Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 235, Decatur, Adams County, 5 October 1920 — Page 1

Volume XVIII. Number 235.

CLEVELAND INDIANS WIN FIRST GAME

MISTAKE IS FOUND AND LEVY IS CUT TWO CENTS STATE TAX LEVY WILL BE TWENTY CENTS ON THE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN 1921. AN INCREASE OF TWO CENTS OVER THIS YEAR'S RATE. ,

-.(Unite,l !'. ,Sri \ i ■ I Indianapolis. Oct. 5 (Special to Daily Democrat) The state board of tax commissioners today fixed Indiana's slate tax levy at 2(1 cents on each SIOO worth of properly. This is a reduction of 2 cents under the levy recently fixed by the board to provide money for state institutions. Announcement oi the board'; action followed a conference between tin commissioners. Governor G< odricii and State Auditor Klauss. at which vrlcped that Klams overlooked payment of 11,500,000 into the state n usury from one ot the state institution; ■ just before the end of the fiscal year. ' It was without the knowledge of this i sum that the tax board made the levy i of twenty-two cents in its recent order. “A careful analysis of the figures submitted by the auditor of state dis closed the fact that the administra- , ‘ tion of state affairs proper was cost l ing the tax payers of Indiana nothin.'.’ —in fact, providing a surplus of seer and other revenue over and above < x/ p'enres,” the anouncement said. "The expenditures of the late go' ( ernment under the present administra- 1 tion out of the revenue derived from , taxation is now wholly for benevolent institutions, highways and schools. TO ACT AS JUDGE Roy N. Runyon will go to Angola tomorrow where he will act as judge in the Boys’ and Girls’ Hampshire , Pig club at the Steuben county fair. Mr. Runyon has had much experience < in the raising of Hampshire hogs 1 while in charge of the Bellmont farms, and his ability was recogniz- < ed by the Steuben fair officials. , CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE (Unital Press Service) Chicago, Oct. s—(Specials—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Wheat: Dec. $1.90; Mat. $1.88’4. Corn: Oct. 89'ic; Dec. 84’X-c Oats: Dec. 54%c. * CLEVELAND THE FAVORITE * * * + New York, Oct. s—(Special ♦ * to Daily Democrat) —Cleveland 4- * was a 6 to 5 favorite in the + 4- betting today for the world ser- + 4. ies honors. Brooklyn backers, ♦ •> however, were slow to take the ♦ .j. offers, holding out for 7 to 5. 44. Commissioners are offering even + 4. money on the first game, allow * 4. ing the better the choice of his 44. team. Inability to get anything 44. definite on the batteries kept * 4. down the betting on the opening * 4 1 4 1 game. 4. 4- *** + * + * + * + + ** *

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Wo have heard many people discur,: the private life of the two preßiden tial candidates and several Inquiriei have come to us relative to their mar rlages. In answer to these wo print the following facts, taken Horn a article which appeared in the Ind ianapolis Sunday Star of July 18, 1920 a copy cf which may be seen at this office: Senator Harding. Tn 1891 he married Florence Kling, who hnd divorced her husband m jBB6 and resumed her maiden name No blame attached to Mrs. Kling, who

