Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1925 — Page 1

volume XXIII. Number 20.

JUNIOR FARM program is mapped out Joseph Winteregg. Berne, Elected County Chairman OfClubs talks are given Committee Named To Make Rules And Choose Prizes for Contestants V meeting of the commits api iotr ,l to wotk out preliminary plans ‘ (nr the County wide junior farmer program of club work was held last veiling at the r,p<atur IndMOial I Aviation rooms following the Rour meeting, men from Berne and County Superintendent of schools E. g Christen being guests of the chib. Joseph Winteregg. banker of Bernie wa , elected County chairman of the Jinfor chibs, he to co-operate with County Agent 1.. M. Busche and the Dwator Industrial Association in tartying out the program among the junior boy and girl farmers in the county. Mr. Winteregg. Mr. Busche anil the committee appointed by Avon Burk, president of the Decatur Industrial Association, will work out the plans for the club activities and the rules of the contest, together with the pries to be given the winner will he announced in the near future. George Krick, of the Krick-Tyndall Tile company, who takes a great interest in agriculture work, was apiwmxl chairman of the meeting last evening and called upon a number of those present to state their ideas. Splendid co-operation on the part of ill was expressed. Talks were made hy Mr. Christen, who assured the committee members that he would gladly co-operate in the program by the girls and boys in the rural Mhools. W. A. KJejiper, of the Cloverleaf Creameries; John Carmody. of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar romptny; Mr. Habegger, of the Berne Overall company; E. W. Busche, tanker, of Monroe; W. A. Lower, and A. D. Suttles, of this city, expressed their Ideas of club work and volunteered to help whenever called upon. Mr. Busche was unable to attend' the meeting on account of the farm-t er's institute at Geneva, but the club work is being carried out under his direction and through his office. It i« proposed to organize the jan'or boyend girl farmers in every township in the county and to have them join the different clubs, to be sponsored by the Decatur Industrial Association, assisted by the community workers at Berne. Geneva. Monroe, Linn Grove and Preble. Calf and dairy clubs, corn and beet sugar clubs and live stock judging clubs will be established throughout the county and substantial awards made to the winners. Several other projects are under "ay and as soon as the club work is started a program of interest, not only o the farmers, but the community as a whole will be announced. — o— Family Near Berne Bothered By Prowlers Mrs. Noah Yoder and sons, who re-s'li-s near Berne, have complained to Sherif Baker that they are being Molested at night frequently by unknown men who have been seen Prowling about the house but were recogni zed . The Yoders also rePorted that people have been calling e,n vulgar names from the road. ' arshal Schug, of Bernei has been otified, also, and the officers are atjmpting to learn the identity of the ra 'lty parties. Former Asylum Inmate Sets lre To Barn; Shoots Self 'UNITED PRESS SERVICE) in., Jan . „ 3 _ Earl Ben . • a former inmate of the state fi . ! U , m at Watertown, last night set emu ? 8 ' ar * e barn on the farm ac--111 a < y Glenn McGirr at Maquon, own h I then fired a shot through his br aln McGirr. seelng flameg dying °* 6 b arn an d found Benson he <tt V s carr ‘ e d to the house where Th / tew minu ‘ es lat,r * "d whi, arn and aII its con t p nts burn"a .2 10SS Os * lo ’ ooo - The farm to McGirr by Benson but was leased

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■Odd Fellows To Hold Initiation And Banquet St. Marys lx»dgc, No 167, I O. O. F„ will confer the work of the first degree on a class of candidates, Mon J day evening Januar y 26. Ail members Os the lodge are Invited to attend and take part lu the work. There will be a banquet after the meeting and Odd Fellows from Geneva, Linn Grove and Willshire. Ohio, are especially invited to attend the meeting and banquet. Sojourning Odd Fellows are invited to attend, also. PYTHIANSTO GO TO WABASH Local Knights To Charter Special Car To District Meeting Feb. 4 Members of the Knights of Pythias ' lodge held an interesting meeting last night, at which time the third tank was conferred on George Stults. Plans for the district meeting to be held in this city on February 5 and for attending the district meeting at Wabffah on February 4. The degree team from the Decatur lodge will confer the first rank on a large class of candidates ut the Wabash meeting aqd the local lodge is planning to charter a special car to carry Decatur Knights to the meeting. A car can be chartered if fifty or more sign up to make the trip. The local degree team has been working dil'gently of late to get the work in good shape and new paraphernalia has been purchased. The team will confer the work on a class of candidates at the district meeting to be held here also, and the lodge is endeavoring to secure a large class to take the work. The committee in charge of making arrangements for local Knights to attend the Wabash meeting is composed of John Nelson. Charles Bordbeck. Joe Hunter, F. V. Mills. Marion Hoagland, and Doyle Amspaugh. All Knigtau who expect to go to Wabash are requested to not’fy the commit tee as soon as possible. Dore B. Erwin, of this city, who Is grand chancellor commander of the lodge In