Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 83, Decatur, Adams County, 5 April 1924 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller—Pres, and Gen. Mgr E. W. Kumpe—Vice-Pres. & Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse—Sec’y. and Bus. Mgr. Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur Indiana as second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies 2 cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Tear, by carrier 15.00 One Month, by mall 35 cents Three Months, by mall 11.00 Six Months, by mail $1.75 One Year, by mail 33.00 One Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second renew Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Rates Made known on application. —•HI—- * Foreign Representative Carpenter A Company. 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Fifth Avenne Bldg., New York, City, N. Y. Life Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. RIGHT IN HIS PRIME Here and there the opinion is given that if Senator Samuel M. Ralston were a younger man he "would be nominated by acclamation." If that is the way the national Democracy, leadership and mass, feels about Senator Ralston there is not a thing tn the world to complicate the situation or make the matter difficult. Senator Ralston is not an old man. He is only 65 and he is very much younger than his years. He is right in his prime j and a long period of health, activity and usefulness lies ahead of him. Many men are old at 60. Some are young at 75. Dr. Charles William J Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard g* University and America’s foremost private citizen. celebrated his ninetieth anniversary a few days ago. He is a marvelous example of physieial and mental vigor for such an age. He would be a striking example of that if he were a score of years younger. History is full of examples of men whose highest distinctions neve Jt** 1 " ed and whose greatest usefulness was exerted at much more advanced age than Senator Ralston has attained. Especially is the history of the United States senate brillian with examples of great achievement coupled with a more than ripeness of years. Senator Ralston s entire We t>een singularly temperate and wellordered in allthings. He has not worn himself out uud he has not broken himself down. At 65 he is in a condition that most men at 6u have Oceanian to envy. Age is much less a question of years than of living. Senator Ralston is vigorous, keen and at his best. In considering him for the pridfideucy neither his party nor thAmerican people need harbor the least misgiving of his fitness tor that high office or his physiclal capacity to undertake its duties. He will bo found equal to the whole task. There never was a time when a man of Senator Ralston’s type was more needed in the presidency. Common sense, democratic traditions an dldeuls a full consciousness of the duty of the government to al) who must live under the government, the homely vira sense of responsibility to the people, tuns of public thrift and evonomp and a solemn appreciation that ’’public office Is • public trust" are qualities now most essential and qualities the people uro tooklng fnr in th or next president. In Senator RaUton nil <’f them are embodied. Feveral sni<«tantial business inett .ire disensstag the merits sad the op poMuulty tor a central heating fibnt tn Is- operated by the city In tontwetins with the eleiiric ami water| pliMtt, claiming that this can be done with a small Investment, add to the retvuue fn» the Hly Stl4 provide the mdkt desirable Convcnlvuvt! the public can have. It la said that »uffi< lent nt-am is wanted provide a large por-l ii<d» of the downtown district with] bvdl and with a alight Investment thH etell<l be Im reused to a profitable potot Ws Uafo a», tu:idi tiifoiumifoh as to the tost or the wisdom of such a plan but »» are sure II would be a popular improvtunent and that if there

