Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1928 — Page 1

IWtATRER Cloudy and cooler tonight. Pos.lbly -hower* eouth east portion. Thursday fair. Cooler in north portion.

FARMERS BARRED FROM CONVENTION

RADIO MESSAGE TELLS OF WRECK OF BIG DIRIGIBLE First Details Os Disastrous Landing Os Italia Are Learned Today RELIEF APPROACHES NOBILE AND CREW Rotnn. June 13—{INS)—After several loiii'H silence another radio message was received from General Umberto Nobile today for the first time which revealed additional details of the disastrous landing of the dirigible Italia on the ice floes north or Spitzbergen. The disaster occured at 10:30 o'clock on the morning of May 25, Noble stated, just a minute or two before that a radio message was received from the Italia and then came silence which was unbroken until operators began to pick up fragmentary messages in the latter part of last week. Ship Plunges 1,500 Feet The huge airship suddenly grew heavy and crashed to the ground from a height of 1.500 feet in two minutes, Nobile radioed the ship's gondola broke up into splinters burying Nobile and six others in the car in the dehris. Ail emerged alive, how evor. although, two of the members of the crew suffered broken legs. Nearly all of the materials which had been taken aboard the ship wore saved. Lucidly, the radio apparatus and instruments for determining their i»osition were also saved by the crew, although it was some time before the radio was repaired so that messages could be transmitted. Those of the crew who were in other parts us the ship diifted with the free gas bag as it soared upward after the-wash and landed some distance away. (Nobile's latest message also revealed the identities of the three daring members of the crew who started treking over the ice seeking aid and for whose safety fears are now held. The commander stated that on the evening of the disaster, the Swedish Professor Malgren and the Italian Navy Commanders Zappi and Mariano left on the 30-mile journey over the hazardous wastes to Cape North, they intended covering six miles a day. Nineteen days have now passed since they left the other marooned members of the Italia's crew. In Sight Os Land Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, June 13— (U.R)—Drifting slowly on a great ice bed, their one tent painted red as a signal to any searchers, General Uni herto Nobile and five comrades today were within sight of the coast of Northeastland, Berndsen Kings Bay. Nobile’s radio was silent throughout last night. It was feared that the radio accu (CONTI VI'WD ON P»GK TWOI MEMORIAL TO RE HELD SUNDAY r Odd Fellows And Rebekahs To Hold Service At Methodist Church Memorial Service, to be held in this city. Sunday June 17. by the 1. O. O. F. and Rebekah Lodges. The Services will start at 1 o'clock P. M. with a street parade, headed by the General Electric Band, and followed by the Daughters of Rebekah, these in turn to be followed by the members of the Encampment and subordinate lodges. The parade will be in the charge of S. E. Black and the line of march will be from Second Street west on Monroe to Third Street, then south to Liberty Way, then east to Second Street; then north to Monroe and west of Monroe to the M. E. church where the main service will be held. This service will consist of several musical selections and addresses, the principal address to be given by Geo. P.Bornwasser, Grand Secretary oi the Indiana I. O. O. F. After the services’at the church the local lodges and as many others as care to, will go to the Decatur cemetery, where the I. O. O. F. Memorial Ceremony, will be held with L C. Helm In charge, and the graves of the departed Odd Fellow's and Rebekahs will be decorated. The service will be open to the public and any non members who wish to attend will be heartily welcomed. The complete program to be held at the church will be announced later.

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<»ung | eddy” Greeted At Convention feMIR S■ Ip . I i u Col. Teodore Roosevelt of New York (left) being greeted by Arthur Johnson (right), member ct the Convention Committee at the Union Station, on the arrival of young Teddy" with the New York delegation.

