Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 18 June 1926 — Page 1

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WILLIBSERVE ' SILVER JUBILEE OF REV. SEIMETZ Local Catholic Congregation To Hold Service In Honor Os Rector BISHOP NOLL TO ATTEND SERVICES Plans are under way for the oh servant® of the silver jubilee of the | Rev. Father Julius A. Seimetz. reet I or of St. Mary’s Catholic church in ; L this city. The Rev. Francis Libert. | temporary assistant at the local parjsh. assisted by members of the con gregation, are making plans for the I unices and program to be given on ! Sunday, June 27. in observance of the twenty fifth anniversary of the be--1 loved pastor's ordination to the priest L hoo<i. Bishop Is Coming. Rt. Rev. Bishop John F. Noll, of Fort Wayne, "and staff, will he here for the solemn high mass, coram episcopo, to be celebrated on Sunday morning at 9:15 o’clock. Rev. Sei | mctz being the celebrant. Unknown to Father Seimetz. who t is out of the city this week and who will await the Eucharistic Congress in Chicago next week, plans are being made by the congregation to hold a reception for their pastor on Sunday evening, June 27, in the auditorium of the Catholic school build ing. at which time he will be presented with spiritual bouquets, flow 1 ers and other gifts. Honored by the presence of the Rt. Rev Bishop Noll, the solemn high pTnass to be celebrated on Sunday morning will be a most impressive nne. Assisting Father Seimetz at the sacrifice of the mass, will be the Rev. Thomas Conroy, rector of the rath edral, Fort Wayne, who also observ ed his twenty-fifth anniversary in the priesthood this week. Rev. Conroy will be arch priest of the ceremonies. The Rev. Joseph Seimetz, Chesterton, nephew of Father Seimetz, will be deacon; the Rev. Anothony Kroeger. Oxford, former assistant at the local parish, sub-deacon; the Rev. Otto A. Peters, Summmitt. also a former assistant here, will act as master of ceremonies. The Rev. Father Delaney, pastor of St. Patrick's church. 1 Fort Wayne, and the Rev. Father Mutch will act as honorary deacon and sub-deacon, respectively. Bishop Noll will be seated in sanctuary. Three Dectfittr seminarians, Ambrose Kohne, Simeon Schmitt and Gerald Burkin, will act as thurifer and acolytes. Three other masses will be celebrated on this day, namely at 6. and 7 o'clock, during which .he (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUB) . I- ' O 22 ENROLLED IN CORN CONTEST Gold Medals Offered To Those Who Grow 100 Bushels Per Acre The following Adams county farm®rs have joined the Indiana Com Browers' Association and. according•y. are enrolled in the five-acre corn contest, being conducted throughout *he state. They are: Otto Hoile. W. T. Rupert, Clyde Harden. Gilbert fllendening. Carl Amstutz, C. 0. Man- >•’. Francis Coyne. C. W. R. Schwartz, w - W. Hawkins, Franklin C. Mazelin. °tto Bicberich, Sam D. Nussbaum. Noah D. Mazelin. Simon M. Schwartz. E. W. Busche, Martin D. Habeggei rr od Blum, Louis Keller. David JSchwartz, Rufus Huser, Albert Ewel. G- R. Bierly. Os the above men, those who grow one hundred bushels or more per acre Will be awarded gold medals in '■‘cognition of their ability. Silver and bronze medals will he awarded, re spec lively, for yields of eighty-five and seventy-five bushels per a< rt ■ she contestants will keep labor ie‘ or <ls of the field of corn involved m oP( ier that accurate estimates of cost, of Production may be obtained.

