Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 21 September 1922 — Page 1

Volume XX. Number 222

H, S. FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS HERE SEPT. 29 iron In First Game TO PLAY 10 GAMES Tickets For Season To Be On Sale By Athletic Association Soon The 1922 football of the neeatur high school will be opened September 29, one week from tojuorrow. when the Portland eleven vonies to battle with the locals on Ahr field Tlie sfhßlole waR n,aile com ‘ plete today when the game with War which was scheduled earlier in |he season for October 6. was postponed until next year. Convoy high tuhool was substituted for that date. Ten games are on the schedule for this year, and six of them will be •»'- ed on the home gridiron. The tickets will be placed on sale by the High School Athletic Association within a few days. A meeting of the association will lie held tonight at which time the price for the tickets will be determined upon. X large squad of candidates for the team are practicing each evening and good progress is being made. However. coach Moore stated today that the work of the team is being handicapped greatly on account of several cf the first string players being unable to practice every evening. He is urging the candidates to make special efforts to attend all practices in order that they may get into condition and master the various plays before the opening game with Portland, one week away. The schedule as anounced by the high school officials today Is as toilers: September 29, Portland here. October «. Convoy here. October 13, Portland at Portland. October 20, Columbia City here. October 28, Van Wert here November 3, Huntington at Huntington. November 10, Bluffton at Bluffton. November 17, Richmond here. November 24. Ft. Wayne C. C. H. S. at Fort Wayne. November 30, Hicksville, Ohio, here. Will Visit Daughter In Sheridan Wyoming Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Brokaw left this morning for Sheridan, Wyoming where they will visit with their daughter. Lola. Mr. and Mrs. Brokaw will return home on October 31. IS SERIOUSLY ILL Frances Herman, the 14-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Herman. is seriously ill at her home south of the city. Sshe has been ill for the past week. Says Bonus Bill Death Relieves Financial Market Washington, Sept. 21 —The death of the soldier bonus removes a restraint from the financial market and makes it easier for the government to meet its obligation, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon feels, it was made known today. Passage of the bonus would have resulted in a tightening of the money market with the resultant increase in interest rates, Mellon holds. Now that the burden of meeting the soldier bonus is out of the way. the government is in a position to borrow money at a nominal rate of interest to meet mautring obligations. — • Railrad Shop Forces 80 per cent Nomal Now Washington, Sept. 21 —Shop forces of the railroads of the country now are approximately 80 per cent of normal, the Association of Railway executives announced today. On Sept. 19th the increase in shop w <>ikers totaled 7,974 over the prev■ous day, the largest increase since he railroad strike began. This increase was attributed to the Chicago agreement —. STORE CLOSED The I. Bernstein store will be clos- £ ’ aturt ' ay ou account of

