Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 157, Decatur, Adams County, 2 July 1929 — Page 1

WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednesday; rising temperature extreme north portion tonight and north and central portions Wednesday.

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TWO BUSINESS BUILB INGS. TWO HOUSES SOLO Ray C. Keller, Jeweler, And Ray Kohne, Druggist, Buy Business Buildings DR. SOMERS BUYS REPPERT HOUSE Two business "buildings and two residences changed hands in Deratin' today. Ray' C. Keller, owner of the Keller Jewelry store, purchased the John Smith building on North Second street formerly occupied by the Kroger Grocery Co. Raymond Kohne. ' owner of the Callow and Kohne drug I store, purchased the building in which his store is located from Mart- , in Mil’er, of this city. Dr. 1.. E. Somers became owner of the Fred Reppert home on North Second street and Col. Reppert purchased the Somers home on South First street. The Keller deal was dosed at 9 1 o’clock this morning. Mr. Keller >■ stated that he would retain his pres ent location in the George Morris building and that his new building j would be completely remodeled. He | stated that, in a few months, he would move into the building, but , that his plans for moving had not yet been made. To Remodel Building The sale price of the Smith building was not announced. Mr. Smith; who has resided in an apartment on the second floor of his building for f.ome time will continue to live there for the present. Mr. Keller said that the work of remodeling would start immediately . Mr. Kohne. who has owned the Callow and Kohne Drug store in this city for the last several years, pur chased the Martin Miller building. The consideration was not made public. Mr. Kohne said that in all probability remodie-ling of his building would be made early this fall. The building is a two-story structure and both floors are occupied >0 the drug store. The second floor is used as a storage and warehouse room and the first floor is used as the retail department of the drug store. The building is modern and has been occupied as a drug store for many years. Dr. and Mrs. Somers will take possession of the Reppert home after the first of the year. The residence, located at 520 North Second street,'is a beautiful 12-rootn Spanish stuccoed house, which Col. Reppert built in 1917. The family has resided In the house since its com pletion. In the deal, Col. Reppert took the Somers home on South First street, where Dr. and Mrs. Somers have been i living. The Reppert home is one of the finest residences in this city. A private driveway runs along the south side of the house and a beautiful back yard, well landscaped, runs east to the banks of the St. Marys river. BAND CONCERT TONIGHT The Junior Itand will give a concert on Liberty Way at 8:15 o’clock this evening. The public is invited. FAIL TO BREAK FLIGHT RECORD California Fliers Forced To Land After Spending 42 Hours In The Air Los Angeles, July 2.— (U.R) —Leo Nomis and Maurice Morrison, attempting to establish a new sustained Hight record in a Cessna monoplane, were forced to land at Metropolitan airport early today after 42 hours in the air. Failure of the motor brought the flight to an end after they had been H aloft since 7:30 a. m. Sunday. Their craft was damaged when they pancaked it ytftile trying a dead stick landing through a dense ground fog. Neither was hurt. Nomis and Morrison said they would 1 be ready for another attempt in two weeks. New Flight Started Culver City, Calif., July 2—(U.R)— Lorren Mendell and Peter Reinhart, piloting a Buhl air sedan, took off from the airport here at 7:29:30 a. m. on the start of an attempt to break the world’s sustained flight record.

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Trans-Atlantic Flier Killed i-'/BW h, 7 ■CM r v / I pF;J *_—•***** '> V '(*, Wilmer Stultz, veterari trans-Atlantic flier, who was killed when his plane went into a tailspin as ho was leaving Mineola flying field July 1. Two passengers were also killed. Stultz, who leaped into prominence when he piloted Miss Amelia Eat hart on her flight to Europe, had never before been ( involved in a serious accident. . !

