Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1922 — Page 1

■Volume XX. Number 281

trHANKSGIVING I TO BE OBSERVED I BY COMMUNITY ■popular Holiday To Be Ob- | served In Various Ways By Local People ■have FOOTBALL GAME r — ■Churches To Hold Special Services; Offices To Be Closed All Day | Thanksgiving, one of the most pop ■ nlar of holidays, will he observed to- ■ morrow in several ways by the peo- ■ pie of this community. Family reun- ■ ions and family dinners will predomi- ■ nate and as has been the custom for ■ a number of years, the men will take I to the woods in search of rabbits or I quail. I Thanksgiving day is a great day in I the American home and many happy I reunions are held each year. Os I course, mother or grandmother may I not think it’s such a holiday when it I comes to preparing the big turkey or I chicken dinner, but it seems that I every mother or grandmother likes to I have the children or grandchildren I come home for the Thanksgiving I meat. In Decatur the Hicksville-Decatur I football game will be one of the atI tractions. Tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the ReI formed church in this city union I Thanksgiving services of the ProtestI ant churches will be held and Rev. I B. F. Dotson will deliver the ThanksI giving sermon. At 7:30 Thanksgiving I morning Thanksgiving high mass will I be celebrated at the St. Mary’s Cath I olic church with Rev. Father J. A. I Seimetz officiating. ' Practically every I business house in Decatur, including I the county offices and city hall will I be closed in observance of the holiI day. There will be no issue of The | Dally Democrat. Ancient Origin of Thanksgiving Thanksgiving day is not an Ameri [ can institution, in spite of the fact I that it is now one of our most popular holidays. The proclamation of I Governor Bradford was not for the first Thanksgiving day. In the Bible there are many references to feasts of Thanksgiving day and the custom can be traced back to the Canaanites from whom the Children of Israel I copied many of their traditions, in the book of Judges we read: “And they went out into the field and gath ered their vineyards and trode th* : grapes, ami held festival and went into the house of their god and did eat and drink.” The vintage or harvest celebration appeared later among the Hebrews and as an act of worship was called the Feast of the Tab ernacles.” In Deuteronomy Moses transmitted directions about the holiday. First American Thanksgiving. The first Thanksgiving day in North America was held in Newfoundland by an English minister named Wolfall. in the year 1578. This gentleman accompanied the Frobisher expedition and the records are thus preserved in the ship’s log: "On Moiftlay morning. May 27, 1578, aboard the Ayde we received all communion by the minister of Gravesend and prepared as good Christians toward God and resolute men for all fortunes and toward night we departed toward Tilberry Hope. Here we prayed God and altogether on our knees gave Him due humble and hearty thanks. And Maister Wolfall, a learned man, appointed by her majesty’s council to be onr minister, made unto us a goodly sermon, exhorting all especially to be thankful to God for His strange and miraculous deliverance in those dangerous places.” The earliest record of any similar observance was within the boundaries of the present territory of the United States and was held by the Popham colony settled at Sagadahoc, on the coast of Maine in August, 1607. Os course, these early American Thanksgiving ceremonies did not cover much time, probably not more than three or four hours. The Real Origin The first real harvest festival in America was held by the Pilgrims in 1621 and was instituted by Governor Bradford, the first governor of the Massachusetts colony. The bitter winter of the Pilgrims’ first year in America left only 55 of the 101 colonists who had come over in the Mayflower, but the plentiful harvest of 1621 filled their hearts with hope and thankfulness. (Continued on page three)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Mrs. John Hedrick, Os Near Ossian, Is Dead Mrs. John Hedrick, age 40 years,' living 4 miles northeast of Ossian,! died Tuesday morning at 3 o’clock, following a complication of troubles,! the culmination of a nine weeks’ ill-' ness. | Mrs. Hedrick was the daughter of Frederlrk and Sarah Stites Rapp, her father being a native of Germany and j her mother a resident of Pennsyl ' vania. They settled in Indiana about' sixty years ago. .Mrs. Hedrick was I born in Wells county September 6.: 1882, and was marred to John Hedrirk, February 2, 1921. Her husband survives, as does one sister. Mis:: Effie Rapp. She was a member of | the Evangelical church. The funeral will be held at the house Friday at 1:30 o'clock wthl burial in the Glock cemetery, near her h<'rn n . o GRID SEASON TO END TOMORROW. High School Football Team To End Greatest Season In School’s History The greatest football season in. th’ history of the Decatur high school | will come to an end tomorrow after-1 noon when the Yellow Jackets clash I with the Hicksville, Ohio, high school, eleven, on Ahr’s field, in the big! Thanksgiving Day attraction. The game will he started at 2:30 o'clock. Walter Geller of Fort Wayne will referee the game: Tim Costello, of Fort Wayne, will be the umpire; and Chet