Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1927 — Page 1

WEATHER pair tonight and Tuesday- Slowly rig. j()8 temperature Tuesday.

HUrt FOR MEN IN SUNKEN SIIR FADING

Lindy’s Mother Passes Over Decatur Enroute To Mexico

hundreds see bigmonoplane. PASS OVER CITY | Mrs. Lindbergh Plans To Elv All The Way To Mexico To Be With Son a—-detroit-in di an apolis FLIGHT TAKES 3 HOURS Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh, mother of Charles A. Lindbergh soiled over Decatur at 11 o'clock Ihis morning in a giant tri-inot-i.ied monoplane, enroute from Detroit, Michigan, her home, to Mexico City. Mexico, where she will spend the Christmas Holidays with her illustrious son. Ihe lir.-t leg of the flight was from Detroit to Indianapolis. Word was received in Decatur by the Daily Democrat nt 10:15 o’clock Ibat Mrs. Lindbergh’s plant was scheduled to pass over Decatur about 11 (.clock. The officials at the different schools in the city were notified by the Daily Democrat and a bulletin »as placet! in the office window on Second street. Consequently, hund.cds of persons were watching for tie plane when it soared gracefully over the city. The plane was flying extieme'.y low, and it skimmed only a few feet over the top of the flag pole, on the court house tower. All-Metal Ford Plane The plane was one of the Ford allmetal planes, exactly like the one which came to Decatur several weeks ago to remove Col. H. If. Emmons, prominent Detroit citizen, from the Adams County MeniortaTTidsjflta! Io Detroit. The plane left Detroit at 10:15 o’clock A.M., Eastern Standard time. 9:15 A. M. Central Standard time), and passed over this city at exactly 11 o'clock, Centra) Standard time. The pane reached Indianapolis at 12:15 o'clock, mak'ing the trip from Detroit to Indianapolis in exactly three hours. Mrs. Lindbergh is accompanied on the flight by A. R. Lajous, and Mr and Mrs. William B. Stout. Mr. Stout is the designer of the Ford transport passenger planes and head of the Stout metal airplane division of the Ford Motor Company. Henry Ford’s chief pilot, Harry Brooks, is the pilot in charge of the plane. Harry Russell is his assistant. The tentative flight schedule follows: Leave Detroit 10 A.M., today for St. Louis, 485 miles, spend night; leave St. Louis, Dec. 20 for San Antonio, 785 miles, spend night; leave San Antonio Dec. 21 for Tampico, 425 miles, HOXTIXIF.D OX* n«r,K FIVE! — —o MRS. CHRISTIAN BIEBERICH DIES

Lifelong Resident Os Preble Township Dies At Age Os 67 Years Mrs. Christian F. Bieberich, 67. life long resident of Preble township, died at the home of her son Herman in Preble township, Sunday night at 8:30 o’clock, following an extended illness Heath was due to a complication of diseases. Marie Koldewey Biebetich was born in Ibeble township in 1860. She was the daughter of Frederick and Bernadine Koldewe.', Mrs. Bieberich received her early educalon in Preble township and in 1880 she was united in marriage to Christian Bieberich. To this union, six children were born. Two children preceded the mother in death. Mr. Bieberich died about 8 years ago. Surviving are the following children: Herman Bieberich, of Preble township; Mrs. Bertha Kirchner, of Preble; Mrs. Emma Bittner, of Root township; Mrs. Pauline Hoffman of Preble. Twelve grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Bieberich was a faithful member of the St Paul Lutheran church. Funeral services will be held W ednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home of Herman Bieberich and at 1:30 o’clock (standard time) at the St. Paul Lutheran church, at Preble. Burial will take place at the church cemetery. The Rev. Mr. Gaiser w 111 have charge of the services.

ULCATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXV. No. 298

NATIONS TO JOIN IN “OLIVE BRANCH’* PACT

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, - ... —•——~~ Str Austen Chamberlain (left), Aristides Briand (right), aud Benito Mussolini (center), may come together in peace session that will have important ' bearing on European political affairs. , Premier Mussolini has accepted the olive branch. i file symbol, tendeied by Aristides Briand, foreign minister of Franco, i will lead to a meeting between file TWO 'statesmen that will clear up the - somewhat strained Franco-Italian situation. What's more. Sir Austen Chamberlain, England's foreign minister, will ptobably be a third party to this important conference. ’ Tiie Duce is in favor of the session. He has Informed the Italian Chamber that all points of friction should lie wiped away

NOTED LECTURER AT U. B, CHURCH Rev. L. A. Mclntyre Gives Interesting Address; Speaks To Women Tonight A good sized audience in spite of the cold weather heard the initial lecture of Rev. Lee A. Mclntyre, super-1 intendent of the Physical Religious Forum, of New York City, last night at the United Brthren church. He will speak tonight to women only and 'he subject of the lecture is "Tile Story of Life.” Last night. Rev. Mclntyre spoke for in hour on Physical Religion and in . a very interesting, pleasing and instructive way. His lecture was illustrated by the use of specially prepared slides, which he had collected from > his travels in this and the lands | across the sea. Starting out. lie show-, ad the great massive buildings and , structures of different types of the world. Then on the screen, he show-1 ad what the war had done to some : of these buildings in Germany. He 'ed the folks from the great structures that man had built to the act of creation—man. He followed the Bible atory of creation and with God's word exalted man as the crown of creation ant! earthly achievements, ’hen with sin in its various forms man weakens, degenerates, becomes a wreck, a bum. because he has violatad the laws that deal with the phys-

leal, mental and spiritual life. 1 In part, the speaker said: ••Man has constructed many wonderful temples-but the greatest and most beautiful temple known is the house in which you and I live, created , by God himself. “The body the temple of God is suggested by Paul in 1 Cor. 6:l9—‘Know ye not that your body Is the temple of the Holy Spirit, which is in you. Jesus recited this truth when He aid. Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again,’ referring to His body. „ , ••The body the temple of God suggests three things „,ui, "First - Special association with j o d in Solomon’s temple there was the Holy of Holies where dwelt Gods presence in the form of the Shekinah fl e no one but the High Priest ever, entmd this room. On the day o C rusifiction of Jesus all nature revolted a the act and the veil of the Holy of Holies was rent from top to bottom and the Shekinah lire departed, never more to return to the temple hui t by man- but on the day of Pentecost the Shekinah fire returned and sat. upon the believer’s head and they were an fined with God’s Spirit, so that today the body is the Holy of Holies, so to speak if we are willing to let God. — Special dedication of temple to God. ’I beseech you there-, fore brethren, by| ” ( r<>NTixn:i’ os raae five, |

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Three Children Burn To Death In Residence Battle Creek, Mich., Dec. 19. —(UP) —Three hildren of Floyd N. Conine were burned Jo death jjsuay when lire swept Conines home. i Conine and the children's grandmother, Mrs. Mary Crain, were dangenftisly injured, perhaps fatally in the lire. | —o Motorist Killed When Auto Hits Signal Post Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 19— (>’P*— Henry Pater, 43. Gary, was killed instantly today when u.s autoniooue collided with an electric traffic signal post on Indianapolis Boulevard. | He was thrown through the wind'shield to the pavement. Death resulted from a fractured skull doctors said. | o DEATH CLAIMS WM.DOEHRMAN Native Os Adams County Dies Saturday At Home In Fort Wayne William Doehrman, 77, former Adams county resident, died at nia home, 1015 East Washington boulevard Fort Wayne, Saturday forenoon. He had been ill from a complication of diseases fcr two weeks. Mr. ’Doehrman was born in Adams county, but moved to Fort Wayne when he was 15 years old. He entered the grocery business there and followed that business there for 62 years. He was active in his grocery business, which he conducted at 622-24 Barr street in association with his two sons up until his last sickness. Mr. Doehrman was a city councilman in Fort Wayne for many years. He was a member of the city board o’ works during ghoff and was a city councilman from the administration of Mayor H. C. Berthe eighth ward. He was a member of the Democratic party. Mr. Doehrman was president of the Retail Grocers association in Fort Wayne for several years and at the time of his death was treasurer of the organization. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church. Surviving are his widow; four sons Fred H. and Martin H-, who were assocaited with him in the grocery and Edward E. and W. C-, of Fort Wayne two daughters, Mrs. Jack Cavalier, of Hollywood, Cal., and Miss Luella at home; five grandchildren: one brother Henry, of Adams county, and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Buuck, of Adams county, and Mrs. Sophia Hockemeyer, cf Fort Wayne. ■ ft. — — Flight Postponed Again Daytona Beach, Fla., Dec. 19.—(UP) — Unfavorably weather today forced postponement of the endurance flight, of William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 19, 1927.

