Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1928 — Page 1

1 WEATHER H unsettled tonight ■ and Friday. Local ■ Thundershowers and ■ slightly cooler to- ■ mght in north porKtion. ■

FARM RELIEF BILL SENT TO COOLIDGE

BREMEN FLIERS I WELCOMED AT I DETROIT TODAY ■'rans-Atlantic Fliers Not I Sighted Here On Flight From Indianapolis LAKE FLIGHT IN TWO HOURS The Bremen fliers were net righted over Decatur this morning, as far as could be learned. [lt is believed that their plane I either missed this city or was flyi ing too high to be seen or heard. ! Detroit, May 17. —(U.R) —The three Ji ■ii.cn trans-Atlantic fliers landed it Eord Airport at 10:40 a.m., today torn Indianapolis where they hail teen delayed by bad weather. lldsel Ford, chairman of the city’s eruption committee, rushed through , sea of mud to be the first to greet he two Germans and their Irish comlan’on. \bout 8,000 persons were at the Ic'd to witness the arrival. Hop Off At 7:35 A. M. Indianapolis, May 17. — (INS) - The lure Bremen trans-Atlantic flieis, snorted by George Haldeman, hoppd off at 7:30 A M. from Schoen field <re today for Detroit, Mich. Major James C. Fitzmaurice, of the risk Free State air service, was at jo ‘stick” of the big silver Junkers tonoplaae. The departure had been delayed tore than one hour because of engine rouble developed in the Junkers lane. Although the skies had been cloudy arly this morning, just before takeff the sun appeared from behind the lends. The fliers ere undismayed by reports of poor flying weather on the route from Indianapolis to Detroit. A ground fog with possible rain and a ’’ceiling” of 1,000 feet was the verSict of the aviation weather experts. Mrs. Fitzmaurice and Mrs. Koehl Jid not accompany their husbands. Dey have decided to remain as Quests of Richard Kurtz here to recuperate from the strenuous tour they have made. 0 Ralph “Doc” Smith Seriously Injured Ralph “Doc” Smith, 32, former Decatur resident, is in a critical condition at the Nickols hospital in Bittie Creek, Michigan, stiffei ing fiom injuries sustained in an automobile accident last Saturday. Smiti and another man were riding in a truck, which was hit by another car. Smith "as thrown out, his head striking a telephone pole. One of his eyes was bulged "out in the accident. According to word received here, he is kepA under the influence of an anaesthetic all of the time. Mr. Smith was marked to Miss Florence Twig, of Bluffton. several years ago. They reside at Battle Creek now. 0 — Bill Provides For New Postoffice At South Bend Washington May 17.—(INS)—The deficiency bill, expected to be reported tomorrow, will carry an appropriation ot $300,000 to start the South Bend Post office, Rep. Hickey (R) or Indiana announced today. A limit of sl,000,000 will be set on the project. 0 SYNOD MEETING CLOSES TODAY Delegates Os Decatur Reformed Church Unable To Attend Meeting At Culver The annual meeting of the Mid-West Syn d of the Reformed church was held at Culver Tuesday? Wednesday and today. The Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann and Henry Graber, delegates from the Zion Reformed church of this city, were unable to attend the meeting. The annual sermon was preached by the Rev. R. B. Meckstroth, of Huntington, Tuesday. The Rev. C. W. H. Sauer "’ein, of Bente, had charge of thClassical Communion service. The morning and afternoon sessions .vesteiday were devoted to business of the dassis. Rev. Flederjohann, of this city, was to have been in charge of the service last night, but was detain ed in this city on account of a funeral.

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Vol. XXVI. No. 118.

