Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1925 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday ty THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller. Free, and Gen Mgr. W. W. Kanipe, Vice-Pre*. 4it Artr. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse, Sec’f. & Hue, Mgr. Entered at the Poatofflce at Decatur. Indiana, ae eecuud class matter Subicription Ratea: Single copies * cen ‘* One week, by carrier 10 c # e . u '* One Year, by carrier *“ 00 One month, by mail. 36 cents Three Months, by mall »J OO Six Months, by mall One Year. by mall — One Year, at office (Prices quoted are withn first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those tones.) Advertising Rates Made Known by Application. Foreign Representative Carpenter & Company, 121 Michigan Avenue Chicago. And while the legislature is on the matter of regulating speeds of automobiles, picture shows, baseball players and others, why not include a section placing a speed limit on the legislature. By the way, what about that forty-five day session? If <hey are going to do it. there Is necessity for moving along. So far il has been a time marking contest. Now that the liar associat'ou of Wells county has endorsed Judge Gordon for the new federal judgeship that congress intends placing in Indiana, it* will be the pleasure of every individual, regardless of polities, to stand for Mr. Gordon. II ’ made this county an excellent judge, be is capable of doing even greater things, lit; is as well worthy and is an competent as any man that has been mentioned, or will be ment'on ■l. He is a Wells county man, anil we i go down the line for him. Just us we all were proud when Frank Dailey landed a federal job. just m> we should be proud to boost Jttdg > Gordon.-- ISlnffton Banner. The present session of the legitjlulure is to be flooded, evidently with bills designed to force people r»"be good. While there is no doubt that certain regulations are necessary, . there is grave danger in trying to make people do things they don’t want to do or in preventing them from doing those tilings they want to do. It Is therefore necessary that honest and earnest attention be giv- ( en the bills before the house and senate. looking towards these ends. You . ns a citizen have your right I i au | opinion, one way or another a ui its j your duty now to study the measures ; and to write your representative and ( senator what you think about them. . ’ that the law maker may act intelligently. If wePto t the road north from here ' ftnproved this year and the rail just l north of Monroe we will have , t al / stall. Adams county should ha' e an ’ east and west, road as w-Ml as the \ north and soulli road and t!i"’, soyrial spurs should be improved 1 y the county. The six or seven mil's between hero and Willslfire would eon-nt-cl Dayton and Fort Wayne aid the , six or seven miles east from Herne would prove a valuable improvement for that part of the county. \"e insist that the most Important community matter now and for s- veral _ years to come will lie Altc road question. If we got good roads which connect it, with the out-side >. orld. we will be on the map while if wo pass it up, we are off the true! and out of things. A merchant in a large town rid hgot, no business from tourist -t lit it flidy bought their supplies in mall towns. A merchant in a t mall town said lie received hut little inn ine .s from the tourist because they were always hitting for the big town. Now somebody's wrong for they both can't Ic right. The truth of the mnCer i; tii »t both are wrong for they hot'i get bueitic ht'f :[me decs ' allow for all sdcs of the question, llieru fore fids are this: If parking lav,;; in the e.ly are such that the strangoi l oi tiot find a place to leave hi . v. I l|e In- gda out to make purchases, c'.id stranger will drive on to tli” ’ io" u that, duett furnish hint with eon 1 euieuces that make the sptyuling ol , 4.'. '■ ■ • .. .. • ‘

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nullify possible. If the little town only knew it, they could take 75 per cent of this business away from any big town, for Hie small town can arrange these conveniences better ban the large town. The large volume of building con st ruction has acted as a balance wheel in the business situ ition during the past three years and although the building shortage Inherited from war times has been met to a considerable extent, the indications are that construction activities wII play a large part in the prosperity forecast for 1925.' While for some years building lias been particularly active in the large cities, it is expected that 1925 will witness some shift in activity to the small towns and rural districts. In some localities the better position of tlie farmers will enable them to make long-needed expenditures. Much of this type of building will not show up in reports of permits granted or contracts awarded. but it nevertheless will be a source of active demand in tlio matket for building material and to a less extent ill the market for building labor.—Money and Markets, by the National Hank of Commerce in New York. o

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JBgjgg&v *2811? THE DOCTOR'S DEATH

