Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1925 — Page 1

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SCORE OF MINERS ENTOMBEB: LITTLE hope for rescue Workers Imprisoned In Alabama Mine by Explosion; Three Bodies Removed OFFICIALS BELIEVE all WORKERS PERISH (United Press) Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 10— Little hope was held out today for the rescue alive of from 10 Io 20 miners imprisoned in No. 2 slope of the Overton mines of the Alabama Ore and Iron Co., following an explosion- .... . . Company officials expressed the opinion that all may have perished in the blast as the after damp was strong enough to hamper rescue. rfIF’MJ At 1:30 p. m. three bodies had been taken from the mine ami rescue workers sent word to the surface that two more had been found. Clean Up Os Ohio State University Is Started Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 10—Armed with instructions from Gov- Vic Donahey to "clean up the campus and weed out members of the faculty who have communistic tendencies," the board of trustees of Ohio State umvterwtty began ani extensive inquiry today as the result of the arrest of Prof. Dabney Horton, a part time instructor in English, on liquor law violation charges. A fifty gallon still, one jjuart of whiskey and 3 gallons of molasses which state dry agents classified "for rum making purposes,” were seized in the basement of Horton's home Tuesday night. The professor was arresjed yesterday and in addition to being charged with violating the prohibition law was accused of being a “parlor communist who wrote for communistic publications. Thirty-eight School Buildings Condemned Indianapolis, Dec. 10 —(By United Press)—Thirty-eight school buildings in various parts of the state have been condemned by the division of school hygiene of the state board of public health during the last year. H. R. Gondrey, director of the division said that in all instances the buildings were condemned because of unsanitary conditions. The majority of those condemned were one room strucures and had been in use for many years. TAGGART RACKS EVANS WOOLLEN Dean of Indiana Democratic Politicians Endorses Senatorial Candidates Indianapolis, Dec. 10. — (United Press) — Politics began to boom in earnsest in democratic circles here today following a statement of Thomas Taggart, dean of Indiana democratic politicians endorsing Evans Woollen, as a candidate for the party's senatorial nomination. It is Understood that party leaders agreed to support Woollen for the short term senatorial post held by ( Arthur R. Robinson, and that other candidates will be discouraged from making the race. With Woollen the only avowed candidate in the senatorial race, interest has now centered on the candidates who will oppose Senator James E. Watson for the long term. There is a concerted move on foot to have Dan Simms, Lafayette attorney, make the race, while Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch is also being urged for the place. Another likely candidate is Joseph Cravens, of Madison, democratic leader in the state senate. Lincoln Dixon, formerly representative in congrress from the fourth district also is being mentioned for the post.

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Bill For Farm Price I I' ixing Is Introduced Washington, D. C„ Dec. 10.-tUnlted 1 , Press)-A proposal to fix the price <if agricultural produets larbityardy! like the interstate commerce commiJ , slon fxes railroad rates was contaned m a bill introduced in the senate today by Senator Shipstead. farmerl a . bor of Minnesota. A government export corporation would give the farmer a fair return based on the aggregate value of his Property used in production. It is the most far-reachng farm relief bill yet proposed. CUT SCHOOLS TO CLOSE OEC. 18 — Public Schools To Have Two Weeks’ Vacation; To Resume Work Jan. 4. Decatur public schools will be dis ' i missed Friday, December 18, for the' I annual Christmas vacation and school ' will be resumed again, January 4. .'Superintendent M. F. Worthman announced yesterday. The vacation' will be two weeks in length. This ruling applies only to the five public schools in Decatur. County schools will not dismiss until December 24, according to a ruling made recently by the Adams County Board of Education. The semester will not end in the public schools, however, until about the first week in February, according to present plans. Several attractions of inteerst to high school pupils and alumni have been arranged for the Christmas vacation. Among them will be the big home-coming to be held on December 28. and the basketball game with Bluffton high school here on December 29. — o Lanorte Man Killed When Auto Strikes His Wagon La Pore. Ind., Dec. .10— (Unf’ted Press)—ward Cadwell, driver of a Gary baking company truck was held by police following an accident today in which Walter Zimmerman, 55, of la Porte, was killed. Cadwell's automobile struck a wagon on which Zimmerman was riding. . o UNITED BRETHREN WILL “LISTEN IN” Local Congregation To Hear Radio Program From Otterbein Home The United Brethren will have a Radio Service at their local church ; here Saturday evening beginning at 7-30 o’clock, when they will tune in on a Cincinnati station where the children of the Otterbein Home, the orphanage of the United Brethren church, will broadcast a special Christmas program. The home has a large band and much musical talent and has been invited on several occasions by different broadcasting stations to furnish an evening pro"rThe plan of having the churches throughout America tune in has been deemed a good way to g I pe ople acquainted with the Home and I ogive them an evening's program as I tell The Decatur Auto Top an : Paint Shop of this city, has gladly iagreed to install one of its best radios for me occasion. The public, as well a , t he friends of the church, are invite(i to come Saturday evening and listen in. ___ 0 Knights Os Pvthias To Nominate Officers Tonight The Decatur lodge of the Knights of pvthiag W UI hold an important meet-, ‘ n g at their home on Third street tob at 7:30 o'clock. Officers for gh an? vear will be nominated the ensuing year at tonight’s meeting. The f lr »t rank initiatory ceremony win be given tonight for several candidates and all members are urged to attend.

