Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1922 — Page 1

Volume XX. Number 73

ho EXTRACT OIL Claimed is Perfected. I A great_jnvention Expected to Revolutionize Oil Industry—Produces Many By-products. I nenver. Colo.. Mar. 27-( Special I Daily Democrat)— Oil to supply I he world’s demands for thousands f years has been made available by I " machine designed to extract oil I from shale, inventor* declared today. Engineers who witnessed a demon stration in the shale oil fields fifteen mi les from Debeque. Colo, who were ia Denver today, declared the ma chine appeared to be a success. Dr Victor Alderson, president of the Colorado school of mines, said the invention would revolutionise the oil industry. According to those who witnessed the demonstration, the machine is a b eries of revolving retorts which ex tract the oil at the rate of 100 to 200 barrels a day, and also fraction the oil into gasoline, phenole and other products of commercial value. The oils are drawn out in the form of gas by a vaccum system and are carried from tank to tank and condensed back into oils which settle in various tanks. The machine is fed at one end and emptied at the other automati ally. Huge revolving fans carry the shale through. The shale comes out in dust with the oils and gases re moved, leaving only hydro-carbons. Harry L. Brown, New York is the Inventor of the machine. For two years he worked secretly in conjunction with a group of engineers, chem ists and financial men in the moun tains near Debeue. Not until th< machine was in operation and a huge tract of shale oil land acquired by the financiers, was the inventior made known to the world. It is ownid exclusively by the inventor and i his assistants. — Thomas Dw-yer. Philadelphia demist in charge of the analytical work, so far claims he developed 151 products from the shale. Among them are aspirin, dyes and perfumes. TAKEN FROM TREE TOP Washington, Mar. 27 —(Special)— After remaining perched in the toi of a sixty foot tree for more thai eighteen hours clothed only in a night gown, Mrs. Anna l4ymboroska inmanti of St. Elizabeths hospital was taker down by guards today. After all means of inducing her tc come down were exhausted a scat fold with a large platform was built op to within five feet of her perch Then an attendant climbed on a lad dor near her and while she was curs mg the workmen building the scat folding, threw a rope around her feet She then attacked the guard and a brief battle followed in the tree top Holding the rope tight the guard fore ed her down to the platform where she was overpowered. SIX MORE CANDIDATES Aaron C. Augsburger who filed, his declaration several days ago as a candidate on the democratic ticket for township assessor of Monroe township, has withdrawn from this race and will enter the contest foi county assessor. Two other democrats filed their declarations as fol lows: Charles M. Fetters for trustee of Jefferson township and George W b ravel for trustee of Wabash townB bip. Republicans to file were Paul deadened for assessor of Hartford township; William H. Clark for as sessor of Hartford township and ‘ lm rod McCullough for trustee of St. Marys township. NOTICE Ladles Auxiliary of the American -egion will hold their regular meet ng Wednesday, March 29th, at the ■ nierican Legion hall. Business mat Ira of importance will come up and Tour presence is requested. SECRETARY.

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RECOVERS MACHINE The Ford touring car belonging tc Ezra Habegger und which was stolen Friday night from in front of the Shanahan-Conroy garage, was located late Saturday afternoon in the alley between Sixth and Seventh streets A ditch had recently been dug across the alley leaving quite a large excava lion and the rear etui of the machine had become stuck in such a manner that it was impossible to move it out under it own power. None of the con tents of the machine were removed >r tampered with and from all indlea tlons. both the Habegger machine and the Abbott machines were taken by Joyriders who abandoned them when .hey became stalled. ORGANIZE LEAGUE Decatur Baseball Club Ac cepted as Member Northern Indiana League. WILL BE COMPOSED Os Eight Clubs — Local Sport Fans Assured of High Class Games. At a meeting of baseball enthus lasts held at Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon at the Chamber of Com merce, the organization of a semi pro league was brought to a success Cui conclusion and a circuit was defi aitey outlined. L. L. Frank and Bill Simpson of this city represented thf ocal team and were fortunate in securing a berth in the league. Th< Journal-Gazette carries the following story in regard to the organization "Efforts of baseball men of the dis rict looking toward the formation o' a semi-pro league were brought to r successful conclusion at a large and enthusiastic meeting held here yes terday afternoon at the Chamber o: Commerce when two circuits —the Northern Indiana and Tri-County—-were definitely outlined, thus assur ing followers of the game in these parts with a full measure of thf organized sport for the coming sea ;on.

“At the initial meeting held a weeL previously the organization of bui >ne league, the Northern Indiana vas in mind, but with from 10 to K •ities expressing a desire to affiliate 1 10 or 12-club circuit was planned Within the week, however, a move ment to band a half-dozen of tht cities in closest proximity together in a league of their own sprang up with the result that it was finallj decided to organize two circuits, thu; making room for practically all cities wishing to join. “The Northern Indiana league wil be composed of eight clubs, seven ot which were given franchises at yes:erday's meting, with an eighth to be cwarded to one of a number of ap ilicants. The membership is made up of the Huntington Erie Specials Columbia City Grays Wabash, De catur, Bluffton, North Manchester and Lincoln Lifes, all of which are good towns forming a compact cir cult, and with each giving assurance of placing a strong team in the field success of the project is already assured. “A strong staff of umpires was selected and Includes the following: Emery, of Berne; Gerard, of War law; Van Blaircon, of Marion, and Connell, ot Peru. The men will work under orders from the officials of the league and be assigned to different towns, thus eliminating any possibility to objections to home um piring. Officers of the league selected at the first meeting are sports sdltors of the three locals papers and are as follows: R. J. Stirk, Journal Gazette, president; J. Hardendorf, News-Sentinel, vice president; Bob Reed, Evening Press secretarytreasurer, “The by-laws drawn up by the governing committee, consisting of R. H„ Blanchard, Waterloo; R. J. McGrevey, Huntington, and Mart Cleary, Fort Wayne, were adopted with a few minor changes, and at the third meeting caled for next Sunday afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce, the eighth cub will be selected and a schedule for the entire month of May worked out, following which everything will be in readiness for the start of activities the first Sunday in May. "Os the new clubs Jess Reno, a favorite with football fans here, through his connection with the Wabash A. A’s, Friars and Fort Wayne Pros., will handle Wabash and declares his team will put the old town (Continued on page two)

DECORATE CRAVES Legion Posts in Every Community in America Will be in Charge. MEMORIAL SERVICES Graves of All Soldiers and Marines at Home and Abroad to be Decorated (United I'reen Service). Indianapolis, Mar. 27 —Graves of American soldiers, sailors; and marines. who died in the World War will be visited on Memorial Day by comrades in the American Legion both at home and abroad, according to plans announced today at Legion national headquarters. Legion posts in every community in America will take charge of Memorial day ceremonies and decorate the graves of all veterans. While housands of communists throughout this country are honoring the soldier dead In their midst, the distant grave in France, England, Italy and Russia will not be neglected. For the last two years it has been the custom of Legion national headquarters to collect a fund from the 11,000 posts for this purpose. Committees are established to take charge of this fund in France and England, composed largely of Legion men. acting in conjunction with similar bodies of officials and citizens of the various foreign countries. Posts in ail Euro pean countries, co-operating with these communities, will see that the grave of every American who per ished overseas is appropriately decorated. Ti prevent confusion and duplication St effort in decorating graves In this country on Memorial Day, the Legion has asked all posts to organize a central graves registration bur eau in every county for the purpose of properly recording graves of veterans of all wars and assigning such graves to the individual. posts for proper decoration. National headquarters suggests that the following Thformatton be obtained in regard to each veteran buried in home cemeteries: Name, organization, dates of enlistment and death, rank, discharge and place of burial, giving exact location by lot and number. Definite information in regard to the last resting place® ot all veterans obtained by the Legion's Graves Registration Bureau will prove invaluable, in later years, Legion officials believe. TO CHANGE ROUTE Os State Highway Between Monroe and Berne —Petion is Circulated.

MANY ARE SIGNING Business Men of Berne Said to Favor Change to the I. O. M. Route. Webster Martz, will known farmer of south of Monroe was here Saturday afternoon and evening, circulating a petition which he will present to the state highway commission asking that the state road be changed and he was securing many signers while those along the present route are ot course objecting to the proposal. The road now turns west at Monroe and then south after one mile, strikes Berne at the West corporation line, near the Mennonite church. It is proposed by’ those signing the petition to change the road to run ovqr the I. O. M. route south from Monroe to the tile mill and then west through Berne. It is said the business men and residents of Berne are favorable to the change and it is likely the petltition will contain several hundred names.' Considerable work has been done on the road west from Monroe and south to Berne and it is considered doubtful as to whether the state commission will look with favor upon the new route but anyway considerable interest is being manifested by those pushing it and every effort will be made to secure favorable action, it is said. WILL GIVE A BANQUET Dr. D. D. Clark a member of the board of directors of the American Security company with an Industrial bank in this city will be the host at a banquet to his brother members of the bank and a few guests at the Hotel Murray at six o'clock Thursday evening of this week.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, March 27, 1922

++++++++++++++++ + AMERICAN HISTORY + + DAY BY DAY 4 4 By T, P. Green. 4 4 * ♦ ♦ March 27 + 4 4 4 Ponce de Leon re-claiined 4 4 Florida for Spain on March 27„ 4 <• 1513. 4 + — 4 4- Tlie first colony in Maryland 4 <■ was planted by Lord Baltimore 4 4 on March 27. 1634. 4- ♦ — ♦ 4 The Indians destroyed Salmon ♦ 4* Falls, N. H., on March 27, 1690 4 4 ♦ 4* The beginning of a National + 4" Navy was when congress author 4 4- ized six frigates, ,on March 27, .4 4- 1794. 4 4 — 4 4- The first United States Em- 4 4- bassy from Japan reached San 4 4- Francisco on March 27. 1860. 4 4444444444444444 ANSWERED C AL L Gottlieb Christener, Well Known Monroe Township Farmer, Passed Away SATURDAY EVENING Death Due to Complications —Resided Here Thirtyfive Years. After having been a sufferer for the past three year* from complications of diseases, Gottlieb Christener, for thirty-five years a continuous resident of Monroe township, residing six miles northeast of Berne passed away at his home at 5:30 o-clock Saturday evening, his death having been hastened by an attack of influenza from which he has been suffering for the past five weeks. Mr. Christener was born near Bern, Switzerland on December 20. 1855. At the age ot 27 years he came to this country and settled near Bluffton, Ohio. After staying there for five years he moved to Adams county and settled on the farm on which his death occured. On April 18, 1877 he was united in marriage to Magdalena Stauffer. To this union, seventeen children were born, four of whom have proceeded the father in death. Those surviving together with the mother are: Gottlieb. Jr., of Richmond, Ind., Christian of Sacramento, Cal. Rosa of Fort Wayne, Mrs. L. D. Jacobs of Berne; Mrs. Gordon Rayl of Monroe township and Ida, Caroline, Matilda, Mary Lavina, Albert, William and Fred st home. One sister, Mrs. Mary Balsiger of Berne and one brother, Fred of Canal Dover, Ohio survive as do also two sisters and one brother living in Switzerland. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock from the home and at 2 o’clock at the Reformed church In Berne. Interment will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery.

ROAD REPORTS County Surveyor Dick Boch Complete Plans and Specifications for FIVE MACADAM ROADS Action on Improvements Will be Taken by Commissioners Next Week. County Surveyor Dick Boch and engineer appointed to prepare the plans and specifications for the road improvements In this county, has filed his report on five macadam roads, petitions for which were filed with the county commissioners sometime ago. The five roads on which Surveyor Boch has prepared the plans and specifications are: Emanuel and Simon Sprunger roads in Monroe townships, the Albert Shell road in St. Mary’s township, the James Murphy road in Washington and Root townships and the Ernst Bolslger road, In French township. The surveyor’s report and specifications will be filed with the county commissioners next week and action will be taken on them. If the commissioners approve, the roads will be advertised for sale and bids for their construction will be received at the May session of the commissioners. Bids for the construction of the Butcher, Brunner and Meshberger roads will be received by the commissioners at the meeting next week.

TRAIN TO MORROW Name of Playlet to be Given at County Fair at Presbyterian Church THURSDAY EVENING “Teenie the Dwarf,” “Daffydilly,” ‘‘A Boxing Match” and Other Features. If you miss the County Fair at the Presbyterian church Thursday, March 30th„ you will miss the time of your life! There will be heaps of things to do, .lots to see and of course much to eat. At little booths you will find delicious home-made candy, the best ever popped-corn balls, ice cream cones and pink lemonade. The admission charged is only five cents and all the other delicacies are offered at "fair" prices. There will be a fish pond where you can fish to your heart's content; a clever playlet, “The Train to Morrow"; two plays of pan tomine order: a show for "Gents 0n1y,,” "Teenie the Dwarf”, .a living wonder; and a regular circus including the orchestra, a boxing match and the usual tight rope fancy walker; a two headed clown; the strongest man In the world and Daffy-dilly the fun niest creature alive. You can't miss all this, so follow the crowd and you will have the most fun you have had this season, all for a few nickels. Bring your "gang" with you and come to the Presbyterian church Thursday evening, March 30th. SMALL ROOF FIRE A small rot fire resulting from sparks caused the fire department to make a run Saturday afternoon to the residence of J. W. Reynolds on Oak street. The blaze was quickly put out and the damage will not exceed $5. ANOTHER ONE IN JAIL Chieaifo. March 27. —Louis F. Swift Jr., son of the packer will be tried at Evanston, Friday on charges of driving an auto while intoxicated. Swift spent four hours in jail yes terday waiting for friends to bail him out. His arrest followed a crash in which four occupants of another car were Injured. In a statement Swift said the accident was unavoidable and that he was not intoxicated. to worklFTring

J. 0. Sellemeyer Left Today for Grenada, Miss., to Help in Big Sale OF HEREFORD CATTLE Will Also Assist at Springfield, Ill.—Col. Reppert to be Home Saturday. J. O. Sellemeyer left this morning for Grenada, Miss., where he will assist Col. Fred Reppert tomorrow in conducting the annual sale of Hereford cattle on the Glen Wild Planta tion farms. This is one of the big gest stock sales of the entire south. Mr. Sellemeyer will act as ring man in the place of Col. Earl Gartin who is filling other dates in the west this week. Col. J. O. recently did the ring work in a big sale at Indianapolis and proved so efficient that his services are being demanded. Prom Grenada he will go to Sprlngflld, 111., to assist Col. Reppert in a big stock sale and will be home Thursday of this week. Mr. Reppert has been in the south since the first of the month and has held a number of successful sales, the prices being much better than a few weeks ago. Ho will be home Saturday of this week. BAND BOYS ATTENTION! The band will have its rehearsal this evening Instead of Tuesday evening as formerly planned—Lawrence Biggs. \ • RESIGNS AS AGENT Isador Stoneburner, for the past four years agent for the Fort WayneDecatur Interurban resigned his duties In that position, effective Saturday evening. Mr. Stoneburner has been offered an exceptionally good position in Fort Wayne and will probably move his family to that place in the near future.

BUY STORE AT BUTLER Mr, and Mrs. Hurry E. Bell left today for Butler, .Indiana, where they will take possession of a five and ten cent store purchased Saturday from Merriman and Watson of Bluffton who had a few days before secured the store from Orest Gottschalk. Fred D. Bell of the Morris company made the deal and will assist his brother in getting started and in buying stock through his connection with thirty stores of this kind. Mr. and Mrs. Bell came here several weeks ago and expected to remain during the summer but this opportunity was so good that they decided to accept it and will conduct the store for themselves. TO TARE CENSUS National Census of Veterans of World War Will Begin on Saturday. ADAMS COUNTY CENSUS To be in Charge of Local Post—Forty-eight Questions to be Asked. The national census of veterans of the world war authorized by the American Legion, will begin here on Saturday of this week when every exservice man and woman in Decatur and Adams county will be enumerated, according to announcement made today by Joseph Laurent, commander of Adams post, No. 43 of the Legion. The local part of the census will be carried ou under the direction of Adams post and Adams unit of the American Legion auxiliary.

A house to house and farm to farm canvass of every city block and township in Adams county will be made. Every veteran will be interviewed, asked forty-eight qquestlons and his answers recorded. When the national census is compete national headquarters of the legion expects to have a concise and complete record of every man and woman who was in the service. This record will be invaluable to the Legion in prosecuting its fight for the disabled, and for all classes of veterans who have unsettled claims or adjustments to make with the government. In the past two years the national service division of the Legion has been instrumental in set tling claims in favor of veterans totaling more than $10,000,000. Every veteran will be asked if he was wounded or gassed or injured by accident, if his health was impaired in any way while in the service, and if he has received satisfactory medical treatment and compensation. It is known that there are many still suffering in various ways as a result of their military service, who have never been reached by government relief. The services of the Legion are laid at the disposal of all persons in this position. There are other ex-service men in a more fortunate position who have and can spare to their less fortunate comrades the benefits to which they are entitled under the pending adjusted compensation bill. These persons are to be asked if they will devote their shares of the government compensation allowance to aid their needy and disabled “buddles.’’ In this way the Legion intends to establish a rotating fund for the immediate relief of all whose needs are too pressing to wait on the course of government procedure. There are thousands of these. They will not be helped by the passing laws. They need care taken of them right away, according to the local legionaires. It has been a case of “let George do it,” and "George," as usual, has stayed around the corner. This is the condition that the rotating loan fund of the Legion has been designed to remedy, and the legionaires are confident that the same old spirit that brought in wounded comrades under fire will not be found “around the corner” in the relieving of the exservice man in distress today. All veterans are to be sought out whether members of any soldiers’ organization or not. The matter ot their membership in the Legion is of no consequence. The fact is that there is no other organization of sufficient scope to undertake and carry through a national census of veterans, and with the very apparent need of such a census the Legion has taken it up. The recording of what choice each veteran will make under the five alternatives provided for in the adjusted compensation bill will be a very (Continued on page two)

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DUTY ON HIDES MEANS A BATTLE Equal to That Over Schedule “K” in Payne-Aldrich Bill Decade Ago. WOULD BOOST COST Os Shoes Over Present Prices—Fight on Sugar and Lumber Schedules. (By Carl D. Groat, United Press staff correspondent) Washington, Mar. 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Senate finance committee action in putting a duty on hides, boots, shoes and leather is destined to start a fight in congress the consequences of which may be as great as those of the row a decade ago over “schedule K” in the PayneAldrich bill. The proposed tariff, iif retained will make shies cost from 30 ti 50 cents a pair more than at present, accirding ti authoritative figures furnished the United Press today. eßpresentative Hawley, Oregon, firinerly fir such a tariff, is now stringly opposed to it. As the tariff bill passed the house, hides, boots, shoes and leather were on the free list. The senate finance committee republicans however determined upon a 15 per cent ad valorem duty on hides, a ten per cent ad valorem on boots and shoes and 10 to 25 per cent on leather. Hawley fig sruet hatontlyhhrdlhmh Hawley figures that only the Pack-er-Tanner would benefit from the new regime. The farmer-stockman would get an estimated $34,000,000 for his products but he and his farm workers would have to pay $38,000 more for their products than would be the case under a free listing. He estimates that the average increase in the price of shoes would be forty cents a pair. In addition to the hides battles, there will be a fight on the sugar schedule and probably on the lumber schedule. Louisiana, the gfreat cane growing state, wants two cents a pound duty on Cuban sugar while the finance committee republicans have fixed the raw at 1.6 cents a pound. Likewise the Louisiana growers are displeased with the mild treatment accorded blackstrap molasses used for feeding cattle. e —— CANDIDATE FOR ASSESSOR Aaron C. Augsburger of Berne, former county recorder, .today filed his declaration as a candidate for assessor of Adams county, subject to the decision ot the democratic primary. He had filed as a candidate for assessor of Monroe township but today withdrew that declaration and tiled for the county assessorship. There are two other candidates, William Zimmerman of Kirkland township and William Frazier of this city.

A MEMBER OF SPELLING TEAM The name of Kenneth Hofftetter was omitted from the list of winners in the sectional spelling contest held at Decatur and Geneva last Friday night. Kenneth is a pupil at the Central building and is in the seventh grade. He will take part in tho county spelling match to be held at the court house in this city next Friday, March 31st. We regret that his name was omitted from the original list SAVED HIS DAD (t utted Pre«a Service). Marion, ill.. March 27.—Twelve-year-old Ralph Thaxton was tho hero of Marion today. Ralph entered the jail as his father sheriff Melvin Thaxton was attacked by two prisoners, last night. In spite of threats of other prisoners the boy ran a mile, and brought back with him Tom Frees, ,a guard. Freese shot and killed George Wilson, Chicago, leader in the attempted jail delivery. MEET AT LIBRARY The regular meeting of the hoard of Guardians will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the library. All members are requested to be present. e MEETING Adams Post No. 3„ Monday evening, 7:30. Important business and entertainment. Be there and bring a buddy. ADJUTANT