Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 59, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1922 — Page 1

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■[IOITHCOMES I jo MRS. MYERS |;-1 a: » ■ at 3:30 This Morning ■ ]>\Er>b)N! IS CAUSE ■ Funeral Sunday Allernoon ■ from Home—Burial Later ■ at Bowling Green, 0. ■ vter sullying intensely the .past H.prersl 'lavs, the angd! of death re- ■ Zithe srllcring of Mrs. W. II M Jvrl < at the lainilx home on Adams ■ ‘ (rp( , u ' aI :; : :;u o’clock this morning. H Mvrs had not been in the best ■ /health the past six or seven years. ■ ten day.- ago when an attack < 1 ■ the grip atm i-itlmmza t ame upon her, ■ ). H . frail hndt was tinable to with- ■ stand the siege, and the fatal bron- ■ deal pneumonia developed, and the ■ ii/ss terr.itmted in her death at the ■ ea rly hour mis morning. H Her death had been expected the ■ past two 'lays, and all that loving ■ hands of hmd friends could do was H toe to alleviate the Buffering of this H W „H known lody. and to prolong her ■ life that she may continue her com H panionshili with a loving and svmpa H thetic husband, who had been cm ■ ■ fUany :lt ,lpr sil|p ''"ring the past ■ tfvcral years. ■ Marga'et Dollinger Myers was born ■ ;;„rruiber 28. 18-1'!. at Osceola. Ohio, ■ I daughter of Peter r.nd Lydia Lol M linger. Her mother passed i.vav H when she was but a little more than M po years old. and the deceased was M taken to the home of an aunt M*'s. H Hannah Rutan. at Orange. Ohio, who ■ ear“d for her as her own chib’ ura':! ■ v. marriage to Mr. Myers, (V'tib- ■ 11. IS6oH Mr. and Mrs. Myers later wert to U Vati’V -'t. Ohio, to make their home. Hnd ranie to Decatur, during t' e H jjnnih of December. 1881, and bad | ■■ r«!ed here since. No children were ■ into 'he union, and M'S. Mvms is ■ Alast or her own. immediate, fain ■ k Her father in later years moved •Columbia City, and his death KB ml there in 1909. Her on’y I hi her died a few years ago in. ■ Crawford county. Ohio. Four liiif |B Mothers and one half-sister, alm M survive, they bring Frank Bollinger ■if California; Eli Bollinger of C>- ■ tabla City; Amos Bollinger, ot ■ NJes. Mil h.; Albert Bollinger. LaOt B to Ind ; Mrs. G. M. Coplen. of Good- ■ lad. Kans. The late John Bollinger. ■ whose death occurred yesterday, was B l half-brother of Mrs. Myers. B Mrs. Myers had always been a B BHiiher of the Presbyterian church. B and many years ago was one of the ■ most active members of the lor al ■ church. With Mrs. Lucy Rout, she ■ was instrumental in the organization ■ of a Ladies’ Aid society, which has ■ since been ope of the strong organ!-i I ations of the Decatur congregation. The husband, who survives, has the sympathy of the entire community in his bereavement. Broken in health : hy the many years he has lived, and *>th afflictions brought about by his service for his country when threatened with a division, his constitution is very weak, and the present burden is a very hard one for him to bear. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the home, the Rev. Charles ‘, ir ‘* [ * lani officiating. Interment will ,f ri r'tirm<xl nn arfp flrol

/— — —v' MILK—THE VITAL FOOD Milk is the most important of all foods. It is a perfect food. a complete food, and q protective fcod. It contains all the elements required by the body for proper nourishment.. Milk is a food not fully appreciated. Because'it is a liquid many have believed it was not nourishing. On the contrary, milk is the tnoet nourishing of all foods—for people of all ages. The wonderful food substances in milk are all digest ible, and there is no waste. It is full of food of the highest quality. Milk Contains an additional substance lacking in nearly all other foods, except butter, ice cream and cheese. Without this vital substance children cannot grow, nor can adults have perfect health. The six million undernourished and suffering children now in the United States would be healthy and strong if they used milk liberally in their diets. The Milk Way Is the Health Way. Milk is one of the cheapest of all foods. One quart of milk contains as much digestible food as eight eggs, or four-fifths of a pound ot beefsteak, and in addition contains this vital food substance. Use milk liberally. Reducing the milk supply is a direct blow at the health and efficiency of the family. You cannot afford to be Dr. McCollum of Johns Hopkins University, one of the leading authorities on food, says: The people who have used milk and its products liberally are the People who have achieved, who have become large, strong, vigorou < t People, who have reduced their infant mortality, who have the bes : trades in the world, who have an appreciation for art, literature and uiusic, who are progressive in science, and in every activity of the human intellect.” Milk is liquid life. There is no subititute for it. ADAMS COUNTY MILK CAMPAIGN. March 13 to 24.

