Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 83, Decatur, Adams County, 6 April 1928 — Page 1

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SENATE leaders rush farm bill TOWARD PASSAGE Final Action On McNaryHaugen Earm Relief Bill Expected Late Today POLL SHOWS 55-33 VOTE FAVORING BILL Washington, April 6 —(U.R) —Lucking word from the White House, senate leaders today rushed the McNaryHauge farm relief bill toward final passage with their polls allowing a r,5 to 33 majority in favor of the measure. Filial senate action is contemplated late this afternoon or tomorrow. Then the hill will be sent to the hows.' for action expected within two weeks. Friends of President Coolidge and farm bloc members believe the | President will veto the measure. | Everj objection he set forth in his i veto message on the old bill has been Fe t in the equalization fee system of disposing of surplus farm crops. This svstem is the crux of the bill and Mr. Coolidge has given no indication that his objections are diminished. Hence arrangements are being | made for a determined effort to pass ' the measure over the veto. Secret | farm bloc polls, show three less than the two-thirds majority necessary to override a veto. —o— Monroe Town Marshal Arrested For Killing Dog An affidavit charging cruelty to dumb animals has been filed in the j justice of the peace court of John W. i Merriman, in this city, against Brandyberry, town marshal of Monroe. The affidavit was signed•ftyjames Andrews, Monroe rural mail carrier, who alleged that the marshal shot and killed his dog without cause. The marshal claims that he was instructed by the township assessor to kill the dog. The case has been set for a hearing on April 10. .Q Easter Lillies Are Cheap Chicago, April 6—(lNS)—Raster Hilles sold in Chicago today for 25 cents per plant, said to be a record low price. o—_ To Improve Light Plant Kendallville. Ind., April 6—(U p >— The city council has taken final action on a $70,00c improvement program for the municipal electric plant. A new unit will be installed, increasing the output from 9,0 to 1950 kilowats. EXPECT TO ENO DRIVE IN WEEK Finance Committee For Old Home Week Reports Splendid Success ‘‘Complete the drive in a week.” Th s was the resolution unanimously adopted by the Old Home Week I nance committee at a meeting held last night in the Industrial Association rooms. More than $2,100 already has been pedged by local business Men, and it is expected that ili another week every establishment in th n city will have pledged Its quota. Each committee reported at the meeting lest night and all but about ID firms in Decatur already have been called on and all but about five have either paid or pledged their assessment. The committees will continue their drive for funds next Tuesdav, at which time all those who w ere absent when the committee first called will be seen and asked >o contribute. After the drive Tuesday, a general finance drive committee will be appointed to call on anyone who has hot yet contributed to the fund and L! 8 ex P e cted that the entire fund *' 1 be raised in the next ton days. Hubert Schmitt, chairman of the 1 nance committee, stated today that n ’ore than $2,100 already had been s-ciired by the various committees ■ nd the project would be completely underwritten in another week. About S7OO in cash has been raised, necording to the report and the reMaider of the fund has been pledged nnd can be obtained whenever needed Th e general committee will meet iS soon as the finance committee is r eaay to present its final report and , once begin plans for the big 'estival.

