Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1925 — Page 1

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I. R. 8. ALUMNI REUNIONPLANS ARE COMPLETED Program Starts With Registration At 2 O’clock Monday Afternoon T4LKS, MUSIC AND BANQUET PLANNED plans are now complete for the big | -union, home-coming and banquet of I the Decatur High School Alumni vsmiution on Monday afternoon tD ,| evening. The banquet will be in charge of the Domestic Science classes with MisS Ruth Ffiainger, instructor, as chairman. The decoration will he taken care of by a committee, of : w hich Miss Florine Michaud is | chairman, and they will start the work Saturday morning. They reQ U est that those who can furnish them with evergreens, please notify members of the committed. Christmas trees will do just fineSuperintendent Worthman is lookin? after the organization of students w | lo will check all wraps, and is also arranging for young people who ' will register the guests and tag each I one with their name in full view so : that everybody wHJ be known. The registration begins at 2 ’ o’clock and for two hours the visitors will meet each other and many of ' them, desiring the opportunity to revisit the old cetral building where I they attended high school will be ' given the opportunity. At 4 o'clock, a program in charge of Charles A. Dugan, former superintendent. will be given, those taking ' [art being former superintendents, teachers and students. At 6 o'clock, the banquet will ho ■ served and, following that, a short program with French Quinn as toastmaster and responses by Howard Brumley, of Chicago, Howard Wisehaupt. of Cleveland, Judge David E. Smith, of Fort. Wayne, and Mrs. Fannie Dorwin Dugan, of Decatur. At 8 o’clock, a program, covering forty-five years of school life, will ■ he given in the auditorium. C. J Lutz, presiding. The five decades will be given fifteen minutes each and short, snappy acts will be given, the chairmen in charge being: 1881 to 1890—Mrs. Dora Peterson Lower 1891 to 1900—Miss Eva Acker 1901 to 1910—Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Knapp 1911 to 1920—Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer Porter 1921 to 1925—Miss Veronica Anker. During the various sections of the program, music will be interspersed, this being in charge of Dr. Fred Patterson and his committee. The ’ longs will be selected in accordance ' with their popularity for the decade they represent —o — Kendallville Pastor Gets New Car From Church Kendallville. Ind., Dec. 24. — (I nited I Press)—Rev. M. R. Runden, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church here, found his auto missing today when he went to his garage. In its place was a new sedan, the Christmas gift of h’s congregation. "I euess they were ashamed of seeing the old car 1 rode around in. he said. o ' Search For Counterfeiters Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 24-With the Christmas rush nearing an end federal agents here today were concentrating their efforts on the search for counterfeiters wty> are passing spurious $lO and S2O bills. A number of the bills were passed on department stores. Household Is Saddened Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 24—The household of Charles B. Sotnmei*as saddened today. Just a few minutes after Sommets reseived word of a brothers’ death in St. Louis. t second message telling of the death of his mother in Cincinnati arrived.. Robert Colter, of Chicago, will arrive in this city tonight to spend the j Holidays with his parents. Mi an ft Mrs. Charles Colter. Dick Archbold, of Toledo. Ohio, will spend Christmas in this city "it his parents, pr. and Mrs. R°> ( 1 bold.

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Tho Chidren Burn To Death At Indianapolis Indianapolis, Dec 24 — ( p • S R)-Two little pl )e, of e hrl X gifts which will never be delivered ay unnoticed today |„ two Jnd|a Ils homes while preparations Christmas gave way to arrangements for two funerals. The gifts were intended for Lois Dunean and Billy Scalf, both four y*ars old. Both were fatally burned last night. Lola, playing with her younger brothers. came too near an open stove and her clothing was Ignited. l n practically the same manner Billy, went too near an open fire and his clothes were burned from his body. FOUR MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Christmas Proves Popular Time For Dan Cupid To Get In His Work Several marriages will take place during the Christmas holidays, judging from the rush for licenses at the county clerk's office today. Four marriage licenses had been issued by John E. Nelson, county clerk, at 2 o’clock this afternoon, and it was rumored that there would be other applicants before the office closed this evening. The licenses issued today included: Rufford Brodbeck, laborer, to Evelyn Burt, both of Decatur. Roy Chilcote, G. E. employe, Decatur. to Iva Durbin, Adams county. Andres Torres, beet worker, to Manuella Costilliga, both of Monroe. Milo Heller, farmer. Decatur, to Josephine Heffner. Monroe. o— Mrs. Alice Harriman, Magazine Writer, Dies Holywood. Calif.. Dec. 24 — Mrs. Alice Harriman, author of “The Man of Two Countries" and widely knoyvp as a magazine writer and publisher, died of pneumonia at her home here today after a brief illness. Mrs. Harriman was born in Newport, Maine. March 12. ISCI. She was head of the Alice Harriman company, book publishers, with offices al Seattle and New York City.

