Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 19, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1921 — Page 1

Volume XIX. Number 160.

FIREWORKS HERE FOR THE BIG Fftlß Several Thousand Dollalp Worth of Special Display Has Arrived Here FOR NIGHT SHOWS "j Special Pieces Each Night I —Selling Space for the Merchandise Displays Watch for the big display of fireworks at the Northern Indiana Fair. It will be the most wonderful ever i Been in this part of the state and will I even excel the night show given last I year. « The big shipment of various kinds | "of display has arrived and carefully I stored for the week of August 2nd. I being shipped in by the North AmerF lean Fireworks company of Chicago. ■ They will furnish an expert who will | gee that the display is prctperly set j off - The program for each evening of I the fair is a very inspiring one, with I fifteen special pieces, aerial bombs, I hissing serpants and about everything I you ever heard of. Among the speI clal pieces will be one showing Presii dent Harding, another Niagara Falls, t The Quail Hunter, and numerous oth- | ers that will fairly make you grasp when you see them. The Fair Association is now sell ing space for display of merchandisunder the grandstand and five places have 4>een signed for. It will be one of the popular places on the grounds and merchants thus have an opportunity to show their wares to from 75,000 to 100,000 people expected to r visit the grounds during the week. You are invited to run over and look over the building, select your pla.-e and see J. O. Sellemeyer, who will take care of your booking. The display of merchandise at the fair this year is to be a real feature. POSTPONE MEET / Kirkland Community Club Meeting Will be Held on 19th Instead of 12th AT CENTER SCHOOL The Beery Singers to Furnish Music and Dr. Buxton to Give the Talk The Community Club of Kirkland township have postponed their meeting from next Tuesday, the 12th to the following Tuesday, the 19th. The meeting will be held at the Center school house and the program will be of unusual •interest, including music by Willis Beery’s bunch of singers and a lecture by Dr. A. G. A. Buxton of this city. The program will open at 8 o’clock and everybody is invited to attend. Come early so you can get a good seat and wajch the people of this good township get together in this splendid movement of co-operation. The, meetings have been held during the past year and have been enjoyable and helpful and they expect to continue the good work during many years to come- There will be several other features of interest on the program. Don’t miss it and remember the change in date —come 1 uesday evening, July 19th—Center school. x — FARMERS ARE AGAINST IT. Indianapolis, July 8. (Special to Daily Democrat).—Directors of the Indiana federation of farmers association meeting here this afternoon voted 8 to 2 in opposition to the proposed amendment to the constitution which would give the legislature unlimited power in matters o' taxation. By a similar vote they disapproved the proposed amendment which would make the office of state superintendent of public instruction aopointivo instead of elective. By a vote of 8 to 2 the amendment which would permit negroes to be members of the malita was approved. All of the other proposed ten amend nicnt to be voted on at a special election September 6th were approved unamiously. This action follows a discission before the directors yesterday afterr-.jn at which Governor McCray and former qcvernor Goodrich and Railton and others debated the proposed amewl meats. t

