Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 266, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1928 — Page 1

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RIVER OF LAVA from mt. etna WREAKS HAVOC New Eruptive Crater Opens Today, Adding To Destructive Streams towns in path being destroyed Catania, Sicily, Nov. 9.—(U. 0 ) 1 A new eruptive crater opened I in Mt. Etna late today to add its lava to the destructive streams already devastating the country between the mountain and the * The new mouth was near Magazzeiri, five miles northwest of Mascali, which was destroyed Wednesday. Catania, Sicily, Nov. 9. —(U.R)—The river of lava which has been pouring for nearly a week from Mt. Etna’s Jeanie. cone qontipiued Inexorably towards the sea today, destroying everything in its path. The lava torrent, had traveled nearly 11 miles from the summit to Its present front. The width of the irregular front of the hot. bubbling mass of molten rock varied from three tenths of a mile to one mile and two-tenths. Stream Widens Steadily Earlier hopes that the eruption was subsiding were not borne out, and the lava stream was widening stet.dily today. Observations indicated the intensity of the eruption at its source ou the smoking mountain heights had not abated. It was feared that the end cf the upheaval was still distant. The damage has been enormous, probably exceeding $1,000,000. Hundreds of peasants have been driven from their homes and were given shelter in the yet undamaged towns near the sea. The village of Mascali was obliterated. An idea of the loss was given in the estimate that the damage amount to 150,000 lire ($10,845) per hectare. A hectare is roughly 2(£ acres. The village of Nunviata and the the hamlet of Carrabba seemed tuiraculoucly to have escaped destrouction so far, but they remained in imminent peril. They are doomed if 'he edge of the stream overhanging them from a height, spreads even a tew yards. Both settlements were occupied by detachments of the fourth infantry regiment, who were e n. habitants from returning to their imPer iled homes and were helping to remove the last possessions from the houses. Congressional Race In Texas Continues Close Dallas, Tex., Nov. 9—.'J,R>-The ccngressional race in the foui teenth district continued to be a nip and tuck atfair today, with Harry M. Murzbach, Republican, still leading his Democratic opponent. Judge Augustus MeClosky by a slender margin. Latest tabulations of the Texas election bureau gave congressman Wurzba'h a lead cf 222 votes. This represents returns from all eleven of the counties in the district. The tabulated vote was: Wurzbach 29,538; McCloskey 29,316. CONVENTION TO BE HELD SOW Washington Township Sunday Schools To Meet At Presbyterian Church An interesting program has been arranged for the townsliip Sunday school convention, to be held at the First Presbyterian church here Sunday evening. The convention will be called to order at 7 0 clock. Miss Elizabeth Atkinson Taft, °f indianapolis, will deliver the principal address of the evening. Following is the program for the convention, to which the public is cordially invited: R°ng, by men’s chorus. Hymn, by congregation. Devotionals, led by H. N. Shroll. kong, by men’s chorus. Secietary’s report. Offertory. Hymn, by congregation. Address, by Miss Elizabeth Atkin- - B°n Taft, of Indianapolis. Song, by men’s chorus, Benediction.

