Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 121, Decatur, Adams County, 21 May 1928 — Page 5

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CLUB CALENDER Tuesday Heliekih Degree Start, I. O. O. F. Hall. 7:30 P. M. Psi lota Xi, Fan Hammel, 8 P. M. Evangelical Y. P. M. C., Mrs. Earl Fuhrman, 7:30 P. M. I) y. B- U. B. S. 8., Mrs. Frank FishM E . s. S. Mrs SHRDLU SHRDLU er, 7:30 P. M. Mary and Martha Class. M. E. S. S. Mrs. Ed Wicks, 7:30 P. M. Thursday Bridge Club, Mrs. Win. Bowers. 6:30 P. M. So Cha Rae, Miss Dorothy Miller. 7:30 P. M. Friday St Marys Township Home Economics Club, Mrs. Otto Longenberger. D H. 8. Commencement and Reception. H. S. Building, 8:00 P. M. M. E. Ladies Aid, church parlors. 2:30 P. M. The D. Y. B. Class, of the United Brethren church, will meet Tuesday evening with Mrs. Frank Fisher, at 7:30 o’clock. The Mary and Martha Class of the Methodist Sunday school will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock with Mrs. Ed Wicks on Madison street. The Ladies Aid Society of the First I Methodist church will meet in the church parlors, Friday afternoon at I 2:30 o'clock. All members are urged ! to he present as plans for the year I will be made at this meeting. The So Cha Reas will be entertained Thursday evening, Miss Dorothy Miller at he rhome on Marshall street ! at 7:30 o'clock. ATTEND VAIL REUNION I HELD IN BRYAN, OHIO Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wicks, Toni Vail Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sprang, and the latI ter’s guests. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Vail. ! of Washington, D. C., and Mr. E. Vail attended a reunion of the Vail family which was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vail, in Bryan, Oh|o. SunI day. Other relatives attending the reunion, iucluded Mr. and Mrs. Forest Vail, and Mr. Aaron Vail, of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Lillian McCreaty, of | Gary, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Swartz, I of Auburn. The St. Marys Township Home Economics Club wil meet with Mrs. Otto Longenberger, Friday afternoon May 25. The first lesson in “Nutrition" will be given at this time. Any members not having away provided to reach the Lonkenberger home, are requested to meet at the Pleasant Mills post-office at 12:30 o'clock and a way will be provided for all. Mrs. William Bowers will entertain her bridge club, Thursday evening, at 6:30 o’clock. o . Motorists Who Follow Fire Truck Are Warned A warning to motorists to refrain from following closely after the fire tiuck when the firemen are making a run to a fire and against, parking their cars near the scene of the fire was issued today by Jack Friedt, fire chief. There is a city ordinance providing a penalty for persons who drive their cars closer than 300 feet behind Hie fire truck or park their cars closer than 300 feet from the fire. Mr. Friedt stated that the city would resou to prosecutions unless the ordinance is complied witli by the public. Several times recently, the firemen have been handicapped in figlt ing fires and physicians and volunteer firemen have been delayed in reaching the scene of the fire by the automobiles of spectators, the file chief said. Sections Without Roads There are no permanent roads In Newfoundland and Labrador; In summer the sea provides means of communication between the scattered hamlets, while In winter the whole snow-covered nnd frozen country is one broad highway. ■ 11 o — — Completed the Cycle At six o'clock she laid out his dress . suit and he didn't come. At twelve o'clock she laid out his pajamas nnd he didn't come. At three o'clock In the morning he came In, and she laid him out.—Glasgow Herald » Means the "Real Thing" in Mrs. Centllvre'a comedy, “A Bold Stroke for a Wife" (7717), Simon Pure is thp name of a Quaker who Is impersonated by another character during part of the play. We say "the real Simon Pure,” mennlng the real, genuine or authentic ts ing or person. As an adjective, it means authentic, genuine, real. o Has Most Meat The Jersey Black Giant is the larr 1 Mt American breed of chicken.

