Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 174, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1928 — Page 1

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more chairmen for old home WEEK appointed \ - Chairmen Named To Have Charge Os Program l or Each Os Special Days rURDL E EXHIBIT ' IS PROMISED Further interest was displayed at the meeting of the program committee for O U Home Week last evening The cMirman announced the appointment the following chairmen: Tuesday September 11 Limberlcst Pay-carl Pumphrey and Martin WorthWednesday, September 12 — Farm day- Ferd Christen, assisted by W. A. Klepper and J. fl- Carmody. Thursday, September 13, Frate r nal dav, L. C. Helm Friday. September 14. Industrial day—Will Linn. Each of these will name committees by next week. The work to make the fecassiott's real events has already started, many features being assured. Chairmen will also be named for Monday ami Saturday when the program is completed for those days. Mrs. Dore it. Erwin was appointed chairman of a committee which will have charge of the quilt contest. Room will be provided tor this exhibit fn some building and prizes offered for the oldest and the best quilts in the country. Ferd Christen reported that a wondefttl Purdue exhibit will be on hands and arrangments are being made for the location. It is also expected tl\at an automobile show can be put on together with an industrial exhibit for those desiring space. Arrangements will be made for free parking fields as convenient as possible. From now on there will be plenty doing in prepara- , tinn for Old Home Week.- The guHwrah committee meets tonight to conclude arrangements for lighting, decoration, free attractions and other matters. Everybody is tip on his toes now and the event will be all that has been claimed for it. the management sincerely believes. — o Resuscitation Method To Be Demonstrated To~I jons A demonstration of the prone method of resuscitation will be given at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Lions Flub, this evening, by a group of employes of th-' Northern Indiana Public Service company, at Fort Wayne, under the dilection of C. E. Mcßride. The numbers of the party who will attend and assist in the demonstration Include L. M. Sommers. J. P. Bosonitz and R j. Bower. The men will motor to Decatur following work this evening. Boy Suffers Injury In Fall At Swimming Pool Kenneth Cause, 12, son of Mr. and • rs - < cell Gause, of Short street, sustained a painful injury Monday afternoon. when he fell off the diving 'owat the city swimming pool. The Month struck his right arm cn a wooden banister when his foot slipped as e was climbing the steps to the tower a di-.p gash was cut )n tJ]e a]>m t ', l,ack ot ‘he tower, alighting on aro llls,oa ' 1 of the concrete walk to 1 a' e POOL The lad was tit ' ' aniH ' County Memorial hospiand i\t"' ' i ,lis in^uries w ere dressed 1 he was taken to his home. ekt marked as batreground Party Leaders Predict Crurial Battles Along Atlantic Seaboard ■ By Lawrence Sullivan, N o .. v ' Staff Corres Pondent J ” Iy 24 ~ The Atiantlc was cteari om Malne Maryland democratic tOday ” y both the mantis al th " p republical ' high corner the 192 s n ruual ,)a “le ground Thr ~ Presidential campaign. •■J XEn here wltbln ‘he last the scenes lISVe establish ed York state iß ' naJOr batt,e ' New hatt]g „r ,e Won by a political setts is to Marne ’ an<l Massachudtln. New i S ° rt ° f ora ‘orical VetIsland and Maryland - Rhode 0,1 '»e huge wi7 are aTe redfla^d . ma P s J>f ‘he cam“"Mimed on pagh two;

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Twins in Demand ~ Si Kb i. K t 1 K 1 I ■ i. ta- <#■ - ————————— Henry Field, radio announcer and seed’company head, has just'divided a $12,000 bonus with 300 employes and promised to "pay freight” on all babies born to them. A bonus of s.'>o. enough for the doctor’s fee, will be given each baby.

