Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 234, Decatur, Adams County, 3 October 1928 — Page 1

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EDDIE MEADOWS TO BE RETURNED TO DECATUR SOON ■ lafavette Officers, Unable To Connect Him With Murder, To Return Him TO BE TURNED OVER TO CELINA OFFICERS Eddie Meadows, alleged bank bandit who was held in jail here lor several weeks last summer lefore being turned over Io Lafavette. Ind., authorities, probwill be returned to this city within the near future, Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth was informed by Lafayette officials today. Meadows was taken to I.a fayette several weeks ago. to face a charge of first degree murder, in connection with the slaying of Police Captain Charles Armand, during the holdup of a Lafayette bank, nearly a year ago. The Lafayette authorities stated in a telephone conversation with Sheriff Hollingsworth today that they had been unable to connect Meadows with the holdup or the murder of Captain Armand, and that they were ready to uturn him to this county. Pleads Not Guilty Here Meadows was arrested in Hammond last spring and brought to this city to face a charge of holding up the bank at Linn Grove. When arraigned here, Meadows pleaded not guilty to the Linn Grove robbery. Charles Makley, of St. Marys, Ohio, arrested with Meadows, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a term in the state prison. Sheriff Hollingsworth stated today that, in all probability, Meadows will be turned over to Mercer county, Ohio, authorities, at Celina, to face a charge of bank robbery tn connection with the holdup of the St. Henry bank. Charles Stanley, arrested in Chicago, last month, is said to have admitted implication in the slaying of Captain Armand, at Lafayette. W. M. A. Rally To fee Held At Union Chapel Church Unintentionally, the name of the Decatur W. M. A. was omitted in the list of towns and cities which make up the W. M. A. district rally of the United Brethren church. This rally will be held at the Union Chapel U. B. church, east of the city. Thursday Mrs. Sholty a returned missionary from Japan, will be the principal speaker. The public is invited to attend any or all of the sessions. LOCAL LICENSES ON WRECKED CAR Numbers On Wrecked Car At Cleveland Same As Those Os .1. C. Schultz Cleveland. Ohio, Oct. 3—<U.R>—The *feckage of an automobile, which Ponged over a 100-foot cliff on the 1,1 ky River drive here was found by Mice last night at the foot of Rocky "er gorge. No trace of any of the occupants of the car could be found. ie wrecked machine bore an Inmana license number 270890. As tar as one could learn, no one saw the car neak through the guard rail at a ’Pe'cnn" 1 ' n the road and tulll,),e ovpr e ( .nI Ve M ißatlon today showed that liJuttn 270890 had been issued to C r St 'hultz of Decatur route No. Sehnio °. r d tourin g car. However, Mr Was b Z | ? aid tOday that tlis automobile Plato. 18 galage and th at both license Piannti" ere . 011 the car. The only ejcthat sn°" ° f 1116 identical numbers is an aiit <,n ' e ? ne ’ 1,, c hably a member of d uplicate°ii? e theft rlng ’ had made a Fultz’s numbe e rs. Plate h 6^l " 8 Mr (al ' ar - v Church Installs New Electric Light Plant b « e n e hi < st'ni e a tri < C lighting system has a c un h in the Cal Vary Evall ‘ eral woov ’ eaßt of the city. Sevthe church ago ’, the old llg ht plant in Pccessarv b . r ° ke down ‘ and “ was new svJ t 0 nstall a new plant. The Perfectly ‘‘" l ‘ lluminateß ihe building W rhe Pastor, the Rev. M. at S’i an ’ ° f Decatur ‘ wi " Calvary Thursday evening.

