Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1922 — Page 1

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■ (IRSCH ELECTED I s ew Councilman. | S CC('EEI>S PEOPLES I Who - Received I Three of the Four Votes E —Council Met. I voiirs'»■ seen.t ballot, three of the ■ 2 votes cast by the coutu tlmen in | “fl session last evening were reI Ld by Otto Kirsch, well known I Lttf business man and manager ot I ; he Kiwh-Keppert company anti he ■ dnlv -It't laretl elected councilman ■ ,‘ lsrg P of the city of Decatur. succeed ■ tag E A- Peoples who resigned. ■ ‘ , E b h| y ell known manufacturer I 0i this city received one vote ami only I cits M |ot was ,akt ’ n ' ■ Following the election. Councilmat I £ A. Beavers called Mr. Kirsch on ■ the telephone and notified him of his I election. It was understood that three I other man were candidates for th< ■ place, two <>t the applicants having I on the council before. I Mr. Kirsch lives in the third ward I ltd has been affiliated with the Demo I rratic party ever since he was a votei I j{ 6 |s one of the city's progressive bus I Hess men and his election will no I doubt meet with the approval of the ■ people. I The following men are now members I o f the council: Georke Krick. Jame: E I* Kocher. E. A. Beavers, A. R. Ash I toucher and Otto Kirsch. I The council after electing Mr. Kirscl E spent an hour in the council chambe: E discussing business problems and hold I inp general round table discussion ot E the many important duties befort E them. Splendid progress has beet E Bide by ’he new council and Mayo: E Moss and everything is running E tlotf in harmony. ■ •— I THE COURT NEWS ■ .1 suit on note was filed today in | ttvuit court entitled Farmers ant’ fenhants’ State bank vs. Frank Xeuenst hwander. Complaint ant amnions ordered returnable Marcl »th. C. L. Waters is attorney for th< fhintiff. I Suit on account has been filed b; Albert Burk vs. Clyde Beam. Com plaint filed and summons ordered re tunable March 28. Attorney C. I Waiters represents the plaintiff. In the suit on note and account filed by Vance & Linn vs. Clyd Beam, appearance was made by L. C DeVoss for the defendant anti he wa ruled to answer. In the damage suit filed by Davit Gerber and Edgar Gerber vs. Chicago i Erie Railroad Co., a verified appli cation for change of venue was submitted and sustained by the court. Real estate transfers: David Buck master to Joseph T. Pamler, Inlo Wil, Decatur, S9O. "**-**'* - ''o 1 " 1 NOTHING DOING YET Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 18 —(Spe rial to Daily Democrat) —A. L. Trester, head of the state athletic asso ciation when asked today if then had been any decision on the Deca tur controversy said no meeting o the board had been held and nothing had yet been done about the matter Theodore Sheler was in the city at tending to business. — o TWO SMALL ROOF FIRES At eight-thirty o’clock last evening the fire department was called t< the home of Thomas Kern, cornet Seventh and Marshall streets where spark® from the chimney had set fin 10 ,110 roof - The damage was thought f® amount to not over five dollars. A second roof fire occured at nine ®clock this morning when an alarm " as in from the Dick Burdgt residence on Mercer Avenue. Thit ate also proved to be very slight an 'l was quickly put out. —o **♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-$ . . THE WEATHER FORECAST ♦ ’*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ warm^? a . : lin toni ght and Sunday Portion t 2 night ' c °lder in southwest sotitheag. Jn t iay afternoon , strong west sh’dt" ® now , rain or tonight t,, \ and Sun 'lay, warmer day* otrl„ 6Xtrem ° Bast portion Sunwinds southeast and south Spec Mi%°- bably ga,es - sleet ‘ gar l : Snow - rain or tonight 1 and Sunday, warmer shifting tn r ,° n!? ea3t and southeast BB to west winds late Sunday.

