Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1922 — Page 1

Ulnme XX. Number 12.

THE PELLETIER entertainment Next Wednesday \T THE MASONIC HALL By Company of Stars-Play-ers Are Secured by the Athletic Association. ppcatur amusement lovers arc more than pleased with the announceBPnt vestertkiy ‘hat the | Pelletier Players have been secured for an entttiiinment Mre next Wednesday Xing at 'he Masonic hall. The company has an excellent reputation for work on chautauqua and lyceuin platforms, and they should be greet,,l next week in this city by a packed house. It is just a piece of good luck that they were secured, and had it not been through a personal acquaintance with Prof. J. D. Cline, the bureau representative probably would not thought of placing the company here to enable them to pick up part of a financial loss occasioned because of a mix-up in dates, which would have kept them idle for the night. ■The Newly-Weds’’ which is one of the plays announced for the entertainment here, is the company’s feature play, and newspapers and critics everywhere have passed favorably upon their work. “A Complicated Affair," the second play of the evening, is equally as good and Decatur people will miss an evening of real pleasure if they fail to attend. The admission is 50 and 35 cents, and the high school athletic association, which is in charge, will appreciate your patronage. e HOME FROM CONVENTION. Chas. Voglewede returned last evening from Chicago, where he spent the past week attending the biggest gath ail of shoe dealers ever held. It is estimated that there wer 7,00 t dealers at the convention, men from Canada, and South America, besides the many hundreds from the United States. CUT HIS HAND. Monroe, Ind., .Jan. 14. —Charles Burke, residing one mile west and one mile north of .Monroe, on the Otis Hocker farm while trying to pry some candy loose from a dish with a butcher knife yesterday afternoon cut a deep gash in his left hand. He was trough, to- Monroe where a physician toolseveral stitches to close the wound.

THE CROOKE LANDS. New York, Jan. 14.—(Special tc Daiy Democrat).—How Captain Jo seph J. Reppa commanding his first vessel at sea brought the army trans Port Crooke safely home to port through a terrific storm after the vessel sprung a serious leak was told to day when the Crooke docked with 1.000 doughboys from the Rhine, four teen German brides and G 42 bodies oi American soldiers. The Crooke docked today after belag escorted up the bay by tugs and |,oats containing relatives of the returning soldiers and city officials. Highest praise of Captain Reppa "ho kept all knowledge of the danger tfom his passengers and from most of the crew was given by Captain Walter ernard, marine superintendent of the S. transport service. Captain Reppa had never before ,eei: in command of a vessel. hour women besides the German 11 ''les of the American soldiers were °n the passenger list. — •- dent school opened. (Contributed) School opened at the Dent school ‘®»se last Monday morning with an r <> ment of nineteen pupils. Mrs. < y Myers, of Monmouth, is the rra t ler or h * n th® school is proL.'“ S ' UB Very nice >y- One little boy Woill ,X t 0 make this remark: “It com i- e ' nOre liko Bchoo > if teacher httle g g the big beU ” Che «r «P. Truatee Oerke and his adoughlv ° ar(l haVe prom ‘ secl t 0 thorschool hn emo<k ,be goOd 01,1 Dent t X v ° USe n6Xt Bpring 80 Sepa cap . ° nt bel * a ® it rings forth ' t 0 one and all to come to school. A Daily Reader