Indiana, attended a district meeting held at Muncie Wednesday and Wednesday night. Oldest dfficial In Indiana Masonry Dies Richmond, Ind., Jan. 23 —Funeral arrangements were being made hero today for Samuel Marlatt, 94. oldest official in Masonry In the state. He died at the Masonic home in Franklin yesterday. ROTARIANS HEM REV. WHITESELL — Baptist Minister Delivers Interesting Talk At Meeting Os Club “Build your city upon a hill so that' it may be seen” is the way Rev. F. D. Whitesell, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, expressed himself in an after-dinner talk before the Rotarians and their guests at the luncheon meeting held at the Decatur Industrial Association room last evening. “If you haven’t a hiH. make one and then let everybody pull the city on top of this hill,” Rev. Whitesell said In bringing out his point of communuity spirit and civic pride. “You have certain hills here now, which attracts the attention of visitors and which help make Decatur, but if I to build one big hili I would build the city on a hill of love and fear for Jesus Christ, a hill where a good and loving people, an honest and Godfearing people lived", Rev. Whitsell stated. Rev. Whitesell compared a city to a large hill and showed that if a city was built upon the right kind of a hill It would be seen or known throughout the country. His talk was interesting and throughout his twenty minute talk he laid stress upon the finer things in life and uruged the practice of real community spirit and good living. Several guests were present at the meeting last evening, they being John Elliott, of Indianapolis; Abraham Simmons, W. W. Rogers and Charles Dailey, of Bluffton; E. W. Busche, of Monroe; Joseph Wtnteregg iand Mr. Habegger of Berne.

MITO TRAILER AND HOGS TAKEN —■ l % Thieves Abandon Trailer After Butchering Hogs And Hauling Them Sheriff John Baker spend the entire day yesterday in an unsuccessful effort to locate the parties who stole an automobile trailer from the Otto lx>ngenberger farm, one mile east of Monroe last Tuesday night, and later in the evening stole two large hogs from the Hartman anti Dotterer furm at the north edge of Bluffton, killed the hogs, hauled them away and abandoned the trialer on Oak street, near the old cemetery in the south purt of this city. The trailer was found by Sheriff Baker Wednesday evening. It was covered with blood from the hogs. The trailer was silting at the side of the road by the garage ut the Longenberger home Tuesday evening and the women folks at the house saw two men in an old Ford touring ’car drive up to the garage between 7 and 8 o’clot# aqd take the trailer, hut they though it was a neighbor vho has an interest in the trailer, 1.-.ter It was discovered that the trailer had been stolen. The next morning it was learned that two hogs, one an old sow weighing about 4'>u pound; .-nd the other a young hog weighing about 175 pottunds. had been stolen from a 'field near Bluffton. The bogs were I driven from the field and killed at the I side of the road before being loaded i into the trailer. Sheriff Baker rail’d that a party had reported to l;itn ■that he saw the men leave the trailer inear the old cemetery here about 11 'o'clock last Tuesday. — o— Portland Pool Room I I Proprietor Is Fined Portland. Jan. 23.—The three charges against , Samuel . Renner, South Meridian street pool room proprietor whose trial was set for Thursday In the Jay- circuit court, were disposed of late Wednesday afternoon, when Renner appeared before Judge R, D Wheat and pleaded guilty to two of the charges, namely permitting minors to loiter In his place of business and permitting minors to play 'pool in his place. The third charge agaiust hint that of his having played pool with minors in his place of business, was dismissed on motion of Prosecutor Williamson. Renner was fined $25 on each of the two charges to which he pleaded guilty, there being no jail sentences attached to the fines. His arrest was the outgrowth of statements made by Blevy Franks and Roy Timmons, two youths who were brought here from the state reformatory yesterday to testify in the case of the state against Darwin Wagoner. They admitted that they had played pool in Renner's place and that Renner had played pool with them. 0 Would Limit Amount Os Taxes To Be Levied Indianapolis, Jan. 23.—Pointing out that “the sky is the limit” for tax levies in Indiana, Senator Batt, of Terre Haute yesterday afternoon introduced in the senate a bill to limit the levies of all taxes assessed in townships, school cities and cities to $2.50. "The only- way to lighten the burden of taxation about which we hear so much is to fix a limit on the levies the different units of the state government can fix.” Senator Batt said In discussing his measure. “There is now- a law to set the amount of bonded indebtedness at not more than two per cent, of the taxable value of property, but the tax levy itself can be boosted to any figure.” Senator Batt said he thought that $2.50 was a fair rate. In some units the levy is $2.12 and in others it ranges as high as $4. A similar bill was sponsored by Senator Batt in the legislature two years ago. — o Man Killed, Son Injured When Train Hits Auto (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Evansville, Ind., Jan. 23. —Waldo Masterson. 37, was killed and his son Russell, six, was probably fatally injured when their automobile was struck by a train near Lamar. Masterson was a mail carrier.

