Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 284, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1923 — Page 2

Marion —Tho country schools of Grunt county lead the state in attendance records, according to T. W. Luskey, county attendance officer.

MAJESTIC Sunday-Monday Nights No Matinees. MOW ••There's much to please the eye and the ear,” Dayton, 0., Journal. “Nobody who enjoys good musical comedy should miss it," Louisville Herald. Prices—soc, sl. $1.50, $2 and $2.50 Plus Tax.

■■■■■■l | THE CRYSTAL | ■ Last Time Tonight “THE g* COMMON p LAW’ - j Co-Starring EE ■ Corinne Griffith Conway Tearie and Elliott Dexter H and a number of other ■ great stars. The story of “The ■ H Common Law" is so S H well known apd so well K H is it pictured in this spe- O H cial feature that you H H must sec. A picture of S H never ending interest H Hs and a real treat. ER fel Extra Added Attraction ■ ffi A good two reel comedy H and a News reel. H TA Truly One (heat Picture See it by all means. K 10c—25c S >3 M

The Cort T-H-E-A-T-R-E Matinee Every Afternoon At 2:30. Evening Show At 7:00 Saturday Matinee At 2:00. Saturday Evening At 6:30 TA ITTPIIT “sawdust” I I LmLH I A Universal featuring IV 111U11 1 Gladys Walton A picture of love, laughter and tears under the big top. , u ■■ "FARE ENOUGH," good comedy. f. Reels Fox News Joc-25c MoND il a nJv FRIDAY TUESDAY '. ~T HE COWBOy WNG ,. Benefit Latin Club High School A big product i on with “SLIPPY McGEE Big Boy Williams A startling tale of the old west A big special production and two-fisted men. Action as • featuring fast as die Twentieth Century All f’Lct Limited.- A picture packed ja ii star vast with llair . ra j stng st unts. A storv of America s foremost crook and a wonderful story. “The Skipper’s Hein the Latin Club of the High School Boozem Friend” and see a good show. A go()(l comedy . “Pn nnd Ma” -NEWS i a anti aid 8 Reels io c --25c SATURDAY WEDNESDAY and “SHOOTIN’ FOR LOVE” Universal with inUnJim! Hoot Gibson He thought thai all the shootin’ “THE FLAME I was over when he came back OF I IFF” from the front, but France was never like this! His dad was A Universal <n»ciol buß y shootin’ at her dad and a t niversai special her (la(t was , <lst ag busy rp _ featuring turning the compliment. And . ... to make matters worse—both I riscilla Dean t ,.n j n i„ ve w itn each other A photoplay of unusual interest 111 and something you have never » The l.. ;perfect Lover” seen betorc. Ruh in action. r romance and a truly wonderful A good- omedy. «tory. ' FOX NEWS" ~,, . . .. ... , „ 8 Raels 10c 25c Baek to the Vv oods , , , * Many Big Features A good comedy. ” • 9 Reels 10c-25c are coming to I his Theater CUT OUT AND SAVE FOR REFERENCE • v No daily announcement of our attractions will appear next week. Guide yourself by thi» program.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS In The Mnttsr or I Inc l.mup Post* linpruv.-iii.