Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 266, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1923 — Page 2

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Mrs. Frank Griffith, of Indiana pulls-, is visiting her brother, Fred Handier and family, here, for a Few day*. Mrti. Hugh Hite returned lust evening from Hayton, Ohio, where she spent two weeks visiting Mr. and Mrs John Stewart and family. Mrs. Sam Butler will go to Terre Haute tomorrow to spend several days visiting her daughter and son-in law, Dr. and Mrs. J. 11, Peterson. E. F. Gass and daughters, Marie and Mrs. V. J Borman have returned from Cincinnati, where they spent several days buying for their store Henry Gcntls, of Fort Wayne, was a business caller in the city today. Mrs. J. A. Smith has returned from Fort Wayne where she spent several days visiting her daughter. Mrs. Fred Pont ell and family. Mrs. L. L. Elliker spent the day in Fort Wayne visiting griends. I'r. Fred Patterson has returned from Indianapolis where he attende 1 a meeting of Rotarians called by Arthur Sapp of Huntington, governor of Indiana Rotary. Plans and a program for the annual state conference to be held at French Lick next February were discussed. Mrs. Patterson was in charge of the dental office during her husband s absence. Mrs. Clarence Herber, and san Billie, went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Herber. Mrs. Clyde Noble went to Hartford Mrs. Clyde Noble went to Pierceton to spend the week-end with her parents. Mrs. Lew Weaver of Hillsdale. .Michigan is the guest of Mrs. Minnie Daniels. Mrs. E. W. Kampe visited friends in Fort Wayne today. Mrs. Haney and sons Douglas and, Maurice went to Bowling Green. Ohio this morning where they were called j on account of the death of their grand, daughter and niece. The dates for the Psi lota Xi sorority Rummage sale and Second-han'! store are November 16 and 17. John Joseph made a business trip to Ft. Wayne yesterday afternoon. John Peterson and Dan Beery made a business trip to Roanoke this morning. Earl Adams was a business visitor in Ft. Wayne today. Mrs. B. N. Farr spent the day in Ft. Wayne, visiting friends. Otto .Marshall and James Downs visited friends at Bluffton last even-

Chicken Pie Dinner Sunday, Nov. 11th 1 . Dinner served from 11:30 to 1 o'clock 25cts Our Bread and Baked Goods is baked fresh every morning in our own ovens. Fresh Pastries, Cookies and Cakes of all kinds every day. D. & M. LUNCH Haugks Old Stand. .. * mi || ft'l IF WP «n»«p> BUATVfc REAL MONEY . 1 If you want to know the value of a dollar, try to buy one with marks or rubles. You could hardly z ’ carry home your week's earnings, if you were paid in the depreciated currency of some nations. i I I I People in oilier countries are eager to gel hold of American dol- : lai’s. Put some of yours in a Sav- i i ings Account, for things much de- 1 sired by others arc worth keeping for yourself. Save at this strong. National ’ x. Bank. L MrsCNqtional and Surplus 3120,000.00

