Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 113, Decatur, Adams County, 12 May 1925 — Page 5

JLq©(ScilLc§) I’rcd Blormnker, of Mkßlcy. lookI «.<$ after btn'lncss Intercxtx here MonI day. sir. and Mrs. A. I* Bttrdg and Mrs ! Ihtrdg's father, John L. Judy, of Met- | ,er Avenue, mid their son ln-lww and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Krlgt, | (l s Portland motored to Etna Green [ Sunday, where they visited the former I home of Mr. Jitdiiy, and his daughter Mt. Juday hadn't been back to Etna Green for 51 years. He met an old frl I end. Alex Higgens, who rceonized him I instantly and they had delightful vlstl I on the return trip to this city, the mot [ or party enjoyed a visit with Robert E Hicks at his bountiful home In South Whitley. Mr. Hicks Is publisher of ' "Speciality Salesman." a magazine with a national circulation. He is a former business associate of A. A. Kist. His home in South Whitley will cost, when completed. $260,000. It will lie 1 one of the show places of the state. One of the most interesting rooms in the home of Mr. Hicks Is the dining ; room, the twelve piece suit costing SS.200. It is a wonderfnl piece of work and took thirteen months to make. Mr. and Mys. Jesse Gilbert, of south < of Decatur, entertained the following guests Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. William Gilbert ami children. Viola. James, Chat es and Marcella, of Dccntur. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Sudduth and Mrs. and Mrs Ted Sudduth and son Frederick, t Miss Irene Kelly, of east of the city, was a shopper here yesterday afternoon. _,/ Mrs. C. S. Carey, and Mrs. J It Horton spent the day In Fort Wayti. visiting with friends. Miss Veronica Anker returned to Indanapolis today after spending tlm week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Anker. Miss Anker is < a student at the John Herrin Art Institute at Indianapolis David Adams, of this office, re- i turned last evening from a several days visit at Albion. Michigan, where he was called on accost of the illness of his step father, Charles E. | Lewis who suffered a stroke of paralysis last week. The lalt erwas considerably improved at last report. Mr. and Mrs. j'ocbrt Gerard and . Mrs. Mumnm are moving to the Buhler ,

property on Jefferson street. The Dr. J. .1. Mi'ler properly on Smith Second sired is receiving a coat of paint. • Taller, the annual of tlm St. Joseph, high school, will be ready for <lis tribution the latter part of the week. I’ is a lino school magazine and will please those interested in this progressive school. The Niblick residence. Second and .litrkson streets, is to be given a coat of paint this week. J. 8. Peterson and Chalmer Porter returned last evening from a business visit to Indianapolis. A. F. Thieme, well known Union township farmer, was attending to business boro this morning. I'. B. Hobble, the Chevrolet dealer, returned last evening from a business flip to Fort Wayne. A. It. Holtliouso is al Indianapolis for a couple of days. Attorney I>>onard of Fort Wayne attended to Jmsiness here yesterday. At a meetiu’ o' th' ICpple Grove Debatin' Society, Saturday night, it wuz resolved that th' names on summer cottages were sillier titan th' naums on canoes. Mrs. Em. Moots got word t'day that her nephew <lropped dead ini Miami last week while mintin' down a title. Abe Martin? Indianapolis News Tatters for the following persons arc advertised by postmaster Harry Fritzinger, as unclaimed mail. Miss Blanch Smith, Miss Clara Ohtieserge. Mrs. Elin Mungestcr, Chester Gall more. Lenh Rauch. Ms. Lucy Colchin is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. H. Bueter' of Fort Wayne. —

•lesso Swartz, city mail, carrier, is remodelling his homo in north See mid street amh when it is completed i' will bo one of the most modern 1" me.s in flic city. Mr. ami Mrs. Willis Van Caihp re turned to their homo at Jackson. Mi'ji., after spending several days Imre visiting with Mr. and Mrs. J. Il Burroughs and other relatives hero. Blank B-l, of Montpelier, is visH nr his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. 11. B' If, at. their homo in Madison tree!. - - n. K. Matthew:;. At lint.i blacksmith thought his shop " i Jieftig bombarded. It was only h- if on a tin roof. 0 NOTICE CIVIC SECTION tio>ro will be an important meet i l”g of the ( Ivie Section of the Worn . an s club pf this city at the Best Boom of t|i„ Public Library tonight ■M 7:;;o o'clock. All members are' tt'.ged to attend. Mrs. B. F. Farr, chairman.

