Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXL Number 112.

SENIORS WILL ENO WORK AT H. S. THIS WEEK Those Exempted From Final Examinations Will Finish on Friday LAST WEEK ACTIVITIES Last Week Will be Filled With Various Events of Social Nature All seniors in the Decatur high school who are fortunate enough to be exempted from their final examinations, will complete their work at the school tomorrow afternoon. Those who are compelled to take final examinations will return to the high school building on Monday and Tr.< <• day of next week to take the tests. Final examinations for the freshmen. sophomores and juniors will be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next î The commencement exercises will be held in the high school auditorium on Tuesday evening, May 22. Dr. Roscoe Gilmore Scott, widely known Redpath ihautauqua lecturer, will deliver the commencement address. The annual Junior Reception to the Seniors will be held on Friday evening. May 18. The Baccalaureate Sermon will be delivered in the Methodist church by the Rev. V. S. \. Bridge, pastor, ou Sunday evening. May 20. Tuesday, May 22 has been designated as class day. In the forenoon of that day the different clases will present their stunts and entertainment. The class day program will be held in the high school building. The juniors and seniors will hold a picnic dinner at Bellmont Park at noon. In the afternoon of the 22nd, an interclass track meet will be held at the park. The annual Senior reeef.tioH will loheld on Tuesday night following the commencement exerciss. The school annual, “Rawlings,” will be issued either the latter part of! this week or the first part ot n< xt week. The book is nearly complet' d by the printer. R. 0. LIMENSTOLL EXPIRED TGDft Y Aged Resident of Peterson Died From Effects of Paralysis R. D. Limenstoll, age 80 years,, one of the pioneer farmers of Adams county, died at his home in Peterson, at 12:25 o’clock this afternoon, fol-; lowing two strokes of paralysis, suffered on April 28 and May 2. The i first stroke affected his entire right side and his speech, while the second stroke affected his left foot. Mr. Limenstoll was born in Germany, September 18, 1842, but came | to America when he was a young man. He settled in Ohio first and came to Adams county, Indiana about thirty-five years ago. His first wife died twenty-eight years ago and he was married again a few years later, his second wife surviving. There are nine children, all by his first wife who survive. They are: Charles Limenstoll, of Magley; Mrs. Peter | Helmrich, of Magley; Mrs. J. W. Hovarger, of Decatur route 9; Mrs. William Ehrman, of Magley, Mrs. August limenstoll, of Decatur route 2; Miss Catherine Limenstoll, of Ft. Wayne; Mrs. Robert Sherlock, of Coruna, Indiana; Mrs. E. A. Straub, of Fort Wayne; and Mrs. Milton Hoffman, of Preble. Funeral arrangements have not been made. o — State Auditor Calls for Advance Payment of Taxes Indianapolis, May 10. — (Special to Daily Democrat)—County treasurers throughout the state have been requested by the state board of finance to make advance payments on spring taxes iq letters mailed today by Robert Bracken state auditor. Treasurers are instructed to make payments of one half of the receipts for the state revenue and institutional fund on or before May 16.’ Bracken stated the advance payments are provided for in a 1915 act.

