Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 62, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1922 — Page 1

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jOEMTOHMAN KUO MADE RM Big Man in 1 ulsa. iETT er from FATHER Tells of Efforts Frank Made to Help Youngsters of That Big City. ——— Some thirty years ago, William M. was managing editor of this paL,. serving in that capacity while L'n. Blackburn. then publisher, was ving <•* postmaster. His son, Wk a little eurley headed youngster ’id metropolitan newspapers on the , rw t of Decatur. The family moved ‘ mmols and when Frank became a he went to the southwest and en„l in the oil business, where he w rifh He lias enjoyed his wealth by assisting in beautifying his city and rt( , following letter from his father ,111 be of interest:— Tulsa. Okla.. March 7th, 1922. Mr. John Heller. Editor Democrat Decatur. Indiana. My Dear Old Friend:—You will probably recall that during the years Hut I pushed a pencil on the Demo£ral, that 1 had a son. Frank, who pas the eurley head of the family, and who after school hours sold the aetropolitan newspapers on the greets of Decatur and carried water for the elephant when the big shows came to town? Well, you will be glad to learn that , Frank has been very successful down pre in the oil business and during the past few years has been living on that we sometimes call "easy street". That is to say. he has plenty laid aside t« a rainy day. And along with his prosperity have come some signal honors thatarew orth while. Hs is honors that are worth while. He is Jfetiber of the Hoard of Directors of b Chamber of Comment*; besides bring membership in several other tic bodies, all of which keep him petty busy aside from his regular ■ploytnent But his big hobby is furnishing I “wading pools" for the kids in the public parks of the city. That wading Mrs of his I believe he must have learned while running barefooted in the streets of Decatur, which were not paved during my residence in- that i place. Possibly, he might have had tome practice in the old St. Marys rirer. i lam sending you a few clippings from our newspapers, the Tribune and | World, that will tell you in detail about some of his activities. This might be of some interest to the Dement's readers especially those who how me in Adams county, my birthplace. Frank was born in Geneva and celebrated hi» 42nd birthday on January 20th. this year. He is certainly a live wire and is doing a lot of good for this town in the way of civic betterment. .lust recently, a Tulsa park vas named in his honor. I often recall our associations toother on the Democrat, and especially your efforts to decipher my pondrous editorials which nobody could had after they had gone through the cooling process. Trusting to hear from you and extending my best wishes for your happiness and prosperity, 1 Remain Your Friend, William M. Reed. The proud father sends us several (|i PPings which show the high esteem his son is held in Tulsa, a city 01 100,000 where he is president of the Kiwanis club and where he has lil>ne much. Some time ago he built throughout the city a number of beaut'ful wading pools for the children and otherwise assisted in making Tulsa a city beautiful.” Recently the name of Kendall park was changed '"the Frank H. Reed park by the city tornmission. The American Saturday * tkht recently carried Frank Reed’s full page slze on f ront ° Ver and he has received other dls■ttetion. He is undoubtedly one of the a >ng citizens of that great Oklacity. His Decatur friends will now be glad to hear of his splenhlbittn 00688 ° f the flne splrlt Is ex ‘ thp’m^ 6o *' 8 latest plan Is one to stock has is'on 11 PUbHc Übrar Y- Th e city hooks but needs five times (Continued on page three)

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OFFICERS RAID TROUT FARM As a result of the Straub Uirgent trouble which was aired In the Mayor's court yesterday morning, a search warrant was prepared and sworn to by Mrs. Straub and Sheriff Melchl ami Deputy Baker yesterday afternoon made a raid on the farm of D. G. M. Trout, south of the city. A large quan tity of cidar In various stages of fer mentation was found by officers, but aside from tills no other evidence ol an increminating nature was discov ered. A cample of the cider was taken by the officers and will be analyzed for its alcoholic contents. ARE ATTRACTIVE Window Displays Sent Here from Purdue for the Milk Campaign Prove VERY APPROPRIATE Schafer Hardware, Kuebler Co. and C. C. Pumphrey Donate Windows. The three large window displays sent here hy Purdue university to lx used in