Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 104, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1929 — Page 1

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Assistance Offered In Annual House-Cleaning

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Selected Queen fIiAS; xS *• .4> sfeu My- 7 nt ’ jsnuswsase- ■uKa a .j tuk< ' Miss Frances Cassady of Riverside, 111., who has been elected May Queen at the University of Illinois to preside at the annual festival of the school at Champaign, Hl. Miss Cassady was elected in a vote in which all students participated. BOYS TO PLAY BASEBALL TODAY Rotarians To Play With Boys In Observance Os Boys’ Week Here

This afterneon, at 4 o'clock, the Boys’ Week baseball contest will ;ake place. The Rotary group will play the First Ward, and Second Ward will play the Third Ward. At 5 o’clock, the two winners will battle for the championship. Ribbons to the first and second winners will be given. W. A. Klepper will captain the Rotary team, while his son Don will captain the Firs’. Ward team. Marion Feasel will captain tlie Second Ward team, and Dale Myers will captain the Third Ward team. The boys are looking for close contests. However, the three ward teams will force all energy upon the Rotary team. Herman Yager, chairman of the ! eats commi tee, will entertain all players and all visiting lioys in tlie fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades of all schools within the city with a Boys’ Deluxe menu. The following is the line-up of each team: First Ward—Don Klepper, captain and pitcher; Chas. Baumgartner, catcher; John Junk, first base; Jimmy Cowan, second base; Ned Moser, third base; George Schultz, short step; Fane Klingenpeel, left field; Robert Kohne, center field; Edwin Hess, right, field; Albert Scheimann, substitute; Carl Klepper. manager; Hubert Schmitt, ass’t. manager. Rotary—’Sim Burk and Carl Klepper, pi’ehers; Fat Schmitt, catcher: C. E. Bell, first base; W. A. Klepper. captain and second base: Arthur Holthouse, third base; Eno Iginkenau. short stop; C. C. Pumphrey, left field; Dr. L. E. Somers and H P. Sohm’tt, center field; Paul Edwards, right field; Oscar Lankenau, substitute; Ed Coffee, manager; Jimmy Elberson, ass’t. manager. M. J. Mylott will umpire the first game. Second Ward—Marion Feasel, captain and pitcher; Gerald Strickler, catcher; Herbert Foes, firsf base; (CONTINUED ON PAGU TWO!

a lot of labor and expense to each of us to dispose of personally. Since this facility is offered you free of charge, we want every citizen to get in line for their share of free housecleaning. The only thing necessary for you to do is to place this accumulation in some sort of containers, set them down by the alley so they can be seei) by the men on the trucks as thev pass and by the end of next week your alley will be as clean as your yard. You can help by “Brightening the Corner Where You Are.” —Civic Section Women’s Clubs.