Hilgeman, also of Fort Wayne will be the head linesman. The Yellow Jackets are determined: to stage a comeback tomorrow, after | dropping the last two games to Rich-, mond and C. C. H. S. of Fort Wayne, and close the season with a victory. Hicksville is represented by a stronteam this year and was defeated by C. C. H. S. by the score of 32-28, only after a gruelling struggle i.i which the score was tied several times and the lead shifted from one team to the other The Ohio team is; noted for its splendid forward pass offensive. All members of the Yellow Jacketsquad are reported to be in fine co-, i dition for the game tomorrow. Bill; Gay. the big left guard, has returned) to school after a brief illness and is expected to play tomorrow. Hicks ville will arrive here early tomorrow afternoon, it is said. Owing lo th.’ large expense incurred in bringing the Hicksville team to Decatur, the high school athleti. association finds | it necessary to charge fifty cents for adults and twenty-five cents for chil dren, for all who do notTiold season tickets. The football game is the only pub lie attraction scheduled for the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day in Decatur and since the weather is ideal for football, a record crowd is expected. —•— Local People Owners Os Rich Coal Land Good luck has fallen upon Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Moses, of this city, according to Mr. Moses who has just returned from Pennsylvania. In a will made by a grandmother, sixty-five years ago, a tract of mountain real estate near Somerset, Pa., was left to Mr. and Mrs. Moses. At that time the land was considered little better than worthless. However, at present there is a wealthy coal company operating on land immediately adjoining the land owned by Mr and Mrs. Moses, and indications are that the rich vein of coal extends beneath their land. Mr. Moses, who is engaged in the greenhouse business here, made a trip to Pennsylvania to investigate the land and he is highly enthused over the prospects of a rich coal mine in his land. o— — - st. John’s Young People To Give Entertainment The Young Peoples Society ol St. John’s Lutheran Church at Flat Rock will give an entertainment on the eve 1 nings of Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Dec 1.2, and 3. A good selection of ' dialogues and music will be given, i •— + + ♦♦*♦ + ♦♦***♦** 1 + CONGRESS TODAY ’ SENATE— Anti-administration fill- . buster continues. HOUSED— further amendments tn ship subsidy to be considered with final vote late today.

DETROIT MAYOR NAMED SENATOR FROM MICHIGAN 1 James Couzens, Millionaire, Appointed To Fill Senator New berry’s Seat AN INFLUENTIAL MAN Former Business Associate Os Henry Ford; Second Term As Mayor i By GERALD F. OVERTON i Lansing, Mich., Nov. 29.—James | Couzens, millionaire mayor of Detroit, was named United States senator from Michigan today to fill the seat made vacant by the resignation of Senator Truman H. Newberry. Mayor Couzens will go to Washington unembarrassed by promises of ! political patronage or pledges as to I Ibis policies, said Governor A. J. Groesback, in making public the appointment. “He can represent the state without being bound by ties of any kind.’ The new senator will take office at the beginning of the regular session i of congress in December. Although recently reported in ill I health Couzens has regained his strength and old-time vigor. i Newberry resigned following a ! stormy senatorial career which resulted from charges of excessive expenditures during- his election campaign when he defeated Henry Ford. Beginning his career as a news •butcher on a train. Couzens became I one of the wealthiest and most influ- ! ential men in public life in Michigan. ; He was closely associated with 1 Henry Ford in the development of the ' Ford Motor company and recently sold the last of his interests in that concern for $30,000,000. Following his retirement from the Ford company he was named police commissioner of Detroit and later elected mayor. He is now serving his second term. His administration of affairs of the ' city of Detroit, was marked by tiie j establishment of a municipally owned ■ and operated street railway system. GARY DECLARED GRID CHAMPION Heze Clark Names Emerson High As Football (’hampions Os Indiana Heze Clark, sports editor of the In dianapolis Ttimes, who refereed the • RichmondlDecatur high school football game here recently, awards the high school championship of the state to the Emerson high school eleven ol Gary. He declares that the victory of , ’Emerson over Warsaw last Saturday sets aside the claims of all other teams for first honors. In miming the teams which can ’ rightfully claim second honors in the state, Decatur, is the second one in list. Mr. Clark is one of the leading ' sport critics in the state and his deIcision is usually regarded as official. ’] Following is the comment which he ’'makes in a story appearing in the I , Times: ’ "Emerson High of Gary is the State ' football champion among the Hoosier ’ high schools for 1922. For once the ' other high school teams of the State 1 are not putting forth claims that they are represented by elevens that could 'defeat Emerson. The 33 to 0 victory '! of Emerson over Warsaw Saturday at i Warsaw sets aside all claims of other r I schools to first honors. The Emerson 1 team has not been scored on. Warsaw had won all its games until it met Gary, then the boys from the Steel Mill City romped away with the I game. There are plenty of teams who can claim second honors, among them . are Warsaw. Decatur. Richmond, l< Sheridan, Wiley of Terre Haute, Cen tral of Evansville, Technical and Manual of Indianapolis. I “Cathedral high school of Indianapolis has not lost a game this year. Cathedral, while not a member of the h State high school athletic association, I- has in every way tried to live up to !• the rules of the association. ComI- parative scores would not indicate that Cathedral is as strong as Etnero son of Gary, but. it would seem that li Cathedral Is as strong as any other team in the State, except Emerson.”

