Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1923 — Page 1

[Volume XXI. Number 132.

PLANS FOR BIG FAIR ARE ANNOUNCED

GENEVA MAN IS NAMED COUNTY TRUANT OFFICER Frank Armantrout Selected By County Board Os Education Today four candidates Succeeds G. H. McNanama Begins Term Os Office On August 1 Frank Arniantrout, well-known attorney of Geneva, was elected attendance officer of Adams county today, at a meeting of the county board of education. Mr. Armantrout succeeds George H. McManama, who has been attendance officer for the last year. There were four candidates for the office this morning. Their names land the number of votes each received are as follows: G. H. McManama. 3; James Brown, 2; Frank Armantrout, 11; Jesse Steele, 0. The following members of the hoard of edit(cation were present at the meeting: [County Superintendent E. S. Christen; Josephus Martin, Geneva; Dr. R. von Gunten, of Berne; R. D. Myers, of Decatur; Adolph Weiland, of Union township; Amos Lewton, of Root township; August Scheiman. of Preble township; W. H. Dettinger. of Kirkland township; Glen Cowan, of Washington township; Mrs. Susie Bowen, of St. Marys township; H. L. [Sipe of Blue Creek; township; Vance Mattox, of Monroe township; Martin lAloeschberger. of French township; Dau A. Studler, of Hartford towumhip John Felty, of Wabash township; and John Bollenhacher. of Jefferson township. Mr. Arpiantrout has been practicing law at Geneva for the last fifteen years, and has been more or less active in politics in the county. He has a wife and a daughter, and they will move to Decatur when Mr. Armantrout takes office on August 1. Mr. McManama, the retiring attendance i officer, has done efficient work during the past year, enforcing the new attendance law. . He will return to his farm near Monroe and engage in farming. [Following the meeting of the board [of education, the township trustees held a meeting. The trustees signed | the diplomas for the eighth grade I graduates. The diplomas will be I awarded at the annual commencement exercises to be held in Monroe |on June 14. Rev. C. W. Whitman, of Seymour, will deliver the commenceI ment address. A few other minor I matters connected with [ the commencement and school work were discussed by the trustees. Mr. Christen stated today that I many teachers for the county schools have not been employed yet. Howlever, there are many applicants this [year and it is thought that the trusI tees will complete the task of employing the teachers before long. Portland Firemen Prepare For Convention Contests The Portland firemen will stage the first of a series of water battles this evening in preparation for the contest to be held during the annual Indiana Volunteer and Industrial Firemen’s Association to be held in this 'city on June 21. The Portland laddies are working hard in hopes of carrying heme a few of the prizes when they [come to the convention. Recently Joe [Miller and Ott McGriff were selected as delegates to the convention. Committees have been appointed by the Portland firemen to arrange for a band, uniforms and other items. The Cortland firemen will attend the convention here in a body. MARRIAGE LICENSES [ Clarence W. Wagoner, inspector at Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan. age 36 years, to Meryl Moore, Geneva, age 31 years. Ralph E. Fuller, funeral director, Sherwood, Ohio, age 27 years, to Mary Ray, teacher. Pleasant Mills, age 26.

