Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 273, Decatur, Adams County, 17 November 1928 — Page 1

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ALL CITIZENS ARE ASKED TO JOIN RED CROSS Final Plans Made For Start Os Drive In Decatur Sunday EXPECT MEMBERSHIP OF ONE THOUSAND All Citizens—- " Have your dollar ready." This is the final word In preparation for the Red Cross membership campaign which will start in Decatur at noon Sunday. The city has been divided into sections and about 20 local people will take charge of the local Roll Call. The membership campaign will open in all parts of the county tomorrow, and pastors have been asked to assist in the drive by urging membership from the pulpit. The drive will last until Thanksgiving day, it was announced at local headquarters today, and it is expected that more than 1,000 members will renew their faith in the American Red Cross. The usual symbol of the organization, a cross of red on a white background will be given to each member to display. The drive is being made throughout the United States starting Sunday and last until Thanksgiving day. The Adams connty organization hopes to complete the drive for members during the next week, in order that this county may be one of the first to report to national headquarters. A'l local residents are asked to remain at home Sunday until those making the canvas have called at Itheir home. All members of the famlily are eligible to join in the great [humane organization. The annual Roll Call is one of the most effective means of gathering money used throughout the world in [times of grief and disaster, and local [residents always have joined the or ganization. It is hoped that the memIbership this year will exceed all other years. BULLETIN Berne, Nov. 17. — (Special).— Mrs. John J. Amstutz, 60, of this city was found dead in the yard of her home here this afternoon. Death was thought to have been caused by a Croke of apoplexy. Mrs. Amstutz had been washing windows, and was found by neighbors at the bottom of the step ladder. No funeral arrangements had been made late this afternoon. o HUMANE OFFICER DIES Arthur W. Yackey, age 33, officer of the Fcrt Wayne Humane society, died Thursday evening at the Methodist hospital. Fort Wayne, following an operation. Mr. Yackey formerly lived in Decatur and was engaged in the truck ing business. Funeral services will be hdd Monday at South Whitley, where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Yackey live. Killed In Wreck Frankfort, Ind., Nov, 17.-UR)—On her way to Florida to spend her honeymoon with the Rev. Charles H. Haines, Mrs. Allie K. Haines, 70, was killed in an automobile accident near Griffin, Ga., according to word received here. 0 GORDON ENGELER IN PRODUCTION Focal Young Man Has Part In Little Theatre Play A phjtogaph of Gordon Engeler, of Indianapolis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Engeler of this city appeared in to•lay’s Indianapolis News In connection wl, h a play being given in Indianapolis this week by Little Theatre Guild. Mr. Engeler has an Important roll in the comedy "The Queen's Husband", written by Robert E. Sherwood, author °f "The Road To Rome" and other outstanding comedies. The play has been running this week at the Little Theatre play-house In Indianapolis and has been attracting large crowds. Mr. Engeler formerly lived In Decatur where he was graduated from the local high school. He has redded in Indianapolis for the last two years.

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Root Township Pupils Visit Democrat Plant Miss Lois Fuhrman, teacher at the Mt Pleasant school in Root township, accompanied the members of her class to Decatur Friday afternoon, where they wete shown thtough the plant of I the Decatur Daily Democrat. The children were shown the many details c;nnected with issuing a daily paper . and remained to see the papers print- " ed on the Goss comet press. Mrs. C. L. Barnhouse accompanied Miss Fuhrman on the trip. o HOOVERS READY FOR SEA VOYAGE I Last Os Packing Is Completed; Ship Is Made Ready Palo Alto, Calif., Nov. 17.—(U.R)— President-elect Hoover was ready today to don the top hat of diplomacy and his timid, boyish smile of friendly greeting to our Latin American neighbors. That smile will express his friendlines for he does not speak the language of those he will visit. Interpreters will convey, in Spanish, the meaning of the speeches he will make. They will be few, and brief. The top hat is packed, and so is its accompanying regalia, swallow tailed coat, morning attire—all that formality requires, as well as summer weight suits, overcoats, and dozens of high starched collars the present-elect has worn for years. Hoover’s outfit for this South American trip constitutes probably the most clothes he ever possessed. He is a man of simple habits. His elaborate layout is in striking contrast to the few clothes he carried with him when he left here with his bride years ago for a job in China. Now his packing is over; he has the passport which he insisted upon procuring, though no one will question his right to enter any country he visits, and the state department has informed all those countries to admit all members of his party. Today, he devoted himself to relaxation. He will attend the Stanford Washington football game in the afternoon and afterward will receive a group of California political leaders, who will visit him to wish him a pleasant voyage’ and bid him farewell. The president-elect and his party will leave here tomorrow night at 7:30 in a special seven-car train. Hoover, his wife and his son, Allan, will travel in the private car “Sunset.” The journey to Los Angeles will be Interrupted only for a five-minute stop at Glendale. The special train is due to arrive at San Pedro, the port of Los Angeles and the port of embarkation, at 9:30 Monday morning The party will be taken out to the battleship Maryland on speed boats. The Maryland will get under steqrfn as soon as all are aboard. Henry P. Fletcher, ambassador to Italy, who is Preseident Coolidge's personal representative, will join the party at San Pedro and will announce the itinerary. The itinerary will be flexible, some stops depending upon weather conditions, and as the presi-dent-elect desires. A personal friend of Hoover has been added to the party, John Griffin Mott, Los Angeles attorney, who has spent much time in South America. Besides Mis. Hoover, Allan and Ambassador Fletcher, other members of the personal party include George Barr Baker, campaign adviser, George Akerson, Hoover’s assistant, Miss Ruth Fessler. Mrs. Hoover's private secretary, and Commander Augustin T. Beauregard, naval aide. The first scheduled stop on the tenative itinerary is at Corlnto, Nicaragua with other stops at Balboa, in the Canal Zone, Lima, Peru and at Valparaiso. Hoover may visit Colombia, Esuador and Bolivia. From Valparaiso the president-elect will go to the capital of Chile, Santi(COXTIM'FD O.V »’A<SH OXI —~“ Ten Are Killed In Indiana In October Indianapolis. Nov. 17 —'(U.R) Ten persons were killed and 342 injured in traffic accident in Indiana during October according to the monthly report of Robert T. Humes, State police chief There was a total of 709 accidents during the month. Privately owned and operated automobiles figured in the majority of the traffic accidents. Besides the accidents in which persons were killed or Injured there were 357 In which property damage resulted the report said.

