Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 233, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1928 — Page 1

WEATHER Mostly fair tonight and Wednesday. Slightly cooler tonight. Risln o temperature Wednesday north and central portions.

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ASK COUNTY TO PROVIDE ROUTE FOR ROAD N 0.27 liiirh way Commission Seeks Right-Of-Way For Rerouting Road At Berne right-of-way cost NOT DETERMINED The board of countv commissioners was asked th i s morning to provide the righi-(f-wav for (he proposed new .•ate road between Berne and Geneva, the county paying the costs in connection with the purchase of land necessary to make the new route. Frank Winchell, right-of-way agent for the Indiana State highway commission. and W. I). Cross. Jr., of Geneva, representing the Adams county better roads associat on, appeared before the board. Mr. Winchell provided a blue print of the proposed route and explained the matter to the county commissioners. To Change Route It is proposed to change the route of the state road between Berne and Geneva. At Berne, instead of going about a mile west and then picking up the Geneva road, state road No. 27, would start west of the Mennonite church, making a rounded curve to what is called the Gerlier road. From the termination of the Gerber road, a new road, about three miles in length, would be constructed. Mr. Cross stated that much of this' territory was waste land. No estimate of the cost could be given by the men, and the commissioners requested that the Better Roads association secure an estimate of the cost and furnish it to them by Fiiday. They will meet again Friday and dispose of the matter. The new bridge to be built by the state highway department will be erected on the proposed route. Bids are being received today by the state highway commission. The bridge will span the Wabash river, about onehalf mile east of the present bridge and about two and one-half miles south of Berne. Bids For Bridges The county commissioners awarded contracts today for building two ■mall bridges in Washington township. Yost Bros., were awarded the contract tor the Heimafr bridge, on their bid of $974. Ralph M. Ernst was awarded the contract on the Kintz bridge on Tils bid of $696. These were the only'bidders on the improvements. Infirmary Supply Bids *^ s her and Harris company (CONTINUED ON" PAGE TWO) POPULATION OF CITIES COMPUTED Indianapolis Population I s Estimated At 382,100; Fort Wayne, 105,300 Washington, Oct. 2. —• (U.P) — Esti®ates Os July 11 1928 population in -•<’ cities that had more than 30,000 inhabitants at the 1920 census were made public today bv the census bureau. 111 the case of most cities, the mteau bases its estimate on the assumption that the annua Hncrease a Population since the 1920 census 'as been the same as the average an"uaMncrease between 1910 and 1920. - ,r< lTnv»nn <>v m m

Gene And Mary To Be Married On Wednesday

Thomas B. Morgan nited Press Staff Correspondent Korne, Oct. 2—(U.R)—The marriage '• lene Tunney and Miss Mary Jose’l ne Lauder has been set for tomorrow. The civil ceremony will be held at P in. and the religious the same e.f- --' noon, it was announced today, unney will go to confession tonight Preparation for the sacrament of . la r ! m °ny. A special dispensation ‘ s been obtained to permit him to m arry a non-Cathollc. Arrive In Rome Today an i°n) e ’ ° Ct ' 2 —^.R) —Gene Tunney 1 his fiancee, Miss Mary Josephine

