Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 8 March 1928 — Page 1

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I Ire of “slush I FUND” LIBERTY I BONOS TRACED I Snal ’ ■ Hukc Deficit In 1920 ■ ADVANCED $25,000 ■ to I’ ON DEFICIT I Washing! 11 March S.-tiNS)—The ■ M.ub'.iean national committee had a ■ /,licit after the 1920 -aHil'aign of ■ Mwe ,. n and $860,000. James ■ patten. >' “ whMt kingl " ■ ~.<tifi,il’today at the senate's inquiry | inh > disposition of the Continental T „,lin S many's $:'„uSO.OOO Liberty bond "slush fund." Patten told of advancing $25,000 to the late li -ed Upham. Chicago ~„„l lrer of th- Republicans. to pay f(( a part of th s deficit ami receiv- . in , in return $25,000 in liberty bonds. Patten gave the senate committee a I list of the bonds. , , , , Committee members said the bonds siren Patten were part of those that Harry F iSnelair gave Will H. Hays, p,.publican national chairman in the 1920 campaign. Patten said he made the $25,000 adrince to Upham on December 5. 1923. He subsequently used the I bands, lie said, in a contribution to u.» Evanston hospital. at Evanston, ' Illinois. The wheat king said “It was a mystery" to him where the bonds came from and how the Republican national committee got them. Patten said he had contributed to the Republicans “for a good many rears." He produced in evidence, a handle of canolled checks covering his contributions. He nlso contributed to Detmci .its in local campaigns < ; ia Chicago, he added. Senator Walsh (Di of Montana. I Jskeii Patten to explain the Decent- j l*r J. 1923 gift "On that day, Fred Vpham called st my office and told me there was a large deficit from the 1920 campaign" said Patten. "He said the deficit . was several hundred thousand dol- [ Im in the form of a loan from a New I York bank. He said it was covered I with liberty bonds. "He said they wanted to sell the hinds, and he wanted mo to give i $25,000 to pay off this deficit and he L »ou2d give me $25,000 in bonds. J i ■ save him a check.” o Misses School For First Time Columbus, Ind., March S-(U.R)—Car-oline Dodd, advanced high school student, today was absent from classes for the first time in her school career She is ill with mumps. MN WERT GIRL SERIOUSLY HURT | Miss Adeline Kirschner And Escort Injured When Train Hits Auto — Yl ns Adeline Kirschner, cf Van Wert Ohio, who is well knewn in this city, * a ' seriously injured and her escort I .uold Wable, also of Van Wert, was luinfuiiy hurt when the light coupe in " brh they were riding was struck by 1 snnsylvania railroad express and "foil train, west bound, at the Walnut 1 s reet crossing in Van Wert, early vesfornay morning... -diss Kirschner regained conscious- ’ Ss yesterday afternoon and hope ' J s held for her recovery, although w recovery, although her condition i, ed , cal ' er Ught foot was amputatafter she was taken to the Van ert county hospital, her right arm crushed at the elbow and her body “shed and bruised. Mr. Wable refront Bevere wounds on the back and «ho trt° f ' lis ' lea< * an< * his neck and iv, 11 , Brs were sprained, but no bones w ">e broken. ana'w KHschner is a daughter of Mr. t Mrs. E. N. Kirschner. Bnn n re ?° rt from Van Wert this afterm. . s ‘ at<? d that Miss Kirschner was regal lllprovet ' today. She has fully i Imi'f r tonsc ‘ OUBness and much hope not h f ° r her recove, ’y- So far . it has rivi, t )Pen nec essary to amputate her everv^r 1 a,ltl p h ys * c * ans are making de<ln;» e ? rl P° ssi hle to save the arm, rriish e > the fact that was hadly today ' was able to he up

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Prison for Actress K 3 Dorothy Mackaye. pretty widow of Ray Raymond, becomes No. 44,960 al San Quentin prison. Cal. She was sentenced to one to three years for conspiracy in case of Paul Kelly, found guilty of killing her husband tn a fight in Los Angeles. OEATHCLAIMS PHILIP HUSER Prominent Farmer Residing East Os Berne Dies Os Pneumonia Berne, Ind. March B—(Special) — Ph lip Huser, Sr. 77, prominent farmer residing east of Berne in Wabash township, died Tuesday afternoon at : 4 o'clock, following a ten days illness of pneumonia. The deceased was a life-long resident cf the Berne community, having resided for several years on a farm in Hartford township March 1, 1877. he united in marriage with Miss Verena Leichty. of Elkhart county, who preceded him in death March 5, 1920. On November 11, of the same year. Mr. Huser chose Mrs. George Hoch inter, of near Chattanooga as his second wife who survives him. Three sons cf the first marriage all preceded the father in death. Surviving, besides the widow, are one brother, Jactob, of B4rne: pnd a sister, Mrs. John J. Soldner, of Monroe township. Two More Cases Os Scarlet Fever Reported Two additional cases of scarlet fever I have been placed under quarantine, in ■ i Ikqatui. Doris Clevenger, fourteen-1 year-old daughter cf Mr. ami Mrs. E. C. Clevenger and a pupil of the seventh grade at Central School, has developed the disease. Het throat is terribly sore. The second case is Norma Peterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Petersen. Norma is under school age. Mr. Frank Peteison is the janitor of the South Ward school building. Mother And Two Children Killed By Fast Train Columbia City. Ind., March B—(U.R) —Funeral services were planned today for a mother and two children who met death when Mrs. Ralph Engle drove her automobile onto the Pennsylvania railroad Hacks here,' directly in front of a fast mail train. The dead: Mrs. Engle and her two daughters, Geraldine 4, and Jean 3. The accident occurred with the father and husband looking on. Mrs. Engle had just talked to Engle and was driving away from him when the crash came. o i— Boy's Second Attempt At Suicide Successful; First Made Him Invalid Anderson, Ind., March B—(UP)8 —(UP) —For two years, Herbert Brumfield, 17, has been unable to take food into his stomach, except through a tube. The tube feeding was made necessary because j of effects of a solution of lye which | Herbert was said to have swallowed j with suicidal intention. Last night Herbert died from the effects cf another injection of lye, which he poured through the tube inserted into his stcmach. 0 Man Burns In Hotel Fire Fordyce, Aik., March B—(U.R)—Firemen8 —(U.R)—Firemen early today recovered the body of A. S. J. Clarke, little Rock, Ark, who was burned to death when a SIOO,OOO fire destroyed the Gilgore hotel here yesterday. Two hotel guests were Injury in ujmping to safety.

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B. F. ROLLER TO ENTER PRIMARY Decatur Attorney To Seek Itemocratic Nomination For Prosecutor 11. F. Roller, attorney of this city, today announce dhis intentions of being a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Prosecuting attorney | of Adams county. Mr. U Iler’s law of-i fli c is located in the Studebaker build ! Ing on South Second street. Mr. Roller attended Ohio State university and is a graduate of the law school of Ohio Northern University. He pi act red law in Lima. Ohio, with tlie firm of Henderson and Durbin, leading attorneys cf Ohio. About nine months ago, Mr. Roller came to this city and located his office here. He is a member of the Ohio bar and of the Adams county bar. While at Ohio State University, he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. He also is a member of the American Legion. Mt. Roller stated that he would make an intensive campaign in Adams county for the office for which his is a candidate. Chisholm Boys Are x Prepared For Burial East Chicago Mai ch B—(U.R)—Bodies8 —(U.R)—Bodies f George Chisholm, 9, and his brother Edgar, 6. lay in an undertaker’s chapel heie today, awaiting burial which has been arranged through the charity of undertakers and citizens of this city . Thei. father, George—Chisholm. 35. | who confessed drowning the boys is! in the Crowq-Point jail. He will net attend the funeral. o Fort Wayne Man To Address County Teachers The regular monthly county teacher's institute will be held in the high school building at Monroe, next, Saturday, March 10. H. Francis James, of the Fort Wayne School of Art, will be the principal speaker during the forenoon session. The college extension classes will be held during the; afternoon, as usual. URGES TESTING | OF SEED CORN County Agent Advises Farmers; Crib Selected Corn Tests Low Many inquiries have been coming into the county agent's office during the last few weeks concerning the condition of seed corn. Reports from Purdue University on tests made of crib selected corn and field selected or hand picked coin shew that the crib corn is in very bad condition. The report states that, of the corn submitted from 26 counties, the crib corn germinated on average of only 71 per cent while that gathered from the field tested 92 per cent of gertninable quality. Adams county farmers should not i depend upon crib selected corn this year unless it is tested. Too much corn was put in the crib last fall in unmatured or dampened state and early freezes destroyed its growing qualities. Corn seleced from cribs should by all means be tested so that good stands ca nbe secured. Weak or diseased ears should be thrown out so that a stand of good healthy stalks of corn wil be obtained. Old corn from the season of 1926 will be all right excepting that it will be severa days sower in coming through ground than new corn. Old corn should also be ttsted so that some degree of its viability can be obtained. Sources, of seed are Hmited this year and those buying from outside the county should be sure to obtain seed that is early enough to mature in this section. Only reliable seedsmen should be patroniz>d. o Baby Daughter Os Jap Emperor Dies Tokio, March B—(U.R)—Although the imperial family observed unofficial mourning today over the death of the Prlncess'Hisa, six months old daughter of Emperor Hirohito, state functions were not suspended. Precedent is that death of a member of the Royal family, under seven years of age should not bring a cessation of state activities the coronation plans were not altered.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 8, 1928.

