Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1922 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller—Free, and Gen. Mgr. H. W. Karape—Vice-Pres. * Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse —Sec y and Bub. Mgr. Entered at the Post office at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies 2 cents One Week,by carrier 10 cents Ono Year, by carrier $5.00 One Month, by mail 35 cents Throe Mouths, by mail SI.OO Six Months, by Mail $1.75 One Year, by mail 3.00 One Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and ' second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates Made known on application. Foreign Representatives Carpenter & Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City N. Y. Life Building, Kansas City. Mo. SCHOOL UNIT:— That the little red school house in the country district will have a battle again in the coming by those who favor the township school conducted under county authority is signified by the notices now being published in various papers. Under the heading “A country school unit” the South Bend Tribune says: — ‘’Among the numerous suggestions for changes in the Indiana public! school system is the county unit , plan* that would do away with the i township authority and abolish the i elective position of township school trustee that so often is used as an integral part of the political organization of a county, and has been known to harm rather than benefit the schools. ‘‘The increasing prevalence of hard- 1 surfaced highways and gravel roads

The Cort T-H-E-A-T-R-E —TONIGHT—“A QUESTION ''' OF HONOR” - . s ' JBHgS &fe ' l 6 rt “ el / First National Ijßfeaturing ANITA X -« STEWART Thrill follows thrill < 1 in this new drama * ...*w/ •* Iftz / of the West. X “Danger” j ; | 2 reel Comedy | i FOX NEWS (Pl* 1 ; if / /W® !» Reels 10c & 25c TOMORROW fWMW JH| “The Long Chance” I Comedy. News. | ; w ; L-j, W JglMy FREE show for the kiddies, 12 years and under Tuesday matinee, "Human Hearts.’’ Show starts at 2:30, one show only. Anita Monday matinee and each /Aillbd. OGewdJU , night 4 piece orchestra- . A QllflStlOft Ob kOnOC | fess?-.. sfflß&-r-. ’<Ham. The Farmer who desires to conduct his business in an efficient and business-like way finds adequate banking facilities altogether essential. This bank assists the farmers of Adams County in carrying on their business and developing their properties in every w ay consistent with sound banking practice. Our ample resources, experienced staff, thorough familiarity with this section and State supervision enable us to serve the agricultural interests of this district to exceptional advantage. Old Adams County Bank |

in Indiana and the growing use of motor cars and busses tor transportation of pupils indicate a general movement away from the one room township schoolhouses and the use of larger centralized units so that . the children of the fanners may hqve • the benefit of modem construction, heating, ventilating, lighting and ' sanitation, graded rooms and the leadership of teachers trained for the various stages of advancement. 1 This evolution in country schools ' points most certainly toward the i county unit. ' ‘'Difficulty in making many persons understand the reasons tor suggesting abolition of the township school trustee’s place is certain to be met; and it may be impossible in the next legislature to convince a majority that the oiiange would be wise. However, one need have only eyes to be aware that the swing away from the township unit is in prog-| ress and if the needs of the taxpayers prove it essential the legal status of the county unit will be fixed very soon.” It is being argued by those who want an enormous appropriation for the state highway commission that or each dollar raised in Indiana the federal government will provide an additional one and Governor McCray wants enough money to build a hunred miles of hard surface road. Securing federal aid really means but ittle when it costs about $1,500 a I mile to maintain roads which are ■ I kept up under country management by a tenth of that amount. There is la lot of "bunk” to it all and you can jrately bet that large appropriations' ' mean just one thing—higher taxes i and a greater burden for the people Ito carry. We are of ocurse in favor jcl good roads —and in Adams county . -:e have best demonstrated it by

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I building more than seven hundred I miles but that is no reason why we should now be taxed to build as good I roads in other parts of the state and ! maintain them at rediculous cost. The public evidently does not take j kindly to the mushy pardon of Fatty Arbuckle by Will Hays, commander ' : n chief of the movie army and from | every direction and from many cities j including Detroit, Milwaukee, Indi--1 anapolis and dozens of others come I reports that the mayor has issued [ orders against showing Arbuckle picI lures. Fatty stubbed his toe and without intending to do so, caused 1 the death of Virginia Rappe- He was I whitewashed after three trials but I no one doubts his connection with the I affair and he must pay the toll allotted to those who sin. The Amcri--1 can public will not accept the pardon I and Hays will find that while he has I authority over the movie klan he has I but little weight in telling the pa I trona of the movies what they shall ' like. If you failed to join the Good Fellow club there are numerous ways in j which you can carry out the idea by ' being your own club and seeing that j some poor boy or girl has a merry Christmas. Remember you are happy only as you make some one else 'nappy. We believe most people in this community will be assured of a I bountiful Christmas dinner and that I most children will be made happy by , teceiving suitable replies to their : letters to Santa Claus. While people apparently do not care enough about elections to take a great part in primaries the average person wants the primary law and the opportunity to vote if he wants to. They feel there is less opportunity to control a primary than a convention and we doubt if the legisi lature will change the law materially though being urged to do so by many forces. Make it snappy — your Merry Christmas greeting—and let there be no doubt that you mean it. This is the occasion for ‘‘Peace on earth, good will to men.” Federal Grand Jury Indicted Many Persons (Continued from page one) J Forging government obligations — Ivan Raymond Fuson, of Fort Wayne. Conspiracy to violate counterfeiting law —John Dumbrowskos and Walter Spetilla, of East Chicago. . Conspiracy to violate national mo

