Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 267, Decatur, Adams County, 11 November 1937 — Page 1

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WUET will ‘ feature of J ARMISTICE DAY l®lll — Tonight At LeHome; Prugh To Students UH ,i lai .,< ..f patriotic songs, hi |lH |m ;lir ~f ''■'■'■'■■ »■ in:,J ' - lu.nihs ami blow ' t;i; ,s. ,‘,f uhist:o< and ringing of til" |, :> Kivdais parade ,■,. ■". ■/ high ... Hi- sla f .- a ' A ■”' " 111,1 V ll.J'dr 0 «.-. the It ! ..... H»|Hs > :li- warring ~f Kiro: cis." he said in urg-:i-ai - measures i.v M: - Helen Haiibold. nmSsMtjlr ,i . -• id-ms of ill- si h--: '-" !l >' l>art of tlie program Ktti|s.ii —. in singing war songs, bow in silent reverence to ■hr war dead. ■ Banquet Ttonight k ' innienioration of the Bpnl will be climaxed tonight at ■:3» ’. lin k at the Legion home fl ■then members of Adams Post No. ' Bl American 1.-gion. the auxiliary, '"■msli Aiiici i( an War veterans. and families attend a ■*'- Rev. R. W. Graham M. E Sj; BB&asto and former district Legion will speak. C. E. Striker, school head, will act as ‘■two’ -ter. plans have been 'made' tii aftair under the direction of BDai'i Adams. Legionnaire in ■New Water Well To | i Be Used On Friday from the new well at the addition will be turned ■into the mains Friday. Charles ■Bruii k. manager of the departinformed Mayor A. R. Holt■hoiiS’ today. circuit to the Homesteads at and Hollman streets will be off and the mains numped water will be availthe afternoon. Whi'e the : is being made the water riled up a little, Mr. BrodThe pump house is be EM* npleted today. Light Cable I Is Repaired Today North Third street light. was repaired today. The cirS'' ■ til «—n Monroe sijei t and lo Lie Fifth street in terser-dai-jj Tuesday night. The was cut by someone who ■J*’?’*’ a spike or wedge along the striking the cable. Bhß~ -o Women To I Meet Here .lan. 11 iebieb nati-nal council of Catholic will meet in this city on ■ > IL with members from all in t] le p or t Wayne dloBfß t ‘ Xi "' (| ed to attend, it was anVesterday. fo'lowmg the 1,1 llle organization in Fort ■ " a T* e - - — o H|hop Welch To | Speak Here Sunday llerb-rt Welch, retired, of ■ .■ A "' ll will preach in the MethoI '®B 1 l' isi 'opal Church in this city. I »>' ,noi 'ning. according to anI Mnent by the K “ v l{ ' W ' Gra ’ minister. Bishop Welch takes I fl *P la< ' e of Bishop Francis J. Me resident bishop of New who has been detained by ill- ' Welch is considered one I e missionary statesmen of his in the Methodist church. I 1 1111 '’ *° 1918 be was’president I io Wesleyan University. DelaOhio. From 1916 to 1928 he ■ I Riß^' 3 * 10 !’ 1118 ehurch in Seoul. [ I B?’ froni 1928 t 0 1932 bishop of 1 1 I h,,rgh antl from 1932 to 1936 ; | ot Shanghai, China. He is a : eET interpreter of the Orient I .W a P erß °na-1 friend of Ger.eralisj »MI and Madame Chiang Kai Shek.

