Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1925 — Page 1

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I 'PHONE SEBViCE I OBJECTED TO BY I BERNE CITIZENS I I vice Commission I stKK investigation I claim StvOce Is Nol Baler I 1 ';rv» Good As Before I Rate Increase ■ Indianapolis, dan. 19;-—A pe-| I , it on sijmed hv 100 residents of | i’erne, Ind.. and Hurround.ng, I Ln-itorv objecting to the serI vice furnished at the Berne ex|E change of the Citizens Tele-1 ■ .jjiopc company, of Deca. ur, Ind., | ■ asking an investigation, was: I ii|..i| with nublie service comH mission today. i | The petition said the patron* E not getting “any better R rpi'vke, if as good as net ore the R ~|,s of th. company were inJ§ creased." _ R 1V of the Citizen!. Telephone ■ company's patrons at Berne and vlcin- | R; j,, , V erp increased recently when the i R! company installed the new central ( E , rirry. lelaG.mie system. New tele- ■ ■ v.ere installed in all homes R[ tcinni'-s houses at that time. The j ■ „ .-on’ «;•. installed Berne and | ■ .j,,r'ratfs i-,,'reared shortly after the i I pc- system was installed in Decatur. . Hi Tin’ rates wore raised in Decatur. ■ also. ■ Nomination Os Stone I Is Approved Today | H irxirni' pkrs» msuviciei) H Washington. Jan. 19 —The senate H judiciary lommitt.-e to<Taf~nnhtiiin- ■ onslv approved the nomiua'lon of At- ■ t.irney Uenerel Stone to be supreme 9 - court Justice. ■ The nomination had been hold up ■ on three previous occasions to per- I II 'ion of Stone's record. Thomas J. Walsh, Montana, democrat. who had led the investigation, was present, but did not oppose nomination. Four Children Burn To Death In House I EXITED PRESS SEP.VICE)) Waterbury. f’onn.. Jan. 19. —Fire | las' night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Loomis took the lives of four of their children while the Loomis, nine year old son Alvin and their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Loomis, set downstairs listening to the radio. EMANUEL SUMAN IS BURIED TODAY Brother Os Decatur Man Dies At Portland; Poisoned Recently funeral services for Emanuel Suman, age 73, of Portland, brother of Otho s uman, of Plesant Mills, and damson Suman, of this city, were held at two o'clock this afternoon from the Portland Evangelicial ct| urch and Internment was made in Green Park cemetery. Rev. Boyce, of Portland, assisted by Rev. F. S. Erne, 0( Berne, officiated at the funeral services. Mr. Suman's death occurred Friday en ing at his home, following an illuess for three weeks. Death caused by capillary bronchitis, which resulted * len r ' Suman w as poisoned by car--11 mon °xi(le while working at the J. I ong Packing plant at Portlalnd. Tl' Suman has been a resident of oTtand for 38 years. He was born In redericks County. Maryland. March 15.,1. Besides his brothers in this , ounty M r s umun j a gu r V ived by his ® uman , to whom he was 011 13, 1873. one son. and a da ushter, Mrs. Cora ther n j° f I>ortlan d- Two Ollier broGell c Siah ' ° f Calmar ' lowa, and Jane r S '!, man ’ and two sisters, Mrs. cnd M, ard ’ ° f n ' Recovery, Ohio, • rs - Flo Alien, of Kansas City, K »“eas, also survive.

