Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 22 July 1929 — Page 1

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china claims actions are in SELF-DEFENSE - - Nanking Government Issues Manifesto; Soviet Troops Are Active \() RESPONSE TO I N I. S. REMINDER Washington. July 22 (UP) w ,, between China and Russ'J appeared today to have been averted definitely through the good office* of the United States when both governments officially advtsed Secretary of State Stimson that thr . have no intention of violating the Kdlogg anti-war pact to which they ?re pledged to adhere. Soviet Russia's reply to diplomatic reminder of her obligations under the Kellogg anti-war treatytransmitted last week on behalf of the United States, France, Great Britain and Japan, was received at the state department today. Washington, July 22. — (U.R) — Chnese Minister C. C. Wu delivered to Secretary of State Stimson today the reply of the Nationalist government of China to Stimson's reminder that China should not go to war with the Soviet government of Russia, because of the Kellogg peace pact. The reply. Dr. Wu told the United Press, stated that China has abided and will abide fully by its pledge under the Kellogg peace treaty to renounce war. Sluuifihtii. July 22. —(U.R)Siniultaneous with reports from Manchuria that Soviet troops had fired into Chinesei territory and that five Russian bombing planes had overflown Chinese troops concentrated at the frontier, the Nanking government issued a manifesto to the powers of the world claiming self-defense in its action against the Soviet Onion anil* reiterating ita intention to live up to the spirit of the Kellogg pact. The reports of Russia’s activities along the liorder came front General Chang Hstielt-Liang, the young war lord of Manchuria, who arrived at Mukden yesterday to take command of China's armies along the threatened frontier. General Chang stated that Soviet troops fired at Pogranitchava. at the eastern border point of the Chinese eastern railway. (This report is at variance with (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Shoe Repair Shop To Be Opened Here Soon Clem Voglewede will open a shoe repair shop in the Krick building, corner of Monroe and third streets. The new place of business will be opened io the public about August 1, Mr. Voglewede stated today. The machinery is being placed in the building now »nd, as soon as all of it arrives. Mr. oglewede will open the shoe repair shop. Mr. Voglewede is an experienced shoe man. It is also plannd to subfuse part of the business room to lo«ai concerns, according to an announcement made today hv Mr. Voglewede. TEMPERATURE MOVES UPWARD farmer Weather Hits Community After Week Os Cool Temperatures thor 'Ti. a week of “mid-autumn" v-ea-Adim * le| nperature in Decatur and (lav -,ns°- Hnty started ,0 advance Sunni hot r. n " t l ; l ' ( ' a, ' On ' s are tllat a ' veek iotecas cp ther wiU be 011 the witherMost nr S | nienu for lh i s community, was lower H St w . eek ’ ,he temperature year, but it lan 8 USUaI tbls ,imp 01 daiUnge anv rT* '° W enou « h t 0 n>l ßtic con™ l ’ B ' Farniers are optitheysav that'if’* the C ° rU CTOp and days of w ‘ here are a few mor - 'orlo'VZ g W o lf a “ idea ‘ day for tocatur peoniJ *’ aud hundreds o£ nor thetn Imt , spent the day at red people i s"! a ( k u - SeVeral " y Cl “b. Stindsv P eca,ur e ounWa s reported t-,‘ i ai j u tbe Bolf col,l ' Be ed t 0 be good condition.

