Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1926 — Page 5

club calender Friday I(|ay -n. Y. B. claw Os U. B. * h Ice ( ream SocU!—Church chuw h 118 T- U y , all da? meeting -M. r church. W R. C — Legion Hall, 2 p. in. go Ch“ Rea—M*»> Katharine Omlor, 6:30 P- >“• Saturday ~l di e H ’ Ahl Society of Christian Church Pastry Sale-White Meat Market- 9 a. m. Mr . and Mrs. Ralph J. Roop were pleasantly surprised last night by a number of friends and relatives, the occasion being the fifth anniversary of their wedding. Bunco was enjoyed a inl at a late hour, a delicious lunch 1 e()11 v «a served. A beautiful gift was 1 presented to Mr. and Mrs. Roop. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. pick Roop and son, George; .Mr. and )Ir9 William Parent, Mr. and Mrs. George (’rumor and children. Mr. and Mrs. Roman Parent and children, of Iniley City. Michigan; Ed Parent and sons, Joo and Jaub Mr - a “d Mrs Bernard Parent and the Misses Anna and Vena Parent, all of Fort Wayne. Mrs A. M. Anker entertained at Bridge last evening at her home on Winchester street. Mrs. C. A. Dugan won high score of the evening. At the conclusion of the games the Misses Veronica Anker and Dorothy Durkin assisted the hostess in serving dainty refreshments. The tenth anniversary of the Decatur Chapter of the Delta Theta Tan Sorority was celebrated last evening at the Elk's home on Second street. An elaborate banquet was served to forty guests at six-thirty o'clock The guests were seated at small tables which held as centerpieces small green flower pots of daisies. A variety of favors, bracelets, coin purses, compacts and bar pins with the mounted crest, were wrapped in tin foil and one placed a each guests's plate. The three-course dinner** was served by the Misses Mary Mafßarbt Voglewedcj Mary Harris and! Mary Virginia Hyland. The entire menu was carried out in green and white, colors of the sorority. Miss Florence Holthouse, president of the sorority, presided as toastmistress. Responses were given by Mrs. Herb Kern, charter member, Miss Margaret Mylott. active member, and Mrs. Harry Paul, inactive member. After dinner tables were arranged for bridge ami prizes were won by Mrs. Frank Lose and Miss Naomi Durkin. The pledges, who are the Misses Bernadine Christen. Anna Murtaugh. Ida Baker, Helen Holthouse, Grace and Vera Butler and Alic© Clark, were guests besides Iho sororityx iqemberdi Out-of-town guests were Mrs. Harry Paul, of Los Angeles, Cal. and Miss Cecile Miller, who recently returned from West Palm Beach, Florida. The Misses Bernadine Christen. Alice Clark. Ann .Murtaugh. Ida Baker. Vera and Grace Butler and Helen Holthouse, pledges of the Delta Theta Tau Sorority, entertained the members at a breakfast at Sun Set Park Wednesday morning. The quests motored to the park where they were served a hot breakfast. Twenty members attended. , The Evangelical Missionary society met Thursday afternoon in the church Parlors. Mrs. Alva Buffenbarger had charge of the interesting program on Italian Mrs. Lehman, of Fort Wayne, sang a group of songs after which Mrs. Eugene Runyon gave an interesting report of the year's w »rk. Mrs. C. E. Hocker was elected delegate to the annual convention, which will be held at Oakwood Park. Rake Wawasee, the last week in .Inly. Mrs. Fred Linn was appointed her alternate. During the social hour iit'' hostesses, Mrs. George Dutcher. «r.. Airs. Fred Linn and Miss Anna "Innes served refreshments. •Mr. and Mrs. George Westfall, of 1 arlide, Ky., announce the marriiig l ' °f their daughter Agnes, to Mr.' •i’ "ph p Br O wn, of this city The ’"•triage was soleminised in the/ i’t. Mary's church at Toledo. Ohio. May is pijg bride wore a gown of ''Kite georgette and point lace for / the ceremony. Her veil was held in Place by a wreath of Orange blossom;- 1 •-’he carried a shower bouquet of rose •'nd valley lilljeg Mips Virginia Skiba. Il,? btiQe'y only attendant wore pale Pink satin and carried Columbia 1 «:es. Mr. Artur Neisel attended “ !s bridegroom. Mr and hjrs. - * w t reside tn Toledo! |

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John C. Hilton, twenty-five, i son of the vice-president of i the Rank of Manhattan in New York, stabbed himself eleven times with scissors and then jumped from a twentieth-story window.

