Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1927 — Page 1

WEATHER Rain probable toni0 ht and Tuesday. Much cooler Tuesday and in west and north tonlflht.

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pTIS'H PLANE I TRAVELS 286.1 I MILES PER HOUR I Li**ut. Webster, Os Great Britain, Wins Airplane Race From Italians BAI) LUCK BESETS OTHER CONTESTANTS I do, Venice. Sept. 2G.— (INS) —Lieut. S. M. Webster, British contestant completing the 350 kilometer triangular course at the world record speed of 286.1 miles per hour, won the Schneider cup race today in a contest notable for misfortune -dimong the contesting planes. Webster piloting a "super marine E” plane was the only one of five original entrants to complete the course. I Lieuts. Guarztti. the last surviving I having been forced out of the race toi waul the end of the event, automatically yielded the cup to Great Brittan. Bad Luck Besets Italians Bad luck immediately beset the Italian fliers. Lieutenant Ferrapin was unable Io complete the first Jap. and return to the hangar. De Barnard! | made a forced landing after completing th® ee.-ond lap leaving a single Italian contestant in the race. I Then misfortune tagged the first of I the British flyers, Lieutenants S. M. Kinkead. He was down at the end of the sixth lap by Engine trouble, after having attained the greatest speed of any of the Kinkead’s best time was an average of 290 miles per hour for one lap. The terrific speed caused exhaust fumes to turn the fuselage of his plane completely black. Kinkead's withdrawal left two contestants still in the race, one British and one Italian. o—Rhine Floods Valley In Switzerland; Several Dead Geneva, Sept. 26. — (INS) —Nine or more pefsona were dead and large sections o Hand lying in the Rhine valley in Switzerland were laid waste today as a result of flood., sweeping the valley. The*fatalities were reported from he Canton of Grissons, on the eastern border. Telegraph, telephone and railroad communications were interrupted, which delayed receipts of detailed news from that section. A flood of mud inundated the village of Ricktnberg. large sections of land in the Canton of St. Gallens also were reported under water. , FORMER DECATUR RESIDENT DIES James Middleton Dies At Home In Paragould, Arkansas, Sunday Evening James Middleton, 72—a brother of Mrs. Peter Gaffer of Decatur and a former resident of this city, died at 5:30 o’clock Sunday evening at his home In Paragould, Arkansas. The cause of Mr. Middleton’s death has not been learned by Mrs. Gaffer. Mr. Middleton left Decatur about 25 years ago. He Is survived by his widow; two sisters. Mrs. Gaffer and Mrs. Lillie Schooley, of B?g Springs, Nebraska; and the following childrun; Mrs. Viola Bull, Mis. May Wood, William and Bert Middleton. all of Paragould, and Grover Middleton, of Los Angeles, California. The deceased was a member of a family of eight children, only two of whom survive. Funeral services will be held in Paragould at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon "ith burial in that city.’Mrs. Gaffer will be unable to attend the funeral cn account of ill health. . — o Dr. M. S. Canfield Dies Frankfort, Sept. 26.—(UP)—Dr. M. S. Canfield, 75, former member of the state board of medical examination and regisi ration, dropped dead in his office here yesterday. A stroke of apoplexy was the cause.

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FOCH AND PERSHING PAY TRIBUTE I 1 J V SM Pam* W 9 ■ ■■ ■ L .'w 1 i j W I C i 4:i v V'-m General Pershing anti Marshal Foch, leaders of the American and French armies in the world war, tire shown together in an American cemetery in France, paying tribute to the soldier dead, during the American Legion convention in Paris.

CALF CLUB PICNIC SPEAKERS NAMED C. L. Walters And 11. F. Ainsworth Secured For Event At Monroe C. L. Walters, prominent Decatur business man, has promised the pro-, gram committee of the Monroe Industrial Association that he will address the gathering at the county ca'.f club picnic, next Saturday. This picnic serves as the round-up of the years calf club work. During the foreneon, the 41« calves in the first and second year calf clubs will be judged by G. A. Williams, of Purdue. H. F. Ainsworth, of the club department at Purdue, will judge their records of feed, cost of gain, profit and their compositions. The final placng of the members will be determined by their grades on record books and placing of calves combined. The afternoon will be given over to the announcement of winners and addresses by Mr. Ainsworth and Mr. Walters. Also, the agricultural department of the Pennsylvania railroad company, has furnished beautiful ribbons to be awarded winning c’.ub members. Those In charge of the event are trying to secure the attendance of Russell G. East, chief agricultural agent. A basket dinner will be enjoyed at noon. The Monroe Industrial Association will furnish ice-cream and hot coffee, free of charge, to all those who attend. Those planning to attend w 11 also be glad to know* that the Monroe Band will furnish music for the occasion. A committee of farm ladies will be selected to manage the basket dinner. The six calf club leaders of the county, who are in charge of the owners o' the 41 cailves, state the members are looking forward eager’y to the show. Horns and hoofs are being polished, long coats of hair are be'ng clipped, and skins are being made smooth and velvety by massaging and the wearing of blankets. Undoubtedly some of the entries will appear as if they had been cared for under the direction of expert dieticians and beauty parlor managers. 0 Woman Wounds Husband: Kills Children And Self Columbia, S. C., Sept. 26.—(UP)— Mrs. Glenn Gregory wounded her husband with an axe, killed their two children and committed suicide here yesterday. Gregory was reported in critical condition today. » 1

