Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1928 — Page 1

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murder victim is IDENTIFIED AS MICHIGAN WOMAN Body Os Woman Found Sear Roanoke Identified ‘ As Mrs. Pari Ballard IDENTIFICATION made 11 BY VICTIM’S SISTER ' Huntington. Ind., July 25.--iiNS) llic body of the slam i woman found in a berry patch ..pilh of Roanoke. Ind., on July 17 was identified here this atHnoon as that of Mrs. 1 earl Ballard. 31. of Muskegon, Mien, missing wife of a wealthy ’'ThfHd'enHtication was made by the mur der victhn’s sister, Mrs. Augusta Hall, of 5100 Bewick avenue. Detroit, Michigan. ' Mrs. Hall correctly described and identified the wrish watch, dinner ring and clothing found on the slain woman. z Disappeared On July 15 Mrs. Hall, who was accompanied by her husband. Fred Hall, said that Mrs. Ballard disappeared from Detroit, Michigan, on Sunday. July 15. "My sister called me over tlie tele- I phone on that day and informed m° | that she was returning to Muskegon. | Int that she was taking her time about it so that her husband didn't 1 think she was anxious to return,”; Mrs. Hall said. The Halls said that when they did j not hear more from Mrs. Ballard ( they went to the rooming house where she had stayed in Detroit, on .Drexel avenue, and had learned that she had lived there with a man whom they knew only as "Mickey.” This man "Mickey" and Mrs. Ballard left Detroit in a Buick sedan with Michigan license No. 84G.146. the Halls told Coroner G. M. Nie. x -——o x Federal Employes Warned To Leave Politics Alone Washington. July 25 — (U.R)-The U. S. civil service commission warned federal employes 1 today against participating in political campaigns this fall, declaring that those under its jurisdiction who violated the edict would he dismissed. o "SAFETY" TALK GIVEN TO LIONS Demonstration Os Prone Method Os Artificial Respiration Also Given An interesting address on “Safety" I accompanied by a demonstration of l ie prone method of artificial respirati n. was given at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Decatur Lions C’.ub lad night The speaker was C. E. M«Brnle of the Fort Wayne office of the -''i'lthe.rn Indiana Public Service com- , P ai >.v The demonstration was given three other employes of that company. namely, L M. Sommers, J. P. Bosonitz and R. J. Bowels. Safety is divided into four classes, Mr- Mcßride stated. They are public .. ety. safety in the home, safety in ie school and .industrial safety. He otu how his company and other conms ,ue educating their employes o the necessity of safety an(| ar( . weaing them methods of rendering - aid to injured persons. Mr. MeLioS 1^ b member ° f Fort Wa >' n ° CharKe ° f the

Divorces Increase More Rapidly Than Marriages

'Washington, D. C „ July 25-HU.R)--•’anages in Indiana increased 1.7 per , P ' lt 111 1927 over 1926. while divorces rl'^ aH , ei ' 49 Per cent - T he 1927 mflr(livurres°for e ]a V’ 112 ag “ i,Bt B ’ ofi ‘ The e.r ' year in thls State, on July i Xr' popll,ation of Indiana to a preliminJ WaS 2 ’ 150 ’ 00 ’ according an< > divorces f ' y »s eP ° rt °" ,narriaa :es as complied JJ”’ Bta ? for last year Commerce. u “ e uepartm «nt of "’aritage, 0 '] 1 letl ln the number of 31 °- ">ougi this a ’' W ‘ th a tOta! of 6.422 fm loon * aa a *lecline from that countv DiVO1 ’ ces - however in ' Jumped from |B3 in 1026