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FUNERAL SATURDAY Funeral services for the late Mrs. Selma Barnett will be held at the home on Ninth street Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Rev. Tinkham of the Methodist church officiating. Following a short service the cortege will go to Pleasant Mills where interment will bo made. A DASTARDLY ACT Demon in Search of Re- . venge Pours Carbolic Acid Down Throat OF A YOUNG BABE Mother Placed Babe in (’rib and Stepped Out to Grocery to Make Purchase. What is believed to have been the most dastardly and henious crime ever commited in Fort Wayne took place) last evening when some unknown de-1 mon broke into thfi home oi Mr. and Mrs. George Kloepper, picked up the] four month's old babe out of his crib! 1 and poured carbolic acid down its I throat, leaving a note or. the tab! . saying it was committed out of “re- 1 venge" for some supposed wrong. Late yesterday afternoon, after’ nursing the babe, the mother, bundled the little piece of humanity into its; carriage and covered it with its blan-1 ket, crooning softly tc it until it went; into dream land. She then carefully I locked both the front and rear doors| cf her heme and. told a neighbor that; she wanted to run to the neighborhood] grocery for a minute to purchase ar |- ticles for her husband',: suppt r. She ' left her home at 909 Wilt street andwas gone for less than 15 minutes, j Upon returning tc her home she I was amazed to see both the front and ]' rear doors cf the home open and. thinking first of the welfare of the I child, she rushed into the living room. where she found the infant. Sylvia.,: lying in spasms upon the floor and 1 ! vomiting from its mouth a mixture of carbolic acid and some other sub 1 stance. The neighbor woman was the first to be summoned by the frantic moth 1 or and together the two rushed the in- i fant to the nearby home, where Dr.;' N. L. Salon was called to attend. I The physician rushed to the home i aquipped to fight for the child’s life i with the poison fluid ami within a few ( j minutes the poison had been pumped i from the child’s stomach, but not be-. i | fore, the phycician believes, a part of : |it reached the vital organism ot the i little babe. Ates tof the wash, taken I from the stomach, is now being analyzed. On a table in the home was found . t* note, scrawled in capital letters —, .“A REVENGE." This note, detectives who were assigned to the investigation ( declare is the only clue left by the per-; son guilty of the act. The note is in I possession of Detective Sergeants) Kavanaugh and Junk .who will bring; the entire force of the polite depart-; ment to a test in solving this, the most ] serious crime that has confronted the police department here in many years. The mother, crazed with grief, was unable to discuss the attempt upon the life of her babe as she sat beside the little cot, in the hospital all of last night, and the father, bearing the strain little better, was un-1 (Continued on rage five) -

LOCAL TEAM LEFT TODAY I < Decatur High School Basket '■ Ball Team Left for Pur- 1 due University to REPRESENT DISTRICT In Regional Meet to be Staged Tomorrow—Given a Real Send-011. “Hit ’<ni high. Hit ’em low. Yea ' Dccatn.', lets go." The Decatur high school basket ' ball team, winners of the district | tournament staged in this city last I Friday and Saturday left for Lafayette at lit o’clock this morning when' they] are to enter the regional me t to be staged at Purd.te university tomorrow. Tho local boys were given a real send-off, tho entire high school body accompanying them to the car. putting the old fight into them by giving a number of the high school yells I and songs. i The game scheduled for the locals will be the first evening game of the 'series when they meet Whiting q. 17:30 o’clock. Tho Whiting team de I foated Gary. Valparaiso and several other strong teams in their district and are picked by many to win over the locals. Judging from the past ;record of the Whiting team the locals | have an even chance and are enter taining hopes <>C returning home vie torious. The Decatur boys are mak j ing the trip under a great handicap |as Linn, their center is forced out of the game on account of a broken rib received in the Bluffton-Decatur game in tho tournament. Ho accompanied the team but will not play. Tho locals will probably appear with the same lino-qp that won the final game last Saturday, Myers and Schultz playing at forward, Dorwin at. Center and Toepie and Steele at guards. (Tine, Hill and Swearinger will mak*’ up the utility. Special Rooterc Car A special "rooters car" will leave Ft. Wayne at 10 o’clock this evening for Lafayette, arriving there at 12:30 o'clock carrying fans and rooters from Wolf Lake and Angola. Word has been received by the local high school officials that any fans from this city desiring to make the trip may do so in this car. A number of people from this city were planning to go and if they are contemplating on making the trip in the “rooters’ car” they are requested to cal! Mr. Worthnmn. CHAHCE IS SEEN ■ In Attitude of Many House Members on Bonus Bill — Trend is Away from It, MANY ARE DOUBTFUL Seem to Have Decided That People Are Against It— Something Happened. (By Lawrence M. Benedict, United Press staff correspondent) ashington, Mar. 10 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—What seems a decided trend away from the soldier bonus has suddenly appeared in the house. Many members, both republicans and democrats hitherto for immediate passage of the bonus, today were reliably reported to have suddenly turned against the measure, or at least to have gone in the "doubtful' class. House leaders saw the change in sentiment but said that passage of the bonus is in no wise edangered. The bill they declared will be taken up as scheduled on March 20 and no difficulty will be encountered in getting a two-thirds majority. The house cloak rooms buzzed today with anti-bonus talk. On the republican side this talk started with a visit to the floor by Former Congressman "Jim” Good of Chicago, recently a powerful house republican leader. Fresh from contact with “the people” in the midwest, Good told his former colleagues "the country is against, the bonus and will not sipport a congress that passes it." CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE United Press Staff Correspondent Chicago, Mar. 10—(Special to Daily 'Democrat)—Wheat: May $1.37; July sl.lß. Corn: May 63%c; July fil%c. Oats: May 39%c; July 41T4c.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, March 10, 1922

