Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 244, Decatur, Adams County, 15 October 1928 — Page 1

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Prominent Berne Woman Killed By Auto; Driver Held

YOUTH CHARGED WITH FAILING TO report accident Mrs. Ben Sprunger Killed When Hit By Car Driven By Henry Ehrsam, 20 ACCIDENT OCCURS ON BERNE STREET Mrs. Ben Sprunger, 51. prominent Berne resident, was tatul|v injured Sunday night when she was struck by an automo|,ie, while crossing a street in Berne. She died a few minutes after the accident. Henry j’hrsuin, 20. of Berne, driver of lhe car that struck Mrs. Sprunger, was released under SI,OOO bi’ntl this afternoon, on a charge ,1 failure to report tin accident, after spending last night and ♦his forenoon in the county jail Il 'TC The affidavit charging Ehrsam with hilure to report an accident was filed in circuit court this afternoon. The charge carries a penalty of a fine of not more than SSOO to which may be added imprisonment not exceeding tiwo years, for first offense. Ehrsam did not enter a plea to the charge and no date was fixed for a hearing. The fatal accident occured shortly before 7 o'clock Sunday night, as Mrs. Sprunger was crossing Main street, near the Mennonite church. Mrs. Sprunger was enroute to the Mennonite church to attend the evening services. She was alone, her husband having gone eartterWattend choir practice at the church. Howard Gilliom Sees Accident Howard Gilliom. who was near the scene of the accident, witnessed the fatal mishap. Young Ehrsam, aecom- < panled by three other Berne youths. < Uster Nussbaum, 17, Myron Clouser, • 20, and Karl Sprunger, 19, were trav- t eling east on Main street in a Nash f sedan belonging to Henry Ehrsam’s father, J. M Ehrsam. The boys say 1 they were traveling at a speed of approximately 20 or 25 miles an hour. I The left headlight on the car | struck Mrs. Sprunger first. She was hurled back over the left front fend er and fell to the pavement on the left sde of the car. Young Ehrsam made an attempt to dodge Mrs. Sprunger and sideswiped another car that was parked along the street. He j seemed to hesitate for a few seconds and slackened the speed of his car, but did not come to a complete stop. Suffers Fracture Os Skull Mr. Gilliom rushed to Mrs. Sprunger and assisted in taking her to a t Physic an‘s office. She died about sis- i teen minutes later, without regaining , consciousness. She sustained a | severe fracture of the skull at the . base, one lung was punctured and her irnXTINI'RD ( |\ PICK SIX> O 1 HOOVER SPEAKS I n BOSTON, MASS. ( Republican Candidate Greeted By Crowd At Springfield Enroute To Boston Aboard Herbert Hoover’s special train enroute to Boston, October 15 — i <U.R> Herbert Hoover was welcomed '"to Massachusetts at Springfield at | 30 A. M. today by a crowd that filled the square about the station and ( leered enthusiastically as he appeal--11 briefly for Massachusetts’ vote, loover spoke to the crowd from a specially constructed platform near • railroad tracks. He was cheered r'i, V w * l en lie mentioned the name ; 0 President Coolidge, and said that oolldge’s administration is ft “pro- i tP'se of performane" by the party in th(> future. Massachusettes will greet the Re- » an can(iid ate officially at Newriv' V e ’ wl 'eio the special train ares at 11:15 and Governor Fuller will aboard the train. train° Ve [ all(1 1,18 Party will leave the liri.,' Nswtonvtlle for an automobile ’ cltv ~ „ ough Bos ton’s suburbs. The 1 we ' con >e him at 1 pm. upon ' hl « orie B QStOII Common. gj n ° oVer s speech is scheduled to be- » over"* S *! m ’ eastern standard time, I a national radio hookup. 1

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View, I lie luwn UJIC uxrnif, im uuv ivin> SCHOOLBUILDING TO BE DEDICATED All-Day Program To Be Held At Dedication of New New Building In Wren, O. An appr priate program lias been arranged foi the formal dedication of the new centialized district school building at Wren, Ohio, on October IS. Ihe program will last through ut the day and evening. The dedicatory address will be de livered by Dr. J. L. Clifton, state director of education in Ohio. The program for the dedication is as follows: 9:00 A. M — 3:00 I* M. school and building open for inspection 3:30 P. M. Baseball game, Wren vs. Willshire. 5:00 P. M. supper will be served by the domestic science class in school cafeteria. 8:00 P. M. dedicatory program. Program Music, school band, Mr. Danner, director. Music, “America,” led by Mrs Pollock. Invocation, Rev. Sullivan, L. U. B. church. Presentation of building Lyman T. Strang, architect, Hulskin and Strong Lima, Ohio. Acceptance. F. W. Bowen, president Board of Education. Music, double trio, High School. Dedicatory address, Dr. J. L. Clifton, State .Director of Educat ion. Music, double mixed quartet, High School. Address, D. R. Bendure, County Sup erintendent of Schools. Music, High School Chorus. Music, School Band. —o ■ — Kirkland High School To Hold Box Social The Kirlrtand township high school will hold a box social at the school building, eight miles southwest of this city, on Tuesday evening of this week. In addition to the regular box social, there will be various other forms of entertainment, including boxing. The public is invited to attend.

