Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1923 — Page 6

Should Make Reservations For Stand Space At Once i- - —- Individuals, churches and other organizations who wish to conduct a stand on the streets of Decatur during the Firemen's convention next Thursday are urged to get in touch with the firemen at the city hall not later than Friday evening of this week. Several corners have already been engaged and the firemen want to know how many local people or organizations wish to conduct a stand on this day. No reservations can be made after Saturday, so the matter should be looked after at once, Thu streets will be turned over to the firemen on this day. -— REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Sarah J. Blackburn to Christ Boknecht, lot 85 in Decatur, for $3,600. U. S. Proposes A Treaty (United Press Service) Washington, June 13.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The United States has proposed a treaty with foreign powers designed to prevent rum running into this country and to settle the objection of other powers to the American rum negociatlons it was learned today on highest authorities. The treaty would have two broad objects: 1. It would extend the three mile limit of the sovereignity of the United States to twelve miles in connection with rum running. 2. It would permit foreign vessels of nations agreeing to the treaty to bring ration liquor under seal into American territorial limits for use on the homeward voyage but not in American ports. — o BIRTHS Betty Jane is the name given to the eiglit and a half pound girl baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Baumgartner, of Fort Wayne, at the John Schnitz home on West Madison street. Mrs. Baumgartner was formerly Miss Hazel Schnitz. of this city. This is the second child and daughter. Mother and babe arc getting along fine. The girl baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Yost Monday has been named Alice May. Mother and babe are getting along, nicely. OUT OF TOWN Dr. W. E. Smith will be out of town from Friday morning to Monday morning. 0 No Objectors Appeared Before Board Os Review The county board of review began hearing objections to the assessments made by the township assessors today, that is, they began on their schedule. Objectors in Root and Union townships were to be heard today, but at three o’clock this afternoon. not a one had appeared from either of these townships. The board will continue on its scheduled time. The remainder of the schedule is as follows: June 14, Preble and Kirkland townships; June 15, Washington and St. Marys townships; June 16, Blue Creek and Monroe townships; June 18, French and Hartford townships; June 19, Wabash and Jefferson townships; June 20, Monroe, Berne and Geneva; June 21, Decatur; , June 22, corporations. MARRIAGE LICENSE Cletus Patrick Meehan, railroad en- J gineer, Fort Wayne, age 30 years, to ( Mary Agnes Costello, Decatur, age 32 years. j o , Evangelical C. E. Holds Election Os Officers i The annual election of officers of the Evangelical League of Christian Endeavor, was held last night at the £ home of the Misses Bertha and Zelma ' Fuhrman, north of the city. The 1 officers for the ensuing year are: ' President, Miss Zelma Fuhrman; vice-president, Miss Hazel Peterson; recording secretary, Robert Garard; corresponding secretary, Lyle Fee; treasurer, Miss Bertha Fuhrman. The chorister, pianist and Bible study 1 secretary will be appointed by the 1 executive commit*- e at a later date. c About thirty members were present 1 at the meeting last night and enjoyed the hospitality of the Fuhrman t family. After the regular meeting s and election of officers, a social hour was enjoyed and the hostesses serv- s ed delicious light refreshments. (] o t Good Times Just Ahead. “Can you remember,” asks an exchange, “how you looked forward to your future twenty years ago? Well, 1 this is your future. What are you , doing In It?” Oh-~er —still looking t forward.—Boston Transcript. j

