Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 257, Decatur, Adams County, 31 October 1927 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. k. It Holthouse... A Bus. Mgr. flick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur,' Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies $ .02 One week, by carrier ........ 10 One year, by ca-rier ____ 6.00 One month, by mail .35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office : 3.00 (Prices quoted are witbin first and second sones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates: • Made known by Application. Scheerer, Inc., 36 East Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York. They might lottery off the Indianapolis mayorality office. That what* is usually done with something no one wants. Get your tickets for the Star Fes-J tival which opens tomorrow evening Its the greatest bargain of the kind evere . offered here. •sssss I • Don't yog, want to give a can or ' two of fruit or some vegetables to the ' Adams County Memorial hospital? ' The drive is on this week and any of 1 the ladies on the committee will ap- ; predate a call from you. 1 1 „ 1 Its this week —the Star Festival— 1 four big nights of entertainment at I the high school auditorium. Read the 8 program. We are sure if you do you f will want to hear every entertain- t ment. And the entire cost is but two c dollars. a Don't mark the automobiles, boys, s Remember that the cars cost a lot of I money and that the chalk and soap t marks cannot be easily re moved, t There is no re%l fun in damaging ( property. Thats just imagination. You should not burn leaves or rub- ( bish on asphalt streets. Thafs the 4 advice from cities where they have had experience. You know it can't ; do any good, may be harmful, so why do it? Now they are in a fine pickle., \ They would like to hang a picture of the mayor of Indianapolis in the city hail but they can’t tell for the life X of them, whose photograph should be rushed to the studio for a “life size" in colors. • A South Bend man struck his eight-month-old baby across the mouth 1 when the youngster cried and when 1 th man was asked by the judge why he did it, replied that he never had * liked babies. “Well, you won't be , bothered with them for the next 230* days,” replied the judge and ordered him taken to jail. i The usual number of upsets for the football season occurred Saturday.! Illinois trimmed Michigan, Harvard • took Indiana and Missouri dropped ' Northwestern, but the biggest one'' was the weather. All records for October have been broken and we are ! hoping Indian summer hangs over another month or two. While Ruth Eider and her co-pilot• George Haldeman are galivanting around Paris and other European | capitols, having a fine time and exchanging wise sayings we are wonder-1 Ing where Mrs. Haldeman and Mr. j Elders, or whatever his name is, are twecdling their thumbs. May be al-1 right but we know some folks who wouldn't stand for it. w I Death which stalks in the wake of automobile accidents Is no respecter of persons. Mr. and Mrs. John J.' Mitchell, of Chicago, were killed, Saturday afternoon when their automo-' bile driven by a chauffuer, turned' over in a ditch as they attempted to pa; s another wreck at the foot of a hill. Mr. Mitchell was the head of the Illinois Merchants Trust company and considered one of America's greatest financiers. The public hears with regret and a desire not to believe the report that