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Indianapolis Man To Speak To Teachers M. J. Henderson, of Indianapolis, will speak on the subject of "Visual Education,” at the morning session of the monthly institute of Adams county school teacheis, to be .held at Monroe, tomorrow. The usual group meetings of teachers will be held after Mr. Henderson s address. The extension course classes will meet during the afternoon. DAMAGE SUIT IS SETTIEO Erie Railroad Company Pays Elmer Tricker $1,200 For Death Os Daughter The damage suit of Elmer Tricker, of Decatur, against the Chicago and Erie railroad company, f r $10,00(1, was settled yesterday in supetiot court at Fc;t Wayne f r $1,250. The jury which was chosen to hear the case hid fust been swern in when the settlement was leached. Mr. Trickei sought damages as the result of the death of his 8-year-ol(i daughter, who was killed here when a heavy push pole, used by tlie railroad company in switching cars, fell from its support on to her as she caught hold of the pole to swing on it. Mi. Tiicker alleged that the defendant company was negligent in not placing the pcle on its support securely. Seveial Decatur persons had been subpoenaed to testify in the trial. The case was begun in the Adams circuit cou. t and later taken to Allen county on a change of venue. The death of the plaintiff's daughter, Maxine, occured on August 5, 1927. The plaintiff was represented in the case by Attorney Dore B. Erwin, of Decatur. I while Bowers, Feightner and Bowers t of Huntington, appeared for the defen- i dant. , -o Lions To Hold Special Meeting This Evening J A special meeting cf Lions Club will be held in the basement of Christian cnurch at 7 o’clock this evening. All members aie urged to attend as there 1 will be business of importance to transact. QDreyfus Rhoades To Go j On Trial Next Monday t Princeton, Ind., Nov. 9—(U.PJ —Drey- j fus Ricdes will go on trial in Gibson ( circuit court here Monday, charged ( with the murder two years ago of Simon Caiie, Vincennes policeman. Shoitly after the officer's death, Rhodes pleaded guilty and was sen- ' fenced to die in the electric chair, but 1 but before his removal to the state piison for execution, he escaped from 1 the Knox County jail at Vincennes. He | remained at large until a few months ago, when he was captured in Colo- ’ rado following a bank tobbety and re- • turned for trial. The case was brought • here on a change of venue from Vin- ■ cennes. o MAN SOUGHT IN SLAYING IS DEAD Homer Patterson Believed To Have Killed Self; Wanted At Newcastle Terre Haute, Ind. Nov. 9- f(J.R>—Hom- I er Patteison. sought in connection with the murder of Mrs. Myrtle Mil- i ler, of Muncie, whose body was found along side a highway near Newcastle , two months ago, died here today of , what police said was a self inflicted bullet wound. i The alleged suicide occurred here early today when police surrounded a house in which Patteison was hiding , He fired a bullet into his head and died shortly afterwards in a hospital , police said. ] The body of Mrs. Miller was found along a highway wrapped in a sheet by Fiank Trout, August 31, apparently beaten to death with a Blunt instrument. , Charles Beasley, Terre Haute, re- , cently pleaded guilty to the slaying and was given a life sentence in the state prison at Michigan City. Beasley’s plea followed confessions by Mrs. Irene Moyer, Terre Haute, ' which implicated both Patterson and ' Beasley. , , , Mis. Moyer said the slaying took • place following a di inking party a few miles from Newcastle, Beasley, it was said, struck the first blow and Patter- I son the last which killed the woman. i

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Famous Plane in Air Tragedy j ■‘V . S 'AN . \U_Jn iillP'v r '* -* * *~z_ Above arc two photos of wreckage of the Yankee Doodle, record-holding plans which crashed into a mountain near Prescott. Ariz., while battling high winds during a recent attempt to establish a new West-to-East transcontinental record. Capt. C. B. Collyer, noted pilot, and Harry Tucker, owner, were killed. - . - Kiddies To Romp About White House Once More

Republican Is Elected I Senator In West Virginia Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 9.—(U.R> — Democratic leaders today Conceded the election of Henry D. Hatfield, republican candidate for United States senator, over Mathew Neely, democrat, incumbent. Returns from all but 34 of the state’s 2,310 precincts gave Hatfield 323,281 and Neely 313,462. President-elect Herbert Hoover carried the state by a 110,000 majority. —o CALF CLUBS IN JOINT MEETING Adams And Allen County Clubs Meet At Hoagland, Thursday Night Members of the Adams and Allen County Dairy Calf Clubs held a joint meeting at the new Madison township school building, at Hoagland, on Thursday evening, November 8. A crowd of about 300 persons were present, including 30 members of the Adams county club and ten from the Allen county club. Arrangements for the meeting were completed by County Agents Ferd E. Christen, of Decatur, and W. F. Burbank, of Fort Wayne. A very interesting two-hour program was rendered by the members of the two clubs. Readings by Gerhart Schwartz and Noah Schrock and a duet by the Misses Dessie and Ruth Mazelin accompanied by Miss Agnes Schwartz formed Adams county’s part in the program. In addition, Mayor George Krick, of Decatur, gave a very interesting talk to the club membets. A reading by Donald Schneider, and a saxaphone solo by Clifford Houk, accompanied by Miss jjTora Fuelling, of the Allen county club, were also enjoyed. The Hoagland orchestra furnished the music for the evening. Three reels of motion pictures were shown by the Allen county agent, which demonstrated clearly the different phases of the dairy industry and its connection with calf club work. After the meeting, delicious refreshments were served, which consisted of coffee, cookies and ice-cream. The ice-cream was donated by the Cloverleaf Creameries, of Decatur, through the courtesy of Amos Graber and Carl Klepper.

