Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 182, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1922 — Page 1

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largest crowd in history of fair

U, INDIANA TROOPS AND Guardsmen held ready

BE MINES TO BE OPENED EARLY NEXT WEEK IF PEACE PABLETS miI— FOUR COUNTIES COVERED IT MARTIAL LAW.

H <|rill.<l IT'-"" * rr ' ■ fodianapol*. Aug. 4-( Special to ■ pmv Democrat I National guards ■ the state and all In- ■ troops training at Camp Knox ■ held in readiness today for in ■ tunt movement into southern Indi ■ iM’kere the state has started dig ■ rne(ia l under protection of martial ■ tyr. ■ Operation of other mines in addi- ■ tiocto the two strip mines of the ■ Jutland power collieries company ■ W y be Started early next week if ■ tie scheduled conference between ■ (lE e owners and union chiefs in ■ Cleveland Monday fails to end the I grike. H The force of eight hundred soldiers | teg guard duty in the martial law y pat around Staunton. Williamson. ■ U«rland and Turner in Clay coun■p ns divided and four hundred I .at into Greene, Owen -and i counties to prevent retaliaurittion against Rowland power ife a< two of the company’s strip y iis« here were prepared for opera- ■ pi. ■ It was said four handred more I. prijnen were ordered to the coal Her from their summer training at Crap Knox. Ky. Adjutant General faith said he hadn't been advised yet whether they had entrained. General Smith was in direct tele1 graphic communication with Major tajral Tyndall. Brazil, Ind., Aug. 4 —Military rule ipeat’ over four mining counties to- ! fay while imported labor prepared 1 t«o strip mines for operation by the state government. I Pour hundred national guardsmen awe scattered in Owen, Greene and Sullivan counties from general her dgnartoni in Clay county here to protect all properties of the Rowland Power Collieries Co. Major General Robert Tyndall, commander of all national quardatnen in the fifth army corps area, feared striking coal diggers might try to wieck other Rowland power mines ns the two were opened. Tin hats, bayonets, loaded rifles, cratridge belts and other equipment worn by American soldiers righting the Huns were passed on to the na tional guardsmen and are worn here. The sight of them stirs this peaceful community to a strong resentment, which generally is concealed, but frequently crops out in a small way. Colonel Tappan was standing in a hotel lobby at Jasonville. He was Paged for a phone call. Get out of two in five minutes" said a voice over the wire and the (Continued on page four)

Rum Schooners Attacked Prohibition Sub Chasers

Number of Wet Vessels Driven Back in Atlantic ~re» " Service.) ‘ ght, N. j m Aug. 4. — (Special . ally Democrat)—Armored motor °ats oft the Atlantic coast “dry it were rushed to the aid of two, th° i* tilOn BUb chasers today when « after were reported standing off eet of rum schooners, 30 miles off hir ° island. Tl/ree vesMfc of the invading Bin . i. eet Which carrie<l the largest to th Sblpment of Uquor ever brought were i< 6W ' orlc New Jersey coast, teinfore VSn t 0 Bea bef ° re the “ dry ” el “forcement s arrived, according to

