Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1922 — Page 1

volume XX. Number 53

SEVEN GAMES PLAYED IN BIG CLASSIC

1 1I|£» RELIGION I JI JIM JEFFRIES 9 The lieiivv weight Who Will 19 Take a Try at Knocking II (hit Satan. Interviewed. 9 ITS NOT SUDDEN 9 The Old Champion Was | Thinking About It Even ■ When Running Saloon. H )r ,v Frank II B:rtholon»ew. I'nih'd press staff correspondent > 9 (Copyright. 1922. by United Press) 91 I,os All?, les. Cal.. Mar. 3-(Special i,, Pail' Democrat r- "In his corner. 9 Jim Juries, in the other corner Sat SB „ the styx club K. (). Kid. SB When Jeff becomes a preacher. |H and Steps into the ring for Jehovah ■ will h ire an entirely new brand S 9 of religion for America, he told the SB United Press today. Bn 'Aly God is a reasonable God" ox JI plained die old champion, carefully. B -He don't cir" so much about .shat HE P*le a ~Kt" ,:lkps ,o Heaven, just MB so long he knows where he is co ■Bl ingand i- betiding every effort '<> <<■> 19 ||>ere " HB jpfj_()rn e known as the Califoi-tiia MB grizzly, who in his time stood und-r MBM the glare of the ring lights and H| mighty Hob Fitzsimons and Craf’v Bl Jim Corbett fall senseless from his fl| m.-rb!"Ws- expounded bi- go ipe] MB slowly and carefully. weighing his B| words. |Bi "6<xl isn't petty.” said Jeff. ‘ H 's fl| fr>at and just. He'll take everything B| to <onsi,|er;ition on judgment day B| "He doesn't ijpndemn winos and B fl tans. "Ho doesn't put the ban on tobacco BB ® doesn't think profane Inn|B page is a cardinal sin. B| "Those tire all trivial points of httB| tar. nature. As long as they remain BB trivial they'll be relatively small on BB ' :v. although some p 'ople B| r-iir.agr l" get a gigantic perspective B| on some one individual point. B| "Its the tobacco stained soul, the |B heart. that God's not going B| 10 P ass ], y when you come before tie B| infaient seat on the last day. |B l e(f Pauses a moment before scor|B llis verbal points then smashes B| ih™ over with a flash in his eye as B| if he were swinging rights and lefts ■ to i aw - |B ' Gn( I sees you as you are —not as |B !M appear to be on the surface — |B an( l you’re going to receive judgment fl accordingly.” [fl ' r ' lere is rm hope for gilded sinners |B made clear. Those who are B| idack inside but put up a “religious B| Imnt" might as well get ready to go ■ to hell right away. Hfli The old champion whose last fight fl »as with Johnson in 1910, said he EH k»dnt “got religion" suddenly, lie H has been interested in the Bible for fl many years, he said. His father was ’ preacher. Even when he was running a saH oon on Spring street. Los Angeles. ■ Ending up to the bar drinking his ■B °* n beer, he was thinking about the ■ entafter. He got more and more infl ’ P| J stefl as he watched his friend A. F 9 U^ rPr ' student ’ writing a fl noh of Bible commentaries, he said. ■B ow hes figuring on hitting the saw--11 Mt trail to the pulpit in about three ■ months. ■ He's worth about 11,250,000 but 9 p”, selllnß the blooded stock of his ■ t> U U 18" 1 1 8 " 1 * ranc,l > apparently getting ■ "’ business affairs in shape to ■ devil from God's corner.”

I How the New Bonus I Plan Witt Work

I tho as ''' nK,on ’ March 3.—Hero’s how I An W b ° nUS Plan wiH work: I to PX service men wi » be entitled ■ “nd 8 <lay f ° r ,10n,es tic service I Under 8 day fOF fOTeign 3ervice I eatJ 8 c °mbined cash and certifiI nation* a*' provlded the total compenI 'oved hv f Ce<lß * the s 6 ° I ,revi < l usly alI dedur/ T BreSß ' Thls amount is to I 'be plan ** fr ° m all gratul ttie,s under H Th M fi ntitl e a , th f a “ lount the veteran is I ®uy take n dOeS nOt eXceed * so ’ he I too, he 'm 18 ?ash ' ls *t does exceed R must take a certificate on

