Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 6 February 1925 — Page 1

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I FOUR HONORED I PYTHIANS AT I district meet I fraud Chancellor Erwin I Addresses Meeting Here I Last Night | CLASS IS INITIATED ■ Visiting Knights Present ■ From Many ( dies And ■ Counties I More than 4'"> Knights of Pythias ■ .(-rnil.J the eleventh district tneet- ■ iD , , t the K of [’■ home in this city ■ bst evening and one of the most en- ■ jtMble meeting’ in the history of ■ Kfkionga lodge was held. ■ fifteen candidates, including seven ■ from Dectdut five from Ossian; two ■ from G‘-n.-v;t -nd two front Bluffton, ifre given tie r..:,k of I age. the ■ wrk being conferred by Dore BErwin grand chancellor of the ■ Knights of Pythias of Indiana and ■ other grand lodge officers. ■ Following the exemplification of ■ the degree work, the lesson of ■ friendship was dramatized by the ■ peatur I’yllu.oi Dramatic club, head ■ n! liv Roy .Mtttnma ami other mem- ■ bets of the local lodge. The story of ■ ranter, and Pythias friendship was i beautifully exemplified by the draiitii team and the large crowd thorI f«!:ly enjoyed the presentation. Visiting Knights front the district I. here from Decatur. Berne. Gei j»va. Ossian. Tocsin. Bluffton. Unioni dale. Huntington, LaFontain and ! Marion. The lodges of Fort Wayne itul Willshire. Ohio, were also repre- • mtftl at the meeting and the states of Michigan. Idaho and Missouri w represented by visiting knights i from those states. Grand Chancellor Erwin spoke on > plans for the proposed Py thian bum.- in Indiana. Harry Wadc_aba.tr toitot the Pythian home committee, wit unable to attend the meeting, being called away on account of husisets. Mr. Erwin told the guests what the Knights of Pythias hoped to acntmphsh in the proposed home. Reports from several of the team sptaius who were appointed to sente donations or pledges, equal to ir* day's wages of the individual or Wr if he cared to give, were made. Hrory Michaud and several others of the captains reported that they had very successful in securing Pledges and reported perfect results. ■ The Decatur lodge members will do r eir sltare in giving towards the tar. the final check-up of the dona- • dons to lie rrr.de on February 14. . A musical program was given durI- lug the evening, including singing by Frank Drown of Marlon. Talks were , by state and district officers s «d stereopticon views of the state nihian homes in Ohio, Illinois, TenPtssee, Texas and Now York were I shown. On February 19, the results of the I “wans for gifts for the Indiana | ™ lan hom " will be broadcast by from Indianapolis, and if (Continued eu page Six) —o- — WNG FARMER DIESTHURSDAV Appendicitis Proves Fatair To Dwight G. Roller, Near Pleasant Mills iTult 0, t ßoUer ' age 30 year8 ' Adone ana 7 ™ er ’ died at h ' B home pu one-half miles south of morning. 1 4 °’ ClOCk yeßterday oations wM w th Was due t 0 com P ll ’ «ration t Ch developed From an operform appendiclt >3 which was 2 a week ag ° Thursday,. county oS r T born in Van We rt had resided t' BUSt 311 1894 ‘ He la.t fourWs dat ” B COUDty for the So, 1923 ' e years - On October ' *«hHa’h ß L WaS Inarried tl > Miss Mm. j a ± r ' 3 daurtter of Mr. and Hir p aren P J Hahnert > of near Salem, his 'vlte m are deceased - Besides three <.]«.' ? Roller is survived by "’alter Roi? and six brothers. Dr. f a brother ’** WiUshire - Ohio, is the MethAj erViCeß be held from Mills ati - 1 > Sl c ' lurc b in Pleasant 1 Burial will s’ Saturday afternoon, cemeterv be made in the Wright *’ D *ar Dlgi n , Ohio.

