Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 31 October 1923 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J, H. Heller —Pres, and Bus. Mgr, E. W. Kampe—Vice-Prefl. & Adv. Mgr A. R. Holthouse—Sec’y. and Bus. Mgr. Entered at the Poatoffice at Decatur Indiana as second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies 2 cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier |5.00 One Month, by mail 35 cents Three Months, by mail 11.00 Six Months, by mail $1.75 One Year, by mail $3.00 One Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are within Brst and second zones. Additional postage adu«<l outside those zones.) Advertising Rates Made known on application. Foreign Representative Carpenter & Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City N. Y. Life Bldg , Kansas City, Mo. STOPS AT CROSSINGS.— The Hoosier State Automobile Association makes the. suggestion that a law to require automobiles to come to a full stop at all grade crossings would contribute materially to increased safety on the highways. Such a law would be a step iu the right driection. No one who has observed the working of the boulevard stop regulation in some of the larger cities can have any doubt as to the that would be derived from the strict observance of a state requirement that an automobile should be brought to a full stop before crossing a railway or trolley track. The lull stop proposal might not do away with all grade crossing accidents, but it would be a great help. Such a law would make easy the placing of responsibility on the reckless who retuse to stop, look and listen. It would be a simple matter to convict a driver who ignores a law requiring him to stop. If an automobiUst brings his car to a full stop at a grade crossing and then deliberately attempts to cross in front of qn ap preaching train he is in the class that is hopeless so far as safety regulations are concerned. The real way to insure safely at grade crossings is to adopt the plan that has been put into force in Ontario, where provision was made years ago for the gradual elimination of grade crossings. There will be accidents, despite precautions, so long as there are grade crossings. The rapidly increasing density of vehicle traffic on the important highways adds each year to the argument in favor of doing away with grade crossings. A system by which the expense would be shared by the public and the transportation companies should be worked out and adopted without needless delay.—Muncie Star The time of year approaches when various organisations. churches, lodges, sororities and societies will plan ways and means for assisting the poor. Each Christmas season a dozen organizations do this and several of them continue it through the winter months, furnishing fuel and food to the needy. That's a worthy cause and we know each member anti 'each society does it in the must sincere manner but it would be better if all would support one. There is no doubt that the good results from the Associate! Charities under direction of Mr. Fordyce, Mr. Peterson ami MrQuinn have worked consistently and with the most, wonderful results and we believe that one fund and one control with advice and suggestions from the others would more happily and uniformly meet the situation and the associated charities is for that very purpose. When you discuss what you will do for holidays, consider this thought which is given at this time without even a suggestion from any member of the charity board. Those wlu predict a four hour day in the near future may know what they are talking about and if dvvclopiuepts continue it. is possible that a good many may have uo hour days. A .Scotchman has invented a mechanical bfick 1-. cu£ atachuie which lays

