Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 14 October 1927 — Page 1

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11 move started I FOR MEMORIAL I TO MRS. PORTER I Izaak Walton League Proposes State Park In Limberlost Region |IJMBERLOST HIGHWAY IS ENDORSED, ALSO I South Bend, Ind., Oct. 14.— I ■ (IT) —A movement has been I ■started by the Izaak Walton ■ ■league, in convention here, to t ■create a memorial to the late ■(o ik -Stratton Porter, Indiana I ■author and naturalist. I \ resolution presented at yester- | ■’<la) s session following an address by I ■ frt mli Quinn, of DfFcatur, proposed a I ■stale park in the Limberlost region, | ■and the connection of the cabins used | ■by tie late author with a memorial I ■liirliwav to be marked with replicas |; ■of aale feathers. The highway would I ■ connect Koine City with Geneva by I ■way of Fort Wayne and Decatur. I i Committees of the Indiana division I ■ for the next year were selected. The ■chairmtn include: H. L. Stream, South Bend, auditing and H. H. [ I Hilegemann, of Fort Wayne, nominBM ating. ■K o— — I Woman Starts 13,000 Mile Airplane Flight ! Croydon Airdome, England, Oct. 14. ■ — t INS)—The longest airplane flight ■ ever attempted by a woman began at ■ 2:4u o’clock this afternoon when Mrs. I Keith Miller hopped off for Australia ■ in a smail monoplane piloted bjfCapt. William LaucaMer, of th? . air force I reserve. The distance of the flight is 13,000 miles. o I Marion Woman Charged With Murdering Hushand Marion, Ind., Oct. 14.—(UP)—Mrs. I Flossie Eckman, 32, was charged with I the murder of her husband, Charles I Eckman. 39, a farmer, who died Sept. ■| 24 of strychnine poisoning, in an as- ■ fidavit filed today by Prosecuting AtI torney Edward C. Hays. She is under I anest in the Grant county jail. Hays announced that the Grant ■ county grand jury probably would be I called into special session to investiI gate Eckman's death, but said the I summons would not be made for some time. Frank Worrick, 21, farm hand who ■ had been employed by Eckman for I three years, returned from a shopping I trip to Marion with Mrs. Eckman I Sept. 24 and found the farmer dead I in the yard of his home. A postI mortem analysis showed he died of I strychnine poisoning. Worrick and I the widow were arrested Wednesday ■ and the farm hand was released yesI terday, declared to have been found ■ above suspicion. Hays told the United Press he, was I uncertain whether Eckman had contI mitted suicide or had been administI ered the poison in his food by sonte- ■ one else. I MR,VANCE SPEAKS TO ROTARY CLUB I Decatur Man Discusses Fire Prevention And Fire Fighting Methods O- L. Vance, of this city, was the" I speaker at the regular meeting of I the Decatur Rotary Club held last night at the K. of C. Hall. Mr. Vance talked on fire prevention and gave an interesting account of Decatur's inethcds of fighting and preventing ■ fires. This city, so far this year, has had i lass than SI,OOO in fire losses, it was revealed In the discussion. Mr. Vance 'Vldained that this city’s file fighting equipment was the best -available and explained the workings of the tire department. Following the regular business session, the meeting adjoin tied. Dr. C. ■ Connell was chairman of the meetlag and introduced the speaker.

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Brazilians Ready To Welcome French Fliers Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 14 (UN’S) Everything was made wady at Port Natal today for the arrival of the French aviators Dieudonno Coates and Joseph Le x, who hopped off at St. Txmls, Senegal, this morning, The governor of the state wiil lecetve them as guests of the state. While advices from St. Louis stated that the flyers were making Portal Natal their objective. It was regared as possible that they might alter their course and land at Recife. PRAISE, CRITICISM FOR MISS ELDER Leaders In Aviation Praise Aviatrix; Called Foolish By Women New York. Oct, 14 —(IN’S) —Praise and criticism were expressed today in the wake of the dramatic flight of Miss Ruth Elder and her pilot. George Haldeman, whereas leaders in aviation were lauding the pretty girl's courage, some members of her own sex characterized her undertaking as "foolhardy" and “unnecessary." “It was a remarkable flight at a time of the year when the Atlantic abounds with storms," said Clarence Chamberlin, who flew to Germany with Charles A. Levine. ‘ Miss Elder has. real nerve and Haldeman is a fine pilot.” Dr. Katharine B. Davis, a leader in the field of sociology, termed the flight a 'mistake." "There is no woman alive today that 1 know of who is equipped for such a flight.” she said. "I cannot see where she accomplished anything new.” "A good typist is of much mort aervice to humanity." said Winifred Sackville Stoner, founder of the league for fostering genius. “She showed courage but wiiat good did (COXTIM F.IJ ON PAGE T"O» o

