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DR, C. G. BEALL SUCCUMBS TO CEREBRAL ATTACK Many Hours In ( oma MEDICAL profession SUFFERS REAL LOSS Fort Wayne. Ind.. Feb. 7.— i (tve) — Dr. Charles G. Beall, i jfi one of the most prominent ■ of northern Indiana physicians | n d a specialist in internalimedines, died at the Methodist i Epital here at 9:30 o’clock I his morning, from a cerebral I ittack according to an announcei pent by Dr. M F. Steele super- ! intendent of the hospital. He had been lying in a coma for several days. | The physician was found unconsdous in his automobile six miles t west of here Saturday night. He was ; lying on the back seat of his car i using a blanket as a pillow. The headlights of his machine were turned on. I These attracted the attention of poke Officer John Ehinger. It was I first believed that Dr. Beall had been . the victim of some foul play while ! returning from a call at Claypool, Ind. An examination by dozens of local ; physicians who flocked to the Metho* >' list hospital indicated that Dr. Beall apparently was the victim of ceve- [ bra! attack. Dr. Charles P. Emerson, i Indianapolis hrain specialist, was nmtnoned to this city and he confirmed this diagnosis. i “Dr, Beall was a very, very useful ; san and the medical profession suf- [ figred a real loss in'Tlfs death,*' Dr. ! Emerson said when informed of Dr. I Stalls death. Dr. Beall was a graduate of the Port Wayne College of Medicine in ! M o Geneva Oil Firm Gives Banquet For Employees Geneva, Feb. 7 —(Special))—lUxiut > fill employes and friends cf the Eust- | em Indiana Oil ami Supply company I gathered at the Masonic hall last night I it a banquet given by W. D. Cross, I Jr., for the members of the company. Several men prominent in the oil and gssoline industry attended the binI wet and gave addresses. The chief ad- ( dress was given by A. L. Derwle, of the \actmm Oil Company, of Chicago | The banquet was held in honor cf all station employees and their friends [ and a fine progiam was given foliow- . ' 3s banquet. The concern has oil and gas filling stations in Adams, f Wellsand Jay counties. — Catholic Archbishop Dies Liverpool. England, Fob. 7. — (UP) | -Homan Catholic Archbishop F. W. I j " f Liverpool diocese died to- | 1 aflPr a ''f'et bronchial iliness. m SCOOTS TH RECEIVE honors Merit Badges To Be Award* e(1 To Several Decatur Scouts Wednesday I i«’w a l !oca l Boy Scouts WIU be llon- ! Scout Rirth e i S ‘ ay evening ' at ‘he Boy the N ol .. h ' h <! ay ’ Party ’ t 0 he held at . »fani in Fort'w '’ iSh Seh ° ol gymna ’ AU local ttn ? ayne at 7:45 o’clock. •tonsors ai y e SC ° UtS lheir ,eatlers an<l which < TT led t 0 attend !h0 1 :ioi ‘ot th? i 8 ,’ e nK glven in celebrai she Bov Sa e ( gllteenth anniversary of J Men > ° UtS ° f Amerlcaj Richard ? d |, SeS be awarded to i*ntry, civics t i°' fireinanßhl P> car- ' Robert Wito . and craft worlc ,n wood ' for fi’rem fir , e Imansh>P; 1 mansh >P; George i ln leather- t lansh| P and craft work ski P, cookin? 1 ”? Burk ’ for flrem anDilley, for n! an< path " fin ding; Harry I Rolland Ron rpently and fiertnanshlp; Harold&7° r flremanßhl Pl and Four 80-, o’ f ° r r ‘ rem anship. ‘ hw 6 3. SDons C ° U ? fr ° m Troop num - I kflon, win ~° re , d by tlle American ‘’nk. The Se hnv Ce Ve the second class aril Sutton « B>are: 8 > are: Tom Burk - Rlc hHunt ’ Hlll) ert Stults and Bryl The ' he wl e aU t 0 be made by C(H,rt Os Hnn« Wayne Area Council i * hich all Bovs°« an . d are honors ‘o y Scouts greatly aspire.

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Vol. XXVI. No. 32.