l.SOrt brick an hour or 18,000 per day. With a mortor tank, u hopper of brick and u motor it is said to lay its course of brick, como back, break joints, skip the openings, tap each brlek to settle it and works so fust that three • men are kept busy feeding it with *• bricks and fresh mortor. Big contractors figure it will make a complete r change in their business with much less coat. ■i"T . ’J —ll! U 1 ,'_B 9 Its Hallowe'en and the night for 9 fun and frolic. The occasion is no 1 longer celebrated as a religious oc--5 casion but has become a Murdi Grus. ? a time for parties and pranks. For a j long time and until recently the night ; was marked by the overturning of I buildings. the destruction of proper- • ty, the strewing of debris over town and country and other wild disorders. Now the usual manner of the celebration is to mask -or to dress in comical manner and parade or call on friends. But to be safe better nail down the wood pile and take in the broom. Andrew Bonar Law, one of Great Britain's greatest statesmen, who a year or so ago succeeded Lloyd George as prime minister and was forced to resign live mouths ago on account of hts health, died yesterday in London. His ailment was cancer of the throat. He was really a wonderful man and his advice on frequent occasions made history for England and for Canada, his native land. The Portland Republican declares that Lew Shanks is “Just-as good as nominated aud as good as elected” governor of Indiana. That would be had enough. It might be advisable to save the cost of primaries aud elections except it will be remembered that Editor Kist made the same wild claims for Albert J. Beveridge a year or so ago. Lt P the campaign go on. And now the grand jurj- at Noblesille is investigating the affairs of lovernor McCray because of a ■iiooth deal said to have been put aver the Farmer’s National bank and the McCray Corporation of which the governor was president has been reorganized with new officers aud the ■egrettable affair drags on. o —• — Sideline Glimpses (By 1 ailed Press.) Chicago—Fearing the open field running of Grange, Clark and other Illinois backs, the Maroons have turned their attention to developing a strong defense. The two teams, leadefs in the Big Ten race, meet at Urbana Saturday. Evanston —Northwestern struggled hard today to improve its attack and secondary defense for the coming game with Minnesota. The front wall is satisfactory, the coaches believe. Ann Arbor —Coach Yost has banned all scrimmage before the Hawkeye game Saturday. The yearlings demonstrated lowa plays to the varsity but no rough stuff was allowed. Urbana —Three complete sets of Illinois backfield men battled for attention and first rating as Coach Zuppke drove his charges through hard scrimmage today. Zuppke Is well supplied with backs for the Maroon tilt Saturday. Columbus, O. —Coach Wilce, whose forward pass attack ome. puzzled Ohio State opponents, has decided its effectiveness is passed ami new formations are no.w being used by the Buckeyes. Lafayette—Four varsity elevens are drilling in signals for Purdue's tilt Saturday with the conquering Irish of Notre Dame. Lucky Holmes, star halfback, is again in condition. lowa city—Coach Howard Jones was bothered with the absence of several stars as he drove his men through hard scrimmage in preparation for the game with the Wolverines Saturday. Most of the cripples will be able to play Imfore the end of the week. Madison—The Wisconsin Badgers, having no Big Ten game scheduled for Saturday, went through light workouts today. Minneapolis—Well pleased with the power shown by his team in holding the strong Badger eleven to u score I loss tic. Coach Spaulding is not overworking his men for the Northwestern ~ game Saturday. ( Bloomington, Ind.—Tim Hoosier squad is getting pleuly'uf work in preparation for the Hanover game *• Saturday. 1,1 —— —■‘•■L-—r. .—... .. „ I Mr. ami Mrs. H. F. Ehinger and Mrs. ■' It. M. H'-uel-jy ” ere For'. '.'’ayue i.i'. J or. today. 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1923.

- -i! c PROTECT YOUR HEALTH Starles Dealing With fare Os The Body And Treatment Os Diwaaea > (By Benj. F. Beaver*. M Ik) ‘ -

i ■" Very, very often, sad to say, ser- , ious conditions come from very slight l injuries. Thia is especially true of small cuts, pricks of pins MUI needle*, etc. At first the injuries seem so slight that very little attention is paid to them. But often, in a day or so, ’ these injuries become painful, and ten. dor, and often give out pus. They may become worse each day and spread out over a large surface with swelling, redness, and pain. This condition is known to moat people us “blood poisoning,'' and to physicians as "sepsis." Many of these serious conditions could be prevented at the time of injury. And what causes these wounds to act iu this manner? They are "in fected wounds." What causes it? Infection. But where did these bacteria como from? Bacteria are everywhere. They are on the knives, the pins, etc. which cause the injury. They are on our clothes our own hands even after we wash then clean with soap and water. It is therefore easy to understand how they got into these wounds. They may have gotten there from the knife, from the hands of the person injured, and ivpn from the dressing which he himself applied. In treating infected wounds, a Wsician aims to let out the pus. to kill the bacteria present, and prevent ’lie further growth of bacteria in the wound. But why not prevent all this trouble? Why not kill theso baeioria before they start to grow? Why , not prevent any other bacteria front getting into the wound? This is exactly what one should do, at the ti ne a wound is made. First he applies some antiseptic or germicide to the

How Can The Average Man Get Ahead True Stories Os Wage Earners And Salaried Men And Women Who Have Found The Road to Financial Independence (By Samuel O. Rice, Educational Director Investment Bankers A**ocialion of America)

It is more difficult for an attractive girl to save than it is for a girl who is not especially attractive. As a consequence the story of a stenographet I know in an investment banking house who accumulated s2t>,ooo in 17 years isn't particularly interesting. She was quite plain. She lived ai home. There was apparently no incentive for spending. Her work kep. her in touch with the sound invest meat security business and it war easy to dependable investments But the “only daughter” is attrac five, a sorority girl, a gradate of Wisconsin University anti X.e "baby' in a doting family. Her father is a railway conductor who has made wist use of bis earnings; her mother, a level-headed woman who realized that daughter had a beautiful chance of be ing “spoiled rotten.” Mother early began the work of giving daughter ar idea of responsibility. From gram mar school up through his school, twb years at Northwestern University and two years at Wisconsin University daughter had’a gradually increasing allowance and was taught to spend it wisely' and to save just as wisely. The test of training came when