0 Named Hospital Trustee Indianapolis. Ind . Dec. 24 —Miss May E. Helrnar, of Terre Haute has been appointed trustee of the Central Indiana hospital for the insane. Governor Ed. Jackson, announced today. o Boy Hurt While Coasting Frankfort, Ind., Dec. 24—An automobile struck George Fulkerson, 10. as he was coasting down the street in front of his home, causing internal injuries which were regarded as serious today. o— TRAINS COLLIDE HEAD-ON; 4 KILLED John W. Weeks, Former Secretary Os War. Aboard One’ Os Trains Moncks Corners, S. C ’ 24 “ The Havana special, crack Atlantic Coast Line train, collided head-on with the West Indian Limited here H.«m» Special ... Washington and northern P Among them waS of ° war an(l his former secreary . cut o n wife. Weeks was slightly “2'.‘«gl„er, .»<! <W—,„ln« “ “ si” ot nf the coaches of botn ire xr “xx >» * Augustine- ° Many^p* rs X towns were m ,; n g local stores.

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ELKS DISTRIBUTE ! DINNER BASKETS Children And Families Os City’s Vnfor(ui«ate Made Happy Today 1 hrlstmis day will be a happy one for almost everyone in Decatur. Chib j dren and fam’lies of people uno are unable to provide happiness, due to financial reverses and losses, will be taken care of by two of the leading organizations of the city, the Delta Theta Tau sorority and the B. I* O Elks. More than Go Decatur families were made happy this afternoon when the Decatur Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks distributed their annual Christinas baskets. A complete Christmas dinner was included fin each basket and they were delivered to the various families in all parts of the city tins afternoon by Dr. Roy Arihbold, chairman of the Christmas basket committee of the Elks lodge. The local lodge has d'stributed baskets to the needy for many years and each year several more baskets are given out. Each basket contains sufficient food for a family of five people. The menu this year is as follows: chicken potatoes, corn, beans, cake, buns, coffee and sugar. Many children of Decatur will be 'made happy Christmas day when ; Santa Claus, through the kindness of i the Delia Theta Tau sorority, will I v’sit their homes with gifts of all sorts. The visit was made possible through the contribution to the good Fellows Chili, conducted by the sorority during the last several weeks. Delta Theta Tau has taken care of the needy children at Christmas time for the last several years. This year about S3OO in cash was raised, 'with which to purchase cloth'ng. toys and other things that make Christmas a happy day. The distribution will start tonight and ail needy children will be taken care of. AUTO OVERTURNS

