Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 271, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1927 — Page 1

■< WEATHER * Monti.' cloudy to- ■ night and Thursday. ■ probably rain in ex- ■ treme south portion ■ tonight. Slightly col- ■ der tonight.

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BEITH TOLL OF [BLAST NOW ?7: I MUY EXCEED 50 ■’hirtv Persons Still Missing J As Result Os Explosion In Pittsburgh RESCUE WORK IS ■ EXTREMELY SLOW ’■ Pittsburgh, Nov. 16. —(INS)—With itv persons still listed today as ■ missing" as a result of the gas tank ■rp’osior. here Monday* possibility Kn i that the total death toll may Kycectl fifty. Already 27 are known Bp, . H |. others are expected to succumb Ip. lheir injuries and of the missing, Kiauy are believed lying dead beneath ■tons of debris. il The cellar of the Pittsburgh Clay ■’(•• c; mpany, now a mass of tangle’ ■v -ockage, may yield many of the ■thitty missing men The plant ent■j’oyid 117 who were at work when ■tl nearby tank of the Equitable Gas Ic mpany let gol its terrific blast. Several days will be required to pene■trate to the bottom of the cellar. Hundred Still In Hospitals JI Nearly a hundred of the total of ■f it) injured were still confined to ■hospitals today, a definite check had ■placed the number of ruined homes ■ factories at 200 and the total Ip merty damage at many millions. J The bodies of the last two victims Iv.i'to found in the flooded basement ■of the clay pot company. The remaining structure of the ex- ■ p’oded tank was. scheduled to be razled today. Other tanks damaged by line explosion will not be repaired ■ until the investigation into the cause lot' the blast is completed. I Edwin Smith, 75. an employe in rthe Joseph Horne wareliotw*. injured ■by the explosion, died in a hospital ■ during the night, increasing the death list to 27. o— Lindy Is Excused From Training At Selfridge Field; Has Other Plans Washington, Nov. 16—(UP)—Col. Charles Lindbergh, who was recently ordered to active duty as a member of the army reserve at Selfridge Field Michigan, until December 31. was today relieved of such duty at his own request. Lindbergh said other matters had arisen changing his plans, according to the war department. Film Comedian Killed Yuma, Arizona. Nov- 16 —(INS) i Gene Cameron, Hollywood film comi ed an, was killed and his companion, [ Sally Langford, of Los Angeles, probably fatally injured today when their automobile overturned on the highway near Sentinel. 0 , Niblcik Funeral To Be Held Friday Morning! t Funeral services for Mrs. Christens Niblick, whose death occurred suddenly Tuesday noon, will be held at 9 o'clock Friday morning, at St. Mary’s Catholic church in this city. Burial will be made in the St- Josfeph cemetery. A solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated and Rev. Joseph Hession acting pastor, will be celebrant. Rev. Anthony Kroeger. of Oxford, Ind., former assistant here, will assist at the mass. Friends may view the remains at the Niblick home tonight. o FATHER-SON MEETING HELD Interesting Talks Given At Meeting In Evangelical Church Last Night About seventy-five persons were present at a father and son meeting held In the Evangelical church last night, interesting and instructive talks were given to the fathers and sons by M. F. Worthman, superintendent of the city schools, and Aven Burk. The men and boys were seated at long tables, where they were served X'ilh weiner sandwiches ice-cream and cake. The chairman of the meeting. C. F Hocker, called on the men to give talks on their boyhood days and some very amusing and interesting responses were heard. The me*ting adjourned after an hour of games.

