Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number :(7.

house approves soldier bonus bill

CONDITIONS IN EUROPE GROW VERY SERIOUS Two French Soldiers And German Civilian Killed In Clash Today tHFj turkjituation Kemal, Turkish Leader, Reported To Be At Smyrna; Allies Are Waiting ...1,.,i Pre«» C"rr,-»n«u<lnnt The killing of two French soldiers and a German civilian in a clash at I Gelsenkirchen, West Phalia, wasl reported from Berlin today, as the French completed plans to prevent) export of Ruhr products to Germany 3n( i to take over all railroads in the occupied area. Simultaneously, Europe was elee . trifled by a report that Mustapha Kemal. Turkish war lord, was at Smyrna, where allied warships, in the harbor, await mlltiary action by the Turks. • The allied governments are not certain when the latest Ottoman ultimatum to withdraw war vessels from Smyrna expires. A battalion of the Duke of Wellington's regiment has been ordered from Gibraltar to the Near East. Offcial announcement was made by France that exports from the Ruhr to allied countries or even to unoccupied Germany upon payment of heavy duty, my be permitted. President Ebert went to Karlsruhe today, receiving an enthusiastic welcome. Mardron Asks For A Different Judge Today A charge of manufacturing and selling liquor was filed against Andry Mardron, Magley resident, who war arrested by Sheriff Noah Frauhiger. of Wells county at the Daniel Popo farm near the county line last Saturday. His case was se,t for a hearing today but Mardron asked for a change of venue from the judge and the case was continued. Mardron’s wife called at the jail today ami wanted to talk with him but the offcers refused her request because she wanted to talk in her native language. Mardron and his wife are Hungarians. PLAN SERVICES DURING LENT Specal Services to be Held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church With the opening of the Lenton season on Wednesday morning, February nth, special services will be held at the St. Mary’s Catholic church on Tuesday and Friday evenings, at seven-thirty o'clock dm ‘ iug the next six weeks.. On Ash Wednesday the blessing | and distribution of the ahes will take place proceeding the seventhirty mass. On Friday evenings the Way of the Cross will be made followed by the benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. On Tuesday evenings the services will consist of a sermon and benediction. The pastor, Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz. "Hl give a series of sermons during the Lenten season. On Sunday afternoon beginning at two-thirty the Eucharistic Way of the Cross will be made, with Father Otto Peters officiating. Religiously considered, Ash Wednt.sday, the beginning of Lent, takes "* name from the ceremonial use of ,s es as a symbol of penitence, which 3 traced back to the time when the, Penitent sinner performed penance y wearing sack cloth and ashes in) attouement for his sins. The Lenten regulations to the oiserved by the faithful were read at oth masses in the St. Marys CathoHc church Sunday,

DECATUR DAIRY DEMOCRAT

SENIOR CLASS PLAY Annual Production To Be Given In Auditorium Tomorrow Night The annual Senior class play will be given in the high school auditorium tomorrow night. The title of the play selected for presentation this year is, "The Tailor-Made Man' It is an interesting and entertaining comedy. Miss Tyner, public speakI ing teacher in the high school, is 1 coaching the play. This will be the first play given in I the new high school auditorium. The 1 auditorium is equipped with a large I sfiage and beaujiful scenery. The ! members of the senior class are seii Hug tickets and they report a large I advance sale. MUSIC GALORE FOR ROTARIANS At Least Three Bands to Play at Big Convention At Michigan City Michigan City, Ind., Feb. 12. Three, possibly more, bands will fur nlsh music for the State Conferen, • of Indiana Rotary clubs to be held in Michigan City. Februay 21st an 1 22nd. The Muncie delegation of 6.1 persons will be accompanied by the Muncie band. Purdue university In planning on sending it's band and Goshen will have it's High School band of twenty pieces here on th? second day of the Conference. Indianapolis will come in ten Pullmans, Th ■ Marion club will bring the famous "Rusty iHnge Melody Chorus,” and Fort Wayne expects to brings it's Kiltie bagpipes. Other club: throughout the state are also arranging special features to help, xual i this conference the greatest gat he ing in the history of Indiana Rotary Pictures will be taken of “Rotary Way,” on Franklin street, leadirg from the Pullman City, where 50 sp - cial cars will be parked, to< the Spaulil ing hotel where a huge Rotary arch Is being erected. An interesting and unusual feature of the decorations of Rotary Way will be several hundred pennants collected from Rotary eitii : In America and other countrie.. Other district conferences to follow the Michigan City meet have spoke:-, for the pennants and decorations. Dr. M. Ashby Jones, of Atlanta Georgia, one of the most brilliant ci 1 Southern speakers, and ex-Governor A. O. Eberhart of Minnesota will d> liver the principal addresses. Other speakers and Indiana talent I will appear in seven group lun. - eons Eight hundred milk fed spring chickens have been provided for the friend chicken dinner to be served to the Rotarians and theif ladies in the messoom of the Indiana State prison. | Prisoners will cook and serve th” ! meal. Other inmates of the institution will put on a program of entertainment in the prison chapel for Cae benefit of visiting Rotarians. Bowling teams from all over the District will compete for trophies and cups in the annual Rotary bowl ing tournament. I FOUR TEACHERS ABSENT Three City School Teachers Sick: One Has Death in Family Four members of the city school • i teaching corps were absent from their work this morning, three on account of sickness and one on account of death in the family. Prin , • cipal Paul W. Linton, of the High ' School was confined to his residence on account of illness. Superintend 1 ent M. F. Worthman held Mr. Lin- ' ton’s classes. Miss Lena Rutledge. : girls' training ffihyfilcal training . teacher, was called to her home at I ndianapolis on account of the death of her sister. Coach A. G. Moore was I confined to his home with a case of 1 La Gripjpe Mr. Moore's and Miss Rutledge’s classes were dismissed ,; today. Miss Serena Hornada, first i grade teacher in the North Ward , school, was ill today and Mrs. W. A. I Lower supply teacher, substituted i for her. .. one of the teachers are re- : ported to be seriously ill and it is ■ thought that they will resume their work soon.

