Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1929 — Page 1

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ROAD 16 EAST TO OHIO TO BE PAVED

GRAf ZEPPELIN lands safely ATLOS ANGELES Gtot C T±L eS Third Leg of World Trip In Record Time fights storm * ACROSS PACIFIC I, l )S A:ig'.’l-, 26.— U.R;—From Tokio to Los Angeles is but a single span. Graf’ Zeppelin, the world-en-cinling German airship, made it todav when she moored to J mast at Mines field.. The mooring was the sky liner s first direct contact with the earth since she sailed away fron’ Kasumigaura air base in Janan less than 80 hours ago. However the authors of aviation tjstory may record the transpacific utage'cf the Graf's flight around the world, th peopte of Los Angeles mad.' an uproarious event of its arrival here. Upward of 100,000 per-] Sl , ns v.ho had cheered themselves hoarse trying to match the screaming »I siieiß since the Graf first swung into sight, reached new heights of noise making when the giant dirigible wa- fastened to its mast at 5:35 (Cs) a.m. tPCT), 7:36 a.m. (CST. Since 1:52 a.m. when she first appeaied over Mines field the Graf had tsen sa ling hack and forth across the city, waiting-for the sun to disperse the fog which had shrouded her npproach. Since early evening tire crowd had been gathering, many bringing their lunch and camp stools on which they sat or stood behind the airport's wire fence. Twelve thousand men in uniforms of police and army the spectators back 900 feet from the concrete base of the mast so that tfie ship would have plenty of room for its landing. Contemplating an easy flight from here to Lakehurst, N. J.. Or. Eckener plans to send eight members of his crew east by airplane to assist in arranging mooring details at Lakehurst The official time of the trip from the takeoff in Tokio to the landing in Los Angeles was 79 hours and 22 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 New Rules Announced for St. .Joseph School Children who will be six years of age by February 1, 1930, may start to school at the St. Joseph Catholic school in September, it was announced yesterday by Rev. Father J. A. Hesston at the masses at the St. Marys Catholic church. N'o exceptions will be made to this rale, it was stated. The two-year commercial course formerly conducted in the high school, will be augmented wilt the high school this year and there will not be any special commercial course, Father Hesston stated. 0 tlh SWIMMING POOL IS GLOSEO Mater Will Be Drained Out Immediately—Sunday Has Last Day The Decatur Municipal Swimming Wol wa- closed Sunday afternoon for e year. The decision to close was J“Me Saturday night, following a conerenee between Max Kidd, supervisor Hie pool and the committee in charge. ’fhe pool usually closes September - nit because of cooler weather the tew days and because of the fact ?' Teachers' Institute and high w OO football practice start this e ■ it was decided to close the tank yesterday. fhc Municipal pool was opened four I rs ag0 ' ai >d has provided a playbn?", for Becatur children and grown .'■'’cry summer since. It always has he custom to have a local teachi' 11 * lla j'Se of the pool as supervisor De la . 26 . ant * 1927 ' Herbert Curtis, hid | Ut school athletic director Titom aTg - e ° f the D ° ol ' 1,1 1928 BrycH «n<i tn-' lnstructor at Central school coach " 18 ,year Max Kida - was supervisor. The pool is -ss all children.

