Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1929 — Page 1

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hog cholera IS PREVALENT IN ADAMS COUNTY More Than 12 Herds Are Found To Be Infected by Investigators STEPS TAKEN TO HALT SPREAD A (./Olis outbreak of hog cholera |,, 3 occurred in Monroe and Blue Cre ek townships during the last few weeks and. while the disease has by no means completely died out at the present, it has been somewhat checke,l by prompt vaccination in herds .unwinding the infected district. However. U wal? r ‘ > P o^tP ' , * hls morn ’ int 'hat seveial herds were infected as far west as state road No. 27. The worst cases have occurred near the Valley church in Monroe township. There has been some difference in opinion as to whether the disease was hog cholera or some other infectious swine disease but a careful diagnosis made by Dr. H. C. Wiltum, of the United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Animal Industry, on Monday revealed the fact that cholera was the cause of most of the trouble. Dr. Wilson posted seveiil si k animals and found hog cholera present. !• is thought that the outbreak in this county originated from some hof’ shipped in from the east althc.igh the source cannot be definitely obtained.. Several hundred head have been lost by 10 or 12 farmers in that community. Dr. Wilson states tha" every precaution should be taken to prohibit the spread of the disease. No hog- should be purchased from foreign territory unless a record of vaccination can be furnished with them. The disease can be easily spread from farm to farm by dogs, cats, pigeons, and even humans can carry the germs on the soles of the shoes and on clothing. Farmers, especially in the district surrounding the infection should vaccinate their hogs immediately as vaccination does very little good after the disease once gets in a herd, it was stated by those making the investigation. The last serious outbreak of hog cholera occurred three years ago when the disease was prevalent throughout the county. Only one method is known for controlling the disease and that is by prompt and thorough vaccination. - —-—<~> Fifteen Are Victims of Frisco Train Wreck Henryetta, Okla., Aug. 19. —tU.R> - Wrecking crews today had cleared the scene of a Frisco train wreck near here where 15 persons, trapped between the crumpled steel walls of a day coach, were burned to death by live steam when a Frisco passenger train was tripped from the rails by an open switch. The "Jim Crow" compartment of the fast “Oil Field Special" became au inferno for 11 negro passengers when the coach lurched along the ties and overturned behind the wrecked locomotive in which the fireman and engineer were killed. The boiler of the half-buried engine burst and steam hissed back into the confused group of passengers, silencing their cries for help. BENJAMIN GAY DIES IN STURGIS Former Decatur Resident Is Last of 18 Children to Answer Death Call Word was received here this tnornlnk "f the death of Benjamin Gay, of Sturgis, Michigan, formerly of ,hi s city, who died Saturday night. ■'h. Gay was [fog j aa t o j eighteen children in the Gay family to depart life. He is survived by his * 1( low, one sou, Jessie, and two daughters, Mrs. Olive Long and Mrs. J” 1 ® Crane, all of Sturgis. One son, nnis, is deceased. Mr. Ga y lived in this city for many •wrs, and moved to his home in st. l ."p S al,Qut twenty-five years ago. " ■ Gay was an uncle of Mrs. Martin Wlson and Mrs. J. T. Hilyard of this i “neral services for Mr. Gay will o’ein V 1 Tuesday afternoon at 3 the I,ome of the ‘laughter, -Hhe Crane in Sturgis,

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Liggett Accused ’ r , I . W Ba. ft Louis K. Liggett, (above) of Boston. Mass., has been accused of slander by former Mayor James M. Curley of the came city. It is alleged by Curley that Liggett made statements to the effect that the former Mayor circulated anti-Catholic literature during the last campaign. LOCAL MEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE A. J. Smith Suffers Injury as Car Misses Passenger Train A bad accident was narrowly averted Saturday afternoon at the Pennsylvania railroad crossing just north of Monmouth when five cars came near being demolished by the afternoon passenger train from the north Two of the cars were traveling north and three south. In the first car northbound were a Fort Wayne couple and their two children, and in the second car, a Plymouth driven by Earl Colter of the Adams County Lumber company, were A. J. Smith, the well known lumber dealer and Ben Devors and a son. The view is cut off at that point by the house on the Dugan farm and the Fort Wayne man did not slow up until he saw the leading car coming towards them from the north, put on his brakes and skidded thirty feet. Realizing that a train must be approaching the driver of the car ahead from the south slammed on hie brakes and turned his car to the right just in. time to miss being struck by the train. The car in which the Decatur party was