Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 1 November 1920 — Page 1

Volume XVIII. Number 258.

SENATOR WATSON SPOKE TO CROWD Famous Orator and Politician Made Hour and a Half Speech in Decatur WENT TO HUNTINGTON Hon. French Quinn Presided —Ladies’ Quartette of Huntington With Party lion. James E. Watson of Rusiiville. junior senator tor Indiana, ritionally known as an orator of great persuasive power and a politician ol no mean ability, was the big card sot the republicans here Saturday aftejnoon at 2:30 o’clock. He addressed a crowd which filled the court roin-. to the doors and true to his repute tien kept them interest. I throng t out the hour and a half of his dis course. The senator arrived hero about two o’clock with a group of state leaders who are accompanying him on his tour of the state. They left at ton: for Markle and then went to Huntington for a night meeting. The party > brought wit ii them the famous Hum ington ladies quartette and the pre meeting program by them was well worth while. Mr. French Quinn pre ; sided as chairman of the meeting and happily introduced tiie speaker. While many do not agree with the arguments presented by the dlstin guished visitor, and feel that he would be much more effective if he was Diguing for the side of the question in which he most certainly believes at heart, he has the power of thrilling an audience. He dwelt upon the themes presented here during the campaign by other speakers, dis cussed the league and complained because we had materials left If he made an impression with his hearers it was with those who already had fixed ideas, but the senator - aS with out question the big attraction of the republican campaign in the county. The crowd showed the interest manifested all during the campaign and the republican closing argument wt< the best they have had. The verdict i is now up to the people. You vot tomorrow. THE ELECTORAL VOTE The total number of electoral j votes is 531. It takes a majority oi 266 votes to elect. The following table shows the number of electoral votes in each state and how they were divided among President Wilson and Justice Hughes in 1916. The voters vote for the electors. Electoral Elec- Vote 1916 i STATE toral Vote Dem. Rep. Alabama 12 12 Arizona 3 3 Arkansas 9 9 California 1" 13 Colorado 6 6 Connecticut 7 Delaware 3 Florida 6 6 Georgia 14 14 Idaho .... 4 4 Illinois 29 29 Indiana 15 lowa 13 13 Kansas 10 10 Kentucky 13 13 Louisiana 10 10 Maine 6 6 Maryland 8 8 Massachusetts 18 Michigan 15 Minnesota 12 12 Mississippi 10 10 Missouri 18 18 Montana 4 4 Nebraska 8 8 Nevada 3 3 New Hampshire .... 4 4 New Jersey : 14 14 New Mexico 3 3 New York 45 45 North Carolina 12 12 North Dakota 5 5 Ohio 24 24 Oklahoma 10 10 Oregon 5 5 Pennsylvania 38 38 Rhode Island 5 5 South Carolina 9 9 South Dakota 5 5 Tennessee 12 12 Texas 20 20 Utah 4 4 Vermont 4 4 Virginia 12 12 Washington 77 West Virginia 8 17 Wisconsin 13 13 Wyoming 3 Totals 532 277 254 Necessary for a choice —266. ♦ THE WEATHER FORECAST + + + + 4.<|>>i-'l* + + + + -i< + + + ’i>* Rain and colder tonight, Tuesday fair and colder.

