Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1925 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Publish Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, aud Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouee Sec'y. & Bue. Mgr. Entered at the Postoffice st Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies -2 cents One week, by carrier 10 cents One year, by carrier 15.00 One month, by mail 86 cents Throe months, by mail JI 00 Six months, by mail »L«6 One year, by mail One year, at office- »d-00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates: Made known by Application. Foreign Representative: Carpentier & Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, QHcago. 1 ■ ■ -

MAIL MERCHANDISE:— A bill has been introduced in congress designed to deal a death blow to the “buydt-or-return-it” mail nuisance that has become a real nuisance over the country. Many ot you have received neckties, cigars, other articles with a letter asking you to return them if you doli't want them. If you don’t send them in, you are besieged with letters and threats of various kinds. Its unfair and its a thing, that ought to be stopped and Congressman Watson, of Pennsylvania, father of the bill, deserves support. Local merchants today circulated a petition for signers and will present it to Congressman Vestal and Senators Watson and Robinson, urging them to get back of the bill. The bill is short and reads as follows: •'He it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled: That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person or concern to send unsolicited through the mails parcels of merchandise for the purpose or sale to the addressee. Postal employees shall decline to receive or forward such parcels and postmasters may require persons and concerns conducting business in this manner to establish to the satisfaction of such postmasters that parcels offered for mailing have been ordered by the addressees. The postal service shall not aid or assist by the investigation or losses of any merchandise, by the transmission of money in payment of merchandise, or by otherwise, aiding persons or concern doing business, in whole or in part, by a method or practice of sending to addressees merchandise which has not been ordered by such address or on their behalf. And the postmaster general shall adopt such regulations as may be necessary aud' proper to enforce this law.” The alumni banquet held at the Decatur high scb>. building last evening was a wonderful event, bringing genuine pleasure to hundreds who attended and adding to the enthusiasm of Mr. Worthman and his assistants by producing a greater interest. It was successfully carried out, Miss Frisinger and her domestic science girls proving their ability as did every one else who had a part in the big program. Every one enjoyed it thoroughly from those who have just completed school to those who were shocked when some one spoke of incidents and referred to times of thirty, forty or fifty years ago. We sang “The Gang's All Here,” ‘‘Dear Old School Days” and other favorites

of the old days, we recounted incidents and we listened Io many which brought memories, it was a great day for the old sciiooi and wc congratulate all who managed and all who assisted. The schools are most important factors in any community and w e are sure those in charge will teel greater interest and greater desire to serve because of the demonstratirfn which proved the support of the alumni- It is planned to giv e a similar event in 1930, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the high school and the success of that event Is assured now. What they arc seeking is what Mr. Wilson sought—in associated and guaranteed peace. It will l>v a happy day for Europe if and when this ideal is realized in its fullness. So it is tiial today people everywhere will think, in no narrow, partisan or bitter way, of peace—and of the peaceful spirit. They will think also of I

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<■ + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Big Features Os * • RADIO ♦ * Programs Today * ►++♦+♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ TUESDAY S RADIO FEATURES WBZ, Springfield, 333 —8 p. m. (E. S.T.) — Hockey, Bruins versus Saint Patricks. KDKA, Pittsburgh, 309—6:30 p. tn. (E.S.T) —Dinner music, KDKA Little Symphony (also from KFKA, KYW aud WBZ). KGW, Portland, Orc., 492—8 p. m. I P.O.S.T.) —Educational program. WEAF, and hookup, ten stations — 10:30 p. m. (E.S.T.) —Vincent Lopez orchestra. WRC, Washington. 169 —7:30 p. m. (E.S.T ) —United States Marine band (also from YJZ and WGY.) 0 , '•SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS S . K S TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY 5? K 5 From the Daily Democrat File S X Twenty Years Ago This Day E a K SgSSSXSRSXISXRKKSK December 29, 1905. —Decatur bowling team defeats Portland by 125 in three games. Dyke Frisiuger averaged 199. Adams County Poultry Show will be held .January 30th to February 2nd. A $20,000 damage suit, Giessler vs. City of Fort Wayne filed here. Suit is,result of Geissler falling off bridge in Fort Wayne when the iron railing gave way. Sliort loan rates on New York curb went as high as 80% today. Rev. J. Hunter Myers and family of Btiller, Indiana, are guests here. State Superintendent Cotton says the jalntors are better paid than school teachers who average only $55 per month in state. True Friend, valuable horse owned by George Flanders injured when caught in barb ‘Wire fence.

