Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1928 — Page 1

WEATHER probably cloudy tonight and Sund,y ' Portibly local thunderstorm* and cooler Sunday In extreme north portion.

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SHERIFF AND deputy slain FROM AMBUSH Another Deputy Sheriff Believed Kidnaped By Moonshiners In Kentucky GREAT MAN hunt ‘ now IN PROGRESS Uarlam, Ky„ July 7.— (INS) — One of the greatest man hunts in the history of eastern Kentuckv was in progress here today.following the shooting of a sheriff and his deputy and the supposed kidnaping of another deputy as the result of an ambush here early today. The slayers are thought to be moonshiners. The dead are Floyd Ball. 35, sher fff of Harlam county and father of six children, and John Hensley, 45. deputy sheriff. The missing man is Toni Holes, 50, deputy sheriff. Get Mysterious Message According to meagre accounts, a mysterious message was received at the county jail early this morning. Soon afterward, Ball and his. two deputies took the Mayo trail west of Hailant. About 12 miles out. it is said, the men were attacked. Ball and Hensley dropped with three shots each in the back. Holes is missing. Mistaken Identity Is Blamed For Shooting Estes Park, Colq,. July 7.—(UR)—A theory of mistaken identity was advanced by police today in the investigation of the shooting of two campers here last night. Dr. George M. Slight, 59, head of the department of education at latke Foiest University, IH.-imrt son, Virgil. 25, were shot by a man who fired into their tent as TNy slept. Physicians here said Dr. Slight maydie. _o German Fliers Set New Endurance Record Dessau. Germany. July 7 —(U.R) — Johann Risticz and, WilhelnKZimmerman at 3:41 P.M. today had established a new world endurance flight record of 59 hours and 37 minutes and still were in the air, trying to establish a mark of 65 hours. Q Warrick County Man To Help Notify Gov. Smith Boonville, Ind., July 7.—(U.R)—Charles H. Garrison. Warric k county dem ocratic chairman, will represent Indiana when Governor Alfred E. Smith is formally notified of his nomination for president. SECOND UNION SERVICE SUNDAY • —— ——— Imposing Program of Music With Address Arranged For Service • An imposing program of music, with an dddiess by the Rev. J. O. Mosier, district superintendent of the Evangelical church, has been arranged for lhe second of the series cf union ser'ices being held by the Protestant cnutches of the city this summer, "Itk'li will be held at the First Evangelical church, tomorrow evening. The program will open at 7:15 o’Hock, with a fifteen-minute concert b : v the Evangelical Sunday school orchestra. The public is cordially In'hh! to attend this service. The program is as folows; the first four num>ers to be given by the Evangelical '"'•lay school orchestra: siu. h / Agneß March —Geo. Barnard. • er Threads Atnng the Gold; Para-Phrase-H. P. Danks. '"'net Duet: Beautiful Words of Jesus 1 H. Meridith. 'tty Sunday’s Successful Sengs ;i—---f nged by Henr >' Gilmore. . Worship; and Indication- .. Rev - 0. E. Miller. ", 30 "Faith is the Victory. Male Ch Re ' - A R Fledderjohann. H. Gabriel reV6r Bhine - Cl,arles A!)them y - P w7 r: R,!V ' H ' Ferntheil. bv r A '» Ry ’ ,ehovah " arranged Seiinon >„°;. Eniersen froni Bellini, lift Stmt 'rf n ReV ’ J ° Mosler - ™Btt’htireh P ' f he Eval, Kel'cal Church. K 2“. ory