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To Receive Red Hal ||r x w Nt r -Xi at fIK. I • ■ Win »' ‘ ’ MBH r •- • ' Mgr. Pietro Fumasoni-Bioni, apostolic delegate to Washington, who. Rome dispatches say, is scheduled to ' be made a cardinal at the consistory to l»e held in October or November. DAN M. NIBLICK . HEADS K. OF C. Ninety-two Members Attend Meeting And Banquet Os Order Monday Night Dan M. Niblick, 1 cal dry goods ■merchant, was elected grand knight of the Knights of Columbus, at the annual meeting of the Decatur council held last evening at tile K. of C. hall. A dinner at which 91 members were seated ut the lables, preceded the lodge meeting and election of officers. Tables were arranged in the lodge ro in and a fine chicken dinner was prepared by the women. A three-couise dinner was served. x Adrian Wemhoff, grand knight, presided as temporary chairman and, after .welcoming the council members, turned the program over to Martin J. Mylott. who acted as tcastmaster. A musical program was given by Mrs. ; L. A. Holthouse and Miss Charlotte I Niblick. Miss Mary Neptune gave several recitations. Short talks were made by W. A. Klepper, John Carmody. Rev. Father J A Seimetz and Rev. Father Joseph A. Hession. Other officers besides Mr. Niblick. ‘ who were elected last night were: H. P. Schmitt, deputy grand knight; John Starost. recording secretary; Robert Meibers, treasurer; Herman Ulman, warden; Frank Braun, advccate; August Heiman, chancellor; Herman Yager, trustee, re-elected; Robert Miller inner guard; Patrick Costello, outer guard. The appointment of a financial secretary will be made by the board of trustees, the other two members being Dynois Schmitt and Joe Laurent. M. J. Mylott and Joe Laurent were elected delegates to the national convention. In a guessing contest, F. J. Colchin won the prize for guessing the number nearest to the number of men present and Clem Lengerich won the prize for guessing the number of votes received by the grand knight. Mr. Lengerich’s guess was 48 votes, which was the correct number received. The meeting was one of the finest ever held by the council and the new officers plan to hold several interesting meetings throughout t lie winter season. Announcement was made that an initiation of tlie Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus would be held in Indianapolis on October 14. Several from here are planning to attend the event.

Lauder, arrived in Rome today from Naples, after leading newspapermen a chase across the Italian countryside. Arrangements for their wedding are complete but the former world heavyweight chumpion and his bride-to-be foiled all efforts of outsiders to learn the time or place. Miss Lauder arrived at Naples aboard the S. S. Saturnia during the night and was greeted by Tunney. Because of quarantine regulations, they were not able to be reunited until this morning. Both gave news(CONTINI’ED ON PAGE EIGHT)

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LARGE CROWD EXPECTED TO HEAR PARKER Delegations Coming From Ail Parts Os County For Meeting Friday Night G. E. BAND ENGAGED TO GIVE CONCERT — Tlie Decatur General Electric band of 25 pieces will give a concert preceding the Democratic county meeting in this city Friday night, October 5, when Hon. John M. Parker, former Governor of Lcuisana, will open the campaign in Adams county with an address in the circuit court room. The band will give a concert at 6:45 o’clock in ftont of the court house and when Governs Parker and his party elite’’ the court house, the band will play several pieces in the court room. Dore -B. Erwin, local attorney, will preside as chairman of the meeting i and introduce Mr. Parker. The famous southern orator and statesman will deliver his address at 7:30 o'clock. (’. O. Porter, owner of the Decatur Cooperage c mpany, who spent several years in Louisiana, managing one of the mills owned by the late John W. Vail, met Governor Parker in Delhi, Louisiana. He stated that he is an orator of note and cne of the most prominent business men in the state. Delegations from all over the county are expected at the meeting. Residents from Berne, Geneva and Monrce have sent word that they were coming here f.r the big meeting and delegations from everyone of the 12 townships are expected here. Governor Parker conies to Decatur from Ligonier, where he delivers an address Friday afternoon. On Saturday night he speaks.in Crawfordsville, A cordial invitation' is extended to everyone to attend the meeting. Taken To Sanitarium Mrs. Emerson Bennett, of this city, ■ was removed to the Irene Byron sanitarium, near Fort Wayne, in the Lob enstein and Hower ambulance this afternoon She will undergo medical ■ treatment there. o TREND TOWARD SMITH NOTED Many Adams County Farm--1 ers Swing To Support Os Democratic Candidate Five weeks from today one of the . greatest presidential elections in the . history of the country will be in proI gross and, for 12 hours, party workI ers will be busy trying to get every eligible voter to the polls. In the past week, tliert* has been a [ considerable drift towards Gov. Alfred E. Smith in Adams county, on account of his sincerity toward farm relief , Governor Smith in his Omaha and St. . Paul speeches, discussed the farm . question and told his audience, in- . eluding those who listened in on the I radio, that he favered the immediate . enactment of legislation beneficial to , the farmer. Governor Smith’s statement on the farm question has arroused great In- , terest in farmers throughout the county. In Adams county, a number of . prominent farmers have changed their political preference and boldly state that they are going to vote for Gover- > nor Smith. Last Saturday, several sari mers called at Democratic headquarl teis and expressed their views on the > farm question and made the statement that they were going to work for - Smith. They like his bold and fearless way of stating his stand on the farm and other important issues. They believe, like hundreds of others, that if Governor Smith is defeated, remedial | legislation for the farmer will be ’’killed’’ in the next session cf congress. One farmer stated, “I have al--1 ways been a Republican and expected 1 to vote the same way this year, but • since Governor Smith has been making his speeches 1 am convinced that it is to the interest of the farmer to vote the Democratic ticket. We all know that seme sort of legislation should bs passed for the farmer. It’s natural to ’ believe that if Hoover wins, carrying Indiana and other corn belt and farm ’ states, the tendency will be to drop farm legislation”. In several localities, reports come in that farmers are organizing with the purpose of carrying their tight to the ’ ballot box and expressing their opinion by voting for Governor Smith.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 2, 1928.

