Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 11 February 1928 — Page 3

MINNS LEFT 1M50,000,000I M 50,000,000 IN | fffICEINI92T ' {"rance During Year |SS) _M»re than 200,000 F ’ rlß ” tourists. probably -ns many Eranee last year. d “ , ( . sliinu|( .th..y spent '' ’ n ttrt er of a billion dol*ore th * n trllV el. most of which *” ‘"nto?h<> coffers of foreign shlpJ companies, shopkeepers and ‘” P| "'Ton the number of tourists ■ on Transatlantic passengJirking anti disembarking at Le and Cherbourg, France s chief Cce 1922 these figures have shown constant progression. Le Harve L Cherbourg, handled 109.178 deling and embarking passengers in against 297.191 last year. In- & in last year's total were alU. 25000 South American tourists, figures for the intervening year., .howing constant increases, were as 'fjoj-251,100; 1926--218,683. Z Increase tn 1927 creases in last year's traffic over that nf 1926 are not entirely accountid f or by the advent of delegates to the American Legion convention. In Edition to the legion delegates there W re probably several thousand more binary American tourists in Europe hit year than in 1926. American tourists debraking al .Cherbourg and Le Harve last year imnbered approximately 139,000. It is estimated that at least another 100,0(1(1 American tourists entered IFrame, elsewhere, through other [French ports or after first debraking lin England, Belgium, Germany, Spain or Italy. The port of Cherbourg which handled 68,678 passengers in the pre-war year of 1913, handled approximately IJJ.OOO last year. In all 832 ships ailed at Cherbourg last year as compared with 816 in 1926. The port of Le Harve. which handled 87,115 passengers in 1926, handled ■17.000 more last year. Transatlantic Mail The volume of trans-Atlantic mail I handled in 1927 increased with the number of tourists. Liners calling pt Cherbourg carried away J 56.300 bags of mail in 1927 as against .250.221 in 1926. More than 253,000 bags of mail were landed at Cherbourg during 1927 as against 245,621 ill 1926. Port dues paid into the Cherbourg Chamber of Commerce in 1927 reached 20 million francs, or SBOO,OOO, more than three times as much as jthe total in 1926. The increase was chiefly due to increased taxes levied m passengers landing and embarking at Cherbourg. Effective January 1, Bl’S, this tax was again increased. First class passengers now pay 260 francs, second class 150 francs, laird class and tourist class 65 francs. Fhench shop keepers and hotel managers are asking if the upward trend in tourist traffic is going to rontimie. And shipping men, lookinf "’er their advance bookings for ttis year, say yes. —o modern fashions are blamed for dropping birth RATE IN FRANCE By International News Service i Paris. — Modern fashions are reWnsible for declining birthrate in Mie today, according to one of her •wl*known doctors. The fashionable straight line,” he the ' vo, 'st enemy of fecond- ■■. - A hat our venerable fathers once Miutr "!’[ named an ‘interesting Jition has become, for our French icn. a ridiculous one. Walk for s through city or country and you' her situatim” ° ne Wh ° C ° nleFß sbo " ‘ ba ‘ ’he number of vith “.? rths hart s,eadi ly fallen off »kin« "> shortening of woman's . n 192 °- "’hen skirts were reported B ’va’ '° nß ,Uld full ’ France W L 1; i0,<90 births. In .1921, »ere oi l | e5 ii h " Ei ' n t 0 shorten - there h ye th 117 '" 231 and in the follow - AW s h nUmber fell t 0 70,579. and sell?'"’ ’housand six hundred ed in 192? T. Wr,hs were nuqiber’Kack o th . ng a feeble counter ' Wsed „? > ° nK skirt which was reWellt lown to 7 T2 d l6 the F nUmb th a®" 1 ” ’here h», ho ,21b ' From ‘hen on, births with th ” 3 StCady decline ot W-choJ * he growinK vogue of the •hows l8e ; The pas ‘ year ° r 1927 !sa| o's of'mw't a ? eople extremely Hence freedom and indepenInatloii ~r c ° mpletel y under the dom--BiSnersiSners Tt llressm akers and dehate , y are Ollr dictator who be flat a ., e ," ,bat ‘he women should brought n « thln as Possible. They good to,. tle s h or t. narrow skirt, hy ßenlc than°7h’ !’ erhaps and more higgest ... n be °“ K ones ’ hut the ne my maternity ever had." USE bimberlost Washing Powder