CLUB CALENDAR T uesday W. M. S. of Reformed Church Church parlors 2:30 p.m. Dutiful Daughters Class of E. V. Church- Mrs. T. M. Grove. W. C. T. 11. Library, 2:30 pin Adams County Medical Society ■ Adams County Memorial Hospital,B p.tn. Social Meeting of Walther Ix.-ague of Zion Lutheran Church Hehoofhouse, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Catholic. Ladies' Social club Card Parly and Dance—Knights of Columbus Hull. 7:30 p. in. A. A. of U. W. —Mrs. Q A. Dugan Business and Professional Woman's Club Old Adams County Bank Assembly 7:30 p.m. Thursday Baptist Woman's Society— Church 2 p.m. VV. M. A. of U. B. Church Program —Church. 7:30 p.m. Loyal Worker’s Class of E. V. Church — Mrs. T. D. Kern. Ladies Aid Society of E. V. church -- postponed. Ladies' Aid Society of I'. B. church — Mrs. Clarence Baughman, 2 p. in ladies’ Aid Society of Zion Reformed Church - Church parlors. 2:30 p.m. W. M. S. of 1 nitetf Brethren church —Church, 2:30 tint. Phoebe Bible Class of Reformed Church Mrs. Rex Andrews. Thursday Night Bridge Chib and Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club Mrs. E G. Cuverdale, 8 pm. ■ Saturday Christian Endeavor of Reformed Church Pastry Salo Frank Liechtl 1 ' Meat Market, 10 am. Chicken Supper -United Brethren Church Dining. Room. 5 to 7 p.m. MEYERS-NICHOLS The marriage of Miss Beulah Beatrice Nichols, of tiiis < tty, and Arthur ('. Meyers, of Van Wert. Ohio, was solemnized al Hie St. Marys Catholic church this morning at seven o'clock. Sister Claude played Men delssohn's Wedding March for the

bridal party. Miss Helena Meyers, ’ sist.-r of the groom, attended Hie ' bridesmaid, and Floyd Keller attend , ed as besl man. Rev. Father Seimetz h received lite vows of the single ring ceremony before Hie altar which was • banked wil flowers aitd ferns. tlm In ide wore an ensemble suit ol Grasliopper green with tan hat, footwear and gloves. Site carried a bon 1 qiiet of Butterfly roses. Miss Meyers wore Jut ensemble suit of Kashmir green with faille crepe dress of tan. With this site wore gloves, footwear : and hat to match. Mrs. Meyers is a populai, young lady of this city and is tlm eldest daugnter of Mr. and Ml’S. ' Alva Nichols, of Mercer Avenue. For Hie past, four years she Ims been employed as telephone operator for the Citizens Telephone Company. Mr. Meyers is the only son of Ihe late Henry and Margaret. Meyers, anil for the past several years has been man ager of the Fisher and Harris Grocery store at Van Wort. Ohio. .Mr. Meyers was employed n the local store be lore being transferred to Van Wert A wedding breakfast was served al it bride’s parents to members of Hie iininediate families. Rev. J. A. Seim etz and Rev. Otto Peters. The table was attractively decorated with cut Howers ami smilax .Mr. and Mrs. Meyers left immediately after the breakfast on a short honeymoon and will be at home to their friends at till East Main street, Van Wert, after May 18. The J.adi< Aid Society of the Culled Brcihien church will meet Thin sday afternoon at. two'o’clock at the home of Mrs. Clarence Baugh-

1 man. All members are urged to attend. I • 1 Tile Catholic Ladies' Social club ha:; completed all arrangements for the bi-monthly card party and dame to ■ be given at the Knights of Columbus * Hall Wednesday evening al. 7:30 • o'clock. Tables will be arranged for 1 Bridge, Five Hundred and Ithtini, alter which dim Ing will bo enjoyed, The liberal patronage of the public ■ In solicited. The Loyal Workers Class of the Kvangi-l.ical Church will meet Thurs day evening al the homo of Mrs. T. > t>. Kern, tn Seventh street. Mrs. Earl Butler and Mr::. Valias Spu'ler will Im the assisting hostesses. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Evangelical Church will not. meet this week. The regular meeting has 'been postponed until Thursday May 2!. Ail members are urged to note the change. ; —- i Mr and Mr,-. Ben Kohne celebra ted three events Sunday at their

DECATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, MAY 12,1925.

