Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1922 — Page 1

Volume XX. Number 19

FUNERAL OF POPE CONDUCTED TODAY

president asks aidforfarmers In Opening National Agricultural Conference at Washington Today TO AVOID DISASTER Something Must Be Done — Harding Makes Specific Recommendations. By James Kolbert. United Press Staff Correspondent Washington, Jan. 23. —(Special to Daily Democrat).—President Harding opening the national agricultural conference here today, outlined a comprehensive program for meeting “the grim reality of the present crisis in agriculture.” Warning that if the nation fails to aid the farmer it will “precipitate a disaster that will affect every industrial and commercial activity,” the president made seven specific recommendations to the 325 leaders of agriculture and related lines here for the conference. These were: I—Extension of farmers co-opera-tive marketing organizations. Harding indorsed indirectly legislation now pending in congress to exempt these organizations from the working of the anti-trust laws, long held to be one so the principal barriers to their growth. 2.—Provision must be made for much greater "working capital 4 ’ for the farmers. Means must be taken by the government and private business to insure that “turnover capital small be generously supplied to the farmer and on as reasonable terms as to other industries.” S.—The government must place more essential and scientific information at the disposal of the farmers and their marketing organization. 4.—To aid both the farmer and con suuier. measures must be taken to prevent violent price fluctuations which result “from unorganized and haphazard production.” s—The farmers will be benefitted by far seeing and wise transportation policies. In this connection the president recommended a greater use oi waterways and suggested that eventually nearly all of the railroads of the country be electrified. He also risk ed arousing the ire of eastern republicans by giving unqualified indorsement io the Great Lakes waterway project, recently framed by the Internationa! Joint Commission, which would enable ocean liners to dock at Great Lake ports. 6—The fullest development of na tionai resources through increased reclamation of arid cut over and swamp lands. i—The nation must obtain a new conception of the farmers place “in our social and economic scheme" and must realize that the farmer of today *’• a combination of the expert sei•’ntist, the business man and the worker. CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE lalted Pre., staff Correspondent Chicago, Jan. 23—Wheat: May, ’ •15%; July J 1.20%. Corn: May, July 55%. Oats: M 39’4; July 40c. ************ lacing brednut in the ♦ ♦ local grocery stores + ♦ 1'- M. Koetzle, a representa- + l ‘ve of the Procter-Gamble com- ♦ Pony of Cincinnati, manufactur- ♦ ers of i vor y soap aU(J Brednut + <> eomargarine was in the city ♦ oday placing Brednut with the ♦ «ocal grocers and meat markets. ♦ ml Koetzle wants a hundred ♦ + h!? 6 ? <listributi on and at noon ♦ ad already contracted with a * ♦number of the local dealers.* ♦nn k llU ' t 18 a spread ♦ J 2" '"order ♦ the I lf thiß Clty and creat ® ♦ ♦ ltalar *° a dver-♦ + the g r)B will be run in ♦ ♦ over f y , Detn<>crat ' * ♦We , Per ° d ° f elght montb s- ♦ ♦ stork » 6 the 10Cal dealerß to * ♦ Dtihl 6<lnUt and lnvlte the ♦ it. Watch for the ♦