Charge Against Van Wert Sheriff Dismissed Tuesday Van Wert, Ohio. Ort. 31.—Judge ' Neil poling in Lima municipal court ’ Tuesday surprised persons assembled 1 <n the court room wheu he anuu<'i.:- 1 •d that Mrs. J. A. Swihart. Unia, wtsiv ’ cd ta withdraw the athdavlt sighed oy her charging E. E. Terry, sheriff” of Van Wert county, «hh a statutory ( offense. Tin- jury had been impaneled but not sworn, and Chun Hoke an<| Kerns Wright, and Harry O. Bentley of Um were present as Terry’s attorneys. Paul Landis. Unia city solicitor, who is required to conduct prosecutions in Lima municipal court, was also in the court room. Judge Poling announced that cour* was in sK-ssion and ordered the chirk ta read Hie names of the jury. Clr.n Hoke, of defendant’s counsel iintncdiuVdy offered an objection which watt overrnl'xl by the court. , — Prisoner Slides Forty Feet To His Freedom Jt-ffersou City, Mo., Oct. .".t—Sliding forty feet over slender electric . wires on an improvised roller made of a broom handle, then leaptjig thirty . feet from the wall to the ground, Arthur Keticb. age twenty-two. of New York, escaped late yesterday from the Missouri penitentiary here. Ketjeh’c breqk as deucribsd. b' ’ prison tdhcutk as one ot ths moat:

• wound, which kills the bacteria prest ent or prevents their growth, lod'ne f ia often used, but it is usually quite j painful to a fresh wound. But there I are other antiseptics which are goo.l. i, > But the treatment does not end with . ! the application of an antisepti ‘ to . the wound. The moat important Is 1 to prevent any other bacteria front i; getting into the wound, for every s thing which the wound touches ia j likely to give some bacteria to it. it i must therefore have a sterile dressing j placed upon it. Physicians oi'«en 3 use sterile pause done up tn little packages. But people do not always > have such thing at hand. A sterilj piece of gauze is one which does not ’ have bacteria on it. Heat kills bar- • teria. One can very easily sterilize • a small piece of cloth by baking it in •an oven. After baking it. place it . on the wound and bandage it up. i When placing this sterile dressing on i I the wound, care must be taken not Jto touch the side of the cloth which > I goes next to the wound, nor adow 'it to touch any thing else. if the > I side which goes next to the wound touches anything, 'even the fingers, '! bacteria are likely to got on the dr.ts- : sing, and afterward on the wound where they will grow. Therefore, simply pick up the sterile doth on on? side, and place the side which 1. is i not been touched next to the wound. ( If these simple precautions were , taken with small cut wounds, they , would seldom become infected. Infected wounds, and large wounds should be treated by the physician. Ihmdure wound, especially those •'consed by rusty nails and blank tat- ; ridge wounds require different treatI ment.

daughter left home tor Wisconsin University. Pretty aud likable, in a sorority bouse with girls having ’generous allowauces she might have been excused for overdrawing and for dip plug a little into her savings. “But 1 figured it was a game,” the >»ly daughter explained. "I couldn't >e a quitter on mother. I didn't have a lot of things other girls had. but »y clothes npfre nice and I had as tood time as any ot th.-m. 1 took a lusiness school course, after gradualng from university, tried my hand as 1 saleswoman and now have a pleasmt although not a high-salaried secretarial job. I don't deserve credit tor saving s3,soi>. The family gave •ne little bonuses to encourage me. They made it easy. Saving taught me i lot, too. Somehow or other several ioubtful appearing oil companies got Uy name. They and others have tried Hl sort of schemes to trade me out X my Liberties and the oth<‘r bonds that father's investment hankers a<F vised me to buy. Their schemes are really entertaining.” Kasy? How many college youngsters have you ever heard of who saved a single penny from things Iwing made easy for them?

