Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 55, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1922 — Page 1

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IMHES MEET TONIGHT TO PROTEST TOURNAMENT I representatives from six teams I CALLED TO BLUFFTON-MR. WORTHI MANWILLDEFENnOECATURANOINI SISTON INVESTIGATION,

■ plnffton. Ina.. March 6.-(Special to l Democrat >—Coaches from six losing teams in the district basketball tnlir nanie-it. will meet lore tonight to discuss llie proixt.-.ition of taking action in protest against the results of the Decatur tournament. Admitting that every team was oc eordetl excellent treatment and that Superintendent Worthman did every thing in his power to make the event a success, they declare that the disatisfaction is due to the refereeing, alleging that Humke is incompetent and pale "crooked." The charges are very wrintis and may call for showdown from the state committee in charge. The six teams to he represented nt tonight's meeting an- those from Bluff ton. Monroe. Berne, Geneva. Liberty Center and B ■trolenm. Mr. Worthman will he informed of whatever action is decided upon in a letter to bo forwarded to him. The announcement came as a surprise h<re as representatives from nearly every team had expressed their opinion of the fairness of the tournaBient. Neither of the referees were known here and had never Iteen on the local floor. Until tlie rilles were print fd.no one knew who the officials were : to he. Mr. Httmj.ke is from North I’m Im-ti-r w here is snp.-ri H- iid-nt of i rltools and has refereed basket ball I kr twelve years and is considered one r of the best in the state. Hale is from Daleville, it is said and is an excellent feferee. The teams for some reason or otliet seemed determined to defeat De tatur, though the latter had the toughest schedule and each victory was won after a hard struggle. Mr. Worthnian will attend the meet fag tonight and will insist now on a complete and thorough investigation of the entire matter. Decatur has been absolutely clean and fair and neecf not fear any kind of an examination. The i matter should have the attention of the state officials. It is deeply regret i ted that the Adams county teams should join in this action which Mr. I Worthnian and others feel it entirely unwarranted und back of which is [• some other motive. HOME from MICHIGAN Joseph W. Smith, who for the past four or five months has been visiting "ith a son and daughter, at Elint, Michigan, was brought home Saturday - mght and is now at the home*of his I I'aughter, Mrs. Albert Chronister on! Ninth street. Mr. Smith went to Midi ! igan last fall with the intention of staying there through-out the winter. Shortly after his arrival there his health became bad and he suffered two strokes of paralysis which effected his ntire right side and the vocal cords. - *♦ + ♦*+♦ + + + + 44.4 AMERICAN HISTORY * DAY BY DAY 4' * By T. P. Green + x * March 6th 4 *»" * Possession of New Orleans * T was secured by Spaniards on * ♦ March 6, 1766. * ♦ ♦ Philip H. Sheridan. U. S. army * general, was born on March 6. + ; ■ * ♦ The massacre of the Alamo. <• ♦ mT 8, occurred ° n Marrh «> + + * t „ , array of 100 > 000 waR auth- + 1 zed by the Confederate Con- ♦ + eresß on March 6, 1861. 4 ♦ apvT Ual emanci Pation was * ♦ I in 61 , ° f Congresa by President * 4 Linco,n on March 6, 1862. * ♦ P rison ers were + ♦ Cons at Kinston - N - C. by * +* x '^ er ates on March 6, 1864. +

