Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1925 — Page 5

j»1 a * * cU jB CALENDER Tuesday . Ahl Society of U. B. church, Sal'' Church. of C K- ~f C> haH ’ 8p - t -—Reformed Church, 7 p.m. women's MinJonary Society of Zion Kenned church-church parlors, 2:30 P 'fri Kai'P* Sorority—Miss Anglo 1 ' Wednesday v Tri 1) Club— Miss Katherine Kocher, 7 Audion Bridge Club-Mrs. Frank I $ P’ Five Hundred Club — Mrs. Glen Cowan, 7: 30 P m ' Wanna Korn Bak Club—Mrs. Ray unguell, 2 P- ni. Historical Club— Mrs. Haber HumClub—Mrs. S. D. Beavers. Thursday Baptist Woman's Society — Mrs. Lake, 2 P- m. So Cha Rea—Miss Marie Gass, 6:30 p. tnK y Missionary Society—Church parlors. 2 p. nt. Home and Foreign Missionary So<.iety Mrs. Fred PaUerson, 2. 30 p. in. Work and Win Class of U. B. Church -Church, 7:30 p. m Hridgo club—Mrs. Clayson Carroll, 7:30 V- ni. Ladies' Aid society of Zion Lutlieian Cliurch—Schoolhouse 3:30 p.m. Calvary laidies' Aid Society—Mrs. Curtis Miller. Friday St. Marys township Home Economics Club—Mrs. John Floyd. Bridge Club —Miss Jeanette Ehinger. 7:30 P- nt. W. K. C.—Legion Hall. Woman’s Home Missionary Society -Mrs. Dan Sprang, 2:30 pm. Zion Reformed Ladies' Bazaar — Church basement Saturday Zen Reformed Ladies’ Bazaar and Cafeteria Supper —Church basement. , Miss Katherine Kocher will entertain the members of the Tri D Club. Wednesday evening at her home on Adams street. The Evangelical Misionary Society w fl meet Thursday afternoon nf*tww o'clock with Mrs. E. B. Macy. Mrs. .Miry will have chargoof the program. A good attendance is desired. Mrs. Fred Patterson will be hostess to the Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. A "ciccci attendance-U desired. The Baptist Woman's Society will meet Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock al the home of Mrs. Lake for a business meeting. All members are urged to be present. ,

The members °f the Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church arc requested to please bring something for the supply box to be f iled at the next meeting, which wi I bi- held at the home of Mrs. Dan Sprang, Friday afternoon. Anything in the line of linens, calicos, ginghams, towels, handkerchiefs, thread, etc., will be appreciated. Mrs. Eley has charge of the lesson and she has prepared a very fme program. A good attendance is desired. Miss Marie Gass will entertain the members of the So Cha Ilea ( l»b Thursday at 6:30 o'clock. j Miss Jeanotto Elitiigcr will be ho:tens to the Bridge Club Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The Indies' Aid Society of the llnitcl .Brethern church will hold a sale of home-made mince meat at' the church tonight. Any special order " It be filled by calling 903 or 7SII. The liberal -patronage of the public I- solicited, The St. Marys Township Honrn Economics dub will meet with Mrs. John Floyd Friday, December -Ith for • n all day meeting. All members are urged to be present and bring pencil, scissors and plain paper to < ,,p > patterns, A pot luck dinner will be served. — —o — ILoeafe Miss Dee Anna Vance and her gu 1 ’ 1 - -'"is Inez Caverro, of Mexico City, MexHo, have returned to Ixike Koresi "here they will resume their studies at Ferry Hail, after an over-Supday visit with Miss Vance’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. 1/Vance. Miso Caverro

