Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1923 — Page 2

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT PuMUAm* Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller— Pre*, and Gen. Mgr. E. W. Kanipe- Vice-Prea. & Adv. Mgr. A R. Holthouse —Sec’y and Bus. Mgr. Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Kates Single copies 2 cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier One Month, by mail 36 cent Three Months, by mull J Six Months, by mail One Year, by mail One Year, at office t*’’”, (Prices quoted are within first and second rones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Rates Made known on application. Foreign Representatives Carpenter & Company, 122 Michigan Avenue. Chicago Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City N. V Life Building. Kansas City. Mo. ■MMMM—S Illi II I II .J --- ' The candidacy of Henry Ford continues to worry a lot of people and there :e something to worry about. It’s not so much the danger of Henry getting in the White House as it is that a lot of radicals will get into congress and the senate hanging on Iris coat tail and when that happans the country will suffer. Important, more so than most anything else you can have on your mind, is the road meeting to be held at the Berne auditorium Friday eve r.ing at eight o’clock. There will be reports of committees of interest to ; you, and Mr. Weeks will give you the dope from the head offices of the Indiana highway commission. Be there and take a friend or two with you. The meeting should be a good one and we urge every one to help make • it so. Boys—here’s a tip you will take if you are wise there is a motorcycle cop in town and he is here for business. Just who he represents we; don’t know and it makes no difference. He has the authority to act and he will. If you doubt it. try' speeding, cutting corners and run- -

The Cort T-H-E-A-T-R-E TONIGHT-TOMORROW "Will you swear—never to reveal our marriage and to po out of my life forever?'’ the sV* Y -ecret-wifi entreated. JbF iC7 And these two who had bridged the kMV hr k gulf between ereed and creed vowed against the love of which the man *9 jb’f’* seemed ashamed! M IS a rdwjj il k l /./ 1 *7*“7ir'- BT W a Ssß ***** SMB. . S W ra WS Igo E3J s® .{ first National attraction /UXg?%, with MIRIAM COOPER Adapted from the novel “Idols,” by William J. Locke Directed by R. A. Walsh. Conviay Tearle, Henry ( live, Anna (J. Nilsson in the cast. i SCREEN DRAMA AS NEVER BEFORE ADDED ATTRACTION—“THE BOAT” A Good Two Reel Comedy, featuring t BUSTER KEATON You 11 laugh and laugh and laugh. U Reels Fox News 10c and 25c j

ning your car with the muffler open. If lie “pinches” you there is Just one thing to do and that is to march up and pay for your fun. You have been warned time und time ugain and if you must be shown the law to believe it, that's up to you. The tariff on wheat seems to be working tin* way most people expected it would. The price is now eightylive cents and muy go laker. That price now is about a quarter as compared to ten years ago when a dollar bought something. The United States raises about twice the wehat needed here and the world market — well there isn’t any and a tariff is just a means to prevent the farmer from selling his crop at a profit and by the way it works the same on every farm product. It takes a lot of nerve for the politician to go over the country these days and tell the farmer he is prosperous. Jack Johnson, a few years ago the world champion fighter and rolling in wealth, was pinched Sunday when he tried to drive through Columbia City with J 922 plates on his car. He could get by with that but the police found four pints of bonded liquor in the car and now Jack and his two comrades are up against the real thing again and Jack says he is due in New York whete lie expected to get on for a fight or two and get a piece of real money just now while the getting is so good. Jack bailed i himself out of jail with a couple of diamonds but his partners had to “stick.” | A magazine writer has been asking many of the most successful men in the country the question—“ What is the one biggest thing you have learned about business?” The answers are always very simple. One man said — "A man's success in business usually depends upon the breadth of the field i lie selects."' Another suggests that you try to create new business rather than take it away from the other fellow and still another gives the one

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1923.

