Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 19, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1921 — Page 1

Volume XIX. Number 140.

THE COUNTY COMMENCEMENT For Eighth Grade Graduates to be Held Friday at Geneva School Grounds ARCHIBALD M. HALL Will Give Address — Music by Band, Orchestra, and Quartet —Exercises at 10 The annual eighth grade commencement for the graduates of the eighth grade, or common school branches, for Adams county will be held Friday, June 17, on the school grounds at Geneva. County Superintendent Ed S. Christen will be in charge of the c< mmencement, and he lias arranged a good program for the event. Archl bald M. Hall, former member of the state board of education, will give the class address, and music will be furnished by an orchestra, band and quartet. There are 165 graduates this year, Mornoe township leading with tiiirty-tiiree. The following prograrti will be given, and the exercises will begin promptly at 10 o’clock: Music —Band. Music —Orchestra. Invocation—Rev. J. W. Reynolds. Song—Quartet. Address —Hon. Archibald M. Hall. Song—Quartet. Presentation of Diplomas—Superintendent E. S. Christen. Selection —Orchestra. Benediction —Rev. C. R. Archer. The Graduates. The following is a complete list of the graduates, showing the honor stu dent in each township: \ Union Township, C. D. Spuller, Trustee. Honor Student —Marilynne Wherry, 86.4. Neva Zerkel, Paul Spuller, Lawernce E. Barkley, Marilynee Wherry. Helen Noll, Roy Whittenbarger, Edward Gase, Opal Worden. George Lang, Gerhard Marbach, Nellie E. Brodbeck, Clarence Crozier, Nina Mclntosh. Washington Township —J. F. Snow, T rustee.

Honor Student —Ruth Johnson, 90.3. Vera Butler, Cecil L. Hague, Orloy Walters, Rolla Durbin, Mabel Marsh and, Byron Reber, Lillie Agnes Snell, Clara Egly, Francis Ellsworth. Brice i Martin, Mary Noll, Ruth Johnson. I Clarence Lightfoot, Herold Martin, i Bertha Vera Gray, Ida Dolch, Rholand I Fowler, William Herbert Hawkins, i Veda M. Hawkins. Root Township—Martin Gerke, Trustee. Honor Student —Edwina Wilder, 87.9. ■ Eddie Barton. Edwina Wilder, Herbert Hobrock, Esther Magley, Henry Rodenbeck Jr„ Norval Fuhrman, Merle Marhenke, Lydia Fuelling, Lilah Mumma, Esther Busick, Esther Kukelhan, Gertrude Conrad, Edith Carter, Kenneth Singleton. St. Mary's Township —E. W. France, Trustee. Honor Student —Madge Cecil Davis. 94.4. Doris Irene Burke, Madge Cecil Davis, Midge Celia Davis, Eva Viola Carter, Cleo Ruth Foor, Helen Amanda Schenck. Myrtle Clements, Agnes Huston, Mildred Dorothy Helm. Edna Edgell. Preble Township—Charles Ewell, Trustee. Honor Student—Daniel Jaberg, 94.5. Daniel Jaberg, Edna Borne. Elton Worthman, Leaetta Worthman, Bo Trenary, Walter Milton Kruetzmann. Blue Creek Township—C. J. Jones, Trustee. Honor Student— Audrey King, 89.3. James Frank, Reba Eley, Leona Miller, Audrey King, Kenneth F. Hah nert, Harry Merriman, Leland A. Ripley. Kirkland Township—W. H. Dettinger, Trustee. Honor Student—lrene Hower, 86.3. Kenneth Arnold, Irene Hower, Chai mer Henschen, Edythe Radgers, E* ther Schladenhauffen, Dorothy Dilling, Susie B. Zimmerman, Mary Kline, Ruth Geisel, Blanche L. Fugate, Lortne Kirchner, Ralph Spade, Clarence Weller, Gladys McGill, Irene Velet Kirchner, Erma Kirchner, June Leona Kirchner. Monroe Township —I. G. Kerr, Trustee. Honor Student— Harley A. Ehrsam, 88.7. Marie Rayl, Ray Reichenbach, True Andrews, Carol Judith Liechty, S\l van Rupert, Hugh Andrews, Goldie Martz, McGee Hendricks, Clarence Reichenbach, Atta McKean, Per l Steiner, Margaret (Continued on page four)

