Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 14 September 1929 — Page 1

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HD PIECES OF SHIP LOST IN LUKE MICHIGAN Bitter Gale RFIIEVE ENTIRE B ( REW WENT DOWN I Chicago. Sept. 14. —<U-PJ - Three ■ rS <>f floating wrwkMe a splint i . cabin door. a wave dented water alt d bits of the Inside trim of /cabin to d a tragic story today ' the fate of the 40-year-old freigh’- .. Andaste w hich sank in latke MichJan with its crew of 25 during a gale Monday niphL. The failure of searching ships to find any bcdie* and the battered condition of the debris, found by a X tug 14 miles off of Holland, M ich indicated that Capt. Albert Alderson and his men went to the bottom with their ship, trapped in the cabin where they had sought refuge from the gale. Tho fierceness of the gale left littie hope that the crew might have survived the lashing sea had they had time to take to the beats which was believed improbable. No trace of the wreckage of any of the Andaste’s boats had been found, although the tugs Freedom and Liberty still circled about the spot where the freighter went down, seeking bodies. The officers on the boat were Capt. Albert Ander on. Stureogn Ray, Wis.: first mate. Charles Brown. Grand Haven, Mich.: second mate, J. J. MrOrdle. Cleveland, O.; engineer, C. J. KFbbev. Pennville. Mich.: second engineer. Ralph Wiley, Renton Harbor, Midi.: and third engineer, Harry 'i. bates. Benton Harbor. Frank Kasperson. Grand Haven. Mich. Cook. Earl Zeitlow, Grand Ha ran; J Bayles, Benton Haris ic Fred Nienhonse. Kerry shut g, Michigan: W Lorenz. Grand Rapids. Michigan: Theodore Jorgenson. Owen. Wiscons n.l Clifford Gould. Ashville, N. C.: Harry Raymond. Chicago and the following i whose addresses are unknown H. Wittaker. John Anderson. Mr. Green. Darwin Smith. Orville Johnson. S. Echmftman George Ratcliff, William Joslyn and T. Cocas. The Andaste wrecked was picked up by the fishing tug Bertha G. But fits master Capt. George Van Hall, did not reach port with the news until late yesterday He took the debris to Grand H..vcn. Michigan from where the Andaste set out' Monday night on a trip to Chicago. George Evans and Joe Collins, Grand Haven, members of the And iste’s crew who had been left behind on the last trip, identified •covTivt F.n ov rwiK i'ivr.> — —o BULLETIN The condition of both Richard Lewton and Fred Brokaw who were injured Thursday evening in an automobile accident in this city was reported at noon today to be “satisfactory”, by the attending physician. Both young men were resting well and chances for their recovery were regarded as favorable. SHEEP THEFT IS DEPORTED Clue Is Obtained And Arrests Are Expected In Few Days Ollis Chronister of this city report r*'l the theft of nine head of sheep trom his sheep ranch east of this city. «e theft occurred Thursday night and an investigation by Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth showed that the thieves rove into the field with a wagon or automobile and loaded the animals into a truck. Several clues have been obtained “ n “ neighboring stock markets are bewat<h «l carefully in an effort to ' i the thieves when they make at, "' ,rt 'o sell the Chronister animals, /’'■''era! thefts of this sort have been °rted, Sheriff Hollingsworth said Oll “?j anrt offlclals bav e a good clue !K 1 t 0 w ork. At least two arrests 111 the next few dayth » * a » said today. * Recover Stolen Car c /' erl . ff Hollingsworth recovered a ago v Bedan ’ 8tole “ several days Ing n Wert ' Ohio ' Frlda y mornton taldge Th?’ 8 CUy n#ttr tIW Le "- niorni., 8 . Th car was r « tur ned this 6 to Van Wert County officials.

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Agricultural Show Features — — .-Ml ■dfaftWSaim . M •*£.'» Th” horse pull‘ng contest, pictured above, given in connection with the horse show, shows the Dan Lehman team winning tire Thursday contest. The team prilled £.450 pounds pressure, equivalent to moving a 32,000 pound load. On Friday, th” Lloyd Bowman team, in the contest for team weighing over 3,000 pounds, pu.led 2.600 pounds, equal to a load of 34,000 pounds. The above picture shows Miss Elma Steury with Hengerweld Ormsby Creator, the “1929 State Champion Jnior Heifer.” This pure bred Holstein calf wort the state horrors at the state fair, Indianapolis, and was exhibited at the cattle snow here. Miss Steury is a member of the Adams county calf club. She lives in Monroe township and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Steury, are progressive farmers of Adr nn county. Mr. Steury was the owner of the litter of 17 pigs exhibited at the swine show.