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ARE IN SESSION Chicago, March 18. —Athletic directors and faculty representatives of six leading mid-west universities not now members of a conference, met here to day to draw up a plan of organization for the central intercolleciate athletic conference. Universities represented were: Notre Dame, Detroit, Michigan Aggies. University of Cincinnati, Marqnette and I>e Pauw. The new confer ence plans to start functioning during the basketball season of next winter and be fully under way by the foot ball season of 1921*. • ■ A LATIN CONTEST Annual Eighth District Latin Contest to he Held at Muncie, Apil 15th. THE COUNTY CONTEST Will be Held in This City Apil B—Rules Governing the Contest. The annual Eighth Ditrict high school Ijrtin contest this year will be) held at Muncie, April 15. The local, county latin contest wil be held in De-| catur, April 8, under supervision of the I ■ounty chairman. Miss Rose Df.nathan. atin instructor of the local high >chool. Three Adams County schools. Hartford township high school. (F. D. Huff, chairmani, Berne high school (C. I 0. Lehman, chairman) and Decatiu ligh school have already entered. It s hoped that the rest of the high, schools in the county will join. Adams ■ounty high schools should make a <ood showing in academic work. Yoa, et’s go. The contest begins with a local ■limination examination in which a'! Undents are urged to participate. There is a winning place for boys nd one for girls in each year's werk 4o gratnmer beyond that of the be . tinning book is required. The exam nation for each year’s work is based | >n elementary grammar and the vocab- I tlary of the year being studied. Dwight I Lrm's “Latin dictionary for high. chool students” is particularly recom I nended for its organized vocabulary ists for high school students. The rules governing the contest arc' ;iven below: Rules: for Examination. 1. Be able to give- the principal ■arts of ten verbs from the vocabulary >f the year being studied. 2. Be able to decline five nouns j rom the vocabulary of the year being tudied. 3. Be able to decline five adjectives . rom vocabulary of the year being ■tudied. 4. Conjegate any regular verb orapletely. 5. Write as many English derivaives as possible from any ten nouns elected from the vocabulary of th* ear being studied. 6. White as many English deriva ives as possible for ton verbs from he vocabulary of the year being tudied. 7. Be able to write any synopsis rom any verb in the vocabulary for he year being studied. 8. Compare any five adjectives rom the vocabulary of the year being studied. 9. State the rule and give Latin sentence containing examples of each en case construction selected from he first 109 pages of Scott's Elemenary Latin. They include: ablative of igent, means; accompaniment, time dace in which; time; dative of in’irect object, with adjectives, of pur-, 'ose. with special verbs; accusative 's direct object of transative verbs luration of time, with propositions isted on pages 80 and 109. 10. Name 10 prepositions for which tases governed are to be named and ’rom which derivatives are to be given In English. Rules for Judges The questions for each contest local, county or district, shall be written by 1 judge agreed upon by the local eachers, county chairman or district ■hairman for local, county and district ■ontests, respectively. Such judge shall not in any way be nterested in the school; shall be one ■ versed in Latin and if possible, not a resident of the Immediate locality. The judge shall write the questions for the local examination, and deliver them sealed to the teacher in charge, - if possible at the hour of beginning 1 the examination. [ißules for Holding Local Examination -| There shall be at least one person I — (Continued on page five)

MEET HERE TODAY Foremen of General Electric Plant Are Eenjoying Session in Decatur. A BANQUET TONIGHT At K. of P. Home—Ninety Arrived from Ft. Wayne in a Special Car. — The foremen of the General Electric plants of Fort Wayne and Decatur are ■ in session here today and from all appearances having a big. fine thue. Ninety of them with the officials I from Fort Wayne arrived in a special ‘ear over the traction line at three io'clock litis afternoon and went at [once to the G. E. plant whore the afternoon was spent in inspection of the plant and discussion of future business and plans. At 6:30 this evening at 'the K. of I’, home on Third street the ninety visitors with eighteen foremen land a few invited guests from here i will enjoy a banquet. The meetings are always of great interest to the men who have charge of the various departments of the big : manufacturing plant and todays promises to be one of the best. Mr. Lutz of the local G. E. plant is in | charge of the program here today and that's sufficient guarantee that it will be a success. The special car will return to Fort Wayne at 10:30 this evening. Superintendent Barnes, .and Messrs. Simpson and Gall, of the Fdrt Wayne . General Electric offices, will accom pany the foreman to this city. THREE CANDIDATES FILE Three more candidates on the democratic ticket filed their declarations today with Clerk Kelly, subject to the May primary, they being Willis H. Langhrey. for assessor of Blue Creek township; Daniel A. Fuhrer, for trustee of Hartford township, and R. R. Bradford, .for trutee of Wabash tgwn- | ship. SECOND SET OF TWINS Bluffton, Ind.. Mar. 