NEWSPAPER FAMILY FOR SEYMOUR DAILY TRIBUNE day. thunderstorms Rising WEATHER: VOLUME XLIV NO. 238. SEYMOUR, COUNTY CHAIRMEN OF BOTH PARTIES URGE REGISTRATION Montgomery and Barnes Express Fear That Considerable Number WHI Lose Right To Vote. REQUIREMENTS RECALLED Those Who Did Not Ballot In Last Presidential Election, These Who Have Moved Since.
Although leaders in both political parties profess to have the registration situation pretty -well, in hand, fear was expressed this morning that a considerable number of voters may lose their suffrage privilege this fall simply through having overlooked the matter of registration or though having put it off. Monday is the last day for registration. "There is danger," Cullen Barnes, Democratic county chairman, said this morning, "that due to the confusing nature of the registration law, some may believe that registration. is not necessary for them, when they really belong to one of the classes where registration is required." It was pointed out by party workers that registration in 1924 does not entitle a person to vote. It is the act of voting in 1924 that entities a person to vote this year.
The registration lists are made up from the poll books. T. Harlan Montgomery, Republican county chairman, said this (Continued on page 5, column 3) ROBINSON, WOOLLEN SPEAK Democratic Candidate Attacks Tariff Act As "Sordidly By United 1 Press. Kendallville, Cumber Sept. Fordney- tar act expression of the rit of sordid selfishness." Evan Woollen, Democratic senatorial candidate, told a gathering of Noble county.
Democrats last night. The issue on the tariff is exploitation- and not protection of American industry, he deelared. Challenges Democratic Press. Nominees. By United Loogootee, Sept.
Senator Arthur Robinson, Republican candidate for re-election, called on Albert Stump and Evans Woollen, Democratic candidates, to declare their stand on the League of Nations and World Court in an address here last night. "Senator Watson and I are against entangling alliances," Robinson said. "By inference the Democratic candidates favor the World Court and the League. Let them deny it if they can." SHUMAKER UPHELD BY NORTHWESTERN METHODISTS Rochester Conference Adopts Resolution Endorsing Head of State Anti -Saloon League. By United Press.
Rochester, Sept. 30-Dr. E. S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana anti-saloon league, today was upheld in his prohibition controversy with the state supreme court and Attorney General Gilliom by official action of the northwestern Indiana conference of the Methodist church.
Resolutions adopted by the conference endorsed the stand of Shumaker, who has severely eriticized the Supreme Court for its liquor law decisions. Contempt of court proceedings brought against Shumaker by Attorney General Gilliom as a result of his attack are now pending before the 'Supreme court. "This sudden outburst of enthusjasm for the dignity of supreme court," said the resolutions, "on the part of our state official looks very much like a part of the nationwide efforts of the wets. "Te the state official would show as much enthusiasm for the purity of the supreme court as he does for its dignity he would stand in better grace with the good citizens of Indiana and show a better consistency of official The resolutions were presented by. Dr.
V. D. Hickman, of Montpelier. Dr. Shumaker spoke at the opening session of the conference.
Conference officers elected were: Rev. F. O. Farley, Secretary; Rev. J.
B. Hohnson, statistician, and Rev. U. B. Services, treasurer.
Rain and local tonight and Fritemperature. INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 30, 1926. 8 Pages PRICE Typhoon Destroyed Fishing Fleet, Is Feared By. United Press.
Hong Kong, Sept. 30- A large part of the Yeungkong fishing 1 fleet, composed of 130 vessels with 000 persons aboard is believed to have been destroyed in Monday's typhoon. Damage in other places also is feared to be graver than previously reported. Many arriving vessels are bringing Chinese fishermen rescued from rafts. Several Drowned At Macao.
By United Press. Macao, Sept, 30-Several persons were drowed at Malasch beach, the exposition building here WAS destroyed, six fishing boats were blown ashore and the Portuguese cruised, Republica, was driven ashore on the Island of Lapa, by a typhoon. Macao is a seaport 35 miles west of Hong Kong with considerable foreign population due to its export business. OWNER OF AUTO PAYS FINE OF $5 Friend Who Borrowed Car and Wrecked It. and Fire Plug Still Missing.
