Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 100, Decatur, Adams County, 26 April 1928 — Page 1

WEATHER fair north, probsblv showers In south part tonight and Friday. Not much change in temperature.

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STATE BANK AT HOWE IS RAIDED 8» FOUR BANDITS Robbers Get $2,000 Cash In Daylight Holdup; Re. volvers Are Drawn DIRECTORS MEETING IN BANK AT TIME Howe, Ind., April 26.—(INS)—2 The State Bank of Lima, the only bank in this community of 800 people, but with resources of $47,000, was raided just beI noon today by four bandits who escaped with about $2,000 in cash. The bandits swooped down on the I bank at the time when six directors of the institution were holding a meeting in the rear room. Three customers and Cashier Charles Copprill were in the front. 1 “Hands up." the bandits curtly rommanded as they drew revolvers I and leveled them at Copprill and the [bank customers. When hands of | the four were raised, the bandits ordered them to face the wall. Directors Become Suspicious At this moment, the directors in I the rear room became suspicious. C. 11. Curtis, one of the directors, opened the door and peeped out. He saw the robbers flourishing guns and rtarr.nied the door. He and the other directors held the door shut when one of the bandits tried to open it. "I’ll kill the first man that contc-s out," one of the bandits growled. The bandits contented themselves in cleaning, out the bank’s cash drawer and. with a final threat to the four men facing the wall, ran out to their car, a blue Hudson sedan bearing Keni tacky license plates. A fourth .bandit sat at the wheel of the machine. I The bandit car sped westward. Howe is located six miles north of lag’-ange and six miles south of Stutgis, Michigan. Judge Slick Appoints His Court Attaches South Bend, Ind., April 26. —<U.R>— The following men have been appointed attaches for the federal cotirt, northern Indiana district, by Judge ■ Thomas W. Slick: George L. Rulison, South Bend, district attorney; L. C. Sheets, Rochester, marshal; William D. Remmel, Fort Wayne, clerk; Mrs. Margaret Cowgill, South Bend, and Mrs. Maude S. Shank, Hammond, assistant clerks. They will serve pending permanent appointments by President Coolidge on recommendation of Indiana's two United States senators. • SELECT STAFF FOR R AVELINGS Robert Heller Chosen Editor Os D. H. S. Annual For Next School Year Robert Heller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heller, has been chosen editor-in-chief of “Ravelings”, the Decatur high school annual, for the 1928-29 I school year. The personnel of the staff I for the publication was announced today by the school officials. Mary Macklin, who will be a junior next year, will be assistant editor Harry Dailey will be the business manager next year and his assistant will be Chalmer Fischer. Otherz members of the staff are: Isabell Hower and Don Miller, Jokes editors; James Kocher, sports editor; Charlotte Elzey, society editor; Anna ‘Vinnes, departmental editor; Martha Moser, art editor; Isabelle Odle, assistant ait editor; Marjorie Hoagland. Dorothy Haley and Truman Hoile, typists. — o Mt. Tabor Ladies Aid To Hold Public Sale Friday The Ladies Aid Society of the Mt. Tabor church is greaty increasing its stock for the sale to be Ijeld at the Bcbo school building Friday evening. April 27. The property to be sold includes live stock, seed corn, potatoes, baked goods, chinaware, cooking utens ls a-nd various articles of food. Refreshments will be served. The sale will start at 7:30 o’cock. The public is invited to attend and patronize the sale.