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NO CHANGES ARE PLANNED IN CIR TEACHING CORPS School Board Decides To Re-Employ All Teachers For Next Year BOTH ATHLETIC COACHES REHIREI) All teachers in the Decatur public schools will be offered contracts to remain here another year, it was decided at a meeting of the city school board last night. Practically al) of tern have agreed to remain, it is said, although a few of them are reported to be considering advancements. Concerning the salary schedule for next year, the school board adopted the following resolution: “On account of the shortage of the tuition appropriation, no increase shall be granted to any of the teachers, except where an automatic increase is legally authorized by the license law through conversion or an exchange of licenses. The salary schedule governing high school salaries and the salaries of special teachers it the present time have been waived.” One of the present high school teachers. Miss Mary Burk, domestic science instructor, recently presented her resignation, and the board has! not chosen her successor. Coaches To Remain Rumors which have persisted for several weeks that Coach Herb L. Curtis, athletic director and coach of basketball and track in Decatur high scholo, would not return next year, were put at rest today, when the school board announced that Coach Curtis had agreed to remain in this city. This announcement assures Decatur high school of the same coaching staff for next year, since Coach Max Kidd/fooTbaTl and baseball coach, has signed another contract here. Both coaches have developed much I good material during the past year and have bright prospects for next season. At the meeting last uiglit, the school board decided to purchase 325 tons of coal on May 7. Quotation sheets will be mailed oitt today to the various local dealers. URGES USE OF INDIANA COAL Governor Wants All Tax Supported Buildings To Use Indiana Product Indianapolis, May 1. —(U.R) —In letters addressed to county, township, city and school officials, Governor Harry G. Leslie, urged that all tax supported buildings use Indiana mined coal. The governor pointed out in the letters that much foreign coal was being used in many tax supported buildings. “This coal should be purchased from Indiana mines or their distributors,” Leslie declared. “The purchase of outside coal with money raised by taxation in this state cannot be justified. The spirit of patriotic allegiance to our own institutions, is there were no other reason, should command the use of Indiana coal to all loyal citizens of Indiana," the governor's letter continued. The appeal to Indiana to use its native coal resulted from a recent conference at Purdue university, when several groups interested in the use of the product met. The Purdue cnference and Leslie’s letter followed the appropriation of $2,500 by the recent general assembly to study the uses of native coal. Leslie asked that each person receiving a letter acknowledge it, and state whether he could count on the recipient to join the plan to increase the usage of Indiana coal. —, o Schafer Company Goes On Daylight Saving Time Due to the great inconvenience they were experiencing in delivery service to their trade in this state and Ohio, because of the difference in standard and daylight saving time, the Schafor company, wholesalers and jobbers of this city, have adopted daylight saving time, effective today until next September, which action has met with approval of their employees.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, May I, 1929.

Torch Victim > ■■ II ■ — 1 wfek bi i JAX \ Earl Peacox. below, young radio repair man, of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., has confessed, according to authorities, to tile murder of his estranged wife. Dorothy Heinzdman Peacox, above, whose half-burned body was found off the highway near Greenburgh, N. Y., last Saturday. OHIO MAN DlFs~ IN THIS CITY Jacob Bollenbacher, 82, Os Chattanooga, Ohio, Dies At Local Hospital Jacob Bollenbacher, 82, of Chattanooga, Ohio, died at 6:45 o'clock, this morning, Wednesday, May 1, 1929, at the Adams County Memorial hospital, where he had been a patient for the past ten days, following a stroke of paralysis. The deceased was born in Germany. His wife preceded him in death seven <COXTIMEI> ON VAGK t'tVID Decatur Man Leaves To Visit Parents In Germany Fredrich Steinhoff, of this city, left Tuesday for New York city, from where he will sail Thursday, on the steamer Dresden, for Bremen, Germany. From there, Mr. Steinhoff will go to Hanover, Germany, to make an extended visit with his parents. Mr. Steinhoff left Bremen on August 18 1923, to come to America. After landing in New York, he came directly to Decatur and since that time has been employed at the Mutschler Packing company's plant here. Mr. Steinhoff received his naturalization papers February 6. this year. LAST STRONGHOLD OF REBELS FALLS Mexican Federal Army Captures Garrison Os Agua Prieta, Sonora Douglas, Ariz., May l.r- (U.R) The garrison of Agua Prieta, Sonora, the last Mexican rebel stronghold, surrendered to federal troops today. On a promise of amnesty from Gen Juan Almazan, commander of the federal army advancing from Chihuahua, the 900 men under the command of Gen. Antonio Medina, ranking rebel officer, agreed to turn the border port over to the federal s. The surrender was negotiated after a conference between Major John E. Creede, commander of American troops at Camp Jones here, the Mexican consul and General Medina. Medina's terms were sent by messenger to General Almazan, reported only a few miles south of the border, and Almazan replied favorably. General J. G. Escobar, supreme head of the revolution was believed to be somewhere southwest ot here today and it was expected that he would make a determined attempt to get across the United States line if he has not done so.

