Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1929 — Page 1

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ZEPPELIN STARTS LONG AIR JOURNEY

airplane is forced down HEAR DECATUR H C. and A. C.White Escape Injury When Their Plane Falls In Corn f ield WERE ON WAY " TO INDIANAPOLIS Two Detroit aviators. A. C- White (1 H C White, escaped serious injury, "hen the motor of their Eagle Rock airplane went .lead and they wprP forced down in a corn field on thfi I)ean nyerly farm, five miles soathe.i of Decatur at 6 o’clock last "'■rhi' plane missed a fence by only . ff .\v feet and inowed a path 40 feet wide in the field and about 100 feet lonjr The pilot and his companion were uninjured but the plane was damaged, as the almost full sized ears of corn hit the machine on all sides. Several holes were torn in the wings anil the front was battered. The plane stayed on its wheels, and A C. White who was pilotifft the machine. swerved the Eagle Rock enough to keep it from turning over. The ground was soft and the aviators stated that they thought this aided them in their miraculous landings. The two men. who conduct an automobile and airplane parts business in Detroit, were on their way from Detroit te Indianapolis on business, ac--4 to a statement made last night. They noticed their engine missing a few miles from Decatur. By the | time the plane reached Decatur. White i stated he was afraid to encircle the | city to see if there was a landing field l nearby, because he anticipated a forced landing and was afraid he would fall in the city. He stated he flew low the Decatur Country Club, but decided to gofarther south. Suddenly the motor went completely dead, and the machine dropped in the corn field. The two brothers came to this city where they communicated with Herman Meyers, ow-ner of the local airport. Mr. Myers went with them to the scene of the mishap and made arrangements with the men to pull the plane out into an open field today, where repairs can be made on the machine. As soon as the repairs are made the plane will lie flown over to the Meyers field where a new supply’ of gasoline will lie taken on, and the plane Will be taken back to Detroit. Both the men stated that they were licensed pilots. They appeared nervous after their fortunate escape and H. C- White said that he would return to Decatur either todav or tomorrow and get his plane. _ ___ o ACCIDENT IS FATAL Elkhhrt, Ind., Aug. 15.— (U.R) —C. Seeberger, 50. Elkhart, died instantly of a fractured skull suffered when an automobile in which he was riding turned over after skidding on a pavement made slippery’ by rain. WILL OPEN NEW SUB-DIVISION Indianapolis Firm to Conduct Sale of Lots in Northwest Part of City George Q. Bruce of Indianapolis who »ith his son Austin will conduct a sale of lots in the new subdivision in the northwest part of the city for J- W. Meibers and J. G. Niblick arrived last evening and is busy today formulating plans for the event. The tract has been subdivided into *O4 lots many of them shaded with Ckory, oak and elm trees and all of hem splendid sites for homes. The WMivision win extend from Tenth . ’“rteenth street east and west' and om Dayton avenue to Washington treet north and south. Six street ex tnsions loth, 11th 12th and 13th and H J a ? d Meibers have been ntapert M Z , e s’ ’ he grove along lhe west with t> " 1C traCt !las been leaned out t h ‘ i ? eXceptlon of cutting the grass ........ , a “ ow rea 'b for sale. The Prosnen t r be marked this wenk and able tn \ P lu 'cliasers may soon be He a SeleCt ,he ,o,s the * liefer. grounl q,Wt ! rß WHI b ® openeil 0,1 the nouneen d » U aISO down town - AnCPr° f a " de,ails wi " made Enamel “T big j ° b wUI be "> test for t'| )1 /* e 3U bdivlslon and a conWatch J? 1 WiU be held ’mmediitely. morrow T “ ,I,lO '. lncem ent of rules told ten 8a e proba bly will ripen tea days or two weeks.

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Arrested in Dry Raid ' i Iff Tl / V 1---M jo " & ’■ • | Mayor Raleigh P. Hale (left? and Chief of Police James E. Regan (right) i of East ( hicago, Ind., were among the eighty-nine tnen and nine women ar- ' rested in a gigantic federal dry raid on East Chicago.

