Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1924 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller, Pres, and Gen Mgr. E. W. Kantpe, Vice-Pies. & Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse. Soc’y. & Bus. Mgr.j Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur,' Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies 2 cents, One week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier $5.00 ( One month, by mail 35 cents Three Months, by mall sl.o# Six Months, by mail $1.75 One Year, by mail — $3.00 1 One Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are witbn first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those zoues.) Advertising Rates Made Known by Application. i Foreign Representative Carpenter & Company, 123 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. < Fifth Avenue Bide.. New York ctit.v < N. Y. Life Bldg.. Kansas City, Mo. f 1 ]

New York lias a gunman’s war on and if you read the papers from there now you run across such titles as Cut-em up Slavin, the Moriarity Blood. Biff the Finn and Touch Eddlcston. We wonder why they get such handles and where. So long as they kill each other its perhaps a good thing for every one including themselves. The Niikle Plate merger is r. iriug conipletibn and it is expected that within a few weeks the plans for the year 1925 why h are said to include a number of changes of one kind and another will be announced. We ire hop'ng it includes a new depot and some other improvements here. II is claimed that the Van Swearingers who control the Nickle Plate now own seventy-five per cent of the Erie. ' Added production requirements of the local General Electric company ] and the addition of new etnp’oye . at , the rate of fifteen a week is a good i sign. Orders now coming through have caused a boost of 2.000 motors , a week and more people on the pay . roll. We hope they continue to pros- j per and increase their Decatur plant : which is one of the best managed and operated in the country. If you are going to help the Good Fellow club you will have to hurry. The funds should be in tiiis week and tlie ladies need double the amount subscribed to date. Surely you dofi't intend to dally away this opportunity | to help make some boy or girl happy on Christmas day. Think of the'

little fellows who won't even have an orange, a sack of candy, no toys, no; dinner on the glad day unless it is provided. It will make your Christmas happier if you help in this' < ause. X 1 wss Republican leaders who a week ago were announcing in the headlines that lite coming session would be unusually economical and would last' only for thirty to forty days are now, deflating that there will be so much business that it will require the entre sixty-one days. Sure and every day they are at it will cost niontjy. When they get centralizing schools, roads, police powers and the rest of it, you wilL have some system ami be paying for it. The house of congress was the beetle of a memorable event day when friend and foe of the late Woodrow Wilson met there to homage to the things he stood for. President Coolidge was there. Mr* Taft was a leader, foreign ambassadors, the Wilson ■cabinet and the (ooiidgc cab'net, the irreconcilables and the friendly ones, senators and congressmen of long service and they forgot the tig'y things said for pdit-. I 1 al purposes so often they were believed by many and all joined in pay ing the highest respect to the great ideals of the war president and they pledged their efforts to carry out the plans for the good of the world and' this nation. James T. Shepherd, cashier of the Farmer's State Bink at Milford. In-' diana, near Warsaw, robbed that in-' stitution of $280,000 which he invested in various enterprises and lost.

Flashlights of Famous People |

Face to Face With Cecil Blount DeMille Motion Picture Director By JOE MITCHELL CHAPPLE i It whs convention time in Los Angeles and the studios were thrownopen to file public. A crowd had gatli ered around ('cell DeMille for a "closeup” while he was "shooting" a scene amid the strains of "Nearer My God to Thee.” Unperturbed, he was directing in tones scarcely audible —the actors were within a few feet. It was a scene of the. dying woman in “The Ten Commandments,” showing the mother lying in the ruins of the building that had fallen be-1 cause of faulty and dishonest construction. DeMille was as much pt home among the crumbled bricks and mortar as in the depiction of boudoir

