Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 285, Decatur, Adams County, 3 December 1923 — Page 6

Plate Improvements Under XVay')

«• 1 vJSF? JM' aMksMH dgf- xl : f ~ Extensive betterment*, provided for In the 1923 budget of the Nickel Plate, are now being developed at various places along the line of road. The map shows the new consolidated system and some of the Important towns it serves.

FLEVEN MILLIONS BEING SPENT FOR ADDITIONS AND BETTERMENTS

Consolidated System, Comprising Three Roads. Will Have Increased Capacity as Carrier—Serving Growing Territory. The Nickel Plate Hoad lias assumed new importance as a trunkline carrier as a result of its recent absorption of the Lake Erie & Western and the Toledo. St. Louis & Western railroads. These roads, •-ere consolidated un'ter State authority, and tlie new securities were approved by the Interstate Cottitusrce Commission. The constituent litres now form a system of approximately 1,700 miles of roadway, traversing a rapidly developing agricultural and manufacturing territory. Announcement has been made of p.ans to Increase the facilities and equipment of the consolidated road and to enlarge its capacity as a carrier. Tlie management already Is launched on a program of additions and betterments which call for the expenditure of .$11,411,280 for this year alone. The amount budgeted for new equipment is $5,845,280, including tlie cost of six Pacific type locomotives for use In passenger service. thirty light Mikado freight engines. 1,000 composite hopper cars and 500 composite gondola cars. The 1923 Improvements will cost $6,060,000 and will Include highway crossing protection, additional trackage, yard storage and other betterments which will aid the co-ordina-tion of the constituent roads and facilitate their operation as a unified system. Much of the new equipment has been delieverd, It Is stated. All of it will be In operation tills month when the movement of crops and general commodities is expected to develop the greatest traffic burden for the year, if not for the entire history of railroad transportation. The Nickel Plate, for a number of years, lias been regarded by railroad men as a model road, from the standpoint of operating efficiency, and as one of the premier freight carriers of tlie country, despite tlie fact that it is largely a single-track road. With the Lake Erie & Western and the Toledo, St. Louis 4 Western (Clover Leaf) now Joined with the Nickel Plate, and as a result of the double-tracking planned at various points, the new system is expected to give an exceptional performance for the balance of this year and thereafter, botli as regards operating efficiency and traffic handled, as well as in the development of a fast freight service between Middle West cities and the port of New York, which is to be a Nickel Plate specialty. The consolidated road extends from the important gateways of Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis to Buffalo and thence over connecting roads to the port of New York. In addition, it taps Toledo, Sandusky and Michi-

Igan City on the Great Lakes and has branch lines to Indianapolis and other manufacturing territory in Indiana. The Nickel Plate is allied with the Chesapeake & Ohio, both pro;>erties being controlled by the Van SwerIngen Interests of Cleveland. The Chesapeake and Ohio commands an outlet of its own to the seaboard. It serves the Southern bituminous i'oal fields as well as bituminous mines in Ohio, the latter through Its subsidiary,' the Hocking Valley Railroad which connects with the Nickel Plate at Fostoria, Ohio. Improvements to facilitate traffic interchange with the <’. & 0. are provided for In the Nickel Plate’s budget for 1923. John J. Bernet, President of the Nickel Plate, stated that. In addition to providing the best service possible, the policy of the roud will be to encourage the development of Its territory. Industrial progress In this territory, he pointed out, has been marked, many industries having been attracted by the several trunkline services which provide access to Important centers of production, consumption and distribution. “Since transportation Is a prerequisite to progress In any territory, particularly from the standpoint of manufacturing." he said, “the expansion of the Nickel Plate and the Improvement of Its facilities and service should materially assist the industrial development of the towns and counties which the road serves. "This company will do all it can to drive home the many advantages offered by Industrial towns which It serves and will stimulate, so far as possible, the selection of sites there for factory and foundry developments," he continued. Among the Initial freight-service improvements ure three new fast freight trains which have been put In operation over the Nickel Plate und Lake Erie & Western districts. Including a train carrying livestock and perishables from Indianapolis, making the run to Buffalo In about trwenty-nlne hours and proceeding thence to the port of New York. C. E. Denney, Vice-President and General Manager. Is In charge of operation for the Nickel Plate and Lake Erie & Western districts of the consolidated road. W. L. Ross, senior Vice-President, Is in charge of operation of the Clover Leaf district. The possibility of operating the constituent roads more economically and with greater dispatch as a unified system was one of the considerations influencing ’he decision of the Van Swerlngen Interests to consolidate them. Notable economies have already resulted. These are reflected In .the reduced operating ratio, the Increase In the average miles per ear day ami the engineering economies provided for tn this year's budget. For June of this year the operating ratio was 71.17 per cent as against 73.29 per cent for June of last year. The average miles per car day Increased from 42.4 miles In June, 1922, to 47.3 miles for June of this year.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT. MONDAY, DECEMBER 3,1923.