G. E, DIRECTORS VISIT DECATUR Six Members of Board Make Inspection Os Decatur Plant This Morning Six members of the board of directors of the General Electric company spent an hour in Decatur this morning. inspecting the Decatur plant of the company. They wete conducted through the plant by E. W. Lankenau, superintendent. Membets of the board who visited the Decatur plant wete: Owen D. Young, chairman, of New Yotk and Schnectady; Jesse R. Lovejoy, vicepresident, of New York City and Schnectady, N. V., George F. Morrison, vice-president, of New York City; Dwight W. Morrow, vice-president, of New York City; and Burton G. Tremaine, of Cleveland.* Ohio. The directors were accompanied to Decatur by P. C. Horganthaler, assistant manager of the Fort Wayne Works of the company. They came to Decatur in motor cars. The directors expressed themselves as highly pleased with the Decatur plant, which is regarded by the company as its model plant. The board of directors held a meeting in T.’ort Wayne today, and also made an inspection of the various G. E. plants in that city. They will leave late today for New York City. 0 Marion County Grand Jury Not Ready To Report Indianapolis, Oct. 14. — (UP) —The Marion county grand jury will be unable to make a report on Saturday, when authorities had expected it to finish its work. Special Prosecutor John W. Holtzmann said today. The jury and members of Prosecutor William H. Remy’s staff were in conference .oday. A. Edward Mantel, real estate dealer, was expected to be recalled before the jury later In the day. City council activities are believed under investigation.

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STORY OF MISS ELDER’S RESCUE AT SEA FORMS THRILLING NARRATIVE American Girl Braves The Air, The Sea, Storm And Even Fire And Once More Comes Out Victorious; Flies 36 Hours, 26 Minutes Straight Over Sea; Fire Destroys Plane. (United Press) The Anierictin girl has braved the air. the sea, storm and even f ire and once more has come out victorious. l itis time it is Miss Bull) Elder, 23-year-old southern beauty, who, with tier pilot, George Haldeman, was saved at sett yesterday ai the end of their unsuccessful but heroic attempt to flv to - - Paris, who has carri ed the banner of

WM. GERO DIES AT STURGIS. MICH. Former Decatur Resident Dies Wednesday; Four Children Survive News has reached this city, of the death, Wednesday evening, October 12, of Wm. Gero, formerly a Decatur resident. Mr. Gero lived on Eleventh street in Decatur aVbut six years ago. Following the death of bis wife, he moved to a farm about six miles from . Sturgis, Michigan, where he was living at the time Os his death. Mr. Gero was approximately fortyfive years of age. his death having been the result of a tubercular infection. He is survived by his mother who made her home with him and cared for his four children. The surviving children are Giant, Mary. Jessie and Irene Gero. o — FINE PROGRAM FDR CONVENTION Large Audiences Expected To Attend County Sunday School Meeting Plans have been completed by the Sunday Schools of Washington town-! ship for the annual Adams County Sunday school convention, to be held at tho Zion Reformed church in this tty Tuesday and Wednesday October 18 and 19. The Washington township Sunday school association will act as host to the county organization. Delegates and members of every Sunday school in Adams county are ' expected to attend the two-day session, and one of the finest programs ever assembled for a meeting in this county has been arranged. The meet-1 ing next week will be the largest ever held In the county, it. was estimated by officers of the <>ragnization today. Dr. H. A. Honline of Pasadena, California, prominent in national church affairs, will be on the program here. Dr. Hon’tne has several topics of vital interest to all, which he will discuss very frankly. Latke crowds are expected to hear this famous lecturer. Miss Nellie C. Young, state superintendent of the children’s division of Sunday Schools, will address the meetings. Miss Young’s part of the pro(CONTINUKD ON PAGH SIX)

