Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 127, Decatur, Adams County, 29 May 1922 — Page 1

Volume XX. Number 127

CHINCH BUG ■appearing ■ threaten to infest I CROPS OF COUNTY THIS SUMMER I County Agent Advises the Fanners of Methods of Fighting Pests I’nless something radical happens I during the next few weeks Adams | county farmers are going to experI fence a chinch bug infestation this I summer which will be even worse I than last, according to information I given by County Agent Busche this I morning. The adult bugs which win I tered over have been seen in every I part of the county during the- past I few weeks and they now may be I found in practically every barley. I wheat and rye field, where they I have been laying eggs for some time. I The adults are seen in larger numI hers than have been seen at this I time of year for some time and if present numbers are any indication, L the number of young bugs which beI gin hatching out in the first brood H about June 20th will be enormous. I In some fields the old bugs are so I numerous they are destroying the I small grain, a condition which is selI dom seen. At this time the bugs may I be found on the ground aril around I the roots of the barley, rye or wheat I plants just underneath the surface of I the soil, where the countless eggs I are laid. Nothing practical can be done now I toward the eradication of the mature I bugs. The mature bugs can be deI stroyed only by burning during- the I dormant season, a practice which I was made use of by a few farmers I to their benefit. The only practical I thing which can be done at present is, I to determine whether- or not the | I small grain fields are infested and, immediately make preparations to I prevent the young bugs of the first I brood from migrating to nearby corn fields. Several methods of prevent-, (Continued on page two) ; WILL CONDUCT A HOG TOUR HERE Hog Men to Make Arrangements for Tour at Meeting Wednesday Night Arrangements have been made by County Agent Busche to have Mr. J. W. Schwab, of the live stock extension department of Purdue Univer- , I sity, in Adams county on Wednesday, June 7. Mr. Schwab will assist in a i I live stock tour on that date when a number of herds of pure bred gogs in Adams county will be visited by all those who wish to go on the tour. Judging contests will be conducted end questions on feeding discussed. A number of hog men have been Invited to attend a meeting at the county agent's office next Wednesday evening, May 31, when full plans will be made for the tour. Arrangements which will completed at that meeting will be published later. I

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Oil Burning Locomotives To Pass Through Decatur

Remarkable Train of Twenty Huge Engines Bound for St. Louis Perhaps the most remarkable sinfile train of locomotives ever hauled across the country, left the Eddystone Plant of the Baldwin Locomotive Works at Philadelphia for East St. Louis, Friday. It consists of twenty oil burning engines of the Sante Fe style, each, with its tender nearly 100 feet long and weighing 621.000 pounds. 'The train is part of an order of fifty locomotives of this type built for the Southern Pacific lines. Several coal burning engines, pullers and pushers will provide the motive power for the twenty locomotives, which is nearly a half-mllo long and weighs more than 6,000 tons. As "ome bridges are not able to bear the tremendous weight, and to avoid narrow tunnels and clearances in certain districts, many detours were found

