Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 289, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1928 — Page 1

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KELLOGG MAKES DEFENSE OF HIS ANTI-WAR PACT Secretary Os State Defends Treaty In Hearings In Senate Today IHOUSE DISCUSSES BOULDER DAM BILL By Paul 11. Mallon, VP Staff Correspondent | Washington, Dec. 7.— (U.R) — Secrehaij of State Frank B. Kellogg's defense of his antiwar tiealy under questioning by some doubtful memi l,ers of the senate foreign relations (iininiittee, was the oustanding development of the day in congress. The treaty has been signed by 59 nations. Some of his questioners talked vaguely about the desirability of l a reservation protecting this nation irt.in European intrigues. The senate and the house continued lin routine fashion, the senate listening to a defense of the Johnson Bouhl- ,. Dam bill by Senator Pittman, Dem.. Nev., and the house wrangling over (details of the first appropriation bill of the session, the treasury and post- | office depaitment supply bill lor next I year. Residence Quarantined For Scarlet Fever Here The Charles Voglewede residence on West Monroe street, has been placed under quarantine for scarlet fever, Ruth Voglewede, a young daughter of the family, being a victim of the disease. The case is said to be in a light form at the present time. The one scarlet fever quarantine is raid to be the only quarantine existing within the city at the present time. Several light casW of chfFßen pox have not been placed under quarantine. Other than this and the usual early winter epidemic of colds ami influenza, little sickness is reported. The influenza in this vicinity is said to not be in such a serious form, but confined more to the bronchial tubes. There have been no cases of pneumonia reported as developing therefrom as yet. but in and near Portland, a severe epidemic of flu is resulting in pneumonia and serious illness. First Shipment Os Christmas Trees Here 1 anta Claus sent his first shipment cf t’hiistmas trees to Decatur today. The trees c;me ftont Santa's forests in the northern part of Maine,. The evergreen trees seem to be plentiful this year and although Santa is glad t > give them away for the holidays, there must he a little charge. Local deale -'. state the prices run fiom 25 cents to $1.50 per tree. Other shipments are j expected in Monday, it was stated. HOLO TWO GIRL “HITCH HIKERS" Girls Say They Were Pushed From Truck Near Monroe By Two Men Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 7 U.R7—l’ Hee held two Detroit high school girls "hitch hikers" here today and sought a third while they investigated the story of the two girls that two men who gave them a ride in a truck, a' ‘empted to attack them. The two men, Roy Hampton, 34, o! Chicago, and Dale .McComas, 23, ol Decatur, 111., were under arrest on vagrancy charges. The men denied attempting to attack the git Is and told an entirely different story of the affair. The two girls held were Wilhidean May, 1G; and Dorothy Burndt, 16. said a third girl, who was with them, was carried away in the enclosed rear of the t’.tick when the men pushed them from the truck near Monroe, Ind., alter they had resisted their efforts to attack them. Hampton, owner of the truck, said they picked the gills up near Kentland, Ind., when the three stood in the middle of the road, making it necessary to stop or run them down. The girls told him, he said, that their homes were in Lebanon, Ind., but lat•r admitted they were from Detroit. The girls were taken into custody by police at Lebanon, Ind., after they had made their way to that city, and were brought to Indianapolis by the Lebanon police.

