Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1928 — Page 1

WEATHER Fair tonight and I Sunday- Riting ternI perature-

U.S. TO HONOR SIX FOREIGN AVIATORS

g Observance Os Boys’ Week To Open In Decatur Monday

Ithreedaysbf ACTIVITIES ARE ARRANGED HERE I Achievement Day’ls Scheduled For Monday, With Exhibit At Library ■ OUTDOOR EVENTS SET FOR THURSDAY I ' I.(Is #<». boys! Next MonI dav is .achievement day for al! I < hool bovs in Decatur, it being Ilhc first day in IJh’ observance ci National BoyW Week. Every boy who has made any individual article of which he is especially proud is requested to bring the article to the Decatur I’nblic Library for exhibit and rating. Articles such : manual training work, in and out of school hours, cartooning, art, penmanship, ♦onupositAon. writing, note hook, luuibies, mechanical radios, etc., will be p'aced on exhibit' if brought to th® Übrary mining and not later than T o’clock Monday noon. — The public is invited to inspect the achievement projects Monday aftorroon and gvening. from 1 o’clock to| 5 and frohv.6:3o to 8:30 o'clock. Tn the evenin* at 8:30 o'clock, Tore B. I Erwin, president of the local Rota** I Club, will present the winning r!t>I bops to the respective boys. First. I second and third i4ace ribbon? will he given in each <wss to the intermediate grammar grade and high sehcM divisions. The committee, who will lw£charge of trchtevemelit day. is (omposed of: J. L. Kocher, chairman. Charlie Voglewede, Father ITession, W. Guy Jtrown. W, J. Krick and , Amos Ketchum. Mr. Ketchum will I take charge of all entries, on next | Mommy. ® Boys' Day Out of Doors Boys in the fifth, sixth, seven!N. ami eightli Jfejtde< Ln all the schools lof the city will be entertained on next Thursday, May 3, from 1:30 to 0 I o'c! ck, by the Rotarians, in Rotary Hoys' day activities at Bellnionf Park. The boys will be divided into Red, White and Blue teams. Field and track teams will be selected before next Thursday to compete a-ainst each other on "Boys' This try out will be held on next Tuesday, at the close of school. Baseb"-! games will also be played among 'he teams. The Rotary ball club, headed by Captain Coffee, will also ho®h deck. The boys will be un ut door supper at 6 o'clock. The frack and field meet will be in the charge of the field committee, consisting of: William Bowers, chairman, Clarence Beavers and James Cowan. The Red, White and Blue list will be published next Monday. The calls for try outs for the various I'anis will be issued next Monday Ihn ugh the various teachers. Citizenship Day Friday On Friday. May 4. Citizenship dav will bp observed and instead of ho'ding a boys’ election this year, local BAPTIST WOMEN TO MEET IN PERU A Foreign and Home Missionary Societies Os District To Hold Conference The East Central district of the Woman’s American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society and of the Womans American Baptist Home Missionary Society will meet in the First Baptist church, of Peru, May 2 and 3, "ext Wednesday and Thursday. The district is composed of West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana, the meeting being annually and coming to Indiana once in 'three years. Several national Baptist officers will be present and have a part on the program. Several returned missionaries will also be present and speak. The program is taken up with matters of business and inspirational addresses relative to the missionary task of the demonination. The Baptist churches of Peru will provide lodging and breakfast for those who wish thq enteratinment. Mrs C. E. Bell and Mrs. O. E. Miller and possibly others are planning to go from the local church.

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WAR VETERANS TO BE HERE SUNDAY — America# Legion Posts Os Northern Indiana To Hold Conference *— * » ® ® aiffs asked display ihqgAmerican flag tomorrow as pari m the program for the NorthIfern Indiana iStgion conference to be held at the Decatur Country Club Sunday, Merchants are askM to put out noon. • e , T» registration of Legion ©men* berfHwill start at 12 o’cioclimoon and at,tjl :30 o'flodt a prarade of the World War will be held. AU flags should Ik dfSfdayed before the parade At 2 o'c&ek afternoon, the Ladies Auxiliary will meet uud the program for the conference will commence at 2:“ at the Decatur Country Cluff?" United States Senator ArthuiSß. Robinson; Brig, General L. R. Gignilliat, commandant of „the Culver Militray Academy; Gle# Seiss, district Legion commander; John Kling er, state adjutant; and Frank McHale state Legion commander will deftyer addresses at the meeting. At 6 o'c’ock a banquet will be served at the Country Club, followed by a dance at 8 o'clock, the club house. & § o U. B. Church To Observe Boys’ Day Here Sunday, The local United Brethren church will observe kk>ys Bay in the Sunday school apd worship services tomorrow and the boys will be of the services. In many eitiest this coming week there will occasions put cn for the boys, in some places the beys will rule the cities © an hour in other places they will be the guests of the chamber of commerce or some other vital organization of the city. The local church, desiring to enter into the program has given the morning sgrvicertßover to the boys to direct Tn is was done last year aniPproved successful and helpful. o Warm Weather Forecast For Most Os Next Week Washington, April 28(INS)—Weather outlook for period April 30 to May 5: Ohio valley, most fair weather except for a period of showers about Tuesday and again about Friday. Warm weather most of the week. ,—o Tipton Minister To Preach At Church Os God > Rev. Mauris Coffman, of Tipton, will preach at the Church of God in this city Sunday merning. Rev. Coffman is a good speaker and one that everybody enjoys listening to. He probably will preach Sunday evening, also. The public is cordially invited to attend this service.

