Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 276, Decatur, Adams County, 19 November 1924 — Page 1

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■k to break ■easant mills [JIGHT CONTRACT nul Power Company Wtitions City To Break Contract * ■him; no profit Hisant Mills Co. Desires ■ o Sell Holdings To Instill Interests that Hi” company .w.is on a non-profiting basis and M ull opportunity was presented s po«- of its holdings to the K. : hisull utility interests of ■<„>. th- I’leasint Mills Light and company, through its attorit. Erwiq, filed a -petition |K t h,. city council last evening ..g. (hat the contract with the city furnishing of electric current company be cancelled. ■ tcis stated in the petition that Mills Light and Power entered intn contract with of Decatur in 1919 for the of power at five cents pet* K f. o. b. the southern limits of and that the Pleasant Mills ■i ind Power company in turn Kcbtited the current over its lines many customers at Pleasant Hobo and throughout i that secKof tlie county, 'rhe contract is Ki period of ten years. K was stated that the company ■■ capitalized for ss,t)iM) and that Bn was paid in. Dr. J. W. Vizard and A. M. Manlier is Ketary of the company. It was Ld that after the company paid rharge of five cents per K.W.. for' [current, charged'off depreciation Its lines and equipment, paid ex)es and collected accounts and I current at 12 cents per K.W., it was impossible to make a It or create a surplus. PracUy every user of power furnished the company is a stockholder in corporation, the purchasing of k giving him the privilege of being a customer. was stated that an offer hail been e to the Pleasant Mills Light and er company by the Instill inter»of Chicago. This same company sully purchased the Linn Grove lit and Power company from the shberger Bros., and it also furn- *- the power to the towns of 'tie, Magley and other places along route. i was stated around the city hall t the owners of the Preble Light I Power company were consideran offer to dispose of its holds to the hisull interests. 'he petition of the Pleasant Mills hi and Power company was rered to the electric light commit- ! and the matter will be taken up li the company officers and board directors. The city of Decatur-is ling the power to the Pleasant Hs Light and Power company at small margin of profit, hut in do- [ so it gives the city plant an outfor its increased production. o— I. C. ECLEY HURT IN AUTO WRECK 'ormer Berne Man And ■ Father Os Mrs. Dan Tyndal In Hospital f'. C. Egley, former Herne citizen id well known here, is a patient at ie Lutheran hospital. Fort Wayne, revering from injuries in an Itoinobile accident . Saturday eviing. He was return ing-*-- to >rt Wayne and, when near ssian his car was struck by a tick which was traveling without Shis. Egley’s car was wrecked and hen he was picked up he was unmscious. He was rushed to the Jspital where it was found he Imd •e rib broken at the backbone, one g was badly bruised, his head cut >d It is feared he wls injured iuternly. His conditjon is reported some ’♦ter, however, tend it is believed he. 11l get aloqg nicely. Mr. Egley is ie father of Mrs. Dan H. Tyndall, I this city. i

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Man, Wife and Baby Are Burned To Death il nitoil I’resKH Perrysville. o„ Nov. hi. a father [lost his life today in H fruitless at- • tempt to rescue his wife and children from their burning home. The dead are William E. Donaldson. 27; hi;' [wife, Ethel, and their ten months obi baby. Betty Jean. fi William, Jr., twin to Betty Jean, and Kathleen, were rescued by fire/ men. EDUCATION WEEK MEETING TONIGHT Public Urged To Attend , Community Meeting- At H. S. Auditorium 1 ,| School patrons, parents and the i > public in general are urged to attend I I the community meeting to be held In j .the high school aditorimn at 7:30 [ i o clock this evening in observance of National Education Week. L. C. Ward superintendent of the Fort Wayne i city schools, will be the principal speaker of the evening. He will de-1 liver an interesting address on the ■ subject. ‘Tile American Constitution" There will be many other interesting . numbers on the program this evening. • National Education Week is being ob- ’ served throughout the nation this i week, for the purpose of impressing upon the people the great work being t done by the public school system.; Instead of holding a short, program • each day this week in observance of i Education Week, the principals of the different schools of the city, decided to hold a big community meeting on Wednesday evening. —Q Bloodshed Feared In Los Angeles Water Fight j ' I Lone Pine. Cal.. Nov. 19.