Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 82, Decatur, Adams County, 6 April 1922 — Page 1

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THE closing days nf the Rural Schools Near at Hand-Hartford and French Townships ar e first to CLOSE Commencements Being Arranged—4,ooo Pupils Attend Rural Schools. School days for the 4,000 pupils . the rural schools of the county for the year 1921 and 1922 will soon he over, and teachers and pupils will dtart on the long summer vacation. The first of the rural schools to close this y««r will be those of Hartford and French townships, the date being April 21. The ten district schools ln Washington township will finish th elr work on April 28th. and others over the county will close about the same time. Officials and teachers in the vartom high school are arranging for the annual commencement exercises, and plans for some are completed although it is not known Just how many will graduate as the final examinations have not been taken. The Kirkland township commencement will be held April 20th. Rev. A. j. Folsom of Fort Wayne will give the address. There are five seniors In the class. The Hartford commencement will be on April 21. C. S. Whitman of Seymour, Ind., will be the speaker. There are twelve seniors. April 21 is the date of the Monroe commencement, also. There are ten In the senior class here, and Rev. Folsom will give the commencement address. The first commencement of the Jefferson high school will be April 27. W. A. Fox, of Angola, will be the speaker. There are two in the class. April 29 is the date for the Pleasant Mills commencement. Sherman Dads' of Bloomington will give the address. There are fifteen in the LW - ... -- The Berne commencement will be May 18. with nineteen seniors this year. Dr. Edwin Evans of Greenville Pa., will be the speaker. The commencement of the Decatur high school will be held May 19 at the gym. There are fifty-four seniors in the class. The address will be delivered by Charlie Watkins of Muncie, MARRIED AT PARSONAGE. Miss Cora Buckmaster and Mr. Delmor Stanley were married by the Rev. C. J. Miner at the United Brethren parsonage at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Miss Lola Buckmaster and Clark Fetters accompanied the happy couple, and acted as bridesmaid and best man. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Bickmaster of Geneva and the groom a son of Mr. »nd Mrs. V. L. Stanley. They will reside on a farm in the south part of the county. — —• FUNERAL TODAY Funeral services for Luther Dale. Hire* months’ old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Houck, who reside on the John Houck farm, near the Ad-ams-Allen county line, wore held from the home this afternoon, with interment at the Antioch cemetery. The child died yesterday. AT THE LONG HOSPITAL* Miaa Bertha C. Heller of this city, employed at the Girl’s School near Indianapolis who has been ill with Pleurisy as an after result of the flu 01 several weeks was taken to the obert Long hospital this morning or treatment. Her condition is not considered critical but will require careful treatment. Mrs. J. W. Tyn'a 1 and Mrs. J, H. Heller are with today. ——— •- MRS. THOMAS IS VERY LOW Mrs. Or p. g Thomas who has fni) 11 , aerioUßl - v ' Hl for several weeks h„|° ng an at, -uck of pneumonia i m * Bevere night but was slightly re«tt° V6d thlß mornin g and was still u„ ng fairly easy at noon today. Her condition is critical. T 0 C °NTINUE SAME RATES ladiatmnrufo 1 p l es « Service. Daily n/ ’ Apr ’ 6 ~( 3 P ecial otrL. ocrat) ~ Water work 3 cl ‘y Hon or n. r pet,t!on for continua--31. 19’1 °n5 ates wh,ch expired Dec. 31, 192*0 f These rates granted Dec. continued °“ e year and want them