advertising and increasing tin interest and enthusiasm in the twe week milk campaign, were installed last evening by the publicity commit tee composed of Oscar I.ankenau, C C. Pumphrey and Dr. Fred I. Tatter son, and are proving to be of valuable assistance in the campaign by theii attractiveness. The display windows of the Schafer Hardware Co.. Kuebler Co., and C. C. Pumphrey have been donated for the use of the displays. The display in the Schafer Hardware Co., window is entitled "The Milky Way" and consists of a life size doll riding on a charoit made of a large bottle o1 milk and passing under an arch formed by two milk bottles over which is in scribed the words "Health and Hap piness.” he background consists of a canvas on which is painted a typical dairy farm scene. The display in the Kuebler Co., window has for its mo tive a May-day party and consists of a dozen dolls circling around a tall bottle of milk to which streamers are at tached. The display in the C. C. Hum phrey window represents three mini ture bill boards equipped with elec trie lights and on which is inscribed valuable information concerning the use of milk as a food. Tn addition to the Purdue displays, several business firms have put in window displays of their own that are exceptionally attractive. The campaign In the city and coun ty schools was started off yesterday morning with a vim and enthusiasm that promises to make it a complete success in every respect. The schedule of the meetings that had been arranged by County Superintendent E. S. Christen is being followed in strict accordance to time and anyone de siring to attend these meetings may select the time and the school that is most convenient for them and feel as sured that the meeting wil be held as per schedule. Miss Beadle and Mr. Wann of Purdue university and Mrs John Parrish of this city were the principal speakers today in Washing ton. Root and Union township. The meetings arranged for the balance of the week are as follows: Wednesday, March 15th 9:00 —Dist. No. 22 —Root township. 9:50 —Parochial school —Root township. 10:10 —Monmouth schools —2 sessions, 20 minutes each. I:ls—St. Johns schools —2 sessions 20 minutes each. 2:00 —Friedheim school, —2 sessions, 20 minutes each. 3:00 —Parochial school —Preble township. 3:3o—Mt. Pleasant school Thursday, March 16th 9:oo—'Dist. No. s—Preble5 —Preble township. 9:50 —Dist. No. 6 —Preble township. 10:15 —Dist. No. 2 —Kirkland township. 11:00 —Peterson school. 1:30 —Dist. No. 4—Kirkland township. 2:00 —High school, —Kirkland township. 2:3o—Dist. No. 3—Kirkland township. 3:os—Dist. No. 6—Kirkland town ship. 4444444 4*4 4444444 4 THE WEATHER FORECAST 4 4444444444444444 Indiana: Rain, colder tonight; Wednesday mostly cloudy and colder. Lower Michigan: Probably rain in north and rain in south portion tonight, somewhat coldter tonight; Wednesday partly cloudy.

COUNTY DOC FUND Sum of $1,691 CollectedOnly $1,068.10 Was Paid Out for Losses. REPORT IS MADE By Auditor .laberg —No Losses in Preble or Jes- ’ ferson Townships. County Auditor Martin Jaberg hat just completed his annual report of the dog fund reports, showing that $4,691.00 was collected by the twelve townships and that only $1,068.10 was paid out for losses, such as killing of sheep, ducks, geese or other live stock by dogs. The amounts collected in the dis ferent townships are as follows: Unton .townshtw $305.00; Root, $469.00; Preble, $408.00; Kirkland, $222.00; Washington. $608.00; St, Marys, $312.00; Blue Creek, $359.00; Monroe, $607.00; French, $277.00; Hartford. $295.00; Wabash, $479.00: Jefferson, $350.00. Total, $4,691.00. Two townships, Preble and Jefferson townships escaped without a single loss, while Root township suf sered the heaviest loss, >the amount paid out by the trustee being $290.00, The losses in each township are as follows: Union. $125.60; Root, $290.00; Preble, none; Kirkland, $80.50; Washington, $39.50; St. Marys. $43.00 Blue Creek, $286.50; Monroe, $16.00; French. $4.00; Hartford, $41.50; Wa bash, $141.50; Jefferson, none. Total $1,068.10. o STATE OFFICER COMING Deputy Commander Sholty Will be Guest of Maccabees Tonight Special business will be transacted this evening by the Maccabee lodge and State Officer W. G. Sholty. deputy commander, will he here as a guest of the lodge. Every member is requested to be present as the meeting promises to be a most Interesting one. RECALLSOLDDAYS M. McStoops Recalls Old Timers When He Finds Indiana Directory FOR THE YEAR 1868 Gives List of Business Men of Buena Visto, Known at Town of Linn Grove. Editor Democrat:—ln looking over an old Indiana business directory