DEATH ENOS CAREER OF “KING” BENJAMIN PURNELL, ROLER OF THE HOUSE OF DAV 10 RELIGIOUS CULT Aged Leader Succumbs To Ravages Os Tuberculosis; Announcement Os His Death Withheld Three Davs By Followers In Belief He Would Rise From Death loday; Body Untouched Since Death On Friday Until Today . S !.' Mich., Dec. 19 (IP) Benjamin S. Purnell, King ot the House of David religious colony, died last Friday morning ot tuberculosis, it was learned today from Dr. (',. N. Sowers. No announcement <>l the death was made nreviouslv because

HUNDREDS JOIN IN SEARCH FOR KIDNAPER-KILLER Evidence Found That May Prove Girl Was Killed In Sacrificial Orgy CHILD’S BODY HACKED TO PIECES BY KILLER — Los Angeles, Dec. 19. (INS) Back almost to the spot where the hideously disembarked body of little Million Parker was delivered to her lather, swung i the collosal man hunt tiller the I diabolical criminal who inurd-i ■red her, when police todav; found grusome evidence that may prove the 12-year-old school girl was put to a torturous death in a strange sacrafitdal orgy. The new clue, which police hope will lead to capture of the arch flend who hacked Illa childish captive to pieces, were discovered in a house two doots from the spot where the killer flung the mutilated little body back at the girls father in exchange ’or $1,500 “ransom” money paid in S2O bills for the safe return of his daughter. $ ICO, COO Reward offered Lbs Angeles, Cal., -Dec. 19 -(UP) — Hundreds cf aroused citizens, spurred , by a SIOO,OOO reward, joined police today in seat ch of "the Fox”, kidnapper and slayer of Marian Parker, 12, but the cunning murderer answered by goading the bereave dparents and threatening death to the girl's twin sister. Shortly before midnight, a sneering threatening note signed, as previous letters had been sighed, "The Fox” was laid on a Hollywood fire alarm tCOXTIXI Bn (IV PARK T»» «»: Red Men To Give Annual Treat For “Kiddies” Tonight The annual Christmas treat for all children of local members of the Improved Order of Red Men will be given to the kiddies at the Red Men hall Wednesday night, at 7:30 o'clock, it was announced today. An expropriate progiam also has been arranged fur the evening's entertainment The children of all members of the local lodge are cordially invited to come to the hall Wednesday night and receive their treat. o— — GOOD FELLOWS CLUB REPORT Previous total $133.03 Mrs. D. N. Erwin 100 M. J. Wertzberger 1.00 Buck Private 25 John, .Maty and David Terveer . 1.00 Friends 125 Just a Friend 2.00 Dessolee Chester 1.00 | Catherine Schumaker .02 Total . $140.34 i HAVEN'T IlgDu ■ Days

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Itii IIKHIL I' 1 ' BMItIUM lof the belief of loyal members of tiie t ult over which 'King'' Ben reigned that lie would rise from death today. A belief that Purnell, who once (strode about the grounds of his colony in flowing white robes while a thousand long-haired devouts stood by in awe, would never die was one