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• the weather forecast « Indiana: Fair tonight and Sunday except snow flurries tonight in extreme north portion, warmer tonight, colder Sunday strong south shifting to west winds Upper Michigan: Probably snow tonight and Sunday, slightly warmer in east portion tonight, colder Sunday. south shifting to northwest gales. Lower Michigan: Snow flurries tonight and Sunday, wanner in south and central portions tonight, colder Sunday; south shifting to northwest winds. DEFEAT WARREN Decatur Iliijh School Boys Varsity Basketball Team Cop Another Victory FINAL SCORE 18 TO 27 St. .Joe High School Bovs Defeat C. C. H. S. Fresh men in Good Game. The Decatur high school boys varsity basketball team continued their victorious march in the game staged at the Athletic hall last evening, they defeating the Warren high school boys in a one-sided contest by a score of 48 to 27. The game* proved far moreinteresting than the score would indicate, a good battle being put up by both sides. Greely, of Fort Wayne was chosen to referee the game last evening, but owing to the fact that he failed to arrive. Hurley the Warren coach took charge the first half and Moore, the local coach refereed the second period, both performing some excellent work. The game started off in the regular manner. Dorwin dropping in the first free throw which was quickly followed by the visitors. Throughout the first half both sides fought desperately the scoring ranging evenly and the period ended with the locals having a two point lead of 20 to IS. At the opening of the second halt the locals took a decided spurt, swoop Ing the visitors off their feet and within two minutes of play had register ed seven more points. The scoring for the locals continued regularly, they dropping the ball through the ring from all corners of the floor registering twenty-eight more points and allowed their opponents nine more, the final score standing 48 to 27 in favor of the locals. “Bobby” Meyer proved to be the big point getter, he registering eleven field baskets or a total of twenty-two points. He was followed by Dorwin. who came through with one field has ket and twelve free throws for a total of fourteen points. Every member of he local team added to the score, each succeeding in getting one or more baskets. The preiminary staged between the St. Joe high school five and the C. C. H. S. freshmen of Fort Wayne also proved a worthy battle, the local five winning out in the last few minutes of play after a hard-fought struggle by a score of 12 to 9. The scoring throughout the entire game was held down to a great extent, the visitors leading at the end of the first halt by a score of 5 to 4. The same tight playing continued the second period, the Fort Wayne team leading by a small margin up until the last few’ minutes of play when the locals dropped in several long shots in quick succession putting them in the lead, the game ending 12 to 9 in their favor. The first preliminary of the evening was staged between the St. Joe eighth graders and the Catholic eight grade team, of Fort Wayne, the locals losing by a score of 27 to 17. The game was well played, the visitors proving a little too fast for the St. Joe boys, who were never able to overcome the lead taken by the visitors early in the game. The line-up and summary of last nights game is as follows: Decatur Warren MyersF Wuerste DorwinF St. Holmes LinnC Lombard Teeple,.G Souers Steele .G.... Groves Field baskets—Decatur: Myers, 11; Linn, 2; Dorwin, 1; Teeple 3; Steele, I. Warren: Wuerste, 2; Lombard, 3; Souers, 1; S. Holmes, 3; C. Holmes, 1. Fouls —Decatur: Dorwin. 12 out of 16: Warren: S. Holmes, 7 out of 13. Referees: Moore, Decatur; Hurley, Warren. Cathedral eighth grade, 23: Decatur eighth grade. 17. Moore referee. C. C. H. S. freshmen, 9; St. Joe high school, Decatur, 12. Moore, referee.

IT COST MONEY United States Spent Six Million Dollars to Enforce Prohibition DURING PAST YEAR Secured 20,000 Convictions Out of 30,000 Prosecutions—Property Taken. ( I'nlted l*r?KN Seri !«•••>. Washington, Jan. 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Results and costs of national prohibition were revealed today in facts and figures by the prohibition bureau on the eve of the third birthday of the eighteenth amendment. This summary of last year’s en forcement supplied to the United Press exclusively showed: Arrests for drunkenness decreased 60 percent. Nearly a million gallons of liquor have been seized. Thirty thousand criminal prosecutions were begun. Twenty thousand convictions were obtained. Property seized totalled nearly $13,000,000. These major accomplishments cost $6,274,523.47, including rent, miscellaneous office expenditures, salares and traveling expenses of national agents. In the list of property seized from violators of the law were: 600 automobiles, 40 boats, 26 wagons, 1 airplane, 45 horses and mules, 5 motorcycles, $7,500 in cash; 70 tracts of land, 7 stocks of merchandise. These were taken under the provision of the law which allows for seizure of property on which the violation occur, with certain restrictions. The appioximate costs of operations includes: Rent. $126,847.05; telephone, $17,409,05; supplies and (Continued on page two) NEW bIuTpLAN I Has Been Worked Out by Republican Leaders--In-terest on Foreign Debt TO FURNISH MONEY Opposed by Sales Tax Boost-ers-Can’t Be Paid Until Late Next Year. (United I’reMM PervJee). Washington. Jan. 14 — (Special to Daily Democrat) -The United States will pay a soldier bonus without one cent of additional taxation upon the people, under plans republican leaders in congress were working on today. This plan calls for paying the bonus with interest on the foreign debt or by the sale of bonds issued against collection of the war debt principal. “The proposal that the foreign debt be used to pay the bonus undoubtedly will be adopted, if it proves feasible, and I believe it will,” Representative Fordney. chairman of the house ways and means committee, told the United Press today. “President Harding is in favor of the plan and has personally commended it to the committee." The first step in the bonus program will be the enactment of the foreign debt refunding bill, already passed by the house and shortly to be taken up in the senate. On the heels of the debt bill’s passage, the house will bring out the bonus measure, pass it in short order and send it to the senate. The bonus bill, as now planned, will carry no means of raising revenue. merely stating that payments are to be made from the foreign debt. Under this plan, administration leaders doubt if payments of the bonus can be started before late next year. This doubt arises from the question how long the commission created by the foreign debt refunding bill will need to whip the debt into shape so that money will start coming in. To pay the bonus the commission would collect immediately as much of the debt interest, amounting to about two billion dollars as the debtor nations were able to pay. and tho rest of the bonus money would be raised through the sale of debt bonds. A powerful attempt will be made in both branches of congress to have the bonus money raised by a sales tax. Advocates of this tax contend that hooking the bonus up with the foreign debt puts the bonus on an extremely uncertain basis and will not guarantee payments.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, January 14, 1922.

