Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 284, Decatur, Adams County, 2 December 1927 — Page 1

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GOV. ED. JACKSON MUST STAND TRIAL

■ciffi NAMED ■ HP. LEADER IN I SENATE AGAIN 11.. p. Watson, Os Indiana. ■ Re-elected Assistant ■ Leader At Caucus ■ Lex. MOSES MADE ■ |-;F<IDENT pro tf.m H vrf'in. Dee. 2.— (INS) ■■ Charles Curtis, -t ■lr V aS re-elected RepubliU," :■ !: ader us the senate |<>- a caucus attended by ■I lof the Republicans of the ■ I House. Senator James E. ■y. .- .d’ Indiana, was re-cb-ct BM.J i sislaiit leader. Ceotge 11. Moses, of New BM !' --. was re- leered preside.,; ■■ ' action on other'office:; MH ra e, including those of sir MH ■ and chaplin, vas withas ■K Smith Ard Vare Present sBK \ . -u;-e of the Repubih an iit.iif. MH. ' !;■> a>t - udan e of Se:::i: or MM 1 ' nJ.; Smith. Illinois, ami \\ a |Hs. ■of Penusylvani acorn. I MM v-i"--- rf-ii’ to take their seat will MM 1 ' mendous battle, be inmn-.-»<>"t ■BL I by the seeming crUintv MM 1 ' be allowed to take their MM Sl '"" ' Illinois and Penns;. !v.tn:. MM e participated in the i ane-.t:-MH? :ny other senators elect. I;,-;. MH •- I i erfident they v ill win th. SgH " tb-e senate, bnt th nr i >n gS th.?■ rot shared by a majo.-ir MH of I.: Ih-publicans present. II Eastern Cities Are I Menaced By Floods Ml Roriiestcr N. Y. Dec 2. (INSi SB I ■ boat and «a:. . . MB bi It- • stet was hurriedly pressed in M| '-' ire this afternoon as an il foot Ml " aii 1,1 "'titer began its descent on the M| ci:;.. fh,t marooning scores of fami■H liScottsville, just outside R ><-he“Ma ter. M .Yiiimiobiles that had been ulmnd- ■ I oin i mi highways south of the city M| in the Genesse river valey were sub- ■ I inergi I completely by the onrushing M | I’ti-'t m' th.e flood that has left millions MH °f dollars in damage in its wake ■K through western and central New ■9 York. Bb More Rain Predicted M Alban' N. Y.. Dec. 2— (INS) — With ■ rai: - predicted for today, additional M mHiiage and hardship was feared in ; western New York, wibere floods cans- || orl by swollen streams have mail" B ninny families homeless, inundated II farm lands an dcrippled transporat■l *’on. : . 0 Prison Rioters Win Continuance Os Case Folsom Prison, Calif., Dec. 2—(CP) The gix leaders of Thanksgiving Day riots at Folsom Prison were back in E [ solitary confinement today after winnI. ing continuance of their preliminary I- hearing on first degree murder I charges. The hearings are n.w set for Monday. g W-IJJ ACHIEVEMENT DAT PROGRAM GIVEN Approximately 150 Persons Attend Home Economics Clubs Event Approximately 150 people attended •he achievement day program put on by the five Home Economics clubs of the county, at the Kirkland Auditorium, Wednesday. The forenoon was spent in stunts and games. Each woman brought a basket laden with good < things to eat and at the noon hour a cafeteria style basket dinner was en joyed. In the afternoon, an interesting and instructive program of plays and readings was put on by members of the Various clubs. Miss Beulah Barklev of Union township, who won the trip to the state fair school of II me Economics, financed by the clubs, made a report of the trip. Miss Nelle Flaninghan, of Purdue " as in charge. An exhibit of 50 hats and 30 flower bouquets were made during the year proved very attractive. The Ladies decided to take the nutrition project next year. David J. Schwartz president of the Adams County Farm Bureau addressed the gathering in the afternoon. . t,