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Twin, boys were , born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Garber, residing on the Wells- ! Adams county line. The new art avals mark the second set of twins for the Garbers and increased the family to thirteen children. ranun boys Under Arrest in Connection With Ridgeville Fire — Preliminary Hearing HELD AT WINCHESTER Fort Wayne Men Claim In nocence —Released I’nder Bond of $4,000 Each. Late yesterday afternoon two more usupects were placed under arrest in connection with the destruction by fire, with loss estimated at $30,000, of the Carrysot Implement warehouse in Ridgeville early Friday morning. Henry Carrysot and John Dehner, local implement dealers, and B. S. | Vail, real estate man. arrested on warrants charging arson, were arraigned in the circuit court of Randolph county yesterday morning, after spending practically all of Thursday night either in the custody of local police or en route to Winchester with Deputy Sheriff Eldon Reichard and Chief of Police Edwin Durr. They were released from custody for hearing at a later date under surety bonds of $4,000 each, signed by the ational Security company. Ralph Smith, 20, colored, son of Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Smith,'of Portland. and Russel, Corle, 17, son of John Corle. also of Portland, were the two youths taken into custody yesterday by Sheriff Lundy Fisher. Both, according to the shiriff, were seen in Ridgeville at an early hour Thursday morning, a short time before the fire was discovered. Both were charged as suspects and were returned to Winchester for a preliminary hearing. Attorneys for the Fort Wayne men arrested in connection with the al leged arson plot, branded the entire matter as the outcome of “small--1 town gossip," which, they say, has 1 cast against the local men “insinuation of guilt without foundation.”

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, March 18, 1922

+ AMERICAN HISTORY + + DAY BY DAY + •9 By T. P. Green 4- + + ♦ March 18 4; + <• The military stores at Boston +l ♦ were seized by (luge on March •> ♦ 18, 1775, .J ♦ ~ > 4* Boston was occupied by 41 ♦ George Washington on March ♦ I ♦ 18, 1776. ♦ ♦ — ♦ ♦ All Continental money was ♦! + called on March IS, 1780. ♦ * * ♦ The Confederate Congress + ♦ adjourned sine die at Richmond. ♦ ♦ Va„ on March 18, 1865. ♦ ♦ _ ♦ ♦ That the Bible should not be + ♦ used in public schools was so de- ♦ ♦ elded by the Wisconsin Supreme ♦ ♦ Court on March 18. 1890. ♦ + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦! MBS.DEBCLT DEAD Well Known Resident of City Passed Away at Third Street Home. DEATH VVAS~ CAUSED From Dropsy and Heart Trouble—Funeral to be Held Monday Morning. After suffering for the past two days from a dropsical condition and heart trouble and having been confined to her bed for the past three months, Mrs. George Debolt, a lifelong resident of this city and county passed away at the home on Third street at 7:15 o’clock last evening. Barbara Ellen Debolt was born in Adams county December 15, 1846. being the daughter of Moses and Elizabeth Ball. On February 28, 1869 she was united in marriage to Mr. Debolt, and with the exception of a few years spent in Ohio she has been a constant resident of this county. The husband proceeded the wife in death a little over two years ago. Surviving the mother are six children. Mrs. Alice Everett of Three Rivers. Mich., Mrs. Florence Mentzer and Mrs. Annie Covalt of Ft. Wayne., Thomas Debolt of Rudolph. Ohio; Alex Debolt of Vera Cruz, Indiana and John Debolt of this city. Three sisters also survive, they being Mrs. Mat Burk head and Mrs. Mathias Brandyberry of this city and Mrs. J. mes Johnson of Monroe. Funeral services .vill be held at 'IC:3O o’clock Monday morning from I the home, Rev. Tinkhar.i of the Methodist church officiating. Interment will be mad j in Maplewood cemetery. 