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Washington, July B.—(Special to Democrat),—Serious damage Is being done to the spring wheat and oat crops by the hot, dry weather, the weather bureau reported today. No relief is in sight, it was indicated by the forecast for the next 36 hours. So far the damage has been confined to the upper parts of the northern states, such ns Ohio, Indiana. Illinois. North and. South Dakota and Minnesota. Oats suffered largely in the first three states and wheat was damaged in the last three states, the bureau stated. Little change In temperature with scattered showers was forecast for the territory east of th<? Mississippi for the next 36 hours. Have you written your friends and relatives to attend the big Northern Indiana Fair next month? BRIGHT OUTLOOK Seen by Stephen B. Fleming of New York City Who Visited Here Today HOME FROM EUROPE Says Conditions Are Serious There—ln East the Money Eases Up Stephen B. Fleming, former political leader of this state and now connected with the J. P. Morgan inter- ; ests with headquarters in New York City, was here this morning for several hours. He is connected with 1 the Indiana Board & Filler company ■ and came down to inspect some new ' machinery just nearing the interesting point of completion. He says the lousiness being done by this company is the most satisfactory of any of the many concerns with which he is con- 1 oerned.* His son-in-law, Mr. Walters, accompanied him here. Mr. Fleming returned but recently from a tour of Europe, looking after business interests. He says England was tied up with the coal strike. France is spending money wildly for luxuries with prices at the highest peak ever known and that Germany has settled down to business and is inaking real progress. Indications are, he declares, that Germany will be the first of the European nations to recover from the great war. He stopped here on a trip back to New York from the south where his company has large interests and he says business conditions are any thing but bright there. Banking conditions in the east, how ever, have eased up considerable during the past two or three weeks and Mr. Fleming expressed the prediction that beginning October Ist, general conditions in this country will improve and that an era of real prosperity will follow. The senator is in excellent health but says he feels considerable older than when he represented this district in the Indiana senate. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hunsicker have returned from a two weeks outing at Rome City. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ THE WEATHER FORECAST « ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ \ Indiana —Part cloudy tonight and Saturday, not much change in temperature. Lower Michigan—Fair tonight and Saturday, not much change in temperature. Upper Michigan—Fair tonight and Saturday, somewhat warmer Saturday and in extreme north central portion ton’vht. MRS. ROLLER ASKS DIVORCE. ) - Mrs. Dove M. Cully-Roller of Will- - shire, has filed a sensational divorce i suit against her husband, B. Fay Rol- ■ ler, the proprietor of an automobile i garage in that town. Her peitlon - recites that they were marriod No- . vember 20, 1914, at Monroe, Mich., 1 and are the parents of one child. She 1 avers that he has been guilty of ex- ■ treme cruelty, her specific charges ? in support of the claim being that j he found fault with her acts, exhibited ■■ an ungovernable temper and on free quent occasions struck, kicked and choked her. That he repeatedly re- ' mained away from home until late in d the night and that in the months be- ■ fore the birth of their child refused to treat her with kindness, but, on n he contrary, kept up his acts of crueli- ty and that his cruelty has been J worse since the birth of the child. 5- The plaintiff asks for alimony and divorce. —Van Wert Bulletin-

WRIT IS DENIED Habeas Corpus Case of Frank Roop vs. Sheriff Melchi Heard Yesterday BEFORE JUDGE MORAN Finding is Against Roop— Mrs. Penz Declared to be of Unsound Mind The case of Frank Roop vs. Sephus Melchi, sheriff of Adams county, was heard by Judge Moran in circuit court yesterday afternoon, requiring several hours. It was a habeas corpus proceeding in which Mr. Roop who had been adjudged a fit subject for treatment at the Eastern hospital at Rich-1 mond, demanded his release upon the I grounds that he was of sound mind j and was unlawfully detained. Parrish | and Butcher represented Roop and , Lenhart and Heller appeared for the; •defendant. The court decided for the defendant and Roop will be taken to 'the hospital as soon as admission papers arrive. It was shown that he is bruital to his stock and that his family were afraid of him. A commission composed of Drs. D. D. Clark and H. F. Costello and | Justice A. C. Butcher heard evidence' on the affidavit declaring Mrs. Mary ■ Penz of this city of unsound mind. She is forty-six years old and has. threatened a number of times since I April 4th to take her own life. The commission decided that she was [ suffering from a nervous condition i but is not of unsound mind or a fit subject to be sent to the East Haven | hospital. NURSES MEET. The district meeting for the nurses of District No. 1, will be held July 9, 1921, at Fort Wayne, 3 p. m., at the Lutheran hospital. Please come and notify others. —By Secretary, L. M. Gerard _

