Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1924 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller —Pres. aud Gen. Mgr. E. W. Kampe— Vice-Pres. & Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holtbouse—-Sec’y. and Bub. Mgr. Entered at the Postoffiae at Decatur Indiana us second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies 2 cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier $5.00 One Month, by mai1...?.....35 cents Three Months, by mail SI.OO Six Months, by mail $1.75 One Year, by mail $3.00 One Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rales Made known on application. Foreign Representative Carpenter & Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York, City, N. Y. Life Bldg., Kansas City, Mo " 1 -■ ■ Florence Dickerson, a sixteen-year-old girl, died in a hospital at Atlantic City yesterday from blood poison

brought on by the use of a lip stick. The girls will have to pay for the modern styles, evidently. Whither do we drift? Congressman Knutson, of Minnesota, republican w hip of the last congress, is under arrest in Washington, on a charge of crime, the nature of which is so depraved, it cannot be mentioned in print. And that's something in these days <>f plain speaking. Tile Citizens' Telephone company is planning to switch the ‘phones onto the new board a week from next Monday. ft's a splendid improvement and will give this community as good telephone service as will be found anywhere in the country. We congratulate the Citizens and we believe their progressiveness will prove a good investment The impossible has happened. The state of California discovers they! have raised fourteen million dollars more than they need. There we two factious warring as to what will b>* done with it. One wants it returned to the people and the other, to the' over-taxed corporations. Interesting' if true. Candidates are now filing for the county primaries and within a few' days ;h -> will be active in the hunt' for votes. The '-lection is now less I than two mouths away and official! announcements will now be forthcom-l ing. l/iules Kleine, present county treasurer and a candidate for re-elec-1 tion, was the first to file at the coun-' ly clerk's office. Remember, that when the finance CiHiimittee calls on you for an assessment. that every penny is to be used to help this community, whch nonas to help YOU. No organization can «!«>_ anything without money. The Industrial association, now captained by younger business men. wish to move along this y.-ar and w» should make ft possible for them t< do so. The state road, .a tourist camp, comfort station and other things are needed to make this, what w o claim for it, the best town in the state. Proof that, w<- are. will be the success of the finance committee this week. The road meed Ing at lirrne last evening was a successful event. The | several hundred who gathered at the! auditorium were Impressed with the J of purpose ot the speaker, Mr. R«rl Crawford. of the state highway n„ (tlld (hem of ( . ond j. lions and of the hopes of those engag•"l in the work, to build a system of' »>Uhw.y w m | ntlUt , u whuh w(|l •■very (liuen | 0 Im , prnu( | thing for business ro< . n . farmer. and’ tHlghbiws to meet usd discuss and hear dIM-ussed. tteeaa matter, of suchl great importance. IncMently, tho m<m In charge of the work, succeeded | M raising four-fifth, of their ussc<km-ut to cover tost of securing right-of-ways ■m I lie north and south state road. The Northern Indiana Gas A Electric Company which furnishes fuel

Flashlights of Famous People

Face to Face With Hon. Janies A. Reed The “Show Me” Senator from Missouri —A Catulidatc for President By Joe Mitchell Chapple When ydu eay he iu ‘from Missouri' thut tolls the story of United States Senator Janies A. Reed He stands tor Hie continuous Missourian query. “Show me!" While born in Ohio, his friends insist that is not the reason why they want him as a Democratic nominee for President in 1924. Missouri seems to understand James Reed. Against inside opposition of the Democratic Convention at San Francisco in 1920. his delegation was seated, and against the opposition of lhe late President Wilson, he won his re-election as Senator. At the age of three his parents moved to Cedar Rapids. lowa, making him Hawkeye-reared and Missourigeared. Early recognized as possessing the "makings" of a lawyer, in his first case he took to cross-exam-1 inatlon as a duck to water. He' knows how to ask questions fore and I aft. starboard and port. After two years of law practice at Cedar Rap-