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GUY BESS ON DEBATING TEAM The Indiana University Student, J Bloomington. Indiana, says: k | The intercollegiate debating sched ule with the names of the men who will participate In each debate, has been announced by W. L. Harrington ■ debating coach. The teams are composed of four men each, one of whom will serve as alternate. The question will be in each case "Resolved, That > the principal of the closed shop is jutifiable.” The teams will meet Butler. Franklin. Notre Dame, Indiana Central, and Ohio State. The team to meet Butler at Indianapolis on March 3rd includes Tony Overly. Thomas Longfellow. Ray Borland and Guy Bess. Indiana taking the negative side. > Mr. Bess is the son of Mr. and Mrs. , Thomas Bess of this city. LOSE TO' WARREN I > Decatur High Boys Basket--1 ball Team Lose to Warren High School Varsity > _____ * BY SCORE OF 35 TO 27 Game Was Rough and Locals Finish Game With Only Three Men. i - ■ The Decatur high school boys has I ketball team, accompanied by Coach Moore and Principal Cline, motored to Warren Saturday evening where they clashed with the Warren high school five in a return game and were forced to bow to defeat, the final score resulting 35 to 27. The game was refereed by Brown of Purdue, and wan the roughest ever witnessed in this vicinity. The ref eree proved unusually strict, calling a number of fouls of no meaning whatever causing both teams to stage a free-for-all from the start. The locals made the trip with nine men and when the game was completed only three of their men remained on the floor while Warren was playing with four men. The game started out in regular style and proved an even battle throughout the first half. Both sides put up a good exhibition at the opening, the game getting rougher as it progressed. Linn being the first tc be put out on personal fouls and the first half ended a tie at 16 all. Shortly after the opening of the sec and half Meyer. Teeple and Dorwii were also forced to leave the floor each having four personal fouls mark ed against them, several of the Warren players taking the side-lines in like manner. Hill. Cline. Schults and Swearinger were substituted. Schults and Cline being forced to leave the floor in a short time leaving only three players to finish the game which forced them to battle against four of the Warren players, a number of their players being forced out of the contest. Having the advantage over the locals, the Warren team obtained the lead in the second half and held it throughout, the final score resulting 35 to 27 in their favor. Cards were received here today announcing the arrival of Charles Albert Saunders at Boulder, Colo., on January 18, 1922. *. » THE WEATHER FORECAST « *•*«*♦•**«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Indiana: Generally cloudy tonight and Tuesday, slightly colder in extreme south portion tonight. Lower Michigan: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday except probably snow flurries near Lake Michigan, slightly colder tonight in east and central portions; moderate variable winds. Upper Michigan: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday, somewhat colder tonight. + + + + + + + + ++ + + + A4' + + KEEP IT GOING * * * ♦ One step won’t take you very far * ♦ You’ve got to keep on walking; + ♦ One word won’t tell folks what ♦ ♦ you are, * ♦ You’ve got to keep on talking. + ♦ One inch won’t make you very * ♦ tall, * ♦ You’ve got to keep on growing + • ♦ One little ad won’t do it all, + ■ * You’ve got to keep ’em going. ♦ ' + —Selected. + ♦ ♦*♦**♦♦*♦♦****

A MUSICAL TREAT Fred Moreland and His Nine “Red Heads’’ to Give a Concert and Dance AT MASONIC HALL Given Under Auspices of Tri Kappas, Delta Theta Taus and Phi Delts. On account of having an open date and their being in such close proxmiity to this city, the music lovers of Decatur will be given an exceptionrl opportunity of hearing the Fred Moreland orchestra deluxe of St. Louis, Mo., at the Masonic hall on Tuesday evening. Mr. Moreland has one of the finest traveling musical organizations of ts kind in the country, ranking in the same class with the Isham Jones orchestra of Chicago, and each member is an artist and master of his particular instrument. They have made i number of Columbia records and recently have been playing exclusively for Elks club dances in the larger cities. Their appearance in this city is only duz to the fact that their list of engagements necessitated an open late for Tuesday night and having to pass through this city they offered to stop off if any club could be interested. Mr. Raymond Harting immediately notified members of the Tri Kappa and Delta Theta Tan sororities the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity with the result that the opportunity of bringing such a musical treat to the city was quickly accepted. The dance will begin promptly at 8:45 and the admission will be 75 cents per couple for dancers and 50 cents for spectators. c WAS WELL KNOWN HERE. John Hey. former well known citizen at Williams in the north part of this county, died last Thursday at Fort Wayne, where he has been living for the past several years. He suffered from cancer but death was due to an attack of pneumonia. He has been working recently as a motorman in Fort Wayne. DEATH IS VICTOR James Cowan, Resident of St. Mary’s Township Died Sunday Morning FROM COMPLICATIONS Was 71 Years of Age—Funeral to Be Held at Boho M. E. Church Tuesday. As the result of an illness due to complications and extending over a period of several weeks, the death summons were answered Sunday morning at two o’clock by James Cowan, aged 71 years and 3 months, at his home Jn St. Marys township, five miles east of this city. Mr. Cowan was a life-long resident of St. Marys township, having been born and having spent his earlier years on a farm just west of the present home, and was one of the most prominent and best known farmers of Adams county. The deceased was a member of the Garrett Christian church. He is survvied by the wife and five daughters, Mrs. J. P. Gephart of Garrett; Mrs. W. S. Townsend of Tillman Crossing; Mrs. W. H. Alexander and Mrs. O. H. Moser of Canada, and Mrs. Geo. Shirley of Monroeville. Also one sister, Mrs. Lucy Martin of Bloom City, Wis.. and one brother, J. C. Cowan. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at ten o’clock at the Bobo M. E. church with Rev. Fenstermacher officiating and interment will be made at Mt. Tabor cemetery. bowling tournament Clepper Creamery bowling club composed of Oscar Lankenau, Dr. Burt Mangold, Marion Biggs. Albert Mutschler and Ed Schmitt will go to Fort Wayne this evening where they will participate in the Industrial league tournament to be held there. The boys are in great condition and feel certain of securing their place in the list of winners. Tonight’s playing will be devoted to teams and tomorrow evening to singles.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, January 23, 1922.