RACE HORSE AT FAIR FELL DEAD Only Accident During Race Program at Fair Thursday A splendid race program with every heat a thriller and every spurt down the home stretch cheered by thousands, marked the third day of the fair. Fans, young and old. men and women, watched the speed houses contest to the last inch over the fast track and played their favorites to win. The only accident of the day occurred in the first heat of the second event, the 24 pace, when Minnie M„ the black mare owned by Harry Clement o£ Gosheu with the owner up, fell dead just after passing the wire and finishing in fourth place. The mare was staggering as she reached the wire and the driver held her up for a hundred feet when she fell dead just at the north end of the main grand stand. Worthy Tregantle took the first race, the 2:25 trot for three year olds and under, Native Bearer won the 2:24 pace and Ponce Train after finishing seventh the first heat brought home the bacon in the last two heats of the 2:12 pace. The races were exciting and hard to guess. The summary: 2:25 Trot, Purse $250 Kentucky Rock (Troubridge) 2 7 5 Pershing the Great (Hooker) 7 6 6 George Asoff (McCord) 8 8 4 My Sister Lou (Dagler) 4 3 3 Peter Wise (Fulner) 3 5 1 Baron Mac (Covault) 5 2 7 Miss Richmond the Great (Hooker .... 2 4 8 Worthy Treaiigle (Birch).... 11 2 The Time: 2:27%; 2:27%; 2:24%. 2:24 Pace, Purse $350 Roger Bean (Troubridge)... .3 5 4 Mabel Thomas (Thomas)... .1 2 2 Native Bearer (McCord) 5 11 Bowery Girl (Sutherland) Dis. Minnie M. (Clement) Dr. Edith Cavell (Hull) 6 4 3 Frenzie Stratmore (Newman) 4 3 5 The Time: 2:18%; 2:17%; 2:18%. 2:12 Pace, Purse $350 Hallie Margrave (Gardner).. 3 2 2 Roxy Heart (Morris) 4 6 3 Happy Hal (McCord) 6 7 ‘ Robert Page (Phillips) 5 3 4 Ponce Train (Briggs) 71 1 Argot Gentry (Haley) 1 5 6 Hal Cochato (Wilson) 2 4 5 The Time: 2:11%; 2:11%; 2:13%.

wireless reports. The Hahn, “flagship” of the federal navy, crossed the bows of a fourth and observed on board cases of liquor piled high above the gunwales. The Hahn, and the Hansen, which went to her assistance, stood by to prevent the rum runner, which towered over the little “dry” vessels, frcm coming closer to shore. The vessels, which withdrew to sea before the threat of the prohibition subchasers, were believed to be flying foreign flags. If the rum runners persist in the “attack” heavily armed crews of federal agents are ready to go over the sides of the "wet” fleet and engage its crews hand to hand.

SMALL PROFIT WAS MADE HERE BY CHAUTAUQUA

Financial Report of Independent Chautauqua Shows Profit of $18.63 REPORT MADE TODAY Profit of Local Chautauqua Association Given to Women’s Club Not including the extra expenses of renting chairs, drayage and other ncidenta! items incurred during the 'hautauqua, which totaled about 5300.00 and were paid by Mr. Janies Loar, general manager oF the Independent circuit, the local Chautauqua netted a profit of $18.63, halt of which ;oes to Mr. Loar and the other halt o the local association which was urned over to the Clvit Section of he Woman’s club. The sale of season tickets amounted to $1393.25, while the single admission receipts totaled $230.25, exlusive of the gate receipts for Bryan light, Mr. Bryan receiving all the ;ate receipts on that night, they toaling $189.50. The following report is made by C. J. Lutz, president; C. 5. Niblick, treasurer and J. S. Peterlon. ticket chairman of the Decatur ndependent Chautauqua. Financial Report Decatur Chautauqua deceived from sale of season tickets . $1:193.25 deceived from gate receipts, exclusive, of Bryan night .. 230 25 Total receipts $1623.50 Disbursements Rent of tent $ 123.00 freight 17.12 Help (Tent men) 46.05 Printing and advertising .... 126 40 City lights 12.20 Piano 12.00 Rent, lumber platform 7.60 Paid talent as per contract . . 1260.00 Total disbursements $1604.97 Net Profit $18.63 Jne-half net profit to Civic Section Federated Clubs $9.32 The gate receipts or Bryan night were $189.50; all of which was paid to Mr. Bryan under his contract and is not included in the above report. Respectfully submitted, (*. S. NIBLICK J. S. PETERSON C. J. LUTZ With Mr. Loar paying the extra •xpenses it can be seen that lie suf sered a loss of about $300.00. SHANK BOOSTS PROPERTY VALUE Indianapolis Mayor Raises Valuation of Stores For Taxes $500,000 (United Prexs Service.) Indianapolis, Aug. 4—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mayor Lew Shank walked through Indianapolis department stores today and raised their (Valuation for taxation purposes $500,000. The mayor was accompanied by councilmen and he pointed out to the merchants' bulks of property that had not been listed with the assessors. Under the valuation made by assessors the city tax rate would have been boosted next year to meet governmental expenses. Some merchants admitted their valuation was too low while Shank argued with some of them to convince them that they were wrong. He succeeded in many instances. Others would not let the mayor inspect their books until they had consulted attorneys. By his trip the mayor earned his salary for almost two years. Taxes on $500,000 worth of unlisted property he uncovered will amount to more than $12,000. Ilia salary is $7,300 a I year. .

