Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1927 — Page 1

WEATHER Generally f«lr and w .rm«r tonipht and Saturday.

BRITISH FLIERS START ACROSS OCEAN

HOT WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR 48 TO 12 HOURS YET Expected Cool Wave Fails To Reach Central And Southern Indiana RELIEF IS SHORT IN NORTHERN INDIANA Indianapolis. Ind , Sept. 16. (IN’S) Despite prognostications of the contrary "perspiring weather" will continue to grip most of the state for at least another 48 to 72 hours, governmen' meterologist J. 11. Armington said today. The expected cool wave which was to bring relief from the ■ortid September temperatures has tailed to reach centra! and southern Indiana due to a "variation in the pressure field.” Armington explained. ■While it is a bit cooler in northern Indiana this morning, the mercury will again flirt with the 90's today.” Armington admitted. x He pointed to the fact that at 10 a. m. today the temperature here was 86 degrees compared with 87 at that hour yesterday. The maximum temperature here yesterday was 94 degrees. Cool Wave Shifts Course By "variation in the pressure field" Aintington said he meant that the high pressure field which was carrying the cool wea.hAr toward Indiana had because of a change in atmospheric pressure shifted its course toward the Great Lakes instead of going down the Ohio valley as had ]>een spected. "South B<-nd and Angola had temperatures of CO degrees this morning." Armington said. Further north it was still cooler. At Royal Center it was 6a and here 73. The cool wea Iler therefore reached only northern Illinois, northern Indiana and northern Ohio.” Warsaw and Columbus again were the hottest spots in the state, each reporting 100 degrees; Vincennes had 99; Bloomington 97; Evansville, Paoli, Madison, Lafayette and Angola, 96; Columbia City and Marion, 95 and Indianapolis, Terre Haute, South Bend and Fort Wayne, 94. Fori Wayne Youth Pleads Guilty To Bank Robbery Madison, W.s., Sept. 16. — (INS)--Jahn It. M.CUntic, 22. of Foil Wayne, ind. bandit deluxe, ho held up the Smith Madison bank a we- k ago for $2,200 and who was captured this morning upon his return from Chicago, pleaded guilty in superior court this afternoon and was sentenced to 15 years at Waupun "I deserve the sentence," declared McClintic. "A l I ask is that my belongings be sent back to my father at Fort Wayne." McClintic has been playing golf on the fashionable links about Madison this summer and, in need of money, spotted the bank on the outskirts of Maditon. He said he wanted to give his girl a fur coat. BLUFFTON MAN HEADS BAPTISTS W. R. Barr Elected Moderator Os Salamonie Baptist Association W. R. Barr, of Bluffton, was elected moderator of the Salamonie Baptist Association, at the eighty-seventh annual session of the organization, helrl at the Warren Baptist church, Tuesday and Wednesday. Roy Henderson, of Montpelier, was elected vice moderator; the Rev. O. E. Miller, of Decatur, was re elected clerk-;reas-ur «r; and Mrs. J. W. Kennett, of Newcastle was elected superintendent of children’s work. The meetings at Warren were largely attended. The next mee iim of the association will be held in Newcastle, with the Rev. C. A. Sayler, Pastor of the Montpelier Baptist church, preaching the annual sermon.

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River Tragedy ' ■ ■ -*<* Vi AY & > * "-X8 - O A Running away from orphan home in Springfield, Mass.. Floyd I .ane ( (above) tried to swim Hudson River with his brother, Paul, as they lacked 10-cent ferry tare. Brother was drowned. TO OPEN SERIES OF SOCIAL EVENTS

Catholic Ladies Os Columbia To Hold First Os Series Tuesday Night Plans have been completed for the opening of the seiies cf the social nights by the local Council of the Catholic Ladies of Columbia, to be held at the Knights of Columbus hall at 7 o’clock, prompt. Tuesday evening, September twentieth. As has been |he custom, there will be a pot-luck supper served at 7 o'clock, utter whieh Five Hundred, Bridge, and Rhum, will be the diversion of the evening. Beautiful prizes have been obtained for the high scores of both guests and the local members. The Committee in charge of the evening consists of Mesdames Joe Lose, as chairman, Vincent Bormann, Clem Kortenber, Theo. Lengerich, Frank Leiihty. Tom Lenordl Misses Genevieve and Winifred Kitson, Virginia Laurent. Legion Gets Official Welcome From France Paris, Sept. 16.—(INS)—The American I,egion was officially welcomed to Paris today. I pon the arrival of General John J. Pershing, commander-in chief of the American expeditionary forces during the war, from Cherbourg, where he arrived this morning aboard the S S. tx-viatiian. Minister of War Painfeve extended the ofticiaJ welcome of the government of France.

