Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1924 — Page 1

Volume XXII. Number 11.

economy is keynote oe MAYOR’S ANNU AL M ESS AGE

URGES MT NO MAJOR PROJECTS BE UNDERTAKEN Mavor Gives Financial lieport; Balance On Hand In All Funds EIRE TRUCK FAVORED I'rijes Continuance Ot Or* namental Light Program This Y ear High Spot* In Message Each fund and department had a balance on hand on December list. Improvements to extent of 15*.ou'j 42 at city plant have been paid for. out of earnings. Electric department’s receipts during year were $133,943.01. Water department's receipts durinn year were 426.951.34. Approximately $6,000 is avail able for purchase of new fire truck and outfit, and recommendation that purchase be further investigated. Recommendation that ornament al light program he continued, hut that property owner pays proportionate share of entire cost and city pays for posts at street and alley intersections. That appropriation be made to cover city’s share of installation. That stepa be taken to change ornamental light posts on east side of Second street between Monroe and Madison to conform with single standards erected dur ing year. Concluding Mayor DeVoss expressed himself in the following business-like and conservative' way: "The matter of economy should be given your usual careful consideration during the year and 1 would recommend that no major projects be undertaken which tend to increase the burden to the taxpayers during the year." Recommending that the matter of economy be given the usual careful lonslderation of the council during the year and that no major project he undertaken which would tend to increase the taxes of the people of Ik-catur, MayoF Huber M. DeVows read his annual message to the city tounef last evening, the message containing a financial report for the year. The message was short and the recommendations were conservative and in keeping with the splendid progress that has been made by the administration during the past two year*. Conservative, yet progressive in tone. Mayor DeVoss recommended that the program of Installing ornamental light posts be carried out and that the jurats be installed under the laws of 1915 and 1923. whereby 75 per cent, of the abutting property owners |w*tltion for the improvement and that the cost be proportioned among 'hem, the city paying for its share and also for the posts at street and alley Intvresctlons. In the opinion of those who are acquainted with the coat of Installing the posts. It was •lated that this plan might Increase the coat a little to the abutting property owners, but that th* difference would be small. Mayor DsVosa also recommended ’hat on appropriation be made to cover the city’s share of the cost. Here"dore th,, city, which carried a ma Jorlty O s the costs, paid for the Im t>mv*ments out of the electric light fund. The Financial Report The mayor's message also inchida financial report of the city, show lug the receipts and disbursements In ' '• different fund* and departments > lhe month and the total of each at 'h* do*, O s 192 3 It I* gratifying to note that every had a balance (Continued on Page all)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Receive Word From C. G. Egly In East Friends in Herne have received ti I letter from C. G. Egly. father of Mrs. I tan Tyndall, of this city, who states that he had Just left a hospital in ('umberland, Md„ where he had un- | dergone a nasal operation. He statI ed that he yras feeling well and was I able to follow hfs regular work upon leaving the hospital. Mr. Egly's preI stunt occupation is to oversee and i work twelve men. who are scattered: throughout the east and south. He is engaged as salesman and is said, to be doing fine. Mr. and Mrs. Egly' formerly lived at Berne and are well I known here. CAPACITY CROWD HEARS REV. WHITE Presbyterian Church Filled Again Last Night; H. S. Pupils Present —~~t Subject for tonight: "When Jesus went to church — what he found.” The capacity of the Presbyterian church was taxed again last evening by a crowd which tilled every seat. Members of the high school attended in a body and before the meeting gave several school yells led by Ix-ader Dever. Prayer services were held this morning at the J L. Kocher home. The meetings will close Sunday night and all should plan to hear Rev. White during the week. Mat evening Rev. White proved to the young people how it pays to work in the church and keep dean. He said in part: "Does It Pay To Be A Christian?" and more particularly, does It pay a voung person to be a Christian? My own answer to this question when a boy involved the question of cost and Kain. To me it was a question? what will it <ose me It 1 join the church and live a consecrated Christian life, and what will I guilt by living such a life? There are certain things which one must give up. c-ertaitf things which one cannot do and certain places one cannot go if he lives as a real Christian ought to live. These things have to do with social pleasures aud amusements, personal habits, etc. In the eyes of a young jierson they constitute the cost