Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1922 — Page 1

Volume XX. Number 3.

MAT BREINER IS NEW POLICEMAN — Succeeds Ed Green on Night Beat-To Cover the West End, Also PETITION IS FILED Asking for Special Night Policeman in West Part of City-Council Met. Mat Breiner, well known citizen and for a number of yearn an employe of | the Conter Ice Cream company wan i appointed night policeman for the city of Decatur last evening. The Public Safety Committee, through the chairman, A. R. Ashbaucher, recommended that Mr. Breiner be appointed to the place, succeeding Night Policeman Ed Green. The appointment was approved by the council and Policeman Breiner will begin his “beat” tonight. A petition was filed by a number of property holders and residents of the West part of the city, asking that a special policeman be appointed for that section of the city west of Fifth street. Upon motion the petition was referred to the board of safety and following the appointment of Mr. Breiner as the regular night policeman instructions were given to him to also include the west part of town in his beat. To Repair Crossing. The matter of repairing the crossing at the intersection of Sixth and Jefferson streets was referred to the street and sewer committee. Commissioner’s Job. ... ' Street Commissioner Ed Augenbaugh was instructed to look after the matter of placing the signal lamps on the , traffic signs at the various street, crossing. Bills Were Allowed. J. F. Kocher, chairman of the fin ance committee read the following bills which were allowed by the council: Elberson Service Station. $27.69; National Meter Co.. $3.66; Water, Works pay roll, $183.95; F. Bissell Co., $16.27; National Mill Supply Co., i $42.79; Coll Basinger Coal Co., $113; General Electric Co., $74.02; Vacuum Oil Co., $37.86; Protective Electrical Supply $3.24; A. E. Boyce, $5.57; Fort Wayne Belting Co.. $15.67; National Mill Supply, $3.33; Shanohan-Conroy Co., $3.06; Acker Cement Co., $3.50; Burk Elevator Co., 70c; D. F. Teeple, $21.41; City Truck pay roll $24.00; M. J. Mylott $246.25; Citizens Phone Co., I $7.65; Citizens Phone Co., $11.50; Service Oil Co., $71.28; Thomas Dowling, $50.00; Decatur Volunteer Firemen, $8,00; Decatur Volunteer Firemen, $14.00; Decatur Volunteer Firemen $14.00; Orval Haruff, $37.50; Street Commissioner pay roll $160.60; ' Police pay roll $109.50; City Firemen. $145; C. C. Linn. $44.00; Erdmon Fuel Co., $400; A. C. Foos pay roll $473.50; Jess Hurst, $5; Schmitz & Tricker, $2; T. St. L. & W. R. R„ $647.78; Interstate Petro Co., $25.26; Elberson Service Station, $10.65; Wayne Oil & Supply Co., $35.91; Johns-Monville Co., $49.96; Clyde H. Hoyte Co., $48(196; Cleveland & Western Coal Co., $154.80. •— FUNERAL HOUR SECRET. Philadelphia, Jan. 4.—(Special to Daily Democrat). —Simple funeral services for' Senator Boies Penrose will be held here this afternoon or tomorrow, it was rumored here today. The family maintains secrecy. Spencer Penrose, brother of the late ' senator, arrived here from Colorado Springs today and as plans had been delayed pending his arrival, it was un ' derstood that the funeral which is to be private, would be held at once. The body will be cremated and the ashes placed in Laurel Hill cemetery, it also was rumored.

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The United Press learned from the highest sources the details of the ship scrapping program. Two main methods will be followed in junking the big sea fighters: 1. —All of the 68 capital ships to be scrapped under the agreement between the United States, Great Britain and Japan must be rendered incapable of warlike purposes within 16 months from the time the naval Testy goes into effect and must be entirely scrapped within four years from that date. 2. The old ships to be replaced after they have been in service twenty years, under the agreement are to be rendered Incapable of wtrlike pur- j

