Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 2 June 1922 — Page 1

■Volume XX. Number 130

■determined AND UNITED ■DEMOCRATS pleased I WITH RESULT OF CONVENTION ■Campaigns for Senate and Congress Well Under Way Today Democratic Ticket. Secretary of State —Daniel Link, ■ Auburn. Auditor of State —Robert Brackfl en. Frankfort. Treasurer — George H. DeHority. ■ Elwood. State Superintendent of Public In- | struction—Daniel Mclntosh, Worthfl ington. Judge of Supreme Court —Joseph I H. Shea. Indianapolis. Clerk of Supreme and Appellate | I Courts —Z. T. Dungan, Huntington. Judges of Appellate Court, First I District— Joseph H. Collier, of InI dianapolis, and William H. Brid-i I well, of Sullivan. Judges of Appellate Court, Second ■ District — Valentine Livengood, of I Covington, and Edward McCabe, of I Williamsport. Indianapolis, Ind., June 2. —(Special. I to Daily Democrat)—Senatorial and I congressional campaigns were well unI der way in Indiana-today. With both the Republican and DemoI craotic state conventions passed Into I history the candidates were sizing up I the platforms and planning their lines i I of attack and tactics of defense. Satisfaction that the Democrats had I adopted a sound course witli regard to | Issues in the November elections and (Continued on page four) WILL RECEIVE VASSAR DEGREE Miss Alta Teeple Will Be Graduated from Eastern College Soon A number of Decatur people have received invitations to attend the annual commencement week events of Vassar College, Poughkeepsi, New York, which will be held from June 10 to 13. Miss Alta Teeple, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Teeple, of this city is one of the graduates this spring. On Saturday, June 10th, the President will give a reception to the visitors, and the play “Kismet" will be presented. On Saturday morning the Baccalaureate sermon will be given i and a concert by the college choir will.' be given at 7:30 o’clock that evening. I Class Day exercises will be held on 1 Monday morning and afternoon, and 1 a Lantern Fete. The commencement exercises will be held at 10:30 o’clock 1 on Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs., Teeple will leave with in the next ‘ few days to attend the commence exercises. Following the commencement they will take a trip through the east, visiting several large cities. Miss Alta will return home with them and remain here during the summer. She has had a number of positions, both ■ teaching and in business, offered to, her, but she is undecided yet as to, i what she will do next winter.

Rotarians Told Os The House That Jack Built

Each One Told What Part He Played in Building the House With Henry Heller in charge, an ex cellent program was given by the Ro tarians at their luncheon meeting last evening. The feature was the carry 'ng out of the story of "The House that Jack Built" each Rotarian, ac cording to his classification, being called on to tell what part of the house he built, furnished or supervised. The stunt was unique and after the house was furnished and Jack and wife moved Into It, Dr. Rayl concluded the story by ushering in the stork.

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| LOCAL ATTORNEY WON WELLS COUNTY SUIT | IN APPELLATE COURT Attorney Dore B. Erwin, of this city, I was in Indianapolis yesterday In the | interest of the case of Van Camp vs Robinson, which was appealed to the Indiana Appellate Court from the )! Well s circuit court. The case was a suit to have a guardian appointed for Maliaaa Robinson in which the court | found for the plaintiff and ordered that I. a guardian should be appointed. Mrs Robinson appealed the case to the ap pellate court but that court yesterday tjfflrtned the decision of the circuit court. Mr. Erwin was the attorney sot the plaintiff. LARGE NUMBER ARE FIGURING ON CONTRACT — Interest Keen Among Con | tractors for Contract of New Hospital LET CONTRACT SOON Friday June 16 is Date Set for Opening Bids and Awarding Contract , Interest is keen among contractor: !at present regarding the contract foi the construction of the new Adam: 1 County Memorial Hospital, which wil ; be let by the board of trustes on Fri day, June 16. That there will bi much competition among the contrac | tors when the bids are submitted is as , sured, according to a statement made by Oscar Hoffman, the architect of Hit building. Mr. Hoffman lias given out a total oi twenty-two sets of the general plant of the building. In addition to the gen i eral plans, he has given out nine sets | of the wiring and electrical equipment plans, and twelve set of the heating and plumbing plans. The contractors ' are now figuring on the cost of con structing preparatory to making theii bid. (Continued on Page Four). WILL CELEBRATE 83RD BIRTHDAY Civil War Veteran of Mon roe Will Observe Anni versary on June 7 Monroe, Ind., June 2—On next Wednesday, June 7, Mr. John Hendricks, Sr., will celebrate his 83rd birthday anniversary. Mr. Hendricks is a veteran of the Civil War and one of our oldest pioneers, coming to this place in the fifties when this section of the country was a dense forest and ' wilderness. Uncle John, can be seen I at most any time in the day working lin his garden which is one he feels justly proud of. and also his esteemed wife can boast of her flower beds and beautiful lawn. Mr. and Mrs. Hen dricks are both becoming somewhat feeble, yet they persist in doing their own work about their home. The many friends of “Uncle John” wish for him the pleasure of enjoying many more such happy occasions.