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K. of P. Initiation and Reception at Home Tonight The rank of Page will ho centered on Lester Wright and Fred Stauffer by Kektonga lodge of Knights of Pythias here tonight. In connection with the initiation, an informal reception will be given In honor of the I three living charter members of the | lodge, namely, c. T. Dorwin, of La-1 fayetle, and A. 11. Bell and Fred C. Schafer, both of Decatur. Mr. Dorwin is visiting relatives and friends in this city this week. These three are the only ones of the original thiri ty-flve charter members living. o — I TO HOLD GRADE SUMMER SCHOOL Special Instruction Will be Given at Central School for Eight Weeks Announcement was made today that special instrution in arithmetic and grammar will be given during the summer at the Central School building for the pupils of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. The work will be under the direct supervision of W. Guy Brown, principal of the Central Schools. Owing to the fact, that there has been an unusually large amount of absence in school during the past year on account of measles, chicken pox, mumps and other contagious diseases, many parents have expressed a desire to Mr. Brown that special work be given during tlirt summer. There is still much sickness among the pupils, there being a to al of twenty out of 140 in the assembly room at the Central School this morn; ing who were absent on account iff sickness. Mr. Brown will do most of the teaching in arithmetic this summer. The teachers who will assist him , have not been chosen. If there is a (large enough demand for subjects other iliaa arithmetic and grammar, others will be offered. The classes! | will be conducted in the forenoons only. ■ The summer school will open on , Monday, June 4 and will continue for eight weeks, closing on July 27. Em h recitation will last for an hour. Eight weeks of one hour recitations will be equivalent to sixteen weeks of the regular school work, since the recitations cover only thirty minutes. The eight weeks in the summer school will be equivalent to almost one semester’s work in the winter. Only the wo k covered during the past year will bo taken up and no advance work will be given. A small tuition charge will be made for each pupil. The summer school will furnish an opportunity to those pupils who have been forced to miss much work during the year to review the work and Ibe ready for the advance work next ’fall. There will be two weeks’ vaca’tion before the supimer school opens and more than a month’s vacation after the summer school closes before the regular fall term in opens in September. Mr. Brown decided to operate a summer school after a number of pupils and parents had expressed a desire for one. This will be something new in Decatur, but it is thought that a large number will take advantage of the opportunity. Anyone who wishes any further information concerning the summer school may obtain same by telephoning or calling at the Central School building. I -o t Former Berne Girl V\ ins An Honor in Colorado A lengthly clipping taken from the Fort Morgan, Colorado, newspaper brings the news that Miss Ruth Scheidegger, 13-year-old daughter o( Mr. and Mrs. David Scheidegger, had won the juvenile state oratorical contest for high school pupils. The Scheideggers are well known in Berne, having formerly lived in this town. Their home is now in Fort Morgan, where Miss Ruth is a pupil in the Junior high school, she being a pupil in the eighth grade there. The honor of being the state champion is not the only prize which Miss Ruth won. She was also given a prize of SIOO in gold, given by the Rocky ■Mountain News and the Denver Times. She also received a gold medal, which was awarded her by the state superintendent of public instruction. Car! S. Millikin, secretary of the state of Colorado, also presented her with a camera for her splendid work. Adams County Witness.

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An informal reception will be given in the Knights of Pythias home on Ihird street this evenini' I>i the three living charter members of Kekionga lodge of this city. The three charter members puturei above, are left to right: C. T. Dorwin. of Lafayette; Fred C. Scafer and A. R. Lell. both of Decatur There were thirty-five charter members.

FORMER COUNTY OFFICIAL DIED AT BERNE TODAY Jacob R. Graber, Former Supt. of County Farm, Died at Age of 74 DIED OF PARALYSIS* Funeral Services at Berne Reformed Church at 2 O’clock Sunday One of Adams county’s best known citizens. Jacob R. Graber, age 74 years, a resident of this county for i over fifty and sixteen years I superintendent of the county infirrn- ’ ary, was called by death at 1:45 this morning at his home on East Water, street, in Berne, death resulting from the effects of several strokes of paralysis which he suffered recently. Members of his family were at his bedside. Mr. Graber suffered from his first stroke of paralysis on January 29th and for several hours was left speechless. He recovered from the effects, only to suffer another stroke about ten days later and a third stroke three weeks later. The final stroke! left him entirely sp&chless and, within the last six weeks he has been i bedfast. Monday night he passed, into a state ot unconsciousness and (Continued on page seven! OVERCOME BY COAL FUMES Four Members of William Chronister Family Suffer From Effects Four members of the William Chronister family, 716 High street, were suffering from a peculiar illness today. Dr. J, M. Miller, who was called at 6 o’clock Hits morning, expressed his belief that they had been overcome by fumes from a hard coal burner. Those affected were Mr. and Mrs. Chronister; Mary, age 12 years, and Robert, age 5 years. All were be- ' lieved out of danger this afternoon. Three other children, sleeping in the house wore not affected. When the four members of the fam- , ily awoke this morning they felt j strange pains. When Mary arose from her bed she fainted and Mrs. Chronister called a physician. Mary and Robert vomited this morning. Mrs. Chronister and Mary appeared to be in the most serious condition. Mr. Chronister and the other members of the family stated that they did not think the sickness was caused by . the fumes from the stove, but rather by something they had eaten. They did not eat any canned food last night, they stated, and were not able to tell what could have caused the Illness. Three other children. Gerald, Helen and Mareille, were sleeping in the house last night and the doors between their rooms and the living room where the stove was located, were open, but they suffered no ill effects.