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CARTER ORDERED TO SERVE TERM Two Others Sentenced On Liquor Charge At Bluffton Saturday Bluffton. July 22.—A sentence of six months on the state penal farm, once suspended, must now be served by Jesse Carter, of Fort Wayne, who ((leaded guilty in circuit court here last Friday to a charge of violating the prohibition law. The court revoked the suspension after hearing the testimony of two other Fort Wayne men arrested in connection with a liquor raid on the Ben Schaefer farm northeast of here. Ben Miller and Harvey Bigsby, of Fort Wayne, pleaded guilty Saturday, to charges of violating the liquor law. They admitted that they owned and operated the still in partnership with Carter. Carter had told the court he had no interest in the still, merely being employed two days to fix a water pump. Bigsby was fined S3OO and sentenced to serve 60 days in jail. The court stated that he showed leniency toward Bigsby because he had a family. Miller was fined S3OO and sentenced to serve six months on rhe ipenal farm. Miller and Bigsby testified that while the.' had the still in operation at the Schaefer farm, they made about 50 gallons of liquor. Bigsby told of taking about thirty gallons of liquor to Fort Wayne where he said he sold it to two foreigners, who operated ‘soft drink parlors.’ Neither Miller nor Bigsby could tell where the other twenty gallons of liquor went. Sheriff McClain and Deputy Barney Rupright failed to find any of the finished product when they raided the Schaefer home, although they did find thirteen barrels of mash and other equipment used in making liquor. Mr. Schaefer, who was also arrested in the raid, is still in the county jail. He has not been given a hearing. After the court sentenced Miller and Bigsby this morning. Mrs. Bigsby appeared grief stricken because her husbaivl’s sentence was not suspended. — o Program For Junior Band Concert Announced Following is the program for the weekly concert by the Junior band, to be given on Liberty Way, Tuesday evening at 8:15 o'clock. Star Spangled Banner—Keyes. March—Crystal—Abbatt. Overture —Gala Night—ChenetteWaltz—May Time—Snyder. Gavatte—First Heart Throb, Ellerlmrg Selection From Prince Charming King. Finalle—Spirit of West—Hummer. ——o STUNG BY 200 BEES Warsaw, Ind., July 22—(UP)—Aaron Kincade, farmer living north of here, is in a serious condition as a result of receiving 200 bee stings. He was attacked by the insects while going through a field of clover.

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YOUNG MAN IS KILLED IN WRECK . Frederick Kocher, Nephew Os Decatur People, Killed Near Van Wert Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kocher and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Eugeler, of this city, received word this morning, of rhe tragic death of their nephew, Frederick Kocher, 22. of Elida. Ohio. The young man died at 2:30 o'clock this morning, in the hospital at Van 1 Wert. Ohio, of a fractured skull which ] he received at 9 o’clock Sunda> eve-’ ning in an automobile accident. The accident occured at a cross roads on state road No 9. south of Van Wert, known as Walnut Grove. The Kocher car, a large Auburn sedan, in which Mr. and Mrs. George Kocher and their son, Frederick, and daughter Genetta. were riding, collided with a large roadster, driven by a man from London, Ohio, whose name was not learned. Miss Helen Thomas, of London. Ohio, who was tiding in the roadster, was taken to the hospital whree she was treated for cuts on her aims. Mrs. Kocher and daughter, Genetta, are patients at the Van Wert hospital suffering from severe bruises. Mr. Kocher escaped uninjured. It is expected that the mother and daughter will be able to leave the hospital today, unless the shock of the boy’s death proves too great. The Kocher family were returning home from Bluffton, where they had spent the day with Mrs. Kocher's sister and brother, Mrs. David Meyer and S. F. Engeler. James L. Kocher, of this city, is a brother of George Kocher, and Ed Engeler is a brother of Mrs. George Kocher. The George Kocher family formerly resided in Bluffton. Later, Mj, Kocher became interested in the lumber business, and had lumber yards at Willshire and Wren, Ohio, going from there to Elida, Ohio. Funeral arrangements have not as yet been completed. FARM WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY Mrs. Nettie Spangler Fatally Stricken With Heart Trouble Today Mrs. Nettie Spangler, 58, wife of Jacob Edward Spangler, died suddenly at 4:30 o'clock, this morning, Monday. July 22, 1929, at her homq seven mies northwest of Decatur. Death was due to asthma of the heart. Mrs. Spangler had attended church as usual yesterday. She arose early this morning and got breakfast over, with the expectation of preparing dinner for threshers. It was while she was in the midst of these duties that she was fatally stricken. Mrs. Nettie Spangler was the daughter of Howard and Samantha Shackley and was born April 3, 1871, in Union township. Adams county, where the major portion of her life was spent. She united in marriage, January 18, 1900, with Jacob Edward Spangler. Three children, born of this union, preceded the mother in death Surviving, besides the husband, are the foilowing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Effie Bowers, of near Peterson; Mrs. Bertha Johnston, of Fort Wayne; Miss Jennie Shackley, of Kenton, Oliio; and Samuel Shackley, of Bryan, Ohio. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock (standard time) at the residence and at 2 o’clock at the Mt. Pleasant M. E. church. The Rev. Glen Bryan, of Wells county, will officiate and burial will be made in the Reynolds cemetery. —— Woman Attempts Suicide By Jumping Into River Indianapolis. July 22 —(U.R) — Mrs. Catherine Pratt, 55, was under a physician's care today after she was alleged by police to have attempted suicide by plunging itMo White river here. Despondency over ill health was believed to have prompted her act. Martin Dobson, who was passing the stream, saw the woman and rescued her in a canoe. Nearly an hour passed before she was revived. A note which the woman left in her hat on the bank was unreadable. Police said they learhed that Mrs. Pratt recently had been released from a hospital.

