Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1928 — Page 1

WEATHER Fair tonight. Sunday p» rt| y cloudy and warmer. Prob.b---!y local thunderahowera tonight.

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[■rumor reports I Six MORE ITALIA I FLIERS RESCUED ■ neon firmed Reports Say I Six Men Carried Aloft With Bag Are Saved |\|XE RESCUED BY I |( | BREAKER KRASSIN ■■■■ —" *“* d July 14.—(IMS)—Persis■...,,1 but unconfirmed reports ■.punnjr m here today from Mos- ■ tol.l of the rescue of the six Mussing members ot the Italia s ■. IVV who were carried aJoft Kvith the dirigible’s gas bag ■e lieu the ship crashed. May Za. gH” oxlvi.; t" the reports which were i * , ulat. J by a Soviet news agency. n "’ n '' "‘ slu, ‘ 11 i<t ' l,r eak Ki.i.sin. which now has seven sttr■K . of die Italia's crew aboard, alive ■Knul safe. Give Credence To Reports < me officials of the Soviet relief are said to give ciedetiie these repoits and in addition are ported IO hold the belief that Cap |K aNI Amundsen and several memlxis |K ( hi- clew .lie with the six memlx rs tiie Italia's crew. 88l A „ tnel.-n anil his five companions ho: ' heard from since leav|K . 'froin-oe. Norway, on the morning June is. in a French sea plane, to to. Geneial Nobile and his comtin Als Andersen, MH (Copyright 1928 by UP L $9 Kim;- Bay, Spitzbergen. July It.— ■ ■®U.P 1 The frozen Arctic, against the V ■fcrea’i odds, today was yielding up men believed lost within her infor weeks and months, h : sj|l A: .lid' nine men have been taken ! r ■■rem ■ .e ice infested area while tile s i.e miner Krassin today pushed ■•iHiiard al'empting to locate more of | men of the dirigible Italia, lost May 25, or their friends. Two Rescued Late Friday Til- last 'wo men rescued were Cap i Hain .Sera. who led a chasseuts group i Xorih Hast Land in search for UH* l "' of 'he Italia groups, and Sjefe icovtixied ox ro.E fixe, MHb — ——<> ■Raskob Seeks Views Os Democratic Delegates Regarding Prohibition I Springfield, Mass —July 14 (INS) — . EKBlolin J. Raskob, new chairman of the ; a i rati, national convention in | ■■■lon--ton, asking their views on the n problem, f ill 1 " ! ' ''‘‘olved by two attorneys «, i,. delegates to the convenlead: "Social conditions throughout our 1, ■r i '':n"-. ;,ave reached a state of tinea-■dem-e that demands correction. My i ■ft-i-ling is that a scheme of control of ■tlic manufacture, sals, transportation Hand consumption of liquor, uniter ■'ilmli it may be had for home conB'onsiimption and prevent the return ■of file saloon which was the medium ■tliriiiigh which the use of liquor was ' ■“bused. in such communities as vote ■thei elore under a local , option law", '■will be welcomed by all.” o ■union service Wi 1 I SUNDAY EVENING I ■Rev. Sunderman Is Speaker At Third Os Series Os Union Meetings « r he Union services for the last two ■nnday evenings have been very sue■rssful The churches in which they ■*rre held were filled to capacity. The ■third of these union services will be ■''bl at the Presbyterian church, Sun evening, at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev. ■' ' " ' SllU( lerman, pastor of the First ■tvangelicui church of this city will be ■ preacher, The program is as fol- ' ■lyinn—Congregation ■b.'inti Congregation re Ix>sson W<do—Dr. Fred Patterson H^t ra .'er ■Offertory ■Announcements Wyntn—Congregation ■' H . l .~ lon by R, * v Sunderman ■.. lem pted but Victorious.” > ran—Congregation ■*wshln PUb t liC , IS fnvlted t 0 come and ■age < I"® ng the 0111 Gosl ’ el F 8e aild hear a good sermon.