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

INSTALL LATEST MOAN DEVICE Carroll & Son Will Have Most Modern Coal Yard in North Half of State MACHINERY ARRIVES Will be Located on Lots Between Seventh Street and G. R. & I. Railroad E. L. Carroll i- Son. dealers in coal grain and seeds, are making extensiv. improvements on the throe lots put ■hased by them a year ago on Sev ‘ti'h str< ot. and abutting against tlic il. ,<■ I. railroad, that will easil) plaeo them far in advance of any ‘ h aler in the north half of the state i' I . itana. They are installing what is knowt is an American trolley carrier, man ■ ulai titled by the American Steam Con vevor company, of Chicago and New York, and the outfit complete means a :ig outlay of money, but when com ieted will be the means of saving much labor, time and money in the unloading of qoal ears and the loadin; >f trucks by the use of buckets and clam shells. Messrs. Carroll are erecting a side track on their premises at their own xrense, and this track will run over a huge pit, equipped with trolley and bucket, which conveys the ■cal from a dump bottom coal car, am it can then be hoisted and carried over a track which is elevated a distance of fifty-two feet and two inches above the ground, and deposited on the ground, into a truck, or wagon, as is desired. The coal is carried in a huge bucket of one-ton capacity, or a clam she'll bucket of the same capacity, such as 's used at the sugar factory in tin loading beets. The one-ton bucket is used when (lie coal is unloaded from lump-bottom coal cars into the pit and (lie clam shell is used in unload 'ng flat-bottom cars or in picking coal from the ground to be loaded inti trucks, and a big truck can easily b: li tided in ten minuntes’ time, while bthe old way of loading by hand con sutnes considerable time. Mr. Carrol states that they will be able to store at least seventy-five car loads of coa' on their grounds with the new appara tus. The lift, motor and a part of th< l-beams are already on the ground, the concrete bases for the mono-rail sup ports are in, tho scales are set, and the concrete forms are set forth, hugh pit will extend under the rail (Continued on page six'*

■ - barged gross neglect. They have nt hildrcn. Governor Cox. His first wife, who was a Mitt larding of Cincinnati (no relative of iie senator), divorced him about eight, .ears ago on the technical ground ol ■ egleet. He did not defend the suit nd no discreditable evidence was ofered, two of the children continuing o live with the father and one going with the mother. His divorced wife con remarried and he remarried in i 1917. his second wife being Miss Margaret Blair of Chicago, by whom he > has a daughter.

MISS MARY KOLB TO SPEAK HERE Fort Wayne Woman Has Clear and Wonderful Message for Voters HERE THURSDAY NIGHT Mr. Foster Also Coming— Mrs. Fay Smith-Knapp is on Program for Berne Miss Mary Kolb, a Fort Wayne eacher and whose explanation ot the league of nations and how it affects he United States, is said to be the dearest heard in this section during ne year, will come here with Mr. Laniue’ M. Foster Thursday night am will speak at the court house. She is talented woman and should be heard by every voter in this city and snrounding territory. Mr. Foster is also a wonderful speak ar and will give those who hear him ■plendid guidance. He is one of the een business men of this part of the tate, safe, sane, careful and will ad ise you in these affairs as lie has hit'imdreds of friends in a business way. l!s good wife has never heard him take a political speech and she will ccompany her husband who is the lemocratic candidate for lieutenant overnor to this city to hear him. On Friday evening Mr. Foster an l>s. Faye Smith-Knapp of this city ill be the speakers at a political leeting in Berne the meeting to be held t the hall which is now being fitted p in one of the business rooms there. Irs. Knapp has a great message and ■r experience as a reader gives hei te ability of telling it in a most atactive and convincing manner. Both >o Decatur and Berne meetings will ? opened at 7:30 o'clock. 'N BUSY SESSION bounty Commissioners Accept Four Bridges and Three Macadam Roads REPORTS ARE FILED Vill Award Contracts for Furnishing Supplies Before Adjourning The county commissioners contin<l in session today, there being tuite an amount of business to dis>ose of. The morning was devoted j the signing of bonds on four oads. Bridges Accepted After inspecting the bridges yeserday the county commissioners acepted the following: The Decker Tulvert. the Teeter bridge, the Arnold iridge in Kirkland township and the A’ahli bridge in Monroe township. The superintendent's reports of comletion were filed and approved. Roads Are Accepted The commissioners also accepted lie following roads: The Dan Smith oad in French and Monroe townhips; the Fred Stauffer road in Monoe township and the Daniel Fulirer oad in Hartford township. To Award Contract Bids were being opened this afterloon for the furnishing of the supdies at the county infirmary for the text three months. The contracts or the furnishing of the supplies will be awarded before the board adjourns. Reports Filed The quarterly report of the Auditor John Mosure, Sheriff Seph Melchi and the monthly report of Treasurer Hugh Hite were filed and apiroved. The quarterly report of Reorder Joe McConnell was filed and approved, the following transactions listed: Deeds 145, transcripts 2, mortgages 97, mechanics liens 15, chattel mortgages 9. releases 43, assignments 2, articles of incorporations 1, marginal releases 111. marginal assignments 4. miscellaneous 94, amount of fees collected $427.80. The quarterly report of Clerk John T. Kelley showed the following: Civil cases $104.01, protate eases $76.23, criminal cases $4.10. marriage licenses (Continued on page five)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening,October 5, 1920.