published in 1868 we have run acress some interesting items of the men conducting business in the small towns in Adams cotinty. Os course I§6B was in our early childhood but we remember some of the men in those towns. The names of seme of these men were known to almost every person in the county at that time and some of these men In attef years were prominent in political, financial and official affiairs of the county. Perhaps it will be interesting to bring back to your memory many things which happened in your early childhood and just to think about the many changes in the business life of the county. Old Beuna Vista in 1868 had a population of 175. In after years the village became Linn Grove and is now a flourishing town. Back in that old day the business was carried on by the following persons: R. B. Allison, general store. Henry Bricker, barber. Shaupp & Hoffman, drugs and hardware. John T. Fair and George Kindle, blacksmiths. Josephus Martin. Attorney. F. A. W. cabinet maker. E. Neaderhouser, (Jentist. Early & Suiter, dry goods. Courtney Morrow, furniture. George Eaten, groceries. E. John, harness and saddles. B. Haward, justice of peace* David Runyon and L. Loomis, lime dealers. F. Reefer, lumber dealer. W. Hill, meat market. H. Ulatz, flour mill. C. C. Baumgardner, physician. Jacob Staley, restaurant. John Sutten. stoves and tinware. Leo Herman, shoemaker. John J. Nuesbaum, tailor. John Schauff, postmster.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, March 14, 1922

>444444444444444 * AMERICAN HISTORY 4 * DAY BY DAY 4 * By T. P. Green 4 * + 4 March 14 + ♦ — 4 4 Charter for Rhode Island was 4 ♦ obtained by Roger Williams on 4 ♦ March 14. 1643. + 4 — 4 ♦ For being a Quaker, William + 4 Ledra was hanged by Massa- + + i husetts Puritans on March 14. 4 4 1661. 4 4 — 4 + Mobile, Alabama, was taken 4 4 »«y Spaniards on March 14. 1780 4 ♦ 4 + Patent for a "cjotton-gin" + 4 was secured by Eli Whitney on 4 ♦ March 14. 1794. 4 4 — 4 <■ The Suspension bridge nt 4 fr Niagara Falls was first crossed 4 > by a train on March 14. 1855. 4 >444444444444444 FIRST TORNADO Os the Season Hits Southeast Oklahoma—Twelve Dead and Many Hurt. THE DAMAGE IS GREAT Ten Killed at Gowen, Twc at Sulphur—Storm Came at Six Last Evening. McAlester, Okla., March 14. —Twelve persons were killed; fourten injured seriously and more than fifty hurt bj tornadoes and windstorms which swept southeastern Oklahoma latt yesterday, according toreports receiv ed here today. The greatest loss of life was re ported to Gowen, a mining town forty miles east of here. Where ten are saic to have been killed and more than fifty injured when a twister struck that town about 6 o’clock last night. Two were killed in a tornado that struck Sulpher. A summer resort neat here, late yesterday afternoon. The property damage will amount to aproximately $560,660, it was estimated. At Sulpher the courthouse was partially demolished and more than forty homes on the east side of the town were wrecked. FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT The funeral services for Mr. Philip Smith will be held at 9 o'clock at the home and 9:30 o'clock at the Evangelical church at Berne instead of the hours of 9:30 and 10:00 as formerly stated. George Squire and brother of Kirkland township Were among today's business visitors. Peter Losche of St. Marys township looked after business in Becatur this afternoon. CHANGE MAY FIRST On That Date Clover Leaf Will be Turned Over to Van Sweringens. SAY THE RUMORS From Toledo — Two Fast Trains Each Way to be Added—lmprovements. The change in the owneship of the Clover Leaf railroad, it is reported will occur May Ist at which time the Van Sweringen brothers will become the owners. According to dope from Toledo. Mr. Shepher who has been connected with the Clover Leaf for years will become president and Mr. Ross who has acted as receiver will be the general manager. The Nickle Plate. Lackawana and Clover Leaf will thus be connected giving the line a straight outlet between New York and St. Louis. It is said that one of the first things to be done will be the adding of two passenger trains each way, known as But falo to St. Louis flyers and largely improving the service. It is also claimed that plans to double track the road within the next few years are being made. Nothing official has been given out however and these reports are merely the rumors which follow such a deal, though said to have cotne from those in some authority. It is expected that official announcement of plans will be made within a few days and that there may be a number of changes contemplated.

