Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 30 June 1925 — Page 1

Vol. XXIII. Number 154.

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MSGR. NOLL CONSECRATED CATHOLIC BISHOP TODAY

MME SPIRITUAL HEAD OF 170,008 SOULS OF DIOCESE InipressiveCeremonies Heid In Kort Wayne This Morning cardinal IS PRESENT Hundreds Os Priests And Bishops Attend; Banquet This Afternoon i (United Preus Service) Fort Wayne, June 30. — The' Rt. Rev. Monsignor John F. Noll, | of Huntington, became the spir-j itual head of a diocese of 170,000 souls in consecration ceremonies here at 9:30 a. m. today. His Eminence George Cardinal Mundelein, D.D., arch-bishop of Chicago, officiated in (he cere-' monies at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception here. I The bishop-elect arrived here Mini day night and was greeted by thousands of Indiana Catholic. The procession was reviewed by Cardinal Mundelein. Seventeen bishops and 300 priests from all parts of the country attended the ceremonies today. The fourth degree K. of C.s in full j uniform. led the liturgical procession. The Rt. Rev. Emmanuel B Ledvine, P.D., bishop of Corpus Christi. Texas, and the Rt. Rev. Alphonse J. Smith. D.D., bishop of Nashville. Tenti.. assist- as co-consecrators. The Rt. Rev. Monsignor .1. M Cleary. Minneapolis, delivered the sermon because of the illness of the lit. Rev. Joseph Chartrand. Indianapolis. arch-bishop-elect, of Cincinnati A banquet was to be held this as ternoon, with the Rt. Reverend Peter J. Muldton, D.D., bishop of Rockford, 111., as toastmaster. Only pre kites and priests will attend the ban qttet. The Rt Rev. Bishop John F. Noll, who was consecrated bishop of the . Catholic diocese of Fort Wayne at solen services held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception this i morning, was welcomed to Fort Wayne last evening, when he arrived there in a special train over the Wabash railroad. A parade was held from the rail- ( road station to the Bishop’s rest-, donee near Sweeney park, and between 20 and 20 Decatur men, memh*rs of St. Marys congregation took part in the parade. Crowds lined the sidewalks as evidence ot their welcome to Msgr. Nidi, who today lieeatne the spiritual head of the (CONTINUED ON PA(Ie FIVE)

Wabash County Residents Raising Fund For Memorial To Gene Stratton-I oitei Total of $2,000 Already Subscribed To Fund For Keeping Hopewell Church Grounds In Good Condition In Muikiix Famous Writer; Ground lor Church And Lunt hi.' ona ed By Mrs. Porter’s bather.

' *• • • y 011 i n i • Residents of Wabash county are raising a fund with which to keep > \ fellent condition the grounds of the \ Hopewell church in that county, as a ntentorial to the late Gene StrattonPorter, who lived for several years in that vicinity. The ground for the Hop'Wf “H church and cemetery adjoining "as donated by Mark Stratton, father ! °f the noted writer. Already s2.tHid has ** fi n subscribed to the memorial fund. A movement has been started in Adants county to move “Elephant Hock a large boulder along the St Mar's rlrer, to this city and make it a mem ' orial to Mrs. Porter. The Wabash Times-Star carried the following stoiy in regard to the Waitash county memorial; "A sum of $2,000 to improve ami Woperly m ark, and to keenfin excellent condition the grounds on which;

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Sullivan High School »o.v Missing From Home "-nlted p,.«h Service) S'tllivan. Indiana, June 30-A statp nu'\ii' an|l *“ S *“ P ro K rM * "shiv A l'an McCray 14. who has been McCray, an honor student in the S'“ tvan high s.hool, len the home f his grandmother, Mrs. Ollie Allen here fur a visit with relatives in the country. McCray failed to reach his destlnation and no trace has been found o his movements after leaving his grand mother’s home. iELKSWOMENFORM AN ORCANIZATION — Mrs. Herman Ehinger Elected President; Plan Many Parties 1 Mrs. Herman Ehinger was elected president of the wives and daughters I mothers and sisters chib of the Decatur Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, at a meeting held last night at the new home on North Second street. Miss Rose Voglewede was elected secretary of the new organization. The organization will have charge of the many ladies’ parties that ■are being planned to he held in the parlors of the new home. The first party will be held next week, it was announced last night. The exact date will be made known later. Mrs Wi liam Niblick, Mrs. John Peterson and Mrs. I'rance Confer compose flip social commit lee who will 1 have charge of the first party. It will he in the from of a miscellaneous shower, according to the present plans. The new home is especially adapted to card and tea parties, having several large parlors on the first floor. The ladies have planned to have at least one general party a month, which will be in charge of a different committee each month. A booking committee also will be appointed, so that any ladies of the organization who ’ wish to have a private party may obtain the parlors for the entertainment. I Several ladies will be placed on tlie 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ■■ * 0 Englishman To Study Schools In Indiana I Indianapolis. June 30 E. G. Savage 1 inspector of secondary schools in England. is expected to make a study of ! public schols in Indiana during a tour of tlie United States. A letter from the British embassy :at Washington informed Governor Jackson of the forthcoming visit of Savage and asked co-operation id’ state officials in his investigation.