'da, he moved to Kansas City in 1887. and stiuck his stride. Identified with local and state Democratic politics, he became prosecuting attorney, tried 287 cases and secured 285 convictions. As reform Mayor of Kansas City, the way wus paved for his election to the United States Senate in 1911. after a red-hot fight on the Reed plan. His resonant voice now rings out on the floor ot the Senate until the very glass roof catches the vibration, proving a successor to the late Senator John J. Ingalls of Kansas, for sarcasm. As a master of. invective he has few equals. There is no com promise with James A. Reed; he is either "tpr” or “against." A leader in the fight of the Irreconciliables in the League of Nations, he fought to the last ditch. A bosom friend of Senator Borah, although they clash-, ed many times on various issues, there has never been a harsh word passed between theln in hard-fought debates on the floor of the Senate. While not a "mixer" there is some-! thing about "Jim" Reed's way of doling things that knits his followers to, l him with hooks of steel. With all j

Editor's Note: Send ten names of your favorite famous folk now livino to i Joe Mitchell Chapple. The Attic. Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New ¥c r k C ty. The readers of this paper are to nominate for this Hall of Fame.

..." 11 — for almost every kitchen in this city! uh well as in a dozen other cities and ' towns of this section of the state, and I I lights In many of them, will build a two-and-a-half million-dollar gag and coke manufacturing plant at Fort i Wayne, according to announcement made today by S. E. Mulholland, vicepresident and manager. The new plant is to be the best in all the country and means the very best service for every consumer. To appreciate , Just how convenient artificial gas is, 1 we only have to think hack a* few years to the wood or coal cook stove,* gasoline or oil contrivances and other means of furnishing the heat needed. . After all, wo wouldn't do without gas and the announcement of-these improvements will be received, with pleasure, by thousands of people, housewives und others. Gas is now used by many manufacturing plants ; and the Improvements were necessary because of the rapid growth und advancement In this territory of the Northern. — — o ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ ♦, From ths Dally Democrat file* • ♦ ro /»♦'» Sja thia day ♦ Br-tik In city eiuptrlc lln< s causes many complaints. J H. Chamberlain of IndlunuiMdis buys twenty-three h'*ud of One horses Theodore Kenedy Is organialng a I Sons of Veterans camp here. | Telegraph line* along Clover Leaf iare down. Wicitetdratw, Pa., auffora big lots ( front floods. | Stt'prise given for A. C. Hower i-tasnily who uro leaving for Howard i City. Michigan. 'j First lu: sc but I game uunouneel for ■ ( April loth against Celina. c <VI Jesse Michaud conducts sale | for John Andrews who is selling HrI ary stock. J Mr ami Mrs. Christ Bokaccht nt tend show al Masonic Temple, Fort Wayne.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1921.

WS&sKW 1 t HON. JAMES A. REED says: "I never liked the word can't. Tl e can't of hypocrisy and the cowaidly and weak are the same." this reputation for his severity, there are tender spots. His tribute to his mother on the floor of the Senate is one of the classics in the Congressional Record. in appearance Senator Reed is ot medium height, lias prematurely iron gray hair, a flashing, cold, and now warm, gray eye, florid complexion, , and a positive aggressiveness at all i times. In public addresses it is “show me” from the start to the fini ish. At a banquet table in Peoria. Senator James Reed looked at me stcad-

1 ily after my address and said: “You talk like a Methodist exhorter. 1 if we can clear the world of oratorical bunk' in the minds of the people, wa will have less trouble. ‘Camouflage’ is a word we have Jgst begun to 1 understand." When 1 asked whether he was a candidate for the Presidency, he sai l in terse sentence; ' "That is for the people of Missc uri to determine. Politicians must watch i 'heir steps, for records are coming home to roost.” Tugging away at my Camel cigarette. with a cigar draught, he contini ued, as someone told him “I can't do it" —here I desist. “Never liked that word ‘can't—the can't of hypocrisy and the can't of j the cowardly and the weak, are the same." With his long arm-reach he began i speaking, building his arguments I with oratorical bricks hither and j thither. wRh just a whi£ of a bouquet ! appearing in his fervid ‘exhortation' 1 to the flag and to those who agreed j wjtif him.