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Nanking Rocked and 17 Are killed in Explosions Nanking, Aug. 26.—(U.R)--A series of tremendous explosions in a munitions dump on the outskirts of the city today caused the deaths of 17 I persons and did damage estimated nt 1 j several millions of dollars. Fifty houses situated near the dump were leveled by the blasts and , the entire populace of Nanking was , terrified, necessitating establishment I of martial law. Authorities were unable to learn exact cause of the explosions, which occurred near the western gate of the city and lasted for more than' I two hours. It was feared that possibly many I I other persons hail been killed by the i blasts and their bodies buried in the | debris. t Armed guards patrolled the s'reets , of the city and a double cordon of ( guards was thrown around the area damaged by the explosions. ADAMS COUNTY LADY ENDS LIFE Mrs. Fred Ostermeyer, 66, of Preble Township, Found Dead Sunday Mrs. Fred Osertneyer, 66. wellknown lady of Preble township ended her own life by hanging, in a grove near the Ostermeyer home Sunday. Mrs. O termeyer had been in ill health for some time. The body was found in the grove by a son, Theodore Ostermeyer. who resides with his parents. Mrs. Ostermeyer left the house, apparently to go on some errand and when she failed to return a search was started. The body was found in the grove, a short distance from the home. , Mrs. Ostermeyer was born in Preble township, February 21. 1863. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Eickhoff. Thirty-six years ago she was united in marriage to Fred Ostermeyer, who survives. Mrs. Ostermeyer was a faithful member of the Friedheim Lutheran church and she was well-known and highly respected in her community. She had been in ill health for the last several months, and apparently she became despondent over her condi- | tion. ; Surviving are the husband, Fred | Ostermeyer and the following children: O’.to Ostermeyer. Martin Oster-1 meyer. Theodore Ostermeyer, all of Preble township; Edwin Ostermeyer of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Martin Gallmeyer of Wells county. Ten grandchildren also survive as do the following brothers and sisters: ' Christ Eickhofi'. of Preble township; Ernst Eickhoff, Natoma. Kas.; Mrs. William Conrad. Junction City, Kas.; I William Eickhoff, Fort Wayne; Fred 1 Eickhoff. Mrs. August Scheuman. Mrs. Henry 'Koenemann and Mrs. Fred 1 Koenemann of Preble township. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon from the home in Preble township at 1:30 o’clock (sun time). The Rev. C. B. Preuss will I have charge of the services. Place i of burial has not yet been announced. o Allen County Woman Is Killed in Auto Accident Mrs. Etta Bowers, 56. Allen County I was killed Saturday night in an automobile crash at the intersection of the Decatur and Tillman roads, near Fort Wayne. Her son Charles, 21, who was driving the car, was seriously injur- ’ ed their car collided with a car driven by Sylvester Horstman, 20 of Oliver street, Fort Wayne. Horstman was going south on the Decatur road and ; the Bowers car approached from the . east on the Tillman road. It was stated , by Horstman that Bowers did not stop at the intersection. Mrs. Bowers had -a crushed skull and punctured lung , and died a few minutes after being taken to the St. Joseph hospital. . —o i Mexican Beauty Winner 1 Shoots and Kills Husband < . t Mexico City, Aug. 26—(UP)—Maria Taresa De Landa, the “Miss Mexico" of 1928 at the Galveston beauty con- ■ test, shot and killed her husband Suni day because of the disgrace she claim- ’ ed he had brought upon her when he • was placed on trial for bigamy. The husband, Gene Moises Vidal, ■ was accused by his first wife of ills- ' gaily marrying the celebrated beauty. » Last week he was arersted and his I ease, which attracted wide attention i here, was under way in the fourth peni al couit. His first wife charged that she had two children by him.

