Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 274, Decatur, Adams County, 21 November 1922 — Page 1

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HARDING ADVOCATES SHIP SUBSIDY BILL

DECATUR MOOSE ■ BUY RESIDENCE I FOR LODGE HOME Wurchase Old Rademacher | Dwelling On Third Street From Mary Omlor Ito remodel it soon ■Lodge Expects To Build I New Home On Site Within Very Short Time ■ Announcement was made today that ■vianis lodge, No. 1311, Loyal Order ■>!' Moose has purchased the old Rade■naclier homestead on Third street ■roni Mrs. Mary Omlor.i" The lodge ■will remodel it at once and occupy lit as the local home for the Moose ■edge. I The deal was consummated by coin Imittee including the three trustees.. Ik. Helm, Jesso D. Roop, and Ben ■ Wood's with two special members S ■E. Whitman and Bert Gage. PossesIsioti is to be given by January Ist and |ihe lodge will immediately remodel I (he homo for their occupancy. They ■expect within a year or two to build [a new and modern lodge home on the ■site. i| Letters were sent out to the mom |l;.--rs of the local lodge today, notify ling them of the deal and urging each I member to purchase a five per cent ■ live year bold for $25.00 or more i' ■ they can see their way clear to do so ■ The lodge has a good sum in treasury land will use tho bond method to com Iplete the financial part of the trans I action. I Tho Decatur lodge has a member [ship of two hundred and since their [erganization eight years ago have o< Lupied rooms in the Bowers block on Last Monroe street. They have com I tollable quarters there but desired tr I own their own home and to do theii I part towards improving the city. Tht I Moose lodge is one of the good ones. I pays a benefit of seven dollars pei I week for sickness or disability, am' I SIOO death benefits, the larges: I a mounts paid by any lodge. Members I also have advantage of the MooseI heart schools and bollege, thus pro I tecting their children against helm thrown upon the world The Rademacher dwelling was erect ed a number of years ago by Cornel I ius Rademacher, senior, and was foi I many years the residence place of that family, being sold to Mrs. Omlor a few years ago when the Rademachen moved to Toledo. The residence is brick and is a large, old fashioned dwelling. The site is one of the best in the city and was favorably con sidered by a large number of Elks when they selected a building site a tew months ago. It is centrally lo rated and will provide a splendid location for the Moose home. Members of the lodge are shewing much interest and it is expected they will con vert the new place into a very modern home and that their membership will be largely increased by this progres five niov'e. ATTENDING CONVENTION Mr. A. D. Suttles, member of the local firm of Suttles-Edward Company, "ent to Indianapolis today where he is attending tho convention of Invest meut Bankers from the. states of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, and lowa. He will return on Thursday evening. o MARTHA'S AND MARY'S NOTICE! The Martha’s and Mary’s Sunday School class will meet at the, home of Mrs. W. R. Smith on North Third street tonight. Each member is requested to bring a gift for the •>otion shower to be given for a Home Missionary and family. —— o Richmond Getting Rich On Liquor Law Violators Richmond, Nov. 21.—Fines for liquor law violators in Richmond during ihe first sis months of this year amounted to $9,644, it was announced. Os this $4,905 wont to the school i'lnd and the prosecuting attorney gnt 81.8T6.