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Sorority Inspector r -V- BP j ’ w ’ I Mrs. Elisbeth Cornwell, Spring1 field. Ohio, national eastern inspector of the Delta Theta Tau sorority, will inspect the Decatur chapter following a dinner at the Elks home in this city Friday evening DUKE FAILS TO ATTEND CHURCH Windsor Cancels Plans To Attend Paris Armistice Observance Paris, Nov. 11.—(U.R>—The Duke of Windsor spent Armistice morning in his hotel suite today after l cancelling plans to attend memorial services at St. George's church and the Armistice day parade of i the French army. He declined President Albert Lebrun's invitation to sit in the presidential tribune to watch the parade because he feared his presence I and that of his American born duchess might embarrass the British or French governments. He stayed away from the ceremoney at St. George's because the British chaplain, the Rev. J- L. C. Dart, had announced publicly a fewhours before: “Reports that I shall not permit the duke to attend the service are : untrue. I am not particularly keen about his coming but I certainly have no objection. He asked that a place be reserved for him and it will hp.” Dart was quoted by informants as having also said: “I shall not welcome the .duke j personally because he is injecting a controversial element into a service which means much to us. I have a certain respect for the duke because of the good things he did in war time. But the attitude of the church (of England) is not defiI nite regarding marriage and divorce. Marriage only ends before God. when it is ended by death.” That was a reference to the two . husbands whom the duchess divorced before her marriage to the former king-emperor of Great Britain and India last June. Ten minutes before the mentor ial service started, with angry British Legionnaires attending, a ’ spokesman, for the duke said: “Everything is all off. The duke is in the hotel. He is not going to I church or the parade.” This came just six days after the duke “postponed” his visit to the United States, to study labor and housing conditions, because of at-j tacks on his friend and semi-spon-sor. Charles E. Bedaux, creator of I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o PROF. CORDIER TO SPEAK HERE Manchester College Instructor Speaks Here Friday Morning Prof. A. W. Cordier, head of the social science division of ManchesI ter col'ege, North Manchester, will ' ■ speak to the students of the De- | catur high school Friday morning, it was announced today by W. Guy Prown, school principal. The address will form the school’s j ! part in the commemoration of na- , tional education week, which is uni- , ; versally marked all over the nation , this week. * Prof. Cordier has established a j ! national reputation as a lecturer ; and is well known throughout this j ! section of the country. He appeared here last year, , speaking to the local woman’s chib, and was acclaimed oiie of the fore- : most speakers to visit the club. Mr. Brown morning extended I a cordial invitation to the general public and urged all patrons of the school to hear the address. The add- ' ress will be heard at 8:15 o’clock I Friday morning in the assembly I room of the school.

LAUNCH EFFORT AT REVIVAL OF U. S. BUSINESS Vigorous New Deal Effort Started To Revive Business Washington, Nov. 11,-t(U.R>—Em-1 ergency brakes gripped government spending machinery today in a vigorous new deal effort to revive business confidence and check the I downward spiral of a business re- | cession. Secrettfry of Treasury Henry ■ Morgenthau. Jr„ a qualified spokesj man for President Roosevelt, presented before the academy of political science in New York a preview of a balanced economy budget for 1938-39. Mr. Roosevelt in Washington organized a big business committee' charged to tempt millions or billions ot dollars of private capital into a sudden splurge of housing construction. Congressional sentiment appeared to be swinging toward capital gains and possibly corporation reserves tax revision as a gesture of goodwill toward business and finance. Mogenthau’s public break with the free spenders raised iifimediate political problems. Mr. Roosevelt’s formal endorsement of his recommendations would strain White j House ties with many new deal Democrats and with such independent big spenders as the La Fol-. lette brothers of Wisconsin. There was no specific promise in Morgenthau's speech of modification of the capital gains and losses tax or the levy on corporation funds which are not distributed as dividends. But Morgenthau balked at higher taxes. He promised simplification ot the tax structure and adjustment of inequities. There was a hint that the treas(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DEATH CLAIMS BERNE BANKER Levi Moser Dies This Morning After Six Weeks’ Illness — Levi Moser, 75, vice-president ot the First Bank of Berne, and prominent business man of that city,: died this morning at 8:15 o’clock following an illness of six weeks with pneumonia and complications. He wae named to the position of i vice-president in the bank several I ! months ago, following the death of j Andrew Gottschalk. He was also ' engaged in business with the Berne ■ meat market and several other firms. He was a former lumber and I grain dealer. The deceased was born in French | township April 15, 1862. the son of . Ulrich and Maria Moser. He was | married September 26, 1862, to Judith Winteregg, who preeded him ’ in death March 16. 1935. Surviving are the following child- j ren: Mrs. Edwin Neuenschwander, I Mrs. Jacob Staley, Oren and Mar-' cus, Mrs. .Ira Stucky and Mrs Mar- ! cus Lehman, a'l of Berne and com-: munity. One sister, Mrs. Carah Lehman and two half-sisters, Mrs. Da-1 I vid F. Lehman and Mrs. Burkhart; i Lehman, all of Berne, also sur- i ( vive. One son and a daughter are ‘ deceased. One great grandchild and I ' 26 grandchildren are survivors, i Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home and at 2 o’clock at the j Mennonite church. Burial will ibe 1 ! made in the M. R. E. cemetery j there.. o— To Remodel Home Into Apartments Mrs. Lois Black is closing a con- j tract for the purchase ot the E. X. Ehinger residence, southeast cor- ' tier of Monroe and Fifth streets.' The house is a large one and Mrs. Black proposes to remodel it into a four apartment building. PosI session will be given the first of the j year, the state department of confrom Leo Ehinger, son ot the late E. X. Ehinger. o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER - 8:00 a. m. 34 10:00 a. m. 40 Noon 44 2:00 p. m. 46 3:00 p. m. - 44 WEATHER Mostly cloudy, showers extreme south tonight and east and South Friday; not so cool northeast tonight and central j and north Friday.