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

A GREAT MEETING I County Superintendent Ed S. Christen Returns from Educational Meeting HELI) AT CHICAGO Last Week — Educators from Over United States and Canada There. County Superintendent Ed S. Christen returned Friday evening from Chicago where he was in attendance at a meeting of educators and educa tional experts from all parts of the United States and Canada. The meeting was a most successful one. it being estimated that over five thousand people were in attendance, and some of the best speakers in the country were present and gave addrsses. Advanced methods of teaching and difficult questions were discussed by rural, city, state and national representatives. Many impressive and wonderful things as to what this country is doing for its rising generation and future citizens were dwelt upon. Music was shown to lie a great fqetqr in molding the minds of the coming American citizens. Printing is assuming stupendous proportions in the work of the schools. Consolidation of schools was one of the man subjects discussed. It was shown that among the mountains in Colorado where consolidation has been established that there has been a great improvement in the schools. In the south where the school population is from one-half to three-fourths negro, consolidation has wonderfully increased the efficiency, particularly so in Alabama. Wisconsin. Minnesota. lowa, Illinois. Ohio. Carolina and Georgia are states in which the best qpportuities are being afforded to rural students. The National Educational society has now arranged one of its twenty-two departments into a department of rural education for the welfare of country children, and it has grown most rapidly as one of the great achevements of education in this country. The United States recognizes that no nation can be greater than its people, and that, education is one of the principal essentials of a democracy. As long as the people I are educated along the principles by . which this nation was founded, our . country is secure. Education is also the prime factor in the individual success and material achievements and is an absolute necessity to anyone in doing his life work, whether industrial or professional. The difference between our American civilization of today and that of 1192 or any earlier age, is merely that of education. America today is the pioneer civilization plus education. All . the vast improvements and inven- ■ tions, even the desire for better ' things, have come through our edu- • caton and the wonderful thinkers i this country has produced. It is the i American way and spirit. This coun- * try has and does put more into the 1 training of its citizens than any othier country. Well trained citizenship is the foundation and essential factor of democracy. The school teacher and the health officer are as much needed in this county and in any country as are roads, saw mills, power developments and modern conveniences. *v«*»***e**k«»»**t • THE WEATHER FORECAST At «*♦♦**«*♦•♦<>* Indiana: Rain and colder tonight; i Tuesday cloudy gnd colder, probably ! snow flurries in extreme north por- ■ tion. Lower Michigan: Rain and colder tonight; Tuesday unsettled and cold- ' er, probably local snows. | Upper Michigan: Snow, colder to--1 night; Tuesday cloudy and colder; snow flurries near Lake Superior.

' DISTRICT BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS SIB Or-. ™ >II St S X v 4 , - jy - * I I Os J

0> Hail to the champions. Coach 5 Moore and Principal Cline. In the | most brilliant basketball playing ’ | ever staged in this part of the state a 'the Decatur high school basketball ? I team won the district championship . ■ Saturday night, defeating the fast . | Monroe five. The tournament games I played Friday and Saturday were the ~ fastest in history and the hundreds

: v *a i. 4 t + PLAY WHITINC IN REGIONAL « ! + . •> + The Decatur high school has , + ket ball team, winners of this * T t+ district meet, are scheduled )<>•!■ + meet Whiting, winners of the + a i ♦ Valparaiso district in the regioni + al meet to be held at Purdue * * next Saturday. The contest will •fr be staged Saturday evenin'. 1 , at + 7:30 o'clock, it is rumored the + locals will be forced to enter + •F the contest without Linn, and + from the past record of the X I Waiting team, they have an even ❖ <• chance to win. * ONE MEMBER ILL t Commissioner Schwartz is Unable to Attend Monthly Meeting of Board. TO SELL FOUR ROADS 1 I Bids Will be Received Tomorrow for the Building of Macadam Highways. i ! Robert Schwartz, president of the I board of commissioners of Adams county was unable to attend the; > I meeting of the board today on ac- ! count of sickness, it being stated in . the auditor’s office that he was a vic- • tim of lung fever. Commissioners Ernst Conrad and . B. F. Breiner met and transacted . such business as was before them, in- . eluding the checking-up and allowing of monthly bills. I Tomorrow is road day and bids will be received for the building of four . macadam roads, namely the Carl Nuerge road in Preble township, the ; . John J. Habegger road in Blue Creek; ; township, the Fred If. Meyer road. Monroe and French townships and the Jacob Fuelling road in Root township. I'he estimates on the Fuelling road is $6,007.20, the Nuerge road, ’ $12130.00; the Habegger $13,425.64, and on the Myers road, $7,768.86. Last month when four roads were 1 sold the contracts were awarded at a price about fifty percent below that ' of a year ago and over sixty bids were filed on the four roads. It is expected that a score or more of bids will be filed on the above roads tomorrow and it is believed that the ' contract price will be considerable ' under the engineer's estimate. Other county matters will come ber fore the board and the session prom- ■ iss to be a busy one. It was understood that a petition would be presented for the establishing of a new road from Thirteenth street, running - east over the Krick and Tyndall bot(Coniinued on page four) •

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, .March 6, 1922

i who saw them were more than pleas- i ■ ed with the showing made by the dis ; r ferent teams. Reading from left to right in the I ] above pictnre the men are: Back , row-Glenn Hill, guard; Irvin Steele, j t guard; Eldrid Cline, center; Dean s Dorwin. forward. Second row —Prin 1 cipal Cline; Jack Teeple, guard; 800 s Meyer, forward; Orin Schultz, for

