Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1927 — Page 1

| I WEATHER I Fair tonight: Wed- | I neiday partly cloudy | possibly showers .n ■ north portion, shflhtI I l y warmer along I Jake Michigan.

WORLD FLIERS CONTINUE LONG TRIP

I REDFERN BEING I SOUGHT BY U.S. | COASTCUTTERS I Navy Department Issues I Statement Regarding | Their Attitude ! NO TANGIBLE CLUE i OF MISSING MAN E Washington. Aug- 30. —(UP) —With Bl the euast guard rendering such search Bl tatue as "seems practicable," the ■ I navy department is abstaining front I the him' for Paul Redfern, missing ■ !i ,■-wi< k Rio Janeiro flier, because KI it has no vessels available and would Bl not know where to look it it had. B -rite navy Is ready to help in whatB ever way it can. but no one has any ■ idea where Redfern may be,” said actB inc Secretary of Navy Warner today K in commenting on the request front ■ Redfern's home town for a search. E Coast guard headquarters means’ while instructed P. W. Laurlat, head B of the Florida east coast patorl area, ■ to get in touch with backers of the ■ flight and assist in the hunt for Red- | fern if such is thought feasible. LaurB iat has 15 boats in his command. B Ai ting Secretary Warner was pessi- | ntis ic over Redfern’s chances to be ■ found anywhere on the ocean. | "It appears to be a repetition of the | N'lingesser-Coli incident,” he said. K ' Redfern might be in any one of 500,000 square miles, and it is unlikely that he could have stayed afloat this long if he landed in the water.” Warner is hopeful that the daring Georgian made a safe landing on land somewhere or near land. He believes the most practical means of Heard* is that proposed by private aviators about the Bahamas. The navy has no vessels in the West Indian-South American area, its nearest vessels being 15 destroyers now at Newport, R. I. It would take several days for these boats to reach the area where Redfern may have gone down. These boats leave in a few days for target practice* off Charleston. S. C. Brazil is Interested Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 30. —(UP) — "Brazilian authorities are must vigilant. and will be happy to be able o assist a flier who offered to make a sacrifice on behalf of humanity,” Foreign Minister Mangabeira has written to Secretary of State Kellogg. His reference, of course, was to the attempted flight of Paul Redfern from Brunswick, Ga., to Rio do Janiero. No Sign Os Redfern Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 30. — (UP) —No one here has seen anything of Paul Redfern's monoplane Port of Brunswick, which might have passed over or near here had it succeeded in (CO.NTINI ED ON PAGE THIIEE) O BAPTIST PICNIC Will BE FRIDAY Annual Affair To Be Held At Bellmont Park East Os Decatur The annual picnic of the Decatur Baptist Sunday School will b< held Friday afternoon at Bellmont park, it was announced today. Plans are being made to take care of one of the largest crowds ever attending the annual affair, the committee in charge °t arrangements said today. AR those contemplating attending are requested to meet at the Baptist church in this city Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Conveyance will be arranged for those who have no way of Betting to the park. Games will be played in the afternoon and a committee has been appointed to arange a suitable program f »r the afternoon session. A large basket dinner will be served in the evening and a happy time is anticipated AU members of the Baptist congreRation and their friends are cordially invited to attend the-picnic and enjoy 'he afternoon and evening at Bellmont Park.

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IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT FINISHED Improvement On Winchester Street And New Bridge About Complete The Winchester street improvement and the bridge being constructed on the Mercer avenue road, south of the Decatur Country club are nearing completion and it is expected that both will be finished in the next few days. The new Rock Asphalt surface which is being built over the bricks on Winchester street is being laid this week. The material is being spread on and then rolled, and workmen are more than half through with the work on that street. Those in charge say that the work should be completed in the next few days. After all the surface has been placed and rolled the street will again be rolled and larelled. before it is opened to the public. The workmen today had placed the surface as far south as the S. E. Hite grocery, and the rolling was being started. The new concrete bridge being built over the creek just south of the Country Club is nearing completion. The foundations have been placed and the road is being built across the new bridge. The bridge is made of concrete, with railings on each side of the same material. Workmen there say the bridge wil’ be ready for use in a few days. At present users of the road are forced to detour down the mud pike to the first road to the left. Run-away Traction Hits And Damages Store Front Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 30. —(UP) — A run-away traction freight car loaded with cement left the tracks here today, plunged across the street and wrecked the entire front of the retail store and warehouse of the J. S. Tormohlen Grocery company. It finally came to a halt wedged into the building. o — Liquor Case Dismissed The case against Frank Saxon, of Marion, Indiana, charged with violation of the prohibition law was dismissed in Mayor’s court in this city on motion of the Prosecuting Attorney. It was stated that the evidence was not such that a conviction could be obtained. Man Killed By Own Car Logansport, Ind., Aug. 30. —(UP) — Albert Boiler, 50, is dead here as a result of being run down by his own automobile. The accident occurred when the motor car started down an incline on which it had been parked. Boiler stepped in front to prevent it going down an embankment and was crushed.

