Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 19, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1921 — Page 2

NOTICE To Water Consumers An Ordinance of the City of Decatur provides for the sprinkling of lawns, gardens or yards for a period ol 30 minutes between 6 o’clock and 7 o'clock both A. M. and P. M. during the months of July, August and September with penalty for violation. Penalty also for consumers pet-milling their hydrants to remain open thereby causing unnecessary waste of waterEvery consumer is asked io co-operate in helping this department to conserve the inadei|uate water supply. Decatur Water Dept. ORVAL HARRUFF, Supt. IT IS SO VERY EASY TO KNOW WHAT | YOU WOULD DO IF YOU WERE ONLY S 1 s »; SOMEONE ELSE a , . , ill I bis don't get \ou anywhere, and the only nnpoit- \ ant thing to you is. how to get somewhere? The problem of making both ends meet confronts i you. What are you going to do about it? Why start to do banking. Open an account to pay all the bills by check, and a savings account to lay up something, and if there's anything you want to know come right in and.talk to us. | The Peoples loan&Trust Co I “BANK OF SERVICE” 1 B -bbiiii miiiiiiii i BABY CHICKS REDUCED PRICES While, Brown and Bull Leghorns, Barred and White Rocks, B I. Beds. Black Minorcas, White Wyandottes and Bull Orpingtons. 8 Pitre Bred SIO.OO per 100 Mixed odds and ends $9.00 per 100 Hatches come oil' July 25-20. August 1-2 and August 8-9 GLOBE HATCHERY & SUPPLY CO. Berne, Indiana

GENEVA NEWS Mrs. Ray McCollum, Correspondent. f- r ' Mrs. Charley Shepherd and sons. Robert and Joe, returned to their home in Fort Wayne Wednesday after spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Shepherd. Paul Pontius and Miss Alverda Pontius of Toledo, motored here to 1 "

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spend a few days visiting relatives. Mrs. Hoyt Spade of Robinson, 111., returned to her home Tuesday after attending the funeral of Mrs. Earl Conner. Joseph Christman left Wednesday for Oden, Mich., where he will spend , the summer. r Emerson Wheeler left Wednesday f for Winona, where he will spend a . few days vacation. Christine aha Harrod Boids' of Fort i Wayne, came Wednesday tospend ) their vacation with R. A. Briggs and

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT. FRIDAY. JI'LY 8, IIBL

I wife. Homer Staley left Tuesday tor a > I law days' vacation at Koine City. Dorsey Fennlg is attending Rep- ; iper'a Auctioneering school tit Deca] jtur. Mr. ami Mrs. Jess Ford, Rufus Byrd land family, Dr. and Mrs. J. C. WvathI erhold and Mrs. Neal Schaffer spent the Fourth at Celina. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Watson are I the proud parents of a baby boy. born Tuesday morning. They have named him Fredrick Eugene. Miss Elma Fink returned to Herne to her work after visiting several j, | days with her mother. i 'Miss Ada Hall returned Wednesday I. I afternoon from Ansonia, where she I had been visiting Mrs. Mariam Sehel-; j lenberger. / Mr. and Mrs. George Holler, who has been visiting Mrs. America Fink I’eturned to her home Tuesday. Charley Fields, who is working in the oil fields in Oklahoma, is visiting his family here. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Briggs, are the parents of a baby boy. James D. (Junior Is the name he was given. Miss Emma Giroil returned to Herne after a visit with Albert Myers. Mrs. Dan Wagner went to Dunkirk . where she will attend the funeral of her uncle. Solomon Barnes. Mrs. Railey Macklin returned to her work in Berne after spending a few days’ visiting her mother. Herbert Pontius went to Muncie, Thursday, enroute to Angola, where he is employed. Mr. George Meyers left Thursday \ for lowa, where he will work on a | dredge boat. Ray Thomas left Thursday lori Kentucky, .where he will visit rela- j tives. Edwin Neffler of Berne, was in; town Thursday on business. Mrs. DeHoff and daughter Stella visited relatives in-Bryant Thursday. Bill Cooper made a business trip to Fort Wayne Wednesday. Clarence Shepherd, who has been I spending his vacation in Oden. Mich., returned to Genevrt Thursday. ■ Viirginia Pyle of Battle Creek. came Thursday for a visit with Charley Pyle and family. Louise Votah and little sister Edwina, went to Berne Thursday to visit ,'their sister, Mrs. Howard Eley. . | Mrs. Roy Butcher went to Fort I Wayne Thursday to visit her husband I who is in the hospital there. I i—- | CLINIC AT DR. KELLER’S OF.FICE THIS EVENING — Dr. W. F. Mhmberg, of Chicago, 111., ian expert surgeon in Orthopaedic 'surgery and Appliances for all kinds i of cases of deformity and trusses for Hernia or Rupture, and artificial limbs ■ will hold a free clinic this evening be- I ginning at 8 o’clock, at the office of Dr. H. E- Keller. This clinic will be ' free for all that are afflicted with any deformity or rupture. Physicians are invited to be present and bring along any cases they may have. This clinicwill be held once a month at the office of Dr. H. E. Keller. KING GEORGE IS MEDIATOR ’ London, July B.—(Special to Daily . Democrat) —King George appears to have suddenly assumed the role of principal mediator in the present Irish negotiations.. The King received Sir James Craig • premier of the Ulster parliament at i Buckingham palace today. Following by only a day his confer- . ence with Jan Smuts, premier of I Soifth Africa and intermediary in the I I negiotiations, George’s action was regarded as deeply significant.