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FARMERS'ADOPTi PROGRAM;OPPOSE COOLIDGE'S WISH Radical Element Os Farm Bureau Federation Wins In Convention S. H. THOMPSON IS ELECTED PRESIDENT Chicago, Dec. ID—The American ' farmer, as represented by the I 'American Farm Bureau federation, • today found himself pledged to a I program of agricultural relief contrary to the wishes of President CoolI idge ami the republican administration. In the election of S. H. Thompson, of Quincy, ll]., to succeed O. E. Brad- , fiite as president, the so-called radical element of the federation demon- | strated its control and then went further in the adoption of resolutions which are out of harmony with 1 the national administration's program. 1 Radical Resolutions Chief among the "radical resolu- I (ions was one which pledges the fed- . eration to support a bill in congress i for a government export corporation ( for the handling of surplus American , I grains. It is hoped in this way that , , domestic grain prices will be regu- , , lated on the American cost of living scale. , i President. Coolidge, who made a i special trip to Chicago last Monday !' to address the federation, had urged , the farmers to discourage government price fixing, arguing that such r a move would be to the farmers’ own r disadvantage. \ Split By’Coolidge’s Address The president's address split the (CONTIXI EH OX PAGR TWO) PYTHIANS HOLD J DISTRICT MEET I f Annual Session Held At Ossian: Next Meeting At Huntington In 1926 Eleven members of the Decatur | Knights of Pythias attended the annual eleventh district meeting held I yesterday afternoon and evening at . Ossian under the auspices of the Os- * sian lodge. The meeting next year ■will be held at Huntington, it was delelded at the closing session held last night. j The meeting was divided into two ‘ sessions The first session opened I yesterday afternoon. A banquet was ' held last night at the Methodist church in Ossian, and several hundred Knights i attended. Dr. F. A. Priest of Marion, L Grand Chancellor Lane, District Dep- [ uty R. G. Ktioff. of Bluffton, and the , Rev. Mr. Elzy, of Fort Wayne, delivi ered addresses. Rev. Elzy welcomed i the visiting delegations. I During the banquet, a free-will of- , sering was taken for the K. of P. home, a site for which will be selectI ed in the next few days, and more ■ than SIOO was collected for the worthy cause. D. B. Erwin, former grand Chancellor, and ten other Decatur men . attended the meeting. i They were: John E. Nelson, H. D. ’ Elite, A. D. Suttles, J R. Parrish. I Howard Weller. Roy Mumma, Joe . Hunter, Muri Foreman, H. S. Michaud and W. A. Lower. Mr. Lower is chairman of the state committee which will i select the site for the new Pythian home. The Decatur delegation return- . ed last night. During the evening session, the Third Rank was conferred on several candidates of the district. —o — Pleasant Mills Talent 'I To Give Lyceum Number The home-talen number of the Ly- ' ceuni course of the Pleasant Mills high school will be given eWdnesday evening, December 16, at 8 o’clock. | This number is made up of local talent and consists of readings, vocal and instrumental music, and a play "The Arrival of Billy.” The public is invited to attend.

HOLIDAY BARGAINS Many good bargains are being offered the Christmas shoppers by Decatur merchants. Read their special Christmas offers appearing in the advertising of tonight’s Daily Democrat. All local merchants have decorated their windows for the Holiday season and they all contain many good bargains. Read the ads In the Daily Dem- i ocrat and then do your shopping with Decatur stores and save from 10 to 25 per cent on your Christmas shopping. SINGiNEEF IS KILLED TODAY Freight Car Crack Chicago Flyer At Marion, Ohio Marion, 0.. Dec. 10.—(United Press) —Engineer Abraham L Burns, of the Erie's crack Chicago flyer, was killed here today when a freight car sideswiped the cab of his locomotive. Burns was from Huntington, Ind. The freight car was shoved onto a sidling just as the flyer approached on the main track. The section of the cab where Burns was sitting, was torn away. The engineer applied the emergency brakes as the car hit the engine. (y ELKS COMPLETE DEDICATION PLANS All Elks Invited: Dr. Archbold Heads Christmas Dinner Committee Dr. Roy Archbold was appointed chairman of the Elks annual Christmas Dinner committee at a meeting of the lodge last night. The Elks, each year distribute Christmas dinners to all worthy persons in Decatur and this vicinity. Dr. Archbold has had charge of the distribution for several years. Plans were furthered for the dedication and initiation to be held at the

