Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1928 — Page 1

weather Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Slightly warmer tonight in north and fast part.

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alleged forger HELDiWANTEDIN OHIO AND HERE ( L. Tindall, Father of Nine Children, Arrested Near This City found HIDING IN ATTIC OF HOME Tindall was arraigned In circuit before Judld’ Sutton this at- „ and saked for more time in which to enter a plea. The request was gtanted and Tindall was r ,.turned tft jail, being unable to provide bond in the sum of |2OO for his release. C. L. Tindall, 48, father of nine children, was arrested at 6 o’clock tins morning at his present residence about 4 miles north of Decatur, on un affidavit charging forgery in connection with the issuance of a fraudulent check at the Anker filling stall n here yesterday. Tindall was arrested by Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth and Night Policeman Burl Johnson, after an all-day I limit yesteray, during which time it was learned he was wanted in several Ohio towns for forgeries. Tin- j dal. and his family moved to Adams county a few weeks ago, and since that time has been residing on a j farm north of this city. Hides From Officers When local officials learned where■ Tindall's present residence was, they went to the farm hc.use and inquired [ if the man wanted was there. Mrs. Tindall told the officers that her husband was not at home and that she did not know of his whereabouts. The officers searched the house and found Tindall hiding in the attic. The warrant was read to the man and lie was brought to the Adams county jail this morning. • thtr>-the forgery at the Anker filling station was reported To Sheriff Hollingsworth yesterday morning, it has been learned that several other local merchants are holding cheeks signed by the same name. Wanted In Ohio When the officers went to the Tindall residence they found other*evidence, the extent of which was not given out, which led them to believe that Tindall knew- something of the i< bery of several Ohio grocery and hatdware stores. Officials at Van J Whi, Ohio, were notified and Sheriff A. L. Fleck, of Van Wert county, identified Tindall as the man want- ' i ed there and at Willshire on forgery charges. Tindall will be arraigned in Adams circuit court some time today or tomorrow. it was learned, and it is I probable that he will be compelled to face the forgery, charge in Indiana before he is returned to Ohio authorities. Efforts are being continued to link Iftidall with several Ohio robberies. BIND TO SELL REFRESHMENTS •lunior Band To Conduct Stand During Weekly Concert This Evening An hour's program of entertaining band music is promised for tonight, "hen the Junior Hand gives another °tie of its weekly concerts on Liberty Way. The concert will begin at 8 o’clock. rite band will conduct a refreshment stand near the band stand tonight, alsa, in order to raise money for buying »>ore music. A group of Boy Scouts win serve in the refreshment stand. The program for tonight’s concert is March—War of the Nations by , Backie Beyer March—Happy ang Gay by _ Mackie Beyer overture—Harmony Queen by ... David Coate waltz Love Eternal by Ellis Broks A tone Poem—Twilight in the Mountains by Ernest Weber Jaich— Civic League by Mackie Bever •he Star Spangled Banner. —— o — Church Gets Anonymous Gift New Albany, Ind., July 12.—(U.R)— * °r the fourth time in three years, St. Mark’s Evangelical church has 'eceived an anonymous gift of Sfino latest contribution was in the ■orni of five SIOO bills contained in p” "'m'Ri'ed letter to the pastor, the Rev. F. a. Meusch.

