Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1922 — Page 1

Join Yeoman Day Parade Tuesday—Community Singing On Court House Lawn Monday Night

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Number 195 Volume **2

VEOMAN DAY PLANS NEARLY COMPLETE

I SETTLEMENT of shopmen STRIKE IN SIGHT TODAY Lentative proposals drawn op I at NEW YORK RAIL CONFERENCE I TO BE SUBMITTED TO EXECUTIVES I AND BROTHERHOODS NEXT WEEK.!

■ Halted Pre.. Service.) ■ Ne » York. Aug 19.-1 Special to ■ Duly Democrat > Settlement of the ■ jiiroad shopmen's strike is in sight ■ toil)' H Tentative proposals, including a ■ maproitiise on th.' seniority question ■ wturii are understood to have been | up at the meeting ol railroad I uecative* ami brotherhood chiefs late THtenia). were submitted to Bert M. fciril. representative of the strikers km last night. Tie proposals will be put before a ymeeting of the railroad executive mt week After both sides have p over them, their acceptance or itfttwi will tie laid before the joint joittee of executives and brother Nthiefs. Stier the plan reported evolved, Heu would return to work under fllieman e agreement by the car • that the seniority question would Handled in a manner fair to the Mera. The strikers would return' 4the reduced pay ordered by the U. | 4 railroad labor board which preci- j state.! the strike. The board, how j tier. would be appealed to and the Ratter of wage adjustment would be Thus. neither side will win a clean mt victory but the strike will in all probability be settled in away hon i entble” to both sides. The carriers' committee in a stateMnt issued after the adjournment de dared that certain proposals had hen made by the brotherhood chiefs, i itaded by Warren S. Stone of the en-1 pieer. and Jhat the conference was ended pending consideration of the I Proposals by the entire membership ol the railroad executive’s organiza- - Hop. Although Stone refused to divulge the plan of settlement he offered the carriers he said, “the strike must be 1 sailed right here during these con , lerences." Wcago, Aug. 19.—(Special to Daily; bemocrat)— Rail union radicals are' Preparing to carry the seniority quesdon to court, in the event men who, remained at work are denied their ••niority rights by a settlement of the rail strike it was learned here today. The move is backed by the Amortran federation of Railway workers ’ad the Railway employes of North! America with a combined member h| P of more than 151,000 men. or K a nizatfon grew out (Continued on page three)

Yes, Times Have Changed But We Still Enjoy Them

Adams County Man Recalls > *'ay W hen Circuses Moved in Wagons Talking about circus day, Harvey 1 • 2 «y was in two last night and the 1 ,|n ng of the Robinson show pct him 1 mind of the old days in Adams lana ty When clrc,,Bea traveled overtin ** n< ' wou 'd B®t into town anye they could, with horses and ' Wns covered with mud most of; trv ■ 'j 6 Harve y lived in the conn- ’ oth an >. * l6 and ***• brother and four’ „ 8r °^ B Wenl to Decatur to see the ■ been . ? rnUm Bhows ' Th * bt >y» bad thev m,* 1 ° f the n, “n h «nt 9 and how er h a J e< ’ cook,es - course mothfull nr MUpplled ~l« boys with pockets a. th Cookie 9 f or “dinner." As soon i Cookies D ° yS BPied the ele P hants , Were soon gone, the innards 1

CONGRESS MAY DENY REQUEST FROM HARDING I Disposed to Deny His Request for A Government Coal Agency APPROVE FEW, ITEMS -— Congress Disposed to Accept Other Recommendi ations Made Yesterday The “coal agency” as Mr. Harding called it, would have much greater power than the coal commission. The (latter would be empowered only to investigate and gather tacts about the .coal industry as a basis for legisla tion or for the fixing of a fair basis ot wages. But the "agency”, it was ' pointed out would put the government j actually into the coal business. Gov I urnment money would be employed to ■ buy and sell coal, in fact, a gigan j tic pool to control prices would be [created. Members of the farm blocs in both bodies, and in fact, all except a few senators and representatives whost | (districts might expect immediate at., i direct benefit, expressed disapproval of the plan. . Little difficulty would be experienced in either house with the coal com | mission bill on account of the desire ■ of members to get away from Wash ington. In the house the Bland bill creating such a commission, can be 1 acted upon at any time, it having been i reported early in the coal strike. The senate foreign relations com mlttee is expected to report without much delay Senator Kellogg's bill I conferring on Federal court jurisdiction to protect aliens and thus to cope with situations like the recent Herrin. Ills.’ massacre when state authorities made no effort to punish the guilty. Senate leaders took the position that the house ought to initiate the strike legislation and indicated they I expected the administration measures to come from that quarter, Senator Cummins, chairman of the Interstate commerce committee, was to confer (Continued on page three)

of the elephant feeling the effects. When the cookies played out the boys thought they would have some fun with the elephant and picked up some chips, about the size of a cookie, and tried that. The elephant stood for the fun for awhile and then he brought his trunk across the crowd in such manner that he landed the full half dozen Adams county boys in ,a pool of water. Since then Harvey :has remained away when the elephant iis around. He hasn’t liked the beast since.—Bluffton Banner. New York —Detectives have rounded up a jewel thief with a bark and a long tail It is a poodle dog belonging to a woman who had frantically telephoned to say she had been robIbid.