. Ing. Mrs. Jennie Ranier will go to Fort Wayne to spend several days with her daughter, Mrs. Walter Rosen- , winkle. C. C. Pumphrey has returned from a several days' visit with his mother at Delaware. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs, Vaughp Murray attended the electrical show at Fort Wayne, yesterday. Daniel N. Erwin will go to Evanston, Illinois, tomorrow, where he will be 1 the guest of Ills nephew, Daniel Erwin. at the annual "Daddy’s Day” at Northwestern University. Daniel Er- ' win is a son of the late Dr. Erwin, a brother of Daniel N. Erwin. Mrs. Avon Burk and Mrs. Albert 1 Sellemeyer were at Portland today and were guests of Mrs. Harry Detamure at a noon luncheon at the Country Club. Miss Rose Christen of the First National Bank is a patient at the St. I Joseph hospital at Fott Wayne where she was operated on. Several years ago a fall injured the knee bone of her left leg and several operations have failed to bring improvement. The report today is that she is improving and it is believed will soon be able to come home and resume her duties at the bank. Dr. Weaver performed the operation. Carl Pumphrey has returned from Delaware, Ohio, where he was called by the serious illness of his mother who suffered a stroke of paralysis. A telegram from a brother today said she was much improved. Col. Roy Johnson, livewire auctioneer, has moved his residence from , 704 High street to 109 South Eleventh street. He has also changed his 1 telephone number, his new number ' being White 971. Miss Hope Mumma. who has been la patient at the Adams County Hosi pital, was taken to her home today ■ and is recovering very nicely. Miss thelma Barber, of Warren. 0., is the guest of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Fairchild, of Winches--1 tter street. i Mrs. Minnie Wilkinson went to For; | Wayne to spend several days with • j relatives. Mrs. Herb Kern and Miss Virginia i Laurent spent the afternoon in Fort ■ XVayne. j* Mrs. Rose Wolfe and granddaughter i Miss Marie Wolfe, were Fort Wayne : visitors today. Fred Andrews, of Fort Wayne was 1 a business visitor here this afternoon.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1923.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Everett, of Little ißiver, Kan.: Mr. and Mrs. John Everett and Mr, and Mrs. Cal Peterson spent the day with the David S. Gatei family neur Wren, Ohio. Miss F.dith Baker, who was operated upon for the removal of the appendix at the Adams County Memorial hospital, is getting along very nicely. A card from Mrs. Nan West of Auburn and well known here, says sho is living in Washington, D. C. Jler sons. Fisher and Donner, have been 1 in the George Washington university since September and Mrs. West join- ■ cd them last week, renting her home at Auburn, furnished, to Everett S oft 1 the famous ball player and captain of the New York Yankees, who is at 1 home for the winter and will occupy the West home for several month), at least. TWO HEID FOR ROBBING BANK Bicknell Residents Suspected of Murdering Bank Cashier Yesterday. ■ . . .. 1 (United Press Service) Vincennes, Ind., Nov. 9 — (Special Io Daily Democrat) — A lull confession to the murder of Charles Wright, cashier of the Edwardsport State bank lias been obtained from out of the suspects held in the Knox county jail, it was announced at tlie sheritT’s office at nt.on today. The confession came after eighteen hours of continiu us drilling. The other suspect, it was understood, still stoutly maintained his innocence. Vincennes, Ind., Nov. 9. (Uni.ed Press.) —William Jones, 23, s;n<l Theodore Armstrong, 30. of Bicknell. Ind., are held in the county jail here today following an allnight grilling of five suspects taken in connection with the murder of Charles Wright, assistant cashier of the Edwardsport State bank, during an attempted hold up yesterday. It was rumored that the two men had signed a full confession, but that announcement of the confession was withheld by Prosecutor Young be cause of fear of mob violence. Miners from the *Edwardspprt fields joined the crowds of Vincennes citizens v hich swarmed around the county court house al! night long while the suspects were being questioned. Threats of mob action against the suspects were heard. Early this morning Cecil Squires. I Fred Opdenhof and Jesse Opderjhof , were released and Jones and Armi strong were taken to the jx.il lor further questioning. "We’re satisfied we have ’the right , men,” Prosecutor Young declared. "The case is coming along fine, but i we re not in position to say anything 1 further at this time.” | Jones and Armstrong are coal min- • ers from Bicknell. Both failed to : show up for work at the mines yes- ' terday. According to evidence in ihe hands of county officials, the two men drove west of Bicknell yesterday morning and forced a farmer to give them a jug of white mule. They told the farmer they were members of the Horse Thief Detective assoi iation, according to the evidence, and said he would be arrested if he didn’t come through. Alter drinking, the moonshine, the two men planned the Edwardsport robbery, according to the charges, and drove to that town. — ——— • .1 ... ■' . .—I Celebrating His Birthday In Adams County Hospital Celebrating his birthday in bed in the Adams County Memorial Hospital is the experience of Cloyd Gephart. former teacher in the Central school, who was born twenty-four years ago today and at the present time is convalescing in the hospital. He has been suffering from rheumatism and a poisoning of the system since the close of school last spring, and is now on the road to good health again. Mr. Gephart enjoyed a chicken dinner. with other good things, today, and he says that he is getting so that he rather enjoys hospital life. 65 head young cattle, T. B. tested will he sold at Lewis Yake’s public sale, Nov. 12th. 2 miles south of Peterson. ■26513

