Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1929 — Page 1

I WEATHER Partly cloudy and ■ somewhat unsettled J tomght and Friday I warmer Friday and I north portion to ■ night.

FIVE KILLED IN ERIE TRAIN WRECK

hANE REMAINS ALOFT AFTER 220 HOURS OF FLYING koise Develops In Motor, I However, Giving Warning Os Trouble Liiers HOPE TO STAY UP 300 HOURS I culver ‘City. Cal., July 11. (UJD—disregarding a noisy motor and the L Ulin of a relentless grind of flying In plane continuously for more than hi ne days and nights. Loren Mendell nnd Pete Reinhart continued to drive hiu biplane Angeleno in a great circle around the airport here today. The grimy and hewhiskered \ pilots passed their 220th consecutive hour in the air at 11:30 a. m, Pacific coast time. ! Culver City. Calif.. July U.-(U.R>-4 i.The staunch motor of the biplane [Angeleno gave a warning of trouble [today for the first time since it started pounding out a world's endurance [record on July 2. In a message dropped to the airport hi i? just as the 216 hour mark was ‘passed, Loren Mendell and ‘'Pete'' R,inhart, pilots of the Angeleno, stated "the engine is getting a trifle noisy." They preceded the remark with the optimistic prediction that they would remain up for 300 hours, but mechanical experts at the field believed thai the increased sound might be an indication the Angeleno was nearing the end of its flight. ■ \Ve tan make 300 hours easy." the fliers’ message said. “The motor is getting a trifle noisy but not too bad Had some trouble with the oil pump last night, but it is clearing up now." At 7:30 a. m. (Pacific coast time), the Angeleno began its 217th hour in the air, having travelled in Its circling course a distance estimated nearly equal to a trip around the world. Mathematicians, placing the world’s circumference at 20,500 miles, have figured that the plane would have flown 19.040 miles, if, as will Rogers suggested, it had “gone somewhere.” A hazardous refueling last night’ found the two ’h'ard-boiled hombres" haggard and tired from battling fog. The refueling crew said Mendell, apparently weak from the strain, dropped a package lowered from the refueling plane, but recovered it. Wiliapt G. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, is the financial sponsor of the flight and owner of the Culver City airport, it was revealed. Mendell and Reinhart will come down to find that the Buhl Aircraft company has presented them with a six-passenge rsedan, powered nffth a 300-h. p. Wright Whirlwind motor. A fund of $5,000 has been raised as another gift. DICK NELSON TAKES LEAD Anderson July 11 —(UP) —Dick Nelson, Indianapolis, assumed the lead in the fiist round of the state open golf tournament here this afternoon bv shooting a dazzling 67 for the IS holes three under par. Ralph Stonehouse also of Indianapolis climbed into second place by scoring a 68. ABANDON PLAN TO RAISE SUB British Naval Authorities Decide Not To Salvage Sunken Vessel London, July 11.—(U.R)—The British submarine H-47, lying at the bottom of St. George's channel in the storm tossed Irish sea, will be the permanent tomb of its unlucky crew of 21. Ihe British admiralty announced today that it had decided to abandon all further attempts to salvage the vessel. A lonely buoy bobbed above the submarine tomb today. The naval vessels and tugs which had rushed from nearby ports when word as the collision was flashed had retired to Milford Haven, beaten by the seas in ’he- rescue attempt. Several efforts to communicate with any who might have been alive aboard the H-47 were made yesterday but there were no answers. High naval officials said the men apparently died ''■ithin a few minutes after the col’s on at 8 a. m. Tuesday morning.

