Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 213, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1923 — Page 2

PLANNING AID FOR STRICKEN JAPAN \ ! • r • i .» >«?»*. 1 ns*Jfolt-JWI ,tt -IbCt * ( i x > i • JLf \ F W J 5 / > . 3 l «„ r«|W'W -*t-.-■*'•;' WiSl f ■ 5 f f yitw ,pA - .>.,*<■ - SvMI \«* «®«3 4»>r*•£s«&•■ >J. ■ : g - msM i, a affIMMMML. .« “X Photo shows, left to right: Japanese Ambassador Hanahara; James L. Fieser, acting chairman of the American Red Cross; Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, and Elliott Wadsworth .assistant secretary of the United States treasury and member of the central committee ol the Red Cross. WASHINGTON, D. C. —The executive committee of the American Red Cross held a meeting here Tuesday, Sept. 4, and took first steps to aid in the relief for Japan. The Japanese ambassador was called to appear before the executive committee of the Red Cross to be interviewed on what he knew of the conditions in his country and what advice could he give.

Program For Legion Convention Complete Michigan City, Ind., Sept. 8. —The program for the state convention of the -American Legion to be held in Michigan City Sept. 10, 11, and 12, is complete. Decorators are now busy transforming Franklin street, the lake front, the hotels and prominent places into grandeur by the use of the Amercian colors and the flags of the allies. Final arrangements are being made by the posts over the state for the trip to Michigan City which coming at the close of the season of this summer resort season will partake more of the nature of a summer holiday than formerly when conventions were held in inland cities. The swimming in Lake Michigan, excursions on big steamers on the lake, races by U. S. cutters, exhibitions. by fire tugs and coast guard • crews and. flying squardrons, by U. S. cavalry and artillery regiments and a grand military ball in the biggest dancing casino around the lake, dancing fternoon and evening, hourly band concerts, boxing, baseball, golf and other sports will fairly bewilder the visitors who are expected to number' at least 15.000. Michigan City hotels have been supplemented by the opening of many summer homes to -the visitors and the. remaining open beyond the end of the season by several beautiful resort hotels .which will accomodate thousands of people without crowding. There will l>e room for every person and at a nominal figure, Commander T. C. Mullen, of the local post announced today. There is no need of anybody remaining away because of lack of accomodations. Commander Mullen said: "The more that come, the better we will like it," were the words used in extending a hearty invitation to all Legionaires, their ladies and their friends. STINKING SMUT New Method For Controlling Smut In Wheat Is Recommended Lafayette, Ind., Sept. B.—A new method for the control of stinking smut of wheat, which was especially bad in many sections of Indiana this year causing dockage of 10 to 15 cents a bushel in a few places, is being recommended to Hoosier farmers now by the Agricultural Extension Department of Purdue University. It is what is known as the copper carbonate method and is said to b- considerably better than the formaldehyde way which has been used extensively in other years over Indiana at the suggestion of the university and county agricultural agents. The new way of treating was outlined as follows by Dr. C. T. Gregory of the botany division: Use two or three ounces bf copper carbonate powder for hu«hel of seed. Sprinkle the scad with the powder and then mix thoroughly by pouring the wheat back and forth three or four times between the tubs. This system will cover each seed with a thin film of the powder which will kill the smut spores on the wheat. Moreover, the copper carbonate powder in the seed wifi kill any spores that may get on the seed from infected bags. This . treatment needs Wo water and the seed may be put in the sack imuied- “ lately and kept as long as necessary without danger of injury. This |

