Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1922 — Page 1

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THE BLUFFTON GAME WAS A THRILLER

DR. WORK IS SWORN IN TO SOCCEED WILL HAYS JNNOUNCES he will continue the HAYS POLICY-NEW MOVIE MANAGER SAYS HIS AIM IS TO PUTMOVIES IN CHURCH AND SCHOOL.

(I'nlted Pre«« Service). Washington. Mat. 4,-Dr. Hubert: Work today was sworn in as postmas | terGeneral. succeeding Will Hays and retires to enter the movie business. Washington, Mar. 4 — Policies of ‘ Will H. Hays will be continued in the: postoffice department. Dr. Hubert Work declared in taking his oath ns the new Postmaster-General today. Foremost among these policies is the “humanizing” of the postal service which he characterized as merely ■kindliness” in dealing with the members of the postal system. He indicated that for the present marines would continue to guard the! mails, althoug hthe department is now organizing its own system of guards. — BY RAYMOND CLAPPER Washington, March 4—Movies in I wry school and church is the aim of' Will H. Hays, who retired today as! Postmaster- General to become the Judge Landis” of the motion picture: Miutry. The educationtl movie ought to take its place beside McGuffey’s third reader,” Hays said, to emphasize this, phase of his work. ‘The possibilities ; of the movie in an educational way have been almost overlooked in the ! rapid rise of the theatrical end of the ■ business." Hays, of slight, boyish figure, sat in : the big leather chair of his govern ment office for the last time. There was a noticeable tinge of regret. He breaks off n political career which carried him from the obscurity of a country lawyer’s office at Sullivan. Ind., to the President’s cabinet with skyrocket speed. "But I’m out of politics now.” Hays haid rather regretfully “of course I can’t help having a deep interest in Republican affairs. But it will only be the interest that every good citizen ought to have in politics. THEY CLOSED THE SALE Indianapolis, Ind., Mar 4.—Samuel Ables of the Isaac Wolf Auto company stopped talking when two prospective customers shoved a revolver under his nose and made him put his hands up. They drove away with the antomo-j bile which Sammy had been demon strating. Recovering the use of his hands, Sammy rushed into the police station and talked and wig-wagged his tale of 1 woe. WEATHER FOR NEXT WEEK Washington, D. C. Mar. 4—(Spepiol to Daily Democrat) —Weather outlook for the period March 6 to 11, inclusive: Region of Great Lakes: Considerable cloudiness, local snows after Tuesday. Moderate temperature first, half of the week, colder after Wednesday. NO PREACHING SERVICES There will be no preaching services at the Presbyterian church tomorrow morning and evening. Sunday school ''lll he held at the usual time with unlor endeavor in the afternoon ami C- M i n t}w eT g j2g . ♦THE WEATHER FORECAST ♦ crlastn» a: 1 Fair to ni«ht; Sunday in lXe?± U J Ineßß •'ay Clmidv Ch Ban: Fair ton, BhL SunSunday dy ' ' varmer in south portion »wSe7in MlCh,Ban: Fair tonight, Bunday