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Benjamin I’urm' | of tile i.mels-uXthe cult's religion. I “King” Ben, self-styled “Son of Man,' first weired nation-Wide notoriety five years ago by charges of young girls that be debauched them under the guise of a religious rite. For Hie last three years Benjamin suffered from tuberculosis and Ur ght's disease At his Itedside when he died was Myrtle Tulk. one of his favorites among his followers and his nurse, Florence Walker. His body was left untouched over tho week-end In the bed where he died. SPANISH WAR VETERANS ELECT Frank S. Peterson Re-elect-ed Camp Commander At Annual Election Sunday Frank S. Peterson was re-elected commander of the Arthur R. Miller Camp, No. 52, of the United Spanish American War Veterans, at the annua election of officers held at a meeting in Kitson's barbershop. Sunday afternoon. There was a good attendance of veterans at the meeting. The other officers elected yesterday were; Jchn M. Lenhart, senior vicecommander; Jesse Roop. Junior vicecommander; Charles Brodbeck, adjutant; Charles Kitson, quartermaster; Harvey L James, patriotic instructor, Alfr?**i Hanheit, historian; James Buchanan chaplin; Amos Fisher, officer of the day; R. D. Myers, officer I of the guard; Edward Fulton, sergeant major; J. I). Andrews, quartermaster sergeant; Harvey Brodbeck, senior cclor sergeant; Orval Brentllnger, chief musician. The new officers were installed yesterday. The local camp has twenty four active members. Regular meetings are held once each month. ( -o— Conrad Gallemier Is 85 Years Old Today I Conrad Gallmeier of R. R. Root township celebrated his 85th birthday today. He came to this country from Germany 63 years ago and settled on the farm on which he now lives in Root , township along t.lie Deoatur-Fort , Wayuo road. Mr. Gallmeter has alI ways voted the Democratic dicket and I says he expects to as long as there is i a Democrat and he is here to vote. Mrs ’ Gallmeier is also living and both are ! hale and hearty and still attend to the ordinary farm duties. On Nov. 15. they celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary.

Questionable Thrift

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.International Newereel) 1 James Moore, aged 19, sentenced i to workhouse In New York tor sleeping in subways as “thrift" move, has i been arrested in Pittsburgh for using a truck as his sleeping quarters this time. Moore comes from Lawrence. Mass. He facts another sentence. Moore's ease is unusual —he adopts ; all sorts of schemes to avoid paying money for subsistence, and these “thrift" plans lead him into all sorts i of trouble. i HIGH PRICES PAID FOR ECGS Farmers Interested In Increasing Egg Production During Winter With the prevailing high price being paid farmers for eggs much interest is . being taken in methods of feeding and . other precautions necessary for the production cf winter eggs. The number of calls at the county agent's office for bulletins or other information on the subject is a direct reflection of the es- t feet which the present prices have upon those who are keeping hens for pr ■ fit. Probably the first essential to be considered in producing eggs during ! the cold weather is the matter of proper housing. Poultry houses should be dry, clean and well ventilated, but not irafty. Llttei should be changed as often as it smells musty, damp or becomes dusty. Colds, which often result In croup usually result from a lack of ventilation o: from damp litter. Dropping boards are absolutely necessary In order to take proper cate of hens Cleaning the boards dally keeps the house drier and lessens danger of roup A little acid phosphate or ashes sprinki ed ever the dropping boards after cleaning dries them and makes the • next cleaning easier. Good feed Is the next essential. Lay- • Ing hens should have free assess to a properly balanced laying mash, at all r times. One of the recommended home ■ mixed rations consists of equal parts • by weighing of ground corn, wheat ■ brand, flour middlings and tankage. ; Some people prefer to use meat scrap- . instead of tankage. Where skim milli is used the tankage or meat scraps • should not be placed In the mash. This r mash Is recommended with tho undert ttanding that other grains are beihg r fed, approximately twice as much - grain as mash to be consumed. f Since oggs are more than four-fifths water the necessity for the hens drinki- ing plenty of water Is evident. Hens will go thirsty rather than drink Ice water. Accordingly it must be arranged so that drinking water at well temperature is available at al times. Those wishing Information as to feeding, housing or other phases relat f ing to poultry may receive free bulletins at the county agent's office. ~ o Yomcn To Give Treat e For Children Tonight t t At 7:30 o'clock tonight, all children 1- of members of the Yoeuian lodge in d this city will gather at Loeman hall s to receive their Christmas treat and s participate In the annual Christmas e party held by that organization. e All children are invited to attend y the party, and tho committee in charge 1- stated that a rare treat was tn store for all tho kiddles.

