Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1928 — Page 1

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democrats PUN for opening of local campaign Meeting Here Oct. 5 MUCH INTEREST M1 is being shown n. w B Erwin, well known attorney of this city, will preside as chairof the Democratic campaign Zning meeting to he held Friday Xng. October 5 in the court house room in this city. Hon. John. m Parker former governor of Louis , al ,a and in 191< the Progressive , aH didate for vice-president will deliver the keynote address, opening the Democratic campaign in Adams county. The meeting will he held at 7:30 o'clock and the public is cordially invited to attend. Parker An Elegant Speaker Ex-governor Parker is making only a limited number of speeches in Indiana. His eloquence as a speaker and leader of democracy is creating a demand for his appearance throughout the country. He is an ordator of r te and his campaign message in the interest of the election'of Governor Al Smith as president and the Democratic state and county tickets rings with true Jeffersonian principles. Mr. Parker has taken the stump for Governor Smith, because he believes in the principles cf the great and eorageous leader and. too, because he believes an administration under Governor Smith would be of the greatest benefit to the farmer, the laboring man and the country in general. His address here will formally open the Democratic campaign in this county, giving a month to the carrying on of the campaign locally. Headquarters Busy Place Democratic headquarters above the Daily Democrat office are open day and night, with John H. Heller, acting chairman, and B. F. Roller, local attorney, in charge. Interest in the campaign and in the fight for the election of Al Smith and the candi dates on the Democratic ticket is shown by the number of visitors calling at headquarters. A radio, installed by. Milton C. Werling, of Preble, has brought in the four wonderful speeches made by Governor Smith The other two remaining speeches to be deliver, d by Governor Smith at St. Paul and Milwaukee, will also be received at Headquarters and an invitation is extended to the public to hear them. Chairs are provided for guests. Interest in Campaign Governor Smith, through his clear and fearless way of explaining campaign issues and giving a definite program of policies which he favors in the interest of the country, has aroused great interest in the present campaign. His clear cut way of stadng his opinions and going on record for and against the issues in the campa gn has taken hold of the of the voter and each day NEW OIL WELL SHOWS PROMISE Well Brought In On Blue Lreek Township Farm Makes Good Showing Ti\? St oil we ” ,lrilled on the S. C. , h " n farm - in Blue Creek townd|. ’ 8 signs of being a good pror When k was shot laat week. The feet r? drille<l to a depth of 1,100 Donni. Was a Bas P ressl >re of 102 after the we „ waH Bhot net 1 " aS drilled by George Lack dent <n ttßburgh > Pa - and indepenln the a I Pr ° moter who 18 weU known ot the „ n,s county oil fie *d- Pumping ed with®" WeH * 8 ex P ected to be start- '‘" within a tew days. driliert probable that a well will be which t° U the Jobn c,auser farm, and H n°v Wne<l by Drs ' D ' D ' JOlles near f,,?' Jones ’ of Berne, within the Tln khlm farm hlB farm adJol * lß tbe N>w?:r byterianß t ° Meet Indiana "J ®’ ‘, nd " Sept ' 25.-(U.R)-The ‘“•ths TTnu a d ’ Preßbyterian Church convene >' ° d States ot America, will dred an a .V? Oct ’ 2 1,1 lts one hunnd third annual session.

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Here is Walter Kohler, the big bathtub and fixture man of Wisconsin. who is the new governor-elect of ; his home state. He lives in Kohler, ' Wisconsin.

