Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 149, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXL Number 149.

ROTARIANS PLEDGE SIOOO TO RILEY HOSPITAL FUND

CLUB STARTS LOCAL DRIVE AT LUNCHEON Each Member of The Club Subscribes Liberally To Fund Last Night ORGANIZER PRESENT Great Need For Hospital For Crippled Children In State Is Shown The Decatur Rotarians have pledged one thousand dollars towards the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Hospital for crippled children, now under construction at Indianapolis, action to this effect being taken at the luncheon meeting of the club held last evening. The individual members pledged amounts of from twenty to fifty dollars to be paid over a period of four years. Twenty-nine pledges were received last evening and the magnifiicent sum of $750.00 was obtained. The club has a membership of forty-five and with sixteen of the members to be seen the one thousand dollars is assured. A motion was made and seconded putting the club on record as pledging one thousand dollars toward the Riley Hospital. C. E. Bell Chairman C. E. Bell, well known handle manufacturer and past president of the Decatur Rotray club, is chairman of the Riley Hospital campaign. At the meeting last evening he introduced Mr. Kennedy, a representative of the state organization and stated that the campaign to raise Adams County’s quota or share towards the building of a hospital for crippled children was now under way and that he knew the Rotarians would answer the appeal. The Rotarians discussed the matter with enthusiasm and within a few minutes the above action of pledging one thousand dollars towards the hospital was taken. The Riley Memorial Hospital project has the endorsement of state Rotary and the clubs throughout the state are donating towards it. The Rotarians are backing the hospital for the reason that in answering the appeal they are performing an act along the lines of W’ork sponsored or undertaken by International Rotary, that of helping the boys and girls. The state conference of Rotary held at Michigan City recently went on record as endorsing the erection of the hospital. Voluntary Contributions Any amount from a dollar to a hundred dollars or more if desired can be donated towards the Riley Hospital and payments can be strung out over a period of four years. With the Rotarians a payment of $250.00 a year will be made every year. Di vided among the forty-five members the contribution averages about six dollars a year from every member. For Crippled Children The Riley Memorial hospital Is for crippled children only. At present, it is claimed that only twelve beds are available in the state for crippled and needy children. It is stated that ten thousand crippled boys and girls need treatment and can be cured by proper treatment. Charity Cases First Mr. Kennedy stated that as long as there were applicants who needed treatment and could not pay for such services that no paid cases would be accepted in the hospital, the idea being to give the needy and suffering children an opportunity to be treated and cured if possible. The work is a humanitarian one worthy of the support of all. The hospital will cost about three million dollars and the citizens of Indianapolis have already 1 donated over a million dollars towaid < the cost. ! Miss Naomi Mayer returned with I Mrs. Will Nyffler to Indianapolis this morning. Mrs. Nyffler has been vis I iting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. | Peter Kirsch. Miss Mayer will also > visit at Lafayette and Crawfordsville. I

