Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 187, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1928 — Page 1

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MW I ’ I Decatur Man Seriously Hurt When Auto Hits Motorcycle

I VICTIM I OSES I LEFT FOOT IN I COLLISION HERE ■ Joseph Lengerich Sustains I ■ Serious Injuries In Acci- ■ ‘ dent Tuesday Night B U’TO IS DRIVEN ■ BY W. A. M OLFE ■ In a collision between an autoB mobile and a motorcycle, about B o’clock, Tuesday evening, ■ Joseph Lengerich. 49. of 111 B North Fifth street, sustained inB juries which necessitated the B amputation of his left foot, and B caused a fracture of the right B collar bone. |H The accident occured on South B Winchester st vet, just south of the ' B Nickel Plate railroad tracks. Mr. Eh Lengerich, riding his motorcycle. was 1 B going south on Winchester street, and 1 B Mr an(l Mrs " A Wolfe, of 504 Elm H street, were traveling north on Win- ' Eh Chester street, in their car. As the B latter approached the Elm street inB tersection, they made a left hand turn. ' £■ striking the motorcycle ridden by Mr. B Lengerich, with the front of their , SR The force of the collision was so | M great, that th- motorcycle was thrown H back under the car and a car derrick H had to be used in extricating the H motorcycle. The car driven by Mr. H Wolfe was a Star touring model. It EE was not greatly damaged, other than ■ a bent axle. J H Mr. Wolfe was thrown againsy the BB steering wheel and suffered bruises BB shout the < best. Mrs. Wolfe is suffBB ering greatly today with her right BB side and hip. She had been experiencH ing ulcers of the right side, recently, . ■ and it was this sore place that was M injured when she was thrown against H the side of the car by the impact. A BB large lump, the size of a man's fist. H has raised up on her side, and it is 9 impossible to tell just how badly she 9 might be injured at present. E Mr. Lengerich was the most sergg » B (CONTI ON PAGE TWO) H o — - — I Heart And Kidney Trouble II Causes Mr. Christen’s Death ■ Usease of the heart, with complicaH tions of kidney trouble coused the g death of Bruce Christen, well known g Decatur man. early Tuesday morning. H according to the decision reached by g the local physicians who performed g the post-mortem. The physicians an- ■ nounced that they found a heart clot g and also one kidney in bad condition. ■ Word - was received today that g Flank G. Christen, brother of the de- ■ ceased, who resides at Muskogee, ■ Okla., will arrive here tonight. A ! [“lngram was received from the Rev. i H- H. Fernthiel, pastor of the Pres''terian church who is spending his 'acation in Cincinnati; saytng that ® will be here tonight to conduct the funeral services Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. “ ~ — o— MANY PERSONS ORDER FLAGS I Twenty-two Persons Place Orders With Legion Before Soliciation Opens J'koro appears to be a large demand nmong residents of this city for the /Ke American flags like those in on i . lI6SS distr,ct which are fast- < ' to a pole and the pole inserted a socket constructed In the sideaik or curb. Yesterday evening, Dam aanounceme nt was made in the n ‘ '. ~.,m ocrat for or, lers for these ionn.. orders were placed wlth Legl>egun' rf,S bef ° re any solicitation was [he uniform system of displaying «»««• iem n, le cty and ft ’ s a convenlmild^ aDner ° C decoratin 8 ‘he city for flag 8 > and speclal occasions. «' Me and installation of the systn COSt only tive dollars. The district"^ 8 lnstaded in the business ago t? the U|?ion a years have n * H 8f ‘ vei ’ aI Private residences Hon-e WeT',? h ° Pe<l that by 01,1 decoratu.t > ' ,he entire cl,y wiu be by flags In this manner.

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I Vol. XXVI. No. 187.

