Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 293.

CLARK J. LUTZ' IS HONORED BY PRESBYTERIANS Decatur Attorney Elected Moderator Os Presbytery At Ft. Wayne MEETINGS COMES HERE Annual Spring Meeting Os Presbytery Awarded To Decatur A high and deserving honor was bestowed upon Clark J. Lutz, well known attorney of this city and a prominent layman in the local Presbyterian church, when he was elected moderator of the Ft. Wayne Presbytery at the December meeting of that church governing body, held in Fort Wayne yesterday. The meeting was attended by delegates from the churejies of northeastern Indiana. Sessions were held in the forenoon and afternoon at the Y. M. C. A. and about twentyfive ministers were present. In addition to electing Mr. Lutz moderator, the Presbytery voted to hold its annual spring inerting in Decatur. The Presbytery will convent* in the First Presyhterian church here, on the second Monday in April and will last for parts of two days. It i.; considered an honor for any church to obtain this meeting, as the spring meeting is the most important meeting of the year. The meeting was swarded to the local Presbyterian church on invation of the local session. presented by Mr. Lutz. The meetis attended by many peolpe, including at least one delegate and the pastor I from each church. Mr. Lutz Deserves Honor Mr. Lutz has been active in the affairs of the Presbytery for several years and his many friends are elated over the honor which has come to him He will take office at the spring meet ing of the Presbytery here. The Fort Wayne Presbytery extends to the Michigan state line on the north to the Ohio state line on the east as far south ns this city an«i as far west as Huntington. It comprises approximately twenty-seven churches. Four meetings are held each year by the Presbytery, two of which are permanently designed at Ft Wayne and Winona Lake. Results Os Meeting Steps were taken yesterday to make the organization of the Presbytery conform with the plan of government adopted at the national council of the church which convened last week at Cleveland, O. A consolidation has been affected which gathers all activi ties of the church under four heads and the following pastors were elected yesterday morning to those respect ive positions: H. B. Hostetter, chairman board of national missions; Rev. Robert Little, chairman board of foreton missions; Frank N. Palmer, of Winona Lake, chairman board of ’ Christian education and J. A. Gordon, Winona Lake chairman board of ministerial relief and sustentation. Rev. W. T. Angus of Huntington. was appointed chairman of a comntitte on program and field activities which within next few months will visited every church in the Presbytery. Each of the four division chairmen are members of this committee and two other members remain >o be appointed. At the afternoon session Rev. F. N. Palmer, of Warsaw led a discussion •levoted toechoes of the church council held last week at Cleveland. As different from the annual Pres-’ byterian assembly, Rev. C. O. Shirely. stated clerk of the local Presbytery Pointed out last night that the Cleveland meeting was not a legislative body with power to pass rules and law s to govern the church, but rather 11,1 institute or educational affair (•’>' •I'e intercharge of ideds among leadln" Presbyterian churchmen of the nation. More than twelve hundred •overs were laid for a banquet, which •'•’"eluded the meeting. Have A Baby Boy Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bell have re•civet! word of the arrival of a son, Rle second in the family to Mr. and Willard Rohrer, of Detroit. Rohrer was formerly Miss Margaret R,, 1l of this city. I