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Appointed Receiver I' rank McConnell, local wholesale tobacco dealer, has been appointed receiver of the Walter Eichar cigar store and pool room here. Mr. Eichar I recently filed a petition of voluntary I bankruptcy. The appointment of Mr. McConnell was made by Harry Sheridan, referee in bankruptcy, in Federal ) court at Fort. Wayne. RECEIVE WORD , FROM YBEMEN Decatur One Os Twentyseven Sites Considered > For Location Os Home 1 The other day M. F. Worthman, superintendent of the Decatur schools t and a booster for the Yeomen’s Homej I which he feels would be a wonderful 1 addition here decided to make a little ’ more effort and so he wrote a dandy letter to each member of the board | I of directors, President Frink and t Secretary Farmer aud Secretary , Davis. He told them attont the won- 1 . derful spirit among the people, about > the community and our children and I . the “hundred years of right living” I and everything. He has received fine letters from , several of them, all insisting that this city is still under consideration. I One today from A. N. Farmer indi- ( cates that we will be first for environment but somewhat down the list. ,as to the physical site. We have been promised an opportunity to present our cause and we believe we 1 wiir be InclndeiT in the tttt that this promise be kept. If we are in the six we should make our very best effort.! and we have so much confidence in our position that we believe a few | delegates from here would convince the locating board. That you may have all the information we print the following letter from Mr. Farmer to Mr. Worthman: Des Moines, lowa, June 20, 1923' M. F. Worthman. Decatur, Indiana. Dear Superintendent Worthman: Thank you for your letter of June 15. We appreciate more than we can tell you the quality of interest and fine spirit it expresses. We have in mind of course the numerous advantages which Decatur possesses as a suitable location for our Children's Home. The more than six hundred, sites we have had under consideration were reduced to twenty-seven at the May meeting of our board of directors. In the near future number will be reduced further to in-, elude only the six best. Decatur is one of the twenty-seven. Whether it will be one of the six I cannot say. Personally I have a very high appreciation of the fine men and women ■ and the perfectly splendid boys and girls we met at Decatur. The site itself I will say very frankly does not compare very favorably with a considerable number of magnificent locations that have been made available. Yours sincerely. A. N. FARMER, Secretary, Children's Home Committee. — Makes Record In Bible Study Work At I). IL S. Miss Lucile Engle, a junior in the Decatur high school during the past j year, now holds the record grades in, examinations for Bible credit. In examinations taken at the close of, school, Miss Engle wrote perfect pa-J pers on the old testament and the new testament, receiving a grade of 100 per cent in each. Tlte record was ( previously held by Miss Dorothy Walters, who made WO per cent in the new testament and 99 per cent , in the old testament. Miss Engle re- , ceived her instruction during the past | year from Mrs. B. N. Covert, wife of Rev B N. Covert, pastor of the Pres-, j byterian church. During the year, they worked over the entire outline p provided by the state. Credit toward , graduation and entrance into college.; is given for the work in the study of 11 the Bible.

P. L. ANDREWS DIES AT HOME IN FORT WAYNE Former Prominent Resident Os Decatur Dies Late Last Night A PROMINENT FIGURE Was Newpaper Man, Lawyer. Politician, And ExPostmaster Os Decatur Philip L. Andrews, age 64 years, a native of Adams county, former newspaperman and editor of the old Decatur Journal and Herald, well , known political figure and at on” j time postmaster of the Decatur postoffice, died at eleven o’clock Friday night at his home, 3324 South Calhoun street, Fort Wayne, after several months suffering from cancer. The body will be brought here Monday afternoon and funeral services will be conducted from the First Methodist church at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. J. C. White, of Fort Wayne, offiI ciating. Burial will take place in I Maplewood cemetery. Decatur lodge No. 571 F. and A. M. being in charge. Mr. Andrews, during his residence in this city, was one of the best . known residents of Decatur and for years was a prominent political figI ure in the ranks of the Republican I party. He was engaged in the newsi paper business in this city for fifteen I years or more, being owner of the old Decatur Journal, later was connected with the Decatur Times and then with the Herald, serving all cai pacifies from reporter, citv editor. I general manager and editor. About four years ago he moved to Fort I Wayne and until he became ill was employed by the General Electric company. Philip L. Andrews was born in Washington township, Adams county, December 16, 1859, a son of Robert (Continued on page two) 0 SORORITIES TO AID IN DRIVE Psi lota Xi And Tri Kappas To Assist In Riley Hospital Campaign The Psi lota Xi and Tri Kappa sororities of Decatur have volunteered their services to assist in the soliciting for the Riley Memorial hospital fund, according to C. E. Bell, county chairman for the drive. The j actual solicit-ng will start next Tuesday and will be completed Wednesday evening. “it will be impossible to see every citizen of Decatur,” Mr. Bell said this 1 morning, “so anybody that desires to I 1 give can send their subscription to I I the Industrial rooms, where there will be someone to recoid it.” The subscription plan is made so easy that anybody can give liberally to the fund. A four year payment plan has been (Revised. People donating S2O can give $5 a year for four years. The contribution is divided over a period of four years, payable the first of each September. Cash donations will also be accepted. Mr. Bell stated. The first patients will be accepted in the hospital next February, according to a circular from the state organization. The hospital will contain 350 beds for crippled children, but it is not a place for confinement for the rest of the crippled child’s , life, hut a place for cure, the circular I explains. Charity patients will reI ceive the same care and treatment as others. No set quota has been allotted for | this county, but Mr. Bell stated this morning that he considered $4,000 a iminimum quota for this county to give. The drive will end next Saturday afternoon, and it is the hope of the county organization that at least $4,000 will be contributed by that time. The donations at present total ( $l,OlO. A majority of this was given last night by the Decatur Rotarians, while the $lO gift was given by the local organization of the W. R. C. Other organizations of this city are at present planning on giving contributions the first of next week, it was learned today.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 23, 1923.