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Student Band .Members Want .Monogram Sweater An "1" sweater for four years' meritorious service on the Indiana university band is preferred by I. U. students to a pecuniary reward amounting to exemption from $l5O contingent fees. The vote by members of the band for the "1" sweater was 71 to 4 The band sweater would be distinguished from the athletic sweater by a silver lyre embroidered on the red background of the "I". SERVICEWAS I VERY BEAUTIFUL Impressive Baccalaureate Service Held For I). C. H. S. Graduates Rendered doubly impressive by the solemnity of the Feast of Corpus Christi, the baccalaureate services for the graduates of the Decatur Catholic high school held Sunday morning at the St. Marys church high mass were beautiful. The al 'tars of the church were a mass of flowers and hundreds of green and white vigil lights twinkled on the high altar, each one a silent petition to the Almighty for the success of each graduate. Father J. A. Seimetz’s address was poignantly beautiful. He chose as his text the divine words of Jesus from His <Sermon on the Mount. “By their fruits ye shall know them,” 7th chapter of St. Matthew. His address in abstract was: Dear Graduates: “What was once the fabric of a dregm today stands before us embraced "in fullest reality; a material image has been animated and filled with the essence of permanenity. A figure alights from reverie and steps before us as the finished product of the Decatur Catholic high school. Today is an exceptional day. tor it marks an event which has never before occured in St. Marys palish. Should a sense of pride creep to the surface in the course of my address, I crave your pardon for one can scarely suppress snch a feeling at the culmination of a long cherished desire. I share the joy of this occasion with those who have shared my efforts and made possible what might otherwise have been a failure. First let me congratulate you graduates. The honor bestowed upon you. are the results of long and zealous application to your studies. If the men of the world today would apply the same diligence in their mental and muscular work the world would be greatlv benefited. If honor is due to yon, it Is also due to those whose greatest aim has always been your advancement— yoar parents. lienee my congratulations to you, my dear parents. We are proud of you and we hope that our pride may never be forced to surrender to humility on account of the future conduct of you graduates. While we are rejoicing vet a fear creeps in for there is a very turbulant sea between the launching and the termination of a voyage and a doubt arises in our minds “Will the ship withstand the storm?” Your secular education wt only serve to augment your success. Moral training will tit you to face the temptations of the world and make you strong to resist them. Your diploma is no guarantee exempting you from life’s troubles. The diverse temptations which infest the world will be yours to combat, The giea est of all moral evils is pride. It changed an angel into a dev . Lucifer, the masterpiece of God. tn his complacency yielded to pride nnd drew down upon himself the anger and condemnation of God who cast him into the depths of hell. Graduates it is your duty to aid humanity. t 0 be a. help to the world. Your future conduct will either cast tie stigma of failure upon your school or give it the token of esteem. ■•The material develpinent of the world today has not begotten civilization Civilization is not the product of man but the gift of Go " t 0 ,11 “ through His Divine Son and His Kingdom on earth, the Catholic church. The foundation of modern (Continued on page threg)

RUSH LIQUOR FROM CANADA TO NEW YORK Large Quantities of Dornin ion “Hard Stull” Enroute To The Border MORE RUM RUNNERS Repeal Os Prohibition Law In New York Brings New Blood Into The Game — " « (United Press Service) Ottawa, Ont.. June 4 —(Special to Dailv Democrat) —Large quantities of Canadian beer and liquor are mov- ' Ing toward the international bound ary on their way to New York state as a result of the repeal of the prohibition enforcement law there. Canadian officials stationed along the border, reported that rum runners are now actively engaged in plans to flood New York witii dominion “hard stuff." With the coming of summer weather. the liquor smuggling trade is be ginning to boom again any way, fol lowing the winter shut down. . Re peal of the enforcement law hat brought new blood and new capital into the "game” and, according to 'he present outlook, unprecedented quantities of llegal beverages will soon be flowing south. Attorney General Raney announced that no new steps would be taken by the prohibition department to cope with the situation. There are several well established rum running routes which cross the border at polfits* where there are no customs or 1 mmigra llion inspectors. These will be used and additional ones will be established. Most of the liqnor smuggling is done with motor trucks. These mot ors, loaded to capacity with case goods, cross the line at a terrific nite of speed, armed guards clinging to them ready to do battle with revenue officers or “hijackers," the highwaymen who make a business of robbing bootleggers. COUNTY ROAD BONDS SIGNED Commissioners In Session; Board Os Review Also Meets Here Today The county commissioners mot . this morning and after signing the ■ bonds on the Phil Sauer, Ross-Hard • en and the Ulman-Gase roads In Un- ■ ion township and the A. N. Sprunger road In Berne, Monroe township, ■ bills were checked and allowed. The bonds on the four roads totaled $23,200.00 and after the roads are improved, 4.28 miles of macadam road will he added to Adams county’s 725 miles (If improved roads. Work on ' the construction of the four roads will begin at once. This afternoon the commissioners inspected a number of roads and bridges. They will be in session . again Tuesday at which time bids . w’ll be received for the construction . of five small bridges in the different . townships. The only road matter to . come before the board will be the I ordering of the G. E. road in the northwest part of Decatur. Board of Review Meets Members of the county board of [ review, Auditor Martin Jaberg, I Treasurer Hugh Hite. Wade Manley . and John Parrish met with County Assessor William Zimmerman this morning and completed their organization. Messrs. Manley, Parrish and Zimmerman began to tabulate the , figures and items turned in by the . towjnship assessors and after this task is completed the job of equuliz- , ing the assessments will start. County Assessor Zimmerman. stated that Mr. Showalter, a representative of the state tax board, will be here and meet with the board of review on Thursday, June 7th, and in all probability will give instructions as to how the personal property should be assessed.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, June 4, 1923.

Manager of Northern Indiana Fair John Isenbarger, of North Manchester, who has had wide experience *n staging county (airs, will manage the annual Northern Indiana fait this year. Col. Fred * Reppert, owner of Bellmont Park the Urc event is staged, was forced to give up the management of the fair this year, on account of other urgent business. Mr. Isenbarger announces that rnanv new features will be foun ’ at il:e 1> r this year.

