Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 10 September 1925 — Page 3

CLUB calenimm Thursday p.lta n*lphlan-MrR. W. R Smith. *••30 P* ‘ b.tiih Young Lading* '’honix nml «i. Da y"-Hlsh S«Jioo> Auditorium, Baptisi Brotherhood—Church, 7:30 P wort nu<l Win Class of U. H. church —Church. Christian Udles' Aid Soelcty—Church, 2:30 p. m. Eastern Star—Masonic Hall, 7: So p. m. . , ladles’ Aid Society of E V. Church -Church parlors, 2 p m. I, a 3- of I’ B. church—Mm. Oll> Mills. 2 r- n> Friday phHathap Class of Bnpt.’st Church Pot luck supper—church pailors, 6:3!) p. m. Judies’ Aid Society and Mlss'onary Society of M. E. Church—qhnnh, 2:30 P. n>Farewell Reception for Rev. Dotson and family—lL B. Church. Saturday Cray Side of L- A. 8. of Christian Church- White Meat Market, 9 a. m. The Young Ladies' Chorus of Berne will give a concert at the hgh school auditorium tonight hi connection with the home talent play, "Janey”, given by the Missionary society of the Evangelical church. The program will start at 8 o'clock and the public is cordially invited. The small admission of 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children wi.l be charged Erwin-Keenan The manage of Miss Ruth Keenan, daughter of Mrs. Mary Keenan, c.f Fort Wayne, and Mr. David Erwin, son of the late Richard Erwin, former judge of this city, and Mrs Ltiella Erwin, of Fort Wayne, was solemnizeii in the rectory of the Cathedra' of the Immaculate Conception at Fort Wayne Wednesday morning, at nisi o’clock. The bride was attended by her sister. Miss ('.race Keenan, and Mr. Guy Means served as best man. The Rev. Father Thomas Conroy rend the nuptial service. Immediately after tlie ceremony a wedding breakfast of pretty appointments was served to the members of the imm.dhite families at the Hotel Keenan. During the dinner hour, a musicale was presented, Mrs. Josephine Albert-Horton playing the harp. An informal reeep lion was held on the mezzanine floor. The couple left on a motor trip to the east. They will stop at Philadelphia and take a boat trip to Miami. Florida, where they will reside. The bride attended St. Marys College. . nd is a member of the Psi lota Xi sorority, and the E. Jane Hamilton society. Mr. Erwin was graduated from Purdue University and is a member of the Siems fraternity. -i; prominent in musical circles in Fort Wayne, being an accomplished singer. Those who attended the affair from here were Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Erwin and Mr. and Mrs. Dore Erwin. The members of the United Itrethern Church will give a farewell reception for the Rev. 11. F. Dotson at the church Friday evening. A pot ’nek supper will be served. All members of the church and all ministers of the city are invited to atend Final plans and arrangements were made at the meeting of the Psi Icta Xi sorority at the home of Mrs. Leigh Bowen, Tuesday evening, for the conducting of a refreshments stand at the Northern Indiana Fair next week. Mrs A. F. Stalter, a member of the sorority, who is moving to Portland this week, was presented with a beautiful gift from the sorority. Other business matters were disposed of after which the hostess served delectable refreshments. The next meeting "ill be held in two weks at the home of Mrs. Sim Burk. An interesting joint meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society and Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will be held in the church parlors Friday | afternoon. The following program will' 0 given. Devotionals, Mrs. Mary Wey; Temperance lesson, rMs. B. J. Wee, Temperance Leaflet, Mrs. It. I), lyers, Piano Solo, Marietta Dailey, Ladies' Quartette, Reading, Mary Neptune, Piano Solo, Eloise Lewton A Rood attendance is desired. The Philathea Class of the Baptist urch wil enjoy a pot luck supper 111 th® church parlors Friday evening at G'3o o’clock. Every member is requested to be there. By the Glow of the Camp Fire, the -Pworth League of the Methodist urch will present an Echo meeting, pundag night, at 6:30 o'clock.