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STEAMING UP STRIKERS IN COLORADO | J *' I • / > aL, tea.* fF w ' . ■ |i ■ w TW| Jk ._ - ... i. .■ '■*s > to »a i j . * i V ‘ Women lenders in eotil strike “pep up" workers by holding daybreak meetings. Insets show, left to right, I. W. W. agitators and field agents in industrial trouble: George McGuire, better known as “The Ghost"; A K. On*, tmd Kristen Svtinum. “Marty” Mylott Finishes 30 Years Service Here p Thirty years npo today, Martin J. Mylott, s»puriß4en(U»4 . of the city light and power plant, began his duties here as ‘‘city electrician" and, during this one score and ton years of continuous service, he has seen the business of the city light and power p’ant grow from one commercial user to more than 1.800 light and power customers asd bis own office advanced to that of

WILL ENTER CALF IN CHICAGO SHOW Adams County Farmer To Have Entry In International Livestock Show After a lapse of several years, Adams county will again be represented in the live stock exposition at the International Live Stock show, which will be held at Chicago, November 26 to December 3. Otto Hoile, well known farmer of Union township will exhibit pure bred Milchlng Shorthorn bull, which he has entered in the Hoosier One-Thousand Pound Calf Club. Those who have seen the calf declare he is a very good specimen I of a beef animal and predict that he will not be entirely overlooked by the judges. The calf was bron March 20,1927. his mother being a purebred Shorthorn.. "Emily’s Improved," pure hied Polled Milchlng Shorthorn sire that heads Mr. Hoile’s herd is the sire of the calf. This animal is registered in both the Shorthorn and Polled Shorthorn held books. The sire is a very worthy individual, weighing approximately twenty-one hundred pounds. Outside of the milk which the calf had access to twice daily, he was givend ground oats and bailey when he became approximately four months of age. It is Interesting to note that the dam gave approximately a ga'tou of milk daily above that taken by the calf. In the fall, he was given some green corn ami after soybeans were harvested he received that crop in tlie bundle. Alfalfa and water were available at all times. At present the calf receives < hopped corn, soybeans and alfalfa hay. That he has made excellent gams on these rations is evidenced by the fact that at four months of age he weighed 445 pounds; at five months of age he weighed 538 pounds; and at seven months of age he tipped the scales at 700 pounds. It is anticipated he will not experience difficulty in reaching the 1000-pound mark, at one year of age, an accompI lishment seldom attained. The comeback which has been staged during 1 the past few months by beef cattle is realized in this instance where a I seven months calf is worth considerable over SIOO at beef-prices. i The calf will be shown as a "sen- ' lor calf”, which classification includes all those dropped between January Ist and June Ist, 1927, |

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superintendent. In years, “Marty" is not an old man yet, but in experience he is the father of the city light and power plant. He “knows his stuff” and can find a dead wire in the dark of night and. as far as Decatur is concerned, can solve most, any electrical problem. He is heart and soul in his work and is so accommodating that patrons of the city light and power plaut believe that he has nothing else to do but fix a fuse, wire a Christinas tree or make a connection for their radio. And as yet no one has ever heard of “Marty” refusing to help someone when he could. When it comes to giving service to patrons of the plant or in case of trouble to power or light lines, “Marty" will answer any caTl at any hour and will work until the trouble has been remedied. Mr. Mylott was named city electric’an when B. W- Quinn was mayor of Decatur. That was in 1897, and among the city councilmen at that time were John Vail, William H. Niblick. and Harry Knoff, all deceased; Dr. J. S. Coverdale and A. J. Smith, icoMTnitKn otv page siv» o NOTED MUSICIANS TO APPEAR HERE Two South Bend Women To Give Program In I). H. S. Auditorium Monday Mrs. Eli Fowler Seebirt and Mrs. Lutie Baker Gunn, both of South Bend, will be presented in concert. Monday evening, November 21, at 8 o’clock, at the Decatur high school auditorium, by the Music Section of the Woman’s Club. Mrs 1 . Seebirt has a clear soprano voice with which she has charmed many audiences. Most of her work is done in costume and tionMrs. Gunn is a pianist of note and a contributor to leading musical publications on musical training and art. She accompanies Mrs. Seebirt at the piano and also gives descriptive talks throughout the concert, which are both instructive and interesting. These two artists offer a choice of three programs namely "Shakespearian Concert,” “Program of Mademoiselle Lind given in New York in 1850” and "Typical Song of Nations Program.” The latter is the program which has been se’ected by the Music Club for presentation in this city, in <CON TIM ED ON PAGE THHEE)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 16, 1927.

