Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1927 — Page 5

■ SOCIETY : I CU ; B CALENDER Monday ■ w ,» - 11 Tund»y n K,u " pr ' H; , rUI "- U S' T (■ Library. 2:30 i). m. mlr Pi- •' F K,CI " ■bar,,. 7:30 P m. B Wedne»d»y mi vi,i,. clul* Mr;*. K.iy Langueil I ETorlcal Club-Mr*. C. C. i-ng-B THURSDAY ■ Kristian Lubes' Aid Soeioty-Mrs. B"wni' , > : w-' f '' n ' r,s,ian n,,,ri " ■t', 1 Ma " K '' Unite "'3O P- m ■ V! ;,. m,.-. '•" ii "• ill HI3D. P- m. B Friday B Mrs. Treins' s*--ti«>n <*f Christians y s.—Hake Sale Church. ■ Saturday B Udics' Aid Society of Christian BrluiKh, Cafeteria Supper, 5 to 7 p. in. ■R church diuiup room. B The St. Ma-ya Chorus choir will Brier' Tuesday evening after church. B During Unit, 'he meetings will he held B following the 7 30 o'clock services. Brie meetings will I* held in the B Miami building. At the recent election Bo: oi!'i.el'S of the chorus choir. Clayson B Carroll was elected president; Paul ■ uriede. vice-president; Regina MurB tausli. secretary; Clem Kortenbrer, B treasurer; and Mrs. Esther FiilleuB tump, historian; Plans are being made B i- give an operetta after Easter, the B iianie - f the production being, "llulda H «f Holland." ■ Mrs. George Teems' section of I lie ■ Christum had ns Aid society will hold ■ a hake sale at tile < liurch Friday after- ■ duou. Anyone wishing to leave an or- ■ der call 1164 or 947. Doughnuts, cook- ■ ios cakes and all special orders will be ■ made at the church. I Miss Madge Hite will be hostess to ■ the Afternoon Bridge Club Tuesday ■ afternoon at 2:30. ■ The following program will be giv- ■ en at the regular meeting of the I Women's Christian Temperance I Union, to he held in the public library I at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon: B Song. ■ Devotionals, led by Mrs. C. B. Poling. ■ Address, bv the Ilev. O. K. Miller, on i subject, "Sabbath Observance.” ■ Sub-topics, by Mrs. Sam Shamp and P Selections Methodist Ladles’ quartet. Initiation of new members. Short business session. The Tri Kappa sorority will meet Tuesday evening at eight o'clock with Miss Helen Kodier. All members are urged to attend. Hie members or the Ladies' Aid Society of the Christian church will serve a cafeteria supper Saturday afternoon from five to seven o'clock in the church dining room. The liberal patronage of the public is solicited. Mrs. Homer Huhl will entertain the members of the Christian Ladles’ Aid society Thursday afternoon at two « clock. Every member is urged to attend. 1 he Triangle Club of the Christian I Church w *ll meet with Isabelle Cloud Thursday evening. Moris Hinman will ll( ‘ tlll ‘ fender. A good program has bee “ banged and the attendance of every member is urged. 'lie sixtieth wedding anniversary of Me ami Mrs. J. H. Wiliums, of South oighth street, was celebrated at their mum Sunday. A family dinner was ■rued at noon. The celebrants were “ruled at a table laid with white linen ed at a table laid fETAOINETAOIN j* 11 ' 1 eff'er. The centerpiece was a a'-e bouquet of pink roses. Small •''hies were ÜBe d throughout the house ">Hi loses as centerpieces. The guests 1111 faded A. W. Duncan, of New Phllaretlfhia, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. It. B. 'fllanis, of Knox; Paul Ramsay und '*“, li l' V ' r ° m Hamsfty ami family, all 0 fidedo, Ohio; Selil Ramsay and fauf Hentiugtpn; Mr. and Mrs. larles Mallott, of Fort Wayne; Mrs, J -,l ' v and son, of Kings land; 1,1 Idi Ituinsay, of Fort Wayne; Mr. 3f-s. 8. B. Ramsay, of Tocsin; Mr. Ml “' Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. ‘“■'old Swartz, and Mrs. Anna Mai- !' ' ~f Ibis city. M r . and Mrs. WilJlll3 were presented with beautiful bouquets of ruses, congratulations and Sheetings. * Mr ' auU M rs. Fred Heuer eulertaiu-