A special Invltaitnn Is extended to everyone. Steele—McCormick Mls-i Margaret McCormick, daugh-' ter of Mr. and Mrs. L J. McCormick, of near Van Buren, and former residents of this city, and Mr. Cha,met Steele, eon of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steele, of thin city, were quietly mar , tied nt the Presbyterian Manse J Sunday evening, at nine o'clock, with I the Rev, B. N. Covert receiving the vows. Mr and Mrs. McCormick and I daughter, Marjorie, were attendants at the wedding Mr. Steele is env i ployed at the General Electric contpny, and they will reside in this city. ■ Thu bride is wi> 1 known here, her, father being manager of the old i Crystal Theater, which operated here until two years ago. i Hindenlang Reunion Th# Hindenlang fam iy reunion was held at the John Liihtenbarger home east of the city, Monday. Fifty , seven relatives were in attendance i ord enjoyed the fine picnic dinner and program. Those from a distance' wore Mr. and Mis. Fred Hindenlang and family, of Spencervll e, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Barlett anti Mr. and Mrs. Frank Skie and family, ;tH of Fort Wayne; Mr. anti Mrs. Ben Ganz and family, Mr. anil ! Mis. John Lautenhlser end family, of Willshire, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ganz, of Wren. Ohio. The day was vreatTy enjoyed by Grandmother |. Hindenlang, who has been confined ! to her bed for the past six years. | The Delta Delphian Club will meet at the home of Mrs. W. E. Smith tonight at 7:30 o'clock. The attend ance of every member is urged. I.' 0 COL. MITCHELL GAINS SUPPORT IN HIS FIGHT (Continued from page One) Department cfft'litals today showed no Inclination to provide the demanil ~ cd public probe of their own conduc. , and po.icies. They insisted that the only fksue at stake is .Mitchell'.*-, f alleged insultord nation which has 'nothing whatever to do witlt h’s par ■ t.ni’,ar opinions. Congress is the . body to make other investigations, it I was said | 0 i Two Youthful Bank Robbers Sentenced •J Logansport, Ind., Sept, lb —(United . Press.) —Pleading guilty to complicity , in the robbery of the Stale bank at . Galveston last spring. Clifford Roth. I 17. and Charles Northern. IS. today , | were sentenced to two to fourteen , | years imprisonment in the state re ( formatory. Both men live in Indianapolis. The case of Clinton Shaw, a third ’ suspect, was continued because of ' ; illness of his attorney. .— Home Talent Play At I 11. S. Auditorium Tonight ~ The two-act play "Janey" will h. t presented tonight at the high school . I af/Htoriuni by the Young People’s r Missionary Circle of the Evangelical I Church, at 8 o’clock. In addition to the play, the Young Lillies' Chorus ol Berne will give a concert. The play cast is as follows: . Mrs. Hamond. .Mrs. Elmer Amspaugh > Ethel Hammond (her daughter) ; Mary Macy ( Mrs. Ravis Mountaineer Zelma Fuhrman Janey Ravis.... Mrs. Merrill Schnitz Mrs Dennine Mrs. Mary Lynch . Rose (a maid) Hazel Peterson Tickets are being sold at twentyt five cents for adults and fifteen cents . for children. o Miller Reappointed State Fire Marshal Indianapolis. Sept. 10 — Governor Jackson yesterday reappointed Newman T. Miller to a four-year term as state fire marshal. The governor also reappointed William Hough to the state tax board for a four year term. The state library and historical commission selected Demarchus Brown, present state librarian, as director of the state library. o - Former Hartford City Girl On Trial For Murder Uniontown, Pa., Sept 10 —A'einists ’ today were to testify as to the ment:al condition of Mrs. Lucille Hareck, a native of Hartford City, Ind., when she gave her twenty-one month old baby, Leona, carbolic ac'd and then drank a small portion of it herself. ' I The woman, now on trial for mur- ■! dec in criminal court here, expects to ’ be acquitted on the grounds she was temporarily insane as the resu t of I harsh treatment by her husband. ) Mrs. Hareck, who is now 19 years old. t has been married two years. ,' The defense has summoned two Pittsburgh aleinists and the com-

