Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 19, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1921 — Page 1

Volume XIX. Number 183.

CROWDS AND PROGRAM THE BEST EVER

CHAUTAUQUA PROVES OF INTEREST TO FARMERS • —■—— ■ ——■ WAYNE DINSMORE MADE WONDERFUL TALK ON VALUE OF LIVESTOCK AND HORSES - AUTO SHOW AND EXHIDITS ATTRACT CROWDS,

Wednesday’* Chautauqua The agricultural Chautauqua, conducted at the fair in the einterest of purebred livestock, and other matters of vital interest to the farmer and his family, was opened at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, with a i thirty minute band concert by the Berne band. This was followed with another concert by the Alabama Jazz orchestra. Guy Greene, of the American Hereford Journal, is in charge of this part of the fair program He introduced Colonel Reppert, who in his usual happy way, welcomed the crowd to the Northern Indiana fair. He said he wanted everyone to enjoy himself or herself during the days to come, wanted the people to know . that it was their fair, and assured ' them that it would develop from year to year as the people supported it. He wants the ideas of every one concerning the conduct of he North rn Indiana fair, and every sugges'on will be given every considers ton. The entertainment provided <lll always be clean, and if there is anything that is not just what it lould be, the fair management will it such objectionable features from Jie ground. The crowd knew he meant it too. He was heartily cheered. A representative of the Federation of Farmers addressed the Chautauqua crowd for a time, in fact too long, and the people grew a little weary. The real talk of the morning was that of Wayne Dinsmore, of Chicago, secretary of the Horse association of America. We have Mr. Dinsmore’s Address in full, and will publish a part of it, just as soon as the fair rush is over. It contains many interesting facts concerning the horse business, and his talk was quite entertaining. Many other talks and demonstrations featured the Chautauqua program, and this Chautauqua at the Northern Indiana fair is easily an important part of the big week's events. Farmers from every section of northern Indiana and northeastern Ohio were in the crowd at Wednesday's program. The Auto Show One of the interesting exhibits of the fair is the auto show. Porter & Beavers are showing the Buick Six and the new Buick Four, the latter receiving considerable attention. The Schafer company has a fine display of Studebakers and Chevrolets in all models. The Shanahan-Conroy company is showing Fords, there being three models on the ground. 1 J. Durkin of the Modern Garage has three Dodges—a sedan, a touting car and a roadster. The Sect it e company, Purman Hebble, agent, has a truck in the tent. In addition to the Lambert Trublepruf Tire company of Fort Wayne has a body for a Ford chassis un exhibition, in addition t<? sample tires. The show is interesting, and many people are visiting the big tent which houses the show. In the Art Building. The art building at Bellmont park has a most a interesting exhibit ot canned and baked goods. The shelves are ftlled with canned vegetables and fruits while In the glass cases are the most tempting cakes, bread, tolls and doughnuts. Displays of countrj butter, cream and cottage cheese are on side fables. Jars of al ’ p *AJA' (Continued on page four) •_ ♦ THE WEATHER FORECAST ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Indiana —Generally fair and slightly warmer tonight. Friday paitly cloudy. Probably local thunder showers north and central portion.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

