Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 242, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1928 — Page 1

WEATHER Probably a local thunder’«rm« tonifikt and ,Os arv Cooler r* w eit portion late tonight.

ZEPPELIN CROSSING SOUTH ATLANTIC

BUM DESTINED J) WITNESS "HOT" PDLfTICAL EIGHTS Candidates And Speakers Marshalling Forces For Final "Stretch Drive” DAILEY CAMPAIGN DRAWS INTEREST By Bert M. Demby (Vniteii I’'’"'* Slair Correspondent) Indianapolis Oct 12— MRS -Indiana, , ene ot some of the most spirited political battles in the country’s history today Io ks forward to four weeks of election campaigning, which seems destined to eclipse in interest the “hottest" of the fights of the past. With less than a month remaining before voters go t> tile polls on Nov caber 6, Candidates and speakers are marshalling their forces for a final ■stretch drive" which will cover from both sides every issue placed before Ikatitizens by the Democratic and RefltNican parties. Plan Drive for Leslie The Republicans, battling f r Herbert Hoover on the National ticket, and Harry Leslie and Arthur Robinson for the Gubernatorial and United States senator offices, plan to c ntinue their concerted efforts to elect Leslie. Prior to this week, the Republican fight seemed to have centered on efforts t win Indiana for Hoover, presumablj on the theory that Leslie would win the Gubernatorial office if Indiana went Republican in the Presidential race. Dailey Makes Progress The antithesis of the theory was seen in the Democratic campaigning. The Democrats have pounded away on the candidacy of Flank C. Dailey. Gubernatorial nominee. Dailey literally was placed iu. tin, eenter of the Democratic campaign. He was busy throughout the State and holding meetings. in these meetings he pounded away at the corrupti. n issues of the past three years. The climax of his address | es was reached with a idea for a l House-cleaning at the state house." i Th? Republicans answer to this is a declaration that there has been no scandal in the functioning of state government during the present administrate n. Republicans also base some of their arguments on declarations that the present administration has been successful and economical. The Republicans deny party respon sihility foi any of the alleged miscon du< t of office-h ciders. In the Presidential race, the Democrats have branded as “Ridiculous’ Republican claims that Herbert Hoover will run up a majority of 200,000 or more over G vet nor Alfred Smith." The Democrats flatly claim that • tnith will receive the farm vote of the _’l->ie, and in this they have support t om the Indiana farm bureau federation which continues its insistence for tarn, relief embodying principles of the •’t'.Vary-Haugen bill. However, the Republicans continue to make their claims of a landslide for Hoover and insist, that their candidate . work out the farm problem satisW. S, PUPILS TO STAGE OPERETTA And Girls Os Glee ’ nibs To Present "The Ghost,” Next Month The members of the boys and girls c übs of Decatur high school, unow the direction of Miss Dessulee sen?''., 1 ' Bupeivißol ’ of music, will preHlu . , flrßt oPftetta produced by emit? 0 ? Bcll ° 01 in several years. It is en ? The Ghoßt ” and will be given. early part of November. "The ? 8 . n ” aB operetta in two acts, am it,tn, y selected because of its adw ’ 1 y to high school pupils, and ei.in>.? rit,en by Charles Wakefield Indi.,, an ncted American composer of charst niUß * c - ls °f a much lighter Is wen eF , thtt " he üßually writes, but of high ' ed , 10 the ability ° r p " plls Charks p” age ' Tlle libretto i 8 hy apneau . t° 03 and Juanita Roos and as studentsn re ” and adU ' tß a8 we " girls'L,? 0 ? de “ 18 wlth boys and a lake ti ? 8 ° U opposf te sides of the Verv leatis ot the two schools are student? a t' d wiH not Permit the elate nr>i° f ’ ' WO Bcho ° lß to aBB O''huperotteil. In their ettrONTHWED ON PAGE EIGHT)

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Voyage Os Columbus, 436 | Years Ago, Is Contrasted To Flight Os Zeppelin

