Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 289, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1927 — Page 1

weather I Gener»lly toLight and ex ‘ L e pt probably snow flurries tonight in extreme north part. k o mewhat colder tonight and colder Friday. _

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ktfttt CAUSED I SY WIND STORM ■pt ADAMS COUNTY ■Temperature Takes Sudden f Drop Wednesday Night; Near Zero Today Bv IGIIT SNOW FALLS ■ AST NIGHT AND TOD\Y _3| The first severe cold weather of ■p present season was ushered into ■veins county accompanied by a ug wind, that attained the aspect Hp :i gale for more than an hour last ■ Tlte mercury dropped to alKi; st zero in less than 12 hours dur■cc the night, -JI I’ in turned to snow late last night, ■u us the temperature continued to ■ ( i the snow flurries became less ■prominent. The strong wind did ■r t,:e damage is the county. Many ■window lights were broken during ■tiie wind-storm and a Smoke stack ■v,r- blown over at the Murray tlo’el. sj I A skylight at the Adams county ■jail was torn off and many trees ■ i broken off. Several roads were ■made tentpoiarily impassible when ■tries fell across them. The roads ■ hue been cleared away now, how■excr. and most of them are in fairly ■good condition. Many telephone ■poles were blown down. also. ■•J The wind was somewhat abated ■ toil.iv. but the mercury continued to ■ drop. At 8:30 o'clock this morning ■ thermometers in Decatur registered ■ rbout 3 •'.agrees above zero. State ■forecasts say that the cold wave will ■ continue at least through Friday. ■ Q I Fort Wayne Choir To Appear Here December 21 s The choir of the South Wayne Unit•W'ed Brethren church, of Fort Warne, I will appear at the local United Bre- ■ thren church, .Wednesday evening, ■ Dei ember 21, according to arrange ■I nil nts t * lat h- ave been made by the S Rev. Cecil R. Smith, the local pastor. The Fort Wayne Cntir will render a ■ Christmas cantata, under the direction ■ of Prof Kaley, of Fort Wayne. The S program will be for the public and ■ there will be no admission charge. I This is one of the special features that ijE the local church has in its program U in the coming months. ■ National Auditor Os K. Os C. Here Last Night I A large number of the members of O the Knights of Columbus council atI tended the special meeting held last I night at the K. of C. hall. Hon. It. F. Butler, national auditor, being a guest I of the local council. Grand Knight Ad- | rian Wemhcff presided at the meeting, fl Mr. Butler told of K. of C. work under' ; | taken this year by Supreme Grand I Knight Carmody and stressed the imP ol ' tall ce of W'ork within the coucil and .■I of making the meetings Interesting 1 r I the members. Several of the charter si members of the council wete also calljl ed on far short talks and the meeting I das an interesting one. EXPLAINS AUTO I LICENSE RULES Secretary Os State Calls Meeting Os License Bureau Managers At a meeting Monday of all.automobile license bureau managers, called bySecretary cf State Frederick Schortemeier, keveral new rules conserning the distribution of auto licenses for 1928 were annuonced, according to Paul Graham, local bureau manager. No person in Adams county will be given a license for 1928 unless he pre Bents his title at the local bureau office when he applies for his license. No applications will he accepted at the secretary of state's office, and all Adams county licenses must be secured at the Adams county bureau, according to Mr. Graham’s announcement. The local bureau wil remain open until 9 o'clock each night from December 15 to January 15 1 norder that all people can be accomodated, it was announced today. Licenses for passenger cars trucks and trailers can be secured at the local office. No licenses, however, will be issued before December 15, All persons are urged to get their licenses as early this year as possible in order to avoid the last minute rush at the local bureau.

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( rentes Precedent rX 8 ’ '■* ’y - ' **** State Legislature of California, in recognizing the Bar Organization as an integral part of the state's judicial machinery, has established a new era in the iegal profession. Joseph .1. Webb (above) is the new president of the California Bar Organization.

