Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1928 — Page 1

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14 GREAT NATIONS RENOUNCE WAR

SCHOOL BUDGET IS CUT BUT TAX CUTE IS HIGHER Rate 4 Cents Higher m T nr.ET FOR 1929 Bl TOTALS $92,1)35.16 Thr annual budget of estimat,irnpnses for 11*29, for the De- ; ,S«I city, totals *92.055.6 while the total estimated ax i, is #1.4:5 oil the hundred dol,aThe budget is approximately iKiii less than a year ago, ..file the proposed tax levy is four rents higher on the htimlred dolur, The increase in the tax rate is i„Mo the loss in city valuations, M. F Worthman. superintendent of Kiools stated this morning. Uast , rtr the school levy was figured on .valuation of $7,153,000. The tax levy is made up of three funds, namely the special school loud, the tuition fund and the bond fund. The rates proposed for these funds are: Fund Levy Amount Special 0.55 $25,295. ( 3 Tuition 0- 75 58.489.43 Bond *3 8-250.00 Totals 1.43 92.035.16 The amount collected this year under the tax rate adopted a year ago Is $99,426.70. In 1927. the total collected was about the same, the budjet this year being the smallest in several years, Mr. Worthman stated. The budget will he adopted and the til levy fixed at the meeting of the ichoo! board on Monday. September 4 Probe Fatal Accident At Amusement Park Indianapolis August 27 —■ INS)— Coroner Charles H. Keefer and City BuildIn! inspector William F. Hurd today were conducting seperate probes into the (atal accident at Riverside amusement par.v Saturday evening in which three-car coaster on the. skyrocket jumped the track killing Miss Nellie While. IS, and injuring 22 other girls. Sixteen of the injured girls have been removed to their homes from the [ City Hospital. Miss White’s body has been shipped to Poali, her former home for burial. [ Coroner Keever in a preliminary ; report on the accident blamed it on the . "grass negligence of the manager of [■ the amusement device.” The girls who were in the accident were members of a picnic party from : Wassons department store here. All ( werp junior employes such as messen- ' ger girls. ,<f To Dedicate New Bridge Washington. Ind., August 27—'INS) 'Mioaticu of the new Rogers StahrW B e White River, which *' unite Pike and Daviess counties ■I! be held tomorrow. Albert J. Wede- ! hng. Chairman of the State highway I ““mission, will make the chief adess and ether prominent political leafs *HI attend The bridge has four each 200 feet long. Warsaw Man is Killed | ReleT. 1,111 ■ AUfriSt 27 -<INS>- Q- * mall .. K ' a . ns ' Watsaw business ‘liautlm £?" ,otlay as the resl,lt of utom .bile accident east of RochesWD ATWOOD TO' BE HERE SEPT. 13 Supreme Prelate Os K. Os L Lodge To Speak Here uril *g Old Home Week ° f r * Catllr ’ who has tl* Si,, L f T rum the convention of thias at «n ° ge ’ K,ll Kht9 <>f Pv today ; Mll ' va »l<ee, Wls., stated horn p r ‘I '®, has secur ed a promise Supreme If ‘ wood - of Minneapolis, to - to come’ Thursday w del ‘ ver a " address on ** observed' pte “ ber 13 - which will Home Weei( her^ raternal ° ay of Old Mn l’ yelil't " h ° has been blin d for "P-ke In Dec,,“ n , oted •eoturer. He * Bl wiceptionit/ 8 few years a *° and r her PfomS 2" recelveil ’ Many here on Sentemh ge men wla be luting nleV 3 ’ al ‘ local lod^ 8 111 the day’s program.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Frank Dailey To Speak At Uniondale, Sept. 7 j Blufflm August 27--Announcement Is made today that county democratic j headquartets will lie formally opened ' in this city on the evening of Aligns! j 31st, and Frank ('. Dailey will open the | county campaign at Uniondale n On evening of September 7. For several years Uniondale has ‘ been given the honor of the campaign J opening and the Democrats up that j way always see t r it that complete ar i rangemetits are made. With Frank t Dailey as the headliner they will have | a monster crowd that evening, and i the campaign will he open in this county.