WILSON GRILLED BY POLICE W. W. Wilson, of Crothersville, whose Ford roadster straddled a fire plug at the corner of Seventh and Walnut streets at 4:15 o'clock Wednesday morning, under the guidance of an undetermined hand, en tered a plea of guilty in Mayor Miles' court this morning, on a charge of having no certificate of registration in his car as required by law, and he was fined $5 and costs and released. Wilson was critically questioned by police officers, and he maintained his original story that he had not seen the car from shortly after midnight Tuesday night, until it was brought to the police station, badly (Continued on page 4, column 6) COUNTY AGENT'S MOTHER DIES AT BROTHER'S HOME Mrs. William O.
Stall Passes Away At Huntington Where She Had Taken Husband For Burial. Mrs. William O. Stall, mother of Willis P. Stall, county agricultural agent, died Wednesday evening at the home of her brother, Ben E.
Rusher, in Huntington. Mr. and Mrs. Stall were at her bedside at the time of her death, not having returned to Brownstown following the death of Mr. Stall's father, at Shelby, just 10 before.
Mrs. William O. Stall was 71 years old. She had undergone an operation about a year ago, and had not been in normal health since that time. She had been planning, following her husband's death and his burial at: Huntington, to come to Brownstown to spend the winter with her son and his wife.
She took seriously with nervous breakdown before her husband's funeral had been held, and her condition grew worse until the end. No word was received as to the hour of the funeral, but the burial will be made in the family lot in the Huntington cemetery. LUTHERAN LAYMEN GATHER, TO DISCUSS FINANCIAL DETAILS Twenty Congregations Included In Call To Meeting Here- Ahlbrand Leads Discussion of Budgets. IMPORTANT MATTERS UP Session To Close This Afternoon After Consideration of ExtraCongregational Work. A dinner at the noon hour in the Lutheran club house, was given by the women of the church to delegates here today attending the lay delegate conference of Lutheran churches of the Indianapolis- Columbus and Seymour eircuits.
The discussion of budgets for extra-congregational work for 1927, was led by A. H. Ahlbrand, of Seymour, who itemized and explained the items of the budget, and elaborated upon the necessity. for an enlarged program of work for the churches of the districts during 1927. Twenty congregations in the two circuits were included in the call today, and each congregation was entitled to representation by its pastor and one lay member.
Most of the churches in the field responded, and the discussion of the problems before the conference were entered into with enthusiasm. The Rev. E. H. Eggers, pastor of the Seymour Evangelical Lutheran church, and official visitor of the Seymour-Louisville circuit, stated this afternoon that some matters of importance to the welfare of the churches were to come up for discussion and it was probable that some vital decisions affecting.
not only Lutherans in the city, but churches over the entire two circuits, would be reached at the session this afternoon. The session this afternoon, Mr. Eggers said, would conclude the conference. The Rev. Fred Markworth, of New Palestine, is official visitor for the Indianapolis-Columbus circuit.
and it was he and the Rev. Mr. Revers, upon held whose today. call the gatherThe Rev. J.
D. Matthius, of Indianapolis, president of the Central district, including Indiana, Ohio, and parts of Kentucy and West Virginia, WAS to be one of the speakers at today's meeting, and was to have a large part on the program, but he was unable to attend. SENTENCED FOR FRAUD Terre Haute Man Given Two Years For Misuse of Mails. Indianapolis, September 30- Entering a plea of guilty to a charge of using the mails to defraud, Chas. Studebaker, of Terre Haute, today was under sentence of two years imprisonment in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kans.
Studebaker admitted operating a scheme for disposal of loot taken in postoffice and bank robberies. Sweet Cider Made the new way. Bring your jug. Hall Orchard Co. s29d-tf Pie Social At Farmers Club.
For Grangers and their friends, Friday night, October 1. Forty- Three Half Starved Miners Rescued Last Night. Tell Weird Tale of Experiences By United Press, Ironwood, Sept. 30- One at time, 43 half -starved miners were rescued last night from the tortures of nearly six days' imprisonment in a rock prison more than 700 feet underground. The men crawled through a long, sloping shaft to the twenty-sixth level of the G.
Pabst Iron mine where an elevator lifted them to freedom. They told a stirry story of an uncertain battle for survival and spoke words of praise for Tome Trewartha, 67-year-old mine boss, who refused to leave his prison until his men got out first. The miners said they prayed, talked religion, sang songs, and worked during the trying period. They had plenty of water but it was not good. "They boiled it be- THREE CENTS.
