Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1931 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec'y & Bus. Mgr. ( Dick D. Heller Vice-President | Subscription Rates Single copies $ .02 One week, by carrier 10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail 35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 ' One year, by mail 3.00 I One year, at office.... 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Elsewhere $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Advertising Representative SCHEERER, Inc. 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies One thing about taxes, if a taxing unit does not have as much money to spend as it did a year ago, it cannot spend it and in that way holds down the budget. The fall season is just around the corner, so it's time to do your shopping, get the children ready for school and prepare for the busy days ahead. Andrew Mellon is home from Europe after a summer of delightful relaxation and we sympathise with him when he got back to Washington and found what a job he had before him. ; - You have heard the statement, < "try something." The fellow who first tried to sell cement for use in , building concrete roads was laugh- , ed at and called a fool, but he sure i started something when he put over j the idea. j There just isn’t any use for anyone to try to beat Mrs. Helen Wills , Moody when it comes to weilding the tennis racket. She rightfully . deserves the title of Queen Helen. ] Americans glory in her continued success and fine attitude shown in the interests of sports. The proposition to trade wheat I for coffee seems to have met with | popular favor, until the shipping in-1 terests learned that the farm board ' did not specify that American ships ' should be used in transporting the ■ grain to Brazil. Someone always I has an ax to grind. Despite the agricultural depression, the acreage of crops harvested in the country increased fifteen' million acres in five years. The department of agriculture states that 359,194,436 acres of land are now under cultivation, which is one reason for the large crops produced. The boys and girls 4-H clubs of the county will participate in the agricultural program in connection with the Decatur street fair and their work, exhibits and general program will be inteersting and worth seeing. The 4-H clubs have advanced to fine perfection in this county and the public will be given an opportunity during fair week to become acquainted with their work. Up in a northern Indiana town

Over SUNDAY and LABOR DAY EXCURSIONS Round trips for less than regular one-way fare to all stations on the Nickel Plate railroad and many other points. Leave Saturday, September 5 or Sunday, September 6. Return September 8. For full information consult ticket agent. Nickel Plate RAILROAD

a stunt, called a "Chicken fly,” was put on by Rube Wilkins. The fowlh were released in the business district and a mad scramble followed Each chicken was ■ numbered and in addition to getting a dinner I free, the captor also had a chance ion a prize. It is claimed that the event went over big and everyone had a lot of fun. A local store has had more than usual success in conducting a sale and the only advertising medium used in acquainting the public with its bargains was the Daily Democrat. Merchandise to the value of nearly $2,000 was sold in one day ami the following two or three days were also heavy sales days. Advertising will help move goods and inform the public of the service merchants have to offer. Members of the state highway commission are making a trip of inspection over the south part of the state, considering the proposal to complete a state road from Evansville to Indianapolis. When they come up this way we hope they inspect the route of the proposed Berne road and the one favored from Decatur to Willshire. These routes would connect the eastern system of roads with the Indiana system and prove of great use to motorists. Hunters and those who like to take off to the lakes and swamps in the pursuit of ducks and geese are advised that the hunting season for them has been reduced to one month of the year. President Hoover signed the proclamation yesterday and the country is divid-1 ed into zones with observance of the law. In the north the season is open in October, while in Florida it begins on November 20, W. H. Harvey, of Montene, Arkansas, is willing to head a new national political party in an effort to “save civilization." He proposes I to do it by complete reorganization J of present state and national administrations. establishing a “perfect money system," government' operation of banks and reduction iof taxes. Sounds good, but we have | heard of other men who tried to | save the country and in the end i pull up their toes. The two major | political parties will probably battle 1 I it out next year and there will not be much kidding the voter. o * REUNION CALENDAR ♦ — « Sunday August 30 Weldy Reunion, S. T. Sheets home. Eleventh Tyndal Ireunion. Fairgrounds at Van Wert, O. Sunday September 6 Fifteenth annual reunion of Samuel Workinger family. Bert Workinger farm 6 miles eas' of Decatur. Nineteenth Roop Family Reunion Willshire Park, Willshire, Ohio. Porter family reunion, O. L. Brentlinger home, southeast of Decatur. Brown family reunion, Sun Set Park, rain or shine. Urich family reunion, Sun Set Park, rain or shine Richards family runion, Sun Set Park, rain or shine. Schnepp and Manley reunion. Sun Set Park, Decatur. Sept. 7—Labor Day Lenhart Reunion, Sun Set Park. Reunion of Millinger Family, Sun Set Park. Annual Foor reunion, Highs Grove, ILi miles east of Ohio City, Ohio. Sunday. September 13 Bell Family Reunion, Legion Memorial Park. Decatur. — ■ —— o — I— — ♦ Household Scrapbook l | By ROBERTA LEE ♦ ( UiPj » Insects Insects in lettuce, cabbage, or i greens can be drawn out when preparing for the table or for cooking by letting them remain In cold salt water for about an hour before us- ■ Ing. Cuts If the cut is deep, bind on tightly a handful of table salt. The salt will be very painful for a while but It is healing and will stop the flow of blood. Miik Punch To make milk punch, mix one I pint cream. 1 pint common syrup. , 3 ounces brandy, and 8 ounces JaI maica rum. 0 Get the Haoit —Trade a’ Homa.