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Mother of Army Family 1 WT * w- 5 1U /• ■. £J Mrs. Charles I’. Summerall. wife of Major General Summerall, chief of staff of »,he United States army, is the mother of Lieutenant Charles P. Summerall, Jr. Her father and grandfather were generals and she herself was born at Fort Leavenworth. BOYisINJURED - BY TOY PISTOL Hand Is Torn And Burned When Blank .22 Calibre Cartridge Explodes Eugene Daniels, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Daniels, 116 South Fifth street, suffered a serious injury to his left hand, about 4:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, when a toy pistol, loaded with a .22 calibre blank cartridge, was accidentally' discharged while he was holding it in his hand. The paper which held the powder in the cartridge was driven deep into the palm of the boy’s hand, the attending physician stating that he found pieces of it at least two inches up in the hand. The boy was in the act of removing the cartridge from the pistol when the triger was accidentally pulled and the cartridge discharged. The powder burned his Land badly, also, and the hand was badly mangled. Serum was injected into the boy’s veins to prevent lockjaw. It is believed that the boy’s hand can be saved, unless an infection should develop. For several days, young boys in all parts of the city have been shooting the blank cartridges in toy pistols. Chief of Police Seplius Melchi stated tcday that he bad asked the local merchants to refrain from selling the cartridges to hoys and they had agreed to comply with the request. ■ Chief Melchi also said that unless the j boys stopped shooting the cartridges lat once, they would be searched by the police and the cartridges taken away from them. Other boys have received minor ininrieis since the practice of shooting the blank cartridges started several days ago, according to reports received by the police chief. He also said that he had received reports that two or three boys were using regular pistols and revolvers and that they had been shooting some cartridges loaded with lead. TWO PUPILS HAVE PERFECT GRADES Honor Punils Os D. H. S. For Six-Week Period Just Ended Are Announced Harry Dailey and Helen Myers tied for first place on the high honor roll cf Decatur high school for the six-week period just ended. Each pupil had perfect grades of A-plus in each of the four subjects carried-Twenty-two pupfls were named on the high honor roll, all of their grades being A or A-plus. Thirteen pupils were placed on the regular honor roll and nineteen received honorable mention. The honor pupils are: High Honor Roil Name A-Plus’s A’s Dailey, Harry 4 Myers, Helen 4 jaberg', Russel 3 2 Archbold, J.csephine .... 3 1 kcont/Nued on page TWO)

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PARADE TO OPEN LEGION MEET IN I DECATUR SUNDAY Anderson Drum And Bugle Corps To Head Parade Over City’s Streets NOTABLE VETERANS TO ATTEND MEETING Plans are complete for the Northern Indiana American legion conference, to be held at the Decatur Country Club next Sunday, at which time a number of speakers and guests of state and natii nal imputation will be here. Word was received this morning that the Anderson drum and bugle corps, consisting of 45 pieces, will attend and at 1-30 o’clock a parade will be given, leaving Legion Headquarters in the Graham and Walters block, led by the drum corps, marching north to Monroe street, west to Third, south to Jefferson, east to Second and back to the hall, where cars will be waiting to convey the members to the Country Club, where the program will be given. The program of the conference is as fellows: 12 o’clock Registration. 2 o'clock Eighth District conference, the Ladies Auxillery holding their meeting at the same time. 2:30 o'clock Regular conference, with addresses by Glen Seiss, district compiandcr; John Klinger, state adjutant; Frank McHale, state commander; General Gignilliat, commandant Culver Military Acadamy; Senator Arthur R. Robinson. member United States senate from Indiana, his address being non political. 4:30 o'clock—Playlet by the Decatur Tri Kappa 6 o’clock —Banquet witji program of short talks. 8 o'clock —DanceAll local members of the Legion who are not on duty at the Country Club are urged to be present at the Legton hall at 1 o'clock, prompt, to poin in the parade and to accompany the guests to the club house. Three hundred acceptances are in and it is expected that between five and six hundred will participate in the meeting. o — OLD TRACTION STATION SOLD I). H. Campbell, Purchaser, Announces Plans For Super Service Station Purchase of the abandoned interurban station and the real estate on which it is located, and plans for the establishment of a super service station on the site were announced tcday by D. H. Campbell, well-known gasoline and oil distributor of this city. The property was purchased by Mr. Campbell from the Indiana Service Corporation, owners cf the abandoned Fort Wayne-Decatur traction lineThe real estate involved in the deal includes nearly half a city block, extending from Second to Third street on Jackson street with a long frontage on both Second and Third streets. The buildings on the site include the one used for a passenger waiting room, ticket office and baggage room, and the one used as a freight house. Both buildings are constructed of cement blocks. In adition to handling a full line gasoline, oils, tires, batteries and other accessories, Mr. Campbell stated today that he would convert the room formerly used as a passenger waiting room into a soda shop, containing a modern soda fountain and sandwich grill, A row of ■ tables .sheltered by large beach parasols, wil be paced on the lawn south of the building where drinks and sandwiches will be served There will be a drive between the building at the rear cf the soda shop, may obtain curbe service, providing they do not care to alight from their cars. Rest rooms will be provided in the binding, at the rear of the soda shop. Back of the restrooms and in the rear end of the building will be the battery tire and accessory shop. The building formerly used by the interurban company as a freight house will be converted into a "greasing palace”, where cars will be completely oiled and greased, all under sheter. There will be two gasoline pumps in front of the soda shop, on Second (CONTINUES ON PAGE SEVEN)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 26, 1928.