He Becomes a King wi I j w F 5 X , President Ahmed Zogit. of Albania, who, according to reliable sources, will become monarch of the mountainous country over which he has ruled as an elected president for 10 years. The Albanian parliament has dissolved itself to make way for a constituent assembly which will revise the constitution to permit of Zogu’s accession to the throne. (International Newsreel) PLEASANT MILLS RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Sarah E. Ritter, 67, Dies Early This Morning; Funeral Friday Mrs. Sarah E. Ritter. 67. lifelong resident of Adams county, died at her home in Pleasant Mills, at 12:50 o’clock this morning. Mrs. Ritter was the widow of Thomas Ritter. The deceased was horn in Adams county, October 7, 1860. She was a member cf the Baptist church at Pleasant Mills. She was the mother of two daughters, both of whom preceded their mother in death. Surviving are the following brothers and sisters: J W. Watkins, of Pittsburgh, Pa., MaryEllen Case, Pleasant Mills; Jesse S. Watkins. Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 1:j45 o'clock and at the Pleasant Mills Baptist church at 2 o'clock, Friday afternoon, with -the Rev. W. H. Day, of Bluffton, officiating. Burial will be made in the Pleasant Mills cemetery. — 0 SALVATION ARMY APPEAL IS MADE • — -■ . ... Lions Club Votes To Sponsor Annual Home Service Appeal In Decatur Following an entertaining and convincing address by Major William John Purdue, Salvation At my welfare director for Western Michigan and Northern Indiana, the Decatur Lions Cltlb last night voted to sponsor the annual home service appeal in this city. The Lions then voted to contribute SSO toward tills city's quota of SSOO. The local appeal will be made during the next two or three days and the Lions are hoping to put the drive over the top before the end of the week. Mr. Purdue will speak at the. Rotary Club meeting, Thursday evening. Albert Scheumann Treasurer Albert Scheumann, treasurer of. the Lions Club, will serve as treasurer of the local drive. All money contributed here will be sent direct to the offices of the Salvation Army in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and will be used by the organization in carrying on its work in this section of the country. Mr. Purdue, who is a grand nephew of, and bears the same name as the founder of Purdue university, at Lafayette, is humorous as well as forceful speaker. He mixes wit and humor with the seriousness of his work in such away that he holds his audience in a remarkable manner. During his address last night, Mr. Purdue told of the splendid work being done by the Salvation Army. He made particular mention of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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WORK STARTED | i ON BUDGET BY CITY COUNCIL No Increase Anticipated; Date Set For Letting City Garbage Contract OTHER BUSINESS IS TRANSACTED Bids for the collecting and disposal lof city garbage will be received by i the city council on Tuesday, August 1 21. The present contract expires j 1 September 1. F. J. Schmitt has the j contract. A remonstrance was filed with the I city council, last night, against the preliminary assessments on the Knapp sewer improvement in the south part of the city. The remonstrance was signed by Jennie Bauman and other property owners affected by the improvement. An ordinance appropriating S4OO from the general fund for the payment of salaries due assistant engineers in connection with street improvements in tiiis city was adopted. Start Work On Budget City Clerk Catherine Kauffman prej pared form for the councilmen and ■ Mayor George Krick to list items for the budget, which will be adopted : this month. Mayor Krick expressed the opinion this morning, that as far as he knew, no extras would be included in the budget for next year. The budget has been hewn down so that the only items included are for general expenses and appropriations which must be jjtade by law. For several years, the council has not appropriated any money for the payment of bonds on the city light and power plant and the water works plant, because the bonds have been paid out of tlte earnings of the municipal plant. The council adjourned to Monday evening. August 13, ,at which time bids will be received for building a warehouse on the city lots west of North Seventh street. o SPEAKERS FOG INSTITUTE CHOSEN Three Noted Educators Obtained To Speak At Teachers’ Institute Here Three of the speakers for the annual Adams county teacher's institute have been engaged by Clifton E. Striker. county superintendent of schools under whose jurisdiction the institute is held. The dates of the institute are August 27 to 31, inclusive. The sessions will be held in the court room of the court house in this city. Noted educators have been secured to address the teachers of A|da.ms county, who number about 175, including both the city and rural teachers. • Prof. Homer L. Humke, professor of Education at Evansville College. Evansville. Indiana, will talk on “Child Guidance” and other subjects of interest to the teachers. George Tilden Ragsdale, of the University of Kentucky, will deliver an address on "Teacher's Problems”, civics and other subjects. Mr. Ragsdale will give general talks during the sessions. A special program of music will be given during the institute and Dr. ('. O. Lehman, a professor at Ohio State University, Columbus, will be the director of the musical program. Dr Lehman is a former Berne boy and next fall will teach in the Normal college at Pottsdam, N. Y. Mr. Striker has one or two more speakers to secure for the institute and believes that acceptances from them will be received this week. The complete program will then be arranged and a schedule of events for the week will be published. o Fishing Too Good To Leave; President To Stay Until Sept. 10 ‘ StNpertor, Wis„ Aug. 8. —(INS) — President and Mrs. Codlidge will remain in the North woods of Wisconsin until about Sept. 10 it was learned today. The fine fishing is the main reason.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 8, 1928.

