Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1928 — Page 1

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hrmer-labor nominee quits TO HELP SMITH - • Dr H. 0. Alexander, VicePresidential Nominee, Withdraws From Race SMITH IS RECEIVING MANY TELEGRAMS Charlotte. N. C, Sept. 26—(UR) Dr. H o Alexander, in a telegram to the headquarters of the Farmer-Labor party at Denver, -formally withdrew a . tile party’s vice-presidential candidate, saying that lie chose to support •he candidacy of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York. Alexander, for years an active fig- | are in fanners’ activities of his slate, condemned the Farmer-I-abor platform for "a plank width seeks to discredit the Catholic church, and of course, is i thiust at Governor Smith. I was not a Smith supporter before the convention but 1 am new." h' said. "A hundred or more facts and logical conclusions could be given to back up my position that Smith js by long odds the better candidate." Smith Speeds Eastward Aboard Governor Smith’s special train enroute to Minneapolis, Sept. 26-<U.P./ — Governor Alfred E. Smith traveled eastward today with the impression that the outstanding speech of his campaign in the west was the one he delivered at Oklahoma City denouncing the "whispering cam paign,” t • "I've gotten mote telegrams of approval on the Oklahoma City speech than any other,’’ he said today. "They have come in from all parts of the country, from California to Vermont, from Florida to Seattle, straight across the country.’’ The special campaign train was moving today across Worth Dakota With the first stop scheduled at Mandan. There, Governor Walter Maddox was to join the train. Maddox was elected on the republican ticket but is running for re-election as the regular nominee of the Democratic party. Smith will resume his campaign with a speech Thursday night at St. r’aul, following a reception at Minneapolis. He said he had not decided exactly what subject he would discuss there, hut began to gather his material today. The Democratic candidate will put on his brown derby, symbol of his campaign, again at Milwaukee. Meanwhile. he is wearing the grey Fedora, a becoming hat, loaned him by his multi-millionaire friend, William F. Kenny. It gives him the appearance of a prosperous inhabitant of this western country. Governor Smith left the train at Butte yesterday and headed a parade through the copper mining center, which had declared a holiday for his 'iait. So enthusiastic was his reception in the state that he is confident he will carry It. o To Prepare Budget Oct. 3 Indanapolis, Sept. 26. —(U.R)-The 1,J 29 budget of the state charities board will be prepared October 3 at a board meeting in Secretary John A- Brown's office here, it was announced today. LOCAL ROTARIANS VISITPORTLAND Twelve From Here Attend Inter-City Meeting Os Rotarians, Tuesday Twelve of the Decatur Rotarians at111 ed ;.n Inter-city meeting of Rotary in'* o, at Port ' an d, last evening. Dur8 afternoon - a golf tournament At . at lhe T’ortland Country Chib. t h ',, 0 c ' oc k, a dinner was served in '"’j 1 * rooin 0( the club house, sent*" ,llan 100 R°* ar 'ans being f>renrs«n<l A ' Allen > assistant to the tinn Y Os General Motors corporaanrt’n . y ered un address on “Trends Allen °. lt , C Bln Modern Business". Mr. busin SU ' Ba won^erfu ' talk on modern bUBi-i/ 8 ’ toucbin 8 on the automobile Amei-u 8 . and Phaaomenal growth of ed an nto Breat industries. He plcturProvidin lmistlc tutur e for all business to the n K ? a ° h business adapt Itself titinn ? . n way of meeting compewer th n u condlti °ns. So impressed an effo,. Y, ar ‘ alls wltl > his talk that Allen tn,'. " “ ue made to secure Mr. “ ea f or an address here.

