Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 116, Decatur, Adams County, 15 May 1929 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Vol. XXVII. No. 116.

Plans Visit in U. S. 1 f i i A. «" ® • : - W k’ci li You rather wonder how any plane could carry all this title around, yet j Baton Ftiederich Karl Freiher Von und Zu Warthausen, the •Lindy of Germany,” lugs it around with him. The Prince of Siam gave hint the Siamese kitten as a mascot at Bangkok, where the flyer stopped on Ids oriental flight. He plans to visit 'he L’nited States very soon. MUSIC CONTEST WINNERS NAMED 'Children Os First Four tirades Os City Schools Praised For Ability Children of the first four grades of lhe public school.:, who took part, last evening, in the music contest held at the high school auditorium, were commended for both the quality of their v. tee and the care they took of it. The childten sang with sweet clear notes and their utter lack of self consciousness, gave them a quality for public appearance which many older people are almost inclined to envy. As (he result of the first, grade solo, entitled ‘'HaHy Down Hilly." Reba Bartlett and Junior Owens took first; Mar. t.irod and Bobby Gents, second; a'd i'atsy Moser and Bobby Elzey third awards. The sei end grade soloists sang I “Arbor Day", by Wood, and Anna Jane Tyndall and James Vance were awarded first; Helen Jane Koh's amt Hilly Joe Spahr, second; Margaret Hoffman and t-nald Bohnke, third. In the second grade chorus which sat ', "Spring Grasses,” by Git- - rise .it: Rile-.' Jilmel was awarded first, the North Ward, second, and the South Ward, third. "A Star Child” by Johnstone, was used as the solo work for the third grade ami honors in this were carried by Jeanette Whines and Buddy Hakey. first; Robert Baker and Bettv Hammond, second; Lena Teeter and Kieth Hunt, third. In the third grade chorus. “Star (Ct>NTINI El» <>N PMTR SIX) (Jiri Scouts Sponsor Benefit Movie Show "The Circus Kid" is the mime o! the benefit movie to be presented tomorrow and Friday nights al the Adams theatre, by the Gill Scoots of the city. The picture stars Frankie Darrel and Helen Costello, both ot whom are popular favorites with the movie loving public. The Girl Scouts are attempting to secure funds to assist them in buying Girl Scout uniforms for their various activities during the summer months. The tickets for the movie are being sold at twenty-five cents each. — - — o—Pythian Sisters Attend ’ District Meeting At Peru Fiften members of the Pythian Sister’s lodge of this city, motored to Peru yesterday, where they atteiitkd t lie convention of dist. ' 1 • convened in the Eagle's .Home in that citv Features of the day were a noonday luncheon and evening dinner at the First Methodist church, and a delightful miscellaneous program held in conjunction with the afternoon session.

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COUNTY MS 6,088 CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE Annual Enumeration Report Shows Loss Os 138 As Compared To 1928 DECATUR. BERNE SHOW INCREASES [ Although gains were made in Deca[tiir, Berne and four of the twelve iiownships, the annual school enumeration foi Adams county, just completed, shows a net loss of 1:18 children of school age as compared to I lhe total for I'J2S. The new enumeration shows that the county has a | total of (I.OSB persons of school age, that is. between the ages of six and 21 years. Decatur showed a gain of two children ever last year, there being a total of 1,34:> persons of school age in the city at present. Berne, with n total of -177, showed a gain of six over last year. French Township Gains 15 The largest gain was made this I year in French township, where ; n ineiease of 15 persons of school age was shown. Wabash township gained 4. while Washington and i'nion townships gained one each. Losses ranging from five to 47 were recorded in each of the other eight townships. Os the total number in the county. .1.175 are males and 2,013 are females. There are no c. lored children in the county. The number enrolled in school is 4,855. There is a total of 1.130 regularly employed, while only 18 who do not attend school are unemployed. The enumeration report showed that there is a total of 6,039 persons of school ago in the county who arc able bodied: 35 who are crippled, four who are deaf and 19 who are otherwise disabled. The report for each townshin, Berne and Decatur is: Unit Number Gain Loss Blue Creek Tp 230 5 French Tp. ■ 29-1 15 Hartford Tp. 271 31 Jefferson Tp. -229 Kirk'and Tp. 306 Monroe Tp. 594 47 Preble Tp. 317 11 1100 l Tn, 352 46 St. Marys Tp. 256 11 I’niiui Tp. 304 1 Wabash Tp 653 4 Washington Tp. 462 1 Berne 477 6 Decatur 1,343 Totals 6,088 29 167 CHILDREN TO GIVE OPERETTA South Ward Pupils To Present “Midsummer Eve” On Thursday Night "Midsummer Eve,” the operetta to lie given tomorrow (Thursday) evening, beginning at 7:30 o’clock at the high Schoo lauditorium, promises to provide an evening of much pleasure lor all who attend. The characters of the operetta comprise the. pupils of the South Ward grade school, who have been carefully directed by the faculty of that school. The program will be rendered as follows: Central Orchestra. "Apple Orchard in Spring” by First and second grade children. Group of songs Miss Mina Collier Operetta. "Mid Summer Eve" (jueen J ane Kric , k Herald Lawrence Anspaugh Dorothy Jeanette Whines Dawue Jeanette Christen Flowers Nina Eichar, Marjorie Massonee, Kathryn King, Margaret McGill, Bertahline Blacker, Hilda Williams, Zula Porter, Mary Eickhorn Flower girls. Annabelle Doan, Marjorie Keck.. Pages William Brown. Robert Porter. Gren Elves James Krick, George Engle. Arthur Sunderman. Robert Baker, Arthur Heller, Lewis ; Smith, Vernon Affolder, Donaid Aeschliman. Will O' Wisp Katherine Knapp, Kathryn Affolder, Violet Girod. Margaret Hoffman, Marjorie Drum. Martha Ellen Hower, Eleanor Niblick, Martha My- , ers Pianist Mrs. Fred Smith :