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Peggy Joyce’s Sixth ** oJK ' I I I ; -Ta J .■ . ■ Just as soon as Lord Northesk (■be'ow) obtains his divorce from Lady Jessica Brown Norlhesk. former Follies beauty, he is going to trip to the altar for a second time with Peggy HopHins Joyce. But it will be pretty Peggy's sixth saunfer down the aisle to Mr. Mendelssohn’s famous composition. The happy pair are now enjoying the bathing at Deauville. IDA HENDRICKS DIFS OF FRIGHT Former Decatur Wom a n Dies At Denison, 0., After Attack By Insane Man Mrs. Laura Crill returned Friday from New Hagerstown. Ohio, where she was called by the death of her -ister. Miss Ida Hendricks. 40. Miss Hendricks died on Thursday, July 5. ' at a hospital in Denhison, Ohio. Her death was attributed to fright, occas- , ioned by an attack made on her by I an insane man while she was walk- 1 along a highway, two weeks previously. 1 Miss Hendricks was walking from i her home at New Hagerstown to Bowerstown, to visit a sister, Mrs. Walter Scott, when she was attacked. | The man who committed the attack had been confined in an asylum at Columbus, Ohio, but was out on probation at that time. He was captured after thevattack and admitted his guilt. Miss Hendricks was taken to the hospital following the attack, but was unable to recover. Miss Hendricks was a former resident of Decatur and was well known here. She resided with a brother, Nelson Hendricks, at New Hagerstown. She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Laura Crill, of Decatur; Mrs. E. W, Tibbals, of Columbus. Ohio, and Mrs. Walter Scott, of Bowerstown. Ohio; and .four brothers, Grover C. Hendricks anil Jason Hendricks, of Columbus, Ohio; W. D. Hendricks, of Kendallville, and Nelson Hendricks, of New Hagerstown, Ohio. o Mine Workers Committee Adjourns Until Monday Indianapolis, July 14 —(lNS)—After listening for two and a half hours to the fire oratory of William J. Sneed, of Herrin, 111., vice president of district number 12. the policy committee of the United Mine workers of America adjourned this afternoon until 2 pm. next Monday, without reaching any decision. o Doctor, Charged With Murder, Gains Release Chicago July 14—(INS)—Dr. Justin L. Mitchel, charged with murder in connection with the death of Infants nt the Michigan Boulevard sanitarium, was admitted to $20,000 bail here today when arraigned before Judge George Curran. The healing was continued until next Friday when the court was told that a coroner’s jury was unable to <■• - turn a proper verdict because of corpus delicti was unable to be presented to them. It is charged the bodies of six infants have been destroyed.

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SMITH PLAYS GOLF; HOOVER STARTS WEST Democratic Nominee Substitutes Play For Politics Over Week-end HOOVER ENDS CAREER AS CABINET OFFICER Albany, N. Y„ July 14 (INS)—Confident that the preliminary activities of his presidential campaign are in capube hands. Governor Al Smith today prepared to substitute golf for politics over the week-end. Upon his return to the legislative mansion from New York, the governor announced his plans for the immediate future were very indefinite except that he intended to play golf today and tomorrow'. “I’ve had a pretty strenuous week and I feel I need a little recreation,” the governor said. Conference Is Planned John J. Raskob, national chairman, is expected to come to Albany early next week to discuss campaign matters with the governor. Indications are that the date for the notification ceremony, which will be held in Albany, will be fixed at that time by the governor and members of his board of strategy. Colonel Herbert H. Lehman, director of finance of the Democratic national committee, and supreme court justice Joseph H. Proskauer of New York, one of the governor’s advisers, are at the mansion for the week end. Governor Smith, Chairman Raskob and Colonel Lehman are expected to map out a campaign next week by which the national committee hopes to raise sufficient funds to finance the coming campaign. The governor’s friends expect that many men of high standiitg in Wall street will contribute generously to the Democratic campaign funiL, Wants Few Headquarters Contrary to earlier indications, the (CONTINUED ON PARK TWO* oDog Owners Warned To Keep Pets At Home Policeman Roscoe Elzey was called to the northwest part of town, this morning, on the complaint of citizens who objected to dogs running loose and the damage done to gardens by them. Policeman Elzey warns dog owners to keep their dogs at home and that if they do not, the dogs wWI be killed. BOY HURT WHEN TEAM RUNS AWAY 12-Year-Old Boy Dragged 30 Rods In Hay Rake; Escapes Serious Injury Betne, Ind.. July 14. —(Special) — Jack Parr, aged 12 years, son of Mrs. Bessie Hendricks, ot Foit Wayne, who is spending the summer at the Philip P. Huser home east of Berne, narrowly escaped serious injury, Thursday morning, when a runaway team cf horses dragged the small boy in a hay take rods across the field. The team started when a horse fly settled on one of the animals. It lunged forward making a turn at the endof the field. In the jerk, the wheel on the rake hooked into a fence post, causing the tongue of the hay rake to break, and they dashed wildly across the field. When the hrses lunged forward, the child tell in front of the rake, and one of his feet became tangled in the reins During the run, the lad’s foot became loosened, but Ktill he was rolled along by the take. Perons witnessing the child being tossed and rolled under the implement, stood breathless, fearing that he would be killed. After running about thirty yards the horses stopped. just long enough to allow the child to crawl out from his precarious position, and then they were off again. The child sustained a sprain of the wrist and elbow of the right arm, and several body bruises and scratches. One of the horses was injured, a row of fence posts werr torn down and the rake was badly damaged. o Farmer Seriously 111 Jess Neiterd, a farmer residing east of Decatur in Willshire township, Van Wert county, Ohio, is reported critically ill at his home, suffering from paralysis and a cerebral He has been unconscious since he suffered the paralytic stroke Wednesday evening.