++++++++++++++++ + AMERICAN HISTORY + + DAY BY DAY + + By T. P. Green + + + •> March 10 + •I. + One tenth of Boston was de- -b •b stroyed by fire on March It), -b + 1760. + ♦ ♦ •b Propriety of .tamp-duti* s for-b + America was voiced by the + •b House of Commons on March <• •b 10. 1764. ♦ •b - 4 b Thomas Jefferson was made + •b I’. 8. Minister to France on 44* March 10. 1785. *b ♦ -r •b Albany became the Capital of -b •b New York on March 10, 1797. -b ♦ -b •b General G. B. McClellan cross- + ■b ed the Potomac on March 10. + « 18(12. -b + — J. •b Arkansas voted against slav- + ■b ery in that State on March 10. + -b 1864. 4* + 4--b-b-b + -b-b4--b-b-b-b4--b-b A NARROW MARGIN In Favor of Four-power Pacific Treaties is Claim of Those Favorable IN AN EARLY VOTE Voting on Reservations Expected to Start Latter Part of Next Week. (By Lawrence Martin, United Press staff correspondent) Washington. Mar. 10 —(Special to Daily Democrat)- —Ratification of the four power Pacific pact by an extremely small margin will be the result it the final vote is taken by tho senate soon, a careful canvass today showed. The situation, however, is so delicately balanced that little would be required to upset calculations. Voting on reservations is expected to start late next week. The closeness of the vote was regarded in some quarters as approaching a menace to the treaty. The elements upon which leaders are reckoning in their realization that there are few votes to spare are given herewith: 1. —Unless some reservations, other than the Brandegee one, are adopted, a number of democrats say they will vote against the treaty. They want, for instance, an amendment providing against unprovoked attacks, and another'specifically stating that under the treaty the United States shall enter no binding agreements without) congressional consent. 2. —Absence of certain senators leaves the scales tipped rather finely. Crow, Pennsylvania, prot-treaty man, is ill; Stanfield. Oregon, another supporter is leaving for home because of urgent business there and Trammell Florida, whose position is in doubt though he is now rumored to be an anti, ,is away because of his wife's serious illness. As things stand today, the senate forces can reckon on thirty votes against the treaty. Thirty-three votes would defeat the treaty. COUPLE ELOPED Miss Esther Reynolds and Lew Miller of Bluffton Married at Hillsdale MADE AUTO TRIP On Wednesday Afternoon —Bride Bookkeeper for Mutschler Packing Co. An elopement that comes as a very pleasant surprise to the many friends of the young couple involved, was that cf Miss Esther Reynolds, daughter Cleveland street, and Mr. Lew Miller of Bluffton. The couple left this city Wednesday morning by automobile and were married at the Presbyterian manse in Hillsdale at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The bride is popularly known and held in high esteem among the younger set of the city, she having been a member of the graduating class of the local high school in 1920. For the past year she has been employed by the Mutchler Packing Co., as bookkeeper. The groom is employed as (Continued on page five)

