Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 21 January 1922 — Page 1

Volume XX.. Number 18

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both teams win Bovs and Girls Team of Decatur High School in Double Victory in LAST NIGHT’S CLASH Bovs Defeated Portland 28 to 18—Girls Defeat ’ Montpelier 17 to 5. The Decatur high school boys and girls varsity basketball teams added another double victory to their list in two games staged at the gym last evening. the local bpys defeating the Portland high school boys team by a score of 28 to 18 and the girls defeating the Montpelier girls by a score of 17 to 5. Both games were well played and proved interesting throughout. In the clash between the two boys team, the game took on the appearance of a realtor-sure battle at the opening but soon changed when the locals jumped Into the lead. The locals started the scoring by registering a free throw after one minute of play which was quickly followed by the visitors who were given several more free throws, all of which registered. The local machine then opened up they climbing into the lead by registering several field goals and were leading at the end of the first half with the score standing 14 to 6, the visitors making all their points up to this time on free throws. The locals continued to pile up their lead in the second half and were never in danger of droping behind. The visI tors registered their first field basket after the second period had been in I play for about ten mipues and then I dropped in three more, in quick succession. all of which were made from the center of the floor, the final score resulting 28 to 18 in favor of the locals. Dorwin. of the locals proved to he the big point getter, he coming through with eighteen points, followed by Ohmart, of the visitors, who registered ten points on free throws. The game between the local high school girls team and the Montpelier ladies proved very interesting, the locals winning by a score of 17 to 5. The game was hard fought all the way, the visitors jumping into the lead at the start which they held for some time but were forced to hold the short end of the score at the first half which stood 7 to 5. The locals came back in their old time form in the second half registering ten more points and kept the Montpelier girls from a single point, the final score resulting 17 to 5 in favor of the locals. The lineup and summary of last nights game w’as as follows: Decatl 'f Portland Meyer F Ohmart Dorwin F Holmes Cline C .. Oren Tefiple • • ■ G Blowers Seele G Farris Held Goals: Decatur, Dorwin, 4;, C1 >ne; Teeple, 3; Steele. Portland: Oren. 4. Foul goals: Decatur: ten “it of twenty-one. Portland: ten out seventeen. ■ • THE ben HUR OFFICERS. The new officers of the Ben Hur mlge were installed last evening, Mrs. ’•uy Art man acting as the installing officer. The officers are: Chief. " ! ‘ aßl Weis; post chief, William '•'in. Judge, Fern Heineisen, teacher, • nnas Simmers; scribe, Mary E. Artman; keeper of tribute, Emma C. «Wk; captain, C. E. Clevenger; guide, 7-en p °tts, inside guard, Emma Staley outside guard Opal Tucker, Annis; () y Mumma, Ben H ur; Russell Acker . ° er of Hur; Mary E. Artman, Tir an Lucile Trim, Rabbi Joseph, Or ini o Springer. Master of ceremonies, . , am Trim; Pianist, Ruby Baker; sistant pianist, Goldie Closs. Mrs. ieirm Burk are be * innl “8 of tri? t l year as scrlbe antl keeper men ' Ute ' After tbe l nsta 'lation the lodvo' !nt< r t u ined tbe members of the anppr "”1 1 friends to a fine oyster incre» cam Paign will be started to and r the Ben Hur -nembership new il° 3e WriUng * lo ’ ooo worth of trip tn , Barance wln be given a free in Cray 7 S ? Preme meetin * to be held awfordsvilie, next June. after b„ o ? heetß looked W businesa here this morning.

