Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 19, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1921 — Page 1

Volume XIX. Number 131.

A SPECIAL CAR Will Carry Adams County Pythians to Big Meeting at Port Wayne on MONDAY, .JUNE 13TH Probable That More Than 100 Will See Work and Appear in the Parade At the regular meeting of the Knights of Pythias lodge last evening it was decided to charter a special interurban car on the evening of Monday, June 13, to carry the members of the lodge to Fort Wayne, where they will participate in the big Pythian meeting to be held there on that date. Plans are being made to give the page rank to a class of five hundred candidates, the work to he done in dramatized form by the Van Wert. Ohio, team of thirty members. For this work the Van Wert lodge has a special dispensation from the supreme lodge whereby they are permitted to use two ladies and a child to properly exemplify the work. They also carry a car load of special scenery, and it is necessary to use one of the theatres for the degree work. This will be the biggest Pythian meeting ever held in this part of the state, and it is expected-that more than 5,000 members of the order will be present. Every member who can, is urgently requested to lay aside his business cares for a few hours and go to Fort Wayne on the evening of Monday, June 13. A special rate of SI.OB for the round trip has been secured, and it is not a question of whether the local lodge will be able to fulfill its guarantee of fifty passengers to the traction company, but whether the traction company wjll be able to take care of the crowd that wants to go.

Supreme Chancellor William Ladew, of New York City. Supreme Keeper of Records and Seals F. E. Wheaton of Minnesota. together with all the Indiana grand lodge officers will be present. Mr. Wheaton will have with him tjjp gjriu.inal Rathbone bible, and acting as prelate will administer the obligation with this bible. It is the intention of the local lodge to take a number of candidates for the page rank, and already a number have signified a willingness to go. The special car will leave this city at 5 o’clock, and return at any time the knights are ready for it. Five more candidates were given the rank of knight on Thursday evening. Next Tuesday evening the rank of esquire will be conferred on a class, and on Thursday the rank of knight will be given, this arrangement being made in order to complete as many as possible that they might attend the Fort Wayne meeting. Flans are progressing nicely for the memorial exercises to be held Sunday afternoon, June 12. J. H. Stewart, chancellor commander of the local lodge, will go to Fort Wayne this evening, and consult ■with members of the Fort Wayne committee, concerning the parade and other necessary details and report back to the local lodge. PROGRAM AT WASHINGTON Children’s day will be observed Sunday evening at the Washington church at which time an excellent program will be given. Preaching services will also be held and the public is cordially invited to attend.

BYRON KING MAY COME The following note was received by O. L. Vance, chairman of the Decatur Chautauqua association, relative to securing Dr. Byron W. King for the closing day program: “Mr. Hall says that. you. wish very much to have Dr. Byron \\ King on the program. His first date with us was to have been July 22nd, but now Mr. Loar states he will make every effort to get Dr. King for the 21st, which will be your closing date, and he feels quite certain that he can get him for your closing afternoon. With the Band and King in the afternoon and the Band and Bishop Mitchell at night you will have a wonderful closing day. We will write you definitely a little later about Dr. King. _ Again thanking you for your generous spirit, I am, Yours cordially, L. HARDEN, Office Sec’y.” The Chautauqua promises to be the best ever held here. The dates are July 17th to July 21st inclusive

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

WISEHAUPT WILL TALK TO THE DRY GOODS MEN Howard J. Wisehaupt, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wisehaupt of this city, and connected with the Knox School of Salesmanship at Cleveland, Ohio, will talk to the members of the Indiana Retail Dry Goods association In their convention at the Claypool hotel, at Indianapolis. June 15. Ills subject will be “The Human Element in Business." The association will convene at Indianapolis for a two-day session of the 14th. “COTTONY SCALE’’ Serious Menace Threatening Maple Trees in Decatur and Adams County A REMEDY IS CIVEN By County Agent Busche— Infested Branches Resemble Popcorn Strings An examination of the maple shade trees in Monroe shows that the majority of them are affected by a serious menace in the form of “Cottony Maple Scale” or "Cottony Scale." Several trees are almost completely covered with scale while others have comparatively few on them. The following communication has been received from Prof. .1. J. Davis, of Purdue university, in relation to this scale: “The insects infesting maple are the cottony maple scale (Pulyinaria vitis), a serious menace to soft maple, box elder and. linden trees throughout Indiana. It also lives on many other shade trees although, as a rule, it only damages the trees referred to above. Stringent nieas ui/‘s. necessitating the spraying ot trees, must be taken to destroy this insect. The insect is conspicious because of the large cottony masses produced the infested branches resembling strings of pop-corn These cottony masses contain the thousands of eggs which hatch the young which winter over as partly grown scales on the twigs. Spraying with a miscible oil, 1 part to 1 parts of water, in the spring before the buds break is probably the most effective remedy. Care should be taken to make the application thorough and yet not permit the oil to run Mown and soak the soil at the bpse since the trees are sensitive to the action of oils. A summer spray of kerosene emulsion applied when the young are hatching, that is during June or July, is of value and in serious infestations where the dormant miscible oil spray was not made it should be used. The summer spray is not only less effective but it is difficult to make as thorough an ap plication when the trees are in foliage.

