Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1924 — Page 3

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K Mass. —Senator Henry Cabot Lodge died at a hospital B.m gt jj. j 4 o'clock Sunday night. He suffered a stroke of paralysis on November 5. Senator Lodge served continuously in the I’nited senate since 189.V,a.s Hepuhlican leader since August, 191 S, and was f ,he most prominent members of his party for a generation.

RE-ELECTED " -“ ||£|l VICTOR BERGER lUkee, Wis;.—Complete ttnoffiurns from the Fifth congreslistrict in Wisconsin gave Vtederger. Socialist congressman, of 396 votes over Ernest Republican. (E REPORT ! R COW TESTING ein Cow Belonging To cob J. Schwartz Leads List ee-year-old cow, known about >b J. Schwartz home in Moonship as “Nigger!’ led 183 . ws in the Adams County Cow' Association during the month Hlht in lwL. '"at nrodn- • • BBwdirp to the records of Roy ■ >■ • 'a.- lesVer in the employ of i ioa a on, this cow produced 1,509 [ I |m!s of milk, testing 3.4 per cent 1 I king 51.3 per cent butterfat. A I iof the ten high cows in the asI liation and their owners, follows: I first -Jacob J. Schwartz, P. 11. Hoi I In, 61.3 lbs, butter fat. ■ second—C. p. Stuery, Grade HolI in, 47.2 lbs butterfat. I fhird—Rudolph Steury, Grade HolI in, 45 lbs. butterfat. I 'ourth—Rudolph Steury, Grade Idem, 44.8 lbs. butterfat. ifth—Menno Steury, Grade Hoi-! L 44.1 lbs. butterfat. xth—David J. Mazelin, P. B. ' 'tein, 43.8 lbs. butterfat. 'venth—Noah Rich, Grade Short- j '■ 41.9 lbs. butterfat. Klith Jos. D. Schwartz, P. B. lteiT >, 41-6 lbs. butterfat. nth—C. p. steury. P. p. Holstein, iiw. butterfat. ■nth—Jacob J. Schwartz, P. B. I,p in. 40.9 lbs. butterfat. 10 aver age milk production of the onws was 1495 pounds. n '*l Schwartz, also a Monoro 'ship resident, holds the honor of ng t * le highest average test durOctober, milk from his thirteen ■ average,i 4 per cent, butterfat. ' low testing association was only a few weeks ago in cow ‘*h dairy department at 1 Wn!' e twenty-six farmers residing ! H , 30uth part of the county are 1 H J IPrM of the organization and have ! ■ >PII '^ r ' Price for one year, the 1 Hu ' ' l)( ‘ n< hing one day each month 1 W’ p ach member, in a meeting 1 fX i " mem ’ )ers of the association a H aa >'« ago G. A. Williams, of Pur ‘ ■3l'.. m 0 is in general charge of the f H, ‘ K Work in Indiana stated the 1 ■F K Was prno'ro<,«i„ i Present there are 256 cows in * jK, , Bin the association. 184 of 1 ' in K milked during October. * *l, tl,e montl1 ' 2 Purebred Hoi- * ■", bulls were added to herds of t f " rs of the association, holh hav- i

