Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 31 August 1922 — Page 1

Volume XX. Number 205

RAILWAY reign of terror spreading

SOLDIER BONUS BILL IS PASSED IN THE SENATE IILLM WILL BE SENT TO A CONFERENCE WHERE IT IS EXPECTED TO DISPLACE THE TARRIF AND BE REPORTED BACK SOON;

I Waßhington, Aug. 31-(Special to | Daily Democrat)— The senate today I Mssed lhe Fordney McCumber solI dier bonus bill. The vote was anI inHinced as 47 to 22. I The bill now will be sent to conI ference where it is expected to disI place the tariff and be reported back I within ten days or two weeks. Then I it will be dispatched to the white I house. I The real fight is expected to open I when the measure conies back from I the President with a veto which both I opponents and supporters now deI clare seems assured. |i it is considered doubtful whether I enough strength can be mustered to I pass it over an executive rejection. I Two important amendments were' I iiduded by the senate —the land setI ttement option and the provision that I the interest on the allied foreign debt I MA be used as a payment of the cawnation. Dai of these are said to be obAwumbie to the President and for tilt reason a determined effort will te made by bonus supporters to haye them stricken out in conference. Under the terms of the bonus bill i world war veteran mav make applintkm for one of five optional bonus plans—cash p>ay, paid up Insurance, vocational training aid, farm or home lid and land settlement. Washington, Aug. 31—Arguments of bonus opponents that the $4,000,900.000 estimated govej-nment expense will be an inexpedient and untimely: drain upon the treasury, are "absurd. and idle.” Senator Lodge. Massachu I setts republican leader, told the sen-' ate today. "The bonus will not hurt the treasury”, he said. “It was good enough to stand the shock of war. ; It can stand this shock perfectly well, with the bonus payments extended over a long period of years.” Lodge took particular exception to arguments that the bonus bill will cost the government $7,000,000,000 as some senators charged. "In estimating that amount opponents figure that every soldier will take advantage of every option on the bill,” Lodge said. “That is un-J true for a veteran is allowed only one| option and the cost will not be more than the finance committee estimat--53,845,659,4 1.” — ■ a 28 Or 29 Cent State Tax Levy is Probable Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 31.—(Speclal to Daily Democrat)—A 28 or 29 •ent state tax levy for 1923 seemed probable today. I Lis would be four or five cents higher than the 1922 rate. While definite figures were not available to the state board of tax 1 "tninissioners, it was officially estiniated that valuations throughout the state will decrease $600,000,000. It this slump materializes the In crt ase in the rate will necessarily be three cents on each SIOO of taxable Property in order to preserve the revenue obtained in 1922. — Monroe Schools Will Open on September 11 The schools at Monroe will open n Monday, September 11'. The ‘filers employed for the year are ronn° o° W 8: Ho °' n l ’ Ruth Gilbert; Mar' m llarve Haggard; room 3, ‘r ( . y McCullough; high school: Howo . ’ t! " ° f Berne I Krick ro« eCa t Ur ’ Clyde Hendricks, of MonTh« an<l RUth Krisinger, of Decatur. schoolT' 0 SUperv,BOT *or the high “°°l ha » not been selected