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DAVID M. RICE DIES TUESDAY Root Township Assessor Dies Os Paralysis; Stricken On September 14 David M. Rice, 67, prominent retired farmer and present assessor of Root towship, died at 5:45 o'clock, last evening, Tuesday, October 2, 1928, at his home, one-half mile north of Monmouth on the Fort Wayne-Decatur road. Death was due to paralysis. David M. Rice was boru July' 3, 1861. in Root township. Adams county, the son of Mary Pillars Rice and Benjamin James Rice. September 11. 1863, he united in marriage with Harriet Evans, the surviving widow. Nine children were born to this union, two sons and two daughters, however, having preceded the fattier in death. They were: Clyde M. Rice, Benjamin E. Rice, Mary 'C. Rice, and Saloma Rice Fuhrman. The surviving children are: David Otto Rice, of Sioux City, Iowa; Edythe Rice Crawford, of Los Angeles, California; Florence B. Ralph W., and Robert J., all at the parental home. One sister. Nancy A. Cline, and one brother, James M. Rice, also survive. There are ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. The deceased is a member of the First Methodist church of This city. Practically his entire life residence has been in Root township where he was w'ell known and respected. For the past six years, he has served as assessor of Root township. Mr. and Mrs. Rice were already packed, expecting to leave on Monday morning, September 16, for California, to spend the winter with their daughter, Mrs. Edythe Crawford, and on the Saturday previous, Mr. Rice was stricken with paralysis. Mr. and Mrs. (CONTIMEI) ON PAGE SIX! NAMES NEW M. E. SUPERINTENDENT Bishop Blake Assigns Rev. J. T. Bean, of Warsaw, to Fort Wayne District Rev. J. T. Bean, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Warsaw, has been named superintendent of the Fort Wayne district of the North Indiana conference by Bishop Edgar Blake, it was learned here yesterday. Rev. Bean succeeds Rev. Warren W. Wiant, who has accepted the pastorate of a new million-dollar church in Indianapolis. The appointment of both men is effective October 15. Rev. C. P. Gibbs former pastor of the Indianapolis church, has been transferred to the Warsaw church, in the Goshen district. The appointment of Rev. Bean was announced at Indianapolis following a conference of Bishop Blake with his cabinet. Rev. Bean has been a member of the North Indiana conference since 1914. For several years prior to that time he was in the Indiana conference. He has been at Warsaw since 1925. Other churches he has served in this conference are Lagrange, Union City, Columbia City and Greenfield.

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Gene And Polly Are Married In Rome Today Rome, Oct. 3.—(U.R) —Gene Tunney and his bride, the former Mary Josephine Lauder, were subjected to a hostile demonstration .cday when they left the Hotel de Russie after their marriage. The demonstration was undetstood to have been organized by disgruntled photographers who recented Tunney’s persistent refusals to let them take pictures, and his threats to break their cameras. The crowd that gathered outside the hotel was insulting and hostile. The Tunneys gained their automobile and it sped away northwards. Several in the crowd spat on it during demonstration.

Rome, Oct. 3—(U.R) —Gene Tunney and the girl who inspired him to make a mi.lion dollars before quit ting the prize ring were married today. The retired heavyweight champion of the world and Miss Mary Josephine Lauder, heiress to part of the Carnegie millions, were united by church and state in the commonplace surroundings of an Italian hotel, with only a handful of friends and officials present. The marriage occurred in two adjoining parlors of the Hotel de Russie. with a sprinkling of evergreen and palms to relieve the red and gold solemnity. First they were married by the state, then by the church. The guests assembled in the two rooms shortly before noon. The wedding was not formal and there was a wide variety of costumes. Tunney wore a blue serge sack suit. Some of the guests wore morning coats, while others were in full evening dress, in accordance with Italian custom. The civil ceremony was performed by Commander Giuseppe Brofferio, chief clerk, assisted by Commedatore Bellezza and Mario Cherubina. an attorney. Miss Lauder’s companions on her trip from the United States and Thorton Wilder, the author, James D. Mahany, Tunney’s private secretary, and several others, about 25 in all. were the only members of the wedding party except the Italian officials. The ceremony An Italian official read the passages of the marriage law and outlined the duties of both the wife and the husband toward each other. Then he turned to Miss Lauder: ‘‘Do you take Mr. Tunney as your husband,” he asked. In a low voice she replied in the affirmative. ‘‘Do you take Miss Lauder as your (CONTINUED «V FIVE. E.W.LANKENAU ADDRESSES LIONS Superintendent Os G. E. Plant Describes Work Os Local Factory E. W. Lankenau, superintendent of the Decatur plant of the General Electric company, gave an interesting talk at the weekly meeting of the Lions Club, last night. He described the work of his factory, and told of the advancements made in methods of production since the plant was established here in 1921. More than 2,000,000 fractional horsepower electric motors have been built in the Decatur plant during the seven years of its existence, Mr. Lankenau stated. The production during the first two years averaged something like 250 motors per week, while the present production, is about 9,500 per week and a peak of 13,500 motors in one week has been reached. Tills large increase in production in a plant that was originally built for a peak production of about 3,000 motors per week, has been made possible through the installation of more modern and speedier machinery, installation of a conveyor system and general improvement in working conditions throughout the factory, Mr. Lankenau stated. He told how old machinery had been replaced by new machines, which not only increased the production several times, but also reduced the number of employes greatly. Mr. Lankenau stated that his company, as well as most other large manufacturing concerns, had learned that much attention must bb paid to the working conditions of their plants and to the welfare of the laborers, as well as to the machinery. He told of the General Electric’s system of providing recreational and educational facilities for their employes, how close attention is paid to injuries, even though slight, how thrift is encouraged among the employes, and how financial aid is extended to employes (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 3, 1928.

