Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 121, Decatur, Adams County, 20 May 1924 — Page 4

DECATUR • DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller —Pres, and Gen. Mgr «. W. Kampe—Vice-Pree. & Adv. Mgr A. R. Holthouse—Sec'y. and Bus. Mgr Catered at tbe Poatofflce at Decatur Indiana aa second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies 2 cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier 15.00 One Month, by mail ....86 cents Three Months, by mall 11.00 Six Months, by mail 81.76 One Year, by mall 83.00 One Year, at office 83-00 (Prices quoted are within first and second sones Additional postage ad ded outside those sones ) Advertising Rates Made known en sppUoatlon Foreign Representative Carpenter A Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York. City N. Y. Life Bldg., Kansas City, Mo The republican state convention is on at Indianapolis this week but according to the reports sent out from there this Is just a formal matter to comply with the law. The platform seems to have been written and the nominations picked by a group of men who have been meeting and running back and forth to Washington the past week or two. It Is reported that so many cars from Huntington, Fort Wayne ami other places tried to reach the scene of the Roanoke wreck last evening after .the disaster was reported that traffic was stopped for a distance of seven or eight miles and ambulances to take care of the injured and re move the dead were held up two hours until the road could be cleared. Most of them were curiosity seekers and many of them have determined to never again get into such a jam if they can avoid it. The sixty signers of the Community Chautauqua contract have been called ttfc n.eet at industrial rooms tomorrow evening to perfect an organisation and to assist in making the event the best of its kind ever held here. The n:?n behind the project nationally have arranged a wonderful program and will do all the detail work but the boosting must be done at home of course and without any great effort we can if we want to put it over big. It’s worth while doing a thing well when w e once determin* to do it and we should* get back of this proposition with a determination to make it as good for the community as we can. The first thing on the program is to attend th** meeting tomorrow evening. Another terrible traction wreck and as a result a number are dead and many injured. Indiana Is becoming quite famous for these wrecks anti It seems there should be some way of stopping them since the cause U usually that u motorman is trying Io make a switch a mile or less ahead. We should think there would be a way to check it even If the running time of the cars has to be lessened Men who have served as motonnen tell ns that it is not unusual to disobey order* anti so on to the neat switch and then If the approaching car In not In sight, take another chance. A* long as that practice continues there wilt be wrecks with- ail the terrible results. Most Hoodcta would Ilk" to know what bnsionaa this man 11. W. Kvan» of Tcias or Georgie has *ll< king his nos« In Indiana politics. He in atetadlna the (1. o. I’, stale convention, holding pow wows with Jackson and Watson and evidently ’bonaltw" th" republican convent Inp at todlanspoIls this week, it may be good polities but it’* rotten business for the pw>pie of the state when any outsider comes In and nays what we can do or can’t do. Whale the matter with our own leaders? Can’t Watson. New, Beveridge, Goodrich. Walb. Waamutli Branch and tbe rest of tbe republl ran* take care of their own affairs' We cogfeti «e <«g't underalgud It and we doubt if ninety nine per cent

Flashlights of Famous People ..

; Face to Face " With r William Allen White The Kansas Philosopher • (By Joe Mitchell Chapple) ■ q When William Allen White appear- , ed before tbe Women's League of j Voters at their convention in Buffalo j in 1924, l>e was able to talk to them j as a pioneer Kansas suffrage crusad- , er. Having been born and reared in I Emporia, Kansas, women voters were not strangers to him. Experiences of early days in Kansas are revealed in his book entitled, "The Court of Boyville.” The opportunities of an editor of a country weekly and a country city daily are ideal for developing individtuaUty. The births, marriages and deaths of the people in the homo town —and there are the same kind of people in Emporia as in other parts of the country—brought him very close to his readers. Achieving a national reputation as an author, he has never been induced to "break the home ties." The Emporia Daily Gazette is an institution, and William Allen White is an institution of the Institution, and is easily the First Citizen of Emporia, a distinction won tn hard fought battles. I His ancestors hailed from the east and he inherits the intrepid spirit of revolutionary heroes and Indian fight- 1 ing pioneers. Although his father was a doctor, young William had to take sulphur and molasses in spring and wear an asufetida bag around his! neck —the same as other boys, to keep' off diptherta—and remind others of addled eggs. Chairman of the publicity for the' Progressive Party in 1922. an ardent) follower and admirer of Theodore Roosevelt. be became a prominent figure in politics. During the war he was assoc’ated with the Red Cross woik in France and was a delegate at the Russian Conference at Prinkipo. A popular contributor to periodicals. he has an emphatic William Allen Whltesque way of saying things, and the sparks fly from his pen in recording convictions. Speaking with deliberation, this man of sturdy build.; blue eyes and blonde hair, once called red. but now streaked with grey. William Allen White greet* one with! the high pitched drawl of a man ofj