NEXT SUNDAY IS ANTI-SALOON DAY Churches In Adams County Plan To Have Special Speakers Present Next Sunday, Decemlier 11. has b°en fixed as the date for the regular annual Anti-Saloon I.eague Field Day in Adams County and many of the Churches will have speakers from that organization in their pulpits. The debate entitled "Can The Law Be Enforced?" will be given Sunday night in the Methodist Church at Geneva by E. A. Miles, attorney for the Indiana League, who takes the part of a prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Watkins, who takes the part of a citi zen. It will also be given in Decatur at the Methodist church at a union service of the various churches. Dr Shumaker taking the part of the citizen and Mr. Baldridge the part of the prosecuting attorney. This debate was written by O. G. Christgau, of the AntiSaloon League of America, and has been given many thousands of times in Indiana and other states with great success. It never has been a disappointment. The two characters arc a prosecuting attorney whe has been negligent in the perforhiance cf his duties and an enraged citizen who calls upon the prosecutor and urges him to enforce the law. The prosecutor makes -all kinds of excuses which are answered by the citizen by statistics showing showing the decrease in drunkenness and in crime under prohibition and answering every argument that the wets are putting forward today. Soon the prosecut. r turns on the citizen and shows him that he has been very negligent of his duties and that an officer without tiie support of the public can not of himself enforce the law. The duties cf the citizen are strjngly depicted in this stirring dialogue. On Saturday night, Dec 10, at the Berne Reformed church. Dr. Shumaker and Rev. Baldridge wil also give the debate and Mr. Rogers wil! present the moving picture "Lest We Borg.it .

I< OXTIXI BP ow l’' ,; ti T'" ! >» Summer Home Ol W. S. Vare Robbed Atlantic City, N. J-, Rec. B.—(INS) —Police today were investigating a burglary in the summer home of I nit ed States Senator-elect William b. Vare, of Pennsylvania. The house is one of the show places of this section. , . . Police announced that ' the exact loss will nto b eknown until Vare returns fro mWashington. The house had been closed for the winter and contained many valuable works of art and a quantity of silver. . o — Community Meeting Fo Be Held At Friedheim Friday A community meeting will bd held in the Friedheim school building. B ridav evening. December 9. starling gt 7:30 o'clock. There will be talks on dairying and several peels of dairy motion Picture films will be shown. Music will be furnished by the BTiedhelm band. The meeting will be sponsored by t ie Cloverleaf Creameries. Inc., of Decatur. The creamery company will serve lie cream free to everyone present. The public is invited to attend.

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Fake Alarm Sends Firemen 13 Miles Through Blizzard

Newcastle, lnd„ Dec. B.—(INS) . SCII shivering. Fire Chief George I Van Zant today was searclilng for, the person w,ho sent (he Newcastle tire department scurrying 13 miles to the village of Shirley on a lake fire alaiin during the near zero meather and b'izzard last night. At the height of the Icy ga’e, the fire chief received a long distance • nil from Shirley, west of here, on the Henry and Hancock counties lino that two big fires were beyond control and that help was urgently needed if Shirley was to be saved. Taking one fire truck and three firemen, Chief Van Zant made a rec•rd trip to Sh'rley in the GO-mi)e-an-iiour sloim. He found no file and' .io one who knew of any S. O. S. On the way hack to Newcastle the tire truck skidded into the ditch. IL took 18 men and a three ton truck ■wo limns to pull the fre truck out ex-sehvice”men TO HOLD BANQUET Third Annual Banquet To Be Held At Country Cluh Monday Night The third annual ex-service men's banquet will be held a* the Decatur Country (Tub. Monday evening. December 12. it was announced today by officers of the Decatur post of the 10 and 8, ex-service men's organization. which is sponsoring the banquet. The banquet will begin at 6:15 o’clock. <

Captain I’. E. Greenwait, a chapliu in the A. E. F. during the World War and a widely known speaker, will give' an address at the banquet. Captain Greenwait spoke at tjie Method’st; church in this effy recently, anil re- 1 ceived much favorable comment. The banquet is tor all ex-service men I and their wives and sweethearts. AI charge of fifty cents per plate will be I made and reservations must be made I with a membei of the 40 and 8 bei' re I Monday. o Baker Thinks He Will Not Receive Nomination I I Chicago, Dec. 8. — (INS) —Newton D. Baker, secretary of war in the Wilson cabinet, doesn't believe there is i chance that h e wii. l e named Democratic candidate for tne presidency next year. Mr. Baker is here as special attorney general of Ohio for a lake diversion conference. ‘STEPHENSONISM’ TO BE ONLY ISSUE Democrats To Base State Campaign On Need For General “Cleanup” Indianapolis, Dec. B.— (UP) —A majority that will secure a legislative investigation of alleged political corruption in the state was under consideration by Democratic leaders lay as one of the chief goals of the 1928 campaign for which the party stirred enthusiasm yesterday. Speakers high in tiie councils of the party took advantage of the scandals exposed by the Marion county grand jury to advance a cleaning out of republican officers as their keynote. Members of the democratic state central committee and other party workers were told that there will be but one issue in 1928 and that the issue of “Stephehsonism” declared to have been raised by the opposition because of its so-called toleration of Ku Klux Klan rule. Frank ('. Dailey, candidate for governor, declaring the Issue has been made in tiie last eight years, said "the question is whether we will continue this mess in Indiana or have a cleanup.” Other speakers included Evans Woollen, possible “dark horse” candidate for the democratic nomination for president: Walter Myers, possible candidate for U. S. senator: Mrs. James Riggs of Sullivan, democratic national committeewotnan; Mrs. A PB’lynu of Loganspott, state chairwoman; Mayor L. Ert Slack of Indianapolis: Dick Heller of Decatur; Frank P. Baker of Indianapolis, mentioned for governor. A decision to form a "war time” organization featured the meeting of the state central committee. The committee will meet, monthly.