1 scenes. During all the annoyances of i this gigantic production, it is declared that he never broke the second commandment-and on that day they ■ put a new crush in his fedora. There arc those who insist that Cecil Blount DeMille is the most dramatic of all the directors. For many years a successful playwright, actor and producer, he was given a Belasco touch to motion pictures—or rathbr a DeMille touch- for he was a Belasco director. As director-gen-eral of the laisky ‘Production Company, he scored a triumph in "The Ten Commandments” that changed the color of electric signs to lavender. His picture “Triumph.” was a fore-j runner that carried the keynote of i bis achievements. A list of DeMille . plays includes notable productions and he is partial to the word “Tri , ttmph.” Living at Lauglin Park, his ■ friends insist that the Larky Studio, on Vine Street in Hollywood is where i he spends most of his waking hours when producing a new picture. The practical side of Cecil DeMille is indicated when he is attending a meeting of the Commercial National Bank or Bank of Italy in I»s ! Angeles. Vico president of the Federal Trust and Savings Bank of Hollywood, he certainly has his hours." The atmosphere of picture production he knows, but in minute details from a financial, practical. as well as an artistic standpoint ■ he is more like the Cecil DeMille tip pict,ures. • Comment from Cecile DeMille on his own pictures is not easy to obtain. In his library at home lie was more interested in the reading and research involved in productions planned for the future than is discussing . any of the pictures that have won for I

Editor's Note: Send ten names of your favorite famous folk now living to Joe Mitchell Chapple, The Attic, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City. Tne readers of this paper are to nominate for this Hall of Fame.

j He has plead guilty to accepting de- ' posits when he knew the bunk was 1 “busted,” and has been sentenced to 1 prison. He will be tried on other charges. He has wrecked his community, a little hamlet of 1,000 people and has brought sad t dings to j his fellow citizens. like all the later I day criminals he is now very re- ■ pentent and says he will return after J his release and live it down. He will do no such thing for It jan't be done. He, can never make amends for the

i I wrongs he has done his people auri I the sorrow he has brought his comI nmnity. He should be punished severely enough that he nor others . w 11 care to repeat his bold adven tures. The death of Gene Stratton-Porter I in an automobile accident brings * pointedly to the attention of the public the great danger that lies iu| highway traffic. Just a few days ago ' a high dignitary in the Roman Cath--1 olic church at Fort Wayne met with an accident which resulted in his death. Saturday Governor Small, ofj Illinois, was severely injured, in an automobile atefdent. It would appear! thiit automobile accidents, like death, I 'aS no respecter of persons. The ' great and the low, the rich and thej ' poor are all alike exposed to the 1 dangers of the highway. Perhaps it will be impossible to eliminate en-' ' tlrely highway accidents, but thej grave danger that lies in highwayj t raffic should be a stern admonition I to all drivers of automobiles to exercise the utmost care. Laws may do much to regulate traffic and throw i about it safeguards, but laws will! never be able to eliminate the care- . lessness and indifference of Individ-i

— - DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1921

• £ 11 r ■1 K W-. ■ CECIL B. DeMILLE says: | “Pantomime has not lost any of that subtle understaanding of the, theatrical art. It plays as much a part In the production of a tragedy | or comedy on the stage, with living actors, as it does in motion pictures."

him a world wide fame. As a boy he put on plays with his eider brother. William Churchill De Mille, at the old home town and birthplace, Washington. North Carolina. Cecil DeMille even here reflected the spirit of the ! cavalier and the Huguenot, repressent ing the spirit of a line of his distinguished ancestors. . | "From the beginning I have fell that human action and emotion continue about the same in every age and time. The variance in costume is a mere detail compared to catching that elusive something which the audience, with its collective battery {of keen eyes, never fails to observe and understand, although they cannot define it in words. Ixive is love and hate is hate—the conflict is age- ‘ old—but the border line is sometimes (difficult to trace even as a plot is developed, for there may be one look or an expression that may divert the thread of the story. Action and sequence must be watched ami made consistent with what people understand ‘as natural, whether the action is that of a price, or pauper, queen or maid.” Every time he returns to New York for a breathing spell, Cecil DeMille finds the days filled. New York is the market, and Cecil DeMille knows his Broadway as well as the isolated 'picture house on Main Street or at the cross-road in the country. Keeping in touch with the theatrical world, he comments: “Pantominie has not any of that subtle understanding of the theatrical art. It plays as much a part in the production of a tragedy or comedy on the stage, with living actors, as it does in motion pictures.”

ual motorists to which most accidents are due. It is largely up to the individual motorist, through careful driving and the avoidance of uui necessary risks, to protect both himself and others from injury. The , success attending the organization of . automobile clubs throughout the country in no small measure will . prove helpful in the solution of probI lems of highway traffic and the elitniiiition of highway dangers.— Marion , Chronicle.