WORK OUTLINED FOR CAMPAIGN Complete Schedule of Meetings for Milk Campaign Has Been Arranged. EVERY SCHOOL WILL Be Visited by Speakers—A Number of Community Meetings to be Held. Following is a complete list of th* I meetings to be held during the nex. ■ two weeks at the various schooli- ) thruoghtcut tho county when well in | formed speakers will give a 20 tall 1 at each r.u oting in the interest of th* milk campaign being conducted in thh ' county. Monday. March 13th 8:30- North ward- 2 sessions. 2(. minutes each. | 9:20 —Riley building—2 sessions, 21 minutes each. 10:10 —South ward —2 session. 2! minutes each. 11:00—Central Bldg.- -Grades'! and 2 20 minutes ea* h. 1:15 —Central Bldg.—Grades 7 and f —2O minutes <>ach. 1:45 —Catholic school—3 session--20 minutes each. 2:55 —High school—2 sessions—2( minutes each. Tuesday, March 14th 9:00 —Dist. No. 2 —Washington town ship. 9:35 —Dist. No. I—Root1 —Root township 10:10 —Dist. No. G—Union township. 10:45—Dist. No. 5 Union township. I:3o—Parochial school, —Union town ship. 2:15 —Dist. No. I—Union1 —Union township 3:lo—Dist. No. 2 —Union township Wednesday, March 15th 9:00 —Dist. No. 22 —Root township 9:50 —Parochial school —Root town ship. 10:10—Monmouth schools —2 sessions 20 minutes each. 1:15 —St. Johns schools —2 sessions 20 minutes each. 2:oo—Friedheim school,—2 sesatons 20 minutes each. 3:00 —Parochial school—Preble ttwv’ ship. 3:30 —Mt. Pleasant school Thursday. March 16th 9:00 —Dist. No. s—Preble township 9:so—Dist. No. 6 —Preble township 10:15—Dist. No. 2 —Kirkland town ship. 11:00- —Peterson school. (Continued on page fiv«>) waktHaoem Albert .1. Beveridge Issues Challenge to Senator Harry New, His Opponent. ASKS FOR COMPACT Which Will Limit Campaign Expenditures as Matter of Sense and Honesty. Fort Wayne, Ind.. March 10. —Open ing ills campaign for the republican nomination here last night Albert J. Beveridge challenged Sena tor Harry S. New. his opponent, to enter a compact to limit campaign ex penditures “as a matter of common sense and common honesty.” it is a common neport that alreadj lange sums of money have been am ane being disbursed by the opposition and that this is but the beginning still gneater expenditures" Beveridfe charged. It a candidate spends more than $45.000 —the senator's salary for six years—he cannot justify himself it the eyes of the electors in November, the former Bull Moose leader declared Beveridge declared ho would stan* by President Harding, said the Presi dent’s declaration for neutrality in the Indiana campaign should be published broadcast . "If our official party organization is such is working for one candidate and against the other, then such organization is false to this trust." he said. Now is known as the protege of the “regular." Beveridge addressed fi twelfth district. rally in sounding his keynote speech. Ho declared for lower freight rates and revision of the tax laws. Senator New Repies Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 10 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Senator Harry New. answering the challenge (Continued on page two)