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.of the ditch. One fireman lost his lint and all ’ were badly eld led riding on the open lire truck which m.s no windshield. An effort was being made today to Dace the telephone call. SENATE PREPARES TOBAR W.S.VARE i Hones Os Vare’s Forces Blasted Bv Senate’s Action Against Smith Washington, Dee. 8. ( INS) With Seiiator-eli • t Frank 1.. Smith, Repn.. of Illinois, temporarily barred. the senate today was prepared to put Senator-elect Wi liam S Vare. Repn.. of Penssylvan'a, out on the same sidelines pending a new election inqiliiy bv the famous Reed slush fund committee. The Senate's action in refusing tiie rath of office to Smith doomed any hope of the Vare foices that the Pennsylvanian might w. ar his senaite: ial toga for the time being. The Vare leaders struggled to ,onvince the senate that tiie two cases differed In evely respect, but it was certain that Vare, too, would he ordered to stand aside. I ,-o , “It Pays To Advertise” To Be Presented Tonight • Ai: angements are complete for the . opening curtain of the play "It Pays ' to Advertise”, which will be presented 1 tonight by* the members of the St Marys Dramatic (Tub. at the D. ('. H S. auditorium. The play is a clever three-act comedy with a laugh i nevery line. A large i number of tickets have been sold for ( the opening performance and those at | tending are assured an entertainment | treat. I Miss Grace Coffee and the cast of | the pla yhave spared neither time nor effort to make the pla,' a huge sueI cess. A musical program will be held ' as a the pl.ry and will begin | at 8 o'clock. At 8:15 o'clock the curtain I will i ise on the first act

Begin New Effort To Set Sustained Fight Mark Municipal Airport, San Francisco. Dec. B—(lNS) —B’lying a triniotored Fokker plane, Lieut, George R. Pond. U. S. N.. and Captain Charles Kings-ford-Smith, Australian aviators, took the air at 8:55 A. M. in an attempt to break the World's record for sustained flight. The plane carried 1.418 gallons of gasoline and 45 gallons of cil, sufficient fuel according to airmen, to keep them long enough to sjiatter the record. The endurance record of 52 hours, 22 minutes and 21 seconds is hold bv German Flyers. — 0 Fined For Intoxication "Bubs" Burrell, of this city, was arraigned in Mayor's court last night where he enu red a plea of guilty to a charge of public intoxication. He was assessed a tine of $lO and costs, amounting to $lO. Mr. Burrell paid tiie frlie and was released. GOOD FELLOWS CLUB REPORT Contributions to tiie Good Fellows ('tub, sponsored by the Delta Theta ■ Tan sorority for the purpose of securing money with which to provide a , merry Christmas for the needy chili dren of the city, began to come in today. The Delta Theta Tatis started i the fund with a $25 contribution. Tiie I total for today is $36.5(1. Contributions reported today were: Previous total $25.01) So Cha Rea 5.00 Tri Kappa Sorority 5.0 n I Loose change in box .50 Jacob 1.00 Total $36.50 — o DA YS TO fllfr

BANDITS HOLD DP STATE BANK AT HUNTERTOWN Two Yeggmen Rob Bank Shortly Afternoon And Escape In Large Car