Operation Severs Siamese Twins; One Still Lives

Unusual Operation Performed At Ottawa, Illinois Hospital Chicago, Feb. 7- (UP) —An operation which severed Siamese twins and permitted one to live was revealed here today. The twins were born on February 1, to Mrs. Frank Keller, in a farm gottage near Marseilles, ill. Dr. Paul E. Clark, who attended the birth said they were joined together in the lower part of the abdomen, in such manner that the same blood stream ran through both bodies. One child apparently was normal but the other showed no sign of life, except the blood circulation. Inasmuch as the circulation came from the heart of the other baby. Dr. Clark decided that an immediate operation was the only hope for the normal child. It was impossible to perform the operation with the crude facilities at home. So a makeshift crib —a closed box, lined with blankets and containing hot water bottles—was made. Rushed To Hospital The conjoined twins were placed in the box and rushed to Rayburn hospital in Ottawa. Dr. J. H. Edgecomb, a specialist, was called. He agreed with Dr. Clark that an operation was necessary. Ether was administered to the baby and the connecting link of flesh severed. The baby was given eight hours to combat the effects of the ether. Finally little Meta Keller stirred, and in a few hours was being taken back to her mother and now is reported showing the natural development of a normal baby. MRS. ANDERSON TO SEEK OFFICE Prominent Geneva Woman To Seek Nomination For County Recorder Mrs. Clara Anderson, of Geneva, today announced that she will again lie a candidate for recorded of Adams county, subject to the decision of the Democratic primary to be held May 8. Mis. Anderson is the third to announce for this office. Her announcement, reads: “Four years ago, J was a candidate for the nomination for county recorder and failed by a very small majority. I had made up my mind not to try it again, but so many warm and influential friends throughout the county have urged me to lie a candidate, that after considering it for several days and consulting a number of my home people, have decided to again enter the race. Clara Anderson;” Mrs. Anderson is well known through out the county and is a member of the board of trustees of the Adams County Memorial hospital. — O— Boys Play With Powder; One Is Seriously Burned Petersburg, Ind., Feb. 7. —(INS) — Ivan Leighty, 13, was in a serious condition today from gunpowder burns. Young Leighty and several companions discovered an old can partly rilled with powder in an old quarry five miles east of here. The boys built a itonfir eand decided to throw the powder into the fire. The Leighty' boy had filled his cap with the powder and was advancing with it toward the fire when the powder exploded. His clothes were set on fire and he kept from burning to death only by rolling on the wet ground. His hands, however, were burned almost to a crisp. His face was badly burned. .... o— Lincoln Union Workers To Gather At Bluffton Abram Simnfons, chairman of the Bluffton District for the Indiana Lincoln Union has planned for the opening dinner to be held at Community Building, Bluffton, Thursday evening, February 9, at 6:30 o'clock. To this dinner the following have been invited: county chairmen of Adams, Blackford, Jay and Wells counties; also, the committees, local chairmen and workers. Speakers of prominence will be present and speak. Final instructions will be given to the workers.

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HICKMAN IMS GROWING WEARY Listen To Protracted And Wordy Battle Os Alienists Today Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 7.—(INS) — Recovered from a drowsy day of bewildering medical terms, the jury of tout womeh and eight men, sitting in jdgment on William Edward Hickman, today faced the prospect of witnessing a protracted and wordy battle of alienists over the sanity of the confessed kidnaper-killer of 12-year-old Marion Parker. The opening d.y of the third week of Hickman's trial for a crime which he executed in three days brought somnolence to drowsy courtroom. Beyond his desk and out of view of Superior Judge J. J. Trabucco, the usually alert clerk shielded his eyes and pretended to be reading a book. Once, while art alienist talked learnedly about “paseveration" and "ideation” the weary clerk went to sleep. o Young Man Loses Four Fingers In Accident Robert Werling, son of David Werling residing east of Ossian, received a painful injury late Monday afternoon when the buzz-saw which he was tunning cut all four fingers from his left hand. The young man was rushed to a Fort Wayne hopsital where he is staid to be tecoveting. 0 Another Admiring Populace At Feet Os Col. Lindbergh Port Au Prince, Haiti, Feb. 7—(INS) —With another admiring populace at his feet, Col Charles A. Lindbergh today was feted and banqueted and taken on sightseeing tours through this Island. America's smiling young ambassador of good will, was cheered and hailed as the “New Columbus.” —— o Dog Taxes Raised In Wells County For 1928 Bluffton, Feb, 7 —The Wells county commissioners meeting in regular session Monday raised the dog tax to $3 for each male dog and $5 for each additional male and $3 for each female and $5 far each additional female dog. The county stone contract was let to the Erie Stone company under terms of the contract in effect last year. KIRKLAND FARM INSTITUTE FEB. 10 Exhibits Os Agricultural And Culinary Products Is Feature Planned Exhibits of corn oats potatoes soybeans, wheat, culinary products canned fruits an dsewing will feature the annual Kirkland township farmers institute to be held at the Kirkland township high school, next Friday. There will be two sessions of the institute beginning at 9:30 o'clock A. M. and the second at 1:15 o’clock, P. M. The principal speakers at the institute wil be Mrs. L. T. Pierce and J. P. Prigg. The Kirkland high school orchestra will provide music for the program. The Kirkland Ladies' Club will serve dinner at the noon hour. In the farm products’ show, there will be 10-ear and single-ear exhibits of yellow and white corn for both men and boys; exhibits of one peck of oats potatoes, soy beans and wheat for either men or boys. In the culinary show, there will be exhibits of white cake devil food cake, angel food cake, white bread, whole wheat bread, corn bread. Prizes will be awarded for exhibits of cold pack vegetables and meats, canned peaches, plums, and cherries. There will be exhibits of one dozen white eggs or one dozen brown eggs, each; butter, cottage cheese, lunch cloth, library scarf and a department for girls’ culinary products. All exhibits must be grown canned or made since January 1, 1927, and must be in place for judging at 9:15 o’clock Friday morning. The exhibits are open to farmers of Kirkland, Preble an dFrench townships. Merchants in Decatur, Preble and Craigville have (CONTINUKD ON PAGE TWO)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 7, 1928.