_ HOWIRISH president came NEAR DEATH. * - photo shows derailment of train carrying President car., It has been suggested that the de>allment might (’osgrnve of the Irish Free State, near Ottaw-a, Can. have been premeditated, but there are no facts to The visiting executive came about as close to death as work on. ■e ln_th,ff ? ,h. Arrow indicate* Cos Gave» (Teternanonal New.ra.l*

MORE THAN LIVES UP TO HIS “REP” ■ L 1 x - i i Ma i <i irnaw * r / 1. « WBMm . . 4 In his first competitive exhibition in America, Dr. Otto Peltzer (right), German track marvel, astounded fans and experts by the way in which he flashed home first in the thousand-meter race at New York. Her* the fleet-footed invader is shown accepting the congratulations of Ray Dodge of the Illinois, A. C., whom he bested to the tape, • (International Illustrated News)

PICTURE STUDIO WORKERSHAVE OWN LANGUAGE English Words Placed In Strange Combinations Puzzling To Visitors By Charles F. Carter, INS Staff Correspondent Hollywood. Cal. — Motion picture studio workers speak a language of ■ their own, a “studio Esperanto" which ' p’aces familiar English words in strange combinations puzzling to | visitors. I “This is the picture” rails Ernst Lubitsch and instantly. every player on the set snaps to attention prepared to take the utmost care in portraying his or her role. It is the di-tec-tor’s warning call that rehearsals are over, that a scene in its final. | pet fected form is to be taken. ; "Hold your hammers"! The cry echoes over one of the enormous stages, ahd sudden silence follows. Carpenters building new sets or wrecking old ones hear the cry and know that a company is going into action and that quiet must be preserved. "Where's brains?” querulously asks i director, puzzling over a script and I some one dashes in search of the j scenarist. “Shake ’em up!” shouts the chief electrician just before the taking of in important shot, and immediately the man at the main* switch shuts off the power, then snaps it on again. | This shakes the carbons in the arcs, j sets them in place and prevents flickering. “Make him sweat,” orders the director and a prop boy dashes out with an atomizer and sprays glycerine over an actor’s face and arms to give the appearance of perspiration. “Hot points!” a gruff voice bel[lows, and the players hastily move aside. The camera man is coming down the sage bearing his heavy tripod with its steel shod points. “Grip.” This is the name of the strong-arm man who does the heavy ' work, shifting and carrying this, that and the other heavy articles about i the set. "Stand in man." Here is a new exI pression introduced recently at the Paramount studio to describe a man I who poses for the star when the cameras are being focused just before shooting a scene. His job eliminates from the star's work many weary hours of simply standing. “Stand in women” are also used to relieve the featured feminine players. Shunning all publicity and registered under an assumed name, Mary Miles Minter, once a darling of the film fans, has returned to Los Angeles and is living quietly in a Westlake Park apartment that overlooks the house where William Desmond Taylor, picture director and the man she loved, was murdered six years ago. Edward Sands, Taylor's valet, who was sought by the police in connection with the noted director’s death, has vanished utterly. Mrs. Charlotte Selby, Mary’s mother, is in Paris, and

