Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 182, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1927 — Page 4

PAGE FOUR

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAI Publlahod Evtry 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 Vlce-Presldeni Entered at the Poetoffice at Decatur Indiana, as second class matte*. Subscription Rates: Single copies 1 03 One woek. by carrier -M One year, by carrier 6.06 One mouth, by mail — .3$ Three months, by mall— L 0( Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mall —3.0 U fflne year, at office—- 3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second sones. Additional postage added outside those aones.) Advertising Rates: Made known by Application. Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue. New York. Another very fine day with a promise of mote showers and slightly warmer, good for the crops. Income of the average family is higher that it was in 1914, statistics show but there are so many new ways to spend it, including the radio, automobile aud a dozen other things. Hogs sold in Pittsburgh this week for twelve dollars per hundred weight, showing that if we had enough hogs ready for market we could maKe a good showing and bring back the value of the farm. It was exactly four years yesterday since Mr. coolidge became president of the United States in a very dramatic manner, being sworn in while visiting his fathers farm in Vermont. His sudden announcement yesterday was perhaps in celebration of that anniversary for it was also some what dramatic. It's all settled again. The TunneyDempsey fight will be held in Chicago September 22nd and it is predicted that a two million dollar gate will be the result. Ringside seats will sell at fancy figures and thousands of men and women will jam into the great Soldier's Field to watch the two gladiators see which of the two men has the wallop and the endurance. The reduction of the freight rate on hay from this section is a real victory for those who have made an up hill fight for such an equalization for several years. It will mean money for the farmers of the middle west and a better market. For years the hay dealers in the east have had a great .advantage on freight rates and this will to a considerable extcilt counteract that. Samuel Simison, pioneer of Adams county and for many years a leading Business man of Berne died Monday night and the announcement has brought sadness to the.many who knew him and admired him. He was an affable, kindly and courteous gentleman always, broad minded and helpful. His father, Robert Simison. was one of the first two or three settlers of southern Adams county and Samuel grew up with the county. “About the easiest thing to see when riding is a railroad crossing, and yest the death toll of automobilists as the result of trains hitting their smaller machines increases each day. They are so easy to see that that is perhaps the reason so little attention is paid to them. Some drivers of autos appear to believe that all of the responsibility lies with the Tailroad, which, of course, is not the fact. Even were such the fact, a wise auto- j Ist would exercise due caution, for ; it is a long ways home by the way of the hospital."—Crawfordsville Journal. "Railroad freight traffic has been heavier ibis year than last, but official figures shov. that passenger travel on the railroads steadily de-1 clines. In the entire country rail-; way passenger earnings declined from! $329,290,000 in 1925 to 1314,838,000 in | 1926. Most of the losses are shown to: have been in the day coach business but the receipts from sleeping cars dropped off last year for the first time In many years. Railroad authorities predict a falling off in passenger re-