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GANG WAR CALM BROKEN AGAIN Chicago Racketeers Claim Another Life After Short Lay-Off Chicago, Nov. 17. —(U.R) —Calm that had settled over the clearing and dye-1 ing racket with the entrance of Al Capone, gang chief, was broken last night by the slaying of John G. Clay, 59, head of the laundry and dyehouse chauffeurs’ union. Clay was shot to death as he sat in front of a window of his office in union headquarters by two men who fled in an automobile. They used machine guns and sawed off shotguns. Clay was hit in the chest by eight bullets and shotgun slugs. In the union headquarters at the time of the shooting were Joseph Iwalhec, president; George Bendel, vice president; Joseph Bush and Gene Frank, Al Carlson, Al Wagner and William C. Sripp, stewards of the union. Al Borris, head of the retail dyers’ and cleaners' union, was in a nearby barber shop and ran to headquarters (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) NO TRACE Os BANK BANDITS I Bank Os Petroleum Loss Is Set At About $2,000 Cash / • Bluffton, —Nov. 17—A storekeeper at Ceylon, Adams county stated to Wells county authorities this afternoon that he saw a green and yellow roadster, caning three men at a high rate of speed go through Ceylon about 4:14 o’clock yesterday afternoon. He described the machine of the bandits which robbed the Bank of Petroleum yesterday perfectly. He said he noticed the machine because of the high rate of speed at which it was travelling. Bluffton, Nov. .17—No trace has been found of the three bandits who yesterday afternoon held up and robbed the Bank of Petroleum, 10 miles south of here. Final checkup revealed that about $2,000 in cash was taken. The bandits drove up to the bank at 3:15 o’clock yesterday afternoon. As two of the bandits entered the bank one of them cut the telephone wires 1 running into the bank, while the third bandit remained in the car. One of the bandits asked Henry Schott, president of the bank for ’ change for a $lO bill, and as Schott started to get the change the bandit , drew a gun and said, ‘put up your hands or I’ll kill you." At the same time the other bandit levelled his gun at Howard Nutter, cashier of the bank. The two employees were backed against the wall and the bandits rifled the drawers in the cages. A man standing at the door of CIONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 17, 1928.

Liner Is In Distress Berlin. Nov. 17. — U.R) -The Hamburg American liner Luebeck returning to Hamburg from Brazil, reported that she had received SOS signals from the Greek steamer Amazon and that she was hurrying to the Amazon’s assistance. The Amazon reported her rudder was broken and that one mast was snapped, damaging her radio. — o • G. E. MINSTREL WILL COMMENCE I TUESDAY NIGHT Final Rehearsals Are Being Held For Home-Talent Show “Flashes” G. E. BAND WILL PLAY SATURDAY Final rehearsals will be held Sunday and Monday for the minstrel “Flashes" to be given next Tuesday and Wednesday at the Decatur high school Auditorium under the auspices of the Decatur General Electric band The minstrel promises to be one of t the best home talent productions ever presented in this city. Tickets for the production are being sold by members of the General Electric band, and are I good for either night of the performance. I Hundreds of dollars worth of fine costumes and scenery will help to make the show a great success. New catchy lines and songs have been added and every member of the cast has been elected for his talent in some particular lines. Tonight at 7:30 o’clock the General Electric band will give a free concert in this city to advertise the minstrel and tickets will be sold Saturday night by band members following the concert. The minstrel will start next Tuesday night at 8 o’clock, and will be repeated at the same time Wednesday night. Tickets are good for either night of the production. iMW ’ A CenTuby Plant Painted red an’ qREEN Would • _ Make a Pandy "“X Traffic signal l| 0 A