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CLUB CALENDAR Friday Moose la-giouaire Card Party, Moose Home, public invited. Psi Ote Rummage Sale, at Library, Nov. 16. Dutiful Daughters Class of E. V. Church Mrs. Merrill Schnitz. Special W. R. C. Meeting—Legion Hall, 2 o'clock. i W. W. G. Baptist Church, 7 o'clock. Ben Hur Degree Work —Ben Hur lodge rodnis, 7:30 o'clock. Saturday Home Guards of M. E. church, Miss Lucille Phillipi, 2:30. Psi Ote Rummage Sale, at Library, Nov. 17. Monday Woman's Club, Library. Research club —Mrs. Hooper. Wednesday Historical club —Mrs. Runyon. Shakespeare club —Mrs. France. Tri D Club—Miss Gladys Butler. American Association of University Women-i-Miss Helen Walters. The Home Guards of the Methodist church will meet Saturday afternoon with Miss Lucille Phillipi, at her home in the apartment on Madison street, at 2:30 o'clock. All members are requested to be present. ★ A-card party will be given at the. Moose Hall this evening under the; auspices of the Moose Legionaires. I The party will start promptly at eight I o'clock and the public is cordially in- < vited. Pinochle, five hundred and rhum will be played. The fifty-seventh wedding annivers- i try of Mr. and Mis. Fred P.cppert, Sr., >f Vera Cruz, was celebrated last Saturday. All the children were guests it the dinner and the afternoon was tpent in a social way. Mr. and Mrs. Reppert were married by Rev. Cline it Fort Wayne and made their home n this county until eighteen years ago vlten they mov'd to their present borne at Vera Cruz. Those present' it the affair were Fred and William I Reppert of this city; Mrs. Rudolph Schug, of Berne; Mrs. J. H. Fulk, of Bluffton; and Mesdames Calvin Yater, Charles Walters, and Jacob Pt!.fter, of Vera Cruz. The Delphian chib will give a benn-■ il picture show, “At the Sign of the Rose,” at the Crystal theatre, November 12. This picture was shown at Fort Wayne recently for several dpv=. Tickets are on sale at the Holthouse Drug Co., and Joseph and Lang. Democrats Gather In Indianapolis Today i (United Press Service) i Indianapolis. Nov. 9—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Prospective candilates for the democratic gugernatorial nomination came hopefully to Indianapolis today for the meeting of the democratic state committee. | Several formal announcements were expected from the candidates and near candidates as a result of the meeting. Those invited to attend and air their ambitions, if they have any, for the governorship, are: Dr. Carleton B. McCullough, Indianapolis; William N. O’Brien, Lawrenceburg; Dale J. Crittenberger, Anlerson; John S. McFadden, Rockville; Charles S. Dall, Terre Haute, and Joseph M. Cravens, Madison. None of these men have yet made formal announcements but all are much talked of as possibilities. So modest have the democratic aspirants been that each waited for someone else to take the first plunge. o CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE WheatS Dec. $1.05’4; May $1.10%; July $1.06%. Corn: Dec. 77’/ s c; May 74%c; July 75%c. Oats: Dec. 42’»c; May 44%c; July.44%c, U. S. Sailors Engage In Street Fight In Rome Dome, Nov. 9. —A number of sailors from the United States cruiser Detroit engaged in a street fight with Fascist! in Venice during which revolver shots were fired according to a dispatch from that city, quoting an account in a local newspaper. The newspaper said that the sailors asked a woman bartender for intoxicants and whep she refused on the ground that it wffs unlawful to sell after 10 p. m. they assaulted her. Fasclstl then rushed to the assistance of the woman and of a girl with her who was also attacked by the sailors, the newspaper said. The sailors withdrew but meeting other Fasclstis, a meli* ensued in which revolvers were fired, but no casualties resulted.

i . : .rjr— — Lad Broke Arm In Fall From An Apple Tree Oscar, 8-year-old sou of Mr. and | Mrs. William Werling. residing north ot Preble, broke his left arm two inches below the shoulder when lie fell from a apple tree last Tuesday ’evening. The child was brought to this city where the fracture was set with the aid of an X-ray machine. The fracture was a serious one and it is necessary for the hoy to keep his arm straight to one side in n splint. He will be forced to remain in bed for several days. o Mrs. Elmer Tricker, who underwent an operation at the Adams County hospital recently for goitre, was removed to her home yesterday, greatly improved. John Spangler, of near Bobo, had been seriously ill for the past ten days with contiual vomiting. It is believed he lias an obstruction of thbowels. Mr. Sprangier is about 70 years old. I A young child of Mr. and Mrs.l William Ashleman. residing west of' Monroe, is seriously ill with diphtheria. FIGHT FOR BOYS S LIFE * Firemen Kept Boy Alive for 15 Hours With Artificial Respiration. Miami. Fla., Nov. 9. (United Press.) i —Three squads of firemen, working ' in shifts for fifteen hours pumping air i into his lungs, tailed to save the life •of John Stewart, eighteen-year-old ' high school athlete, who died at the city hospital here after his respiratory centre had become paralyzed. Directed by physicians, the firemen had waged a desperate fight all through the night to keep the boy's lungs supplied with oxygen, using the Sylvester resusciation method, and all methods and stimulants known to medical science were used by physi- ; cians in a futile attempt to save his ' life. Stewart had been ill several days and an X-ray examination showed an scess on the mastoil bone. An operation was resorted to. Later, a nurse found the boy lying unconscious, his respiration stopped. Artificial restoration was resorted to until the fire- ' men arrived and the boy kept alive until the next morning. 10'/ 2 TO ONE AGAINST FORD. New York. Nov. 9. (United Press.) —Street brokerage concern has an- | flounced the placing of a large bet at odds of 1 to 10% that Henry Ford will he the next president of the United States. The manufacturer’s backer placed $38,000, in the form of [an insurance policy ,on his favorite, thus standing to win $400,000 if his prediction comes true. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets. The box bears the signature ’of E. W. Grove. 30c.

