Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1929 — Page 1

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SRAF ZEPPELIN REACHES MID-OCEAN

I juH FIGHTS. I CONTINUED I IN MANCHURIA ■ Ri. kill r loops Batter Chifl nest' Lincs With Use of B Machine (Juns fl R U j.\\ \Y STATIONS fl \RE destroyed fl jimcbi'Y Manchuria, Aug, o.|'_ ~P r-nicr guerilla warMl f are , m'mvH common here durjug 'the 1.1-' lw,) weeks, contin,£o ud'in tl,rce toda y. with fl| the I 'x'l's massed on the fl| Jla'\harmi - Siberian border Ml u<r,- p.a nine guns, armored ■ car, anti rilles to harass the ■H Chinese patrols, MH Hsuen-Liang. coin-. ■B maii'l'> ' !l '- Chinese forces in HH jlaneh.ir, i >rt» <1 repeated violaMB t j lin s >■:' < :!!■•<•• territory by Red ■B a , my uivUrv parols, who, he said. gfflß have •-1 . ros<ing whenever the op- ■■■ presented itself. ■B i. . ',-\e measure, it was nilH| B • :.iv. Chinese snipers last BHB f <;-•■•■! 86 railway siding staBgß tion> in .entity of Manciluii. ■■ The Sot; ininander. Generali V. . ' ! - reported advanc-. ■H in: t;,i Intria with a trained ■B anr. soldiers—the pick of i HB the Red army. ■B Mak.ten authorities. meanwhile. MH ha. ii mobilization of (heir rewtv.-, -< invited at 120.n0n men. ■BH besidt- mor men: of all their availBB able ir.dt.- 1 'Tvs toward the Iron|Bk ** ers ' |H|| lr. s.-.r toC.-rs i- was still hop. d B| today .. peaceful settlement of MH the "a 1 .>_-•<I dispute might b, HHI fee.-d r lie number of optimises BBK was dec. I-ms: The great move|||g|it int-r.c -m entrations of troops Mr were il;:. ; .cd as mean ng that the SB hieiie-' ~Chornies in the Mukden. Mg Nanking Moscow governments ■W had sir. .. •. hope for a peaceful se»dement 'lie problem which arose MM? *' leil 1 ' ’■■* seized the Russian-con-■R trolled i -.itiese Eastern railway. -fl ANXIETY IS FELT ■H Peipin Mur. 21. iJ.R —Great inxBM icy w.c p here today in connection affif with th.- heavy troop movements toBfi ward th. Manchurian border by both 9B the Xc;i vovertijnent and Soviet |H| . Russia. Wfi 111 s|,i " 11 ,lle lull in border fight■E| ing '* " ~' l t here that the move|H| Bents of :.. ps on a large scale preBB; ’‘ lr Possibility of a major enM (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) I MILES ATTACKS I CITI OFFICIALS ■ Anti-Saloon League Attor--3 ney Says Officials Do J Not Do Their Duty fl Paoli. Ind.. Aug. 24—<U.R)—Indian■B apolis police could dry up the state M| f’aP'tal in 30 days if they would get ■N outlie job in a determined way. E. A. Mg Miles. Indiana Anti-Saloon League BS| p,,,) rney. told the conference of the United Brethren church here today. |B "The g l?a r difficulty-"we have in ■Kg | toforceim nt of the prohibition laws BB I 8 te failure of many officials fl t,heir duty" Miles said. fl lV I ' Nl'l-m ON PAGE TWO!

I H afer Is Bought By Local I Man At $5.00 Per Gallon

Ii Every cnee in a while someone buys 80me water stock, but it's been a long » tints since anyone in Decatur has bought a gallon of water at *5 00 for tht, "‘“' on - That very thing happened " s week, and here is the story from n authentic source. A day or two ago, a well-known Dea in business man was confronted by Decatur "bootlegger” who told the ■ met that he had some of the best «>«Ky on the market. To substantiate . StatellltDt ' he pulled a small bottle ■ m his pocket and passed out a sample. mw' Ct < r<liliK t 0 tlle “ torv t!le whisky 1 with the approval of the business n and he immediately Inquired as 7 > PI iCes in ga,lon quantities. He told by the "bootlegger" that for