(Big Features Os J RADIO I Programs Today ( WJZ. New Yrk,~U55.M) and WRC, [ Washington. (469 Mi 8:45 p. m. (E. S.T.) —Mozart society concert, John Charles Thomas, baritone soloist. WEAF, New York. (492-M) WFI, Philadelphia, (395-M) WCAE. Pittsburgh. (462-M) WGR. Buffalo. (319I Ml WEEI. Boston. (303-M) and WJAR I Providence. (360-M) 9 p. m., (E.S.T.) i —Everready Entertainers. KOO, Oakland (312-M) 8 p. m., (P. * C.S.T.)—Orpheus male chorus concert. I WJZ. New York, (455-M) WRC, i Washigtou, (169-M) WGY, SchenecI tady, (380-M) and KDKA, Pittsburgh. , (326-M) 10 p. m. (E.S.T.) — Bruus- ; wick hour of music. WCX. Detroit. (517-M) 10 p. in. I (E.S.T.) —Red Apple club. I o ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ • • ♦ From the Dally Dernocret ♦ 20 year* ago thia day ♦ Dec. IG, 1904.—Luther Collins, 32,

CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 14 —DE — r 3 — I 16 |7 "Id Bni" — zHt z nsTI H' B « ’ W| & B H Epss SB® -ffal ■ ■ v rT — s —— — I —■ ——— I® by WMlcr* Ntwtpxptr Union.) Horizontal. Vertical, t-Gurt., jzttrrirtF “““ .< tb. b.x.l. g ‘ IS— Drain .. . . * “ * IT-MMaay >.» ;L< P »Xy-a rap. ’ --- Z»—Perrorn, M—lmaginary belt In the bearena . 2«—Confirm f"J , «o—Over Sfi—Greek latter 81—P.rt of -to he" St— South American Indian BS—lHblleal character XT—Te-ir s# —Food bri>nltb , bHc fc ~ bv ehewed 40—Small filran aecond time by an animal —Near Sfi—Vnlt of menanrement «t—Fray «»—Tidy —Poaaeaaed —Woman's quarters In a MoharadO—For a short time medan residence th—A hoy 42—ejaculation 50— period of time 4S—Titanium lahhr.) 51— Consaaaed 44—1 nit ot lentcth SB—State 47—To twist out nt shape fit—Variety of apple 4«—Resembllna lace *S—One who hires workers no—The first woman 52—Oraan of hearing The solution will appear In next Issue.

found guilty by jury after eight hours. Forty years ago today occurred battle of Nashville iu which many of the Adams county boys took part. Erie freight wreck near transfer house causes several hundred dollars damage. Party at Confer-home for Mrs. Kim mei, of Dayton. Ohio, and Mrs. Frank Christen, of Chicago. Supreme court rules that trustee has no right to issue warrant until b 11 is approved by township council. H. Werthan, of New York City is visiting Jacob Kalver. Clover Leaf freight carrying goods valued at $123,000 passes through here. Contained 33 cars of meat, seven of liquor ami one of poultry and eggs.

0 THE CORN-HUSKING Through the golden autumn weather He had been IAo ill to gather In his corn; , Walked the deep, dark, shadowed vale, — ' Death close stalking on his trail Night and morn.

I Came the bleak days of December When God's goodness men remember How Christ came; How He gave Himself for others. Teaching. “All men should be brothers” In His name. Said the neighbors, “Let u: share Gordon's trouble, help him share His misfortune. ( ls enough of us turn out And husk one day. we'll just about Have it done.” Acres? Something over twenty. (Neighbors? Just about as many. How they wotked! Throe or four to every wagon; (Wind and will keept them from lagin' No offe shirked. J Women folks got up a dinner; Buskers voted it a winner,— Way they ate! Feasted so on youiig fried chicken That, to finish the corn pickin' Made them late. i ( But when set that short day’s sun Gordon's corn was cribed, —all done! A worthwhile day! Each one worked unselfishly. This? True Christianity,— The Jesus’ way. —A. D. Burkett.