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DELIGHTED Will! SINGING Mrs. Holthouse Pleases Audience at Music Clubs Meeting. The opening concert of the conven tlon of the Indiana Federation of Mu sic cuuhs was held last evening in Hravertine room of the Lincoln Hotel, Indianapolis with hundreds of people attending, including Mrs. I* A Holthouse of this city. The Indian polls Star, commenting on Mrs. Holt house’s singing says: ‘Mrs. Louis A Holthouse, soprano, president, of the Decatur Music club, gave a group of three numbers: "My Soul is Like a Garden-Close” (Woodman). "I know a Hill” (Whelply) and "An Open Se cret" ((Woodman), adding for an on coure "Tlie Flowers Have Nodded Their I-ast Good Night". Mrs. Holt house is a soprano of unusual attainments. both as to technique and inter pretation and added greatly to the pro gram.” IT WAS HARD WORK Branches of Hoosier State Auto Association Spent Time and Money. INFORMING TRAVELERS Os Road Conditions During Recent Floods—Valuable to Every Auto Driver. Indianapolis, April s—Tourists via motor car who have had real troubles the past week or ten days on ac count of floods and mud holes may or may not realize just how much work and worry had been done ir their behalf by the touring bureau of the Hoosier State Automobile asso elation at the headquarters in this city or at the various branches in Evansville, Haute, Lafayette Gary, Hammond, South Bend, Fori Wayne, Muncie, Marlon, Richmond and New Albany according to a bul letln issued today by the association The touring bureaus act as a clear ing house for knowledge of road con dttions in all directions and in time. 1 of stress like the recent flood condi tions every effort is made througl the newspapers and otherwise to in form the public of these conditions Scores of motorists visit the var ious touring bureaus daily to get tin latest direct information and it b really surprising to stay-at-homi folks to know how many people an constantly moving across country vic motor, no matter what the condi tion of the weather or the roads may be. During the worst of the recent flood conditions which so seriousb affected Indiana roads, the headquart ers office had visits from numeroir cross country tourists, coming froir Florida or from the east, headed west and north. Those from the east had encountered little trouble for the national old trails road has only 30 miles of gravel, and that fair to good between Indianapolis and Washing ton, D. C. Those from the south had many tales of woe to tell but they were not to be deterred by re ports of bad roads further north. They were of the sort that keeps go ing. camping by the wayside—real tin can tourists regardless of meteor ological conditions. The other kind were of the com fort-seeking type that abhors mud or even sloppy roads and who quickly gave up all idea of driving through. For all these tourists and would-be tourists the Information bureau of the Hoosier association spent hours of time and much money in telephone and telegraph tolls to keep posted on dally road conditions on the main routes. This information was disseminated gratis to any member of any club affiliated with the American Automobile association, as is the custom, this being a part of tho perquisites of membership in A. A. A. clubs. As touring conditions now begin to improve the touring bureaus will be kept busy providing routes for all comers. It is pointed out that a membership in the Hoosier association entitles the card owner to exchange the touring information, much free road service in many sec tions and many courtesies everywhere there is a A.A.A. club. "This is but one incentive for motor car Owners to come in and assist us in the work we are doing for them," declares M. E. Noblet, manager. “The other reasons are too numerous to include in a brief statement, but the main thing is whether the individual owner is diing his part for improving conditions.” — o Be sure to attend “A Mid Summer Night” at the gym at 7:30 tomorrow I evening.

