Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1923 — Page 8

NET TOURNEY CENTERS NAMED Twenty-Seven Os 30 Center Picked; Local Center Not Selected Jndlianapolls. Ind., Dee. 12 —The state sectional lndej»endent basketball tounroments will be held again this year nt 30 different district centers. Twenty-seven of tnese centfrs have already been selected but the dates for holding the tourneys have not been set. The state finals will be held at the Indianapolis V. M. A. Feb. 21. 22, and 2.1. The 27 center selected so far are: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Wolcolf, Angola, Plymouth, Attica, New Albany, Warren, Elkhart, New Augusta, Vallonia Knox, Richmond, ('overdale, Midland, Moores Hill .Marshall, Yorktown, Hazelton, Morgantown, Kokomo, Greensburg Paoli, Falmouth, New Pal t-stine Bisknell ami Fishers. o—- — Court House | Judgment For Possession The case of Kenneth Larwill vs. William Lambert et al, suit for possession of real estate and damages, i was heard by Judge Sutton today., The court fgnnd for the plaintiff,: awarding judgment for possession of the real estate ami damages of $350, and costs. Judgment On Account Judgment in the sum of $205.12 and costs, was awarded to the plaintiff in the suit of the Burk Elevator comon account. WILL GIVE XMAS MUSIC FESTIVAL High School Girls Glee Club To Give Program On December 20. — A Christmas Music Festival will be given by the Girls’ Glee club at . the Decatur high school, in the high ' school auditorium on the night of December 20. The girls are hard at work in preparation Tor the entertainment, under the direction of Miss Cordelia Riesen. music instructor in the

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high school. Mary Katherine Schug will he th<- accompanist* The pro grant will consist of numbers by the I' entire club, piano duets, a reading, a ' pantomime, volcal duet, ah anthem, and a quartet. —.—- * Local Legion a ires To Attend Portland Meeting A number of members of the Adams Post, No. 43, of the American Legion will go to Portland this evening to take part In a district meeting to be held in the Armory, in honor of Arthur Ball, of Muncie, state commander of the lagion. and Frank Henley, of Indianapolis, state adjutant. The Decatur men who will attend are ' i Clarence Berber, commander of the local post, Joseph Laurent, Charle. ; Starost, Joseph McConnell, James Staley and Vernon Aurand. o , — - YOUNG PEOPLE WILL GIVE PLAY St. Johns Young Peoples’ i Society To Present A Play This Week “An Early Bird, a three-act com-' edy. will be presented at the St.' I Johns church on the Fort Wayne. I road thre > evenings, Friday, Satur-j ! day and Sunday, December 14, 15 and i 16. by the St. Johns Young Peoples Society. The play is a very enter-! i taining one and a full evening of; entertainment is promised to those who attend. The first act deals with I the bird in the tree; the second act with the bird in the bush; and the I third act with the bird in the hand ■ I Very amusing incidents are portray-j led during the staging of the play.' Following is the cast of characters: j Cyrus B. Kilbuck. president of the 1 P. D. Q. railroad—Rinehart Schroeder ( Tony Kilbuck, his son, just out <«f I college—Arthur Schroeder Mr. Barnaby Bird, tjie boss of! I Flagg county—Herman Bulmahn Mr. Mulberry, chief attorney for | the road —Edwin Kleine Bruce Ferguson, a clerk in the gen-] | oral office—Norbert Koenetnan Artie, an office boy—Win. Bultei taeier Mr. Perry Allen, a young gentleman farmer —August Selking Jessamine Lee, the girl—lda Reiter Mrs. Van Dyne, an agent for the P. ,D. Q. railroad —Mathilda Schroeder Imogene McCarty, a stenographeri I —Alvina Scheumann Mrs. Beavers, from Flagg Corners' —Armanda Berning Rosa Bella Beavers, the belle of Flagg Corners—Adalaide Trr.elzsch

