Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 2 July 1928 — Page 1

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. AMUNDSHBBODY REPORTEffDUND IN NORTMN SEA I Unconfirmed -1 <>rt Telling Os Fiß Reaches Paris Thisßtrnoon ICEBREAKEWAR ITALLWE CAMP! London, July 2 ®—An unI confirmed repoAtchetl Paris I this afternoon llillie body of ■ Captain Roald As dscn, miss-1 King Norwegianftlorer. had | been found in Hi i off the | Norwegian coast, id an exft oluinge telegraphlpaleh from | Paris. Efforts are b<fe. lade to ob-| | tain official conflf lion of Hit’ p report. (’apt. Amnndsen ■ one of the | K three men aboard ®>nch seaplane ’ which set out Norway. f 5 two weeks ago toKto search for R the missing memtw'f the Nobile expedition. The others in thKne were Gene R Gullbaud, the pilot, >1 Lieut. Leif " Dietrichsen. nnothSorweeinn explorer. The plane was kr definitely heard from, althoii psherman reported seeing a pit if) miles south ! of Bear Island, on f IS. which may have been th uundsen sea plane. Bear Island bout half way between the Spitz! n coast and IB Tromsoe. Icebreaker Nea ilia Camp Stockholm. July R) —The Rus- ‘ sian icebreaker Kr i had advanc- ’ ed so far northwt today that it t was thought possib re she might I reach before tonior the Italia ice camp off Northeast ami rescue | the six men there. fkmdittona were ter , as; the giant Krassin pt 1 her nose | through the jainnti cefloes. A seventh' Swedi esctte expedit tion was due to eav re tonight for Hlnlopen Strait, b en Spitzbergen and Northeast Is proceeding by way of Marvik. Three Planes I s Search Rome, July 2. —<l Three great seaplanes—the Fim three motored craft and the m&ies of Majors Maddalena and Pen: soared kiver a wide area around til icampment of Lieutenant Viglterl, iday. attempting to find trace of : lost dirigible talia, but were fore by fog to reI turn. The supply ship i a Di Milano. I advised this mornin iat the three I big planes had depa t and then re- | turned to their base i Virgo Ray. Other airplane ex -lions—including one in which a Snnish plane had intended to mak landing near the Viglieri encamp bi—have been cancelled owing to and also owing to advice from lieri that a landing now is impoa'e. Criticism GTcing Copenhagen, July | -(U.R) — Long smouldering criticism* the flight of I the dirigible Italia to®.. North Pole | broke today with theftparent disap-: peaiance of the Asian rescue . Aviator Babushkin, e*th man to ! fail to return from afitempt to aid the airship's crew. ft Peter Freuchen. fa„ Danish explorer, voiced the reAineut felt by most. Scandinavian exSeers when he * n an^ article iiS e newspaper tntWTiKt En osr TW «>* FARMER DOIEO BI ANCjf BUU "T- i Henry Bohnke Sliouslvtlnjured When Atfeked Efy Animal Saturday | Henry Bohnke, who Sides witjh his brother, August Bohr j and fXniily on Route 7 near tin, ity, was* seriously injured Satu y afterjnoon when he was gored a bnll.l Mr. Bohnke had gene to t barn to [lead lhe animal outside to et it. anti ,il ” bull attacked him. Mr. Bohnke was by (nisei f anil in the bain and before | could repcii him, the animal had i ired him reverely and rad tratnpec i him. A p|hysicinn was summoned once and jhe wounds were dressed. /A ' Mr. Bohnke was rej t .e (l to proved today and the Wstolen stated that u 83 co*-’ ,ly 'll’ tions set in, he would over. V injured auc'H the heat id bo® - I I X