I ( elpts for the year 1927 of approxi J» mutely >50,000,000 " Uniform traffic laws for pedestrian ' and driver should be adopted thupughI out tho United States. In one state r. r. I where records show that for every thousand automobiles In the state, r one person is killed each year and ; seven are injured, there la a loss of I more than $100,000,000 a year trace4 able to street and highway accident#. ®, As long as one city has one set of V 5 traffic laws while the next city has 0 different regulations, there will be a. 5 u heavy traffic toll. Wita the great 0 amount of tourist traffic, uniform I laws should not be confined to the cities of a single state, but should be adopted by all states. In no field is there such conspicuous waste of both time and life as that caused by i accidents on our streets aud highways. —Peru Tribune. —— | The announcement by President ’ ■ I Coolidge that he will not be a can- 1 didate in 1928 will cause much com-1 ment, some worrying and some re- ( J joicing. He chose an unusual method 5 of telling the public, handing out type-1 > written slips stating “I do not choose - to run for president in 1928.” Now' some declare it is simply a feeler to i see what the real sentiment is while ■! others say It is definite. At least [ ■ it gives all who care to Ik candidates 1 the opportunity to see how far they ’ can hurl their hats with an under current that the administration will urge the nomination of Secretary Hoover. Perhaps the president realizes that if he puts through any kind of a pro-' gram in the next session of congress,’ he will not be a popular candidate. All we can do is w-ait for developments. i 0 .y. y ¥ ¥ ¥ * ' * TWENTY YEARS AGO * ¥ * ¥ From the Daily Democrat File ¥ ¥ Twenty Years Ago Today ¥ *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥*, August 3 —H. L. Conter has rented the Van Camp residence on First street. Frank McConnell is traveling for the Deering Machine Company. John Sharp Williams nominated for United States senator by the Democrats of Mississippi. Ashely Mann, 78, a pioneer of the county is dead. Twenty-two boys from the Methodist church are having a fine time camping a week at Steel's park. Conductor McMullen, of the Clover Leaf, fined $20.30 for blocking Grant street’crossing thirty minutes. Miss Helen Niblick leaves for two weeks at Rome City. < Mis. Dr. Holloway gives a dinner in honor of her daughter, Mrs. Bertha Winch cf Fort Wayne. A clearance sale at the Winnes shoe store. “A Drunkard in Spite of All” 5c at the Eelectric theatre. o *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * BIG FEATURES * * OF RADIO * « ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* WEDNESDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES WJZ — Hookup 7.00 Maxwell Hour. Shilhrets Orchestra WGHP—Detroit (319) 7:00 pm.—Detroit Symphony Orchestra. I WABC—New York (326) 7:00 pm. — Atlantic Air Theatre. WEAF —Hook up 7:30 pm. Goodrich Hour. WDAF —Kansas City (370) 8:30 Ivanhoe glee club. THURSDAY'S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES (Copyright 1927 by United Press) Central standard time throughout. WJZ, hookup (KDKA, WBZ, WHAM. WOC, WBAL) —9 p. m. Second half, Lewisohn stadium concert philharmonic orchestra. IWGHP, Detroit (319) 7 p.m.—Detroit symphony orchestra. WEAF, hookup, 6 p.m.—Light opera, “La Fille Du Tambour Major.” WIP, Philadelphia (508) 6 p. m. — Shenandoah Male chorus. > WMAQ. Chicago (448) 8:10 p. m.— WMAQ players. o —- Airplai Slowest Speed The lowest rate of speed at which an airplane can travel and stay In ! the air would depend upon the plane. Roughly, it would be from 40 to 50 i miles per hour. The lowest air speed Is that speed hist abo- the starting P'dnt. The •'tailing pn 1 it Is at the point where »he air lift nn the wlngr Is less than the weight of the airplane, practi -ally little above taking off speed, which is 40 to 50 miles. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Levine, of ( Cleveland, are business callers in the i city today.

