Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 9 January 1926 — Page 5

CLUB CALENDER Saturday W k. C. installation— postponed definitelyMonday Tri Kuppa-Mrs. D. J. Hensley K el>, kah and Odd Fellow nstallation Os Officers- I. o. O. F. Hall. Woman’s Club— Library, 8:30 p. in. Research Club-Mrs. J. C. Sutton. 2:30 pni. Tuesday fortnightly Club-Mra. Jack Melbers, 7:30 p. m. C. T. U.— Library. 2:30 p. m. Wednesday b allies' Aid Society of Zion Reformed Church—Church. 2:30 pm. Shakespeare Club —Mrs. Fred tersonHistorical Club—Mrs. Paul V. Edwards. 215 Jefferson St. Thursday Christian Ladies’ Aid Society Mrs. (. f Myers, 949 Mercer avenue, 2:30 p. in \ ... ■ — Miss Emma M. Stoll, superintendent of the Wells county hospital, and Mrs. O. G Hailton. former superintendent. will be liostesses to the first District Nurses' Association of Indiana, at Mrs. Hamilton’s homo at Bluffton, this afternoon. The Cem tral Directory, which was organized' in Fort Wayne three years ago. has proven a real service to the public in supplying graduate nurses in emergencies as well as other times when they are badly needed. Members of the association are registered there when off duty and in that manner nurses can be supplied in an hour's notice. Miss Emilio Crist, superintendent of the* Adams County Memorial hospital, and several other local nurses had planned to attend the meeting today, but because of the roads being almost impassable they have cancelled the trip. Tbe Ladies' Aid Society of the Christiou church will meet at the home of Mrs. Gfl. E Myers. 949 Mercer avenue, at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Zion Reformed church will Wednesday at 2:30 o'clock. The annual dollar social will Ire held at this meeting and all are urged to come prepared. Election of officers will also be held. Mi-. D. J. Hensley will entertain the members of • the Tri Kappa. Sorority Monday afternoon at her home on Fifth street. o 5 Ecu Shills of across the state line <ame jn to renew for his twentyfifth year to the Daily Democrat. Henry Alwein of Shelby, Ohio, father of Frank Alwein, well known hwe. was operated on last night at hospital at Shelby when his left foot was amputated. •'He has been ■i.■!> ring from diabetes for two years w and the poison settled in the 11111 it is hoped the oi>eratlon will Iniibing hiu ijf e an( j re Hev<» his sufferings. f- your subscription due? The an"uai campaign for renewals is now mi and we are anxious to clean the p’’ ' up within the next month. call and remit as soon as Possible.

big basketball games and a " ft 'i town fire at the same time last. ‘ 'n'a, kept t | le thrill hunters raov;'ro"n'‘ rather speedily. w J' J - Di ‘Hng, of Preble township. «■ busmess visitor in the city Wll ' morning. Kph r v a "| (l ‘ MrS ' F VaH aud Mr ' for ( '' 11 loav ° Sunday morning Sil v'u WCHI M °- where Messrs. c , t look after business interof 'tL 'm 1 - Mr ”' Ben Shiltß ‘ ot eaßt morning " sl,o| ’ I,crs bare fbis admi'S mT’ 0 /, Wrcn - Ohl °- was ' mori-il i A,lan,s County Me- , ~K t In , „ „ S I,r " s * * I taS:”' 1 "' -« « *■» «».' noon. • VISILor here <h»s alter Miss Ropi,v IVjvj)., lu “rtaugb, of Fort witi > <>er‘nmtlmr in 3 We<?k eUd he *’ e b'fank pn,, Iif 'iHi tlm ' « ltturae « from South after i, Usi , a ' ri,oou > where he looked met, ‘ Ueis treats for the past in»ss ein* 100 ’ 2 ° f Portla ®d, "as a busiioon. 1 111 *^ a C ’ ,J ’ Friday after3 ‘ i^au4boi; Sl 7 "* !1 leavp Suntla y for prtl^hn e ’7 t 0 aUeUd the ’• ee P tio!l i e annual State Outoinet-