SMITH GAINS IN MINNESOTA Progressive Vote Swings To Democratic Nominee; Wisconsin Is Doubtful 1 St. Paul. Minn., Sept. 25. —(U.R) The ' Minnesota “Progressive" vote which nearly carried the state for Lafollette in the presidential campaign was 1 claimed for Governor Smith today following what was described as the most significant political move in this doubtful territory since the present campaign began. ’ George Cashman. democratic candi1 date for United States senator, withdrew from the race late yesterday "in 1 the interest of the democratic party ‘ and Governor Smith.” Although Cashman did not designate the senatorial candidate to whom his support should go, it was assumed he would back Henrik Shipstead. Farmer-Labor incumbent. 1 For weeks it had been rumored ! that Cashman would withdraw in ’ favor of Shipstead, thus attracting th'e Farmer-Labor support over to Gover1 nor Smith. In the last presidential election. La ' Follette received 339,192 independent * Minnesota votes, while President 1 Coolidge was given 420,759 republican 1 votes. Davis, democratic nominee 1 was far behind with 55,913 votes. Must'•‘Muzzle" Mrs. Willebrandt Chicago, Sept. 25. — (U.R) — Mra- ’ Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant ’ United States attorney general must be "muzzled" if Wisconsin is to be kept in the republican ranks western campaign manager James W. Good was notified today. Benjamin Fulleman, member of the republican state central committee, 1 wrote Good declaring that speeches 1 by Mrs. Willebrandt and her controversy with Gov. Alfred E. Smith were reading unfavoraljje in Wisconsin ’ and other republican states. ’ "Unless Mrs. Willebrandt is muzzl- “ ed, Mr. Hoover is sure to go down in defeat,’’ Fuelleman wrote, ’it is not enough for republican managers to disclaim responsibility for Mrs. Willebrandt ’s activities. They should demand she refrain from all further participation in the campaign and get back to her desk in Washington. "If she fails to heed this request , President Coolidge should call for her resignation as an assistant attorney general. By doing this he will do b more to insure the election of Mr. ! Hoover than any single a<’! he could perform for the republican* '.arty." Helm Family Escapes Injury From Hurricane Wort has been received from Mr. ' and Mrs. J. J. Helm, of Miami, Beach ' Florida, former Decatur residents, stat- * ing that they escaped injury in the recent Florida hurricane. Miami Beach C escaped the mo.st severe part of the storm. 1 o ' Wells County Farmer Dies Os Burns Monday J . ■ Bluffton. Sept. 25 —(U.R)— John B. * Mounsey, 70, retired farmer of Liberty ! township, Wells county, died at the > Wells county hospital here at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon, of burns received at 10 o’clock yesterday morning, while burning weeds along a ditch on the ’ farm of his son, Ora Mounsey. Mr. 1 Mounsey's body was blistered from 1 head to foot. Surviving are two sons, three daughters, three brothers and two sisters.

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GOV. SMITH HEADS EASTWARDtOPENS FIRE ON HOOVER Vigoriously Denounces Republican Administration In Speech At Helena ‘ SPEAKS AT ST. PAUL J THURSDAY EVENING Helena, Mont., Sept. 25.- (U.R) —|g Governor Alfred E. Smith will turnjl back toward the East today, leaving ] state political leaders to follow up|| the missionary work of his personal 11 appearances through the wide l>elt ofik territory extending from Oklahoma 1 northward through the western corn I and wheat belt. j He closed this phase of his cam- I paign with a revival of the Teapot I Dome oil issue Vigorously denounc- ’ mg the Republican administration in his speech here last night, he challenged Herbert Hoover to repudiate this and other transactons which he J called “as cold blooded and as deliberate a fraud against the people of * the United States as could ever pos- . sibly be recorded in history." Leaves For St. Paul The Democratic candidate leaves Helena at 11 A. M. today on a two ‘ day journey across Montana and North Dakota to St. Paul and Minneapolis. He is expected to devote his j speech at St. Paul Thursday night to ( a discussion of inland waterways and j the St. Lawrence great lakes water- ( way. Smith has revealed the tactics of ■ upon Hoover repeatedly from now his campaign will be to turn his fire I until November in an effort to draw out the Republican candidate. There was evidence of Ku Klux Klan hostility here last night when a fiery cross was burned on Mount Helena. overljjojyng the city. It was seen, flaming and bright, by the crowds as they left the Shrine Temple after Smith's speech. Smith made the greatest his in his speech here with a reference to the Republican vice-presidential candidate, Senator Charles Curtis. “According to the papers this morning." he said, “the vice-presiden-tial candidate lost his voice yesterday. “If he was talking against the Democratic party with that kind of a record, be would have lost it a week ago.” Gov. Smith turned his fire upon Herbert Hoover for failing to con(CONTINIED ON I’AOK MXI COUNTY OFFICERS GO TO FT. WAYNE Commissioners, Auditor And Surveyor Attend State Meeting This Week Frank Breiner, George Shoemaker, and John Hoffman, Adams county commissioners, Martin Jaberg, county auditor, Charles E. Magley, county highway superintendent, and Dick Boch, county surveyor, will attend the state meeting of county commissioners and engineers at Fort Wayne, this week. Featuring the convention will be a parade to be held Thursday following which the commissioners will visit the city's industrial plants. Court street will be closed to traffic during I the convention and devoted to a display of road working machinery. Today will be spent entirely in registration and assigning of rooms with Orin H. Lake, Allen county commissioner and vice-president of the County Commissioners’ association of Indiana, as general chairman in charge of arrangements. Wednesday will be given over to a program of addresses and preceding the parade Thursday, the annual business meeting and election of officers will be held. Among the speakers are Albert G. Woebbeking, president of the Indiana state highway commission; A. 11. Hinkle, chief of maintenance of the highway department; Don. Heaton, president of the engineers' association; Shirley B. Flynn, president of the highway superintendents' association; A. A. Gerton, president of the street commissioners' association, and Capt. Patrick O’Hay, lecturer and soldier of fortune, who will speak at a banquet to be held Wednesday night.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday September 25, 1928.