Arrested On Charge Os Assault And Battery William Evans, who resides in the south part of the city, was arrested late yesterday evening at the home of a brother-in-law, four miles northeast of the city, by special policeman, Roscoe Elzey, on a charge of assult and battery. Evans pleaded not guilty to the charges when arraigned before Mayor DeVoss and lie was permitted to go on his own recognizance, to report fur trial at 7 o'clock next Thursday evening. Two affidavits charging assault and battery were filed against Evans by Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hess. Evans is a son-in-law to Mr. and Mrs. Hess. They charge that Evans came to their home on Elm street Thursday night and attacked them. MANITOBA WILL BE “WET" AGAIN Province To Be Wet Again After Seven Years Os Prohibition (United Press Service) Winnipeg, Man., June 23—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Manitoba province has discarded prohibition after seven years of "dry” enforcement . Returns from yesterday's election show that a plan for government sale of liquor throughout the province, including Winnipeg, was adopted by a majority estimated at 35.000. The Winnipeg vote was: Wet 46,359; dry, 20,371. Returns at 9:45 a. m., from the province as a whole: Wet 81,628; dry 49,358, The vote was declared sufficiently compete to eliminate any chance of a reversal. Government sale of liquor is expected to start as soon as the legislature can be summoned to confirm the referendum. Officers of the Moderation league, backers of the government sales plan, charged that prohibition laws were mal-administered and that the laws themselves were unjust. Order Phone Stock Issued (United Press Service) Indianapolis, June 23—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Fifty thousand dollars preferred stock in the Citizens’ Telephone Company of Decatur, was voted issued by the stockholders of the company, according to papers filed with the secretary of state today. The purpose of the stock issue was for money actually expended and for additions, extention, betterment and improvement to the property of the company. Elizabeth Henson, aged 8 years, han passed the mental tests of Stanford University with a rating of a person 18 years of age. o EX-RESIDENT OF C9UNTY IS DEAD Mrs William Lower Dies In Whiting Kansas; Had Relatives Here A telegram was received this morning by W. A. Lower from his sister, notifying him of the death of their aunt. Mrs. William Lower, which occurred at five o’clock this morning at her home in Whiting, Kansas. Death was due to infirmities of age. She was seventy-eight years old. Mrs. Linn left Sunday for Whiting to be at the bedside of Mrs. Linn. The deceased was a former resident of this county and for several years lived in Union township and was well known in this community. About thirty years ago she moved to Kansas, her husband being a retired farmer. Funeral services will be held Monday morning from the United Brethren church and burial will be made in the cemetery at Whiting. The near relatives in this city are W. A. Lower, a nephew, and Mrs. Fred Linn, a neice, and Homer Lower, of Warren. A brother, J. W. Lower of Walkertown, Indiana also survives. Weather Continued warm and generally fair tonight and Sunday.