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•S6OO IS SENT 1 , TO RED CROSS . Adams County Chapter Sends More Money For Hurricane Victims A check for SSOO was forwarded toI • day by Miss Anna Winnes, secretary > of the Adams County Chapter of the American Red Cross, to the national r headquarters of the Red Cross at ; Washington, making a total of S6OO that has been sent by the local chapr ter to be used in relief work among the hurricane victims of Florida and Porto Rico. The local chapter's quota in the national relief fund is $1,025. A total of $630.87 has been donated by Adams county people since the first appeal for help was made here I several days ago. It is believed that i the Adams county chapter will reach its quota within the next few days, as appeals have been made to local clubs, lodges and other organizations • to lend a helping hand. The donations reported today were: Previous donations $602.62 Tri Kappa Charity fund 10.00 , S. R. Peoples 1-00 Mr. and Mrs. James Elberson 5.00 Mrs. Nellie Sholty 1.00 ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ohler 2.00 Roy Runyon 100 Matilda Sellemeyer 1.00 , H. M. Sellemeyer 1.00 Ed S. Moses 1-00 Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Sharrow. .. 1.00 B. Schulty 25 Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dixson 1.00 Katherine Dixson 1-00 Mr. and Mrs. Page Blackburn 2.00 Total $630.87 o Farmer Commits Suicide Greencastle, Ind., Oct. 3. — (U.R) — Will S. Toor, 69, farmer, committed Suicide by hanging at his home near here while despondent over ill health. o White Denies That He Called Mr. Hoover A “Capon Sitting On Eggs” Emporia, Kans., Oct. 3.—(U.R) —William Allen White, Emporia editor, declared in a statement here that he is willing to pay Senator Joseph T. Robinson SI,OOO if the Democratic vice presidential nominee can prove that White called Herbert Hoover a “capon sitting on eggs.” Robinson in an address at Wichita said that White had referred to Hoover as “a fat, puggy capon sitting on eggs." “The senator is more trouble to me than all my money,” White said. “He insists on quoting me as saying things I didn’t say. I wish I had said Mr. Hoover was a capon sitting on eggs for certainly he lias hatched out a tine brood of trouble for the Democratic party. "Poor as I am at arithmetic, I can figure there is something biologically wrong about a capon sitting on eggs."

