Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1927 — Page 3

CLUB CALENDER Friday V. n. Aid Society Bako Sale—U. B. church, afternoon. St Marys Township Home Econ’ [ om lcs (’lull—Mrs. Otto Longenberger, ' ' 1.30 p. in. Samaritan Class, Christian Bible ; school, Mr. and Mrs. William Kehls, 7:30 p. m. Minnehaha Club—Tot luck supper, after IsdftC. .. | Saturday C. L W Class of the Evangelical . Cbati b—Bake Sale October 8. ftak* Sale by 1* A. 8. of Christian , b ß j, b—Schmitt Moat Market, ',) a. in. Monday opening meeting of Dramatic Sec-1 tip- es Woman’s Club—Mrs. J. S. Pet- , •raoo. ti P. M. Tuesday Tri Kappa sorority—Miss Mary * Pork. 8 p m “ , So Cha Rae Club Mrs. Cloth Kurten her. Carp* Diem Club—Mrs. G. F. Eichhorn. 7:30 P. M. ■ . Psi lota XI meeting—Mr«. Leigh , Bowen, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday Delta Theta Tau Alumni—Mrs. , Gta< e Lawless, afternoon. Catholic Ladies Social Club—Card Party and Dance D. C. H. S. Auditor- , ium. »**•.»> ■ < The Elks home was the scene of a , ' beautiful fall party last evening at C: to o'clock, when Miss Cecil Miller entertained fifty guests at a dinnerbudge The entertaining parlors were ( dec >rated with flowers, carrying out • the < lor scheme of Nile green and . peaeb. The guests were seated at individual tables for the dinner. Each table h..<i a centerpiece of Nile green and ( peach and candles In canule- | holders with colors to rrthtch. Little baskets ia similar colors were at each | place, filled with candies. T’te guests found their places at lire tal.ks, were marked with place cards portraying a Coionial girl with a bouqne of , flowers. During the last course* little . Miss Ethel Kleinhcnz, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Lawren, Kleinhcnz, dressed in white, entered carrying a trav fastened ever her shoulder with a wld’e satin ribbon. On the .tray were corsage, bouquets, cnc of which was presented to each guest. As the gnests wee all anticipating a surprise. They were not dimppointc dns the bouquet presented tu Miss Toota Keller revealed the secret. Miss Keller opened the petals of on et Mie flowers and found several cf them printed with the foil wing. “Cecil and Dick, October IS.” Miss MWi«r received a shower of congratulations and wishes for happiness from all her guests. Following the dinner, Bridge was played and prizes were awarded Mrs. Joe Brennan amt Mrs. Paul B. iede. who received lovely gif’s. The dinner "was served by the Misses Charlotte Elzey, Esther Biggs Mary Haris,! Mary Colchin and Mary Margaret Voglowede. Miss Miller it l>j- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob 'Miller of this city. Iler fi.tn ; Bil l’, an! C. Ehinger. Mr. Ehinger is the sot of Mrs. Carrie Ehinger and is advertising manager of the Decatur Daily Democrat. The wedding wfl take place at the St. Marys Catholic cliur.it Tin® day, October 18. Mrs. Clem Kortenber will entertain the members if the So Chi Rae club at her home on Madison street on Tuesday cvc-teng at 7:30. The annual opening es the Historical Club was held at the home of Mr and Mt' Roy Runyon, Tuesday evening. A pot-luck dinner was served at 6:30 o’clo.-k with the husbands ns guests. ’! h ■ home w:js a beautiful sit ting for the event. The tablri were Pretty and the plaeif cards wcr? original and unique. Mrs. Lo.i Myers, a neighbor of. the hostess, presld at 'he coffee -tin. The company enjoyed an old-time visit, which assured a delightful evening. Tao regular study "111 be take- i np We-l-ic day ur moon Oitober 5 at 2:30 o'clock wk'i the President, M.s. Ham.her, and Mrs. James Fiiito, will have the subject, Why Law.-:’. t Mrs. Grace Lawless will be hostess io the Delta Theta Tau alumni Wednesday afternoon. The Trf Kappa sorority will meet at the home of Miss Maty Bulk, Tuesday, evening, at 2, o’clock. < I The Catholic Ladies Sogjal Cljib wUI 1 hold their regular Card Party and )