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I Aaron Spuller On Trip Through Eastern States Mrs. ('. L. Spuller and daughter Claru. of near Pleasant Mills, have i received a loiter from their son and i brother, Aaron Spuller. Aaron Is a former Decatur boy and since the war he has been with the Paige Motor Co.. , of Detroit, Mich. About two months ago he went to Baltimore, Mil., and now ho is at Washington, 1). C. He reports himself will and enjoying his trip immensely. Ho expects to leave [ Washington on Nov. 28th. not know ing exactly whore he will go possi- | hly returning to Detroit. Mrs. Spuller his wife, stayed at Detroit and not accompany him. LOCALS PREPARE FOR C.C.H.S, TEST All Members Os The High School Football Team In Good Condition For the first time this season, tin ghost hall made its appearance in tin 1 football practice of the Decatur Yellow Jackets last night. Coach Tommy Moore put the high school lads through a strenuous workout in preparation for the C. C. H. S. eleven of Fort Wayne, which team the locals will plain Fort Wayne next Friday afternoon. All members of the squad have rei overed from the minor injuries and bruises which they received in the hard Richmond game here last i'r day and barring accidents in practice, all will bo in excellent condition for the fray with C. C. H. S. Since the Fort Wayne coach scouted the Rich mond game hene last Friday, it wa necessary for Coach Moore to han ! out new plays to be used next Friday. A large crowd of ,fans are plannin to accompany the team to Fort Wayne. The game will start at 2:3c o’clock. Yarnell, of Wabash College will referee the game. Stevens, o. Huntington, will he the umpire ami Chet Hilgeman will act as head linesman. Dim Prospects For Tbe Payment Os War Debt (Copyright 1922 by United Press) Washington. Nov. 21 —Americas chances for obtaining quick action this winter on refunding of the debts owed her by foreign countries, aggre gating over eleven billion dollars appeared dimmer here today as Inquiry revealed few countries have mad< any actual moves toward establish ing contact with the debt refunding commission. .The degree of their responseness to American invitations to “come and talk it over” varies. C. H. S. Team To Play Delphos Here Friday Coach Lank Linn’s Catholic high school basketball team will play its second game of the season here on Friday night when the St. John's high school eleven from Delphos, Ohio, comes here for a return game. '1 he local C. H. S. quintet won a 21to-l(i victory over the St. John s team at Delphos last Friday night, and no doubt, the Ohio boys will seek reveng. when they appear here Friday night. The game will start at 8 o’clock. Two good preliminary games will be played also. — o advertised letters Esther Thomas, Mr. William Ross. Mr. H. M. Burk, Mr. A. W. Maines, Mr. Abe Jones (barber); Mr. W. W Myers, Mr. Noah Robinson, David Kilmore, Ed. Knavel, Miss Lola Parrish, Mrs Catherine Helm, Mrs. Mary (arri,H. FRITZINGER. I’. M. BIRTHS A seven pound boy was bon- to Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Schnitz yesterday afternoon. This is the second child and second boy and has been named Richard Keith. The mother was formerly Miss Florence Snyder. Marjory Joyce is the name of the baby born to Mr. and Mrs. George Miller yesterday afternoon- This is the first child.

I ELKS MEMORIAL . •' SERVICES WILL II : BE HELD DEC, .3 i Local Lodge Will Give Hon or To Deceased Members In Annual Services [1 FREI) BOWERS TO TALE ' Huntington Elk To Deliver Memorial Address; Elks To Attend In Body The annual memorial services in ihonor of the deceased members of Do- ‘ catur lodge, number 993 of the Bette 1 volent Protective Order of Elks will be held in tlte circuit court room in this city on Sunday afternoon. De comber 3rd. ■ For years the first Sunday in De i ember has been set aside by lite older for the paying of tribute to the memory of deceased brothers and the program for this year’s service is now being prepared. Hon. Fred Bowers, a member of the I Huntington lodge of Elks has been '.secured to deliver the memorial ad--I'dross and D. M. Hensley, exalted rul- ’ or of tho lodge will deliver an inllttstrated lecture on “Thanstopsis.” The ceremony in connection with the sc-r vice is beautiful and very impressive. ' Since tho local lodge of Elks was organized in this city in 19C5, fifteen of tho members have answered the cal! of their Maker and on Sunday. December 3rd the lodge will honor ' their memory according to their motto. "The faults of our brothers we writt upon tliw sand, Their virtue upon tho tablets of loyp’s memory." Tin- public Is invited to tho servicewhich will begin at 2:30 o’clock. The Elks will attend tile services in a body. GENEVA STORE HAS NEW OWNER E. E. Conner And B. F. Ault Purchase .1. L. Yaney Grocery Store Geneva, Ind., Nov. 21. — (Special to Daily Democrat I—Yesterday at twelve o'clock noon a business transaction: was completed whereby the grocery store belonging to J. L. Yaney became the property of E. E. Conner and B. F. Ault, of this place. The amount of ■ the consideration was not 'made pub-j lie. The change came as a surprise , to Geneva residents. The new owners of the store have 1 been residents here for over a quarter of a century. Mr. Ault has been en-' gaged in business and in farming near Geneva for the past several years and ' is known by everyone in tho south part of the county. I I Mr. Conner came to Geneva in 1594 and with a brother-in-law, A. M. Red- ' ding established a meat shop here. ' After several years the business was bought out by the latter and Mr. Con- ' ner followed the oil business for a shore time. Later he engaged in the meat business again, this time in part nership with Mr. Ault, with whom he ■ is now associated. After a few years the business was again disposed of and this time, he accepted employment , with Geneva Milling & Grain Co. as I fireman. After 14 years with this com-1 ■ pany where he served the last few ■ years as miller, he resigned his posi- ■ (ion with the mill and took employment with tho Pennsylvania System in - Ft. Wayne. The store has always been one of the leading groceries of the town. Mr. Yaney purchased the business from Albert Harlow about two years ago and since that time has enjoyed a • very thriving business. '' The new owners took possession ’ immediately although Mr. Conner will 1 not. be found in the store until next ’ week. They invite the buying public to their store anil assure them of hon- * est and courteous treatment. > -o — i Allen Stalter has gone to tho southern part, of the state on business.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, November 21, 1922.

