Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 22 April 1922 — Page 1

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WILL OBSERVE library week Indiana Library Week To Be Held Throughout State Next Week A LOCA_L_PROGRAM For Every Day Next Week Announced by Officials of Decatur Library A complete daily program to be observed at the Decatur Public Library next week in connection with the Indiana Library Week. April 23 to 29. vU announced by the Library board gn <l Miss Mose*, the librarian today. The program has been arranged to permit every school child in the city tn visit the library during the week and provision has also been made for the adults. On Wednesday an effort will be made to "tag” every pa tron and prospective patron, who will be asked to wear the tag for the lemafnder of the week for library publicity. Following is the program announced today: Sunday. April 23. Church Day Ministers and Sunday School sup erintenuents to lend their endorse ment to the week and to speak of the value of books and good reading. Monday, April 24 Pupils of the city schools to visit the library to create interest and increase circulation of books. Super intendent Worthman backing the On Monday afternoon the third and fourth grades of the South Ward school will come to the library at 3 p. m. Tuesday, April 25 Pupils of the Riley school, third and fourth grades, will spend a part of the afternoon enjoying the library. Wednesday, April 26 The third, fourth and fifth grades of the North Ward will visit the library at 3 p. m. Teachers wijl be asked to accompany the pupils and assist in making them acquainted with the workings of the library. Wednesday, April 26th, will be “tag day.” Every patron and prospective patron will be “tagged” and asked to wear the tag during the remainder of the week as a means of publicity for the library. Thursday, April 27, Library Day On Thursday evening "open house” with the trustees and librarians as hosts and hostesses, at 8 o’clock An entertaining program of music by the Olee Clubs of the Public and Parochial schools will be given. Eight numbers are assured and each number will be sure to please. To be given in the main library in order that every guest may enjoy the books and periodicals. Friday, April 28, School Day All pupils of the city who did not come to the library on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, are urged to spend some time during this day. Saturday, April 29, Township Day On Saturday afternoon an invitation is extended to all persons of Washington township, whether they have been in Ute library during the week pr not, to come at this time. Many of the residents and children of Washington township are now patrons of the library but not all are “sing the books which they have the privilege of doing. A splendid turnout from the township is expected. Saturday afternoon will also be the “Story Hour” for the children. There 'ill be two "hours.” one for the little folk” and another for the grammar grades, with excellent storj- tellers to entertain. More about the "story hour” on Saturday afternoon will come later. Watch for it children. >.. DECATUR PEOPLE IN LIST Three Decatur people were in the list of the 500 people to receive gifts ficin the Fort Wayne chapter of the 1 nited Commercial Travelers in an intertainment at the Palace theatre r riday evening) Miss Anna Keller received a box of silk hose valued at ?6.00; Izy Stoneburner, a box of ciBars, and a Mr. Schnitz a box of candy. -cjier Stewart, of Fort Wayne, a brother oft J. H. Stewart of this city, Was given the Ford touring car. Hie "Ife. formerly Miss Frances Miller, is W ®ll known here, having lived here several years before her parents, Mr. !"* 1 Mrs - Cal Miller, moved to Fort 'vayne. The Studebaker car went tc Ar canum, Ohio. Mrs. Clarence Herber was among 0 ay’s Ft. Wayne visitors.

