Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 55, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1925 — Page 1

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■STAGE IS SET FOR I OPENING of net I TOURNAMENT L Ibune Os Sertional f fournamrul Called t or 2 p. M- • ,i(,a y DETAILS ARRANGED | Officials And Helpers Arc Selected: Teams To Stay In City ’* "the schedule Friday vs. Jefferson. l>.-<aiur vs. Moum-mtn. : I. mi nster VS. Monroe S:WII 1. Kirkland vs.. Hartford. Saturday j : tuia.ni.—l’lrasant Mills vs. Borne. ID-lib.i.m.- Winner 2p. tn. vs. win I n er :: p. tn. Friday. jmip.ni. Winm-t 7:30 p. in. Friday vs. winner S:3B p. in. Friday. joo pin Winner !> a. in. Sa'ur- , day vs. winner 10 a. in. ■ Friday. f h:IM p m.—Winner 2 p. m. Saturday vs. winner 3 p. in. ' Saturday. LI I Tf t , slap- is set for the opening! (,t iiie hi.Kli school sectional basket-' lull tnnriiainent which will open at , high -' I I gymnasium here , a j.o'dncii Friday afternoon The; iHp-niii" game -.v 11 be played by j ifrsirr ami Jeffervoß township. The | i.iriine at '.! o'clock H-I! he b tw.-en Decaltfr anil Mon nnii’l Two more gnnio.s will be dayol Friday evening. Lancaster (K-o-'ng Monroe al 7:“<) nnd Kirkland I phying Hartford at S:3O. ; The members of he ten foams entered in the tournament will he teased in private homes in the city during the tourney. Their meals Ml be furnished at the Pythian Home on Third street, the Pythian Wrrs serving th«> meals. The playon will be entitled to eat there all during the tournament, regardless if whether or not they lose their first fw second game. The first meal will te served at noon Friday. , School will be dismissed here at [II :h,7 o’clock Friday forenoon. Indi-, Rations are that there will be a good Attendance at all sessions. About [125 season tickets have been sold in hfatur. An average of about twenEly season tickets were sent to each if the other schools entered in the f. tnurnonjop- but nn report »jj|p hoe" [«Mved a. to how many were- sold. The list of officials and helpers at Ue otirnanient were announced toIJ f by Principal Walter J. Krick ‘The referees will be Ford Griffith, of Auburn, and H. L, Murray, of Montr»l«r. Ralph Yager will be the officii time keeper and France Conter *lll he the official score keeper. W (lity Brown iis in charge of the meals Tw the players and Miss Agnes (Continued on Page Six) o —. CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE REPORTED Total Os $559.86 Raised In Adams County; Lower Than 1923 Amount J l ' Cuy Brown, secretary of the ■ unis ( ounty Anti-tuberculosis Soty and chairman of the conuty nstmas Seal Sale, has just comlc'l his report on th* sale of seals q ll bonds during December. ( ' Wal of the workers over the n ln| J wer e slow in filing their re'Vlth Mr - Brown. A total of $559. " aS raise <l through the sale in ai ” s county, that amount being miialent to 55.0RG seals. The total f ' ss than the amount sold in 1923, IMiirH 1 rai ' w! ,ljat year being ' ''"’-'’live per cent of the money S " *1 ' hrongh t'w sale of Christmas in as ln d ' lea 'th bonds will remain d county to be used in consis t> 'b p fi’ht against tnberculohas i ° ° tlier twenty-five per cent Hanbnti' ■ orwar^etl to the state orI .“° n .- Mrs ’ C- V. Connell, of tiritin- 1 * S pres 'd®nt of the county and Mrs. Albert Scheua so of Decptur, is treasurer.