+ •>+♦ + + + + + + ♦ + ♦ + + ♦ + FACTS ABOUT FIRST GAME *++++++* + + + + + + + + i I (United Press Service) ■ Place —Ebbets field, Brooklyn. Brooklyn Pitcher —Probably Marquard. ; Cleveland Pitcher Probably Coveleskie. Brooklyn Catcher—Otto Miller. Cleveland Catcher Steve O'Neil. , Weather—Fair and cool. Time—2 p. in. New York Daylight savings time. Umpires—Klem and O'Days Con-1 nolly and Dineen. Favorite for Series—Cleveland at 6 to 5. Favorite for Opener - Even money choice. Capacity Field—23,soo. First Ball Pitcher —Mayor John F. Hylan. WOMEN LEAD MEN IN CITY I Total of 1,367 Women Are Registered in City Against a Total of 1,360 Men RESULT IS PLEASING To Political Leaders—Total Figures Will be Given in Wednesday’s Report The final registration of voters aver the county was highly satisfactory to leaders of both political par ies and although the final report cannot be made today because of several of the precinct registration clerks falling to report, it indicates that the women were eager to regiser that they might qualify to vota t the November election. In the city of Decatur yesterday | 569 women registered against a total of 398 men, making a total for the wo registration days of 1,360 men I ind 1,367 women, or a total regisration in the city of Decatur of I 2.727. Over the county the report is that | more women than mew were regis- 1 tcred Monday, and it is probable they will be about equal in number. At the previous registration there was a total of 3,496 men and 1,982 vomen, or a grand total of 5,488. We will print the total in Wednes-1 day’s paper by precinct. POLES ADVANCE (United Press Service) Warsaw, Oct. s—(Special*s—(Special* to Dailv Denlocratl —The Poles have advanced to Mir in their drive against the bolsheviki troops, the Polish communique said today. Fifty thousand prisoners were cap tured in the vicinity of Lida and 16 soviet divisions were disrupted, the statement said. THE YEAR’S WORK Is Started by the Woman’s! Club Under Direction of the Music Department BENJAMIN WHELPLEY Famous American Comoser and His Works, Subject for Interesting Program The Woman’s club started its year's work last evening at the Masonic hall with the following splendid program taken from the works of Benjamin Whelpley, the famous American com »oser: I Piano solo, Serenade — Mrs, Edna 9 Sellemeyer. Cycle from Tennyson's “Maud"; 1, i “Birds in the High Hall Garden"; 2, g ‘Catch Not My Breath," Recititative; .. Aria, “Go Not. Happy Day"; 3. “I Have Led Her Home"—Mrs. Katherine Tynt dall. Piano solo, "Humoresque” — Mrs. y ’’rances Burk. g Group of songs—- ( 1, “Springtime of Love.” s 2. “I Know a Hill." . 3. “The Nightingale Has a Lyre of Gold” —Mrs. Tyndall.