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Admits That Murder Confession Was Hoax ——— I Chicago, Feb. B.—(United Press.) —George Veenestra. 29, Lansing, 111., who yesterday presented himself to I the chief of police nt Harvey, 111., claiming 10 be the murderer of Dean O'Banion, Chicago vice zcar, today admitted to State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe, his confession was a hoax. Vppneslra said he wanted to arouse the sympathy of his wife who has not been living with him for s&veral months. Crowe will have the man examined for sanity. SPECIAL TRAIN TO INAUGURATION Local Republicans Planning To Go To Washington On Special Mar. 1 L. A. Graham. Republican county chairman, has received the schedule of the special inaugural train which will carry Indiana republicans from Indianapolis to Washington. D. to attend the inauguration of President Calvin Coolidge and Vice-President Charles G. Dawes, on Wednesday. March 4. The Lndiana republicans have arranged for a special train over the Bic Four Route, the Chespeake and Ohio railroad. The train will leave Indianapolis at 8 p. m. on Sunday, March 1. and is scheduled to arrive in the Capital City on the evening of Monday. March 2 at five o'clock. On the return trip, the special will leave Washington on March 6. Mr. Graham and several other republicans are figuring on joining the Indiana delegation and attend the inauguration, it was stated. Clyde A. Walb. state Republican chairman, has prepared the following information relative to the inaugural special: ‘ We have been assured of strictly modern graduated eqinpuwiiL for our trip and in return have promised to place our definite reservations amply in advance to enable the railway and Pullman companies to properly provide for tw . “A block of 40 rooms at the LaFayette Hotel, corner 16th and I Streets (only two blocks from the White House), have been reserved for which advance payment has been made by the Indiana Republican State Committee. “Reservations will be made in order of receipt of check. "Total per day for two persons occupying a room SB.OO, or $32.00 for the room for the four days. “Total per day for three persons occupying a room, SIO.OO, or $40.00 for the room for four days. "Total per day for four persons occupying a room $12.00 or $48.00 for the room for the four days. “We have been given a round trip reduced rate of $36.15 on the above trip, tickets available for the return on our special train morning of March, or on regular trains until March 8. “Pullman expense — lower berth, $7.50; upper berth, $6.00; drawing room, $27.00, in each direction. BULLETIN (UNITED PRESS SERVICE?) Washington, Feb. 6.—President Coolidge this afternoon sent to the senate the nomination of Thomas W. Slick, of 'South Bend, to be the second federal judge in Indiana. / o Mrs. Henry Weidler To Sing Over Radio Tonight Mrs. Henry Weidler, of Detroit, a daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Weidler, of this city, will broadcast a group of songs this evening from radio station, WCX, the station of the Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Weidler will sing at 8:30 o'clock Eastern Standard Time, which is 7:30 o’clock Decatur time. Mrs. Weidler is known by many Deatur people and many local people likely will tune in on her recital this evening. o Preaching At North Pleasant Valley Sunday There will be preaching services at the North Pleasant Valley church morning and evening. The services will be conducted by the Rev. Mrs. Ola Johnson. The public is invited to attend.

APPROPRIATE FUND TO FIGHT POULTRY PEST Legislature Rushes Through Appropriation Os $50,000 Today COUNTIES QUARANTIET) Old Age Pension Bill Introduced In Senate This Afternoon OTNITED PRESS SERVICE) Indianapolis, Feb. 6—(Special to Daily Democrat)—ln less than an hour's time today the legislature rushed through an emergency appropriation bill to provide $50,000 for, fighting the European fowl pest in Indiana. There was no opposition in the senate and only one negative vote in the house. The measure went to the governor immediately. Representative Pittenger sponsored the bill in the house and Senator' Moorehead backed it in the senate. With the funds provided by the ! bill the state veterinarian will immediately send a largo force of field men into nine counties under quarantine in th; eastern part of the! state to present the spread of tine disease which if not chocked will threaten the poultry industry' throughout the state. The old age pension bill providing | for a pension for $25 a month to ail persons over 65 who have an income of less than S3OO a year and property valued at loss than $3,000 was introduced in the senate by Senator Nejdl of Whiting, republican floor leader The bill introduced by Senator Nedjl calls for the establishment of county pension boards to operate under the supervision of the state industrial board which would have charge of administration of the acts. •- Tire Pftrmgwr brtt ptnting an fees and revenues collected by the state into the general fund of the treasury was advanced to third reading in the house with an amendment ordered by Representative Pittinger to