Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 29 September 1928 — Page 1

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GARAGE BURNS AT BLUFFTON; [OSS IS 530,000 Building And Contents Os Bluffton Buick Company Destroyed Today 16 automobiles CONSUMED IN FIRE Bluffton. Sept. 29.—(Special) _Fire of undetermined origin •rutted the two-story brick build- ? owned and occupied by the Bluffton Buick company, oil West Market street, early today causing a loss estimated at fIW (100. Sixteen automobiles, five’of them new ones, were destroyed in the fire. , The fire was discovered at 2 o clock this morning by John Deatn. night watchman. At that time, the entire roof was a mass of flames. The fire department responded to the alarm :nd played five streams of water on the blaze until 6 o'clock this morninr. flic firemen prevented the fire from spreading to adjoining buildings and to riding devices and other confessions along the street, which are hern for Bluffton's annual street fair. Valuable Stock Damaged The entire interior of the building was destroyed. The contents includfd a $2,500 stock of automobile tires, a $2,500 stock of automobile accessories, a $3,000 stock of radios and supplies, and sixteen automobiles. The eleven used cars destroyed ranged in value from S3OO to S7OO. J. L. Goodin, manager of the Bluff | ton Buick company, stated today that Bost of the loss was covered by inHrance. He also stated that the building would be rebuilt at au early date. o—ia.———S f Brock And Schlee Otrt To Set Endurance Record San Diego, Calif., Setpt. 29.—<U.R)— William Block and Edward Schlee, round the world flyers, took off from Rockwell field at 6:+5 a.m. today on an attempt to break the world's sustained flight record. Their Hellanca plane left the ground easily with its load of 600 gallons of gasoline. — n Geneva Man Sentenced In Jay Circuit Court Portland. Sept. 29—Albert Burris, of Geneva, was given a 60-day sentence on the state penal farm, Friday, by Judge R. i). Wheat, in the Jay circuit coart. after Burris had pleaded guilty of contempt of court. It was alleged fitat Burris failed to make payment for the support of his divorced wife, as ordeled by the court. Burris and his wife were divorced several months ago, Mrs. Burris obtaining the decree. formerbank CASHIER HELD George W. Hartnick, Form* er Cashier Os Salamonia, indicted For Conspiracy Portland, Sept. 29.—George W. Hartck ’ 56, former cashier of the FarmBank of Salamonia was arrested Hday by Deputy Sheriff Paul Ashley 1 a gland jury indictment charging ® with conspiracy to commit a fel',lt in that he appropriated certain “ s belonging to the Farmers Bank. Harntck waß brought to the 1 s office where he immediately in touch with his attorney, Frank lat eS h le tkls c ' ty ' * ew minutes _ r e a PPeared in open court and 6 bond in the sum of $2,000. He w h not a , rra!gned - latwrM * nterv * ewed a short time noth! Mr ’ Hartnlck stated that he had J 1 ?. 8 ,0 say and then added that confitle nt that there will be made out of it. SeptPmbe! iC i4 ment retUrned On tian , (llarge of this nature, if convicof fr R la d’ cair * es w *th it a sentence on ai°d' tW ° t 0 fourteen years in prisless / a fi “ e not to ex ceed $5,000 nor eBB than $25. the I p. Hartnlck s erved as cashier of March"? 6 ? bank from April 1918 t 0 is at c°> tbe p “e Be ut year. His home f 0» chlld a r *?“ nia ' He haS a Wife and March , Ha l tnlck was succeeded in ent co ’ ttl ’ P easp . who is the piaes- ‘ taßhier of the Farmers Bank.

