Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 266, Decatur, Adams County, 7 November 1924 — Page 1

Volume XXII- Number 266.

FOREST FIRES RAGING IN THREE STATES

FARMERS HOLO I fine meeting NEAR PREBLE I ✓ barge Crowd Attends Meeting In School House North Os Preble ANOTHER MEETING Meeting At The Freidheim School Tonight; Interesting Addresses The farmers's meeting neid at the I r’istrict school, one mile north of Pielde. last evening was one of the largest and most interesting of any similar meeting held in the county this year. Tonight another meeting will be I held at the Freidheim school house in I Profile township and the same men 1 who made talks at th? Thursday meet 1 ing will be on the program. Refresh- ■ meins will be served and the farmers > in that section of the county are invited to attend. ('. R. Smith, cashier of the Preble state bank, acted as chairman of the meeting. County Agent 1.. M. Busche showed two interesting motion pic-' hire films on dairying, the advantage! of having a pure bred sire in a herd of dairy ca'tle and a complete story in pictures of the sugar beet industry from the time the seed is, produced i to the time the |>eet goes through the mill and is made into sugar. W A. Klepper of the Cloverleaf Creamery company talked on dairy-1 ing and brought out the fact that ' wherever you saw progressive and proposerous farmers you saw dairy cattle. They go hand in hand, is the way Mr. Klepper expressed it. George Krick, manager of the Krick Tyndall Tile company spoke on drainage and the benefits dervide from proper drainage of the sail. We brought out the fact that good drainage improved the soil and in many instances turned non-productive soil into productive soil. John Carmody, manager of the Hol-land-St. Louis Sugar Company, made he main address of the evening going ir*o detail about the sugar beet indo try. He told in an interesting way how Napoleon. the great war lord, about the year 1800. forced the French | people to gro w sugar beets. Germany had been raising beets, but during 1 ’lie war the supply was cut oft' from ' Frame and Napoleon then introduced the beet into his country. Mr. Carmody brought his facts and figures up ’o the present time and showed how •he raising of sugar beet helped to teitilize the soil. His talk was interesting and full of valuable information. I'.. J. Fricke, fieldman for the Hol-land-St. Louis Sugar company, also gave a short talk and stressed what could be done with community cooperation. Refreshment of weiner sandwiches, <oftee and ice cream were served by the Preble men. , o ( oolidge Carries North Dakota And New Mexico •United Press Service) " ith today's returns showing North Dakota safely in the Coolidge column and New Mexico, apparently swung at the last minute to President • oolidge, the latter's victor.' in Tuesday s election has grown ,i"d the relative position of the three candidates in the electoral college no w is. Coolidge 382; Davis 136; La Foil-'- • e 13. Senator Brookhart’s apparent nar•ow victory in lowa and Senator 'iagnus Johnson's defeat- lu Minnesota, means the party standing in •he senate will be as forecast by the United Pr< iy s: Republican 55; Democrat* 40; farmer-labor 1. Birth of the Shilling An Anglo-Saxon coin, worth fivePence, and marked with h cross. t< enable It to be broken into font Pieces. was known as a “scylling.” •’t'om the word "skill,” io divide; heme comes the modern term shilling