CITY TO ERECT J STORAGE HOUSE To Build Warehouse To Shelter City Equipment And Supplies , The city council, in special session last nlttht. WWfIT T>trtt<r~n wart* house building on the city lots on Nonh Seventh street, alongside of the Pennsylvania railroad tracks. The .building will be about 40 by 112 feet one story high. It will be covered with sheet metal and will serve as a storage roo mfor equipment and supplies. All the material such as pipe, telephone poles, bricks, street sweeper and other equipment owned by the city will be stored in the building. The matter was referred to the electric light committee cf the city council with power to act. The electric light committee will meet this eevning with the Old Home Week committee, relative to erecting a special power line on Second street to take care of the concessions that will be located along the street during Old Home Week September 10-15. The grounds around the city water works plant will he cleared of all material and junk that has been removed from the buiding and piled on the yard and the councilmen will see that everything is cleaned up and put in good shape. Bodies Os Drowning Victims Are Recovered The bodies of the five persons who were drowned in Lake St. Marys, near St. Marys, Ohio, last Saturday, have been recovered. The body of Mrs. Henry Homan. 35, was brought ashore shortly after the tragedy. The body of Colesta Klein, 25. was rescued Sunday afterncon, and bodies of the other three, Marie Klein. 27; William Coil 30, and Henry Homan, 35, were brought ashore Monday forenoon. Coil resided at Dayton, Ohio, and the other four were from Middletown, Ohio. Coil and Malle Klein, who were engaged to be married, went down with their arms around each other. Nathan L. Smith. Jr.. 11 sen of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan L. Smith, of Lima, was drowned in Lost Creek channel, leading into_Lake St. Marys, Sunday evening, when he was stricken with cramps. The body had been in'Uie water ten minutes when taken out. Two Indianapolis Boys Die In Boyish Escapades Indianapolis, July 24.—(INS)— Two Indianapolis boys were dead here today as the result of boyish escapades. Edward Ballinger, 16, who did not know how to swim, ventured into the White river west of Broad Ripple park. He held on to a diving board but lost his hold and dropped into water, 25 feet deep. A frightened companion gave the alarm. The body was recovered. This was the 12th drowning tragedy in Indianapolis this year. Samuel Silverman, 12, died at the city hospital from lockjaw developing from powder burns suffered at his home July first when he fired a blank cat fridge from a pistol bought forth" Fourth of July celebration.

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D. C. STEPHENSON I GIVES DEPOSITION Denies Dying Statement Os Madge Oberholtzer; Refuses To Discuss It Michigan City July 24—-(1NS1 D- CStephenson. Indiana’s best known life tefrmer, denied by implication, but refused the dying statement of Miss I Madge Oberholzer, of Indianapolis, for . whose murder he is imprisoned, dur- | ing a deposition hearing conducted by I Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom. at the state prison here today. '“lt is impossible for me to descend ' so low as to discuss u matter so hideously impossible and intended solely to humiliate me even though I have been in prison three years." the former Grand Djagon dramatically said. During the entire examination. Stephenson inferred that the alleged dying statement of Miss Oberholtzer had i not been written by herself but had been prepared by her lawyer. "Do you care to tell the truth nt this time about the crime with which you are accused?" Gilliom asked. ■ ”1 refuse to answer because I believe you ate only seeking advance information to be used ag.Jnst me before the court,” the erstwhile Hoosier political leader replied. o — Four Injured In Auto Collision Near Van Wert Four young persons were injured in I tlie collision of two automobiles on I tile Lincoln Highway, a mile east of | Van Wert, Ohio, Sunday evening ; They were: Darius Ohio, cuts about the face and loss of two teethtMiss Jeanette Adock 20. of Antwerp. Ohio, fractured arm; Miss Lucille Adcock, 17, of Junction City, Ohio, nose broken; and Sidney Lent 20 of Brooklyn. N. Y. cuts on hands and forehead. Mui ray Leitz, 19. also of Brooklyn, who was riding with Lent, was rffit infnrwk +4eHi ears were birth ly damaged. o ——— Mrs. Edgar Gerber Is Recovering From Injuries Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gerber, son Jchn and daughter Dorothy, of Fort Wayne, motored to this city Saturday and visited over the week-end with Mrs. Gerber's parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Schafer, north of the city, and with Mr. Gerbei’s parents Mr. and Mrs David Gerber, North Third street. Mrs. Edgat Gerber is recovering nicely from severe fractures of the pelvic bone which she received in an autdmobile accident several weeks ago. Mrs. Gerber was removed from a cast two weeks ago Sunday, and one week ago Sunday, was released from the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, where she had been a patient since the accident. She is now able to take a few' staps with assistance anti is gradually getting back to normal. SARAH S.LANE EXPIRES TODAY Aged Woman Dies Os Paralysis At Home Os Daughter, Mrs. Peter Pearson Mrs. Sarah S. Lane, 88, died at 8:10 o'clock this morning. Tuesday, July 24, 1928. as the result of a paralytic stroke which she suffered a week ago. Her death occurred at the home of iter daughter, Mrs. Peter Pearson, north of Decatur, with whom she resided for the past several years. Mrs. Lane was born November 29, 1841, in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, a daughter of Robert and Nancy McMillin. On June 18, 1864, she united in marriage with Francis M. Lane who died July 3, 1902. Most of her life was spent at Milford, Iriquois county. Illinois, but. during the last eight years she has resided in Adams county. She was a member of the Methodist church at Lafayette. Mrs. Lane was the mother of six children, three of whom preceded her in death. Surviving are: one daughter, Mrs. Peter Pearson, with whom she resided; Elihu, of Fairmount, Illinois. and John 8., of Helena, Montana. Ten grandchildren also survive. including Jeanette Pearson, at home, and Mrs. F. R. Horner, of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Peter Pearson home north of the city, on rural route one, with the Rev. Ross W. Stoakes presiding. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 24, 1928.

