Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 120, Decatur, Adams County, 20 May 1927 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres- and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec'y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Sintered at the Poatofftce at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates; Single copies 1 - 02 One week, by carrier - 10 One year, by carrier 5 00 One mouth, by mail —.85 Three months, by mail 1-00 'Six months, by mail 115 One year, by mail— 3.00 fine year, at office— — 3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those tones.) Advertising Rates: Made known by Application. Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York. A well arranged play ground for the children of this community would be a wonderful asset and thats the idea of the plan being promoted by the Legion boys. Won't you give a little towards it? Sonic wise old guy has figured out that those men live longest and have best health who work in the gardens. Pulling weeds and plying the hoe does not bring on lumbago it is now announced and in fact these exercises are advised by the greatest scientists and doctors, so some of us will have to hunt up other excuses. . The president's excuse for not calling congress is that he fears Jim Reed will insist on a committee to investigate the Pennsylvania election and proper funds to cover the expense. It is admitted that there is much for congress To do to relieve the flood situation but they hesitate because the light may be turned on some muss which needs it. Can you beat that for playing the game? The front pages of the newspapers are depressing these days for they are filled witli the most terrible happenings. Floods, cyclones, train wrecks, towns wiped out. losses of every description to say nothing of horrible crimes. It is regrettable fdr the folks need optimistic news but the difficulty is that newspapers don’t make the news. They only print what happens, at least thats what they are expected to do. 1 ■■ l 1 "■* The terrible catastrophe at Bath, Michigan, in which forty-four people, mostly children, met death and as many more were badly injured was made the more serious here because three children of Mrs. Richardson, formerly Miss Blanche Dibble of I his city, were among the victims. The eldest son was killed and the two daughters injured. Sincerest sympathy is extended to the bereaved parents and to the grandfather, Mr. Frank Dibble, who is well-known here. President Coolidge is seriously considering calling congress into extra session next November to discuss the flood situation, which is about as speedy as we have a right to expect from this man who seems to think that conservatism is the only safe course. There is one sure thing and that is that such a course won't provide very much relief to those in the. midst of this, the greatest flood ever known in this country. It may help out for the next one however. The thing that makes one town better than another is that which makes it different from the average. Every community has its schools, churches, stores, and parks, but few have provided athletic fields for the public use. The movement on here now towards that end is a worthy one and deserving of your support. A contribution right now will help a lot and you are invited and urged to sand one in. Help raise SSOO so the field can'be started without further delay. There is just one safe, sane and sure way to get business and to retain what you have and that is by advertising. If you have any othei idea in your mind, get it out because you are wasting time. The greatesl business men in the world, the most successful in this and every common ity agree with that. Be judicious, say