SALVATION ARMY QUOTA REACHED City Over-Subscribes Quota Os $500; Cwirl Scouts * Raise $52 With Tags Decatur today “went over the top” in the annual home service appeal of the Salvation Army, when reports from the tag day held Saturday by the Girl Scouts and several other contributions were turned in. The city’s quota was SSOO and the total amount contributed was $502.18. The Girl Scouts, working under the direction of Scout Leader. Mrs. Bryce Thomas, raised a total of $52.18 frpnt the sale of tags on the down town streets. Saturday. The Scouts w'orked in four patrols and made a thorough canvas of the persons on the streets. Edwina Shroll led all other Girl Scouts in the amount of money raised through the sale of tags. She turned in $6.21. Louis Hauhold was second with $5.77; Mamie Niblick third with $5.30, and Mary Kathryn Leonard fourth with $5.09. Patrol No. 1, turned in the largest amount of any patrol, the five girls in that patrol raising a total of $22.23. The amount of money firtneiT * fb hy each Girl Scout is as follows: Patrol No. I—Helen DeVor, $3.90; Louise Hauhold. $5.77; Mamie Niblick, $5.30; Kathryn Ifower, $1.05; Edwina Shroll. $6.21. Patrol No. 2—Gertrude Brandyberly, $+.72; Mary Maxine Brown. $+.37; Mary Kohls. $2 12; Ruth Elzey, $1.97. Patrol No. 3 —Helen Suttles, $1.31: Kathryn Engeler, $.64; Marjorie DeVoss, $.25; Mary Kathryn Tyndall. S.9L Mary Cowen, s.++. Patrol Not 4- Marcella Brandyberry, $2.11; Mary Kathryn Leonard, $5.09; Frances Holthouse, $1.77; Helena Itayl, $.00; Barbara Kriek. $1.65. The employes ol' the Decatur Castings company coiiltribuled a tothl of $31.25, the firm give $5 and James Cowan, manager, (contributed $2. The Lions Club, who 4ponsored the annual drive, and Major William John Purdue, welfare iljirector of the Salvation Army for; northern Indiana and western Michigan, today asked the Daily Democrat to express their thanks in behalf? of the Salvation Army for the splendid contributions made by the people"of the city and community. Following are the contributions reported today: Tag sale L $52.18 Decatur Casting! Co., Employes $31.26 Decatur Casting! *Co 5.00 James Cowan f—| 2.00 David Adams 1.00 Jesse Rice . 5.00 Alleged Prowler Is Killed By Peru Man Pe.ru, Ind.. .August 27-'INSS— George V. Graves. 36. | was fatally shot hy Ora McKinley,'3s,l while trying to break into the McKinley home according to History told poljlce by McKinley. Awakened by a noise McKinley said he grabbed l jls gun and started art investigation. He saw a man trying to open the screen door and fired at him. After the Shooting McKinley said he walked aiouhd the house and when infailed to sef anyone returned to bed. Two hourii later a pedestrian found Graves’ boiiiy in the street. McKinlew was not detained hy the police. Graves \lvas married and was the father of t.nree children. Two Killed When Auto And! Motorcycle Collide Clinton, llrnl., August 27 —(INS)—A girl and a mail were dead here today as the result ,p# a crash between an autoinohjle anij u motorcycle. The dea-a were; Miss Margaret Clark killed Instantly. Steve Marietta 25 fatally huru. Mariettia’s motorcycle on which he was ridin/g accompanied by Miss Clark was sldeslwlped by the car of Bert Selbago, 35,1 according to police.