Huenefeld Anxious To Fly Bremen Back To Europe

Toward Triumph Vim fr \r j 1 I ; I Kathleen Kersting of Wichita, Kan., is making her American debut in her home town as a compliment to the citizens who have helped her financially to study voice culture. She was a protege of Mme. Emme Calve ai d has been hailed as a “golden voiced" perfonner. DOTRWOW DIES LAST NIGHT Mrs. Lydia Marie Barkley, 29, Succumbs After Short Illness Mrs. Lydia Marie Barkley, 29. died at the Barkley home on North Fifth street at 8:10 o'clock last night, following a serious illness of only a few days. Mrs. Barkley had been in ill health for some time, but her condition was not regarded as serious until last Tuesday. Death was said to have been due to a complication of diseases. Lydia Hawkins Barkley was born in Allen county. December 14. 1898. She was the daughter of Mr. and ’< rs. William C. Hawkins, of near Monroeville. In early life, she was united in marriage to Ransome fi. Barkley, who survives. A .daughter. Jean Elizabeth, aged 4, also survives, as do the father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins. Mrs. Barkley was a member of the United Brethren church of this city. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1 30 o'clock at the home and at 2 o’clock at the United Brethren church. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The Rev. C. R. Smith will have charge of the services. Q Present Season Highly Favorable To Sugar Beets The present season has been one of the most favorable in recent years for sowing beet seed. John Carmody, district field superintendent of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company, stated today, commenting that practically all acreage has been sown. About 10,000 acres of beets has been contracted for this year and 90 per cent of this total has been sown, Mr. Caimody stated. The outlook for a good beet crop never was better and, with the rains of the last day or tiwo, the beet fields wi?.l advance rapidly. « Case Os Smallpox Reported In Decatur One case of small-pox is reported in Decatur. Roland Ladd, high schol pupil, and a son of Mrs. Charlotte Ladd South Fifth street, is quarantined to his home with the disease. This, together with one ease of scarlet fever at the Reynolds residence on Seventh street, is the extent of contagious dis eases existing in the city at the present time. —o ; Seniors Give Pipe Organ To Taylor University Upland, Ind., May 17—(U.R)—Dedication of a $6,000 pipe organ presented to Taylor University by this year’s seniors, will be held May 23, with first to use the instrument.

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German Baron Gives Interview To I. N. S. Corresnondent At Indianapolis Indianapolis, May 17 —(INS) — The condition of the Bremen when it reaches New York from Greenly Island will be the determining factor, largely, whether the GermanIrish trans-Atlantic flyers will attempt to return by air from America to Europe, Baron Guenther Von Huenefeld said here today just before he and his two companions. Captain Hermann Koehl and Major James Fitzmaurice, hopped off at Schoen field for Detroit. “Good! Exc'e'ent!” exclaimed the Baron, throwing up his hands and his blue eyes twinkling with joy. when he was shown an International News Service dispatch stating that Fred Melchoir, expert Junkers pilot, had hopped off on the last leg of the flight to Greenly Island to pilot the Bremen to New York. Ready To Fly Back "Melchoir is an excellent flyer, the best in the world. He will bring her to New York good," the Baron said in his precise, stilted English. "If the Bremen is in good shape I (CO.XTIMiEU ON PAGE THUER) FREES ALLEGED WELLPOISONERS

jCo ur t Discharges Two Brothers Accused Os Placing Poison In School Well Warsaw May 17 (INS)— Samuel Riley 23 and Athol Riley, 21,'brothers living at Mt. Tabor«who were charged with having placed'poison in a public school well on Nov. 27, 1926, making thirteen pupils ill. were discharged here today by Judge Lemuel R yce, of the Koskiusko county circuit court. The action which was taken over the objections of Prosecutor W. G. Laehr. was based upon the fact that no action had been taken over three terms of court. Prosecutor Laehr said he contemplhted filing another affidavit against the men and also probably would file charges against thefr brothers, Edward 14, George 10 and Robert 7 who he said once revealed details of poisoning the well with Paris Green and then later retracted their statements. o Archie Smith Fined For Drawing Weapon Archie Smiti) was fined $lO and costs in city court, by Mayor George Krick, after he had changed his plea of not guilty to guilty. Smith was charged with drawing a weapon. w s H. SIMPSON TO LEAVE DECATUR Superintendent Os Decatur Sugar Factory to Be Moved To Blissfield, Mich. William H. Simpson, superintendent of the local plant ot the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company, has been transferred to Blissfield, Michigan, as superintendent of the company's plant in that city. Mr. Simpson will take up his new duties within a few days. He will be succeeded here by Howard Tuttle, of Holland, Michigan. Mr. Tuttle is now in the city and will move his family here in June. Mr. Simpson has been superintendent of the local plant ot the HollandSt. Louis Sugar company since 1922. The plant at Blissfield is similar in size to the Decatur plant, having a capacity of approximately 1,100 tons of beets a day. During his six years residence here, Mr. Simpson has aided in the improving and enlarging of the local plant which, for the last few years, has been making record runs during the beet sugar campaign. Mr, and Mrs. Simpson will reside in Blissfield and their household goods will be moved as soon as he secures a residence there. • — o To Boost Dallas Dallas, Tex. —(U.R)—The local chamber ot commerce has just completed a campaign to raise $500,000 for an advertising campaign that will be continued throughout the nation for three years.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 17, 1928.