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I Symphony Orchestra To Appear Here February 19 It was announced today that the Gibaon-Plectrum Symphony orchestra, of Fort Wayne, will give u concert at the high school auditorium in this 'city on Thursday evening. February 19. The orchestra gave a concert at the Y W. ('. A. in Fort Wayne Sunday afternon and a large audience enjoyed ihe splendid music. There are between thirty and forty members of the orchestra. The program to ho given here tyy the orchestra will he interspersed by several numbers by Leah and Wilda Barr, juve- | nile entertainers, daughters of the director of the orchestra. The little | girls are readers and entertainers of J great ability. WILL ASSIST IN i FILING RETURNS I | Denuty Internal Revenue Collector To Be Here Feb. I<> To 19 J. O. Bank*, deputy internal revenue collector, writes that he will be jin Decatur February 16. 17. 18 and 19 | for the purpose of assisting local inj come tax payer* in fillfne- out their blanks for last year. He v. ’be located in the Decatur Indust, „i A"sociai tton rooms and anyone wishing his services are asked to call on him on ! either of the above days , Income tax returns for the year ] 1124 must !>e made out and filed not later th'ii) March 15 of this year. Mr. Banks urges local income tax payers: !to avail themselves of his service ] j during the four days ho will be in De-' ! cut nr and gives out the following hints about the payment of income , tax: “Who must make returns? Finale j persons who had net income of SI,OOO or more, or gross income of sf>.ooo or more and married couples who had nf t income of $2 660 or more, or r-Wvss income of s6,or>o or more file re- . jturn9. “M'hen? The fih'ng period is from ] January to March 15. 192f>. i “Where? With collector of in- ■ | ternal revenue for the district In | which the person lives or has his principal place of business. “How? Instruction on form 1040A nnd Form 1040; also the law and regulations. “What is the Tax? Two per cent j normal tax on the first $4,000 of net income in excess of the personal exemption and credits for dependents; tour per cent, on next $4,000; six per cent, normal tax on balance of net income. Surtax from 1 per cent, to 40 . per cent, on net incomes over $lO,000 tor the year 1924. “What are the Exemptions? SI,OOO for a single persons, $2,500 for a married person, or the head of a family, with an additional S4OO for each dependent." - o Ticket Holders May Have Money Refunded ■ The members of the E. L. of C- E. of the Evangelical church wish to thank the public for their liberal patronage at the twenty-five cent supper served in the dining room of the church Saturday evening. A large number of people had to he turned away because of lack of food and anyone holding a ticket who did not get served may have his money refunded by seeing Robert Garard. “Death Trap” Crossing Claims Three More Lives Cleveland, 0.. Jan. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The “death trap" orossing at Solon, near here, claimed 'three more victims. Perry Hawkins, 35, Cleveland; Carl Hawkins, seven, his son. and Mrs Sarah Young, 25, Kent, O. were killed there last night when an Erie train hit their automobile. Mrs. Louise Hawkins and Harvey Hawkins, 19, were injured seriously. Eight persons have met death on i the crossing in the last five years. It is known as a “death trap.” THAT FIRST ROBIN / Jesse Beery called the Daily Democrat today and reported that ne had just seen a Rcbin perch- j ed on a fence post at his home, 316 East Oak street. Mr. Beery is the first to report sight of one of the well, known harbingers of spring.

FLOODS SWEEP OVER SODTHERN STATES TODAY Nine Lives Lost And Property Damaged C.reately .In Five States TEN DAYS OF RAIN I . - (ieorjria, Alabama, S. Carolina, Louisiana And Mississippi Sutler (UNITED PRESS SERVICE)) Atlanta, Ca„ Jan. 19. —Nine persons have lost heir lives and enormous property damage resulted from flood ' J waters sweeping sections of five southern states today. Swollen rivers caused by ten days of heavy rains have flooded vast areas in Gerogia. Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana and Mississippi, caused two trains wreks and hundreds hopeless. C. L. Dunham, engineer anil T F Foster, pardniaster, were killed :.nd several persons injured when a South ern passenger train nlnsved through ' a trestle weakened by flood waleri near Selma. Engineer 11. V. Harwell was killed { and Fireman J. M. Gosner injure-' when a Nashville, Chattanooga £ St. Louis passenger train struck n I slide near Ca’tersvillr. Ca„ an 1 ove/i | turned. At Albaniv, Ga„ Will Tift. ?1. null lAga Tift, 25, were reported drowned I ; when a boat overturned in the Hint; river. Four negroes are believed to have i drowned near Hammond, la., when jheir automobile overturned on a flooded highway and was swept away. Lowland section of Selma. Ala. were covered with water and highway tralfy-xo MayjLgailiPt'v, Ala., was at a standstill. More than 100 persons were borne-i less in West Point, Ca.. where the | Chattahoochee river is running ramp- j ant, flooding lowland?, streets and | j homes. r, Julius Haligk made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. PLANS MADE FOR FARM INSTITUTE Kirkland Township Farmers Make Arrangements For Sessions Jan. 28 At a meeting of the officers of the Kirkland township fanners institute in their township, arrangements of a preliminary nature were made for the annual sessions which will be held during the entire day of January 28. At both forenoon iand afternoon sessions, Mr. J. P. Prigg. a noted agrcultural speaker from the central part of Indiana, will speak. An evening session of an entertaining as well as instructive nature is being planned. ' A basket dinner, which feature has < met with so much favor at institutes held here during the last few years, will be enjoyed at the noon hour. In order to give farmers and their boys of the townsh'p an opportunity : to display seed corn, a corn show is being planned. Ten-ear and single ear samples of both yellow and white corn will be exhibited and prizes of one dollar for first prize and fifty cents for second prize will be award- . ed. Separate classes for men and boys are provided and the committee is urging that all those eligible come to the institute with the corn and swell the show. , It is also hoped that women and girls of the township will enable even a better display of canned goods and other domestic science products to be shown than the excellent exhibit which was shown last year. Practically the same classes will be made for women and girls as were used last year and they also are urged to bring something from every kitchen to make the display of this nature the greatest ever held. Various committee have been appointed to look after the details of I the nstitute which will be in general ! charge of Homer Crum, chairman of the institute. The complete program, premium list and names of committeemen will appear within a short time.

