Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 182, Decatur, Adams County, 1 August 1929 — Page 1

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GRAF ZEPPELIN IS NEARING ATLANTIC

SECOND STREET LOT PURCHASED BY NEWBERRY CO. Chain Store Firm rxPKCTEI) TO START EX ON BULKING SOON • j r i for bi' vacant lot on North ' q ml stirct. transferring the pro-1 from B J -. s ’" l,hl | ~,l his Mr- -C- N. Christen of thi ' a city, to the .1. J- Newberry Comof New York City, was lecordedj X in the office of the Adam-s Conn-1 ty recorder. ' Th r eash consideration was not known the nominal fee. “One | Dollar" being used in the sale. It was I mmoifd on th- street that the price | paid for the lot was the highest ever I paid for a vacant lot in Decatui ■ The lot has a frontage of 44 feet on Second street and extends west 132 feet. Expected To Build Soon The Newberry company, recently annntinced that it wool derect a new hiulding on the site. An architect for the company was in the city last week the lor. and it was stated ;hat plans and specifications would be ready in a short time. It is not known whai kind of a building will be erected or if it will be one or two stories high. The Newberry company operates a ehan of 258 stores throughout the Uni ed States. The business is the five and ten cent to one dollar line. The company has seven stores in Indiana. and will onen another in Hartfort City this fall. An option was taken on the lot about two months ago and the recording of the deed is the final step in completing the deal. Mr. Smith and Mrs. .Christen purchased the lot a few years ago from the Ehinget estate No buildings have he*n located on the ground for several years. Bread Truck Turns Over; Driver Injured The nan who drives the Decatur truck for the Holsum Bakery company. Fort Warne, was injured- this morning when his truck turned over on the Fort Wayne-Decatur road. He was taken to a hospital in Fort | Wayne. The truck contained 900 loaves of bread and when another truck was sent out from Fort Wayne to pick up the load, all the bread had disappeared. Ervin Funeral Held Here This Morning Funeral services for Charles Ervin were held this morning at 9 o'clock at the St. Marys Catholic church. I Burial was made in the St. Joseph cemetery Mr. Ervin's death occttred Tuesday morning, at the Adams County Memorial hospital, following a long siege of ill health. o TWO BOYS DROWN Indianapolis. Aug. L—'U.R' -Bodies of Ernest Major, 11, and Glenn Harvey. 10. drowned in White river Wednesday. were recovered during the night. 5 EASTERNOILMEN MAY DRILL HERE Pittsburgh Men Hold Conference Here Regarding Local Oil Field Increased activity in the drilling of oil and gas wells in this part of Indiana was forecast in a conference of Gastein oil men, said to be represent"‘s a group of Pittsburgh men, and -eorge Elliot, veteran oil man of Port•and which was held in this city, this eek. The eastern men are said to ave formed an organization to drill V 1 gas in the middle west. oil / w as asked to investigate aiii gag leases in northern Indiana, '‘""dug t 0 reports, considerable astern money will be used in this Bee-in" I, ? iU ,he neXt year 01 80 - I,, * fo r " ew oil territory and i* w'll hp <te< that this pa,-t of the state--1(;' b ' l iKvestigated. Many oil men bein "at deep pay wells are possible ‘tai has n Ulty ' Lack of shfflcient cap«.“.?.Tur a dri,li ' ,s - ” h

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Giant German Dirigible Again En Route To U. S. •''' ■ . * ‘ Aliove is shown 'he g ant German dirigible, Graf Zeppelin, emerging from her hangar at Friedrichshafen, Germany. At-right, is Dr. Hugo Eckener. designer and commander of the giant aircraft. The dirigible is now en route to the United States across the Atlantic.