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'Marries To Avoid | Taking Dare; Faces Charge Os Bigamy Indiaanpolis, Ind., June 18. (United Press.) Bigamy charges today hung over the head of Mrs. Margaret Goolsby. 19, because she would ’ not take a dare. Without divorcing / her first husband she was married a second time to Frank O'Neal who dared her to wed him while on a drinking party, sne told detectives. BRIAND FAILS TO FORM A CABINET Edouard Herriot, Radical Socialist, Asked To Undertake Task Paris, June 18—(United Press) — Edouard Herriot. radical socialist mayor of Lyons, today was invited to form a cabinet dedicated to the task of rescuing the franc from insolvency. Herriot accepted. President Dotimereue summoned Herriot to the Elysee Palace after Aristide Briand, who resigned this week, had acquainted the president with the fact that he could not form another cabinet. Herriot is now president pf the chamber of deputies ami from June 1924 to April 1925. lie was premier of France. His defeat took place when it was revealed that his government had permitted the bank of France to exceed the maximum legal note issue, thereby increasing the already great inflation of the franc. Movie Theatres Not To Operate Sunday Afternoons Effective Sunday, the fort and Adams theatres in this city will discontinue the Sunday afternoon shows during the summer months, Managers Jesse Ijeßrun and Roy Kalver an nonneed today. The remainder of the schedules for both shows will remain the same during the summer. Both shows begin every night in the week at 7 o’clock tor the fiist performance and 8:45 o’clock for the second performance. Closing on Sunday afternoons has been effective in Decatur the last three years during the summer months. ■Mt. Pleasant Children To Give Program Sunday The Mt- Pleasant Sunday school will give a Children’s Day program Sunday night. June 20. beginning at 7-30 o’clock. The title of an interesting Playlet to be given as part of the program is “The Shepherd King The public is cordially invited to attend the services, and those who attend will he assured of a fin interesting and entertaining program. Hal Avers Made Sergeant Os State Motor Police Hal C. Ayers, of Portland, state er * seen appol»>eil □ ••'«•«»< ■» " the fifth district. Mr Ayers will have three or four officers under his cominand and full details at to his dutie iv wnrk given to him nt a tn the new uoik meeting which was held in Marion - day. The officers under Sergeant Ayers are located at Fairmount. Kokomo and Wabash and posslb y on other place. . Th,- appoimiOTi <■««»• •«» ' ” department of a new plan. " hich ’ J believed will function more sueessfuilv. in that the officers may work in Pai™ rather than in,,lV,dUa ,y. as has been the case. Florida Minister To Preach Here Sunday The Rev- B,V”sieppy. of™ „ i o Florida, will preach at the p o God <n this city. Sunday ChUr a t to general service. Rev. CVening \ ‘ fuent speaker and his Sl "" ruling'the annua! Church of God ‘Xnteeting at Audreson this week.

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mellon’family GIVES $149, ODD Witness Tells Senate Com* * mittee That Family Aided Pepper Campaign Washington, Juno 18—tl’.l*.) — —The Mellon ,'amily and their banks donated and loaned $14!) to PepperFisher campaign. Eric Fisher Wood, chairman ol the west state campaign committee outside of Pittsburg told the senate primary committee today. Wood testified that the Union trust Go. and the Mellon national bank advanced $75,000 to hit committee in unsecured loans which had not been retained. W I* Mellon gave about $24,000; ( in all; Sec-etary of the tron'iirv .Mel- f lon. about $25,000; and It D. Mellon. ( $25,000, the witness or previous wit- < nesses have said. | The testimony also brought the now j known cost of the Vare-Pepper-Pin-[ \ ehot republican senatorial race to ahint s2,!H4.i;::s j Paul Edwards Sneaks To Rotarians On Photography Paul Edwards gave an interesting talk at the Rotary meeting last evenlng on his classification, “photo- r graphy." He explained the advance made in photography and attributed the credit to George Eastman. He mentioned the fact that when the first camera was invented it took 1 fifteen minutes for an exposure and i that the subject was forced to sit in t the bright sun light in order to ac- ) complish the feat. Now, with the ) modern camera and kodaks and < mercury lights, it takespess than one- t quarter of a -second P> "snap'’ the < subject. His paper was interesting * and instructive. ACCOMODATIONS i ARE PROVIDED 1 I Towns Near Chicago Extend Invitation To Eucharistic Congress Visitors Cities and towns near Chicago are cooperating in offering accommodations for those who will attend the Eucharistic congress in Chicago and Mundelein, Illinois, next week. , This morning, Mayor George Krick received a telegram from Waukegan. Illinois, inviting tourists to avail!, themselves of the accommodations offered by that city. The telegrams reads, "Arrangements for those attending Eucharistic congress at Mundelein. 12 miles west of Waukegan. Thursday. June 24. include nine separate electric lighted parking spaces surrounding Congress grounds to accommodate 150,000 cars, with food, drink and sanitary accommodations. Roads are plainly marked within 15 mile radius and protected by National Guards every one-half mile in 15 square mile zone Immediately around Mandelin. All roads through Lake county from 10 p. m. Wednesday until ceremonies are ove» Thursday afternoon closed to through traffic, except on Sheridan road through Waukegan, route 42, connecting with Wiscons in route 15. Further details may be obtained over radio station WMAQ Chicago Daily News at 8:30 p. m. daylight saving time, Saturday evening. Lake county prepared so let no one stay away fearing lack of accommodations.” A great reception was given John Cardinal Bonzano, papal legate from Rome and eight other Cardinals upon their arrival in Chicago yesterday. The streets were lined with thousands of people and George Cardinal Mundelein, archibishop of Chicago, accompanied the foreign delegates. Many Going From Here ft is estimated that more than 100 persons from this county, will attend the congress at Chicago next week. Several are leaving by auto tomorrow and other? are planning to take advantage of the special excursion rates offered by the Erie railroad. Some will wait until Wednesday, going for the climax event on Thursday which will be held at Mundelein, Illinois.