I Hurricane Victim N * ' I £ i Above is shown a recent picture of John Daniel Schlechter, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Schlechter, former Berne residents, who witli his parents and three sisters, was killed in the hurricane which struck Florida several days ago. The Schlechter family resided near Lake Okeechobee, in the district hardest hit by the storm. The above picture was taken last, winter by Mr. and Mrs. John Schug. of Decatur, while they were visiting the Schlechter family in Florida. Mrs. Schlechter was a niece of Mr. Schug. The picture shows how level the country is in the vicinity of La ke Okeechobee. M. E, CHURCH TO HOLD PROGRAM I Program Os Evangelism To Be Held At Local Church Wednesday Evening An extraordinary program will be given in the First Methodist church here Wednesday evening, in connection with the Foit Wayne district program of evangelism. The entire evening will be spent together by members of the local congregation. There will be a pot-luck supper, beginning at o'clock. The plan is for each family to bring a basket of food. The evening's program will begin at the tables. The program will be continued in the auditorium at 7:30 o’clock. This will enable those who can not come to the supper to hear at least two addresses and to hear am* observe the little play, given by the preachers of the Decatur sub-district, entitled, "The Christ of the Indiana Road. “This is an adaption from Luc book by Stanley Jones. The Christ of the Indian Road.” The program follows: Supper hour at 6:30. Supper Speakers J. B. Blocker, — Subject “The Joys of Christian Stewardship". N. P. Barton—" Making the Sunday School an Increasing Influence ami a Power". The 7:30 hour in Auditorium; Devotional Period—G. F. Osbun “Taking Christ at His Word" E. M. Foster “Evangelism, The Supreme Expression of the Local church in faith an.i consecration" 11. E. Forbes and A. E. Burk Playlet—"The Christ of the Indiana Road". BLACKMAILER ADMITS GUILT Court Defers Sentence Os Man Who Threatened Life Os John J. Raskob Philadelphia, Sept. 25. —(U.R) —Francis G. Mooney, who plotted to extort SIOO,OOO by blackmail from Mrs. Helena S. Raskob, wife of John J. Raskob, pleaded guilty in the quartetsessions court today. The bills charged Mooney with attempted extortion and sending letters to the wife of the Democratic national committee chairman, threatening his life. Judge McNeill deferred sentence of the aged man until William Goldberg, Mooney's alleged accomplice, could he brought into court. Goldberg has denied repeatedly any connection with Mooney and the blackmail scheme.