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Democratic Committeemen ! To Meet Here October 27 An important meeting of the Democratic committeemen and committeewomen, precinct workers and party leaders will be held at Democratic headquarters at 1:30 o’clock, Saturi day afternoon, October 27. The program will start at promptly 1:30 o’clock and the meeting will be of special interest to all. o B. f. BEERY DIES SUNDAY MORNING Prominent Retired Farmer Os Kirkland Township Dies Os Dropsy Benjamin Franklin Beery, 72, prominent farmer of Kirkland township, died at 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning, October 14. 1928, at his home in Kirkland township, from dropsy and heart trouble. Mr. Beery had been in ill health for the past two years, his condition gradually weakening, and on Saturday of last week he was stricken to his bed, and died the following morning. The deceased was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, May 7, 1856, the son of Ruehen and Mary Hamilton Beery. On October 2, 1892, he united in marriage with Sarah E. Baker, of Kirkland township. No children were born of this union. For the past eight years, he has been a resident of Adams county, and is a member Os the Mennonitd Brethren! in Christ church. Surviving, besides the widow, is one nephew, Earl Beery, of Springfield, Ohio. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, standard time, at the residence, and at 2 o’clock at the Antioch church. Burial will be made in the Beery cemetery, adjoining the church. The Rev. E. B. Yoder, of Elkhart, will officiate with the Rev. Irvin Canen, pastor of the Antioch church, assisting. Friends are requested to omit flowers.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 15, 1928.

Kentucky Files Suit To Prevent Indiana Citizens From Halting Bridge Plan Washington, Oct. 15.— (U.R) — The commonwealth of Kentucky today asked the U. 8. supreme court for permission to bring an original suit to prevent citizens of Indiana from interfering with construction by the the state of Indiana of a highway bridge across the Ohio river at Evans ville, Indiana. A petition names the state of Indiana and several Indiana citizens as defendants and recites .that the two states have contracted for Indiana to build such a bridge. Indiana citizens, however, are threatening to interfere with the construction through legal action. GLEN H. VENIS ENDS OWN LIFE Decatur World War Veteran Drinks Carbolic Acid This Morning • Glen Harold Venis, 29, married, committed suicide shortly after 7 o’clock this morning, Monday, October 15, 1928, hy drinking carbolic acid in the bedroom of his home on North Nintli street, just across from the General Electric plant. Mrs. Venis was downstairs preparing breakfast, supposing that Mr. Venis was dressing and getting ready to go to his employment at the General Electric factory. About 7:15 o’clock, he called to her. She rushed to his room and was prostrated when she saw the empty carbolic acid bottle lying at his side and realized what he had done. Mr. Venis was unable to converse with his wife before he died. Death ensued about 8 o’clock. Financial difficulties, which have been foremost in his mind for several months, are believed to have been the cause of the suicide. Glen Venis was born in Decatur, August 12, 1899, the son of Martin and Sarah E. Venis. The mother is deirased, but the father and a stepmother, Mrs. Rose Venis, reside at 1015 West Adams street. In March, 1919, he united in mar riage with Hazel Niblick, the surviving widow. One son. John Max, aged 7 years, also survives. One half brother, Frank Bright, resides at Kingsland, and one half sister, Mrs. Fred Mueller, resides at Bellevue, Ohio. Four surviving step-sisters and two step brothers are as follows: Mrs. Inez Klingenberger of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Iva King, of Leipsic, Ohio, Mrs. Gertrude Bowman, of Decatur, Mrs. Treva Werling, of Preble, Chalmer Ray, of Detroit. Michigan, and Glen Ray, at the parental home. Mr. Venis had been employed for the past five years as gn inspector at the General Electric plant and was reputed to be a good steady workman. He was an overseas war veteran, a member of the 138th Field Artillery. The body was removed to the S. E. Black residence, 604 West Adams street, where friends may view the remains after 7 o'clock this evening. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Black residence and at 2 o’clock at the First Methodist church, the Rev. Ross W. Stoakes officiating. Burial in the Decatur cemetery. SMITH ENTERS MISSOURI TODAY Receives Great Reception At St Louis; Speaks At Sedalia Tonight St Louis, 111. Oct. 15—(U.R)—Gov. Al fred E. Smith's special train arrived at the Tower Grove station in South St. Louis at 11 a. m. today for a three hour stop enroute to Sedalia, Mo. He was greated by a crowd of 10.000 admirers at a surburban railroad station and immediately left by automobile for a brown derby parade , through St. Louis, 111. A worker in I overalls tossed aboard a huge placard . bearing the Inscription. “1,000,000 voters in East St. Louis are for you Al. i We want our suds back.” I T O — Boy Killed In Fall From Tree Cloverdale, Ind., Oct. 15.—(U.R) —Al- ; onzo Shillings, 12, was injured fatally when he fell 30 feet from a tree.