PLANNING FOR BIG AUTO TOUR Two Cars From Ada ins County Entered In Michigan Automobile Tour John F, Hocker, of Monroe, has been appointed Indiana captain for tlie delegation which will join the annual Michigan Automobile tour from Battle Creek to Washington. D. C„ this year, and is anxious that a few more cars from this viciniity join. So far. Mr. Hocker and Will Yager are the only two entered from this county. This is the sixth tour conducted by J. 11. Brown, editor of the Battle Creek News, and is expected to be tlie most delightful of all. There will be a limit of 210 cars carrying 700 people from seven states. They meet at Adrian, Michigan, August sth and Gth, leave there the 7th and travel to Washington, D. C. where they camp five days, going the north route and returning over the National road. Each car carries Its own . camping and cooking outfit, but the tour is so organized that there is not the least' inconvenience in • getting supplies of food, gas and other necessaries. Mr. Brown has gone over the route and has arranged for camps. Each night there will be a delightful entertain-1 ment. provided by commercial organizations and including speeches by governors, mayors and other distinguished persons. The tour organization provides four motor policemen who also assist in tire trouble, providing supplies, etc. The cost is $3.00 per car and $3.00 for each person over twelve years old. this fee covering all preliminary expenses. Besides this each party pays for their own gas and own eating supplies. Last year the cost was S4O for two persons in a car for fourteen days so it costs about $3.00 per day for two persons. Stops will be made at Freemont, Akron, Grove City, Pa., Pittsbiirg, Uniontown. Frederick, Md., Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry. Columbus, Marion, Ohio, Finley and other places. Anyone interested should drop a card to John F. Hocker, at Monroe, and he will furnish a booklet which gives all the details. RECARD SMITH AS WET LEADER Hoosiers Do Not Believe New York Governor \Yill Seek The Nomination (United Press Service) French Lick, Ind., June 13. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Governor Al Smith, if opinion from all sorts and conditions of people is indicative of public opinion, is regarded ip the Midwest as the real “wet" leader of the country. • Hoosiers here place little stock in reports that the governor of the empire state is seeking the next presidential nomination on the Democratic ticket. It is believed this this way that he cannot be named to head the ticket because lie is too w’et. But it is felt that he has done more than any other man to focus attention on the Volstead act and that in signing the Mullan-Gage repealer in his home state, he has ' paved the way for concerted action seeking to bring about modification of the federal prohibition act. Indiana may be predominantly dry > in sentiment, but observation of the most casual kind shows a large element in favor of modification of the ’ Volstead law. And this element is pinning its hopes to Smith. < There is a belief that Smith will : lead the wet hopes in the fight. His 1 appearance here is expectantly awaited. Smith has succeeded in dodging < newspaper men since Monday night < in Chicago. i He was due to arrive here at Tom Taggart’s hotel today. 1 Columbia City Children are gradu- £ ating from the eighth grade younger than they did 35 years ago, Alex Knis- < ley, former superintendent of schools i declared. The average age was than I 17. Now the average age is 14. Rochester—Doris L. Lewellen, Fill- ‘ ton county school teacher, has filed ‘ suit for $5,000 damages, alleging she r lost her position for stealing the 1 sweetheart of the township trustee's ( daughter, Lloyd V. Robinson is the|* trustee named in the suit. ■ c -"■ " t A Hopeless Job. Ever since the world began men have tried to invent something that ! women would refuse to wear. Thus *- far they have not succeeded.—Outlook. s

DEC TUR DAILY DEMOCRAT. WED., JUNE 13. 1923.

•> TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ * + •y From the Daily Democrat files + 20 years ago this day * Marriage license Issued to Fred J. McWhlnuery and Eliza J. Habbegger ct Geneva. Mrs. Joe Bentz happy over return of three children and gases against tate charity board dismissed. Miss Gladys Bowers attends Sacled Heart academy commencement. J. W. Melbers appointed delinquent tax collector for county. John C. Wingate of state tax board here and notifies lodges that they must pay on such part of buildings or property from which revenue is received. Dr. J. M. Miller, secretary board of health issues bulletin that test shows city water 100% pure. Circuit court closes April term and adjourns for summer. Mrs. C. D. Teeple is ill with tonsilitis. Charles Battenberg leaves for Seattle, Washington. Rev. Meeker Preaches Another Fine Sermon Rev. C. P. Meeker preached a great sermon last night at the Baptist church on the text. “I Thirst.” John 19:28. He said. "The words of our text express as no other words can the torture of Christ's suffering. Everything conspired to create and intensify his thirst. We see in these words the conjesension of Christ.He was the soverign Creator of all things, the Eternal God. the sustainer of all things. The Creator was asking a favor of the creature. When He was born into the world there was no room for him in the inn; at his death there was no water -for him to drink. A remarkable paradox is here involved. Christ was the source of living water. On the last, the great day of the feast, He had cried 'lf any man thirst let him come unto me.’ He was the rock that had followed Israel in '.he winderness, and that had given forth water when smitten, yet he now cries out in suffering and anguish, ‘I thirst.' He did all this that we might not thirst. There is t typical signify .nee invohed in this cry. He was bearing sin. Thirst was one of the consequences. It is an unsatisfied craving. Every person who is in sin is athirst with an unsatisfied craving. Sin creates a thirst but has no satisfaction for it. You can drink to the dregs every cup the world has to offer brft they are all sour, bitter, rasping and full of the sting of disappointment,” A large audience heard this sermon, and souls were saved. Mr. Meeker will preach tonight on the subject, “The Greatest Wonder of Heaven and Earth.” Children’s meetings are being held each afternoon at 2:30, with Miss Arlene Rhodes in charge. GENEVA NEWS Mrs. Tom Vorhees went to Berne Monday morning where she will visit her daughter, Mrs. Arthur, Zehr and family. Misses Ordine Butcher and Rose Mann returned to their work at Fort Wayne Monday morning after spending the week-end here with relatives. Miss Ruby Finch went to Fort Wayne Monday morning where she will work. Miss Lucille Green? of Fcrt Wayne came the latter part of last week for a short visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Greene. Mrs. Fred Schug and little baby, of Lima, Ohio, came the latter part of last week for a short visit here with relatives and friends. Ed Schug, who is employed at Fort Wayne spent the week-end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Schugg. Harland Whiteman, of Fort Wayne came Saturday afternoon for a short visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Whiteman and family. Lew Wible returned to his home at Fort Wayne last Friday afternoon after visiting relatives and old friends of and near this place. Mrs. Wible remained for a longer visit. Morris Wells and daughter, Gretchen, were business callers in Portland last Friday afternoon. Miss Gretchen who attended Indiana University is home on a vacation. C. D. Porter, of Rome City spent the latter part of last week here attending to business matters. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Lee, of Lansing, Mich., are here visiting the lat-

