Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1922 — Page 1

[Volume XX. Number 118

k J. BRYAN WILL SPEAK faERE DURINGCHAUTAUOUA MEAT ORATOR ANO OTHER HEADLINER ENTERTAINERS WILL APPEAR ON PROCRAM HERE FOR FIVE DATS REGINNING ON JULY 24.

+ ♦++ + ++ + + *** +++ dates and headliners + + Decatur Chautauqua, July 24. + 25, 26. 27 and 28th. + Location—Under a big tent on + Niblick lot south of court house. + Headliners ♦ William. Jennings Bryan. + Strickland Gillian, Kryl’s IS + piece Hand, Crawford - Adams + Concert Company, Arthur F. + Ewert, Harry L. Fogleman and + other lecturers and musical + companies. + + + •s•+ ** ++*+ * + **

At a meeting of the directors of the ; Decatur Chautauqua association held yesterday afternoon with Mr. Hall.l the above dates for <the big five day : Chautauqua this year were selected; and a preliminary program of the talent was selected. C. J. Lutz, pres-j jdent of the association, presided as chairman and the directors expressed the desire of getting tho best tal-j ent available for the five day entertainment this year. This will bedone, in as far as it is possible and every penny of the money derived from the sale of season or pledged tickets will be spent for that purpose. | About six hundred tickets at $2.00 each were subscribed for last year and this amount together with several hundred dollars more will be spent in securing talent. The foremost headliner will be William Jennings Bryan, one of the ( greatert orators in the country who, will be hero on the opening night,; Monday, July 24th. Mr. Bryan’s subject will be “The World's Greatest Need.” This lecture alone will be worth the price of a season ticket. ; Strickland Gillian, the prince of humorists and one of the best known entertainers in America, will be here on Tuesday of Chautauqua week. Mr. | Gillian was here a number of years ago with the Redpath company. Among the other big attractions are the Crawford-Adams Concert company', the Van Grove company, Arthur F. Ewert, lecturer; The Smith-Spring-Holmes orchestra. Maude Willis, reader; Kryl’s band of 18 pieces, and several other noted speakers and musical companies. The Chautauqua this year prom-1 ises to be one of the best ever held here and no doubt the season tickets will sell like wild fire. President Lutz will call a meeting in the near future and will perfect plans for the big entertainment The directors are giving their time and energy with ony one purpose in view—that of getting a good Chautauqua for (Continued on page three)

Speaker Opposed Darwin’s Theory of Origin of

Fort Wayne Minister Said Ancestry of Man Is Not Traced to the Ape Rev.. F. Wambsganss of Fort Wayne was the speaker last night in the third special service on Christian Fundamentals being held in the Lutheran church on W. Monroe and Eleventh St. His address was an exposition of the Biblical story of the Creation of man in the image of God and the loss of the divine image which consisted "in blissful knowledge of God and in Perfect righteousness and holiness. The speaker upheld the Bible protrayal of the origin of man in contrast to ihe ape idea of man’s origin held by >he diciples of Darwin, deny any relatonshlp with those who would trace back their ancestry to the ape. He showed how men was shaped by divine hands from the dust of the ground, how he was endowed with a rational immortal soul, ,and, above all, how he was created in the Image of God. Scripture was cited to show