A 10 per cent, emulsion used for a summer spray is prepared as follows: Dissolve one pound of common soap, or half a pound of whale-oil soap, in one gallon of hot water. Add two gallons of kerosene while the soap solution is still hot and then thorough ly churn for 5 or 10 minutes, or until it presents the appearance of a thick cream, and no longer separates on steading by pumping the mixture back into itself witli a spray pump. To this add 17 gallons of water and thoroughly churn. Soft water should be used. The cottony maple scale should be hatching within the next week or two and your summer spray applications should be made after the majority of the scale have hatched. A complete survey of the town of Monroe has been made by the county agent and two of the citizens of the town in order to determine where the scale is present. Within a shoit time notices will be sent out to the parties having infested trees, giving remedies. Some observation in the city of Decatur shows scale present in some trees: Those having maples should make an examination of their trees at once, and if infestation is serious ienough, take immediate steps in pro paration for its eradication. The scale may be seen in the window at the county agent's office. A REGISTERED PIGEON A registered pigeon, bearing tag No. 8, came to the Fred Thieme farm on route eight, two or three days ago and was caught this morning. The owner can have same by calling at the Thieme farm.

VICTORY MEDALS Many Service Men Have Neglected to Make Application for the Emblem THE AMERICAN LEGION Wil! Gladly Assist—Service Men Asked to Communicate With Officers For the past several months the War Department in conjunction with the Red Cross, the American Legion and other veterans' organizations, has been putting forth great efforts to distribute Victory Medals to each and every ex-service man who served his country during the period between April 6, 1917 and November 11. 1918. To tills date comparatively few have applied for one of these medals. There are yet several thousands of these medals to be distributed and renewed efforts are now being made to effect their distribution as soon as possible. Numerous ex-service persons claim they have never been in formed as to where and how they can apply for same, yet this move has been given all the newspaper publicity possible, together with the display of all kinds of posters giving all information. Through the efforts of members of the local post of the American Legion about one hundred medals have been distributed. Attention, ex-service men! The American Legion is a veterans' organization whose aim is to assist veterans of the late World war in every possible way. In the distribution of Victory medals we are on the job to help you. We have the necessary application blanks as well as discharge duplicate blanks so all you have to do is to hand us your honorable discharge and we do the rest without charge to you." Bring or mail your discharge to Joe McConnell, county recorder, at his office in the court house, or to Joe Laurent, post adjutant, who can be found at the post office, or L. E. Eliinger at the John T. Myers clothing store. TW this at once and in the course of a week or ten days you will find in your hands the beautiful medal your government has designed for you in appreciation for the service oyu rendered during the war. Tell your “Buddy” about this and then see that he takes the steps necessary to secure a medal.

TO ADVERTISE IT Committee Secures Permission to Use Cards in Traction and Street Cars FROM MR. GREENLAND Will Announce Dates of Northern Indiana Fair— Uniform Police Coming Charles S. Niblick, J. O. Sellemeyer and J. H. Heller, a committee representing the Northern Indiana fair, were at Fort Wayne yesterday and completed arrangements with Mr. Greenland of the Fort. Wayne & Decatur Traction company, for placing display advertising cards in the city cars of Fort Wayne and the traction cars out of that city. Two cards announcing the dates of the big fair to be held here the week of August 2nd will be placed in each of the 150 cars for an entire week prior to the fair. These cards in the city cars will be so placed as to be read from the inside and outside of the car and will remind thousands of people of the event. While there the committee also called on Chief Abbott at the police station and arranged for a squad of uniformed police to be here during the week of tho fair and to assist the local officers in taking care of the crowd. The association has also employed a Burns detective to work on the grounds, thus assuring the public of the greatest protection possible. Everything that can be done as assure a great week is being looked after and plans made for handling the largest l crowd ever assembled in this county. HAVE GIRL BABY The girl baby born at 6 o'clock this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Tony Meyer has been named Lavera. Rebecca. Mother and babe are doing nicely.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, June 3, 1921.

