Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 67, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1923 — Page 1

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LARGE CROWD JI OPENING OF MEN'S MISSION Between Four and b ive Hundred Men at St. Man’s Church CONTINUES ALL WEEK T WO Weeks’ Mission End Next Sunday; Father Daniel Gives Sermon Worldly affairs, thoughts of bits!boss it" worries and problems and topics of the day were cast aside by the four or five hundred men who attended the opening service of the week's mission at the St. Mary s Ctuholic church Sunday evening and Ward the Franciscan missionary. Father Daniel, deliver a convincing ami eloquent sermon on the salvation of the immortal soul, his subject being. ■ What doth it profit man to gain the whole world if he loses his immortal soul?". Young, middle-aged and old mm listened attentively to the swaying arguments and beai tiful words of the .Missionary Father, who for a solid hour [deaded lot the salvation of souls with the result that those present fully determined to live better and more Christian-like lives, and in the end merit the happiness and blessings in the next world as promised by the Savior. The Missionary began his sermon by telling of man's ingenuity, dexterity ami skill and of the present day inventions and stated "too much attention is given today to the greatness of man. forgetting that God. the Creator, made it possible for man to invent, build and accomplish such wonderful things. Man in his pride is drifting from God and says, “No God. no master.” To awaken man as to his duties towards Cod, comes the solemn message from the church, "Remember, O man that dust thou art and dust thou shall return" continued the missionary. The missionary then dwelt on the immortality of the soul and stated, "Your soul is immortal," and continued, "the day of judgement is coming, the human race will be untilIndited, the stars and moon will fall, and th? world will he in total darkness, and life will be extinct, but your immortal soul, the soul that God Almighty gave you you will not die.” The missionary then told why man's «oul was priceless. He first compared values with fortunes, treasures, gold and priceless art. such as graces the walls In the Vatican and stated, "Your 901.1 has more value than all else. It's priceless because of its origin, because it was created by God. Like the priceless pieces of art which cannot be reproduced because their authors are dead, so your soul is priceless because 01 ils author, Jesus Christ. God in Heating, said, "Let there be light." ,IHt when on the sixth day He created Man, he said. us create man according to His own image and like1.1 "s, and when he was created. He wltl, “Behold Adam." "Your soul is a Picture of God. therefore prlceY our soul cost a great price," stated the missionary. "Look at the ititeitlx, and the missionary held up the crucifix which he wears and pointttl the bleeding arms and feet of Jesus ' hrist on the Cross. "He paid the prire by giving His life and last drop t'f precious Mood for you." He told -Satan s value of the soul, how satau ""“ng to humilitate himself and Ki' l anything to win man’s soul, using ll ” example, the temptation offered "sus when Satau took Him to the ‘OP <>f the mountain and said, “All beauty i n glve y OU ls yOl , ta n '""ii and adore me and- promise, me o| ii soul," Satan is working 24 hours ■‘ lay to get y OI | r goui,” continued the Uussionary. 1 he missionary then asked the qttes--0D ' ‘ do you think of your imllor,al soul, do you cloth and feed it >"U do your body? Your soul is ' ~ irayer - Hqw*often do you ]. a> ’ '* our soul needu spiritual food, to ") " lIBU l ’° yoU fee< ‘ “ coming ie Sacraments, by receiving Holy dor"' ni i Unlon ? ' ou ave ° n| y one HOul ' ose it,- pleaded the missionary, in Z 0 10Se your i’nmortal soul, then alll9 lost," he said. THE s. o. s. call the r finu ' for ‘ho salvation of the niniorta ' 0011 ' was then made by story ' ttslonary - He told a forceful —Penetrated deeply into l ( -°ntinued on page three)

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> A CABARET JUBILEE Berlin, Mar. 19.- Berlin Is < elebratIng the twenty-fifth anniversary ot the opening of the first cabaret here. A uuurter of a century ago the cabaret i idea was entirely new and failure was pr< dieted as the pioneer launched his I first eating entertainment enterprise. Today Berlin boasts of more than 1110 of tin finest cabarets in the world. JUDICA SUNDAY SERMON GIVEN I Rev. A. W. Hinz Delivered Fine Sermon at Lutheran Church Sunday i “Christ, the just for the unjust, . paid the price and ransom of Her- ■ nal redemption for the whole human 1 race, this is to be our one hope iq I life and in death. We will cling to . Him and pray in humble faith: "All : sin hast Thou born for us. Else i would despair reign o’er us: Have . mercy on us, <) Jesus!” These 1 words, in substance, concluded the I homily on the Epistle lesson for Judice, Sunday, found Helt. 9, 11-15, as preached Sunday by the Rev. A. W. 1 Hinz pastor of the Lutheran church. The discourse centered on Jesus Christ, on true High Priest, as revealed in the sacrifice itself which He brought, and in the blessed results attending it." The discourse i follows in part: "Aaron, the brother of Moses was the first