Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 284, Decatur, Adams County, 2 December 1925 — Page 1

\ (J | XXIII- Number 284.

COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION IS ASSURED

ASSESSMENTS OK PAVEMENT ARE CHANGED Council Decides To Extend Assessments On Jefferson Street Back 156 Feet OTHER ACTION TAKEN \T REGULAR MEETING Ass ,.ssment»'on the Jefferson street improvement will go back 150 feet frnIII the abutting property line v.hlle on South First street the ,„. s ,. m ents will be charged on a 90 foot depth- The street and sewer committee made these recommendations in its report to the city council ]., s t evening, petitions having been Hied with the council for changing the preliminary assessments. The Jefferson street improvement, including brick street, curb and cement sidewalk, cost $20,599.17, while the South First street improvement cost $4,317.10. Xo objections were filed against the preliminary assessments on the Adams street light improvement and the assessments wAere referred to the treasurer for collection-

Purchase Two Lots The water works committee reported the purchase of two lots from John S. Niblick and others., located in the Nuttman addition in the northwest part of the city. The lots are near the ones owned by the city on which the water wells are located and will be used in sinking new wells when the -demand for more water is made. The sum of S6OO was appropriated for the purchasing of two- £leutric adding machines, one for the office of the city treasurer and the other for the clerk’s office. The petitions for street lights at the corner of Jefferson and Sixth street and on Nuttman avenue at the corner of Twelfth street and on McBarnes street were granted by the electric light committee. — The street and sewer committee reported unfavorable on the petition for the opening and extension of North Fourth street. It was voted that the Erie railroad

It (IXTINI F.D OX PAGE FOI HI Electric Light Pole Torn Down By An Auto An electric light pole at the corner of Tenth and Jackson streets was knocked down by an automobile last night. The car failed to stop after hitting the pole and the driver is not known. The wires were broken when the pole fell and the lights in the home of T. W. "Holsapple were put out of commission for some time. A temporary wire was placed up by the city electric light department and the lights were put back in running order last night — o —

GOOD FELLOWS FUND STARTED Delta Theta Tau Sorority Opens Contributions With $25 Donation The Delta Theta Tau sorority, as lifts been their custom since the inauguration of the Good Fellow s < lub has started the fund off with a subscription for $25.00. It is the hope that other organizations will contribute, as well as individuals, and that the fund here can be secured as early as possible so that plans can be made to take good care of every poor boy and girl in the community on Christmas Eve. Did you read the report of last year’s work in the Monday evening Issue? It showed that a lot of pool children diad been made happy ant * that Christmas last year was a more genuine event than it would have been without the Good Fellows Prop a dollar or two in one of the depositories—at any of the banks, at your barber shop or at the Daily Democrat officer The fund is started. Help make it grow. Delta Theta Tau $2500

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Seeks $250,000 y*! ■r n IB 1 Mi** I -■■••ra.cueßin'E (’litir.oiii.o William Andrews /Clark. 3rd. grandson of the kite Senator Clark, the copper king of Montana, refused to wed her after he had promised to do so. Marguerite MeiNultv, show girl- has filed suit for $250,000.

Police Chief Orders i Parking Os Autos In Old Cemetery Stopped —— Parking of outomobilps in the old cemetery on Winchester street must 'cease. Chief of Police Reynolds stated I today. He has received many complaints against the practice and he has instructions to put a stop to it. 'a - Youth Swallows Poison Indianapolis. Dec. 2—Jules J. Kiplinger. 22. a former Wabash student and son of John J. Kiplinger, city attorney of Rushville, is in a hospital here today suffering from what pityIsicians say is bichloride of mercury poison. i Kiplinger swallowed 35 grains of the poison, physicians were told- No | motive was assigned for the act.

FLOF.IOA RESUMES RUSHING BUSINESS I Severe Tropical Storms ! Cause Five Deaths And Heavy Property Damage Tampa, Fla., Dec. 2. (I tilted Press slowly recovering from the effects of severe tropical storms, the east and west coasts of Florida toI day resumed its rushing business of I entertaining the tourist traffic and selling real estate. The property damage may exceed one million dollars, it has been unofficially estimated, the chief sail •rets 'being Miami and Tampa. The human toll taken by the elements was five dead, four missing and IS injured. All the casualties occurred wnen a sleeping shack on Davis island near Tampa collapsed, burying a score of negro workmen. - tu_lke .terrpr_oLt!w when a fert'lizer plant burned down in the Latin quarter here Wire communication w.tli St. lei I ( , M)Ur g. Fort Myers and other towns I , ...» roast cut off when miles 1 oil the west coast, cm I of wires went down, was restored dui--1 fug the night. 1 The cirtus industry as a whme suffered little damage, according to C'(VComander. general manager of the Florida Citrus Exchange. Th e storm tookjampajml^ the I '~(XIvriMED O' ___ —o Sen. Norris Proposes Nationalization 01 Country’s Coal Mines

Bulletin Washington, Dee. 2- — Pregs,—Nationalization of enough coa mines to provide the country w:th coa iu times of emergency such as he said I]OW exists, was proposed today by Senator George W. Norris, republican of Nebraska.