AMOUNT OF LOOT NOT DETERMINED Word was received in this city about 2 o'clock this afternoon that •w> bandits held up the Huntertown Slate Bank at Huntertown. 30 miles icrth of th s city, and had escaped, rhe amount trjl-oii from tjie bank was not known Two bandits walked into the bank about 1:30 o'e'bck and at the point of runs held up the employees. One of the bandits was tall and the oilier was short and heavy. They made their escape in a large sedan. As soon as tne robin ry was made public. Allen county officers were notified and word was sent to all neighboring counties. Sheriff Hail Hollingsworth was notified here and tiie bank vigilantees were called out Immediately. The county was thoroughly searched and roads from the north were guarded. At 3 o'clock this afternoon, no 'race of the bandits had been found. An effort had lieen made several weeks ago to rob the same bank, but the bandits were frightened away. Indianapolis Bank Robbed Indianapolis. Dec. 8 (INS) Three

bandits this afternoon robbed the Madison avenue slate bank here of sln.ODo in cash. .— 0 — Drinks Poison in Order To .loin Chum, A Suicide Chicago, Dec. 8. -HNS) William Thunstim, 20, drank poison (hat lie might Join Ids chum. Harry, who end cd ills life recently witii gas. Physicians today held litt'e hope for Thurston's recovery, in ids room police found a note in which Thurs'on said: "Bury me next to Harry, so I (an be happy." o Infant Son Os Mr. And Mrs. Charles Miller Dies The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Miller, which died at the Adams county Memorial hospital last niglit, was buried in St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery this afternoon, following funeral services held at St. Mary’s Catholic chinch at 2:30 o'clock. The baby was bo: 11 at the hospital Tuesday. YOUNG PEOPLE TO STAGE PLAY “A Loyal Friend” To Be Give n Bv St. Peter's Young Peoples Society "A Loyal Friend '. is the title of a comedy drama in four acts, which will be given by the Young Peoples Society of the St. Peter's Uitheran church. Saturday and Sunday nights. December 10 and 11. The play will ie given at the B’uelling school and will start at 8 o'clock. Characters of the play are as follows: Characters Royal Playford, everybody's friend Hilbert Hoile Gilbert Franshaw, a newspaperman Otto Boerger Raymon Alverez, a Spanish diplomat Karl Dorn O'Kelly, "wan o' the ouid nod" Otto Luttmann Nubbins, the bakers boy Herman Boehnke Monte, Alvarez's servant Carl Busick Arthur Franshaw, Gilbert's son. age 7 Laurenz Boergei Mrs. Milly Merryman, jolly'young willow Geraldine Hobroc k Sylvia Franshaw, her sister, Velma Boehnke Mrs. Griggins (afterwards O'Kelly) "a widely" Lorna Klausing Synopsis Act 1 The broken home "Dead to Me!" Act. 2. Balking a villtan. "If you do, I'll Cowhide You." Act 3.—Tightening the coils. “Not Today, My Boy!" Act 4 - The rescue. “I’ve Repelled 1 Spanish Invasion." Special entertainment will be given between acts. Dorothy Fathauer will give a group of readings, and the Decatur Bear Cals orchestra will provide music.

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Chess (’hampion r a |» L -J wdF* f JK ■■ ■Bh’ ■. - Dr. Alexander Alekhine <al'>»e), . Russian chess master, is now Hie world's best chess player. He defeated Jose Capab'.anca, former ; champion, ti Io 3, at Buenos Aires in the thirty-fourth game of the match which started September 16. MONDAY,’DEC. 26? TO BE HOLIDAY Business To Observe Christmas On Monday, Making Two-Dav Holiday A double holiday will be observed during Christmas week-end in this city, according to most business men and bankers. Since Decemlier 25 falls on Sunday this year, practically the entire country ■ ill observe (TiruLmas on the following Monday. In Decatur, banks will be closed and practically all stores will remain closed on December 26. There will be no publication of Hie Daily Democrat There will be one mail delivery in Decatur on December 26 and there will '.v a rural delivery in order to take care of the abundance of late Christinas mail, but the post office will not be open for mailing December 26. Regular Sunday hours will be observed. The fact that 192 Sis Lcaji Year will cause Christmas to fall cn Tuesday n-xt year, in <1 id of Monday and therefore there will be no double holiday next year. o Lindy Accepts Invitation To Make Non-Stop Flight From New York To Mexico Mexico (Tty, Dec. 8. (UP) Colonel Charles A Lindbergh, N( w York to-l’aris aviator, has accepted an in vitation to tty from New York to Mexico (Tty. on what is purported to be a non-stop attempt. It is understood all arrangements have been settled except the permission of the state department which was expected to he granted soon. Washington, Dec. s. tl'l’l Tin state department will o-operate in every way in facilitating Charles Lind bergh's contemplate non-stop flight from New Yotk city to Mexico City, it was said on high authority tmlaj Lake County Murder Solved By Confession