price of a Christian life. "Can I afford to pay the cost?" Is the way young people look at the question. Now it cannot be denied that It costs something to be a Christian. The Christian life is an expensive thing because it is un indispensably valuable thing. All valuable things, all wrothwhile things cost us something. Civic liberty costa us something. an education costs us something. professional rights and privileges coat us something. our homes coat us something. If these leaser valuables coat us something shall we not expect salvation to coat us some- ; thing also? The greatest of all paradoxes la "Salvation is free and yet It fa the most expensive thing In the world?" Nowhere can it be found In the Bible that God offers salvation as a costless thing. But on the other hand our I .ord skid again and again. "Whosoever would be my disciple let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me." The very emblem of our faith suggest* <ost—the (’ROSS. It coat Moses something to serve God. It coat Abraham something Io serve God. It coat the Apostles something to serve God. It coat the reformers something to serve God. It coats the Missionaries something tn serve Grat. And. it will cost you something io serve God too. It will not coat you what it has coat many others, perhaps. physical suf faring and sacrificial death, but it will cost you something You will not be able to do everything you may want to do. or go everywhere you may feel like going, nor say everything you nay be tempted to say If you live a true Christian life. H onHiiued (in I’m:" Emit;

MORE PETITION FORORNAMENTAL STREET LIGHTS' Fourth Street Property Owners File Petition With City Council OTHER COUNCIL NEWS Committee Report And Pur-' chase Os A New Fire Truck Is Discussed Another petition, asking that orn- ' amenta! light posts be erected on , | Fourth street, south from Marshall | to A.Nini* street and signed by 45 property owners. Including the trustees }of the St. Mary's Catholic church, of ithe First Methodist church and owners of jtrojterty affected by the proposed improvement, was jtresented to the city council ip regular session i lust evening. The petition was road and referred to the electric light committee. The council now has three .petitions for the installation ot prna- ; mental lights, they being on Madison street, west from Third to Seventh street; Monroe street. west from First to Third street, and the Fourth street petition. * Mayor DeVoss in his annual mess--1 age to the council last evening recommended that the program of installing the ornamental lights be con- - tinned during 1924. but that the improvements be installed under the i laws of 1915 and 1923. whereby the , property owners would pay their proportionate share for the posts and cable and installation, the city paying for its share of posts at street and alley intersections. Heretofore i the posts were installed under the law which provided that the property owners pay only for the posts . and that the city pay for the installat tion. It is not konwn what differ- , ence or increase this will mean to the i property owners. but it was staled I ] that the Increase to them would be small. Council Proceeding* i Mayor DeVos, filed his quarterly r report showing that the city received i S4O uo as costs in seven cases held I in the mayor’s court, the fines being ’' remitted to the county. The fines II - 11 (Continued on Pare sixi METHODISTS. S. I IS RE-ORGANIZED I' I Several Changes Made And i Classes Created; New Officers Named » • Th,- Sunday School of the E'ir«t t Methodist church has been re-orgaa- • lied recOOtly and several radical ■ changes have been created and new menu have been created and new • classes organized, among which I* ’ one young men consisting already of ' about twenty-five Grad'd Jes*'Jis ’ have been Introduced and other new feature"* are contemplated. 1 The newly elected officers are C. H. Colter, superintended; •II H Heller. assistant superintendent; Fred Rancher, secretary; Harry ’ Meaner. assistant secretary; Harry noth Miller, enrollment secretary; P. V Edward* absentee secretary; F V. Mills, treasurer; D. J. Harmless, librarian: Doyle Amspsugh and Gall I H. Bridge, assistant librarians; Mrs. Fred Elzey, organist; Helen Walters ( assistant organist: Bernice Leonard. , pianist; Mildred Butler, assistant t painlst; W. F. Beery, chorister; Dr. J Q Neptune and Niles While, assist ant chorister: Effie Patton and Flor- , ence Haney superintendents of - beginners' department; Mr. F. W. i Downs, superintendent of primary, i Junior. Intermediate and young peopies’ department; Avon Burk, superi intended of senior department; A D. Suttles. superintendent of adult department; Mrs. Klphs Christy. superintendent of boine department. Mrs. I A D Suttle*.. superintendent ot ' cradle root; Mrs Leigh Bowen Missionary secretary; Mr*. ('. L Walter* temperan.e secretary; Mrs. Ed Berry, special days secretary. Mr*. Benjamin DeVor. Mrs. C. L. la-wton land Mr*. Ollie Chronister, assistant I special dny secretaries.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 16, 1921.