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Attempt To Destroy Castle In Ireland Dublin, Irish Free State, Nov. 11. IU.R) A land mine exploded nt Dublin castle today destroying the [royal coat of arms over the door-1 way of an annex. Authorities suspected it plot to blow up the en-l tire castle had originated after u public meeting which protested "imperialism.” Windows were shattered and shopfronts damaged in a radius a .quarter of a mile around the an'cient castle. The explosion occurred in the: annex which houses the engineering department and postoflice. NAME WORKERS OF RED CROSS Annual Red Cross Membership Drive Is Opened This Morning Captains and workers for the' various wards in the annual Red Cross roll call drive which opened here today and will continue until Thanksgiving Day. were announced today by Walter J. Krick, general chairman. Membership in the Red Cross is' sl. of which amount 50 cents is used “b,y the local chapter and the | other 50 cents is forwarded to the I national chapter to be used in emi ergency and relief work. Following is the list of workers and respective captains: Ward 1-A: Mrs. Amos Ketchum, [ captain; Mesdames George Buck- ' ley. W. L. Linn. J. H. King, Burl ' Johnson. Lawrence Green, J. M. Doan and Eugene Melchi. Mrs. H. N. Shroll, captain; Miss Vivian Burk and the Mesdames Charles j Poe. Harold Zwick. R. A. Stuckey, Frank Carroll and Miss Matilda Sellemeyer. W’ard LB: Mrs. Clarence Brunnegraff and Mrs. J. H. Heller, captains; Mrs. Gladys Chamberlain and Miss Eleanor Pumphrey. Ward 2-B: Mrs. Asa Pollock, captain and the Mesdames Charles Robenold, Grace Light, Hubert Gilpen. Glenn Hill, Forrest Owens, [ Henry Kruckeberg, Dallas Goldner . [and Cora White. Sylvester Ever-, hart, captain, and the Mesdames X. A. Bixler. William Dellinger. Herman Ehinger. David Adams [ Fred Heuer and Carl Fisher. Ward 2-A:Walter Gard, captain; Harry Dailey. Roscoe Giendenning and the Mesdames Sim Burk, Paul Edwards, Fred Patterson, Bryce! Thomas and Carroll Burkholder.. Business houses: James Elberson, captain: Paul Edwards. 'Fred Ash-[ baucher and Paul Kuhn. Ward 3A: Mrs. W J. Krick, captain and Margaret Holthouse, captain; Mrs. Herman Kruckeberg, Mrs. Dyke Frisinger and Mrs. Ralph I Gent is. Ward 3-B: Mrs. Ed Warren, captain: Miss Mildred Worthman and Mesdames Mary Wilson. W. F. Beery, Orval Baughman, F. R. Feni- ' more. E. A. Crider, C. C. Langston, I H. L. Neil and Mrs. Wai Wemhoff, I and Mrs. Robert Freeby, captains. MANILA STRUCK I BY HIGH WINDS — Heavy Damage Is Reported From Violent Winds And Rains Manila, P. L, Nov. 11. — (U.R)' — j Violent winds and rains, forerunners of an approaching typhoon, truck Manila today, disrupting telephone and power service. The intensity of the storm increased in the afternoon. Trees j were uprooted and houses were un--1 roofed. 1 Communications with the United States were disrupted four hours and there was no assurance they again would not be stopped. It was not possible to communi- i [ cate with inland points on the island. I Most of Manila was without elec- [ tricity. Streets were flooded and! damage was heavy. Shipping was disrupted but one| good report came from the sea- It, was a report that the S. S. Kenilworth, British steamer, apparently! was riding out the storm. Earlier the Globe wireless oper-i ator here picked up an SOS from I the Kenilworth which indicated she was aground one mile south of Penanduugnn Point and that assistance was needed. As night fell the darkened streets were deserted. Automobiles, their! motors swamped, were stranded. Branches and other debris littered the streets. At 7 p. m., the intensity of the gale seemed to be subsiding a bit, temporarily at least. But high winds still raked the city and torrential rains continued spasmodically. ,

