Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 27 September 1927 — Page 1

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STRIKE OF CARY PUPILS GROWING: 800 ARE ABSENT Mayor Williams Calls Conference Os Both Facttions This Afternoon alarm felt by SCHOOL-OFFICIALS . Gary. Ind., Sept. 27.—(INS)—Mayor Floyd E. Williams today called a conference of school authorities, stu(b lit leaders and parents for late this lafiernoon in an effort to end a strike of more than 800 students at Emeri son high school. | The students walked out when school board authorities transferred IS negroes to Emerson and announced that the action was imperative because of lack of other facilities. More Than 800 Absent Officials of the Garl school system expressed alarm this afternoon at the seriousness of the growing strike. Shortly after noon, a checkup showed more than 800 students or two-thirds of the registration absent. Dr. W iliam A. Wirt, superintendent of Gary public schools, announced that the order transferring the col- ' ored students to Emerson would not be changed. Having obtained the backing of the r parents, the students declared themselves ready this afternoon to settle down to a long seige. Gary. Ind., Sept. 27. — (UP)—The strike of GOO white students of Emerson high school in protest to an order of school authorities transferring IS negro students to the school, was temporarily settled today but threatened anotheixnitbreak at any time. The strike, which began yesterday afternoon,"*was participated in by approximately one-hair of the student bodv. , Although four or five negro boys anti girls have been students there at times during the last few years. Emerson has been considered an ‘all wh'te” school by the students, and their lenders declared today they intend to keep it so. Following the walkout yesterday, leaders of the strike organ'zed the 'Undents for d parade through the business district. Esch American Should E?( Six Slices Os Broad Daily To Assist Farmer Chicago, Sept. 27.—(United Press) The farm relief problem would be solved if every American aie at least -■'x slices of white bread daily, Henry Stnde, president Os the American Rikers Association, told the national convention of the organization here.

DEMOCRATS AT BERNE TO MEET To Discuss Question Os Town Election In November At Meeting Friday Rome, Sept. 27—This morning the Democratic committeemen of Berne met and completed arrangements for the holding of a Democratic convention. Requests for such a meeting have come from many of the voters, so the committeemen appointed Friday evening, September 30, 7 o’clock in the evening as the time for holding such a convention. All interested ate requested to ineetj at the town hall at the appointed time. At this meeting various matters pertaining to Democratic politics may be discussed in an open manner and action taken. There has-been some consideration given to the question of making preparations for a town election in November. It will be up to the majority of the voters present, as well as the choosing of nominees for town officers which will be vacated January 1. 1928. The office of Clerk and Treasurer, now occupied by Fred Kamholtz, needs to be filled, either by election or by appointment, as well as the office of councilman now held by Amos Snyder.