«— MARCH .March is tho month that owns the wind! The garments of winter are getting thin, And March, pretending he’s only In play. Laughs as he blows thenr all away. His breath is sweet from the sugar camp / But his c hecks are cold und his feet are damp. [lt must u* said he’s a fickle lad. — One day he's good,—the next he's bad! , ' March is a ghat big overgrown boy. But his heart I* kind und full of joy. 11 confess to liking his show of storm. , Hi.* hands are cold but his heart is war*. And I know of a maiden he's sure to win [Wi’h his make-believe bluster und | soiry din. I -Farewell old Winter," the Marc h winds sing. I And, "Welcome. thrice welcome, oh , lovely Spring." —A. I). Burkett. - —o - The People's Voice In one of your bsues recently. 1 noticed the expression, "The myth of ' evolution ns we see ft nil about us In nature, but It isn't u myth, if wn could but understand tho following quotation we would know more of ths unfolding, development and growth ol the things we tree dally. ■ "Flowers (n tho traded wall I pluck than out of they crannlus. And hdW thee in my hand lltUo flower. Boot and all and nil in all., * It I could understand and what yui are little Qcnver, Root and all and all in all.. I then should know what (lod und mat it." It matters but little as to mana ori gin. . But it matters much as to what he

1 Tipple Os 111-fated Mine Where Scores Were Killed fl —w— —— *" ’ 111 — ■_y > vi (ij u , w „.. ' it T 1 > . I wRrH 3 jWgi/ 9 / > ,*' .■■■; I--/ 4 1 . ■ , a - I 'M A . ■ •> • jF- ’ —** fl v ■* * , v ' w^. lll l - --i t . * ****? m — — .2; II s MA,. ■ i’ t i?n .I t'omuany■ at Custle Gate, Utah, where 1,3 miners were eutomlw Photo shows a closeup view of the entrance to tne mine of the Ltah 1 u t uompu y f Saturday, as the result ot an explosion.—V. and A. Photos. ■ i— - -

1— —— f is. It matters but little as to wheth- • era child believes the story of Jonah 1 and the whale, when there is so much 5 of God's works all about him to be- ' lieve and comprehend. Dr. Frank W. Gunsanlus once said in one of his sermons, "Today I can talk to you on evolution. Thirty years ago I could not have done so. You have so- grown both spiritually and mentally that you can now com- . prehend what I have to say on evolution.” He also said, “and oh, that the man might arise in me, that the man that 1 am. might cease to be.” He had. reference to growth in righteousness. That is evolution. Under the dry, dead mould today there is but little manifestation of life. But it is there dormant. When the sun has sufficiently warmed the earth and the gentle rain has reach ed the roots of the grasses, and spring will then soon gradually burst forth in all of her beauty and the earth will once more be clothed in green. This is evolution. The buds on the trees are now swelling the leaf buds, later on. the flower buds. Then a little later, we have the full blown flower. This unfolding, growth and development is evolution. The rose is first a bud which keeps on sweiiing, growing and unfolding until we have the full blown rose or the perfect flower. This is evolution. So it is all through nature. We cannot behold the most simple flower without recognizing this process of growth and development No wonder Bryant said. “To Him. who in the Ibve ot nature," and Robert Mclntyre, now pastor of a large < hurch in Los Angeles, once said, while viewing the lofty snowcapped Rockies, and the cactus In the valleys, ‘God is good to put the flower upon the cactus and the ripple on the rill." God concealed Himself to man. Nature in order to reveal Himself to man. . Now, just what is true of everything in nature is true of the human family. When we cease to grow mentally and si'iritually. we are old. When