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WILL SEND GIRL I TO STATE FAIR Home Economics Clubs Os Adams County To Pick Girl Through Contest — At a meeting of the leaders of all five Home Economics Chibs in Adams county, held Wednesday at Decatur, it was decided to send a representative to the State Fair School at Indianaftwn -Aiwnet -MWo September. 7 The state fair school is held each year, that young women of Indiana may have an opportunity to become interested in the subject of home-mak-ing. and to give them practical knowledge along this line, in the belief that knowledge in household science will increase home efficientcy. The entrance fee to the State Fair School is fifteen dollars, which will be paid by the Home Economics Clubs of Adams county. The only requirements to the school are that the girl or young lady be from 16 to 25 years of age and she may be either single or married. Each county in the state is entitled to one i ep; esentative at the State Fair School and the Adams county womens’ clubs have decided to hold a contest to determine who will represent this county. Last year. Miss Beulah Barkley. of Union township was the winner of the contest and she states that the school was very educational and interesting. Toe girls from all counties stay in one huild’ing and enjoy a good social time as well as the regular work connected with the school. The girls are properly chaperoned and their welfare is well taken care of. Any girl in Adams county is eligible to enter the Iccal contest to determine who will represent the county at the State Fair. The contest wil consist of making one loaf of bread, canning one quart can of string beans and making a simple kitchen apron. A competent judge will be secured and the three articles mentioned will be judged and scored at an exhibit. Each article being equally important in the final score given. The girl having the highest grade will be judged the winner of the contest and will represent Adams county at the State Fair School. The Home Economics Clubs are very desirous to have all girls who are interested in the contest to qompete for the trip to the State Fair. Everyone interested should get in touch with some member of their local township club or the county agent so that further particulars may be given out. The contest will be held on Saturday, August 4. at. a place to be announced later. Col. Lindbergh Reaches San Francisco Wednesday San Francisco, July 12. —(U.R) —Col. Charles A. Lindbergh who landed here last night after a flight from Chicago, refused today to disclose his immediate plans. The biplane which caught on fire at Salt Lake City yesterday was not badly damaged. It was disclosed today. Q Shoots Self With Shotgun Trafalgar, Ind., July 12. —(U.R) —Clem Beeler, 63, committed suicide by discharging a shotgun into his neck. 11l health and despondency over the death of his wife a year ago were given as the reason for the act.

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REVIEW HOARD TO CLOSE ITS SESSION FRIDAY Total Valuation of Property In Adams County To Show Decrease STATE BOARD TO HAVE FINAL WORD The Adams county board of review, [ which has been in session since June 4. will adjourn Friday evening, June 13, after completing its 40-day session. Today and tomorrow will be devoted to changing individual assessments and in making up the totals of the farm and real estate assessments, personal property, etc., which must be sent to the state board of tax commissioners not later than July 20. Until the totals are obtained, County Auditor Martin Jaberg or County Assessor Jay Cline would not give out any figures as to the county valuation. With a decrease in the valuations for farm lands and improvement and city real estate, the new valuations will be below those of last year, it .was stated. The decrease may reach several million dollars. The totals, as sent to the state board of tax commissioners. will b° reviewed by that body and final action will lie up to the state board, if increases are ordered, they will be placed on the county as a whole or in the townships. Many Taxpayers Heard Tlte board has hud a very busy session and, besides reviewing all the assessments and making changes and equalizing values where necessary, the board has heard several hundred individuals on their assessments. The major changes of the board included the increasing «pt farm land values in 5 townships, decreases in 4 Townships and leaving the other-thru-the same. Farm lands, without the improvements average about $62 petacre. The board ordered reductions in 6 townships on improvements, leaving the other six at the assessment figure turned in by the township assessor. The farm land improvements total about sl4 an acre, or $76 an acre for both lands "and improvements. Increases in the assessments for automobiles were also ordered by the board in Berne and in three townships, while reductions were made in two townships on automobiles. Members of the board of review, besides Mr. Cline and Mr. Jaberg, are Ed Ashbaucher, county treasurer; Ed Christen and Samuel Fogle. Dies On Operating Table Marion. Ind., July 12. —(U.R) —Arthur Humex, 14, died of heart trouble as he lay on an operating table just after administering of ether was begun, prior to a tonsil operation. SCOUTS GO ON CAMPING TRIP John D. Aber Takes Group Os Local Scouts To Second Creek For Outing John D. A her. an assistant Scoutmaster. took four Decatur Boy Scouts for a few days camping trip this morning. The Scouts were Marion Baker, Glennis Tindall, Roger Stoneburner and Clarence Gnau. Dick Stoneburner also went along to assist Mr. Aber with the camp. More Scouts will go to the camp this afternoon and tomorrow. Hhe camp will be Icated on Second creek, about three miles west of the city. All Scouts from the various troops in this city are welcome to join the camp. All that is asked is that they bring their own blankets and some food. Visitors are welcome at the camp also. The Scouts wil break camp sometime Saturday. Mr. Aber said today. o Plot Against Spanish Government Discovered Bordeaux, France, July 12 —(U.R) — More than 100 persons have been arrested as the Spanish government, according to reports here, discovered a plot to overthrow the government. Syndicalists and Communists were reported to have plotted tor the downfall of the government when the king and premier Primo De Riviera attend ed the opening of the Pyrenees tunnel at Canfranc on July 17. President Douniergue of France also is to attend the tunnel opening.

