Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1920 — Page 1

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SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS LAW By a Margin of One Vote Court Upheld the Right of Congress to *■ ) X STOP LIQUOR SALES Ban on Sale of 2.75 Per Cent. Beer is LawfulNow a Dead Issue t United Survive) Washington, Jan. 5 -(Special to Daily Democrat)--By a margin of one vote the supreme court today uphold the right of congress to prohibit gales of 2% per eent. beer or any other liquor containing one-half of 1 ter cent, of alcohol The vote of the court was 5 to 4. After upholding the Volstead an and the right of congress to ban 2’, (MT cent. beer, the court held that the bureau of internal revenue had no right to stop sale and manufacture of 2% per cent be- before pa-sage of the Volstead act. This relieves -front possible prosecution hr>wers and liquor dealers who sold 2\ per 'cent, beer between July 1. 1919 when war time prohibition became else, tivn and October 28. 1919. when the Volstead act became a law but does not allow the sale now of 2% per cent, beer during that period. The court held that while it could not suy that liquor containing more than one-half of one per cent, of alecho! wax Intoxicating, i.ingiv-- un doubted!)’ has that power. The de c-lsion on this point was unanimous. The decision on the Volstead law hi a defeat for the brewers who were attacking the constitutionality ot section 1 of the prohibition enforcemeat act in hope of gaining the right to continue the manufacture of 2% per cent. beer. ERNEST A. ISCH DEAD • pluirton. Ind.. .lan. .’> (S|>»citil to Daily Democrat) Ernest A. Iscli. prominent and wealthy farmer ol French township, died this morning at his home after several years ol suffei'ing from .cancer ol the face. Practically tiie entin face had been eaten away. lie was IS years old. leaves a wile anti nine children, all ol whom aie at home. I'he tuncral "ill 1” held al twelve o'clock W ctlnes<lay noon from the home anti al one o'clock from the tian Apostolic church. Burial will he made in the church cemetery. More complete particulars’will be given tomorrow. the word ”1 his tle.il reaching this office .jus! at press lhn< *—— ■■ — NEW VEGTABLES GROWN ‘•Arracmhu- - '' ' ’ B pour in St. 1- otis gulden. I St Louis Mo- Jan- 5. Two now : vcgutbles hav. been l--'^ l^ '' the Missouri Bitanu al J" ’ • George T. Moor, director ol t"’ <" den. said today. One has been named eaeha’-and the other the ' J Both resemble the said to equal it in fo** l V! J Dr. Moi explained ' j caelrn. is - . J sweet potato and taste' i' l j snip. It is a rapid X—n ' ,Sh,l, ' nS ''’‘''‘nu'nbXl "I I j mjded They are related tothe L-.| tlnn taro, commieiiv rel< >" ■ “elephant ear." Or ■» Thi> ann,i, : , ""'z„, l i.s 1 '"■! delegates "ho a • v<sOCi . lt ion for tton of the Aincoca .■ the Advatu v.AGO | E (tinned Pre. ■ ■fr' MiCh ; ■ to Dally Ib-mocci •. ■ Virgo will be a • ()j . miir(l ■ inati ° n “ v o r Maud Tabor Mrfio. g. wjtose both »■' NI) > SI of the Tabor home. t( , E TIIP VtrgH probable cause f th. ,le.J “• cororoei i* , ,K. X ■»r->' of Dr. A. , ■ offered, of Michigan. will b

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MRS. funeral. ■ Funeral xeßc^ 1 ' Mr *' M “ ry l,ur ' kin were 1.-ltl tie »•»«>»«»"« nine o'clock Iron&l MarVs Catholic Church. Rev J A seintetz officiating. ~ Mrs. l)nrkiM l e<l Fri,,By evening n. Ute home eiMcr '* "• Bosse, on (Its < netl aftcr u l, ' : ' days' illneArot) bronehial pn.tt , monia. Inlrmct was ■ made in i.. ' St. Joseph ' P Hites ot the I S. S Bridge lat.wlf* u ‘ s s - Dakota is on a fui-loXh vi- :l, >R with his broth. er and si stars oefelt locals Local High Basket Ball Aquaii Defeated by Easffiuntinffton IL S. SATUIDAI EVENING Final Bcort 47 to 11—The Berntftaae Postponed— Friday ■r — r insert] WASIET BALL KrwLine-Up. HuutiKLn. Decatur, t KriegbAnt F Myers' . SkinneAj. -K-... Kern Heaver®. - C Linn Wondetw ■ G BaltzMl Smith I'. G Teepie Johnso®. .Sub Keller Honebr|ke Sub l-’i< !<■■(;' Huntington: Kreigbaunt, 8 ■Skitter. 