TO BEET GROWERS Holland-St. Louis Co. Sends Notice—Price of Seed Reduced Ten Cents. COMPANY IS FAIR . .1— . < And Deserves the Sincere Boosting of Every Fanner and Every Citizen. The Holland-St. Louis Sugar company has sent notices to the beet growers announcing a reduetion of ten I cents per pound in tile price of beet seeds, made possible by tile increased | lemand for refined products which is jxceeding all expectations. This shows tlie desire on the part | of the company to assist the grower and they are desiring of tile greatest i ’o-operation during the present critical peroid. The new uontract is ab- 1 jolutely fair in which the grower | shares with the company any advances! in price. The letter states that the! heavy losses of the past two years have wiped out all profits made pre-1 rfously and ads that in fulfilling the! rontract. there is absolute necessity of j he growers using the utmost care in raising crops and the company in the manufacture and sale of the product. They announce that the field men are ready and willing to assist any per ion who desires to raise beets. Because of the rains and the bad roads jf the past couple of weeks the acreige has been held up but contracts! ire expected to come in rapidly now i and to result in a full acreage of beets. I NEW INTERURBAN AGENT. The ticket agency at the interurban station has been given to Percy jJ Raymond of this city. Mr. Raymond] has been with the traction company for about one and a half years, and is familiar with the work. This is a promotion from the assistant agency in which he was engaged. Donald Patterson of Decatur, has been selected is assistant ttgrrrt.'beginning work today. Mr. Patterson has been traffic manager for the sugar company for about tw’o years, and this experience will be beneficial in tlie new position. A girl will also be employed to do typing and clerical ’work. THE WREN HOOSES Two Hundred Fifty Houses Made by Manual Training Class Distributed TO SCHOOL CHILDREN Movement Has Support of Rotary Club—Program Held at the Library This afternoon at 3:45 o'clock at the Public Library 250 little Wren houses were distributed among that many boys and girls of the public and parochial schools, under the auspices of the Decatur Rotary club. The houses for Jenny Wren were made by the students of the Manual Training class of tlie Decatur high school and are very neat and attractive, with a water-proof roof and painted green. The program was in charge of the Rotarians and Dr. Fred Patterson, C. E. Bell and C. S. Niblick made short talks to the pupils. Last year was the first year that a general distribution of bird houses was made and several hundred houses were erected all over the city and Jenny Wren was invited to make her home in Decatur, house rent free. The pupils who received the houses are urged to erect them at once and then wait to see the Wrens take possession of them. o— DECATUR YOUNG MAN GAVE LECTURE AT NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, Ind., April 6—(Special Dally Democrat) —Richard Delninger, 415 Madison stret, Decatur, Ind., addressed the members of tho Chamber of Commerce at the University of Notre Dame recently on “Mexico." Mr. Deinlnger’s talk was very extensive, he traced her past, dwelt on her present, and quote authorities on her probable future. He confined himself, as much as possible, to industrially significant events. Mr. Deininger is a graduate of Decatur Catholic school, and a sophomore at the University of Notre Dame, from which he will graduate In ■ June, 1924, In Domestic Commerce. He • is very active in campus affairs generally, and a brilliant student.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, April 6,1922

+ AMERICAN HISTORY ♦ + DAY BY DAY. + 4- By T. P. Green. ♦ 4* 4. 4- April 6. + ♦ ♦ + Tlie church of England war. *> 4- established by charter in Vir •> ♦ ginia on April 6, 1606. 4* ♦ — ♦ 4* Tlie founder of Yale Univer- 4- + sity, Elihu Yule, wu-i born on 4* 4* April 6, 1649. 4- — * 4- The importation of slaves was + ♦ forbidden by Congress on April 4- ♦ ti, 1776. + <• George Washington was elect 44> ed president of (lie United States + •»■ on April fi, 1789. 4* ♦ ♦ 4- A Constitution for the State of + 4" Desert was adopted by the Mor- 44- mens on April 6, 185fi. 4- ♦ ♦ . 