+ + + + 4‘ + 4< + + + * + ++ + + CONGRESS TODAY + ++*+ * + * + (United Press Service) Senate I Routine business Agriculture committee continues hearings. Reorganization committee resumes I sessions. House Gag rule fight continues. Ways and means committee continues tux bearings Free seed bill hearing before agri.culture committee. o | OSSIAN PLAYS HERE TONIGHT I). IL S. Cagers Meet Fast Team Tonight; To Portland Friday Night Ossian high school's basketball team meets the local high school quintet at the new high school gym. 1 I this evening. Ossian has a sj.ee.ly team this year and will give the locals a race for victory. Coach Howard has been working the I). H. S. eagers hard this week in preparation for the game. Several weaknesses showed up in the game with Garrett last Saturday night and the local mentor Is seeking to have those faults corrected before the Ossian game. The Ossian girls will play the . D. H. S. girls in a preliminary game. On Friday night, the local high . school team will go to Portland and . the result of that game will give local ■ fans an idea of the competition the . Yellow Jackets will have in the dis- . trict tournament, which will be held lin Portland this year. There are . several strong teams in Jay county this year, including Portland. Dun- . kirk and Pennville. Dunkirk has won , thirteen games and lost none. Principal Paul W. Linton announc- , ed today that a game has heen scheduled with the Union Center team from Wells county, to be played in this city on Saturday night. January I 26. Union Center has one of the strongest teams in Wells county this year, and has succeeded in defeating Liberty Center. This is an extra game on the home schedule hut the I season tickets will admit the bearer I to this game. One more game likely will be added to the home schedule i before the tournament. o Senior Benefit Show Tonight And Thursday I The members of the Senior Class will give a benefit show. The Silent 11 Command" at the crystal Theatre 11 Wednesday and Thursday evening. I Tickets are being sold by the members of the class and the liberal paI tronage of the publt< is solicited Batt Would Abolish State Public Service Commission lndianu|>olis, Ind.. Jun. 16. —Abolish ment of the state public service coin mission is advocated in the platform ■ of State Senator Charles Batt. Terre Haute, candidate for th* Democratic nomination for governor. ' He also declared for a co-operative marketing law. G.E. FIVE PLATS HARTFORB CITY Closely Contested Basketball Game Is Expected Here Thurs. Night I ’ local basketball fans are offered another high class contest for Thursday night, when the Hartford City Athletics meet the General Electric . team at the new high school gym. , The <l. E. team has won twelve out of fifteen games played this season. Including victories over a nttmlter of strong quintets. Hartford City has a strong team nlw and a hotly contested game I* expected tomorrow night. The (I. E. Second team will play the Rock Creek Independents from Wells county la a preliminary gam" alao. The preliminary game will start at 7 L’> o'clock and the big game at s 15. 1- —• - Weather Indiana: Snow tonight; cohl wave. Thursday generally fair and colder.

ii*b N ™ HmINS MORTBAGE SO- - CHOSEN INDICTED BY GRAND JURY Bids To Be Received Soon Enjoying Short Vacation PQPT! AFFIRM - And Work Started Not I Ull I LflllU i Him Later Than April t : h ;-‘j PHARPFD WITH Y BUII DING ll,e * r flrß * M'incstcr II IB Ik yesterday afternoon und will enjoy t B ItR TftFt R Plans Call For Beautiful FKAhB TC"AY Modern Structure Io busy grading the manuscripts am lost $38,000 prejiaring the report ca.d Tin pupils are requested to meet at th-ii Federal Grand Jury Charges At li meeting of the building coni- reK j), etlve buildings ut 1:15 o'clock Use Os Mail To Detuittee of the United Itrethefn < hurch Friday afternoon, at which titn. the.' fraud; Conspiracy held at th" jH.rsonage Monday night, will receive their grade cards ami re ■ the plans for the proposed new I he second mes . NINETEEN INVOLVED will be completed. The second church building were finally adopted st . ( ((n(1 opi „ |](>xt and it was divided to receive bids at , . . ' OHCCIII * ><11(1 10 3US* an early date. Plans have been or- 0 CO I.OSSCS Ol I'OUT IO dered and win be submitted to con- nHllfr Hill I Bin $* X Million tractors within a short time It is |||r|yfe lml|| I II 111 i plann<d to begin construction of the IwlllwL Villain fill* | il'nited Prea* Service) building on the church site, corner of |4|||i IXIIIO dlkin Ill<li:tli;i|)(>lis. .hill. Hi (SpcNlnth and Madison streets, not later Q|||| I||wM 'Ktl to Daily Detiioct'al) Morlthan April and to have the building UUJLUIi'U ! Ull >n S Hawkins, preside nt ol the completed and ready for dedication llaxxkins Morlgllgt* (.oinpany. 