* His Exile Is Hinted - ~ , I a A * > f 54 ' f 25 "7 Ti Harold ,1. T. Horan, Paris corresi pondent of Universal Service, who, I because he bared details of the An-glo-French sea-ret naval agreement, was fir.-t grilled for hours by mem bers of the French secret service and , latet informed that it might lie necessary for him to leave the country. He is a foreign correspondent of . years experience. WARMWEATHER TO ENO SOON Abnormal Heat Wave To Be Broken By Unsettled Weather Tomorrow Indianapolis, Oct. 12 —(U.R) With I most of Indiana xperiencing the war- | most of Indiana experiencing the war''for today was increasing cloudiness 1 with pr.spects that the warm weather ' will be broken by unsettled weather tomorrow. Indianapolis yesterday saw the hot test October 11 since 1897. The temperature here yesterday rose to 86 as compared with the 87.2 of October 11, 1887. The day’s average of 73 degrees was 15 degrees above normal. Cold Wave Is Coming Chicago, Oct. 12 —(U.R)* — The first ■ breath of winter was sweeping into the ' midwest today from the si pesos Alaska. Snow, hail and high winds already “ have enveloped the western planes and Mountain states. The weather - bureau here piedicted that by the time the football teams kick off tor the ■ Saturday’s games the temperatures in this region will have dropped to from ' 4(1 degrees to below freezing. ■ The mercury is due t j skid rapidly ■ in Chicago from a recoid high of 37.2 ■ degrees for October 11. At 1 am today the temperature was 72 degrees, but by dawn it had begun to fall. Chicagoans took advantage of the abnormally waim weather yesterday for what probably was their last swim of the year in Lake .Michigan. Apple growers in Utah reported heavy losses resulting Don# (lie SlidI den cold snap around Logan. Hundreds of orchards where the crop had not been harvested were blanked under ’ eight inches of snow. Snow also fell in Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota. Hail storms leveled’ corn fields and damaged small buildings in Nebraska. 1 The weather bureau said that the cold wave started down from the Alaskan Wastes more than a week ago. Two Persons Killed By Train At Terre Haute Terre Haute, Ind., Oct. 12 —(U.R) — . Two persons were killed and another I seriously injured when the automobile in which they were riding collided with ■ a Chicago and Eastern Illinois freight ■ tiain here today. The dead are Sam Becker, 35, Terre ; Haute, and Mrs. Martha Bond, 47, whose residence was not learned. Janies Murphy, 25, Terre Haute, was ■ in a serious condition at a hospital. Speakeasy Is Bombed Chicago, Oct. 12—lU.RX—“The 101” a speakeasy on .the lower level of Wacker Drive dealing exclusively in prewar rums, Irish whiskys and old wines, was bombed today by two men who hurled a bundle of dynamite through the frent passage way.

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Zeppelin Expects To Travverse In Hours What Columbus Did In Days Today is Discovery Day. Four hundred thirty-six years ago today, Christopher Columbus and his snia.l party of explorers, sighted land after a voyage of 71 days, marked by tempests and mutiny among the crews, and discovered the island of San Salvador. His discovery proved ' his contention that the world was I round and the new continent of North j America was added to the maps. Contrast Columbus’s voyage to North America with the flight of the Graf Zeppelin, the great dirigible which left Friederichshafen, Germany. Thursday morning, bound for the United States. Tills great bird of the air is carrying 60 persons, including f 20 passengers besides the crew and 1 when the trip is completed it will have sailed through 4,700 miles of I space in about 80 hours. ' News Moves Faster Also The discovery of America by Co- ! lumhus was not made known to the ' od world, namely Spain, for nearly six months, when Columbus returned 1 to Palos, Spain, and informed the 1 court of his discovery. Today, the big Zeppelin informs the world of its 1 progress through radio and press dispatches carry an account of its exact 1 location. An old history has the following to say about the memorable voyage of | Columbus: "Columbus sailed from I Palos, Spain, in the decked vessel I (CONTI» 1,, *T1» ON PAGE TWO) O— Red Cross Relief Fund Total Reaches $814.26 Contributions continue to come in fr-’m the tuud being raised by the Adams county chapter of the Red Cross for the relief of victims of the hurricane in Florida and Porto Rico. The total i f the local fund today reached $Bl4. 26. This is still more than S2OO below the quota fixed for ttje local chapter. Contributions reported today were, previous donations $740.09 Martha Erma Butler 1.00 Earl Butler and wife 2.00 Delta Theta Tan 5.00 Zion Christian Sunday School 8.17 I. O. O. F -- - • 5.00 B P. O. E 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Chronister 1.00 Cash 2.00 Women’s Club 25.00 Mr. and Mis. E. C. Stuckey .. 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Briggs .... 5.00 Miss Rulh Linton 5.00 Total $814.26 CHURCH PLANS FOR RALLY DAY Evangelical Church Making Plans For Banner Services Next Sunday __ji The First Evangelical church is making great plans for a big Rally Dav, Sunday. The Rev. J. O. Mosier, ot’ Van Wert, Ohio, will be the speak er for the day. The Sunday school will meet at 9:15 o’clock with various special features. All classes have set themselves for a record breaking attendance and offering. The objective offering in the Sunday school is S7OO. This offering goes to the building fund for the proposed new Sunday school building. Immediately following the lesson study, the Rev. J. O. Mosier of Fort Wayne, will address the church ami Sunday school, stressing the need of modern equipment in order to do modern work. The building fund will be boosted throughout the day, and it is the sincere desire to bring the building project to blood heat before the close cf the day. Rev. Mosier will preside at the quarterly conference of the charge at 3 o’clock P. M. The Young People’s Society will conduct a booster meeting at 6:15 o’clock The closing service of the day will be at 7 o’clock, when the report of the day's activity will be heard. Rev. Mosier will bring another real stirring sermon at this service. During the morning service, the choir will slug: "Rejoice and be Glad” by Harry L. Brooks. At the evening service, both the choir and the large inale chorus will sing. The choir will sing: "Rejoice Jehovah Reigns”, by Harry L. Brooks, and the Male Chorus will sing: "Onward and Upward" by Dr. H. R. Palmer.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 12, 1928.

