Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1924 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Rvenlng txasgt ' Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. X. H. HeUer—Pre*. and Gaa. Mgr. B. W. Kampe—Vice-Free A Adv. Mr A- R- Holthouae—Sec’y. A Rua. Mgr Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur. Indiana, ai second claw matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies _ ——cents One week, by carrier —— —IO cents One Year, by carrier — s*.oo Ons month, by mall —cant. Three Months, by mall M —-11.00 Six months, by mall — ——sl.7s One Year, by mall ~. — — ~..51.00 One Year, at office s*.oo (Prices quoted are within first and second tone* Additional postal) added outside those sones.) Advertising Rated Made Knswn ea Applleatlen Foreign Representative Carpenter A Company, 123 Michigan Avennue, Chicago, Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City N. T. Life Bldg.. Kansas City Mo You are cordially invited to hea E.-iator Harvey Harmon at Genev; Monday night. He is a splendid mat whom you will like, clean, able, force ful and intelligent, fair to every om and his argument will be a convincin; cue. Attend your church services tonior row and permit uo pk-asues to inter sere with the duty you owe you’ church and your pastor who i s fight ing every day and every hour tc make this a better community and t< ne'p you in every way. Make Sunda.' the day for your church and its work Football t ikes the stage in publi. interest again today with many com bats of importance. Michigan meet.' Illinois at Urbana; Indiana goe against Chicago, Notre Dame agains the Army and Purdue meets up witi Northwestern, besides wlych . then are two score other games, of Interes to those who watch the geat gridiroi sport. — 11 i a There is no one who denies the fact that the swing to the democrat!) party the past week has been quite noticeable and indications are that ii will continue at even increased speed The voters are beginning to think am millions will at the last moment re fuse to vote blindly for a candidate who refuses to announce his posi-Sior on the great and grave questions now before the peple. They want t< know. The many friends of Mayor R. O Johnson, of Gary, who reside in this him home county, regret exceedingly the decision of the United Statei court of appeals, confirming the ver diet rendered in the Indiana federa court a year and a half ago. They fee that Mr. Johnson has been made tht victim of circumstances largely be yond his control and that a least tc some extent jealous enemies have been the cause of the difficulties. H« will probably appeal to the supreme court of the United States for an ulti mate decision. The democratic meetings held last evening were enthusiastic and were well attended At Freddheitn a crowd ot eighty-five attended, at Hartford there was a similar crowd and at. Pleasant Mills and in Middle Monrot a large number of voters listener at tentivj’y to discussions of the politi cal questions. Among the speaker? last evening were Miltou Werling and John Nelson, each ot whom proved able speakers. Twenty men are carrying to the voters of Adams county the message of the democratic party ami meetings are being conducted in every section with splendid results. Match the calendar and attend as many as you can. The Adams County Witness says that Congressman Vestal spoke to a large street audience there Thursday afternoon and that the meeting was held on the street instead ot at the “auditorium as had been announced.” as ft was thought he would receive a better hearing. The report to this piper that the crowd was a very

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r Face to Face !: with , CHARLES HACKETT America’s Operatic Tenor ’ (By Joe Mitchell Chapple) Q An American tenor eminent in , operatic roles is a matter of some j musical pride to U. 8. A. As a boy 5 singer, Charles Hackett captivated t the people of his birthplace. Worces- ? ter. Massachusetts, but he went to j Boston to begin his professional musi ical career. As a singer in the Glee '.Tub in the Worcester High School, 'he home folks decided he had a musical voice and he was urged to to to Boston and study music as severely as he did football. His classmates joined in the request. He obtained a position in Boston n a church choir to help along, and he church in which he sang was illed Sunday after Sunday because if a certain tenor. Charles Hackett >ecame a conceit and social favorite n Boston, but he kept studying the oles of the various operas, as if it va» a law course. An opportunity vas presented to sing Faust and he ook advantage of it like one who was eady to lay claim to the attention of ■ritics as an operatic singer. This ppearance decided his career as an >pera sihger, but of his own volition le chose to go to Italy and study ijjl he field that stubbornly yields to 1 orelgn conquest by outside tenors, n spite of the fact that few male American singers find much to help 1 hem in the competition overseas, le persisted. Chares Hackett is something more ' han a singer; he was a determined | .Milan. Scoring a success at Lal’ Icala. Milan, the usual-route to South, 1 America. Consequently he made his' 1 eturn entrance to America via Italy 1 nd South America aml' a European ' ncore. In Paris in “Rigoletto” he ' vas pronounced by the newspapers: ‘ s without a parallel in the history. • f American music and heralded the J' irst American ma’e singer to carry| •’ leading role on the boards of the 1 ’ ■reatest of French lyric theatres. There were his air castles in Spain 1 1 o be reckoned with and he captivat-I •d Barcelona, receiving the hearty ‘) eciprocal admiration bestowed upon T Europeans by Americans. His phon- 1 ) tgraph records became 1 popular as i me operatic artist whom Americans < ■an thoroughly understand in a simile song as well as an operatic aria. « There is no mystic glamour in his I "averadossi and his career has been:' narked by superb diction, phrasing;! iid tone placement —the values thatl ’

