Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1927 — Page 1

WEATHER Fair tonight and w ,rmer south portion. Sunday warmer , nd possibly showers In west portion.

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CATHOLIC SCHOOL TOBEOPENED ON TUESDAY.SEPT.6 Sister M. Roberta To Be Principal Again; One New Teacher To Be Here TWELVE TEACHERS TO GIVE ISTRUCTION The St.. Joseph Catholic will O peu on Tuesday. September 0, Sister \l Roberta, principal of the school, announced this morning. The Catholic high school will also open on that Nate. One new teacher has been assigned here this year. Sister M. Edwin will take the place of Sister Luella, former teacher of the Fourth grade. Sister Luella has been assigned to Elmhurst, 111. Miss Jane Mooney will continue as teacher of the Third grade. Miss Mooney was here last year. Twelve Teachers In Faculty There will be twelve teachers in the scjiool anil Sister John perchmann will again be the music teacher. Slater Berchmann requests that those pupils who wish to take music this year to enroll at the beginning of school. Enrollments in the high school can be made next Sunday and on the Monday before the opening of school.. It is expected that the enrollments this year in the grades and high school will exceed that of last year. Last year, the enrollment reached 400, while in the high school 71 students were enrolled. Judging from the advance enrollments, indications paint to more students in the high school this year than in previous years.’ The same school hours will be observed again this year. On Tuesday, the pupils will be assigned to classes and the hours of classes also arranged. Condemns Spasmodic Drives Fort Wayne. Ind, Aug 27--Judge William Schannen condemns spasmodic pct'Jce drives against motorists who violate various laws. The judge decla'es the “practice of making drives against certain violations at irregular Intervals and then of not malting mote arrests for tic same of fenscs over a long period of time” actually tends to increase the number of violations, due to the fact that people think they can “get by” because there may te no campaign on. MAN SPENDS 3D HOURS IN WELL Fred Leneau Is Rescued After Being “Buried Alive” In 40-Foot Well Wcrchester, Mass., Aug 27.—(UP) —With his right arm’ partially paralyzed and a few body bruises, Fred Leneau, 37, of Auburn, was in Worcester City hospital today after being "Hnried alive” for ,39 hours at tiie bottom of a 40-foot well. After all hope of rescuing him alive practically had been abandoned, and two priests were on hand to administer last rites, Laudeau was pulled out °f firmly packed soil and timber debris early this morning and brought to the surface by u life belt and a rope. He was very weak but responded later to electrical treatment. A crowd of 10,000 watched the resClle work. Mere than one hi nd’ed 'ohintary rescue workers, after many heartbreaking setbacks at last were rtwarded for their day and night struggle. Leneau was standing at the bottom °f the well he had dug when, at 7:30 I>- m. Thursday, the walls caved in. Several strips of timber fell into such a Position just above his head as to bterent the full force of the tons of ej rth from falling on him. A garden hose was stepped down to him between the strips of timber. •'■•sen was fed through the hose worked through the night tCOATINIED ON PAGE TWO)

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DATES ARE FIXED FOR CONVENTIONS Arrangements Made Fo r Township And County Sunday School Meets The dates tor the township Sunday school conventions to he held in Adams county this fall were fixed at a recent meeting of the board of directors of the Adams county Council of Religious Educatioti, held at Herne. Tne county convention w ill be held on October 18 and 19. The "convention will convene in the Mennonite church at Berne on the evening of October IS. The sessions on October 19 will be held in Decatur. A program committee consisting of the following persons was appointed: E. ('. Bierie. John E. Nelson, C. T. Teeple, <C. H. Musselman, Miss Inda Sprunger, E. W. Baumgartner and Miss Viola Lusk. The dates for the township conventions are: Sept 11. —Hartford Township Sept, 11 Uniou-iioot Townships. Sept. 18 Monroe Township Sept 25Wnslington Tcwnship Oct. 2 —Kirkland-Preble Townships Oct. 2 Wabash Township Oct. 9 —St. Marys Township. Oct. 9 —Jefefrscn Township. Oct 16 —Blue Creek Township. o G. E. Band Plays For Home-Coming At Wren The Decatur General FJlectr>c band went to Wren, Ohio, this morning, to furnish music f r the annual Wren Home-coming, which was to be held in Moser Memorial Park, at Wren. A splendid program was arranged for the home-coming. The General Electric baseball team went to Wren, also, to play the Wren team as a part of the home-coming program. o CORONER’S JURY INDICTS YOUTH Harry Hill Is Formally Charged W ith Killing Mother; Still Missing Streator, 111., Aug. 27 —(U. P.) — Harry Hill, the pampered son of a wealthy' physician, today stood formally charged by a coroner's jury of killing his eccentric mother. But in spite of frequent rumors of young 11 H's whereabouts, he has not been definitely traced since he left the home of a friend in Chicago Tuesday noon and presumably learned from newspapers that his mother's body had been found buried in the basement of her home here. The coroner’s jury concluded its investigation of the case late last night, t tiding Mrs. Hili died of a gunshot wound and recommending her son be apprehended and held to (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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Prof. Paul Porn, who hits been the teacher anti principal of St. Peler’s Lutheran school in Boot township, Atlants county*, for the last 1!) years, has resigned to accept a position in the St. Paul's Lutheran school of Cleveland, Ohio. Prof. Dorn has taken an active part in the musical and dramatic activities o I the St. Peter’s church during his stay there, also.