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mon wealth has subpoenead one. It lis expected the jury of eight men I and four women will get the case late today or tomorrow. Mrs. Hareck says she was born in Hartford City Claims Railroads Aid In Rum Running Activity i t Chicago, Sept. 10 (United Prir.a) Hints of collusion between railroads and liquor runners come from the office of tne Rev. B K. Ewing, acting federal prohibition director, today following a raid in which five carloads of real beer were seized. , By breaking through u ring of forty < "lookouts" wlm surrounded the vicinity of the unloading of the beer, fed •ral agents seized 1,000 barrels of the brew In the five ear), three trui'lo and seven mei£ The beer h: ( d been I bill' d from Lawrence, Masi., as ■ "rnap'e syrup.” One of the railroads over which thi big beer shipment traveled was the I Ne w York Central. The Rev. Ewln>, I said there was evidence of cooperation from railroads in the "illegal diversion" of beer shipments. </■"■ I.' ■— Death Penalty Asked For Drake Hotel Bandits Chicago, Sept. 10. —-(United Press) — For society’s sake, Jack Wilson and Joseph Holmes, the Drake hotel ban dits who aro on trial for the murder of Frank B. Rodkey, hotel cashier, should hang, George E. Gorman, first assistant state’s attorney, declared in Lis opening statement today. Depredations of the James hoys paled in comparison to the aspersions Gorman cast on the character and record of the pair. Rodkey was killed one month ago when five booze crazed bandits stampeded into the Drake, terrorized em p’oyes and guests with “wild west” tactics and walked out with 310.00 C into the arms of the police. Two of the five were killed in a running hat tie will) the police, one has eluded capture, and the other two are on

— “The quality proves Good Taste—the price Good Judgment Boy! iflwSfr ' -if she refuses a I*i amoni i from here —she sure don’t want YOU! More than one "doubtful bride” ~aif p will admit that it was a Diamond F from this store that helped her make up her mi " d ’ B,ue ' f IP white 9 0 and JEWFLRY STORE $25.00 ,o $500.00 —— - ! j PREPARE YOURSELF TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THINGS WHEN THEY ARRIVE 5 Since there is no LAID-OUT way to H Success, there are certain things |i, necessary that lead to it— H THE WILL TO STICK COURAGE If A GOOD STRONG MIND H MANY an opportunity is let go by for the lack of funds. MANY a hank account has been 3| neglected for the lack of stick-to-it-BqnK. Capital and Surplus >120,000.00

1— — | ) I ~’v - Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is at Geneva, where the sixth , assembly of the League of > Nations is now in session. Paul Painleve, Premier of France, delivered the open- 1 ing address. b trial. — —o Blames Rate Reductions For Railroad Failure i Chicago, Sept. 10. — (United Press) — Freight rate reductions made by the . interstate commerce commission cansI ed the collapse of the Minneapolis ) & St. Louis railroad, W. H. Bremmer, receiver of the road, charged today ’ in his plea for a five per cent freight s rate increase demanded by western - railroads. Bremmer testified before Clyde I. 1 Atchison, chairman of tho commerce ■ commission, bolding hearings on the proposed increase. “Had it not been for the heavy reductions In freight rates made by the 1 ute._ late commerce commission since 1920, the Minneapolis and St. I Louis railroad would not now bo in n the hands of tho court.' Bremmer