21 Ships Are Added To Rum Patrol At Detroit

Government Moves to Combat Threatened Flood Os Canadian Liquor By Robert S. Thornburg (I. N- S. Staff Correspondtent) Washington, April 26 —(INS) Twenty ; one coast guard ships today were or-1 dered to Detroit to reinforce the rum! patrol against a threatened flood of Canadian liquor. Assistant secretary of the treasury Seymour Lowman announced the strength of the patrol on arrival here from Detroit where he held a rum wkr council with customs commissioner E. W. Camp, prohibition commissioner J- M. Doran and Coast Guard officers. By May 1 the government will have 300 prohibition and customs agents and over forty coast guard boats forming the bloeade against liquor smuggling in the vicinity of Detroit Detroit Pledges Cooperation Lowman said he had received pledges of cooperation for law enforcement while in Detroit from public officials and the large industrial plants. Henry Ford was represented as prepared to assist the government through his vast manufacturing establishment. Intelligence agents cf the dry army reported that five armored ships are anchored in Canadian great lakes harbors prepared to sail for the United States with large cargoes of whiskey and beer. They will try to slip through probably along the Detroit “Front,'’ within a few weeks, according to government advices. “No artillery battle is anticipated on tile lakes”, Lowman said. “However coast guard noats are armed with four inch guns for use if necessary. Lowman declared that in the last nine months the government had seized 388 liquor smuggling boats and 549 automobiles near Detroit, o — No Americans Killed In Sandino’s Latest Attack Puerto Cabezas. Nicaragua, April 26.—(U.K) —No Americans were killed when the armed forces of General Augustino Sandino captured the I ,-i Lus mine according to two American lumber company employees who were the last to leave the Pis Pis district. George B. Marshall, assistant manager of the mine, however, has been captured by the Sandino forces. This was confirmed by Harry P. Amphlett, the resident manager, who was not present when the great force of Sandinistas swept down last week. o Three People Burn To Death In Residence Fire Denver, Colo., April 26.—(INS) —Mrs. Elsie Winton, 19, and her two brothers, Wilbur and Harvey, aged 9 and 11, were burned to death; Mrs. Winton’s year-old baby girl was probably fatally burned and the husband and father, John Winton, escaped with slight injuries when fire today destroyed their two story frame dwelling near here. Many Pests Eradicated Valparaiso, Ind., April 26. — (U.R) — Rats, mice, sparows and crows numbering 26,960 were killed in Porter county during tlie months ended April 15 by school pupils in an antipest campaign under joint sponsorship of the county board of education and farm bureau. - WARD TO SPEAK AT OENEVAMAY 4 Union City Man, Candidate For Congress, To Speak At C. Os C. Meeting

Geneva, Ind., April 26—(Special)— Hon. Don C. Ward, of Union City, principal of the Wilson school of that city and Democratic candidate for congress from the Eighth congressional district, will speak at Geneva Friday, May 4, before the Geneva Chamber of Commerce. The meeting will be a non-politieai affair and Mr. Ward wil! speak on “Community Service and Co-opera-tion.” Mr. Ward has been a public speaker for years and a large attendance is anticipated. Several people are expected from Decatur to attend the lecture, which will follow a chamber of commerce banquet. The public is invited to attend.