THIEVES ENTER DECATUR HOMES Small Amount Os Loot Is Obtained At Wilson Lee Home Two Decatur homes were broken Into early Wednesday evening by thieves who escaped with a small ■ amount of loot from one of them. It was also reported to police Wednesday that thieves had atI tempted to break into a home and grocery store Tuesday night. One of the thieves was surprised In the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Beavers on West Adams street by their daughter. Mrs. Dee Fryback, about 6:30 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Beavers were out of town. I Entrance was gained by prying open a window. Five minutes before the break-in. Mrs. Fryback had I sent her daughter Kathleen, into [the home to get some supplies. Mrs. I'yrback herse'f then went over to [the home. As she turned on the [light she heard some one leave the front door,. She ran to the front ot the house as the man was dieap[ipearing. No description was obtained. At 10:30 o'clock Wednesday night ■Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Lee returned [to their home on Mercer Avenue to find that the thief had broken into their house througji a window and completely ransacked it. Sets from some rings and ’’articles of Mrs. Lee's clothing were missing, it was believed. As Mr. and Mrs. Lee had been absent from their home since early in the evening, it is believed that both break-ins occurred about the same time of night. Wednesday Charles Burdge reported to the police that thieves had cut a section out of his screen I door near the lock while lie and Mrs. Burdge were absent Tuesday night. No effort apparently had been made to break open the door. The screen in a door at Miller’s . West End Grocery was cut out in about the same manner Tuesday night. Entrance was not gained. • o CLUB MEMBERS | TO CONTESTS Indiana 4-H Club Boys And Girls To National Contests 1 Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 11 —(UP) — I Eight Indiana 4-H club boys and [girls, all champions in various phases of club work, and 52 members of a Vanderburg girls’ club will represent the Hoosier state in national contests at the annual national 4-H club congress in Chicago Nov. 27 to Dec. 4. Representaing Indiana in the national social progress contest will be the Happy Harwood Hustlers Girls Clttb" of Vanderburg county, which was formed in 1931 with 13 members and has been outstanding in county and state activities since that time. Mildred Harper of Ligonier Noble county, and Vernon M. Meeks of | Parker, Delaware county, both 18, will represent Indiana in the national achievement contests. The state's champions in the national leadership contest are Agnes | McCullough, 18, Scottsburg and Clifford L. Breeden, Jr„ West La-! fayette. John A. Stewart, 18. Greensburg, I lias been named as the Hoosier representative in the national 4-H meat animal contest. He has completed 37 livestock and crop projects during his nine years as a club member. Winner of the 4-H girls’ record contest is Marybelle Halstead, 17, of Battleground and she will compete for Indiana in the National congress. Twelve first places in state coni teste and four in National events I won a trip to Chicago for Martha I Ellen White, 17, of New Castle. She wi'l compete in the national canning achievements contest. I Representaing the state in the j food preparation achievement conI test will be Gertrude Monaut, 17, of Michauwaka. She completed 23 I projects, mostly in food preparation |and canning, during her eight years las a club members. o Attend Quarterly Meeting Wednesday Members of Holy Name societies in the Decatur district, comprised of Bluffton, Decatur, Besancon and [ Monroeville attended the quarterly ! meeting at Besancon last evening. The Rev. Father Joseph Hesskm, former assistant pastor hete, host pastor, wae in charge of the meeting. The Rev. George Moorman, pastor of the Sacred Heart. Catholic church in Whiting and state chaplain of the American Legion, was the chief speaker.