ANNA E. REUSSER CALLED BY DEATH Mother Os Mrs. Anna Vancamp, Os Decatur, Dies Monday Afternoon — Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Reusser, 84, j mother cf Mrs. Anna Vaneamp, of this city, died at 4 o’clock Monday afternoon, at the home of her son, Gottfried Reusser, one mile south of Vera Cruz. Surviving are the following offspring: Christian, of Petoskey. Michigan; Mrs. Eliza Bischoff, of Marshall. Michigan; Mrs. Anna Vancamp, of Decatur; Gottfried, of near Vera Cruz, and Albright, also residing near Vera Cruz. Mrs. Reusser was born in Switzerland on October 1. 1844. She came to this country when young, and has been a resident of Wells and Adams counties for a period of 45 years. Her husband preceded her in death in 1917. Since his death, she has resided with her sons near Vera Cruz. I She was a member of the St. John's Reformed church at Vera Cruz. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, at the St. John’s Reformed chinch, the Rev. Otto Scherry officiating. Burial wil be made in the Old Reformed cemetery, three miles south of Berne. o Southern Cross Makes Another Flight Today Rangoon, Burma, July 2. — (U.R) — The Australian airplane Southern Cross took off from here at 10 a. m. today, continuing its flight from Sydney, N. S. W., to England. Capt. Charles E. Kingsford-Smith, pilot of the plane, was accompanide by Capt. C. T. P. Ulm, T. H. McWilliams and A. A. Litchfield, who were with him when he made his forced landing in the wilds of northwest Australia last March. Train Wouldn’t Come To Town. So Town Comes To It Mobeetie, Texas, July 2—(UP)— Remember the one about Mohammed and the mountain? Well, when residents of Mobeetie, the oldest town in Texas Panhandle, found that the branch line of the Santa Fee railroad would not come to them, they decided to go to the railroad. Right there the parallel of their removal of the railroad and Mohammed’s journey to the mountain stops. In the case of the town, the old timers refused to move, and the result was two towns —old Mobeetie and new Mobeetie. All of the new business, however, going into the new townsite threequarters of a mile north of old Mobeetie, Lumber yards, stores, and garages have been built near the tailroad track where freight service can be obtained .—— o SLOWLY IMPROVING Geneva, July 2. — (Special)— Chris Lehman, of Geneva, who suffered a fracture of a vertebra when he fell from the top of a silo on the MercerOhio, county farm, several weeks ago, is slowly recovering. He is now able to walk up town.

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Daily Democrat Will Not Publish Edition On Thursday, July 4 In observance of the national holiday, there will be no issue of the Decatur Democrat on Thursday, July 4. The postoffice will be closed all day Thursday, and there will be no city or rural deliveries of mail. Although there has been no public celebration planned in Decatur for Thursday, practically all business will be suspended for the day. - - Readers of the Daily Democrat are invited to report news items concerning their observance of the holiday for publication in Friday’s paper. TO OPEN BERNE PARKTHURSDAY Program Postponed From Last Sunday To Be Held In The Evening, July 4 Berne, July 2—(Special)—The formal opening of Lehman Park here, scheduled for last Sunday and postponed on account of rain, will be held Thursday evening, July 4, it was announced today. The program will begin at 8 o'clock, standard time. The program will consist of music by the Dunbar Band; a vocal solo by Prof. G. A. Lehman, of Dayton, Ohio; singing by a male quartet composed of Messers. E. W. Baumgartner, M. M. Baumgartner, Habegger and M. E Stauffer and addresses by French Quinn, of Decatur, and L. L. Baumgartner, of Berne. T. A. Gottschalk, president of the park board, will preside during the program. Isaac Lehman, donor of the park, will make a few remarks, also. Several pieces of playground equipment have recently been added to the park and it is rapidly becoming a popular playground for Berne citizens. o Paul McNutt To Speak At Fort Wayne, July 11 Paul V. McNutt, of Bloomington, national commander of the American Legion. will be the principal speaker at a banquet, and meeting to be held by the Fort Wayne post, No. 47, at the Shrine auditorium in Fort Wayne Thursday night. July 11. Other posts in this vicinity have been invited to attend the banquet. A parade will form from the Legion home at 419 East Main street, Fort Wayne, promptly at 6 o’clock and march to the auditorium where the banquet will be held at 6:30 o’clocl . The general meeting will begin at 7:30 o'clock. — o —■ TO GET GAS SERVICE Artificial gas service will be available to residents of Columbia City early this fall, according to an announcement by S. E. Mulholland, of Fort Wayne, vice-president of the Northern Indiana Public Service company, the company which is laying mains from Fort Wayne to Columbia City.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 2, 1929.