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I Hornsby Threatens To .lump Organized Ball New"‘vnrV M "n" ,IT ''•■rr-Hpon.l.nti I *,, * sork. Dec. 12- to Bally Demlcrat)-Rogers Hornsby,' champion batsman of the National league, will Jump organized baseball I If lie Is not traded before the opening of the next season by the St. Uiuis I • ordinals, It was learned from reliable authority. Hornsby, according to a well known sportsman who talked to him in St. Louis last week, has received •in offer of $15,000 a season to phj.' with a semi-pro team in Chicago mid he will accept if the St. Louis club attempts to make him play with the Cards. Newcastle—Dedication of the new ss'looo Baptist church will be held 1 here Dec. 10. MASONSELECT NEW OFFICERS O. L. Vance Re-elected Worshipful Master; Installation .Jan. 8. O w L .Vance, well known clothier, was re-elected Worship Master at the' Decatur Masonic lodge, at the annual election of officers held last night. A splendid attendance was present and * the meeting was a very enjoyable one. Other officers elected at th«* meeting last night were Ed Ashbaucher, Senior Warden; Harry Helm. Junior Warden; Arthur Suttles, Treasurer; Earl Adams. Secretary; Cal E. Pet-1 erson. Trustee. Installation of officers will be held on the second Tuesday night in January. I — ■- -0 “ HENRY BARNHART VISITS THIS CITY I I Former Congressman And Prominent J’olitician Here Yesterday Henry Barnhart. Rochester, former congressman from the ninth con-, gressional district, stopped off last evening on his way to Winches- ( ter where he will attend a district meeting of the Indiana Independent Telephone companies and made an address at the banquet to be served at noon. Mr. Barnhart, who is one of the best known men in the state and who, during the time he was in the house of representatives, was one of the foremost congressmen of the Indiana delegation, is also president of the Indiana Telephone Association. His son, Hugh, manages the Rochester Sentinel, while his son, Dean, is publisher of the Goshen, Democrat. ' Mr. Barnhart is being strongly urged by many of his friends to become a democratic candidate for gov-, ernor. His visit here was greatly enjoyed by those who had the pleasure of' spending a few hours with him.| Mr. Barnhart gained a national reputation as a Chautauqua speaker this year when he traveled over several states making his eloquent talks from the platform. —O Thirty-nine Klansmen Take Part In Parade Thirty-nine members of the Ku Klux Klan, in lull regalia, took part in the parade staged by the organization on second street last night. The Man - men paraded in single file nor h on ’second street to Monroe stree , .then back to the monument at , ioutb oast where a Fort Wayne minister ' ' e(l an address. It was stated that th< ( meeting was held in answer to anonymous notices posted in th; city a.•■ . I warning the Klan ls i 1 days ago, warning further demonstrations in this city- . The notice were printed and signed •‘Committee 01 _... -0- + .j. + + + + + + + * CONGRESS TODA) ++ ++++++ + * (D y United Press) House l' 0 ,• ; Senate i In recess. > I committees continues work.

WALB CONTINUES HIS PROBE INTO M'CRAY AFFAIR I Republican State Committee Is Called To Meet December 27. WALB AT FT. WAYNE Speaker Os House Assures McCray His Support In Impending Fight I ! Indianapolis, Dec. 12—While the formal call for a meeting of the state committee on December 27 was being •■ent out from republican headq tart,era her Clyde ,\. Walb state chairman today continued his private investigation of Governor McCray’s afairs. I | After a day in Fort Wayne gather-j | ing data as to McCray’s transactions I Walb wont on to Marion for a conference with Hurd Hurst eleventh district chairman and to question officials of the Marion National Bank, at whose request the grand jury probe leading to McCray's indictment was started. 1 When the state committee meets here on December 27, Walb will ask the party to repudiate McCray officially. I Raymond Morgan, speaker of the house of representatives has assured i McCray of his support in tile party fight. Morgan is not in favor of any i move to call a special session of the . legislature for impeachment of McCray unless McCray is convicted. Morgan, it became known after he had conferred with the governor yesterday, b dieves Wall) has been too hasty in his pronouncement of judgment and demand for McCray’s reI signation. ——o BIRTH AT BERNE An 8-pound girl was born yesterI day to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hause. lof Berne. She has been named Helen Imogene. The baby is a great granddaughter of Henry Gebrett. chief of police in Bluffton. RUSH STARTED AT POSTOFFICE Extra Help To Be Added During Last Few Days Before Christmas The annual Christmas rush is on at the Decatur postoffice and each day the parcel post business increases, Postmaster Harry Fritzinger stated this morning. | Arrangements are being made to take care of the final rush the last week before Christmas. Christian Macy will be employed as an extra man in the office and will help in delivering packages. Thetus Hocker will deliver parcels the last three or four days before Christmas by automobile and everything possible is being done to help faciliate in the speedy delivery of the Christmas packages. If necessary the office force will work overtime in order to rush delivery of the mail and parcels. l Most of the business of the local office this week is outgoing. Relatives have mailed packages and registered mail to their relatives in Ger-1 many and other foreign countries, it was stated. Several people have sent money or money orders to relatives in Germany and at the present price of marks they will be able (o purchase a lew billion of the paper mediums. Natives in far off China have also been remembered by local people with Christmas presents. ( Postmaster Fritzinger urges everyone to mail the Christmas packages by not later than the Saturday before Christmas. This would be December 22nd. The public is cautioned not to seal the parcels or packages if they wisli to have them sent parcel post. A sealed package is consld< red first class mall and cannot lie sent at the parcel post rate. The local postoffice will strive to deliver every parcel by Christmas noon and the cooperation of the public in seeing that the packages, and parcels are mailed early will be. greatlv appreciated. There will 1)0 n 0 city mail delivery on Christmas, but the local office will be open. The rural carriers will make their regular morning dleivery.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 12. 1923.