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[Chinese Attack British Ship; Officers Slain London, Dec. 2,-(INS)_Six Chinesc Sampans attacked the Briti'h steampshlp Siangtan. 16 miles below i filing the .... ond engineer h q iartermust r ami another memer of the staff and making the cap. tain a prisoner, said an admiraltv communique this afternoon. The British gunboats Hee and Gnat are enroute for the scene of the,outrage PNEUMONIA IS 1 FATAL TO CHILO f : Infant Son Os Mr. And Mrs. Otto Bauermeister Dies At Fort Wayne Maiden Bauermeister. infant son of Mr. and Mis. otto Bauermeister, resid- , ing in Wells county just west of the s Adams county line, near Tocsin, died at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne yesterday noon following an illness cf several weeks. Pneumon'a was said to be the cause of the death. The child was born in Wells county ' September 29, 1926. Besides the father and mother, one sister, Mildred, surj vlves. Funeral services will be held at the home Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock (Sun time) and at the Bethlehem Lutheran church in Wells county at 1:45 (sun time). Burial will take , place at the cemetery by the Bethlehem Lutheran church. T oCapt. Giles Postpones Flight Until Spring San Francisco. Dec. 2. — (INS)— Captain Frederick A. Giles, British airman, today announced that he had definitely postponed his proposed air trip to New Zealand until next spring Giles has twice been turned back after encountering bad weather. •‘ExperiepcM- aviators have told me." said Giles, "that it is not wise to attempt an ocean flight during the winter, and I am inclined to believe them." o ——— Chicago Women Win Auction Bridge Title Chicago, Dec. 2. — (INS) —Mrs. Elliot Evans and Mrs. Sidney Lovell of Chicago today are the auction bridge champions of the United States in the women's doubles event, having scored 215'4 match play points out of a possible 342 during last night s tournament. Mrs. A. O. Lynch and Mrs. Ely Culbertson of New York were second with 188% points. Tree Breaks Man’s Neck Columbia City, Ind.. Dec. 2.— (INS) —A tree which he and companions had just cut through glanced off a smaller tree as it fell and struck Orton Pressler, 40, breaking his neck and fracturing his skull. NICKEL PLATE OFFICIAL GIES 1). F. Milne, General Superintendent Os Clover Leaf District, Expires D. F. Milne, 57, general superln tendent of the Clover Leaf district of the Nickle Plate railroad, who was well known in this city, died suddenly of heart ’trouble at his home in Frankfort, at 3 o'clock this morning. Mr. Milne had been bothered with high blood pressure lor some time, but h's condition was believed to be improving. Mr Milne was born in " tndsor. Canaria, in 1870. but came to the United States when a baby. He began work as a clerk in the office of the superintendent of transportation of the Clover Leaf railroad, at Frank- , fort, when 17 years old. On September 8, 1913. he was appointed superintendent of transportation of the , Clover Leaf ami in September. 1918 , he was appointed superintendent of . the road, in December. 1923, he he- , came general superintendent of he , Clover Leaf road and he heal that position until his death. , Mr. Milne visited in Decatur ma , times and was known hy practice ly all of the business men of this ci y. He was greatly liked by all e “P ,o y ees of the railroad. He was willing to go out of his way to help , a fellow employee and the tailroad company feels .hat its loss s gre . Funeral services will be ,iol-i a Frankfort at 2 o'clock Sunday after noon. S. E. Shamp, local agent tor ■ the Nickle Plate will attend the services.