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AN INTERESTING LECTURE GIVEN Professor Brown Discussed Educational Tests at the Teachers’ Institute The first roll call of ttfe county teachers’ institute, which was taken this morning, showed a good attend ance. .The Institute opened with a song service. •♦if. Brown took up the work in I educational tests. This was one of the most interesting sessions of the week. Much interest was shown in these tests, Mr. Brown using the institute as a class. Prof. Brown said the teachers must keep up to date. The people demanding, do you know whri «**swi are : going? The tests have not been , worked out accurately, he said, but I many improvements have been made i The emotional cannot be i measured. The. intellectual content I can be The latterpfft df the period was taken up by Miss Votaw in giving | instructions to first and second I grade teachers in the use of rhythmic games to be used during recess i periods. After the recess period Prof. Brown i gave to the institute a very interestI ing lecture on “Analysis of Story I Structure as ,an Aid to the Story I Teller." It is as rational to crave I ,i good story as it is to crave food, ihe said. Every good story has three • movements: the Problem, the Entanglement and the Resolution. This iis also true of the drama. The probi lem is the first part of any story. I All stories built upon clashing forces. The problem outlines these forces. I The entanglement shows these forces ■ coining in conflict The resolution is the final outcome of this conflict I This outline helps us to deal with history—to see a book in perspective. | Children are apt to lose sight of the 1 resolution. I Miss Votaw spent most of the music period Wednesday afternoon in giving the teachers a verv Instructive talk on the car and ear training. She said: We spend too much time on examining the ear and too little time on that which passes into the ear. The child can be made to perceive the fineness of the sense organs through pictures. The human ' ear has more degrees of fineness, pitch, duration, intensity and quality. They are developed into different degrees . In many schools children are taught to sing too loudly, which tends to injure the vocal system. There are two kinds of ears, the lazy and the defective. Children themselves can remedy the lazy ear but the defective car requires medical attention. ■ Tht( child with defective ears can i not be held responsible for many . things. We cannot recognize sounds that we have not heard before. They must be labeled. We give the children so many things without labeling them. In our music work we should do njiore- silent singing. This trains the 1 mind’s ear. ’ Prof. Brown told the institute the J story of the "Turtle” and the story of ’ “Iktome". He used these to illus- ’ trate his outline. The human race Is kin in regard to stories. The £ stories of ‘‘Ulysses,’- "Tar Baby,” ‘ “Br’er Rabbit,” “The Turtle,” etc. '■ are fundamentally alike. (Continued on page two)

(COURT TO OPEN FOR FALL TERM ON NEXT MONDAY . I Judge John Moran Unable to Occupy Bench; Will Appoint Judge to Serve I URIES ARE DRAWN — Jury Commissioners Have Drawn Grand and Petit Juries for Term Following a three months' vacation ' activities in the Adams circuit court will be resumed on next Monday norning, September 4. Judge John C. Moran, who has been seriously ill at his home here for the past few weeks, suffering with pneumonia and ■heumatism. is recuperating but will tot be able to occupy the bench at he opening of the September term, t was announced today. Since Judge Moran will be unable o occupy the bench, he will appoint in attorney to serve in his place un il he is sufficiently improved to resume his work. This appointment las not been made yet. Judge Moran dated today, but will be made be ween now and Saturday, he said. The cases for the first few weeks lave not been set yet but will likely >e set during the first few days. There is a large number of cases to >e tried during this term of court, >ut so far, there are none which inolve very large sums of money or zery important issues. The citizens who will compose the TNmfi Jury and the Petit Jury for the ■oming term have been drawn. The jury commissioners who did the (rawing were E. W. Johnson and Jonathan Rian. It is not known when he Grand Jury will be called. The grand jury is composed of the ollowing: O. W. Ferris, Geneva; f. C. Harkless, Rodt township; Wil iam H. Clark, Hartford township; John C. Myers, Kirkland township; (Continued on page four) WILKER ROAD BONDS STOLEN Three Adams County Road Bonds Stolen From the Alert State Bank Among the bonds stolen from the klprt State Bank. Alert, Indiana, on Vfay 11, 1922 were three Adams County •oad bonds, they being issued for the mllding of the S. F. Wilker road in St. Marys township. The bonds stolen vere Nos. 12, 13 and 14, dhted June 15th, 1920, due November 15, 1926. May 15th, 1927 and November 15th. 1927, the principal being $320,000 each payable at the Peoples Loan and Trust company, this city at four and me-half per cent interest. Yesterday Sheriff Braden of Greens burg was in Indianapolis planning to •eturn DeWitt Parker, wounded prison •r at the city Imspital who is wanted n Greensburg on a charge of robbing he Alert state bank. This prisoner nay have stolen the Adams County road bonds. The Alert State bank is negotiating with County Auditor Martin Jaberg to , have duplicate bonds issued for the tbove in case the bonds are not re- * covered. Several years ago when a bank was robbed in the southern part of the state a number of Adams County ■ road bonds were taken. —— registration supplies HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT > TO THE PRECINCT CLERKS ’ Nearly all of the supplies to be used * In the registration of voters on September 9 and October 9, have been * given out by Martin Jaberg, county auE ditor. The first ones were given out ' yesterday and by this evening only a 3 few precincts In’the county had not re- * ceived supplies. The Republican county chairman has not submitted a ’ list of republican clerks yet but will . have the list in by Saturday, it was stated today.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, August 31, 1922