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Two Young Grandchildren Os President - Elect To Hein Liven Up Mansion By Thomas L. Stokes (United Press Staff Correspondent) Palo Alto, Calif., Nov. 9- UR)— Children will romp about the White House in the next administration for the first time in 20 years. Herbert Hoover the third i.< just a year old now, to be true, but within two or three years he will have reached the age that delights in tiding a velocipede on such places as the east room’s shiny floors. They have not been marred since Quentin Roosevelt, who now occupies a soldiers grave in Fiance, urged his pcney to try the slippery footing. Herbert’s sister, flazen-haired. blue eyed peggy, already has reached the mischieveous age. Knowing Her grandfather only as a big kindly, man and not as President-elect of the United States, she matches into his study here calmly pushes aside his papers and insists on a romp. Giandpa Usually Plays And the President-elect sets aside important matters and plays witli his two-and-a-half year old grandaughter. He is proud of her. People tell him she is the living image ci' him, and needs only a cigar'in her pert little mouth to be a double as far as facial features are concerned. Her father and mother will not live in the White House all the time, but they will be in and out of there much of the time, oil week-ends, during college holidays, and during the summers. (CONTIXWD OX PACK SEX EX > Yqu MusT HAVE, A * CERTAIN AMOUNT OF sense To Take CARE OF DOLLARS | K f TTo? O Qr

BERNE BOY IS ’ KILLED WHEN , HIT BY AUTO I 1 ■— E Arthur Amstutz, 7, Son Os { Frank Amstutz, Meets Instant Death Thursday DRIVER OF CAR SUFFERS COLLAPSE ■ Berne, Ind., Nov. 9. — (Special) Arthur Amstutz, 7, youngest child of i Mr. and Mrs. Frank Amstutz of Berne, was instantly killed at 4:15 o’clock, Thursday afternoon, when he 1 was struck by an automobile as he was tunning across the street, at a point near the Reformed church, on Main street. Together with a playmate, Edward Lehman, Arthur was playing tag. t One boy was on one side of the street , and one on the other. As the lad , started to run across the street, he f noticed a car apptoaching from lite , west, waited for it to pass and with- [ out glancing to tlie east darted on , across. A car coming from the east ( and driven by Earl E. Gipe, of Co- ] lumbia City, an organizer for the ( Woman's Farm Journal, struck the ( boy. Mr. Gipe was accompanied by ( Arthur J. Keller, of Fort Wayne. They were driving slow, but when the iad struck the right front fender of the . Gipe car. it threw him to the pavement, causing a fracture at the base ( of the skull, which instantly sapped out his life. Other than the fracture, ( the lad was uninjured. Agnes Am- , stutz, 14-year-old sistet of Arthur, witnessed the tragedy. Mr. Gipe, driver of the latal car, suffered a complete collapse following the accident and medical attention was necessary for some time. He was exonerated of any blame in the v'gtter, hut, was terribly broken up and nervous over the affair. He had just visited the office of tlie Berne Review and was in the act of leaving the city when the accident occured. Frank Amstutz, father of the boy, served on the election board in Berne on Tuesday, and because of this was off his regular schedule as salesman for the Berne Overall and Shirt company. Extreme difficulty was experienced in reaching him with the sad message, but lie was finally located in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and later met at Lima, Ohio, by automobile, by Berne friends. Arthur Amstutz was born July 6, 1921, in Berne and was a pupil in the second grade of school Surviving are his parents, four sisters, Agnes, Anntt Marie, and Lucille at home, and Dessie Amstutz, of Bloomington, 111(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT! —O ADVISORY BOARD VOTES COUNTED Results Os Township Election Tuesday Are Tabulated Here Today The returns for the township advis- , ory board election held last Tuesday were tabulated today by Miss Bernice Nelson, deputy county clerk. With the ' exception cf Unicn township, the re- , turns were all made today. Union township went Democratic. There i were only two candidates on the Dento- - crat ticket, they being Otto Hoile and . John W. Blakey. Preble and Blue Creek townships did not elect advisory boards, there not being a township ticket in either place. The results of the election were: Jefferson township, Wm. Adang, Jacob J. Lester and Charles F. Smitley, Democrats. French township, Joseph L. Graber, Jacob J. Kauffman, Albert Moeshberger, Democrats. Monroe township, Edwin H. Gilliom, Albert W. Llechty and Osia Von Gunten Democrats. Hartford township Eugene Lindsey, Sanford Reynolds, John Henry Rieff, Democrats had no opposition. Wabash township, Charles Brown John Kramer, Fred Mathys, Democrats had no opposition. St. Marys township, Geo. M. Foor Edward Koos, Otis E. Shlfferly, Republicans, Washington township, Conrad Gillig, Frank O. Martin, John W. Tyndall, Democrats had no opposition. Kirkland township, Harvey Beery, Jacob Henschen, Raleigh Houck, Democrats, had no opposition. Root township. Adolph Bieberick, August Bttsick, Charlesy Longenbarger, Democrats had no opposition.