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IBONDSWILLBE SOLD FOR FIVE ROADS SEPT. 7 More Than SIOO,OOO Worth Os Bonds Will Be Sold By County Treasurer TO CARRY INTEREST AT 4>/ 2 PER CENT More than $100,01)0 worth of road bonds will lie offered for sale by County Treißurer Louies Kleine at his office on Wednesday. September 7th. The bonds are for -the improvement of the Schulte, Hurst and Wemhoff hard surface roads in Washington and Root townships and for the Baumgartner macadam road in French township and the Sipe road in Blue Creek township. The bond issues on the different roads are: Schulte road, $29,200; Hurst road, $29,240; Wemhoff road, $36,200; Baumgartner, $4,500; Sipe. $2,800. The bonds will bear 414% and will be issued in series of 20 bonds each Interest payments come due on May 15th and November 15th of each year. Work on the construction of the road improvements will i">t begin until after the bonds are sold and the contiactsrs intend to complete them this year. o U. S. Aviators Released In Mexico Is Report San Antonio, Tex.. Aug. 30. —(UP) — Reports to officers at Kelly Field here today said ('apt. (', H. Reynolds and Seargeant Gus Newland, second division air service, had been released by authorities at Presidio de Vado de Piedras, Mexico. The U. S. airmen were seized when they were forced to land on the Mexican side of the border while they were searching in their for a war veteran lost in the desert. Mexican authorities still held the American army plane, the reports received today said, and since transportation in that region is primitive, the men were unabh to return without it. SPECIAL TRAIN TO STOP HERE "j I Erie’s Dairy Sire Special To Make All-Day Exhibit He“e County Agriculture Agent L- M. 1 Bushe has received notice that the annual special train of dairy- sire and legume on the Erie railroad will m ike an all day stop in this city for the benefit cf Adams County farmers. The exact date of the special rain's ar- i rival has not yet been learned, but it is expected that it will be in .his citysome time during the last week of September or the first week of O.’t.iber. The train will carry an ample num- < her of young registered dairy bulls of i the Holstein, Guernsey, Jersey and '■ Ayshlre breeds, carefully selected as to type and breeding'from herii fre> from tuberculosis. Representatives of the Indiana Holstein-Friesian Association, The American Guernsey Cattle Club, The American Jersey Cattle Club and the Ayrshire Breeders Association will be on the cars in charge of the bulls of their respective breeds. A special exhibit car is being fitted up at Purdue University by Professors E. A. Gannon and J. H. Hilton of the Dairy Extension Division and Professors K. E. Beeson and M. O- Pence of the Coils and Crops Extension Division with exhibits showing the results of good breeding and proper care and feeding of dairy cattle. Talks on kindred topics will be given by representatives of the University the Breed Associations and the Erie Railroad, in a. lecture coach attached to the train. Demonstrations on the good points of a dairy cow will be held on a flat car also a part of the Special. OS PAGE THREE) ' ' I

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 30, 1927.

Special Master Deed Recorded In Decatur County recorder Ed Green Ims recorded the special master deed of Fred C. Gause, special master in Chancery to The Pittsburgh. Cincinnati. Chicago and St. Louis Railroad company, conveying all the property of the Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne railroad company to the new company. The conveyance was made as of June 9t h 1927 and affects the railroad known as the G. R and I. which runs through Adams County. The recording of the deed is just one of the legal procedures required in making the transfer to the new company. FIRE DAMAGES LOCAL FACTORY Fan Room Equipment At Sugar Factory Is Destroyed Insurance adjusters stated today that the fire loss at the Holland St. Louis Sugar factory in the north part cf the city from the file Sunday evening would total between $3,300 an I $5,000. The file occurred about 7:30 o'clock ami the local fire truck made the run. The whistle did not sound, however. and very few local persons knew there was a fire. The fire started in the fan room, adjoining the boiler room of the local plant. The flames made such a headway that it was pecessary to play a heavy stream of water on the buildifor more than a half hour. Firemen managed to confine the blaze to the fan room Insurance adjusters stated that the damage to the building would amount to about S3OO while the damage to the machinery would total between $3,000 and $5,000. The machinery was practically ruined, but the building was partly saved. Canadian Planes Delay Start Across The Ocean Windsor, Ont.. Aug. 30. — (UP) —Ontario’s two pending trans-Atlantic non stop flights to Windsor and London, England, appeared likely today to be delayed at least another 24 hours. The flight committee of the “Royal Windsor” plane here announced that latest weather reports from Toronto said rain and fog continued in the St. Lawrence valley today. Final decision on whether the “Royal Windsor” would take off today was not expected to be reached until this afternoon. o PHIL CASE HAS NARROW ESCAPE Sacks Os Flour Bury Him In Local Grocery Store This Morning Phil Gase escaped injury and probably suffocation at about ten-thirty o'clock this morning while working at the Fisher and Harris grocery store. Mr. Gase was attempting to straighten up a pile of flour sacks, when the pile became top-heavy and toppled over, burying Mr. Gase underneath. The stacks of flour, all weighing 4S and 24 pounds each, completely covered Mr. Gase and clerks in the store hearing the crash, also heard a faint moan coming from under the sacks and then everyone in the store nanm'y Mat Harris, Joe Elzey and Ed Murphy, made a wild scramble to remove the sacks and get air to Mr. Gase. Several of the flour sacks burst and the flour flying around made it all the more difficult to free Mr. Gase. The men worked fast, however, and within a couple of minutes had made an opening through the pile of sacks and then pulled Mr. Gase out. Mr. Gase was not injured in the least. His glasses were not even broken and in another minute he was helping the others rack up the sacks of flour and cleaning up the mess.