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IS OPPOSED TO PRICE FIXING President Says It Would Be Fatal To Government Affairs Washington". Nov 17. — (U.R) — Any attempt at price fixing or putting the government in business would be fatal to the independence of the farmer and in the end would bring disaster, President Coolidge said last night in an address before the sixty-second annual convention of the National Grange here. The president asserted the government is giving agriculture aid that is unsurpassed in world history and said tax reduction virtually has relieved the farmer of federal taxes. “The movement toward co-oper-ative marketing still is in its infancy," he said. “It has sometimes failed through lack of management but it is sound in theory and when conducted in a business like way offers the most promising solution to the great marketing problems. “It avoids any attempt at price flx|<'I>ITIM GO nV PARE TWO) TWELVE GUILTY IN THEFT CASE I Jury Exonerates Three In Indianapolis Auto Theft Case Indianapolis, Nov. 17. —(U.R) Twelve of the fifteen defendants In the interstate automobile theft conspiracy trial here were found guilty today. The jury was given the case late 'ast night and deliberated until 2:45 this morning. The verdict was not read until court convened at nine o’clock. Those convicted were Edward Traugott, Harry Sussman, Elmer Sussman, W. Lee Smith, Robert M. MoNay, William J. Laffey, Dr. Fred Binzer, Ted Baldwin, Miss Lloyd Har risen, actress; Jacob Wohlfleld, Mortimer Wohlfield and Bertram Libowitz. The three who were exonerated are William Jones, Mrs. Pink Jones and Wolf Sussman. * Immediately after the verdict was read, Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzeli set next Saturday morning as the date for sentence. The penalty for conspiring to violate the interstate motor theft law is a maximum fine of SIO,OOO and imprisonment not exceeding two years. Man Is Re-arrested Indianapolis, Nov. 17 —(U.R) 1 — Arrested as he left the gates of the Indiana state reformatory where he had Just completed a term for burglary, Rex Meadows, alias Rex Davis, 24, Brooklyn, Ind. was ordered held in Jail for removal to Peoria, 111., on a federal motor theft charge by John W. Kern, United States commissioner.

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— Alleged Swindler Will Be Tried In Chicago Chicago, Nov. 17 U.R/ 'F. Sprague, broker, charged with swindling Mrs. Jesse Btokaw divorcee of SIO,OOO she hud received as alimony, will have trial here Monday. The case was scheduled to come up yesterday but a crowded court calendar forced its postponement. Mrs. Brokaw once was the wife of one of the wealthiest residents of Fort Wayne Ind. Sprague lived in Fort Wayne before lie came here. Sprague’s attorney said Mrs. Brokaw lost her money speculating. o —.— VESTRIS PROBE WILL CONTINUE Highest Ranking Officer Will Be Called Before Probing Commission New York. Nov. 17.- (U.R)—The highest ranking survivor of the crew of tire steamship Vestris will be called upon today to tell a United States commissioner what he knows about the sinking of the South American liner. United States District Attorney Charles H. Tuttle has succeeded in subpoenaing Chief Officer Frank W. Johnson, next in command to Captain William J. Carey. Johnson has not been accessible since the survivors arrived earlier this week. Tuttle has a wealth of detail upon which he may question Johnsen, detail brought out. by the two days hearing. He can ask concerning the seaworthiness of the craft, whether the port door was open, concerning a collision the Vestris had just before she sailed one week, ago today, how the life boats were manned and whether Captain Carey received any instructions from Lamport and Holt, the owners, Wore he sent out the SOS. The commissioner, Francis O’Neill, already has heard testimony concerning all of these points—the great bulk of which came out when four members of the crew testified at yesterday’s dramatic and sensational session. One interesting feature yesterday came when Michael J. O’Loughliu, radio operator who flashed the SOS. was stripped of his hero role by two mates. The shipmates said that O’Loughlin, instead of waiting at his post and going down with the vessel, had left the little radio shack some thirty or forty-minutes before the big vessel finally submerged. Previously it had been assumed that O’Loughlin, like Captain Carey, had chosen death at sea. The sum total of yesterday’s Interesting session was: That on Mondaj- morning a “CQ" (all ships attention) call was sent out between 8 and 9 o'clock. That the life boats began filling with water as soon as they were lowered. That, at least three radiograms passed between Captain Carey and officials of Lamport and Holt, before ' the ship finally submerged. That an SOS call was sent out sometime after 9 a. m. Monday, but neither the second nor third radio operator could recall the exact time. Tlie four witnessed yesterday — who told of that tragedy which took 114 lives —were Charles Verchere, 18 vear old radio operator on the Vestris; James McDonald, another radio operator; Arthur J. Costigan of the Radio Corporation of America and i Alfred Hanson, the pantryman who ' ! thought to use his camera freely and 1 take scenes that were purchased 1 freely by a New York newspaper. Verchere was an evasive witness. His favorite answer was: “I don’t know." ’ Tuttle, who became a vigorous (COXTINtVD ON I’AGH SIM . 0 Insley Secures Bond To Appeal His Case Robert Insley, filling station proprle- • tor of northeast of Decatur, who was • found guilty of selling liquor to Julius “ Rcop in mayor’s court yesterday as- • ternoon by Mayor George Krick, will ! appeal his case to the Adams circuit i court. He furnished bond in the a- - mount of SI,OOO last evening and was given his freedom. His attorney, Ed A. Bosse, has ten day’s in which to perfect the appeal. . No disposition has been made of the 1 other affidavit filed against Insley. t He was convicted on the one tiled I by Roop. Robert Ball also swore otu • an affidavit charging him with selling r liquor on N. vember 11th. B. F. Roller 1 deputy prosecuting attorney in the , case stated that he did not know what action would be taken in the matter.