SCOUTS TO MEET PRINCE TONIGHT Prince Os Wales To Inspect Boy Scout Camp At “World Jamboree” By Wallace Carroll, UP Staff Correspondent Arrow Park. Eng.. Aug. 1. —(U.R) — Hflgvy rains which beat intermittently throughout the night upon the tented city of the “world Jamboree” of “Boy Scouts, forcing cancellation of the; opening night campfire ceremonies, j failed today to dampen the ardor of the 50,000 lads from 67 nations as they looked forward to welcoming the Pt Ince of Wales this evening at their | "big howl." The Prince will inspect the camp and be an interested witness at all of the colorful ceremonials of the evening and will spend the night as a guest of the Boy Scouts, sleeping in a tent. Tomorrow U. S. Ambassador Charles G. Dawes is to be the honor guest, but the press of diplomatic affairs will prevent his remaining overnight at Arrowe Park. The Prince of Wales is to deliver an address at the international rally tomorrow, also. The rains which continued until late in the morning had turned the catpp into a quagmire today. The first real blaze of sunshine appeared I at noon today. The American Scouts followed the i regular army discipline, however, de-j spite the rain, they were “turned I out” at 7 a. m., had breakfast at 81 and prepared for tent inspection and I sani'.arv inspection immediately afterward. The 1.300 American Scouts continued today to draw a major portion i of the interest of the crowds from j neighboring towns and cities which | disregarded the unfavorable weather and went plodding through the muddv camn streets. The rain which spoiled the outdoor ceremonies last night reacted in favor of the American : Scouts whose commodious tents sheltered huge throngs. The American lads provided a variety of entertainment for the visit-' ors ranging from mimic battles to first aid demonstrations, quartets and , burlesques of motion picture plays. The American Scouts today staged a half-hour demonstration of Indian dancing, axemanship, display roping, the “pine tree patrol drill," and other stunts in the main arena. Scouts from Rockford, 111., and Fort Wayne, Ind., are building a 50-foot Indian totem pole which they except to leave in Arrow Park as a permanent memorial of their visit Luther R. Wolford To Operate Pop Corn Wagon Luther R. Wolford, well-known man of this city, has purchased the pop corn wagon, formerly owned by the late David Hunsicker. and will operate the pop corn stand at the northeast corner of the court house square. Mr. Wolford, who has been blind for many years, will have a boy to assist him in operating the stand and assures his patrons of sacks of delicious pop corn. Mr. Wolford will start operating the stand this evening. U. S. ARMY FLIER KILLED Balboa, C. Z.. Aug. I.—(U.R>— Major Pauw T. Bock, U. S. army, was killed at France field today when his plane, while swooping in machine gun practice, failed to come out of a dive. Major Bock was 40 years old and came from Illinois.

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Jailed For Smoking A Cigarette In Public

______________ •- Oscar Shaw, Visiting In | City, Recalls Experience I Here In 1906 Memories of Decatui a quarter of a i century ago were recalled today as I Oscar Shaw, of Youngstown. Ohio, for ' nierly of this city, greeted friends up j and down Main street and recalled a mong o: het experiences how he was al victim of a 1906 Indiana ‘blue law ’ and served 33 days in the Adams coun- ' ty jail for smoking a cigarette on the | streets of Decatur. I According to Mr. Shaw, he was working in the John Meyers simoon, ' in this city, in 1906 That year, the state legislature had passed a law ■ I which made smoking a cigarette in public a criminal offense. Mr. Shaw i said that one morning, shortly after the law became effective, he stepped out of the Meyers building with a cigarette in his mouth He was immediately arrested by Sheriff Albert Butler, and it was decided to make a test case of the affair. Chaw was arraigned before Judge R K. Erwin, then judge of the circuit court here. He entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to the Adams coun-1 ty jail for 33 days. Shortly after serving his sentence, | the state law was declared unconstitional. Mr Shaw then left Decatur and has resided in various places. For the last several years, he has lived at I Youngstown, Ohio He has returned to I Decatur occasionally for visits with I relatives but he stated this morning | that he has never been "fully satis- ; tied" and now he was going to return | to Decatur to make his home. When residing here formerly, Mr ' Shaw was a member of the volunteer j (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O I < PLACES WIRES , UNDER GROUND Geneva Telephone CompanyInstalls Underground Cable System Geneva, August I—(Speciall—(Special) —A new underground cable system has been installed here by the Geneva Telephone company- The company is now enag'd in removing the overhead wire) and poles from the streets and connecting the new underground system tor s ervice. A cable has been laid the full length of the alley south of Line street, from the east end of the pavement to a point back of the Sam Egly residence.] on the west .with two terminals on the north side of the street. Other lines will be run in the near future, according to information obtained from the manager, and before long practically the entire town will be served from underground cables. 1 The Indiana Service Corporation 1 plans to remove its lines from the poles which have been used jointly ■ with the telephone company. The light . company expects to run its wires over ' the tops of the buildings and put up its street lights on cables run from • roof to roof, across the street, until • other arrangements can be made The I company will await the action of the town council in regard to boulevard lights before making any permanent .arrangement. o BOY DROWNS IN CREEK I Elwood, Ind., Aug. 1. — (U.R) — Max Jones, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd - Jones, was drowned while wading tn Pipe creek seven miles south of here. 1 The body was recovered by Ernest Alexander.