!•+++++++ + + + + + + + 4- SHANK’S LATEST 4- +- - + 4* Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 14 — + 4> (Special to Daily Democrat) — ♦ 4- Lew Shank, mayor es the Hoos- + 4 1 ier metropolis, came to the front + 4> today for the bachelors and 4> ♦ widows. + + Shank established a “marriage + ♦ bureau.” in the city hall, and !• will organize a society of wid- •> <• ows, widowers, old maids and 4- •> bachelors —object matrimony. 44> "Why dern it. a widow is bet- 4* > tor off when she is married again 4- ♦ and I never did think a man + fr should run around single," said + ♦ Shank. 44- “If any widow or widower is 44* thinking of getting married + k again who hasn't found the right 4- $• partner, I'll fix them up if they 4k will send nro their names." ♦ 4- The mayor simultaneously an- 44- nounced he would give a high 44> chair to each of the first 500 44* babies in Indianapolis named + ♦ after him. 44 > 4**4 , * + + 4>4 i + 4'4'4>4 > 4«4 1 MR. MAGLEY IS NOW IN CHARGE New Highway Supt. Will Make Number of Appointments Next Week LIST OF ASSISTANTS Probably Thirteen District Assistants Mill Be Appointed by Mr. Magley. Charles E. Magley, Adams county new Highway Superintendent has taken charge of the superintendent’s office and is now giving his time and thought to the roads in Adams county. Superintendent Magley announced this morning that he would appoint his assistant road superintendents the first of next week Heretofore, thir teen deputies have been appointed and in all probability Superintendent Magley will appoint the same number of men to assist him in looking after the 650 miles or improved road in the county. Mr. Magley stated that he wanted to appoint the deputies as soor as possible, so if he was called on to “dig the roads out a snow drift or grade, then within the next couple ot weeks” that he would get to work immediately. Accompanied by former highway superintendent. Jim A. Hendricks, Superintendent Magley inspected the road system throughout the count) and took an invoice of the stone and material on hand. Mr. Hendricks also turned over an inventory of stone and materials on hand to the new superintendent. Mr. Magley is desirous to keep the roads of Adams county in the same high-class manner as heretofore and asks that the good people of the community support him and his assistants in their efforts to do that. TO STATE~FARM Joe Nordvornick Pleads Guilty to Violation of Indiana Liquor Laws AND ALSO FINED SIOO Arrested in This City Friday Evening, December 30 by Sheriff Melchi. Joe Nordvornick, Belgian beet worker, whom Sheriff Melchi arrested in this city Friday evening, December 30th, was arraigned in circuit court this morning before Judge Moran, where he pleaded guilty to a violation of the Indiana liquor laws. He was represented by Attorney L. C. De Voss who advised that the plea of guilty be made. Prosecuting Attorney E. Burt Lenhart appeared for the state. After the plea was made, Judge Moran sentenced the beet worker to the state penal farm at Puttnamville, for a period of thirty days and assessed a tine of SIOO. He will probably be taken to the farm on Monday. Nordvornick was arrested on the doorstep of the Decatur Democrat office, two weeks ago last evening, after Sheriff Melchi had followed him a half block and stopped him. He was lugging a suit case, that was entirely | too heavy for ordinary use. When the sheriff accosted him and asked the contents of the case, he carried it over and placed it in the doorway of (Continued ou page three)