[Gov. Smith And Minister ( To Engage In A Debate i New York, Aug. B.—(INS)—Dr. Joint > Roach Straton, pastor of Calvary Bap-) list church in New York, today accepted the challenge of Gov. Alfred E. Smith, to debate the charges made by Dr. Straton against Gov. Smith in his sermon last Sunday, which were summarized by the pastor with the statement that the governor was. I "the best friend of the forces of reaction. immorality, vice and crime in the land today,” and "the deadliest foe of moral progress in America.” FREE ACTS ARE BEING SIGNED High Class Acts Being Booked For Old Home Week Celebration Contracts for three of the free acts 1 for Old Home Week. Sept. 10-15, will be signed today, Mr. Frank Heimer, who is looking after that part of the program, announced last evening. They include a slide for life thriller, a Jan act, a clown bar act and one other, besides a down band which will pro- , vide much amusement for young and old. Mr. Beimer also reported that he has contracted with three first grade shows. A number have already made reservations for consessions, and the midway down Second street will be a lively place during the week. A representative of a decorating concern also attended last night’s meeting of the general committee and presented a sketch, showing uniform flag displays across the streets from Jackson street to Five Points. The matter was referred to the decoration committee, Fred Ashbtutcher, chairman, who will make a recommendation next Tuesday evening. Plan Free Acts For Monday It was decided to add free acts to the program for Monday night and one or two other changes in the program were recommended to be decided upon next Monday, evening when the program committee meets. Members of the concessions committee will go to Huntington tomorrow, to witness the celebration and to solicit high grade concessions to come here. H. W. Thompson general manager, reported that he is planning to have the week opened by special and appropriate services in each church in the city witli a former pastor preaching, and lias already had several acceptances. The music committee reported that plans are going forward and that there are a number of applications from musical organizations. Selection will | be made within a few days and contracts signed. The advertising matter which includes automobile, truck ami fence • signs ate going out now and the win ' dow cards will be ready for distribution within a few days. 1 A Decatur caravan will make a tour ! of surrounding territory just before ' the week, advertising the event. Every committee is at work and every day will be a big one, bigger than expected. Letters continue to pour in from dozens who are coming and its a safe statement now that Old Home ■ Week in Decatur will be what was hoped for, the greatest event ever helS here. o “Inheritance" To Be Repeated This Evening "The Inheritance", a drama with music, written and staged by Father Sher- , idan, will be repeated tonight at the D. ('. H. S. auditorium, beginning at 8:15 o’clock. This production delighted , an audience which packed the auditorium, Sunday evening. , Two new characters will be intro- . duced into tonight’s performance. Miss . Kathryn Omlor wil take the role of Zita which was played by Miss Doro- , thy Alberding on Sunday evening, and Miss Gertrude Holthouse will take the , part of Mrs. Lathan, the doctor’s wife. , which was interpreted by Mrs. Vin- ! cent Bormann on Sunday evening. , Witli these two exceptions, the cast and chorus numbers will be as before. Efforts are being put forth todav to afford comfort and relief from the heat for those attending tonight’s performance. Sunday Races Banned Bedford, Ind., August B—(U.R)—Sheriff John Tyree today announced there will be no more Sunday races in Bedford or Lawrence county. Theaters here recently won a court fight for authorij.y to operate on Sunday. Tyree, however, holds that the Indiana Blue l4iws make illegal Sunday racing.

