Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 241, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1928 — Page 1

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GERMAN ZEPPELIN ENROUTE TO U. S.

JLBERT stump 10 SPEAK AT BERNE OCT. 26 Democratic Candidate For Senator To Be Headliner At Big Meeting don WARD TO 1 SPEAK, ALSO A big Democratic meeting will be held in Berne on Friday night. Octo j hr 28 the speakers being Hon. Albert Stump. Democratic candidate for I'nited States senator, aitfl Hon. Don ( Ward, of Inion City, Democratic candidate for representative from the Eighth congressional district. The meeting will be held in the Berne auditorium and judging from the enthusiasm shown in preparation foi the meeting, it will be ono of the biggest ever held there. Coafirmatlon of Mr. Stump’s accep tance to deliver an address in Berne on October 26. was received yesterday from Democratic state headquart ers at Indianapolis. Mr. Stump is well known in Berne and it was due topopu’ar demand that he was asked to speak there. Mr. Stump has spok en in Adams county several times. He is one of the younger Democrats who, through the wonderful showing he made in the senatorial race two years ago against Senator James E. Watson, has shown more strength than any Democrat who has run for state office in Indiana. He was defeated by only 11,000 votes, carrying 62 of the 92 counties in the state. The big majority given Senator Watson in Lake county was the factor which defeated Mr. Stump in his clean cut and marvelous race. This year, Mr. Stump has for his opposition Senator Arthur Robinson, who was elected two years ago for the short term Senator Robinson first obtained his title as I'nited States senator by appointment from Governor Ed Jackson to fill the unex pired term of Senator Samuel Ralston, Democrat, whose death occured shortly after his election. Mr. Stump comes from the new school of po.itics. His friends and even his political enemies speak of him as being "as clean as a hound's tooth " He is an orator of unusual ability. He is favorably known throughout the state. He is admired by thousands who glory in the remarkable race he made for the United States senate two years ago and I his going out and obtaining the Democratic nomination last May for the same office. He is an attorney, practicing law in Indianapolis. He is a former school teacher and is known by practically every teacher in the state .having spoken before county teacher's institutes, has delivered numerous commencement addresses and. a year ago spoke, before the state teaehlfAc convention at Fort Wayne. Mr. Ward spoke in Decatur last Fri- , day at the Governor Parker meeting. He made a lasting impression upon the large audience and is "no mean" . orator His ability to discuss political issues was shown in the few minutes l< |.-,|> o\ |q<lE FIXR, PLAN TO RESUME RIFT DAYS HERE Decatur Merchants Decide To Resume Trade Promotion Events Soon At an enthusiastic meteing of the 1 ecatur Advertising Association, an otganization of Decatur's leading merthants, held in the Industrial Association rooms last night,, plans for resumption of gift days in Decatur were made, it is pia nnei i to have a gift a.' within the next few weeks. •Radical changes from the previous method followed were discussed last utplit. Another meeting of the association will be heid next Monday evemug, at which time definite plans wiU he completed. ' E'ift days have always proven popuat with the people of the Decatur hading area and profitable to both public and the merchants. By attacting greatly increased volume of usiness, the merchants are enabled 0 offer their customers greater bargains, in addition to the gifts. The orchants attending the meeting last ng t were enthusiastic over the busmess out.ook.

