Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1927 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Eveninfl Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. HellerPre*, and Oen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec'y A Bua. Mgr. Dick D. HellerVice-President Entered at the Postofftce at Decatur. Indiana, ax aocond class matte.. Subscription Rates: Single coplml - 02 One week, by currier > lO One year, by carrier 5 00 One month, by mail -35 Three months, by mall———— 1-00 Six months, by mail I- 75 One year, by mall..™—.— — 3 00 ®ne year, at office-— 3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Rates: Made known by Application. Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York. Too much power in the hands of one man whether it be Rev. Shumaker or . some one else is a dangerous thing and usually results in an explosion of some kind. It has been definitely decided that the president meant that he “did not choose to be a candidate in 1928. ’ Now come Hoover, Longworth, Dawes, and. even our own Jim Watson, urging their claims. It looks like an old fashioned light of the brand used in 1920. As we approach the time for the fixing of tax rates and the appropriation of funds for the ensuing year again call attention to the fact these are times when cash is rather hard to get hold of and that not a penny should be wasted. The way to reduce taxes is to reduce expenditures. By what right does France, Italy and foreign countries tell us" what punishment should be handed out to murderers and by what right does any man claiming to be an American citizen. fire bombs and commit outrages in protest of a court decision? Its just a little hard to understand out this way. Fight fans are worrying their heads off just now as to what amounts will be paid Dempsey and Tunney for their Chicago fight. Save your gray matter for something worth" while. They will each receive ten to twenty times as much as was paid Lindbergh for accomplishing the impossible feat of flying from New York te-Paris. Two men who admit they are anarchists are to be executed in Boston Thursday according to decision of jurycourt and governor. So vigorous is the objection to this that bombings have occured in various places over the count rs and it is necessary even to guard the president of the United S ates tx> prevent possible assassination.. Some times we fear we are not getting back to normalcy as rapidly as we should. Os course the offer of the sixty preachers to each serve one day in the penal farm for Rev. Shumaker was made to show their support of what he stood for. Such an arrangement could not, we feel sure, be made, for a court could not punish some one else for the crime of another. The only way to straighten out affairs in Indiana U through the ballet box, an opportunity which has been used rather carelessly the last few years. Here’s an Indianapolis suggestion, made’ yesterday in the lobby of one of the hotels. That before Christmas Jackson will resign, but before he does that a certain groujl of men will have the resignation of Lieut. Governor Van Orman and this would make James J. Nejdl, president protect of the state senate, the governor. Take this one with a lot of salt but strange things are happening in Indian#. And J. J. enraes from Lake county. —Bluffton Banner. There is no question but that the attack of the Rev. Shumaker upon the supreme court was severe and perhaps unwise but there is question in the minds of many % as to whether or not the supreme court acted wisely iu finding him guilty of contempt and fixing upon him a term in the penal farm. Not so many years ago, but )