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ORA SMITH GIVES DATA TO SHERIFF Still Maintains Innocence In Car Thefts But Tells On Others Ora Smith, 21, who was arrested here yesterday or. a charge of issuing a fraudulent check, after his release Monday from the Chicago jail where he had been held since his arrest last week when riding in a stolen automobile in company with his brother Roy Smith and William Bland, has given Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth further information concerning the theft of several automobiles by an alleged gang of auto thieves. Ora. however, maintained his innocence. but stated that lie knew a (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

o GETS EASEMENTS FOR ROAD NO. IS — Plans Made to Proceed With Letting Contract For New Road At Once L. E. Northrop, chief of the state highway right-of-way department, today completed his work of securing easements on road No. 16 from this city east to the state line, and reports that all but five per cent have signed and that work of letting the I contract will proceed at once. Sever!al of those who have signed free rights-of-way felt they deserved pay as they arfe inconvenienced in some way, but in order not to delay the road and to do their full part toward the public, finally consented to sign easements. Condemnation proceedings will be filed against five of the property owners, but with the exception of two or three it is not believed there will be opposition when the matter comes up for hearing. The citizens along the road have been extremely fair and deserve the praise given them b) Mr. Northrop. GETS SPEAKER FOR INSTITUTE University Os Kentucky Professor Engaged For All Four Days Clifton E. Striker, superintendent of Adams county school, anounced today that he had secured Professor J. T. Cotton Noe, head of the depart men' of education at the University of Kentucky, to give a series of lectures at the annua! county teachers institute to be held in the Decatur high school building. August 26 to 28, inclusive. Prof. Noe will be on the program each of the four days. Roy foudebush. ass’,'ant state superintendent of public instruction, will be here on August 26. Mr Striker is negotiating with other prominent bjeakers to furnish part of the program. He expec ? to have his program completed wiihiu a lew days-

ROAD NO. 16 IS 1 MARKED TODAY ■ c State Officially Takes Over East And West Highway J Through County The state highway commission to- i day took ovet the road from the Ohio ‘ state line, tunning west through De- ' catur to Huntington, Indiana. Work- , men were busy today erecting road s|ign« designating it a St'atet Road I No. 16. | The signs have been erected from the Ohio state line, where the road | connects with the Van Wert road, known as Ohio state road No 17 west through Decatur. The present route east from Decatur is tile regular Van Wert road, i The road was graded this morning and J is in good shape. Coming towaid Decatur, the road makes the turn at the Dent school house and then follows the pavement past the Bellmont paik. over the Mon-

roe street bridge and then west on Monroe street to Fifth street, where < a right turn is made north, one block ; north to Nuttman avenue, wiiere the j road follows the new pavement on ; I Nuttman avenue, past the Catholic , cemetery and then on west over the ( regular Huntington road. The state highway commission will 1 maintain the present route until ( arrangements have been completed for ! taking over the new proposed toute. ( During the time this new route is being constructed, the present route will be known as a detour for state road No. 16. An effort is being made now to secure the easements over the pioposed houte. o 87 Arrested In Drive On Traffic Law Violators Indianapolis, Aug. 1. — (U.R) —The police drive on traffic law violations in Indianapolis continued unabated today wth 87 arrests reported since late yesterday No let-up in the activity will come until there is a marked decrease in reckless and careless driving, Chief of Police Claude M. Worley