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Locates Cousin Here Through Newspaper Story I- J Through a story published in the Daily Democrat and copied by the Bhiffton liunimr, containing an account of an accident here Sunday night in which Miss llttu Rotligeb was struck by an automobile and injured, 11. W. llothgeb. of Bluffton, a cousin of Miss llothgeb, learned of her wh-roaboiits after a separation oi fifteen years. That Miss llothgeb was living with her sister,. Mrs J Meehs. in this city, was unknown to (relatives in Bluffton, who after years of inquiry for her had concluded that she was dead. r. kothreb came to Decdur ynstermiy to visit with his cousin. GASSANDSON BUY NEW STORE Local .Merchants Buy Lad--1 ies’ Ready-to-Wear Store In Huntington The papers are being signed this ; week whereby E. F. Cass and son. Haymond Gass, will become the owni 1 ers of a Ladies Iteady-to-Wear Shop, t located on one of the principle streets . Ilin Huntington. According to the con-| piraet which the contracting parties | jlhave entered intn. Mr. (lass and Soul I will take possession of the Hunting-! I ton store sometime after April 1.1 The stoic is one of the well-known i retail concerns in Huntington. The new store will be managed by! Raymond Cass -nd a- soon as tit-* i deal is formally clo-ed. he and hi: family will move to Huntington to : reside. The Huntington store will afford an extra buying advantage where: quanity purchases count much, stock ; being purchased for both of the stores l at the sumo time. K. F. Gass and daughter Marie Gass will continue to manage the De- < :Hw»-rdM»e Toe. iriH-r»«r of U»e she* is now being redecorafeil. papered and the milltnery department moved to ■ the front of the store. A balcony has ‘been placed in the rear of the store which will be used as the office and altering department. The E. F. Cass store was established here about 1-1 years ago nnd is one of the best known retail estab lishments in this part of the state o Mayor Johnson’s Case Not Acted Upon Yet •Mayor IL O. Johnson, of Gary, called | us this afternoon and asked that we <’E-rr-9c‘ An...a. ...•)' s -’ palch u day or so ago that his .case• had been heard and decided by the! supreme court of the United States.': Mr. Johnson explained that the case) acted upon by the court was that of I Mr. Hunter, ex-prosecuting attorney of Lake county, an entirely different case from his anil concerning matters pertaining to the administration pievious to that of Mr. Johnson. The Johnson case will not be taken to the supreme court until the 20th of this month and it will probably be several weeks before it is acted upon. The mayor is quite confident of a satisfactory result. o To Continue Probe Os State Highway Commission Indianapolis, March fi—Probe of the highway commission by the .Marion county grand jury will continue although six persons have already been indicted county officials said today. “We are not through with the probe" Claude Worley, criminal court investigator assisting prosecutor Remy said. "The investigation will go on. Arrangement date for John Wil- ■ liams, highway director, Earl Crawford member of the commission and the four other defendents was set for April 6. All are expected to plead not guilty ami fight the case to the end. The case will probably be called for trial in April or May. o f—- • Mrs. Peterson Improving Mrs. Fannie Peterson who has ■ been quite ill since last Sunday from ;. acute indegestion was better at noon - today after a very restless night. A ' consultation of physicians was held | ’ this morning and it is believed she - is getting along nieely and will con- . I lune to improve from this time.

