Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 269, Decatur, Adams County, 13 November 1925 — Page 5

CLUB CALENDER Friday Minnehaha Club —Red Man Hall. nfler lodgte. I.ndlea’ Aid Society Social—WushInKion township school. 7:30 p. tu. Box Social—Waahlnxton school Saturday Cafeteria Supper—Christian church (lining room. 5 to 7 p. tu. Monday Ik-lta Theta Tail- Ml** Florence Harris. H p. m Hnscarcb Club—Mr*. Fred Fruchtc, 1:M P- u. Tuesday licbekah Pot Luck Dinner—Poetpoued. Thursday Annual Thanksgiving Dinner, K V. Aid Society—Church Din inx Room, 11 U> 1 o'clock. Mrs. William Q'Brlea oaierlalnwl the member* of the So Cha Rea Club ft t k six o'clock dinner last evening at her home on Fifth street* iFire Hundred was played after dinner and prises were won by Mrs Clctn Kortenbrir, Miss Florent* Harris and .Miss Catherine Otnlor. The next meeting will be held in two weeks with Miss Marie Gass. Mrs. V. J. Ihirman was an out-of-town guest. The pot luck d-'nner which, was to have been served at the Rebekah hall for the members Tuesday evening has been postponed! All mem bera are urged to note the change. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Evangelical church met in the clHirch parlors Thursday afternoon. Forty members were in agtendance and the Novfemfotr se<h|ion turned over 043.43 to the treasurer. A parrel post sale was held In connection with the meeting Plans were made for the annual Thanksgiving dinner which will be served at. the church Thursday, November 19. from 11 to 1 o'clock. Tickets for the dinner will lie fifty cents and may be pur chased from any member or at the door. A two-cent supper will be served from 5 to 7 o’clock Thursday evening. The liberal patronage of the public is solicited. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pumphrey and daughter. Eleanor. Dr. Grandstaff and his guest, Mr. Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burdg attended the Tenth annual banquet of Class No 10, which was spread at the new Shrine Temple, at Berry and Ewing streets. Fort Wayne, last night. These banquets are greatly enjoyed by the members and their wives. The class is very pro«<l ot the fact that they are the only class that have continued meetings from year to year. A good program was given by the officers in charge. Dr. W. O. M< Bride, of Fort Wayne, gave a very 4nteieating talk on his trip abroad. The annual roll call was given and each member present responded After the banquet those who had not had the opportunity ot visiting the new building were given the privilege at that timq. The members ot tlie class expect to continue thess annual* "get-to gether" meetings from year to year. Ono hundred people attended the

NOTICE The dumping of ashes and rubbish in the alleys is strictly forbidden under City ordinance and violators will be prosecuted according to law. Much complaint has come to the city street commissioner of violation of this 01 dmance and it is with the view of keeping our alleys clean that this ordinance will be enforced. As a public-spirited citizen please help keep the alleys clean. Nothing icflects on civic pride more than dirty and cluttered up alleys and the ci y ordinance will be enforced to curb the practice of dumping ashes and rubbish in the alleys. ORDER OF STREET COMMITTEE.

