Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1927 — Page 1

WEATHER Partly cloudy tonitht and Thursday. Local thunder showers this afternoon 01 . tonight. Cooler Thursday extreme north portion.

CONGRESS TO HOLD EXTRA SESSION

CATHOLIC SCHOOL GRADUATESHEAR INSTRUCTIVE TALK

Rev. Girardot, Os Bluffton, Gives Address At Commencement Exercises D (’. H. S. GRADUATES A RECORD NUMBER | “There is one thing which men I Strive for and which they always have in mind if they wish to accom Lllsh something worth-while—that is [the thought of success. Always hold Lie thought of success before you [when you go out in the world," was klie subject of the address delivered hr the Rev. Charles Girardot, pastor Inf St. Joseph’s Catholic church, Bluff|ton, nt the annua) commencement {exercises of the St. Joseph Catholic Lltools in this city last evening. I Before an audience whfch filled the {auditorium of the Catholic school [building, Father Girardot, delivered rm eloquent and inspiring address to the graduates of the Decatur Catholic high school, the Commercial graduates and the grade graduates. His address was brief, but interestling and the speaker conveyed a fine {thought to the graduates who so sucLessfully completed their course of Lindy in the St. Joseph school. “The {thought of success prompted ColuniBnts, Washington and up to the present time. Capt. Lindbergh and ChamBerlin to accomplish those things which they set out to do,” said the {speaker. Thought of Success Important “As long as man holds the thought of success before him he will coibo Bearer doing those things which the [world acclaims as successful,” continued Father Girardot. “With you [graduates it was the thought of suc|cess, which encouraged you to conItinue your studies and now results In your graduation—a stepping stone hn your life of success," advised the speaker. Seated on the stage, which was attractively decorated in the high school colors and adorned with beanti.'r.l spring flowers were the nine high school graduates and the si" [commercial graduates. The high [school graduates who receiv I their diplomas from the Rev. J. A. Seimetz rector of St. Mary's‘Catholic church, [were, Richard Miller, Fred W. Connell, Raymond. J. Miller. Francis J. Wert zberger, Thomas Dowling, Margarot A. Bremerkamp, Rosemary

(CO.VTINI'ED ON PAGE TWO) FIREMEN PREPARE FOR CONVENTION Industrial And Volunteer Firemen Meet At Bluffton Next Week DTuiTton. June B.—Plans for the Northern Indiana Industrial and volunteer* Firemen's (convent on to lie held in this city next week. June 1516, are nearly completed anil everything is in readiness to entertain the several hundred firemen who will be in this city on these dates. Reports received from 18 companies out of the 42 in the association, show that 25 members. 11 fire trucks, 5 bands and 138 machines from these 18 companies are coming to this city. Eighteen is less than half the number of companies in the association and when the others are heard from, the totals will be more .than triple *vhat they now show. Thursday of next, week, June 16, will be the big day of the convention, as on this day the various contests will be held on the streets of the business district. The council has turned the streets over to the firemen for this day and a crowd that will exceed alii other conventions in the association is expected to be in this city. Hoyt Hartman, who has been appointed marshal of the day. stated that his parade at the present time will be over six blocks in length. The cities heard from and the number of truiks and bands and the ma(CON’TINUED ON PAGE TW<?>