UNIQUE EXHIBIT OF SCHOOL WORK Pupils of St. Joseph School Have Wonderful Exhibit at the Big Fair A PART OF PROGRAM Grades, Commercial Course and High School Show Examples of Work One of the interesting and unique exhibits at the Northern Indiana Fair is that displayed by the pupils of the St. Joseph's parochial school, including the eight giades, the commercial course and the high school students. The tent is located back on the grounds, near the Decatur public school’s exhibit tent and as you enter it you eye falls on one ot the cleverest pieces of work ever accomplished by school children. A doll house, two stories high, containing nine rooms, including every room found in a modern and up-to-date house and with a lawn on the terrace effect in front of Ute house gives a most beautiful appearance. The doll house was built by the pupils of the third grade and shows that many an hour of diligent work was put on it by the little hands. In another corner of the tent a structure resembling a circus tent with side-show tents and animals Is erected. This circus house was also built by the pupils of the third grade. Along the sides of the tent the work of the different grades are displayed. The first grade, including the children between five and six years old. shows their work in paper cutting and illustrating the alphabet with paper cut-outs. The second grade pupils showed their work in free hand drawing, paper cutting and general school work bound in tablets. Needle work, composition and paper weaving was displayed by the pupils in the third grade. The fourth grade pupils showed their work in drawing from still life and pictures illustrating stories and composition and letter writing and map drawing was displayed by the pupils of the fifth grade. The enlarging of drawings and pictures, qrnamental paper work in connection with general school work was displayed by the pupils of the sixth grade. The pupils of the seventh grade showed examples of free drawing of maps, pencil work and needle work. The eighth grade pupils showed examples of their work in drawing of production maps, relief maps, embossed and compass work, each ' pupil selecting his own design, while the girls in the class made an extra display of sewing work. High School Display. Paintings in oils and water colors and drawings in features together ' with ink drawings Illustrating the ‘ thoughts obtained from the study of 1 the different authors studied during the year and designs in ink work, were displayed by the pupils in the 1 high school. Tablets in work in geometry, illustrating the geometry signs were shown, one of the best ► being produced by Aloysius Schneider. ► A theme on Catholic American ► History /by Andrew Appleman, the uses and good of Latin, by Margaret ' Mylott, The Thirteenth Century by y Irene Holthouse and designs of an(Continued on Page Four).

CARE OF INFANTS Is an Interesting Division at the Northern Indiana Fair This Week NURSES IN CHARGE Os the Children Who Are Well Cared for— The Tuberculosis Display on Notwithstanding the very unfavorable weather Tuesday, the infant and child hygiene division under the supervision of the very efficient nurses of the Indiana state board of health, are splendidly relieving the mothers who are attending the fair in taking care of their children. They have a very good supply of pure milk on ice and a place for the children to play and beds for the sleeping children screened from flies and mosquitoes. If the child is indisposed or needs attention of any kind the nurses gladly assist in giving directions and help caring for the children. The ground in the tent wild not become wet during the storm. The air there is pure and mothers are made welcome and comfortable. Miss Gladys Flanders and her assistants are doing all possible to make the children contented and happy, with games and plays and are sue eeeding along this line splendidly. If desired, the children may be checked and put in a separate division and under lock and key. No one can get the child out without permis sion from the head nurse. These children also are in nice clean beds screened in. This division is doing splendid work and it is hoped that more mothers will avail themselves of the privileges offered. It must be remembered that *U m this care and attention is free sos the asking and brought about through the generosity of the Indiana state board of health. The tuberculosis division display is in the Chautauqua tent. Mr Law, superintendent of this division, is on hand and will gladly give any information to any one freely concerning any phase of tuberculosis. On Wednesday night the tuberculosis displays were thrown on canvas in front of the grand stand and were extremely instructive. These displays will be continued each evening if room can possibly be had. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Porter have as their house guests Mr. Thurman Porter and daughter, Sarah Elizabeth: Mrs. Lilly Porter and sons, Harold and Hillard of Parker, Ind. AGED LADY DEAD Mrs. Mary Everhart-Schroll, Aged 93 Years Died at at Home of Son ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT Funeral Services Will be Held Fridav Afternoon — Was Well Known Mrs. Mary Ann Everhart-Schroll, mother of John W. Everhart of Monroe, and one of the oldest women in the county died at the home of her son, Wednesday night at about 9:20 o'clock of infirmities of old age. Mrs. Schroil was ninety-three years of age and apparently was in good health up to a short time ago when she fell and broke her arm, which injury was the beginning of her sickness. The aged lady was born July 22, 1828 In Fairfield county, Ohio and about five years later moved to Monroe township with her parents, they locating there in 1833. In 1848 she was married to Joshie \ Everhart and to them four children were born, one being dead. The husband died In 1878 and about twenty- ' five years ago she married her sec- ' ond husband, Joseph Scholl, his death 1 occiiring a number of years ago. Three, children survive, they being : John W. Everhart of Monroe, P. J. ' Everhart Hoagland, and Mrs. Susan 1 Hughes of Bluffton. ’ Funeral services will be held Fri--1 day afternoon at two o’clock from the Methodist church. Rev. Zeikel offl- ’ elating. Burial will be made in the Ray cemetery.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, August 4, 1921..