we cease to have an interest in the welfare of our nation, we are old. Children grow from childhood to wo-| manhood, and manhood. an<| through! their good deeds ami service, their! mental and spiritual growth, they bei come a power in the world. So they t honor their parents in their lives. But; if we all thought alike, if we all' . thought as our grandfathers, and great grandfather*, the result would not be growth, but stagnation, or death. , Rev. J. H. O. Smith, once pastor of the Christian church in Valparaiso, i 1 unexpectedly met one of his former* , classmates. During their conversation. Rev. Smith said, "Well, Robert., 1 I suppose you are still a Methodist?". "Oh, no, I now belong to the Peoples'; church in Chicago." Rev. Smith then said, "Thank Hod that you liavu a mind of your own.” | When you try to force children to! think as their grandfathers did. you 1 rub. them of their growth and develop-j >• ment, of their individuality and IbaJ 'f belongs to them. i n it is wrong to aay that sl( univondt- « les or institutions of higher c ducatic n, « teach that man decended from tb<> • monkey, or the ape. 1 have Mt In tho d lecture rooms of the broadest lukds* In Hie Chicago University and I have' yet to hear any one make such a statement. You are always absolute-; ly free to reach your own decision und ' draw your own conclusions. It is Uh - little sparrows that are sa sure to be u on tho affirmative. Your mind lias a chance to grow, to think for yourself for good tend wholesome food4s given. u The lily grows out of the muck und t the mire, but lakes none of this with I I- it. but gives to the world. Ma bayt in beauty und form. This is rvelutian io - Teach children to see God in nature, ..

• the beauty in nature and that is evo--1 lution means growth and development 1 and unfolding, giving in every case, their best to the world. Just so they can grow, through their good deeds, 1 acts of kindness, and service to those 1 about them in their daily lives. Is it any wonder, when we think of ' the mental and spiritual plane upon which" Jesus lived that even His disciples could not fully comprehend ' Him? He las a man of sorrows and ' acquainted with grief. Do you think ' for one moment that the Roman sol- ! diets and the Jews would have crucified Jesus if they had evolved to the high plane that Jesus had? "Oh. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets and stoned them that are sent unto thee. How oft wouldst I have gathered you as a hen gathered her brood under her wings but —y* — would —not.” ' That tells us why Jesus wept over Jerusalem. All through the history of civilization, instead of following our great leaders, the world has cru cified them, because the world had not risen or evolved to their high plane of thought and spirit. So the world has delayed the evolution of Jesus by revolution. Revolution always precedes evolution, but revolution is delayed evolution. Over two thousand years don’t you think, dear I reader, the world has been slow in its growth and evolution as we see it in Jesus? If the entire world had the mind as it was in Christ Jesus, war would be impossible? But our nation failed after our re-, cent war, failed in its opportunity.! failed because we as a nation, had not evolved to the high plane of our leader Woodrow Wilson. Failed because of political strife and selfishness, and simply crucified our own Woodrow Wilson. He who had so evolved to that high plane of thought and spirit. What he saw only peace and harrnon; for the entire woyld. Woodrow Wil son failed in nothing, but we. as a nation. failed ignormineously. Lloyd

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- George says of him. His tealure was t’a glorious failure. The following poem best expresses my views ot W ilson s ’ position in the nation: . "The eagle had passed on!—unto the ! blue. And all the chattering of the spars row dies, i They could not bear to aee the eagle rise. I Beyond the reaches that their small I wings knew. t Above the housetops they could <S>mpass too, * i But though they strove to blind the ! eagle's eyes With fluttering wings—to stay him ' with their cries, ' An eagle always is a lonely one; ! The far heights call to him and he must go. But little birds cannot lo<gk on the sun, And what an eagle knows they cannot know; When he is gone the small ones know, at least. That there above their heads, an eagle passed." If our congress had stood with our < president, readily ratified the Versailles Treaty, and we. as a nation, had entered the League of Nations. ( ' what a power for good this nation ' would be today throughout the world. But the Way as open for more wars, more blood-shed, more revolutions. The good that we could do or have done delayed, opportunities lost, and the whole world suffering because of . what we did not do. God speed the ; day when this nation will so grow, and so jievelope that our congress will be ' a power for good and that as a body, they will do right because it is right 1 I to do right May we all the mind that was in i Christ and the leaders 1 have mention-l ed, there would then be no at the head of our nation, no scandal like the recent one, war wonld be Impossible, the brotherhood of man a > reality and peace, harmony and good

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