. tht . Hopewell church stands, in memory of the late Gene Stratton- Porter ■ wus raised Sunday afternon at the 1 service conducted at Hopewell. More ' than 2.000 persons were present at the 1 service, representing the vicinity for miles around Hopewell. . -Hopewell, which includes the ■ ground on which Hopewell Methodist i lllU rch stands, and the few acres which comprise the burial grounds. ■ J , donated in the early4o'sbyMark • Stratton, father of Gene Stratton Port t,; and the service held yesterday was planned by members of the Hopeperm.uir Stratton family on page six)

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pecatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 30, 1925.

_£OXSECRATEI) as CATHOLIC bishop today

jWMBjg • w i|P / Illi ill Ml pjMMMBF k t MaMwlslSte*- -SB* Wl?* Mfr. BISHOP JOHN FRANCIS NOLL M<gr J. F. Noll, of Huntington, was consecrated the fifth bishop of the Foil Wayne Cathode diocese al Fort Wayne today. Hundreds of priests and high officials of the Catholic church and thousands of friends and admirers of the new bishop attended the impressive ceremonies.

TAKES CHARGE OF TELEGRAPH OFFICE] B. L. Harley, Valparaiso, Named Temporary Manager Os Local Office B. I* Harley, assistant Western Union operator of Valparaiso. Indiana, has been sent to Decatur as temporary manager of the local branch to fill lhe vacancy caused recently by the deatli of Janies C.. Patterson, manager of the Decatur branch. Mr. Harley will remain in th's city until a permanent appoint-, ment is made. All operators are permitted a I chance to secure the vacancy made I recently in Decatur. Bids are sent! by all operators who desire the job' to the Western Union officials and the lowest bidder, provided he has! had sufficient training and is responsible, will receive the appointment. , It is possible that Mr. Harley will he located here permanently, he having served for several years at Valparaiso and is regarded an an efficient operator. The permanent appointment will be announced prob-! ab y Thursday by Western Union: officials it was said today. There is always some delay in appointments in order that all who wish ti> may send in their bids for the position.

Mr. Patterson served as chief of the Decatur branch of the Western Union telegraph company for almost, thirty years. He was eligible tor a pension, given by the company for service rendered, but refused it several years ago. being in good health. Many assistants who have worked in the Decatur office have advanced to lucrative positions with the company, ie was said today, and the local office is regarded as one of the good ones, in Indiana - — O-— — Coolidge Starts Back To Summer White House (United Press Service) Plymouth. Vt . dune 30 Satisfied his father's health was safe again President Coolidge left here by motor shortly afternoon today, bound back to his summer white house at Swampscott. Mass. Major .1. F. Coupal, the president’s official, physician, remained behind to attend Colonel Coolidge and to be in a position to keep the president constantly informed concerning fuither progress.

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To Hear Claims Against Bollings Company Sept. 30 (United Press Service) Indianapolis. June 30 Judge Hay in superior court has set sept. Ito for hearing on priority claims against the defunct R. L. Dollings company of Indiana. Claims of numerous persons who buoght stock in the Dollings company or its subsidiaries were listed in the report of Bert Mcßride, receiver for the Dollings company. The report also lists claims of $7,400 for federal taxes and $7,770 for taxes line the. state and Marion county. BANKSFURTHER PROTECTIONPLAN I Directors Os County Protective Association Elect Officers The board of directors of the Adams County Bankers Protective Association met last night to com plete their protective plans which : were started last week at the meet 1 ing of lhe Adams County Bankers ' Association. James Briggs* cashiei of the Bank ms Geneva, was elected , hairman of'the new organization ’ and Myrl Lybarger, of Linn Grove I was selected as secretary,