treatment is good for stinking smut < , alone but it is worthless to control ] "blackheads" or lose smut. Reports received at Purdue from ' f Howard county were that many far- i mers were docked from 10 to 15 cents a bushel on al already low priced ' crop because of the prevalence of this disease which shrivels the ■ wheat kernels. Many fields jn Han- - cock county also were reported infested and similar reports came from ; widely scattered areas over the state, i “Any Parmer whose wheat is infest- ■ ed with stinking smut cannot afford i to take chances with this disease on f next year’s, crop as . infection •this year means infection next, unless . treating of the seed is done thfs - fall before sowing time," said Dr. i Gregory. Wells County Council Adopts Budget for 1924 1 Bluffton, Sept. 8. —A county tax • levy, of 40 cents on the SIOO, for 1924, five cents higher than set for last ' year and ten cents higher than the • levy which actually went into effect, f was set by the county council Wedr nesday. r Increases of SIO,OOO in the bridge • fund, SIO,OOO for election purposes. $3,000 for the county hospital and $5,000 for court ditches, added to extra 1 burden of the loan made necessary 3 by the cut of the state tax board made in 1923. resulted in the raise. A special highway levy of 20 cents was granted, the same as 1923. It ‘ will create revenue of about SBI,OOO. 1 The pruning knife was applied generously in appropriations for governmental expense, a SI,OOO cut here 3 greatly relieving the pressure of hdd- ’ ed expense elsewhere. LARGE MELON CROP i Largest Crop In Northern Indiana In Many Years This Year Warsaw, Sept B.—The watermelon and muskmelon crops in northern Indiana this season is the largest in many years. Many farmers still are adhering to the idea of selling; their muskmelons by the pound instead of by the piece and the prevail . ing retail price here during the last | , week has been seven cents a pound ; ! at retail stores. ~o — E. V. MENS BROTHERHOOD TO ENTERTAIN LADIES The Evangelical Mens Brotherhood will hold their regular monthly meeting on next Monday evening, at which time they will entertain the ladies. Each member is asked to bring his wife or lady friend. This will be a social meeting and the members on the different committees have prepared a good time for all. ' i Rival Bootleggers Have , Fight Among Themselves i i Chicago, Sept. 8. —Jerry O'Conner ■ ' was killed, two men wore injured i and several were beaten in night 1 ■ battles between rival beer running i gangs that created a reign of terror ■ in a half dozen saloons here. " The fight began in the Jack Gelse saloon, and raged ateund the stock-, , yards district for hours as t e gangs pursued each other. Several of those licateu included customers in the saloons and pedestrians who cot jiu the way, police eaid,

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SPORTS <> i > »»»»»************♦***♦»♦♦♦ LEAGUE STANDINGS National League Team AV L Pct New York 83 51 619 Cincinnati 77 53 593 Pittsburgh 76 54 585 Chicago 72 60 545 St. Louis 66 66 500 Brooklyn 60 67 472 Boston 44 85 341 Philadelphia 43 85 336 American League Team AV L Pct New York 83 43 659 Cleveland 69 57 548 Detroit 85 58 528 St. Louis 63 61 508 AA'ashington 61 66 480 Chicago 57 67 460 Philadelphia 53 73 421 Borton 49 75 395 American Association Team W L Pct St. Louis 90 46 662 Kansas City 86 47 647 Louisville 73 62 541 Columbus 65 63 508 Milwaukee 59 73 447 Minneapolis 58 74 439 Indianapolis 56 76 424 Toledo 45 86 344 YESTERDAYS RESULTS National League Philadelphia 10; New York 6. Brooklyn 3; Boston 11. Chicago 6; Pittsburgh 4. Cincinnati 1-8; St. Louis 5-5. American League St. Louis 2; Chicago 7. Boston 4; Philadelphia 0. Detroit, 11; Cleveland 9. American Association Indianapolis 7; Columbus 14. Milwaukee 4-7; St. Louis 14-1. Louisville at Toledo, rain. Kansas City 2; Minneapolis 1. ' —o GENEVA BOOSTERS AND CELINA TO PLAY RUB GAME SUNDAY The Geneva Boosters and the fast Celina baseball team will play the de? ciding game of a three-game series at Geneva next Sunday afternoon. Celina won the first game by a’score oj j 2-1 and the Boosters took the second contest. 6-2. Both games were I played in Celina. The Boosters were decidedly off-form last Sunday and dropped a . on<» sided game to Dunkirk, but they are expecting to stage a comback next Sunday. Ternet, the Fort Wayne Southpaw, will ,be on the mound for the Boosters, I while Wesbay. the Celina star hurler ' will oppose him. The game will | start at 2:45 pin. WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD. By United Press. I The Reds split even in their doubleheader at St. Ifluis losing the first 5-1, and winning the second 8-5, despite two home runs by Hornsby. Ehmke pitched the Boston Red Sox into a 4 to 0 no-hit, no-run victory over Philadelphia. The Robins lost the first game of the Boston Braves series, 11 to 3 Knocking Adams and Bagby off the mound in the opening inning for six runs, the Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh 6 to 4. Tltc Giants lost halt a game of their lead when the McGraw men were trounced. 10 to 6, by the Phillies. St. Louis Browns lost to the White Sox, 7t o 2. Cleveland made a determined finish but Detroit heat the Indians, 11 to 9. — o Misplaced Credit. Too often a lawyer gets more credit for freeing n guilty man than the prosecuting attorney gets for ctmvjcling a criminal, The Exception. “No man ever loved a woman wliilf 'he was bus}." remarks an exchange. But suppose he was busy making love? —Boston Transcript.