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James Steele Recovering From Injury To His Hand James Steele, of Magley, is slowly recovering from the Injury sustained recently when he was accidently shot in his left hand. Mr. Steele had laid the barrel of his rifle on the live coals In a haseburner in an attempt to melt a lead bullet that had become lodged in the barrel. After the barrel became hot he lifted one end and the bullets were forced out at the trigger end by an explosion dne to the air expanding in the barrel. Two of the bullets lodged in Mr. Steel's hand, one at the base of the thumb and the other at the base of the index finger. They were removed by physicians after an X-ray examination. GENEVA FARMERS HOLD INSTITUTE Interesting Sessions Held Thursday; Plans Made For Next Year The three sessions of the Geneva Farmers Institutte held yesterday were fairly well attended, the Geneva U. IU Church being the place of meeting. Mr. Muller and Mrs. Tuttle delivered interesting addresses at both day sessions. Excellent music was furnished by pupils of the Geneva High School and the Sprunger children. Two agricultural films featured the evening program. Officers elected to have charge of the instituute next year are as follows: Chairman. Walter Thornhill: Vice-Chairman, Martin Brennan; Secretary-Treasurer. James Barr. It Is said sufficient membeshlp was obtained to insure the institute for next year. o To Increase Capital Stock In Light Company At a meeting of the stockholders of th” Preble Light and Power com paay held last evening at the Peter won school house in Kirkland townrhip, It was voted to increase the captal stock of the company from SB,OOO -<•> S2OOOO. The capital is being Increased so that extra connections and improvements to the line can be made- According to the by-laws of the company, patrons who are served by the company must also be stockholders. Several parlies living along the line wish to have electric current furnished to them, it was stated and as all the original stock has been sold to patrons It was necessary to increase the capital. ■> —— Farmer Drops Dead (UNITED PRESS SERVICE' Vevay, Ind.. Jan. 23. —While delivering a load of tobacco to a warehouse here. William Myers, 65. a farmer, dropped dead. o SENIORSHEAR PLAY BROADCAST — Hear Play That They Will Stage Next Week Broad--1 cast From New York — Miss Eloise Ijewton entertained the i members of the cast of the senior ■ class play at a radio party at her home on North Second street last night. The party listened in on the play “Billy,” which was broadcast from station WGY at Schenectady. New- York, this being the play which the seniors will present at the high school auditorium next Wednesday and Thursday nights. Through the courtesy of N. J. Mylott, superintndent of the city light plant, the arc lights in the city were turned off during the play, which afforded a fine reception of the program. Later in the evening, Mrs. Lewton, mother of the hostess, served delicious refreshments. Thos in attendance were: Misses Lee Anna Vance, Mary Macklin. Helen Christen. Jeanette Clark, Kathryn Hyland, Agnes Sellemtayer, Mrs. J. R. Blair, and Messers. Don Hunsicker, Clyde Cline, Hugh Andrews, Harold Lawson, Carrol Cole, Chaliner Everett, Ralph Kenworthy, and Charles Breiner. Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; rising temperature.