Salem Boy, Graduate Of Purdue, Knighted By King Of Sweden William L. Batt, "Salem boy" a graduate of Purdue University, has been knighted by the King of Sweden, according to word reaching here. Mr. Batt, who is president of the S. K.
F. Industries, of New York, was decorated King Gustay IV with the Knighthood of the Order of Vasha, first class. Instituted in 1772 by King Gustav ITT, who was the first European monarch to recognize the independence of the United States, the Order of the Vasha is the counterpart of the French Legion of Honor. The knighting of the Purdue graduate, a comparatively young man, marks one of the high spots of a career which contains a record of perserverance, hard work and much originality of thought. Mr.
Batt was born in Salem, on July, 1885, later moving with his (Continued on page 2, column 7) LOCAL TEACHERS IN MOTOR CRASH Misses Seymour and Burkart Hit At Bridge Near Columbus Wednesday Evening. NASH CAR TAKES DEEP DITCH Miss Alice Seymour and Miss Gertrude Burkart, teachers at the Jackson township consolidated school. No. 1, were in an automobile crash south of Columbus Wednesday evening, which badly damaged Miss Seymour's Ford coupe, and in which a Nash coach, driven by a man from Kentucky, was seriously damaged, but in which no one received more than a severe shaking up. Miss Seymour and Miss Burkhart hal left school at 4:30 and were.
driving to Columbus. When they reached a bridge about four miles south of Columbus, they were struck (Continued on page 5, column 3) HENRY W. CHRISTOPHER DIES AT HOME IN CITY Former Resident Of Sauers Community Taken By Death- Funeral To Be Held Monday. Henry William Christopher, aged 84, died at 6:50 o'clock this morning at his home, '501 South Poplar street, of heart disease following ill health for nearly a year. Mr.
Christopher had lived in the county since 15 years of, age and the last 14 years in Seymour. He was a resident of the Sauers community for about 50 years. Funeral services will be held Monday, residence afternoon and at 1. 1:30 o'clock o'clock at at the Lutheran church. The Rev.
E. H. Eggers conduct the services, which will be in German. Burial will be made in the Sauers cemetery. Mr.
Christopher WAS born February 8, 1842, in Westphalia, Germany, and received his schooling and was confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran church there. In the year 1857 he came to America with his parents who settled in the Sauers neighborhood. In 1863 he married Miss Mary Buehner. Nine children were born to this union. Of these, five preceded the father in death.
Mrs. Christopher died in January 1910. Mr. married Mrs. Wilhelmine Horstman Wipperman in Oetober 1912, and they moved to this city, where they have made their home since.
The wife suryives. There were no children by this marriage. Mr. Christopher is survived by three sons, Henry, of Driftwood township; John, southwest of Seymour, and George, this city; daughter, Mrs. Mary Lambring, of Blackwell, brother, Fred, of.
Dudleytown; two sisters, Mrs. Sophia Schroer, of Sauers, and Mrs. Fredereka Rabe, of Covington thirty-one grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Seymour Grange. Pie and, box social at Farmers Club, Friday night, Oct.
1, also entertainment. For all Grangers and friends. Cars Washed. Day or night. Central Garage.
BAPTISTS INSTALL CORPS OF OFFICERS AT ANNUAL MEETING Departmental Reports Are sented By Church Officers In Session Wednesday Night. ADOPT TEN POINT PROGRAM Comprehensive Plan Of Activity For Coming Year Is Approved By Church Members. Officers for the coming year were installed and annual reports from heads of all departments were heard at the annual meeting of the First Baptist church, held last night in the church gymnasium. Following the normal business session, a social hour was engaged in and refreshments were served. The social part of the program was in charge of Mrs.
L. D. Robertson. A comprehensive program of activity, prepared by the Rev. A.
A. Cohn, in consultation with heads of departments, was presented and adopted for the coming year. The program provides ten goals which the church is striving to attain during the coming year. It is built on a basis of approximately 25 per cent. increase in strength in all departments of the work, and includes church membership, Sunday School and church attendance, finances, training, special activities, community enterprises, and emphasizing points of the Church Covenant.
