Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 16 June 1928 — Page 1

WEATHER Fair tonight and Sunday. Probably followed by showers Sunday night, slowy rising temperature

another flood feared in south

EXTRADITION OF HARRY SMITH TO INDIANA HALTED Sheriff Betz At Celina, 0., Refuses To Honor Extradition Papers gets men without AIDING IN ROUNDUP Sheriff George Betz and Prosecutor I ree, of Mercer county, Ohio, have refused to honor extradition papers i siied by Governor Vic Donahey, of Ohio, for tile return of Harry Smith. I',:;, of St. Marys. Ohio, held in the jail at Celina, to Decatur, where he is wanted on a charge of robbing the bank at Linn Grove, March 24. 1927. before the extradition papers had been obtained, the Celina officials had ag.eed to turn the prisoners over to local officers. After the extradition papers had been presented to Sheriff Betz, at Celina, last Thursday, Smith was taken into mayors court on Friday and arraigned on a charge.of robbing the bank at Chickasaw, Ohio, and he entered a plea of guilty. He was bound over to the Common Pleas court under bond of $25,000. Wanted For Other Robberies Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth, of Ad ants county, feels certain that if he could have returned Smith to this city, he could have cleared up the second robbery of the Linn Grove bank, which wcured March 27, 1925. Smith had been implicated in the first robbery of the Linn Grove bank, through a confession alleged to have been made by Charles Makley, who is held in jail here. It is believed that probably others could have been implicated in the second Lfnn Grove robbery, if a confession could have been obtained here from- Smittr The Celina authorities had no part in the round-up of the alleged gang of bank robbers, bat two of the number are now in custody at Celina, c. *dit for the round up of the elleged gang is due Sheriff Hollingsworth, of this city, Sheriff Ben Hawkins, of Jay county, police officials at Hammond, Indiana, where five members f the alleged gang were arrested, and to Detectives Huntington and Manning, of the Indiana State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, of Indianapolis. Eight Are Arrested After the five were arrested nt Hammond and three were taken into cunt dy in Ohio cities.. two were turned over to Celina authorities and one to authorities at Greenville, ()., for the robbery of the Ansonia, Ohio, bank. Sheriff Hollingsworth made an agreement with Sheriff Betz, of Celina, to turn over Eddie Meadows. wl> is in jail here, to the Celina Sheriff, in exchange for Harry Smith. Meadows has been implicated in the tobbery of the St. Henry, Ohio, bank, but so far, has not been connected (COXTIM FD OK PAGE AlXl OHIO WOMAN DIES AT HOSPITAL HERE Mrs, Anna Steigmeyer, Os Near Wren, Ohio, Dies Os Heart Trouble Mrs. Anna Steigmeyer, 37, wife of Anthony Steigmeyer residing two miles north of Wren, Ohio, in Van Wert county, died at 6:45 o’clock this morning, Saturday, June 16. 1928, at the Adams County Memorial hospital. Mrs. Steigmeyer had been admitted to the hospital here about five days ago, and was receiving medical treatment for dropsy and heart trouble complications. The deceased was born in Harrison township, Van Wert county, Ohio, on July 21, 1890, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Giesslsr, Practically her entire life period was spent in that vicinity. She is survived by her husband, parents, and three young children, Kenneth, 12, Kathleen 10, and Doyt 7. years. Two sisters and two brothers survive as follows: Mrs. Walter Gehres, of Wren, Ohio; Mrs. Don Akom, at aonie, and Ed and Oscar Giessler, both residing at the family home. The deceased was a loyal member of The Lutheran church at Schumm, Ohio. Funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Eastern Standard Time Monday afternoon, at the residence, the Hev. Bienhrt officiating.

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Hoover’s Old Home I own Yawns And Goes Back To Work Today West Branch, Ia„ June 16.—(1N$) West Branch yawned toddy and went reluctantly hack to work after a two day's carnival in celebration of the nomination of Herbert Hoover, the man who put West Branch on the map by being born here. Ibe natives have been whooping it up day and night since Thursday evening When the radio brought in the big news from Kansas City. The demonstration reached Its climax lust night when 4,u0fl persons, congregated from all parts of eastern lowa, Joined the SOO inhabitants of West Branch in an allnight jamboree in honor of “our own Herb."