Mexico’s President 7 ■ 1 v •/ e 'W * Z ■■ ■ / An excellent portrait of Emilio Portes Gil. who was chosen provisional president of Mexico to succeed P. Elias Calles. He will remain in office until next year, when an election will be held. DECATUR MEN IN ACCIDENT Heine Gass And Harry Sheets Hurt In Auto Wreck At Celina, Ohio Heine Gass and Harry Sheets, both of this city, were injured in an autc--1 mobile accident which occurred Sunday night in Celina, Ohio, when the Ford touring car they were driving, crashed into a telephone pole at the curve of West Livingston stieet, near the Celina high school building. The car, driven by Gass, was coming into Celina from the east, and. according to a story published by the Celina Daily Standard,” was traveling so fast that Gass was unable to keep the car in the street. The rear end of the Ford skidded sideways to the tight, jumped the cuib and hit the pole squaiely in the middle of the car, breaking the pile off cleanly at the bottom and totally wrecking the car. “The Ford, due to the back end skidding around, hit the pole almost squarely with the right side cf the body, crumpling and mashing in the entire right side of the tunning board and body, while the front seat was bent and smashed badly. The top was torn almost off and completely wrecked, while both tear wheels were broken dewn from the crash against tlie curb. The windshield was shattered, scattering glass all over the lawn and street. "The two men received some rather bad injuries. Gass received a broken nose and two fractured ribs, and was badly biuised by the terrific impact against tlie pole. His companion, Sheets, was in even worse condition. His leg was thought to be fractured, while his left arm was broken at the elbow, and his face seriously cut by flying glass. Sheets was taken to his home, but Gass remained in town to look after the remains of his Ford which was taken to the Siler garage. “Gass seems to be rather fond of doing this tiick, as it is said that three yeais ago, he wrecked a car even worse at the very same spot and in the same manner and broke off the pole that stood in the same place as the one he crashed into Sunday." Dual Service For World’s Series The Daily Democrat has made arrangements to give complete and speedy service to its patrons dur ng the World’s baseball series between the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals, starting at Yankee Stadium, New York, Thursday. Complete play-by-play reports will be furnished by the United Press over the leased wire running into the Daily Democrat office. Fans may learn the score at any time during the games by telephoning the Daily Democrat, No. 1000. Within a few minutes after the end of each game, the Daily Democrat will be on the strtJets with a complete account, of the game. The games in New York will start at 1:30 P.M. (Eastern standard time), while those in St. Louis will get under way at 1:30 P.M. (Central standard time). Follow the World's series through the Daily Democrat. ■ -