(Copy for This l>p*rtm;nt huppflril W th* Aniorlm>w N< wb nl LEGION OFFICER KNOWS NAVY Edward Spafford, Chairman of Comndttee on Naval Affairs, Has Climbed the Ladder. Edward Elwell Spafford, newly appointed chairman of the Ameri'-m

Legton's committee on naval affairs, know s ths United States navy on land and on sea as few other men do. Born In Springfield, Vt, Mr. Spafford was educated In the pub-

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uuvu in i lie schools. He received an UP" pointmeut to the Unlt e d States

Naval academy In 1901. Assigned to the ship Washington, he became gunnery officer; ut that time he was the youngest officer In the nuvy to hold this position. While the Washington was lying off Cai* Hatteras a sailor was washed overboard In a heavy sea. Risking his life in the waves, Mr. Spafford plunged overboard and succeeded In rescuing the seaman. His bravery i was recognized in a letter of comj mendation from the secretary of the navy. He rose to the rank cf lieuI tenant commander. In 1914 Mr. Spafford resigned from j the navy to study law at Columbia I university. With the start of the war Mr. Spafford offered Ids services to Ills country and he was made a lieutenant commander in the navy reserve | corps. He served for a time as a I member of the board of inspection and ■ survey, which was in charge of the selection of ships to be purchased by lhe government. He directed the fitting out of the first 25 110-foot subliftirine chasers built for distance service and established a submarine chaser base at New- London, Conn, When the American navy became active in the Straits of Otranto, Mr. Spafford was sent to establish a submarine chaser base at Corfu, Greece, and later became chief of staff of that station. He was in charge of all operations and was on the first American submarine chaser which destroyed an enemy ship after locating It by the process of sound contact. When the Austrians surrendered two battleships and two destroyers to the United States, Lieutenant Commander I Spafford took them over. Later, he i investigated the situation along the \ Dalmatian coast and made a special report on Flume to the American peace delegation at Paris. He' rei ceived the Distinguished Service Medal. Mr. Spafford is a member of Manhattan naval post of the American Legion in New York city. SAYS NO MAN HER SUPERIOR Bright-Eyed Sergeant and Vice Commander of Post Bluffed Mr. Silver-Eagles. Who else but a bright-eyed, smiling American girl could have gotten away with it?

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Sergeant Minnie Arthur of the United States marine corps was on duty In a recruiting office In Indianapolis, Ind., during I the war. The major in charge was nervous; a colonel from Washington was coining to Inspect ; everyone brushed up on

' rules of military conduct. In walked the austere colonel. Sergeant Arthur ! remained working tit her desk. Silveri i ngles walked over to her desk and frowned. “Um—ever get up when an otncer comes in the room, sergeant?” he growled. “Yes, sir, sometimes,” Miss Three ’ Stripes replied. “Um —and I suppose you salute your ' superiors, too, eh?” Sergeant Arthur smiled sweetly—and then her eyes snapped. “Sir, I've never seen n man yet who j was my superior I” And the colonel passed it off without a reprimand. [ Miss Arthur, now vice-commander of Robert E. Kennington post of the American Legion in Indianapblis, enlisted for four' years and served 18 months. She is still in the reserve, drawing 81 a month with which she buys hair nets. She is authority on Ltber| all golf and i>lays a good hand at “blackjack.” On the Square. “We had quite a game up to tlie hoarding house last night.” ..“Poker?” “No. " The landlady was going to lick one of the boys for not paying his board. I tried to check her, she jumped me. crowned him and tqld us both.to move.” / “bid you do it F’ j“Chess.”— American Legion Weekly. : ws HiAmuil •.