Reports from the departments of the church, indicated that there were 69 new members came into the church during the year closing, and that 16 members were lost by death or letter, leaving a net gain in membership of 53. The resident membership is 552, non-resident 135, making a total membership of 687. Attendance at Sunday School and church services during the year were cut down by the epidemies of illness which continued throughout the fall, winter and spring months. The average Sunday School attendance for the year was 373. The Sunday School raised for current expenses and missions, $1,458.09.
The church raised for current. expenses for missions, 925.14: for relief, $121.93 and the building fund showed $7,068.54. The (Continued on page 5, column 4) SPEEDS YOUTH PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO SLAYING MAN Clyde Covey Denies Murder of U. S. Army Warrant Officer in Garage.
Clyde Covey, 19-year-old Speeds laborer, was arraigned in Clark Circuit Court and pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with murder. Covey was indicted by the September term of the Clark county grand jury, in session at the court house. He is held in jail without bond. Covey is accused of slaying Eddie T. Spooner, United States Quartermaster Depot warrant offeer, last month.
Witnesses say he crushed his vietim's skull with a heavy monkey wrench as Spooner bent over a dice game in a Hamburg, garage. Covey is said to have been crazed by the effects of moonshine whiskey. INFANT MURPHY DIES Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bicknell Murphy Passes Away.
Margaret Frances Murphy, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bicknell Murphy, died at the parents' home, 331 East Brown street, late yesterday afternoon. The child was born July 15 this year and had been ill since its birth. Burial will be in Cana cemetery Friday afternoon following services at the home at 1 o'clock and at the Cana church at 2 o'clock.
The Rev. Moses Smeltzer will have charge of the services. There is an older sister, Hazel Juanita. Food Sale. Saturday, Oct.
2, 10 o'clock at C. Penney. Spring chickens, bread, pies, cakes, salads. Up and Doing Class, Central Christian Church. Knights of Pythias.
Business of importance at meeting tonight. All Bro, Knights should attend. d1f T. R. Carter, K.
R. Alleged Bigamist, Arrested Here, Is Given Six Months Everett L. Comstock, of Indianapolis, alleged bigamist, was sentenced. Wednesday to six months on the Indiana State Farm for assault and battery. He was returned to Indianapolis from this city late Tuesday.
Detectives are investigating the story of Mrs. Viola 'Comstock of Franklin, who she marmied Comstock in 1918, and never was divorced. He is said to have married Mrs. Ira Hack Comstock in 1925 and to have lived with her up until a few month ago, when it. is alleged he went to Shelbyville to live with another woman.
Sunday, Comstock brought his first wife and his aunt to his second wife's home, and demanded that the latter accompany them to Franklin. When she refused, he struck her, chased the others from the car and fled, according to the story. He was arrested here that night. MAS. SEILAFF TO TESTIFY TODAY Woman Who Made Affidavit She Was Hired To Produce "Miss Called.
AIMEE'S MOTHER COLLAPSES By United Press, Los Angeles, Sept. 30-Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing on charges of conspiracy to defeat justice will 1 be resumed today with the state expected to put Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman Seilaff on the witness stand. Mrs. Seilaff has made an affidavit that she was hired and coached by the evangelist to produce a "Miss the mysterious companion at Carmel last summer of Kenneth G.
Ormiston, radio operator at Mrs. McPherson's temple. Mrs. McPherson, Mrs. Seilaff, Ormiston, Mrs.
Minnie Kennedy, the evangelist's mother, and "John Doe" Martin, an attorney, are charged (Continued on page 4, column 5) JOHN KLITCH DIES AT HIS HOME JUST NORTH OF CITY Life Long Resident Of Jackson County Succumbs To Short Illness Funeral Friday. John Klitch, aged 69, died at 5:15 o'clock Wednesday evening at his home just north of this city following an illness of two weeks. Mr. Klitch had spent his entire life in Jackson county and had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Hustedt mortuary and at 2:30 o'- clock at the First Methodist church conducted by the pastor, the Rev.
W. E. Brown. The Knights of Pythias lodge will have charge of the services. Mr.
Klitch was born April 10, 1857. He married Emma L. Shutters on October 20, 1880. Three children were born to them, Mrs. Mabel Wilson, of Indianapolis; Mrs.