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TO RUSH PLANS FOR HOMECOMING - < Committees Arranging For Old Home Week To “Step On Gas” From Now On Plans and arrangements for a great Old Home Week in Decatur during the week of September 10 are now moving forward, and from thi stime on the members of the various committees propose to step on the gas. Secretary French Quinn is mailing out the invitations, hundreds of them, and the names are coming in rapidly. 250 Uaving been received yesterday. The finance committee will make the final collecting tour next Wednesday and all who subscribe to pie fund are urged to greet them with a smile and a check. It is important that the finances be raised so that the committee may know what can be spent. Upon the success of this effort largely depends the extent of the celebration. Every penny will be spent and du'y accounted for. The program committee will meet the first of the week to detail the events. Tentative plans provide for reception, industrial, farm, fraternal and other days, with many features to be included, A committee was named at last evening's meeting of the board to appear before the city council to arrange tor the use of streets for the week. Several blocks down town will be roped off for the use of the crowds and the attractions will be located there. H. J. Yager, chairman of the thriller committee, will take his bunch to Fort Wayne next Tuesday for a consultation with men of experience in furnishing entertainment and this part of the program will soon be ready foi publicity. From now on, there will numerous meetings of sub committees and of the general committee. There is only two months in which to complete the preparations and no time to lose. o L. A. Thomas Injured In Auto Accident Near Geneva L. A. Thomas, of Portland, a former resident of Decatur, is confined to his home, suffering from a badly sprained back. Mr. Thomas, who is a field man for the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company of this city, sustained injuries to his back about noon Monday, when his automobile was struck by a car driven by Marshall Snyder, of west of Geneva. He was given medical treatment at Geneva and later taken to his home by Mr. and Mrs. Vern Ralstcn. of Geneva. o Alleged “Hit And Run Driver Is Arrested Wabash, Ind., July 7. —<INS) —Alleged by police to be a “hit and run driver, Earl Judy. IS. was under arrest here today on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the fatal injuring of Mary Giltner, age five. Police said the girl struck by Judy s car, Wednesday afternoon. Judy was arrested at his parents' home in Liberty Mills and according to police, confessed he was the driver of the death car. He denied he knew that the child had died and had not told his parents of the accident.

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ITALIANS' FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC THRILLS BRAZIL Fliers Plan To Go On To Rio De Janeiro In Air Mail Plane OWN PLANE DAMAGED WHEN THEY LANDED Aboard the steamship Braganza. enroute northward from Kings Bay. July 7 —(U.R)—Captain Sora, who commanded one of the ice sleigh teams that started in search of three missing members of the Dirigible Italia on the far side of Northeast land, was missing today, it generally was believed he met death on the ice. Sora had started alone, leaving his ten Italian chasseurs behind to locate the three men. Since then he has not been heard from and the ice has been breaking so rapidly that it appears inconceivable that Sora could have lived The ten chasseurs still are on Northeastland. Lundborg To Aid Search Copenhagen. Juls 7 —(UP) The rescue of lieutenant Einar-Paal Lundborg from an Arctic ice floe by his friends and observer, Lieutenant Schiberg. was made becaluse Lundborg knows exactly the condition of the ice on which five members of the dirigible Italia are stianded and can aid in getting relief to them. Lieutenant Schiberg one of the Swedish flyers aiding r the attempt to carry rescue to the lost members of the dirigible Italia, started out yesterday planning to drop food and other provisions to the six men who were stranded on the floe off Foyn island. He was flying a small plane, similar to that in which Lundborg used when he flew to the island to rescue General Umberto Nobile and in which he later crashed attempting td save another member of the Italia crew. The ice had been described by Lundborg in radio messages as treacherous for a landing because it had beccfne to thin. Schiberg reached the spot where he could see the viglieri encampment and could see the six men around the red silken tend that Nobile had erected so that flyers could locate them. He saw the smother landing place that Lundborg and the Italia crew had created in hopes some-one would attempt to rescue them. Schiberg recalled the hours he had spent in the air with Lundborg and he wanted to save his flying pal from those hours of torture in that bitterly cold, bleak ice encampment. He took Lundborg aboard his plane. The Swedish flyer was picked up mainly because he was the only one of (COVTIXUED ON PAGE TWO) THREE ORPHANS DROWN IN RIVER Three kimates Os Orphanage At Mexico, Indiana, Lose Lives Peru. Ind., July 7. —(INS) —With one body j-ecovered today more than 200 searchers were dragging the swollen river five miles north of here today for the bodies of two other boys, inmates of the Mexico orphanage, who were drowned while swimming in the stream last night. The three victims were: Raymond Todd. 11, of Rochester. Darwood Motley, 12, of Warsaw. Bruno Logan, 14. of Warsaw. Tlie body of young Todd was recovered this morning about 300 yards below the scene of the tragedy. The three boys were drowned when they climbed on a 2 by 4 plank and paddled around in the water near the shore. In some way they got into deeper water and soon the swift current began sweeping them down stream. The boys screamed for help but seven other boys who also were in swimming were unable to help them. John Vedder, superintendent of farms at the orphanage who was in charge of the bathing said he was unable to reach the boys. The Mexico orphanage is conducted by the church of the Brethern. J. C. Warstler is superintendent. Warstler and his wife are on a vacation in California. Miss Leona Swihart. who is swimming instructor.at the orphanage, was in Rochester, Ind., at the time of the tragedy, being called there bv a death in her family.