AN ICE FAMINE Extremely Hot Weather Exhausts Supply and the Local Manufacturers ■ FACE A SHORTAGE Trucks From Decatur and Dozen Other Cities in Ft. Wayne Yesterday A moderate winter last year and an extremely hot summer this year! has played havoc with the ice men and ice cream manufacturers here and other Indiana cities who need some of the “crystal rock" in the manufacturing of their produuct. Last winter it was impossible to put up river ice and consequently there was a shortage to start with. The Mutschler Packing plant of this city has' been making most of the artificial ice used in Decatur, but the demand for it within the last month has been so great that it was impossible to supply the trade. Yesterday the Cloverleaf Creameries truck. Corner’s truck and the Mutschler Packing company's truck were in Fort Wayne trying to get a supply, word coming from the manufactures there that it was impossible to ship a carload of ice this week as they have been doing. A small amount of ice was secured yesterday and trucks from nearly a half dozen othei; cities were in Fort Wayne try- ' ing to get a supply. So far as known Ed Whitright of the City Ice Line has been able to supply most of his customers with ice. The slight drop in the temperature today may ease the situation a little and if it should fail fifteen or twenty degrees more within the next twelve hours, most everybody will feel happy. It’s almost too . hot to be good “ice weather” for the ■ “ice man.” STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. 1 Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of . the Old Adams County Bank will be held at their banking house, Decatur, • Indiana,at 10 o’clock a. m.. on i Tuesday, August 2, 1921 for the purpose of electing nine directors to serve for the ensuing year, and 1 to transact such other business as ) may come before them. E- X. EHINGER, Cashier. 1 Work is progressing nicely on the ■ installing of the furniture in the 1 new building of the Old Adams County Bank building. t

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, July 8, 1921.

BANK BANDITS SENT UP. Lima. 0., July 7. —George Donovan and Joe Willis, two of the Hunter- , town bank bandits, who. several weeks ago. figured in one of the most sensational gun battles ever witnessed In Lima, and which resulted in Raleigh Ros's Townsend, one of the bandits being killed, were sentenced in common pleas court here today to serve three years in the state prison (ft Columbus. Both men were found guilt of having robbed Jacob and Samuel Fett, aged brothers and farmers, of near Bluffton, O„ and today they were sentenced by Judge F. •('. Becker. Attorneys representing the bandits immediately made a motion to appeal the case to a higher court. W. E. Hoffman has gone to Fort ' Wayne on business. STATE’S LEVY TO INCREASE TAXES Cry for Lower Taxes Will Not be Heard by State for Another Year THEY WILL GO UP Estimated That at Least Five Cents Will be Added to Present Rate (United Press Service) Indianapolis, July B.—(Special to Daily Democrat). — Indiana property j owners’ cry for lower taxes will not be heard for the year 1922 at least, it was learned here today. The state-wide tax levy on Indiana property, which will be payable in 1922, will be increased at least five cents on each one hundred dollars worth of property which is taxable according to reliable information. Fred A. Sims, former chairman of i the state tax board, estimated that > the valuation of property would drop

jat least ten percent. This, Sims said ' would cause the tax levy to be increas- , ed at least ten percent. The present tax levy, which will be | paid on the last year's valuation is twenty-two cents. The new special levies created by the legislature will J increase this to at least twenty-seven I cents, according to a conservative estimate. i to Sims, the legislature 'at its last session increased the special levies considerable. Special levies for the departments of state increased the state-wide levy at least five cents on each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property. While the legislature was in session an unofficial estimate of the new tax levy was made by certain solons. Some members estimated that the levies for 1922 would be twenty-six cents while others figured it as high as thirty cents. Should the valuations fall lower than ten percent it was explained it would tend to increase the tax levy.

TOM GIBBONS, HEAVYWEIGHT LATEST RING SENSATION * . * - - WSesu'- »•. 1 / A A W Ort xp ■ ■ Egg -MHI * ’ Tom Gibbons, heavyweight boxer of St. Paul and brother of the famous Mike is New York’s newest box9 ing sensation.. In his two gppearB ahces in the Metropolitan City, Tom has stopped xiis opponents in jig time '' He is now looked upon as the most likely opponent for Jack Dempsey.

A BAND CONCERT Second of Series of Band Concerts to be Given Tonight at 8 O’clock COURT HOUSE LAWN Permanent Band Stand is Erected to be Used During the Summer Months The second of the series of band concerts to be given by the Decatur City 'Band throughout the summer months will be held tonight on the court house lawn at 8 o'clock. The band has received permission from the city council to erect the band stand which is now on the court house lawn, and which they will use through out the entire season. The program tonight will be com posed mostly of all the late and popular pieces anil will be worth while attending. The program is as follows: Wild Fire Gallops—-by English. Overture Pretziosa —by Skaggs. (a) Underneath Hawaiian Skies. (b) Drowsy Head Waltz. (c) Nestle in Your Daddy's Arms. Blue Danube Waltz —by Strauss. . (a) My Mammy. (b) Rosie. (c) Uumpah! Umpah! Sunshine Tyralinne—by Erickson. Star Spangled Banner. AUCTION ATTRACTS CROWD The people of this city show much interest in the work of the students at Col. Reppert’s School of Auctioneering. A stand has been erected on the south side of the court house and every evening the students are busy at work on the “block." It’s worth your time to see these young men work and a number of them are already becoming experts in the game.

