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I 3UILDINGS OF I 300 STORIES I ARE POSSIBLE B „ _(ijP)-Skjrscrape r » more I ' " I S,a "' a '„ interview with the United I ? J e V BdSHom emphasiied the fnct I f maminoiiths are not likely pa ,h ‘" 1 materialize because, he said, I * eVer „hi defeat the very economic t f Jpose which skyscrapers were oriI J . antc-vl-'”” he declared "J lnrbg the interview, “that within ten hl ‘ from now people will no longer H SU' “rprise at seeing TOO story I “even construe '•*l of this size will not be very num- ‘ ■ us then I should think, for instance L * ; ,lie total might reach 10 or 12. 1 vHy lliu( . h whether there are Z ver likely to be more than say one I each in America's greatest cities. Must insure Adequate Return If Bossom then explained that the hu Id LI inc of skyscrapers was subject to J question of practical economies The Ha sone problem will face builders of the H future, he declared, as faces those of I "’••To be of practical value." he exI I plained, a skyscraper must be so I i; planned that it will secure for its own-i-!fl er an adequate return for the money f ‘ I invested both as regards exI J pense of building and the land involvK rd. I Many Technical Problems I Besides economic considerations II then explained Bossom. there are techI I nical questions to be taken into acI I count. In any building of more than I'.? 1 300 feet in height!), he said, there I I would be too much sway. 1n the case I | of a building of 300 stories or more. I. -I which he istinted out, would be over 2.I: c'l feet high, the sway would reach seven E I to eight feet at the top of the building. -If only for this reason" he said with g I a significative smile. "I doubt very Kj| much that any bus ex-sailors could B . 4 be induced to inhabit such a building. i : : Also, he stated, the width of the pilI I lars required to support the frameKW * ork " ! 11 :!00stor y building would | ya have t" be so great at the base, that ■ -j there- would hardly be room for any I 1 thing bitt the elevator. Then, he added I I probably tlte first 150 floors would be I 1 usele-s for the accommodation of httS. .1 man beings as, he said those first Esl flouls almost entirely taken E I, up with tlie buildings lower frame■Ml work. K-Z o , I OBITUARY I James William Watkins, son of B I Jesse and Mary Watkins, was born in I' I Adams county, Indiana, on April 25. I I 1865. and died on July 14, 1928, makB. I ing his age at the time of death 63 | I years, 5 months and 19 days. I He was born at a time when the | I pione.rs were struggling to develop E I Indiana into a beautiful home land, J I and in early life assumed the respon- | I sibility that should be his in this I I great work He received his education I I in tlie public schools of Adams county t I and later took up th work of farming. I On January 29, 1888, he was married to Carrie Elizabeth Custer, who pre- | I ceeded him in deatli by about eifcht I I years With his young wife he mov- | I ed on a farm in St. Marys township I I and with the exception of a few' years I I spent as a fireman on the Clover Leaf I I railroad lie followed that occupation H al> h ' s Hfe. I To this couple were born six chilI I dren, Hazel 8., Mrs. Pearl Place, Mrs. I I Grace Tickle all of Jackson, Michigan, I William T„ of Pleasant Mills, Mrs. I I Goldie Jordan of Rockford, 0., and ! I Harry, who died when but a boy. I Bro. Watkins and his wife were | I life long members of the Methodist I I church of Pleasant Mills and reared I I their family under its influence. At I I the time of his death he was a trusI ■ tee in the church. t I James W. Watkins never, knowing- | Ily wronged any man. His disposition [ | was mild and sympathetic. Content E Itobe a booster rather than a leader, I his quiet influence was for the betI terment of mankind. I There is surely something beautiIful in the resignation of a soul that has placed its trust in God. No fear, no hesitancy, but with a steadfast gaze fastened on the great beyond, ■eaves this mortal body and passes tiiiimphantly into the land of Eternal Delight. Such was the going of James «'• Watkins. T he family wants you, friends and neighbors, to know how they appreciate your loyalty. They thank you r °r your kindness, for your flowe/s I an d f° r your Christian sympathy. / NOTICE!~ 1,1 W ’N be away from Decatur I and mv office until Sunday I ?- t , nin k r . July 29. I ALLEN J. MILLER I 'W 0— Notice of Meeting I n N ,° tice is her eby given that the anI " ual meeting of the stockholders of I h n° lrt A(laniß Cmmty Bank will be I .v al hs bunking house, Decatur, I Indiana, at 10 o'clock A.M. on I Tuesday, August 7, 1928, : I tn’ H’ 6 purpose of electing nine direci ■ sto serve for the ensuing year and I I ... ransact such other business as I m a y come before them. I T.,1 „ D ' J - harkless, ? I 7to Aug. 6 Cashier

