Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1928 — Page 1

WEATHER Mostly <•!'• nortt ’- probably local thunderthowers in portion tonight and Thursday. Not quite so warm foment.

RASKOB TO DIRECT SMITH’S FIGHT

I Three More Members Os Italia Crew Reported Found

I TRIO GIVEN UP I FOR LOST FOUND I among icefloes Russian Ice Breaker Krassin Plans To Attempt Rescue Os Group ( ;r\VE FEARS HELI) i OR OTHER SURVIVORS Moscow, Julv 11 HMS)-Three members of the crew of the wrecked dirigible liahti. missing since they set out alone on too io seek kind, have been located | )V a Kussian aviator, according to a radio message today from the Kussian ice breaker Krassin. s The Krassin has been operating 4 among the ice floes in the vicinitv of Northeastland in ,an effort to '[ rescue the group <£ survivors, head- ■ o<i by Viglieri. Given Up For Lost | The group now reported located is fl understood ’to be composed of Dr. I Finn Malingren, Captain Alevrto | Mariano and Captain Phillip. For U the last two weeks they have been ■ given up for lost. | The Malingren party was floating I on the ice when located-. It was ex I pected here that an effort would be 4 made by the commander of the ship I to approach the place where the three si nun were found and to take them ■ aboard the steamer. x If this is not possible, one of the M Russian aviators with the Krassin Li will probably attempt a landing on I the ice floes to rescue the men. Ice Floes Breaking Up London. July Crave tears j I were held today that the five maroonfl ed survivors of the lost dirigible I Italia are doomed to die amid the icy wastes north of Spitsbergen. > Warm weather has set in in the tiorthlands and the ice floes are I breaking up. 1t is believed that relief planes will lie unable to make I any father landings on the floe where the men are encamped because of the | thaw. r However, the ice has not yet sufI ficlently broken up to permit access by ships. The soviet ice-breaker Krassin is reported hemmed in by the ice about thirty-one miles south of the encampment. The fact that the marooned men have not lieen heard from by radio for more than two days adds to the fears for their safety. According to Lieut. Lundborg, the Swedish aviator who was rescued from the ice-floe after being marooned with the other five men for thirteen days, Giuseppe H'OVTIX'I ki> ov page: TWlll O FARMERSTOHOLD PICNIC AT WREN Trench Quinn, Os Decatur, I l<> Speak On Evening Program Saturday French Qjtinn, of Decatur, will be th«‘ principal speaker on the evening Program of the Farm Bureau picnic, to be held at Wren, Ohio, on Saturday, July 14. A feature of the picnic, the comniittee says, is the absence of any long speeches. The events of the day. to which the public is invited, are as follows: I'LOO a. m., baseball game, Wren vs - Union township. 12:00 a. m„ basket dinner. 1:00 p. m. tug-o-war. -: 00-4:00 p. m., games and literary Program. 8:00 p. m„ talk by French Quinn , and special music by the Venedocia male quartette. ■Members of the Food and Clothing mb will decorate the stand and the Wren orchestra will furnish the instrumental music. The committee in charge is as follows: General chairman, B. H. Clifton. 1 '"gram, F. W. Bowen, Clark Frvs’nser, C. A. Springer. Grounds, “Chunk- Harmon. Joe Schaadt, Joe Glessler. Decorations, Lulu Mae Mosher, Mildred Frysinger. Advertising. W. O. Black. Herman reischer, Herman Glessler. Games, Frank Giesler, Laura Krelscher, Gerald Bowen. Tug-of-war, Adam Glessler.

DECATUR I> \ I I.Y DEMOCR AT

Vol. XXVI. No. 163.

