Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 8 January 1923 — Page 5

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. card was received today from . Ir and Mrs. K * Ga » s ' wrltte “ !" e from 01(1 Mexlco ' Btty,n « v ar.' having » wonderful time and in rood ‘ Ginger" la sure the south and west while he's ’t It and is making 11,8 flrst vatatlo P a, thirty years count. Mias Daisy. Winch, for many years ’ nP .ted with the management of J’Xnans prison at Tndianapolls J moving her vacation and is here a visit with the Dugan family and “her relatives and friends. « r Molta left today on a business trip to Boston and New York. W ill be absent a week or twoW A Klepper left today for Pitts hlire and New York where he will atto business for the Cloverleaf (’reaiDßrif Mrs Fred Reppert who has been „uite ill for several days is reported to be slowly improving. A sleigh or two and a few bops made Sunday seem like old fashioned winter. The first sliegh bells of t h ,. year were brought out. M D. Pillars, an old Decatur boy, sends us a copy of the Mornlpg preronian. New Years edition, a very remarkable and interesting paper ybich M have enjoyed. Miles lives at 607 West 4th street, The Dalles, Oregon. Officers of the Pocahontas lodge for the present year, were installed at a meeting held Friday night. Clara Breiner was the installing officer. All of the officers with the exception of the Keeper of Records and the Keeper of Wampun. hold office for a period of six months. whi|e those two hold office for one year. The officers installed were: Prophetess, Betty Atlrand; Pocahontas. Jessie Fry; Winona. Clara Teams; Powhatan. S. E. Black; K. of it, Blanche w'hitright; K.’ofW., Grace Reynolds: guard of the teepee. Lizzie Gregory; guard of the forest. Rebeeah Eady; first scouf, Bertha Bnffenbargear; second scout. Eaura Eiccr; first warrior. Edith Moyer; second warrior. Della Hebble; third warrior. Anna Malott, fourth warrior. Kora Railing; first runner, Clara Breiner: second runner, Hilda Murray; first counsellor. J. M. Breiner; second counsellor, Walter Eihc-er; trustee. Minnie Black; pianist. Irene Steele. Grandma Andrews, seriously ill at the hotne of her son, Morton Andrews, is better today and there are hopes for her recovery. She is suffering from bronchial affliction, bordering on pneumonia and owing to her age, 86, chances have been against her. The American Artisan and Hard ware Record for December reproduces one of Fred Ashbaucher’s advertisements appearing in this paper with a note below, "Type arrangement in this ad pleases the eye.” The paper makes complimentary mention of the workmanship as well as the reading attractiveness of the display. The old Quinn residence on Third street is to be remodeled and repaired and put in semi-modern condition within the next few weeks. • Carl Pumphrey has purchased one of the Allison properties on South Third street and expects to build a modern home there soon. Dan Costello, of Fort Wayne, is spending several days with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Costello. The losing team In the membership drive of the Rebecca lodge will give a banquet to the winning team Tuesday eveninp after lodge. 2tx

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The Ladies' Aid society of the Christian church will meet with Mrs. Dr- Charles Thursday afternoon at 2:30. All members are requested to he present. Mr' and Mrs. |J. W. Johnson entertained with a delightful informal dinner party in honor of Mrs. Inez Coverdalo Jones, of Pocatello, Idaho, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Deitz, of Celina, are the guests of tho latters parents Mr. and Mrs’ Martin MillerMr. and Mrs. Cad Fordyce, of St. Paul, Minnesota, are. visiting with the formers aunt, Mrs. D. 4- Schenck and uncle. S. B. Fordyce. Mr. Fordyce was born and raised near Pleasant Mills and this is his first visit here in the last thirty years. Joe Beery, of west of the city, was a business visitor here today. John Shirks who has been ill with a severe cold, was able to be back . to work this morning. Henry Grote, of Union township. ’ was a business visitor here today. Fred Goerman. of Wren, was here , today looking after business. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Fuelling, of • north of the city, were shoppers here i today. I Emmett Rector, of Bluffton, was a . business caller here today. W. D. Rennell, of Fort Wayne was . a business visitor in this ci|y today, i Mr. Clarence Miller of Union townI ship was a business visitor here SatI urday. . Miss Madge Hite visited in Fort [ Wayne this afternoon and will re- , main for the evening. I • WILLARD WANTS TO FIGHT •i ——- ; Former World's Champion Goes To , New York To Interview Tex Rickard , By Henry L. Farrell j tolled I-reMb Staff < •rre«p<>nde«» New York. Jan. 8. —On a piission . to show 'em all that he is fit if be is I fat at 40, Jess Williard, the big Kansan of many callings, is due in town j today.ln tow of his former pilot Ray . ArcherWillard is headed for a confab with . Tex Richard and when anyone jour- , neys from the Pacific coast to talk to Rickard, it's about a fightt The former world’s champion heavyweight still wants another fight with 3 Jack Dempsey. v The world may 1 ' believe that he j hasn't a chance wfflt the mauler who mauled him down at Toledo but Jess thinks he has. Rickard’s office today said that he 9 was not in the city—out in Ohio some . place—but that he would talk to Wil t lard when he returned, the middle of i the week. r • » Wefel Will Is Held Valid By The Jury’s Verdict (Continued from page one) I ~~ I against Clara M. Fairchild and others. The law firm of Lenhart and Heller > represented the plaintiff. Judgment i in the sum of SSOO is demanded in a i suit on a note filed by the firm of Keller and Sons against J. E. Nelson j and Menno S. Liechty. Heaton Trial Wednesday The case of the state against 11. ) H. Heaton, charged with issuing a >' circuit court before a jury on next - ! fraudulent check, will be tried in the c Wednesday morning. Heaton has

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I been held tn tho county Jen since hie arrest In Fort Wayne several weeks ago. In the divorce case of Morton S. Hawkins, Portland millionaire, agaipst Fannie M Hawkins, a motion to make the complaint more specific and certain wa s filed by the defendant- The court sustained the motion. The defendant also flleq a motion to strike out certain parts of the complaint, but this motion was. overruled by the court, to which the defendant took exceptions, she court allowed the defendant twenty days’ time In which to file a bill of exceptions. A second paragraph to the answer to the cross-complaint was filed by the plaintiff. In the case of Gladys 11. Souders against Hugh M. Souders, tho defendant defaulted and the court ruled the prosecuting attorney to answer. —' "O---French Army Along Rhine Begins March (Continued from page one) with Foch that as long as there is one American soldier in the Rhine it gives a semblance of American participation; the Germans feel that the United States troops act as a safety ■ valve to prevent the French from overrunning the Rhineland with fresh aggression. Up and down the Rhineland's occupied zones things had a martial , appearance. Trains were choked with Poilus hurrying back from leave. Artillery was In motion through the streets of occupied towns and on the highways. Airplanes at the hangars were tuning up; soldiers on patrol duty wore their burnished blue “tin hats”; there was new snap in the military maneuver | that had become woesome routine over a long period of peaceful occupation. ’ Everywhere was evidence that it the French go into the Ruhr they will do so with a rush, with all the accoutrements of war. Tanks, armorel , rars, airplanes, seventy fives, light field pieces and engineering equipment will be pushed into the valleys of the Ruhr along with the first in1 fantry troops. U. S. Watching Movements Washington, Jan. B—(Special to “ Daily Democrat)—The United States may soon again make its voice heard > in European councils. The Washington government is watching closely events in Europe i and it is believed certain President Harding will make at least one ■ further move if war looms larger on > the Rhineland border. s President Harding. Secretary of State Hughes and American Ambat ■ sador to England George Harvey to- - day were considering the Reed resolution by which the senator declar • ed that the American troops of occupation on the Rhine be withdrawn. While nothing is yet understood to be decided the indications are that the administration will prefer to • await an actual advance by Franco, into the Ruhr before withdrawing the United States forces. TROUBLEBREWS AT STATE HOUSE Controversy Grows Among Republicans Over Appointment Os Com’ts Indianapols, Jan. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Representative J. Glenn Harris of Lake county was cocked and primed today for an explosion in the state house of representatives in protest against committee assignments, reported to have been made by Speaker Raymond Morgan. Harris was prepared to air the faction tl controversy existing in the narrow- republican majority over appointment of the various committees. Harris wanted to bo chairman of the committee on education, because northern Indiana wants a normal school and he would be in a strategic position to help the matter along. But it was said Speaker Morgan would not give this berth to Harris. Friends of Harris said the school text book interests are flgjxtipg him I •Iff 'tile b’thcr trouble ( i?ver| committee appointments were also expected to bring first excitement to the house when it reconvenes after a week end adjournment’ The senate was going smoothly. Lieut. Governor Branch was reported to have completed his committee assignments- His main difficulty is in finding personnel for the judiciary committees which usually arc comprised OQ lawyers.; j Thorp’ are only twelve attorneys in the senate. ■ TGERMAN MARK COLLAPSES New Low Level Reached Following French Military Activities Berlin —Collapse of tho German mark to the new low levels followed |

French activity pointing tdward occupation of the Rhineland Ruhr. A dollar brought nearly IQ,OOO marks, while the pound sterling was around 46,000. Reports from the Ruhr said all classes there had stoically determined to submit to occupation without interference/but an assembly to advocate the unity of Germany with Austria was turned into a gigantic auti-French demonstration Sunday. It was indicated that both the German workers and the Bourgoise will quietly submit. Communists alone were understood to bo preparing to combat with propaganda the French move in an effort to convince the Poilus that they are carrying out a militaristic policy. •—. Gave Valuable Chair To Retiring Trustee The Washington township teachers field their first institute on last Saturday for the year 1923. The retiring trustee was not in attendance, but as a recognition of his past associations and assistance in the township schools, as well as the general cause of education throughout the county, the teachers presented the ex-trustee J. F. Snow, with a valuable’ and elegant office chair, as an evidence of their appreciation if his encouragement and assistance rendered them in - the past. I Mr. Snow was taken completely by I surprise, when a delegation of his coi workers offered him this token of i remembrance and regard. I However, in a few woll-choscti re- • marks, lie assured the donor? that he > highly appreciated their gift, and expressed the belief that the cause of 1 education in this township will be ' well represented by them in the fu- ’ ture. SHORT COURSE IS BEGUN 1 Farm Men And Women From Al i Sections Os State Arrive At Purdue Today , Lafayette, Ind.,. Jan. 8. —Farm men . and women from all sections of In diana, members of the various live stock, grain and vegrtable producers j associations flocked to Purdue today 3 by the hundred for the opening ol 1 the 29th annual farmers’ short course Every train and car into Lafayette < brought its quota and with an entire 5 ly new program, taken up in a dis t ferent way, the most successful - course ever held is anticipated. ’ Entries in the state corn and p<> tato show indicated they would far f surpass any previous shows. The po ’ tato show now is nearly twice as large as last year and the prelimin ary entries of corn indicated a substantial gain. Judging will get un derway today in both shows. “Necessary Readjustments in Indiana Agriculture’" was the theme for the opening session this afternoon J with W. H. Settle, president of the In|diana Farmers’ Federation: Director G. I. Christie of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and Mrs. Virginia (’. Memcdith. of Lafayette, a leader of the farm women, as the speakers. They discussed the readjustment problem from different, angles. "Indiana farmers must have higher prices for their products,” declared Prof. Christie, the