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JSBAUCHER TJCONSTRUCT NEW BUILDING ’JW’BS'S?' Rooms And Workshops ni I) BUILDING I 01 TO BE REMOVED! Decatur is going ahead. There has been more building here this vear than in sometime ! d much more is in sight. Sev--5 new business blocks will be it d during the next few S and a number of new are under construction, extract and being planned. was made today by ■ n Ashbaueher, well-known turnace and rooting dealer that he will immediately erect a handsome new Mock on the site of his present sales room and shop on First street. It will be a two story fireproof building of pressed brick, tile and steel. 40x80 feet and modern. Work will begin in about two weeks, the sheds at the rear of the lot now used as a garage will be torn down and the building now occupied as a shop and display room will be moved back and equipped as a garage and truck storage room. Mr. Ashbaueher, who prepared his own plans, will also superintend the construction of the new block. The front will he ornamental with two large plate glass windows, one Bxl6 in the display room and another Bxlo in the business office. The display room will be 18x14 feet in dimension, the business room 11x18 and a private office 13x15. The rest of the first floor will l>e wed as a work shop, equipped with modern machines and tools. The second floor will provide ample room for a large supply of fittings and other stock. The building will be ready for occupancy by December 1. if present plans work out. Mr. Ashbaueher began business for himself in 1915 and has made rapid strides, building his business up by (air dealing with the public, creating good will and confidence and keeping everlastingly at the job. The new , building will enable him to give better service and to carry a larger line of supplies and furnace goods. The Ashbaueher shop specializes in the installation of Majestic furnaces. Eternit asbestos shingles, with a crew of workmen always at hand to repair furnaces, do all kinds of roofing and spouting, erect lightning rods or do general tin work. It will be a real improvement to First street and the city. ■ o- - . Attempt New Record Long Beach, Calif , Aug. 14—(UP)— Jack Reed, chief pilot of the Etnsco aircraft corporation, and Emory Smith took off in a single-motored plane at 6 04 A. M. Pacific time today in an effort to beat the world's non refueling endurance record. The present mark is held by two German fliers who stayed aloft 65 hours 25 minutes. The plane is driven by a Wri«it J-6 motor of 300 horsepower. It carried ’■>o gallons of gasoline and 30 gallons of oil. M.E.EXCURSION TICKETS ON SALE All Persons Planning To Take Trip Asked to Buy Tickets In Advance Bf ?^ ets for <he Methodist Sunday Tni"i excurslon to Waibridge Park, »'edo. were place(l on sal<? t<)day at and iTT & F 'yhack, John Stultz and John T . Myerg & Son storeg per to bi>v°m g ° n the excursion are urged . them at once or at least before are “! orn4ng o£ the excursion. Tickets the n’V’." S “ le at ,he local office <)f Nickel Pi a t e railroad. leave 6 n! P °. Cial excu . rsion train will time’ t^ CatUr , at six °’ clock standard W ednr ,i' en oclock ' Decatur time) on edne day mornillg Augngt el Pi a / a ' n will lf leave front the Nicki !tL’ ta m 0 K 011 Wincester street f °r other W >e madS alOtlK the line , Children 8e!1 for sl ' so and round trln SeU £ ° r 75 cent8 ’ 'orU.cs be w ! ’; e t n i tiCket8 f are 800(1 Tears. the ages ot 12 to 15

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|Six Reservations Remain On Legion Special Train There are six reservations left on the special pullman car chartered by the Adams Post of the American Legion to take local members to the national convention at Louisville, Ky. : September 29 to October 3. The committee in charge stated today that anyone wishing one of the remaining reservations should qommunicate with Frank Schumacher, Robert Meibers or V. J. Bormann at onee. O ~~~ — TWO AUTOS ARE BADLY DAMAGED Herman Buuck’sCar Strikes Chrysler Driven ByDecatur Man An Essex automobile driven hy Herman Ruuck of near Friedheiin ai d a Chrysler sedan drvten by W. J. Bockman of this city were badly damaged when the two cars crashed at a road intersection about five miles northwest of Decatur late yesterday afternoon. Neither Mr. Buuck nor Mr. Beckman jvere seriously injured in the crash. Mt'. Bockman. who is employed by the Saviors Motor Co., of this city was driving east toward Decatur. Mr Buuck was driving north. The Bockman car was directly in the center of the crossing, when the car driven by Mr. Buuck struck’it. forcing it against a telephone pole at the side of the road. The telephone pole was broken off by the impact and both sides of the Bockman car were badly damaged. Mr. Bockman. however was able to drive his car to this city. The front of the Essex car was badly damaged and it was necessary for Mr. Buuck to call a wreck ear (o tow him to a local garage. o—< — William Bunner Has Accident At Five-Points William Runner, residing near Bobo had a slight accident at the Winchester, Mercer Avenue and Adams street intersection, here last evening, when in attempting to stop the Ford sedan which he was driving his tires skidded on the wet pavement, and ran into the large cement foundation which holds the