CATHOLIC HIGH TO HOLD DEBATE Local Debaters Will Meet C.C.H.S. Os Ft. Wayne Here Sunday The first of a series of debates between the Decatur Catholic high school and the C. C. 11. S. of Fort Wayne will be held in this city Sunday afternoon at 3:80 o’clock at the Knights of Columbus. The public is Invited to attend. The subject of debate in an Interesting one. It is “Resolved: That capital punishment should be abolished.” The 1). ('. H. S. debating team, composed of Anna Murtaugh, Helen Holt house and Bernardine Christen, will take the affairmative, while the C. C. H. S. representatives namely Paul App, Bernard Braecker and Francis Corbett, the latter a former Decatur boy, will defend the negative. The judges for the debate will be Walter Krick, principal of the Decatur High school; Miss Grace Coffee, teacher of English and writing in the public grade schools, and Miss Margaret Moran, also a teacher in the public grade schools of this city. Last year a debate was held between D. C. H S. and C. C. H. S. of Fort Wayne in this city and the local school won the contest. On Monday- evening, January 26, the D. C. H. S. negative team will go to Fort Wayne to debate the C. C. 11. S. affirmative. The local speakers who will go to Fort Wayne are. Cedric Voglewede, Theodore Knapke and Arthur Voglewede. The debates are held in the interest of teaching public speaking and to ; encourage students in their research work of timely topics. o Six New Bridges On State Roads Completed — I Indianapolis, Jan. 23. —(Special to Daily Democrat)— Rapidly completing its bridge construction program of 1924. delayed somewhat due to the 'ate contract awards, the state highwsy commission today announced the opening to traffic of six bridges on important traffic lanes where detours or roadside runarounds have been in force for weeks. These structuures are on Road No. II at a point 2% miles north of Road 17; one on No. 17 between Ligonier and Kendallville and on the same road a mile east of Waterloo; on No. 32 just north of Fincastle; on No. 33 between Veedersburg and Covington. I and Covington, and on No. 39 near Laurel, south east of Rushville. John D. Williams .director, cautions the public to drive carefully in | the hill country of southern Indiana.' because present temperatures are causing roads to thaw during the day and freeze at night, with the result road, surfaces on the hills are slippery and hazardous!!. Attention was called that on Road No. 28, the ferry at White River between Rodgers and Sandy Hook is now running through a channel cut through the ice, but this channel may close any time again shutting off ferry- operation. o ■ Radio Fund Still Growing; Reaches $337.95 The sum of $32 was added today to the radio fund being raised to purchase receiving sets for the blind residents of the city and community, making the grand total of $337.95 in the fund. The solicitors, Charles Colter and R. J. Hart'ng, who are also the ones who conceived the plan here, are still at work and hope to increase the fund to soon. More blind residents have been located here. There are seven blind residents of this city and two in the Immediate vicinity of Decatur, for whom It is desired to purchase sets. The Psi lota Xi soror ty today joined the list of organizations contributing to the fund, by giving five dollars. The new contributors are: previous total. $305.95; Mutschler Packing company, $10; Dr. Fred Patterson, $1; Star Grocery, $1; William Baker, $1; William Bowen, $1; L. A. Graham. $1; Frank Young. $1; George Dutcher. $1; Rev. F. D. Whitesell, sl, Angie Firks, $1; Charles Voglewede, $1; James W. Brown, $1; Psi lota Xi Sorority, $5; H. A. Colchin. 5; Charles Mowery, sl. Total $337.95.

Sullivan Dedicates High School Building Sullivan. Ind., Jan. 22. — Sullivan new high school building was dedicated today. The building which has attracted the attention of educators and schoolmen of the state because of its efficient planning and economic construction was opened for public inspection during the afternoon. President L. N. Hines, of the state normal school will deliver the dedicatory address this evening. 0 MARKETING BILL SUPPORTERS WIN House Adopts Report For Passage Os Bill: AntiKlan Forces Win (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Indianapolis, Jan. 23. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Co-operative marketing and anti-klan forces and chiropractors were victorious in the state legislature today. Co-operative marketing forces were victorious when the house of representatives adopted a commltttee report for the passage of the MuurdenHull bill authorizing the organization of co-operative marketing association in Indiana. The recommendation was submitted after unexpected delay which developed when one member of the house committee on agriculture to which the bill was submitted held out for Its indefinite postponement. This member however gave his last minute approval and the report was submitted. A few minor amendments were made in the committee on the bill. Most of these were the corrections In the wording to make the bill more workable Anti-klan forces were victorious when the senate failed to adopt a minority committee report for passage of a bill introduced by Senator Sims, of Terre Haute to require all teachers In Indiana public schools f(J have obtain their elementary and high school training from public schools of the state. After a heated argument the house adopted a minority committee report recommending passage of the bill to create a state board of chiropractic examiners and to provide for the licensing of chiropractors. o O. F. Gilliom, well konwn resident of Berne, was a business caller in the city this afternoon. 