first speaker. "In 1922 in Hancock county the actual . cost of producing 100 acres of wheat was SIBB6. The 1900 bushels of wheat sold for $1824.00 1110 hours of man labor were required to produce and market this crop. Tin- loss equaled 5.6 cents for every hour the farmers worked: “Indiana is recognized as an important agricultural stat • because of geographical location, a :d food production. More than ten millions of people arc living within a radius of 250 miles of Indianapolis—a sure continuous and active market for Indiana farm products is within easy reach of every county. Indiana has a wonderful advantage ovtjr states compelled to make long and expensive freight shipments. “California ships eggs to New York and Boston with a freight, charge of nearly SBOO per car. Oregon and Washington state farmers ship apples to Eastern points at a freight cost of S3OO to SSOO per car. Idaho potatoes shipped to Chicago, carry a freight engage of < sixty /’trepts per •bushel. "Indiana farmers produce successfully, economically. and in largo quan-1 titles the principal foods used in the American home. Meat, wheat, milk, •butter, poultry, eggs, vegetables and fruit. The program of production is fundamentally sound and should be; continued. Every effort must be used to reduce costs and widen■ the margin'between the cost and 'sell- 1 jug price of farm products. “Grain farming in Indiana is unprofitable. No longer can farmers afford to soil corn and hay and soil for-1 tility and ship them away from tilestate. Livestock must be used to eon- r sumo farm crops. In the fall of 1921 ( corn sold at grain elevators for 27 to 1 37 cents per bushel —this same cornj

when fed to hogs returned to the .1 feeder one dollar per bushel. The soil < fertility problem can be solved only « by feeding the cropd and retaining the I fertility on the land. 1 - o i NOTHING LIKE IT, ; MRS. DAY STATES , Indianapolis Woman Declarcs Tanlac Complete- i ly Overcame Stomach Trouble Os 15 Years’ Standing. "For fifteen -ears, I have suffered b from Indigestions and have taken all kinds of medicines, but I have never found anything to benefit me like Tan- ' lac lias.” recently declared Mrs. Mary ■ A. Day, - • • • • respected resident of > 6524 Bellefontaine St., Indianapolis, 3 I nd. “After my meals, food would sour on my stomach and cause awful gas 1 »ains, bloating and smothering sen.''nations. At times. I though my heart J would actually stop beating, it inJterfered with my rest at night so i much that I was hardly ever able to I get to sleep until midnight, and I was f often unable to do my housework. -I “A few days after I started on Tan,l lac. I noticed an improvement, and 1 was soon eating heartily and without feeling an” distress. Since then. I >’ liave taken the medicine occasionally i and it tones lup my appetite and di- » gestion every time. Tanlac is splen- ' idld and I believe it will overcome any kind of stomach trouble." ' Tanlac is for sale by all good druge gists. Over 35-miliion bottles sold. ' CHURCH IN BIG PRISON iOne Os Largest Congregations In South Is In Federal Penetentiary By Don Hinga 1 nlted Press Msff Correspondent Atlanta, Ga„ January 8. —One of the largest congregations in the South is located in the Federal pcniteitGary at Atlanta. The organization, which v ;-s started I a year or so ago by an inma’e. a former distinguished prosecutin? attorney 3 from an Indiana city, numbers sev- • eral thousand members. ls In addition, a regular Sunday ' School, with an average attendance of ' over 2,000 each Sunday is held in the mammoth prison. l ' As the work of the prison church II progressed scores of men, many of whom are in for terms to k practically life imprisonment, progressed a desire to join. The depart- '' ment of justice at Washington grants ed these men special^permission to go ' to a church near the prison without. I '■ guards and be accepted as members.' r None of the prisoners have attempted to escape. '■ The prisoner from Indiana who orr ganized the church has since been 1 pardoned. Shortly after the church '■ was organized another prisoner, upon r whose testimony the attorney from I j Indiana was sentenced, came to the •