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She’s Spry at 92 Ik MgYWAvL i Mrs. vy. A. Felton, of Cartersville, Ga.. the Hist woman ever to be seated in the United States senate, celebrated the Fourth of July by wearing a new dress which she herself made by hand. She Is 92. but as active as ever. SMITH ASSAILS POLITICAL FOES Denounces Opponents Who Picture Him As A Friend Os The Saloon Albany, N. Y., July 14 —(INS) —Gov. Al Smith today bitterly denotinosl William Allen White. Kansas editor, and the Rev. O. R. Miller, of Albany, suuperintendent of • the New York state civic league and editor of the "Reform Btilletilt,” for picturing him as a friend of the saloon. This was the first time the governor had struck out straight from the shoulder at his political foes since he was nominated for the presidency by the Democratic party and he sailed into his enemies with the'customary force at his command. Striding up and down the big reception room In the executive mansion in his shirt sleeves, the governor charged that the Rev. Mr. Miller was an “admitted Liar" and that “Editor White should have more brains than let Miller tell him what to say.” Questioned By Reporters Gov. Smith’s face flushed deeply when he was questioned about White’s recent attack in which he pictured the Democratic presidential standard bearer as having — always voted for the liquor interest when he was a member of the New York legislature. Smith charged that White got all his information from Rev. Miller. “White has brains and he ought to know- better than to take any information from an admitted liar like Miller,” the governor told reporters. Pulling a sheet from his pocket on which he had jotted . down the charges made against him by White, the governor said; “White got this stuff from Miller and Miller is nothing but a parasite living on the people of New York by sending out false information. "Miller’s recent appearance before the It. S. senate investigating committee shows that he is an admitted liar and it should give the people an idea of the kind of man he is.” o — JAMES WATKINS EXPIRES TODAY Lifelong Resident Os St. Marys Township Dies At Age Os 63 Years James W. Watkins. 63, lifelong resident of St. Marys township, Adams county, died at his home near Pleasant Mills at 2 o’clock this afternoon following an illness o>f several weeks. Death was said to have been due to kidney trouble. James W. Watkjins was the son of Jessie and Mary Watkins. He was born in Adams county, April 25, 1865. In early life, Mr. Watkins was united in marriage to Carrie E. Custer who preceded him in death several years ago. Mr. Watkins was a faithful member of the Pleasant Mills Methodist church and for several years has (CONTINUED ON CAGE FIVE*