CLAIMS LARGE | SUMS WERE USED Excessive Repair Costs In Sttae Highway Department Are Alleged 'lpdlanapolU, Au;|. 15 <VP) Dis-1 closure of alleged excessive repair and i maintenance costs on state highway department motor equipment served to' focus political attention on the nice tor transport division's expenditures today. While Omer S. Manlove, transport division chief, blamed the disclosure on “disgi tinted former employes’’ who he said, ate trying to "get him" John J. Brown, high way director, said: “There shall be no exorbitant amount of money expended fol upkeep of highway department eouipment.” Figures in the disclosure, published by the Indianapolis Tinies Wednesday, were obtained from a report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1928 which, the article assered, had not been submitted to the highway director, highway commission or governor. It showed jne-year repair costs as (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) CLUB ENTERS | DAIRY CALVES Five Adams County Holsteins to Be Shown At State Fair In September Five Holstein calves belonging to members of the Adams County Dairy Calf Club will be sent to the Indiana state fair which is held from August 31 to September 7 for exhibition in the State Dairy Calf Club Show and open classes. The expense of sending the calves to Indianapolis will be partly defrayed by the Woman’s Farm Journal published at Berne, Indiana. i The Woman's Farm Journal which . is a national Home Economics magazine will also maintain a booth in the auto building on the fair grounds. The i calves will be taken to Indianapolis . on Friday, August 30 and they will ' be exhibited in the calf club show i on Saturday. August 31. They will i remain at the fair grounds throughl out the entire week being shown in i the cpen-and Indiana clases on Tues- ■ day of the fair. 1 The five calves will be in charge ’ of Calvin Steury, president of the - Adams County Calf Club and Martin D. Habegger also a thember of the 1 dairy calf club. The calves will be ' shown in the Senior calf class which ' includes calves born on or after 1 August 1. 1928. The-five calves that will be shown belong to Calvin Steury, 1 Vera Schwartz, Martin D. Habegger, Naomi Schwartz and Elma Steury. These five club members will be present at the fair grounds on Saturday to exhibit their animals. All five ’ of the calves making the trip to the t state fair are very good individuals. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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jConduct Search For Murderer Os Girl Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 15. —(UP) —Four -score detectives deployed over the Twin cities today on a manhunt for the assailant of 12-year-old Doro hy Anne, junior high school girl who was attacked, strangled, trussed in wire and gunnysacks and flung 'into a gutter. Aroused by the crime that rivalled ■in gruesomeness thd butchering of i Marion Parker by William Edward ! Hickman, Chief of Police Harry C. inholm ordered Sb officers to “go out and stay out until you et your man." o , ENDS OWN LIFE Bainbridge. Ind., Aug. 15. — (U.R) — Hilton H. Hathaway, 22. son of H. E. Hathaway, Bainbridge, killed himself by shooting at Groveland, Fla., the family has been advised. Relatives said he also had Threatened the life of his wife. Mrs. Oncelle Hill Hathaway. His father formerly published a paper at Coatesville. STATE FIGURES ARE DECREASED Railroad, Utility And Bank Assessments Show Decline Over 1928 The state's assessment of railroads, banks and utilities in Adams County for this year amounts to $5,481,887, a loss of $41,863.00 as compared to 1928. County Auditor Albert Harlow has completed the division of the totals among the taxing units. Washington township receives the largest credit from valuations, tl<e amount being $968,107. St. Marys township is next with a credit of $810,824. The city of Decatur receives a credit of $679,417, plus a credit of $9,330 in Decatur-Root township. The largest assessment in Adams County is that of the Chicago and Erie railroad. Its assessment is sl. 527,125. The Pennslyvania railroad is next with an assessment of $963.1)25 and the Nickel Plate railroad is third with $781,340. Other large assessments are the Illinois Pipe Line company. $421,525; Indiana Pipe Line Company, $ 113,632. Indiana Service corporation $351,400. Among local owned corporations the Citizens Telephone company is highest with an asse ament of $181,986. The Bank of Berne is the highest of any of the. county banks, its valuation as fixed by the state being $136,200. The First National Bank of Decatur is second with an assessment of $105,100. The Northern Indiana Public Service corporation is assessed for sl7l. 378. The credits in valuations as distributed among the taxing units follow: Union, $8,674; Root, $416,066; Preble $566,305; Klrkijtnd 163,377; Washington, $968,107; St. Marys, SBIO.824; Blue Creek $177,791; Monroe, $444,160; French $178,605; Hartford, $76,601; Wabash $238,891; Jefferson, $34,446; Deca'ur-Root $9,330; Decatur Washington $679,417; Munroe, $38.415; Berne. $337,103. Geneva, $142,854. The state's assessments are added to the county's valuation and go to make up the grand total.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 15, 1929.

