Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 189, Decatur, Adams County, 12 August 1922 — Page 1

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I LARGE chorus I HELD SPLENDID I PRACTICE SING Great Success roll was calle D Mitral Organizations and Churches Did Not Have ‘.Members Present Th e first meeting of the community chorus being organized to sing at the big Yeomen Day Celebration on .>■> which was held in the Sasium last night, was a splendid ucceM One hundred and twentyfive people attended the first meeting | w!lil . h was mainly an organization kill g started and the chorus is expccted to include 1,000 or more voices by August 22. The singing last night was led by Fred Patterson, Mrs. Harvey I.4imB erman played the piano. Small paper bound books containing a num her Os community songs, which have been procured especially for tho oc cuion. were handed out to those present last night. The songs are mostly ones which practically everyone know and which are well adapted to large choruses. Mr. Charles Tinpie, the community song leader from yew York who will direct the singing, will arrive in Decatur on Sunday and will be here for the next meeting of the chorus to be held in the gymusium at 7 o’clock next Tuesday eaing. After the meeting was called to trttt last night a roll call of the thries and various organizations in [ fttrity was held, and the representa tM of each were asked to make -Mt presence known. J'he roll call inclosed the fact that several orgwnHons and four Os the churches were not represented. Pour of the | dirches had fine representations present for the opening meeting. They were the Methodist, with 3; the Pres byterian with 30; the German Reformed with 15; the Catholic, with 15. Father Otto Peters from the St. Mary's Catholic church made a short 1 talk in which he expressed himself aa being greatly in accord with the I movement and he stated that he In-' tended to take the matter up with his [ congregation on Sunday morning and urge the members to attend the chorus rehearsals in large numbers. Several choir leaders and Sundayschool superintendents were inter viewed today and they promised to take the matter up in the Sunday services tomorrow and it id 1 thought that the churches will respond to the request for singers and have a large delegation at the meeting next Tues day night. The heads of otliee oi SMizalions in the < ity, such as lodges fraternities, and sororities, are requested to urge the members to par tlcipate in the singing. Eliza Bucher of east of town was a becatur business visitor today. Jesse Tricker of east of this city was a Decatur business visitor this morning.

Rebekahs and C. L. of C. Have Passed Resolutions

Endorse Efforts to Obtain “City of Childhood” for Decatur August 4, 1922. 1 he following resolution was unanimously adopted at a regular meetinK of Olive Rebekah Lodge No. 86, Decatur, Indiana: " hereas, The Brotherhood of Amerhan \ woman of America are proposing to etsabllsh a “City of Childhood to protect and educate the ’ ildren of its deceased members, and Whereas, A location is being sought o carry into effect their exalted ideas Therefore .be it resolved, That Olive Rebekah Lodge No. 86 is in fullest sympathy with the noble endeavor and opes that the location of the philanmay be made In the grand old ' atß °f Indiana, and at the good city ot Decatur. ETAOIbLIAcETA , Minnie Teeple, Della Mosure,

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ERIE RAILROAD BRIDGE IS GUARDED NIGHT AND DAY AGAINST STRIKERS As a precaution against possible violence from striking railroad men, the Erie railroad company is mainI taining guards at the bridge span- | nlng tho St. Mary's river at the south edge of the city One guard is stationed at each end during the day and anotiier shift stands watch at each end during the night The guards are not imported gunmen, like those guarding railroad property in many cities, but are Decatur men. I Will Barnard and Arch Foley are on guard during the day time while Frank Peterson and his son Merle are the night guards. LARGE NUMBER. OF HENS CULLED 1 _____ Total of 643 Hens Culled in Demonstration in County This Week During the past week four poultry meetings and culling demonstrations have been conducted in Adams County by County Agent Busche assisted by Walter J. Krick of Decatur. The meetings were held at the farms of John Eicher of Monroe township, C. O. Green of St. Mary’s township, Adolph Schamerloh, of Union township and Peter Hess of Washington township. The average attendance at the meetings was over twenty. According to the figures of those for whom tlie culling was done 643 hens were handled burring the meetings, of which number 158 were discarded as culls. In each case thus far the owner of the flock has agreed to keep the culls separate for a week follow Ing the culling in order to determine the results of the work. Mr. Krick has had charge of the instruction of feeding of laying hens. During the course of his talk he has Emphasized the necessity of feedr ing properly in order to get the most economical returns from the flock. 1 At this time of year the natural tend ency of the hens is to eat too much grains, which are heating foods, ii stead of mash, which is necessary for tho protein needed in the best egg production. Culling does not make a good flock out of a poor one, even though the poorer hens be removed. iGood feeding is necessary first in [Order to make the good hens lay to > their cacapity and show the corre- ■ spending indications of high egg production. Meetings planned for the next two weeks are as follows: D. E. Stude baker, Washington Township, Monday forenoon. August ’4. Truman. Roth, French Township, Tuesday forenoon, Auguset 15. Chas. Bentz, Tuesday afternoon, August 15. J. A. Buckmaster, Jefferson township. Wed nesday forenoon, August 16. Ed. Blue Creek township, Wednesday afternoon. August 16. Jacob Weilder, Root Township. Thursday forenoon. August 17. Harvey Sipe, Blue Creek Township, Friday forenoon, August 18. W. W. Hawkins. Washington Township, Friday afternoon, August 18. Walter L. Thornhill, Wabash Township. Monday forenoon, August 21. Cfias. Ew'i-iJ; (Continued on page two)