| Wai Wemhoff stated that plans were going forward for the establishing of the tourist’s camp in Bellmont park land that the large signs, informing the t-j tourist that a camp would be found > >in Bellmont Park had been ordered '* land that part of the expense would 0 be shared by the Decatur Industrial association. Mr. Wemhoff also brought 1- up the subject to parking automobiles 0 and the Rotarians endorsed his plan. e— — e The June number of the Internar- tlonal Auctioneer will be off the e press and really for mailing tomorrow. .

HOG MEN TO HOLD TOUR: • W 1 L L INSPECT N IN E * HERDS IN COUNTY ' ON WEDNESDAY J Purdue Man Will Have < Charge of Discussion and < Judging Contests On last Wednesday evening, repre « sentatives of several breeds of swine ■ met at the county agent’s office to' * assist in making out a program for ' .he swine tour which is to be con- ' 1 s ducted next Wednesday, June 7. At ( that time Prof. John W. Schwab, of the animal husbandry department of Purdue, who specializes in hogs, will be in the county to assist on the tour. The schedule of visits is as follows: Leave the connty agent's office at 9:30. From there those on the tour will visit the Bellmont Stock Farm and the principal subject to be discussed there will be that of hog houses. A half-monitor hog house will be Inspected while there. The next visit will be at J. D. Nidlingers, where a class of Duroc gilts will be judged by those on the tour. From there those on the tour will visit J. C. Moorman’s, where his Hampshire hogs will be inspected and two litters which are nominated in the Hoosier (Corlinued on page four) valuations of BANKS ARE SET State Tax Commission Fixed Values of Banks in Adams County ■ I Indianapolis, June 2. — (Special to Daily Democrat) —The state tax commissinon lias fixed the valuations for he banks of Adams county. These valuations are fixed from capital and ' turplus, less the assessment made iotally for real estate. The valuation* ire: — Bank of Berne, $99,100; First Naional. Decatur, $131,800; Peoples Loan i Trust Co, $40,900; Bank of Geneva, >63,200; Farmers & Merchants. Geneva, $39,200; Bank of Linn Grove, sl9.900; Monroe State Bank, $21,600; i Farmers Slate, Preble, $22,800; Old Xdanis County, $67,000; People’s State 1 Bank of Berne, $61,800. The real es- ' state valuation for the Old Adams County bank is $102,000. Mrs. C. V. Connell visited friends 1 at Fort Wayne last evening. MANY SAW TR AIN OF LOCOMOTIVES Hundreds Crowd G. R. & I. Station to See the Prosperity Special Hundreds of Decatur people thronged to the passenger depot of the G. R. & I. railroad company and to the crossings where the tracks crossed the streets this morning, to see the Prosperity Special, a train consisting of twenty new oil hurtling locomotives, bound from the Baldwin Locomotive works in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, to St. Louis, Missouri, where they will be delivered to the Southern Pacific railroad company. The train was delayed in arriving here because two of the locomotives were derailed in Fort Wayne this morning. It was 11:45 o'clock when the train passed through Decatur. The train did not stop in this city but proceeded slowly giving the spec tators an opportunity to see the locomotives. There were three coal burning engines pulling the oil-burners, and one in the rear, pushing. All of the new locomotives were being pulled backwards, and one man occupied the cab of each. The entire train represented a cost of $1,500,000. A large meeting was held in Swinney Park in Fort Wayne yesterday evening and speakers made interesting talks concerning the new oil-burning Baldwin locomotives. The train went ■ from here to Indianapolis where it will make a stop. A stop was to be made at Richmond, also. ,