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FOR WINONA FUND The young people of the Presbyterian church will give an Ice cream social Thursday evening on the church lawn, the funds thus derived to go toward paying the expenses of the local delegation which will attend the Winona conference the hist of the month. They extend a special invitation to all to attend and assist them. The social is Thursday evening on the church lawn. TO MAKEJEPORT Federal Trade Commission Preparing Survey on Distribution of Products FOR THE PRESIDENT Farmers Produce Fifteen Billion a Year—Public Pays Three Times That (By Ralph F. Couch, United Press staff correspondent) Washington, D. C„ June 14—(Spe cial to Daily Democrat)—Distribution of the consumers cash outlay for food and other necessities between the farmer, producer, railroads, middlemen and retailer is being investigated by the federal trade commission, it was learned today. A report will be forwarded to President Harding soon. Farmers produce each year about $15,000,000,000 worth of stock, meat bearing animals, food, grain, wool, cotton and other products, according to the agriculture department. Tlie public, however, pays approxi-

(Continued on page three) ON TO PORTLAND Decatur Firemen Leave Early Thursday to Attend Annual Convention at JAY COUNTY CAPITAL Decatur Band Will Lead Delegation—Special Train on the Grand Rapids The city of Decatur will be well represented at the annual conven tion of the Northeastern Indiana Volunteer Firemen June 16, which will be held this year at Portland. That city has made elaborate preparations for the entertainment of a big crowd and it is likely the convention this year will be the greatest in point of attendance and enthusiasm held in recent years. Preparations are being made to feed a great throng, and no one will be permitted to leave the city saying he was hungry. In the part in some instances the feeding of the multitude has been a problem, but ! the committee on arrangements this year say that all will be well taken care of. The parade will be featured with uniformed companies of firemen and there will be numerous bands, among I them being our own Decatur band, under the direction of the new leader, Mr. Rice. The Fort Wayne General Electric company band will also be in line. The following is the program, together with the parade formation, and the prizes offered for the events: Wednesday. Wednesday p m. — Reception and reigstration of delegates. Headquar ters in court house. Reception banquet — Presbyterian church, 6:30 p. m. Business session (following ban quet), 8:00 p. m. Thursday. Thursday a. m. Reception and registiation of visitor delegations — Court house. Informal parade city officials and General Electric delegation to new municipal power plant—10:00 a. m. Grand parade —1:00 p. m. Parade formation — State officers, Boy scouts, firemen, industrial and mercantile floats, Volmeto Greater Shows. Line or march—Walnut and < ommerce streets, point of formation. Parade forms west on Walnut to Middle ’ street, south on Middle to Main street, head of parade at corner of West Main street and Middle street. March east on Main street to Pierce ‘ street, south to Water street, west to - Meridian street, north to Votaw > street, counter march south on Meri- , dian street to Walnut, street, west to 1 Commerce street, south to Main t street, east to (Continued on page six)

EMERY ELECTED AS LEGION HEAD Grand Rapids Man Chosen as Successor to the Late Frederick W. Galbraith SERVE UNTIL OCTOBER Was Vice Commander and is Popular With the Boys From the World’s War (United Press Service) Indianapolis, June 14 (Special to Daily DAiocrat)—John G. Emery, of Grand Rapids, Mich., was elected national commander of the American Legion today to succeed Frederick W. Galbraith, who was killed in an automobile accident here last Thursday. Emery was elevated from the post of vice-commander and was chosen by acclamation by the executive committee. He served as a major in the world war. Thomas Banningan of Hartford, Conn., was elected vice-commander to succeed Emery, by a vote of 33 to 11. He was sixth in the vote for vice-commander in the Cleveland convention last September. “I realize the responsibility of carrying on the work started by Commander Galbraith," Emery said. “I hope to prove worthy of the confidence you have placed in me.” Emery will hold office until his successor is named at a national Legion ' convention which opens at Kansas | City October 31. He said he would J resign immediately from the Grand Rapids city government where he is one of the seven commissioners on the city manager government. Banningan was elected over William Q. Setliffe, of Chicago, state ad-1 jutant of the Illinois department of the Legion. Bannigan was nominated by James T. Duane of Boston. The new commander is a real estate broker of Grand Rapids. He was born in that city July 4. 1882, and was named vice-commander at the Cleveland convention in September of last year.

