Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 15 March 1928 — Page 1

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lIfBIES TO FIX I MME FOR FLOOD I iff UNDER m IToll 01' California Disaster 9 Totals 373 Known Dead ■ And Missing ■ health AUTHORITIES 9 FEAR PESTILENCE ■ By Arthur L. Marek. M INS Start Correspondent ■ Los Angeles, Cal.. Mar. 15.— 9-V daylight broke over the rug9ged peaks of Santa Clara valley 9wday anti .”>,OOO mounted and ■ footmen resumed their search, ■ the bodies of 12 additional flood ■ victims were uncovered, swell- ■ ingthe total to 373 known dead ■ and officially missing in the St. ■ Francis dam break. H Simultaneously seven separate in- ■ unities were under way to fix tffe ■ kbme for the bursting of the huge ■ toncrete dant shortly after midnight | Tuesday, which hurled a tidal wave of water 60 to Im, t high down the narrow San Franeisquito canqon and over the fertile Santa Clara valley, Drowning hundreds of sleeping famfits and leaving $12,000.(1(10 destine (loti in its wake. f there the little railroad settle Ster.t, f’astiae. once stood-now a desohtespace -eight of the twelve bodies wre found among the silt and tangled debris. These were placed in a tackhoard wagon, forged across the Kinta Clara liver and piled into a •ctor truck and started on the way to Newhall. The four other bodies were found on the north side of the river. They were being transported by devious route on pack trains to Newhall. Pesti'ence Is Feared Santa Paula. Calif.. dj.» -Pestilence- the inevitable visitor of Rood-swept cities—brought new fear today to the stricken Santa (Tara river valley. While searchers continued their Jiseonsolate hunt in crevices debris and mud for more bodies, healh authorities moved swiftly to avert the spread of disease over the wasted relion. : With 300 bodies already recovered, (he death list was expected to mount Kill higher today. Relief patries ■WI go for the first time into the ®we remote sections of the valley, where the toll taken by the St. Frauds dam disaster yet is unknown. Meanwhile, authorities in Los Angeles speeded an investigation to determine responsibility for the catastrophe, and relief parties gradually brought order out of the helpless region. The sufferers were being clothed, fed and temporarily housed. To Honor Bryan And Ludlow Bloomington. Ind., Mar. 15.—(U.R)— Br William Lowe Bryan, Indiana University president, and Louis Ludlow, democratic candidate for nomination “seventh Indiana district represent‘the in congress, will be initiated Sunday by Sigma Delta Chi, journalistic fraternity. o GENEVA WOMAN. AGED 94, DIES Mrs. Arabella Vance, Said To Be Oldest Resident Os County, Is Dead Geneva, March 15—(Special)—Mrs. Arabella Vance, 94. said to lie the outst resident of Adams county, d,,| l of infirmities at 8 o’clock Wedttesday night, at her home three os northwest of Geneva. Mrs. ance had been ill about three '•t’uiths. She resided with her bachelor ’on. William. .. ' ance was a daughter of John •f'o- ' eu Beffenbaugh and was born ( O il Town, Maryland, May 11, 1833. nJv, " ou ' < ’ have been 95 years old im" 1 Mrs. V ftnce came to Adsh S coun ty with her parents when o was six years old and spent the thM n< * er ° f her lite ,lere - She was ast surviving member of a family five children. Van' rV ' VillK are t ' lrcp children, Fred Mrav ° f LonK Bea P h > California. Wil • ernon Snow, of Geneva, and jIt!?”!. at home. Her husband, ago 11 Vance, died several years been inera ' arran sements have not be hom lllpletG( k but the services will n ‘d sometime Saturday.

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MOUNTAIN BURIED HUNDREDS I ? * ♦ •" A *♦** _JF » I t Excellent view of the par* c-f the City of Santos, Brazil, and the Santa Rosa hospital (arrow), which were buried in landslide from Mount Sorrat. All the citv Is anxiously awaiting a recurrence of the slide since being hit by a second smaller one. Santos, one of the most modern c. ties of Brazil, ships more coffee limn any other port in the world'.