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NEW COMERS. The stoFk nude a stop this morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jason Archbold of North Seventh street, leaving a nine pound boy. This is the fourth child but first boy in the family. Mrs. Archbold was formerly Miss Ida Merriman. Mother and son are getting along nicely. -a CAN EXCHANGE STAMPS I “■ ’■ ■ I !■ Postmaster Bosse announces that ■ holders of four or more thrift stamps may now exchange them for |I.OO in-terest-bearing postal savings certificates and that any depositor having S2O or more in postal savings sertiflcates may exchange them (without loss of interest) for treasury savings certificates yielding 4% per cent compounded semiannually if held five years. OPPOSITION TALK Against Congressman Vestal is Now Being Heard— Judge Gordon AND SEVERAL OTHERS Claude Ball and Jacob Denny Are Mentioned as Democratic Possibilities. Muncie, Ind., Jan. 21 —Albert H. Vestai, of Anderson, representative of the eighth Indiana congressional district, may be opposed for renomination by the republicans in the May primaries, according to reports current here. It had been supposed that Mr. Vestal would again receive the nomination without opposition, but several names as possible candidates are benig mentioned by political leaders. Among those mentioned are Walter L. Ball of Muncie, i lawyer, and former state senator from Delaware county; Frank Gordon of Bluffton, judge of the Wells circuit court; Miles Furnas of Winchester, state senator from Jay and Randolps counties; Oswald Ryan of Anderson, lawyer and member of the national executive council of the American Legion; Roscoe Wheat, a lawyer of Portland, and others. Not Concentrated Any oposition to Vestal's nomination at this time is not concentrated, however, as there is nothing resembling an alliance among those who would like to be candidates. Some friends of the opposing candidates now are feeling out sentiment in the various counties of the district and * n the event announcements are made these may not come for two or three weeks. Vestal's friends in the district have an organization that they believe will be sufficient to win the nomination again even in the event their candidate is opposed. The democrats of the district are beginning to show an interest in the congressional race also. They expect a possible division in the republican ranks to give them the opportunity to elect a congressman in his normally republican district which for many years was represented by John A. M. Adair, demomrat, of Portland. Among the names mentioned for the democratic nomination are those of Claude C. Ball, a Muncie lawyer, and Jacob Denney, of Portland. TAKE INVOICE NEXT WEEK. It was stated that the taking of the invoice of the stock in the business house to be sold to Decatur men, would probably be started next Wednesday and that the store would be closed for two or three days next week, if the present plans w’ere carried out. A more definite announcement about the sale of the store will be made next week. ■ - > • THE WEATHER FORECAST ♦ ♦«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« Indiana: Generally fair tonight and Sunday, except probably-snow flurries in extreme north portion; colder Sunday and in northwest portion tonight, cold wave Sunday. Lower Michigan: Snow flurries tonight, colder Sunday in northwest portions tonight; cold wave Sunday, moderate variable winds becoming fresh northwest. Upper Michigan: Occasional snow flurries tonight and Sunday; colder Sunday and in west portion tonight; cold wave in west and central portions!

TO ROAD SCHOOL Highway Superintendent Magley Will Attend School at Purdue OTHERS MAY GO Surveyor Both and One of Two of the Commissioners May Attend. County highway superintendent Charles E. Magley, will attend the Road School at Purdue next week and County Surveyor Dick Bot h and one or two of the county commissioners are planning on attending the session a few days. The purpose of the school is to bring together all the engineers, officials, contractors and others interested in the street and highway problems in the state that they may hear various phases of their problems presented by experts of national reputation and that they may meet and exchange ideas with others. The design of pavements construction methods, maintenance, etc., is changing continually and no official or engineer can keep in touch with the new developments except through such road schools. The course this year was extended to one week so that the road superintendents might comply with the law by attending the Purdue school. Efforts have been made to group the program so that those in one special line of work will be able to get their particular subjects in one or two days. Surveyors and engineers will find many of their problems covered in the course on Wednesday ami Thursday. City street commissioners will be espe daily interested in the Thursday afternoon. Friday and Saturday morning session: The first half of the course will appeal especially to high way contractors while the latter half will be of greater value to city street contractor!. The program starts Monday afternoon and will end at noon Saturday. AT PORTLAND Mid-Year Meeting of Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity Held at Portland SUNDAY, JANUARY 22 Meeting Opens at 9 o’clock and Will Be Attended by High Officials. The S. E. C. meeting of the Phi Delta Kappa National Fraternity, will be held at Portland. Sunday, January 22. This is the annual mid year meeting and a great many very important matters will be discussed. Several members of the local chapter are planning on attending as well as many members from other chapters all over the United States, including all the Important officers of the fraternity. The big meeting will open Sunday morning at 9 o'clock and it will be strictly a business affair owing t® the great number of grave questions to be settled. No social functions will take place. Among the important men who will attend the meeting will be: George Biggerstaff, of Wabash, National President; Robert F. Kaser, of Sidney, O„ National vice president; Norman H. Marshall of Mansfield. 0., National Master of Ceremonies; W. C. Warner, of Warsaw, National Inner Guard; Generous Hays, of Indianapolis, National Outer Guard; C. N. Nichols of this city, National Secretary-Treas-urer; E. A. Moss of Marion, Editor-in-chief of the Phi Delta Kappa Magazine; Darwin Fitzpatrick of Indianapolis, formerly of Portland, Attorney for the Fraternity; Paul F. Deaton of Greensburg, Auditor; Homer Bragg of Muncie, S. H. Bemenderfer of Muncie, Jay Rawles of Kokomo, Louis J. Duntin of Fort Wayne. There will be many visitors from other Chapters all over the United States. —.• MR. SONDAY SERIOUSLY ILL. Samuel Sonday of Grant street is seriously ill with heart trouble and a nervous break-down. He is the father of James Berman Sonday, who was buried yesterday.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, January 21,1922.