SENATE TO CALL MANY WITNESSES Will Investigate Break-Up Os 1927 Disarmament Meet At Geneva By Paul R. Mallon, UP Staff Correspondent Washington, Sept. 14—(U.R)—While President Hoover and his advisers were discussing the new proposed December disarmament conference downtown, a senate subtcommittee convened in executive session today to plan an investigation of who broke up the last disarmament conference at Geneva in 1927. A list of invitations to prospective witnesses were sent out in advance of the meeting by Chairman Shortridge, California, who said none of the parties to be examined would be subpoened unless they declined the personal invitation. The guest list of the committee was understood to include William B. Shearer, naval expert, who has sued three American shipbuilding concerns for back salary he says he earned representing them at the Geneva arms conference; officials of the Bethlehem, Newport News and the BrownBoveri Shipbuilding companies, and several of the witnesses in the suit which Shearer has filed in New York. The hearing probably will not be started until next week because one member of the sub-committee, Allen of Kansas, must be absent from the city the early part of next week. According to the three committee members, Shortridge, Allen and Robinson of Arkansas, the inquiry will be confined to Shearer’s alleged activities at Geneva and will not go into the lobbying in Washington. “It would accomplish nothing to go wanderings off on an endless inquiry of propagandists.’’ Robinson told the United Press. “The proposition before us. is not so much one of propaganda, but whether an American citizen sought to interpose himself in our foreign relations.” MAN KILLS SELF English, Ind.. Sept. 14. —(U.R) —Demented as a result of wounds sustained in the world war, Herschel! Miller, 35, committed su.'t |de near here by blowing himself to pieces with a stick of dynamite. It was said that Miller placed the lighted dynamite inside his coat. Mrs. R. T. Lawless, a sister, at whose home Miller took his life, summoned neighbors earlier in the day when her brother became demented. She said he had suffered with nervous disorders since the war.

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THANKS HIS AIDES I I I certainly wisn to heartily * thank all those who so kindly helped in making the 1929 fair the greatest fair ever held in this j city. Every committee member ‘ worked faithfully and the sue- I cess of the entire week was | brought about by the great serv- | ice the committees performed. I also wish to thank the Junior band and the General Electric i band for the work which they did. | It was a pleasure to work with j the Street Fair Committee. Paul H. Graham, General chiarman. ♦ ; TWO SMALL TOTS DROWN IN RIVER Bodies Are Recovered At Indianapolis Summer Resort Today Indianapolis, Sept. 14.— (U.R) —A broken toy wagon remained today as a mute witness to the drowning of Mary Lou Barker, 3, and Gladys May Fryberger. 4, in White River at Ravenswood. Indianapolis’ summer colony. In what manner the little girls drowned probably always will remain a mystery, no one having witnessed the tragedy. The two, playmates since they were old enough to play, disappeared shortly before the dinner hour. Frantic calls by their mothers failed to find the children. Then, Mary Wyline, 6, a playmate of the two drowned children. cried out that “she saw something In'the river” —it proved to be the body of Mary Lou. Sometime later Gladys May's body was found lodged against a cement wall which serves as a breakwater. Several men, working in relays, attempted to revive the children, but to no avail. A woman living near the scene said she head a cry which she believed to have been just “children at play.” Police said they believed the shout was from one of the children for help after the other had toppled into the water. It generally was believed that one of the children fell into the water and that the other was drowned when she attempted to save her playmate. - A small, battered toy wagon, was found on the bank where the children had been playing.