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Democrats Speak For Hoover. Republicans For Smith, In Lions Debate A debate on the question, "resolved. that Hoover would make a better president than Smith," in which Democrats spoke in behalf of Hoover and Republicans foi Smith, provided much amusement at the weekly meeting of the Lions Club. Tuesday evening. The debate was extemporaneous. Norbert Holthouse had charge of the program for the evening and he gave a short talk on the business of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., of which he»ls secretary. THAW. MORRIS RETURN HOME 11 —• Injured Air Racers Bid Farewell To Decatur And Return To Pittsburgh Well on the road to recovery from the injuries they sustained when their ail plane crashed in a forced landing near Geneva, Sept. 13. Col. William Thaw, 11, and Captain John P. Morris. non-stop transcontinental air racers, bid farewell to the Adams County Memorial hospital and to Decatur, Tuesday evening, and departed for their homes. Today, they were resting in their own beds in Pittsburgh. The two injured aviators were removed from the local hospital to the Pennsylvania railroad station in Fort Wayne yesterday evening in the Lobenstein and Hower and the Zwick and Myers ambulances. They left here at 7:15 o’clock and arrived at the station about 8:45 o’clock. The traip left Fort Wayne at 9:15 o'clock and was due to arrive in Pittsburgh at 6:15 o'clock this morning Accompanying the tilers from this city to Fort Wayne, were their nurse, tylrs. William Bowers. Mr. Bowels, Dr. C. C. Rayl and daughter Helen Miss Emily Crist. L. C. Waring. Robert Meibers and the fliers’ wives. Mrs. Thaw and Mrs. Morris also accompanied their husbands to Pittsburgh The trip from Decatur to Fort Wayne was made without incident and neither of the injured men appeared to have suffered any discomfort. They were carried into the station on stretchers and taken upstairs to the tracks on an elevator. After reaching the steps of the train, the fliers were placed on a kitchen chair, to which had been fastened four I handles, and they were then carried aboard the train, where they were I placed on cots, arranged in drawing rooms on the train. Owing to his | large stature. Col. Thaw suffered some pain in being placed aboard the train. Both Thaw and Morris were liberal with their praise for Decatur hospi- . tality and the treatment they received from the physicians and nurses at the hospital here. Both expressed a desire to return to Decatur to visit their friends at some future date. Col. Thaw is suffering from a dislocation of the right hip. and Capt. Morris from a fracture of the pelvis bone and a dislocation of the collar bone. They probably will be confined to their beds for two or three weeks yet before they are permitted to walk on crutches. A telegram received this morning by Miss Crist at the hospital, stated that the filers and their wives had reached their homes about 6:30 o’clock this morning and had stood the trip in fine shape. — — o — Many To Attend K. Os C. Banquet Monday Evening Many reservations have been made for the dinner to be served Monday even ng at 6:30 o clock at the K. of C! hall by the Decatur Knights of Columbus. Adrian Wemhoff, grand knight of the local council stated to- ■ day that all reservations should be ' made by Friday. Tickets are only fifty cents each. Following th# banquet, the election of officers will be ■ held. 1 oEfforts To Impeach City Officials Are Blocked t 111 ll* Evansville, Ind., Sept. 26 —<U.R>—Efi forts to impeach five city officials here . have been blocked temporarily at least i by granting of a temporary restraining • order in their behalf against the city t council Final hearing in the case is ■ set for Friday before Judge Durre in i Superior court. f The accused officials are police - chief Anderson, license officer BartI left, and safety board members Popp, t Leonard and James. Misfeasance in al- . leged in connection with vice conditions.

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Irving Berlin To Make Radio Debut Tonight On Political Broadcast Card Chicago, Sept. 26.—(U.R)—A Smith political rally with Irving Berlin mak ing his radio jjebut is tji? chief feature on tonight's political broadcasting card. A nationwide network of the National Broadcasting company, head ed by WEAF and extending to the Pacific coast will put the program on the air. Stage favorites will entertain, with Willie Collier as master of ceremonies, for a half hour, beginning at 8:30 p. m. central standard time. Berlin is to feature several campaign songs which lie wrote especially for the Democratic presidential campaign. MEXICO HAS NEW PRESIDENT Emilio Portes Gil, Lawyer, Elected Provisional President Tuesday Mexico City, Sept. 26—(U.R>~Emilio Portes Gil, square-jawed sportsman and lawyer, stands at the head of the government of Mexico today at the comparatively y’outhtul age ol 37 years. It took the joint session of the senators and deputies only 25 minutes to elect Portes Gil provisional president yesterday, for his was the only name printed upon the ballots that were distributed to the members of congress. Two hundred and seventy.seven votes were cast. Portes Gil has pledged himself to carry on the policies of President Calles, whose cabinet he headed as minister of the interior. He also is governor of Tamaulipas, a state , bounded on the north by Texas and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. • Portes Gil will take office on De- ’ cember 1; quitting his post as minl ister of the interior two weeks before the inauguration. He will be , provis onal president until February .5, 1930. A constitutional president will be elected on the third Sunday , in .November, 1929. Since early manhood. Portes Gil has been active in Mexico’s changing and violent political scene. His elevation to the presidency was made I possible by the assassination of President-elect Obregon, who was ■ slain by Jose De Toral. > Portes Gil is a reformist and put - through a prohibition law that virI tually dtove saloons out of Tamauii- ' pas. He is an ardent swimmer and ' horseback rider and never drinks or 1 smokes. When the members of congress, ’ meeting in secret session, walked to ’ the front of the chamber and dropped - their ballots into the box, they were ’ voting for a man said to have been (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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B. 0. P. AVOIDS LIQUOR FIGHT Party Leaders Decide To Keep Hands Off Mrs. Willebrandt’s Campaign Chicago, Sept. 26—(U.R)—Mrs. Mabe]! Walker Willebrandt, assistant U. S. • attorney general, will continue speak- ' ing in the interest of the Republican 1 campaign, it was announced today by Congressman Walter Newton, director ' of the speakers’ bureau of the Republican campaign headquarters here Newton explained that Mrs. Willebrandt had been speaking as a regular campaign speaker cf the party, but ' added that some of her speeches were Washington. Seipt. 26.— (U.R) The inner circle of the Hoover-Curtis campaign organization here has decided to keep hands off the prohibir tion campaign waged against Gov. ’ Alfred E. Smith by Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney general, it was learned authori- ( <>' I’KiF. TWOI 22 HOUSES BURN ATNEWALBANT 1 J Spectacular Fire Threatens Half Os City; Wind Spreads Blaze ’ New Albany., Ind., Sept. 26-(U.R) — Twenty-two families were homeless tos day as result of a spectacular fire ’ which for a time threatened to sweep ; half the city yesterday 1 According to firemen, the blaze originated in the home of Cora Johnson ' and whipped by a northwest wind, it ' rapidly spread to nearby dwellings. ' Sparks carried by thb wind were bes lieved to have ignited a trustle cf the f Southern railway, which was afire simt ultaneously with the houses in the f business district. An incomplete check said approxi--1 mately twenty-two families, mostly ; negroes, were made homeless by the - blaze. s Four firemen were injured while f combatting the blaze, they were: John 9 Grocne, 35, slightly hurt when he fell into a ditch; Levi Ferguson. 45, Earl t Elliott. 45. and John Fiecock, 29, .. burned about the face, neck and arms Fire departments from Louisville. 1 Ky., Clarksville, Ind., and Jefferson- ,, ville Ind., aided the local department in fighting the flames. Policeman aided by Boy Scout paj trols were in charge of the stricken ( district today to prevent further looting of partially damaged homes Two 9 men were taken into custody last J night for alleged theft during the blaze.

SMITH SPEECHES I TO BE BROADCAST I Speeches At St. Paul And Milwaukee To Start At 9 P. M„ Central Time According to a telegram received today by the Daily Democrat from the Democratic national committee* New York City, Governor Alfred E. Smith, Democratic candidate fur president, will deliver his St.l’aul and Milwaukee spee< lies at 9 o'clock p. m. central standard time, which is Decatur time. | Governor Smith will deliver his . speech in St. Paul on Thursday evening. His Milwaukee speech will be delivered Saturday night, September 29. Due to a confusion in time, many people did not hear Governor Smith's ! speech at Helena. Montana, last Mon I day. Botli tile St. Patti and Milwaukee j speeches will lie broadcast and radio listeners are invited to tune in. The speeches will be received at Democratic headquarters in tlie rooms above the Daily Democrat office in | this city and a cordial invitation is extended to everyone to drop in and hear the dear and outspoken addresses by the fearless leader of Democracy. Governor Smith will return to New York after delivering the Milwaukee speech. He will have made six speeches on his west ami northwest tour He intends to make another tour next month ami his itinerary calls for speeches in Cleveland. Indianapolis, Chicago, St. Louis and probably one or two other important cities. The tentative date for his Indianapolis speech has been set for October 24 and several Adams county people are planning to go to the capital city to see and hear the Democratic presidential candidate. Final arrangements have not been made for his visit to Inaia na polls. The Chicago Tribune carried a story today of the strenuous ca.apaign to be made in Illinois by Governor Smith, sentiment for the Democratic candidate growing in that state every day. Republican leaders admit that Governor Smith lias a chance to carry the state. Dissatisfaction among the farmers in the down state districts and toe fact that Smith is very popular in Chicago, gives evidence of the reaction towards the New York governor in Illinois. Besides the speech to be delivered by Gov. Smith in Chicago, Senator James Reed, of Missouri, Mayor James Walker, of