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RESIGNATION IS WITHDRAWN BY ANGOLA SHERIFF — Zimmerman Assumes Full Charge Os Investigation Into Murder SHERIFF IS URGED TO RETAIN HIS POST Angola, Ind., Aug. 27. — (INS) — The i Steuben county commissioners, at a j s|(ecial session today, accepted the withdrawal of Sheriff Charles /.ini ! merman's resignation, which had been j submitted Friday at the demand of circuit court Judge Clyde E. Carlin. ! Sheriff Zimmerman will now assume | full charge of the investigation into ! the mysterious murder of Thomas Burke, of Toledo, Ohio, whose charred headless body was found in the ruins : of a burned barn near here and whose j blood stained automobile was smug gled into the county garage. Judge Makes Statement Judge Carlin demanded the resignation to "protect the republican party" and in accord with the public opinion, he said, after Sheriff Zimmerman and his deputy. Miss Nellie Coleman, 24, had been absent f rom the city at the same time and had returned on tilt same train. Tne murder occiired dur ing the . berlfT’s absence. Someone eve: slipped the sheriff's <>\\n gnu into the murder victim’s blood stain ed car. The sheriff said today he had been prevailed upon by prominent local citizens to ask the county commissioners to withdraw his resignation in order that he might probe the Burke murder. Sheriff Zimmerman has gained a reputation in northeastern Indiana as an enforcement officer in the prosecution of rum runners. Angola is located un a direct lipc between Detroit, Chicago, South Bend and Fort Wayne and the rum traffic at times has been heavy. Victim May Be Bank Bandit Angola, Ind., Aug. 27. — (U.R) — In(rnsrisi Kn ns haiik two*

WEEK-END DEATH TOLL IS ELEVEN Six Traffic Fatalities Head List Os Violent Deaths In Indiana (By United Press) Six traffic fatalities lead a list of eleven violent deaths in Indiana over tlie v.eek-end. Russell Eagler, 13j Indianapolis, was killed when a truck struck a bicvcle on which h' was riding. Margaret Clark, 21. and Steve Marietta. 25. were killed near Clinton when a motorcycle on which they were riding, was sideswiped hy an autoraonile driven by Bert Selbago, 35. Merritt Bushong, 19, Syracuse, was killed when an automobile in which he was riding crashed into a tree near Syracuse. O. Reese Evan:', 17, Warsaw, was k lied in an automobile accident east of Rochester. Glenn Brothers, S. was killed when struck by an automobile at Vincennes. Nellie White, 18, Mars Hill, was killed in a coaster accident at Riverside park Mrs. Mary J. Kaimpe, 72, died at her home in Indian:.polls wheu she was overcome by the fumes of a gas ws ter heater. A. L. Weatbwax, Elkhart, loe m-.0-tive tive eng.necr, was killed near Kalamazoo. Mich., when a New. York Central passenger train was wrecked. Petty Jean Miller, <* daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Miller, New Albany, died rtf bums suffered when her clothing became ignited v.biie site was playing with matches. George Graves, 36, Peru, was shot hy Ora McKinley, S 3, v.no declared Groves was prowling about the McKinley home nl night. Child, Playing With Matches, Burns To Death New Albany, Ind.. August 27 —(INS)— Beatty Jean Miller, 4-vear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Miller, was dead hete today from burns received when her clothing caught on fire while she was playing with matches. Funeral services will be held today.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 27, 1928.

