Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1927 — Page 3

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CALENDAR Friday Tlrzah Club of Ben Hur LodgeAfter Ixidge. Winners Class of E. v. ChurchChurch, 7:30 p. m. Gideon Class of E. V. Church—At Church, 7:30 p. m. Sunday Houk-Bittner-Thienie Heun ion—Otto Bleeke Grove. Monday Delta Theta Tau — Miss Germaine Christen, 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Kirkland Ladies' Club lee Crenm Society—Kirkland high school. Mrs. France Comer entertained the members of her Bridge club yesterday at her home on Second street. A luncheon of pretty appointments was served at one o'clock, after which the tables were arranged for Bridge. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Clayson Carroll and Miss Helen Dugan, who held high scores. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. Conter’s house guest, Mrs. Dudley Smith, of Indianapolis: Mrs. Clark Michaels, : and Mrs. Oscar Zeigler. Huntington. Mrs. Lyle Krelghbaum. Rochester; and Mrs. Phares Hiatt, of West Palm Beach. Florida. The Delta Theta Tau sorority will hold a business meeting Monday evening, at 7:30 o’clock, at the home of Miss Germaine Christen. All members are urged to be present. The members of the Kirkland Ladies’ Club will hold an ice-cream social on the Kirkland high school grounds, Tuesday evening. Cake will be served free with ice-cream. The public is invited to attend. o Limestone Experiments On Farm Land Are Checked ■ t M. Palmer, assistant agricultural a*’gent of the Erie Railroad, amt’ t. tV Busche, Adams county agricultural agent, spent yesterday and today in checking up on limestone experiments being conducted on ten farms in the county. Six cf the farms were visited yesterday and four today. The Erie railroad, ooperating with Purdue University, operated a soil special train through Adams county ' in October 1925. At that time, ten , Adams county fatmers obtained one ton of limestone, each, for experiment- i ing on their farms. Mr. Busche stated t today that, in some cases, the itmetioue had benefited the crops consid- ■ erabiy, but in some cases, the limestone was used on ground that did not need it and there was no appreciable difference. — o School Fund Checks Are Mailed Out Today Indianapolis, July B.—(UP)—Checks for a total of $1,859,533.87 were mailed out today from the office of the state superintendent of public instruction to county treasurers. These checks are from the semiannual apportionment and distribution of state school funds, according to C. R. Miaxam, director of the state teacher license division, who is in . charge during the absence of Charles F. Miller, state superintendent. The apportionment is based on a i per capita of slightly over $2.20 and is figured from the total state school enumeration of 843.713 compiled recently. This includes all children of school age in the state. New England Healthiest Part Os United States, According To Survey Boston. July 8-(lNS)-New England is the healthiest section of the entire United States according to figures compiled by the Nt w England Conference on Tuberculosis. The aver- ' age length of life in the New Englan I states is 48.9 years as compared with only 44. U years for the entire United States Registration Area. “New England s industrial and pi. y ground features are eclipsed by its , health-giving properties," Mr. K’ernan said. "Not only does the average person live longer in this section ot thecountry, but New England has a lower death rate for tuberculosis than the rate for the entire United Stales. 1 “In 1920 the death rate from this dreaded disease for New England was j 107.8 per 100,000 of population, compared with 114.2 for the United S.ates registration area." |i