WHEN THE YANKS COME SAILING HOME -F- ' ■- \ " &Yll - *T ; -‘ I ? wfnrr"' s>’’• Have a look at this deck full of Yankee doughboys as they pipe their first glimpse of the land of the Fret after guarding the Rhine for five years. Are they downhearted? Look at “them smiles.”

BIRTH Robert Lloyd is the name given to the six and a half pound boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ahr Saturday' morning. The mother was formerly Miss Marie Gehrig. Mother and babe are getting along nicely. o BURNELL FORD TO SPEAK HERE Noted Electrical Scientist and inventor to Lecture February 26 — Burnell R. Ford, “The Edison of i the Platform,” will deliver a lecture I in the Decatur high school auditorium on the night of February 26. under the auspices of the high school lyceum course. Mr. Ford is an electrical scientist and inventor who helped revolutionize modern warfare through;his work on the submarine detector. Mr. Ford carries a complete laboratory equipment for his lectures and ills electrical phenomena is produced in a most instructive way. He gives a most fascinating program, not alone because of his equipment and his remarkable experiments, but also be cause he is a tremendously interesting speaker. Tickets are now on sale for this entertainment. This will be the fourth number of the high school ' ; lyeeum course. HUSBANDFILES I, DIVORCE SUIT — Raymond Hogshead Washington Township Farmer, Seeking Divorce Raymond L. Hogshead. Washington township farmer, has filed suit for a divorce from his wife, Leota Hogshead. through his attorney, R. C. Parikh of Fort Wayne. The couple' i were married on December 18, 1912 ' and separated on May 1, 1922. The plaintiff says his wife became dis-) satisfied with living with him and that she left him. The couple formerly < lived in Kansas, Illinois. Suit On Account Filed Dr. Philip B. Thomas has filed a suit against Lewis W. Murphy, de- , manding judgement in the sum of . $250, which he alleges is due for services rendered to the defendant. ; Attorneys Lenhart and Heller repre- • sent the plaintiff. There was no court held here , again today as Judge Moran is still | at Bluffton where he Is acting as , special judge in a criminal case. ♦ *♦♦♦♦+* + ♦♦♦ + ♦♦ * ' WEATHER ♦ ; *♦ + ♦♦♦ + ♦ + +♦♦♦♦♦ Rain probable tonight and Tuesday : i rising temperature.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening February 12, 1923.