In Plane Crash * i IV ; zjWßrLft I /w ' wH ft f 4HF ► I ti U -1 ' ' r iH I * fl Zrll .-Ws I e > h P 13 Mrs. Phoebe Omlie, the only woman pilot in the national reliability tour, escaped injury when her plane crashed at Marfa, Texas. She intends to continue the tour in another plane. FATHER SHMIif I ADDRESSES LIONS Assistant Pastor Os Catholic Church Discusses Duty Os Man Fther Frank Sheridan, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic church of this city, delivered an interesting talk at the weekly lunchecn meeting of the Lions Club, Tuesday evening. Father Sheridan, who has spent several years doing social work in Gary and other cities, discussed the service that every individual owes to his fellow man Every object in the world animate and inanimate, hap some specific service to perform, said the speaker. He lauded the woik of tlie Lions and other service clubs in fostering a spirit of cooperation and good will among men throughout the world, Feid Christian, county ageist, had chaige of the program last night. Carl Kleppee. of the Cloverleaf Creameries company, was a guest of the club. The Lions decided, last night, to isI sue a challenge to the Rotary Club for I a golf match to be played in the near future. o— Diving Tower Constructed At City Swimming Pool A diving tower has been constructed at the municipal swimming ixiol and is now ready for use. The tower was built at the south end of the pool, where tlie water is deepest. It contains two platforms, one standing about, seven feet and the other about thirteen feet above the water. Two new spring boards will replaced those already in use at the south end of the pool, also, it,was stated today. A large number of persons, both young and old, have been using the pool since it was opened about two weeks ago. — ■ o Roy Reichard Taken To State Prison Tuesday Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth returned late last night from Michigan City, where he took Ro# Reichard, of Hartford township! who was recently sentenced to sei ve from one to ten years at the state pi ison tor a charge of receiving stolen goods. Reichard started serving his year sentence yesterday. “Round The Worlders” Arrive At Tokio Today Tokio, July 11.—(U.R)—John Mears and Charles B. D. Collyer, Americans trying to circle the world in 22 days, arrived at 7:45 p. m. today in their airplane City of New York from Seoul, Korea, after an 11% hour flight. The touiist racers plan to catch a fast steamer for San Francisco and then fly to New York, their starting place.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Slate, Nntlounl And lulermilloual Nena

FARM BUREAU NOT TO ENDORSE ANY CANDIDATE To Draft Resolution Outlining Stands Os Parties And Nominees MAJORITY PARTIAL TO DEMOCRATIC PLANK — Indianapolis, .inly 11—(INS)—The In-1 diana farm bureau federation directors will refrain from definitely endorsing either Herbert Hoover or Al Smith for president, it was learned here this afternoon as a special committee retired to draft the political recommendation of the directors to tiie 50.d0t) members. Tlie resolution, which probably will be voted upon late this afternoon, simply will outline the stands of the I two party platforms and the Kepuh 1 lican and Democratic nominees upon the farm question without comment, it was indicated. Despite the fact that Hoover had failed to outline his agricultural stand apd that Smith had replied in what William H. Settle said was a favorable manner to the request of the directors for the outline of their views, and the partiality of the farm organization men for tlie Democratic national plank on agriculture there seemed little prospect for an outright endorsement of Smith's candidacy. o D. C. Stephenson Holds Interview With Attorneys Laporte, Ind., July 11.—(INS)—After being barred from conferences with his attorney for several months, D. C. Stephenson, the stormy inhabitant of the state prison, was granted an in terview with Attorneys Robert H. Moore, of Gary, and Paul B. Newman of Indianapolis, it was learned here today. Warden Walter H. Daly of the prison admitted that the former klan grand dragon who is serving a life sentence for murde» talked with his two lawyers for 45 minutes and that legal matters were discussed. A mandamus action seeking private interviews now is pending in Laporte county circuit court. Stephenson will appear in connection witli the mandamus action here on July 18. — — o Switch Engine Hits Bus Connersville, Ind., July 11. —(U.R)— No one was injured when a bus was struck by a switch engine here, although several passengers were aboard. The bus, driven by Clarence Mender, was badly damaged. WHEAT HARVEST IS BEGUN TODAY Binders Start Cutting Grain; Crop Poor Here And Throughout State The annual harvest of winter wheat began today in the north part of Adams county, according to County 1 Agent Ferd E. Christen. Several bin- 1 ders started to cut wliesat this morning in a fine piece of Purkoff wheat containing 55 acres on the Fonner Stock Farm, just north of the city. While this I piece of wheat will not yield a bumper crop, it is estimated that the yield I will be about 20 bushels or more to the acre. The wheat crop in Adams county, as well as the rest of the state, will be very light this year, due to severe winter killing. Only a tew varieties were aide to withstand the severe winter 1 wheat and it seems that the Purkoff variety was the most successful. Repents from all over the state this year indicate that this variety came through the winer well. Dan Studler. of Hartford township, and Jonathan Rumple, of Jefferson township, also have fine ‘ fields of Purkoff wheat this year. The weather during the last ten days 1 has been a great help to the corn crop 1 and it is now growing several inches 1 each day. Oats will be a bumper crop, as well as barley. Hay has improved < also and a noimal crop is expected. In » general, farm crops In Adams county, ’ with the exception of a few localities I are In a normal condition and are much < better than last year at this time. i