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Wanted: A First Class Definition Os Game Os Strip Poker Horton, Kan., June B—(UP)—The voluminous statues of the state of Kansas were combed today for a definition of "strip poker." Thus far. it appears Kansas doesn't know what the game is. Two grade school teachers, who refused,to resign after the school board had charged they played strip poker with business men, will lose their jobs anyhow, if a definition of tlie pastime as a game of .chance can lie found, it not, they mau't be fired. CITY PARKS ARE OFFICIALLY NAMED j — Two Parks Are Named Samuel L. Rusk Memorial And Legion Memorial The city council, in session last cv ening. officially named the two city parks in this city. The new park on Winchester street, f imerly the old cemetery, was named "Legion Memorial Park" and the name of Water Woiks park was changed to the “Samuel L. Rugg Memorial Park.". The Legion Memorial park was named in honor of the world war veterans and in recognition of their services to their country dining thew olid conflict. Ihe Legion had also been active in helping to convert the old cemetery into a park. The changing of the name of Water Works paik to the Samuel .L. Rugg Memorial paik was made in compliance with a petition filed by Mrs Mary Ely and others asking that the park be named in memory cf Mr. Rugg, founder of Decatur and doner of the site of the paik and other puldie tracts in this city. The council will more than likely plan a dedication program for both parks. The Samuel L. Rugg memorial park lies west and north of the water works building and at the north end of tlie tiack the Municipal swimming pad is located. The grounds are being drained and tilifeii hi •*«*’•> with tlie beautiful tiees already there, a tittle work each yeai will make it one of the city's show places. The Legion Memorial park is now being constructed and walks aie being build. Improvements will continue fiom year t > year until ft becomes a place of beauty and ieciei.tlon.

INDICTMENTS VOTED AGAINST POISONERS Grant County Grand Jury Indicts Mr. And Mrs. Arthur Walser For Death Os Clifford Cox Marion. Ind.. June B.—(UP)-After voting indie ments against. Arthur and Dorothea Walser for the poisoning of her young cousin, Clifford ( ox, age 12, the Grant, county special grand jury recessed today until Thursday when it will make its report. The grand jury was reported reliably to have voted first degree murder indictments as requested by Prosecuting Attorney Edward C. 'Hays. Arraignment of the couple, who have confessed the crime and expressed willingness to plead guilty in the hope of leniency, is expected Friday. The report of the grand jury can not be made until Thursday because of the absence from the city of Judge .1. Frank Charles of the Grant circuit court. The indictments have been sealed pending his return. Donald - Fee Is Graduate Os Flint, Michigan, School Donald G. Fee. son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H Fee, former residents of this city, is a member of the graduating class of the Flint, Michigan, high school this spring. Donald was a senior in Decatur high school when his parents moved to Flint in October, and he continued his senior year there. He contributed several drawings to the Flint high school annual. There I are more than 400 graduates of the Flint school this spring.

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DAIRYFARMERS PLANPICNIC AND TOUR NEXT WEEK Annual Affair Arranged For Adams County Farmers Thursday, June 16 BASKET DINNER ONE OF FEATURES Adams county fanners will lie given another opportunity for a day of rai creation and an opportunity to see what a numbei if successful dairymen are doing on Thursday of next week, when I lie annual dairy picnic and tour i will lie held. Plans for the same wore I made at a meeting of the Adams County Cow testing association in Berne, Monday evening. Although the picnic and tour is sponsored by the association. it is planned for the benefit of all concerned. Everyone is invited, regardless of the number of cows they are milking, of the breed they have or of their even being dairymen. Last year, forty-eight automobiles cai.ied more than two bundled people on the tour, thereby tanking second in the state. It is hoped that all records may be broken this year. Roy Price In Charge Arranging the details of the trip has been delegated to Roy L. Pi ice. cow i tester. Mr. Price states the crowd will ■ gather at tlie Otto 1). Beiberich farm, ■ located 1 3-4 miles west of Peterson. Preparations have been made for a i basket dinner at the C. W. R. Schwartz orchard. Other details of the tour will • be announced as soon as arranged by Price. Everyone planning to attend is urged to make preparations for an am- ■ pie dinner, as the reputation of the wives of the dairymen in preparing , eats is well known. In addition. Cow Testing Association members voted to each contribute one dollar to u fund to purchase ice-cream and other refresh ments. In order to make doubly sure that sufficient ice-cream should be available for those participating in tiic picnic, another motion was passed to the effect that the. cow tester and county agent should contribute the ■ same amount as regular cow testing association members. After considerable effort, :he two al* m< fl • aide to borrow tlie required fees and • tlie treasure: giatefully accepted them. Mr. G. A. Williams, director of Cow (CONTI XI ED OX PAGE TUO) o 090 FELLOWS TO SO TOWN WERT Decatur Lodgemen To Attend Memorial Service Next Sunday, June 12