ricYonventlon, to be held in that city Monday and Tuesday. Miss Monti I Buller is spending a few days with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bufler, of North Fifth street before going to Cincinnati. Ohio, where she has accepted a position as cbiet anesthetist in tiie University Hospital of Cincinnati. Miss Butler has been as anesthetist at the Epworth Hospital in South Bend lor the past year. O. H. Rice, of Monroe, was a business visitor here this afternoon. Miss Frances Murphy, of Monroe, - was a visitor in the city this afternoon. G. R. Martz, of Monroe, looked at- 1 ter business interests here today. , o ( Church Announcements; j Zion Reformed Church | A. R./Fledderjqhann, Pastor. , We are hoping that the member- f ship of this church is entering intoL the special evangelistic services with I ( interest and enthusiasm. The pastor', will have the assistance of four other speakers: The Rev. .1. F. Tapy, of Fort Wayne, who delivered two powei ful messages here about two months ' ago will fill the pulpit next Monday, 1 Tuesday and Wednesday nights, Jan. 1 11th, 12th, and 13th: the Rev. 1). 1 Grether, the new pastor of the Magley 1 Reformed church will preach on Thursday and Friday night, Jan 14th 1 and «15th; the Rev. 0. H. Scherry, pastor of the Reformed church at Vera Cruz will occupy the pulpit the following Sunday and Monday night, Jan. 17th and 18th; and the Rev. F. 11. Rupnow, pastor of the large St. 1 John’s Reformed congregation of Fort Wayne will prerch on Tuesday. 1 Wednesday- and Thursday nights, ' Jan. Ititii, 20th, and 21st. Special 1 singing and musical numbers will be 1 rendered at these Efforts have been made to have special ’ numbers from Fort Wayne, Vera Cruz, - 1 Magley and Markle. There will lie ' a variety of services but all will have the same goal in view. They ought 1 to prove interesting and stir us to 1 greater service in Kingdom work. : Zion Reformed cordially invites you. We extend the glad hand of J Christian fellowship. If this is tbe ; church of your choice we urge ami 1 invite you to attend the services. I .Sunday services are as follows: ] Sunday School at 9:15. We want a jihurch going Sunday school. Morning service at 10:30. Sermon subject. “Tile Christian Home.” Junior and Senior C. E. societies . meet at G:ls. The members of these ; two societies are urged to show a < definite interest in our special ser- 1 vices. Evening service at 7:00. Sermon ’ text, “Will Ye also Go Away?” You 1 should hear this important message. 1 The G. M. G. will give special numb- s crs. Bring your friends. We appro- ; elated having the students of Col. Reppert s Auctioneering School attend in a body last Sunday night. Come again, Boys! The churches welcome you. - o ( Church of God , ~ i Sunday school—9:3o. ( Preaching—lo:3o. ( I Young peoples evening services—--6:30 < Preaching—7:3o. , Mid-week prayer meeting—7:3o. , St. Mary’s Church • —w— — • First mass—7:3o. - High mass—9:ls. Christia ndoctrine—2:oo. * Prayer hour and benediction 2:30.

Organization Os State Vigilante System Puts End To Bank Robberies Indianapolis, Jan. 9. — (United Press)—Bank bandits are experiencing ’ a lean winter this year in Indiana. Only two small robberies occurred in the full ’and early Winter Thorough organization for the pursuit of bandits is responsible for the slump in the business, according to I the protective division of the Indiana Bankers’ Association. Throughout last winter ami spring, daring robberies wore successfully executed in every seel ion of the slat'- with such rapidity that it appdaped local authorities were unable to cope with the situation. I Officials of the state banker associaItion held council of war as the total of the loot stolen mounted toward the .bundled thousand dollar mark in the early summer. I Vigilance committees were organized m practically every county in the state to meet the emergency. Members of i th committees were armed, trained in marksmanship and given police powers. I Former service men volunteered as members of the committees and a ship 'inent of arms was received from the . war department. Orders to shoot to kill were issued to ail the vigilantes . i Quick methods ot spreading the \ t

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Argentina Suffering From A Heat Wave Buenos Aires, Jan. 9—(United Press) — Argentina is suffering from a heat wave. Fifteen heat prostrations have been reported for the past 24 hours and the thermometer here reached its highest point of the year yesterday when it registered 97*6r At Santa Fe the thermometer stood at 103.

alarm of a robbery were worked out by the state association in cooperation with telephone and telegraph companies. The couhty bankers’ associations posted heavy rewards for thy capture of a bank bandit, dead o ralive, and in most cases the rewards offered were larger for a dead bandit than for one taken alive. Suddenly the activities of the bandits ceased and although a renewal of their work was feared with the advent of cold weather it failed to materialize. Many of the old gangsters are doing tme for their robberies. Others have deserted the profession for the less dangerous job of bootlegging, and apparently the rest figure the chances of beating the game are now against them i o STORMS CLAIM HEAVY TOLL IN EASTERN STATES IIOVriMEII FROM I'AGE ONF.) termitten tfy. Other points in the central and southern parts of the state reported deep snow. New Albany in the extreme southern portion had a tall of seven inches. The northwest section of Indiana was out of the area of the worst of the snow storm, according to weather bureau reports. WeaOher prpdictipns, however, were that the storm would pass out to sea before night. Temperatures around freezing heralded the blast. Three persons met death in State Island when their motors skidded on an icy turn and crashed into a telephone pole.

o — RUMORS FLY AS OPERATORS* AND MINERS MEEH <1 OX I'l X t i:i> FROM PAGE O.XE) yesterday mornjng was vigorously denied by other members of the miners group. 3—A report that the conference was held together simply by the hope of Hie neutral chairman. Alvan Markle, that some unforseen circumstance would arise to make possible an i nd to the hard coal suspension. —o Fire Prevention To Be Stressed In Messages t Indianapolis, Jan. 9—Message of fire prevention will be carried into tiie. schools, large factories, hotels and other public buildings, Horace F. Carey, chief of the fire prevention department announced today. Carey announced that he is organizing a lecture committee which will carefully explain the fire dangers in all forms. ‘More lives can hex snuffed out within a short time by fire than by