; SPEED PROGRAM Thursday 2:25 Pace—Stake, SI,OOO. 1 2:16 Pace—Purse, S4OO 2:30 Trot—Stake, SI,OOO. Friday 2:18 (Trot—Stake, SI,OOO. 2:20 Trot—Purse, $350. 3-year-old Pace—Stake SSOO. (FOR APPENDICITIS Miss Gertrude Vandervoort, sister of Mrs. A. H. Saunders was operated on this morning at the Magley hospital tor appendicitis, the attack coming on the young lady Tuesday evening. Drs , Beavers and Rayl were the surgeons in charge, it is expected that Miss Vandervoort will make a rapid re j covery. TWO MEN HURT IN FIRST RACE Tom Singrey, Veteran Driver Received a Broken Ankle in Spill at Turn — RACES WERE FAST Time of 2:14 in the Stake Races —Much Interest Was Shown That the race program of Wednesday afternoon at the Northern Indiana fair was interesting to more than the attendants at the fair was proven late in the afternoon and during the even ing when more than fifty telephone calls and telegrams came pouring into the secretary’s office asking the re suit of the stake race. Messages came from Memphis, Tenn., and from the northernmost part of Michigan from men interested in horses stabled here for the week, and entered in the races. Numerous calls came from Warren, Fort Wayne, Huntington, Lima, Marion, Celina, Portland, and other places. The races stared promptly at 2 o’clock, with Claude Madden, of Danville, Hl., in the judge's stand as official starter. The 2:27 trot was the first race called. In the second heat of this race Col. Madden, driven by Tom Singrey of Kendallville, stumbled and fell, throwing his driver. The accident threw two other sulkies, and the drivers T. C, Herran, of Elwood, and Mr. Hurn of Goshen, were thrown, but the horses, Dick, the Devil, and Mary Isa-bel, continued the run. The accident happened on the home stretch, in the last lap of the race. Singrey’s left leg was broken at the ankle and Dr. D. D. Clark and Dr. J. C. Grandstaff rendered first aid. He was brought into the city in the Black & Getting ambulance and taken to the hospital where the bones were set. He had been at Bellmont park all summer training horses for Ken dallville men. Mr. Herren suffered injury to the muscles of his back near the right kidney, and he will be unable to drive during the rest of the week. Mr. Hurn was not injured. The accident caused considerable excite(Continued on Page Four). BULLETIN I ) ' The petition of Archie P. Hardison et al. to dredge the Wabash river, being heard in i thq circuit court room before Judge John H. Aiken, came to , an abrupt ending thiis morning when the attorneys for the peti- , tioners came to the conclusion " that it was useless to further plead their case, after the judge on last evening made the announcement that the case would j stop unless the petitioners could bring forth the evidence that . the benefits to be derived would exceed the costs of construction. B He stated it seemed unfair to him, in fact highway robbery, [. that the citizens of Indiana e should be compelled to pay as- ! sessments ranging from $1 to e $250 Per acre, when the land(Continued on page four)

