Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1927 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller.. l’r«’». and Gen. Mur. A. R. Hohiiouse Sec’y & Hue. Mgr. Dick 1). Heller Vice-President Entered nt the Poetoffice at Decatur. Indiana, as second class mutter. Subscription Rates: Single copies $ One week, by carrier H> One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mall— 35 Three mouths, by mull 100 Six mouths, by mall 1-75 One year, by mail 3 00 One year, at offi.'e 3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added 'outside those zones.) Advertising Rates: Made known by Application. Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York. Keeping the furnace going in August is not a joke. When we have to fire eleven months out of the year it becomes tiresome to say nothing of the expense. By the way, how about it. have you filled the fuel bin? Get a member for the Decatur Country club. A word from you to a friend may do it. To support such an institution properly there should boa list of two hundred. Lets don’t quit until we get them. Besides raising the tax rate about twenty cents in For: Wayne, the valuations have been increased about $230,000,000. its going to be a burden on some of the folks down there and you may look for a yell that will be loud and long. Compared to Ini dianapolis however they are getting f off easy for the rate there will exceed [ four dollars. r The Life Extension Institute gives t ' out the information that thousands I of girls and young women between B the ages of seventeen and thirty-two Pt are shortening their lives by doing E: with too little sleep. Their bodies Er will not stand the strain and unless the social pace now being traveled is E controlled in some way, the toll will Bj be heavy in a few years, according to 8* the scientists. A hen down in Arkansas establishBD ed a world record by laying 149 eggs K in that many days which is said to be as great an achievement in the hen p family as was thq Lindbergh flight ■ for the human race. By the way H every farmer can add to his income rl by paying a. little more attention to H his hens and cows and that goes no jftl difference how much attention he has given iu the past. This year you will yr have to depend considerably on the K returns from poultry and butterfat. A Winona woman, Mrs. Starr, exeited after hearing the lectures against H the use of tobacco, pulled a Carrie Nation stunt. Walking into n cigar B store she took cigarettes away from Ha dozen boys congregated there. We K offer no defense for the boys and] h* young men who indulge in the ex-j ■it cessive use of cigarettes, neither do we approve of a lot of men and worn-1 en insisting on regulating the habits and affairs of every one else. Why | V not raid a few breakfast tables and K smash the coffee cups and the percuH lator? It would be just as reasonP able. u,' New York is spending a million (if dollars to save the trees in Central Ri park, a wonderful thing to do but 1 B which could have been avoided by the | By expenditure of a little money each *• year in taking care of the trees. We [ ' call attention to the fact that Decatur - i is recognized as a city of beautiful trees. It would be a shame to lose * them and there is some danger for s there are tree diseases the same as animal diseases and uness curbed they spread and become worse from year to year. Don’t let the trees die off. Perhaps a few cents for spray or proper trimming at the proper time will save them. Five daring, splendid people, one young woman and four men are lost at sea as a result of the Dole race to Honolulu and there seems to be little if any hope of them being found. It seems to be the great hazzard of the over ocean dash which attracts

for scarcely had the word gone out ’ that two planes were lost in the race than Captain Bill Erwin takes off from Oakland on a 2,400-mile chase) with hopes of picking up the lost planes. Pioneering has awlays cost.) Not so lung ago a trip over* seas by . : ship was considered dangerous and) was, for often times a vessel was never heard from. Less than a century ago hundreds of lives were lost , In overland trips to the western gold i Helds; the Alaskan rush cost heavily ' and there have been many projects In i which the advance guard took grave chances. The fatal results of the Dole race are sincerely regretted but this will not cause a cessation of the efforts to conquer the air. The mental processes of the extreme radical are likely to puzzle sorely the citizen whose thinking machinery is merely normal. Clemency is denied Sacco and Vanzetti in Massachusetts, so radicals in New York bomb two subway stations. The twenty injured passengers, the hundreds of others whose lives are placed in jeopardy, are in no way involved in the prosecution of Sacco and Vanzetti. Indeed, many of them may have favored mercy for the convicted murderers tight along. Clemency is denied Sacco and Vanzetti in Massachusetts, so other radicals bomb the home of the mayor of Baltimore, and a church in Phlidalephia. Neither the Baltimore mayor nor the Philadelphia church has anything to do) with the Massachusetts case, but they are attacked just the same. Why? Probably because the true extremist among the radicals is a terrorist at heart, a destroyer by inclination, who] likes to bomb for the sheer love of bombing, and who finds in the Sacco and Vanzetti affair an excuse for a’ dynamite spree. Any individual will-, ing to kill strangers who have done’ him no harm, purely as a gesture of | dissatisfaction, is surely a dangerous I person to have around. Which is something worth remembering the next time a wishy-washy, self-knight-1 ed intelligentsia sheds tears over the' government’s policy of deporting alitn anarchists and other alien advocates of violent revolution. — Minneapolis Journal. o g; ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * BIG FEATURES * * OF RADIO * Saturdays Five Best Radio Features Copyright 1927 by United Press (Cenral Standard Time Trhoughout) WDWM, Asbury Park (3(11) 6:30 p. m.— Pryor J’s band. WRC. Washington (469) 6:30 p.tn. Lewisohn stadium concert from New York. WJZ, New York, (454) 6:: 30 p. m.— The Mediterraneans. WEAK hookup at 6 p. m.—The Weekenders. WBZ. Springfield (333) 6 p. ni. — Creator's Band. SUNDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIC? FEATURES Copyright 1927, by United Press Central standard time throughout. WPG, Atlantic City (273) 7:15 p.m.— Steel pier concert. WEAF. hook up—s:2o p.m.—Capitol theater program. i WEAF, hook up—7:ls p. m.—Sylvia I Lent, violinist iWGBS, New York (349) jJ p. m — WGBS Minstrels. WJZ. hook up—6:3o p.m.—Lewisohn ■stadium conrert. MONDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES Copyright 1927, by United Press. Central standard time throughout. WJZ. hook-up. 5:30 p. m. —Roxy and, his gang. I WEAF, hook up, 7 p. m. —Operatic concert. iWRVA, Richmond (254) 8:35 p. m. — Organ recital. WPG. Atlantic City, 8 p. tn. —The Goldman Band. WNYC, New York, 6:30 p. m. —Kaltenborn Symphony orchestra. o ]*¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * THE GREAT WAR * * 10 YEARS AGO * #¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* By United Press General Petain of the French army wins a smashing victory on the Ver--1 dun front, penetrating the German lines for a mile and a quarter and taking 4,000 prisoners- Italian army J attacks on the Isonzo front, taking t 7,500 prisoners. , Thomas bfdison visits the White House and explains to the President i Wilson mysterious devices for wag- ' - ing war which navy men sav will f * t greatly contribute to American gucs cess. 4