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Our New Air Chief i w v.'l i Ep ~ I/ b 1 <jl Colonel Clarence M. Young of Des Moines, lowa, world war veteran and active aviator, lias been appointed by Pie ident Hoover to succeed William P. McCracken, who resigned as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for [ Aeronautics. TIMECHANGES -- I SEPTEMBER 29 Five Weeks of Fast Time Before Clocks Move Back an Hour Five weeks from tonight at midnigh*, Decatur will go back to Central Standard time and clocks will be set back one hour. Since midnight on Saturday. May 11, Decatur has been operating on Eastern or Daylight Saving time and the one hour of sleep lost on the morning of May 12th. will •be made up on the morning .of September 29. The change in time is effective at midnight. Saturday, September 28th. This is the first year since the war days, that Decatur has observed daylight saving time. The question had beer, discussed for a few years and last May was submitted to the voters at the primary election, with the result that the advocates of the change won the election and the city council fixed Saturday, May 11. as the date on which the new time would go into effect. * The council passed an ordinance establishing the new time and also attached a clause making daylight saving effective each year from the last Saturday in April until the last i Saturday night in September. Unless I this ordinance is repealed, daylight saving time will go into effect next .April. Although there was much sentiment in favor of the fast time, there was also some talk against it, but since the question carried at the polls in favor of daylight saving time, the decision of leaving the majority rule was decided as the best way to decide the matter. — o — GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 24.—(U.R)— Miss Caroline Wolverton. 19. is expected to recover from effects of poison swallowed because she saw a boy friend in the company of another girl. She took the poison while in a taxicab. The driver rushed her to a hospital.

him it would be the modest sum of $5.00 delivered, and the business man immediately ordered a gallon, to be paid for when delivered at his office. That afternoon the “bootlegger's’ wife drove up to the office and inquired for Mr. So ami So. The local man came forward, and when the lady set down the gallon jug. she received a nice, brand, new five-dollar bill. It was a hot sultry day. and along about 5 o’clock when vitality runs low Mr. So and So. walked up-to the jug, and with a self-satisfied look, he withdrew the cork and placed the jug to his hungering lips. You can imagitre his embarasement when after several gurgles, he discovered that he had paid $5.00 for a gallon pf city water—And to make it worse the water was warm.

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ADAMS COUNTY INSTITUTE WILL OPEN MONDAY County Superintendent Striker Announces Rules of Three-day Session GOOD SPEAKERS ARE SECURED RegistraJon of all teachers, opening exercises and four addresses are on the opening day’s program of the annual Adams County Teachers Institute, which will open Monday morning. August 26 at 9 o’clock at the Decatur high school gymnasium, according to an announcement made today’ by Clifton Striker, county superintendent of schools. All teachers attending the threeday session will register, before the opening exercises which start Mon--1 day morning at 9 o’clock. Each 1 teacher will keep a personal attendance record, according to the rules ; ; announced today. Teachers who reside in other counties, lint who are employed to teach in Adams county, may attend their own institute, but must pay their $2.00 enrollment fee in Adams county. Speakers for the opening day include J. T. Cotton Noe. head of the educational department. University of Kentucky. Lexington. Ky.; Prof. G. A. Lehman, head of the music department of Earlhajn college, Richmond, Ind.: A. E. Martin, Goshen. • Ind.; Roy A. Roudebush, assistant state superintendent of public instruction, Indianapolis. There will lie two addresses in the morning and two during the afterI noon session, according to the tentative program. Musle will be given two periodsthe morning and two periods in the afternoon of each ses- ■ sion. Mr. Striker pointed out that the public is invited to attend all sessions and teachers are urged to bring their friends with them to the threeday meeting. »One of the best programs i.l recent years has been planned. ■» The county superintendent also ■ pointed out that all teachers who are employed to teach in Adams county 1 schools must record their licenses in 1 the office of the county superintend1 ent before the teacher-trustee con- 1 tract is valid. Several have not yet recorded their licenses, and their per- _ ~ . i (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I O

