Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 139, Decatur, Adams County, 12 June 1923 — Page 1

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MAKING PLANS FOR EPWORTH LEAGUE MEET Local Leaguers Host To Annual Convention Os This District Next Week two-day meeting Convention Opens Tuesday Afternoon; Very Interesting Program More than two hundred delegates and young people are expected to visit Decatur next Tuesday and Wednesday to attend the annual Epworth League convention of the Port Wayne district. The convention will be held in the First M. E. church, corn<r of Monroe and Fifth streets, beginning at 1:30 ojolodk Tuesday afternoon and closing with a session on Wednesday evening. Arrangements are being made to entertain the visitors at the private homes in the city. A canvas of the members of the local Methodist church has been made for rooms. Automobiles will be donated for conveying the visitors to and from the church. A district cabinet meeting of all district ami sub-district officers will be held at 1:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. The welcome address will be given during the Tuesday afternoon session by Attorney C. L. Walters, and the response will be made by M. M. Friable. Communion services will be held at 4 o’clock in charge of Dr. W. W. Martin, of Fort Wayne. Social clinics will be held at 5 o'clock in charge of Faye Stults. Following the supper hour, the evening program will begin at 7:30 o’clock with music by the General Electric orchestra, of Decatur. During the Tuesday evening program, stunts will be given by the Angola, Auburn, Bluffton, Decatur and Fort Wayne sub-districts. Music will be interspersed among these stunts. A reception to the delegates will take place following adjournment of the evening session. The Wednesday morning session will open with a morning watch in charge of Mary Willis, at 6 a. m. Breakfast will be served at 8:45 a. m. and a song service will be held at 8 o’clock. Other numbers on the forenoon program include a talk on “House Fund.” by Dr. Martin; a talk on “Booth Festival,” by Seth Painter; “Stewardship” by Dr. Luther E. Lovejoy; Junior hour Bible study demonstrations in charge of Mrs. S. I. Zechiel, of Monroe; report of nominating committee, and conferences. Dinner will be served at 12 o'clock. The afternoon program on Wednesday consists of the following numbers: song, election of officers, junior demonstration, selection of convention city for 1924, report of auditing committee, reading by Joseph Engstrom, drvie about the city to Bellmont Park, sports in charge of Miss Marvine Isenbarger and Seth Painter, Wawasee banquet. Dr. W. E, J. Grantz will be the principal speaker of the closing session on Wednesday evening. This session will open at 7:30 o’clock with music. Previous to Dr. Grantz’s address the reports of the treasurer, pennant committee, and resolution committee will be heard and the loving cup awarded. The various stunts of the sub-dis-tricts will be given in the high school auditorium and the Wawasee banquet in the high school gymnasium. The banquet tickets will sell for fifty cents each. Prizes will be awarded to chapters for the following: The largest delegation present at any session; largest delegation at all sessions, including morning watch; to the chapter traveling the largest number of miles (number of delegates multiplied by the number of miles traveled by each.) The loving cup will be awarded to the chapter first over the iop according to its aim. All Foreigners Released HTnlted Washington, June 12 —(Special to Dally Democrat)—All the foreigners captured by the Shantung bandits have been released, the state department announced today. The department was informed of the release of the foreigners in a cable from Counsel General Cunningham, at Shanghai.