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1 QUICK, WATSON! A BARREL Hitmliigton, Jan. 19.—A railroad niwi in the Erie yards here paused i In It’s duties Saturday, stared j and then lie swore off on postprohibition stuff for good and hunt- I I ed a policeman. "Do you see what I see?” he In- ( qulred. The officer took a look, rubbed ! his eyes and looked again. He had ! plenty to look at. Toward him walked a mm correctly costumed in shirt, coat, vest | and shoes—but betw en the flop- ! ping shirt tail and the shoes there I was missing that most necessary I of garments, his trousers. A closed car was called and the i man now reposes in the county jail and probably will be subjected to examination by a sanity commission. j Oh, yes! He's wearing trousers 1 now. TOATTEND STATE HIGHWAY SCHOOL — Commissioners And Highway Superintendent To Attend Purdue Meet County Comml-sloners Ernst Con- ‘ rad, B. F. Breiner and George Shoe- |: :aker, and Charles E. Magley, counity superintendent of highways, left Ibis morning for Lafayette, Indiana. ! where they will attend the state road i school at Purdue University. The school will be in session today, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and | subjects of interest to county com- | mis'deners and highway superintenj dents will be discussed. An interesting program has been prepared for the four-day session and the course given in road building is interesting as well as educational. Coynty commissioners and highway superintendents from all parts of the state will be in attendance. Several j of the foremost authorities in road [building will, address the meetings I and several state officials will also give talks. o Five Scottish Miners Killed In An Explosion -Kilmarnock. Scotland, Jan. 19 — j (Special to Daily Democrat)—Five Scottish miners were killed today in an explosion in the Portland colliery works, two of them dying in a heroic attempt to res< ue the others from a pit. 430 feet deep W. F. RICE DIES IN GIDEON. MO. Former Decatur Man Found Dead Early Sunday; Returning Body Here _____ 1 B. J. Rice, of this city, received a message Sunday, stating that his ■ brother, W. F. Rice, had been found dead at his home in Gideon, Missouri. | early Sunday morning The cause of death has not been learned here, but it is presumed that it was heart trouble. Mr. Rice visited here last fall and was net in the best of health at that time. Mr. Rice was a son of W. P. and Frances Rice, and was born in Adams county. April 5. 1859. He lived in Decatur and Adams county until] twelve or fourteen years ago when he went to Gideon, Missouri. He: was connected with the GideonAnderson Lumber company in Gid eon. He is survived by two sons, Kenyon, with whom he lived ini Gideon, and Jesse, of Ohio; one; brother, B. J. Rice, of this city; and | two sisters, Mrs. Jeff Bryson, of Port-] land, and Mrs. W. R. Smith, of this city. The body will be returned to thjs gity for burial. It is expected to arrive in this city over the Nickel Plate railroad early Tuesday morning, and will be taken to the B. J Rice residence on North Fifth street. Funeral arrangements have not been made. Weather Unsettled tonight and Tuesday. Probably snow or rain. Rising temperature tonight in north end central portions and in northeast, portion Tuesday.