Painesville. 0., Dec 8. lINSi- A murder, which for a time, threatened to develop into one of the most baffling mysteries confronting Lake county authorities in years, today hud been solved, according to Sheriff E I Rasmussen, through the confession of Mrs. Velma West, who, he said, finally broke down and admitted after four hours of continuous grilling last night, that she killed her husband Thomas E. West, 26. during a fight in their little cottage on tffe Narrows road, at Perry, live nines east of h- r< Mrs. West, a girlish woman of 21 years, told Sheriff Rasmussen that she lieut her husband to death with a hummer, lie said. Mrs West said she committed tile act In an insane 1 age Tuesday night about s 30. acording to Rasmussen, * —_ —_ . _ _ 0 _ Feast Day Observed At Catholic Church Today Tiie feast of Immaeiilate Concep- , tion of the Blessed Virgin was celeI brated today in St. Mary's Catholic church Being a holy day of obligation . masses were said at the same time ai { on Sundays.

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SUFFERING AND PROPERTY LOSS ' IS WIDESPREAD Entire Midwest Gripped By Worst Storm Os Year; Fire Loss Heavy COLDER WEATHER IS DUE TONIGHT By Intel national News Service Twenty-one known dead, transportation and telegrapu services crinnled, trains delayed, millions of dollars in fire damage, late shiuping imperilled and severe suffering was the toll today in the worst storm of the yextr which gripped the entire midwest in a frigid fury. Zero and sub-zero weather locked tie country froun the Rockies. Can--1 ada. Texas and the east. Fires Raqe In Cities Twenty-one persons were killed . directly and indirectly by the intense i cold. Fires raged in a score of cities i as inadequate stoves were overheated I in an effort to combat the cohl. High winds kicked up the waters of Lake Michigan and Superior and drove vessels to harbors. Many were caught in a 65-mile-an-honr gale which swept in from the northwest. One vessel, the Puritan, broke its mooring at Manistee. Mich, and raced through the waters with no one aboard. Collier weather was piomised for tonight with the mercury sinking in Illinois. lowa. Indiana and Wisconsin to far below the zero mark Ishpeming. Mich.. Dec. 8. (INS) One hundred fifty men marooned in Blueberry mine near here faced starvitii ii and freezing death today as vo'unteer farmers and townspeople batflid gigantic snowdrifts to convex food and fire to the mouth of tiie in pe The men were trapped beneath tiie surface of the ground when massive snowdrifts lollected near the mine ami prevented exit. Worst Since 1884 Indianapolis. Ind.. Dec. 8. (INS) - Icy gales today continued to sweep Indiana as the worst early December cold wave since 1884 tightened its grip on the whole state With temperatures tills morning ranging from four degrees below zero at South Bend to twelve degrees above at Evansville, the zero belt was expected to spread over the whole state by Friday morning intensifying the suffering among the poor and tiie hardships of motorists, according to .1. 11 Armington, local government meteorologist. s "There is no prospect of relief from tiie severe cold for at least 36 hours.” Ai mington stated today. ' The Arctic wave Is unbroken clear up to the Medicine Hat region this morning where 31 degrees below zero were reported." o- - —

REV. 0, E. MILLER HEADS MINISTERS baptist Pastor Re-elected President Os City Ministerial Association The Decatur Ministerial Association met in regular session at the Ohl Adams County bank yesterday. This meeting was also the annual business meeting, at which time the election of officers took place. The Rev. (). E. Miller, pastor of the Baptist church, was reelected president of the organization and the Rev. A. R. Eledderjohunn, pastor of tile Zion Reform' d etnir h. was re-elected secretary-treasurer. Besides other items of business, a helpful paper was read by the Rev. It \V. Stoakes on the subject, "Church Ma nagement." Tile next fellowship gathering of the members of the association and their families will be held in the Zion Reformed church parlors on Tuesday evening. December 20, at 5:30 o'clock. —— ———-o —-—-—— Evangelical Sunday School Holds Election At the reorganization of the Evangelical Sunday school last evening the following officers were elected: Superintendent. Eugene Runyon: first ■ assistant superintendent. J. O. Trickier; second assistant superintendent, t Adoph Kolter; secretary, William Linn; treasurer. Henry Adler.

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