Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1926 — Page 5

fycicty' CLUB CALENDER Monday Delta Theta Tati-Mrs. Hubert ecbmitt, 8 P. m. Tuesday c l. Os C.—K. Os c. Hall. 6:30 p. m. Wednesday Shakespeare Club—Mrs. J. C. SuttoHisturical Club-Mrs. Dave Campbell. Miss Adelaide Dainlnger will be bos. te g g to the Bachelor Maids Wednesday evening at-6:30 ocllock. Mrs- Hubert Schmitt will entertain the members of the Delta Theta Tau Sorority Monday evening, at flght o’clock. The meeting will be t )l( regular monthly social meeting atul the hostess wii be assisted by MIS j{. L. Kern in entertaining. The attendance of every member is desired. Th" regular meeting of the Catho- ' lie Ladies' of Columbus will be held at the Knights of Columbus hall Tuesday evening. A warm lunch will !be served at twenty-five cents a plate at 6:30 o'clock. The presence of all members is urged. o Mrs. Albert Bonner, of Pleasant Mills, was a shopper here this at-, ternoon, J Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Amrine and son. of Anderson, are the week-end I guests of Mrs. D. D. Slark and family. W. A. Klcpper and E. L. Martin, of Huntington, have returned from a ten-day business trip to New York and other cities in the east, in the interest of the Cloverleaf Creameries. inc. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Heller and Col. Fred Reppert went to Forj Wayne this afternoon where Col. Reppert and Mi*. Heller will lodk after business. L. D. Brown, of Pleasant Mills, was a business visitor here this afternoon,. Frank Martz, of Monroe, looked after business interests here this as-i ternoon. Mi Phillip Carper, of west of the city, was in the city this afternoon, shopping. Martin Krueckeberg, of northwest of the city, was a business visitor here today. Miss Clarice Lux is spending the week nd with her ..parents, Mr. and •Mrs. Lux, at Fort Wayne. I’ete Bolinger was admitted to the! Adams County Memorial Hospital this morning for medical treatment. talierc Carver, who underwent a minor operation at flic local hospital this morning, is recovering satisfactorily.

y O — Bank Cashier’s Coolness I hwarts Daring Robbery Francisco. Ind., Jan. 16.—The coolii' s of Earl Weitzel thwarted the (larInR attempt of Michael Broshear, Princeton miner, to rob the. bank here, Friday. Broshear, who entered the bank armed with a ahof-gttn ajid obtained less than SIOO, was shot tjown in a <urn field as he fled utter the robbery. The money was recovered. Commanding Weitzel to “stick em up,” Broshear began to gather in the money thrown at. him bf the cashier who calmly stepped ou an electric signal bell. Realizing he was trui>q>ed Broshear fled, attempted to return to frince•on ia a taxi he had hired in that city and tailing, fled doV.n the street. A running gun battle followed with vigal.-ntes who sprang into action w.Ucn the robbery signal Kountjed.

A Voice That Wants To Reach Every Ailing Woman I,land, Ills.—H took Dr. I'icrcc’s favorite Prescription for fcniinine weakness and it give me entire Wk satisfaction. I ■> most always have, some of Dr. Pierce's medicine."' 'i / in nv lioti c.”— I . / Mrs. Fay Bate.,, 536 21st S*. f 'MI W A.re you suffer W ing from lack 6f J I vitality consequent ■■ . , / to .the weaknesses • ~ , of women? If so,, tierce’s Favorite Prescription will ’ re J* e f. J* is a purely herbal tonic vhich Dr. Pictce piesciibed in his actnc practice years ago. Every dealer '■r- t* tn both liquid and tablets 'vrite Dr. Pierce. President Invalids* -- te. in Buffalo, N. Y., for'free medical advice,