Every bank in Adams county was represented at the meeting and the entire membership expressed a desire to throw the new- plan into working order at once. Another meeting was called for next Friday, night at which lime names will be suggested for the Shirty vigilantes who will be drafted into the organization and commissioned as deputies in this county. i These men will be equipped with arms and ammunition and will be sworn in at once, so that the new organization will be working in complete form within a few days. The new system, which is being installed in everv county in the state, is said t „ |,e the most perfect form of protection in the country against bank robbers and bandits. When the entire state guarding plan is actually working it will be | a'most an impossibility for a bandit 1 1 to get far away without being caught ’| by one of the vigilantes. The sys- - 11 tent has been in use in lowa for the last vear and that state has had (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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BIBLE SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT THURSDAY NIGHT Program To Be Given In High School Gymnasium At 8:00 P. M. TO AWARD DIPLOMAS Three Hundred Pupils To Take Part; School To Close Friday Annual commencement for the Community Daily Vacation Bible .School will be he <| Thursday night at eight o’clock at the high school gymnasium. I \V. Guy Brown, principle of the school announced today. All students of every department will take part in the program. The program will be a demonstration of the various activities off the schol anod all of the I’m) pupils wi I participate in the various exercses. All persons interested in the school, whether they have children in atteendance or not, are cordially invited to attend the commencement. A complete program will be announced tomorrow. Mr. Brown said this morning. The school wil not close un-1 til Friday noon, but it was decided to hold the commencement Thursday be- 1 cause many people who wish to at- j tend wil 1 be leaving Friday night for ■ week end vacations over the Fourth. I Pupils, however, who desire a dip- , lonia will have to attend closing clus- j (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) GIRL DROWNS IN LAKE MICHIGAN Granddaughter Os Mr. And Mrs. M. .1. Wertzherger Has Tragic Death A telegram received here M. J. Wertzherger informed him of (he trai gic death of his granddaughter. Miss Mildred Wertzherger age 20. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Wertzherger. of Henton Harbor. Michigan. The young lady drowned in Lake Michigan, at Benton Harbor, Monday afternon. The telegram stated that the fun oral would be held at two o’clock Thursday afternoon and Mr. and Mrs. Wertzherger of this city are planning to attend the services. The young lady was known here. Se was graduated from the Benton Harbor high school two years ago and was highly respected and well known girl of Henton Harbor. ;i i Casualty List Di Disastrous Earthquake i ; ——— —- (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) 1 Santa Barbara. Cal.. June 30—The - death list in Santa Barbara’s disaster .'stood al 13 today. The seriously in-

jured totalled 25. The dead: MRS. CHARLES R. PERKINS. , aged widow of the former vice president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, killed by a falling .wall in the Arlington hotel. BERTRAM B. HANCOCK. Los Angeles, killed in the Arlington hotel MISS FLORENCE CARTER, maid' of Mrs,. Perkins. | DR. JAMES ('. ANGLE, dentist, buried in the ruins of the San Marcos building. “CHAPPO” MASTERO, engineer and janitor of the San Marcos building, buried in the basement. I JOHN SHEA, gardener at St. Anthony's college, killed by a falling cornice. . ... , DEMETRIAS K. STARON. killed | by a falling wall at State and Gotta streets. i MARAMIMI MINISTIDO, workman ON PAGE TWO) Weather Fair tonight and Wednesday; somewhat warmer Wednesday.

NO PAPER SATURDAY There will be no Issue of the Dally Democrat next Saturday, July 4, in order that the employes may properly celebrate Independence Day. Practically all stores and places of business In the city will be dosed all day and evening on July 4. |n order to accomodate their customers, the tnercltiaiys will keep their stores open until late Friday evening and the big Auto Day event will be staged on Friday, July 3 A Ford touring car will be given away by the merchants on Friday afternoon. The j grocery store udvertisenients t which regularly run in Friday’s I edition of the Daily Democrat, will appear in Thursday's edition this week! Everybody Is urged to do the Saturday shopping on Friday and enjoy the Fourth on Saturday 1 ONCE LIVED IN SANTA BARBARA: Mrs. Bessie Boyers Matthews Tells About City Hit By Quake Santa Barbara, California, which today is a heap of ruins caused by earthquakes, yesterday and today, was a beautiful and progressive city, I according to Mrs. Bessie Boyers Matthews, who formerly lived in that city. Mrs Matthews is visiting here parents Dr. and Mrs J S. Boyers in this city at present Several persons who were injured and one man Dr 1 James Angle, who was killed, are intimate friends of the Matthews. "We lived about six blocks from the heart of the stricken area." Mrs.' Mathhews said, "and that entire’ neighborhood was partly destroyed.” Many of the fallen buildings were beautiful structures and only a few remain today after the series of quakes that turned the town of 31.000 inhabitants into a mass of ruins. The reason that more persons were not killed was because when the first signs of a quake appear all the pen I pie leave their dwellings and offices and seek protection in yards and other places free from falling debris,! Mrs Matthews said. While thev still 1 lived at Santa Barbara there were several earth shocks, but none of a very serious nature. State street, the business district of Santa Barbara, was almost totally wrecked, The new Masonic temple and a newly constructed theater were (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Many Farmers Sowing Late Crops This Year (United Press Service) Nappanee, Ind., June 30 Not in many years has the sowing of seed for late crops equaled that of this year in this vicinity. Hundreds of farmers at present are engaged in seeding fields with various crops, including turnips, beets, radish es carrots, parsnips and late sweet