NEW MODERATOR

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Clark J. Lutz, local attorney, who was elected moderator of the Fort Wayne Presbytery at a meeting held i at Fort Wayne yesterday. Mr. Lutz | will take office next April.

FIRST 1924 AUTO LICENSE ISSUED Yost Brothers, Contractors, First To Apply For License Platas A. V. and Cal Yost, local bridge contractors, were the first men to 'apply for ami receive the new 1924' auto licenses and plates, they making application early this morning at the local office of the State Auto Association, in charge of their sister. | Miss Nova Yost. A. V. Yost received the first plate, the number being 202 501. Both of the men own Dodge roadsters and their license fees were $12.00 each. Vercil Hoblet, of Berne, j was the third man to apply, he re-1 ceiving plate number 202,503 for a Fold, the license fee being $8 00. Hal Ayers, of Portland. State Auto policeman, was in the city this morn ( ing and stated that he found very few , violations in this county and com-| mended Miss Yost for her efficient, | work in connection with the license ; bureau. Miss Yost lias her office in the Schafer building and she will gladly, help the auto owners fill out their I blanks. Each auto owner must submit his certificate of title before the' license can be issued. THREE HEALTH BONOS ARE SOLO Pythian Sisters, Yoemen And Masons First To Purchase Bonds SThe purchase of three Health Bonds! ... , . I by three local lodges, was reported today by W. Guy I S //i I Brown, county chair I i ? man for the annual t Christmas Seal Sale. The Masonic lodge purchased a $lO bond; the Yeogiun | lodge, a $5 bond; and the Pythian Sisters, a $5 bond. Other lodges and ■organizations are planning to take the matter up at their next meeting. | | The sale of the little Christmas j seals is progressing nicely. The school children throughout the county are selling the seals. No definite report on the number of seals sold can be obtained until after the sale ends, the last of this month. While Adams county citizens are purchasing the Health Bonds and seals, residents of other coinmuni- ' ties throughout the United States are purchasing them, to aid in the great fight being waged against the great white plague, tuberculosis. Eighty percent of the money raised in this county through the sale, will be kept here to finance the anti-tuber-culosis work in this county, while the other 20 percent will be forwarded to the national organization. I 13 ' DaystoShop*'W AOJ ~

