Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1925 — Page 1

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gov.pinchot TAKES ACTION TO END STRIKE Calls Special Session Os Pennsylvania Legislature To Force Settlement MAY declare mines a ‘PUBLIC NECESSITY” I United Press Service) JiairisiHirg. Pa., Dec. 14 -Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania, today planned tn take Ute first step towards forcing settlement of the anthracite coal mine Strike bv formally signing a cal) for a special session of the Pennsylvania ’legislature to consider tne situation. Possibility of declaring the mines a 'public necessity’* and bringing them under public utility regulations, was considered in connection with the plans for meeting the coal strike, situation. Declaration by the legislature of (he anthracite “monopoly” tc he a public utility, will, the governor believes, “supply some degree of public control where none exists today; will furnish information never before revealed, and will exert most powerful interest the public can supply toward the settlement of the strike ” i’nintorested prosperity for the inhabitants of the mining region and an uninterrupted supply of anthracite "for the forty million users of the fuel” is also seen by the governor as a result of state regulation of the industry as recommended by him at the conference of governors dur(CONTINI ED OK PAGE THREE) o —

Woman Walks 45 Miles In 11 Hours, 6 Minutes Boston, Mass., Dee. 14. — (United Press)—Apss Eleonora Sears. Roston society woman, arrived at her Beacon street home at 12:06 p. m. today, having walked the 45 miles from I‘rovi- i denee to this city in 11 hours ami six ' minutes. Miss Sears had wagered she would 1 cover the distance witjitin fifteen hours. She crossed the finish line three hours «nd 54 minutes ahead of schedule.

MRS. J. 1. SMITH CALLED BY DEATH Prominent Hoagland Woman Dies Os Pneumonia; Funeral Tuesday Word was deceived here yesterday of the death of Mrs. J. L. Smith, of Hoagland, which occured last Friday. Mrs. Smith is well-known in this city. She was a member pf the Antioch Lutheran church for more titan fifty years and was one of the prominent women of that community. Two weeks ago Dr. and Mrs. Smith celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Shortly after that. Mrs. Smith became ill with pneumonia and died last Friday evening. She is survived by the husband, who is a prominent doctor of Hoagland, and three ’laughters and two sons, Mrs. E. E. Morris and Dr. G. A. Smith, of New Haven; Mrs. John Coulter and Dr. ML O. Smith, of Hoagland, and Mrs. M F. Schockman, of Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held from the home in Hoagland, Tuesday morn■ng at 10 o’clock and at 10:30 o'clock fr om the Hoagland Methodist church Hurial will take place at the Antioch cemetery. ——v o Soldier Killed When Struck By Automobile Indianapolis, Dec. 14. — (United Press)—One man is dead, another is 'ying at the point of death here today a nd police are searching for the motorist who last night ran into the men an d speeded away without stopping. Private Charles Ream, of Dalton, Mass., was killed and Private Fred Harden, of Indianapolis, was seriously injured while walking along a road near Fort Benjamin Harrison.

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Rhodes Scholarship ' I Goes To Purdue Student! hH '- ” ,4 -'’-nhe,| q , . * Th ° anni,a > Rhodes scholar. ’tT ' Or IndiaTn '-n Riven to Ernest Roller, of Marlon, it was announced today. Roller, a senior at Purdue university r, “' Pive a year for -voars while studying nt Oxford uni versity, England. The committee which made the award recommended William Carle t«n. of Evansville, an Indiana university student, for the seholarahin ut large from the United States o EXPLAINS WHERE MONEY IS USED Profit Derived From Sale of Christmas Seals Used To Aid Tuberculosis Many Adams county people have been wondering where the profit deI rived from the sale of Christmas seals goes and to answer this question, W. Guy Brown, in charge of the distribution in this county, has offered for publicat on a letter ■ of thanks from Dr. Ernest ’’Franz, of Berne. This is only one case of many that are taken care of by the Adams county tuberculosis society. The person, whom the society helped, was a patient of: Dr. Franz. The name is withheld.! but the letter is as follows: "Mr. W. G. Brown. “Decatur, Indiana. “Dear Sir: -I