THREE PUPILS TIE FOR HONORS . ......, - —'- - 9 Honor Roll Os I). H. S. For Last Six Months Contains Many Names Josephine Archbold Margaret Mills and Hany Dailey are tied for first place on the high honor roll of Decatur high .school, for the six weeks’ term just closed, according to a re-. port issued today by Principal Walter | J. Krick. These three high school pupils received A plus in each of four , ’subjects. This is the first time <Tur-l ing the year that three have been J tied for first place on the high honor ■oil. Others on the high honor roll include: Russel Jaberg, Helen Myers, Helen Haubold, Lulu Ogg, Georgia Foughty. Maynard Butcher, Bernadine Schra’.nka, Vivian Thomas, Lydia Lehman, and Gretchen Winans. Nine high school pupils were placed on the honor roll and 19 were given honorab’e mention in the grade report. The report shows that the scholastic average of the high school has advanced slightly. The complete list as as follows: High Honor Roll Josephine Archbold, 4A plus’s Margaret Mills, 4A plus’s Harry Dailey, 4A plus’s Russel Jaberg, 2A plus’s, 3 A’s He en Myers. 2A plus’s. 2 A’s Helen Haubold, 1A plus, 3 A’s Lulu Ogg, 1A plus, 3A’s Georg a Fougty, 1A plus, 3A’s Maynard Butcher, 1A plus, 3A’s ’’ernadine Schraluka, sA’s Vivian Thomas. 4A’s Lydia Lehman. -lA’s Gretchen Winans, 4A’s Honor Roll Doris Nelson. 2A plus's, lA, IB plus David Cramer, 2A plus, lA, IB plus Arline Becker, 2A plus, lA, IB plus Harold Hoffman, 1A p'.us, 2A's, IB phis Helen Shroll, LA plus, 2A’s, IB plus Robert Heller, 1A plus. 2A's, IB plus Virginia Hite, 3A's, IB plus Dorothy Young, 2A’s, 2B plus’s Dorothy Christen, 2A’s, 2B plus’s. Honorable Mention Don Miller, Martha Moser, Edwin Reinking, Robert Butcher, Charlotte Everett, Kathryn Kauffman, Kathryn Archibold, Harald Mutnma, Emma Krueckebeig, Emma Crozier, Geraldine Hower. Ruth Macklin. Wilhelmina Schnitz, Isabel Hower. Justine Zerkel, Violet Squire, Cha liner Fisher. Harold Melchi, James Kocher. o C. J. Lutz Is New Town* Attorney For Berne Berne, Mar. 15—(Special)—Clark J. Lutz, of Decatur, was employed by the Berne town council Monday night, to serve as town attorney for Berne. Mr. Lutz succeeds Attorney Henry B. Heller. who served as Berne town attorney for many years. Mr. Lutz was employed for a period cf one year, his term extending front March 1, 1928 to March 1, 1929. He served as Berne attorney about twenty years ago. —t a Fire Truck Hits Auto Indianapolis, Mar. 15. —(IJ.R) —Three city firemen, and a motoiist were injured heA when a ladder truck collided with an automobile, driven by Leo Linnaman. The injured were Linnaman, and Firemen Joseph Hierer, Morris Fitzgerald and Henry S. Hand.

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Postcard Is 28 Years Coming To Plainfield, Indiana, From Kansas I Plainfield, Ind., Mar. 15.—(IMS) -Mrs. Ora Crews of this city has just received a postcard that has been 28 years on its way to Indiana from Kansas. The card was mailed by W. R. Phillips of Pittsburgh, Kan., on April 2. 1900. Phillips is her uncle. Mrs. Crews does not know whether Phillips is still living or where he resides now, if living. o —. Lankenau Baby Dies Os Convulsions Today ! FStrtcla Aivm-Hrfnnt- tlaughter of Mr. and Mrr. Oscar Lankenau, born !at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, March 14, 1928, at the Adams County Memorial Hospital, died of convulsions at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon. I The baby was born by means of a Caeserian operation, and was very delicate from the time of its birth. Following a ’short prayer service at the hospital this afternoon, led by he Rev. Paul Schultz, pastor of the lion Lutheran CJiurchj. burial was made at 4:30 o’clock in the Decatur cemetery. o Brother Os Three Berne Residents Dies John J. Waggoner, 79. a brother of William T Waggoner, Mrs. Mary Kerr and Mrs. F. M. Tinkham, of the Berne community, died Wednesday, March 8, at his home in Jeffersonville. He was a Civil war veteran. The widow and cne son survive. —a — MUCH BEET LAND UNDER CONTRACT Approximately 8,000 Acres Under Contract For Decatur Factory Approximately 8,000 acres of land for the growing of sugar beets have been contracted for by the fieldmen for the Decatur plant of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company, John Carmcdy, of this city, stated this morning. Fourteen fieldmen are securing contracts this year. It is expected that three or four thousand more acres will be contracted for before the season closes. Due to the poor condition of the wheat, many farmers are contracting to grow a few acres of beets this year. The fieldmen state that the wheat fields make the finest kind of a sugar beet bed and farmers who have a poor stand of wheat are converting the fields to other crops. A sugar beet demonstration wi” he held at Peabody, Indiana, on March 22 and on March 21 a meeting will be held at Yoder. L. A. Holthouse and Mr. Car- ' mody will have charge of th emeetings. o Pythians To Confer Degree Work Tonight The regular meeting of the K. of P. lodge in this city will be held tonight at 7:39 o'clock. The third rank initiation will be given and all candidates and members of the lodge are urged to attend. The initiation will be followed by a regular business session.