Jackie in Hot Water ■■KIT • '■ •• j ■kj§t§jw AAmP £ — ■mm iwi * Because Jacqueline Logan, beauteous star of the creeping pastels, didn't wait a full twelvemonth after tier divorce from Ralph Gillespie, but wedded William Lawrence Winston. Los Angeles broker, in Aguas Calientes (meaning hot water), Mex., she is liable to prosecution for bigamy upon her return to Hollywood. ATTENDS K. OFT 7 SUPREME LODGE Dorc B. Erwin Returns From Convention In Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Dote B. Erwin and daughter Betty, have returned from a trip to Wisconsin and Michigan. At Milwaukee. Mr. and Mrs. F.rwin attended the International convention of the Supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Erwin being one of the delegates from Indiana. There were four other delegates from this state, including Dr. F. A. Priest, of Marion, who died during the session of the supreme lodge officers. Dr. Priest was making an address before the conference when stricken by a heart attack and died a few minutes later. Mr. Erwin helped carry tiini from the convention ha'll. Mr. Erwin was a member of the judiciary committee, the comnwttee being composed of attorneys, judges, congressmen and senators. Senator Black, of Alabama, who took Senator Underwood’s place in the senate, was a member of the committee. Befote returning home, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin and daughter visited places in Wisconsin and in Michigan. Tlte next meeting of tlie supreme lodge will he held in Tampa, Florida, in two years.

NATIONAL CITY CHURCH PLANNED Plans For Erection Os Christian Church In Washington Are Explained Plans for the erection of a National City Christian Church at Washington D. C.. are being brought before the Christian churches of Adams county this week, looking forward to the observance of Washington Church Vic(rnvrm nn **mf. two: Movies By Radio To Be Common In Homes By Next Christmas Richmond, Ind., Aug. 27 —(INS) — The prediction that 100,000 Americans will be receiving motion pictures by radio hy next Christmas was made here by C. Francis Jenkins, of Washington, D. C., the inventor of the projector for the movies. Jenkins claimed he hod a plan whereby the apparatus for receiving radio movies could be manufactured cheaply and that he l'elt confident that by Christmas 100,000 such radio movie receiving sets would be in operation. There are now about 25 amateurs receiving radio movies three times a w'eek from his laboratory station 3XK Jenkins said. The radio movies are broadcast at 3 o'clock Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights.

TEACHERS OPEN ANNUAL COUNTY INSTITUTE TODAY Scores Os School Teachers Invade City; Prominent Speakers On Program VISITORS WELCOME TO ATTEND SESSIONS Decatur Ualay welcomed scores of school teachers to tlie city, as tlie annual county teacher-’ institute got under 'way in the circu't court room of tlte Adams county court house. The institute will be in session all I week, with the closing program on Friday afternoon. All teachers in the county are required to attend the annual fail institute. They are required to register and pay a fee of $2.25. Sessions will be held every forenoon and afternoon. Prominent Educators Here Several prominent educators have . been c htnined by Clifton E. Striker, | county superintendent of schools, to I address the teachers during the week. Dr. George Tilden Ragsdale, of the University of Kentucky, and lir. {'. O. Lehman, of Ohio State university. will l«- here the entire week. Dr. Lehman is a former Herne man. (in Tuesday and Wednesday, Homer L. Hum Ice, of Evansville College, will speak to the teacher. T. R. Stonecipher, of Indianapolis, will deliver two addresses on Thursday, and Arthur I. Beriault, of the Beriault School of Expression, also of Indianapolis. will speak twice on Friday. In addition to the addresses,-there will tie opening exercises every morning and musical numbers. Including -singing by the entitle assemblage. The morning sessions open at 9 o’clock and the afternoon sessions at 1 : -15 uYloc-k* Visitors are welcome at all sessions. Thursday has been designated as former teachers and trustees day. The county schools will open next Monday, September 3. 0