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CLUB CALENDAR Monday Delta Theta Tau Sorority—Miss Cecile Miller, 8 p.m. t Pythian Sister Pot Luck Supper— K. of P. Home. Tuesday Kirkland laidjes Club Ice Cream Social —Kirkland High School Lawn. Queen Esther. Miss Harriet Myers. Wednesday Ladies Aid Society of Reformed church, Mrs. Jake Weidler. TUES. Willing workers class of Bobo, U. H. church- Church. Miss Cecile Miller will be hostess to the Delta Theta Tau sorority at 8 o'clock next Monday evening. • The Pythian Sisters will have a Pot Luck supper Monday evening at the K. of P. home. Every sister is invited to attend and bring one article of Miss Harriett Meyers will be hostess to the Queen Esther Circle Tuesday evening. Miss Jeanette Beery , will >e the leader. • The Ladies Aid society of the Re- > formed church will meet Wednesday I afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ja- [ cob Weidler. A good attendance is desired. On Thursday afternoon. SeptemI her 6, the Alpha Sigma chapter of ■' the Tri Kappa sorority entertained ; their mothers at tea. from three to • five o’clock, at the home of Miss Ver- ' onica Anker. The spacious uome, i of Miss Anker, was beautifully deorated with cosmos and gladiolias. • Miss Frances Dugan poured the tea ! and was assisted in serving by the ; Misses Anker, Naom! Harkless. Florl ine Michaud and Angie Firks. On ' this occasion each member brought her finished article for the Cedar > Chest which will be given away. Each mother brought a handerchief to add ; to the list of articles in the chest, a f complete list of which will be rub- - lished later. ! — O—i M. E. Missionaries In Japan Reported Safe ( lumbus? Ohio, Sept. 8. —All Methodist missionaries in Japan are safe according to a cablegram from Bishop Welch received here today. The MethodiSt church lias about 52 missionaries in Japan. Terre Haute, Ind., Sebt. 8. —All American secretaries of the Young Womens Christian association in Japan are safe according to notice received here today by Mrs. Robert Speer national president of the association. “Klan Day” At State Fair Was Exciting (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Sept. B—One8 —One window containing a fiery cross was smashed, a attempted parade was broken up and one arrest was made by the ■uolice following “klan day” at the State Fair yesterday. Two hundred automo'biles lined up in Maple road boulevard to parade down Meridian street. The parade was given up when police intervened. Bricks were hurled through the windows of the Weaver Furniture coinpay where klan emblems were on display. - One man was arrested charged with having a red light on his car. Such a privilege is accorded only to police, fire and hospital automobiles. A short program was held by klansmen at the fair grounds late yesterday. * The kjansmen sang "America." anti recited the klan oath, but no speeches were made. 0 Muncie Wants Re-Hearing On Bell Telephone Rates (United Press Kerr Indianapolis, Sept. B—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The city of Muncie today filed suit with the public service commission for a rehearing of the telephone rate case in which the Ind'ana Bell Telephone company was recently granted a $1,000,000 annual rate increase by the service commission. The petition, it is expected. will be denied to open the way for an appeal to the Delaware county circuit court. Similar action has been taken by the city of Indianapolis. Stray Bits of V/isdom. There is n<» good in aigulnj «Ith the inevitable. The only argument uvqg. able with the das" wind k to put on your overcoat.—J amea B. LowelL