87,000 RAIL EMPLOYES GET WAGE INCREASE Increase Ranges From One To Two Cents Per Hour OTHERS DENIED BOOST j Classes Affected Include Express And Station Employes (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Chicago, Jan. 19—(Special to Dally ] Democrat) — Eighty-seven thousand : j employes of fifty railroads today ! j were granted wage increases of | from one to two cents an hour by the U. S- railroad labor board. Application for similaj- inrt-easws ! for 75,000 other workers was denied. The wage increases total approxiI mutely $3,000,000 annually. Classes of workers affected are ; clerks, freight hand'ers, express and ! station employes, janitors, elevator operators, truckers, stevedors and storers. Time and a half pay was alloted for Sundavs and legal ho’idays. Sick leave pay is to be allowed unless substitute workers are engaged. A reduction in • working hours was I denied. Lines affected include: Chicago & Eastern Illinois Rail-] way Co., Chicago & Western Indiana* Co.. Chicago, Indyinapolis & Louisville. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. ] Paul lines running east and west; Indianapolis Union Ral'way Co. Lake Erie & Western district, including Fort Wayne. Cincinnati & Louisville | railroad. ——o Sterling Reaches Post War Record Today (UNITED PRI7SS SERVICE)) London, Jan. 19. —The pound sterling reached S4.BOVi on the London exchange today a post war record. Par j is $4.8 1 . SENIOR CLASS PLAY JAN,2B-29 1). H. S. Seniors Rehearsing For Farcical Comedy Entitled, “Billie” Rehearsals are in progress for the annual class play of the Decatur high [ school seniors, which will be given in the high school auditorium on Wednesday and Thursday nights, January 28 and 29. The title of the play to be given this year is. “Billie,” a threeact farcical comedy, written by George Cameron. The play has enjoyed long runs on the professional stage and only recently was released for amateur actors. The scene of the play is laid on the Steamship Florida, enroute for Havana. The plot discloses many unusually amusing scenes and hinges entirely around a set of false teeth be- I loning to Billie Hargave, a young < | college student who lost four of his i front teeth in a football game and I had to purchase false teeth. Billie ’ takes passages on the S. - s . Florida < I for Havana, hoping to escape the humiliattion of associating with his I ] friends until ho has become accustom- i ] ed to his false teeth, j Billie is surprised to learn soon as- i ter boarding the ship that his sweet- : | heart, Beatrice Sloan, and her mother 1 i are also passengers on the ship. , While Pillie is in the act of propos- ! ing to Beatrice, the captain of the Iship humps into him and Jars his ] false teeth out of his mouth. Many amusing scenes follow as Billie ' searches for hi 3 teeth and tries to talk without them. The play Is being staged under the direct supervision of Miss Agnes Sellemeyer, class guardian, and is being directed by Mrs. J. R. Blair. Rehearsals have been in progress for one week and already the members of the cast have their parts weel in hand. The cast for the play is as follows: Billie Hargrave, a, football hero. Don Hunsdcker. Alice Hargrave, his sister, Mary (Continued On Page Four i

'To Have Basket Dinner At Bobo Farmers Institute A change has been made in the plans for the dinner at the St. Marys township farmers institute to lie held at Bobo next Wednesday. The dinner will not he served by the Ladles' Aid of the lloho meihodist church, as originally planned, but. a basket dinner will he served instead- Each family !h asked lo bring dinner in a basket aud the food will be sptead on a large table in the school house at noon. There will lie three sessions of the institute, to be held in the morning, afternoon and evening. The principal speakers in the morning and afternoon sessions will b*> H. R. Muller of Cedar Grove, and Mrs. Car! Tuttle, of Pleasant Lake. A miscellaneous program will be given in the evening. PASTOR'S WIFE HURT IN WRECK Rev. L. C. Wisner And Family And Evangelist In Auto Accident Mrs. L. C. Wisner, wife of the Rev. Wisner, pastor of the Decatur Methodist circuit, suffered a fracture of her collar bone and other less serious injuries, when the automobile In which she. her husband and two children. and Mrs. Wllmer E. Gr'ffith, of Hamilton, Ohio, were riding, skidded on the icy road and turned over, one quarter of a mile east of the Wash- ] ington M. E. church, in Washington township; about 7 o’c'ock Sunday | evening. Mrs. Griffith suffered pain- , ful bruises and Margaret -Ann Wisner ; was bruised about one hip, but Rev. | Wisner and daughter. Elizabeth, escaped uu njured. The members of the party were er.route in Rev. Wisnfr's car from this city to the Washington church where an evangelistic campaign is in I progress. Mrs. Griffith is the evangFj li3t in charge of the services. When ! they reached a point in the road in ! front of the Gallagner Mallonee resi- [ ceuce. the car sa....ded on the icecovered road and struck another automob le, owned by Jay Minger, which was parked in front Os the Mallonee tome. Mr. Minger's car was moved several feet and Rev. Wisner'* car turned over on its side. The minister and