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, August 4, 1922

4>4>4*4>4-4>4>44>4>4>4-4>4'4* * EXTRA! GERMANY AND + + FRANCE FORM ALLIANCE* * 4> I + A friendly alliance between + + Germany and France was form- + *ed this morning, when George + + Bennett, who was bom in Paris, + 4- France, was married to Caroline + * Broach, a native of Berlin, Ger- + * many. The two parties, who * + are traveling with the Ziedman + + and Pollie exposition shows, ob- ♦ + tained their marriage license at + + the office of County Clerk John + + T. Kelly here, and were married * + by G. F. Kintz, Justice of the + * Peace, in his office at 10 o’clock + * this morning. + * * + ** + ** + + + ** + * PORTLANDMAN HELD FOR ARSON Man Who Burned His Rooming House Thought To Be Insane Portland. Ind.. Aug. 4. —Theodore Tharp, age about 62, was arrested Wednesday evening by Deputy Sheriff Pat Pensinger, after he had emerged from a corn field in the vicinity of the Dan Burkey home, mysteriously burned to the ground last evening between 5 and 6 o’clock. Tharp is believed to have fired the house as Burkey says he was the only one about the premises at the time the fire broke out. Tharp is being held in jail pending a sanity inquest. He was arranged before Squire A. G. Lewis, at 9:00 o'clock this morning on a charge of being criminally insane. Tharp’s case is a peculiar one. At times lie is normally sound and at other times violently insane. When Drs. George Perry and W. D. Schwartz examined the prisoner at the jail last evening they said he showed no signs of insanity. Tharp has been making his home with Dan Burkey, who is employed with the city and who has been living in a shack-like domicile in what is known as Tuckertown, in the north part of the city. Other occupants of tiie same house have been Charles Lanning and a woman, formerly Mrs. Hiram Newts, whom Burkey claims as his wife. COMMISSIONERS ORDER TWO ROADS SOLD A joint session of the board ol commissioners of Adams County and Van Wert County, Ohio, was held his morning at the auditor s office. Action was taken in the matter of ;he William IT. Teeple macadam road ■’n St. Mary’s township and tile Myers road in Blue Creek township. Both roads were ordered sold and the an ditor was authorized to avertise to •eceive bids for their construction on Tuesday. August 29th.

ANOTHER ARREST MADE HERE BY THE STATE FOOD INSPECTOR YESTERDAY O. T. Law, state food inspector made another arrest yesterday, filing an affiidavit against E. C. Phillips of the Sanitary Milk company for delivering adulterated milk on the fair grounds. The defendant was ar raigned before 'Squire G. F. Kintz,, pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined SIO.OO and costs amounting in all to $17.50. o Miss Gretchen Cook of Greencastle is visiting in this city with her sister, Mrs. Chamler Porter. *** + *** + 4 > + * + + * + * DEAD HORSE WON MONEY ♦ * * * A dead horse won a portion of + * the purse offered in the 2:24 * * pace at the Northern Indiana * * Fair yesterday. Minnie M, the + * Horse which fell dead following + + the finish of the first heat in the + * race, finished in fourth position 4 * in that heat. According to the ♦ * driver and other race horse men * * the horse died a few yards be- * * fore coming under the wire and ♦ 4 the momentum carried her past * * the finish, Under the very heat + 4' a race plan, fourth money was * * awared to the owner of Minnie * 4- M. * 4>***+ + + + + + + + + 4 - +