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Minneapolis Editor Is Shot Ffoin Ambush Minneapolis, Sepj 26—(INS)—Howj' ard Guilford, editor of the Saturday l Press, an anti-city administration pul;* j lication which make ils first appear-1 I ance here Saturday, was shot and seriously wounded while driving to his office today. The gunmen directed their shots at Guilford while standing | on the running board of il.eir own machine. I The Saturday Press attacked the ■ administration for its alleged protec- . tion cf gambblers. TO HOLD CORN BORER MEETING Demonstration Os Low Cutting Os Corn To Be Held Next Wednesday The program for the European , Corn Borer meeting to be held in a . corn field opposite the north buildings of the Fonner Stock Fann next Wednesday. Sept. 28, has been coniII pleted. Not only has it been possible to obtain the services of the corn borer educational department in df<Brdnstratlng low' -ratting of corn: with sleds and binders, but a man i representing the department, of regu-| ' lalions also will be there. The 1 meeting is a result of great interest . upon the part of farmers in the corn • borer situation and in what the regulations will require. ■ The meeting will begin ajt 1:30 o’clock with a discussion of the ■ reason for low cutting of corn, by a ■ representative of the educational division. Fifteen minutes later, the i actual cutting with sleds and binders will begin. After questions as to i low’ cutting have been answered, a i representative of the regulatory dei partwent Will discuss the regulations ■ which farmers are expected to comi ply with before May 1, 1928. i This meeting has been arranged. ; with the express idea of enabling • farmers to with ! . what the Federal and State authoriI ties expect byway of clean-up. | ■ Every farmer who grows corn should ■ not neglect this opportunity to hear the representatives of the departj meat of regulations. : Infantile Paralysis Claims Two Victims At Evansville Evansville, Ind., Sept. 26.—(UP)— ■ Harold Rosenkranz. 3, son of Mr. and i Mrs. Jacob Rosenkranz, died here • yesterday of infantile parSysis, the i second victim of the disease here p\ithin two days.

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Spencer Man Is Fined SIOO For Opening Son’s Mail Indianapolis, Ind., • Sopt. 26. — (INS)—Edward Fulk, former assistant postmaster at Spencer, Ind., today was fined 5100 by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell for opening his son’s mall. The judge imposed only a low fine on Fu’.k localise testimony of ]>ostal inspectors showed that Fulk opened his son’s ma 1 to obtain information in a business in which he was Interested with his son and which his was said to have been withholding from h'm. sßayschooT WORKERS MEET Washington Township Convention Held In This City Sunday Afternoon C. D. Teep'e. of this city, was reelected president of the Washington Township Sunday School association at the semi-annual meeting held yesterday afternoon at file Evangelical church in this city. J. E. Anderson was elected vice president and Mrs. C. E. Baughman was elected secre-tary-treasurer. The following divisional superintendents were also elected at the meeting: Administrative division, M. Er-Worthoman; Educational division, Miss Delia SpHemeyer; Adult division, C. O. Porter; Young People’s division, C. E. Peterson; Children's division. Mrs. Elmer Anspaugh. The election was held following the reg- * ular semi-annual session of the [organization. The nominating com- . mittee included John Nelson. M. F. I Worthman and Harve Schroll. A large crowd attended the afternoon session, and the large assembly room of the Evangelical church was fil’ed to capacity', rnaing it necessary for many of the attendants to use the balcony of the , Following a song by all present and the secretary’s report. C. O. Porter delivered an interesting talk on “The Work of Adults.” The Ladies' quartet of the Antioch church sang a song and a duet was given by two ' members of the Evangelical church. Mrs. Elmer Anspaugh then delivered an interesting talk on “Training The Primary Department." John E. Nelson gave a talk on “Our Aim and Tod- To Attain It.” The male quartet of the Methodist church favored the audience &ith a selection. Following the regular meeting, Eli Biere president of the Adams County 6un- ' dky School association, said a few words. C. D. Teeple, presided at the meeting, find an interesting time was (rovmi FD ox own-: ri« ei TIDAL WAVE IS FATAL TO 5,000 'Huge Toll Reported Taken By Disaster In Southern Japan, Sept. 20 lloHng Kong, Sept. 26—(INS)—Five thousand persons were reported to have lost their lives when a tidal wave swept in from the Pacific ocean and struck Yonkkong, 150 miles southwest of here, according to advices received here today. The distaster according to reports* occured on September 20. The reports said that 20,000 houses were damaged and 400 junks and Sam- ■ pans destroyed when the wall of water rolled in and battered everything in I its path. Damage was estimated to be in excess of one million dollars. - O => Board Os Guardians To Meet Tuesday Afternoon — > The Adams County Board of Guardians will hold a regular meeting in the Public library in Decatur at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. All members of the board are urged to be present.