EDITH MAKLEY IS SUSPECT IN LAFAYETTE CASE Woman Held Here Recently j On Bank Robbery Charge Is Arrested Again OTHERS HELD FOR ROBBERY, MURDER Mrs. Edith Makley, 28, of St. Marys i Oho, who was released flom jail here) a few weeks ago, after being held in conneetion with the robbery of the Linn Grove bank, has been taken to laifayette, Indiana, to face charges in connection with the robbery of the Tippecanoe Loan and Trust company and the slaying of Police Captain Charles Annan, of Lafayette, on November 1, 1927. Mrs. Makley waived • extradition and accompanied the I Lafayette officers to this state. Mrs..Makley was arrested at Hami mond several weeks ago, along with ' her brother-in-law, Charles Mak by, ’ Eddie Meadow., and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wheatley. All were brought to this city and Charles Makley was sentenced to serve from It) to 21 years in the state prison, after pleading guilty to the Linn Grove robbery. Local officers were unale to uncover any evidence against Mrs. Makley, I they reported at the time she was released from custody. Another Held At Lafayette ( Meadows was turned over to the Lafayette authorities a week ago today. ami he is being held in that city on a charge of first degree murder in connection with the slaying of Cap- ■ tain Arman. The police I are also holding Louis A. Fields, ot , Walcott, on a similar charge. Fields , was arrested several weeks ago and ; officers have obtained a* confession ‘ from him that he wrote the anony- • hious letter Ut the National Fowler Bank, which said that laink was to - be held up. . Officers believe Fields is the key > man in the robbery and they assert • he knows more about the case than I he is telling. Fields, age fifty-six. r spent the greatei part of his life in Goodland and Wolcott. The officers do not feel that Fields . had an actual part in the robbery . and murder of Armen, but they say • they have enough evidence to con- > vict him as an accessory l*efore and latter the act. The officers working! on the case are ’confident they will eventually be successful in aprehending the remainder of the gang. Mr. and Mrs. Wheatley are still held in the Admas county jail here. , o D. F. BAND TO GIVE CONCERTS ) ■■ First Os Series Os Weekly Concerts To Be Given Next Tuesday Night • 11. ■■ , The General Electric band, of this city, comprising twenty-eight -band men under the direction of Joe Dant ner, has made arrangements to present a series of band concerts during > the summer months, for the entertain- • ment of the general public, starting next week. The concert will be held on Tuesday night, beginning at 8 o’clock. The band stand win be erected on LibertyWay. The series of concerts will extend over a period of six weeks. The General Electric band has been a thriving organization. It is supported by the General Electric company, together with the business men of the city, who have aided materially with their cntributlons. , The band had the distinction, cn Decoration Day, to be one of the bands chosen to appear at the Indianapolis Speedway, where they entertained thousands of people at the automobile 1 races. Just prior to their Indianapolis trip the musicians acquired attractive new uniforms, and were reported as being 1 one of the classiest outfits in the large 1 parade of bandmen, held just prior to the start of the races. r 0 Frequent Showers Are ' Predicted For Next Week ’ Washington, July 14 —(U.R) —Weather outlook for the week, July 15 to 21, for ! region of the Great Lakes —Rather frequent showers or thunderstorms dur--8 ing the week; temperatures near normal.

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Will Guide Flyers » < ■ : Hi Ho::» f w IB 91 . iti i> D,t>: Sß ..sill Photo is the new Chicago Central Aerial Beacon, near completion, which is situated on top of the Roanoke Tower ad is more than 500 feet above the street. The beacon has 8,000,000 candle power anil is so powerful that its rays will pierce through the night for a distance of 100 miles. taTvaluatW ARE 533.000.000 Assessed Valuation In Adams County Decreased $3,000,000 Last Year Tentative figures prepared by County Auditor Martin Jaberg show •the total value of farm lands and improvements and lots and improvements in the incorporated towns in Adams county to be. $21,865,150. This value, compared to the value last year, is lower. The value last year was $24,308,520, making a decrease ,:f nearly two and one-half million dollars. The loss in value comes in the appraisement of real estate and faim lands. The figures also show the county's assessed valuation to be near $33.000,000, a deci ease of about $3,000,000 from last year. This value, although not official, is obtainable after deducting the mortgage exemptions and adding the state's assessment of personal property for railroads and utilities in the county. The value of farm lands and improvements in the different counties follow: Blue Creek, $1,102,490; French, $1,117,340; Hartford, $1,191,510; Jefferson, $1,125,230; Kirkland, $1,294,070; Monroe, $1,867,620; Preble $1,114,460; Root, $1,684,020; St. Marys, $1,050,100; Union, $1,251,690; Wabash, $1,439,160; Washington. sl.(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Musical Program To Be Given At U. B. Church i The following program will be given at the United Brethren church, Sunday evening, the musical features being directed by Miss Sue Zimmerman : Prelude Zimmerman Orchestra Devotions Madrilena . Wachs Dora Shosenberg Darling Heart Wendig Melvena Williams Trained (Violin) . . Schuman Eileen Zimmerman Vocal Solo Selected Leia Jahn (accopianied hy Marjory Hughes) Butterfly ■ Market Tyrolean Shepherd Boy Oesten Margaret Arnold Serenade Hazel Orchestra Rosary Nevin Eileen Zimmerman Vocal Solo Selected Leia Jahn Idillio . Lack Dora Shosenberg O Sanctissma Op. 302 Spindler Sue Zimmerman Announcements and Worship in Offerlng Service Sermonette .Rev. Cecil R. Smith Early Morn Hazel Orchestra Benediction.