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++++++++++ ++++++ |l* RESULTS OF RACES <. I * Although the Dally Democrat + I ♦ Will not be published tomorrow In + + observance of Decoration Day, + | ♦ the results of the big 500-mile au- + | ♦ otnobile race at Indianapolis will + | * be received over our special + + United Press wire to Indianapolis 4 <■ We will receive a call at one 4- ' '! o’clock and one at five o'clock or as soon as the races are over. 4-1 + The results will be bulletined in 4 + our window. * + 4>4 > 4 > +4> + 4-4> + + 4>4>4. STAR BRIGHT TO BE CIVEN BY PLEASANT MILLS SCHOOL' The Senior class of the Pleasant 1 Mills high school will give the play ■ “Star Bright" at the Gym in this city, 1 tlie program starting at eight o'clock. The play is given for the benefit of the Junior class of the Decatur High school and the.public is cordially invited to attend. The price of admission is only twenty-five cents. MANY STUDENTS RECEIVE HONGS IN PENMANSHIP Efficient Work Accomplished in Department of Central School CERTIFCATES GIV E N Work of Students Was Sent to New York and Chicago To Be Graded That the penmanship department of the Decatur Central School has done very efficient work during the past year is shown in the large number of I certificates awarded to the students by the A. M. Palmer Company, whose method is taught here. Fifty-two stu dents were awarded final eeriificatef by the company and five received cer itificates from the American Penman Co., a reward fhich comes only to those holding a final certificate from tlie Palmer school. The local schoo. officials and instructors have nothing to do with the grading of tlie students work, but it is all soul to Chicago am. .New York where it is’graded by experts. Until recently tlie final certificate was the highest award given by the Palmer company, but now a high school certificate is offered. The de partment in the Central school here is 'being re-organized so that those who have received their final certificate may get a high school certificate next year. T\vn girls, Naomi Butler ano Josephine Anderson, are planning t< write for their high school certificate during the summer vacation. The awards given by the Palmer school are graded up from what is known as the Palmer Method button up to the high school certificate. Twenty-eight students received tlie Palmer Method buttons this year, thirty-one received the Progress pins, eleven were given Improvement Certificates, fifty-two received Final certificates, and five reached the coveted goal of American Penman Certificates. (Continued on page five)

necessary in planning the train's movement to the west. The train traveling over the Pennsylvania lines will move only during • the day. No attempt at speed will be made and at many of the overnight stopping places and in a number of cities through which the trains will pass, arrangements have been made by the state and municipal authorities, i commercial and industrial organizations and public school officials to review the train. The train will arrive in Ft. Wayne i on Thursday evening, June 1, and will I leave there for Richmond at 6 a. tn. i Friday, June , passing through De- 1 , catur about 8 o'clock and will arrive i , in Richmond at 4 p. m. I Like all Southern Pacific locomo- : i tives, these are equipped for burning ) oil fuel. The oil is sprayed into the < - furnace by a jet of steam, and the fire 1 is controlled by means of valves placl ed within easy reach of the firemen.

AUTO RACES HOLD FOCUS THOUSANDS ARRIVING FOR BIG CLASSIC TOMORROW Many Unable to Find Place to Sleep and Park is A City of Tents Indianapolis, Ind., May 9. —A caravan of 100,000 persons traveling from ivery direction, by train, automobile and airplane converged at Indianapolis today for the 500 mile classic on lie Motor Speedway tomorrow. Riverside Park was a city of tents. Hotels and rooming houses were full. Experienced speed fans who arrived Sunday without making reservations for a room, brough tents witli them. Some of tlie inexperienced who came from tlie far stretches of tlie United States and took chances on finding a place to "flop’ - took a long chance. Some didn’t know where they slept. They had either brought their own or bought it here at $5 a quart. Chief Yellow Calf of the Araphoe tribe didn’t bring his wigwam. Ke slept in one of tlie finest rooms in one if the best hotels and he ate the best of food. The chief had on his feathers, wampum, robes and regalia but bo loft the war paint at home. It was tlie Araphoes with the Sioux and Cheyennes which impeded tlie advance of whites into Oregon back in the days of GenCuster. Tonight the fans take the trail again and line up before the speedway Rates, four miles from the city's edge. ' irst in line may get a choice parking place—if some one entering another gate doesn’t get there first. Twenty nine drivers have qualified for tlie race by averaging SO miles an hour or more in time trials. Three are yet to qualify today. They are Frank Davidson in a D’Wehr, Wiliam Gardner in a Bentz Special and Jack Curtner in a Fronty-Ford. Tommy Milton, acknowledged king >f tlie speed world made 10" miles an lour yesterday, it was tlie fastest ap record this year. This is the official list of racing numbers, drivers, cars and qualifying times for the tenth annual 500-mile International Sweepstakes at the International Motor Speedway, Tuesday,, May 30, determined l>y the qualification trials conducted May 25, 26 and 27th. The first named driver gets the pole, the second the center and the third the outsde, as follows: First Row—--35 James A. Murphy, Murphy Spec(Continued on page six) SALE BARNS TO BECOME GARAGE Decatur Horse Sales Barns to be Remodeled by Harve Kitson Soon — Decatur is to have another garage. After June 30th, Old Dobbin's fear of the auction block will be a myth for on July Ist the Decatur Horse Sale barns, owned by Eli Meyer and Chris Rich will pass into tlie possession of Hare Kitson, well Known automobile salesman of this city who will remodel the building, build an addition, install a new brick front and open a modern garage in the building. The deal for the sale of the building was completed Saturday night and Mr. Kitson is to have posession after Juno 30th. He stated this morning that he would begin immediately to remodel the building and plans to have an up-to-date modern garage. The present building located on South First street is 66x80 feet and Mr. Kitson intends to build 66 feet wide by 132 feet deep. A new brick front will also be installed in the building. For years the Decatur Horse Sale barns have been known the country over for the horse sales conducted there every week or two for six months of tire year and the turning of the building into a garage will remove one of the best known horse sale hams in the country. The present Horse Salo company will continue to occupy the building until June 30th.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, May 29, 1922

