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THE NEWS SENTINEL. FORT WAYNE. INDIANA. Monday, J. 81.

WRECK LOSS IS $350,000 Passenger Train Sideswipes Freight At Columbia City De railing Nineteen Cars. ALL TRAINS DETOURED rran To mm N.Mrs Columbia jity. ixo. si A broken arch bar, th mull of hot box. ruusad a westbound local pas senger train' on the rnnylvanla to slri.swlpa an eastbottnt freight train hsra at Hi 3(1 o'clock Hulurday evstmur.

cauatkig heavy damaga In the lone of ieriannnie rreia ui ana damaging ran road tquinmsiit tu the amount of 100.000. W. Weldman, of Ul wna the only nun lie atepped on a nail. The aiengsr train local ifoj 111 vrae. due out o( Fort Wayne at 1U0 o'clock but waa )at lwn It arrived tn Columbia City.

It had discharged Its Vaaaencera and liad reached a polr about 200 yards from the eta tlotUMHh a apeed of about 20 miles an hour when Bnglnaar J. 40 East Taber atreet, Fort aald that ha noticed the car on the freight train begin to buckle on a switch Just ahead, lie tried to atop the passenger train before the crash, but could not lo so. The freight parted at eighth car, even cars with the engine went east, the eighth car Jumping to the west, bound track taking 20. rara with It. Twenty two of the freight train's vara were damaged beyond salvage.

Nlnoteen of them were derailed. Bo 'great waa the Impact of the wo train that a section of the first car waa Imbrdded on the cow catcher of trie passenger traina engine. About 1VO aiJ of track were torn up. GOLDS GRIP Fortify the system against uoia. urip ana lauuenza by taking SBSC.

QuinineE which destroy germs, act a a tonto laxative, and keep the system In condition to throw off all attack of Colds. Grip and Infmenxa. The box bear this signature Price 30c. (Jara were piled In every direction, soma of them criss cross The fielght was hound for Manhattan lMer. New York The demolished lam weie carrying loads of fresi meat, beef.

pork, salt pork, oel eiy. apples, all peilshsble freight, which waa scattered slong the trackl Jce from the refrigerator cars vtas also piled in heaps. The engineer und fireman of the passenger train were still in their (abaftertheaccldent and were taken out through tho csb'a window. Thsy said they expected to be killed. Track No.

3 wse the first one to be cleared, and It nil not until II after the accident that the first trsln passed over It. Four wrek traina were called to ilear up the debris. Traina were detoured oier the Panhandle and the Nickel I'lata by way of Houth Whitley and LaOtto, arid also over the U.K. 1 There were soms unusual feature In conneollon with the wreck. Ver noi Nullln, of Aberdeen.

H. 1 who had been. luting In Columbia lty with his wife and son, wa on the train. lie waa alttlng in the smoker, and the conductor waa just about to take hie ticket when the crash occurred. The conductor was knocked flat on hbt back aa waa also the The passenger) war Jarred up and some knocked out or their eat, hut none Waa hurt.

fcver. ett Anderson, of Columbia City, waa In the mall coach, but was not hurt, l.n.l mtki a loud noise. Jlsny resident In the ricXnUy of the railroad said that they did not hear the crasni tnnaa wu thought a train had hit an automo. Wood, of. F'ori Wayne, was ronductir of the freight traln.Tom Davis, also of Fort Wayne, was It of lhPM were) J.

II. Mclntlre. Wilson, fireman: and 1. Ebert, con ductor. all of Fort UKIH or way "rioa: re Wrecklng crews and 'o" this morning coin Pleted the task of, wreckage and eplaclrr which had been torn uij by the derailment and both east and westbound trafflu was "md, TfJ! men starting a few hours after the ec.old.nt.

worked all day Sunday and continued during the night restoring the right of way TWO NEGROES ARE SLAIN; MOONSHINERS SUSPECTED JACKBONVIWB, Fla Deo. II. Tlie theory that Eugene Burnam, negro, whose body waa found near hera last night, wa lynched by moonshiners, was' advanced by1 offl clala today. Authorities pointed out that a series of raids have been launched against moonshiners In this seotlon recently and that tha dtstlllera probably have become angered. Four white men" according to the Information given authorities, carried the negro to Wlnsmore where he waa ahot several times and then hit on the head with an axe.