"Your valued letter with contents received today, and w’sh to thank you in behalf of the poor sufferer. I have turned over the check to the Sprnnger and Lehman store with instructions to hand the goods over to the family who will be in tn take it home. "No doubt this will greatly enlighten my patient as she is a very appreciative person. "Thanks to the Adams County Tuberculosis Society. “Respectively yours, "Ernest Franz. M. D." ! The Adams county society is earing for many similar cases, and the only means of maintaining the society i is by the sale of the Christmas Seals seals have been sold the last ten days and it is hoped that Adams county will oversell its quota yearly this year, and several thousand besides that. The Christmas Seals are for sale at all the schools in the county, and at several of the leading stores in the city. Most school children also have them for sale.

ELKS REIDY TO DEDICATE HOME Ceremony To Start At 3 n. m. Tuesday; Banquet and Social In Evening Everything has been completed for .the dedication of the new home of Decatur lodge, number 993, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, to be held in this city tomorrow. The dedication service will start at 3 o clock tomorrow afternoon. Fred Brown, of Anderson, district deputy of the lodge, will be a guest. Several out-of-town members of the Decatur lodge have signified their intentions of attending the ceremonies. Following the dedication, an initiation will be held for sevpral Decatur men. A banquet will be held at 6 o clock, to which all Elks are invited. The banquet will be held at the new home, and will be served promptly at 6 i o'clock. Those who are unable to attend the dedication are urged to attend the banquet. Following the banquet, a social gathering will be held for all Elks and their families. There will be dancing, Five Hundred and Bridge. All Elks and their families are cordially invit- ( ed to attend the reception. The entire home will be used for the evening, (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 11, 1925.

WILL INSTALL HATCHERY HERE Decatur Hatchery Company l<> Open Business On Monroe Street Soon Work of remodeling the building on Monroe street, formerly occupied by The Thomas Leonard tin shop, has started and that building will be occupied soon by the Decatur Hatchery company, of which I. N. Stucky, of Woodburn, will be manager. Mr. Stucky stated today that he would open his hatchery about the first week I of February. The new enterprise will be this | city’s first hatchery. Mr. Stueky is a brother of E. C. Stucky, manager and owner of the Geneva Hatchery, where several thousand chickens are produced each season. Mr. Stucky was formerly connected with his brother's hatchery at Geneva, leaving there a few ytars ago to accept a position in Woodburn. The machinery for Decatur's hatchery will arrive about the first of the year and it will take several weeks to install it. a new floor is being put in the building at present and everyth’ng will be ready for the installation of machinery when it arrives. The Decatur hatchery will be one of the largest in ibis part of the state, having a capacity of 4, r >,ooo eggs. All breeds of chickens will be hatched and sold from the local building. The hatciiery at Geneva has grown rapidly during the last few years and Mr. Stucky said that he believed the . Decatur enterprise would grow rapI idly in the next few years.

Two Cars Collide On I Decatur-Fort Wayne Road A car driven hj W. E. Moon, of Decatur, and one driven by Nick Mertz, of Fort Wayne, collided on the state road north of the city Sunday evening. The autos were going in the opposite directions and the Mertz machine swerved as it passed the Moon car and the two cars were forced together. Both automobiles were damaged considerably, but none of the occupants of either car were injured. Mr. Moon. I who is a contractor in this city, was I enroute here from Fort Wayne. — —o