Motorcycle Gets Unruly; Smashes Into Residence Returning to their home at JIG' iNorth First street Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Carmod) found the door on the south side of their ( house, opening into the dining room,: battered down. Believing that burg- 1 lars had broken into the house, Mr. | Carmody sent in u call for the police. I Night Pidicemen Womack an d J Hoffman answered the call. When I they arrived. Arthur Sipe, who resides | in the first house south of the Car-, mody lesidence, was conversing with Mr. Carmody and attempting to deter-j | mine the amount of damage done to ■ the bouse. Mr. Sipe explained that he had been working on h's motorcycle in the yard just south of Mr. Carmody s i house. Sunday afternoon. M Hile the motor was running, the machine I jostled into gear and darted forward, | with him astride it. Before he could j stop the bike, it crashed through the I dining room door of the Carmody. residence and struck a sideboard in-j side. Most of the damage, however, was that done to the door. CROPS FLOODED NEAR GENEVA Heavy Rains Sunday And Monday Send Wabash River Out Os Its Banks Geneva, July 2—(Special) —Heavy rains Sunday and Monday sent the Loh ditch and the Wabash River out of their banks near here, and the flood waters have inundated several acres of growing crops. The overflow waters have not inundated U. S. highway No. 27, so far, and if no more rain falls within the next two days the road is expected to remain above the water line. However it is feared that corn, wheat and oats in the lowlands will be drowned out and ruined by the water. A near cloudburst occttted here Sun day afternoon Another heavy rail fell Monday. AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP Bluffton, July 2.—William Weisell, j Jr., Bluffton high school pupil, has received word that he has been award- j ed one of the fifty free scholarships | to the All-American High School Cadet hand, which is being sponsored by the Appollo Musical Club Endowment, of Chicago. He is asked to re- | port at the Allerton House, Chicago, I July 15, for eleven weeks of training.; Weisell ranked among the first five among a hundred trumpet applicants. I BANKER CLAIMS HE WAS KIDNAPED Official Os Passaic, N. J., Bank Is Found After Being Missing A Week East Orange, N. J., July 2. —(U.R)— Willard H. Elliott, vice-president of the Hobart Trust company of Passa'c, told a weird story today of being kidnaped and held captive for neatly a week by men who described themselves as Chicago gunmen, and who entertained him by winning $2.80 from him at penny-ante poker. "They served me excellent wine," Elliott said in his home today, “and when I left they wanted a souvenir from me so I gave them my belt with a valuable silver buckle.” Elliott was found today by Sergeant Samouckie of Nutley, sitting in his own car reading an account of his kidnaping by the light of a street lamp. Taken to police headquarters, Elliott was identified because of his former connection with a bank there. He was questioned briefly and allowed to drive home. Before retiring, Elliott telephoned Mayor John J. Roegner, president of the Hobart Trust company, and told him that he would report for duty Wednesday after resting up a bit. Elliott, prominent in New Jersey banking circles, disappeared Wednesday after gaily waving a farewell to his daughter, Ruth. Subsequently, it was announced he was no longer con nected with the bank. Considerable mystery surrounded his disappearance. It was not report ed until Saturday. Police said his : personal checking account dwindled to $8 although his atCfclrs at the bank were in perfect ordfr.