I POOR PEGGY AND HER DIAMONDS I nited l*rt»NN Service. Chicago. June 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat) Tile New York customs office was asked late today to seize the million dollar's worth of jewelry of Foggy Joyce, beautiful actress pending investigation whether she smuggled them into the country. The recommendation of seizure was made by W. 11. Williams, intelligence officer for the customs house who has been investigating Peggy and her wealth of jewels hero. “I have no evidence that Miss Joyce smuggled anything Into the country but I merely made the recommendation to New York officials as a precautionary measure," said Wil Hams. THE PIT MAY GO Officers of Chicago Board of Trade Are Fighting to Save the Business FARMERS OPPOSE IT Bills Pending in Illinois Legislature and Congress May Banish Pit (By Carl Victor Little. United Press staff correspondent)' Chicago, June 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — “Fighting Joe" Griffin led grain traders in battle today to save the “pit,” the world’s greatest grain market. The “pit," famed in fiction and fact stories the world over and known otherwise as the Chicago board of trade, faces extermination by legislation. Many embattled farmers, speaking through their representatives demand that speculation in grains cease and many other activities of the “pit" be curtailed. Traders say this would mean death to the exchange. Leaders of the opposition farmers view the “pit” as a gambling den where fortunes are made and lost at the expense of the farmer who produces the grain. Griffin, wealthy president of the Board of Trade, has organised his aides to fight for the right of the exchange to exist. Griffin holds that some speculation in grains is essential to grain marketing, and that farmers do not suffer but are helped by “pit" operations. Grain speculation, now the target of many, started during the civil war. At that time there developed a large volume of trading in grain 'to arrive.’ Because it became necessary to let large contracts for grain for future delivery for armies in the field. FOR APPENDICITIS

Miss Lucile Haffner, living west of Monrae was operated on at the Hendricks hospital, Monroe, following an attack of acute appendicitis. The operation was performed by Drs. C. C. and J. C. Grandstaff. Miss Haffner is getting along as nicely as could be expected. Mrs. Charles Bieberick of Preble was a business caller in Decatur this afternoon. THE BIBLE SCHOOL Daily Vacation Classes Will Receive Instruction at Presbyterian Church BEGINNING MONDAY Rev. Saunders. Mesdames Lower and Shaffer and Miss Peterson, Teachers

The daily vacation Bible school to be conducted by the Presbyterian church will begin its sessions on Monday morning at the church and will continue five mornings in the week for several weeks. Teachers for the course will be Rev. A. H. SaundersMesdames W. A. Lower and Joo Shaffer, and Miss Elizabeth Peterson. Substitutes will be the Misses Lucille and Genevieve Smith and Miss Gertrude Vandervoort, a sister of Mrs. Saunders. . The following program will be observed: 8:00 to B:os—Preparatory service. 8:05 to 8:15 —Devotions. 8:15 to 8:30 Memory period 8:30 to 8:45 —Music period 8:45 to B:so—Rest period: calesthenics and motion drill 8:50 to 9:25 —Bible period. 9:25 to 10:15 —Craft period 10:15 to 10:30—Closing period: habit or missionary talk; announcements and flag salute.

TO ATTEND GAME Decatur Business Houses Agree to ( lose for House of David Ball Game ON NEXT WEDNESDAY F. E. France Secures Signatures of Proprietors of Seventy-live Stores Decatur 1° going to the ball game next Wednesday afternoon when the famous House of David professionals, greatest independent bail club in the world will m< t the locals on the Bellmont diamond. F. E. France circulated a paper and has secured the agreement from sev-enty-five business houses to close from 2:30 to 5 on tbat day, thus giving the clerks an opportunity to see th? big feature game. (

Not a business place so far solicited but has agreed to close ami it is probable that the game will have the largest attendance of any held hero in years. The local team is strengthening for the occasion and as the guar antee to the visitors Is a large one it is the desire of the management that every one who can, attend this game. The House of David team has played in all the leading cities of the country, defeating a number of major league clubs. Several of the members could easily secure positions witli the leading teams if they desired to do so. The game will be called at three o’clock and the admission is hut fifty cents, including the war tax BOY MUST BE TRIED AGAIN Knox, Ind., June 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—lThe jury in the case of the state vs. Cecil Burkett failed to agree after being out eighteen hours and were dismissed shortly before noon today. Cecil must stand trial again. He will be retried in October Prosecutor Dilts announced. Dilts made this announcement following a conference with Harry Slavin, father of Bennie. “He killed inv boy," said Bennie’s father. “We will prosecute until justice is done. I demand another trial." The jury stood six for manslaughter and six for acquittal on the first ballot. When the disagreement was reported to the judge eleven jurors stood for conviction and one for acquittal.