Hp lived unselfishly, heeding the call Os sick and suffering folk; Braving the midnight storm; and the cold like a strong and a sturdy <-k. With a courage iinfailiiying, spirit hold Bearing what ImrOens, life on him rolled. Nor lost ho faith in his fellow 11 n— Though physicians know all too well Our follies of youth, and our iater crimes What tales do our blood tests toll! Large was his service, small was his wage But skepticism marred not his page. In the line of duty at last he fell Like soldier upon Ihe field When those who knew him, but little dreamed The records of life were seal *d—iThat Hie eye of an angel upon him beamed - ‘Why Daddy is only sleeping," it | * seemed. ! Out in UodW Acre, where beautiful flowers And grasses in summer grow, I Where birds singe sweetly, though I skies are gray, When softly the south winds blow There, by the river's flow Under a blanket of sn'ow. With tears we tenderly laid him away, Until God’s great awakening day. —A. 1). Burkett. PLAN JUNIOR LEGISLATURE High Schools Asked to Send Delegates To Junior (icneral Assembly Indianapolis, Indiana, January 19.— i An Indiana Junior General Assembly will be held at Indianapolis during the i week beginning March 2!!, according i to a notice issued today to ail county, i city and town superintendents and | principals*-of the state by Dr. Henry Noble Sherwood, Slate SupcrinlcnIdem or t'liblie Instruction. Knell , I county will be Invited to have a momtber in the Junior Assembly. According to the plans made by the State Depart iii'iu of Public. !untrue Hon, an exact replica of the 1925 .General Assembly will be held by lliu j Junior .lawmakers, elected from the j varlousNlrgli school .of the state. The , I chief object of the Junior Assembly is to create more intercut among the high school students in Indiana government and civics. hi each county the Board of elections shall be composed of the county superintend! nl i>r schools; one principal and one teacher of History ; or Civics, both of whom shall be ap- ; pointed by ihe county superintendent This board shall be invested with all

authority to conduct the elections for the Junior Assembly. Each high school In the county shall cloct one delegate by ballot January HO. in case it* county presentation in only otn hoi ■' 1 !m ' 1 Junior Legislature; in c» '" ty has representation In both ho t • s. there shall be two delegate, 'i-. t. In every ettse the delegate i .il he chosen as a delegate to th Iti-pvo-aontatlve Convention or as a • • b g .t' to the Senatorial Convcnfion. ait thj case may be. The delegate conventions shall he held February 14. at place designated by the County Board of Elections. According to the schedule prepared by the State Department Adams county will be entitled to elect one Senator. Only stndents who have earned at least sixteen credits in solid subjects in classified high schools may he elected to the Assembly and ill candidates for the Junior Legislature must have passing grades in at least three solid subjects for the previous semester and for the current semester. In counties having more than one member the Junior General Assembly, at least one of these members shall represent the township high schools. Plans are being made for adequate chaperoning of the members of the Assembly during their week In Indianapolis and a number of educational features, in addition lo the actual routine work of the Legislature is also being arranged. The Junior Legislators will be given an opportunity of hearing some of the outstanding men of the state during the week. GUNMAN* HELD FOR FEDERAL AUTHORITIES (Continued from Page One) the detectives, pulled alongside. "Does Doctor Spurgeon live here?" the captain inquired of the bandit. The bandit dropped his hand to his coat pocket. Puckett asked "What number is that house there?" With that remark he attempted to seize Chapman's hand but the bandit was too quick to be taken by surprise and he jerked the gun from his pocket, drawing it on the captain. DetecC're Harry Brown lunged at the mail robber, striking him in the face with his fist as the gun was fired. The shot brushed Captain Puckett but he was uninjured. Chapman was pinned to the ground and the long hunt over the entire country was at an end. "Damn the man who turned me in ! for blood money,” Chapman told the officers. Several questions were asked Chapman by Inspector Kelley, of the postoffice department, who arrived on the scene immediately after his arrest. "Chapman,* you’re a smart fellow and have gotten by a good many j times,” he said. “Yes,” the prisoner replied, sullen-, ly, “but look at tne now." (UNITED I’KESS SKKVICiJt Indianapolis. Jan. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Heavily guarded in the Marion county jail here is a mail robber, safe blower, gunman and suspected murderer, known to' the police as Gerald Chapman. Recognized from photographs by' police of Muticie. Ind-, the notorious 'brains" of the $2,000,000 New York postal robbery, who later escaped from Atlanta penitentiary, tried to shoot his way free but was overpowered. On bis iverson mil in his possession when lie finally yielded to mim-j hers. Chapman had $7,500.. several gold watches, files, two bottles of nitroglycerine and a revolver. Police say he admitted bis identity. ‘Don't jar the grip,” the man said when ho was taken into custody in Muncie. "There's enough soup in i there to blow up the court house. Chapman laughed when examined about his record. "I'm not goiug to live long enough . to serve all (lie years they'll stick me with,” he said. "I'm guilty of a lot of things — , some big crimes included —but there's lots of tilings they're accusing me I of unjustly." Chtipwan was the brains of the most sensational mail robbery in I New York City when h" and two companions lin'd up a mail truck on Oct. til, 1921 and escaped with cash : and so< urjtieu valu' d at more than $1,40(1,000. ■' A matt or scholarly attainments u and appearance. Chapman was of the fictional school of "gentleman '' burglars.” While a nation-whit; and S' even world-wide search was conduct '' cd. he travelled about iim country ' and Europe with impunity. At last one of the bandits was cap- " j lured, confessed and Implicated Chap- '• man and George Anderson. The'pair c wore arrested, qyutenced to 25 years y imprisonment in the federal pcniteiitiury ALUiu|a. Oa. Very little of !. the Idol wj*i _ •ecovered. II Bttore bis capture in July, 1922,