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— — Month Os June Sets Record For Cold And Rain | Indianapolis, July 2.—(INS)—-The month of June was the coldest June within the records of the local weather bureau and also was the wettest since 1882, J. IL Armington, government meteorologist announced here today. The local weather bureau began operating in 1871 The average temperature for the ! month of June was 65.4 degrees which was 6.2 degrees below the f normal which is 71.6, Armington said. The June rainfall was 8.77 inches which was 5.15 inches above normal. It rained here on 21 days in June. Only two other Junes in the history of the local weather bureau ■ surpassed the precipitation of last | June. COUNTY TRUANT OFFICER ELECTED Mrs. G. E. Myers, Os Decatur, Chosen; Date Set For Opening Os Schools Mrs. G. E. Myers, of Mercer avenue, this city, was elected Adams county attendance officer, py county board : of education at its tegular monthly | session at the office of County Superintendent Clifton E. Striker, this morn Ing. Mrs. Myers was elected on the first ballot. Other persons in the county eligible for the position were Robert Meyers, of Monroe; William Stauffer, of Berne and Mrs. Maty Pontius, of Geneva. It is the custom to place the names of all eligible persons, iu uuiniuatioji. whether they are candidates for the place or not. Mrs. Myers will assume her duties soon as attendance officer. She will maintain her office in the office of the county supeiintendent on the second floor of the coutt house. Schools To Open Sept. 3 The board of education also set September 3, 1928 as the date for the opening of all schools in the county outside the school cities of Decatur and Berne, which are not under control of the county board. The date was set after a short discussion by board members and it was decided that September 3 was the most suitable date. The Decstnr and Berne school boards will set the dates for their openings. as is the 1 ule in Adams county. After disposing of tegular business the county board adjourned until the first week in August, at whir.', time i the pening of schools will be discussed i inoe thoroughly. Practically every I Irttard member was present today. (The boaid of education includes the <Aunty superintendent, township trus- : ties ar.d presidents of the Decatur and ia.ne sehol boards. I I o Large Crowd Attends f Church Picnic Sunday *t .is estimated that one thousand pe sifeis attended the annual picnic an|| home-coming of the St. Mary’s I Catholic church in the Irish settlement mjßNew Corydon. Sunday. The event as! held in a laige field near the cljunch building. An interesting progjarii had beer, prepared for the picnic. Former County Agent Spending Vacation Here L. M. Busche, of Anderson, former agricultural agent of Adams county, accompanied by his family, are spending a few days with friends and relatives at Monroe and vicinity. Mr. Busche who is now agricultural agent of Madison county, is enjoying his vacation at present. — ——o Young Man Arrested On Larceny Charge Harold Tester. 20, of this city, was arrested by Chief of Police Melchi today on a charge of larceny. It Is changed that Tester stole a quantity of fishing tackle from a building at the home of William Roe. on Grant street, on June 21. The affidavit, signed by Mr. Roe, was filed in circuit court. Tester has not had a hearing. o Executive Committee Os Legion To Meet Tonight — ihe executive committee of Adams Post No. 43, of the American Legion, will hold a meeting In Legion Hag, at 7 o'clock tonight. All members of 'he committee are urged to be present.

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■ « Mrs. Nellie Rosn, former governor of Wyoming, smiled genially as sh< seconded the nomination for Al Smith at the Democratic convention ii Houston. Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas is seen on the platforn with her.

GOV. SMITH IN NEW YORK CITY Presidential Nominee Back On “Sidewalks Os New York” For Conferences New York,, July 2. —(U.R) —Governor Alfred E. Smith was back along the “sidewalks of New York" today, from where he started as a ®ewsboy on a road that might lead to the presidency. He will confer with leaders, have conferences on policies and campaign but overnight the governor has taken charge of the Democratic party. Already he has made prohibition one of the d6minant issues of the campaign, through hjs forceful telegram to the Democratic national convention last week. Details of the forthcoming campaign will be entrusted to subordinates but the word went around quickly that the governor personally would handle major questions himself. It was reported that word already had reached Smith that he should “soft pedal” a bit on prohibition But he takes the position that he cannot afford to straddle the question and that in view of his known record he must stick to his viewpoint and attempt to convince the voters (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o HOGS ATTACK DECATUR BOY 6-Year-Old Son Os Mr. And Mrs. M. N. Schnitz Painfully Injured Sunday Bobby Schnitz. 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mis. M. N. Schnitz, of Winchester street, was painfully injured Sunday afternoon when several hogs attacked the lad as he was watching them plav about in a wallow on a farm near Roanoke. The lad, with other children, was playing in tlie barn-yard of a residence where tlie Schnitz family was visiting. Suddenly, one of tlie hogs ran toward Bobby and knocked him down, anil several hogs started pulling and biting the boy. Mrs. Schnitz heard tfie Jxl scream and ran to the yaid where he had been pulled into the wallow and had been bitten in several places. He received two bites on the arm and ons ca the leg. It was necessary to take several stitches to sew up the wounds. The lad was returned to his home in this city last night and it is thought that, bis wounds, while very painful, will not be of a serious nature. o Dakota And Minnesota Are Swept By Storms St. Paul. Minn., July 2—(U.R)— Severe wind and rain storms swept over Nortli Dakota and Minnesota today. Two peasons were reported injured and much property damage done. Leo Ryan E. Bahr, St. Paul, were Injured when a telephone pole was blown over I heir automobiL, by the high wind. Communication and power lines in the region between Fargo and the Twin Cities were damaged.