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SUBMARINE IS I FLOATED? ALL ABOARD PERISH Italian Submarine Raised From Bottom Os Sea And * Towed To Port I DEATH LIST INCLUDES TWO OFFICERS, 25 MEN By Thomas B. Morgan (U. I*. Staff Correspondent ( Rome, Aug. B—(U.R)—lts black-drap- 1 ed flag halfmasted the submarine F-1 14 was towed back to Pola Naval base today with the bodies of the two office! s and 25 men who perished in it aftei the Little Ship struck a destroyer off Brioni Osland in the Adriatic sea. It had been announced previously that 31 in all were in the ship, including apprentices, but a revised list today gave the smaller figure. Au official navy department statement gave a brief, tragic summary of the manner in which the F-14's crew was found: “At 640 P. M. yesterday, after 34 hours since it sank, the F-14 was raised to the surface and inspected internally at once. “Os the 27 aboard —Officers, crew and apprentices—not one survived. Part perished by drowning: The others were asphyxiated; poisoned by Chlorine gas fumes from the batteries I of the ship." The gas was released when the sub-1 marine tilted at a 70 degree angle as-1 ter sti iking the bottom of the Adriatic. • o Woman Instructor In College Found Slain Evanston, 111., Aug. 8—(INS) —The body of Miss Jeannie Constance, 42, head of the English department of Bradley Polytechnical College, of Peoria, was found at dawn today be hind a hedge in front of the palatial home of George 11. Peaks, Evanston millionaire. She had apparently been bdaten to death with a piece of lead pipe, after being mistreated by her assailant. REVIEW BOARD IS UNDECIDED Board Is Divided On Proposal To Accept State Board’s Recommendations The members of the county board of review were still undecided this afternoon what I hey would do about the state tax board's order increasingassessments on real estate improve- I ments in Berne, Monroe, Geneva and j Decatur and in the 12 township on I farm lands and improvements. The board met again this morning in the office of County Assessor Jay Cline. Yesterday, when the members of the Berne delegation appeared before the board and objected to the placing of the 3rt per cent increase on improvements in Berne, the board members deufded to recheck the valuations in that town. This morning, a comparison on the amount of mortgage indebtedness on real estate and improVemertts and the assessed value of the properties was being made by- the board. Tn many cases it was found -that the property owner had a larger mortgage than the assessed value of the property. The members are divided in opiin ion as to the carrying out of the state board's order. Expressions were made by members that they believed the order covering the entire county should be rejected and that if the state insisted on making the changes, that the state board mandate the auditor to do it. It was doubtful if the board would arrive at a conclusion today, because the members were still busy this afternoon checking up the valuations and mortgage indebtness in the town of Berne. <o Pythians To Initiate Class Thursday Night The second rank work will be conferred on a class of candidates at the regular meeting of the Knights of Pythias lodge, Thursday evening. The meeting will open at 7:30 o'clock and all members of the order are urged to attend.

— Victim of Wreck I ■ '' Millt iFT'-' I Mrs. Bud Snyder, vaudeville actress of West Orange, N. J., who was among those killed in the Mounds. 111., pas-j senger train wreck. She was 33 years old. (International Newsreel) PLANS ARE MADE FOR EXCURSION — W ednesday Is Date For Annual M. E. Sunday School Excursion To Toledo Arrangements have been completed for the annual Methodist Sunday school excursion to Walbridge Park. Toledo. Ohio, next Wednesday, August 15. The excursion will be run over the Clover Leaf division of the Nickel Plate railroad and it is expected that more than 1,000 persons will participate. The excursion train will start at Bluffton again this year, as it did las* year. Stops will be made at Craigville, Peterson, Decatur. Pleasant Mills Willshire and Delphos. This is the first year that the train has stopped at Delphos, to pick up passengers. The round-trip fare will be $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for children between the I ages of 5 to 12 years. There will be a commissary car cn the train. The train will leave Decatur at 6 o'clock, A. M. and returning will leave WalI bridge Park at 5 o'clock (Central Standard time). The exclusion affords an ideal opportunity for a day's outing and picnic. Walbridge park has one of the best zoological gardens in the middle west. o —— GEORGE DRENNAN DIES EARLY TODAY Veteran Democratic Leader Os Illinois Loses Fight Against Poisoning Chicago. Aug. B—(U.R) —George Brennan. veteran Democrat leader, died at 8 A. M. today in the John B. Murnhy hospital after a gallant but losing fight against septic poisoning. The infection developed after a tooth extraction. An operation was resorted to two weeks ago. Brennan tallied, and appeared on the road to recovery, but relapsed Sunday night. The Rev. Father Scanlon of Mount Carmel Church went to the bedside of the Veteran political leader shortly after midnight today. The rite of Bxtreme Unction was administered when Brennan’s condition became critical ten days ago. Brennan lapsed into unconsciousness at 7:30 P. M. last nigth. It was then that Di. C. R. G. Forrester, chief of medical counsel, announced "There it not hope. Bulletins said that diabetes, from which Brennan iias suffered for eight years, had destroyed chances of recovery. A serious kidney condition further complicated matters, physician reported.