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

+ + * + ** + + + + + + -!« + + + + • MARKETS GOING UP + ♦ + . + The local grain and butterfat + + markets took a boost this morn- + ' + Ing, wheat, advancing five cents + + per bushel; yellow, white or mix- + +ed corn, eight cents per him- + ♦ deed; new oats, one cent; rye, + ♦ five cents per bushel: while + <s• alsike seed declined SI.OO per + ♦ bushel. The prices paid by the + • •> Burk Elevator company are. No. + + 2 wheat. $1.30 per bushel; yel- + ♦ low corn. 73 cents; white or + ’ + mixed corn, 68 cents; new oats + ♦29 lb. test. 34 cents; rye 85 + ♦ cents per bushel and alsike seed + + $9.00 per bushel. The other quo- * ■ + tations will be found in the + + market column. The price of + ♦ butterfat advanced from 32 cents + + to 34 cents, delivered. + 1 + + + + + + + 4 , + , 5 , + + 4‘4' + < i‘ SAFETY CRUSADE — ■ “Be Safe; Not Sorry” Slogan to be Used by State Auto Association IN SPRING DRIVE Drivers of Closed Cars Especially Warned—Danger Signs to be Erected. (I'nltetl Press Servlwi. Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 3. —“When • are Indiana motorists going to begin tc exercise gumption and common sense ' in driving—or is there such a thing?" is a pert lent inquiry in a bulletin just issued by the Hoosier State Auto As satiation, in announcing a continua tion of its state-wide safety crusade. “Be safe; not sorry." is the s’ogar of this crusade and aptly tells its pur ( pose, as well, according th A. G. Lop I ton, president of the state association I “All this winter everyone has beet I driving closed cars or cars with cur I tains tightly buttoned,”s aid Mr. Lup ton, “and no one, apparently, ha. | thought it to be necessary to give sig- ; nals to warn drivers in the rear o; i those approaching in the front eon | cerning intention to turn corners. “Just because a car', curtains are buttoned up is no reason to disregard the signalling rules. Neither does such a situation warrant a drive: booming over a railroad crossing, o’ through a blind intersection in city ot country. On the contrary, closed cur tains should entail a greater degree o ; caution than ever. But does the driver ever think it necessary to proceed slowly at blind intersections or really to stop, look and listen at railroad and interurban crossings? Not so you car notice it, as the deadly toll of rail way crossings this winter and the many very serious accidents at street and country road corners attest. “Lack of caution, reduced to its baldest terms, merely means a lack of common sense and many times, crimi nal carelessness on the part of drivers “But we want to inculcate caution in the minds of every driver in Indiana. Motor cars are too thick now for anyone to suppose he has any right tc zip through an obstructed intersec tion. The peril of railway crossings is too well known, but all to frequent ly ignored on the off-chance that a train may not. be coming. I hold that it is always train time at a railroad crossing. The Hoosier Automobile Association stands for safety first, and protection and benefits to all. We want to erect hundreds and hundreds of 'Gortinued nn page four)

which he can borrow half the face value until 1925. For instance, it is estimated that the average payment will be about $330. On this the veteran could borrow $165 or get the entire amount in 1925. If the veterans choose to take the option plans of insurance, home or farm aid. vocational training and land settlement aid. This would be arranged promptly. Present plans call for giving the veteran about forty percent more compensation if he accepts any plan other than the cash and loan certificate proposal