* 9 “ of u former p reß |. ' If-nt of Mexico, She been lu lblß wntry a Httle more than tour veara nd ee tho r.' Ch W ° r ° ’ PMt “ und the la.t on « at Kerry Ha[| will eraduatAfront there next spring. Mrs John Niblick spent the dav in f ort \\ay ae Halting with friends Mrs. and Mrs. Dan Erwin will leave mnorrow for West Palm Beac |, Mor . Ida, where they expect to stay i n(ll , r b'tely. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin win lna ke the trip by motor. Mr. ami Mrs. Fred Fnllenkamp. Miss eVra Butler and Mr. Gerald Mylott HPent the week-end at Chicago with Herb Fullenkamp and Art Rousseau Charles Mowery, of Unsing, Michigan, is visiting friends here for a few days. Miss May me Delninger made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning in tile interest of the Deininger Millinery Store. Mrs. J. W. Vail attended a meeting of the Methodist Misionai” Society at Fort Wayne today. 1-. A. Beavers made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Joseph Winteregg, of Berne, made us a happy call this morning. He is much interested in the farmer and how he can be better taken care of in the guaranteeing of a price for his pro ducts that will assure a profit. During the past year he has devoted much time to the boys' and girls’ chi|i work and has made a good reuerd as president of the organization. Virgil Simmons, of Bluffton, trans acted business here yesterday. C. J. Voglewed made a business trip to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Mrs. Eva Archer, of Pleasant Mills, was a shopper here this afternoon. Dr. Miller Opens His Office In This City Dr. A. J. Miller, formerly of Monroe. has opened his office in this city in the apartment formerly occupied by Dr. Elizabeth Burns, on West Madison street. Dr. Burns has moved to Fort Wayne. Dr. Miller was located at Monroe for several years and is well known in this part of the county. — ■ —o— i - Indiana Lutherans Lead In Pledges To Valparaiso Fort Wayne. Ind., Dec. 1. —(United Press) Indiana Lutherans of the Missouri synod are leading in the amount pledged to the University of Valparaiso endowment fund, for which a canvas is being made this week among members of 700 Lutheran congregations in 15 states. A total of $421.498.94 has been reached. o — Police Powers Os Many Civilians Are Revoked Indianapolis, Dec. I—State police powers in possession of sixty or more civilians were ordered revoked today by Secretary of State Frederick Schortemeicr. * •*.’ Scliortemeicr said that in the future

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only uniformed officers will work for' the department). "With the large number of holdups' in the utate It is lny opinion that, 'lie civilian work should cease." said Schortemeicr. ( Investigation has shown that in all cases of holdups the work was that of noa-uniforined men who Posed as state officers. o - Most Faithful Sunday School Pupil Is Dead Jeffersonville, Ind., Dee I.—(United' Press)—Members of the Sunday school of the Park Methodist church In a body today attended Hie funeral of Fay Shlller, most faithful pupil in the school. From the time she started in the' cradle roll until her fatal illness she did not miss a Sunday.

Scarlet Fever Most Prevalent During Week Indianapolis, Dec. I.— (United' Press) —Scarlet fever was more prevalent than any other disease in Indiana during the last week, Dr. William' King, secretary of the state board of* health, announced today. j A total of 169 cases were reported compared with 91 oases for the week . preceding. Vaudergurgh county was highest in lie list of cases reported with 21.1 while Warren county was second with 14 cases. o Wheat Prices Soar To New Highs At Chicago Chicago, Dec. I—(United Press) —' In the heaviest day's trading in six months, wheat prices soared to new highs for the present crop on the board of trade today. Reports of increasing demands from ' Europe induced a flood of buying or ' ders ' | December wheat, old, gained 5 1-4 ' cents from the previous close. 0 . — Prominent Mason Dies At Indianapolis Monday, Indianapolis, Dec. I.— (United' Press)— services for Charles I Mayer, Sr.. 63. Indianapolis business 1 nan. who died yesterday, will be held tomorrow. He was prominent in state Masonic circles, having served as potentate of the Mystic Shrine of Indianapolis. _ Counsel Sums Up Defense For Mrs. Rhinelander By Paul ('. White (V. P. Staff Correspondent) White Plains, N. Y„ Dec. I.—(United Press) —Because Leonard Kip Rhinelander has “torn respectabUity" from Alice Beatrice Jones, “house maid.." lhe pair can never live together again. Ixie Parson Davis, counsel for Mrs. Rhinelander, told a crowded courtroom that hung upOB his every word

as he continued hts summation for the ( defense In the. Rhinelander marriage annulment action today. Davis branded Rhinelander as “a man of wealth and aon of a gentle- , man," and then accused him of heaping shame upon his partly colored bride. ’ O—Mote Than 700,000 Boys And Girls At Stock Show Chicago) Dec 1 (United Press) — I There is no danger of the American farm becoming depopulated if representatives of more than 760.000 hoys and girls attending the 26th annual,in- ■ ternatlonal livestock exposition here . are to be taken as a'criterion, show I officials held. .1 Approximately 12,000 hoys and girls