TRUSTEES OF HOSPITAL MEET I Report of Superintendent Shows Very Satisfactory Progress. The board of irusieea of the Adams County Memorial hospital met today tit the office of A. .1. Smith, the chairman, and routine business was disposed of. Miss Emilio ('. Christ, the superin tondent of tho Institution, reported that llie hospital had cared for a total of 48 patients during the month of I November. There were 15 major oj> erations, 2 minor, 7 for removal of tonsils. 7 medical cases, 2 maternity eases, 2 births and one fractures. The' hospital had 12 patients today. Matters of interest to the management of the hospital, along the line ' of the program for next year, wore discussed by members of the board and Miss Christ. Bills were allowed 1 land Miss Christ reported a very sat I isfaetory showing for the month oi ' ' November, the amount of financial revenue being very encouraging to the trustees and the superintendent. The members of the board of trustees besides Mr. Smith arc", Frank Heiman, Mrs. Clara B. Anderson and Ed M. Ray. On- Operation Saturday. Miss Mabel DeArmond, of Berne, was operated upon at five-thirty Saturday afternoon at the hospital foi hernia. She is very sick, but hopes for her recovery arc 1 extended by those i in c harge. 600 DROWNED IN FLOOD IN ITALY Rescuers Search For Bodies of Victims of Flood: Dam Collapsed. Bergamo. Italy. Dec. 3. —Among I wreckage where three villages of the • Brentbans valley had stood, rescue j workers searched today for bodies of i victims of Saturday's flood disaster. I The death list is unofficially placed I at 600. Refugees, in pitiful plight, are be- , ing cared for in surrounding towns I which by virtue of being on high ground, were spared the fury of the | waters loosed when the great Lain |Glena dam collapsed with a thunder- , ous roar and hurled 216.miil,O(iu cubic j feet of water down the 1 valley. The disaster took place early Sat unlay but with telephone and tele graph communications severed and roads washed away it was many hours before word reached Bergamo. Lake Gleno is a mountain reservoir and the massive hydro-electric dan: at the head of the peaceful valley was the pride of the countryside. —o H. S. Net Teams Go To Liberty Center Friday The Decatur high school boys' and girls’ basketball teams will go to Lib erty Center next Friday night to play the district champs. Liberty Center lost several players through gradu-| ation last spring, but the champs still have a formidable quintet and the locals will have to show improved form to bring home the bacon. The girls' team was not scheduled to play at Liberty Center, originally, hut Prin : cipal Paul \V. Linton announced today I that games had been arranged to be j played in Liberty Center and also | here when the Liberty Center boys play a return game on Dece.nb-r 21. (The D. H. S. boys and girls will play ' the boys' and girls' teams from the International Business College, of Ft. Wayne, here on next Saturday .light. Ford Calls On Coolidge (United Press Service, • Washington, Dec. 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Henry Ford called on President Coolidge today. Ford was accompanied to the White House by E. G. Leibold, his private secretary, and W. B. Mayo, his chief . engineer. j On leaving. Ford said he had talk,ed about Muscle Shoals to the president, but declined to say anything beyond that. o Card Party At Elk# Hall ' The women of the St. Mary's Catholic church will give a card party at the Elks hall on Tuesday evening, December 4th. Five Hundred and Ichiim will bo played and prizes will be awarded to those who have the high scores. .The proceeds from the affair will be donated to the new Catholic school fund. The public Is cordially invited" to attend. ]