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, June 2, 1922

4444444444444444 4 AMERICAN HISTORY 4 4 DAY BY DAY 4> 4 By T. P. Green 4 4 + 4 Jnuc 2. 4 1 ♦ First Legislatures of New York 4 4 and Nortli Carolina met on June 4 4 2, 1665. 4 <• — ♦ 4 American soldiers were all fur- 4 4 loitghed on June 2, 1783. 4 4 — 4 4 The Boston and Providence 4 4 railroad was opend to traffic on 4 4 June 2, 1835. 4 4 — 4 4 The prohibition law was signed 4 4 by the governor of Maine on 4 4 June 2, 1851. 4 4 — 4 4 Garfield and Arthur were none & 4 inated by the republicans on June 4 4 2. 1880. 4 4 — 4 4 Peary in search for the North 4 4 Pole left New York on June 2, 4 4 1893. 4 444444444444444 HEREFORD SALE AT FONNER FARM I NEXT TUESDAY Second Annual Sale of Hereford Cattle to Be Held June 6th TO SELL FORTY-THREE Breeders From AH* Parts of Country Planning To Attend the Sale The Fonner Stock Farm’s second annual sale of Hereford catle will be held Tuesday, June 6th at the Fonner Farm, north of Decatur and forty three itead of the finest registered and pure bred Herefords in this part of the country will be offered to the highest bidder. W. P. Schrock, manager of the Fonner Stock Farms stated this morning that plans were practically completed , for the holding of the big sale and from the number of inquiries received and requests for catalogs that he expected a number of buyers. Breeders : from all parts of the country. As far as Colorado and California have writ- i ten for catalogs and have signified i that they would be here to attend the ' sale. The sale will start at promptly one o’clock, and Col. Fred Reppert of this city and Col. Carl Gartin of Greens burg will conduct the sale. The farmers in this county and com- i munity are cordially invited to attend the sale, even though they do not wish I to buy or bid. Both Mr. A. .1. Smith, I the proprietor of tiie farm, and the manager, Mr. Schrock, will be glad io welcome local citizens at the sale. Tiie Fonner Stock Farm has about 150 head of fine Herefords. headed by Richard Fairfax, Jr., a full brother of the world renowned $50,000 Richard Fairfax. year a joint sale was held at Bellmont Park by tile Fonner Stock Farm and the Pridday Stock Farm of Van Wert, Ohio. DIAZ TO JOIN THE REVOLUTION Mexican General Will Seek to Gain Overthrow of Obregon Government New Orleans, June 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Tiie revolution reported under way In Mexico will be joined soon by General Felix Diqz, who will assume leadership of tiie forces seeking the overthrow of the Obregon government, according to an announcement made here by Guillermo Rosas, secretary to General Diaz. The revolution which is already backed by approximately 15,000 trained troops and twenty military (Continued on Page Four). ———■— Unsettled weather tonight and Sat- - I urday, probably showers; not much change in temperature.

