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HOOKS' PLANE WASHED ASHORE i BODY NDT FOUND Plunges Into Ocean IUD LUCK FLIES ‘with other AIRMEN Melbourne. Ha„ Feb. 27.-<W»-~ The wrecks of Harry Brooks - n! ,ver" Plane found in the break- - — S pilot "ho hft Titusville Saturdiminutive plane in which li last week flew from Detroit „ Titusville was totally wrecked. A 1* was missing A truck brought I."wreckage to Melbourne today. k was believed from the appearer of tlte wreckage, washed ashore String the night that Brooks either had been thrown clear of the craft jhen it plunged or else had freed lumself and drowned in an attempt to iwlm ashore. Patrols of Hoy Scouts searched for i Brooks' body over the long stretch of : beach south of Melbourne today while ashing boats searched offshore near 1 rhere the plane was found. Other Fliers Lose Lives By United Press Bad hick flew with American airmen over the week-end. Three flyers were believed to have been lost in the Atlantic and one was tiled and six were injured when three planes crashed on land. Little hope was left for Harry Brooks whose tiny “Flivver" airplane dived Into the sea off Meltame. Fla., Saturday night. Walter Hendricks took an unknown ! passenger out to sea from Curtiss ’ Field, L. 1., to greet a girl who was i coming to New York aboard a transAtlantic liner and failed to return. Ships and airplanes are searching for them. S. N. Craig of Beaver, Pa., a passenger, was killed and FTank Yager, pilot, was badly hurt when a transcontinental airmail plane was wreck(CONTINI'ED nx PAGE FIVE, o tilt FIRMEN MAKETWORUNS ■ Small Loss Caused By Two Blazes In City This Forenoon Two fires this morning gave local firemen a goo dworkout and they answered beth calls in record speed, holding the fire loss down to a minimum. The lirst call was answered at CM o’clock this morning, when a kitchen-car on the Erie railroad caught fire from the cook stove. Local firemen answered the call -nd had the fire under control in a short tune. The inside cf the kitchen «tr was badly burned and part of .the ta and one side were damaged. The toss was not estimated. The secon deall of the morning was Hie -Mrs. r. Deininger home on Ma- ,’ on B t reet at abollt 10;30 o>clock( ere a root b ] aze h - d gtarted The was extinguished in a short time i e loss was small, it was reportf’ re ' *' was necessary ■e the water hose to get the fire home tho tro h’ *' hile at the used h chei nicle attachment was

Parents Os Monroe Man Married 73 Years Ago Conroe hav "^ r i S ’i Wm ' parents of J J. Longenberger, of • vear s of aep (> ebrate( l their 73th wedding anniversary. The father is 95 Client hpaiti an t-? 11 e motber years of age, and both are active and in ex-

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Gave Police Clue i ■ ■i - ; Duncan Bruce, Lynbrook, N. Y„ taxi driver, reported to the police that he had been forced to drive from that city to Albany at tne point of a gun by two men who. left behind a wad of newspaper clippings on the “human torch” murder in New Jeisey in which Margaret Brown was burned to death. WILLIAMWOODS DIES SUDDENLY Root Township Farmer Succumbs To Attack Os Apoplexy William R. Woods, 69, of Root township, died suddenly at his residence one half mile east of the Dent school house, at 5 o’clock Sunday morning. Mr. Woods had been in good health and his death was attributed to heart trouble. Mr. Woods w.ts horn in Indiana. May 31, 1858. He was married in early life, to Awilda McQueen. Mr. and Mrs. Woods moved to Adams county 22 years ago and have since resided in this county. Surviving are the wife and the following children: Ulysses 8., at home; Clady, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Oressa Exley, Decatur; L. S. Woods. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A sister, Mrs. Maggie .Buchanan, of Fort Wayne, and a halfbrother, Aldon Campbell, of Detroit, also survive as do 13 grandchildren. Mr. Woods was a member of the United Brethren church of Decatur. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home in Root township and at 2 o'clock at the United Brethren church in this city. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The Rev. C. E. Miner, of Laketon, and the Rev. Cecil R. Smith, of Decatur, will have charge of the services. o Two Workmen Killed In Explosion At Toledo Toledo, Q, Feb. 27. — (U.R) — Two workmen were killed, and four were injured when a ten thousand gallon tank of gasoline exploded at the Sun Oil company plant here during the night. The blast rocked half of Toledo and was heard for miles. Fire which followed the explosion, was still raging early today and two lesser detonations menaced the lives of firemen who fought the blaze. Board Os Guardians To Meet On Tuesday The Board of Children’s Guardians will meet Tuesday afternoon, at 4:00 o’clock at the Library. A full attendance of membership Is desired.