TWO SUITS FOR DAMAGES FILED IN COURT HERE Judgment for SIO,OOO Asked in Suit Against a Berne Corporation AN AUTO ACCIDENT Two Women, Injured in Accident Last September Seek Compensation Two damage suits. In which the total judgment demanded is $10,(100 and the costs of the actions, were filed in the Adams circuit court today against Libby. McNeil & Libby, buyers, manufacturers, and sellers of milk products, who have a branch factory at Berne. Anna Eliza Drum and Mary E. McClelland, both of Muncie. Indiana, are the plaintiffs in the cases. Both complaints were fil 3d through the law firm of Warner and Warner, and the firm of McClelland, Hansel and Guthrie. Both cases ire the outgrowth of an automobile iccident which happened on September 1, 1921, near Morrison. Illinois. Anna Eliza Drum demands judg nent for $5,000 and costs, for physical injuries which she alleges she received in the accident. The plaintiff was riding in an automobile driven by Edward McClelland one and onelalf miles south of Morrison. Illinois, when a truck belonging to the de'endants approached from the oppodte direction, it is stated in the comdaint. It is further stated that Mr. McClelland drove to the right side of he road and (gave more than half of he width of the highway in which 'or the truck to pass. The plaintiff alleges that the driver of the defendant's truck did not ceep to the right side of the road and hat the truck struck the automobile n which she was riding, throwing it town a ten foot embankment. She (Continued on page three) MCCRAY MOVES TO STOP FIGHT Governor Will Not Permit Dempsey-Brennen Fight at Michigan City Hulled Prewx Service.) Indianapolis, Aug. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Earl Brown, reprelenting the American Legion in Michigan City telephoned the gover nor this morning and said the Legion tore would withdraw any connection t had in the fight. "The whole question has been a matter of personal opinion as to whether or not the proposed match was a prize fight. We have differed with the governor but as he is our chief executive and in a position to know the laws of Indiana we will gladly concede the point and will not put on the Dempsey-Brennan fight. Brown said. Indianapolis, Aug. 19—(Special to I Daily Democrat) —Governor McCray lemauded today that Laporte county ifficials prevent the scheduled ten round bout between Jack Dempsey and Bill Brennan at Michigan CityLabor day. "The state legal department has informed me there is a direct positive statute against prize fighting in this state,” the governor said in a letter to Sheriff Antise. “I have read the statute carefully and do not see how it could be more plainly written. I assume any encounter in which the world's champion pugilist engages would naturally be classed as a prize fight. The fact that seats for this engagement are selling as high as $27.50 would indicate positively that it is not to be u mere exhibition or boxing match. “inasmuch us the law is plain and unmistakable, it must not be violated. I did not make the laws and therefore am not responsible for . their being on the statute books, but Inasmuch as I have taken an oatli to (Continued on page four)