ANNUAL MOOSE BALL WILL BE GIVEN TONIGHT Big Dance Will he Given i.i Moose Hall Starting at 9 o’clock A BENEFIT DANCE Proceeds From Aft air Wi?l he Sent to Mooseheart Home in Illinois ' Plans have been completed for the' giving of the annual Moose ball at the Moose hall tonight and the event' premises to lie one of the biggest and most enjoyable ever given by the lodge. The grand march will start at nine o’clock, special music will be rendered, and the lovers of the light fantastic are assured of having an enjoyable evening. Tickets are selling for one dollar per couple ami women accompanied by escorts will be admitted free. The proceeds derived from the dance bo to the Mooseheart Endow inent Fund to forever perpetuate the great work already under way at Mooseheart which has been a revelation to all mankind and the greatest step in social progress of a de.cade. The hall has been beautifully; decorated for the event and the committee in charge has worked untiringly for the success of the i dance. The publicity department of the Mooseheart home sends out the following missel: “Attend that great ball tonight and merrily glide into the hearts and affections of the thousands of little' chldren at Mooseheart, Illinois, the city built for them In the beautiful Fox River Valley of Illinois, and nt nine o’clock every one of them, kneeling by their little bedsides in prayer, will thank you for remembering them.” NEED LINCOLN’S IDEALS The Rev. Bridge Delivers Great Address On Abraham Lincoln “Never was the adherence to the ideals of Abraham Lincoln more needed than today,” declared the Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, pastor of the Methodist church, in delivering an address on Lincoln before the congregation of the chinch and the Lein l»ers of the G. A. R. and W. R. C. Sunday morning. Twelve of the veterans and seven women marched to the church in a body. Rev. Bridge delivered a wonderful eulogy to the great Lincoln. A large crowd attended the service. CARD OF THANKS We wsh to thank the neighbors and friends, also the Decatur Casting Company for their kindness during the Illness and death of our beloved husband and brother. MRS. JACK BATES & Relatives (

TWO GAMES FRIDAY NIGHT The Portland high school boys basketball team will play the Decatur high team here next Friday night. A preliminary game will be played by the Decatur girls and the Berne' girls. ■ ■ o RATES 0, H. Si IN SUPERIOR High School Inspector Raihsey Says School Ranks Very High The Decatur school board, through Mr. R. D. Myers its president, received a score card from Mr. E. E. Ramsey, the Indiana high school state inspector, this morning. The inspector spent several hours checking up the standards of the Decat if high school on last Friday- mornin He spent some time in each teacher's room and also checked up the cou” e of study. He gave the Commercial department, as well as the Academic department, superior rating. At the bottom of the score card Mr. Ramsey added the following note: “You and your city are to be congratulated on the situation in which I find your school. I have seen but I one other school that compares ev n favorably with yours. The equip-1 nient in this school is not so good as your’s however.” YOUNG WIFE IS DEATH'S VICTIM Mrs. Mary F. Noffsinger Dies at Her Home in French Township Mary F. Noffsinger, age 25 years died at her home in French township at midnight, Saturday night. Death was due to Eclampsia. Mary F. Noffsinger. daughter of Isaac and Etta Bauman, was born tn French township, Adams county, on September 12, 187. Last May she was married to Clyde Noffsinger and the young couple went to housekeeping on a farm in French township. The deceased was a member of the United Brethren church and was a popular young lady. The husband, mother, two brothers, and one sister survive. The brothers and sister are Van Bauman, of Monroe township; Harvey Bauman, of French township; and Jesse Baumgartner of Monroe township. The father died four years ago. Funeral services will ,be held from the home at 1:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon and from the Winchester United Brethren church at 2 o’clock. The Rev. Henry Klopfenstein will conduct the services. Burial will be made in the Zion cemetery.

INDIANA DAY IN FLORIDA Hoosiers In Sunny South Held A Reunion Last Wednesday Indiana Day was celebrated at | Bradentown, Florida, last Wednesday i and was a great success, hundreds of Hoosiers enjoying the reunion, j Among the speakers of the occasion I was Attoreny Clark J. Lutz of this : city who is spending a month in the ] south and while we have no reports ! on the result we are willing to bet a | dime or two that he maue good. Mr and Mrs. F. E. France are among those who are wintering at Bradentown Gt(<> Marshall visited in Fort i Wayne yesterday. 9. H. 8. NET STAR LEAVES SCHOOL Erwin Steele Withdraws and Goes to Kokomo to Continue Studies