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<nia4l one, came from a reliable .ource and the truth is that the meetng was about as near a "fizgle” as t could well have been. The people >f Adams coui/ty know Mr. Vestal’s peech by iteart. It’s the same one te made tour years ago and two fears ago and contains nothing constructive nor any explanation ot why ie accepted salaries for several mem•>e»j pf his family and enjoyed trips thread and to Panama at the expense >£ the government. Just watch the : fote on election day. Those who are studying the straw vote of the Literary Digest are not so jure that President Coolidge will have t walk-away in the coming election as they were a week or two ago. Davis Is gaining in every state and will con tinue to do so. To begin with, it. is veil known that the ballots were sent largely to republicans so that the total figures count but little but they show that over the country LaFollette is drawing three republican votes to one democrat. In this slate the straws represent about one-twentieth >f the total and as LaFoliette has 10,MU of the 80.000 ballots sent in it can cjin be figured that his total at that ratio would be about 200,000. Os this, if the same ratio continues, he would take 150,000 from the republicans and 50,000 from the democrats. Can Coolidge stand a loss of that and carry Indiana? Can he carry the I other close state claimed for him? We I have some doubts. I Have you carefully watched the recJord of the republican administration * in Indiana the past four years? Well, f Ju«t suppose that the democratic par-

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'< ¥ 4 * CHARLES HACKETT says: "America is due for a musical awakening that will develop the lat ent talent,awaiting a golden opportefnity.’’ - . ■! J ll -. 1 ". !-! JU an American audience can well ap predate. Whether in the robes and double: of Romeo, or the. Lieutenant Middleton in Butterfly, Hackett is at home Tall, broad-shouldered, with b'ue eyes and a shock of hair, he is typically American in every way and manner. “To me there has been a new side--I'ght thrown on history in thu stud.' of the old opera. It seems to be one form of musical expression thpt al iows full play tq genius and preserves I the sipirt of the masters as in paint ; ings. America is due for a musica awakening that will develop the lat ent talent awaiting a golden oppor lunity. My belief is that I will wit ness during my life an opera by ar American composer that will live with those that have stood the test es centuries.” This was said in a matter-of-fact way. «hs if he were discussing the markets for our foodstuffs —without e i question or indication of tempera mental gusto. What a refreshing contrast after a concert or an opera to hear Charles Hackett sing the old “Heart Songs.” songs that are asso ciated with his early youth in Massa ihusetts, the rollicking college and school songs, or some old-time ballad that has touched the hearts of tht people of .he past and loosens a Hood-tide of memories. "Sometimes I feel there is even a deeper feeiing and sentiment in e popular song that is understood by everyone than in the most profound musical emotion expressed in an operatic score." Just then the jazz band struck up and Charles K. Hackett felt bis toes tingle and was off for a dance. We wondered whether he could sing the love song in "Tristine” in this new Wagnerian jazz melange.

tly had been in power and the gover nor and two other officials had been ' convicted in court, two for embezzlement and one for violating the liquoi laws; that expenses has been in > r J creased eighteen million dollars ,oi . more, than double four years before; [ that deposits of state money had been . awarded banks who loaned money tc j individuals; that the secretary of s state was a candidate for governor j and he hay endorsed Dollings; that the highway commission had return' ed 150,000 after an investigation; that v a candidate for state superintendent 0 was charged with wrongs by the state e board of education; that millions had 3 been spent to build a palace for able s bodied prisoners, while insane men and women must languish in jails or g county infirmeries; that a bill had L been passed permitting boards and commissions to hire employes and y raise salaries at will; that an avere age of a new employe a day for the 0 'past four years had been added to e the state payroll, do you suppose the h .people would stand for it? They would be driven from office by a n righteously outraged citizenship. t Surely such a record will not be approved by the vote in Indiana on NoI vember 4th. I — 0 — ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1 * TWENTY YEARB AGO TODAY « . ♦ ♦ * From the Dally Democrat Flea ♦ 3 * 20 years ago thia day ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•#♦ Oct. 18.—A. P. Beatty sues town of j Van Wert for $5,000 for injuries received August 17, when thrown from rig when wheels strike hole in street. S. G. Humphreys of El Reno, Okla..