Locate Cashier Mort I’uscy weighed 285 pounds when he went t’ work at th' bank last March, an’ has lost 89 poiindt in two months from layin' on his stomach. Dal Licklider, Prominent Herrin, lllinoy, pallbearer, is visitin' his aged mother south o' th' sawmill. Abe Martin. Indianapolis News John Tyndall, C. J Voglewede and Albert Seheumann attended the meeting of group one, Bankers’ Convention. at Lagrange, Yesterday. Miss Martha Jane Linn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Joe Linn, had the misfortune of breaking her left arm yesterday while playing on the teeter boards at the Central school. Martha Jane is attending the Daily Vacation Bible school. R. A. Stuckey was called to Wabash today in the interest of Central West Coal Co., where lie was awarded the city school coal consisting of twentysix cars. In the list of graduates from the Arsenal Technical school at Indian apolis. June 10, appears the name, of Fielder Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Andrews. Leslie was formerly employed at this office and . his friends here are proud of his sue- | cesses and the achievements of his son. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klepper will leave tomorrow for Staunton, Va., whore they will visit a tew days with their son. Carl, who is attending school there and who will return with them. H. M. DeVoss, C. N. Christen, Ralph Tyndall and others from here attending the democratic convention |at Indianapolis arrived home last night. Dan Niblick is home from Indianapolis where ho attended a meeting of the state association of dry goods dealers. John M. Gibson, well known farmer of Root township, who has been ill for four weeks is still confined to his bed but is improving slowly. He has many friends in this city and over the county who are hoping that he will soon be entirely recovered. Dan Niblick has roturnedform Indianap. Ils where he attended the state me ting of the Indiana Retail Dry Goods merchants. Ralph Tyndall. Huber Devoss and Charles Christen have returned for Indianapolis where they attended the Democratic convention. William Grant has arrived home from Indianapolis were lie is a student at Indiana Dental college, to pend the dimmer month;, with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Van R Grant. William IS. O'Brion has gone to W( .,t na ,|e n to attend a meeting of the. managers and officials of the ] Northern Indiana Gas and Electric . Mr . \an Grant and daugh- | tr . Martha, have returned from a , several days visit with friends at , Henry lake, of Decatur route 11

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tUo ’ underwent a minor opreatlon at ihe Memorial hospital and Is recovering nicely. Mr. ana Mrs. D. D. Elzey, of Prepits, nnd Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Elzey, of Fort Wayne, will motor to Elkhart Sunday to spend the day with friends. TWO OIL WELLS ARE SHOT TODAY _ _from PAGE ONE) weeks ago, give* every Indication of being a good producer. To Shoot Well Near Berne. Arrangements were made to shoot a new oil well on the Stengel & Craig tarm, east of Herne, this afternoon. The well had reached the top of Trenton at 1.065 feet and was being drilled through the rock into the sand early this week. The well was drilled by the Reckon! Petroleum company, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, This is the first well drilled on the Stengel & Craig farm. It is In the region which has seen good production and is on a lease which was not drilled up in the early days of development of the field. Harry Manion, of St. Marys, Ohio, is the driller in charge of drilling operations. Naw Well On Niblick Farm. Several other wells are being drilled in the territory east of Berne. Several obi wells have been cleaned out on the Niblick farm by Harmon & Watts and these same men recent-' ly brought in a new' well which came in at 65 barrels. Well No. 5 is now being drilled on their lease and is expected to be completed in a few days. They are rigging up on the William Smitley farm witii a National machine, also, and will spud in next week. The Laeknett-Harve Sipe well No. 1 was shot the hist of this week and was reported to be a 35-barrel well. So far this spring, five producers , have been brought in and no dry holes reported in the field east of Berne. Gas W«ll Brought In. A good gas well was shot Thursday on the Rees farm, two and onehalf miles northeast of Redkey, in 1 Jay county. The well was drilled for oil, but no oil was struck. The well was reported to be developing a strong flow of gas. —«o 1 COOLIDGE ORDER IS HELI) ILLEGAL icomim i-;i» FBOM i’m-i: om:> ■ behind closed doors. The committee found some minor objections to it and final decision was • put over until tomorrow. The report, it was held, contended ■ that Mr. Coolidge had no power to designate state, county and city officials as national prohibition agents i because congress had lodged the power of appointments with the attorney general and the treasury department. Hence, it continues, the 1 order of the president has no legal standing and does not charge existing law nor add to it. The report does not go into wisdom of the policy of designating local of ticials as federal agents, it being contended that instructions from the renate were that it should only determine the legality of ordet. Japanese To Establish Palm Colony In Borneo Tokyo, —(United Press)— To encourage emigration from overcrowd ed Japan the Foreign Office emigration bureau has announced it will -cud six families to Borneo to engage in palm growing on a plot of land which has been bought for the purpose. Al! initial expenses of the colony will be borne by the Government as part of its tests to determine whether or not Japan can emigrate profitably Io the Dutch indies and South Sea islands generally. The Foreign office probably will send similar new tost colonics to Brazil, in addition to thregular immigration to the country, which is limited to 1,000 Japanese a year. .— — o Students Held At Bay Champaign. HI-- Julie 4 Pres.,) Using revolvers to bold at b H y twenty university of Illinois stu louts, two rohbets early today tobb nd -i case in the business district and escaped in an automobile with ?100. -■■-y, Attica—The crash of falling glass drew a large crowd of local residents to Schwartz's atqrc hero. Faulty brakes had allowed Miss Edith Hayes to drive her car into the center window after jumping the curb and crossing the sidewalk. Vincennes. Seventeen years ago Mrs Oliver Purifier lost »5. A few days ago site received a letter with 110 inclosed from Hm Itudet of Hie money. stating that the -xHa five was interest and Hie debt was 1 epaid to relieve the finder's conscience. Hammond. Local police, as a rue, have m> objection to “high powered salesmen, but when Arthur Westby ot Chicago concluded hit. '• me tire arguments by swearing at every woman «bo refuted to buy the stove polish he handled, they decided to lack him up.