Lizzie Gregory, Committee. Catholic Ladies of Columbia Decatur, Ind. Aug. 7th, 1922 Brotherhood of American Yeomen, Dr. Roy Archbold, Decatur, Ind. Dear Sir: Your letter of July 27, 1922, received and in answer to same will say. that we, the Catholic Ladies of Columbia certainly admire the good will which has prompted you to make every effort to secure this wonderful “City of Childhood," at Decatur, Adams County, Indiana. We offer you our heartiest cooperation and assure you, that if we can be ofany assistance we will be very glad to do so. Trusting that your efforts in this behalf will not be in vain, we remain. Respectfully yours, Catholic Ladies of Columbia. By Winifride Kitson, Recording Secretary.

JUDGING TEAMS WERE IN ADAMS COUNTY FRIDAY Boys from Wells and Blackford Counties Judged Adams County Livestock ADAMS HAS NO TEAMS No Team in This County Because of Lack of Financial Aid Ten boys from Wells county and eight from Blackford county, accompanied by their county agents. E. C Salisbury and O. W. Mansfield, respectively, visited Adams county yesterday and judged livestock for the purpose of selecting judging teams to represent those two counties in the contest to be held at the Indiana State fair. The judging was superintended by Professor C. F. Gobble, jf Purdue University. The boys went to the Schwartz Brothers farm north of Berne first. At that farm they judged pure bred Holstein cattle. Leaving the Schwartz farm the boys went to the farm oi E. W. Busche, east of Monroe, when they judged Shorthorn cows and heifers, Belgian draft mares, Shropshire sheep, and Duroc Jersey breeding gilts. The team from each county will be composed of three boys or girls, and one alternate. The boys from Wells and Blackford counties came to this county yesterday because they have judged practically all of the pure bred stock in their own counties and there is much exdlent stock in this county. To the winner of the content at the state fair will be awarded a S2OOO trophy and SIOOO in cash to defray the expenses of the team to the International judging contest. Adams county does not have a judging team because no organization in the county has volunteered to furnish the money to defray the expenses of a team. It is said a good team could be obtained in the conn y very readily if there was a fund available to defray the expenses. — —e— ARTHUR GRIFFITH, GREAT STATESMAN OF ENGLAND DIED OF HEART FAILURE Bulletin London, Aug. 11 —Arthur Griffith, first president of the Dail Eireann ■abinet, under the Lenns of the peacetreaty with Great Britain, is dead, It was announced today by the colonial office. Griffith died of heart failure -,ccording to adispatch from Dub.ifi co the Evening. News LOST SIXTEETH IN AN ACCIDENT Cal Peterson Painfully Injured When He Collided With Clothes Line Cal E. Peterson, member of the Teeple and Peterson Clothins company, suffered a very painful accident last night when he collided with a wire clothes line in the darkness. Mr. Peterson was attending a birthlay party at the home of Dr. C. M. Smith. During the course of the evening, Mr.' Peterson joined tho young people in a game of hide-and-leek. While running for home base in tlie darkness, he collided witii the clothes lines, which struck him in the mouth and threw him backwards to the ground. Mr. Peterson was hurried to the office of a dentist since several teeth were knocked loose. Six teeth were removed from the upper jaw by the lentist. One other tootli was broken completely off and three teeth came out together, bringing with them a plec® of the jaw bone. Six stitches were taken to close the severe wound in the gums. — • — Dr. Burns is in receipt of a letter from Mrs. Martha Hay a former resident of Decptur, who now resides at Moline, 111., She wants to hear from her Decatur friends as she is very lonely since tlie death of her husband, Morris Hay last November. L. S. Mart's and wife of Detroit are visiting in this etty with Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Connell.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, August 12, 1922