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Fails At Last | I 1 .4 I f —BRIAI'P ) Aristide Briand. who formed nine French cabinets, reported ( Io President Doumergue today t that he was unable to form a t tenth cabinet, to succeed the ‘ one which resigned this week. ( Edouard Herriot. radical socialist mayor of Lyons, has been in- ( vited to form ti cabinet. FATAL WRECK BEING PROBED. s 1 Triple Investigation Os i Train Wreck In Pennsyl- ' vania Begun Today Pittsburgh, Pa„ June 18 —(United ' Press)—Federal, stale and municipal authorities today launched a ' triple investigation into (lie Blairs- 1 ville wreck of yesterday in which 15 1 persons were killed and half a hundred were injured. The wreck occur- 1 red when the Cincinnati limited telescoped the \Vash,t<iKic*ii-Piir.<tmr*eii express. While the investigations were get- 1 ting under way, nine of those injur- 1 ed in the wreck were fighting for life in the Latrobe, Pa., hospital. A new angle regarding the respon- 1 sibilily for the wreck developed today when it became known that Engineer W. S. Gordon of the Cincinnati limited, was gripping a monkey wrench when his body wais found. The Pennsylvania railroad had previously issued a statement which said that Gordon ran past two stop signal . The fact that he was gripping the wrench leads some to believe that he may have missed the signals while he was repairing mechanical equipmont on the engine. Search for additional victims in the wreckage was ended. oNext Eucharistic Congress To Be Held In Australia Chicago. June 18.—(United Press.) —The next International Eucharistic congress—the 29th—will lie held at Sydney. Australia, Bsihop Heyleu, permanent president of the committee. announced. The congress will b e in 1928. A number of Australian prelates are attending this congress. Yeomen And Ben Hurs To Hold Memorial Sunday Joint memorial services will be held by the Yoeman and Ben Hur lodges at the Yoeman hall Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The memory of the departed members of both lodges will be honored. The following program will be given: Opening /ong America Prayer by the Rev H. W. Tompson. Reading names of departed members. Special music, Mrs. Anotia Barek ami William Kohls. Address, the Rev. H. W.Jhompson Song, "Blest Be the Tie That Binds . Prayer. Many Enrolled At Purdue Lafayette Ind.. June 18—(United Press)— Registration was in progress today for the summer neuston at Purdue university. A large attendance is expected. KNOW YOUR STATE INDIANA’S mineral wealth is sufficient to give employment to double her present population and doing so under conditions of increased Incomes and improved standards of living. ——♦ >1 HMM——

