Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 155, Decatur, Adams County, 28 June 1924 — Page 1

Bourne XXH. Number 155.

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■GREEN’S BAND I PRESENTS FINE I PROGRAM HERE ■ l| u j f al Program Makes A ■ ' Bin UH "'th Local ■ Chautauqua Goers ■ |,E( TI RE TONIGHT ■chaiitaiHiua Closes Mondav 9 With Presentation Os ■ Play. "Buddies” ■ Chautauqua Program: |H This ai:-inoon. 2:30 o’.-b. I, n|.\ ■ V s Philliplne Quintette BB ToniKht. R o'clock—"A Night In Tropica.” Ollvar’s i*h iI i |>pin.. ■ Quintette. HH i,.stiuc \ Challenge To n.-moe Bl M,,n<l.c' afternoon. 2 3o k ■ I>i iniatization— lunior .hail Mhuqua RB Popular Music Review. Buddie-. |H Lectuie; "New World-; For old" Be C. Adelott. ■■ Charles E. Green and his concert presented one of the bed programs ever given here afternoon and evening, to ■ t*. Ib><> people in attendance at th. Bfftost.iuqiia sessions. ■ The features of the concert, th. ■late and Lorn duet, the cornet dm ■ th. harp solo, and theXv lophone d ■wt-eoe.l hearty applause* from a " ■fessed audience. Encores w. re ■ st. ~ 11l tile ..-rill O. ;...pu!,,i . Hwnd»>r« ■ The principles number of th.. > ■tains < prefonßMce was the "Sh • ■ Off-’ in which each member of I ■tend submitted a selection, do > ■*lth the famous Coach Horn Gall

■ A genuine coach horn. 30 inch. ■ bmh was used In this number \ ■ ■talves arc used in securini- th. m ■ ■ with this instrument. 9 The program concluded with "Tl ■ fursand Stripes Forever.” ■ Philippine Quintette I (Uh.-r's famous '‘hillippin.I Quintette furnished the ent.-rtaid ■ ■ent for this afternoon's audience ■ Th. program contained a number of ■ •ririnal Philippine number*. pr.-s.-iv I*l by the different members of tl ■ tumpunv I The Oliver cast will be on the pr>. I Fam again tonight, and W <'. M I htllotigh wll deliver his address "A I flulenge To Democrat y " I Monday will nanclwde the six d;o I frncrant and several rare treats have I ban saved for the cloning session* I Th* "Huddles eompanv will pre* l nt I • popular music review The Junior I vill present their program, am) G**rr. C. Aydelott wll tieliver hla ferrrful address. "New Worlds For 0«." A tompany of New York pla> rs •ill present the Roratlway munlc-tl kit of the year. "Puddles” The plav is a comedy with plenty of nnisi« and spirit. It Is a story of French lwl» and American soldiers, and Is wt ideal attraction for the closing Mcht (,t the Chautauqua Thieve# Ransack Car While ths children of Mr and Mrs I M Carper were attending the Ire H*tnn social at the Beulah Chapel rburrh last night, someone ransacked their automobile, stole the light bulbs nt the electric wire*, hid th* h'"" 1 •a the weeds Marhy and damaged the r*r considerably Mr Carper, who Is • Member of the National Horse T* ll ’ l fleievtlve Association, siispe<t’ rer tain parties as being guilty of •tetneanor He has offered a reward * fin for the gpprehen ion of 'ho ««ty parties ■I ■■lllis 0 Fire At Penal Farm Destroys One (Halted Press ' nI Orsencaatle. Ind. J'"”' ™ "Adertermlned origin earl” today *th»y«d the laduairini building »' 1 «•'. penal farm with a loss eafimat ' *d at between fit.*—' ;11111