CONTRACTS LET FOR THREE NEW ROADS IN COUNTY — ... -■*— • Chris Eicher Gets Two Contracts; Dennis Striker Receives One BIDS ON FOURTH ROAD REJECTED — The county commissioners In ses- | shin this morning awarded contracts j I for the building of three macadam' I roads and rejected the bids on the i fourth load inipi ovement, because of j |a change in the specifications. ! Chris Eicher, road builder of Hartford J i township, was awarded the contract on , I two roads, namely the Hendricks road I I in Wabash township and the Hocke-1 j meyer-Fuhrman road in Root and i i Preble townships. Dennis Stiiker was' I awarded the contrac t for building thei McCune road in French township Bids Submitted The bids on the three roads follow: Hendiicks road —Dennis Striker, st>, 900; Chris Eicher. s''.47B. Hockemeyer Fuhrman road —Lawrence Striker, | $4,594; Dick Boch $4,700; Chris Eicher '54,291; Philip Sauer. $4,670. I McCune road Dennis Striker 1,850: Chris Eicher. sl.9B’t; Edward Beer, | $1,905. The bids on the Yager road. Kirkland township, which were rejected because of a change in estimate, follow: Lawrence Biebeiick. $5,888; Veyne McCarty. $5,949; Dick $5,500; Chris Eicher $5,600; Philip Sauer. $5,215. The commissioners approved reports of county officers filed with the board and disposed of other routine matters! today. Moyer Funeral To Be Held Wednesday Afternoon Funeral services for George Moyer will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock (daylight saving time) at 1 the William Sudduth residence. The Rev. R. E. Vance, pastor of the United Brethren church, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. INSPECTION MADE B) HEALTH BOARD Decatur Business Houses Kept In Sanitary Condition, Board Reports — The Decatur board of health made an inspection tour of the business section of Decatur this morning and a report of that board was to the effect that local business houses kept their buildings in a sanitary condition, All restaurants, confectioneries, bakeries and other business places were inspected. Several orders were issued for weeds to be cut in the alleys and on a few vacant lots in and the near the business section. The restaurants were found to be well-kept and the kitchens were in in a sanitary condition, according to health board members. The board will remake another inspection trip in residential parts of the city to make sure that the order for the weeds in all vacant lots to be cut is carried out. If lots are found covered with weeds, an order will be isued by the health board to the property owner and if the order is not complied with in a short time a man will be hired to cut the weeds and the cost will be assessed against the property owner. ’ The city health board is composed of Dr. J. M. Miller, Dr. P. B. Thomas and Mrs. John H. Heller. The board makes the trip several times annually 1 and always makes a complete isnpectio ■ early in the trimmer to investigate the condition of alleys, vacant lots and rears of business houses 0 LOCKE SELLS HOTEL Dell Locke, former owner of the Bliss hotel at Bluffton, who is well known in Decatur, has sold his hotel . at Battle Creek. Michigan. He has , moved to Newcastle, where he is now making his home. o RURAL CARRIER IS ILL W. W. Fryback, Ossian rural mail carrier, was stricken with an .attack of pancreaitis, Sunday, and was rushed to the Lutheran hospital at Fort Wayne, where his condition is said to be critical.

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Dry Head May Quit ’' ?1. * m v Jil \ According to reports Seymour Lowman, above, assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of prohibition enforcement. lias been asked to resign by President Hoover. (International Newsreel) PUBLIC COMFORT STATIONS SOUGHT Civic Department Os Women’s Club Presents Petition To Commissioners A petition .signed by hundreds of taxpayers in practical) every township of Adams county and asking that ■ the comfort stations in the court house here be kept open day and night and on Sunday for the accomodations of tourists and the general ! public, was presented to the county commissioners this motning by Attorney J. Fred Fruchte, in behalf of the . Civic Department of the Decatur Woman's Club. The members of the Civic Department had circulated the petition and obtained the signatures. The commissioners took the petition tinder consideration. Mayor George Krick, of Decatur, was present and he made a short talk in support of the petition and he promised the cooperation of the city in the matter. For some time there has been a popular demand that the rest rooms be kept open during the hours that the court house is closed. The county commissioners have expressed a willingness to have the comfort stations kept open dining those hours, if provision is made by the city of Decatur or by some civic organization for a custodian. Decatur People Have Accident Near Van Wert A car driven by Marion Hoagland, of this city, and another car driven by a young man whose identity was i not leai ned, were badly damaged in a collision west of Van Wert. Ohio. Sunday afternoon. Mr. Hoagland was 1 accompanied by Mrs. Adam Hertel! : and daughters Florence and Kathleen! ■ and Miss Alma Hawkins. All sustained minor bruises. Call Issued For Condition Os Banks i . Washington, July 2.— (U.R) —Comp- . troller of Curency Pole has issued a t call for the condtion of national banks 1 as of June 29. 3 ... — ■„ .. Indianapolis, July 2—(U.R)—A call for the condition of all state banks, 1 private banks and trust companies as s of June 29 as issued by the Indiana I State Ranking department today, f O — Parachutes Save Lives i Os Two Army Aviators — Honolulu, July 2 —(U.R) —Two army fliers escaped death today when they B parachuted to Wheeler Field near here after their airplanes had collided in the air. 1 Lieut. Reuben Moffatt and J. T. s Hutchinson, the pilots, were circling f over the field at an altitude of 500 feet when the crash occurred. Hutchinson’s parachute dragged him along the ground and broke his arm, but 1 Moffatt was unhurt. < . 0 LAY CHURCH CORNERSTONE t The cornerstone for a new Baptist o church was laid at Kendallville, Sunday afternoon. As