—Talk of guerilla warfare with the "embattled farmers" of the Owens river valley . arr»y*4 ag.ihtst guards from Los Angeles. was in the air today as the newest development of' the struggle i for possession of the water of the I Owens river. . j Word came during the night that I Tos Angeles may send guards to Hose the flood gates of the Los Angeles | aqueduct, opened Sunday by the I farmers. j j Plainly it aroused the “silent men from the mountains,” who continued , their watch over the gates they had opened and increased fears of Inyo | authorities that violence and even ■ bloodshed may be the final outcome. o Auditor Calls Special i Session of County Council ' County Auditor Martin Jaberg, 'stated that a special session of the 1 County Counici would be called on Monday, December 1. at which time requests for certain appropriations 1 from the county general fund will be taken up. Several of the funds, including the board of childrens' guardians, the hospital fund and one or two others are depleted anil in order to pay all bills before theTlose of the I year additional appropriations will have to be made. ■| __ o I Coolidge Administration ' Hinders Loan To France , I (United Presse Service) i Uaris, Nov. 19. The Ere Nouvelle j says the Coolidge administration lias raised difficulties in the way of the ! proposed $100,000,000 loan by J. P. | Morgan to France. Negotiations it is learned, have suffered a temporary hitch, but those interested are hopeful that the dist ficulties raised by the American gov- , eminent can be overcome and tile loan agreement signed, • _ 'New City Halls For )'■ Muncie And Terre Haute r i (United Presse Service) I Indianapolis. Nov. 19.—Signs of I growth of Terre Haute and Muncie. Both of the cities are going to build . new city halls. j I The Muncie city hall is to be built Jat a cost of 4175.000 while the one at tjTerre Haute will cost $750,000 when . completed. p | Remonstrances have been filed with B the state tax board against issuance s of bonds for both buildings and conInstruction of them will depend upon (the decisions of the board.

I FAWS, AGED MEN, WIDOWS CHIEF VICTIMS V\ itnoss Testifies That They Were Main Victims Os Hawkins Co. ; CIRCULARS MAILED | ■ —_ | Literature Urged Widows And Old Men To Invest Heavily Indianapolis, Nov. 19. — (Special to Daily Democrat I—That the Hawkins, .Mortgage Company, which is alleged j [to have swindled thousands of victims j [operated chiefly on farmers, widows, [and old men was the substance of' [Carl B. Anderson treasurer of the | [Hawkins Company, under cross ex-, .amination in federal court today, 'during trial of the mail fraud conspir-1 aey case. Anderson identified litoratwe mail-1 'ed by the Hawkins Company urging I ■widows and old men to buy all the' stock th v could. Homer Elliot U. S. i district attorney read a paragraph from one of the circular: "We make a speciality to induce widows with small cnpitol to invest and men well along in years that have the capitol to purchase all the stock [ they can stand for we absolutely know , .there is no hazard connected with the I investment and they will be sure of their income the rest of their lives and will leave valuable stock to their heirs." Anderson testified that records of the directors meeting which stated he was a director of the co-operative? league of America wore not true. He admitted he knqw letters, urging change of co-operative league stock for Hawkins Mortgage Company’s stock were being mailed out. During Andersons testimony it was I found that -V.JL 3wxi « defendant stock salesman was not in the court room. Judge Geiger directed that he be brought in. o - I Herman Dierks returned yesterday from an extended trip to New York City, where he visited friends. He also visited at Long island. Niagara Falls and Canada. JUNIOR LEAGUE I NIGHT IN REVIVAL a _ I Young People To Be Special I Guests At Methodist Revival Tonight Toniuht is Junior League night at the Methodist revival. The young people will gather at 5:30 p. m., for a pot-luck supper after which they will attend the gospel service at 7:.">0 p. m. During the revival service. Evangelist Lane will give another of his excellent sermons. There will be a meeting at the church for women Friday at 2:3 m. Members of the Women’s Foreign ami Women's Home Missionary socities and all other ladies of the congregation are invited. Mrs. E. H. Lane will make the address. ! Morning prayer meetings will be held as follows: Thursday, 9 a. m. At Industrial Association rooms. Rev. E. H. Lane, leader. Thursday, 9:30 a. m. Mrs. .1. S. Peterson. 214 Jefferson street; Cal Peterson, leader. ; Mrs. E. W. Johnson. 509 Marshall ‘[street; Mrs. J. R. Parrish. leader. ' Mrs. Forest Elzey, 803 North Second street; Mrs. E. 11. Lane, leadei. “ , Mrs. R. S. Shimp. 821 Jefferson street; Mrs. M. J. Welker, leader. Mrs. Winifred Russell and Mrs. Emil Baumgartner, 803 Russell street ; » Mrs. Heber Humbarger. leader. Friday, 9 a. m. At Industrial Association rooms, f Rev. E. H. Line, leader. i Friday, 9:30 a. m. I Mrs. Dr. J. M. Miller. 212 South Second street; Mrs. C. B. Vail, lead t er. t Mrs. S. E. Brown,. 232 North First n street; Mrs. Sadie Shearer, leader. | Mrs. E. E. Zimmerman, 618 Nortl h Second street; Mrs. John Rex. leader e Mrs. E. A. Mann, 1003 Monroe i- street; Mrs. Fred Nichols, leader, n Mrs. H. D. Lower. 333 South Fiftl street; Mrs. F. V Mills, leader.

