Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1924 — Page 1

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BISHOP ALERDING DIES AT FT. WAYNE BS •

lelksmemorial I SERVICE TO BE I held tomorrow ■ Excellent Program To Be 1 Given At Annual MemI orial Service I DR. JONES TO SPEAK ■ ■ Eighteen Deceased MemI hers Os Lodge To Be I Honored At Service l| An e: seller: program has Imen ar■rnr.gi’ for tl'.e annual memorial serv■ii as of the Elks lodge to be held ■ ; ar.dsy “f.tmoon in th? Elks Hall at < Bt vo-thiity o'clo-k in memory of 'he ■r'gh'.cen deceased members of DeI- - r lodge, No. 992. The public is ■ invited to attend. I Tor many years it has been t’.u ■c. com of the Elks to honor the ■ memory of their deceased on the se ■ curd Sunday in December and the ■ p.cgrcm to n? given here Sunday is i lin keeping with this beautiful prac- ■ lice. Dr. Harry O. Jone-, of Berne. I will deliver the memorial address and I;. musical program, in charge of Mrs II . A. Holthouse, will also be given. II The program for the services is as I follows: I i recessional .. Mrs. Carrie Hanbold I Oi ruing by Exalted Ruler. ■ Address “Good of the Order" M.. D. M. Hensley I“O Morning Land" Phelps I Mrs. Louis A. Holthouse Mr. John Walters I Ritualistic Work. I 1 rayer Chaplain [ The Singing in God's Acre"'. .. . Brackett Mr. John Walters I Eulogy Mr. Walter Wilkinson “Crossing the Bar" Neidlinger Mrs. Holthouse Memorial Address .. Dr. 11. O. Jones | "Twilight" Nevin Mrs. Holthouse Mr. John Wallers ! Closing Ode Air “Auld Lang Syne" ■ By All Present Fred Sehurger, exalted ruler of the I local lodge, will preside at the servI ices and the ritualistic work will be in charge of the officers. The deceased members of the lodge, two of whom died this year are: Roman .1. ; Holthouse, Anson Van Camp. Albine B. Smith, Samuel J. Laman. Fred Vaughn, Amos P. Beatty, Geo. W. Klein, John D. Myers. Samuel Huser. Ralphs Miller, Wid R. Dorwin, Otto Green. Shafer Peterson. Charles H. Elzey, Dr. D. D. Clerk, John C. Moran. E. X. Ehlnger and C. L. Meibers. The Elks hall is located on the third floor of the Morrison building, south of the Court house. St. Joseph County To Spend $330,000 On Roads South Bend. Ind.. Dec. 6.—StJoseph county will spend $330,000 in 1925 to improve 14 miles of roads, it was announced today following approval of the program of the county council. This would give the county 365 miles of good roads. Half of the milage will be p.'ved and the other half gravelled. COMMISSIONERS TO MEET TWICE To Receive Bids On Dec. 23; To Name Hospital Trustee Dec. 29 The county commissioners will hold two special sessions this month. On December 23 the board will meet and receive bids for the furnishing of blanks, blank books, stationery and printing supplies needed by the county next year. On December 29 the board will meet to allow bills. The appointment of a member of the hoard of trustees of the Adams County Memorial hospital will come up at the last meeting in December or at the first meeting in January.

