Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1928 — Page 1

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health officers act to prevent SPREAD OF “FLO” \|| Sections Os State Report Prevalence Os Maladv; Schools Hard Hit \()T AS SEVERE AS EPIDEMIC OF 1918 Indianapolis. Dec. H_<U.R)-Jnfli-enza has gripped Indiana to the ex i,. n i that health authorities through,.nt the state today took action to prevent a further spread of I lie disease. p, „ n practically all sections there ( .., nIP reports of prevalence of the malady- The situation became seri ns in Indianapolis today when approximately 100 school teachers wore | cons nod to their home with LaGrippe Pnd Influenza. prom (las City reports of more than 250 cases of the disease and the ruhools were closed in an effort to tuing a halt to the illnesses. Culver Academy Closes Culver Military Academy closed its classes early for the Christmas vacn-l • on. The school vacation was to have started next Saturday but after ; a conference of officials it was decid-’ cd to close early because of the in- i fttenza spread. Anderson reported 12 dead, according to a health board statement here, and Anderson health authorities have suggested that all public meetings be postponed. Schools at Fortville were closed 1 when reports of nearly a hltndr -I Ight cases were reported. Lake Greenwood reported a serious curbing of attendance at its schools because of the disease. From Greenfield word came that approximately 65 high school students were confined to their homes and scores were absent from the grade schools. Six hundred influenza cases were repcrted trout Union City, but so far no deaths have occurred. fir. C. E. Canaday, health officer of Henry county said Hie epidemic in his county is serious but that he did not believe it was as bad as in surrounding counties. Surrounding counCes to Henry county are Delaware, Wayne, Fayette, Randolph. Hush. Hancock and Madison. Approximately 50 students were absent from the Henry county schools. Teire Haute reported a considerable spread of the disease but the reports said that the malady has not reached epidemic proportions. Physicians have said that the disease does not seem to be so severe a characterized the In’S iiuvnxrEn ov vtop five, o fLETCHER HELD 111 HIGH ESTEEM U. S. Ambassador To Chile Seen As Possible Member Os Hoover Cabinet Ry Thomas L. Stokes, . UP Staff Correspondent Santiago, Chile, Dec. 11.—(U.R; The esteem that U. S. Ambassador Henry P- Fletcher.enjoys in Chile, where he formerly was minister, is emphasized in special newspaper articles and his cordial reception. The good impression he made elsewhere in Latin America on this tour and the confidence President-elect Hoover is placing in him is regarded as giving him an excellent chance appointment as secretary of state in the Hoover administration, in which post Halin American affairs have a prominent place. Mr. Hoover is believed to he planning to take a hand in direction of the state department, therefore it is considered likely he will appoint a trained diplomat, such as Fletcher witli whom he can work closely. Julius Klein, head of the foreign commerce bureau of the commerce department, is being mentioned more frequently for secretary of commerce, but, while it is generally understood Andrew w. Mellon will be retained as secretary of the treasury, Mr. Hoover will make no announcement t'* : warding the cabinet for some time. Through conferences today with members of the Chilean cabinet and other Important Chileans, Mr. Hoover will be given a detailed picture of the country’s affairs, especially as related to the United States and United States trade.

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Boy Ait mailed #4 5L i i — - —.—. Russell Burley Dahl, 4 years old, who was sent airmail from I’ont'ac, Mich., to Ih iro i. He wore a tine which earrie I the necessary ’postage stamps. SCOOT ROUNO-UP IS IN PROGRESS New Scouts Being Sought; Jamboree Planned To Celebrate Results A big round up is being staged during the months of December and January by the Boy Scouts of the Anthony Wayne Area Council, of which tlie Decatur troops are members During the two months, the Scouts hope to increase their membership materially and to add many new troops. Not only is it the plan to obtain new Scouts during the round-up, but present Scouts are to be advanced to higher classes and ranks A big Jamboree is being planned to be staged sometime in February, to celebrate the results of the round-up. A gigantic piogram, full of thrills and interesting events is being woiked out. (hie of the events of tlie Jamboree will be a pageant, in which the 1,500 Scouts of the area council will take part. Minister Qualifies As Absent-Minded Champ