Criticism Instead Os Glory Awaiting Nobile

Commander Os Italian Dirigible Italia Returning Home To Face Accusers By Ole Cavling, UP Special Correspondent Copenhagen, July 24. —(U.R) Sixtythree days has made a vast difference in the life of General Umberto Nobile. ' On May 23 he stepped into the gondola of his dirigible Italia, spoke reassuringly to the 15 members of his crew, then with a wave to hundreds of people of Kings Bay. Spitsbergen, I started on a Polar cruise. Today Sweden awaited Nobile. But . the Italia commander comes here not , in the glory that could have been his had that Polar flight been successful. Sixty-one days ago the Italia crashed . on an ice floe. Two members of the . crew are dead. Seven are witli Nobile I at Kings Bay. Six others have been I missing since that crash. Suffering From InjuHes I Nobile is injured and according to t latest reports is unable to stand erect. He was injured just before Lieutenant ‘ Elnar-Paal Lundborg rescued him • from the ice island. ‘ it will be a hurried trip that Nobile ’ and his men will take through Sweden, according to reports to the newspaper Ekstra Sladet. They will he brought to the Port of Narvik by the supply ship Citta Di Milano and probably will arrive this afternoon. They will board a regular train — (CONTI*’’RD ON PAGE TWO> o SAW MILL AT : WILLSHIRE BURNS ' J. M. Lenhart And Sons, Os r Decatur, Suffer $3,000 Loss In Blaze Fire of undetermined origin destrey- > ed the saw mill at Willshire, Ohio, owned by J. M. Lenhart and Sons, of , Decatur, at 3 o'clock this morning. The loss is estimated at $3,000. The owners were unable to obtain insurance on the , building or contents, due to the fact that Willshire is without an adequate I fire fighting system. . Although a Nickel Plate train crew was at work within fifty feet of the . saw mill, the fire was not discovered . until the roof fell in. The file was so far advanced by that time, that efforts to save the building or any of the contents were futile. Theie had been no fire in the building since a week ago today. Adrian Lenhart, manager of the mill, said to- ’ day. Mr. Lenhart and other workmen had been installing new flues in the ' boiler and expected to resume sawing operations Wednesday. The mill had been repaired recently and placed in til st class condition. The building was 70 by 150 feet in dimensions and was located near the elevator, along the Nickel Plate railroad tracks. A large | amount of lumber was stored in the I mill. Mr. Lenhart said today that another mill would be constructed in Willshire within the near future. Not a single piece of machinery in the old mill will be of use in equipping a new mill. FRENCH FLIERS REPAIRING MOTOR k Lieut. Paris And Companions Delayed At Azores On Trans-Atlantic Flight I By Peggy Ward , (U. P. Special Correspondent) Horts, Azores, July 24 —(U.R) —Lieu- . tenant Paulin Louis Jerome Paris, Commander of the air adventure, worked with mechanics today to repair the ’ difficulties that appeared in the forward motor of the plane as LaFregate was about '2OO kilometers from Horta on its flight from Brest. On a short flight, the powerful rear motor was sufficient to take the plane 1 from the calm waters of the bay but the forward motor refused to work Paris has been unable to locate the ' difficulty and has advised tlie French Ministry of Marne that the motor may have to be dismantled and even discarded. In this event, the start of 1 the flight to Bermuda and thence t) 1 the United States would await arrival , of a new motor from France. Paris and his two aides —relief plI lot Ma'rrot and Radioman Cadott—land- ■ ed here at 2:20 A. M. (EST) Monday from Brest.