r Chaim added to W* successful J robberies, holdups In Niagara I-alls. ' Btnghampton und Fulton, N V l , Tito bandit made au ineffectual ,' dash for freedom when-ho was being ( questioned at the postofflco. H< ran p an open window, dam bored out oil, ' the coping, crawled around the build* ; ing ami entered another room only to he captured. I ' Six month* after lie entered Allan- ' ta. Chapman and Frank Grey, a 1or " . or, were hospital patients. I made ropes of their bed sheets and ' during the night gained the ground 1 in safety. Then they short circuited I the electric wires that controlled the I lights of the penitentiary and went • over the walls with the aid of grain ■ pling hooks supplied by confederI ates. > In the chase that ensued. Chapman i RHS severely wounded in the hip anu > noth ho and Grey were ca> • til red. II Utilizing the same method as in ; his previous escape. Chapmans ef.'forts met with success eight days i later. In this adventure a 30 foot - drop to the ground tvas necessary, t alter which Chapman went back into - the hospital and hid in the basement. There he remained until the so low- ■ fng day when he was found by a ■ nurse- The nurse fainted and in the . excitement Chapman walked out of . the building. li . | State Line.—Clarence Rouse had a narrow escape from death when he C drove his car into a locomotive on the i Wabash railroad here. Portland.—Jay county's oldest resi- 1 | dent is nearing the century mark. I "Grandma" Lavina Pouch, an inmate I of the county infirmary here will be Hit) vears old February 17. I —o SENIOR CLASS . PLAY JAN. 28-29 — | (Continued from Page One) Macklin. John Hargrave, his father, George Wittgenfeld. | Mrs. Hargrave, his mother, Eloise Lewton. Mrs. Sloan, Helen Christen. Sam Eustace, in love with Beatrice, Clyde ('lino. Beatrice Sloan. Mrs. Sloan's daughter, Ijee Anna Vance . Captain of the S. S. Florida, Hugh Andrews. Doctor, Ralph Ken worthy. Boatswain. 'Ttaliner Everett. Sailor. Harold I^wson. Steward, a colored servant, Carrol Cole. Stewardess, Jeanette Clark. < abing Girls Misses Esther Biggs, Georgia Slush(er. Nellie Brodbeck, and Helen Egdy. Sailors Kathryn Hyland, Margaret LankHimu, Mildred Akey, Catherine Hixson, Marguerite l Kosht, Lila Mttnima, jMarilynn Whery, and Neva Zerkle. ( Miss Mary Kathryn Siding will he the accompanist for the musical numbers. Don't let your light bills run till the last day. A 10% penalty is added if not paid by Jan. 20. Do it today while it is on i your mind. City Light Depart- | ment. s-m '

J|4 V If you knon a man wV/ who would like to buy the sweater buy of Decatur Or, il you yourself, could use a work sweat- n tr or a play sweater at a real genuine, 'way down Sale Value price tell him or let us tell you [7 V that (his week and until they are gone—the op- rramtWm ' porthe —and the Values arc at \ ihinlf Hf Coloni ~~ all weighls — any d C8 *Sn you can iHv' Wygßji 98c 10 57.98 ' K Xma* Neekwear .\'.\‘.".39e jj £ W/mM J ( ollar attached Shirts #9 Chalmers Union Suits.. .sl.lß to $1.8!) / /WfflW' 1, n Itig new shipment of / g.v.-w Overcoats ; $10.50 to $21.75 "pf" . _| JR * INDIANA • •

Do It Today If you really mean to make 1925 your banner year for savings, Start * at once. Theodore Roosevelt said, “Thrift is hard headed common sense applied to saving. Come in and join our thrift savings club. 0 The Peoples Loan & Trust h $ “Bank of Service” 1 No Discount on Your Lieht Bill | After the 20ih of Month =s== —— - ~ All light bills must be paid on or before the 20th of the month to secure discount. The company has no choice but to enforce this rule to one and all alike without any exception whatever, whether it be the largest or smallest consumer. City of Decatur Light & Power Dept. ■ I, —— ■ ~*