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Wilillill 's i -V- "'tlr i- WATERLOO INDIANA, THURSDAY MOjRNING; MARCH 5, 1925 VOIi LXVII, No. 34 v. $2.00 A YEAR 7 tlATIOHAL IIOLIIIESS T.TEETS CALVIN COOLIDGE AND CHARLES AWES WOW ATTHE HixMCTHESH Will 'Judge Boy's Comic Drawings -7av; Interdenominational Convention to be Held in Auburn on March 10 to 15 in the M. E. mmm Legislature 7 will Adjourn Morv Tday Nlaht With Sane and Happy Record III2I1 LIGHTS OF THE SESSION 8tand Out Creditably to 'the can Administration with no Program of the Govern-" -r? to be Put' Over-, Special to The Press i Indianapolis.

March "The in feature of the seVenty-f ourth ses-1 sion of the legislature rwhich cornea Ux a close la that adminls-- j.tration measures will not oria part 1 i of the. Jast minute This happy situation results from" fact that Vi Corernor Jackson Idid fadtharej any 'I elaborate program to '5 Pom ithe start it was seen the v't; session was one intent upon establish- i UoffK record fori sane and rapid -V sideration of legislation. the -exception of the ial to Ohio, last week: nothing has occurred to; ruffle the -waters. 5 A remarkable thing about the session Is that' it was Tlrtually free from party i caucusses. In only, one instance did the- Iouse Republicans caucus on legislation.

This was on'the passage of the" appropriation bill without amendments other adopted j. y. by the ways and means committee. 1 The ouUtanding highlights, of the about to end are: y'j Enactment of an 1 economy ap propriation which "extends budget txperTision to sjl state departments and institutldnsV ir Merging of state funds in order enable a- buslnesslikehandling of the state's fiscal affairs 'and to 'place a check on possible; extxayagance 'of state departments, Z. i 'Passage of the co-operattve marketing measure, backed farmers (I Ordering the of real estate this yiear cjiieflyf or; the purpose 'of correcting assessments of "t.tarm 5.

of the, prohibition code intended to jfive a more worfe able vlaw for the enforcement of the dry statutes. V- By Vay' of statistics it is Interest: 1ng to' note that the assembly, barkened tQ the public demand for less laws. New bills introduced feUlOO short of the number presented In the 1923 season. More than per cent pt those Introduced were formally killed withdrawn. 4''; i i There is still a great deal of talk about the strike '01 the Democratic Senators last week, which brought the Senate to a standstill' tor two It Is a fact that the strike made it Virtually impossible for the session to end Saturday night, as had been hoped; by the Republican leaders.

The theory persists that the Democrats engineered the strike on the pretex of opposition to the congressional, re-' apportionment bill, but actually to pre-Tent an early adjournment. It; is pointed out that if the session close the constitutional limit of sixty-one days' the fact would be giren general public approval. "From .1 the Democratic point of view such' a thing would give the Republicans too great an edge in the 196 general eecUon. 'C'v -rrvO The session lias'. Jbeen interesting also because of things it did not do.

Before the session it appeared that a bill would be presented td're the direct primary law. Growing sentiment for "such, action prompted the speculation that the primary be' one Vthe hot subjects before the But did not come up at.alL. -J 7 result of the re-adoption of proposed constitutional the -people will be called upon at the s-i: (Continued to ipage 8) r. cj- President's," Dad 'At Inauguration CoL John CooUdge of Plymouth VU who by the light of a coal-oil lamp and the old family bible administered the oath of office to his son at the death of Pres. Harding; made the trip to Washington for the inauguration this' week.

WANTS $1 0,0 00 F02T HIinSE Myrtle alone, of Auburn, 8ues 'h Estate of Emlllus Casey St Joe Banker for 18 Years of Care' A suit of unusual interest has been filed, in the DeKalb circuit court by Mrs. Myrtle- Malone against the estate of the late Emlllus Case, in which she asks for Mr. Case, at the time of his death, was president of the St. Joe'' Valley Bank." In her claim Malone states that Case was rich bachelor, 68 years, old and living alone, when she and her husband, Samuel Malone, agreed to move into his house, located between St. Joe and Vspencer-vOle, in Mrs.