Sr, 1- ! iSWR 1 OB A l! 1 Hggvx few; WILLIAM H. MYERS Commander of the Sam Henry Post G. A. R. FRAUD CASEStF BE PRESENTED TO JURY SOON Special Grand JuryTo Get To Work in War Cases Wednesday BRIBE CASES FIRST | To Be Some Time Before Big Cases Will Be Presented to Jury By Laurence M. Benedict (United I Staff Correspondent) Washington, May 9. —The special grand jury impaneled here to consider 1 evidence in war fraud cases will get t:»| work on Wednesday, it was announced i today. First cases to be presented, it was learned, probably will be those ini which several former army officers are • charged with accepting bribes in trans- ■ actions involving tlie disposition of surplus army materials. It may be weeks, officials admitted.' before any steps are taken to begin ' the big prosecutions—those that are being demanded in the Senate and' liotise. In the meantime, criticism of Attorney General Daugherty shows. I few signs of abatement. Representative Johnson, republican, South Dakota said today he will make I a third attempt. Wednesday to get House action on the Woodruff-John-son resolution for an investigation of war frauds. Failing tills time. John-1 son said he will introduce another res-1 elution broadening the powers of the , House committee on expenditures in the War Department of which he is chairman, so that a committee can j conduct a probe. Such a resolution would be vigorously opposed by House I leaders who have virtually killed Johnsin’s original resolution. Announcement has been made that former Senator Charles Thomas, Dem ocrat, Colorado will have a prominent part in the investigation and prosecution of war frauds. ACCOUNTSOFTHE FIRST WAR NEWS Contained in Old Copy of Decatur Eagle Presented to Public Library An interesting relic, in the form of a copy of the Decatur Eagle, dated April 18, 1861, was presented to the Decatur Public Library today by John H. Heller, editor of the Democrat, acting upon the request of William M. Reed, of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The paper was sent to Mr. Heller a few days ago and was accompanied by a historical letter giving the history of the paper. The paper contains the first news published here concerning the outbreak of the Civil War, the firing on (Continued on nage six) Weather Fair tonight and probably Tuesday; moderate temperature.

