Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 308, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1925 — Page 4

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Good-bye old 1925j. ! a Here comes the youngster, '26. and we wonder what joys he has in his old gift bag for all of us. Get ready to write it 1926. At midnight tonight the whistles and bells will announce tb e arrival of the youngster. What the new year holds for all of us depends after all very much on our own efforts. We have one of the most wonderful communities you will find any where, made up of the right kind of folks and the finest thing in it is the splendid get-together spirit with a "live and let live” policy. Lets not let up on it the coming year. The Daily Democrat today starts the annual campaign for the renewal of mail subscriptions and w c are anxious that our- big family of readers arrange to renew as soon as they can conveniently and thus assist us in publishing ji newspaper of greatest benefit, to all. The old year may have had its haps ami mishaps, its dates of gloom and its season of bad v eather but it had on its best dress today—an ideal winter costume —with the sun shining brightly and the thermometer registering just about the right temperature for a December day in Indiana. The outlook for the coming year is excellent with several projects in sight that should help. The city is prosperous as a municipality and everybody is working. There are no empty houses here and there is a demand for a hundred new homes. Indications are that a number of residences will bo erected the coming year and that there will be a greater stir of business activities than for some time. We can all aid the cause in some way and we can all help to make 1926 a ( great year. Mail service by bus lines south from Fort Wayne to Portland through this county seems probable, recommendation to that effect having been made by Mr. McChesney, of Cleveland. assistant superintendent of railway mail service, ft would prove a very convenient improvement for since the change in service on the G. it. & 1., Decatur, Berne, Monroe, Geneva and Bryant have been greatly hampered in handling mail. The people of this section will appreciate any improvement in the present service. A number of the larger cities are providing "no horse" streets, which means that horse drawn vehicles cannot travel over those streets. Trucks are crowding the Percherons and Bclgiums back to the country and each year will find the number of these animals which a few years ago were so useful, growing less, while the

power driven trucks increase in numbers. IjOS Angetes. Washington, and other cities have already started the campaign. Mr;.. Lucinda. Bowman, 86, shortened her life by pipe smoking. She got up in the night at the soldier’s home at Lafayette and lighted her pipe. The blanket in which she wrapped herself took lire and she died from fright and shock. Ihe anti-tobacco faddists will probably send a marked Copy to President Coolidge and Vicq-Pfesklent Dawes, both of whom have recently been victims of their efforts to sign al

Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle ■ E E R yMO LIV E BWa N EER ■b |Q -EINIfWRS ■TjO I L Sp ■|l 1 IKHe ■b a RonMste eir® I T A GSROINIEW'T 6 A AR EjßsrflE|WlWS|U|M o’ EEE RNS®R ah |L®bl mirn iMMr i iiihiijiij pledge to quit the use of tobacco. Business men should not only sign the petition to the senators and congressmen, favoring the law to prohibit the use of the mails for the sale of unsolicited merchandise but should write them personally. Its a nuisance