FOUR BROTHERS i PERISH AS FIRE DESTROYS HOME Four Sons Os Farmer Burn While Parents Look On, Helpless ALL WERE ASLEEP Father. Mother And Three Children Escane; Wind Fans The Blaze Washington, Ind., Dec. 12.— Overcome by smoke in a second story room, four sons of Will-j i iam Fuhrman, a farmer perish-1 led in a fire which destroyed the Fuhrman home near Lagootee■ earlv today. The dead: Wilbert. 13: Herman, 16: Peter, 11; Harold, 10.1 The father mother and three other { children were asleep on the ground floor of the frame dwelling. The four I hoys were in an upper room. When j the father was awakened by the | crackling of flames, he barely had time to get himself, his wife and the three children out with him before the roof caved in. It was thought the four boys were overcome by smoke and burned in their beds. The four charred bodies were found | I huddled close together in the ashes, |of the home this morning. The other members of the family' , were forced to stand helplessly by ! | while the house burned to the ground. I I A strong wind fanned the flame, i There were no close neighbors and there was no fire protection within j miles. I It is thought the fire started from ■ I a'defective flue. The family had just | moved into the bouse vesterdav. j -o— ’ CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE I Wheat: Dec. $1.04%; May 11.09’4; | July $1.07%. Corn: Dec. 72*4c; May 173%c; July 74%c. Oats: Dec. 42%c; I May 45%c; July 43%c. CHURCH PLANS ARE COMPLETE Plans For New Christian Church Call For Beautiful Structure Blueprints of the plans for the new Christian church to be erected at the corner of Second and Jefferson struts have been made and at a meeting of the building committee Friday night, a date will be set for letting out the ' plans to the contractors. Bids will be received in the near future and it | is planned to have construction work I started as early in the spring as th« ' weather will premit. i The plans were drawn up by Os-1 ear Hoffman, local architect. The building will be strictly on the Corin-! thian style of arc hitecture, and it I will be a strict departure from the I conventional Gothic type so often used in church buildings. The* building will be constructed of verigated buff ! i brick trimmed in white .stone. The | estimated costs, fully furnished, is j ■ Iretween $35,000 and $36,000. I In the basement there will be a large, social room, which can be used for various Events, such as suppers, small religious pageantries and church socials; a fully equipped kitjchen: a mother's rest room where all conveniences for the c are of children will be found; the fuel room .boiler room and a men's toilet. The Main Floor There will be 181 opera seats In the main auditorium, with additional | room for extra seats in ease of nee- i esstty. At tin' rear will he two class, rooms which c an be opened on to thej| main auditorium. The total seating capacity, including the balcony and class rooms at the rear, will be approximately 5011. There will be a large pulpit and choir room, with a large archway over the rear of the i pulpit. This can be used for church : pageantries, there being footlights en j cased in an invisible door in the floor of the pulpit. The baptistry will be at the rear of the pulpit while j the pastor’s study will be. on one. side and the c hurch library on the. | (Continued on Page Eight) I

» I Counterfeit Notes In Circulation In Chicago ct'nltc'il Press Staff Correspondent), Chicago, Decg 12 (Special to Daily Democrat) —Nearly (1.U00.000 worth <>f counterfeit notes of the Federal Reserve bank are in circulation lit Chicago, according to federal authorities. With two arrests macle here and others arrested in St. Louis. St. Paul and Peoria in connection with the flood of spurious money, officers of the secret service said they were running clown an extensive counterfeit ring. Many new arrests are expected in several cities in the middlewe,st. The notes, most of them the ten i dollar denomination, are good imitations cif the genuine bills, but are slightly ''oft color'' on the reverse side, authorities said. CHICAGO AFTER DEMO MEETING _ Having Lost G. O. P. National Convention, Now Gets Busy i Chicago. Dec. 12.—Having lost the republican national convention. Chi cago is confident of including the, democrats to hold their convention here. George E. Brennan. Illinois democrat leader. Mayor Dever, a democrat | and Edwin N. Burley, former shipp- | ing board head, declared today they were quite confident of securing the ! convention. Brennan declared that lowa. IndiI ana, Minnesota,, Wisconsin. Ohio, Nej braska. Colorado, Kansas and other states are swinging into line for Chicago. 0 WILL ENFORCE HIGHWAY LAW County Highway Superintendent Warns Against Heavy Hauling As a means of cautioning or calling thief attention to the Indiana load laws. Charles E. Magley, county highway superintendent will erect a' least large cards, reading.” Obey The Indiana Road Iziw”. on the 750 miles of mticada inroads in this county Mr. Magley asks for the cooperation of truck owners and drivers who use the roads in wet weather and believe that with a little help the rebels can be saved and at the same time aviod misunderstanding and trouble. The cards will call attention to those who use the roads and if violators as apprehended the law will be enforced. Mr. Magley said. The law .governing the weight of trucks is as follow: "ft shall be unlawful for any person to haul over any turnpike, Male adam or gravel road (The term I "gravel road" to inc lude any road grad ■ecl or graveled with not less than one {yard of gravel to eight feet in width. I and nine feet in length of such road) at any time when the road is thawing through or by reason of wet weather : is in condition to be cut up and injured by heavy hauling, a load on any i vehicle with tires of less than three inches in width, the combined weight of which load and vehicle, including the driver, shall be more than twenty five hundred pounds; or on any vehicle with tires of three inc hes and less than four inches in width, the combined weight of which load, vehicle and driver, shall be more than three thousand pounds; or on any vehicle with tires of four inches and less than live Inches width. the combined I weight of which load, vehicle and driver shall be more than thirty-five I hundred pounds; or on any vehicle with tiros five inc hes or over in width 'the combined weight Os load, vehicle 'and driver shall lie tii'iic thin thirl" eight hundred pounds. Persons violating any provision of this section shall, on conviction, be lined not loss than live dollars u<>r more than fifty cl dials for eac h load so hauled. This In < bides traction engines weighing over th" {above limit. Iri-h Book ('arnegia Tech South Bend. Ind, Dec 12 NcWra Dame has scheduled Carnegie Tec It I for a football game November 23, 1924 I Inute Rockne, coach announced.