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RESCUE WORKERS HALTED BY HIGH SEAS AND COLD Six of Forty Men Who Went Down With Submarine Know n To Be Alive SIGNAL PITIFUL PLEAS FOR HELP Provincetown, Mass., Dec. 19. (INS) Hope of saving the known six who are gasping their lives away in the cniinitetl torpedo room of the sunken submarine S-l. a hundred feel In low the surface of the pitching Atlantic, dwindled today when the hundreds of rescue workers, divers, engineers and scores of salvaging ships were ’aid idle by high seas and extreme cold. Arrival of the huge air filled pontoons which were to be used iu bringing the disabled craft to the surface had buoyed up spirits of the rescuers early in the day, but th i workers were forced to surrender, us the day wore on. to the mountainous winter Sean. One Diver Sent To Hospital One diver whose heroism kept him it th? frigid waters beyond the limit of human endurance, already has been taken to a hospital. The best naval engineers in the government's service are assembled to perform, if possible, another miric e of marine engineering Forty men went down with the submersible and six are known to be alive, trapp’d in their steel tomb on the ocean's floor. Six have signalled pitiful pleas for their release. Their supply us air is fouling rapidly and their sole hope lies in the Ingenuity us the experts above them. Air l>f i>elng pumped into the swamped 84 which lies imbedded In the ocean mud. with the hope of forcing it to the surface but as this plan htjid only the vaguest. hop« ot success, engineers had considered "uttmg away the torpedo room with Its air compartment and its six men with the Idea of rising this one secon and its human cargo But even this daring plan now ilea without power of execution us winter tales lash tiie water into a heaving, pitching sea that even barrels and barrels of oil fail to temper. Dlveis who are more than willing (lOXTIXI F.l» tIX I’itiK FIX El Stores To Remain Open In Evenings This Week The groceries, dry goods stores, clothing stores and ladios ready-to wear stores will remain opou every >f Christmas shoptiers.it was announced this morning. The dry goods stores and groceries will be open until K o'clock each evening during Ute week but no closing hour was set by the clothing st res. The jewelry stores have been remaining open in the evening for several days, and will continue to do so until Christmas GEHEVA CITIZENS SEEK NEW ROAD Sign Petitions Asking Fur State Highway East To State Line Geneva. Dec. 19 —(Special) —Petitions asking that a state highway be built from Geneva east to the IndianaOhio state line, have been signed By many persons in Geneva and coiu-tuu-nity and forwarded to the state highway commission. According to the petitions, the proposed highway will begin iu Geneva, extend east for five miles passes through New Carydon and thenece to the state line. A dire need for such a road has long been felt by citizens of Geneva and surrounding vicinity. At the present time practically ail ot the traffic to Celina and other nearby Ohio cities is routed south out ot Geneva and. ; even so, the road which must be travelled is not ccnsidered very good. i Geneva has good highways losdinj t tn the other main diretxlons, federal 1 road No. 27 going through, here and 1 loading north and south, while the s ment road gees west. The prospects ot securing a good 1 highway to the state line now looks e xery prosmfstng. and ft depends almost o entirely upon the number who sign 'be petitions.

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