CIRCUIT COURT JURIES DRAWN Grand And Petit Juries For September Term Are • Drawn Today The petit and grand juries for the September term of Ibe Adams circuit court, which opens next Monday morning. September 1, were drawn today by the jury commissioners, E. W. Johnson and W. L. Smith, at the office of the county clerk, John E. Nelson. Members of the grand jury are: Ernest Fuelling. Root township; T. J. Durkin, Decatur; Walter Leichty, Monroe township; J. Clayton Holiway. Monroe township; David Dubach, Berne, and Harvey F. Pyle, of Geneva/ Members of the petit jury are: David Yoder, French township; Janies B. Rice, Decatur; John Tumbleson, Blue Creek township; Fred Hammond, Washington township; Albert F. Dick, Kirkland township; Noah Ellenberger, Wabash township; John Hiller, Jefferson township; James E. Leldy, Geneva: Jeff Angsburger, Hartford township; Jacob C. Barkley, Union township; Otto Coffin, Berne; Samuel Cottrell, St. Marys township. o Catholic Schools To Open On September 4 | The St. Joseph Catholic schopl will ! open Tuesday, September 4. it was announced Sunday at the masses at St. Marys Catholic church. Eight new Sisters of the St. Agnes order will teach in the grade and high school this year. Sister V. Vera is the new principal, taking the place of Sister M. Roberta, who has been transferred to Uiiionport, N. Y. » Mother-In-Law Os New York Mayor Seriously 11l Clinton, la., August 27 -(INS)— Mrs. Etta Travers Allen, mother-in-law of Mayer James J. Walker of New York 4>day was reported at death’s door in Jane Lamb Memorial Hospital here where she is suffering front Anemia. Dr. C. W. Brown, her physician, said he did not believe site would survive the day. Heart stimulants are being given as a last resort to sustain life.

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Sam Brooks Buys Store At Converse j j Sam Brooks, owner of the Economy J St..re In Decatur, has purchased the Belt Sumpter store at Converse, Indiana. the deal being closed Saturday. Mr. Brooks took charge of the store today. The Sumpter st.jre, which handles dry goods, slioes and ready-to-wear clothing, is one of the oldest stores in ('. averse, a tdwu of 1,290 population, in Miami county. The store j probably will be known as the Boston store in the future. Mr. Br.uoks now owns three stores, The Peoples Store at Berne belonging to his string. I LEGIONNAIRES HEAR BULLARD; 11 Leader Os First Division Os 1 A. E. F. Speaks At Amer- i ican Legion Convention t Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 27. —(INS) —A 11 thundering ovation was accorded today to General Robert Lee Bullard 1 who commanded the first division ’ in the A.E.F. when the general ap- 1 neared before the tenth annual convention here of tlte Indiana depart 1 ment of the American Legion. Gen- * eral Bullard addressed the conven- 1 tion. General Bullard was the man who when the first division was ordered 1 to retire before a heavy German ' assault made the imperishable statement : “No. we ea t nnot retire; we will 1 counter attack.” ' The legion in joint session with the ninth annual gathering of the : auxiliary was welcomed to the city ] liv Mayor A. R. Ross and by Dr. E. r. Elliott, president of Purdue University. Responses were made by Mrs. Vann Scott Seybert of Indianapolis. state president of the auxiliary, by Frank M< Hale of Logansport, state legion commander and representative Will R. Wood. Th’s afternoon I-efayette will wit- j ness the colorful annual Legion par- j ade. Thousands of Hoosier exservioe men, their wives, sisters. ; mothers and sweethearts will march ! through the cityjs decorated streets. More than 7,000 visitors were in the city today for the convention. The headquarters of the convention are at tlie Fowler hotel. The grand legion ball will he hel-l tonight. The annual election of officers will take place Tuesday noon. A spirited contest was in prospect for the office of state legion commander. Fred A. Wiecking of Bluffton, Forert A. Harness of Kokomo. John W. Wheeler of Crown Point, and A. H. Duddlestone of Terre Haute, were be ing prominently mentioned for the office. Mrs. Pauline Bassett of Goodland and Mrs. Elizabeth Eisenbise of Logansport, were the chief candidates for the presidency of the legion auxiliary. O —-x Woman Dies Os Injuries Sustained In Wreck Here Word has just been received in this city that Mrs. Ed Rathfon, of Detroit, Michigan, died in April of injuries which she sustained in an automobile accident here in November. Her husband was killed in the same accident when the automobile iq which they were*riding was struck by a Pennsylvania train at the South Winchester street crossing, oil the state road south of the city. Theit*small daughter, who was riding in another cat; with relatives, escaped the accident. Mrs. Rathfon sustained three factures ] of the limb and other injuries. She I was a patient at the Adams County Memorial hospital from November 20 to the 28th of December lusj, year. Her condition was greatly Improved when she was taken to the home of relatives in,Detroit. Syracuse Youth Killed In Automobile Accident Goshen, Ind., August 27—(INS)—Merritt Btishong, IS, of Syracuse, Ind. was instantly killed and George W. Diver, 19, and Thomas Mahaffey, Jr., 19, both of Indianapolis were injured, Diver critically, when their automobile crashed into a tree near Syracuse. Jack Drummcnd, of Indianapolis, the fourtli occupant of the car escaped unhurt. o Boy Killed By Auto Vincennes, Ind., August 27—(INS)— Glenn Brothers, 8 of Bridgeport, 111., was instantly killed here when he ran into the path of a car said by police to have been driven by Joseph Martin, 32, of Belleville, 111. Tlte boy was visiting here.