0 NEW ARRIVAL An eight pound baby sou was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Huffman residing on Eleventh street. This is the sixth child in the family. Both mother and babe are getting along nicely. WELLKNWiLADY Mrs. E. D. McCollum of Geneva Died Unexpectedly This Morning at Home. LIVED IN GENEVA Husband and Seven Children Survive—Suffered from Bright’s Disease. Genexa, Ind., March 18.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mrs. Catherine McCollum. aged seventy-six years and eleven months, wife of E. D. McCollum and one of the best known ladies of this section of the county, died at her home on Shackley street at 6:30 this morning. She had been suffering from acute Bright's disease for several years and during the' winter was quite ill with the flu. However she had improved seme and her death came quite suAt denly and unexpected. The husband and seven children survive her. one son having proceeded her in death. The children are Mrs. i Robert Brown, Long Peach, California; K. C. McCollum, ansas; Findley McCollum, Clay county, Kentucky; Otis i McCullum of east of Geneva, Mrs. David Teeple, Waupon, Wis., Mrs. i William Hoeter. Geneva and Leland ■ McCollum at home. Up to noon today i the funeral arrangements had not been ■ made, awaiting word from the children.

CHECKED BY SHOT Running Gun Battle up Fire Escape and Over Buildings at Indianapolis ENDS IN THE ARREST Os Bill Hansen, Terre Haute Bad Man—Tried to Cash Stolen Express Checks. Indianapolis, Ind. Mur. 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A running gun battle up fire escapes and over building roofs in Monument circle I here last night resulted in the wounding and capture of William Hanson, I 24, of Terre Haute. A bullet from a policeman's gun I felled Hansen on the edge of the Circle theatr roof after he and another I man giving th name of Joe Louis, of Montgomery, Ala., had made two unI successful attempts to cash an American Express company cheek, stolen with some other loot in a recent bunk robbery at Henryville. A A woman with them escaped. Failing in his first effort to cash the check, Hanson went to another store, accompanied by the woman, and the credit manager turned them over to a policeman. Hanson made a dash for liberty which led down a blind alley, up a fire escape and over roofs. He fired as he ran and Police Captain Michael J. Glenn, pursuing returned the fire. Hanson was shot through the right thigh and will recover. FOR RECEPfiON - !ROOM Girls of Literary Class Get tint? Subscriptions for Country Gentlemen. scriptions for County Gentlemen As a means of raising revenue for the equipping of a reception and rest room in the high school building, the girls of the Literary class, divided into eight groups are taking subscriptions for the Country Gentlemen, the national farm magazine published by the Curtis Publishing company. The price of the magazine is only one dollar per year and the girls retain fifty cents or one half of every subscription. It is hoped that a good sum can be raised in this way and sufficient funds will be available for the equipping of the room. The reception room will also be used for visitors and if you want to help the high school girls, subscribe for the magazine. PROVES SERIOUS Practical Joke Played on Fred Engle Nearly Ends in Fatality. A POISONOUS LIQUID Resembling Milk Given Him to Drink by Fellow Workman—Out of Danger. A practical joke perpetrated by a fellow-workman on Fred Engle, an employee in the maintainence depa tment at the General Electric plant yesterday noon came within a very small margin of resulting in a fatal ity. A preparation is used at the plant in connection with the grinding of castings that closely resembles milk and is of a very poisonous nature. Undoubtedly owing to the interest that has been aroused among the employees by the milk campaign being conducted in the county, one ot the men conceived the idea of filling a milk bottle with the liquid, unaware of the dangerous contents, an I handed the bottle to Engle to drink from. Engle took a small drink and as soon as the liquid entered his mouth he realized that it was not milk and succeeded in spitting most , of it out. A slight quantity however had been swallowed. No ill affects were felt until several hours later when he became nauseated. He was taken to his home on Rugg street and a physician called who administered antidotes and relieved his sufferings as much as possible with the 1 use of hypodermic injections and ' for several hours his condition was considered extremely serious. This ' morning however his condition was 1 greatly improved and it is thought that within a very short time he will ■ recover from all 111 effects. 1 • r Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Flemming, daught ter, Edna, and granddaughter, Ruth -of Union township, shopped in Decatur today.