TWO CHICAGO SCHOOLS ARE UNDER A FEDERAL PRORE U1 CHICAGO. Dec. II. To schools said by federal authorities to have Issued Illegal diplomas to "medical" atudente were under Investigation here today. Thiv are the Uncoln and Jefferaon university and the National Univers ity or Hoience.

nath Institutions are reported to have closed their doors. The Investigation Is a part or an THE GU PS FLOWING GOLD 2)L SAWTA, ClAWS HitUJP 0VU NOX trtuR GtMtttoua To MrCn rAKXVJMaAltC vmcxt fe fok. out CHMYM JUSt VWtVA AxtrJ comx or FfcOrJT Jr'fttKta Mouse, wvicce vCS AS MVS9lOHMrHtO A cniMitaa Ysw wan ui I 1 "aa niMj.i i i i.J;ri(leiSclilSr I MOW I NtCKUMte hsp bo Nou COAT UKE nY COMiNp TO WEGviMf WMKtU r' wave NtvtfctT. ssew.oMML Vf rt BIG THING IS TO FOLLOW CHRIST Senator Watson Not Disturbed Over Squabble of Fundamentalists and Modernists. SPEAKS AT THE Y.

M. C. A. lnaulrv Into "dtDloma mill" ties here, Follmer stated actlvl tit To All Our Patrons To All Our Friends To One and to All A Happy and Prosperous New Year Is the Wish of the Members and Employees of THE LOOS GROCERY GO. Terse Sentence IVoni Senator W'ataon Addrcaa.

the Klble. Many of them would rather aee thtlr names In the newspspers than to see It In the Lamb's Ilook of Life. I am not disturbed regarding the birth of Christ. I know what Christ was, what lie did and what lie taught, and If wa live up to those things It Is all we need to do. Steady growth, evolution, not not revolution, la the order In whloh the world moves and the means by whloh we will attain our Ideals or government.

Individual liberty le the keynote of the Amerloan nation. The foundation of this country la sllglon. This nation can't afford to psr mit so Isrge propoitlon of It population to be born mentally and phylscally defective In the United States we may quarrel among ourselves, but fundamentally we are all right it Is most dlffloult for a boy to amount to nnythlng today because of the many diversions This life of frivolity we are lead ing la dangerous. We've got to settle down and train our bodies and mind. It the nation to live.

"While It may be lt that the churches of tha present day have a lighter hold on (he people In general." said United States Senator James K. 'Watson, speaking at tho men's meeting at the MCA, Sunday afternoon, "it la also true that never before haa Christ's spirit so prevaded humanity as It doee to ar "I am not going to quarrel about the birth of the Bavlor and I am not disturbed by the quarrel between the fundamentalists and tha modernists in churches, although I am a fundamentalist by nature and by training." tha asnator continued. "Soma preachers do not believe In the Bible and would rathor aee their The speaker referred to the start, ling figures revealed by alienists who examined the recruit In the United State army when thla country entered the world war. Those figures showed only 12 per cent of those ex amlned were entirely normal mentally. Veted for Maternity Bill.

'For that reaaon I voaed for the maternity bill' aald Senator Watson "The purpose of that bill waa to assure the birth of normal, healthy children for men are more valuable than property The senator spoke with disfavor on the wholsaje passage or laws an nanacea for national and local llli declaring that eacli rnan la responsible for himself "Kach man must be a law unto himself, for the government Is tha peopls. If each man would do that, you wouldn't need much legislation. "I fear that our youngaters are getting too material We must teach them higher thlnga that they may reach high spiritual and Intellectual planes and have well rounded lives "Hut we need not be unduly alarmed by this materialism. We had to subdue a continent and It took material men Hut are we material when humanity cellar We gave 1 billion dollars In the war and many hllltnna elnce then. In a causa In which we were not directly affected.

When the world euffere It comee to the United Statea. Would Destroy Osrmany. "France is not In the Ituhr for money but to destroy Germany. All of Europe le stirred with racial hatted and feuds ages old. There Is one way to have peace to have the heart right.