saM. Corn Borers Found In Three More Counties Indianapolis, August I—(UP) —Corn borer infestation has been found this summer in three more Indiana counties— Blackford, Miami and Porter — according to reports received by Frank N. Walace, state entomologist. Four townships in Blackford and one each in the other two counties have become infected, the i /ports said, bringing the total counties in which the pest has been found to 21. EDISON STARTS NEW EXPERIMENT Invades New Field In Search For Genius Among 49 Young Americans West Orange, N. J., Aug. I.—(U.R) — Thomas A. Edison, who has bridled electricity and harnessed light, was experimenting today in a new field in search of the intangible thing called human genius. For raw material he had 49 nervous young Americans — one from each state and another from the District of Columbia. Today Edison will peer into their minds through the medium of a five-hour examination at his laboratory. He will be looking for knowledge, imagination and initiative — the three tilings he considers requisite to success —and the boy who possesses those qualifications to the highest degree will become Edison's protege. It may be that no one will win, for Edison has reserved the right, to call off the contest if the candidates fail to attain a certain intellectual stall(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Philip Gerber, Brother Os Berne Woman, Dies Berne, August 1 (UP)—Mrs. Ben Habegger. of Berne, received a telegram, Wednesday morning, announcing the death of her brother, Philip Gerber, 70, at his home in Driftwood, Oklahoma. Death was believed to have been caused by heart trouble. Mr. Gerber was a native of Wells county. He left this community many years ago. Surviving are the widow, six children and three sisters. t

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Husband Doesn't Know .■ When He’s Well Oft | Toledo, O„ Aug. 1 — (UP) His wife paid ait of »25 for summer outfit and a young husband here came rushing to domestic relations court, presided over by Judge James Austin. “I ooa st this bill,” he shouted "I want a divorce. She never even asked tu oermiss on to buy It." The court smiled. ' ou ve got a lot to learn about wo- ] men,” commented judge Austin. “I've been married 40 years and my permission has yet to be asked Go home ami offer up a prayer of thanks for the modest pi ice of the outfit." ) KUEBLERCO., TO QUIT BUSINESS Dry Goods Firm To Be Dissolved; Oscar Lankenau To Open New Store Announcement of the dissolution of the Kuebler Company, dealers in dry goods and ladies ready-to-wear and one of Decatur's largest retail I* 1 firms, and the discontinuing of bus- I iness under that name, was made to- I day by W. A. Kuebler. president and ( founder of the business. The Kueble rcompany will discon l tinue business and the entire stock I of the store will be placed on sale. * Mr. Kuebler is retiring from the re- I tail business to go to California to|t make his future home and Frank I < Barthel, treasurer and part owner of the business, will also retire front r the firm. Mr. Barthel has not an-; nounced his plans for the future. Oscar lankenau. who. with Mr. I Kuebler and Mr. Barthel, organized/ the Kuebler company in 1910, has I purchased the place of business and./ following the closing out of the Kueb-/ ler company, will open a new store ‘ under a new name He has leased 1 the present location, but has not yet announced the name under which his new store will be operated. Mr. Kuebler has been in the retail business in this city since 1885. At : that time, he formed a partnership' with F. J. Spencer. A few years ' later, H. R. Moltz purchased Mr. Spencer’s interest in the business and the firm was known as Kuebler and Moltz until 1910, when the Kuebler company was organized. Mr. Kuebler has desired to go to California for several years and the members of the firm decided to close out the stock of the store. Mr. Lankenau has been engaged in ' the retail business for 34 years. He started as a clerk in the Kuebler and , Moltz store in 1895 and in 1910 form- ( ed a partnership with Mr. Kuebler and Mr. Barthel. He is one of Decatur's I well known business men and his announcement of his new store is awaited with interest by people of this community. o , j Allen Hoover, Son Os The President, Is 11l I I Washington, Aug. 1. — (U.R) —President Hoover's youngest son, Allan, is confined to his bed in the White House under the care of Lieut. Commander Joel T. Boone, his father's personal physician, as the result of acute intestinal trouble. Boone denied report* that the presi-1 dent's son had a light attack of ap-l pendicitls. He said Allan would re- | main in bed for a few days on a diet I of soft food and then probably would I be fully recovered. Allan Hoover graduated from Stan-1 ford university, his father's Alma j Mater, last spring. He is visiting his: parents prior to enrolling for the sum- i mer session of Harvard university's; ’ business school. o Two Boys Touch High 1 Tension Wire: Burned 1 M.I , , i English, Ind., Aug. 1. — (U.R) —Two small boys were burned badly when • they came in contact with a high I tension wire carrying 13.200 volts of 1 electricity, as they climbed through ■ a fence at the substation of the General Utilities company at Marengo. The boys. Kendall Churchill, 4, and "Shorty” Hanger. 3, sustained severe "burns on arms and legs, but were not > believed critically injured. —, o 1 Squirrel Season Opens s Today; Hunters Active Decatur and Adams county nime rods joined with other eportsmen throughout the state of Indiana today s in their annual trek to the woods, y as the squirrel season opened. The , season will remain open until November 10.