8; Beaver. 1; Wonderly.llt Snth. 3: Bonebrake. 2; Moyetj 1. B’atur: Myers. 1; Kern, 2; Lyjmll. Fou®C<w— Huntington. Kricgbtiumfif .Wer, 4. Decatui . Myers, G Foils Icamitted —Huntington. ild uar high school basket z'ompanied by a number tiseyed to Huntington Sattang whe-e they were xhrsh wtth ’he fast hfgh uot that city. The game fotington team was sched- ; earlier part of the year, I some misunderstanding ted until a late date. I in that city proved easy tor the* Huntington outfit, ng the locals by the score The locals were greatly and were unable at all ; the game to get togethjonents breaking up their registering baskets from of the floor at any time, locals in an almost belp1. : between the locals and tigh school which was to Tuesday night has been The locals will get down ictice during the entire ready for the clash with high school in that city evening. This game be a stiff one, and a large 1 fans will accompany the ness the contest. LLENT CANTATA. * . .MBcte a large and appreciative aufilling every seat in the hot.se cant! ime standing along the wails, sir of the Zion Reformed church 'i by a summer of outside voices ®Bte(‘d a sacred cantata entitled HkliSew Jerusalem,” by Charles ErIfßtilavig. The words of the can■tatai'p taken altogether from Revel ■W'«. as St. John describes his misfciuof “The New Jerusalem,” and is in four parts: Part I, "The |k''’:ng of Christ;” Part 11. The Vis■frat St. John:” Part 111, "Salvation B'kiigh the Blood:" Part IV. "The ■?-’ Judgment.” Soprano soloists Mrs. Dan Tyndall and Mrs. Bon KSbyer of Decatur; bass. Menno Lehof Berne; tenor. Samuel Fluot l<pis. of Berne; contralto. Miss Emma li'Mler, of Decatur I AS A SPECIAL CLERK '■ harles Ernst was this morning np- » hied special clerk at the office of !• isus supervisor, H. L. Conter, a P' ssage from Washington this morn .' authorizing the appointment of an distant for the office He will pro l r bly work thirty days. during tht P-811. The reports aro coming ’r plfttjily now and the big job will ioor I*l over. tie — McCrory went to .Fort Wayne ; tr the afternoon, ! *

REVIVAL MEETING I Old Fashioned Services Being Conducted at the , Church of God Here on CLEVELAND STREET Rev. Piercer of Huntington in Charge—General Invitation is Extended An old fashioned revival service opened last evening at tin Church of God on Clevland street. with RevJ Marshall Mercer of Huntington, in charge. A good crowd was in attend-1 ance and it is hoped and believed that 1 great interest will be manifested in tlieee meetings which will continue indefinatoly. — Rev. Mercer is a stirring preacher! I who uses old time texts and talks itrt understanding language. His s'ib-l ject last night was "The Wisdom <■! God and Man" and he impresed his hearers. An invitation is extended to all to, attend. If you are saved, attend and help save others, if you are not a Christian, yon should want to hear the I gospel. To miss these meetings may mean for you to miss Heaven, is the; (warning sent out. Good music with special features is being arranged. The meetings open each evening at 7:30. If vour health | will not permit you to walk and you will notify Gilbert Strickland, telephone 745. he will see that you are conveyed to the church by automobile. WITHIN 3 DAYS Mrs. Sophia Hortsman, Former Decatur Lady Dies from Shock OF HUSBAND’S DEATH Lived Onfy Three Days After His Burial—Funeral Tuesday Afternoon —— The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette I has the following to say regarding th? untimely death of Mrs. Sophia Horts-j man of that city, which occured! Sunday, just three days after she buried her husband. ‘ Mrs. Sophia tlortsman. widow of | the late Gustave Hortsman, died at ( her home 14'H Oneida street, Sunday morning about two o’clock after ;> short illness from an attaeck of heart trouble. "Mrs. Hortsman bad suffered from the effects of a weak heart for some time. Her husband died Thursday and it was at the funeral service at: the residence Saturday afternoon that I Mrs. Horstman, suffering from the shock of her husbands death, suddenly as the result of a heart attack. She was cared for by friends but was not able to be present at the burial of her husband at the Concordia cemetery. Her condition for several hours was very critical, but durirqr the evening she semed to revive to such an extend and her friends believed she would recover from the attack. About one o’clock Sunday morn- ! ing Mrs. Horstman aroused members cf the family when she suffered a sne J ond attack. A physican was immedt j ately summoned, but she expired before. he arrived. Mrs. Horstman, whoste tr/t,V , .