ed at a family dinuor Sunday lu honor] Os the seventy-fourth birthday anniversary of Mrs. Heuer's father, Mr. Fred Sellcmeyer. LOCALS ; Mias Mayine Beininger spent the day * in Fort Wayne visiting with friends 1 Mr. and Mrs F. K. Vail aud Mr. and 1 Mrs. Jonas Tritch and son, of Fort 1 Wayne, were guests of relatives here ' Sunday. Dick Myers aud Walter Elzey motor- ] ed to Fort Wayne last evening. Mr. and Mrs. A D. Johnson and son, Karl F„ of Fort Wayne, aud Mr. and ' Mrs. R. I). Gaunt aud family of Huntington were guests of relatives here yesterday Miss Eva Acker spent the week-end in Geneva with her sister, Mrs Dora Myers. Miss Acker was accompanied home by her nephew, Ralph Myers, ( who was enrotite to Chicago on business. ' Mr. and Mrs. Otto Fuelling, of northeast of the city, were shoppers here today. Attorney D. E. Smith, of Fort Wayne, was a professional business visitor in the city today. Albert Gehrig made a business trip to St. Louis last night. Mrs. Albert Laugerman, of Washington township, was a shopper here Saturday afternoon. o —— Otis Skinner To Appear At Fort Wayne This Week Otis Skinner, coming to the Shrine Auditorium, Fort Wayne, Wednesday night, March 9, needs no introduction to local kheatre-goers. This time he will appear in his greatest success, “The Honor of the Family. The piay has been adapted by Paul M. Potter, from the French of Emile Fabre. based on Balzac’s story, “La Rabouilleuse.” in this production Mr. Skinner will appear as Colonel Philippe Bridau, a character whose portrait he can paint with bold, broad strokes and with vivid colors, and Mr. Skinner is in his element where he has no living peer. The story is regarded as one of Balzac's finest analytic studies of human character and passions, and tiie role of Philippe Bridau, a hero of countless fights and wearer of a medal for bravery that he received from the hands of Napoleon himself, is said to offer Mr. Skinner all the opportunities} for both characterization and strong dramatic work that he could desire. Colonel Bridau is a remarkable hero with tremendous qualities, who always does as he plans, and who never will give up any f ght without the fiercest of struggles. An unusually strong cast surrounds Mr. Skinner in this play. Curtain at S o'clock. I; _iil.ii' I,lu- I-■ ■■ L--•- li.'- lin,. % 'ii- (la Bigß■ 9 ; 7 30.. .. iolin Dickerson, W. M. o Track Elcvaton Bill Is Passed By Senate Indianapolis, lnd., Mar. 7 —(United Press)—The Harris-Batterman house bill governing costs of track elevation work passed tho senate today by a vote of 32 to 3 aud was sent to the governor. Tiie bill provides that the cost of elevatiou work shall be divided among e’ties and railroads by mutual agreement, the cities in no case to pay more than 33 per cent of the total cost. Merger Os Telephone Companies Is Blocked Indianapolis, March 7. — (United Press.) —Plans for consolidation of a number of northern Indiana telephone companies by the Associated Telephone company, whose officers are Indianapolis men, were shattered today following refusal of the public service commisipn to grant their petition to purchase three companies for a total of sl3s,(inn. The Associated Telephone company had petitioned (lie commission for pel mission to purchase the Walkertown and North Liberty telephone companies in St. Joseph counties and the Nappanee Telephone company in Elkhart county. In denying the petition the commission held that the three companies had a total valuation of only $125,000 or approximately SIO,OOO less than tho proposed purchase price. o CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat: May $1.41: July »134V4: Sept. $1.31%. Corn; May 7«% c; July 81 !4.c; Sept. 84%c. Oats; May 47%c. July 4714 c, Sopt. 45%c. o Fort Wayne Livestock Market Rigs. IHo tbs. down 411. W 100 to 200 tbs. $1175 1 200 to 225 lbs $ll.OO [ 225 to 2W tbs. $11.45 230 to 300 tbs. $11.25 300 to 350 lbs $11.15 Calves $8 to $14.00 • _____o •

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1027.

