Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1925 — Page 1

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NET BLOC DRIVE ONVOLSTEADACT BRINGS RESULTS s e n. Cummins Announces That Hearings Will Be Held On Beer Bill PI ANS TO HEAR ALL ARGUMENTS (United Press) Washington, D. C-, Dec. 16—The , VP t bloc's bombardment of the VolstPai| act in the senate yesterday was not without results, it was learned today when Senator Cum J min". lowa, republican, chairman of ■ t | lP senate judiciary committee. I made known that open public hear-j jugs would be held on the Edge bill to legalize 275 per cent beer. Cummins said he would appoint a subcommittee to conduct the hearings. cannot say when the hearings will begin and how long they will last, but I am sure of one thing and lhat is that there will be many hearings on the bill." he said. “Everybody who wants to testify on the bill will be heard, of course. I don’t know what they will be able to prove. Congress, under the eighteenth amendment, cannot legalise liquor that is intoxicating, and who is to say when liquor is intoxi-' rating? And when is a person intoxicated?—when he’s feeling happy or when he can't walk? “Everybody knows that liquor that wouldn’t begin to stimulate one person might make another person drnnk, and the constitutional amendment prohibits intoxicating liquor' So it seems to me that the only safe thing for congress to do is to stay within a maximum alcoholic content that won’t make any one drunk. And we are sure that one-half of one per cent is that kind of liquor" —— o Radio Fans To Meet Here This Evening All radio fans are invited to attend the meeting of the Adams county radio chib at the Industrial rooms at 7:30 o’clock tonight. Important matters, regarding improvement of the reception here and the maintenance of good reception will be discussed. - o Stores Open Nights To Accomodate Shoppers Decatur business men are beginning to keep their stores open during the evening until after Christmas in order that those wlio work in factories will be able to get the same advantages of shopping early. Local Jewelry stores, clothing stores, dry goods stores and durg storse are now remaining open in the evening and hardware stores will begin tomorrow. Other stores will follow in the next day or two, it is expected. SEE PLAY GIVEN AT FORT MINE Cast Os Central School Play See Production Staged Last Night Several eight grade puptls of the Central school, composing the cast of the home talent play, “His Incles Niece,” to be presented at the Decatur high schol auditorium January 7 and 8, and their coach, Miss Grace Coffee, and Principal W. Guy Brown went to Fort Wayne last night to witness th e presentation of the play. The play was given in Fort Wayne, by the St. Paul Lutheran church, at I the church auditorium, and was great ly enjoyed by members of the local cast. The Central pupils learned many pointers about the play, which will greatly assist them in presenting their version of it in this city, ; The cast and synopsis of the play will be announced in the nex' I'" days, it was announced this after noon. The pupils already have start ed on the production and the ticket sale will begin soon.