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 11, 1928.

Bandits Add Insult To Injury; Send “Postage Due” Letter To Victim I Gary, Ind., July 11.—(U.R)—Hiram Dinkin knows what "adding insult to injury" means. He has just received a "postage due" letter from two bandits who robbed him and two girl employes in his confectionary and escaped with $345 in cash and $544 in checks. The letter was used to return the checks, and with them was this note: "Hello, Hytnie: Here's your checks, Give my lot to the girls. Cal Coolidge.” The letter made no mention of the I money. It was mailed in Chicago without a stamp and Dinkin was forced to pay 2 cents to get it. FORGED CHECK IS PASSED HERE Stranger Issues Worthless Check At Anker Filling Station Today A stranger giving his name as “A. C. Tindale,” and driving an automobile bearing an Ohio license, drove into the Anker filling station at Five Points, in Decatur, early this maiming and purchased some gasoline and oil for which he gave the attendant a check for $lO, drawn on the Old Adams County bunk of this city. Later, after the stranger had left, it was learned that the check was a forgery and that no A. C. Tindale had an account with the local hank. Efforts are being made to apprehend the man and a good description was given local police officers. Other nearby cities and towns have been notified and a description is being sent to Ohio authorities. It was learned later, also, that the man drove from the Anker filling station to an accessory shop and had spent the $lO for tires. o Sen. Reed To Aid Smith By Attacking Fitness Os Governor’s Opponent New York, July 11. —(U.R)—Senator James A. Reed of Missouri indicated today that his part in the presidential campaign of Governor Alfred E. Smith would be to attack the fitness of Smith's opponent.- Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover. After a conference with Smith at tlie Biltmore Hotel Reed issued a caustic statement, critizing Hoover as "pro-English,” Man Fined For Permitting Animals To Run At Large Bluffton, July 11 -- Lon Kahn, of I Kingsland, was found guilty in the court of Squire Walberr Tuesday of a charge of violation of a special state law relating to animals running al | large, and was fined $1 and costs. A second affidavit containing a similar charge was dismissed. In the first affidavit Kahn was charged with permitting cattle to run at large and the second affidavit charged permitting horses to run at large. o —r. Boy Drowns In RivSr Auburn, Ind., July 11— (INS) —Romaine Currie, 10, of St. Joseph, eight miles east of here, was drowned while bathing in the St. Joseph river. The body was recovered. H. C. BAY GIVES HIS TESTIMONY President Os Bluffton Piano Factory Witness At Bankruptcy Hearing Chicago, July 11. — (INS) —Harry C. Bay, president of Ihe large piano company at Bluffton, Indiana, that bears his name, testified here this afternoon before a referee in bankruptcy regarding the assets and liabilities of the firm. Bay produced the records of the company which were examined by the referee. He took the case under advisement and said u* would reserve his decision until later, as to whether or not he would adjudge Bay a bankrupt.