CHICAGO READY FOR VAST CROWD City Opens Heart And Arms To Welcome 1,000,000 Catholic Guests Chicago. June 18—(United Press) This city opened its heart and arms today to welcome and make comfortnble 1.000 000 guests—pilgrims to the Eucharistic congress. As Catholics began arriving in numbers from every continent, Chicago b*gan to realize what it means to absorb a crowd one third of its own size, but made heroic efforts to be a gracious host. With the princely guests resting I from the riotous welcome given by the public yesterday until the formal and official reception is held tonight, reception committees gave their attentions to visitors of ordinary rank. School buildings, vacated this afternoon for the summer will be immediately rearranged Into dorraltor ies where clerical visitors will be housed. Spare bedrooms were requisitioned and homes of the wealthy thrown open. On the streets the crowds grew more cosmopolitan the bronze missionary from India and the bearded Benadictine from his southern European monastic home, dating hack to the fourth century mingled with the wheat farmer of the southwest who has just harvested his crop, and with the white robed nun. Willi the housing problem fairly well settled through the furnhhing of accommodations for 200,000 ■» private homes, as well as using schools and hotels to the limit of their capacities, the major problems remaining were traffic, transporta lion aftd feeding Starting Sunday all pleasure auto mobiles and many classes of com mercial vehicles wil be barred from the loop and no parking will be permitted witbin an area of five miles of the business district. Traffic officers believe this will prevent any congestion in the downtown district —.—A ■ — —————

CANADA THISTLE : MENACE GROINING j Countv Agent Declares Eradication Os Weed Is r Up To Farmers ( By L. M- Busbee, County Agent During the last few weeks, numer- * ous inquiries at this office indicate many farmers are becoming worried • abaut the Canada Thistle situation. There is. indeed, cause to be worried because farmers in general claim this pest is rapidly increasing in Adams county. Tills incerase Is undoubted- ’ ly due to the fact that many patches are allowed to mature and seed the farms of the surrounding neighbors. Although many farmers believe Canada Thistle will not seed here, it has been pprven without a doubt that 80 to 70 percent germination of the seeds can normally be expected. The only way to eradicate tile Canada Thistle is simply to destroy it Although there is no "rocking-chair’ method of doing this, there is not a patch in Adams dounty but that can ■ be killed with proper effort. Although I have heard of a number of patches said by some farmers to be impossible to kill. I firmly believe insufficient effort has been put forth in those cases. Several have asked abaut the Indiana Canada Thistle laiw. There is such a law. but no law will eradicate the thistle. When farmers them telves, decide the thistle is undesirable and allow themselves to believe it can be destroyed then and only then will we get rid of them. That the prospect is anything but encouraging Is brought out by these parts of the United States whftre the Canada Thistle has practically “taken things." In such locvalities as Michigan. Pennsylvania, and New York, land lias depreciated greatly in value simply because prospective buyers discriminate against thistle infested land. Ontario, Canada, is another example. The lod rule, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," applies to the Canada Thisle situation very well.

Fasting Hiker Pushes t On Eastward; Physical I ('ondition Remains Good Greensburg. Pa, June 18 (United Press) Apparently feeling no ill effects from his 18 days fasting and his walk of more than 600 miles. George Hasler Johnston. 29. Chicago-New York fasting jiiker, prepared to leave here today for Ligonirr. 19 miles east. Johnston arrived here last night from McKeesport Although his feet are painfully burned from continuous pounding <>n hard pavements he Is in good piiydlc|ali comKlion. acqordifig to physicians who examined him. VIGILANTES HOLD SECRET PRACTICE Adams County Viglinates Prepare For State Meet To Be Held June 23 Adams county vigilante* went through a long practice drill In secret meeting on the Fred Schurger farm west of this city this afternoon it was learned. No publicity was given the practice, because county officials desired a secret practice. The two vigilantes making the best score In the rhooting practice and the captain in charge of the vigilantes will go to Indianapolis, Wednesday, June 23. where they will receive instruction and represent Adams county in the first annual state vigilante shooting meet to be staged June 23. at Fort . Benjam n Harrison. Vigilantes from every county in the state will rake part in the meet. Those from this county will enter the competitive pistol and shot mtn shoots. None of the local men will enter the rifle meet. The annual state shoot is conducted under the auspices of the state bankers’ association, which organization sponsors tile vigilante or - ganizalion in every county. All are Good Marksmen The Adams county organization was