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IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE THE DAMAGE DONE Europe Is Swept With Most Disastrous Storm Os Recent Years WATER TRAFFIC IS HALTED EVERYWHERE London, Nov. 17—(U.R)-The worst storm in many years spread havoc »n Europe and on the Atlantic ocean today. At least 42 persons were killed and hundreds injured. Property damage was estimated at millions of dollars. Shipping was almost paralyzed. Several ships were wrecked, others were in distress and trans-Atlantic liners were delayed from 10 to 15 hours. It was impossible to make even an approximate estimate of the damage, which was enormous. It was estimated, for instance, that $250,000 damage was done to the Southampton docks. Houses were blown down, telegraph lines demolished, farms devastated and ships and boats lost. Fifty houses were blown down at Newport, England, and an undetermined number in Coblenz, Germany, where 13 persons were killed. It was estimated that at least 12 were killed in England and several hundred injured. Seventeen men from Rye Harbor, England, were lost when they went n a lifeboat to the aid of the sinking steamer Alice in the English Channel during the height of the gale on Thursday morning. In England, 344 inland telephone I‘nes were down, affecting almost every district in the country. The ines of L.BOO London subscribers were disrupted and approximately 120 telegraph wires out of London were down. One telegraph line was w-oiking to France but none to Switz°rland or Italy, while communication to Germany, Poland and Belgium was seriously delayed. The paralysis of shipp’ng was almost unprecedented. Life l>oat crews ind tugs were kept busy on errands of mercy as calls for help came from 4'sabled vessels. The winds reached a velocity of 120 miles an hour in many places in England while high winds, ranging (rem 80 miles an hour and upward, were reported from all points close to the coast. For the first time in history the ferries on Bristol Harbor were stopped while traffic on the English Channel was at a standstill, save for the life saving boats put out to assist the big liners. In London It was a strange scene. Those who ventured forth on bicycles were whipped down. Small motor cars were blown about like leaves. Many yachts and small boats were sunk in the south end while others were dashed against the piers and sea walls. Eleven fishing l>oats were sunk in Bembridge Harbor off the Isle of Wight. Numerous vessels reported they were in danger, but the most serious calls were from the Greek steamer Amazon and the steamer Marlwood. Both asked assistance. One reported that the second mate had been wash- ; ed overboard. The cross-channel steamer Maid of , Orleans took 12 hours to cross from , Folkestone to Boulogne. The craw <cnvrtvrrn «v fivh, , WALTON LEAGUE TO BROADCAST I Local Members Asked To “Tune In’’ On Great ! Radio Program Decatur members of the Izaak Walj ton League and all others Interested j in the flue ideals of that organization '. are asked to "tune in” with their I radios on the "Conservation night" t program which will be broadcasted .- by a nation-wide hook up starting at. s 7 o'clock tonight. Vice-president of the United States II Charles G. Dawes will be the chief 1. speaker in a program of great events, e Several other prominent league mem- ■. bers also will be on the program. d It Is expected that about 50,000,000 .( people will hear the program tog night which will stress conservation, r Among stations which will broade cast the program are WLW of Clncinit nati and KDKA of Pittsburgh, and all associated stations.