Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 21 January 1925 — Page 1

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klan meets defeat in legislature

Iktitoie at 11ESNE DRAWS I LARCECROWD ■ approximately 1,000 Pres- ■ nit U Closing Session I Last Night I OFFICERS ELECTED ■schools Hold Exhibit Os ■ Work And Corn: Insti- ■ tute Next Year ■Em » ■ — ■T" OTHER INSTITU TES ■ w-t'-S’. Marys township at HHI Bobo. ■ jin 22—At Geneva. ■ | i(| township al Linn ■ Grove. ■ j-p. 5-- Kirkland township at ■ Kirkland school. ■ p,.!,. Union township. ■r, : Monroe township at Mon■y To **' M|Ffl). S—Monmouth. ■ Th,' rlositi!' • ssion of the farmers ■n.iiiuie held at Herne yesterday Mp ..u.: 4 r .. . i ireaking attendance ■, Audit tit m last evening when - .ippi'-ximately one thouspeople- present, according to esof ibo-'" who were present. A interest was shown the day and that the at-1 ■ s..< a complete success is evid- , L. th- iu< t that at the close of ■K loindr.-u tueuidefibK.l '*-n obtained, making the holdHhr of another institute next year certain. ■ Although no open corn show was ■conducted this year, due to a poor ■torn crop, nine corn-club boys were ■present with ten-ear samples of corn, ■five of them also showing a bushel of ■seed corn each in that class. In the ■hear class. Noah Schrock, of Mon■ro township won first place; Her■ben Hawkins .of Washington town■ship second; Albert Davison, of St. ■Mary's township, third; Walter ■AMutz, of Jefferson township, ■fourth: Albert Steury, of Monroe ■township, fifth. It was the consensus ■of opinion of farmers who attend that ■he corn was excellent quality, con■rderinc the year. In the bushel con■test. Herbert Hawkins won first, Al- ■ bert Davison, second and Cecil Smit■ley, of Jefferson township, third. ■Both Hawkins and Davison attend Hthe Pleasant Mills high school. BI The school exhibits were the ■ hire of the day. it was required that ■ each school exhibit one 10-ear sample ■of corn, one peck of wheat and- one ■ PMk of oats, along with seven other ■articles which had been made in ■ school. In this class, the A. C. ■ Parochial School, of Monroe town- ■ ship, took first place with one of the ■ finest exhibits of this nature ever ■ seen, according to Mrs. Tuttle, of I L2 on lL Os* Page Four)

DECATUR MAN’S NEPHEW TO TAKE PART IN INVESTIGATION OF SUN’S ECLIPSE Dr. C. C. Kiess to Be Passenger on Airship Los Angeles to Aid in Study of Eclipse on Saturday, Jan. 24; Photographs to be Made With Specially Designed Camera.

Much interest centers around the of the sun, which will take Hee sometime between ten and ten■rt) Saturday morning, January 24, heeatur time. n ..^?' eral Mlentttic investigations th * nia< ' e on tllis day and among « oremost observers will be Dr. C. \v. | MS ' ° f the Bureau of Standards, s ungton, wbo will be a passenger >e airship, Log Angeles. Dr. J* is a nephew of Joe Kiess, who enm P ° ye . d at " le Scllafer Hardware ' Puny i n this city. His parents, Wa and Mrs - John Klees live at Fort th/x- 11 A Washington dispatch to W York World, says: lions", the BCientific investigaecllne e made during the solar f or „ ° n Januar >’ 24 will be a seach of then? element ' C ' c - Kießß--of Standards, who will