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SON OF FORMER 0. S. PRESIDENT TO SPEAK HERE Hon. Richard Folsom (’leveland To Speak At Democratic Meeting Oct. 23 ADDRESS TO BE CAMPAIGN HEADLINER Hon. Richard Folsom Cleveland, son of the late President Grover Cleveland, and one of the brilianl orators of the country, will speak in Decatur Tuesday, October 23, at one of the principal Democratic meetings to be held in Adams county during the present campaign. John 11. Heller, acting Democratic county chairman, was advised this morning by telephone from Indianapolis that Mr. Cleveland would be able to fill the engagement in this . ity on October 23. An Orator of Great Ability Mr. Cleveland lives in Baltimore. Maryland. He is a graduate of Princeton university and is an orator of great ability. He lias spoken in several of the large cities in Ohio, and in other eastern states and delivers one of the best speeches heard on the political platform. He is a man of wonderful ability and few cities the size of Decatur will have the opportunity to hear him this year. Recently, he spoke at Lima, Ohio, ami a number of persons from Portland went to hear him The meeting in this city will be held in the Adams county court room. Mr. Cleveland is scheduled to speak at 7:30 o’clock and the entire evening will be given to him fur a discussion of the political issues of the day. It wak announced last evening that Mr. Cleveland would speak over the radio during the Collier hour on Sunday, October 21, answering Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., of New York city, also a Son of a former president of the United States, who delivered a talk last evening on the political Issues of the campaign. Mr. Cleveland is the only son of former President Cleveland and is one of the leading professional men in the east. While at Princeton, he was a leader among his classmates and graduated with high honors. His ad dress in this city will be one of the high lights in the campaign and the committee in charge of the meeting is already planning to provide extia seat* for the meeting. CHURCH BUILDING FUND IS BOOSTED Total Os $6,700 Raised In Cash And Subscriptions At Evangelical Church The First Evangelical church had a great, day on Sunday. It was the occasion of boosting the Building Reserve Fund for the proposed new Sunday school building. The enthusiasm ran high during tlie Sunday school, with an attendance of 289 and an offering of $621.45. The Rev. J. O. Mosier, of Fort Wayne, preached two very forceful sermons, get in a modern way of expressions. His morning sermon was based upon, “The Precious Promises of God.” He briefly reviewed the history of the local church; how, from a very small beginning, it has grown to the modern size. He spoke of the faith of tlie church in erecting the present building. How in a very short time the building has been outgrown. He encouraged the congregation to go on with greater things. In the evening. Dr. Mosier spoke upon: “The Church.” He said: “the church is the greatest organziation on earth. There is no exception to this expression. I saw many ditches in my day, but when I saw the Grand Canyon, I knew it was the biggest d'tch. I have seen some big trees in the world, but when I saw the big trees of California, they were the biggest. The Church is a living organism, instituted by Jesus Christ.” Opportunities were given the membership to subscribe to the building fund, at the various services of the day and the result in cash and sub(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO;