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Ossian Business Man Dies At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Oct. 11 Harry Dickin-I son, 51, prominent business man of Ossian, died at the Lutheran hospital at 2 o'clock this afternoon foil iwing an operation foi goitre. Mr. Dickinson was owner cf the Dickinson Shoe store at Ossian. Before entering the shoe business he was manager of the Ossian Lumber company for eight years. He was a member of the Ossian M. E. church and the Masonic lodge at Orland. Surviving ate his wife; two stepchildren, Mrs. Halden Hatfield and Cecile Holmes of Ossian; one bi other, O. C. Dickinson of I).land and two sisters Mrs. Basil Norton of Orland and Mrs. W. W. McKibben of Hudson, Michigan MANY RUING TO MEN'S CONGRESS Decatur Reformed Church Sending Delegation To Meeting At Goshen The men and boys of the local Zion I Reformed chltn h will mot tr to Goshen | Sunday morning, to attend the fourth annual meeting of the Men's Cingress I of the Reformed denomination in the. Fort Wayne district. The meeting will be held in the new high school audi totium A splendid program has been arranged. Outstanding men, such as Dr. John Tiincthv Stone, president of McCormick Theological Seminary; ('apt. Norman A Imrie. noted lecturer and professor of public speaking of Culver Militaiv Academy, Culver, Indiana; and Mr. Dean E. Walker, county superintendent of schools, Culver, Indian.i will be the speakers of the day. The morning session will begin at 10 o’clock, Central Standard Time, and the afternoon session will begin at 2 o'clock. There will be no evening ses sion, which will give the men and boys good time to return. Bev arise ot the special meeting at I Gcshen. there will be no morning am 1 , evening services nor Christian Endeavor meetings at the local church on Sunday. Sunday school will be held at the usual houi of 9:15 o’clock. All the men and boys who intend to go sh uld be at the church between 6:30 and 7 o'clock, where cars will be provided for those that have no other way of going All those that have instruments should take them as they are wanted for the mass orchestra at the Congress. LEGION AVERTS EXPECTED FIGHT Committee’s Report On Aviation Adopted; Election Set For Today San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 11. —(U.R) —Without a murmer from the floor, the American Legion adopted today the report of its aeronautics committee and the expected stormy fight on aviation was averted. San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 11.—(U.R) —Election of a national commander was the one big item of business which remained as delegates to the tenth annual National American Legion convention convened here today for their closing sessions. Among the candidates prominently mentioned for the post were Paul McNutt of B.oomlngton, Ind., John Ewing of Shreveport, La., and Gen. Roy Hoffman of Oklahoma City. Following the selection of Louisville, Ky„ as the 1929 convention city at yesterday's session, trophy win ners were announced New Service Station To Open Saturday Ed Boknecht announced today that he would open his new Standard Service Station at the corner of Third and Monroe streets, Saturday morning. A modern brick building has been erected and the gasoline pumps installed. Mr. Boknecht will handle Standard gasoline and Polerine and Iso-Vis oils. He will provide free air and give complete oiling and greasing service. Two Men Killed In Fall From New School Building Columbus, Ind., Oct. 11 —GJ.R) — Ahraham B. Morton, 73, and William Jewell 45, died here cf injuries received when they fell twenty-five feet from the top top of a new school building in East Columbus.

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DAILEY DEFENDS ! RALSTON REGIME Answers Charges Made By Leslie In Speech At Fort Wayne Greensburg, Ind , Oct. 11 — (U.R) — Frank ('. Dailey, Democratic nominee ' for governor, in a campaign speech , here last night, defended the gubernatorial administration of Samuel M. Ralston. 1 Dpfley's defense of the administration came after tlie (Bemocratic candi- 1 date said he did not care to answer charges “made against me" by Harry G. Leslie, Republican nominee. “I'm not going down and wallow in the mud with my opponent," Dailey said, "What he says about me 1 won t answer. But in his speech last night . he attacked a dead friend of mine— A man who can’t defend himself. Dailey then read the portion of Leslie’s Fort Wayne speech which touched upon the Republican victory in Indiana when the nation went Democratic in 1916. “Was that victory a reputation of Samuel Ralston?" Dailey asked. “The only'time Ralston ever appeared before the people after he retired from I th Governor's office was when he ran for Senator in 1922 against tlie best man the Republicans could offer, Albert J. Beveridge. Ralston was elected by more than sixty thousand votes, is that a reputation?" Workman Killed In Fall Anderson, Ind., Oct. 11 —(U.R) Harvey Pool, 77, died here of injuries received Tuesday when he fell twenty feet from the roof of Charles Justice’s home while doing repair work. COLUMBIA FAILS TH GET STARTED Fuel Too Heavy As Big Monoplane Attempts Take Oft’ For Europe Roosevelt Field, L. 1., Oct. 11.—(U.R) —The monoplane Columbia made an unsuccessful attempt today to take off on a trans-Atlantic flight to Europe. The plane, with Roger O. Williams and Pietro Bonelli in the cabin, sped down the runway here, lifted into the air and landed a few minutes later at Curtis Field, just ahead. It was unable to carry its load of 490 gallons of gasoline. .