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RECEPTION TONIGHT The reception planned several days ago for the Rev. and Mrs. A H. i Saunders by the Presbyterian congregation, and postponed because of the illness of the pastor, will be held this evening following the prayer service, beginnnig probably at 8:15 or 8:30 o'clock. Rev. and Mrs. Satindens will be here for the Sunday service, the usual communion service being held Sunday morning. Members of the congregation and friends are asked to be present at the church | this evening. The prayer service will be held at 7:30 o'clock. MAN* FROM HERE Will Attend District Rotary Convention at Indianapolis Next Month BIG PLANS ARE MADE By Indianapolis Club to Entertain Guests-Commit-tees Appointed. The new year's first big pep-produc-I ing event for Indiana will be the Eleventh district conference of Rotary clubs, composed of the fifty Rotarian ' organizations that abide in HoosierIdom. The conference is to be held in Indianapolis on February 21 and 22 and 'it is expected that 3.000 Hoosier Rotarians, accompanied by the women of their hearts and households, will mobilize in the capital city for a round of Rotary business and entertainment. The Rotary club of Indianapolis, of which Charles E. Hall is the presii dent, will be the host club and Arch iV. Crossman, first vice president of , the Indianapolis club, has been named ! as general chairman on arrangements for the conference. Grossman is a I twelve-cylindered Rotarian and he has ' been surrounded with an executive ' committee that can step on the gas. ; too. Each member of the executive ' committee also is the chairman of a i committee and they are at work now ! rounding out the details for the liveliest conference Hoosier Rotarians have ever had. The following are ‘the chairmen for the event: Charles |E. Hall,♦president; Albert S. Pierson, ; secretary, Indianapolis club; Clyde A. Bowers, reception; Ralph T. Edgerton, decorations; C. Roltare Eggleston, entertainment; J. Emmett Hall, hotels; William Herschell, publicity; Frederick E. Matson, program; Henry L. Stenger, registration; Nelson G. Trowbridge, entertainment for women; and Dr. Herbert T. Wagner, i bowling tournament. The bowling tournament, in which several of the leading clubs are entered, will begin on the night of February 21st. Dr. Wagner has arranged to have the best bowling alleys in Indianapolis ready for the battle of the bowlers. Entertainment features for the con ference will be novel and numerous. The conference organization will be headed by Clarence 11. Wills, of Kokomo, district governor; Wilbur T. Gruber, Indianapolis, conference secretary; Roy Sahin, Indianapolis, con ference treasurer, and J. Duane Dungan, Indianapolis, conference sergeant at arms. The fifty clubs in the Eleventh or Indiana district, have a total membership of 3,500 and it is expected that almost the entire membership will be in Indianapolis. This prophecy is based on previous conferences held in Fort Wayne and Evansville, where the attendance was noted as surprisingly large, in fact, as Arch Grossman ; says: "Almost unanimous.” K. OF P. INITIATION There will be work in the rank of page Thursday evening. All mem- ' bers of the lodge are requested to attend, and especially members of the first rank degree team. It is probable fifteen or twenty men will take I the page degree Thursday evening. J. H. Stewart, M. of W.

poses within six months and are to be entirely scrapped within eighteen months after the completion of the construction of the replacement tonnage. The ships are to be scrapped by the various powers in whatever way they desire, within certain prescribed limitations. Also, within limitations, the powers will be allowed to keep some of the ships for other than navai purposes it they have been rendered’ completely incapable for war use. In addition to thepe provisions, I each of the powers is to be allowed to keep three of its capital ships for j limited naval service.

TO LECTURE HERE State President of W. C. T. U. Will Address Decatur Audiences ON NEXT SUNDAY Afternoon at Baptist Church and at Union Meeting at M. E. Church at Night. 11 - Members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union have planned a union meeting for all the churches of i the city for next Sunday evening at the Decatur Methodist, when Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, president of the Indiana Women's Christian Temperance Union, will deliver an address to Decatur people. Mrs. Stanley has been in Decatur and Adams county many times and her ability as a speaker and j leader in the cause in which she is so I greatly interested is known to all. Her subject for the Sunday night meeting which will be at 7:15 o'clock is "The Challenge of an Unfinished Task” and the public is invited to attend the meeting. j At 2 o’clock in the afternoon a meet- ' ing will also be held at the Baptist , i church and every member of the W. I C. T. U. is urged to attend and bring a I friend. An interesting service is assured. iIT'S A BUSY PLACE Decatur Plant of General Electric Co., Going at a Splendid Pace CAR LOAD OF MOTORS Will Be Shipped This Week --Employes Are Interested in Athletics, Etc. The Decatur plant of the General Electric company is just now one of . the busiest placeaiu. northern Indiana • and Decatur people are jubilant over the fact that the new industry is at this time furnishing employment to approximately 140 people, and additions are being made to the force each week. The new employes this week are Rolland Shimp and Misses Beatrice Stalter and Ulva Ray. (Continued on page two) HP TO AHDERS9N Fort Wayne Telephone Case Wiil Be Decided by Judge in Federal Court WANT RATE INCREASE Public Service Commission Refused it and Cause Has Been Appealed. Indianapolis, Jan. 4. —(Special to Daily Democrat). —The Home Telephone and Telegraph Company of Fort Wayne would be permitted to increase its rates to the schedule rc--1 jected by the public service commissions filed with Federal Judge A. B. I Anderson today by Charles Martin- ■ dale, master in chancery. Martindale held the order of the public service commission refusing company the increases for which it petitioned was confiscatory. He rec- , ommended however, that the company be required to give a bond of $250,000 conditional to return to the subscribers of the excess received by the company above any schedule of rates which the commission may hereafter establish and found to allow a reasonable return on the investment. Judge Anderson will have to rule on the recommendations, but there lias been no indications when his ruling w li come. ] Under Martindale’s recommenda- , tions, the company would charge $5 , for a single party business telephone . in Fort Wayne; $5 for two party business phones; $4 for four party business phones; $2.75 for individual resi- • dence phone; $2.25 for two party resi- . dence lines and $1.75 for four party . residence lines. i The report is the outcothe of a suit i brought by the telephone company to i enjoin the commission from putting its orders into effect on the ground they were confiscatory. It was the , first case of the kind ever filed in federal court and Judge Anderson’s • decision will have far reaching effect on similar liteigation in the future.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, January 4, 1922.