Erwin “Dizzy" Steele, star back guard on the Decatur high school basketball team for the last two sea- ' sons, is lost to the Purple and Gold squad. Steele withdrew from school i here Friday and today left for Kokomo where he will make his home in I the future. Steele's mother is already living in Kokomo but he had decided to remain in Decatur and complete his high school education. He is a junior and would have been graduated a year I from next spring. However, he fail- ' ed to receive a passing grade in one subject in the first semester examin--lat von. which was held in January. This failure made him ineligible to i play on the basketball team. This i caused him to become discouraged, it is said, and he decided to go to Kokomo and live with his mother. He will enroll in the Kokomo high school tomorrow and continue his studies there. Steele was one of the best bat*k guards ever developed in the local high school. His great height and other fine qualities make him a power on defense. He also has a habit of shooting field goals from long range. Today, Steele said, “I guess I was to blame for falling to pass In the subject.” He deeply regrets the fact that he failed and became ineligible to play on the team. He said, “The jinx is on, though, so 1 am leaving.” What will be Decatur's loss will be Kokomo’s gain. Kokomo is a strong basketball center, and Steele tin- ) doubtedly will wear the red and blue for that school next year, GARDEN SEEDS ARRIVE Congressman Vestal Sends Three Hundred Packages Os Seeds — Three hundred packages of vegetable seeds, containing corn, beet, lettuce, onion and radish seeds, ami 50 packages of flower seeds containing mignonette, nasturtion, poppy, i sweet peas and zinnia seeds, sent by ‘ Congressman Albert H. Vestal, arrivied at this office today and will be distributed to those who call for them ■ In order that the seeds are not wust- ! ed. we ask that the older people call for them. ; Catholic High Team Going to Fort Wayne The Decatur Catholic high school basketball team will get into action again Wednesday night after being idle for a few weeks. On Wednesday night the local team will go to Fort | Wayne to play a return game with the Central Catholic high school five of that city. The Fort Wayne team defeated the locals in a game played here some time ago, but by a narrow i margin. Coach Lank Linn has been drilling the local team hard during the past few days and he reports that every member of the team is in good condition. o GARD OF THANKS We wsh in this manner to thank the friends and neighbors for their ) floral offerings, their automobiles ; and for their kindness and assistance i shown us during the sickness and . death of our beloved father. 1 MRS. C. S. CLARK and children

Price 2 Cents

PASSES BILL I WITH A LARGE MAJORITY VOTE I ! Vote 79 To 14; Measure Now Goes To The Senate For Approval LINCOLN IS HONORED Both Houses Meet In Joint Session To Observe The Anniversary (Unite- 1 Pre?*’ Serv ! - °) Indianapolis, Feb. 12 (Si>e- ! cial to Dally Democrat)—The I state soldier bonus was approved by the house today 79 to 1 I. It now g°es to the senate and it approved it will be submitted to a referendum in the next general election. The measure provides $lO I for each month any Indiana man or woman spent in war ; servicie during the World War or the Spanish American war. not to exceed $250. Indianapolis, Feb. 12 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Little work was done today in the legislature at the morning session which met in a joint session of the house and senate to observe Lincoln’s birthday soon after convening. Before going into joint session th- ■ senate passed two bills and killed ’ one. It passed Senator Lochard’s bill prohibiting counties and townships > from incurring expenses in proceedI ings on highway plans until bonds . eaM be issued. The vote was 34 to 0. i A bill of Senator Hodges providing that street intersections may be paid i by abutting property owners instead * of the city was defeated by a vote ' of 20 to 14. Repeal of the law providing school I building floors be at least three feet I above the ground was provided in a ’ bill introduced in the house by Miss ’ Elizabeth Rainc-y. Fourteen representatles introduced > a bill providlnf for uniform tax re- ■ ccints throughout Indiana. : Senator Hays introduced a bill in ; the afternoon session requiring pub- ; lication of the Declaration of Inde- ’ pendence in every- history text book - used in Indiana schools. WOMEN VOTERS PLAN MEETING Miss Bertha Meesker, of Ft. | Wayne, To Speak Here Thursday Night ’! A meeting of the League of Women ’ I Voters, which promises to be an in- '; teresting one, has been planned for ’ Thursday evening nt the Industrial Association rooms. Miss Bertha 1 ; Medsker. of Fort Wayne will, address the local women. Miss Medsker is 1 the school attendance officer of Fort Wayne and after discussing the Aims ; of the League and recent important legislation, she will tell something of her personal work. She comes very ! highly recommended as a speaker. Preceding the address by Miss Medsker, there will be an important business session. AU women who register and pay the annual duos of fifty cents at this meeting will be enrolled as charter members in the J Decatur league. It is hoped that I the women will not wait for a personal initation to attend the meeting .! on Thursday evening, but will make , | a spe -ial effort to be present and hear , the address by Miss Medsker The t local league of women voters was , organized about two weeks ago. TODD FUNFRAL TUESDAY | Funeral services for William Hart i vey Todd who died at his home hero r Friday evening, will be held from the ? residence on Niblick street, at j ‘lO o'clock tomorrow- morning. Burial I will he made in the Decatur cemetery instead of the I. O. O. F. cemetery i as was first decided upon.