Decatur Man One Os Onlv Two Left-Handed Orchestra Leaders In U. S. The Now Orleans Item of Febrnnry 2 contained a splendid picture of True Filsto, cf this city, one of only two left-handed orchestra leaders In Amorita, and this caption: “True Frlstoe, the left-handed director of the Hurry Rogets Musical Comedy company, who is seen this week ai the Palace theater, on the stage, imiead of in the pit, directing the company in the big Minstrel Revue.” Tine anti his company went to New Orleans sixteen weeks ago on an eight week contract anil have proven such a drawing card that they are still there anil playing to“standing room only" each night. o. — SUES T. P. A. FOR 56.500 Mrs. Jennie Gehrig Alleges Defendant Owes Her Insurance On Husband A suit for J 6.500 was filed in the Adams circuit court here today by Jennie Gehrig, widow of Ijouis Gehrig against the Travelers Protective Association. Mrs. Gehrig alleges that the defendant is indebted to her in that amount for the death of her husband. It is staged in the complaint that Mr. Gehrig became a member of the defendant association in 1912 as a beneficiary member. It is alleged that, if the said Mr. Gehrig met death through external, violent and accidental means, $5,000 was to be paid to Mrs. Gehrig. It is further stated that Mr. Gehrig fell from the roof of his residence on October 12. 1927, his head and body coming in violent contact with the ground, causing his death. Attorneys Fruchte & Litterer, of Decatur, represent, the plaintiff. o Democratic And Republican Editors Plan Joint Meeting Indianapolis, Indiana Feb. 7 —HNS) —Throwing aside Campaign rivalries, Indiana Republican and Democratic editors plan to hold a joint midsummer outing in 1929, Earl Coble, chairman of the Indiana Republican Editorial assocaiation’s convention committee, announced today. The Editors of the two parties also will make a joint effort to obtain the 1928 convention of the National Editorial association, according to Coble. Nearly 40 entries already have been received in the republican Editorial association’s annual competition for three prizes for newspapers. Coble announced. o_ Al Smith Undecided Whether He Will Go To Houston Convention Abany, N. Y. Feb. 7 —(INS) —Governor Al Smith revealed today that he has not made up his mind whether he will attend the Democratic National convention at Houston Texas in June. “My plans are very indefinite and I don't know just what I will do, the governor said. It was learned that some of the governor’s friends have advised him not to go to Houston while othrs insist he should be on the scene when his name is presented to the convention for Presidential nomination. KIRKLAND HONOR ROLL ANNOUNCED Four Pupils Merit Honor In January; Attendance Is 92.46 Per Cent. Four pupils of the Kirkland township high school merited places on the school’s honor roll during the month of January, Hansel Foley, principal, announced today. They were Jean Houck and Mary Cover freshmen; Magdalena Borne, sophomore and Irene Hildebrand, senior. The average attendance for the four classes during the month was 92.46 per cent. The attendance record of each class was as follows: freshmen 89, per cent; sophomores 91 per cent! juniors, 94 per cent and seniors, 95 per cent.