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Candidate Enters Virginia,' Tennessee And Other | Southern States By Paul R Mallon, UP Staff Correspondent Richmond. Va., Oct. 11. —(U.R) —Down south in the land of cotton, Governor 1 Alfred E. Smith campaigned today * just as he would have on the side- ' walks of New York. 1 The democratic presidential candi- f date wore his brown derby when his ( train pulled into Richmond at 10 a. t m. A large crowd had gathered at t the station. < Smith left the breakfast tabe to t go out on the rear platform of his private car when the train slowed < down going through Ashland, Virginia. I Crowds lined both sides of the rail- 1 road tracks, waving greetings to him and he returned with a wave of the ' derby. Senator Claude Swanson, democrat, Virginia, boarded the train at Fred- 1 ericksburg, Va., before breakfast and his colleague Senator Carter Glass got 1 on before dawn at Washington. Smith’s program tomorrow will take him to Chattanooga, where a three- ' hour stop is scheduled and then to Nashville. He wi.’i proceed to Louis(CO WINCED ON PAGE TWO) 0 BEETS ARRIVING AT SUGAR PLANT Local Factory Expected To Open Run Next Week, I’robahly On Tuesday H. R. Tuttle, superintendent of the . Holland-St. Louis Sugar factory in this city, stated tills morning that the factory would begin operations sometime early next week, possibly next Tuesday. Approximately 150 tons of beets have been received at the yards, it was stated, and more are in transit. The first shipment was reecived last week, the owner being Charles Kelly, cf near Chicago. The beets g:own in the local territory are in good condition and the campaign promises to be tally good. Farmers are complaining about the hardness of the ground, due to the long dry spell. One farmer stated yesterday that he never saw the ground as hard as it is now and that it was a difficult job lifting the beats. A good rain is gieatly needed in this section. Cars of beets are located on the dis ferent railroads near the city and are being transferred to the sugar factory tracks as quickly as possible. Before the big mill begins operating it is necessary to have several hundred tons on hands, because after the mill once gets going about 200 tons a day find their way through the mill.

TWO LITTERS HIT TON MARK Preston 11. Zehr And Walter E. Sommer Win Gold Medals With Their Pigs Two more litters in the Hoosier Ton Litter Club in Adams county have won gold medals, weighing 2,000 pounds or more at 180 days of age. One litter of nine Duroc-Poland crossbreds, belonging to Preston H. Zehr, of Hartford township, weighed 2,294 pounds on the 180th day and another litter of ten Chester Whites, belonging to Wai ter E. Sommer, who lives on the Peter B. Lehman faun in Washington township, weighed 1,963 pounds on the 178th day. Mr. Sommer will be allowed 40 pounds additional to his weight his litter being weighed two days earlier than the final date. To Mr. Zehr goes the honor of being the only man in Adams county who was able to produce two ton litters in 1928. A litter of 9 purebred Durccs belonging to Mr. Zehr was weighed up seveial weeks ago, making 2,094 pounds. The litter weighed yesterday also contained 9 pigs and weighed 2,294 pounds o: an average of 255 pounds each. Beth of Mr. tlehr’s litters made the highest averages in the club so far and both were the only litters of nine pigs in the county to make a ton. One pig in the litter weighed yesterday topped the scales at exactly 300 pounds. This is considered a very good weight for a six-month-old pig. Mr. Zehr stated that these pigs were self fed, principally on corn and tankage with a limited amount of skimmed milk. Ground oats, linseed meal and mineral were also kept before the pigs at all times. The litter was very even and carried a great amount of finish. Mr. Sommer’s litter cf 10 Chester Whites, which were weighed Monday, while not a big type of hog as those of Mr. Zein’s, carried approximately the ic»VT>M i'n <>y tw<»> 0 COAL PARLEY IS FAILURE Conference At Terre Haute Ends In Disagreement After Month’s Session Terre Haute, Ind., Oct. 11. (U.R) — After almost a month of renewed effort to negotiate a settlement of the Indiana coal mining situation, the sub committee conference ended here today in disagreement. The subcommittee will report the disagreement Friday morning at 10 o’clock to a joint meeting of the full scale -eommlttee of miners and oper ators. Neither miner nor operatoi representatives on the committee would say what the disagreement was over.