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Epidemic Os Smallpox Breaks Out At Wabash Wftba.-h, Dec. q. Wabash is again facing a small pox epidemic, which * without strict co-operation of all 11 townspeople w"i < i.d disastrously. | Dr. L. o. Shrilly, city health officer. i today announced. Within the past 124 hours eight new cases of the disease have ben found, which do not include: the two new eases reported .Monday. Five families on Harrison avenue . L-it-re no w Quarantined with the dis-I ■ease, and the other families are per-j . ons related to them, and who very ( likely were exposed to smallpox at j 'he same line and place. X'on< of the v.iiims so far, the; physician stated, are dangerously ill although most of them have been very sick. ’ HIGH SCHOOL TO GIVE OPERETTA — Boys’ And Girls’ Glee Clubs To Present “Bulbul” Friday Night Members of the Decatur high ( school boys’ and girls' glee club are wot king d'ligently on an operetta to ■ lie given in the high school auditor-' iuin next Friday evening. The title of the operetta is Bulbul, a comic| i operetta in two acts, written by | Maude Elizabeth Inch. The music | was written by W. Rhys-Herbert. Tim storv told in the operetta is I I very interesting. It deals with King lamit. who has bethrothed his only, child, the Princess Bulbul, to the; ; Prince Caspian, and the prince is on his way td attend the wedding. The | couple have never met and the] princess vainly implores her father not to make her marry a man she has never seen. The prince, on his side, determines to see his future wife before the bethrothal ceremony. On reaching the outskirts of the city, he disguises himself and his friends las peddlers, and thus clad they seek the palace. After meeting the princess, the prined peddler speedily wins her affection and endeavors to persuade her to give up Prince Caspian and elope with him instead. This the princess refuses to do. They agree to meet once more in the ballroom that evening to say i good bye. Unable to part with the I man she loves. Bulbul hides him behind a curtain, bidding him trust her Consternation reigns later when the king and court learn that the prince and princess are both miss'ng. All are still more horrified wnen Bulbul enters the tailroom, a long cloak over he: gown, and announces that sh? will not wed tin prince, but instead the man she loves —a peddler Throwing aside tn<-~i-ii ,i n, be.iind which the prince >s hidden, she exposes him to the full view of king and court. Grief is turned to joy. The king recognizes in the supposed peddler, the prince, and Bulbul is too pleased at the outcome to be indignant at the prank p’ayed upon her In the meantime, Ida, who has always had a lingering fondness for the king, proposes to him under a promise he made that afternoon, and he is bound to concent. Alain and Lilia make a third coup’e and the three weddings arc set for "Tuesday at noon.” Attractive costumes are being se- | cured for the operetta. Rehearsals ' have been in progress for the past few’ weeks under the direction of Miss Cordelia Reisen, music Instructor in the high school and Mrs. Floy I Blair. Tile Mill Near New Corydon Burned Thursday Geneva, Ind., Dec. 6.—A fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the Kinney tile mille, one mile north of Corydon, Thursday morning. Teamsters along the road discovered the blaze at about 8 o’clock in the morning, but the fire had gained such headway that nothing could be done to stop it. The mill has not been operated for some time and there is not the slightest clue as to the cause of the blaze. The plant is owned by E J Kinney, and theh loss is cover- < «d by insurance.

: ONE OF CITY'S OLDEST LADIES EXPIRES TODAY . . Jane A. Crabbs Dies At Age Os 91 Years At 8 a. in. Today WAS PROMINENT LADY — Health Failed Following Injuries In Fall Several Months Ago Mrs. Jane Allison Crabbs, age 91 years, one of the oldest and highly os- j teemed ladies of Decatur, died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Jessie Deams I 225 West Adams street, at 8:15 o'clock this morning. Death was due ! to infirmities. Mrs. Crabbs fell several months ago breaking one hip I and had been in falling health ever I since that time. Mrs. Crabbs was a daughter of John and Mary Crawford Allison, and was born in Waynesburg. Penn-| sylvania, April 20, 1836. She came , to Decatur with her mother when she was a young girl, shortly after her father had died. She married to | ( Perry Crabbs while living in Decatur in 1852 and they resided here for ( several years .going to Toledo, Ohio, shortly after the close of lhe Civil, War. Mr. Crabbs was a prominent I grain dealer. While In Toledo. Mrs. Crabbs was prominent in the affairs of the city .devoting much time to charitable institutions. Mrs. Crabbs came to Decatur to; live about 1892, after the death of ‘her husband, and had made her home lon South Third street. She came to live with her niece, Mrs. Deams, I when she became