Ex-Marine And Girl Win Dance Marathon

Chicago, June 13 — JNS; — Robert Johns, ex-marine, and his partner. Miss Serena Bergan'U, today won the National endurance dance contest after the second last couple collapsed on the floor. The famous freak contest came to a dramatic end at 7:45 A. M. after con Hoover And Dawes Most Likely To Head Republican Ticket Kansas City. June 13—(INS) "It looks like Hoover ami Dawes". This was the word ciieulating about the floor of the Republican national convention today as the delegates as-1 sembled for the second session. As to the first part of the ticket, theie was no doubt whatsoever. As to the second, it appeared up to General Dawes himself. His friends were advising him this morning botlt ways. To one leader who got in touch witli him at his home in Evanston, and urged him not t > take second place the General was non-committal. He said I he wanted to see tin* platform first. | — — ■ 0 1 — Spanish-American War Veterans Close Convention Terre Haute. Ind.. June 13 —(U.R) — Spanish-American war veterans of Indiana closed their annual three-dav meeting here with election of the foliowing officers. Joe Mortis, Gary, commander, Herbert S;.encer, Huntington, senior vice commander; Fred Loetzerich, Evansville, junior vice commander; Bert Hall, Gary adjutant, and 11. M. Nichols, Gary, quartermaster. Muncie was chosen the 192!) con vention city. COOLIDGE HARTY LEAVES TONIGHT President And VV ife Ready To Start On Vacation Trip To Wisconsin Washington, June 13—(U.R>—Bresident and Mrs. Coolidge planned today to leave tonight tor their four months summer vacation in Wisconsin. The decision to start was made after the two White House physicians decided that Mrs. Coolidge has recovered sufficiently from her Indisposition to start. Site was much stronger and more cheerful today after two days rest following the relapse which caused the start to be postponed Monday night less than two hours before the Piesldential was to leave. o - — Four Children Burn To Death At Cleveland Cleveland, June 13—(U.R)— Four children were burned to death here today when their home was destroyed by fire The victims all were trapped in a bedroom on the second floor. Two frlemen were injured in vain rescue attempts. The dead: Augustus Benson, Jr., 11. his brother, Lennie, 6; and his two sisters, Ophelia, 8, and Ida May, 2.

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tinning day and night for 260 hours — Twelve days. Johns and Miss Gergandi will divide the grand prize of $3,500. The runnersup, winners of the SI,OOO second prize, were Walter Grafsky, Pyle Bunionner of St. Paul, Minn., and Marcella Meadows of Chicago. .Miss Meadows collapsed in a heap just thirty seconds before the last rest period.

Spectator Seats At Republican Convention Are Sold At SSO Each Kansas City «»>>e 13 (INS) Spectator seats to the Republican national convention were being sold today at SSO each. These seats are good for the balance of the convention. A few sales of single session seats were reported at S2O each.

SCOUTS STAGE ANNUAL RODEO Decatur Troops Send WallScaling Team To Event At Fort Wayne The Decatur troops of Bay Scouts were represented by a wall-scaling team in the second annual Scout Rodeo at the South Side stadium in Fort Wayne last night. A crowd of about two hundred and fifty witnessed the events and demonstration of Scout work. The team from Decatur was composed of Harold Melclti, Robert Hite, Richard Schug, David Heller and Robert Heller. The wall-scaling event consists of getting a team over a ten-foot wall in the shortest time possible. Troop No. 10 of Fort Wayne also took part in this event. The rodeo was opened by the troops headed by the stars and stripes, the Scout colors and the bugle and drum corps parading before the grand stand. The Scouts Hued up in the center of the field, and the demonstrations began immediately. Each troop was respossible for one event. The Rodeo was in the form of a four-ring circus with a demonstration gjbing on in each ring simulatneously. The two competetive events were bugling and fire-by-friction contests. Joe Bowen, of Fort Wayne, won a silver bugle as winner of bugling contest. Robert Berning produced a fire in about three minutes and was awarded a pair of field glasses as a prize. Every phase of Scouting was represented in the program. Shacks, leantos, bridges, towers, and camps were all erected in record time. Several troops put on a hazardous looking tumbling demonstration. There were also Scout games and signaling. The life saving and first aid demonstrations were very interesting. At the end of the program, all the Scouts stood at attention while taps was sounded. The money taken in at the Rodeo will be used at the Scout camp on Lake Kekionga.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, June 13, 1928.