WOMAN, HOPING i 1 TO SEE DAUGHTER I IS MURDERED — Mrs. Flora Flener, Dying. Blames Her Husband For Fatal Stabbing DAUGHTER IS SAFE IN CHICAGO FLAT BULLETIN West Ch car,o. 111., Aug. 15.— LJ.P' — 1 The body of Clarence Flener was I found today within 200 yards of the . spot where he was believed to have ! killed bps wife yesterday. Flener had cut his throat apparently with the same knife which caused Mrs. Flener’s death. West Chicago. Aug. 15. —(U.R) —Luri e<i by the hope of seeing her two-year--1 old kidnaped daughter. Mrs. Flora Flener was stabbed to death in a speeding, careening automobile which crashed into a telephone pole. As she died by the side of thi? road she , accused her husband of knifing her. Police n four cities hunted the : husband. Clarence Flener, today to confront him with the dying aceusioii and a multitude of other evidence. The child. Dorothy, was found alive and well early today in a Chicago apartmen.. police there notified Dupage county authorities. It had been feared she, too. had been killed. Chicago police said they would post a guard about the flat in case the husband returned. Baek of the wreck scene in a paved highway near here, lay a story of domestic strife, the kidnaping of Dor □thy, a wild ride during which Mrs. i Flener was s abbed in the abdomen ; and her throat slashed and the sub- ; sequent disappearance of her husband. who witnesses said, had mistreated his wife the three years they were married. Authorities in Indianapolis, Evansville and Cypress, Ind., were notified Flener might appear at any of the places. Flener's description and names of persons he might visit were telegraphed to the cities. Late yesterday a speeding automobile wobbled along the road just outside West Chicago. It crashed into a« telephone post and was wrecked. Mrs. Ann Hughes noted the car as it went past her bungalow and with her husband went to the scene. Mrs. Flener, stabbed, and her throat cut. was beneath the wreckage. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes extricated her and with her last breaths she gasped: "My God, my husband stabbed me.” Mr. and Mrs. Hughes had seen a | man run from the wrecked automobile across the fields in the direct'on of Chicago and Northwestern tricks. From Roy Flener. a brother, Dupage county authorities learned Flen- * - (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) COMPLETE PLANS FOR HORSE SHOW Street Fair Committee Announces Awards Amounting To S3OO One of the most popular departments o( the agricultural display of the Decatur Free Street Fair will be the horse exhibit and pony show that will be held ii) the Schlickman feed barn on Monroe street. A committee of those interested in this department . consisting of Mayor Geo. Krick. Henry Dehner, and W. L. Guilder, called on a number of horsemen throughout the county yesterday, and they report much interest in the horse show. The classification in the catalogue lists 10 sections with a total prize 1 list of S3OO. The committee yesterday secured entries for a number 'of stallions, colts, mares and geldings. ■ One of the features of the draft horse exhibit is the suckling colt class in which there are ten prizes totaling $65. A competent man will be in charge of the horses at all times during the show to guarantee horse owners of the proper care and attention during the exhibition. Horses should be brought in Tues- . day evening, August 10 or Wednesday . morning. August 11th. A disinterested judge has been secured to judge I the show on Thursday morning. > Horsemen who wish to make entries (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Too Much, Is To Much-So Hubby Asks For Divorce