Belgian Veteran Renews Membership In Legion Indianapolis, Dec. ZF. —A veteran of the Belgian Army, who selected Indianapolis and Indiana as his home after the war because of the impression they made oh him when he visited here with a group of Belgian veterans campaigning for the Fifth Liberty Loan drive during the World War, is one of. the first Indianapolis men sign, ed up for 1926 membership in the American Legion. He is Michael Decs, formerly of Company 6, Chasseurs a I’icd. Army of Belgian, has become a member of the John H. Holliday, Jr., Post No. 186, of the American Legion. c—.—The Daily Democrat—Your Paper—

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“All you have to do is sigh Here upon the dotted line,” Smilingly he said to me. It was done so easily, Just a drop of ink. and then Just a flourish with my pen. Now a month has flown away And 1 have a note to pay. Came anol her, just as lie, Smiled and talked so affably. So he told of friends of mine, Who had signed the dotted line, And 1 joined them, there ami then With my ready fountain pen. That was but a month ago, Nos another month 1 owe. V'eak was I. My eager fist Dotted lines could not resist. All they had to do was say: ■‘Nothing new you're asked to pay.

REPPERT AUCTION SCHOOL NOTES By The Reporter Students from various parts of the United States and Canada gathered at Decatur to enroll in the Reppert School ot Auctioneering for the term beginning December 28, 1925. After enrollment, school convened at the school room located at 122 North Second street. After listening to a fine address, by Col. Reppert, owner and founder of the school, the students were turned over to other instructors, and when night came the student body declared it to be a day of profit as well as pleasure. " In the evening, the students gathered at the school room and organized the class of 1926. The following officers were elected: W. W. Wimberly, of Kearney, Kansas, president; L. C. Hoover, of Haxtutn. Colorado, vice-president; Delmcr L. Reed, of Richmond, Ohio, secretary.

—- To Sentence Defendants In Daniels Case Tomorrow Indianapolis, Dec. 29. — (UnitM Press)—The twenty-five men convicted of conspiracy to violate thb national prohibition act in connection with the substitution of water for licnried whiskfty in the Jack Daniels distillery, at St. Louis, will be sentenced in fed- i oral court here tomorrow. The twenty-five men, together with fourteen others were indicted by a federal grand jury and tried in the Indian, apolis court early this month. Under the law, the maximum penalty which can be imposed by Federal Judge Robert Baltzeil is two years in prison and a fine of $10,00(1. Among those who will be sentenced are Arnold J. Hellmich, former collector ot internal revenue at St. Louis,

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Never mind the printing fine,' Sign upon the dotted line! Do not read the contract through. We ll drop in when payment's due.” But from sad experience I thh getting better sense. Fountain pens and dotted lines - Now to me are terrors’ signs. Now I road the printing small Which 1 seldom read at all. Read it through before I sign Boldly on the dotted line. Children from your daddy's plight Ixiarn to read and learn to write Both are arts you'll surely need, But I beg you, learn to read! Writing has its pleasure, Joo, Which I'd not. deny to you. But with dotted lines in sight Learn to read before you write.