I Fitzmaurice Gets Big Thrill Out Os Spin Around Speedway Indianapolis, Ind., May 17 —(INS) "The biggest thrill I've had since I landed in America. Major Janies C. Fitzmaurice, transAtlantic Bremen flier, thus expressed himself after a few laps around.the Indianapolis Mot; i Speedway race track at the wheel of Blackhawk special. "I intend to come back to Indianapolis on May 30 for the 500-mile race, if at all possible,” Fitzmaurice said. "I can't see for the life of me how 33 cars can get around that track at the same time and 1 want to, see how It’s done." The Irish flyer's wife was one of the first women to pilot a car around the motoi speedway course here. She took the wheel tor a lap and traveled at a rapid clip. o YOUNG MAN IS CALLED BY DEATH Harry Reynolds Dies At Home In Hartford Township Wednesday Night — Harry Reynolds, 25, of Hartford township, died at the Reynolds home near Linn Grove Wednesday night, j following an illness of several months.! Death was said to have been due to asthma and a complication of diseases. He had been ill fcr some time, but had been betfast for only a week. Harry Reynolds was born in Hart ford township, November 24. 1902. He was the son of Sanford and Bertha Stauffer Reynolds. The young man received his education in the Hartford township schools being graduated from the Hartford township high school in 119. He was a star basketball player on his high school team. Surviving besides the father and mother, are two brothers, Sanford, Jr. and Woodrow, both at home. Funeral services wil be held Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home and at 1:30 o'clock at the Evangelical church at Linn Grove. Burial will be made in the Six Mile cemetery.

DEMOCRATS PICK NEW COMMITTEE District Chairmen Selected Wednesday; Pick State Chairman Friday Indianapolis, May 17. —(U.R)—A new democratic state committee held office today, as the result of elections held in the vaiious districts yesterday. Harmony prevailed in most of the meetings but in the second district a deadlock between Peter Schloot, Linton, and Claude Gregg, Vincennes, finally ended with the meeting adjourning and selection of the second district chairman being left up to the state committee. The new eetnmitee is composed of the following: First district, Phillip Lutz. Boone ville. Second district, deadlock between Peter Schloot, Linton and Claude Gregg, Vincennes. Third district, Eugene B. Crowe, Bedford. Fourth district. Joseph W. Verbag. North Vernon. Fifth district, Al Clark, Cayuga. Sixth district, Charles Hack, Shelbyville. Seventh district, Charles B. Weillver, Indianapolis. Eighth district, Virgil Simmons,' Bluffton. Ninth district, Dr. Wilbur Dunham, Kempton. Tenth district, Thomas McConnell, Fowler. Eleventh district, A. M. Pursley, Hartford City. Twelfth district, James Adams, Columbia City. Thirteenth district, Frank Mayr, Jr., South Bend. The state committee will meet in Indianapolis, Friday, to elect a state chairman. Indications are that 11. Earl Peters, of Fort Wayne, present chairman, will be re-elected. Farmers Oppose Daylight Saving Muncie, Ind., May 17- —(U.R)-Dela-ware county farmers are opposed to establishing of daylight saving time here it has been announced. The plan will come before the city council for action at its June meeting.