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GOV. JACKSON 1 SIGNS TWO BILLS [Affixes Signature To Buss: 1 Bill And Bone Dry Prohibition Bill — l('nlte>l fr.-ss Sorviv. > Indianapolis Mari n ' S|‘< < '■ i t'[ Daily Democrat)—Governor Jackson; fate yesterday signed the Moorehead bus bill and the Wright bone drv prohibition bill. The Moorehead has bill provides iur regulation of commercial busses amt tmHw- through the state public' service <on:mission. The bone dry bill was sponsored j by the Indiana Anti Saloon league to plug up holes in existing dry laws. The governor also signed six minor, measures. o— ——— Fixes Discount Rate , — ((•SITED PRESS SERVICE' Ixtndon, March s—The Hank of England today fixed its discount rate at 5 per cent. SEEKS OFFICE OF CITY TREASURER ~T I Mrs. Luella Maglev Is Candidate For Nomination In Primary The democratic nomination'for city treasurer of Decatur again will be sought by a woman and by a new candidate. Mrs. Luella' Magjey, of, I South Winchester street, wife of the late Dr. 1,. K. Magley of this city, announced this morning that she was a candidate for the office. Mrs. Magley is a daughter of County Commissioner Ernst Conrad and has taken an active part in local political affairs in recent years. She is a resident of the first ward and intends to make an active campaign for the nomination. Mrs. Flora B. Kinzle. who was the first woman in Decatur to be elected city treasurer, will not boa candidate for the office at the primary. Mrs. Kinzle has an excellent recold !as city treasurer and has conducted the affairs of the offlc e in a business like manner. Mrs. Kinzle -is a daughter of the late Amos P. Beatty, who was one of the first mayors of Decatur. City politicians are beginning to warm up and several receptive candidates are being mentioned for the different offices. Friends of Mayor Huber M. Devoss ere backing him for a second nomination,, but as yet Mr. Devoss has not announced his intentions. The name of Judge J. T. Merry man, has been associated with the mayor’s nomination and last evening when he was interviewed Judge iMMerryman stated that he was not a candidate. Mr. Merryman was the first mayor of Decatur, following its organization as a city.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 5, 1925.

Dccalur (Jiri Accepts Position In California Mi;; Mnhle Hoagland, a daughter] of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hoagland of i 1 this city, and a graduate of Decatur | 1 high school with the class of 1919. I !ia» accepled a position as head of- | tii ■ clerk in a girls’ school at Veni lU'ia, California. Miss Hoagland was ■•ladit.iled with high , grades in Jhe ■ ornmercia! department of Hit* local | high school. She has been in CaliI I'o.nia for the past two years. SEEKENTRYTO I RILEY HOSPITAL — Petitions Filed For Admis* ’ sion Os Two More Ad- , ams County Children I, • Petitions fur the admission of two i more Adams county children to the ( ' .lames Whitcomb Riley Memorial HosI pital for Children, at Indianapolis, 'have been filed in the circuit court. , 'One of the applications was passed upon by Judge Jesse C. Sutton and | fthe child was committed to the hosi. , 1 1 pital. I The petition for the admission of i William Schaffer, eight-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. Fred Schaffer, of •th’'' <’■' \\ 1 ..t-inUul hv V;.’,v 'and the clerk ordered to make the ' necessary arrangements. A petition ’for the admission of Margaret Zerkle, 1 six year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Zerkle, residing east of the i city, has not been acted upon by the [ court. The first child admitted to the hos- | pital following its openihg last fall i was Mark Noble. 10-year-old son of [ Mr. and Mrs. Carl Noble, of this city. HOLD HEARING AT BERNE MARCH 13 Public Service Commission To Hear Petition Os Telephone Patrons A hearing on the complaint of the rural subscribers of the Citizens Telephone company at Berne will be held at the town hall at Berne on ( Friday. March 13. Announcement that i a representative of the Indiana Puls lic Service Commission would hear, the ease at Berne was received this morning by H. F. Ehinger. local manager of th e Telephone Company. Sometime ago a number of rural patrons of the Telephone company ( filed a complaint with the Public Service commission relative to the telephone service. Since that time a number of the signers ot' the complaint have asked that their name be withdrawn and it was found out I that eight of the signers were not I subscribers. Weather Partly overcast tonight and Friday. Warmer tonight and in east ami south portions Friday.