ATTEMPTS MADE TO WRECK TRAIN OF LEGIONNAIRES Bomb Destroys Part Os Rail; Another Unexploded Bomb Found On Tracks VETERANS PLAN TO CONTINUE TOURS Paris, Sept. 26 — (UP) — American Legionnaires in France and elsewhere in Europe were expected today to con- , tlnue their tours undismayed by the discovery yesterday of two attempts to bomb railway trains, presumably directed against tire Legion. What at first was believed to have been a third attempt to wreck a Legion Special or some other train between cape Ail and Monaco was believed to have been satisfactorily explained today. Boulders were found >n tile ilghi-of-way between the two places. The Prefect of the Alpes-Marm-tlme department informed the ministry of the Interior that the rocks had roiled to the tracks during a landslide and that no attempt at train wrecking had occurred at that place. A bomb destroyed part of one rail' two miles from. Juan Les Pins and an tlnexploded bomb was found on the tracks at La Broc-ca. near Cannes. No strains were damaged. Dental Society Holds Meeting 4 At Elkhart Elkhart, Ind., Sept. 26. — (UP) — The Northern Indiana Dental Society convened here today in annual session to continue through Tuesday. Except for the state associaion, the northern society is the oldest den.nl irganization in Indiana, having been formed at Fort Wayne in fSXO. A banquet for the visiting dentists and their wives-will be held tonight. The mee ing is lining attended by 200. — o-*- . BERNE CITIZENS FILE OBJECTION File Remonstrance To Town And School Tax Levies For Next Year Remonstrating against the town levy of $1.27 and the school levy of >1.55, 40 firms and ctitizens of Berne filed a petition with Ccunty Auditor Martin Jaberg this morning asking that the state board of tax commissioners have a hearing to finally determine the levies. The petition states in part: “W object to the tax levies as fixed by local officers lor the reason that the amount to be collected cn the levies so fixed is more than government sconomically administered warrants.” Today was the last day on which to tile and the petition will be fowai'ded immediately to the state board, which will fix a date for hearing in Decatur. The total levy for 1928, to be collected in Berne as the rate now stands, is $4.30, and the petition states tjiat ’the town and school levies are too high. The hearing, which will be held by the state board, will be final and will determine whether the present rate will stand or whether a new rate will * be ordered. It will probably be held In the next few weeks. Underground Telephone Cables Are Being Laid Work of installing the underground telephone cables in this city has been started by the Citizens' Telephone company. The cable has been laid under monroe street from Eleventh street east for more than two blocks. The cable will be laid as far east on Monroe street as the river bridge. Underground cable will V e in Um alley between Second and Third streets from the city hall south tof pie Nicltel Plate railroad tracks and for two blocks through the business section of the city.