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I Butler Baby Is Born Dead At The Hospital A ten-poung boi was born dead to Mr. and Mrs. Cylde Butler al the I Adams County Memorial hospital ,Thursday evening. The baby was named Wayman Wells Butler. This was the first .child in the family. Short funeral services were held from the residence mi Mercer avenue at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, the Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Burial was made in the Maplewood cemetery. Although in a serious condition. Mrs. Butler is getting along as well as can be expected. O_ WOMAN’S CLOB TO PRESENT PLAY Dramatic Department To Stage “The Storm,” On Monday Evening A committee from the Dramatic De-| payment of the Worn in's Club will I present "The Storm." a clever "war ' play, at the IIr;h School auditorium, Monday evening after the regular ! business meeting of the club. The I play is in keeping with Armistice ; day which is celebrated November 11. The members of the American I»eI gion and (1. A. R. have been cordial- ' Iv invited as special guests of the I club. "The Storm." by Mary MacMillan. I, is a reminder of the World's war over there and over there. Twelve wealthy ladie s decide they must <lo their hit and organize a "W.ir Garden club." Because of the fact that none of them know anything about gardening, they invite an instructor from the institute to give an appropriate address. Only one of the ladies have a son in the service, but all the others wear; .service flags for a relative. A storm | comes during the meeting and the lights go out. The only son in the service appears in a vision to his| mother, telling her of the war in the • trenchi r.. After the storm is over a i message is received by Mrs. A ’'isonJ I that her son has been killed. The I play is being directed by Mrs. Floy Blair, ami brings out the sacrifices [ ! that had to be made by our boys, und their mothers. The characters are: Mrs. Draho, the hostess —Mrs. Celeste Neptune. Clementine—Mrs. Margaret Lose. Mollie— Carolyn Acker. Miss Watson, who has many bereavements —Mrs. Cora Downs. Mrs. Addison—Mrs. Atta Arnold. Miss Holworthy—Marcella Kern. Mrs. Smythe, the widow —Mrs. Oliver Peterson. Mrs. Lawrence—Mrs. Bess Erwin. Mrs. Steiner—Mrs. Kathryn Niblick. The Maid—Helen Swearingen. Miss Johnson, the instructor from the institute—Mrs. Kathryn Elberson. The Soldier—Mrs. Floy Blair. Sheridan Finds Hawkins Company Is Bankrupt Indianapolis, Nov. 7 —(Special to Democrat) —The Hawkins Mortgage Company, of Portland. Ind., is bankrupt according to the report of Henry C. Sheridan master in chancery filed today in federal court. Sheridan also found that the trans fer of assets proceedings were brought against the Portland firm in May 1923 was for the purpose of defrauding creditors. Decision Os Adams Circuit Court Is Affirmed Today limited Press <s »aff <drresnondent) Indianapolis, Nov. 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — The decision of the Adams'circuit court in the case of John C. Etzold against the Board of Commissioners of Huntington . county, was affirmed by the appellate court today.

TO CONTRACT FOR | COUNTY PRINTING Bids To Be Received By Commissioners Dec. 23; Roads Accepted The <<innty commissioners wi 1 re- ( celve sealed bids on December for the turn.shing and printing < f books, blank and office supplies .tied In the county offices in Adams county. Specifications were adopted hy the board sometime ago. At present, tlie Moore-Langdt n Company of Terre Haute has the contract for all printing needc' bv the coonty offices. including bool.-, blanks and s.;itionery. t The contract for wiring the barns and buildings at the county Infirmary was awarded to David D. Leh-I man on his bid of $174.80. Three other bids were filed for the work, (they being, Orley H. Smith. $347.64; | Dellinger and Harner. $188.45; David | T). Depp. $216.75 and Mr. Lehman's bid. Upon the pttition of H. Hollingsworth and seventeen other voters in [Wabash township. C. M Chrisman was appointed constable in Wabash township, he to serve until a successor qualified. The county commissioners before adjourning at the November session,' accepted the G. E. and Andrews macadam roads in Washington town- 1 ship and also accepted the France and Peter H. Moser bridges. The Bailey retaining wall was also accepted by the board, as completed. Brookhart Wins Seat By Margin Os 1,128 Votes Des Moines, la.. Nov. 7 —(Special to Democrat) —With Senator Smith W. Brookhart winner by 1.128 votes on the face of complete but unofficial returns of the vote cast for U. S. senator in lowa, managers of Daniel Steck, democrat, today took 1 precautions to see that the ballots I were kept intact for the official ' count. The ballots were ordered locked in county vaults until called for on Nov. 24. when the official count begins. Brookhart apd his managers also made plans to protect the ballots from tampering. I H-xwkhart was e’ it victory in the face of •'■t-tion of regular republicans an« ilenio- ( irats to beat him. HEUN DSCUSSES BETTER BUSINESS I Governor Os Indiana Rotary Makes Fine Talk To Local Club Boh Heun, governor of Indiana Rotary Chibs, discussed the program of better business methods, boy's work and the real meaning of service to ( the community in talk to the Deca- ' tur Rotarians last evening. Every member of the club was present at the meeting and J. F. Arnold acter as chairman of the evening. Dale McMillen, former president of the Fort Wayne Rotary Club and, the new ; group representative of the Rotary clubs in this district, accoinpained Mr. Heun to this city and made a short talk to the club members. Mr. Heun was greatly impressed with the community spirft and < tub interest manifested hy the Decatur . Rotarians and expressed an opinion that the Decatur club was doing its share. He stressed the better business program as laid down by International Rotary and told of several instances when business was affected by an unethical act on the part of the business men. Mr. Heun spent several years in Japan and related how an unethical act on the part of a California concern brought the annuity of a man who later controlled i the government in that country, Mr. Heun was the guest of the DeJcatur Rotary club last August at a big I j Rotary round-up held at Bellmont i park.. He is making a visit to every ■ dub in the state and is proving a big leader in the Rotary movement.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 7, 1924.