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EVANGELIST TO HOLD SERVICES FOR BAPTISTS Dr, .1. E. Conant To Begin Series of Meetings at First Baptist Church A GREAT SCHOLAR Harry D. Clark, of Chicago Will Be Soloist and Song Leader Dr. J. E. Conant, Evangelist am Bible teacher, will come to Decatur Sunday, May 21, to begin a series o' services in the First Baptist church For twenty-four years Dr. Conant had experience in pastorates covering a wide range of territory, and almost every variety of field. And now, for several years, he has been conducting evangelistic meetings and preaching all over the United States He has preached and conducted meetings in some of the greatest churches in this country, and it is not sayinp too much to say that Dr. Conant wil’ rank with the best preachers of the land. He uses none of the claptrap high-pressure, emotional methods iritis meetings, but depends solely up on the Holy Suirit and the Word of God for results. Dr. Conant is a scholar of no mean standing, and has had great success in preaching to college and university students. He is clear, logical and a sane thinker of the lawyer type. His sermons are free from human thrills, sentimental gush and long-haired nonsense. Dr. Conan' preaches the Bible all the time, am has no use for any theology whicl discredits the Word of God and tind ermines the faith of Christian people Rev. L. R. Williamson of Corning N. Y„ says, “I am free to say that 1 have never listened to such clear and forcible presentations of the Word. Dr. Conant’s preaching is sane, safe, Srt-iptural, spiritual and scholarly appealing especially to thinking peo pie. Those who have heard him de Clare that he is tue strongest preach er that ever visited Corning." Mr. Harry D. Clarke, of Chicago, will be soloist and song leader during these meetings. Mr. Clarke is just as strong in bis field as Dr. Conant is (Continued on page th-

that the Fall of man into sin had effected a complete change in man, impairing his spiritual facilities to such an extent that in spiritual thugs man is now by nature blind, dead, and an enemy of God. That while a renewal of the Imago of God is made partly In believers, it will be fully restored only in eternal life. Man cannot by his own reason and power come to Christ or believ in Him, ,the speaker said, but this is effected by the power of the Holy Ghost who calls and converts through the Gospel. Next to l the importance of knowing the answer to “Who is God?” the speaker stated, is to know “Who is man'.”’ with emphasis on the Wherefrom and Witherto of Man. The only complete and satisfactory answer to these questions Is to be had from the Bible. Prof. W. C. Burhop of Concoriad College wfl be the speaker in the next special service to be held on Ascension Day, May 25. The sermon subject will be : “Christ’s Sitting at the Right Hand of God.”

BOY ACQUITTEB BY JURY AFTER SEVERAL HOURS John Loftus Found Not Guilty of Attack on Miss Edna Brown VERDICT READ TODAY Jury Unable to Reach A Decision Before Late in the Night John Loftus was not tho individual who attacked Miss Edna Brown on tlie night of May 11, according to the verdict of the jury which heard the trial of the case yesterday, which was read in court at 9 o’clock this morning. A happy smile crept over the boy’s face as he grasped the hands of the jurors, who had given him his freedom, as they filed out of the jury box. Until late In the night the jurors endeavored to determine the fate of the youth, who has not reached his sixteenth birthday yet. The case was placed in their hands at 5:15 o'clock yesterday evening and when Judge Moran called them out of their room at 9 o’clock they had not reached a verdict. He instructed them to return to the jury room and in case they reached a verdict before 9 o'clock this morning, they were to seal it and present it to the court when it convened this morning. It is said that the jurors reached a verdict shortly before 11 o'clock last night. Young Loftus came to Decatur with his pal. John Doyle, from his home in Youngstown, Ohio on the day pre reeding the attack on Miss Brown. He secured employment at the Cardwell Hoop Mill and was to go to work last Friday morning. Ho was arrested in the neighborhood where the attack on Miss Brown occured by a posse of men and when taken before the young lady, she declared hat lie was her assailant. He exnlained his presence in that neighborhood by saying he was going to the hoop mill. John plans to return to his home in Youngstown on next Saturday, he said today. Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Kunklehan of Root township were visitors in this city today.