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ATTORNEY PARRISH IN PORTLAND HOSPITAL Attorney Pat Parrish, of Ft. Wayne, who came to this city Monday morn 1 Ing as an attorney for Jesse Koos In the Koos vs. Hilpert trial this week was removed from the Hotel Adair last evening to the Jay County Hos pital. Mr. Parrish has boon quite sick all week and unable to be out of his room. He could not appear In the case. Word from his bedside at noon today was to the effect that it would be several days before he would be able to return to Fort Wayne—Port land Republican. PUPILS GRADUATE I Commencement Exercises ■ I Held at the Monroe High I School Thursday Night OTHERS GRADUATE • ■ At Kirkland and Hartford Township Schools Friday Night On Thursday night the Commence ment exercises of the Senior High school class of 1922 were held at the Methodist church in Monroe, which ’ was one of the leading features of this occasion. The class address was delivered by Rev. Arthur Fol som of Fort Wayne, whose subject 1 was “Oun New | which was very interesting and con- ’ tained many good points, to a large and appreciative audience. ' The graduating class this year wat 1 composed of ten members —five young men and five young ladies —namely, Lynn V. Shirk, Chester Kessler, Syl--1 vester Everhart, Edward Lehman, Kirk Smith, Francile Spuller, Cecil ■ Meyers. Louise Thomas, Electa Oliver and Leota Smith. The large Methodist church wat 1 handsomely decorated in the class colors, and was filled to th# doors. ' The school orchestra furnished the music under the direction of Prof. Bliss, of Geneva, which rendered several fine selections appropriate for ■ the occasion. The graduates present ed a fine appearance while seated on 1 the rostrum. After the conclusion of the address Comity Superintendent E. S. Christen stepped forward and in a few chesen remarks lauding the Monroe graduates and school as to their 1 school work and athletics, referring to the Monroe basketball team, the progress made in the various branch--1 es of the school, he presented the diplomas to the graduates. Thus another complete course ot ■ school work has been ended by the ’ ten young people who now will start 1 out in life’s battle with the world, to seek their success in whatever they may embark in, and their many friends and admirers congratulate and wish for them prosperity in whatever vocation they may chose for their future life’s work. After the closing of the exercises, a reception was held at the school house, which a large number attend- ■ ed. Refreshments were served and a general good time was had by ’ those present. Hartford Commencsment. 1 Eleven students were given diplomas at the annual commencement * exercises of the Hartford township ’ high school held in the high school building last night. The Rev. Charles , W. Whitman, pastor ot the First > Methodist church in Seymour, delivered the commencement address. - Rev. Whitman’s! address last night ■ made a total of three hundred and ’ eighty commencement addresses i which he has delivered in Indiana - within the last eleven years. His subject last night was "Facing the New Day.” County Superintendent E. 8. Christen presented the diplomas to the graduates. Mrs. Holthouse 3 sang two solos and Lorene Hall and a Lucile Baumgartner played a piano s duet. 1 The eleven graduates consisted of 0 tour girls and seven boys. Following ’ is a list of their anmes: t Robert Shoemaker, Gorman MeI- Kean, Menno Felber. Elta Heller, Lo- ’- zier Eckrote. William Eckrote, Wm. » Baker, Richard Schneider, Jane Meyers, Hilda Beeler, Ida Glenden--8 ntng and Edith Glendonnlng. h Kirkland Commencement e Five student# completed their high r. school course in the Kirkland townt ship high school this year and were o awarded their diplomas at the com mencement exercises last night. The commencement address was delivered g — — (Continued on page two)

MEMORIAL DAY; Will be Observed by Loyal Order of Moose in this ’ City Next Sunday MUSIC IS SPE CIA L - a Quartette and Soloists on * Program — James E. ]• Ford is Speaker ______ • The Loyal Order of Moose, Adams 1 lodge*. No. 1311, will observe their an- 1 nual Memorial day next Sunday oft- ‘ ernoon at two o'clock at which tini“ ' they will hold appropriate exercises < at the Moose hall on Monroe street to which the public is most cordially < invited. , James E. Ford, of Fort Wayne. , will deliver the memorial address. , The regular service for this occa- ( sion will be interspersed with beautiful music including songs by a male quartet, formed by the following men Messrs. Beery, Neptune, Walters and Dellinger; Miss Celia Andrews will accompany them on the piano; solo, ' “I Come to Thee.” Roma, Mrs. L. A. Holthouse; solo, “One Sweetly Solemn Thought,” Ambrose, John Walters. The following will be power girls for the exercises: Herretta Elzey Delores Elzey, Agnes Baker, Mary Lose, Theresa Baker, Mary Murphy, Mary Engle, Mary Mclntosh, Barbara Jane Keller and Ruth Roop. Ten members of the lodge have been called to the higher land and the srvices wlil be in memory of these. ADAMS COUNTY MAN MARRIED The wedding of Miss Pearl Willis, daughter of Thomas Willis, of Bryant, and Dewey Rian, son ot Jonathan Rian, of Adams county was celebrated at 10:30 o’clock Thursday morning it the parsonage of Rev. J. H. Nall, pastor of the U. B. church. The newly weds were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Macy, of near Bryant. The bride has been employed as a seamstress at the Knocker Overall factory here while the groom is a far mer. —Portland Sun. ON ROAD REPAIR Superintendent and Assistants Busy Repairing County Highways FEW UNDER WATER Condition is Worse in and Around Geneva —Gulick Road is Flooded Work of repairing roads over the county, which were damaged by the storms, floods and thaws within the last week or ten days, especially in the southern part of the county along the Wabash river is well under way, stated Charles E. Magley, county highway superintendent today. Yesterday Supt. Magley and a force of men were working on the Christen road in Root township. The district; highway superintendents, seventeen in all, have been instructed to repair the roads as fast as possible. In a number of places the roads were washed out and it is at these points that workmen will direct their efforts for the next few days. The Gulick road in St. Marys township has been under water for several days, due to the overflow from the St. Marys river. In Wabash township, where the Wabash river is i out of banks several of the roads are under water and in places it is impossible to travel over them. Superintendent Magley is receiving daily reports from the various dis- , trict superintendents over the coun- , ty and he reports that the work this I year is progressing very nicely on all the roads, although work on them was curtailed to a great extent on account of the rains and high waters, f e SPADE-KELLY Mr. Arthur Kelly, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly of this city, and ' Miss Iva Spade, daughter of Mr. and ■ Mrs. Frank Spade, of Kirkland ‘ township, were united in marriage at - 7:30 o'clock last Thursday evening at the parsonage of the Rev. J. A. Seimetz. Those who attended the i ceremony were Mr. Edward Kelly and Mrs. Dewey Brown of Ft. Wayne brother and sister of the groom. The 1 young couple has a host of friends whose best wishes are extended to B them. They will be at home to their 1 friends at 215 Ninth street, after April 24. ...