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Personals Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gass and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Zeser motored to Celina Ohio this afternoon where they enjoy •ed a picnic. Miss Genevieve Kitson has resumed her duties at the Old Adams County bank at.er having been confined to her home for the past week suffering with a severe case of tonsilitis. Jerome Mylott is spending a week in Chicago as the guest of Jerome Rosseau and his uncle, Herb Fullenkarnp. The Misses Helen Kirsch. Jaunita Baumgartner, Gaynell Graber and Lillian Worthman will leave Monday for Bethany Park, south of Indianapolis, for a week's outing. Mrs. Amy Bockman and son, Roscoe. are attending the International Christian Endeavor convention at Elyria. Ohio, this week. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Conter, of Gary, will arrive tomorrow to visit their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. France Conter, and daughter. Mrs. Phares Hiatt and sons, of West Palm Beach. Florida, are visiting Mrs. Hiatt's mother, Mrs. J. S. Bowers, for several weeks. Judge Jesse C. Sutton and family have returned from a visit with Judge Sutton's brother, W. A. Sutton, and family, in Detroit. Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schulte of Chicago are visiting friends here enjoying their country club and Mr. Schulte is attending to business. Mrs. Edgar H. Kilbourne of Nelson street, is spending the week at her summer home at Sylvan lake, Roini City, where she has as her guests her mother and sisters, Mrs. U. Deininger and daughter. Adelaide and Mrs. Bernard Terveer and children, all of De catur. —Fort Wayne News. Mrs. Mahlon Hubbard of the Sheridan apartments, accompanied by hei sister, Mrs. W. Guy Brown, of Decatur, has returned from a several days visit in Indianapolis. —Fort Wayne Nows. Roy Johnson will leave tomorrow morning for Gary, where he will conduct an auction of sub-divisions, Saturday, Mnday and Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gillig have returned from a two week’s visit with relatives and friends at Pittsburgh, Pa., and Toledo. Ohio. Lloyd Whisker, of Fort Wayne, was a business visitor in the city today.

Mrs. Jess Leßr.un spent the day in Fort Wayne with friends. C. A. Dugan and R. D. .Myers entertained several Van Wert men at the Decatur Country Club yesterday afterlfoon. Following a round of golf refreshments were served the party in the private dining room at the club house. 0 Members Os Church Paint The Building Alexandria, Ind., July B—(l7|S8 —(17|S) — Members of the Methodist church here are painting the building themselves. Clad in overalls and armed with buckets of white paint the men members of the church have already applied two successive coats of paint to the ex'erior woodwork. The feminine members of the congregation aided by preparing dinner for the volunteer painters. o Chicken Is Caught On Baited Fish Hook Plainfield, Ind. July B—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baker spent the day on the banks of White Lick creek fishing. With feminine fisherman's luck Mrs. Barker had not a bite. On returning home she placed her pole and line with a lively worm dangling from the hook, on the side of the automobile. A commotion near tlie car drew her from the house to find that she had caught something at last for floundering and squawking and firmly hooked was on: of her fancy spring pullets. It was necessary to kill the fowl. 0 Hard Luck Tale* When you hear a fellow wailing that his life would have been far more of a financial success had he had his own way about tilings, you may usually draw tlie conclusion that a business crash has been averted for tiie sole reason tliat tie was not in position to .direct. —Dectftur (Ala.) Daily.

PILOT TAUGHT BY CHAMBERLIN French Aviator Prepares To Fly Columbia From Paris To United States Croydon, Eng, July B.—(United Press) - Pilot. Maurice Drouhln today completed his first course of Instruction aboard the Bellanca monoplane Columbia, in preparation folflying the craft to the United States. Drouhln and Clarence D. Chamberlin. the Columbia's pilot on the NewYork to Germany flight, arrived in the Columbia at 3:13 p. m„ today from Paris. They circles the field twice, 1 Chamberlin's mother was among those waiting here to welcome the fliers. Drouhin told the United Press he would pilot the Columbia back to Paris tonight. I Chamberlin was showing Drouhln the tricks of the Bellanca ship out of courtesy to a fellow pilot although he and Levine have broken off the ' partnership which began when they started for Berlin from Roosevelt field. —o City Declares War On Organized Beggars Elgin, Ills, .inly B—(UP) —War has been declared by authorities here upon the procession of beggars seen upon I the streets of the city and who, it is . charged, are members of a well-nrgani I zed syndicate, engaged in the "bus , iness" cf imposing upon (he syinpathetic and unsuspecting public. It is charged that the receipts of these synI dicates are astonishingly large and | entirely dlsporportionate to their needs. It is asserted that these suppliants travel from city to city in costly automobiles, don their makeup after arrival and then proceed to "work the . public by appealing for alms. It is I maintained that such unfortunates should be given shelter at the public . charitable institutions and not be perI mitted to operate upon the public I streets. | The sooner the cities ot Illinois unite to prohibit such soliciting and refuse to permit beggars the use of sidewalks to prey upon the public, the sooner I will the practice be given its quietus, authorities befteve. o