MANY MORE HAVE FILED ACCOUNTS More Candidates in Primary Election Have Filed Expense Statements Several more candidates in the Primary election held on May 2. have filed their expense accounts with the clerk of the circuit court. The highest expense account filed so far is that of John Baker, the successful Democratic candidate for Sheriff of Adams county. Mr. Baker's expense in the campaign was $159.02, according to his statement. Following is a list of the expense accounts which have been filed since the last list was pubished: Jacob J. Sprunger, for assessor of Wabash township, $1.25; J. L. Love, for trustee of Wabash township, $5; Glen Cowan, for trustee-of Washington township, .$46.90; Clarence Smith, for county treasurer, $2.25; Ernest Conrad, for commissioner of First district, none; Wade L. Manley, for prosecuting attorney, none; Rudolph Weiland, for trustee of Union township, $4; D. F. Hoffman, for trustee of Hartford township, $6; Susie R. Bowen, for trustee of St. Mary’s township, $4; Fred T. Schurger, for clerk of Adams circuit court, $77.95; James Snyder, for assessor of Jeffer son township, none; Joseph K. Yoder, for assessor of Hartford township. none; P. D. Kizer, for assessor of Hartford township, none; Sam Butler, for sheriff, none; Henry Lehrman, for trustee of Union township, $4.50; Willis H. Laughrey, for assessor of Blue Creek township, none; Dick Boch, for county surveyor, $9; Jonah A. Cline, for assessor of Washington township, $3.50; Joint Baker for sheriff, $159.02; Jacob A. Moser, for commissioner of Third district. $29.99; Earl B. Adams, for joint representative, none. William Macke of Preble was a visitor in this city today.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, May 18, 1922

WILL CONDUCT SERVICES AT BAPTIST CHURCH 'L - ' DR. J. E. CONANT ANOTHER LINE TO FORT WAYNE Telephone Company Wil’ Have Four Lines After Next Monday Beginning next Monday the Citizens Telephone company of this city wil' operate another Ipng distance circuit between here and Fort Wayne, making four distinct and seperate telephone lines between Decatur and For; Wayne, one however being leased t< the General Electric company for then exclusive use. With the acquiring of the. fourth Hui it will make it possible it is hoped, stated H. F. Ehinger, tho general manager of the company to reach tin party in Fort Wayne within ten o: fifteen minutes and give the patrons better and quicker service. The extra line will also make it possible to se cure better service for the local patron to all stations or towns in the northern part of Indiana, thus run during the long distance service more efficient. When on considers that be tween five and six thousand long dis tam e calls come or go over the wires in a month to Fort Wayne ami northern Indiana points, it is no wonder that the business demands another toll line. The service to Fort Wayne and points beyond that place and tu this city from Fort Wayne is the heaviest in the toll line business of the local company. At present abou* three thousand long distance calls art sent or received by the local company every day. Fourteen girl operatorfare now employed, three of whom work on tho long distance board. Miss Lillie Venis is now the Chief Oper ator, while Mrs. Homer Knodle is the assistant. The Citizens Telephone company Is trying to better and improve the service each day and we venture to say that the management is succeeding admirably and will appreciate any cooperation shown by the public.

4-.fr4-*4" + + <•♦ + + + +** 4- AMERICAN HISTORY 4* 4- DAY BY DAY + 4> by T. P. Green ❖ 4. ♦ 4. May 18. 4" 4. ♦ 4- Suffrage was restricted to 4 4« church member* by Massachu- ♦ 4* setts on May 18, 1631. 4> 4.-4 •> Joseph West was installed as 44* Governor of South Carolina on + 4 May 18,. 1674. ♦ 4- — * 4- State organization of Congre- 44- gational ministers was first form- 4 4- ed on May 18, 1709. 4- •> -* ♦ 4 1 Abraham Lincoln was nominal- 44- ed for Presidency in Chicago on 4> 4' May 18, 1860. 4" 4* — 4« 4- For alleged inciting disloyalty 4* 4- the New York World and the 44- Journal of Commerce were sup- 4< 4* pressed on Muy 18, 1864. 44> — f 4> 4" The Panama canal was opened 4* 4- for traffic on May 18, 1914. 44.4. 4.4‘4 >< b + 4 , 4 , 4'4*4*4"4 > 4«4' Generally fair tonight and Friday; not much change in temperature.