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, November 29, 1922.

f'~ TO OUR PATRONS I You know we appreciate the | splendid patronage being given us I by the advertisers of this common . ! ity. To co-operate with you Is a 1 pleasure and we assure you we will ' ;go the limit along that line. However we cannot do the impossible and we must have your copy In | time to get It Into type, cast the I plutes and give you the service you should have. Hereafter the Daily Democrat forms will be locked at 3:30 each afternoon. Your copy must be in this office the afternoon before or as early on the 'lay of publication as possible and cannot be accepted after nine o’clock a. in., with assurance of publication. The earlier your copy is in the better work we can do for you and the better results you will obtain. To the subscriber we want to say that we will from this time ) on, barring unforeseen accidents, get the paper to you on time. We j ask your co-operation in publishing a newspaper which will meet every] requirement. PETER SEITZ DIED TUESDAY Resident Os This City Died At Home Os Grandson In Ft. Wayne Peter Seitz, age 81 years, Decatur citizen, died at the home of his grandson, Harry M. Seitz, in Fort Wayne, at 4:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon, following an illness of four years’ duration. Mr. Seitz was born in Germany and came io the Un.ited States in 1872. He had been a resident of Decatur since coming to this country. "rive weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. Seitz went to Fort Wayne and were going to make their home with the grandson through the winter. Surviving are the widow; one son, Charles; three grandsons, Leo, Harry and Otto Seitz, all of Fort Wayne, (Continued on page four' ANOTHER STILL — I liiladelphia. Pa., Nov. 29.— (U. P.)—(Special to Daily Demo erut)—One man was lulled in stautly, one died in Roosevelt hospital today and three others are in hospitals probably fatally injured as the result of an explosion of a 100-gallon still that was being operated in a stable here last night. Police today stated that 10.00 C gallons of alcohol wej’e stored in the stable amt following the explo sion of the still a scare of smaller blasts followed as fire reached a | number of barrels containing al j cohol. CITY FIREMEN TO SERVE MEAL Old Fashioned Game Dinner To Be Served In Fire Station Tomorrow The city firemen are going to serve a regular Thanksgiving dinner in the fire department room of the city hall on Thanksgiving evening, beginning at 6:30 o’clock. It will be a old fashioned game din ner and the bill of fare will consist of rabbit, opossum, turkey and chicken The dinner is being given for the benefit of the Firemenls fund and the public is most cordially invited to at tend. The price per plate will be only seventy-five cents and those who attend can eat all they want. ■ John Smith, a veteran chef, will pre- > pare the big Thanksgiving dinner and those who know or have heard of , John’s ability as a cook will surely want to taste of the meal. Tables will I be arranged in the city hall and the firemen invite all to attend. • FA — ' JPdCffiP

DENT SCHOOL IN ROOT TWP. TO BE OPENED Martin Gerke, Trustee, Stated Today That Building . Is Being Cleaned TO BE OPENED MONDAY Dispute Between Trustee And Patrons Has Kept Children Away Announcement was made today by Martin Gerke, trustee of Root township, that the school house in district No. 1 of that township, commonly known as the Dent school house, will | be opened next Monday and a teacher | placed there to conduct the school. The Dent school house has not been opened this fall. During the summer, repairs were made on the building to make it comply with the regulations of the state board of health. However, the bonds issued to cover the expense of the improvement failed to sell, due to some alleged illegality, it is said. The trustee had no money with which to pay the contractor who made the repairs and he refused to open the building and accept the responsibility of accepting the work, without having the necessary money to pay the contractor. The trustee furnished transportation for hauling the children in that , district to the Monmouth schools, but . the parents refused to send their chil- ’ dren to Monmouth, with the result that between fifteen and twenty chilI dren in that district have not been in ■ school this fall. * The members of the township ad- * visory board procured the key to the 1 ! building this week, it is said, and turned it over to the trustee who ! agreed To open the school. The build-j ing is being