; BORAH TO WORK FOR ITS DEFEAT Wires Senator Harding He Will Continue to Fight for Defeat of the LEAGUE OF NATIONS Harding Plans to Make Another Speech—Hays is Very Optimistic I (By Raymond Clapper. United Press staff correspondent) Marion, 0., Oct. 5 (Special to Daily Democrat) —All doubt as to treaty irreconcilables standing behind Senator Harding vanished today with publication through headquarters here of a teh gram from Senator Borah of Idaho pledging himself to work for election of the republican ticket and defeat of the league of nations. I “In view of reports I wish you to know my speeches in future will be i a'ong the same lines as at Danbury and in the senate,'’ Borah wired. "1 want you to win and 1 want to see the league scheme defeated. In tny >wn way I shall devote my time to the achievement of both propositions’ ThiS telegram was designed by Bor ah to set as rest rumors that he in tends to desert the stump. Senator Hiram Johnson, according o his latest speeches, is indorsing ‘.he stand of Harding on the league. Senator Harding was working tolay on speeches to lie delivered on he southwestern trip whiih starts omorrow. He plans to speak on the league >f nations at lies Moines Thursday ind probably will answer, indirect!' - at least, President Wilson's attack (Continued on page two) MEN WERE 1 Losers in Attendance Contest at Presbyterian Sunday School Gave Feed TO TH E WINNERS More Than ,200 Suppers Served—Henry Michaud and Hugh Hite Cooks The Sunday school room of the Presbyterian church was filled last evening, with men. women and cliilIren, the occasion being the big feed promised by the side that lost in the attendance contest which ran for six een Sundays during the summer. Last spring some one had an idea, aid that idea was that the male and emale members of the Sunday school hould enter into an attendant'* con est, and that the men ami boys wou' tattle to have more representativi it the Sunday morning sessions than he women and girls. As a result the women started off in the lead, with an attendance that on I numbered the men, and they continue.! n the lead every Sunday for tiiteci, weeks, and the last the very last da; o the men. Some one said they i-o titled the record made by the men hat they remained home purpose!) - he men could have at least one Sunlay. But all the way through the re >rd was close, many Sundays passing .vit.li the women having' th> lead b-. ne or two. 1 Being good losers, the men set aboil' o make good their obligation am hey gave the female members of tlr chool one "real feed.' Henry Mlehaiu ind Hugh Hite were the cooks, abb assisted by Mrs. Louisa Myers. Wait ers were Randolph Horton, (’. (’. Pumphrey, Fred Patterson. Wes Hoff , man, Sim Burk, ( harles Teeple, Fred , Smith, ('. E. Connelly. Four lai". "shies and many small ones won ■ spread full of the good things, and ! Hie ladies enjoyed themselves, with ' the full knowledge that the men i "would do the dishes" following the i meal. The attendance record of the Sun's v school was tbr best in the history of the school for the summer months. ' anil officials are well phased with the | result of the contest.

.PITCHER COVELESKI HELD [THE ROBINS TO ONE RON i MARQUARD, VETERAN TWIRLER, PUT UP A BRAVE FIGHT FOR THE FIRST BLOOD IN WORLD’S SERIES - EBBETT’S FIELD CROWDED.

LOOKS FOR BREAK IN 0.0. P. RANKS Senator Borah’s Position of Being Against Any Kind of a League MAY SPLIT BLANKET Governor Cox is Confident of a Strong Trend Over Country in His Favor 1 (By 11. W. Walker, United Press staff . correspondent) Dayton, Ohio. Oct. 5. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Governor Cox indicated today lie expects a break in the republican ranks over the league , ot nations issue as the result of Sen ator Borah’s announced opposition io | the United States entering any kind of an association of nations. "I have found that when you try to | stretch a blanket to cover too much ground it is apt to split in the mid die," he said. "Neither the republican platform nor tile candidate can bring a'.l t.i.* party groups under one blanket. Confident as he is that there is a strong trend towaid the ieag.it throughout the country, the democratic candidate does not be l.t-ve Senaloi , il; rding can afford to t.. .«■ the »is: ■ i.n.d Uorah anticu.i.ed in his speech l at Danbury. Conn., lust night. To do so would immediately antagonize republican leaders such as ex President I Taft, Eliliu Root, Charles E. Hughes and George W. Wichersham, who fa1 vor the league or some international association, Cox said. in all his speeches attacking the leaI guo it was pointed out, Harding de clared for some sort of an international association. On the other hand tile evident belief in the democrat!, camp was Borali cannot be placab .1 . I unless Harding approves hi: position , anil tile democratic hope wuh Xe, : oi ; Johnson, Senator Brandegee and other treaty irre: ncilables would stand :>y the Idaho senator. Washington, Oct. 5. (Special toi tally I'emocr.it) Final conferences ol ! ending democrats were held here to j , lay to mai> details of tin- campaign ot H (Continued on page thr'-o) *4.4.4.4.4. +>f + +<• •*> ++ + ♦ •f. THE WEATHER FORECAST + .5. 4. 4. .J. 4. 4. 4. q. 4- 4- + n- *I1 I Fair tonight and somewhat cooler in extreme north portion witli light" frost; Wedne. day lair

