Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 211, Decatur, Adams County, 4 September 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. 11. Holthouse—Sec’y. A Bus. Mgr Entered at the Postofilce at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies —2 cents One week, by carrier - 10 cents Ona Year, by carrier — $5.00 One month, by mail 35 centg Three Months, by mall SI.OO Six months, by mail __ ——sl.7s One Year, by mail —53.00 One Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates Made Known on Application Foreign Representative Carpenter & Company, 123 Michigan Avenuue, Chicago, Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City. N. Y. Life Bldg., Kansas City Mo. —■ It seems that President Coolidge is so bashful and non-commital that his secretary must inform the world as to how and where he stands on important questions. The president is a candidate to succeed himself and the voter s would like to hear from him direct. Civil war has broken out in China, the forces are massing around Shanghai. According to dispatches, if the * trouble is not settled soon the mil lions in China will be i n the grip of £ gieat war, As far as our knowledge of China goes, things can't be much worse over there and if they persist in killing each other they'll have tc fight it out. The Adams county friends of Miss Dorothy and Master Robert Smith are very pt mid of them for their splendid heroism in saving the life of a young lady who was drowning in Sylvan Lake yesterday, it required couracj on the part of both and quick thinking and sensible action on the part of Miss Dorothy who rescued her brother and the girl aft< r the lad had leaped in and had been dragged to the bottom of the lake. Edward, the Prince of Wales, seems to enjoy the American way of entertainment and from ail reports, has gotten several thrills out of the program of events planned tor him. He is doing his best not to fall in love with an American heiress or beauty. True to English form, the Prince er. gaged in a game of polo at Long Island the other day, he bringing eight of his fancy ponies over so that he could show the boys a few tricks o', the game. And he never fell off once The schools opened this week an 1 the enrollment in the public and paidchial schools show an increase over last year. That’s a good sign. There is no reason why a child should quit school now-a-days before he graduates. F or a boy or girl who needs or wishes to earn a few dollars, there are plenty of odd jobs to do on Saturdays or after school hours and the right kind of a boy or girl will find something to do. Encourage the children to go to school and take an interest in them. Decatur and Adams county has made strides during the past year. Improvements have been made not only in Decatur, but throughout the county. More than a half dozen new bridges have been constructed in the county, several roads were built and improvements made at the county Infirmary and Adams County Memorial hwpital. A progressive community always keeps going and it is better to live in a plane where the people" demand improvements than to live in the swamps or places where they are willing to let well enOTgh alonft John W. Davis is going to carry the democratic campaign to the west and will leave no doubt in the minds ol the voters where he stands on the issues of the day. Mr. Davis has th< faculty of speaking "straight from th< shoulder” autl ?he American peopb like that sort of a man. In the east

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Face to Face n With Plutarco Elias Calles r, ■ , President-elect of Mexico (By Joe Mitchell Ckap>le) * The strains of "La Paloma” made the Hotel Commodore lobby in New * Yory City seem like Mexico, the ro- . mantie. Special honors were being ’ accorded President-elect Plutarco i Elias Calles before he sailed wjth ( his family for Europe for a few months' vacation preceding his inauguration December 21, 1924. While he has never been to Europe, the Presidentjelgct had the appearance of a well-seasoned traveler. At the "Follies” Will Rogers pointed him out in his box as the first president of Mexico elected by ballots instead of bullets. He was declared the first chief executive of Mexico to be elected without troops distributed at the voting booths. July 6, 1924, the returns proved most gratifying to his predecessor. General Obregon, by electing his friend Calles President of Mexico. A chat with Mexico’s coming chief executive revealed a man of medium size, well built, with no surplus flesh wearng a mustache, while his dark and lustrous eyes were lively ques-1 tion marks. His family consists ofi one married and one unmarried son. i While a brilliant orator in his own; tongue, he speaks English only to, close friends. In the humble abode! hut of poor parents in Sonora, the 1 'uture President of Mexico was born i in 1878. He worked hard night and . lay for an education in Mexico City. During the Carranza Administration Plutarco Calles, ihe school teachjr, came into prominence as a maq who had made a thorough study of he land question, and he proved a leader that commanded the confidence of the descendants of the Aztecs by evolving a plan which has been called by some “Confiscation.” while others insist that it is "an jquitable solution of a problem that has long disturbed the stability of Mexico.” "The plan is simply to restore to he people what was provided in the original Spanish grants and land titles. These provided for a circle of land called a ’Milpa’ to be drawn about the village to provide a park or domain for the people to raise their own food. This circle was usually a league from the center of the village and was used by the people as garden plots in common. They could easily raise enough food for their