D. H. S. COACH A. G. “Tommy” Moore Coach Moore who is largely responsible for the victory of the Decatur high school basket ball team in the winning of the district tournament staged in the city last Friday and Saturday "Tommy” as lie is known by the boys is well liked by all and has worked untiringly to make his team a winner. The team under his directions has undergone strenuous practice each evening anil has developed into a first-class outfit. The team has had a most sue--1 cessful season, and out of the twen-ty-two game played on their schedule have won seventeen and lost five. TREATY FIGHT STARTED TODAY Administration Will Make Big Effort to Put FourPower Treaties Over. IS SOME OPPOSITION — Object to Secrecy Used and i Secretary Hughes May be Asked to Speak. By Lawrence Martin United Press Stuff Correspondent Washington. March s.—The administration began to fight today tor the four power Pacific treaty. Convinced that a coalation of Democrats and irreconciable Republicans in the Senate mean to destroy the treaty if it. can, administration leaders set out to show the senate and the country the consequences of rejection. Within the next few days it will be pointed out in senate speeches that rejection of this treaty would mean: 1. Instant revival of the AngloJapanese military alliance, regarded by this country as a menace. 2. Destruction of all hope of naval limitation, as the United States could not agree to limit its navy if England (Continued on page four) i

I ward; Coach Moor?. Front row - i Milt Swearingtr, forward; Lawrenc? Linn, center and captain- John Teeple. guard. The Decatur team will meet the Whiting, Lidiona, high school team on the Purdue University floor <:t 7:30 Saturday evening. March 11 th and if they win there will go to Indainapolis the following week and contest for the state championship.

+ BLUFFTON APPRECIATES <- ❖ TREATMENT ♦ 6* John M. French, principal of v + the Bluffton high school, called + 4* :rt this offtci* Saturday evening + + and on behalf of the Bluffton 4* + visitors, stated that he wished * + to thank the people of Decatur + •J- and the entire school body for 4> + the splendid treatment received * 4- during the two days. He also ♦ •b stated that if a tournament is <• •b again held at Bluffton the local <• + fans and players could be as■b sured of the same fine hospital- 4 •b ity. «b O GIVEN A PURSE 1 ■ .. Rev. Father Seimetz Presented With $1,050 by the Parishioners. TO SAIL FOR EUROPE On March 21st on Steamship Patritia—Will Visit the Holy Lands. A purse amounting to $1050.00 subscribed by the members of the congre-1 ’ gation was presented to the Rev. J. A. \ Seimetz, pastor of the St. Mary's Fath-; I olic church one evening last week by I C. S. Niblick and Thomas Durkin in beI half of the beloved pastor's parishion-j j ers. J In beautiful words filled with emo-' j tion and heartfelt thanks Father Sei-' I metz thanked the members of the con-1 ■ gregation at the early mass Sunday! 'morning and assured them that the I I gift was greatly appreciated and that he would remember his parishoiners in 'his masses and prayers. Mere words, | he stated could not express his thanks I to the congregation. The gift was presented to Father I Seimetz so that he might enjoy his trip to the Holy Lands and Rome a ! ■ little more and afford him an oppor-! i tunity to visit those places Ifnd conn- I tries whore ho had not planned to go . before. Father Seimetz. together with Rev. . Father Thiolt of the St. Peter's church ! Fot Wayne will sail on March 21st on , the steamship Patrita for Cairo, Egypt I and from that place continue his trip , to the Holy Lands. Rome and other places of interest. He will be gone j from Decatur for about six months. I planning to return here in October. TAKEN TO SCHOOL FOR BLIND Mr. and Mrs. D. Leßoy Cliffton and son, Reginald, left yesterday for Indianapolis where they will place their son in the home for the glind. i

DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY DECATUR TEAM MONROE DEFEATED IN BRILLIANT CAME SATURDAY NIGHT BY SCORE OF 20 TOl7, GIVING DECATUR THE TITLEWILL PLAY WHITING.

FIRST AND SECOND DISTRICT TEAMS With the closing of the district tournament the next item of interest is the selection of the first and second district teams. As is customary the referees in charge of the tournament select the teams, eight men being named on each squad and the announcement made during the rest period of the flitirt game. The selections made by the officials are very good and when the announcements were made brought great applause from the spectators. The entire first string squad of Decatur was named. The first and second teams are as follows: First Team Myers. Decatur; Dorwin, Decatur; Shirk, Monroe, forwards. Linn. Decatur; Gettle. Bluffton, centers. Mossburg, Liberty Center; Crist, Monroe; Early, Bluffton, guards. Second Team Brady, Pennville; C. Kessler. Monroe; Cunningham. Portland; . forwards. Harris, Pennville; Lanimirr.an, Monroe- centers. Teeple, Decatur; Steele, Decatur; Costello, Bluffton; guards. The Pennville team was awarded the honor of showing the best attitude on the floor.