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Auto Licenses To Be Half Price After Aug. 1 Beginning August 1. owners of au . tomobiles, passenger and truck, chauffeuts. dealers, trailers, semi-trailers and motor buses, cun purchase licenses at one-half the tegular fee. For instance of $5 license will cost $2.50. The fee fcr transferring licenses will be sl. During the half-fee period, the custom in transferring to a cat in higher Tee (lass, will be to take one-half the difference in the fee and add the transfer fee of sl. For example, in transferring ftom a $5 car to a $9 car, the difference in the fee is $2. plus $1 transfer fee making a total of $3. “LIMBERLOST DAY”PLANNED Dedication Os Porter Memorial Set For Tuesday Os Old Home Week Under supet vision, of Supt. M. F. i Worthman, Carl Pumphiey and A. Leigh Bowen. Mr. Worthnian representing the school children of Adams | county. Mi. Pumphrey the Gene Strat-tcn-Porter Memorial Association, and Mr. Bowen the Izaak Walton League of America, “Limbei lost Day" will be featured on Tuesday September 11. of the “Old Home Week". On that day, it is proposed that the school children i from all over the county will, by a I parade and other metods, one of which is a pageant, take the principal place lin the dedication of the “Elephant i Rock" memorial to Gene Strattjn-Por-I ter. Mrs. Porter made the "Limberlost" | internationally known. The Izaak Wai- i ton League feels a debt of gratitude to Mrs. Porter, inasmuch as she was cue of the organizers, of that wonderful association of nature lovers and conservationists and the League will participate in dcing her honor and also, in token of their earnest support and ikpprecistitm -plans now on fowt~tomake of the “Limberlost” near Geneva a state park and the construction of a lake there. A realization has developed in this I section, of the wonderful nature work 1 done by Mrs. Pcrter and deep appreciation of how she made known this section To the whole world. Mrs. Porter would have never encouraged laudation of her personality, but just prior to her tragic death wrote to two of her friends in Decatur when she learned that a movement would be started to commemorate her work in this county in which she said in part: “After devious wanderings through the mails the newspaper sent me containing the article that my work would be commemorated, reached my studio and you will have no difficulty in believing that I was greatly astonished and I was also deeply touched and I will have to Add, immensely pleased. The proposition contained in the article appealed ty me as a thing that ,c<ivnviißn on iiikisei — o— Trouble Experienced In Getting Route For Highway Considerable trouble is being experienced in Jay county in getting right ot'-way for the construction of state highways. Judge K. D. Wheat of the Jay circuit court has set July 31 as the date on which condemnation proceedings will be heard before the court. Suits were filed when representatives of the state highway commission and a number of land owners were unable to get together on the granting of land ter a right-of-way for the building of the new stretch of state toad No. 67, between federal road No. 27 at a point half a mile north of Bryant and the Ohio state line, and that part of federal read No. 27 running through the town of Bryant. The contract tor the paving of these two stretches of road has been let to Hinton and Smalley, cf Celina. Ohio, 'but the right-of-way has not yet been secured.

to 506 last year. Ohio county had the minimum of marriages with only 36 licenses issued. During the year there were cnlv three divorces granted in that county. In Adams county, there were 134 marriages in 1927, as compared to 159 in 1926, and 17 divorces as compared to 11 in 1926. However, the number of marriage licenses issued during the first six months of 1928 was considerably larger than the number issued during the same period in 1927. In Wells county, there were 159 marriages and 29 divorces in 1927, as compared to 152 marriages and 27 divorces in 1926.