A BANNER YEAR Indiana Banks Enjoyed the Greatest > ear in History Last \ear SHOW BIG INCREASE Few Show a Gain This Year—Bank Examiner Makes a Report Imliiinapi-lis, July s ~ banks had their greatest year in he history of the bankmg bus taess last year, according to Charles W. < amp. chief bank examiner, heie (’amp claims that bank deposits have , reached their peak, and will soon , Un to recede. i camp based his .-tatement that bank deposits will soon recede on the ground that there is much urn mploy- ’ nient, and those who*haye money in ■ the banks will soon withdraw it to keep the “home tires burning. » iinw tn the state tax boaids,

According to tne sune valuations cf both state and national banks .how a general increase as compared with last year's valuations. year's valuations were used as the basis for taxing the banks on taxes paid this year. Next year the banks will pay taxes cn the valuations made this year. Most of the valuations for. Indiana banks have been increased over last year’s valuation. Among some of these increased are: Clay comity. Brazil. First National bank in 1920 $168,300, in 1921 $148.900: Riddell bank in 1920 $63,000. in 1921 $63,100; Biazil Trust company in 1920 $117,300: in 1921 $117,900. Delaware county. Muncie.- Delaware County National bank in 1920 $418.600. in 1921 $491,000; Merchants National bank in 1920 $340,8i 0, in 1921 $381,100. Allen county, Fort Wayne, in 1920 ( 443,000, in 1921 $565,200; Fit st and Hamilton National bank in 1920 $980.670, in 1921 $1,286,700. Miami county. Pe: u, in 1920 The Peru Trust company $110,40-. in 1921 (132,200; The Wabash Valley Trust company in 1920 $159,300, in 1921 8216,700. Tippecanoe county, Lafayette. Farmers and Traders State Ilank in 192 U $162,500. in 1921 $176."00. Vanderburgh county, City National bank in 1920 $599,00. in 1921 $643.0-0; American Trust and .Savings bank in 1920 $175,900; in 1921 $166,900. Lake county. Gary State bank $171.7<i0 in 192’0: in 1921 $212,140; International Trust and Savings $31,800 in 1920; in 1921 $55,20P. I*perte county, Laporte Savings l:®k in 1920 $185,000, in 1921 $199,-' SCO; First National bank in 1920 $205,400; in 1921 $255,500. The majoHty of banks in Vanderburgh county, Evansville, showed a lewer valuation this year than last. The majority of banks throughout the state, however, showed a general increase. Doug. Fairbanks al Mecca tonight and Saturday. rws-KW?. r—. .. “ • WE ARE HIGH LIVERS. Washington, July B.—(Special to Daily Democrat). — Approximately $13,000,000,000 a year now i-- being spent on luxuries, recreation movies and other amusements and personal finery, federal tax receipts show. More than $1,000,000,000 a year in taxes now is being received by the government as a result of purchases of foibles. This is nearly one quart-, er of the total ordinary receipts of the government. PEGGY GETS PITTENCE Chicago, July B.—(Special to Daily ■ Democrat). —Peggy Joyce. Follies show girl, was granted $1,350 a month temporary alimony by Judge Joseph , Sabath today. ’I lie court also allowed the pretty blonde $27,500 attorneys fee and $12.500 to gather evidence in her light against the suit for divorce brought . by her millionaire husband. J. Stanley Joyce. Doug. Fairbanks at Mecca ’ tonight and Saturday. ■ PATIENCE IS BONE ’ President Harding Decides to i ollow the Course of ; Wilson and Roosevelt HE VISITS THE SENATE • Ad °P ts Leadership tactics hound Necessary by Former Presidents , ißy RjVmond Clapper. United Pr GBS . staff correspondent) I Daily Democrat) - President Hard- , | tag s patience with congress is about

, - h- ..I"'- I , ' !i!iaU ,' „i iHiliev of i on his original p< my in an’effort to end what he . onj j":::” ™ *. "“i XX” "---"'X' -ThiriH'tiw 01 ■ visit to tbe capital and his iiißUtcnce to senators that ■ s .hehe the eoldler bonus »- and get down to work on the and taxation meaures lor vhnh special session was called. ( f ’ rlllil | lv W ommend this in a sage soon, perhaps today, In adopting the leadership uetics used by Roosevelt and W il«n • -< ' 1 ing reverses his original poHe* which was to allow congress to run ■ jta own affairs. He has waited for four months carefully avoiding the least show of executive interference. His ire was . Anally aroused by the eng' r ne>s with which congress took up the bonus legislation in the face of the protests of Secretary of the Treasury ' Mellon and other government tiscul experts.