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G. E. Employees Place Miss Verena Miller In Contest The name of Miss Verena Miller was added to the list of contestants In the Fireman's Queen of the Carnival contest today by the employes of the General Electric company. Miss Miller, who resides at 915 Derkes street, is very popular at the General Electric plant and she is expected to make a strong race in the contest. The contest will continue during the entire week of the firemen's convention, June 18 to 23. the winner of the contest being decided on Saturday night, June 23. Several young ladies have entered the contest already and enrties can still be made. PBETTY WEDDING WAS SOLEMNIZED Kohne-Bosse Nuptials Occured At St. Mary’s Catholic Church Today One of the most charming social events of the season in Decatur, occurred this morning at 8:30 o'clock when Miss Leona Marie Bosse, prominent young lady of this city, became the bride of Mr. Raymond B. Kohne, one of Decatur's youngest business men. The sanctuary of the St. Mary's Catholic church, was beautiful with its baskets of pink roses and peonies. Sister M. Odelia played Lohengrin's Wedding march while the bridle party entered. “I Love You Truly" during the ceremony and the Wedding March from Mendelsohn upon leaving. Miss Agnes Kohne, sister of the groom, attended the bride as her bridesmaid and Edmond Bosse, brother of the bride, attended the gtoom as best man. Rev. Father Seimetz read the ceremony which united their lives into holy matrimony. The bride was beautiful in her gown of white "Mojly-O” crepe with pearl trimmings, fashioned with cascades on each side of the skirt. The long court train fell softly from the shoulders. Her footwear was of white brocaded satin and she carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses ami lillies of the valley. The pretty silk tulle veil hung from a coronet of point lace and orange blossoms. Miss Kohne. bridesmaid, wore pink taffeta with silver lace trimmings and hat and footwear to match. A wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents at eleven o’clock. Pink roses, peonies ami femilax formed a bower from which suspended a wedding bell over the table. The wedding cake, surrounded by a wreath of smilax, furnished the centerpiece. Baskets of roses and peonies lent their fragrance all through the spacious dining room. Mrs. Kohne is the talented and well known daughter of former postmaster Mr. ami Mrs. John W. Bosse. She has been employed as bookkeeper for the Waring Glove company for the past nine years. She is a member of the Delta Theta Tan Sorority. Woman s Club. C. L. of C„ and other social organizations. Mr. Kohne is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Kohne. of this city, and is a member of the firm of Callow & Kohne Drug Company. The couple left immediately after the breakfast via automobile. After June 25 they will be at home to theii friends at 122 South Sixth street. Miss Anne Overman, of Covington, Kentucky, was an out-of-town guest at the wedding. An interesting feature of the wedding today is that it occured on the twenty-ninth anniversary of th£ bride’s father and mother, Mr. and Mrs W. J. Bosse, and the seventyninth anniversary of the bride's granparents, Mr. Bosse’p father and mot her. o Flood Waters Receding (United Press Service) Kansas City. Kans., June 12-(Spe-Pial to Daily Democrat)— Kansas floo d waters were receding today while citizens in the stricken sec tions set about the task of rebu.lding their homes and caring tor the of persons made homelesa by the record high waters were being cared for by relief agency search for several persons still mis | sing.

WRECKED AIR FLIVVER • e- *-■ J ♦-■ „ ’■ TnriiiinjL *1 - «■■■*...i A1 A.-■ , .A.. This picture shows the machine in which Georges Barbot, Frenchman, m ide many flights, after it crashed to the ground at Paulsboro, N. J„ while flying from New York to Washingto i. Barbot escaped without injury. New York.—Georges Barbot, Fre.tch pilot of the air flivver, is not dis -ouraged because his machine was forced to descend while flying from New York to Washington. Barbot 1 inded in a tree top at Paulsboro. N. J. IDs machine was wrecked and he returned to France but probably will return. The flivver received national prominence when it flew the English Channel at a cost of less than a dollar. It was capable of traveling an hour on a gallon of gasoline at a rale of speed of from 15 to 75 mil s an hour, according to the wind. If weighed 500 pounds and was so small that it could land comfortably in a street.