THE TAX RETURNS Show Shortage of Two Billion Over 1920—Ford is Biggest Revenue Payer THE ELEVENTH HOUR For Filing Returns Shows Interesting Facts—l,o3B Pay Most of It. (By Herbert W. Walker, United Press staff correspondent) Washington, Mar. 14 (Special to Daily Democrat) —Income taxes reported to the government this year will be the smallest in live years, treasury officials estimated today—“the eleventh hour” for filing 1921 returns. The total of income and profits taxes, which will be reported by midnight tom<VJow will approximate only $1,66(1,060.000. the tax experts believe. This is nearly $2,000.000,006 under the amount reported two years ago and $900,000,000 under the amount last year. At the peak of the war profits period, the government received in excess of $4,()Q6,000.000 a year from these taxes. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon estimates the initial payments of federal taxes, which must accompany the filing of returns will net the government not more than $400,000,000 —the smallest amount since 1917. The slump in taxes is attributed to the depression which hit the country with its full force last year. Sec ondaiw causes are increased exemptions allowed this year. With re turns filed this year, the excess prof its tax goes out of existence, it having been repealed as of January 1. 1922. Approximately one tighth of the Income tax payments will come from 1,088 wealthy individuals, the treas ury estimates. This year, these persons whose income is in excess of $200,000 a year, will have a combined income of approximately $425,600,000 of which the government will (Continued on page six) IS ON THE WAY Letter from President Hard ing to Chairman Fordney of Ways and Means ON BONUS QUESTION Will Not Stop Introduction of Measure as Agreed on Says the Chairman. (United Press Service). Washington, March 14. —A message from President Harding giving his exact position on the new soldier bo nus bill, which house.republicans have long sought, was rumored today to be on its way here from the President's vacation houseboat along the Florida coast. According to reliable information the latest word from the President is be ing sent to chairman Fordney of the house way and means committee and is in response to appeals of administration leaders in the house for a definite statement from the executive as to whether he would veto the latest effort of the bonus bill framers. Fordney early today declared, however that he had not received any communication and that his full committee was going ahead this forenoon to report out the measure. The house, however, is going to pass the bill, it’s leaders say. What happens to it in the senate or at the Presidents's veto desk is a matter about which the bonurers are not troubling themselves at the moment. Today they had a more immediate problem —the question whether they could jam the measure through next Monday as scheduled under “suspension of the rules—A favorite big stick method which gives the measure right of way, limits debate and assures that on embarrassing amendment are attached. Fordney announced that a conference would be held Friday with Speak er Gillett when the latter returns from vacationing with President Harding, to see if the Speaker is agreeable to this. Meantime the democrats of the ways and means committee were talking that they would be "gagged" in today's full committee meeting to which the republicans replied . they could talk and offer amendments if they chose. Miss Floy Crocker of Helena is the house guest of Mrs. H. T. Vail.

IT'S A WILD FLING (Uoltrcl Press Nerviee), Chicago, March 14. —Girls In their teens are having the "wildest fling” in history. Miss Jessie Binford, hoc,lai worker, told the Chicago hygiene conference today. Miss Binford, who advocates stringent laws to supplement the lax rule of parents, said thousands of girls between 14 and 16 years of age in Chicago lead irregular lives. "In the old days,” said Miss Binfor/l. "the bad women of the cabarets were much older. Now they ure rarely over 20." A NERVE OF IRON Isaiah Moore Arrested in Indianapolis Has Deserted Eleven Wives. HIS WEDDING DAY For the Twelfth Adventure Was Fixed for Today But Plans Are Spoiled. Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Isaiah Moore's faith in mystic numbms war strengthened today when he was ar . r.'Sted on the eve of his twelfth 1 w edding. "1 should have known my eleventh! wife was the lucky one and stuck by her,” he said, "But 1 was not satisfied. I staked everything on No. 12, more commonly known as box cars,’ and lost my Iqpk. Beside my eleventh wife, the seventh girl I married was the best of the dozen." Moore's twelfth wedding ceremony was to have been performed In Minneapolis tomorrow*. Moore said he could remember the faces of all the girls he left behind. but the names in some cases were a bit hazy. “There was a Bessie Dowuin. Wilson, N. C.. and a Gertrude in Findlay, Ohio but for the life of me I can’t remember their last names,” he said. "I married Bessie under the name of George Shields and Gertrude under the name of Howard Wilson." In the other nine cases, Moore recalled the names of the brides but he couldn't remember the ■aliases he used. • Harriet Evans, a school teacher in northern Indiana, charged Moore with embezzeling SSOO from her, leading to his downfall. Moore said he obtained money from several of the women, admitting that he left Miss Evans in a hotel here after a week of married life. Detectives traced Moore to Minneapolis. where he was working as superintendent of a bakery. He was brought back to Indianapolis and made a complete confession police said. He was said to have claimed he married these women: Flora Dolf. of Wyoming, Pa; Amelia Werner of Detroit; Sue Narris, of Houma, La.; Bessie —of Wilson, N. C.; Gertrude of Find lay. Ohio; Laura Shields, of Spokane, Florence Johnson, of David City, Neb.; Helen Hargraves of Augusta. Kans.; Irene Hale, of Chicago; Laura Hertburg. of Peoria and Harriet Evans of Vincennes, Ind. FATHER SEIMETZ MADE A BHORT TALK AT MEETING The regular monthly meeting of, the Holy Name society of the St. Marys Catholic church w’as held last evening at the K. of C. hall with C. S. Niblick, president of the society presiding. An interesting progrem was given and Father Seimetz made a short talk in which he again thanked the members of the society and of the congregation for the purse of $1,050.00 presented to him to help defray his expenses to Europe aifd stated that he would probably leave Decatur Friday, going to visit bls parents for a few days and then to New York, sailing on the twenty-first with Father Thiehle of Fort Wayne. A pleasant and happy voyage was the wish extended to him by every member present. - - -» NOTHING UP OUR SLEEVE The Bluffton News in commending on our statement that In the MonroeDecatur game here on January 11th, twenty three fouls were called against Decatur and twenty six against Monroe, says It would be Interesting to know how many points were made by each team on free throws. On the theory that the question is asked in good faith, we offer the information — each team made 17 points by free throws.