Flowers Blooming, Trees Budding At French Lick, Ind. F.eifch Lick, Ind , March 8 (U.R) — Spring has arrived in Indian i, according tn guests at the Flench Lick Springs Hotel, who today noted a blooming Crocus near the hotel. Treeare budding and grass is becoming I gieen. REV. R. J. WADE TO SPEAK HERE Prominent Figure In Methodist Church To Preach Here Sunday The Rev. R. J. Wade, who is to be the speaker in the Methodist church on Sunday morning in the morning woiship hour, is a well known figure in the Methodist church. He is a native cf Indiana, having held pastorates in some of the best churches in the state. From the district superlntendency he was called to become the head of the ! Commission on World service, with ‘ headquarters in Chicago. This position he has held throughout the last twelve years. Dr. Wade is a graduate of DePauw University and a graduate of the Be stem School of theology. He Is a man so prominent in the Church and educational circles that he is now being talked of as the president of one of the church's geatest universities. In two general conferences he has | been put in nomination for the office : of Bishop, withdrawing his name each time feeling that the position he new holds needed his service. It is now a current rumor that at the next general conference of the Church, to be held in Kansas City in May of this year, he - i will again be urged to accept the nomination for the highest office the Church can give him. Dr. Wade is a splendid speaker and the church here is fortunate in having him in tlie pulpit. He c mes on the personal invitation of the local pastor the Rev. R. W. Stoakes. o. Librarian Issues Notice Regarding Return Os Books Library books- which are in homes where scarlet fever or any other contagious disease exists, must not, under any circumstances be returned to the library while the illness exists or any j time thereafter. This order is very I imperative and is issued by the librarian as a safeguard to the children of 'the city. o — Four Boys Confess To Firing Buildings For Thrill Wichita, Kan., March B—(U.R)—Four youths, all under the age of 15, confessed here today to firing a warehouse, a factory building and a schoolhouse fcr the "thrill there was in it." The three fires occurred during the last three week and caused a total - damage of approximately $200,000.The youths were: Milton Lennens, 14, Henry Valick, 13, Arthur Valick, 11, and Virgil Brown. 13. TO GIVE PLAY HERE TONIGHT Methodist Epworth League To Stage “The Lady Os The Library” “The Lady of the Library” is the name of a delightful play in three acts, which will be presented tonight in the! Decatur high school auditorium, beginning at 8 o'clock, by members of the Epwmrth League of the First Methodist church. The setting of the play is laid in the reception room of the libary, and the story centers about the librarian, Miss Avis, who is known and loved by all the town as “The Lady of the Library.” The play has been staged and rehearsed by the Rev. Ross W. Stoakes. Music throughout the evening wi’l be furnished by the Decatur Concert Orchestra. Characters of the play include Miss Marcella Nelson, Mrs. I’. Bryce Thomas, Miss Marcella Hower, Miss Dorothy Walters, Miss Heretta Elzey, Miss Fern Passwater, Mrs. Harry Magner, Miss Kathryn Nichols, Miss Helen Eady, Mrs. Cecil Moser. Robert Mills, Frank DeVor, Graydon Dixon, Leigh Bowen and Herman Myers.