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CHURCH HANGED Chicago Youthful Bandit Pays Penalty After 43day Hunger Strike. HIS PARENTS OBJECT To Holding Post-mortem Examination — Coroner Makes Serious Charge. Chicago, March 4. —Efforts by cor oner Peter Hoffman to conduct post mortem examination on the body oi Harvey Church to determine whethet lie had been drugged before being ; hanged for the murder of two ante I salesmen, were blocked by Church’s parents. Hoffman declared ho believer , Church had been kept in a drugged ’condition for more than a month be ■ fore he was hung so that he would not squeal on accomplices. "Church never committed the mur I ders alone,” Hoffman declared. “I be lieve the comatose condition which he was in before he was hung.was brought ■ about by administration of drugs tc keep him from talking." Church was hung shortly before 4 p. m. Friday. He was unconscious up to the time the trap was sprung. Jail physicians scoffed at Hoffman’s claim. They said Church's condition was brought about by his long fast from food. They pointed out Hoff mat was a candidate for the position as sheriff and declared he made the charges for political purposes. Examination of Church’s body show ed he had been burned with ends oi cigars and deep knife wounds inflictec in his flesh by “specialists” who ex amined him while he was in a comatose condition. The fact that lie failed to react tc the tortures showed he had lost al! use of mental functions, physicians stated. ■ — — OSSIAN GIRL DEAD. Miss Margaret Turner, aged II I years, second daughter of Mr. and : Mrs. Adam Turner, died about one o'clock this morning at the home oi her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Turn er, near Ossian. , Death was caused by tuberculosis I She had been sick with the disease ! more than a year, the first inroads of I the disease having been noted about fifteen months ago. She discontinued .; her studies in the Ossian high school I about twelve months ago, since which 1 time every effort had been made to . overcome the pernicious disease, but ■ her decline continued steadily. She I was a patient several months at the ■ I Irene Byron tnuberculosis hospital at Fort Wayne, but when it became apparent no permanent benefit was resulting she expressed a desire to return home and had been at the home i of her parents during the past two ' months. —Bluffton News. I • — i LEWIS REGAINS CROWN — (Uaffed Pres* aervtee). Wichita, Kan.. Mar. 4.—Ed. “Strang- ( ler” Lewis last night regained the ( world's champion wrestling title from , Stanislaus Zbyszko. wbo held the belt for a year after taking it from Lewis in a one-fall match. The Pole took the first fall. Lewis t came back with the deadlock taking the second and third. The last time ’ the Pole went down dazed in two minutes.

MUCH INTEREST Farm Bureau Meetings Are Characterized by Enthusiasm Among Farmers. MEETINGS WILL BE Held Every Night During Coming Week—Pictures Add to Interest. Enthusiasm, pep and a "get-togeth-er” spirit are the marked charactericties of tlie Farm Bureau meetings being held in the various townships of Adams county this week and next. Mr. Lehner, the principal speaker at the meetings, is thoroughly prepared in every respect to bring a message to the farmers, not only from a theoretical stand-point, but from practically experience as well, and is without a doubt one of the best informed worker in the Farm Bureau department. Mr. Lehner is a graduate of Leipsic and Munich colleges, lias gained a rep utation as a breeder of blooded cattle and hogs, ami for years has been a successful farmer. In addition to Mr. Lehners address, the moving picture machine recently purchased by the lo cal bureau will be used at each meet ing and pictures of an educational na ture will be shown. The meetings for next week are as follows: Monday-Preble township; Preble (Lutheran) school. Tuesday—Union township; Kohr school. Wednesday—Root township; Monmouth school. Thursday— Washington township; Brandyberry school. Friday—St. Marys township: Bobo school. Attention is also called to the meet;ng to be held at the county agent’s office on Monday, at which time Mr R. S. Thomas of the Soils and Crops lepartment of Purdue will be present tor the purpose of discussing the best methods of growing corn. At this time the medals will be awarded tc the winners in the five acre corn con est. REACHES A CRISIS Great Improvement in Public Health is Noted Today—Fewer Cases REPORTED TO DOCTORS Lagrippe and Influenza Seem to be Most Prevalent in Sick Epidemic. The crisis in the epidemic of illness that for the past three or four weeks that has been holding this city and vicinity in its grasp, is thought to have been safely passed, according to the opinion of a number of local physicians interviewed today. This op inion is based on the fact that there has been an appreciable decrease in the number of new cases reported during the week. The more serious cases of illness have practically all shown a tendency toward improvement and In many instances the patients are now past the danger period, while a greater peroent of the minor cases are well on the road to recovery. The past three weeks have been most strenuous ones for the physicians practically all of them having been called out at all hours of the night qnd day. One physician stated that he had been unable to sit down to a regular meal with his family for the past fifteen days. Tlie majority of the cases are la grippe and influenza witli pneumonia running a close second place. There have been several cases of dyptheria and other contagious diseases, but fortunately they were so closely watched and taken care of that the disease did not become general. HARVEY NOT TO RESIGN Washington, Mar. 4. — President Harding today authorized an official denial of reports published in London that he had decided to ask George Hari vey, ambassador, to Great Britain, to , resign or that the envoy was planning to do so.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, March 4, 1922