WAWAKA BANK HELD UP TODAY Four Unmasked Bandits Get SI,OOO In Currency In Daylight Holdup Kendallville. Ind., July 24.—(INS)— Four unmasked automobile bandits robbed the V\ awaka State Bank at Wawi.ka, 12 miles west of here today and escaped with about SI,OOO in currency. Tlie bandits entered the bank and covered Fred Schwab. 28, the cashier, with puns and ordered him to lie on the floor and keep quiet. Robert Hicks Sells Magazine For $350,000 Columbia City. Ind., July 24—(U.R)— Robert Hicks, who recently attacked Frank E. Rozelle, new United States marshall, changing operation of a fraudulent sales scheme has sold his speciality salesman magazine. Hicks an* noimced that the sale was ade to a New'York Syndicate for more than $350,000. The publishing plant is at South Whitley. o Major Lanphier To Join Lindbergh In Business Mt. Clemens, Mich., July 24.—(U.R) —Major Thomas C. Lanphier today confirmed reports that he would resign from the army air service to join Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in the j newly organized trans-continental air transport company. In addition to plans for national air lines. Major Lanphier said the company hoped to extend its operation th mi international scare in the future Mo lengthy consideration has been given to the direction in which the lines will be extended, Lanphier said. o—• Democratic Leaders Expect Many Freewill Contribution Washington. July, 24.—(U.R) —Democratic leaders expect to receive sl.000,000 in freewill contributions to the Smith campaign without solicitation in the next few weeks. Senator Key Pittman, Nevada, told the United Press today. The Smith campaigners are planning to appeal for funds from all classes of citizens, in advance of the regular campaign of solicitation, and Pittman said today he expected that many of Smith’s friends would contribute heavily to make the work of conducting the campaign easier. 0 OFFICERS NAMED BY FRATERNITY Beta Sigma Alpha, Organization Os Older Scouts, Holds Election Herman Lankenau was elected president of Beta Sigma Alpha, tv fraternity for older Boy Scouts and Scout leaders, at a meeting of the organization in the Industrial Association rooms last night. Other officers chosen are: Robert Heller, vicepresident; James Rurk. secretary and treasurer; Harry Dailey, director of probation; Harold Melchi, director of Initiation; James Kocher, sergeant at arms. The fraternity decided to hold meetings every Monday evening at 7 o'clock. Twelve members were present last night. Beta Sigma Alpha was founded in this city more than a year ago, through the efforts of Bryce Thomas, well known local Scout leader. A chapter has been organized in Fort Wayne since that time. It was founded on the belief that there was a need for an honorary organization which will be an incentive to help boys in the community become first class Scouts and enter high school. The purpose of the fraternity is to promote a spirit of cooperation, fellowship, and good feeling among the old er Scouts, to serve as an inspiration and guide to younger boys in Scout work, and to work together as a unit for the good of the community. Members of the organization must be either active, associate or veteran Scouts. A constitution and by-laws have been adopted by the fraternity.

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OPEN DRIVE TO STOP SPEEDING Three Motorists Draw Fines In City Court; Others Face Arraignment War is being waged in this city against speeders and drivers of cars and motorcycles who operate their vehicles with open cut outs. Another arrest for driving a ear with an open cut out was made last night. Policeman Roscoe Elzey arresting Robert Ball, on Second street. Ball will be arraigned in mayor’s court tonight. Three of the men arraigned in mayor’s conrt last night pleaded guilty to the violation of the motor vehicle Jaw Merle Riley, pleaded guilty to the charge of exceeding the speed limit and was fined $1 and costs, amounting to sll. Paul Meyer, on his plea of guilty of violating the speeil limit was fined $1 and costs. Francis Ellsworth pleaded guilty to two charges,, exceeding the speed limit and operating a ear with an open cut out. He was fined $1 and costs on each charge a total of $22. Arthui Bieberick, pleaded no' guilty to the charge of operating his car with an open cut out and his case was taken under advisement by Mayor Gfoige Krick. Beiberick claimed that it was accidental. Vernon Kuhn, ai rested Sunday Hight, did not appear in court and his case will probably be heard tonight. Liquor Violations Abraham Speicher, pleaded guilty to the charge of public intoxication and was fined $lO and costs, amounting to S4O. Archie Smith was arrested last nigli: by Policeman Seph Melchi on a charge of ’posession of liquor. A small quanityof “White Mule” was found at this home, 'file affidavit was filed against him and his wife. Gladys Smith. Smith pleaded guilty to the charge and May-1 or Krick, will pass sentence. The minimum sentence under the prohibition law is a SIOO fine and 30 days at the penal farm. o South Bend Woman Fails To Identify Murder Victim South Bend. Ind., July 24 —(INS)—A test of the airmail time between South Bend and Los Angeles, Calif., shows that the round trip yan lie made in 91’/a hours or more than twice as fasti as under the old system which took 210 hours for the complete journey. The test was made by George A. Knoblock, newly elected member of the school board. Pre-arrangements for the test were made by Knoblock with his brother. Clarence, formerly of South Bend but now manager of a shoe store in the coast city. It took the letter 41 hours to make the westward trip and 40V 2 hours tlie eastward journey after being re-addiessed and mailed. A seven hour wait at one point and time elapsed for delivery accounted for the remainder of the time. A previous pre-arranged test ot time by rail required 210 hours for the complete round trip of a letter. o Thrashing Started InThis Vicinity Monday Tlie first load of new wheat delivered in Decatur this sjimmer was brought to the Burk elevator Monday afternoon from the Stufiebakev farm, east of the i city. The wheat graded No. 4, tested 15 i 15 per cent moisture and brought $1.25 per bushel.