Dr. and Mrs. Fred Patterson And Mrs. Kate Place Escape With Minor Injuries Dr. and Mrs. Fred Paterson and Mrs. Kate Place escaped with a few scratches and bruises when the auto in which they were riding, turned over on State road No. 21. about three miles south of Decatur, between 4 and 5 o’clock Wednesday evening. A large . truck was stopped at the side of the road and the driver was repairing a ' tire. Just as Dr Patterson turned out I to i ass the truck, the driver of the truck stepped out into the road and waved at Dr. Patterson to stop. When br.**Patterson tried to stop Ifs car it skidded on the slippery road and turned over onto its side in the ditch at the side of the road. The body of the car, an Essex coach, was badly damaged. but the occupants were not seriously injured. Frnebel Star Returns To Form; Team Wins, 47-22 Garv Ind., Dec. 24-Frobel Basketball fans today are rejoicing over a 17 to 22 victory scored by the Blue Devils over North Manchester last "'Their main reason for joy was the return to last season’s form of Sam--1!1V Polizzotto. who caged eight baskets in fift een n» iDUles ot aCtUa play. __ o— — Large Stone Crushes Man Bedford. Ind. Dec. 24-Crushed beneath a large stone in a limestone kuarry near Bedford. H J- Carmichael 35, suffered injuries which P^ 8 ' clans feared today would cause his death. Jail Breakers At Large New Sastle, Dec. 24-Forty-oiaht hoars of search today had fail d»eMe « trace .1 tbr.e prisoners who escaped from the Henry county jail- . He T n he men Hunted are Albert Hatch 28. Harley Taylor. 26, and I-ox Evans, 22. — * Negro Dies At Age Os 106 Indiana Harbor, Ind., DeC fl 24 n " [United Press)— Tom Berry. 106, ne- ' 0 aid to have been the oldest man ,n Northern Indiana is dead at the home of his daughter here. Born in slavery in Virginia Berry refused to be freed un 11 long after tl e civi l war. accepting liberty only when his master died.

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Hears Good Night p ® di I ’J Frank A. Munsey, editor and publisher of New York, passed away following an operation for appendicitis. Seventy-two years old, he started his career with S4O and died worth millions.

FATHER TEKATH ASSISTING HERE Carthegena, Ohio, Priest Aids In Christmas Services At Catholic Church Father James Tekath, of Carthagena, Ohio, is assisting at the St. Mary's Gatholic church during the Christmas services. He arrived here yesterday and will remain over Christmas. The joyful feast of Christmas will be celebrated in a solemn and impressive manner at the Catholic church, there being nine masses in the morning. The Christmas high mass will be sa’d at 5 o'clock. The south altar in thp church has been decorated with a manger and crib containing an image of the Infant Jesus, and the other altars will be decorated with vigil lights and caldels for the services. As has been the custom, congregational communion will he distributed at the early masses.

TO RESUME MINE ; WAGECONFERENCE President Lewis Os Miners 1 To Reopen Parleys ' With Operators I Scranton, Pa., Dec. 24. — (United Press)—President Lewis of the Miners , un'on has agreed to resume wage con- ( ferences with the anthracite operators without reservations and has noti- , fed Mayor Durkin, of this city, chairman of the committee named by Governor Pinchot, to attempt settlement, it was sa'd authoratively today. Mayor Durkin has communicated with W. W. Ingles of the mine owners and expects a reply later today. o — Chinese Students In Berlin Stage Riot (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Berlin, Dec. 24-Chinese students of Berlin rioted in a restaurant following word of the reported capture of Tien Tsin by General Feng Yuh Siting. Beer glasses, plates and cups were freely used and ten rioters who were front the Communist and Demcratic ranks were injured before police could arrive. E B. Millor, of Woodbine, Mary* land, arrived in Decatur today to enroll in the twelfth semi-annual term of the Reppert School of Auctioneering which will open next Monday morning. Mr. Miller is the first of the students to arrive. Others are ' expected during the next few days, and by Monday thirty or forty students likely will be on band. Weather Mostly cloudy and unsettled tonight i and Friday. Possibly some snow Colder Friday in north portion.

BONUS PAID BY CREAMERY CO. Cloverleaf Company Pays Bonus As Christmas Gift To All Employes Sharing with their employes, the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., with plants in this city and Huntlogton,l will distribute a cash bonus to the! office and plant employes and field- 1 mon as a Christmas present. The bonus checks were distributed today without any advance information being given to anyone, and were received with great surprise and appreciation by everyone. Those who have been with the company from one to three years received a bonus of 3 percent of their salary; those who have been employed from five to ten years, receive 5 percent of their salary, while those who have been with the company for ten years or longer, received 10 percent of their yearly salary. The same plan of distribution was made to the Huntington and Decaur employes and it was stated that the total bonus at both plants would bo around $6,000. W. A. Kleppor. general manager of the company, stated in an interview this morning. “It is gratifying lo the officers of the Cloverleaf Creameries that we have enjoyed a year profitable enough to share with our employes. Our total sales of butter , this year was about 10.000,000 pounds and the creamery has enjoyed a steady and healthy growth throughout the year. In January, at the annual meeting of the directors, a 6 percent dividend will be paid on the common stock of the company.” This is the third time that the Cloverleaf Creameries has distributed a bonus to the employes and the policy, of the company has always been to share with the employes, the farmer or anyone who has helped in the growth of its business. During 1925, the creamery manufactured approximately 5,000.000 pounds nf butter It employes more than 300 persons in the offices, plants and cream buying sations. and is one of the progressive and real institutions in this part of the state. The plant in this city, which is the largest of the two, is now being remodeled so that production can be increased and will be ready for the new machinery next springi. The offices of i?ie company . have been moved temporarily, to the Bowers building on Monroe street, occupying the suite at the rear of the American Security company’s office.