ill several weeks ( ago. She was a lifelong member of . the Presbyterian church and took an active part in church affairs. Mrs.. Crabbs was a member of the Shakespeare Club of this city, also, and ( took much pride in the work of the club. She was an active member of the club at the time of her death. Two children were born to Mrs. Crabbs, a daughter, Jessie, dying in infancy, and a son. Frederick Cory, dying several years ago. Mrs. Crabbs also had one sister. Elizabeth, who j (Continued On Page Five) o NEXT SATURDAY TO BE GIFT DAY Large Crowd Os Christmas Shoppers Expected To Visit City A week from today is Gift Day in Decatur and indications are that it( will be one of the biggest days in the . history of local shopping circles. Coming Just ten days before the Christmas shopping ends, many people will more than likely take advantage of the Gift Day attractions and come here to do their Christmas shopping. The local stores have been stocked for several weeks with beautiful Christmas gifts and business has been good, the merchants say. The public is buying useful presents this year, they state. The Jewelry stores have been opened at night until eight o’clock during the past week and will remain open in the evenings until Christmas. The clothing stores will more than likely remain open in the evenings during the last week before Christmas. The shoe stores and dry goods stores are also planning to remain open a few nights before Christmas n order to give the shoppers, especially those who are employed in local factories, an opportunity to complete their shopping. A cordial Invitation is extended by the local merchants to the people of this community to do their Christmas shopping in Decatur and come here on Saturday, December 13th for the Gift Day program.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 6, 1921.

BISHOP IS DEAD |m Rt. Rev. Bishop Alerding Rt. Rev. Bishop Herman J. Alerd- | ing, bishop of the Ft. Wayne Catholic I diocese died at two o’clock this after-. mt Fort Wayne. FRESHMENLEAD - IN SCHOLARSHIP Honor Roll For Second Six Weeks Announced By I). H. S. The freshman class led the other three classes in scholarship in Decatur high school during the second six weeks, according to the honor roll announced todaj" by Principal Walter Krick. The freshman class average was 86.90 per cent. The seniors were i second with an average of 85.80 per cent; the Juniors were third with an average of 84.70 per vent;, and the sophomores brought up the rear with 'an average of 82.70 per cent, only about four per cent behind the leading freshmen. The average for the (Continued on Page six' — ~ Catholic High Gaine At Fort Wayne Postponed The basketball game between Decatur Catholic high school and Central Catholic high school of Fort , Wayne, scheduled for this evening Fort Wayne, was postponed late this i afternoon. I - GOOD FELLOWS CLUB Give Your Bit And Make Some Poor Child Happy On December 25 The Good Fellows club fund was i increased to $63.98 with contributions received Friday and Saturday morn-| 1 ihg, a total of $9.68 being received in the boxes at the three Decatur banks 1 and at the Daily Democrat office. The j money raised will be used in distribj uting gifts and useful articles to those iwho need them on Christmas Eve. The contributions received in the last i two days are: Previously reported $54.30 Genevieve Berling 1.00 Mrs. Helen Berling 1.00 Fred Kolter 1.00 A Friend ....................................50 A Friend .10 A Friend .28 1 A Friend 25 A Friend 25 A Friend 30 Decatur Daily Democrat 5.00 Total to date $63.98 Weather Rain probably tonight and Sunday nixed with snow in north portion: colder Sunday. -"fl (

ROBBERS LOOT WAREHOUSE OF CHOICE LIQUOR Gigantic Liquor Robbery Is Revealed At C hicago Today SUSPECTS ROUNDED UP ’’lozen Men Taken Into Custodav In Hunt For Gang Os Hijackers (United Press Service) Chicago. Dec. 6—A dozen men have j been rounded up as suspects in the government liquor warehouse robi bery. United States Marshal Levy announced today, in the hunt for the gang of hi-jackers who evaded army | guards to gain their loot. A revised (estimate of the loot places it at $150.000, Levy said. The figure may be much higher, he said, an a re-check . is being made. Chicago. Dec. 6. —One of the most gigantic liquor robberies in the ,ChicI ago area in years was revealed today , when federal official admitted that a i federal warehouse here had been looted of nearly $1,000,000 worth of ‘choice liquors. The robbery was carried out while I soldiers patrolled the building. The robbery occurred last Monday, officials believed. U. S. Marashal Robert R. Levy Is directing a corps of agents in the hunt for a notorious gang of hijackers believed responsible. Several suspects are in custody, Levy indicated. Fifteen ste >1 doors were cut down by the robber band to get the liquor. 