Thief’s Post Card Tells Where Auto Is Abandoned ’Thanks for the buggy-ride, Mr- Policeman.’’ Such was the ( losing remark of a post card received yesterday by Chief of Police, rtephus Melchi. On the front of the card was a photograph of the ccutt house iH To ( do. Ollie, and at one side of the picture was an “X" mark

mar I, On the reverse side of I lie card was i 1 ne of explanation, stating that the 'lodge automobile stolen from First ■tree! in this city Sunday night would , >e found in Toledo exactly where the X" mark was on the post card. Chief Melchi immediately got in ouch with police officers at Toledo md within an hour he had received I >. telephone call stating that the 'lodge coupe, belonging to Ed Ahr of I his c’tv, was found exactly where he “X" mark on the post card indicated. The thief had evidently taken the ( ■ar to Toledo and, having no further | ve for it. had decided to send the j •ard so that the car might be return- i ■d to Hie owner. Local police officers are at a loss o know who stole the coupe and, before its recovery by the strange nethod cf the thief sending a post ■ard to this city, no clue had been i obtained. The car was stolen some ime after 11 o'clock Sunday night , rom in front of the Ed Ahr apartnent at the National hotel, at the ■orner of First and Madison streets. Toledo police officers stated that he car was in first class condition ind contained oil and gasoline. The hies evidently was careful with the ■ar and left it. in as good shape as he got it. It will be returned to its iwner in this city in a day or two. o — HONS TO HELP RED CROSS DRIVE Local Club To Sponsor Annual Roll Call In North Half Os County The annual Red Cross roll call will ie sponsored in the north halt of \dams county this year by the Dccaur Lions Club. The club voted last night to take charge of the drive. Mr. Burt Mangold, president of the lub. will be lhe chairman. Mrs. T. A. Gottschalk, of Berne, s the chairman for the south half of . 'he county Several persons have al■eady joined the Red Cross at Berne. The drive for members will be conducted in the north half of the •ounty during the week of November 10, In all probability. Miss Annie Winnes, secretary of the county chaper, said today. The goal for the county has been let at 1,000 members. This is slighty higher titan the usual membership. A large amount of used clothing '■as been donated by local persons ■nd will be packed and shipped out | his week to be distributed to sufferws in the Mississippi flood area. The led Cross officers of the county are lackink Christmas packages for shellhocked veterans of the world war; ind they will be sent out soon. Each >f the ten or fifteen packages wii ■entain pencils, note pads, handkerchiefs, nuts, candy and other cimilar articles. The value of each package will be approximately sl. The Ad-1 ims county chapter has provided I Christmas packages for the veterans for the last several years. DISCUSS RIVER POLLUTION TODAY —'— I Conference Is Held At Local Plant Os Holland-St. Louis Sugar Company A conference of chemical engineers i I rom the Holland-St. Louis Sugar : ■ompany. representatives of the city • >f Fort Wayne and the state conservation department was being held at 1 be local plant of the sugar company ! his afternoon at which time the pol- ( ' 'ution of the St. Marys river, between | ’ his city and Fort Wayne, was being ■ ’ discussed. It is bellevjnl that the ’ noilution is caused by refuse emptied nto the liver from the sugar factoryr K the cause of the pollution is dis- ' covered, steps necessary to stop the ' pollution will be discussed. The sugar company spent $150,000 a year ' igo in installing equipment to elirn- ’ inate pollution of the stream and 3 officials of the company have an--1 nounced themselves as ready Io take any further steps necessary.