Personate ! Judge David E. Smith, of Fort Wayne, visited here yesterday, enjoyIng the day looking up old friends. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Kampe are preparing to move to South Bend, their goods to be taken there next Monday. Chalmer Porter visited in Van Wert Ohio yesterday. Will Chronister is working in Fort Wayne this spring. He was home for over the weekend. The heavy rains flooded the Decatur Country Club grounds, but the water went off as quickly as It came and the course will be in fine shape again in a ' day of two. Slarence Nachtrieb of Dallas, Texas and Robert Nachtrieb. of Toledo, O|lo will arrive today tor a visit with theN sister. Mrs. Roy Archbold. Robert will sail the 21st for a several mouths tour . of Europe. Ralph Tyndall, of Bluffton came over Sunday for a visit with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tyndall. , Mrs. Fred Patterson was called to Terre Haute. Saturday, by a message announcing the serious illness of her brother, Charles E. King Mrs. Patterson will be absent from home for several days. Ms. and Mrs. Wm. Wertzberger of Benton Harbor, Michigan motored to this city Sunday, and visited over night witli the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Wertzberger. They were accompanied on their return home, today. by Mr.« and Mrs. M. ,1. Wertzberger who will he their guests for a week Mrs. Frances Vail, of Indianapolis, arrived in this city early Sunday morning in response to a message announcing the death of her brother, Henry Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Evans left for North Manchester, Sunday evening after spending the week-end with Mrs. Evans’ parents. Mr. and Mrs. Chalies Poling. Mr. Evans will receive his A. B. degree at Manchester college at North Manchester, next Friday' Miss Francile Lower, who. was confined to her home for a couple of weeks because of injuries sustained in an automobile accident, was able Saturday. to resume her employment in the offices of the Cloverleaf Creamery. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Mitchell, of Toledo, motored to this city Saturday where they visited over the week-end with Mis. Mitchell’s brother and sis-ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Me Intosh of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Benard Meyers. Miss Mary Meyers and Mrs. Mary Fallenkamp and daughter Rose motored to Findlay, Ohio yesterday where they Visited Mr. and Mrs. Ed Weisling. Mrs. Claia Meyers of this city accompanied them home, after a several weeks visit at Findlay with Mr. ami Mrs. Weisling. Mr. ami Mrs. Paul Lichtensteiger. of near Wren, Ohio, are the parents of a nine-pound boy baby which was born Wednesday noon, May.lt I >. This is the first child in the family. • oCoolidge Indicates He Will Veto Fann Bill Washington, May 21 —(INS)— President Coolidge indicated again today he would veto the McNary-Haugen f irm lelief liill. He held a conference at the White House with Senator McNary (R) ot Oregon and Rep. Haugen < R» of lowa Co-authors, after which McNary Smilingly said. "It looks rainy. The weather man says the prospects uen't good." Chips Off the Old Block The man who carved watch charms out of peach stones left three boys: One Invented the breakfast nook, another the rumble seat and the third was responsible for the little folding chairs that go with bridge tables.— Detroit News. o What the Radio Teaches Radio Is described as an Important factor In our educational system. It certainly has taught an entire nation the airs of “My Melancholy Baby" and "Let a Smile Be your Umbrella on a Rainy, Rainy Day.”—Boston Transcript. To Stop Fire in Chimney When the chimney catches fire, It can be stopped by dosing doors and windows, says Nature Magazine, if an open tireplace, hold a wet blanket In front to stop the draft. — o — Early Riders of Horses* There is no exact date recorded tn history when man first rode horse back but ft Is probable that the time is not more than 3.000 years ago Three Requisites Wisdom is knowing what to do next; skill is knowing bow to do It, • and virtue Is doing it.-Jordan.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, MAY 21,1928.

JOHN BURNS IS UNDER ARREST; DENIES SLAYING (CONTINUED FHOM I’AOW MIK) "We were riding along that night when a large car blocked the road, forcing us to atop," Burns said, according to tlie prosecutor. "They made McClure and Grove get into their car and drove away. Wp got away In the sheriff's car and went through Decltur and Danville, 111., and then south," Burns said that he has been in Oklahoma, Texas and Misosurl. He i said that he was in Jail for 366 days on a charge of carrying concealed weapons in an Oklahoma town, but said that be could not recall the name of the town. Captured Last Night Burns was seen In Lafayette last night by a "stool pigeon" who tipped off police. The officers found him at the home of an aunt, Mrs. Williamson. on the west side. Burns offered no resistance to Captain William Condrti and the squad of three other policemen who arrested him. Prosecutor Davidson said that he and the police were skeptical concerning the story related by Burns and would subject him to further examination during the day. Describes Their Route The detailed route of Burns as he related it to the police led through Attica. Ind., where the alleged bandits took another road with the two deputies in the rear seat of their car, accompanied by a third bandit whom they took up along side of the road near Veedersburg. Leaving Attica, tlie two prisoners, Burns and Baxter, drove to Danville where each purchased a suit of overalls. They stopped at the home of Otto Smith, uncle of Burns, near Richland. 111., but were ordered to leave when they told his aunt they were being hunted by the police. From here they went to Decatur where the automobile of the deputies was abandoned. They made their way to St. Louis, Burns said, by riding freight trains, and went through Kansas City without stopping. From Kansas City, they went to Parsons, where for the first time since they left Lafayette they stopped o eat. Arrested In Oklahoma Their route then became a series of hops by freight train until they reached Atoka. Okla., where they were arrested on a charge of carrying concealed weapons, being fit sse ssion o htfedput eies KwbyAe.lO possession of the deputies revolvers, and were each sentenced to thirty days on the charge. * Another fantastic Version of how the slain deputies' guns happened to be in their possession was related by Burns. He said that after the bandits had compelled the sheriffs to get into theft car the bandits had disarmed them and tossed the weapons into the car in which he and Baxter were sitting. Part At Tulsa At the expiration of their sentence at Atoka. Burns said he and Baxter walked to Tulsa. Okla., where they separated and have not seen one another since. Leaving Tulsa, Burns Went to Fort Worth, Texas, and thence to Joplin, M<>. From where he made his way to Monroe, La. Deciding to come back to Lafayette, Burns said he started north last Tuesday, beating his way by freight train to Danville, 111. Leaving there, he made his way to Lafayette, arriving here about 7 a. in. Sunday. Knowing he had been seen and his presence reported to police. Burns hid out in a woods near his aunt's home during tlie day and made his way to her bouse about 10 o'clock last night. Hiding When Caught When police searched tlie aunt's home. Burns was found hiding behind a davenport covered by a heavy tug. He offered no resistance to the officers and was taken at once to police headquarters where he .was subjected to a severe grilling throughout the night. No confession had been obtained other than tlie story of the alleged bandits when the grilling stopped today. It was expected, however, that further details will be disclosed as Burns will be put to a more seveie questioning when police have checked up on his movements since lie and Baxter left here, prisoners of the slain deputy sheriffs last February 7. —-— — O' - —— ———— His Prayer by Radio In the minds of many small boys there is a close connection between the wireless and prayer. A little fellow was kneeling at bis bedside saying bls prayers and be was heard to conclude as follows —“ . ■ . and help me be a good boy. This Is Jimmy Jones signing off. I'll be on the air again tomorrow night al seven-thirty.” Toy Balloon's Long Trip . A toy balloon, released twenty-two hours earlier from Staveley, in the English Lake district, was picked np at Leisin. Poland. The distance covered was about 1.000 miles, and the average speed between forty and fifty miles an hour. — o Simple Life Rules There are two things which will make us happy In this life if we attend to them. Tlie first is never to vex ourselves about what we cannot help, and the second, never to vex ourselves about what we can help.— \ Chatfield- ;