Union County Leads In Corn Yield This Year Indlantipclis, Nov. 21. Union county had the best average corn yield in Indiana this year. George ('. Bryant. |'federal iigricultura! statistician for | Indiana said today. It whs 56 bushels per acre. Hancock county ranked second with 51 and Morgan third with of). Martin and IsiPorte counties ran an even ! race for lowest yield each with 27 bushels per acre. Hamilton county led alal (ho rest in potato average witli 130 per acre. Next camo Washington county with . 125 and DeKalb county was third with' 117. The lowest was in Lake county with 36 bushels per acre. o CHURCH REVIVAL IS IN PROGRESS 1 1 — (Good Interest And Attend ance At Services At The Church Os God ‘I Interest and attendance at the r< vival services in progress at th.y , church of God is very good. The Rev i Earl Langley, of Syracuse. New York ■ a graduate of the Anderson. Indiana j Bible School, is conducting the song I service In a very excellent manner Rev. Langley is a fine singer. He i also preaching fine sermons, follow | i ing the song services. The sermon las ' night was delivered on the subject ! J He Walks With Me." The Rev. Bragg, of Marion. Indiana ! . is expected to be present on Wedncs I day evening. A welcome is extendei . to everybody, country people, cit; people who are not members of any church, and those who are member of other churches. o Kansas Takes Legal Action Against Klan Topeka, Kansas, Nov. 21.—Legal ac- | tion to oust the Ku Klux Klan from Kansas was to be taken in the stat, supreme court today on orders of Gov Henry .(. Allen. The action will be on the ground: j that the Klan, a Georgia organization j is operating in Kansas without a char 1 ter. _____ o Petitions For Guardian For Gottlieb Christener I A petition for a guardian for Gott j lieb Christener was tiled in the circuit I court today by Magdalena Christener The petition states that the defentian' is 44 years old and is a person Oi unsound mind, incapable of managing his estate or his business affairs. The petition was filed through Attorney 1 Dor ( . B. Erwin. o i C. J. Lutz To Speak To Ft. Wavne Club — Clark .1. Lutz, of Decatur, will ad ' dress the Jefferson club at its next regular meeting on Thursday evening, according to an announcement mad< by club officers. Mr. Lutz is one of j the leading attorneys in this part of the state. He is said to be a very able speaker and to have a genuine gift of oratory. All members of the club are urged to be present to hear him.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Berne Young Man Has Enlisted In U. S. Army; Paul G. Lehman, of Berne, was one ! of a number of young men who were I accepted for enlistment in the United States army al tbe Fort Wayne recruiting station hist week and who have been sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison. Others enlisting at Fort Wayne were Dale Kline, of Bluffton; Frederick K. Hey, of Kingsland; Ted Halsey, of Helmar, and Harry Sarasien. of Fort Wayne. Recruits are now being sought for the field artillery, coast artillery, engineers for duty in Hawaii and for the infantry, air service, quarter**, ter corps, engineers, signal corps and medical corps for duty io Texas. o— Edward Tooley, of Troy, Ohio, was here on business today. Mr. Chas. C. 3chug, ot Berne, In diana, was in town today.