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Crime Goes Unpunished In Chicago 96.87 Cases In 100

a Chicago, Aptil 28 - (INS) — aid startling revelations of crime ® conditions b 1 Cook County and Chicago were made public here t’.day with-a n-|>«rt by (he +UiHrthi afsoi for criminal justice. ®ln crime punished in 96.87 casern iti every hundred. Ony 3.13 cases in every > hundred result in conviction ® Sentence ofcthe criminal for the charge contained in the original ®indictment, tlie inures reveal. The survey is based ifpon canditions yi 1926 as is the first ime in which the investigators were able to take every case in'a single year and follow it through itery court.

CITY CLEANUP TO START ON MONDAY © ® —a—— City To Use Four Trucks And One Wagon To Gather Up Rubbish Over City Street' Commissioner Amos Fisher announced today that the city trucks will start out at 6:30 o’clock Monday morning, on the annual clean up ami gather up the old tin cans trash and rubbish which property owners have raked together and set out into the alleys® Tltft tin cans and trash must be pla<®d in boxes or barrels or some other kind of container so that the men can pick them up. In those cases where a property is not located along an alley, the boxes or barrels are to be placed along the street, where they wil be gathered up. Mr. Fisher stated that four trucks and one team would be used in gathering up the cans and trash. Every citizen is urged to in the clean-up campaign and see that the boxes and barrels are set out so that the city elean-up forces can gather them up. Lockhart’s Funeral To Be Held Monday Afternoon Indianapolis, April 28 —<U.R) —Fur, 1 eral services for Frank Lockhart, one' of America's best known race drivers, will be held here Monday afternoon. Lockhart was killed while he was attempting to beat a New World's speed record. The body wil be placed in a temporary vault here and later will be taken to Los Angeles. California, for burial. Collection Os SL2O~ * Claim To Cost $36 Logansport, Ind., April 28—(U.R) — Mere than $26 will be spent in court costs to collect a $1.20 claim. The W. J. Mees Paving company has filed suit to collect the $1.20. from Emma and Jack Slox on a paving assessment.

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® Since then, survey Chi- . cago crime imitates crimp has increased. Ilere, tabulated, is whai the ro® port reveajs. ® Crime No. QR*. C F Murder 388 28 55 253 ManslafghLm 229 1 4 @!24 Robbery Burglary ... . 1433 416 S 4 923® Embezzlem't 28®l ®l£p 76 2638 Auto theft .. 2968 3:74 Ltf 2443 Sex crimes .. 540® 62 27 451 (Nqte: In tlie above talde. No. stands for number; C. R. stands for "rime reduced; stands for convicted; and F., for freed.) © Sia veys ara now being ©ade - for the year;) 6 '1927 and 1928.

“Need Any Help?B “Yes, Give Us Your Money,” Is Reply @® £ I Indianapolis, ApiiJ 28 — (U.R) — While driving on a country D. H. Smith, Indianapolis, saw two men working on the motor of aq, automobile. He pulled alongside. “Need any help" he said. g’ “Yes”, one of the men replied. “Give us you® money.” @ Smith, at the point of gunft was robbed of S2O and the two men drove away. ® SHOOT IS HELD ' BY VIGILANTES Good Records Turned In At Practice Shoot On Schurger Farm Tuesday Adams in practice session at the Fred Sorurger farm, west of Decatur, set up some fine records afternoon, and every member present participated in the shoot. Plans were furthered to send a delegation from Adams county to the state meet at Fort Harrison in June. It was decided to hold two more practices before the state meet. The next vigilantes meeting will be held at Rprne, May 10. and will be held in connection with a banquet. All members of the Adams county vigilantes and the Adams County Bankers’ Association are invited to the shoot and banquet. • Practice was held yesterday with rif.es and pistols and every man made a good record. Several of the shooters hit the bull's-eye five times straight with rifles and four out. of five times with pistols. Several Decatur people also attended the shoot yesterday and considerable interest was shown in the various contests. Decatur city policemen attended the affair.