Dance nt the Decatur Catholic High School Authorlum, Wednesday evening October 5 at 7:30 o'clock. AnoMier oar load of newsprint paper was received here today by the Decatur Daily Momoernt. The paper comes in large rolls and is shipped from the International Paper Company •nil! at Three Rivers, Quebec Canada. The car vil be unloaded Saturday morning. . » Mrs. 11. H. Stoner, Cleveland Ohio and Mrs. O. P. Edwards, Liepsic Ohic aro visiting in this city nt the home cf their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John, Niblick. Mr. and Mrs. Linn Kern. ofi Fort Wayne, have ben spending the week with relatives in this city,,Mr. Kent u vacation fiom his work. George Baihle director oP the European School of Music at Fort Wayne and well known here is recovering from an operation for appendicitis. A marriage license was issued toiay to John Slyde Romey, 27. teacher at Lancaster Center, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Romey of Linn Grove, and Miss Justine Grace Bartiemay. 24, clerk at the Citizens Bank, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adie Bartiemay. West Central avenue. They will be married Friday. —Bluffton Banner. ♦ R. Earl Peters, Fort Wayne, democratic state chairman, stopped here an honr this afternoon cn route to Brooktile where he will speak this evening. _ Several of the stands at the Bluffton street fair were blown down last night by the high winds. The fair has been drawing large crowds considering the wea'her but the heavy rains have of course interfered to a large extent with the attendance. A T ort Wayne store anrTinces deliveries of go, ds in this territory by airplane next Thursday, but they probably won't drive up to the rear door. Radio shops are doing plenty of repair work this week tuning the machines up for the world series which will start next Wednesday. Mongo Meyers has accepted a job at the Pert Wayne plant of the G. E. and wfH be one of the stars on their basketball team. Jack Rannells, of Momence, 111., arrived here yesterday for a visit with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mi.-,. Andc-rsuu a-t Park View farm, east of the city. Tomorrow, tie Andersons and Mr. Runnells wil motor to Lafayette where they will visit with Edward Anderson, student fit Purdue university. Frank Rannells, of II yhester, Ind., father of Mrs. James Anderson, who has baen making his homo with ni.i ■Wnphter this summer is seriously ill T. J. Durkin visited the Bluffton street fair yesterday. o Physicians Pick Gary For Next State Meeting Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. 30—(UP) — The Indiana Medical association will hold its 1928 convention in Gary, it decided today at the closing session ot its two-day convention. Dr. George R. Daniels, former Mayor es Marion, was named to the presiiency, and Dr. C. E. Gillespie, of Sev mon:, was named president elect, and wil become president at the Gary convention. The election was according to the method by which the association picks its leaders a year in advance of the time they go into office. Dr. Frank W. (’regur, of Indianapolis, is the retiring president. o ♦— Dentists Pick Fafayette For Next Meeting Place )—Lafayette was selected as :he meeting place for the 1928 convention of the Northern Indiana Dental Society at the closing session of the convention here last night. Gary and Wabash also bid for the meeting. L. N. Childers, Lafayette was elected president; George Meekeit Peru, vice-president; and Dr. D. G. Mertz, Fort Wayne, registrar. —, —o EVANSVILLE — Two man street cars are a thing of the past here. The last car in the city to be converted for one-man use is now being made over. I /

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1927.