.— —o Retrial Os Elsie Sweetin Is Started M;. Vernon, 111., Sept. 16.—(TIPI— Opening statements in the re-trial of Elsie Sweetin, alleged slayer of her husband, Wilfred Sweet in, were begun here today following completion >f a jury shortly after court convened.. Two days were' required to select the firs; eight jurors, but attorneys •hastened their questioning today and accep'ed the final four speedily. The jury includes eleven farmers and one mechanic. o I Annual Conference On Social Work Opens Oct. 8 Several Decatur persons are planning to attend the annual state conference on social work, which will l)e held in Elkhart, October 8 to 11- Efi forts are being made to have representatives present from every county in the state. The Adams County Board of Charities will have representatives at the conference. BULLETIN The football game between Decatur and Auburn high schools, to be played on Niblick Field here Saturday afternoon will stait at 3:30 Instead of 2:30 ' o'clock, on account of the hot weather, I Walter Krick, principal of Decatur tilgh school, announced this afternoon.

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PETER H. MOSER, ’ FARMER, SHOOTS SELF TO DEATH Heat Believed To Have Caused Adams County Farmer To End His Life LIFELESS BODY FOUND BY WIFE Peter 11. Merer, 57, one of the best known c tizens of the western part of Adams county, ended it's life at about 5 o’clock last evening in the hay loft of his barn, shooting himself through his right temple with a thirty-two call lire revolver. He resided in Kirkland township. No cause has been ascertained for the rash act, since he left no letter or note of any kind and had been in apparent good health. Mrs. Moser had been away during the afternoon, attending a meeting of her church aid society:; She returned home about 4 o'clock, and discovering that her husband had not eaten the lunch °he had prepared, went to look for him. finding him asleep in his automobile. She awakened him and assisted him to the house. Wife Hears Shot Shortly afterward, he! seemed to feel better and left the house, his wife presuming that he was going after the cows. A few moments later, she heard a shot and. rushing to the barn, found his lifeless body. It 4s thought most likely that he suffered from the intense heat and that this caused a partial prostration. The deceases was born in Berne, Switzerland. 57 years ago last month, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Moser, both of whcTn are deceased. He had lived in this county since a child and was well known as an industrious and excellent citizen. His first wife, who was Miss Agnes Bluhm, died eleven years ago. His second wife was formerly Mrs. Chris Amacher. She survives, together with a number of children and other relatives. The three sons of the deceased are Frank and Henry Moser, at home, and Raymond Moser, of Decatur. There are also three atelp-children, Victor Amacher, Mrs. Wilbur Fox and Mrs. Gns Girod, all of this county. The following brothers and sis-

(COXTIXI F.n OX T«OI MOTHER 91 REV, STOAKES DIES Mrs. Arminta Belle Hacker Passes Awav At Home In Fort Wayne Mrs. Arminta Belle Hacker, 64. mother of the Dev. R. W. Stoakes. pastor of the First Methodist church of Decatur, died at 2:45 o'clock Thursday afternoon at her home, 1925% South Calhoun street, Fort Wayne. Mrs. Hacker had been suffering from complications whff'li developed after an attack of influenza. She had been ill for nearly four months. Mrs. Hacker was born in Butler, Indiana but lived most of her life in the communities of Bluffton and Fort Wayne, having moved to Fort Wayne twenty years ago. At the time of her passing as well as throughout her life, Mrs. Hacker was an active member of the Woman’s Chrsitfan Temperance Union and the Methodist Episcopal church. In the former. she was a pioneer in the temperance reform, beginning when it was necessary to carry a remonstrance every thirty days against the saloon. In the Irttter, she had been honored tilth official relation to her church and remained in that relation until her death. Surviving are the husband. Charles Hacker; two sons, the Rev. R. W. Stoakes, of Decatur and Danell H. Stokes, of Buffalo, N. Y., and three grandsons. Funeral services will be held at the Trinity M. E. church in Fort Wayne, at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, with the Rev. H. R Ctyson in charge. Burial will be made in the Rose Lawn conietry at Auburn.

Believe Mrs. Hill Made Will Disinheriting Her Son, Accused Os Murder Ottawa, 111., Sept. 1(1. — (IIP)- Intensive search was being made today for the will Mi s. Eliza Hill is belief d by State's Attorney Russel O. Hanson to have made disinheriting the son who Is charged with killing her. Finding of such a will, It was admi to.I, would go far toward strengthening the state case against Harry Hill In cause it would provide a definite motive for the slaying. A will writ'en in 1925 giving Mrs. Hill's entire $50,000 estate to Harry has been submit.ed for probate but it lias not been accepted pending the s urch. Witnesses at the coroner's inquest itno Mrs. Hill's death* testified she had disinherited her son.