Platform Committee At G. O. P. Convention Split On Fatm Relief Plank (By Pnul R Mallon, United Press Staff Correspondent) Kansas City, Mo., .lune 13 (U.R) Decisively split on the farm relief plank, the Republican convention pla’forni drafting committee reconvened behind guarded doors in the Athletic Chib

here at 10 a. in. today. A night session, in which al) planks save the one relating to, farm relief were disposed of, broke up in a row on the farm issue at 4 a. nt. and the committee members went to bed for a little sleep lie fore attempting to iron out their difficulties. Compromise Sought Meinbeis indicated they were seeking a compromise on a plank which would go as far us possible for farm relief without endorsing the equalization fee system. The Hoover group had numerical control in the committee. Chairman Smoot announced he expected to have the final draft ready for ratification by the full platform committee nt noon. A farm relief plank came up early in the evening when the sub-commit-lee retired to thresh out tile campaign document expressing party principles. Agreement) subsequently was reached to include in the plank the Borah plan for increased tariff duties on all agricultural produels a mild victory for the farmers, but far from a solution of the whole question. The farm bloe representation of the sub-committee made clear its in tent ion of fighting to the end for a McNary-Haugen bill plank so the farm plank fight was postponed. When it was resumed, an hour's discussion made dear that no ajfreement was yet in sight and the subcommittee adjourned, its sleepy-eyed members scattering ,to their hotels and clubs for a brief rest. A sub-committee adopted a plank condemning the policy of incurring

(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) DECATUR LIONS ATTEND MEETING Eleven From Here Attend Annual State Convention At Indianapolis Eleven members if the Decatur Lions Club atended the sixth annual state convention of Lions, held at the Claypool hotel in Indianapolis. Mon day and Tuesday. The Decatur delegation included Dr. Hurt Mangold, presi dent of the local club, Douglas Haney. Roy Mnmma, Don Fan, Herman Myers Harry Knapp, Waiter Krick. Ralph Yager, Dee Frybaek, Fred Schurger and Leo Ehinger. Mr. Myers and Dr. Mangold were accompanied by their wives, also. The Decatur Club was awarded a beautiful banner as first prize in attendance in the district in which the local club is located. The Decatur club had the highest per cent of attendance of any club in the district during the year. Haney Wins Golf Prize Douglas Haney and Dr. Mangold of this city, took part in the Lions’ golf tourney held Monday morning. Mr Haney won sixth prize in the tourney. Lynn Craig, of Scottsburg, was elected governor of the Indiana district, to succeed Robert L. Phillips, of Lafayette. Dr. E. M. Clark, of Michigan City i was elected treasurer, and Edward M. Keoner, of Indianapolis • was chosen state song leader. Bedford was chosen for the 1929 , convention city over Michigan City. Lafayette began a campaign to obtain the convention for 1930, when the ■ Lafayette club, the first in the state, . will celebrate its tenth anniversary. Resolutions expressing appreciation i of the services of Phillips, Arthur (I. i Call, of Anderson, international direci tor and Horace S. Kerr, director from Ohio, were adopted by the convention. s The Indianapolis Lions Club, the North Side Lions Club and the Woman's Lion Club were thanked for ON PAGE TWO;

Thief Takes $1,200 And Brand New I. U. Sheep Skin From Auto Indianapolis June 13 —(INS)—Loot valued at nearly $1,200 including a fresh Indiana University sheep skin just earned by William Lesh, was taken from the automobile of Mrs. Lincoln Lesh, of Muncie, while It was parked on Washington street here today.