OTHERS REPORTED DEAD IN NEARBY ILLINOIS TOWNS iciivnu i:i> t itoM hgk om:> was s’ill unestabiisbed. Al h ast 11,-| otto telephones were made imclpbs by | the tornado. School Bu 'ding Leveled Public school buildings were apparently particular targets for the s orm's wrath, but with the exception of two girls' bodies found in the ruins of Cenlr.i high school tills morning no loss of life was reported in the schools, although school property damage was estimated at more than |1,500,m>0. "it appears to have been a miracle hat our pupils in the storm zone escaped," declared Ben Weidle, president of the board of education, who with John J. Maddox, superintendent of instruction/ K. M. Milligan, commissioner of school buildings, and H. W. McNamee, secretary-treasurer, made a tour ot the devastated dis.rict. Ot the 6.500 enrollment in the seven schools damaged eighteen were reported injured at Central high school and two at Yeatman intermediate school, although it was reported many pupils suffeied minor cuts caused by the railing o£ glass from broken windows. The storm, reaching St. Louis about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, gained in In ensity as it tore through Manchester and Taylor avenues. Widening out it spread northward to Prairie avenue, then east to Glasgow. The tornado traveled at the rate of about 60 miles on hour. Accompanied by a terrifle rainstorm, it tore tnrough residences and factory buildings, uprooted trees, tore out telephone wires and toppled over street lamps. Augmented by 800 soldiers of the National guard, hundreds of police, firemen and volunteers, the Red Cross workers continued to comb the ruins for additional victims. All night the bodies of the dead and injured were being taken to various hospi als and morgues. As body after body was being covered from the debris of buildings, workers predict'd that the total of deaths might reach or exceed 100. A veritable wilderness 6f crumpledup buildings factories, dwellingplaces and apartment houses confronted relief workers, as they plough* d through heap after {leap of debris in seaich of bodies. Arkansas Town Wrecked Ruby. Ark., Sept. 30-(lNS)—With the exception of approximately ten homes, the residence section of this town of 300 population was a total

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wreck toda/ns a result i.f yesterday I tornado which injured more than a ! dozen persons. Mis. Mack Stanfield and the infant [daughter of Mrs. Marvin Graham *aro f I probably fatally Injured. Mrs. Stanfield has both hips broken anil the infant Is s * severely cut about the head. ; i 1 Five Killed In Illinois St. Louis, Mo., Sept. SO —(INS) Five persons were known to be dead today 11 in three Illinois towns that were 1 strui the tornado tracing north- '' east across the Mississippi river, Gran- " Ite city, Venice and Madison. |’ The dead wore police chief Mlcheal a Clifford David Ruble, Nick f ' Radick and W. L. Cotter, all cf Gran- 11 Ite City; and Charles Heft, of Madison, At 'least .a score of persons suffered injuiies as a result of the violent windstorm. I Troops Sent To City Washington, Sept. 30 —(UP) —One thousand regular aimy troops from <1 Jefferson Barracks, Mo., wore ordered <1 by tlie war, department today to co- c operate in the emergency created by f the St. Louis Tornado. j t Major General William Lassiter, s commanding the sixth corps area, will s leave Chicago today to take charge « of the regular pi my activities In St. ' Louis. i ' Major General Harry A. Smith, com- ** mandlng the seventh corps area at - Oznaha. Neb., was ordered by the de- I partment to hold himself in readiness ■ to co-operate in every necessary way 1 with Lassiter,al St. Louis. | o 3 Jay* County Farmer Feeds Ton Litter I Portland, Sept. 30 —John Pearson of I Noble to,wnship, one of the leading I Duroc Jersey breders of the county, I is tile second gold medal winner to I report in the Ton Litter club, which I was organized here last spring il His record la one Ji ’he best that £ has been reported 1 in the club work', here, having produced 2.413 pounds - of pork in 180 days, this being the offspring Lem ( ne sow. Mr. Pearson fed the sows on alfarm corn, cats and tankage, supplemented by clover pasture, Inst fall. Tiy> same grain ration was continued until farowing time, when they were fed liberally of ground and car corn. o Get the Habit —Traae at Homp, It Pav« BABY'S COLDS are soon “nipped in the bud” without “dosing” by use of— VICKS ▼ Varoßub i Opt 17 Million Jara Uini Ytarly ’