| WHAT THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS 1

If the covenant of the League ot Nations were composed of Article 12 ' alone, it would deserve ratification ind support from all the civilized nations of the world. Article 12 is the i . longest step away from war that has ever bei n taken in hitstory; thirty--1 nine nations already live in accord with it: and the only fighting now ;otng on in the world Involves Russia, 1 not a member of the league. Article It 12 provides publicity and delay, the a <wo strongest weapons within human i’ resource: Read Article Twelve. The members of the league v agree that if there should arise between them any dispute likely to lead to a rupture they will submit the matter either to arbitra--1 tion or to inquiry by the council.

Price Three Cents

Eblx'll's I'irld, Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 5 (Special hi Daily Deinociat) Cleveland's batting Indians drew fust blood in the 1920 world series today by defeating the Brooklyn Dodg trs by a score of 3 to 1 in ; tight pitcher's battle. Clevelands victory is told in on word —Coveleski. The big Polish spit-baller let down tile oak of blatbush with five scattered hits and held the game in the hollow of his hand from start to finit h. Against the Indian hurler was Rube Marquard, veteran of five worl I ser.es The Rube acquitted himself like th experienced ami capable terror he is and suffered very little in comparison to his victorious rival. A pop fly Grit was played with by a prankish wind ~t the start of the second inning paved tlie way for his downfall. Konetchy lost it in a gale and upon lecovering it threw wild to aeco-.d ii ■n effort to nip its perpetrator I: inn. Burns scored and before Marquard lia-i tudied his ill-fortune, he walked to .Vo'.d am' ringing hit of the bats of Xewell and O'Neil had sent a second man across the plate and the game I.nr won. TO CONVENTION C. A. Dugan, of the First Na'lonal 1 i lk. will leave Wednesday moi e.ir • !>■ Indianapolis, where he will r.t -,i •he two-day session of the Im'i.m.a -■'■He Bankers' association Mr. Due m ■ t—g the state chairman. W A. Low nr. of the Peoples I oan K- Trust commmy is already in Indianapolis attending the Knights of Pythias grand lodge and will remain for the convention. E X. Ehinger of the Old Adms County bank had intended going, hut may be detained. IT'S CLEAR AND COOL New York, Oct. s—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Weather world series: Clear and cool. After sh-w---ers during the night the first day of tin- series dawned with promise 01 almost perfect conditions. Sunshine dissipated an early morning mist and at 8 a. m. there was a him sky, a bright sun and a barely perceptible breeze. BALL SCORES AT THE EATS The "Eats” restaurant of this city has contracted for and will receive the returns of the world's series base hall games, throughout the entire series beginning this afternoon. The returns will be received by wire and will be bulletined like other years. Go to the Eats for your base ball information.

and they agree that in no case to resort to war until three months after the award by the arbitra tors or the report of the council. In any case under this article Hie award of the arbirtrators sh ,1 ho made within a re isomibl ' ti ne, and the report of the council '-hail be made within six months after the submission of the dispute. To match this achieved program, SENATOR HARPING proposes a separate peace with Germany; and after i that he loses himself in a forest of meaningless words, their real purport being that the United States will abandon the fruit of victory and the glorious obligations of moral leadership and will permit the war of 191-1-1918 to be the greatest debit on the j ledger of history.