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Speeding Fish Fails To Negotiate Curve In River; Lands On Bank Seattle, Wash., July 22 —(UP)— They don't have any signs "dangerous curves ahead” in the rivers of the northwest — nor do they hftve traffic cops Hence this fislt story, which, by the' way, may be true Witlt a “bone in his teeth." fins making 9o revolutions per minute, full canvas and the throttle wid“ open, old King Sainton was going places up the Duwamish river. His speed was 40 miles an hour or thereabouts. _ Fred W. Newell, Jr., saw the terrible commotion in the water. He took a couple of looks at the white foam and saw the fish. Came a curve. Out went a fin for a signal—but the river wasn't banked for that kind of navigation. Salmon couldn't make the turn and piled up on the beach. Newell picked up the fish, photographed it and took an oatli his story was true. SEVERAL LOCAL AUTOS DAMAGED No One Is Injured But Several Cars Are Damaged In Minor Accidents Decatur automobile repair shops were full of damaged automobiles today as many week-end motorists “limped" back to Decatur after participating in sight auto mishaps. No serious accidents were reported, but several local cars were damaged in m'nor collisions. A car dtiven by Frank Breiner was struck on North Second street, Sunda) afternoon, and was damaged. The sedan belonged to Roy Runyon was damaged when struck by another automobile in the northern part cf the state yesterday. Two cars collided at the Five Points intersection shortly before 12 o'clock, noon, Sunday. One of the ears struck an ornamental light post at the southwest coiner, breaking it into several pieces. The driver's name was not learned. The other car did not stop. Several other local automobiles were in repair shops today for new fenders and to have dents taken out of fenders and bumpers. No injuries were reported. 0 To Sue Gene Tunney For Alienatioji Os Affections Bridgeport, Conn., July 22—(UP) — Charles J. Morton, attorney for John S. Fogarty, said that he would file Fogarty's halt-million dollar alienation of affections suit against Gene Tunney with the clerk of the superior court here today. The suit. Morton said, charges that Tunney, by a promise of manage, induced Fogarty's wife, Katherine, to divorce hime. It was understood that Tunney planned to return from abroad in late October or early November- — o PETER STEFFEN CALLED BY DEATH Father Os Three Adams County Men Dies At Bluffton Sunday Night Peter Steffen, 72, retired farmer, died at 1010 o'clock Sunday night. July 21. 1929, at his home at Villa North, just one-fourth mile north of Bluffton on the sta'e road. Death was caused by carcinoma. The deceased was the father of three Adams county men. Peter Steffen was born in Adams county, August 21, 1856 a sou of Peter aud Barbara Strahm Steffen, formerly of Switzerland. On December 7, 1880, he united in mariage with Elizabeth Schwartz, of Wells county. Surviving are the widow and the follow ing sons and daughters: John S., Tobias L. and William Steffen, of Decatur route two; Samuel, of Bertie rural route two; Mrs. John Isch, of Bluffton; Mrs. George Ringger, of Bluffton route two; Mis. Aaron Kitfer, of Bluffton route two; Emil of Bluffton; and Joseph, of Bluffton route two. Tobias and Enoch Steffen and Mrs. John Mailer are surviving brothers aud sister. Funeral services will be held at 1 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, at the home and at 2 o'clock at the Christian Apostolic church.