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( Mrs. Perry Allen, Jessamine': >■ chum —Stella Scheumann V [ Dilly, Mrs. Beaver's hired girl—,i 1 Paula Rossman WOMEN VOTERS HOLD MEETING 1 I Enjoy Silver Tea At Library; Hear Talk By Miss Medsker The Decatur League of Women Vol- , ers held a silver tea at the public , library Tuesday afternoon for all mem bets and a few invited guests, honor ing Miss Bertha Medsker of Fort Wayne who gave a very interesting address. Upon the invitation of Miss Elimie C. Christ, superintendent <d the Adams County Memorial hospital the league decided to meet the second Tuesday in each month in a sun parlor | at the hospital, where they will spend ■the afternoon doing hospital sewing . During the afternoon an hour will be I riven over to talk or to a paper on I citizenship or some subject of interest to the League. The next meeting of the League . will be held on January 8, and anyone who is not a member but is interestpd in the work of the league, is invited to come enrolled, the dues being ■ mly fifty cents per year, which also includes subscription to the "Woman Voter.” a magazine published monthly ‘ or League of Women Voters. Those ; wishing to become a member of the league are a-ked to call Mrs. John Pit'-non, secretary or Mrs. Fay<» ; Smith Knai p, president. Mrs. Medsker, who is attendant ' ogicer in the city of Fort Wayne gave !.i ,-ery interesting tsik, regarding her I work. A great part of har talk was (given over to the enforcement of the , school attendance law, which is in i part, that every c hild between the I . -igc s of seven and sixteen years of age ! I must attend school unless he be feeble jmmded or is excused tor some good I eason. Miss Medsker is an interesti ing speaker. CHURCH PLANS ARE (Continued from rage One) other side. There will be room for two small class rooms above the study and library in case they are needed in the future. The* front elevation of the church pre .ents a very attarctive appearance, j Tuere will be two large- Corinthian ■ i l imns on each side of the entrance. | These columns will be 17 feet and 10 inches in length. The inscription "First Christian Church" will be carved above the entrance. The church will be set back from the sidewalk f. r enough to fully display its beauty. From present indications, tho Imre h will be one of the most beautiful and modern c hurches in this part of the state. It is planned to have the building completed and ready for iecEcation by the middle of October, 11.21. GcOiP> SELECTS MEETING PLACE Republican National Committee Formally Selects Cleveland, Ohio. (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Doc. 12 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The republican national committee today formally selected Cleveland, Ohio, as the city for the 1924 republican optional convention. June 10, 1924 was set as the opening date of the convention. The vote on three cities which sought the convention was: Cleveland 39; San Francisco 10; Des Mornes 1. The selection was then made unanimous on motion of William E. Crocker. republican national committeeman from California. , Reverse Action Washington, Dec. 12 —(Special to i Daliy Democrat) —The republican ; national committee here today rej versed its previous action in reducing Iby 23 delegates representation of southern states in the next republican national convention. After a bitter fight the committee adopted a resolution by Senator Pepper. Pennsylvania, providing that ’•epresentation in. the convention shall be on this basis: One district delegate to every congressional district maintaining a republic: n organization. Four state delegates at large. Three additional delegates at large to every state that, east its electoral vote tor President Harding. Adoption of Pepper’s resolution caused an even more bitter wrangle than that which preceded it.