— — - ~ .i - .. ■ "-1 Mystery of Wealthy Jap 1 Who Vanished in Ocean ’ * * * * * * Was Hisashi Fujimura Murdered by Secret Enemy? Or, Did He End His Own Life on Joy-Cruise of “Show-Boat”? B- r 1 w 5 «»■>< *- aw 9B j / Hb AV / I wR / fIP x/A wrn I > - - ! W.' 7 ■ U ■ & :'V ■ liMIW*-. - t: ■w 'y V W 1 Z3F/ 'V* j rosxiKA JBMIL y . Mas.Mnß'z Reisner.* The latest mystery to perplex the combined brains of New York police and Federal authorities is the disappearance of Hisashi Fujimura, wealthy Japanese silk importer, from aboard the liner Belgenland during a pleasure cruise from New York to Halifax and back. Mrs. Mary Reisner, known on the stage as Mary Dale, was with the missing man on the boat, presumably as governess to his seven-year.old daughter Toshika, but in reality, she admitted, as his sweetheart. Mrs. Reisner’s story to authorities mentions a person whom Fujimura met on board and whom he feared. She also admits a quarrel with the importer in which she was badly bruised. Fujimura’s jealousy was the cause of the row, coupled with the fact that Mrs. Reisner was going to j ■ party given by Mildred Harris, former wife of Charlie Chaplin Investigators hold a theory that some white man, or men, in the party avenged Mrs. Reisner’s bruises on the yellow man and threw him overboard. Color is lent to the suicide angle by the disclosure that Fujimura carried $290,000 worth of insurance, part of which he transferred » to his wife just before he sailed.

New York, August 25. — In the 1 strange case of the vanished Jap-1 anese, Hisashi Fujimura, that is I now giving the authorities seven-1 mental cramps, none of the ingre dients that go into the concoction 1 of a first-class mystery thriller is I 1 j missing. Fujimura disappeared from aboard I I the liner Belgenland while on a pleasure cruise from New York to Halifax and return, and up to the •time of writing there is no clue that points with any degree of certainty to a solution of the mystery. The missing man was a wealthy I silk importer who owned a consider-1 able estate in Norwalk, Conn., and 1 lit was believed at first that he was: taking the cruise for his health. ; He was accompanied by his daugh- i iter, Toshika. and Mrs. Mary Reisner, known to the stage as Mary I Dale, who was on hoard as govern-! 1 ess for the seven-year-old daughter I (though she later admitted that she I was Fujimura’s sweetheart, auth-j 1 critics say.) > Among the throng of merrymak ■ers on board the "show-boat” were i ’ some of the foremost characters of' broadway, many of whom have! been questioned by the investigate jors, but without shedding any light ’on the strange disappearance of -1 the Japanese. One of those ques- ■ tioned was Miss Mildred Harris, former wife of Charlie Chaplin, II now a vaudeville artist, who gave ■ la party on board on the night that ■! Fujimura was reported missing. Mrs. Reisner, who is a blonde of l startling beauty, has supplied the i : investigators with the only clue, so far, that may lead to a motive for: t the murder or suicide of the wealthy ! Oriental. According to the ex-show girl, I who admitted a liaison beUveen ■ , I herself and Fujimura, soon after: 'the Japanese boarded the ship ho I ( told her that he had seen someone 1 . | on board whom he had not expected 1 jto see and that he feared this per- i son. After that Fujimura kept con-: I atantly to his cabin and drank j > -