WILL VOTE FOR STRIKE I RAILWAY WORKERS TO PROTEST AGAINST WAGE CUT Say Cut of 13.3 Per (’ent j Will Bring Pay Below I ' A Living Wage (United Press Service) Chicago May 30—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Strike vote on the $50,000,(100 wage cut of maintenance of way railroad workers was planned today by B. M. Jewell, president of the rairoad department of tlie American 1 Federation of Labor. ’ Jewell said the 13.3 per cent wage I slash of the 400.000 nr. inbers of his ■ I union announced by the United ) States Railroad Labor Moard would bring pay below a living wage. “Our rules provide that a vote must be taken before a reduction can I be accepted," said Jewell. "1 think the men will reject the decision of the board." Jewell, it was understood, will call a conference in Chicago soon with ' ' heads of other unions. It was reported in railroad circles that pay of all | workers, with the exception of yard and train service workers would be cut soon approximately $100,000,000. Chicago, May 30—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Wages of 400,000 rail- ' road workers were cut $50,000,000 by i I the United States Railroad Labor Board today. By order of the beard pay of main tenance of way employes was slash ed 13.3 per cent effective July 1. The I redimtion takes the workers back to , the scale of wages prevailing Febru- ! ary 29, 1920, when roads were turned back to the owners by the govern- j ' ment. B. R. Jewell, president of the railroad department of the American ‘ Federation of Labor, hinted today that the cut may mean a strike of ! shop employes. I “This decision of the railroad , board is indefensible and undoubted-1 ly will be rejected when submitted . to a vote,” | Jewell said the reduction was not , within his conception for a living I wage. j The decision of the majority of the I board was handed down soon after hearings on the case were conducted ■in accordance with request of the unions that speedy attention be giv- 1 en the case. | Three members of the board dissented in the decision. They were A. C. Wharton, Albert Phillips and W. E. McMenimen. : In the dissenting opinion they said | “The rates of pay established under ' ' this decision are not based upon the (Continued on page six) FALL ISSUES OF DEMOCRATS Outstanding Issues for Fall Election to Be Written Into Platform Indianapolis, May 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) Decentralization of state government and restoration of civic powers to local communities will be the outstanding issues upon which the Indiana democrats will go into the November election. They will he written into the platform at the state convention opening Wednesday. Four of the declarations will favor repeal of the public utility law, aboli■tion of the state board of accounts and j the state tax board and establishment of “home rule" in regulation of bond issues which was adopted once and I then rejected by the republican state convention last week. "We will take up the fight where the republican convention stopped and carry It on to a successful conclusion,” declared W. W. Spencer, Indianapolis attorney and a leader in democratic state activities. “The Utility law bears my name. It is my child, but I disown it.” Opinions of democrats from every locality in the state will be heard and sifted and the best will be included I in the platform, Spencer said. The ideas will be explained during the first day of the meeting when “home rule” advocates will have a discussion (Continued on page six)

GEORGE BAKER HAS BOUGHT A DELICATESSEN STORE LOCATED AT ANDERSON George linker, of this city, has purciiesed the Delicatessen Store, one of tlie largest and finest stores of its kind in Anderton. Mr. Baker is well known in tills city as he formerly operated tile People's Restaurant here. He is well acquainted witli tlie delicatessen business and ills friends here j fel sure that lie will make a success in ills new business venture. He is tile son of John Baker, Democratic nominee for tlie office of sheriff of Adams county. —- — • ■ HOSPITAL NOTES. Mrs. John Miller, residing near Pieahant Mills was operated on this morning at tlie Magley hospital for the removal of three large tumors and appendicitis. Word from the attending physicians states that she is get[ting along very nicely. Miss Mabel Woodward, of Convoy, I Ohio, was operated on yesterday afternoon at the Magley hospital. ONLYASMALL NUMBER OF THE i VETERANS LEFT ——— Only About Twenty Members of the G.A. R. Were Present for Sermon EXCELLENT S E R M O N The Rev. Bridge Delivered Fine Memorial Sermon To the Veterans Old father time is rapidly thinning the ranks of the veterans of the Civil . War and tlie largest number which c ould be mustered together to attend I the annual Memorial Day services held at the First Methodist church yesterday morning was twenty. Slowly and witli a feeble tread, the survivors of the Grand Army of the Republic inarched behind Old Glory from their hall on Madison street to the church. A mingled feeling of joy and sorrow filled the hearts of the veterans, joy in tlie thought of the great and lasting service they had rendered their country, and sorrow in tlie thought of their comrades who either fell on tlie field j of battle or have him called by deatli 'since the close of that mighty conflict. I There were about twenty ladies of tlie W. R. C. wiio attended the services yesterday, also. An excellent memorial sermon was delivered to the veterans, and a large congregation ,by the Rev. U. S. A. I Bridge, pastor of tlie Methodist church, 'conflict. Victory, and Reward, were tiie points emphasized by tlie speaker in liis address. “Conflict is a natural law of life,” said tlie Rev. Bridge. He said the nation never would be immune from conflict in some form, and that conflict must be expected in the progress of tiie nation. He showed that struggle between tlie good and bad forces bad a useful part to play in life. The time, form, and condition of the conflict may vary, but there will always be conflict. He said conflict first beban in tlie garden of Eden. (Continued on page twe)