I. O. 0. F. NOTICE All members of th<> lo*lge are re- ! quested to be present nt th*' hall Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock to attend the funeral of Brother John 1). Bollinger. Tlie following have been selected us pall bearers: Albert Baker, Ivan Talbot, Henry Moyer, Amos Yoder. Noah Fry and J. F. Snow. MORAL MENACES k Eight County Jails Reported as Menace by State Board of Charities DURING THE YEAR 21,984 Inmates Were Admitted, 3,748 Charged With Intoxication. Ijack of (he proper facilities for the classification of prisoners and com plete seperation of sexes in jails in twelve Indiana counties, makes the institutions "moral menaces” declares Arnos W. Butler, secretary of the state hoard of charities in a statement made public Wednesday night. Jails in 25 counties are “so seriously lacking in •very respect," that they are regard'd as totally unsatisfactory for the 'onfinement of prisoners, the report •ays. In eight counties the report lays, sanitary conditions are so bad ‘hat they are a "menace to the health" j,’ the inmates. Jails regarded by tho board as un latisfactory are located in the following counties: Allen. Blackford, Boone, Ularke. Clinton, Decatur, Delaware, Tibson, Hamilton, Howard, Jefferson. Yennings, Madison, Martin. Monroe. i Ohio. Orange. Porter. Putnam. Speni -•er. Starke. Switzerland. Tippecanoe ind Warrick counties. Bad sanitary ■onditions are reported in Blackford. Boone. Decatur. Hamilton. Martin Orange, Jefferson and Switzerland counties. Jails in 26 counties were reported h satisfactory liy the board inspectors while 27 other county jails are report ■ “fairly well planned." Administration of the jails was found to be good ' •'"n most instances." The report advo•atos abolition for tho per diem basis) nf caring for prisoners. Tho population ] >f Indiana county jails at the end of the last fiscal year was 741. Os this number 672 were men and boys and 19 were women and girls. During the ast twelve months there were 24.984 admitted to the jails of which 2,032 were females. During the 12 months a total of 3,748 persons were confiled in the jails because of intoxication. SALE WELL ATTENDED About 110 head of horses wore disposed of-today at the regular semimonthly sale of the Decatur Horse Sale company. Although there was a large attendance of farmers present, and several foreign buyers, prices still continue to hover around the low mark and no showing v.hatt ever was made toward an upward tendency in the horse market. — • ♦ THE WEATHER FORECAST * + * + + ♦♦4444 4 , 4" + * Indiana: Rain tonight, colder in south and central portions; Saturday, i cloudy and colder probably local snows in north portion. Lower Michigan: Rain or snow to-) night and Saturday, not much change in temperature. 4 Upper Michigan—Cloudy tonight and Saturday, probably local snows ] ■ in east portion, , not much change in' n temperature. 1

At Home in Bungalow Beautiful .. L > X Mio r ‘ : I IBi»—* r Miss Emilia Tonnelier of this city standing on the porch at her ® ‘‘Bungalow Beautiful” presented to her fcr writing the best essay on “Why i should own my own home in New Smyrna, Florida.”

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MR, ALLMAN IS HOLDING COURT Member of State Board of Control Hearing Evidence Here Today. RESULT OF TOURNEY Referees and Outside Objectors Here—Local People Examined Early. L OPENING STATEMENT The following opening statement by Mr. Allman this morning when he opened the court of inquiry, ex, plains the fair position taken by the board: — "The athletic board of control! | on the invitation of Decatur school officials, decided to select Decatur ar, one of the 32 centers to hold ) (he sectional tourneys. That selec tion was made under (he belief tliat Decatur hail adequate ‘facilities for entertaining the district tournament as well as any other school in the district. ‘ Tlie board also had faith in the ability of the Decatur school officials to successfully conduct same. "1 am here under the direction of Superintendent A. L. Trestor of ; Laporte, to investigate the charges ) made bv the schools that took part in the tournament. I am not authorized to payy judgment or even offer an opinion. My purpose is merely «to conduct an investigation and to present whatever information 1 may be able to collect to the Athletic Board of Controll at tlieir next meeting, probably some time next week. I shall be glad to receive any information that may be presented on either side of the case. I shall investigate the olcal situation this morning and interview tlie representatives of the communities making complaints, this afternoon. "I can say on behalf of the board of control that we are especially anxious that all contests throughout the state should be held under such conditions that the best interests of our public schoolk shall be protected. “High school athletics if properly couuolled can be of inestimable value to any school and cornmun- , ily apd all those in positions of authority connected with these events, feel a responsibility for the proper conduct of all such contests." 4- PRIVATE SESSIONS •> 4> 44* The examination of the prin- 4* 4- cipals and coaches this after- 4* 4- noon, was private, only the 4* + referees accused and tlie trus- 4* 4* tees being permitted to be 4* 4- present. Mr. Allman said a com- 4* 4- plete report of the evidence and 4* 4* findings might be made by the 4* 4" board of control if they see fit 4* 4* but that the investigation today 4* 4* was only to ascertain in the •!■ 4* facts and was not a public trial 4 1 4* or hearing. Mr. French was 4* 4* called in at 1:15 and Mr. Rippe, 44« Bluffton coach followed. Mr. 4* 4- Hendricks of Monroe arrived at 4* 4- 1:30 and was on tlie stand at -2* 4* two o’clock. 4* 4•4••1•4=‘1•4•4•4•^4•4 , 4••fr4•4•4• _ • The investigation of the charges made against the refereeing in the district tournament here, by the principals and coaches of the Monroe. Bluffi ton, Petroleum, Liberty Center, Berne and Geneva teams opened at nine o'clock this morning in the rooms of I the Decatur Industrial association. Prof. H. B. Allman, superintendent of the Angola schools and a member of I the board of control of the state athletic association, sitting as judge. C. J. Lutz was employed as attorney