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PLAY TO HAVE SPECIAL MUSIC True Fristoe to Have Charge Os Music At Home-Tal-ent Play Here True F.istce, well known musician.! who is spending his vacation here, will j be in charge of the special musical | nnmhwm he iu cO'ne<-tfo>n with I the home talent play. "The Inherit-) ance”, which will be staged at the Decatur Catholic school auditorium Aug- ) gust 5 and 8. Miss Margaret Niblick is directing the dancing and the music and dancing numbers will be special features of the heme talent production, which was written by Father F. A. Sheridan, director of the play. The cast is composed of 55 people and rehearsals have been held for sometime at the Catholic school build ing. Father Sheridan made his own selection of the cast and he is more than pleased with the able talent found iii this city. “The Inheritance" does not deal with religious theme. It has a great lesson . for all. regardless of faith or creed. It | is perhaps one of few plays with music that deals with a serious question and at the same time io replete with mirth and laughter. Tickets f; r the home talent will be available from any member of the congregation and the public is cordially invited to attend the event. o MARY MOSER IS CALLED BY DEATH Kirkland Township Woman Dies Tuesday Night; Funeral On Friday Mrs. Mary Amacher Moser, 55, widow' of Peter Moser, died at her home j in Kirkland township at 11:45 o'clock I last night, Tuesday, July 24, 1928. She | had been ill for several weeks, with complications and dropsy. The deceased was born in Switzer-1 land. She was first married to Chris I tian Amacljer and later to Peter Mo l ger, both husbands being deceased. Mrs. Moser is survived by two child- , ren of the first marriage, Victor Am-1 acher. of Mcnroe, and Mrs. Wilbur Fox residing south of Decatur. One daughter, Mrs. Girod, of near Salem, died last March. One brother, Peter Bishoff. resides in Salem, Oregon, and a ( sister. Rose Blshoff resides in Swit- . zerland. ( Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the St. Lukes Reformed church, with burial ’ in the church cemetery. Rev. Sherry * Will officiate. • — o —— Cases In City Court Postponed Until Tonight , The cases in city court scheduled for ' hearing last evening were postponed f until tonight, due to the fact the conn- ' oilmen and members of the Old Home t Week committee met in the council t chamber. No arrests were made last t night.‘‘'Chief of Police Seph Melchi t stated today. 1 •

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 25, 1928.

— Man’s Will Asks That Half Barrel Os Beer Be Given Pallbearers Valparaiso. Ind.. July 25 —(U.R) — i A half barrel of beer for pallbearers and those driving cars in his I funeral procession, was asked in the will of Herman Kanwisher, cn- . file here. The will also spe< ifies that each pallbearer is to receive $lO. The remainder of his $14,000 estate i is to be used, to buy food for the I pom. the will specifies. CITYOFFICIALS _ OFFER HELP FOP. OLD HOME WEEK Plan To Decorate City And String Electric Wires For Concessions FREE ACTS ARE BEING BOOKED The city will assist the Old Home Week committees to make the occas ion one that will give the visitors a splendid impression of Decatur. Al the meeting last night. Mayor Krick. ! members of the council and M. J. Mylott, superintendent of the light and power department, announced the plans they have to cooperate for ; the event. Strings of lights will be hung along the main thoroughfares, there will be j welcome banners at the entrances to | Decatur on the various roads, special i wiring and transformers will be placed in position so that all the light I necessary can be furnished and. in addition to this, city officials will look after the decoration of the down(COVTi* 1 »ci> ov twoi PLANE WRECKAGE WASHED ASHORE Wreckage Found On Coast Os Jutland Believed Part Os Coli-Nungesser Plane London, July 25. — (INS) —A portion of a wrecked airplane bearing markings similar to those upon the plane of Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli has been discovered at Blaavand. upon the west coast of Jutland, according to a Cent!al News dispatch from Copenhagen this afternoon. Nungesser ami Coli hopped off at Paris for New 1 York in the plane White Bird on May 8, 1927, and were never heard of again. At first it was believed they had been lost in tlu wilderness of eastern Canada and extensive search was made for them in that region, but no trace was ever discovered. Finally they, were given up for dead in the belief their plane had been forced down in the Atlantic.