Pronncps Pilgrimage Os Mothers To Graves Os Sons In France Washington. Dec. 24. — (United Press) —A pilgrimage of war mothers to the graves of their sons in France at government expense was proposed today by Representative Fish, New York. Fish has presented to the house a bill authorizing he Secretary of War to arrange, “as soon as practicable,” for a visit to the cemeteries in France of mothers ot the more than one thousand soldiers buried there. A similar bill was reported favorably to the house last congress. Under the bill the president would have power to set aside government vessels to transport the mothers abroad and return. Each mother making the tour would also receive SIOO under the bill.

Fire Threatens Ossian’s New School Building The new school building at Osian was the scene of a small fire yesterday morning, early discovery of which averted possibility of a disastrous blaza Shortly after the janitor had built. a good fire in the furnace he discov-1 ered covering on pipes in the base-| ment, leading from the heating system. was on fire. He attempted first i to put out the fire with a hand extinguisher and then telephoned for the i fire deparinent. | The firemen extinguished the blaze I with only slight damage. I The cause of the fire is being in- ,' vestigated thoroughly. One charge J heard at Ossian was that the pipes I had been covered with defective material which ignited readily. It was declared that the building was supposed to be fire proof in this connection. The building was inspected recently t by two representatives of the state r. 1 board of examiners, on petition of taxpayers.

Seek Promotion Os Fort Harrison Officer Indianapolis, Ded 24—(By United Press)—Prominent] Indianapolis citizens today began a movement to obtain the promotion of Brig. General Dwight Aultman. commandant at Fort Benjamin Harrison- to a major generalship. A petition asking the United States Senate to promote General Aultman is being circulated here and in Kentucky cities it was learned* General Aultman was commandant of Fort Zachary Taylor during the world war and is regarded as one of the most efficient officers In the army. DENTON TO SEEK SENATORIAL SEAT

Prominent Evansville Man Announces He Is Candidate For Nomination Bulletin Indianapolis, Ind.. Dec. 21. —(United Press)—George K Denton, of Evansville, today announced he will he a candidate for the democratic nomination for the long term senatorial seat in the primaries next spring. Denton said he would make no active fight for the nomination but if picked by his party for the race he would devote his entire time to the campaign for election. Denton was a candidate for justice of the state supreme court in the last election and was defeated in the official count by Benjamin Willoughby, republican, by a margin of just one vote. A recent decision of the Knox county superior court upheld Willoughby's title to the office after long litigation over the election. o Studebaker Employes Get Insurance Policies South Bend. ln<». Dec.. 24— President A R. Erskine of the Studebaker Motor Company today announced that as a Christmas present for its emp’oyee. the company has uloA"d a contract for cooperative insurance among the employes involving one of the largest single premiums in the history of insurance. The amount of life insurance will aggregate $40,000,000; accident insurance $40,000 ; and weekly benefit insurance $6, 000,000. ——o Four Chicago High School Boys Branded Professionals