HAS LEADING ROLE IN PLAY Lois Peterson, Os Decatur, Takes Prominent Part In I. U. Production Miss Uiis Peterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Peterson, of this city, played the leading role in the presentation of "The Taming of the Shrew," by the Studio Players, selected from the 3.500 students at Indiana University. The play was presented last Thursday at Bloomington and Friday night at Cambridge City. The Indiana Daily Student, the University publication, telly in detail of the great success the play met with when presented at the University convocation. The story of the play is along the line pf the original story, but it has been greatly modernized. Miss Peterson plays the part of Katherin, the shrew. A large crowd attended both presentations of the play. The University company was brought to Cambridge City last Friday as the guests of the Woman’s Club of that city and everyone attending the play was well pleased with the production. Mr. and Mrs. J. S, Peterson, of this city, motored to Cambridge City last Friday to witness the presentation. Several other engagements have been booked by the Studio Players, provided the University officials -will grant permission for the players to fill them

Motorist Flees After Fatally Injuring Man Darlington, Ind., Dec. 14. — (United Press) —Search was in progress today for the driver of an automobile which struck and fatally injured Christopher Rhoades, 6., and sped away without stopping.

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Big Four Freight Yards At Logansport Have Fire Indianapolis, Dec. ]4 Loss from a fire In the freight yards of the Big Four railroad Sunday was placed today at $14,000. Tlie fire started when a passing locomotive dumped hot ashes into a pool of creosote that had leaked from a tank car. Long lines of freight cars on the sidings were threatened by the blaze which was smothered out after firemen found water of no use in fighting it. —o — POPE NOMINATES NEW CARDINALS His Holiness Holds Secret Consistory And Delivers An Allocution By Thomas B. Morgan (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Rome, Dec. 14.—(United Press)— Surrounded with nil the pplendor of the papal court In the presence of the sacred college of Cardinals, his holiness, Pope Pius XI held a secret consistory today and nominated four new cardinals of the holy Roman church. After the nomination of the new cardinals. the holy father delivered an ellocution. The new cardinals were Benaventura Cerretti. papal nuncio to France: Patrick O'Donnell, archbishop of Armagh, Ireland; Ernico Gasparrl, papal nuncio to Brazil, and Allessandro Serde, secretary of the congregation of rites. , — —o

FORMERDECATUB RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Sarah Ellen Mallonee Expires At Daughter’s Home In Fort Wayne Word was received in this city today of the death of Mrs. Sarah Ellon Mallonee, 80, of Fort Wayne, which occurred Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Mallonee was the widow of the late Thomas Mallonee and, until her husband’s death about seven years ago. the couple lived in this city. Mrs. Mallonee died after a several week’s illness of complications- She is survived by one daughter, Mrs Stella Brushwiller. Mrs. Mallonee was living with her daughter in Fort Wayne at the time of her death. Mrs. Ellen Kimsey Mallonee was born in 1845. She spent most of her life in Adams county, until the last several years. She lived for many years in Blue Creek township. Adams county. Her husband, Thomas Mallonee. and one son preceded her in death. Mrs. Mallonee was a member of the Decatur Methodist church and a member of the Decatur lodge, Daughters of Rebekah. Besides the daughter, one sister, Mrs. Phillip (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Taxi Runs Out Os Gas: Passengers Kick Windows Out Os Cab Indianapolis, Dec. 14. — (United Press) —Angered because the taxi-cab in which they were riding ran out of gasoline and stalled, two women and a man kicked the windows out of the cab and fled. Police failed today to locate the trio.

xA V— — - 1T ~ r ■ '■ Weather Cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Snow or rain in south portion. Probably snow in north portion. Slightly colder Tuesday and in extreme south portion tonight.