4* A declaration of war against 4i4> Germany was declared by the 4U. S. on April 6, 1917. + *** + 4>4* + 4> + <* + 4>4> + + CHURCH PROSPERS Annua! Meeting of Presbyterian Congregation Was Held Last Night. REPORTS ARE GOOD I -— Church is in Excellent Condition J. L. Kocher is Elected Moderator. The annual congregational meet- [ ing of the Presbyterian church was I held last evening. It was well atI tended and was an interesting meeting. showing a splendid condition and an eagerness for the coming year. Reports were made by the various boards of the church, each showing a balance on hands and all bills paid, a prosperous condition always desired. James L. Kocher was elected moderator. Miss Annetta Moses, clerk and John Schafer, trustee for three years. Rev. Covert of Chicago who has ■ been called to the pastorate here will I conduct the services on Easter Suni day ami shortly after that time during the month of May, will come here permanently. He will find his | congregation anxious to receive him and ready for a successful year. MRS. KIST ON COMMITTEE I Honorary recognition lias been resolved by Mrs. A. A. Kist of this city from the Women’s Republican club, of Indianapolis, with her appointment as vice-president of the great mass meeting to be held at Tomlinson's Hall, Indianapolis, on Thursday, April 6th at 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon under the auspices of the Beveridge-For-Sen-ator Club. Mrs. Kist is the only out-of-town member of the Women's Republican Club of Indianapolis.—Portland Sun. TO GIVE TWO CENT SUPPER Tlie members of the high school bible class of the M. E. church taught by O. L. Vance, will give a two cent super at the church Saturday evening from 5 o’clock until 7. An excellent menu is being prepared, and tlie members of the class promise that no one shall go away hungry. AT COUNTY" MEET Three Girls and Two Boys Will Represent Decatur in Latin Contest. The Misses Lee Anna Vance, Helen Kocher and Lois Hammond, and Messrs. Walter Elzey and Robert Daniels will represent the Decatur high school in the County Latin contest to bo held at Berne tomorrow. The contest will be of long duratiln, it beginning at 12:50 p. m. and continuing for about four hours. Much interest has been manifested in the contest and each high school In the county is desirous of winning the county honors asd then be entitled to represent the county of Adams in the district meet to be held in Muncie. Saturday, April 15th. Superintendent Lehman of the Berne schools will be in charge and several of the school officials and teachers from this city are planning on attending the contest.

10 EQUALIZE IT Tax Board Wants Lists of Twenty Best Farms in Every Township. SAME WITH PERSONAL Assessors Must Submit Schedules to Representative on April 10th. County Assessor William Frazier received a letter yesterday afternoon from the state tax board ordering him to call a meeting of the township assessors at his office on April 19th and to notify each assessor to bring with him a list of the twenty best farms in the township, while those who assessed personal property should bring witli them ten of the personal property sheets. The meeting will be for the pur-. I pose ot equalizing the real estate and ' personal property values in the dlf- | rerent townships and towns, it evl-' ilently being tlie intention of tlie! state tax board representative to Intake the values correspond with the i highest assessments or values in the townships. The meeting will be held either in . the auditor’s or sheriff’s office and every assessor is urged to attend the meeting. Tho work of assessing property in the townships is progressing nicely I and the values so far are about one- ■ third under those of last year. HOME FROM MICHIGAN D. B. Erwin returned last night from Kalamazoo, Mich., where he, | with Ralph W. Gaylord, of Misha-[ waka, Ind., served as judges in a> Knights of Pythias ritualistic contest I between John H. Williams of Illinois ' and Will E. Hampton of Michigan. The two men gave the entire ritual ] istic work in all three degrees of the order, starting at 2:30 in the afternoon, and completing same at 11:20 p. m., a stop being made at the supper hour. Mr. Hampton of Michigan was declared the winner of the con test, winning only by a margin of a little more than two points. Mr. Er-1 win says it was one of tlie most interesting lodge events he ever at- 1 tended. SEEKS TO RECOVER — Huntertown Bank Files a Suit Against the Fidelity Casualty Company — ON INSURANCE POLICY Defendant Failed to Make Good on Burglary Insurand Carried by Bank. The Huntertown State Bank vs. tho j Fidelity Casualty Co., is the title of of new complaint filed here today on a change of venue from the Allen Superior court. Tlie plaintiff bank alleges that the defendant company insured plaintiff with a policy of insurance against loss of property by burglary and robbery: that, the plaintiff paid premium due on such policy and that same was in full force and effect at all times herinafter mentioned. By this policy the defendant insured plaintiff against loss in a sum not to exceed $25,000 for any loss by robbery or burglary of money and securities, Including Liberty bonds and other valuables placed in the possession of said bank, and by others for safe keeping. That on May 