HARDING SAYS AGRICULTURE PAST CRISIS Declares In Hutchinson, Kansas, Speech That Improvement Is Coming CROWD PRESENT President Recites Steps Taken By Congress To Relieve Farmer’s Burden 111 (United Press Service) Hutchinson, Kans., June 23 —(Spe-| cial to Daily Democrat) —“Agriculture I* through the worst of the depression,” and now can reasonably expect gradual improvement. declared President Harding today in one of the most important addresses of his tour, speaking before a preominantly farm audience here in the great wheat belt of the country. Launching forth into heralded "Message to the farmer" the president said: “I am proud to be able to come to you today and tell you of: what has been done” for agriculture, I suffering from the contractions of post war deflation. The theme of Mr. Harding's ad-1 dress here, which was follow’ed with' the greatest attention and interest,' was a comprehensive recital of the steps taken by congress and his ad-1 ministration in Washington to re-' lieve the burden of the farmer. He announced no new agricultural mea-j sures to be recommended to the next 1 congress. The president sketched how the entire social and economic fabric of the world was torn asunder by the World war, impressed upon his listeners that not alone the farmer butj all classes of society suffered and at the conclusion of his address painted a history cal word picture of how agricultural has risen through the ages of serfdom- to its present en(Continued on page two) o— — ALL BIDS WERE ABOVE Contract For Construction Os Catholic School Building Not Let Yet Sealed proposals from contractors for the construction of (he new pro-1 posed Decatur Cotholie High school and grade building were opened by the church trustees at a meeting held last evening at the rectory with Rev. Father. J. A. Seimetz, and will be turned over to the.members of the finance board for consideration some time Sunday, it was stated this morning. Three bids on the general contract, four on the heating system, three on the plumbing and two on the electric wiring were submitted to the trustees yesterday. However, the figures will not be given out until action is taken by the finance board. It was stated that the total of the lowest bids received on the general contract, heating, plumbing and wiring was far in excess of the total expected, and for that reason the new ' school may not be built at present, j Two out-of-town concerns and one i local contractor, namely C. N. Christ-1 en were bidders on the general con-)' tract. The other two bidders were! the Medland Brothers, of Logansport, anil the Larson-Danielson construe-1 tion company, of La Porte. It wasi also stated that Medland Hf others ' submitted the lowest bid on the gen j eral contract, Mrs. Elijah Walters 111 Mrs. Elijah Walters, who lives with her daughter in the flats over the Baughman store is in a very serious condition as the result of a stroke of I paralysis several days ago. She is reported as being no better and is totally helpless. Her husband, a pioneer of the county died a few years ago, CHICAdo MARKET CLOSE Wheat: July $1.04%; Sept. $1.04%; Dec. $1.06%. Corn: July 82%c; Sept. 79%c; Dec. 67%c. Oats: July 41c; Sept - . 37%e; Dec. 39%c.

SURPLUS LIQUOR REMOVED FROM TWO BRITISH SHIPS

Excursion To Cincinnati i A Sunday excursion will be run to! Cincinnati, Ohio, over the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad, on Sunday, July 1, it was announced today. The round-trip fare will he $2.75. The train, which will be a special train, will leave Decatur at 5:39 a.m. and 1 arrive in Cincinnati at 10 a.in. On the i tiip. the special will leave (Tnclnntl! at 8 p.m. o RAIL MERGER IS APPROVED Large Merger Involving Clover Leaf Authorized By I. C. C. Yesterday Washington, June 23. The project of the Van Sweringen group, now in j control of the New York. Chicago A St. Louis railroad, to consolidate that I property with the Lake Erie A West ern, the Toledo St Louis A Western. I the Fort Wayne. Cincinnati A Ixniis I ville railroad and the Chicago A State Line railroad, was approved yesterday , in its entirety by the interstate com | merce com mission. i The commission's order took the j form of approving the New York. I Chicago A St. Louis company’s ap I plication to issue 327.200 shares of I(> per cent preferred stock and 462,479 shares of common stock, a part of which is to be exchanged for issued capital stock of the companies to be taken into the merger. The order also incorporated a certificate declaring that public convenience and neccessity required the operation )of the group of lines as a single unit. Commissioners Hull. Eastma.n at)d_ Esch dissented from the majority on the ground that the general plan of consolidation of railways would be interfered with if a single group was permitted to proceed with a merger. Comniisioner Eastman de I elated the majority had accepted a construction of the law which "re- , duces the (dan of consolidation to In state of helpless futility." The Van Sweringen group, of Cleveland, which recently acquired control of the Chesapeake A Ohio has operated the Nickel Mate and the lines which it is now proposed 'to consolidate with It for some time The consolidation proposal was ap proved by state authorities of Illinois. ■ Indiana. Ohio and New York. Indiana ami Illinois officials appearinging be fore the interstate commerce commis sion to urge approval of the plan The only criticism brought against it was based on the ground cited by Commissioner Eastman, as to the de gree to which «he consolidation might interfere with sthe tentative program of the commission laid down by the transportation act of 1920 to bring about the consolidation of all railways in the United States into 18 or 20 great operating units. — • (Get Big Stone Contract Meshberger Bros., of Linn Grove have received another big contract i for ston e from the State Highway J Service Commission. Harry Mesh herger of the company was at Indian apolis this week when the bids were i received for the furnishing of stone to be used in the upkeep of the state I highway south of Geneva. The Meshherger Bros, were low bidders on the ■contract, their bld having been $15,900. Just recently Meshberger Bros, [were also given a contract to furnish the stone for the highway between Bern ( < and Decatur. Union Township Women To Meet Next Wednesday Announcement has been made to the effect that the Union Township Women's Club will meet at the Kohr 'school, in Union township next Wednesday at two o’clock. A splen I did program which will prove of interest to all ladles will be give and business relative to the welfare of the organization transacted. Plans are being made to continue making dress forms when conditions will permit. All ladies of the community are urged to attend the meeting.