Dr. Conant Gave Three Sermons In City Sunday

Meetings Have Gained in Momentum at Each of the Services Er. J. E. Conant preached Sunday I morning on "The Defeated Christian." lie said lhat the normal Christian life is the victorious life, and that such a a life was not lived by the Christian at all. but tnunt be lived by Christ liv-! ing His life in the Christian. He I named some marks of the Christian, who was living a defeated life, such ns I attraction by the things of the world, worry, envy, failure to be able to love every one, being overcome by temptation. having a bad temper, failure to lend lost souls to Christ. He drew a distinction between worry and neces-sary-concern, and between loving every one and likeing every one. Ho said the victorious life was not one of striving, but could be had by just

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PLANS FOR f I DECORATION HONOR TO BE PAID TO ALL VETERANS TOMORROW r Graves to he Decorated in Forenoon and Program Given in Afternoon Honor and respect to tlie veterans, s both living and dead, of all tlie wars in 11 which our country has participated, . should be and will be paid by the citl- . zens of Decatur and all other cities and communities in the United States tomorrow. In Decatur a program has been arranged by committes from tlie G. A. R„ tlie W. R. ('., and the American ia-gion. Tlie program for observance of the day will begin with the decoration of tile graves of the deceased veterans nt 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. In the afternoon appropriate ceremonies will be held at the monument on the court house lawn and in lithe court room. Following thote services, flowers will be cast on the river at tile Monroe street bridge by the school children in honor of the deceased sailors. Following is the program ■ for tiie entire day as outlined by the committees in charge: I All organizations will meet at the IG. A. IL hall at 9 a. in. for the pur- [ pose of visiting the three city cemeteries to decorate the graves of de- | ceased Civil, Spanish-American, and World War veterans. Automobiles will lie furnished to convey all to the various cemeteries. Luncheon will be served at the G. ’ A. R. hall at noon by tlie Women’s Re- • lief Corps and the American Lei gion Auxiliary. I All organizations will meet again I at the G. A. R. hall at 1 p. in. and march from there to the monument to . the court house lawn. The cenotaph ( 'everclses there will bo in charge of I the American legion and the Women's Relief Corps. r I (Continued on page two) LEHHCEOF HEART FATAL I Twelve Year Old Son of Quincy Ritter Died at 10 i p. m., Last Night Manson Leon Ritter, twelve year old . I son of Quincy O. Ritter, died at tlie . family home in Washington township, -.five and one-half miles southeast of i Decatur, at 10 o'clock last night, fol- • lowing an illness of six days duration . with leakage of the heart. He had , been troubled witli heart trouble dur- . ' ing the past year. i ' Tlie lad was born on October 26. 1909 -J at the home where he died. a mother died two years ago last Febril>;ary and the father lias been making a home for Manson and ills two broth1 < rs, and sister since that time. On last Sunday after tlie lad had completi ed saying his prayer before going to (Continued on page two)

letting go and alowing the in dwelling Chrict to win lite victory. At a meeting held in the Methodist Church. Sunday afternoon, Dr. Conant spoke to an audience which filled the main auditorium and part of the Sunday School room, on "Is The Second Coming of Christ Near at Hand?" He showed tiie different chapters in the [life of Christ: creation period, Old Testament period, period of It's earthly life, period of his present work as High | Priest, and the coming period of his 1 kingship over this earth. He said , that Christ had three offices of Prophet Priest and King, and that when he , was officially fulfilling one office he , was not officially fulfilling any other: that these offices were not siniultan- , ecus but consecutive. He showed , how Christ had already fulfilled the ( office of the Prophet, was now fulfill* (Continued on page three)