SCOUT COUNCIL HOW A REALITY Organizations Formed At Garrett, Kendallville, Angola And Bluffton The Anthony Wayne and Boy Scout Council of which Decatur is a part has become a reality with the organizing of Garrett, Kendallville, Angola and Bluffton. Izical community committees have been organized in these towns and already they are formulating plans for establishing troops of Scouts. At the present time. Garrett has two troops, Kendallville one, Bluffton two and Angola one. According to the plans of the committees, the existing troops are to be firmly estably established first and then additional troops are to be added from time to time. Deeatnr, with three troops, leads the area outside of Fort Wayne, but local authorities hope to have one more, which will put them easily in the lead as far as the area is concerned. The local Scout authorities have done considerable work and Field Executive R. Danielson says the organization is doing splendid work. The Scout program has been lauded very highly by educational authorities, as it contributes definitely toward character development of the boy through the medium of activities carried on by the boys themselves, under the direction and with the help of an adult leader. In fact, the program has been so appealing to boys that more than one million boys in the United States alone, in the short space of 18 years, have been or are identified with the Scout movement. Industrial, commercial and professional leaders all over the country are so convinced of its soundness as an educational program that they are giving much of their valuable time to its promotion. Political leaders see in it a factor in international peace, because of the universal brotherhood that it teaches. The Scout leaflet's in Decatur are to be congratulated on bringing this movement here and fostering it because of the influence it will have on the future men of the community. o— Van Wert To Dedicate Municipal Airport Sunday 'Van Wert's new municipal airport is to be dedicated next Sunday. At least 20 planes from various parts of the United States ate expected to be there lor the occasion. The planes will arrive Saturday and, beginning at 12:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon, there will be a series of events including an aerial parade over the city, a parachute jump by a young woman, a dead stick landing contest, aerial fireworks, stunt flying, a free-for-all speed race and a delayed opening parachute jump from an altitude of 4,000 feet. The airport is to be named the Richard B. Reed Flying Field, in honor of the first Van Wert county young man who lost his life in the World war. Two Children Burn To Death In Their Beds Philadelphia. June 16.—(INS) —Two tots were burned to death in their beds when fi'.e destroyed their home here today and their parents and infant brother narrowly escaped with their lives by dropping from a second-floor window. The dead children were Herbert Seltzer 8, and Sidney, 5. Their charred bodies burned beyond recognition were found by firemen after they had brought the flames under control.

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HOOVER BAND WAGON LEAVES KANSAS CITV Busy Metropolis Returns To Normalcy As Republican Delegates Leave EYES TURN TO DEMOCRATIC MEET Kansas City, June 16. (INS)- This busy metropolis of the plains returned to normalcy today. The shouting and tumult have died. The bunting, the flags, the placards, the candidatoi ial pictures are coming down. The snaptpy-iooking crossing policemen, who won the praise of the delegates for their courtesy, are enforcing again the rules against “jaywalking,'’ The milling, perspiring, whispering throngs have vanished from the hotel lobbies. The buttonholing is over. The “midnight conferences in smokefilled rooms” are history. The lusty-hinged Hoover bandsmen have parked their instrumelits until the Fourth of July festivities. Band Wagon Pulls Out The Hoover band wagon, which looked as if it might have come straight from the circus grounds, has gone back to its regular bus route. Hoover and Curtis! It was no fault of the city that the Republican convention failed, to arouse those frenzied outbursts which usually accompany such party gatherings. Kansas City, if the delegates did not, put on a good show. There was not a hitch. Even the weather was perfect. Those who had misgivings last winter when the Republican committee selected Kansas City over San Francisco found nothing about which to coinplain. They said it was toss small. But there was room to spare. They said the delegates aiid visitors would wilt under the blazing prairie sun. Unlike some conventions of the past, the delegates were comfortable in the convention hall without removing their coats. They called this a convention, but it was more of a ratification meeting. Hoover was "in” long in advance of the balloting. Everybody knew Curtis would be the vice presidential nominee hours before the final session opened. The platform was approved substantially as it was written weeks ago by Senator Smoot of Utah and a handful of Hoover leadicovrixi |..l> ON PAGE SIX) 0 — MG NARY CALLS ON MR. HOOVER Co-Author Os Twice-Vetoed Farm Bill Confers With Presidential Nominee By Joseph S. Wasney (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Washington, June 16 —(U.R) —Senator Charles L. McNary, repn., Oregon coauthor of the twice-vetoed McNary Haugen farm relief bill called upon Herbert Hoovet today to discuss the farm situation with the Republican Presidential nominee. Hoover was in his office at the commerce department at 9 o'clock and McNary arrived for his conference a few minutes later. The two were closeted about an hour. McNary would say nothing about the conference when he left but announced he would issue a statement later in the day. The meeting with McNary was the first of a series of conferences with political leaders which Secretary Hoover has planned in arranging his Presidential campaign. James W. Good. Hoover's campaign manager, will arrive here tomorrow to report personally on the Kansas City convention, but the Quaker Presidential nominee will not discuss business until Monday. Others scheduled to confer with Hoover include Secretary of the Interior Work, Secretary of Treasury Mellon, Secretary of Agriculture Jardine and Edgart Richard, New York, former director of the commission for relief in Belgium. Hoover has recovered from the momentary nervousness and emotion he showed when he learned of his nomination. Retaining the post he han acquired from being so often in the Public Eye, he has settled down to his work, merely answering smiles and cheers of commerce employes and others whom lie meet on the streets, with a nod and a wave of the baud.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 16, 1928.