New York city, and several other noted orators will deliver addresses in the state. BRIDGE TO BE 300 FEET LONG Contract For New Bridge Over Wabash River Near Geneva To Be Let Oct. 2 The new bridge over the Wabash river on state road No. 27, near Geneva, for which the contract will lie let on October 2, will be 300 feet in length,, according to word giVen out by the state highway commission. This will be the largest of 18 bridges for which contracts will be let October 2. The state road is being relocated between Berne and Geneva. The new route will be east of the present one. l Tt is said, and will follow closely alongside the Pennsylvania railroad tracks. It is planned to build a high grade through the lowland along the Wabash river, and construct a long bridge, so that flood waters from the river will not inundate the road. The present road is often flooded, causing traffic to be suspended until the water subsides. Since the river bridge is to be constructed within the next year, it is believed that the new route will be improved in the near future, also. • o Two Prisoners Escape From State Reformatory Pendleton, Ind., Sept. 26 —(U.K) —P° lice today searched for Dorman CoghiT 24, and Fred Gathers, 23, who escapee from the Indiana State Reformatorj here yesterday. The men are believed to have escap ■ ed in a large truck, which was. fount i later at Ingalls, Ind., Coghill was sen fenced to the reformatory from Evans • ville, to serve from one to J.en yean for vehicle taking; Gather was sen : to the institution from Bedford, Ind. on the same charge.

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Father, .lust Out Os Prison, Asks That His Son Be Sent To Jail South Bend, Ind., Sept. 26.—<U.R)“Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick, of the northern Indiana district, today granted the plea of Tom Deshone, Elkhart, Ind., that th latter's son. Terrance, 21, be sent to jail in an attempt to curb his drinking proclivities. The elder Deshone recently completed a term in Leavenworth prison for prohibition law violations and declared he believed a jail sentence , would be an effective cure for his son, who was under suspended sentence for liquor law violation and drunken i driving. HASSELL, CRAMER TO RETURN SOON Rockford, Illinois, Fliers To Sail From Denmark On October 4 Chicago, Sept. 26. —(U.R) —Bert 11. J Hassell and Parker D. Cramer, who will sail from Copenhagen October 4. will reach New York City October 15, the Scandinavian-American line announced here today, The Rockford fliers will be aboard the liner Frederick VIII. Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 26.— Hj p) — Bert Hassell anil Parker D. Cramer, the Rockford, 111., fliers who were rescued after a forced landing in Greenland, arrived today aboard the steamer Fulton. They were greeted by H. Percival Dodge, United States minister to Denmark, and the Danish polar expert, Peter Freuchen. Hassell said in an interview that upon his return to the United States, 1 he would try to arrange for the financing Os another attempt to fly across the Atlantic in 1929. > Hassell and Cramer announced they • would sail for New York aboard a Scandinavian-American liner on Oct. ■ ' 4. , The reception to the two fliers was | ' | comparatively quiet. About 200 per- ’ i sons were at the quay. Despite the 1 ! adverse weather on the way from ' : Ivictut, Greenland, the steamer made ’ 1 good time. i The program of the fliers here in--1 eludes a luncheon by the newspaper ' Politiken. Hassell surprised the Danes by his fluent command of the Swedish lang1 uage. ‘ In an interview, he said he expected to be able to recover the scientific instruments and engine from his plane, the Greater Rockford, which was left on the ice in Greenland. —o 1 I Dr. J. S. Coverdale I Is Seriously 11l Dr. J. S. Coverdale, dean of Adams county’s doctors, lies seriously ill at • his apartment in the Schafer building. Dr. Coverdale took ill Monday and a bladder infection has developed. aggravated by chronic asthma and i bronchitis. He was in a stupor y esterday, but aroused this morning and . showed a little improvement. Dr. l Coverdale will be 80 years old next t February and has practiced medicine in Adams county rnoYe than 50 years. ; i-o Former Decatur V\ oman Is 111 At Fort Wayne ' Mrs. Robert Garard and daughter ’ Patsy returned home today, front s Fort Wayne, where Mrs. Garard has 1 been assisting in the care of her 1 niece, Mrs. Arlow Humbarger, who is B seriously ill. Mrs. Humbarger. who 8 was formerly Miss Helen Wilhelm of e this city, suffered an attack of e ntoinaine poisoning on September 2. " caused by eating ice-cream. She was r terribly ill following that, and had not entirely recovered when tousilitis set in on September 16, causing serious complications. Mrs. Humbarger was removed to the Lutheran hospital this morning, for medical care and treatment. She is now suffering from acidosis cf the stomach rr and acute gastritis. U. S. Sends Replies To n Great Britain And France d y Washington, Sept. 26 —(U.R)I—America’s 1 —America’s replies to Great Britain and p- France on naval arms question wen d sent to the American embassies it n- London and Paris today, It was learner s- in an authoratitatively quarters The •s replies will be delivered to the foreigr it offices of the two governments shortly 1., after they are reclved by tlie embas sies.