Elks home next Tuesday. Herman Yager, chairman of the dedication committee. announced that the plans had been almost completed. All Elks are invited to attend the ceremonies and banquet and all Elks and their families are invited to attend the social gathering to be held Tuesday evening after the initiation and dedication. Dancing and other entertainment will be on the program. The Elks also voted to donate $lO to the Good Fellow Club campaign being conducted by the Delta Theta Tau sorority of this city. Regular business consumed the remainder of the meeting. Transportation Terminal Problem Bothering Warsaw Warsaw, Ind., Dec. 10 — United Press)—Members of the Warsaw cilft coundtl and) 'chamber of com-j merce continue to struggle with the j problem of providing a terminal for, traction lines, bus lines, apd taxicabs in this city. At the present these various trans-, portation units are making stops where ever convenient in the city. A plan for taking over an abandoned church building which for sometime was used by the Salvation Army has been suggested. This building adjoins the municipal building and is opposite the station of the Winona Service Company. Weather I Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday, r becoming unsettled in north portion. . Slowly rising temperature in north and east central portion.

HOUSE TIRES OF DEBATE ON TAX REDUCTION BILL Interest In Discussion Is Warning As Flood Os ' Oratory Continues FIERY SPEECHES HELP TO RELIVE MONOTONY (United Press) Washington, D. C.. Dec. 10—Showing signs o' tiring from extended debate the house settled back today to I hoar further arguments on the $325,000,000 federal tax reduction bill. Interest in debate on the now revenue measure began to wane yesterday when many members left the chamber during tnc flood of oratory. Some enthusiasm was afforded hy fiery speeches by Representative Rainey. Illinois, and Hull, Tennessee, djmocrats, in opposition to the measure and a spirited reply by Representative Malls, republican of New York. Amendments will ho in order when the bill comes up under the five minute rule. o— Borah Seeks Recognition Os Soviet Russia Again Washington. D. C., Dec. 10. — (United I Press) —A resolution calling for recI ognition of sovet Russia was introI duced in the senate today by Chair--1 man Borah of the senate foreign rei lations committee. Borah asked that it lie on the table so that it could bp called up at any time, rather than being delayed by reference to a committee." It is the same resohiUon Borah introduced at the last session. —o FEDERAL ROADS WILL BE PAVED Highway Through Decatur To Be Hard-surfaced; Others To Be Paved

“United States road No. 27, extending from Sheboygan, ichigan, south through Angola. Fort Wayne, Decatur, Portland and Richmond, terminating' at Cincinnati, Ohio, will be paved, as far as Indiana is concerned, as soon . as the state finances will warrant it.” I said George E. Hershman, of Crown Point, a member of the state highway commission, last night at a dinner meeting of representatives from Indiana. Michigan and Ohio, held at Angola. Three hundred and sixty good roads boosters attended the session, which was held at the Masonic Temple, under the auspices of the Angola chamber of commerce. It was stated at the meeting that the two federal roads passing through Angola and the three passing through Fort Wayne will be paved as soon as ' the necessary funds are provided by [the state. The meeting was probably lone of the most noteworthy ever held in the northern section of the stat” and the explanations of federal road system by Mr. Hershman, and Frank 18, Rogers, a member of the Michigan highway commission, were most com- . plete Mr. Hershman declared that the ■'“only limit to hard surfacing roads in Indiana is the sjize of the treasury of the state with reference to the [ road funds.” “Indiana already has better rural roads than neighboring states and the distribution of the hard surfacing of the roads in the state must be conducted in silch a manner as not to (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) CONGRESS TODAY (By United Press) Senate Senate meets for brief session. Privileges and elections sub-commit-tee meets on Brookhart contest. Hoover to appear before irrigation and reclamation commitee on Swing- , Johnson bill. House 1 Continues consideration of tax redvtjion hill.