“ l * name was Ehlerding. was born in Adams county February 8. 1865. She fame to Fort Wayne when she was ' about eighteen years of age. and was ! married to Gustve Hortsman. April ’ 17, 1890. She was a member of the I St Paul Lutheran chcurch. Deceased is survived by one daughter . Mrs. Frank Nitzeher. one scon. Arthur, and ’ four grandchildren all of this city. One sister and four brothers also stir- . vive, Mrs. Wilhelmina Bischnese, Os this city and William Christ. Fred and Henry Ehlerding, of Preble. Indiana. ’’ “The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock front the resa idence. Tlev. J. Miller officiating. Internment wil be made in the Concordia cemetery.” A CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE n II ’United Press Service) Chicago, Jan. s—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Corn: Jan. $1.27%; May e 51.34%; July, $1.33. Oats: May, 84 %c; July 77%c. » z At

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FEAR FOR SAFETY (Unite,) Press Service) Chicago. 11l , Jan. 5. (Special to the l ' Daily Democrat.) Miss Joanne Anna llhktiy. a girl who wished to "do some- 1 J thing big” wa.< still missing today. She disappeared from the Hell' Hcuft- where site lias been under the protecting care of Miss Jane Adams, while she south a field of endi av<,r. ; Friends Relieved she may have cov-j Cred up her identity in order to get a start at the bottom in some sort cf I welfare work in which she was inter- ‘ esteil. DRAWING MS James McNaughton is Busy | Drawing Plans for Power Plant Buiding IS THE ARCHITECT Employed by City Council to do the Work—Hearing on January 12th James McNaughten, brother of David McNaughton, employed by tne j city of Decatur as consulting engi ! neers in the work of preparing the ; plans and specifications for the now I power plant, has also been employed | by the council as architect to draw i the plans for the bußding as the power plant building. Mr. McNaughten is busy at work <■”. the job but this morning was unable as yet to determine the exact si -:e of the building. It is to be built of ! brick and will be located on the sit > i to be selected within a short lime by the* council. Several are under consideration and an option an a plat of ground has already been taken by the city on a favorable spot. The hearing of the city's petition before the state board of tax commissioners will be held on January 12th at the state house, Indianapolis, the date having been advanced a day. The citv council will meet tomorrow evening and more than likely Messrs. McNaughten will submit temporaly plans to them on the new building. COMES JS SHOCK Untimely Death of James Edington, Employe of the Schafer Saddlery Co. IS SHOCK TO FRIENDS Died This Morning After Ten Day’s Illness from Pleural-pneumonia The deatli of James T. Edington, aged 53 occured at his home on Jefferson street this morning about 4:40 from pleural pneumonia. He had only been ill for ten days and his death comes as a severe shock to the family. Mr. Edington was born in Knoxville. Tennessee and lived there a great part of his life. Prior to coming here a year ago he lived in Montpelier. Ind. He was a member of the Baptist church in Knoxville still retaining his membership until his death. Eight years ago he was married to Miss Edith Spears of Montpelier who still I survives. While here he was employed at the Schafer Saddlery Company and was highly respected by all who knew him. Besides the surviving wife he leaves a mother, Mrs. W. H. Edington