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“Deeds and Misdeeds” to be Out on May 15 — "Deeds and Misdeeds,” the annual publication of the Decatur Central Schools, is being printed now the last day of school, Friday. May and will be ready for distribution on 18. The book, as usual, will contain a number of interesting pictures of I the classes, faculty, basketball team, and building, besides complete stories of the various activities ot the past year. o — COUNTY COUNCIL TO MEET SOON b Will -Make Additional Appropriation for Adams County Hospital County Auditor Martin Jaberg statSed this morning that the county conncil would be called to meet in special session sometime the later part of this month. A number or important matters will be brought before the I members of the council, including the appropriation for the Adams County Memorial Hospital. A few other small appropriations will also be made. Last year when it was seen that the l hospital would cost more than SIOO,000.00 the amount voted for the con Istruction of the building, the county council met and agreed to appropriate ■an additional $25,000.00 when the money was needed. At the meeting this money will be appropriated and plans made for the financing. It is not known if the additional $25,000.00 will be paid out of the general fund or if a temporary loan will be made. The members of the county council are Hentry Eiting. Mathias Kirsch, Frank Mclntosh. William Baumgartner, Frank Wechter, Ernst Doehrman and Chris Eicher. Work on the hospital is progressing nicely and it is hoped that the building can be didicated as a memorial to the Adams County men, who fought in the world war, on or about July 4th. The cost of building the hospital will be approximately $125,000.00. WEATHER REPORT Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, somewhat unsettled in nortli portion; warmer in east and south portions tonight. Cooler in extreme portion Friday. o TAX RECEIPTS SET A RECORD Total of $96,916.55 Paid in Last Monday; Grand Total N'ot Known County treasurer Hugh Hite announced this morning that the. tax receipts on Monday, the last day of paying the spring installment of taxes without the ten per cent penalty added, were $96,916.55. This is the largest amount ever received on one day by Mr. Hite since he has been county treasurer. The total of the spring installment is not yet available, but it is thought that it will be over $450,000.00. The number and amount of delinquents will be available next week, Mr. Hite said.

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CULT LEADERS RALLY TO AID OF QUEEN MARY Leaders anti Members of House of David Defend King Benjamin Today QUEEN IS QUESTIONED . Says King Benjamin Will I Return in Time; Brands Charges Pack of Lies •I St. Joseph. Mich., May 10. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Leaders and member's oflhe 1 lease of David rallied under leadership of Queen Mary Purnell to defend ’King’’ Benjamin, I theid leader, today. Mrs. Purnell testified late yesterday : before Judge Dingeman’s "one man” ■ grand jury, refusing to reveal the ■ whereabouts of Benjamin. She also i refused to answer many questions of • investigators. > “Benjamin will return in time,” she . said, branding the charges against the . cult as a "pack of lies.” She defended . immorality involving “virgins” on the . part of her husband. Other leaders and members of the . cult were ordered today to appear before the probe. Authorities however, declared that they believe their terti- . | mony will follow that of “Queen " i Mary. FRUIT IS NOT HURT BY COLD I County Agent Makes Investigation and Reports No Damage Was Done Very little, if any. damage was done to the fruit in Adams county by the freeze and frost last night, according to a statement made today by L. M. ■ Busche, county agricultural agent for , this county. Mr. Busche made an ini vestigation in several orchards this morning and ho stated that the damage would be very light. The plums are far enough along to be out of danger, Mr. Busche stated, while peaches are rather difficult 4— | injure. Apples, he said, are the easi- | est injured. The apples were damaged slightly, it is thought. Grapes and cherries escaped injury Mr. Busche believes. The outlook for a bumper fruit crop in the county is very good at present, Mr. Busche stated, especially where the trees have been sprayed and properly cared for. Field corn which was up yesterday ■ was killed by the frost and freezed f last night, but so far as known, there - was no corn up in this country. Sevr eral people had sweet corn up in 1 their gardens and this suffered. » The report that fruit was not dami aged by the cold weather yesterday ! and last night will be good news to • many people, as it was feared that 1 the crop would be practically ruined. 1 The sun-shine today, accompanied by - an upward trend of the mercury, her aided the return of spring.