Flashlights of Famous People | ' ■ 1

Face to Face .With r George Eastman The Mart Who Makes the Film , for the Movies (By Joe Mitchell Chapple) , Rochester may not be a one-man I town, but it could hardly be mentionI ed without thinking of one man. And i that man is George Eastman. I In his own private projection room, near his office in Rochester. George Eastman, talked about almost everything except the movies. He was interested in talking pictures, and colot pictures, because they were a future development. He walked into the lamp house of his little projection room, and there, he showed great familiarity, particularly with the mechanism of an rtld color projection machine —the Invention of his friend. Gaumont of Paris. Eastman is a business man with the bearing of an artist. He has white hair, and though seventy years old. is smooth shaven and much younger looking. He is soft spoken, and is extremely reticent, shrinking from any sort of publicity. Perhaps his predominating trait is his love of music, which led him to install a magnificent pipe organ in his own home. The same love, of music is apparent in the founding of a Conservatory of Music at Rochester and the erection of the Eastman Theater, one of the finest in the world. Although born in Waterville, NewYork. he grew up in Rochester, and Rochester has b-cn his home ever I -ince. ’ Indeed, it has been more than I that It has been his hobby. Only recently his gifts.... But that is the end. not the beginning of this story. Flashing bark. then, to the days jwhrn young George Eastman, a lx>y es fourteen, hid never heard of a , film or a kodak —nor had the world—we find a lad with very empty pockets, who knew he must “go to work." To George Eastman, “go to work" meant Just that. There was no wealthy family relative io "place" him. So he placed himself as office boy at five dollars a week. For six years he held down this job. Then Aladdin rubbed the lamp—or so young Eastman thought. For he jumped suddenly to the dtiay height of a bank i clerkship at SBOO a year. Again, he stuck. But he did not become complacent. For it is his life theory that the man who feels he has reached the limit of his ability has simply stopped thinking: he is an "up and outer." not so different from any “down and outer" asleep on a park

Editor's Note: Send ten names of your favorite famous folk now living to Joe Mitchell Chapple. The Attic. Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City. The readers of this*paper are to nominate for this Hall of Fame.

I is any way it can be done the matter can lx* financed and carried out. Bvery source of revenue for the city is Inportant. and If this can be clone at a profit and at the same time furnish this convenience. we hope the city council will Investigate and report. It is said that at Rochester. Indiana steam heat is furnished from the exhaust of an ice manufacturing plant while Huntington. Van Wert, and other nearby cities have central heating plants, it's a big and Important subject, U-t's discuss it and let's do it if we c an In a business-like way. To make up an estimated deficit of seventy-five million dollars, the senate finance committee yesterday restored U> the revenue bin the taxes on telegraph and telephone messages. These were repealed by the house ticcause of the Inconveniene-- which arts<*s and it was hoped the senate would agree to the change hut the president Is opposed to any changes rteept those which shift the burden from one class to another better aide to bear additional taxation and these aru hard to find at least any class or interest which will admit they can stand «. (most. Taxes WO a nuisance but theyi ' follow we* and the uxpcMoa attached 1 thereto . Join the Jefferson t.’lub and help . the ofbec.ru make it a real part cd the' ’democratic organisation In Adams i county. In numbers there is strength ( and with a large membership the club could Ice of great benefit in many ' | ways ami can furnish many evedts of i|lutnrest. Th® officer* are working * hard to make the organisation a worth i- slille one and they deserve your sup- * I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1924

■■ i £& ’ ■ ■ fl : £ /X . GEORGE EASTMAN says: "The rich man doesn’t really give , anything. He only distributes a part of his surplus. It is the person of moderate means, the poor man, who really gives." bench. Finally, in 1378, when Santo Domingo was attracting the country’s attention. Eastman decided to go down there. He was advised to take a camera along. He purchased one, but found its wet plates and paraphernalia too tfwkward to carry in traveling. This annoyed him. It also piqued his interest. He forgot Santo ' Domingo and began to study the camera, with the result that eventually—after long years of struggle, failure. and success—he gave to the world the film and the kodak While it is true that we owe the motion picture to Edison's adapting genius, we must remember that it George Eastman had not perfected a transparent film, we might never have had the motion picture. Mr. Eastman now supplies almost all motion picture film, turning cut over fifty million feet every other month. This Rochester boy—now a multimillionaire —is known also for his modest philanthropies. As the mysterious “Mister Smith.” he gave over eleven million dollars to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before his identity was discovered by the public. Altogether, he has given over thirty millions to colleges and hospitals; six millions to his employees as a recreation fund; four millions for a school of music, ami dearly two millions for a dental dispensary in Rochester. A man of simple/ qutot tastes, he loves Rochester, and though a bach"- • lor. he loves children. Entirely self made, he had no special training, no - laboratory, no guidance in chemis- ■ try. As he himself puts it he has. throughout life merely refused to ac- . cept; as decisive either defeat or victory.