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, August 19, 1922

* + ♦ + + ♦♦♦■►+♦ + +’♦*+ 1 + WHAT WE ARE 4 I* 4 t + From far and wide comes high ♦ | + ent appereiations of the wonder 4 •' ful spirit of our good community. 4 ♦ All tills is deeply appreciated. + !• We are proud with an honorable + ♦ pride. + > May we say to our friends away 4 4 from here that we are not "pat 4 < ting ourselves on the back” he + + cause we are what we are. 4 4 Rather are we thankful that this 4 <• community has had a hundred 4 4 years of training in cooperative + <■ good will. The generations who 4 ♦ have lived here prepared a glor + 4 ious way for us. They were an 4 4- industrious, generous, hospital. + God fearing people. We of today 4 4- owe them much. May we not 4 4 feel that in tills evxpression of + 4 good will that we are giving to 4 1 Yeomanry's ide.nl that we are he 4 $ ing silently aided and encouraged 4 4 by the memory of the fathers + 4 and mothers of us all who so 4 9 nobly did their part in our Conn- 4 !• ty's history? Have we not a 4 9 right to think their high aspi- 4 9 rations join with ours today? 4 9 4 44 + 44444444 + 4 BIG OPEN-DOOR CONCERT MONDAY All Men, Women and Children Urged to Join Sing on Court House Lawn An out-door concert will be given >y the Yeoman Day Community chor is on Monday evening at seven o'clock in the Court House lawn and every number, man, woman and child is urg <1 to participate in the final practice ehearsal. More than two hundred people, in lading more than a. hundred childret ire now members of tile chorus and it s one of the most wonderful musi ■al organizations ever seen or heart n this part of the state. Mr. Charles G. Tingle, of the Reel’ Community service, New York City s directing the chorus and he has ac •oniplished wonders within the last reek. Everyone has taken an in erest in the rehearsals and last eve ling the singing was beautiful. Men women and children are taking part ind it is without doubt that Hie sing ng of the community chorus will be ine of the biggest attractions on Yeo nan Day, next Tuesday. C. C. Schafer is chairman of the mu ic committee for Yeoman Day am l vitli the assistance of the member? >f the Psi-lota Xi sorority and the (Continued on page four) WAS GRADUATED AT VALPARAISO Former Local Woman Received A. B. Degree from Valparaiso University Anna Winans Kenny, formerly of Decatur, but a resident of Valparaiso at present, was graduated from Valparaiso University at the Forty-ninth commencement exercises of the university held on Thursday morning. Mrs. Kenny received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. She will be an instructor in the Valparaiso high school during the coming school year. There were sixty-six students graduated from the university on Thursday. This was the second commencement of the year, the other one being held at the close of the spring quarter. Dr. Robert Judson Alev, a graduate of Valparaiso University and now president of Butler College gave tho commencement address. /“ Watch the Scoreboard RESULT OF DRIVE FOR YEOMEN CANDIDATES TO BE INITIATED AUG. 22 Yesterday 211 Today 219 Gain 8 I — f

MAY STOP SALE OF REAL GEER AT JOHNSTOWN • Mayor Says Real Beer Will Be Sold to Takq Place of Spoiled Water ' ♦ 4 : GOVERNMENT MAY ACT : . — . Prohibition Agents Will . Try to Prevent Sale— Wheeler Speaks , (United Prena Service.) Washington, Aug. 19 —(Special to Daily Democrat) Federal p-ohibi tion agents will intervene and prevent the sale and manufacture es real beer at Johnstown, Pa., despite Mayor Cauffial's edict that the old time frothy beverage may be sold. Assistant Federal Prohibition Commissioner Jones told the United Press today. The sale of real beer, whether Johnstown's water is bad or not, is i violation of the Volstead act and will not be countenanced Jones said. If the mayor insists on his stand, it was indicated steps might be tak ' -n to have him removed from offic ■ or “encouraging violation of the law" “The mayor of a town cannot set iside the constitution of the United States," Jones declared. “The pres alent himself could not permit sale if liquor in violation of the law ol he land.” “Let them boil the water," another official said. Wayne B. Wheeler, general conn '.el of the Anti Saloon League was up n arms over the proposed sale of ■eal beer in Johnstown. Ba. He mid he Tras wiring protests to the Pennsylvania state prohibition en 'orcement offices. “Cereal beverages and near beer hat are permitted under the law are lealthier and safer than real beer," iVheeler said. “There is no excuse for such un rrecedented action on the part of a tublic official.” LARGE NUMBER OF NEW MEMBERS More Than 300 Condidates To Be Initiated Into Yeoman Lodge Tuesday After a campaign covering about wo weeks, and during which time' nore than two hundred applications were obtained, the Yeomen member ihip committee will close its work in next Monday. Tabulation of fig ires today showed that a total of 219 ipplication for membership had been obtained. The local people who have ipplied for membership in the lodge ogether with about one hundred candidates from various cities in the . itate, will be initiated into the order on Tuesday in connection with the big Indiana Yeoman Day celebration. The degree work will be given by the . degree team from the Fort Wayn • Brotherhood of the lodge, and the in--1 itiation will be given in the gymnasium. Several people who have applied ' for membership have not been exam ined yet and it is imperative that they bo examined at once, since they • cannot be initiated into the order be--1 fore they have passed a physical examination. Credentials will be mail- ■ ed out to all who are eligible for ’ membership on Monday. Badges ’ will be given to all candidates • on I Tuesday to be worn by them during ‘ the day. The initiation of the large 1 class will be a part of the celebration r and all Yeomen are urged to witness it if they wish to get all that is coming to them that day. ‘ Now is the last opportunity for those who wish to join the order to make application and be taken in wttli the large class on Tuesday. DELTA THETA TAU All members of tho Delta Theta Tan are requested to meet at the home of Mrs. Florence Bowers, Tuesday morning at nine o’clock preparatory to ' joining in the parade for Yeomen day.