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JEWISH-ARAB DEATH TOLL IS PLACED AT 120 t —■ '-I '.I IB — .Jerusalem, City of Peace, Transferred Into Armed City of War RIOTING SPREADS INTO PALESTINE ' Jerusalem, Aug. 26. —(U.R>— This! age-old cradle of the apostle of peace. | tolerance and universal good will was j tin ned into an armed camp today as ' the bloody warfare between the Jews j and the Arabs became more in'ensi-i fied and even began to spread to the very heart of Palestine. Tim toll of dead since the fighting began last Friday was estimated today to number 120, including 12 American students at the Rabbinical Seminary of Palestine, at Hebron. New reinforcements of British troops were being rushed to Jerusalem and other centers from every nearby British colony. Several warships, traveling under full steam, were en I route to the port, of Jaffa. Braving the strong British guard which had been given orders to fire if necessary, hundreds of Arabs stormed the Jewish suburb of Talpiot ; shortly after midnight today and re-11 tired only after a severe battle. The j 1 sniping, however, continued ami the I Britishers were on the lookout for I i another and more concentrated at-[ tack. New reinforcements of British troops arrived from Malta and Cairo . and more were coming into Jerusalem I hourly. The city of Jerusalem was so I well patrolled that the outbreaks today began to spread to other points, i at the Jewish Agricultural settlement of Emek Israel at Nahallal. near. I Nazareth, and at points near Jaffa. The Arabs seemed to be well orga- ] nized. They attacked in fuil force at i several places. They set fire to the j communist colony near Talpiot and also attempted to burn the synagogue at Hebron. They were well organized along the highways and stopped every passing automobile searching for Jews. The Jewish police were informed (CONTINUED ON PAGE THttEE) CROWDS PACK LOCAL STORES Saturday Reported To Be Heaviest Trading Day of Year in Decatur Saturday was one of the biggest trading days of the Year in Decatur, according to local business men. It is estimated that more than 12,000 people were in Decatur Saturday night, and the business section was crowded until almost midnight. Automobiles were parked for five blocks from the business section in all directions and all vacant lots were filled with visitors' automobiles. The crowd began gathering in Decatur about noon Saturday and by evening, it was almost impossible for ■ motorists to park within a five-block ■ radius of the business district. ■ Local merchants kept their stores open until after midnight and a steady i stream of customers kept filing ■ through Decatur stores until late at i night. Both day and night police forces • were used to contiol the traffic and ■ the evening passed without an acciI dent. i “Each week more traders come to I Decatur stores, because they realize > that the local merchants have the I best goods to offer at the best prices," : an official of the Decatur advertising ■ association said today “As long as we continue to give the people the best values, the crowds will continue," he concluded. —r- O Decatur Rotarians To Visit Portland Club i Several Decatur Rotarians will go to Portland Tuesday to attend a district Rotary meeting at the Country Club. The Portland club will be host ’ to the clubs or group three and to the Decatur and B'uffton clubs. There ' will be a golf m itch tn the afternoon and a dinner in the evening. Among i those from here who are going arc Ed Coffee, Ferd O'Brien. Will Klepper. W. A. Lower, Eno Lankenau and C. O. Porter president of the Decatur club.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 26, 1929.

New Minister to U. S. A 9’W"we■ ■w- -, „• ■ Dr. Don Ernesto Argueto. newly 1 appointed Minister from Honduras, 1 has arrived in Washington to take up his duties. He is pictured here as he ■ left the White House after formal introduction to President Hoover. BEGIN PLANS TO CLEAN CEMETERY Reynolds Cemetery Assn. Is Formed Saturday—To Start Drive for Funds The Reynolds Cemetery Association was formed Saturday evening at a meeting held in the offices of Len-; hart, Heller & Schurger, attended by a number of interested parties. Trustees elected were: Solomon] Sheets, three years; Amos Fisher. | two years, and James Hurst, one year. l The organization was then completed) by the election of Amos Fisher as president. Mr. Hurst, secretary, and ' Mr. Sheets, treasurer. A campaign will be immediately inaugurated to raise a permanent fund sufficient to thoroughly clean and beautify the cemetery. The interest from the permanent fund will be used to maintain the cemetery grounds. Reynolds cemetery is located about two miles northeast of Decatur and a number of prominent pioneers of this section are buried there, including John Reynolds, one of the founders of Decatur; Thomas Archbold, the only revolutionary soldier buried in Adams county and a number of I others. It would be a fitting tribute] if suitable monuments were erected I to both these men. In numerous I places much work is now being done by the American Legion w other organization and it is hoped sufficient interest will be manifest here to perpetuate this cemetery’ o Mr. and Mrs. I). B. Erwin to Return September 1 Word was received by Decatur friends today that Mr. and Mrs. D. It. Erwin, who have been visiting in the west for the last several weeks, will return to this city September 1. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin stated that they are enjoying the trip. They had a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Sellemeyer in California, and report them in good health, but homesick tor a Decatur visit..

DECATUR GETS LOWER FIRE INSURANCE RATES FOR HOMES New fire insurance rate books received this morning from the Indiana Inspection Bureau, announce new ra*es in Decatur effective today, Monday August 26, ir. follows: Frame dwellings with shingle roof, 75c per SIOO for three years, h-aine dwellings with approved roof, 55c per SIOO for three years. Brick dwellings with approved roof. 45c per SIOO for three years. These a’e substantial reductions and will mean much to every home owner am l householder who carries insurance. No orders have been received so far as to the promiser reduction of the basic rate for business houses but it is expected this will follow through in a few days since every requirement asked by the inspection bureau has now been met.