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Kidnapping Mystery f-p GF ' "’ ■‘ M f I v r 7 J r ■ 9L JI 1 A s a 1 3 New photo of “Sonny” Pierce of Hagerstown, M<i. He was! thought to be kidnapped Von Maluski hoy of New York, but I Mr. Von Maluski was unable I to identify him. NEW PAVEMENT ~ OPEN TO TRAFFIC — Federal Highway Between Decatur And Monroe Is Opened This Morning The federal road, numlier 27, between Decatur and Monroe, which has been closed since early in the ripring, was opened for traffic this morning. The road is paved from this oty to Monroe with, several layers of tarvia. The road ,is unusually smooth and has been completed the entile distance of six miles. With the opening of the Adams county part of road 27, all detours on that road south of here to the state line have been removed and the road is again open all the way ito Liberty. Indiana. Several sections have been paved this-summer and it lis possible to drive to Richmond with only a few miles of unpaved road. The entire road is in excellent cond tion, with the exception of the six miles between Monroe and Berne, which is rough. Most autoists have been using the east road from Monroe to Berne, which is in slightly better condition than the federal road. The last coat of tarvia was placed on the road between this city ami Monroe last week, end part of the road was open the last two days of last week. The detour signs were removed today and the road is open over the entire stretch. The federal road no;v goes down Winchester street, south to the Monroe road instead of out Adams street, which was the previous route. o Freezing Temneratures Forecast For Tuesday Night Chicago, Sept. 26.—(UP) —Freezing temperatures, icy rain and snow flurries will sweep the middle west by tomorrow night, the weather bureau forecast today. The temperature, in the 60's this -morning, was expected to fall 20 degrees or more wi hin 24 hours. Storm warnings were issued for lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan. 0 : Negro Is Executed In Pennsylvania Today Bellefonte, Pa., Sept. 26. —(INS) — Calm to the end, Carl Nolly, 26, negro, died in the electic chair at the state prison near here today for the murder of James Gay, Philadelphia patrolman. He was arrested in North Carolina las: summer. The i shooting occurred new year’s eve, I 1925, when the patrolman accosted > Nolly and asked to see a package he f was cat lying. The hegro fired and fled.

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NOW IN LINE TO SUCCEED HUSBAND AS MAYOR OF CITY ■ M j Convicted Mayor Os Indianapolis Insists He Will Not Resign, However JOHNSON BECOMES CHIEF OF DETECTIVES Mayor John L. Duvall, of Indianapolis, this afternoon announced he would continue in office despite the fact he has appointed his wife as city controller. This appointment placed Mrs. Duvall in line of succession to (he mayorship. “I have denied that I would resign my office as mayor so often that it is becoming funny,” Duvall said. Succeeds Claude F. Johnson Indianapolis. Sept. 26.—(UP)—Mrs. John L. Duvall, wife of Mayor Duvall of Indianapolis, was named o.ty controller today, succeeding Claude F. Johnson, who resigned to become chief of detectives. As a result of the changes, Mrs. Duvall would become mayor — the first woman to hold that position in Indianapolis—in the event her husband resigned or is ousted by reason of his conviction of violating the corrupt practices act to obtain election. Duvall however, made no statement in announcing the changes. The clTanges became known after the board of safety had been in secret session jWith Johnson. The board announced appointment of Johnson as chief of detectives. Jerry Kinney, .present chief of detectives. was demoted to captain of detectives. Johnson formerly was chief of police. lie succeeded William C. Buscr as city controller a short time before Duvall's trial started. Buser is the mayor’s brother-in-law and was named jointly with the mayor..in an affidavit charging conspiracy to conceal a $14,500 campaign contribution. He is to be tried later. Duvall was found guilty of accept;ng money from William H. Armitage Tnd'anapolls political boss, who testified the payment was to “buy” three municipal appointments. After election, accord ng to Armitage, Duvall refused to complete the bargain. Arguments for a new trial for Duvall will be presented to Special Judge Gassius C. Shirley a week from Monday. If the new trial is refused. Defense attorneys will ap.rz.v,',v> ~-n «>x FaAR i ivi i MACY AND HOLING START ON DHIVE Decatur Men, Making Long Non-Stop Auto Drive, Visit City Sunday Night H. B. Macy and O. C. Poling, the Decatur men who are attempting a 10. 000-mile non-stop afitomobile drive, were in Decatur for several rtiinntea Sunday evening. They started on their long drive at 2:15 o’clock Saturday afternoon, from Court street, in Fort Wayne. Mayor Geake, of Fort Wayne, fired a pistol that started them on what is expected to be a record-mak-in" achievement. Messers. Macy and Poling arrived in Decatur about 7 o'clock last night, at--1 ter covering much of the northern part ' of the state since Saturday afternoon. They had put about 700 miles on the car when they were here yesterday evening. Each of them ate supper with r their families yesterday evening, Macy was driving the car while Pol- - ing ate and Poling driving while . Macy ate. t After driving all night last night, r Macy and Poling were due in IndianaI- polls at 9 o’clock this morning. From n Indianapolis they will head south for ea tiip over that part of tlje state. They >, stated last night that everything had d been working in tip-top shape since e they started on their long grind. They d are driving a Ileo Flying Cloud, twoI door sedan. A

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