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This intensely human phi to shows how Governor Alfred E. Smith, Democratic nominee for President, occasionally forgets his role of political leader and becomes just a pal to the younger generation. He is pinning campaign button upon hreast of youthful admirer during brief stop of his train at Billings. Montana. ,

RECIEVE URGENT APPEAL FOR AID — Local Red Cross Chapter Frged To Raise Relief Fund Quota Quickly Give to the Red Cross. Help the hurricane sufferers. An urgent appeal from James L. Fieser, vice-chairman of the American Red Cross, in charge of relief for the West India ami Florida hurricane sufferers, was received this morning by Miss Anna Winnes, secretary of the local chapter. A meeting of tfle Adams county Red Cross Relief committee, which C. E. Hell is chairman, was held this morning at the Peoples Loan and Tiust company •building, and the appeal from Mr. Fieser was read. Adams county’s quota for the relief of the flood and hurricane sufferers in $1,025. Only $214.62 has been raised so far. The victims in the hurricane and flood districts are in great need, they are suffering and the American Red Cross must do the work of providing food, clothing and shelter to the men, women and children. A few dollars from individuals, organizations and societies will do the work. The local committee determined to approtion the quota among the Decatur, Berne and Geneva districts. The following quota was fixed for these districts: District Quota Amt. Raised Geneva $l5O $ 31.00 Decatur 525 184.12 Berne 350 No reportAppeal Id Churches An appeal by the ministers of the different churches in Decatur will be made Sunday. Members of the congregations will be asked to give a dollar or two for the flood sufferers. Mr. Bell issued a special appeal to clubs, lodges, societies ami organizations to assist in the raising of the quota for Adams cdunty. These organizations are asked to donate towards the relief fund. Boxes In which contributions may be placed, are located in the three banks and at the Daily Democrat office. Contributions will also be received by Mr. Bell or Miss Winnes and turned over to the Red Cross fund. Contributions may also be sent to H. M. Gfflig, treasurer. The need for money is urgent and (CONTI'“* I EI> ON PAGE TWOI Daylight Saving Time To End At Midnight At 12 o'clock, midnight, tonight, all of Decatur will be back on one uniform time. Daylight Savings time, which has been followed in the General Electric and Decatur Cooperage factories during the summer months, will end tonight and clocks will be changed back to Centra! Standard Time. Time at Fort Wayne will also change bacjc tonight.

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Auto-Interurban Crash Kills Three At Plainfield Indianapolis. Sept. 29 —(U.R) — Two , | women and a mtfn not yet positively | identified, were killed almost instantly I today when a westbound Terre Haute i Indianapolis amt Eastern Interurban car struck their automobile near Hainfield. Ind. Cards in purses and pockets of the dead indicated they may be Mrs. Edith Lehman. Cincinnati, Ohio; Mary F. Dilding. Winchester, Ohio, and Dr. B. F. Lehman, or N. S. Lehmen, Cincinnati. The crash occured in a heavy rain. o Pirates Seize British Steamer; Kill Officers Hong Kong, Sept. 29. — (U.R) — The seizure of the British steamer Anking by pirates, and the murder of two of her officers during a desperate fight was described in dispatches received here today. Chief Officer Jones and Chief Engineer Thompson were killed and Capt. Plunkett Cole wounded. Thompson was shot dead when the pirates, who had disguised themselves as passengers, attacked the ship’s officers. o ST. LOUIS WINS LEAGUE PENNANT New York Giants Eliminated From Race By Losing To Chicago, 6-2 New York. Sept. 29—(UR>—The St. Louis Cardinals won the National League penant today. • The New York Giants were eliminated from the race by losing to the Chi<ago Cubs 6-2. Even should the Giants win frcm the Cardinals in the final game at the Polo Grounds Sunday, New Yoik would still fall a few points shy of tieing St. Louis. The Cardinals will meet the New York Yankees in the World’s Series opening at Yankee Stadium, Thursday. o — Alleged Slayer Pleads Not Guilty At Marion Marion, Ind.. Sept. 29.—(U.R)—David -B. Harvey, 67, alleged slayer of a deputy sheriff and constable, pleaded not guilty to first degree murder indictments returned when arraigned in Grant circuit court here. Frank Ury, constable, was fatally wounded when he went to the Harvey home to serve a writ of ejectment. Deputy Sheriff Fred Certain, also was fatally wounded when Harvey fired on him when he tried to force Harvey from his barricaded home. o Child Killed In Wreck Hammond. Ind., Sept. 29. — (U.R) — Fay Hammond, 7, was fatally injured when he was thrown from an automobile as it collided with another car.