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|N T W i» S ‘’ b " uui,H ‘ Tender I 10 Be < omimssioned Soon T '"‘ ” * S. Holland, submarine ender. will be placed i„ n 11 n< >h" Itremermn Navy Yard Puget Round. Washington ' ' The Holland is the newest type of submarine tender, and on being p)awd m commission will join the IT q p, rifle Fleet. ' 1 aOn January 1, 192e , re-enhstments 1,1 ,h '’ N,v y for duty aboard this new tender will be accpptwl at |hp Recruiting Station. Postoffiee Build•uk. Fort Wayne. Men re-enlisting tor thf Holland will bo sent direct to the Navy Yard. Bremerton. Recruiting is also open for first enlistments in the Navy. START ISSUING AUTO LICENSES I . First 1926 Plates Issued At Local Branch Office Yesterday Issuing of new license plates for automobiles for 1926 was started yes-| terday morning by Miss Helen Eady, at the Graham and Walters office, which is the local license bureau of the state department. All auto and truck owners in Adams county will obtain their licenses at the Graham and Walters branch. A total of 27 auto licenses and 4 truck licenses were issued yesterday land today, according to Miss Eady. | Fred Kolter, manager of the Adams County Auto company, was the first citizen of Adams county to obtain plates for 1926. His license number is 243,001. The serial number for this uoxtixi i-'.n ox pace tmo> D. H. S. ALUMNI PLAN PROGRAM Events For Home-Coming, December 28, Are Being Arranged Now The program committe for the high school alumni home-coming, reunion and banquet, to be held at the high school building on the afternoon and evening of Monday, December 28. today made a report to French Quinn, general chairman of the event, and the following recommendations have been approved and are now being arranged: 2:00 P. M.— Registration. 3:30 —Talks by former teachers and superintendents. 6:oo—Banquet. French Quinn. ’B7, toastmaster. Welcome—Howard Brumley, 24, Chicago, 11l Responses—Howard Wisehaupt, 11, Cleveland. Ohio: Judge D. E. Smith. 'B9, Fort Wayne. Ind.: Mrs. C. A. Dugan, ’Bl, Decatur Around the table-a minute for the visitors. 3.Q0 Please stand by a few minutes while the crowd moves from the banquet table to the auditorium room up stairs, where a feature program will be carried out. Eor this event, the period from 1881 to 1925 has been divided into five decades. Chairmen have been named for each of these periods who will organize the alumni members for those years and they will give a fifteen-min-me program, indicative of school l.fe of that era, showing the difference in dress and custom and program during th e nearly fifty years of existence of the Decatur high school. The chairmen selected are: 1881 to 189 — Mrs. W. A. Lowen 1891 to 1900—Mr. and Mrs W. 1. P' l9 ?i W to P 1920-Mr. and Mrs. Chai- !’ n ’i9‘’l 1925—Miss Veronica Anker. ! T he rooms will be decorated for the , , tiftv to three hundred are altance.

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RECEPTION ANO BANQUET HELD BY ELKS LODGE Dedication Os New Lodge Home Ends With Happy Affair Last Night MANY VISITING ELKS PRESENT More than 100 members of the local lodge of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and about 20 visiting Elks, attended the dedication banquet held at the new Elks home on North Second street at 6 o’clock last night. A two-course chicken dinner was served to those attending. The meal was prepared by Mrs. W. II Niblick. Mrs. .Tames Niblick, Mrs. Ben Knapke, Mrs. J. W Meihers. Mrs. Ed Whitright, Miss Verrtia Niblick. Miss Agnes Weber. Mrs. Charles Lang and Mrs. Harry Fritzinger. The I dinner was served on the first floor 1 at long tables and those who attend-J ed were more than pleased with the 1 fine meal which the ladies prepared. Several baskets of roses were placed on the first floor of the home. One largo basket was presented the Elks by Mrs. W. 11. Niblick and J. G. NibI lick. J. G. Niblick also presented a ■ I large silk flag to the lodge. C. J. Luiz acted as toastmaster at the ban- . II quet11 French Quinn, of this c’ty. gave a 1 short talk and Thurman Gottschalk, . of Berne, state representative for Ad- , ams and Wells counties, also delivered a talk. Fred Brown, district deputy for Indiana Elks, congratulated the local lodge on its fine new home and told of a few instances of interest that occurred at the various Indiana lodges. I' After the banquet, the members of I the lodge, their wives, and families gathered for the reception. A dance was held on the third floor of the home and about fifty couples, enjoyed ’ this part of the program. Several tables of Bridge and Five Hundred were used on the first floor. At the close of the reception, each lady pres1 ent was presented with a rose. The dedication service was held yesterday afternoon. The initiation 1 ceremony, which was to follow the 1 dedication, was postponed until a • later date. About 50 members attended the dedication service in the ? afternoon, at which time Deputy 1 Brown received the new home into : the grand lodge. — o I MANY CHRISTMAS SEALS ARE SOLD Committee In Charge Expects Larger Sale This Year Than In Past