(TEACHERS HEAR GOOD PROGRAM AT INSTITUTE Large Crowds Hear Addresses As Second Day Gets Under Way GREAT INTEREST IS SHOWN IN MEETINGS The second day of the Adams County Teachers' institute started at 9 o'clock this morning with 1i large crowd attending the meeting. Dr Roscoe Gilmore Stott spoke of "The Little Educator", and was followed by an address by Professor Harry N. Fitch of Muncie. Professor Fitch talked'on "Education, and its Development.” Dr. Stott pointed out to the teachers ’ that while the eye was on the little. educator it accomplished ten times more than the ear. He explained that children like to see and dramatize. The speaker gave the history of the drama and showed that dramatization started hack in the Catholic churchlie urged social and rqligious workers to support drama. “No one has a right to damn sex drama, until his money has supported, clean drama." he concluded. Professor Fitch speaks Professor Harry N. Fitch pointed out the history of education and the change that has come over our schools • in the development of the present public school system. He said that this change was largely due to our goverri ment adopting the principle that all - men are equal politically and that all men are granted religious freedom. i The speaker declared that under Andrew Jackson's administration the > cause of eißlcaTiTTh was helped very i much in as much as it ga.e the comi mon people greater power and con- : fidence. Grace Hobson, of Birmingham. Michigan. talked on the history of music and then led the audience in singing of several songs. Professors Fitch and Stoti will address the audiences again this afternoon and tomorrow. Great crowds are attending the series of meetings, and those attending say that this year’s institute is one of .lie best evei held here. Clifton Striker, County superintendent is in charge of the programs, which will l ist the rest of the week. c CONFERENCE TO START TODAY United Brethren Church To Be Represented At The District Meeting The St. Joseph Conference of the United Brethren Conference convened in its eighty-third session today, and will continue in session until Sunday afternoon. Bishop H. H. Fout of Indianapolis, is the presiding bishop. The conference territory includes the northern part of the state, that lies north of the Wabash river. Many of the prominent leaders of the denomination will be present during the conference, which wi’l not only be a conference of transacting business but of information and inspiration. The laymen of the church are to have a special day on Thursday and L. B. Harnish of West Virginia, will be the speaker at this session. Sunday promises to be a great day. Thousands come from over the conference to attend the Sunday service. Rev. Cecil R. Smith and family left today to lie in attendance and Mi's. Rir,ss<Vl Deßolt, the de'l-egifte from the Decatur church and also Mrs. Clarence Drake accompanied lhem. Many others will attend during the week. Local Pastor Attends Rev. Cecil R. Smith closed his second year as pastor of the First United Brethren church in this city last Sunday. He left today with his family to attend the annual conference at Winona Lake, Indiana. Seventy- , two hava been added to the church , roll and he has officiated at forty-six (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