SEVEN RICHMOND I PERSONS KILLED Investigtaion Into AutoTrain Crash At Eaton, Ohio, Is Underway Richmond, Ind.. July 22.—'.U.R/— An investigation was underway today into tlie deaths of seven persons who were killed at Eaton, 0., near here, when their automobile was struck by a train at a crossing. Occupants of the machine, ranging in age from 25 year to six months, were torn to bits. The dead: Melinda Clark, IS-; Frank Clark, 24; Roy Holeman, 25; Mrs. Roy Holeman. 20; Junlta Holeman. six months' Odell Holenian. three; Cecil Holeman. four. All were residents of Richmond. According to neighbors, tlie two families who live in the same house, were en route for a holiday in Ohio when the accident occurred. Bits of the automobile which was demolished, were found several hundred yards from the scene of the accident. The mi»:or was found nearly a quarter of a mile away. The crash occurred at a crossing where the view unobstructed and police were of the opinion that the driver failed to see the approaching train, which operates on express schedule. The bodies were identified by Mrs. Pansy Clark, sister of Frank. n Miss Colpaert Undergoes Operation At Fort Wayne Miss Julia Colpaert, of near Berne, who is still suffering from her wounded jaw she received several months ago when she was shot by Hector Van Dale had two pieces of bone and some shots front her jaw removed last week by physicians at the Lutheran hopsital at Fort Wayne. She returned home Friday. H ts hoped that Iter jaw will soon ileal so that she may soon undergo a plastic operation to have her jaw bone replaced. WAR VETERAN DIES AT GENEVA Virgil Leidy, 40, Dies Os Heart Trouble; Served In U. S. NavyGeneva. July 22 —(Special)—Virgil Leidy 40, World War veteran, died at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, July 20, 1929 at the home of his parents here. Death was due to leakage of tlie heart. The deceased served in the United States navy from January 2, 1917, to July 16 1919- He served on the U. S. New Yoik and the U. S. S. New Mexico While engaged, in loading shells in the New York harbor, a shell accidentally hit him on the head, and his ill health has dated from that injury. Virgil Leidy was a son of Samuel and Alta Leidy and was born August 18, 1889. in Geneva. He was never married- Surviving are the parents and one brother. James Leidy. of Montpelier, Ohio. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, at the United Brethren church in Geneva, with burial in the Riverside cemetery. Boys And Girls Form “M. T. Club”; Hold Cart Races The very latest organization in the city is the “M. f. Club" This is an organization of boys and girls in Hie vicinity of Winchester street. For weeks, the boys have been working at. securing a race track on the vacant lots on Winchester street. They have constructed carts foi the races. Ont boy rides and another pulls the cert. They otter rewards for the winner. It is surprising what originality the boys have displayed in the construction of the carts. While the boys wore cat l ying on the races, the girl members of the club conducted a standReserved seats were provided for all spectators. The net proceeds for the first afternoon totaled $2. This pttm will be accumulated until next Christmas, when it will be devoted for the support of wot thy orphans. , Legion Post To Hold Meeting This Evening A regular meeting of Adams Post No. 43, of the American Legion will be held in Legion Hall at 8 o’clock this evening. All members are urged to be present.

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Recalled for War Duty f W The Soviet Government is reported to have recalled General Budennv, Red Army commander, from his vacation to take charge of troop movements on the Manchurian liorder. Russia is reported concentrating powerful plane squadrons and thousands of troops along the Amur River since the breaking of diplomatic relations with China because of the taking over of the Chinese Eastern railway in Manchuria by the Nationalist Government.