CHICAG OMARKET CLOSE I'nlted PreHH Service. Chicago, June 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Wheat: July $1.38; Sept. $1.25%. Corn: July 62%; Sept. 63%. Oats: July 37%; Sept. 39%. SPLIT MAY COME Over the Proposed Peace Resolutions —House and Senate are Divided and LODGE IS DETERMINED Leaders Figuring How They Can Make Peace and Satisfy All the Factions (By L. C. Martin, United Press staff correspondent) Washington, D. C„ June 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —How to make peace with Germany and not at the same time start war in republican ranks here at home was the task confronting senate g. o. p. leaders today. They were inclined to retaliate | against the house which yesterday passed the Porter peace resolution as a substitute for the senate Knox measure, by refusing to accept the Porter plan, and insisting on their own: That course, however, threatened indefinite delay in restoration of the peace status. Senator Lodge made it clear that the senate has no intention of giving in to the house without a struggle. "We will have something to say about the final form of this resolution you may be sure," was the only comment Lodge would make today. He told inquiring senators, however, that he favored substituting the Knox resolution for Porter’s. Senator Knox, author of the senate resolution, told friends he had no pride of authorship, but that hie resolution was most carefully drawn and that It seemed to him to meet the situation.

TO GRADUATE JUNE 24th Cards have 'been received here announcing the commencement exercises of the Universal Chiropractic college on Friday evening. June 24th, at Pittsburg, Pa., at which time Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Neptune will graduate. They will immediately enter the profession. Kenneth Neptune is a grandson of Sylvester Spangler of this city and was reared here.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, June 14, 1921.

■ ><z \ IL? » w * I wwki ; 1 I XB GIRL ACCUSED WITH MOTHER OF HAVING PLOTTED SLAYING OF STEPFATHER Miss Marian McArdle, 19 year old, Lakewcod, Ohio, girl who was arrested in New York, charged with complicity in the strange slaying of her stepfather. Daniel G. Kaber.. Miss McArdle's mother, Mrs. Catherine McArdle Kaber has been arrested in New YORK in connection with the crime.

HONOR MEMORY Post 43 of the American Legion Adopts Resolution in Memory of Their DEAD COMMANDER Members Also Have Their Legion Buttons Draped in Mourning At a regular meeting of Adams Post No. 43 The American Legion held last evening, a resolution was adopted to the .memory of Colotjel F. W. Galbraith Jr-, National Commander who met a tragic death in an automobile accident on Thursday morning June 8, 1921.

Whereas, the saddening news has been brought to us of the sudden and unfortunate death of our National Commander, Col. F. W. Galbraith, Jr. We. the members of Adams Post No. 43 The American Legion hereby resolve that we express through the press and other suitable services the sorrow and regret with which we learn of the loss of our leader, who has been tatken away in the midst of grave and important duties being well performed, and we further resolve to Support with unswering loyalty, as he did, the ideal: to which the organization is dedicated. Be it further resolved, that the Charter of our post be draped in mourning for thirty days. ADAMS POST No. 43 The American Legion The members of the local Post of the American Legion are also wearing the mourning colors on their legion buttons in memory of their dead commander, Col. Galbraith. Little strips of black ribbon hang from the legion buttons on the coats of the local members of Post 43.

EXAMINE WHEAT Prof. F. E. Robbins of Purdue and Agent Busche Examine a Field in FRENCH TOWNSHIP Federal Inspector Geo. W. Hamilton of Fort Wayne is Also Testing Cattle Prof. F. E. Robbins, of Purdue university was here last week and in company with County Agent Busche made a trip to French township to examine a field of wheat preparatory to having it certified. In order to have official certificate, a wheat field must pass certain restrictions or requirements, as to the amount of smut, weeds, disease and general quality. Appearances indicate that the field examined will be certified, and if this Is done, it is certain this county will have a source of good seed for fall sowing. Dr. George W. Hamilton of Fort Wayne, federal inspector for tuberculosis in cattle, was also here working with the county agent testing the cattle ready to be placed on the ac(Contiuued on page two)