I ADAMS COUNTY HAS 14 AT I. U. J ■ County Is Well Represented At Annual Summer Session Os University teen Adams county students have > been enrolled in the 38th annual ! summer session of Indiana University which closes Friday, August 5. The ' total enrollment was 1829. | Fifteen hundred and ten students were enrolled in the summer session at Bloomington; 94 students at the school of medicine. 141 at the nurses' training school, 24 students in laboratory work at the school of dentistry, Indianapolis: and approximately 60 students at the Winona Lake i biological station. I Following the close of the regular summer term Friday, a three weeks’ 'session will be conducted. . This sesI sion / will consist of intensive work especially designed for teachers and jgraduate students. The law courses t will not end until August 23, while the work of the biological station [will be finished August 19. I Practically ai'l departments have .been open this summer and a majority of the department heads of the ( University have been here to carry on the work of the summer session. I Dr. H. L. Smith, dean of the I. U. school of education, has served as director of the summer session since 1920. Adams county students enrolled in the I. U. summer session are as follows : Berne: Myron Habegger, Edna (Smissen, Clifton Striker and Howard | Michaud (biological station, Winona Lake.) Deceit: Mary Alice Burk, Arthur Kiiess, Margaret Schenck. Edna Haugk and Mary Macklin are in the nurses’ training school at Indianapolis. Geneva; Justine Baker and Joseph Walker. Monroe: Lavina Christmer. Linn Grove: John Romey. Preble: Floyd L. Grandstaff (school of medicine, Indianapolis.) -55 55 ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ls * REPPERT AUCTION * * SCHOOL NOTES * it ***********;; By Hayes Walker, Jr. Bits of the choicest entertainment in this section of the country are now being presented just one mile northeast of Decatur. Pathos, comedy, tragedy, drama or what have you. In other words, thirty-even men are enrolled in the Reppert Auctioneering School for the August, 1927, terip. No organization can survive without a set of officers. Realizing this, and wanting to survive, this group assembled and had an election. With thirty-seven men voting. Hoover, of Colorado, received twenty-four votes; Lecky, of Ohio, was second with sixteen and Sanderson, of Baltimore, landed third wish twelve, count 'em up. Elzy A. Hoover, of Holyoke, Colorado is the president. Glen G. Lecky of Holmesville, Ohio is vice-president, Hayes Walker, Jr, of Kansas City, Mo., is secretary and editor, and Vernon M. Magarity of Aurara, Nebraska, as treasurer completes and rounds out this handsome gtoup. Mr. Johnson, son of Col. Guy Johnson, of Columbus, Ohio is enrolled at the school. Bill is 13 years old and will be the youngest auctioneer in the country, in three weeks. Me’s good, too. This is going to be a clean-sweep sale", cried "Baltimore", the fat one with the fuzzy upper lip, as he picked up a broom to sell. Orr, the noisy one, conducting a sale cries, “and the terms of this sale will Ik hand in cash." Look for him at the auction Saturday afternoon in town and you'll be rewarded. Gray, the grandfather of the class, had all the boys in tears, Tuesday evening, when be gave them a twentyminute talk straight from his heart. It It was very tiresome, we mean tearsome. Lecky and Hagarity have been invited tn drive home with John Letham, of Ohio this week-end and partake in a real home-cooked chicken dinner. Now all the boys are being nice to Latham and have but one thing in mind. May they all succeed! Walter, waxing warm, gives pedigree and description of a good, imaginary bull and then begins his auction, "What will you give me to start this 1 wonderful sow?” 0 Mrs. Phillip Heffner, of west of Monroe, was shopper here this afternoon-..