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FLOOD WATERS HINDER RELIEF WORK IN FLORIDA Water Not Expected to Sub-j side Before A Month; Toll Still Growing STRICKEN AREA IS DIVIDED INTO SECTORS We d Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 25.— (U.R) -Flood waters in the Everglades were swollen t< day from heavy rains that made more, difficult burial or cremation of the hundreds of exposed hurricane dead. The rain was seven- here during; th<- ti ght. For a time the city was in darkness when power lines went out. A. L. Schafer, Red Cross relief director, returned from an inspection tour of tlie hurricane ridden shores of Lake Okeechobee to report the death toll of the storm would be I more than 2.200. He estimated if would be a month before flood wat ers in the area subside. 450 Drown In One Town Schafer found that his fears regarding the little community ot Pelican Bay were borne cut. Scattered bodies led him to believe that I 450 inhabitants of the town had j been drowned. The stricken territory had been divided ioday into sectors so that relief groups could wage a health campaign to prevent epidemics. The 15,000 refugees remain free from serious illness, and sanitation in all relief camps is excellent, Schafer said. Claim County Clerk Misappropriated $2,000 Indianapolis. Sept. 25. —(U.R)—Hsing names of decreased or fictions persons. Alvin Woodward, Danville, former clerk of Hendricks circuit court, misappropriated nearly $2,000 from trust funds before his retirement. July 27. 1928, it was charged today in a report to Lawrence F. Orr, chief examiner of the state board of accounts, by field examiners. Snow Falls For Few Minutes In Chicago Today Chicago, Sept. 25. — (U.R) - Snow twirled through the canyon of Chicago's business district for a few minutes this afternoon. HOOVER TO VISIT TENNESSEE OCT. 6 G. O. P. Candidate To Speak At Elizabethton On Saturday Os Next W eek By Paul R. Mallon United Press Staff Correspondent Washington, Sept. 25 —<U.R) —Herb ert Hoover will make a swift, 31-hour round trip to Elizabethton, Tennessee next week for his southern campaign speech, according to announcement today from personal headquarters of the Republican Presidential candidate. The nominee and his personal party will leave Washington at 11 pm. Friday October 5, pausing at 9 A. M. Saturday at Bristol, Tenn., for a rear platform appearance. A m tor parade will meet him outside Elizabethton about 1 11:30 A. M. to escort him to a noonI day lunch planned by prominent TenI nessee Republicans. Plan For Large Crowd A historical pageant commemorating ’I the victory of revolutionary mountaineers at the battle of Kings Mountain will be staged in front of the speakers stand before he delivers his afternoon speech. The speech will start at 3. P. M. Arrangements have been made to . accomodate 150,000 persons ar the first . political rally a Republican Presiden- • tial candidate has staged in the solid south in recent years. Special trains . are being run from four adjoining . southern states. Concluding his speech, Hoover will . motor to Johnson City, 40 miles away to visit a large veteran’s hospital. He , will deliver a five minute speech to the veterans, boarding his special train for the return trip to Washington a- ' bout 6 P. M. He will arrive back about 6:30 A. M Sunday. Hoover has been working on his (CONTINUED ON PAGE SlX>

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Dr. Warren W. Wiant Dr. Warren W. Wiant, superintendent of the Fort Wayne district of the North Indiana Methodist Epiccopal conference, has resigned his position to accept the pastorate of tin- North M. E. church ot Indianapolis. DR. W. W. WIANT RESIGNS POST Superintendent Os Fort Wayne District Os M. E. Church Accepts Pastorate Dr. Warren W. Wiant, of Fort Wayne for the last four years superintendent of the Fort Wayne district of the Northern Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference, has resigned his position to accept the pastorate of the North M. E. church in Indianapolis. I The Indianapolis church, which is a member of the Indiana conference, has a million dollar building under construction. Dr. Wiant’s acceptance of the pastorate, which was offered to him several weeks ago, was made public yesterday when the Indiana conference assignments were made at Seymour. Name Successor Today Dr. Wiant’s resignation as superintendent of the Fort Wayne district and his transfer from the Nortli Indiana Conference is effective October 15. His successor as district superintendent will probably be named today by Bishop Blake who has called to meeting of his conference cabinet at the area ■headquarters in Indianapolis for 9 o’clock this morning. The North M. E. church <«f Indianapolis has a membership of 900. it is located in the center of a prosperous and rapidly growing residential section. Tile basement and foundation of the new edifice have been completed and the structure! steel is now being placed. Dr. Wiant has served twenty years in the Nortli Indiana conference. He served as pastor of the Warren circuit, Lagro circuit, Fortville, Newcastle and Mishawaka. He is well known in Decatur and throughout Adams county. o Attends Observance Os Jewish Feast Day Sam Brooks, local department store owner, has returned from Fort Wayne, where he attended the Jewish services at the Temple in observance of the feast of Yom Kippur. The feast observed yesterday is known as the day ot atonement. Firemen Called When Sparks Threaten Roof The fire department was called this morning to the Chad Howel resi-dence 803 North Third street. The chimney was burning out and sparks were flying over the roof and as a safeguard the firemen were called. The roof did not catch fire. 0 Junior Band To Hold’ Rehearsal Wednesday Night The Junior baud will begin their regular weekly rehearsals with a practice at the Decatur high school auditorium at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday evening. The rehearsals will be held on Monday evening, after this week, however. All members of the band are urged to attend the rehearsal Wednesday night. o Church Plans Conference Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 25.—(U.R)— The seventy-seventh annual session of the Northwest Indiana Conference, Methodist Episcopal church, will be 1 held here Oct. 2to 8. More than 250 ) ministers are expected to attend.