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DEMOCRATS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC OVER TICKET (CONTINI ED EHOM I’ti.r. ONE) I Frederick Sehortemeier. ! David Ferguson, of Covington, was nominated by aeclamination for an ditar of state. Jap Jones, of Martinsville, defeated John Cody, of new Albany, by a , vote of 743 to 573 for the nomination for treasurer of state. Z. T. Dungan, of Indianapolis, the only Democrat now holding elective ulfiee in the Statehouse, was renomi- . Sited for clerk of the State Supreme Court. ’ Christian Enihardt. Dungan's opponent, withdrew when it became apparI ent that Dugan was winning the bal- , lot on a walkaway and the nomination was made unanimous. John Linebarger, of Rockville. < m--1 erged victorious on the first ballot in > the three cornered contest for the nomination for State Superintendent of Public Instruction The vote was Linebarger, BU4; ’ Clifford Townsend, Marion. 424; SimI uel Scott. Jeffersonville, 98. ; Nominations for Justices of the Supreme and Appellate courts were made by acclamation. The candl1 dates: Supreme Court, Third District, Paul Davist Indianapolis. , Suprente Court Fifth District, A. C. Wood, Angola Appellate Court, Second Division. Norman Patrick, Indianapolis, and John W. Lindley, Sullivan. Appellate Court, Second Division, Ora Wildermuth, Gary, and John > Reidelback, Winimac. —— o Landscape Architecture Popular In Middlewest 1 Urbana, HI., June 4—(United I’res • Despite the short time that ha- <- ' lapsed since the beginnings of mldd'e western America, Hie art of lands amarchitecture in this section .of th, country has made progress which in ■ many ways is plicnominal. according r to a current review of the sittiaf'on by Karl B. Lohmann, chief of landi scape architecture in the college of ■ Agriculture, University of Illinois. i Popular intcre.-t in this art is continuing at a high point everywhere in the middle west, he said