Chicago, Aug. 15. (U.R) b'or 23 I years Howard L. Damarin was a model husband. He cooked his own breakfast, did the family shopping, turned over bis pay check to his wife regularly. took his lunch doles without complaining they weren't large enough, faithfully washed and dried the family dishes and at times did all the house work, he says. Between his domestic duties, he worked as an insurance agent to support his wife and son. 22. Yesterday Damarin filed suit for divorce, charging cruelty. i On the evening of Dec. 24 last i Damarin appeared at home four hours ! late but as apeace offering he took a box of candy as a pt esent to his wife, Jessie May. She ripped the box open, filing it to the floor and ground the candy into their new rug. Learning that no provision had been made for the customary Christmas dinner, Damarin went on a shopping tour and bought a chicken and the trimmings. Jessie May threw them on the floor, too. and jumped on (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) DECATUR MAN IS ARRESTED TODAY Ed J. Ahr, Adams County Stock Buyer Is Charged With Forgery Ed. J. Ahr, well-known Decatur stock buyer was arrested this morning by Detective Sergeant Peter Junk of Fort Wayne on an affidavit charging fori gery. The affidavit charged that Mr. Ahr . forged a check on the Tri-State Loan ahd Trust Co., of Fort Wayne for . $445. 1L further alleges that the defendant secured certificates of deposit for part of the check and later he cashed the certificates at other banks. A representative of the Fort Wayne bank identified the local man. Mr. Ahr was taken tp Fort Wayne this morning where he was arranged In Allen circuit court on a charge offorgery. He was released on $2,000 and his trial was set for the fall term of court, according to a telephone communication with Fort Wayne authorities this afternoon. CALUMET VICE RAIDS CONTINUE Federal Agents Headed By District Attorney Loomis Continue Drive Hammond. Ind.. Aug. 15. —<U.R> —The federal cleanup of northern Indiana’s bootlegging establishments and narcotic and vice dens continued today with Gary next on the raiding program. So far 150 men. women and girls have been arrested and warrants poured into prohibition agents faster than they could be served. A special grand jury session to obtain indictments against those arrested has been promised by Oliver Loomis, district attorney of northern Indiana. "The jury will be called at the end . of this month,” he said. 'By that time there will be plenty of new ; cases. We are going right down the line. Gary will be the next to be cleaned up." Most of those captured ’during the surprise raids in East Chicago Tuesday night were arraigned in district court at Crown point yesterday. Among them were Mayor Raleigh P. Hale and Chief of Police Janies Rei gau of East Chicago. Hale and Regan were released on i s2s,<it)o bond each. The rest of the ■ prisoners were freed on bail ranging ■ from $2,000 to SIO,OOO pending trial. > 0 Cold Wave Strikes Indianapolis Today I Indianapolis, Aug. 15.—(U.R) —Overcoats took the place of varie-colored _ pajamas today among sadists who believe in dressing up to the dictates of temperance rather than style. Mercury fell precipitately into the lower 50’s in central Indiana during the night, but the cool spell will be of short duration, meteorological forej casts indicate. First return of warm weather will 5 come in the northern section tonight, U. S. weather bureau forecasts said.

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A. I’. Engle Remains In Serious Condition The conditolon of A. F. Engle, who has been finite seriously ill, at his home on Rtlgg street, and who has ■ been very low for the past few days, I remains unchanged. Mrs. Marvie MiI giant and Mrs. Flank Engle cf South Bend, arived this morning to lie at the bedside of their father. PROPERTY VALUE SHOWS DECLINE Loss In Taxable Property ! Valuation Is $150,000 In Adams County With the s,ate's asse snient of railroads and utilities in Adams County placed at $5,381,877, the total valuation of all assessable property in this county this year is $33,353,587.00 This is a decrease of about $150,000 There was a less of $41,863.00 in the state's valuations on raifcoads and utilities, while the balance of the loss came in> the decreased values on personal property. Last year the total net valuation in Adams County was $33,510,180. Personal property assessed this year shewed a loss of about SIOO,OOO. The gross valuation, before deduction was made for mortgage exemptions was $34,852,851. The mortgage exemptions amounted to $1,499,270. The abstract of taxables will no' be made up until next December and there might be seme change in the net valuation for this year, because each year additions or deductions are made in the tentative figures. Following the world war the total . valuation of taxable property in Adams County reached $40,000,000 ————.o Reformed Congregation To Worship At Baptist Church Arrangements have been made for the Zion Reformed church congregation to worship at the Baptist church next Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock. The Rev. O. E. Miller, pastor of the Baptist church has left on his vacation and the church has been offered for use to the Reformed people. The Baptist people will have their regulai Sunday school at 9:30 o’clock and at 10:30 o'clock worship services will be coiiductAid by the Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann. The Reformed church building is being decorated and cannot be used for several Sundays. This courtesy extended by the Baptist congregation is much appreciated. An invitation to worship at this service is extended to the members of other churches whose pastois may he absent. SNOOK TO FILE FOR NEW TRIAL Defense Attorneys Take Action For New Trial; May File Appeal For Snook Columbus, O„ Aug. 15.—(U.P.) —Only the Appeals court and 100 days of grace, the time required by law be-1 fore a doomed man can be executed, I ■ stood between Dr. James Howard > Snook, murderer of Theora Hix. his college girl in a drama, and death. ■ Dr. Snook, former Ohio State uni- ■ veraity professor, bald, bespectacled, i middle aged, unobtrusive, was con- . vict<ed late yesterday of killing the . 24-year-old medical coed with whom - he philandered for three years, and was condemned to die in the electric i chair. : "We will fight the verdict through ; the U. S. supreme court if necessary,” E. O. Ricketts, chief of Snook’s counsel, told the United Press. “The verdict was unfair. It, was born of prejudice and influenced by public opinion and we will easily obtain a reversal.” “All I can say," said Prosecutor I John Chester who obtained the con- - vlction, “is that the jurors did their I duty. The verdict speaks for itself. It could have been nothing else." > Dr. Snook, back in the county jail ’ cell he has occupied since June 15, f two days after Miss Hix's hammor- | beaten and knife-slashed body was found on the New York Central 1 rifle range, where she held her last > tryst with Snook, seemed unperturbed.

