Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1928 — Page 1

WEATHER Mostly fair tonight Tuesday. Slightcooler tonight In extreme rwish portion.

HEAT WAVE TAKING TOLL OF LIVES

STORE OWNER IS SHOT IN BATTLE WITH A BURGLAR Man Found In Store POSSE FORMED TO Hl NT FOR BURGLAR Police officers in eastern In;l nd western Ohio today ' searching lor a man wl o Minced in a gun battle with I nit Hunter and another man H Glenmore, Ohm 12 miles ... ts | of 1 h ealin', early Sumlav morning. after the stranger' had been discovered m Mi. Hunters sh , ri , Mr. Hunter was shot in bis right arm by a bullet from the burglar's revolver. ' \ small amount of money. the exact amount undetermined, was stolen from th? postoffice which is located in Mr. Hunter's store, hut *> far. n thing has been missed from the store. „ u .1 Mr. Hunter was aroused shortly after 1 o’clock Sunday morning by a burglar alarm which he has in his j store. A young man who was a guest at tiie Hunger home and Mr. Hunter obtained guns and ran to the store, which is located a few feet to the nrrth of the Hunter home. Gun Battle Ensues Seeing a rear window open, Mr. Hunter peered in ami called to his companion that "he is in there. Hearing the men outside, the burglar jumped out through the window and started to run. A running gun battle ensued, with each of the three men. filing several shots. As far as known. | the bullet that struck Mr. Hunter in | the arm was the only one that found \ its mark The burglar jumped over a ' fence at the rear of. the store un i I escaped. A call was sent to Van Wert for Sheriff Fleck, of Van Wert county, | and to Decatur to the local police and Sheriff Harl Hollincsorth. An Erie I freight train, west bound, passed ' through Glenmore shortly after the | shooting, and it was thought that the stranger might have hopped the train. However, a thorough search of the train was made when it reached Deenfur by Sheriff Ilollingsorth, Night Policeman Burl Johnson and several deputies, and no trace of , the man could be found. Posse Makes Search Sheriff Hollingsworth and Officer Johnson then made a hurried trip to HIVTIMF.n ON TIIHUn O young Man Injured While Swimming At Green Waters Earl "Boots’ 'Rex, Decatur young man, sustained a painful injury to one leg Sunday, while in swimming in "G’.een Waters", a stone quarry at the no.th edge of the city. He was swinging on a rope attached to a tree on which swimmers have been swinging out over the water and di opping into-the-quarry. Mr. Rex did not let go the ’ope on the outward swing and when he staited back towaid the tree he intended to drop into the water, but did not let go soon enough. One -of his legs struck a post at the edge of the water. Several stitches were required to close the wound In his leg. — — —o UNION SERVICE WELL ATTENDED Capacity Audience Hears Musical Program And Splendid Sermon A capacity audience was present at eln,?!! 1 ? meeti,lg at ‘he Evangelical SunX. % night The Evangelical lighted . 8 / h ° ol orchestra greatly de- ( the early comers, with a fifminute musical program. o'clock ""Th® 8 - r ° Per ° Pened at 7:30 by the n « I,lVoca,i °n was given ’the \r ß ','' °' E ' Mi,ler . President, of or of i a™' Ass ociatlon and pastRJ, Baptlst ohurch. The Rev. A. The (,ff' i erjohann > offered the prayer. H Fernthoif tk” take " by the Rev ' Chorus and J he mUB ‘ C by th ® Men ' s i leal ~h. tbe Cholr of the EvangelI ,e reSt h of rC th a<ldP<i greatly t 0 the inI "‘int’enJent of Bup ' Preached th 6 E ’ angelica ‘ church. a PProacL thB Ser The Speaker in a very un'‘OtVIINtED ON PAGE THHEeT~

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For the third time iu history a man allowed himself to be swept over the dangerous Horseshoe Falls in the (Niagara River —and-lived to tell the story. He is Jean Laussi<r. 36. French-Canadian, who performed the hazardous feat encased in a huge ball of fabricated rubber eleven feet in diameter. Tiie strips of courtplaster on his countenance cover the only bruises he received in the fall. (International Illustrated News)