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DYNAMITE PLACED IN SCHOOL STOVE Maddened Lover Dynamites School; Woman Teacher Probably Fatally Hurt Otliiwn, 111., Dec. 2. (INS) Maddened by a love tragedy, llirain Reed, 21-yetir-old farmer. placed two sticks of dynamite in the stove of the Pleasant Valley school here today causng a terrific detonation which probably fatally injured Miss Lola Bradford, 21, school teaeh■r, and narrowly missed claiming the lives of two score small children. Miss Bradford, who police say was about to become a mother, arrived at the school earlier than her usual time and app'ied a match to the waste material in the stove within which was hidden the deadly charge. A blast followi d which wrecked the building. A nine-year-old school girl about to step into the structure ran screaming for aid. Farmers pulled the veung expectant mother from, the h br' s and rushed her to a hospital. — o — Oregon Schools Closed Due To Child Malady Portland, Ore., Dec. 2 — Schools in the rural districts near P rtlanil were closed today by state health officers because of the alarming number of infantile paralysis cas- • es. Churches and a'.i other public gathering places also were quarantined. — o__ Bloomington Man Killed In Railway Crossing Crash Lebanon, Ind.. Dec. 2t(- (INS) —C. V. P-otUcash. 40. of BiopniUigton. war ki’led insta'nfTT and"V' K. Wampler of Bloomington, was injured when the automobile in which they were ruling was struck by a fast passengei train at the Big Four crossing here Wampler, driver, said the lights o' in approaching car blinded him. s< that he did not see the warning signa at the crossing. o Arrested For Intoxication "Bubs" Burrell, of this city, was taken into custody last night by Chief of Police Sephus Melchi and was taken to the Adams county jail. He was to be arraigned in Mayor’s court late this afternoon on a charge of public intoxication. o KIRKLAND HONOR ROLL ANNOUNCED Seven Pupils On Honor Roll For Six-Week Term .Just Completed Seven Kirkland high school pupils were named on the honor roll for the six-week term just completed, according to Hansel Foley, principal of that ichool. The freshman class led in number of pupils on the roll with five. The sophomore class and junior class each had one member on the roll, while the seniors were not represented. Following is the honor roll list with the grades made by each pupil. Freshmen: Robert Beery, 3 A-plus and 1 A; Charles Schladenhaut'en, ?, A-plus and I A; Ezra Kaehr, 2 A-plus and 2 A; Raymond Borne, 2 A-plus and 2 A; Ervin Isch. 1 A-plus and 3 A. Sophomore; Magdalena Borne, 2 Aplus asd 2 A. Junior; Samuel Schladenhaufen, 1plus and 4 A. Mr. Folev pointed out that each pupil must carry at least four regular subjects and make A or above in every subject to be listed on the honor roil ' In attendance for the six-week term the Juniors led with a percentage cf 98.2; the seniors were second with an attendance of 97.7 per cent; the sophmore class was third with 97 per cest and the freshmen followed last with 96.8 per cent. The operetta presented this week by the Kirkland high school pupils was a success and, owing to the fact that many persons did not get to see it, the playlet will be given again Saturday. December 10, at the Kirkland high school auditorium. The name of the operetta is "Patricia." Every two weeks, the pupils of the Kirkland school issue a school paper. The name of the paper is the “Ripsnorter" and it is published by the pupils and faculty, containing school news and short stories. i

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, December 2, 1927.