WILL STUDY THE STRIKE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE •INVESTIGATION AT ONCE Will Seek Information As To Cause and Effect on Consumer (lulled I'rrNM Service.! Washington, June 2 (Special to Daily Democrat) —Federal investigation of tiie nation wide coal strike was authorized by the senate today. | The senate passed a resolution by Senator Walsh, Massachusetts, directing the secretary of commerce to investigate and report to the senate as soon as possible all available in formation concerning the strike and its effects on the consumers if the United States. The resolution specifically requested tiie secretary of commerce to report on tiie following phases of the strike: 1. The present supply of bituminous coal at the mines. 2. The weekly production up to April 1, 1922. 3. The amount of coal it is esti mated will be needed by the country till May 1, 1923. 4. What effect tiie strike has on present coal prices and what possible (Continued on page two) TO GIVE RADIO CONCERT HERE Industrial Association Will Entertain Local Citizens and Farmers The Decatur Industrial Association will give its first radio concert in tiie industrial rooms Saturday evening from 6:30 to 8 o’clock for the benefit of tiie farmers and all those who wish to attend. The farmers are cordially invited to attend the concert. The Westinghouse outfit purchased a few weeks ago by tiie Industrial association was installed this week and every evening messages or musical concerts have been received over it. The first, few concerts received over the instrument were not very satis factory but the instrument is now “tuned up” in excellent manner, and the music and voices are heard very distinctly. The concert next Saturday night will be in charge of M. J. Mylott, superintendent of the city light and power plant, who installent the instrument. LA FOLLETTE TO HAVE OPPONENT Citizen’s Party Will Place Full Ticket in Election in Wisconsin I nltrd I’rcMiM StnfT < orrempondriit Milwaukee, Wis., June 2 —(Special to Dally Democrat)—Dr. William Arthur Canfield was named to oppose Robert M. Lafollette for the republi can nomination for United States senator in Wisconsin primaries by a “citizens' conference” here today. The conference, composed of representative republicans opposed to Lafollette, nominated a complete ticket to oppose a slate which Governor John J. Blaine will head witli LaFollette for the republican nomination. W. J. Morgan, present attorney general, was nominated as the citizens’ candidate for governor. A platform adopted by tiie convention attempted to “rule" LaFollette out of the republican party, declaring he was “unfit to represent Wisconsin.” Governor Blaine was attacked for permitting Kate Richards O’Hara to uso the state capitol building for a speech. FIRE DEPARTMENT NOTICE A special meeting of the fire department will be held at the city hall at 7 o'clock Saturday evening, members please be presnt. Amos Fisher, Chief

DORIS ERWIN ACCEPTS POSITION AS HEAD OF GIRLS’ WORK IN CHICAGO I Miss Doris Erwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dore B. Erwin, of this | city, lias accepted the position as superintendent of the girls’ work in 1 1 the Jefferson Park Presbyterian church in Chicago and began her work there this week. Miss Erwin was graduated from the Presbyterian training school In connection with the McCormick Seminary, on May 16, During her two year course in tiie training school Miss Erwin did work among Italian and Bohemian children, but in her new work she has only American children. She says that she likes tiie work very much. She visited for a few days i with her parents before beginning her work. SPENT SMALL AMOUNT IN THE PRIMARY RACE John W. Tyndall Spent Only $89.25 To Secure Nomintion for Congress FILING PERIOD OVER Yesterday Was Last Day for Candidates to File Statements It cost John W. Tyndall, of this: city, only $89.25 to win the democrat-1 fe nomination for congressman from, the Eighth district, over his two op- J ponents, according to his sworn statement of expenses incured during the. campaign filed with the clerk of the | Adams circuit court. This is much I less than several candidate* spent in I their efforts to secure the nomination for county offices. Yesterday was the last day for filing the expense statements. Follow Ing is a list of all expense statements which have not been published sol far: John Eicher, for assessor of Monroe township, $6.50; L. L. Mattax for county coroner, nothing; Ernest Doehrman, for councilman-at-large, nothing; Charles Ewell tor trustee of Preble township, nothing; J. F. Snow for trustee of Washington township, $45.50; John W. Tyndall for con (Continued on page four) I, A. KALVERTO COME HOME SOON Wil! Arrive in New York This Week After Business Trip to Europe I. A. Kalver will arrive in New York in a day or two after a several weeks business trip to Europe. A cant dated ' May 17, Berlin, Germany has been re ceived at tills office, stating he would remain in that city'another week and would sail for the states on tin* Mauretania on May 27th. He says he met Sam Magido, formerly of Berne in Berlin and enjoyed a visit with him. Sam left Berne about twenty years ago and now lives in Alaska. This is Mr. Kai--1 vers second trip to Europe this spring. 1 He is a member of the Weil Bros Fur 1 company. : Mrs. F. E. France and Miss Rose Christen have returned from a visit with F<’ft Wayne friends.