DUVALL'S TRIAL TO BE PROLONGED Introduction Os Evidence Os Many Alleged “Deals” To Be Permitted Indianapolis, Ind., September 16. — (INS)—Rifling that additional evidence may lie inft'odueed, special Judge C. C. Shirley this afternoon paved the way for an extensive revelation of alleged poll.leal dials of Mayor John L. Duvall of Indianhpolis with the Ku Klux Klan and local politicians. The state at once call, d to the stand Harvey W. Bedford, a klan leader, >who at one time was head traffic inspector of the Indianapolis police force. Argument on whether apy other evidence than Duvall’s dealing with Wm. H. Armi'age should be admitted had taken up the entire morning session. Attorneys for both sides admitted the admission of this evidence would prolong the trial of Duvall on charges of political corruption, for at least a week.

(INS Staff Correspondent) Indianapolis, Sept. It). — With, the testimony of William H. Armitage, star defense witness unshaken, indications today were that the defense in the trial of Mayor John L. Duvall of Indianapolis, charged with political corruption, would admit that Duvall received heavy con'ributions from Armitage, but would deny promises of positions. Duvall, undoubtedly will be forced to take the vvi'tc. s;and to coiint-T---act the amaz.ing t ile of positions bough; and sold releated by Armitage and corroborated by William H. Freeman, who was scheduled for a posi tion on the board of works, according to tes Imony. It was believed. Mayor Duvall swore on his word and honor as a Mason that he would keep the promise he made to Bill Armitage that he would appoint me as board president, Ernest L. Kingston as board member and Frank C. Lingenfelter as city engineer," Freeman testified. 'That the defense would attack the testimony of Armitage on the allegation tha; he was forced to become a witness to save his brother, James E. miMiMi ii ox iucii GREENFIELD HAS FEVER EPIDEMIC Twenty-four Persons Get Typhoid Fever From Water At Fair Grounds Indianapolis, Sept 16. — (INS) — Twenty-four persons at Greenfield, Ind. were ill with typhoid fever the result of drinking water from a contamnated wc»'l nt the Hancock county fail’ ground during the week of Aug 23, WMler Lee, asslstarfi supprt|ntendent of the state board of health, announced today. State health inspectors have started a general cleanup at Greenfield with the coperation of the Greenfield authorities. It also was discovered that several shallow wells in the city proper were contamnated, that flies have linfected some meat.

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Hay Fever Victim Fractures Rib When He Sneezes Violently Alexandria. Ind , Sept. 16 —(UP)— Rev. A. F. Hogan, flastqy of the 1 metiiodist church here who is at Petoskey, Mich., for relief from nay fever, suffered a fractured rib when he sneezed vi.il, «.*■>'. ■ — — o Suspect Is Released Delfoit. Sept. 16—(UP)—Foster B. Welsh, 34. arrested by detectives investigating the death of Miss Catherine Hayes, August 10th. in Bloomington. Ind., was released by Police today. Welsh was taken into custody after pdlicc received- a letter from Mrs. F. A. Wooden, of Bl omington, stating that Miss Hayes, her sister, died as the result of a heating. Detectives learned, however, that the woman died of natural causes. FORMER GENEVA RESIDENT DIES — Harold L. Rankin Dies At Hospital In Fort Wayne After Long Illness Geneva, Sept. 1G. — (Special)—Har-I old L. Rankin, 26, former resident of the Geneva community, died at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday night, at a hospital in Fort Wayne, following a long illness due to a complication of dis oases. Mr. Rankin was born in Penn- ■ ille and for several years he was employed on farms near Geneva. He wenr to Fort Wayne four years ago. and before his illness was employed at the Dudlo manufacturing plant. Ho was a member of the Cathedral of the Immaculate? Conception. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Ludi.n Rankin, and two sisters. Mrs. Ruth Braun ami Miss Genevieve Rankin. Funeral services were to be hold at 9 o'clock this morning at the Mungovan funeral chapel in Fort Wayne and at 9:30 o’clcyk at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The body will be taken to the home of Burt Juday, southwest of Geneva, where Mr. Rankin formerly was employed, and shor: services will be held there. Burial will be made in the Riverside cemetery, here. o Child Cuts Wrist In Fall On Broken Bottle Arthur Raudebush, 3-year-old son of Wilmer Raudebush, of Decatur route 5, suffered a severe cut on one wrist this morning when he fell on a broken bottle at tits home. The child was brought to the Adams County Memorial hospital in this city, where his injury was dressed.