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Republican Keynoter ft A ■i • Mr ■> Ji Senator Simeon I). Fess of Ohio is to be the temporary chairman and keynoter at the Republican convention at Kansas City. Mo. MRULOTHE EXPIRES TODAY Death Ends Long Period Os Suffering For Decatur Woman Today Mrs. Fred Plothe, 59, died at 2 o’clock this morning Friday, April 6, at her home. 334 South Fifth street Death f lloyed a long seige of ill health caused by a complication of diseases, with a hemorrhage of the lungs which she suffered about 9 o'clock.last evening being the immediate cause of death. Mia. Ottllie Plothe was born in Ger many, June 16, 1868. She came to the United States when about 18 years of age. They lived in Nebraska, for about 20 years and have resided in Preble township and Decatur during the last ten years. Surviving are the husband and one son, Arthur Plothe. The parents and brothers and sisters have all preceded Mrs. Plothe in death. The deceased was a member of the Zion Lutheran church of this city. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the Zion Lutheran church, with the Rev. Paul W. Schultz officiating. The body will then be taken to the Ghas. Wftnge home, lifts Kinnaird Avenue, Fort Wayne, where it will remain until Monday. With a shert prayer service at the Pi ange home at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon, burial will follow at The Concoi dia cemetery. o Former M. E. Pastor Visiting In Decatur The Rev. G. R. Work, former pastor of the Methodist church here and who has attended every session of the Nor.th Indiana conference for the past half century, visited here last evening. He 1 esides with a daughter at I Columbus, Ohio. o TO HOLO SPECIAL EASTERSERVICES Evangelical Church To Hold Appropriate Services Here Sjinday Special Easter services will be held at the Evangelical church, in Decatur Sunday. In the niorung. the Primary Department will render a special exercise, and the choir will render Special Easter music. There will be baptism of children and the reception of members into the Church. A brief message on the Resurrection will be brought by the pastor. This service will open at 10:15 o’clock. In the evening, at 7:30 o'clock, an Easter pageant will be given by the young people. Following is the program: Song by Congregation Scripture Reading Prayer Announcements and Offering Song by Congregation Pageant “A Message of Hope” Characters: Christian —Geraldine Andrews Despair—Ruth Hammond Indifference— Mary A. Spahr Hope—Mary Engle Service —Violet Squire. Benediction.

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GOOD FRIDAY IS 1 OBSERVED TODAY BY CHRISTIANS Solemn Services Commemorate Death Os Jesus On Cross MOST BUSINESS SUSPENDED HERE In solemn reverence the thoughts of | mankind today turned to the sacra-1 fiee of Christ on the Cross and to the suffering and death of Him who gave his life for the redemption of the world. Good Friday, commemorating the Passion and death of Jesus, on the Cross on Mt. Calvary, was being fittingly observed in the Christian world today. The World is mourning the death of Jesus. The faithful of all denominations wended their way to the churches, wherein special services of the Savior, of his love for mankind and the ransom He paid to the Father for the sins of the world. As far as was possible, business was a standstill in Decatur. Retail business stores and offices were closed and in some cases factories shut down at noon for the balance of the day. The banks closed at noon and the postoffice was closed from 12 to 3 o’clock. In the St. Mary’s Catholic church. Three Hours were observed by prayer service, Veneration before the Cross of Jesiis. the making of the Way of the Cross and private devotions. The service was solemn, mindful of the death of Jesus and his suffering on the cross. A union service of all the Protestant churches was held at the Methodist church from 12 to 3 o’clock, with a special program in keeping with the solemiutes oCjiood Friday. Ministers from the dfferent churches participated in the service and throughout the three hous many were in attendance. Sorrow and meditation on the deatli of Christ, the Savior, will give way to happiness and joy on Easter Sunday morning, when the Christian world celebrates the resurrection of Christ from the tomb and the fufilling of all prophisies for the redemption of mankind. SELLS INTEREST IN SCHAFER CO. L. C. Waring Disposes Os His Stock To Other Members Os The Firm Through a deal consumated last evening, Messrs. Fred Schafer and G. H. Wehyraeyer became owners of the large block of stock held by Mr. L. C Waring, in the Schafer Company wholesale dealers in hardware aud Manufacturers of harness. The present company was organized in 1920 and Mr. Waring served as president of the company for a number of years. The new organization is C. C. Schafer, president; G. H. Weymeyer, vice president and sales manager, and H. T. Terveer, secietary, with Mr Fred Schafer as a member of the board of directors. The Schafer Company is the successor to the business organized by C. C. and Fre'd Schafer twenty-seven years ago, and has grown steadily and rapidly until it is now recognized as one of the leading concerns of its kind in the middle west. The large buildings on first street are modern in every way and filled with a complete stock of hardware goods, including the nationally advertised lines. The members _cf the company are well known to the trade as well as here, Mr. Fred Schafer being the oldest active business man in this city, who has devoted his entire life to the hardware business; C. C. Schafer, his son, has been in the business his entire life and organized the wholesale business; Mr. Wehmeyer has had many years of hardware experience, having previously to his moving here, been connected with one of the large wholesale hardware companies in Cleveland; Mr Terveer, secretary and accountant, is a local man who has served The Schafer Company since its or gauization and is most capable. They will continue to grow, a splendid institution in this communty. Mr. Waring will devote his entire attention to his glove manufacuring business, which Includes factories here and at Huntington and Rochester, Indiana, and to his numerous other banking business investments.