- I With only a little more than a week . before Christmas, Christmas seal enj thuiasts are continuing to maintain , 1 their record of sales and W. Guy Brown, in charge of the seal distribu--1 tion in Adams county, and his assistants, believe that the sale this year I will be larger in his county than any 1 previous year. ■ Not a single school in the county has - failed, so far, to respond to their quota 3 and hundreds of Decatur citizens have i bought seals. Several local stores are , • placing the seals on letters and packs ages, and the Adams Countyq Ttibercu- - losis Society urges that everyone use the seals the next few days. The profits derived from thd sale 1 of seals remains in this county to assist in cases of tuberculosis and also| s in the feeding of under nourished school children. Many school children I. are fed daily in Adams county by means of the Society, it was learned ■. today. The milk stores are maintained a at many country schools and at all - the ward schools in Decatur. The society which sponsors the sale s of Christmas Seals is always at the 1 door of those wit hthe dreaded disi. ease. It also conducts research work i- relative to the eradicating of the die sease. The seals are on sale at the various schools, and at several leaidng stores in Decatur.

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RADIO HERO j 1 jjk Wl-7 I jjgf -Jj , i ■— —-■ 1 m? MOTTA AJd'S’E.tPfD ( ’ I Dainotta Anselmo, operator on < the S. S. Campania, rammed in ( Chesapeake Bay, stuck to his i post, repeatedly calling for aid, ( until the ('.oast Guard Cutter Apache came to the rescue. , MORE SNOWFALL i I IS PREDICTED Weather Bureau Forecasts Snow For Tonight; Cold In Northwest Chicago, Dec. 16. — (United Press) — More snow will fall tonight in much of this forecast area, the weather bureau predicted today, as new snow falls were reported from Nebraska and Minnesota. In northern Minnesota the fall was so heavy that hgihway traffic suffered Motor bus service was temporarily halted between Duluth and Port Arthur. The Mississippi river at Winona. Minn., is frozen over. Nebraska is already blanketed with from two to 14 inches of snow, the result of several days precipitation. Illinois. Indiana. lowa, Michigan and Wisconsin will get snow by tonight or tomorrow, the weather bureau stated. o MINISIERS AND FAMILIES MEET Social Held At Home of The Rev. And Mrs. H. W. Thompson Last Night Members of the Decatur Ministerial Association, together with their wives

and families, held a social meeting at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Thompson, on West Adams street, last night. About twenty-five persons were present. A cafeteria supper was served at 6 o’clock. This was followed by a social hour. During the evening, the ministers held a short meeting, during which time they discussed plans for the simultaneous evangelistic services to be held here by the Protestant churches beginning January 10. Before leaving for their homes, the ministers and families sang several Christmas carols. The next social meeting of the organization will be held in February at the home of the Rev and Mrs. B. N. Covert, on Mercer avenue, it was dicided to dispense with the meeting in January, on account of the evangelistic meetings in progress at that time. J>OV)UR<3ffiISTMAS SHOPPING TOW WL-V VJ>l Weather Mostly cloudy and unsettled tonight and Thursday. Possibly some snow In north portion; slightly colder tonight in east portion.

SHORT SESSION HELD BY COUNCIL TUESDAYEVENING Routine Matters Disposed Os; Third Street Ornamental Lights Installed SPECIAL MEETING SET FOR DEC. 30 A short session of the city council was held last evening, routine matters being disposed of during the meeting. Julius Haqgk, contractor on the Jes | ferson street nnd South First street Improvements, filed his maintenance bonds, which were approved by the council. The bonds are for two years, during which time the contractor is liable for any defects in the construction of the streets. M. J. Mylott, superintendent of the electric light department, filed reports on the contpletion of the ornamental lights on North Third street and of the erection of street lights at the corner of Twelfth street and Niittman avenue; the corner of Sixth and Jefferson streets and on Mcßarnes street. The electric light committee granted the petition of property owners for a street light at the corner of Eighth and Monroe streets. The petition of Charles J. Quaudt, for an electric light at the corner of Thirteenth and Jackson streets, was referred to the electric light committee. Tlie petition of Charles Robenold to become a member of the city volunteer fire department was filed with the council. The finance committee allowed the' usual bills and December 3D was fixed i as the date on which a special session of the council would be held, at which , time, bills will be allowed and carriedover business disposed of before the new council comes into power on Jan-1 nary 1. o — Baby Girl Is Found In Depot At South Bend South Bend. Ind.. Dec. 16. —An 18day old baby girl found in the New York Central station here today, was still a nameless waif, police failing to locate the woman who left ft. The infant was wrapped in two dainty blankets, crucifix, a ring of gold wire and a note to juvenile authorities was attached to the blankets CLUB RECORD BOOKS GRADED