i that w L . cun remember, a picturesque p editor of the old Indianapolis Sent!- ■ nel published a front page editorial critizing the supreme court of Indiana and headed it with the startling sentence: “Damn their cowardly » 1 / souls." He was not sent to jail or t otherwise punished for It has always , been ait unwritten right of the people to criticise and us Judge Martin said in his dissenting opinion in the Shu2 maker case, "supreme courts are 9 neither honored or helped by being -, held up us above criticism.” It would i) be interesting to know Just how the j members of the court fear they were ) injured. Was it politically or just imaginary because of a “thin skin?" Major General Leonard Wood, governor general of ihe'PalUlpiue Islands, a leader in American affairs and a favorite with millions, died Sunday morning following an operation performed at the Brigham hospital in Boston on Saturday. While his health had not been the best even his ■ closest friends hud no idea of the seri iousness of his condition. The operation was for the removal of a tumor from the skull. General Wood had served as physician to Presidents Cleveland and McKinley, was iu charge of the American armies in Cu- . ba during the Spanish-American war, 1 was the. leading candidate for the reI publican nomination for president in i 1920 but was defeated by conferences held by leaders after the convention had assembled. Since 1921 he had ■ s ?rved as governor of the Phillipines. He was able, fearless, of magnetic personality and one of the great men in public life. Born in 1860, he gradu- ■ ated from Harvard and then became an assistant contract surgeon with the American army. Under General Miles his ability was soon recognized and his climb to fame was a continuous one. He has served his country well aud deserves the place he will receive in history. O i;:: s s i:s ssss k x x s s k K The PEOPLE’S VOICE « I • - - • » I It This column for the. use of our K II readers who wish to make sug- f. gestlons for the general good K J 5 or discuss questions of interest. K t” Please sign your name to show K it authenticity. . It will not be K K used if you prefer that it not be. K •• K K k s k k :: k :::::: k k k :: s s m Warning To Parents Dear Editor:- Sorrow this morning entered the home of another family through an accident on the Erie Railroad just west of the station resulting in the death of Betty Tricker, aged 9 years. This little girl was playing with a stake used by the railroad to shunt cars from the sidings to locations desired by the trainmen, and the stake became dislodged from its moorings j on the supports, crushing the child, from which injuries it died within a few hours. On Various occasions accidents to children loitering or playing neat our tracks or crossing tern at points not proteoßed by watchmen during switching operations near bur , depot have been averted by timely warnings from railroad employees, amt 1 feel that a warning should be sent out to parents of children who thus endanger their lives to the end that precautionary measures may be taken to prevent accidents to children living near the railroads. Yours Truly, S. E. Shamp, Agent o *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥# * BIG FEATURES * * OF RADIO * *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* TUESDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES WEAF— Hookup 7 pm. Eveready hour. WEAF—Hookup 8:30 pm. Cavalcade. WJZ —Hookup 6 pm.—Stromberg-Carl-son hour. WBBM—Chicago 9 pm. Minstrel show. WGHP—Detroit 7 pm.—Dqtrsit Symphony. o BIRTH The 7% pound boy baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Singleton, ■ Sunday/ morning, has been named Roger Lester. The mother before her marriage was Helen Rayel. o Mrs. Frank Schmitz will leave tomorrow for Hollingswood, N. J., where she ' wil be the guests of relatives for several days. i Mrs. Amos Fisher or this city, and r Mr. and Mis. Virgil Cross, of Fort y Wayne spent the week-end at Palmer Lake, Colon, Michigan. Miss Annie Winnes wii leave tomorII , row for Pitman, N. J., to visit friends t' and relatives for a tew days. I

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• TRY THE * • N EXTONE * *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* CONGRESS 1. What will be the number of the forthcoming session of Congress? 2. What is the chief interest farm ers in legislative measures that are hoped in the next Congress? 3. What has been the attitude of President Coolidge on such a measure in the past? 4. What international question between France and the United States still looms as important as a possible topic of discussion at the next Congress? 5. What important possession of the United States will press its claims to independence with members of the next Congress? 6. What work upon which Secretary Hoover has recently been engaged, will be discussed at the next Congress? 7. What relative by marriage of the late prqpident Roosevelt will have an important position in Congress? 8. What approaching event in 1928 will cause politics to have a large place in the deliberations of Congress? 9. W'hat is the politics of the lelegate Hawaii will send to Congress? 10. What are the titles of the Porto Rican and Philippine representatives at Congress? ANSWERS 1. The Seventieth. 2. A Farm Relief Bill. 3. He has been opposed to it. 1. Debt Settlement. а. The Phillipine Islands. б. Flood Relief. 7. Speaker Nicholas Longworth. 8. The Presidential election. 9. Democratic. 10. Desident Commissioners. o ————— x. NEWS FROM MONROE —byMiss Creo Crist Mr. and Mis. John Hocker have gone to Petoskey, Michigap, where they will spend a few Mr. and Mrs. Carl Martz and daughter. Alice June, of Fort Wayne, spent the week-end with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Martz. Mrs. Sadie Scherer, of Decatur, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Z. O. Lewellen. Mr. Howard Keller, of Frankfort, spent Sunday with his adughter, Lois Ellen Keler, and Mrs. Maggie Dublin. Misses Geraldine and Lola Parrish, of Fort Wayne, spent the week with their paients. Mr. and Mrs. John Parrish northeast of town. Sylvan Rupert, of Peru, spent the week-end with his mother. Mrs. Anna Rupert. Messrs. George Smith, Everett Rice aand Kenneth Mitchell to Lake Wawasee Sunday. Miss Chiystall Sells, of Muncie Normal spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harve Sells. Dr. (.'. H. Branch and son, Kenneth and Doyle Hoffman motored to Celina, Ohio, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ba.-icker and family, of Anderson, are visltihg with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Egley. Mr. Basicker who is attending Purdue University returned Saturday to spend a few days with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Adler and family, of West of town, called on Z. O. Lewellen and family Saturday evening. Mrs. O. O. Hocker and son, Kermit, attended the Muncie fair last week. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bittier ente- taim d at diner Sunday for Mr. and • Mrs. Joseph Baumgartner, and family