SHOW ME WE CAN ’ Show the Most Exacting Some of the Finest SOFT COAL That is on THE MARKET TODAY We have Pennsylvania soft coal which we sell direct | from our own mine and which we will guarantee to the buyer of this coal to be one of the finest “cooking and coking | coals” on the market. It DOES NOT leave soot or clinkers. Phone us today, (ill or 750 for a trial order. We are g now taking advance orders for winter’s supply. City Coal Co. MATHIAS COFFEE, Mgr. ED KINTZ, Sgfy. I ’Phone 641. ’Phone 750. - ... - - - i . ANSWER THIS PUZZJJ, ’ ■. h Ford Sedan or 5800 AXE T«r- 7 ■ threw tleViv-'.rraisU UUTMYAISHnWSP. •WALLIW. (WIT | p!a> ' ers ’ “““ On ‘f* p—gt race WALLD* i J you 'are .’St I * »»® ™ n 10 "'.?; ♦ ASKAI9OFHAXOSUJG> tnAMANMP the correct actor's or 5 BOOM TOME WBICH Ik AUCIL •? nc.ress r-.-une, ,\a, Ais ** - - * Mary Miles -Min- XRV .' — t. r. If you can j®, ) ;■ — Buess all ten you ,c , -.’•'A *• .e'j.j ProL.-.My you I know the names fhSSv i-jJas*! ' ■ r^}- v of most of the -I {- us players, TJJpo i JJJdKKHHBa but just to re- f freeh your memmory we men- JEWjK.ST *’>’7; F I tl-u below- the iisr &-■ tw’ -1 ‘ * r'-. -J-L" names of a few A* / of the most pop- ■■ ■ » -mmb n»rrfw»-■ ular “movie” players: Mel^utr 11 fianlelr. Norma Talmadtre, Mary Pickford. - llabcl Normand Pear? ,Y 00 Fl ! " iaslas Fairbanks. Blanch- Sv WlUlam a' Re ‘ d ’ B ’ TCrleZ ONLY 185 “POINTS” WINS AUTO toward'tl??ford Sedan l ?? '’ t,y you wi!l recciT( ' 10 ’’ r " rectly. You can galn d So nwJ “vX 0 ?"?!. in a,l> if you •"an«e all uatm -- 1 ■■ n ' ,u ' , receive same prize Konri s P r,ze s- in ease of a tie, both winners 1 i reeved, sampks will be B er? FRFr V ', r T °" AY ' A ” f ' oon »" your un w< . 3 wui Oc scutlßLc., toe, , 4t you in qualifying. Costs Nothing to Try-You Can Wi« r tnon"’* to\v?n. kC w ( to h ™e S |rtv??, to Thc Rornl Wc-kly. nor spc-.I n--:t l.’ckv Winner Writ" vn„ 1 .* way ovc ’ r 100 You m.<v > - S/Ll., a<ldres3 in ! ae Puzatle Man, THE RURAL WEEKLY, St. Paid, Mir-n. MMHIIIIIII Kill II lliiiHiiii niIII«JSSaBBanBMMB■BBnHaMBEaSS-.-. iS®' The Last Half? I hat has been the extent of your savings ‘luring lhe lirst half of this year? Make the last ' n.ian more t 0 you by opening a savings account in this strong bank. ! '■ho spends it all is headed toward in- | fc wll<) saves s om1,11 '"'"O--- coinpckncc and independene-’. II li kl® "• ' Interest on Savings Deposits OLD AOAMS COUNTY BANK “ The Old Reliable” Decatur, J Indiana . —

SALARIED READJugygu The county counniMionw, un order rendjuatlnr t| ie * the highway •nnerintendent A'/ county surveyor, the fo niUr paid nix dohurs jer day lln <l the?' ter nine dolluri p l r dav. and • age. -lhe purveyor nho gets M .and ( Or al , "j ,mlan roads for th is V om l)et J' and his salary conforms to that ' orve.vora in iK.jonnng countiu,** GETTING ALONG GOOD 1 Latent reports from the St. Jt-uqital at Fc-t Wayne state ’ YHss Helen VHlbehn >vbo Wftg 1 j ed on Wodread. y laoniing. j, ,t:nf, along aa •.v-di i.a <;.n b e es ” I though she suffered a great/ -■ V hen ahe flrat . ame (ut trwn the t’lTerts of the ,»*dier. . j_s_s_WANT ADS )’ I Doug. Fairbanks at i tonight and Saturday. WANT APS I