Returns $6,000,000 w. wawww...,<. ■I ** \ ~.. ■ ■ ' •'*C> fe"Y"' fct V - -- Mrs. Mabel Anna Si-hiffnian, Pasadena, Cal, society woman, places love far above money. Though awarded s6jloo.i>m> estate when her husband. Rudolph J. Schiffman, patent medicine king, abandoned h‘r and we nt to Berlin, she relinquished the money in order to effect a reconciliation. ■ b ’ Fate Intervenes To Save Father Os Five Children From Death Roy August, of near Willshire. Ohio, who has been employed for the pis’ several years at the local General Electric faetrry, had been making th<> trip to and from work for several years with Alf’.ed Stettler, who was driving the car yesterday morning in which all four occupants were killed when the car was struck by an Erie | meat train at the Mercer avenu- i-ros-ing. August’s wife died several days ago and he wak to go back to work yesterday njorning. The ill-fated ear stopped it the August home about ti o’clock yesterday morning, but Mr. \ugust told them he thought he would not start back to work until today, and so the car drove on without its regular passenger. Today. Mr. August is the only one living of the five who made the trip to this- city regularly for the last f"W years. And after all, fate may have some symptoms of a conscience, as Mr. August has five small childri n to provide for. BERNE WOMIN’S DAUGHTER DIES Mrs. Ad e 1 ai d e Mitchell, Daughter Os Mrs. Sarah Eisenhart, Dies Mis, Adelaide Mitchell, 51, daughter of Mrs. Sara i Eisenhart, of Berne, . died Thursday morning at the Metholist hospital In Fori Wayne, f How Inin illness of complication of diseases She had been ill since lasi April. Mrs. Mitchell resided at 1001 East Wayne street, Fort Wayne. She formerly operated the Crystal hotel and came at Cromwell mid was a member of the HOVIIM list t’Al-l-'. I«OI DAYS TO j/ CHRISTMAS WATCH THE ADS

GRAND JURY IS STILL IN SESSION • Adjournment Fails To Take Place Today As Predicted; Session Saturday It w;is learned Illis afternoon that tin Adtnns county <'rind jury would not adjourn its session lodtiy. but will meet again tomorrow. It had been expected that the jury would end its session late today. The jury had its stenographer in the jury ioi.m this afternoon and was r. ported to be reviewing the evidence taken during the session. Much interest is attached to the report of the grand jury, since an investigation was made into the charge that Attorney General Arthur t. Gilliom es Indiana, violated the Wright prohibition law last summer i by procuring a pint iff whiskey and I bringing it to the Adams County Memorial hosp'tal here to be administered to his sister. Miss Emma Gilliom.' of Berne, who had undergone an operatic!) at the hospital. Another case of much interest which the jury is believed to have Investigated, was the Berne election he'd on November 8. in which, it is alleged, the names of the Democratic tandidales were illegally omitted fiom the ballots. Although it was not learned definitely. it is believed that the jury will end its session tomorrow. The annual inspection of the county infirmary was made yesterday and the inspection of the county jail was made on Wednesday. Graoe Juice Distributors Win Important Victory Indiatiaipolis. Dei-. 2. (UP) -Grape juice ttwl turns to wiiiw under favorable conditions will flood Indiana if the California Vineyards Company succeeds in its proposed test of the Wright dry act, it was indicated today. Grape juice distributors won a vicl.,ry in U. S. district court here yes- | l eiday when a jury decided that they are no’i I'espons'.lile fir wlui|( happens to th ■ grap> juice after it leaves . thtir hands eve!' if it turns to wine with a decided pre war kick. Nor are- the distributor*-- any more i culpable if they warn purchasers that ' exposing the grape juice and leaving 1 1-. in a warm place -temperature never less than 32 degrees- will con i vert it into wine in 30 to 90 days. MANUFACTURING CONCERN OPENED Decatur Men Start Manufacture Os Product To Prevent Tire Punctures 1 A new manufacturing company, culled the "Leak No More ("otjipany", has ' been organized in this city and a plant ’ has been installed in tile Niblick gro 1 eery building, with E. ('. Clevenge: and Duiglas Haney in charge. The new i oncei n is manufacturing a punc-ture-proof product, which is to be inserted into the tubes of automobile tires. . The material is put up in small p;i.-k ages in solid form and is mixed with ’ water before it is placed into a tire tube, it forms a semi-solid substance which will not freeze and which the new concern guarantees to prevent tire punctures by uales and tacks. As a demonstrati n this morning Mr. Haney drove 30 nails into a tin ami no air came out after the nails ■ were removed. Those connected with , the concern have been using their in - vention lor some time, and state that ’ they have never had any tiro trouble since using the fluid. The concern will start a sales cam- ■ paign in the pext few weeks, according - to present plans. Each box of the Leak-No-Mcre Is sold under a guarantee of ■ satisfaction to the purchaser. Local people are invited to visit the new plant and learn more about the invention which the makers say will revolutionize the tire industry. o — To Build Huge Dock Indianapolis, Dec. 2. (UP) Details of plans for the construction in 192 S of a $2,000,000 dock along the Indiana Harbor canal in the Calumet district were announced yesterday by William J. Hogan, president of the National Terminals corporation of Indianapolis.