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Woman Globe Trotter, 85, Thinks There Is No Place Like Home Indianapolis, Ind., April 6—(INS) —"lnd-ana Looks best to me.” • This was lhe statement of Mrs. Rosanna Spink, 85-year old globe tretter upon her return to Indianapolis from a six month tour around the world. # On this trip tne aged woman spent two months at the Royal Court of Siam and was granted a special audience with the Pope in Rome. Dr. Urbana Spink accompanied the aged globe trotter on the trip. o— CYRUS LOCHER TO SUCCEED WILLIS Relative Os Many Berne People To Assume Seat In U. S. Senate Soon Cyrus Locher, state commerce director of Ohio, who has many relatives residing at Herne and in that vicinity, has been appointed 4>y Governor Vic Donahey, of Ohio, to succeed the late Flank B. Willis, as United States Senator frem Ohio. Mr. Locher is a Democrat. Sen. Willis, who was the favorite son cf the Buckeye state for the Republican presidential nomination, died suddenly during a political rally in behalf of his campaign at Delaware, O„ several days ago. Locher will present himelf in Washington April 16 for the oatli cf senator after devoting 'the week intervening to the affairs of his state office. Some months ago he announced he would be a candidate to succeed United States Senator Simeon D. Fess for the long term. Now, it is expected that he will be a candidate at the November election to succeed himself next March. In presenting the credentials of appointment to Mr. Locker in a brief ceremony in the governor’s office, J. A. Meckstroth, the chief executive’s secretary, said: “We hope that Mr. Locker will remain in the senate until 1938, when he should be a candidate to succeed Governor Donehey as president of the United States.” Locher replied: “1 want to assure you that I will not disgrace you in the senate and that I will do all in my power to fulfill the trust paced in me.” Locher, during the five years he has served as commerce director, has been one of the governor's closest political advisers. His work in cleaning up the “blue sky" department whicli comes under his administration won him recognition as a terror to fake stock promoters and promotion insurance companies. The new senate appointee spent his early years on a farm in Putnam county where he was born March 8. 1878 He attended the county high school and was giaduated from Ohio Wesleyan university. In 1906 he was admitted to the Ohio bar and one cf his classmates in passing the bar examination was the late Senator Willis. He was appointed assistant Cleveland city solicitor two years later. After a brief retirement to practice law he was elected prosecuting attorney of Cuyahoa county (Clevelandl Resuming his private practice in 1917, he remained out of the political arena until six years alter, when Governor Donahey appointed him commerce director. o Poison Gas, Released To Kill Rats, Proves Fatal To Five Canaries Berne, April 6 —(Special!— Poison gas, released in the basement ot' the Berne Equity Exchange company’s building here to kill rats, proved fatal to five canary birds in the apartments of Peter J. Moser, above the company’s office. Mr. Moser's school of gold fish also suffered from the effects of the gas. The canarie* were dead shortly after the gas was released. - O EASTER SHOPPERS Read the interesting ads in toniqjrt’s Daily Democrat. The grocery and meat market advertiseinnets contain hundreds of suggestions for the Easter dinner and the tihrifty shopper. Only one day remains to do your Easter shopping and whether you need a new hat, suit, coat or automobile you can buy it from the Decatur stares. Read the ads and do your shopping. .