THE FINAL GAME Final Game of Junior Base Ball Tournament Will Probably be Played TUESDAY EVENING Winners to Receive Silver Plate or Cup with Names' Inscribed On It The Junior Baseball tournament in which six teams, composed of the young boys of this city were com pet ing for the championship will prob ably be brought to a close at Bellmont Park next Tuesday evening. The boys have been battling throughout the summer months for the honor, the winning team of the tournament t< receive a silver plate or cufo with their names inscribed on it, which is to be

donated by the local Rotary club and will either be placed in the Industrial room or the Athletic hall. In the game staged last evening the Chorus Girls defeated the Tigers outfit in a hard fought game by a score of 6 to 5. According to tht standing, the Eagles and Pyramids are tied for the honors, each having won four out of five games played, and (f the Chorus Girls place another victory to the credit tonight they will be tied for the honors with the Eagles and Pyramids which will necessitate the playing of an extra game to determine the winners. The scheduule for this evening will be the Reds vs. the Tigers and the Cubs vs. the Chorus Girls. The game was called at 6 o’clock and are attracting consdierable attention The boys will appreciate your support so comeout tonight and root for your favorite team. The schedule for this evening will "" P~ W.~ Pct. Eagles a 4 -SOO Pyramids 5 4 .800 Chorus Girls • 3 .750 Tigers 4 1 - 250 Cubs 4 1 .250 Reds 4 0 .000 MEETING OF LEGION There will be a regular meeting of the members of Adams Post No. 43 next Monday evening. July 11, at r 7:30 p. m. Meeting will be held in ■ the new quarters in the McConnell ■' building on North Second street. All ’ members are earnestly requested to e be present. Jos. C. Laurent, Post Adj’t,

i THE BELLMONT CAMP MEETING The U. B. Camp meeting in Bellmont park is growing in interest and power at every service. They have “old time" preaching of the Gospel and demonstration of the spirit. Old fashioned shouting in the demonstration of the Help Spirit are quite I nevidence at every service. Interest in every way is growing and the congregation Increasing most Services each forenoon, afternoon and evening. Everybody is invited and made welcome.—Committee. CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE (United Press Service) Chicago. July B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Wheat: July $1.22%; Sept. $1.21%. Corn: July 61%; Sept 60%. Oats: July 36; Sept. 38%. START NEW YEAR * Rotarians Begin Sixth Year With Much Enthusiasm and Big Plans FOR BOYS’ WORK Dr. Patterson Presides at Meeting Held at Bellmont Park Last Evening Last evening’s meeting of the De catur Rotary club marked the beginning of the sixth year of Rotary in Decatur. The meeting was held in one of the buildings at Bellmont park with Dr. Fred x Patterson, the newlyelected president presiding. Dr. Patterson appointed his committees foi the year and also appointed the en tertainment committee for the month Jimmy Arnold, being chairman of the July committee. Jimmy announced on the last Thursday in the month he would arrange a joint or get-to gether meeting with the Kendallville ■Rotary club at Rome City and that 'plans would be made for a day’s outing.