laid. “Average freight charges on the road In 1924 were only one third groat er than in 1915. an increase which is totally inadequate when compared with the increases in prices of materials and supplies, In taxi- i and in the cost of labor.” - Former Attorney For Hawkins Seeks Release Indianapolis, Sept. 10. Frank Jaqiin, former attorney for the Hawkins Mortgage company of Portland, filed a petition in federal court for a suspension of ills prison zentenci; of two years. Jaqua was one of 14 men found gui'.ty of using the mails to defraud in operations of the Hawkins company. Jaqua agreed to dismiss ti::< appeal (.nd to meet other requirements of the court. He admitted Ida guilt, but begged the mercy of the court. Fugitive From State Penal Farm Captured South Bend. Ind.. Sept. 10. —(United Press) George Wallace, a fugitive from the state penal farm at Putnamville, today faced a sentence of two to five years for jail-breaking. Wallace was captured here when a policeman found him at work tearing down a house. He escaped from the penal farm while serving a sentence of six months for contributing to the delinqil'ney of a minor. -—- ——o 0 Marriage Licenses Sylvester Aaron Johnson, laborer, on Pennsylvania railroad. Decatur to Bartha Ulrica Rahn, Decatur. Back-ache? Pains? May Be Your Kidneys If pains are nyikinur lisp miserable, stop ' wasting time on little ways of g tting temporary relief. Something i» radically 1 wrong, Home organ isn’t doing its work. Vinna strengthens weak kidneys, Lizy liver, sluggish bowels. Th<* blood starts i getting purer, appetite begins to clamor, . digestion gets right, ami constipation leaves. You feel its benefit promptly, ‘ and soon you’re walking with a B stride, energetic, strong, able to enjoy life. It has lifted thousands out of beds i of pain. Will vou give it a chance? VIUNA The vegetable regulator SOLD BY CALLOW & KOHNE ’l _ ' fO Fl > 4nJ pW

!i i Don’t let your waist I measurement prove a Waste Measure ! ; Fat Men. here is an advertisement all your own. — - ■ — Wc arc not dieticians or distillers of vanishing cream ra tonua^SIW(CIODIES Z' _ ~\ — we are no t telling you to reduce your weight—we are [-5, - simply saying that we can reduce the cost of your clothing. K U There is one store in Decatur where the big man pa <t y. ( 1 pays no tax on his avoirdupois or penalty of selection on $3 ‘' £1 . he secs no fewer suits either. | | There are more slender men in town than heavyI \ I j weights —that’s true —but we want to tell you this—that % I \\i U there is no more cost for being fleshy at John T’s than I \ U there is for being thin in an aeroplane. | w s EgKk. MICHAELS STERN SUITS FOR STOUT MEN £ " $22.50" $45.00 I lefuh-T -Ayfxb <3© | J BETTER CLOTNES K>R LESS J MONEY-ALWAYS" 8 '• DECATUR • INDIANA hiVill ; AiiyVili7lh.- vtVi u f il vnlTiTf/fn/ViTiV. ini i\. M:? ftl,' SY, iu, jZu uZa’fA, vYI- TtTii'kiTrf

ARRESTS MADE IN MURDER CASE (CnntlouM Bom Paye One) day night, no "I" ‘Uit In her home here Giii.lai are divided on tie motive. The t.'inner hold.) lli.il hoot j lerr.ei:(, enlaced h< eau::e of Ml . (’ook’n vigorou ’ campaign agairibt them, conspired in th" murder. Otln'ri oficiala say they beiirve anmo other, motive In Involved. Tho five prlnonrrtt and the two, youths still to be urresteil will appear before the coroner's Jury. ...Ml! 'J.. ..''JI”). L ' ■

USED CARS 11 I We have the following used cars on hand and in order to dispose of them quickly we invite anyone interested in a used car to look our cars over. We are offering the unused service in these autos ! to interested parties at any offer that is at all reasonable. The following cars for immediate delivery: I—Star1 —Star Touring Car, 1924 1—1923 Star Sedan 1—1925 Ford Coupe, balloon tires 1—1923 Chevrolet Superior Touring 1—1921 Ford Sedan Several other autos priced very cheap, including Fords. Chevrolets and Overlands. The following cars are being reconditioned and res I pa : »ted and will be ready for delivery in ten days: I j—Auburn Six Touring Car : 1—1923 Essex 1 Coach 1—1923 Chevrolet Touring a Remember! We are selling you I XUSEII Transportation. P. KIRSCH & SON i Opposite Interurban Station | ■I""- ■ m - ■■■ _ w

TO POULTRY BREEDFRS ! The wonderful H»t of ’P*“'!ul premiums offered by the loy** l business men of Adam# county ahould induce every good poultry h. eider to show at least a few of his flock at the Great Northern Indiana Fair No entrance fee will I be i barged and your bird t will he . i. free of charge by an exper,eneed feeder. The fair management also furnishes free roops. Show your appreciation l>y exbibit inf, at your own fair. W A. Funner, Supt.