One Marriage A Day Is Record Set By Dan Cupid In Adams County During June Thirtieth License Issued I.nle Monday By County Clerk; Largest Number Os Licenses Issued In This County lit One Month For Many Years; May Be New Becord; Many Vocations Listed By Applicants. One marriage each day was Dan 1924 twenty two were issued Cupid's motto during the month of Man? different occupations were listed by the applicants for marriage .lune this year, and a new- record was , . ...... licenses during the month ending to- | set for the “month of brides * n . t |ay. Among the girls, housework i Adams county) A marriage license IP( ] the list with a total of 14. Next issued by John Nelson, county clerk., in line as most popular occupation ] a t e yesterday afternoon to William was school teaching, six of the female , *i ..... applicants giving that as their chosen A Glendening. Adams county farmer. Qf )) p (pn f(nu . and Pearl Marguerite Atz. of Wabash book . keelWMt follr work<Ml in factortownship. was the thirtieth marriage |,, H 0110 wag a seamstress and one permit issued by the clerk this I ' was a registered nurse. month, making an average of one Among the men applying for marlicense per day. I riage licenses, farmers led the list. This is the largest number of mar- there being a total of seven tillers of riage licenses issued in this county the soil Os the others, six wore in any one month for several years.' factory employes, five were laborers, if not the largest of all times. June! three were clerks, two were carpennearly always leads all other months ters, one a teacher, one a business in the number of licenses issued. In man, one an accountant, one a min- ; June, 1923. the clerk issued twenty-Uster, one a salesman, one a dentist, [two licenses, and again in June,l and one an electrician.

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THREE QUAKES ABD TO DAMAGE EARLY TODA! Casualty List Includes Thirteen Dead And Many Injured •MILITARY IN CHARGE Property Damage From Earth Tremors Estimated At $25,0(10,001) (United Press Service) Sunlit Bui'lutra, June 30 (Spcuiiil to Duiiy Democrat) Quake tortured Santa Barltara took heart al noon alter nearlv live hours hut elapsed after the lasi devastation tremor. A bright sun dispelled the murky gloom of early morning and the work of clearing lite streets and buildings began again in defiance of tlie setbacks of lite night. Hammers sounded everywhere. Temporary scaffolding, a forest of props of every sort, were being set against tlie crazily leaned store trouts that lined the streets and in some cases nearlv arched them. The Santa Barbara clearing house held a meeting in mid morning as the result of which a call was issued to the bankers of California to contribute to a s2o.uim,ooo building and loan fund to finance reconstruction The police and military dominated the city. Injured were given expert care m the "Cottage." the only undamaged hospital In the Red Cross stations were set up. Sandwiches and coffee were free for those without adequate funds. The entire business section was guarded by soldiers and sailors. A careful recheck of casualties today revealed 13 dead and 3 seriously injured. Approximately 100 have been treated for minor injuries. Property damage today totals approximately $26,000,000, a conservative estimate. Santa Barbara. Cal , June 30. Beautiful Santa Barbara, sleeping wearily but warily among the ruins of Monday's quake, was shattered and aihaken by a tit-w and devastating earth tremor at 1:20 ti m. today Again at 4:42 a. tn. a jolt of less violence swept the city. A single violent shock, equalling in intensity the original quake at 6.45 a. tn. yesterday, seized and tossed and rattled the city at an hour when inhabitants anti rescue workers alike believed danger past. For several minutes following the initial crash, the earth continued to | tremble violently. The din. as ruined walls collapsed further and new buildings came down, was terrific. Then followed the cries, shouts and screams of the | people who had thought to snatch a I (CONTTNUBD. ON PAOK FfVBl