Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1926 — Page 3

0 • CLUB CALENDER - ■WMf “ <l ' t Tuesday Rebecca Lodge. Bridge Club—Mrs. J. R. Il'alr, 6:30 P. M. Historical Christmas Party—Mrs. E<l Ahr, 6:30 prompt. Dance at Red Man's hall, 8:15 p. m. Catholic Ladies of Columbia Christmas Party—K. of C. Hall, 6:30 P. M. Young Women's Misisonary Circle of Ev. church—Mrs. Frances Graber. Walnut street.. Psi lota Xi Christmas Party—Mrs. I'aye Knapp, 8 P. M. Wednesday Presbyterian Farewell to Rev. and Mr-. Covert—church, 8 P. M. Five Hundred Club Christina- party —Mrs. Fre’ll Ashbaucher, 6:30 P. M. Bonn JEWe Club—Mrs. Ray Langue]!. Young Matrons' Club—Mrs. Albert Miller, 6:30 p. m. Delta Theta Tati Christmas Party -Catherine Hyland, 6:308 o’clock. Moose Legianalre Chalgtnias Party Mrs. Dora Cook, 6:30. THURSDAY Young Peoples Class of I lea .nt Mills Baptist church, S.'.eial Fian.-e's Hardware store. J. N. Burkhead was pleasantly surprised at his home Sunday, the occasion being his fifty-sixth “birthday anniversary. At noon, a delicious dinner was served. Covers were laid for Mr and Mrs. Gage, of this city Mr. and Mrs. George Mac Manama. Mr and Mrs. Loren Burkhead and family Mr. and Mrs. Henry Haggard, Mrs Walter Steele, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Hock er and daughters. Marde'le and Mabe and son, Kermit. Mr. and Mrs. Clyd< Noff.-inger, Mr, and Mrs. J. N. Burk head and family, all of Monroe. Mrs. Hannah Tinkham celebrated her seventy-third birthday anniversary at the home cf Mr. and Mrs. John Tink ham Sunday. A basket dinner wa served at noon. Those present included Mrs. Hannah Tinkham and daugh ter, Mis. George W. Shady, of McMil lan. Michigan; Mr. and Mrs. William Tinkham. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Tinkham Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Tinkham. Mr. ajr Mrs. Dee Tinkham, Earl Lautz< nhti ser, Gene Tinkham Earl and Mrs. Jhon Hoblit Mr. and Mrs. Glen Myers am children, Mr. and Mfs. Chauncey D< bolt and children Mr. and Mis. Harvey Tinkham and children, Mrs. Olive Painter and children, Mr. and Mrs children, Mr. and Mrs. Ben McCul lough, Mr. and Mrs. John Tinkhar and children. Mrs. Mary McCulloug! and John Lautzenheiser called dm ing the afternoon. Miss Helen Farr ..entertained ""ria members cf the Octagon Club las evening at a Christmas party and • x change. The entertaining rooms war decorated with Christmas bells and ; small Christmas tree was placed in tli sun parlor. Bridge was played and high score was won by Miss HebSwearingen, who was presented with t beautiful prize. An exchange of gifts was held. Guests, besides the < lut members, wore Miss Eleanor Pum phrey, and Mrs. George W. Schug. e Columbus, Ohio. The hostess servet delightful refreshments. The annual Christmas party and i x change of the Moose Legionaires wil be hid Wednesday evening witli Mrs Dora Cook. It was erroneously stated in Monday’s paper the party would bheld Thursday. All members cf the Rebecca Lodsa are urged to bring donations for tin gift box to be sent to the I.- O. O. F Home at Greensburg. The box will I" made up tonight at the regular naH ing of the lodge. The teachers cf the city schools members of the school board and their wives, were entertained at a Ch'i-i mas dinner of pretty appointments i the dining room in the high s bool I evening. The tables had as their centerpieces a small chimney at the top of which appeared a Santa Claus' carrying a pack on his back. Each was precented with a tiny gift frem the pack. Mr. Worthmail was pi > Rented with a bag of fifty dolla:s in gold from the teachers. The delicious dinner was served by the Dome-tic girls uniter the supervisi n Miss Vena Dull instructor in home economics. Following the dinner Howard Marshall explained the Metric System and Misses Josephine Myers and Vi neal Whalen gave interesting and instructive talks on composition and rl: toric. The teachers were taken to tl art room where they the exhibit of the art pupils. Mrs. Floyd Enos was hostess to the Monday Night Club last night.