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Man And Woman Killed In Airplane Accident Akron, O„ June 28-Hownrd R. Calvert. 35. of Medina, Ohio, and Miss Ewilda Wickersham, 21, of Cuyahoga Falls, were killed Friday night when the airplane in which they were flying crarlnd to the ground from an altitude of i<hh. Calvert, a commercial aviator, and instructor in flying, had taken Miss Wickersham up f or an instruction flight and if Is believed the girl in control of the machine when the motor suddenly stopped. - —0 — TO GET IK ONNEWBURMS County To Let Contracts For Two Barns At County Farm Bids for the construction of two barns nt the Adams County Infirmary farm wll be received by the board of commissioners on Tuesday. August sth. nt the auditor’s off co. These barns, together with the one how under ronstrnction. will replace the three barns destroyed by fire on May Ist, with a loss of approximately 112.000. half covered by insurance. Plans and specifications for the two new bams are on file at the auditor's office. The one barn, to be I used as a hay and general purpose barn, w'll be 70 by 40 feet, while the other will be 40 by 00 feet. The latter w ll be uses! as a cattle Inm. | F. I, Johnston his the contract for constructing the first barn and the | roof- ww« ntacwt on it tM* «"»lH I Work on the interior will start next week, it was said. At the special meeting of the county council. 113,000 was appropriated for the construction of the three barns and it is thought that thin amount will be sufficient to pay all the costs of building th> nt. Bids will also be received at the August session of the board for the furnishing and placing of the spouting on the three barns.

The regular month!) meeting of ' the board wll! be heW on July "th at I which matters of importance will be . disposed of LITTS COMPANY COMING SUM Amusement Company Due To Arrive Here Tomorrow For Week’s Stand II The Utts Amusement Company 11 whi. h wll furnish lhe midway for the . I Moose festival and race meet at Bell mont park Julv 4 s - * m * rr, ' f ' in thl* citv toinorrow fnim Frankfort where th.' have b-en operating this week un.lrn Ihr aitspb es of the MOOSof that t ily. areordinx to Mr U illamson. advance wnt for the 1 puny. The Show tents will he pl'-hed to morrow and the company will open It* week's Stand Monday n'eht at 'he Lark. The company Includes five Lown, and a ho-’ n« *«•'»’' j to claimed to he mm nf th- eb-anest land highest grad- traveling Lent company. ' The week will come in « <llm* | Friday. July 4. wb* rnee even « *ll Ip., add for the remainder of tn L-... k and other feature attra.il.w . wtll .too be inelndwl f<* h«rh ay and Sai.tr.lay. for Ihc .Mom* The t.l"« cwnpany ha* bt*a a |B « this year .spice, of x mhldle weal, and hav. Urge crowds in every cltr In whl ( they have exhlbftc! , Final arrangements hat* 'n " , sot th" rare events, -nd « ( Sn'l'X swjs ' -»r::: : callon al RdU*** u “ rk ’

CONVENTION CHAIRMAN DENOUNCES G. O. P. I ; ■-■ !■ B r4Ffrf 1 J l,111,1,® 11 1011 iX^ii; ■t*' yB £•-’* ■r-■ jBBMk-~ i »l Senator Thomas J Walsh, of Montana, permanent chairman of the » democratic convention, denounced the G. O. P. In h s address —P. A- A photo.

■ MISSOURI SYNOD PICKS OFFICERS — Members Os Various Committees Also Named At Convention 4 - . ■ _w .■z — *' I Fort Wayne. June 88.—Paul Hun- | nenfeldt. Otto Ahlbrandt and J. E. Schaefer. The board of support, which is known as the Versorgungskommisioa. was placed In Indianapolis The committee comprising the board consists of Rev. W. C, Melnien. W F i |_-iut and W Kastrup. The school board consists of M.i Pohlman. Fort Wayne; M K.dlmor-, gen. Cincinnati and 11. Bode. Clove-, land The finance committee comprises J W. Hoehne. Evansville; I A II Milbrand. Seymour and Rev i-I H. Eggers. Seymour. The f<dlowing imstors were elected, to the visiting circuits committee. I Cincinnati. G. Zeigler: Central Ohio, t; Allenbach; Cleveland, west side, I J. H. Meyer; Cleveland, east side, W.- ( iliaehoff. Decatur. A. Moeller; | Evansville, w. (I. pola.k: Indian I apolla. F. Markworth: Laporte. P. Eli kstaeilt: Seymour laiulsvllle. E H.l Eggers; Hammond. A. Rump; I Napoleon Toledo. F l-ankenau. Fort ( Wayne, east side. II II Kohlmeler;, Fort Wayne, west side. O Ihierge. ( Limn. t» Karl Trautman; Pern. P . (J, Schmidt. I Rev. Bruno Pock, of the Lutheran ; hospital a member of the deaconess I committee, spoke on 'he needs Os deatonesses at the afternoon session He staled that the need of trained nurses who al the name time, can preach th* need of the gospel. was| ureal In the larger cons rego Hone. He sah! that deaco—saes were as-, pe. tally needed to assist mission workers in 'he stam- “f the larger , irfoa and In the heathen lands | A bl monthlv paper to be known a« , b ‘ central Matrlrt Messenger.” for the purtstse of giving more publicity to th* district »nd especially «« '•»• financial problem wit be printed) inning tn two months. It ws. de , Ided by the ronventlon The pr t dent of 'hr H*** **’ •’**• b . pmdtltm of managing editor The lonventlon ai» n decided ,11 .|, -legates Will be required IO wear. MenHU.athm badges in future <-• ventloa* «d ,h ** district The .-.invention further decided to permit Rev. Paul I'annenf.hlt Io comL,e th. reading of hl, paper on •-The Call lo the Public Ministry and pome of Its Practical Applications n r W E T. IMu again spoke on the educuctlcmal InaHhlH— Missouri Kynod ”*• d " ’' M, h tl , r ft,.. (Bttse of higher nduca t'um.” « ..ntinued - P-’ r ”*»