GAR IS STOLEN Louis Reynert of Geneva Loses His Ford—Parked on Second Street Here WAS A 1920 MODEL Left in Front of Schafer Store at 4:30 and Was Missed at 9 O’clock — A Ford touring car, 1920 model,] I with self-starter, was stolen some I time last evening from in front of the Schafer hardware store on Second street. It was the property pf Louis Reynert, of Geneva, who park ed the car there about 4:30. When he went to get it at 9 o’clock, it was gon# and the police were notified. A search failed to produce it and notices 1 have been sent to all surrounding i towns. The car carried license number I 21,110, Indiana, and the motor num i ber is 4,450,935. Up to ten o'clock this morning no trace of the missing j car had been obtained by the officers, i it was reported that another car was stolen during the evening but the police had no report of it. ■ a DRIVING WITHOUT LIGHTS — A Ford car being driven without lights run down a buggy occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Philbert Gase and seven children near the south entrance to the Bellmont park Wed nesday evening. The machine did not stop, but continued to the entrance and disappeared without his identity becoming known. A wheel was torn from the Gase buggy, but none of the occupants were injured. FARMERS ARE REFUSED Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 4—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Permission was denied the farmers finance corporation today to sell $750,000 of its preferred stock in Indiana. Secretary of State Ed Jackson announced that the securities commission of which he is a member held that the corporation does not confirm with the Indiana laws. “We find nothing fraudulent about the venture,” Jackson said, "But the Indiana law prohibits our authorizing the stock sale. The Indiana law requires that every recognized concern selling stock in the state have no more than twice as much preferred stock as common. There also were other objections.” Mrs. J. M. Smith from Monroe was in Decatur today. AN AUTO THIEF J. Walter Keller, Son of a Philadelphia Millionaire Pinched in Chicago LIVES IN HAMMOND Father is Head of the Pratt Food Company—Caught Tampering With a Lock (United PrewK Service). Chicago. Aug. 4. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —J. Walter Keller, 36, son of millionaire Philadelphia manufacturer, was under arrest charged with stealing autos. Keller is managing director of the , Pratt Food company, Hammond, Ind. He served as a lieutenant colonel during the war. Keller was arrested in Grant park. Police said he was tampering with , the lock on an auto. A garage owner told detectives he had purchased several autos from Keller. J. S. Keller, father of the arrested man, is president of the Pratt Food ■ company, with head offices in Phila- , delphia. The father’s home is in. Mor- , ton, Pa. Keller married the daughter of a | wealthy Mendota, 111., merchant more than a year ago. 1 CONTRACTS MALERIA FEVER 1 While at Lake Wawasae last week ’ at the Epwarth League convention 1 Vincent Abrams, shipping clerk for ’ Smith & Bell, contracted maleria. ’ He has been confined to his bed since ; coming home, but is reported as feeling a little better today.

ATTENDANCE RECURD OF LAST YEAR IS BROKEN FAST RACES,FREE ACTS, BALLOON ASCENSION AND FIREWORKS PLEASE THOUSANDS - SOMETHING DOING EVERY MINUTE.

TRIBUTE IS PAID TO FAMED CARUSO Magnificent Funeral for Great Tenor Held in Naples, Italy Today THE WIDOW IS BRAVE Discusses Business and Plans—Will Make Her Future Home in Naples By Camillo Cianfarra. (United I’fi-hh Service). Naples, Aug. 4.—(Special to Daily i Democrat). —Enrico Caruso passed from the stage today. Despite the solemnity of funeral services and the grief which all Naples displayed, the feeling persisted that Caruso merely has finished a part and that he was retiring whilfl" the plaudits of the audience echoed. 1 Part of this feeling was due to the magnificence of the funeral plans. Naples history goes back to a remote age, but no legend tells of richer ceremonies or more genuine grief than were displayed today for the one time mechanic. The national and city governments co-operated to see that the highest honor was paid Caruso. King Victor Emanuel personally saw to it that the famous church of San Francesco Di Paloa should be the scene of file last ceremonies. Representatives of the city of Naples and of other countries were to pay a final tribute. Until the hour of removal to the church the great tenor’s body lay in the hotel room where he breathed his last. Caruso lay as he probably would if ' he had prepared the plans himself. Immaculate in evening dress, the studs and the silver.tbuckled shoes, the tenor was a fastidious in his final appearance as he had been in, life. His face composed, lighted by perfumed candles, still showed the faint smile with which he had faced death. Music for the church services was provided by the great orchestra of the San Carlo theatre, whose instru I ments often had been the foil for Caruso's great voice. The famous composer Cilea, a close friend of Caruso, wielded the baton which directed the orchestra in sacred music and dirges. One of the marvels of Neapolitans was the fortitude of the widow. Plainly grief stricken, she calmly superintended details of the funeral antgdiacussed the singer’s business affairs witli his agents. The widow has announced that she will make her home in Italy hereafter, retaining the great villa near here lor her residence. Her daughter, Gloria, will be reared as an Italian. Mrs. Caruso will return to America soon after the funeral to close the estate there and superintend the removal of the tenors art collections. Caruso long before death had selected the former undersecretary, Porzio, as his executor. Porzio had (Continued on Page Four). I ,|— !!■ - —■ '■