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CAPTAINS OF SHIPS PROTEST ACTION OF U. S, — Declare Supply Was Intended For Use Os Passengers Beyond 3-Mile Limit LEAVE SOME ON BOARD Agents Permit Liners To Retain Ample Supplies Os Medicinal Liquor (United PreRH Service) New York. June 23 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The seals of the British government on the door of the liner Baltic's liquor store room were broken today and the contraband beverages found therein were seized by agents of the United States government. A squad of prohibition agents and custom officials under Federal Prohibition Director C.infield of New Yoik. made the seizure. Customs agents boarded the Baltic and made a formal demand on Captain John Roberts for the liquor listed as surplus stock. Captain Roberts ordered his chief steward to show the agents to the liquor. Inspector Charles Connor of the customs service broke the seals. The customs men then started the task of removing the 6,000 bottles of beer, wine and liquors to the dock, where Canfield and his men awaited It with a fleet of motor trucks. The liquor will be removed to the army base at Brooklyn pending disposition of the T-n Sr-by Washington. Before the customs officials were le ( | to the liquor room. Captain Roberts handed them a formal protest from the ship-owners. A copy of the protest will be dispatched to the British government. The protest stated that the liquor was designed for me of the passengers outside the three-mile limit on the voyage east. Washington, June 23 (Special to Daily Democrat) The British liners Baltic and Bergngaria which arrived in New York carrying liquor supplies to test the ruling of tin United Slates supreme court will he allowed to retain on board ample supplies of “medicinal liquor." it was decided here today. Off'cials agreed that the British law requiring 5 gallons of brandy or whiskey for each 100 passengers will be observed. Also, it was decided, that if the ship's doctors swear that from experience they know that this amount will be below the margin of safety witli beverage liquor supplies no longer available, more "medicinal liquor” may be allowed. In addition ample supplies of champaign and white wine, popular remedies for sea sickness, will he authorized for dispensation under the ship's doctors direction. John S. Peterson returned last evening from St. Paul, Minnesota, where he attended the T. P. A. convention. Dau Beery was a Fort Wayne business visitor today. G. R. & I. Changes Time The Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad announces a change in time table effective at midnight tonight. Th< northbound train duo in Decatur at 8:25 a. m. at present, will arrive at 7:20 a. in. after today. This train will go as far north as Grand Rapids, Michigan, also. The 8:25 train has been going as fur as Fort aWyne, only. This change will be a great accomodation to local residents who wish to go to Rome City. Th eother change applies to the midnight train going south The new time will be 12 o'clock midnight, while the old time was 12:03 a. in. This train will stop at Berne for passengers coming from Fort Wayne or points north of that city. It will also stop at Berne to pick up passengers for Richmond or points beyond that rtityy Decntjiri passengers can not take the midnight train for Berne.