Two Boys Practice “Drawing Revolvers”; On Shot To Death St. Louis, Mo., March 7.-- (United Press.)—Edward Combs, 14-year-old St. Louis school hoy, failed to beat his playmutcr, Stanley Hales, 14, “to the draw" and as a result Combs is dead and Hales is held at the house of detention today. The two boys were practicing the drawing of loaded revolvers in the Hales home. After several praetior "draws,” Hales fired as he brought his gun from his belt. Combs died instantly with a bullet in his temple. Hales told a passing motorist that a burglar had entered the house and killed his playmate but later confessed to police. 20 TEAMS INVITED TO LOYOLA MEET Strong Quintets Among Those Already Picked For Catholic Tournament Chicago, Mar. 7.—Ten eutries have been accepted for the fourth annual national Catholic interscholastic basketball tournament which will be held in the Loyola university gymnasjum March 17, 18, 19 and 20. The schools entered are St. Mel, Chicago; De IjaSalle, Joliet, 111.; St. Patrick, Cedar Rapids, la; St. Stanislaus college, Bay St. Louis, Miss; St. Mary, Richardton, IN. D.; St. Patrick, North Platte, Neb.; St. Peter, New Brunswick, N. J.; St. Patrick, West--011, W Va, and Decatur Catholic, Decatur, lnd. Thirty-two teams will compete. St. Mel of Chicago and De LaSalle of Joliet qualified for the tournament by winning In the two divisions of the Chicago Catholic high school league, while St. Patrick higli of Cedar Rapids, la., won a place by coming out first among eighteen entrants in the sectional tournament held at Columbia college, Dubuque.la. Southern Team Has Fine Record Bay St. Louis, Miss., has defeated every school of tournament caliber w thin its district. Richardton, N.D boasts of twelve victories out of thirteen games. North Platte, Neb., hasn’t a defeat marked up against it, having registq'ijed fourteen straight victories this season. New Jesey also will be represented by a one hundred per cent quintet, the New Brunswick squad having won twelve games this season. Decatur Catholic high boasts of one of the strongest teams iu Indiana. The Commodores claim a winning streak of twenty games before meeting a rev#»*e. Ti'.vs. vrotv at the hands of «t. Rose of Lima, O , and was the final game for the Iloosler squad. One more Indiana team will be chosen before the entries dose. A point every 55 seconds of play is (lie record established by St. Patrick h gh of Weston, W. Va.. coached by Rush D. licit. This quintet has piled up S7G points and taken 18 games. In a game against University High school of Morgantown, W. Va., the Irish scored 103 points while the opposition was collecting 13. Epidemic Forces Out Indians St. Francis Mission High school of St. Francis, S. I)., fliich has iiad a team in the tournament for the last two years, will not be represented this year. This team, which is composed of full blooded Sioux Indians, lias lmng up an enviable record and was invited to the meet. An epidemic of scartet fever prevented the team from maknig the trip. When the Catholic tournament was established four years ago it was necessary for the founder, the Rev. Joseph F. Thorning, S. J., to <ake seven teams from tiie state of Illinois' alone. This year, on the occasion of the fourth annual tournament, them.: are sixteen Illinois teams which believe that they are the logical contenders for the national Catholic title. Twelve of these have been eliminated and the four remaining teams will fight it out in ail elimination meet at Bloomington, March 8. They are St. Mary Higli school or Bloomington, III.: St, Joseph of Cairo Hi.; St. Viator of Bourbonnais, Bland St. Thomas High of Rockford, 111. 0 HOSPITAL NOTES Marilyn lAuraud, of Monroe, and Eugene Arnold, of Decatur Route two. had their tonsiis Removed this morning . Will Trout rural mail carrier and well known resident ol this city, underwent a major operation at I lie hospital this morning. Miss Mayine Terveer visited her 1 sister, Mrs. C. J. Voglcwede, at tho | St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne, today.

Champion Eater Found At Wellington, Kansas^ Wellington, Kan., Mar. 7—(United | Press)—Tho biggest thing About John Horton, locul negro, is his appetite. With the recent bringing to light of ( certain coffee drinking champions, Wellington puts forward old John, j champion gormand. , John lives in Wellington, a railroad center, by what lie eats and hols that ho can .eat. Incredulous travel ers are his victims. Local records recite tiie following bets made and won by John, as to how much he could eat at one sitting, and his rating of the difficulty of the feats: Fourteen two-pound spring uhlckens (easy) ( One dozen lemons without sugar (hard) Eleven aud ouu-half dozen eggs (nominal) Two eases of soda water (easiest) Twenty-seveu custard pies . (dill'icult) Three gallons of water (satisfied) Ten pounds of raw beef (no comment) Horton doesn’t stop there, and (he town will vouch for the whole list. In addition he will wager he can eat two bushels of ripe apples, a stock of bananas, a 40-pound watermelon (rind, too) or the hearts of a wagonload of melons. Horton’s only stumbling block was an attempt to eat a quart of brickmason's cement. He became sick. The negro is six feet tall, muscular and will eat anything for a $lO bill. o Peking Police Forbid Women In Barbershops Peking (United Press) —Police here have assisted man In repelling tho onslaught of the modern woman upon his last stronghold, the barber shop. Bobbed-haired American women, with some Chinese as wejl, had been ' pouring a rush of business into the 1 Non Chi barber shop next to the ! Peking Y. M. C. A. until the Peking peace guardians became cognizant of the fact. “This must stop,’’ tho chief of po- . lice informed the barber shop proprietor, "It’s indecent for hair-dressing I of men and women to go on iu the r same shop.” “But we have a screen—look!” f pleaded tiie proprietor, indicating a , flimsy barrier behind which the bob , bing process was proceeding full blast, j L “No matter —the men and women - have to use the same front door, don't - they?” rejoined tiie chief firmly. t And the edict went in force forthwith 5 to the great, distress of all concerned save the virtuous police. From a foreign point or view the . situation had its humorous angle in ; that most of the American men and .. women of the shop are missionaries 1 or .proplQved by missionary enter--3 prises. o Get the Habit —Trade at Home. It Pays i Fights 18 Years To Get Rid of Gas 1 "T had stomach trouble for IS Sears. Since taking Adlerika I fed 1 better .than for years and have not 3 been bothered with gas."—L. A. - Champion. Even the FIRST spoonful of Adlerika relieves gas and often removes astonishing amount of old waste mat ter from the system. Makes you on--1 joy your meals and sleep better. 770 f niattier what you have tried for your 1 stomach and bowels, Adlerika will surprise you. Smith, Yager & Falk, druggists. i —iTimm —■ mw ; COAL FRICKS REDUCED ri i Old Dominion hard coal $171.00 . Pocahontas Lump $7.7"> Hest Kentucky Lump ....$7.00 V'iwtinia White Ash lump $7.00 1 Cook Stove Coal s(i.7-> . IJuswood, double cord ... .$6,00 1 Phone 000—Residence GGG. Julius Haugk 1 mmmmmmmmmnmmmmmamKam, 1 BBjgj R■ O *4^ IgflP m liipnAp r* wljg swallow Jul 4 Prescription^