SEVERAL GIVE TO MEMORIAL I I Harding Memorial Campaign Progressing Nicely Here —— Harry Fritzinger, chairman nf the Harding Memorial Campaign, announces that th- campaign Is pro • H-sslnifc nicely and that several eon Itiibutins have been made towards the ’ fund, which is to be used in erecting ’ a satiable resting place for the rei mains of Warren Harding, twentyninth president of the United States, t end to purchase the Haring home at Marion, Ohio as a Shrine- for the keeps ing of the menentos of his life. 1 The chnirmen at Herne and Geneva 1 report favorably on the campaign. In I the schools in this city, on Friday the i pupils will bring a penny, nickel, 1 dime of whatever they want to give ! to the fund and then turn it over to ’ Mr. Fritzinger. The ministers have 1 campaign and will make mention of it I to iheir congregations either next Sun | clay or the Sunday following. This week being observed through <nt the country as Harding Memorial J week and contributions towards a three million dollar fund are being a I seed for tho purpose of erecting a re ting palce for the remains of Warhen Harding and in carrying out the program mapped out by the Harding Memorial Assoc iation. Voluntary contributions of any amount will Im gladj>y received either by Judge J. (\ Sutiton or Harry Fritzinger in this city. For the convenience of those who wish to send their gift to the local \ c ommittee a coupon is printed in to I night's paper, which you can fill” out. attach your donation to it, enclose it in an envelope an dsnd it to Mr. Fritz- ; tiger at the Decatur Postoffice. ' —ft . ■ . Overland Red Birds Play Leaders Here Tonight The Decatur Leaders and the Overhand Red Birds from Fort Wayne will meet in a basketball game at the new high school gymnasium this evening. \ preliminary game will be played >y two teams from Coach Buck How ird's high school squad, beginning at 7 o’clock. The big game will start a’ o’clock. ’ Clyde Hendricks, of Monroe. will referee. o Notes About The Sick Mrs. Harry E. Bell is a patient at he Lutheran hospital at Fort Wayne 1 whore she went yesterday for treatI inent. She was resting easy today I though her c ondition is quite serious i Miss Catherine Bj-11. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Bell of Ft. Wayne ,Is quite seriously ill with mastoid (trouble and is a patient at the Either- , ; an hospital according to word re- ; cieved today. Mrs. Fred Patterson, who has been onfined to her home for the past week suffering from an abscess on her head, was reported much better today. Mrs. Burt Mangold is suffering rom a severe case of the LaGrippe, The patients at the Adams County Memorial Hospital are getting along ic-ely. reports from that place stated his afternoon. No new patients were admitted tolay. Breaks Glass In Show Window; Steals Diamonds > » South Bend. Ind., Dec. 12 —(Sper dal to Daily Democrat) —The crash of a plate glass window in the show ■ window of Charles M. Schnell’s Jewelry store startled shoppers here. When Schnell investigated, he ' | foupd a brick had taken the place of n tray of diamond rings valued at $2,400. The robber has not been ; found. o Mexican Rebels Gain Control Os Tabasco Vera Cruz, Dec. 12 —Revolutionary forces have obtained complete control of the state of Tabasco, a statement ’ given out by the De La Huerta Press 1 , bureau said today. “La Plaza Frontera was taken yesf I ' terday by revolutionary forces”, the statements sa d. The garrison commanded by GenJeral Manuel Ferrer, Vega Segevia and Pineda Galindo .joined the revolutiont ary army which marched with other ( contingents on Villa Hermosa, taking that city and thus obtaining control of all the state of Tabasco. Washington, Dec. 12—All Mexican consuls in the United States have been c'ructed by Manuel C. TeMez, charge ' ’.'a-A • aires of tho Mexican embassy I i-ere to take no Instructions from the De La Huerta froces ip. revolt against I the Obregon government and to have > no contract with the revolutionary forces, Tellez announced today.