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DIRIGIBLE WELL ON ITS WAY TO UNITED STATES Last Sighted At Mouth Os Rhone River, Heading Down Coast Os Spain WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT FAVORABLE Berlin, Aug. I—(UP)—A1 —(UP)—A stowaway was discovered aboard the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin, en route from Friedrichshafen to the United States, it was stated in a radio report front the Graf received here today. The gi ief dispatch stated that the stowaway was a German boy (By United Press) The (irtiC Zeppelin presumably was over the Me<l i te r - ranean this afternoon on her flight from Friedrichshafen, (lermany. to Lakehurst. N. J. I’lie dirigible was reported at about 2 p. in. as just having reached the edge of the Medilerranean at'the mouth of the Rhone. She was living west, apparentlv heading down the coast to Spain. New York. Aug. 1.-- (U.R)—The dirigible Graf Zeppelin nroceeded slowly down the Rhone Valiev in France today on her third westward attempt to cross the Mlantic as a passenger craft. Storms to the north forced the Zeppelin to take the longer southern route which she followed on her two previous voyages, the first of which succeeded and the second failed near Gibraltar because of motor trouble. Weather Is Unfavorable The weather in central France was I cloudy and rainy, with somewhat adverse winds. The Zeppelin was making only about 50 miles an hour and her commander. Dr. Hugo Eckener. was trying different altitudes to strike the best going. The ship carried a crew of 40 with 18 passengers, including two women, and prolrably a stowaway. Also aboard were two gorillas—Susy and Looey—--600 canaries in separate cages, a grand piano and a large quantity of mail. The Zeppelin was expected to proceed as formerly, crossing the eastern end of the Mediterranean along the coast of Spain, passing out to sea near Gibraltar, and traveling approximately byway of the Azores and Bermuda to Lakehurst. From the Spanish coast westward to mid-At-lantic the weather was fair with northerly or variable light winds. From mid-Atlantic to the American coast were cloudy areas with tog and j occasional tain, and fresh southwesterly winds, strong in spots. X The Zeppelin left her hangar at Friedrichshafen at 3:30 am., today, German time (9:30 p.tn. Wednesday E.S.T.) two hours and half later she crossed the frontier into France at Basle. Switzerland. The dirigible was reported regularly on her nro(CONTINI'HD ON PAGE TWO) BERNE FACTORY TO BE ENLARGED Two-S to r y Addition To Berne Furniture Company's Plant To Be Erected Berne, August I—(Special)—An addition to the factory building of the Berne Furniture , ompany will be ei”‘ft--1 ed m the near future, officials of 'he company announced Wednesday. Tee 1 addition will be 40 by 112 feet ind will be two-stories high. Tile block will be used in the construction of the I building, " hich will be located on th. ' west side of the present struc'ure.' t Business offices of the company will be housed in the new building. Chris Balsiger lias been employed to build the addition A private telephone sys tern will lie installed in the factory. 5 The company manufactures ov*’’ stuffed living room suites an dthe bus!- - mss has. grown so rapidly that ni "re t factory space is necessary to take care f of orders. Eighty-two persons are cm- , ployed by the comimny at present. It a is expected that at least 25 more men i- will be employed after the new addition is completed.

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