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Bearing a charmed life on a dozen battlefields. General Alvaro Obregon, president-elect of Mexico, was shot to death as he sat among his friends at a banquet in the litje town of San Angel just outside the gates of the capital. On the pretext of submitting several of his drawings. Juan Escapulario, a cartoonist, approached and sent seven bullets crashing into his body from a revolver concealed under a hat. Above an intimate ■ ■ •_

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80 Miles an Hour tjK < 1 . *1 Y 1 K ’ft #. " 9 C^SSrtoTSr':Milan, Italy, demonstrating his monocycle, a wheel five feet in diameter, inside of which the seat and motor move on a groove. Delegates to the International Advertising Association convention at Detroit, Mich , are watching the test. l :

Men Are Physical Counterpart Os Apes In Brain And Bone, Asserts Professor

By INS Berkeley, Calif. — That old adage about the similarity of two peas in a pod has found substantiation — at least in the relationship of human beings to their anthropoid relatives. Bone for hone, muscle for muscle, nerve for nerve, human being are remarkably close counterparts of apes, asserts Professor Samuel J. Holmes, biologist of ths University of California, in his chapter on the human side of apes in a new popular book . entitled “Creation by Evolution.' Holmes, recently selected as the ; leading biologist of England and America, does not say the human race is descended from apes, but clearly , sets himself forth as saying there is

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| an exceedingly alarming relationship. Brains Alike "Even in thu structure of the brain, which is, perhaps our most. distinctive anatomical pecularity, there is no essential difference, except in degree of development, between ape and man,” he says. Carrying his relationship still furth er. the professor declares that th, good as well as the evil qualities and impulses of human nature have their counterparts in the animal world. ■We think little of exterminating animals to satisfy our own needs, ot even for mere sport; but we picture the gorilla as a horrible and dangerous creature if he can bo provoked into making an attack upon a human

photo of the martyred president-elect and his family, taken in the garden of their beautiful country estate, in additioi. to the general and his wife, it shows their five children, left to right. Humbor, Alvaro, Jr., Alvita. Mayo ami Refugio. The full-length study at the left is a recent photograph of the one-armed leader, as is also the portrait at the right. (International Newsreel)

ard bearers, on details ol the presidential campaign. Mr. Raskob is a friend of long standing of Governor Smith and a gifted organizer who has a knack of getting things done. (International Illustrated News)

being. "But why should a man be anything more to a gorilla than a gorilla is to a man.” Many Prejudiced Many persons, he states, are doubtless prejudiced against the doctrine of evolution because they feel that the foundation of morality would be Undermined if the convicition becomes general that human beings were derived from animal ancestors. The creation of man as perceived as a gradual anti still operative evolutionary process, which, besides bringing him into existence, is still moulding him and will not leave him where he is, bears broadly and profoundly on the interpretation of all human activities.” The book contains symposiums from 26 leading scientists of England and ! America. _ o Ohio Coal Fields Are Reopening; Strike Broken Cleveland Ohio—With reports that many mines in eastern and southeastern Ohio coal fields are reopening, the coal strike, so far as this state in concerned is ifractically broken, according to J. L. Good, secretary of the Ohio Coal bure.Ht here in a statement. Operators are now turning their attention toward regaining their markets, now their biggest problem Re-opening of the mines is partly due, Good explained, to the attitude taken by former union miners in applying for work at their old jobs and partly by the stimulation of the trade by the new lake freight rates. The Rail and River company is to start loading coal at its Stewart, Athens county. Ohio mine, where 200 former employes under the Jacksonville scale of wages have signified their intention of starting to work under a $5 scale, Good said. Agreements between operators and miners at three other mines are expected to be completed shortly. Tlie Sauters Coal company, the Warner Collieries company, and the Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal company, till having main offices in Cleveland have started production again at. Martina Ferry, Tiltonville and New Lafferty, respectively, the coal bureau reported.