riding was close behind them and though Mr. Colter tried his best to miss the car without running on the railroad track, he struck the rear of the car. damaging the gas tank and bumper. A section of fence was torn down and every body was frightened plenty. The on y person injured was Mr. Smith who received an ugly , gash two or three inches long on his right leg just below the knee. 0 Dr. J. Kirk, of Daisy, Dies Saturday Afternoon Mrs. Perry McGill of south of the city, received the sad news Saturday afternoon of the death of her father. Dr. J. Kirk, 76, of Daisy, midway between this city and Van Wert. Dr. Kirk had been in good health until Friday whe he complained some but arose Saturday and ate his breakfast. He became ill from a heart attack about 11 o'clock and died in a few moments. Surviving are the widow and two daughters, Mrs. McGill and Mrs. Harley Wallace of Defiance, Ohio. The doctor had frequently visited here and was well known. Funeral services will Ire held Tuesday at Daisy with burial at Convoy. Ohio. —o Ditch Cleaning Bids Will Be Received Charles E. Magley. county road super: ntendent, has advertised that he will sell all the county ditches for cleaning and repairing in Washington. Preble and Kirkland townships next week. Bids will be received for Washington township Monday morning at 8 o’clock, August 26, at the offices of Mr. Magley in Decatur; Preble township, Tuesday morning, August 27, 8 o'clock at the Preble state; Kirkland township, Wednesday, August 28, eight o'clock, at the Peterson store.

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SENATE BEGINS SESSION TODAY Republican Tariff Rates Turned Over to Democratic Members Washington, Aug. 19. (U.R)—-Rates of the Republican tariff bill as changed by the senate finance committee were turned over to the Democrats as the senate reconvened from its summer recess. The reconvened session lasted only ! long enough to permit reading of the, prayer by the chaplain, adoption of 1 the and adjournment until Thursday, in accordance with the gentleman’s agreement of leaders to do no business until the tariff is ready for submission to the senate September 4. Arriving senators found the longdrawn out dispute among Republican leaders over how high the new rates should go had prevented the committee from finishing the bill. The rates were to be handed over to the Democrats while the committee resumed. executive sessions to write administrative features of the measure. Under a gentleman's agreement between Republican and Democratic door leaders no business is to be transacted by the senate until September 4 when, it is believed, the bill will be completed and in shape for senate consideration. Having been informed of this situation there were only a few senators on hand for the opening. They will be permitted to take the tioor for any kind of discussions they desire, under the liberal senate rules, but the program calls for three days recess within the next two weeks and any business which is brought up will face immediate protests from the leaders. o Horse Falls in Well A horse belonging to Andrew Fuelling, well known farmer living northeast of Decatur, tell in an old well Sunday and died. The horse was blind and in wandering about the farm fell in the well. It was pulled out by Buu Limenstall of the Decatur Rendering company. CONFERENCE IS CLOSED SUNDAY Local Attendants at Annual Epworth League Meet Return Forty-one members of the Decatur Methodist Epworth League returned Sunday night from the annual weekly conference of Northern Indiana Epworth Leagues held at Lake Webster last week. The Rev. Ross W. Stoakes, pastor of the Decatur Methodist church, and his family left from Lake Webster for a vacation in Michigan. The local delegates spent the week at Epworth Forest, the large, comfortable cottage owned by the Decatur Methodist church. The rooms were arranged to take care of the entire delegation from this city. Dr. and Mrs. E. N. Wicks and Mrs. Paul Hooper remained at the cottage to place it In order after the week’s activities. A great time was reported by those attending. More than 2,500 delegates registered for the week’s training from northeastern Indiana, and every day was full of study, recreation and amusements. The conference is an annual affair. — o High Winds Fan Fires Portland, Ore., Aug. 19. —(U.R) —The prospect of tain was offset by high wind.-, today as fire fighters endeavored to check major fires in the pacific northwest. While wind whipped up files in the Chelan and Colville forests, fire wardens held out. hope that rain which fell in Seattle and Yakima Sunday, might jump over the mountains and prove an ally to firefighters. — o BANDIT IS KILLED Detroit, Aug. 19.—(U.R)—When two bandits attempted to hold up a shoe store shortly before 9 o’clock this morning a policeman hidden in the store shot and killed one of the robbers, but the other escaped. The dead man was shot five times by the patrolman, who had been detailed to the store because of police information that the robbery was planned.