Mrs. Coolidge And Son John Show Them How to ■ Dance At Camp Hotel Canyon Camp, Yellowstone National Park, Aug. 27.— (VP)—The Nation's r first lady who seldom dances in pub lie could not resist an invitation to waltz with her handsome son. last night and John and Mrs. Coolidge 1 slipped out on the dance floor and s stepped to the refrain of the Barear- >. clle. Major W. N. Nichols, manager of f the hotel, then asked Mrs. Coolidge >. to finish an encore with him and she u accepted while John Ranted with n Vdelaide dnngh i I ter. ■’ 0 SCHUG BABY IS BURIED TODAY r Boy Baby Born To Mr. And Mrs. George Schug Friday Is Dead At Birth Funeral services were held at 1:30 o'clock ths afternoon, for George s Woodward Schug, Jr. still-born babe, born yesterday afternoon at the Adams County Memorial hospital to Mr. and Mrs. George W. Schug, of Co'umbus, Ohio. Short services were held at the home of the grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Butler, and burial was 1 made at the Decatur cemetery. The Rev. R. W. Loose, of the Evangelical 1 church, hud charge of the services. > The child was the first in the fami :'ly. Mrs. Schug before her marriage :i was Miss Gladys Butler. Mr. and i Mrs. John Schug, of this city, are r grandparents of the baby. o Highway Superintendent 1 And Police Hunt Scavenger The county highway superintendent and police officials are on the look . cut for the scavenger who threw the contents of outhouses along the Kobne I road west of the city some time Thurs- | day night. Six barrels of the content' were dumped along the road and members of the highway department were T I called and they buried it. Prosecution will follow if the guilty pe: son is apprehended. o- — Local Young Ladies Win In i Baptist Tennis Tournament i- —— f Miss Vivian Thomas who just returned from the Indiana State Baptist f Assembly held at Franklin College, t wits successful in winning the girl's t tennis singles in the tennis tourna- □ ment Miss Anna Winnes. also of Ds- -- catur and Miss Thomas won the girls doubles in the tennis tournament. a -o Standard Bearers Convene s New Albany, Ind., Aug ,27 —Member;t of the Standard Bearbrs, young peoa pie's organization cf this district, are g in third annual convention here. □ A banquet and pageant were hold last night.

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Cheer Up! There Was Erost In Every Month During The Year 1863 Princeton, Ind., Aug. 27. —The present cool summer recalls to S. F. Braselton, Civil War veteran here, that there was frost in every mon b of the ytnr 1963. He says that near the dose of each month the temperature would fall and there would be a frost, one of the killing type having occurred on August' 29. — o 11, D. CONFERENCE TO OPEN AUG. 30 Annual Sessions Os St. Joseph Conference To Be Held At Winona Lake Warsaw, Ind., Aug 27.—The United Brehtrcn churches of this section of the state, are arranging for delegations of their laymen composed of the active men and women of each local church to attend the St. Jo.-eph Con,’erence Laymen's meeting at Winona 1-ake, to be held in the Winona Lake Auditorium. Thursday afternoon and evening. September 1. The <*mfer ; ence session include Aug. 30 to Sept. JoJ k- ! > ■ ' B I C li L. B.J'&mi&h. Bl A mk. W * •**_’*- i - V '-v -“<rrvr V-»ev>-—( • This meeting will be for the purpocof orgai. zing the Laymen’s Associa tion of the St. Joseph (Conference and electing officers. Bishop H. H. Font, of Indianapolis will welcome the laymen tnd will preside at I his special Laymen’s session. L. li. Harnish, president of the West Virginia Conference Laymen’s Association, will also give the main address of the afternoon, and will speak on the subject, “The Uprising of the Laymen." Mr. Harnish is at: old newspaper eorrebpoudent and organized the Laymen’s Association of the West Virginia Conference which has a membership of 24,0110. "The work of the .church must be done by the laymen of the church, and the laymen of the church must ise their business training on the Lord's Day for the Ix>rd. the same as they use their ability through the work (CON’t iM i-.u on (■>,.!■: Tlima'i There'ls Still Time To Enter “Do You Know” Contest And Win Prize A large nhinher of answers have been received in the “Do You Know” contest, being conducted by the Daily Democrat and several Decatur merchants. It is not too late to erfter the contest and win one of the prizes. Three cash prizes, totaling $lO, and three copies of a life history of Col. Charles Lindbergh and his epoch making flight actoss the Atlantic, will be awarded in tho contest. If you have misplaced or destroyed last Wednesday’s copy cf the Daily Democrat, ,in which the ads containing the question were published, you may obtain copies at the Daily Democrat office- The contest will close at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon. The answers and the names nt’ the winners will be published in next Wednesday’s issue of this paI per.