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COMMISSIONERS CONSIDER BIDS Many Bids Submitted On Contracts For Furnish, ing Various Articles Bids for furnishing various articles for the county, including a safe for the recorder's office ,a stone unloader, tanks for the county infirmary and many kinds of road and bridge material, wre received today by the Adams county commissioners. At 2 o'clock this afternoon, no contracts had been let. A large number cf bids were submitted on the contracts. No other business had been taken up by the commissioners today. —— o— Series Os Attacks On Young Girls Solved By Arrest Os Negro Gang Chicago, Feb. 7—(INS) —A series of attacks upon girls of Gary and Indiana Harbor that begun last August have been solved the Indiana Harbor police announced today with the arcest of six negroes all members of a gank of bandits. At least two Indiana Hatbor girls and five Gary girls were victims of the gang's activities the police charged. The gang members wotked in paids Two of them woul dsteal an automobile and then would drive upon a road near Gary or Indiana Harbor frequentlyed by “gpooners". When a pair of these drove along the gangsters would hold up the man take his money and then chase him away. Both then would attack the girl it was charged. Most of the victims, according to police, were gills under 18 and all were white. 0 Battles Reported In Mexico Mexico City. Feb. 7. —(UP) —Frequent combats lietween rebel and federal troops in four states the past few days have been reported and in one engagement 18 rebel dead resulted. The rebels were slain when they attacked the town of Salmanca in the Etale of Guenajualo after cutting communications above Orapuato. Other engagements were reported in Jalisco, Michoacan, Aguacalientes and O Cima where Catholic trouble was reported, the war department said. MUSIC FEATURES REVIVAL SERVICE Carl Parlee, Song Leader, Gets Hearty Response At U. B. Church Carl Parlee. evangelistic singer who is directing the music at the United Brethren revival, is getting a hearty response from all who. attend the services. Mr. Parlee is not. merely rendering some beautiful numbers himself, but he is getting the congregation to do the singing. In this day of choirs, orchestras and special singers, there is a tendency for the people in the audience to become mere listeners and the services become more or less entertainments. Mr. Parlee gets the song out of everybody. Some new choruses “The Smile Song,” “Oil in your Lamp,” and “My Cup Runneth Over" are some that "tune up" the audience and get everybody in good spirits. The sermon last night was based on the account of Paul and Silas in jail and the conversion of the jailer, who asked the most important question of life, "What must I do to be Saved?” After giving a graphic picture of the story, and picturing it in the modern life of today, the pastor drew tile following conclusions from the text: Pauls and Silases are needed today who will sing and pray no matter if you are persecuted, and then when opportunity presents itself, do a good turn for an evil one. The jailer recognized there was a difference between being lost and saved. He knew he was lost. He wanted to be isaved. He was willing to do something to be saved. The big fear to him was not the magistrates of the government, hut the fear of a righteous Judge at the Judgement bar of God. When the jailer found peace (COXTINVFD ON PAGE TWO)

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Unusual Marital Tangle Is Brought To Light At Noblesville Noblesville, Ind., Feb. 7. — (UP) — Courts will decide who is who in the unusual marital tangle, brought to light, when Hiirrie L. Whitley filed complaint for a divorce from Dallas C. Whitley in circuit court because of Don-support. About the same time, Whitley, an Anderson business man. started proceedings to annul his marriage eight months ago, to Ruth Ramsey, of Anderson. The Noblesville woman is Whitley's first wife and is said to be his legal wife, but she is now Mrs. William Myers. ' Whitley said he and his first wife separated in 1909, and that nine years later she informed him that she had divorved him and married Myers. Husband Marries Another Whitley married Miss Ramsey last June after being convinced that his first wile had been divorced and remarried. Several months later it was revealed. Whitley and his first wife bad never been divorced. Realizing their marriage was null ajjd void under Indiana law, Whitley and his seexmd wife separated. Whitley wished to reunite with his first wife and started to straighten out his marital affairs. He and Mrs. Myers met in an attorney's office and talked matters over, agreeing to start proceedings. CHURCH HOW FREE OF DEBT Evangelical Church Celebrates By Burning Notes Sunday Sunday was a remarkable day at the Evangelical church. The occasion was the burning of all notes, thus celebrating the Church's freedom from all indebtedness. There were three services, and large and enthusiast! crowd were present at all. If the Sunday school be considered as a fourth service and the people cf each service be counted, tho attendance would be more than one thousand. In the morning, the pastor, the Rev. Ralph W. Loose, gave a historical survey of the church, which was organized iu 1870 with ten chatter members He traced the development through neatly sixty years until today the Society is a flourishing and well organ ized church of over 300 members, with a Sunday school of close to 100. He also showe dthe rise and significance of the Evangelical church, and American church, now 128 years old. Prof. C. A. Gerber, of the Bible Training School of Fort Wayne, and his children, Neva and Virgil, rendered a beautiful trio, “Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters". Prof. Raymond Weaver, also of the Bible Training School, presided at the Piano, and gave selections which thrilled the large audiences. The greater part of the audience remained at the church for the pot-hick dinner, which was served in the din-1 ing room and was throughly enjoyed by all. At 2:30 o’clock another service was held. There were instrumental and vocal selections, Prof. Gerber and Prof. Weaver, having charge of the music. A short address was given by Prof. Gerber on “Our Debt of Love”, which most fitting. Several of the organization heads also gave short talks. Eugene Runyon Superintendent of the Sunday school, spoke of some of ’he beginnings cf the vision of a new church and told how the Sunday school had paid $5,416 toward the church and new parsonage. Mrs. Linn, the Ladies’ Aid president, told in an interesting way how the women of the Aid, 106 strong today, have in the past aided the church, not only financially but socially and spiritually. They had contributed $6,774 to the new church and Parsonage. C. E. Hocker president of the Board, spoke in his characteristic way of the history of the building of the church. He showed how the congregation felt unable to build the new church at once as the original plans called for and so they cut off 30 feet on the rear to the east. Now, all regretted that the original plan had not been adopted, for it would have been paid for by this time. Now, the Chui ch has outgrown its present building and soon will have to look forward to an enlarged church. He then stated he had SIOO to give whenever (CONTINVED PAGE TWO)