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Two Auction Students To Assist Col. Reppert Ail the members of the graduating class of the mid summer session of the Reppert Auction School have returned to their homes, excepting two, Cols. James Schultz of Mountain Home. Arkansas, find Ralph A. L<lschen. of Hiawatha, Kansas, who will remain here a coupie of weeks, assisting Col. Reppert in conducting real estate sales at Rome City, Lima, Ohio, and other places. The boys are camping at Bellmont Park and are enjoying themselves while getting some real experience in the auction business. o — PLANS COMPLETE FOfl WALBRIDGE PARK EXCURSION Many Tickets Sold for Big All-Day Picnic Trip to Famous Toledo Park GREAT TIME IS PLANNED FOR ALL All plans are complete for the annual Method's! Sunday school picnic excui sion to Walbridge park, Wednesday, the committee on arrangements announced this morning. The special train of 20 coaches and a commit,ary department will leave Bluffton at 5 o’clock (central standard time) next Wednesday, according to the schedule. The big train will leave Decatur at 6 o'clock (standard time). Stops will be made at Craigville and Peterson, between here and Bluffton and at Plea ant M'lls. Willshire, Ohio City. Venedocia, and Delphos. No stops for passengers will be made after the train leaves Delphos. Tickets from Bluffton. Craigville and Peterson are selling for $1.75 round-triii). Children between the ages of 5 years and 12 years can secure tickets from these three stops lor 85 cents.. The fare from Decatur and all points east of here where the special will stop, will be $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for children. All Methodist Sunday school pupils who are entitled to a ticket and did not receive one at Sunday school yesterday, may secure one at the John Sults Home Grocery. This ticket must be exchanged at the station for a tegular ticket. The commisary car will carry sandwiches, candy, ice cream and soft drinks and will he in charge of competent pet sons. A great day is planned for those who make the annual trip to Toledo this year. The Walbridge park zoo is one of the greatest in the world, and park offi(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) WILL CONDUCT BRAKE TESTS State-wide Examination of E Automobiles to Start Monday, Aug. 26 1 State Police Lieutenant Hal Ayres ' announced today that in compliance ' with a state-wide movement to test automobiles for defective brakes. 1 horns and lights, the tests will be 1 held in his district starting next : Monday, August 26. Tests will be made in Decatur Tuesday, August 27, 1 in the morning, and at Bluffton that 1 afternoon. Officer Ayres stated that his party would contain three state officers and that all local police officers would be asked to assist in the testing. He i also stated that the driver of every car tested would have to produce his driving license. Failure to have a license or a receipt at that time would result in the - arrest of the offenders. Offiicer Ayres i said. The entire district supervised . by Ayres will be examined next week according to the state department’s i plans. 'Following is a schedule of the district : August 26 —Union City, morning; i Winchester, afternoon. i August 27 — Decatur. morning; i Bluffton, afternoon. i August 28—Hartford City, morning; Marion, afternoon. i August 29 — Warren, morning; : Huntington, afternoon. i August 30—Fort Wayne, all day. August 31 —Montpelier, morning; Portland, afternoon.