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“No Wedding Bells For Me,” Says Amelia; Too Wrapped Up In Science New York, July 12.— (INS) —“I don't Intend to get married, now nor any other day —’ I'm more I wrapped up in science than romance." This statement by Amelia Earhart, first woman to fly the Atlantic, was of interest to the world I in general today, but more spec!j fically to Samuel Chapman, young Boston engineer to whom Miss Earhart wqs reported engaged, and with whom she had a long meetI ing the other day. Miss Earhart last night told of I her flight in a radio talk given from Madison Square Garden.

NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY LAUNCHED Gov. Al Smith Occupies Driver’s Seat; Dr. Work’s Challenge Accepted New York, July 12. - UNS) - Mrs. Nellie Tayior Ross, former i governor of Wyoming, today | was named chairman of the woman's division of the Demo-, cratic national committee, by John J. Raskob, national chairman of the partv. Mrs. Ross succeeds Mrs. Emile Newell Blair, of Washington. Raskob also announced the appointment of Mrs. Florence G. Farley, of Kansas, as vice chairman of tlie woman's division. By George R. Holmes, INS Staff Correspondent New York, July 12.—A brand new Democratic party, shorn of the last vestige of the old Bryan fringe, made its bow to the country today. In the driver's seat is Gov. Alfred E. Smith, the 1928 , nominee, and beside him sits as national chairman John J. Raskob, who has been not inaptly called “a second Judge Gary" as a spokesman for so-called big business. It is a wholly new Democratic party at the top—friendly instead of hostile to btg business, frankly and avowedly wet at the top. sympathetic with the plight of agriculture—and it gives promise of conducting a bold, well-organized an d amply-financed campaign for the presidency. Challenge Is Accepted Gov. Smith's audacious move in selecting Raskob to conduct his campaign was described by his friends today as his acceptance of the challenge thrown down by Dr. Hubert Work, the Republican national chairman to make the tariff and prosperity one of the great issues of the campaign. As head of the great General Motors corporation, which shares witli Standard Oil and the steel corporation the distinction of being the biggest I of big businesses in America; as a close associate of the great Dupont interests; as director in a dozen great business organizations, nobody could be more interested than Raskob in a protective tariff and the full dinner pail, Gov. Smith's friends pointed out today. Let Raskob's nomination stand, they said, as the Smith acceptance of the Republican challenge. Some of the southern and western (COXtini i:n ox page sexes > o Old Home Week Committee The general committee for Old Home Week will meet at Indusrtial Association rooms at 7:30 o’clock this evening. All members should be present. Mr. Beimer cf Fort Wayne, will be here to discuss plans with the committee.

Found: Someone Who Never Heard Os Col, Charles A. Lindbergh North Platte, Neb.. July 12.—(INS) —“Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh? Never heard of him.” Thus was the famous “Lindy” .greeted in a restaurant here when the lone ace of the Atlantic attempted to cash a $4.00 check. Col. Lindbergh was forced to dig in his pockets for the twenty-five cents his “coffee and" amounted to. A short while later seeking a room in a hotel "Lindy” was turned away bee&uae of a “full house," The New’ York to Paris flyer was forced to spend the night in a rooming house.