SUXILIfiRY MEETS Ladies’ Auxiliary of American Legion Met Last Night to Nominate. ELECTION OE OFFICERS And Entertainment to be Held Thursday Night— A Good Attendance. At a meeting last evening of the mmebers of the Women auxiliary of the American Legion, and those en titled to become members, a nomination of officers for the ensuring year was held and the following list prepared for the election to be held next Thursday evening: President: Miss Mary Brown, Mrs. Janies Staley. Miss Virgene Smith. Ist Vice-President: Mrs. Glen Vcnis, Mrs. Reuben Lord. 12nd Vice-President: Mrs. Clarence | Herber. Mrs. Charles Meibers. i Chaplin: Mrs. Minnie Daniels. I Secretary: Mrs. V. J. Bormann. I Asst. Secretary: Miss Virginia I.auI rant. Treasurer: Mrs. Charles Historian: Mrs. Fred Elzey. Mrs. Chaimor Porter. I Executive Committee: Mrs. Dan Falk. Mrs. Joe McConnell. Mrs. Edgar Gerber, Mrs. A. Tanvas. Mrs. Fred Linn. A meeting has been called for next Thursday evening at which time the election of officers will be held. Following the business session an entertainment will be given and refreshments served and it is urged that all who are eligible to become members of the auxiliary be present. PENDLEfiFwiNS Will Have State Reformatory Which is to be Moved from Jeffersonville. PURCHASE 1,000 ACRES Preliminary Arrangements Going Forward —Carmel Site Second Choice. Indianapolis, Ind.. Mar. 3.—Prelim inary arrangements toward removing the state reformatory from Jefferson ville to the newly selected site near Pendleton were going forward today. The first step will be to obtain pos session of the land, which the state bought for $165.63 an acre. As soon as possible the Jeffersonville property will be turned over to Colgate and company, cosmetic manufacturers. The site of 1.036 acres two miles south of Pendleton was selected on its merits by the reformatory commission after six other tracts had been rejected. A site near Carmel ranked highest in the way in which the commission scored the feasible points but it was eliminated because the propo sal to locate the reformatory there brought forth a storm of protest. The Carmel site rated 79 and the one at Pendleton 79 but in general the Pendleton location is just as satisfactory to Governor McCray and the commission. Charles Holthouse has returned from an eighteen month's stay in,the west where he looked after business for the J. F. Arnold company at Osage, Wyoming and Okmulgee, Oklahoma. +++ + + +* + + + A POPULAR FAD 4> * * The barber shops in this city * + are doing a rushing business — + + not in giving shaves or hair cuts + *to the men- but are bobbing + •J. the hair of the young gills of the « high school Within the last two * •{> days after three-thirty o'clock + * a man had a hard time to get * into a barber shop and have his * * whiskers cut. for the reason * that a bevy of pretty girls were ❖ ahead of him, waiting to have their locks, some curly and some •J- straight, bobbed by the tonsorial + artists. It's a fad right now and * + scores of girls have had them * * bobbed ♦ 4-4.4.** + * + + + + + + ***

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, March 3, 1922

, * ***<!•+ *+ + + + + ) * AMERICAN HISTORY * ❖ DAY BY DAY + By T. P. Green •> + .j. ♦ March 3 <■ * + + The first colony of Roman + ■h catholics reached America on + , + March 3, 1644. <’• * — 4 b + Defeat of Americans at Briar + Creek gave Georgia to the Brit- + ish on March 3. 1779. + ♦ — * + The District of Columbia was + ❖ organized on March 3. 1791. + * _ + + The territory of Alabama was + organized on March 3. 1817. + * * * * Florida was admitted to the + + Union on March 3. 1845. + I* *1 + Enrollment of all able bodied + + men. 20-45 years old, was auth- 4- + osized by Congress on March 3. + + 1863. 4 + + + 4- + + 4- + 4--5- + "l + A-F'r COMMITS SUICIDE Prominent Portland Jeweler Takes Life by Jumping Into Cistern at Noon. HAD BEEN SUFFERING From Nervous Breakdown Since Christmas—ls Survived by Wife and Son. Philip Stachler, prominent jeweler and highly respected resident of Port- ; and, committed suicide shortly before noon today by jumping into a cistern and holding his head under water un- - til life was extinct. A nervous i l I breakdown suffered by the victim : ' shortly before Christmas was attributed as the cause for the action. Mr. I Stachler’s condition was such that it ■ had been necessary to keep him under constant surveillance for the past several weeks. Shortly before noon today, however, he escaped from the ( I presence of the nurse. When finally discovered he was found to be stand I ing in the cistern in which there was I ' about three and a half feet ot water The nurse endeavored to persuade Mr, Stachler to come out, and failing to succeed, went into the house to telephone for assistance. During the nurse’s absence Mr. Stachler emerged his head in the water by wrapping his arms about the pump pipe in such a manner as to hold him in that position until life was extinct. The deceased is survived by the wife and one son, DeWayne, a student in the Portland high school. TO MAKE A CUT Wells County Assessors Going to Make Forty Per Cent Real Estate Cut. In every county in Indiana the asses sing of property started March Ist and the placing of a valuation on real estate is one of great interest throughout the state. In Wells County the Assessors have agreed to cut the real estate valuation forty per cent and the Bluffton Banner says: Wells county land will be assessed forty percent lower than its present assessment .according to a resolution adopted this morning by the land appraisers appointed by County Assessor Charles Marshall. This will make the land 10 percent lower than it was assessed three , years ago, but 40 percent lower than at present, as it will be remembered , the state tax board put a 30 percent ■ increase over the assessment of the local men. According to the assessors, it must be understood that some good land will not be lowered much, but the poor land will be lowered and the 40 percent cut will be a general cut over the county. Town and city property will be | lowered in the same proportion as ’ i farm land. ' Some personal property not contained in the schedule of property ' published yesterday, is as follows: ' Ducks, 50; geese, $1; turkeys, $2. ■ A human skeleton dug up in Ohio >jin 1899 measured eight feet.