ALFRED DROEGE COMMITS SUICIDE Former Adams County Man Ends Life At Fort Wayne By Drinking Poison Alfred Droege, 35. who resided four miles nerth of Decatui until about a year ago. committed suicide about 4 o’clock this morning at his home, 520 East Lewis street. Fort Wayne, by drinking catholic acid. Mr. Droege is said to have become despondent thiough worry over ill health and inability to obtain steady employment. He was injured while at woik about two years ago. and had never fully t egained his health. Early this morning. Mt. Droege arose ft am bed and drank the deadly acid. He then came to his wife’s bed awakened her. He was saying something about money matters. Mrs. Droege said, but she was unable (.o understand him fully since he had already taken'the acid and tiie burns interferled with his speech. He then said “forgive me mom. I won't be here long." and left the room. Mrs. Droege arose and followed her husband out of the room and found him lying on his bed in an unconscious condition. She called her husband who lived with them, but Mr. Droege was dead within a few minutes. Mt. Droege was a member of the Red Men and Moose lodges in this city. He is survived by his widow and four children, one son and three daughtei s. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. — o Baby Falls Into Pan Os Scalding Water, Dies The Rev. and Mrs. A. R. Fledderjohattn and family left today for New Knoxville, Ohio, to attend the funeral tomorrow of Jacob Meckstroth. Jr.. eigt)teen-inouth-old son of Mt. and Mrs. Jacob Meckstroth. The little lad accidentally fell into a pan of hot water and was scalded, after which pneumonia set in and death resulted. The Meckstreths reside at Columbus. Ohio where Mt Meckstroth is secretary to Governor Donahey. Mrs. Fledderjohann is a sister to Mr Meckstroth. o Father-In-Law Os Mr. Hoover Seriously 11l Placerville, Calif., July 9 —(U.R) — Two specialists today were called to the bedside of C. D. Henry, 84, father-in-law of Herbert Hoover, ili at a sanitoiium here. The physicians weVe called from San Francisco late last night when the condition of Henry took a turn for the worse. * Henry lost the faculty of speech and was paralyzed on the right side late yesterday.

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Average Wealth Os U. S. Citizens On June 30 Was $40.52. Washington July 9— (INS) —Did you possess $411.52 on June 30. last. That, is the amount of money, everyone In the U. S. should have had on that date, the treasurery announced today. For $40.52 was the per capita circulation of money the day the fiscal year ended, based on an estimate population of 118,364,000 perse ns. It represented a gain of 40 cents in a month, but a loss of 96c in a yeat. STATETAXBOARO TO HOLD HEARING Hearing On Adams County Assessments To Be Held At Indianapolis, July 26 County Auditor Martin Jaberg has received a legal ntice from the state tax beard giving notice that the state tax board lias fived Thursday July 26. at 9:30 a. m. in the office of the board room 231 in tiie state house at Indianapolis. for a consideration of the assessments of both real and personal property in Adams county, and for determining tiie rates of addition of reduction from the listed or assessed valuation of property in said county. At such hearing any office or any taxpayer of said county may appear by attorney ot in person and be heard. The taxpayers of the several townships and municipalities in Adams county are further notified that after such hearings have been had, the state tax board wil certify to the auditor of the county its report and information concerning the uniformity of assessments in said county and the neof either or both of such real estat and cessity of increasing the assessment personal property and also the necessity of ieconvening the board of review in special session, Tuesday, August 7. 1928. as provided by law. The County Board of Review which has been in session since June 4, was continuing the heatings today with individuals relative to the assessment returns made by them. oHeflin Not Seeking Third Party Nomination Des Moines, la., July 9—(U.R)— Any attempt to name him standard bearer for a third party would be against his wishes and better judgment, Senator J. Thomas Reflln, of Alabama declared here today. Senator Heflin will speak tonight on the perilous political problems of today.