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, .lune 28,1921.

CHILDREN HOLD : BREAKFAST HIKE — • Prizes Awarded To Junior Chautauqua Members In Memory Contest Rain tolled to put a halt to the breakfast hike planned by the mem hers of the Junior Chautauqua, and i al fi:3il o'clock this morning, almost I the entire class .chap-roned by Miss J llrlsemer and several local young i ladles, started for the picnic grounds 'at Itellmont Park. Rrenkfast was cooked and after that games were played and stories were told Th- children arrived hack at the Chautauqua tent at about I nine o'clock to get ready for their musical dramatisation, and toy gym phony which will be given In conjunc itlon with the regular Monday afternoon program of negt week. I Helen Voglew-i-de was awfirded I first prise. Itrownl* Kodak, present ;.st by the Holthouse l»rug Company, in the music memory contest which ■ was held yesterday afternoon las. Haines was given the pen knife prelaented by Mater Hardware comisiny as second award | Honorable mention for those who rwelved high grade In the contest 'were given. Isabel Hower. Vivian Thomas Patsey. Holthoune. IMnlel Chafer. l»a»W Heller. Rone Mary I Holthoune. Helen Klrnch. Lillian Worthmnn ami Virginia Hit* Mewlames Han li*ery. It W Loon*. Frank |mwn*. W E Rml’h, and th* Misses le* Anna Vance and Katherine llvland act -d as Judges In th* memory cottegt I The field ««•' will he held this afternoon after the regular program In cose It in raining nr ton wet the meet will probably he staged some tlm • Monday | The Ji'.nlora spent no*' of this morning practicing for tb.dr entertain ment that will b* given Monday Th. junior Chautauqua will * ,,h the regular Chautauqua Monday. | Elshlvtwn harmonicas were pr* smt.-d the Juniors yesterday bv , HreM’s band The best Junior |»lav*r» wll <omp.me the toy avmphonv which , ’will give a roueert before 'he dose ( of the Chautauqua | Winner, in the "Ye Old Timer, contest were. Mrs Dan Tvndall. Mrs ( Naomi n»rman. Miss Mari* 'lass. ( Mia, Grace Coffee. Mr, 'Tern V..vl* wede. Miss llernke Ne|»on. Ml a , Weather Ixu-al thunderstorms thia afternoon or tonight Cooler tonight; Hundav fair and cooler.