Will Seek To Force Baldwin To Resign labor parties decided today to join, forces in defeating the conservatives' at the earliest opportunity, forcing resignation of Premier Baldwin. Executives of the labor party, at the first formal session since their success in the general election, agreed to vote against the government and io form their own whenever invited. o MARKETS-STOCKS Daily Report of Loral and Foreign Markets Indianapolis Livestock Market Hogs — Receipes 18.000; market. 10{i»20e higher; best heavies sG.9dtfl>| 7; medium mixed sG.Bofil'G.Bs; common choice $6.75(186.80; bulk of sales $6.75®6.90. | Cattle — Receipts, 1800; market, 15®25c lower; steers sßffil 1.25; cows and heifers, $6®10.00. I Sheep — Receipts 400; market, steady; tops $6; lamb tops $12.50. | Calves — Receipts 800; market. f!l lower: tops $11; bulk $10®10.50. East Buffalo Livestock Market Receipts 11,200; shipments 5.890; official to New York yesterday 3040; | hogs closing steady. Lights and pigs IG.GO®7; other grades $7®7.10; roughs $5.75; stags $3.50®4.50; cattle 850 slow; sheep 1000; best lambs $13.75; few sl4; ewes $G.50®7.50; • calves 150; tops $12.50. Opening Grain Review Chicago. Dec. 12 —With the excepion of oats, grains showed weakness >t the opening of the Chicago board of trade today. i Accumulation of liquidating orders overnight, the result of yesterday’s decline, caused further weakness inj wheat at the outset today. On the dip. however, local buying appeared.( nduced by the favorable outlook ex-' pressed for the German reparations situation. Receipts 20 cars. December displayed the most weakness in corn trading Reports were that, deliveries on December contracts would be liberal before the end of the month. On the dip buying was in evidence. Receipts 200 cars. | Oats displayed independent streng>h with a good cash demand and some shipping orders. Receipts 65 ears. Provisions sold off slightly. New York Produce Market Flour—Dull and unchanged. Pork —Quiet; mess $25.50®26.50. Ijard—Steady; middle west spot, [email protected]. Sugar—Raw, easier; centrifugal, 96 test. $7.28; refined, quiet; granulated. $9.15. Coffee—Rio No. 7 on spot 11® ll’gc; Santos No. 4 15®15%e. Tallow —Firm; special 7%®?%!' Hav—Firm; prime No. 1 $145; No. 1 $1.15(0)1.25; clover $1.15®1.30. Dress-d Poultry—Firm; turkeys 20 ®43c; chickens 19®44c; fowls 13® 30c: ducks 15@28c. Live Poultry—Unsettled; geese 20 ®2sc; ducks 14®26c; fowls 22®.31c, turkevs 25®33c; roosters 15c; chickens 21®23c; broilers 35®40c. Cheese —Quiet; state milk, common to specials 20@27c; skims, common to specials, 16® 19c; lower grades, s@lsc. Butter —Easy; creamery extra 54% ®ssc; state dairy tubs 40®54'jc; Danish 53®54c; Arg-ntine 41®45c. Eggs —Dull; nearby white fancy 61 ®6sc; nearby state whites 48®67c; fresh firsts 46®60c; Pacific coast 48 ®64c. LOCAL GRAIN MARKET (Corrected Dec. 10) (Corrected Dec. 12) New, No. 1 Wheat, bushel 95c Old Yellow Ear Corn, per 100..51.00 New Yellow Corn, per 100 75c Mixed Corn, per 100 70c Oats, per bushel... 38c Rye, per bushel 70c Barley, per bushel 65c Clover Seed $13.50 Timothv Seed $3.50 DECATUR PRODUCE MARKET (Corrected Dec. 12) Heavy Fowls 17c Heavy Chickens 17c Leghorn Fowls 9c Leghorn Chickens 9c Old Roosters 6c Black Chickens and Fowls 9c Turkeys 20c Ducks ’. 12c Geese 12c Eggs, dozen 40c Local Grocers Egg Market Eggs, dozen 40c Butterfat Prices Butterfat 52c Public | W Sale Calendar The following sales are being advertised in the Decatur Daily Democrat, the complete list of articles to be sold appearing from time to time. Sales dates will be added to this column Free of Charge if person holding sale has hills printed here and if sale is advertised in the columns of this paper. Advertise your sale in the Decatur Daily Democrat and reach practically every farmer in Aduiis county and immediate vicinity. Your neighbor or a prospective bid-1 der takes the paper and is looking for what you have to offer. We print all sizes and styles of sale bills at reasonable prices. i Dec. 13—Alfred Boyd, on Ed. Ellsworth farm, s miles southeast of Decatur on Salem road, ,