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, April 22, 1922

♦♦♦♦+♦♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦| ♦ AMERICAN HISTORY ♦ ♦ DAY BY DAY + 4- By ,T P. Green ♦ + + 4- April 22. + ‘ + ■ ■■-■ ♦ + The Public Library of New + 4- York City was founded on April + 4- 22, 1730. & , 4- The Provincial Congress de- 4- ] 4- cided to raise 30,fi1l soldiers on 44- April 22, 1775. 44- — 4 4- A declaration ot Independence ♦ 4- was authorized by North Caro- 44- Una on April 22, 1776. 44- - 4 ’ 4- The last time Massachusetts 44- marriage bans were legally pub- * 1 4- lished was on April 22. 1850. + 4* — ♦ < 4* That a truce he declared and + | 4- the British Minister act as ar- 44- bitrator was sugested by the 44* Governor of Maryland on April ♦ 4- 22, 1861. 4> 4- — + 4- Contract for transfer of Pan- 44- ama Canal to the United States 4> 4- was signed on April 22, 1904. 4-1 + + + + + * + + *♦**♦ + « SPEECH PLEASES DECATUR PEOPLE Former Governor Samuel A. Ralston Gave Address at the Court Room TOL I) THE TRUTHS Introduced by President John T. Kelly of Adams County Jefferson Club The Ralston meeting yesterday afternoon in this city was a -most interesting and satisfactory one. Mr. Ralston who Is a candidate for the democratic nomination fur United States senator made a splendid address in which he argued In a sane and sensible way for the restoration of power to the people, for foreign markets and for common sense government. He showed by figures which he declared were more eloquent than any speech the difference in the condition of the people In 1912 and 1920 and compared that condition with the present one and the attitude of the administration to write into the new tariff law the highest taxes ever known in the world, building a veritable barrier wall around this nation. (Continued on page three) STRIKE BALLOTS Sent to Railroad Employes Department of the Federation of Labor ON WAGE QUESTION Believed That Result Will be Used in Negotiations To Come Up (United Press Service) Chicago. April 22.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Strike ballots were pre pared today to send out to the 600,000 members of the railway employes department of the American federation of labor. The vote will be on the question of whether the men will authorize their officers to call a strike In protest against the "railways in ignoring deiisions of the United States Railroad Labor Board.” A strike vote was taken a year ago ♦ by the same organization, composed chiefly of shop workers, in protest against a cut in wages ordered by the 1 labor board. When the time came for a strike however, officers said that "conditions were satisfactory” and negotiated a peace arrangement. The belief here was that the union ! officials wanted the strike vote merely for a threat to use tn connection with their negotiations and that a strike ’ would not be called, even If the men L. voted for it. y -#»ft If IT lyAff A* ' Fair tonight and probably Sunday, becoming unsettled at night; slowly r rising temperature; frost probable tonight in east and north portions.