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PROGRESSIVES CAST BALLOTS FOR DEMOCRAT I • Four Progressives Swing Over To Democrat On Bth Ballot DEADLOCK UNBROKEN Smith, Democrat. Lacks One Vote Os Getting I. S. C. Chairmanship H'nitf'l Staff I Washington. Dec. 12 (Special to Daily Democrat) Four <1 the sc'-en LaFollette progressives xvl.o have deadlocked the senate over the chairmanship of the interstate commerce committee swung over to the democrats on the first ballot today. hut could not break (he deadlock. Senators Brookhart, Frazier, Shipstead and Magnus Johnson voted lor Senator Smith, 1 democratic candidate. The other three stuck to La Follette. preventinti election of either Smith or Cummins, the regular re- ' publican nomfnes. Senators Norris, of Nebraska. Nowell of Nebraska and Igidd of North Dakota, stood by La Follette. The vote on the first ballot, the seventh since the fight began on .Monday was: Cummins 40; Smith 40; l.a Follet'.e 3. With 83 votes cast, 42 was necessary for election. The Brookhart group, thinking Smith was more in favor of their progressive rail program, reached an agreement to swing over, b.;t the Nmris group refused to go with them. The IbuiKM rats swung right into line behind Smith and Republicans behind Cummins. Senator Ladd swung over to Smith on the next ballot and this new progressive vote for the Democrats left Smith just one vote short of the number needed. Norris and Howell hung together for 1. i Follette. I The total of the eight ballot, Cummins 39; Smith 41; La Follette 2. With 12 votes needed for election. - - ■ -r—O Old Reformed Church Not To Be Wrecked Now The members of the building committee of the Reformed cJiun h met last evening and disposed of regular business matters. It was decided Unit tile work of wrecking the old frame church building would not be started until after the holidays. The Christmas services will be held in the old church, it was said Kukelhan Brothers have pun hased the old church and will wreck it and move the lumber. Work is progressing nicely on the beautiful new brick church at the corner of Third and .Imk .on streets. o - Greensburg Plans have been made for forming a Greensburg band. Berne musicians may join the organization. GOOD FELLOWS CLUB S|M>nsored By Delta Theta Tail Sorority For Purpose Os Bringing Christmas Cheer to the Poor Kiddies. Several small contributions were added to the Good Fellows fund today increasing the total a few dollars. It is hoped it will move faster from now on as indeed it should. What's the matter? Don't you want the poor kiddies to have a happy Chiistimis? Can't you spare a few dlini s or dollars fur that matter to make this happen? Please don't put It off any longer. Give now for the giver is. after all. the happy person. The fund: Previously announced SSB fi9 Friends 1.70 Chick Cole 50 E. X. Ehingcr 1.03 Gem go W. Tester 50 Total 162 9 I IVetifhcr i Unsettled tonight and Thursday; I probably Sain; warmer tonight; cold- ( er Thursday.