and an unfair business practice that ought to be stopped. Os course when you receive a bunch of neckties or some other article which you have not ordered you don't have to keep them but you do have to go to the trouble of returning them or subject yourself to a lot of sharp abuse. The men who conduct such a business don’t have any interest in your local affairs, don't aid in way to keep things moving and have only one desire,- to sell cheap goods at a profit. . o ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦ * Big Features Os * • RADIO • * Programs Today * Thursday's Five Best Radio Features (Copyright 1925 by United Press) WEAK, and hookup. -0 p. m. (EST) — 9 p. m (CST)) —“Passing of 1925." WOAW, Omaha. 526—1 a. m. (CST) —Pacific Coast program. IVOS. Jefferson City. 441. 9 p. m. (CST) —Old Time Fiddlin’ contest. KGO, Oakland, 361 —8 p. m. (PCST) KGO players. KIP, Philadelphia, 508—11 p. m. (EST) —Civic celebration of New Year's Eve. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSISSK M 8 3 TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY 8 8 8 8 From the Daily Democrat File 8 8 Twenty Years Ago This Day 8 8 » 8 8388 8888888888888 December 31, 1905 was Sunday. z , o , ♦ 1 • Congress One Hundred Years Ago (United Press) House Committee preparing report on in- ' vestigation of charges against VicePresident Calhoun. Senate Not in session. CONGRESS TODAY Not in session. i o —- Letters Missing From Files Os W. G. Harding Marion, Ohio, Dec 31. — (United j Press) —George H- Van Fleet, editor of the Marion Star, today declined to elaborate on his editorial of yesterday, in which he revealed that letters were missing from the late President Hardings personal tiles upon their arrival here from the White House, shortly after the Harding funeral August 1, 1923. Van Fleet’s editorial, intended to counteract criticism of several newspapers over the fact that Mrs. Harding had burned much of the president's correspondence, caused a profound sensation here. Not even the officials of the Harding Memorial executive .committee, knew the letters were missing. They expressed astonishment but declined to comment. The nature of the correspondence which the editorial intended ( to charge was removed from the files in Washington remains a mystery. Who - took i the letters or why they were taken is . left by Van Fleet for conjecture.

Employe Retired On Pension At Age Os 80; Never Missed Day’s Work Napanee, Ind., Dec. 31. — (United Press) —John Eshhenbaugb, 80. for more than 46 years an employe of the Coppes Brothers and Zook Company, here, has boon placed on the company’s pension list. During his 46 years’ employment Eshenbaugh never missed a single day and worked overtime enough to gain an additituola year. 1 will not be responsible for any debts incurred by my wife, Nettie Van' Gurlder, who left me without cause. Chauucy Van Gurlder. 807-Mx

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What was it that you brought to earth Who seemed so lively at your birth? High hopes of fortune and delight, Tir ged with the knowledge that you might Have hurt and sorrow-in your train — Ami now for you, death’s final pain! '3ld year, your course was that of ours. May saw you dancing 'mid the flowers. As once we danced our youth away. What matter that we longer stay? Not all the hopes which marked our birtji Have "had fruition on the earth. Some days were bleak and cold and gray. Some deeds of ours have brought dismay,

BUS LINES GET MUCH ATTENTION Public Service Commission Spends Half Os Its Time With Industry Indianapolis, Dec. 31. — (United Press) —Indiana's infant prodigy, the bus' line industry, which -for many nxinths required the undivide attention of all member? of the Indiana public service commission, has ceased its demands to some extent. Howell Ellis, secretary of the commission, said today.

At the present time, matters relating to the governing of the ever growing bus line systems of Indiana requires just about as much time as all other matters combined—-or exactly one-half of the commission’s time. Imring the last nine mouths, or since April 1, when the new law west into effect, more than 350 bus liner have been granted certificates authorizing them to operate over the high>ways of this state, Ellis said. In order to establish this number of lines, the members of the commission, the secretary and all of the field examiners were required to conduct hearings in approximately 700 cases. MdttTV* these hearings were long, draw affairs, Ellis explained and in m Ifc.instances new hearings were requ It'.’dJ and granted, necessitating the Xn<|Jmg of great masses of data. Ai de’vtMi today with lines establish'ed Wvlift reach to practically every towi ! j‘<hnn?JP re thau sou population, in the there is not a day passes

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Joy was uot always ours to know. Some of our hopes have fallen low And now you join death's caravan. Sharing the destiny of man Man at the closing of his years Has known both happy smiles and tears, Failure and conquest, good and bad, Not always breve, not always glad, And yet he passes with the prayer. Something of merit marks him there. Old year, some see yoa at your worst, You broke tip dream they held at first. Some call you friendly, some may sneer And say you brought but misery here, Y'et none who ever comes to earth Achieves the dreams which mark his birth.