' TO RETURN TO JOB (t'nltrd PreM« Rrrvloeh St. AugusiliH , b'ln., March 18.— I President Harding, leaving here late ! | today for Washington, is expected to ! reveal soon his remedy for breaking the legislative jam between himself I and congress. ' After ten days vaeutlonlng. during i which congress was left to its own devices, the President returns with the I fegislative situation virtually where he left it. VVliat little either branch of congress had done during his absence has been in conflict with his wishes, i BUCKS MIGRATING Indiana Rivers and Lowlands Arc Alive With Tnousands of Birds ARE MORE NUMEROUS Than for Many Years Past Heavy Fine for Shooting Them. Ilndianapolis. Mat. 18.— (Special to Dally Democrat)—Southern Indiana rivers stream, 1 ayous and lowlands . are literally alive with many thouwL of wild .I'.hka at this tune of the year migrating f:om the sotth-'.a’-.'ls toward the far north, accord lug to daily messages reaching t!.--office of George N. Mannfeld. chief of the division of fish and game e.t. the state consort a ’io i ) 'part ia?nt I In fact the birds are more ntuner ms this year than in the balmy days . -vl.f r. the famous Kankakee mtu-hesl attracted them an 1 likewise deck shooters from all parts of th? conn t'-y. Fred M. Ehlers of the Indiana game warden service, just back from a trip in several of the southern counties reports seeing thousands and thousands of these migratory , birds, in places the creek banks are . black with them, and in one instance he saw several thousand feeding in. a corn field near a stream. Conservation department officials attribute the immense increase to protection afforded by the federal migratory treaty act. which establishes the open season from January 1 to and in 1 eluding September 15. The Indiana law extends the open season until April 15, but it is now being super- > ceded by the federal law. According to Mr. Mannfeld three attempts in the past to make the Indiana law conform with the federal law has been unsuccessful in the . legislature. Neighboring states have ! changed their laws to conform with ' | the federal law. he says. The penally under the federal law for duck shooting in closed season is a fine of I SSOO or 6 months in jail or both. Mr. Mannfeld says Indiana game wardens arc cooperating with federal wardens to enforce the federal law t on duck shooting. —« RECEIVED A BAE FALL i M. Kirsch, the well known banker is thankful today that he is able to attend to business. Some repairs are 1 being made to the sewer at the west 1 of the Reformed church and last evening Mr. Kirsch in attempting to get L to the basement to build a fire for choir practice, stepped out of the church door into the six foot trench. ( The only damage done except a little f shock was the breaking of a tooth. He t was fine today and smiling as he told his experience. , o > FEW DEATHS FROM SMALLPOX ■ f Washington. D. C., Mar. 18 —The . department of commerce through the . bureau of the census, announces that I there have been very few deaths t from smallpox in recent years. Since I the beginning of annual compilations j in 1900 the highest rate from this t cause in the death registration area t of the United States was 6.6 per - 100,000 population in 1902. while in s 1903 it was 4.2 and in 1904, 2.1, since r which time the rate for the registra--3 tion area has never reached 1 per t 100,000 population. Much higher . rates in certain states and cities, - however, clearly show that the dan- » ge- of smallpox in an unvaccinated i population must not be lost sight of. 3 The high rate (9.2) in 1920 in Louisis ana should serve as a warning. s • t NEW COMER I Dora Jane is the name of the baby girl born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. i- Walter Wilkinson of Portland. The It Wilkinsons formerly lived in this city, t- Mrs. Wilkinson being Miss Bernice Berger.