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MANY ABSENT VOTERS Al 3 o'clock tills afternoon 235 ahI -cut voters' ballots had been filed with County Clerk John f. Kelly Saturday was an unusually busy day. | the county clerk, « di the assistance ;ot the election commissioners, and • other assistants, voted many people I who could not be home for the election Tuesday. The election inspectors called and secured their supplies, and | j together with the number who an plied for marriage and huntin'.- licenses, ami the usual routine ol county work, the clerk was an exceed ingly busy num. SEASON OF FUN Hallowe’en Quietly Celebrated in This City—No Serious Depredations THE WINDOWS SOAPED! Masquerade Parties Were a Feature — The Practical Jokers Had Great Time Hallowe'en has tome and gone, and j the young people, ami older lolls, too. | have had their season of fun. Tin ' season is always looked forward ti by eager youths as an event of plea • | tire, and we believe the youngster.: l of this city had as good a time as any I in the land, and the desire to do dam ! age to Hie other fellow's property. | which seemed a custom ;. generation j s'-'.o. has almost entirely pas-ed away. ; At. least, there has been no report i of any serious depredations reported to the officials this year, and thest reports have been on the decline tin past several years. There were masquerade parties, am! other social events by the core, wen many good times were had: windows were soaped, and a few pranks played but on tiie whole everybody enjoyce it. This morning most of the window: down town presented a sorry sight but good-naturedly, tiie business met tried to get them cloned up. In tie 1 outlying districts a few out-bui'dim. were overturned, antj other ore ii “jokes” perpetrated on unsiispei t:m ! victims. The Hallowe'en celebration seem' <’ I rather quiet to the average pers > i ■ but the young people enjoyed it t< l I th»> titinot. + CLEAR IN MIDDLE WEST ♦ (United Press Service) New York. N. Y.. Nov. I—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Twenty-nine million ballots will be cast tomorrow if all the voters go to the polls. Oi these over 9.000,000 will be the vote.- , of women who constitute “the unknown quantity” in the equation. The weather bureau in Washington predicted unsettled conditions early for election day east of the Mississippi with clearing in the middle west. Fair and cooler weather war predicted lor the region west of thMississippi. There were heavy snow storms today in northern Min I nesota and the northern part of the Dakotas. Senator Harding in Marion today prepared to remain there and ihe ami Mrs. Harding will vote in a garage near their home. Governor ('ox went to Toledo this afternoon for his last speech returning to DayI ton tonight. j Polls throughout the country generally will open at 6 or 7 a. tn. and close 12 hours later. Thus, if there is a landslide one way or the other, the news of it may be known by the I time the last minute voters on the | Pacific coast are casting their bali lots on account of the three hours difference in time which will permit ] i three hours of ballot counting in the] i east before the polls close in the far. . west. » _ MR. DARR DENIES IT Samuel Darr who has been accused | > of making statements regarding Jim | ? A. Hendricks, called this morning and i asked us to announce that he has not j ! bet a dollar on the election and has. never made the statements represent-: ed in the affidavits of Mr. Andrews i and Mr. Ahr and that he is willing] to so state under oath. He feels that j ? he has not been treated fairly in tiie 3 matter and expects to seek legal re- ; dress. 4 Miss Mary Bohnke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bohnke living at tiie J corner of Tenth and Adams streets, j. was operated upon this morning by Dr. Burns for the removal of her tony sils and adenoids. She is getting along ns well as can be expected .

MUST CLEAN UP THE RIVER Richard Lieber, Conservation Head, Issues Ultimatum to Sugar Co. FAIR TO THE COMPANY Desires to Co-operate, But Fish and Public Health Must he Conserved Indianapolis. Ind . Nev. 1. With no attempt to belittle the efforts of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar Relining company, refuse from whose plant at Decatur has so’ polluted the St. Mary - river as io kill a portion of the aquatic life of Hie stream, to correct this evil. Richard Lieber, director of I conservation in Indiana, lias issued iau ultimatum to tiie company to I "clenn up". The demand further stales (that Hie clean-up must be of a per- | inanent nature. Accompanying the ordet is a recoin inundation by the department of cote | servat.on. desirous of < o-operatim with tiie company in its efforts to restore ihe stream Io former purity, j which points the way' whereby the | < onipany may not only correct the poli liltion evil. but. also realize retnuner j atively from reclaiming much of th. I by-product now di.-charged as refuse. Mr. Lieber was recently approached ion the subject of the Holland-St ■ Ixniis company’s pollution of Hu 1 river, by mail, committees and public] officers. insistent that the company b. j prosecuted. However, as director of the state department, he takes the poition that closing this plant or etn ploying the jurisdiction of the courts to assess tines, will not solve the per plexity. neither will it give even temporary relief let alone permanent freedom from the evil. Closing the plant, he contends, would work a great injustice on the farmers who in good ] faith raised beets for the plant, ami | who would suffer financial losses ss | (Continued on page four) IS THE LAST DAV For the Payment of Taxes —Sum of $45,000 Added to the Treasury Today A FEW DELINQUENTS Last Week Was Good One for Treasurer on Account of Bad Weather Today was the last day' allowed for ] the payment of the fall installment of taxes, and Treasurer Hugh Hite ably assisted by his deputy. Mis: Goldie Gay. ami Mrs. George Kinzle. I were busily engaged during the entire I day taking care of the many wiio ailed to make the semi-annual set tiement ol their taxes. * • it was expected that about $45,000 would he collected during the day. mostly from residents of the city of Decatur, ami in small amounts, making the amount of work in connection with the collection ot this sum much greater than if it were collected from corporations or from farmers .who usually pay in larger amounts. On Saturday the sum el $29,431,30 (Continued on page two)