MAN FALLS INTO BOILING WATER; SWIMSTOSAFETY ——— Former Bluffton Man Expected To Recover From Unusual Accident MISHAP OCCURS AT GRANITE CITY, ILL. Bluffton, May I.—(U.R) Relatives of Clyde Whitehouse, formerly of this city, today received word that, he would recover from one of the strangest accidents on record in the middle west. Whi ehouse, who is employed in a steel mill at Granite City, 111., slipped and fell into a vat of boiling lime water used in. cooling steel. Wh’tehouse managed to swim out of the boiling vat and fellow employes aided him in getting out of his scalding clothes. He was hurried to a hospital where attaches said he had a good chance to recover. Whitehouse was badly scalded ami burned, and it is possible that he will lose his eyesight. Physicians, however, say there is a chance for him to regain his eyesight, if he lives. L. B. Brokaw Dies At Home In Fort Wayne L. T. Brokaw received word this afternoon of the death of his son, 1.. B. Brokaw-, of Fort Wayne, formerly of this city. No details were learned of his death, but the announcement will be made, later. Struck By Two Autos, He’s At Work On Time Jasper, Ind.. May I—(UP)— .’*>bn Steffan. 60, struck by two automobiles escaped without injury and did not lose even*:) minute’s work as foreman of a desk factory here. While walking on the public square, one car knocked Steffan down and before he could get up, he was run over by another'. Both motorists stopped and offered aid to Steffan. but he got away under his own power. D.C.H.S. SENIORS SET NEW RECORD Every Member Os ( lass On Honor Roll, Which Is Record For School For the first time in the history of D.C.H.S., a class has a 100 per cent representation on the honor roll. The senior clas§ of ’29 enjoys that distinction as a result of the work done during the fifth six-week term. Members of the class: Carl Kohne, Arthur Miller, Robert Rumschlag, Agnes Baker, Elsie Brunnegraff, Margaret Eiting, Mary Virginia Hyland, Helen Lengerich. Dolores Omlor, Frances Schultz, Patricia Teeple. The other classes have a creditable representation also on this record of distinction. They are: Juniors: Lawrence Beckmeyer, John Schmitt, Leo Schultz, Rosemary Holthouse, Edith Lengerich, Viola Schmitz. Helen Voglewede". Sophomores: Leo Dowling. Herman Faurote, Flotilda Harris. Monica Heimann. Mary Kohne. Genevieve Lengerich, Mary Heleji Lose. Freshmen: Aloysius Geimer, Naomi Faurote, Patricia Holthouse, Florence Lengerich, Rosella Lengerich, Mary Wertzberger. Commercials: Helen Hain, Mary Gase, — — -o •* G. E. Band To Charter Special Car May 30 The band of the General Electric company has made plans to charter a special car on the Pennsylvania railroad, again this year, for an excursion trip to Indianapolis over Decoration Day. Thursday, May 30. The train will leave this city Wednesday evening, and the round trip fare will be three dollars and seventy-five cents. Any one desiring to take advantage of the opportunity and spend the Memorial Day in Indianapolis, may make arrangements with the G. E. Band, or the agent at the Pennsylvania railroad station. This is the second year that this excursion has taken place, and amnle space will be found for other people desiring to go, besides the band members. The G. E. Band will play at the races.

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I May Head Law Probe R. ' - Ogling. Associate Justice Harlan Fiske Stone of tl>c U. S. Supreme Court will probably be asked to take the chairmanship of the national law enforcement committee who will be entrusted with the task of exhaustively studying the whole Federal judicial and enforcement machinery and submittling recommendations for reorganization if needed. H. S. MICHAUD IS SUMMONED Prominent Adams County Citizen Passes Away At Home Here Today All Adams county was bowed with grief this morning, when the news spread of the death of one of the bestloved and i>e.-t-known citizens of the community. H. S. Michaud. 64. Mr. Michaud passed away at 6:20 o'clock this morning, Wednesday, May 1, 1929, at his home, 338 Mercer avenue, this city. His death was due to angina pectoris with complications. Mr. Michaud had been ill for the past five months and, on April 9. in an effort to find treatment to which i his illness would respond, he was i taken to the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. He was returned to his home in this city on April 26, with a special nurse in attendance. His condition gradually grew worse, however, and death followed early today. Born In Wells County Henry S. Michaud was born June 2. 1864 in Adams cunty and was aged, at the time of his death. 64 years, and 11 months. He was the son of Henry and Julia Hanni Michaud. October 8. 1895, he united in marriage, at Berne, with Lily Mechberger, who survives him. together with one daughter. Miss Florine Michaud, a teacher in the Decatur high school. The father, Henry Michaud. Sr., resides in Berne, but the mother passed away thirty-six years ago. Surviving brothers and sisters are A. E. Michaud, of Van Buren; Anthony and Justin A., of Berne; Aldine Marie Broadwell, of West Palm Beach, Florida. One brother. Charles died in infancy. Loses Arm In Accident Henry Michaud received his early education in the Bluffton public schools and, at the age of twentythree, he started out in this world to make his own way. accepting a position with Gottschalk and Ashbaucher who, at that time, were operating a saw mill. On the first day of his employment, he met with an accident, which caused him to lose (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Pet Shop Is Decatur’s Newest Business House