21, 1921, while said policy was in full force, when the bank was being operated and open to the public in the usual way certain persons, unknown to the plaintiff, entered the banking room of plaintiff and by use of force and intimidation overpowered the agents of the plaintiff in charge of said bank, and robbed and tok away from the bank certain Liberty bonds, War Saving Stamps and other securities to the value of blank dollars: that a portion of said stolen property was received by the plaintiff; i that plaintiff bank was required to expend the sum of $1,500 in obtaining a part of the stolen property. The complain further alleges that the defendant is indebted to-the banking company in the sum of $19,000, with interest from the date of the robbery, and demands judgment in the sum of $2,000 and all other proper relief. Some time after the robbery, it was disclosed that the cashier was short (Continued on page six)

A RADIO STORE I Decatur Young Men Will Carry Stock of Supplies at the Holt house Garage. Keeping in line with other cities of the country in the radio game, Decatur will have a supply store for the benefit of the fans in this city, and they are beooniitng numerous, too. Bernard Clark, James Downs and Gerald Cole, Decatur high scbool boys, who have made a study of the profession, will be the proprietors of the new store, and they will carry their stock in the accessory room at the Holthouse garage. Any one interested in radio work may call at the store, and the boys will be glad to give any information concerning the work that they may have. The radio enthusiasts are becoming numerous in all parts of the country, and Decatur people are keeping up with the procession. banFto “assist Will Lead Delegations to Gym Monday for the Big Yeomen Meeting. THE SPIRIT IS FINE Plans to be Completed at Industrial Hall Meeting Tomorrow Evening. At a meeting of the Decatur City Band last evening it was unanimous ly voted to co-operate in the movement to secur the Yeomen’s home. The band will attend the meeting at the gym in uniform and if it is desir- j led as it no doubt will be will lead ■those delegations going in a body. Plans will be made Friday evening ■ for this but it is expected that the |band will start at tlie Industrial hall i and march down Second street pick- ’ ing up the various delegations representing other orders which wish to go in a body. Thogp who (cannot do this or pn* fer not to may go singly- just so they i I get there but it is expected that most j ! will join the big crowd and follow I the band. All organizations are getting ready] ■and the big “pep" meeting will be a J 'real success. Chairmen of delega-] j tions and members of committees | ■ will meet at Industrial hall tomorrow night to complete plans and receive I further instructions and if possible report the number to be in their ' delegation. o THE COURT NEWS The divorce case of Rhoda Mahan vs. Asa Mahan, set for trial before Judge Moran today, was continued until tomorrow, the plaintiff in the case failing to put in an appearance. Witnesses and attorneys were in court today, and were ordered to appear again tomorrow. A marriage license was issued yesterday afternoon to Delmer Staley, farmer, Geneva, born November 16. 1900, son of V. G. Staley, and Cora Buckmaster, housekeeper, born April 3, 1901. daughter of Byron Buckmaster. Realty transfers recorded with Recorder McConnell are as follows: Louisa Shaffer to Everett C. Clevenger, tract, St. Marys tp., $1; United States of America to John Hobrock, patent deed to 75.44 acres, Hartford tp„ United States of America to John Terrell, patent deed to 38.98 acres, Hartford tp.; Charles F. Burkhart et al. to Edward F. Burkhart, 80 acres Blue Creek tp.. $4,853; Jefferson school township to Elizabeth K. Woodruff. 1 acre, Jefferson tp., $541; Sarah Mettler to David N. Mettler. 34 2-7 acres, Hartford tp., $3,500; John Carl Braun to Wilda Rawley, in lot 455, Berne $500; Vai Snell to Frank E. Bohnke, part inlots 689. 690, 691 Decatur, $1,000; The Adams County bank to the Old Adams County bank, part inlot 256, Decatur. $6,808.40; Georgt W. Dutcher to G. E. Teems, inlot 888. Decatur, $2,400; Daniel Liechty to John P. Lieclity, in lot 453. Berne, $225; Pauline Butler et al to Samuel E. Hite, part inlot 24, Decatur, $1; Henry Colter to Josiah .L. Chronister, lot 43, Rlvarre, $80; Frederick W. Hobrock to Edward Whitright, iulots 232, 233, Decatur, $3,600; Clara C. Bruhn to John Breiner, west half of Inlot 206, Geneva SSO. A petition was filed by the administrator asking the court to fix the value of the estate of John G. Brennen for inheritance tax purposes, and the court fixed April 29 as tho day when the cash value of tho estate will be determined. Notice is ordered given all proper officials and interested parties.