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No Paper On Wednesday In order that all employees may have an opportunity to join in the celebration of the national holiday, there will be no issue of the Daily Democrat on Wednesday, July 4. Advertisers are requested to take notice and arrange to have their copy run on Tuesday or Thursday. Readers are invited to report to the Daily Democrat on Wednesday any social or news items they may have concerning the holiday. Business, in general, will be suspended in Decatur on Wednesday. There will be no city or rural mail deliveries. SCEPfIONIOR PASTOR PLANNEE Congregation Os Catholii Church Plans Reception For Father Seimetz The public and members of the St Matys Catholic church congregatioi aie invited to an informal leceptioi to be acc.nded the Rev. Father J. A Seimetz, lector of St. Marys church Tuesday evening, in the auditorium o tlie Decatur Catholic school building Father Seimetz returned last Mon day from Fort Wayne, wheie he hai been residing fol the last eight month: His health forced him to take a leav< of absense and a needed rest. Hi assumes his duties as pastor again benefited in health through his rest The committee in charge of the re ception extends a cordial invitation ti the members of the congregation an< the pastoi’s out-side friends to atteni the informal reception and social houi to be held at 8 o'clock, Tuesday even ing. No set program has been arrang ed for the evening, the event beiiq planned merely to extend a welcome ti Father Seimetz and to wish for hin good health and happiness. 0 LOUISA RUMPLE EXPIRES SUNDAY Jefferson Township Woman Age 70 Years, Dies After Long Illness Mrs. Louisa Rumple, 70, wife of Join H. Rumple, died at 1:15 o’clock Sun day afternoon, at her home in Jes ter sou township, eight miles southeast of Berne, following an extended ill ness. She had been ill for nearly twe years. Louisa Rumple was a daughter o! Mr. and Mrs. Jonathon Kelly. She if survived by the husband, and the fol lowing children; Daniel A. Rumple Mrs. Alta May Burger, and Jonathor Rumple, of Jefferson township; Mrs Cora Zehr, of I’eriysvilie, Ohio; anc Mrs. Brayt.in Pyle, of near Geneva. Funeral services will lie held Wed nesday afternoon, at 1 o’clock at tin Mt. Caimel church. Veterinarian Moves Here Dr. J. 11. Mathews, a veterinary stir geon, has moved from Monument City Huntington county, to Bellmont Parh just east of this city, where he has es tablished his office. I