PRESENT RATE FOR WATER TO BE CONTINUED Mayor De Voss Was Notified by Public Service Commission Today A RECOMMENDATION New System of Books Was Recommended for Keeping of Records Following the two week s audit of the books of the Municipal Light and' Water department by Auditors Bledsoe and McGregor of the Indiana Public Service Commission. Mayor Huber DeVoss was notified by letter this morning that the present water rates as charged by the City of Decatur could be continued, tho letter written by L. C. Loughry, secretary of tho commission also stating that 'he rates lor electricity could continued. although no petition had been filed with the commission per tabling to this department. Mr. Loughry stated that the audit showed that the earnings from both departments justified the charging of the present rates. Mayor DeVoss stated that he would write to the commission and ask for a formal order in the matter, requesting that the Public Service Commission issue an order to the es feet that the present rates for both tlie water and electric light and power department could be continued until further orders of the commission, thus eliminating the red tape of mak ing a petition every year for a continuation <of the rates. The present rates are: Gals. Per M First 10,000 45c Next 20,000 40c Next 20,000 35c Next 50.000 30c Next 400,000 25c Next 500.000 22c Over ~.1,000.000 20c The minimum charges are: Per. Meter Quar %-inch $ 2.50 %-inch 3.00 1-inch 3.50 1%-inch v 5.00 1 %-inch 7.00 (Continued on page three)

CONVENTION OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS Sunday Schools of Hartford Township to Meet on Next Sunday Tho township convention of the Sunday Schools of Hartford township will be held on next Sunday, May 21 There will be an afternoon session and another at night. The former will be held at Union Chapel, west of Geneva at 2:30 o’clock in the after noon, w'hile the night service will be held in the Evangelical church at Linn Grove. An orchestra will furnish special music for both the afternoon and evening services, in the afternoon then' will be special music by the Christian Sunday school and also by the Evan gelical school of Linn Grove. Mrs. Dewey Shepherd will also sing a solo at this meeting. The speakers Sunday afternoon will be Rev. R. W. Page of the Christian church and Rev. F. W. Laurier of the Evangelical church. The former will speak on the subject, ‘"Raising the Low Places in the Sunday School," while Rev. banner's subject is. “The Teacher’s Power and Influence.” In the evening there will be short praise service at the beginning of the service, which will be led by Joe Roth. A male quartet from Berne will furnish two numbers. Special music will also be furnished by the Union Chapel Sunday school. Rev. Carnes, pastor at Union Chapel will bo the first speaker Sunday evening His subject will be “The Pastor's Relation to the Progressive Sunday School.” The second speaker will bo Kenneth Shoemaker of Geneva. llis subject is to be "Skv scraping In »he Sunday School”. Both of these talks will be good and worth while for Sunday school workers to hear. The Hartford township Sunday schools are strong and are doing good work. The conventions of that township are always very good.

OLD GUARD RECEIVED A SECOND JOLT YESTERDAY REAL SCARE WAS THROWN INTO REPUBLICAN MACHINE IN WASHINGTON BY VICTORY CF PINCHOT IN THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.

NEW HOME FOR ELKS IN 1923 IS PLAN NOW ■ — Local Elks Hold A Very Enthusiastic Meeting In Club Rooms PLANS TAKING FORM — Building Fund at Present J Sufficient to Purchase j Site for Home Decatur may have an Elks Home by 1923. Last evening at a meeting of the! local lodge of Benevolent Order of Elks was hold in the club l rooms and the proposition of building an Elk’s Home in this city was! discussed, with the result that the: members voted unanimously in fav-! or of building a home if the proper financial arrangements could be made. D. M. Hensley, exalted ruler of the lodge presided at the meeting] and tlie spirit in favor of building the i home was manifested on every hand. For sometime the proposition of I building an Elks Home has been under consideration and now definite plans are shaping themselves toward ' that end. It was understood that at' last evening's meeting a vote was: also taken on sites and of the four! or halt dozen sites under considers-> tlon, a majority were in favor of one particular site. A building fund was created a few i years ago by the local lodge of Elks and at present this fund is sufficient to more than purchase the site. It is roughly estimated that a home, suitable for the Elks and the kind the members desire would cost probably between $20,000 and $25,000, inelud- j ing the site. However, no plans) have as yet been submitted to the members as the first desire is to get 1 the necessary funds with which to construct the home. At the meeting last evening mem ' hers of the lodge signified a willing I ness of subscribing for bonds to the amount, of about $9,000 and within aj very short time it is hoped and ex-1 pected that sufficient funds will be available with which to go ahead; with the building and locating of an Elks Home in Decatur. More definite announcements as to tlie proposed home will be made later. Misses Irene Holthouse and Margaret Mylott attended a niinistrel given in Fort Wayne last night by the. Central Catholic High School.