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something in the space you buy but I 1 don't bo afraid to use it. The more you advertise the larger business you do and the more you reduce expenses in proportion. Warren T. McCray, ex-governor of I ' Indiana, is to be released from the. ,> federal prison at Atlanta, in August, on the day he becomes eligible for clemency, u decision that will be ap--1 proved by almost every one in IndiI ana. The former chief executive violated the laws when he used the mails for the sale of worthless notes and was sentenced to ten years. He has paid a terrible penalty and the general feeling Is that he has been more than punished by three years in prison. Before the wind had ceased bowling in the cyclone which caused five million dollars of losses in Indianapolis and through central Indiana, ’the Red Cross was on hand with relief. With storms coming on an average of twice a week and with so many disasters breaking, there is much to be done by this organization and there is no danger of too much money being secured to aid the work. Adams county is still giving to the cause and is now nearly a thousand dollars over the quota, as good a showing in proportion as has been . made any where. Do you go fishing? If so, and of course most every one does, more or less, you will be interested in the changes made in the fish and game laws by the recent Indiana legislature. Every member of the family, including Mrs. Fisherman, over eighteen years of age, must have a license to fish outside the county in which you live, you can only catch six bass or twenty-five blue gills and perch in a day, the bass must be at least eleven inches long and the other fish five inches long and it is only lawful to catch by hook and line. Even taking fish with your bare hands is unlawful. It will be advisable for you to reach the new laws over carefully before you take your summer visit to the . lakes for the game wardens will be hot on the trail this summer, looking for easy fees. The hay dealers of this section seem to have a real complaint, one that should have the immediate attention of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The hay dealer in Utica, New York, can ship to the . south for $10.50 per ton rihile the cost from Decatur to the same point | is $13.40, though the dfetance from here is 388 miles less. Jhis ruling injures every farmer in the middle west for it prevents the dealer paying the price he could if he did not have to meet this unfair difference in I freight. Write your senators and congressmen and urge them to get back of the efforts of the Northeastern Indiana Hay Dealers Association to have the rates adjusted immediately. 1 o- » + ** + + **.«***<»*«’ ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ From the Dally Democrat File ♦ ♦ Twenty Years Ago Thi* Day. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦*♦ + ♦**♦*♦ ♦ ♦ -» 1 May 20—Rev. Kessinger will Je’iver the address here cn Decoration Day i "Santiago" presented at <h? opera r house under auspices of the Columbia ) club. Rev. D. S. Oakes, for twenty years presiding elder in this district of Lie Evangelical cam ch conference, dies at Foi t Wayne. 1 Misses Emma and Matil. a Sellemey- • er entertain company of friends al i, their home south of town. v Judge Landis fines number furuie ture manufacturers SIO,OOO eiren for opeiat.ng a trust. g Fied Tague receives shipment of e shoes, supposed to lie seven dozen but i- finds ail empty boxes but two. t J. O. Sellemeye,- home from Arkanj sas and says he has enough of that. Q . **¥*¥¥¥**¥* * * * ¥ * TRYTHE * d * NE X T ON E * ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ y U. S. Government -r 1. Who is Secretary of the Interior? , e 2. What governmental post do Le,t land Harrison, J. Butler Wright. Wilbur J. Carr and Robert E. Olds have in common?? ,l ' 3. What five states have each but y I one representative in tire House

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ONLYONEOFAYF.AR ’ ” A HW V' " \ > Kia < * \ | 1 ; u$ 1 boIL ■ I < Commander Rickard E. Byrd, transatlantic flier, congratulates Philip Oblas, of New York, the only Boy Scout to win the merit badge for aviation this year. (Internat tonal KewsreeD

of Representatives? 4. Under what department of the fed eral government is the weather bureau? 5. Who is the Democratic floor leadei in the House? 6. Name the two United States Sen ators from this state. 7. On what days do the Cabinet reg ulaty meet? 8. Has PresMent Coolidge continued the custom inaugurated by I’resi dent Harding of inviting the vice President to be pi esent at Cabinet meetings? 9. What is the length cf the term ol a member of the House cf Representatives? 10. Is the Speaker of the House a member of the House? Answers 1. Hubert Work. 2. Assistant Secretaries of State. 3. Arizona, Delaware, New Mexico Nevada ami Wyoming. 4. Department of Agriculture. , 5. Finis J. Garrett. 6. Watson and Robit.spn: 7. Tuesdays and Fridays. 8. No. 9. Two years. Hl. Yes. — < > ■ — -

o 1 , THE GREAT WAR 10 YEARS AGO I Fulmer President Roosevelt, follow ing tlie refusal of the administration to permit tlie dispatch of volunteers to Europe, formally dismisses the four divisions of volunteers which had been em oiled under lus command. o Laketown—Stockholders of the dofunct Cooperative Elevator, are to.be foiled to pay $44,000 to take care of a shoitage. ? — - “Easy Come Easy Go” Is Farewell Offering Os Wright Players "Easy Come, Easy Go,” farce comedy, will be the final attraction of the season at the Majes.ic theater. Fort Wayne, tlie Wright Players closing their run next Saturday night. The usual Wednesday and Saturday matinees will be given this week with the new attraction starting Sunday ma'inee. Next week will be the thirty-seventh week tor the Wright Players in Fort Wayne, breaking a>l records for stock company runs there. The company will have played 371 performances wi li next Saturday night's show, having played ten performances weekly with an extra show for Mississippi Hood relief. Closing tin Majestic for the season, the Wright Players assure theater goers they will be back next season, opening the second week in September and presenting throughout the season the same high standard of productions as were featured this year. "Easy Come, Easy Go," is a new type of crook drama. Two crooks with loot of a bank board a train only to Hud a detective on it. They join a parly of patients going to a sanitarium to escape arrest. Plenty of comedy is offered throughout. This week’s show, “The Ghost Train," is a decided novelty for a mystery play, it has plenty of comedy, a surprise ending and thrills and chills throughout. It will be continued through the Saturday matinee and ■ night shows. William Courneen has the leading , role and gets plenty of laughs in every situation. The remainder of the company is well cast, with Arthur Kohl and Miss Frances Hall carrying the i love interest. —lt-adv.