COMMISSIONERS I IN SESSION TODAY County Officers File Quarterly Reports; Tuesday Is Road Day The County commissioners mot in regulat session this morning and devoted the mottling to checking up and allowing bills. The^ quarterly reports: of Shetiff Harl Hollingsworth. County! Recordet Ed Green and County Clerk I John Nelson were filed and approved. The sheriff collected fees totalling! 1192.47 103 mortgages, 30 mechanics' liens and 55 chattel tnoitgages; The! clerk collected 1864.94, of which $568.-1 54 was mint costs, $lO2 for marriage! licenses and the ballnnce miscellaneous items. The leqnisition for supplies at the county infi..nary for the quaiter beginning July 1 was filed with the board and bids will be received at the next meeting. Tuesdaj' will be road day in the ic commissioner's couit. tlids will be rein ceived on three macadam toads, namein ly the Isaac Lehman road in Monroe t. wnship: the Peter Fox road in Hart- _ find township and the Charles Nyffler - load in St. Marys township. Blds will also be received by the board on tour bridges and retaining wal jobs Mystery Shrouds Shooting Os Newcastle Rresident Newcastle. July 2—(INS) — Police this afternoon wete at loss to solve the mysterious shooting of Lawtence Bundy, 35, father of five children who was found dead in a garage at the horn of Horace Woodward here. Both Woodward and Reginald Dell, son-in-law of Woodward. denied knowledge of the shooting, but police said there was evidence that someone ~ had been trying to syphon gasoline from Dell's auto, which was kept in the garage when- Bundy's body was found. The police also were unable to ex- ) plain the fact that five S2O bills were tied around Bundy’s arm under his sleeve. Bundy’s children said their father had not come home last night. The C mother died several years ago. Indiana Man Charged With Assaulting Two Sisters in Union City, Ind., July 2—(U.R) i in Ernest Sutton, charged with criminal assault on his sisters. May and Mar-1, I, tha Young, both under 12 years old, , j was in jail today pending trial. He ; , failed to provide $5,000 bond after ( i,. entering a plea of not guilty at a pre(j liminary hearing. , is “7" "° ’ ■ CONGRESSMAN ; SPEAKS HERE! :d .11 ( " David Hogg, of Fort Wayne, . g- Speaks At Union Church « Service o i 11 David Hogg, of Fort Wayne. U. S. , Congressman from the twelfth district of Indiana, delivered an interesting 1 and inspiring addtess at a union service held at the Zion Reformed church here last night under the auspices of the Protestant churches of ] I the city. A large audience was preF sent, despite the heat of the evening I and the fact that many persons have ] left the city for vacations and visits over the Fourth of July. I, Mr. Hogg’s address was of a rell- ’ gious patriotic nature. He discussed i national problems and religious problems. Mt. Hogg is a Bible scholar in addition to being a statesman, having n been a teacher in the Fort Wayne , '- Bible Training School for some time r- The local churches will held a union it service each Sunday evening during 1- the months of July and August. The o service next Sunday evening will be held at the First Evangelical church. , )f ; o is Decatur Firemen Make Run To Fire In Country n s The Decatur Fire department was d called to the Beit Anderson farm, 7 ' miles west of Decatur at 10:45 SunI day morning The root on the Anderson e residence caught fire and neighbors ' noticed it just as Mr. Anderson was leaving tor church. The department answered the call at once and as there was no cistern on the place, a bucket r- biigade filled the “Booster” tank on y the big truck and with this supply k the blaze was put out. The loss was s- estimated at about SBOO. Jack Friedt, chief of the fire department stated.

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Leap Year Proves To Be Big Boon To Danny Cupid Here Ix«ap year is proving a great help to Dan Cupid in Adams country this year, and the happy little boy with the darts is making great gains. June, long recognized as the month of brides, lived up to its reputation in every sense of the woid in 1928, there being five more I marriage licenses issued by the i county clerk here in June than in ! any other month this year. What | might be accepted as proof that leap year is a big boom to Dan 1 Cupid is the fact that there were 22 licenses issued here this June as compared with 11 issued in June. 1927. What might lie accepted as further proof that leap year is more than a mere myth is the fact that a gain has been made in the number of marriage licenses issued here in three of the first six months of 1928, the number was the same in April and a loss of only two was recorded in January and March this year. There has been a total of 77 Issued so far this year, as compared to 61 during the first six months of 1927. Whether or not the young ladies are taking advantage of leap year and propounding the all-important question probably will remain a dark secret, but the fact is evident that, little Danny Cupid is reaping a harvest. FORT WAYNE IS SCENE OF RAIDS Forty-Eight Men And Women Caught In Wholesale Liquor Raids Saturday Fort Wayne, July 2—(U.R)—Fortyeight men and women were arraigned here today before United States Commissioner Thad Talcott, following their arrest in numerous raids here Saturday by federal dry agents. Wai rants were out for twenty-two other persons on prohibition law charges. Following the raids, which were a complete surprise, the jail was filled. Gecrge Winkler, Indiana dry director, who lead the raiding officers, announced his intention to file padlock cases againsj, twenty-s/x bars here and fifteen roadhouses in Allen county. The places raided and the names of the persons arrested are as follows Soft Drink Parlors Fred Heine and Hagerfeld, 1419 Broadway. Claude Dumbaugh and John Doe. 628 West Main. John Jack Nelson and John Tetter, 628 East Columbia street Vic Bake and John Doe, 1922 South Calhoun. Clinton Lunch. John Doe, 211 East Main. Glusencamp brothers, 1311 West Main. Joe’s Place, 1435 West Main, two John Does. Two John Does at 514 South Calhoun street John Doe, 238 West Main Buster Poinsette, 1016 Maumee Henry Hiemsoth and John Doe, 236 East Columbia. Alex Seewald, 626 South Harrison. Clark Behler and Charles Zitman, 1414 South Calhoun. John Doe, 331 East Pontiac. Alex Zyankwic, 3128 S. Lafayette. Stanley Ostrewski and two John Does, 2101 Weisser Park Two John Does, 1709 Lafayette st. (CONTIXI'EO ON PAGE TWIII « o Three Persons Killed When Airplane Crashes Clinton, la., July 2. —(U.R)—Authorities today sought to determine the cause of an airplane crash Tuesday which cost the lives of Dr. Homer K. Lambert, 27, his daughter, Betty, 4. and his niece, Shirley Lambert, of Toledo, Ohio. The plane crashed on the Clinton golf links from an altitude of 500 feet while Dr. Lambert tried to make a forced landing after the motor stalled. Dr. Lambert formerly lived at Geneseo, 111. His mother Mrs. Walter S. Lambert, ot Geneseo, and his brother, C. A. Lambert, of Toledo, saw the crash. Dr. Lambert and his daughter were dead when (lulled from the wreckage of the plane. The other girl lived a few minutes.