ANNUAL COUNTY TEACHERS MEET TO OPEN MONDAY Institute To Be Held In Court Room Os County Court House Here PROMINENT SPEAKERS TO GI V E ADDRESSES The annual Adams County Teachers' Institute will open Monday morning. August 29. at 9 o'clock in he circuit court room. Clifton Striker. county superintendent announced today. A fine program has been arranged with several prominent speakers scheduled to appear here during the week’s inst.tute. Monday will he registration day, and all teachers are required to register. Attendance will be kept by each ' indivtdua'. and must be turned in to ' the superintendent’s office during the week. Trustees To Attend Thursday Thursday has been set aside as visitors' day ami trustees’ day. All ' township trustees will attend the Thursday program, it was announced. Former teachers of Adams county and other interested persons are invited to attend any of the sessions. Registration fee for the teachers 1 will be $2.25, to cover the cost of the program. Teachers from other counties may attend the institutes of their own counties and receive credit in this county, according to the law. but it is expected that practically every teacher in Adams county will attend the local meetings. Dr. Stott To Speak Dr. Roscoe Grlmore Stott, author, lecturer and educator, of Franklin. It OVI’IM l’l> ON I’tGK <six> o BOWMAN IS READY I FOR LEGAL TILT I I State School Superintendent Will Demand That He Receive Salary Indianapolis, Aug. 27. (U. P. I—Armed with a. formal opinion from the attorney general. State Auditor L. S. . Bowman today was expected to take the first step in a legal battle to | decide what claim Charles F. Miller , has on the state superintendency of schools. Mj’lcr, while holding the job of , state superintendent, accepted the ( superintemkency of the Indianapolis puN'ic schools. He did not resign from the state post, saying he would held that office until the governor named a successor agreeable to h in. State Auditor Bowman was drawn into the controversy when Miller presented a petition for salary for (CONTINI El> ON P\(.l-: Twin o Bank Orders Store Closed The Old Adams County Bank, of Decatur, receiver for the Bunk of Tocsin, Friday ordered the Virgil H Kreigh store at Tocsin closed. The Hansel and Claude Kreigh store at Tocsin was closed a few weeks ago. o “Mystery Car”, To Make 220 Miles Per Hour, Is Being Built At Capital Indianapolis, Aug. 27. —The Stutz Motor Car company is designing a “mystery car” to attain a speed of 220 miles an hour, according to an announcement today by C. S. Crawford, chief engineer. Frank Lockhart, 1926 Indianapolis Motor Speedway winner and holder of the American speed record, 164 miles an hour, is supervising the construction and will drive the car. He hopes to set a new world's record, the present mark, 203.79 miles, having been established last March by Major H. O. D. Seagrave, with a British motor. Lockhart will pilot, the super-speed-ster at Daytona Beach, Fla., or Muroc. Calif., the only places in the United States where such speed can be developed.