WAR ON CEMENT PRICES. ' Chicago, Jan. 21.—(Special to Dally Democrat). —Highway departments of eight states in the Mississippi valley : today declared war on cement manti-; facturers. Illinois. lowa, Kansas. Michigan, j Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota j and Wisconsin will not buy any more | cement for road construction until the price on cement Is lowered. Representatives of these states met , here today and pledged themselves to | a “gentlemen's agreement” to this effect. Indiana and Ohio departments were invited but no representatives were present. The agreement tyas been snt to these two states and It is said that they will also join in the boycott. Mrs. Wilford Miller is suffering from sciatic rheumatism. SAME OFFICERS I Farmers State Bank of 1 Preble Re-elects Same Officers and Directors MR. SMITH CASHIER t . Bank Enjoyed Good Busi-! ness and Directors Are Pleased With Showing. The annual election of the officers s and directors of the Farmers State I Bank at Preble, was held Friday aft ernoon in the banking rooms of the bank at Preble, the election resulting ’ in the re-election of the same direc- ' tors and officers. The board of directors is composed > of the following: John T. Hoffman Jeff Klopfenstein, William Meyer, Al bert Reppert, August Conrad, John ■ Miller and Benedict Lininger. The i directors elected the following offi- ’ cers: John T. Hoffman, president; Jeff Klopfenstein, vice president; C. ; R. Smith, cashier; Miss Edna Werling, assistant cashier. A good business was enjoyed by the bank during the year, 1921, and the I officers and directors are well pleased with the showing made. Mr. Smith and Miss Werling, who vere shot by the bank bandits last summer have practically recovered from the effects of wounds and are on the job every day. Robert F. Kaser national vice president of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity will be in this city Monday, January 23 on the yearly inspection trip of the chapters in the state. Mr. and Mrs. George Urick and fam ily of Monroe, shopped in this city . this morning. SPENCER RIFLE One of the Weapons Which Helped Win the Civil War Owned by Dr. Smith OWNED BY HIS UNCLE ! And Purchased Recently— Great Inventor Died During the Past Week. 1 Christopher Minor Spencer, one of ! the greatest inventors of this country • and whose automatic rifle invented • manufactured and used during the Civil War is credited with winning 1 that conflict, died at the home of a . son a few days ago, at Hartford, Conn. He was eighty-eight years old and t an intimate friend of President Lin- ■ coin. He invented a steam engine, a ■ thread spooling machine, a drop forge • and other devices. From 1862 to - 1865 he was engaged in instructing ' Union soldiers how to use his new f rifle and it became a deadly weapon. ; It is said the enemy would run when ! they saw a regiment approaching . with Spencer rifles. > Dr. W. E. Smith of this city has one ’ of these famous rifles which he secured last summer from an uncle, Augustus Smith of the 46th- Ohio, Columbus regiment and he displayed the rifle, still in excellent condition I this morning. It carries nine shells i and shoots seven times without reloadr ing. It is a very interesting relic and i Spencer was undoubtedly as great in his time as Edison is now.