FOR DEFENDANT I Jury Says He is Nut Guilty < of Breaking Up Home of Adams County Man A FOUR-DAY TRIAL J Ended After Jury Deliber- i ates Four Hours —Koon < Wanted SIO,OOO i After deliberating four hours Fri- 1 day afternoon, the jury hearing the < alienation case oil Jesse Koos vs. William Hilpert, Adams county men. returned a verdict for the defendant Hilpert, exonerating him from the charge made by Koos that he had broken up his home in this county ] and induced Mrs. Koos to leave him The suit was first filed in the Ad ams circuit court, and later taken t< the Jay circuit court, finally coming to trial this week. Koos asked the sum of SIO,OOO, and his attorney. I Judge D. E. Smith, of Fort Wayne, put up a stubborn fight in his behalf The case has been watched close! > by many Adams county people fa miliar with the home life of the par , ties interested, and the general sym pathy seemed to be with the defendant. Word from Portland this morn ing is that the defendants were easily the favorite with the large crowds which filled the court room du.ing the trial. Mr. Hilpert, after the verdict war read, when asked for a statement said: “I knew I would be acquitted because I had done nothing wrong.” INITIATED FIVE Members of the third rank team of the Knights of Pythias lodge jour neyed via auto to Monroeville Friday evening and made Pythian Knights of five men of that hustling little Al len county town. The evening war thoroughly enjoyed by the local men. and following the lodge meeting a social session followed, during which a luncheon was served. About Ugh teen or twenty Decatur men wer in the crowd. EXHIBIT IS MOWN Diagrams at County Agents Office Shows Value of Different Hog Foods MIXED RATIONS GOOF Savings of Corn More Than Make Up for Cost of Supplement Used Prof. J. W. Schwab, of the Swine department at Purdue University w r as in the county yesterday and as sisted the county agent in putting up an exhibit in his office designed to show the advantages of different kinds of rations in fattening hogs. The diagram shows results of dis ferent feeding trails where four different rations were used. They be ing corn alone, corn and soy bean meal, corn and tankage and corn and milk respectively. The average weight of the hogs at the beginning of tho feeding experiments was 100 pounds. Each lot of hogs was fed to a marketing weight of about 220 pounds. It was found that the ration consisting of corn alone required 127 days to fatten the hogs to the weight of 220 pounds. Only 84 days was required in the ration of corn and soy bean meal. 68 days were necessary when tankage supplemented corn and only 58 days wore requir ed when milk was used to furnish the protein part of the ration. It was also found —as is always the case — , that the more rapid the gains the I less feed was required to put on the gain. When corn alone was used almost 6 pounds were necessary to produce one pound gain, when corn and soy bean meal was used 4.2 pounds were needed. The ration of corn and tankage needed only 3.7 pounds and the corn and milk ration 1 needed only 3.4 pounds of corn to ' produce one pound of gain. 1 In pvery case the saving of corn * was far more than enough to make 1 up for the cost of the supplement used whether it was soy bean meal, 1 tankage or milk. All farmers Interested in good hog feeding should plan to see the exhibits as various other points are brought out as to the most economical method of feeding hogs. ' E. W. France of Pleasant Mills spent 3 Saturday in Decatur.

WILL HOLD A HEARING ON SCHOOL BOND ISSUE County Auditor Martin Jaberg received u letter from the state board of tax commissioners today which stated that a hearing would be held at the school house in District No. 4, near Berne, at 10 o'clock on the morning of Friday, April 28, on the objections filed by taxpayers of Blue Creek township against the proposed bond issue of $13,000 for the erection of a new school house in that township. The letter urged that all interested taxpayers be present at the meeting. The hearing will be con ducted by a member of the state tax commission. PERPETUAL LIGHT May Result from Discovery of Prof. Newton Harvey of Princeton IS CALLED LUCIFERIN Substance' Burns Forever with Cold Blue Light Not Practical Yet Princeton, N. J. April 22.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Dawning of an era of perpetual illumination was seen by scientists today in announcement by Prof. E. Newton Harvey of Princeton University that he had developed a continuous cold light, called Luciferin. This is a step which science regards as equal in inportance to invention of the wireless, the telephone, telegraph phonograph, airplane, automobile and other modern devices. Continuous cold light eventually will do away with all forms of artifical illumination. According to belief oT scientists. It will be possible for a man to carry a bottle □f light in his pocket. Permanent globes of light will be suspended in the streets, in public buildings and in residences. Just at present the new discovery has not reached anj where near that stage of development, exhibited by Prof Harvey It has the appearance of a small blue flame flickering in water in a flask. However, it is possible to read by the faint glow. It is just about in thestage of development now that the phonograph was when it gave forth but a faint sratchy sound, and the movies were in the days when they were jumpy blurs, hard on the eyes. The new substance burns forever with a cold, blue light. Prof. Harvey calls it a protein which he has succeeded in isolating after eight years experimenting from bacteria, fungi and insects. Once he succeeded in isolating the