I. .~ 1 1: t Suits To Foreclose The GiUiom Lumber company of i Berne lias filed suit ,agaiußt Grace > and Ell Bixler to foreclose a mcchau ic's lien, demanding judgment for | S3OO. The plaintiffs allege that the | above amount is due for lumber and materials furnished for repairs on the buildings located on a lot in the town of Salem, owned by the defend-j ants. Attorney F. M. Cottrell, of Berue, is counsel for the plaintiff. The First Joint Stock Land Bank, of Fort Wayne, has filed a suit to j foreclose a mortgage against Henry • ■ F. Rodenbcck and others, in the’ Adams .circuit court. Judgment for I $5,000 is demanded. Attorneys Vesey & Vesey represent the plaintiff. | I Letters Issued Letters of administration have been issued to Joseph W. Walker i-n the estate of Rosa Wheeler. Bond in the sum of $4,500 was filed. I Will Probated The will of Elizabeth E, Armstrong has been probated in court here. The will provides that, the entire estate be left to three sisters of the deceased. namely Emma J. Thornhill. Naomi Ford and Alverta May MeCullom, they to share alike. The lat-| ter was appointed executrix, and she . filed bond in the sum of $2,500. Case Dismissed The case of the Larned-Carter company vs. the Berne Dry Goods company has been dismissed on motion of the plaintiff. o Argument Is Made In Defense Os Short Skirts By lietltla Hoyt (Written for the United Press) J New York, Jan. 10 —(United Press) I —Here's another whack at women who wear short Skirts and smoke cigarettes. Mis- John B. Henderson, wellknown society woman of Washington, 1). C„ intends to appeal to the Haugh | tors of the Revolution and other sim-’ ilar societies to assist her in waging a war against short skirts and cigarettes. It is through the mothers of America that Mrs. Henderson hopes to strike the knee-exposing daughters. Anything that is sponsored by sol • reputable person as Mrs. Henderson I ■ is worthy of contemplation. Anything for the betterment of our young morals is likewise worth our consideration, j However, let’s recall the styles of I the days when most of the women sponsoring this new movement were in their flapperhood. The days when vlr|tue paraded in bustles, hip-pads, front (fills, false locks and corset stays. Surely the leg is no more of an immoral influence than were the plumpish bust and hip effects in those days. The . freedom of short-skirts and uneorseted I bodies does not give us moral free- > I dom. If girls are inclined to be wild today it’s not because their ‘innerds’ are unfettered or because their hair ! is short. Virtue can not be inyteriWed by such things. f In creating the World the maker sawfit to provide all living things other than fish or reptiles with from two to four legs upon which to navigate. Manmade laws demanded that the female of the human species entwine her legs in skirts. Recently women have been’ untwining a little. Hence the furore. ' Short skirts have no bearing on morals. ' They are sane, sanitary and give us the freedom of limb which is essential in these days of speeding vehicles. They have never made a girl ‘bad' nor can they. Men have grown so accustomed to seeing their mothers and sisters in them that they no longer find legs more enticing than arms, lips or > eyes. ,

Bobbed hair likewise is tabooed by many of the ladies who wish to curb the waywardness of mode’s Misses. Hut, thank goodness, the days wheitt theatres reeked with the odor of stale switches and long tresses are past. If long hair is a soul-saver, short hair is a time-saver. As to smoking, that's a matter for the individual to solve. Until n-law is; passed prohibiting smoking, women who like to smoke will demand equal rights with men. Aside from its possible detriment to health, smoking has no influence, upon morals. Smoking

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Fort Wayne, announces a free lecture on Christian Science by Mrs. Nelvia E. Ritchie C. S. of Sewickley, Pa., ipember of The Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Mass., to be given in the Moose Auditorium. Webster street entrance, Tuesday evening, January 19th at b o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. Lecture to be broadcasted from station W. H. B. J. wave length 234 iueters. It

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can't deuden the brain or set women on the man hunt. In fact, many men steer clear of girls who smoke. With all due resnect to the upright/ women who are aiming to make the ! world a better place for girls to live I in. we are inclined to believe that these ladies are not the ones who “set’’ or wear styles. And although we may ! eventually go back to long hair and long hems, it will be because wo nre following a fashion and not u moral regime thrust upon us by a sincere group of elderly ladles who have forgotten the days when they were proud ‘o( their rotund chests. -s o I Queer Trick Os Fate Prevented Sen. lenroot From Being President By Paul R. Mallon I Washington, Jan. 16 — (United Press)—tLeading the battle for Presi- . dent Coolidge's world court on the Re- | publican side of the Senate -Chamber is a man who himself might be sitting ; in the White House today if one of his comrades had not'been ten minutes (late makjng a speech. The queerest trick of fate kept Senator Irvin L. Lenroot, Republican. Wisconsin. from being nominated at the Republican National Convention in 1920 in Chicago as vice presidential candidate instead of President Coolidge. i Now Lenroot is facing the hardest fight of his career to keep his place in I the Senate. He is up for re-election I in November and aligned against him are the LaFollette-Blaine coalition forces who seem to be in control of the state. Defeat would send him back to private life. Here's how it happened: Warren G. Harding had been nominated for the presidency in 1920 after it j had become apparent that neither Frank O. Lowden of lllionois nor Major Genera {Leonard Wood could be nominated. Lowden and Wood had deadlocked the convention and Harding was chosen as a compromise. The same group of leaders that chose Harding also selected Lenroot as vice-presiden-tial candidate. | The word was passed around that both would be put over the next day. Harding was nominated and the tired delegates drifted out of the convention hall unattracted by the comparatively uninteresting routine of choosing Lenroot as vice presidential candidate. The late Senator Medill McCormick was selected to nominate Lenroot. For some unexplained reason he was not present when it came time to recog-