The Four Tickets On The County Ballot \ 111 (%**. ¥ ¥ \ ?7 V i fl 1 4 tSI h 4 fcw p s. *\\ 1 vVv //£ °V\ /J* ov /g O Vk //& °A\ //& OV //<? * X. Republican Ticket Democratic Ticket Socialist Ticket Farmer-Labor Ticket THE COUNTY TICKET THE STATE TICKET The above four ticikets are arranged as they will appear on the county Six tickets are on the state ballot, being the republican, democratic, ballot. The candidates for congress in this district head the county ticket, socialist, prohibition, farmer labor and single tax tickets, appearing in the To vote a straight Democratic ticket make an X within the circle where the order named. The fifteen presidential electors for the different parties head rooster is. The rooster will be found in the second column, the eagle—the\ the state ticket. To vote a straight ticket put an X in the circle above the republican emblem in the first column. To “scratch" your ticket you must, ticket you want to vote. To vote a “split” national ticket put an X along side vote for each candidate separately, that is, put an X in the block! on the left of each one of the fifteen presidential electors, then change over to the oppohand side of the candidate's name, but do not vote for the same office on two site ticket and mark an X in the blocks along side of each candidate's name tickets. The county ballot is printed on white paper. >ou wish.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, November 1, 1920.

— A Chancellor Denies I Retraction (United Press Service) Dayton, 0., Nov. I—(U. P„ Special to Daily Democrat) —A liable suit asking SIOO,OOO damages vVas filed in the Montgomery county common pleas court here today against the Bickham Herrick company, publishers of the Dayton Journal, by Professor William Chancellor, formerly of Wooster College, alleged author of “an open letter” relative to the family history of Senator Harding. In his suit Chancellor alleged that the Dayton Journal had liabel- , ed him by printing a statement claiming that he had retracted statements made in the “open letter" which was included in his suit. The plaintiff (Chancellor) says that the statement of the de fendants are false and are known by the defendant to be false and that the plaintiff never modified or retracted his statement. L / ELECTION NEWS Returns Will be Received al Both Democratic and Republican Headquarters AND AT THIS OFFICE ! Arrangements Made for Telephone and Telegraph Service During Week The election news tomorrow will of course be the big event of th week and the more than a humite: million people of the United State: will await with interest tiie result and the details. The Daily Democrat will make ever' effort to furnish the news of tin county, state and nation, not only tomorrow night, bin during the nex day and the next until the result | have been totaled and given out. T i.lo this we hdve arranged for speci;, >.'ire ser'ice. botfi telephone and egraph. A private telephone win from Indianapolis will furnish new each hour tomorrow night and diirin the next day. Besides this, a telegrapl line has been extended to democrat!’ headquarters over this office where c operator will take the reports. The republicans have also arrar. for an operator at republican he -! quarters and plans are being made t* give out the news from there. Arrangements for open telephom service ovi r this county have also been made and the reports will be re ceived at republican and democrat's headquarters, at this office and at Berne. Geneva ami other towns in tin county, ARE VOTING ON IT Michigan Voters Will Decide If Parochial Schools Are to be Abolished (United Press Scrvl'-e) Detroit. Mich.. Nove. 1. (Special to Daily Democrat l Yards and yards if ballots containing the names of can (Continued on page four)