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Will Travel From Van Wert To Ben re In Wheeled Chair Dan Feasel, a crippled man of Van Wert, Ohio, has announced that he will use his wheel chair for making a trip to Berne. He planned to start today. Mr. Feasel, who is making the trip to Berne on business has propelled his chair over the highways on other trips of several miles. This trip will be slightly more than 20 miles each way LOWENSTEIN IS BELIEVED ALIVE Fisherman Reports Seeing Parachute Drop From * Plane Into Channel London. July 9—UNS) —A sensational report that a French fisherman near ErayDunes on the English chanI nel coast, saw a parachute drop from an airplane about the same time that Captain Alfred Loewenstein, Belgian financier, disappeared, was received from Dunkirk this afternoon in an exchange dispatch. The report is not confirmed, but is connected in some quarters witli the strange disappearance of Captain Loewenstein while lie was flying fr, nt London to Brussels in an airplane on Wednesday evening. The tshman was quoted as saying lie "felt certain" he saw the parachute alight on the surface of the channel a few miles from shore. Later. he said, he saw r a oat going in the direction of the parachute. Belief that Loewenstein is not dead lias been strengthened by the fact that no trace of his body has been found in the channel. He is said to have had a large sum of money hi his possession at the time he disappeared. BOSTON GREETS AMELIA EARHART [“Lady Lindy’’ Comes Home After Trans-Atlantic Airplane Ride I Boston, July 9.—(lNS)—“Lady Lindy" came home today. Old dame Boston, that austere-vis-aged by warm-hearted soul, opened wide her arms to receive her "daughter" as Miss Amelia Earhart, premiere of the trans-Atlantic airways, return ed to the "home town folks." Down from a sun-baked sky came two tri-motored monoplanes from Curtiss Field, lying Island, N. Y., carrying the “girl Lindy" and her over-the sea flying companions. Major Elmer “Dusty" Stultz, pilot of the trans-At-lantic Friendship, and mechanic Lou “Slim" Gordon. They came to meet the Boston folks today at six receptions and a parade. Around the Dennison airport at Quincy in the light of the hot sun they zoomed at 11:20 a. m. Then over the city, finally sweeping down to Terra Firnia on the marshland of the East Boston airport a few minutes later. They left Curtiss Field at 9:06 a. m. The Fokker plane piloted by Stultz and carrying Mrs. Stultz. Gordon, Gordon's fiancee, .Miss Anne Bruce, (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) STATE SCHOOL FUND DIVIDED Adams County Gets $13,185.34 From Semi-An-nual Apportionment Tiie semi-annual state school aid apportionment on the basis of the school census taken each year was announced today by the state superintendent of public instruction. The school enumeration in Adams county was 6,226, according to the official report, and Adams county will receive $13,185.34 its apportionment. Wells county will receive $11,421,22 on a basis of 5.393 school children the repot t shows. Allen county will receive 171.06 C. 56 cn a basis of 33,557 school children. The allotment of money is made twice each year on the basis of the enumeration.