Hunted Hr I I < ■- i. . W* z 1 1 rwk >. wn ' Harry I). Hill, twenty-two, was hunted by police seeking , to solve the mystery of the death of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hill, whose body was found buried in the basement of h< r Streator, 111., home. PROF. PAUL DORN" TO LEAVE COUNTY I — Teacher And Principal Os St, Peter Lutheran School To Go To Cleveland After completing 19 years as teacher and principle of the St. Peter Lutheran school in Root township. Professor Paul Dorn has asked for his release to accept a position in the St. Paul Lutheran school of Cleveland. Ohio, one of the largest schools of the Lutheran church. Professor Dorn has been a faithful instructor in the St. Peter school and the entire congregation, as well as the pupils, present and past, were reluctant to hear of his resignation. Professor Dorn completed his nineteenth year of service at the St. Peter school April 26, of this year. He has been director of the male choir of the St. Paul Lutheran church for 10 years and for several years he has been director of the mixed choir. He has always been active in church and school affairs of his church and has been a faithful instructor for the many years lie has been connected with the Adams county school. Professor Dorn’s new charge will be considerably larger than his present one. Last year, the St. Paul school had 370 pupils and it is expected that more than 400 will enroll there this year. He will have charge of two grades. Besides his school work. Professor Dorn has assisted in plays, presented by the St. Peter school and also in the many social activities of that school and church.. The congregation has not yet selected a successor to Prof. Dorn, but it was stated today that a new teacher and principle will be called at a congregational meeting Sunday. September 10. NEXT TUESDAY IS GUEST DAY Decatur Country Club Plans To Entertain Bluffton And Van Wert Clubs Tuesday, August 30, has been designated as Van Wert-Bluffton day at the Decatur Country Club, it was announced today. 'Several committees have been appointed to take care of the guests, and members of the Van Wert, and Bluffton clubs have been invited to play golf on the nev, local course. No green fee will be charged the visitors and local members are urged to be at the club Tuesday afternoon to assist in the entertaining of guests. Several visitors already have noli- . fled the local committee that they ■ will attend the guest day and it is ex- , pected that several automobile loads 1 will come from both Van Wert and - Bluffton. Tne course will be open for 1 the visitors all day.

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NO AUTHENTIC RERORTS FROM GEORGIA FLIER Friends Cling To Hope That Redfern Will Succeed On Distance Trip IF SUCCESSFUL, HE WILL SET RECORD Brunswick, Ga„ Aug. 27. (I’. I’.) Encuuniged by the •onfidencc of Mrs. Gertrude Bedfern, whose husband, Paid B. Bedfern, left here Thursdayon :t non-stop flight Io Brazil, friends of the young pilot maintained confidence today that he was still in the air and approaching his goal after more than 18 hours of living. No authenticated report ol the progress of the monoplane. Port of Brunswick, had been received since it left here shortly tiller noon Thursday. Redfern 44 Hours Out Brunswick. Ga.. Aug. 27.— (I’.P.) • Forty-four hours had passed at 6:4G am. today (’ST. without definite word regarding the monoplane Port of Brunswick which ’left here shortly before noon Thursday on an attempted 4.000 mile non-stop flight to Rio De Janeiro. If, as was feared. Paul Redfern, young Georgia aviator, had to buck headwinds most of the way, flight experts believed lie wotg’.d be unable to remain aloft beyond noon today. During his two nights and almost '.wo days of flying the only word received was an unconfirmed report that a plane believed to have been Redfern's was sighted late Thursday 300 miles front the Bahamas. o — Report Is Unverified In Regards To Purchase The report that a local citizen had purchased the rails, copper cable and switches of the Fort Wayhe-De-eatur Traction line could net be confirmed at no n today. The supposed purchaser would not confirm or deny the report, but stated that in all probability a statement would be made Monday, it was understood that taiwork of tearing up the tracks would start within the next two weeks and the road dismantled as scon as possible. The Indiana Service corporation, owners of the line intend to junk it as soon as possible. PRESIDENT GOES BACK TO S. DAKOTA Ends Five-day Tour Thrugh Yellowstone National Park This Morning With President Coolidge’s Automobile Caravan Enroute to Cody. Wyoming, Aug. 27. (U. P.) —After five days viewing the wonders of Yellowstone National Park and fishing to his heart's content, President Coolidge today set out on the return journey to his summer home in the Black Hills. Soon after sun-up he started from Canyon Camp for a seven hour ride to Cody where he will board his special train. He will arrive back at Custer. S. D., twelve miles from the state game lodge in time for church Sunday morning. Covering the trail which the pioneers fallowed when they first entered ths natural fairyland, Mr. Coolidge passed Sylvan Lake, 8,650 feet above the sea; Sleeping Giant; Chimney Rock; the play grounds of the gods anti the Buffalo Bill memorial statue before arriving at his destination. 1 Mr. Coolidge will spend most of 1 his t. me after his return in packing for his trip back to Washington. The latest schedule calls for him to F leave Rapid City, S. D„ Sept. 9, and arrive in Washington, Sept. 12. He s is expected to go immediately into d the remodeled white house instead >r of resuming his temporary residence on Dupont Circle.

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