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Third Time Is Charm; Father Gets His Wish Chicago, March 15 —(INS)— Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Poquette for weeks had discussed the approach cf an interesting event.. Mr. Poqueue wanted a son; his wife preferred a daughter. The stork got around to their ease last night. “It’s a girl,” smiled a nurse as sne tripped across the hall to the nursery. Mr. Poquette looked dejected. “Another girl.” cooed a second nurse five minutes later, following the first into the nursery. Mr Poquette braced himself against, the wall. Two minutes later the door opened again. “Ah. a boy this time," smiled a nurse who followed the parade to •he nursery. Mr. Poquette was still smiling when they brought him to. The triplets were born within a period of seven minutes. The girls weighed 5:5 and 3:5 respectively; i the boy weighed 6'2. All were normal. But the smaller girl will be kept in an incubator for several days. o — UNUSUAL SIGHT APPEARS IN SKY Rainbows And Circles Around Sun At Noon Today Cause Excitement Strange pictures in the sky at 12:30 o’clock this afternoon caused anxiety and wonder in Adams county. At one time, there were four rainbows and several white circles in the sky and the sun was shining brightly. Hundreds of people witnessed the strange phenomena, and many had different predictions as to what the rainbows meant. That a similar event had occurred many years ago was learned from several old-time residents of the county. One man stated that the cause was the same as ftom a rain, and that the mist in the sky was so dense that the rays of the sun reflected against the blue sky, similar to when rain falls. The occttrence today gave some fanatics and opportunity -.o predict the end of the world; others declared it was the sign of another world war. Another Decatur resident stated it was a warning for the Indiana government to “clean house." and still others declared that it predicted a Democratic victory next fall. The phenomena lasted for some time and throughout the county the rainbows and circles were visible to the naked eye. Many people called the Daily Democrat office to inquire if the sight could be seen in general throughout this part of the state. One radio station in Fort Wayne announced the occurence, and stated (CONTINUED ON IMC.V <SO. a Federal Roau Closed Mile South Os Monroe Federal road number 27 was dosed this morning one mile south of Monroe preparatory to work on the road bed. The road will be improved by the state this summer from Monroe to Berne. The detoifr runs a mile west to the Winchester church, then a mile south and then a mile east back to the state road. The foundation for the road is being built and parts of the road will be closed most of the summer for construction. CHICKEN THIEVES FINED, SENTENCED Two Young Men Arrested Here Wednesday Enter Plea Os Guilty John J. Velez, 19. and Joe Jouregni, 21, were fined $5 and costs, each, and sentenced to serve four months on the state penal farm after they entered a plea of guilty to a charge of petit larceny, when arraigned in circuit court before Judge Jasse C. Sutton. The two men were arrested yesterday and confessed to stealing 25 Barred Rock cihckens from the John Engle farm, southwest of Decatur in Kirkland township, Tuesday night. The chickens, which were marked, were sold at a local produce house and later identified by the owner.