300 BOOSTERS I FROM CELINA VISIT DECATUR I I Caravan Os 87 Automobiles Makes 30-Minute Stop Here This Morning BAND GIVES CONCERT ON DOWNTOWN STREET Three hundred live wire boosters I i from Celina, Ohio, paid a visit to Decatur this morning. provided a short band concert, paraded some of their choice bathing beauties, extended to Decaturites a cordial invitation to visit Celina-on-the-lake, and left the city with their pockets filled to the top with Decatur good will. A caravan of 87 automobiles, buses and trucks brought the delegation to this city. They arrived here at 8:45 o'clock, after having paid a similar ' visit to Van Wert. Ohio. After a thirty-minute stop in this city, the caravan moved on to Bluffton and thence to Montpelier and Fortland. Band Gives Concert The visitors brought a 25-piece band and the American Legion drum corps with them and botli musical ‘ organizations were "up to snuff." Six • pretty young girls, garbed in bathing costumes of enticing colors and designs. paraded behind the drum corps. The band stopped at the intersection of Second and Madison j , streets and gave a concert. l During the band concert, a group ■ of young ladies dressed in white sailor uniforms, passed out souvenir copI ies of a special edition of the Celina i Daily Standard which contained a complete history of the big reservoir. > on the banks of which Celina is loi cated, and which is one of the largest artificial bodies of water in the ! world. Celina people alighted from i their cars and mingled with Decatur citizens during the concert, also, forming and renewing friendships. The Celina boosters have been visiting towns and cities in all direction's from Celina for a radius of many miles. The demonstration here today was a great display of community spirit. o Col. Lindbergh Stops At Cheyenne. Wyo., Today Cheyenne, Wyo., July 11. — (U.R) — Col. Charles Lindbergh stopped here an hour today on his trip west in a Curtis-Falcon mail plane. “Just spy I'm going west," Lindbergh told newspapeimen who inquired about his destination. o GiO.P. CAMPAIGN WORKERS NAMED Elza Rogers, State Chairman, Appoints Executive Sub-Committee Indianapolis, July 11—(U.R) —Conduct of the Republican fall campaign in Indiana today rested in the hands of an executive sub-committee of seven appointed by Elza O. Rogers, state chairman. • Oscar G. Foellinger, Fort Wayne pub lisher and manager of Herbert Hoovei's Indiana primary campaign, was the lone Hoover backer of the primary on the committee. Henry W. Marshall. generally credited with engineering Harry G. Leslie's gubernatorial nomination in the Republican state convention, and Bert C. Fuller, Leslie's primary campaign manager, were on the campaign committee. The four other members were Allen G. Messick, Marion, chairman; Richard M. Fairbanks, Indianapolis; Albert Glossbrenner, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Beryl G. Holland, Bloomington. The "big seven" group was named after the state committee conferred several hours with state and congressional candidates witli respect to the campaign. To state chairman Elza O. Rogers, Lebanon, fell the task of appointing a campaign executive committee of 33 membets. Foellinger’s appointment headed tlie list on instructions Rogers teceived personally from Hoover. One other dyed-in-the-wool Hooverite was recognized on the larger committee, Ell Seebrit, former mayor of South Bend.

Ity The Vnllrd Preu anil luleriiutliiual Nma Service

Has SI,OOO Bills i ' ] JI Margaret Bass, attractive young woman, from whom eight SI,OOO bills wei'o taken when she was searched by Chicago police following her arrest with Tony Serpa, wanted in con-iie-.tiou with hotel robbery. LOCAL LAWYERS TO ATTEND MEET State Bar Association To Meet At Fort Wayne Thursday And Friday Several Decatur attorneys ate plant?! tg to attend the two-day ses slot! of the Indiana State Bar Association, to be hel i Thursday and Friday, at F;>tt Wayne. All sessions will h u held nt the Chamber of Commerce building, under the auspices of the Allen County Bar Association. Practically every Decatur attorney is planning to tittend part of the twode.v conelavc nnd several will attend the entire session. Henry B. Walker, of Evansville, is slated for the 1928 29 presidency of the organization. Joel Baker, of Indianapolis, has been secretary-treasurer of the organization for several years. Beth Indiana federal judges. Thomas Slick and Robert Baltzell, will attend the session. Frank C. Dailey, Democratic candidate for gov | ernor and prominent Indiana attor | ney, also will attend the meeting. Among the important phases to le-1 discussed will be some changes in the state laws, which the attorneys will seek at the next session of the Indiana general assembly. The session also will discuss the advisability of placing county prosecutors on a sal- I ary instead of a fee basis. Included in the list of entertainment for the visitors are a tour of Fori Wayne, dinner at the Fort Wayne Country Club and golfing for those who desire recreation. Several prominent state and outstate attorneys will deliver addresses during the sessions on botli Thurs- 1 day and Friday. o Former Dictator Os Greece Is Released From Prison Athens, July 11 (U.R)—General Pangalos. former Dictator of Greece who has been a political prisoner since 1926, suddenly was released last night by the newly appointed premier Venizelos. The liberation of General Pancalos had been unexpected and came with amazing abruptness. Premier Venizelos offered no explanation of his release of the former dictator. Hoover To Visit Dawes At Evanston Next Sunday Evanston, 111., July 11. —(UJ!)—Herbert Hoover will visit Vice-President Charles G. Dawes here Sunday. Tlie vice-president and Mrs. Dawes extended an invitation to SecretaryHoover when it was learned that he was going to Brule, Wis., to visit President Coolidge at the summer white house. Mrs. Hoover will accompany her husband.