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FIRST PATIENT V Mark Noble Above is a photo of Mark Noble, ■ 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Karl 'Noble, of this city, who was the first | patient received in the James Whit- [ comb Riley hospital for children when i that institution was opened for service this morning. Mark will receive [ treatment for infantile* paralysis, | which left him crippled in both legs i and his back. SEWER CONTRACT LET RY COUNCIL Old Machinery At City Plant Sold; Other Council News The contract for constructing the France sewer extension between Third and Uno streets, the Erie railroad tracks and Adams street, was awarded by the city council last evening io Joseph Metzer on his bid for $1,299.00. Mr. M”tzer was the only [bidder to file a bid on the improve- | inent. His bid included furnishing all labor and material n-c essary to construct the sewer The old turbine steam engines, shafting and other obsolete machinery, owned by the city at the municipal light and power plant, wen* sold to the Maier Hide and Fur company of this city, on their bid of $12.65 per ton. Two other bids were filed, they being. J. F. Arnold Company. $10.65 per ton. and th<* Decatur Foundry, Furnace and Machine comipany. $9.00 per ton. Approximately 50 tons of old machinery will be* sold, it being replaced with new artd more modern machinery within the last , two years. The council has also ! purchased a new Ingersoll-Rand air 'Compressor to be installed at the citv I plant. The bond of George Raber as a licensed electrician was filed and approved by the council. The* street commissioner's report r was filed and referred to the* street . and sewer committee. The petition for a street ligh; on I Short Sixth street was granted by the committee, to whom it had been f (Continued On Page Five) GRAND JURY IS ATWORK TODAY Eight Witnesses Examinee Before 2 O’clock This Afternoon The Adams county grand jury me this morning and started investig; ( tion into several alleged law viol; tions in the county within the pae year. • Eight witnesses including tw women, had betin examined at n o’clock this afternoon. Six oL th eight witnesses were front the rurt districts of the county while th other two were from Decatur. No school children have been cal ed before the grand jury so far. Lat year there were many school chi dren called before the jury and a fe local cigar store and pool room owi Ij ers were indicted for selling ciga ettes to minors and allowing minot to play pool. No intimation was give )t today in regard to the cases bein investigated by the jurbrs. ;■■■». 'l'"’’?"'” J” 1— k h : Weather h Generally fair tonight and Titan day; rising temperature.

ember 19, 1924.