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To Run Again -z* ■ * Senator Thomas I). Schall, Republican, of Minnesota, who has announced his candidacy for re-election next year. In making his announcement Senator Schall assailed the Hawley tariff bill, stating that “no tariff bill wouldXbe better for the northwestern farmer.” STOLENAUfO IS FOUND HERE Car Bearing Michigan License Plates Abandoned West Os City A Ford touring car. with Michigan license numbers, was found abandoned yesterday about three miles west of Decatur. The car was hidden in weeds near the road and was brought to Decatur by Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth and Deputy Sheriff Dallas Hower. Farmers,, who were making hay, saw three men drive the car into the weeds yesterday morning and start down a nearby railroad track. They described the men to the sheriff who was summoned late yesterday afternoon, after the men who left the car did not reappear. A search of the car revealed several large cans and tubes and other equipment for draining gasoline tanks. It is believed that the ear was stolen by local men and brought to this city to be stripped. Some of the cans in the car contained oil and gasoline. ’ The men who abandoned the car are thought to be the same ones who stole a Ford touring car from the LaFountaine Handle Co., garage last Sunday nigh.t The descriptions of the men tally and Sheriff Hollingsworth stated that arrests likely would follow in a few days as soon as the men could lie located. During the last two weeks, almost a dozen automobiles have been stolen in and near Decatur and most of the cars later have been found completely stripped. It is thought that a gang of thieves are working in this county and that they sell the parts in Fort Wayne and Lima, Ohio. The activities of the gang are being traced, and it is though that sufficient evidence can be obtained in a day or two to clear up the thefts. o Magley Residents Attend Funeral Os Mrs. Koi marten Practically the entire congregation of the Reformed church of Magley and an additional number of friends, attended the funeral services for MrsHenry Koimarten, which were held Monday afternoon, in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Koimarten was a well-known resident of the Magley vicinity, where she was born and reared. She was formerly, Miss Emma Beineke, and wag aged 53 years, at the time of her death. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Kruetzman and Mrs. Minnie Reppert, and one brother, Simon Beineke, all of Magley. o— Man, 78, Is Shocked By Wife’s Swearing; Sues For A Divorce Wabash, Ind., July 11.—(U.R)-Mar-ried seven months, John Flora, 7S, has filed suit for divorce against his wife because she shocked him "by her swearing.” Flora further alleged that his 50-year-old mate. Ona, wanted to charge him for rental of her furniture which was used in their home. ' And she s unaffectionate, judge,” the elderly man said.

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Increasingly Vigorous Prohibition Enforcement Policy In 1930 Planned All Three Divisions Os U. S. Treasury Department Engaged In Prohibition Work Seeking Larger Amounts In Budget For Next Fiscal Year. Washington, July 11 —(U.R) —An increasingly vigorous and extensive prohibition enfor ement policy by the federal government is indicated by budget estimates for the fiscal year 1930 now lieing prepared by the treasury depart im nt. All three divisions of the treasury engaged in prohibition work, customs,

ST. HENRY BANK ROBBED AGAIN Three Bandits Get $3,000 From Ohio Bank Wednesday; Escape In Auto St. Henry, Ohio, July 11. —A wide search was under way today for three bandits who held up and robbed the St. Henry Bank, Wednesday noon, and escaped with approximately $3,000. This was the third time in the last two years that the local bank has been rollbed. Two of the bandits stroled leisurely into the bank and calmly ordered Elizabeth Romer, who was alone in the bank, to “reach for the sky." Th<> third bandit remained at the steering wheel of their automobile, parked in front of the bank. The car was a Ford sedan. While one of the men kept .Miss Romer covered with a gun, the other scooped up all available cash on the counters. The pair then backed to the door, climbed into their car and the car roared away, going east. Sheriff George M. Betz, of Celina, was immediately notified. Although the car headed eastward from St. Henry, the sheriff Believes that the trio later changed their course and headed for the Indiana state line. Miss Romer said that one of the men weighed about 250 pounds and was middle-aged. His compaion inside the bank would weigh between 165-170 pounds and was slim, with hard features, and was also middleaged. The driver of the car appeared to be younger. The automobile was a new model Ford sedan, tan colored with black wire wheels. Eddie Meadows, member of a gang of bank robbers arrested a year ago and brought here in connection with the robbery of the Linn Grove bank, was sentenced at Celina, Ohio, last October, to serve from 10 to 25 years in the Ohio state penitentiary, after he pleaded guilty to robbing the St. Henry bank, more than a year ago. HAY FALLS ON FARM WOMAN Mrs. Charles Snyder, Os Near Geneva, Seriously Injured Wednesday Geneva, July 11. — (Special)—Mrs. Charles Snyder, 55, residing seven miles east of Geneva, miraculously escaped death, at 3:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, when a heavy bunch of new hay which was being stored in the Snyder barn, fell from the hayfork track at the top of the barn to the floor, striking her. One of Mrs. Snyder's legs was fractured just above the ankle, both bones being broken, and she was badly bruised. The hay was being unloaded from a wagon at one end of the barn, by means of the hayforks and pulleys. The man operating the hayfork from the load of hay did’ not know that Mrs. Snyder was in the barn and when the bunch of hay had been pulled inside the barn on the forks, he pulled the trip rope, allowing the hay to fall to the floor. Mrs. Snyder happened to be directly under the hay. A Geneva physician was called to give the injured woman medical attention. New Rotary Officers To Be Installed Tonight The newly elected officers of the Decatur Rotary Club will be installed at the meeting tonight. Chalmer O. Porter is the new piesident of the club and the gavel will be turned over to him by M. J. Mylott, retiring president of the club. The meeting will start at promptly 6:15 o’clock.