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2,000 College Students Consume 1,000 Pounds Os Beef At One Sitting South Bend. Ind., Sept. 27 —(UP)— When 2,000 students sit dowfTTo dinner in Notre Dame’s now $600,000 Gothic dining hall, they consume 1,000 pounds of beef at one sitting. In adition to the 1,000 pound roast, the mlnu contains; 25 sacks of potatoes; 75 gallons of peas; 120 gallons of collee; 420 dozen eggs and 122 gallons of mirk. This does not include bread, butter, salads and desserts, nor the famous Norre Dame breakfast bun which has nourished college generations since 184'3. —— o CHURCHES WILL HOLD CONFERENCE Annual Meeting of Christian Churches In County To Be Held Wednesday The annual conference of the Christian churches of Adams eo.inty will be held fn tat First Christian church of this city all da;- Wednesday. Sessions will start at 10 o'clock A. M, and 2 o'clock and 7 o'clock i'. M. Dr. A. A. Covl, of near Avilla, district evangelist of the ( hurch of Christ, will be in charge of ‘.lie sessions. Di. G. I. Hoover, general .-e> retary of the Churches of Christ i.i Indiana, will appear on the pogrom. The churches in Adams county which will be represented at the meeting, are the Geneva. Maple Grove and Deca nr churches. The general public is cordially i ivlted to attend any or all of the sess ops. K O Bov. 12. Kills Sten-father Who Attacked His Mother Berkeley, Cai., Sept. 27. —(INS)— “I am not glad I killed him. but if I caught him abusing my mother again I’d shoot him.” This was 'the statement made today by 12-year-old Jerome Frederick Cornell who yesterday shot and killed his step-father, Charles D. Van Alderwelt, 35, who, according to the boy. was choking his mother when he fired the fatal shot. The shooting, police said, came as the result of the aftermath of a violent quarrel between Van Alderwelt, San Francisco manager x>f the foreign department of the American Express company, and his second wife, young Cornell's mother. o Evangelical Churches Meet At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Ind.. Sept. 27 —(UP) — Practically every Evangelical church in Indiana North of Indianapolis is represented at a conference of Evangelism which opened here today to continue through Wednesday. Approximately 400 persons, representing 50 churches are attending. Bishop S. P. Spring. Naperville. 111., head of the Indiana-Illinois Evangelical diocese, will be the principal speaker during the session o Bee Causes Auto Crash Rochester, Ind., Sept. 27 —(INS) — Trying to chase a bumble liee out of his sedan, D. W. Spalding, of Gary, crashed headon into the automobile driven by H. S. Cobb, of Newport, Ky. Spalding did not see the other car. in his concentration at chasing the bee, he told officers. 0 ————————— — Moonlight Rainbow Lasts Thirty Minutes Denver. Sept. 27 Residents of Castle Rock, south of here, marveled recently at a lunar phenomena -described by them as a “moonlight rainbow." The lunar halo, they declared, appeared in the west against the shadowy background of the mountain range just as full moon rose in the east. Simultaneously a low hanging cloud cast a silvery mist over the entire town. Residents said the rainbow colorings were clearly distinguishable, the bow of a silver appearance, with a deep red on the lower band, fadinginto blue, green and ogange.

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Holds World’s Record By Marrying For Tenth Time New Orleans, La.,'Sept. 27. (I-I-N) “A stove that smokes, a parrot that swears and a cat that slays out nights don't make a good husband,” declares Mrs. McDonald-Walter-Bronson-Bur-gess-Chavallier-Garden-White-Luigi-Hatrield-Willis, of Urania, a

suburb of this city. “I believe In love,” she added, when Intel viewed by reporters on the day after her tenth wedding. Mrs. Willis got married for the first time when she was Carolyn Frost and 14 yeaxs of age. Now she is 58, and is still fond of the matrimonial ties. In her 44 years of of wedded life, Mrs. Willis has become a widow three times, and has gone through the divorce courts six tinges. Her matrimonial record fallows: I No. I—Dutf McDonald, 16 years. | No. 2—Lee Walters, 2 years. I No. 3—C. E. Bronson, 4 years. i No. 4—Jack Burgess. 3 years. No. 5 P. Clmvallier, 2 weeks. No. 6 John Gardner, 2 months. No. 7 Charles White, 3 months. No. 8 Gk.irge Luigi, 5 years. No. 9 —B. Hatfield, 3 yearn. No 10—John W, Willis. , “I just like to have a husband around stated Mrs. Willis. She explain* (hat most of ’’er divorces were caused hy her husbands finding out that ime had a small fortune, and trying to wrest possession of it from her.