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Mabel Normand, whose name unfortunately was dragged Into the case because of Taylor’s high regard for her. is ill in a Santa Monica, Calif., hospital. Many dark shadows cast on Hollywood by Taylor’s mysterious murder have not been erased by the long passage of the years. Many smartly dressed screen stars are- sponsoring a fashion fad whi h is both charming and practical. I> is an evening jacket with long sleeves, cut to match the grown with which it is to be worn. Phyllis Haver insists the’ new fashion enabled her to attend a recent social function when recovering from such a severe cold she would not have lared to venture out in ordinary evening dress. Several feminine film stars are so "smitten” with the vogue they have little coats of chiffon to match every evening dress in their wat drolies. o — OBITUARY Amos W. Wagers was born to Joseph J. and Rachel R. Wagers in Van Wert county Ohio, Nov. 13, 1856. He departed this life February 7th 1928. Ago 71 years, 2 months and 24 Jays. On April 16th 1X79 he married Nancy A. Sims in Van Weit county, Ohio. In 18S2 they moved to Blue Creek, Township, Adams County, Ind. Here they have made their home ever since. Into this happy home came four children; Mrs. Olive DeOrand of Adams County, Indiana; Hilda, who proceeded her father in death 6 years ago; Earl Wagers cf Hooker, Oklahoma and Mrs. Opal Meyer of Fort Wayne. Besides his faithful wife and companion he leaves to mourn 3 children, 18 grandchildren and many other relatives. A host of friends will mourn his going for to know Amos was to love him. he had a smile for every one. In 1887, under the preaching of Rev. R. L. Watson, he was converted and joined the fellowship of Salem Methodist Episcopal Church. He has not only been a member ever since but has served in many ways to help the church work along. He was trustee when death called him. When the fatal blow came January 27th we believe he was ready to answer the call of his Master. We speak of the realms of the blest, That country so bright and so fair; And oft are its glories confessed — But what must it be to be there- • Do tfiou, Lord, midst pleasure and woe For heaven our spirits prepare; Then soon shall we joyfully know And feel what it is to be there. o Refining Plant Explodes, Causing $1,000,000 Fire Long Beach, Cal. Feb. 11—(INS)— —One man was perhaps fatally injured and damage of almost $1,000,000 resulted at Long Beach yesterday when the Signal Galsoline company’s refining plant exploded with a terrific roar which rocked the surrounding country for miles around. Roy Thompson, 22, of Bellflower, an engineer in the refining plant is expected to die as the result of burns and injuries received when he was hurled through the building. Four oil wells valued at more than SIOO,OOO were destroyed and five others were damaged by the fire which followed the explosion.

FATHER TRUSTS PHONE AS NURSE Evansville, Ind., Fob. 11— k (UP) — "Minding the baby by telephone was arranged by an Englishman and his wife who with their infant son were guests at a leading hotel here. The parents had a night social engagement, so they had to leave the baby behind. Tint what to do in taking care of him was a problem. Finally the father had a bright idea He would have the night telephone operator at the hotel serve as nurse maid. The opeiator consented to keep on the alert for the haby z s cries, and the| receiver was left off the hcok of a ’ phone near the infant. "The kid is a topping sleeper—a rip- ’ ping snoozer" the father said explain-] ing that if he did wake up. a bottle ■ of milk would keep him quiet. The' operator agreed sho would have a bell boy arrange for the bottle if the baby woke up. At 2 a. m. the parents returned. “What, ho," remarked the father, “did the bally lad require his sustenance?” "He slept right on through," the phone operator reported. o ■ — T. R. Noll, Township Trustee, Improving T. 11. Noll. Washington township trustee, who underwent a major operation at the Adams County Memorial hospital some time ago, was reported today to be greatly improved. It is expected Mr. Noll will recover within the next several weeks and his many friends in Decatur and Adams county wish him a speedy recovery. « o George Remus Visited In Asylum By His Daughter Lima, Ohio, Fob. 11 —(INS) —Roinola Remus, daughter of George Remus. wife slayer who is held here in the state prison for the criminally insane, today was enroute to Chicago, after visiting her father. It was their first meeting since the former bootleg king was acquitted at Cincinnati on the sole grounds of in-

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Wabash River Flooded Ml. Cai mol 111. Fob. II The Wa bash rivAf which has born il-flng for

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| Ihe p.iHl wook renched 19 foot today ! which Is three feet above flood level stopping the lower ferry. Lowlands • I near here are flooded.