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GERMANY FIRST TO SIGN TREATY OUTLAWING WAR Secretary Os State Kellogg Signs Pact For United States KELLOGG, AS AUTHOR, IS WARMLY PRAISED Paris. Aug. 27. f U.P4 Representatives of world powers agreed today to renounce war At a simple ceremony, forforever. eign ministers and delegates of 1 I nations affixed their names to a document pledging them against wars of aggression and renouncing war as a national power. Germany, the common enemy in tlte world war of most of the signatory nations, signed the historic document first. Gustav Stresemann. German foreign in ins ter. arose from his place at the hurseshoe table and signed the document at 3:45. Kellogg Signs For U. S. Secretary of Stale Frants B. Kellogg signed for the United States at 3:47 P. M. Both were applauded. Kellogg was nervous but happy as he affixed his signature to tlie document he created. The combination of photography and phonography Recorded the ceremony for the world. Tlte signing took place in the great Clock, room of the French foreign office, the Quai D'Orsay, where the Versailles treaty ending the wmrld war was negotiated. Keynote is Dignity Tlte keynote was dignity and lack j of tile display usually associated with J such international gatherings. Stresemann was followed hy the I representatives of other nations callled in alphabetical order from the j horseshoe table at the head of which sat Foreign Minister Aristide Briand. President William T. Cosgrave of the Irish Free State clasped Kel’.ogg’s hand warmly as lie resumed his place, Tlie ceremony was concluded at 3:55 I’. M. The delegates arose, bowed and smiled to Premier Raymond Poincare and passed into the {gtrdens for tea.* Afl Briand’s right, the delegates were seated around the horseshoe table in the following order. Stresemann, Paul Hymans. Belgian foreign minister,' fount Manzoni, Italian ambassador to France Count Uchida, Japbicvx dl August Zalevski, Polish foreign minister. Dr. Edouard Hewes, Czecho-Slova-kian foreign minister. On Briand’s -left in order, were: Kellogg, Lord fushendun, acting foreign secretary of Great Britain. W L. Mackenzie King, fanadiau premier Senator A. J. McLachlin, Australia Sir C. J. Parr, New Zealand Cacobus Smith, Union of South Africa Cosgrave, president of the Irish Free State, signed in place of Patrick MucGilligan, who had been announced as the Irish signer. Kellogg and Stresemann warmly (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

FOREIGN WAR VETERANS MEET

29th Annual Convention Os Veterans Os Foreign Wars Opens Today Indianapolis, Aug. 27. —(INS)—Universal draff of wealth as well as universal draft of man power was advocated by United States Senator Smith W. Brookhart, in an address before the 29th. annual National Kncampment of the veterans of foreign wars here today. “It is manifestly unfair for the soldier to serve for less than onethird of the pay he receives in civil life while the earning power of money leaps beyond all precedent bounds in time of war,” Senator Brookhart said. "Capital should be made to bear the expense of war the same as the soldier. A third of the normal returns (CONTIKURD ON PACK SIXI

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