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, May 15, 1929.

Receiver Appointed For Enterprise Store At Monroe John F. Hocker was appointed receiver for the Enterprise store nt , Monroe, today, following a hearing In I circuit court before Judge Jesse S it I ton on a emplaint filed by the Mon- . roe State bank. Mr. Hocker’s bond was fixed at $15,000. In the complaint filed today, the Monroe bank seeks judgment on a promissory note in the sum of s9u<). It is charged that the defendant company is -inso'lvent and owes a large amount of indebtedness and (hums which it is unable to pay. The Enterprise store is a general store in Monroe, operated by a coriporatlon. Attorney C. L. Walters, of Decatur, is counsel for the plaintiff. NAMES REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS Judge Appoints John Felty And Daniel Sprang; Board To Meet June 3 John Felty, of Wabash township, -ind Daniel Sprang, of Decatur, today were appointed by Judge Jesse C. Sutton, of the Adams circuit court, to serve as members of the Adams county board of review this year. Mr. Felty is a Democrat, and Mr. Sprang is a Republican. Other members of the board of review will be Ed Ashbaueher, county treasurer: Albert Harlow, county auditor; and Jay Cline, county assessor. The board has been called to moot on Monday, June 3. The duties of the board are to review the assessments made by the various assessors; equalize the assessments; determine whether or not increases or decreases are advisable, and to hear complaints of taxpayers. Stinnett Convicted Os Part In Hobbs Bank Holdup Tipton. Ind, May 15 —(FBI —Convicted on charges of complicity in the Hobbs, Ind., bank robbery reverii! weeks ago. Briny Stinnett, today f.lied a 25 year term in (lie state prison after being sentenced in circuit court here. Eyeiett Walker, now serving a life sentence for Hie robbery, testified that Stinnett was intoxicated at Hie time. John Willis. Kokomo, was held in jail here after a note was alleged to have been passed to him by walker, planning a jail break for Steinnett. W ets M in Skirmish In Wisconsin Senate Madison, Wi .. May 15—(U.R) W"ts | won Hie first senate skirmish today in their fight to erase the state dry law from the statute books in accordance with the wet-dry referendum last month. A motion of non-concurrence with Hie assembly ivll calling for repeal of tlie law- was voted down, 19 to 11, and wet. were successful in fighting off two amendments that would have voided the repealer. A vote on the actual repeal, which passed the assembly recently, was expected shortly. COMMENCEMENT DATE SELECTED June 9 Is Date Fixed For Catholic Grade And High School Graduation The annual commencement of the St Joseph grade and the Decatur Catholic high schools will be held in this city on Sunday evening, June 9, at the Catholic school auditorium. The Rev. Father Charles Girardot, pastor of St. Joseph’s Catholic church, Fort Wayne, will deliver the commencement address. Father Girardot is well known in this city, having spoken here on several occasions. A year ago, he delivered tiie series of Lenten sermons in the St. Maiys Catholic church. The final examinations in the high school and in the grades will not lie held until the last week in May and the first week in June. In the high school, there are 11 applicants for diplomas. in the commercial department there is one applicant, while the eighth grade has 41 applicants for diplomas. Diplomas will lie awarded to Hie grades at the commencement exercises i and the list of graduates will lie re- i leased as soon as the final examinations have been completed. ;