Suffrage Leader Dies * f' si Sr B ? One of the world's best known political reformers. Mrs. Emmeline Punkhurst, British suffragist leader, died in the West End Nursing Home. London, after an illness of several months. She was sixty-nine years old.

Indianapolis Has Its Own Herbert Hoover; Refuses To Comment Indianapolis, Ind., June 16—(INS) —lndianapolis has its own Herbert Hoover. He is the 7-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Hoover, he was horn March 1, 1921. The local Hoover thus far lias refused to comment on the action of the Republican National Convention in Kansas City in nominating Herbert Hoover for President.

WAS ROOMMATE OF MR. HOOVER Frank Haecker, Wells Co., Farmer, Roomed With Hoover In College Bluffton, June 16 — (Special) — Frank Haecker, 74, a Wells county farmer residing one mile north and three miles west of Linn Grove, was a room-mate of Herbert Hoover, Republican presidential nominee, when the two were students in Leland Stanford University, it was learned today. The two men were working their way through college, Mr. Hoover being 18 or 19 years old and Mr. Haecker being 38. Mr. Haecker had taught school several years and returned to Stanford to receive a degree. Mr. Haecker recalls with pleasure his college days with Mr. Hoover. He said Mr. Hoover was paying his way in school by supervising the ’aboratory of a professor and Mr. Haecker was clerking in a hotel during his spare time. Mr. Haecker said he and Mr. Hoover became separated when the latter went, on a trip to do research work with the state geologist of Arkansas, and he did not. hear any more about him until twenty years later when he met another Stanford classmate at Indianapolis. 0 Dry Agents Mistake Customs Agent For Rum Runner; Stage Gun Battle Detroit, Mich. June 16 (INS) - Scores of pedestrians on West Jefferson avenue fled to cover in a hail of bullets when five Federal prohibition agents and a U. S. customs border patrol engaged in a running gun fight for a mile or more. The prohibition agents were under the Impression that the customs agent Williard Ransom, was a rum runner. Col. Lindbergh To Get Degree At Wisconsin U. Curtiss Field, New York, June 16. — (U.R)—Colonel Charles A. Linbergh left here today in his Ryan monoplane with Madlsou, Wis., as his ultimate destination. He will receive an honorary degree from the University of Wisconsin Monday. Lindbergh was accompanied by William B. Mayor, chief engineer of the Stout Monoplane company, who will be taken to Detroit.

TWO DOG TEAMS SEARCHING FOR CREW OF ITALIA Relief For Stranded Men Being Taken Into Frozen Arctic STORMS BREAKING OVER NORTHEASTLAND Kings Bay, Spitzbergen. June 16 — (U.R) —Two dog teams mushed through | the frozen Arctic today searching! for General Umberto Nobile and If s i crew of the lost dirigible Italia. The steamer Braganza, chartered by the Italian government, arrived today at Brandy Bay anil immediately put out a landing party that consisted of a dog crew with relief for the men, who luive been isolated in the polar wastes since May 25. The Braganza crew expected to meet a relief expedition from the Norwegian steamship Hobby some place on the territory surrounding Brandy Bay. Cut Across Ice Wastes The two crews, both hoping to reach General Nobile and the five men remaining in his immediate parly, cut-across the ice-hound wastes searching for any members of the wrecked dirigible which only a short time ago swept across the Nortli Poje. ' Three members of the crew were ‘iiroute today to North Cape, attempting to find land in order that they might return aid to the rest of their party. Late advices, unconfirmed and received from huntsmen who boarded the steamer Bragjinza, said that three men had been picked up and taken aboard the Hobby. Meafivrhile, reports reached here that difficult storms were breaking over North East Land. The six men remaining on the iceblock are huddled about, a silken tent, painted red to attract rescuers, and are fighting winds and oold. —o • Retired Minister Dies Fortville, Ind., June 16 — (INSJ4—I*r W. H. Hickman, 84, retired Methodist minister, who was widely known in Indiana religious circles was dead here today, Hickman was the Presidential Nonimee of the prohibition party about 2l> years ago.