H.YPRINCIPAIS : HOLDCONFERENCE . Walter Krick, Os Decatur, ( Gives Address At Meeting In Fort Wayne , Walter Krick, principal of the Dei catur high school, took part In the program Saturday at the meeting of the Northern Indiana Principals Association, at Fort Wayne. The meeting devoted most of the day to the discussion of athletics. Mr. Krick delivered an address on "The Relation of Athle'tics to High I Schools.” E. F. Fribley, of Annum, read a. ■paper on “Certification of Players.” ; W. A Swaggart, of Columbia City, gave a talk on “Personal Athletic Equipment" and J. J. Mitchell of Logansport, addressed the conference on “The Problem of Selecting a Referee.” The conference lasted all day Saturday and closed in the evening with an address by Everett Dean, basketball coach at Indiana University. About 30 print ipals and many athletic coaches of the leading schools of northern Indiana attended the meeting and a thorough discussion of athletics was held M. A. Kennedy- D.H.S. basketball coach, attended the conference, also. Mr. Krick returned to this city yesterday. He stated that most schools found the biggest problem was in selecting officials for the athletic contests and It is apparent that a general state rule will be made regarding the selection and paying of officials. The Northern Indiana Principals conference is an annual event. It is usually held in Fort Wayne, which Is the central point for the various schools. Marshall, Ralston, Bryan Honored At Greensburg Greensburg. Ind , Ded. 14 —Memorial services for Thomas It. Marshall, Senator M. Ralston and William Jennings Bryan were held here yesterday. Albert Stump, Indianapolis attorney. delivered the memorial address eulogizing the lives of the three > democratic leaders.

FORMER HEAD OF SCHOOLS COMING H. A. Hartman Plans To Attend D. H. S. Home-com-ing On December 28 H. A. Hartman, superintendent of the Sydney, Ohio, public schools and former superintendent of the Decatur schools, will attend the Decatur high school alumni and former teachers festival, to be held here December 28, according to a letter received from him by Superintendent M. F. Worthman, today. Mr. Hartman was head of the Decatur schools from 1899 to 1906, and is well-known in Decatur. He has been gone from this city for about twenty years and, in his letter, he | stated that he would be glad io reurn and see his many friends at the banquet and get-to-gether meeting. More than 200 former teachers, superintendents, graduates and ex-stu-dents have responded to the invitations sent out two weeks ago, and it is expected that more than 300 will attend the first annual meeting. Graduates since the founding of the high school have been invited back for the big meeting and elaborate plans are being made for the day’s entertainment. The committee wishes to stress the fact that wives and husbands of graduates also are invited to? attend the meeting. A menu is being prepared for the banquet in the evening by Miss Ruth Frisinger and her domestic science classes, cooperating with the general committee. Those who have not yet sent m their cards are asked to do so at once, so that an accurate check may be made. Persons who have lost their cards are urged to write or call Miss Blanch McCrory or Ralph Tyndall at the Decatur high school.

Decatur Youth Joints Marine Corps Os Army Herbert James Okeley, IS, of this city, has enlisted In the Marine Corps of the United States army. He enlisted at Fort Wayne and loft for the training station at Parris Island, South Carolina, where he will be stationed for the next three months, lie is a son of Mrs. Sarah T. Okeley. of 231 North Eleventh street. After his training period. Mr. Okeley will be sent to some foreign station for one year. o_ BUY SEALS IN RECORD TIME Magley School Pupils Oversubscribe For Quota In 28 Seconds