Laporte, Ind., Dec. 11. — (U.R) —The Rev, James Smith, Hawarden, la., is in line for some sort of medal for being absent minded champion. He left a satchel containing $3,100 in negotiable securities on the tunning board of another man's automobile, but did not lose a cent. Driving his car away front a local garage after spending the night here, the minister did not notice that the satchel was missing until he reached Plainfield, 111. Then he telephoned police here and they found the satchel and its contents intact on the running Itoard of another car where the minister hail absent ntinedly placed them while preparing to enter itis own car. o Dismiss City Attorney At Michigan City, Ind. Michigan City, Ind., Det. 11—(U.R)— City Attorney Walter C. Williams has been dismissed by the city commission of Michigan City. The city attorney’s ruling on the diversion of city funds from different ,i U nnrtments resulting in the recent

department report of Lawrence Orr, chief oi tlie state board of accounts, showing alleged overdrafts in the accounts of William Billings, financial director of the city, was tlie cause for his dismissal. it was said. Williams ruled that it was lawful to take money from one fund to make up for a shortage in another It was intimated throughout the meeting that Billing's resignation would be demanded. Oil Workers Burned When Well Catches Fire Terre Haute, Ind. Dec. 11-(U.RU-Two Oil workers, Harlan Kilbetn, 3,, and Marvin Rodepick, 38. were buHte l seriously here when the oil well on which they were wot king took fire. Witnesses said the men were nea •h P well when the cap was blown off ly gas pressure. As the oil shot. Into tlie air it became ignited and they were engulfed in the flames.

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TELEPHONE AND I 1 LICHT COMPANIES TO REMOVE POLES — I Unsightly Poles To Be Cut Down. Starting On Monroe Street UNDERGROUND LIGHT WIRES ARE PLANNED I Work started this morning, under | lite direction of M. .1 Mylott, stiperin- j ! tendent of the City Light ami Power . I plant, In removing the electric light I : wires from poles on the north side of ! Monroe street, which the Citizens Telephone company will ent down in j the near future. The city of Decatur will cooperate I with the Citizens Telephone company I I in its program of removing the telephone poles on the north side of Monroe street ami used jointly by the City Light and Power plant in stringing its wires across the street. The Citi-1 zens Telephone company has started [ to remove the poles not any longer needed since the underground cable I service is in use and the City Light land Power plant will, wherever it is | possible, make new connections or suing new wires so that the poles can be removed. The poles along the north side of Monroe street wl'l hr- cut down by the Citizens Telephone company. Among those included will be the ones at the [ cot tier of First and Monroe, Second and Monroe. Third ami Monroe and me in front of the Niblick store on Monroe street. Others will lie removed on West Monroe street. 1 The city officials are In hearty > agreement with the Citizens Telephone f company and its program of rentov- ■ ing the old poles astd the policy of » the coitnviF and light plant officials will be to work with the Telephone ' company. Wherever a telephone pole has been used jointly by the city but t is not any longer needed by the Citizens Telephone company, the city will I endeavor to change the route of its wires or erect poles in different > places so that the old poles can be > removed. Talk of Underground Program I The council and city light officials 1 are working on a plan to start an tin- • dergronnd line program next year. ‘ The plan of the citv council anti light I — — (COXTINTED <»v FIVE, . FIRE OCCURS ON

PORTER ESTATE Blaze Destroys Garage At Former Home Os Writer, Near Rome City ! Rome City, Ind., Dec. 11—Fire de-- ’ troyed the garage on the Gene Stratl ton Porter estate, on the west shore ■ of Sylvan lake, Saturday evening. I The fire broke out at 8:30 o’clock : after the caretaker William Thompson, ■ had built a fire in a stove on the first t flo r to prevent a freeze-up during the ■ night. Thompson and his wife live in the Porter lodge, former home of the novlist, who was killed in an auto acci- • dent in Los Angeles in 1921. The loss is estimated at over SI,OOO. The garage was a two-story structure 3 built of red cedar logs and the sam<* - as those used in the large cabin built by Mrs. Porter in 1913. She had the » cedar logs shipped here from Wiscont sin at that time to build both tlie large t cabin and the garage.