BARN DESTROYED BY FIRE FRIDAY Blaze Os Unknown Origin Destroys Barn On Farm Near Berne Berne, June 16—(Special)—A large bain and its contents, located on the old C. M. Stauffer farm, one mile south of Berne on Federal highway No. 27, was totally destroyed by fire of unknown origin about 5 o’clock Friday evening. The loss is entirely <overed by insurance. The farm on which the barn was located is owned by W. A. Cummingham and is teneted by his son, Z. I. Cunningham. The building was a mass of flames when discovered. Mr. Z. I. Cunningham was burned about his hands and arms when he made a vain attempt to remove a tractor from the burning barn. However, his burns were not serious. A *iat. tractor, new cultivator, wagon, wagon tack, mower and some hay were destroyed in the fire. A load of hay was placed in the hay mow of the barn last Wedensday. Mr. Cunningham is at a loss to explain the origin of the fire. The barn was about 35 by 6t) feet in dimentions. o Joe Colchin Fined In City Court Friday Night Joe Colchin, of this city, was fined $lO and costs, amounting to S4O in all, and was given a suspended sentence of sixty days on the state penal farm, by Mayor George Krick, in citv court last night. He was arrested recently and pleaded guilty to a charge of public intoxication. Colchin stayed the docket. He also stayed the docket for a previous tine of $lO and costs on a simillar charge, which has not been paid. The case against Kenneth Beard, for public intoxication, was dismissed by Mayor Krick, lac* night.

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Illinois Man To Be Tried In Indiana For Stealing An Airplane Indianapolis, June 16.—(INS)- - Steve Lacey. an Illinois aviator, will go on trial In federal court here Tuesday on the charge of stealing an airplane. It will be the first trial of such a modern charge in Indiana history. Lacey is alleged to have hopped off from a Richmond, Ind., airport will) a new Waco biplane in 1926. Tile plane was the property of Walter Anderson, 28, who was killed in an airplane accident near Richmond, recently. Before his death Anderson witli the aid of federal authorities had traced the plane to Montana where It was eventually recovered

TO DISTRIBUTE TAX FUND SOON Countv Auditor To Distribute $915,339.38 To Different Units County Auditor Martin Jaberg has completed tlie June settlement of the May taxes and ills figures have been approved by the state auditor A total of $454,590.63, including sl. 367.65 for credits allowed the county treaseuter. was collected for the Mav taxes. Tliis is a little less than half of the total taxes for the year. The 1928 taxes amount to $915,339.38. The state tax, including the common school fund interest, amounts to $47.740.76. The state tax is divided as follows: State tax. $23,766.44; state school, $13,654.01; teacher's pension, $3,292.34; soldiers memorial. $1,097.49; agricultural board. $457.28; Dunes park $365.77: state forestry, $18149. corn borer, $900.99; Clark memorial $720.80 common school interest, $2,996.52.

The balance of the tax collected is divided as follows: County tax. bridges, hospital, general fund. $73,941.77; giavel road repair, $39,172.34; county road bond and interest. $91,, 902.9:1; general township tax. to be divided atnong 12 townships, $12,804.82; tutition, $75,826.67; special school, $70,986.86; township road tax. $4,964.06; township poor. $1,915.22; corporation tax. Decatur. Monroe. Herne and Geneva. $42,424.18; library tax. $1,830.81. The tieasuiet collected $6,610.05 in delinquent taxes on which he received a 6 per cent fee amounting to $396.60 The distribution of the May taxes will be made to the townships, school boards and ineoiporated towns in the county this month. o Lutherans To Hold School Picnic Sunday The annual schorl picnic of the local Lutheran day-school and Sunday school will be hel l this Sunday atterneon at Bellmont Park, beginning at 2.3 u o'ciock. The program has been arranged by the teacher, Miss Elea nore Sehelderer, and the public is cordially invited to attend. o U. B. Church To Hold Children's Day Program The United Brethren church of Decatur will observe Children’s Day with a splenditl program tomorrow evening at 7:30 o’clock. The committee in charge has arranged a program of recitations, playlets, drills, exercises and songs that, will be pleasing and entertaining. The public is invited to attend.