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Woman's Dress Catches Fire From Hot Ashes] Conneisville, Ind, Dei 2 HNS) Mrs. Henry Ruff and her ilaiight>‘i Thelma were In Memorial hospital verionsly burned, today, as th" result it tire which caught Mrs Ruff's dress is she took ashes from the stove. Eugene Clifford Collins, 2. who fel Into a tub of st-aldllig wat< r whili playing, also was iu a critical eoiidi iyn at Memorial hospital. FOUR FUNERALS ARE PLANNED Final Rites For Victims Os Crossing Crash Arranged Today Funeral services for the four people killed al tjie Meri-er avenue railroad crossing in this city Thursday morn *ng, when an Erie meat train struel 'he automobile in which they wen iding. Were announced today. Services fm Mrs. Bessie Hoblet mil Hobart Strickler, cousins, will bt held Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock (easte.n time) at the Willshire Methoisit church. Services for Miss Hazel Lemunyon will be held at the Willshire Metho list church. Saturday afternoon, al ! o'clock (eastern timet. Services or Alfred H. Stettler will be held a' he Zion United Brethren church south ■>f Willshire, Saturday afternoon at J o’clock (eastern time. Burial for Mr. Strickler and Mrs Hoblet will be mad" in the Wil'shlrt ■etnetery, and burial for Mr. Stettle ind Miss Lemunyon will be made at he Rockford. Ohio, cemetery* Fellow employees of the (i nera Electric factory in this city where tin victims of the tragedy were employed will act as pall bearers and flower girls at all four of the fun- ral services. _ o ... Former Bluffton Man Commits Suicide In Ohic Bowling Green, Ohio. Dec 2. (INS Domestic trouble was attributed to lay as being respoiinible forth» dead >f Clair Bulger. 41. at his home six niles north of here. Thursday night Death was du* to a bullet wound, be 'ieved to have been self inflicted Bulger formerly lived at Bluffton, In liana. Shmtly Is-fore his death. Bulget wrote three noteiS to his wife, his em ployer, Frank Sargent and to Mrs Herman Lang, his sister, who was voutlded last September by a bullet fired by Bulger. Bulger said he ai-cj ilently hit Mis Lang when sh- walk •d into his line of tire while lie was practicing al j target. MRS. PHILLIP HUSER EXPIRES Berne Woman Dies at Memorial Hosnital Here This Afternoon Mrs. Phillip Hire:. 47. of neai Berm died nt 12:30 o'clock this afternoon at til - Adams Count' Memorial hospital. where she has been confined for several days. Death was due to a c >m plication of diseases. Mrs. Httser was horn in French township. She was the daughter o! Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Sprunger. both deceased Mrs. Huser lived her entire life In Adams count' Surviving, besides tile husband, Pliil lip, are two children, Mariella ami Martin, bolh et home. The following brothers and sisters also survive: Antes Sprunger of Alaska. Ell Sprintger, of Claile, Michigan; Henry Sprunger. of Saginaw, Michigan, Low is Sprunger of Berne; Abraham Sjnunger. of Fort Wayne; Mi ■ Jacob Steiner, of Berne; Mrs. J D. Winteregg. Os Bottle: Mis .1 1> Wintered-:.:, i f Betne: Mrs Peter Stauffer, of Fn! Wayne, ami Mrs. Thurman Sprum- r of Dalton, Ohio. A ;tep-moth -r ind half sister, of Dalton, Ohio also survive. Funeral arrangement ; have not yet been made, lint lite services will brobably be held at Berne Mondav 0 — Steeplejack Is Injured Columbus, Ind. Dec. 2. (INS) Jesse E. Smith, 47. steeplejack, was suffering today from injuries which may prove fatal, as the result of an 18-foot fall from the roof of a barn on the Ransom D. Perry farm, near here.