near Newton Falls, Ohio, housekeeping seventy-three years ago about two miles southeast cf the village of Newton Falls, and have lived in this vicinity all their lives. Both are of Pennsylvania Dutch parentage with the* sturdy virtues of that good old stocky industry, frugality and piety having left a deep impress upon the character of both. “Mr. ' Longenberger looks like a Norse Viking with his abundanQwhite hair waving back from a high forehead and his long white beard cover ing his chest; a well set up figure of ON PAGE THHEEI

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HORSE BURNS TO DEATH IH DARN Fires Causes Loss Estimated At $4,700 On Adam Gephart Farm, Sunday A barn on the Adam Gephart farm, in St. Marys township, was totally destroyed by fire about noon Sunday. Between forty and fifty tons of hay was stored in the bam. besides other feed, all of which were dost rawed, Mrs. Gephart, who was a/one at the house when the fire was (discovered, successfully led two horse)*—fh>m the blazing structure, but one horse broke away from her, ran back into th ebarn and was burned to death. A Ford truck, broom machine, and other farm machinery also was burned. The wind happened to bo in the right direction to carry the flames away from the house and other biddings. The origin of the fire is not known. The loss on the bam alone is estimated at $3,000, with a loss of appt oximately $1,700 on the contents. The loss is about three-fourths cov- | ervd by insurance. Prince Os Wales’ Brother Tries To Steal His “Thunder” Melton Mowbray, England, Feb. 27 — (U.R) —Prince Henry, King George's third son was thrown heavily and was reported severely Injured today when his horse fell at the awkward hedge while he was hunting with the quorn foxhounds. It was reported this afternoon that Prince Henry was injured in the leg. Fellow riders said he viewed his injury lightly and wanted to remount. The accident occurred near Ragdale. Pennsylvania Train Derailed Chester, Pa., Feb. 27—{U.R>—A New York to Washington flyer on the Pennsylvania railroad tgas derailed at Marcus Hook Tower, near here at 10 A. M. today, it was believed no one was killed. Several persons were re. ported injured. U. B. REVIVAL TO BE CONTINUED Services To Enter Fifth Week Tonight As Interest Continues Unabated Unabated interest was manifested at the United Brethren church yesterday, in the revival services. Three persons reponded to the altar call last night, and others asked for the prayers of the church. Deep conviction fastened on some people as they stood halting between two opinions—to surrender to God or let self have victory. The services will continue indefinitely and the services tonight will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Many were heard to say last night?—"This has been the best meeting and we believe the revival has just begun." The pastor. Rev. Mr. Smith, spoke from the text in Psalms 39:7, "And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee." The pastor directed his thoughts around the theme — "Why are you not a Christian?", and used suggested questions that had been given him by those who had refused to yield in these services. Citations to God’s Word and to illustrations from every day life were used as the pastor discussed the excuses that folk make. The pastor discussed the following statements: “J'olks are making flimsy excuses today as in other days as reasons for not accepting Christ, but these excuses will be to no avail in the judgment. Some have said to us as we have spoken to them, I do not need to be a Christian; some have said I do not Yielieve in your ways; another has said, I have nothing to repent tor; and some have said, there is so and so, they are not living right and they pretend too; and still another and a lot have said, some time I will." To these the pastor asked them to face the Word of God, Calvary, the Cross and tue Life and Teachings of Jesus, "Except ye repent and be born again ye can not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.” The mistakes of others will not determine your salvation, he said. Your own mistakes will be the point at issue there. Better live with a few hypocrites a few' years here, than in eternity all the time. And then we know' not what the morrow will bring forth, "Be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh.”

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, February 27, 1928.