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J. R. Zimmerman Takes Position With College Fort Wayne. Julyj7—J. R. Zimmer man, formerly of Decatur, has accepted a position with the executive staff of International tollege, of Fort Wayne, L. J. Tin ker, president of the college announced today. Mr. Zimmerman has been in commercial school work for the last three years.. He has served as president of Anthony Wayne Institute of Fort Wayne. A number of years ago Mr. Zimmerman served as a teacher in the Adams county schools. While in Decatur he was associated with J. T. Tritch. who also taught in the Adams county schools. Mr. Tritch is now principal of International college. - EXPOSITION IS BIG FAILURE Faker Leaves New Albany And Jeffersonville Business Men Holding Sack New Albany, Ind., July 7 —(INS) Scores of New Albany and Jeffersonville business men today were holding the sack, some facing ruin, as the result of the ingnominious fizzling out of the much heralded ’lndiana-Kentucky $1,000,600 Exposition.” at Glenwood Park here. Harry R. Foshay, alias Harry R Stevens, 35-year old Scranton. Pennsylvania, hunchback, who came here without the price of a meal and by means of a glib tongue enrolled prominent merchants and civic leaders in his scheme to hold a two state exposition. was in the county jail todaycharged with attempted rape on Miss Mildred Jenkins, pretty Corydon, Ind., beauty parlor operator. Stevens had persuaded Miss Jenkins to close her shop and take employment with him. Stevens also enlLsted the aid of the American Legion and the local and Jeffersonville posts -today found themselves faced with refunding from their own treasuries money paid by hundreds of persons for tickets in an automobile lottery. Since Stevens’ arrest it has developed as the result of the investigations of the Louisville, Ky., Better Business Bureau that Stevens was wanted .at Reading, Pa., Elmira, N.Y.. Milwaukee, Wis., and other eastern cities in connection with similar exposition flops, local police said today. Although Stevens arrived here penniless within a week he was "throwing parties" at which he peeled off S2O tips for waiters from a big bank roll. It seemed that everyone succumbed to his convincing talking and his verbal juggling of "big figures." The hunchback managed to surround himself with beautiful women and New Albany’s leading citizens soon were addressing him as “Steivef’ The exposition committee reported today that it had S4O in its treasury and $7,000 of debts, many of the small business men who joined with the exposition movement were on the brink of ruin today and were threatening violence. One man mortgaged his home in order to purchase materials for work in connection with the exposition 1 . He was desperate today, laical firms and those of Jeffersonville were holding accounts running into thousands of dollars. o “Round The Worlders” Leave Moscow Today Moscow, July 7.—(lNS)—John Henry Mears and Capt. Charles Collyer, who are attempting to make a round the world trip by airplane and boat within 23 days, hopped off here at 1:39 o’clock this afternoon, after a rest of about three hours. They hoped to reach Kazan, 500 miles away about 5:40 o'clock. o Indiana Baptist Assembly , To Convene Next Monday Franklin, Ind., July 7.— (U.R) —The Indiana Baptist assembly will be in fourteenth annual session at Franklin from Monday to July 20. The assembly serves as a training school for pastors, Sunday school teachers, and others in church work. o Farmer Fiped $70.35 For Illegal Hunting Scottsburg, Ind., July 7. — (U.R) — Frank Smith, farmer, paid fines, and costs totalling $70.35 following arrest by a game warden on charge of killing a squirrel out of season and for hunting without a license. Smith was on his own farm when arrested.