Malone says she- agreed With Mr. Case -to- do the housework and look after his personal needs, i She' sad he promised tor pay her a reasonable, amount for her, ter he promised to give her a tract of 4Q acres of land and erect a house on It for her but he never fulfilled his- agreement. He died last October without having paid her anything for her 18 years of service, she" -'t :4 Mrs. Malone says she Mr. Case' to.

provide for her in his will, but instead he left all his property, valued at to his including a sister, five aepbews and five Malone states that Mr. Case was miserly, eccentric and suspicious. She Bays that because "of his weakened her constant care and attention was required. TO THE PATRQHS OF i aiTIE WATERLOO SCHOOLS At the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce two weeks ago, discussed briefly the conditions of 1-the local school in regard to the commission. I tried to make it plainvthat something MUST BE DONE in to have the commission reissued for the: present Nearly two weeks' have passed since tfien but we are no nearer a solution than we were The" nearer we get to 'the" end of the term without anything definite to point' to, the greater J.

the danger, the present "senior, class may not be able -to secure a diploma from a commissioned high school. The town of 'Waterloo cannot to treatf: its boys and girls like In spite of arbitrary action of the school at itsmeeting I am still at your service for the remainder of the present school year for the welfare of all the' boys and girls of Waterloo. No flight is too dark or; way too long for me to in season and out, for their" good.1 1 shall do all in my power to -have the commission" reissued but you understand that the greater 'J part of the responsibility rests with the school board. I can advise with them and suggest what may be done, but it is their place to make the necessary move. The one question that is uppermost in my-mind is: Will' the school board make, the necessary move? My fears far outweigh my Are the peo- A pie of Waterloo willing to let one or more individuals cheat, their children out of their American birth-right? Not if I judge them correctly.

I have given the. seniors my solemn word to do aH in -jny power- to have the commission reissued for this year. I fully, to live up to; that promise; and; in this matter I am countng on the loyal support- of the school patrons of W. C. Gerichs, Supt.

of Waterloo Schools. PJrty' Knock Cynic do you think of this column of humor you are now reading I woul say that anyone with feyerblisters and cracked Hps could read ft without fear' of 7 Passed Away at Nations Soldiers Home. In Callfornl" Monday Night of Senility FATHER OF' ART L1AXIVELL iBody Ordered Shipped to Watef loo Where Funeral Take Place The Latter '4A Part of the Week' r-: William B. Maxwell, for many years a resident of Waterloo, 'died at the- National Soldiers Home in California' Monday night, after a Bhort Illness. On Monday morning nls son Arthur Maxwell, of Waterloo, received a message stating that his father was critically ill, 'and in' the afternoon another message came advising "that his father was just alive, When the final message came -Tuesday morning announcing his death' is was' not "unexpected.

Mr Maxwell was born 5 in Wayne Ohio," 9, 18411 His William; and. Elizabeth Maxwell, were, natives of Pennsylvania, whis' father born March 1, 1801 and his mother on July, They, were married In OhIo.I but moved 7 to Kalb Ind and first settled in Wilmington township, i'- The- subject of. this sketch began to the cabinet maker's trade when he was sixteen 'years of age J. R. Ettlnger at Auburn receiving S140 a year for his services.

he enlisted-, in the 100th' Indiana InLiVolsJ, jLj and during his services participated in the siege and battle of Vicksburg and battle of Jackson. army service lie contracted rheumatism from which affliction he suffered most of life. He was mustered out of the service; on- May 13, 1865, and his health' being impaired he attended school until the ''spring of 1866 and then went to Illinois. following year he' went to where hewas employed by the Union Pacific railroad until 1870 he returned to DeKalb county and located at He was married' in 1873 io Emeline Stroh, -who died May 1, 1S99. To this' union three children were born, Albett Frank Wn and latter son' of Waterloo and la the In 1902 Mr.

Maxwell went California, and time has made his home there, and for a number of years has lived in National Soldiers Sawtelle. He was a member of the "Waterloo E. church a resident of Waterloo, a member of Waterloo O. O. F' and also of the Q.

A. R. Mr. Maxwell was a man of many excellent traits character, and h4s death comes as a severe shock to his son at thia, place, who has the sympathy of his many-friends. The remains were ordered shipped to Waterloo -and funeral arrangements win be completed on arrival of the remains.

It is expected that the Odd Fellows will conduct ser- vices. LYNN ARTHUR FURNISHES THE CROSS-WORD PUZZLE" TODAY The cross-word puzzle on page four of today's Press is furnished by Lynn Arthur, of Waterloo, now a student in. Purdue University. This- was worked out by Mr. "Arthur some weeks ago and submitted to The Press office.