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SPEECH TO BE SENT OVER 90 RADIO STATIONS Democratic Presidential Nominee to Discuss Issues In Hour Address RASKOB QUITS JOB WITH GENERAL MOTORS — Albany, N. Y-. July 24—(INS)—CoV. Al Smith wil formally launch his campaign for the Presidency from the east steps of tile state capitdd at 7 o’clock on the nigty of August 22. At that time, the governor will bo formally notified that he has been nominated for the Presidency by the Democratic party. This will bring the governor’s notification just eleven days after that of his Republican opponent, Herbert Hoover. Speech to Be Broadcast The governor indicated that he expected his address, which will be bioadcast over 90 radio stations and in which he will state his views on all I tlie issues of the campaign, would require about one hour. He already has declared he will deal extensively in I his speech with two of the most imI portant issges, prohibition and farm relief. Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada, chairman of the notification committee will preside at the ceremony, the governor said. Raskob Resigns Position New York. July 24—(U.R) —Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president of the General Motors Corporation, announced today that the board of directors had accepted "with much regret” the resignation of John J. Raskob as chairman of the finance committee of the big autom >- bile concern. Sloan said that Raskobs withdrawal was only temporary and that bewould resume his post at the conclusion ot the Presidential campaign oJ Governor Alfred E. Smith, which Raskob has undertaken to direct. In No Hurry To Start Albany. N. Y.. July 24—(INS)—Governor Al Smith has no intention of launching his active campaign for the Presideneey until after Ijbor Day and possibly not before the middle of .September. despite the pleas of some ot his advisers that he swing into action as soon as possible after his notification next month. Unless the Governor changes his mind liis campaign will consist chiefly of a dozen or fifteen speeches in the chief cities throughout the east, the middle west and possibly in .soma cf the border states. Many of his close friends however, are urging him to make an old-fashioned stump-speak-ing tour of the country and, in the end lie may follow their advice if he feels hjs health will stand the strain. It is known tlie Governor has been urged to make at least'two speeches ou tlie Pacific Coast, but it is said he may not go any further west than Denver. , o Two Gangs Os Alleged Auto Thieves In Custody - - ■ Indianapolis, July 24. —(U.R) —Two gangs of alleged automobile thieves, including nine negroes are under arrest heie today. Those arrested include James Smith 19. of Terre Haute, who recently was released from the Indiana state farm where he served six months for vehicle theft. Four automobiles were recovered incidently to the nine arrests. HOOVER SEES NO NEED FOR ALARM Plans Quiet Campaign, Believing Country To Be Safely Republican By Paul R. Mallon, UP Staff Correspondent Palo Alto, Calif, July 24. —(U.R) —A dignified and quiet campaign along , the lines of the Coolidge campaign of 1924 is being planned by Herbert Hoover, the republican presidential nominee, in conferences with advis- - eis at his campus home here. Hoover and his friends believe there is no need for fireworks. They feel that the most impressive strategy ’ is to continue the policy of evenminded quietude, banking on the be- ' lief that the country Is safely repub- . lican. ' The similar campaign conducted by (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) t

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