I ihl a We thank our Stars we l&ll® have this stock of I. B. Ades & S ons Boys clothes for Thanksgiving. Mr. Blank the manager of our boys department was talking to our ad-man. ft/vA “Just look at these 1. B. Ades & Sons suits and o’coals look al the patterns the materials—the models— fPS. p look at the prices 1 have put on them and then go back V. T'x/A Io your typewriter and tell people who have bovs that WE HAVE THE CLOTHES. * M’ lhats what we are doing——telling you that if we ipa' don't do business together for Thanksgiving it will be ' 7 because we do not meet in person. 'ivA'T g The greatest line of clothes in the greatest expanse of value ever given for this quality. W V L "■ . A, . 1, .' s .* S .T. “A A'A $6.00515.00 , , •*’CHA?LS ytFRN I. B. Ades A Sons Boys Suits (?(? t 0 d*-i q rn .».•?«<»«• with double barrel pants tpU.OV »pIO.DU —A# TefwT-Ayeo Ge •/ o£'7r&? Clowes less J mknf.y ~ ALWAYS•DECATUR* INpiANA* ~

JEMOGRAT WANT ROS BET RESULT PUBLIC SALE

As I am leaving the city 1 will soil at public auction, on the vacant lot opposite the Public Library, Decatur, Ind., on SATURDAY. NOV. 10, 1923 Commencing at 12:30 P. M. sharp. The following personal property: — Oak davenport; oak library table; 5 rocking chairs; writing desk; floor lamp; table lamp; 4 pedestals; large fern; heavy oak straight back chair; 2 hall chairs; music rack; 3 9x12 rugs, good ones; large mirror, 18x40; mirror, 14x24, oak frame; leather couch, a good one; roil top office desk and chair; fumed oak library table; center table; 5 plush bottom chairs; dresser, white enameled, with oval mirror; fumed oak porch seat; gas heater; medicine cabinet; clock; golden oak china cabinet, new; buffet, new; round oak dining table; portiera; electric washing outfit with wringer combined; 10 dining chairs; commode; fruit cupboard; square oak dining table; kitchen cabinet; dresser, square mirror; 2 clothes presses; gas range; 3-burner oil stove; 2 heating stoves; . sanitary cot; 3 small spring cots, nearly new; 3 new cotton mattresses; bed clothing; lace curtains; pair heavy curtains; 30 yards of almost new white land blue checked linoleum; 22 yards

! Iff-' ifla • “As the Twig is Bentso is the tree inclined.” There is no better habit for your children to develop than the Saving habit. Explain to your boy or girl the many advantages of building up potential power by conscientious saving. Give them an early start, and encourage them to add to their savings account regularly. Every thoughtful parent should be interested in our * "education endowment” plan. * Old Adams County Bank * ii. .... ■ ■■■ — — A

of almost new flovurwi ■< . this linoleum is g Ult . uiw ,. of new flowered linoleum?’ ’ y, ' e ' of linoleum, slightly wotbboard; shower bath St ture- 7-foot galvanized hp galvanized watering tanks frames, a very nice tank , farm; pedestal wash basin with , er tank and mirror combing *’ n<d fruit; 2 folding screens 1 U ; ft. of % it), and %in git « pipe; 60-gallon oil tank- e ,'.'! nlte < . tMjard partitions 6x7 feetBeaver board; window dishes; cooking utensils; crou jars; refrigerator; solu ’ e [ tools; pictures and frames; lishtfe [ tures; 2 chandeliers; one 3 wav Jug light and light bulbs; and ' erous other articles, na& TERMS—AII sums of $5 and , J cash in hand; all sums over ; credit of 6 months will be giver. J /chaser giving a good bankable'ma' ‘drawing interest al the rate of p J from date. 01 1 DR. C. M. SMITH ' Roy S. Johnson. Aict. ; Jack Brunton, Clerk. -i In case of rain sale will be held ii •jTeeple's storage house on \oni s First street. on ‘ i! ' W)