The puzzle was forwarded to the New York office of the cross-word puzzle editor and was accepted. Waterloo folks will be interested in working it "out. The cotrect answer will appear in The Press next The National Hqllne8 Association, which la Interdenominational, will hold a convention the Methodist church In Auburn beginning" Tuesday evening, March 10 and closing Sunday evening, March 15. meeting is being advertised throughout the coun try and will be a great meeting. will be five preachers in the party, Paul Jtees of Pasadena, CaL, who- is a young but is said to be ene of the most powerful on the American "platform, Dr." John well known national 1 evangel ist, and Rev.

John Paul, Pres. or Tay lor: University, who also' a strong preacher, will do the preaching. The Rev. A. W.

Gould of Providence, R. and Rev. W. W. Caskey of Akron, Ov will have charge of the music.

'These men are great vocalists and very cap able with the piano and stringed ln- strument8.f 1 There will be each evening at 7:30 and each 'afternoon at 2:30 including Saturday and Sunday. This is a rare opportunity and every one who; can should hear thes Plan mm CHLV.3ER of Dinner Meeting to be-Held In Water- Next Tuesday Evening to Talk" Over the Plans road enthusiasts In this county, sponsored by the DeKalb County Motor. will hold a meeting the Gilford Hotel (: Tues day evening. A ydlnner. will be served at 6 and to this fhe along the state road 13 tiom the Steuben county line to pavement north of 'Auburn' have-been invited to be the of the business men of Waterloo at this dinner and meeting.

Earl Crawford, of the State Highway and district superintendent, of 5 Fort' Wayne, are expected to be present and speak on the subject. It Is understood that thetate commission la ready to take up the work on. road 13 as soon as it can be made ready for the pavement, It is necessary to have all of' the property, owners along the highway to; be present' and signify their willingness to co-operate in getting he state highway commission to take some action on this road. SEEKING TO PAVE ROAD 1 3 Held Interesting Meeting In Town Hall Uast i Thursday Evening 3' and Speech The "Chamber of Commerce held a get-to-gether meeting in the town hall last Thursday evening at six o'clock. A dinner was served and it was a general commuity meeting.

Rey. Hopper of was present' and made, an interesting address oh "Stopping the Leaks" of a communly; which was After the dinner and the address the remainder of the evenng was spent in danolns by those who en- joydd the pastime. ST. MICHAELS: NEWS Special Correspondence St. Michaels, March 4-j-Miss Francis Delucenay arrived from Kendallville Sunday afternoon' 'tor i few weeks stay at Vthe home of her grandpa.

John May; and Albert Dapp accom panied Mr. and' Mrs.1 Frank Hohl to Rome City. Sunday, where Frank Hohl entered the sanitarium for treatments. Mr. and Basil Roger and son of Fort.

Wayne, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and 'Mrs. Mike Schlosser. I YODn 1HC0ME vTAXlj I Under the act of 1324, thousands of persons are required to file returns of Income although the incomes are not taxable. act pro-vldea that returns shall be filed by every single person wlfose net': inj-come tor' 1924.

was 1,000 of more or whose gross income, was $5,004 or more, and by married couples living together, whose aggregate net income was $2,500 or more, or whose' aggregate gross Income was $5,000 or more. The exemptions are $1,000 for single persons and $2,500 for married persons living together, plus a $400 credit for each dependent. A person may have a gross -Income, of $5,000 and, by reason of deductions for business expense, bad debts, losses, etc, a net income of -less than $1,000. A single person may have an exemption of as the head of a family. Nevertheless, returns are required in both, instances.

Heavy penalties are provided by. the act for failure to file-a return and pay at least one-fourth 'Of the amount of tax due within the time prescribed, on or before March 15, 1925. Xa and pick the winning comic drawings far the contest which this news-, paper is hqw- conducting exclusively in this Boys, 8 to 16 all bverthe country have been sending' in their drawings of 01d Gunn" from the comic strip, Folks In Our Town published every week in this More than twenty-five big league gloves, etc, will be awarded to the winners. The judges are, Bod Fisher," originator- of "Mutt and; Jeff R. W.i (Bob) Satterfteld, America's Best Cartoonist, and John B.