iviennonites May Hold Conference In Berne Berne. Sept. B.—The next triennial gatering of the / General Conference ,o£ Mennonites may be iteld in Herne in 1926. The 1 local congregational authorized its delegates at the conference at Freeman, S. Dak., to | extend an invitation for the uetxt I conference here. An invitation was also received from one of the Kansas churches. It is, however, quite probable that Berne will be favored with the conference. A crowd, which in numbers iiassed all former records, attended the conference this year at Freeman. The Berne church was represented by | Rev. P. R. Shcroeder, Rev. Q. H. van der Smissen and J. f. Lehman. -Mrs. C. A. Neuenschwander and Mrs. E. A. iaiginbill of this place also were visitors at these meetings. A large tabernacle had been especially constructed for these sessions and last Sunday a crowd of at least 3,000 people was in attendance. Beside these there was an overflow meeting of 700. Detours From Geneva To Portland Are Impassable —— f Beginning Monday, September 10, the Decatur-Portland Bus line will operate only between Decatur and Geneva. The owners of the line stated, last night, that it is impossible to make the trip to Portland because of the detours between there and Geneva. These detours are almost impassable for a small car not to mention a large vehicle. There is away that the detour can be made by keeping to the east road and not going into the town of Bryant but this was impossible for the bus as it’s schedule . called for a stop at Bryant. It is understood the main road will not be opened up before sometime next summer. Miss Louis Brake will go to Chicago tomorrow to spend a few days buying for the Gift and Hat Shoppe.

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3-Cent Supper At Monroe The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist

The Cort T-H-E-A-T-R-E Matinee Even Afternoon At 2:30. Evening Show At 7:00 Saturday Matinee At 2:00. Saturday Evening At 0:30 TONIGHT “SINGLE HANDED,” Universal, featuring Hoot Gibson. “Sweet and Pretty.” a good comedy. Fox News Reels 10c--25c ® ' ■ ■'- """""""" ■' I ,u —« — ■'! .■■7'7',' ri Monday and Tuesday 111 Wed. and Thurs. " TH bkut ¥ > MAl ' " what a WIFE ■ , I LEARNED" I niversal Special ;:i Attraction, featuring ffl First National featuring „ . ~ ri All-Star Cast Reginald Denny IR , W wonian an j The play of the year an age old love, that is entirely different Added Attraction Added Attraction « Ia Datch « “The Irozen North A good comedy, with A good comedy, Buster Keaton featuring, FOX NEWS Bobby Vernon 11 Reels 10c-25c 8 Reels 10c-25c FRIDAY SATURDAY “THE DEVIL’S “NOBODY’S BRIDE” GARDEN” Universal, featuring First National with Herbert Rawlinson Leoniel Barrymore Action, Thrills. RoA play of romance niance and a wonder and action. story. Added Attraction. Added Attraction “A Fireside Brewer” “Smarty” A Pnramount-Sennett Comedy with comedy. Buddy Mesenger FOX NEWS FOX NEWS 9 Reels 10c-25c 8 Reels 10c-25c CUT OUT AND SAVE FOR REFERENCE No daily announcement of our attractions will appear next week. Guide yourself by this program.

church of Monroe will hold a threa (3) cent eupper in the Homo store building, Saturday evening, Sept. 15.