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, Al (.1 >T 3, LLu

Tu RAibE BEAVERS ON A LARGE SCALE Plan to Have States Set Aside Regions. I Wulla, Walla, Wash.—One hundred and fifty years ago beavers teemed on every hike and waterway through'out the United States. The animals were counted In the millions, the Indians depended on them for food lu the winter, and to the early settlers the pelt had a constant market value that made it a standard for prices on merchandise and supplies. But the time is not far distant when the fur trade must look to the fur farmers for certain kinds of skins; the beaver is one of these. The question of the beaver, which includes Its propagation, conserva.tion and the breeding of the animal In captivity or under control, has been receiving attention from government sources. Attempts to rear beaver in captivity have met with success, but dearth of accurate information concerning their habits and peculiarities has prevented renlly serious efforts to Increase the supply. Now It Is planned to have states set aside regions on a big scale where beaver may multiply. Thousands of acres of lake, river and woodland is necessary for a beaver preserve and the constant protection of the fur bearers from poachers. But once the land Is available nature can be counted upon to do the rest Beaver skins have and doubtless always will command big prices In the fur trade. Unce Sam may yet be able to dispose of beaver skins as be now deals In fur seal pelts. / Plays With Current of Two-Million Volts Stanford University, Calif. —Lightning hurling, heroic art of mythology which lapsed with the advent of coldly calculating science has been revived. The modern Jupiter Fulminator Is not a giant with flaming red beard, toying with the wrath of the heavens, but a university professor, smooth shaven, frail and slightly deaf, who has a practical purpose In calling nature's tremendous forces into play. The ultimate object of Prof. Harris J. Ryan’s research is to make possible the transmission of electricity for greater distances so that metropolitan markets for power can be hooked up in a single system with power reserves ns far apart as the Columbia and Colorado rivers. After producing current of a voltage of 2,100,000, the highest ever attained by man. Professor Ryan and his assistants closed the doors of their Immense workshop to the public and began new phases of transmission experiments. The seclusion is not due to a desire for secrecy, but to the fact that outside inquiry resulting from the scientific and commercial world’s interest in the spectacular experimentation became so great it interferred with the work. Interconnection of power sources and markets involves not only development of higher voltage than now used, Professor Ryan states, but also greater knowledge of insulation and the performance and loss characteristics of insulating material, “Manmade” lightning, in sheets of flame more than twenty feet long, was produced to afford opportunity for studying these factors. Chinese Wallpaper Is Increasing in Value London.—Old Chinese wallpaper is becoming more valuable as the Chinese get further away from settling their differences among themselves. It is already nearing the stage of being worth its weight in silver and has become one of those luxuries which owners move along with their jewelry, silverware, furniture and personal effects when changing from one house to another. Prince George of Russia, son of Grand Duchess Xenia, who is with a decorating firm here, has on exhibition in his studio many specimens of old Chinese wallpaper. One ninety-year-old piece of Eighteenth century hand-painted Chinese paper, enough to paper a small room, is considered such a treasure that an offer of $1,750 has been refused for it. ************************** J Silver Dollar Once £ Made Five Quarters * * * Annapolis, Md. —Old records * J show that silver tokens for * making change were first used * in tills country in Annapolis. £ * With the consent of the gov- * * eminent I. Chalmers, an An- * * nnpolis gold and silversmith, lu * * 1783 turned out by hand six- * * pence, threepence and shilling * * coins to combat sharpers who, * * after depreciation of pajier * * money, began to cut five “quar- * * ters” out of silver Spanish do! * * lai's. * * Because of lack of change * * the cutting of Spanish dollars * into halves and fourths was * * condoned, and even necessary, * * until It was discovered that ex- * * pert cutters were reaping a * * small fortune. When expertly * * cut the fifths could be discerned * * from quarters only by keen eye- * * sight or by weighing. Chnl- * * mers produced new standard * jjj coins and took the short pieces * * in exchange until the fraud was * J stopped. *

; „’Air Trust ' ' ' ■W • 1 w I Charles V. Bob, New York financier, proposed a 000,000 corporation to consolidate all American airplane factories and commercial I 'lies, i (In tern a lion al Nt-wsrceh r #**¥¥***¥*¥** * TRY TH E * * NEXT ONE * sk ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* AMERICAN INVENTIONS 1. Who was the inventor cf th? telephone? 2. Name the invention of Benjamin Frank’.in. much used in old times ■ n the U. S., but less i popular today. 3. What material used in automo-1 M’e manufacture was invented by Charles Goodyear? 4. How many men participated in ' invention of the a.rplane? 5. What is the latest of the three great inventions cf Thomas A. Edison? 6. What instrument used in dispatch of news and private messages w.th great speed was invented by Morse? 7. Name an instrument of instruction invented by Colt. 8. Wheat means of transportation was invented bv Robert Fulton? oinn 9. What was the contribution <>, M estinghouse to improvement of modern transportat.on? 10. Who was inventor of the kodak? ANSWERS 1. Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. 2. The lightning rod. 3. Vulcanized rubber. 4. Two. 5. Motion-picture machine. 6. Electric telegraph. 7. The revolver. 8. The steamboat. 9. The airbrake. 10. Eastman. JI ST RECEIVED a new shipment of early tall hats... All of my Spring and Summer Hats to be closed out at . SI.OO each. MRS. MAUD A. MERRIMAN 222 S. 4th St., Decatur, Ind. 181t2

I C>* the Habit—Trade at Home. It Pays

Better, better >■ who has something better? IO S TAND still is to stagnate. We Americans are not content with what we have; w|e are always looking for something better. We want better and more wholesome foods. We want newer and better ways of doing things—labor-saving devices, short-cuts, vve want better educational facilities, better and more comfortable homes, better working conditions. Betterment is progress. That’s why every today is better than every yesterday. BTISING is a medium of progress. Through the advertisements we leartn of the newest time and labor-saving machines for home and factory. Adci tisements keep us posted on progress in sciences; m the new or improved foods, clothes and the everyday necessities of life. • ha\e but to look through the advertisements ™ n h^ e n J wspape I s °r magazin'es to find the article you need or want, advertised. new i(Je as, new materials, new methods to a work-a-dav world It helns make today better than yesterday. 1 he reading of advertisements is a good habit It contributes to more intelligent living Decatur Daily Democrat