The Decatur Pet Shop, a new line of business venture, will open in this city Saturday and the public is invited to attend the opening and inspect tlie thousands of various kinds of pets, including mice, fish, birds, rabbits, guinea pigs, alligators, in fact almost every kind of a pet. The new shop is lieing opened in this city by Miss Ellanor Ellis, in the two front rooms of the second floor ot the Ellis building on Second street. Miss Ellis, who is a registered aquarist, will cater chiefly to the stocking of inside and outside aquariums. but she also has a large selection of tropical birds and small ani-

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15 PERSONS TO BE SENTENCED AT FORT WAYNE To Face Possible Fine Os SIO,OOO And Two Years In Federal Prison TO BE FREE UNDER BOND UNTIL MAY 13 Fort Wayne. May 1. <U.R) Fifteen persons, convicted on charges of liquor conspiracy in northern Indiana Federal court will be sentenced May 13. action having been postponed until that time today. All the defendants were released and their bonds continued until that time. The defendants including, John Voegt,'in. former deputy United States marshal; Ralph Rosenwinkle, former deputy sheriff; and Paul Harshbarger, elevator operator in the Federal building, were ordered to be present in the courtroom today in order that their attorneys might make any motions they desired. The maximum penalty is a fine of SIO,OOO and two years in a federal prison. Two Plead Guilty Originally there were seventeen defendants. but Rosenw-rnkle and Harshbarger pleaded guilty and testified for the state. Rosenwinkle, Voegtlin and Harshbarger were alleged to have collected money from other defendants to protect them from raids by authorities. According to testimony in the trial, Harshbarger collected the money while operating his elevator and later divided tlie money with the others. Other defendants who were implicated in the conspiracy by "paying for protection” wetV l Mike Sam Kohler, Lazo Dilynoff. Louis Pcpoff. Vasil Giroff, George Gileff, Stanley Ostrowsky, Stanley Kiminski, Charles Bruno, Egar Evanoff, Clyde Dumbauld. Christ Yovan and (CONTINUED ON I’VGl't o Payment Made Today By Defunct Bluffton Bank Bluffton May I—(UP)—Checks totalling $60,000 were mailed out today by D. A. Walmer, liquidating agent for tlie former Union Trust and Saving Co., of tills city. The amount represents a payment of 20 per cent. LIONS PREPARE FOR CONVENTION Decatur Club Elects Delegates To State Meeting At Bedford May 13-14 Roy Mumma ami Dr. Burt Mangold were elected delegates from the Decatur Lions Club to the Lions’ state convention, to be held at Bedford, May 13 and 14, at the regular meeting of the local club last night. It is probable that other members of the Decatur club will attend the convention. Two members of the club were welcomed back last night, after an absence of several weeks. Harry W. Thompson, who recently accepted a position in Sturgis, Michigan, has resigned that position and taken a position with tlie Schafer company, of this city, and he rejoined the ranks of the Lions last night. Dr. C. H. Branch also was present last night, after being absent for several meetings, due to a serious operation.

mals. Animal and fish foods are carried in the new shop and Miss Ellis stated that she had the agency for hundreds of birds and tropical animals which she could secure on special order. Miss Ellis has been engaged in the mail order business for the last two years and she stated today that she would continue that business, shipping white mice to several city pet shops. The new shop, which will open Sa’nrday morning, will carry more than a thousand fish and animals at all times. Miss Ellis also has all (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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