in t been obtained from the “Better Hull Special'. According tq the county agent since this association has been functioning several inquiries about the work have been received from farmers in other parts of. the county and therp are prospects of starting another association if a sufficiant number of farmers express a willingness to organize the same. o Newspaper Men To Meet At Indiana University Bloomington, Ind., Nov. 12. — (Special to Daily Democrat) —Newspaper men, young and old, from all parts of the country will attend the annual na tional convention of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity, ' under the auspices of the I. IT. chapter, Herman Myers, of Decatur is a member of the active chapter at the state universjity. He and the other active members are extending invitations to honor guests and are working hard for I the success of the convention. 1 Willis J. Abbott, editor of the Christian Science Monitor. Boston, will be one of the principal speakers on the ! program. National officers of the organization will he present. The In--1 dianapolis Star, News and Times will |l>e hosts to the organization in two j banquets, a theater party, and trip ithrough one of the newspaper plants Wednesday when the convention will move from Bloomington to Indianapolis for its final business sessions, j The entire membership of the De|Pauw chapter, where Sigma Delia ■ Chi was founded, will attend the eon- | vention. Menii&i.s of the Purdue chapiter. the--only-other chapter in Indiana, | v.-iil attend in smaller numbers, j Each of the 39 chapters from Maine jto California and from Flordia to Ontario are required to send a delegate, which insures a hundred per cent representation of the chapters. The program will open Monday morning Nov. 17 with an address of welcome by Presdient William IBryan, of Indiana university. Prof. J. W. Piercy, head of the department of journalism of Indiana university, will be on the program. Each delegate is required to give a complete report of j the activities of his chapter during the course of.last year. These reports together with round table discussions !of problems of modern journalism I will make up the larger part of tile | delegates “ two days” program in , Bloomington. President To Attend Live Stock Exposition With the official announcement jfrom Washington that President Coolidge has accepted their invitation to attend tile Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the International Live Stock Exposition, which will be celebrated nt Chicago from November 29th to December 30th, the management of that famous show is preparing for the greatest gathering of agricultural | people ever brought together in the history of the basic industry. * j | This will be the first time that the! Chief Executive of the United States has attended the “International,,” the opening of Congress having always interferred, hut the importaance of this quarter-centennial event is j deemed by President Coolidge to be! sufficient to justify his absence from, the Capitol for a short period. Congress had previously recognized the unusualness of the occasion by author izing, at its last session, the issuance of official medals to be awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture to tlie principal winners

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In the live stock competitions at thej coming show. Adams County Dairy Cow Population Is Increasing Adams county’s dairy cow population in increasing according to figures announced by the Blue Valley Cream-1 <*ry Institute. The statment covers an area embracing npproximatellyj one-eighth of the state inthls section and is believed to hold true forthe 1 i county proper. A 2.6 per cent, gain in the number! of dairy cows two years old and over is noted for the district over the, preceding year, while the increase for the state as a whole was 5.1 per cent, as compared with 1923. The entire United States shows an inert-use amounting to 6 per cent, government figures show. Tlie number of heifers 1 to 2 years old as compared to the total number of cows In this district seem to be below the average, indicating the intention to bring lass younb stock into milk in the nehr future. 1 0 [J Earlham College To Erect Three Buildings ' i = | (United Press Service) I Richmond, Ind., Nov. 12 —Plans will r be drawn up for the construction of e three new buildings at Earlham coll bge here, President David M. EdI wards, announced today. I The announcement was made following the destruction of Bindley hall by fire at a loss of $250,000. Pervious to the fire two additional buildings I were planned but the destruction ot jlindlcy ball will make the construction of the third necessary. I Much material of value lias been J salvaged from the ruins of the building which was destroyed al- - though the Joseph Moore museum r was badly damaged. The large cols lection of mineral and fossils will lie restored, according to Dr. Allen D. Hole, curator of the musenm. Many '• of the birds were left in good con- • dition. ’’ | The main floor of the museum, for r the most part, was not. burned c through. ; HUNTING SEASON OPENED MONDAY i Now Lawful To Hunt And > Trap Fur-Bearing Animals Until Feb. 10 s 1 Indianapolis, Nov. 12 —The hunting and trapping season opened Monday '• in Indiana an dit is now lawful to kill '■ skunk, racoon, opossum, fox, mink 1 and muskrat. The season remains 1 open until and including February 10. ! j The open season for shooting quail starts with November 1-9 closes &o---1 comber 20. After December 20 it will B be unlawful to kill any kind of game 3 in Indiana excepting rabbits, al- ' though ducks may be shot until r January 1, under regulations of the j migratory bird treaty act. The closf led season on squirrels ends the evens ing of November 29 , as the 30th, •• specified by law as the closing day ■ comes on Sunday and Indiana laws do 1 not permit Sunday hunting. 1 j George N. Mannfield, chief of the 3 fish and game division of the state f!conservation department, in a notion ! jto hunters of the state calling their 3 'attention to dates for shooting certain 3 1 wild game and bird life, points out 1 that this state has a bag limit of 15 ‘ per day, with 45 the limit in posses--1 'sion at any time on quail, but no bag limit on fur-bearing animals, squirrels or rabbits. Mannfeld advise hunters not to enter upon any land without . first acquiring permission of the ownjer or tenant. To hunt lawfully one must have the verbal consent of the J owner or tenant, and to trap lawfully , the written consent. He advises hunt- j . ers to carry their licenses and avoid trouble with game wardens. Honor-j ably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who served in a war against! this country and who are residents j of this state, should carry their discharge if they expect to hunt or fish ! without a license as prodded by in- { .diana laws. ] Conservation officials warn hunters to he careful beeause with an ! abundance of wild life in tlie Rtatc the fields and woods will be the gather-, ing place of thousands. They also 'ask all persons going afield to protect [ j farmers property and guard against /' starting and leaving fires which may destroy valuable timber. Above all! don't shoot near live stock or poultry, don’t, tear down fences or gates. Just be a gentleman when on the other Man’s property and conduct yourself as you wish hunters to do on your premises.