'lecoratnd with the • J < hrlstmas colon, and a large ~C '" IH ■ Klv " hlindned was v ' y . i "" "'’’to awarded to ‘ -iy Lunguell and Mrs. Joe McMiss Bemeta Tanvn, was « tarded the gnest) p ,. |zp )b(i ? n ' ua ) 1 ’’ n games the exchange hrlstmas gifts was hold and the 1">-1" s -erved delectable refresh-, I■' . oiing People ) Class of the "a-rnni Mills Baptist Sunday School hold a social in France's Hardwa.e -tore Thursday evening. Dee- 1 ember 23. The puplic Is invited to at- 1 t< nd. 0 — — IL©®®)]® Miss Elizabeth Aurand of Fort Wayne, spent the day in this city with! her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Aur-' and. | Miss Rose Coater will have Thurs-’ duy for Detroit, to spend the holidays! with her brother, John Confer. She will ‘ be accompanied by Miss Margaret] Conter, of Fort Wayne. A single-track mind has its dra'w-' backs, hut I prefer it t’ one like th’i freight yards at Harrisburg, Pa. Women are funny things. They don't fast-1 en their goloshes, an’ they might as well not have any buttons cn ther beach robes. —Abe Martin. Indianapolis News. Robert Voglewede arrived home last night from Notre Dame to spend the holidays with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Voglewede. Mis. F. E. Vail and Miss Mary Callow, of Fort Wayne, will attend the Psi lota Xi Christmas party at the tome of Mrs. Charles Knapp tonight. Hugh Holthouse, a Notre Dame student, is home to spend the Christmas vacation with his mother, Mrs. Mary Holthouse. o - et ; COURT HOUSE •■«. Jf-3 ■:■ EdßißiMjaMacH Trial Is Halted Trjal cf the case of Herman C. Weber vs. William and Emelia Klink, suit for $5,000 libel, was halted late yesterday afternoon in circuit court, when the court sustained a motion of the plaintiff to withdraw the case Tom the jury, after the evidence had been heard in part. The motion to vithdraw the case from the jury came ifter the court had granted leave to he plain') ff to file an amended comY.aint. The plaintiff alleged in his •omplaint that the defendants, who ire his wife's parents, had made certain libelous statements about him n letters written to his wife and to (is parents. The letters were writen in German and were translated by a professor from Fort Wayne. The lid not sustain the charges made by Jie plaintiff in hi:: complaint, it is aid. and the plaintiff asked for leave o file an amended complaint. The ■ase was continued pending the filing of the amended complaint, which had not been filed late this afteftoon. Suit On Note Filed A suit on a note, in which judgment. for $1,200 is amended, was filed n the circuit court today by Martin I. Bienz against August and Ernst "onrad. Attorney James T. Merryman is counsel for the plaintiff. Restraining Order Issued In the cube of Goldie Haley vs. Nade Haley, the court granted a restraining order, restraining the defendant from entering upon the premses. of the p'aintiff and from intererring with or molesting the pkiiniff or her children. The plaintiff iled an application for support and uit money. The petition was set or a hearing on December 27. Suit To Foreclose Lien A suit to foreclose a machanic’s lien on an oil lease in Jefferson township, in which judgment for $l4O is demanded, was f.ied Imlay by Charles Burris agains'i the Ricbberne Oil and las company. The plaintiff alleges that the above named amount is due him for services in drilling an oil well for the defendants. Attorney H. M. DeVoss is counsel for the plaintiff. Letters Issued Letters of administration have been issued to Verena Amstutz in the estate of Jacob Amstutz. Bond in the sum of $5,000 was filed. Guardian Appointed Amos Burkhalter has been appointed guardian for Caroline Zook, an infirm persdn. He filed bond in the sum of SI,OOO. Defendant Defaulted In the case of Flossie Fern Studler vs. William D. Studler. the defendant was called and defaulted. — _ 0 Fort Wayne—Thomas Wilson leaned over the side of an airplane driven bv his cousin. Robert Brooks, to wave nt his parents. A few .seconds later Hie plane crashed to the earth but neither were seriously injured.

