Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1924 — Page 5

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iustfia.l ' Mr 9 Charles Ppnnington, -uaxler1, an operation at the Adams rmiuly Memorial hospital last week. . , is getting along nicely. ' '.' rhe Misses Frandln and Ardath ”n, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. \L Logan of Kalamazoo. Mich., are l"llag a few days here with their S'- “• S >- Ve j’aas». Mrs. K. O. Gass and (htklren. Mrs. M. Harris, and Mrs. Hen ry Schulte motored to Rome City yesterday and spent the day with Mrs B. F. Gass who is a patient at the Kneipp's Sanitarium. Mrs A. M. Kern and nephews, Kenneth and Jack Keru. of Toledo. „re visiting relatives at Monroe and pecatur, this week. Mrs. Dan Tyndall spent the day In Fort Wayne. Mr and Mrs. Krvin A. Hlrsehey. of Chicago, are the guests of Mr. und Mrs. Harry Knapp. Willis heigh, of Portland, was a business visitor In the city today. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Staltcr motored 1.,t0 Dayton. Ohio, today. "L. C. Waring made a business trip' to Fort Wayne this afternoon. John H. Heller made a business trip to Indianapolis. Mrs. T. D. Kern, Mrs. H. L. Kern and Kenneth Gaunt motored to Monroe this afternoon and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Ray. Mrs. A. M. Kern and nephews, Kenneth and Jack, of Toledo. Ohio, accompanied them home for a few days' visit. Charles Andrews, of Preble township. was a business visitor here this afternoon. Frank Spade, of Kirkland, spent the day lietr looking after business interests. Miss laiia Peterson returned from Fort Wayne this afternoon after spnding several day* with the Misses Romona and Dorothy Smith. Dr. Vizard, of Pleasant Mills, was in the city today on business. Zest Jones, of Washington township, looked after business interests here this afternoon. Miss Virginia spent the afternoon In Fort Wayne visiting friends. Mias Madge Hite and Mrs. I. W. Mary went to Fort Wayne to spend tin- evening with friends. Mr. and Mrs. William Weber, liviag in Washington township, visited friends here today. It. O. Elston, of Wlllahire. Ohio, was a business visitor hero today. William Khrman. of Root township spent the afternoon heroMtsa Florence Holt house has returned frum Toledo, Ohio, where she, spent the past three weeks as the guest of Mr. und yr.x. C. R. Uhl and' family. Mrs. Henry Luttman and daughter, *f Root township, shopped igyru thin afternoon. Mrs. D. 4. Hensley and Mrs. I). M. Hensley spent the day In Fort Wayne with relatives. SherltT John Raker yesterday took Ma» Rrundvbcrry to the Eastern Hospital for the insane, at Richmond. Miss Itrandyberrv haa been confined *• the rourty inHrniury for the past lew year*. Hiram Johnson's enndidaey bus ssasaeasaaolaßM

f 2IMMHI IN SHACK ll l* reported that a fortune of t about $2U.0()(l was found in (hr oneroom shack of a Wiseonsin hermit. Besides risking the loss of thin money, he lost the interest it mitfht have earned if deposited in a sa\inps aeeount—more than SHOO a year. If he had the $20,000 in his shark for ten years, he lost almost SIO,OOO. Safety and rnmpound interest are assured when savings are deposited in this bank. ■o! First'Nqtionql Bank Capital and Surplus f 120,000.00 Decatur, Indiana

MINE CRISIS IN ENGLAND FEARED Cabinet Meets To Consider Impending Crisis; Miners Vote (By Lloyd Allen) (United I*re»s Staff Correspondent) laindoji. March 26 —Following annouudement 0 f a deadlock in negotiutic between miners’ leaders and mine owners, the British cabinet met at 10 i Downing street today to consider an . impending crisis in that industry, the 1 third the government will have been called upon to face in its brief tenure 1 of office. N ' i At the same time, a national mineral delegate conference representing I SOO.OOO workers met The existing wage scale in the mining industry expires April 17 and con 1 fercnce* have been under way Air < some time, seeking to adjust differ- I euces regarding a new scale. ! It was forecast that today's dele- * gate conference would recommend a nation-wide ballot of miners to ‘ ascertain whether the workers are 1 willing to strike to force acceptance 1 of their terms. ■ o Phil Mack lin Declines Election Hoard Position On account of business reasons Phil L. Mucklin iuforiued County Clerk John E. Nelson this afternoon that it would be impossible for him to serve as one of the election board commissioners at the primary and general elections. Mr. Macklin was appointed a* the democratic member last week by J. Fred Frughte and it Is not known If Mr. Fruchte will appoint a man to fill his place or whether he will leave the appointment to the new county chairman who will be elected Thursday. The other two members of the board Karl B. Adams, the republican, and John K. Nelson, who by virtue of his office t* the third member. Mr. Maekiin is a member of the contracting firm of Macklin and Stoneburner ' and in view of the fact that both members of the firm will be busy this ' spring and fall he stated that it would be impossible for him to nerve ou the [ board. ’ i Many Suspects Held For 8150,000 Mail Robbery , I United Pres* Servico) i Chicago. M*reh 26 — More than a than a score of suspects were held by police today In connection with the lIGD.OfIO mail robbery at Harvey. IU., yesterday. One of the prisoner* Is ; Carlo Fontana, owner of the autoI mobile used by the four bandits. The . machine was found in West HamI mend. Hi. I Fontana denied all knowledge of the affair, and said he could not tell how his machine happened to be used by the bandit*. i' • 1 ■i