CELEBRATION ON TUESDAY i WILL BE A GREAT AFFAIR 1 PICNIC AT PARK PARADE SINGING AND SPEAKING FEATURES OF BIG YEO- ' MAN DAY CELEBRATION—EVERYONE URGED TO DECORATE. , tl J. __

PARADE TO BE LARGE AFFAIR NEXT TUESDAY I Parade Marshal Hugh Hite Announces Plans for Yeoman Day Parade WILL FORM AT 9:30 Everybody Urged to Join Parade in Organization Or As Individual Banners will lie printed for every <• irganizntion taking part in the big Yeoman Day parade next Tuesday. Hugh I). Hite parade marshal, stated today. However, all . organization? who already have a banner bearing heir name, are requested to notify Mr. Hite. Mr. Hite is making plans tor a monster parade which undoubt [ edly will make a fine impression. The parade will be formed at the •orner of Adams and First street, am. ill organizations and individuals par ticipating in parade should be then ircmptly at 9:30 a. m. since it will •ake some time to complete the forma ion. All organizations in the city am •ounty which have not received a per ronal invitation to join the parade may consider themselves cordially invited. Headed by the General Electric band from Fort Wayne, the parade I will start from the Presbyterian hureh on the corner of Adams and .forcer Ave, and proceed west on \dams street to Third street; north o Liberty Way; east to Second treet; anil north to Monroe street, .vhere it will disband. The distance ■overed by the parade will not be nore than four blocks and will not ‘ire those who participate. The reviewing stand for the visiting officials i >f the Brotherhood of American Yeo men and other prominent visitors, will be erected in front of the Library. (Continued on page three) 44444 4 4444 4 4444 f. WEATHER 4 INDlANAGenerally fair tonight | ■ind Sunday;' warmer in north and 1 central portions tonight.

1 The Game Looked Good To Harry But He Was Loser

Local Man Lost SBO in a Game at Circus IJut Recovered It Harry Young, a Decatur moulder, I • was slicked out of eighty dollars in a i shell wheels game Thursday night, at the John Robinson circus in Bluffton, hut recovered it through the efforts of . Sheriff Noah Frauhiger. The game > was operated in the tent used for the i side show. Two Bluffton boys, who were work ing under the auspices of the showmen, first played the game and to all appearances garnered in some bills, 1 which of course reverted to the shows men after the game. The local man - decided to take a chance. o He first put up a quarter and lost, ■. according to his story to the sheriff.

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j YEOMEN DAY PLANS 44444 4 44 4 444444 4 THE PICNIC 4 4 4 4 One of the features of the day 4 4 is the big basket picnic at noon 4 4 at Bellmont Park Bring your 4 4 basket and join the crowd. This 4 4 will give our visitors the chance 4 4 to meet our people and to know 4 4 them and to become convinced 4 4 that we are just “real folks. 4 4 They will picnic with us. 4 *4444444444444 + Decorate I’lie Yeomen colors are green tint! red. Yon can buy bunting ut the dry goods stores use them at homes and business houses. The national colors —< red, white and blue should be used with them. Join the Parade Don't stand on the sidewalk and watch the parade go by—join your organization or get in any way. At the Park The beautiful grounds til the Bellmont Park have been cleaned up and beautified, the big tent was put up today in front of the grandstand, and seats are arranged for the chorus and the band in front of the grandstands where the people will iind scats and where they will be most comfortable. The Night Program Seats have been arranged on the Niblick lot on Liberty Way I for the big chorus to he usefl [ for the night program. A big | platform is being erected in front of the library for use of the hand. There will be community singing and band concerts Many Stores Close Many of the stores and business houses are arranging to close a part of the day so the clerks can take part in the parade and the picnic. It will be appreciated if all business places will close at 9:45 and reopen at the hour after dinner convenient to them. Be sure to light the store fronts Monday and Tuesday night whether your place is open or not. Plans are being completed today for the great Indiana Yeomen Day—here next Tuesday. It will be a real event, perhaps the (Continued on page two)

Urged by the showmen to keep put ting up larger sums, he pulled a roll of bills from his pocket. Eighty dollars of it went to the pockets of the showmen. Young declared that the men nabbed the money from his hands, but the showman said that it was a mere case of gambling. The sheriff in strong terms instructed the show officials to return the eighty dollars, threatening them with arrest. The sum was thereupon coughed up. The sheriff learned that the circus had deposited a sum of money at a Bluffton bank to be used for paying . bonds in case any of their men should get in trouble and be landed in jail. i No reports of pickpockets reached the sheriff’s office. The men who had . the shell game in operation also wbrk- . ed a card frame-up.