Open Civic Promotion Drive Lebanon, Ind., July 8 —(INS) —A one-year campaign to increase the civic promotion of this city has gotten under way. Merchants and business I men cf every line of endeavor are backing the project, which is directed not for advertising of the city outsidj i Lebanon, but for the awakening of a greater civic consciousness among . citizens here. | The campaign will he featured by huge expenditures for advertising of al! kinds. | _o Moscow Establishes iMovie Censorship Moscow (United Press) —The Soviet Government has established a moving picture censorship “to safeguard the morals of the young”. A commis.-‘on on Juvenile Morality and Cinemas has been s-t up within the Commissariat of Education and children may be admitted only to witness such motion pictures as have received tae com- ’ mission's, stamp of approval. Exhibii tors who admit minors to performan- ' ces of pictures not specifically approI ved for juvenile eyes are liab'e to a fine of st*o Rubles (about $250) or to ‘ six months imprisonment. 0 — Cheap at Any Price Lawyers are necessary. It Is cheaper to pay for the advice of a smart man than It is to accept free counsel from some one who doesn't know.

Fashion Parlor 718 Nortl. 2nd St. Phone 737. Mrs. Louisa Braden ANNOUNCES Complete New Showing of beautiful and attractive New Summer Dresses FOR SATURDAY $4.95, $9.75, $14.75 You are cordially invited , to visit our showing.

FRIDAY, JULY 8. 1927.

> . Strangler? . W w ,A f i 1 II '< 0 ...... * 01 > » This man is held by police of Winnipeg, Canada, who declare him to be the man who has wandered about the United States and Canada, strangling nearly a score of women in the past •few years. He v. *»s bcoL«;l ms Earle Nolacn. '• Ban .Johnson Resigns As American League Head New York July 8 —(UP) —Ban Johnson today resigned as president of the American league, effective November 1„ The ersignation was announced by Colonel Jacob Ruppert, after an all day conference of American League magnates here. Johnson will receive no compensation after November 1 it was said.

Gary Claims Population Os 98,757 Individuals Gary. Ind.. July B—(UP)8 —(UP) Population of 98,757 for Gary is indicated by the New City directory just issued here. Difficulty of measuring the Steel City population is shown again by the figures, since Evansville, with a city <ii--1 ectcry population of more than 100,000 ranked fifth in state school enumeration this spring while Gary took third place. ——_o Electric Railways Carry More Passengers In 1925 Than 1926, Report Shows Chicago, 111., July B—(UP) —-Contradicting a pouplar relief the American electric railroad association reports that the electric railway’s in this country carried 230.000,000 more passengers last year than in 1925. This is conclusive evidence that the trolly car is not only holding its own but forging rapidly ahead despite the increasing use of the automobile. Now it seems that the automobile is bringing about a wide return to street car travel. Many motorist : find it more convenient and quicker to run city errands by street car than to worm their way by motor through congested streets and hunt futilly for a parking space. There is a place for all things and the railroad, elect*, ic railways motor bus, automobile ami truck each can perform some transportation need better than the other. o Outrunning the Train A sensible modernist is merely an engine that lias outrun its train.— Boston Herald. 666 is a prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It Kills The Germs

CONTINUE HUNT FDR LITTLE BOX Prosecutor Remy And Aides Quietly Search For Stephenson’s Documents Indianapolis, July 9. — (UP) The search for a little black box, believed to be tlie repository of documents containing I). C. Stephenson's political secrets, was continued quietly today by Prosecutor William H. Remy of Marion county and his aides. Discovery of the box is the goal of Remy in his drawn out investigation of inttuence of the Ku Klux Klan in state and city government. Remy is confident it will offer written evidence of alleged deals between the klan as personified by Stephenson and state and city officials. It has been sought before, unsuccessfully. Remy expressed the hope that the box and its contents would be in his custody Saturday when lie and his assistants will take stock of the progress that has been made in the inquiry into “Stephensonism.” He was silent, however, on steps that were being taken. o Woman Shoots Herself Logansport. Ind., July 8. — (UP) — Mrs. Ira Sidall, 28, killed herself with a shotgun at her home yesterday. The body was found by Thurman Grantham, 14. a nephew. Despondency over ill health was given as the cause. —n •— Mr. and Mrs. John J. Schwartz, of Monroe township, are the parents of a boy baby, born July 2. 1 Would N’T Mino Picnics if I . Didn’t Always HAX/E To CARRY Ihe Lunch —/ <" \u0-O A ' J BOSTONIAN SHOES FOR MEN TohfL-T-MyetA & Son, / CLOTHING And $» O£S / fQA t>AO ANO lAU - '’DECATUR' INDIANA'