BOY DROWNS IN PIT AT GENEVA William Iliff, 16, Unable to Swim, Wades into Deep Water of Quarry Geneva, Ind., Aug. 19. —(Special) — William Iliff. 16. son of Itev. and Mrs. Fred Iliff, of Bryant. Indiana, was drowned in the Crons gravel pit in Limberlost creek, near here, at 3:30 o'clock. Sunday afternoon. William, together with his brother. ‘Howard, 17, and Fred Bancroft, of Bryant, none of whom could swim, had waded about in the water, and suddenly stepped into a deep hole, dropping out of eight. He did not come up again, and the body was found an hour later in about 10 feet of water, by Ivan Ford of near Geneva. The father, the Rev. Mr. Hiss is pastor of the Bryant United Brethren church. ■When the boy failed to come to the turface of the water, his two companions left the creek and hurried to Geneva for aid. They secured Mr. Ford and returned to the scene. The body was recovered on the third dive by Ford, about an hour after the | drowning. Besides the parents, two brothers. Howard and Wendell, and two sisters Be bel and Oma Jane, survive. Mrs. John Tyner, of Decatur, is an aunt of the drowned boy. Funeral services for the lad will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock, at the United Brethren church, at Bryant. Burial will be made at the United Brethren cemetery near Bryant. o Aviator Drives Plane 340 Miles an Hour > f'alshot. Eng., Aug. 19. — (U.R>—A speeif of 3<h miles an hour was a’- . tained today by Flying officer Atch- ; erley, member of the British Schneid- . er cup team, in a test for the coming . international seaplane competition. , experts estimated. Atcherley flew a Closter-Napiei' 4 I over the Schneider cup course. CLUBS TO HOLD JOINT MEETING Calf Club .loins With CowTesting Association for Tuesday Night Arrangements have been made to ) hold a combined meeting of the Dairy ‘ Calf Club and Cow Testing Association Tuesday evening. Aug. 20. at 8 o’clock at Monroe high school building. An earnest effort is being made to have every member of the cow testing association and calf club present at the meeting Tuesday evening. so that plans for the dairy catI tie display and calf club exhibit at | the Decatur Free Street Fair may be completed. The cow testing association will also talk over plans of the reorganiza- ’ tion for the coming year which will start October 1. An interesting program is being arranged by both program committees and no doubt a large number ’ will be present to partake in the eve--3 ning's exercises. f Mr. C. V. Kimmell, county agent at • Portland, will be present to give a 3 short talk. Members from the cow testing association and calf dubs will 3 take part in the local talent program. • Miss Ruth Waltmeier and party will ‘ be present to render several musical numbers that will be a real treat for : the crowd. ' Miss Waltmeier has broadcasted at 3 several of the large radion stations in 3 the middle west. A duet will be sung f by Misses Ruth and Dessie Mazelin ’ and Peter B. Lehman will entertain the crowd with some yodeling. Re- ' freshments will also be served at the 3 meeting. s 0 ' Guardsmen Called to s Keep Order in Strike Marion, N. C„ Aug. 19. —(U.R) —Two companies of North Carolina national ; guards were en route here today to keep order among strikers at the ; Clinchville textile mill. The troops were ordered out by ■ Gov. O. Max Garder in response to a reques’ from Sheriff Oscar Adkins ; of Marion after a group of approximately 400 strikers refused to permit T. H. Henderson, superintendent of ; the mill, to open it for business today. •

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Will Boss Budget J | I 1 I o I > s I JK, i A I y? t?. fIK aB : t< >MW Colonel James C. Roop (above) of Nebraska, the newly appointed director of the U. S. Budget, arrived re- , cently from Santo Domingo to take up his new duties. TONLITTERIS MEDAL WINNER Litter Owned by Henry Heiman Is Second to Obtain Award Here The second litter to be weighed up in the Hoosier Ton Litter contest in Adams county also won a medal 1 for its owner, Henry Heiman, of Washington township. The litter of nine Chester Whites weighed exactly 1752 pou»’»l« when they were 180 . days of age. according Ito County . Agent Ferd Christen. . Mr. Heiman experienced some trouble in feeding out his litter due to the fact that they were off feed for several weeks because of lack of strength in their legs to hold the weight of their bodies. The litter originally had ten pigs in it but one pig was lost at about four months of age from an unknown cause. All nine of the pigs weighed . up were of good quality and finish, the litter being very even throughout. Mr. Heiman will receive a bronze medal from the Indiana Livestock Breeders’ Association in recognition of his record. The litter was kept on the sow until it was about eight weeks of age. Mr. Heiman then fed them a slop , made up of ground oats, middlings, hominy, and some skimmed milk. After the pigs weight about 100 ; pounds apiece, they obtained most of . their feed from a self feeder in which , was placed hominy hearts, corn, and r tankage. , The pigs had free access to rape . and clover pasture, and plenty of . fresh water at all times. Mr. Heiman : plans to sell the litter immediately. • One of the advantage of the ton litter work is the ability of owners to I get their pigs on the early market be- - fore the price of hogs drops to a low I level. BandItTGeFSMOO - At Bedford Social Club Bedford, Ind., Aug. 19—(UP) —Six bandits armed with sawed-off shotguns interrupted a poker game at the 1 Bedford Social Club. Saint Fulherford gambling house, and left with $3,000. 1 Nearly 40 men. most of them from ■ the stone quarries near hero, 1 brought their week’s pay to the club. 1 Two of the bandits had dropped in earlier in the evening and mingled with the crowd. When their four part--1 tiers came through the door, they aid--1 ed in lining up and robbing the vic- ! tims. 1 Q 1 Trustees Association to Hold Reunion Thursday It is doubtful if any organization in Adams county has had more fine times and delightful reunions than ! the organization of trustees who served in Adams county from 1909 to i 1914. They meet annually and spend 1 one day renewing acquaintances and > talking over old times. > This year the event will he held at Sunset Park on Thursday, August 29. ’ and invitations have been sent out i by Charles E. Magley. secretary, i John T. Kelley is the president. No - special program has been arranged. ' but that doesn’t make any difference [ tor they will arrange one after they ■ get together and it will be a good one.