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C. O. Porter Speaks i To Decatur Rotarians | C. O. Porter, cf the Decatur Cooperage company, gave an Intel eating talk before the members of the Decatur Roary Club last evening. Mr. Porter talk'd on the modem trend In business nd of the different attitude on the part of the people in regard to consolidations, me, gers and chain stores. His talk was interesting and many timely topics were covered in his re- ] marks. Cail Pumphiey was in charge of the program. o DIRECTOR FOR ' FESTIVAL HERE 1 Young Ladv Arrives to Take ) Charge Os Evening Star < Festival Next Week Miss Madge McCoy, a director for ’ the Interstate Bureau, of Chicago, ar- j rived in Decatur Thursday, to take . charge of tlie Evening Star Festival to be presented in tlie Decatur high I school auditorium on Tuesday, Wed- I nesday, Thursday and Friday of next : week, under tlie auspices of tlie Lions Club. Miss McCoy will meet with the Lions in a special meeting at the Christian church basement at 7:00 I o’clock this evening, to complete plans ; for the entertainment. Season tickets for tlie four days of high class entertainment are now be- : Ing sold by the Lions. Tlie price of the season tickets were reduced by the Lions this year from their regular i p.ice of two dollars to $1.50, in order to encourage more persons to attend. Season tickets for high school pupils are one dollar, and seventy-five cents for children under the high school age. The fottr-day program includes: a program by Howard Russell's Collegians, three talented young men from Canada, on the opening night; a lecture by Sam W. Grathwell, Bluebook Celebrity lecturer, on the second night; a three-act comedy. “New Brooms,’’ a recent Broadway comedy success, on the third night, and the Jav Tobias Revue, on the fourth night. The opening night’s program will consist of music, comedy, entertainment and mimicry—“ That Different Revue.” Mr. Grathwell will give his famous lecture, “China —A Vision or a Nightmare,” giving his personal observations in that interesting country. “New Brooms” lias scored a tremendous success everywhere it has been staged. The Jay Tobias Revue is headed by Jay Tobias, a noted comedian, musician and mimic, who is referred to as “the funniest man since Bill Nye.” With him is a company of talented young lady musicians, singers and all-round entertainers, who do orchestra numbers, costume sketches, songs and up-to-date stunts. o ——- M. Mac. Stoops Elected To State Legislature Marmaduke Mac. Stoops, of Petersburg. former Decatur resident, and a cousin of Miss Nellie Blackburn, of this city, was elected state representative from Knox and Pike counties in the election held Tuesday. Mr. Stoops is a Democrat. OPERETTA IS WELL STAGED 1). H. S. Pupils Please Audience With “The Ghost Os Lollypop Bay”