Solution of Puzzle No. 13. ola'me'nEc Bp u n't Me, n dh?b a i|Kae Oj N ABBS O SM V A R N S 4 O v’E 'rMl otß|t'a ch L E A KBW° n e C h o ar'tßSeL t Miiaifo.R ■B| l T I USA fp' MIMS’s IC A PT A I NBC OMP a SS ' A WBBHRf! kB H BtJKESc : n a :’r IMlNisiTittiN— miTil I d , eM Two Banks And One Trust Company Failed In 1921 Indianapolis, Dec. IG—Only two banks and one trust company failed in Indiana during the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, Eben H. Wolcott, state banking commissioner, announced in his annual report today. Five banks failed during the previous year.

Thirteen banks were granted charters during the year and thirty banks were reineosporated. Three state banks were liquidated, three private banks were authorized and five banks were retired. Two trust companies were incorporated and one was liquidated. The banks granter charters had a total capitalization of $415,000, most of them being capitalized at the min-' imiitn amount of $25,000. The ne wbanks incoroprated were: Farmers State Bank, Mooreland: Meridian State Bank, Indianapolis; Newton county state bank, Kentland: Fillmore state bank, Fillmore; Blountsville state bank, Blountsville; Second Mid-City state bank, Haute; First and Farmers state bank Gary; Peoples State bank. Terre I Roanoke; Kennard State bank. Kennard; State Bank of Brook; Bath state bank. College Corner; Indiana state bank. Indiana Harbor; and Mil ler state bank. Miller. The banks failing were: Discount and Deposit bank .it Kentland. Ind., which was closed by the banking department Oct. 14. 1923 following the failure of Warren T. McCray, then governor of Indiana and president of the bunk. North Side state bank, Vincennes, c’osed by the banking department Aug. 21. 1924. Farmers Trust company. Hunting ten. closed by the department Aiig. 21. 1924 Among the batiks liquidating was the Farmers Static Bank of Topeka. whi f h was voluntarily UquliTa’ed Jan. 1. 1924, the business being taken over by the State Bank of Topeka. The state bank at Yoder was voluntarily liquidated Aug. 7. 1924. The Buck Creek state bank was liquidated July 31. 1924 and was converted into a -private bank. o ■, John Joseph made a busines trip to Fort Wayne this morning.

Every Lady Appreciates a COMPACT II “BLUE ROSE COMPACTS’' SINGLE and DOUBLE-SMALL and | ARge From drowsy hillsides in far-away Bulgari are gathered the myriad blooms wh osc bouquet Is captured in Blue Rose. Skilled per fumers have distilled this fragrant e with infinite patience, carefully blending with precious Attar of Rose, rare oils from Italy and the Mediterranean slopes of France. Their achievement is a charmingly enticing f rag . rance, as alluring as it is elusive. Single Compacts sl. Double Compacts $153 1 The Holthouse Drug Co, BUY A VICTROLA FOR CHRISTMAS

€ PAY cash and buy for*less? Phones 3, 4 and 5 Free City Deliver* 149-151 South Second Street

B B IsapsA I k . | W I TJFAT T VT Wreaths. Large, full size ftA n 1.1.Vz JLJ M. plenty of berries. each...£vl K Oranges X 1 £T 45c Complete assortment of sizes, dozenlßc, 25c, 35c NUTS Sd ereey . Mis K l. 25c New California English Walnuts, lb29c New Soft Shell Almonds, lb New Brazil Nuts, lb" , New Filberts, lb Fresh Roasted Peanuts, lb lbt Xnas Trees J/LTJXk ea. Prices up from CHRISTMAS TREE HOLDERS.. 85c and SI.OO Soft Centered Chocolate VAIMD I Drops, lb. 18c; 2 lbs. forOOV See our assortment of Christmas Candies. i Chocolate Covered Cherries, 1 lb. box" DATES K aryDa,es . 21c Bulk Shredded Cocoanut, lb Apples 52X5.... $1.50 Special Wednesday—Bushel Basket. i USHER & HARRIS—SoIe Agents