tor vehicle act—George McCulloch. Frank Ftrth, Hugh McKeon, Lee Woods and Charles W. Thompson, all i of Columbia City. Stealing government property—Orrle R. Thomas, of Evansville. ' REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Herne and Community Auditorium to Berne Community Aaqpciation, .lots 272 and 2723 in Berne, $12,000. Resina Zureher to Joseph A. Schwartz. 20 acres in Monroe township. $2,500. Frederik Duboch to Emma Hirely. lot 38 in Monroe. sl. Peoples State Bank to Frederick I Duboch, lot 38 in Monroe, sl. Belie Dunifon to Norman Lautzeniteiser, 80 acres in St. Marys township. | $6,500. Philip Wendel to Cyrus Liechty, lot j Ills in Berne. $l,lOO. O. W. Ferris to Clara Burris, lot 254 i in Geneva, SBOO. / Martin Stalter to Albert Langer- | manti, 40 acres in Washington town-1 ship, $6,000. Alert Laugermann to Martin Stal-, tor. part lot 593 in Deatur. $3,000. Charles Frederick Kiess to Henry John Kiess, 20 acres in Root township, sl. Margaret J. Reynolds et al to Mary C. Mills, lot 326 in Decatur. $2,000. Edwin F. Miller to Clara J. Hays ct al, 50 acres in St. Marys township,' sl. Henry S. Michaud to Albert H. i-'ruchte. lot 834 in Decatur, $2,400. Leslie A. Baumgartner, to Simeon F. Lehihan, lot 296 in Berne. $2,850. Isadore A. Kalver et al to Martin Gilson, lot S 3 in Decatur. $3,250. BASKETBALL SCORES Illinois, 41; Notre Dame. 38. Valparaiso. 40; Crane College, 45. —s_s—s—WANT ADS CARN—B—

f) I Uncle Sam Mixes In the Turkish Broil Almost any pleasant morning, these last five weeks, a smooth-shaven, boyish-look-ing American could have been seen walking bareheaded from the Hotel Be.iiirivage in Lausanne along the lakeside to another hotel, to join a company of top-hatted, frockcoated, dignified European diplomats. If Richard Washburn Child was only an “unofficial observer” at the Lausanne . Conference it would be difficult to deny that he was the observed of all observers. An “unofficial observer” on such occasions as these is generally supposed to be seen and not heard, but Ambassador Child has been heard and listened to attentively Lausanne. Europe heard this representative of a nation officially committed to noiv interference in European affairs arise day after day to state definitely and forcefully the policy of the United States on points of controversy between the Western Powers and the new Turkey which has replaced the ‘Sick Man of Europe. Press correspondents at Lausanne have called attention to the leading part played in the deliberations by our observers. What does this mean, our editors have been wondering, as they read the dispatches from the Swiss city. Are we really intervening? “ Isn t Mr. Child wading into the Lausanne Conference rather more deeply than is permitted to a mere observer?” queries the Dallas News (Dem.). Ihe United States, remarks the Utica f t ess (Ind.), “would, appear to be in a position of playing an important if not a decisive rdle. Others wonder what will come next. The leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST this week (Dec. 23) takes up the story of American participation at Lausanne as sketched from day to day by correspondents and interpreted by contemporaneous •ditorial comment. Other timely news-articles in this number are: What the Fascisti Triumph Means to Italy A* Interpreted by Italian Writers in the United States and Canada Harding’s Fight to*Keep the Reins The Rising Tide of Murder Japan Keeps Faith To End “Lame-duck” Congresses A Financial View of Ireland Two Forces Dividing the Jugo-Slav* Perils of the Gas Heater Does Alcohol Stimulate? Running a Truck on Coal Gas Moving a River to Build a Factory Sorel of the Comedie Francaise The Wasteful “Spasms” of New York’s Anti-Klan Outburst Christmas Newberry’s Picturesque Successor Why the Pulpit “Knocks” Business An Eye For an Eye in Ireland Topics of the Day An Entertaining Selection of illustrations, Including Cartoons [ ~ “I HEARD A GOOD«ONE TO-DAY!” How often have you been happily interrupted by some friend with a new story? And did you regret you had no anecdote to exchange with him? If so, you now can obtain a fresh supply each week. Every source of humor is carefully combed for a “laugh-maker” and presented in the Literary Digest • Motion Picture Novelty “Fun From the Press.” . ' It is the cream collection of mirth. Every clan and every clime is a contributor. The best jokes, the most humorous incidents, and the wittiest quips on the serious questions of the hour are all embodied in this one rollicking motion picture. Watch for it weekly at your local theaters. “ Fun From the Press,’ Produced by The Literary Digest. W. W. Hodkinson Corporation, Distributor. Get December 23d Number, on Sale To-day—At All News-dealers —10 Cents ® Dtest rFatw'ers it \J 1 i 41 fle Why not make sure that your children have the z? IL h vl advantage of using the "kink & Wagnails Com- • efCrf J ■ Jt — - prehensive and Concise Standard Dictionaries in school /frfoCFf and at home ? h neam quicker progre-s. f | > iiHiih!! iim i .il>ioh"|iihwi w. urnnr. . it—, imiiiiii!■ i ~TrrßnFinnwmßiww— Hi.imiitniiiimiWHi 111

, | Chicago, Doc. 22.—Jimmy Burke,l t, coach of the Boston Red Sox last seaI son. will be retained in the same caj

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