1 Albert Davison Makes Highest Grade For Record Book In Corn Club Albert Davison, 15-year-old corn club 1 member residing in St. Marys township and a son of Mr and Mrs. M. Davison, has the honor of submitting the best corn club record book in the club this year. He was given a grade ofj 33.5 points of a possible 35 points.) H. S. Heckard, county agent of Jay i county, graded the record books and a complete report of the grades was received this morning by the local county agent. Albert attends the Pleasant Mills High School. Gilbert Glendening, who attends the Hartford township high school, submitted the second best record book upon which he received a grade of 32.75 points. He is 16 years of age. Other members receiving high grades upon their books are listed in order: Sylvan Habegger, Benjamin D. Maze’.in, Calvin Steury, Herbert Hawkins, Robert L. Bryan, Eli M. Schwartz. Robert Studler. David V. Graber, Caleb Habegger, Albert E. Steury, Reuben L. Habegger Simon M. Schwartz, Franklin C Mazelin, Martin Habegger, Solomon Eicher, Walter Amstutz. Floyd Rupert and Herman Patterson. 1 According to the cost records kept by the boys, the cost of producing one bushel of corn ranged from 32.1 cents to 50.7 cents, the average being 37.7 ' cents. Os course, it is to be remem(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

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Lloyd Heller Resigns Principalship At Bluffton Lloyd Heller, of Hartford township, ha* resigned his position as prinelpal of the Centra) schools in Bluffton, his resignation Itecomlng effective with the cloning of school next Friday for the Christmas vacation. Mr. Heller resigned in order that he might enter the state normal school at Mtrncie on January 4 and complete his course of advanced studies. He has been teaching for several years, attending college during the vacation periods. He went to the Bluffton schools front the Hartford township schools four years ago. Ward Huffman, a teacher in the Central schools, will succeed Mr. Heller as principal. o_ DECORATION OF STREET URGED Use Os Small Christmas Trees In Flag Pole Holders Is Suggested The suggestion has been made that small Christmas trees be placed in the ’ flag pole holders along Second street 1 ami then decorated with electric lights for the holidays. One man. who Is interested in the movement, stated that the business men at Portland decor- . ate the streets in this manner and : thinks it Is a fine way to add to the Christmas spirit. Small trees are used and dirring the evening the lights on the trees are turned on. it is not known if there is i a sufficient number of trees in tlie city to carry out tills plan, but the person suggesting tlie Idea thought HoxTixtim ox park Form CHALLENGE MADE BY ADAMS COUNTY Other Counties Challenged To Hog-Calling Contest At Purdue I Lafayette, Ind.. Dec. 16—“ Adams i County challenges counties of state to hog calling contest daring Agrieult tural Conference —arrange details," ■ reads a telegram received today by Director G. I. Christie of Purdue Uni- ) f versity Agricultural Extension Service - from I* M. Busche, county agent in Adams county. By long distance phone It was learn-' ed that Adams county is conducting a hog warlding contest that reaches I into every corner of the county so that the best possible caller will come