MC NUTT TO BE WELCOMED HOME Legion Post At Bloomington To (Jive Reception For New National Commander ' Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 12. —(U.R) — Burton E. Woolery J’ oß *' 'Aim-riian l.igioli today began | yj. J wH plans for an elab ■ -MB orate reception! k FAi' ’W- 7 '’ VJ to Col. Paul V. McNutt, new naigf > S tiouni commandi-i MMW*' ,<■ 111 American Legion, upon his arrival home. McNutt, dean of the Indiana i University LawPaul V. McNutt School, was elected commander at the national Legion convention in San Antonio yesterday. As yet, trustees of the university har.' made no announcements, but it was believed that McNutt will not resign his position here but will obtain a leave of absence to serve the Legion. Commenting on McNutt’s election. President William Lowe Bryan, of Indiana University said: "Col. McNutt was one of the first to enlist in the American army of the world war and his friends rejoice in the high honor that the army now ICOXTIM'EB ON PAGE EIGHT) MAKE PLANS FOR STUMP MEETING Democratic Party Leaders Meet In Headquarters At Berne, Last Night Berne, Oct. 12 —(Special)—Committees were appointed from all parts of the county, at a meeting of Democratic parly workers in the local headquarters cf the party Vast n:glit, to make arrangements for the big DemocraticRally, to be held here on Friday night October 26, when Albert Stump, candidate for U. S. Senator, and Don C. Ward, candidate for congressman from the eighth district, will speak. The meeting held here last night was an enthusiastic one. Democratic headquarters were opened here yesterday, in the hall above the offices of Drs. Jones and The headquarters will be open everyday and evening from now until after the election. A large sign, bearing the words. "Democratic Headquarters” has been placed across the street in front of the headquarters. A large number of Decatur men attended the meeting here last night. Q Mrs. Albert Duer Gets Lot At Celina, Free Mrs. Albert Duer, of Monfoe, has been notified that she is the recipient of the lot along the reservoir near Celina, Ohio, that was given away here, during Old Home Week, by a Celina development firm. The lot is valued at $250 and has a 40-foot front. It is located near Edgewater Park, Celina. GEO. SAUNDERS ANSWERS LESLIE Bluffton Man Links Gubernatorial Candidate With I). C. Stephenson Indianapolis, Oct. 12. —(U.R)-George L. Saunders, of Bluffton, former state senator, charged today in a statement issued from Democratic headquarters that D, C. Stephenson, former Indiana klan dragon, carried the authority of both Harry G. Leslie and Lieutenant Governor Harold F. Van Orman, when he “induced fifteen striking Democrat senators to return from Dayton, Ohio, during the 1925 legislative session.” Saunders, state senator from Adams, Blackford and Wells county in the 1925 legislature, made the statement in answer to Leslie’s charge that Stephenson was instrumental In returing the senators. Leslie, speaker of the house of representatives and now Republican nominee for governor, made his charge In a campaign speech.