■) G IN BOOTS . ■■■ ■' ' f.'-: X ■>. liß ’•f Bi S ‘ * BO President Coolidge is being steeped in the traditions of the Black Hills of South Dakota. He is shown wearing boots while making his recent adj dress at Mt. Rushmore. {lnternational Newsreel) * TWENTY YEARS AGO * |¥ * |¥ From the Daily Democrat File ¥ ,¥ Twenty Years Ago Today ¥ !*¥¥¥¥»¥¥¥¥¥¥♦ Aug. 20, 1907.—Twelve boys from the local Holy Grail leave for ten days at Winona. In the bunch are j Tom Vail. Dorsey Burkhead, Sherman | Beery, Gregg Neptune, Clyde Baumgartner, Alvine Case. Harold Wilcox, I Irvin Butler, Eugene Steele, Joe Hunter and Ben Beavers. Dr. J. W. Vizard, Sloan Meyers. Willis Meyers, George Thomas aud Ira Steele leave for Hastings, Neb. Raymond Gluting falls from fence and breaks arm. Ben S. Colter is secretary of the teacher's institute. Brown. LaGrange and Pike ale the only counties in the state totally dry. Mr. ami Mrs. H. R. Moltz leave for Traverse* City, Mich. Packy McFarland, "pride of the stockyards,” whips Benny Yanger iu four fast rounds at Fort Wayne. Horses are arriving for the fair. o—• *»¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥♦ * TRY THE * * NEXTONE * #»¥¥¥¥¥****** ARMIES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 1. What military organization in Germany has had frequent demonstrations lately? 2. What country is pledged to defend Egypt? 3. Name the “warlord” . of Manchuria, who recently proclaimed himself Chinese dictator. 4. What European country has the - largest standing army? 5. What is the attitude of the Japanese Premier - toward Chipa? 6. In what battle did the American flag receive its "baptism of fire”? 7. What, two titles did George Washington have in the Revo lutionary War? 8. What was the year of the war between the U. S- and Mexic-i? 9. What was the second greatest war of the United States, as | far as number of troops is ’ concerned? 10. Who is the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy? ANSWERS 1. The Steel Helmets. 2. England. 3. Marshal Chang Tso-lin. 4. France. 5. A "positive attitude," or a strong attitude. 6. Battle at Fort Stanwix. N. Y., 1777. 7. Major General and Commander in ' Cfilef. 8. Eighteen hundred and forty-six. 9. The Civil War. 10. Brig. Gen. March B. Stewart. : O Some family skeletons can’t be kept ( in a closet. I o Wheeler’s Kalamazoo Celery, , Liberty Way, west of Insiey’s ’ | restaurant, every Saturday afi ternoon and night. Aug 13-18-19-20 NOTICE I My truck will make Fort Wayne on Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week. For prices see D. F. jTeeple. 18919 x