Train Falls Into River in Germany; 29 Killed (I'nltcJ Press Service) Berlin. May 10. —(Special to Dally Democrat)-- Bodies of twenty-nine persons killed when a French man- | nod train plunged into the Rhine I river near St. Goar, have been reI covered, according to stories told the I D<-uts< he Allegemeine's West Baden correspondent by travelers from the scene of the reported disaster. The travelers allege that the French have cut off al) means of communication with the scene. NOTED SPEAKER IS COMING HERE George H. Mosser, of State Chamber of Commerce, Here Tuesday Night A real treat is in store for the members of the Decatur Industrial Association next Tuesday evening, May 15th, when they will have the pleasure of hearing Mr. George H. Mosser. newly elected managing director of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce. Through the efforts of the monthly entertainment committee of the Industrial association, the appointment with Mr. Mosser to come here and address the business men and manufacturers was made. Mr. Mosser is a man of wide experience and is an authority on the subjects to Commerce y.d Industrial association, and his message to the men of Decatur will be worth hearing. He has spent 18 years in the middle west as a newspaper man, commercial executive and orr/nizer. He is a native of Bangor. Pa. For twelve years he was reporter, staff correspondent and publisher of daily newspapers in ll- ' linois and Missouri, nine of which I were spent on the editorial staffs of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Times, in 1910 he became a commercial executive, organizing and directing the Alton, 111., Board of Trade. Later he became an organizer with the Town Development Company of New York City, touring the and re-organizing commercial bodies, country in the work of organizing From 1913 to 1919 he organized and directed the Chambers of Commerce of Atoona, Pa.; Newark, Ohio, and Trenton, N. J. France Confer, secretary of the Decatur Industrial association, urged every member to be. present. 0 Judge Gordon Refuses to Hear Adams County Case Bluffton. May 10.—Judge Frank Gordon today declined jurisdiction in the case of the Abersou Cemetery association against Daniel Fuhrer, recently veuued here from Adams county, and appointed E. E. McGriff., former judge of the Jay circuit court, to jurisdiction. Judge Gordon declined because he was originally an attorney, in the case. The suit involves the condemnation of an acre of land belonging to Fiihrer by the cemetery association. The cemetery is located near Linn Grove, just across the Wells-Adams county ' line. The case was originally heard at Decatur then sent to appellate court where’ the decision was reversed and a new ’ trial ordered. After it hail been brought back to the Decatur court, a change of venue was asked and it was sent here. Bark on Maple Shade Trees Is Bursting Several residents of Decatur and Adams county are becoming alarmed for fear that their maple shade trees are dying. The bark on many of the trees has bursted loose from the trunk. County Agent L. M. Busche stated today that, in his opinion, this condition was caused by the hard freezes which occured late in the spring. There was much warm , weather earlier which started the . sap to flowing and when the cold! weather cante, the sap froze and caused the bark to burst. Several people have wrapped burlap around I the trees and tied it on tightly in an ! i effort to cause the bark to grow fast to the trunk again. Mr. Busche is of the opinion that this condition will not cause, the trees to die. He is investigating the matter and will report his findings later.

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ARMS WILL BE USED AGAINST BANDITS SOON United States Will Support Military Action Against Chinese Gangsters CREATES IMPRESSION Foreigners Pleased With Announcement From This Country Today l (United Press Service) Washington, May 10 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Washington Daily News publishes the following copyrighted cable editorial dispatch today: (By Robert P. Seripps) Copyright 1923 Washington Daily News Pekin. May 9-(11 p. m.)—lt has just been published in Pekin that the American legation has been advised from Washington that the gov ernment will support in a military way the efforts to release the foreign prisoners held by the Shaku bandits This has created a good impres sion among foreigners here, where it Is felt that the Vnited States is not inclined to take a strong stand in such matters. The fact seems in this case that the American government is the first to make such u strong announcement. But the American minister was not in Pekin Tuesday, when the diplomatic council met to discuss the outrage. He is not in Pekin now. Minister Schurraan is enroute to Shanghai, escorting his wife, who is bound for America in accordance with previous plans. The writer was at Shaku, the scene of the outrage, 24 hours after the. event. No consular representairve of country was at any station near Shaku that day. although consular representatives of America and other countries are stationed at Nanking to the south and Tsinan-Fu to the north, neither more than five hours away, and repair trains from both stations had arrived the prev ; ions day. Neither doctors nor food nor medi(Continued on Page Seven) 0 —— SETH K. RAY DIES IN IOWA Decatur Boy Dies in Hospital Following Short Illness; Returning Body Seth K Ray, age 22 years, son cf Mrs. Ves VeniH, 1015 West Adams street, Decatur, died in the Park hospital, Mason City. lowa, on Tuesday, following a brief illness with intestinal trouble. Mr. Ray took sick last Saturday. His mother received word that he was seriousy ill at midnight Monday night and left for lowa on Tuesday morning. The body is being returned to this city for burial and will arrive in Fort Wayne at 9 o’clock tomorrow night. Seth Ray was born in Adams county in Sept. 1900. He spent his boyhood days here and went to lowa to work on a farm four years ago He visited his relatives here about a Inonth ago and was apparently in tine health. Besides his mother, he is survived by the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Jack Klingerberger. of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Russell Bowtnau ,of west of Decatur; Mrs. Milton \yrling. of Preble; Mrs. A. T. King, of Van Wert. Ohio; Chalmer and Glen Ray, at home. No funeral arrangements will he made until Mrs. Vents returns from lowa. Ben Hur Supreme Officer Badly Injured Today Terre Haute. Ind. —R. H. Gerard, supreme chief of the Ben Hur lodge lin the U. S. was badly injured in an j elevator accident here today on hie I way to the session of the Indiana congress of the lodge in session here. He was crushed between the elevator and the door on the lower floor. Gerard’a home is in Craw!fordsville, Indiana. o Bernard Tonnelier, of north of the city, attended to business interests here this morning.