LEAGUE SCHEDULE f Industrial Basket Ball League Schedule Resumed With First Game ON MONDAY EVENING Meeting of the Captains Will Be Held at Industrial Rooms on Monday. The following is the rest of the schedule of the Industrial league When this schedule is completed, each team will have played, every other team in the league in one game The president, Mr. Flanders, expects to call a meeting of the different captains Monday noght at 7 o’clock a the Industrial association rooms and determine “A home run schedule for the rest of the season. The Industrial games will begin at 8:45. Jan. 23 — Rotary-Moose; CastingsFisher & Harris. Jan. 24 —Clerks-General Electric; Independent s-Sc rubs. Jan. 25 —Martin Klepper Ford Ga-rage-Fisher & Harris-Moose. Jan. 26 —Faculty-Clerks; Independ-ents-Scrubs. Jan. 30—General Electric-K. of P.; Rotary-Castings. Jan. 31 —Faculty-Moose; Independ-ents-Scrubs. Feb. I—Ford1 —Ford Garage-Castings; G. E.-Rotary. Feb. 2 —Clerks-K. of P.; Fisher & Harris-Faculty. Feb. 6 —Martin Klepper-Castings; Moose-Clerks. Feb. 7—Ford Garage-K. of P.; Inde-pendents-Scrubs. Feb. B—Fisher8 —Fisher & Harris-Martin Klepper-Clerk-Rotary. Feb. 9—Faculty-G. E.; Independent s-Scrubs. Feb. 10u-CM tings-Moose; RotaryFord Garage. Rev. C. L. Haney has returned from Linn Grove where he has been helping to conduct a revival meeting for the past week. A BAND 'CONCERT Will Be Given at Gym on the Afternoon of Sunday, January Twenty-ninth WITH A BIG PROGRAM Tickets Now Being Sold at Popular Prices —Proceeds for Benefit of Band. One of the most interesting events of the season wil be the first indoor band concerts to be given by the Decatur City band, Sunday afternoon, January 29th at the gym, the program to start at 3 o’clock. Members of the band are now selling tickets, 25( cents for adults, ten cents for children, with one hundred floor seats at fifty cents. Buy tickets and boost the band. The program as planned will in- ■ elude: First Part Sacred Songs—Fillmore. (a) Herd Girl's Dream— Labinsky. (b) Caprice — LaFleurette — Weils ley. Overture, Pretziosa—Skaggs. A Night in June —Knig. Solo—Mrs. L. A. Holthouse. Piano Solo—Mrs. Carries Haubold Solo—Dr. Fred Patterson. Second Part Medley Overture, Southern Malo-[ dies —Hayes. Spanish Serenade, La Plonia — Yrader. Humoresque —Dvornak. Princes of India —King. Finale, Star Spangled Banner— Knig. .• WE CAN’T SEE IT. EITHER The Daily Democrat: I see in your paper that Mr. Johnson of the state tax board is trying to make the people believe land is worth as much now as it was three years ago. If they will put up the prices for crops our land is producing to where they were three years ago and the taxes down to where they were at that time, we will be satisfied but until then, few will agree with him. J. G. HOFFMAN, Preble, Indiana,

HOLY FATHER SANK INTO STATE OF COMA AT NOON NEWS OF REPORTED DEATH IS DENIED AT 2:30--PAPAL SECRETARY EMERGES FROM DEATH CHAMBER AND SAID “END IS IMMINENT.”