Adams County Spends | $1,060,920 On Road Building In 8 Years

— iCounty Now Has More Than 700 Miles Os Improved Roads — In the last eight years, the 12 township in Adams county have expended $1,060,92(1 for new road improvements, or an average of $132,620 a year, according to the figures compiled by I Martin Jaberg, county auditor, who, through virtue of his office, has signed the bonds. The year 1921 was the record breaker. In that year, the road improvements totaled $341,080. During the same year, the SIOO,OOO worth of bonds for the building of the Adams County Memorial hospital were issued. lit 1924, only $18,960 worth of road bonds were issued, this being the smallest amount of any of the eight years. The figures for the eight years follows: 1921, $341,080; 1922, $142,240; 1923, $153,120; 1924, $18,960; 1925, $78,360; 1026, $92,600; 1927, $69,260; 1928. $165,200; total road bonds issued, $1,060,920. A total of 104 roads were improved during the eight years, including those constructed this year and those in process of construction. Adams county lias been one of the leading counties in the state in road building. The county has more than 700 miles of improved roads, including several miles of hard surfaced roads. All of the roads constructed in this county are built under the township road law. —o Barton Reese Pogue To Speak At Salem Church Barton Reese Pogue, popular Indiana poet and lecturer and instructor ' of dramatics and public speaking at Tayiar University, will appear on the pr. gram at the Salem Evangelical church, eight miles west of Berne, next Sunday, in connection with Rally Day . in the church. Mr. Pogue will speak at 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning. o Democratic Headquarters Being Opened At Geneva Geneva, Oct. 12—(Special)—Detno- . cratic, headquarters are being opened i here this week in the offices of Nath- > an Nelsen, local attorney and candii date for prosecuting attorney. Someone will be placed in charge of the - headquarters and they will be kept > open day and night from now until after the election. ■ BERNE MAN IS INJURED IN FALL Erwin Beer, 28, Seriously Hurt In Fall From Hickory Nut Tree Berne, Oct. 12. — (Special)—Erwin Beer, 28, of Berne, was seriously injured, Thursday afternoon about 3:30 i o’clock, when he fell out of the top ot a tall tree, while gathering hickory nuts on the farm of John Brown, three miles southeast of here. Mr. Beer was accompanied on the hickory nutting expedition, by his wife and two children, Kathleen and Roman Dale Beer. The latter were several feet away from the tree which Mr. Beer had climbed, and they glanced up, just to see a black form shoot 1 swiftly to the bed of the creek which passed beneath the tree. The creek was dry, however. ’ When Mrs. Beer reached her husband, he seemed perfectly lifeless. Her screams for help brought Menno Eichar, also of Berne, who was gath- , ering hickory nuts about a half mile distant. He brought the helpless ' man to the office of a local physician, where ether and hypodermics were i administered. He was found to be l suffering from a broken nose, two bad E fractures of the left arm near the : wrist, besides many scratches and i bruises. He was bleeding from the : mouth when found, and a soreness in . his chest today, gives rise to fear that he may have been injured internally. • He has regained consciousness today, i but is sti.l suffering greatly. —o Injured Persons Improving Misses Hilda and Leah Raub, residing near Monroe, who were injured • in an automobile accident near Berne, i Sunday afternoon, are getting along i nicely, but are still confined to their beds.

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Duke “Goes Broke’’ ■ si ■ ta w z J * I 1 f ’ JRw 1 Pjk Ernst August. Duke of Brunswick and husband of the ex Kaiser’s only “ drug-liter, Victoria Louise, who, it is ‘ reported, is so pressed for money , that lie has decided to sell hit art collection in America. The paint-,,, ings, jewels, objects d'art and sculptures are valued at $10,000,000. ; D. H. S. PUPIL DIES TODAY Hazel Marie Crider, Senior In Local High School, Dies Os Pneumonia Hazel Marie Crider, 17, a senior in the Decatur high school, died at 12:30 o’clock this morning, Friday, October 12, 1928, at the Irene Byron Sanitarium, north of Fort Wayne. Death was due to pneumonia, which developed suddenly on Wednesday of this week. Marie Crider is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Crider, 417 South Line street. She was born in Pendleton, Indiana, on August 14, 1911, and came to this city ten years ago. She was a pupil in the Decatur high school, and was active in all school activities. She was a junior in the liigh school last year, but just three weeks before school was out, her health failed and she was forced to discontinue her studies. Four months ago, she was taken to the Irene Byron Sanitarium for treatment for a tubercular infection. Her condition was believed greatly improved, and when her parents went to visit her yesterday afternoon they were surprised to find her so very much worse and suffering from pneumonia. Marie was a member of the United Brethren church and Sunday school and an active worker in all the departments of the church. Surviving, besides the parents, are two brothers and one sister, Claude Crider, of Newcastle, Roscoe Crider, of Anderson, and Madeline Crider at home; one step-sister, Margaret McGill; one step-brother, Charles McGill; and one half brother, Orin Noble Crider, all at the parental home. A grand-father and grand-mother, Frank Dean and Mrs. Catherine Dean, also survive. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the residence, and at 2 o’clock at the United Brethren church, the Rev. R. E. Vance officiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. o Many Out-Of-Town People Attend Mrs. Green’s Funeral Out-of-town relatives and friends attending the funeral services of the late Mrs. Lucinda Green, which were held Wednesday afternoon at the Martin Gilson residence, were: Mr. and Mrs. James L. Gay, and daughter Miss Goldie, of Alma, Michigan; Mrs. Homer Parent, of Clare, Michigan; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martin, of Marion, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Green, of Bucyrus, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Gay, of Burr Oak, Michigan; Mrs. Alice Long and son Ray, of Sturgis, Michigan; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lenhart and son Forest, Mr. and Mrs. John Hildbold, Mrs. Leo Hildbold, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arbaugh, of Fort Recovery, Ohio; and Mr. and Mrs. Leig Doty, of Portland.