** + + + * + + + «**4>4>*4> i + AMERICAN HISTORY + ♦ DAY BY DAY + 4* By T. P. Green ♦ + + + March 4 ♦ + + 4* Tlie Massachusetts Bay Col- + 4> ony was chartered op March 4. + + 1629. + ♦ — + + Pennsylvania was granted to + + William Penn on March 4. 1681. + 4* The constitution of the United + + States became effective on .March + ♦ 4, 1789. + + + 4> George Washington became + + the first ITesident of the United + States on March 4, 1789. ♦ ♦ — + + Chicago. 111., with a population + + of 4,171, was Incorporated as a + + City on March 4. 1837. + +++t++++++++++++ urgedtobecome FLORIDA CITIZEN Miss Tonnelier May Conclude to Make “Bungalow Beautiful” Real Home. EVENT WAS SUCCESS New Smyrna News.- Gives Good Account of Big Bungalow Celebration. The New Smyrna News publishes an elaborate account of the presentation to Miss Tonnelier of this city of the "Bungalow Beautiful" and the exercises which preceded it, using photos of the home and the winner, and saying in part: “Many have been interested to know if Miss Tonnelier will remain n New Smyrna and occupy Bungalow Beautiful at once. She made the statement yesterday that her plans were very incomplete, having been summoned here upon such short notice to receive her prize, but if her brother who is on the west coast joins her soon she will probably remain here for some time, and they will at once occupy Bungalow Beautiful. The people of New Smyrna have been meeting and greeting her since her arrival making every effort to have her realize she is now a permanent resident of our city. “The Bungalow Beautiful essay contest is closed and the beautiful little home among the oaks and palms on Magnolia street has been presented to the writer of the winning es say. Miss Amelia T. Tonnelier of Decatur, Ind. “Miss Tonnelier was present at the ceremonies of presentation Wednesday afternoon and was handed the deed to the property by M. W. Ashton, president of the board of trade. “Bringing a practical close to the three days’ bang-aloo celebration, the presentation ceremonies and exercises held Wednesday afternoon went off smoothly and nicely and were attended by several thousand of persons, ,all of whom were keenly interested and on edge to know who was the writer of the winning essay and new owner of Bungalow Beautiful. Thia information had been held back by Mr. Duss, the only person in the city who knew, until the climax at the close of the exercises, when the name of the winner was given and she was invited to step from inside the bungalow to be presented to the waiting crowd. “It was a moment for which thousands of persons had waited for a year. From the time the Bungalow ' Beautiful idea was born, and continuing down through the year, during 1 the course of construction and furnishing the pretty little home, while the essay contest was being advertised to the far corners of the Unit- ■ ed States, there had been continually that element of uncertainty and the unanswered questions of would eventually become the owner of the new home. When Miss Tonnelier was presented to the people who had : had various parts in the construction i of the home and the carryng out of - the Plans for its presentation. > She was greeted by a round of ■ cheers, and she smiled and received the ovation graciously.”