i ~ r i Successor To Judge j 1 Anderson Offers Problem | i* (United Press Service) I*l Indianapolis, Nov. 12. —Republican > h itders were speculating today on a c possible successor to Judge A. fl. An N demon in federal court here. < | Speculation arose following disipatches from Washington that the ap-j, polntment of Judge Anderson to Iheji j United Stntes court of appeals Inj I Chicago la expected to (?b to tlie .Senate at an early date. Hepuhlican lenders say that Judge Robert (i. Bultzell, of Princeton, Ind.,, is slated for the job. Washington dispatches declare' there in a movement on foot to re- • vivo the Hickey bill with a good ' chance of its passage. The bill pro- ’ vides for two federal judicial districts In Indiana instead of one. Federal Grand Jury Meets On Wednesday (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Nov. 12. —The federal grand Jury 1s to meet here Wednesday to consider approximately fifty cases. The investigation will probably 3 continue for about two weeks, j Federal narcotic agents have about' j sixty cases awaiting grand jury acI, tion and tlie prohibition department f nearly 150. 'j Most of thesp rases however will not be considered ut this session, hut [will he presented to the jury at a later date. I | Two federal judges held court in ’>|the Federal building today. The ro3, ferce in bankruptcy was also hold--1 ing hearings. Trial of the seventeen defendants in the Hawkins Mortgage Company l mail fraud ease started under Judge “ | Ferdinand' A. Geiger, of Milwaukee, - j Wis. The trial was postponed from i Oct. 2 after Morton S. Hawkins, principal, witness failed to appear. WisJ. nesses called from all sections of • | Hie United States who were said to VI have been defrouded tax of approximately $20,000,000 by Hawkins and jother defendants had to he dismissed r until Hawkins was found. 1 | After a futile effort to find the [principal defendant. District Attorney Homer Elliot announced he would go ahead with the trial without him. Judge A. B. Anderson held his regular session of court in the federal j court library. T. Douglas Robinson May Succeed Roosevelt I (UnitPd Press Service) Washington, Nov. 12—T. Douglas (Robinson of New York nephew of .former President Roosevelt, very probably will be appointed assistant seI cretary of the navy, succeeding Col. Y I Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., resigned it 1 was indicated at the white house tolf day. s | Robinson called at the White *• House at tlie invitation of the presiLdent and talked at length with Mrs. -'(’oolidge. H-o then went to the navy ( department to see Secretary Wilbur. Strong intimations were given by -, those close to the president, Robin--I,son’s visits were in connection with s the vacant post, i- o GENEVA NEWS ■> . Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wellens and 3 little foster daughter and Clifford • | Wing, all of Toledo, returned to ■ 1 their home Monday afternoon after -[spending several days here at the l home of the latter’s parents Mr. and t Mrs. Win. King. >[ The two-day-old son of Mr. ami - Mrs. Roy Juday died Sunday morning r at 5 o'clock. Funeral services were i held in the afternoon at the home, ; Rev. D. V. Williams officiating. : j Or. (’. p, Hinchman and family spent Sunday afternoon and evening with friends in Decatur. „ Mrs. Ina Briggs entertained the , Fortnightly club at her home on ; Butcher street last Friday evening. Rook was played and a general good [social time enjoyed. The hostess served a delicious lunch late in tlie [evening. Nut cups were imitations of j chrysanthemus and other ' table decorations were carried out along the same line. [ Herschel Whiteman, wife and j daughhtpr, Mary Ethel, ,of Elkhart [motored to Geneva Saturday and [spent the Wed-end at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Whiteman. I ..eland McCollum and Frank Fogle ' [who have been employed in oil field 1 at McFadden, Wyo., returned to their j homes here Saturday. Miss Ora Hoskinson is ill at the I present time with tonsiMtis. 1 Frank Gross, of St. John’s, 0., was I a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. jl Sam Beeler Sunday. 1 A. I> Heller, of Fort Wayne, spent I the week-end with relatives and J

friends in this vicinity. I Mr. and Mrs. Albert DoliolT and son Reuben of this place; I N. Wright, daughter, Mrs. Ruth Linda rry and [ granddaughter, Ruby, went to <<u cinnatl Sunday, where they vi lied: with Mrs. Minnie Jlup:li*-i nd ebil-! ilren. Miss Violet Heller returned to V r work ut Fort Wiivne Momla;. t.r> ■ | noon after visiting at lor > "vni <1 home near here, Lawrence Aesohlemnn ami wife, of j Fort Wayne, spent the weak end in ; ut the home of tlie latter's parent j Mr. and Mrs. Luther Martin. Henry Ruth and family motored to Newcaatle Sunday where they \i-, ed with Mrs. internals, who sutfered a stroke of paralysis last week. Wheat Crop Damaged By Drought Os Fast Month (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Nov. 12 —Damage that will run Into thousands of dolin's has been done to the Indiana wheat emp by the drought ot the past month, according to reports received by James Gwaltney, president of the Indiana Wheat Growers’ association. The crop has been badly stunted in Posey, Gibson, Knox. Vanderburv. Spencer and Dubois counties and iturning yellow and will go into the winter with little vitality to resist the rigors of cold wheather even if rain conies now. In other sections of the state farmers report a poor stand of wheat and a slow early growth dun to the dry weather. Every Cold is DangerousBegin taking Father John’s Medicine at — —NO DRUGS— I Bn/»a OVER 69 YEARS CF SUCCESS

What we are doing p in Boys Clothing any store could do if it 9f\ J really tried! % K’s no secret that 127 N. Second street is j I/"V tioinjr (he boys suit and overcoat business of l)e---‘"due and it’s no secret why or how we are doing: fit'll Ary v do the same but we are just V i !: iY -ed 'dial so far we are by ourselves. rr"M A9’ re ta! lei., profit on the bind of «Sr. jjjpkWlY 0\ 1 i.nhi- ; ihat is .. .. It i ot:. i- t.. make fine profits If [ 1 J We are saying: Sis when we could say $lB. We are seeing; how much change we can s®s V K give vhi hack from a 820 bill for a suit or over■lUllin cat that is S2O worth! ™ * s K°°d business? <s rU-yY Ju.‘-‘ come and see! n i. i?. \m;s son hoys suits nw. ’»• AND OVERCOATS $5.00 and up * I New Winter Caps. f 1 Tetwi-T-AyGOi Go j J etrrrzß ciofues for less J money-always- f * DECATUR * INDIANA • * | mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnmimnrwv*.'-- wr.- ninnw—

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