Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1927 — Page 1

WEATHER Probably fair tonight and Friday except for some cloudiness. Much colder.

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CITY COUNCIL CLOSES BOOKS FOR YEAR 1827 Method Os Paying City Engineer, Clerk And Treasurer Is Changed EACH DEPARTMENT MUST “PAY ITS WAY” I lie city council, in special session last night, paid all outstanding bills for the year and made several changes in the method of paying the salaries < t (he City Engineer and Water Works superintendent. this being a combined office, and of (lie city clerk and the city treasurer. The council moved that the salary ii' ihe water works superintendent be paid entirely out of the water «eiks funds. Up to now, the salary | of the combined office of cjty engineer and water works superintendent, which is held by Orval Ifarruff, has been divided between the general fund and the water works depart iii> nt. Changes Are Made For the office of city engineer. Mr Harrufi was paid $1,500 out of ihe general fund, and SI,OOO out of the waler works fund. Beginning next year, the entire $2,500 salary w II lie paid out of the works fund, and the water works department will then l>e rebated for whatever work be does as city engineer. A per diem charge will be made for all engineer ing work, approximately at the same rate that the county surveyor is paid, ;IO a day, and this amount will then be placed to the credit of the filter v. iks department. With the office of city_uleili. th'* entire $1,500 salary has been paid out of the general fund in the past, lieginning in 1928, the salary will be divided among the general fund, the tlectrlc light department and the water works department. The clerk will be paid S6OO out of the general fund, $754 out of the electric light fund and $l5O out of the water works fund. The salary of the city treasurer. $1,200, has been paid out of the general fund in the past. I'nder the :tr. angejpent of making each departmint ‘‘stand on Its own feet" er pay its own way, the treasurer will be i paid S3OO out of the general fund, $750 by the electric light department ; nd $l5O by the water department. Examiners for the state board of accounts advised the council that rich an arrangement could be made With the three offices affected by the change, most of the work done by the officials is either for the electric , light and power department or the ‘ water works department of the city plant and the councllmen felt that ‘ the municipal p’ant should bear most ‘ of the salary expense. The change will make it possible • for the council to decrease the ap- . p opriatlons next year for these three I offices ami the saving next year is | estimated to be about $3,500. Following the allowing of the bills, O. L. Vance, chairman of the finance committee, reported 'hat the electric light, department had a balance of $26,480.49, the water works department, $4,243.58 and the general fund, ’ $23,985.55. The city plant has enjoyed a won<con tinted on rmn vw<»» NEW TREASURER NAMES DEPUTY ■ — (I Ed Ashbaucher,New County ) Treasurer, Names Alice 11 Lenhart Deputy Miss Alice Lenhart, of this city, will g serve as deputy county treasuiei, »>•, Pinning January 1, it was announced d today by Ed Ashbaucher. treasurer- n elect. Miss Lenhart is well qualif.ed ti for the position, having served as <e- t Puty treasurer and in other cl"t ca b imitions at the Adams County Court s House for several years. 1 Miss Lenhart is a graduate ot Te- b catur high school. For some lime, s 1 P served as secretary to her father, sHurt Lenhart, attorney. Later, she as- n fisted in the offices of the county rr w ccrder and county treasurer. P Miss Lenhart will assume her duties t« as deputy treasurer Januaty -, " 1 Mr.- Ashbaucher takes ofice. At p.< ,c sent, she is acquainting herselt ■'< . the work of the treasurer's oil ice.

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Mail Will Not Be Delivered On Monday There will be no i.'Miveiies of mail on Monday .lanuary 2, which is 'he legal holiday for N' « Years. Postmaster L .A. Graham announced today This order applies to both city and rural deliveries. The postoffice will be closed all day Monday, also, Mr. Graham, said. GASOLINE PRICE IS LOWERED HERE New Price Is 16 Cents A Gallon; Increase To 17.2 Cents Predicted Gasoline price/Vnecal nr dropped ■( i cents a gallon to 16 cents today, at practically every gasoline filling station in the city- The price dtop er neighboring cities. The price of 17-2 cents was c.d.tbllgLd in Wayne >- pß,erday i ', n ' l most stations In that city were disnosed to charge the same price. A few independent stations still are sellin.. gasoline at a lower price The i6 - c :r n s Vn morninTone filling s,a,lon l ’"' n, ' r , sa ‘ rt ■ d o'l maintained for : w established >n advance d jO me time. I »* wH] s(11 , low:; Xt the firmer ; aklng advantaie 'of''"* lower price .nd a good business was reported at n stations today. Most Stations have ‘heir price nigtts on display around heir buildings.