e* jrtrtilf" 1 IITA 1 n:it<<. annoum o<l today in n formal All I II statement after his election in it ho- ° IvVUL. nUIU ( , r|4( ~a iI(. U H (l s the minority group. i I lAr*llnrn OnAll Robinson announced the democrats rNKr \ N W'l'thl for retrenchment in pnbl|c LIULIIULJ UUUiI expenditure; study of the railway sit nation relating to freight rate® and . . — l ’ ar,n r p Hef. New License Plates To Be Issued Here After Wed- 0 nesday, December 12. iIADI/CTQ CTfIPIZQ 12th, the new 1921 auto license plater , will be i lied t<> automobile owners J )a j| y Report of Local an <l in Adams county hv Miss Nova Ynst Foreign Markets in c harge of the 1 Hoosier State Ante Association registration office, in the New Yor|< Produce Mar(<et Sehnfer Hardware company s store Flour—Quiet and firm. Miss Yost has received 3.000 plates Pork —Dull; mess $25.50®26.50. tho numbers beginning with 202.501 middle west spot, Ihe plates are blac k will orange Sugar Raw, quiet; centrifugal, 96] colored figures. test, $7.53; refined, quiet; granulatEach applicant must present hi ‘d- $9.15®9.25. . < rtific ate of title, whic h gives the in *° 4 10% ® i I formation in Issuing the new licensee Tallow-Dull; special 7A,®Sc. for next year. Miss Yost stated that Hay—Easy; prime No. 1 $1.45; No. die would not. in fact she is not per ! $L20®1.25; clover sl.lo® 1 40. I Dressed PoultryMDull; turkeys. 20 nut teed to issue a license to anyone s4oc; chickens 18c?i>42c; fowls 15® he does not have a certificate of title 9c; ducks L. 1. 15®28c. | 1 Miss Yost explained the- cNfference be Liw Poultry—Finn; geese 22<F24c , ... ... lucks 14® 30c; fowls 28®35c; turtween the certificate 1 oi title 1 and the ~. ,evs .184145 c roasters lb<;; chicgcontainer card and asks that the autc ns 28®32c; broilers 32®37c. owners not mistake this card for the Cheese—Dull; state milk, common certificate of title. Without the cer 0 specials 20®27Hc; skims, common . . ... ~ ,o specials It'll 19c; lower grades a I tificate of title a license cannot bi issued, this blank being necessary it Butter —Firm; creamery extra. 54c securing the information needed it tate dairy tubs 40®53' 4 c; Danish. 1 ing mi. th< i.i_l loinse-. Eggs—Quiet; nearby white fancy, Licenses Are Much Higher. 6®7S; nearby states, 48®78c; fresh The Ford car, both the touring ant Irsts, 50®65c; Pacific coast 40@73c. edan models, tire the only cars hav .ng the same ratin as this year. Mis ast Livestock Market ~, ~ „ „ , Receipts 7200. shipments 6460 yesiost stated. All licenses for Fords erday; receipts 16,000, shipments, will cost SB.OO under the new licensi :650, today; official to New York SatJaw. The licenses are based on the >rday, <750. Hogs closing steady. , . . . . . Medium and heavies. , horsepower and the weight of the ma - ew $7 75 . Yorkprs an(J $7 50 . chine, a license for a heavy machim ights and pigs $7®7.25; roughs, $6 costing more than for a machine o $5.25; stags [email protected]; cattle. 3000 the same horsepower but lighter ■it teady to quarter higher. shipping . , , , teers $8.a0@10.;>0; butcher steers, eight. Miss Yost has a schedule t< cows and heifers $1.50518; •oby in determining the fee. The li heep 2000; best lambs sl3; culls, -enses for pleasure cars range, fron down; yearlings s9® 10; aged SS.OO to $30.00. The fees for truck: Ca,VCB | range from SIO.OO to $250.00 for a 7% ’ ton truck or more. Licenses foi Indianapolis Livestock Market railers vary from $3.00 to $40.00. Hogs — Receipts 6,000; market, 5 Nearly 3.000 Machines. lftc > OWPr; bes ‘ hp i v ** s e »7.30<®7.40, QI , , ~, . , nedium mixed [email protected]; common Sime December 12th of last year , hoice r0)7 . 1O: bulk of sales $7.10® Miss Yost has issued a total of 2.89: ’.25. licenses ,2.620 being for passengei Cattle — Receipts 1200: market, and touring cars, and 275 for trucks t^ r n s J B@H: COWB ae,,d , P . . . . , , , tetters s6®lo 00. Illis does not include the numbei Sheep — Receipts 300; market, which were issued to owners who ap Ready; tops $6: lamb top $12.00. plied direct to the secretary of statt Calves Receipts. 