, First Photograph Together i 1 ** I •dl -K I A It ‘ ; - • It was “hello, Jce,’’ “glad to see you, Al," when Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Democratic nominee for the vice-presidency, arrived in Albany and was greeted at the station by Governor Alfred E. Smith, the candidate for President. Tlie above photo was posed while they still chatted on tlte platform.

I _ ' —— Radio Board Promises End Os Howls By Sept. 1

Washington. July 12. —(INS) —The federal radio commission today promised the nation’s millions of radio fans that the ether will be cleared and in order by September 1. With that goal their objective, the commissioners today inaugurated double-quick proceedure to clean up the docket of 107 stations protesting against the blanket order of July 1 revoking licenses of 164 smal’er stations effective August 1. Hearings Nearly Finished The hearings probably will be concluded this week and the commission | will announce its final action in each j case between July 20 and August 1. The following month will be devoted to reallocation of wave lengths in the Frederick, Md„ Has 3-Hour Hail Storm Frederick, Md., July 12. — (U.R) — j Frederick cleared away its debris today after being pelted three hours with torrential rains and hailstones as large as hen’s eggs. The Masonic temple and city mills were unroofed, windows in many homes were smashed, automobiles crushed by falling trees, and much poultry killed. Part of the city was under two feet of water. MINERS STILL DELIBERATING Policy Committee Continues Session At Indianapolis Today Indianapolis, Ind.. July 12 (INS) The International Policy committee of the United Mine Workers resumed its deliberations today with prospects likely that before nightfall it will reach some decision as to the future policy cf the union in the National bituminous coal strike. Harry Fishwick, President of District Nd. 12 of Illinois was one of the first arrivals at the conference chamber this morning. He carrie da bulky brief case. Fishwick was the main speaker before the committe at yesterday's session which laste dflve hours. 0 Bitter Charges Hurled At Prohibition Convention Chicago. July 12 — (INS) — Bitter charges were hurled on the floor of the prohibition convention here this afternoon that D. Leigh Colvin, National chairman of the Prohibition party was attempting to “sell out" the party to the republican party. The charges came during a heated battle over platform and candidates. — o Boy’s Hand Cut Off Bloomington, Ind., July 12.—(U.R) — Frank Spencer, 16, sustained the loss of his left hand, cut off by a train. Tired after walking sixteen miles, the boy laid down on the tie ends of the track and his hand rested on a rail.

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weeded field. It is the hope of the commission that after the new assignments of wave lengths and power are made in the five radio zones, as required under amendments made in the last congress, no more general shifting will be necessary to maintain favorable broadcasting conditions in all sections of the country. ‘.‘Better reception than ever before may be expected this fall and winter as a Result of the reallocations," Commisslonar today. TO GIVE PROGRAM OF MUSIC HERE ( " ♦ Advanced Students of Music, From Fort Wayne, To Appear At U. B. Church The people of Decatur and community will be given an opportunity Friday night, at the United Brethren church, to hear exceptional musical talent. A program will be given by advanced students, who are coming from Fort Wayne under the direction of Raymond Weaver, teacher of piano in Fort Wayne. The program Friday evening will be given under the auspices of the young people of the local church and will ibe free to all. A special feature of I the program will be several whistling i numbers by Miss Berhalter of Miss | Epperson’s studio, at Chicago. The following is the program to be given and the public and especially lovers of good music are invited. The program will begin at 8 o'clock: Dream Fancies William Hubbard Harris Phyllis Sprunger Second Valse Godard Virgil Gerber Polish Dancers Krentzlin Dorothea Harker A Song of Spring Friedman Makurka Carl Heins Edna Jennings Mountain Stream Smith Vera Marie Kurtz Minuet Paderewski Oriental Friml Ruth Weaver Hungarian Dance No. 6 Brahms Vera Baumgartner Aus Dem Carneval Grieg Florence De Spain Juba Dett Blanchard Leightner Grande Polka De Concert.. Bartlett Study Op. 90Moszkowski Lucille Meyer Capriccio Scarlatti-Tausig Esther Smith Prelude in G Minor Rachmaninoff Phoebe Neuenschwauder Polichinelle Rachmaninoff Arabesque en forme d'Etude Leschetizky Mildred Leightner Caprice Veinnois Kreisler Pizzicatti from “Sylvia" Delibes Miss Berhalter Witches Dances MacDowell Elaine Welty Qui Vive Ganz Retha Herron, Mr. Weaver