The original illness followed extraction of two abscessed teeth. Infection spread and necessitated operation July 30. From this opt cation, the 63-year-old leader recovered partially and until yesterday It was believed he was on his way back to health. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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HEAVY DAMAGE BUT NO LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED Second Storm Reported To Be Following On Heels Os Present One PALM BEACH AND TAMPA IN PATH Washington, Aug. B.—(INS)— A new tropical hurricane of great intensity traveling on the heels of the present tropical storm which is sweeping Florida today is tearing across the Carribean sea this afternoon and will strike Florida or Southeastern coast of America within a day or two the U.S. weather bureau warned this afternoon. The storm traveling in a circle at the rate of about 15 miles an hour is now south of San Juan. Porto Rico. It is headed in a west northwest direction which would indicate that Florida lies in its path. No Loss Os Life Reported Jacksonville, Fla.. Aug. 8. —(INS) — The present Florida hurricane, after strik'ng near the Palm Beaches with wind velocity as high as 90 miles an hour, was sweeping across the state toward Tampa this afternoon. No loss of life has been reported. The general path of the storm is northwest and it will cause strong northwest winds and gales this afterI noon in the Tampa region. High tides I will sweep Tampa Bay tonight or to- ■ morrow morning. While Miami apparently escaped the fury of the storm, nothing definite was known of the damage from Datona beadi smrthward to Palm Beach. This stretch of the Florida east cioast was lashed all night by savage winds. Port Pierce was reported to be in the midst of a te-rriftc storm th ! s morning. Wire communications were disrupted by the storm. Earlier fears that the steamship Algonquin was in distress off the Florida coast were dispelled by a radio message which said "Algonquin, crew and passengers In Florida Straits. Was blowing hurricane. Everything alright now’.” High waves were battering the entire Florida east, coast today and in some places were sweeping across the famous ocean shove boulevard. Giant Snake Continues To Be Main Topic Os Discussion At Tampico Tampico, Ind., Aug. 8. — (U.R) — Albert Wischmeier stands ready to take any person doubting the huge size of the snake seen in the community in the last few weeks, into heavy woods near here in an effort to capture it. A wek ago Wischmeier and five other men traced a trail into a thicket which they said was made by the snake. Swamp grass eighteen to twenty inches high was crushed to the ground, the party reported. The snake is reputed to be 25 feet long. o FAIL TO AGDEE ON WAGE SCALE Gloom Prevails Over Indiana Coal Mining Region As Parley Adjourns

Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 8. —(U.P.)— Gloom as “black as coal’’ pervaded the Indiana mining region today. Representatives of mine owners and union miners, after five days parleying, failed to reach an agreement on a new wage scale for Indiana and Tuesday adjourned “without day.’’ Last Friday the operators offered a propostion to redtree wages 30 per cent. After studying the offer, the miners countered with an offer of pay - based on the Terre Haute agreement. - subject to further negotiations based - on the outcome of wage conferences in Illinois. This the employers re- -■ jected. 11 Mouths of idleness in most of Indi--11 ana's mines have caused distressing conditions in some towns. When the 1 parley opened last week there was 18 hope that a wage scale would be negotiated and work resumed. Today that condition appears very remote.

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