500; market. . . .teady; tops 13; bulk of sales sl2® ;or their licenses and it is estimate (2 50 that the total number of machines ii i iho county, in< hiding trucks, is ovet Opening Grain Review ‘l.lOO. Chicago. Dec. 3—Grains scored light advances ata the opening on I <l<d 11p Chicago board of trade today. vAbfci. Wheat met heavy selling following n openme slightly higher than SatiContiniied from Fuge One) rday’s close Some of this was for — irofits by last week s buvers. the rein which Fountaine is being tried tnainder by December liquidations. ( Receipts were heavv at 40 cars. They are unlawful sale of intoxicat Opening with a strong undertone, ng liquor; unlawful possession of in orn weakened when wheat turned veak. Receipts of 245 cars were toxicating liquor with intent to sell ’jghter than expected. inlawful maufacture of intoxicatin; Trading in oats was dull and on an liquor; anil maintaining of a publii *>nchanged basis. Receipts were 10Q • . arSi nuisance. provisions higher with better hog Still Presented As Evidence narkets and stronger cables. Included in the evidence offered i. LOCAL GRAIN MARKET •ourt today were a large copper stil (Corrected Dec. 3) and a large bottle of liquor, taken ir 7ew No r wheat, bushel 95c the raid. Sheriff Baker and Chie )ld yellow Ear Corn, per 100..51.00 Reynolds were the only two wit ) at3> per bushed 37c nesses examined this morning. Whei lye per bushel 70c court convened this afternoon. Depu !ar i eyj per bushel 65c ’.y Sheiff Hower took the witness Hover Seed $13.50 -tand. The officers related the a< "'imothy Seed $3.50 count of the raid and identified thi DECATUR PRODUCE MARKET still and liquor as that taken in tin (Corrected Dec. 3) leavy Fowls 16c I The second witness called this as eav X Chickens 16c, ternoon was H. F. Callow, local drug bowls c gist, who was called upon to examint Chickens c the liquor presented as evidence and Roosters c determine the amount of alcohol Chickens and Fowls c therein. Mr. Callow stated that 11 rur ' ip y s there was at least twenty per cent uc '' s c alcohol, tho liquid would burn, lit . . ~ ... . .. Eggs, per doz 40c pouretl out a small quantity in a tir 1 , ... . , . mu Local Grocers Egg Market pan and applied a match to it. The , , „ ■" . r ' •Oggs, per dozen 45c liquid immediately burned. Butterfat Prices The first witness called by the de Butterfat 51c sense was Col. Fred Reppert, owner of Bellmont Park. Mr. Reppe’rt was ■■" JF 1 -- not in the court room when the state x-i Tr-v tested its ease and a short intermis- JU.g sion was called while he was sum Puhlip moned. Attorney L. C. DeVoss is representing for the defendant while Sale the states case is being handled by Jf W Prosecuting Attorney E. Burt Len- Calendar hart. The members of the jury hearing T ( ? e J O ’’°7’ nK n ßal . e ’ IF B^ n^ ln 1 f vertised in the Decatur Daily Demothe case are George Chronister. Clem crat the comp i ete 118 to f articles to Lengerich. Martin Blomberg, Charles sold appearing from time to time. C. Miller. Peter Fox. Benjamin M. Sales dates will be added to this colSmith, Albert Huser, Lewis Yake. umn Free of Charge if person holdr. ing sale has bills printed here and it Charles A. McKean, Oien r y, * a]e advertised in the columns of Herman Hockemeyer and August [hifl paper Advertise your sale in Si lking. This is the regular panel, t he Decatur Daily Democrat and none of them being disqualified. This reach practically every farmer in Ad- '■ ■"<■ »-• W urns circuit court for several months, der (akeg the paper an(] is look ,; ng there being no jury trials during the f or w h tt t you have to offer. September term of court. We print all sizes and styles of sale bills at reasonable prices. _e_ Dec. 4 —Reppert & Seesenguth, 2% Democrats Will Stand "'"-'b of Prebi« w m r> j . Hee. s.—Joe Dellinger, 2 miles south For lax Reduction tn iie east of wiiishire. Dec. 12—Dan Noffsinger, one-half Washington, Dec. 3. —The demo- mile south of Monroe. cratic party will stand for a material Dec. 21 —Daniel Noffsinger, 1-2 mile reduction in taxes, Senator Robinson, west and 1-2 mile south of Monroe or Arkansas, new floor leader in the 5 1-2 miles north of Berne.