Tie WTER CURE gives you -less costr Going out per mile! of town X Sunday? ■:: . W Drive up /a ■— to our 1 B station _ and let ' US fill Every tire we sell is cured from , both sides — not merely from your tank theoutside . " JJWS With gas. That makes a tremendous dis- E ||in3 ference in the mileage you get. ' *B* hIRN Thewholetiregetsuniformheat » fl C 4- H • —uniform cure. No part over- ■MV GOi <JUI cooked—no part undercured. Prices Tough rubber—all through the OH re — binds the plies, breaker and tread into one strong unit. _ VW Tires. And the tread itsel f comes to you with l all the strength and life left in it. Staley’s Service Station Phone 897 Second and Marshall St. Decatur

Championship From 80 Leading Experts One-Armed Welsh Golf Player Wins

Swansea, Wales, July 8 —(INS) Welsh golfers are talking about the remarkabh* aehlevemenls of a one ill med pluyer who. la spite of his pnyslcul disability, plays a game whl-'i has astonished experts. He is David J. Morgan, a metal men ihant of Swansea. As a boy he was a keen golfer and it was a hitter lilow to him when he lost his left arm in Hie war. it seemed ns though lie was inevl tably deprived of his chief hobby ami recreation, but he made up his mind so to perfect his game that tile loss of the arm wbuld not matter. In May he won the f’amra Daily Leader Cup. and now he lias put up an extraordinary performeace winning tlie third annual championship meet ing of tin* West Wales Golfing Society. The 80 competitors included all the

| THE CORT | j Last Time Tonight S | “CRADLE SNATCHERS’’ ffi A Wm. Fox Attraction, featuring U“ ir- Louise Fazenda and wonder cast. A laughing picture ot weary wives who taught their gg Rp wandering husbands a lesson — — W 33 and a good lesson at that. ffi Comedy 10c —25c News. Saturday—“HEßO ON HORSEBACK” j£ Isl featuring Hoot Gibson.* Sunday and Monday—“CONVOY” a picture j- without an equal. n£ fife n tr=* sTHE ADAMS Theatre I Ssh s “Where the Air is always fresh and cool” ■£ Tonight and Saturday S THI NDERING thrills s ICiGnARD f El Suspense! Dash, Zip and MR lt- * n nios t upprov3™ \ ed DIX manner! Whoo— tfi t~inj \ doc 1 y; 1 with ' 1 Lr HELENE CHADWICK Also — “Steamed Up”, a o NOAH BEERY Charley Bowers Novelty gg fry , Comedy. gS * OicKsaiMls ,oi - 25c I LC Sundav and Mondav—JOHN BARRYMORE in gg “THE BELOVED ROGUE,” with Marceline Day. 33

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leading players in tile west of Wales, Welsh Internationals and the Welsh native churnpion, I). Randall Levels. ————.—o , . „ Origin of Unlucky 13 The origin of tlie unutlieiuii attaching to the number 13 lias been traced J to Scandlnnvlun mythology, wherein there were twelve demigods until ! Loki, tlie sinister. Intruded lihnaelf, milking the unlucky thirteenth, »uy» i tlie Dearborn Independent. o Egyptian Hunting Dogt Rulukla were the hunting dogs of tlie I'liiiraolis. They are unique in the cuulne world in that they hunt by sight and never hsrk. Good Old Dayt The old-fashioned hotel had Its faults, but tiie manager was just a human being who accepted you as an equal.