!• ter’ parents and other relativet and ► friends. ► Mr. ; nd Mrs. G. Brewster and baby passed through hero last Saturday morning enroute to Dayton where ' they will visit relatives. Edgar Haffner, of Pennville, attend- • ed to business matters here lust Sntur- : day morning and called on some of bls old friends. Mrs. Lodena White and children 1 went to Bryant Saturday morning to 1 visit the former's mother, Mrs. Lizzie Michaels and to decorate her father’s grave. Mrs. Anthony Glendenning and lit ’ tie daughter, Margaret, and Miss Harriet French were shoppers in Portland last Saturday morning. Harney Stauffer and George Bixler, j of Berne, spent a few hours in this city Saturday morning. Miss Nina Snyder living east of town'spent a couple of days here the latter part of last week at the home of Miss Jeanette Charlestoon. I Jim Mann, who is attending school , at Muncie, came home Friday after noon to spend the remainder of the week with his parents east of town. ) Miss Lavone Mattax and brother, Harold were called to Hartford City last Saturday morning at the bed side , of their sister. Mrs. Harry Lynch who is seriously ill. Mrs. Charley Fields and Miss Alta Fields were shoppers in Portland last Friday afternoon. Lester Schutt, of Ohio, spent the latter part of last week here visiting re'atives and old friends. ' Mrs. Frank Morrical and Miss Ger trude King motored to Berne last I I Saturday afternoon on business. 1 , Wilber Betz, of Bryant, visited i; friends here last Friday evening, r! o i MONROE NEWS 1 Ransom, son of Rev. and Mrs. 1 Zechiel, returned from Uni- ■ versity, where he graduated from his college work. Mr. Zechiel will enter the Indianapolis Medical college this ’ fall, where he will take a complete ’ course of tlie medical work. 1 Rev. Wright, of Ohio, filled the pulpit at the Friends church Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ashbaucher. son and daughter, and Mr. anjj Mrs. Glen Cowan and, son of Decatur, wdye ’ over Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. 1 W. Stuckey. C. E. Albaugh and J. A. Hendricks were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse j Steele at Pleasant Mills Sunday. Miss Mary Macy, of Decatur, was tlie guest oi Mr. and Mrs. Z. O. Lewellen. Sunday and Monday. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Albaugh left for , their home at Dennison, Ohio, Monj flay after a ten days’ vistt with Mr. t and Mrs. J. A. Hendricks and other relatives. j Mr. and Mrs. Ray Teeple and son. of I Fort Wayne, were visitors here Sun- ► day. , Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Berger, Mr. I and Mrs. Wesley Christ, and son and daughter, of Elkhart, and Wm. Zimj merman of Craigville, and Mr. and r Mrs. John Floyd, were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Crist over [ Sunday. 1 Mrs. J. A. Hendricks visited over Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. William Clause in Ohio City, Ohio. Messers. W. S. Smith, C. R. Smith •nd J. J. Mayer visited at Bluffton, Sunday. Albert Coppess left here Monday , for Bloomington, Ind., where he will take a course in the Indiana UniverI sity. Webster Oliver, returned her 1 / , Saturday from Kalamazoo, Mich., where he had been at work for some time. Edward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eman uel Lehman, returned Friday night from Bluffton, Ohio, where he has been a student at the college at that place, to spend his vacation with his , parents. Miss Veda Andrews is now a student at the Tri-State College at Angola. C. W. Hendricks was at home over Sunday from the Muncie Normal col lege, where he is a student. Everybody is going to Decatur next week to attend the Firemen’s Convention to be held there on June 21. Man Saves Wife in Nick of Time “My wife was unable to eat even the lightest food, and had fallen away to a living skeleton. She could not even keep doctor’s medicine on her stomach and was tortured with pain. On the recommendation of a friend I bought a bottle of Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy and she is all right now , and has gained forty pounds.” It is , a simple, harmless preparation that ' removes the catarrhal mucus from ' the Intestinal tract and allays the inflammation which causes practically , ail stomach, liver and intestinal aliments, including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money refund- ! ed. For sale by The Holthouse Drug Co., and good druggists everywhere... | o s—s—s—WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s <