WIND CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE ATWILLSHIRE Bank Is Wrecked When Brick Wall Os Burned Building Is Blown Down TELEPHONE EXCHANGE IS DAMAGED, ALSO Willshire, Ohio, April 6 —(Special) A brick wall, left standing when fire destroyed the Athoen blulding on the west side of the main street of thiij, village several months ago. was blown over by the strong wind at 11 o'clock this morning, causing heavy damage to the two story building housing the Willshire Bank company's bank and the Willshire telephone exchange. Although the roof aud south wall of the bank building was torn down by the crash, no one in the building was injured. The building wrecked by the falling wall was a brick construction and owned by Mrs. Cully. Bankers Escape linjury W. A. ColtS, cashier, and William Teeple, assistant cashier, were in the bank at the time cf the crash. Bricks were hurled into the bank with great force, but the metal furniture behind which the two men were working pro- I tected them from injury. Operators | of the telephone exchange were at work on the second floor of the building, but they miraculously escaped injury, also. The telephone exchange was badly damaged by the crash, and all telephones were put out of com , mission. Valuable papers, records, money and I other articles from the bank were moved into the Alton shoe store, next door. Wcrk was started immediately on repairing the building and it is thought that can resume bulness in its building Saturday morning. o Polar Flight Delayed Seward, Alaska, April 6—(U.R) —Un- I favoiable weather conditions at Point I Barrow today prevented the departure of Captain George Wilkins and It'eut. Ren _Eielson on their polar flight. A message from Wilkins to the army radio station here said it was too cloudy for the attempt. TRAINING SCHOOL TO GRADUATE 13 Commencement Os Community Training School To Be Held Monday The Fourth Year's Work by the Decatur Community Standard Training School closed a week ago Monday evening. This year has proved a very successful year, although the number of students was slightly less than the pieceding year. In the second semester, which recently closed, there were seventy-two students. The total number of students in the school during the year was ninetythree. Two hundred and four credits have been issued during the year. Thirteen students have completed the three years’ course and will be graduated in special public graduation ser-i vice to be held nt the Presbyterian | church next Monday evening. The Rev. O. E. Miller, pastor of the Baptist church of this city, will give the commencement address. The public is cordially invited to attend this service. Credit cards will be handed out ynd examination papers will be returned to the students at this service. o Mr. And Mrs. Kampe To Move To South Bend Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Kampe will move to South Bend within the next two weeks. Mrt Kampe who has been traveling for the Studabaker Finance Corporation the past three years has been advanced to a responsible position in the main offices at South Bend. The Kampe's moved here from Fort Wayne in 1922, Mr Kampe having been connected with the Daily Democrat until 1925 when he went with the Studabaker corporation. o * Decatur Man Completes Business College Course Fort Wayne, Ind., April s—(Special)s—(Special) — Edwin Koeneman, of Decatur, was garduated from the general business course of International Business college of Fort Wayne, today.

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Wounded by Assassin | a 1 * J 1 ' & JI ralflftftijft -r Leon Trotsky, exiled war minister of Russia, is reported to have been wounded by a member of the “Young Communists" and to ”l>e lying at death's door," CATHOLICS HOLD SOLEMN SERVICES Several Services Held During Day In Observance Os Good Friday Services marking the solemn observance on Good Friday were hed at the St. Marys Catholic church in this city today. At 7:30 o’clock this morning, the mass of the presanctified was celebrated. From 12 to 3 o’clock, the Three Hours were ob- ' served by hundreds of the faithful. : the reciting of prayers and private devotions before the Cross of Jesus, the Way of the Cross was made by all present at 12, 1 and 2 ! o’clock. Tlood Friday is one of the most solemn days of the year. The church keeps the memory of the passion and deatli of the Savior. Everything jn the service gives signs of nourning and grief. The altar is bare, the priests and ministars bend to the floor in'silent prayer before beginning the service; the history o( the passion is read; the crucifix, representing the Lord. Himself, on the cross, is solemnly shown to the faithful to be devoutly kissed. A'll this is to bring to the minds of the faithful, our Lord’s death so they in venerating the cross may adore Him who died on the cross. There is no sacrifice of the mass ! on Good Friday and the people do not receive Holy Communion. It is the only day of the year that mass is not said and the faithful do not receive. The mass was instituted to commemorate our Lord's death and the church is occupied in the comraemoratiim, yet the very charge from what is nsually done and the sense of privatfnn, produce a more lively impression of sadness and mourning on this great anniversary. o : ELECTION HELD BY ROTARY CLUB I New Board Os Directors Chosen At Regular Meeting Last Night The annual election of directors of the Decatur Rotary Club was held at the regular meeting last night at the K. of C. hall. M. J. Mylott, C. E. Bell, Charles Voglewede, Hubert Schmitt, and Dick Heller were selected to . serve for the coming year. D. B. Erwin, president of the club, automatically becomes a director. The new board of directors will he called together in the next few days to select Officers for the year. Following the election of officers, the meeting was turned over to George Krick, chairman of the entertainment committee. Mr. Krick introduced N. A. Briggs, of Indianapolis, state Farm Bureau speaker, vv’ho explained the functions of his organization. E. J. Fricke, of i Monroe, was a guest of the club. ■ Fallowing the transaction of regular business, the meeting adjourned.