Purdue’s R. O. T. C. Is Given “Excellent” Rating

Lafayette. Ind . June 16.—(U.R) —The war department has given Purdue University’s Reserve Officers Training Corps, an "excellent” rating, President E. C. Elliott has been advised by Maj. Andrew J. White, Fifth corps area assistant adjutant, reporting results of an inspection a few weeks ago. — 11 o Moderate Temperature Forecast For Next Week Weather outlook for period June 18 to 23, inclusive —Ohio valley, showers at the beginning and end with fair at middle of week. Moderate temperature except cool Wednesday or Thursday. Warmer end of week. Baby Swallows Poison Rochester, Ind.. June 16. —(U.R) — Evadene. 2, only child of Mr. and Mis. Harry Cook, today was in a serious condition after swallowing poisoning. It was thought she had mistaken the pills for candy.

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MANY FAMILIES MADE HOMELESS AS LEVEES BREAK Approximately 6(I 0,0 0 0 Acres Os Land Inundated In Arkansas And Missouri NATIONAL GUARDSMEN AT WORK ON LEVEES Kennett, Mo., .lune 16— (INS) - A second break in the St. Francis river levee today left a 2(10foot gap and sent additional Hood waler over the low lying farms in southeast Missouri. Vpprt.xinudely 30,000 acres of land have been flooded. The first break early today left a gap 150 feet wide. The river is said to have risen two feet on the second crest and an additional 18-inch rise is expected by Tuesday. A crew of 300 workers were busy at the point fifteen miles below Newport last night when the break came. Warnings had been sent out over the 25.000 acres which were today under water and farmers and their families escaped the waters by moving to higher grounds. Red Cross Starts Relief Red Cross quarters, operated under Secretary of Commerce Hoover during the general floods in the spring of 1927 were swung open again today. An artificial crevasse was cut about a mile above the break last night tn relieve some of the river's fury, but It,did not help and the surging waters came through the rapidly widening crevasse with great fury, sweeping down houses in the valley and destroying crops. Rain has let up in the territory drained by these tributaries of the Mississippi and a fall in the swollen livers is expected by the middle of next week. Disastrous Flood Ft. ad Poplar Bluff, Mo., June 16 -(INS)—Recurrence of the disastrous floods of 1927 along the Mississippi river tributaries was feared today as two levees one on the St. Francis river in Missouri, and a second on the White river in Arkansas gave away. Water sweeping through a stretch of the levee along the St. Francis river nortli of Kennett, Mo., caused a break in the levee today that sent waler pouring through a 150 foot stretch and Is believed will inundate 25,000 acres of farm land and make 1000 families homeless. The Stevens levee near Newport, Ark., gave way spreading the rating waters from the White river over approximately uOO.oOO acres of land in tile White rher ''alley. Approximately 700 families were reported homeless, and tout villages in the patli of die constant v spreading walers were deserted. Workers Have Nxirow Escape As in tile case of the St. Francis river break, there were 300 men working on the levee when It went (rnsTivrKi) «W »’«gid two; TO BE ORDAINED NEXT TUESDAY

Arthur Kruetzman, Os Magley, To Be Ordained Reformed Minister The ordination of Arthur Kruetzman, of Magley, as a minister in Re-’ formed church, will take place Tuesday evening. June 19, at 7:30 o'clock, at the Magley Reformed church. Tuesday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. Kruetzman will be examined by the Fort Wayne classic, and members of the classic will conduct the ordination ceremonies at the Magley church in the evening. Among those who will attend the ordination ceremonies will be the Rev. A. R. Fledderjohan, pastor of the Zion Reformed church in this city. The Rev. D. Grether is pastor of the Magley church. Rev. Kruetzman has completed his thelogical studies at the Mission House seminary, Plymouth, Wis. He also completed the preparatory course at the Mission House, being there seven years. Following his ordination, Rev. Kruetzman will go to Kansas, where he has been assigned as pastor of a church near Wichita. A large number of friends of Rev. Kruetzman and members of the congregation will attend the ordination ceremonies Tuesday.

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