1 next fall. The old frame church will '■ Portland. Ind., ttnd Anthony ' be moved to the west end of the lot Knights Os Columbus Plan v Schieb. xice-l’n sillent. Carl , and used while the new building is Campaign To Aid In Anderson, secretary anti 1 -ij- c l i 'reasnrer. aI ol Portland, and antler <onstruction. Bill dinif JschOOl •<> .■ . , -. .... . ... ... . , uuiiuiiiK ex i |(» o her persons connected with The new building will be built of , . . 1 . i, , , , ... . • . i inaneinl transactions ol Inc brick and will cost approximately ~ . . , ' .... , , , > u ’onccrn. were indicted l>v the $38,900. The Church already has or Capta.n. Os Drive «. ( |«. rs .| jtrantl jnrv lotlav on will have by the time construction ( .„ y (>f ne ,. a „ ir _ Josel , !l f. aur . o) - (|sing t | R . |ll:lil s in ,Is begun. $10,00.. In the building fund. pnt . . cln . |ne |(( <h | r . |U< | ;||l( | conspir- ! The finances for the remainder of the <ural DlstrictH—Julius Held"- U y. , coat have been arranged for and the man I b|w>mtio nS of the defendants, building will be erected on the cash Purpose—To raise money to , jccording to federal officials. I basis. build new Catholic grade anti high 'oxt-red at least eiyht states anti f Two Story Building i M b(M ,| building. ’CSllllcd ill losses Io slockholtlTh" plans for the new church are is in various concerns of lhe furnished by the Burean of Archltec- Havkins Mortgage C.oinnay. ag- , tore of the United Brethren church. A ( . an)paign wl) , hp | alln <hed In the JlTgaling $| (MMI.tHMI to There Mil he two floors, both above fu|ure ha¥|n([ fw purp(Jgf MM). the grade. On the first floor will be f t h . Some defendants ar« midi to com admirable provisions tor B"nday h ” * building .nd com ' ro '" *“ rU ’ u ’' P“ r ’** of country in- • school, educational and social vork ‘ nLdern Z lU '' inp " h Li,,., .. ...mniete jetton of th" proposed modem uau Vorl( an(l In( | iana It |* understood a ■ of the chun h. hiuKiiil «i complete ■$ itzwti imiifi . . . , , th yeautiful grade and high s< nool ill U n n ber of Indianapolis men are on . and modern plant with excellent . w . f mpmiiern <>l , ~ . # ,n,e to ere<te<i by tn* memo r. j Names will not be made . facilities for a I phases of re .g.ous gt Mary . g ( , a , h(>|i( . , hur)h ~n . work. There will he provision for de- ur ,. gatinn . on |h . founila tion already AndprMm R „ E( . brnarv 4as .partmental Sunday xlmol work; a , , he <orner (ls K( , ur „, anli arn( . pnii|pnt „ ; , v T1) „ ini | l( . tnM . nt , sound proof assembly rooms for Monw gtreetg -. on tain< <1 16 counts. It was return- . beginners, primary. Juniors intermedl pvt , nln|( an enthusiastic meet | „ (| j. l()Kf . A j h „ rt n And erm»n. r ales and adult ladle* department*; ing of about flny mell was hel<l at | r|u » s , and j ury waH dismissed until - facilities to act-omotlute .120 in Sun- Knights of Columbus hail. Tin pebtuary 6. Anderson said. . day School work; a kitchen; toilet was ( . B jjed by Rev J. A. Sei -j (lon t |, e |jeve it will be a very und lavatory facilities; beating plant mptM rp( ., ()r „ f ( |„, st . Mary’s Catho „ ng at . aH ion." he said and fuel room In a sub basement. )(( . | hlir ,. h an( j during the evening j t whs charged the defendants sold on P*** *L--L plans were discussed for the propo> (hares of the Hawkins Mortgage Co. , 0 ed 1 ainpaign and th" raising of the ,t far more than their true value, by town cniihir.ii “ I L rill UUUI UL pr.o,M>sed campaign culminated in th, d> nds when It actually was open. atii 1 mifinrn 1 ,nr ® B ‘ \I II I llllllllrll <>f ’hi* city, and Julius Heid.man. of reusing .lefl.it. U I ILL IrlWIirLU W( , HI o f th,* city, as g.-neral captain* It "as further of the city and rural districts, they to organiz.-d "welfare h.an societies „ - .. ... . nan. I idvtoer, I rd •• ** i Into Two Factions; tnu t.