L | Watch the Scorehoard RESULT OF DRIVE FOB YEOMEN CANDIDATES TO BE INITIATED AUG. 22 Yesterday . ..157S| Today .167 Gain : 11l I. 4 + 4 + 4444444 + 4 + + 4- EVERYBODY NEEDED 4 + * t Did YOU miss jhat community 4 4 chorus organization meeting? 4 4 if you did you may count your 4 + self unfortunate because those 4 4 who were there certainly got one 4 4 big case of pep and enthusiasm + 4 If the first meeting is any 4 4 crlterfnn then the success of the 4 <• chorus Is assured. 4 4 But YOU, and all of your folks •» 4 who were not there, you were 4 4 missed greatly and you are need 4 4 ed. 4 4 Come on, don't let the other 4 4 follow do it all! 4 4 This is your community and 4 4 here is your opportunity to serve 4 4 YOU are expected to be at the 4 4 first big meeting on next Tues 4 4 day evening at 7 o’clock at the 4 4 Gym. 4 4 Don't come though it you oh 4 4 ject to a big dose of enthusiasm. 4 4 You'll get it sure if you are 4 4 there. 4 4 Don'e be a listener. Be a sing- 4 4 er! + 4 Won't YOU do your part? 4 4 Won't YOU help; Sure Every- 4 4 body's singing and boosting! 4 LOCAL GIRL IS GRADUATE NURSE Miss Bertha Marie Passwater Passes Examination Given at Indianapolis Miss Bertha Marie Passwater, for mer Adams county girl and the foster daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dye Fugerson, of Pleasant Mills, has successful !y passed the state board examina tion given for graduate nurses of the Elkhart General hospital, and is now a registered nurse. Miss Passwater was one of the Adams county girls who answered the call for student nurses sent out by the government during the world war and she has a fine record as a student nurse. The following story was taken from an Elkhart newspaper: “The Misses Katherine Shank. Ber tha Marie Passwalers and Georgia Martin —all graduates of the Elkhart General hospital, training school for muses —have successfully passed the state board examination given May 1-4 at Indianapolis and have been given certificates as registered nurses. Miss Shank and Miss Passwaters are now engaged in private nvrsing at Elkhart and Miss Martin s taking up work in the Cook Conn y hospital in Chicago.” THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE Members of the reception commit eo for Yeoman day are requested to neet at Industrial rooms Tuesday evening at 7:30 to complete our plans. Please be present. - — STATE COAL MINES WILL BE OPERATED THROUGH SUNDAY Brazil, Aug. 12.—(United Press)— State operation of two strip mines here under military protection were to continue through Sunday, in Governor McCray’s effort to relieve in dustries from fuel famine. Twelve flat-cars were placed on tho switch leading to the mines today and arrangements were made for for-ty-one imported laborers to work as long as possible each day. Major General Tyndall, commandant of the martial law zone, urged the men to greater speed when he returned from a conference with the governors at Indianapolis. Only five cars of coal have been moved from the two strip mines of the Rowland Power company since the state opened them six days ago. INDIANA— Probably fair tonight INDIANE— Probably fair tonight I ajnd Sunday; not much, change in temperature.