bridge and Flva Hund rad party (lieu by ska members of ike Tri Kappa Sorority at ibe Kik a konw last even Ini. Prix*. at Bridget were won by Mra. Maurti* MukMy. Mlaa Hahin Swearingen. Mr, ftriad* and Mr Jamea R. Blair. At Fit* Hundred, prlio* wore awarded to Mr. M K Hower and Mrs. Hertha Chriaman At the conclusion of the game* th* girls served aandlw<he* and coffee, runs have been made by ih< aororiiy to bold a Christmas luiurr at Burda a Millinery Store. December I and ft. The Ladles' Aid Society of the Calvary Evangelical church met al the home of Mr* James Barr Thursday as ternoon. The early part of the afternoon wa* apant prelhig and canning pears after which ibe business meetHi( was hold. Mr* t'urtia Muller will be the hostess to the society the first Thursday In December. The election of officers «hd the annual Christmas exchange will be hold at that time, o LoctDs Mr*. Fred Fuilenkamp was a gue«t of her parents. Mr. sod Mr*. Tim Corbett, at Fort Wayne, today. Dr. and Mrs. O. E. Allen and Mrs Florence Meyer, of Marion, and MrsHarold Fraxler, of Bluffton, visited friends here this morning. Mr. knd Mrd. F. H Vail and Mis* Fan Hammell will motor to South Bend tooniorrow to attend the Notre Dame-Carnegin Tech footbull game C H. Colter and Sim Burk attended the Scottish Rite meeting at Fort Wayne last evening. The November number of Imlryland Is being mailed from the offices of the Cloverleaf Crcatnciy today. It contains an Interesting contest and plans for the organisation of a Cloverleaf Club. J. D. Peterson, of the (Tty Trust Company, Indianapolis, was a visitor here this morning. The Alumni comniltee of the Decatur high school. Mhes Blanc h McCrory, chairman, has sent out postal cards to the graduates out! former teacher* of the school, telling about the homecoming to be held at the high school building December 28th and asking for reservations for the banquet to be held at 6 o'clock that evening They will appreciate an early reffly so that plans can be made to take care of the crowd. A father and son meeting will lie held in the various churches of Decatqr next Tuesday evening and in several of them banquets will be given. The event should be a very happy one. Miss Lucy Butler returned to her home at Fort Wayne today after a short visit with her aunt. Mrs. Licy Colehin. E. 11. Williamson. who is in charge of the fair campaign, is displaying a large airplane view of Bellmont Park in the Teeple and Peterson store window The picture was taken during the fair time Coat Cook, well-known Decatur pioneer. was taken ill while uptown shortly after noon today and was taken home by a local physician. Mr. Cook was feeling greatly improved about 3 o'clock this afternoon and war able to talk over the telephone. Several Bluffton football fans m(•Bmpanied the Bluffton team here this afternoon for the game with the local high school players.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1925,

HEAVY RAIN VISITS COUNTY itostistun mow fam onw» had slipped Predlrtloes «re fur eblder weather Ikl* weekend end pueslhly a freeite Yesterday's long rain wa* the third heavy downpour In as many week*, end the held* have never been dry month tu du Peevy healing !• tine year sgn Adam* county waa imdly tn need of rain There had been no rainfall tor five week* and condition* were becoming eerlon* Waler supplies were falling and health we* Impaired in vetio** places Rcidrict hsuancc Os Sarrnmcntal Winex Washington, Nov. 13 — (Vailed th east—Nr* treasury regulation* restriding the issuance of Murnmental wines to les* I ban one million gab lona annually have Iwmmi dr*fled by A»«l«tanl Secretary of the Treasury Andrews, prohibition r**r, and will be sent out tn enforcement of fl, era this month. s Delation of • dosen different schemes nf obtaining "sacramental win*' fraudently led tn the drafting of the new regWatloaa. Hom>- botletters grow heavy beard* and posed ** Orthodox rabbi* to oilla'll wllhdr*wal permits and other* established fictitious Jewish emigregallon* Othrs did not even take tbta much trouble —a—o— FINAL PLEA FOR ACQUITTAL MADE BY THE DEFENSE icornniHii mow pagp: omki premeditated plana for suicide would not lie interfered with. "By her own wilful act she made It Impossible for these men to save her life.” Noblesville, Ind., Nov. 1::. (United Press)—lilting accusations were hurled thick anil fast today in closing arguments In the milder trial of D. C. Stephenson. former klan dragon, Earl Klemk and Earl Gentry, for the death ot Madge Oberholtxer. Charles E. Cox, assistant'prosecutor? described (he trio of defendants a* "gorilla men" and asked death for them * Coa flayed. Stephenson mercilessly, describing his as a 'moral degenerate and beast and a despoiler of women’s virtue. There never was more (latent perjury than the testimony of four deputy sheriff* of Marion county who at-