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ALLEGED BANDIT NOW AT BLUFFTON Member Os Fletcher Gang Droughts To Wells County To Stand Trial Indianapolis, Sept. 16 (INS) -Bert Parker, 31, member of’the Fletcher gang of alleged bank bandits, three of whom afe now in custody, was returned to Bluffton,, Ind., today to stand trial on charges of participating in the! $4,000 robbery, Sept. 8, cf the Fare’s state bank of Poneto. Sheriff F. L. McClain, of Wells county who issued the- warrants on which the three had been held, arrived in Indianapolis just before noon and Heft shortly after. Ray Fletcher. 31. held at Nashville, Ind., whose confession of partidpation by the gang in 14 hank robberies resulted in the arrests, also b. taken to Bluffton it was indicated. .James And Harve Sprague Are Tried In City Court ■ ’i'iie cases ci the state of Indiana vs. James and Harve Sprague, for violation of the prohibition law, were heard in Mayor's court yesterday, with | Judson Teeple, acting as special judge [occupying the bench. The cast's were I rested late ye,* \l;iy and were taken under advisement. A verdict will not be announced until tonight. o B. W. Sholty Is 11l At Home On Monroe Street B. W. Sholty, local Civil War veter- . an, was unable to attend the picnic I held for the veterans at the Samuel Chroinster home Wednesday on account of illness. He has been confined ; to his home on Monroe street for some I time. In the list of names of those present at the picnic Wednesday, the I name of Mrs. Ella Bollinger liebout ( was omitted. o Train Hits Circus Wagon Loaded With Tent Poles | Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 16. —(UP) —One man was killed and ano;her critically injured here early today when a Cumberland Valley, train s ruck a circus wagon hauling tentpoles to the Reading depot. Harry Smith, 50, of Chicago, died in a hospital shortly after he was thrown from the seat of the wagon, iand Thomas Reilty, ot Lexington, Ky„ was believed to have suffered a fractured skull. The wagon, property of the Walter L. Mains circus, had cleared the track when the-six horses pulling the load allowed the vehicle to stall and back up. The speeding train plunged through the load of poles.

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ATTEMPTING HOP FROM DUBLIN TO NEW YORK CITY Capt R. 11. Mclntosh At Controls Os Fokker Monoplane, Princess Xenia EXPECTED IN NEW YORK TOMORROW Londbn. Sept. Hi. 1 (INS)--Al 1:20 o'clock today the transAtlantic plane Princess Xenia, in which (’.apt R. 11. Mclntosh and Commandant James Fitzmaurice are attempting a non-stop trans-Atlantic Hight, was well out over the Atlantic, hearing due west for NewIbundlaiyl. The plane had not been sighted since 3:03 o’clock, when it passed over the Renmore coast guard station on the west coast of Ireland. Weather reports indicated the fliers were experiencing good weather.

Dublin, Sept. 16. — (INS) — Flinging defiance to the fates which have overwhelmed eight other trans-Atlantic fliers within the last few weeks. Capt. R. It. Mclntosh and (’.omniandant Fitz Maurice, of the Irish Free State air forces, hopped off from Baldonnel airdrome at 12:36 o’clock today on an attempted round Irin flight from Europe to New York. If successful in the non-stop flight to New York. Captain Mclntosh announced ho would attempt to return. The fliers are using a Fokker monoplane, the Princess Xenia, which is powered witli a single 550 h. p motrtr* They carried 701 gallons of gasoline which was estimated as sufficient for 40 hours flying. They expect to reach New York some time early tomorrow afternoon. New York time. Capt. Macintosh is piloting the plane while commandant Fitsmaurice acts as navigator. The latter obtained special leave from the free state air force in order to make the flight. Take Great Circle Route The flyers announced they will steer a direct course for Newfoundland, which will take them over the circle route, on a course slightly south by west. If favored with griod luck, the aviators thought they might possibly reach N.-w York in ?i> hour:.. The Prim ess Xenia, carries no w ireless equipment. A flare pistor for signaling in case of distress, and a tiny pneumatic rubber boat, were included ''t the plane’s equipment, however. “The weather reports indicate better conditions than have existed for a long time, and that is as good as we can expect. "This flight is not a foolhardy venture. I have taken every possible precaution. There nlnst he a certain amount of luck to achieve success, but 1 believe it is possible to pay too much attention to the casualties that have tcovrixi i:i> uy i’agt. tmi; ROSS STO AKES HEADS SENIORS Minister’s Son Elected President Os I). H. S. Senior Class Ross Stoakes, son of Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Stoakes, of this city, was elected president of the senior class of Decatur high s hool at the organization of the class this week. Mary Macy was elected vice-president. Geraldine Hower was chosen as secretary of the class and Roy Anadell was elected treasurer. At the first meeting to be called in a few days, plans will be outlined for senior activities. Miss Blanche McCrory was chosen as plass guardian for the seniors this year, and Ralph Tyndall was selected to have charge hf all senior publica- . tions. The other three classes will hold meetings in the next few days and elect officers, it was stated today.

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