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BLAINE COMES OUT FOR SMITH Wisconsin Senator Gives Unqualified Support To Democratic Candidate Boscobel, Wis , Oct. 15. .'U.K— Un- ■ quahtied support of Got. Alfred E. Smith of New York. Democratic candidate for president, was announced here today by U. S. Senator John J. Blaine, a member of the LaFollette progressive wing of the Republican party in Wisconsin. Senator Blaine, who was a dele-gate-at-large to the Republican national convention in Kansas City where bis colleague, Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., presented a minority platform, had intimated during his campaign for election .as a delegate that he might support the New York governor if the Republican choice was not to his liking. Blaine asserted the Democratic nominee has spoken plainly, fearlessly and courageously during his western trip, has challenged corruption in high places, has defied privileges in any form and has thrown to the winds every consideration of political expediency. Btaine’s statement follows: “Mr. Hoover is opposed to practically all of the policies of the great mass of progressive republicans and independent forward-thinking people of America. will not support him. He would make an ideal and able, benevolent monarch anywhere, I have no doubt, because the sponsors of his campaign depend upon bigotry, in--1 tolerance and puritanical hypocrisy to wjn. "As shown from the records of Smith’s administration as governor »f New York, he possesses a genius and ' leadership that gets things done. He possesses a Lincoln genius and u Jes- ■ ferson leadership. For these reasons : alone I could heartily support him. 1 For the following reasons 1 shall actively support him: ’ •Te recognizes the true cause of 1 farm depression, namely exportable surpluses. He proposes to control 1 those surpluses and make adequate ’ tariff effective on farm products. That is a permanent and sane public ’ policy that will stabilize farm market ' and prevent gouging of the public packers, the millers and the cold storage interests." o ’ Portland Grocer Sued ’ For $50,580 Damages s I Portland, Ind., Oct. 15 —(U.R> —Lew ( Ferris, local grocer, today faces suits t i hwhich a total of $50,580 was sought , as damages, as the result of an auto- ’ mobile accident. _ Mt. and Mrs. Charles Morris each „ ask $20,000 for injuries and in addition Ncrris asked SSBO for damage to his automobile. Theodore Smith, was rid|7 ing in the Norris car and asked SIO,OOO 1 It. was alleged in the suits that the gro- ’’ cer was driving a car 45 miles an hour when it struck the other machine.

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AIR LINER FLIES OVER CITIES ON EASTERN COAST Giant Dirigible Completes 5,400 Mile V o y a g e; Thousands See Craft LAKEHURST READY FOR SHIP TO LAND (By United Press) lilt’ Gral’ Zeppelin, the first air liner between Europe and America. flew triumphantly over the larger cities of the eastern seaboard today, after a voyage of 5,40(1 miles from Friedrichshafen. Germany. Washington, Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia and smaller cities turned out to admire lhe 770-foot dirigible as it neared New York and Lakehurst, N. .1., the end of its journey. Ground Crew Called Out Lakehurst, N. J.. Oct. 15 —(U.R)--Commander Pierce, executive officer of lhe air station, issued orders to call out the station ground crew at 3:30 pin. today. He had just had word of the vessel passing over Camden, after having left Philadelphia. The weather was fair and the wind light. It appeared that the Zeppelin would have a good landing, and that she could be "walked” into the hangar by, the ground crew of 300 men assigned to seize her and maneuver her. If a wind unexpectedly developed she could lie attached to the mooring mast. Sighted At Washington Washington, Oct. 15. ——(U.fjl — The ditigible Graf Zeppelin was sighted approaching Washington from the snnthensr at 12:20 p.m., today. Secretary Wilbur and a large number of naval officers and employees were assembled on the roof of the Navy department building to watch the approach of the dirigible. Whistles blew as the dirigible passed over Washington. Its silvery grey bag was clearly visible from room tops in all parts of the city. Baltimore. Md., Oct. 15. —(U.R) —The Graf Zeppelin flew over the downtown section of Baltimore in a northeasterly direction apparently headed for Philadelphia at 1:08 p.m. o Local Merchants To Hold Meeting Tonight A meeting of local merchants interested in holding gift day events in Decatur will be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the Decatur Industrial rooms. Plans for the holding of gift days will be made if those who attend the meeting vote to do so. See Wild Geese Mrs. Abe Bebout and Mrs. Henry Schamerloh, of this city, reported this morning that they saw a flock of wild geese flying southward this morning. This is one of the signs vs approaching winter. o JOHN MEYER IS CALLED BY DEATH Decatur Man Dies Early Today After Illness Os Several Weeks Duration John Meyer, age 77, well-known retired business man of Decatur, died at 5 o’clock this morning at his home, 316 North Fourth street, following a several weeks illness from complications. Mr. Meyer had been bedfast for the past four weeks and his condition became serious a few days ago. The deceased was born in Bavaria, Germany, October 13, 1851, celebrating his 77th birthday last Saturday. He cp.me with his parents to this country, they settling in Ohio. In 1869, he came to Adams county and for the past 41 years has been a resident of Decatur. Before coming to Decatur, he lived on a farm in Washington township. He was engaged in business in Decatur for several years, retiring about 20 years ago. Mr. Meyer was married to Miss Catherine Ackwman, September 3, 1879, and to this union, seven children were born. Besides the widow, who surviv<‘s, the children who are (CONTINUED ON PAGE NIX)