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Midget Grows Tired Ol Life Among Giants; Ends It All In Bathtub San Francisco, Calif,, Dec. 7—qj p) Tiny "Colonel" George Washinglop Winner was a Gulliver living in a land of giants. When he was n young man the giants were kind to the 28 inch midget. They laughed at him in the sideshows and showered him with dimes and quarters sot his photographs. But as the years wore m, midgets bee une common in sideshows and the little "Colonel'' found himself cut of a Job. To the giant world in which he had been born, Winner was just a novelty. Ihe giants were kind enough but I they weie no fit compani ns for a 28- [ inch dwarf. They couldn't fogel that he was an oddity. He was treated as one from another world. Winner grew lonely. Two years ago he lost his midget wife, yesterday he wrote a note to his giant "ftien.ls", "I'm tired," the note sai l. "I have taken poison and am going to lie down in a cold bath, goodbye." in the bathtub, the tiny "Colonel's" body was found. It lay face d iwnward in four inches of water. 0 VETERANS URGED 10 JOIN LEGION Service To Community In Time Os Peace Constitutes Proud Service “A record of service to the community in yea.s cf peace as a member of The American Legion will in time constitute as pioud a service record foi them as that given the nation in time of the World war" France Confer commander of Adams I 1 st No. 43, of the Legion declared today in appeal for all those eligible to renew their 1929 membership at once. . "Tim AmerLuui is one organization into which no amount of money, political pull, or social standing, will admit one. Only a honorable discharge from the service during the World war makes it possible to bel ng regardless of whether the applicant served ar a general or a ‘buck private’ in the rear rank. "Service to God and country constitute the put pose of The American Legion. Every veteran is proud of ‘ser sive rendered in 1917-1913’ and the service he rendered to buddies of war days and to the community as a member of the Legion now is second only to that war time service. The Legit n is an' ex-serviceman's lodge or fraternal order. It enables him to associate, upon a basis of brotherhood and comradeship. with men to whom he is hound by common experience and mutual willingness to face this country s foes. Millionnaires and laborers rub elbows on common ground in Legion halls. "The Legion has before it an ambi tious program for the good of ail veterans and there should be no gaps in its ranks the coming yeat The Legion is the veterans advocate, it represen’s him in the halls of Congress, in the state legislature, and in local affairs. Every line of legislation upon the statute books of Congress for the benefit cf World war veterans has been placed there by Legion efforts. "The Legion's great days are ahead and theie should be no gaps in itranks made by veterans who tail t > join." Adams Post No. 43 will hold a meeting next Tuesday night, December 11. at 7:30 o'clock, for the purpose of insialling the new officers and initialing new members. Fred \\ Picking, of Bluffton, state commander of the Legion, will be present and make a tqlk o President Os Big Eastern Railway Dies Baltimore, Md„ Dec. 7.— (U.R) —Tldward James Pearsort, 65, president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, died today at the Johns Hopkins hospital. A cerebral hemorrhage was given as the cause of the death. He was to have resigned from the presidency of the big eastern line on December 31. o Bluffton Bank Building To Be Sold At Auction Bluffton, Dee. 7.-( Special)—A petition filed in circuit court today by Morris E. Stults. receiver for the Studabaker bank, for an order to sell the bank building and all equipment, including the vault, was granted. Three appraisers appointed by the court apptaised the property at $45,000. The property will be sold to the highest bidder on a date to be set later. J A

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Hailed as “King of Breeders” f • • - —i Mr WHb Ok \ 5c- w 'Uh, ** few. -Kfe >-■ - Wbdf -* IMißi MR ii"l HiiiMW l t Clarence Got eke, of State Center, lowa, 12, who received the highest and unprecedented, honor of the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago when this Hereford steer, raised and led by the hoy himself, was named grand champion steer of the world. Clarence was cheered by 12,(MH) spectators.

Chicago, Dee. 7. —Two young farm hoys from the same county in lowa have placed their names indelibly upon the annals of t'ne International Live Stock exhibition alongside state universities and veteran cattle raisers. These lads, symbolical of modern youth in this epoch-making stock show, are Claience Goeeke, 12. of State Center, and Keith Collins. 15, of Liscomb, both in Marshall county, lowa, who shared the premier honors of the exposition in the two chief classes of competition against the nation's best. It was the first time youngsters have won these highest prizes. Young Goeeke made the old timers sit back and wonder as liis grand champion stew of the show went off tlie auction block for more than SB,OOO at $7 per pound, almost doubling the previous hlgli price for kings of the steers. Other prize money brought his total to more than $9,000. Rivaling the 12-year-old champion was Collins in tlie carcass class, whose triumph over all others to win first in its class, one representing the pinnacle of success in steers on the hoof and tlie other the apex of animals slaughtered. Veteran Exhibitors Marvel Veteran exhibitors at the annual exposition considered it remarkable not only that two lads should be elevated to the topmost honors of the exposition, but also that both should ffe 4-H club hoys from the same county, neighbors. Collins’ champion steer carcass is yet to be sold but it too like'y will yield a record price. Each boy also has two more steers (COXTIXIFO OX PAGE St Xi HOUSE AT VERA CRUZ DESTROYED, Residence Occupied By Mr. And Mrs. Chester Lott Burns Thursday Fire which is believed to have originated from a defective flue, destroyed the residence occupied by Chester Lott and family, one-fourth mile east of Vera Cruz, about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. I.ott had come to Decatur on a business mission, and his wife and children visited at the home of a neighbor. They were just returning home about 2 o’clock, when they noticed smoke rolling out under the roof of the house. Upon opening the door, they found the interior a mass of smouldering smoke which immediately burst forth in flames. Th neighbors, assisted by tliil® 1 Vera pumped water and poured on the fire which, togethei with the chemicals used, were successful in putting out the blaze before the exterior walls of the house, collapsed Some of tlie furniture on tlie first floor of the I.ott home was saved. The exact extent of the furniture loss has not been estimated, butlfh Is be'leved to have been fairly well covered by insuranc. The building is owned by Straus Brothers, of Fort Wayne, owners of the farm on which the I.ott family reside. The house was also Insured. Mr. and Mrs. Lott and their two children are temporarily located at the home of Mrs. Lott's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Wemhoff. of this city. '