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♦ CLASSIFIED ADS • FOR SALE FOR SALE Pure bred Buff Orphlng-' ton cockrels; 8. C. Rhode Island Reds; R. C. White Leghorns; also Rhode Island Red pullets, for short time only. R. L. Wilson. .Monroeville, phone K200.291t3x FOR SALE —Piano, walnut case; also hard coal burner. Inquire Decatur Laundry. Phone 134. 291t6 FOR SALE —1923 Star sedan, good | as new. Priced to sell quick $475. See Franz or Hileman at Ft. Wayne Overland Auto Co. 292t3x I FOR SALE—kmas Trees. 8 to 12 ft. high. Call Henry Rt ifer, Hoagland I phone. 291t3x eod 1 FOR SALE—Farm of 120 acres in | union township, Attains county, Indiana. on stone road; equipped with •iMtric li'thts. A bargain for quick sale, to settle an estate. See W. A. Lower, at the Peoples Ixian & Trust Co. 291-tf-eod WANTED WANTED TO RENT — Typewriter, 1 call White 971. 293t3x .FOR SALE Art Garland base burner. large size. Sell cheap. Call 917-81ack.292t2x LOST AND FOUND STRAYED — Spotted Poland China sow, weight about 300 lbs. Call l Ed Boese, Magley, Craigville phone. | 292t3x o I NO MORE WORRY ABOUT COAL Our Service Dept, is prepared to install RO TO-HEAT Oil Burner in ' your heating plant. Perfect success with either hot water, air. or steam equipment. No dirt, danger or trouble —as easily handled as a gas range. I Give number and size of rooms, kind and size of heater for estimate. RO-TO-HEAT, 68 E. Adams Street, CHICAGO, ILL. o Boy Bandits Rob Store In Dillman; Get SIOO Bluffton, Dec. 12 —Dashing into the town of Dillman in a large auto, two I boy bandits with their faces masked | with handerchiefs held up W. S. Lam-1 on, proprietor of a general store, wilhl leveled revolvers, rifled the cash register of nearly SIOO and made their getaway about 8 o'clock Monday night. Covering with their guns the storekeeper and two or three customers, who were in tho place at tho time, the pair proceeded cooly to go through the cash register and took S9O or more according to an early check up made by the proprietor. Nothing was taken from the men. Those in the store were Jason Banter, Bill Palmer ami Everett Palmer Mr, Lamon, said. Hurrying from tile store the men ; leaped into their auto and drove out ! of town to the west. At McNatt, two young men thought to be the same pair, asked the road to Marion and were directed to Roll. The men were said to be about 5 and half feet tall. One wore a gray over-coat and the other a yellowish suit with a gray overcoat. The witnesses were unable to give any detailed description of the bandits, because of the masks they wore. There was a diamond tread tire on the right rear wheel of the machine. Sheriff Noah Frauhigor was called at once and notified of the robbery Investigation is being made. French Widen Scope Paris, Dec. 12. —France has agreed to widen considerably the scope of, the proposed investigation of Germany's capacity to pay reparations and remove many limitations to obtain participation by Americans the commission’s findings, it was’ learned today. ; The French concessions were ad-! mittod after receipt of word that ( President Coolidge favored such par ticipation. | o Hogs Reach Lowest 1 Price Since 1915 Chicago, Dec. 12 —Hogs sold at the lowest price since December 1915, in ■ trading at the Chicago stock yards to.! day. The day’s “top" was $6.70. five cents under the low record of last | June and below the 1915 figure by the same amount. Heavy offerings from the country and only mediocre demand from big packers and shippers were chiefly responsible for the drop. I . 0 Tipton—George W. Herron, actuary of the Farmers Insurance company, . composed only of Tipton County i Farmers, in his report for the year shows a balance of $916.52 in cash. .Losses paid amounted to $11,167.