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Infant Dies Three Hours After Birth Robert M- Roop, infant son of Bryce and Edn# Roop, died at 9 o'clock last night, about three hours after birth. This was the first child in the family. The mother formerly was Miss Edna Rdgal. Funeral serv{ices wete held from the residence. , 1015 Jackson street, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, tfce Rev, B. F. Dotson, pastor of the United Brethren church, officiating. Burial was made in the Decatur cemetery. GENEVA CITIZEN DIED YESTERDAY Orlando Whiteman, WellKnown Citizen, Dies Following Operation Geneva, Jan. 21 —(Special to Daily i Democrat) —Orlando Whiteman, age 52 years, well known resident of this 'town, died at a hospital in’ Fort Wayne at f> o'clock Tuesday morning, following an operation performed for I removal of his appendix a few days ago. His body has been returned here for burial. Funeral services will be held from the Methodist church at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, with burial in the Riverside cemetery. Mr. Whiteman was born in Jay j county, but had been a resident of Geneva for many years. For the past ■ few' years she has been employed in [ the Pennsylvania shops at Fort i Wayne He is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. i Edith Shoemaker, of Geneva: DonJdffia, Mrs. Megd ... Aspy, of Detroit. Michigan; amT FTa.-farT. of Fort Wayne. Mr. White-nan is survived by the following brothers and sisters, also: John, of Geneva; Orange, of Columbus; Joseph, of Jay ccunty. Coma, of Jay county; and Mrs. Harvey Pyle, of Geneva. ■ o Flood Waters Receding ‘ In Southern States Now V (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Atlanta, Ga„ Jan. 21—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Swollen tributaries were slowly receding in southern states today, in the wake of one of the most disastrous floods in the history of the south. Property damage will total at least $5 000.000, officials estimated, while the death toll stood at ten. Train schedules were partly resumed, but dirt highways were still impassable in most of the flooded } areas. Hundreds of tourists headed for southern winter resorts remained stranded at isolated points. o Small Fire At Geneva Geneva, Jan. 21.—A small roof fire occured at the home of Mrs. Charlotte McCollum at 9 o’clock last night. The fire was extinguished by the fire department before much damage resulted.

be one of the observers on the airship Los Angeles, will photograph the sun’s corona, which becomes visible at the moment of total eclipse, with a specially designed camera that may be able to abstract conclusive proof that “coronium,” a mental merely suspected to exist, is an actuality. “From the Los Angeles, which will take a position at sea above cloud level for the observations, Dr. Kiess’s camera will seek to photograph the spectra of the orb, the process involving filtering the light through the a glass prism. lit has been proved possible to establish the identity of kt given element by so analyzing the light which it gives off when highly heated, a constant condition of all (Continued On Page Four) r

TOTAL OF RADIO FUND IS $232.20 Fund For Supplying Sets To Blind Residents Grows Rapidly The total of the fund being raised . to purchase radio receiving sets fojf the blind residents of the city, werit far over the S2OO mark this morning, when the result of Tuesday afternoon's canvas was announced. R. J. Harting and Charles Colter, who are doing the canvassing, reported that I SB6 20 more had been raised, making I the grand total. $232,20. The lodges and other organizations are rallying to the support of the movement and a few have turned in checks unsolicited. Other organizations are invited to contribute to the fund. Another blind resident of the city was located yesterday, making a r total of seven residents of the city > who are known to be blind. It is ( possible that ‘heir are more who will , be located soon, and the fund must be increased greatly yet before it • will be sufficient to supply each with i a set. 1 A mistake was made in the report ' of new contributors yesterday, Joo > Lose being credited with a donation 1 j Os $1 when it should have been $2. 1 i The solicitors planned to re-sum. their canvas in the business district this afternoon and the factories will ‘ be visited soon. Following are the • j new contributors: ' Previous total $14575 • Charles Yager 1.00 ‘ 1 Employes Post Office 5.25 • Al Anker 1.00 ‘ Peoples Loan & Trust so. 5.00 ■JrtiWit Cline ■ ■ , 1 .24 ri Dr. Earl Coverdale 2.00 ' : Fred Schafer 800 [ (Continued On Page Four) o BIDS RECEIVED ON NEW BOILERS — Council Delays Letting Os Contract: Meets Again Friday Night > Bids for the furnishing of two new boilers, together with stokers, at the ; City Light and Power Plant were re- . -eived by the city council in regular ( session last evening, but no award of ■ contract will be made until Friday- ev- . ening or Saturday morning, it was I stated. I Proposals were received from three I concerns for the furnishing of stokers and from four for the boilers. The concerns who submitted proposals on the stokers were the Illinois Stoker Co., the Westinghouse Electric Co.; and the American Engineering Company. Each concern submitted bids for stokers which might be used on either four or five hundred horsepower boilers. The concerns which submitted bids for the furnishing four or five hundred horsepower boilers were: Babcock and Wilcox; National Mill and I Supply Co.; Thiion Iron Works and the Bass Foundry and Machine Com- ! pany. Prices for the stokers ranged from $8,900 to $12,850, while the prices on j the two boilers ranged from $20,000 ito $36,000. The different bids are being tabulated and the specifications . examined by Supt M. J. Mylott and members of the electric light coni- ( mittee of the city council. Councilman George Krick presided in the mayor’s chair, during the abi sence of Mayor Huber M. DeVoss, I who is spending a month’s vacation in Texas. An executive session of the council was held following the regular meeting during which time the stokers , and hnilers were discussed by the councilmen and representatives of the different companies. Another meeting of the Council will ! be held Friday night at which time the final award of the contracts for the furnishing of the new boilers and stokers likely will be made. The boilers and new equipment will be paid for out of the earnings of the city plant for the last several years, j