high priest of the Isrealites, an office which God had instituted in Israel. The importance of this divine appointment is readily to be seen from the offering God exa-. t-d from Isreal and which only the high priest could bring on tho Day of Atonement in the Holy of Holies, entertaining this sacred place but this one day in the year to sprinkle there upon the mercy seat of the ark of the covenant the blood-offering of a bullock and a ram for the expiation of tins, which God accepted as a satisfaction tor the sins of Israel by virtue of the perfect offering m the promised and coming Redeemer, whose propitiatory work these foreshadowed. Jesus Christ is tho Ne w Testament High Priest by His willing obedience, by His perfect offering and by His efficacious intercession as our only Advocate with the Fath r. As much as the blood of God is mote .precious than tho blood of beasts, even so much better is the offering of Jesus Christ our High Priest. The one offering brought on Calvary’s cross was valid and sufficient for us, as the Word saitlt. “Through His own blood Christ entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption,” (Heb. 9,12) also: "Who needeth not daily, like those high priests, to offer up sat rlflees, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people: tor this He did once for all. when He offered up Himself." (Heb. 7, 27.1 Not for His own sins, for Christ is" holy, guleless, undefiled. separated from sinners, and made higher than tiie heavens." (Reb. 7) Yet, "Him who knew no sin God made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Cor. 5, 21) God placed upon Christ the scapegoat, the guilt of the sins of the world. How great this guilt! How damning the cur. <■! What pain and anguish both of boeije and soul is enwrapped even yet in the cry of vietdry, "it is finished!" The sinner’s redemption was effected by the offering of the Lunh of God upon the altar of the cross. Wherefore tlitf apostle Peter says. "Knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold—but with the precious (flood, as of u lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ." (1 Pet. 1, IS.) And the apostle John bears the saints in heaven sing a new song, saying “Worthy art Thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for Thou want slain, and didst purchase unto God with Thy blood men of every tribe and tongue, and people and nation." (Rev. 5,9.) "Jesus Christ's offering spiritually cleanses: from all sins, from dead works ami a guilty conscience, and makes a fact life and salvation unto all who trust by faith in It. Why? as was the high,priest of the Old Testament, but the incarnate God, Because Christ is not a mortal such the Godman. And though there be a thousand worlds nesting redemption. the blood of Christ had been (Continued on page four)

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COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER NAMED Professor Statt, of Franklin College, to Give Annual 1). H. S. Address Proffessor Statt, of Franklin College, has been chosen by the city school board to deliver the annual commencement address of the 1923 graduating class of the Decatur high ment made today. The) commencement will be held on Tuesday May school, according to an announce--22, in the new high school auditorium. There are fifty-four pupils in the senior class this year. However, three meinbes of the class hav? tailed already, it is said, and there are two or three more in the doubtful class at present The exact number of graduates cannot be determined until a later date. There were fiftyfour members of the 1922 graduating class. The subject of Prof. Statt's address will be "Dying on Third." He is said to be a very forceful speaker and the local school officials feel fortunate in obtaining him to deliver the address here. DR. RAYL IN INDIANAPOLIS , Dr. C. C. Rayl left this morning for Indianapolis where he will remain until Wednesday, attending to business matters. DIED AT HOME OF HIS COUSIN > August Biebrick, of Preble Township, Died Sunday Forenoon August Biehrick, age 30 years, died at the home of his cousin, August Elerding, in Preble township, at 11:30 o’clock Sunday forenoon, following an illness of pneumonia and typhoid fever. Mr. Biehrick had been bedfast for the past three weeks. August Biehrick, the son of Henry' and Lizzie Biehrick, was born in Preble township, February 15, 1803. Hie mother died when he was only eight weeks old and his father died one month later. When his mother died, August was taken to the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Elerding. where he was reared. For the past two years he has lived with his cousin. August Elerding, He. was never married. One sister and five brothers survive. They are Anna Biebrick, who also made hetj home with her cousin August Elerding; Martin Biebrick, Gustav Biebrick, both of Preble township; Adolph and Henry Biebrick, both of Root township, and Earnest Biebrick, of Auburn. Funeral servcies will be held from the I*reble Lutheran church at 1:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, tho Rev. Gleser, officiating. Short services will be held from the August Elerding home at 1 o’clock. Burial will be made in the Preble Lutheran cemetery.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, March 19, 1923.