The I. O. O. F. and Rebekali lodges of Decatur have received an invitation to join with the I O. U. F. ledges of Van Wert county, Ohio, in a memorial service to be held at Van Wert, June 12. The local lodges have decided to accept the invitation. All members of the lodges who expect to go to Van Wert are urged to be at the 1. O. O. F. building, corner of Second and Monroe streets, at 9 o'clock' Sunday mornin; June 12, and cars will be provided to take them to the Ohio city. There will he a street parade at Van Wert headed by the girls' hand from the Odd Fellows' home at Springfield Ohio, followed by the Canton members in full uniform, under the leadership of Major General Fred H. A. Hahn, of Toledo, Ohio. These in turn, will bo followed by members of the Rebekah lodges, the encampments and the subordinate lodges. The main service will be held in the Strand theatre, where Judge Samuel N. Young, of Toledo, the Grand Master of the Ohio jurisdiction, will deliver the principal address. Judge Young, who was born and reared in the vicinity of Wren, Ohio, is a brother-in-law of George Everett, well-known postoffice cleik in this city. All membets of the Decatur lodge and all Odd Fellows living in this vicinity are urged to attend the service and pay their respect to the memory cf the departed members of the order.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, June 8, 1927.

Re-Elected ". .. • M. E. Hower M E. Hower was re-elected a member of the Decatur school board at the regular meeting of the city council last night. Mr. Hower is completing h s first term of three years and is treasurer of the board at present CHILDREN ARE EXAMINED HERE Representatives Os State Board Os Health Examine Local Children Free

Free examinations of children of preschool age (one to seven years) were started today in Decatur by representatives of the child hygiene division of the state board of health. The examinations, which are for the children of Decatur and Washington township, will continue nW day tomorrow. They are being held in the Public Library on Third street. Parents are urged to take advantage of this opportunity to have their children examined and ascertain if they are in good health, before they start to school. The examinations have been conducted in all parts of Adams county during the last two and a half weeks. aTlic ch’ldren of* Berne and vicinity were examined at Berne, Monday and Tuesday. Sixty-four children were examined on Monday and 60 on making a ioiai of 124 ch'dd ren. More than 250 childrn have been examined in the county, so far. The Psi lota Xi sorority is sponsoring the examinations in this city. Mothers who do not have away to bring their children to the .library for examination are asked to call Mrs. Sim Burk, and away w'll be provided. o OPEN HOUSE PROGRAM AT METHODIST CHURCH Co-Workers Class Arranging Program For All Members And Friends Os The Church An open hoqse program will be held at the First Methodist church next Monday evening, by the Co-Workers class of the Sunday school, for till members and friends of the church. A committee from the class is at work on a program and an interesting evening is promised. Mr. A. B. Cline, prominent Bluffton citizens, will be present to give an address. Several musical mumbers are being arranged. — o Rev. Fledderjohann Addresses Lions Club The Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann pastor of Zion Reformed church was the chief speaker at the regular weekly luncheon meeting of the Decatur Lions club held at the Christian church dining room, at. 6:15 o’clock last night. Following Rev. Fledderjohann's talk a short business Session was held, and then, after a hurt song-fest, the meeting was adjourned. o— ——— Fish Pond Constructed A new cement pond has been constructed in one coiner of the plaza in, front of the Wells county court house at Bluffton. Water lillies and rushes have been planted in the pond and a large ntrtnber of gold fish of the large variety were placed in the pond yesterday.