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SAIB CALLED BEFORE JURY Republican State Chairman Is Witness Before Federal Grand Jury Indianapolis, Dec. 29.— (UP) —ReI publican state chairman Clyde Walb will not be a witness before the fedJetal grand jury probing the failure of (he First National bank of Lagrange, I'. S. District Attorney Albert Ward announced today when the investigators reconvened to renew the probe into the institution’s affairs. The grand jury had been in recess since it made a preliminary report dealing with other Investigations af'er week, but reconvened today to conclude the bank failure probe. Walb resigned as vice-president of the bank after his perscual affairs had Income involved. Since then he has been trying to recoup his losses partly with the aid of a $00,060 i pool" sahl to have been formed by ! his associates, including Former Gov. James P. Goodrich. Walb is head ot J the Walb Construction company of I LaGrange One of the conditions of the pool I was understood to have been that Walb drop all else In hand and de vote, his full time to his personal finances, but he still is state chairman. . I Walb recently announced he would [resign “before the holidays." No such resignation is known to have been presented. The LaGrange bank matter was | the sole subject for invesUgation when the grand jury reconvened. It was expected It would be ended before Saturday at the latest. Anti-Reds Enter Canton Hong Kong, ©ec. 29.—(UP) —Anti- ! Communists troops of General Li I Chai Sum entered Canton this morning without opposition.

Decatur. Indiana, Thursday, December 29, 1927

Merchants Rejoice As Dean Os Women At I. U. Issues Bloomer Order: Bloomington, Ind Dec, 29—(INSi The campus cal is out of the hag at Indiana university today. Local merchants have for some lime observed increased sales of bloomers. Today, it was learned that bean Agnes Wells, dean of women at Indiana unive.sity, has Issued a general order requiring every 1 11. eo-eil to wear bloomers. "No Idooniersim class attendance" was th ■ substance of the < ider which appeared tn all girls gathering places on the rumpus. "Its a standpoint of health that this order was Issued" bean Weils defended her action today when questioned about it. ‘‘Unless gills dress sensibly they are liable to catch cold when the winter) blasts blow over the campus Leading fraternity men were divided on the question of whether the wearing of bio-mets detracted from the chic of the fair coed. "In the olden days, the fair damsels used to check their corsets when gribbled frat men called" said one fraternity man. "I wonder if the 1928 dames will start checking their blcoiuers." W. H. LIGER DIES THIS MORNING Hemorrhage Causes Death Os Man At W. (). Zimmerman Home, At Williams Walpole H. Liger. 47, of Williams, Allen county, died at the W. O. Zimmerman home in Williams, near the Adains-Albn county line, at 9:30 o’clock this morning. Death was due to a hemorrhage of the brain. W. H. Liger was born in Allen county, in August, 1880. He spent most of his life in and near Williams. For the last several years, he has been employed as a bond salesman in northern Indiana. Surviving, are the widow, Jewell Liger, and one son, \V. H. Liger, Jr., as Grand Rapids, Michigan. Two sisters, Mrs. ,1. H. Johnson, of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. H. I*. Blow, of Detroit, Michigan, also survive. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Zimmerman home in Williams and burial will take place in tin- De atur cemetery. The Rev. R. W Loose, tastor of the Decatur Evangelical thurch, will have charge of the services. o — Father Kohne In Charge Os Local Catholic Parish The Rev. William Collins, assistant pastor of St. Marys Catholic church ir ‘.his city, left Wednesday noon for Bal timore, being called there on account of the illness of his father. Rev. Josepl Hesston, acting paster of St. Marys Catholic church, left today with the D. ('. H. S. Commodores for Shelbyville. He will teturn home sometime Saturday afternoon and in his absence Rev. Father Kohne. Decatur young man who was ordained to the priest hood last summer will be in charge < f the local parrfsh —p— Train Kills Man Vincennes, Ind., Doc. 29. —(INS) — Struck by a southbound C. E. A- I. lasseuger train, I’aynton Johnson, aged Hazelton man was instantly klll:d at Hazelton today. Johnson had been picking up coal along the tracks and apparently did not see or hear the train. He was thrown 25 feet. —o ' TO GIVE BANQUET NEW YEAR'S EVE Men Os Pleasant Mills M. E. Church To Entertain The Women The men of the Pleasant Mills M. E. Church will give a banquet to the women, New Year’s Eve, Doc. 31, in the basement of the church, at <. 00 o’clock The men desire to show their appreciation of the earnest and hard work of the ladies In behalf of the Church. It is the hope ot the sponsors that every family will be present for this social event. The men will have complete charge of everything from the kitchen to the program. An excellent menu has been arranged and it is as- | sured that all will not only be well fed but web entertained..