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service, coast guard and prohibition bureau, received additional funds for this fiscal year in a supplemental appropriation passed at the last regular session of congress. Ask For Larger Amounts While the prohibition bureau is asking for continuation of the $1,700.000 additional amount alloted to it I above the normal appropriation of 1 $13,500,000, both the customs service and coast guard are seeeking larger amounts for the next fiscal year, it was learned today. , This may make the cost of federal prohibition in the fiscal year 1930, in [ excess of $50,000,000 if the $10,000,000 I annually spent by the justice department is included. Prohibition appro- ' priations for the current fiscal year ( aggregate somewhat under $50,000,000. Increases May Be Denied I Because of the rigid economy pro- ! gram recently announced by President Hoover who desires to keep the 1931 , budget within the total of the last ’ year in the Coolidge administration, ' it was indicated at the treasury that the customs service and coast guard . may have to forego their increased p funds next year. , Undersecretary Ogden L. Mills, budget officer of the department, will I confer with deputy commissioner of customs Frank Dow soon regarding the estimate presented by that ser- ' vice. Similar conferences are being ' held with coast guard officials. ' The prohibition bureau, under the I directio nos Commissioner James M. Doran, has asked tor about the same , amount if received this year, or $15.I 000,000. This year’s appropriation for the coast guard was $26,676,000. and L the customs service received $43,180,t 500. These two latter figures do not entirely represent prohibition expenI ditures, but cover the entire costs of i the two services. [ In the last regular session, congress approved a supplemental prohibition appropriation of $3,700,000, divided between the treasury and justice de- , partments for employment of additional personnel and the $50,000 advertising campaign to be conducted by the prohibition bureau. Prohibition administrators through- [ out the country have taken on an additional 370 men distributed through the various districts. With its $50,000, the justice department has employed eight special assistant attorneys genI eral for prohibition cases. Unless these extra funds are continued by the budget bureau, the additional men employed would have to be dropped by the two departments. o James A. Perry Leaves Estate Worth $50,000 Indianapolis, July 11. — (U.R) —Th? $50,000 personal estate of the late James E. Perry, owner of the Indianapolis Indians, American Association baseball club, was placed in trust, according to the will which is on file today in probate court. Perry was killed instantly two weeks ago when his airplane crashed near here. Endurance Flight Reunites Pilot And Father In California Culver City, Calif., July 11.—(U.R)— “Pete” Reinhart’s endurance flight has reunited him with his father, C. E. Reinhart, who hadn't heard of “Pete” since he left Salem, Ore., several years ago, until he read accounts of his sou's participation in the Angeleno’s record-smashing jaunt in the clouds. , “Papa" Reinhart, now a Long Beach broker, is at the flying field, waiting for his son to come down. He and "Pete" have exchanged several notes via the refueling plane. They plan a real “get-together" when “Pete” and his pal. Loren Mendell, "get back to earth.” Mrs. R. B. Reinhart, estranged wife ■ of the pilot, appeared at the field today. She came here from Salem, Ore., she said, to attempt to effect a reconciliation with the flier.