THIRTEEN KILLED | When New Y’ork Central i Fast Line Hits Jitney Bus Near Painesville. SIX OTHERS HURT Four of Them Fatally— I Failure of Driver to See I Red Lantern is Cause. (United I-remi Service). Painesville, Ohio, Mar. 4 —(Special to Daily Democrat) Failure of the driver of a jitney bus. loaded to capacity, to see the watchman's red danger signal was believed by authorties today to have caused the grade crossing accident here in which 13. persons were killed, four injured!', probably fatally and two others less I seriously hurt. . I A New York Central fast mail train' speeding at 60 miles an hour crashed ■ into the jitney, hurling bodies of the r dead and injured along the track for 400 yards. The wreck occurred about 11:05 p. m. last night at the North St. Clair street crossing. Not a man of the 19. 1 passengers in the jitney bus escaped either death or injury. All were re < turning from the movies or from a dance. Most of the victims live in | Painesville, Fairport, Richmond and on nearby farms. The accident is one of the most grewsome grade crossing crashes in j history and the death toll is recorded , as the heaviest in this sort of an accident. HOLD ENGLISH SERVICES English services will be held next Sunday evening,, March 12. at 6:30 . o'clock at the SL Peter’s Lutheran ohurch. In Root township, instead of i this coming Sunday as was first anauonced. It is expected that the Eng'ish preaching will prevail at this ?hurch each succeeding two weeks,; announcement concerning which will be announced on Sunday evening by the pastor, tlie Rev. Mueller. Interest in the church work of that St. Peter's congregation is encouraging to the paster and community. MANY ELIMINATED Two Hundred Ninety Basketball Teams Went Out During First Day. THE SEMI-FINALS Being Held in Various Districts This Afternoon and Interest is High. Indianapolis. Mar. 3.—The thirtytwo best high school basketball teams in Indiana will be on top of the heap tonight at the end of sectional tournaments. The tourneys in thirty-two sectional centers went into the semi-finals this afternoon and the final game in ( aach will be played at eight o’clock tonight. Interest throughout the state is re-: ported high. Fans are watching the games to see who will represent their section in the regional meets to be held at Purdue for Indiana Universi-: ties at which the field for state championship will be narrowed down to sixteen teams. Two hundred and ninety teams were i eliminated in the first day of play. Results in the various tourneys today included: At Warsaw—Warsaw 38, Tippe- I • canoe 6. At Richmond—Richmond 29, Brown- : ville 11. At Newcastle — Knightstown 21, r New Lisbon 16. At Logansport —Cutler 28; Burlington 20. At Fort Wayne—Washington Cent-! 1 er 13, St. Joe 7. At Indianapolis— Manual (Indianapolis) 43, New Augusta 8. At Huntington Warren, 28; Chippewa, 8. Huntington, 34; Andrews, 7. Bippus, 23; Lancaster, 6. Wabash, 16; Roaan, 5. At Fort Wayne South Whitley, 22; Nowaukee, 11. (Continued on page four)

DECATUR THE VICTORS IN DOUBLE OVERTIME GAME MONROE DEFEATS PENNVILLE, MAKING CONTEST FOR DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP BETWEEN DECATUR AND MON-ROE--FINALS START AT 8:00.

MICHIGAN FIGHT The Newberry Case Will be Issue in Big Contest for Senatorship. PAT KELLY IS OUT Congressman Announces He Will Put Issue Squarely Up to the Voters. (United Press Service) Washington. Mas. 4 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—"The Newberry is sue” will be fought out within the ranks of the republican party at the! forthcoming congressional primary in Senator Newberry’s home state of Michigan. Representative Patrick Kelly, from tre sixth Michigan district today announced his candidacy for the republican senatorial nomination against Senator Townsend, present incumbent and in a statement made plain he intends to make the expenditure of large sums of money the outstanding issue. Townsend supported Newberry in the fight to expel him from the senate because of expenditures in the Newberry-Ford campaign. Striking directly at the arguments of the Newberry supporters in the senate who claimed the senate did not known of the expenditures and that there was no financial corruption. Kelly said: “Michigan must not accept the doctrine advocated by some that it is proper to spend any sum of money in behalf of a candidate provided it is not used for corrupt purposes. Now is the time for Michigan to condemn this proposition." Kelly, former lieutenant-governor of Michigan, has been an independent and progressive republican. He has been in congress for nine years and now is in charge of naval appropriations. He was one of the few house republicans who voted against the Knox peace resolution, dnring the fight against Woodrow Wilson and made a vigorous speech against it. Linn Out of Game. Lawrence Linn, the star center of the Decatur high school basketball team, will be forced out of the final game of the tournament this evening on account of a broken rib received this afternoon in the Bluffton-Deca-tur game. “Lank” proved to be the big machine on the local team in all three games and entered the tournament handicapped with an infected arm. The local five will feel the loss very keenly, and it probable that they will start the game with Dorwin in center and Schultz at forward. Linn played through the entire Decatur-Bluffton game. + 4.-fr4> + + 4-4 1 + + , !‘ + + 4‘ , 1 - + 4> INCOME TAX * + + + Revenue offices. Fort Wayne,+ ♦ Ind, March 4 — Mr. Charles A. ♦ Lucas, a deputy from this office + ♦ will he; in Decatur all next week. ♦ + March 6th to 11th inclusive for + + the purpose of assisting the ci- ♦ ♦ tizens of Adams county, in filing * ♦ their 1921 income tax reports. ♦ •fr He will lie at the office of the ♦ + county sheric and will be glad ♦ ♦ to give you any information you ♦ ♦ may desire. + ♦******* ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