signal light. The radiator was smashed; the axel and radius rod broken, and one head light was broken. The total damage done was estimated at $25. Mr Bunner’s wife and children were riding with him at the time of the accident but no one was injured. o Dates For St. Marys Play Are Changed “The Pirate’s Daughter”, musical comedy to be given by the St. Mary’s Choir at tlie Catholic High School Auditorium, will not be given August 25th and 26th as originally planned, but has been changed to August 29th and 30th. The rehearsals are coming along very nicely, and the cast will be announced in a few days. D. F. Teeple To Extend Truck Line To Portland The Public Service commission of Indiana, has granted permission to D. F. Teeple of this city, to extend his freight line to Portland, Ind., Mr Teeple will begin service on the new line about September 1 and will operate his trucks between here and Poriland either on a daily schedule or every other day. Mr. Teeple now operates a daily truck service between Deca ur and Fort Wayne. The line will he Known as the D. F. Teeple truck line. 0 Auction Students Will Conduct Colt Sale Here Thirty head of Montana colts arrived this morning and were taken to the pasture field at Belmont park Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, Col. Roy Johnson assisted by students of the Reppert school will conduct a sale. The horses are the property of Col. C. B. Drake of Mazon, Illinois, one ot the school instructors. The colts are good drafts, all collar broke and can be seen at the park today or tomorrow where you are invited to look them over prior to the sale which will be held at the community sale barn. o • POINCARE IS IMPROVED Paris, Aug. 14.—(U.K-The director of the clinic at which Raymond Poin- , care., former premier of France, is recovering from the operation performed Aug. 1. announced today that his famous patient will return to his home tomorrow

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RUSSIA-CHINA OPEN BREAK IS FEARED AGAIN Announcement of Death of Several Red Soldiers Is Cause of Comment — I SOVIET TROOPS STOP INVADERS Moscow, Aug. 14. (U.R)—New fears of an open conflict between Russia and China in Manchuria were aroused here today by an official announcement that several Red soldiers were killed or wounded in attacks upon I heir outposts at widely separated points. The announcement, said that ,a strong force of Czarist Russians, supported by Chinese troops, attempted to cross into Siberia and clashed witli the Soviet soldiers along the Sungari river and at Blagoveschensk on the northern border, as well as at Lake Hanka. which is on the eastern border between Manchuria and Siberia. Soviet troops repulsed »he invaders, the announcement said, but several of them were killed and geveral others injured. Other casualties have ! been announced at various places along the danger zone since the break in Russo-Chinese relations, but the exact number has not been mentioned. According to reports reaching here the number of white guardists, or an-ti-Soviet Russians, along the border continues to increase. They are said to be assembling in Manchuria in great numbers. Near the Soviet frontier. under leadership of former Imperial generals who are preparing them for the invasion of the territory of the Soviet union. — -—o —* Indianapolis Pastor Is Re-elected Society Head Indianapolis. Aug. 14. — (U.R) — Dr. W. A. Shullenberger, pastor of the Central Christian church here, has been named president of the United Christian Missionary Society by the 78th International Convention of the Disciples of Christ, meeting in Seattle. Dr. Shullenberger’s only opponent for the presidency was Dr. Frederick W. Burnham, for ten years head of the society and a member of Dr. Shullenberger’s church, who withdrew his name in favor of his pastor. o Wickersham Invited To Speak At Indiana Meet Indianapolis, Aug., 14 — (UP) — George W. Wickersham, chairman ot President Hoover’s law enforcement commission has been asked by Gov. Harry G. Leslie Ao speak at the Indiana law enforcement conference, which will be called late in October. ANOTHER LOCAL OFFICE ROBBED Lenhart, Heller & Schurger Rooms Entered; Some Money Obtained Another daylight robbery, similar to the one reported by Ira Fuhrman, occurred at (he noon hour yesterday at (he suite of offices occupied by Lenhart, Heller and Schurger. The theft was not discovered, however, until last night when the safe was locked for the night. The thieves, apparently gained entrance,to the offices in much the same manner that they did at the Fuhrman Insurance offices. The robbery is thought to have occurred when the offices were locked during the noon hour. A small amount of money was stolen from the safe, but most of the money had .been banked yesterday morning Some papers Were missing from the safe. The theft was reported Tuesday evening to local police and Chief of Police Sephus Melchi stated today that he had several clues concerning both robberies. Entrance was gained in the same manner at both buildings, by prying the leek open with a sharp instrument. The safe door was also pried open. Police today are watching for a man who was seen near both buildings Tuesday morning. A search last evening was conducted for the man, but police officers were unable to locate him.