Three Linton Youths Flogged For Disturbing Performance At Theatre Linton, Ind., Sept 27 —(UP) —Three Linton young men today are carrying sore spots due to a flogging administered yesterday in lieu of their paying fines and serving penal farm sentences on charges cf disturlting a theater performance. The whipping was administered by Mayor E..VI Bull, patrolman Arthur Pinkston aud the father of one of the men. o Falls From Ladder Andersen, Ind., Sept. 27 —(INS) — Neal Daugherty, 87, former marshall of Madison county and pioneer resident was in the hospital here today suffering from serious injuries received when he fell from a ladder while woiking on a.grape arber. FIRES AT CAPITAL CAUSE BIG LOSS Damages Estimated At $50,000 Result From Three Blazes Last Night Indianapolis, Sept. 27. — (INS) — Damage was estimated at $50,000 today from three fires last night in Indianapolis and suburbs. . A spark from a broken electric ( light bulb, which set gasoline fumes afire, resulted in $40,000 loss at May-j wood, southwest of here. An entire ( city block, comprising garage in which the fire staffed, a barber shop and three dwellings, was destroyed, j George Young and Marie Bruns, owners of the garage, were emptying a gasoline truck when the extension | light became broken and set the gasoline ablaze. Five chimneys were all that remained today of the entire block at Maywood. The only means of fighting the fire ( was by chemicals, since Maywood has no reserve water supply. The reclaim department building of the Big Four railroad at Beech Grove was destroyed by fire with a loss of SB,OOO. I Damage of $2,000 resulted from a 1 fire in a billiard room on the second floor of the board of trade building. I Meridian street and the Monument Circle were jammed with atter-the-ater traffic/ while fire fighters sub-1 dued the blaze. Fireman James O- ■ Reilly sustained a deep scalp wound ; when a door swung to on bis head as he was carrying a hose. Battalion Chief Fred Kennedy was stunned and received head wounds when he was struck by timbers falling from a ceiling in the burning room. The board of triyle building fire' i was believed to have started in a | cloak room filled with clothes and cleaning equipment. |

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ROOT TOWNSHIP RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Rebecca E. Dickerson Dies Os Paralysis At Age Os 73 Years Mrs. Rebecca E. Dickerson, 73, of Root township, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Fleming, at 7 o’clock Monday night. Death was dub to paralysis. Mrs. Dickerson had been ill for more than seven months, and her condition had been critical for the last several weeks. Rebecca Dickerson was born in Carroll county, Ohio, September 11, 1554. In ear/y life, she was united in marriage to William Brown, who preceded her in death. Later. Mrs. Dickersor was married to W lliam Dickerson, wbo also preceded her in death. Mrs. Dickerson moved to Adams county from Van Nays, California. abort six years ago and has since resided with Mr. and Mrs. Fleming. She was a member of First Church of Christ at Marshalltown, lowa. Survivini,' are ’he following children: M-s It. K. Fleming, of Root townshin; T M. Brown and James M. Brown, r.f Van Nuys, Cal.; Ross L. Brown, of Los Angeles. Cal.; Lloyd Brown, of Porterville, Cal.; R. D. Brown, of Marshalltown, lowa. The following brothers and sister also survive' William Dwire, Convoy, Ohio; O. Dwire, Newton, Iowa; Lee Dwire, Tacomah. Wash.; Mrs. Edna North, Convoy, Ohio. Sixteen grand[ch ldiW also survive Mrs. Dickerson was a member cf the Eastern Star lodge in lowa. Funeral services will he held Wednesday a r ernoci’ nt. 2 o’clock at the Fleming home and at 2:30 o’clock j (standard time) at the OOncord church in Root township. Burial will take placo In the Decatur cemetery. The Rev/-Mr. Slater, cf Hoagland, will have charge of the services. o_. Franklin D. Roosevelt Denies He Is Candidate Washington, Sept. 27- — (UP) — Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy in the Wilson administration, is not 4 a Democratic preS'dential candidate and he sees "no possible IcircumstSttces wfiich will make’’ him a candidate in 1928, according to a letter he wrote Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson, president of the National Womans Democratic Law Enforcement League. Negro Woman Slays Husband Indianapolis. Sept. 27. —(INS) Mrs. Elmo Thomas, 40, negress, was under charges of murder here today, as the result of the shooting to death of Henry Thomas, 49, negro, her husband.