luciferin. Prof. Harvey was confronted with the problem of making it permanent. It would glow for a while, then flicker out. This was because it burned only so long as oxygen was applied to it, and the oxygen also had the effect of destroying it. Now Prof. Harvey has perfected a chemical process whereby the oxygen is separated from the luciferin immediately after the contact with produces the light and then joins with it again. This produces continuous light rays, without wearing out the luciferin. In its present stage ot development, however, the light grows dimmer and dimmer over a considerable peroid of time hut fades so slowly that the change is scarcely noticeable. This is overcome by occasionally adding small quantities of luciferin. Further experiments are expected to result in a method of automatically replenishing itself. Prof. Harvey’s experiments started with fire files and otherl nsects which gave forth light. However he took his greatest step when in Japan he dis--1 covered a shell fish the size of a flea which radiated a blue glow. Millions of these made the sea blaze like fire. He obtained a quantity of these crus- ' taceans and used them in further exi periments which led to the isolation . of hificerin. Material for the manufacture of lu- , ciferin is being shipped to Prof. Harvey in the shape of dried Crustacea, i Each of these tiny dried shell fish give t off light estimated at one thousandth t of one candle power. By Prof. Har- , vey's process, those tiny objects are converted Into luciferin The supply I of raw material is unlimited, he said. The sea contains billions of the luminous shell fish. Scientists have been working on the problem of continuous cold light for many years There have been (Continued on page throe)

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FORESTRY WORK IMPORTANT NOW A. J. Smith Returns From Session of League of Central States HELD IN CHICAGO Leaders Would Reforest Nation to Prevent Future Timber Famine A. J. Smith who was appointed by Governor McCray as a member of the Central States Forestry League to represent the state of Indiana lias returned from a meeting held in Chicago and says it was a most enthusiastic one. He will make a more complete report later. The following from the Chicago Tribune gives an excellent idea of the big and interesting work they propose: "Foresters took the first step yesterday in Chicago toward a definite plan of planting trees on at least a part of the 40,000,000 acres unfit for cultivation in the central west states. Delegates representing the foreswry interests of Michigan, Wisconsin. Minnesota, lowa. Missouri, Indiana and Illinois have been in session at. the Union Lague club for two days. "After reports had been made by representatives from each state, giving local problems, what the forestry agencies are doing to protect and replant forests and what immediate plans are to be carried out, a committee was appointed to convert the temporary Central States Forestry league into a permanent organization The aim of the league will be to coordinate the activities of forestry agencies of the various states with other organizations such as the Union League club’s forestry committee. "The league was temporarily formed at the foresters’ confernce here about a year ago. Eight members of the forestry committee of the Union League club and a member from each one of the eight central west states will form the committee. “The resolutions passed yesterday call for more adequate fire protection by the states, conservation of timber and reforestration of denuded areas. There are 30,000.000 acres of nontillable land in the three great lakes states — Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota —experts say, that could be profitably used in the growing of trees. “Each state will be urged to organize an effective forestry plan of its own to fight fires and insects and to acquire land suitable for tree planting. . "Foresters declared farmers and timber owners find in excessive taxes the greatest discouragement to growing trees on their land. Experts said it must be made possible for land owners to grow trees without having to pay taxes that more than offset the value of the timber. "It takes forty-five years to produce the most rapid growing tree in this country to a usable size, according to A. L. Osborn for the National Lumbermen's association. Taxes soon eat up the profits. “ ‘We cut trees in Wisconsin so 1 the crows haven't a branch left to light on.” said Mr. Osborn, "That s ■ sound economics. There is no one to guarantee the timber owner that i fire and wind losses will be covered if be does selective cutting, leaving 25 per cent of his trees uncut. “ ‘There’s plenty of timber in this country today for future immediate use, but it’s twenty-five to fifty years from now that interests the thinking forester. There is plenty of timber growing, but not enough—not as fast as it. is being cut down. More knotty boards’ should be used and the wood ' lots taken care of. i “ There will be no final solution i of the forestry problem in this countr’V until the government goes into the business of growing timber. We get $70,000,000 for roads, but when , we beg for $1,000,000 for forestry we get scant attention.’ ” _» PECULIAR DIVORCE CHARGE , Warsaw, April 22—Charging that , her husband never goes to church and .. that he upbraids her for attending 0 church services and scoffs at her bey cause of her Interest In church affairs, I Iva Pearl Method, also charges her l' husband with taking delight In abusing her. — — " The Shanahan-Conroy Auto company has received a carload shipment n of Fordson tractors and two carloads of Ford cars this week.