AN ANNOUNCEMENT American L!E§ Insurance Company CLARENCE L. AYRES, President Detroit, Michigan FINANCIAL STATEMENT AS Ol DECEMBER 31, 1925 ASSETS First Mortgages on Real Estate and Real Estate Bonds ‘(worth in each instance double the amount loaned) $7,518,308.<1.» Municipal Bonds Policv Loans and Renewal Premium Notes (net) 1,73J,139.2.) Real Estate ($340,029.53 sold on contract) 513,435.71 NZT. 170,098.15 tlx certificates Interest Due and Accrued > .... ’ * Deferred and Uncollected Premiums (net) 221,8.>a.<b Fufniture, Underwriting Equipinent, Fix,|uees, Vaults and Supplies (all charged off) None Agents’ Debtor Balances None Non-admitted Assets None ' ' ' —‘ r ~ Total Net Assets y 510,400,568.56 LIABILITIES Reserve for all policies in force including disability reserve ... .$9,210,230.11 Reserve for installment trust benefits not yet due 295,282.59 Reserve for present value of disability benefits not yet due ... 71,811.70 Reserve for unpaid claims in course of adjustment :■.■■■■ 20,000.00 Reserve for premiums and interest paid in advance and dividends left on deposit .' : 59,462.00 Reserve funds apportioned and set aside for annual dividend policies .7 26,213.02 Reserve for agents’ credit balances 6,140.28 Reserve for taxes / 36,122.06 Reserve <for all other liabilities ; • • 27,964.21 Contingency Fund $168,826.26 Capital 200,000,00 Surplus 245,186.27 Surplus to Policyholders (net) 611,012.53 Total Liabilities $10,400,568.56 SOME SALIENT FEATURES Ol AMERICAN Lil E PROGRESS The Company’s Outstanding Insurance Accou it now Amounts to (paid for basis) $75,809,525.34 The Asset Resources of the Company are 10,400,568.56 The Policy Legal Reserve-Account Required by Law Amounts Io 9,240.230. H The Resources from Annual Income in 1925 were 2,993,568.27 The Comptmy Paid a> Policyholders an/l their Beneficiaries during the year 1925 795,304.60 The Sums paid Policyholders and their Beneficiaries from Organization to date amount, to $4,530,085.91 Amount now held for protection and benefit of Polit y holders 10,400,568.56 Total amount paid to and now held for benefit and protection of Policyholders 14,930.654.17 The Company (ncreased its Assets during 1925 in the amount of 1,202,389.18

inize him for the nominating speech and when he did gut up, the restlessness of the delegates prompted him to cut short his remarks. It seemed an entirely useless procedure. With Lenroot unopposed, Wallace McCaniant, a delegate from Oregon, suddenly jumped to his feet and put i Coolidge'in nomination. He had not ! been thought, of as vice presidential • candidate before. The Massachusetts j delegation had been backing him for the presidential domination, not for the vice presidency. The arrangements for putting 4.enj root over, upon McCormick's delay and what followed is history. Harding and Coolidge swept the country and when Harding died Coolidge succeeded him in the White House. Coolidge's victories might have been Ixmroot's but for the little trick of fate. -X—L-! a-

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Life Os One Bov Given To Save Five Others South Bend, Ind.. Jan, 16.—(United < I Press)—The life of one boy was given ] io save the Ute of five others In the ] first boh sled accident of (he season ] here last night. ! Kenneth Roeder, 13, was thrown in- ] (to the path of a Wabash train and < I killed when Walter Gilmer. 14, driving ( his father's ear. turned suddenly to ' ’save the lives of five in the auto. The auto missed hitting the train i but the sled was whipped around by ] the sudden turn and Roeder was ' thrown beneath the ,wheels. — o I’ay'your city light, power and water bills before Jan. 20th. We appreciate it if you pay now. Save time by not having to wait in line. Call at City Treasurer’s (office, City hall. 13-2 t

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