MAN INJURED IN ACCIDENT SEEKS $25,000 DAMAGES George W. Adams Files Suit Against Daniel V. Baumgartner SUIT IS AFTERMATH OF AUTO ACCIDENT Damages in the sum of $25,000 are, sought by George W. Adams, of near Bryant, In a suit filed in the Adams circuit court today against Daniel V. Baumgartner, of Adams county. The; sit is the aftermath of an automobile accident which occurred on August 27, last, in whi.h Mr. Adams was seriously injured. Mr. Adams alleges in his complaint that a Chevrolet truck, heavily loaded with milk and driven by Mr. Baumgartner, struck his automobile at a cross roads on the highway running between Kirkland and Washington townships, on August 27. It is further alleged tha Mr. Adams' car was hurled off the j-oad hy the force of the oslision, and Mr. Adams was seriously and permanently injured. It is charged that Mr. Baumgartner was driving his truck at a high, unlawful and dangerous rate of speed, al the time of the accident. Mr. Adams lis s his injuries as a broken vertebra in his neck, making his neck stiff; his left eye was injured and the vision impaired his left shoulder injured and his left hand paralized and the left side of his clu st crushed. Attorney Malcomb V. Skinner, of Portland, is counsel for the plain.iff. Delaware County Opens Centennial Celebration Muncie, Ind., Sept. 27. — (UP) — Delaware county's celebration of its 100th birthday opened here today to continue through Thursday. Miss Driris Kinzie Will l>e crowned “Miss Delaware” tonight, which w.tl a3so ■ bring the first performance of a his- t tprieal pageant with a cast of 1,500 persons. o TO RUSH (RIAL OF DRY AGENTS Four Officers so Face Trial In Maryland On Charge Os Murder Baltimore, Sept. 27. — (INS) —The s age was cleared today for an early trial in federal court here of*the four dry agents charged with the murder of Charles Gundlach, 77. on his lonely farm near Leonardtown, Md. Over the protest of Philip H. Dorsey, state's attorney, of St. Mary’s county, Federal Judge Morris A. Soper released J. Randolph Brewer under SIO,OOO bond. Mrs. Gundlach. sobbjng as she told her story, accused Brewer, as the leader of the raid, of shooting her husband as he lay on the porch with bullet wounds in his body. The three other agents, D. M. Jackley, R. S. Cornett and John T. Fisher, already are under bond. Filler is in a hospital in Washington. The case has been given precedence on the calendar and probably will be reached within a week. Mrs. Gundlach was the only witness presented by Dorsey. Again accusing Bi*ew£r she said; “He’s the man who fired a pistol right at my husband's head after the firing was over.” Brewer admitted firing the shots which killed' Gundlach but said he shot in self defense when Gundlach appeared on the porch and began firing at the agents with a shotgun and a pistol. The raiders did not have a warrant. t Robert D. Ford, deputy prohibition commissioner, testified tha; he visited the farm in July and found Mrs. Gundlach brewing beer and Gundlach jus returning from a trip to sell moonshine. The court declared there was no reason to hold Brewer when the other agents had been released.

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More Than Twelve Billion Loaves Os Bread Baked Annually Chicago, Sept. 27.—(INS)—More than 12.340,000.000 loavja of bread are produced annually in the United Sta'es, it was announced here today at the annual convention of the American Bakers' Association. The annual bakery bill of 23,000.000 housewives in America each year s $1,617,969,000, it Was estimated. % > PROBE RESUMED DY GRAND JURY Marion County Grand Jury Takes Up Alleged Political Corruption Again Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 27 —(IN’S) The Marion county grand jw resumed its probe today of alleged p lit leal corruption in Indiana. Earl Coble, chief examiner of the state securities department was called as the first witness today. Prosecutor William H. Remy, deputy William H. Sheaffer and special assistant prosecutor John Holtzman and Emsley W. Johnson were engaged in whipping into shape other reported evidence of political mis-conjluct to submit to the jury. Howling Green. Ohio. Sept. 27 (INS) Clair Bulger of Bluffton. Indiana*, today began his fifth day in the county jail here where he is being held pending the outcome of a gunshot w und sustained by his sister-in-latw Mirs. HeHrman Lang. Dunbridge, Ohio. Mrs. Lang is in a Toledo Hospital, recovering from a wound in her neck. Mrs. Lang was shot accidentally by Bulger as he was shooting at a target. _o Man, 87, Is Repaid For Defending Friend In Fight, 67 Years Ago Bluffton. Sept. 27 —(lNS)—Sixtyfive years ago, George Davis, now 87 and crippled with age, jumped into a fist fight and defended a friend. Fred Bays. Havis was arrested after the fight and was fined $3.25. He was the only participant of the fight who was fined. This morning. Bays called upon Davis, while the latter was mourning the loss of his son. • Herschell Davis, who committed su vide last week, and paid 1 him the $3.25. o Thinks .lauan, Britain And U. S. Can Agree Now Tokio, Sept. 27. — (INS) — Back from the Geneva conference, Viscount Saito today asserted that he now believed Japan, Grea: Britain and the Uni ed States were in a position to agree to the differences which cropped out at Gene Va. He said He would urge Japan to cal! a new disarmament conference in the near future. — o Macy And Poling Making Fast Time On Long Drive H. B. Macy and O. C. Poling of Decatur. who are attempting a non-stop 10,000-mile drive in a Reo Flying Cloud stock car, covered 1,870 miles during the first 48 hours of their drive, friends of the drivers learned today. This is an average of nearly 89 miles per hour. At that rate, they can complete the long drive in two weeks or iess time. Macy and Poling expect to be through Decatur again sometime Wednesday. Up until yesterday afternoon, when the last definite word was received from them, they had experienced no trouble of any kind. 0 , Battle Is Impending Between Chinese Forces Hong Kong, Sept. 27. - (INS) —An impending battle, with the town of Swatow as the prize, loomed today between the Cantonese and Holung forces. The Cantonese, according to word reaching here, intend to launch an attack front three positions. The Holung forces were with-drawing from Swatow and takiiur up positions near Chao Chow Fu, the report said.