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THE BEST TEAMS FIGHTING IT OUT Marion Trims Anderson and Upsets Do pe—V i ncen nes Loses to Bloomington. THE FINALS TONIGHT Stars in Indiana Basketball Fighting Hard for State Championship. +♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ LATE FRIDAY SCORES ♦ ♦ ♦ + Fisher 18. Goshen 9. ♦ + Marion 19. Rushville 18. ♦ + Anderson 24. Frankfort 16. + ♦ Franklin 32, Bedford 15. + + Today's Scores ♦ ♦ Bloomington 21, Vincennes 15. ♦ ♦ Garfield 30, Fisher 16. + + Marion 20, Anderson 16. ♦ ♦ Franklin 33, Bloomington 17. ♦ ♦ Garfield 38. Marion 17. ♦ ♦ ♦ + + + ♦ + ♦♦+♦ + + + + Indianapolis. Ind., Mar. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Franklin and Garfield of Terre Haute will meet tonight in the championship game of the state high school basketball tournament here. Garfield defeated Marion 38 to 17 in the semi-finals and Franklin previously had won from Bloomington 33 to 17. The Garfield victory was i one of the few uosets in the tourney. The strong team from Marion suddenly lost its speed and power when Garfield obtained a running satrt and . went down in defeat as diu Vincennes, shouted as possible champions, had done previously in the game with Bloomington. 'ndianapolis, Mar. 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Franklin high school. Indiana champions in 1920 and 1921, started toward the chain I pionship here late today by defeatstag Bloomington 33 to 17 and adding a berth in the finals at 8 o’clock toi Indianapolis, March IS. —Vincennes and Anderson today fell before lesser lights in the state high school basket ball tourney here today without even reaching the semi finals. Blocmington snapped off the unibroken record of thirty-eight victories I which Vincennes had hung up during j the past season by defeating the Alicetown players 21 to 15. The Gar- , field of Terre Haute romped to victory jover Fishers 30 to 16 and Marion de- . Ifeated Anderson. 20 to 16. The Bloomington-Marion victories ' were in the first real upsets of the tourney and came in the two hardest fought games thus far. Bloomington took Vincennes by surprise running up j eleven points in the first half before Vincennes even started maintaining a comfortable lead thereafter. For a tlui in the second half it was auybodys game between Marion and AnI derson. Marion finished the first ' | halt in front. 12 to 9 hut they sea- '! sawed hack and forth in the second part for several minutes. Anderson forging ahead and then Marion. The sturdy five from Vincennes attribuated their defeat to luck as much ' as to anything else. The breaks were j against them they said but Bloomington catching them off their guard as ' I the whistle blew showed superior pass work and superior defense. Bloomington made three long shots at the beginning and took the Vincennes I team by surprise. I Indianapolis, Ind., March 18. —Fore- ! | casts of rain for today did not prevent j basketball fans from turning out early to see the second rounds in the state ■ high school basketball tournament which will end tonight. Some of them picked iVncennes and ' I Anderson to go into the finals. Others ,! said Bloomington and Marion or Frank- ! lyn and Marion, but there was little , Franklyn enthusiasm. The winners of the 1920 and 1921 • 'championships were not the favorites, r: They didn't make a good showing yes.jterday in winning from Evansville and - Bedford. On the other hand both Viullcennes and Bloomington showed class. Franklyn goes into the semi finals ■ this afternoon against the winner of the Bloomington-Vincennes game. MR. EICHER IN RACE 8 John Eicher, of B-rne, announced i. todaj’ that he vas a candidate for e the democratic not.J- ation for asses ’. sor of Monroe township, subject to a the decision of the voters at the primary Thesday, May 2nd.