TEN ARE SAVED BY LIFE GUARD William Noonan Swims to Marooned Boat and Rescues Party New York, Aug. 24.—(U.R)—An Irish life guard who swam three-fourths of a mile to a launch that was being ' carried to sea on the tide saved It) persons off Long Beach, L. 1., last night. Charles Goetz. 45, a retired mer- ■ chant, set out for a cruise yesterday • in his launch Rose R. 2nd. With him ’ were Mrs. Goetz, Morris Mansfield, Edward P. Byraeo. Henry Dietz Jr., Harold Harris, Nathanial Lowens ein, Samuel Cohn, Alex Briskman i and Frank Purcell. Near the western end of Long Reach a footboard sprung loose and caught in the motor flywheel. The engine stopped. Goetz ran up the white flag. Passengers waved hand kerchiefs and shirts but it was not ■ until two hours later that someone on shore saw the distress signals. Soon ■ a crowd gathered on the A heavy rainstorm fell, temporarily , frustrating rescue efforts. The launch was drifting toward shore, but ths ’ tide was due to turn and unless something was done quickly the launch I would be carried to sea. Tying a rope around his waist, William Noonan, a champion swimmer of the Irish Free State plungefl ; into the’surf. He battled his way ' three-quarters of a mile to the launch, . fastened the rope to the boat and the» crowd on shore caught the other end > of the line and tugged. All went well unt.il the launch struck a sand bar. Leo Zaret, a municipal life guard, then swam out to the craft with another rope and i soon the launch was pulled off the bar and beached.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 24, 1929.

t I Body of Late ViceAdmiral Starts for U. S. I — Cherbourg, France, Aug. 24. (U.R)— The body of the late vice Admiral Allie, t P iker Niblick was to bo placed today aboard the American cruiser Raleigh to he transported back to the United States. Admiral Niblack died Tuesday at Nice after a brief ilines. He had made his home since his retirement ' ( recently .at Mcnte Carlo, in the little principality of Monaco. The guns of the arsenal at Cherbourg were to tire a farewell salute as the body of the former commander of the United I ( States fleet in European waters starts back to his home land. —o FARM PRODUCTS RULES CHANCED Exhibits Include 1928 and 1929 Products for Free Street Fair < An important change has been 1 made in the rules governing the ex- 1 hiliits in tiie Farm Products Show, which is one of the largest departments of the agricultural display of , the Decatur Free Street Fair to be ( held from September 10 to 14. It was decided at a committee meeting Wednesday evening at the ' county agent's office that all products to be exhibited in the agricultural department must have been pro- J duced in either the seasons of 1928 or 1929, instead of 192 ff only, as is 1 listed in the fair catalogue. This will enable farmers to exhibit corn, soybeans and other products grown last year. The reason for the change in the rule was due to the fact that some products wifi not be matured sufficiently to enable farmers to exhibit them at the time of the fair. The agricultural department committee is composed of Avon Burk as superintendent; Wm. Rupert, secretary; Lewis Worthman, Fred Blum. Adolph (CONTINUED ON PAGE. FIVE) n— Ruth Elder Confirms Engagement to Camp Wichita, Kas., Aug. 24.—(U.R) —Ruth ' Elder. trans-Atlantic flier and movie : ac ress, today confirmed rumors of i her engagement to Walter Camp Jr., , New York, Miss Elder told the United Press that she first met Camp in , Hollywood two months ago. . Camp, the aviatrix said, is now enroute to New Yory on a business trip. ; She will join him in .New York after completion of the California-Cleve-

land women’s air race. Although Miss Elder refused to name the date of the wedding she I intimated it would be soon. Negro Freed on Charge Rearrested on Two More i Indianapolis, Aug. 24. —(UP)—Will liam Donaldson, Muncie negro, today | stood cleared of (barges of fraudulently accepting a letter and contents intended for a government engineer ' named William N. Donaldson, but was charged with fornjing signature ’ on three expense checks contained 1 in the letter. t Bond was set f,t $2,000 for the im- ■< gro by Howard S. Young. U. S. cun- t . n.issioner, whe said extenuating cir- , , cumstances justified this action. The negro claimed he thought the j checks were sent him for MisJis.iip- . pi levee work done when he lived at t Ci iro, 111. lit offered to restore the . money to the g'wernment. ( —o , Bloomington Police Told of Theft by Long Distance i Bloomington, Ind., Aug. 24.- (U.R) 1 Bloomington police today learned through officers in Mattoon, 111., that ; 1 the Illnois Central agent right in their i own town had just been held up and i robbed of S7B. ) Here is how the freak report was ) 1 made: ’ ‘ Two men entered the station, held 1 1 up the agent, bound him and left with all the money on hand —only 1 S7B. They escaped with a companion 1 who was in a. car outside. , The agent wriggled to a telephone, knocked the receiver from the hook * ano was connected with the Mattoon office; he reported the robbery. Mattorn officers reported to Indianapolis, and Indianapolis police called officers . in Bloomington. It was thought the bandits had been tipped off that a much larger > amount of money would be in the agent’s possession.