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SHIFTS TO NORTH; DRIZZLING RAIN FALLS IN CHICAGO Rain Tonight And Wednesday With Slightly Lower Temperature Forecast WESTERN STATES HAVE BLIZZARDSChicago, Sept. 27. (INS) — Predicted freezing tempera I tire, on Hie heels of howling blizzards enveloping the Rocky Mountain region, failed to arrive in the lower (treat Lakes basin today and rain fell in drizzles, A stagnant condition of the atmosphere in the Chicago district prevented the cool wave from striking this area and sent it northward. Rain is scheduled for today, ton ght and tomorrow with slightly dower temperature. Frost was reported in northern Wisconsin, 7 lowa, Michigan and Kansas. Cold In West Chicago, Sept. 27.—(UP)—One of <hc earliest cold waves in recent years was sweeping from the northwest toward Chicago today, but forecasters predicted the cold would be much more moderate in this section today and tomorrow than it was farther north yesterday. Snow fell in parts of Colorado, Wyoming, the Dakotas and Minnesota. Sections of upper Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas, lowa and Wisconsin. Heavy frosts wree experienced, lowest temperature recorded was at Minot, N. D. where the thermometer went to 11 degrees above zero. Alrmaile planes were delayed several hours in Wyoming and Utah by the storm. The weather bureau reported the m'nimum temperature here would be around 45 degrees and that the cold would be followed at the end of the week by moderate weather. Crop reports said the early frost did little damage, since the corn crop is almost entirely matured. Yield in a few fields was lessened by the cold, however. -Journalism Class Visits Daily Democrat Office —»— ® About 25 members of a class in journalism at the Decatur high school, taught ’by Ralph Tyndall, visited the Daily Democrat office this afternoon, where they were shown through the newspaper ami job departments. The pupils spent about a half hour in visiting the various departments. D. H. S. JUNIORS ELECT OFFICERS Harry Dailey Elected President; Miss Whalen Chosen Class Sponsor Harry Dailey, nephew of Mr. and Mr. Harry Moltz. was elected president of the Junior class of Decatur high school, at the organization meeting cf the class at. tlu* high school building this afternoon. Dorothy Haley was chosen vice-president Herman Lankenau was selected as secretary and Donald Koos was elected treasurer. Miss Verneal Whelan, instructor of public speaking in Decatur high school, was elected class sponsor. At a meeting to be held in the near future, plans will be made for several social activities by the class, including class parties, and other outings. The junior class is the second to organize at the high school and it is expected tliat the sophomore and freshman classes wil hold their organization meetings in the next few days. o— Factory Worker Injured > Evansville, Ind. Sept. 27 (INS) — i Struck in the head by an iron beam ! which fell at a furniture factory here, ; where he works, Henry Hassler, 19, t was in a serious condition today at . St. Mary’s Hospital.

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