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Vows to Attend Sunday School Lnidsny, Cal.. Aug. 14.—(U.R)— Edwel! Nash.. 18, will go to church : j every Sunday for the next two years, he vowed here recently. Young Nash’s promise was made in the courtroom of Justice of the I Peace J. P. King where the youth I was taken following discovery of a cache of beer on Lindsay Peak, after Nash and friends became boisterous from- consuming some j of their own brew. GRAF ZEPPELIN READY TO START Passengers Ordered To Be Ready to Board Ship Any Time After Midnight BULLETIN Friederichshafen, Germany, Aug. 14.—(U.R) —Dr. Hugo Eckener announced formally tonight that the Graf Zeppelin would. start on its trip to Tokio at 4:30 a.m. tomoriow which is 10:30 p.m. eastern t andard time. The Zeppelin will fly north to Berlin and thence eastward past Damzig and Koenigsberg. Fi iedrichahafen, Germany, Aug. 14. —(U.R) —Passengers and crew were ordered today to stand by and await a possible summons to board the dirigible Graf Zeppelin after midnight tonight for the second part of the journey around the world and for the longest non .stop flight ever attempted —Friedrichshafen to Tokio. The engines tuned up, her fuel i tank.- tilled and everything else readjusted, there was little to be done to the huge ship today prior to her departure. Officers of the Graf spent most of their time perfecting the system of weather reports and checking all available information in connection with meteorological conditions over Siberia. According to latest information from central Europe and portions of Siberia the weather has improved considerably during the last 24 hours. ’ Locally it was much warmer, which caused considerable annoyance to the officials of the line and to officers of the ship. SNOOK BOARD IS INCREASED Opening of Today’s Session Delayed By Illness Os Juror Court Room, Columbus, O , Aug. 14. (U.R'—The court room guard over Dr. Janies Howard Snook was doubled today as his trial for the alleged murd- | er of Theora Hix reached its final i phases. In court yesterday when the state demanded the electric chair for the former professor, Snook seemed near collapse. His hands twitched and his face was alternately flushed and haggard. His nervousness was increasingly apparent today and Sheriff Harry T. Paul feared a complete collapse. Opening of today’s session, at which the defense and the state will complete final arguments before the case is given to the jury, was delayed by illness of juror C. S. Buche, whose place in the box was taken by Newt W. Tracy, 13tli or alternate juror seated when the regular jury was drawn. o ACCIDENT IS FATAL IndianapeJ is, Aug. 14^—(U.R)— Simon Cox. 55. died in a hospital here last night from injuries received when he was thrown from his automobile when it collided with a taxicab driven by Omar Schultz, 24. 0 . — Asks For Receiver Indianapolis, Aug. 14.—(U.R>— Receivership for an estranged husband is asked by Mrs. Nellie A. Horne against William Thomas Horne, Kansas City, Mo., in an unusual legal bill filed in Indianapolis superior court. Mrs. Horne requests that a receiver be appointed to take over management of her husband’s interest in a Parke county farm and all other property of his, to the end that she may be given a $3,000 judgment and $25 a week tor support of their son. The Hornes were married in 1912 and separated in 1914, the petition relates.