A letter from the State Chamber of Commerce relative to paying the eX penses of a speaker sent out to explain he proposed thirteen amendments to the state constitution which will be voted on at a special election on Sep tember 6th was read and tabled for the present. The subject of the pro posed was tfien discussed by the members and it was moved and seconded that Attorney D. B. Erwin and Attorney Henry Heller explain the amendments to the members of the club, they being discussed for information only and in a non-political way. A. D. Suttles told of the interest shown in the Junior league baseball club and that plans were being made to play the final games next week The club allowed a bill for the bast ball supplies furnished to the league and will award a silver cup or plate to the league winners. Mr. Suttles has charge of the league in the ah sence of Mr. Worthman and every eve ning at 6 o’clock can be found on the baseball diamond in Bellmont park Chaperoning the boys. It was unamiousiy agreed that the -.boys’ work movement would receive the united support of the Rotarians during the coming year and plans were made accordingly. ' The new officers who assumed theij duties last evening, were Dr. Fred Patterson, president; W. A. Klepper vice-president; O. L. Vance, secretary; John Ftsher, treasurer, and Oscar Lankenau, sergeant-at-arms. TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN. Muncie, Ind., July B.—(Special to Daily Democrat).—An attempt to wreck the east bound New York fly er which passes through Muncie shortly after midnight was reported to the police today. Search is being made for a man seen loitering along the Big Four tracks just east of the city where it was discovered that 21 spikes had been drawn from the ties and the rail plates loosened with a i wrench. Discovery of the damage ! done was made when an automobile ( was wrecked near the track. The j stranger suspected of pulling the j spikes is described as a man of inid- ) die age and poorly dressed- He was seen loitering in that vicinity for several hours and begged food at a nearby house. Railroad detectives who f said it was a mirflle the train was 3 not wrecked, can assign no cause for t the attempt. 11 Sir. and rMs. Henry Smallback ami 1 three weeks old daugghter. Ruth of I' Fort Wayne, are vivsiting at the home o of Mr. Sol Sheets. Mrs. Smallback was formerly Miss Ruth .Sheets of t. this dty.

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1 STEAMER MUNSON J CAUSES A FRIGHT Two Days Overdue and Feared That It Had Been Victim of Mystery Ship WIRELESS IS RECEIVED This Afternoon — Son of President Harding’s Secretary is a Cadet Officer (United Press Service) New York. .July B—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Wireless reports were received here today from the Munson liner Qillao which had not been heard from since June 20. A message to officials of the line stated the vessel had not been in distress and that she was procedeing slowly to New York and expected to arrive at quarantine Monday night. There was no reason given for the delay. By Russell Browning. I lilted I’renn Neri Ire. Washington. July 8. — (Special to Daily Democrat).—John Christian, son of President Harding’s secretary, is on the overdue Munson line steamer Callao, his father said today. The boy's father. George Christian, learned today that the ship on which his son is a cadet officer, overdue. He immediately cancelled an engagement to go riding and made several long distance phone calls for further information on the vessel. Government officials speeded up their investigation of the strange fate that has befallen ships off the Atlantic coast within the past few months. Young Christian is 19 years old. His father said he was ambitious to go to sea and secured an appointment as a (Continued on page four)

CONTINUED HOT Is Menu Handed Out by Weather Man—No Relief in Sight for Day or Two SHOWERS HELP SOME Some Damage to Crops in the Middle West States Including Indiana Intense heat throughout the United States today caused many deaths and prostrations and inflicted severe damage to crops. From one coast to the other heat waves were reported with the season's mercury records shattered and little relief in sight. On the Pacific coast a trade wind brought down the mercury from record of 106 in Fresno and 104 in Sacramento. Pittsgurgh reported ten deaths this week and other parts of Pennsylvania nine others. New England had scores of prostrations. Wheat and oats crops in Northern states received serious damage. Ohio is experiencing the hottest weather of the summer. Canada was not fair the mercury registering close to 100 degrees in many sections. The temperature will be somewhat lower in the lake region and the upper Ohio valley but will change little in the rest of the territory east of the Mississippi during the' next thirty-six hours the report said. Chicago, July B.—(Special to Daily Democrat I. —Thunder storms relieved some sections of the mid west today from the intense heat which caused hundreds of prostrations and many deaths in the last few weeks. Rain was reported generally in the region of the Great Lakes, during last night and today. In Chicago, a rain storm flooded the city. Children flocked to the streets and waded in the water rushing down the pavements. A PEACE PROCLAMATION. > Washington, July 8. — (Special to i Daily Democrat). —A draft of the pro- ' posed peace proclamation has been prepared by Attorney General Daugherty and was submitted at the 1 cabinet meeting today, it was learns ed. I 3 ' i Mr. Ellis Emerick of Hoagland, was f a business visitor in the city this morning.