0 COUNTY TOURNEY STARTS TONIGHT Grade Flavors Play First Round; H.S.Cagers Start Saturday Morning The eyes of all basketball fans throughout Adams County will be focused on this city tonight and tomorrow, when the county basketball tournament will be held. The tournament gets under way at the old gym : on First street this evening when the | first round of the grade school divis- i ion will be played. The high school! boys w'll play their first round tomorrow at the new high school gym i and the high school girls will start' their play Saturday afternoon at the j new gym. The final games in each of the three divisions will be played in the new gym tomorrow night. The schedule for the first round of the grade tourney tonight is Berne vs. Preble, 6 p. m.: Monmouth vs. Monroe. 6:40 p. m.; French vs. Hartford at 7:30 p. m.;.Decatur vs. Kirkland, at 8:20 p. m. The semi finals will he played at 10:30 and 11:15 a. ni. tomorrow. The schedule for the 'high school boys is as follows: Pleasant Mills vs. K'rkland, 8 a. m.; Monmouth vs. Jefferson, 8:45 a. m.; Monroe vs. Berne, 9:40 a. m.; winner 8 a. m. vs. winner 8:45 a. m. at 2:40 p. m.; winner 9:40 a. m. vs. Hartford at 3:40 p. m.; winner at 2:40 p. m. vs. winner at 3:40 p. m. at 8:40 p. m. The schedule for the girls’ division is: Kirkland vs. Pleasant Mills. 1 p. m.; Berne vs. Monroe, 1:50 p. in.; winner 1 p. m. vs. winner 1:50 p. nt at 7:40 p. m. General admission will be twentyfive cents at each session and season i tickets, good for all four sessions, ' are fifty cents.

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CROSSING CRASH CLAIMS LIFE OF SECOND VICTIM Mrs. Robert Chronister Dies Os Injuries Sustained On Jan. 11 MADE BRAVE FIGHT 1 Marriage Occured Three Months Ago Today; Funeral On Monday The accident at. the Adams street crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad here on Sunday, January 11, last night claimed its second victim, Mrs, Robert. Chronister, 19, who was injured in the accident, died at the Adams County Memorial hospital at 7:30 o'clock last night. She made a game, but losing light to live. Thomas Baker, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker, was killed Instantly in the accident. L'ttle hope was held for the recovery of Mrs. Chronister when she was taken to the hospital immediately following the accident, but she held on to life and made some improvement. Wednesday night, however, her condition took a decided turn for the worse and she remained unconscious from then until death. Mr. and Mrs. Chronister were married in Michigan, just three months ago today. It was a happy occas'on for them when they started housekeeping on the farm owned by Mr. Chronister’s father, Ed Chronister, in Washington township fo’lowing the wedding. Today the newly made home is broken up. Mr.:. Chronister was enroute to church in this city with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker and two sons, Thomas and Walter, neighbors, when the fatal accident occured, a week ago last Sunday morning. Mrs. Baker and son Walter were seriously injured but are reported to be recovering. Mr. Baker escaped w th only a few scratches and bruises. Mrs. Chronister was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Boyd, of Pottersville, Michigan. She was born in Adams -county, September 19, 1905 and ived southeast of this city until recently when her parents moved to Michigan. Her mother formerly was Miss Mary Kelley, a daughter of John and Anna Kelley. Mrs. Chronister is survived by her husband; her parents; two brothers. Robert and Kenneth, and one sister. Bernita at home. The mother was at her bedside when death occured. but the father was not here, he having returned to the'r home in Michigan a few days ago. The body was taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. EC Chronister this afternoon. Funeral services wi'l be held from the St. Marys Catholic church at 9 o'clock Monday morning. Interment in the St. Joseph Catholic ■’emetery. , o Overcast Weather To Accompany Eclipse (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Chicago, Jan. 23. —Thick overcast, weather will prevail in this territory Saturday morning, thereby preventing astronomical observations of the eclipse, the forecaster here told the United Press today. “Present indications are that the sky wil be mostly cloudy over the path of totality of the solar eclipse in Wisconsin and Michigan, also over Chicago and vicinity," the forecaster said. _o Hawkins Out On Bond (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Cincinnati, 0.. Jan. 23. —Morton S. 'Hawkins, Indianapolis, was out on $20,000 bond today pending hearing tomorrow on his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Haw’kins, indicted in Indianapolis on charges of using the mails to dei fraud as head of the Hawkins Mort* gage Loan Company, is fighting removal to that city. The financier was arrested in Dayton, 0., and bound over to the grand jury there, after a hearing before the United States commisisoner. o Elks Dance This Evening The Elks lodge .will give a dance at the Knights of Columbus hall this even ng. Music will be furnished by the Balloon Chasers orchestra, a travelling six-piece orchestra playing for Elks' dances, only. This is the second dance of the year given by the Elks. The public is invited.