CAMPAIGN OVER, IN THIS COUNTY Dr. Paddock. Candidate for Congress and Mrs. Leroy Were the Speakers AT THE COURT HOUSE In Closing Meeting — Big Crowd Hears Issues Presented in Great Battle Dr. Charles \ Paddock of Portland leandidate for congress ami Mrs. Viriginiu Leroy of Illinois, were the "i'iikp'l's at Iho closing meeting of the dem oiratic campaign held at the couit ilmuf-e Saturday night. Hon. Pore B J Erwin pre.-idol and tiltei- a com->'it -by lite I rance drum corps and murit Iby Mrs. L. A, Holthouse and Mis, | Posse, iut; oduced Dr. Ruddock who i made a most im:iru-'ti\e ami itiL t eating discussion for an hour. Mr. Erwin announc'd Hutt the great est campaign in hi-lory was .Io tie (said the is-sm-s had btwn made, tin etidem-e offered and that the ciosim; largumets would hi- made. Dr. Pid Idock though not a trained oraior ha developed into a very ext client stpea’: er ami his arguments were forceful and clear. He takes seriously his i aiididaev sis he should stud prcmiisito serve the people of the di tri : in Iho same wav if elected Ho r< ferred in opening' to the Indiana administra lion and said if you didn't know abe'il it now you will when yon pay yoin taxes and even more so when you ps ■ next, year. If the Goodrich administration could bo nationalized by threpublicans limy would have a mon archy. The candidate reviewed the past seven year., of the Wilson admini:-' tration ami called attention to th- - loan act. the federal reserve law. old how the president actually did keep us out of war for many mouths, thus saving thousands of lives and the speaker paid a great tribute to the (Continued on page three) RIOTS FOLLOW Reported That Outbreaks in Many Paces Occurred Following the Funeral OF LORD McSWINEY Nineteen Year Old Boy Convicted of Murder Hanged at Dublin (Unib-'i P i-ss s.-i'i. e) London, Nov. 1 (Special to Daily Democrat) Fourteen outbreaks m enrred in southern Ireland, coincidentally with the burial of Terence McSwiney at Cork, according to re ports received here today. Six policemen ami one civilian were killed ami eight policemen ami two soldiers wounded in ambushes ami street fighting. Throe soldiers were reported shot at Castle Daly. The little barracks was captured by Sinn Feiners. At Thurlos, a cathedral town, some shots were exchanged last night. Dublin, Nov. 1 (Special to Daily Democrat) With a prayer on his (Continued on page four)

OPENING OFFICE HERE In Panish ha returned from ('hiyi'figo ami lh> Mayo Clinic at Roche - ‘ ter. Minn., where he Ims spent sew! oral months ti'V.lng poll gi'adilale> work. He is now opening an office ] at the corner of Jefferson and Third; streets. 'I he X-Ray plant will be installed | within a few d..ys ami will he one of! the most i-emplete equipment ■ that is to be found in n o:t of the ktige itioi The greater part of his time was ; spent, in the hospitals as first assistant in surgical X ray work. A GOOD PROGRAM Woman’s Missionary Society of Reformed Church Will Meet on Tuesday jWITH MRS. P. KIRSCH Miss Emma Kohler Will Sing—Many Members of Society M ill Have Part The W M. S. of the li< loiinoil church will meet Tuesday al 2:”.0 ’(o'clock with Mrs. Peter Kirsch, No. <ii - ISi eoml stieel. ’I he proi 'am is as | follows: Devotional service Rev. I W 1 Sto'to Review on Outlook "f Missions .'ars. John Spuhh t. Clmpi'T stud'. Every Man in Hi 1 Own Tongm ” Mrs. <). L. Kirsch leader, 1 Men Eager for the Scriptures. The First Translations. iho Bibb- Precious Among Early Christians Mrs L. W. Stolte. The Story of the English Bible. Bible Translation in Modern Mrsionarv Movement. India ami China Mrs. B dbei-k. Japan Mi s. Jaberg. Korea Mrs. Glen Cowan. South Sea Islands -Mrs. Ed. Miller Madagascar- Mis. Ben Elzey. Africa and North American Indians a Mr • Edgar Gerber. .Moslem Lands Mrs. Beel. Miss Emma Kohler will sing a few .elect ions. THE COURT NEWS Muncie Banking Co. vs. Scott, suit on contract. Motion by plaintiff’ to ' limits., i ause at plaintiff's cost sustained. lidward Chronister, ex parte. Leu ht'rt A- Heller entered appearance tot defendant. Zimmerman, guardian, and arc ruled to answer. Summons or dered for William I). Zimmerman. ”e tuinabl" November 15. Case set for trial November 24, 1920. in the e.-tat' of Ola Gaunt. Roy D (imint is appointed administrator. Application for letters died. Bond filed bon dapproved. letters issued ami con firmed. Pond wa ; fixed at ss.non Real estate transfers: John \Y. ? Meibers to Rosa Clark, inlots S2O. . and 9. Decatur. S:’>i)i>: John W -.a- ■ Io Anna Droppieman, iniol H' > Decatur. s3m>; Samuel Helm to losli ua 11. Parrish, quit claim de- d to trm : in Union township. sl.iai. Marriage license: Fred M. Blei !<e farmer, born November 21 1896. sor ol Charley F. Hle'-lte. b w-d I.wlia Shielding, housekeeper, born May 9, 1898. daughte:' of i’’ia J Ehlerding. Rnb-rt ('< Iter, who is a junior a, Purdue, spent Um week end wilh his ’ parents. Mr. ami Mrs c H. Colter lb- returned Sunday evening.