Valuable Tree Damaged Thompson went to the lodge after making tlie fire. A few minutes later he looked out a window and noticed the inside of the garage in flames. He ran out and removed an auto parked in the garage. It was damaged considerably by the flames. A valuable tree which was highly prized by Mrs. Porter and to obtain which site purchased an extra strip of land on the estate, was partially burned. Tlie second story of the garage had been furnished for a chauffeur’s quarters and was occupied by Thompson during the time he was Mrs. Porter’s chauffeur. He was in the service of the novelist for about ten years. The cabin was 20 by 30 feet in size and was located 300 feet from tlie lodge. The loss is covered by Insurance. Members of the moving picture company which filmed Mrs. Porter's “'The Hut vester" two summers ago used the garage to store some of their equip meat.

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Bandits Arrested With j Guns On Persons Must I Serve Longer Sentences Pendleton, Inti., Dec. 11 (U.R) Han | dlls arrested with filearms on their J.e.son will be forced to serve two years alter they tire eligible for parole, according to a new ruling by the board of trustees at the Indiana reformatory here. At a meeting i f the board recently, sevetal men who were eligible for pit role wen* given tin additional two yett. t because they had been arrested with fi.earms, A. F. Miles. superintendent of the institution said. The board said it was of tin’ opinion that if a man carried a gun it was lute indicati ii if the offender was in i terl'ered with he would shoot. 20 FROM HERE j CO TO PORTLAND' —— More Than 1,000 Persons Expected To Attend Legion Gathering • Several members of the Adams post N 4" of the American Legion motored to Portland today, where a Legion convocation is being held in the I’m"-1 land high school auditorium. It is expected that m re titan l,0t)0 Legionnaires will attend the meeting, which will be open to the public. Kiel Weicking, of Bluffton, who took office December 1, as state com ntander, will attend the meeting, and Paul McNutt, national commander, will be the chief speaker. Tlie meeting is being held in c.’iiiiee-tic-n with the reotganization of the Portland post of the Legion, and neigh i boring posts have been invited to attend. The meeting started at. 3 o’clock this afternoon with a public convocation at the high school building. F 'lowing the afternoon meeting at which time Ci I. McNutt wilt deliver an address tlie organization meeting will be held. About 20 inembets of the Adams post motored to Portland at noon t day to attend the meeting and will return this evening in time for the regular meeting of the local p st. o Boy Scout Executive Committee To Meet A meeting of the executive committee, Decatur Boy Scout Council, will he held in the Industrial Association rooms, Thursday evening. December 13, at 7:30 o'clock. Important business will come up at the meeting and all membets are urged to attend. i Man’s Bodv Found

Ablaze In A Ditch Mt. Clemens, Mich., Dec. 11. — U.R)— The body of an unidentified man, who apparently had been “taken for a ride” j by Detroit gangsters, was found ablaze today in a ditch on the elghteen-niile road near Utica. Macomb comity deputy sheriffs called by William Lango of Warren, who made tlie discovery while hauling a load of produce to Detroit, said the man apparently had been killed and his body tin own on the roadside. — — o Members Os The GOOD FELLOWS CLUB Os Decatur • Previous total $38.20 ’ Bob LaFollotte. 1-00 “ Dan Aughenbaugh l-°0 1 Harold Morris l-of> ‘ Friend ' Friend Total $4t.85

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CONDITION OF KING STEADILY GROWING WORSE Physicians Admit Condition Is Critical; Infection Is Spreading PRINCE OF WALES CROSSING CHANNEL Boulogne Fur Mer, Dee. 11.— (UR)-.The Prince of Wales, near the end of his spectacular race from Africa to the bedside of his father, the king, sailed for England at 7:11 p. m. today aboard the channel steamer, Biarritz, j London, Dec. 11. (U.R) An official I bulletin issued by King Georges pity's clans at Buckingham palace shortly before noon today said: •’The king had several hours sleep. The temperature remains nigh, but. there s no further impairment of his strength. •’Signed: Stanley Hewett, Dawson of Penn.' For the first time since he became | ' i'l, medical circles hero today admitted that the condition of King George was "critical.” Infection from his affected lung is spreading to other parts of the body and is affecting the heart. During the night, officials at Buckingham palace described the king’s condition as one of "disquieting anxiety.’’ Tlie pr ttcipal cause of the anxiety was the statement contained in the bullet'll issued last night indicating | a return of the general infection which had previously returned to a localized condition. Lund, it, Dec. 11—(U.R>~The Prince of Wales neared the eml of his 7.20(1mile face front Africa to tlie bedside of his father today. The Prince is expected home by about 10:30 tonight Unvoiced fear that tlie king might die before bis eldest s.n at rived were set at rest. Although the King was critically ill. his doctors reported lie was holding his strength The Prince's journey was spectacular and held the attention of the world H His special train sped actoss France this afternoon at a speed at times exceeding a mile a minute. Peasants in ' the N.rtli of Fiance caught only a glimpse of tlie light special, with its ' three saloon cars, as it flashed across the fields and through villages where j American tioops were quartered during the World war. The Prince was due at Boulgone-Sur mer at 6:45 P. M. If lie misses Hit o