0.11... . 1...— — ~ — - I- —I + iModcrn Etiquette 1 | By ROBERTA Ls-E ♦ (U.R) « 1 Q. Is it proper to telephone an ac-' ' ’ ceptance to an invitation? > ' A. No; only when the invitation is give through that medium is it i 1 , proper. Q. In what person should answers • to formal invitations be written,! . first or third? A. In the third person. Q. What Is the correct way for a I servant to present dishes at the i | table? i A. The dishes should be held flat , on the palm of the servant's left I hand. II ° »- * | Lessons In English | > > « Words often misused: Do not say . "Whom, do you suppose, is guilty? 1 Say "Who” (is guilty,). Often mispronounced: Circe , Pronounce ser-see, first syllable as

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I heavily, Mrs. Reisner said. She I says her last sight of him was when I the ship was about five hours out lof New York, just before she went to the party in Miss Harris's cabin, 'at about 1 A. M. She never saw Fujimura again, she claims, nor did she know he was missing until ' notified by a steward. Mrs. Reisner admitted that be-I fore she parted from Fujimnra for] the last time they had a violent quarrel, in the course of which he severely bruised her arms. This (story is borne out by Jan Ribas, j (ship's artist, who heard the quarrel I | and saw the resultant marks on! i Mrs. Reisner. The cause of the ] (row, according to Mrs. Reisner, was | Fujimura’s insane jealousy and the i : fact that she was going to Miss Harris's party without him. One theory held by the Federal authorities investigating the case lis that some white men of the I party who noticed the bruises in- [ flirted on Mrs. Reisner went to Fujimura's cabin and exacted summary vengeance on the yellow man, .killing him and throwing the body overboard. Another angle to the case, and (one that may support the suicide theory, is the disclosure that the missing man was insured for $290,000. one of the policies of which he transferred from his estate to his wife just before sailing on the cruise. The amount involved in the change was $20,000. He also chang ■ed a $50,000 policy, but the new I I beneficiary is still unknown to auth-1 lorities. There's a fine story for writers ■of mystery yarns in the vanishing of a man on board a ship in the j i Atlantic. Was it suicide? Was it] murder by the person whom Fujiimura feared? The cabin hoy’s guess “is as good as the captain’s. Meanwhile Mrs. Fujimura has had (plenty to worry about in her Notwalk home in the death of a daugh I ter on the day her husband disappeared and the birth of another a [few days later.

sir. accent first syllable. Often misspelled: Trustee. Ob-1 serve the two e’s. Word Study: "Use a word three times and it is youts.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word ear h day. Today’s word: ' Vehement; acting with great force; I ardent. Te later felt vehement re ’ gret.” o HOSPITAL NOTEw Mrs. Helen Gerber, 618 Dayton Avenue. Port Wayne, Is a medical patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Arnold Gerberding, 713 Mercer avenue, underwent an operation ; for the removal of her tonsils at the Adams County Memorial Hospital today. Marie Engle. Rural route 1. Monroe, had her tonsils removed at the local hospital today. Quentin Crist of Monroe is a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital where he underwent) an operation for the removal of his tonsils. x