f' ' ’ FRIDAY’S CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM Guy Greene, Platform Manager c 9:30 —Concert, Decatur Band. j 10:00—Address, F. F. Moore, Rochester, Ind., secretary Chester White Recr ord association. He will talk on Chester White hogs. Concert —Alabama Jazz Orchestra. 0 Address—E. C. Stone, Peoria, 111., secretary American Hampshire s Breeders’ association. Fred LaDelle, mystery man.

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Today’s crowd at the Northern Indiana fair was a record breaker, and the officials predicted an even larger crowd than attended the Thursday program of last year’ exhibition. At 5 o’clock this morning the visitors began to come, and there were stragglers from that time until 7. Within the next hour the stream of automobiles and rigs of all kinds began to pour into the city, and at different times during the forenoon the roadtvay was jammed from the main entrance to the Ahr corner, and the line proceeded to the new driveway at the point and also up to the Gunder gate on the south side of the park. As soon as traffic was relieved the drive was continued to the main gate. The crowds were very well handled, and there was not nearly so much delay in getting into the grounds as last year. The traffic policemen in charge of park, and also the Boy Scouts, kept Charles Helm on the inside of the the drivers parking around the drive ut the edge of the park until the space was all taken; then the field known as the old ball diamond was utilized. Those going into the park from the new drive and the south entrance parked on the fields on the south side, and such an array of machines were never parked on any fair ground in the state of Indiana. The program of the morning was that in the Chautauqua tent under the direction of Guy Greene, manager. The Decatur band played the opening concert, which lasted thirty minutes. The Alabama jazz orchestra followed with a concert, and addresses were given by Dr. Max Gardner, of Purdue University; D. T. Hagerman, agricultural agent for the Pennsylvania railroad company; Dr. Ada Estella Sweitzer, director of child hygiene, Indiana state board of health; R. W. Core, secretary of the Indiana Berkshire association, and Prof. James E. Downing. Wednesday’s, Events Wednesday’s fair program was enjoyed by all attendants and the crowd was very satisfactory to the management, in fact it is believed that it was almost as large as had been expected on Tuesday had the weather been favorable, when soldiers and children would have been admitted (Continued on page four) ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+ + THE ATTENDANCE ♦ + + + Wednesday’s attendance at + + the Northern Indiana fair was + + 12.000. according to the records + +at 10:30 o’clock last night. + + People were still coming at St 4» o'clock, and paying admittance + + to the grounds. The fair offi- <• ♦ cials were of course in a happy + 4> mood, and the dampened en- ♦ + thusiasm of the evening before + + had entirely passed away. The + + race track and grounds: were in + ♦ A No. 1 condition, and it was + <• expected that a record breaking + + crowd would be at the fair to- + + day. The program was pleasing ♦ + from the time the Chautauqua + + opened In the morning, until the + •fr tired crowd left the midway at ♦ + night. ♦ ±* *_* *_tA* * J’-’ 1, ♦ 111 ♦