MORE HOMAGE IS PAID TO LINDY IN GUATEMALA CITY Plans To Take Off For San Salvador Tomorrow; Says Flight Was Hazardous MOTHER CONTINUES HOMEWARD FLIGHT Dallas, Texas, Dec. 29. (INS) The tri-niolored Ford ilane hearing Mrs. Evangeline Lindlu rgli. mother of (lolonel diaries A. Lindbergh, hopped >ll iiGin Love Field for Mnskolee at 9:15 A.M., today. This is he only ston scheduled between Dallas and SI. Louis. Guatemala City. Dec. 29. — (INS) — Tills city prepared to outdo itself total in honoring that intrepid young aviator. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who swooped down from the sky on in aerial errand of good-will from the big sister republic to the north. Since the visitor has announced ‘hat his stay here will be brief, oft‘l- - and populace alike prepared to arowd In us much homage to the 'lyer as possible. One of the principal excursions tolay will be a visit to Antigua by automobile. An official luncheon ami i banquet were also on the day’s schedule. 1 Col Lindbergh slightly disappointed his admiring hosts last night vheu he begged off from several fesIvities arranged in his honor. He xplained that he needed time to I nap out the route of his flight to San I Salvador. ' According to latest plans, Col. Lind>ergh will take off for Saq Salvador omonxjv,. . • Speaking of. his trip from Mexico "ity, Col. Lindbergh told the Inter’ational News Service that it was a , horoughly enjoyable one. Although • Admitting that the mountains here nade flying a bit hazardous, Col. Lindbergh was sure that a Central tmerican air service could, easily be established. Roomer Slays Landlord Chicago, Dec. 29. — (IT)—George Leffler was shot and killed by a roomir in his home early today, after he ■emonstrated with the man over at‘entions paid to his wife. The roomir escaped. FARM INSTITUTES BEGIN NEXT WEEK Three Sessions Scheduled In Adams County ; Good Speakers Obtained The Futmer's Institute season wil' get undet way in Adams County next Tuesday when the annual Root township farmer’s Institute takes place. The Monroe farmer’s institute will he held Wednesday, and the Union town ship Institute will be held at the Kohr School, on Thursday. C. D. Kunkel, W T. Rupert and Dallas Spuller are chairmen, respectively, cf the three institutes. Good programs have been arranged and no one who attends will be disappointed. Two speakers have been arranged for by the Farmer's Institute Division at Purduo University. Mrs. V\. C Roberts, of HelßouVille, Lawrence county, is the woman speaker. She was born and reared in the country, and has always worked with country people. She helped to organize her local Home Economies Club and has served in official capacity for several years. She is president of the State Home Economics Association, at present, Mr. ami Mrs. Roberts own and operate a farm and devote most of their efforts to live stcck. M. S. Lafuze, ot Liberty Swill he the other speaker. He is a graduate of Purdue University and was a member of the live stock judging team, which won first place at the International Live Stock Show. He served oversease as an officer and, since his return, Is operating a 160-acre farm. For three consecutive years, he has grown more than 100 bushels per acre in five-acre corn contests. In one year, Mr. Lafuze sold from his 160 acres, two crops of pigs which weighed over 85,000 pounds i at the sama time doing most of the . regular farm work, including the grow- . ing of sixty acres of corn which yieldL ed over 100 bushels per acre. Everyone is Invited to attend tho I farmers institutes, regardless cf where they live