cleaned preparatory to ’ being opened on next Monday, Mr. ' Gerke stated today. * • — WILL CLOSE TOMORROW The Porter Studio announces thtt it will close all day tomorrow in observance of Thanksgiving. ORNAMENT LIGHT SYSTEM OPPOSED Opposition May Delay Erection Os Lights Or Prevent Them Entirely In all probability the ornamental street lights along Mercer avenue will not become a reality until next spring and doubt has been expressed it • can be accomplished then. At th.last meeting of the city council a petition was filed by the property owners along both sides of the street asking the council that action be taken towards installing the ornamental ■ lights. A majority of the property owners along the street had signed the petition asking that the light he - installed, but since that time, it is stated, one of the peitioners had with drawn his signature from the petition. it was also stated that it might be possible to erect the ornamental lights of both sides of the street from I the intersection of Winchester street t south to the Chicago and Erie rail road or one block inA?ngth and it was t stated that if the light improvement ! could not be secured along the. entire ! street or to the south end of Mercer ‘ avenue, just north of the site of the ' Adams County Memorial Hospital, 1 that a petition might be presented to ‘ the council asking for the lights along y this one block. With the exception of ' two or three property owners along the block, south from the Winchester street intersection to the Erie railroad 1 tracks every one along the route signy ed the petition. Community Meeting In Kirkland Township A very interesting program haS been arranged for the Kirkland township community, meeting to be held at the high school this evening. Dr. J. C. Grandstaff, of Preble, will be one of the speakers and the committee in charge has arranged a delightful l program for the evening. The resi- * dents of Kirkland township and com- ’ munity are invited to attend.

Hall-Mills Murder Case Still Unsolved Mystery Somerville, N. J„ Nov. 29. —The Hall-Mills vase was listed as an "unsolved mystery" today following fall- ! ure of the grand Jury probing it to ' return indictments. The jury voted "no Indictments" late yesterday and while Foreman Gibb Issued a statement declaring the action did not preclude action by a subsequent investigating body, It was believed today that no further action will be taken. Special Prosecutor Mott declared he was in "suspended animation" as to what will be done next. Other officials Intimated that unless new and startling evidence is discovered indictments will not be asked again. Action of the jury yesterday was taken while Mrs. Frances Noel Hall, widow of the slain rector, kept vigil outside the jury room with her attorney. ELKS'MEMORIAL ON NEXT SUNDAY Local Lodge Will Hold Annual Memorial Services For Departed Elks Annual memorial services for the deceased members of the Decatur lodge, No. 993, B. P. O. Elks, will be held in the circuit court room at 2:31) o’clock Sunday afternoon, December 3. The public is cordially invited to attend the services. D. M. Hensley, exalted ruler, will open the services. Mrs. L. A. Ho4thouse will sing a solo and she and Miss Koline will render a duet. Judge John C. Moran will deliver the Eulogy and Dr. Fred Patterson will sing "Not Understood." The memorial address will be given by Hon. Fred H. Bowers, of Huntington, a member of the Elks’ lodge in that city. Dr. B. N. Covert, pastor of the Presbyterian i church will offer prayer and pronounce | the benediction. Exalted Ruler Hensley will conduct the thanatopsis. Fifteen members of the lodge have died since its organization in 1905. The names of the departed brothers for whom the services will be held, are: Roman J. Holthouse. Anson Van Camp. Albine B. Smith. Samuel J. Laman. Frederick Vaughn. Amos P. Beatty. George W. Klein. John D. Meyers. Samuel Huger. Ralph Miller. Wid R. Dorwin. Otto Green. Shafer Peterson. Charles H. Elzey. D. D. Clark. EXTRA! (United I’renK Service.) Washington, Nov. 29.— (Special to Daily Democrat)—The ship subsidy bill strongly advocated by President Harding as the only means of saving the American Merchant Marine was passed by the House today. The vote coming after a week of strong fighting was 208-184. a majority of 24. The measure now goes to the senate where it will encounter the strong opposition of the democrats and repub lican insurgents making its passage before the end of the present congress 1 doubtful. In forcing the measure through toe House after a fight that made the measure an out and out test of his leadership, the president achieveo • what no other executive has ever been ' able to accomplish. At least two other presidents have ; advocated subsidies but heretofore I neither branch of congress was will- ' ing to pass the measure. The final • vote was one of Hardings greatest victories. The house democrats had attacked the measure from every conceivable angle and had the support of some reI publican insurgents. The bill provides for direct aid from the treasury to the , expense of about $30,000,000 a year , for the creation of a subsidy. » 1 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ t + WEATHER ♦ 1 Increasing cloudiness tonight; warmer in east and south portions; Thursday somewhat unsettled. Cooler in north portion.