ERWIN MILLER LOSES ONE EYE Manager Os Miller’s Bakery Has Right Eye Removed In Operation Today Erwin Miller, manager of Miller's Bakery in this city, had his right eye removed in an operation performed this morning at a hospital In Chicago'. A local physician accompanied Mr. Millei* and his wife to Chicago Tuesday morning. About five weeks ago, while Mr. Miller was attempting to remove a stave from a flour barrel, a piece cf metal or wood struck him in the eye. Wilhin a few days the injured eye began to cause him pain and on the advice of a local physician lie went to an eye specialist in Fort Wayne. He was under the care of tile special ist for mere than two weeks and the condition of the eye grew worse. The condition of tin* eye began to impair the sight of Hie left eye and the specialist advised that the injured eye be removed. Yesterday. Mr. Miller decided to see a specialist in Chicago and accompanied by a local physician the trip was made at once. This morning his father Charles Miller received a telegram stating that the eye ball had been removed and that his son"s condition was as well as could be expected. (Wit Chase To Be Held At Sun Set Park Sunday An old-fashioned ci on chase will he held at Sun Set Park next Sunday. June 17, Dan Zeser. manager of the park announced today. A, least thr <• coons are in the beautiful wooded section comprising the park and the hunt will start at 10:30 o’clock Sunday morning. The public is invited to attend. o CHURCH TO HOLD CAMP MEETING

Church Os God To Hold Annual (lather At Anderson, .lune 17 To 24 The international camp-meeting of the Church of God will lie held June 17 to 24. This annual meeting which is the largest general gathering of the Church of God movement, is held at Anderson Indiana, because in that city is located the Publishing Plant, the Seminary, the Old Peoples Home and (lie headquarters of the Church's general agencies. Tile Camp Meeting is called the In ternational Camp Meeting because usually there are members there from different countries. There will also be several returned missionaries present, who will speak of their work in other parts of the world. In the matter of equipment, tilts camp ground ranks high. It has tw > auditoriums, one seating 1,600 peopk and the other seating 5.500. A monstei dining hall seats 1,100 at a sitting year registered the high water mark in attendance and results. It Is

estimated that 10.000 people were in attendance. Nearly every hour of the day finds some kind cf a meeting going on. The singing will be in the charge of H. C. Slausen, Professor of vocal music in the Seminary. June 16 is the date of the Sunday School Convention and, beginning with June 17, the evening services will be broadcast. The broadcasting will start at 7:45 o'clock P. M. and last until 9 o’clock P. M. At present the radio station cull let- | ters are WHBU with a wave length of 220.4 meters. The city broadcasting station has been granted the privilege cf using a higher powered equipment and if the change is made it will pos sibly be given 580 kilocycles with a wave length of 516.9. Those planning to listen in should try every position on their radio dials, for it is not just definitely sure what the assignment will be in the case of a change to higher power. There is also a possibility of the call letters being changed to WMPH. Several Decatur people expect to attend these services.

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Youngest Delegate ,■ ■(■■■- If I n^ao-L— x — . Miss Celia Day of Boise, Idaho, 25 years old, who is the youngest delegate to the National Republican Convention. MAKE SURVEY OF EAST-WEST ROAD W. D. Cross, Os Geneva, Hears From Highway Board Relative To Road

W. 1). Cross, of Geneva, active road workei in this county, has received a letter from William J. Pitus. chief engineer of the Indiana state highway commission, stating that he has recommended to J. D. Williams, director of the highway comission, the immediate taking over of the east and west road through Adams county between Huntington and the Ohio line. Mr Pitus and members of the highway department made a survey of the proposed route last week and he informed Mr. Cross that he believed it would he taken over in Hie "very near future" He did not fix the date, however. Mr Cross is going t > Indianapolis next week and will have a conference with the commission relative to the road. The highway commission has been asking for the right-of-way foi Federal highway No. 27 nortii of Monroe, going west through the .lames Hendricks farm and other farms on the north side of the piesent route of the road. The county commissioners have felt that the county could not afford to pay the cost of securing the right-of-way. Sometime ago, they informed Ed Ray of Berne, president of the Adams County Better Roads Association, that the county would not appropriate c for the change in I lie route. St. Mary’s-Of-The-Woods Academy Graduates 42 Terre Haute, Ind.. June 13 —(U.R)— St. Mary’s-of-the-Woods Academy graduated forty-two girls, the largest class in its history, at its eighty-sev-enth annual commencement. The oldest living graduate of the academy Mrs. Isabelle S. McNamy. 89. Attica, attended the commencement. BIBLE SCHOOL TO CLOSE FRIMY