GIRLS OF MISSOURI COLLEGE ARE PROM) Ol THEIR UNSHORN TRESSES % <■*? w--" H 'CL r ’ T-a > a SI, I lie ttbove photo presents students al the William Woods college at Fulton, Mo., displaying] their crowning glory unshorn tresses. ’

home, in connection with the Com I munion Day us their son Lawrence. Tim birthday anniversaries of Elmo Kohnc, four year old May 9, and Mrs. Elizabeth lleidcman. May X, were also celebrated. The guests it dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Moyer. Mr and Mrs. Tony Meyer, ami family, Mrs. Lucy Colchin. Julius lleidetnan, Mrs. Elizabeth Heideman, Mr. ami Mrs. Herman Meyer and and faint jr, Winona Everett and Frances Gase, all of this vicinity, ind Mr. and Mrs. Clem Hake ami iiTihllv and Mike Malouy of Fort Wayne. Ihe W. M. A, of tin- United Broth ten church will give the following mogram. Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock at tlm church: Instrumental solo. Miss Ireta Fisher; Scripture. Mis. Stevens: prayer; Instrumental duet, Marie Crider. Evelyn Miller; Bible readings, solo. Miss Zelna Stev•ns; teport of convention by deli gate; closing song. The public is inv fed to attend. The Faithful Folowers class of the Mount Tabor Methodist church met with Mr. ami Mrs. William Johnson. May 6. After the business meeting a pleasant social hour was r itjoyed dur ing which refreshments were served I’hosc present included Mr.'ami Mrs. C. Koos, and daughter, Mary; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McMichael and nephew. Ted Krick; Mr. and Mrs. Chares Bowman ami children, Kenneth Nail, Madeline and Jimmy; Mr. ami Mrs. W. Johnson and sons, Doyle and Marlin. The next meeting will be held with Rev. and Mrs. L. G. Murray. * , The members of Hie Eiutami Camp lire delightfully entertained their mothers at a banquet given in their honor at the High School dining room. lasi night. The dinner being served by Miss Naomi Christen and her cookng class. The dinner was of piellj ippoinlincuts, served in three courses, tft or which a short program was givm by the girls. Covers were laid for Mis. ,M. e. Hower and daughter, Gerildine, Mrs. O. Kirsch and daughter Ih len, Mrs Marlin Worthman ami daughter, Lillian,: Mrs. Dore Erwin and daughter, Betty; Mrs. Carrie Hau bold, and daughter. Helen; Mrs. Catherine Kauffman and daughter, Kathryn, Mrs. Hugh Hile and daughter. Virginia; Mrs. M. A. Frisinger, and daughter. Margaret; Mrs. Esta Lidd.v and daughter, Mildred, assistant guardian. The Chrisliatt Endeavor Society of th" Zion Reformed Church will have a past i y sale Saturday at ten o'clock at the Frank Licchtlo Meat Market. The liberal patronage es the public is solicited. The Baptist Woman:-; Society will meet Thursday afternoon al two o‘c'o< k in I fie Sunday School rooms at the church 'the regular monthly business mm ting''and missionary pro gram will be given. .Mrs. lit Bodie will have charge of the program. A good attendance is desired ... __o_» Rcpiililictm I’nrty Workers Hold Conference Today Indianttpqlis, May I:.’—Clyde A Wall) republican state cltairman was in cmifet’cm c with party workers at stale headquarter; Imre today. Walb said he expected l-e-ilispo <■ of routine work of the stale committee Ilf I lie eollloreuce. Mrs. Arne'ia Thieme, of Decatur route live underwent a major operation at. the Adams County Memorial Hospital this morning anil >'■ t«covering satisfactorily.

Funeral For Mrs. Mary .1. Mcrica This Afternoon ■ , I Funeral service;; for Mrs. Mary Jane Mcrica, well-known resident of Wren, < Ohio, who died al Ihe home of a sis- . ter in Van Wert, Ohio', Sunday after- ', noon, were hold from the Harrison s township Baptist church near Wren., , at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. | Mcrica died of blood loisonin; which I developed in an infection following a . fall in which Mis. Merica b-oke one I late Stephen Merica, who was welll of her hips. She was.a widow of the known in Decatm. The direct sitrvi vors are her sisters: Mrs. Asa Carter. of Wren, and Mrs. D. C. Dustman : of Van Wert; and o grandson, Roy i l ope, of Connersville. Ohio. Her hits I >aml, a son and a daughter preceded . ter in death. 1 o HANDCUFF KING VISITS DECATUR t<'ontinued from I’age <me; ■uffs are among the marvels of the •reseat day. 1 The "escape" artist travels in a • truck, in which lie earties consider 1 ilde equipment. He has given his demonstration in neighboring cities recently, and all the papers in I his • part of the state have contained arI titles describing his phenomenal ■sealies. The demonstration will start ■ at 7:00 o'clock. , o OFFICERS MAKE TOUR OF COUNTRY NEAR FORT WAYNE (Continued from Page One) wee convinced he had no connection with the clime amt lie was released. With flic release of Harris the mur tier investig.ilinn shifted Io the hunt for the "bicycle bandit" who robbed numerous "petting parties" in the v cinity where Jltss Berbers ami Fish er were found shot io dial It in Fist er’s auto. Tracks of a bicycle were found in Ihe mud neat the spot where Fisher's car was parked. Similar bicycle tracks were discovered in the. yard of Stanley Pokora, a laborer. No ; uscpicioli is attached to I’ojiora, authorities said, but a man who room ■ d al I’okora's home is bunted. Blood stained clothing found near the seem' of the murder yesterday fat ed to furnish a clew when il was discovered that the blooif had been on I he clothing for more than a week. O -; Bllltiion Men Will Tesß'y ! i C;isc Iki'e Blllfflt-1. "ay 13 Slit rI.T Noah Frauliiger. Cl I- <>i Police Henry (h'hrt'H ;■■ d Albeit i,nil; r, of this i city. iUvn been subpoenaed to appear! in the Adams eirettil court at Decatur, Juno 5, in the case again Fred Kohler of Adams county, on a chatg -of violation of the I'quor law. .Kohler was arrested on the charge in Bluffton and was tried in the mayor's coitrl here by a special judge. <m appeal il was ruled that, siil'qe the man lived in Adams county, the Bluff lon cty coitrl had no jurisdiction in the ease. The case was then sent to Decatur. Beach Traflif Held Up Michigan City. Ind Ma- I ' Traf fie to llm Ima' her; wa s he'd up las’ night when the En.-li I; steamer Agra entering tlm harbor, stwi; in tlm sand u an SO foot traffic bridge was hoist cd. Efforts were made today to float lite boat. TIPTON — H"n Mvtiill of 'lipton says his big toe feels even bigger He broke it when he let a brass bearing fall on it.