of Knoxville, Tenn, three sisters. Mrs. 1 R. M. Jphnson. Mrs. W. H. Hall and Mrs. W. C. Kinzle all of Knoxville, ‘ two brothers W. F Edington of Knox--1 ville, Tenn, and E. L. Edingtpn of Indianapolis, both being here at the ' time of his death. ! The funeral services will be held I Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock E j from the home and then the body will I i be taken to Montpelier in the Black . ( & Getting hearse where services will / be held at two o'clock. INDIANAPOLIS MARKET (United Press Service) Ilog receipts, 13000; market 15 to 25 higher: best heavies, slstfi'lfi; medium mixed. $15.15@ 15.25corttmon choice, bulk sites z cattle receipts. 2300; r steers. $14@18.; cows and heifers, $5 0? 13.50; sheep receipts 300; market steady. Top, sß@l|. b

READY FDR STEEL Hoisting Machine is Expected to Arrive Today and Work will Start PUSHING THE PLANT — Against Winter Weather—--1 Also Building Being Relined—Some Changes ! ! f'onx'ruction work at the new far-, I lory building being erected by the jcetieral Electric company is goi.ig forward rapidly and the steel const vcI tion wil start during this week. The: hoisting machine is < xpected to atrive today or tomorrow. The co’fi rite w ork is about complete and from , now on the building will take form. The work of relining the Also build-1 ing to be used for assembling toe, I machinery j- now going on and will; : be ready for occupancy by the last of I the week. The side tracks ate bling put in and the rush of work is ;■)>- parent on every hand. Even the cold weather of the last week did not stop the Ferguson company though ’hei pouring of concrete had to be stopped Friday on account of the freezing; weather. This was resumed Satin-' day. Mr. Pell, engineer clerk has been I recalled to the Cleveland office and | Mr. Cross, is now looking after his ( work, while Francd Conter is now in the office and has charge of preparin ', ; the pay roll and looking after other! clerical duties. noadvaWhere Daily Democrat can he Secured for Another Year at Same Old Price BOOST THE LIST And Help Produce the Best Newspaper Possible— Now is Time to Pay The Dail' Democrat will not take advantage ot the tinles by raising th' subscription price. This has been done in nearly every line of business and by many newspapers but we l> lieve that the people of Adams county will appreciate securing their hor.i > paper at the same old price. The only thing we are asking is th-:t those who get the paper through th ’ mails, pay their subscription in ad vane? and we feel we are entitled to that. At the present high prices it will be impossible to continue unless we secure prompt payment for tne paper. We hope to continue to publish a live newspaper, that will give you each day the record of happenings of the city, county, state, nati hi I world and with our continued support,! we are sure we can do it without any advance in prices at this time We hnpe by this means to im-rens i ■ our list during the year to 4.000 and j would rather do that titan secure a higher price at this time. A community is never any better than its; paper. Help to make the Daily Democrat a paper that will advertise well this community. You can do it by renewing your subscription this month ami getting some friend or; neighbor to subscribe. AUTOMOBILE OWNERS All automobile owners must have their 1920 license tags on their cars ' and trailers by the first of February. | JOEL REYNOLDS. Chief of Police ! A HEALTHY YEAR I (United ProMR Service) b Indianapolis, Jan. 5— NineteenNineteen wax a Wealthy year in In I diana. According to figures compil c|ed by the state board of health the II death rate was much lower in 1919 c| than in the year preceding. I: There were 32.563 deaths during the first eleven months of 1919 while during the same period in 1918 the"'* were 46,260. In the same eleven-month period there were 50.458 births. , ■++++++++ + + + + + + '> - THE WEATHER FORECAST ♦ 3 ++++++++ + + + + + +,* + 5 Cloudy and warmer tonight and t Tuesday, probably snow north and snow or rain south portion.

ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS i Thg annual meting of the Zion Lu therun church was held yesterday, with th< following -elections: John ! Seheiiiiau. elder; Fred Heller, deacon: j William Goldner. trustee. Tiie olhjer ilitircli oltii its lire: WiUi.i'n i Sehamerloh. elder: ixuilx Mailand, deacon. Henry Haugh and Henry ; Bieboricn, trustees: Albert Scheiutar,, I secretary and treasurer The i-liur li j finances were found in good condition. — Miss Tula Poling returned to Fort ! Wayne this morning after spending I i tin- week-end witli iter sister. Mrs. Ben ! Teepie. and Miss Bertha Drummond.! SUFFERING OYER — Death Relieved “Aunt Maine” Burt One of the Pioneers of This Citv — WAS WELL KNOWN Lived at Burt House Here Many Years—Died This Morning at Hospital Miss Marion B. Burt. lovingly I known here as ”.\nnt Maine,” one of I ' Decatur’s oldest residents passed j I away at Hope hospital in Fort Wayne j this morning atiout four o’clock frort i I old ag, ;.nd other complications. I She had been in poor health for : some time and just a week ago w; ) ; taken to the hospital. She was S", I rears of age on Decomber 23. She 1 j was born in Wellsburg. New York in I 1836 and was the daughter of Mr. and i Mrs. Chester Burt. When she was i hut a young woman they came to i this county conducting a tavern in, Monmouth for several years. They! •hen came to Decatur and conducted | the Burt House for many years. She I spent a part of her life as propriet >r I of the hotel. Miss Burt was a very we]] known and highly esteemed lady and loved by all who knew her. She was a tr te friend to all and was exceedingly ' charitable to the jioor. Her death is felt very keenly by many friends For the past 25 years she has made her home with her niece Mrs Maggtei J'®ries. Besides her parents, one brother an I; two sisters precede her in death She leaves two nieces. Ms. Jefferies of ’his city, Mrs. Cora Phelnhs. of New York and a nephew Harry Phelplis «;fj Chicago. Tiie bode wax brought ini 'he Black & Getting morgue to be ' nrenarod for burial and will be taken i to'the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al Berger; on Mercer avenue. Short fune.'.il, services will be held at the Bnrdge home Wednesday morning at 9:30 1 o'clock, with brrial in the liecato” ( cemetery. REPORTS ARE FILED The hoard of county commission ! ers were in session today at the and liter's office, opening the docket for I the year 1920. Reports were filed. I cheeked over and approved.. The board will be in session today and i po-sibly tomorrow, and before they ! adjourn they will appoint a county ; j road superintendent. The following , reports were filed and approved by the commissioners. Auditor's reI port, recorder's report, sheriff's rei port, treasurer's report and the annual report of Jim Hendricks, county i superintendent of roads. The comI mtssioners also heard the evidence in the matter of the Berning drain land found against the petitioners. John Crist and Charles Hawkins of the Adams County Defective association were appointed constables. ' LEGION' TO MEET 11 A special meeting of the Adams, 'post. American Legion, will be held!, at the hall third floor over Holthouse! | drug store Wednesday evening al. 8 ; o'clock. Important matters are to i come up and every member and every] former soldier is requested to be pros-J ent. ELMO SMITH. President. ’ I INDUSTRIAL MEETING A meeting of all business monos Decatur and those interested in the welfare ot the city will bi» held at the council rooms, city hall at 7:30 this evening to discuss various matters. Please if you can as important matters must be taken up a' once. I J. H. HELLER, (’hairman.

