Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 30 June 1925 — Page 5

bake it I best with ] “LOSERS” TESTIFY IN HAWKINS TRIAL

Old Men And Women Tell Os Losing Entire Savings In Company (United Prefcs Service) Indianapolis, June 30 —Old men and women, some of whom lost the savings of a lifetime in the failure of the Hawkins Mortgage company of Portland. Ind., took the witness stand in federal court today and pointed an accusing finger at Morton Hawkins, former head of the mortgage company). Hawkins, on trial for fraudulent use of the mails, operated a gigantic stock swindle which cost thousands of investors in the Hawkins stock between $1,000,000 and $*>,000.000,. Stories of being traded out of stock in going concerns with real assets and being loaded up with stock in the Hawkins company or its innumerable subsidiaries were told by the witnesses. In some instances they said they paid as high as $65 a share for Hawkins’ stock that had a par value of one cent. Indianapolis, June 30—Inner workings of tlje Hawkins Mortgage company were laid bare today in federal court by the testimony of government witnesses in the trial of Morton Hawkins, former president of the defunct company. Hawkins is charged with fraudulent rrse of the mails in the aperwlion of the company and its one hundred affiliated loan societies, through whose failure investors thitoughout the middlewest lost millions of dollars. Four former employes of the company bililt the first links in the government's case and a trunk full of documents of the company was placed in evidence. George Coffenbury, former comptroller of the company, testified that dividends in the Hawkins concerns were paid out of the sale of new stock. He said income tax returns showed the company made $28,000 and spent $165,000 in 1921. The deficit. Coffenbury said, was made up by a vigorous stock selling campaigns MADE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF 170,000 SOULS OF DIOCESE

(Confirm *d from J’aen Onel Catholic diocese in Northern Indiana. About a dozen of the local fourth degree Knights of Columbus went to Fort Wayne this morning to attend the ordination services at the Cathedral. His Eminence George Cardinal Mundelein, archbishop of Chicago, acted as consecrator at the services, which began at nine-thirty this morning, lasting until twelve-thirty. — o_ Boys Start On Trip To New Orleans In Canoes (United Press Service) Indianapolis. June 30—In their cell in the city prison two venturesome youths today dreamed of their interrupted canoe trip to New Orleans. Harold IS, ran away from home and started for New Orleans byway of White river and (he,W:ibarb Ohio and Mississippijr I '\'\ig headway uni®s >0 took thei«, in <| ball* fig thPnl t 0 Indi*' Ms of stealing I the boat housl 1 Wied Intl'leS K n Adam.< circul Brnoon refused' B the case of Wil . Binst Margaret lyne. The case \d ■ ■ B lunty from Allen Vrted yesterday J I concluded \

S OCt W CLUB CALENDAR Tuesday Hetn-kah Lodge, Installation and Three Link Chib. 7:30 p. In . Kirkland Ladies' Club-Mrs. Francis Fugaite. Wednesday U- B. Missionary Society--Mrs. John Hill, 2 p. nt. Thursday CluJstian Ladies Aid and Missionary Societies—Mrs. Joe Cloud. 2:30 Concofrd Missionary Society—Mrs. Mary Houk „ Zions Lutheran Aid Society — School house, 9 am. Woman's Missionary Society of E. V. Church— Churc hparlors. 2 p. in. Missionary Society of Presbyterian Church—ln Church parlors, 2:30 pm Bridge Club Mrs E. W. Kampe 2 p. m. Mooseheart Legion, pot luck supper an dshower. Home Missionary Society of M. E. church—church parlors. Friday Pleasant Mills Epworth League sale—Schmitt Meat Market, 8 p.m. Ice-Cream Stand on Court house Lawn— Ladies Aid Society of U. B. church. E. L. of C. E. Missionary Stand— Court House Corner, all day. Pastry sale by Civic section of Woman's Clul)—Central grocery 10 a.m. Old furniture auction sale by Civic section of Women's Club — Liberty Way, folowing merchant's drawing. Saturday Faithful Followers of Bobo M. E. Church Social —Schoolhouse lawn. Ernst—Stoneburner Mr. and Mrs. Amos Stoneburner, of Honduras, announce the marriage of their daughter. Miss Mae. to Mr. Ralph Ernst, of Gary, which occured at Hillsdale, Michigan, two weeks ago, and up until this time has been kept a secret Mr. Ernst is a well known young man of Gary. He was graduated from the Kirkland high school last spring and was a star basketball player on the Kirkland team. The young couple will take up their residence at Magley within the next few months where Mr. Ernst will have charge of the All Products Store.