Booth Tarkington, beloved Indiana ’ writer is in grave danger of becoming blind It is said that the sight of one eye is entirely gone and that it is only a question of months until light has faded from the other. Mr. . Tarkington is cohsldered one of the ’l ablest essayists as well as one of /the most popular story writers of the country and at this time is said to be concluding another novel and sevI oral imporant essays. 1 ’ 1 Well, its here. Hallow'een with all 1 its witchery and goblins and fan- ' tastic customs of the days of fairies. Tonight the boys and girls will masquerade and play pranks and read fortunes and make love. In Decatur the event will be celebrated with a parade in which hundreds will participate for prizes aud which should provide a lot of amusement for every one who watches. There will he I music and red fire and torches and floats and the funiest looking faces and the queerest make ups. You are invited to join In the parade but any way come down town aud see the fun. Rev. J. A. Seimetz is to take a 1 years vacation from his pastorate here and has decided upon a genuine . rest. He will reside in a bungalow j north of Fort Wayne where he will devote time to recovering his health, broken by a too strenous effort too , long a time. We believe he will en- , tirely recover and that he will after a twelfth month return to Decatur ’ to finish the tasks he has planned as 1 his life work. During the nearly « fourteen years he has resided here t Father Seimetz has been an Inces- j sant worker for his church, a wonder- , ful citizen with an interest in all i things he believed of benefit to the 1 £ community, a fine neighbor and a man among men. The people of this ( vicinity are all hoping he will be t spared to them for many years. Rev. I j Hessian and Rev. Collings, who will a be in charge of St. Mary's church will > have the hearty cooperation of the ‘ congregation during the absence of Father Seimetz. ( o t *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* t * BIG FEATURES * « * OF RADIO *h K¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥Xa MONDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES < Copyright 1927 by United Press 1 AH Central Standard Time WEAF, hook-up (9:3o)—Bizet’s Op- . era, “Carmen ” WJZ, hook-up (6:3o)—Roxy and His ' Gang. | 1 WHAZ. Troy (380) (7 p.m —R. P. I g Students’ Night. ' ■ WBZ, Springfield (9:35) — Little Screen Players. WEAF. hook-up (7:30) —The Gypsies.) Tuesday's Five Best Radio Features ( Copyright 1927 by UP WPG. Atlantic City, 273, 7:15 p. m.— < Thalia Sabanieeva, soprano, 11 and Jules Falk, violinist. , WMAQ, Chicago, 448, 8:00 p. m— ‘ ( Chas. W. Cadman, composer, l and assisting soloists. j 1 WBAL, Baltimore, 286. 5:00 p. m. to 11:00 p. m. — Anniversary I. program. |, WEAF, hookup. 8 p. m. — Eveready Hour. | WEAF, hookup, 9 p. m. — Auction Bridge Game. - - 0— *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥♦ * TWENTY YEARS AGO * ¥ ¥ ¥ From the Daily Democrat File ¥ ¥ Twenty Years Ago Today ¥ *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ October 31—Banking conditions over the country becoming normal. No local markets because of th"unl certain conditions in the grain and I stock centers. 1 Bluffton militia company is being , mustered out of service. i Maynard Frisinger and Miss Alma Dailey married last evening by Rev. j * A. B. Hiast. j Many events are planned for Halloween. I | Charles Ranier opens a restaurant at Willshire. | Marriage license —Bruce C. Christen | and Alice Jacksen. Jury in case of Jpseph Murray vs. Fox and Sprunger return verdict for defendant. The plaintiff asked 11,375 1 for loss of bain by fire claiming spark from threshing machine engine caused 1 it. ' | Mrs. Floyd Testor and brother (Geotgc Blackburn leave for California to reside. Mr. Tester left for there a week ago. |' Q * [ Frank Hower's barter shop. West Adams street, Two Barbers, Open * nights. Haircuts, 25 cents, Shaves. 15 I cents 254-3 t —kw O 1 D. N. Erwin is offering 80 acres on 1 payments like rent and will accept . city property as part payment. 5 254tf *

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1927.