"We have a reverence for our constitution and It will never be de. I roved either from within or with out. These bolehevleta who plot against our government should be sent back. Wo must protect ourselves, Karopeana, coming from an atmosphere of strife and hatred, can not come and tell ua now to live ana run a government. "We must continue living the gos nel of Individual liberty, with a scared respect for the rights of others and then teach the nations of the woild how to live." names In headllnea Lamb' Book of Life, than In the but they can if 4( WAN A fit W0 IF lro4 at Otf not esospe a few old fashioned fun.

damental. To get away from them la to be lost. I do not worry about this equabbl for I know what He did and what II taught and. If take Him for what He aald he wa. and live up to tho things.

It Is all wa need to do." The senator's addree wae based on the belief In fundamentalism a applied to the baslo prlnolple of gov ernment. uggetea ay a renin rn a friend to the erfeot that "we ara fundamentalists In Fort Wayne." He defended his thsory of fundamentalism. In government, pointing to the Declaration of Independence, especially that part of It that asserts that "All men are created equal," each being with "certain Inalienable righted 83 We don't know what 'this fellow has in store for you, but we hope it's the very thing that you want most! FORT WAYNE BUILDERS SUPPLY COMPANY This arsat government of ours ha grown out of tha Declaration of Independence." Mr. Watson said, "and our courts and all our grsat American Institutions have been developed to preserve these rights and this foundation of fundamentalism. Any party, faction or power that stands in the way of 'life, liberty and the Dursult of happiness' will he swept aalde for It would be hostile to American Institutions.

"But the greatness of this republic la due to its foundation of religion the fundamental Christian conception that came down through the ages from Christ Himself, when he said. 'Our That statement establishes a comon relationship to Ood and the result of It. after cen turies of bloodshed and darkneas through tha middle agea, Is this great government, the foundation of which is fundamentally religion. Upeet Order of Things. "The declaration of Independence upset tha old order of thing that had been In power for conturtea.

JHarly king made their people believe they were divine and the world wa swayed by their wnlma. They were all powerful. "But that history making Instru ment of our forefather cam out with the theory that 'all power Is in tha people' and that there Can be no power In tha government except that whloh I given by tha people. That wae tha direct result of Christ' dee. laratlon t.000 year before when he aid 'Our father.

wnicn gave oirin to the Idea of equality." Senator Wataon then pointed out that, because of the fact that our government doe rest entirely upon the people. It 1 their' duty to play a part In It advancement. Many Diversion in Modern IJfe. II called attention to the many dlveralon of modern life, eepeolally for the younger people. He eald he wondered If Abraham Linooln would have been the great man that he wa had ha spent hi early life In Fort Wayne aa It la today.

Senator aald that Indi vidual liberty la th forerunner of national advance and the keystone of American civilisation. The capacity of the Individual must be high If this form of government suooeeds," the eenator continued. "Thla lite of frivolity we are leading I dangeroue. We've got to settle down and train our minds and bodies If (he. nation 1 10 live," MOONSHINE IS BUMED FOR MURDER IN CHICAGO Two Lads, Friends Since Childhood, in Deadly Fray; One Dead and One Missing BOpTLEGGER IS SOUGHT CHICAOO.

Deo. SI Chicago rlv er'a muddy depth hold the finale of a double tragedy of rum and childish revenge, according to polio theory today. A report that a youth had Jumped from the Clark street bridge led to the discovery of a coat and cap partially Identified aa those of Allen McCarthy, IT, attorney's son sought for tha slaying of his pal, Howland McCarthy, son of tha late Sergeant Daniel T. McCarthy, finger print expert xor ma ponce experiment. Both boya ware drunk before the quarrel which ended In the ahootlng and the bootlegger who void thtn th liquor will be chaiged with murder If he can ba found.

The friction between the two atart pd early Saturday In a cafe on, Broad way, itowland lurched th table where Allen eat with another boy and upbraided htm for not attend Ing the funeral of Howland' father, Sergeant McCarlhy Decambar ia. "Well, I sent flower," said Allen "That for the said How land, tossing a dollar bill on the table. Hut words were exchanged end Itowland offered to right Allen demurred. aalng both or them were drunk, but arranged to meet Rowland at 4 oclock the next afternoon. The boys met lata Saturday night In a pool room and Allen MoCarthy ahot without warning, using a pistol concealed In hie overcoat pocket.