ANOTHER MAN IS MISSING IN ARCTIC REGION Capt. Sora. Leader Os Ice Sleigh Team On Relief Expedition, Missing RESCUE OF LIEUT. LONDBORG DESCRIBED Rio De Janeiro. Brazil. July 7—(INS) —All Brazil was at a fever pitc|i today over the courageous non-stop flight from Rome to Btazil of the Italian fliers, (’apt. Arturo Ferrari)) and Major Carlo P. Del Prete. Scenes rivalled only by the celebrations following the Armistice were enacted everywhere. A stupendous welcome here is planned for the fliers when they arrive from Natal. As theit own plane a Savoia-64, was damaged when they made their second landing at Touros, about 50 miles north of Natal, the fliers announced they will continue their flight here in a Brazilian airmail plane. Enjoy Day Os Rest After their forced landing. Ferrarin and Del Prete were taken from Touros to Natal in an, airmail plane and tested at the latter city yesterday. When they made their first landing at Point Genipabo, ten miles north of Natal, the fliers had covered a distance generally estimated at 4.417 miles without stopping, thus establishing a new- world's record for long distance flying. They covered this distance in just one minute less than 52 hours. Their average speed, slightly under 109 miles an hour, was considered remarkable. Their flight was the first successful attempt to fly directly from Europe to the South American mainland. Ferrarin and Del Prete also have another world's record to their credit. Recently, they stayed aloft in the same plane used in their Rome-Bra-zil flight, for 58 hours ami 36 minutes The Italians encountered fair weather in crossing the Mediterranean. flying down the coast of Africa and across the South Atlantic as far west as the Cape Verde Islands. After that, however, they ran into heavy fogs which increased as they neared the mainland. But they encountered their worst difficulties over Brazil. There was plenty of fuel still in the plane's tanks, so they decided to fly directly to this city. But the feg was so impenetrable that they lost their bearings ami finally were forced to land at Point Genipabu. Baby Dies Os Poisoning Burnettsville, Ind., July 7. — (U.R) — Ardelia Bonnell, 2, died of poisoning after swallowing half the contents of a hottie filled with medicine tablets. WESTERN G. 0. P. MANAGER NAMED 4 James Good, Os Chicago, Chosen To Manage Campaign In West By Kenneth Crawford (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Washington, July 7 —(U.R)— James Good of Chicago has definitely accepted the Western managership of the Hoover-Curtis campaign and will leave at once to take up the duties of the p sition, it was announced today at Republican headquarters. Good was manager of Hoover's preconvention campaign and was offered the Westefd managership soon after the Kansas City convention but he did not at once accept, explaining that personal business might make it impossible for him to devote his entire time to the* campaign. Some political observers interpreted his hesitancy as disappointment over his failure to receive the National managership. Good will organize western headquarters in Chicago and devote his entire time to the campaign, chairman Work of the national committee said. Good's decision to accept responsibility for carrying the west followed a lengthy conference here yesterday with Hoover. The Western manager is a former congressman from lowa who quit politics several years ago to devote himself to a law practice in Chicago. He was active, however, in republican headquarters during the campaign in 1921) and 1924. Representative Newton of Minnesota will assist him this year as manager of the Western speakers bureau.

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MINNOWS PLACED IN QUARRY HERE Baby Bass And Ring Perch Released In “Green Waters” Friday Through the efforts of the local chapter of the Izaak Walton League, 1.250 small and large mouth bass and 250 ring perch were released in the stone quarry, north of Decatur known as Green Waters, yesterday afternoon. The minnows were trucked to this city from the state hatcheries at Tri Lakes and were brought here in small troughs, about 200 in each. Leigh Bowen, who has been instrumental in securing the minnows for the local quarry, stated today that, at present, he was making an effort to obtain pike and croppies for the quarry and channel catfish for the river. In a few years. Green Waters will be one of the fine fishing quarries of this part of the state, and the local izaak Walton league will continue to apply each year for more fish in order that there will always be an abundance of fish for those who desire to fish in this locality. In yesterday's allotment, minnows also were disposed of at Maikle and it Eerne, where they were placed in bodies of water. Each year, the state hatcheries officials deliver thousands of baby fish to various parts of the state w here a promise of protection until the fish are large enough to eat is given. o_. _—.—. Coolidge Receives Hoover’s Resignation Supetior, Wis. July 7 —(lNS)—The resignation of Herbert Hoover, secretary of Commerce, was received here today atthe temporary executive offices in the official air mail pouch. The Republican nominee for President left the exact date of his retirement from the cabinet up to President Coolidge. o Thunder Storms And Hot Weather Forecast Washington, July 7 —(INS) —Weather utlook for period of July 9 to 14, inclusive: Ohio valley—Local thunderstorms Monday and possibly Tuesday, then generally fair except local thunder showers Friday or Saturday. Tempei.ature considerably above normal Monday. Cooler Tuesday and Wednesday and warmer again Thursday and Friday. In region of Great Lakes —Local showers and thunderstorms. o Number Os Marriage Licenses Issued At Crown Point Slumps Crown Point, Ind., July 7. —(U.R) — This city appears to be losing some of its reputation as Indiana’s matrimonail headquarters. Only 683 couples were licensed to wed in June this year against 699 for the month in 1927, and 725 in 1926. The decrease was ascribed to insistence of County Clerk John Kill!grew that, the state law be observed as to ages of persons obtaining licenses.