Isold Hog Here Which Weighed 700 Pounds Edwin Steel, who lives near the Ohio state line, brought in a full i blooded Spotted Poland China hog' Saturday which tipped the scales at over 700 pounds and which was just two years old. The hog was sold to the Mutchler Packing company and was one of the finest brought in this season. FIRE DESTROYS : BRYANT STATION G. R. & I. Passenger and I Freight Station Burned , Saturday A. M. Fire, resulting from the explosion , of a can of kerosene, being used by I Agent Charles Wright to build a lire' . in a stove, completely destroyed the C. R. & I. passenger and freight . ta- . tlon at Bryant, about * o'clock Saturday morning The loss is not known. Freight to the amount ofj s7oo or more was stored in the freight house ami a sum of money, , was in the office of the passenger , station. ! Agent Wright, who was blown I from the office of the depot into the ‘ waiting room by the detonation, was| under the care of a physician at his, home there today. He was badly ■ burned about the hands and face. Wright, according to his usual, I! custom, was using kerosene to start the fire in the heating stove in the office of the station. While removing the ashes from the stove, some of the hot coals dropped in the kerosene cun and the explosion resulted.; ' Two barrels of kerosene kept in the station were exploded a short time I after the file broke out and lent additional fury to the. lire. After being blown into the waiting room of the station. Wright lay stun-1 ned for a while on the floor and then leaped up, ran into the street and | called for help. He had presence of mind enough to save the records from the freight department of the station. After this he collapsed and was taken to his home. CLOVEH LEAF FAVORS MERGER Stockholders Vote to Merge Road With Nickel Plate Railroad System Fr<nkfort. Mar. 19.—Ratification of the articles of consolidation of the Toledo, St. Ixutis A Western railroad company as a part of the New York, Chicago A St. Louis (Nickel Plato) railroad company, was agreed upon at a stockholders’ meeting of the former road held at the offices here at 10 o’clock Friday morning. Out of a total of 200,000 shares, 158,311 voted for the consolidation, 41.689 shares not voting. There was not a vote tn opposition. Officers and directors of the new consolidation will be elected at a meeting of stockholders to be held in the Columbia Building at Cleveland, Ohio, on May 2.