DRASTIC ORDER AGA'NST SHIPS BEARING LHJ’iOR Government Issues Order That All Rum Runners Will Be Siezed TO FORCE SHOW DOWN Order Made Drastic To Bring Show Down On Prohibition Enforcement tttnltwd Press Service) Washington, June 4 (Special to Daily Democrat)— Foreign or American ships which enter United States waters with deliberate intent to defy and violate regulations banning liquor front vessels inside the three tulle limit will be seized by federal customs authorities. Treasury offiijialst tsnlay notffled customs officers to this effect. The move was made to sharply classes of vessels which are and aro not to be seized. Under the terms,of the order, rum runners vessels whose captains, deliberately flaunt the law or whose owners conspire to defeat the law, will be impounded and sold hy the government. Washington, June 4 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Secretary Mellon’s runt regulations were purposely made as drastic as possible, to force a show down with congress on the whole question of prohibition enforcement on land and water. Mellon's regulations form the climax of a series of events that go to make nun the biggest domestic and international issue before the American government and people. Domestic international relations, all revolve now around the question of prohibition and its enforcement. Not since slavery has any issue so dominated. Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, possibly local thunder showers; not so warm Tuesday anti In north portion tonight.

BUYS OLD PARRISH HOME William Barkley has purchased the former Parrish home on South Tenth street and will rent it. The house cont.tins eight or nine rooms and is .ait.(bit* for two families to live in. Mr. Barkley purchased the property from Attorney It. (’. Parrish, Hornet Parrish, Miss Ruth Parrish and Mrs. Dick Longsltote, hell's of the Parrish estate. ANOTHER ROOM TO BE DONATED Dr. And Mrs. J. M. Miller To Furnish Room At New County Hospital Within an hour after Hr. J. M. Mil ler read the appeal of the hoard of trustees to furnish a toom in Adams County's Beautiful Memorial Hospital, A. J. Smith, chairman of the board received word from him that a room would be donated hy Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Millet, their gift bringing the number of rooms donated to sixteen. The names of the other fifteen donors were published in Saturday's Daily Democrat. The hoard of trustees are making a campaign and appeal for the furnishing of the bed rooms and sun rooms in the hospital. The hospital containes thirty-one bed rooms and three sun rooms and it is hoped that the public-spirited people and organizations in the county will answer the call and donate the furnishings for 1 most of the rooms. The sororities in the city are 100 per cent, public-spirited in answering the appeal, all throe sororities, the Tri Kappas, Delta Theta Tutt and the Bsi lota Xi having pledged themselves to furish a room. The cost of furnishing a bed room is only $200.00, a sun room, S3OO.iH). The names of the donors will be inscribed on a bronze tablet and | plated on the door to the room furnished by the individual or organization. Other individuals and organizations are planning to donate a room. Dr. Miller is the first physician in the county to make such a. gift to the hospital board. —a- — Miss Mildred Butler and Mrs. Forest Vail, went to Fort Wayne today to visit relatives.