+++++++v + + + + + + + + PURDUE SWINE MAN HERE * + Wednesday * + + * Word has come from the of- + * flee of County Agent Busche to + * the effect that J. R. Wiley of the ♦ * swine breeders of Purdue uni- + versify will meet with the swine * * breeders of Adams county Wed- ♦ ■4" nesday evening. The meeting * + will be called at the county + + agent's office at 7:30. ♦ + Mr. Wiley will attend the + * thp meeting for the purpose of + + explaining the “Hoosier Ton + + Litter Club," a contest which is + + carried out under the Indiana ♦ + Live Stock Breeders association. + + Any one interested in hogs ♦ + should plan to attend. + + Those wanting details should * + call the county agent's office. ♦ + + + + •> + + + + •!• + + + + + POLITICAL TA L K Candidates Begin to Announce Themselves for County Offices PRIMARY IN MAY — Will Elect Nine County Officers, Trustees and Joint Senator. Democratic candidates for the various county and township offices to be elected at the primary election May 2nd, are already announcing their names for the respective offices and from present indications there will be an abundance of candidates for the offices. The county officers to be elected are clerk, treasurer, sheriff, surveyor, assessor, two county commissioners, senator, representative, and prosecuting attorney, the latter office being a state office, although elected by the voters in the county. In the townships the trustees and members of the advisory boards will be elected. Among those mentioned as candidates for clerk are John E. Nelson, Monroe and Fred Schurger, Root, township, with another possibility or two. Otto Lobenstein is reported as a candidate for trustee of Monroe township and in Washington township there will be three and perhaps more in the race, including John F. Snow, present trustee; Will Cowan and L. L. Baumgartner. Dick Boch will be a candidate to succeed himself as surveyor and will probably have no opposition. Thurman Gottschalk will be a candidate for joint representative in Wells and Adams counties, and George Saunders, of Bluffton, has announced for the senatorship. John Baker and Roy Baker are out for the sheriff nomination and Louis Klein and I. G. Kerr are grooming for the treasurer’s place, with others contemplating it is said. For prosecutor, Homer Knodle, J. C. Butcher and Frank Armantrout, and others are being urged to make the race and it seems more than likely that there will be an old-fash-ioned contest for the places on the ticket. So far as known there are no republican candidates and it is not likely there will be any contest for nominations on that ticket. OSWEGO HERE TUESDAY. The Oswego (N. Y.) Globe Trotters nationally known as the world champion basketball team will visit this city Tuesday evening, where they are booked to clash with the fast Klepper Klover Klub of this city. The visitors come to this city with a good reputation, adding a number of victories to their list wherever they go. The locals have been putting in some extra practice hours each evening for the big contest and promise the local fans to give the easterners a run for their money. Owing to the large expense connected with securing the team for a game in this city, the admission price for the reserve seats will be 65 cents and the general admission 50 cents. A meeting of the captains and all parties interested in the Industrial basketball league, will be held at 7 o’clock this evening at the Industrial rooms. All captains are requested to turn in the money his team is assessed at this meeting. Be there.