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LOSS PLACED AT $200,000; ORIGIN IS UNDETERMINED Factory Built By Company Os Which (iene Stratton Porter Was Member 75 EMPLOYES ARE THROWN OUT OF WORK Kendallville, Ind., Sept. 25.— i (U.R)—Eire of undetermined origiing destroyed the plant of the ; Kendallville Broom and Brush company here today. Officials estimated the damage at $200,- ; 000. ’ Fanned by a strong northwest wind, the blaze, for a time, threatened nearby factories. Seventy-five employees will be thrown out of work as result of the blaze. The loss was partially covered by insurance, officials said. The factory was established fourteen years ago with Gene Stratton Porter, famous woman author, as one lof the principal stockholders. It was Isold some time ago to a group of Pittsburgh capitalists. Officials here were unable to state whether the plant will be rebuilt, pending word from Pittsburgh 0 Court Refuses To Delay Robert Stewart’s Trial Washington, Sept. 25 —<U.R) Justice Stafford in district supreme court today refused the motion of district attorney Rover to postpone the perjurv trial of Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana set for October 8. Rover had asked delay because Senators Gerald P. Nye and Thomas J. Walsh, witnesses, will be busy making campaign speeches on tile date set for trial. Frost Warnings Are Broadcast In Indiana Indianapolis, Sept. 25. — (U.R) — Heavy frost warnings were broadcast today by the weather man, J. H. Armington. Although Indianajx.-lis and the state enjoyed a respite from the cold last night and today, it will turn cold again tonight. Armington said. A heavy frost, likely to be damaging to vegetation, will spread over the north and central portions of the state tonight, lie said. The cold wave, according to Armington, is creeping from the northwest. Light frost was reported at Wheatfie'rt. Ind. >; and Fort Wayne, Ind., today. Bank Case Goes On Trial Greenfield. Ind , Sept. 25. —(U.R) — Trial of the $1,000,000 National City bank case, brought to the Hancock circuit court here from Indianapolis on a change of venue, opened today. Stockholders of the bank, which went out of existence after a short career by Merger with another bank, are suing directors, accusing them of mismanagement. ERROR MAY FREE LEOPOLD. LOEB Will Be Eligible For Parole In Seven Years, Pardons Board Announces Chicago, Sept. 25. —(U.R)— Nathan Leopold, -ir . and Richard Loeb, slayers of little Bobby Franks, will be eligible for parole from Joliet prison in seven years, Hilton G. Claubaugh, chairman on the board of pardons ami paroles, admitted today. Loeb and Leopold were sentenced » by Judge John Kaverly to 99 years for kidnaping and to life for murder, . but through an error were not order- . ed to serve the terms consecutively, . Olabaugh said. The commitment . papers allow them to serve the 1 terms concurrently, and in such , cases the life term governs, admittj ing them to parole after 20 years. Allowance for good behavior could reduce the minimum term to 11 years and three months. Claubaugh said he detected the - error and protested against it before n the time limit of two years for mak- , ing correction had expired, but the e protest was ignored. The two "thrill I) slayers" now are on the fifth year of their sentence.