j port. This was the last day to file as a | candidate. The one advantage is that I those who are candidates now know who they have to combat with. The fight is on. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦a ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY « ♦ * ♦ From the Deity Democrat files * ♦ 20 years sge this day « April s—Attorney,. D. E Smith and ill C. I’nrrish leave for Independence Kansas Fir • does |3oo damage at the Van Camp foundry. Porter leaves for Paragould, Ark., to open hanieM shop Bonds ordered on North Pretl'’. West Washington. Qecatur A Bluffton and East Washington extension!. George Nichols and Albert Raber leave for Mississippi. 11, U f'oater breaks left arm when

Mr. Cravens Stands On Record

Madison. Indiana April 3. !!»:< j “Mr. John If. Ihll-r. Editor. ("Decatur. Ibtuocrst. “Decat nr. Indiana. "My dear Mr. Heller: "I moat rappSctfully ri-w«' that iyou give me space In your valuable paper to refute curtain propaganda that comes to me an frequently from the northern part of the State I urn Informed that women of your i«art of the State are bring told that I worked and voted agalnot the ratUkatlon of the constitutional amendment grant Ing women equal suffrage with then. I at and today I stated In my announcement of my candidacy for Governor, squarely on my record as

. i he falls from ladder. I Frank Barthel goes to Kendallville to clerk in department store. j Frank Dibble buys Peoples farm ! three miles ea§t of town. Dick Christen is very ill at Omaha. Neb. The river is receding and danger is past. o c Big Features Os ( RADIO c Programs Today \ WOR. Newark. N. J.. (405 M) 11) p. m. (E.S.T.) —Rossini’s oratorio, "Stabat Mater" by choir of St. Joseph’s church, Newark, with sympthony orchestra. KDKA, Pittsburgh. (326 M) 8:30 p. in. (E.S.T.) —Chamber of commerce 1 dinner, in honor of Andrew W. Mellon. WBZ, Springfield-Boston (337 M) 8 p.m. (E.S.T.) —Get-together dinner of the National League of Masonic clubs,] with addresses by Governor Channing Sox, General Smedley Butler, Mayor. Curley and others. WSAT, Cincinnati, (312 M) midnight (C.S.T.) —WSAI midnight entertain- 1 ers. KGG, Oakland, Cal., (312 M) 8 p.m.) (P.C.S.T.) —“It Pays to Advertise,", three-act comedy by the KGG players. , f Sunday's Program WEAF. New York, (492 M) 3:45 p. m. (E.S.T.)—Dr. S. Parkes Cadman and the Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. men’s conference. 7:20 p.m.—Musical program from Capitol theatre. WCAP, Washington. (469 M) 4 p.m. (E.S.T.)—Maunder's cantata “Olivet to Calvary” by the Chapel choir of the National Cathedral. WLAG, Minnepolis. (417 M) 9:30 p. m. (C.S.T.)—Huron college glee club. WDAF, Kansas City, (411 M) 4 p.m. (C.S.T.)—Program by Wyandotte post of the American Legion. o— — , THINGS WE LOVE The shining of the dewdrops And the sparkle of the rain; The green robes of the forest; The music of the waters • And the murmur of the breeze; The song of happy birdies. As they flit among the trees. The blue dome of the heavens And the mystery of dawn; The cloud-ships sailing over And the shadows on the lawn ; The perfume of petunies The fragrance of all flowers; The order of the orchard And the luscious gragevlne bowers. The tall and stately hollies And the modest violet; The wild rose and the sunflower And the lovely mignonette. The clover and alfalfa And the oats and wheat and rye; The corn fieldss and the cane patch With their tassels waving high. —A. D. Burkett. •— o Ogg Second Hand Store Located On Jefferson St. Perry Ogg. the second-hand goods dealer, docs not oernpy the corner building belonging to - David Studabaker, the site of which, together with other ground has been leased to Vaughn Murray for a Gasoline Filling Station. Mr. Ogg has his second hand store in the bulbllng on Jefferson street on the east of the alloy, which runs between First and Booed street. He will remain in business at his present location. • „