M. E. HOWER IS RE-ELECTED TO SCHOOL BOARD Elected To Second Term At Meeting Os City Council Last Night STREET MATTERS BEFORE COUNCIL M. E. Hower, local grocer, was reelected a member of the lioard of trustees of tlie Decatur Puldie Schools at the regular meeting of tlie city council last evening. Mr. Hower's election was made by unanimous vote of the council. Instead of voting by secret ballot. Councilman O. L. Vance moved that Mr. flower be elected anil tils motion carried by the entire vote of the council. Mr. Hower is serving his first term of three years on the school lioard and his new term will begin next August, when the annual reorganization meeting of the board takes place. At present, lie is treasurer of the school lioard. Tlie other members of tlie board are Dr. Burt Mangold, president and Mrs. Carrie Haubold, secretary. The election of one member takes place as the first meeting in June of the city council. Street Matters Disposed Os Tlie assessment roll on the South Eighth street improvement was confirmed by the council and ordered turned over to the city treasurer for collection, in the case of the Decatur Home Builders' objection to its assessment on property at the coiner of Adams and Eighth streets, the assessment was figured back 132 feet reducing the assessment $l7O. Waivers, granting the council's and city's consent to the improvement of three streets in this city by tlie town ship were passed by the council. Tlie streets are Monroe street, Nuttman avenue and Mercer avenue, which will lie Improved with brick and concrete by the township. The finance committee allowed the bills and Hie session adjourned. o Organizing Kiwanis Cli.b Montpelier. Ind.. June X (INS) — Business men cf this city are organizing a Kiwanis (’lull. A state organizer will arrive soon to aid in the work. AUTO DRAKES ARE TESTED

State Motor Police Conduct Test In Connection With Safety Week Seventy-five local automobile drivt*rs were placed under arrest yesterday afternoon, by two state policemen and th four local officers, in observance of the state wide Safety week program. The autoists were asked to drive over to Fourth street where they undrwent a braketesting of their cars. F.fty automobiles proved to have good brakes, while the other 25 participating in the test were given state "stickers” and ordered to have their brakes tightened. Tlal Ayres, state motor police for this district, and Offider Se.righ\ of Fairmount, assisted by the local officers and Sheriff Ilarl Hollingsworth conducted the test. Local Brakes Above Average Brake testing day is being observed throughout the state and Mr. Ayres said that the condition of brakes on local automobiles was above the average. He, also, commended the work of local officers, in that only a few violations of state motor laws were noticeable in Decatur all day yesterday. For two hours last night, the two state officers searched the streets for drivers with one headlight, and only 7 were found. These men were ordered to have their lights repaired at once. Mr. Ayres stated, however, that it was not necessary for cars to have a rear light when parked on a lighted street, unless local i< ox nxi i:b io i’u.i: rv.o f

Chamberlin’s Demand | For Beer Shocks His Parents — Denison, la.. June 8 t UP)—Clarence Chamberlin's demand for " a glass of good old Pllsener" in Berlin has shocked and surprised his mother, she said today. , "and I think I'll cable him not to drink wine when lie gets to Paris," she aded. Mr. anil Mrs. K. C. Chamberlin are known in their home town as ardent [ drys of long standing in spite of the fact that Denison was a "wide open town" byl'ore prohibition. GRADE PUPILS GET DIPLOMASi; Annual County Commence- ' ment Held At Geneva This Morning i — - i Diplomas, entitling tlie recipients to admission to high school, were award- i ed to 24H pupils at the annual Adams county eighth grade commencement, held in the Methodist church at Geneva, this morning. The weather was i ideal for the event, and a large crowd was present. The principal aldr-ss was delivered by A. Martin, of Goshen, a former superintendent of the Indianapolis schools Mr. Martin de- I livered an interesting and instructive address. The diplomas were presented ' to the graduates by Clifton E. Strik ! cr, county superintendent. Preceding the commencement ddress, the 24ft graduates assembled tn front of tlie Limberlost Cabin, former home of th- late Gene Stratton-Porter beloved arlihor of Adams cotimy. and were photographed. While assembled there, the pupils listened to a brief, but very interesting address on th: life and works of Mrs. Porter, by Front h Quinn, of Decatur. Mr. Quinn's address was as follows: "It is a beautiful and a fitting tiling that this group of 249 boys and girls graduating today from our county schools should meet here at this beautiful spot to Mo honor to a genius of our own home county and to d i honor to her noble woiks. Gene Stratton-Por-ter loved the children. Most of her monumental labors were for the youth. I She wrote 'My first book was of tlie swamp I knew—for my boys, for my girls and for my friends of leisure I aimed to conjure up part of a swamp and set its flowers blooming and its birds singing, its wonderful creatures of night a wing - . “How well she did that a world lovingly testifies. How she moulded into the plastic minds of the youth of America a sweeter purer love for the (CONTI XI El> ox PAGE TU(H O Funeral Held Today For Mrs. Mary Spade Funeral services were held at the I First Methodist church here this as- I ternoon for Mrs. Mary Spade, former resident, who died Monday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mis. ('. L. Johnson, in Gary Burial was to be made la the Decatur cemetery. o Mrs. Ellen Adlesberger Celebrates 80th Birthday Mrs. Ellen Adlesberger of South Fifth street Is celebrating her eightieth birthday today. She was born in New York state and came to Decatur fifty-seven years ago. Her husband was the first agent for the O. R. & I. railroad in this city. She remembers a time when one could go from Second street to the G. R. & I station in a boat and there were very few houses west of Third street. She spent her girlhood in Bradford, Pennsylvania, and remembers of having seen President Lincoln riding through the town on his way to Gettysburg)!. She is hale and hearty and spends her time among her roses. o Elk’s Meeting Tonight The regular weekly meeting cf the Elk s lodge will be held this evening at 8 o'clock. Business of importance will be discussed and every member is asked to be present.