I take g over the Burt House. B W. Sholty bitten on hand by a vicious dog which disturbed meeting I at court house aud was being ejected. Dick Ferrel, pitcher -on Rosenthal team signs with Dallas. Texas for next year. i Henty Uichtensteiger has both legs broken when trampled by vicious! horse. William Hangar has display of fyur-teen-inch apples at the Winnes shoe store. Poultry show, first in county, announced for December sth in Decatur. Mrs. J. K. Mann leaves for home at Cardwell. Mo., after visit here. 0 — W Wilp OCTOBER October! Month of autumn asters, — Prodigals of garden bloom; > Wanders from summer’s home roof. ’ Pattern scraps from nature’s loom. Blackhaw mouth, —and bleeding sumac. Month that spills its sparkling wine Over every vale and hillside, Over every climbing vine. Month when birds begin the'r journey To the distant, unknown land; When their music sinks to silence And when crickets break up band. Month of Indian-Summer’s hazy Drowsy distance,—clouds on high; Month that owns the golden forests,l Month when lature’s children die —A. D. Burkett. o — (Big Features Os | RADIO ■ Programs Today j , WJZ. New York (455 Ml 8:15 p.m. ! E.S.T.). —English grand opera com- | any, S. S. Paris orchestra ;| WSAI. Cincinnati, (309 Mi mid- i tight, (E.S.T.WSAI Midnight En- | ertainers. 1! CKAC, Montreal, (425 Ml. 8:30 p.! n. (E.S.T.).—French folk love con- ! ert. II KSD. St. Louis. (546 M) 8 p.m.” (C. S.T.). —Address of John W. Davis, j lemocratic presidential nominee, from ] heColiseum. | WOAW, Omaha, (526 M) 11 p.m , C.S.T.).—Midnight WOWL frolic. | Sunday’s Features — 4 WEAK. New York (492 M) 3:45 p. j n. (EST) —Dr. S. Parkes Cadman md the Sunday men’s conference, J Bedford Y. M. C. A., Brooklyn. WEAF, New York (492 M) WCAPJ Washington (469 M) and WJAR. j Providence. (30 M) 7.20 p.m. (EST) J —“Roxy" and his Cajiitol theatre I irchestra and artists. i WEII, Boston (303 M) and WMAj 1 , ' South Dartmouth, (363 M) 7:20 pm EST) —Orchestra and artists. Strand theatre, New York. WDAA. Dallas, Texas, (476 M) 9 i.m. (CST) —Oak Cliffe church choir. KSD. St.'Louis (546 M) 9 p.m. (CST) —Grand Central theatre program. 0 Seek Rejected Suitor For Murder Os Girl (United Press Service) Grand Rapids, Mich.. Oct. 18. —A re'eeted suitor is being sought today I eljowins the finding of the badly nutilated body of Miss Molly Fletnng, pretty 23 year old school teacher, In a woodshed near the school she aught at Marne. A bloody axe *as 'ound near the body. The young woman was unconscious when found and died without naming her assailant. The man sought, Egbert "Happy” Dyke, had courted the pretty school teacher for more than a year. Recently she scorned him in favor of another voung man of the village. He persisted in following her. According to friends of the girl he ■ called at the school late Friday afternoon. A girl friend of Miss Fleming said she heard the school teacher go to the 1 woodshed after school had been dis1 tnissed. then heard a scream. ► A few minutes latfer the body was ► found. Dyke’s motor car was -found ) in front of the school. ) Q Antioch— When members of the Ans tioch community church attend Sun- - day morning services they will bring 1 their dinners. Instead of returning - home they will eat at the church and . remain for the evening worship.

GERMAN CABINET REFUSES TO QUIT Marx And Colleagues Hang On Waiting For Agreement (United PreuN bervict) Beran. Oct. 18—(Special to Daily! Democrat)—Refusing to relinquish I office while the slightest possibility of an agreement with the national . I isls upon a coalition government remains, Chancellor Marz and his col- j leagues still withheld their expected, resignations today. Leaders of the democratic party | issued a warning to the chancellor that inclusion of nationalists in the I cabinet would undoubtedly sooner or | Jater mean sabotage of the experts’, plan and the existing reparations agreement. , The nationalists accepted the Daw- 1 i s Mciyenna plans “in principle” but j their sincerity is now doubted, Eric Dombrowski, of the Tage- ! blatt, Germany's best informed political writer, says the nationalists want ' Hergt. Von Gayl. Leopold and Schie’e ius four new cabinet members and points out that these men really op pose tho experts’ plan and reparations settlement. o GIRL BABY BORN A seven pound girl baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Tricker on the Trieker farm east of the city Friday morning. The baby has been named Mary Jean. This is the second child and the first girl in the family. The meth. ? formerly was Miss Cora Daniels. 0 ! Fort Wayne—A council committee I here is considering establishment of a municipal landing field for air- 1 planes. . -—

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