the letting today the bids of Macklin and Zehr tota/ed $91,870. The low bids at the first ietting were: Cecil D. Coil, Schulte read, $29,700; Mannix Bros., on the Hurst road, $30,651.79; the Grace Construction company, on the Wemhoff road, $35,116.09. • The roads will be built this year, the commissioners stated and the successful contractors stated that they wou.'d be able to build the roads this! fall. The bonds will be sold next month. The Wemhoff road will be bSilt of concrete, the Hurst road of br ck and the Schulte road of brick and concrete. Two Macadam Roads Sold Two macadam roads were sold today by the commissioners. The bids on the Sipe road were: Bieberick and Arnold, $2,929; Wabash Stone Co., 1 $2,796; Dennis Striker, $2,799: Finley S'riker, $2,749. Contract awarded to Finley Striker. ’ * The bids on the Baumgartner road folio: Bieberick and Arnold, $4,385; Dennis Striker, $4,286; Finley Striker, $4,499. Contract awarded to Dennis Striker. o ————— 1 Man Killed By Auto I South Bend. Ind., Aug. 23. — (UP) Joseph Sheet, 60, was killed last night when he was struck by an automobile driven by Dr. Clyde' Dunfee, of Plymouth, Ind.

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SACCO, VANZETTI ARE EXECUTED IN PRISON AT BOSTON ■ (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) torneys who had battled relentlessly for the lives of the condmned anarchists hold the faintest glimmer of hope of staying the hand of death. Once before —only 12 days since—these same lives had been spared by a midnight leprleve. But last midJ night brought no respite, and in the minutes that followed Sacco and Vanzetti paid with their lives for their alleged killing of Frederick Parmenter and Alexander Berardally during a payroll hold-up on April 15, 1920. Execution Is Dramatic The trippie execution was intensely dramatic, yet methodical, careful and not without dignity. The three men were ready for death and met it without show of fear. Madeiros, who played only a minor role in the drama, was stolid and resigned to the inevitable. At 12:02 a. m. he entered the death chamber. He walked to the chair, led by two guards and sat down to die. At nine minutes and 35 seconds past midnight the doctors announced he was dead. Nicola Sacco was brought in next, at 12:11 a. m. A man of 36 years, he seemed younger as he walked with pale face but set lines, and steady gait to , the chair. Just before he died, he voiced his unalterable convictions: "Long live anarchy,” he, cried, in Italian. He was sitting in the death chair. Guards adjusted straps and the electrodes. Shouts Farewells "Farewell, my wife and child and all my friends,” he said audibly. This time in broken English. Just before Robert Elliott, the executioner, threw his switch from behind a screen, Sacco spoke his last words: “Farewell, mother," A deathly silence then prevailed in the room. A dozen men were there, . but the only sound was the subdued shuffling of the two men who carried what had been Nicola Sacco to a marble slab behind a protecting screen. He was pronounced dead at 12:19 a. m. Vanzetti Last To Die Vanzetti was brought in at 12:20 a. m. with his mild, reproachful brown ; eyes and drooping, walrus-like mustache, he radiated even at the hour of death the restless energy which made him, an Italian immigrant and fish peddler, an intellectual leader in his circle. He was three years older than Sacco. Vanzetti was more dramatic. The attendants seemed more to be accompanying than leading him. He stopped to shake hands with his guards. Declares His Innocence Then he sat in the death seat without a tremor and said: "I wish to tell you I am Innocent and never committed any crime but sometimes some sin. “I thank you for everything you have done. "I am innocent of all crime, not only of this one, but all. "I am an innocent man. "I wish to forgive some people for what they are now doing to me.” The earnest, broken English was followed by a brief, profound silence. Then the warden's arm raised in the signal to the electrician. • Vanzetti was pronounced dead at 12:26 a. m. The triple execution was over before the day was half an hour old. The hundreds of police and troops who, wit Ik bayonets, pistols and fire hose had guarded the prison against an interruption in the business of execution, began to disperse. Michael Angelo Musmanno, the young Pittsburgh attorney who had directed the dramatic fight ot the last two weeks to save Sacco and Vanzetti, came from the warden's office. Tender, Aching Perspiring Feet Amazing Relief in 5 Minutes or Money Back Get a bottle of Moone’s Emerald Oil with the understanding that if I it does not put an end to the pain and soreness and do away with all offensive odors your money will be 1 promptly returned. | Don't worry al>out how long you've been troub'ed or how many other preparations you have tried. This powerful penetrating oii is one preparation that will help to make your free from all soreness and distress painful ach'ng feet so healthy and that you’H be able to go anywhere and do anything in absolute foot' 1 comfort. I So marvelously powerful is Moone’s Emerald Oil that thousands have found It gives wonderful results I in the treatment of dangerous swollen or varicose veins, (’allow & Kohne. Smith. Yager & Falk and Holthouse Drug Co.