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JUDGE SUTTON IS UPHELD BY INDIANA COURT State Appellate Court Affirms Bauermeister Heirs’ Damage Suit OTHER SUITS MAY FOLLOW Indianapolis, Sept. 14.—(Special) — The Indiana Appellate court Friday ( handed down a decision confirming the judgement of the Adams Circuit ■ court awarding the heirs of Herman Bauermeister $9,000 as Jhe result of a typhoid fever epidemic occurring in Fort Wayne in 1923. resulting in ( more than 20 deaths. The case was venued to the Adams . circuit court and Judge Jesse C. Sutton awarded $9,000 to the Bauermeist- , er heirs agaitfst the City of Fort , Wayne and the Pennsylvania railroad. ( The epidemic was said to have start- ( ed when the city water pipes in some manner became connecterl with the ( Pennsylvania raw river water supply, , thereby contaminating the city water supply. It is thought that because of the , success of the Bauermeister tiase several other ones will be filled ny Fort Wayne residents. The epidemic in Fort Wayne came in 1923 in Novem-. her and December and resulted in 147 , cases and more than 20 deaths. The case was retied to the Adams circuit court and lasted in this city for six weeks. There were many interesting legal disputes in connection with the case. The Appellate court’s action in upholding Judge Sutton closes the six year legal battle. o_ Wells County Veteran Visits Local Fair A. W. Sours of Nottingham township. Wells county was in Decatur today attending the Free Street Fair Mr. Sours ie 82 years ot age and is a former Nottingham township trustee. He has been a reader of the Daily Democrat for 55 years. o Man Escapes Jail Versailles, Ind.. Sept. 11. — (U.R) — Horace Peters, 19, charged with the murder ot Miss Mabel Van Osdol. 18, Osgood, was a fugitive today from the Ripley county jail here, having escaped Friday night while being served a meal. In his dash for liberty, the young prisoner knocked down Mrs. Albert J. Pelsor and a servant girl, just after they had unlocked the door of his cell to serve the food. A 10-year-old son of the sheriff endeavored to stop Peters as he ran through the building and pursued him afterward, but was soon left far behind. Throughout the night posses of citizens directed by officers searched for the fugitive. ; Miss Van Osdol was shot by Peters April 24 in a store at Osgood where she was employed, because she refused to accompany him to an entertainment. Peters fired two shots into his own body but soon recovered. The i girl died in July. Peters was free on SIOOO bond while the girl fought death, but was arrested when the end came on a first degree murder charge and held without bail. o ; Helen Shroll Receives High Teaching Honor . Miss Helen Shroll. daughter qf Mr. - and Mrs. Harve Shroll of this city. ■ has been selected to teach in the secI ond and third grades of the Model school, Indianapolis. Miss Shroll is ■ a student at the State Teacher's col- • lege and recognition of her efforts . and ability as a teacher came In the splendid appointment. This is Miss ■ Shroll’s second year at the Teacher’s ; college and her many friends in this city were to hear of the recog- - nition given her. The Model school > is located near the teacher’s college. ' * * WILL VIEW PARADE : | ) • | All members of the general com- ! i i mittee of the Decatur Free Street I I i Fair Association are asked to | j report at the band stand at the j > corner of Madison and Third 1 streets at 7:45 o’clock tonight to | > judge and view the final parade, j The parade will form promptly j i at 8 o’clock, it was announced. ■i 1