- s s:: B « The PEOPLE’S VOICE •• •• This column for the um of our .. ’• readers who wish to make sug- K a gestlons for the general good M S or discuss questions of interest. M Please sign your name to show M •; authenticity. It will not be R <; used if you prefer that it not be. !! R M is:::: kkRR« "« wKK Kl 5 a * Motorists Are Warned The railroad company warns the drivers of autos that there's a law to keep to the right ami not go three inches abreast. At different crossings, the watchmen have been hit and the company warns drivers to keep to the right when Crossing (railroads. If people don't stop it they will be fined and a heavy fine for cussing the watchman. B. CAREFUL o s¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥♦ * THE GREAT WAR * I* 10 YEARS AGO * ****¥*¥¥¥¥¥¥* Field Marshall Haig's troops retake I St. Julien in France. Premier Kerensky of Russia resigns and takes hack the the office within the same day. Meyer London, N. Y., Socialist, and Hep. Stephens of Mississippi, ask Congress for international peace meeting, i Holland-American liner. Noordam ' hits mine while enroute to Holland and is badly damaged but those aboard ! are safe. Birth The seven pound girl baby born to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Linn at the Adams County Memorial Hospital at 5 o'clock last evening has been named Marjory Kay. Mrs. Linn before her marriage was Zena Williams. o —— Mr. and Mrs. Ray Keller are enjoying a few days business and pleasure visit in Chicago this week.

CHOLERA MORBUS*! (Summer Complaint) Food or water may cause ■F’y * diarrhea and stomach cramps A 11 For prompt relief take Cham- ML M Jj berlam s Cohc Remedy m water Ask your druggist for this old. reliable remedy today. For tnal size,send 4c to Chamberlain Medicine Company, 702 Sixth Avenue Des Moines, lowa. Chamberim ICOLICa*? DIARRHEA, pHE-LiiSr" IDJ>£^IPMACH_ACHg

Receiver Is Appointed For Defunct Wild Bank IndianapoHs, Ind . Aug. 3— (up,__ Eugene H. Iglehart, Indianapolis torney, newly appointed receiver (l s the J. F. Wild and Co. State Bank eon ferret! with officers of the state banking department today regarding Bt ep s to protect the bank's depositors He was named by Judge Mahlon E. Bash on petition of Luther F. Symons, state banking commissioner, who closed the $7,000.01)0 bank Saturday, and gullfled at once by providing bond u s $500,000. o— Mrs. Jesse Cole will go t 0 Gra|l(l Rapids, Michigan, toworrow to spend several days with relatives. We have plenty of Money to Loan on city property at reasonable rates. The Schurger Abstract Co. 181t5 Itching, Annoying Skin Irritations Apply Zemo, Healing Liquid, Easy to Use When applied as directed Zemo effectively and quickly stops Itching, and heals Skin Irritations. Sores, Bums Wounds and Chafing. Zemo penetrates’ 1 cleanses and soothes the skm. It a a clean, dependable, healing liquid, convenient to use any time. 60c and SIOO I zemo FOR SKIN JRaiTATIQNS

Enjoy the Week Ends Visit Relatives and Friends One Fare for the Round Trip via Nickle Plate Road Between certain points on the Clover Leaf Districts. Minimum Round Trip Fare SI.OO Go on FRIDAY - SATURDAY SUNDAY Return Limit, Monday Following date of sale. Get full details of S. E. Shamp. Local Ticket Agent, regarding above excursions; also reduced fares to Mountain. Lake and Seaside Summer Resorts and National 1 Parks; or address C. A. Pritchard, D. P. A., Ft. Wayne, Ind. -