BERNE BOOSTS RELIEF FUND TO $602.62 TODAY Town Sends .In Donations Totaling $327; Other Contributions Made Here BENEFIT MOVIE SHOW PLANNED With' donations totalling $327 sent in from Berne, the total of tlie fund being raised by the Adams County chapter cf tlie American Red Cross for tlie relief of hurricane sufferers in F.orida and Porto Rico, today mounted to $602.62. The quota for the county is $1,025. This was the first report receive! from Berne since the first appeal for funds was made several days ago. hut that community is near its quota already. The relief committee .of the Red Cross chapter divided the county's quota among the Decatur. Herne and Geneva districts as follows: Decatur. $525; Berne, $350; and Geneva. $l5O. Sam Shamp, local agent for the [Nickel Plate railroad company, announced today that, in view of the emergency existing, several railroad lines, including the Nickel Plate system. have agreed to handle free of charge all shipments of supplies for the hurricane victims in the south, providing such shipments are made by the Red Cross and consigned to the Red Cross in Florida or Porto Rico. The contributions to the local Red Cross fund reported today were as follows: Previous donations $264.62 Ocie Shrimp 1.50 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ramseier 1.50 Friend 50 Mary I. Baker 2.50 Katherine & Frederick Shroyer 1.00 Ed Adler .... 2.00 Marilynn Wherry Clem .50 Hattie C. Wherry 1.00 Berne, Indiana 327.50 Total $602.62 A benefit picture show f.r the Flofi(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) LYCEUM NUMBERS ARE ANNOUNCED Program For Evening Star Festival, Oct. 13-16, Is Made Public The program for the Evening Siar Festival, to be given here November 13, 14, 15 and 16 under the auspices of tlie Decatur Lions Club, has just been received here. Four evenings of high class entertainment is assured local citizens. The program will be given in the Decatur high school auditorium. Season tickets will lie sold for $1.50 each. On the opening evening, Howard Russell's Collegians, a musical, comedy and entertaining revue, will furnish the entertainment. On the second evening, Sam Grathwell, celebrated lecturer, will speak on the subject, "China—A Vision Or A Nightmare." “New Brooks," is the title of a four-act comedy to be presented by a notable cast, headed by Ernest R. Misner, on the third evening of the festival. This 'play ran for a solid year at the Fulton Theatre, New York, and for six months at the Blackstone Theatre, Chicago. The four-night program will come to a dose on Friday night with the Jay Tobias Joy Night Revue, featuring Jay Tobias, eminent comedian and young lady musicians and entertainers. The Lions have placed the price of season tickets at a low figure, in order to encourage a large attendance of Decatur citizens. The club does not expect to derive much financial profit from the festival, but is sponsoring it as a community enterprise. 0 . Fristoe Funeral To Be Held Wednesday Funoral services for Mrs. H. A. Fristoe, former Decatur resident who died suddenly at her home in Rochester early Monday morning, will be held at the 'Baptist church in Rochester at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial will lie made at Rochester. The cause of Mrs. Fristoe’s death has not been learned here.

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Quizzed in Kidnaping ' -1 r' C- /' u % ar • X#67/' V . 77 W I » . . Milly Cappellaho, 6-year-old daughter cf Andrew Cappellane, owner of the kidnap farm where Billy Ranieri, 10-year-o!d Chicago Mafia victim, was held, who was found in a Kankakee. 111., hospital and .questioned concerning the whereabouts of her family. She said tliat her parents and nine brothers and sisters left without even saying good-by. AGED VEUA CRUZ WOMAN IS DEAD ' Mrs. Henrietta Garboden Dies Os Pneumonia Monday Afternoon Henrietta Garboden, 74, widow of Alexander Garboden, died of pneumonia at 4 o’clock Monday afternoon at her home near Vera Cruz, Wells county. She had been ill since last Thursday. Mrs. Garboden was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Retppert. Her husband died two years ago. Mrs. Garboden had resided in the vicinity cf Veia Cruz for about 25 years. She was a member of, the Reformeii church. Surviving are one hr. thrt - . two sisters and the following children: Harvey, of Adams county; Charles, of , Mishawaka; George and Mrs. Emma i Falk, at home; Mrs. Maggie Dris-1 coll, of Bluffton, and Mrs. Mary Nutter. of south of Bluffton. Funeral services will be held at the Reformed church at Vera Cruz at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, with burial in the Elm Grove cemetery, near Bluffton. Col. Lehman To Speak Over Radio Thursday Night Col. Herbert 11. Lehman, chairman of finance of the Democratic National Committee will speak Thursday evening, October 4, at 9 pm. (E. S. T.) cr 8 I’. M. (C. S. T.) over a network of radio broadcasting stations which includes tlie following: WAlU—Columbus, Ohio; WKRC Cincinnati WGHP — Detroit; WMAQ- Chicago; WOWO -Fort Wayne. —I -o— Automobile Abandoned Near Berne Sunday Night Berne, Oct. 2 (Special) —Au Essex coach, believed to have been stolen, was abandoned near the district scho >1 house No. 9, northwest of Beine, Sunday night. The car was found by farmers Monday morning and Marshal Neuenschwander, of Berne, was notified. One front tire was flat and the ether was missing. The disc wheel on which there was no tire was badly battered, indicating that the car had been driven for considerable distance without the tire. The license plates had been removed and there was no certificate of ownership in the car. !