DECATI’R DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1926

INDICTMENTS UNDER FIRE Triple Attack Made On Indictments Against Fall And Sinclair Washington, D. C. Dec. 21.—(United Press! Justice Jennings Bailey I today took under advisement for two 1 v; i triple attack upon validity <<' Indi | meats hinging (firmer U“cre-' tary of the lut rior Albert B. Fall and 1 Hany Sinclair, oil magnate, with conspiracy to defraud the government in the Teapot Dome oil lease. : Bailey announced he would give a decision Thursday morning and directI ed the two defendants to bo present for arraignment if the motions Ko ' i quash the irydlctments are denied. I Three defense attorneys addressed | th court in support of the motions, I charging the Senate usurped executive ' I power when it ordered special proseI cution of the cases growing out of I the -. nate oil investigation of 1923-24. 1 j o , ‘President Brings On New Fight With Senate Washington, Dec. 21. — Resident Coolidge has brought on another tight with the senate by his appointment of I Cyrus E. Woods of Pennsylvania, to I the interstate commerce commission. Both Senators Ernst and Sackett of Kentucky served notice today they would fight confirmation of Woods, formerly ambassador to Japan, on the grounds that presence on the commission of a Pennsylvania man would be i detrimental to their state’s interests, There is pending a long-standing controversy between Kentucky, West Virginia and Tennessee on the one hand and Pennsylvania and Ohio on the I other over freight rates on coal. West Virginia and Tennessee sen- , ators also are expected to join in opposing Woods’ confirmation. | j o i Grange Denies He And i Teammates Were Drinking Dallas, Tex., Dec. 21. —(United Press) —Harold “Red" Grange, and . four of his teammates, of the New York flrofessional football team were ; just “making too much noise'' when . they were arrested at a small hotel I here, the football players said. | , There was no drinking in the party I , at all, they claimed. , Grange and the other players, W. 1 •

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S. Oliver. R. V. Scott. A, T. Hubert and A. A Woods, [mid fines of $lO each, they udmllfed, but said they, had done so merely to prevent delay, In getting away from Dallas for u 1 scheduled game u t Beaumont, Tex. No liquor was In the party, Grange declared. The five were Just wandarounlt town and "perhaps were making a bit too much noise for 4 a. m.," he added. They had gone to a hotel and were slow In leaving when informed no rooms were available, Grange said, and the police were called. The foot--1 ball men were loaded in a patrol (wagon, the former Illinois star submitted with a smile, and was held in jail until 8 o'clock in the ihorning. | They were released under S2OO bond

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and Inter a friend went down and! paid the fln.es. I ‘Walter!... Ross UeaJs Nickel Plate Railroad ('leveland, Dec. 21 -Walter L. R uss, senior vice-president of the Nickle plate railroad was elected president of the r tad today to succeed J. J. Bernet, recently appointed president of the Erie. x "" 1 " -Q—i —- —. Mr. Coolidge .loins Ranks Os Late Shoppers Washington, Dec. 21. (United

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! I’i'ohs. I'roHldctit Coolidge him join- | od the rank* of Into t'hrlsim:iH chopper*. Ho In not making tho purchnnon hlmnelf, but hl* military aide, Col. Sherwood A. Cheney, han boon verv ltiny visiting local Htores and bringing back armloads of package). Most of th«- purchases so far seem to bo -hooks. Howard County Auditor At Liberty Under Bond xKokomo, Ind., Dec. 21. (United Press) County auditor Orville Butcher was nt liberty under $1,600 bond today following hl> arrest on charges

of extori Ing $1.4X4.40 from tho county claims for registration expense. Butcher fa es an indletniont returned by tin' Howard county grand Jury setting forth two counts ngnlnst him. Ills efftrta "to remove tax dodgers from Howard county" were roftponslide for the Indictment against him, Hut< her declared today. o-. Mundo —Residents of this city beHove utilities companies may not be so hard hearted after all. The Indiana General Service Company Is furnishing, gratis, current to illuminate the municipal Christmas tree here. 0 —— — To have beautiful clear white clotbet use hums Bleacbing Blue. Your grocer sella it. TT

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