ANNUAL REPORT Os County Recorder Joe McConnell Submitted to the State Department MORTGAGE AND LIENS Total $1,046,082 for the Year-Six Hundred-Eight Deeds Are Recorded. The annual report of County Recorder Joe McConnell, submitted to the state department, yesterday, ■hows some interesting figures, and also shows that the county recorder has been a rather busy man during the year closing December 31. The report goes to the Indiana Legislative Bureau at Indianapolis. The report is as follows: Warranty and quit claim deeds (607) Cash consideration ~.51,478,781.00 Auditor’s deeds (1) 97.00 Total, 608 $1,478,878.00 No. $1 considerations 150 Other miscellaneous papers .... 695 Mortgages Farm mortgages (280). .$1,105,857.00 Lots, city and town (150) 161.256.00 School fund mortgages (11) 10,965.00 Chattel mortgages (174) 143,425.00 Liens (96) 12,615.00 Total (711) $1,434,128.00 Satisfactions Farm mortgages (357)... .$852,415.00 Lots, city and town (166) 126,464.00 School fund mortgages (38) 14.636.00 Chattel mortgages (157)... 47.090.00 Liens (30) 5,477.00 Total (748) $1,046,082.00 Total number of farm names recorded during year 3. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Peterson will motor to Indianapolsi Monday, where Mr. Peterson will look after business and Mrs. Peterson will attend the State Federation of clubs on Tuesday. COMMUNITY MEET In Kirkland Township Was Attended by Practically Everyone in District TALKS WERE MADE By Col. Perdue and 0. L. Vance—Jesse Byerly Presided at the Meeting. Kirkland township turned out enmasse to semimonthly Community meeting last evening in the Kirkland township high school. Young and old, men. women and children, seated two in a seat packed the big assembly room in the beautiful and modern high school building and a most enjoyable time was had by all. Jesse Byerly well known citizen of that township and president of the Kirkland township community association presided at the meeting. The audience was a little disappointed over the fact that the members of the Glee Club of the Reppert Auctioneering school were unable to attend the meeting, but Col. Fred Perdue instructor at the school and O. L. Vance of this city filled the bill. Mr. Byerly made a few remarks and then called on Col. Perdue who made an excellent talk. He discussed the farming situation as it appeared today, spoke of the opportunities of the farmer, remarked that the present market conditions for the farmer’s product could not be corrected through legislation, but by controlling the cost of production of the farm, commended those present for the excellent community spirit shown and in his usual clever and pleasing way told a few stories and made the crowd laugh. O. L. Vance was the next speaker and being surprised to learn he was on the program for the evening, stated he would try to "fill in” the best he could. Os course, everyone knows that Lee is a good speaker and can tell stories for both young and old and his stories and jokes were greatly appreciated. The Zimmerman sisters, little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Milt Zimmerman entertained the crowd with a piano duet and songs. Their part in the evening’s program was more than appreciated and the little girls displayed excellent talent in music. A number of Decatur men attended the meeting, they being, Carl Pumphrey, Lee Vance, Col. Perdue, A. R. Holthouse, John T. Myers. E. F. Gass, F. V. Mills and John Bright.

APPENDICITIS. I Cloicy, the nine year old son of Mr and Mrs. Roily Crozier of Union township. was ill for two days with apdicltis. He was taken to the Lutheran hospital yesterday, where he was operated on at 6 o'clock! He Is in a very serious condition as the appendix had been ruptured. Word received from Fort Wayne this morning stated the young lad was getting along as well as could be expected. HOFFMAN’S HAVE GIRL A fine baby girl was Is.rn last evening to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hoffman residing south of Monroe. UP TO CONGRESS Ford’s Otter on Muscle Shoals Nitrate Project to Be Referred BIG FIGHT COMING Interests Hostile to Project Are Busy-Farmer’s Bloc Will Be For Him. United Press Service. Washington, Jan. 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Henry Ford’s offer for the great muscle shoals nitrate project today was in the realm of politics. Upon the heels of Secretary of War Weeks’ announcement that he would send the Ford hid to congress within a short time, it became known that congressional leaders already have discussed the probable effect on the election next fall ot whatever action they take on it. One of the liveliest political battles of the last decade is now in prospect. Already the fertilizer and other interests hostile to the Ford offer have started a campaign against it. Ford’s friends, who include leading members of the farm bloc, already have mapped out plans to counteract the opposition and they claim to be backed by a rapidly growing sentiment from the agricultural sections for the prompt acceptance, of the Ford offer, believing it will provide cheaper fertilizer. Those associated with Ford in the long negotiations with Weeks over the offer assert that the secretary’s action in sending it to congress is a virtual acceptance of the bid. although they admit he may not give it his wholehearted indorsement in the “comments” he will make. They point to the fact that the war department is now putting the offer in the form ot a contract, and that this action indicates a recommendation totally against the offer is completely out of Weeks’ mind. He already has publicly stated that he believed the Ford office is the only comprehensive one for the project. In his message to congress Weeks probably will point out the modifications he endeavored to obtain from Ford. The modifiaction Ford did agree to may prove beneficial to him. He agrees to pay four percent on the total cost of completing the two muscle shoal dams, whatever that may be. Prveiously he had offered to pay six percent on his estimate that the cost would be $25,000,000. Army engineers believe the cost will be more, but it may not be so much higher that his four percent payments on the higher amount would equal the six percent on $25,000,000. Ford remained in Washington today. THE COURT NEWS Judge John C. Moran was back on the bench in the Adams circut court today, after being at Fort Wayne the past three days, continuing the case of Lyons & Lyons vs. The United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., a suit for the collection of burglary insurance. The arguments will be made Monday, and the judge will return to Fort Wayne on that day to complete the hearing. A marriage license was issued this morning to William C, Humerickhouse, laborer, Wells county, Indiana, born October 10, 1894. son of Henry E. Humerickhouse, and Eunice Ernst, housekeeper, Peterson, born November 17, 1896. daughter of George Ernst. Real estate transfers: Sephus Melchi to Selma Knutson, sheriff's deed to inlot 192, Berne, $922.94; L. A. Sprunger to Mary Herron, lot 490, M. R. E. cemetery, SSO; Lillie Carter et al. to Frank E. Jones, 60 acres, Root township, $10,500; Margaret V. Richard to Carl Archer, inlot 22, Pleasant Mills, $425. ~ -— —■ —•— - # c" Mrs. Clyde Butler arrived home today after spending several days’ visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wells of Fort Jennings, O.