Men No Longer Uncouth, Thanks To Beauty Shops

By Frederick C. Othman) i (U. P. Staff Correspondent) , Chicago. Oct. 2—(U.R> - Men still are men, but what with permanent waves perfumes and reducing machines, they , are not the uncouth creatines they were years ago. It was indicated at the National Barbers supply dealers con- • venticn here today. ’ Rather “They are better citizens because they are better to look at,” said 1 one of the speakers before the gath- • ered purveyors of halt tonics and mas- • sage creams. Many of the delegates were inclined s toward baldness. The boon of hair tonic to mankind nevertheless was

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CLOSE FRIEND | OF GOV. SMITH IS NOMINATED Former Assistant Secretary Os Navy Chosen To Succeed Smith As Governor SMITH SPEAKS TO STATE CONVENTION Rochester, N. Y„ Oct. 2.—<U.R> —Franklin D. ; Roosevelt, former assistant secretary of the navy, was nominated today for governor by the democratic state convention. Roosevelt will run against Albert Ottinger, republican nominee, for the high post that will be vacated by Goy. Alfred E. Smith, democratic presidential nominee. Reluctance Is Overcome Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 2. — Franklin D. Roosevelt, ;i former foe of tammany hall but now a close personal friend of Gov. Alfred E. Smith, has consented to accept the democratic nomination for governor of New York. Out of an early morning conference came the word that Roosevelt’s reluctance to make the race had been overcome and that he would be nominated today. William Bray, democratic state chairman, emerged from a conference at 1 a. m. and said: "Mr. Roosevelt's name will b<; presented to the convention today. His answer to the draft will be given after the convention acts upon his nomination. We would not try to nominate a man whom we did not have some reason to believe would accept.” Roosevelt, a cripple, placed Gov. Smith's name in nomination at the democratic national convention tn Houston, Tex. The democratic slate follows: For governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of Hyde Park. For lieutenant governor Colonel Herbert Lehman of New York. For comptroller — Morris S. Tremaine of Buffalo, incumbent. For attorney general Albert Coni way of Brooklyn. | For associate judge of the court of ! appeals —Supreme Court Justice Leonard C. Crouch of Syracuse. For United States senator—Royal S. Copeland of New York, incumbent. The prohibition plank in the state platform calls for rigorous and impartial enforcement of the federal anA state prohibition laws and refefs to “eight years of republican attempts to enforce the Volstead a<T’ as “shocking and demoralizing." Gov. Smith Speaks Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 2.-(U.P.) - Gov. i(uvrnn.i) ox SEEK RECEIVER FOR GENEVA FIRM Employes Os Baumgartner Furniture Factory Say Firm Is Insolvent A petition for the appointment of a receiver for the H. H. Baumgartner manufacturing company, of Geneva, manufacturers of upholstered furniture. was tiled in the Adams circuit court today by Alvin Windmiller and seven ether employes of the company. The petitioners allege that the company is entirely insolvent. The employes who filed the petition, in addition to Mr. Windmiller, are Homer Moser, C. A. Windmiller, (cnvnxi'F.n r>x Twm

one of the important subjects discussed in the convention room, k Hair Tonic Business Good "The hair tonic business." said one delegate who asked to remain anonymous,” is better than it ever lias been before principally because of ‘scare advertising" about dandruff. "People didn't worry about their dandruff in the old days —now they dothank goodness." One of the most startling pronounce meats of the convention came from C. J. Le Ferte, New York, who said: "At least one out of every 75 men in inivrivrui) page two;

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