HIGHLY HONORED I). M. Hensley Elected Exalted Ruler of Elks Third Consecutive Year. THE OTHER OFFICERS | Local Lodge Has 84% Gain in Membership During Past Four Years. At the annual election of officers | held by the local order of Elks at | their lodge '•ooms Wednesday even • ing. D. M. Hensley, for the past two years exalted ruler of the Decatur lodge, was for the third consecutive I time elected to fulfill the duties of I that office, Mr. Hensley's election | being unanimous and without any op position candidate. Other officers , elected were: Leading Knight—Fred Schnrger Lecturing Knight—Andy Foos Loyal Knight- Wiley Austin Secretary—Charles Ernst Tyler—Charles XMeber Treasurer —Charles Niblick The local lodge has the distinction and honor of having the greatest increase of membership of any of the 1.440 lodges in the United States and at the last meeting of the Grand Lodge, were highly complimented on the good work they have accomplished, Two years ago Elkdom inaugurated a campaign for a million mem bers, and thus far have been successful in increasing their membership by 400,000. The local lodge have in creased their membership in thpast four years 84%. now having a total of 190 active members. WON’T KNOW IT Harvey Church Has Been Unconscious Two Weeks —Hanged Today. CARRIED TO GALLOWS Has Not Eaten for Fortythree Days in Effort to Cheat Law of Penalty. (United Press Service) Chicago, March 3. —Ebbing life of the unconscious Harvey W. Church will be snuffed out on the gallows at 4 p. m. today. Efforts to arouse the youthful slayer from his stupor failed and prepara tions were made to carry him to the noose straped in a chair. Church, unlike most condemned murderers, did not have the choice of his last meal. Physicians injected liquid food into his body to keep him alive until the trap is sprung at sunset. This is the forty-third day of Church’s hunger strike,” he has been unconscious for two weeks, failing to respond to any stimulate. Dr. Norman Copeland, jail physician, said Church is a “mental suicide” and that he is for all practical purposes “dead”. Church will be shorn and shaved and dressed in clean clothes this afternoon ready for death. Bridadier W. G. Anderson, salvation army, was at Church's bedside all day Anderson kept his vigil over the boy intending to speak to him of the hereafter —if he awakened before death. Church’s last rites wil probably be a prayer for the repose of his soul by Anderson. Jailer Peter Lawrence will read the, death warrant to the condemned boy, who will not hear it. Then the trap will be sprung. Miss Isabel Church, sister, broke down in his death cell and tried to awaken her brother from his state of coma. “Don't you hear me, brother, dear?” she cried. "It's your sister.” Church lay unmoved, as the sister kissed his shagged beard and wept. All chance of saving Church from death today seemed to have lost. Governor Small was “inaccessible” to in his home at Kankakee courts. State and Federal, refused to interfere. Church was convicted of the murder of Carl Ausmus and Bernard Daugherty, salemen for the Packard Motor Car Co. Church called the men (Continued on page five)

DECATUR. BLUFFTON ANO MONROE STILL IN RACE GAMES ARE CLEAN AND FAST-ATH-LETIC HALL IS THE MECCA FOR HUN- ! DREDS OF BASKETBALL FANS--TWO BIG GAMES TO BE PLAYED TONIGHT.