♦ THE WEATHER FORECAST ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* Indiana: Rain this afternoon and! tonight, much colder tonight; Thursday fair, colder, cold wave. Lower Michigan: Heavy snow in 1 north and central portions and snow or rain in south portion this after ] noon and tonight, colder tonight;Thursday clearing and colder, cold I wave east shifting to northwestgales. Upper Michigan: Snow probably I heavy this afternoon and tonight, 1 colder tonight; Thursday clearing and colder, cold wave. HAYS TO RESIGN ■ ■■l But Don’t W ant to Put Administration in Bad by ilis Sudden Dicision NEW IS MENTIONED As a Possible Successor if Postmaster Decides to Join Picture Company. (By Raymond Clapper. United Press staff correspondent) Washington, Jan. 4 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Postmaster General Hays is personally disposed toward accepting the offer to become head of the motion picture industry, of America, although his final decis-! lon is still under consideration, tt i was learned authoritatively today. While the officer of a three year i contract at a net salary of SIOO,OOO a j year, exclusive of all income taxes isl admittedly appealing. Hays does not want to make a move at this time which might be construed as a desertion of the Harding administration. He is also in the midst of working out a number of policies in the postoffice department which he wants to see realized before he leaves the cabinet. Whether these policies will be carried out if he resigns is understood to be the question on which his decision is hanging. Hays spent two hours at the White House on his return here yesterday, and he will hold another conference ' with the president within the next few days. President Harding is said to be reluctant to have his cabinet disarranged so soon after the beginning of his administration but Hays has assurance that the president will interpose no obstacle in the way of a resignation if Hays decides upon that course. Hays is attracted by the educational feature of the proposed job. The movie industry, now fourth in the United States!, offers opportunities for educational work yet scarcely touched, he thinks. Speculation as to the next postmaster general in event Hays resigns is already being widely indulged in here. William Boyce Thompson of New York, a close friend of Hays and preminent in the republican party, is mentioned as a possibil ity. Others whose names are being discussed include Senator Harry New Indiana; Fred W. Upham, Chicago, treasurer of the republican national committee; John T. Adams, who succeeded Hays as chairman of the national committee, and John T. King. 3 former national committeeman of Connecticut. PHI DELTA KAPPA Fraternity Meeting - Last Night-Officers for Coming Year are Installed JOE BREMAN PRES. Plan for This Year to Be One of Best in History of the Chapter. At the meeting of the Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity, in their club rooms last evening, officers for the coming year were installed, Joe Breman, president; Harry Knapp, treasurer; and Dick Durkin, Master of Ceremonies. During the business meeting plans were made to make 1922 a good year for the Phi Delts. Several social activities were discussed and the organization is expecting to take great strides toward betterment in the coming year. Last year the Phi Delts took a prominent place in the social activities of ' this city and their year closed with a decided success. The new officers . succeed the following, President, Bill ; Linn; treasurer, Felix Maier; and Master of Ceremonies, Harry Knapp. <