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SELECTION OF JURY EXPECTED TO BE TEDIOUS D. C. Stephenson May Be Brought From Prison To Testify SEVENTY PROSPECTIVE JURORS SUMMONED Indianapolis, Feb. 7. — (INS) I). Stephenson, Indiana's ' most notorious life termer nrobablv will be brought from i his felon's eell at the state prison in Michigan City, to teslifv against Gov. Ed Jackson, his alleged former ptdilieal associate, who goes to trial in Marion county criminal court tomorrow morning on a charge of conspiracy, to commit a felony. This was intimated today by Wm. H. Remy, Marion county prosecutor, in a pre-trial interview. "Stephenson might be brought here as a witness.” Remy said. The former “old man of the Ku Kux Klan” who is now serving a life sentence for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, will lie questioned about the conspiracy with which Gov. Jackson stands charged and about his former political association it appeared probable. By Eugene J. Cadou, (INS Staff Correspondent Indianapolis. Ind., Feb. 7. —Indiana today was on the eve of trying its I second successive governor for alleged violation of its laws, However, the courtroom fans and I the politicians were expecting no thrills tomorrow morning when the rtrial of Governor Ed Jackson for alleged attempt iiribery gets under way. Only the first appearance of the governor in the- criminal courtroom was expected to relievo the tedium of examination of tlie prospective jurors. The spectators who will throng thu courtroom will not even be regaled by a recital of the indictment which charges that Jackson offered former Governor Warren T. McCray $10,0(10 and immunity from convicition in Indiana courts in exchange for the appointment of a favorite as Marion county prosecutor. To Pl:ad Not Guilty For Governor Jackson’s attorneys have announced he will waive arraignment and enter a plea of not guilty. Special Judge Charles M. McCabe has said lie will grant immediately theteafte: a motion for a trial of Jackson separate from those of his alleged fellow conspirators. George V. Coffin and Robert I. Marsh. The dreary examination of the prospective jurors was expected to requite the greater part of the rest of the week for close examinations by both state and defense attorneys were predicted. To date 112 men were possibilities as jurors. They included the 12 members of the regular jury pane! who <( 08'1’1X1 ED OX >*AGE FIVE) —: —o MONROE P-T CLUB FORMED Parents And Teachers Organize Club At Meeting Monday Evening Monroe, Feb. 7 — (Special) —At a meeting held at the high school auditoirum here Monday evening the organization of a Parent-Teacher’s Club was completed. The organization was started two mouths ago, but because of conflicting dates, was not fully organized until last night. The officers of the organization are president, Principal Earl M. Webb: vice-president Manati Lehman; secretary, Veda Andrews; trheasurer. Wm. Smith. These officers, together with three other members, James Rendrii ks R. L. Sprunger and Ervin Stuckey, constitute the executive committee. The stated date of the meetings of the Club will be the first Monday of each month. A veiy interesting program was rendered during the evening. French Quinn, of Decatur, was present as the speaker of the evening, and gave a holf hour inspirational talk on Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Earl M. Webb then entertained with a piano solo and a Men’s quartet closed the evening's program. The meeting adjourned to meet again March 5.

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