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New York Groggy Ftom Over-Dose Os Scandal

Employees An <1 Officers Said To Have Collected Huge Sum In Graft New York, May 17. (Copyright 1928 by UP) —America's biggest city is groggy from an over-dose of official scandal. ✓ Charges that employes, officers and attaches cf the municipal government have collected upwards of $12,000,000 in graft during the last year are under investigation, but whether the various inquiries will turn up evidences of real corruption remains to be seen. Meanwhile the wave of spring house cleanin', assumes huge proportions. Allege Fraud Is Widespread The trail of alleged fraud stretches from lower Broadway to the Bronx; it meanders into obscure alleys in Queens Borough where sewer pipes have become a vital political issue; it leads into the offices of prominent attorneys and down along Brooklyn gutters where street cleaning officials are accused of padding payrolls. Four investigations, by both federal and city officials, have usurped newspaper headlines for months. Disclosures of alleged payroll paddICONTIM 1.11 OX I"TH II Hl’. I o ACTRESS FATALLY INJURED AT PARTY Miss Fay Garde Suffers Fractured Skull; Officials Investigate*

Los Angeles, Cal., May 17—(INS)— Her skull fractured in a-sensational plunge over a stair railipg during an early morning party in the Hollywood home of John O. Darrough, wealthy oil operator, Miss Fay Garde, y. uthfu! comedy screen actress, lay dying in the general hospital today. Darrugh has been subpoened to appear at the sheriff's office to tell the story of lhe accident. Meanwhile, the deputy sheriff's ars searching for two ether member of the party, Miss Edna Geoige, who has been playing in the recent mfovies, and Carlos Duran, also a movie actor. —————o Automobile Driven By H. A. Fuhrman Wrecked A Nash sedan driven by H. .A. Fuhrman, of north of Decatur struck a ditch and was damaged while Mr, Fulr.man was eftrouie to this city today. Mr. Fuhrman was driving and lost control of the machine as it neared a turn in the r.:ad. The car struck the ditch, damaging a fender and twist ing the body of the car. The occupants were not injured. o FARM BUREAU INCORPORATED Adams County Bureau Incorporated At .$10,090; Has Twelve Directors The Adams County Farm Bureau has incorporated and the incorporaticn papers filed with the ccunty recorder. The organization has incorporated for SIO,OOO and twelve farmers were named as directors. The purpose of the organization was set out in the incorporation papers as follows: “to engage in any activity in connection with the marketing selling manufacturing, canning, packing, grading, storing, handling or utilizing of any agricultural products, products, produced or delivered to it by its stoockholders, or the manufacture or marketing of the by product thereof, or any activity in conectiou with the purchase, hiring or use by its stockholders of supplies, machinery or equipment ? cr in the fina-ncing of any such activities, or in any one or more of the activities specified herein." The place where the principal business of the corporation wil be transacted will be Decatur. The term of th * incorporation is for fifty years. The capital stock is divided into 2.600 shares of common stock of par value of $5 each. The twelve directors of the Farm Bureau are: Grant Owens, Albert Burk, William Yager, W. Allery Whery Henry Coyne, Martin Gerke, R. S. Myers, Fred Busche, David J. Schwartz, M. A. Ripley, Fred Blum and Joel Sprunger.

Vice Proxy? y *■> 4 Mis. Nellie Ross, former governor of Wyoming, has been indorsed by the Wyoming Central Democratic committee for the nomination as candidate for the vice presidency of the United States. DECATUR PEOPLE HURT IN ACCIDENT Mrs. John Schafer And Daughter, Mrs. Edgar Gerber, Seriously Injured Mrs. John Schafer of this city, and her daughter, Mrs. Edgar Gerber, es Fort Wayne, are patients in the Silver Cross hosiptal at Joliet, Illinois, as a result of injuries sustained in an auto mobile accident. Tuesday morning. The party, travelling in an Essex car owned by Mi- Schafer, comprised Mr. and Mis John Schafer, and Mr. and Mis. Edgar Gerber and two children of the latter. They had completed a several days visit witii their son and brother, Kenneth Schafer, at Polo, Illinois, and were enroute home when the accident occurred. At a point about half way between Joliet and Chicag . the car skidded ami turned over pinning Mis. Gerbel beneath the top. They were picked up and taken back to tin hospital at Joliet. Mrs. Gerber was the most seriously injured of the entire party. She sustained several broken bones in the pelvic region, and it is feared that her bladder is punctured. A thorough examination was impossible immediately aftei tlie accident, because of the shocked condition of the patient, but il was expected that a second examination would be made some time today. If Mrs. Gerber's condition warrants. Mr. Schafer ami Mr. Gerber and two children will return to Decatur, following the examination. Mrs. Shafer is also a patient in the hospital, suffering principally from cuts and bruises, with one bad cut on the knee. Her condition, however, is not serious and it is expected that she will be released from the hospital in a ccuple of days. She will remain with Mrs. Gerber, however, until her release, which will probably be several weeks. The two men and children were fortunate to escape with minor injuries which Included small cuts and bruises. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schafer of Fort Wayne, brother and sister-in-law of John Schafer, aie sojourning at the Schafer residence north cf the city and caring for the farm and stock until the party ai rives home. o Meyers Baby Lives Only Forty Minutes An infant son botn at 5 o'clock last evening, May 16, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Meyers 1037 Not th Second street lived only about forty minutes. The child was veiy weak at birth. The mother is getting along nicely, however. Funeral services for the baby were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock, at the St. Marys Catholic church with burial in the Catholic cemetery.