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HUGE AIRSHIP WELL ON WAY ’ TOWARD TOKIO Is Reported Sited, Moving Slowly, On Second Leg Os World Flight MAY ESTABLISH REGULAR ROUTE Berlin, Aug. 15.—U.R;—Main[taining an average speed of a i little more than 62 miles an ' hour, the huge German dirigible Graf Zeppelin swung oyer Berlin on its way from Friederichshafen to Tokio at 10:30 a. m„ (4:30 a. m. e.s.t.) today to the acclaim of the entire populace of the German capital. Passengers waved to the cheering throngs as the mistress of the airplanes loitered to receive the homage of the throngs. Later the dirigible accellerated its speed, pushed its nose up into the heavens and. taking a north-northeast course went on her way toward Tokio. Weather was ideal. Leaves on Time Friedrichshafen. Germany, Aug. 15. —(U.R) —Germany's mighty aerial pathfinder. the dirigible Graf Zeppelin, took off with the first days of the rising sun today for the second and most hazardous trip of her globe-girdl-ing journey, a 6 600 mile flight to Tokio across the wastelands cf northern Siberia. The great dirigible, four times conqueror of the Atlantic, took off front the airport here at 4:05 a. m (10:35 p. m. e.st. Wednesday) for the longest Hight ever attempted even by a dirigible. She carried a crew of 40 men and 20 passengers. Officials of the Zeppelin line hoped she would reach her destination within five days. The Graf was so heavily loaded that she had considerable difficulty in rising. All on board, from the passengers to the highest officers of the crew, seemed fuly aware of dangers on the trip. All felt that they were setting out probably for the advanture of a lifetime. Officials of the Zeppelin line have done everything possible to meet any emergency which might arise on the trip, particularly should the Graf be forced to land somewhere in the Siberian wilds. The Graf was as fully equipped as if she wi re setting out on a polar expedition. On board when the ship left here were three rifle-,, three shotguns and 1.000 rounds of ammunition. Tpere was a regular food supply to last a week and an emergency supply of provisions, made i.p of canned milk, tinned beef and hardtack, to last two weeks moie. There was an extra supply of wines and medicines. Considerable mystery surrounded the refusal of th, Zeppelin officials to permit Nelson Morris, of the Chicago packing family, to make the trip to Tokio, in spite of the fact that he had a ticket for the whole journey (CONTINUED ON PAGE TIIKEE) O NEGOTIATIONS | ARE CALLED OFF Russia-China Controverys Remains Unsettled And Delegates Return Manchuli, Manchuria, Aug. 15. —(U.R) —Negotiations between China and Russia on the Chinese Eastern railway crisis have been definitely abandoned. M. Melnikoff. the Ruslan representative, has left for Moscow, while Chu Shao-Yang, Chinese plenipotentiary, departed for Harbin. The outlook was was considered hopeless here. Hopes for Peace Mukden. Manchuria, Aug. 15. - (U.R) —Although Chinese-Russian negotiations at Manchuli have been halted, it was hoped here that after exchanges between the two capitals, a formal conference could be arranged soon al which a peaceful settlemftit might be negotiated. it was understood that Lu YuanHuang. manager of the Chinese Eastern railway, and other officials consid- ; ered responsible for t|je conflict, would be dismissed shortly. Kao-Chi, : vice-chairman of the communications bureau. ?'"is mentioned as a successor , to Lu.

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