+++++++++ + ■{• + + + ♦ + AMERICAN HISTORY ♦ + DAY BY DAY + + BY T. P. GREEN + + + + Thursday, Auoust 31st 4- + Oswego, N. Y„ fell to Montcolm + + in French and Indian War, on 4- + August 1, 1756. + + — — + Abolition publications burned + + by mob in Charleston, S. who 4 + broke Into U. S. Mails to obtain 4- + them, on August 31, 1835. + k — + * Military emancipation of slaves 44> and martial law proclaimed in 4 4- Missouri by General John C. Free- 4 + niont, on August 31, 1861. + > - ♦ 4- Cost of American Civil War es 44- timated at $3,000,000,000 on Au- 4- •(• gust 31, 1865. 4- * — + 9 Waters of the Pacific ocean en- + !■ tered Miraflores Locks of the + ■9 Panama Canal, when the last bar + ♦ rler was blown up, on August 31. 44> 1918. 4. +++++4'++ + + + + + + + MUCH INTEREST IN CITY TENNIS TOURNEY HERE First Round of Elimination Has Been Played and the Second Round Started FINALS NEXT WEEK Silver Loving Cups to Be Awarded to Winners of Finals Next Week With the exception of one single match, all matches in the first round of the city championship tennis tournament have been played and the winners are ready to start into the second round. The one remaining match of singles, between Kenneth Schaffer and George Schug, will be played this evening. Each of the two players has one set to his credit and the third set stands 4 1 In favor of Schaffer. Several excellent matches have been played in the tournament so far. The second round matches are expected to be even better than those in the first round. The winners of the second round will enter the semi-finals. The finals will be played next week. Handsome silver loving cups will be awarded to the winners of the doubles and the ingles. One match has been played in the second round of the doubles. Chalmer Schafer won from Linn Kern by the scores of 6-1 and 6-2. The remainder of the matches of doubles in the second rounr will be played this evening. Following is the results of the first (Continued on page two) 0 INSPECTOR FOR STAIE HAS HERE Chief Inspector for Industrial Board Inspected High School Gym Mr. James E. Reagin, chief inspector for the Indiana state Industrial Board, was in Lecatur this morning and made a physical inspection of the new high school gymnasium and auditorium annex. Mr. Reagin would make no statement for publication but stated that he would make a written report to the city school board within the next few days. In this report he will give his impartial views regarding the safety of the walls ami other parts of the building following the collapse of the second story last week, and will make recommendations as to what should be done to make the building absolutely safe and substantial. 4> WEATHER ♦ ♦ ♦4**4‘4’4 ,, B’ ++ + **** INDIANA — Unsettled tonight and Friday, probably showers; slightly warmer Friday in south portion.