Three Earthquake Shocks | Are Recorded At St. Louis St. Louis, Mo„ Dec. 10. —(United Press)—Three distinct earthquake shocks, the greatest lasting 13 minutes, were recorded on the seismograph at St. Louis university here today. The tremors started recording nt 8:20 a. m. nnd the last record was at 9:23 a. m. Attendants said that the earthquake was about 1,700 miles away, probably in Central America. The impressions here lyere quite dstinct, seismographers said. o WARN AGAINST CROWDING GYMS Three State Departments Issue Warning To High School Officials Indianapolis. Dee. 10 —Three state departments joined today in issuing a warning to public sihool officials against permitting high school gymnasiums to be crowded to danger points during games. The warning was issued to prevent a repetition of last year’s experience in dealing with the situation. Dixon Bynum, chairman of the state industrial board. Dr. Henry. Sherwood, state superintendent of 1 public instruction, and Alfred Houghston, state fire marshal, joined in issuing the warning. Deputies from the industrial board and the fire marshal’s office will attend numerous games during the oasketball season to guard against o ver-crowding. o

Volunteer Firemen At Berne Elect Officers Berne, Dec. 10.—Chester Michaud was elected president of the Berne Volunteer Fire Department at a meet Ing held Monday night. Other officers elected were: Leonard Baumgartner, vice-president: David Stauffer, secretary; Elmer Lehman, treasurer; and Emil Liechty, inspected. The fire chief and assistants are appointed by the council. The present chief. Paul Felber, and his assistant, Frank Amstutz, will serve until the new council takes office. January 1. It is likely that both will be re-appointed —o SUNDAY SCHOOLS ELECT OFFICERS Methodist And Evangelical Schools Select Officials i Last Night John E. Nelsbn, Adams county I clerk, was elected superintendent of. the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School at the annual election of offi- [ cers held last night at the church. | Henry B. Heller was selected as, assistant superintendent. Charles Downs was chosen as secretary and. Harry E. Magner was elected assist-

ant secretary. Charles H. Colter was elector sup- [ erintendent of the branch secretaries Other officers elected by the Sunday School board are as follows: Enrollment secretary, Roland J Shamp; absentee secretary, Le'gh Bowen: missionary secretary, Mrs. Leigh Bowen; Temperance secretary, Mrs. C. L, Walters; Special day secretary. Wilson Beery; assistants, i Mrs. Cecile Moser, Miss Florence Haney, Mrs. Passwater; Supply secretary. Fred Hrncher; assistants, (CONTINIEI) ON PAGE FIVE) GOOD FELLOWS CLUB Be A Good Fellow And Help Provide A Merry Christmas For The Kiddies. Contributions to the Good Fellows Club today were as follows: Previous total $73.21 B. P. O. Elks lO.hO Friend Junior and Ellen Gephart 50 Total $84.56

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FAVORS CREATION OF A BUREAU OF AIR NAVIGATION Nation’s Executive Tells Congress That U. S. Leads In Aircraft Development APPROVES REPORT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE (C. P. Htaff Correspondent) Washington, 1). C„ Dec. 10— President Coolidge informed congress today that aircraft development in the I nited States is maintaining an advanced position. In a letter submitting the eleventh annual report of the national advisory committee for aeronauics, which he characterized as “the most authoritative that can he had." the president supported the nommitet's I recommendations for further scientific Investigation and creation of a bureau of nir navigation n the commerce department. Thhe report "should dispel the impression that America is lagging in | the technical development of aircraft for military purposes," the president said. Wash'ngton, Dec. 10. (United Press)—A report recommending a department of national defense anil ! agreeing with many criticisms of the present air policy as voiced by Colonel William Mitchell was unanimouslyadopted today ,hy the house air craft committee. Washington. D. C . Dec. 10. — (United Press) —The United States ranks he(COXTIVI HI) I'X PSGE l-IVH) O Trusfop’s Arc Forming A Legislative Program Indianapolis, Doc. 10. — (United Press) —Formulation of the legislative program that will bo soonsored by the Indiana State Association of Township Trustees in 1927 was already in progres stoday. Resolutions were adopted at the annual convention caling for an amendment to the teachers' pension law and opposing measures for tenure of teachers’ offices. The association re'terated its flatfooted stand against the county unit plan of school government. A a. a- appointed to confer with Dr. Henry W. Sherwood, state superintendent of public instruction, and representatives of the Indiana Farm Bureau federation on measures I that will be backed In 1917. o PASTORS REPORT SUPPORT IS ROOD AH Organizations Said To Behind Simultaneous I Evangelistic Meetings | At the Decatur Mln’sterial Associaition meeting held Wednesday, the

evangelistic committee, consisting of the Rev li. N. Covert, and the Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann, which was appointed to solicit the cooperation of the various organizations of the city during the simultaneous evangelistic services in January, reported a ready and gencroc ( r response to their request. The Association realizes the (Value of a united cooperative spirit in an evangelistic campaign and is anxious that the entire community give its fullest allegiance to the program •of the churches. Only thus can the I churches of Decatur accomplish the most good for the city and individual. The citizens of Decatur as well as the members of its churches, will have opportunity to prove their appreciation of and tangible loyalty to the church. Believing firmly that no community 'can he at its best while the church is not thoroughly functioning, and re 'allzing the great contribution the church should make to the ■ ‘oral and 1 spiritual life of the ce'Wt’t th > Ministerin'. Association feds jinffied t in calling this hearty support of the > entire community.