TWO FEATURES ANNOUNCED BY G.E. MUSICIANS Miss Mildred Wolf, of Near Willshire To Present Two Xylophone Solos GRE AT PROGRAM IS ARRANGED Two features are on the program I for the General Electric band concert to be given on the Niblick lot at the corner of Liberty Way and Third! streets Thursday night at 8:30 o’clock (daylight saving time), it was announced today. Miss Mildred Wolf of near Willshire, Ohio, will present two xylophone solos and Noel White, tegular member of the band will present a baritone solo. The program Thursday night will be one of the greatest musical productions ever presented by the local band and will last more than an hour. The concert will close with the famous “Stars and Stripes Forever.” by John Phillip Sousa and will be played by Miss Wolf and the entire General Electric band. The members of the band have lieen working for several weeks on the Thursday night program and the largest crowd of the present season is expected to attend. The program will start promptly at 8:30 o’clock and will last slightly more than an hour. The program, as announced today, is as follows: Sunset Limited. March G. E. Holmes Viruotosa, March Charles Sanglear Down the Mississippi, Overture A. M. Laurens My Wild Irish Rose Chauncy Olcott Xylophone Solo Played by Miss Wolf I Teddy Trombone Henry Filmore Arr Varie, baritone solo Fred P. Harlow Noel White Dream Train (Xylophone! Newman and Baskett Hot Trombone Henry Filmore Stars and Stripes Forever . Sousa o Japan Army Officers Killed In Plane Crash Tachinkawa, Japan. Aug. 14.— (U.R) — Major General Ogawa, a member of the general staff, and five other high officers of the Japanese army, were killed today when their huge bombing plane crashed while en route to the Kagamigahra airfield near Nagoya for the annual bombing plane tests. A seventh passenger of the plane was reported to have been fatally injured. The cause of the accident was unknown. The bomber disappeared into the clouds, bystanders said, and then fell. A second plane, carrying General Suzuki,'chief of the Japanese general staff, also bound for the bombing plane tests, landed safely. o BODY OF YOUNG GIRL IS FOUND Twelve-Year-Old Minneapolis Girl Missing Since Tuesday Night Minneapolis, Minn., Aug., 14—(VP) —The body of Dorothy Anne. 12-year-old Minneapolis junior high school girl was found trussed in a gunny sack in a cutter here today undpr 'circumstances which recalled the murder two years ago of Marion Parker w Los Angeles school girl, for which Edward William Hickman paid with his life. Tightly bound with wire and thrust into two gunny sacks, the body of the child was found on Hiawatha avenue at 7 A. M.. by William Stoakes and W. C Hoag, two ice men. One coarse sack was pulled over the head of the body and another over the feet and legs. Wire was wrapped about the sacks. The body was removed to the county morgue for examination and until that is finished the manner in which the girl was killed will not be known. Dorothy, daughter of Andrew W. Aune, a carpenter, had been missing since 4 P. M. Tuesday when she left home on an errand to a nearby grocery. It was assumed the child was kidnaped as Hickman kidnaped the little Parker girl, and possibly assaulted, murdered and thrown into the street. Dorothy wait described as an exceptionally briliant child. She was an "A” student last year in Roosevelt junior high school. -

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I Presbyterians To Hold Sunday School At Library Arrangements have been made by I officers of the Presbyterian Sunday j school to hold their services in the ■ library next Sunday morning and perhaps the following Sunday while repairs and improvements are being made ut the church. Junior Sunday school will start at 9 o'clock and the regular Sunday school at 9:30 o'clock. Both schools will meet at the Library I All interested are urged to take notice. o ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR INSTITUTE I . Three of Four Instructors 1 Are Announced Today by Clifton E. Striker Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent of schools, today announced the names of three of the instructors for the annual Adams County Teacher's Institute to be held in this city. August 26 to 28, inclusive. The speakers and director of the music department are: J. T. Cotton Noe. head of the department of education. University of Kentucky, Lexington. Ky.; J. S. Summerville, head of the department of English. University of Kansas, Salina. Kas.; Prof. G. A. Lehman, professor of music at Earlham college, Richmond. Ind. Prof. Lehman is a member of tlie Westminster choir, Dayton, Ohio. The sessions for the county institute will be held in the gymnasium of the Decatur high school and Superintendeitt Striker will preside over them. Tuesday, August 27, will be township trustee day and all the trustees will be invited to attend. Mr. Striker is now preparing the program and will announce the schedule for the three days as soon as he secures the fourth instructor. All of the 110 rural teachers and the 60 or more city teachers will attend the three days of the institute. 1 The speakers and instructors who will 1 address the teachers this year are * numbered among the foremost edit- 1 cators in the middle west. —_— o .