A fair sized crowd greeted the production of “The Ghost of Lollypop Bay” last evening, in the Decatur i high school auditorium. The operetta was presented by the boys and girls glee clubs of the high school and was staged with much enthusiasm • and talent, each character showing much training and ability, in the line ■ of music and dramatics. The setting of the story is in a girls' summer school camp on Lollypop Bay, the ringleaders of the camp 1 being Mary, Midge, and Molly, who 1 were represented by Isabella Cloud, ’ Cleora Baker and Mary M. Coverdale, ' each taking her part In an excellent 1 manner. Cleora Baker, who had the comic side of the group, produced many laughs by her drawls. The principal of the girls camp. Miss Jem--1 Inta Steel, the part being taken by Anna Winnes, was very strict, but during the story became much enatn(CONTINUEU ON PAGE EIGHT)

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FIVE CHARGED WITH STEALING HOGS AND SHEEP Four Decatur Men And Youth From Bluffton Arrested Here Today OFFICERS CONFISCATE QUANTITY OF MEAT Five men, members of an alleged gang of hog and sheep thieves that has been operating in the vicinity of Decatur for the last few weeks, were arrested here this morning, and placed in the county jail to await the filing of larceny charges against them. Formal charges were expected to be filed against the quintet in mayor’s court this afternoon. The men under arrest are: Frank Straub, 32; Sam Bailer. 50; Ira Schaefer, 28. and Jasper Bailer, 43, all of Decatur, and Carl Shaw. 19, of Bluffton. The arrests were made by Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth, Chief of Police Sephus Melchi and Francis Schmitt, a deputy sheriff. Meat Is Confiscated The men are said to have stolen about three tons of coal from a coal car on tlie Pennsylvania railroad tracks in tlie south part of the city, also. A barrel of pickled meat, more than half of a di eased hog and a 10gallon jar of fried meat were confiscated by tlie officers. The meat was found in the homes of the men, after the officers had obtained search warrants. Sheriff Hollingsworth received a call this morning, informing him that two men were hatting coal from a pile beside the Pennsylvania railroad tracks in the south part of the city and storing it in a sited at the home of Frank Straub, nearby. The sheriff •cund Straub and Shaw engaged in storing the coal. Shaw is said to have admitted that they had stolen the coal. Shaw was arrested and brought to the jail. A shoit time later, Straub was placed under arrest. Three Others Arrested After questioning Shaw and Straub for several minutes, the officers placed Sam Bailer, Jasper Bailer and Schaefet under arrest. Schaefer attempted to escape when tlie officers arrived at his home on South Tenth street by running out the back door, 'he officers said. The officers say they have information in their hands to the effect that the gang stole two hogs from a 'arge herd on the farm of William Rodenbeck, residing about five miles north of Decatur, and killed the two hogs in Mr. Rodenbeck's barn. Later, they say, the hogs were brought to tb s city, where they were dressed and the meat either salted down or fried down. The officers also state that they have information indicating that the men, at least part of them, stole one or mote sheep from a flock in Bellmont Park, belonging to William Butler, local livestock buyer. The men took the sheep northwest of the city and dressed them along the Archbold road, leaving the animals' internal organs at the side of the road, the (CONTINI I'tn ON PAGE EIGHT! OBREGON SLAYER TO PAY WITH LIFE

.Jose De Leon To Face Firing Squad; Catholic Nun To Go To Prison By Gesford F. Fine, UP Staff Correspondent Mexico City, Nov. 9. — (U.P.) — The mad young draughtsman who assassinated General Alvaro Obregon, presi-dent-elect of Mexico, must face a firing squad and a nun of the Roman Catholic church, accused of “intellectual authorship" of the plot must spend 20 years in prison. A jury last night found Jose de Leon Toral guilty of killing the presidentelect and he was sentenced to death. The same jury found Mother Superior Concepcion guilty of being the intellectual author of the crime and she was sentenced to 20 years in prison—the extreme penalty that can be given a woman in Mexico. Toral, just before the verdict was (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

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