Editor’* Note: Send ten name* of your favorite famous folk now living t< Joe Mitchell Chapple. The Attic. Waldcrf Aatorla Hotel. New York City The reader* of thio oaper are to nominate for thi* Hall of Fame,

ot the rest of the voter* can. Those who visited the high school ( building last night and looked over | the exhibits of work In the various i school departments were surprised . i and pleased. It was wonderful. Thai manual training work was ot the highest standard and the exhibits re-. sembled a furniture exposition. There) ■ were phonographs, beds, tables, chairs. I ce<lar boxes, cabinets. pedastals. I clocks, radio cabinets. Iwnchea. stools I ; and many other articles. In the doI meatic science department were dis-1 ! plays of gowns and dresses of every i I description and many of them proved, F expert workmunship. In the a<ad<*m- * ic exhibits splendid ability was dis- » played and the hundreds who attend ad the exhibit were loud and numer 1 ous in their expressions of advance t meat made by the schools. Credit is - due those who have Instructed and i helped the students In their progress. The young people of today have many i opportunities not accorded their pur- : cats. While th# Hecatur Industrial AiwoI elation favors the routing of marked highways through this city they dn not believe, according to the reaolw- * Hon adopted test evening, that they i should undertake to raise a thousand i dollars or more for that purpose. When the Harding Highway project . wa« first put up to this community it was the understanding that the » coot was to be but l-IS’’ for marking ► * the road through this county and this »wa« subscribed and I3*m paid. Now ■ the proposition seem. to have assum- ■ cd larger proportions an da sum r which seems somewhat extravagant r Is asked for national promotion. The , securing of the highway docs not nncI. eaaarily mum a paved road or an imI proved road and the coat looks to i? many tn be higher than ntueasary it solaly for marking The of d the Industrial Association have given

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1921.

.. 1 < WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE says: “Our state has oil to pour on .the troubled waters, but the products that grow above the ground are still the backbone of bleeding Kansas." letters. When he was threatened with arrest by his friend Governor Henry ■Allen of Kansas, the hi roof h's war book. "Henry and I," for putting a poster in his window sympathizing with the railroad shop strikers, he kept the poster flying and invited the Governor to do his worst —and Wil Hams is still at large. “If people would only act as straight as they honestly want to think, there would be fewer kinks in the chain.” From Emporia hail a number of other writers of national fame. The only thing that William Allen Wh'te has not done is to write a play, but I he finds time to slip down to New York to see all the new plays and revel In the atmosphere of the me- ■ tropolis until the time comes Jo plant I sunflowers in Kansas. The national reputation of William Allen White was established when he ■ wrote an editorial on “What’s the ! Matter With Kansas?" It was a , frank, outspoken indictment of his ' state when Kansas was seething with pepnlism. His answer was reprinteat ty the millions and was an d/ectivc bit of literature during the '96 cam I D'ign. While he has never held public ■ office, he is never happier than when laosting a deserving friend for office. Harry Sinclair made his start at Independence, Kansas, but William Allen White insists that he is . still agiarian in his sympathies. "Our state has oil to ponr on the , troubled waters, but tbe products i that grow above the ground are still I the back-bone of bleeding Kansas.”

i ireful thought to the proposition and while they are willing to listen to any arguments to the contrary, seem rather fixed in their decision and will probably be supported by the community. W THE GREAT COSMETIC There’s a—something—far more fragrant Than the sweetest perfume known That will make the cheeks more lovely t Than th' fairest flower grown; Something, that will make the toreb>>u<l Shame and lily white and pure; Something that attracts attention More -urn Hp-stick'a ra-ll<-M lure! i Something that. If daily, nightly. Faithfully it Im- applied Will excel! Ibe finest lotion Any soman ever tried. > Something that will make tlw plainest Face like Saint Cecilia's shine , With a radiance all glorious With u beauty near divine. ' Cost? Its free! As free na sunrhlne! Free ns kindness la and smiles , Makes the features harmonise Perfectly with lovuhMjUylra l lf some rlrl yon much admire. x 1 If a favor you'd confer ' ltv<umm>nd thia grant rcMtuciic: • Christian life and character. ! —A. ». Burkett. • TW3ATY YBAn* AGO TODAY 4 O 4 ♦ Pram tha Dally Dsiwncrgt Ries 4 . ♦ to yaara ago thia day 4 I May yw—Adams < minty hat **»’al of 132 miles ot Macadam roads, mors