’TWAS A GOOD ' RACE ANYWAY ! — It’s Hurd to Hold a “Hoss After He’s Stood in Stable All Winter It’s a little early for hoss races in this neck of the woods, but when; two nags get together in the warm spring sunshine, there "jist ain't" no stoppin’ 'em. Yesterday a few well known young men had an attack of spring fever and they saddled up their hosses for a Jaunt in the fresh air. I The Country roads weren't very good : so, the boys took to the city streets. Kverytrilfiß wept well until one nag became excited and started down Second street at a rate of speed considered dangerous to the safety of pedestrians. Another nag felt a playful impulse and started out in pursuit, at any rate that is the explnnai tion given by one of the boys w li<ui questioned by Mayor DeVoss thi\ morning. i When Mayor DeVoss reached his , office in the city hall this morning he . was greeted by a crowd of a dozen or more high school seniors. They were ' there to tight for one of their number, I commonly known as "Squire." Squire j ———-—I (Continued on page throe) ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ WEATHER ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ + + + + ♦♦♦♦ INDIANA—Fair tonight and Tues-, I day; rising temperature Tuesday and in west and central portions tonight. WILL GIVE PLAY FRIDAY EVENING Methodists Foreign Misi sionary Society to Present Chinese Plav — A Chinese play in six scenes entitled "The Conversion of the Honorable Mrs. Ling,” will be presented in the high school auditorium on Fri-, day evening by the Woman’s Foreign Missionary society of the First Methodist church. The play will begin at 8 o’clock and admission prices will ■ be 26 cents for adults and 10 cents | , for children. The proceeds derived I from the play will be used in mission ' work. i [ The cast has been holding rehear sals for the past three weeks. The play is said to be a very interesting one and a good cast has been selected. Specialties will be given between the scenes of the plays by Mrs. Dan' Tyndall and the Haubold children Tickets are now on sale. Members of the cast are as follows: The Hon-, orable Mrs. Ling, Mrs. J. R. Blair;, Golden Lily, Mrs. Ling’s daughter-in , law, Miss Naomi Harkless; a sooth sayer. Miss Juanita Thomas; Miss Frances Woodby, a medical mission-, ary. Mrs. O. Chronister; Heavenly Wts-' dorn. Mrs. Paul Edwards; a coolie, Mrs. Fred Hancher; the Honorable Mr. Ling, Mrs. Lee Bowan; Plum Bloe-j Bom, Jeanette Beery; Big Sister. Mrs. Ben DeVor; Precious Gold, Isabelle Hower; Beautiful Pearl, Henel De-, Vor; Old Rag, Catherine Hower,

SPECIAL NOTICE All momhors of Hu- local Yeoman lodge an- urged io be present at the hall tonight at 7::io. There will be a -liort lodge meeting and then the t,h< < veiling will be spent in games huusic etc. There will be a t pecia) ’praeti« for the flegri e team. Next Monday there will be a class adopt lon. ALBERT STUMP TO SPEAK HERE Indianapolis Attorney to Talk at Riley Hospital Meeting Tuesday INDIANAPOLIS, March 19.—Albert Stump, widely known Indianapolis attorney, will be the principal speaker before the meeting at Decatur Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the interest of the Atlants county campaign for tile James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, it was announced here today. The Riley hospital will be a $2,000,000 institution.] the gift of the jteople of the state to the state, to care for the thousands of sick and crippled children from all parts of Indiana. The Decatur meeting is being called I by Clarence Hell, prominent Rotarian, and Dan M. Niblick, president of the' Decatur Industrial association. Tho Indiana district Rotary clubs, at their recent convention in Michigan City, voted in favor of the Riley hospital movement as has the Kiwanis clubs and many other local, county and state organizations. | Tho urgent need for a state instf-, | tution especially for the care and, | treatment of sick and crippled boys i and girls is shown by a recent sur--1 vey of the state which revealed that ] there are at least 10,000 children in I the state who are seriously in need 'of surgical or medical attention. These poor children cannot now' receive treatment because Indiana has no ' specialized children's hospital. The only state institution with a free ward for children’s cases has only 12 beds anil a constant waiting list running into the hundreds of children from every county in Indiana. Pledges to the hospital building fund may be made over a four-year * period, one-fourth of the total pledged, ! payable each year. ' ( HAS. C. MYERS HERE Former Decatur Man Spent Sunday Here While Enroute to Oklahoma A very pleasant one day visit was enjoyed by the R. D. Myers and John T Myers families when their older brother. Chas. C. Myers, of Tulsa, Okla., stopped over for Sunday. He was on his way home from New York city where, as a director, he had attended a meeting of officers of the Savoy Oil company. This corporation is capitalized at $700,000 with all its stock paid in and does business in Oklahoma. Kansas and Louisiana Charlie says that the oil industry is showing considerable improvement and that their company formulated plans for extensive operations for tho coming year. He also says that while i I he western states are wide awake and aggressive, and presents wonderful opportunities, ho still loves Indiana and especially old Decatur and wishes to keep in touch with old home ties by leaving his yearly subscription to the other members of the family, The , Daily Democrat. AIDS IN BIG SOCIAL EVENT Dick Heller Appointed Member cd Junior Prom Committee at I. U. | BLOOMINGTON. Ind., March 19 — Dick Heller, of Decatur, who is attend I iug Indiana University, has been appointed a member of the junior prom committee, which lias charge of tho biggest social event of the year at I he ' state university. Under the management of young Heller and his associ--1 ates, the junior prom to be held April 1 6, will have as its feature Benson’s 11-pieee Victor Orchestra, of Chicago, which will come to Bloomington di reef from Camden, N. J„ after filling a record-making contract there. Heller's appointment places upon his shoulders part of the. responsibility for the function that is considered the apex ot the social season at In diana. Its importance is increased this year by the fact that many alum'ni and former students hove an--1 nounced their intentions of returning for the formal dance and dinners that ’ will precede the prom in all organiza--1 lion houses.