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CURTIS WILBUR IN WASHINGTON New Secretary Os Navy Is Firm Believer In Marriage And Navy Washington, Mar- 26—.(Special to Daily Democrat)—Two minutes con- i vernation with. Curtis Dwight Wilbur, i the Californian, who has just taken over the navy department’s helm. : tells you he is a firm believer in and strong supporter of two great. American institutions. One of these is i marriage. The other is the navy. So far as Washington and the country generally are concerned, Wilbur i is a new face and a new personality. ' Physically he is a big chap, tali like one of his California trees or the corn of his native lowa. His grey , blue eyes twinkle behind plain gold rimmed glasses. The judge peeps through his manner at odd moments and then again the boy twinkles In , his eye, as. for instanee, „hen ho > tells how Mrs. Wilbur fell in love with Washington. “She loves the city.'' he said, chuckling youthfully. “I was wondering what her reaction would be. It was all I could have asked for. She's gone out houst/ hunting, pleased as a child.” Wilbur stated crisply his position , on conservation —the conservation of the navy's oil and of the nation’s natural resources generally. Tm a conservationist.” he said, "but not a miser. I believe in con serving and developing at the same time; using wisely now and keeping for the fifture as well. This is entirely iKvssible and lin for if” His Job with the navy, as Wilbur sees it, is to make the American fleet the most efficient in the world. He has a definite understanding what that means. “I am for a thoroughly modernized sea force,” he said. ‘it is neither patriotism nor economy to have ships that are out-ranged by the ships oi another i>ower. It would be terribly wrong, if ever we have to faee a foe, to send our young men to face him with guns lews effective than his.” Old timers around the navy department say Wtlbur ''will do.” They 'ike the way he buckled down to his -job. He lias a sort of mental twohandedness that enabled him to get » lot of work done on his first day in ifftce despite the demand of hand shakers. Isaac Hilty Dies At Hospital For Insane Isaac Hilty, 66. Adams county resident, died at the Eastern Hospital for the Insane, at Richmond, at t •jh lock Tuesday morning. Mr. Hilty wa.s*taken to the hospital a few week ago. after having xpeut several years at Mu county Infirmary. A few da>s ago he fell over a chair at the hospital end. fractured two or thr-l ribs. Pneumonia developed and result wl in his death. Mr. Hilty formerly resided near Berne and Monroe. He was in California at the time of the ti'g eartbqiiaku there several years ago, and since that lime he has been insane. ' ■ ~o Telephone Wire Burned In Two At Merry man Home Investigation by officials of the Citizens Telephone company following the fire at the Lem Merrymsn home on South Fourth at reel Sunday olglit. showed shat the inside let phone wire had W n burned in two by tie fire, which accounted for the inability | of the Merryrauu children to cull central when they tried to tarn In Iho rice alarm. The alarm was Jurood tu from tho (Icm Voglcwede home m arhy. .■ ' «— ■■ i i —O' DEATH REMOVES (Continued from page one) member of Hie Reformed church In this city, und hi I pod haul the timber to build the old church building on Third street, which was loro down n few weeks ugo. following the erection of tho new Reformed church. Mrs. Magiey Is survived by two sous amt two daughters. They are Charles Miigley, county highway superintendent. und John Magiey. both of Iliad township, and Mrs. Peoples und Mrs. Lcwton. both of Decatur. 1 There are eight grginlchlliln n Funeral services will lie held from Ihe Lcwton Inline u! 1:3*1 o'clock Frid«y afternoon, the Rev, It. It. Klllkcr. pus»or of the Reformed church, und the Rev. U. S A Bridge, pador or Hie First Methodist church, officiating. Burial will In- made In tho Maplewood cemetery. 1 i — IT A henl l by complexion Is merely n matter of factal-|M>re cleanliness. Clogged pores are freed of secrellnin and kept Unrifliy with JAP ROHE I SOAP. Quid, lather In sny witter | Completely soluble,—Adr. m

LEGION SEEKS < NEW MEMBERS Local Post Os Veterans Conducting Membership Campaign This Week Members of Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion are making a drive this week for new members and for the paying up dues of the old members. After March 31st, those' members who are not paid up are , dropped from the nationad roster and the local officials are desirous of increasing the present membership, The drive will be in progress during the week, any veteran of the World War who wishes to affiliate with or continue his membership in the legion are urged to get in touch with tho local officers. ■ ■ o Kokomo— J. R. Morgan has been gained president of this city's newly formed city plan commission.

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