-iit Nolle* Is li.rrhy given that the) common council In unj for tli<- City of Decittur. IndUmu. did on ths 20th duy of November. ls2s udupt s pre-1 loniiuirv usai-ssment roll In the mutter of Line StreAt Lamp Posts Improvement, which Improvement Is on along the following rout*-, towlt: To be erected. loeilt'-d and constructed on both sld'-s of Line Street lof s.ihl City, from Adams street to the 11 liter of the WeM bound .Main of The I'hhauo amt Erie Kailroad In the City of Deiutur, Imlhina. Sold intsessnienl with the mimes of owners and desvrlptlons of property snl'tect to he assessed Willi the amount of prlina fnoie assessments Is now on file and mav be seen at the office of tho City Clerk. Notice Is also given the raid eommop council will at Its room II room in tin- City of lieeatur, Indiana, at 7 o'clock P. M on Tuesday. I leeember -Uh, 1923 receive and hear reirtonstram vs against the amount assessed naullist each of -Slid lots and paresis of land on said Toll and will I heal and determine the question | whether such lots and parcels of land I lm\ e been or will be specially benet titled In lite amounts set forth on said I toll or In anv sum, at which time and i rdm e all owners of real estate may I attend and lie heard. Witness mv hand and official seal tW 2 Irtl dav of November. 19 23 I I Seal) <’ATIII-'.I:INI-7 KAUFFMAN. I 24-1 City Clerk. virrn |.; to iiiitnim* i-’ott st I'IM.IF.KI FOR < <>t X I ' NUtiee Is hereby given that on Wednesday. Iler-ember 12. 11'23 and nu to the hour of In o'clock a. m. ■on said dav. the Board ot CommlsslonI I rs of Adams county. Indiana, will re- | r eive sealed proposals or blds for furnishing the supplies fur the several r. offices and Institutions for the veto- 1H24. consisting of blank books, blanks, stationery and printing mid all other supplies necessary for the conduct of tlie business of the county government, all of which Items are s. t nut and described in the specifications adopted lie said Board of Commissioners on the 2nd day of October. 1923. and which are now on tile in the office of tlie auditor of said county for tlie Inspection of any and all bidders and parties interested. Witness mv liaml and official seal this Hitii day of November. 1923. MARTIN .TABERG. Dec. 1 Auditor Adams County, Ind. O__ - vIIF.KIFF'g stl.il In tlie Jay circuit court. John A. Hendricks vs. Albert E. Lose and Mav la-ssie Lttsi . et al. Bv virtue of an Order of Sale to me ,"ro'< >.-d and delivered bv the Clerk of said Jay circuit court. I have levied ' upon and will expose for sale at public auction, nt tlie Door of tlie Court House in lieeatur, Adftms county. Ind.. I between Hie hours of io o'clock a. m.. and I o', lock p. m.. of the 27th day of December. A. I'.. 1923, the following l:.-.tl Estate: The northwest quarter < I of seeI tion eight <8). And the west half < MH .f tlie west half <>i> of the northeast quarter <’,i of section seven (7) all in township twenty-five (25) north, range fourteen tilt east. in Adams county. Indiana, mil said tracts of land contain approximately two hundred (200) acres. Said sale to be subject to Mortgage Loin of the Prudential Insurance Company of America. Taken as the property i»f Albert E. Imse and Mav l.essie f.itse to satisfy I said Order nf Sale. JOHN BAK Eli. Dec. 1. 1323. Sheriff, Adams county Dee. 1-8-15 I Dr. Fred Patterson, group represenl tative of the Indiana Rotary clubs. I spoke at Bluffton last evening.