a legislator. That record shows that I favored and voted for the ratification of the stitfrage amendment In my nrrtient campaign, I have urged the Importance of women assuming anti bring given equal duties. opportunities and rexponHlhllltlcß In pnhlic affairs with men. I regret that In a contest between Democrats. any member of our party would Nek Io mislead the women voters upon a matter of such Importance. .Thanking yon In advance for yonr kindness in giving a fellow Democrat this upportuhlty. through ymtr paper of answering this false report aud asuriug you of my appreciation of Hie same I remain. Very respectfully yourp." JOSEPH M. ( RAVENS.

Veteran Smithy Has Sample Os Work Displayed R. B. Johnson, the veteran blacksmith of Peterson, Indiana, has on dispaly at this office another sample of his workmanship in carving and making articles out of steel and

- America’s Wonderful Choral Choir Coining The many friends of the St. Olaf Choir will be pleased to receive the announcement of two ejneerts to be given at the Maies. tic Theater, Fort Wayne, on Saturday Evening April 12, 1924 - 8:15 P. M. Sunday Afternoon April 13, 1924 - 3 P. M. The Fort Wayne and Decatur Traction car leaves Decatur 7 P. M. One fare for the round trip to Fort Wayne on Saturday. Fill out the reservation card below and mail promptly with check to J. B. Franke, local chairman, 250 Pearl Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and seats will be reserved. f SPECIAL RESERVATION CARD FOR St. Olaf Choir At Majestic Theater. Fort Wayne. Ind. Saturday. April 12. 1924—8:16 I*. M. Sunday. April 13. 1924—3:00 P. M. Scale of Prices—Net. No Tax: Main floor. $2.00 Balcony, first three rows. $2.00; balance. $1.30 Gallery. 75c For m'nba?" Concert. April 1924 Number of seats Check or tickets enclosed's Location preferred Name Address ’ Reservations will be made in the order received as near the desired location as possible Make checks payable to St. Olaf Choir. Inclose self-addressed, stamped envelope Mail to J. B. Franke. 250 Pearl Street. Fort Wayne, Indiana. v,— - The wonderful St. Olaf Choin has become famous throughout the United States, and is today one of the world’s musical assets. If you have not heard them, do not miss this opportunity, it is a choral treat worth traveling miles to hear. “The only criticism heard during the evening was voiced by a neighbor who thought they were too perfect to be human.” Deems Taylor in the New York World. January 18, 1922. Exceptional Riding Comfort Owners continue to comment on the marked riding comfort of Dodge Brothers NJptor Car. increased chassis length, lowswung body and generous seat depth have much to do with this. t Primarily, however, it must bo accredited to the greater buoyancy of the new spting equipment. The rear springs are ten inches longer, and underslung. Delivered $1475 • Thomas J. Durkin IHSTRIBUTOR Decatur, Ind. -K fry-,- £- jjli 1 r. * r

metal by hand. Mr. Johuaoua latest I i piece of work is carving a verse from ; the Bible, “St. Luke-23-34", Forgive i them for they know not what they do". The name, "Gologotha", the burial place of Chiral, is also carved but in letters add fastened below the (ext. Mr. Johnson has his sample

of workmanship mounts 011 board. It is neat aml atlrau ‘' a ‘ Ee Proves that he i» an artlst al « of work, even in view of bil " e «'■-"" w „ a blacksmith for 71 y Pars . -* $-$-$ - WANT ADS EARN,., , t