NATION TO HONOR FLOYD BENNETT Hero Os The Air To Be Buried In Arlington Cemetery At Washington New York, April 26. — (INS) — The body of Floyd Bennett, who gave up his life to carry aid to the Bremen, will lie in state in New York during the funeral party's brief stop here tomorrow. Upon arrival of the funeral train here, the body will be taken to the Seventy-first Armory, where it will lie In state until taken to the Pennsylvania station shortly before 10 o'clock. The funeral party will leave at 10:10 o’clock for Washington, where i the hero of the air will be accorded i the nation’s highest honor to its i breave dead—burial in Arlington cemetery. World Grieves His Passing Quebec, Que., Apr. 26. (INS) —While the world grieved his passing, the cold, still body of Floyd Bennett, one of America's greatest airmen, lay in . the little chapel of the Jeffrey Hale I hospital here today. t Clad in the same drab flying suit in which he made his last, flight, the gallant flier’s body reposed In a bronze casket* in which it will be taken to New York at 1:30 p. m. today. Upon its arrival there it will be taken top Washington for burial in the Arling- | ton National cemetery, where lie the I nation’s heroes. The casket was heaped high with floral tribues from all parts of the world. Hundreds came to the hospital where the conqueror of the North Pole lost his game fight against pneumonia, to view his remains. The flier's wife and his companion in many an aerial vtentnre, Commander Richard E. Byrd, remained here overnight and will go to New York with the body. They received thousands of messages of condolence ami sympathy, among them a sympathetic tribute to the late flier from President Coolidge. Mrs. Bennett is bearing up bravely under her sorrow. The airman's mother, Mrs. Henrietta Bennett, wil! meet the body at New York when it arrives at 7 o’clock tonight. Site is now' enroute front her home at Lake George, N. Y„ Mrs. Bennett is 75 and (CONTINI ED ON PAGE SEVEN) CHINESE CAPTURE FORMER HOOSIER Rev. C. L. Osborn Is Prisoner Os Southern Forces; Two Missionaries Killed Washington, D. C., April 26. —(INS) — Rev. C. L. Osborn, of the Church of the Nazarene Mission and a former student of Taylor University, at Upland, Ind., has been captured by 1 southern Chinese forces in the Province of Chin Li according to a message to the state department from Minister Mac Murray at Pekin, China. ' It was also reported from Pekin | that two Methodist missionaries, - whose names have not been learned, have been shot by Chinese troops at Yeng Chow Fu. American Counsel Lockhart, at Hankow, has made representations to the southern government demanding the release of Osborn and adequate protections for Americans in the war zone. The message added that although > the southern forces are in command, persons and buildings are safe and relations are good.

o Michigan’s Delegates Are Pledged To Hoover Detroit, Mich., April 26. — (INS) Michigan's Republicans in convention here pledged themselves to support Herbert Hoover for president “so long as he is a candidate” at the national assembly in Kansas City in June and also endorsed Chase S. Osborn, of Sault-Ste. Marie, for the vice-presidential nomination. The appointment of Arthur H. Vandenberg as United States senator was enthusiastically approved and the convention went on record as urging his election this fall. Governor Green's administration was lauded, and his re-election advocated.

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Gets Into Limelight _'~L I ■ .. n wi Elwin F. Allen, serving a forgery sentence in the Oklahoma penitential y, made an alleged confession during bis trial for burglary at El Reno, Okla, tlfnt he murdered the Rev. Edward F. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills near New Brunswick. N. J. No credence is p'aced in his statement by the authorities. BREMEN CREW ENROUTE TO U. S. — Trans-Atlantic Fliers Continuing Flight To New York In Ford Plane Clark City, Quebec. April 26.—(INS) The Ford relief plane bearing the German-Irish trans-Atlantic fliers passed over Clark City at 1: 111 o clock this afternoon. LnMalbaie. Quebec, April 26.—(INS' —The Ford plane carrying the Bremen’s fliers was reported over Seven Islands early this afternoon. Hop Off This Morning Montreal, Que., April 26 —(U.R)—The members of the first east-to-west airplane crossing of the Atlantic, started for civilization today, leaving the Bremen in which they made the historic flight, on the barren Labrador island where they landed. The relief plane piloted by Hernt Balchen. which came here to aid them, took off from Greenly Island at 7:45 a.m., a message received here said. Announcement of the start was relayed here by the Canadian Marconi company from its Point Amour station. It was assumed no change had been made in the announced plans, and that the plane, piloted by Balchen, carried Capt Hermann Koehl, Baron Cunther Van Huenefeld and Major James Fitzmaurice, the crew of the Bremen. o I). H. S. Juniors To Present Home Talent Play Tonight The first performance of the annual class play of the Decatur high school Juniors, will be given in the high school auditorium tonight, starting at 8 o’clock. Many tickets have been sold already and a capacity audience is expected. The second performance will be given Friday night, at the same hour. The title of the play chosen by the Juniors this year is “The Mummy and the Mumps.’’ It is a clever comedy in three acts. INTEREST IN PRIMARY OROWS Good-Sized Vote Predicted For Adams County In Primary Election May 8