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PRESIDENT TO GALL SESSION NEXT OCTOBER Flood Rehabilitation Legislation To Come Up At* Extra Session SEVERAL MATTERS TO BE HANDLED Washington, .June X (I nit<>d Press) President Coolidge will call nil extra session of congress October 1 or l.>, Senator Smoot, chairman of the senate finance committeel announced today alter a visit at the White House. The necessity for action upon deficiency appropriation bills, tax reduction. election contests and Mississiput flood rehabilitation legislation and farm relief has caused the decision, Smoot said. The first business before tlie extra session will be the deficiency appropriation bill, killed in a filibuster at tlie closing moments of the last session. This prevented the government from receiving $40,000,000 of • necessary appropriation funds. Election Contests To Come Up The election contests of Senatorelect Vale, Pennsylvania, and Senc-tor-elect Smith. Illinois, both Republicans, also will have to be disposed of and are expected to lead to considerable debate. Smoot said his finance committee would meet in Joint session with the house ways and means committee in September to frame a new tax reduction bill for presentation to the house as soon as the special session meets. Smoot said he believed the bill would carry $300,000,000 reduction. The call for the special session will not be sent out by President Coolidge for some time yet. Under th etaw Mr. Coolidge can wait until three weeks before the time of convening to issue his call. The regular session would open normally in December. Smoot’s announcement confirmed a United Press d£spa,:ch of weeks ago stating that. Republican leaders and Mr. Coolidge had decided on a special session. After a conference with the President, chairman Jones. Washinton. of the enate <• immerce committee declared he deenid it inadvisable to start flood legislation hearings before government engineers and other agencies are perpar to pi esent a well matured plan cf flood control, meantime, he counseled rebuilding of broken levees as a temporary plan. EARL CARROLL ENTERS PRISON IPI a y Producer Becomes Neighbor Os W. T. McCray In Prison Hospital Atlanta. Ga , June B.— (UP) —Earl Carroll is now federal prisoner No. 24.909. A few minutes after iiis arrival today within the U. S. penitentiary, Warden John W. Snook gave the Broadway producer the number which must be his "name' for a year. While in an apparent comatose state on his arrival in Atlanta at dawn, Carroll regained consciousness soon after the big blue ambulance had curried him to the prison and spoke. "How do you do," he muttered weakly. to the warden. The nervously unstrung theatrical man, whose condition has been variously diagnosed by different physicians, was placed in a private room of the hospital. He has a neighbor, former Gov. Warren T. McCray of Indiana, who is suffering from high blood pressure. Carroll began today the sentence ha has managed for months to evade — a year and a day for denying to a fed- > eral grand jury that Joyce Hawley, • show girl, bathed publicly in chanis pagne on the stage of Carroll's New » York theater at a party on February 22, 1926.

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