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SHIPPING BILL ALSO GOES TO THE PRESIDENT Shipping Bill Expected To Be Signed And Fann Bill Vetoed PASSAGE OVER VETO HELD IMPROBABLE Washington, May 17. - (U.R) The McNarv-Haugen farm relief bill and the Jones shipping bill, both attacked by their opponents as subsidy and class legislation, wen laid before President Coolidge simultaneously today. Expecting him to sign the shipping bill and veto the farm bill, independent Republicans in the senate had delayed action on the Jones measure more than a day until leaders agreed to adoption of the McNary-Haugen report, and then allowed votes on which both were approved. Hope For Symphathy They believe presentation, of the two measures together will influence the President to look with more than ordinary sympathy upon the farm relief bill, similar in many respects to the one he vetoed last year. Persons who know the President's mind, however, predict that the, bill will be on its way back to congress shortly with a denunciation of the equalization fee provision. The farm bill authorizes appropriation of $400,000,000 to create a loan fund and set up a government marketing organization to dispose ot the agi (cultural surplus. The shipping bill provides for a 8250,000,000 fund to help private shipping companies. Senators Blaine, Repn., Wis, and Norris. Repn., Neb., stressed the analogy between the two measures during debate on the Jones report. The shipping bill, they' charged, provided a far more direct subsidy than the farm bill. Conference reports on the two bills, previously adopted by the house, passed the senate almost simultaneously late yesterday by the prearranged agreement among leaders. Even the farm relief leaders privately hold little hope the President will sign their bill. Attorney-General Sargent to whom the measure will be sent at once is expected to hold the equalization tee unconstitutional, as he did in the first McNary-Haug-en bill. If the President vetoes the bill as expected, scant time will remain for consideration of passage over a veto. It Is generally expected the bill will be allowed to lie dormant. The senate, where it would have to be acted upon first, demonstrated in passing the measure there are sufficient votes to over-ride a veto. There are not enough votes in the house for passage over a veto, according to all indications. When the bill was being considered, it was charged supporters of Frank O, Tavwden and Vice-President Dawes want another veto. Both support the measure. ITALIA HEADS FOR KINGS BAY Polar Dirigible Returning After Two And One-half Days In Far North Kings Bay. Spitsbergen, May 17? — (U.R) — The Polar dirigible Italia at noon today was southeast of Franz Josef Land and headed direct for Kings Bay on her homeward way. General Umberto Nobile, her com mander radioed. "I expect to arrive this evening if our present speed is maintained,” Nobile added. The Italia left here at 2 p. m„ Tuesday on her second flight over the Polar region, so will have made a Hight of nearly 2% days. Nobile said that in Hying over little known Lenin land yesterday he had encountered a snow storm. The weather on his arrival over the island was beautiful, he had said previously, Nobile took the Italia northward and southward, he said, on an exploratory cruise of the land and the ice covered sea. In returning southward of Franz Josef Land. Nobile was trying to take advantage of the best possible weather on the Italia's homeward flight. He had said in air earlier radio that, he proposed to return byway of Nova i Zembla. which is south of Franz Josef Laud,

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