Mrs. Charles Hower entertained a number of girls from one to five o'clock Monday afternoon in honor of the thirteenth birthday anniversary of her daughter. Games were played and dainty refreshments served during the afternoon. The guests included Helen and Ireta Fairchild. Opal and Helen Troutner. Edna White, Justine Zerkle. Marcella Alberding, Faye Darkless, Esther Kukelhan, MaryHower. Mr. and Mrs. James Heston. Mr. ami Mrs. Charles Hower, Inez and Buelali Troutner, Ruth Hoile, Inez Chase and Dorothy Babbitt. The Concord Missionary Societywill meet at the home of Mrs. Mary Houk Thursday afternoon. All members are urged to attend.

The regular meeting of the Ladies Aid Society of the Zion Lutheran church will he held at the school house Thursday all day. The uieet- , ing will he called at nine o clock and Mrs. Dierks will be te entertaining hostess. , The Epworth League of the Pleasant Mills Church will hold a hake sale at Schmitt's Meat. Market Frida}morning at eight o'clock. All kinds ot country baked goods and plenty of cottage cheese will be on sale. The liberal patronage of th public is solicited. Mr. and Mrs. George Hindelang. of east of the city, had as their guests at dinner Sunday, Mrs. William r ell and son, Harold, of Fostoria, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gause and daughter. Martha. of Fort Wayne, Mr .and va Railing and son, Robert, of this city. The Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church will meet at the home of Mrs. F. M. Schirmeyer Thursday afternoon at two o'clock, instead of the church as previously announced. The attendance of every member is urged. Mr. and Mrs. C. A Dugan had as their guests at lunch and dinei Sal urday, Mrs. Jesse Helm. Mrs. Edward Wilson. Mrs. Albert Sellemeyer. all of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Nellie Schrock Smith, of Indianapolis. Miss Bess Schrock, of Evanston. 111., and Mrs. Bess Boyers-Matthews, of Tuscon, Ariz. Mrs. Mary Fullenkamp entertained a number of little girls Monday afternoon 16 honor of the ninth birthday of her granddaughter, Ruth Reed, of

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Indianapolis. Games and contests were enjoyed and prizes were awarded to Delores Klopper, Marjory DeVoss and Patsy Fullenkamp. During 'he afternoon delectable refreshments were served. The guests were Beatrice Cass. Ruth Voglewede, Marjory DeVoss, Mary Tyndall. Helen Barthel. Dolores Klepper. Flotilda Harris, Alvera Vian, Mary Margaret Keller, I atty lullenkamp, Eileen Corbett and Rosemary Fullenkamp. A combined meeting of the Ladies Aid Society and Missionary Society of the Christian Church will be held ihursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. The meeting will be. held at the nomo of of Mrs. Joe Cloud. • he Faithful Followers Class of the Hobo Methodist church will give a Fourth of July social and entertainment on the schoolhouse lawn Saturday evening. A parcel post sale will be held in connection and the public is urged to attend. — o IL©(£(g]lh Women may be trainin’ down an' dressin' narrower than they ever did, but ther views are glttln’ almost too broad fer ther own good. Th' Democratic party is out o’ debt an' out of a job, an’ anything that's gittin' along without workin' or runnin’ a cab ’ll bear watchin’—Abe Martin, Indianapolis News. Miss Lois Peterson attended the Benefit Iri Kappa dance, given by the Fort Wayne Chapter at the Elks Country Club last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ahr will leave Wednesday morning for Bay View. Michigan, where they will visit their son, Lloyd. Mrs. W. P. Mason returned to Kansas City today, after enjoying a short visit with her uncle and aunt, Mr. ami Mrst John Everett. Mrs. Mason stopped here on her way from Akron. Ohio, where she spent several weeks visiting her daughter. J. G. Niblick. Dan Niblick. Dr. Stewart. Niblick, L. H. Kleinhenz and Ben Smith wee among those who visited in Fort. Wayne today. William Norris made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. G. C. Reinking, of east of the city, looked after business interests here today.