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RESCUED AIRMEN DESCRIBE WEEK SPENT ON OCEAN Kept Constant Watch And Never Lost Hope Os Rescue, Franco Declares HAPPY COUNTRYMEN HOLD DEMONSTRATION By Emilio Herrero. UP Staff Correspondent Gibraltar. July 2. — (U.R) — Four of Spain's foremost fliers, rescued from the sea after the most elaborate international search since the Italia was lost in the Arcti (circle, set foot on solid ground today for the first time since they left on their attempted flight for the United States 11 days ago. They arrived aboard the ship which rescued them near the Azores Islands, the British airplane carrier Eagle. When the ship came into sight it was a signal for an outburst of the most deafening cheers ever heard in this section of the world. Welcomed By Thousands Thousands of Spaniards were on hand to celebrate the homecoming and to pay homage to the British rescuers. The fliers and the members of the crew of the Eagle shared alike in the reception. Franco and his companions — Ruiz de Alda. Eduardo Gallarza and Pedro Madariaga — had to acknowledge the greetings to stop the tumult. The Eagle arrived off Gibraltar at 8 a. m. A squadron of Spanish seaplanes dropped flowers upon it. At 9 a. m. the Eagle entered the harbor and anchored. It was surrounded by beflagged craft of all description, sirens screamed and pennants waved frantically. The Dornier No. IG. the fliers' plane, could be seen on the deck, its damaged wing tip plainly visible. Lieutenant Kilroy of the Eagle described how he sighted lights on the sea about 4 a. m. June 29 and found Commander Franco and his companions. Kilroy said the aviators were cheerful in spite of their ordeal. Franco described how he lost his bearings in the darkness and fog and realized he had passed the Azores. After getting his hearings, he said, he tried to return, but struck headwinds which exhausted his gasoline supply, thus being forced down. "We sent out many wireless calls for help." Franco said, ‘but apparently were unheard. "We never lost hope. We kept a constant watch. About 4 a. m . June 29. Gallarza saw the lights, which turned out to be the Eagle. "The ship was about 20 miles away. We lighted our Buigal lights and saw the ship turn and start in our direction "On June 27 the wind had blown at gale velocity and oiji' position was most dangerous. But out plane resisted splendidly." o —— RYE GROWS TALL Charles Jones, a farmer residing northeast of Berne, is displaying a stalk of rye, grown on his farm, which is 7% feet tall. OHIO LODGES VISIT DECATUR Middlepoint 1. O. O. F. Degree Team Confers \\ ork On Local Candidates The degree team of the I. O O. F Lodge of Middlepoint, Ohio, journeyed to this city, last evening and conferred the first degree on a class of candidates from the local Odd Fellows Lodge. The degree staff numbered twenty- , two men and the degree was conferred ' in a highly creditable muaner. Besides the degree staff, a large number ot members of the Middlepoint lodge were also present. Large delegation of Odd Fellows wete also present from Van Wert, Ohio City, and Willshire, Ohio, and Monroeville. At the conclusion of the ceremonies. ’ refreshments were served by the enter--1 tainment committee of the local lodge On Wednesday July 10. the Decatur > lodge will go to Middlepoint and meet f with the five lodges of Van Wert county. Ohio At that time, the second degree will be conferred on the local candidates. I All Odd Fellows are urged to keep - this date in mind and to make the trip if possible.

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