DIED EARLY TODAY — Eliner Leßoy Smith, After Week’s Illness, Succumbs to Pneumonia SURVIVED BY WIDOW And Three Children-Thirty-Four Years Old-- Krick & Tyndall Employe. Elmer Leßoy Smith, an employe of [the Krick & Tyndall factory, died; at his home in the south part of the city at 2 o'clock this morning after . suffering the past few days from pneumonia. His condition had been ; extremely critical, and during the' I past day or two his death had been 1 expected at any time. The deceased was a son of Wesley land Sarah Smith, and he was born in] ! this state January 12, 1887. He is survived by the widow and three daughters, and a number of other relatives. Funeral services will be held Fri- ] day afternoon from the Evangelical ] church, the Rev. Haney officiating, I but the hour had not been definitelj'; decided upon this afternoon. Miss Margater Fiaugh of Fort Wayne, has returned from Akron, 0., where she spent her Christmas vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bentz.' ANNUAL MEETING j — i .1. C. Laurent Chosen Commander of Adams Post 43 American Legion YEARLY REPORTS READ — And an Enthusiastic Gathering of Ex-Service Men I field at Legion Hall. At the annual meeting of Adams 1 | Post No. 43, The American Legion I held last night there was one of the , snappiest and enthusiastic gatherings of ex-service men ever held in the history of the Post. Commander Miles Roop called the meeting to order and a business session consisting of reports of the various officers covering the past year of 1921, was dispensed with In the (Continued on page five) THE NEW OFFICERS • For the Catholic Ladies of Columbia Were Installed Tuesday Evening - REV. FATHER SEIMETZ I Installing Officer-Order Has Made Excellent Growth During Past Year. The Catholic Ladies of Columbia, 1 at their regular meeting on Tuesday ( evening installed their officers for the next year. The service was one of the , Host beautiful and impressive the local organization has ever held. Father Seimetz, who is the spiritual advisor for the local order, acted as installing I officer, and in his talk he praised the ; ladies for the excellent work they had done during the past year, and stated that he believed the Catholic Ladeis . of Columbia would soon be one of the ] largest organizations of its kind in De-. catur. Father Seimetz commented on ] the insurance feature of the order, ] and thought all should become affiliated witli the organization. Miss Agnes Costello, the new president of the chapter, gave a talk, also in which she urged the co-operation of the members, in the upbuilding of , tile local chapter. She will make an ] excellent leader for the Decatur ladies and under her guidance a great advancement is sure to come. During the past year forty-five new members ] were added to the roster, and the ] prospects for a better year than last are exceedingly good. The officers installed Tuesday night are: President —Anges Costello. Vice President —Christena Schurger. Treasurer —Mrs. Ruth Keller. Financial Secretary-r-Edith Miller. Recording Secretary—Winifred Kitson. Monitor —Agnes Weber. Inner Guard—Mary Alberding. Trustees —Mrs. Lillian Lose, Margaret Braun, Mrs. J. Neering. The attendance at the meeting last evening was very large.

CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Chicago, Jan. 4 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Wheat: May $1.11%; July $1.01%. Corn: May 53%c; July 54%c. Oats: May 38‘.i;c July 39c. -■ - . INDIANAPOLIS MARKET Indianapolis, Jan. 4—Hog receipts, I 7,000; best heavies $707.50; medium ' mixed, $7.5007.75; common choice, $808.25; bulk sales $7.5007.75; cattel receipts 700, steady; steers $4.50 08; cows and heifers $107.50; sheep receipts 200, market steady: tops, $lO3. THE AUCTION SALE I • Conducted by Students of Reppert School Will Start Next Saturday IN HOLTHOUSE ROOM • r I Across from Interurban Station-—Big Sale Will Start Promptly at 2:30. The sales conducted by the students of the Reppert auction school will start Saturday afternoon in the show and sales room of the L. A. ; 1 Holthouse garage building on North , Second street, an ideal place for the;' | sales, and the school officials feel very fortunate in securing the location. There will be an abundance of I light, and the room is heated, so there j will be no inconvenience from that score. Any merchant, or any farmer, or any one else who has any article to sell is requested to call 'phone 606, I and let the Reppert office know of 1 what you have to sell. There will i be no charge for the selling of your • goods. The public is invited and ' urged to attend these sales. ' The first will be held Saturday aft- . ernoon at 2:30 o'clock, and every evening throughout the following weeks, ' or during the school term at 7 o'clock prompt. 1 The class of students at this term ; is perhaps the livest bunch of any of the three terms, and there is bound) ‘to be plenty of free entertainment i for those who attend the sales. The ; members of the faculty will be in ' charge, as usual, to coach the stu- . dents. The sale to be conducted at the i Bellmont farms on January 12, promises to be even larger than the announcement made in yesterday's , paper stated. Several farmers are al- ■ i ready taking advantage of the offer, and have notified the Reppert offices . of farm implements and livestock , i they will bring in. Mr. Reppert asks • us to again state that if any one has 1 any thing to sell, you should call ( 'phone 606, and it will be properly | listed. I