DECATUR MAN SEES ACCIDENT Douglas Haney Is First To Give Aid To Victims Os Auto Wreck While enroute to Lake Wawasee. yesterday morning. Douglas Haney, of this city, and Miss Mae Bakei of Fort Wayne had tlie misfortune to be first arrivals on the scene of a serious automobile wreck, in which four oit Wayne women had figured. The four women in a Buick sedan, passed Mr. Haney s ear, and just a short time later the car was seen to careen to the side of the road where it struck loose gravel and overturned. It is believed that tlie driver of the car had possibly taken her eyes from the road for an instant and caused the car to lurch to one side and off me road. Mi. Haney stopped at once, and was forced to tear loose a portion of tlie top of the cat to extricate the victims, who were a bleeding mass of humanity. Other help soon arrived on the scene and the women were rushed to the nearest doctor and from there, it was expected to take them to a hospital. All were cut aud suffering. Oiie woman who appeared to be less seriously injured hut had a large bump on her head, said that the driver of the car had made the remark before she went around the Haney automobile. that she “was going around that car if it was the last thing she did". After completing his gruesome task Mr. Haney found his own clothes practically ruined by the blood of the victims. o Decatur Woman Undergoes Operation At Rochester George H. Sprague, proprietor of the Sprague Furniture store on Second street, received a telegram this morning. from Rochester, Minnesota, stating that his wife had undergone a successful operation at 9 o'clock this morning, at the Mayo Brothers hospital. Mrs. Sprague has been a patient at the hospital for the past three weeks, where her brother, Dr. Frank Mann is one of the leading surgeons. o — Hundreds Visit New Bungalow Here Sunday Between 500 and 80(1 persons visited the new bungalow at the corner of Tenth street and Nuttman avenue, during open house held Saturday night The house was erected by Hall and Talmadge, building contractors of this city. This is the first house built here by the contractors, who hope to erect several others in the west part of the city. 0 Fire Causes $35,000 Damage At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, July 22. — (U.R) —'The four-story building of the Fort Wayne Waste Paper company was in ruins today after being swept by fire which caused damages estimated at $35,000. The fourth floor, heavily loaded with paper crashed in, imperiling the lives of several firemen.

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1,200 MEN TAKE PARTIN RIOT; TWO ARE KILLED Prison Carpenter Shop Burned AM Power Plant Wrecked By Rioters TROOPS AID GUARDS IN QUELLING UPRISING Dannemora, N. Y„ Julv 22. (U.R) -Twelve hundred convicts in the state prison here revolted today, burned the prison carpenter shop, attempted Io wreck the power plant, and rushed the walls in a desperate effort Io escape. Many were injured ami two killed. prison officials stated. A,bout 20 state troops were called in to aid guards in quelling the up rising, it was said. Tear gas bombs were reported brought into play. Two Convicts Killed The warden s office said this afternoon that as far as prison officials could ascertain only two convicts had keen killed. Several others were hurt. Four hundred of the rioting prisoners were still milling about inside the walls at 12:30 p.m. They were gradually being returned to their cells and little further difficulty was anticipated. Troops Are Called The troops were under direction of Lieut. J. B. Lynch, of the Malone barracks, who expected to increase the number to 50 if it should later be necessary. A detachment of soldiers from'l he 26th Infantry and a unit of the city fire department wede on their way from. Plattsburgh to assist prison officials. The riot started at 8 a. m. when the convicts were marched from the mess hall to the carpenter shop. As soon as they got inside the shop, they turned on their guards and set fire to the shop, which was destroyed. Then they rushed out into the prison ' ard. some trying to scale tlie walls. Machine guns manned by the 124 guards kept them at bay, however. without a shot from these being fired. Supplies of tear gas bombs were also hurried to the guards o'n the walls, but they were not needed. Repulsed from the walls, the convicts turned to destroy other prison property They set on the power plant and smashed most of the ma(CONTIN'UED ON' PAGE TWO) Dr. Snook Withdraws Demand For Sanity Trial Columbus. Ohio, July 22 —(UP) — Formal withdrawal of the demand for a sanity trial for Dr. James H. Snook today will open the way for Snook's trial for murder to open Wednesday Snook, 48. former professor of veterinary medicine at Ohio State university, is accused _pf the murder of Theora K. Hix. 24-year-old student in the college of medicine, with whom he had carried on a clandestine association for three years. On Saturday it was announced that the plan to force a sanity hearing ] receding the murder trial had been abandoned by the defense. THINK WOMAN WAS MURDERED Authorities Investigate Mysterious Death Os Columbus Woman Columbus, Ind.. July 22. —(U.R) — Authorities today investigated the death of Mrs. Arthur McKevltt, whose body was carried from her blazing home after she allegedly had been killed with a blunt instrument. Although a coroner's verdict had not been returned, police were of the opinion that she had been killed previous to the fire which swept her home. Acid burns were said to have been found on the body. The woman’s husband was placed in jail pending investigation, after neighbors said th ecouple had quarneighbors said the couple had quarCoroner Flavius J. Beck said that in his opinion that the woman was killed before the home was discovered to be afire. The husband was taken into custody as he fled the burning structure.

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