MEMBERS OF ; | OLD HOME WEEK CLUB I • *»*♦♦♦ I ‘ HAVE YOU JOINED? I I Seventeen names have been added to the Old Home Week Club list today, making a total of sixty-two. The boosters are hoping that it will go over the hundred mark within a day or two. Today’s list includes the name of our old friend. Lew Ellingham. publisher of the Foil Wayne Journal-Ga-zette, but who has never got over calling Decatur heme. 4 Won’t you help swell this fund? Re'member every penny Is to lie used for an entertainment in the late summer for those who love Adams county, those away from home and those here. It can be made a great week if proper interest Is manifested NOW. Here are the new members: John H. Lose, William Lose, Jesse Leßrun. Fled Reppert, Mrs. Michael I . Miller. A. L. LaFollette. Dan Niblick, Felix Maier, M. Moyer, I>eigh Bowep, Harl Hollingsworth, William Beineke, . R. A. Stuckey, L. G. Ellingham. H. R. . Moltz. George Shoemaker, A. R. Holt-1 house. IMMUNIZATION IS BEING URGED Parents Urged To Have Children Immunized To Prevent Diphtheria Educational Week" for the prevention of diphtheria conducted by two ' representatives from the State Board of Health, was completed in Adams county last Friday. Most of the children in the schools of the county as well as a goodly number of parents, had the opportunity of seeing the mo- ( lion picture "Preventing Diphtheria" This week is designated by the Ad- . ams County Child Health Hoard as "Immunization Week", at which time parents are urged to consult their family physicians in the interest of having children, ranging in age from six months to twelve years, immunized for the prevention of diphtheria. If it cannot be done this week it should be done at earliest convenience. A number of parents have already Others, who have had diphtheria in their home at some time during the past, have expressed their appreciation for this educational woik and recommended the high value of this simple treatment of prevention and disease. Those who have had the disease in their home once do not care to have it repeated and are protecting these who may be susceptible. -- —•—o WIFE OF HENRY DOEHRMAN DIES Aged Resident of Friedheim Settlemen t Dies At Fort Wayne Mrs. Henry Doehrman, age 79, died of complications Monday morning at 11:05 o’cltxj: at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Limbert, 2706 South Anthony Blvd. Fort Wayne. She had been a life-long resident of Freidheitn, Adams county Preble township, She was a member of the Bion Lutheran church of Freidheiin. Surviving are her husband, Henry Doehrman; two sons Conrad, at home and Henry, of Midland, Michigan; four daughters. Miss Lisetta, Mrs. Clara Limbert, Mrs. Minnie Schlaudroff, Mrs. Hulda Schultz all of Fort five grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Dick Hoorman; two brother, Charles Nahrwold and Mred Nahrwold of Fort Wayne. A son Herman and a daughter, Mrs. Anna Ankenbruck preceded her in death. The remains will be brought to the Doehrman home in Preble township and funeral services will be held at the Freidheiin Lutheran church Thursday afternoon. The time of the funeral has not yet been announced. Mrs. Pinchot Seeks Office Sayre, Pa., Feb. 27.—(U.R)—Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of former Gov. Pinchot, announced her candidacy today for the Republican nomination as representative in congress from the 15th Pennsylvania district, 0 Baltimore Has Fire Baltimore, Md., Feb. 27. — (INS) — Three blocks in the southeastern section of the city were in ruins today as a result of a spectacular fire last night. Loss will run about $300,000.