~ — — — Bluffton Now Expects To Secure Cloverleaf Shops

Drops Story About New Ford Plant—Now Talks i of Railway Shops ’ Bluffton, June 2.—Another story which grows out of the alleged attempt to buy the Lew Johnson farm is being * circulated today, and it is stated, a son of Frank Heller, who resides near Linn Grove is authority for the state ment that it was probably railroad officials who were here to see Johnson ■ for a site for the Clover Leaf shops, ' now at Delphos. i The father-in-law and brother-in-law t of the Heller boy are working in the

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WILL ALLOW BILLS SUON COMMISSIONERS WILL PAY COST OF THE PRIMARY Several Will Not Be Paid Entire Amount They Filed For Next week when the county commissioners meet, the bills of the inspectors and members of the election boards who served at the primary election, May 2nd will be paid, the compensation being $9.00 for the inspectors and $6.00 for the other members of the board. As the services of the inspectors land members of the boards were required from six a. m. until after mid‘night, several of the inspectors filed I bills for more pay. a majority of them asking for $12.00 for the Inspectors, 'and $9.00 for the other members of tiie i board. In one or two instances bills I for $15.00 for the inspectors were filed. The state board of accounts lias notified tiie county auditor and county I commissioners to pay only $9.00 for j the inspectors and $6.00 for the clerks, 1 judges and sheriffs. Tile paragraph in the letter from the state hoard of accounts relative to the compensation of the election board members reads: “Each inspector, judge, clerk and 'sheriff is entitled to three dollars for i each day’s service while attending to such election and performing the duIties of his office. The per diem fixed is for a calendar day, from midnight to midnight. Each lot said officials should revive $3.00 for their services from 6 a. m. to 12 o’clock (Continued on page four) JUNE WEDDING WAS ANNOUNCED Matilda Berling Announced Coining Marriage to Paul Briede of Portland Another June wedding, to occur on June 20, was cleverly announced at a beautifully appointed six o'clock dinner party at the home of Mrs. Helen Berling, corner of Fourth and Adams street, yesterday evening. The announcement told of the coming wedding of Miss Matilda Berling. youngest daughter of Mrs. Helen Berling. to Paul Briedy, of Portland. The party was given for the members of tiie Delta Theta Tau sororitiy and its patronesses, and other friends of tiie bride. The house was beautifully decorated with roses and other spring flowers. A three course dinner was served. Corsages of sweet peas were given to each guest with tiie third course. Hidden in four of the corsages were small slips of paper. On one slip was wrlten “Paul", on another "Tootz”, on another “June.” and on the fourth "20." Small paper brides were given as place cards. The hostess was assisted in serving by Misses Mildred Keller and Catherine Hyland. Following tiie dinner, the guests played five hundred. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Herman Ahinger, Mrs. William Bowers, and Mrs. Clay(Continued on page four)

, Delphos shops ai present and they state, the men are looking for a move at any time. Should there be any foundation for y this story, It is probable that Bluffton . I would become a division point on the ■ trunk system formed by the Nickle Plate, Clover Leaf and Lake Erie. a Mr. Johnson Is authority for the r statement that the Cloverleaf dlcker- ■- ed with him several years ago for a d tract of his land lying on each side n of the railroad. s, Johnson stated this afternoon that he was still convinced that he would w hear something yet, from the men e who made the offer for his farm.