DECAITJR DAXLY*DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY, DECEMBER I, 1923.

CLUB CALENDAR ■ - Sunday Girl's Missionary Guild of Reformed Church—Miss Matilda Sellemeyer, 2:80. / Monday Research Club—Mrs. Janies Kocher. Delta Theta Tati Sorority—Mrs. Ralph J. Roop, 8 o'clock. Pythian Needle club after lodge. Phi Delta Kappa meeting, 7:30 p. m. Tuesday C, L. of C.—K. ofc. hall, 8 o’clock Psi lota Xi—Mrs. J. H. Borroughs. 7:30. Corinthian Class of Christian Church—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Andrews at The Philadelphia. W. M. S. of Reformed church with Mrs. Ben Shroyer, 2:30 p. in. Friday Pocahontas Pot Luck Supper—Red Men Hall, 7:30 o’clock. Stauffer-Leßrun The marriage of William Stauffer the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses Stauffer, of Herne, and Miss Leoda I.e Brun, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. "Ezra Leßrun, of Wren, Ohio, was solemnly, ed Thanksgiving morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Evangelical church at Berne. Rev. F. S. Erne received tin vows in the presence of the members of the immediate families. The wedding dinner was served at the horn, of the bride's parents at Wren. Durin,!’ the past four years the bride has been employed as a telephone operator at the local office. The groom is employed at the Dunbar Furniture com pany at Herne. The young, couple will make their home with the groom’t parents on East Water street, at Berne for the present time. * The Misses Glayds Arnold. Made! ine McCollum and Clarence Miller and Mr and Mrs. Ed Winnas, all o: Fort Wayne were guests of Jte. an Mrs. Lewis Miller, of south ofMh< city. Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs - Winans returned to their home Thurs day evening. Miss Arnold and MiMiller returned to Fort Wayne last evening. * A. surprise was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grace Tope in honor of Mr. Tope's twenty-seventh birthday on Sunday, Nov. 25th. All came with well-filled baskets and a fine dinner was served at the noon'hour. ThoSc present were Mr. and Mrs. Groce Tope and children, Mary Gatherin' and Robert.'Air and Frs. S. T. Welke and children. Mr. and Mrs. Will Tope. Mrs. Win. .McMichael, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kreische and son., Mr. and Mr.Earnest Tope and children, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lebruin and son. Mrs. Grace •Vic-Michael and daughter's, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ainswoth. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Welker. Clo Suipl'erland Luella Kreische, Agnes Kreische and Russell and Harry Tope. All departed at a late hour wishing Mr. Top many more happy birthdays. ♦ The Woman's Missionary Society of the Reformed church will meet with Mrs. Ben Shroyer at 2:30 o'clock^next Tuesday afternoon. All members are urged to attend. The regular meeting of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity will be held in the club rooms at 7:30 o'clock Monday evening. A large attendance is desired. The Pythian Needle club will meet next Monday evening after lodge. The hostesses will be Mrs. Burt Lenhart. Mrs. Charles Patton. Mrs. Ralph Mallonee and Mrs. William Myers. ★ A Thanksgiving dinner was served the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis | 5 ake consisting of roasted goose | duck and chicken and ixany other | good eats. Those present were Mrs i Bertha Frauhiger: .Mr. and Mrs. Av gust Schlieknan; Albert Frauhiger of .Toledo, Ohii'; Miss Fanna Frauhiger, I Merle Frauhiger, Ruth Yake, Hazel I Take. Evan Yaktx Noah Yake, Wayne : Frauhiger, Leia, Roy. DOrphas and Jesse Schlieknan. The Pocahontas Lodge will hold a pot luck supper at the Red Men Hall | Friday evening at 7:30 q'clock. All members are requested to bi» present. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Estell, living southwest of Decatur, entertained a number of relatives and friends on Thanksgiving Day. At the noon hour a bountiful dinner was served. In the -afternoon the guests were entertained with violin and piano music, which was furnished by Mrs. Morris Butcher, Larinda Johnson and Adam Kunowlck. Thoee present were Mr, and! Mrs. A. C. Butcher and sons, Louis, Robert and Maynard; Mr, and Mrs.