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jail. At a church service he broke down and confessed that the charges against tile Indiana man hud been framed and gave dqjails of the plot. Shortly afterward the attorney was released. . The expenses of the prison church uro met by contributions from outside. Checks from every state in the union are received to help defray expenses. Some of the largest contributors are men who once were confined in the jail. ESCAPE JAIL AT BLUFFTON Frank Seegar, Arrested In Adams County And Another Make Get-away Bluffton, Ind., Jan. 8. —Two prisoners escaped from the county jail here about 9:30 o'clock Saturday night by crawling through the small hole by which food is passed behind the bars. Tile men were Frank Seger, age 57, who was serving a term for the .unlawful manufacture of liquor, anti Joe Mercer, age 30. who was awaiting trial on the charge of having stolen some furs at Montpelier. Hosea Martz, the Only other prisoner in the jail, was asleep when the other men escaped and knew nothing of their plans to break jail. Tlte it ole tit rough which the prisoners crawled with the aid of a box is a little more than a foot square, according to Sheriff Noah Frauhiger. He said the hole had never been closed as he had never believed it was large enough to permit anyone to escape. Both men are of medium size. Mercer has a glass eye and Seger has a gray mustache. The home of Saeger ' is at Hart, Mich., and the sheriff believes that the fugitives will try to reach that place. Descriptions of the I two men have been furnished to'Offi-' cers in the neighboring towns and cities. A note scribbled by one of the men ;and signed by both of them was found in the jail. It read as follows: ' i "I have tried the best I could to | ■'be honest. I have done as I agreed I land you have not. You make an out-; law of a man by your deceitful ways. ; For Gad’s sake don’t try to curse a man down any farther when he is down, but try and Help him and give 1 a helping hand if you can. “Sincerely yours. “JOE MERCER “FRANK SEGER." “I do not know what they meant by the note," the sheriff said. — • Experiments carried out in Seattle have developed a wood briquette that j equals anthracite coal in heatin; value, according to reports. The new feel lis made of sawdust, bark and mill ! refuse now considered a total waste. I

IF RHEUMATIC EAT NO SWEETS Says Glass of Salts Helps to Overcome Rheumatism Acid Rheumatism is easier to avoid than to cure, states a well-known authority. We are advised to dress warmly, keep the feet dry. avoid exposure, and above all. drink plenty of good water and avoid eating sweets of all kind. Rheumatism is caused by body waste and acids resulting from food fermentation. It is the function of the kidneys to filter this poison from the blood and east it out in the urine; the pores of the skin are also a means of freeing the blood of this impurity. In damp and chilly cold weather the skin pores are closed, thus forcing the kidneys to do double work: they become weak and sluggish and fail to eliminate Ulis waste and acids, which keeps accumulating and circu lating through the system, eventually settling in the joints and muscles, causing stiffness, soreness and pain, called rheumatism. At the first twinge, of rheumatism get front any pharmacy about four ounces of Jar Salts; put a tablespoonful in a glass of water and drink before breakfast each morning for a week. Tltis is helpful to neutralize acidity, remove waste matter, also to stimulate the kidneys, thus often ridding the blood of rheumatic poison. Jad Salts is inexpensive, and is made from tlte acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia. and is uned with excellent results bv thousands of folks who are subject to rheumatism. e ■ — BLANKET INDIAN GOING Picturesque Red Man Is Fast Disappearing From This Country Ponca City, Okla.—The picturesque •‘red man" is fast disappearing, reports at the local Indiana agency showed. ‘ The “blanket” Indiana is being replaced by the modernly drepsed tribesman who is taking more and more interest in tlte business and affairs of his community and state, agency re- ' ports said. Fewer “blanket” Indians attended the Indian schools this year than ever before, although an increase in j attendance was recorded. o S—S—S—WANT ADS EARN—s—s—S s_s_s_WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s DANCE Moose Hall Friday Evening, Jan. 12th 8:30 o'clock 50c per couple. Music by FEATURE FIVE Everybody Welcome.