Kennedy, managing editor- of Colliers, i -the National Weekly. The contest closes March 15- will be Oonounceu the last week in DTOOITOES E.VJ. and Associates of eago Dispose of Holdings S0FER FOIVER is mi fIah To be Connected with the High Ten- Lines Making a Super-Pow-- er 'Plant Expect to. Improve 1 Now Excellent Service 'i 't Indiana Electric tJtilities Com which supplies electric light and power service ini several communities in; Steuben' and -DeKalb counties the northeastern corner of Indiana, is now i under. management, of Charles W.

Chase, of Gary, according to' announcement made Property pt the company has been sold by E. J. of Chicago, and his associates, who have operated the business for several years, i The 'company supplies both electric and. water service in Waterloo and electro service in Angola, Ashley, FremonV, Hudson 1 and Pleasant Lake, Indiana, Hlontgomery Michigan, Hiectrical energy is 'sold wholesale to several other communities. An electric generating "station is operated at Angola, from which the other towns' are served by transmission lines.

i'V Mr. Chase, who becomes the" new president of the company. Is active in the managements of several other public utility properties In Indiana. He. Is vice, president 'of the Calumet Gas and Electric I which serves communities in northern' Indiana, including LaGrange and Wolcottville la the territory Immediately, west of that served by the Indiana'- Electric Utilties Company.

nans wm oe maqe as Quietly as (Continued on page eight) VETERAN EDITOR-PRINTER RECALLS ASSASSINATION The following article 'appeared In a recent Issue' the Grand, Rapids Stopping the press on, the -Waterloo City, Ind Press to serine the rules afid Insert story, of President Lin- coln)e death is one of the most, vivid memories Henry J. Long of .1261 Prospect ave. SE has" of 5 years spent in newspap jer "offices and printing -r V'- aild Mrs. Long, who have lived in Grand Rapids nearly 25 "years, cele brated their fifty-sixth anniversary on February 3. At the time of Lincoln's assassination, Long was a veteran of 19, just home from service the last seven months of the' and 'was half owner, editor, and printer of the Waterloo City paper, whee he had learned his trade beginning as a lad of 14.

riV- Vv'iK Word" "The inorning that came of Lincoln's death," said Mr. Long In describing his experience, "was our publication" My partner; was in Indianapolis and I was getting but the paper alone. The forms were locked and I was expecting to start the; old hand press in a few minutes, when I stepped to the door. A boy was running up the street shouting as he came, with a telegram In his hand. It had the news of Lincoln's death; I turned back into the shop, sick at heart, rand, turned my rules and.

took out a half column of locals to replace it with' my assassination story, writ ten and set at white heat." "Murderl -Treason was the first deck of the head Mr. Long wrote for a ww iwu rnMnm uu LEcron aoxiliaiiy Held First District' Convention In Auburn Last Thursday Next at KendallvHIe A district convention of the American Legion' AuxiUary was held In the 6. hall at AubuVn last Thursday. RepresenUtivesi were pre sent from Fodt Wayne, LaGrangev Garrett 'Auburn and Ken dallville. Thre? state officer swere pres ent including Mrs.

Charles E. Coombs, of Bloomfield; N. Mock, state secretary, VKendallyflie; -aid Mrs. Helen Green, state -treasurer, of Gar rett. Mrs.

Neva Feller, bfvLaQrahge district chairwoman," presided at the meeting. Another s. coriventionbf the1. district will be held in Kendallville in. May at which' time a.

permanent district organization be' a committee having been appointed to draft a constitution and set of by-laws for the organization. Much time of the meeting'was devoted to discussing the hospitalization work in the district to send, remembrances to Irene Byron sanltorium at Easter and Christmas time ad'. according to action taken this work be carried on each months in the future. 'v remembrances i.will be sent monthly, "by a different unit la the district A pot-luck dinner was served at the noon hour and during the afternoon, a program -was. carried out consisting of musical numbers and several address es' were given Father: boy, this Is the day of Learn to do one thing so well that yon can do.

It better han anyone else In the world," Sonny: I'm already, a spec-lalisL" 3 Father; can you do better than anyone I else 1 Sonny: my own writlng.f A few Lancaster almanacs are still on sale at The Press offiee. OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN his story. Below in successlve decks were "Assassination of Lincoln; Stabbing of Seward Escape of Assasi-sins the. Union The issue of April 21 carried a full account of the assassination with Quotations from various eastern. papers and "long editorial comment The description of the reception of the news of the 'disaster suggest the mourning pictured In Whitman's "When Lilacs In the 'Door-Yard loomr "All business was suspended.