DECATUR MAN IS BURNED IN GASOLINE FIRE Gasoline Catches Fire While Motorcycle Tank Is Being Filled FERI) PEOPLES IS SERIOUSLY BURNED Ferd Peoples, well-known Decatur man, was seriously burned about his face, head and bands, about 7 o'clock Wednesday evening, when gasoline caught fire as he was filling the tank of a motorcycle at his filling station on North Second street. He is a patient at the Adams County Memorial hospital. Mr. Peoples was filling the tank on Audley Moser’s motorcycle and Elmer Sorg sat on his motorcycle about four or five feet t« one side. Just as Mr. Peoples started to drain the hose the gasoline caught fire in some manner. in jerking the hose back, some of the flaming gasoline was thrown on Mr. Peoples. Neither the tank on the motorcycle nor the tank in the pump exploded, the fire being confined to the hose, which was jerked off the pump. Mr. Moser pushed his motorcycle forward and seeing that Mr. Peoples' clothing was afire, he ran to his rescue and helped extinguish the blaze. However, Mr. Peoples had already suffered serious burns. Taken To Hospital The fire department was called and Mr. Peoples was rushed to the hospital. The fire had died out before the firemen arrived. Mr. Peoples’ face, back of his head and both hands were badly burned. Patches of hair was burned off his head. However, the fire apparently did not injure either of his eyes and he did not breath any of the flames. Although the burns are serious. Mr. Peoples had a fairly restful night last night and it is' thought that he will soon be on the road to recovery and will suffer no permanent injury. Just how the fire started is not known for certain. Mr. Sorg lit a cigarette while the gasoline was b<jr ing placed in Moser s motorcycle, it is said, but since he was several feet away, there is some doubt as to whether the match started the fire. o ELEVEN PERSONS KILLED Odessa, Russia, July 11. —(U.R) —Eleven persons were killed here today when a large quantity of gasoline exploded in a factory operated by the Red Cross. The Red Cross factory director was arrested on a charge of negligence. ROME WELCOMES AMERICAN FLIERS Welcome Given Pathfinder Crew Rivals Those Given Conquering Caesars By Thomas Morgan. UP Staff Correspondent Rome, July 11—(U.R)—The eternal city lost its centuries-old calm today in giving the American fliers, Roger Q. Williams and Lewis A. Yancey, crew of the American plane Pathfinder, a welcome such as one of the conquering Caesars might have envied. The United Press learned that King Victor Emanuel wil bestow upon the aviators one of the highest decorations possible as a mark of Italy s appreciation for their flight from Old Orchard. Me., via Santander, Spain. Many Receptions Planned The Italian government has indicated that nothing is to be left undone to honor the fliers. The first reception on the list was given at the American embassy this afternoon by First Secretary Alexander C. Kirk, in the absence of Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher who telegraphed his felicitations from a mountain resort where he is taking a health cure. Tonight the municipality of Rome has arranged an elaborate reception and banquet for Williams and Yancey instead of the reception planned by the air ministry. This latter function will come later when officials of the government and members of the aviation staff will participate. A gigantic air pageant is planned for Sunday in the American aviators' honor. Aviation under Secretary (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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FAST EXPRESS ANU DERAILED FREIGHT CRASH Several Persons Injured In Collision Near Corning, N. Y., Today FIRE BREAKS OUT AMONG WRECKAGE Corning, N. Y., July 11.— —Five persons were killed and several believed injured in a rollision between a fast express train and a detrailed freight on the Erie railroad near here today. The wreck occurred two miles east of Corning. The dead: F. E. Blake, Hornell. N. Y., engineer. W. Latonick, fireman, Susquehanna, Pa. Morris Hurlburt, Lockport, mail clerk. P. A. Fagan. Salamanca, N. Y„ mail clerk. Swan Berger, 38. Moline. 111. Freight Train Derailed j Several cars of the freight, westi bound, were derailed shortly before I 1 am. They went onto the east hound track and the speeding passenger train crashed into them. The passenger engine turned over as did the mail car. baggage car and express car. All became ignited, the flames spreading to the freight wreckage. The passenger engine crew and two mail clerks and a man believed to have been stealing a ride were the victims. Lagrange Physician Heads State Board Os Health . Indianapolis. July 11. —(U.P.)—Dr. A. J. Hostetler. Lagrange, was elected president of the state board of health at the reorganization meeting here in ' the office of Dr. William F. King, 1 state health director. Dr. Hostetler succeeds Dr. James A. Turner, South Bend, retired. Dr. ' C. R. Marshall, Indianapolis, was named vice-preseident. Resignation of Miss Ella McNeill, as assistant director of the nursing division was accepted. She had taken a position as district supervisor of public health nursing at Philadelphia. —, o Motorcycle And Auto Collide At Five Points A motoicycle ridden by Wayne Peterson and an automobile driven by Wesley Titus, both of his city, collided at the five-point intersection in front of the Anker filling station about 8 o'clock last night. Peterson received a bruised arm and leg, but neither the motorcycle nor the automobile were damaged to any great extent. 0 — George Cramer Burned In Gasoline Explosion Geoige Cramer, formei Decatur resident, was severly burned when a gasoline stove which he was repairing exploded at the Schlatter Hardware store in Fort Wayne, where he is employed. He was badly burned about the face and arms and was taken to the Metho dist hospital for tieatment- His condition is not regarded as critical. FARM BOARD MAY GO TO WORK SOON President May Ask Board To Consider Gra i n Movements Monday Washington, July 11 —(UP) —Following a second White House conference today on congestion of wheat at gulf ports, president Hoover took under consideration a project to launch the new federal farm board on the grain movement at its first meeting here next Monday. There were indications that the emergency marketing powers of the board would be invoked at once to relieve the present wheat gult at the gulf ports. »— (, _ SEARCH LAKE FOR BODY Laporte, Ind., July 11-(UP) —The waters of Hudson Lake were searched today for the body of Stanley Cieiolka 23, who was believed to have drowned after being missing since Monday.

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