■ , - - — - . „ He had sat there for a dreadful halt hour, bowing his head and weeping when the matter of fact voice of the announcer told newspapermen of the executions within the death chamber. Soon after 1 a. m., the bodies were brought out and placed in an ambulance. Under heavy escort, the ambulance moved to the city morgue where an autopsy hud to be performed before relatives could claim the bodies. The rambling old prison was left brooding under the moonless sky. Its prisoners, tensely awake but quiet during the executions, returned to sleep. The corridor was almost deserted. The warden rose, and turned toward that door connecting with his own home, Itself a part of the rambling prison structure, he said. "Guess I've got to get a bite to eat,” Father Murphy, prison chaplin, had been with the warden when the hour of the summons to death arrived“We must bow to the inevitable," Bartolomeo Vanzetti said when the warden told him. All refused spiritual aid. Sacco was writing a letter to his father In Italy when the warden arrived. He finished the letter and asked the warden to see that it was forwarded. Mrs. Rosa Sacco and Luicia Vanzetti sister of Bartolomeo, called at the prison for the third visit of the day. They spent but five minutes and rushed to the headquarters of the defense committee. Two hours after midnight the quiet, deserted prison was a strangely contrasting scene to that of a few hours before the execution, when more than 500 men, armed with pistols, rifles, bayonets and fire hoses, virtually cut it ott from the outside world. As the ambulance swung into the court for its load of three corpses and the state troops wheeled their prancing horses into column formation to return to barracks, those who had

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f looked upon the three executions ap-' ; peared visibly shaken. a There was a whiteness and taunta ness In their faces. Warden Hendry, ■ heavy-set Scotchman, was pale. 3 The last forlorn hope that the Ilves . of Sacco and Vanzetti might again be spared liad vanished. 8 Mrs. Rose Sacco, mother of Sacco's a two children, who collapsed 12 days* d ago as she was about to visit Governor Alvan T. Fuller in quest of respite, t steeled herself last night und made a s 1 dramatic personal appeal to the exet cutive. a Accompanied by Miss Vanzetti, who hod come 4,000 miles from Italy to bid I. her brother goodbye, Mrs. Sacco apI peared before the Governor in the exa ecutive chamber at the State house g and begged for mercy. o . — Motor Car Hits Auto „ A small motor car on the Erie rail- ! road, on which two men were riding, struck a Chevrolet sedan driven by . a woman, whose name was not learn- „ ed, at the Mercer avenue crossing iu ; this city yesterday evening. The automobile was gonig north across the tracks and the motor car was traveling west. One of the men on the s motor car jumped. Neither was in- ! jured. The woman in the automobile, j 1 SPECIAL! SPECIAL! e I This Week and Next Week Shampoo and a Marcel 50c ’ Shampoo and a water wave 50c " Haircut, ladies and children 30c Special Taroleum shampoo 50c Mrs. Teeter Beauty 1 —Shop—--667 —Phone—667. o d ■———

, who was alotie, w*a not inline.l mJ only small damage was done to either vehicle. —— o — Truck Breaks Light Post A coal truck owned by Julius Haugk I and driven by one ot his workmen, struck a lamp post at the corner of | Madison and Second streets about ( 7:30 o'clock this morning. The light ( post was torn down, but the truck was not damaged. - - —-

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