Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 62, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1924 — Page 5

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the DisDr' ,' the Veterinarians tW Y ’ M C A " at ’ ,vn ne last evening. The memthe association consists of tH ' rsb ," duns In fifteen <’ oun,i ' >s tn ’'■''l ""lern Indiana and northwest ’So a" repented at the "I hst evening. Dr. J- «• G*’ Metal inspector in charge of T X' tuberculosis eradication in Indiana. gave a very interf,tins address. Vr , K W- Kainpe went to Fort ' Xto spend the day with relac L- Meibers spent the day . ;.„ rt wavne as the guest of friends Grover Oliver, of Monroe, looked „ (| ,r business interests here today. Ld Andrews and Ralph Yager nwde a bdsiness trip to Bluffton this jfteruoon. U wis Mills, of Monroe, event the here looking after business affairs. Enos I/nman. of Fort Wayne, ca11,,1 ~1 , n business friends here today. William Meyers, of Washington township, was here this afternoon on business. Herman Ullman. living in St. ,Marys township, was a business visitor here this afternoon. Roy Gaunt made a business trip to Huntington today. Elliott Ulman, of Union township, visited friends here today. Father J. A. Seimetz went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Lhomis Mclntosh made a business trip to Fort Wayne today in the interest of the General Electric coni puny. William Kukelhan. living in Root township, was in the city today lookinc utter business affairs. Sephus Melchi, nicht policeman. has been off duty since last Friday night, suffering with a case of the LaGrippe. lie is better today, however, and expects to return to work tonight. -- o Soliciting Teams Are Being Appointed Today Members of the finance committee of the Decatur Industrial Association today were appointing mein hers of Ue MdieiUng teams for the raising of th* "Community FMnd." and the tuußs will start out Immrwiiatefy. It lu beped that at leant 94.990 can be ruiwd. The money will be used in proßoting the general welfare of the city and in taking care of the t-Py’i quota in certain projects now limit r •ay. la- lading the purchasing of the right-of-ways for the north and south ro«'l. Severy manutai-tnring concern, busint-ss house, professional mnn. and dividual will be solicited.

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1 Heart Tag Day To Be Held Here Saturday Miss Mabel Turley, who is planning 1 the Heart Tag Day in this city, aent s word today,that the tag day will be held in Decatur next Saturday. The r Tag Day was to have been held last , Saturday, but it was necessary to , postpone it. The tags will be sold by the city school children and the proj ceeds will be used in aiding the needy . children of men who are in the various penal institutions. i Compiling Real Estate I Assessment Books Now r Miss Irene Zwick is assisting 8 County Auditor and Mrs. Martin Jaberg in compiling the real estate B assessment books for -the township ’• assessors. Each assessor is furnished a book with the real etate listed I- therein, its appraised value and description. The assessors are now takII Ing the assessemens of personal pro 11 perty. Reul estate wil not be assessed until 1924. I- — u () Supreme Auditor Os Moose Lodge In City i,•- — 1 - Mr. M. 11. Comet, supreme auditor t of the 1 oyal Order of Moose, is here this week, checking Adams lodge. He s completed the work today and reported everything in excellent condi- )• tion. Robert Green is scretary of the order and does his work in a very '* precise and careful manner. Mr. l ’-Comet prnis-sl the offl< ials of the I local lodge for the splendid progress *,they have made this year, the mem('ibership having been doubled. !.' l 'i All OVER INDIANA (United Dress Service) Hartford Citx —The Hartford City chapter of the Ku Klux Klan broken ' away from the old Klan and joined , the Klan nf the North, recently or- ( gauixed at Muncie. j. Muncie - David Medsker pffered to f pay both the flue Imposed Upon himself and a companion on charge of ( intoxication if the companion would serve the Jell sentence for both. Hut , tins judge didn’t see it that way. Wide i.triped materials of alternating dull crepe and highly lustrous r satin make very smart tailored frocks. An unusual hat. made of balck satin 1 covered with gold net. has a small ■ band of what was once a Paisley shawl I running atsuit the crown tied in a pert bow.