PROPOSED TAX' ! RATE IS SAME FOR DECATUR Civil City Rate Is Set at 71 Cents — School City Reduces Its Rate SCHOOL TAX RATE IS 1 CENT LOWER The civil city’s proposed tax rate for next year remains the same, 71 cents on the SIOO and the Decatur school board’s Proposed levy is one cent lower, totaciig $1.42 on the $lO3, according to the estimates given m the budgets prepared by these 'v.-> taxing bodies. The total of the civil city's budge: is $54,835.00. From this total a credit of $8,058.50, for revenue obtained other than through taxation is deducted, making the net total of* the budget, $46,776.50. The 71 cent levy, figured on the city's net assessed valuation of $6,588,240. will yield exactly that amount. There are no cnanges in the budget this year as compared with the totals for last year, except in the appropriations for fire protection. This appropriation was increased this year, because of the final payment on th" new fire truck and the 1.000 feet of additional fire hose, purchased during the year. Other funds remain about the same, with a few additions, including SSO for the American Legion Memorial day program, the employing of an attendant at the comfort station and a few minor appropriations. School City's Levy The Decatur school hoard reduce 1 its total rate one cent on the SIOO, taking one-half cent from the bond fund and one-half cent from the special school fund. The proposed rate for next year is $1.42 on the SIOO. Last year's rate was $1.43. The total of the school board budget is $93,777.33, the uppropriation for the payment of teachers being the largest item in the budget. The appropriation for this fund is $62,423.92. M. F. Worthman, city superintendent of schools, made the following statement this morning concerning the school board’s budget and the proposed tax rate: "The school board in a meeting last evening computed the tax rate for school purposes for the coming year. The bond fund rate was reduced onehalf per cent and the special fund (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) LEGIONNAIRES GO TO RICHMOND Six Members of Adams Post Leave Tonight For State Meet Six members of the Adams post of the American Legion will leave tonight for Richmond where they will attend the annual state convention of that organization, in session August 25 to 28. Leo Ehinger, Paul Graham and Lloyd Baker will represent the local post as delegates. The three alternates to the convention. Otto Gase, Frank Schumacher and Dee Fryback also will attend the convention. The local delegates are sponsoring the name of James Patschell. Union City, present Eighth District Legion commander, as state commander to succeed Fred Wiecking of Bluffton, whose term expires. There also has been some talk about a local Legionnaire being a, qjindida'e for district commander, but no public decision has been reached and the delgeates were instructed to use their own judgement concerning the placing of a local candidate in the field. The local post will be second in the state parade to be held Sunday afternoon, winning that place because of its great increase in membership during the last year. The entire eighth district will be first in the (parade, with Muncie leading and Decatur second. Executive sessions of the state organization will be held tonight and tomorrow, with local delegates participating. The Decatur men stated tha*. they would stay with Patschell throughout the race and were confident he would lie named state commander.

Furnished Hy L Biled Frees

Heads Air Line ? 'fli I l . ! < 1 Carl Ben Eieloon, remembered for his polar flight with Sir Hubert Wilk- ■ ins. for which he received the Con- , gressional Medal of Honor, has become the executive head of the newly , formed Alaska Airways, Inc. LADSERIOUSLY INJURED TODAY Lawrence Tindal, 6, Thrown From Wagon This Morning and Run Over Lawrence Tindal. 6. son of Mr. and Mr . Sam Tindal of North Third street was seriously injured about 10 o’clock this morning when his arm was caught in the spokes of a wagon I on which he was riding and he was • thrown to the ground and run over. The lad was playing across the •street from his home on Third street and was riding on the wagons b‘dng , used to excavate a lot. where a new residence is lieing built. He climbed on top the wagon-load of dirt and in some manner ills right arm became caught in a wheel. Before he could notify the driver, he was thrown from the wagon and ' the rear wheels pulled him along several feet, before passing over him. Ed Whitright who witnessed the acciden’, carried the boy into his 1 home and a physician was summoned. The attending physician stated that the lad suffered a broken right arm and had several serious cute and body bruises. One side of the boy’s head was badly torn and scraped and his body received some bad bruises, several of which it was necessary to stitch. The boy also suffered severely from the shock, and the attending physician stated that It would be necessary to wait a few hours for a further examination. 1 The lad was taken to the Adams County Memorial hospital this afternoon. where his wounds were dressed and an X-ray picture taken to ascer- . tain the extent of his injuries. o Attempts New Record Roosevelt Field, N. Y., Aug. 24. — (U.R) —Capt. Roscoe Turner flew west into a fog at 5:21 A. M. (EST) to- , day in quest of the transcontinental flight record held by Capt. Frank Hawks. Turner's destination is Los Angeles and he plans to make stops for refueling at Cincinnati, Tulsa, and Albuquerque.