■ Magley school, dis- j trict 6. of which Milton Werling is in- ' structor, responded with a check for Its quota of Christmas seals immediately at-! ter the seals wore j received last week at the school. The pu- ' pits in Mr. Werling’s room were all prepared to purchase their share of the seals and when the carrier dellv-1 erod them, the money was in their, teacher’s hands in 28 seconds. Six minutes later the check was on its way to W. Guy Brown, of this city who is in charge of the seal distribution. This is believed to be a record for Indiana in oversubscribing a school quota for Christmas seals. A similar record was made this year at the Preble school where Ed Jaberg is teacher. Mr. Brown stated today that he received the cheek for the seals at Mr. Jaberg's school in the same mail in which ho received Mr. Werling’s check. Other schools throughout the county are responding to the cause and it is believed that Adams county will go over its mark this week. , Every one is urged to use the seals, on letters, cards, and packages from now until Christmas. Many of the larg-1 er factories and offices are placing a seal on every letter and packege. o— — James C. Davis Resigns As Director Os Railroads Washington, D. C., Dec. 14. —(United Press) —James C. Davis, United States director of railroads, today tendered his resignation to President Coolidge, effective Dec. 31, accompanying his act with a statement that the work of the railroad administration in liquidating government control matters has been virtually completed. CHILD STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE Agnes Nelson, Daughter Os Adams County Clerk, Not Seriously Hurt Agnes Nelson, seven-year-old daughter of County Clerk and Mrs. John E. Nelson, of this city, had a narrow escape from serious injury at about two o’clock Sunday afternoon when she was struck and knocked down by an automobile on North Fifth street. The wheels of the car did not pass over her body. The car was driven by Vir-I gil Cox, of Fort Wayne, who stopped I immediately and offered his services. ■ Miss Nelson, with her sisters, was j on her way to the Methodist church to attend the Junior League meeting. At the corner of Fifth and Jackson streets, she noticed a girl companion on the west side of Fifth street and started to cross the street. She did not notice he automobile until the driver tooted his rorn. and then she started to run. The car was running slow. It knocked her down, face forward, immediately in front of the ear and the automobile passed over her. bu,t the wheels missed her. She suffered a slight bruise on the face and a cut on the head. The attending physician could not find any broken bones (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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PARENTS TRY TO SAVE SON FROM A FIRING SQUAD President Coolidge Asked To Intervene In Behalf Os Defiance, ()., Boy DEATH SENTENCE PASSED FIVE TIMES (United Press Service) Defiance, Ohio. Dec. 14 —Mr. and Mrs. Christ Seybolt today appealed to President Coolidge to intervene In behalf of their son. Ralph U Seybolt, 24. who will face a firing squad In Salt City. Utah, In June for the murder of Patrolman David H. Crowther. A second appeal was transmitted to Congressman Charles J. Thomp-

■ son who was asked to supplement the plea with personal representa- | tions to the president I The patrolman was slain in 1923. Sentence of death has been passed on Seyboit five times, but each time i executive clemency has held execu- . tion in abeyance. When sentence was passed for the I sixth time a few days ago. Seyboit. ’ was given the choice of dying by i hanging or facing a firing squad He , chose the latter. | Seyboit. according to his brother. | Carl, here, was attending a party | with two companions who were stationed at Salt Lake army post with . Seyboit when the murder occurred. | The party became boistrous and ,Crowther Intervened. An argument and scuffle ensued, in which Crow(CONTINt ED ON PAGE THREE) Three Roys Lost In Blizzard In Colorado Urnver, Col., Dec. 14—(United Press)- Believed to be in a bl.'ziard that has been raglnng hree since yesterday. three boys ranging in age from ,8 to 11 years and Chester Samuelson. 35. are being sought northwest of here today. j Reports from Cheyenne. Wyoming, said 14 inches of enow was on the | ground there ami more was falling. THREE AUTOS STOLEN HERE All Taken Saturday Night; Two Are Recovered; One Completely Stripped Three automobiles were stolen in this city Saturday night ami two were recovered, according to Sephus Melchi, City policeman. A Dodge touring car with a winter top, belonging to a I Mr. Klopfenstine, of near this city, was stolen from one of the downtown ' streets of (Ills cltv Saturday night No trace of this car has been found. A Ford coupe, belonging to Leonard Moore, of east of Decatur, was stolen on Liberty Way, Saturday night. It was recovered north of Monroeville yesterday, hut the thieves had completely stripped it. The tires, motor meter, tools, and other accessories had been removed from the car. Another Ford coupe, belonging to the .Kirsch sales agency of this city, was 'stolen from in front of the Kirsch garage on North Second street early 'Saturday night. Local police discovered the car in this city later In the evening and returned it to the owners. Nothing had bee ntaken from the Kirsch car and it is thought that some young men took the car for a joy ride. 'I A. A. A. Road Scout Leaves On 40.00(1 Mile Trip j Indianapolis, Dec. 14 F M B yd. road scout of the American \utomobile association, l»ft f'»> Washington today on the la-'t lap of a 4u.uiui mile 1 automobile trip » Since 'ast January lie has covered s roads from Panama to Alaska and in practically every state in the union.