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, .January 21,1925.

"FLYING COUP” NEXT Cleveland. 0., Jan. 21—(United Press)—A "flying coup" for sky .ourlng will be the next family pleasure craft. The first model of the "dirigible I flivver" will be turned over this spring by the Goodyear Zeppelin corporation. P. W- Litchfield, vice president and general manager of the corporation, announced at the automobile show. The “flying coupe” will be an airship 100 feet long and 30 feet . in diatneter. A 160 horsepower motor will drive the ship at a 50tniles an hour clip. s Only a few days instruction will be needed to learn to operate the craft, Litchfield said. The "coupe" will have an enclosed aluminum i cabin with accommodation for > three passengers, he said. ® WOMAN TO GIVE ADDRESS i ['Noted Club Woman To Speak At Meeting Os Woman’s Club * \ ' Mis. Frank Sheehan, of Gary. i prominent in club circles, will speak . at the regular meeting of the Decatur I Woman's Club, to be held in lhe pub- , lie library Monday evening at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Sheehan comes to Decatur under the auspices of the civic ( section of the local club, which will ; have charge of the program Monday ( evening. j Mrs. Sheehan is chairman of the . department of applied education in , lhe Indiana Federation of Chiba and I Is chairman of the natural scenery committee of the general federation of dubs. She likely will be the most favorable candidate for the office of president of the state federation at the next annual elyction. The subject of her talk here will be, ‘‘Wcman he Builder of Man.” Other numbers on the program ■ Monday evening will be a group of 1 vocal solos by Mrs. Cecile Moser, of j this city, and a group of piano solos ' by Mrs. Roger Swaim, of Bluffton. The regular business meeting of I the Woman's Chib will be held at I 7:45 o'clock and the civic program will start at 8 o’clock. WEST ENO WANTS POLICE OFFICER WM End Merchants And Citizens Petition Council For Officer In view of the several robberies and other cases of lawlessness which have taken place in the west end of the city, proprietors of stores on West Monroe street and other citizens in that district, petitioned the city council last evening to appoint a policeman for that district or to have it patroied by a regular officer at night. The petition was signed by the Maier Hide and Fur Co.; George Appleman, Milt Hower, Simeon Haines. George Miller and other merchants who have stores in that district. Redentdy, several robberies and holdups have taken place in the west end, namely at the Simeon Haines meat market, the Maier Hide and Fur com--1 pany, Hower's grocery, the George Appleman restaurant, and a few residences. The matter was referred to the board of safety and a decision in the matter will, no doubt, be made in ■ the near future. About three years ago residents in that part of the city asked that a special policeman be appointed for the west end district, but the council deemed it not advisable to 1 appoint one at that time. Weather _______ Indiana: Generally fair tonight and Thursday; slightly warmer tonight in , > northeast portion.