Convention held I .'Knights of Pythias District Convention Wast the Largest Ever Held • ■ ; OPTIMISM IS KEY-NOTE . Spirit for Coming Year—- • I Grand Officers Gave Excellent Addresses. • Optimism for the coming year was • the keynote spirit of the largest dis- • trict convention ever held by the ’ Knights of Pythias of the eighth do- ' main, district of Indiana, and which • was staged at Portland Friday’ even- • ing. Over two hundred Knights ' were present, representing lodges in Randolph, Delaware, Madison, Wells. ' Adams and Jay counties. An ox roast was one of the big sea 1 tures of the event and was served at five-thirty in the Methodist church dining hall by the Pythian Sisters. During the banquet, Harvey Thompson. grand chancellor of Indiana, made an address in which he especially eulogized the work of the order along the direction of the orphanage and the orphans. Mr. Thompson also gave a detailed account of the Harding reception at the meeting of the Grand Council and that in all probability President Harding would be in attendance at the Indianapolis ' meeting to be held in May at which i time a class of 2.000 candidates will i be given the page rank degree. ; Robert A. Brown, grand keeper of 1 records and seals, was also among • the grand officers attending the con- ) vention and gave a very satisfactory address on the growth of the order - since the war. _ • WERE WELL PLEASED. ! Rev. Henderson of the McCormick ’ seminary, Chicago, filled the pulpit at the Presbyterian church yesterday 1 for both morning and evening serv- ' ices. Rev. Henderson is a senior in the seminary and those who were present at the services yesterday were unani- ' mous in their praises of his ability and ’ promise of a great career in the ministry. HOMEDESTROYED I Residence of Miss Rose Dunathan at Van Wert Totally Destroyed BY FIRE SUNDAY l — Afternoon-Cause Unknown -Loss Partially Covered By Insurance. Fire originating from some tin known cause, almost totally* destroy ed the large double apartment house, Sunday afternoon, located at 408 South • Washington street, Van Wert, 0.. and ' owned by Miss Rose Dunathan, Latin instructor in the local high school. Although full particulars as to the extent of the damage have not yet been secured, it is known that the loss was only partially covered by insurance. The property has for years been the Dunathan home and was only recently remodeled by Miss Dunathan into a double apartment, one side being completely furnished by her. In addition to this recent expense the property was considered most valuable on account of its location and proxmity to the business district of Van Wert, therefore the loss will be very large. 'The apartments were occupied by two young-couple and only the furnishings on the first floor were saved. GOOD MEETINGS AT ANTIOCH The revival meeting is still in progress at Antioch. The Lord has been blessing his children and the unsaved art feeling their need of having bet•er lives. In Sunday night’s service the Lord sent the old time power and three souls camo forward and yielded themselves to God, and many were the shouts of victory. Brother Wright preaches the Word faithfully ' in the plain old fashioned way. ’Wei believe in the old time religion, that, brings joy to the soul every day; the assurance of sins all forgiven, through the blood they are all washed away.

THOUSANDS PAY HOMAGE TO POPE BENEDICT XV LEADER OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH DIED YESTERDAY MORNING-SERV-ICES SHORTENED ACCORDING TO HIS LAST WISHES.

SECURE EVIDENCE Raid on Geneva Pool Room Results in Capture of Gallon of “White Mule” ATTEMPT WAS MADE To Destroy Evidence But Was Frustrated by Offi-cers-Pleads Not Guilty In a raid made Saturday night by Sheriff Melchi, Deputy Sheriff Baker and Marshal Shepherd on the S. J. Renner pool room at Geneva, evidence in the form of a gallon of white mule was secured and the proprietor of the pool room was arrested on the charge of being in possession of intoxicating liquor. Sheriff Melchi was notified shortly before nine o'clock of the situation, and instructing Marshal Shepherd of that place, to secure a search warrant. he and Deputy Sheriff Baker, drove to Geneva. Upon the appearance of the three officers at the front door of the pool room, Renner made an attempt to make a get-away with the evidence byway of the back doou This attempt was frustrated however by the night policeman who had been previously stationed there and both the “moonshine” and the possessor were taken into custody. Mr. Renner was immediately taken before Justice George Lindsey where he pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was bound over to the circuit court and was released after furnishing a S4OO cash bond. ■ - > ON TRIP TO TEXAS. Col. Fred Reppert left this morning for Texas, where he will conduct several big stock sales this week. The sale business is Improving in the west and southwest and Col. Reppert is well booked up for the next several months. FRAUHIGER APPOINTED DEPUTY SHERIFF Bluffton, Ind., Jan. 23.— (Spc- j cial to Daily Democrat). —Albert Frauhiger, a well known resident of Wells county was this afternoon chosen as deputy sheriff of Wells county, taking the place of John A. Schaffer who was dismissed from the service Saturday evening. Schaffer is accused by Sheriff Noah Frauhiger of tipping off several bootleggers who were to be raided Saturday evening, i