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that at least one petition effecting the Jf lines is filed with the commission, the secretary pointed out. U Many of these petitions are for the (Us establishment of new lines, while oth. As ,ers are for authority to issue stock. 5 increase rjtes, or to buy some other ar line | Jf Ellis says that he expects the pres- B ent rush of business to continue for at U least another year after which it. will p gradually decrease, and finally reach a qjj stage where the bus lines wifi cause 3 no more work for the commission than 3 the tractio nand railroad lines. I~n During the coming year, however. U the secretary of the commission expects that an average of at least two Q petitions each day will be fifed effect- S ingthe state’s "infant prodigy.” |g

Two Professional Football S Clubs Get Stiff Penalties 3 • ■ I ZJj Cohftnbus, Ohio, Dec. 31. — (United U Press) —President Joseph F. Carr of M the National Professional Football (j League, has meted out stiff penalties fl to the Milwaukee and Chicago club,', S found guilty of violating league rules 3 by permitting four Chicago high school 5 boys to play in a game at Chicago De- 3 cembef 10. g The Milwaukee Club was fined SSOO | and ordered to dispose of its fran- | . chise. In addition, Carr suspended j . tho Pottsville, Fa., club from the ■ league for violating the territory of E the Philadelphia Yellow Jackets and ■ I assessed a fide °1 SOOO. The Milwaukee club is given ninety L . days in which to sell its franchise. Thereafter the charter will be auto- g . math-ally forfeited, Carr declared. Ju • , addition, (lie game, whicli was won by c i the Cardinals, has been stricken from * j I the records. i

Round-The-World Buick Makes Visit To Decatur The Buick car which has just completed a trip around the world visited Decatur Wednesday, It was announced . by W. D. Porter, local Buick dealer. The globe trotting Buick, according to Mr. Porter, circled the world entirely alone, without a permanent driver or mechanic. It made the trip hi less time than that consumed by the Round-the-World Flyers. The car was 'passed from the hands of one Buick dealer to the next, entirely around its big circle—some 350 drivers driving it before it returned to New York, its official starting point. The car, a Standard Six touring model, also completed the trip without needing a repair or replacement of any part enroute, though it had the assurance of Buick Authorized Service 1 during all of its journey. Every one jof its nearly 20,000 land miles were within the salee and service territory of some Buick dealer. The trip around the world was planned to demonstrate that a Buick will stand t|ie driving of all kinds of driver* and the punishment of all kinds of roads. And that it can go clear out to the fringes of the earth and still be safeguarded by the overseas service facilities of Buick.

The only special preparation for the I trip was the installation bf two extra spare tires on the runniifg boards — J four spare tires altogether—and then the installation of supplementary oil, gasoline and water tanks Aso on the running boards. These were to carry supplies for the desert miles where filling stations are hundreds of miles apart instead of every few hundred yards. An interesting fact about the Round-the-World Buick is that it is a right hand drive. Nearly all Buicks used overseas have the drive on the "starbard” side because overseas traffic reverses its position on thb road keeping to the left rather than to the right. The right hand drive was an advantage to the car while it was passing through the hands of its drivers in the eastern hemsisphere, but when it returned to America this turned out to be a considerable disadvantage. American drivers are accustomed to the left hand drive with right hand gear shifting. Even the best drivers place a considerable strain on gears and clutch when they arp forced to shift gears with their left hand and operate the clutch pedal in its unfamiliar position. One of tile most difficult parts of the trip was the long run completely across the continent of Australia. Many of the roads on this log of the trip were impassable—mere sheep trails. Tlie globe-circling Buick, however, left the ship on which it came to Australia from Ceylon, one afternoon at Perth on the West Australian coast and was on its way bright and early the next morning for Melbourne nearly 2500 miles away on the east coast. Across the mountains and the Great