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ADAMS COUNTY MAN JAILED ON SERIOUS CHARGE Roy Richard, Father Os Seven Children, Arrested Late Saturday ADMITS KNOWING CONFESSED ROBBERS Roy Rickard. 40, residing on the Warner farm southeast of Linn Grove, in Adams county, and father of seven children, was taken into custody late Saturday afternoon by Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth, charged with being- implicated with the gang of bank bandits recently arrested by Sheriff Hollingsworth and charged with the robbery of several Ohio and Indiana banks. Rickard was arrested on information furnished by members of the gang already in custody. Sheriff Hollingsworth, Chief of Police Sephus Melchi and night officer, Burl Johnson, drove to Rickard’s home Saturday afternoon ami found him in a nearby field. Admits Knowing Gang Members Rickard admitted knowing members of the Meadows-Makley gang and also admitted that they had visited his home on several occasions, hut. he would not admit a part in any of the bank robberies. Sheriff Hollingsworth questioned Rickard yesterday at the Adams county jail where he was taken on failure to provide a $25,000 bond, but as yet he has not made a complete confession. According to the information gathered by Sheriff Hollingsworth the bandits used the Rickard farm as a harboring place before and after committing the robberies. It was learned authentically that the bandits had been at the Rickard home just before and immediately after the St. Henry, Ohio, bank robbery and, according to a deposition in the hands of county officials, the bandits divided their loot at the Rickard farm and burned the un-negotiable papers stolen in the holdup. To Be Questioned Detectives are expected today from Indianapolis, representing the government, and it is expected that Rickard will tell them of his part in the various holdups. Rickard did not deny the fact that the bandit gand hand been at his home on several occasions. The Rickard home is situated hack from the road in such a manner that it would lie hard for anyone to see from the road. It is thought that tlie arrest of Rickard will disclose several other robberies committed by the Meadows-Makley gang, including the theft of furs and hides in this locality last winter. Formerly Lived At Celina Rickard and his family formerly lived at Celina. Ohio, and it is thought that Rickard became acquainted with the other men while living there. He told local officials that lie was acquainted with all the members of the alleged gang, including the Smith brothers, Meadows and Makley. It is probable that Rickard will be arraigned late this afternoon or tomorrow in Adams circuit court and a permanent bon datranged. Until then his bond will stand at $25,000. o REPORT FORTY MINERS TRAPPED Dam Reported To Have Burst And Entombed Men In Pennsylvania Mine Mt. Carmel, Penn., July 2 — (INS)— Forty miners were reported entombed today al th# Locust Spring colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, at Locust Gap, near here when a dam burst in the working. First reports were meager, saying only that the dam had let lose flood waters which had risen during the last week of heavy rain. It was not known whether any of the men were drowned by the rushing water or not. o To Widen River Channel Chicago July 2 —(U.R) —Work on widening ot the channel of the Illinois river, so that steamer traffic may be inaugurated from the Great Lakes to the ' Gulf of Mexico, will start in a short i time, according to Col. H. K. Wild, army engineer.

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