ELKS ELECT DR. EICHHORN RULER Annual Election Os Officers Held By Decatur Lodge Wednesday Night The annual election of officers of the Decatur Lodge No. 993, of the [ B. I’. O. Elks was held last night at ihe Elks home in this city. Dr. G. F. I Eichhorn was elected exalted ruler. He succeeds Walter Wilkinson. Other officers elected were: An■drew Foos, esteemed leading knight; : Wiley Aust in, esteemed loyal knight; j Charles Welter, esteemed lecturing I knight; Charles E. Holthouse, sec.re- i Itary: Robert E. Meibers, treasurei'; F. J. Schmitt, trustee for three years; Ben Knapke, tyler; Walter* Wilkinson, delegate to the National convention at Miami. Florida; Albert Colchin, alternate. The new officers will take office 'ext month. The exalted ruler appointed a membership committee and an effort will be made to increase the membership during the year. Clarence Spuller Wins More Honors At Purdue Lafayette, Ind. March B—Clarence L. Spuller of Decatur a junior in the School of agriculture at Purdue Uni- ! versity has wen a place on the Dis-! fi-o—'-her! student list for the past I semester, according to announcement .oday by President E. C. Elliott, ■ Mr. Supller is one of 180 persons out i of a student body of 3665 registered i last semester to attain a plate on the i honor roll. The Distinguished Student list includes those who have at least 75 per cent of their grades H or A I which is 90 or above, and no grades l below B. The senior class led in the j ' number of Distinguished students with j 53, while the juniors were close behind I with 4L. Tlat Jlreshman class .boasted 44 and sophomcres 36. Q Veteran Actor Dies Hollywood, Calif., March 8- (U.R - Funeral services probably will be held here Saturday for William H. “Daddy" Crane, 83, Actor. Crane, who has been on the American stage for 60 years died here Wednesday after a short illness. GILLIOM ENTERS SENATORIAL RACE ————— Attorney General Calls For Return To “Old Fashioned Republicanism” Indianapolis, March B—(U.R8 —(U.R) —Arthur L. Gilliom, Indiana's attorney general today announced his candidacy for the j Republican Senatorial Nomination I in the May primaries. His formal declaration of candidacy | j bearing 1,000 names was filed with ■ the secretary of State today by James ! House, deputy attorney general, while ! Gilliom issued his announcement state- j ment at his home in South Bend. Calling upon Hoosier republicans to return to "old fashioned republicanism he declared: “The same un-Republician influences that have meddled with the nominations of both parties in Indiana in-re-cent years are determined again to j control them. “In this fight. I will naturally h ive I the opposition of Superintendent E. S. 1 Shumaker, of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League; Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans, and Bragon Joseph Huffington, of the Ku Klux Klan. Os these, I ask no qttar-! ter—And I give them none. If this | nomination cannot lie had except by their leave, then I shall not want it. “During the campaign I will without straddling, sidestepping, or pussy-foot-ing, make clear my position on important public questions such as tariff, farm legislation, water way developments, state sovereignty, foreign relations, etc., including prohibition. I am a dry, both personally and politically. I favor the more vigorous, but more lawful enforcement of the eighteenth amendent. The volstead act now provides for medicinal liquors, but organized fanaticism favors the repeal cf these medicinal liquor provisions. 1 am against such repeal and am in favor of i complete freedom of the medical ■ science from legislative prescription or ■ proscription. In this fight, I invite the , opposition of the commercial Liquor • Bottlegger, and for him I favor higher i penalties than the volstead act pow L provides. I favor prohibition without , fanaticism and hypocrisy, Just as I favor Americanism without the Klan.

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First to Die | *’■**■■ -j*-. I i f / !-<■’ OS ' ■■ I 1 ; Sentenced to die or having caused the death of a patient through an i ' eperat on, Dr. Amante Rongetti. : Chicago, will be tile first person to die by electrocution in Illinois where hanging has ,>een the vogue. He is also the first person to be convicted in connection with fatal consequences of an illegal operation in Illinois. COMEDYABOUNDS IN 8. E. MINSTREL —— Fine Progress Shown In Rehearsals Os Various Sketches Rehearsals have been called for the Minstrel chorus tonight at 8 o'clock The Gingham gills and Fisher boys in the Saw Mill River Road act, will 'rehearse at 7 o'clock. These acts are ! coming along in good shape and, with I another week to go. they should be in ; tip top form for a good snappy per formancti Friday night, tlie act entitled ‘ Tie I Tut Tuttle” will rehearse in full force at 7:30 o'clock. Who would guess that the plot of this was laid at the North Pole? Ami who would guess that I. M. Slick (Don Farr) is just a brazen kidnaper, trying to kidnap “Little Nell" (Ross Stoakts), assisted I by "Tuttle” (Herman Myers) his in- j voluntary assistant, and that Little Nelt is the delicate and modest daughter of that hard-boiled character “Icycle Ike" l Bud White) own-, of the Coco Cola Bar and Eskimo Pie Palace. “Bull Sheviki” the great I detective, u very mysterious character requests that his right name not ! lie mentioned, but his assistants are I known to be the Misess, Charlotte ' ' Butler, Kathryn Hower, Eileen Burk, | Violet Burdg, Ruth Elzey, Evelyn '■ Kohls, Mary Kathryn Tyndall, and < Madelin Spahr. Mrs Bryce Thomas. - ! as “Dot Brown,” has the lead in this i | act. and is really the cause of the . | kidnaping plot. There is so much j I comedy in the sketch that one could ! scarcely call it a melodrama, as the I ! plot would indicate. — o Rev. Thompson Speaks At Van Wert. Wednesday The Rev. Harry W. Thompson, pator of the Decatur Christian church. ■ addressed the Men's Club cf the Chris-1 tian church at Van Wert, Ohio, last i night. A banquet was served in eon- j nection with the meeting. Rev. Thomp-1 | son spoke on the subject, "Church at I ; Work.” He was invited to make the ■ address by the Rev. George Owens, ■ pastor of the Van Wert church, who 1 was pastor of the Decatur Christian I church sixteen years ag?. cCouple To Roll Into Matrimony On Roller Skates At Anderson Anderson. Ind.. March B—(U.R) Miss Leona Cox and Henry Pittigrew will roll into matrimony here tonight. They will wear roller skates during their wedding ceremony at a rink, and Rev. John Ward Rose, pastor of the ParkPlace M. E. Church, who will officiate, will also be on skates. Chicagoans To Vote On Record Bond Issue Program . Chicago, Mar. B.—(lNS)—The largest j bond issue program ever submitted I' to Chicago voters will appear on the • Ap il primary ballots, in accordance . with an agreement reached by the • city council finance committee. The gigantic issuei, as approved by : the finance committee, totals $74,t 532,500, which will be expended on I municipal improvements recommend- . ed by the Chicago plan commission.