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MORE TESTIFY ABOUT LIQUOR CASE AT GARY I ( hies of Federal Prohibition Agents Gives Testimony Today I ATTACK MAYOR TODAY Witness Brings Name of Mayor Johnson Into Case for First INDIANAPOLIS, March 19.—(Special to the Daily Democrat.) The name of Mayor Roswell Johnson, of . Gary, one of the 63 defendants on trial . in federal court on charges of conIspiracy to violate prohibition laws was i brought into the case prominently by I government witnesses for the first i time today. | George Winkler, chief of federal prohibition agents, testified that last i November he warned Johnson that 'l.lohll t'. Mullen, police sergeant » is ' selling liquor at tile Mullen hotel. • "Johnson said ne didn't doubt it and , would investigate,” Winkler said. "Mullen still was a member of the police board last Monday.” Winkler also testified that last October Lewis Barnes, former sherifl of Lake county, admitted in Johnson’s presence that he had solicited ami accepted SSOO from Gaspari Monti for Johnson's campaign fund. Monti who was leader of Italian born residents , of Gary was killed on the streets of 1 Gary just befor-’ the trial started ami I government agents believe his life I was taken to prevent telling of his [story of the alleged irregularities in ;tlie Calumet district. i On cross-examination by Moses D. Lairy, attorney for Johnson, Winkler admitted that Johnson had offered as sistance at the Gary investigation last year. ' “He said ho would gift; us police officers to help and would make arrests on our affidavits," Winkler said. Two witnesses, Oscar L. Sprague, railroad switchman, and Charles McPherson, formerly a deputy constable, testified that liquor was sold at Mui len hotel. McPherson said that on one occasion he saw City Judge Williant Dunn in the place talking to a man and that a bottle of whisky was ] on the desk between them. "I don't give a damn about rails so long as R. O. Johnson and Judge Dunn are with us,” Horace Lisle, negro state I prohibition investigator, said Tom Tolfro, a defendant, told him. Government witnesses will be afforded every protection, federal officials said following an attempt of two men to break into the home of Lawrence Starsiak in East Chicago Friday night. They were driven away l>y Mrs. Star sink witli an ax, ■—• President Harding Tosses Hal in Ring Washington. March t 19 - (Special to Daily Democrat)—Doubt concern ing President Harding's ability to secure renomination in 1924 prompted Attorney General Daugherty to make an early start in the campaign to renominate'' and re-elect Mr. Harding. Cordell Hull, chairman of the Demo cratic National Committee. <!.-< l:-r>'d in a formal statement today. Washington, March 19 The “winnit'g of the west" will be Hie first 'objective' of President Harding's campaign for re-elect ion which lias been detinitely started eey the executive’s political associate. Attorney I Daughegty. Tile preside nt and bis political ad visers are understood here to liave decided tliat to att.iin a Republican victory in 1924 the great bulk of the states in the middlewest nml far west must be carried. — -0 — ■ ' ■ Nothing Too Good for Vincennes Team Today Vim i nncs. Mar 19. — (Special to Daily Domoerat I -The c rown of victory rested lightly on the heads of X ineeiines high school basketball players today while they partook of the fatted call'. Nothing was to good for the» boys who went down to Indianapolis and galloped home with the Indiana high school basketball championship. The whole community dicl honor to the team. The celebration was equal to that of Armistice day. Farmers from miles around tiivered into ton'll | and business was at a standstill.