completed several months ago. and each member has received his gun and amunltion ond has been sworn in 1 as a deputy sheriff of Adams county. ‘ There are 19 members and a captain of the organization and each member has passed the requirements of being a good marksman. I The scores of the meet this afternoon will be compiled and those with the two highest scores Will be entitled to go to the state meet at Fort Harrison next week. The captain of the ' county guard wil! also go to the meet 1 and will receive instruction In h school which will he conducted espe- ■ dally for the leaders in each county. 1 The Adams county vigilantes have c not been called out. but are ready on ( a minutes notice to assemble in any ' time of emergency, the captain stated today. The names wil! not be made I public at this time, because local 11 bank officials believe that the members can more ably fulfill their du ties when it Is not generally known ; who belongs Indianapolis Preacher To Speak At M. E. Church i — The Rev. E. M. Dunbar, of Indianapolis. will preach at the morning and evening services at the First Methodist church here Sunday, in the absence of the pastor, the Rev. Somerville Light. DD„ who recently underwent a major operation Dr. Light is recuperating nicely and expects to be removed to his home here from the Wells County Hospital at Bluffton, where the operation was performed, sometime next week. He was able to walk about the hospital grounds tills week. He is not expected to resume his pastorate duties here for another week or two, however. Emanuel Lutheran Church To Hold Picnic On Sunday The annual plculc of the Emanuel Lutheran church will be held in the Otto Bleeke grove. Sunday afternoon. A children's Day program wtll be held during the afternoon. There will be refreshment stands and various forms . of amusement. The public is cordially invited to attend the picnic.

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LEADERS Os TINO HOUSES REACH AN AGREEMENTTODAY Senate Farm Leaders Agree To Stand Firmly For Haugen Measure 'ALL SUBSTITUTE BILLS CONDEMNED Washington. June 18. (United ; press)—Congress will adjourn June ■ 30 for summer re esg under tin agre's ' ment reached today between senate and house leaders. A resolution calling for sine die adI jminrment a week from next Wednes- | day will he introduced in the house Monday. A fight may lie made against the resolution in the senate by advocates of held up legislation, but It is expected to pass. The senate will return Nov. 10 to consider the Judge English impeachment case under a special order. It h;W not been decided whether the house will return at that time Washington. June 18 - (United Press) The Senate faun leaders at a secret meeting today agreed to stand firmly for the Dawes-NcNarv-Haugen farm aid bi'l ami to accept on substitute measure. All farm hills were canvased and it was aereed the Haugen measure is the only one offering relief for the farmers. "The Haugen Bill", said senator Goodinr. Republican. Idaho, farm bios leads*, "will raise the prices of farm products and that is the only relief the farmer Thj* Fess, ' Lcnrosit and Rol»lnenn*Xih?tftures offer only new methods for the farmer to get into debt " Farmer Suffering From Blood Poisoning In Hand Jacob Moser, well-known farmer re-

siding near Geneva, is suffering from blood pois.miug, which developed in a scratch on one of his hands. Mr Moser scratched his hand last Monday. His condition is considered serious. o— Rotarians Install New Officers At Convention Denver June IS —(United Press) — Most of the program of tlie Rotary international ootfvenllon was given today to installation of officers. During the forenoon Harry N. Rogers. wealthy totton good manufacture of San Antonio Texas took over the office of president, which has been occupied for the last year by Donald A. Adams, of New Haven. Conn. LOCALCHURCHMEN ATTEND MEETING Several Decatur Persons Visit Church Os God ('onvention At Anderson Several Decatur persons will motor to Anderson Sunday morning, to attend the closing day services of the nineteenth annual international convention of the Church of God, which has been in session at the camp grounds near that city since last Sunday. The Rev. E. A Ball, pastor of the local church, has been in attendance at the convention all week. Approximately 6.000 persons attended the opening of the convention last Sunday, and large audiences have been present for ail services held this week. Tuesday was set aside as Divine Healing Day. Several talks on the subject were given and several healing sessions were held. Several noted pseakers have been heard at the convention Among the I speakers are: the Rev. ,1 T. Wilson. > of Dallas. Texas: the Rev. H. M. Riggle, of Oklahoma City Oklahoma; 1 the *Rev. E. E. Byrum, of Anderson; . the Rev. Charles Byers, ot Spring s Held. Ohio; and many missionaries v and prominent church workers from various parts of the country.

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