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BIC AIR LINER MAKES PROGRESS ON WAY TO 0. S. German Passenger Dirigible Expected To Reach U. S. Late Sunday • “ALL WELL” SAY RADIO MESSAGES Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 12. (UR) Ihe Graf Zeppelin passed over Funchal al 2:30 p.nt., Madeira time (8:30 a.tn. E.S.F.) today. The Zeppelin came down within six hundred feet of the island. Ihe population turned out in great excitement ami cheered. Passengers aboard the Graf Zeppelin waved their handkerchiefs from the cabin windows. Expected To Land Sunday Washington. Oct. 12. —(U.R) The Graf Zeppelin appeared this afternoon to be flying from Maderia direct to Bermuda and thence to the United .States. The total distance of the Zeppelin's flight thus will be 5,498 miles. The following table is the accurate mileage of points along the flight, based on ship routes from 'Barcelona on: Friedrichshafen to Barcelona. 642 miles. Barcelona to Gibraltar, 552 miles. Gibraltar to Funchal. Maderia, 708 miles. Funchal to Bermuda. 2,812 miles. Bermuda to New York, 784 miles. Total, 5,498 miles. Funchal is 3,183 miles from New 1 York by direct ship route but the i distance byway oE Bermuda is 3,596 miles, the Bermuda detour adding 412 miles to the trip. When the Los Angeles flew from Friedrichshafen in 1924 she came by way of the Azores and Newfoundland, Her total was 4,010 miles. She required 81 hours for tlie trip. Based on her slow time so far, if the Graf Zeppelin averages 60 miles an hour for the whole trip, it will take her hours. That would put her in New York around 9:30 o’clock pm., Sunday. Washington. Oct. 12. —(U.R)—The Graf Zeppelin, flying from Frierichshat’en. Germany, to the United States apparently was over the South Atlantic today, making her way to this country to the south of a storm area that was moving as far down as the Azores. Tlie Zeppelin reported “all well” today but did not divulge her position. She was believed, however, to be headed across the Atlantic byway of Maderia. The Western Union station at Horta, Azores, reported at 7:35 a.m. CST (CONTIMED OX PAGE EIGHT) BAPTISTS PLAN LOYALTY WEEK Special Program Being Prepared By Local Church For Week Next week, October 14 to 21, is designated as Loyalty Week by the Northern Baptist Convention and the local Baptist church is preparing to carry out a pregram of interest for the week. Next Sunday is Rally Day and, in the morning hour, there will be only one service, beginning at 9:30 o’clock and closing at 11 o'clock or a few minutes after. The gcal lias been set for attendance almost equal in number to the resident membership of the church The entire offering for the day will be used for the building fund. Wednesday evening of next week , has been designated Churcli Night. Thursday evening, the Womans Mis- , sionary Society will hold “Open Night" and pi esent a pageant. “The Way of ; Knowledge". On Friday evening, the Philathea Bible class will meet at the church and the Brotherhood will meet at the home of Roy Johnson, 310 North Tenth street. ' Sunday, October 21, will be Family Day. All families will sit together in the morning worship. At noon, a pot- ' luck dinner will be served at the • church. '• The members of the local church are d taking hold of the program with zeal t and expect to have a great week of i. reenlistment for the fall and winter task.

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