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OPPOSES SENATOR WATSON IN FIGHT FOR DELEGATES Secretary Os Commerce Authorizes His Supporters To Enter His Name BITTER FIGHT IS IN PROSPECT Indianapolis, March 8 (IMS) Herbert Hoover this afternoon authoriz 'd his Indiana supporters to enter his name as a candidate in the Indiana Presidential preferential primary, 'the secretary of commerce will d<> battle lor the Hoosier delegates ’o the Republican national convention with T. S. Senator tames E. Watson, the Hoosier favorite son candidate, ill much tin’ same manner as he is contending against I’. S. Senator Frank C. Willis of Ohio. lowa G. O. P. Supports Lowden Des Moines. March 8.- (INS)—The lowa Republicans today were committed in their platform adopted at ve terday's state convention to the candidacy of Frank <). Low-den. of Illinois. Tlie delegates at large, who will go to the Kansas City convention also were instructed to stay witli tlie Lowden cause until released by tlie andidate himself. o Bleachers In Butler Field House (’oilapse Indianapolis. Match 8 (U.R) —Steps to prevent collapse of temporary | bleachers at the new Butler field house during the final state high school basketball tournament Mai ch 16 and 17 were taken by three-seis of authorities today, following the crash of cue sec- ' tion of seats at the opening of the mammoth gym Wednesday night. Scores of persons were dropped into a struggling scratched and bfuised mass when suppoits of sect! n one i of the temporal y bleachers sank in- ; to the soft, new clay of the indoor ' field. Tile bleachers slid., rather than I crashed to the ground, injuring com- ' putatively few persons. c Mounted Police Battle With Butler Students Indiamipoh-. Ind., March. 8—(INS) j Mounted policemen and reserves were I f reed tc. battle with more than 2.Ont) Butler Univeisity students to keep i ttafiic turning in downtown IndianaI polls today when the collegians crazed ! by their 21 to 13 basketball triumph . over Notre Dame University invaded ■ the heart of the city with a parade ! headed by Butler band. o AGED WOMAN EXPIRES TODAY Mary Young Brandy berry, 86, Dies At Home In Blue (’reek Township Mary Catherine Young Brandyberry . Sti, of Blue Creek township, died at i the h me of her daughters. Mis. Lucy Frye and Miss Mattie Young, in Blue’ I Creek township, at 1:30 o'clock this | afternoon. The cause of tlie death was said to have been infirmities. Mis. Brandyberry was born in Pennsylvania, December 9, 1841. In 1859, she was united in marriage to John Young who died in 1874. In 1890, she was married to Jessie Brandyberry. Mrs. Brandybeiry has been a resident of Adams county since 1859. Surviving are the following children: Lucy Frye and Mattie Young, of Adams county; Mis. Elsie Sapelsky, of Aurora. Illinois, and Chauncy Young ! of Fostoria, Ohio. Mrs. Brandyberry i was a member of the Salem MethoI dist church. II Funeral services will lie held at the i home in Blue Creek township Sunday j afternoon at Z o'clock. Burial will be I nude in the Tricker cemetery. The ‘ Rev. F. A. Shipley will have charge ' of the services > Q.-: Get Transport Licenses ’ Fort Wayne Ind.' Match B—(U.R8 —(U.R) — ■ i O. B. McVey and Richard Knox, local t aviators, have been issued air trans- • port licenses by Avaition division, U. S , department of commerce.

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