Finds Italy Honest ; To The Last Lira

1 Decatur School Teacher Writes About Visit ' In Italy j > Miss Catherine E. Martin, super- ■ visor of art in the Decatur public schools, has been writing a number of interesting articles concerning her I recent tour in Europe. These articles have appeared in several large city newspapers in the United States. One article written by Miss Martin, headed "Italy Honest to Last Lira,” appeared in last Sunday's edition of the Indianapolis Star. The story is as follows: "With one last big push and "Americano so sorry—excuse," I landed in the railway compartment to which 1 had been assigned for a ride from Genoa to Rome. No amount of pushing and excited gesticulating could make me lose my disposition, for I was ’abroad.’ Abroad —what a world of kick that one little word contains, and it took nitre years of saving and closing both eyes to all the little kicks to reach this last grand goal. "The other occupant of the compartment was a fat German, his head wobbling, sleepily, from side to side as if searching for a friendly shoulder on which to park. I sat as far away as possible for no dreaming; vaterland was going to keep me from seeing the sights. With a final jerk, we were on our way. I remembered one thing I must do while in Italy. Watch my valuables! My guide book was very emphatic on this point. •So with my hand tightly clasped on my earthly belongings, I made myself comfortable for the long ride to Rome. I noticed how differently the trains were built than our coaches in Amer- ( ica—all tiny rooms with a long aisle ( down one side and the windows . opening very low. "1 pushed aside the door of our compartment to look out juzt in time , to collide with the waiter, announcing first sitting for lunch. That is , alwayv welcome news to an American. so gathering-up my bag, I start- , cd my uncertain journey to the diner. ] The train was speeding along at sixty per, and sixty per on a light Italian , coach docs not give one much foundation on which to work. I reached for the 1 ailing at the window to steady my arm. Just then th train gave one , grand lurch as we rounded a curve, at the same time bumplug my elbow with such force that my hand flew open, and out of the window went my bag with everything I possessed 1 —passport, steamship ticket, money, jewelry, drawings, in fact, $489.15 worth of savings. One wild look and 1 saw the bag draw’n back with the speed of the train, hit the coach and burst, money, checks, tickets, scatteied to the four winds. All Is Confusion ' None could speak English and the conductor was at a loss to figure out the cause of all the excitement. Finally I went from coach to coach, fourteen in all, asking everyone if they could speak enough Italian to make themselves understood. A Frenchman came to my rescue. He tried In his frantic way to assist, but all the answer he received was a helpless spreading of hands and "Train can't ■ stop"— It must go to Rome" —"Belonged to the government" — “Very, I very sorry.” In desperation, we went Ito the engineer’s cab. He said all we could do was to wire back from the ■ next station. 1 listed my most im- | poitant articles as near as 1 could between an avalanche of tears and a hand shaking like a wet delegate. "After another hour, we pulled into a station and I think all of Italy that | was around loose collected in that little waiting room. Such noise and talking I never heard, and we had I only five minutes to tell our story, and none could understand. Ou the | outskirts of the crowd was ’an Italian soldier, and, edging his way in. he ! asked in broken English what he | could do for us. We gave him the list and he promised to do his best. | He would wire back and send two soldiers over the ground and when I I arrived at my hotel in Rome an answer would be waiting for me.

Bwer WUUiu uv waiims IUD. “Bag Is Found” I “He was as good as his word, for the wire was there, but all the news 1 it contained was, “Bag is found.” I did not know whether it contained I ten lira or nothing at all. A night | and most of a day passed, which ' equalled, in time, any year I ever i spent, before 1 was summoned to the i office. One look at the wreck on the i table sent my heart to my heels. | “No Christmas could ever compare t with the opening of that dilapidated i satchel, and when one after another t of my precious possessions appeared, intact, even my Woolvßorth nail file, II my heart grew and grew until it en- ‘ compassed all Italy. Some articles f had been fqun don the right-of-way