EIGHT FARMERS | INSTITUTES IN 1 ADAMS COUNTY First Os Series Os Institutes Opens At Berne On January 20 GOOD SPEAKERS Speakers For Institutes Are Well Versed In Agriculture ' The farmers institute cchecluled re- | cently made public by tli<* agricultural i 'extension department at Purdue I shows Adams county will have eight ( farmers’ Institutes next winter. The places and dale's of the meetings, with j their chairmen, are listed below: Berne, Fred Blum. chairman, ? January 2'l; Boho. Kermit Bowen, chairman. January 21 ; th nova. Mars tin Brennan, chairman. January 22; Hartford township. Eugene Lindsey, chairman. January 27: Kirkland township, Homer Crum, chairman, January 28; Union township.\C. 1). Spa! lor. chairman. February :i; Monroe. J. F. Rupert, chairman. February 4; Monmouth, ('. I). Kunkel, chairmon. ■ February 5. In o*’der to receive aid from Purdue* 'in holding a farmers institute it is t .necessary that an association of at | [least 25 men and 1.", women bo formed. [All the above* associations have com[plied with the above regulations, al.[though the Berm- association torm[ed an organizations la-t spring in [order to qualify for meetings this ‘|Winter. Meetings wore formerly held s at Berne but for sotm* re ason wore al- . lowed to discontinue sc votal years r i aK °’ | *At the farmers institutes as they jhave been during the List few years Jin Adams county, a gmtleman and I lady speaker each give two address’e< during the dny. HTion evening [sesions are held, local talent is used. ' The chairman are in general c harge of B arrangements for the meetings hut as I ja rule several committees are ap- | pointed to take c harge* of the various activities in the institute* such as the f conduct of corn shows, contests, ene I -.- . i- ■ (Continued On Page Four) r I 0 .[HAWKINS CO. '■ SUIT SENT HERE ; 1 ■ Suit Brought By Dissatis- , tied Investors V’enued i Here For Trial .( The suit brought by Joseph M. t Aldridge and (hirt-en other parlies against Morton S. Hawkins. Car] B. ~ Anderson and Anthony a. Sel.i b. of v [the Hawkins Mortgage Company, of n I Portland for the ijmrpose of rec-over--Jing the amount of investments they [made in the* Welfare* Ixian Society of '.Jacksonville, Florida, has been venu;ed from the Jay circuit court tn this jcoiuity for .trial. The transcript and [olher papers were placed on file here c/ today. I I The plaintiffs allege* that the defendants fraudulently misrepresented [the security and assets of the loan J society for the purpose* of defrauding them. If is alleged that the defendal: incorporated some ::ot) loan societies in a fraudulent scheme ami ton I splraey to cheat and defraud the plaintiffs. The plaintiff's are demand:n ‘ ing judgment for sums ranging from ' a ‘ S9O to SI,OOO, the different sums ask st ed for totalling $3,61-3.33. vo h “ Italians Rob Michigan •al Bank; Get $30,000 he (United Presse Service*) Farmington, Mich. Nov. 1!L Six Italians held un employes of (he Farmington Slate hank today, took $30,000 in cash and escaped after a running battle with townspeoph*. m- ' — o nr- 1 >rs | * ° en ■ Man Killed By Fumes ns From Car In Garage “ (United I’re-e Service) Stu?gis. Mich.. Nov jo. -Lincoln Snow, 55. wa found deed t?i his garage here this morn'ng, having - s . been killed by fumes from his ear which he was repairing.

Funeral For Mrs. Conrad Will Be Held Thursday Funeral services for Mis. Minnie' Conrad, wile of County <'vmmlsslcmei [ Ernst Conrad, who died suddenly at her home in Root township at noon TtK'Kilay, will be held from the home at 1 o’dock and from th<* Fuelling [ Litlheraii i liurdi at 1:3" o’clm k Thursday afternoon. The Rev Modi, i'. pastor of the Fuelling diurdi. will have charge of the funeral ser-1 [vices. Burial will be made in the Fuelling cemetery. PYTHIANSWILL HONOR D.B. ERWIN Local Lodge Will Give Reception At Home Thursday Evening .... A reception honoring Dore B Er-[ win. of this eitv. Grand Chancellor of i the Knights of Pythias in the Domain of Indiana, will be held Thursdayi evening at file K. of P. Home and an into-eUing program is being prepared by the committee in charge. M>. Erwin was elevated to the high office of Grand Chancellor at the date meet ng of tin* Knights of Pythias held in Indianapolis during the fit t week of October. He has occupied (very other chair in the Grand Lodge and nis success'on to the highest office iu the fraternal order is a recognition of his ability and s'm-ere interest tn the Knights of Py'hias lodae Several Grand Lodge officers of the Knights of Pythias and of the Pythian Sisters will be in attendance at the med.ng. among them being Mr. fk-.rl Mitchell. Grand Keeper of the Refolds and Seals, the District Deputy Grand Chancellor and several of the Grand Chiefs of the Pythian Sister cider. Mr. Erwin will be called on for a short talk and the other Grand officers will deliver addresses. The Pythian Sisters will serve a luncheon during the evening and a most happy time is anticipated. Every member of the Knights of Pythias and the Pythian Sisters are invited to attend the meeting and