The boys had been Inseparable frlendj, graduating together from 8t. ltlta'a school. If Allan has not ended Ms own life, riollce believe he may have fled to ndlarspolls where he has relatlvea Police of that city have been asked to watch Incoming train cloaely, Th famine are not related, but nave neen extremely friendly. STURGIS CONTRACTOR TO BUILD HOSPITAL TUROI8. THo.

11. Frank I. Shotnkcr, local contractor, will fflYn tha oon tract for tha build ln of tha nw Stvrcla Matmorlal hoapltal. Tha urn entailed la ovr 980,000 for tha build I na with equipment raluad at 940.004. In aetlmatlnr tha oott of ereotlna tha hoapltal ona of tha blddera, lWr1ht Drothara or Kalatnaaoo oraxt to taka Into conoid era Ion worth of apodal brio which would bo required, and ooneequently refueed to acoept the con tract at tha prtca that they had orlain ally bid They forfeit, their depoelt of 91.7BO mada to tha Hoapltal aaaocla Ion; aa hoe maker waa next on tha Hat of blddera ho waa awarded, tha contract.

Mr. Bhoamaker la In Detroit today conferring with tha architect who de la ned tha bulldlnc. to obtain hie cooperation and make prparatlona for tha bulldtna; which will ba commenced In tha near future. Aged Woman Olea. feml TO YMM MTW mMTtMMLt VAN WERT, Doo, IIMn.

Henrietta Lown, 71. died Sunday at tha family home, death belnr fA complication of diets ara Pour daurh tare aurrire. xney ara; jura. Henjatnin Ireton. of Van Wert: Mra.

Albert J. llerrlott, Toledo Mlna Ora Lown, at home and Mre Kittle Trentman, at Funeral aervlcea will be ron TWO LIVES IN TOLL OF FIRE Flames Cause Two Deaths and $202,710 Property Damage Here During Past Year. SHINGLES BG HAZARD Kite claimed two liven mid caused property damaare totaling $102,710 here during; tha year ending; today. Ten hundred and forty five alarm a were anawered by the Are department Tho fire loaa for the ear waa moat double that of lt22 when 960 Area earned damage estimated at 9111.70. 'rank "White, a iouiik national Mruardaman loai his life In a.

fire that deutioyed the Temple theater build in Clinton and Wayne streets Feb i uary 10. It was the big peat Are In thla city during 1923 and tha only one which cauaed utt unusually heavy losa Fire officials eetlmated the damage at 985,000. The Temple Are waa tha occasion of tha only general alarm or "ten tapper sounded thioughout the year. The conflagration not only destroyed the city's oldest theater but also wiped out a national guard armory located In the building Fatal burns were suffered by Mra Zojrat FJder, Grant avenue, when a fire destroyed an automobile at htr home July 29. She died July 21.

Slilna les Greatest Hazard. Fir reports Indicate that shingle roofs are the greatest flro haxard In Oil city. Three liundrud nnd forty two, or nearly ne thlrd of all the fires of the yeat, were caused by chimney sparks falling oh ahlngle roofs. Overheated stoves, furnaces and chimneys started 99 fires while 142 chimney fires, most of them caualng no losa. were extinguished during the year Defeetlve cMmneye and clogged flues were the rauae of 22 additional fires.

Fifty two automobiles were damaged by fire during; the year. Klec Crlclty etaited 68 fires, hot an hen, 11; gasoline and oil. 11, gas leaks, two; oil ntotea, nine, and ateam pipes. I Careless smokers worn reaponsl ble for 23 Ares, Mie report showing that number of blazes etaited by cigarettes and cigars. Careless use of matches caused 1 6 additional Area A total of It fires during the year started among rubbish tn basements (Spontaneous combustion was given na the cause of 14 Ares.

Blow torches used either by painters or by persons thawing out froxen water pipes caused eight fire Twenty four buildings In the Inime dlate vicinity of burning structures caught Are fiom exposure. Nearly half of the Area. 437 to be exact, were extinguished before they cauaed any material property dam age. These Included 90 grass Ares, SO bonfires and tha 142 chimney biases. Kortyfour false alarms were Bounded during the year; Only ona case of arson was re ported during the year Fireworks started five Area and lightning, two.