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CHARGED WITH KILLING OFFICER AT LAFAYETTE Alleged Bank Robber Held Here Is Turned Over To Lafayette Officials SHOT OFFICER DURING HOLDUP, IS CHARGE Eddie Meadows, 35, confessed bank robber who has been held in the Adams county jail since his arrest at Hammond, Indiana, several weeks ago in connection with the rounding up of the Meadows-Makley gang of bank robbers, was turned over to Lafayette, Indiana, police of- . ficials today when they presented a warrant for Meadows on a charge of first degree murder. Meadows is charged with the murder of Police Captain Charles Arman, 45, who was slain during a bank robbery at Lafayette on November 1, 1927. Lafayette officials also stated that an effort would be made to return Charles Makley, 39, who was sentenced here recently to serve from 10 to 21 years in the state prison for bank robbery, to Lafayette on a similar warrant. Meadows was positively identified by another man arrested in connection with the Lafayette killing, officers say. The man came to Decatur with Lafayette detectives last Wednesday and identified Meadows as a member of the gang who robbed the Tippecanoe Loan and Trust company bank and killed Captain Arman, who attempted to stop the robbery, singleifanded. Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth, who has been instrumental in rounding up the Meadows-Makley gang, delivered Meadows over to the Lafayette officers at 9 o’clock this morning after the Tippecanoe county officials properly identified themselves. The murder warrant charges Meadows with first degree murder stating that he was a member of a gang who shot down Capt. Arman, who attempted to halt them after a bank robbery. Policeman Is Killed At the time of the robbery last winter considerable effort was made to apprehend the murderers and the story of how the bank in Lafayette, directly across the street from the police station, was robbed was broadcast from coast to coast. Previous to the bank robbery and murder, police had been "tipped off" that bandits would rob a bank in tlie other end of Lafayette. Every police officer with the exception of Capt. Arman, had been stationed at the other bank and when the alarm of the bank near the police (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) DAIRY HERDS ARE IM PROVIN G Good Records Made By Adams County Cows During Month .Os June Each month blings a better report from the Adams County Dairy Herd. Improvement Association, according to the records submitted by the tester. Roy L. Price. During the month of June 273 cows were tested. Os these, 153 gave one or more pounds of butterfat daily. Forty-nine cows produced 40 pounds or more of butterfat during the month; 10 cows produced 50 pounds during the month, and 3 cows produced more than 60 pounds of butterfat per cow during June. Four boardets wete disposed of during June. Most of the members in the cow testing association are feeding silage in addition to grain and pasture. Several members are weighing their milk dally so that more accurate records cun be obtained. M. P. Steury owns the high cow for the month of June. She is a grade Holstein and gave 1,920 pounds of milk and 67.2 pounds of butterfat during the month. The five high herds, their owners and production ate as follows: Eli Stucky, Jerseys, average of 950 pounds of milk and 47.8 pounds of butterfat per cow; M. P. Steury. Holstein. 1,296 pounds of milk and 43.5 pounds of butterfat per cow; John J. Schwartz, Holsteins, 1,265 pounds milk and 42.6 punds butterfat per cow; Sol Mosser, Jersey 631 pounds milk and 37.3 I pounds butterfat per cow; H. E. Kruetzman, Holstein, 1017 pounds milk and 35.5 pounds butterfat per cow.

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