Representative Os Farmers Guide Visiting In County I. D. Murphy, assistant editor of the Farmer's Guide, published at Huntington. Is in the city, the guest of County Agent L. M. Busche. Yesterday and today Mr. Murphy and Mr. ( Busche visited many farmers in the county. Mr. Murphy is obtaining facts and pictures for several stories which will appear in the Farmer's Giude in the near future. WILLOUGHBY WINS: I IN A CLOSE RACE Van Orman Charges AntiSaloon League Used A “Slush Fund” Indianapois. Ind.. Nov. 7. (United ( Press). — Benjamin Willoughby, re-|-publican candidate for justice of the < state supreme court from the first : district, was leading George Denton, his democratic opponent, hy a safe margin of approximately 13.000 on practically complete returns today, j A heavy vote for Willoughby inj Lake county pulled him out ahead yes-1 terday afternoon after he had trailed i Denton for some time. The final unofficial count in the presidential race gave Coolplge a I , plurality of 210.260 over Davis. Ed Jackson had a purality of 84.002 over Dr. Carleton McCulloch in the! governorship race. Frederick Shortemeier. ( undid utej for secretary of state, led the entire, state ticket and piled up a plurality! of 150.00 over Arthur Hamrick, demoentic candidate. Pluralities of other republican cmdidates ranged from 115.000 down to the small plurality of Willoughby. Evansvile. Ind.. Nov. 7. — (Special to Daily Democrat). —Charges that the anti-saloon league of Indiana had used a “slush fund" which he estimated at no less than $50,000 in effoit to defeat him nt the polls Tuesday were made by I.'eut, Gov.-elect ; Harold Van Orman here today. Van Orman while elected was given < sunt 20,000 votes Jess than Ed Jack-1 son. his running mate. The leagues 1 campaign against him is generally 1 he’d responsibe for the difference. Indianapolis. Ind.. Nov. 7. (Spp'tal to I'iily Democrat). —Charges o. 1 Harold Van Orman, republican Li( Governor elect that the Indiana antisaloon league used a $50,000 "slush fund" in an effort to defeat him in I Tuesday's election were branded as I "foolish" by E. S. Shumaker, superin- ' tendent of the league here this after1 noon I The league would not and < o Id not I for one moment stoop to illegal methods for the instant we did we would . lose the support of the people of In- ■ iana. Mr. Shumaker said. 0 —: SNOW FALLS IN NORTH AND WEST ■Six Inches Reported In Nebraska; Freezing In Minnesota (United Press Service) Lincon Neb., Nov. 7. The first general snow of the winter fell over Nebraska last night, ranging from a light fall in the eastern part of six inches record at Crowford. J I St. Paul. Minn., Nov. 7 The first snowfall of the winter blanketed the upper Mississippi valley and the valley of the Red river of the north hist night and today. A cold north wind came down from Canada bringing ' three inches of snow here and a tempI eratnre well below freezing. Reports from the Canadian northwest said it , was six below zero there. • B Weather ; t Showers this afternoon. General- ( r ly fair tonight and Saturday; much [ ; colder tonight and in east portion Saturday. (