Miss Joe Mae Haines, of Little 1 Rock, Arkansas, is a guest of Miss ' Lois Connell, at her home in Monroe street. Miss Haines attended the Delta Theta Tau convention held at I South Bend last week, as a delegate from the Beta Beta chapter, of Little Rock. She will spend two weeks here. Mrs. A. N. Hinz and children are visiting this week at Cleveland. Ohio. The American Legion Main street frolic got under way at Bluffton last niyht. The entertainment consists of a street carnival and several contests. The week will be featured by a bathing girl contest, the winner of which will represent northern Indiana at the national bathing beauty show later this summer. The Tri-Kappas will give a benefit show Thursday and Friday at the Cort theater. Tickets may be obtain ed from any members of the sorority. The show- will be one of the latest releases and the public is cordially invited to attend. Mrs. Ariow Humbarger, of Fort Wayne, formerly Miss Helen Wilhelm. of this city, underwent a serious operation at the Adams County Memorial hospital this morning at. nine o'clock. Miss Mary Miller will spend a twoweeks vacation in the country with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Tony ohne. J. R. Downing, of Fort Wayne, was a business visitor here this morning. Miss Rose Dunathon, who has been visiting at the C. A. Dugan home for the past week has returned to her home at Van Wort. Mr. and Mrs. ( A. Dugan and daughter, Francis and Miss Dunathon were entertained at dinner last evening by Mr. Frank Leslie, of Van Wert. C. J. Voglewede of this city, and R. D. Stevens, of Shelbyville, made a business trip to St. Paul, Midb. C. C. Pumphrey, and C. D. Teeple motored to Willshire. Ohio, this afternoon and attended the funeral of Mrs. Mary Erwin-Dull. Q. THREE QUAKES ADD TO DAMAGE EARLY TODAY (Continued from Page One) brief respite from the terrors' of yesterday. Out from houses and from tents in which many had taken the precautions to sleep, poured Santa Barbarans. to view the fresh destruction. Hundreds of special officers aud

marines were at their posts and assisted in keeping as much order as possible through the new disaster. Darkness added increased danger, as bricks, debris ami the picturesque Spanish cornices that were Santa Barbara’s pride, came hurling down. All possible illumination was turned on the ruins in an effort to determine it the new shocks had added to the death list which stood at 13 at midnight. At 3 a. m., a check of hospitals and morgues indicated no further deaths. The fronts of the city's magnificent ■banks, theatres and hotels, which stood like sentinels among the ruins of Monday’s quake, swayed and itrembled in the grip of this morning's tremors. The rear parts of most of these buildings had been shaken down into a confusion of bricks and twisted girders by the first quake. Wrecking crews, toiling through the night in search of bodies of possible victims of the original disaster, suffered minor injuries. Several armed guards patrolling the city streets also were injured. General communication with the outside world was not disrupted by the 1:20 a. m. trenier, although several long distance telephone and telegraph circles were broken. A temporary lighting system, which had been constructed with difficulty through Santa Barbara's main thoroughfare, to aid in opening the street to traffic, was put out of commission. A Hollywood motion picture studio, provided powerful spotlights which were turned upon the ruins of the Arlington hotel, where, despite the new quake, searchers kept at their task of searching for bodies. Elsewhere, throughout the city, the work of wrecking crews and rescue parties was suspended. This morning's trembler came in the form of a sharp and sudden ris-

ing of the earth which was accompanied by a terrific roar. Then for a period of three minutes, the ground seemed to tremble lightly as though settling back into position. In reality, this may have been a series of extremely light tremblers incident to the main upheavel. With the first shock started the terrifying roar of falling brick and mortar, which increased until it made he night hideous. The thunder of destruction gradually died away, long after the trembling of the earth had ceased. Except for the temporary illumination established by workers in the heart of the city, Santa Barbara lay batbed in complete darkness at the hour when the new quake struck. Clouds obscured the sky. Throughout the residential sections. in block after block, could be discerned the white forms of people, sleeping on lawns, or under hastily constructed shelters and tents, wary of just such an eventuality. Precautions taken by the people of Santa Barbara following Monday's disaster undoubtedly prevented furth er loss of life. Last evening there had been a gen eral move to quit the city, but dark ness fell early, curbing the exodus. Following the new trembler early today, this exodus was resumed Many families did not wait for daybreak, but started out along the roads, carryin# clothing and household goods with them. They left behind a city in which the devastation had scattered tragedy, pathos and humor indiscriminately among the ruins.