MR. FERGUSON DEFENDS WIFE’S ADMINISTRATION Former Governor Os Texas Issues Scathing Statement Today ATTORNEY GENERAL SEVERELY CRITICISED (United Press Service) Austin. Texas, Dec. 2—ln a scathing statement issued here today, former Governor James E. Ferguson came to the defense of the administration of his wife. Governor Miriam A. Ferguson, and declared the state had sustained "a loss of $1,800,000 as a result of the legal gymnastics of the youthful Attorney General Dan Moody." The former governor's statement contains seven pages of argument and figures and is entitled "The Highway Case at Austin.” The statement is signed "by James EJ Ferguson/' The former governor explained he waited to make a statement until the attorney general entirely finished his case in court and until the grand jury reported so that "lie could make his case as strong as he could, and his record as big as he could." He called attention to the fact the grand jury deliberated five weeks supposedly on highway matters, then reported without returning an indictment. The Ferguson administration has been under threat of a special session of the legislature since Moody .t oxriM t-:iij)\ ru.K riiiii'.Ki

6IFTBHYSTO BE COHTIIllIEI! I ' I , . . 1 | Decatur Merchants To Give t • Gifts To Customers During Winter More than 25 business houses were ' 'represented at the meeting of the Decatur Advertising association, held last night at 6:15 o'clock. It was decided, after a lengthy discussion, to continue 'the Gift Days throughout the winter months, and plans will be made immediately after the gift distribution January fl for another gift day. Several interesting topic s were discussed at the meeting, which lasted about two hours. Tickets for Gift Days will be distributed in the /ame manner as previously done. It #as dec'ded after o'her plans had been discussed. I The merchants decided that the patrons would be better benefited if [the distributions were continued as 'they have been in the past, rather than to have special "bargain days on 'which to entertain the patrons and I present them with special bargains. | The next gift distribdt'.on day will be held in this city January 9. The [time of the distribution has not yet I been decided on. but it is probable .that one will be held in the morning and one in the afternoon, so as to give I the patrons sufficient lime in which [to d» their regular Saturday trading. Briand’s Declaration Is Received Coldly Paris, Dec. 2. (United Press. I— Premier Aristide Biland's ministerial . declaration to the French parliament today was received coldly by the members. | The situation was deemed serious, leaving the government In a pos ton I where it was not so certain as it was earlier in the day that it would find 'a safe majority to support it. The “ministerial declaration was considered the first test of strength of the new Briand ministry. Bandits Get $14,000 From Detroit Bank Detroit, Dec. 2,—Two bandits held up the Highland Park branch of the Peninsula State bank here th s afternoon and escaped with funds estimated at $14,000.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 2, 1925.

Temperament J 1 J? I T I f ■ I The artistic temperament of Geraldine Farrar was blamed for Hie postponment of “The Love Spell'' at Hartford. LOCAL ELKS TO HOLD MEMORIAL Lodge To Honor Deceased Members With Program At Home Next Sunday Plans have been completed for the annual Elks Memorial Day program, which will be held by the lodge of the B P. Q. Elks next day afternoon, at the new Elks home, on North Second street. The program will be public and will be held I at 2:3d o'clock in the lodge room. Judge J. T. Merryman and C. J I Lutz will be the principal speakers and » musical p.ogram has been .arranged, together with the memorial observance for the deceased members of the Decatur" lodge. The entire piogram will last about one hour and the people of Decatur are cordially invited to attend The program is as follows: Opening by Exalted Ruler "Home of Peace" Blowers Mrs. L. A. Holthouse Prayer Rev. If. W. Thompson "My Redeemer and My Lord" Buck Mrs. Cecil Moser Eitlogy judge J. T. Merryman "God Shall Wipe Away All Tears” .....Cara-Roma Dr Fred Patterson Memorial Address .C. J. Lutz Closing Ode Air: "Auld Lang Syne" * By all present. Benediction.