and were covered with dirt, r "Os course, I had to weep some more, much to the surprise of my Italian audience. When asked to whom I ertved such kinduess, for 1 wanted . to reward them in some stay, the an- , swer was, "Jost two soldiers and they ( . do not take a reward. It was their 1 duty. AH 1 ask of you is when you r come to your country again, tell your ’ people tire heart of Italy is honest.” "And so I tell you this story and • hope that it will hi some measure ’ cause you to stop and think kindly of this little country that is trying . against great odds, to put its very best foot forward.” o GENEVA NEWS : I I Mr. and Mrs. Harrold Horrick, of Warsaw, have returned home after a short visit with Rev. and Mrs. Barton. Mrs. Seiph Martin, daughter Georgia and Mrs. Hinchman spent Monday in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Banta, of Grover Hill, 0., spent I Monday in Geneva. Mrs. D. F. Odle and daughter, Ruth, and Mrs. Clara Anderson, were in Portland, Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. W. C. Glendenning, Mrs. Lakt Glendenning and Mrs. Arch' Haugh ton were at Portland. Wednesday. I Mrs. G. A. Howe ami Mrs. Ralpt Snyder were |n Portland Tuesday. A packed house saw the p'ay “Fut on the Podunk Limited,” given at th, 1. O. O. F. hall, and the ladies an very gratful for the patronage. Mrs. Tully and Mrs. Briggs saw Ben Hurr at Portland Tuesday. , Mrs. Arch Haughton was hostess or Tuesday to the U. B. ladies Aid an<‘ at six o’clock the following girls ha< dinner there: 'Misses Nellie Knipe Georgia Martin, Catherine Anderson , Flo Striker and Dorothy La Rue. i Mrs. Seiph Martin, Mrs. Potter, Mrs H. Muth and Grandma Muth spent Wednesday afternoon at Pennville. Mrs. Grace Farlow attended Beßi Hur at Portland, Wednesday. Mrs. C. C. Shepherd and Mrs. M 1 Wegmiller was at Fort Wayne Wed 4 nesday. Mrs. A. G. Briggs went to Celina I Wednesday. I Mrs. Hinchman and Mrs. Dr. Me Cain were at Decatur, Wednesday. Q Tells Os Hypocrisy In College Footbal New Yoik, Octf 31 —(UP) A nev I slant on the commercialism of collegi ' football is furnished by Frank Wai lace in the November issue of Scrib ner's, in an article entitled “Th< Hypocrisy of Football Reform.” Pointing out that the faculty of many Colleges gladly make use of the profits from football while continually chastising the boys who play the game and make the profits possible, Wallace suggests that we “frankly admit that the gridiron game has grown beyond the borders of amateurism and that the growth has been healthy.” The writer points out that a great row is raised if a student is caught earning money in professional sport, or if an alumnus is exposed as the "angel” of a star athlete. Yet the colleges, "until the stadiums are cleared of debt, continue to wado in the mud of their own mixing while prating in generalities of an outwore ideal." — — —0 3et the Habit —Trade at Home, It Pays

Lost His Rheumatism and Stomach Trouble Says He Never Has a Bit of It Now. Suffered for 30 Years. i—“I had stomach trouble for 30 years. My stomach would bloat and cramp. The gas would crowd back my heart, and the pains were awful. My appetite was poor and I had to watch what I ate all the time. I also had rheumatism in my right leg below the knee, and my ankle swelled up so I could hardly walk. Nothing I would take did me any good. Then I heard of Viuna and bought a bottle, and right from the first I felt better. Now I feel fine. My stomach trouble is all gone. No gas, none of that bloating, and I can eat anything and plenty of it. My rheumatism is gone, doesn’t pain or swell at all, and my leg is as good as it ever was. My weight was formerly 140 pounds, and now I weigh 157 pounds, a gain of 17 pounds. I lay my present state of good health to Viuna.”—Harvey Knox, Route 2, Gaston, Ind. Viuna acts promptly on sluggish bowels, lazy liver aud weak kidneys, it purifies the blood, clears the skin, re stores appetite and digestion, and brings now strength and o ßC rgy to the whole body. Take a bottle on trial. Then it you re not. glad you tried Viuna. your money Will be refunded. *1 at. druggists, or mailed postpaid by Iceland Medicine Co., Indianapolis, Ind. VIUNA The vegetable regulator Sold By I CALLOW & KOHNE