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COUNCIL VOTES TO CONSTRUCT KNAPP SEWER Petitions For North Tenth Street Improvement Also Granted By Council ORDER OLD RAILS TAKEN FROM STREET Plans and specifications for the Knapp sewer were filed with the city council by Engineer Orval Harruff las' night and adopted. The resolution or dering the improvement and deslgnat ing the drain as a district sewer was passed by the council. The Knapp sewer lies south of the Adams County Memorial hospital and runs east and west. It is an open ditch and the drainage from the hospital has made it unsanitary and property owners have objected to the stench. It is p/oposed to have the sewer constructed of tile. A hearing on the proposed improvement will lie held on Decern her 6. Tenth Street Petition Granted The petiticns for the improvement of North Tenth street from Monroe street north to Nuttman avenue with brick i or concrete and sidewalks, and for or- ! namental street lights along the entire street from Adams street north to Nuttman avenue, were granted by Ghe e>rtri<--'rsrht and street and sewer committees. No objections were filed against the assessments in the matter of the North i Second street ornamental light improvement and the assesment roll was adopted ns final and tinned over to the city treasurer for collection. Order Rails Removed The council passed a resolution ordering the owners of the Fort Wayne Decatur traction to remove the ties and rails from North Second street and I to put the street back in the same con- ■ (lition at it was originally and to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. Although the traction company Is willing to pay for the cost of resurfacing the center of the street over its tracks property owners are demanding that the old rails and ties Its removed from the street and the original grade put back. A hearing in the (patter was held yesterday with Mr. Edwards, a repre sentative of the Indiana Public SerI vice commission, city officials and in--1 terested property owners. All Bonds Paid A resolution transferring $3,000 from the siqking fund to the general fund was passed and adopted by the council. There is an unused balance in this fund and as all city bonds are paid, <C3vriM i:i> in pagk thheki O POST OFFICE DISCONTINUED (Magley Office Discontinued i Due To Robberies; Placed On Decatur Route Because of numerous robberies of the i’ost Office at Magley, Adams county, that office was discontinued yesterday and the 18 patrons of tire Magley ofiee have been placed ati Decatur, rente 4. it was announced today by I’ostmaster L. A. Graham, of this city. T'r-re have been several robberiesat the Magley office in the la.'t few year.', it was stated, and since Harry Fuhrman, carrier of Locator route I passes directly through Magley on his j route it was deemed advisable to put ' the Magley patrons on the Decatur I route. Harry Bauer, postmaster at Magley, was notified and the change was mad? yesterday. It was pointed out. however that tile Magley patrons would receive as good sei vice through the Decatur ' route as before. Each patron formerly 1 had to call at the office for the mail. •' andnow it will be delivered every . morning to each patrons’ mail box. The change will be affective at once . and all persons are notified that heres after all M'glcv mail should be a Id- [ ressed Decatur, route 4.

Socialists Elected .■* , .. " j*. \ r ■ < T - : J 1 i ■ L ■ < wit Socialists will hold the reins or lour years in Reading, I’a. J. Henry Stump, cigarmaker and socialist newspaperman, was elected mayor of Reading, and swept lhe entire Socialist 'ickel into oU’ice with him. MRS. CATHERINE H. BRAKE DIES Pioneer Resient Os Decatur Dies At Hosoital After Extended Illness Mrs. Catherine Holthouse Brake. 76. lifelong resident of Decatur, died at the Adams County Memorial hospital last night, following an extended illness. Death was due to a complicatior of diseases. Mrs. Blake was taken tr the hospital several days ago, whsHi her condition became serious. Death .•ame at 9:20 o’clock last night. Catherine Brake was born in Decatur, Februray 10, 1851. She was tin laughter ct Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Holthouse, both deceased. In early lifi she was united in marriage to llermai Brake who preceded her in death. One daughter, Mary A. Brake, also preceded the mother in death. Surviving are two daughters. Mrs Mina Brown and Miss Louise Brake, f Chicago and three sons, John E. Brake of this city Herman Brake of New Mexico, and Bernard N. Brake ot Mitchell. South Dakota. Mrs. Brake was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church and of the Catholic Toadies of Columbia, the St. Marys Sodalite and the Third Order of St. Francis. She was one of the pioneer residents of Decatur. Funeral services will be held Saturlay morning, 9 o’clock at St. Mary's atholic church. Burial will take place in the St. Joseph Catholic cemetery. The Rev. Joseph Hession w'ill have charge of the services. * -o — Knight Is Released From Jail On Bond Fred Knight, who entered a pleti of not guilty to violation of the prohibl tion law in Mayor's Court Tuesday, was released from the Adams county jail last night cn bond. His trial will be scheduled for ‘he last of this week or the first of next week, it was learn ■ d. John Trout, who also was arre.i’. ed with Knight for violation of the pro lii'iition law, will be arraigned tonight ln“tead of last night as was previously announced. .—1 o