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| present day youth to new glory. , Radiograms to the United Press I from Captain Goos, master of the |'Dutch ol tanker. Berendrecht, winch 1 saved Miss Elder and her companion after they had flown eastward from I Roosevelt Field. New York, for more ; than 36 hours, today revealed beneath ' the terse phrases of the sea-faring . man the story of Miss Elder's exploit. Sets New Record It told how the American Girl had flown for 36 hours and 26 minutes straight over thesse a longer time and over a longer distance, than any g fl had ever flown before, and perhaps longer over water than any mortal has flown It revealed that for 26 of those 36 hours Mias Elder mid her companion ' had fought bad weather which ranged from fog to violent winds. For seven hours during the night; they had struggled with storms which blew them from their course —and not only did they remain aloft and cheat I the sea. they beat back to their route and when found were flying straight towards Paris. Oil Line Breaks Then, in the midest of all of this, j a little copper tube, about the diame- 1 ter of a pencil and only a few feet long—the oil feed pipe—broke from vibration. Ror hours they flew, without oil pressure. They had to keep flying straight ahead until either they should sight land, or a ship—or until the engine should heat to such intensity that the plane would catch fire and drop them into the sea. At 10.30 a. m. yesterday, they sighted the slow rolling, plodding old , Dutch tanker. What thoughts were in their minds as Haldeman circled the ship and brought "Tiie American Girl” down in • safety at its side, can only be imagined. Suffer From Fatigue Miss Elder and Haldeman were taken aboard, both suffering from extreme fatigue. Then Captain Goos of the Beren-' d'-echt turned his men to the work !of salvaging the plane. It was brought near to tho tanker —and then came the final tragedy. ! As it was being salvaged in the , ' toss'ng seas, a tank of gasoline ex- ' ploded. The plane caught fire and was burning, and before their eyes it wns destroyed. The plane lost, there was nothing to do but go on and the Barendrecht headed towards Horta, chief port of ! the Azores Islands. There it should I arrive sometime tomorrow. That is the stbry told by the radiograms which came to the United Press from aboard the Barendrecht during the night. The American Girl wns in the air (COJiTINt I'.D ON I’AGE ,«X)

Two Records Smashed By Ruth Elder And Her Co-Pilot In Long Flight New York, Oct. 14—(INS) Although failing in its ultimate goal, Ruth Eld- ' ei’s dramatic bid to be the first woman i to fly across the Atlantic succeeded i in smashing two records, one of which 'is shared by her pilot-navigator, j George Haldeman. ' The fliers tock their plane. American Girl, over a 2,574-mile trans-oc-1 caniz course, exceeding by ISI miles the previous record for flight over water established by Lieutenants Hegenberger and Maitland in their flight from San Francisco to Hawaii. To Miss Eldei also goes the record cf the longest flight ever made by a woman. BULLETIN ; Two youthful bandits held up the bank at Bryant, 22 miles south of here, at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon, and escaped with about .$2,000 in cash. The cashier was alone in the bank at the time of the holdup. The cashier was covered with a gun in the hands of one bandit while the other gathered up all the cash in sight. The two bandits drove away in a Chrysler sedan, heading east when they left Bryant.

THE "RIGHT WAY" IS POINTED OUT Evangelist Preaches Interesting Sermon At Evangelical Church A splendid audience was present at the Evangelical church last evening when Mrs. Ida Tribbett brought hetsecond message, based on John 14:7 “Jesus said, ’I am the way the truth, and the life’ ” Men today are asking, “Which is the right way?" she said, “There is but one right way and that is by taking Jesus into the life and following Him absolutely. He is the way of truth and resulting life. To live the Christ life means to put Him first in all things. No matter what others may do, this life of Christ will not be our possession unless we deny ourselves the worldliness of the world and are willing to give Christ undivided sway in our hearts. From the standpoint of the Scriptures, we have no rightful ground to expect the new life in Christ unless we do give Him the full right-of-way in our lives; for He said, “Ye cannot serve God and mammon.’ ” There was a number of strangers at the services who entered heartily into the meeting. The pastor heartily invites the people of the community and all to be free to come to and to enter freely into these services where it does not conflict with their own (CONTINUMD ON PAGE SI VI

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Remus Is Indicted For Murder Os His Wife Cincinnati, Oct. 14. — l INS) —The Hamilton county grand jury today returned an indictment charging George Remus, former "bootleg king” with first degree murder in connection with the killing of his wife, Mrs. George Remus, whom Remus shot to death in Eden patk here. Oct. "The indictment chatges Remus with “deliberate and premeditated malice" did murder and kill" Mrs. Remus. Remus probably will be arraigned Saturday morning. MORE PERILOUS FLIGHTS BEGIN Other Aviators Start Attempts To Fly Across The Atlantic (By International News Service) While the world awaits lull details of the rescue of Ruth Elder and George Haldeman, who came down at sea during an attempted trajis-Atlantic flight, other hazardous Hights across the Atlantic are under way. Dieudonne Costes and Lieutenant Lebrix. French aviators, hopped off today from St. Louis, Senegal, with Port Natal, South America, as their objective. The Junkers hydroplane, piloted by Fritz Loose, started today from Lisbon for the Azores and may continue to America if conditions are perfect. The He nkel hydroplane, piloted by Horst Merz, made a new start from Wilhelmshaven for Amsterdam on a flight to New Y’ork. Mrs. Frances Grayson still awaits favorable weather on the Maine coast for her projected flight to Copenhagen. Due Et Azores Tomorrow Horta, The Azores, Oct. 14. — (INS) —The S. S. Barendrecht, carrying Ruth Elder and Captain George Hal<con rivi no <*n i>»GF. tw<» o —