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BROWN CHARGES BIC INTERESTS With Being Powerful and Arrogant Enough to Defy Government Itself. IN THE COAL DISPUTE Union Officials Say Public Sentiment Will End Strike Within Two Weeks. By Herbert W. Walker l tilted Press sinlt Correspondent Washington, April 6. —(Special to Dallly Democrat) —Big financial interests are back of the mine operators making them "powerful anil urragant enough to defy the government itself, in the present coal dispute, representative Browne, Wisconsin, charged toI day. He asserted that tho railroads and United States steel corporation own 75 per cent ot the coal mines of the coal mines of the country and that the railroads in turn are dominated by 12 large financial institutions. Browne's charges have been placed before the house labor committee ! which is making an investigation ot the coal strike and seeking to bring about a conference of the operators and miners here next Monday to end the walkout. Pittsburgh vein operators’ association and Indiana operators haw refused to enter the conference. Other operators in the central competitive field will probably do likewise. It is probably that a statement will I be issued by the committee con dernnin gthe attitude of the operators. Action then will be pressed on the Blalnd ■resolution providing for the establishment of a federal commission to investigate the industry. Browne charged that “a supercorporation’ ’of financial interests "dominates the industrial life of the country" through their “control of the banking system, the railroads and the coal mines.” “A group of 25 men,” Browne said, “control S 2 pur cent of the country’s !steam transportation system, operating 211,280 miles of railroad. These I 25 men divide between themselves 193 i directorships. They it on the board of 99 class one railroads.” Browne charged that the following financial Institutions make up the “supercorporation : J. P. Morgan & Company; First National Bank ot New York; Equitable Trust Company; Guaranty Trust Company; Equitable Life Insurance Association of the United States; Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York; American Surety Company; Mechanics & Metals National Bank: National City Bank; National Surety Company; Now York Trust Company; Chase National Bank; U. S. Steel Company. Indianapolis, Ind., —(Special to Daily Democrat.) — Public sentiment will force an end to the nation-wide coal strike within two more weeks, union officials declared at United Mine workers headquarters here today. I Small industries are almost at the bottom of their coal bins now and lack of fuel will close their doors, in the opinion of Lawrence Owyer, West Virginia representative on the union executive board. “When their supply is exhausted, thousands of men will be thrown out ot work and they will let out a yell that will be heard across the continient,' he said. “Then 1 foel our representatives iti Washington will got busy and forse the mine owners into inter-tate wage conference as provided by our wage scale expiring April 1.” ■■ 1 ■ 0 ■ ‘■DEAR ME” IN FT. WAYNE Contracts have recently been signed whereby "Dear Me” goes to London next September to be produced at the Maymarket Theatre. As Grace La Rue is a favorite in the English Music Halls and Hale Hamilton likewise made a hit in the British metropolis as J. Rufus Wallingford in the George M. Cohan get-rich-quick comedy, the John Golden play is expected to score abroad. “Dear Me” will be the attraction at the Majestic Theater. Ft. Wayne on Friday and Saturday, with s Saturday matinee. Generally cloudy with probably local showers tonight and Friday, warmer in extreme north portion tonight.