“Homewood” Was Camp For Gypsies 50 Years Ago

I. Memories of her childhood, spent in 1 what is now “Homewood". Decatur’s 1 newest sub-division, were recalled to1 day. when Mrs. Cora Miller, who was successful in naming the new subdivi1 sion, called at the Daily Democrat to ' thank the judges for her prize in the ■ title contest. 1 Mrs. Miller recalled many of the > happy incidents which had occurred in s Iter childhood when she played and - hunted het its, on the very spot which she named "Homewood", and which t in a few years will contain many of I Decatur’s newest homes. The suit-division, which will be sold I in city lo'.s soon, was a tloods 51) years I ago. Mis. Miller stated that for many ■ years it was a rendevous for gypsies, - and every summer the children of Decatur, with some older person, would

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WINS BATTLE WITH STORMS ON FIRST DAY Reports Say Graf Is Far Out in Pacific Ocean on American Flight FUR COATS ARE BE IN G WORN Tokio, Aug. 21.-(U.R) Flying high and fast over the steamer lane to the American northwest the dirigible Grid’ Zeppelin was speeding across the Pacific ocean today, well on her wav to Los Angeles in the Japan-to-California leg of her flight armind the world. The Japanese communications department announced that tlie Zeppelin’s position at 9 p.m. (7 a.m. EST) was 43:05 north, 174:10 east. The position is about 1,850 miles northeast of Tokio. The Zeppelin was nearing the international date line, at which time .-he will drop a day and turn back to Saturday morning. seven hours slow of eastern standard time. The passengers were fur-clad because of the cold. The three Japanese who boarded the Graf at Tokio after a hot summer # in their capital of Japan, wore the greatest suffereres from the cold. They were swathed in their win’er underclothes and in sweaters. One of the Japanese correspondents, filing radios to his newspapers. complained that his fingers were so cold he could hardly write. At 6 p.m. today (4 a.m. EST), the Otchichi Radio station reported the Graf’s position at. 168:30 east. 43 north and travelling at 60 miles per hour The position indicated that the dirigible had travelled 1,600 miles since she left the Kasumigaura airport at 3:15 p.m. yesterday and was travelling along the Yokohoma-Se-attle steamer lane. The message revealed that travelling at the speed -she was going the <lirigil|e[ should reach Los Angeles by 6 p.m.. (EST) Monday. She was making 60 miles an hour without difficulty. The storms which the Graf had encountered during the early stages of her journey had abated today and it was hoped that t,he ship would reach the American coast without any further trouble. The Graf originally was scheduled to follow a groat circle across the Pacific, but the dangerous weather caused Dr. Eckener to change his plans. No’ until the Graf reached a (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O ■ DELAY THREAT CAUSES WORRY Tariff Bill Causes Concern Among Democrats and Republicans Washington, Aug. 24. —(U.R)— The threat of Republican leaders to sidetiack their new tariff bill unless congress passes it by Jan. 1 has aroused some apprehension and speculation here in congressional ranks concerning the ultimate fate of the measure around which a close bitter contest is now brewing. Democrats saw in the threat a possibility the Republicans might << OXTIM IID <lB PAGE FIVE)

go to the woods and marvel at the methods of living and camping, demonstrated by the gypsy bands. She said that on many occasions she would go to the woods with her .•randmother, Delinda Ellsworth, to hunt herbs. Mrs. Miller said that her grandmother. for many years, was her community's "medicine maker" and that they would hunt for hours for certain roots and herbs to make new medicines for some particular ailment or disease, prevalent in the community. Mrs. Millet. who is the oldest daughter of the late Jacob Railing, Civil wtr veteran, who died about a year ago, ' stated that it was a happy time for her, when she learned that she had ’ been successful in naming her old play--1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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