+ + + +♦♦ + ♦ + + ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BIG FEATURES ♦ ♦ OF RADIO ♦ SATURDAY'S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES WBZ--Springfield (333) 6:05 pm. "Pop" concert by Boston Symphony orchestra. 1 WJZ New York (4541 6pm Announcer’s Program Series: Keith McLood's Artists. WSB —Atlanta (428) 10:45 pip- Rogers' Red Head Club. WEAF—New York (492) 7 pm.— Hits and Bites, Musical Comedy troup. WCCO—-Minneapolis-St. Paul (416) — ‘ 9:30 11111. — Band Concert. 0 Mrs. J. B. Peterson is much better today ami was able to tit up a short time. Het daughter-in-law Mrs. • Dwight Peterson and daughter Patsy of Indianapolis are here to assist in cai ing for her.

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PLAN EXPANSION OF AIR TRAFFIC Germany Plans To Expand Air Traffic On Numerous Routes This Summer Ikulin (United Press)—With the advent of spring lu Ceutrul Europe and the consequent improvement of atmospheric conditions, Germany is preparing to continue her peaceful conquest of the air. If the progtess made during recent yeats is maintained this season. Get many bids fair to outdo all nations iu commercial aviation. When last fall, most of the large and small planes of the Lust Hansa (the sulisldibed aviation company holding a monopoly for all air traffic) were wheeled into their hangars, they had covered close to five million kilometeis on 64 lines. During the winter only ten of those lines were flown, bringing the year.- kilometer total up to 6,100.000. All tlie major European capitals, London, Palis, Vienna, Moscow and Stockholm were included both by the passenger and freight planes, 89 per-] cent of which left and departed accord-] ing to schedule, lu aditiou. a special, health-reso,t service was organized tor; the holiday season, bookings for which I weie sometimes so fiequent that all] tlie reserve airplanes had to be mobilized to cope witli the traffic. All these activities, it is anticipated, will lie multiplied this year. At its close the directors of the Lust Hansa hi.pe to be able to record a 100 per cent iucieasc of tlie passenger and iieight traffic ami a substantial addition to the existing lines. Preparations for these extensions are iu full swing and include, among other things, the iaige scale training cf pilots. Most of the present pilots have been win service men and if they have not all been aces, they Jiave at least all seen the cockpit of a battle plane. But tlie supply of pilots is now running li w compelling the Lust Hansa to somb over tlie younger generation for suitable candidates. —— —o Tlie Provident Building and Loan Association directors met last evening and discussed plans for meeting tlie requiiements of the new laws governing such organizations. The company is in excellent condition and is moving along steadily.

Vanderbilt Suit For Divorce Up In Paris Paß]s, May 20— (UP)- Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt appeared before tlie judge of the Seine Tribunal today preliminuiy to the heating es Mr. Vanderbilt's suit for divoice. The former Virginia fair maintained her decision that no roeonsiliation with her husband was possilde and tlie judge ordered the suit taken into court for a decision. o Coolidge May Call Extra Session For November Washington, D. C. May 20—(United Press) President Coolidge may cull an extra session of congress for November—a month before the regular sessions begins—to expedite flood relief legislation. This information came today from

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