here make the claim that 86 per cent of the 700,000 will remain on the farm. Fifteen thousand horse show fan H forgot horses for a moment last night while they honored these young tillers of the soil. I The feature event of the evening—the single horse class —of the horse show, was won by Otto W. Lehmann's jPrincess Mary. ‘ A Jjos Angeles entry, Nancy Highland, belonging to Miss Maude Fawn ' Hanks, won (he honors in the threegaitod saddle horse class. | E. A. Stuart, oi Seattle, Wash., took first prize in tile riding team class witli Plume's I’ridw and Brilliant Nan. I Wr——O College Landmark At DePauw Is Destroyed Greencastle. Ind., Dec. 1. — (United 1 Press)- Authorities today are seeking 110 determine the origin of the fire which practically destroyed Rosa Bower, a men's rooming house at Depauw university. The building, more than 75 years old. was one of the college landmarks. II I “Strike-Breaking” Grave Diggers Are Put To Work Chicago, Dec. 1. —(United Press) — "Strike-breaking.” non-union grave digt gers have been put to work here and i the strike of 250 members of the. Ceme|lery Employes’ union has caused lit--1 tie delay in funerals so far. j The union workers want $6 a day and a half hour struck off (heir present working day.

1 it est I W ft A Pay ■As - You -Go f | CHRISTMAS ® w W The Saturday Evening Post recently had a practic.il W editorial on the advantages of a “Pay-As-You-Go W Christmas.” This is easy for Systematic Savings Club members. In fact they usually accumulate more than they really need for Christmas-a reserve for the future. ; I Our 1926 clubs are now starting. Better join. Next I December you’ll be glad you did. ■ I 1 FIRST NATIONAL I BANK I DECATUR, INDIANA -fc ■Mnewn n 99 9 IE ■

Three Hurt When Nickel Plate Engine Explodes Frankfort, Ind., De 6. I.—Three trainmen were injured Sunday when the crownplate of the boiler of a locomotive on the Cloverleaf division of the INckel Plate railroad, exploded near Jefferson, five miles west of Frankfort. The train, a freight, was badly wrecked and 600 feet of track were torn up. A state boiler inspector reported that evidently the water •supply had run low in the boiler. The force of the explosion was downward, toreIng (he grates of the locomotive into the roadbed and overturning the engine. Al Schnader, engineer, was buried beneath the wreckage and was rescued hy persons who dug him from the ground. He suffered a fractured eg Janies Nolan, brakeman, was severely scalded, G. B. McLain, fireman, suffered three broken ribs. All the injured live in Frankfort. Ambulances from this city were called and the men were taken to the Clinton County Hospital. The loss will Ire thousands of dolars. Sixteen cars loaded with merchandise were wrecked and the locomotive was demolished. Rails a short distance from the explosion were said to have been buried in the ground.

Salary Cutting Squabble Is Further Complicated Indianapolis, Dec. I—The squabble over the salary slashes ordered by the state finance committee was further complicated today as the result of a suit seeking to prevent Auditor of State Lewis Bowman from issuing salary warrants. The suit was brought in the Marion circuit court by L. H. Patterson, Indianapolis businessman, as a tax payer. Patterson seeks to prevent Bow’man from issuing' warrants for salaries in excess of the amounts order'cd by the state finance committee. Attorney General Gillioin has ruled the finance committee was without power to order reductions in the salaries of the public service commission members. In view of this stand Samuel Artman and Clyde H. Jones yesterday refused to accept checks for their November salary, drawd at ths to

duced flgllia Bowman said he had not been a<! vised of 'lie suit instituted In circuit court here and would not determine upon a* plan of action until he had received official notification. It is believed the suit was brought as a test case to determine the actual power of the finance committee, although Patterson denied that lie acted on the request of members of the committee. -o —— Unidentified Man Killed Richmond, Ind., Dee, 1— (United Press)—Au unidentified man lay in the city morgue here today while city authorities attempted to determine his name. The man was killed by a Pennsylvania train.

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Mr. Krlfmnel, the piano tuner of Fort Wayne, )s here far a f* w days. Parties wishing pianos tuned can leave word at the Murray Hotel. Phone 67. 2«2‘3« NOTICE TO GAS CONSUMERS Your gas bills are due the first of the month. If you do not receive your bill by the first of December please call No. 75 and a bill will be mailed to you. No discount after the 10th. bill with you or enclose if you remit by mail. NORTHERN INDIANA GAS AND ELECTRIC CO. 1-8-10