Decatur Citizen Urges Sewage Disposal Plant

TEACHERS MEET i IN INSTITUTE AT HIGH SCHOOL Music and Two Addresses Feature Opening Session of 3-Day Meet ATTENDANCE IS REPORTED LARGE The opening session of the annual Adams county institute started in the [Decatur high school gymnasium at :• j o'clock this morning with a large at- ! tendance and great interest in the ] speakers marking the morning. Professor G. A. Leiituan, head of the deI partment' of musre at Earlham college. Richmond, bad charge of the music at the morning sessing. Prof. Lehman immediately' became j popular with those attending the sesjsion and the music was one of the big features of the first day's meetings. [During the morning session. County [Superintendent Clifton Striker made I several announcements .and then J. T. Co',ton Noe. head of the educationla! department of Kentucky I'niver--ity. Lexington, delivered the opening address. Prof. Noe impressed on the teachers that the important thing was not Jie method of teaching but the result attained. Prof. Noe is scheduled io address each session of the institute. Following a brief recess in the morning and a period of music. A. E. Martin, former county superintendent of schools in Elkhart county delivered a fine address. Mr. Martin, who • has long been a popular speaker in nor on Woodrow Wilson. Afternoon Session At the opening of the afternoon session at 1:15 o'clock music consumed the first part, of the program. Prof. [Noe delivered another instrumental addre-s on education, which was of [an interes'ing nature. Following a short intermission an(CONTINUED ON PAGE THttEE) LABOR TRIAL BEGINS TO!)AY 16 Face Murder Charge as Outgrowth of Textile Worker’s Strike Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 26.—'U.P> - The eyes of the labor world were turned today where a tiny courtroom here-where 13 men and three women textile strikers went on trial I charged with murdering Police Chief JO. F. Aderholt of Ccstonia on the I night of June 7. J Aderholt died of wounds received ■in a shotgun battle with strikers (CONTINUED ON PAtiE THREE) O Lee Schoenhair Starts Non-stop Air Race Today I * Los Angeles. Aug. 26 —(UP)— Lee Schoenhair, flying a Lockheed Vega Wasp, started the men's non-stop ■ speed flights from Los Angeles to Cle- . veland for the national air meet at ■ 12:35 A. M. (PST) today when he hopI ped off from Metropolitan airport here. Other contestants in the race were ■ to follow on the 2,100 miles course later today and Tuesday. The entrants ini elude Capt. Roucoe Turner, Capt. II O'. C. Leßoutillier, all prominent fliers. The race will be decided on the best I elapsed time.

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C. E. Hocker Endorses Editorial and Recommends Improvement for City A letter was received by the Daily i Democrat today concerning an editor- [ ial in Saturday’s issue urging the conI structlon of a sewage disposal plant ■ anil the beautification of the St. Marys I river through Decatur. C. E. Hocker, author of the letter, : tells how Austin, Minnesota, a progressive city of 14,000, eliminated the offuisiveness and filth of river disposal. with a municipal plant. The letter j follows: i Dear Editor: < I read your editorial in the Satur- | day evening Democrat upon the sub- , ject of some sort of a disposal plant for Decatur and was much interested in it and have been impi eased to write | a few words to enforce what you said ( about it. i 1 visited in Austin Minnesota for a _. 1 IIIDTIM tai ox PAGE t ot It, o LEGIONNAIRES i PARADE TODAY Eighth District Posts Lead Gigantic Parade at Richmond This Afternoon Richmond, Ind., Aug. 26. —(U.P) — Today’s session of the Indiana American Legion convention brought the most colorful event of the gathering, the parade with many bands, drum and bugle corps, floats and automobiles in line. , Heading the line was tlie Eighth ! district Legion posts’ memters, hold- . ing the position by virtue of adding mt,re members than any other district in the state. Other districts were represented in order of their membership gains. Spanish-American war veterans were in line, followed by automobiles carrying Fred Weicking. Bluffton, state commander of the I.egion; Gov. Harry G. Leslie and party; Major General Dannis Nolan and aide; Mayor Lawrence Handley anil party; Sen. Arthur Robinson: Rep. Richard N. Elliott and President Elizabeth Eisenbise of the Legion auxiliary. In the reviewing stand were members of the Grand Army of the Repub- : lie and other convention guests. o Bennett Lamb is New Morris Manager Here Bennett Lamb of Franklin, Ind., has been appointed the new manager of the Morris Five and Ten Cent Store - in this city, succeeding C. H. Millet. . Mr. Miller recently purchased a five and ten cent stole in Wauseon. Ohio. He will leave for the Ohio city next ' Monday. Mr. Lamb arrived here today and will assume active management of the store next Monday. > o ri Miss Eva Acker Has Her Arm Fractured Miss Eva Acker, principal of the South Ward school in this city., had the misfortune to fall and fracture her arine as she was leaving her tesidence on South First street to go to the afternoon session of the Adams coun--1 ty teachers’ institute. A physician was ’ summoned at once and the fracture was set. * Miss Acker had just left her rest- ’ dence and when she approached the • sidewalk in front of the house, her ankle turned and she fell, striking her arm against the cement sidewalk. She was reported to lie resting well late this afternoon. t o t Fifty Rescuers Making Effort to Save Man Allegan. Mich., Aug. 26. —(U.K) — Working in short shifts, 50 rescuers shortly before noon today were’ confident they would rescue George Peet, 36-year-old farmer within a few hours from the well where he lias been imprisoned since Saturday afternoon. The rescuers have shored up most of the well to provent another cave in. such as trapped Peet, but were proeeedingly cautiously to avoid disturbing the walls of the well. Peet nimself was helping the rescuers as he had asked them to pass him a shovel and was scraping away part of the debris from his sboulde -s with his free h«r.il.