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George Fetters Taken To I’enientiary Wednesday — Celina. Ohio, June 28 George Fetters. 23. recently convicted of the murder of Ed. Moyer, Mercer county farmer, was taki ti to the Ohio State 1 penitentiary, at Columbus, Wednesday, to begin serving a life sentence. Young Fetters appeared to be in good spirits an<| enjoyed a game of cards while enroute to the prion. Whin he was taken inside the wall*. he turned, smiled and bade th" officers goodbye. A ju-v In the common plea • court ! here found Fetters guilt v of murder in the second degree after dellb. rat- ' ing for only one ami one half hours. GENEVA HAS A T.B. ORDINANCE All Milk Sold In Town Must Be From Tuberculin Tested Cows An ordinance recently passed by the town board of Geneva provides that a milk sold In the town must be from tulH-reiilin tested cows. The provisions Is alsso made that the rows must Im- re tested each year, i Each cow purchased must he inspected and tested within seven days and ji a report filed with the town clerk. The (leoplc of Geneva are to be 11 commended for approving a move of ( ' this nature, since eminent physician* ' agree that the majority of cases of J tuberculosis are contracted from < i the use of milk from tubberculoua | cows. Although nwnv cities and towns of Indiana have b.-en punning such or-I 1 dlnance during the last few vears | Geneva fit the first corporation tn l Adams county to put the move' 1 across. Milk Price Reduced To 6 Cents A Pint - The Broadacres Hairy announces that the price of Its milk will bo reduc'd to ag cents a p nt and that, the price for quart bottles will re- , main nt twelve tents, te-glnning July , Ist. other announcements concern j ■ng the Broadacres l»niry will be made ( the first of the week. .Mr Btudabaker announced REVIEW BOARD f ADJOUKNS SOON Ends Session Next Tuesday ; Few Chanjfcs Made L In Assessment The county board of review which , has been in session since June 2 I, will adjourn Tuesday evening. July ~ Ist. Few changes were mad.- by the board during Its thirty day ae«- I sion Individual returns were check- , rd by 'the mem Iters, correct he I, made and a few adjustments mad», , but the asseemtnts as a whole were , left a« the town»hlp aaneeunrs re- I ported them The suggested • hangrs In the gen- I oral av<-rages nt automobile, farm j Ina Implements and household . good* and general tn< reuses In car 11 tain township as mommendrd hr 11 James Showalter, representative ,<d j 1 the state tax boat’d were not made , hy the Iwtxrd as Cmtaty Assessor | 1 William Zimmerman o|>|sf< d any 1 blank hterraeea The aasr«sm”nts , 1 will hr referred to the stale Is srd i ! and If any are made 'h" |' Int-al hoard will hr notified to I list I' .ffect. Attordma to law the hoard of review will m**’ "d" 1 " nn ~h al which lime anv orders from the - state board will he carried out In the meantime the stale board will certify ih* assessments of rail , mad. and ullllHea. which have pro- ( party In this county, and County Auditor Martin Jabers will dial VI bute the assessments according to the different townships Th* total assessments nf p.-r»vn , al property as reported hr Ihr town ( (Cuntlnued on Fane Fite)

PLATFORM COMMITTEE TO HAVE MINORITY REPORT

TABCART ISSUES KUN STATEMENT Forces Unable To Meet On Compromise: Battle On Floor Seen z ———• Replying to reports that Ralston is the Ku Klux Klan candidate, his manager. Tom Taggart. Issued a statement saying: “When they asked me If Ralston seeks the support of the klan element I say that he does and he also seeks support of the anti-klan element and every other element. "If Ralston had his way the antiklan plank is the Indiana deni.s-ratic platform would have been stronger than It Is.” Vniled Press Hiadquarters. Waldorf Hotel, New York. Juno 28 (Spe cal to Itaily Democrat) The platform comm'ttec of the democratic national convention is still In bitter deadlock on the question of an antiklan plank. The weary members emerged from an atmosphere or near fist fights and torrid debate at 5.30 o’clock th's morning, with all its work done except a plank on 'he klan. It was to [ meet aga nat 1:30 Meantime, conferences among the different lenders within and outside the committee con-' - tinned through the morning tn an effort to break the jam On the league of nations Issue, an agreement was rea<-he<l The party will stand as sponsor for the league and recommends a nat'on w d.- referendum of the people as to whether the I nWed States shall cuter 'he league. By the result of this poll, the party agrees tn uhide. Chairman Cumm ngs. at ’pe close of the strenuous sess'on. Issued the following statement: ' We have brou discussfaa nt great ( length the question of 'hat plank In the p'atform which relates to religion.* ireednm. A difference of op n >n < vista as t<. the of the proposal plank The discussion! his Imen long and the sublect seems to b< so mportant that It will be rrveasary to adjourn th- comm'ttee. to meet at 1:3t» pm. todw. No votei was taken at any stage of the discus slnn '* The seriousness nt the klan dead lock was indl-ated hv vlgor-ms efforts made In the committee Just be ,lore It rereaned to postpone It* r»n hide ration until a still l«’*r time <«" member moved that thev ree»-*a until, x o'clock lon ght Another moved j that they tame until Monday mom ns. In the heated drlcate which went on, lust lefore the recess, wh-n netve* were straind to the breaking point, there was fre-que-nt mcntlnti o* thel var <’Us candidate.* wh<**e names hav* he n placed before the ramvmtloo The klan plank was taken up f'ti ally at midnight Friday. As the discussion <r« w more heat ed and a decls cm seemed at'll farther awav. the f'v* minute rule was cast I aside and members settled down t» an Indefinite so»»mu gens to. Walsh of Massa. hu*eft» | .can ns ftnm the room at I t”. i nnunred that the members had rroch j ■•d an ’’tmpnss*." and that hr ha I n» holy <»f reaeh'ns tn agreement A tew minute, later, the recess was VOtfds Tlw* Wis ••trniwg •*’ given over to the league nt n*Hon» plank It was approved tn f tml form just before m daight. ulthouuh II was indwated shortly afterward that Mew t.m I) Baker, who has 10-M nut • j straight out league nt niihma plank would earrv the Baht to the cenvro tnm fl<»w in a m'nwiiy report CHICAGO MAttKfT CLO»« Wheal ■ July »Vl4«fc. Pept 11. H%; Dec Bl.lkte l’m» Jw’t ’d’sc. Hep •She; Dec M%r rtala: July IS**! Kept 48%c; Iter 4h%C.