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» — The false report of the death of Pope Benedict XV was published Saturday by newspapers receiving the Associated Press and Hearst’s I. N. S„ as direct cablegrams from Rome, under credit lines of those two services. Later, both admitted their error and retracted their own dis- ■ patches after widespread premature i mourning had been caused throughout the Catholic community in 1 America, During this time the United Press j kept its newspaper clients informed of the actual situation at the Vatican, j ' with direct cablegrams from Henry ! Wood and Camillo Cianfarra, in charge of the United Press Rome J bureau. At no time prior to the ac- 1 tual death of the Pope at six o’clock, Sunday morning, Rome time, did the United Press carry any dispatches i

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■ ■ ■ I By Henry Wood. United Press Staff Correspondent I I Rome, Jan. 23.—(Special to Dally I Democrat).—Thousands today paid I homage to Pope Benedict XV whoso 1 body lay in the sacrament chapel of St. Peter’s. An enless line of worshippers passed by the grilled door of the chapel, J I kissing the foot of the dead pontiff I which protruded through the chan- . | cel. The body of Pope Benedict was removed to tile sacrament chapel from the throne room of the Vatican at 9 o’clock this morning. It was laid in state, visited by special dignitaries of the church and government since its ’ removal from the bed chamber where ' | the pope died at 6 o’clock yesterday • morning. Much of the ages-old ceremony conducted with the death of the supreme pontiff of the catholic church had to be abandoned today in accordance with Pope Benedict’s last wishes. The pope’s body was not embalmed and the ceremonies of lying-in-state in the Vatican throne room and in the ’ sacrament chapel had to be considerably curtailed. , Two days mouring with flags [ I throughout Italy at half mast and all I amusement places closed, ordered for .[the first time in the history of federi ated Italian government, began to- .' day. ■ i The official visit of Minister Di Rodino, Minister of Justice in the Italian cabinet, to the Vatican yesteri day where he formally expressed condolences in the name of the government, was also unprecedented. These events led today to a belief that the life alm of Pope Bene'dict. a reconciliation between the church and state in Italy might be imminent. Nine days official mourning for Pope Benedict begins today and the conclave of cardinals, which will elect a successor to Pope Benedict XV has been summoned for February 2. Pope Benedict’s request that his body not be embalmed upset much of the traditional ceremony connected with the death of a pontiff. Originally the body would have been permitted to lie in state today at the Vatican until 4 o'clock this afteri noon, 24 hours after its removal from the death chamber. Early today, it was on private view with only the highest officials admitted to pay homage to the dead pontiff, because of he necessity for hasty burial, however, the body was removed this morning and a brief lying-in-state ceremony at St. Petre’s permitted. Thousands who might have taken part in the customary ceremony of 'Continued on page four)

giving credence to rumors of his demise. Examples of the publication of the false report follow: The New York Globe, in an extra I edition, Saturday afternoon, under a ! banner headline reading: “Pope Benedict Dead.” published I the following: (By the Associated Press) Rome, Jan. 21 —Pope Benedict died ; at the Vatican today. Hearst’s New York Journal under a banner headline reading: “The Pope is Dead," published the following: (By Int’l. News Service) Rome, Jan. 21 —Pope Benedict XV died today. Death was due to ! pneumonia, etc. Read the United Press dispatches I in the Daily Democrat.