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and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson | and family. • Paul Bahner js spending a few days with his cousin, Roger Scherer, in Fort Whyne. The members of the Monroe Band) left Monday morning for Lake Webster, where they will furnish music for the Fort Wayne district and will lead the Fort Wayne district in its parade at the Epworth League institute. Mrs. Harriet Graham entertained at diner Thursday evening for Mrs. Blanche Graham and Rev. E. M. Foster, of Monroe. Paul Graham, of Decatur, aiul William Graham, of Alberta, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sprunger of Fort Wayne, were business callers in town Saturday. Mr. aud Mrs. Harold Andrews, of Bluffton, called on the formers father Edward Andrews, Saturday. Mr. aud Mrs. Emanuel Lehman aud family, of Fort Wayne, called on relatives in town Saturday. C. H. Musselman, of Berne, was a business caller in town Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fugate and daughter, of west of town, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Keller, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Spulkr and family of ort VVayne were the guests of Mrs. Spullei’s parents, Mr. aud Mrs. Jesse Essex, Sunday. Mrs. Gecil Kessler, of Berne, wa: the guest of Miss Veda Andrews, Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Duer, east of town, entertained at dinner Sunda? iu honor of Miss Vivian Hendricks and Gladys Reinett, of Dayton Ohio. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Raymoud Crist and son, Quentin, and Mr. .Manas Lehman and sons. Olin and. Norris. o OBITUARY Miss Vernice B. Johnson, daughter of James H. and Lenora Johnson, was born at Bluffton, Indiana, May 27, 1907. She departed this life at Ixtke James, Indiana, Monday. Aug. 1, 1927, at the age of 20 years two months and four days. Her death tame very suddenly while she and her mother and a number of her very dear girl friends were bathing in the lake. Vernice was a member of the Jes- . ferson Street Baptist church of Fort Wayne where she resided at the time of her death. She was employed at the Polk Bi others Company. Vernice was cheerful, kind, unsel-fi-h end jpways winning friends. Sh< 'eaves to muni her grief stricken , father, mother, one brother, Virgil, two halt brothers, Robert and Junior and a host of relatives and a great ’ many friends. We can not say. and we wi" not say, That she is dead, she is just away! ■ With a cheery smile aud a wave of t the hand She has wandered into an unknown land, z J > And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must he, since she lingers there And you—Oh, you, who the wildest yearn For the old-time step and the glad t return. ’ Think of her on. as dear Vernice in tne love of there, as the lave .nf • bci*e i T sink of her Fj,:ll as.the same, we say She is not m a I --.he is but away. (j *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * THE GREAT WAR * * 10 YEARS AGO ’ *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* Flanders front fight lakes on big proportions and hand-to-hand fighting , is reported.- German guns turn against British north of Ypres. Senate vote- U. S. food qcmtrol. 66-7; 1 Senators .Reed, and Penrose >■ being among those opposing IL