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LOCAL CHURCH TO BURN MORTGAGE I Zion Reformed Congregation To Hold Special Services Soon Announcemenl was made yesterday at the Zion Reformed church of the special planned services to take place during the earning weeks. Sunday, March 25. will he a most important day for t lie Zion Reformed congregation, at which time the mortgage on the church will he burned. The $50,000, newly-erected church, dedicated tour years ago, has been •ecently freed from indebtedness and the above date has been chosen for a "Praise and Thanksgiving Service,” wlrcli is also the fourth anniversary of tile dedication of the Ichurch. Appropriate services are being arranged for the morning and evening. The public examination of the catechumens which was to have taklen place on the above date will be ! oim week sooner, Sunday. March 18 I The confirmation .services of the - class will follow on Palm Sunday. ■ April 1. with Holy Comtnunion on j Easter morning, Sunday, April 8. Oa Easter night, the Senior church choir I will render an Easter cantata, entitled, "Joyous Bells of Easter.” The first week in April will be observed an "Holy Week" with epeI cial services cn Sunday, Monday, , Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday nights. The Holy Week services will climax in the three-hour Good Friday Union service, to be held by the Protestant churches of the city. Tlie above dates should be kept in mind and given definite attention by ' the members and friends of the church. Yesterday was alsd an inspirational day for the local cangregation when seventeen new adult members were eceived into the fellowship and membership of the church. There was a message on the subject, “The i Meaning of the Christian Life" with the senior choir assisting with special anthems, "The Lord of Hosts" and "Call Upon Me." SENIOR PLAY TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT D. H. S. Seniors To Present “The Lottery Man” Tonight And Tuesday The Senior class of the Decatur high school is in readiness for the presentation of the class play "The Lottery Man", tonight and tomorrow night at the high school auditorium, beginning at 8 o'clock. “The Lottery Man" is a comedy in three acts and is quite different from any play heretofore presented in this city. Many laughs are assured all who attend. The cast of the play is as follows Jack Wright Herbert Fuhrman (A newspaper reportei.) Mrs. Wright Helen Kirsch (Jack’s mother) Mrs. Peyton Vivian Thomas (a wealthy matron) Foxey Peyton Ross W. Stoakes, Jr. (her son) Lizzie, Virginia Hite (an eccentric maid) Helene Mayer Helen Haubold (Mis. Peyton's niece) Hedwig Helen Schroll (a masseuse) Hamilton Gerald Koos (the butler) Mrs. Payton's schauffeur Kenneth Schnepp The play is in three acts, and Billy 801 l has headed a committee on securing stage properties for the production. Special music between acts will be furnished by Mrs. Carrie Haubold and Miss Angie Firks, in instrumental duets, Miss Dessolee Chester in songs, Miss Isabel Cloud in a group of songs, and Miss Dorothy Haley in a group of piano numbers. The play has been under the direction of Mrs. James R. Blair, and the supervision of Miss Blanch .McCrory, class guardan. Six Persons Killed In Grade Crossing Accident Martinsville,* Ind., Feb. 27.—(INS)— Joint funeral services will be held at the Christian church here this afternoon for the six victims of the grade crossing crash at Centerton, seven miles north of here. Burial will be in three double graves in South Park cemetery, a mile south of Martinsville. Six motor hearses will carry the bodies to the cemetery.

Boy Hangs Himself - B ,iSir"" 1 11* 1 sMi ■L. W’’ V 49 r Joseph Conlon, aged nine, was found dead in his home in Brock- _ ton. Muss., with a length of tape twisted around his neck and attached to the top of a door. He had been playing with the tape, using it ( as a lassoo, and it is believed that. while trying to release it. he fell and was strangled to death. DIES SUNDAY r I I j Heart Attack Proves Fatal To Decatur Woman i Sunday Afternoon . Mrs. Joseph N. Case, 70, of this city died at the Gase residence on ThirI teenth street at 12:2Q o’clock Sunday i afternoon. Death was said to have > been due to a heart attack. Mrs. Gase I had been ill only a few days. > . Rosina Neu Meier Gase was born i in Ohio, November 27, 1857. She was i j the daughter of Anton and Elizabeih •, Neu Meier. She was united in mar- ’ j riage to Joseph N. Gase in 1882 and Mr. and Mrs. Gase came to Adams | county 39 years ago and have since | resided here. Mrs. Gase was a member of St. I Mary's Catholic Church of Decatur. 1 ' and a member of the Third Order cf St. Francis and the St. Mary’s Sodalite. Surviving are the husband, J. N. Gase and the following children: ' Brother Robert, of St. Charles Semi;jnary, Carthagenla, Ohio; Mrs. Clem Lengerich, Washington township; j Mrs. Peter C. Miller, Washington town- j ship; Cornelius Gase, Fort Wayne; ' Clarence. Otto and Agnes, at home. 1 A sister. Mis. Rachael Meier, of Wapakoneia, Ohio, and a brother Andre a Neu .Meier of Wapakoneta, also sur-1 vive. A son, three sisters and two bro- : 1 thers preceded Mrs. Gase in death. * I Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock at St. Mary's Catholic church and burial will be made in the St. Joseph cemetery west of this city. The Rev. Joseph Hession will have charge of the ser- ' vices. Dirigible Los Angeles Is Enroute To Panama Washington, Feb. 27—(INS) —Sailing serenly through the tropic night, the great dirigible Los Angeles was well on her way to a non-stop record flight to Panama tills morning. The big silver ship reached and pas- ■ sed Nassau, in the Bahamas, nt 1:15 o'clock this morning, and a short time later Lt. Com. Rosendahl, commanding, advised the navy department by that he was striking on for Panama. it’ no mishap occurs .and if the feather is favorable the Los Angeles will reach the Canal Zone about 4 o'clock this afternoon, completing the long est trip she has undertaken since she was flown across the Atlantic from Germany. o — Farmer Threatens To “Blow Up” Coolidge South Bend, Ind., Feb. 27.—(INS)—Albert Anderson, 50, wealthy farmer living near Donaldson, was in jail here today following his arrest after alleged threats to “blow up" President Coolidge and the members of the United States supreme court if lie did not receive $50,000 by Tuesday. Local authorities were endeavoring to solve the mystery of Anderson's conduct inasmuch as he is not demented and is considered one of the most substantial citizens of the Sweedish community in which he lives. Anderson was arrested by Charles Mazey, secret service mau from Washington after he was alleged to have conveyed his threat to the high officials in a 150-page letter.

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THREE PERSONS ADMIT PART IN Si 33.000 HOLDUP Total Os 20 Men And Eight Women Under Arrest In Connection With Case LARGE AMOUNT OF LOOT IS RECOVERED I [most of th< naihciptinls under arrest and a large amount of | the loot recovered, the sensational SI33.U(M) Grand Trunk mail robbery, staged Saturday morning at a south side suburban station, was practically chared up today, according to high police officials and postal inspectors assigned to the case. All of the loot was in currency, packed in (wo sealed mail pouches. More than half of the stolen money is believed to have been recovered. The latent cache was discovered early • today in a police raid on a ’lat several blocks from the scene of the 'holdup. Eighteen thousand dollars were discovered there and three women, found in the place, were arrested. 28 Under Arrest This brings the total arrests in connection with the robliery to twenty men and eight women. Two of the men and one of the women have made complete confessions, according to Deputy Police Commissioner William E. O'Connor. A man. widely known a.s an attorney and politician, was said to be implicated in the confessions. He not only knew of the robbery plans, according to the statements, but participated in distributing the loot. Another man. prominent m local 1 ’Kilities, it> said to be involved in the 1 i ease. He- is being sought by police ' and government agents. The two men who have made complete confessions, according to Depnty O'Connor, are Charles Cleaver and Wil iam Donovan. O’Connor regards them as the "brains" and ring leaders of the gang of seven men whn ’.dually staged the daring holdup. The money was bnjng shipped from Chicago banks to banks at Harvey, a MANY HEAR TALK BY RUTH MYERS Daughter Os Former Decatur Minister Tells Os Work As Missionary Miss Ruth Myers came b4ck last night, back to the home of her parents and grandparents, back where she spent many happy days as a child, and her return was observed . iiy a crowd which taxed the capacity : of the First. Presbyterian church to j the limit.. Miss Myers, who is the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. G. Hunter Myers, spent nearly five years as a missionary in central China, five days back from the coast where she taught in a Methodist missionary school, until forced out a few months ago by th" revolution. She expects to return there next year and to continue her work, which must have been verx interesting, judging from her description given in her hour’s talk last evening. She told of her work and the progress of the school there and the progress of her 250 students. She told of the sincerity of the Chinese who have been christianized and their faithfulness, even in the face of death. She told of the sufferings as a result of floods and drouths and from bad government and gave numerous incidents which made her talk the more absorbing. She referred to Miss Esther Sellemeyer, of Decatur, several times, the latter being several weeks farther on the interim of China. Every seat in the church was taken, the Methodist congregation having joined with the Presbyterians in the service and Rev Elliot, of Bluffton, led a crowd of about sixty which attended the exercises. Rev. Fernthier was in charge and presented the speaker. The Scripture lesson was read by Rev*. Stoakes, of tho Methodist church, and prayer was offered by Rev. Eliott. The choir, under direction of Miss Dessolee , Chester, rendered several songs and , Mrs. Moser and Mr. Sauer sang a , beautiful duet. ( Miss Myers is a talented young (CQNTI.NUED ON PAGE FIVE,

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