COUNTY COUNCIL WILL MEET SOON To Be Asked For Money To Build Outside Entrances To Comfort Station It will be necessary lo call a spoo ial session of the county council within the next month in order lo appropriate additional fluids for Hie payment of township assessors and their deputies for services required in taking the appraisement of real estate in the county this year. At the lime this "special s<-slnn Us called (be < aunty commissioner pro pose to ask the council for an appropriation sufficient to mak,. an out side entrance to the comfort station below the court house and for the opening of the south door to the ladies rest room on the main floor of the court house. County attorney Henry B. Heller and the Commissioner.-! have di.scii.sso4 the matter for sometime and they art* of the opinion that the improvement could be made at a cost not to exceed SI,OOO to SI2OO. If the. appropriation is made, the • ’ (Continued On Page Five) OLDEST RESIDENT DF COUNTY DIES Mrs. Mary ( lark Dies In Blue Creek Township At Age Os 96 Mrs Mary Clark, aged 96 years. I believed to be the oldest resident of i Adams county, died at 12:30 o'clock | Sunday morning at the home of her son Reuben Clark, in Blue Creek town ship. Death was due to sensility. Funeral services were held from tin Spring Hill church at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The Rev. William Carons officiated. Burial was made in the church cemetery. Mrs. Clark was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Werts and was born in Montgomery county. Ohio. May 2, IS2S. She was married to Levi Clark, who died 26 years ago last November. I She came to this county with her i husband and family nearly forty j years ago. Mrs .('lark was the mother of six , children two of whom survive. They are Reuben Clark of Blue Creek town- | ship and Mrs. Celesta Isenbcrger of Randolph county. Indiana. Four chil I dren preceded her in death. They were Mrs. Malinda Stauffer of Blue Creek township, Sylvester and Wilban, who died at the age of two years and an Infant son died. One brother and one sister survive iter; they are Dian Worts, of Mon I tana; Mrs. Catherine Warden, of Monticello, Indiana. Her brother and sister are also quite aged. Mr. Clark, the surviving son, states that hV mother's age, 97 years, plus the ages of her brother and sister, makes a total of 265 years, which is quite unusual for three members of the I same family.

Officers Finally Capture Two Alleged Lunatics (l'nlt.,l Press S<ry|,.,.| Bellefontaine, <»., March f> (Spe ciitl Io Dally Ih-nioerat.) —The siege of ihe Itmlisylvaniit farm hoti-e whore Harry and Hay Wren h dd out :i:u,insl Ihe law for Ihlee >1 tys ellllie :o a sudden end to.lay. Slipping up on the alleged lunatics i as they ventured out into ti pasture: h tel; of the f-.”m. Sheriff Wooley of| i.< rtf eonnty ,t ■: ten deputies over I I ivvi tid the Wrop brothers and ■ k them into custody Wooley spld Ih • Wl" Its pit lip n •:iff battle '■! : were unarmed and v? up v.hc-n they s,t,v they were i.iit-uinbcri-d, REST ROOM Will BE OPEN NIGHTS i Committee Decides To Keep Rest Room Open Evenings During Summer i -— > At a recent meeting of the Rest' f Room Committee, of tin l Woman's Club which includes Mesdames Fred Heuer, George Flanders. Dan Beery, Cal Peterson. Dan Niblick and C. E, Hocker, it was decided to keep the I Rost Room open from nine to seven I o'clock every evening from May first to November first, an custodian will be in charge. The Rest Room is ( open during the daytime throughout the year. The committer* lias kept | the rest room within the council's ap 'propriation and has not needed to call I for help from the Woman's Club. The i rest room was opened at the public I Library a few years ago and has i been maintained by th- Civic Department of the Woman's Club. A year ago the entire club took the main tainace of the rest room ail a committee interviewed ihe city council which it took over last April an 1 made appropriation!! for its main tainunee. It is Is-ing operated through the above named committee. o Fanner injured In Buzz Saw Accident Peter Klopfenstein, of near Berne ' met with a serious accident on the Peter Roth farm, two and one-h ilf miles west of Monroe. When his clothes were caught in a buzz saw. The blade struck his chest, cut off two ribs and penetrated his lung. He is in a serious condition. o File Petitions For A Drain In Kirkland Twp. i Milton Girod and other have 'fif'ti i a petition with the county commissioners for a drain in Kirkland town | ship. The proposed new darin begins on Hie land opned by Harriet M Bovvers and terminates in what iknown as the Scherry-Wherling drain. The petition will be presented to the board on Tuesday, April 7 and action taken thereon. —- Moses Named President Pro Tempore Os Senate (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Washington. March 5. — Senator George Moses, New Hampshire. Re publican, was chosen President pro tempore of the senate today by Republican senators in caucus. 1 The entire list of officers including Senator Curtis, as Republican leader, was re-elected. This action occupied all the avail--1 able time and committee assignments ' wore postponed until tomorrow. None of the sou La Follette. Bookhart, Ladd and Frazier — who are to be ousted as Republican ’’ committee members, attended the conference. < 0 / I Italian Troops Make Attack In Western Egypt (UNITED PREBS SERVICE) 3 London, March s—ltalian5 —Italian troops crossed the western border of Egypt 5 attacked a Bedouin caravan, killing 15 and took the remainder prisoners. p according to a dispatch from the Daily Chronicle' Cairo correspondent, f The camels in the caravan were j either killed or carried oft. The Egyptians in the meantime were busy p strengthening their garrison at s Colum. a Eighty five Italian soldiers were e killed in a recent raid around Beno ghazi by Senussi tribesmen, according to Egyptian sources.