TWELVE PRIZES To Be Given on Corn, Cake and Bread at Kirkland Township Institute ON NEXT WEDNESDAY Great Program and Special Effort to Make This Best Meeting Ever Held. One of the big features of the Kirkland townshin farmers’ nistitute to be held next Wednesday, January 25, beginning at 9:30 a. m., at Center school house, besides a splendid program will be a corn, cake and bread test, for which prizes are being offered. Read the program and the tests: Morning—9:3o Song—Audience. Invocation —Rev. D. M. Byerly. Address, "Livestock and Permanent Agriculture"—Mr. Johnston. Song—High School. Address, “The Proper Relation Be- • teewn Housekeeping and Homemaking"—Mrs. Lindley. Song—High School. Noon—Basket Dinner. Afternoon —1:30 Music. Address. “Producing a Marketable Product”—Mr. Johnston. Reading. Address, "Our Girls"—Mrs. Lindley Music. Election of officers for the coming year. In connection with the institute twelve prizes will be given for the following contests: First —One dollar for the best ten ears of yellow corn. Fifty cents for the second best ten ears of yellow corn. Second —One dollar for best ten ears of white corn. Fifty cents for seccnd best ten ears of white corn. Third —Fifty cents for best single ear. Twenty-five cents for second best single ear. Fourth —One dollar for best white ; cake. Fifty cents for second best white ' cake. Fifth—One dollar for best dark cake. Fifty cents for second best dark cake. Sixth—One dollar for best loaf of i bread. Fifty cents for second best loaf of ’bread. CHARLES DIRKSON GRATEFUL FOR PAPER—LIKES MONTANA Hobson, Mont., Jan. 13, 1922. [Decatur Democrat. Decatur, Ind.: Gentlemen —I received your card stating that a friend of mine paid my subscription for one year in advance. I would like to thank him, but as I do not know who the “guilty” person is, I can only thank all my friends for their kind remembrance, and will kindly ask you to thank this particular friend for me. I haven't much news to write; only! that we have had a very severe winter so far; lost of snow and very cold. It was down to 40 degrees below zero. We all have been in very good health ever since we moved to Montana, and for that I don’t think Montana can be beat. Again thanking you and my friend, I remain Yours very truly, CHARLES DIRKSON.

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By Henry Wood. United Pre mm Stuff Correspondent Rome, Jan. 21.—(Special to Daily Democrat). —(2:30 p. m.) —Pope Benedict XV sank into a coma this afternoon and it is unlikely that he will live until evening, his papal physician announced at 1:45 p. m. Only injections of camphor oil give the Pope relief the doctor said. London. Jan. 21.—(Special to Daily Democrat). —Pope Benedict XV is dead according to news agency dispatches from Rome said this afternoon. Reuters agency carried the report. A Rome dispatch to the United Press London bureau this afternoon said that the Pope's physician had a hurried consultation at 9 a. m. cousing the rumor of the death of the pope which later was denied. Washington, Jan. 21.—(Special to ! Daily Democrat). — The papal legation here has received no official word [of the reported death of Pope Benedict XV it was officially stated at 2:30 this afternoon. At 2:45 p. m. the papal legation dei dared as “absolutely false” reports ' that it had received officials notice of the Pope's death. Similar denials of reports received of official word came front the embassy and the state department. All denied knowledge of dispatches eminating from Washington that reports had been received officially stating his holiness had died at 4 p. m. Rome time. Rome, Jan. 21. —(Special to Daily Democrat). —"The end is imminent,” Cardinal Gasparri, emerging from the bed chamber where Pope Benedict |XV lay dying, declared this afteri noon. Cardinal Gasparri was weeping. He announces that the pope was delirious and that his holiness insisted upon resuming his work. At 1, o’clock this afternoon, it was announced from the Vatican that all hopes for Pope Benedict's recovery, based upon his sleep and taking some ! little nourishment this morning had been abandoned. • • THE COURT NEWS. In the estate of Conrad Doehrman, inventory tiled and approved and petition to sell personal property at private sale sustained. ' Letters of administration granted V. Frances Murphy for estate of Joseph W. Murphy, who gave bond for $2,000. John Stout vs. Beavers Oil company et al. forclosure of lien, appearance by C. J. Lutz for defendants Frank and Benjamin Farlow, who tile answer and cross complaint. Default of all defendants to cross complaint except John Stout who filed general deniel. Submitted. Finding for plaintiff in sum of $333.50 and for Farlows on cross complaint for SSO. Richard Owen vs. John W. Klein et al., foreclousure, dismissed by agreement of parties at cost of defendant. Nathan W. Summers vs. Charles N. Martin et al., note, summons ordered to sheriff of Whitley county for defendants Corrigan Brothers, return--i able February 6th. Appearance by ) Lutz for plaintiffs. State of Indiana ex rel Martin (lerke trustee of Root township vs. Tise Ullman. William Gerke and J. C. Darkless, advisory board of Root township, mandamus. Plaintiff struck off name of F. W. Gordon, defendant name of E. E. McGriff, leaving name of R. H. Hartford of Portland, who is appointed judge to hear cause.