Plans for Hague Meeting Formally Approved Today

Last Session of the Genoa' Conference Was Likely ' Held Today By Henry Wood PreHH s<nir Correspondent Genoa, May 18—(Special to Daily L Democrat) —All plans for The Hague Iconference on Russia and Lloyd George's proposed temporary trace were formally approved by the po- . litical sub commission of the Genoa, conference at what will probably be Its final session today. The commission indicated it will reconsider its intention to send an- 1 other invitation to the United States to participate in discussion of Russian affairs at the Netherlands capital. Ambassador Child conferred with Lloyd George and Schanzer, explaining to them that America’s re-1

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(United Prenn Service). Philadelphia, May 18. —(Special to Daily Dem<*rat) —Gifford Pinchot, victor at the primaries on Tuesday for the gubernatorial nomination over George E. Alter, has a plurality of [nearly 15,000 today with 200 districts | missing. At the rate he is gaining the poll of the missing districts will put his plurality up to about 20,000, it is estimated. (By Herbert W. Walker, United Press staff correspondent) ! Washington, May 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Victory of Gifford j Pinchot over the once powerful PennI sylvania republican machine, coming | close on Senator New's defeat iu Indiana, has thrown a real scare into the old guard here. One of the immediate results of the Pennsylvania progressive’s t triumph in a state where the republican organization feigned sui prejne for many years will be an at- ' tempt on the part of old guard leadlers in the senate to speed up legislation. Two main reasons lie back of tho old guard’s sudden move for speed. These are: 1. Realization, privately admitted I that a large bloc of voters Is dissatisfied with the present congress. 2. A desire to wind up the present I session and get back in their reupeci five districts to “mend fences” in the hope of preventing defeats to party such as have come in Pennsylvania and Indiana. Because of Pinchot’s victory there [ is also an increasing belief here that I the political machines throughout the country are losing their effective'ness to a considerable degree. Both ! Pinchot and Beveridge in Indiana “bucked’’ strong party organizations and won. To many observers here it appears the voting public, regardless of party, is exhibiting a new voting independence. Some political wiseacres believe the enfranchisement of women is re- : sponsible and that never again will la machine appear to rival those of I Quay and Penrose. Senator Borah declared it “the most radical revolution in American ! politics for many years and it is exIceedingly encouraging." He also I stated til evictory was an unntistake]able commendation of the primary [adding that without it. “Pinchot j would not have any more show than 1 would of being king of England.” Cordell Hull, chairman of the democratic national committee, declared republican party organizations in Pennsylvania and Indiana had been destroyed. Senator Pepper said the election showed the republican party was | very "much alive” in Pennsylvania.

fusal to participate under present conditions was final. The British spokesman announced after the meeting: "We have received further intimation that the United States is not likely to attend the Hague conference.” A plenary session, the final one of the conference, was formally called , for 9 o’clock this morning. ■ Ambassador Child dines with Lloyd George tonight, when the Brit i Ish premier, it was Baid, will make one last effort to obtain American co- | operation in his plans. The pan-European truce, extended to include the Near East and the Russian republics was approved in 1U final form, and will become the basis for peace in Europe during the next I eight months.