CAMPAIGN COST SIM BURK $16,50 I Candidate For Commission- J er First To File Expense Account • Sim Burk, republican, unsuccessful < candidate for county commissioner from the second district, was the 1 first candidate to file his statement' of expenditures incurred in his race I for tlie commissioner's office. |l Mr. Bark's total expense was only, $16.50, according to his itemized • account tiled with County Clerk John] E. Nelson today. He received 3.358 votes in the election last Tuesday. 8.l F. Breiner, his opponent and success-! ful candidate for the office, received 4.290 votes. Candidates in the November elec-] tioii have until December 4 to file their expense accounts with the. county e'erk. Those who fail to file a statement, even if no money was spent, are liable to prosecution, the law points out. It is not thought ’ that any recounts of the election results will be asked, but in case there ' is. a candidate must tile- his petition not later than November 16. County Clerk John E. Nelson has | certfied (he election results to the Secretary cf State and all details I pertaining to the counting and tabulating of the vote have been disposed of. o Fast London Express Derailed In A Tunnel Rouen. France. Nov. 7 —(United I Press). — A wreck occurred in the j pitch darkness of the mile long railI way tunnel near Rouen last night I when the Jjondon Express, carrying | Americans and many British from Paris to Havre was derailed. At least two persons were killed and six seriously injured. Walter Duranty. Moscow correspondent of i the New York Times, had both legs I badly broken. -oForest Fires Raging In Bartholomew County Columbus, Ind.. Nov. 7. (United. Pressl.—Scores of men today were ‘Tghting to ched-; the f'.v-os-t. fires ’-.h.•.1i...|)uc,...T-.'.u.':i ..r„'.c'u.y in ihc we-o-ern part of Bartholomew county since , Wednesday. More than 500 acres of valuable timber land have already been swept by the fire, which is believed to have been started by a careless hunter. THANK OFFERING SERVICE SUNDAY Dr. Burghalter, Os Tiffin, Ohio, To Speak At Reformed Church A thank offering service will be held at. the Zion Reformed church in this city Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. This will be the annual ingathering of the thank offering boxes, and a special offering, to be used for missionary purposes, will be taken. Dr. Burghalter. I). D.. of Tifton. Ohio, will be the speaker at th' service. Dr. Burkhalter has made two (rips to the missionary field in China and Japan and he knows the needs ot ! those counties. All members and | friends of (he church are inviled Io I attend the service Sunday evening 'and hour Dr. Burghalter speak. o— St. Paul Christian Union Church To Hold A Revival Revival meetings will start at the St. Paul Christian Union church in Washington township, south of Decatur. on Sunday evening. November 9. The Rev. .1. F. Porter, who recently came to this county from Forest. 0.. will have charge of the services. The meetings will continue for an indefinite length of time, depending upon the success of tlie efforts. The 'public is cordially invited to attend services.

Forest Fires Near 700 Crude Oil Storage Tanks’ (United Press Service! Irvins, Ky., Nov. 7 Forest fires sweeping the mountain ranges near here, were within half a mile of 700 large ( rude oil storage tanks on the outskirts of Irvine today. Five hundred men were fighting lh<* flames which are said to have gained such headway that onh heavy rains ’ can stop their advance. Seven homes outside town have been destroyed. Reports here stated forest fires has . broken out in McL<>an. Lincoln. Cumberland and Monroe coun(ie-. f TO GIVE RELIC TO MASONIC LODGE • i < Mrs. B. W. Sholty To Present Newsnaper Published In 1800 A copy of the Ulster County Ga- ' zette, published at Kingston. Ulster County. New York, on January 4, | : 1800, in which is an account of the , burial of George Washington, will be presented to the Decatur Masonic, lodge next Tuesday night by Mrs. B.; W. Sholty. of this city. The paper, 1 which is a valuable relic, has been I . in Mrs. Sholty's family in New York City since 1800 until about fifteen; years ago when it was sent to Mrs. Sholty, she being the next in line to' receive the relic. Wishing to place the paper in some permanent place where it would be preserved. Mrs. Sholty de-1 cided to present it to the local Masons, inasmuch as Washington was a noted Mason und Mr. Sholty is a charter member of the iocal lodge, j The paper has been framed between glasses, so that all four pages can be read. It will be presented to the lodge next Tuesday night. Mr. Sliolty and C. S. Covardale. two charter! members of the local lodge, will be present when the presentation is I made. The two inside pages of the paper contain stories and poems regarding •the death and burial of Washington. l Black column lines separate the col- ' umns, as a sign of mourning. The ! ! remainder of the paper contains news about the Congress, foreign news, and .idvsrHsemeilt' -There U 'a large list of sheriff sales advertis|ed ami in one ad a negro wench is • offered for sale. An idea of the way in which the advertisements were worded in those days may lie gained from the following notice: "Came to the subscriber a young Heifer, about one year old last spring, marked with a piece cut off the right ear. a star in her forehead, and white under her ' belly. The owner by paying charges is desired to take her away. Seth Mosier." The newspaper may he seen in the show windows of the Vance & Linn ' clothing store until Tuesday evening. Hawkins Case To Open At Indianapolis Monday Indianapolis. Ind.. Nov. 7.—(United Press). Homer Elliott. United States district attorney, today was making; final preparations for the opening ot , the Hiwkins Mortgage company mail fraud ease in federal court Monday. Although Morton Hawkins. Port-, ' land. Ind., the principal defendant in the case, is a fugitive from Justice. Elliott announced that he would go ahead with the trial. Hawkins jumped bond just before tlie case was scheduled to open the first of October The eighteen defendants in the case including Hawkins and William TLiehs. of St. Louis are charged with defrauding home builders throughout' (he -United States ,out of millions of dollars. I I Dving From Hiccoughs . Noblesville. Ind. Nov. 7 (United Press).- Andrevt' Fox. a f irmer, is at the point of death today from hiccoughs. He was seized with an attack of hiccoughs several days ago and physicians have been unable to help him.