MANY ARRESTED IN RAIDS MADE AT CELINA, 0. Secret Service Operatives! and Prohibition Inspect- i ors Conduct Raids MORE ARRESTS COMING Raiders Promise Exposure of Many of Celina’s Prominent Business ’Men Mr. B. J. Licciardi. Mrs. D. E. Liccia di. and W. E. Stanley, secret service operatives and Ohio state prohibition inspectors, have been conducting raids on bootleggers and violators of the prohibition law in Celina. Ohio, dur ing the past week. Seventeen arrests 'lave been made so far and the officers -ay that twenty-five more will follow Licciardi and Stanley were called oft heir prohibition work this week to work on another case but will resume heir work there within a few days \bout Saturday they expect to expost leveral of Celina's most prominent business men. the) claim. B. J. Licciardi lias been working as 1 secret service operative in Ohio foi he past eighteen years, and during the ast few years has been conducting li luor investigations. He was a part ler to Carl Etherington, a secret ser vice operative who was lihng in New irk, Ohio, in 1915. At the time Ether ington was hanged, the mob also hang ed Licciardi bdt pleadings of a lady named Alma Johnson, finally causec he mob to cut him down before he lied. The following day, it is said. Licciardi threw Miss Johnson's fathei n jail as a leader of the mob. Licciardi and Stanley are said to be experts at gaining the confidence of pinmen and robbers and in this way •ffect their capture. The Celina Standard has the following to say re yarding the raids: “Five men arrested on a charge of (Continued on page four) MCKINNEY GOES ON TRIAL ALONE Man Known Here as Jeff Jones Being Tried for Murder in Ohio Only Clarence McKinney, alias Jefl Jolies, is on trial at tills time in the case that went to trial Monday in the Hinton County circuit court. Wilming ton. Ohio, on the charge of first de gree murder, for the alleged slaying of Pooliceman Emery McCreight, ol Wilmington on February 14th last. There was delay in beginning the evidence, due to the length of time in securing a jury. The evidence against the accused is said to be circumstantial. The current report is that part of the defense will be efforts to support an abili contention. The state contends the accused had been in the vicinity on a bootlegging trip. Women are included in the McKinney jury. "Jim Bill” Reno, jointly indicted with McKinney tor the murder, will be tried later. The defendants asked separate trials and the state elected to try McKinney first. The arrests of both men occured in Cincinnati, about two weeks after the murder. The posting of rewards totaling $2,000 was an incentive to police activities. The Wilmington News-Journal, telling of the first day's proceedings, says in part: “McKinney, dressed very neatly drew the close attention of the small . crowd in the court room when he appeared this morning under the cub tody of the sheriff and deputy. He is being represented by J. G. , DeFossett of the Cincinnati law firm , of Burch & Peters. Prosecuting Attorney Gregory is I being assisted by Joe T. Doan, forin(Continued on page two)

DYNAMITE. BULLETS AND FIRE USED DY PLOTTERS ATTEMPTS MADE TO WRECK PASSENGER TRAINS BEARING HUNDREDS OF MEN, WOMEN, ANO CHILDREN REPORTED IN MANY LOCALITIES.

WAS VICTIM OF A COINCIDENCE Man Residing Near Willshire Confused With Man Named in Murder Report A conincidence ntany times causes much embarrassment and sometimes aven causes a great inconvenience or lamage to one of the parties affected, k few days ago a report was circulat -d that a man by the name of Frank Smith had bee located in a hospital in Dayton, Ohio, badly injured, and that le had been placed under arrest for he murder of Edward Moyer, of near Rockford, Ohio. The report stated hat the man arrested was a former resident of Mercer county. Ohio. Yes terday, a Mr. Frank Smith, who at uresent resides in Mercer county near Willshire came to Decatur, and asked that we correst the impression gained by many that he was the man referred o. Mr. Smith is quite well and hearty ind is not suffering from any gun ihots or other wounds. He rightfully resents the idea of being classed as a murderer. Mr. Smith's name is a common one and it is regretted that he was made a victim of the coinditence. The report which was widely ■irculated regarding the arrest in Day--011, was evidently a rumor since Ce ina and Dayton officials refuse to con Irm it. Prize Story is Told By Squirrel Hunter Bloomington, Ind.. Aug. 'I. Levell, alumni secretary of Inliana university, is suffering from the 'fleets of a peculiar hunting accident. While out hunting squirrels Mr. Levell discovered a large fox squirrel in a tall beach tree and while he was getting an aim at the squirrel it fell out of the tree and struck him on the head causing a scalp wound. Mr. Levell thought his gun had exploded prematurely and that he had killed the squirrel by accident, until Billie Brown of Bloomington, who happen ed to be hunting in the same woods came up and claimed the game. Bluffton Rotarians Are Guests Here Today The Bluffton Rotarians are here this afternoon as tile guests, of the Decatur Rotary club and at three o'clock a ball game between the two teams was play ed. Even if Decatur loses, the local boys are going to treat them royal and at 6:15 at the Rotary rooms a chicken dinner will be served. About twenty ol the Bluffton Rotarians came here for the game. Sometime ago the Decatur club played at Bluffton and was defeated. Peck Direct Again Proves His Worth Peck Direct, the race bourse which Arch Gordon, of Blluffton, sold during the Decatur fair for $l6O, won a race In straight heats at Columbus, Ohio. Tuesday, with best time of 2:09',4. The purse was SI,OOO. This makes the third winning of Peck Direct since Gordon sold the animal. First winning at North Manchester, Peck Direct next won at a fair near Cleveland, Ohio, with best time 2:0814.