GOING TO U. OF M. FESTIVITIES Dr. Archbold, Wife And Daughter, And E. Adams Going To Commencement Dr. and Mrs. Roy Archbold and daughter. Miss Josephine, will leave Thursday for Ann Arbor, Michigan where they will attend the annual commencement exercises of the University of Michigan and at the same time attend the twenty-fifth anniversary of the dentistry class of 1898. of which. Dr. Archbold is a member. E. B. Adams, of this city, who is also an alumnus of the University and a member of the class of '9B graduating in law. is planning to attend the exercises and the reunion of his class members. Richard Archbold, son of Dr. and Mrs. Archbold is a senior at the University and will graduate in August in the literary class or commerce department. He will take a summer's I course during the next three months. Elaborate preparations are being made for the commencement festivities and mingled with the alumni banquet and class reunion, the event promises to be a happy one for the Decatur U. of M. Alumnus. Dr. and Mrs. Architold and daughter will he gone until the last of the week. James L. Kocher, city councilman, is also a graduate of the University of Michigan. DAIL OFFICIALS TO DE IN CITY Prominent Officers •Os (’lover Leaf To Address Business Men Thursday A number of officials of the Toledo St. Louis and Western railroad com-, pany, including J. W. Graham, gen-1 eral traffic manager; R. M. Shep-, pard, chief clerk to Mr. Ross, and George W. Ross, secretary and treasurer. of Toledo; D. F. Milne, general superintendent; E. M. Davis, division freight agent, and F. R. Mamsey chief manager of Frankfort; C. Drukemiller, trainmaster and F. G. Davey, general road master, of Delphos. and probably one or two other officials will be in Decatur Thursday. | They will be entertained at a lunch- ' , on at 6:15 p. m. by the Rotary club and later in the evening will speak to the business men at the Decathr Industrial rooms, a meeting being arranged for them by Dan M. Niblick. president of the association. Sam Shamp, local agent oi the ‘‘Cloverleaf." stated that the railroad otficials wished to discuss a number of important business matters with i the business men and shippers of | this city. Including the obtaining of ' additional ground' tor trackage and a stockyards. It I s sa hl th® freight business on the Cloverleaf road is so heavy that sufficient siding 18 P ot available to take care of the cars to be set off here and in view of i the coming big harvest of sugar beets it will be a difficult task to take care of the shipments to this city. The meeting with the railroad officials promises to be an Interesting I oue and members of the Industrial I association are urged to attend.

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She Likes Children a o London, June 12. —Mrs. Etnma Crossman likes children. She liked ’em well enough to have twenty-three of her own. Her husband died and she still had enough spare maternal instinct to become the second mother to the seventeen children of the man who became her second husband. Then she gathered together a brood of twenty-eight nurse children. Mrs. Crossman was one of twelve children. Her mol Iler was one of fourteen. AUCTION SCHOOL OPENS JULY 30 Annual Summer Term Held One Month Later Than Usual This Year Plans are progressing nicely for the annual summer term of the Reppert Auction School, which will be held during the month of August this year instead of July, as has been the custom, according to an announcement made today by Col.H. B. Kneisley. The school will open on July 30 and continue for one month. It was decided to hold the school during the month of August this year instead of July because many farmers who wish to take the course are too busy to leave their farm work in July, while they have much spare time in August. Enrollments are coming in already and prospects are promising for the best summer class in the history of the school. The school will be about the same as usual. with a few changes. Col Fred Reppert, founder and president of the school, will be here to take charge of the school. CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat: July $1.10%; Sept. $1.09%, Dec. $1.11%. Oom: July 80%c; Sept. 76%e; Dec. 66%c. Oats: July 41%c; Sept. 38%c; Dec. 39%c. BAND CONCERT AT CITY PARK Decatur G. E. Band Opens Season At Water Works Park Tomorrow Night . The first public band concert of’ the season will be given by the De-1 catur General Electric band at the ’ Water Works Park Wednesday evening, beginning at 8 o’clock. The band has been holding weekly rehearsals since its organization last fall and is , in excellent condition to render concerts. It consists of twenty pieces, and is directed by Walter R. Lawson. It has not been definitely decided whether or not the concerts will be held on Wednesday nights throughout the summer. It was said today that the concert night might be .-hanged to some other night of the week. However, concerts will be given each week throughout the summer. Weather Fair in north, mostly cloudy in south tonight with rain in southeast; Wednesday fair with rising temperature.