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Poverty, Ignorance Cause Most Crime, Is View Os Darrow By International News Service Chicago. — Poverty and ignorance are the greatest courses of crime. Clarence Darrows, noted criminal lawyer of Chicago, stated this belief and added that practical education could aid materially in reducing major offenses against society. "There is no such thing as a ‘criminal mind,' ” he contended. "Crime is a pathological social lesson Induced by an udue strain in the relationship between a man's desire and the law. "The quickest cure is education. By that I do not mean Virgil and Caesar, Keats aud Shelley. Astronomy or Ma’haphysics. excellent though such luxuries may be, but a practical education that aids an Individual to earn a decent living and satiate many of his desires for "the so-called better things. "No boy should be allowed to leave school until he has been taught these rudiments of education. "Criminals are uot born, except In rare Instances. Neither are they made. But they are both boru and made to some degree. They are tlie product of their heredity plus their environment.” changed by society. But It can change "Heredity cannot be immediately environment. With this change would appear au .education of the individual to economic independence." 0 — “Management Week” Is Being Plenned Washington, Aug. 20. —(UP)—“Management week” to spread the gospel of efficiency among business men and cut down wajite in production, is being planned for October 24-29 by commerce department officials and nearly a score of national organizations of engineers and manufacturing executives. Organization work is proceeding in 58 cities. The promoters hope to surpass the record of last year when more than 30.000 persons in 100 cities attended the educational meetings. —o Siren And Tom-Tom Played In Music On Lindbergh’s Flight New York. August 20. — (UP) — Colonel Charlees A. Lindbergh s flight from New York to Paris has been immortalized in music by James Philip Dunn, New York composer. His tone-poem of the epic flight is entitled "We” and will be given i, .first public performance at Lewisahn Stadium by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under Willem von Hoogstrateu on August 27. The composition takes approximately tea minutes to play and requires the services of a fire eugihe siren, tom-tom and a wooden rattle in ad- ( dition to the regular instruments of an orchestra. Dunn says of the work 1 that it is "not so much a description 1 of the airplane, its tuning up, take-off and the solitary flight across the ocean as it is a tonal utterance of the indomitable courage, perseverance and will power of Colonel Lindbergh.” | i>— Names Himself Amateur Rat Catching Champion After He Gets 40 In Cage Sheffield, Ala., Aug. 20. — (UP) — ' Cheese did it. J. Bert Smith, storekeper and amateur rat catcher now claims the rat catching championship of the United States. Smith, after weeks of futile sniping at huge rate which dwelt in the basement of his store, decided to resort to quieter methods. H<v constructed a huge steel trap, filled it full of the best American . cheese and planted it. > Next morning, according to his own statement, he found it filled with 40 ’ rodents. He has had no more trouble with rats. , o Believes Children Need Regular Sleep All Year London. — (UP) —That “extra half hour or hour" before bedtime, because , it is summer, is bad for the children, according to Dr. W, E. Porter, medi- , cal officer of health for Wood Grene, a suburb of London. 1 “1 am quite sure,” he says, "that a grea tmany present-day children de not get enough sleep. I have seel many who are under-sized, listless and tired-looking. 1 "Many of these children came intc the world during the food rationing period of the war, and it is all tilt ’ more necessary that every effort 5 should be made to improve their phys ical condition. j “Over-crowded homes, the ‘pictures, the alteration of the clock in summei time, and evening amusements oftet 0 seriously shorten the hours, when chil ; v | dren should be in bed and fas x asleep.

•:¥¥¥¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ * NEWS FROM MAGLEY * * By * Miss Theo Bauer :;¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥.. Little Robert Rcppert. son of Mr. aud Mrs. Walter Repperl, had one finger cut off by u pump juck one duy this week. Mr. and Mrs. Orval Lenhart and family, of Rockford, were callers lure this week. Misses Ida and Edna Borne were business callers here Thursday. Mrs. Harry Bauer and daughter. Theo, called on Mrs. H. F. Sowurdst near Tocsin, one day this week. Miss Alta Kruetzmun was a culler here Thursday afternoon. Mr. V. Burke, of Decatur, was ai business caller here 3 hursday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dettlnger visited Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kruetzman one evening this week. Mr. Christ Scherry is still ill. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reppert and sons and Mr. a.nd Mrs. Louis Maun have returned to their homes. They have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred | Bloemker. Mr. and v Mrs. Fred Feichter entertained the Frauhiger aud Feichter i threshing ring one evening this week. I Mr. George Reppert, Mrs. Mary Reppert, Emma Hoffman, and Ralph Worthman and family have returned to their homes. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Yager visited Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bauer Thursday evening. Mr. Elmer Bryan and daughter, Ru h, were callers here Thursday. Mrs. Floyd Barger and Mrs. Howard Mills have been visiting Mrs. Elmer Bryan the last two days. Mrs. Luker has been visiting Mrs. Worthman the last couple days and is coming to, her sister’s, Mrs. Fred Bloemker to remain until Sunday when she will leave for Cleveland. Mr. Roy Schlickman has been working at Harry Frauhiger’s. Messrs. Albert, Harry and Walter

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duy afternoon. Mr. Edward Lelmenstoll u Work| for Lawrence Uteborlch, near p ctl .) son. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Anderson a n sons. Irvin, Garth, and Hsrlle. hav returned from Grand Rapids. Mich Miss Tillie Kruetzmun visited jh Selma Scherry Thursday