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tempted to establish an alibi for KJoacte. Um sMwttod Ira Holme*. deltue etiumey. cottr. tot nd with th* charge that jH.ph.fi sM •** boms per*o«uied to vroet from him th* last of hl* polunai power, Ten more hmot* ‘4 cloalisa •rgawmi remained when court opened io>ley Th* stale ha* four hours remaining and the defense •{* The <»*• la etp*<t*4 to gn ll» tfo jure before noon ttatuotay The state. Holme* declared, had felled to present any evMencs* «<n which lo base a r«tnvicti«m for murder, He Insisted the death of M s* t>bor« bedtfew was suicide and nothing more, ntd tiid her plight to her ow n door* It ahe had not been a willing member of the patty which ended In her death, there would have boon ample upportun'ly for so-r to call for In-Ip. he argued Ml- • Ofmrh'Jtver’s living statement waa drawn by a lawyer for the pur pose of nxirai-iing y, trout Stephneon Holme* charged Prosecutor Remy In opening the •tale * argument, outlined and weighed the evidence in the cnae. ntrraaing testimony that supporieef the dying d»ciarati'ui OSsiim ■ > ——— -■ — • Hoosier Truck Company Threatens To Boycott Ohio Accessories Firms Columbus. <>., Nov. 13—The fight between the state* of ImUann and Ohio over conflicting motor bus regulation took a new turn today The Ohio public utilities comniission received s loiter front an Ohio firm enclosing a circular Uster from the Red Rail Transit company of Indianapolis threatening to boycott Ohio firm* unless the Ohio commi.islon cease* Its enforcement of truck laws through the arrest of Indian., men who operate In this state with out permits. The Red Ball threatens to extend its boycott to all Ohio firms dealing In motor accessories and claims to have some allies in it* proposal Members of the Indiana public 'hetvice commission conferred with the Ohio otliOiaU early this week on the matter aud went away apparently satisfied after studying the Ohio Igw. The Ohio commlssfon will take no notice of Ute boycott threat. Mr end Mrs William Garrison, of north of Wretij Onio, were shoppers here today. ■ o WANT ADS EARN—I—•—I

W. C. T. U. MeeU In Annual Convention Detroit, Muth. Nov f3—Dedicated to a etgoron* national campaisn tnr -*• rnforcemout. more than 5 oml memtets «»f the National Women* ('hriatian Tt*n«poranc*> unic.n met here (mini for toefy &i*t annual contention A» an indication of the drive lo tn made by the union, th* executive ’ isuumfiKeo ha* dmilgnsUßii Jon. is •ml 17 a* •’national law enforcement day*” to <»mt»i th* "wet" oumtwtgn tfipec-ted to bc> lnun> hod in Washing- | ton during the aan* month Th« convention fortnaMy opened this morning with the anuusl of President Anna Adame Gordon. <»f BvaMton, ill Mi»a Gordon, who! la also president of the International W <’ T V. will retire from the national presidency ut thia convention j to devote her time lo the International organisation. Sire has been In office ton yearn. | Ry vote of the executive ronitnit- | toe. Lo* Angeloa will entertain the 1»2« v«>n vent ion. Wife Os Rev. Culd. Eloping I’arson, Gets Decree Os Divorce South lh-nd. Ind,. Nov. 13.—lEnlted Press.) — The wife of Rev. Wilson Culp, eloping; parson, today held a divorce decree from her erring mate. Mr*. Culp, whose husband deserted her four Cures for other women. 1 charged abatidonnieut. < ruclty and j . non support. Culp first fell for the beauty of a 19 year-old choir singer in his congregation in an Ohio town. Tire couple eloped to Michigan Ho arrested, taken back to Ohio and patched things up. with his

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wife The family moved to South Bend lo start life over again | 1 Two more tlmei C ulp left hi* wife . and ten children, only to be lorglvag. Tho last time he eloped with hi* stater-lfidaw, taking all the family 1 saving* and going to Mexico I -_ — University Artiste To Give Recital Next priday '• A recital will la- given by tho Artists 1 of Taylor University at the Waahlng- • ton Methodist church. Friday. Noveni--1 tier 30. A special program of niualc and readings wll l>e given. The public la invited to attend Tho recital 1 la being given under the auspice* of I the Ladles' Aid Society. II . * Sheriff Wounded By Fleeing Prisoner Rockport. Ind., Nov. 13.—(United Press) Hhrrfff Robept Woods was re(covering today from wounds received when he attempted to arrest Claude Luckado. wanted on a minor charge. laickado reaistetl at rest and grabbed a shotgun and opened fire. In the gun hattlo that followed the shurlff's left eyeball was shattered and his face was torn by a bullet. - " O' 1 — —■ Hertford City — The Chamber of ('oinmerce here liaa officially passed out of existence. An old. dilapidated sign, stniidlng on a prominent street cot tier and designating the office of 'lhe organisation has been taken down. | The chamber has been dormant for some time. o.— Any one in Decatur can earn pari of $5,000 cash prizes offered by Chicago Sunday Herald and Examiner in the editions now on sale at all news-stands.

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