SECOND STREET LIGHTS FINISHED Decatur Now’ Has More Than 500 Ornamental Light Posts The North Second street ornamental lights were turned on for the first time last night and the street gave the appearance of a regular mid-way. The lights extend north to the bend at the turn in the road leading to the state highway. Second street now has ornamental lights along the entire street. From the intersection of Second street and Mercer avenue, the lights extend south on Mercer avenue to the Adams County Memorial hospital and south on Winchester street to the Nickel Plate tracks. This stretch of light posts covers more than two miles and gives Decatur a lighted Street through the entire city on Second. Winchester and Mercer avenue. Decatur now has more than 500 ornamental light posts and nearly every street within the railroad limits is lighted. Several streets beyond the railroad limits are lighted. The installing of light posts will be continued, there being petitions on file with the council asking for the posts on North Fifth street, First street and one or two others. The lights are maintained by the light department of the city electric plant and except for the posts, the city pays the entire cost of installing them. o Remus’ Pal Captured Chicago, Oct. 14— (INS) —Frank Hoffman, alleged “star performer" for George Remus in the now famous Jack Daniels distillery robbery, was taken into custody by agents of the department of justice who found him in Evanston 111., today. George Hollis, also wanted in connection with the case fled through the rear door as the federal agents entered the front, it was stated.

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AMBOY BANDIT IS SENTENCED IN PERU COURT Pleads Guilty But Is Shocked When Court Gives Him Life Sentence FIVE SENTENCES ON HIS PREVIOUS RECORD Peru. Oct. 11. (INS) Frank Badglcy, 29 year old B'oominglon. Ind., bank bandit was sentenced to life imprisonment bv Judge Hurd J. Hurst of the Miami circuit court here today when Badglcy pleaded guilty to robbing the Amboy State Bank October 8, at which time he shot two men. After Badgley had entered his plea, the court asked him whether he had anything to say in his own behalf. "No, I have nothing to say," the prisoner said, "I have only myself to blame. 1 started out as a bank bandit and I am willing to take the consequences." y Five Previous Sentences Prosecutor Alton J. Reese read Badgiey's record, which showed he had served five previous sentences. In view of this. Judge Hurst then imposed a Ife sentence in the state prison on Badgley. When the bandit heard the.penalty, his calm vanished. "Would you sentence a man to life imprisonment just because tho banker’s association wanted you to do it?" he asked the court. “No," the court answered and pointed out that the recent legislature passed a law increasing the penalty for Kink banditry t° I'fe imprisonment at the discretion of the judge. “More Political Corruption" “Yes, that's more political corruption." the bandit charged. "These rliek bankers slipped that law over on the legislators down in Indianapolis. I never killed anyone. I’ve got as much right to carry a gun as a member of the banker's association. A poor man ain’t got no chance at ail aga'nst the rich." Scores of officials of recently robbed Indiana banks paraded Badgiey’s cell in jail here and identified him as having taken part in many bank holdups. 0 — President Returns To Capital Early Today Washington, Oct. 14—(UP)—President Coolidge's special train arrived here from Pittsburgh shortly before 8 a. m. today and the President went immediately to the white house for breakfast. The trip was made without incident. Eighty Persons Drowned Sofia. Bulgaria. Oct. 14 —(INS)— Eighty persons have been drowned in floods near Varna, according to word received here today. The floods cover a wide area, and extensive damage has been done to property and live stock. 1 Hill TABLET HONORS STEPHEN DECATUR Decatur County Places Tablet In Court House In Memory Os Commodore Greensburg. Ind., Oct. 14.—(UP) — A bronze tablet was placed in the corridor of the Decatur county courthouse here today in memory of Commodore Stephen Decatur for'whom the county was named. The movement resulting in obtaining the tablet was started by the Rotary club and responded to with an appropriation by the > county council. Decatur county received its name by an enabling act of the legislature Dec. 31, 1821, while the Indiana state capital was still at Corydom. The act went into effect March 4. 1822. : The first board of county commissioni ers held its first meeting May 9, 1822, and Greensburg wns established as the county seat in June that year.

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