BOY SLAYER TO KNOW FATE SOON Youth Who Killed Michigan School Teacher To Be Sentenced Today Stanton, Mich., Dec. 11. U.R) "Jimmy” .Deacon, 15. tlie Sunday school boy who killed his former school teacher because she slapped him for shooting spitballs in her c'aasroom three years ago, will be sentenced today for the murder of I Miss Flossie Carter. 29. i Deacon, son of John Deacon, janitor j in the Sheridan public schools where > Miss Carter taught, was scheduled to i appear before probate Judge William - A Rasmussen today. It was presum- > ed jurisdiction would be waived and that the youthful slayer would be 5 brought before Circuit Judge Royal 11. . ILnvine for MPIlt PlH’t*.

Hawley lor aeinentr. The boy’s ready confession led authorities to believe he would plead guilty to murder in the first degree but there was the possibility he might enter a defense of insanity. Miss Carter’s body, beaten and attacked, was found in her small coupe on a lonely side road near Sheridan Sunday morning- She had disappeared Friday night after leaving the home of her grandparents where site lived, to make several purchases. Deacon confessed after a store clerk had testified that be was with Miss Carter when sh bought gasoline Friday afternoon. He at first had denied all knowledge of the crime but confessed after lie was told that his fingerprints corresponded with those on the teacher’s automobile. “I hit her with my fist and she fainted,” he said. “Then I knew I was in a bad fix, so 1 found a big stone and hit her with it. I threw tlie stone into a creek and ran away.”

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Austria’s President , I 9 «■| ■ I Wilhelm Miklas (above), president of National Assembly of Austria, who was elected president of the republic in succession to Dr. Michael lltilnist It The president-elect is 56 years old and a member of the Clerical party. tlnternational Newsreel) cWycouncE TO MEET DEC. 26 Appropriations Totalling $3,472.50 To Be Sought At Special Session A special meeting of the Adams county council has been called for Wednesday, December 26, at which ‘ time the eotiltci! will be asked tn in.ik’e certain approprittli n«, tetalling 47’!.■ 50 Os this amount. $3,322.50 Is to replace’deficits in certain funds sot this year, while $l5O is to be made avail , able next year. The appropriations to be asked for i county council, per diem, 60; • nirt house expense, $500; county farm. ' maintenance, $900; election expense, , I $400; legal advertising. $150; Kaehr ''retaining wall. $1012.50 for making township assessor hooks next year , $l5O. A special meeting of the c nitty commissioners will also be held on December 26, at which time the Itoard will ” allow bills and close up business for r the year. o Columbia City Man Gets Position In State Office

Indianapolis, Dee. 11 (U.R) —Haymond Reed, Columbia City, lias been ( appointed audit clerk by State Auditor . Art hie Bobbitt He succeeds Gaylord Morton, now secretary to Governor Ed Jackson. Reetl is Columbia City republican chairman and was secretaiy of the I Whitle county republican committee I for four years. o Reach Compromise On Boulder Dam Measure Washington, Dec. 11. (U.R) A compromise amendment Io the Boulder Dam bill giving California a maximum of 4,400,000 acre feel of waler annually from the Colorado river was adopted today by the senate. —o Two Women Injured When Hit By Truck Indianapolis, Dec. 11 —’U-R) ~ Two women. Mis. Sarah Landy, 45. and Bessie Alpet, 41, were in a hospital lierc today front injuries received when utinek liv a truck driven by Richard