F. O. Baker nnd children, Otis, Eldora and Edith Corene; Mr. ami Mrs. flor ris Butcher and children, Morris Allen and Elnora; Mr. and Mrs. latwfence* Roop; the Misses l.aurindn Johnson andNßeatrice Butcher, and Adam Kunowich and Hubert Oilpen. The Psi lota Xi Sorority will hold i' Christmas sale of handmade handkerchiefs at the Peoples Cash Shoe Store, December 7 and 8. Linen handkerchiefs of all colors embroider'd and hemstitched in dainty colors, will he for sale. Mrs. Ralph J. Roop will be hostess to the Delta Theta Tau Sorority Mon day evening at her home on Tenth street. AH members are requested A very pleasant surprise was given at the -home of Mr. and Mrs. Grace Tope, Sunday in honor of Mr. Tope's twenty-seventh birthday. A delicious tinner was sehved at noon. Those present were, x(r. and Mrs. Grace Tope, Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Tope, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ainsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lebrun, Mrs. Lawrence McMichael, Robert, Mary Catherine, Buel/fi and Florence MeMcMichael, Russel Tope, Cloe Sunderland; Harry Tope, all of Wren. Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tope, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Welker, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Welker, Irene and Richard Tope, Ethel. Charles and Gordon Welktjr, of this city; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kriescher and son, Donald. Report Says 300 Were Drowned In Accident (United Press Staff Correspondent) Milan, Dec. 1— (Special to Daily Democrat) An unconfirmed report from Dazzo today said 300 persons were drowned in that township when the dam of a hydro electric power plant broke, releasing a Hood. It was reported that two other nearby towns were also flooded. o < PENNSY RAILWAY (Tontinned from Page employes of the Pennsylvania railroad company here, the day being one of contests in all kinds of athletics and closing with a ball game which will decide the regional championship. The district reaches from Chicago east to Bradford, Pa., and from Mackinaw, Michigan, south to Richmond, Indiana. A number of special trains will bring the guests and the day will be one of delight for every one. It is expected that many thousand people from this county and surrounding cities will attend the =vent. The winners in each of the some fifty events will represent the region in the system meet in September. * • If Decatur is selected, Mr. Shuster will bring his committee here early 'n the year at which time a definite program and plans for the occasion will be completed. Mr. M. A. Kenworthy, of this city, will be the division chairman and will keep in direct touch with the association and with the local'committee. The entire program. excepting the golf contest, will be held at the park and will include, swimmiqg. 'shooting, running, jumping, tennis, base ball and all manner of outdoor sports. ■ • YEOMAN NOTICE Big meeting at the Yeoman hall Monday evening at 7:30. The degree team is urged to be present. Several matters of importance will be considered at this meeting. Scott Murder Trial Underway In Kansas BULLETIN. Mound City, Kan., Dee. I.—Frequent complaints against her husband's alleged misconduct were made by Mrs. Ella Scott, according to testimony introduced today at the preliminary hearing of her niece, Arlene Scott, accused with her husband of her murder. Neighbors and workers around the Scott home and store in LaCygne placed on the witness stand by the prosecution told Scott, previously to being slain last June, frequently scolded her husband. E. R. Peters, employed in the Scott grocery store, xaid on one Occasion Mrs. Scott told her husband: "if you had caught me acting the way I caught you, you would have killed me.” Arlene was standing nearby crying , at the time. Peters said. Authorities tharge a love ass '.ir between Arlene and Scott resulted in the alleged murder plot.

Find Bodies of German Soldiers Gassed In War Verdun, Dec. 1. —Bodies of more' than 100 German soldiers, postured in life-like attitudes, were found today in a tunnel between Dead Man’s hill and Hethincourt. They had been caught In a surprise gas attack during the battle of Verdun. The Germans were blotting mineral water when stricken. The gas must have acted instantaneously, for there they stood today, against the walls of the tunnel, gruesome toilers at one of the less heroic tasks of the world war. • o GOOD COMEDY AT MAJESTIC TWO DAYS, STARTING SUNDAY "Good Morning *Dearie” will appear at the Majestic theater. Fort Wayne, on Sunday and Monday nights. Without suspicion of flattery it can be j said that "Good'Morning Dearie” is one of the jolliest entertainments ever concoted by those master chiefs of musical divertisements Anne Caldwell Jerome Kern and Edward Royce. Miss Caldwell has takfen a story with music that seems to have surprise, excitement, fun and above all, novelty as a spice for evdry scene. Jerome Kern's best music is to be found' in "Good Morning Dearie.” and is thought by many to surpass his score in Ziegfield's production of “Sally." Edward Royce, who produced “Sally” and "Irene” has directed it all from the Toddle Shop with the midinettes busy at the sewing machpi'es, followed by a street scene in Chinatown; and this leads to the ‘Hell's Bells dance hall." In the next act v<e are back in the showroom of the shop with the mannequins on parade in gorgeous gowns designed by Paul Poiret of Paris, and later the charming Fragonard scene in a beautiful garden where everything necessarily ends happily. The company to appear at Fort Wayne I's the one and only companypresenting "Good Morning Dearie” and includes yirginia Watson. Gwendolyn Roland, Kitty Clark, Kathleen Vaughan, Mary Diehl, Roland Hogue,

A New Body Type | — 1 |W Si JMfcl — 1 —— ■ JO ‘ ’’ 'i' I ■ THE Sailer SEDAN F. 0.8. fully DETROIT EQUIPPED The Tudor Sedan is a distinctly diator give it grace and poise from new Ford body type, admirably de- every angle. signed for harmony of exterior , r _ appearance and excellence of interior Wwle doors, inge to open or comfort and convenience. ward ’ {oidin § Iront seats ’ well spaced At $590, its price is not only lower ‘ n ” ior ’ dark !' r °" n broaddoth than any previous Ford Sedan, but holstery anc attractive in eno lower than any sedan ever put on trimmings add measurably to its inc i the American market. viduality, comfort and convenience. Body lines, long- See this exceptionpanel rear quarter <J7,CSC cars can be obtaincJ on the ally desirable new windows, broad Ford product in cowl and high r-a- — — Ford showrooms. SHANAHAN-CONROY AUTO CO. Decatur, Ind. Phone 80 CARS • TRUCKS - TRACTORS