f < Mother Again . ] —— —•— • .1 I I ■ J ~ ■“’S I **» ■ ’r I A new Mussolini is expected in Italy. The stork is said to be hovering about Mrs. Benito Mussolini, wife of the Premier. She has two sons ami a (laughter already, (In Lerna Ilona) 11l u«t rated N>w«l caseTnv’olveF POINT OF LAW Truant Officer Case Is Thought To Be One Os First In State i I More or less interest is centered in the outcome of the suit filed by Mrs. Ella M. Peoples of this city demand- ' ing the office of county attendance of- ' ficer and praying that Nathan Nelson. • be ousted from the office. Mrs. Peoples brought suit yesterday through her attorneys, Fruechte and Litterer of this <iity and Colerick. Jackson and Parrish of Fort Wayne. Mr. Nelson stated that he engaged Attorney H. M. DeVoss and Henry B. Heller of this city and would fight the case. The plaintiff alleges that the office of county attendance officer should have been turned over to her on August Ist and that , the defendant is wrongfully holding on to such office now. Mr. Nelson, although not having filed an answer to the suit, will oppose the ouster proceedings. The legal question to be considered, as discussed by those acquainted with the case, is whether the license which Mrs. Peoples had as county attendance, expired at midnight on July 31st or at midnight on August Ist. The new term of the county attendance officer begins on August Ist and the outcome of the case is creating not a little interest, since it is one of the first cases ever tried in this county for this office. —o - Miners In Agreement Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 30. — (UP) — . The United Mine workers district No. 11, officers today announced the signing of a contract with another member of the Operators’ Association to resume operation under terms of the Jacksonville agreement. The mine is ■ the Tecumseh mine, the Eagle Coal ■ Mining company and employs about ■ 100 men. i o — BULLETIN I Washington, Aug. 30.— (U.> P-) — ■ Attorney General Sargent today approved the recommendations of the ‘ federal parole board that Warren TMcCray, former governor of Indiana 1 be paroled tomorrow. The SIO,BOO fine imposed on Me--1 Cray when he was sentenced to 10 ' years at Atlanta prison for using the mails to defraud, stands against him and he must pay this when he has the money. McCray was sentenced April 30, 1924 and began his prison term the following day. ' His full sentence would expire Jan- ’ uary 16, 1931, with allowance for ? good behavior. He can apply for his ' civil rights after the full term has 1 expired. Meantime, however, he will : | leave the prison under Sargent's I parole tomorrow.

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“AIR VAGABONDS” LEAVE MUNICH FOR THIRD LAP — Are Confident They Wil! Succeed In Setting New World’s Record PLANE IS REPORTED IN GOOD CONDITION Belgrade, Aug. 30.— (I — The ‘round the world nionoolune Pride of Detroit, en route Ironi Munich Io Constantinople alighted here at 11:55 a. in., local lime. Munich, Germany. Aug. 30 —(United Press) —The self-styled vagabonds of the air, WiViam S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee, resumed their 100-m.lle an hour jog around the world at 6:36 a. m. today when they left in their monoplane. Pride of Detroit, for Constantinople. They left Munich with the intention of flying to the Turkish capital without a stop, and hoped to cover the 1,100 miles (in 12 hours. “Our slogan.” said Schlee before the departure, “is, ‘Constantinople or bust,' and we may bust." If. however, something goes wrong with tlie plane or weather, the fliers will he able, to stop en route, for their route was to carry them over Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade. Before starting Brock and Schlee inquired about the landing fields at Belgrade, Bucharest, Sofia and Adrianople. However, they were determined to follow the Danube from Vienna to Budapest and reach Constantinople within 12 hours at the most. Weather conditions indicated ideal firing conditions all the way. with northwest winds favoring the flight. Today’s journey is the third leg of their ti ght around the world. Brock and Schlee started from Grace Harbor. Newfoundland. Sa urday morning. arrived at Croydon , England, Sunday morning, leftj there yesterday morning and arrived at Munich yesterday at 4 p. m. Because of the difference in time, the fliers should reach Constantinople shortly after noon eastern standard time, and if they do they wis have completed more than one-sixth of their proposed flight in a few hours more than three days after they left America. The distance from Grace Harbor to Croydon was 2.350 miles, to Munich 580 miles, and to Constantinople, 1,100; making a total distance to date of 4,030 miles. The total estimated distance of their flight around the worfd ;s 22.067 miles. FUNERAL WILL BE WEDNESDAY Services For Steurv Child Will Be Held At* Fort Wayne Wednesday Funeral services for Betty Lou Steury, 3-year-old daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Steury, of Fort Wayne and a granddaughter of Peter Steury of near Berne will be held Wednesday afternoon at the home, 3602 Weisser Park, ort Wayne, at 1:30 o'clock and from the First Baptist church at 2 o'clock, The Rev. John R. Gunn officiating. The child was killed near Fort Wayne Sunday afternoon in a head-on automobile collision- She was riding in a car driven by her father on the Lima road when the car ran into a , car driven by Everett Skinner, of , Flint Michigan. She was rushed to a ( Fort Wayne hospital but died a few 5 minutes later of internal injuries, j Mr. and Mrs. Steury and their son, I Donald, 2. were slightly injured in the accident. None of the occupants of the Skinner automobile was injured. r The Steurys have lived in Fort s Wayne about eight years, where Mr. s Steury is employed as shipping cleric II of the Sherman White company. Sevs eral relatives survive in Adams county-

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