FOR GLEAN FAIRS Agreement to Eliminate all Games of Chance and Immoral Shows. AT THE MEETING Os Representatives of Eastern Indiana Fair Circuit at Muncie Wednesday. The operation of wheels of fortune. 1 games of chance and immoral shows ■ in the midways of county fairs in the | counties comprising the Eastern In- j iliana Fair Circuit, are past. Elimin-1 ation of such attractions from the fairs I was the outstanding step agreed to Wednesday at the meeting of the representatives of the eight fair associations held at Muncie in the office of F. J. Claypool and C. L. Hetherford. termer and present secretaries of the I Delaware county association. This action is the result of the de-1 termination of the officers of the | Northern Indiana Fair two years ago! to put across a county fair and an agricultural chautauqua combined that would be entirely free from the demoralizing influences of gambling devices and immoral shows. This decision was accepted with much skepticism among the managers and officials of various other fairs and the followers of such institutions in whose minds for years, had been inculcated ' the idea that such attractions were an absolute necessity for the successful conducting of a county fair. Needless to say, the outcome of this decision on the part of the local officials was watch with the greatest of interest by fair officials throughout the entire country, and the fact that it has proven most successful is conclusively evidenced by the above action. Other matters coming before the meeting included the plans for racing events to be held in connection with all fairs connected with the circuit. More attention is to be paid educational features and industrial exhibits and efforts are to be centered on making the annual fair better in every particular. The visiting delegates at the meeting were guests at a dinner served at the New Kirby Hotel at Muncie at the noon hour Wednesday. Each association in the circuit agreed yesterday to give, as the feature racing event, a SSOO stake race for three-year-old and under racers. (Continued on page five) - — » «4»**4«**O»***4*««« • THE WEATHER FORECAST ♦ Fair and warmer Friday and Saturday. ...........

Arrange Display for the Milk Campaign

I Mr. Business Man: One of the most interesting and instructive features of the coming Adams County Milk Campaign, will be the show-window displays made by the wide-awake, up-to-the-minute business | men of the various towns of the coun:ty. Novel window’ displays of the numerous and various articles used in the dairy industry, in the distribution of milk, displays containing valuable hints as to the use of milk for food,

Price 2 Cents

- - ( TONIGHT’S GAMES 7:3o—Petroleum vs. Pennville. B:3o—Bluffton vs. Bryant. TOURNAMENT RESULTS MORNING GAMES Petroleum, 15; Dunkirk, 7. Pennville, 28; Gray, 21. Bluffton. 29: Portland, 20. Bryant, 34; Craigville, 15. AFTERNOON GAMES Liberty Center, 20; Union Center, 9 Decatur, 29; Berne, 16. I PRESS TIME Monroe. 34; Poling, 6. — OTHER AFTERNOON GAMES Kirkland vs. Hartford. Redkey vs. Geneva. I /

Decatur Wins First Game I The Decatur high school basket j ball team played their first game of the tournament at 2 o'clock this afternoon when they clashed with the i Berne high school five, defeating I them by a score or 29 to 16 and earned the right to meet Liberty Center in the first game tomorrow morning to be called at 9 o'clock. The game was last and clean and undoubtedly the best contest of the afternoon. The locals jumped into the lead at the start of the game and had no trouble to hold it at any time, ' they coming through the fi-st halt with a lead of 14 to 7. I The same game was played by botlr teams the second half, the locals ! slowly climbing to a higher lead as the game progressed, holding the Berne five to practically the same number of points as the first half, the final score resulting 29 to 16 in favor of the locals. The locals used every man on their line-up and all showed up in fine style. "Bobby” Meyer proved to be lhe big factor in the victory coming across with seven field baskets closely followed by Linn with four markers. Teeple landed two field goals. Dorwin two fouls, an<| Schultz one foul. The Berne lads played a fine game and are the first Adams county team to be eliminated. The locals will play their next game tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock when they meet Liberty Center. The Monroe high school basket ball team winner of last years district and considered as one of the strongest contenders this year* played their first game of the meet at 3 o’clock this afternoon, meeting the Poling team and defeating them in a onesided affair by a score of 34 to 6 The Monroe five took the lead at the opening of the game which they had no trouble in holding, leading their opponents at the close of the first half by a score of 13 Io 0. fC'nnHntio'l nn napp four)

'educational features, etc., may be I thought out with little effort on your part and will greatly assist in making the campaign a success. Your co-operation along these lines ! will be very greatly appreciated and any suggestions we may be able to give you will be gladly and freely offered. ' Display Committee: DR. FRED PATTERSON. OSCAR LANKENAU C. C. PUMPHREY.