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Portland Firemen To Bring Military Band J Portland, June 13 — Arrangements are being made by tlie volunteer firemen to ttike along the Military Bund •• to the annual convention of the Northern Indiana Volunteer and Industrial Firemen to be held at Decatur on June 21. It is hoped that c funds can be raised to take the entire c military bund In order that Portland • may be completely represented in all c events, and to give tlie volunteer fire- T men the benefit of tlie best possible showing. According to present plans B committees will solicit tlie required funds on Wednesday afternoon. Tlie j necessary expense will be about $250 r which sum it is hoped can be raised < for tills worthy purpose. It is under- « stood that this year's convention will r c biy-'the largest attended and the entries for the various events show that! the interest this year is greater than * ever. y 0 c Peach Tree Leaves Have Peculiar Color j —— t (By County Agent) I The leaves of peach trees in many I orchards in Adams County have a most peculiar appearance this spring * md several inquiries have come into ' his office concerning the condition. ( The leaves are small and have a yel- , low color, with deep, red blotches on < them. At a distance it looks as if the leaves were not all out. When i examined closely it will be seen that I the leaves are gnarled and twisted by 1 numerous swollen blotches which are * a pale grey-green or sometimes bright I ( red . This is the peach leaf curl and ( ■an be almost completely prevented £ by spraying with lime sulphur. It Peaches are probably the hardest 1 ruit to raise but they are among the I finest. It pays to give them a little ‘ ■are, especially when affected with ' the above disease, as the curl deJtroys the leaves and in time will , seriously effect the tree. Since the peach leaf curl attacks the leaves t iust as they are bursting from the * buds and at this time of the year it 1 's usually, just the right conditions * ire furnished for it. Since this is true sulphur spray, one gallon of the con- ( ■entrated liquid lime-sulphur to eight | ir ten gallons of water, just before < he buds swell. The best time is us- I tally in the latter part of March but 1 ‘his will depend on the season. The tree should be drenched and every bud should be covered. In case dry I lime-sulphur is used the normal amount for the dormant spray should be used. o Relatives Os Slain Youth May Bring Suit Fort Wayne, June 13 — Although they consulted with a local attorney yesterday concerning possible court action as a result of the killing of their brother, Charles T. Denner, 23, by a police officer Monday morning, relatives of the dead youth would not admit last night that they contemplated taking the case to a point of bringing formal charges against the officer, the city or the officer's bondsmen. The verdict rendered by Coroner D. R. Benninghoff, stating that the officer shot the youth “in line of duty” and while attempting to escape from custody, precludes chances of civil or criminal action, police offiials said last night, although they i admitted that possible action might be taken in order to settle the point before one of the high courts. o ■ Pennsylvania Railroad Wants Cases Dismissed Toledo, June 12—Laying the'collision between the Ridge township school bus and a Pennsylvania train near Van Wert, on January 10, 1922 to an act of God, council for the railroad has asked that the 22 suits for judgements totalling $645,000 in federal court be dismissed. The Pennsylvania claims that the engineer’s view of the bus in which five children were killed and 18 injured, was obstructed by the dense fog settling over the rail crossing, at the scene of the collision. Trial of the suits of Ernest and Lawrence Overholt, in which the parents claim $65,000 for alleged in- g juries were the first to be started. I — - State First Aid Meet Sullivan, June 13. —The teams win- I ning first and second place in the j I Indiana first aid meet here July 71 1 will represent the state at the national I mefet to be held in Salt Lake City later ’ I in the summer, it was announced today. ‘ Several sections which will be re- ■ I presented at Sullivan are holding preliminary meets in preparation for the state event. ; o Shelbyville — Thirty-four farmers: Iwive entered the annual fire acre corn contest here. |