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

Governor Al. Smith of New York and 1 others are going to speak for the democratic nominees ami when the voters learn the difference between ( the “silent campaign'’ and the "above >oard” one which Davis and Bryan are making, a great change is likely •<> be registered on November 4th. j Two months from today is the genr eral election and as a good American citizen, one who is interested in pubt lie affairs and in the running of the government, you’ll want to vote for your choice for president, governor, . congressman, state officials and county officers. In order to be able to . vote on November 4th YOU MUST f BE A REGISTERED VOTER. If you } did not register two years ago or have moved from the precinct since that time you mu t register on October i 3th. A list of the voting places in the different precincts is published in today’s Daily Democrat and you are urged to look up where you are supposed to register and above all do not fail to do it on October 6th. Over at Hartford City the other day l two young boys, one a high school senior and the other a graduate of the school last June, engaged in a fist fight with the result that the older boy was killed. The fight started as an outcome of the senior class trying to “haze” the dead boy's brother and be went to defend him. It was de- ’ elded to "fight it out" and in a friend--1 ly mood. it.was said, the boys gatherlf f’d on the commons near the city and e "went to it.” The older boy was ie struck on the jaw, keeled back and •e was dead when his friends rushed to le him. The other boy probably had no J. intention of hitting his opponent so

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■ PRESIDENT-ELECT CALLES says: "We want to return to our people their rightful titles given in the old land grants—that cannot be called confiscation.” own simple wants, which naturally made them less inclined to work on the lands of the larger land proprietors. This preserve was gradually encroached upon and taken over by I the adjacent land-owners little by little until they had included the Milpa or reserve > within their own domain. Naturally, the people were then forced to work on the hacien- 1 dos outside of the village.” His eyes fairly beamed as he conI tinned: . | "Negotiations were begun in Durango with the land-owners to buyback the land for the people at twenI ty-five dollars per acre. They agreed • upon a price and a plan for financing l the purchase. When it was suggest|ed hat the back taxes for seventeen years be applied as part of the purchase price, there was a hitch in the proceedings.” Then Calles stopped and appealed to his listeners. "Is that confiscation? Am I a bolshevist for this?" and then he smiled again. “We want to be fair to all concerned, for the creative genius must be rewarded or there will be no creation.” PresidentheCecs Calles is forty-six i years of age and Abraham Lincoln has l)een his hero from boyhood. ' Sightseeing like a seasoned tourist, from Coney Island to Chinatown, he is preparing himself to be a President of Mexico whose administration will mark a new era in the history of our sister republic. A thorough understanding of international af-' fairs before taking the oath of office in order to give to his own people a proper standing of their own in the ( family of nations is one of the su-, preme objects of President Calles. ',

hard that it would kill him, but the worst happened and now’ he will - >b-j ably be arrested on a charge of manslaughter. Even if he is not found guilty or sentenced, his life will be ruined. The terrible deed will ways be before him and as criminals say, he will try to “got away from himself." He will not be able to wash the blood from his fingers and there will not be a happy moment for him. “Hazing” in high schools or. colleges should be forbidden andj those who would like to do it. should remember the lesson the Hartford City boys learned, so dearly. < THE EIGHTY-FOURTH PSALM How lovely are thy tabernacles Lord of hosts! My heart And flesh cry out to thee—fainteth , To se’e thee where thou art. Blessed the man who dwells with thee, His lips are bill of praise; They daily go from strength to strength, Who walk thy holy ways. \ A day is better in thy courts Than thousands spent in sin; I’d rather keep its doors than serve, For riches, wicked men. 1 The Lord is both a sun and shield He givelh grace and glory; And no good thing withholds from them Who heed salavtion’s story. —A. D. Burkett.