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COLD AND SNOW STORMS MOVING EASTWARD TODAY Omaha, Nebraska, Isolated By Severe Blizzards; All Wires Are Down COLD AND CLOUDY IS FORECAST FOR EASTER Chicago, Apr. 6.—(U.R)—Winter gave the plains states* and the near northwest an unseasonable farewell dose of snow and cold weather today. Wet, clinging snow, covered large areas of Minnesota, lowa and Nebraska, and rain anti mist spread over most of the rest of the middlewest. The forecast was for heavy precipitation and colder today and tomorrow. The heavy snow and high wind which followed it crippled wire communication and caused extensive damage in Nebraska. Western lowa also suffered. Spreading Eastward The center of the storm apparently was near Council Bluffs and Omaha. It was spreading eastward today, and by tomorrow, the weather bureau forecast, the lakes states and Ohio valley will be visited by rains and low temperatures. Easter over most of the district will be cold and alternately fair and cloudy, it was predicted. The snowfall was reported at five inches in Council Bluffs and Omaha. Telegraph wires were a I down between Atlantic and Omaha.. Several inches of snow were reported at Sioux City, and snow still was falling today. Only a few telephone lilies were opAn between Des Moines and eastern lowa, reports from the lowa state capital said. Temperatures Below Freezing Many districts in lowa, Nebraska and Minnesota reported temperatures below freezing. The rain and cold extended south into Misosuri, the weather bureau here reported. Omaha Is Isolated Chicago. April 6.— (INS) —Omaha, Nebraska, is isolated by severe blizzards according to radio reports erceived here eary today. All wires to the Nebraska city are down anil telephone and telegraph companies report all wires out west of Des Moiqes, la. The storm came in the wake of a series of tornadoes which earlier in (CUNTINI i:i» ON PAGE THKEE) U.B. CHURCH PLANS SPECIAL SERVICES Fitting Observance Os Easter Arranged For Services On Sunday The ’local United Brethren church will observe Easter in a most fitting way. An especially prepared Easter Service, entitled "Victory Dawn,” will be featured by the choir and others, at th* evening services which will begin at 7:30 o’clock Sunday evening. will be held at S o’clock in the this will prove helpful to a l wh owill attend. This 8 o’clock service in previous years ■has been unique and helpful. The other services will be held jit the regular hours, but the music of the Sunday school will be in keeping with the day. The pastor will officiate at tlie Ordinance of Holy Baptism for children and adults at the close of the Lesson study period of the Bible school at 10:15 o’clock. Special music has been prepared for the morning worship service and the pastor wi’l bring a brief Easter message. A record attendance is expected in the Sunday school classes. Members will be received into church membership at the close of the morning sermon. The pastor has the program planned for all the morning services to be concluded by 11:30 o’clock. ! O Hammond Banker Missing Hammond, Ind., April 6—(U.R)—I. L . Hodjeska, wealthy Hammond banker i was still missing today despite reports i Thmsday that he had ben seen at ' South Bend, Indiana, and Joliet, 111. . He has been missing since Monday ’ when he left for Chicago to deposit a $22,000 negotiable bond in a bank.

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