Price: 2 Cent*.

LEA BER S PREDICT HMD STRBGGLE Morning Marked By Short Session: Recess I’nti! Three-Thirty p.m. New York, .little 28 (S|n-ci:il Io Daily I), ntocrui) AntikhnsiiH n lost the-ir fight in the resolutions committer for <tcnunciation of the klan by name. After a liricf session this afternoon the committer votrtl 31 Io IC> Io include in the democratic itlalform a plank pledjling religious freedom but without mentioning the ku klux klan. A min-vrUy report will be submitted shortly to the convention and leaders of both sides feel certain that the- fight will Im -onefnd'd on the floor. After three- o'clock the hour for tailing the convention to order Senator Pat Hirnson arrlve-d on the plat form He reported that the latest word from the re-solution's committer was that It would !»•■ ready to report to the convention with a majority und minority report on the klan plank This would then start thklan fight on the floor. A cm rd on of jeoiiee completely surrounded the ar.-na floor The blue coats were statteuied at intervals of I ten feet around the delegate’s section. This la a degree of police profee-tioa never se-en before in the gnttden. WH'am Jennings Bryan w. nt up to the platform and was given a rous'ng ovation when hr steppe-d on the speaker's rostrum and then sat down hanging his gray felt hat on 1 emr of the rostrum posts. New York. June 28 An open fl.s.r fight on the Ku Klux Klan bringing out all the hfftterness that .an be anticipated in a religious argument . Is now definitely assured when the ■ democratk* national eonvention reconven.** The delegations of New York, tthio and Illinois were pledvesl early this aftrrn.mn to stand together in a tight i to call the klan by name in i> plank denoun, tng It* principles and standing for religious tolerance Madison Hqunre Garden. New York June M— IPpeeini to Itaily Ite-morrnti - The Ku Klux Khin Issue todny craebrd into the fifth session of the democrat'*' convention and effectually blo.-k.sl H« pro. rdure. After a dramatic Hal of the Istruggle* of the rraolnt on* commitlire over the klan plank, led by Chair j man H«m«-r Cummings of 'he committee, he a*k«d a terr** of the con Lent lon until 3 o’«lo»k thl* aft.-rnnon land the teres* ••• taken. Ixmg beiire cha'rman Walsh | iHUtnd.-d l«r order and *tart«sl the huslnrsa of th- day. leader* hsd brought the word that the result! tlon» cwmmlltee wa* dendleeked on the klan plank and a reersa of the eonventbin would be necessary The party spokesmen were obv ous |ly worried over the development* i and n<sn.er«m« . ot>l«ren< e* were itndn “ay throughout the hall on the fdatform After th. tnv.wmthm hv th.- R. v J«’hn Roach Miration the v espo nt r*f Chairman Walsh waa revealed when hr ann.mn.edt ‘The gravity of the situation which .oufronts n« suggest* that we have sung as well as prayer” Walsh then introduced Mia* Bennett of Concord. M. H . «o b-ad In th«singing «»f the tUar Npangled Mannar. There remain* one plunk In the , plmtorm with whh h we have in deal I rrgrri to any that great difference* «d <>pin **n aro*e over this questma Thn ssil.r ommitPe struggled orer the probhmt for b<»*trs. Il •*" unable tn agree nnsalmoualy I*"’ night ihr full committee went into dealing with thia pl»»b having (C.mtlauad on page * •