NO LET-UP IN SPREADING OF RAIL STRIKE Strike of Brotherhoods in Protest to Guards Grows Very Alarming HARDING GETS REPLY From Railroad Executives To His Proposal lor Ending Strike tl ntled Press Service.) Washington, Aug. 12.— (Specbii to Daily Democrat) —Prospects for im mediate settlement of the railroad strike faded today as virtually rejec tion faced President Harding's second oeace proposal. , Unofficial word from New York preceding the arrival here of a com mittee of railroad executives, stated the Association of Railway Execu tives voted to accept the plan, but with such reservations that its action constitute virtual rejection. Shopmen's leaders will call on Harding at 2:30 o'clock and the executives representatives would confer with him at 4:30 o’clock to present formally their replies to his proposal that the strike be ended by submitting the seniority question to the railroad labor board. Strike of big four brotherhood members today spread to the Southern Pacific railroad, interrupting another great artery of communication with the Pacific coast. The tieup of the Santa Fe> is continued. A walkout on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul is scheduled for today. Fifty million dollars worth of California fruit may be a total loss through inability of tlie b<iads to transport it. The strike of brtotherhood members, in protest against use of armed guards by the railroads in tho shopmen's strike, was expected to spread. Hundreds of passengers, marooned aboard stalled trains in the desert regions of California and Arizona, ■ire awaiting rescue by motor stage. Motor trucks also will probably be used to carry mails. President Harding this afternoon will receive the reply of the nation’s -ail executives to his proposal that the shopmen’s strike be settled by putting tlie men back to work, while the seniority question, tlie principal obstacle to settlement, is submitted to the United States railroad labor board. The executives meeting in acceptance which includes counter New York agreed on a conditional (Continued on page two) HOME-COMING AT MOUNT PLEASANT Excellent Program Arranged for Annual Event at Church Sunday Elaborate preparations have been made and an excellent program lias been arranged for the Home Coming at the Mt. Pleasant Methodist church, five miles northwest of Decatur on Sunday, August 15. At noon a big dinner will be served in the school house near the church and in the afternoon an excellent program will be given. The public is cordially invited to attend the event and thirty or forty Decatur people, who were at one time members of tlie Mt. Pleasant Congregation will attend. Those who live in this city and vicinity who have no way to get to the church are requested to call Francis Fuhrman, Linton Fuhrman or Chauncey Sheets and a means of getting to the church will be furnished. The Home Comings at the Mount Pleasant church are always enjoyable and happy affairs ami this year’s event promises to lie one of tlie happiest in the history of that congregation. Miss Ella Brothers of Newcastle, Pa„ arrived in the city yesterday and will be the guest of her cousin, D. E. Burns and other relatives. Slip came : to attend the Flaugher Brothers re . union which will be held tomorrow. August 13th at the home of J D. Cline, 3 miles west of Roanoke, Ind.

UNION CHURCH SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE ZION REFORMED CHURCH[ The last of the series of union I church services held during the mini 1 mer by the Protestant churebnr of the , city, will be held In tlie Zion Reforced church at 7:30 o'clock Sunday night. Tho Rev. !■'. . Whitesell, pus 1 tor of the First Baptist church, will | deliver tho sermon. Tho union services have proven to lie very bene , ficial and popular with the virions congregations of tlie city and large audiences have attended all of the i services. LEAVE BUNDLES ■ AT FIRE STATION — Receiving Station for Bundle Day Next Tuesday Has Been Selected Hugh D. Hite, chairman of tlie local Bundle Day committee, announced today that the city fire station had been selected for a receiving station for the bundles of old clothing which Decatur people will donate on Bundle Day, Tuesday, Aug. 15. for the relief of the suffering people in Hie Near East. The situation in the Near East is most desperate. Women and children are the greatest sufferers. The American Near East Relief is making an appeal to every community in the country for old outgrown or cast-off garments. These garments which will not be used anymore by the present ! owners, may save the life of some person in the Near East if donated on Bundle Day. * Team of Runaway Horses Collide With l arge Truck ! A team of horses hitched to a hog rack loaded with straw became tin ' manageable yesterday morning and | ran away from Chris Roth of Hartford [ township. Tlie team in their mad I lash upset the load of straw throw-1 ’ ing Mr. Roth to tlie ground and then tore into I.inn Grove where they ran , the wagon tongue into Tone Mich-[ aud's produce truck. Mr. Roth was driving into Linn [ . when his horses shied and ovci- , threw the load ol straw with Roth! an it. The wagon, however, remained i standing and tlie frightened horsesmade a run into the streets of Hie' village. Michaud’s truck was standing in front of tlie Fred Studler’s store and I the horses hit it as they attempted io turn a street crossing. Tim tongue of the wagon shot up over the radia tor of tlie car and into tlie driver's ■all of the truck. The wind shield was completely smashed and the cab ' demolished. Some damage was also done to tlie wagon. Mr. Rotli was slightly injured in the back when his team threw him to the ground. His injuries are not onsidered serious. —Adams County Witness. •_ Lawrence Johnson of north of Decatur was a business visitor in this ■ity this morning.