Program And Exhibit To Bring Pleasant Dale School To Close The Bible School at the Pleasant Dale church will close Friday night. A total of 205 pupils are enrolled in the school. A program will be given Friday evening at the Kirkland community building, demonstrating the work given during the last two weeks. The hand work will be on exhibit at the high school building from 6:30 to 7:30 o'clock at which time the program will be given. There is one class to be graduated from the regular Bible School course. Members of the class are Marie Hildebrand, Fay Jackson, Fern Dilling. Pauline Clouser. Mary Dettinger, Leah Griffiths, Verena Zimmerman. Paul Pease. Glen Girod. Walter Hildebrand. Irvin Ginter, and Ralph Stoneburner. Tlie community has cooperated in

I tic VUUIUIUUH J making the school a success. Twentytwo automobiles have transported the children to and from the school each day. Plans are being made for advanc- ■ ed work next year, which will give ! school credit. That course will be open ■ only to high school pupils. ) The public is invited to attend the program Friday evening.

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ATTEMPT MADE TO “CRASH” DOOR AT G. 0. P. MEET Edgar D. Bush, Os Indiana, Leads Parade Os Farmers At Kansas City SEN. MOSES ISSUES A FIERY CHALLENGE Convention Hall, Kansas City, Mo., June 13.—<INS)|— The Republican national convention adjourned shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon until 7:30 o'clock this evening. it was rumored that balloting on nominee for President would start tonight. Convention Hall, Kansas City, Mo., June 13.—(INS)—An embittered crowd of hundreds of antiHoover farmers made an unsuccessful attempt to "crash” the Republican national convention today at the hour of assembling. After staging another protest parade against Hoover’s nomination through Kansas City's streets to the convention hall, the corn belt representatives demanded admittance and when barred by police at the door, tiled to carry it by stortn. A tightly formed cordon 6f police and hastily summoned sergeant-at-arms liaried their progress and finally forced them back. Hoosier Leads Parade Observers estimated there were about 1.001) farmers in the parade, only the leaders of which, however, tried the crushing tactics. The parade was led by Edgar D. Bush, of Salem, Ind., a candidate for Lieut. Governor of Indiana. Barred from the hall, the farmers stood about in the streets outside. They had a band which vied with the band inside the convention hall. Just what they could do didn't appear clear, but they milled about. There were several Impromptu and fiery curbstone speeches. Resort To Mediation Finally, the farmers sent a committee composed of Busti. Senator Gerald Nye, of Nortii Dakota, and State Senator Luke Duffey, of Indianapolis, to treat with convention officers. Meantime, the farmers began a slow march around t lie convention hall witli a steady drum tatoo as tThdr only music. Others in the parade were led by Indiana farmers Including Frank G. Houston, of Knightstown, W. II Settle, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, Vernal L. Hatch, of Huntertown, and W. A. Alexander, of Rushville. Marchers Carry Banners • (’apt. C. A. Williams, of the Kansas City police force, who led the blue coats in their counter rush on the <CONTIN’!’;I) ON HIGH .<IXI

EARL KLINCK IS SENTENCED (lets Sentence Os 1-3 Years In Prison; Serves Notice Os Appeal Indianapolis, Ind., June 13. —UNS) — Earl Klinck, former henchman of D. Stephenson, was sentenced to serve one to three years in the state prison and was fined SIOO and costs by Special Judge Thomas E. Garvin in Marion criminal court here today. Klinck was convicted late yesterday by a jury of forging the name of William Rogers to an affidavit purporting to retract the testimony of Rogers given before Senator James A. Reed’s slush fund committee In St. Louis In 1926 that United States Senator James E. Watson carried an 'lmperial passport" issued by the ku klux klan. The jury deliberated only 11 minutes. Special Judge Garvin overruled a motion for a new trial tiled by ‘ Klinck's attorney, Leo Brown. The defense counsel then served notice of n an appeal to the Indiana supreme

court. The court fixed Klinck’s appeal bond at $5,000. This followed an argument between Prosecutor William H. Remy who demanded a SIO,OOO or $15,000 bond for Klinck and defense counsel Brown who asked for a $2,000 bond. Brown said that arrangements were being made to post bond.

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