AMERICAN LEGION PLANS MEMORIAL DAT OBSERVANCE Rev. L. N. Rocca, Os Fort Wayne, Chosen To Deliver Principal Address I —» PARADE AND OTHER EVENTS PLANNED ' The Rev. Lewis N. Rocca, of Fort Wayne, well-known Episcopal min ister of northern Indiana, has been engaged as the chief speaker at the Memorial Day program. May 30, being arranged for Decatur by the Ad I anas post No. 43 of the American 1 Legion. ” Paul Graham, of this city, is general chairman in charge of l Memorial Day services, und Leo Ehine-i I er, of this city; Dr. Dailey Jones, of Berne, and Toni Rhoades, of Geneva, are the oilier committee members. The Legibn observance will start i ut 8 o’clock. Thursday morning. May I 30, when the 26-piece Dunbar band. I of Berne, will give an hour's concert j on tile court house square. At 9 o’clock, a. m„ veterans of the Civil War, Women's Relief Corps, veterans of the Spanish American war and veterans of the World war will meet at the court house and will proceed by automobile to the Decatur cemetery.

To Decorate Veterans' Graves All soldiers' graves will be decorated and the Adams Post of the Am erican Legion will hold Memorial day services, with the Rev. Harry Ferntheil. chaplain of the local post, in charge. The automobile procession then will go to the St. Joseph Catholic cemetery, where similar services will be held. After returning to this city, a parade will be formed and the veterans will march to the Monroe street, river bridge where memorial services for the nation's sailors will be held. Following the procession, the Women's Relief Corps will give their ritualistic services at the court house, after which Rev. Roei a will deliver a Memorial Hay address. The entire program will be open Io the public and a large attendance is anticipated The services this year will be the first for several years and great in terest is being shown in the revival of the Memorial Day program. During the afternoon, members of the Adams post of the Legion will in sped the cemeteries of the northern half of Adams county and member: of Limberlost Post of the Legion, of (CONTENTED ON p.Mtt: SIN) TO HOLO BIBLE CONTEST SUNDAY! Township Winners To Comnete For County Honors At Berne Much interest, is being manifested by members of the various churches over the comity in the annual Adams county Bible memory and Bible .story te'ling contests, to be held at the Re-ft-rmed church in Berne, next Sit inlay afternoon at 2 o'clock, standard time. Township elimination contests have been held and most twelve townships in the county will have t ept esentatives in the county contests. Three judges front outside the <:< unty have been secured for the contests. Following is the program which has been prepared for the event: Invocation, Rev. (’. W. 11. Satterwein. of Berne. Music. Bible Memory contest. Music. Bible Story-telling contest. Decision of Judges. Offering. Benediction, Rev. C. 11. Suekau. Music will be furnished by persons from Decatur. Linn (trove, Bine Creek township and the Mennonite church of Berne. o Rotarians To Entertain Wives And Sweethearts The Rotarians will entertain their wives and sweethearts ala dinner and program at the Knights of Columbus hall on Thursday evening. May Hi. The committee Im mad arrangements for an entertaining program and all the members of the Decatur Rotary Chib are invited to attend and bring their guests. >t*

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Innocent Victim j u 3 h I/! > "’“■’WW-iif / KEHHk Dr.’: officers fired on the car carry- | ing J W Hendricks, above, and his companions at Abington, Va., but no liquor was found in the car when searched. A.: :f to take the administrat’on <:f justice out of human hands, fate stepped into the ease when James Crowe, one of the deputy sheriffs involved in the shooting, was stricken with a probably fatal illness.