Aprlt was the busiest month of the year for the Aremen. One hundred and ninety two alarms were art swered that month. The Are record month by month Is aa follows: Jan uary, .84 alarms, damage, 912.916 Febiuary lot alarms, damage. 9101, 786; March 143 alarms, damage 411, 426; April 192 alarms, damage. J9.

905; May 7s alarma, damage, June 4 giarmg.damage.ll.97.: Jul 43 alarms, damage, $3 August 2 alarms, damage, $9,720: September 47 alarms, damage, 96.980; October 80 alarms, damage, 97.236, November 86 nlarms, damage, 911.760; Decem ber 82 alarms, damage, $2,046. One Day Record 8et, A new one day Are record was set February 29, when the Are department answered 24 alarms. March 28 was another buey day for the firemen. 21 alarms being answered that day. Nineteen alarms were sounded on si, in on April i on February 14, IS on March 27, March 30 and April 2.

On 14 different days of the year th Aremen were called out on more than 10 alarms. A "Aery cross made Its debut here during the year as a Are ha sard. Twice were the Aremen called out to extinguish the burning emblem a of the invisible empire. Half a dosen times during the year the city Are department were called out in the rural districts around Fort Wayne to extinguish Ares. Pamaga at these Ares amounting to approximately $20,000 la Included In tha total loss complied from Ara department records.

SIR ESME HOWARD NAMED AMBASSADOR TO AMERICA LONDON, Deo. 31. Official an nouncement of tha appointment of Sir F3sme Howard to sucoeed Sir Auckland Oeddes as British ambas sador to Washington wsus made here simultaneously with the arrival of Amerloan Ambassador Kellogg, who took up his official duties at the embassy today aa successor to George Harvey. Sir Kama Howard. P.

K. Is at present Hrltlsh ambassador to Madrid. Sir Auckland Is retiring because of defective eyesight. He la returning to Washington A rat to arrange hla affairs before resigning his post. Tha labor press Is Incensed by the change of British, ambassadors and even the Dally News, while not objecting to Sir JEame personally, asks "why tha Indecent and wants to know If the conservatives are afraid that a labor government would appoint some communist like the nine.

ducted from the Ht Mary's Cetholl I appoint aome church. cdnusdnv mornim ut aio'nolsi New bold. ciovk. AiouiuBHuur urriveu in ins thickest of liondoii fogs and went wit li Mrs. Kellogg to Clarldge'a.

wheie thev will live temDorattlv. lie Would be available to visitor immeuiateiy ana mat ne would be at Ms work this morning. FINE IMPOSED BY MAYOR'S COURT IS SET ASIDE VAN Deo 21 Ths Ane Of ISO saseaaed by Mayor Howard A. Ijoe against Ivan Shaffer for permitting a gambling game In the ltasement of hie tool room waa set aside, Haturdny, In the common plena court by Judge iienry jnacnir. rsviaenue mm wen there was no one lu the basement when Patrolmen Miller and Fowler made the arrest but there were cigarette stubs and other Indications that a game of craps, poser or some otnei gambling game, might have been In progress there a short time before GUN WIELDER IS SOUGHT Police Have No Trace of As.

sail ant in Shooting; Fray. Police were continuing their search todav for TM1I Allen, aged 36, who shot Hay Curry, a bartender, through the shoulder following an argument Saturday night In the Stag cigar store, 1620 South Calhoun sireei. Currv had thrown Allen from the store, following an argument. The latter drew an automatic pistol and shot the bartender, the bullet piercing his left ehoulder, but missing the bone. Curry pursued ills assailant as far as the wabasli tracks, where he lost track of him.

A woman telephoned the police at 9:9 0 o'clock Sunday night that Allen could be found at 1817 Iafayette street, but the officers could And no one there who had any knowledge of hint nor of the source of the telephone call. Curry and Allen both room at 11204 Calhoun street. Curry, who waa a former Areman on the Nickel PJate, told police laet night that no pereonal enmity had existed between him and Allen. Otto Lee Cook, proprietor of the Stag cigar store, waa Aned 96 and costs In city court today When arraigned on a charge of public Intoxication. A disorderly conduct charge placed against Curry waa continued until January ID in the hope that Allen will be apprehended by that time.