ASSESSMENT ’ ROLLS ADOPTED Preliminary Assessment Rolls On Alley And Street Improvements Adopted The city council, in session last evening, adopted the preliminary assessment rolls in the Miller alley and North Teytli street improvements and set November 6 as the date on which the council would hear and receive remonstrances on the assess- ! ments. Engineer Orval Harruff was ordered to prepare the assessment rolls for the West Adams street and Fifth street ornamental light improvement. The question of purchasing the electric fire siren was brought up and Councilman Fred Linn moved that the city continue the blowing of the “wild cat” whistle at the city water works plant. His motion f.'.iled for the want of a second and Councilman Joe Hunter moved that the new electric siren be given a trial until February 1. This motion carried, with Mr. I.,!nn voting against it. The committee on public safety reported that an electric siren could be placed in the tower on the city hall on approval until next year. The cost of the siren will lie $522. The council will not purchase it until after the first of the year. The purchasing committee was authorized to secure hose for the city street cleaning department. The finance committee allowed bills and the session adjourned. o New Water Main Being Laid On Cleveland Street City Engineer Orval Harruff and his force of workmen started to work this morning on the laying of a new water main on Cleveland street, in the south part of the city. The new water line will be 1.250 feet in length and water service will be available to those residents in that part of the city. Additional fire protection will also be given to the residents in that neighborhood. The water mains throughout the city have been extended within the last few years, making it possible for most anyone in all parts of the city to be served with city water. DECATUR PEOPLE TO GO TO CUBA Mr. And Mrs. R. D. Myers To Attend Spanish American War Veterans Meet Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Myers left at noon today, for Cincinnati, Ohio, where they will join an Indiana delegation and travel by special train to Key West, Florida, and thence by boat over the P. and O. lines to Havana, Cuba, where Mr. Myers will act as a delegate to the National Convention of the Spanish American War veterans. They expect to arrive in Havana at 6 o’clock Saturday morning. At the National Convention of the Veterans held in Detroit last year, representatives from Cuba invited the organization to be the guests of Havana on their thirtieth anniversary. The invitation was accepted and Havana has made great plans for entertaining the veterans. The preliminary memorial services will be held on Sunday afternoon, and the convention proper will open on Monday morning with a welcome ad dress by the president of Cuba. It will convene for seven days. Mr. and Mrs. Myers will be registered at the Hotel Biscuit while in Havana. They expect to return home on October 16. o Winchester Street Road To Be Closed Tomorrow State road No. 27, from the Five Points intersection on South Second street, south for a distance of one mile, will be closed tomorrow, while a four-inch penetration of macadam, with a Kentucky Rock top th placed on the pavement from the Pennsylvania railroad tracks south, it was announced today. Meanwhile, traffic will be detoured through the city on Fifth street, soutli to Adams street, west on Adams to Thirteenth street and then south to the state road again. The reconstruction work 'on the Winchester street road probably will require several days.

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Clinton S. Carnes, former treasurer of the Baptist Home Mission Board at Atlanta, Ga„ who lias been seized by the law and charged with embezzling $1,000,000 of church funds. Authorities have been searching several months for Carnes, who is said to have financed two girls with movie aspirations. This picture was made by police in Winnipeg, Can., shortly before Carnes was arraigned. ANNUAL FRUIT DRIVE PLANNED Civic Section Os Woman's Club Plans To Collect Fruit For Hospital The Civic Department of the Woman’s Club, as is their usual custom, will sponsor a fruit drive throughout the county in behalf of the Adams County Memorial hospital, again this fall. Mrs. Oscar Lankenau has been named chairman of this drive and lias appointed her various sub chairman throughout the county, and her canvassing committee. The city canvas will be made next Wednesday and Thursday, October 10 and 11. and everyone is kindly asked to have their fruit in readiness for the solicitors when they call. People residing in the country who are desirious of donating and have no means of sending their donations to the hospital, are requested to notify Mrs. Lankenau and arrangements for calling for same will be made at once. Last year's drive was a great success and it is hoped that the present drive may be put across in an equally successful manner. Q Wells County Young Man Seriously Injured John Meyers, Jr., son cf Mr. and Mrs John Meyers of Lancaster township, Wells county, suffered serious injuries, including broken bones, Monday night, in a collision between two automobiles near Washington, 111., while enroute to his home in Washington, after attending the Bluffton street fair last week. A girl friend, Miss Marie Fern, of Washington, who was here with him, escaped injury in the accident. o DROUGHT CUTS WHEAT ACREAGE Acreage Being Sown In Adams County This Year Is Far Below Normal Adams county's wheat acreage for 1929 will be from forty to fifty per cent below normal, Ferd E. Christen, county agent estimated today. The big decrease in acreage being seeded this fall is due largely to the extremely dry weather which this county has experienced during the last two months. Farmers have found it almost Im- ' possible to break the ground and get it into condition for seeding, it is said 1 Several farmers had planned to sow ' fairly large acreage, but after seed- - ing a portion of it. abandoned the joli 1 and decided to put another crop on the 1 land, due to the difficulty in getting ’ the ground into condition for seeding at this time.