SEA DISASTER TAKES A TOLL OF 291 LIVES Chilean Transport Angamos Wrecked On Reefs Off Coast Os Chile ONLY FOUR PERSONS ON VESSEL SURVIVE i ’Cantiago, Chile, July 9.—(INS) | —The battered hulk of the Chilean transport Angamos lay on the rocks at Punta Chimpel, off [of the coast of South Chile, today, grim vestige of a terrible sea catastrophe which took a toll of 291 lives. Only four survived to depict those last horror-inspiring hours before the ship broke up on tile reefs. All of the eighty passengers aboard were lost. Many of these were women and children, tiie families of laborers on their way to the nitrate fields of northern Chile. A terrific storm came up late Friday night while the ship was in the Bay of Arauco, aftei having coaled at Punta Arenas. Tiie captain of the vessel headed out to sea to ride out the storm. Storm Increases The storm increased to stupendous proportions. In the midst of it, according to the survivors, the ship lost her rudder. Tossed about at the mercy of the ragihg seas, the vessel drifted toward the reefs. Attempts were made to lower life boats when it was seen that the vessel was certain to founder upon the rocks. One by one the lifeboats overturned with their human cargoes in the heavy seas. Finally the ship was driven upon the rocks. It filled rapidly, then broke in two. The captain, who had remained upittrthe bridge until the last, shot himself in the temple when he realized that he could do nothing to avoid a terrible tragedy, accoding to the survivors. Rescue ships which answered the Angamos’s S. O. S. calls at tit st were unable to locate the wreck. Later, they found it and picked up eighty bodies near Punta Chimpel. The four survivors, dazed and almost naked, were cast upon the beach near Lebtt, about nine miles south of Punta Chimpel. The coast where the Angamos (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) PARTY LEADERS MEET THIS WEEK Republican And Democratic Politicians To Map Out State Campaigns By Eugene J. Cadou, INS Staff Correspondent Indianapolis, Ind., July 9.—How 1o reconcile certain conflicting factors in their national and state campaigns this fall was a problem faced by both republican and democratic politicians of Indiana as they prepared for meetings this week. The G. O. P. state central committee will meet here Tuesday simultaneously with an auspicious gathering of the directors of the Indiana farm bureau federation while the democratic state committee will defy lady luck by meeting on Friday, July 13. The chief activity of tbe republican chieftains at present consists of “limb scrambling.'’ When the Herbert Hoover movement captivated the Kansas City convention, nearly all of the Indiana delegation, including United States Senator James E. Watson, found itself hidden by the leaves far out on the limb with sounds of sawing in the air. Tiie delegation had fought Hoover and Hoover had won. Now the question is how* to scramble back from the limb before it is amputated. Fortunately, however, a few' Indianians remained in reasonable proxi(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO! q Mexican Ace To Fly Non-Stop Flight From New York To Mexico Washington, July 9—(U.R)—The War department was advised today that Emilio Carranza, who recently flew from Mexico to the United States plans to start at 7 pm. This evening from Roosevelt Field, New York on a non-stop flight to Mexico City.

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His Death a Mystery

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Stocks reacted crazily all over the world upon word of the death of (’apt, Alfred Loewenstein, the mystery man of European finance. The magnate stepped through a door of his Fokker plane while crossing the English channel and dropped 4.000 feet to the water below. In some quarters it is hinted that the spectacular "accident" wasn't an accident at all, but a deliberate exit from life on the part of the Belgian Creosus. —

FLYING CIRCUS ATTRACTS 1.000 Motorcycle Races, Auto Polo Game And Air Stunts Staged At Park A crowd estimated at 1,000 persons attended the flying circus, auto polo game and motorcycle races held at Bellmont Park Sunday afternoon, un der the auspices of Adams Post. No. 43. of the American legion. The extremely hot weather is believed to have kept many persons away from the event. Tiie program opened with the motordele t aces and auto polo games. The Indiana team defeated the Ohio entry in the auto polo match, tfy a score of 3-2. Reuben Held, of Indianapolis riding a twin cylinder Hailey Davison, won all three motorcycle races. Bob McCoy, of Fort Wayne, finished second in the two-mile and thtee mile events and third in tiie five-mile race. Another t filer from Foit Wayne, pushed Held hard in the five-mile race, but was nosed out at the finish line. Ray Mahan. 18-year-old Minnesota youth, made a beautiful parachute leap ftom an airplane at a height of about 1.500 feet. Malian attempted to land in the green ring in front of tht grand stand, but tiie wind cat tied him slightly off his course and he alighted just beyond the ttees, south of the grandstand. Tiie pilot of tiie airplane then entettained the crowd with several stunts, with his plane. Ed "Buck” Mahan, of St. Cloud, Minn., pet formed a daring feat in front of the grand stand by jumping off the rear end of an automobile that was traveling at a speed of nearly 50 miles an hour. He slid for nearly fifty feet and then rolled over several times before coming to a stop, but was uninjured. His wife drove the car. o Smith To Make Plans For Campaign This Week Albany. N. Y. July 9 (U.R)—Plans for the Presidential campaign of Gov. Alfred E. Smith began this week. Starting at the Capitol here today, the Govet not is scheduled to confer witli the National leadets. These conferences will culminate in New York Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and then Smith will begin praparations of his acceptance speech. The Governor iu making himself ready for an intensive campaign, for the last two days he has been undergoing a physical examination at the hands of Dr. Raymond J. Sullivan of New York. The physician has informed Smith that he is in excellent condition. o Hoover To Receive Official Notification On August 11 Washington, July 9—(lNS)—The official notification to Herbert Hoover that lie is the Republican nominee for President will be held at Stanford University, California, August 11, it was announced today at Hoover's office in tiie Department of Commerce. Hoover fixed the date at a conference today with Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas, his running mate Curtis will be notified at his home in Topeka Kansas, a few days later.