. rule believed to be the safest and i best of all “Follow the Golden Rule i in every business relation and you •' win.” All three ure good und worth I cureful consideration and emulation, Boost the fair. It's your show und it will be just us good and just as • Idg as you make it. We have the • best grounds in Indiana, we have the ■ finest products, we have the greatest opportunity. The rest is up to you. Let’s make it a really great event as ' the. indications ure It will be. The l secretary’s office is now open ut the . fair grounds. Get a place to show your wares, enter in the various departments. plan to attend. You will see a great Chautauqua, good races, a style show, features and thrillers and meet the folks and you will find there an exhibit of stock and grain and art that will surprise you. Boost the fair. One of the strangest political battles ever on record closes today with the election of a United States senator in Minnesota, to succeed the late Knure Nelson. Governor Preus is the republican candidate and Senator Moses, head of the stand patters has been there for a fortnight managing ms campaign. In an effort to win Preus has been atta<king the ford ney-McCumber tariff. Opposing him are Mangus Johnson, farmer labor candidate and James Carley, demorrat Johnson seems,the most popular pud at least is giving everybody a good scare and the Tepubli.rns at Washington will await the returns of today s election with almost as much interest as they do a national elution. It will show vyliether or.not the radicals, have gained or lost in favor in the North-west. * + ♦**♦♦♦♦♦* + ♦♦ + * TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ ♦ + + From the Daily Democrat files + + 20 years ago this day + + •>♦* + + ♦ + + + ♦♦♦♦ + Decatur relatives aU<-ud funeral <4 Mrs. Lii-htenwaiter at Fort Wayne. Miss Alta Dibble is visiting her sister in Detroit. Miss Gusta Cramer is enjoying vacation at Atwood latke. Kingmore second money in grand circuit race at Columbus in 2-11. Mrs. J. S. Boyers and children leave for Morgantown. W. Va„ for visit. Harvey Rice and Frank Oldiges, telephone linemen are working at , Berne for few days. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Colter, Mrs. A. J. Smith and daughter and Miss Mary Fonner are at Rome City. Ted Sowers is working at Van Wert. ” Miss; Katherine Krick gives picnic at Krick farm for her Sunday school class. Domineer, owned by Elmer Johnson, wins 2-40 trot at Van Buren. Youths Acquitted Os Contributing Charge Bluffton, July 16 After hearing evidence of investigating officers and six Fort Wayne young men named in connection with the runaway experiences of four Ossian girls, Judge F. W. Gordon in juvenile court found Saturday that there was insufficient grounds of complaint to warrant entries on the juvenile docket against any of those who had been accused, and the records stand clear of entries, and the six young men were dismissed and returned to Fort Wayne. Keystone Minister Discharged Saturday afternoon a hearing was held in the case in which a jKeystone minister was charged with contributing to delinquency by parents of two girls, aud the court found insufficient evidence submitted to warrant entries against the accused, and the minister was discharged. —— • , Fifty Go To Chicago ■ l Fifty people took advantage of the excursion rates to Chicago and return offered by the Chicago and Erie ratilroad company Sunday. Those who made the trip report a splendid tilne. The train left Decatur early Sunday morning and the excursionists could return either late last night or thi§ afternoon.

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1 CLUB CALENDAR Monday Ladies’ Auxiliary of the American 1 Legion—Legton Hall 7:45. • Tuesday a Psi lota Xi-Mrs. W. P. Shrock ut . th A. J. Smith home, 8:00. Class for Service of Baptist Church 9 —Mrs. Villow Spruuger. r Friday i. W. F. M. -S- M. E. Clinch witli 1 Mrs. Bowen, Madison street, 2:30 p.m. Thursday '' Presbyterian Ladies' Aid Society— S Mrs. A. M. Anker. 1 Saturday j Ladies’ Aid Society of Christian t Church Pastry Sale—Schmitt’s Meat Market, 9 o'clock. D. Y. B. Class of U. B. Church — Mrs. C. E. Baughman. 7:30. The Women’s Foreign Missionary j society of the Methodist church will meet at the home of Mrs. Will Bowen, ’ ond Madison street, at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. All members are r urged to be present. The Ladies’ Aid society of the ’ Christian church will have a pastry 1 sale at Schmitt's Meat market Saturday morning at 9 o’clock. All kinds i of baked goods will be for sale. ★ ! The Class for Service of the Baptist church will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Villow Springer on South 14th '■ street. The Bible study will be held = and all members' arc asked to bring , their Bibles. 1 * The • Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid . bo- ‘ ciety will have a special meeting ut • the home of Mrs. Albertf- Anksr. Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. A good attendance is desired. ► * I, The D. Y’ B. class of the United , Brethren church will meet Friday !> evening at the home of Mrs. C. E. ► Baughman on Madison street. Mrs. , Ves. Baker and Mrs. John Sovine will be the assisting hostesses. f * Mr. and Mrs. Chris Boknecht entertained with dinner yesterday for Mrs. Scott Ellis and daughter, Chrissanna, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Frank Schultz, of Akron, Ohio; and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Koknecht, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Butler, of ! Home Avenue. Fort Wayne, enterj tained with dinner yesterday for Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Butler and daughter, Lucille, of this city; Mr. and Mrs. F. , E. Vail of Watrproof, La.; Mrs. Robert Ernsberger and daughter, Catharine Louise, of Indianapolis. ■* , Mr. and Mrs. Harve Ineichen entertained the following guests to dinner Sunday at their home east of Geneva, Mr. and Mrs Brayton Pyle; Mrs. . Lewis Cline and son. Donald; Mr. 1 end Mrs. Frank Ineichen; Mr. and Mrs. Harve Baker and children, aud , Miss Betty Ann Pyle. ★ A birthday dinner party was given t Sunday in honor of the 66th birthday 1 of Mr. James A. Laisure, of west of • Monroe. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. John L. Laisure, of Hoagland; . Mrsi.Nalhan Greesley and two sons; Charles Laisure, of Hoagland; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Qoffelt, of this city; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Pease, and children. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pease, of - Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simons und children, of Geneva; Mr. and ■r Mrs. Charles Christner and children, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Laisure, Mr. 9 and Mrs. David Laisure, and Mr. and Mrs. James Laisure and grandson, ' all of Monroe. 1 t • t J. W. Hopple Is Dead I, ; J. W. Hopple, a resident of St. e Mary's township, Adams county for t the last ten or twelve years, died Sunday morning at the home of his wife's sister in Newark. Ohio. Death was s due to high blood pressure, with e which he ha-d suffered for the last . two years. Funeral services will be 3 held in St. Mary’s, Ohio, on Tuesday t morning, the Rev. Maupin, of Fleass ant Mills, officiating. r o Union Township Woman’s Club Meets Wednesday The t’pion Township Woman’s • Club will meet at the home of Mrs. • J. C. Barkley, Wednesday afternoon, - July 18. at 2 o'clock. Tile program; s will consist of bread-mak:ng an>< a 1 bread scoring demonstration. A V discussiop will be held by the mem- - bers nad a reading will be given by t Miss Xariffa Barkley. A good gtten-I ance is desired.