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Mrs. Willebrandt To Face Congressional Inquiry New York. Sept. 29.—(U.R) —Representative lairing Black of New York lnf( rtned the United Press today that at a meeting next Friday in Washington of the house campaign fund expenditures committee of which he is a meinlier, he will seek an investigation of the campaign activities of Mabel Walker Willebrandt. assistant attorney general. Black said he would try to learn j among other things, "who Is responsible for Mrs. Willebrandt’* panic!patlcn in the Republican campaign In behalf of Herbert Hoover and : what liasis she has for the charges she is making against Governor Alfred E. Smith.” SMITH SPEAKS I AGAIN TONIGHT (Candidate Ends Western Tour In Meeting At Milwaukee This Evening — Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 29.—(U.R)--Governor Alfred E. Smith will close his western tour here tonight by opening up the issue which is foremost i in this state and which many voters are making the outstanding one over all the country -modification of the Volstead act and the eighteenth amendment. From all indications, the Democrat c candidate will end his first campaign trip here with a veritable "bang.” Milwaukee citizens received him last night by turning out almost botfly. People here said it was the greatest gathering in the history iof the city. The New York governor I waved his brown derby to a crowd which lined the streets for over two miles along Wisconsin avenue, the principal thoroughfare, their smiling faces lighted by the welcoming glow of red fire. Crowd Is Largest Yet The Democratic candidate thus ended his first tour with a dramatic cl max. for the crowd was the largest to receive him —and thb crowds have been large and boisterous all the way from Omaha, down across the wheat belt to Oklahoma City and back up again through the northwest. The size and enthusiasm of the meeting tonight. Democratic leaders (rOXTOO Fn ov »•»<;<'• two; O—, Pleasant Mills Citizens Get Their Daily Papers In Spite Os Accident Consternation reigned at the Pleasant Mills postoffice early this morning, when residents of that community, calling for their morning mail, found the usual issue of the Daily Democrat was missing. In response to their queries as to why the “Democrats didn't come out" the Postmaster was obliged to admit that an accident had occured at the Nickle Plate station when the papers were unloaded. In some way, the mail sack fell under the train and the papers within were ground to Dieces by the wheels. Only two papers were salvaged that were at all readible. But the Pleasant Mills people refused to accept this excuse and still wanted their papers, so the postmaster appealed to the Daily Democrat office for help. After searching here and there, twenty-three papers were finally gotten together here, the Pleasant Mills postmaster notified, and they were duly called for. And —-Pleasant Mills had their daily news. PLANES COMING FOR AIR CIRCUS Lieut. Cornish Announces Plans For Circus To Be Held Here October 7 Lieut. Clarence F. Cornish of Fort Wayne, was in the city yesterday, completing arrangements for the air circus to be held in Decatur on Sunday. October 7. A fleet of about 15 planes will be here, Lieut. Cornish announced. The landing field will be at the Herman Myers farm, southwest of Decatur. In connection with the Flying circus there will be parachute drops from the planes, races and interesting stunts in the air Passengers will be also carried during the air circus. Lieut. Cornish announced that he would have several planes here tomorrow and would take up passengers from the Myers field.