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IOWA TO HOLD PRIMARY MONDAY Bitter Senatorial Fights To Be Settled At Polls On June 7 By Irwin I. Femrite, (U. P. Stuff Correspondent) Des Moines, lowa, June 4. —Seven contestants today entered the lust minute vote getting battles for the lowa senatorial nomination! which will be decided at the state primaries June 7. Leading the field so far us interest is concerned, is the bitter light between Senator Albert Cummins, stand pat republican and former Senator Smith W. Brookhart, the progressive who recently was ‘defeated for his senate chair by a recount vote. it is around these two that political talk is centering in lowa now, even the democrats —who have four contestants in the field, watching closely in Ihe hopes of making gains through the weakness shown by either of the two republicans. Daniel F. Steck who defeated Brookhart in the general elections, won his senatorial seat through similar tactics, it is pointed out. The principal democratic candidate is Daniel R. Porter who polled 300,000 votes against Cummins, six years ! ago. The thlid republican candidate, Howard J. Clark, is ufging voters to refuse to nominate either Cummins lor Brookhart. — o — Newcastle C. Os C. Has New Headquarters Newcastle. Ind., June ( — (United Press) —The new Newcastle Chant- ' her of Commerce headquarters in the local Knights of Pythias building will be formally opened tonight. - industrial displays, picturing the No more RHEUMATISM ( TT'S GONE! That awful agony! .1 Rheumatism can't stand the rich, red blood that S. S. S. helps Nature _ i build. But rheumatism will bring pain and misery to your joints and muscles just ' as long as you are without plenty ol ‘ rich, red blood in your system. I It’s the red-blood-cells that S. S. S. ■ helps Nature build that drive out of - your system the impurities that cause - rheumatism.' And until you do build 1 up your blood to where it is pure and . rich and red, you simply can’t get rid -of rheumatism. i And S. 8. 8. is the thing. Red blood ■ conquers rheumatism. Everybody t knows that. i S. S. S. means millions of red-blood • cells —means health all ’ over. No more _ _ \ tism. Nights of rest—l IT 1 . days of joy, filled withVJ^J^Jv , the happiness of accom- X. 1 I lishm-int — made pos* ' sible hv a body brimful I of rod blooded life, energy and vitality 1 That’s what the end of rheumatism | mean*—that’s what S. 8. S. brings t< you. Get. S'. S. S. from your druggist | The larger bottle is more economical I, _ -

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vurlouK products manufactured here, | willbe held during the opening and| a program has been arranged to make The Ni wcustle Chamber of Comthe event a memorable one. nn-rce Cadet bund will play nt the opening and the headquarters wlll| continue Its exhibits until Saturday! night In order to allow farmers living near here a chance to view them. Kokomo Man Heads Dry (ioods Dealers Indianapolis, June 4 — (United | Press) —W. 11. Deitemeyer, of Koko- 1 mo, was elected president of the Indiana Retail Dry Goods Association ; at the close of'the annual convention’ here late yesterday. Other officers: Ben Allen, Wach-| ington, vice president; Frederick I »»n g=>« r=>« »»n i“n -Pl M (PI f"(l IPIF

I THE CORT « tfi — Last Time Tonight— || , r MADGE BELLAMY and JACK MULHALL and a wonder cast in a Fox attraction jy !fi “THE DIXIE MERCHANT’’ Hiii 'Ute romance of Ihe southern turf with all Ihe thrill*, ffi Jfi comedy, human pathos and interest (hat go with it. am “MONKEY BUSINESS.” a good comedy. LE ALSO—The fourth lesson in the Charleston f-, 10c 25c ffi SATI BDAY “A MAN OF NEBVE.” a hard riding , yh western drama with Bob Custer. SC ir SUNDAY-MONDAY Colleen Moore in her latest 33 picture. "ELLA CINDERS.” [T s THE ADAMS Theatre “Where the Better Pictures Are Shown” X ® LAST TIME TONIGHT ON THE SCREEN ON THE STAGE I Olaf * ' CLASH " Tl " w ”""" * t LE Appearing in person. b a ipi xJbLj a thoroughbred Ger31 T •/ man Police Dog in gQ d [UcJ 9 TtlC /> a startling exhibi- Jg IF~ r tion o1 strength and J WOLVES £ 8 tG ‘-it Struggle with a man d Attack in (ace of U" •I I ye The photoplay is a story of Lobo, the Wolf, who spread terror |£ if- through the Southwest and of the Lovers who befriended him. k See the flaming forest fire in the high Sierras and the yj Snl crashing sweep of the loose wolf pack. ' HR SPECIAL ADDED FEATURE—HAROLD LLOYD in “NEVER WEAKEN." One of this great comedian’s most famous successes. Jjl JIS Don’t miss this great combination show. 15c— -30 c bn] ju- SUNDAY-MONDAY—"THE RAINMAKER,” with Ernest Torrence. LE n Si* William Collier. Jr., and Georgia Hale. o LC .If u I:

i Ayers, IndiuiiupuliM, seeretary |r«un« urer und W. E. Baku, ludlunapolls. muuater. Robert While, of Preble wun admitted to the local hospital this moruI lug Mr White Is lu u critical Condi- | Holl. Ashbaucher’s ; FURNACES !| ' LIGHTNING RODS ; SPOUTING SLATE ROOFING I i!; Phone 765 or 739 ; i bi

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