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THIRD MEMBER OF MISSING TRIO IS FOUND DEAD Legs Os One Os Survivors Are Frozen; Without Food For Thirteen Days KEEP VIGIL OVER BODY OF COMPANION —.— By Eugene Lyons, UP Staff Correspondent Moscow, July 12.— (U.R)—The giant Russian icebreaker Krassin today rescued Capt. Alberto ' Mariano and Capt. Filippo Zappi, of the dirigible Italia. The third man of the group of three who had left the dirigible Italia ice camp 43 days ago — Finn Malmgren, Swedish meteorolgist, was found dead. He had died a month ago. News of the rescue, effected after nearly a month of an almost foot-by-foot struggle by the big Krassin — the Leviathan of the polar seas — through jammed ice since she left Leingrad, Russia, June 15, was wirelessed from the Krassin shortly before 1 p.m. today. Mariano's Legs Frozen Zappi and Mariano were half frozen, and exhausted from starvation. One of Mariano's legs was hopelessly frostbitten. With Malmgren’s body, over which they had kept vigil—that was the inert form Aviator Chukhnovsky, who discovered the party Tuesday night, had seen on the ice 'beside them —the two Italian naval officers were taken aboard the Krassin. Zappi and Mariano said they had abandoned hope until Chukhnovsky’s airplane roared through the air toward them through the fog, sighted them as they waved with excitement and circled over them five times to indicate that it had seen them. Knew Rescue Was Near During the intervening hours between Tuesday night and today, they knew that rescue was near, they said. Physicians attended the two explorers as tlte Krassin’s complement crowded around them, trying to piece together the bits of the gruesome, heroic story they told of their fight to reach land, a world away on the horizon. and how they kept a montlvlong vigli beside the dead, frozen body ot their leader. ('apt. Zappi. physicians found, was well and had stood his ordeal with astounding fortitude. Malmgren, the rescued explorers, said, died near Brok Island. Food Supply Exhausted Zappi and Mariano had been without food for thirteen days when they were found. Their condition was surprisingly good as compared with that of the men they left at the Italia ice camp, who are despondent, ill, and unable to eat the limited rations they have. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) —— o FARMER-LABOR NAMES NORRIS Nebraska Senator Chosen Presidential Nominee Os Farmer-Labor Party Washington, July 12 —(U.R)—Senator George Norris, of Nebraska, announced definitely this afternoon he can not accept the presidential nomination of the Farmer-Labor party, made at Chicago yesterday. Chicago, JTlly 12. —(U.R)—The Fatti-er-Labor party, defeated in a move for a coalition witli the Prohibitionist party, closed its annual convention here with the nomination ot Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska as its presidential candidate. Senator Norris’ statement that he was not inclined to accept the nomination of a third party failed to alter the course of the Farmer-Laborites in selecting him as their candidate. As Norris' running mate, the con- ' vention selected Will Vereene, Moultrie, Ga. ’ Senator Norris was nominated on the third ballot, receiving 16 votes. • Norman Thomas, Socialist nominee, i received the remaining 14 votes of the 30 Voting delegates. 1 On the first ballot Norris received 14. Tl)6mas. 11 ; six votes went to t Gale Plageman, a delegate from Mason, la. •

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