TRANSFER PUPILS TO H. S. BUILDING Thirty-Five Fifth And Sixth Grade Pupils Moved From Central A special meeting of the school board was held last, night at wh ch time the crowded situation existing at the Central school building was taken up. There is an excess number of pupils in the fifth ami sixth grades 'at the Central building and it was decided Last night to equip room No. 201 in the high school building and transfer thirty-five fifth and sixth grade pupils there. During the first semester of the present school year there were two teachers for the fifth grade and two for the sixth grade at the Central building, but it was impossible for the teachers to do Justice to the pupils, owing to the large number. Herbert Foreman, one of the Central school teachers, will be transferred to the high school building to teach the thirty-five pupils transferred there, and Mrs. W. A. Lower substitute teacher, will teach at the Central building until a new teacher is secured. The thirty-five pupils to be transferred to the high school building w;ll be taken from the southwest part es the city, they being the nearest to the high school building. o Bank Cashier Shoots Self Excelsior Springs. Mo.. Jan. 21— (Special to Daily Democrat)—E. B. Brashear, cashier of the First Naional bank of Excelsior Springs, was found dead just, outside his aparttJPaak. a bullet wound in the head. A revolver was clutched in his right hand. Bank examiners have been auditing the bank's ac . counts for the past two days. 0 WILL MAP OUT FARM PROGRAM Committee From Industrial Association To Meet Thursday Night A meeting of the committee appointed by Avon Burk, president of the Decatur Industrial Associat on, to .rrange plans for the junior farmers rogram to be sponsored by the association. will be held Thursday evening at 7:30, at the Industrial Association rooms, following the Rotary meeting. Several men have been invited to attend the meeting. They will also be the guests of the Rotarians at their luncheon earlier in the evening. Among those invited to the meeting from out-of-town are, James Briggs, of Geneva; Fred Studler, Linn Grove; J. D. Winteregg, Berne; J. P. Habegger, Berne: W. S. Smith, Monroe; John Hoffman, Preble; Clarence Smith, Preble; E. J. Frickie, local fieldman for the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company; E. S. Christen, county superintendent of schools, and L. M. Buschs, county agent. Plans for carrying out the proposed program in co-operation with County Agent L. M. Busche will be made. It was voted at the annual meeting of the Decatur Industrial Associate nheld January 12. to raise a fund of SI,OOO or $1,500 with which to sponsor junior farm clubs, such as corn club, a sugar beet club, a calf and dairy club and a livestock judging club in Adams County and to award substantial prizes to the winners. The association also went on record as desirous of co-operating with County Agent Busche and to make it possible for him to carry out the club programs by giving him an assistant in the office. County School Superintendent E. S. Christen will assist in the county program by giving it publicity in the schools. The Berne Business Men's Association wishes to co-operate with the Decatur Industrial Association in carrying out the program and the banks located at Berne, Geneva, Monroe and Preble, are also interested (Continued On Page Four)

i Decatur Banks Named As City Depositories — The finance committee of the city [council has selected all three of the city banks as depositories for the city’s funds. The deposits will be proportioned among the three banks according to the amount of capital stock, the usual custom practiced in such caries. The city carries cash balances in the electric light dnd water department funds, the general fund and the sinking fund, o DECORATION DAY RACE IS TARGET Legislative Blow At Memorial Day Race Launched In House Today Indi napolis, Jan. 21. —A legislative blow at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Decoration Day races was launch-! ed in the house of representatives of the Indiana General Assembly today. I Representative Miller, of Kokomo. ■ introduced a bill to prohibit racing or sports of any description on Decoration Day. The measure was referred to the public morals committee. A fine of not more than SI,OOO or Imprisonment of not more than six months is provided for violation of the provisions of the bill. I o - Two More Resignations Announced At Washington (UNITED PP.FISS SERVICE)) Washington. Jan. 21. —David H Blair, of North Carolina, commissioner of internal revenue. viU resign al the completion of his present term, March 4. It was indicated in authoritative quarters here today. Washington, Jan. 21. —Her Wart Votaw, superintendent of federal prisons and brother-in-law of the late President Harding, has resigned effective March 1, the department of Justice announced today, j Votaw is at present ill in a Wash- | ington hospital, recovering from a re- | cent appendicitis operation. His physicians say he will unable to work I for six months. o Senate Favors .Another Arms Limitation Parley (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Washington Jan- 21 —(Special to r 'aily Democrat) —The senate today went on record as favoring another world conference for limitation of nival armament. Without objection, the senate adopted an amendment to the naval appropriation bill, introduced by Senator King, Utah, democrat, urging the president to call another conference at any time when in his judgment it would seem advisable. The same amendment was included in the navy appropriation bill 'ast year.