BELIEVE LIFE OF UNIONISM IS AT STAKE

Organized Labor Prepares to Meet Strike Situation With Strength LOOK TO HARDING Union Chiefs Confident the President Wil! Not Drop His Efforts Washington, Aug. 4—(Special to Daily Democrat)—An effort to settle the shopmen's strike by use of President Harding’s compromise settlement plan will be made here tomor row when officials of the road meet with representatives of their striking shop craft workers. Southern officials have notified their shopmen that they are ready to accept the President’s plan which included return of full seniority rights. The shopmen ace in a peculiar po sition for while Bert Jewell, their national leader has announced himself against sectional agreement the con ference of strikers leaders, stands pledged to the Harding settlement plan. Washington, Aug. 4.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Believing that the very life of unionism is at stake ir he fight between the railroad execu tives and the shopmen, organized la >or is preparing to meet the situation Aith its full strength, it was made known to the United Press today. “The tueaace of a huge industrial ■onflict —the greatest in the history jt the country —is in the air," ar American federation of labor oilicia stated. This official is known as a conser vative, and generally opposed to tin use of such weapons as the synipa thetic strike, now being urged on President Samuel Gompers by thi heads of unions in all parts of thi . Giintry. But conservatives and radicals alike made no secret of their deter ruination to support the shop crafts men in a fight to the finish. Labor’s next move depends largely >n the action of President Harding Harding and his cabinet met today to decide whether the administratior shall stand aside and permit the exe eutives and the strikers to fight it out or to take further steps for peace. The situation is so involved, however, that a decision on the next step may not be made for severa days. (Continued on page three) CHICAGO STRIKE UNSETTLED YET Acting Governor of Illinois Acts to End Strike Thru Mediation Chicago, Aug. .—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Peace parleys for settle ment of Chicago’s traction tiettp, now in its fourth day, were resumed to day. Union chiefs and company officials of the Chicago surface lines, althrugh apparently deadlocked, met in con ference following a meeting of the board of control of the car company. Hundreds of strikebreakers mean while were reported ready to run the cars, awaiting orders from I're ddent Blair of the surface lines. Mayor Thompson’s plan for a fleet of 3,000 jitney buses, was before the city council. The mayor is asking for $5,000,000 to finance his fl’ < c> nt buses. (lulled I'rew Service.) Springfield, 111., Aug. .— (Special to Daily Democrat) —Acting Governor Fred E. Sterling today acted to Aid the Chicago street car strike through mediation. Upon receipt of a telegram from William Quinlan, leader of tho strik (Continued on page two)

ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS AT LOCAL FAIR BROKEN

SECRETARY'S OFFICE REPORTS THAT BETWEEN 35,000 AND 40.069 PEOPLE WERE PRESENT DURING AFTERNOON ANO NIGHT.