1 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS NOTICES, BUSINESS CARDS ’ _

• CLASSIFIED ADS • FOR SALE FDR SALE—Horses, sheep and hogs. S. Murnina. R. R. 3. Phone 811P, 280t6x FUR SALE Ford touring car in good condition. Inquire Albert Bieberleh, Magley, Ind., Preble phone] 2 on 17.283t3x FOR SALE- Full blooded Dut’oc malei hog. Phone 873-C. Cecil Harvey. I 1 283t3x] , FOR SALE Dark Barr-d Ro. k < <>< k~ ! erels. Bargain for 10 days at $1.50, 1 each. S. J. McAhren, Decatur. R. 10, Mt niile south and mile east of St. I Paul church.2B3t6x 'FOR SAlJv—2 young Holstein bulls. 1 from registered stock and from high producing dams. Bowen. Decatur, R. R. 10. 'Phone 796-K 1843tx FOR SALE - lie<l~bone fox hound. 7 month sold. Call Red-566 or at 710 Indiana st. 28413 LOST AND FOUND FOFND—Cog wheels, magneto and other parts for tractor. Owner may have same by describing property] and paving for ad. John E. Mann. R. R. 4—Phone 877-G.283t3 LOST—Friday evening after leaving' interurban station, black leather • bag. Finder call 135 or 936; reward.! I 284t3x LOST Small robe for baby carriage last night, finder please return to Marie Anderson above post office. I 284t2x LOST —End gate off of Ford truck between Decatur and Markle. Please return to or call Everett. Hite Co. and receive reward.2Bst2x LOST —$11 somewhere between 10th! and Ist streets. Finder please return to this office and receive reward. 285t3x WANTED EARN S2O weekly spare time, at home, addressing, mailing, music, circulars. Send 10c for music, information. American Music Co., 1658 Broadway, Dept. W-18, N. Y. L 3-4-5-6 7x WANTED —Every reader to consider a year's subscription to the "Indies Home Journal” as a most appropriate ‘‘all the year” Christmas gift. Only sl. Telephone 102, Fred W. Connell, district agent, and he will call. x 282t3xeod WANTED —Room and board with I private family; close in. Call Schmitz & Tricker Garage. 285t3x Get your reserved seats for the Decatur Leader-Huntington Buddie game for Tuesday at i the Peoples Restaurant. 28113 __2 o W ANTED—Man to take out and haul ashes and dirt from basement. Inquire of T. M. Grove at Daily Democrat office. I WANTED Every family in this city to buy one of our Fine Chipped Glass NAME PLATES or House Numbers Price SI.OO | Everybody’s getting them. , Call phone 535 and give your order. GEORGE SPRAGUE, 922 Line St. Itx J * For Xmas Money. ! 1 Make yourself happy by adjusting ■ your farm loan at 5y 2 %, 10 years to ; pay, NO COMMISSION. Best terms ever offered for a short time yet. You can make your application a close J loan matter. When your present loan I matures, act while the terms are liberal. Call in or call us out. D. N. ERWIN, 155 S. 2nd Street, Decatur. Dec. 3-5-7. o South Dakota Parties Naming Candidates By D. D. MEREDITH United Press Staff Correspondent. Pierre, S. D., Dec. s.—Leaders of ■ the democrat, republican and farmer- ] 1 labor parties of South Dakota gather- ■ ed here today for their conventions 1 tomorrow to select national candidates ’ and prepare platforms. The proposal conventions will pro- ] vide the country with first feel of the political pulse. The conventions wiil get under way at noon tomorrow. o ELECTION OF »i■ . — (Continued From coated men and women dressed as for a brilliant social occasion. The galleries were besieged by throngs who > demanded entrance even after every available foot of space was gone. The : house was the center of attraction, -for • it was there the bitter factional war- | fare threatened first.