POLITICAL BALL STARTS ROLLING IN ADAMS COUNTY Four Democratic Candidates File Declarations With County Clerk REPUBLICANS ARE PREPARING TICKET Ed Asbbaucher, Adams county reasurer. started the official political bull rolling when he was the first ‘o file his intention of being a candidate for re-election as county treas’rer on the Democratic ticket, subtect to the decision of Democratic voters in the May primary. Mr. Ashhandler filed his intentions with County Clerk John E. Nelson, in accordance with the primary law. B F. Roller, candidate for prosecuting attorney, and (lei rge Shoemaker and John Hoffman, candidates ’or commissioner of the first. and ; third districts, respectively, also have filed their declarations. All four id' the condidates are Democrats. Many others are contemplating filing their intentions this week and next. The deadline for candidates to file is April 7, according to the official primary calendar publish od by the state board of election ■ommissioners No Republicans Filed No Republicans have filed their de< larations for county offices, but it is understood that a partial ticket already has been discussed by Repulilican leaders in the county. No officihl announcement has been made concerning the Republican ticket, but It is expected that a ticket will be tiled before the deadline. The Democrats wil send 11 dele- ■ gates to the state convention and the ' Republicans will send 7, in accordance with the Vote cast for secretary 1 of state in the general election of 1926. The Democratic vote was 4,216, allowing that party 11 delegates, one for every 400 vote* cast. The Republican vote cast was 2,684, allowing that party 7 delegates. All candidates for county offices, with the exception of prosecuting attorney, file their declarations with . *he county clerk and candidates for ‘he office of prosecutor file their declaration with the county clerk and loso with the secretary of state, it being a judicial district office. i Election will be held next fall on . all state offices and on the following , county offices in Adams county: audi- . tor, treasurer, sheriff, recorder, surveyor, coroner, commissioner first , and third districts, complete county 'ouncil, prosecuting attorney, and mint state representative for Adams ; 'nd Wells county. o HAS BROTHER I IN FLOOD AREA Berne Man’s Brother And Family Escape By Being Away From Home C. W. R. Schwartz of near Berne received a telegram today from his , brother, Joel Schwartz, of Filmore California, stating that he and his family were unharmed by the great flcod caused in that section of California, early tuesday, by the breaking of the . St. Francis dam. Joel Schwartz and family were visiting another brother at Phoenix. Arizona, when the flood occured, taking the lives of more than 300 persons. The message received today by Mr. Schwartz did not state hew much damage had been caused to his brother's fruit ranch. He owned an orange, lemon and English walnut ranch of 80 acres, which was valued at more than *IOO,OOO. It is believed that the ranch was in the district affected by the flood. —o, Woman Confesses To Old Murder For Which Her Son Was Punished ( New York, March 15—(INS)— Tortur- ( ed by the thought of her son languishing in prison for a crime which he did not commit. Mrs. Minnie Reisler today confessed the murder, 6 years ago j of her sister, Mrs. Bertha Katz. Mrs. ] Reisler declared, in an affidavit, that ! she shot her sister to terminate a liaison between Miss Katz and her hust band, known as "John the Barber”, j Broadway sporting character and one time manager of Jack Dempsey.

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4 Plunges to Death -ofc, ■, s t Ik‘l , ? SW'-F/' 1 \ x 'sat / / 1 Flight Lieutenant S. M. Kinkead, t who plunged into the sea to his death 5 while attempting to beat the world’s f seaplane record with a new Napier, ; off the Isle of Wight. After only a ( miunte in the air the machine sud t denly plunged into the water, leaving t no sign of aviator or plane. Kinkead < was practicing lor the Schneider Cup 1 races. t 1 MHS. DE AM DIES THIS MORNING I Prominent Decatur Woman Dies In Hospital At Frankfort, Kentucky Messages bearing the sad news ot the death of Mrs. Jessie Deam, one of Decatur's most prominent and beloved women, were .received today by friends in this city. Mrs. Deam passed away at 12:30 o’e'eck this morning at a hospital in Frankfort. Kentucky, from a siege of illness which extended over a period ot several weeks. Pneumonia, followed by complications, was the cause of the death. In a final effort to prolong life. Mrs. Deam underwent at: operation several days ago. She has grown steadily worse, however, since that time and death relieved her suffering at the above mentioned hour. The deceased went to Frankfort, last November to .spend the winter with her son, Btrrt Townsend and family, and it was during her sojourn here that her fatal illness overtook her. The remains, accompanied by the sotirowing family, will arrive in Decatur over the Pennsylvania lines at 1:45 o’clock, Friday afternoon. Funeral arrangements have not been made as yet. but will probably be ’eld sometime Sunday. Jesse Allison was born in Buena Vista, Adams county, in October, ’B6O. and was 67 years old at the time of her death. She was the laughter of Robert Burns and Cath”i»e Vance Alison On November I’l, 1884, she united in marriage with n ick Townsend. One son. Bert Townend, of Frankfort, Kentucky, stir•’ves this union. No children were born of a second marriage Vith Harry Deam. One sister. Mrs. Mary V. Macke, resides 'n Birmingham, Alabama, and was with her sister in Frankfort for a few weeks prior to her death. Mrs. Deam resided the major portion of Iter life in Decatur, her home being located at the oorner of Adams and Third street. Site was a member of one of this city's oldest and most prominent families. In her earlier ■lays, she was an accomplished musician and was tin ardent worker in the musical circle of her church. She was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church. Her taking away comes not as a surprise to friends who have been kept in close touch with news of her illness, but has plunged them into a state of deepest sorrow- and regret. — o Revival In Progress At Monroe Friends Church The annual revival service at the Friends church of Monroe has opened and preaching is held each night at 7:30 o’clock, except Sunday night, when the service starts at. 7 o’clock. Large crowds are attending the services, and the public is invited to attend each night. Special music is being arranged for the revival. The Rev. Mt*. Lawrence, pastor of the church, and his wife are conducting the evangelistic services. o— To Break Negotiations Berlin, Mar. 15. —(U.R)—Germany intends immediately to break off negotiations with Russia for a commercial treaty, it was learned today, because Russia arrested six German engineers for complicity in an alleged plot to wreck the Donetz basin mines.