There was the inevitable “earthquake baby,” born to Mrs. Christina Rediguez in St. Francis hospital, while the building trembled in the grip of Monday's quake. Mother and son were removed to safety to the Santa Barbara Cottage hospital. Ruth Clarke, a nurse, at the hospital where the baby was born, was not so fortunate. A ballustrade gave way while she was descending a Hight of stairs and she was pitched through a window to the court yard below. Miss Clarke is not expected to live. On State street, a dog, both hind legs broken by a slab of falling concrete, dragged itself to safety. It was accorded the same medical care furnished humans and will live. Jerry Staples, milk wagon driver, was samplit# a bottle of his own wares, when the front oi a building fell upon his wagon. Stunned, he continued to drink from the bottle, even after firemen dug him out and led him to a hospital. _Q CAUSE OF QUAKES London, June 30 —Americas earthquakes suggest that "widespread stress throughout the continent is being relieved and that possibly this is now complete," according to a statement of J- J. Shaw, noted seismologist, to the United Press today. ' 1 6— — Tipton. — Business is good at Tipton Nickle Plate railroad has put on a new switch engine.

BEGIN WORK ON I PREMIUM 11ST Solicitation Os Advertisements For Fair Premium List Starts Mrs. J. R. Blair this morning began a canvas of the city and county for display advertisements in the 1925 premium list for the Northern Indiana fair, to be held at Bellmont park, 1 September 15 to 18 with big programs day and night. The list will contain eighty pages with a complete pro-' gram and a premium list covering' everything in live stock, art, fancy, | work, cereal products, fruits and those things which go to make a fair a 1 success. Advertising space sells at a reasonable rate and the book will be sent to two thousand people of the county. Mrs. Blair will call on the business men of the city and county or will be glad if you will call her and make au appointment if you are interested. Mr. E. B. Williamson, the fair manager is completing arrangements for every detail of the big fair and promises that it wjjl be the finest event of its kind | ever given here. —o INCOME TAX PAYMENTS Figures To Be Made Public Sometime ( During Month Os July, Treasury Department Announces. (United Press Service) Washington. JAne 30 —Income tax payments will be made public "some time during the month of July.’* Under Secretary of the Treasury, Winston announced today. The name of the taxpayer ami the amount paid will be opened for inspection similar-' ly in district headquarters of the in-1 ternal revenue bureau throughout the United States. ——— —— —O Editor Says Japanese-U. S. War Is Almost Impossible | (United Press Service) _ Chicago, June 30 —Japan will declare war on Russia within ten days "unless the bolshevists of Russia stop spreading red propaganda,” Count. Michimasa Soyeshima, member of the Japanese house of peers, declared here today. Th count, editor of two newspapers] in Japan, contended that war between ' the United States and Japan Is vir-l tuaViy impossible. Count Sayeshima is one of several Oriental officials who will deliver a series of lectures at the University of Chicago during July on problems if the far east. —o . — Advertisers Association , To Meet Wednesday Night There will lie a meeting of the De calur Advertisers Association in the Industrial rooms at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday evening. All members are urged to be present. —o— Only One Bid For Shipping Board Vessels

(United Press Service) Washington. June BO— Only outbid for all the 200 shipping board vessels to be sold for scrapping was received by the board, it was disclosed today when the 21 sealed bids for the ships were opened. The Boston Iron ami Metal company, Baltimore, Md., offered $ 1 .37«». doo for the entire group. No bid was received from Henry Ford. —o- — Oats and corn chop $2.50 Ground either fine or course. ZIMMERMAN-CARPER CO■FTiiit ■ is Differential ■ from all other laxatives and reliefs for Defective Elimination Constipation Biliousness The action of Nature's Remedy <M» Tablets) is more natural and thorough. The effects will be a revela.—tion—you will feel so good. Make the test. You will ] appreciate this difference. W w % Uaed For Ovtr Thirty Y«ar» Chips off the Old Block »R JUNIORS —tittle W' The seme In nne-thlrd dosee I esndy-coeted. For children aud adults. I Lsm 10U) BY YOUR ORUOaiaT SMITH, YAGER & PAUK

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THE CORT Tonight Tomorrow “HIS SUPREME MOMENT” A big Goldwyn production with Ronald Colman, Blanche Sweet and others. I he strangest love pact a man and maid ever made scenes of beauty and luxury the kind of scenes you love to see. “WIDE AWAKE,” a clever comedv. 10c 25c Coming Sunday—Richard Bart hie mess in “Soul Fire.’’

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