Monroe Girl and Chum On A Hike of 212 Miks

Walking From Warren, 0„ to Monroe, A Distance of 212 Miles Tired and weary of traveling on trains, Miss Nellie Lammiman, daughi «tor of Charles Lammiman ,of Monroe, •and a sister of Mrs. Roy Runyon of ■this city, and a friend of hers, Miss Barnhart, of Monon. Indiana, both of I whom have been employed as trained ntrses for the p: st several years at ’Warren, Ohio, decided to walk to this ■ <city. i They left Warren last Sunday at ■ *7 o’clock in the evening. Tired and sunburned, but nevertheless determined the two young ladies arrived in this city last night at 6 o'clock. , The distance traveled was 215 miles. I They got rides part of the way but . managed to walk about 30 miles each a day. After spending the night ht the ’, Roy Runyon home in this city, Miss >. Lammiman left for Monroe and Miss Barnhart for Monon. They will spend

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MINERS EXPECT ORDERS TO GO BACK TO MINES Authority for 450,000 Union Miners to (io Back to Work Expected GOVERNORS CONFER Executives From Several States Meet With Miners . at Cleveland By Harry G. Baker I I lilted l , re»>i Service.) Cleveland, < >., Aug 12.- Authority, for 480,000 union miners to start [trudging back to their tasks in the central competitive coal fields was ex- ! pected here today. A ray of hope gleamed through! a week of tangled negotiations as mem iicrs of the joint miners and operators l.cale >|iljcomm J tee resumed de) liberations in an effort to end the nation wide coal strike. Governors Davis of Ohio and Groesbeck of Michigan, coining out of a meeting witii President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, declare developments "which will spell an end of the present deadlock were near at hand. Members of the joint sub-commit-tee are: For the miners—Lee Hall and G. W. Savage, Columbus; Frank Far'rington and Harry Fishwick, Springifield. 111; John Hessler and T. I. Rob[erts, Terre Haute, Ind.; and F. T. Hagen and William Hargest, Pittsburgh. For the operators —S. H. Robbins, T. K. Maher, A. A. Augustus and J. A. Paisley, Cleveland; W. H. Haskins, Coshocton; W. A. Setterlloo, Linton, Indiana, and Richard Campbell, Springfield. 111. In event any of tlie apparently minor obstacles now in the way of offiicial peace take on preportions which threaten to disrupt deliberations of [the scale committee, the governors [stand ready to take the initiative Govlernor Davis anonunced. Governors McCray, of Indiana, Small of Illinois and Sproul of Penni sylvania, were expected to join the I Ohio and Michigan governors here today. "Our mission thus far has been iono of advice and encouragement,’ | Davis said. Considerable importance ;>!tacli"d to arrangements for a meeting be'tween miners and operators of tlie : anthracite fields which passed between President Lewis ami the Scran [ton, Pa., board of trade. Lewis' telegram to the Scranton organization, which said tlie union representatives would be glad to attend a conference with anthracite operators was taken to mean ’h it the miners chief expects an early settlement of the bituminous strike here. 'We have understood attitude of anthracite operators to be they would refuse to make any settlement in advance of base being made in bituminous.” tho telegram said. Refusal of President Frank Furrington. of the Illinois minors and a member of the joint scale committee to agree on a four state settlement (Continued on page two)

the remainder of their vacations at their respective home and probabilities are that they will return to Warren via trains. However, they have not yet decided as to whether they will wall: back or not. Tickets for the big Sunday School excursion to Walbridge Park, Toledo, Ohio, to be run under the auspices of the First Methodist Sunday School, on Wednesday, August 1, wore placed on sale at Mills Grocery store, Myers Clothing store, and Beavers Furniture store today. The price of the tickets are $1.25 a round trip for adults and 75 cents a round trip for children under 12 years. Indications are that an exception- . ally large number will take advantage t of the opportunity of making the trip i to the beautiful Walbridge park at such a low cost. The train will • leave Decatur at 6 o’clock Wednes. 5 day morning and will leave Walbridge i park for the return trip at 5 o’clock 1 in the evening.