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BENJAMIN SMITH DIES SUDDENLY Prominent Local Druggist Dies Following Illness Os An Hour Beniamin .1. Smith. 61, prominent druggist and business man of this city died suddenly at 11:30 o'clock this morning at his home on Fourth street, following an attack of acute indigestion. Mr. Smith became ill at about 10:45 o'clock this morning at the Smith, Yager & Falk drug store and was taken to his home by a local physician. He seemed to rally from the attack and the Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz. pastor of the St. Marys Catholic church was called. Upon entering the room. Mr. Smith remarked to Father Seimetz. “I’m feeling alright now Father." He died a few- minutes later. The local physician stated that M r . Smith had been a sufferer from indigestion for several years. Benjamin J. Smith, son of Joseph Smith. Jr., was born in this city. February 2. 1868 and spent hist entire life here. Educated in the parochial schools he became a clerk in the Holthouse and Blackburn drug store. In 1891 he became a partner in the firm and has since been connected with the stole which far many years has been known as the Smith. Yager and Falk drug stere. He has been active In various business enterprises and recognized as one of Decatur's leading business men and most progressive citizens. Mr. Smith was married in Decatur to Elizabeth Forbing, daughter of Mr. and Mis. Peter Forbing. The widow and five children survive, they being Miss Estella. Miss Virginia and Miss Rosemary and Othmar, all at home, and Elmo of Bellvue, Ohio. The deceased was a faithful member of the St. Mary's Catholic church and of the Knights of Columbus, Fourth Degree and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. o FIRE RAZES BUILDING Evansville, Ind., Sept. 14 —(UP) — The building of the automotive electric company was in ruins today after being swept by fire last night. Losses were estimated at $65,000. The blaz? of unknown origin spread rapidly throughout the building ana for a time threatened to engulf adjoin ■’ng stiuc ures. Several barrels of g isoline and paint fed the flames. TO GIVE TALK ON RECENT TRIP Miss Ruth Sunderman Will Speak At Morning Service Os Local Church Miss Ruth Sunderman, instructor of English in the South Bend high school and a daughter of Rev. and Mrs. M. W. Sunderman of this city will deliver a lecture on her recent trip to Europe at the First Evangelical church in this city at 10:15 o'clock Sunday morning. Among the interesting topics on which Miss Sunderman will speak will he her visit to the League of Nations where a committee was discussing International standardization" ot measurements and other international questions. Miss Sunderman also will tell of her visit to HeideP'erg, during the week of the presentation of the Shakespearian plays. During her vis’t in Holland Miss Sunderman was a guest on some of the northern islands where the natives still wear wooden shoes and dress in the quaint Holland costumes. The speaker also will give interesting incidents concerning her visit to the ancient cathedrals of Europe. The address will be open to the public and the members of the Evangelical congregation are especially asked to note the Sunday program. o i— —— RETURN INDICTMENTS Indianapolis, Sept. 14.—(U.R) —In a partial report, the federal grand jury returned 78 indictments, naming approximately 100 persons. Those indicted will be arraigned Sept. 21 before Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell. The jury will reconvene Monday after being adjourned yesterday.

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James Burk Writes letter Summing Up Visit To World Jamboree A letter written to the subscribers of the Daiy Democrat from James Burk while he was attending the World Jamltoree of the Boy Scouts was in some manner lost in the mall. "Jimmie" gladly wrote the following letter to supplement the lost manuscrlpt: Dear Friends: Since my Jamboree letter was lost in the mail I’ll try to tell you some i of the most Important things that happened. 1 lie Fort Wayne unit was put in a sub-camp with the group and were called camp 15. The American contingent was divided into 17 sub-camps. Our tents and cots were furnished by the United States government, as well as our blankets of which we had four each and all of our big cooking pans and stoves and tab es. The American camp was very well equipped and a quartermaster from each camp drew the day’s ration from the commissary every evening. We had quite a bit of time to visit the foreign camps and they were quite crowded and poor compared to ours. tUONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) LOCAL BIDDERS BUY LITTERS Mutschler And Schmitt Are High Bidders At Sale Held Friday The Mutschler Packing company and H. P. Schmitt purchased all the pigs in the ton litters which were sold at public auction by Col. Fred Reppert. Friday afternoon at the swine show, held in connection with the street fair. A premium of from one-half cent to a cent and a quarter per pound was paid by the two meat concerns. The higher price was paid in the spirit of encouraging the hog raisers of Adams county to raise better stock and in appreciation of the efforts of the members of the ton Utter organization. The owners of the litters received the sale money. Ferd Christen, county agent stated this meriting that the exhibit was the first ton litter exhibit of its kind ever held in the state and he expressed his appreciation to the exhibitors for bringing the litters to the show. The Mutschler Packing companypurchased 38 head, while Mr. Schmitt purchased 29 head, including the grand champion and reserve grand champion barrows, which he bid in Friday afternoon at the opening of the sale. The official weights of the ton litters are not available for the reason that the required 180 days has not expired. The pigs were weighed in last Monday, this being the 170th day. The approximate weights are given in the list below and the price given is per hundred pounds. The Mutschler Packing company purchased the litters of Enoch P. Habegger, 12 pigs, weight 2400 pounds. I price $lO per 100 pounds; Peter B. I Lehman litter, 13 pigs, price $lO per 100 pounds: Peter B. Lehman litter. 13 pigs, weight 2500 pounds, price. $9.75; Lehman litter of 8 head, weight 1760 pounds, price, $9.50; Lehman litter, 7 head, weight 1450, price, $10.25. Mr. Schmitt purchased 29 head, both ot them being the D. P. Steury litters. One litter of 17 pigs weighed 3760 pounds, price $9.50; Steury litter of 11 pigs, weight 2840 pounds, price $9.50. The local market price Friday was $9.00 a hundred pounds. Mr. Schmitt paid 25 cents a pound for the grand 1 champion barrow and 15 cents for the reserve grand champion barrow. In connection with the ton litter exhibits Ed Neuhauser, French township. had a pure bred Chester White sow and 10 pigs on exhibit yesterday. The pigs were two weeks old. 1 o MAN IS SHOT , Cleveland, Sept 14 —4 UP) —Daniel A’Hern, 28. New York, said to be the nephew of Daniel A'Hern wel known ward leader and member of Tanut'anv Hall, was in a serious condition in Mt. Sinai Hcsptal today after a shooting ’ flay here last night. Three companions of O'Hern, win were with him when the shooting oc- • curred. and an alleged Cleveland boot- ■ legger, Fred Klineman, are being held ■ for questioning In connection with . the shooting.