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0.8. OFFERS USE OF WARSHIP FUR RETURNING BODY Capt. Emilio Carranza, Mexico’s Lindy, Killed In Storm In New Jersey BODY TAKEN TO NEW YORK TODAY Washington, July 14.—<1HS) — The body of Capt. Emilio Carranza, the Mexican flying eagle, will be returned to his native land aboard the U. S. battleship Florida if the Mexican government accepts an offer made today by the American government. President Coolidge directed the state department to offer the battleship to the President of Mexico and a reply is now being awaited. New York. July 14—(U.R) -A dull drizzle subdued Broadway today as Captain Emilio Carranza's l»ody was brought back to the city from which he started his non-stop flight to fatherland, his mother and his wife. The body was brought up this morning from Mt. Holly, N. J.—the spot where Carranza's ambitions flight ended so disastrously 36 hours before a few Mexican officials, a cortege from the military post at Dix and a few friends accompanied the body through the slate gray morning up the lonely New Jersey turnpikes. The hearse entered at the lower part of the city, took an out of the way circuit up town, and then turned onto Broadway to stop at Campbell's funeral parlor—in the heart of the city's gayest section and the same parlor where Rudolph Valentino’s body lay in state for several days. How long Curanzu's body will be in New York is problematical. His father, Sebastian Caranza, is here but Carranza is Mexico’s fallen hero and it is inp to Mexico to decide when the body will be taken back to Mexico City. Consul General Arturo Elias today said the Mexican government had urged that the body be brought home as quickly as possible, which probably forestalls elaborate funeral plans for New York. Carranza died in an obscure, out of the way New Jersey woodlands. He had attempted to fly from Mexico to Washington several weeks ago, returning the visit of Colonel Chalies A. Lindbergh. He was forced down in North Carolina. The young, smiling Mexican captain —said to be Mexico’s greatest flyer—came on to New York. There was no fanfare of publicity to greet him. He was given the customary honors, but without the obstentatious procedure that would have been given him had he made liis flight successfully. In spite of the warnings of fliers and a telegram from the weather department that flying conditions were not good. Carranze, who had pofessed loneliness for his widow and mother in Mexico City, decided he must return. k He ordered his plane from the hangar and took off at 7:18 p. m. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) FARMER FALLS FROM HAY WAGON Edward Schlagenhauf, Os Near Berne, Falls Head First From Load Os Hay Berne, Ind., July 14—(Special)—Edward Schlagenhauf, 50, well known farmer residing 7>4 miles west of Berne, luckily escaped serious injury. Wednesday afternoon, when he fell from a load of hay. The accident occurred at the home of Mr. Schalgenhauf’s brother Henry Schlagenhauf, who resides nearby. The accident occurred when the wagon tongue of the hay wagon became detached, ami Mr. Schlagenhauf, who was driving and standing on the front part of the load, was pulled off his footing by the reins in his hand and fell head first to the ground. The weight of his body fell on his right arm causing a compound fracture above the right wrist. His head plunged onto the hand of the bioken arm. injuring his hand, his right eye and his neck it is considered a near miracle that tho i tree of the fall did not break his neck. I He was removed to his home and givI en medical treatment, his condition being reported as favorable.

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