CULLING BEGINS TUESDAY,AUG.B County Agent Announces Schedule for Poultry Culling Meetings A schedule of poultry meetings anil culling demonstrations has been made up by County Agent Busche for the purpose of demonstrating better methods of caring for poultry and of selecting the better hens. It has been proven for some time that in every flock there are a number of hens which are unprofitable, due to the fact that they are non layers or perhaps poor layers. Methods have been found by which the poor layers can very easily be selected from the flock and thereby Improve the bock: as well as eliminate the unprofitable i hens. Anyone interested in poultry is invited to attend these meetings. The schedule of meetings is as follows: John Eicher, Berne 4, Tuesday forenoon. August 8; Chas. Bentz, Berne 1, Tuesday afternoon, August 8. C. O. Green, Pleasant Mills, Wednesday forenoon, August 9. Adolph Schammerloh, Decatur 8, Thursday forenoon. August 10. Peter Hess, Decatur 5, Friday forenoon, August 11. D. E. Studebaker, Decatur 6, Mon-1 day forenoon, August 14. Truman Roth, Berne 4. Tuesday | forenoon. August 15. J. A. Buckmaster, Geneva 2. Wednesday forenoon. August 16. Ed Lininger, Pleasant Mills. Wednesday afternoon, August 16. Jacob Weidler, Decatur 3, Thursday forenoon. August 17. H. L. Sipe, Berne 2, Friday forenoon. August IS. W. W. Hawkins, Friday aftm noon, August 18. MARRIAGE LICENSES • Elmer Zimmerman, laborer. Adams county, born September 19, 1900, son of David Zimmerman, to Bessie Bair. Adams county, born December 15, 1901. daughter of John Bair. George Bennett, showman, Adams county, born September 27, 1888, to Caroline Brosch, show business, Ad ams county, born March 28, 1900. Henry David Morningstar, painter, Berne, born June 18, 1901, son of Benjamin Morningstar, to Lenora j Alice Coffman, Geneva, born April 7, 1902, daughter of Peter S. Coffman. Fred Hughes, of Chicago, formerly a resident of this city is visiting [ friends here today.

Red Cross Tent At Fair Was Busu Place Yesterday

More Than 45 Patients 8 Were Cared for During 1 Day Yesterday t The attendants of the Red Cross < utility tent were kept busy all day c yesterday. More than 45 patients 1 were taken care of at the tent which ' is in charge of several nurses and at- t tendants. It was stated that no serious injuries or sicknesses occurred. ’ Among the 45 patients that were 1 given aid at the emergency hospital i were those overcome with the heat, t

Price 2 Cents .

Available figures and estimates compiled at the office of the secretary of the Northern Indiana Fair i today, show that between 35,000 and 40,000 people attended the fair yesterday and last night. This is the largest single day crowd in the history of the fair association. The two large fields used for parking automobiles was completely filled by 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon and it was necessary to open up the space near the lake and on the opposite side of the grounds. It was midnight before the crowd had left the fair ground entirely. The cool air made the pleasure at the grounds last night very great and the people were prone to leave. - Early yesterday morning automobiles filled with fair-goers began winding their way into the fairground and by noon several thousand people were on the grounds. The morning trains and traction cars were loaded with visitors, bound for the big fair. ' Many of them brought there dinners | with them and ate them on the fair ground in picnic fashion. By the time for the races to start yesterday afternoon, there was a seathing mass of people in the midway, exhibit tents were well-filled, and the grandstand and bleachers were filled to capacity with lovers of the turf sport. The race program was interesting and there were many thrilling neck and neck finishes which brought the large crowd to its feet. There was considerable excitement when Minnie M., a race horse owned I and driven by Harry Clement of I Goshen, fell dead just after coming I under the wire in the first heat of ■the 2:24 pace. The horse fell on the track in front of the bleachers at the west end of the grandstand. The big free attractions given in front of the grand stand between the heats of the races, again pleased the large crowd. Shortly after the work of filling the balloon with gas was I started yesterday evening, a strong wind arose making a fliglit very dangerous, and the ascension was abandoned. Curt Johnson, a Decatur man i was planning to make tiie assension yesterday and lie announced that ho I would ride the balloon this evening providing the wind is not too strong. The crowd which witnessed tho program at the night fair last night was the largest which has ever attended a night fair here. The entire program was excellent and the display of fireworks given by the Gordon Fireworks company was magnificent. The fireworks display this year is undoubtedly the more extensive and gorgeous than any ever given here. j Those who were not interested in . the races found plenty of enjoyment in viewing the many exhibits of live ! stock, poultry, implements, automobiles. furniture and many other artiI ’ (Continued on page four)

some that received slight burns, bruises, cuts and sprained ankles. One of the men that is traveling with the carnival company was taken suddenly ill and hurried to the Red Cross quarters. It was at first thought that he was seriously sick but a physician was summoned and he was soon able to continue his work. The tent remained open today and will not close until late tonight Any body-suffering from any sort of sickness while at the fair will be given attention at once.