SAYS U. S. LEADS IN NAVAL FLYING' -1 Officer From Nvay Bureau Os Aeronautics Testifies At Court-Martial i r P. Staff Porrespimclent I Washington. Deo. 2- The United States leads the world tn naval aviation. Commander Kenneth Whiting, of the navy bureau of aeronautics in charge of -afreraft- carriers.— testified-, at.the Mitchell court-martial today. When the Lexington and Saratoga, new atriers. ire ommissioned. the nation will have tile most powerful aircraft carriers afloat. Whiting testified "Each has 18(1.not) horsepower.”' he said "They are the greatest In power in the world" DAYJrn® tn JHOPj y,. - RgAP A , O3 .'- — Weafher [ Indiana: Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Thursday. Slightly warmer Thursday and in southwest portion tonight.

CHAPMAN TAKES STANDINHABEUS ! CORPUS HEARING; “Arch Bandit” Tells Os Alleged Legal Injustices Accorded Him SHOWS NO TRACE OF NERVOUSNESS Hartford, Conn. Dee. 2. — (United Press) —Without a trace of nervousness. Gerald Chapman took the witness stand today at the habeas corpus healing before the federal court in Wethersfield state prison today and listed alleged legal injustices that had befallen him. The arch bandit" testified that when he was taken from Atlanta prison to be brought to Connecticut to stand trial for murder, he did not know his destination, having been left uninformed of Connecticut's wislt to make him stand trial. Chapman also charged that he was not told of the writ of habeas corpus the state superior coifrt granted to , bring him into the state court until . two hours before he- w-as taken. 1 He testified that he did not know | that he was considered a state prison, er after he had been convicted by tile; state court for killing a policeman. After describing refusal of the commutation of federal sentence offered . him by the president, he was excused. The bandit abused his guards for letting him go to the witness stand alone. The hearing was recessed until later this afternoon to allow the banidit's attorneys time to prepare some new papers. GERMANS SEEK CONCESSIONS Country Tries To Translate' Locarno Spirit into Easier Terms London. Deo 2—Germany is seeking to have the “Locarno gelst"—| Locarno spirit—translated into concessions for her from her new allies. I Scarcely was the ink dry upon the peace and arbitration pacts signa- . lures before Germany, through Chancellor Luther and Foreign Minister Stresemann. besought the representatives of France, Belgium and England to make these modifications of Versailles treaty stipulations: First, early evacuation of all territory occupied in Germany.

Second, immediate reduction of allied forces in Germany. Third, relaxation of treaty restrictions on aircraft production in Germany. The Germans are understood to have announced their intention to apply to Geneva for German admission to the league of nations as soon as they return ta Berlin. As for the evacuation of Coblenz and Mayence bridge heads Cologne is already being cleared—it is under stood that the allies first intend to modify the present occupation and later to relinquish it entirely. This relinquishment perhaps will come in connection with the league of na-lions-prbpcseft ~ttiKnrmame’.rtr—eonferenco next fall o Gasoline Tax Totals $740,594 In November Indianapolis. Dec. 2. — (United Press) Indiana's gasoline tax poured '5740,594 into the state treasury during November, it was announced today. The amount was nearly a quarter of a million dollars larger than the collections in November. 1924. — ——— o- - — Thieves Steal Trolley Wire From Car Barns Thieves broke into the interurban car barns in the north part of the c'tv [some time Tuesday night and stole I 300 pounds of copper trolley wire. The theft was not discovered until the barn 8 were oponed this morning. Sheriff Baker was notified, but no clues have been found.

Finds Drug Cure — « — fred r>'u e>r-?v~ Fred Dit Btv, Sun Francisco chemist, claims to have found i cure for the drug habit in "curare.” the extract of a plant found in South America and the Orient. His claims have been endorsed by physicians who have seen him work wonders with supposedly hopeless addicts. Woman Freed Os Charge Os Slaying Boy Who Threatened Her Child Evansville, Ind.. Dec. 2 (United Press) Mrs. Ruby Mclntosh, mother of four children and slayer of a boy whom she feared was going to attack one of'her children, was free today. A jury hearing her trial for murdei Tuesday night acquitted her after four hours deliberation. In her testimony i Hie mother told the couf-t she shot I a nd killed Devenas Taylor. 16, on Aug. l ust 13 last, because he hail slapped her i son. Donald. 13, and because she feat- : ed further attack. — o — BANKERS T 8 AID CORN GROWERS President Coolidge Directs Banks To Organize Credit Agencies

Chicago. Dec. 2—-Acting at the direction of President Coolidge, midwestern bankers today started organ-1 izatfen of credit agencies to help, lowa farmers market their corn crop' and thus avert a feared 'corn crisis." Two credit organizations i with a total loaning power of $5,000,000 will be in operation within ten days, it was estimated. A message from President Coolidge! was read to the conference of bank I ers from lowa. Chicago and other points when Secretary of Agriculture l William Jardine opened the session late yesterday.