to Izifayette to compete in a state-wide calling contest. So plans are made by : , Director Christie to put on a calling | contest the evening of January 12, at j the Purdue Livestock Judging Pavil-j. lion, during the week of the Agricul-1 tural Conference. January 11 to 15. I Whether or not vocal effort is of prime importance in the raising of ( hogs may be open to questions, but oue > thing is certain about Adams County hog raisers. They have a right to I claim they are the best hog feeders j in the state because they produced more ton litters this year than any other Hoosier county. Their record j was twelve ton litters and ten litters , weighing 1600 and less than 20001 pounds. The average weight of the 22 | litters at 180 days of age was 2146 pounds. But feeding ability and hog calling ability may not go hand In- j hand. Adams county may be “whoo-1 0000-ey-ing” too loud when she chai-1 lenges the rest of the state, to a bog calling contest. The winner of the state-wide calling contest will be given a free ticket to thhe annual banqpet of the Indiana 1 Livestock Breeders’ Association, the evening of January 13. at which the $7.00-per-pound champion beef carcass, .; donated by President W. W. Wilson [ 1 and Son of Muncie, will be served. — o —— Hardware Stores To Be Open In Evenings Beginning Tuesday evening, Decern 7 her 17, the hardware stores in this city will remain open each evening until Christmas.

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BOOTLEG KING HEARD IN TRIAL AT INDIANAPOLIS Strenguous Objections Os Defense Attorneys Overruled By Court HELPED RAISE FUND FOR THE SYNDICATE (I*. P. Staff (Nirrcapondent) Indianapolis, Dec. 16 Over the strenuous objections of defense attorneys. George Remus, bootleg king of Cincinnati, in federal court here today liegan his revelation of the operations jof one of the largest alleged I ruin running syndicates uncovjered in the History of national prohibition enforcement. litmus was called by the government In the trial of twenty-eight persons charged with conspiracy for the sulmtitntion of water for whiskey in 1 SCO barrels in the Jack Daniel’s dis- ; tillery at St. Louis. A volley of objections arose from the defense ns Remus started toward ' the witness stand They charged Henins could not testify' because hie | estranged wife. Mrs Imogene Remus was one of the defendants. Mrs. Remus was discharged from I tlie case and a further defense ob- ' Jection that Remits could not testify I because he was a co-consplrator in | the plot, was overruled. Remus, sitting in the witness chair with an air of importance, testified lhat he aided in raising the money for the purchase of the Daniels distillery by members of the syndieste 1 ' ° GOOD FELLOWS CLUB Be A Good Fellow And Help Provide A Merry Christmas For The Kiddies. The Mutschler Packing company boosted the Good Fellows Club Christmas fund today with a contribution of Jill. The Pythian Needle 'Club gave $5 anil the McConnell & Son tobacco company donated 93. Other donations of smaller amounts swelled the day's total to 120 95 and the grand total to 1149.44 Much more money is needed hy the Delta Theta Tau sorority, sponsors of the dull with which to provide a merry Christmas for he poor kiddies of the city and community. The money I must be secured soon, too, as the 'committee must make the purchases before next Thursday. Today's contributions were: «• Previous tmtal $128.95

Mutschler Packing Co. . 10.00 McConnell A- Son > 300 Josephine Archbold 100 Helen Gass 100 Pythian Sisters Needle Club 5.00 Friends (total) 05 Total »14®44 MIRY SCHOOL STARTS TODAY Purdue Man Lectures On f Soybeans At Meeting Be--1 ing Helt’At Berne ! The first session of the ’’Dairy Feeds and Feeding School.’’ being held at Berne, took place this afteri noon with a good attendance of I farmers who listened to K. E. Beeson. of Purdue, discuss the growing and use of soybeans for dairy cow | feed Mr Beeson brought out the fact that soybeans can be successfully grown on practically any kind iof ground, are good feed both in the form of hay and when the threshed beans are ground with corn ami oat« 1 in the grain ration. He emphasized ‘ the necessity of killing all weeds be j fore the beans are sown nd of inoc | ulating. | M A Ripley, a farmer of Blot ' Creek township. who i• ■ eiijo.se> considerable success in th" growini ' of soyb ans. followed Mr. B-esor 8 tolling of the methods he has used I 1- ... ... ... ... ---—- (CONTINIED ON I'AGE FOl ill