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EAST AND MIDDLE WEST IN CRIP OF TORRID WEATHER Showers Bring Slight Relief To Middlewest Sunday Night FIVE DROWNINGS ARE RECORDED IN INDIANA (By International News Service) The torrid temperature which prevailed in various sections of the middle west anti east yesterday and today have resulted directly or indirectly in the deaths of more than three score of persons. New York City and vicinity tops the list with a toll of 28 dead, directly or indirectly due to the heat in the middle west, including Chicago, 30 lives have been snuffed out by the sizzling heat which brought the thermometers up as high as 100 degrees in some localities. Boston, with a maximum temperature of 94. reported 8 deaths in the city and at points throughout New England. No Relief In East Yesterday was the season's hottest day in New York with the thermometers in the sun registering as high as 108 degrees, while 91 degrees in the shade was the maximum. Excessive warm weather prevailed again today. The heat wave which has covered the states of Minnesota, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin and lowa like a suffocating blanket, had somewhat abated today as a result of showers followed by strong winds last night. In the eastern and northeastern sections of the country the terrific heat was still causing much suffering today with no relief In sight until tonight when showers were promised by- the weatherman. Indiana Has 11 Deaths (By United Press) Five drownings lead a list of eleven violent deaths in Indiana over the week-end. High temperatures prevailing during the two-day period brought many persons to water for relief and all those drowned met death while at swimming places. Two slayings ate recorded in the toll. Robert J. McCleary, 25, and Lawrence Addison. 19. died in the waters of a gravel pit in F.at Rock river, three miles east of Newcastle, while swimming. Addison was dragged under by the current and McCleary lost his life in a rescue attempt. Joseph Townsend, 36, Peru, was drowned in Eel river. Although Townsend w r as removed from the water a few- minutes after sinking, efforts to revive him failed. Joseph Canto, 40, Italian fruit dealer. Indianapolis, was shot to death in front of his home by au unidentiICONTINTED ON PAGE TWO; O Legionnaires To Hold Meeting This Evening There will be a regular meeting of Adams Post No. 43, of the American Legion, in Legion hall, at 7:30 o’clock tonight. All members are urged to be present, o WEATHER HOT OVER WEEK-END Slight Relief From Heat Wave Arrives This Morning; More Heat Coming Slight relief from this community’s first heat w’ave of the season arrived this morning, and cloudcast skies forced tiie mercury down to a livable degree after the entire northern part of the state went through the hottest week-end of the year. All day Saturday and Sunday, the Uterometer wavered above the 90-degree mark. Cooler weather was predicted by the state weather man for the early part of this week, with a return of more hea.t the latter part cf the week. Not much tain is on the weather program, according to the weekly forecast. Farmers of Adams county and this euiiimunit ysay.that more warm weather is needed tot tiie crops, but that, the present season is far ahead of a yeat ago when cool weather and rain had dampened the spirits of the farmers throughout the middlewest. The corn crop this year is reported to be in fairly good condition.

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