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LEGION DAV IS OBSERVED AS CLOSING EVENT Largest Crowd of Week Expected To Attend Fair Tonight PARADE AT EIGHT O’GLOCK TONIGHT | The Decatur Free Street Fair entered its fifth and closing day, with hundreds of people arriving early this morning to attend the many festivities planned for the morning, afternoon and night. Saturday is American Legion day and thousands of Legionnaires from northern Indiana will help the local post of the American Legibn with the closing of what visitors term "the greatest street fair Decatur has ever had.’’ At noon today many people were visiting the various free exhibits and every indication pointed to a sucj cessful closing of the five-day jubilee. The sun broke through the clouds early and encouraged concessioners to double their orders for refreshments for the closing aession. Interest continued high in the exhibits and weary managers of the various departments greeted thousands of people, with the expectation that there would be no letup in attendance until late tonight. Free acts are scheduled for all afternoon and evening and several bands and drum corps will furnish plenty of music throughout the closing houra. The biggest parade of the week is scheduled for 8 o’clock tonight. The visiting Legionnaires, drum corps, bands and all local lodges will form a great parade and pass the reviewing stand on Third and Madison streets as the closing program of the big affair. Ail visiting drum corps will enter a contest immediately following the parade. Concessions will be open until midnight and all shows and free acts will run an extra schedule today to take care of the large crowd. The exhibit tents will close at 10 o’clock tonight and all stock owners are asked to see that their entries are cared for. The parade will be viewed • CONTINUED ON PAGE . IVE) o Commission Appointed To Probe Outbreaks London, Sept. 14. —(U.R) —A commission of inquiry into the causes of the recent outbreaks in Palestine was appointed today.J>y Lord Passmore, British colonial secretary, it was officially announced. The commission is composed of Sir Walter Shaw, former chief justice of the Straits settlement; Sir Henry B. Betterton. M. P.; R. H. Morris. M. P.; G. R. Snell. M. P.; and T. I. K. Lloyd, of the colonial office, who will be secretary. Besides inquiring into the causes of the riots between Jewtf and Arabs, the commission will recommend steps to avoid a recurrence. The commission probably will depart for Palestine next month. # o REV. 0. E. MILLER RECEIVES HONOR Re-elected Clerk-Treasurer Os Salamonie Baptist Association The Rev. O. E. Miller, pastor of the , First Baptist church of this city wits re-elected clerk-treasurer of the Sala- . monte Baptist Association at the au- . nual elec'ion of officers held yesterday at the closing session of the Eighty- . ninth convention at Liberty Center The First Baptist church of Bluffton , will entertain the annual meeting of the organization next year, it was decided at the closing business meeting. Great interest was shown in the three day session and a large attendance front the nine participating churches I was recorded. ? Other officers elected at the organit za'ion meeting included; Rev. J. H. >’ Mitchell, Muncie, Moderator; Rev. J. W Kennett, New Castle. vice-Modera- ? tor; Rev. Floyd Smith, Warren, director of young peoples work and Rev. a W. H. Day of Bluffton, Director ot Sun- '• day school work, :- A number of Decatur people attendti ed the conference and Mrs. C. E. Bell 1 and Mrs. O. E. Miller delivered interesting addresses during the session.

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