MANY ATTENDED PYTHIAN MEETING

Special Car With Trailer Carried Eighty Adams County Men to Event I). B. ERWIN PRESIDED Harry Daniels Represented Class of Candidates in Receiving Obligation One hundred and five Decatur and Adams county men members of the Knights of Pythias lodge, made the trip to Fort Wayne Monday evening to take part in the big northern Indiana Pythian meeting staged there at the Palace theater. The special car leaving here at 5:45, with a trailer, carried eighty members of the order, several coming from Geneva and Berne and a few came in from Willshire, Ohio. At Fort Wayne twenty-five more joined the ranks and a very creditable showing was made in the parade which marched severel blocks from the Pythian home on Washington street, down Harrison, across to Calhoun, north to Berry, back to Harrison, south to Washington and east to the theater. At the theater 150 candidates were given special seats in the orchestra circle. Attorney Dore B. Erwin of this city was chairman of the meeting, and made all announcements from the stage, selecting an AdJms county man, Harry Daniels, as the only representative of the class, to go on the stage and take the obligation in the rank of page. Following this the work in the page rank was put on in dramatized form by the noted Van Wert, Ohio, degree team. This work was splendidly done. The team has a special dispensation from the supreme lodge to use two ladies and a child, and the exemplification of the friendship which bound Damon to' Pythias and vice versa brought tears I to the eyes of the strongest men. Talks were made by the supreme chancellor. William Ladew of New York; Harry Wade of Indianapolis; Thomas Neal of Crawfordsville; Rob ! ort Brown of Indianapolis; Frank Dunton of Lagrange and others. The Pythian flag presented to the lodge for the largest delegation and the

(Continued on page three) OPENSINE 27TH Reppert School of Auctioneering Will Start Second Term Last of Month FOR FOUR WEEKS The Same Corps of Instructors Who Had Charge in January Will Return School days will soon be here again, as the Reppert Auction School will open at the Bellmont park June 27. New enrollments are coming in every day. and while the management had not expected a large class, owing to the school coming at the busy time of the year for farmers and stock raisers, yet if the present rate of enrollment continues it bids fair to outdo that of the opening term Several Adams county boys will enter the school this summer, and no doubt will make good, as have others who have graduated from this school. A special invitation has been mailed to every student at the January term asking them to attend a part or ali of .the coming term as guests of the Reppert Auction school. No doubt many of them will take advantage of this opportunity to review and brush up, as well as meet many of the old friends and acquaintances. The members of the faculty at the January trem will be here again for the July term, with the addition of a few new ones, and the instruction will be along the same lines of work as was given in the opening term. The school will last four weeks. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ + GAINING STRENGTH + + + + Clarence Smith, Preble bank ♦ ♦ cashier, continues to improve at ♦ + the Magley hospital today, and + + is much stronger In every way, + ♦ according to a statement by the ♦ + nurse at 3 o’clock this afternoon. + ♦ He had a very good night, and ♦ ♦ all through the day a marked Im- ♦ ♦ provement was noticeable. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

NEPHEW IS DEAD Mr. ami Mrs. Herb Burroughs this | morning received a telegram announcing the death of their nephew, a two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Van Camp, at Jackson, Mich., death being due to spinal meningitis. Fred and Ed Ashbaucher of tills city and Belus Van Camp living east of the city are also uncles of the lad. Funeral serlvces will be held Thursday forenoon and Decatur relatives will attend. AT STJOHN'S Wedding of Popular Couple of Parrish Solemnized Sunday at 1:30 O’clock BY REV. BISCHOFF Wedding Dinner and Reception at the Home of Bride’s Mother Followed Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, at the St. John's Lutheran church on the Fort Wayne-Decatur road, the Rev. W. O. Bischoff officiating, was solemnized the marriage of Miss Anna Schroeder and Walter Boenker. The weddingß.3 hdrl hrd Ihmhmhhh The church was filled with friends of the contracting parties to witness the marriage ceremony. The bride is a daughter of the late Lewis Schroeder, and the family resides one mile south of Williams. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs Fred Boenker, who reside one mile northwest of Hoagland, in Allen county. Following the wedding a big recep(Continued from page three)