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PLAN ‘MILITANT’ FIGHT IN SOUTH Sen. Pat Harrison Predicts Southern States Will “Remain True? To Partv New Yolk. July 25 —(U.R) —A “militant" campaign by in parts of South to combat republican efforts to split the solid south and swing some ' statesTieliTiiTnier be,rt Hoover is being considered by party leaders here. The suggestion was brought by Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi to the Democratic advisory committee, of which he is a member. Harrison said the Democrats would make such' a campaign, charging that Republicans are using certain non-poli-tical organizations in the south, as well as other parts of the country, to cause defection in Democratic ranks. Despite Republican efforts, the South will “remain tine" to the Democratic party, he said, predicting victory for Governor Simtli in November. Democratic leaders also are planning a special campaign to win the young voters. This includes those between 21 .and 30 yeats cf age. especially those who will vote for the first time. The idea came here in a letter from a western leader who travelled exensively and reported strong support for Smith among the young people in the west. : Veteran leaders say Smith has a particular appeal to the youngsters. They plan to stress his personality to reach this sizable voting class. BRYANT MAN JAILED HERE Ben Arnold Brought Here Following Arr est By Berne Town Marshal Ben'Arnold, of Bryant, was brought ) to Decatur from Berne, by Sheriff Harl Hollingswcrth, Tuesday evening, and i lodged in the Adams county jail on charges of driving an automobile while ■ intoxicated, resisting an officer, using ) profane language and threatening to ) kill. He was released last night, after I furnishing bond in the sum cf SSOO Arnotrf-was arrested Monday evening I by Amos Neuenschwauder, Berne town I marshal, and Mr. Lightfoot, a Fort Wayne detective, on the highway between Berne and Bryant. He was held in the Berne jail Monday night and Tuesday. The Berne officer stated that Arnold had created a disturbance while in Berne. Monday afternoon. o Tire Explodes, Bursting Ear Drum Os Workman Rushville, Ind., July 25 —(INS)— Doing unscraiched through the World War. Roy Hairigan, ex-service man and local acetelyn werker lost the hearing in his left ear when a tire he was filling exploded and burst his ear drum, causing an (reparable damage. Doctors said that the hole torn in Harrigan's ear druni by the explosion of the bursted tire was so great that, there was not one chance in a hundred that it would grow together again.

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U. S. To Withdraw 1,350 Marines From China Soon Washington. July 25—(INS? Possible I early recognition of the Chinese Nationalist government was seen today in the administration's decision to j withdraw 1.350 marines from China This is cue thild of the American foice there. The withdrawal order was issued by President Coolidge after consulting over the telephone with secretary of state Kellogg. It was recommended by admiral Mark Bristol, commander of American forces in Chinese waters The marines will be taken aboard the army transport Henderson at Tientsin. o REPORT STEWART CONTROLS STOCK Chairman Os Standard Oil Company Reported To Be Controlling Stockholder New York. July 25 —(U.R) —The New York World says today that Col. Robert W. Stewart had checkmated John D. Rockefeller Jr‘s efforts to | force him out of the chairmanship of the $500,000,000 Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The World, declaring its authority is an "unimpeachable source,” says Stewurt has gained 51 per cent of the stock of the company, which he now controls by direct ownership or proxy. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., demanded I Stewart's resignation after -the Colonel defied the senate investigating committee which sought to examine him regarding the Continental TradI ing company. The fight settled down to a titantic ' financial battle between the Rockefeller family and Stewart, former South Dakota attorney and ’Roosevelt rough rider, for control of the Indiana corporation, the world's largest gasoline refiner. Stewart was re-elected to the chairmanship with Rockefeller withholding his votes. Rockefeller owns only 14.9 per cent of tlie corporation stock. o — Baby Falls Two Stories But Escapes Serious Hurts Wabash, Ind., July 25 —(INS)—Crawl-1 ing from his crib and toddling to a window in the second story of his parents home. Vaughn. Jr., 19 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Oswalt, cf this city fell 15 feet to the ground below. ' The infant had managed to pnsh the screen from the window and made his way to the toof of the porch from where he fell. Seeing his body pass P'e window where she was sitting. Miss Annabelle Kinkle, of Kalamazoo, Mich, a guest of Oswalt home, ran to pick it up expecting to find the boy dead. The youngster, however, had fallen on soft earth and physicians said no bones were broken, although the child cried for some time. The baby's mother Mrs. Oswalt, suffered greatly from shock over the accident but was fully recovered. 0 Alleged Slayer Held At Rockford, 111., Without Bail Rockford, 111., July 25. —(U.R)—Paul Reed has waived preliminary hearing before Judge B. W. Norton on the charge of murdering Vernon Plager and is held without bail to the October grand jury. While Reed was being returned to his cell, Ivy Cook Plager, the widow, was permitted to walk to freedom from the jail. Mrs. Plager. who admits a long love affair with Reed, declared she neither sought nor greatly desired her freedom. “I'll try to find work." Mrs. Plager said. ‘Til go to Vernon’s folks and get my daughter —if they'll let me have her.” -