MOVE AGAINST GASOLINE TAX

Concerted Action By Auto Manufacturers And Oil Firms Seen Today (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., July 1® (bpec lal to the Daily Democrat)—Consorted action on the part of automobile manufacturers and oil distribution firms against the two cent gasoline tax was seen today when the Studebaker corporation of South Bend made formal protests of payment of fees. Rcmitances of the first instellment company said the payment was made due-under the gas tax law but the under protest and by compulsion of law in order to prevent the execution of penalties threaten- , ed.” The tax was denounced as a violation of the state constitution and of The Sinclair Oil and Refining comthe constitution of the Unitetd States, pany made a similar statement last week. British Preparing Note (United Press Service) London’, July 16—(Special to Daily Democrat ) |- L -4’remier Stanley Baldwin referred in commons today to the forthcoming note to Germany, announcing a copy would be sent to the United States. The note is complete, save finishing touches to be administered- by the cabinet. Wheat Still Lower (United Press Service) Chicago. July 16. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Wheat prices continued to fall today on the Chicago board of trade. After opening at 98 cents July fu-, ture closed at 97 cents. September de-

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, i 9614 c Dec. ut | liveries closed u * tor 99%c the latter lal t the first time <> urins IMA MARRIAGE license Arl ey Springer, carpenter, Berne. age 22 years, to Ullhm Alda Mettler, Geneva, age 22 years.

NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSIONS <1! to—ROUND TRIP—SI3.IO Cool .Clean. Restful Boat Trip entire length .. R sl6 ;jB—TORONTO, < ANADA—SI6.3B Taking you across Lake Huron 87.00—DETROIT— $7.00 50—PORT HURON—SB.SO All have boat tripe and stop-over privileges at points of recreation and interest Tuesday, having 15 day return limit. , reserv n'n of stateroom at Toledo, berths and staterooms on SEE & BEE, Cleveland-Buffalo, Call 686-219 or address traffic dept Fort Wayne and Decatur Traction Co. THE CRYSTAL Tonight—Tomorrow Win. Fox presents Lupino Lane in “A Friendly Husband” It you nre glad. If you are mad. If you are sad— See this Super Five Reel Comedy that will entertain you all evening. . 7 Reels of Fun 10c-25c cents Added Attraction—A Good Al St. John Comedy LOOK—On Wednesday and Thursday every automobile owner purchasing a ticket at the Crystal Theater will be presented with an Automobile Accessory which is very useful.

CARD OF THANKS We desire to thank our neighbor# und friends for the beautiful flowers ami the assistance given to u« hi our be. eavement occassioucd by th,, death of our wife and mother. We also think the quartet and organ', ist for the comforting music muruiehed. W. H. SUTTON & Children