In Prison For Bigamy, j Preacher Says He Was Married During Amnesia Charlotte, N. C. Oct. 31 (INS) Re-j gardless of his fate, whatever that may > be. Rev. Willis T. Jordan alleged Lothario of the Methodist nilnlstry, is passing awuy time in the county jail here by writing a hlstor of his lite, "From Pulpit to Prison." One chapter of the autobiography will be aHititled "My Marriages," uc- , cording to the minister. The Colum- , bus, Ga., clergyman is under sentence i of 18 months in the state prison for i bigamy. : However, following his trial and con- 1 viction here, he gave notice of an appeal to the State Supreme Court. He i was attested in Grand Rapids, Mich., I following his disappearance from Columbus, Ga., on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Emma Landridge Jordan, his , bigamimous wife. She appeared a- ( gainst him at his trial. < The minister claimed that he con- < traded the marriage during an attack if amnesia. o Mystery Melodrama, “Fog,” Is Coming To The Shrine Direct from a successful run at the! National Theatre, New York City, Fog" the latest super-thriller mysery melodrama will be the attraction or three nights and one matinee at ho Shrine Auditorium. Fort Wayne, )• farting on Thursday evening, Nov. ’ ', with matinee on Saturday. Written by John author f that other international success The Cat and tiie Canary” and many ther p'ays of lesser note. "Fog” has eeu termed by Alan Dale, dean of he New Yyrk City play reviewers ind dramatic critic of the New Y'ork \mcricau "By far a better play than he “Cat and the Canary.” In choosing a background for hie atest thriller Willard has gotten '.way from the conventional haunted louse in the country and laid the tory aboard a mystery ship called The Nightbird” anchored off the South Shore of Long Island. This “devil ship” whose very name £ Drain Tile will feed ■ your live stock, pay your ■ grocery bill, clothe your Ep y family and send your p' ■ children to school, pay K your* Taxes and burn & S your mortgage. The Krick- < Tyndall Co.

MP Oi ’I | I 1 NOVEMBER gives us Thanks- I S I'J giving ... a day to thank a gen- L Kwl)/] .1 crous Providence for, blessings I bestowed upon us. And surely || ' H every one of you has something Kp/ for which to be thankful. If only || / you enjoy the respect of others .. BJi if only you’vd made a new friend S ‘ sound health and men- v// f tai contentment are yours, you’re ‘ w fortunate. Be thankful. 'Tax ivX * san k’ to °’ cx ‘ ent * s Thanks to > Wk ,v- its manv patrons who have made / possible its prosperity in resources k j' CNs©! and new friends during the year. | I Thanks-Many Tinies! fp). 'ahgl Old Adams County Bank

brings a shudder to all who hear it and sends a shlvverup their spine that makes them look away from It j with fear when it passes. Added to this; nine souls who have never seen ! the ship before and a night of fog and you have a background that suggests one thing MYSTERY!. Anyway you will find the key to all this mystery in the very final moment of "Fog” the thrillingest of all thrillers when you see It here next week. Staged under tho dircction*%f Arthur Hlirley, former general stage director for Arthur Hopkins, settings by Yellenti and a cast of exceptional merit that comes direct from a seasons run at the National Theatre. Nt w York City. Mall orders with proper remittance received now and filled in order of th«:r receipt. Itx -r- ONOTICE We will run our cider milt every Thursday .unt 1 further notice. Location, 4 tnues west and mile north of Berne or IV4 miles north of Linn Grove. Schindler & Moeschberger 210tf AUTOMOBILE STORAGE Make arrangements for J winter storage. Bring your car in now and get choice stalls, before the cold weather conies on. Handy location for business menDurkins Modern Garage

Burning of Leaves The season is here when the leaves must be taken cart of. We urge every one to rake their yards now as soon as possible. If you will get the leaves out to the street,we will try out best to take care of them, hauling them away or burning them in a safe place. It is ven dry and there id danger of fires so please be careful. We are informed that fires should not be started on asphalt pavements, so please do not burn leaves on Winchester, North Second or Thirteenth streets. The best plan is to rake the leaves to the street and let the city men take care of them. AMOS FISHER, Street Commissioner.

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