accord a welcome to Mr Erwin. The meeting will be held after the regular lodge meeting. • o — Corn Reaches New Height Chicago, Nov. 19. Corn prices today reached new high levels for th** year in trading on the Chicago board lot' trade. May corn sold at $1.24 a bushel and llhe July hit $1.24 ‘.4. Wheat and oats [followed corn to higher levels but did • not make records. Urgent demand for cash corn was the chief bullish factor in the trade. ;_O AMERICAN STORE TO CHANGE ROOM! 1 Will Move To Smith Build ing Formerly Occupied i By Anker Store Work started this morning on tin remodeling of the room in the build I ing owned by John Smith on Second street, south of the First National ~ Bank, and when completed it will b* ' occupied by The American Store, owned by John F. Moser and Eugene Runyon. The American Store will move from its present location in the I .George Morris Building on North See ond street sometime after the first " of the year. Mr. Runyon stated to day. A new front will be placed in the Smitil building A center entrance with show windows on both sides will !) also be'installed and the interior of the building will be remodeled. The room was formerly occupied by the c Anker Cigar store, which recently ' moved into the Ellis building, east ol ' ;It he Court house ‘ The George Morris company, own ers of the Morris Five and Ten cen i«tdre, will move its store front lh( i Dirkcs building across the stree from the National Bank to the rood pt now occupied by the American Stort It was stated that the Morris stor would occupy Ih" entire room an it bait of the adjoining room, the t’ror s | part being rented. Mr. Morris, wh ; t live; at Bluffton recently purchase r the two buildings from Mrs. B. Terveer, of this city. I

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DECATUR YOUTH IS AOMTTED TO RILEY HOSPITAL Mark Noble, Son Os Mr. 1 And Mrs. Carl Noble, Is First Patient LAD IS DELIGHTED Happy To Know That He 1 Can Attend School At The Hospital I <Unil»-l Service) Indianapolis. Nov. 19—(Spe ; • rial to Daily Democrat) —To Mark Noble, 10. of Decatur, Ind., ihe Kiley Memorial hospital for Children offers more than health. It offers too. education which he has been denied ,'ever since he was crippled by [infantile paralysis when he was i 3 years old. “Now I can go to school” he i sjiid as he entered ihe hospital i today. J Mark was the first patient f admitted. His application was the first to be completed and ( hospital authorities had promised to wait for him before ad- , mittini* anyone else. I Tin* little cryipk* was proud of be- . ing tlu* flint patient. J "I'm so glad you waited for me and |l'm so glad to lx* here" he assured ■ Robert Neff administrator of the hoc > pital and Dr John 11. Oliver of the . hospital staff. ri Mark drove from Decatur with his f mother and father Mr. and Mr s Carl t Noble. They slart( d Tuesday and stopped at t'ambridg*- City over night. i' "Mark (tin hardly wait to start to ischool" Mrs. Noble said. He never it has been able to go regularly l>e cause there was no way to get him there." a "Down here we ll bring tile .'allot.l :i right to yon” Neff assured the lad 1.1 Mark smiled his appreciation of if the chance to be given him to devee lope th** thin legs which are not able d to bear his weight now ami his mind •' at the same time. ' Five children were to lie transferred from the Robert Ix>ng hospital to the Riley hospital today and one j from tlie Methodist hosiptal. I ' " ' Refuse Use Os Mails ( To Nile Art Company Fort Wayne. Nov. 19 Use of the 1 mails has been refused the Nile Art H company, of Fort Wayne, of which '' the 21-year-old proprietor. Glenn B 1 Fryer, is charged with using the lN nulls to defraud The company has been continuing business since Fryer's arrest a week ago hut the postal department order puts a stop to the enterprise which has netted Fryer between $200,000 Sand $300,000 in two years, postoffico Inspectors say. I- CREDIT BUREAU I ORGANIZED HERE ie il-' Decatur Business Men Or- *' ganize Against Unscrupulous Debtors I! Representatives of about ninety business and professional nmn of the city met at the Industrial Association ( lub roomsj last night and organized ( a credit bureau to be known the Decatur Credit Bureau After adopting a constitution and bylaws, tin* following oflieers w* re elected: John I, T. Myers, president; Wilson lx*e. vice--president; William Linn, secretary; e and F. V. Mills, treasurer. e The purpose of the credit bureau is v to protect tin- membership from lie,f ing imposed by unscrupulous debtors A rating book containing the names n . of every debtor in this vicinity who (I refuses to pay his honest debts, will lt . be compiled. WMh this hook the et merchants or professional men will m lx* protected against granting credit •e. to those who are not entitled io it. re All merchants aud professional men nd in the city who were not represented nt at the meeting last night are Invited ho to become members of tlie oi'gaoiZHed tion. An announcement of the time J. of the next meeting will be made in the Dailv Democrat. I