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Robert Shirk Describes « Aftermath Os Hurricane || In a letter to the Dal y Democrat i ■ asking a change of address on ills paper, Robert Shirk, of West Palm Beach. Florida, has the following to say concerning the aftermath of the I recent hurricane: "We are all still | alive after the hurricane and glad of it. Our fair city Is getting the rubbish cleaned up and in thirty days , more you will be unable to te l we ” had a storm, as far as property damage is concerned.” The house in which the Shirk family resided at the time of the storm was badly damaged z and they were forced to move into a '■ house which had not been hit quite | so hard. JUDGE ANDERSON PRAISES DAILEY a Federal Judge Refutes [] Charge Made By Leslie In n Fort Wayne Address » s , 'ndianapolis, Oct. 11—Democratic S state headquartors here today made publie a statement given to a newspaper by Federal Judge A. B. Ander- ‘ son of Chicago denying a charge made by Harry G. Leslie, Republican nominee for governor, that Amjprson a had had "to prod” Frank C. Dailey. Democratic opponent of Leslie, into prosecuting Democratic politicians Judge Anderson's denial to the a attorney here. s Anderson, who is now on the bench of the federal circuit court of f appeals, was district federal judge in Indianapolis, when Dailey was prosecutor. Sixty Democratic politicians t , in 1917 were sent to federal prisons t; for election corruption. v Judge Anderhon’s denial to the c al'.egations of Leslie in his speech t at Fort Wayne Tuesday night follows ? “That 1 either publicly or privately a ly prodded Frank C. Dailey as United States district attorney into action e in cases of political corruption is not t true. c "He was at all time vigilant, 1 zealous and upright. He prosecuted (] i his fellow patisans as well as those a ’ of opposite poltical faith. At no time a did I suggest that lie was either dere- t ■ lict or negligent in his duties." g ’ Leslie had charged, as follows: g t "Until Judge Anderson publicly y whipped h’m to his task, district ' Attorney Dailey was pussyfooting on ’ corruption and refusing to function ' for the people against Tammany." Leslie also charged that Judge 1 Anderson “called Dailey to the bar ami rebuked him sharply for failing g to do his duty as a public official.” -<> s BEER RUNNERS' : J c ' WAR IS FEARED : 5 t S - Squads Os Chicago Dectec- * fives Invade South Side , i Os City For Action v c V Chicago, Oct. 11.—(U.R)—John Stege, . deputy commissioner of detectives, e sent six carefu ly selected squads into - the south side beer belt today on the 1 strength of repot ts of widespread 1 I “muscling in” by rival beer runners. | s "We are moving into the front line II trendies,'' Stege said, "and we are going to stay." ’’ "Muscling in” is gangland's term ’ for the progress by which competitive I beer syndicates invade each other's K teiritory and force sales of their product on saloon keepers. The disappearance of Joe Saltis, former dictator of beer distribution in one area on the south side and the break between Scarface Al Capone , and Ralph Sheldon, Capone's former n lieutenant, has resulted in a general „ violation of the borders which divide the territories ot rival gangsters. When a gang sets out to "muscle p in" in another gang’s teritory, its representatives go in a three car caravan. The lead car is usually an expensive limousine. It is followed by two cheaper and less conspicuous cars the first carrying a machine gunner f- and the second carrying men armed e with automatic pistols. e The first car stops in front of the e saloon and two gangsters go inside while occupants of the other cars le train their weapons on the front door .0 in preparation for a fight. The men II who go inside merely tell the pror- piletor “we are dropping two here.” ir That means the beer truck wi 1 be ie aloQg shortly and that the keeper of is tile speakeasy must accept and pay for two barrels of beer.