A GREAT COMPANY 1 .-- r ( Mission House Glee Club Which Gives Concert Here 1 at Gym on June 29th ; ONE OF THE BEST , Press Dispatches Enthusiastic in Their Praise of Musical Organization The Sheboygan (Wis.) Telegram, under date of February 14th, carried 1 and interesting story concerning the concert given there by the Mission ( House Glee Flub, which will appeal here Wednesday evening, June 29th, at the gym, under the auspices of the Reformed church. The admission t< this concert will be fifty cents for adults, and twenty-five cents for chll dren. The gym should -be packed The newspaper said: "Os unquestionable merit was the concert Saturday evening at the audience by the College Glue Club of Presbyterian hall before a good sized the Mission House for the Jennie E. Thomas circle of the King's Daugh ters. “Honors were shared equally by the quartet and the orchestra, each showing a fine sense of musical under standing, which was reached with due regard for the individual part which each <ontributed. Voices often interesting in themselves are incompatible in chorus work —this, however, was particularly noticeable when they sang unaccompanied. “The contributions by the orchestra of Gounod’s “God Wills It" from “Joan of Arc” of the "Gloria" from Farmer’s Mass., after which "Simple ! Avou" by Thome was given as an ; core and of "Light of the World" by Gray at the closing number were L I characterized by dash and bright- ,; ness, and a certain amount of gusto. The instruments used were (he clari net, the 'cello, the violin and the piano , giving a full and well rounded effect , “With the variety of selections offered in violin, piano and vocal solos , and in readings, the attraction of andience to performers was always main t tained. but this attraction became 1 particularly close when the quartet a sang the old songs, “Massa in de s Cold, Cold Ground" and "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" in the style and with the feeling by which t these songs have been immoralized.” L i <»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ >!♦ THE WEATHER FORECAST ♦ ; Indiana — Pam cloudy tonight: probably showers in extreme north ► portion; Wednesday unsettled; probit ably local showers and thundershowl> era; not mucr change in temperature, b Lower and Upper Michigan —Showers tonight and Wednesday not much ► change in temperature.

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OMLOR-BRAUN NUPTIALS TODAY Pretty Wedding at 8:30 O’clock This Morning at the St. Mary’s Church DINNER AT THE HOME Os Bride’s Mother —Will be at Home to Friends in This City After June 20

Another of the pretty June weddings was that of Miss Eleanor Omlor, daughter of Mrs. Mary Omlor, and Mr. Nicholas D. Braun, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Braun, the families of both bride and groom living south of the city. The ring ceremony uniting the lives, of these young people was read by the Rev. Father Seimetz at the St. Mary’s Catholic church at 8:30 o’clock this morning, in the presence of many friends. Sister Odelia played the wedding march as the bridal party entered the church, which was decorated in a very attractive way with all the flowers of the June time. The bride wore a gown of lace and satin with side drape and small rosettes of satin ribbon and swansonia. Her maids were Miss Celeste Omlor, a sister, and Miss Margaret Kriegel. of Lima, Ohio a friend of the bride. Miss Kriegel was attired in a pink organdy dress, and Miss Celeste Omlor in a yellow organdy. The bride wore a veil, with a wreath of swansonia and carried a shower of roses, swansonia and ferns. Her maids wore white hats, with gloves and slippers to match, and each carried bouquets of roses, daisies and ferns. Martin and Bernard Braun, brothers of the groom, were his attendants. Following the ceremony a fine wedding dinner was given at the home of the bride’s mother soutli of the city, seventy-five guests being present. A huge wedding cake graced the center of the bride’s table, and the home was beautifully decorated with cut flowers, crepe paper and wedding

bells. Guests from a distance were Mrs. Margaret Lichtle, Fostoria. Ohio; Miss Rose Burns, Fostoria, Ohio; Mrs. William Lichtle, Marion, Ohio; Mrs. Emma Smith, St. Paul, Minn. The bride for the past three years has been employed as a maid by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Smith, and is one of the most estimable young ladies of the city and county, and her friends ire limited only to the number of acquaintances she has. Home loving ind capable in every way she will make a most valuable helpmate to the groom who led her to the marriage altar this morning. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Braun, Nicholas D. Braun is known to almost every one in Decatur and Washington township, as one of the very best to be found, and tie is indeed worthy of the young lady he has selected as his 'ife’s companion. After June 20 they will be at home 'o their many friends at 121 North Third street in this city.

IN UNION TONIGHT The regular meeting of the Union Township Community club will be held tonight at the Kohr school house and a good program has been arranged. Decatur business men are invited to attend and you will enjoy it most thoroughly. AT HILLSDALE. MICH. Walter Hammond, an employe of the Decatur Produce company, and Mis:-. Mathilda Koenig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frit* Koenig, eloped to Hillsdale, Mich., last Tuesday and were married. They succeeded in keeping the elopement a secret for a tew days but it finally became known to their friends and they admitted they were married. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lew Hammond and is an employe of the Decatur Produce company. INCREASED ATTENDANCE There were seventy-three students enrolled in the vacation Bible school on Monday, an increase of twenty over the records at the start of the school a week ago. Kennetr Shaffer, who returned from college last week, assisted at the school this morning in the absence of Rev. Saunders, who is at Winona. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Brake and son and daughter of Kansas are visiting at the home of Mrs. Herman Brake on North Fifth street.