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HOUSE KILLS “BLUE SUNDAY" BILL 48 TO 44 Minister Speaks Against Measure Before Vole Is Taken Today DAILY BILL PASSES Prevents Sale Os Obscene Magazines; Oleomargarine Bill Up Again (I’nitn<l Prnys Scrvhc) Indianapolis, March 5 (Special Io Daily Democral) The house killed lhe Kissinger “blue Sunday’' hill hv a margin of four votes after an hour’s wrangling on the measure. The vote was indefinite postponment 18 to 11. Representative Ciill, of Cloverdale, a minisler, spoke against the bill. “It is contrary’ Io the leachings of the new testament to compel people to observe the Sabbath.” Be said. the house killed the Quillen senale bill lor a recodification ol Ihe state election laws when it approved a committee report recommending indefinte postlonment. The Daily bill to prohibit the sale if obscene magazines in Indiana was i.assed by the senate, and lhe fig':' ov< r the Carney oleomargarine bill was reopened The bll put on order of second read'ng and an amendment was at'ached removing the danse which would prohibit the use of olcomargarim- in state institutions. 'lhe bill has failed twice to secure t constitutional majority tor passage. Indianapol March s—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A ebnference com latere was to meet this afternoon to mitlee of the twoTiOlise; of the legi-s---attempt to end lhe deadlock over the appropriations bill Lieut. Governor VanOrman named Senator.: Nedjl of Whiting and Hill of Carthage as members of the con'ference committee. House conference members named by Speaker Leslie were Representative Farrell, of Hartford City, and Ikti'nes of Avilla. The chief fight between the house s2st».tmt) for the Riley Memorial Itos ini! senate is over the items of total and $l()o,otio for a new gymna---iin at the Tone Hauto normal, at ached by the senate. Final action on the appropriationbill wifi prob.iblv not be taken before Saturday or Monday, it was indicated. Q , BILLETIN (United Press Service) Indianapolis, March s—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The house this afternoon passed Senator Saunders’ municipal building hill by unanimous vote. The measure now goes to the governor for his signature. EVANGELIST GIVES SERMON Miss Himmelheber Adds Impetus To Revival At U. B. Church lhe revival at the United Brethren church took advanced steps last night at the first service in which the first service in which the evangelist. Miss Himmelheber, was present. The subject of her initial sermon was. “The Joy of Salvation." She treated the subject under the following heads: 1. —The joy of repentance; 2—The joy of forgiveness; 3--The joy of adoption. The sermon abounded witli appropriate illustrations of these joys, while heavy tribute was laid upon the word of God. It was :i splendid discourse in every particular. Miss Himmelheber is a successful evangelist in the United Brethren church, having held many successful meetings throughout Indiana and Illinois. Services will continue nightly except Saturday, which has been left open as rest night. The public is urged to attend all of the services.