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ADAMS COUNTY ROAD TO SELL SEPTEMBER 17 State Highway Department to Receives Bids on 100 Miles of Improvement PAVEMENT EXTENDS SIX MILES EAST Contract lor paving six miles of State Hoad 16, front Decatur east Io the Ohio stale line will be let September 17. it was announced today by John J. Brown, state lughway director. Bids will be received on the road running through Decatur on that date together with about 94 miles of other stall road paving contracts, the announcement said. The road, wliieh was taken over by the state a few weeks ago runs from the Ohio state line east of here through Decatur to Huntington. State highway representatives and a local committee consisting of W. A Lower, C. E. Peterson, Paul Graham. Leigh Bowen and J H. Heller secured tlie easements several weeks ago and the road across the half-section line to and designated road number 16. At present the road from Decatur west follows the Harding highway to Huntington. but it is understood that befoie that part* is paved, several changes will lie made in it. The road which will be paved at once follows the Bellmont pavement out Monroe street from Decatur to a point beyond the old entrance to Bell mont park, where it turns due east and goes past Bellmont lake on what is known as the half-section line. There will be three miles of new loadd ,across the halt-section line ‘o the Spuhler road, for one mile, past the Dallas Spuhler farm. From the Spuhler road the new road will follow two miles of mud road east to the Ohio state line. • Word has not yet been received as to when the work of laying the pavement will start, but it is thought the contract will call for immediate construction after the letting of the contract September 17. Other bids to be received for state road paving September 17 include: Four miles on 46 in Washington county, extending the pavement from Canton to Salem: 13 miles in Davies and Washington counties and 12 miles from Seymour to North Vernon, in Jackson and Jennings counties on 50; two miles from Peru Io Leppold’s (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o To Probe Death of Six Toronto People Toronto. Aug. 26—(UP)— Alleged Faulty ether was examined today by government chemists to ascertain whether it was ihe cause of six deaths of patients undergoing operations. The investigation was begun after the death of Mary Cummings. 15. who died tiiree minutes after she had been placed on the operating table of a hospital here. Miss Cummins was in apparent good spirits for her operation. She succumbed befoie the operation was begun. LELAND RIPLEY IS LOW BIBBER Byers and Ripley Drain Is Sold for $1,394 by Ralph Roop, Surveyor The Byers and Ripley drain construction in Blue Creek township was sold today by County Surveyor Ralph Roop to (eland Ripley, low bidder on the ditch. Only two bids were submitted, and the drain sold for $1,394.00 Dick Boch, of this city submitted the other bid which was $1,460. The work on the drain will start at once, Mr. Roop stated today. The contract specifies that the construction must he completed on or before November 1. 1929. The ditch runs 4,020 feet in Blue Creek township. o — Lightning Injures Three Columbus, Ind.. Aug. 26.-IU.R)—■ Three of four men who took refuge in a barn from a storm near here were rendered unconscious when lightning struck the building The 1 barn was destroyed with a loss of $3,000.

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