! J i Kb ■lt r famfiuFreL* a I “Come Right In” I | The officers of Ibis bank tire here Io help give good banking L service Io the wide limit of our , 11. ability. We help most where we understand best. II you de- ? sire a financial service which a i conservalive bank can properh - 1 . give, come right in and tell us - ; about it. There arc z no doors S! too private Io admit serious 8 iniuded persons. . . | Capital and Surplus

anything' I know of,” Carey said. Hotel employes will be requested ti? watch carefully that all exit lights are iti order, that extinfftifshers are kept in-order and that exits are not blockaded. Fire employe}, will likewise be given fire drills and instructed to keep their places free from debris, i in the zchools the A. B. C.s of safety will be taught in plain, language so that the smallest pupils will know how to act in an emergency, Casey said. o United Press Employe Is Father Os New Babe Even the busiest men in Indianapolis get a day off occasionally. Arthur Suverkrup, one of the wire men in the Indianapolis office of the United Press Association, took Friday off when a telephone call early Yesterday moriitng notified him that lie was the father of an eight-pound baby girl. The babe's name is Mary Jo and was born yesterday morning. Mr. Suverkrup, though not known liersonally in this city, is the man who supplies the Daily Democrat with its foreign and state news, through the United Press telephone wires at Indianapolis.

U. S. Renews Protest To Mexican Government Danger Is Remote Washington, Jan. 9. — (United Press)—The United - States sent at note to tiie Mexican government renewing its protests against the alleged configatory features of tile new Mexican alien land and petroleum law. Both laws violate tiie principles of International H-aw. article 14, of the Mexican Constitution. Mexican Supreme court decisions and previous Mexican-American agreements by making article 27 of the- Mexican Constitution retroactive, the note maintains. o MINERS TO HOLD , MASS MEETING l< UXTIXt i:i» FROM PAGE IIVE) united inine workers will be (he chief - Evansville, Ind.. Jan. 9 Intimation that, a conference with union officials to arrive at a working basis for operation of tiie Buckskin and Hie Korff nonunion mines being sought, were made here today by Walter Korff, manager of the mines. It is understood that Korff would be willing to meet the officials, providing they would permit resumption of work at the mines while negotiation's are in progress. * Town Almost Destroyed ‘ By Tornado, Property Valuations Are Higher Mt. Vernon, lud , Jan. 9-(United Press)—lt’s an ill wind that blows no good. As evidence— Look al Griffin, the tornado swept, town in Posey county, which was literally blown off the map last March. Prior to the tornado, the property in the town had an assessed valuation. $18,593 lower than the valuation in 1925 which was $153,433. —— -o Hour For Elks’ Partv Changed To 8:45 O’Clock Owing to a. conflict between the Simultaneous evangelistic meetings,

1..-Ill; held as seven Decatttr Protestant 1 ■ I churches next week and the party to i be held at, the Elks home Monday i night, the time for the party has been t changed front 7:30 o'clock to 8:45. o’clock. . I s The party will be in the form of a ’ > card party and dance and will be for | Elks and their families. No charge will f, be made and all members are cordially i -.invited to attend the function. There 5 will bi' plenty of entertainment sor 1 - both old and young.. o Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 9 — (United Press) —Confused by a blinding snow , storm, two boys and two girls were instantly killed at Newport, Mich., J near hefe, last night, when a speeding Detroit-Toledo interurban demol- , ished their automobile, j ————————————— | TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY ■ FOR RBI4T—IOO acre farm, I>£ mile I north of Domestic. Grover Liby. R ' 2. Craigville phone. Bt3x eod FOR SALE —Jersey cow with calf at ■'i side; two Jersey heifers to be . I fresh soon. F. E. Andrews, % mile ! north of Monroe. Bt2x

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I I ; We Want 1 I Your I I i an we | Cooperation I tite r I When the fire alarm is sounded PLEASE DO NOT p rush to the Telephone and ask Central, “Where is the || i Fire? ” J Within the last month the Telephone Exchange has || been flooded with calls, inquiring as to the location of -ffi tfi the fire. In order to give service to the telephone patrons, S answer regular calls and “punch” them as they come || in, Central cannot tell you where the fire is. PLEASE ' S do not make Central’s work any harder or more tedious S •fi than it is by Calling and asking where the fire is. S'' • s If it’s your home or place of business Central will |MR try to get in touch with you. tfi - 'MR * in Case of Fire * _ When you want to send in the alarm—call and ask Ge for CHIEF OPERATOR and tell her where the fire is ® apd she will notify the department and give the alarm. ’ bril ah w u: Jfi PleaSe‘coope'rate with us in helping UR z take care of fire alarms. life 9 I * City of I I Decatur I • s — ’ os

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