NAMES GOVERNOR President Harding Recommends Farrington and Thompson for the Jobs IN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Dr. Buxton is Not Mentioned in Dispatches Though Promised a Place Washington, D. ('., .June 3. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —- President Harding has nominated Wallace R. Farrington, publisher of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin at Honolulu, to be gov-ernor-general of the Hawaiian Islands, succeeding Geroge J. McCarthy, resigned. He has also reappointed James Wesley Thompson of Hailua. Hawaiia as judge of the circuit court, third district. Dr. A. G. A. Buxton, of this, city, was a formidable candidate for these two appointments and until recently was assured of one of the places. Some | two months ago he made a trip to Washington and while there was prom ised the place as governor of the islands but soon afterwards was notified that the law provided th, appointee to be a citizen of the islands. He then became a candidate for the judgeship but this place also seems to have gone to another. Dr. Buxton who spent a year on the islands was well qualified to serve, his friends claim and they are manifestly disappointed over the above announcement. PORTER PEACE RESOLUTION United PreNN Sorrier. Washingtjpiv June 3. -(Spec/al to to Daily Democrat) — The Port r peace resolution was reported favorable today by the house foreign affairs committee over the negative vote of all the democratic committeemen. Pete Loshe living east of the city, was an early business caller this morning.

LIGHTNING STRIKES HOUSE During the electrical slorm early this morning, the chimney on the Dyo Ferugson home in Blue Creek town ship was knocked off by a bolt of lightning. The same stroke took ofi a gute jtost near the house and shook the family up considerably. Mrs. Ferguson had Just returned from turning the water into the cistern and had n narrow escape for the lightning struck just where she had been standing a moment before. Mr. Ferguson was in town this morning and says it came a little too close to suit I hem. The damage was slight.

WILL GO TO INDIA Ted Mmnhy, I. U. Star Athlete, Will be Methodist Missionary in Orient GRADUATE THIS YEAR Will be a Professor in the Great M. E. College for Young Men at Lucknow Chicago. 111., June 3. —Dr. Benson Baker of Hie board of foreign missions cf the Methodist Episcopal church, with the committee on conservation and advance, has just returned to Chi cago from Mishawaka. Indiana, where he had a conference witli Ted Mumby ami his wife. Mr. Mumby graduates from Indiana state university' tills week, and then goes at once to New York for the big missionary training (■inference, returns to Evanston, ill., for three months' intensive training in religious education at .Northwestern university, and then sails for Lucknow, India, to carry out the centenary program. “Mr. Mumby is the outsanding athlete of tiie University of Indiana," said Dr. Baker, “he is the champion wrestler of the widdele west. He lias a whole trunkt'ul of medals, sweaters, etc., given to him by the university. Everybody in athletics knows Ted Mumby. He has had offeri; from Indiana State, Northwestern, etc., of line positions on their couching staffs, but he has the conviction that he can do more for the world, more foi civilization, and more to bring joy and happiness to the world in India than he can in Indiana.

"Mumby has also been very active in Christian work in the university. He has been acting secretary of the Y. M. C. A., and has also rendered very tine service to the pastor of the First Methodist church of Bloomington. “His father and mother were born in England anil came to this country about twenty-five years ago, bringing with them their six children. Four more have been born'in America. Ten fine citizens of the republic, good English blood in them, every last one of them trying to do his or her part in the world. The father and mother are delighted that at least one of their sons is to have the high privilege of ’being! a missionary |in India. The father said to me, 'I have known about '.Lucknow all my life and now it seems wonderful to think that one of my own 'boys is going there as a missionary.’ “He has been appointed a professor I in the great Methodist college at Lucknow which trains hundreds of young men in that great land. “India is noted for its wrestlers and Ted says he i: anxious to tackle the best of them as soon as he gets there. A man of his type will have wonderful influence over the young men of India.” Mr. and Mrs. Mumby have a baby girl over a year old. who of course will go with them to India. Mrs. Mumby's mother will also probably accompany them to share their home life in that strange and wonderful country. TO CAMP KNOX (United Press Service) Lafayette, .lune 3. — Seventy-nine students will attend the annual urnmer camp for artillerymen to be held at Camp Knox, West Point. Ky.. for six weeks startuw June 6, according to by Commander R. G. Kirkwood. Os this'Tiumber 36 will getLthe Itasie work and the re maindp- 43, the advanced drawing . Iw-aAdition, members of the instruc tional military staff will tafce a prominent part in the camp life. Major J. H. Wallace, will be in charge of gunnery. Major L. R. Colo, in charge of motors «nd ('apt. F. E. Bry as assistant. Lieut. 11. C. Floyd will have charge of topographical map making. Bryce Thomas, son of Dr. and Mrs. P. B. Thomas of this city will attend the summer camp.