Chicago. Dec. 24.—(United Press)— Four Englewood High School boys. Bill Thompson. Charles Richardson. Jack Daniels and James Snyder, are barred forever as amateurs, for their recent playing with the Milwaukee professional football team. They were barred by the board of control of public athlet'cs, at a meeting last night when 23 of the 24 members voted guilty. The other member did not vote. PRE-CHRISTMAS ROBBERIES OCCUR Bandits Holdup Paymaster In Pittsburgh; Get $60,000 In Cash Pittsburgh, Dec. 24 —Leaping from their auto, six bandits today robbed the paymaster ot the Pittsburgh

terminal soal company, near Castle Shannon of the $60,000 Christmas payroll he was carrying, after seriously wounding one guard and clubbing antther. The paymaster had just left the pay car accompanI ied by guards when the holdup ■j occurred. Milwaukee, Dec. 24—One man was • killed in a man hunt today follow- ■ ing a SI,OOO payroll rovbery of the saloon of Peter Gill. 1 Fifteen minutes later!, the two gunmen were arrested and $2,000 -of the money had been recovered. ? The men confessed the robbery ami s shooting, according to police ;■ DOMESTIC SCIENCE NOTICE All girls who are to serve the D y H. S. alumni banquet Monday night e please meet with me at the higl >f school building Sunday. 3 p. m. Miss Frisinger.

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PREDICT WHITE CHRISTMAS; DROP IN TEMPERATURE Indications Are That Snow Will Remain On Ground; More in Prospect COLDER WEATHER EXPECTED FRIDAY Indianapolis. Ind.. Dec. 24. —(United Press)—A white Christmas with mod erate temperature was In prospect so. Indiana, the weather bureau here announced today. The temperature tonigiit is expected to range between 20 and 30 degrees and then drop lower Friday n'ght. A “White Christmas” will be enjoyed in this community this year, unless late weather predictions are retracted. Fort Wayne weather bureau officials this morning declared that the temperature would remain low and that there were prospects of more snow, and not much chance of the present snow melting until after this week at leastThe prediction brought happiness to the thousands of kiddies in Northern Indiana, who have been wishing all year that there would be snow for Santa’s reindeers. There was a nice snow for Christmas a year ago. but the weather was 1 considerably colder A year ago today, the mercury hovered around the zero mark and a year ago tomorrow, was one of the coldest days of recent years, the thermometer in this city registering 12 below zero. Predictions for this year assert that tomorrow will not be as cold, but there are more chances for a heavy snow. Christmas shoppers were flooding Decatur stores all day today, in their last minute rush to buy gifts and ! exchange thinqs already purchased I for the correct sizes. The last week in this city has been one of the beet pre-Christmas buying seasons in recen yeaAh according to Decatur merchants.

Beck School Building Near Ossian Destroyed The Heck school building. a one-room brick structure, one mile und a half north and four miles east of Ossian, was destroyed by fire about 1:30 o’clock yesterday morning. When discovered by a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Heck, living a quarter of a mile distant, the roof was falling In. It is thought that the blaze started from the stove or he flue. The tire had been banked for the night as usual. Fred Wahl is the teacher of the school ami there are more than twenty pupils. Plans are being made to transfer the pupils to the Oss'an school (Until other plans can be worked out. Although a general alarm was sounded by telephone to patrons of the school, nothing could be done to save the building. The interior had been decorated in preparation fcr a school Christmas program tomorrow evening. Chicago’s Gun Colony Does Shopping With Guns

Chicago. Dec- 24— Members of Chicago's crime cobny did their Christmas shopping with guns last night hut a checkup today by police indicated that the wives and sweethearts of tlie bandits are not going to find their stockings overloaded. More than fifty robberies and holdups were reported from dusk to daylight but the total loot did not exceed $5,000 Several stores yielded as much as S2OO in cash but most of the victims were pedestrians, who were able to provide the holdup men with little more than pocket | money. i Police headquarters announced that the number of robberies broke all Christmas records bijt tlip amount of the loot was "under normal." | - Baby Born On Her Grandfathers 9()th Birthday .111. - Columbus. Ind., Dec. 24. (United Press)—Rvith Irene Kissling, 10-day-I old daughter of Charier Kissling and |wife of near Hope, was born on the day on which het grandfather. Allwrt Essex, was *'<> vmi "Id ij The .-ill has lour ar,‘tidier n l .- and I six groat grandparents IP. .ng in this 1 county.