WILL RECEIVE BIOS JUNE 12 Commissioners To Award Contract For Remodeling Circuit Court Room The county commissioners will receive bidrf for the remodeling of the court room in the Adams county court house in this city, on Wednesday, June'l2. The plans and specifications. which were prepared by Charles Houck, architect of Muncie, were filed today with the county auditor and approved by the commissioners The notice to bidders is published n today's Daily Democrat and the terms under which the commissioners will award a. contract are contained therein. The estimated cost of the improvement, including the furnishing of all labor and material necessary, is $13,000. It is a provision of the contract that the contractor must complete the job on or before September 1. 1929, and that for each day thereafter, if the completion of same is delayed, that the contractor pay SSO per day as a forfeit. The April term of court, now in session, will adjourn on Saturday. June X, and the September term will not open until Monday, September 22. During the court vacation the remodeling of the court room will be done. A new jury room, private rooms for men ami women who servo on the jury, a private and a general olfic" for the Judge of the court, a libraty room, an attorney's consultation ro'in and otliee.s for the county surveyor and county agent will be placed in the court room. A new ceil ng will also be installed and the room will be redecorated. New opera seats will also be installed. 'I be notice to contractors does not include th" eo.t of furnishing the seats or other furniture. o Dr. Branch Speaks At Lions Club Meeting Dr. (’ 11. Branch gave an interesting talk at the weekly meeting of the Lions Club, Tuesday evening. Dr. Branch took as his subject. “What is Man?' After discussing the general makeup of man and many of man's actions, he called on Harry W. Thompson to give his impressions of man. Both talks were greatly enjoyed. Wai ter Foster, of Columbus, Ohio, was a guest of the club last night. o Brooks Funeral To Be Held On Thursday Funetal services for Mrs. Maltha Brooks, whose death occured Monday evening at the Charles Dutcher home in this city, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the Dutcher residence, 315 North Third street. The Rev. M. W. Sunderman, pastor of the Evangelical church, will officiate and burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery.

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82 BODIES ARE RECOVERED;IOO PATIENTS MISSING Three Mysterious Explosions, Fol lowed By Fire, Wreck Cleveland Clinic PITIFUL SCENES ARE ENACTED C.levt liintl, ().. May 15. (UM> Three mysterious explosions, followed by lire, shattered lite Cleveland Clinic, a nationally known institution at noon today. Irappiny patients and con|vertinjf tlie huge building into in interim. Police and firemen dashed into lite blazing and crumbling structure and rescued many of the screaming inmates. Eighty bodies had been recovered Hiis afternoon and 100 were relorted mi-sing. Hospital Head Escapes 1 Dr. George W. Crile, head of the ' hospital and nationally known surgeon. was in tlie structure at. Hie lime of tile blast and fire lint escaped ■ unhurt. He refused to make a statement. Tlie explosion was reported unofi’i- ; cially to have been caused by X Ray ■ apparatus in tlie basement. Chemicals in Hie pharmacy above exploded spreading flames and deadly fumes. Relatives and friends of Hie victims jammed streets around the Ida::mg building seeking their loved ones iimoiig the bodies piled there. When firemen airived at the scene they discovered flames shooting from tlie imihoiig. i Every Ambulance Used Calls were put in for every atnbul ince and police enungency in the city. Vi police rose, ves were ordered to the dirt: let. A general plea was sent lor pliysiiians and nurses. Police commandeered passing automobiles and trucks to take the victims to hospitals. Fire alarms brought -ill available apparatus to Hie scene. Women trapped on tlie upper floors of the building sc:earned fiom windows. Scores leaped to Hie ground and Were injured. Those on the lower floor battled fumes and lire to reach the street. Many of Hie fii, men attempted to enter tlie clinic were driven hack by fumes .and white hot flames from chemicals. Ladders were erected against the building wills and poisons flapped on the second and thud floor were carried by firemen to the street Firemen were foiced to don gas masks to enter the building. Then tho work of carrying out the victims began. Waiting ambluances rushed them to nearby hospitals and Io other hospitals at a gieatei distance. But means of conveying tlie victims were insufficient and many were placed on nearby lawns. Three physicians and nurses idmlnistered to them Fifteen minutes after tlie first explosion the second blast occurred. Firemen wore driven back. Clinic officials had called attention to tlie dant<'t i.xtixi■ i:i > i>x j>agi: si \ , ROAD BOOSTERS MEET AT PREBLE Matter Os Securing Easements For New State Highway Is Discussed A number of those interested lit slate highway No. Hi, between tins city and the Wells county line, met at Preble last evening to discuss tho easement proposition. The state commission has notified the county that if tlie easements arc secured they will take over the road between Decatur and Huntington and any further delay in the matter is serious. At last night's meeting. Daniel Scherry was elected chairman and, after a discussion of the problem, it was decided Io hold another meeting Friday evening of this week at the Preble garage, at which time it is hoped some plan can lie worked out which will lie satisfactory to every one. The meeting will be held at 8 o’clock (sun lime), which is 7:30 o’clock standard or 8:30 daylight saving time. It is understood that the rights-of-way have been taken through Wells county and that those thus engaged in Huntington county are meeting with success. •

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