Price Two Centos

GENERAL MOTORS EXECUTIVE MADE PARTY CHAIRMAN Democratic National Committee Organized For Coming Campaign NEW CHAIRMAN HAS COLORFUL CAREER New York. July 11. -dNS) Governor Al Smith look control of the Democratic party today, personally selected John Kaskoh prominent New York financier, as chairman of the Democratic national committee and through that chairman announced there would be "no pussyfooting on (he question of prohibition.” There was not a single dissenting I voice raised at the meeting, this afternoon, cf tlie party's national committee to the selection of l.askob, who is chairman of the finance committee of General Motors and one of the biggest leaders in the country. Raskob delivered an address before the committee shortly after he was selected in which he served notice that I thete would be no sidestepping of the prohibition issue. Raskob Makes Statement “Governor Smith, as president of th*.United States, witli all the resources then at his command, will be able to give tlie people of tlie United States a picture of the social condition under the present so called prohibition law, said Raskid). "If as a result of careful study he can evolve a plan for regulation and control of tlie liquor question in away that will absolutely prevent a return I of the saloon, eliminate bootlegging | with its accompanying evils, graft, cori riiptiun and murder, and restore temperate life to our ocuntry, then all fair miuded men must admit his right if not his duty as President to promulgate such plans and advocate such changes in our laws as may be necessary for its adoption." Has Spectacular Rise New York, July 11 (U.R) ~John J. Raskob, who rose from a $7.50 a week stenographer to the status of a giant in the world of finance, was selected today to direct the Presidential campaign of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York, former newsboy. Tlie chairman of the finance committee of ihe General Motors corporation was Smith's own choice for the chairmanship of the Democratic National committee which ratified his selection at its meeting here. Climax of Organization Raskob's election marked a climax in tlie organization for tlie campaign by leaders of the Democratic party. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) FRANCE ACCEPTS ANTI-WAR PACT Cabinet Decides To Express Complete Accord With Kellogg Document Paris. July 11—(U.R) -Secretary of State Kellogg's anti-war pact will lie accepted formally by France in a note to lie sent the state department, through the French ambassador, this afternoon, it was decided today at a cabinet meeting. The British and German governments will be sent copies of tlie note, which Foreign Minister Briand submitted for the cabinet's approval. The French note, it is understood, will express complete accord witli the American pact and at the same time will explain fully French views on several questions that might arise from it, particularly France's obligations to her smaller allies and the necessity of conforming to pledges given to the league of nations and to world-war powers in connection with the Locarno treaties of friendship. It is said that tlie explanations do not constitute reservations to the proposed pact, but simply places the French interpretation on record. o V an Wert Plans To Improve Water Works Van Wert, Ohio. July 11 —A motion autlioiizing the city solicitor to draft legislation for proceeding with plans for improving the city water works system, both in plant and with new mains, was adopted by the city council Monday evening. The proposed im provementS would cost $50,000.

YOUR HOME PAPERLIKE ONE OF THE FAMILY