-ams ia«kin. m.. companv with . , Seperate Meetings c. n. christen w .a, .. d < hair - ’ and C. J. Voglewede. secretary. ~f | J.''/'* ’ Geneva. Jan. 10.—-tßpeclal to Dally | a *t night's meeting. ' J,' ’ "n,'. k .,„| , ls t he Id* welfare i Democrat!.- The Geneva town cotin Proposed Campaign : w „ ieti.-s organized, only 38 ev.-r sdl held another lively session, or rath The purpose of th" campaign is Io | ( f>r hi|s|ni a||)l =er two sessions, last night. Although .«’* f "’ m “ m °” ' h, ‘ ‘"/"‘X ' d two were nnt operated ship of the .ongregatlon. stifficient However it was alleged. , the <oun.il I. regulariiy made up of |o warraot th . b .„ illg (>f a contract |(a , (l <>n three . ouni llnien. there were four ~a r| y thts Hpr |ng for the building ~f U| „ k „ f a( | lh „ companies out of jtresenL lust night and took part in the projiosed two-story and ground | ||l((n< , v collect'd front tin- sale of the meeting. Morris Wells, council- floor basement atrueture. containing | ||(( k man from the s«oud ward for the ■«» auditorium and gymnasium, on the Ab(|Ut „ f , he mon ey col- < ■ u foundation recently ,-ompl"ied at tie , through tin society wan held past two years, refuse* to relinquish . . ... •„i Hobtm and Foui - t..■ j,.>.m« nt r hla -• ••' to Wllliam H< : wbo wn u . elet fed councilman from the Mcond ra j gl . ( | | n Hi" congregation by th*- i A1 cording to the Indictment the ward at the election held last fall. |ni , |tlb jj. collection plan, each Individ IMH ,.ts of the Hawkins Mortgage comThe .ontroversy is no nearer a decis- t|g | t .o| l trlbutlna what «h« supposed | ~a n, were used principally for the B lon now than It was on th" day of th" r ,.p r ,.»,. n t one day's earnings, cut I ,urjH>*<* of obtaining control of other election it Is said Wells and hi* gry |(r wages. Through this no t hod i Loan and Mortgage companies followers claim that there wa* no a f un ,| ( >f thi-ty to thirty-five thou* ' Formation of those welfare loan vacancy last fall and fleeter and his gn|| dollars has been raised This l» | ... ietles began In 191*. federal offl‘<on»lituen<y claim that there was. ,elusive of the fund raised several tala said Voatoffioe inspector* und After the eotincll meeting opened y( . gr|( aK( , known as the "new church i it-i-mintunta of the department of Ju* lust night. In- <’. 14 Price and Mr f lin ,j Additional ground, including tire have been investigutlnK affairs ’ Wells each signed two bill* which th|t g | f „ , |f |() „ |„. M a< bu<d of the societies of the Hawkins Mortr Were up for action. After Well* j, u j|ding. the lot directly west of If cage company und affiliated organixasigned the bills he passed them to (|n Monroe street, the Histera’ home, ilona since June. 1 Richard Briggs, who was elected a )n ,.|u<|ln« the addition, have Ih"-ii pur ’ About that time a bankruptcy pro* f <ounc|lman last fall, but Mr. Briggs chased und Improve.L representing | • ••••dings w. re Instituted against th" ' refused to sign the bill*. Mr. Heater M|| ~x p, .n n(t t | r" of between forty and I ('o-operallve League of America and ‘ .ailed for u reading of the minutes f(ny t h.»u»»»nd dollars. The founds- affiliated concerns and the Hawkina »nd Kenneth Bhoomskur. th.- town t((in gm | |„ a „ m „ nl f„ r ,h,. now build I ’"htpany In federal court. t clerk, reud them. Following the rend represent* sn expenditure of * ing of the minntea many hm words ahotlt $30,000. ‘ French Franc (’<»ntiiiucs were exchanged b.twc.n the .o U n TI)H mnnlh i y (n iie. uons now total Return To Nomialcv ( rilmen. Dr. Price moved that tbe from t | I) , UMBO d j n shout ninety i (United Press Her 1 '") meeting be adjourned and th* *e<slon f)va j, nn d dollars s year At this! Paris. Jan 16 (Special to Dally , ended. rMtw accumulation It would tsk* f»omo<rrt‘.i The French franc conDirectly after Dr. Price had doged gpV o ril | vrarß i„ na . H a f lln d .utfi 'luu. don Us return trip towards northe meeting. Mr Hester rr opened it r(eßt frt Warrgn , lh " l.utlding Os th. •ntltr showing a mttetantial and Mr Shoemaker *. fed a. chair whmi| |f g|a ,„ (l v t|)( . ta |„ l( , -.j oo t „ th. dollar, or 93 50 man. Mr. Heeter and Mr. Brigg* n(lp(f fftr g n „ w hu) |d ln)t 1h lmi „. n ,tive. ”»•’ t"’ 1 ""'- bn,h offered, while . signed the bill and the second meet- many speculators who had sold short Ing <lo*ed. (I'ontluued on pug« Uvvj of franc* rushed to cover.

Price: 2 Gents