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HAYS TO RESIGN JOB IN CABINET Postmaster General Gives Out Statement TodayPresident Regrets Action IN PICTURE GAME Senator Harry S. New of Indiana Will Get First Offer of the Place. Vnlte.l Mlnff l'orrew|M>n.lenl Washington, Jan. 14—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Postmaster General Hays today announced his intention of resigning from President Harding’s cabinet to become the "movie king" of the United States. Official announcement of his intentions was made by Hays following a conference at the White House this morning in which President Harding reluctantly equiesced to the postmaster general leaving the cabinet. Upon the highest authority the United Press today learned that Senator Harry New, Indiana, very probably will be offered the post. Hays, the first member to drop out of the official family, becomes head of the national association ot the motion picture industry representing virtually all the largest film producers in the country. Tlie new office bears somewhat the same relation to the motion picture industry, now the fourth largest inmusical entertainment in the nation that Judge K. N. Landis’ position does to organized baseball. Following the conference at the White House Hays and Harding both issued statements but no mention was made of when the resignation would become effective. Hays’ statement said: “With the President’s consent I have decided to undertake the work suggested by the motion picture producers and distributors. No contract has been executed yet. I am assuming of course that a satisfactory contract will be possible and one which will make certain carrying out the high purposes contemplated for this industry.” President Harding expressed his regret at having Postmaster General Hays retire from the cabinet "where he has already made so fine a record.” •— COMPLAIN OF SPEEDING Several complaints have recently been made of speeding autoists on the state road from the Smith bridge to Monmouth. Many people who travel the highway, and the residents of Monmouth state that at times it is extremely dangerous to be on the read, and they make the request that officials investigate the matter, and take whatever steps are necessary to have drivers keep within the limits specified in the law. WILL OPEN NEW SCHOOL. Chicago, Jan. 14.—(Special to Daily Democrat). —Arrangements were made today at Mrs. Harold McCormick, divorced wife of the President of the International Harvester company, to start a school of synthetic psychology at the famous McCormick estate in Lake Forest Mrs. McCormick, a daughter of John D. Rockefeller, obtained the estate in the property settlement following the divorce and took possession of the home. She studied synthetic psychology at the famous June school in Switzerland for eight years. -- . > LONG RECEIVES JUDGEMENT Portland, Ind., Jan. 13 —Judgment in the sum of $38,213 was rendered in E. E. McGriffin in the case of J. A. the circuit court Tuesday by Judge Long Company, of Portland, against M. P. Knudsen, former manager of the company’s cream station at Union City, in which an accounting of $50,000 was sought by the plaintiff. A petition filed by the defendant for a transfer of the case to the United States district court of Indiana was overruled by the local court. - • 4- FARMERS’ INSTITUTE + Monday. January 23, 1922, Monmonth, Ind. Cal. D. Kunkle, chairman. Tuesday, January 24, 1922, Monroe, Ind. G. H. McManama, chairman. Wednesday, January 25, Kirkland high school. Jesse Byerly, chairman. Thursday, January 26, Geneva, Ind. Frank Ineichen, chairman. Friday, January 27, 1922, Hartford high school. G. W. Holloway, chairman. Farmers are requested to be present at any or all of the above meetings. Splendid programs will be rendered and good speaking assured. — G. H. McManama, county chairman.