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HOOVER NEARING HIS NEXT STOP Good Will Tour Party Expected To Reach Antofagasta, Chile, Saturday By Thomas L. St ikes (United Press Staff Correspondent > Aboard the USS Maryland, Dec. 7.— U.R?—Out of the sub-waters, the Maryland, carrying President-elect Herbert Hoover on his Latin-American tour, was steaming today toward its next stop, Antofagasta, Chile where Mr. Hoover will confer with Bolvian officials. le Maryland has been making 16 knots through a hea»y swell in the sea although the weather has been clear. President-elect Hover spent yesterday and today resting after the strenu :us program of his visit to Lima, Peru. The Maryland is trying to make all speed possible in order to catch up with her schedule delayed for an hour and one-half in leaving Lima. Landslides cn the ttansandean railway las! week might necessitate the Maryland's taking Mi. Hoover all the way ’•> Burenos Aires through tlie Straights of Magellan an da consideralile time for such a trip would lie required dit - to storms in the Straits. The Maryland will dr p anchor at Antofagasta about 10 A. M. Saturday. The delegation of Bolviian officials, headed by foreign minister Alberto Palacios, will come aboard immediately. They will remain f r lunch. The Maryland can only spend about four hours in the port and it is not known whether this will give Mr. Hoover enough time to gio ashore. o X I Cantata To Be Given At Evangelical Church The cantata "Ten Virgins", will be given at the First Evangelical church, Sunday night, at 7 o’clock. This is a sacred cantata, arranged by 11. Mattill. The parable of our Lord is portrayed in music and song. Tlie entire drama will drive home tin- truth of this wonderful parable in a very unique manner. Jaime Del Rio Dies Berlin, Dec. 7—U-R?-Jaime Del Ri , Spanish author playwright anil divorced husband of Doloies Del Rio, motion picture star, died at 6 P. M. today o' infection resulting from an operation

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INDIANA BANK BANDITS GIVEN PRISON TERMS Five Men Who Plead Guilty To Sulphur Springs Robbery Are Sentenced FOUR GET 15 YEARS; FIFTH GETS 20 YEARS Newcastle, Iml., Dee. 7.—U.R/ Four of five bandits who pleaded guilty to the robbery of the Sulphur Springs bank on November 17. today faced fifteen years imprisonment. The fifth was sentenced to twenty years. The four. Paul Myler. 23. Newcastle; Forrest Blight. 20. Everett Savage. 24, anil Russell Johnson, 23, all of Anderson, received the fifteen years sentence and were sentenced to the Indiana state prison at Michigan City. William Bright, Anderson, the fifth bandit, was sentenced to twenty years, after confessing that he fired the shot that wounded Lottis Wampler, cashier of the bank. Two Get Additional Sentence The Bright brothers in addition to their sentence for the bank robbery, received five to twenty-one year sentences in the stale prison and were disfranchised for a period of ten years, for the robbery of the Trainor Spring company, here, Nov. 3. Police said that confessions by the bandits, solved a number of robberies committed in adjoining counties. William Bright, alleged to have been the leader, made it clear to the court that the shot which wounded Wampler was unintentional, and also that he had served time for vehicle taking. Myler. Johnson, and the Bright brothels were apprehended in Monday, following a confession made to local pottre by Savage J Several rifles, shotguns, and a quantity of amunition were found in the apartment of the men In Detroit. o Rotary Club Holds Old Time Spelling Bee An old fashioned spelling bee was held by the Rotarians at the regular luncheon meeting of the Decatur Retary Club last evening. Sides were chosen and much fun was had. First prize was awarded to Arthur Suttles and second prize to Paul Gtaltam. A number of Rotarians from Bluffton attended the meeting and participated in tlie spelling bee. Dore B. Erwin act ed as teacher anil tcld about the spell ing matches which were held in the little old red school houses thirty years ago. Hubei t Schmitt was in charge of the program. — — n