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GIANT DIRIGIBLE. WITH 60 ABOARD, HEADS WESTWARD Air Liner Is Force d To Dodge Adverse Areas Enroute To Atlantic COURSE OVER OCEAN BECOMES UNCERTAIN Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 11.— (U.R)—The Graf Zeppelin flew over Barcelona at 6:49 p. m. (12:49 p.m. Central Standard time) today. (By United Press) Tlie Graf Zeppelin (lodging adverse areas, but continuing ileterniinedly toward the sett, traversed southern France and the Gulf of Lyons this afternoon and the Mediterranean sea on her way front Friedrichshafen, Germany, to the I'nited States. The 770-foot dirigible, with a crew of 10 and about 20 passengers and guests, left Friedrichshafen at 7:52 a.tn. (12:52 a.tn. Central Standard time) on the maiden voyage or a commercial air liner across the ocean. Course Is Uncertain She reached the Mediterranean at 9:30 am., central standard time, and at that hour flew over the wireless station Ste. Maries de la Mer, on the Gulf of Lyons, near the mouth of the Rhine. At 6:49 p.m. (1:49 E.S.T.) (he Graf Zeppelin had worked her way down the southeastern coast of Spain on the Mediterranean to Barcelona. She was expected from there either to cross Spain, via Madrid and Lisbon to the Azores or south along the Spanish coast to enter the Atlantic around Gibraltear or northern Africa. Her course, at first clearly defined, became uncertain as wireless reports informed Dr. Hugo Eckener, in command, of bad weather ahead. His original Intentions apparently had been to strike southweslward actoss France to the Bay of Biscay and thence to the Azores, the course taken by the Los Angeles when she started her voyage to the United States from Friedrichshafen four years ago tomorrow. Thousands See Start Friedrichshafen, Germany. Oct. 11. —(U.R)—Through a misty dawn, and wtli variable tail winds aiding her, the dirigible Graf Zeppelin started today on the long flight to the United States. A band played "Deutschland Über Alles" and thousands of spectators — many of whom had gathered as early as midnight—cheered as the silvercolored craft rose slowly at 7:51 a m. and finally got underway one minute later. The five 12-cylinder motors pulled this new sky monster at a speed of So kilometers an hour. It swung southward, gaining) aJtjtJud'e nicely and then turned and swung back over Friedrichshafen. The passengers —three of whom are Americans -*■ dropped flowers on the hangar. Then at 8:03 a.m. the Graf Zeppe(CONTIi“ <l «:n ONT P.4GK TW<>» o SUBMARINE AND 42 MEN MISSING French Undersea Vessel Overdue At Port; Search Is Instituted Paris, Oct. 11 —(U.R)-The Submarine Oudine, with three officers and 39 men is overdue at Bizerta where she had been scheduled to at rive yesterday, the ministry of Marine announced today. Bizerta is a seaport of Tuuis, Northern Africa. All vessels and airplanes in the vicinity have been ordered to be cn the lookout for the Ondine. The submarine left Cherbourg on an endurance test October 1. since she had not given a signal during the trip, minister of matine LeGuyes ordered the search. The greatest anxiety is felt and naval officers ate hopeful that the delay is caused by motor or wireless trouble. Baby Drowns In Water Tank Fort Wayne, Oct 11. — ftj.R) ■ rence R. Voors, 17 months old, was ' drowned in a foot of water in a tank ■ on a farm near here. The child fell into the tank while playing.

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