SI 1 111 K Uy llil’ix xnivvn "j Brooks, 21. Mrs. Landy's condition was said to be serious. Brooks was arrested and charged with assault and batteiy for failing 'o stop after an accident. Tlie women were hurled forty-feet by the truck. o W oman Kills Two Wild Rabbits In Basement Trafalgar, Ind., Dec. 11 (U.R) Mrs. Hesper Riehaldson, of this city killed two wild rabbits in the basement of her home. The woman went to the cellar for a can of fruit. Seeing tlie bunuy rabbits scamper around the floor site get her husband’s rifle n><l shot them. Mrs. Richardson is an expert marksman. At one time she helped her husband in an advertising campaign for a large ammunition company. She is a first cousin of Sergt Earl Halstead of the Indianapolis force, known as the I “Hying cop.”

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VARIOUS BODIES TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT A WAR League Os Nations Takes Up Threat Os Clash Between Bolivia, Paraguay BOLIVIAN CABINET MAY RESIGN, RUMOR Montevideo, Dee. 11. — —■ The permanent international commission for the prevention of South American disputes met today in the Mexican legation to discuss the Bolivitin-l’ttraguytiw crisis. The Bolivian note was taken I under consideration. It said that the Goundra treaty, an instrument calling for arbritarary mediation on all disputes, could not be applied to the present situation. Lugano, Switzerland, Dec. 11.-—(U.R) —The council of the League of Nn* tlona cabled the government of Paraguay and Bolivia tmlay expressing conOdence that the border dispute between the two nations would not bocome serious. Cabinet May Resign Buenos Aires, Dec. 11. — ,U.P.’ -Unconfirmed reports front La Paz today said that the Bolivian cabinet intend!ed to resign permitting President, i Siles to reform a cabinet in accordance with the national exigency without regald to party interest. It was also reported that possible diplomatic < hanges are imminent. Withdraw From Parley Washington. Dec. 11— U.Pj The Bolivian legation Unlay notified PanAnu rlean conciliation conference here of its withdrawal from that gathering. The legation note addressed to Chairman Kellogg of the conference Haiti that in the face of the attacks by Paraguayan troops on a Bolivian fort in El t'haco, tlie Bolivian delegates were forced to withdraw lite deliberations. The note added it was impossible for Bolivia to discuss formulas for the peaceful solution of disputes between Latin American nations until Paragnay has made a formal ami moral reparation for tin* injury Bolivia bus- . tained The not further said the determination of Bolivia m withdraw from Ute conference will not hinder her. however, from subscribing later to any , accord which the conference tuny (CoxTixi f.o nv rs<;R five. rt —

o STOCK MARKET GROWS STEADY Further Evidence Os Renewed Confidence In Market Seen Today By Elmer Walzer. I’l’ Financial Editor. New York. Dec. 11.-U.R) Farther evidence of renewed confidence in the stock market was seen at the opening today. Yesterday’s rally which halted the demoralizing price drops of last week continued and prices rose. The first sale was 200 shares of Wright Aero at 219 up 1 Five hundred shares of V. S. stel were sold at 154% up SOO radio at 310% HP 5%; 1,500 Chrysler at 120 up : 5,000 radio Keith-Orpheum at 38% up 1%, 500 General Motors at 150% up %. Raihoad issues were in better de-

maud. Misouri Pacific opened 1.200 shares at 64% up 2%; New Haven 1.000 shares at 73% up %. and Erie 1,900 shares at 64% up !%• Tlte entire list continued to show the rallying tendencies in progress at lite close yesterday. There was a tendency to play the market with caution, but this did not reduce volume of business on the opening as hundreds of buying orders had come in overnight. One sale of Packard was made involving 10,000 shares at 143% up 4 points. This issue and Chrysler led the motor division. j Coppets were strong with the exception of Greene Cananea which lost . a point to 143%. Steel shares followed the lead of i United Sta etset elsw 75ETAO1N St 1 United States steel with Bethlehem I up a point. Roister radio tallied • sharply to 63% up 4%. Goodyear nd- | vanced three points to 101.

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