O 1 1 PI AN MEETING AT [ PLEASANT MUIS ( I - , Methodist Church Arranges For Settlement Day And Pastors’ Retreat Settlement Day and Pastor's Retreat will be observed a! the Pleasant Mills Methodist church, next Monday December 10. There will lie sessions starting at 9:15 o'clock, A. M., and 1:15 o’clock, P. M„ witli a Jnnch served at 12 o'clock. Tin- program for the two • sessfens is as follows: 9:15 -Devotions. 11. E. Forbes 1 9:45—R01l Call by Groups, Group Leaders. 10:00 "The Pastor and the New Discipline," Thomas Davies. 10:20—-"The Pastor and the New Brotlierho.d Movement", J. F. Lutey 10:40—"The Pastor and Church Records”, A. R. Sanks. 11: OD —General Discussion 11:20, — Sermon (Evangelistic) Ed ward Antle Lunch at 12 o'clock. "Why I should push the Advocate,” —H. V. Cummins "Why I should push the World Ser vice", —O. F. Hubhartt. I:ls—Devotions. H. H. McMnrtrey. I:3o—Summarized reports of Pastors and Dislriet Stewards Committee E. M. Foster, W. M. llollopeter. A. E- Scoilen 2:00— "A comfoi table Support f-r Every Pastor, How can it be brought about? H. A. Davis. 2:20, "The Pastor Kept Spiritually Fit, How.can it be done? N. P. Barton 2:40 “Any Week fcr Christ, How Should I Spend it?" H. A. Kirk. 3:00, General Discussion 3:20, Closing Moments.

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One School Has Quota Os Christmas Seals Sold —_ District school ■ No. 4, in Preble township, taught by Edw a r d .laberg, wait Hie first school In the county to report Its quota of Christmas Seals sold this year Mr. Jaberg called W. Guy Brown, of this city, chairman of the sale In Adams county, yesterday evening, stating that his school had sold its quota of 500 seals and he asked that 300 more seals be sent to him. Replies are beginning Io come in from the letters sent out to approximately 1.200 persons early this week. The letters contained a quantity of Christmas Seals and a stamped envelope. with the request that the recipient purchase the seals and remit the money, or to ret tun the seals if they do not care Io buy them. MAKES REPORT ON DAIRY HERBS Tester For Adams County Cow Testing Association Files Monthly Report Several herds of dairy cows in the Adams County Cow Testing Assaria tion made good records for the month of November, according to the report of R. L. Price, tester for the local association. The average production of the ten high cows in lite association for the month was 1.454 pounds of milk and 59.4 pounds of butterfat. The high cow for the month was “Max ine," owned by D. J. Mazelin. of Mon roe township. She gave 1,803 pounds of milk during November, which is equivalent to 210 gallons or approx! mately 7 gallons a day. Her test was 4 per cent, and she produced 72.1 pounds of butterfat during the mouth. The five high herds for the month were owndd by D. J. Mazelin, Rudolph Steury, Noah Rich. Henry Yake and D. H. Habegger. The ten high cows for the month were owned by D. .1. Mazelin. Dan Steury. Sol Mosser, Noah Rich. D. J. Mazelin. E. D. Wass. D. 1). Schwartz. Noah Rich. Amos Smith and Dau Mazelin. There were 299 cows tested during the month. Three boarders were disposed of and seven new cows were entered. There were 101 cows in the association that produced more than one pound of butterfat dai'y. Forty-four cows produced more than 40 pounds of butterfat for the month. 16 more than 50 pounds of fat for the month and 3 cows in the association produced