1 Padlocks and bolts were stripped ifrom their hinges, but Levy said he ! considered this work was done as a subterfuge to hide the fact there was i “inside assistance ". The quartermaster’s department of the army maintains a 24 watch over the ware- ' house. In addition to 600 cases of whiskey, | large quantities of rare wines and l cordials were included in the loot. Levy announced. TRAINING SCHOOL ENDS FIRST TERM First Semester Closes Next Monday Night; Plans For Future The last regular session of the i first semester of the Decatur Stanidard Community Training School will be held Monday evening, at 7:15 'o’clock at the Central school building. This will be the time of the regular terms examinations and by the vote of the students last Monday levering nearly every one is planning to take the tests. Great interest has been manifested in the school and by the growing enj thusiasm it is expected the second semester will have an increased enrollment. The course of study for the next semester is being worked out and it, together with the list of I teachers, will be announced soon. I A special social night for the school is being planned to the held at the new Christian church one week from Monday evening. It is hoped that an out-of-town speaker may be secured for a formal program at the j beginning of the evening. C. E. Bell Speaks To Central School Pupils — C. E. Bell, who recently went to Europe on business for the LaFountain Handle company, of this city, of which he is president, jlelivered an interesting talk on his trip, at the chapel exercises at the Central school yesterday morning. The pupils greatly enjoyed Mr. Bells talk.

McCleater And Fry Indicted By Grand Jury Two of the three Indictments returned by the Adams County grand Jury at its November session were [against Clelo McCleater and Elwood Fry, the two youths who were arrested for the holdup and robbery of Homer P. Crum, storekeeper at Honduras, last July, it became known today. McCleater is serving a sentence in the state reformatory at present, he having pleaded guilty to the charge, while Fry is at liberty * under $2,000 bond. His case is scheduled to come up for trial during the present term of court. The other indictment was against Wiley Slusser. for neglect of his wife and child. Slusser pleaded guilty to the charge last week and was released on probation by the court, after he had ! been ordered to pay for the support 1 of his wife and child. COL, REPPERT IS I HOME FROM SHOW — Decatur Auctioneer Sells Prize Bull At International Stock Show . • Col. Fred Reppert, one of America's leading auctioneers, returned last | night from Chicago where he attend-1 ■ ed the International Livestock Show and sold Herford Cattle at the exposition on Friday. For the first time in history, an auction sale was broadcasted over over the radio sending station at the Livestock pavlllion yesterday and Col. Reppert had the pleasure of con--ducting the sale. He sold the prize Herford bull of the show. "Lawrel 1 Perfection sth." owned by the Turner Lumber and Investment company of Kansas City, Mo. The Herford was sold to the Pareta Ranch, located In Argentine, South America and will 1 be shipped to the southern country today. The price which Col. Reppert 1 obtained for the Herford was $2.2525. ' Thursday was /’resident’s day at I the Livestock show and a recordbreaking crowd was there to see President Coolidge and his official party. Secretary of Agriculture Gore • and governor-elect of *West Virginia I I was also in the [tarty and Col. Rep- ■ pert held a long talk with him. The show was one of the best ever held. The Conner Stock farm of this city had several of their fine Her- ; fords at the exposition and honors were won by several of the animals. [Other Decatur people, including A. J. Smith, W. P .Schrock, manager of | the Fonner Stock Farm. J. G. Niblick, | Thomas Durkin. Col. Roy Johnson, t who attended the show have also returned home. Mr. Smith and Col. Reppert were guests at the dinner given in honor of President Coolidge on Thursday. e o — sl Davidson Taken To Eye Specialist At Capital J r Oral Davidson, of this city, who j ir was made totally blind Wednesday . afternon when hot metal splashed into his one good eye while working at 1 the nera.tur Casting , company’s .(plant, has been removed from the I Adams County Memorial hospital to .(Indianapolis, where an eye specialist (will examine the badly burned eye in I | hopes that it may he saved. However, j • [ little hope is held that the eye can j Ibe saved, owing to the fact that the , eye ball was badly burned. Mr. Davidson lost one eye when he was a boy. Ward Funeral Services To Be Held Tomorrow Funeral services for Harvey Ward, young Adams county farmer who died yesterday noon of injuries suffered Thursday morning when he was crushed between a wagon and a corn crib at his home one and onehnlf miles west of the city .will be held from the home west of the city lat 10 o’clock Sunday morning, the Rev. B. F. Dotson, officiating. Burial will be made in the Maplewood cemetery.