DEATH COMES TO MRS. VESEY Prominent Fort Wayne Lady, Related Here, Dies Yesterday Afternoon Mrs. Sarah Waterhouse Vesey, age 87 years, grandmother of Mrs. E. W. Kampe of this city, died at the home of Iler son. Judge W. J. Vesey, in Fort Wayne, at 3:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon, following an illness of some time of complication of diseases Mrs. Vesey had many other relatives and friends in this city and she visithere many times. She was born February 26. 1836. in Portland. Maine, and early in her life the family moved west and settled at Greencastle, the seat of old Asbury University. Mrs. Vesey upon reaching womanhood met and married there, Iter husband. Benjamin W. Vesey, who was a student in the university. Shortly afterward they moved to l.'tGrange county, where six children were born to the union—five sons and one daughter—of whom only Judge William J. Vesey and Allen J. Vesey, both of Fort Wayne, survive. For 25 years the deceased had been a resi.dent of Fort Wayne. Her husband I preceded her in death in 1968. Eight great grandchildren also survive. Funeral suervices will be held I Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Judge l Vesey, Rev. Harry C. Harmon, pastor of the Wayne street M. E. church with which the ; family was affiliated, officiating. LAST SUN ROOM DONATED TODAY Children Os Judge And Mrs. David Studabaker Make Gift As Memorial The third and last sun room in the Adams County Memorial hospital will be furnished by Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick, Mrs. Philip Obenauer, Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison and David Studabaker, of this city and dedicated to the memory of their father and mother, Judge and Mrs. David Studabaker. The splendid gift completes the furnishing of the three sun rooms in the hospital. Judge and Mrs. Studabaker were among the pioneer residents of this county and Judge Studabaker had the honor of being the first Adams County man to hold the office of judge, he being one of the first district judges of which this county was a unit. He also was one of the first presidents of the Old Adams County Bank and was known throughout this part of the state, being at one time a member of the state legislature and an influential citizen. Including the above gift, twentyfour donations have been received by the board of trustees for the furnishing of the bed and sun rooms in the hospital. The hospital will contain thirty-one bed rooms and three sun room and of this number only ten bed rooms remain to be furnished The citizens and organizations in this city has responded wonderfully to the appeal of the trustees and it is thought that furnishings for every room will be donated before the dec! , Ration day. A meeting of the board of trustees will be held Friday evening with Mr- Ray. at Berne, at which time a defmit date for the dedication ceremonies will be decided upon.

Large Wage Increases Asked By Railroaders Chicago. June 12 (Special to Dally Democrat) Wage Increases totaling $38,000,000 annually anti affecting 100.000 maintenance of way employes on 35 railroads were asked today in arguments before the United States railroad labor board. "More than half of the maintenance men are running Into serious debt and may easily be considered victims of charity, because of the present wage scale," F. H. FlJozdul, grand president of the maintenance union, told the hoard. Pay boosts ranging from 8% to 15 cents an hour, effertive as of Feb. 15. 1923, are asked by the union. TO ERECT FINE RESIDENCE HERE G. 11. Wehmeyer To Build Beautiful Home On Mercer Ave. Soon Architect Oscar Hoffman is drawing the plans for a seven room modern. brick veneer, semi-bungalow residence. approximately 42 by CO feet in size, to be erected by Mr. G. H. Wehmeyer, sales manager of the Schafer company, on his beautiful lot on the east side oi Mercer avenue, between lite Presbyterian parsonage and the D. N. Erwin home. Mr. Wehmeyer, who has been connected witli the Schafer company for several years recently disposed of his beautiful home located on East Creighton avenue, Fort Wayne, and he and Mrs. Wehmeyer have now established their residence in this city, they having rented the former Lizzie Gregory property on Fourth street, recently purchased by the Baptist church for a parsonage. The lot on which the new bungalow will be located has a frontage of 66 feet on Mercer avenue and is 115 feet deep. It will be modern in every particular, including hardwood floors throughout, an up-to-date bath room and kitchen, a fireplace in the large living room anti many of the newest features in present up-to-date architecture will be embodied therein, such as a basement garage in the rear of the house. It will lie the first and only house in Decatur to have a lire | proof garage in the basement. Hie floor being constructed on a turntable effect so that it will not be necessary to back out of the garage, the ball bearing arrangement under the floor making it possible to swing it and the care to any position. The garage will be about 12 by 20 feet. The basement will also contain a laundry, furnace and fuel rooms. The bungalow when completed will I be one of the finest homes in the city j and in keeping witli the excellent structures recently built near it. May Repeal Industrial Court Act In Kansas (United Press Service) Topeka, Kansas. June 12.—(Special to Dally Democrat t —Gov. Jonathan M. Davis today declared lie was con- j sidering calling a special session of the s’te legislature to repeal the Kansas industrial court law weakened by a decision yesterday of the United I States supreme court. “I understand the United States supreme court decision has practically nullified this law." Davis said today. | ■‘Tile court lias had no work to do for several months and If the legislature would come to Topeka and repeal this law and go home it would be a great saving to the people.” The governor indicated If lie de-j elded on a special session on the call probably would lie delayed until after: lite harvest season. o SPECIAL FIREMENS MEETING I AT THE CITY HALL TONIGHT A spec al meeting of all members of the tire department will be held this evening at 7 o'clock at the city hall. Business of importance will come up and all members are requested to be present. Baseball Star Sued I’nlted I’rrw* MafT <’<»rrr«a|»ondeut St. Louis, Mo.. June 12—(Special to Dally Democrat) Mrs. Sarah E. | Hornsby, wife of Roger Hornsby, star second sacker of the St. Louis Cardinals, late yesterday filed suit for divorce in the circuit court here, charging general indignities.