“KIDNAP FARM’’ IN ILLINOIS IS BELIEVED FOUND Place W here Kidnaped Boys Are Held Captive Is Reported Located OCCUPANTS FLEE AHEAD OF OFFICERS Chicago, Sept. 29. —(U.R) The "kidnap farm" where little Billy Ranieri was held captive for 13 days was believed found today. Deserted, the house, a two-story frame structure answering descripI lions given by the boy, was found at Bourbonnais, 111., 50 miles south of Chicago. The occupants, thought to be an I Italian, Andrew Cappellano, his wile and their ten children, fled Thursday, it was said. They were believed to have headed toward Canada in an automobile. Two men and a woman were arrested today at Kankakee. 111., in connection with the kidnaping case. Police refused to reveal the identity of those under arrest, or comment on their connection with the case. Tony Cappellano, Kankakee bootlegger and nephew of Andrew Cappellano, also is sought. He is Irelieved have joined the other Cappellano lam ly. house also is believed to have been used by Mafia extortionists lor prisoning other young victm-, of kidnaping and extortion plots. Dishes and food were on the table indicating the Cappellanos had left hurriedly. Assistant state's attorneys Charles J. Mueller and Samuel A. Hoffman had taken little Billy on an airplane search for the farm this week. It was thought the occupants cf the farm were frightened away when airplanes from Kankakee flew over the place Thursday. Posecutors. who held Angelo Petltti as a ringleader in the kidnaping. had declared it of utmost importance that the farm be found. It will form a link in the evidence of the prosecution, in which the death penalty, provided by Illinois law. will be asked. The house was discovered by Deputy Sheriff Don Bleau of Kankakee county who said Cappellano previously lived in Kankakee and had been known as a moonshiner. Police will take Billy, and his father, A. Frank Ranieri, wealthy sewer contractor, to the scene today for final identification of the farm. The Ranieri boy was liberated near Lockport, 111., on Sept. 19 after Judge Frank Comerford had said he would hold Petitti "as a hostage.” Capellano was described as altoiit 40 years old. 5 feet and 7 inches tall, and weighing about 250 pounds. He had curly, black hair. o —• TWO HELD FOR ANGOLA MURDER Young Woman And Man Held At Toledo In Connection With Burke Death Toledo, 0., Sept. 29.-(U.R)-A twenty-year-old woman and a man were held today pending word from Indiana. Detectives arrested the pair here in connection with the murder of Thomas Burke near Angola, Ind., about a month ago. Burke's body, riddled with bullets, was found in a bam which had been set afire. Police believe the killing of Burke was a gesture of under-world revenge. He was suspected of being an Ohio safe cracker, police said. Dr. Rayl Leaves For Ten Days Vacation Dr. C. C. Rayl left today for Rochester, Minnesota, where he will spend a vacation of about ten days at Mayo Brothers hospital. o ; Showers Forecast For First And Last Os Week Washington, Sept. 29. — (U.R) — Weather outlook for the period of Oct. 1 to Oct. 6. 1928—for the region of the Great Lakes: local showers within first half of week and again near close; otherwise fair; tempera tures near or somewhat above normal much of week.

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• I Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt, assistant United States attorney general, i wh se recent visit to Chicago is believed to have resulted in agreement - with the Republican party’s speaking - bureau that she continue to make I her characteristic . "free lance" I speeches for Herbert Hoover, despite the furore her methods have caused. > While in Chicago she declared. "I r think Mr. Smith has made prohibition - an issue." CONVENTION TO 5 BE HELD OCT. 7 3 . I St. Marys Township Sunday , Schools To Meet Together At Pleasant Mills t The St. Marys Township Sunday 1 school convention will be held Sun--1 day. October 7. at the Baptist church, ’ Pleasant Mills. A session will be . held at 2 o’clock in the afternoon J and the evening session at 7:30 o’clock. 1 Benjamin W. Teeple is president, and Kermit Bowen is secretary of the r township association. The followr Ing program has been arranged for the day. r Afternoon Session—2:oo P. M. s Song . Audience 1 Devotion Rev. Burk Piano Solo Mary Gulick t Song . Bobo Zion U. B. Church ~ Song . Audience a Address—'"The Christian Home" Rev. M. W. Sunderman Song .... Mt.. Tabor Talks ..County Officials Business Song Audience Benediction Rev. Day | Evening Session—7:3o P. M. | Song . Audience Devotion Rev. Forbes Song Pleasant Mills Baptist Church Reading Lucille Manlier ' Piano Solo Nellie Jackson Song Pleasant Mills M. E. Church I Address Rev. Harry Thompson Song Calvary Church Awarding Banner I Song Audience Benediction. o , Humane Societies Condemn | ‘Chicken’ Fights In Indiana i Indianapolis, Sept. 29.—(U.R)—Charging that “chicken’’ fights are being e held in Indiana, the Indiana Federat ion of Humane Societies adopted a a resolution condemning such action at their annual meeting here. Twentysix humane societies were represented in the two-day session which closed Friday. I The groups also adopted resolutions against the holding of rodoes and wild west shows in Indiana beII cause of the cruel and inhumane 11 treatment of animals. — o F. I). Roosevelt Declines < Nomination For Governor Rcchester. N. Y., Sept. 29 —(U.R)— 'f Franklin D. Roosevelt declined today n to accept the Democratic nomination ■s for governor of New York slate. Party u leaders hero so rthe state convention i- which opens Monday, admitted., that r- Roosevelt had refused by long distance telephone.