his one daughter, Elizabeth, were riding in the front seat and escaped without a scratch, although the windshield was badly broken. The injured parties were brought to this city where they received medical attention. No service was held at the Washington church last night, on account of the accident, although , a large audience had assembled there , before the accident happened. There will be no service this evening, but , tile meetings will lie resumed Tuesday evening and continued each evening for the remainder of the week. Mrs. Griffiith is feeling none the worse for her accident today and will be ready to resume her work tomorrow even’ng. The evangelistic services began on January 4 and splendid ] meetings have been held. “King: Os The Ivories” Likes Vaudeville Work Evansville, Tnd.. Jan. 19. —With ! folks front Illinois, Kentucky and all j over this section of Indiana travel- ] ing miles just to see him. Harry M. Snodgrass, the “king of the ivories", was beginning to like vaudeville today. On his second day behind the footlights, the barrage of congratulation telegrams continued to pour in. Snodgrass' act is an exact duplication of a radio program broadcast by station WOS, Jefferson City, Mo., even to the famous “Missouri melodeon," which pens and closes the program. All pervious records were smashed for single performances and total daily attendance yesterday at the Grand theatre, where Snodgrass made his vaudeville bow. Thousands were turned away. o Christian Sei'' r *r< 1 L°ctur<» At Ft. Wayne There will be a Christian Science lecture Friday evening January 2ft. at 8 o’clock in the. Majestic Theatre, Ft.; Wayne, by Miss Margaret Murney Glenn, C. S. B. of Boston, Mass, mem- ! her of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ. Scientist, in Boston, Mass. Admission will be free.

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GUNMAN HELO FOR FEDERAL AUTHORITIES Muncie Police Capture (Jerald Chapman, Notorious Mail Robber ESCAPED FROM PRISON Had Several Thousand Dollars Worth Os Loot On His Person Indianapolis, Ind., J.tn. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat )—Gerald Chapman, notorious mail robber and criminal of sorts, will be held by federal authroities under heavy guard in the Marion county jail here until they hear from Atlanta federal prison regarding what disposition shall be made of him, U. S. Marshal Linus P. Meredith announced today. The suave, mannerly criminal, who escaped twice from the Atlanta prison, and who was recaptured late Sunday by a squad of police at Muncie, Ind , will be taken before a federal Judge unless this word is received soon, it was said, to deter--ine what slia’l be done with him. Chapman, the brains of a $1,400000 mail robbery in New York three "ears ago. maintained his scholarly Oemeanor as he paced the runway in 'ail. Immaculately attired, he refused to make a statement to newspanermen and to pose for a newspaper ohotograph. “I'm very sorry that 1 can't oblige vou but I haven't anything to say,” h e said as he turned away from re--01 ter?. Muncie. Ind.. Jan. 19 —(Special to Dai’y Democrat) —The arrest of the “million dollar bandit" resulted from 'he work of Captain Fred XV. Puckett "f the Muffcie police department, who has heen working with federal officers in the case for several days. "Certain attractions," the nature of which has not been revealed, has drawn Chapman here several times, it was learned. He had been going “in aud out” of the city, while working in the central states. Captain Pucke.tt said- From time to time the evidence of his whereabouts was learned but lie managed to keep a sufficient lead. Several weeks ago his automobile broke down near here &nd was towed in and repaired and he made his getaway without his identity being learned. At one o'clock Sunday morning. Captain Puckett placed throe picked officers in certain parts of the city. The officers remained at their posts for more than ten hours and it was 11:35 o'clock before he was “spotted" on the streets. Chapman was driving down the street where the police car, bearing On Pa 7* FVxiO CHICAGO HASH VIOLENT DEATHS Cl?its.' Poison 1 iquor And Automobiles Take Toll Over Weed-End (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) ’ Chicago, Jan. 19 — (Special to Daily Democrat) —Guns, poison liquor, and automobiles took a toll of fourteen 'ives here over the week end. A boy, accosted by a policeman, after stealing a radio loud speaker, was shot and killed. The officer was carrying out the orders of Chief of Po'ice Morgan Collins to "shoot to kill.” An alleged black hand bomber was murdered at his dinner table by men who suspected him of betraying his confederatesThe two shootings raised the death list in Chicago by guns to 17 since January 1. Five men. Including a vouth of 18 died in hospitals Sunday from 'he effects of moonshine liquor. Mrs. Margaret Mine’la. 23 is held on a charge of selling the poison. These five deaths raised the toll of death by liquor since the first of the ! year to 11. Seven persons were illed by autoI mobiles, mast of 1 the fata’ities being ! caused by machines skidding on slipnery streets. Twenty-six persons have been killed by automobiles in Chicago since January 1,