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Chicago, Aug. 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Dynamite, bullets and fire aided in the spread of the railroad reign of terror today. Plots to wreck passenger trains, bearing hundreds of men, women and children were revealed. Actual attempts to wreck several trains were made. Police patfolled the home of rail workers in at least one community to prevent their burning. Three men were held at Chicago after detectives alleged they had uncovered a plot to dynamite the "western express" of the New York Central and wreck oth«>r trains. The wreck of a section car near Council Bluffs. lowa, was all that prevented a fast Illinois Central passenger train crashing into a pile of spikes and rocks, road officials said. One of nine men riding the car was killed and two probably fatally in jured. Windows in houses half a mile away were shattered when a Pennsylvania railroad bridge at Wilmington, Del., was dynamited Just before a fast train was due. Seventeen! passengers were injured in a head-on crash near Jersey City. N. J. A fast Chicago 4- Alton train ran into an open switch near Bloomington. 111. Authorities said the switch had been tampered with. Four men were held at Gary, Ind., charged with murder as the result of the wreck of the Michigan Centra! ‘Million Dollar" express there. Council Bluffs, la., Aug. 31 —Another attempt to wreck a passenger train on the Illinois Central was revealed here today. One' man was killed when a section “speeder” crashed into a pile of spikes and rocks placed on the tracks near here. Two others were probably fatally injured. Railroad officials declared that the speeder was all that saved a wreck of a passenger train due a few minutes later. Nine men were riding the speeder at th etime of the crash. Cleveland, 0., Aug’ 31 —Railroad brotherhood chiefs today notified their organizations of their offerts on mediators in the shopmen's strike have failed. “It now appears to be a fight to the finish between the railroad companies and the shopmen” they said. Orders to “follow instructions heretofore given to the letter" revealed the attitude of the various brotherhood leaders toward the shopmen's strike remained unchanged despite their attempts to get together in a unified strike policy. Their two day session in Cleveland. which ended yesterday, resulted only in preparation of a statement to members detailing the various steps of their mediation efforts. The statement was signed by Warren S. Stone, engineers’ leader; D. B. Robertson, firemen and enginemen; L. E. Sheppard, conductors; Wiliam G. Lee, trainmen and T. C. Cashen switchmen. How the brotherhood chiefs “pleaded and argued” with President HardI ing that the entire controversy be resubmitted to the United States rail--1 road labor board was detailed in the 5 statement. 1 _ A _____ _ 1 L. L. BAUMGARTNER UNDERWENT SERIOUS OPERATION TUESDAY ,f e Mr. L. L. Baumgartner underwent a 1- serious operation 011 lhe bladder at the a Magley hospital last Tuesday. He is t reported to be doing nicely and is on the road to recovery.