Nath Goldstein. St. business man and politician and Michael J. Kinney, state senator from St. Louis. The two women, who figured in the case, .Mrs. Imogene Remus, estranged wife of George Remus, millionaire bootleg king, of Cincinnati, hnd the government’s star witness in the case, and Mrs. Ada Gehrutn, of Cincinnati, were released. Mrs. ‘Remus was freed when her estranged husband took the stand and the jury acquitted the other woman. Attorneys for all of the defendants have announced that appeal proceedings will be started in the United States Circuit Court of appeals as soon as sentences have been meted out to tl>e men. Remus, the star government witness in the case, is said to be under police protection somewhere in the east fear, ful that an attempt will be made on his life.

Greensburg — Basketball is safe enough tot* players but not for referee. Referee Luthcrland is recovering from a brokch nose sustained when he was hit by a player on whom he called a' personal foul. Evansville — With the temperature hovering down below the zero mark, 1. A. Casey and his family dreamed of summer and the warm breezes as they ate watermelon. It wasn’t the fresh stuff but some that Mi’s. Casey preserved which I. A. says was just a.:: good. lagrange — Eugene lusher has it in for thieves who were so unkind as to take his chickens when eggs were selling at a peak price. Newcastle — Crume Velesquczc. ot' Mexico, got-one oi the biggest thrills of his life here tile other day. He look his first ride down a hill on a sled. The lad Is hear studying piano making at a, local factory aud had never seen snow until this winter.

SWINE BREEDERS TO MEET MONDAY Annual Meeting Os State Association To Be Held At Indianapolis The annual meeting of the Indiana Swine Breeders' Association will be I held in the Palm Room, Claypool hoItel, Indianapolis, next Monday evening, January 4. The meeting will open at 7:80 o'clock. Many Adams County farmers are members of the association. The program for the meeting is as follows: Meeting called to order, Reading of the Minutes of the last meeting. , Report of the Treasurer. Address of President. Reports of Committees, Unfinished Business. New Business. "The Weather Bureau and the Farm." J. H. Armstrong. United States Weather Bureau, United States Department of Agrculture, Indianapolis, Ind. Appointment of Committee of Resolutions. I Appointment of Committee of Nominations for 1926 Officers. "Trends in Modern Swine Breeding,” [Tage U. Ellinger, Director of 4he Department of Live Stock Economics, International Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. Report of Resolution Committee. Report of Nominating Committee. o ~ THAWING WATER PIPES The middle of a frozen pipe should never be thawed first, says the United States Department of Agriculture, beI cause expansion of the water confined 'by ice on both sides may burst the pipe. When thawing a water pipe, work toward the supply, opening a faucet iff show when the flow starts. When thawing a waste or sewer pipe. Work upward from the lower end to permit the water to drain awajr. Applying boiling water or hot cloths to a frozen pipe is simple and effective. Where there is no danger of fire, a torch or burning newspaper run hack and forth along the frozen pipe gives quick results. Underground or otherwise inaccessible pipes may be thawed by opening the frozen pipe on the house end, inserting a small pipe or tube, and with the aid of a funnel at the-other end of this small pipe, pouring boiling water into it, pushing it forward as the ice melts. More thaw pipe should be added at the cuter end until a passage is made through the ice. when the thaw pipe should be quickly withdrawn. 0 Greensburg — The high school students and the citizens of this town are going to celebrate tonight. The new community gymnasium will be dedicated.

’■ RESOLVED : £ g ■?■■■■—— ■"J" The best New Year’s resolution sn) 4 . zf tfi you can make will be to make 1926 a year of Thrift. If you have never saved be9Fi fore, start a savings account to- £ day at this good, strong, reliable y- bank. If you are among the ® many having accounts, resolve g to add to it regularly each week. !£ n i < \ - S A savings account encourages ‘ p Thrift and is your guarantee of k pi future Prosperity. | Old Adams County Bank g WE DAY YOU TO SAVE $

Fort Wayne — The employes of the Wayne Tank and Pump Company are Happy today as the result of a New Year's present in the form of $40,000 bonuses distributed by the company.

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Ugoniei— The children of (he Allen township schools are happy and the parents are worried. The schools have been closed because of a scarlet fever epidemic.