MR. FARMER TO ARRIVE IN CITY LATE TOMORROW Yeoman President Will V isit Proposed Sites In Marion And Winchester ARKANGEMENTS MADE Committees Complete Plans For Entertainment Os Distinguished Visitors . A. N. Farmer, secretary of the loca tion committee for tht* Brotherhood o; American Yeomen will arrive here ir ,8:25 Thursday evening, coming her* from Winchester where he will visit j tomorrow and look at proposed sites, j He is at Marion. Indiana today on ;■ . similar errand. These cities have been trying for months to secure an inspection of sites and it was granted I for this time. Judge N. E. Carter ha also sent word that he has been ask ed to report here from Indianapolis | his home and he will also be hero Thursday. A letter from Mr. Farmer this morn ing says that he has just received word from Mark McKee, ehairni: ■ o. the board saying that he must bo io : Des Moines tomorrow. He will leav | there tomorrow evening, arrive In Cl’, i cage Thursday morning. Icavln." thor I at. 8:30 that morning and arriving a I Fort Wayne at 12:13 noon. Ho wil probably be met there by into am! brought here nt onee and the three men will continue their investigation, here. At a meeting of the general committee at Industrial rooms last evenin it was decided that Mr. Dan Nib lick, chairman of the reception eon mittee. should select a committee ano they will meet the visitors and •.- (Continued on naere tive) 0 APPOINTS RED CROSSWORKERS — County Chairman Name Ward Chairmen To Conduct Annual Roll Call Chairmen of the various wards i;i the city of Decatur were appointed to day by Albert Sellemejrer, Adann county Red Cross chairman, to conduct the annual membership roll call in the city next Sunday. The chair men appointed were: First ward Mrs. Sam Hite and Miss Vida Chronister, assistant; Second ward, Mrs. | Dr. W. E. Smith and Miss Adelaide ] Deninger, assistant; Third ward, Mrs. i M. A. Frisinger and Mrs. George Wem | j hoff, assistant. Mr. Sellemeyer visited the various towns in the county today for t 1 ’" purpose of obtaining chairmen to conI duct the roll call in the different part i of the county. He intended to obtain school officials, if possible. The drive will be conducted earlv Sunday afternoon. November 26. Solicitors are requested to report to Miss Anna Winnes at the Whines Shoe Store as soon as they have completed their work. 0 Woman Senator From Georgia Sworn In Today Washington, Nov. 21—Mrs. Rebecca Felton, the first woman senator in history was sworn in as a member of the upper house of congress today. After a lengthy argument made by Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, in which precedents in the senate were! gone over Mrs. Felton arose from her seat in the rear of tbe chamber and accompanied by Sena tor Harris of Georgia, walked up to the Vice. President’s chair. She raised her right hand and the acting president of the senate administered the oath for the first time to a woman. There was no objection raised to her admissiou and Senator George, who could have claimed tbe seat by presenting his credentials, was ab ' sent.

Deed For Site Os New Elks’ Home Recorded The deed for the ground on which the new Elks’ home will he erected, corner of Jackson and Second streets, 11 was filed with County Recorder Joe ' McConnell today by the trustees. The ' deed to the property was given to the ! Elks' lodge by J. G. and Christena ■ ' R. Niblick, owners of the site, for u consideration of $4,00(1. The lot has a frontage of 66 feet on Second street and runs to the east on Jackson street. I 132 feet. Work on the erection of ' the beautiful Elks’ home will begin next spring and it is estimated that ‘ the home will cost between thirty and forty thousand dollars. BOYS SENTENCED BY COURT TODAY Eighteen-Year-Old Boys Are Sent To Penal Farm For Period Os 30 Days Raymond Harker, age 18. and Arthur Foreman, age 18, arrested re cently for stealing iron from the old north grist mill, were arraigned in court before Judge John C. Moran this afternoon and entered a plea of guilty. The court fined each of the boys $5 and costs, and sentenced each to serve a term of thirty days on the state penal farm. The two boys, whose homes are in this city, were arfsted three weeks ago and have been confined in th county jail since that time. The ma chinery in the old mill, which be longs to the Fornax Milling company, was stripped of valuable pieces ot iron, hauled to the Maiei junk yards where it was soln for junk. Tue amount paid to the boys was a little more than S2O. _ _—_— • — Struggle For Leadership In Near East Has Begun By Henry Wood I nltrd VrrMM Slafl’ <‘orrcMpoiidrnt isiusanne, Nov. 21.— (Special to. Daily Democrat) —A struggle to do ; termine which nation is to dominate j the Near East began in secret this: morning at Chateau Duchy when th • allied and Turkish delegates opened 1 what was ostensibly a peace confer ! ence. Nominally the conference is to os-1 tablish peace between the Greeks and the victorious Turks. But the Turks now claim that their victory over the Greeks wipes out their defeat in the great war and demand recognition as an equal among other nations with special rights in the near east. The conference was opened this morning with Ismet Pacha, Lord Cur-1 zon, British foreign minister. Premier' Poincare of France and Premier Mussolini of Italy meeting behind closed I I doors. The press was barred. o Interesting Meeting Os K. Os C. Lodge Held The K. of C. hall was packed at the , regular meeting of the council held last evening and one of the most en joyable and interesting meetings ot the year was held. Following regular routine business.! Father .1. A. Seimetz, pastor of the St. Mary’s Catholic church gave a i very interesting account of his En-1 j ropean trip and also talked on local community spirit and co-operation and the advantages derived from it. Herman Yager, Frank Heiman. Fred Sehurger and J. G. Niblick, the latter who returned from a trip abroad recently, were called on to make a few remarks. Mr. Niblick told the audience of conditions as he found them in the old country. Grand Knight E. X Ehinger presided at the meeting. School Attendance Case Heard In Court Today The case of the state against Joel Ellenberger, of Berne, for alleged violation of the school law, came up tor trial in the circuit court today. It waa charged that Mr. BUenberger unlawfully kept his t’oiMteea-year-old girl out of school to do housework. The evidence was presented to the i court. I