SATURDAY IS AUTO DAY / e Decatur Merchants APPRECIATE Your Business

+♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ CONGRESS TODAY 4 ♦ *♦*♦<-♦** + + + + + 4 (United ITess Service! Senate Norbeck- Burtness farm relief bill. Oil committee hears E. B. .McLean and other witnesses. House Routine business. Wuy a and Means subcommittee on bonus. ——o Equity Stockholders Holding Meeting Today The fifteen former stockholders who purchased the Adams County Equity Exchange in this city at receiver’s sale last Saturday were in session this afternoon at the Old Adams County Bank. They were discussing plans for the conducting of the elevator and business in this city If the stockholders decide to operate the exchange a manager will be selected and the place opened for business at once. — o Jury Deadlock In F. Guy Sprague Case Fort Wayne. Mar. 12—The jury which h- ard the ease of F. Guy Sprague, form-r stock broker who Is charg-d with the theft of |8.IM)0 worth of stock belonging to Dr. J. W. Bowers, was still deadlocked at 10 o’clock this morning. It had been instructed to return a sealed verdict if an agreement was reached after 9 o’clock lust night. The jury which is composed of nine inen and three women retired at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Sprague is charged with grand larceny and entries a penalty of 1 to 14 years in the state prison on conviction. Guy Colerick and R. C. Parrish, as -peeial prosecutors, represented the stale. Walter Olds. A. E. Thomas and Morris Townley, of Chicago, were attorneys for Sprague. LOCAL PYTHIANS (Continued from page one) dales Will be obligated in ludlaua ’using the Rathbone Bible. Will Present Flags, t The insurance department of the •»rd<'r, through president Harry .Wade, will present a large silk ffog to the lodge in each district which obtains the largest nunib- r of candidates. The department wil be r--i>-r< sen ted at -,-ath meeting by l’r< sident Wade, who will make the flag presentations. A number of th" grand lodge officers, including Elmer Lt - •est, grand chancellor. Shi Ibyvlil- ; Dore 11. Erwin. Decatur; Carl R. Mitchell, grand keeper of records i-Ud <eal; Sa mud 11. Trah'ie. cram! outer guard. Rushville, and Harry Krammeter, grand master of exrhequ -r. Logan-]s»rt, will accompany Mr. Li ve and the Utathbono Bible the state itinerary. SAYS HE TOLD (Continued from pag-' one) Doheny stock. 3. That he knew former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall and former Secretary ov the Navy Denby only as personal friends and nejwr had any official dealings with them 4. That he speculated in Pure Oil stock in 1922 as an entirely personal matter and that he handled none of the dialings of others reported to have been implicated in that transaction. M<Lean revealed that he had suffered a heavy loss in the Pure Oil deal He said that In November 1922 he bought 2.<>uo shares of Pure oil stock and sold this In February, 1923. In March 1923. he said he bought 2.000 shares of Bethlehem Steel and sold ln the following December at a Dmum of approximately 430,00*i. "This loss was ’entirely mine.*' Melean saffl "I have never been Inter-esti-d in the pun base of any Sinclair nr Doheny stock directly or indirectly. by which I an that 1 have never made any stich ptin liases nor have I had any internal In any »u«h purihaiusi made hy ahyogeWt any time."] McLean Indirated that he told his first story about lending |I9gO.OM to Fall merely beta use Fail was a personal friend. Mctiean declared the many *"•«■ grama whlih passed between him and , his agents were purely personal and had no eonm ctlon with the Investlga tion.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1921.

REBATE IN 1923 (Continued from page one) * tux bill. While the 1923 reduction clause is in the bill, they feel, he will not dare veto It. Senator Smoot and other members of the senate finance committee said the senate probably would adopt the resolution, but that it was clearly Impossible in view of the opposition in the house to get separate legislation through by Saturday. o Hugh I). Hite returned from De> troit this afternoon having accompanied his father there last Sunday. o What The Exchanges Say Fifty-nine members of the Fort

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Wayne Rotary club went to Van Wert last evening where they were entertained at a luncheon. E. A. Crane of the Fort Wayne club presided as chairman of the meeting and the boys had a good time. Miss Blanche of Indianapolis, state president of the King’s Daughters, was the guest of honor of the Fort Wayne society of King's Daughters last evening. James A. Abrams, age 86, died at his home at Murray, Wells county, Tuesday morning of cancer. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Murray Christian church. George Morris has returned to Bluffton from (he Lutheran hospital where he «has been under a doctor's <are for more than two weeks. The annual spring convocation and

reunion of the Scottish Rite bodies of Fort Wayne wil! be held at the Scottish Rite cathedral there on April 8 9 and 10. according to word received here. The, meeting had been set for a week later. The firm of Shoemaker & Haiflich of Bluffton, has taken a contract to put in a part of the new gas mains to be laid in Fort Wayne. The new mains are an extension of the system already established in Fort Wayne and represent, a large expenditure. Field nurses of the Indiana University extension division, who are working in Wells county this week, were at Ossian and Union Center yesterday. Superintendent of Schools Justin H. Merriman, of Bluffton, visited the schools there with them.

The stores of Montpelier were clos-

ed between the hours of 10 and 11 o’clock this morning for the funeral of W. D. D. Cook, prominent Montpelier business man who died of pneumonia. He is survived by his wife and seveh children. '

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