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ACTION TAKEN BY LEAGUE OF NATIONS TODAY League Unanimously Approves “General Act” For Settling Disputes EXPECTED TO AID CAUSE MATERIALLY Geneva, Sept. 26.—(U.R)—A concertled move for world security and | peace was made today by the ninth I assembly of the league of nations today. It was the final important action of the session now closing, and | perhaps its most tangible accomI plishment. The assembly unanimously a/pprovled a "general act” respecting arbitration, conciliation and the Pacific settlement of disputes. The general act constituted the league’s final work for security. Coupled with the Kellogg anti-war treaty, it was counted on to remove the last pretext of “insecurity” as a j reason for a nation's refusal to disai m. Much Like Geneva Protocal The act embodies the majority of the principles of the defunct Geneva protocol and is a result of the past year’s work of the league’s security commission. It embraces three model unilateral treaties on the Pacific settlement of disputes and model bilateral treaties on the same subject, providing for mutual assistance and non-aggres-sion. The league will submit the general act at once to all member nations. It will be accompanied by a recommendation that nations who feel their security threaetned undertake at once the negotiation of the model treaties outlined in the act, on either a collective or separate basis. The assembly adjourned after toI day's proceedings The assembly also adopted a resolution today urging all states which have not yet done so to sign the optional clause of the world court protocol accepting the court's obligatory jurisdiction over all juridicial disputes. O Man Held At Fort Wayne Wanted bv Ohio Authorities ' Columbus. 0., Sept. 26.—(U.R)—The governor of Indiana today was asked bv Gov. Donahey to order the extradition of Charles Worrell, so that he may be returned from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Kenton. Ohio, to answer a forgery charge. Worrell, under the name of Mcßride, is alleged to have j forged a check on the First American I Bank and Trust company of Lima. 0., May 10, 1927. —o Alleged Fugitive Released Greeley. Colo., Sept. 26. —(U.R) — Greeley police announced today that they had released Don McCoole, who I surrendered here yesterday and said :he had escaped from the state reI formatory at Pendleton, Ind. The local officials said they received a telegram from Michigan City, Ind., authorities that McCoole was not wanted. His release followed. — — -o SCOUT COURT OF HONOR TO MEET ■ ’ Merit Badges To Be Awarded To Several Decatur Scouts October 2 • I Merit badges will be awarded to ■ several Decatur Boy Scouts at a meet- ; ing of th,e Scout Court of Honor, to - be held Tuesday evening, October 2. t The Court of Honor was scheduled 1 to meet on September 25, but the ’- meeting was postponed. i So far, four Scouts have made application for merit badges at the Court of Honor on October 2. They are: Robert Hite, who will receive badges in bird study, civics, pathfinding, pioneering; Robert Heller who will i_ receive badges in bird study and life ( ] saving; Harry Dailey, who will Yee ceive badges in life saving and marksu manship; and James Burk, who will q receive badges in bird study, craftse manship 1 nleather, handicraft and n pioneering. y Several other boys plan to get their s- second class badges and will turn in their applications Saturday.

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