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DARES FOES OF ■I BILL TO MEET ISSUE FAIRLY I Devotes Practically Entire Message To Advocacy Os Ship Subsidy Today . I - — - PREACHES ECONOMY Says Bill Would Save The Treasury Money; Estimates Cost $25,000,000 (By Ptitil B. Million) I tilled I’reNN Staff Cwrreapoßffrat Washington, Nov. 21—In a fighting message President Harding today dared the foes of the administration ship subsidy bill to assume the responsibility for defeating it. The president went on record as being opposed to the repeal of laws such as the Lafollette seaman’s act, designed to raise the standard of labor on American ships, saying “merest justice” demanded their continuance tintil all the world bad been brought to ! the sane level. These laws soma : shipping interests contend, make it l impossible to compete with foreign marines. The president started speaking at | 12:35 p. m. Declaring that no proposition pine- . ed before congress ever met a more ‘ resolute hostility," the president, in , a message delivered in person to the ■extra ordinary session of congtess, j challenged his opponents to meet tha issue fairly. The president devoted practically 'iall of his message to a vigorous advo--1 cacy of the subsidy, mentioning only one other national ] robleni—uddji tonal relief so: agriculture. This, and other questions will be dealt with in his message to the regular ' session which will meet on December 4tll. Says Action Must Come ' This problem can no longer be I ignored.” said Mr. Harding. "Its attempted solution" cannot longer bo I postponed. The failure of congress i to act decisively will be no 'Ass <11.4i astrons than adverse action." Carrying the fight with aggressiveness to the enemy's camp. Mr. Harding said he challenged "every insinuation of favored interests and tho enrichment of tbe special few at the expense of the public treasury. 1 am. first of all, appealing to stive the treasury.” Throughout his speech, the president argued that the subsidy would save money to the treasury. Tho , president said the cost of the subsidy I would be $25,000,000. The executive made a fervent plea that America again be raised to a poI sition of eminence among the mart- ! time nations of the world. Three Courses Open Striking directly at the opposition 'to tbe measure, the president said | one of three courses is open to congress. "Tlie first is constructive—enact , the pending bill, under which, 1 firmly believe, an American merchant ‘ marine, privately owned and private- , ly operated, but serving all the pooi pie and always available to the government in an emergency, may be ; established and maintained,” he said. The second is obstructive —continue ; government operation anad attending government losses and discourage private enterprise by government competition. under which losses are met by the public treasury and witness tha continued losses and deterioration until the colossal failure ends in sheer exhaustion. "The third Is destructive—involving the sacrifice of our ships abroad to l.the scrapping of them at home, tho i surrender of our aspirations, and tho I confession of our impotence to the j world in general and our humiliation 'before the competing world in particular. "A choice among the three is inevitable. It is unbelievable that th j imericun people or the congress which expri-df 'J their power will coneeat to surrender and <Jc w tritction. It is equally uubvll*> cblv Uiul our penpl ♦ and the cODgress which translates (ContinutMi on page five)

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