FARMERS AND MERCHANTS TO STAGE A TWO-ACT COMEDY AT H. S. GYM TONIGHT Plenty of Amusing Scenes And Action Promised During the Forty Minutes; One Intermission Scheduled But Many More Are Probable; Other Teams Play.

It was announced late this as- . ternoon that Earl Blackburn, manager of the G. E. basketball team and a local well known basketball critic would referee the farmers-merchant game tonight. “Basketball as it should be played” is the title of a two-act comedy ' to be staged In the high school gym- ’ nasium at 7:30 o’clock this evening. The principal roles in the play will be taken by Kirkland township farmers and Decatur merchants. Many I amusing scenes are promised and plenty of action is assured to hold the interest of the spectators. The play will last about forty minutes, with one scheduled intermission of ten minutes between acts and several other shorter intermissions probable. In other words, the Kirkland township farmers and the Decatur merchants will play basketball at the high school gym this evening. The,

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MED ORDER IS DEALT CRUSHING BLOW BY ENEMIES I State Senate Votes Down Bill Sponsored By Klan, 41 To 6 ’ HEATED ARGUMENTS Bill To Prohibit Wearing Os Religious Emblems By Teachers Killed Indianapolis, Jan., 21. — The Ku Klux Klan raised its head on the floor of the state senate today and was dealt a smashing blow by enemies of the hooded . order. After a lively debate in which all the heat of a religious argul ment was injected the senate by a vote of 41 to 6 killed the minority report of the committee on I education recommending passage of a bill to prohibit the wearing of any religious emblem or garment in the public schools ■ of Indiana. The senate also postponed action until tomorrow on a minority report recommending passage of a bill to require the reading of the bible in the public schools. Both measurers were introduced in the senate by Senator Sims, of Terre Haute. The name of the klan was first brought out in thlie debate by Senator Chamber, of New Catsle, during argument on the bill prohlbUioing robes and emblems. “Thio is one of the reputed Ku Klux Klan bills" Chamber declared. “It seems that this is a much avoided i topic of conversation among the sens- ■ tore ' "Let's come out in the- open. Don’t hide behind your robes in arguing this question. Senator Sims explained the bill and said that in six counties of the state teachers in the public schools wear black robes and crucifixes while teaching school. This was the spark tliet set off the . fire works of religious debate. “A bill like that has no right to tret out on the floor of the senate.” Senator Neidl. republican floor leader de"lared. “Religious enmity has come to the point where they don't want a ' school teacher to wear a pin pertaining to any religious sect. ■ Senator democratic floor leader declared the proposals of the . bill were far more serious than was ; at. the first apparent. Four republican senators and one . democrat voted to adopt the minority | report, they were Alldredge, of Ander- ■ son; lambert, of Columbus: Martin, lof Logansport, republicans, and I Payne, of Bloomington, democrat.

farmers challenged the merchants and the challenge was accepted by O. L. Vance, on behalf of the busiI ness men of the city. Both teams have a long list of reI serves who likely will be rushed into the fray at different intervals during the game. The players have been practicing for several days in anticipation of displaying unheralded ability in chasing the elusive ball through the minute baskets suspended at each end of the floor. Tickets have been selling rapidly and indications are that the big gym will be packed to capacity when the two teams take the floor for hostilities this evening. Following the farmers-merchant game, the Kirklgnd Elfs will play I the Linn Grove Sl.onebreakers. These i two teams have been playing good basketball this season and an interesting game is expected when they J clash this evening.