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SPECIAL CHAND JURY REPORTS ON ELECTION PROBE Oscar De Priest, Negro Candidate For Congress, One Os The Defendants CONSPIRACY IS CHARGE FILED Chicago, Sept. 29.— (U.R) —lndictments were returned by the special grand jury here today, naming Oscar de Priest, negro Republican candidate for representative in congress. Daniel Jackson, negro politician, and several other men in connection with the jury’s investigation of election day violences and crime. Patrick Brady, police lieutenant, and eight other men also were named. The men are charged with conspiracy. The indictments charge that collections were made from gambling and vice houses on the south side for contributions to the political campaigns. It was declared that the money was used by the Thompson-Crowe-Galpin faction. Jackson was appointed to the commerce commission a short time ago. He has been a leader of the negro vote on the south side. De Priest was chosen as the Republican candidate for congress to succeed the late Representative Martin B. Madden. o POLITICS ON THE AIR New York, Sept. 29. —(U.R) —A coast-to-coar.t radio network will broadcast Governor Smiths Milwaukee campaign address tonight. Six of the stations ate on the Pacific coast and two in the Rocky mountain section. The Democratic presidential candidate will begin his speech at 9 p. in., cetitral standard time and continue for an hour. Stations broadcasting include WJR. Detroit. WI.W, Cincinnati. KYW, Chicago, KWK, St. Louis, and WTMJ, Milwaukee. Another in the series of radio talks sponsored by the Republican national committee will be heard over the WJZ network of the National Broadcasting company from 7 to 7:30 central standard time. o Three Men Break Jail At Columbia City Today Columbia City Sept. 29-(U.R)- -Three men escaped front the county jail here sometime late last night or early today, police reported. The men. BenjaYnin Smith. Walter Shephard and Everett Scott, failed to answer the breakfast call and were later discovered to have escaped. The Sheriff and a posse were reported to be seat t hing for the missing men. MINE PARLEY IS ADJOURNED Conference At Terre Haute Scheduled To Be Resumed Tuesday Morning Terre Haute. Ind.. Sept. 29. —(U.R)— The Indiana coal mining wage parley, in session here for the past two weeks, stood adjourned today until Tuesday morning. District No. 11 United Mine Workers of America scale committee will meet Monday morning to hear a report, it is believed, from miner representatives on the parley subcommittee of the work thus far accomplished. Miners Hold Mass Meeting Oakland City, Ind., Sept. 29.—(U.R) —Five hundred union coal miners in a mass meeting here voted unanimously against any reduction of wages. Representatives of workers and mine owners are new negotiating at Terre Haute in an effort to fix a new Indiana wage scale and notice of the action here was sent to the parley. • Those at the meeting were from eighteen local unions, representing . indirectly several thousand mine •• workers in Gibson, Pike, Warrick and 1 Vanderburgh counties. y A resolution expressing opposition n to a cut in pay then declared the t wages under the Jacksonville agreei- ment, $7 50 daily and SI.OB a ton for loading, is fair.

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