include, federal aid funds for the state highway commission under provisions of the bill. Nine Counties Quarantined Indianapolis, Feb. 6—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Nine counties in eastern Indiana were under quarantine today against the European (Continued on page three) —. ■ . p —. .... FARM WOMEN WIN PRIZES Excellent Exhibit In Home Economics Section Os Monroe Institute An excellent exhibit was made in the home economics department of the' Monroe Farmers Institute held at Monroe, Wednesday, when ladies from various parts of the, county entered their handiwork in the form of cakes, bread and other appetizing and attractive articles. In a general class for the best loaf of bread, there were fifteen entries, first being won by Mrs. Anna Nussbaum, second by Mrs. Mrs. D. W. Weldy and third by Mrs. Dan Noffsinger. In a special class for bread baked from Turkey flour, Mrs. Wid Michaels placed first, Mrs. J. F. Rupert, second; Mrs. Rena Osterman, third. There were eleven displays in this class. In a class of six entries of white cakes, Mrs. C. O. Manlby won first; Miss Barbara Mazelin, seqond, and Mrs. Fred Adler, third. Nine devil’s food cakes were shown in that class, Mrs. Frances Watkins winning hVst, Mrs. Etta Heffner, second, and Miss Osa Striker, third. Three angel food cakes were shown, Miss Clara Isch winning first, Mrs. Robert Sprunger, second, and Mrs. Lizzie Laisure, third. Fifteen samples of butter made a fine display in which Mrs. Dan Habegger won first; Mrs. Elmore Cook, second, and Mrs. Chas. Estel, third. Mrs. Ehrsam won first in the display of jellies. Girls between the ages of nine and fourteen showed fifteen tea towdls, Veda Smith, Myrtle Fuhrman and Ruth Bahner winning first, second and third in the order named. Seven (Continued on Page six)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 6, 1925.

Rev. Whitesell Holding Fine Meeting In South A letter was received here today from the Rev. F. 1). Whitesell, pastor of the Baptist church in this city, who Is conducting a revival meeting In the Baptist church at Piggot, Arkansas. Rev. Whitesell states that he is having a splendid meeting in spite of extremely adverse weather conditions! The roads tire muddy and almost impassable in places. Piggot has a population of about 2.500. Rev. Whitesell will return to his church here next week. .The local pulpit will be filled again next Sun day by the Dr. P. B. Fitzwater, dean < of the Moody Bible Institute evening school, of Chicago, who preached here last Sunday. Dr, Fitzwater is a noted Bible student and is an inspiring preacher. He will speak in the morning and evening service here Sunday. o — UNION SERVICES ON GOOD FRIDAY * .. Protestant Churches Plan To Hold Three-Hour Service April 10 A union service of the Protestant j rhurches in Decatur will be held on I j Good Friday, April 10, the Decatur I Ministerial Asociation endorsing such | ; an observance at its meeting held in this city Monday. Those churches which do not have : individual services are asked to join in the Cood Friday observance, between twelve and three o’clock, in commemoration of the three hours spent by Christ, the Saviour, on the Cross. Rev. F. D. Whitesell, pastor of the, Baptist church and Rev. H W Thompson. pastor of the Christian church, were appointed to arrange plans for the union services to select one of the churches as the place for holding the three-hour service. As has been the custom for several years, the St. Marys Catholic church will hold the three-hour services on Good Friday and In all probability the business houses will dose during tiie time the church services are being held. » o Rev. Hinz Expected Home Today Or Saturday I Rev. A. W. Hinz, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church in this city, is expected home today or Saturday from Cleveland, Ohio, where he was called on account of the death of Mrs. Hinz’s mother. Services will be conducted at the Lutheran church Sunday morning. A German service will he held at ten o’clock, there being no service at nine-thirty. o Catholic Church Holds Services This Morning The first Friday services were held at the St. Marys Catholic church this 1 morning, a large number attending. 1 Holy Communion was distributed at ' six o’clock and at the seven-thirty ! mass. 1 G. E. EMPLOYES PURCHASE BONDS Local Employes Have Subscribed For $19,760 Worth Already Eno Lankenau, superintendent of ‘ the Decatur works of the General Electric company, announced this morn- ' ing that local G. E. employes had already subscribed for $19,760 worth of General Electric Employes Securities bonds and that he expected the total j sale of bonds to exceed $20,000 by the end of the week. The bonds are non-taxable and pay 8 per cent interest and are sold only to employes of the General Electric. The money is used by the company in plant operat ons throughout the country. A certain amount is allot- i ed to the Decatur and Fort Wayne plants and from the response given during the first week of the sale, the demand for the securities will probably exceed the supply. Weather Fair tonight. Saturday increasing cloudiness. Moderate tempe’rature.