MAD BRITISHER | : CAUSES FURORE . AT OBSERVANCE Escaped Asylum Inmate Causes Furore In King’s Presence London. Nov. 11 — (U.R) — An escaped Inmate of an asylum ’caused a furore today at the 1 Armistice day memorial at the I cenotaph, attended by the king, i and queen, other members of the royal family and the highest ranking officials. ’ The man, Stanley Storey, broke through police ranks as the two i minutes of silence started, shouting incoherent phrases such as “down with war,” “no more wars" [ and "this is hypocricy." Police pounced on him and gagged him into silence. His shouts went out over the empire by radio and distant watchers witnessed the scene by television. The crowd made a move to lynch Storey but police hustled him to safety. He was held for observation. The house of commons was Informed that he was not armed and merely was deranged. His shouting broke the solemn two minutes’ silence before the monument to Great Britain's 1,000,000 world war He stumbled, recovered and kept on toward the king, near the center of the hollow square formed by the guards of honor from the fighting services shouting: “This is the last armistice service! There will be another war! "How can you do this when you 1 are deliberately conniving at an- : other war?" The king and his brothers, their | backs to the disturbance, rernainI ed rigid, at attention. The disturber was within 10 feet of the king, lunging forward, one | arm now raised in a gesture of denunciation, when police, using flying tackles, knocked him down. Queen Elizabeth, with Mother- [ j Queen Mary in a balcony of the i home office overlooking the scene, j j paled and clutched at her throat [ ’ above her corsage of glaad red' 1 slanders poppies that were the ’ I only spot of color to offset her [ ' deep black garb. ! A policeman stuck his fist into the disturber's mouth as they held . him on the pavement. Hut already his words had been broadcast throughout the British empire. The police dragged him to his feet and held him erect, still gagging him. The notes of the last post—the British taps — sounded i from the silvered trumpets of roylal air force trumpeters. There i was an angry murmur from the [ crowd as the first notes sounded, then a roar, and there was a press ■ inward toward the cenotaph. Po- j lice quickly stopped it. They took the disturber across to Little I Downing street, pocketed off Whitehall, later to a police station. and then to the London county council institution for observation. Now Queen Elizabeth, seeing (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) STATE OBSERVES ARMISTICE DAY Indianapolis Celebration Feature Os State Observance jBy United Press Political beliefs and religious creeds were united in a common ! celebration today as Indiana ob- j served the 19th anniversary of the [ signing of the armistice ending | the world war. Gaily bedecked with flags, Undi-1 ana cities, towns, hamlets and country crossroads were in holiday 1 dress. Celebration, however, lacked much ot the joyous abandon rampant throughout the state 19 years ago. Focal point of the festivities, Indianapolis highlighted its holiday program with a gigantic parade of regular army troops from Fort Benjamin Harrison, Legionnaires, high school R.O.T.C. units, national guardsmen and other military organizations and auxiliaries. The procession, reviewed by Maj. Gen. Hebert H. Tyndall, com-1 mander of the 38th division, na-1 tional guard, and his- staff, halted at 10:58 as Hoosiers throughout the state observed two minutes of silence in honor of the soldier dead. *An aerial bomb fired from the top of a downtown building signalized the halt. Drums sounded a muffled roll and buglers along the line blew taps.