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By Dick Ehinger / — ' TOURNAMENT RESULTS FINAL GAME TONIGHT 8:00 —Monroe vs. Decatur. Results of All Games SATURDAY MORNING Decatur, 25; Liberty Center, 14. Monroe, 32; Hartford Twp., 13. Pennville, 28; Redkey, 6. SEMI FINAL GAMES Decatur, 16; Bluffton, 14. Double overtime play. Monroe. 28; Pennville, 17. FRIDAY MORNING GAMES Petroleum, 15; Dunkirk, 7. Pennville, 28; Gray, 21. Bluffton, 29; Portland, 20. Bryant, 34; Craigville. 15. FRIDAY AFTERNOON I Liberty Center. 20, Union Center, 9 Decatur, 29; Berne, 16. Monroe, 34; Poling, 6. Hartford Twp., 26; Kirkland, 11. Redkey, 13; Geneva, 11. - FRIDAY EVENING Pennville, 26; Petroleum, 15. Bluffton, 36; Bryant, 17. z Athletic Hall—(By special wire) — ’ You may have seen basket ball games ' in your time, you may have watchd ' other sports, you may have felt the thrills of a nip and tuck battle with hundred sos good sports evenly divided, but unless you witnessed the contest this afternoon between Bluffton ’ and Decatur in the first of the semi--1 finals, you don’t know what real e4bcitement is. From the time Gettle, Bluffton's 1 star center made the first field goal followed a minute later with one by Bob Myers until Dean Dorwin, the 1 fast little forward put the ball 5 through the hoop after two minutes ' of play in the second overtime period, ■ it was just one gasp after another. ' The boys on each team gave all they ’ had every minute and they each and ’ all on both teams deserve credit. I Monroe 28-Penn\»ille 17 The last game of the semi-final schedule was called at 3 o'clock with Monroe and Pennville battling to meet Decatur in tlie final game to bo I called at 8:30 o’clock this evening. I The Monroe five went into the game as the favorites but were narly ousted by the Jay county lads who lead i all the way until the last ten minutes when Monroe jumped into tlie lead ■ by registering a number of long shots the Anal score resulting 28 to 17. The Pennville team was leading the . first Half by a score of 11 to 6. The game was fast and interesting and was hard fought all the way. Decatur, 16 —Bluffton, 14 ; The first semi-final game of the i tournament was called at 2 o’clock t this afternoon, Decatur and Bluffton battling for the honors of entering the final game tonight. Decatur proving '■winner by a score of 16-14. H The game was looked forward to as I" the feature game on the entire schedMule and lived up to his expectancy and Mtwo overtime periods were required io M determine the winners. Tlie game . was the hardest fought battle of the . tournament and was undoubtedly the J, best attended, the hall being packed I, to standing room along out of bounds I, line. Tlie usual spirit prevailed, aud u more noise was made by the supportj, ers of each team than at any other l contest. The contest opened with both teams (Continued on page three)