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CHILDREN'S DAV Will be Observed by Sunday School of United Brethren Church on SUNDAY, JUNE STH Good Program of Songs, Music and Recitations Has Been Arranged Children's Day will be observed by the United Brethren Sunday school on Sunday evening, June sth, and the officers, teachers and children have arranged a good program for the occasion. The public Is cordially invited to attend Hie service. The following is the program: Song, No. 17 —Choir. Prayer—Rev. Miner. Song, No. 35 —Choir. Short address —Superintendent. Welcome —Gretchen Douglas. Suffer Little Children -Neva Gerard. Song. No. 5, Os Such Is the Kingdom—Choir. A Little Bud—Ruth Foughty. Recitation —Margaret Stogdill. Our Father's Happy Workers—Raymond Baker. Glenn Hurst, Charles Gilbert. Miles Logan. Elmo Stuckey. Song. No. 23, Little Rosebuds—Pri-

inary. Recitation. Helping Mother —Francis Foreman. What Can We Give?—Mary Murphy. Some One Said —Lily Hodle. On Children's Day—Mary Foreman. Song, A Thank You Prayer—Raymond Baker. Pretty Daisies —Clarice Gilbert. June Beams —Oneita Reynolds: Song. No. 41 —Choir. Seven Little Sunbeams —Viola Gilbert. Doris Mumma, Gretchen Douglas, Clara Ellen Mumma, Helen Meyers, Eva Murphy, Georgia Foughty and Rowena Meyers. Collection —Harry Simmers. Children's Day—Kathryn Hill. Recitation —Rosamond Hart. Primary Song—No. 25. What He Gave—Harold Mumma, John Hill. Lafayette Grimm. Solo —Pauline Hakey. The Daisy FVlks—Ttfcta Shackley, Frances Foreman, Rosamond Hoagland. Modesta Mumma. Oneita Reynolds, Marsha Ohlher. Duet —Ireta Fisher and Guynith Douglas. Recitation —Pauline Hakey. Two Little Flowers—Crystal Roop, Argo Sudduth. Sunshine Shop—Marsha Ohler. God Everywhere—Hope Hart. Song No. 33, God Is Everywhere. Four Leaf Clover — Eva Murphy, May Stogdill, Faye Stcgdill and Laura Sovinc. Closing words by superintendent. Song No. 49—Choir. THIRTY DEAD AT TULSA Tulsa, Okla.. June 3—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Pillagers preying on burned and blood-stained Tulsa gave authorities a new problem to cope with today. Systematic thievery in the districts razed during two days of race-rioting was reported. Even pianos have been carried away from the negro district which was wrecked by race ! hatred. Revised estimates now place the total death list whites and negroes, at thirty killed and about 300 injured. Earlier reports placed the list of dead un to 175. This was due to multiplication of records among sheriff's deputes, police, the national guard and other peace agencies.

+ +* + + + ++ + + + IT WAS SOME FEED ♦ 4- 4- + Kings and queens never en- + + joyed a more delicious or bounti- + + ful meal than that served by the 4* + ladies of the Pleasant Mills Bap- ♦ + list Ladies to the Rotarians and ♦ 4- their guests last evening. To + + give you an idea of what the + + good things consisted of we ll + + mention just a few of the head + * liners, such as chicken, fried + 4. and creamed, delicious fried 4* 4- ham. noodles, pie and cake— ♦ + well we just can't begin to + 4> enumerate everything and it + 4- was absolutely impossible to 44> sample everything. The Rotar + 4" tans and their wives or sweet 4> 4- hearts left Decatur at about 4- + 6:80 last evening, arriving at E. 44- W. France’s store at 7:00. The 4" :4» dinner was served in the room 44" above the France store and 4" 4* after everyone had partaken of 4> 4- the eats a short program was 44" given. It's suffice to say that * 4- everybody, young and old had a + 4> great time. 4* 4- + 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4>4-4-