To Discuss “Conversion Os Cornelius” Tonight “The Conversion of Cornelius", will be the subject cf the Rev. A. A. Coil's sermon at the Christian church tonight. night, he discussed the conversion of Saul of Tarsus. As he traced the steps that led Saul to become a follower of Christ, he spoke of the great change that took place in the life cf the self-centered arrogant. Pharisee; how from the moment he came face to face with the Christ, he placed himself in humble submission to the Savior's will. In passing, he strikingly ■ called attention to a glaring fault that is apparent in the lives of many , people who profess to be Christians. ■ that judging from their behavior one • Is led to believe that they think that > they have done God a favor by letting • Him save them. r The Christian people of the com- , inanity are urged to take advantage r of these services. Not only is the preaching of Rev. Coil far above the » ordinary, but the singing under the - leadership of Mr. Hess is a thing of - j delight as well. The services begin | promptly at 7:30 o’clock each evening.

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GRAND JURY IN RECESS: AWAITS VITAL EVIDENCE Investigation Os Alleged Jurv Tampering In FallSinclair Case Near End CONTEMPT ( BARGES MAY BE FILED, ALSO Washington, Nov. 16. (I P) Fresh delay came today to the grand jury investigation of illeged jury tampering in lhe Fall-Sinclair oil case. With swift action anticipated from •he grand jnry.Jhat body suddenly had to recess for two days, awaiting vital records on telegrams and telephone calls in the strange drama ot jury shadowing. Inquiry Practically Ended Washington. Nov. 16 —(VP)—Swift iction by the grand jury in the FallS'nclair trial jury-tampering conspiricv case was foreseen today. Its labors were practically ended. A few records only were to be placed before it today. Then the 22 men and one young woman of the grand jury will have he task of determining whether Harry F. Sinclair and other men known throughout the nation shall Ire ind’eted or whether “no true bills’* shall be returned. If indictments come, serious felon'es will be named. Meanwhile a special committee of lawyers has been summoned to determine if in the dramatic events md clfarges of the past month here, tarting with the opening of the Teapot Dome oil trial Oct. 17. there were deeds warranting the bailing of some of the principals before the bar on court contempt charges. - Ruth Elder Signs Vaudeville Contract: Gets SIOO Per Day New Ycrk. Nov. 16—(INS)—Ruth Elder, daring young aviatrix who almost succeeded in flying across the Atlantic today signed a contract to appear in vaudiville for luO days at SI,OOO a day. it was announced by the Loew circuit who obtained her signature. Decatur Child Has Five Grandfathers. All Residing Here After reading in the Daily Democrat Tuesday evening the claim . of Mr and Mrs. Stanley Mitchell, of New Harmony, Indiana, that ' their son. Billy John, aged 2 months, is the only child in the state who has*five grandfathers, John D. Andrews, well-known Decatur man called at the Daily Democrat office and proudly announced that he had II great 1 granddaughter who also has five grandfathers, all residing in De- • cut nr. ’ The child is Latola Jane E. Eady 1 3-year-(>ld (laughter of Mr. and i Mrs. Francis Eady, 1002 Winchester street. She has two grandfathers. Frank Butler and Enoch Eady, and three great grandfathers. Wilt liam Mcßarnes, Butler and John D. Andrews. n

VAN WERT MAN SPEAKS TO LIONS Gordon Balyeat Tells Os His Trip To Legion Convention In Paris Gordon Balyeat, of Van Wert, Ohio who was a delegate to the American Legion convention held in Paris, Erance, last September, gave an interesting address at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Decatur Lions Club, hold in the basement of the Christian church Tuesday evening. Mr. Balent gave some interesting accounts of his observations in France. Don Farr was chaitman of the meeting last ■ night. i The Lions voted to sponsor the an- ■ nual Red Cross roll call in the northt ern half of the county. Dr. Burt Mani gold, president of the club, will serve . as chairman of the drive.

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