SloiriisTj ■—TT I 1 Case Goes On Trial The case of Ambrose .Sheaf vs, William Sheaf and others, a suit to set aside the will of Jtie Slioaf, went on trial In the Adams circuit court tills morning. At 2 o'clock this afternoon, a Jury had not been secured to try the case. Joe Slioaf died August. 21, 51925, h svliig mi estate valued at $20,000. in his will, William Slioaf was named as the only legatee. The docedeilt had no children. The plaintiff in tills ease alleges that Mr. Slioaf was of unsound mind when the will was executed, that the document was utfduly executed and that it was procured by undue influence. New Judge Appointed. In tiie case of Rose Jones vs. William L. Jones, a divorce ease venued here from Fort Wayne, Judge Alonzo L. Bales, of the Randolph circuit court, was appointed to serve as special judge, to fill the vacancy created when Judge Rose D. Wheat, of Portland, declined further jurisdiction in the ease. A petition to modify tho order of the court in regard to an allowance for the children is pending in the case. Monkey Proves Smarte r Than German Scientist London —(United Press)—British scientists are chuckling over a Berlin monkey intelligence test, where the monkey demonstrated greater intelli-' gence than its human instructor. The German inserted a banana in Tho vorv best money will buy til low price. [ BUICK 1 iOH \ \™ j sy' A 32-10 fir sets a i value for the dollar that I always is the ! | Standard of Comparison WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBII EV ATE. BUILT • • BUICK. WILL BUILD THEM - - | W. D. PORTER J Monroe & First Gts. Phone 123 When Better Automobiles Are I Built, Buick Will Build Them.

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‘SSKHESaEfSiKaf^^ * THE ADAMS Theatre | v Last Time Tonight ft - MONTY BANKS in “ATTA BOY” |jj iUrj A shipment of Joy from the Workshop of Laughter. Its the story jjj mfl of a trusting boob who goes out to interview the irate father of a [ s*l kidnapped baby. He fans, but in his efforts to make good, he gets 30 bnj evidence that enables him to capture the blackmailing kidnappers, Sn and rescue the baby! LC ALSO—Mabel Norniantl and (-rcighton Hale in |h “SHOI'LI) MEN WALK HOME?” APa the Comedy. B* tfi 15c 35e S IE riJ TUES. & WED.—“THE VALLEY OF HELL" with Francis McDonald. THE CORT # a ii sj Last Time Tonight ffi J “THE SEA TIGER” | A First National Attraction, featuring Vj yj MILTON SILLS anil MARY ASTOR. A throbbing tale of two brothers' love, as deep as the seas they jjfj LC sailed, and how a heartless siren turned that love to hate. lip “VISION,” clever comedy, 115 c 35c ffi ?jP TUES. &■ WED. —Pictures of the great Eucharistic 3j|.: Congress; Matinee Tuesday. jjfl I Budget Your Expenses l| THAT’S the modern and businesslike way to run a household. And the greatest aid to a budget system ... a convenience to system!atic spending and saving ... is a Checking Account! It’s a simplified ( form of Book-keeping in itself! !; Keep an Account with this Bank! | I Old Adams County Bank! 3 ||; “We Pay You to Save” ■ |

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