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Mr.-' Dorothy Woodman Parkhurst if Boston, widow of Governor Fred 'rick Hale Parkhurst of Maine, and Back Hay society leader, has applied 'or a marriage license to wed Cyrus Dimitri Comities, young . medical Atudent. descendant of Byzantine miperors anil now working as head vaiter in a Back Bay case DEMOCRATS OF DISTRICT MEET More Than 300 Attend Wilson Day Memorial Banquet At Winchester More titan "On Eighth district Democrats gathered at the Christian church al Winchester, las night at he annual Randolph county Wilson lay memorial banquet Every county 'll the district was represented at he meeting. Frank C. Dailey, DemoTatic candidate for governor, and Libert Stump, Democratic candidate or United States senator, were the hlef speakers. Many notab'es of the Democratic '■ks were present nt t’’e gnthe-'er hn A. M. Adair, former congressan from his district: Claude Ball, ongres "tonal candidate in 1927; Virgil Simmons, eighth d'Rtrict comnltteeman; R. Earl Peters, Demoratic state chairman, and many othrs were present and made a few renarks before the two principal (CONTINt'ED ON PAGE TWO! FIND KO TRACE UF“THE DAWN" Vessels Complete Search In Waters Near Sable Islands Boston, Dec. 29—(UP)—No trace if the missing airplane of Mrs. Fran?es W. Grayson had been found as the search of the waters south near Sable Island was completed, the Destroyer Sturtevant radioed to the Charlestown navy yard today. The message from the ship, which was engaged in the search for the missing amphibian plane The Dawn, read: "The destroyers and coast guard vessels have completed their search in all waters south of latitude 44 degrees within a radius of 70 miles of Sable Island “The coast guard boats uro extending the search to southward Thursday while the Sturtevant and Mahan will sweep to eastward and northward of the island." o J. G. Brown Mentioned As Gubernatorial Prospect Indianapolis. Dec. 29 —(UP)— The name of John G. Brown of Monon, former president ot the Indiana farm , Bureau federation, was brought for- . ward by his friensd today as a possibility for the i epublican nomination . for governor, because of his promln ( ence In farm affairs, and his service ir the legislature in 1910 and 1911.

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ADMITS HE SHOT DRUGGIST DURING HOLDUP IN 1926 Kidnaper-Slayer Names Accomplice In Murder On Christmas Eve, 1926 FACES AII R AIG N MENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON Los Angles, Calif., Dec. 29. (I’P) William E. Hickman faced arraignment this afternoon for the murder of Marion Pinker, not as a youth tempted to unspeakable crime by an imYiilse, but as an accomplished 21'iminal with a record as a killer. Hiekm.tu eliminated any hope of a sentimental defense when he con'essed last night and early today to 1 long aeries of ho'.dupa including one u which a druggist was shot to death. Attaches of the prosecutor's office *ere convinced Hickman’s confession o the killing of Ivy Thoms clinched he case against him so firmly that he could not tscape the gallows. Police Take Extra Precautions Meanwhile, police were taking -laborate precautions to protect Hicknan when he is arraigned this afternoon I'bey feared the new tnurder :onfesaion might increase to a dan;eious point the resentment against he kidnaper For hours yesterday deputy sheriffs luestloned Hickman in his eell on tis criminal activities preceding the ddnaping and murder of the Parker girl. "Did you kill anyone else? He was sked repeatedly. Each I.me the 19-year-old Kansas ■"lty sdfcool boy shook his head. Ho droned out stories ot holdups vnd p.-tty thievery. Always he pictured himself as the dashing charac er found in detective stories. Shortly after midnight ore of tho ifficers persisted. j "But you did kill someone else, lidn't you?” Hickman blurted out: “Sure." And then in the same calm manler in which he describes! the butchring < f Marion Parker lie told of the loidup of a Rose Hill drug store on ’lirihtmas eve, 1926, tn which Thoma vas shot to death and a policeman, 'on J. Oliver, was wounded. He named Willoughby Hunt of Allambra as his accomplice. Police .rested Hunt, who denied he was th Hickman. Scars on his shoulder ore from bullet wound*. Dr. Benmln Blank, jail physician, said, owever. Records of the police department howod two bandits entered Thoms tug store. When the proprietor atmpted to defend himself, one ot he bandits shot a revolver from hfa and, and a second bullet ended his !fe. When Patrolman Oliver entered, ho banditi tigaln opened fire One bullet struck the officer In the leg \ second shot struck a button on Ml ver’s coat. Hickman told his story with the Attitude of a fatalist. He seemed In ent upon making a clean breast of Ms entire life of crime before enterng a Court where he insisted he vould plead guilty Willoughby Hunt. Hickman’s aIIeg(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) —■ - o PLAN SERIES OF SERVICES Series of “Loyalty Services” Arranged Bv Zion Re. formed Church Beginning next Sunday, the Zion Reformed church will enter upon a series of “Loyalty Services.” The first week will be consecration week conducted by the pastor of the church, and during the second and third week, evangelistic services will be conducted by visiting pastors. The special services will open Suni day morning with a Holy Communion k sorvice and a memorial service tor the members who have passed to their reward during the last year. On Sunday night, the young people of the I church will conduct their monthly . worship service. On Monday night, Miss Freda II Koeker, of New York City, will speak n on the subject, “The Land of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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