Streets In Geneva Oiled Last Week Workmen were busy last Friday nnd Saturday administering a coat of oil to the streets In the town of Geneva. Automobile traffic has become so heavy that the dust nuisance is a question of no little Import ance, hence the action taken some time ago by the councilmen to have the streets oiled. Every street of importance which Is not bricked whs •elven a coat of oil. o - DON COLLOM TO LEAVE GENEVA Popular Superintendent Os Schools To Work For Publishing Company (By Special Correspondent) Geneva, Ind.. June 4.—Don Collom •/ill not be the su|>erintendent of chools at Geneva for the next term, ,t has been learned. Announcement . o this effect was made public Jo a epresentative of this paper in a onversation with Mr. Collom ind it is ttndersood that he has notied the school board of that city of his intention to withdraw from the eaching profession to accept a portion wit it the Denoyer-Geppert Pubishir.g Company, of Chicago. He-will assume his new duties about the 15th <>; this month. The company with which Mr. Col'otn will associate himself in the hilitre is a large map printing concern In Chicago, anil his work will be to lemonstrate, in cities and towns of his state and a portion of Ohio, the me: its of the maps of this concern, which specialises in historical and geographical maps for s<-stool purtoses. He has nothing to do with the alesnr.inship of the maps hut merely goes and explains to the school otfi■lais the merits of the product of his ompany and the advantages it has iver other maps. His territory in•hides the whole of this state and hirty-six counties in Ohio. Mr. Col om will move to Indianapolis, in the tear future, where he will make his tome. Mr. Collom has been superintendent >f the schools at Geneva for three ears, ami during this brief period he and his family have acquired a host of friends who will regret very much to learn of his decision to leave the profession, and especially will hate to see him give up the school there, after lie three years of success which he tas achieved. Wo'king as he did under difficulties, ind where in some instances equipment is more limited than it is in the larger schools. Mr. Collom has brought •he standard of the Geneva school to such a plane that in this county it has ranked high in efficiency. ami a com parison of the accomplishments of the school under his leadership, to atty of those schools in the neighboring vicinity will speak in most commending terms of his ability to do things, ami lo them well. Geneva high school will miss a good ind valuable educator ami manager, the town of Geneva will miss a good upright citizen, ami the county will lose a valuable asset to its teaching lone, in the going away of Don Collout. Nevertheless, the best wishes of the entire community go with him in his new adventure, and those who know him well have the utmost con cdence in him in whatever line of work he chooses to pursue. In an interview with Josephus Martin, president of the school board, it was learned that no steps had as yet been taken to select a successor to Mr. Collont. but that this would be done immediately. All the teachers for the lower grades have been employed, and Miss Forknet, teacher of English, will return next year, but the princlpalship, music supervisor, and mathematics teacher have not been chosen. CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat: July $1.08%; Sept. $1.08%; Dec. $1.10%. Corti: July 80%c; Sept. 77c; Dec. 6(>%c. Oats: July 40%c; Sept. 38%; Dec. 39%c.

Price: 2 Cents.

ANNUAL EVENT PROMISES TO BE BEST EVER Dates For Big Northern Indiana Fair Are July 24 To 27, Inclusive FEATURES ARE MANY Manager Lsenharger Plans To Make Fair Instructive And Entertaining The date July 24th to 27th. The place— Bellmont Park. Features Fast races, good bands, many thrillers, big exhibit of livestock, style show. Ford owners day, art hall, machinery show, jiight show and tire works. Superintendents—Art. Mrs. Cleo Linn; garden, Martin Busehe; sheep, Col. Fred Busehe; hogs. Alonzo Garrett; cattle, W. P. Scroek; speed, Dan W. Beery; poultry. Ben Shroyer; horses. Guy Johnson. •k Plans for the great annual event, the Northern Indiana Fair and Agricultural exhibit, are now complete ami from this time o*l the program will be discussed on every hand. *l’he dates July 24th to 27th make this the first fair in the middle west and w 11 bring a large exhibit and a | string of race horses, equalled in but , few places. This year’s fair will he iln charge of John Iseitbarrer. of I North Manchester, who has had a quarter century experience in the business. MKving had charge of num- [ erous county fairs and for many years served as a member of the state fair board. With the above assistants as superintendents, and with the co-operation of the good people of the county, he will give the biggest and best exhibit ever shown in this section. Mr. Isenbarger is a firm bel'ever that a county fair should he an agricultural exhibit and Chautauqua as well as a place of amusement and he will see that this part is well cared for. He is giving special attention ito the art hall, has arranged for a style show, a Ford owner's day when cars and drivers will be admitted free, hits arranged for a gift distribution and other attractions which will make e.very day a big one. Get Ready to Enter The most important thing about a successful fair is plenty of exhibits and now is the time when you should he preparing your stock, your art. your fruit grain or other exhibits. The premium lists are now being printed ami w'.thin a short time will ibe in the hands of the superintendents A feature of the advertising this year wHI be Reith Wilkens with his caliope. He will arrive here early next month ami will distribute 20.000 circulars giving the program, premium lists. a complete writeup of the big show. The Special Features Among the free attractions will ba | the world famed Mangean troupes. 1 acrobats, gymnasts, comedy 'and clowns, mid general entertainers; Walter Stanton and his giant rooster. trained to do everything but talk and some of that; Charles L. Fisher. Michigan’s music master: big style show in charge of Vance Al- Linn and E. F. Gass & Son; Ford day; big night show Including great display of fireworks; home coming and reunion and a lot of others which will surpr.se you. The Racing Program The speed program In charge of Dan W. Beery, the veteran horseman will include: Tuesday, July 24 2:30 pace, for a purse of S3OO 2:25 pace, for a purse of S3OO 2:20 trot, for a purse of S3OO Wednesday, July 25 2:27 trot, for a purse of S3OO 2:17 trot, for a purse of S3OO 2:20 pace, 3 year old and under, purse S3OO Thursday, July 26 (Continued on page three)