CANNOT REACH COLLINS BEFORE NOON SATURDAY •Rescuers Are Cheered By Belief That Imprisoned Man Still Lives RADIO TEST IS MADE 'Test Indicates That Man Is Not Only Alive But Still Conscious At the Mouth of Sand Cave, Ky,— Cheered by the belief that Floyd Collins still lives rescuers hammered steadily today into the new shaft they are sinking 60 feet to the point where Collins is entombed. Working frantically they can proceed no more than 30 feet before night fall. "We should break through to Collins by Saturday noon," Brigadier General Denhardt, officer in charge said. "But I doubt if he can live that long." Radio tests early today gave workers assurance that Collins not only is alive but conscious. After they had made the tests, Denhardt expressed renewed confidence that Collins would be taken out alive. f Shifts are made every hour and a halt among the workmen to make quicker work possible. Seventy-five of the workmen here are employes of the Louisville and Nashville railroad which has promised additional men through the day. The railway company also sent tools and machinery. Radio tests which determined Collins was alive were made by means of the electric light which still burns! in Collins' living tomb. Radio amplifiers were attached to this wire and the light was cut off. listeners distinctly heard Collins fumble with the light bulb in an effort to get the light on again. When it wns-tnrned Wn-se sounds ceased. Testers asserted there was absolutely no other possible source of the sounds. — o CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat: May $1.86%; July $1.59%; Sept. $1.46%. Corn: May $1.34; July $1.37%; Sept. $1.35%. Oats: May.. 60%e; July 61%c; Sept. 58%c. INSTITUTE WAS WELL ATTENDED ■TO Three Interesting Sessions Held By Root Township Farmers Thursday Good attendance was recorded at the Root Township Fanners Institute held at Monmouth in the school building yesterday. Mrs. Fordice and Mr. Clark, who attended and lectured at~fhe Monroe and Union township farnterte institutes this week, were present. At the afternoon session, Principal Graham, of the Monmouth schools., gave a short talk urging the patrons of the schools to cooperate in the educational program. Old officers were re-elected and are as follows: Cal Kunkel, president; Mrs. Ed Christen, erAt the evening program held last evening, French Quinn, of Decatur, gave an inspiring talk on the American Constitution. A varied literary and musical program was also rendered. Dinner and supper were served in the school building by the domestic science classes of the Monmouth high school. o Geneva Man Locked Up For Molesting Family Geneva, Feb. 6. — Harvey Eckrote spent a part of Monday in the town lock-up, on complaint of his family, and was released without any charges being filed against him upon his promise to stay away from his family entirely. The trouble came early Monday morning when Harve is alleged to have become drunk and run the family out. They called Marshal •Hollingsworth and Harvey "beat it” down the railroad followed by the cop. He was captured after a chase of half a mile or so, and locked up.

15*year-old Girl Writes Half Dozen Death Notes Chicago, Feb. 6. — (United Press.) —Police today held a 15-yenr-old girl as writer of half a dozen "death" notes to Charles Relb, garter manufacturer. Relb had received several threaten ing letters,* each demanding SIOO. He notified police who captured Eleanor Kania, school girl, taking a decoy package from Reib's mail box. The girl said she wanted "clothes and money for the movies.” ROTARIANS HEAR i OF SCOUT WORK Scoutmaster Bryce Thomas And Scout Harold Zwick Give Talks Bryce Thomas, local Scoutmaster, and Harold Zwick, one of the Tenderfoot scoats of the Rotary Troop Number One. were guests of the Rotarians last evening and gave a short history of the Boy Scout organization. Next week the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America will be observed and Mr. Thomas stated that plans were being made to hold a parade in this city sometime during the week. The Scouts will observe the anniversary with a program and the activities of the organization will be brought tOf the public's attention. Troop number one is an active unit and the membership is complete. Bryce Thomas has been acting as scoutmaster for more than a year and is meeting with great success in carrying out the scout program. Local Youths Hear Mexican Radio Station Gerald Cold and Robert Freitag, two young radio experimenters and fans of this city, copied for about five m notes Tuesday night, the Mexican station 7K. located in Mexico City. Mexico. This station was heard on the same set on which the French station SAB and the Belgian station P 2 were heard last December, it being a two-tube short wave, low-loss set. Today Was Warmest Day Os The Winter Today was the warmest day of the winter. Street thermometers registered as high as 53 degrees above at one-thirty this afternoon. The ground is thawing and the water is running off in good shape. The river is high and in some places spring work on the farms has started, it was stated. Officers Are Elected By Democratic Editors Indianapolis, Feb. 6. —Miller Ellingham, of Fort Wayne, today was elected treasurer of the Democratic state editorial association at the annual meetiug here. Other officers are advanced by rotation. They are. John Gorman, of Princeton, president; Thomas McCulloch, Anderson, first-vice president; E. T. Beadle, of Rushville, second I vice-president, and John DePeez, of Shelbyville, secretary. Indianapolis. Feb. 6.—Roused to enthusiasm by the militen addresses of party leaders, members of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association went into the business sessions of their mid-winter meeting today. At the annual banquet last night Senator Samuel M. Ralston told the editors to "don new armor” for the congressional campaign of 1926. "The Democratic party can not be successful as a party of negotions," Ralston said. "It cannot win as an obstructive party. It must have positive ideas and policies.” I r Gorman, editor of the Princeton Democrat, will become president ot the association by rotation in office. Democrats To Elect City Chairman Saturday The Democratic city committeemen will meet in this city at one-thirty Saturday afternoon for the purpose i of electing a city chairman and other ■ officers of the city central committee, who will have charge of the city campaign next spring. The meeting i will be held In Democratic headquarters above the Daily Democrat office ' and County Chairman Daniel H. Tyni dall will preside. J. O. Sellemeyer, i now of Los Angeles, was city chair- . man four years ago.

