Decatur Daily Democrat, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1925 — Page 3

FIREMEN PLAN FOR BIG FROLIC _ * Arrangpn ien^s Almost Completed For Convention Al Hartford City Hartford City, June 11—Final arrangements for the state convention o f the Northern Indiana Volunteer firemen’s association, which will be held in Hartford City June 17 and JS, are now being made by the local firemen who will serve as hosts to hundreds of out-of-town visitors on the two big days. A meeting of the local firemen was held at the city hall Tuesday even,ng, and several committees report -a their arrangements completed for the convention. The convention ul »en9 on the evening of the 17 with a banquet for delegates from each city in the organization. This banquet will be held in the auditorium of the sales pavilion. The ladies o f the United Brethren church will serve the dinner. The business of the association will be transacted and officers will be named and next year's convention city selected. Thursday Big Day The big day of the convention will he on Thursday, June 18, when contests, parades and bands will feature the entire day. Business will probably be suspended here during the afternoon, while the contests are being held, and a crowd of at least in.uot) persons is expected to attend. The Garrett Boys’Band, of Muncie, has been secured to provide music during the day. They will arrive here at 9 o’clock in the forenoon Thursday, and will meet all the visiting delegations as they arrive. They will give a concert during the afternoon while the contests are being held and will be in the parade. In the evening they will give a concert, on the east side of the court house lawn. Visiting firemen will also bring uniformed bands with them and music will be provided throughout the day. The bands from Fort Wayne and Mishawaka companies are always the big features of the slate conventions. Line of Parade The line of -march for the parade of all the volunteer companies has teen selected and the greater part (,;' central Hartford City will be covered. The parade will be held shortly afternoon. The company from the city which is awarded the convention for next year will head the parade. The Hartford City company and truck will bring up the rear of the procession. Numerous contests of great, interest. will feature Thursday afternoon of the convention. The contests will he held on the west side of the public square and along north High street. The truck race is the main event., uad will start on north High

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street, eleven blocks out nZ I >• uiocKs out. The run in i 'he truck race Is 3,000 feet, ending' I in ’he attaching of a hose i lnp t() |h „l hydrant and the turning on of u wa- 1 t Stream. Th „ company’ll, does this in the shortest tint., wins ' he race. The hydrant at the corner of the Henley store will be used for' this event. The ladder climbing con. 1 test Will be Staged on the east side' Os the Henley store building on High street. The water battle will be U big attraction and will be held on the west side of the square. The hose laying contest will be held on the* west side of the square. This con-' test consists of pushing a hand cart 300 yards and laying 200 feet of hose in the shortest, time. Fine prizes are being offered t 0 the winners in each contest and prizes' are also to be offered for different 1 events in the parade, including the 1 best, uniformed company, the best band, etc. i Concession space for eating stands and other concessions are being sold by the firemen around the square and a number of spaces have already been sold. The money derived from' the sale of space will |>e used to defray the expenses of the convention.! Samuel Pugh, fire chief, Burr Burson and Dr. Wilt, of the Montpelier department, were here Tuesday evening and attended the meeting of the local firmen. The Montpelier organization is assisting greatly in conducting the convention. Q Supreme Court Rescesses After A Record Grist Washington, June 11 — United Press) — The nine emmbers of the United States supreme court, after concluding seven months of struggle to clear a crowded docket of important cases, were scattering to their summer homes over the nation today, while court clerks listed several hundred leftover cases for thfeir early inspection next fall. The court, which adjourned after its meeting for announcement of decisions Monday, will reconnvene November 2. Chief Justice William Howard Taft, former president of the United States, will spend most of the summer at his summer home in Canada One or more associate justices will remain in town at or near Washington to take up emergency cases which cannot wait' Little change in the court membership is expected. Chief Justice Taft has appeared in the best of health during the term just closed, despite his 67 years of age and long public service. Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of Boston, is the oldest mem ber of the court. He is 84 years old. The other members, Willis Van De vanter, James Clark Mcßeynolds, Louis Dembitz Hrandiels, George Su therland, Pierce Butler, Edward T. Sanford, and Harlan Fiske, Stone, are from 12 Io 32 years younger. Associate Justice Stone, the newest mem

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her is also the youngest, being only 52 year,* old. There has been little dissentlon. In the court and none of it was serious according to a survey of the decisions of the last term. There were no 5-to4 decisions and dissenting votes of even two or three members were frequent. The only highly controversial questions attracting great public attention were the Oregon law abolishing prlv ate schools, and the income tax publicity. Even in these suits, however, there was no attack on the court by , groups Inside or outside of the goveminent, similar to those of the past. The principal contribution of congress to this supreme court, apart I from the squabble over confirmation lof President Coolidge's appointment of Associate Justice Stone, was a law designated to lighten its heavy docket of cases, by restricting through de- | flnition the number of cases appealed from lower courts. The law also gives the court, much greater powers In allowing appeals, , and takes away from the lower courts mutiny powers of allowing appeals to .the highest court of th eland Cases before the court this term numbered more than 1,300 a record for the last decade. —— — —o— — — ■ Small Auto Accident Occurs At Noon Today An accident occurred at the intersection of First and Monroe streets in front of the Dr. Beavers' home ut noon today when a truck owned by the Lee Hardware company struck a Ford coupe driven by Floyd Wilson, make tip man at the Daily Democrat office. Wilson was going south on First street and the Lee Hardware truck was going west on Monroe street. The truck struck the coupe on one side tearing off a wheel and damaging the fenders. None of the occupants of either car were injured to any extent. INSTALLING X-RAY OUTFIT The engineers of the Zimmerman X-Ray Supply company, of Fort Wayne, are in Berne this week, installing the new International X-Ray I apparatus in tile office of Dr. Ernest • Franz.

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Indianapolis Building Boom Is Being Continued Indianapolis, Ind , June 11—(United Press.)—Continuation of the building I boom in Indianapolis which liua al ready soared past the >8,000,000 mark, was seen in the Issuance of new permits calling for an additional $230,000 worth of buildings. Q Scopes Goes Back To Dayton To Await Trial New York, June li—(United Press) -Weary after six days as the center of attraction here, John Thomas Scopes, the country school teacher who i soon must stand trial In Tennessee for teaching evolution, left today for Dayton, Tenn. Dr. John R. Neal, who with Bainbridge Colby, Clarence Darow, Dud I ley Field Malone and other prominent attorneys, will defend him at tiie ap i prOachlng trial, accompanied Scopes. A banquet in Scopes’ honor wai

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BLUFFTON—Heat Caused a tragedy at Bluffton. Buster, aged dog of Dr. V. <’. Fretz and town pet, keeled I over and died.

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