The message said: "lowa farmers in common with! those in other sections of the conn try have had difficult times to meet I in recent years, and while conditions have Improved, theyirr -h«444 far from satisfactory Fortunately there is a good corn crop this year but it is important the farmers market this crop to th*’ best advantage "Some farmers will med credit to carry out a program of orderly 1 marketing, and I am desirous that the agencies of the federal government ■ give every possible assistance Since the federal immediate credit system ‘ was created by congress expressly for the purpose of serving the farmers. I trust every effort will be made io utilize the facilities thus afforded. . It is my hope and expectation that ’ out of this conference will come ( constructive help.” The conference decided on the organization of two credit agencies to tie called the National Credit Corporations. to be located at Des Moines ami Fort Dodge, la. Each corporaR tion will have capital stock ot (CoxTlX't KB ox PAGE FOUR)

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NINETY ADAMS COUNTY CITIZENS PURCHASE STOCK Papers Being Prepared To I ncorporat e Com pa n v Last Os This Week ' PLANS BEIN'; MADE FOR FAIR NEXT YEAR Ninety prominent business ■ men. mtmufnctuia i s tint) farm- | ers of Adams county have subscribed foe slock in (he Adams f'otmlv Agricultural Association. being organized in this i county, according Io a stalej ment made today by E. B. Williamson. v. ho is organizing the assoialion. As only thirty subscribers are needed to incorporate. plans are going forward Io incorporate the association ; and it is likely that the nccesi sary papers will he issued kite this week. The application for incorporation has been filed, already. Much interest is being shown In the project by persons in all parts of the county. Not only Decatur citizens, but citizens of Monroe. Berne and Geneva are liehind the movement. The success of the undertaking is now assured. As soon us the organization is completed the association will take over fifty acres of Bellmont Park, where the Northern Indiana Fair has been held for many years. In addition to holding the fair, the association will do many other tilings to pi'uiuuUc auil euciiuiagj' agrieuli rural inter, sts throughout the conn ty. Making Plans For Fair Plans are already under way for holding the fair here next fall. The dates for the fair will not be set ttni til February. It Is planned to make ■ many improvements at the fair ! grounds. among which are the onI largement of the art hall so that : manufacturers and dealers of household furniture and '.equipment may | exhibit their products; erection of a ' education and historic exhibit building. remodeling of the cattle barns aud several others The local fair association already is ti member of the National Association of County. District and Independent fairs, the Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Fair Circuit, the Indiana State. County and District Fair Association and tire Harness Horse Association of America. List of Subscribers

The list of subscribers for stock in the association includes- J F Arno’d. Ed A. Ashbancher. A 11. ' Ashbancher, E. J. Ahr. P. E. Anspaugh, E B Adams. Frank Aurand. D W Beery. G. E. Bell. Charles i Btirdg. Dick Boch I. F Confer. Dr. J W. Clark .1. H Carmody. Charles IN. Christen, Ed Chronister. Cross I Service company, H. M DeVoss, ■ Owen S. Davis. Frank W. Downs. | Thomas .1 Durkin, L A. DeVoss, - Benjamin Eitiiijr Leo F, Ehinger. E <cox rixt i-:i> ox rrc.i: i-’oi io

NOTED MOOSE TO BE IN FORT WAYNE Local Lodge To Hear Rodney 11. Brandon Speak To Kiwanis Chib Rodney H Brandin. secretarytreasurer of the Mooseheart Legion of the World and a leading figure in Moosedom, will speak to the Kiwanis Club at Fort Wayne next Tuesday evening at S o’clock The Decatur dodge of the Loyal Order of Moose has accepted an invitation to attend uid lias chartered a car on the Interurban line which will leave here at ti:4s o’clock, arriving in time for the meeting and returning after the meeting The fare for the round trip is one dollar and all are invited to attend. Mr Brandon is a wonderful speaker and will have a message worth hearing. The Moose club here ' will be closed Tuesday night because of the Fort Wayne trip.