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TOLEDO SPEECH ENDS CAMPAIGN Governor Cox Will Speak There Tonight and Expresses Confidence That HE WILL WIN ELECTION Has Made (Greatest Campaign in History—Trend Towards the League , (By Herbert W. Walker. United Press staff correspondent) Dayton, Ohio. Nov. 1 (Special to Daily Democrat) Governor James M. Cox. determined to tight until “the i last minute." will end the greatest i stump campaign ever made by a pi evidential candidate with a speech ] in Toledo tonight. Il probably will be just about one hour before midnight ushers in elec- : (ion day when the governor gives to I the American electorate the last ; wmd of his nation wide battle for the presidency. Although realizing he was forced to start his campaign j against big odds, he is confident of victory tomorrow, believing he will be carried over the 266 electoral vote mark by a tide for the league of nations. The governor has traveled approximate!' 21.600 miles since he accepted the nomination about 12 weeks ago. He estimates that in more than 150 speeches he has spoken to two million people. Since Sept 2 he has been traveling virtually every day, - making his ‘‘home" the private car Federal. Using the railroads, motor cars, trolley cars and ferry boats. Cox has ! visited the extreme northwest and southwestern corners of the country. New England as far north as Central New Hampshire ami the "solid south" as fur south as Nashville. He ear- ' ried his campaign into 36 states, but never seemed to lose his characteristic aggressiveness. Even his opponents admit that he never stopped fighting. Despite the strain of his extensive , travels, the governor is in excellent physical condition. His voice is still strong, although he has spoken in all kinds of weather. He gained slightly in weight during the campaign. Cox is ending his campaign at Toledo because Ohio democrati? leaders have a "hunch" that to do so will place the governor under a lucky omen. All three of his gubernatorial campaigns were ended there ami all thr« e times lie was elected. When Im failed to make his final speech for the governorship there, he was defeated. Tim much heralded “Cox luck ' also will be given an opportune to live up to its reputation when tiie election returns begin to come in Timsdav night. Cox was elected governor every tint" he spent the night in bis newspaper oilice here and was defeated only when he remained at his home. He will receive the returns tr im special press association wires in the stint'' room of his newspaper office where he was informed of his nomination by the San Francisco convent ion. “A lucky telegraph instrument" will be relied upon to bring only “good news." It brought to Grover Cleveland. William H. Taft and President Wilson the news of their election. Whenever its owner, a New York mail, has loaned it to a presidential candidate, he lias won. Cox today expressed himself as "highly pleased" with word that a big swing toward his candidacy is on in the west, because ot his stand on the league of mil ions. “1 am thoroughly convinced,” he said, "that the sentiment in America is overwhelmingly in favor of the league and of our entrance into it. “I am in favor of going in; Senator Harding is in favor of staying nut. The verdict, of Nov. 2 means - joy or despair, world wide." FEAST OF ALL SAINTS Today the feast of all saints was observed in the Catholic churches, the day being observed as a holy day of obligation. Three masses wore said :at the St. Mary's church. Tomorrow i - the feast of all souls, but it is not a day of obligation There will be six masses tomorrow, two at six o'clock, two nt six-thirty and two at. seven thirty. : Mrs, Dora Fosnaugh. who is making - her home at the present time with t Dr. Burns, spent the week-end in Ft. Wayne visiting witli her children.