* ANSWERS TO TEST QUESTIONS Below are the answers to the test questions printed on page two r < • 1. All Fool's Day, or April Fool’s Day. 2. Quebec. 3. Former Premier of France. 4. Arctic bird. 5 William Shakespeare. t>. Alderson. W. Va. 7. Pascual Ortiz Rubio 8. Judson King. 9. Nebraska. It). Killing of seals at sea. 0 *~TWENTY~YEARS * AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File ♦ ♦ Aug. 27. 1911 was Sunday. o * maglily news * Mr. and M.s. William Worthman: entertained for dinner Sunday. Mr. ' and Mrs. Fred Bloemker Mr. and I Mrs. Milton Scherry and family.] Mr and Mrs. Otto Peck and family Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reppert and family and Miss Florence Worth-! man. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Helmrich and !, family, Peter Helmrich ami daugh- 1 ter Anna. Miss Rachel Leimenstall Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cable and fa-• mily spent Sunday at Triers Park Fort Wayne. Mrs. Walter Conrad and son Richard visited Mrs. Walter Kruetzman and son Richard Sunday afternoon while their husbands Wal'er Conrad, Walter Kruetzman and Clarence Reppert attended the auto race. Rev. and Mrs. Otto Scherry and family of New Bavaria Ohio are spending their vacation visiting! relatives and friends. Mrs. Henry Breiner of Craigvillel spent Wednesday of last week with 1 ’

School Bells Will Soon Be Ringing! Get Ready! inch frast Color ENGLISH DRESS PER( ALE FpWBL' DRESS PRIM S. ! hc-e full count, small figur- i j •F® a fn s t color print- "HI cd patterns, light and ' CT ft 1 make love I ' school dark grounds. Yard dresses for the chiidre.i. fiSßSysessß i6c sX 3 &' • AX Misses New Fall and 2 pair knickers. Tailored \V A Ql4 It I? I? CQ V < for the sturdy school lad who ‘ ”UlvCi oo L r must have a suit that will stand ?Z < , Medium fall prints that are hard wew Brown or Gray / RUarant<?ed to be fast coioi , woolens and the 2 pair knickers "hort or long sleeves, deverlv provide long service. A won- stv!ed trimmed dresses for derful suit for the money. sch< > ol wear - $3*95 ’ 49c Boys All Wool Slip- Boys Cricket Sets Boys School Shirts Bovs Little Colonel over Sweaters with Rcady for Mannigh ta j, 0f e d School Blouses, extra contrasting stripes on sißting of s ] j p over shirts (hat fj( pu „ fine quality guaranneck, sleeves and sweater and golf hose range of fancy pat- ,“ . ‘ CO,O [ ta ‘ . J body of sweater. to match, heather terns in all colors , b,ouses - Assorted o- -j xv ~, . * fancv patterns in all 3 5 r. 30 ,0 ...98c X^r a «...98c 69c S’i ~ 49c- ■ "— !■ ■ I ■ I ■ I „ — ■■ , Childs School St HOOL DAYS ARE NEAR Boy’s Blue Hose STURDY SCHOOL SHOES for Boys and Girls. Shirts Fine ribbed full Boys Back or Tan Shoes or Oxfords length hose of better $1.49, $1.98 chambray shirts grade. Black and Misses Strap Slippers or Oxfords for School wear madc just likc dads ’ colors. Pair $1.39, $1.89, $2.69 sizes 7to 11'/i 1 Qx» Mens Solid leather Star Brand 1 4 A OA Work Shoes •. 49C MENS OV ERALLS O r m i Mtns and Boys Dress Boys Blue Overalls — Mens S.rc Tuplo or Heavyweight Blue Caps. New fall pat- gArh Hib Denim Overalls, sizes a,n ( hambray P c stitched > 32 to 44 Whv uav Work Shirts 4A fems, light and dark overalls, a1 s o band to ii. wny pay ~ . top fancy striped more when you can Full cut iJV grounds. overalls FT A get a good overall for eac h Tr</C p a j r tJUC Pair ~ — ' 69c C. A. Douglas Co» — — — SOUTH OF COURT HOUSE DECATUR