America’s Marvels NATURAL AND OTHERWISE By T. T. Maxey ' iiiinuimo linHiilWMWMWHM****'' THE JUMEL MANSION The Robert Morris house, more recently called the Jurael Mansion, located near One Hundred and Sixtieth ; street and Amsterdam uvenue, in the city us New York, is one of tlie most famous of ull the historic buildings in that greatest of all American cities. Well preserved, it is u splendid specimen of Georgian architecture. As history goes, Colonel Robert Morris of the Forty-seventh British regiment and a comrade-in-arms of General George Washington, pur- ! chased the property and erected tills mansion which he subsequently presented to his bride, In 1763. General Washington occupied the place in 1776, while 8,000 volunteer soldiers camped in the neighborhood. During a battle which resulted in the capture of Fort Washington, this house was the center of operations. In 1777 it served as the headquarters of the British army. In 1778 it was occupied by General Baron Von Kuypausen and his German following as Hessian headquarters. Following the close of the Revolutionary war, this building was familiarly known as Calumet Inn. Stage coaches operating between New York city and Albany changed horses at this point President Washington and his cabinet dined here In 1790. In 1810 Stephen Jumel, a French wine merchant of fame and fortune, purchased this mansion, restored it to its condition in the time of Washington. Jumel died in 1532. The following year Mme. Jumel married the illustrious Aaron Burr who, in 1801, was elected vice president of the United States, and who shot and killed the celebrated Alexander Hamilton In a duel which was the outgrowth of a political feud, at Weehawken, New Jersey. In 1804. Subsequently, Attorney Chase, who studied law in Burr’s office and who married a niece of Mme. Jumel, occupied this house for 50 years. In 1903 the property was purchased by the city and In 1907 the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution acquired tlie use of the house for a museum of historical relics and funnlshings of the Revolutionary period. In the council chamber, a large octagonal room at the rear of the broad hall, General Washington, it is said, received visits from the sachems of the live Iroquois tribes who came to offer their allegiance to the cause of liberty. (©. 1923. Western Newspaper Union.)

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Percy Wegman of Los Angeles, aged twenty-two and single, who a few months ago was a prospector in the Mojave desert, has been offered $200,000 for his interest in a once-aban-doned mine at Goldtown, Cal., which professionals say is the richest strike of the decade. /

t Interest Due! The interest will be due on Ist Liberty Bonds June 15th R. L. Pollings Securities July Ist See Us For Tax-exempt 7% securities. The Suttles-Edwards Co A. D. Suttles, Sec’y. Treas. Decatur, Indiana ERIE RAILROAD SPECIAL EXCURSION to Chicago and returns3.oo SUNDAY, JUNE 17th Excursion tickets are good only in coaches going on train No. 7 leaving Decatur at 2:14 a. m. Sunday. June !'• Returning from Chicago on train No. 8 at 10:35 p. in. Sunday. June 17th or train No. 4 at 11:00 a. m. Monday, June 18lh. For further partculars call. G. E. TEEMS, Ticket Agent.

o— — ~~~ Only One Daughter'’ American Revolution In( i» an a Now Portland, Ind., Juno 13—Mm i ydi, Ann Cline Simmons, 87, J oy POl1 ‘' ’ most honored resident died Mond ’ at th- home of her daughter, I Jane Rouf h. living O n Boundary Pike southwest of here. n„ art ble and a complication of disease, caused her dentil. With the passing Os Mrs. Simmons but one Daughter of the Am „ ri(an Revolution survives in Indiana, she is Mrs. Fraze Neiry. 84, who live,’ a . i Washington with her daughter Mr. W. T, Ames. The deceased was the daughter 0 . i\\ illlam Cline, who served | n ; American Revolution from Maryland jin 1777. His body rests in Pie aMIlt I Hill cemetery, southeast of this city He was a man of unusual longevity as at the age of 103 he moved witl i his family from Gallia county, Ohio to Jay county. He died at the tt g ( . J 106 years. Mrs. Simmons was born in Gallia county. Ohio, on August 24,1836, near the town of Patriot, her father at the time being 89 years of age. She i, survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jane Roush; eight grandchildren and twen-ty-one great grandchildren. s—s—s—WANT ADS EARN-$-s_t

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