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GIANT SHIP TO CONTINUE ITS TRIP THURSDAY Non-Stop Voyage of 6,600 Miles made in 100 Hours and 45 Minutes EXPECT TO MAKE TOUR IN 22 DAYS (Bulletin by Miles Vaughn) (United Press Staff Correspondent) Tokio, Aug. 19 —(UP The sei-oud leg of the longest and most perilous flight ever attempted in the history of aviation came to a triuiniihant end this afternoon wuen the giant German dirigible Graf Zeppelin alighted at the asumlfiganra ah pert neat heve after a 6.600-mile non-stop flight through the uncharted skies of northem Asia. Carrying 20 pissengers, a crew of 40 men and Germany's -nnbitlor.s hopes in commercial valuation, the mighty airliner landed here a' 6.25 P. M., (4:25 A. M. EST) just 1<)<) hours and 45 minutes after she started from I'l iedrichshafen for the second leg of her flight around the world. She left Friedrichshafen at 11:40 P. M EST Wednesday. The Graf Zeppelin was safely in the hangar at 7:05 P. M.. ,5:05 A. M EST 40 minutes after it had landed. Darkness hindered minitevering of the big silver bag slightly and automobile lights were brought into play to aid in putting the air tiaveler to rest. The Graf had been in the air 10') hours and 50 minutes, thus completing another record-breaking trip, perhaps improving on the speedy crcss-Atlaa-•ic flight she made between Lakehurst N. J., and Friedrichshafen on the first leg of the globe-girdling journey. The time nude by the huge dirigible was far better than even Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the flight had expected for before get’ing out on the flight the commander hail stated that he expected to make the trip in 120 hours if conditions favored. The territory covered by the Graf never before had been traversed by 'a dirigible Little was known of meteorological conditions along the route. Even the Soviet Savants could furnish but meagre informa ion about weather conditions. Dr. Eckener virtually had to explore the whole route and map out his own lanes. In aviat.on circles here Dr. Eckener's teat was regarded is one of the outstanding bits of pioneering recorded in aviation history. The reception was the mr.st wildly enthusiastic ever received by the Graf, long accustomed to enthusiastic receptions after history-making Hights The launching field was crowded with thousands of persons and the areas outside the field were packed with many thousands of others. Some of the people had waited throughout the night and through the long hours of the day. They were bivouacked, caniplike, for a long distance arcund the field. They did not mind the rain which fell through the early hours of the morning. They were oblivious o everything except the news which broadcast throhghout the country that the Graf was over Japan. New hundreds continued to arrive throughout the day and to swell the already huge crowd which was in the vicinity. Streets of the city also were filed and the squares were gath(CONTINUED ON PAGE THItEE) DEATH SUMMONS HENRYDOEHBMAN Lifelong Resident of County and Civil War V etcran Dies Saturday Henry Doehrman, prominent retired farmer of Adams county. and Civil war veteran, died Saturday afternoon, August 17, 1929. at his home in Preble township. Mr. Doehrman was 94 , years old and had lived in this county , all his life. He was a prominent vetI eta of the Civil war, being a member [ of the 89th regiment of Indiana. He was also a well known resident of Adams county, being a farmer here practically all his life, until a few years ago when he retired from active service. He wiil lye remembered for his services in the Civil war, and as one of the last of them to live in this couuf ty ' Henry Doehrman, son of Mr. and (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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