i Mrs. James Hower. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Laster Eckrote, Mr.' (and Mrs. Albert Reppert visited > | Daniel Scherry and daughters Marie and Marcella Sunday after j noon. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Worthman Jr, and family entertained for dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schlickman and Miss Ida Mae Steele of Decatar. Mr. and Mis , John Hilgeman and family Mr. and , Mrs. Henry Scherry and daughter ; Irene, Mr. and Mis. Otto Hildebrand and family and Henry Hildebrand. Rev. and Mrs. Otto Siberry and : family ami Mrs. Mina Hildebrand were dinner guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs. Irvin Lackner and supper , gaiests of Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey i Reacer of Vera Cruz. Chester Howe- of Griffi*n Ohio! was a dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs.' Edward Kolter and son Robert and I Mrs. James Hower Tuesday of last L ! week. Rev. I). 13. Garber of Markle Mr.' and Mrs. E. J. Miller visfted! George Miller and daughters Olive and Emma Sunday afternoon. George Gerber and Jacob Coni ad went fishing Tuesday and caught, one fish. Daniel Scherry and daughters l Marie and Marcella visited Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Wortnman and family I Sunday evening. George Miller and daughters Olive and Emma entertained for dinner Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. A. J Miller and son Frank, and daughter Mrs. Charles Clhsk and hyr daughter Anna Mary of Bridgewater i Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Miller of Indianapolis, and Mr. and Mrs.] E. J. Miller and family of near. Craigville. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Fruchte and family were Sunday evening: evening guests of Mr. ai> Mrs.. Henry Fruchte and daughter Aman : da. Mrs. Edward Kolter and son ( Robert were shoppers in Fort Wayne Tuesday. Mrs. James Hower who has been a patient a: the home of her daugh ter Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kolter moved to Decatur to the home of j her other daughter Mr. and Mrs. ; Gettys Parmer.

UNSHOD CAMELS FAILED IN TEXAS San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 27. —(U.R) Because camels could not be shod a grand idea of Jefferson Davis to solve the transportation problem across the vast deserts of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico tailed. Old documents unearthed here revealed in 1856, Davis, then Secretary of War, imported 72 camels in-: to Texas for use in transporting ( cargo over the lonely wastes of the west. Only lowly burros were used as I beasts of burden in the desert and (it appeared that the camel, which] lis a much faster animal, would j ’ solve the problem. The camels did —during the rainy ( ] season. But after several weeks of j [work during the arid summer. | weather the camels, their tout torn (to shreds by the small flint rocks,] j fell to their knees. 1 These small rocks, it seems] [were peculiar to American deserts, i

THE ADAMS THE ATRE| Delightfully COOL and COMFORTABLE I Tonight-Friday-Saturday—lsc-35c 1 DOUBLE FEATURE BILL! TWO BIG Hl J “DUDE RANCH’’ charlie rk.gles] JACK OAKIE. I,h E UGE N E I PALLETTE, STUART ER “THE GIRL H \BII WIN. MITZI GREEN and JUNE COLLYER. You’re not too old! YoJ ‘Wild and Woolly’ Funsters not too youny! You can ft Try to impress Tenderfeet., get THE GIRL H YBIT J Result is Laugh-Riot! and the laugh of M,u r jjf e | SUN. MON. & TUES—“CONFESSIONS ()l A (O-ED’I with PHILLIPS HOLMES. SYLVIA SIDNEY. NORM.I FOSTER. SENSATIONAL! STARTLING!

Lis the camels jtliey were use’., ’ b, ‘ M The entire em lsk ■ pensioned on a n S Arizona. „ J of them were kil|,,| tlv , Vp<l ■ were frightened animals as the. „„ ■ BARGAINS - .iltgants room, dining B tresses ami rugs. S; . k( „' ' ■ Monroe, ollr

— THE | last time Dorothy Lee and Edna Ma y O CT ,n a R o"icking “LAUGH AND GET Ri ( l I A human story told ln > H , I ] laughs and Imat t I AIso—"HERE'S LUCK" c» fl NEWS - 15c-35c fl Fri. & Sat.- ’THE SIN Shfl Sunday. Monday. Tues() fl "FATHERS son- ’fl ~~ VII >r.'t