Stephenson Promises To Help Rid Indiana Os Klan

Michigan City, Ind., July 25.—(U.R)— Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom today had the pledge of D. C. Stephenson to aid in the ouster suit against the Ku Klux Klan from Indiana. This pledge was given by Stephenson, former Indiana klan dragon, during taking of a deposiiton at the Indiana state prison here yesterday. The deposition was in connection with Gillioms attempt to prevent withdrawal of Stephenson's mandamus suit against officials of the prison to compel them to permit him to confer privately with attorneys. Gilliom. before leaving the prison, handed Stephenson copies of Collier’s

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DRY LEADER TO CARRY CASE TO HIGH TRIBUNAL To Base Appeal On Freedom Os Speech And State Constitution WILL FIGHT FARM SENTENCE AND FINE Indianapolis, July 25. (INS)— I Edward S. Shumaker, Indiana anti-saloon league superintendent, will appeal Io the I. S. Supreme court from his sentence of 60 days at the state farm and a fine of $250 imposed by the state supreme court after his conviction for contempt for calling justices of the court "wet,” Shumaker admitted this afternoon. The dry league head had announced eat Her In the /lay that no decision had been reached by the league’s headquarters committee, to which jie had referred the appeal question, but information concerning the committee's decision to appeal, early today, leaked out. At Liberty Under Bond Shumaker is now at 'liberty under a $1,090 bond. The appeal of the prohibition chieftain will l>e based upon the rights of freedom of speech, the question whether he had discussed pending cases before the court and section one article 14 of the state constitution. Gilliom Files New Petition South Bend, July 25. —(INS)—An amended petition, charging Dr. Edward S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana anti-saloon league with violating the corrupt practices act, was filed in St. Joseph circuit court today by Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom. The action grew- out of Shumaker’s designation of Attorney General Gilliom as “wet of record" tn a report the dry leader made on political can I didates in the American Issue, the ’ league’s publication. o Two Killed In Oil Fire Kingman, Ariz., July 25. —(U.R) —Two men were killed and property damage estimated at more than $590,000 in an all night fire that was brought under control today. 0 GIRLS' EXHIBIT SET FOR AUG. 4 Judge Chosen To Select Winner Os Free Trip To State Fair School Judging of the exhibits made by the gills in Adams county who are contesting for the free trip to the State Fair School will ge held Saturday afternoon, August 4 at the Decatur Public Library. All exhibits should be in place by 1:30 o'clock so that the judge may proceed with the scoring of the exhibits and awarding the trip to the winner. Miss Mary Burk, instructor in Domestic Science in Decatur high school has been seemed to judge the display. The trip to the State Fair School is financed by,the five Home Economics Clubs in the county, they paying the tuition to the school, which will include all expenses except the carfare to and from Indianapolis. One girl from each county will attend the school and all the girls from the different counties stay together under the supervision of competent instructors. To determine the winner of the trip (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO!

Weekly containing articles regarding the klan. Stephenson promised to read these* and to assist Gilliom in having revoked the Indiana klan's charter. "I believe you are doing a great public good," Stephenson told Gilliom. During the questioning, Stephenson rapped his attorneys, who were absent, told Gilliom, “I would like to employ you after you get out of office." Gilliom replied that “it would take a lot of money,” to which Stephenson answered, "wed, I haven’t much (CONTINUED ON PAGE THHKEJ

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