NEGRO CONFESSES MURDER OF MAN AT GLASGOW, KY. (IliAHUOW, Ky, Dei 21 The body of Charles II Bybee. who dis appeared Dec 21 from his home here, was found under a pile of driftwood in Skeggs creek, near here, Sunday afternoon, by Asa Young, of Ulas fow, who was one of 2,000 people who participated In the search for Hybee'a body today. Will Chambers, 20. a negro, suspected of connection with Hybee'a disappearance, nnd taken to Louisville Saturday by authorities, when It waa feared a mob would take him from the jail, here, hag confessed to Hybee'a murder.

WOMEN STEP IN TRAIN'S PATH Mrs. Lillian Frank and Miss Edith Franks Instantly Killed AtCromwcll. BODIES BADLY MANGLED TC'4t, T0 TMsT MBWB ff IVeTlJ CnOMWKLU I Dec. 31 Mrs. Franks, aged 05, and her daughter.

Miss Edith Kranks, aged 36. Instructor In the Michigan Agricultural college, were Instantly killed at 7 o'clock last night when they stepped In the path of a fast east bound Italtlmore and Ohio freight Just In front of the railway station here, where they were waiting to board a passenger train to take them to Albion. The two women In company with Chester Vender ford prosecuting attorney of who Is their son in law nnd brother in law, respec tively, nau arrived at the station a few moments before the arrival of the passenger train. They had purchased tickets and started to cross the track to the train which It Is alleged was running east on the west bound track, so that the freight train might remain on the eaajt bound main line. In walking around the passenger train they stepped In front of the freight.

It Is eald that the trains were running out of their regular order Insofar as operation on opposite tracks Is concerned. D. E. Hart engineer of the freight, and K. H.

Ileedlg and Harry Narr, conductor and Areman respectively of the same train were questioned, but the coroner hag returned no verdict. The bodies of both women were mangled beyond recognition. This morning they were removed to Albion where Mrs. Franks has resided. Mrs.

Franks was the widow of Harry Franks. Three daughters, Mrs. Helen Vanderford of tJgonler, Mrs. Edna Bowen of Mlshaweka. and Mrs.

Ruth Favlnger of Green township survive. water. wera married at the country home of Mr, and Mre. Frank; Zull, In (J Head, Mich. Twenty guests witnessed the ceremony, Mr.

and, Mrs. George Mott were the attendants. Tha bride's gown was 'of peart grey crepe de chine. 8he carried a bunch of pink roses. Mrs.

Zull Is cousin of the bride. LOOKED FOR LUNATIC; FIND WORKING MASH raMcMi to rtm Httwm eaotrwaV rOKTrANI. Deo. 21. 'When the local officers went to the home of Manda Ilrugger, West 'Water street, to seek William Clark, war veteran and escaped Inmate of the Kasthaven any I um at Jtlchtnond.

they did not find Clark but Instead found a 60 gallon barrel almost full of "working mash. A still could not be found; but a quant, tlty of the mash was obtained by the police as evidence The barrel and maeli were destroyed. airs Ilrugger gave the authorities the names of the men she claims made the maehi The officers sre now seeking 8mithParadine Wedding. tmrmctAL. to TMsr mw mmnriMMU FREMONT, Ind.

Uec SI Mrs Mao Paradlpe. former nurse In Fre mont, and Myron Smith, of Cold As the Curtain Rises on 1924, we join to yours the earnest wish that this may. be a prosperous year, a peaceful a happy year for you, for us, and for all Fort Wayne. 1E10? 1012 Calhoun Have You Forgotten I Harding Memorial Send in your check or subscription today. Your own amount.

No drive or personal solicitation. W. PUCKETT, County Chairman. i it till I I MIMMHf MM ll I HIMMI nfcJ K3 Tram Year to Yew Tin. Stride OnanU to Greater Heifhta, Nler AeMercaMatg." extend to our friends and patrons, and all the good people of this city our sincere wishes ipr a very gapffl Stem Igar! In 1924 you'll find us better equipped than ever, to supply you with Wearing Apparel for all the family a line whose cardinal points are SUPERIOR VALUES GREATER VARIETY ECONOMICAL PRICES GENEROUS CREDIT Reductions in Every department! SAVE YOUR CASH USE YOUR CREDIT! 908 910 CALHOUN STREET or j..