more than 60 pounds of butterfat for £ the niontlu Four members installed drinking cups during tlie last thirty 1 days. The installation of drinking ' cups in the dairy barn enables the cows io secure fresh water whenever | it is desired, Since milk is 87 per | cent, water, it is very evident that an adequate supply of fresh warm water shoud lie available to the cows at all times. Where drinking mips have been installed, milk records have al most invariably increased. —o Bank Is Decorated With Christmas Trees The interior of the Old Adams County bank is beautifully decorated with Christmas trees, and the holiday spirit prevails throughout the hank Small trees are placed above each cage and one large lighted tree stands near the door in the front of the bank. Tlie Old Adams County bank this year is conducting a Christmas Savings club and members are now being enrolled. The officials of the bank invite the children to come and see Hie trees. ~ Music Supervisors To Plan For County Contest Tlit-re will boa meeting of the County Music Supervisors in the Monroe school building. Saturday, nt 9 o'clock Plans will lie made for the county music contest. Music supervisors from Berne, Monroe. Monmouth, Jeffers n, Kirkland, Geneva, Hartford township and Decatur will be present. O Tilings will never be tight till a feller kin git Jest as ter on a salary as he kin on promises. Do you remember when a feller used t' git his hair cut jest f read th’ Police Gazette? —Abe Martin, Indianapolis News

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TWO MURDERS OCCUR AT EDGE OF CITY TODAY Two Slain Shortly After State’s Attorney Declares War On Outlaws POLICE CHIEF AND TYPESETTER SLAIN Chicago, Dec. 7.— (U.R>—Outlaws hurled defiance at the new administration of law enforcement in Cook county today by committing two murders in the southern part of the metropolitan area. Within 12 hours after the new state’s attorney, John A. Swanson, had issued a declaration of war on gangsters, beer runners killed Chief of Police la*roy Gilbert of tht; village of South Chicago Heights. Several hours luter a group of five men In an automobile, believed to be the Gilbert murderers, opened fire on an automobile on the Lincoln highway a few blocks away and murdered Tom Scanlan, 23, a typesetter for the Chicago Heights Star. Police believe the gunmen mistook the car in which Scanlan was riding with Alvin Soderberg. for a part of a motorized posse which had been organized to capture them. Soderberg was not hit. The Gilbert murder was easily explained. The police chief had won the enmity of Sicilian alcohol runners who had infest South Chicago Heights, by capturing a truck load of their alcohol. He was to have appeared at prohibition headquarters today with a report on the capture. o — Huntington Minister To Speak Here This Evening The Rev Harry Alburt, Presbyterian minister, of Huntington, will speak at the annual father and son banquet at the Decatur Presbyterian i liurch. which will be held at the < liurch nt 6:15 o'clock this evening. E. G. Hoffman, of Fort Wayne, was engaged to deliver the principal address, but the Rev. 11. 11 Ferntheil, pastor of the church, received word yesterday evening that Mr. Hoffman would be un- ’ able to be here tonight. Rev. Alburt Is well known in Decathr. having spoken here on previous occasions. - o Bandits Steal $70(1 Worth Os Gasoline At Portland Portland. Ind , Feb. 7 -U.R>—Author- > ities today searched for the bandit or 1 bandits wh > took four thousand gal--1 lons of gasoline valued at S7OO from

a local bulk filling station. The shortage was discovered when the measurement of the tank was taken. BLUFFTON PIANO FACTORY IS SOLO Chicago Man Pays More Than SIOO,OOO For Plant; Plans Operation Bluffton, Dec. 7 (Special) -The factory building of the defunct 11. C. Bay piano factory in this city was sold nt receivers sale in Chicago today for $85,000 plus acmed taxes ami the sprinkler system tn the plant, making the total purchase price a little more than SIOO,OOO. The name of the purchaser, who is a Chicago man. is being withheld until the deal is entirely closed. The new owner stated, however, that he plans to have the factory in operation by March 1, 1929. No intimation has been given as to the nature of the product to be manufactured in the pla’nt. Catholic Churches To Observe Holy Day Sunday Tlie feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary will be ' celebrated in the Catholic churches ' Saturday. The day is one of the principal holy days of the church. At the St. Marys Catholic church In this city, the masses will be held at 5. 7 and - 9:15 o’clock, the latter mass being b one-half hour earlier Ilian on Sundays, r Today, the services of the first Friday t of the month were conducted and a number received Holy Communion at the morning masses.

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