spectacular in their experience. Guards sa"d they saw the convict on the roof of the shirt factory, but supposed that be was an electrician making repairs. The guards did not shoot Us bo alighted oa the wall because they were afraid of hitting a guard on ♦be tower. Keech came to the prison from Kansas City iu April. IT.}?. to serve ten years for robbery. — ni„y ' — Si * 1 "'* ■"* Help From Tho Hills My heart oft needs th'- healing Os the river’s getjtlc flow; And soni'tlnjes, wanting comfort , Tu forest depths I go. There's a tend' r sympathy. e Aud strength among the hills. That, sohubow. renews my courage And wilft hope my bosom fills. Princeton Has Bey'u Band ~.. l Lultc-d fresv Staty t orresprsd'nt I’ruicutou, Oct. 31—Lixteeu school

' boys of Princeton have been enrolled in u boy's band. Any boy with the, price of a horn and the musical inclination is eligible to belong Th« chamber of commerce is helping organize the band. ■i . i,. —o Anderson Man Writes 2992 Words On Post Card Anderson. Ind., Oct. 31—0. N. Tranbargee, age seventy-two. a retired school teacher, who never haa worn glasses and is an expert penman, has completed the copying of five chapters nt the Book of James with pen aud ink on a postcard of ordinary size. A total of 2,»92 words is on the card, which was filled in one day, Mr. Tranbnrger said. The writing ia very smalt and clear and strong glasses are required by some persona | to read it. - — ■ -o — Rebekahs Held Meeting At Montpelier Last Week Montpelier, Oct. 31—The district convention of the Rebekah lodge convened here, Friday afternoon, and all lodges in the district were well represented. The district is comprised of Adams, Blackford and Wells counties, with lodges at Bluffton, Petroleum. Decatur, Geneva. Ossian. Hartford City, Jackson Center, Zanesville, Liberty Center, Poneto and Montpelier. Mrs. Valetta Kimmel, of Kendall-} ville, state president, w-as present • for the session, and Mrs. Ingram Creek, of Hartford City, is district president. At five-thirty the ludies retired to the Church of Christ parlors, where the ladies ot the church served a sumptuous fried chicken dinner, in a very pleasing manner. During the' dinner. Miss Leavel gave several piano seieetlon*. and Mrs. F. H.l Vernor sang, accompanied at the pi- 1 aM by Miss Della Wilson. The lodge session was resumed at 7:30, and a clasa of five candidates was given the initiatory work by the Poneto degree staff in a highly pleasing manner. Several members in the district won certificates on unwritten work, giving it letter perfect, and included in the list were Mrs. Nellie Flaugb. of this city, and Mrs. Elmer' Cale, Jennie Chandler, Ruby Hobin- ‘

|| THE UNIVERSAL CAR ill I ~ h.o UHllbi I 1 I | ; r II '•tol I I 1 'l' I | ' ’ | I * Wut) ffippdAier II II * II | Business men—with whom the runabout has always been very ||| . | popular—are well pleased with the changes embodied in this model. Always rugged, the car has been made decidedly trimmer and more ' comfortable. This result is obtained by raising the radiator and enlarging tne cowl; a decided improvement in looks and providing more lag room. 0 A well designed top and slanting windshield de their share toward I f adding a finished, clean-cut appearance i‘j Make it a point to see the other new models also on display in the I ? nearest Ford dealer's show room. | ; Tfcae can am Sc otowwd lAroagt 111 | I tht foti Per cMm PW II A : J ■■ o m l| Shanahan-Conroy Auto Co. I 11 l>ecatur, Ind. Phone 80 | CARS • TRUCKS • TRACTORS

1 son. hind Vlrffil Irsnsr. There were sixty one ptMefit gs 'the dinner, and in the evening more} thqn two hundred Rebekah* attended the session The convention <a« one of tb» best tho order has enjoyed. The next session will bo held at Zanesville. — _» ,— Huntington's Population Is Estimated At 18,200 Huntington, Oct, 31. —Huntington

i & I Speedy Efficiency The men of this city will want to look their best fur the hull, days and for all times for that matter. They'lh be busy shopping too, and until Christmas is over they will be “in a hurry.” We realize the importance of prompt work ami especially during the busy season to come. So we invite the men of Decatur to patronize our tunsoriai service for we guarantee quich- work, done well. Ono visit to our shop and we know you will Th- convinced of our service and will just naturally be a life long patron ofLose’s Barber Shop 129 Madison Street Rear of Peoples Loan & Trust Building

j-M persons. a«eordi B| t 0 I nwtos of j* mM u c t»j. Polk and comwn/t Wtfl. Who has the compilation of th # county directory fo r Huati HolkitAtiwi ut oth.iT tuM * T * county will be starte( ,' « ih , time. »(to, — • , Mrs. I. A. Graham . bort Wayne. *Z