Every house, store, shop and depot In town and country were -quickly put on Crepe from every prominent spot it fluttered on every door and window. Ar day of gloom like that may we never again behold." I TsIIsb of Conditions 1 Though; the surrender; of Lee was long past, judged by; present newspaper standards, this issue of the paper contained Beveral war Items. Including an account of the capture of Mobile Apr 1 9, and accounts of con-djltlons following the surrender In Richmond, where government officials were reported to be Issuing 12,000 rations a day to the destitute. A curiosity from Petersburg, Va was the barber shop price list "Boot-blacking, shaving and shampooing cold bath, warm washing, soap furnished, 25 cents." But if the Lincoln tragedy was the most moving of Mr. Long's Journal-istlo experiences, it was by no means the past.

He had been: acquainted with the prlntshop almost from childhood; for (Continued on page 81 "XXX' One'of the Best Known Men In DeKalb1 County 8uccumbs to 8trok Apoplexy at Auburn Career of the Deputy' County Cleric Eighty Years; of Had Bn Actlve-Broth-i-'y' er Lives'' Her 'ffS'hl George O. Denlson, one of the best kno.wl men In DeKalb died at his "home Auburn eadly Sun day morning, after an Illness of but few He was stricken im Friday last with what was thought to -have been a- slight stroke of apo At first It was thonehf th he would rally, from his and ne seemed to be improving, bnt a turn for the worse tame and. death followed. The funeral wsh held from th burn M. E.

church, yesterday forenoon, and the interment took place In the Woodlawn cemetery at Auburn. Rev. u. M. Eberly of Denlson was acting as "denntv pounty clerk for Knauer, and had been In apparent good health aU i winter, He.

had been In the clerk's -offlce-uring the week until he was Birisieu.ur. was an old man In years, but he always apoeared young in" spirit. George OI Denlnnn. wl notWa Richland county," Ohio, was born Aug. 17, 1845.

He was a son of Georze and Salone E. (Fenner Denlson, of the ninth generation of tie family in -this 'cquntry. rthe t'emigrant ancestor having come from England early in-the colonial He' was reared on his fathers farm nntil seven years of age, when" the family moved to Wood county, Ohio, where they re sided for, eighteen Tears: Oeorm and his brother Felix "were left I on tne 'farm -south of Toledo, while the parents came to 'DeKalb county, where he owned a farm southeast of Waterloo, expecting to sell the farm In this county. However, the farm, and the -was so Inviting that he after- ward amoved to DeKalb county and hisv sons came here, and located with the parents. Here Mr.

Denlson en- gaged in farming and In 1880 went in to, the Ice business with his brother Levi, constructing an artificial lake on the fromN which ice was suppuea ior many years to Waterloo, Auburn and GarretL In .1898 Levi took over, the ice business at Garrett and O. continued the Ice trade i in Waterloo. In 1890 he was elect ed township trustee of Grant town- ship, and In -1898 he was selected county clerk. He began his duties as clerk In October, 1900 when he moved to Auburn, and retired from the of- 1 flee 1905. He then became deputy clerk and served until later hej ww elected mayor 'of Auburn, Which Office ha bfild' fnnr Toini mnA Igaln entered.

the clerk's After DeKalb county temporary court house ourned in March, 191 Denlson was one who was employed, to restore -i the records of. the county lost in the fire. Since that time he ha vnrVni many months has accomplished, i with the aid of W. A. Austin, the res- toration of practically all.

of the old." recoras. He was married to Joanna Bowman. daughter of Joseph- Bowman. living near Auburn, In .1878. Ta this union four children were born." Nettle, wife of Willis J.

Eberly of Waterloo, Daisy, -wife Postmaster H. Fee," of Waterloo, Vay, Twif of Verne of and George. Bradford Denlson, of Waterloo. 1. Mr.

Denlson a member of the X'-. Knights of Pythias and the O. O. F. Besides the; widow- and four children, hels also survived by two Levi Denlson, of Garrett, J.

Ai Dent son, of Waterloo, and a sister, Mrs. i -Orpha Mayer, of Toledo. Waterloo Boy Selected as Private Secretary to Congressman Herfcert a WiUl. ii -v 2JiZ22J2' i i I XyX i I -1 ''v- i i.