More Arrests Expected In Ft. Wayne Liquor Raids Fort Wayne, Ind., May 12— Additional arrests were expected here today on federal indictments charging violation of the prohibition laws. Five persons were taken into custody yesterday. William pappert. head of the detectives of Hie Fort Wayne police froce, had previously been placed under arrest. o CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat -May, $1.62 3 -1; Juy $1.51; Sept., $1 13. Corn—May. $1.15 II; Juy, sl.lß 1-4; Sept.. $1.15 3-8. Oats May, 45 3-8 c; Juy, 45 1-Se; Sept.. II 5 Be.

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Vance & Linn && Some young men—y r v\r\ tell us Just exactly, what they want in style, colli i i/A ” r an d pattern and we fit. them. There are I \ \/ \ others who leave it to us—and we fit them, too. \ r*7 Quite an easy thing when von look over the px. A—V splendid assembly of A O7\ Vance & Linn y / I p GOO I) ( LOT II E S / // / t Loose ■ and loose tfotisetfs Square slioulI I decs and sn ughips. (’allege models and English | r [ suits. onn0 nn / IMJUMU U. I. . IUII II .. JU—*■—W iwiir !

I Many Loads Os Rubbish Hauled Away Last Week Several dozen loads of tin cans and rubbish were hauled away to the city dump by the city trucks last week, which was clean up week in Decatur. Many alleys and back yards were made much more attractive. Mr. Ed Aughcnbaugh, city street commissioner. stated today that ait effort had been made to reach every alley ttml residence in the city last week

I THE CORT i H TONIGHT TOMORROW H riiiversal Jewel Attraction » THE MAI) WHIRL H rcnlirrini* i> host <>t shirs lit tided hv E| || JACK MULHALL and MAY McAVOY ® M He made love a plaything. He was driven to “The H gH Mad Whirl.” You'll thrill at this great picture. ■ “French Pastry” a good comedy ■ 10c —2.5 c O I lint s, ami Fri. Buster Keaton in “Seven Chances." K The ADAMS Theatre Benefit (decode Chib Girls of G. E. TONIGHT ONLY \ tine crowded hour of glor- / \ * ous ***’’• 11’*' ’hmm! of a I-girl who learns that V. 7 riagc is more than a ring \’ 'Xtc" / "-K/ and a few words from the wHr x/ minister. A picture that contains a thrill a minute. _ Added attraction, the first bIMANIFK episode of (he new serial I a Start this serial tonight • I //? vou'll enjoy it from week to * 10c —25 c Supported by Kenneth Harlan — T. Ray Barnes and many others. Coming Wednesday and Thursday I he special you've been waiting for “PETER PAN” featuring Betty Bronson Lse —35 c

I liut If any were iniaaed, which lx . | puHxible, they zliould call the city k hall and a truck will be sent out to I gather up the rubbish. — - After today | will not be rexphnaible for any dehta contracted hy tntny ’ wife. Ode Johnson at Monroe, Berne, and Decatur. Perry Johnson U3-3tx .... 0 . — NEW! ASTLE — NcwcHHtb- has increased the salaries of its police and firemen