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MC COY RECALLED FROM NICARAGUA; TROUBLE FEARED • President’s Personal Representative Called Home For A Consultation OFFICIAL COMMENT IS BEING WITHHELD Washington, April 28 (U.R) Brig. <ie.tVr.il Frank B. McCoy, i President Cooiidtfh's personal representative in Nicaragua, has been etiled to W ashington lor a consultation, said at the state department today. Whether his coming betokens turn in the Nicaraguan •situation its the result of reported increasßl jebel activities could not be let'tiitol, as official comment on the real purpose of his visit was withheld for the time being.® McCoy doubtless will confer ®vith President Cocßdge as well as with state department officials iminediately on reaching here. It was ed fle would attempt to dear up Jim mystery surrounding the reported seizure by rebels of several American <#'ned,Quines. May Send More Dqjjiile repeated denials by otificials. it also was indicated additional troops might b(®sent to Nftaragua to reinforce the 2,800 marines aln^tdx! there. This movement hAever, was expei ted to depend upon The oWteome cf the conferijjpee with Although no definite confirmatmii ! of new rebel movement has yet received, officials were inclinim to place credence tfi dispatches saying • tA- insur#eSt force had taken the field in Northeast Nicaragua. | Ijycli information .v- lias been ed at the state.end navy s departments would indicate that about r>uo Dined' £nen are concentrated in Pis-Pis mining aft*a alon.C the WinzapoliN? river. n Boy Killed While Hunting ® Flora, „Ind'.. April 28 (U.R>- RobejM Keyes, r;. W*s killed while j cf here when® gun S'us discharged when lie iScidetly milled! the trigger. The boy's father is editor of the i’arroll Counlv Press.® j S. UPAita. DIES SUDDENLY -A Prominent Retired Farmer Os Root Township Dies Os Cerebral Hemorrhage S. J. Spangler, 65,®i>rominent retired farmer of Root? township, died suddenly ut 4:3t) o'clock tilts morning. April 28, 1928, death being du«®to a cerebral hemorrlltige. The Spangler family resides near the Mt. Pleasant church. ® S., J. Spangler, (.you of Jacob and Margaret Spangler, was born Septenier 21, 1862 in Adams county. He redded in the same community throughout his entire life. In the year 1894. he united in marriage with lonise Armack. who survives him. Two daughters, Mrs. Bertha A. Thompson, of Lagro, Indiana, and Miss Iva M. Spangler at. home, also survjje. Mrs Mary Henschen of Kirkland township and Miss Eliza Spangler of this ci/ly, are sisters of the decease* Three brothers are: the Rev. Dan Spangler, of New Carlisle, Indiana; the Rev. Chas. W. Spangler, of Pern, and J. E. Spangler, of Root township. Funeral services have not been arranged for as yet, pending word from distant relatives. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock at the home and at 2:30 o’clock at the <BJt. Pleasant church. — o Scenario Writer Victim Os Hollywood Poison Mystery Hollywood, Calif., April 2S.—(INS) — The Hollywood death mystery victim was identified by police today as Lawrence White, scenario writer. Hollywood Calif., April 28. —(INS)—A Hollywood voison mystery with its victim believed be the son of a weathly New York society matron and whose fiance lives in New York confronted police here today.

wfartin B. Madden • w JMBMwaahß i — -*• a Martin B. Aladden. of Chicaap. for ycuD- a leading figure in of Representatives and chairman of the appropriations jliml unexpectedly at his in the capital lnuT<jitg®l , 'riday. Be had delimited inifiHi lime to the promotion of the Lakes to-Gnlf Waterway BEAUTIFYCOURT" . HOUSE GROUNDS I 8 w a Landscape Gardener Begins Work Today; New Scrubs s Being Planted 9 Wort c on fftautifying the court © I® . , 9 house grotgids'i® o this city» started I this® mtwiiiigL Joseph (,a»kilK lantl* l! cape gardener of this city, beiilfc in Lcharge of tjie work. Mr. GaskiyshatP ’ had severaf ye.'irs experience in landscape gardenfn)?, fe<*ng employed in ’ thfttschool ii? Koseiuaito count* ' and at Valparaiso University. Tile «>n sliidliber* will < ( be spaded and j ltnrcd of weeds and ! furrows tfludg aroun it- Wiiere inlants handled, neve? shrubs will lie kjganted. staled that plans call for planting; a rowan? spirea i altng and *iilk% V circle of will lie planted around‘"the 9 ' StrattonPorter Memorial reck in the southeast corner yaA. IJpshes of spirea or snqvvlßlls wili be in the lawns. A' flasver bed ) be planted i 2 the centtr of the lawn. Ji * May Move Cannon TliAq, county commissioners willing to give th® cSrtinon, which stands in of the law 11,40 the local post of the American Legion, they in it in tie Legion Memorial Park on Winchester street. The formal offer has not lieen jpade to the Lotion, but-in a r l prabamlity the post will accept the field cannon and place it_in tlie cannon was sengnere to J. O. Sellemeyer. by Congressman Albert VesUJ. it hsng an Austrian field cannoti captured by the Americas forces in the world war. Mr. Selletncyer. who now lives CJn Los Angele® CaliW, donated the cannon to tlje county. To Work All Summer Mr. Gaskill has been employed by tlie county commissioners to work all summer in keeping the grounds lieautified and in looking after the plant ing of flowers and shrubbery. The presjjjt hedge of shrubbery around the court, house grounds was donated by the Rev. Dr. L. W. A. Luckey, of New' York City, former Decatur resident. — o Two Killed In Automobile Accident Near Auburn Auburn, Ind., April 28. — (INS) —Two persons were dead today and a third being held by the county coroner for a questioning as a result of an automobile accident on a highway a mile south of Butler. The dead were Miss Golda Keller, 17, killed instantly; Elaine Woodcox, 22, fatally injured. Willard Rogers, driver of the death car is being held. The accident happened when Rogers lost control of his machine and it crashed into a tree. All those injured were from Auburn. I They were riding in the front seat of -a 5-passenger touring car at the time of the accident.