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I FOLLOW CLUES IN LONG HUNT Adams County Relatives Seeking Willis Shoemaker, Missing 3(1 Years MYSTERY IN (ASE Though He W r ites to Relatives and Sends Gifts He Cannot he Located — The following stray of interest in ■this county wh Mr. Shoemaker ; was well known i.- troin the Tuba World of Saturad-. Jauu ry I’.rd: "Willis Siioemaker. 52 years o'd. ; who has been missing since the fall i of iS-!» from his home in Geneva. Ind. I may be in Tul-a. or else Is 1.;,; lieen lucre, a ■■cord ing to his m-phew. Robert Glen.lenning. -ent hen by anxious re lathes te. trv t ; locate tiie missing mtln. letters dated "Tulsa. Okla ." which have been received recently from the missing man saying that he had “a dandy oil will” here, were de.land by postoffice clerks to have been mailed at other points. "Just before Christmas Shoemul ■ r | is declared to have sent a cameo ring (and a lavalier from Ix’rrg Beach. Cal. | The present it was asserted. were tuailed to a niece, who is herself cm- ! ployed in the postoffice at Geneva. I Other letters from the missing man j were mailed from Richmand. Va.. and I Davenport. lowa, the last letter being dried December 11. and affirmed that Shoemaker would be home Christmas. ; Other letters have also been received ; from the missing man saying that he ! was coming back to hi.s old home ; again and for the family to have a big (reunion at that time Hut as yet. llie 'missing man has not appeared thne ! and the reunion which was gathered for his homecoming was a failure because of his non-appearance “W. Ried. 510 South Guthrie, a resident of Tulsa for some time, is a (eiMudn us Shoemakuid was -fort’icrly a resident of Geneva. Ind. So far. neither Mr. Gier.denning nor Mr. Reed have been able to find any trace of their relative in Tulsa .although it iis declared he may bo known to those connected with the oil business h">'e. "Mr. Shoemaker tiie missing m in. j is believed to he be about 5 feet. 6 in le.Ris in height, .and rather dark eomIpbxioned. Hi- mysterious disappear lance 3ft years ago iTeatod intense interest in the sei lion of Indiana where lhe had made hi“ home, and now licit | it is known that lie is alive and appal lently well, hut absents himself. lis •case presents a element of myst“ry jliard to fathom, relatives say. Just before bis disappearance Shot(maker was marrjed. Since the r<I cent letters have been received. r> • lativcs have come to the conclusion has not heard from his wife or any I other member of Hie family. Both h's (father and mother died during his 'hIsence. Other relatives also have died of which Shoemaker evidently knows nothing. "Some of the letters received from The missing man are hardly legih'e. while others are signed "Willis.' the first name of the missing man. The series of missives which have recently revived interest in the mixsing ,’nan began December 1. when a nie ■■* received a package from Long Beach, ('al., which was marked “Krom a cousin. 34 Fourth street " Letters sent to that address were answered with the assertion that the mixsing mtn I would return to Geneva for the holidays. on December 6 a letter was received from the missing man at Davenport, lowa, which was followed on December 11 with another from Rii l>nuind. Ya. Another letter which was addressed to the missing man at Tulsa and this address had been marked ou' the address "Willis Shoemaker. Geneva Ind.,” having finally brought "the letter to relatives nt Geneva. U "Postoffice experts wore asked ■ hßw the letter was readdressed and ■ was brought out that the letter had (never been to the postoffice at Tulsa ibut evidently had been marked by tne jperson who had mailed it. Meantime the cousin. Robert Glendenning and (dlier relatives are searching this and other cities in an effort to find further trace of the man who has absented himself for 30 years and seem to he as far from finding him as ever." Edison Brock and family of Chicago are visiting with Mrs. Louisa Brock land son Charles.