——l Budd Funeral Thursday Funeral services for the late Millard H. Budd of Fort Wayne, will be held at the home. 1233 Winter street at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, the Rev. H. A. Davis officiating. Burial will be made in the 1. O. O. F. cemetery at New Haven. Mr. Budd was a brother-in-law of Mrs. William Schumacher in this city. 0 T, W. LaMont Is Invited To Hague Conference The Hague, Aug. 14. —(U.R)-Thomas W. Lamont, partner of J. P. Morgan and Company, one of the financial ex- - pelts who framed the Young plan at Paris, has been invited to come to The Hague as the individual guest of ( a member of the French delegation, j the United Press learned definitely today. Lamont is expected to arrive Thursday. The member of the French delegation who invited Lamont also has been in telephonic communication with J. , P. Morgan, who has been grouse hunt- , ing in Scotland. , The financial commission convened at 10 a. tn., today to hear the declaration of Louis Loucheur, French lalior minister, on the reparations deliveries in kind. After an hour and a half the financial commission adjourned u»til Saturday. Decline Invitation London, Aug. 14. —(U.R) —Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and international financial expert, will not go to The Hague to take part in the reparations conference, he told the United Press today. Lamont said he had been invited to go. but had decided to decline. New Orleans Street Car Strike Continues i —— New Orleans, La., Aug. 14 —(UP) — . Street car tracks were dynamited to- ; day as new disorders disturbed strike- . torn New Orleans and brought vigor- ■ ous orders from police superintendent Theodore E. Ray to quell all further • distut bailees. > Windows of two street cars were- , shattered by explosions ot bombs . placed on tracks of Napoleon avenue ■ and Laurel street. While city and fed- ’ eral authorities rushed investigation, ■ reports were received of gun fire upon a bus, No one was reported injured.

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SEVERE STORM HITS NORTHERN PART OF STATE Crop Damage Reported From Hail Storm In Southwest Part of County TWO ARE KILLED AT HUNTINGTON One of the most severe storms of the season struck Decatur and Adams county last night, doing much damage to farm crops in the southwest part of the county and flooding local streets for several minutes. The storm was almost in the proportions of a cloudburst and lasted intermittedly for several hours in Decatur. A heavy hailstorm, coming at intervals, did much damage in Wabash and Hartford townships. At times the hail stones were the size of walnuts and several fields of corn west of Geneva were almost completely ruined by the hail and wind. Other crops also were reported to be damaged by the storm. In the middle part of the county’ the rain was heavy, but no great damage was reported. Several fields were inundated for some time, but the water was reported to be receding today. Automobiles were stalled by the heavy downpour and local streets were covered with several inches of water for a few minutes following the heaviest part of the rain, which occurred about 8:30 oclock last evening. Wind Accompanies Storm Some wind accompanied the storm here and branches of tree;! were blown down, but no great damage occurred. Heavy rains were reported north and east of Decatur and some farmers expressed fear that some of the corn, beaten down by the rain, would be lost. * Farmers in the southwest part of the county were pessimistic concerning the storm and many reported heavy losses, especially to corn crops. Both the St. Marys river and the Wabash rose steadily for several hours today, but it is not thought either river will leave the banks. The first rain in Decatur occurred at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon and the downpour continued for about a half hour. The sky was clear for several hours and the second storm occurred about 8:30 o’clock ami lasted until almost midnight. The latter storm was the heaviest. Bluffton Has Storm A hard storm also was reported in Wells county and telephone anti light wires were torn down. The power lines in Bluffton were forced to discontinue service for several hours late Tuesday afternoon because of the storm damage. Trees were blown down and some damage was reported by falling limbs in and near Bluffton. The entire northeastrn part of the state felt the storm and several places were struck by lightning. Huntington was hard-hit by the storm and two people were killed in that city. 7he storm also struck the lake region north of here and did some damage to cottages. The rain was general (CONTINI’EU OX p.\i:i-: I !\ i; o FEAR RUSSIAN PLANE IS LOST Last Official Word of Plane Received Sunday At Moscow Moscow. Aug. 14—dJ.R) —The gravest fears were felt here for the Ru.’san ait plane, 'Land of the Soviets," and its crew of four, en route from Moscow i.o New York, unreported sinctj Sunday afternoon, itfoscow time, when it was sighted at the station at Ilka, about 150 miles west of its scheduled destination at Chita. The plane had left Krasnoyarsk at. 7:40 a.m., Moscow time. It was presumed that the plane has been injured or forced down somewhere In the ■ Buryat forests just north of Mongola. •Authorities were exerting all possible efforts to establish contact and were preparing to dispatch rescue planes to search for the lost air traveler if necessary.

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