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. SHOOTS ONE OF TRIO WHO TRY I TO KIDNAP HIM Unidentified Man Slain Near Charlottesville; Two Others Escape TRIO BELIEVED TO BE RUM RUNNERS Charlottesville, Ind., Oct. 3 (U.R) — Newman Guy, former town marshal of Shelburn and once Sullivan county sherill. shot and killed tin unidentifed man near here today. The slain man was one of three who attempted to kidnap Guy and steal his car to aid them in transporting liquor after stripping tile gears of their own • car, police said. Guy, traveling alone, in a sedan, had prepared to sleep in the car ut the side of the road, when the three in a small touring car drove up. Two armed with revolvers ordered Guy from his car. The third man trans- , ferred a five-gallon can of alcolobl , from the touring car to the sedan, . Sheriff Comstock, of Hancock county, said. Guy Draws Revolver Two of the kidnapers got in the front seat of the sedan and Guy and the th’rd man occupied the rear seat. Just as the car was started, Guy drew | his revolver, which was concealed II under a robe, and fired at the driver, who slumped over the wheel dead. The man was shot in the breast, having turned just as he put the car in * gear, to assure Guy: “We are not going to kill you. Just going to take you for a little ride to get rid of this stuff.” Comstock said. Guy fired at the other man in the front seat and said he wounded him, ’ but both the other alleged kidnapers leaped from the ear and fled across a i field. Slain Mart Was Young Tlie body of the slain man was taken to Greenfield, the Hancock county seat. He appeared to have been about 25; 5 feet 9 inches tall; dark hair and eyes. Stripped of all identifying marks, the kidnapers' touring car is in a garage here. Guy told Sheriff Comstock that the three were supplied with Illinois and Ohio license plates and that, before they took possession of his ear, they removed its Indiana plates and put on one of tlie other sets, leaving the remaining set at the roadside. , o PREPARE FIELD FOR AIR CIRCUS Varied Program Being Arranged For Event Here Next Sunday Tlie big 100 acre field at the Barney Meyer farm three miles southwest of Decatur, is being graded and put in first class condition for the big air ' circus to be put ou next Sunday by Lieut. Cornish and assistants. Ten 1 thousand bills advertising the event ’ have been distributed by airplane and a large crowd is expected. The admission is twenty-five cents. Fifteen planes will participate in the program. There will be a parachute jump from the wings of a plane, stunt lacing, formation flying and other features. Passenger tides will be given for $2.50. Children will be admitted free i and there will be no charge for parking cars. People are urged to read the advertisements and the hand bills and plan to see the biggest event of its kind ever given in this part of the country. Lieut. Clarence Cornish, of Fort Wayne, who is sponsoring the air eirr cus, has been here several times and t is recognized as one of the foremost . young men of the middlewest in the . program of promoting aviation, it is s the plan of establish a permanent airs port here and it is expected that next .. season will bring a great advancement in the flying art here. i- 0 t Two Automobiles Collide (I Automobiles driven by Oscar Lattv kenau, local dry goods merchant, and |. a man by the name of Hart, living on I, South Eighth street, collided at tlie e Monroe and Second street crossing g alxiut 6 o’clock last evening. The g cars were slightly damaged. Neither of the occupants were injured.

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