POLA THROUGH WITH THE MOVIES ( -'i f 1 POLA NEGRI, temperamental Polish flicker favorite, who failed to repeat her European film triumphs when transplanted to the esthetic surroundings of Hollywood—who, in the terse language of the cinemaniacs, ‘‘did a flop”—has packed up, closed her coast home, and with her husband, Prince •Mdivani, has left for the more hospitable climes of her native land. (International Illustrated News)

Aged Man Killed On Highway At Van Wert Van Well. May 21 William 11. Richey, 85, a pioneer resident of Van Weit County, was killed instantly onehalf mile from his home at noon Saturday on the Lincoln highway east of her when the cal lie was driving crashed head-on Into an automobile being driven by E. V. Walborn of Van Wert. Mr. Richey was thrown from his machine. lie died from a fractured skull and lacerations about his face and arms. Both cars were demolished. Mr. Richey was the only occupant in bin car. 0 Pheasants in America More pheasants are raised by man than any other kind of game bird, and probably nine-tenths or more of the total number of pheasants raised in thl? country are ringnechs. In the Northwestern states, where pheasant stocking ofterations have been very successful, the Chinese ringneck has been used almost exclusively. This variety Ims been distributed in large numbers also by the New York stale game farms. 0 Tropics Defined The name “Tropics" is- given to the I region lying between Hie Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, one of these parallels being on each side of the equator. Couldn’t Sleep, Stomach HurtSo Suffered for Years. Finally Found Relief. Perfectly Well Now. Readers who can’t eat without gas 1 or pain, will be interested in reading how Mrs. Ada A. Shoemaker, 449 Lindly Street, Huntington, Ind., recovered her health. She writes: “1 had stomach trouble for 3 years. After meals, gas formed in distress- i ing quantities, and I would turn weak and dizzy and had a choking Sbnsa- i tion in my throat so bad I thought 1 had goitre. Food felt like a rock in my stomach and caused such heart- ! burn and shortness of breath that I couldn’t walk far or do anything else without stopping and sitting down to rest. Often, at night, I’ve had to get out of bed and sit in a chair, because | iny stomach felt so wretched. Four | doses of Viuna brought me wonderful relief, and now my troubles have vanished. I am eating anything, ; without a sign of gas or pain or diz- , ziness, and the choking sensation in I my throat is all gone. lam sleeping ; soundly all night long and feeling ■ better every day. It seems wonder- . ful that any medicine could give such ‘ quick and lasting rcliof as Viuna has | given me.” Viuna acts promptly on alugsb h bowels, | lazy liver and weak kidneys. It purifies ; the blood, clears the skin, restores appe tile and digestion.aurt brings new strength and energy to the whole body. Take a bottle on trial. Then If you re not glad you tried Viuna, your money will lie refunded. *1 at druggists or mailed postpaid by Iceland Medicine Co., Indianapolis, Hid. VIUNA The Wonder Medicine Sold By CALLUW & KOHNE

Meibers Funeral Heid Here This Morning Funeral services were held this moining it 9 o'clock for Mrs. Mae Meibers, well known Decatur woman, whose death occurred Friday night, fell'.wing seveial weeks illness. The funeral was largely attended by relatives and Dlends of the deceased. But ial was made in the St. Joseph Catholic cemetery.

A Sensation! A New Group 50 Dresses All in wanted materials, originally made to sell at sls. Bought through our excellent New York connections, we obtained this lot at a big reduction and we are placing them on sale for this week at, each $7.50 Another lot of 50 beautifully styled dresses at $5 $8.75 $10.75 Mrs. M. Moyer 128 N. 4th St.

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