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BIG LOSS IN INDIANA. OHIO AND KENTUCKY Small Towns Threatened In Kentucky; Volunteers Fight Flames OIL TANKS IN DANGER Three Hundred Indiana University Students Aid In Brown County Cincinnati, ()., Nov. 7 (Special Io Daily Democrat) Forest fires were raging in three states today. Sections of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio were turning out to fight the flames which were adding hourly Io damages already reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars. Several small towns were threatened in the vicinity of Irvine, Ky., where fire is sweeping the dry timber on two mountain ridges. Five hundred volunteers were plowing fire guards around 10,500.000 gallons of crude oil in tanks at Irvine to check the advance of flames reported to be within half a mile of the oil. , Five hundred acres of timbcr’.and ' near Columbus. Ind., were in flames and 200 men wore fighting further I advances. Rains were reported subduing fires I raging in the Hocking Valley, where coal operators were tak.ng men from the mines to fight the flames. Danger was still considered great in this region, however. Bloomington. Ind., Nov. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Three hunidred students of Indiana University were routed out of their dormitories early today by order of university I authorities to aid in fighting forest fires in Brown county. ! The fire has swept a path fifteen miles wide and several miles long destroying timber, fences and barns, i according to reports received here. Logansport, Ind . Nov. 7 —(Special to ' shortly before noon today swept a I forest fire which has been burning I tor several days in wooded land near ‘ here. Efforts of a large force of men I I to check the flames had been un- ’ [ availing. > " Cat Blamed For Death Os Baby By Suffocation . (United Press Service) Chicago. Nov. 7 A cat was blamed today for the death by suftieation of 'Patricia Czajkowski, an infant. The leaf, which was accustomed to sleeping at the foot of the infant's crib, j worked the cover up over Patrie's [head causing her to smother, (he parI («nts believe. — o Ravelings Issued Today Ravelings. (he Decatur high school publication, was off the press today and being distributed by the high I students. This is the third issue ot the present school year. The paper : contains ten piges. made up of interesting school news and advertisements of the local merchants. - —o - - Mrs. Harding Improving i United Press Service) Marion. ().. Nov. 7 -The condition of Mrs. Warren G. Harding is improving steadly. it was said early today at White Oaks farm. Dr. Carl Sawyer, her physician, probaldy will have a formal statement later in the dav. I o No Way to Treat a Lady II George Elliott, forty-one-year-old la- ( borer, according t<> the divorce bill of Mrs. Flossie Elliott, tiled in Superior court, became enraged at her on one occasion and kicked >he " iniSbie ( n out of their automobile, other allen cations of cruelty me I' a news 'tern m the Settle Times.