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GOING TO MEXICO Twenty Thousand Mennonites Enroute from Canada to New Homes. THE SIXTH COUNTRY In Which They Have Tried .to Find a Haven Since Establishment of Sect. Meution was made in a dispatch a few days ago of a party of 115 Mennonite men,women and children (twen-ty-three families), who arrived at El Paso, Tex., enroute from Canada to new homes in Mexico. A train of twenty-two stock cars carried their farm live stock, including dogs and poultry, and their farm implements and provisions. The total expense for passenger and freight transportation was approximately $J5,000. They were bound for Chihuahua, under guarantees from the Mexican government that their paciflct principles will be respected and that they will be allowed to conduct their own schools wtihout being forced to teach their children Spanish. Their leader was tiie only man in the party who could speak English. It developed that, this trainload was the beginning of a great religious pilgrimage which will take 20,000 Menhonltes out of Canada. It will be the sixth county they have tried in the four centuries of the existence of their sect, to find a haven for their religious and educational beliefs. Already other trains are under way, and the people will continue to go as fast as they can sell their farms. Members of the advance party refused to discuss their reasons for goins, or any differences they may have had with the government of Canada, and it is probable that their departure grew out of their scruples against war when Canada was raising trops for the conflict with Germany. The sect originated in Holland early In the sixteenth century, as an offshoot of the Anabaptists. Their religion is similar to that of the Baptists. They suffered a good deal of religious prosecution. several of their leaders being burned at the stake. Their greatest migrations were to America, beginning if 1640. and one to Russia in the eighteenth century. The American movement was furthered by English Quakers. Many came to Pennsylvania and there are still large districts of them in the southern counties of that state. They spread afterwards into other states and Canada. Members of a branch of the Mennonite church, the Amish, settled and still are in northern Indiana. They are a practical pious, honest people, wearing a simple dress and holding firmly to pacifist Ideas. Their langueg is a mixture of German and Dutch and they wish to teach no other in their schools. Also they wish to live to themselves. They are good farmers and peaceable, industrious citizens and Canada is likely to miss so large an element of a desirable population. Also, It seems a pity that from so free and liberal a country as Canada there should be felt the need of an exodus of good people, seeking more freedom —Indianapolis News. s HE WON'T DI3CUB3 IT. United Press Service. Palm Beach, Fla., March 14.—President Harding has made up his mind, according to members of his vacation party here, not to enter further into the bonus discussion of congress and will not address or meet with leaders of the American tn convention here this week. The President's one day here is to be devoted to fishing and golf, weather permitting. He plans to leave hero tonight for St. Augustine. WANT HUPMOBILE AGENT In tonight’s Daily Democrat the Hupmobile Motor Car oorporation. through their distributors, the MossPugh Motor Co., of Fort Wayne, are advertising for a dealer or agent to sell tho Hupmobile car Particulars relative to address cun be obtained from the ad. READY FOR BUSINESS The invoicing of the stock and fixtures of the Kintz & Barnett cigar store and billiard room waa completed Sunday and the new proprietors, Messrs. Edward Kelly and William Etcher are now in charge. A cordial welcome is extended to the public and courteous treatment is assured to all patrons.