than any other county in the State. They cost $397,102.80 an average of 83,264.92 per mile. . The 24th annual commencement of , Decatur high school is held at Bosse opera house. , Mnrrigae license to Manly Irwin and Orpha Turn Meson. ( Orval Haruffs accepts position as , assistant engineer for tlieh Ft. Wayne | A Springfield Railway Company. Miss Grace Miller returns to ; Chicago, after visiting parents here. . The pay train on the G. R. & 1. < went through this morning and tiie 1 boys are happy. 1 Many people attend Droege-Sch- i roeder wedding at St. John's church. Joe Lyman of the Art Studio is at North Baltimore, Ohio. I Big Features Os ( RADIO Programs Today ( ; i (Copyright 1924 by United Press) KSD, St. Louis. (546 M) 9 p. m. (C. • 8. T.) —Concert by Western military ■ academy orchestra and glee club. WJZ. New York. (455 Ml 8:40 p m. (E. 8. T.)—Talk by Captain Cyril Turner, sky writer, on “Writing Letters a Mile and Half High." , WWIP. Philadelphia. (509 Ml 7:40 p. m. (&. 8. T.)—Recital by Willy Lamping, cellist. KGO. Oakland (312 Mt 8 p. tn. (PC. 8. T.) —Radio dran/a, "Seven Keys to Baldpate." WMC, Memphis. (50C‘ M) Midnight (C. S. T.)—Midnight Frolic. Gets Thrills Os Rea! Political Convention Bloomington, Ind., May 20. —Dick Heller, of Decatur, received some of the thrills ami training of a national) party convention recently when he. acted in the capacity of an official' "delegate” from Alabama to the mock I national Democratic convention held by Indiana University students here. The surprise of th" convention was that William Gibbs McAdoo ran a low fonrth in the race which went overwhelmingly in favor of Samuel M. Ralston for president and James W. Davis, of New York, for vice-presi-dent. Ralston was the favorite on the, first ballot, but lacked the required | three-fourths vote. Governor Al Finlth. of New York, was second and Senator Underwood, of Alabama, third. - Following McAdoo came William Jennings Bryan and John W. Davis. A humorous vein was thrown into I the vice presidential contest when an "insurg"nt” who had gained a place in one delegation proposed Lew Shank, mayor of Indianapolis, for \f<(■-president. Davis, however, emax- - sed a total of 790 votes on the first’’ ballot to 222 for Alvin Owsley, eg-Le-'O pion commander, and 86 for Shank, I The Ku Klnx Klan issue gained at- I tention. only to be dismissed, when a’l delegate demanded the unseating of I the Texas delegation on the ground I that Its members had been seen in I Klan robes. The Texas delegation created an uproar, pulling guns, which.! however, were of toy brand. Among the ’emocraUc and repnblltan students at L U. Interest in the coming national convention Is running high. Students of both parties have held convention* In order to gfv6 their student members practical and enter- 1 talnlng cxperlem In convention procedure. The republican'* mock convention choice of Coolidge and Bever Idge brought much discussion when 1 It was made recently. Th« convention was held under the. auspices of the Jackson Club of the University. The program for the con-j vention tarried till* explanation: I "The Jackson Club la not an or can lot tin* to further Ed Jackson’s Candida i cy for governor. It Is named in honor, of the redoubtable Andrew Jackson, who democracy has been an Inspiration to succeeding g< >neratio».” Invited To Party For Wives Os Shrinen* Mrs, John 8. Peterson has received | an Invitation front the committee In charge <rf Ihe bridge party tn b" given I in Fort Wayne Thursday afterMM] *. for the wives of the Bhrinera. De' 'atur uouicu rre invited to a.'i<nd* the bridge party which will b<> h»ldi at the Mispall ShriM temple on Aesti Beery street. • The committees In charge are plan-1 * nlng to entertain belaeMi 300 and • 4<«> a veal*. Mrs ttoorge Gillie is gen- • end ihnltmau for the event, assisted • bridge, five hundred. nU»» r card games’ •by several tommiltoes. Besides, • and mah jnng will be ploytl, prises b<>lng ae-ardod for all the games. A »f musics| program will be given due '• Uig th* afternoon. inelu'*'ng vocal

Inumbers by Mrs. Elmer Singer, who J will be accompanied by Miss Emel | Verwcire. Refreshments will be ! served at the close of the afternoon. I Many are confusing the party with I the card party to be given by the I White Shrine at the temple Wednes- | day evening, which is an entirely dlf- I i'erent event. The committee mem | bers desire to have it understood that | wives of members of the Shrine from j nearby towns are invited to attend ns I well as wives of local Sltriners. The I card party Is the first affairs of its I kind to be given by the ladies ut | the new club rooms and If successful j will undoubtedly be followed by a | series of similar affairs. $ Adueriiting en Slampt , Advertising on |><>stnge stianps bus'l been permitted by tbe Itnllun govern- IJ ment. The advertisers agree to turn | over CO i»er cent of their receipts to a Ute government. * | Needt of Education The wilderness «ns made inhabitable by rough but during men. Education needs strong arms und courage a* t its aids. - —- --—l— ,

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