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END OF WORLD IS SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT Independents In Church Os Seventh Day Adventists Predict End GO INTO SECLUSION f Thousands Os Believers 1 Throughout County Pre--pare For Event By Frank Getty, (U. P. Staff Correspondent) East Patchogue, N. Y.. Feb. 6. — Well, they nave a nice day for it, Robert Reidt and his disciples, who confidently expect the end of the world —or at least the beginning of the end —some time tonight, had clear skies in which to observe the first portent. Dressed in their Sunday best, the apostle with his trousers neatly creased and Fraulels Reidt in a crinkly silk dress, the little band of Reformed Seventh Day Adventists moved somewhat stiffly about their last minute preparations for the coming of the crack of doom. Reidt. a rotund little German-Amer-ican. hoarse from exhortations and explanation of the plans of the faithful for ridl'a; to San Diego on a cloud, explained fiat this end of the world business is not due to arrive suddenly at midnight, as bad been rumore<k The prophet of dooms day said that tonight merely marks the beginning of the end of things. With his followers, Reidt will keep a dog watch on the eastern sky, to observe Christ starling for earth. The journey will take seven days, Reidt explained, as the Savior w ill stop at several planets to make arrangements for the return trip, on which he will lead 144.000 of the "brides of the lamb." Tonight's show, therefore, promises to be considerably less spectacular than had been expected. Holly Wood. Cal., Feb. 6— (United Press) —Hollywood's Seventh Day Adventists went into seclusion today to await the end of the world and the second coming of Jesus Christ. Mrs. Margaret Rowen. seeress »of the cult, whose prophecies have caused thousands of followers throughout the country to prepare for the milleniurn, disappeared. Friends said she had retired to her estate in San Diego to await the end. Dr. B. E. Fullermer. leader of Mrs. Rowen’s flock, secluded himself with a little group of the faithful and spent the day in prayerful anticipation. Toledo, 0., Feb. 6. —(United Press.) —Believing the judgment day was at hand as predicted by a group of independents in the church of the Seventh Day Adventists, Karl E. Danzeisen, 49, sought to send two souls (Continued on page two) NEW MANAGER OF LOCAL STORE Morris Company Changes Managers Here: Opens New Store Saturday Joseph McDannell, who has been manager of the Morris & Company Five and Ten Cent Store in this city since January 1. 1924, has been assigned to the Morris company’s ■ store in Elwood. Indiana, and will leave Monday to assume his new po- ■ sition. Mr. McDannell will be suet ceeded here by Clarence O'Neil, of - Delphos, Ohio, who has been managing a Morris store in Goshen, Indiana. The Morris store at Elwood is one of the company’s oldest stores r and it does a great business. The move is considered a nice promotion i for Mr. McDannell. He will thove his f family to Elwood next week. ? The Morris company will open r their new store in this city Saturday, i. The store is being moved from the y old location next door to the Enterg prise Drug store to the building farth- ;- er north on Second street, which was e recently purchased by the Morris i- company- from Mrs. B. J. Terveer. ■, The new building has been retnodel- > ed extensively and much new stock has been placed in the store.