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INDICTMENT IS UPHELD BY JUDGE THIS AFTERNOON Motion to Quash Indictment Against (Governor And Co-Defendants Overruled EFFORT TO CONCEAL ACTIONS IS CHARGEI) Indianapolis, Dec. 2.— (INS) —Governor Ed. Jackson, of Indiana, and his two co-defendants must stand trial on charges of •onspiracy and bribery returned igainst them by the Marion ■ounty grand jury on September ), Special Judge Oscar H. Montgomery, of Seymour, Indiana, ’■tiled here this afternoon in refusing to quash the indictment. In overruling the motion of Atorney Lewis B. Ewliank, attorney for lovt-rnor Jai kson, Robert I Marsh, imi George V Coffin, the three deendants. Special Judge Montgomery raid that the state hail developed -nough evidence on tin- part of tile lefendnnts to corneal tin* alleged nibery witli which they stand charg'd to inviladate the statute of limitaion. Sees Sufficient Certainty ‘lit is my opinion that the indict•nent charges a public offense with uiffiiient certainty ami the facts iverred show such concealment as to >ri-vint the statute of limitation from tarring prosecution." Judge Mont■oni' ry's order stated. "The motion to quash the indi tnent is therefore overrtileil." Special Judge... Montgomery said Attorney Ewliank immediately tiled mtice of exceptions to the ruling. Th-- court gave the defense until I I'cloek this afternoon to file a plea n abatement. It was expected the late of arraignienl will lie set late today. The grand jury indicted Governor lackson, Robert I Marsh, formerly a law partner of the governor amt til ■ ’G t" us tile Indiana Ku Klux Klan, ind George V. 'Uoffiti. R'-piihlli'-ait - •ounty chairman, on charges of at•empting to bribe former Governor Warren T McCray with SIO,OOO cash md promises of immunity if hi* would ippoint J.lines Mi Donald as prosecut>r of Marion coiinty. o Purdue Grid Schedule For 1928 Is Announced l.;ifayetle. Ind., Dec. 2 tl'i’i Purine University fates, one of its stiff■st football schedules next ; ar. it >v,(S revealed when the complete grid -ard for 19-8 was announced. The Boilermakers will play the following games: li t it. Del’atiw at Lafayette: Oct. 13. I’urdn at Minnesota. Oct. 20. Wls•onsln at I.afayett . Oct 27. Purdue it Chicago; Nov ".. Case at 1 .H'ayette; Nov. 10. Purdue at Northwestern; Nov. 17. Wabash at Lafayette. Nov. !l. Indiana at Purdue GOTTSCHALK TO GIVE ADDRESS State Senator To Speak At Annual Elks Memorial Here Sunday The annual memorial services for deceased brothels of the Deeatur lodge of Elks will be held Sunday atfernoou. at 2:30 oil i k. at th" Elks home on Second street. Hon. Thurman A. Gottschalk, state senator front Bettie, will deliver the . memorial address French Quinn, of . this city will deliver the eulogy to the dead, and the ritulistic services will be carried out hy Hie officers. Mrs. 1.. A Holthouse will be In [ charge of the mush- and several musical selections will l»e given during the set vice. Decatur Lodge B. P. O. E had two members to die this year, they being D, \l, Hensley, a former Exalted ruler and 1. Fenn, The public is invited to the services and a special invitation is extended to B relatives of the deceased Elks to nti tend the service. n F. E. France, chairman of the proii glim committee, stated a complete r program would be announced Saturday.

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