Woman Shoots Federal Judge in Salt Lake City Salt' Unko City, Sept. 30.—(INS)—' United States Judge Tillman D. John-] son. was shot twice and seriously wounded by Mrs, Helen Simmons ns he ascended the bench in court hero today. The woman was immediately taken into custody by department of justice ciTclals and held In ccmmiinl- 1 cada In the United Stales marshall’s office. She is believed Urhav hot Hie judge because the latter decided a civil case against her. She had sued ii local concern for damans following the death of her husband. Judge Johnson, 65, was appointed to the federal bench in 1912. - To Hold School For Boy Scout Leaders A training school for Boy Scout ion-! dershlp will open tonight in the In-1 dustrial Association rooms at 7:im o’clock. The school will be for all I Scout Masters, Vroop commit-teas and I those interested in Scouting. The j school will be conducted iwidec the j suupervisi n of the national council j of Boy Scouts of America. The instrue- ■ tors will be John Anguish. Scent exo- ! eutive, and Mr. Mct'augluy, bulb of j Fort Wayne. -L' 111 L ii..*.— j jp Did you ever know aM j CT man to prosper farming ■ ■ wet land. Did you ever 9 ! know of a man's inak- 9 injr a good living and 9 keeping out of debt, M : W farming wet lan d ? ■ O Probably you never did. H B —The— ■ g Krick-Tyndall Co. ■ ~ - M. MOYER Bth & Madison St. Just Received j Another shipment of New DRESSES

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Old Confederate Army Uniform Sole Asset Os Bankrupt War Veteran Wabash, Ind.. Sept. ?0 (INS) - ‘Ono ; old confcilorale uniform" is the sole , 'asset, listed in the petition for bankruptcy of Col. Felix Robertson, filed In | federal court at Band, Tex., according! to word to his daughter, Mis. Sarah 11. Smith, <f North Manchester. 1 In filing ilia pet H Inn Ajol. Robertson' siM, “Ono old confederate uniform the symbol of a storm tossed nation! that 1011. 1 wore it wltli fidelity and ■ honor long ago in lite brave days of t my youth, and now in-the evening of tny life, let me say that I fought for the cause 1 believed right, and accept- , cd the arbitrament of the sword in j good fait It. For sixty years my flag has been Old Glory. The sons of Lee ami tlie sons of Giant stand for eno I cause ami one flag -Value $25.” Col. Robert <on is t jje highest rank-

—■ ■■■ i - . - ■ — - - —ii—■■'■■■ ii- — swan s.a*..srijfi-as | THE ADAMS Theatre | Last Time Tonight “JUDGMENT OF THE HILLS” C*’JU « v.-ttk Virgini.-/ Vnlli, Frankie Darro and In 31 Orville Star of THE HARVESTER. ya sjJ A Mighty Drama of Devotion! Against the age-old crags of the Jjl Jh Kentucky Hills the mightiest drama of Love and Sacrifice is un- [Rd ['ftj folded! A Story tense and threbbing with the love of a boy for |h if his brother —of a maid for her man—filmed against a setting of «T1 31 supreme teautv! A Leo Meehan nroduction. Cjj.i ALSO—“TANKS OF THE WABASH."—A Ton of Fun (j* 92 * ♦ wit+i The Three Fat Men. • | -10 c—c — 25c ® ;r Saturday—BUFFALO BILL. Jr. in “THE INTERFERIN’ GENT” Sp 31 A Trouble-Bustin’ Story of the Cattle Country. Ln] Sunday, Monday & Tuesday—GENE STRATTON PORTER’S ijt |Jj Last Novel—“THE MAGIC GARDEN.” 30 I THE CORT | Last Time Tonight g S a* A nniqur and interesting picture with a strong east' 3g ul headed by Rex, the wild horse, June Marlowe and Hugh Allen. . A picture thtit lakes you Io Ute wide open spaces with tin pit lily of thrills and dulls to bold your interest. 3J L- Also Comedy 10c, 25c ’ ifi Saturday—“ Wolf’s Tea)!’’ with "Dynamite, the Police Dog." Sunday and Monday—"THE LIFE OF RILEY” with Us tjj George Sidney and Charlie Murray.

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i trig officer of the Confederate army lit** ing totliiy. -v —— o Sixteen Resorts Closed i Battle Creek. Michigan, Sept oJ — i (INS) Sixteen resorts in which it !< ! alleged high school glrlk frequented I were eloHi><l today after slmultaneonit raids by 22 federal prohibition hgen'4 | ot Detroit. e | More limn 100 persons, of whom 25 wore women, wmo arrested, seven oj I these were girls of high school age. | The prisoner:* Included negroes. .1. F. Arnold has returned front a business trip to Lima and Tbledo. 666 is a prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria.