Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 110, Decatur, Adams County, 9 May 1922 — Page 1

Volume XX. Number 110

FIRE DESTROYS STORE AT CURRYVILLE

WOMAN VOTERS LEAGUE IS SUBJECT OF ATTACK

REPRESENTATIVE ROBERTSON OF OKLAHOMA ATTACKS LEAGOE OF WOMAN VOTERS AND OTHER WOMAN POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS.

By Laurence M. Benedict I'nltrd Preim Staff CorreHpondent Washington, May 9. —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Representative Alice Robertson of Oklahoma, today declared war to the finish on the American League of Women Voters and other women political organizations, which she declared have been trying to tell her what to do in congress. “It's war from now on between the league of women voters, and other like organizations, and myself," the only woman in congress said. "They have been trying to boss me long enough. Just because I insist upon representing the people of the second Oklahoma district, who sent me to congress, instead of cliques of women over the country, that have been knocking me. Now I propose to strike back whenever I can, and as hard as I can. It’s a fight from now on.” Miss Robertson declared that the league of women voters gave her a “deliberate snub” in not inviting her to the recent pan-American women's congress at Baltimore and in not arranging a meeting between her and Lady Aster, the only woman member] of the British Parliament, who is now visiting America.

“Lady Astor and I are supposed to occupy sililar positions, and the obvious and polite thing for the league to have done would have been to ar range a meeting for us. But nothing of the kind. I met Lady Astor, thanks | to the National Press Club, and had | a very pleasant chat with her. But it was in spite of the efforts of the league of women voters.” The league of women voters, Miss Robertson charged, is a Democratic

organization at the head, and 13 doing everything possible to mix up in this; year’s political campaigns and make things hard for the republicans.” “I'knovwhat J’m'j’alking about,” site declared. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt used to be very outspoken for Woodrow Wilson. She’s still a Democrat. So is Maud Wood Park. The league ' has a great many republicans in its j Pennsylvania branch, but. I guess that's because Democrats there are hard to find. "The main trouble with the league is that the leaders are only willing to consider one side of a question, ft you think their way you are alright, hut if not, it’s ‘get out.’ (Continued on page five)

Mere Man Must Save The Nation From The Flapper

Note of Warning Sounded by Woman Preacher in Chicago Today (By Carl Victor Little, United Press staff correspondent) Chicago, May 9—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Mere man must save the nation from destruction at the flapper’s hand. The modern girl is sent on smiling civilization Into the bottomless pit and it s up to man to stave off the calamity. This note of warning was so sounded here today by the Rev. Alice Phillips Aldrich. “The deplorable moral conditions that must concern every thinking person can be laid to the twentieth century edition of the fairest work of the great author. 1 l>e edition must be deleted — censored. And the man must wield

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

CHOIR HONORED BY j MRS.SELLEMEYER 5 1 ■ Leader of M. E. Choir, Who ' Leaves Soon, Honored Last Night k Lest evening at six thirty o’clock the members of the Methodist choir and , I their families and a few friends , gathered at Bellmont Park just east ! of the city, the occasion being given I by Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer, who has , been director of the choir for the , past year, and who is soon to leave for [ Los Angeles, California. . , The friends were invited by Mrs. ! Sellemeyer and gathered at the park where a weinnfe and marshmallow ,' roast with coffee was held, followed by _:a general good time until about nine o’clock. During the course of the eve ■ ning Mrs. Sellemeyer was presented i with a beautiful dish of artificial fruit by those present and all wbre unanii mous in expressing their regret that it was necessary for her to depart for her future home in the west.

As director of the choir, Mrs.. Seilemeyer has been a most efficient leader and has given her services freely an unsparingly, and the high stand ard to which the choir has advanced under her leadership bears testimony of her efficiency in this capacity. It is with the deepest regret that the mem bers of the choir will soon be without her services but they feel confident that where she goes she will prove equally as efficient.

Those who were present at the gathering last evening were: Fred Bencher and family, Alva Nichols and family, C. L... Walters and family. Dr Neptune and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. Beery, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Beery, Mr. (Continued oj page five) SOUTH WARD PLAY AT GYM TOMORROW NIGHT The South Ward play will be given in the gymnasium tomorrow night. “Mid-Summer Eve” is the title of the play, in which a large number of children Will participate. The proceeds derived from the admission of 10 and 15 cents will be used in purchasing playground equipment.

the blue pencil. When girls go too far —and surely that time is not far distant—man will revolt and demand a return to genuine girlcy. "Nowadays, it’s the girl who ‘caps’ the man. She sets out to get him—and in most cases succeeds —before he knows he’s caught.” The change in girls in the last generation is startling, said the Rev. Aldrich. “The last generation if girls were, coquetish and, of course, not all saints,” she said. “But they didn’t have the bold ways of the girl of today. Most girls used to be circumspect. They wouldn’t be fondled except by the man to whom they were engaged and then but lightly. But now!” The men, she predicted, will soon tire of the flapper type and force girls back into the world of their mothers.

LAST WEEK FOR ASSESSORS TO COMPLETE WORK - • Assessors and Deputies To Make Their Reports on Next Monday BOARD OF REVIEW To Be Appointed by Judge This Month and Will Meet June Fifth Yesterday saw the start of the final week of taking real estate and personal assessments in the county and all of the township assessors and their deputies are to have their work completed and handed to the county assessor by next Monday. While there will be considerable office work to handle after that date, all of the assessments must be filed with the assessor by next Monday, the assistants and deputies have been notified. Soon after the final figures are filed with the assessor, work of making the tax duplicates will be started. This work will take several months and cannot be started until the tax levies of the various taxing units of the county have all been certified. The work cannot bo started either until the county board of review has gone over the figures and approved them. This board will start its first session on June 5. Members of the board are to be named this month by Judge Moran. The first work of the board will be the checking of exemption papers previously filed with the county auditor. Several of the assessors still much of their work to do. According to ail reports, the assessments this year will be somewhat lower than they were last year, especially on the real estate.

GEORGE KELLER EXPIRED TODAY Native of France Died At His Home in This City This Afternoon George Keller, age 69 years, died at his homo at GO7 Marshall street, at 1:55 o’clock this afternoon following an illness of four weeks with carcinoma of the stomach. The funeral services will be held from the St. Mary’s Catholic church at 9 o’clock Friday morning, at which time'Solemn Requim Mass will be held. Burial will be held in the St. Joseph cemetery. George Keller was born in France on July 25, 1852. He came to America when sixteen years old and settled in Ohio. He came to Decatur thirty-seven years ago. Thirteen children besides the wife, Mrs. Barbara Keller, and two brothers survive. The children are John. Frank, Anthony, Edward. Fred, William, Otto, Mrs. Mary Foos, and Misses Emma, Gertrude, Bertha and Lillian. All of the children with the. exception of four live in, Decatur. The other four live in Hammond One brother, Martin Keller, lives in Attica, Ohio, and the other brother. Lewis Keller, lives in Decatur. The deceased was a member of the St. Joseph and Holy Name Sodalities, and the Knights of Columbus lodge. SPECIALS VS. PYRAMIDS. The Decatur Specials, the newly organized city base bal team will take possession of the diamond at Bellmont Park Sunday afternoon in the absence of the Cloverleafs who are scheduled at North Manchester and will meet the Ft. Wayno Pyramids in the opening game of the season. The Specials are made up of practically all local players and after undergoing several strenuous work-outs, have developed into a first class organization. They have a number of other games booked throughout the season and have arranged their schedule so as not to interfer with the League team.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, May 9, 1922

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STATE AUDITOR TO INVESTIGATE PROPOSED SALE Sale of Lake County Land to Steel Company Would Lose State $500,000 PROPERTY OF STAT E Appraisers Say Land Worth $25 an Acre—Assessed At $900.00 Indianapolis, May 9. —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Wiiliam G. Oliver, state auditor, was planning today to make another trip into Lake County to investigate the proposed sale ot land to the Jones-Laughlin Settl Company, which he said would lose the state nearly half a million dollars. Oliver said the East Chicago land company had offered the Settl com pany a tract of land for $5 an acre, which in reality belonged to the state and was valued at nearly SI,OOO an acre. The selling price of the land would have been SII,OOO, its value $450,000. The steel company desired to build a plant, on it. The land in question was recently held by a court to be meander land and as such the property of the state. Oliver started his investigation when the land company tried to obtain title to the property. He said he discovered that Lake County officials had appointed appraisers who held the land worth $5 an acre. The tract had been assessed for taxation at S9OO an acre.

AGED TOBACCO FOR OLD PIPE William Sellemeyer Has 42 Year Old Tobacco for Mr. Trenary’s Old Pipe A few days ago C. F. Trenary of Magley, brought a clay pipe to this office which he found in an old log house built by William Hilgerman and unused for sixty years. It is believed the pipe is seventy years old. Uncle William Sellemeyer, well known resident of Magley read the story and today brought in a sack of tobacco which was raised in Preble township in 1880 and extends an invitation to Mr. Trenary to come in and have an old fashioned smoke using tobacco forty-two years old in a clay pipe seventy years old. The tobacco and pipe may be seen in the north window at this office. “V 1 Probably showers tonight and Wednesday: warmer tonight in north east portion.

RECOUNTING OF I VOTES DEMANDED BY J. HARKLESS

Republican Candidate in Root Township Charges Fraud in Count LOST BY NINE VOTES Alleges That Many Votes Throw n Out Should Have Been Counted James C. I larkless, who was defeated in the primary election on May 2 for the Republican nomination for trustee of Root township, has fil ed a petition in the circuit court demanding a recount of the ballots cast for trustee iu the township. Samuel Fuhrman won the nomination by a majority of nine votes, according to the official count of the election board. Harkless says that he believes there was a mistake or a fraud committed in the official count. It is the contention of Mr. Harkless and many of his friends that a large number of votes which should have been counted, were thrown out on account of alleged improper marking. A majority of these ballots, it is claimed, had been cast for Mr. Harkless. According to the law the court must appoint a commission of three members to make an official recount of the ballots. Mr. Harkless’s attorney is C. L. Walters. o REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Charles I). Parter, executive to Chloe A. Price, lots 70, 71, 72, 73, 74. 75, 76, 77, and 7S in the town of Geneva, JI. Henry Baumann to William 11. Lux, lot 730 in Decatur, JI.

CARTWRIGHT IS NEW CHAIRMAN Republicans of the Eighth District Elected Chairman This Afternoon United Preus Staff Correspondent Muncie. Ind., May 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Lawrence Cartwright. of Portland, was elected Re publican chairman of the eighth con gressional district at a meeting of the six county chairmen of the district here this afternoon. He succeeds Harry Long, who resigned recently to accept a government job at Washington. Wabash, May 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —John .Bones, of Mai'ion, was re-elected Republican chairman of the eleventh congtreseional district at a meeting here today of the county chairmen of the district. Hi' was instructed to support TL M. Wiasmuth. for state chairman. Resolutions were adopted praising the record of Mr. Wasmuth as state chairman. SHERIFF MELCHI TOOK BOYS TO PENAL FARM. Sheriff Sephus Melchi went to the State Penal farm near Greencastle today where he delivered to the authorities Silas Burk and William G. Fisher, the two youths sentenced by judge Moran yesterday to serve a term of two hundred days for grand larceny. ATTEND MEETING Mrs. Artman and daughter, Ruby Baker left this morning for Mishawaka Ind., where they will attend the twentieth Ben-Hur congress. Mrs. Baker Is State Pianist and the following named persons were chosen delegates from the local court of this city: Mrs. Artman, delegate at large; H. N. Daniels, Ruby Baker, Fern Heoneisem, Lucile Trim. The meeting will convene at 10 a. m. Wednesday morning, and last until Thursday evening, when it will close with a big social event .

FLAMES WIPE OUT ONLY STORE IN THE VILLAGE

BELIEF IS THAT FIRE WAS STARTED BY SPARK FROM CLOVER LEAF COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER AT S O'CLOCK YESTERDAY EVENING.

ROLES FOR THE OOROC PIG CLUB —— Several Entries Have Been Received at the County Agent’s Office Arrangements have now been com- - pleted for the Adams County Duroc : Pig Club which is being conducted I this summer. Several entries have ' been received at the county agent's ■ office and indications are that the . enrollment will exceed that of last I year. It will be remembered that last year's exhibit was very good and that the exhibit this year must be excellent if it is to surpass the records made at last .year's fair. The rules for the contest are given below. Any further questions will be answered by calling or writing the county agent or asking some member of the Adams County Duroc Breeders’ Association. Following are the rules which will givern the contest: 1. Membership shall be limited to boys and girls living in Adams county, who are not less than 10 or more 1 than 18 years of age on July 1, 1922. 2. Only pure-bred registered Duroc Jersey gilts, owned by the mem i her and farrowed on or after March 1, 1922 may be exhibited. 3. Each contestant may select not to exceed three pigs, feed and care for them and at the end of the fitting period, select one of these for the show. 4. The pig shall be weighed on Juno 1, 1922 at which time the contest begins. The pig shall be weighed again on July 30, 1922, when the contest closes. Pigs shall be weighed individually. 5. Each member shall care for and feed his pig or pigs in person, and 1 shall keep a record of the feed and milk given, and pasture grazed. Tito record shall be kept in .a book furnished the member. This record hook, filled out in good order according to instructions shall l>e handed or sent to the county agent before the pig can be exhibited. 6 The pig shall be shown by the girl or boy owner, except where her or his presence is absolutely ini-i possible, in the special Duroc Pig Club class at the Northern Indiana; Fair at Decatur during the first week (Continued <>n tinge fivnl

Responsibility of Ending Genoa Conference Shifts

— Russian Delegation Refuse to Answer Allies’ Note Until Later Date United Pre»« stair Corren|M>nd<-nt Genoa. May 9—(Special to Daily Democrat) — The Russians today shifted to Franco the responsibility of bringing an end to the Genoa conference. In plain American, the Soviet delegation "passed the buck.” When it had been unanimously! agreed that everything hinged upon the Russian reply to the allies’ note, j the Soviet delegation announced it had postponed completion of its reply until it is informed just where France stands. Tchitcherin announced the Russian reply will not be ready before tomorrow at the earliest. He accompan-

Price 2 Cents

Fire, thought to have been started by a spark from the Commercial Traveller passenger train on the Cloverleaf railroad completely destroyed the two story store building at Curryville about 9 o’clock last night. The loss, estimated at a few I thousand dollars was partly covered by insurance. The building was owned by Borphes Drum. Mr. Drum had just reached his home a short distance from the store a few minutes after the passenger tra’n had passed through the town, when he noticed the roof of the building in flames. He spread the alarm and hastened to his store. A bucket brigade was quickly formed and efforts made to extinguish the blaze, but the fire had gained too great a headway before it was discovered and the work of the residents of the little village was in vain. Mr. Drum operated a grocery store on the first floor of the building. When it became evident that the flames could not be overcome, the I fighters endeavored to move the I stock of merchandise from the build--1 ing. However, the wooden structure I burned rapidly and the walls and ■ roof gave way before much of tho merchandise had been removed. The Drum store was the only store in Curryville, a little village located 1 about half way between Decatur and Bluffton. - - ■ — — FATHER SERIOUSLY ILL. M. F. Boroughs who has been living with his son, Herb Boroughs in this 'city for the past three months, has been seriously ill since Thursday. He has been in failing health for the past I two years but nothing of a serious nai turn until last week. They did not expect him to live through Sunday night, but this morning lie was reported as being somewhat improved. a COMMUNION DAY SUNDAY Sunday, May 14th will be Men’s Day at the St. Mary's Catholis church, the members of the St. Joseph and Holy Name societies and the men of tho congregation receiving Holy Communion in a body on this day. The men will meet at the K. of C. hall at seven o’clock Sunday morning anil then inarch to the church for tho seven-thirty mass. William Sellemeyer of Magley was a visitor here today. He is one of the good citizens of tile county and lias .many friends here. .

ied this announcement with a note to Senator Schanzer, who was chairman of the conference when the allied note was dispatched. The Russian leader reminded Schanzer that the latter had sent him a note along with the allied memorandum, pointing out that the French reserved approval until after receipt of instructions from Paris. Tchitcherin demanded to know if the French now have received these instructions and what the instructions are. * "Has France approved this docu ment to which Russia is invited to reply? If not what governments have approved it?" Tchitcherin) asked. The Soviet delegation, he said, cannot reply until it knows what goveernments have authorized the memo - randuni. ,