Nellie Obanion, of Honolulu, and a son, Arthur, who died in infancy. There are, also three grandchildren and great grandchild. Following the death of his first wife, Mr. Kliteh married Temantha J. Connor, of Kurtz, on April 9, 1889.
She and a brother and sister, George Klitch, of Ewing, and Mrs. Mary Leibrandt, of Seymour, also survive. The body has been removed to the Hustedt establishment and may be seen this evening and Friday morning. Home Made Ice Cream Social at Kasting Consolidated School Friday, October 1, at 7:30. Home made ice cream and cakes.
Amusem*nts, fish ponds, shows. Free busses. Leave Library 7:15. W. A.
Weathers, of Dayton, Ohio, will arrive Saturday for a short visit with Mrs. Weather's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gatch Wheaton.
Mrs. Weathers, who has been spending the past fortnight here will accompany him home. Mrs. Fred Robertson, of Brownstown, returned to her home yesterday, following a major operation abl the Schneck Memorial hospital. BANDITS LOOT PORTLAND BANK AT NOON TODAY Four Unmasked Men Back Employes And Customers Into Rear.
Get $20,000. CASHIER RESISTS, IS CLUBBED Struck Down With Butt End Of Revolver Roar Away In High Powered Auto. Portland, September 30- Four bandits today held up the First National bank, of Portland and escaped with loot estimated by bank officials at approximately $20,000. The robbery occurred shortly before noon. Driving up to the bank in an auto, three of the bandits entered, while the fourth waited in the car with the motor running.
One of them had a drawn revolver and they foreed J. B. Asheraft, cashier, and other bank employes and several eustomers to the rear of the building. Asheraft- attempted to resist and was hit over the head with the butt end of the revolver. After, taking the money, the bandits backed out, leaped into the anto and sped away.
They had threated to kill anyone in the bank if an outery was made while they left. One of the bandits wore a false mustache but the faces of the others were entirely uncovered. They were described as being about 20 or 25 years old. The auto was driven west from Portland after the robbery. Few persons were in the business section at the time.
BUYS NEW YORK PAPERS William T. Dewart Pays "About $13,000,000" For Two. By United Press. New York, September 30 Purchase of the New York Evening Sum and the Evening Telegram by William T. Dewart, directing head of the papers since the death of late.
Frank Munsey, was announced today. Dewart, mutualized the properties that a large interest will be owned so by the employes. The price paid was "in the neighborhood of $13,000,000." ARMY "SELLING ITSELF" Hanford MacNider Declares Pacifist: Opposition Is Being Overcome. By United Press, Washington, Sept. 30-Despite pacifist opposition the United States Army is succeeding in "selling itself" to the American public, assistant Secretary of War Hanford MacNider reported to Secretary of War Davis today following a 5,000 mile air inspection trip.
"The close and cordial relationships built up between the army personnel and the civilian population as exemplified on every hand in the field is a welcome story to those who sit on the receiving end of all the professional disband-the-army propagandists," said MacNider's report. Killed By Freight Engine. By United Press, Indianapolis, Sept. 30 Failing to hear an approaching freight engine, Charles Huddleson, 54, was run down and killed in the Pennsylvania yards here last night. The body was terribly mangled.
Huddleson was partially deaf, relatives said. Apples. Fancy Grimes Golden and drop apples of all kinds. Hall Orchard Co. fore drinking, using, at the last, their clothes for fuel.
For light, they drained the kerosene from the tail lights of mine cars and used this in their lamps. when the supply of. carbide gave out. For wicks, they tore up portions of their clothing. They stripped the bark from the birch shaftings of the mine and made tea.
They sang their songs in several languages and employed divers. schemes to break the monotony. Realizing that work was essential to make the men forget their plight, Trewartha -kept them busy striving to dig their way out with pieks and shovels salvaged in an old brift. Trewartha's, authority was absolute during the long: incarceration, and his skillful leadership probably savI (Continued on page 7, column 5) Tip's Yellow Taxi. Any time, anywhere, Phone 447 Residence 67.
Tip Richardson. WEATHER RECORDS Report by Riley FINE CALL Goble, official 1o- cal weather observer. office at the pumping tion of the Beymour Water: Co. Temperature: Max. 73.
Min. 63. Rainfall 4 in Stage of Rivers -3 ft. 10 in. above low.
water marks.