| The Financial Condition of the City I Mayor Huber DeVoss in his message to the council Monday evening showed what the bonded indebtedness of the city of Decatur was on January 'l. 1922, together with a statement of the floating indebtedness of the city. The facts are: — Balanie of $20,000 issue of refunding bonds, issued in 1906 payable $2,000.00 a year, interest 4%%, matures 19255 8,000.00 Balance of $15,000 high school bonds, issued in 1917, payable $2,000.00 a year, interest 4%%, matures 1927 J 11,000.00 ] Balance of $6,000.00 issue of refunding bonds, issued 1919. payable i $2,000.00 a year, interest 5%%, matures 1922* 2.000.00 i issue of $50,000.00, issued 1920, no payments until 1931, payable then at rate of $5,000.00 a year, interest 6%, matures 1940$ 50,000.00 i Balance of $15,000.00 issue waterworks improvement bonds, issued ■ 1920. payable $1,500.00 a year, interest 6%, matures 1930$ 13.500.00 | Issue of $25,000.00, issued 1921, no payments until 1926. payable | then $2,500.00 a year, interest 6%, matures 1935$ 25,000.00 i . - Total bonded indebtedness of the city of Decatur, January 1, 1922 $109,500.00 $12,000.00 of the above bonds will be retired this year. In addition to the above bonded indebtedness there existed on | January 1, 1922, a floating indebtedness consisting of open ac- | counts, bills allowed and not paid and accounts pending adjustment in the sum ofs 14,062,12 Also a possible liability to the Worthington Pump Company for mai chinery not yet delivered in the sum of..s 4,735.00 (The above contract may be cancelled by new council) Also a liability to the Erdman Fuel & Engineering company, pay- . able out of the earnings of the electric light and power plant, for • grates * 5,200.00 Also a liability to Mrs. Walter Noack for balance due on Judgement for death of husband, adjudicated by the Industrial Board of Indiana, in the sum of $ 2,622.03 Total bonded debt and liabilities of city $136,119.15 There existed in ail funds belonging to the c*ty in the hands of (he city treasurer on January 1, 1922 the followlr g sums: General Fund •$33,816.62 Electric Light Fund 2,214.25 Water Works Fund 2,616.47 Sinking Fund » 3,541.32 Total cash on hamj, January 1, 1922.... $42,188.66

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THE COMMITTEES MET LAST NIGHT Mr. Wann of Purdue and Mr. Busche Explained Duties of the Members BIG MILK CAMPAIGN Will Be Conducted Here the Two Weeks Beginning on March 13th Next. Members of the various committees who will have charge of the Milk Campaign to be conducted in this county two weeks, beginning March 13th, met last evening at the offices of County Agent Busche and were given further instructions as to their work during the campaign. Mr. Wann of Purdue university assisted Mr. Busche in giving the plans and the real work of arranging for the event will begin at once. Mr. Wann announced the appointment of the following committees: Advertising—W. A. Klepper, A. R. Holthouse and Hugh Hite. Publicity—J. 11. Heller, Fred Rohrer, Harold Mattox. D. F. Quinn and L. M. Busche. Transportation and schedule —E. S. Christen, C. E. Peterson, W. A. Klepper, O. L. Vance and J. T. Myers. Exhibit —Dr. Fred Patterson, Oscar Lankenau and Carl O. Pumphrey. Speakers—C. L. Walters, Guy Brown E. S. Christen. D. F. Quinn, O. L. Vance, A. D. Suttles, Mrs. F. W. Downs, Miss Eva Acker, Miss Bertha Bunner, Miss Elizabeth Peterson, Miss Nellie Winnes and Mrs. R. D. Myers. Feeding demonstration —M. F. Worthman, C. O. Lehman. Berne, and John Collum. Geneva. Mr. Wann emphasized the fact that milk is not a miracle and is not the only good food, but just one of them, which will benefit those who use it, especially the young. Butter, cheese, ice cream and milk should be used more and the results will be surprising, Many children, including thoui eat enough, are poorly nourished because they eat the wrong food. In each of the places where campaigns have been conducted the results have been very surprising and similar campaigns are to be held during the spring at Terre Haute, Columbus, Laporte, Michigan City and Delphi. An effort will be made here to carry the story of milk and what it means to every person in the county. Meetings will be held in every school at various clubs at factories with big wind-ups in Decatur and Berne. Two speakers from Purdue will assist in the work. There will be exhibits in various windows and an effort made to show the people the benefits from milk and its products. Miss Eva Acker, who attended the (Continued on page two)