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MORE MEMBERS ARE NEEDED IN RED CROSS HERE Total Os 426 Residents Os Decatur Have Answered To 1923 Roll Call FEW COUNTY REPORTS Captains In Various Parts County Have Not Reported Their Progress According to the reports of the canvassers made to Miss Anna Winnes, general secretary of the Adams County Red Cross chapter, a total of 426 people enrolled in the Red Cross in Decatur last Sunday. Soliciting teams canvassed the city, but report that many people were away from homo and therefore did not have an opportunity to enroll them in this great organization, whose purpose and aim it is to help suffering mankind. It was stated by the solicitors that many people who have been members of the Red Cross for years were not at home on Sunday and that if these people wanted to enroll they should call at the Winnes Shoe Store, where Miss Anna Winnes would give them their receipt and see that their name was placed on the enrollment. This should be done this week. The captains of the teams at Linn Grove report an enrollment at that place of twenty-one and receipts of $21.60, while at Pleasant Mills two enrollments were reported, making a total enrollment to date of 449. Tiie reports from Monroe, Berne, Geneva, Monmouth. Preble, Magley and the rural districts have not as yet been received by Miss Winnes, It was understood that the canvass at Berne would not take place until Saturday of this week and it is expected that the people of that place will rally to the cause in the same splendid way as in former years. Mr. Lehman, the superintendent of schools, is in charge of the campaign and last year, assisted by the school children conducted a unique canvass by having Red Cross booths in nearly every store in Herne. It is expected that several hundred people in Berne will enroll again this year and it is hoped that the entire enrollment in the county will reach at least 1,000. The Junior Campaign. Mrs. S. D. Beavers, chairman of the junior Red Cross division, reported to Miss Winnes that practically 500 pupils of the central and west wards of the public schools were wearing the Red Cross buttons, the teachers in the different rooms at these two buildings having subscribed for the junior Red Cross magazine and will use certain material out of it in their school work. By doing this every pupil In the building becomes a member. Mrs. Beavers is desirious that the other two ward buildings, the south and north wards and the parochial schools take up the work and thus have every child in Decatur enrolled in the junior division of the Red Cross. Tha magazine costs only fifty cents per year and only one subscription is necessary, thus making the enrollment fee for each child from one to two pennies a year. Albert Sellemeyer is county chairman of the 1923 Red Cross campaign and with the assistance of the school teachers in the different towns and in the rural districts throughout the county, the campaign for enrollment is being made. Those who have not joined the Red Cross for 1923 should go to the Winnes shoe store and hand the dollar to Miss Winnes. it will be helping a worthy organization. MARRIAGE LICENSE Ernest Fisher, farmer, Wells conny. age 30 years, to Fern Norlh, Adams county, age 20 years. Eighty-Eight Victims Os Shank's Drive On Crooks Indianapolis, Nov. 29 —Mayor Lew Shank’s offensive against crooks, \ loafers and all persons without visible means of support bagged seventy three men and fifteen women today. As the blue coats and plain clothes men started making their rounds of all hangouts, led by Mayor Shank personally, the loafers scurried to cover. The "tip” had gone forward that a drive was beginning, by tele- • phone and by courier. j. Four of the men and one of tl:a women were released.