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I HARDING WILL ' SUGGEST LESS [ : RIGID MEASURE I * I , Will Ask Congress To i Change Volstead Law To End 'Difficulties I TO ANSWER PROTESTS ’ To Suggest Change In Answer To Protests Regard ing Liquor On Ships (United Prest Service) Washington. June 12—(Special to , the Daily Democrat)—President , Harding will suggest that congress , chane the Volstead law to end diffi | cullies growing out of the supreme I court's decision that foreign ships I must not bring even sea stores of liquor into American waters, It was -Indicated today by an administration ■spokesman at the White House. At present. Mr. Harding feels the government has no choice in the matter but must rigidly enforce the supreme court’s ruling. He believes, however, that congress had no in- ' tention of making the law as drastic ' as the supreme court held it to be. | The statement today constituted an answer to the protests from eight maritime nations 'against the new liquor regulations. No exceptions, amendment or abatements will he made, it was clearly indicated anil all ships entering American waters must remain dry under tlte regulations until congress chang lea the law. o - — Arrest Leader Os Band Os Postoffice Robbers ■ I (United Press Service) Philadelphia. June 12—(Special to , Daily Democrat)—An intercepted let- . ter to a woman in Indianapolis led . to the arrest here today of Edward Coulter, alleged leader of a band of robbers which :« believed to have been responsible for a number of postoffice robberies in Indiana according to the police. J Police also arrested William Walsh whom they accused of being a confederate of Coulter. I It Is alleged that Coulter is implicated in postoffice robberies in the towns of Bedford. Connersville. Columbus and Brooklyn, Ind. Safes were robbed in these places and stamps, cash and treasury bonds totaling nearly $100,090 were stolen by the gang. Announce Dates For Garbage Collections A notice was published in the Daily Democrtit yesterday evening giving the methods to be followed in collecting the garbage in the city. Tlte city is divided into four districts. First I district consists of that part of the Icily south of Adams street. Collections will be made in this district on Mondays and Thursdays of each week, i District No. 2 is bounded on the south by Adams street, on tile west by tlte Pennsylvania railroad, on the north by Monroe street and on the least by the river. Collections will lie | made in this district on Mondays anil Thursdays of each week. | District No. 3 is bounded on the south by Monroe street, on the west by tlte Pennsylvania railroad, on tlte north by tlte city limits, and on the least by tlte river. Collections will be I made in this district on Tuesdays and | Fridays. District No. 4 is west of the Pennsylvania railroad within the city limits. Collections will be made in | this district on Tuesdays and Fridays. No garbage will be removed that con- | tains tin. tin cans, glass, paper or hard substances of a poisonous nature : which would render the garbage tin suitable for tlte feeding purposes. All failures to collect the garbage should be reported to the city clerk, telephone 225. 0 — — Farmer Commits Suicide Kendallville, Ind., June 12.—(Special to Dally Democrat)— Becoming excited over religion, following a series of revival meetings which just |closed Elmer Guthrie a farmer near Albion today hanged himself to a rafter in lits barn. — o L. C. Waring made a business trip to Fort Wayne today.