(Big Features Os RADIO Programs Today 1 J THURSDAY'S RADIO PROGRAM (Copyright 1954 by United Press) WEAK. New York, 492 m. 9> p. m. E ST—Vincent Lopez and his orchaura. WORD. Zion. 345 m. 7 p. in., CST— Concert by the Zion band. KPO, San Francisco, 423 m, 8 p. in. PCST —Welsh night. WFAA Dallas', 47Gm. 8:30 CST— Frohzinn sining society. WJAX. Cleveland. 390 m. 8 p. m. C ST Studio concert program, followed by Edwin A. Kraft s organ recital from public hall. o — MAKES PLEA FOR A WORLD PARLEY ON DISARMAMENT (Continued From Page One) : I premier declared, while delegates I and crowded galleries hung upon his I words. . I I “The subjtcts of land armaments is more complicated. If such a con-1 ference were summoned now. it 1 I would fail. "The league's role now is to prepare the ground. All nations here j present must begin preparation. “Two points are essential. First i ! that all countries be represented. : j Second, that the conference be held in Europe, where heads of govern--1 rnents here can participate.” Besides calling for the conference MacDonald explained and defended ’ Britain's attitude towards national security and disarmament and de-' dared there was great danger in considering national safety as a mii'tary problem, based solely on | predominance of force. "What the league of nations must ; I do is to abolish war and convince the ’nations of the order of peace and security which is the basis of the new system of Europe,” he demanded. i “The entire assembly was on its . feet c heering and applauding and the British prime minister was obliged to bow repeatedly. Attorneys Vaughn and Decker, of Bluffton, were business visitors in the city today. o VOTING PLACES ARE UNCHANGED (Continued from Page One) North Washington: Ben Eiting's l residence. I | Pou th Washington: Reiniker School . ' St. Marys: Bobo School. South St. Marys: France’s Hall. North Blue Creek, School House, Dlst. No. 7. | South Blue Creek. School House |l)ist. No. 1. North Monrce: Monroe School House Middle Monroe: Election School , ’ House. | Berne “A": Jefferson Garage , Berne. Berne “B”: Auditorium. Berne. i Berne "C”: Town Hall. Berne. French: Election School House. j North Hartford: Linn Grove I ! School House. I South Hartford: Perryville Store. ' I North Wabash: Election School House. Celyon: Ceylon School House. Geneva “A": Town building. Geneva “B”: Albert Burris Bldg.. 1 along railroad. West Jeffet on: New High School Bldg. East Jefferson: Theo. Fetter I Garage. N. W. Cor. Sec. 22. City Os Decatur First Ward "A”: Fred Linn's Garage. First Ward “B”: Office of Decatur Supply Company. Second Ward "A”: First Floor Public Library. Second Ward “B”: Ben Shrank's residence. Third Ward “A”: Kirsch’s Auto Sales Room. Third Ward "B”: Zimmerman & ! Carper’s Office. West Monroe street. o “A Trial Honeymoon” At Majestic Theatre On Saturday afternoon and evening \ and on Sunday, Joseph M. Gaites will present his latest musical comedy “A Trial Honeymoon” at the Majestic J, Theatre at Fort. Wayne, This is the joyous musical comedy of youth ' which enjoyed a prosperous all summer run at Chicago’s La Saile Theatre recently and took Its place a with the long line of successes, em- ' anating from the famous playhouse in the Loop. Theatregoers will recall previous

'joz. M. Gaites successes with favor. '.They Include "Three Twins,” “The I. Girl of My Dreams," "Gimme a J Thrill,”, "Up In the Clouds" and '"Tnke It From Me." 11 The new piece has the Inspiration |of the genius of Harold Orlob and comprises such lunaieal hits as | "Pretty Girls," “Kisses." "Teach Me i How." "Mountain Moon." “That [ought To Count for Something." "It. I Ever Get Up My Irish." "Take Me to a Petting Party,” 'Take a Chance" and others. In the Chicago caste which Mr Galtes is sending here prior to the New York opening on Broadway are | Winona Winter. Alice Hills. Genevi- j eve McCormick. Bernice Speer, Julie Steger. Lillian Hazel, John Hennings. Charles Silbert, Arnold Gluck, Frank Gardner. Joseph McCallum and a large singing and dancing chorus. Car of Hagleton Chestnut size anthracite coal for immediate delivery. — Zimmer-. nian-Carper Co. W-TI

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