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OBJECT SIGHTED OFF MAINE NOT MISSING PLANE All Rumors About Hinchcliffe And Companion Being Found Are Untrue SECRECY HINDERS WOULDBE RESCUERS Old Orchard, Me., Mar. 15.— (INS)—Hopes that Captain Walter Hinchcline and Elsie Mackay were alive with their wrecked trans-Atlantic airplane on the Stratton Island, a sand waste five miles off Old Orchard, were dashed by the coast guardsmen of Fletcher Island station late today. The coast guardsmen, going to tiie island in their search boats, found that the "yellow object” seen by persons on the mainland was not the missing plane Endeavor, and nothing was seen or or about the island. The object on the shore of the s and was seen by Miss Cynthli Page, 21-year-old daughter ot R. ('. Page, who had been watching for ('apt. Hinchcliffe on his trans-Atlan-tic flight. The coast guardsmen had a nine-mile run in their power boat from the Fletcher Neck station. Secrecy Hinders Rescue New York. March 15.—(U.R) —The •secrecy under which Captain Walter Hinchcliffe and the Hon. Elsie Mackay attempted to fljy the Atlantic ocean from England to the United States today defeated the calculations of those who might have gone to their rescue. Aviators at the numerous flying fields around New YorW. expressed doubt that any relief planes would be sent out to search for the Endeavor because so little was known of HineTreUffe’s proposed route. Although a detachment of soldiers remained at Mitchell Field, where ‘hey had been on duty during the night to hold back the crowds in case Hinchliffe and his titled companion arrived, officials there had abandon?d hope for the flight's success. The Endeavor is more than 24 hours overdue over the American •ontinent, had it taken the northern route. But without information as •o route or intentions on the part of he pilot, aviators here believed the qrganization of relief expeditions would be futile. By noon today the last of the rumors of a plane flying down the coast ire tn New Foundland, which persisted throughout the night, had been disposed of. If a plane was heard it was not the Endeavor. ■ ■ O — Discharged Workman Ends Life Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 15.—(INS) — Despondent because he had lost his "ob as a milk wagon driver, Fain D Trady, 43, took poison. He is dead at the city hospital today. o STEALING LIQUOR IS NOT A CRIME Judge At Valparaiso Holds Thefts From Bootlegger Are Legal Valparaiso. March 15 — (INS)—It is not a crime in Indiana to steal liquor p rom a bootlegger, Judge Grant Crumpacker, of the Prirter circuit court, ruled today in explaining ins ruling in the trial of two alleged hijackers who he reed of robbery and automobile theft charges. The two alleged hijatkers wore Edward Manning and Joseph Franks, the latter of Louisville, Ky. The m«n were accused of hijacking Rcibert. McKenzie, alleged Chicago to Detroit rum runraers, on the Dunes highway, Feb. 1, and of stealing his auto with his cargo of 10 cases of licuor. If the two mon had thrown a laprobe and suit case out of tlie McKenzie car the law could not have touched them for hijacking, the court ruled. Gilliom Gives Opinion Ind'anapolis, March 15—(INS) —"It is true that there is no offense in Indiana defined as hijacking", Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom said here today, just before leaving for Rich- ■ mond, Ind., in commenting on Judge ■ Crumpacker’s ruling at Valparaiso. 1 “However. I wkh to point out that 5 under the Wright bone dry law men s who hijack a bootlegger are irnrnedi lately guilty of illegal possession and transportation of liquor."

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