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HEAD OF FORT WAYNE CATHOLIC DIOCESE EXPIRES - Death Comes At 2 p. m. Today; Injuries Hasten Death ‘ NOTED CHURCHMAN > I _ Has Long Record Os Service In Catholic Church In America Fort Wayne. Ind.. Dee. G—(Special (so Daily Democrat) —Rt. Rev. Bishop Herman J Alerding. age 79. bishop iof the Fort Wayne Catholic diocese died here at two o’clock this after(noon at the St. Joseph hospital. The death of the eminent church I ‘ man was attributed to three reasons, first the injuries which he received in an automobile accident on Thanksgiving day, second his advanced age and third, a diabetic complication which developed since his injury. D’splaying a surprising reserve energy and buoying up the hopes of . those who have been anxiously watching his condition. Bishop Alerding sat up and even walked about his room on Friday. The restlessness that marked his condition during a portion of the night and a part of the morning subsided considerably and appeared to be further : relieved by the exercises taken. He did not exhibit signs of suffering and was for longer intervals than ,at any time since Sunday, able to ’ recognize those entering the slckII room His relatives and some of the ’(clergy he called by name and spoke I br'efly. 1 Toward evening, however. the 1 weakness attendant on old age and 1 falling heart manifested itself, ag- ' eravated by the diabetic trouble with I, w'hich he lias been suffering and each hour showed the evenerable churcht man’s condition more serious. At • 10 o’clock attending physicians met “ in consultation, though it was genii erally admitted there was little likef’.lihood of the bishop rallying from i|the unconscious state into which i- he had qunk. An hour later the patient showed no improvement and r was perceptibly weaker. s He became unconscious early this • morning and for several hours prevs ’ous to his death was in a state of . coma. It was stated the injuries which he f received in an automobile accident in this city on November 29th. when the car in wh'ch he was riding was . struck by a Broadway street car were not serious enough to cause , death, but combined with his advanc- . |»'d age and the diabetic coraplica- ; tlons, brought about his death Born in Germany B’shop Alerding was horn in West Phnlf.i, Germany, April 13. 1845. While he was an Infant his family | moved to Newport. Ky.. where he at- • r’nntln nn/1 on Vqjrp MASS MEETING FOR ONLY MEN Special Service At Baptist Church Sunday Afternoon There will be a special mass meet- ( ing for men only at the Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon nt 2:30. ■ and Tuesday noon at the Decatur (are invited to come. Rev. Antrobus will have a fine message for men. The service at the Baptist church last night was not quite so well attended. but it was the best service thus far in thfc series. A splendid sermon was delivered, and souls were saved. ’S|ervfl|ces will continue through next week at 7:30 each night, includ- ’ ing Monday and tonight. Services will be held at the Indiana I Board and Filler Co. Monday noon; ■ aand Tuesday noon at the Decatur Casting Co.