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TO AWARD FLYING CROSS TO HEROES OF FOUR NATIONS Two Germans, Two French-® men, One Irishman And Italian To Be Honored BREMEN CREW TO VISIT NEW YORK Washington, April 28.—(INS)— The American Distinguished Flying Cross will be conferred upon noted aviators from four foreign countries under a bill passed unanimously by the senate today. < The flyers to bejaonored are: Von Huetiefeld and iWelil, Germans, and Fitmiaurlce, Irishman, ned the Atlantic in a westward flight; Diedonpe Costes and ®welip Leßrix. French Wen, who flew westward across j the south Atlantic, and Francisco De Pinedo, Italian, (gwlm crossed the South Allan® 1 both ways. ®® louse had unanimously adopted a resolution earlier conferring the cross on Von iluenefeld. Koenl and Fitzniaurice. • Bremen CrtvFl-eaves Washington Wifthington, April 28. (INS) —Stormbound again by the elements which conspired a’feigist them at turn, the Gexman-lrish flyers decided today to leave Wasfßiigt<> for New” York by train. The reservations on Pennsylvania train leaving*. ( atlie Capital at 1:115 ' Bad weather betweei? Washington and New Yolk, coigiled with the soggy condition of the flying field liere. made it impossib> for them tly to Nev@Vork as they had planned. Th<£. decision to £0 by train was 1 real died reluctant®', so guich si>. 'fact, that the flyers elected to stay the field until barely time to catch tlie train in the hope that bearing” weather might still aljj|w them tOQ he joiiViiw by thtf vflfathjr jglears appreciably by® 1 o’clock, they may iftcßle to risk© th# trip WPan army cabin-type Fokker fflinne. They believed that a plane the^ 1 cqgld reacS New York by 3:tio whergis it will nearly 6::io p. York liy train. To %mett ©@ April 2^.— (INS)—It® a drizzling Stain, on|v added to ' Uie “aspect' of iiiission, the German-Irish flyers made a plA’image to a new in Arlington today ;#.d paid Sti unostenLitious tlibute of 4'es<ect and admiratmii to -Tieniiett” oie hfe-o'c Polar pijgt,®who sSGi.iced his IjJ'e in an effort to aid them. It and dismal the trans-Atlantic Baron Gunther Von Huetiefeld. Ca(*. and Major 4atnes Fitzmaurifi*, motored from Bolling Field across tW Potomac to tlie spot "'hege Bennett® was yesterday. the field shortly before 9 o'clock. At tfet,-, hour, Bernt Bilchen, the pilot who rescued them from their exile off the winging his wawiouthward from New York to up the trio and port them back to New York for an official celebration later in the day. FARM MEETING IS ARRANGED Tax Reduction And Farm Relief Are Subjects To Be Discussed • Tax 1 eduction and the McNary-Hau-gen Bill will be the subject matter of the principal address to be delivered by W. T. Martindale at the Kirkland township high school building next Tuesday evening May 1 at 8 o'clock Short talk will also be given by W. A. Klepper, O. L. Vance and George Krick 1 Hon. J. W. Tyndill wil act as chairman of the "feting. The meeting scheduled for next ■ Tuesday evening is another of a ser- ■ ies of get-together meetings th*L are being held by the Adams County Farm . Bureau in the interest of the , ers. Mr. Martindale comes from the , Indiana >Farm Bureau Federation and . his ability as an interesting and force- ■ till speaker is well recognized. Special t music will be furnished by the Kirkland Junior Band and the Magley quar1. tet. A tasty treat will be given everyf one who attends the meeting. Every! e one is invited to attend, with their taI mily and friends.

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