Chinese Soldiers Flee In Complete Rout At Shanghai

Wrote to F. I). R. /I Grace McDonald. 18-year-old dancer, wrote to President Roosevelt to release her sweetheart, Bradford Greene, musician and composer, from the navy so Greene could continue a suddenfound career as a musical comedy composer. Greene had joined the navy in a moment of despair. Since then, however, his score for a production has clicked, but now he can't get out of the navy. Greene described Miss McDonald as a “dear friend." BISHOPS PLAN FOR“CRUSADE” United Methodist Council To Be Held Feb. 3 And 4 Fort Wayne. Nov. 11—(U.R) —A “crusade" which will enlist 5,000,000 members of the Methodist Episcopal church in a drive towards "spiritual regeneration.” was envisaged today by the M. E. board of bishops beginning the second day of its annual fall conference. Last night that board passed enthusiastically the resolution offered by Bishop Charles Wesley Hlint, Atlanta, Ga., for a united Methodist council on the future of faith and service to meet in Chicago Feb. 3 and 4. This council meeting, expected to draw some 4.000 of the church’s leaders, will signal the opening of a drive which the bishops hope will cause 2.000.000 or more of the membership to renew spiritual pledges. The board saw in the program a potent force opposing the oppression of fascism and communism throughout the world. The council meeting in Chicago will be attended not only by M. E. notables from all over the earth, but by many prominent protestants of all faiths. The crusade will reach its climax May 24 with observance of the two hundredth anniversary of the experience ot conversion by John Wesley—Methodism’s founder—in Aldersgate street, London. Highlight of today's activities will be an address tonight by Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, senior M. E .bishop. He is from Washington. D. C. Last night Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, speaking at a program in conjunction with national education week, sounded a call for democracy to "solve its problems, or the masses will turn to the demagogue.” He said there is executive and engineering genius enough in America, coupl'ed with a knowledge of economics, to create a society grounded on the principle of equal rights and complete justice for all. He warned that democracy may “have to wash the dirty linen ot the Brown Hitlers. Black Mussolints, and Red Stalins," and added, "let us hope the colors come out In the wash.” “Religion,” he said, "must proclaim ethical Ideals whereby economic practices are to be judged . . . religion must touch the wills (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Ruthless Mopping Up By Japanese Watched By Foreign Nations In Apprehension EXERT “PRESSURE’’ Shanghai, Nov. 11.-^(U.R>—Chin-ese forces fled in complete rout west of Shanghai tonight wile foreign circles apprehensively watched ruthless Japanese mopping up activities, which were accompanied by threats to “take steps” against any interference. Tension between British guards on the international settlement borders and Japanese forces reached a more serious point, the Domei news agency reported, quoting General Iwane Matsui, Japanese com-mander-in-chief, as saying he would take "resolute action against anyone intercepting our operations, regarless of nationality.” The declaration was reported to have been made by General Matsui to Admiral Charles Little. British naval commander in China. Domei said that the British had intercepted a Japanese boat transporting supplies toward the front along Soochow creek near the Garden bridge, after General Matsui had informed Admiral Little that the Japanese intended using the Whangpoo and Soochow creek. At a conference with foreign press correspondents. General Matsui made clear that Japan might be forced to "take steps” unless foreign powers, ostensibly including the United States, showed inclinations toward "cooperation." He declared that if the “necessity arises, we will have to take steps to remedy the situation," and asked the correspondents if they believed the international settlement was maintaining a neutral attitude. French police admitted that an undetermined number of Chinese I troops had reached the French Iconcession under arms. They said it was impossible to withstand the frenzied flight of the terrorized Chinese along the boundary, despite the barbed wire fencesA Japanese communique said that Japanese troops had occupied Wukongtang on Soochow creek, six miles southwest of Anting station on the Shanghai-Nanking railway, which would widely outflank Nankiang and Kaiting. Apply "Pressure” (Copyright 1937 by UP.) Brussels, Nov. 11. —KU.RL The 19nation far eastern peace conference, pausing in observance ot Armistice day. may abandon all diplomatic efforts to mediate the Chinese-Japanese war and apply "pressure" to Japan, it was learned reliably today. Leading powers attending tho conference have discussed a plan to furnish China with arms, munitions and credit if Japan refuses to talk peace, the United Press was informed. At the same time it was understood that the idea of establishing a “steering committee' to negotiate with Japan had been abandoned because of a growing belief that Japan would flatly reject all peace overtures and because of a bitter difference of opinion between Rus(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ELKS DEPUTY VISITS HERE District Deputy Makes Annual Inspection Os Decatur Lodge Carl G. T. Morninger, of Logansport, district deputy grand exalted ruler of the B. P. O. Elks, made the annual inspection of the Decatu 1 * lodge Wednesday night. Mr. Morninger, In outlining the year’s program as proposed by Charles Spencer Hart, grand exalted ruler of the organization, paid particular stress to safety. All Elks lodges throughout the nation observed traffic night at the first meeting of the present month, the district deputy stated, all lodges have been urged to take action leading to elimination of traffic hazards in the community, and many worthwhile actions have already been taken by many ot the lodges, Mr. Morninger said. Initiatory work was exemplified by the degree team of the local lodge preceding Mr. Morning|er’s address. Fallowing the meeting, free lunch was served to those present