!«¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * TWENTY YEARS AGO * ' if. * l¥ From the Daily Democrat File ¥ l¥ Twenty Years Ago Today ¥ ]*¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥♦ The city contracts with the Sunday Creek Coal company, of Cleveland, for three cars of coal per week. Senator Beveridge and Miss Catherine Eddy, of Chicago, married tn Berlin. Father W. J. Quinlan, well known here dies at Alton. 111. Four traction cars convey Methodist Sunday school to Robinson park for annual picnic. Over four hundred attend. Clem McLain, of Washington, D. C. visiting here. Decatur Ball team defeats Kokomo. 8 to 1, and is tied with Richmond for first place in the league. Miss Della Sellemeyer returns from visit at Bryan. Ohio. Miss Lucile Chadfolder accompanies her home. Baptist Sunday school picnic at Steele’s park. Godfrey Bell, of is visiting here. o Another Illusion Is Shattered; Owls Are Not Such Wise Birds Indianapolis,, August B—(UP8 —(UP) —An other illusion is shattered! Owls are not the wise old birds that we have been taught they were—but are just dumbells with sense enough to ketp their mouths shut about it. Some such conclusion was reached by Superintendent Oliver l?eal, of the State game reserve in Brown county, when he found a huge horned owl had trapped itself in a innocent chicken coop. INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY New York, June 29. 1927. The Board of Directors have declared a quarterly dividend of Sixty cents (60c) a share on the Common . Stock of this - Company, payable , August 15, 1927, to Common Stock- ! holders of record at the close of business August 1, 1927. Checks will be mailed. Transfer books will not close. i OWEN SHEPHERD. Vice-president & Treasurer. J 14. A 8.

THE PLOW AID L 4 The new attachment that conditions the furrow slice as the plowing is being done. It is three blades at the end of the mold t board that cut, turn and otherwise conditions the soil so it holds moisture, releases plant I food early, eliminates airpockets, in fact its work more than r equals a double discing which is the verdict of of thousands of j users and it does it the right | way, at the right time and with J out extra attention or draft. .; I have the distribution of the . Plow Aid in Adams Co., and want a few local agents, come in ; and see them, thousands to sell. . Farmers don’t miss using them in your next plowing, you will , be glad. Get a circular explaining all. • R. N. Runyon & Son 1 116 So. Ist. St. Phone 772

ARREST FORMER WILLSHIRE MftN —— A. G. Bargaheiser Faces I Charge Os Fraud, Filed By Lima Company A. G. Bargaheiser, /ormer owner ot ( a garage at Willshire, Ohio, is being held at Van Wert. Ohio, on a charge of fraud, filed against him by *he Franklin Finance company, of Lima, Ohio. He was arrested in Fort Wayne Friday. Tiie charge reads that Bargaheisor sold a note to the ’finance company, which Bargaheiser said was secured by an automobile sold by him to Roy i Tickle, now deceased. The Lima con-| corn learned later that the Willshire man had not sold the car to Tickle, according to the warrant. The papeFs showed that Tickle had paid $271.12 for an Overland sedan and gave Bargaheiser a note and mortgage for 637.23. The finance company paid Bargaheiser $542.28 on the note, the warrant says. I Sheriff Fleck, of Van Wert county, 1

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says the car was never sold by Ba H | gahelser to Tickle but was H i Mercer county to ;Udll ° ! Bargaliuisur was facing more trnil H | hie when a petition was (n,. d M day In common pleas ( . MUt at V? Wort, by Myers A- Bin, <q ■ 'against A. G. Garguhei-rr. K| . M gahelser and Willis R ,S, tn,. r se( , k ■ ing recovery of $7320 on llulv ■ by the defendants. The note was secured i.v inortßag, H ,on tin 80 aci-e farm in u lu , ■ township. Mercer couii'y. „ r , llh( , |() H the petition, which re l( m.. !s f urlher H that tills farm be sold to ... t i s [y t | ls claim, if necessary. —— o —_ Lebanon Plans To Build S Community Athletic I idd ■ Lebanon. Ind., Aug. s H . half mile race track, em 5 a H lor baseball, football, and r is planned for construct, n ln M side city park here. H The project, which op. i. .< n,. w fj eM ■ of development In city p.i-ks. would H include a grandstand to be for H race meets and for has.'ball gau>s, B Barns would be erected, r provide fa- B cilities for training race hor-.-s, ■ o ■ Get the Habit—Trade at Home. ,t Pan ■