• BUSINESS CAR« ‘J ***** INVESTIGATE *OR BETTER HEALTH, BE | DR. FROHNAPFEL, D. C Chiropractic and Oateopathli' Treatmanta given to suit yo Us at 144 80. 2nd St . Office Houre 10-12 a. m.-HM*. S. E. BLACK UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMIkg Calls answered promptly day or slrt . Private Ambulance Bervlca. Office Phone: 80 Home Phone: 727 DR. H. E. KELLER Decatur, Indiana tJBNKRAI. PKaCTICK OFFICE SPECIALTIES: DUetM. .. ■vciiiien an<l children; X-ray done; Glouracopy examination. 0 ? tL Internal organs; X-ray and eleetn?,} treatmenis so. high blood I and hardening of the arteries- x | treatments fol GOITRE, TUBBRmf I LOSIS AND CANCER. Office Hours: »toll a. m.—l to sp. m.—7 to Ie a Sundays by appointment. lieaidence 110; Office 40. N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST I Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted HOURS: 8 to 11:30—12:30 to S:0« Saturday 8:00 p. m. Telephone 135 ( Closed Wednesday afteraooni, DR. C. C. RAYL SURGEON X-Ray and Clinical Laboratories Office Hours: 1 to 4 and I to I i. m. Sundaya, I to 15 a. m. Phono Hl. FEDERAL FARM LOANS abstracts of Title. Real Estat. Plenty of Money to loan on . OoTerr Plan See French Quina. Office—Take first stairway | south Decatur Democrat r - DR FRANK LOSE Phy. and Smgem. NorU< Third atieet H Phones: Office 422. Home «z> office Hours —8 to 11 a. m 1 to t—6 to S p uu Sunday ? to I « m —.- —< IS MADE! Bv Gettina JOHNSON to Cry Your Sale. Book your Winter ■ Spring salet early Writ* or phone. ROY S. JOHNSON, Auctioneer Decatur, Ind. Phone 606 or 971 White I All sittings made from now until Monday, Dec. 17. will be ready before Xmas. EDM ARDS STUDIO. 21)1 tf> o PUBLIC SALE Os Household Goods 701 Walnut Street Saturday, Dec. 15, 1:30 P. M. Model range, good as new; I niversal heating stove; New Palace har coal burner; kitchen cabinet; drop leaf table: new buffet; set of diniM room chairs; dresser; iron bed aM springs; 4 rocking chairs: 1 ia« mirror; 3 small rugs; blinds and curtains; 2 pedestals; cooking ute™ l ’- lawn mower, and many other a rtlc “-' 1917 model Regal touring car. in goM shape, with starter and deniountabi rims. Terms —Cash. LAWRENCE BIGGS. Jack Brunton, Auct. - Roy Johnson, Clerk. M ■ South Bend—Bids for construction of the porposed Southeast Junior high school here have been receiied,The lowest bid submitted was st-,-4*o by H. C. Christian comiwnj. Architects estimated cost !r~ i FORT WAYNE & DECATUR TRACTION LINE ■ Leaves Decatur Leaves Ft. Wayn f 5:45 a.m. 7:00 » , 8:00 a.m. 9 :o ° a m I 10:00 a.m. ’ 1:0 ° anl 12:00 p.m. l :00p n1 ' ' 2:00 p.m. : < :o ° p “' 4:00 P.m. 6:30 p.m5:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m7:00 p.m. 9 :00P -“ 10:00 p.m. 11:06 PFreight car leaves Decatur...8:00 a ®- Leaves Ft. Waynel2:oo noon Arrives at DecaturL3o PE. O. BRANDYBERRY- Agent Office Hours: 7:30 a.m.-7:00 P” I ■.-■■ - ! "