I Lou ’Powers, Eddie Allan, Abbott Adams and Nathaniel Gennlss, and an enscmWe of show girls, and young men dancers, not forgetting the Sunbejini Girls, the sensational steppers ' from London who were brought to America especially for "Good Morning Dearie." —Advt, -■o ■ —— Jefferson High Put On -* Probation In I. H. SA. A. Wabash, Ind.. Dec. 1. —As result of the Wabash high school-Jefferson high school football game Wt Lafayette November 3, in which a disagreement arose as to the validity of a" touchdown made by the Jefferson team, the Jefferson school has been placed on 1 probation in the I. 11. S. A. A. until June 1, 1924, according to Arthur L. Trester, secretary of the association, writing to Principal M. C. Darnall, of the Wabash High school. ' The football game which was only • partly played was termed "no ganiu” .by the board, was judged poorly man[aged by the Lafayette school authorities, and Wabasli should have played 1 the game to an end, even if all condl--1 tions were not satisfactory. hatay ’ ette was scored for using an umpire ' not recommended by the association 1 for football and a linesman not ap- ’ proved in any sport. After the argument during the ■ game the Lafayette and Wabash ( school officiate agreed on a7to 7 tie score. i o Edward Wilson Buys Bakery At Payne, Ohio [ Edward (Curly) Wilson, well-known ’ baker of this city, today became tfie ' owner and proprietor of the Fetzer t Bakery, at Payne, Ohio, he taking r possession of the place this evening. , Mr. Wilson has been employed as I baker at the Peoples Restaurant and r other bakeries in this city for the j past twenty years and is an expert jin the art of good baking. The merits of his pies, cakes and bread are t known to everyone. The Wilson fam. t ily will not move to Payne until ab- ’ ter the first of the year or early - next spring, Mr. Wilson stated. His i many friends here wish him success , in his own business, although regret-

ting that he is leaving Decatur. CUT THIS OUT—*tjs w olnil MOM;< H| C0 ‘ 11 AvU 1 * ci . FoIi T bottle of FOLEY'S HONFv ii. n for < ought. Ci.lUh, and Croun*?? T *H f.'P.nj'j," I’U' kageH of ihh p?' “'j"' trie •II.Ls for RaekHch,., t| 'Y 1 ; n J,y Bladder troS ,1. I ,I'iil.KY! CATHARTIC Tau v..'o | Constipntlon moi Billounnc»« ’t"r wondffi ful r-nudlen mo7 ', «>•’« Hon. of theJnl Lost Diamond Ring Set While driving from her home t u thErie railroad station one day thia week. Mrs. D. B. Erwin lout the set out of her valuable diamond rinMrs. Erwin would greatly appreciate its return if anyone happens to find the set. A reward will be given tor its return. —o—■ Doris Erwin Undergoes * Operation In Chicago Miss Doris Erwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dore B. Erwin, of this city, underwent an operation for goitre at the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago last Wednesday. The operation was successful and Mis s Erwin is getting along nicely Miss Erwin i s super intendent of the girl's wqrk i n th e Jefferson Park Presbyterian church in Chicago. , Hunter Shoots Companion Columbus, Ind., Dec. I.—The Thanksgiving vacation of Dallas MeKenley, 17, came to a tragic end when he was accidently shot by Robert Stewart, a hunting companion, late yesterday afternoon. Stewart started to fire at a rabbit and McKinley stepped directly infront of the gun. He was shot in the back almost instantly. — " Typhoid Fever Epidemic Spreading In Fort Wayne 'Fort Wayne .Dec. I.—With the death of Mrs. Florebce Anola Roebel, 19, the epidemic of tynhoid fever had claimed its second victim,- Dr, John N. Gilpin, city health officer, said today. Fifty-six persons are now ill with i the fever, he reported.