WILL GIVE PLAY Junior Class of Pleasant Mills High School to Present Offering Entitled i “LITTLE CLODHOPPER” » 1 • Play Will be Given Friday Evening in High School Auditorium. The Junior class of the Pleasant I , Mills high school, will on Friday evening, March loth, give a public dem castration of their dramatic ability. ■ by presenting, in the high school auditorium at that place, a three act play j entitled “A Little Clodhopper". The personnel of the cast and a synopsis I of the play are as follows: Craracters Septimus Green, A young book agent I Benoit Johnson, i i Ocey Gump, a fresh country product , by Heck Gerald Aspy George Chiggerson, an innocent little j lamb from the city . .Harold Masters I ■ Mrs. Chiggerson-Boggs, his doting ma-I ma Mary Gulick ■ Miss Julietta Bean, A Splinterville! boarding house keeper . . Joy Beam ■ Charmion Carter, who thinks she's a ■ vampire Ruth Giessler ' | Judy, a little clodhopper from the poor-1 house Ho Johnson | Synopsis of Play Act I A birthday party in the conn- 1 try. The old maid and the boob "When tile chicken gils 'round to me I there won't be nothin' left but half a gizzard and a fail." The scheming Mrs. Boggs and her dainty son. George j from the city. The party arrive. Green, . the book-agent, who is not as green 'as he seems to be, joins the festivities. I “The fellers is kissin’ the girl jest aw I ful, it wasn't no place fer a ministers I son.” Judy, the waif from the poorhouse is accused of theft. “I'll prove who’s the theif —You or me!” Act II The home of Mrs. Boggs in the city. Judy takes a dancing lesson with sad results. “George ain’t desperate enough to kill a full-grown Missoury musketeer.” Mrs. Boggs arranges the marriage between George land Judy, but her plans do ont work las she intended. Judy and the cute book-agent. "What’s love?” George marries Charmion and Judy is thrown out in storm. Saved by Acey the boob from Splinterville. Act 111 Same scone as Act 11, three weeks later. George and Charmion 1 hav a troubled honeymoon obscured by ' a cloud —and Mrs. Boggs is the cloud. | A blackmail scheme. Mrs. Boggs passles Charinion off as Judy. The sick old man from Texas. “You’ll find your daughter back in Splinterville poorhouse". Mrs. Boggs calls the police. Acey responds, bringing Judy with him. “You ani't my daddy at all.” Mrs. Boggs decides to go to work. Septimus says "I wouldn’t trade places (Continued on page four)

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The district basket ball tournament, the first of the big district meeting ever staged in this city was brought to a close Saturday evening, the final j game being played between Decatur and Monroe, the locals proving the ■ winners and were awarded the honor to represent this district at the regional meet next Friday and Saturday at Purdue university. The big tournament opened Friday morning, continuing throughout the day on over Saturday with eighteen | teams entered from Adams, Jay and Wells counties with a total of about one hundred and seventy-five players taking part and fully one thousand | rooters and fans accompanying the ■ visiting teams. Much pep and enthusiasm reigned throughout the tourna- | inent every fan backing his team to the ; limit. The Athletic hall had been remodeled and more seats added to take ■ care of the large crowd and was packrod to capacity at all times. Hale and Humke were the official referees sent to this city by the State Aehletic Board, neither man ever offi- | dating in this city before and performled their work very satisfactory, al- ; though they yjere not as';closle on their i decisions as the local fans have been I used to. The tournament was a big success in every way. and the visiting i teams and fans received the best of i treatment from the higli school and Hhe Decatur fans. Had Hard Schedule i The final game between Decatur and Monroe was without doubt the best attended contest of the entire meet. Every seat in the sal! being taken and many fans being forced to stand along the out-of-bounds lines. The winning of the final contest is very much appreciated by the local team owing to the fact that they had drawn the hardest schedule of any team entered, and were forced to play the game under a big handicap, the game with Bluffton being a big setback to them and they were also without the presence of their captain and center, Linn, who was forced out of the game with a broken rib which he received in the Bluffton-Decatur game. The locals won their first game Friday afternoon when they met and defeated Berne by a score of 29-16. Ju order to win the meet, they were required to play three games on Saturday, they meeting Liberty ('enter in the first game of the morning and defeated them in a hard fought game by a score of 25-14 and then met Bluffton Saturday afternoon in the hardest fought battle of the tournament which required two over time periods, working their way to the final game by defeating Bluffton 16-14, and then defeated Monroe in the final game by a score of 20-17. The Decatur five showed their old time fight and hard playing that won the honors for them, and in no contest did they show signs of defeat. Dorwin, the fast forward who is playing his first year on the squad was the big point getter for his team, he placing (Continued on page two)