TUBERCULIN TEST IS STARTED HEREI Work Os Testing All Cattle In County Begins In .Jefferson Township — Dr. Jay B. Current, of Topeka. India- ( na, working in cooperation with the' United States Department of Agriculture and the Indiana State Veterlnar-I lan, began the itispectlon of all cattle In Adams county last Monday in Jes-1 t'erson township. The Inspect I n work which started in Jefferson township, cionsists of testing each cow to determine whether or not she is afflicted with tuberculosis. It has long been known tljat those animals which have the disease are ably to transmit it to man through the milk or the meat if it is not propel ly cooked. The Tuberculin test in Adams County is entirely free to the individual farmer, since the money fore inducting the test is raised from county and federal appropriations. All t int is required of the farmer is that he dispose of any reactor found in his herd. The average number of readers is about cue to every lud cows tested. This figure of coni sei is only an estimate. Dr. Curi ent states that he is receiving the better cooperation from the farmers in Jefferson township thipi any other locality in which he has ever worked. Dr. Current takes a-man with him to hold the cattle so that the farmer need not quit his work in the field when the inspector calls. It will take approximately It) months to complete the work in Adams county. o “Your Health” This Column Is conducted by the Adams County Medical Society and the Indiana State Medical Association in the Interest of the public's health. | __ Sunstroke "Every summer brings its toll of fatalities from sunstroke which might have been prevented if competent medical help had been summoned in time," says a bulletin upon “Sunstroke” issued today by the Bureau of Publicity of the Indiana State Medical Association. To the average person heat stroke and heat prostration are one and the I same thing, but the bulletin shows that a difference exists between the two ami that the ordinary person should bo able to distinguish this difference. “Sunstroke is a sudden attack of illness from prolonged exposure to the rays of the sun. or is a condition that may be produced in hot weather by exposure to high temperatures if the person is Engaged at hard work in close quarters. “Sunstroke occurs in two forms; r heat stroke, in which the temperature ’ of the body is very high, and heat 1 prostration, in which the surface of the body is cold, sometimes considerably below normal. “Heat stroke and heat prostration require very different treatment. In • severe cases of heat stroke the pa- ' tient often becomes unconscious and sometimes dies instantly. In other cases victims have experienced an ’ intense headache and dizziness mark- ‘ ed by listlessness and hot burning skin Breathing is labored and is usually ‘ accompanied by sighing or rattling. A 1 parti nt so striken soon becomes uncon- • scious. The stup r deepens and death may occur in twenty-four hours or the i I temperature may drop, consciousness ■ may return, and the patient may rei cover. i “In heat prostration the surface of i the body is cold, the pulse rapid and - variable, and there is a feeling of i seasickness. There may be only s|ight faintness and nausea and under ) prompt treatment the patient may reI cover rapidly. On the other hand. ' cases of heat prostration are also I serious. A complete loss of conscious- ; ness and a rapid and fatal termin- ■ ation frem exhaustion may result. "Much can be done Io prevent conditions brought about by exposure to t excessive heat. The temperature and . humidity should be regulated so as • to prevent the temperature of the air - from rising above 86 degrees Fahren- ; heit. This may be accomplished by > the use of fans which keep the air in - motion. Cold air may be forced intp t these places or hot air exhausted by ' the same means. “In cases of heat stroke, summon a physician at once for no time should - be lost in reducing the temperature of ‘ the body as rapidly “hs possible. First ' send for the doctor and then make ? every effort to apply cold water and ice to bring the body temperature ’ down. If symptoms of exhaustion follow the reduction of temperature, a physician should be in attendance * in order that the proper stimulant . may be given. You should not attempt to administer stimulants. They I should be given only by someone skilled in the practice of medicine. I “In heat prostration with cool skin, weak and rapid pulse,, stimulants and l_ friction are required. Here again. I send for a physician and lose no time ? in tiding so. The important facts to j remember in cases of heat prostra- ■, tion is that first, the patient should lie I, placed in bed immediately, and seei

ond, a physh iau should be summoned at once." , —...... o__ 0 __—— I will be out of the city from Monday to Sunday, July 29. 172t3 DR. (’. C. RAYL.

1 I . .• I liomesl'i ' No dirty basements ftgg K —no waste fuel | space. You pay for your fuel after you use it. Gas heat is clean, convenient, and comfortable. Heat your home with gas. Jj NORTHERN INDIANA Public service company .i.iii — ~ B-JhLrttlflllllllll 11 ]. i.’tfflilKlL lx . i.-AluSlfatSSta**. iN’T WASTE MONEY MM Ig to put all your money ixuries and pleasure. MKI thin? to do is SAX E n divide the balance, alugh for necessities and for p'cast re. c-ipd *o a large e v tcnt on the way you manage your finances and we MU IWoK rr-rc everyone to open a checking liZjl account in our Bank so that they I f a n carrv out a systematic account * |Bn of how they are spending their Ignß money. Peoples Lean & Trust Co. BANK OF SERVICE ■QI II mu YES, AWI>. ; f LOW ER COSTS _ ifflHKiir- J ■ A complete ytyijy $585 to $5,820 line;’/ 2 to 15 Y f r F. O. B. tons capacities Pontiac. Mich. Adams County Auto Co. > Madison Street Phone 80 DECATUR, INDIANA V

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Named DHegtor of Finance Indiutiapolin, July dJ.R) -William J Mourn y. * Sr. Money muller-ward company president, has been named dliei'ior of finance In Indiana for the National Democratic campaign, it was I un :>i um ed today.