• business cards ! INVESTIGATE ** FOR BETTER HEALTH. BE| DR. FROHNAPFEL I) f Chiropractic and Oat.op.thi,' Treatment. fl iv, n t 0 , u|t yous at 144 80. 2nd St Ph a ..T Office Hour. 10-12 M M ———— P* w, S. E. BLACK UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMING i Calls answered promptly day or a |. h Private Ambulance Service. Office Phone: to Home Phone: 727 DR. H. E. KELLER Decatur, Indiana GKVRHAI. PIIMTHR OFFICE SPECIALTIES: women nml <|nidren; X-ta v mSSI? done. Olourseopy examinationa 0 ? | Internal organa; X-ray and ele? treatment, so. high blood pre ± and hardening of the arterlea; "!2 treatments for GOITRE, TL'BPRcfZ ; LOSIS AND CANCER. iLB ER(.UOffice Houre: 9toll a. m.—l to sp. m.—7 to Ia a Sundaya by appointment. Phones Residence 110; Office jet N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted HOURS: 8 to 11:30—12:30 to (:0» Saturday 8:00 p. m. Telephone 135 Closed Wednesday afternoon!. DR. C. C. RAYL SURGEON X-Ray and Clinical Laboratoriei Office Hours: 1 to 4 and ( to 8 p. m. Bundays, > to IS a. m. “ticna 181 FEDERAL FARM LOANS Abstracts of Tttle. Real Estate Plenty of Money to loan on Government Plan. See French Quins. Office—Take first atalrwr.y south Decatur Democrat. O u DR. FRANK LOSE Pltysieian and Surgeon North Third street Phones: Office 425; Home 42) Office Houra—> to 11 a. m. 1 to 5—4 to S p. ta. Sunday S to 9 a. m. IS MADE! Sy Getting JOHNSON to Cry Your Sale. Book your Winter • Spring sales early Write or phone. ROY S. JOHNSON, Auctioneer Decatur, Ind. Phone 606 or 971 White O — ? RECEIPT BOOKS 25 to book, perloratt il stub SECOND SHEETS White and Yellow. OFFICE TABLETS Perforated at top. DECATUR DEMOCRAT “Home of Printing' o_ —=-° _ — 0 H. S. MICHAUD Farm and City Properties For Sale, Exchange and Rent. • Office 133 South 2nd street Office Phone 104—Res. Phone 496 O — mt F Stf O Miss Ruth Hammell and neice. Miss Carol Koontz, returned to Indianapolis vesterday after spending the ' end with Mrs. C. R. Hammell and family. — ’ FORT WAY’NE & DECATUR TRACTION LINE ' Leaves Decatur Leaves Ft. Wayne 5:45 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 9 :00 /“ 10:00 a.m. O'- 00 a “' 12:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 3:00 P 1 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 '°n P m n-00 P 1,1 7:00 p.m. , m 11 •05 p. ®- 10:00 p.m. li.ua p Freight car leaves Decatur...8:00 a. n>Leaves Ft. Waynel2:oo noou Arrives at Decatur I: 30 p ‘ P. J. RAYMOND, Agent Office Hours: 7:30 a.m 1,(1 p I- — "