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Victorian desert it hl :o its schedule und arrived on the I in Melbourne. | where it took ship fj laiwail. Although the schd laid down for the complete trip solmes called for an average speed ol miles an hour in order to catch a 4ig date and so arrive home in rec ijime, it ia worthy of note that I world-girdling Buick arrived on in every instance. * In its great cirAhe Buick lias passed through EnfA the European Continent. Egypt. QSyrian Desert, India, Ceylon. Austfl and the Great Victorian Desert, llii. Canada and the United States.l Some idea of thAc of going encountered by the d; traveler may be gained from a ||n of this letter written by the Bui dealer in Beirut who drove the car lugb the Syrian Desert from Beirut Damascus and Bagdad "The road was dale in places, being nothing more A a cart track strewn with large Alders. In the run over the Ix-baß Mountains, the car climbed to a lAt of more than a mile. After speAg the night at Damascus, the 540 ih ruu to Bagdad was made at an aßgc speed of 35 miles an hour.” At the completion the Globe journey the Round th Arid Bufek was met by thOupsandsAluiek owners in New York City, wll it headed a triumphant parade << Fifth Avenue and was welcome®' Mayor Hylan ou the steps of thAty Hall. After a few day.A display in New York City, it resunAts contact with Buick dealers. SB unaccompanied, it is now visitingAry one of the several thousand Ie dealers in tbe United States. TlAvill add approximately 50,000 miliL the figures on its speedometer wifi the next twelve months. It* ENTERTAIN AGENTS Marcellus Miller, triCt Agent For Curtis Publishing L.. Gives Party For Boy ■lesmen. One of the delfgAl parties of the season was held la Jighf at tile home of Mr. and Mrs. CB. J- Miller, when their sou, MarcelltAistrict agent for the Curtis Publish! Company, entertained his boy su gents at a business and social me ng. The entertaining >oms were decorated in red and sen and a large lighted Christmas eiu keeping with the holiday season Business was fir ;aken care of and plans for a succes 1 new year were made The boys were <| gratulated on the good work they awdoiug and prizes were awarded to elorgc and Joseph Tricker and Josep»traub for selling the most extra iwistiuas Journals The boys were u'/l to work for promotion in the Lea A 1 of Curtis Salesmen ,an organizatil of the more successful boy sales Eli of the Curtis I üblisliing Compai Membership iu the League is attled by successful

salesmanship, aud good ichool records and character to meat the standards of the organization. Prizes were of sered the boys first reaching their next degree in the organization. The Company recently appropri. ated a fund of 1250,000 to be loaned to League boys reaching the Graduate Degree in the League, to be used tor their College education.. The social hour was spent in play, ing games and in several >contests. Prizes were awarded to the following: in a word contest—first prize was won by James Burk, second by Richard Macklin and third by Harold Melchi; in a peanut guessing contest, Joseph Tricker won the prize, and in a beau harrying contest the prize was won by Richard Macklin. Tbe boys were all treated to candy, peanuts, pop-corn balls and apples, after which they gave three rousing Cheers for the host aud his mother. Those present to enjoy the evening were James Burk. Richard Macklin, Edward Summer:. Harold Melchi, Richard Mailand, Jos eph Straub, George and Joseph Tricker and Leo Miller. * o Ford Squadron Planes Head South For Florida Dayton, Ohio., Dec. 31. — (United Press)—Three of the five planes iu the Ford Squadron hopped off here Wednesday for Nashville, Tenn They are heading for Florida, where the I-Yoiida airways corporation will operate an air line. , One plane, piloted by Lieut, Jack Harding of world flight famed flew directly from Gary, Ind., to Louisville, Ky., where it will join the others today. Harding was forced down by a snowstorm. The fifth plane, downed at Deshler. Ohio, by a frozen gas line, will meet the others at Nashville. Major A. W. Robertson, flight con.majider, who <« - cupied this plane, hopped off in one of the three to leave Dayton today. He motored from Deshler. —o Jitney Bus Driver Held On Manslaughter Charge Terre Haute, hid., Dec. 31. — Jess'Brockway, 30, jitne/ bus driver, wa held today on a charge of involun tary manslaughter for the death of Mrs. Amelia Beach, sister of Eugene Debs, Socialist leader. Mrs. Beach was knocked to the pavement by a bus drven by Brock v.ay and crushed to death by another bus reflowing closely behind.

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