Interest in the Primary election May 8 has increased rapidly the last few days, and a good-sized vote is anticipated in all of the 34 precincts of the county. County office seekers have started the task of canvassing the county predict several interesting contests. In the state contests, it is generally conceded that Frank Dailey, on the Democratic ticket for governor, and Frederick Schortemeier on the Republican ticket, will get a bulk of the votes in Adams county- In the Democratic governorship race, John E. 1 Frederick and Earl Crawford also have (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

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DEFENSE RESTS AFTER DENIAL IS MADE BY WALB Defendant Denies He Forged Notes And Made False Entries —— 11 WITNESS IS ON STAND THREE HOURS Fort Wayne. April 26 (INSt — The defense in the trial in federal court here of Clyde A. Wall), former Republican state chairman, charged with violating the national banking act, tested at 1:10 o’clock this afterI noon. Immediately afterwards, the I defense attorneys moved for an instructed verdict of not guilty. On Stand Three Hours Fort Wayne. April 26 —(INS) —For three hours today, Clyde A. Wall), former Republican state chairman of Indiana, suffered on the witness stand in federal court as he testified in his own behalf and parried the verbal thrusts of U. S. District Attorney Albert Ward in nn endeavor to effset the mass of testimony registered by the government, in his trial here to prove him guilty of violating the national banking laws. Walb made sweeping denials that | be forged notes and made false enI tries and that he knew that the de- , fund First National bank of lail Grange, of which he was vice-presi-dent. was being drained to finance his business enterprises. He was a .very nervous witness; shifting continuously in tlie witness stand and running his fingers through his hair. Li one of the most dramatic scenes in the history of the local federal court Weaver late yesterday ly withdrew his plea of not guilty which he had entered with Walb here on February 3 and pleaded guilty. Weaver then testified for the government against his stunned codefendant. Special Judge Walter Lindley of Danville, 111., deferred passing sentence on Weaver until the completion of the trial. United States District Attorney Albert Ward rested the government’s case at 4:11 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Walb defense immediately called Frank J. Dunken, LaGrange attorney, and John W. Hanaw, former federal judge of liaGrange, to the witness stand. They testified that in October, 1927. Weaver made two statements absolving Wall) from all blame in connection witli rumors that the bank was loaded with bad paper. Weaver, when he testified, said he made one statement himself, hue signed a second one which, because of his bad eyesight, lie was unable to read fully and which he later learned was not what lie believed II to lie.

PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN TO MEET Missionary Societies Os Fort Wayne Presbytery To Meet At Fort Wayne The annual meetin; of the Women's Presbyterial Society of Missions, of Fort Wayne Presbytery, will be held in the First Presbytei ian church of Fcrt Wayne, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 1 and 2. Mrs. Chas. D. Teeple, of the Local Presbyterian church, is the secretary. An interesting program is planned. Every woman is urged to attend this meeting. The meeting will open at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday, with reports and inspiring talks from the local churches. The Jjanquet at 5; 45 o’clock followed by an address by Mrs. Pettit, of the Board of Foreign Missions. Miss Dorothy Ellerton, whose work is with the Navajo Indians at the Ganado mission in Arizona, is also on the program. Mrs. Fred Hope of Elat, Africa, where the largest Presbyterian church in the world is located, will also be among the guests. Every woman of the Presbyterian church is urged to make it her business to attend at least part of the sessions of this meeting. Vigilantes To Hold Practice Shoot Friday * The Adams county vigilance conrmit- ' tee will hold a practice shoot on the Fred Schurger farm, west of the city, ■ Friday afternoon. A team to represent ’ the local vigilantes at the state shoot probably will be selected tomorrow.

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