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Local People To Attend Jewish Celebration A few local people will go to Fort Wayne and South Bend Saturday and Sunday in join In the celebration of the Jewish New “Year, which begins on September 23. The new year will be 5683. Appropriate ceremonies will be held in Fort Wayne and other ci ties during the holiday which is Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Barney Kalver and Felix Maier will attend the celebration In Fort Wayne, and Mr. and Mrs. I. Berns teln will go to South Bend. Mr. Bernsteins store will be closed all day Saturday. LEGION MEETING TO OPEN MONDAY Fourth Annual State Convention Os American Legion At Terre Haute Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 21 —Indiana's fourth American Legion convention has its opening here Monday morning and Claude E. Gregg, the state commander, will call the delegates to order at 9 o'clock that morning. However, arrangements have been made to entertain the Sunday arrivals with a big get-together Sunday afternoon at one of the parks and with entertainments Sunday night. Several features mark this convention and the number of distinguished guests to be present is larger than at tny previous meeting of the Legion in Indiana. Congressman Gallivan of Massachusetts, Senator Watson of Indiana. Major General Lewis, Indiana man who commanded the 30th Division overseas, Hanford MaeNid er, the Legion's national commander, and many others are among those who will be present as guests. Chief among the events are the gettogether of Sunday, the reunions and the big dance and reception on Monday, the parade and the big free boxing program on Tuesday, and the Anal session of the convention Wed aesday with the election of officers. Cash prizes totalling S6OO will be ;iven after the parade to the bands. Irurn corps, and the Post having the largest number of members in the narade. In addition, every Post standard is to be decorated with a service ring for the staff, suitably mgraved to show that the standard larticipated in the convention’s parade. During the three days of the con vention, all of Terre Haute is to be turned over to the visitors. Mayor Ora D. Davis, the Legionnaire mayar of the city, will head the group of Legionnaires welcoming the visitors to the city. In addition to the Legion convention there also will be the Auxiliary convention and the first annual promenade of the Society of the Legion—4o Homines et 8 Chaveaux. South Ward Parent Teachers Club To Meet A re-organization meeting of the South Ward Parent-Teachers Club will be held in the South Ward school building tonight. The parents and .eachers will take over the plans for .he present school year, and make arrangements for holding regular com munity sings every two weeks, following the custom of last year. The •dub held many very enjoyable meetings last year and! all are looking tor ward to another such year. Affidavit For Change Os Venue Was Filed An affidavit for a change of venue from this county was filed this morn ing by the plaintiff in the case of the Hoke Lamp and Manufacturing company against the Schafer company. The action was filed by attorney Hairy F. Kennerk. Another Gasoline Filling Station to Operate Soon Decatur is to have another gasoline filling station. Emerson Bennett, local coal dealer will operate a gasoline filling station and auto accessory shop in connection with his coal yard on South Winchester street. Recently Mr. Bennett purchased the old Robert Blackburn home on Winchester street, south of the Erie Freight office and he is now remodeling the place into an office and auto accessory shop. He will sell Standard Oil gas and will have a tank place on Winchester street.

R A VELINGS TO BE PUBLISHED BY THE SENIORS High School Paper to be Issued Again This Year; Staff is Chosen THE SENIOR ELECTION Earl Shackley Was Chosen President of the 1923 Graduating Class At a meeting of the Senior class of the Decatur high school held yesterday evening, it was definitely decided to publish "Ravelings," the high school paper. The Ravelings will he issued once every four weeks during the school year. Lowell Smith, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith, was chosen editor of the paper, and Har old Niblick was selected to be business manager. Neighboring high schools issue similar publications and the local pupils are desirous of making Ravelings as good or better than any of the neighboring publications. Members of the senior class will solicit th? local merchants for advertisements in the near future, it is impossible to publish the paper without the support of the merchants in the way of advertising and the merchants have always given liberal patronage to Ravelings The staff of Ravelings, as chosen yiesterday, is as follows: Editor, Lowell Smith; assistant editor. Gordon Engler; business manager, Harold Niblick; assistant manager, Ber nard Clark; boys' athletic editor. Wendall Macklin; girls' athletic editor, Marcella Hower; exchange editor. Crystal Baltzell; chapel editor, Irene Youse; society editor, Kathryn Dorwin. departmental editor, Esther Archbold; joke editor, Robert Helm; ■ artoonist, Gerald Kohne. The faculty advisors are Miss Martha Tyner and Principal Paul W. Linton. Earl Shackley was elected president of this year’s senior class. Other jfficers of the class are: Vice-presi-ient. James Downs; secretary. Evangeline McConnehey; treasurer. Clyde Myers; custodian, William Gay; yell leader, Gerald Buckmaster; guardian, Miss Martha Tyner. The Junior class will elect officers for the year at a meeting to be held this evening. The Freshmen and Sophomores will elect their officers on Friday evening. ANNOUNCE CAST FOR PLAY TODAY Amusement Promised In Play At Baptist Church On Friday Night The cast for the play entitled. “The Minister's Wife's New Bonnet’’ which will be given by the Philo class of he Baptist church in the church at f:3O o'clock Friday night, was anlounced today. Rehearsals have been n progress and the members of the •ast now have their rolls well in hand. The play is sure to amuse, those who have inside information say. lust to arouse the curiousity of the good public, they say the new bonnet is trimmed in vegetables, the latest style from Paris. No admission will be charged at the door. A silver offering will be taken during the evening. The cast of characters is as follows: Rev. Grundy —Paul Castle. Hepsibah Grundy—Mary Bohnke. Samantha Slick —Mary Ogg. Penn Perkins—Carrol Lake. Agatha SwualU—Grace Schrdlls. Cayenne Pepper—lrene Gibson. Dephe Hardahear—Esther Callow. Vivian Walker—Helen Wynn. Always Knoxit—Howard Brumbly. Billy Butcher—Orval Suddeth. Hugh Howler—Don Lammiman. Dadam Highvoice—Helen Beard. Modanna Simpkins—Dollie Duke. •— RELIEF FOR AMERICANS Washington, Sept. 21 — Congress was expected to accede today to President Harding's) request for $200,000 for emergency relief of Americans in the Smyrna war zone. The appropriation, recommended in a special message yesterday, was to be added to the deficiency appropriation bill which the senate took up today.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 21, 1922

* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦• - -- AMERICAN HISTORY ♦ * DAY BY DAY * + By T. P. GREEN ♦ * ♦ 4- Thursday, September 21. < ♦ <• •F Trinity Church, New York, de 4 4 stroyed in lire which burned al 4 ■! most r>(m buildings, on Septem + 4 ber 21. 1776. 44- Benedict Arnold completed 4F plans for treason by arranging 4 4- witii Major Andre to surrender + + Wi •st Point, on September 21, 4 . 4 1780. 4- + — «■ + Mexicans driven back In start 4 + cf Battle of Monterey, on Sep + 4- tember 21, 1846. 4- ♦ — + F Americans approach to within 44 ten miles of Metz, on September + 4- 21. I>lß. ♦ ■F American Expeditionary Force 4 + numbered 1,750,000 according to 4F announcement of General March. + 4- on September 21, 1918. 4FfFFFFFFFFfFFFf AUCTIONEERS TO MEET ON DEC. 4 Several Adams County Auctioneers To Attend National Convention The National Auctioneer’s Convention will be held at Chicago, Illinois at the Atlantic Hotel, December 4th. As this comes on Monday of the International Live Stock Show, which nearly every Auctioneer in America attends, not only to see Live Stock Show judging but the public auctions of pure bred live stock as well as the carload lots of feeders, makes the week ffull of interesting feats for the auctioneers. Added to the fact that the reduced ear fares offered on all the railroads leading into Chicago, they expect a record breaking attendance. Adams County will be well repre rented at this meeting. As Auction •er Fred Reppert, Harry Daniels, Jess Michaud, H. B. Kneisley, Jack Brunton, and many of the other auctioneers of this county will attend the meeting. The Auctioneers of America are organizing so as to give their customers better service by meeting often and exchanging ideas, which has been the means of building up this great profession of recent years, rather than a side line for some men with an unusual amount of converse •ion back of them. Bennie Reul’s Body Shipped To Holyoke Following the receipt of a telegram I from the Red Cross chapter in Holyoke, Massachusetts at 6:30 o’clock yesterday evening, the body of Bennie Reul was shipped to that city at 3:20 I'clock this morning, being routed iver the Erie railroad. The Red Cross authorities asked that the body be shipped. Reul tell dead on South Second street last Sunday afternoon, two hours after he had arrived here from Fort Wayne. Henry Ford To Re-Open Hisi Plants Tomorrow Detroit, Mich., Sept. 21 —After a four day shutdown due to an acute coal shortage, the plants of the Ford Motor company here will re-open tomorrow. Orders for all Ford employes to return, were given out at noon today. Supply of coal, sufficient to keep the Ford plants going indefinitely, has been assured by West Virginia and Kentucky coal companies, it was announced. CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Chicago. Sept. 21 —Wheat: Sept. $1.06%; Dec. $1.06%; May $1.10%. Corn: Sept. 64Vic; Dec. 59%c; May 62%c. Oats: Sept. 39V4c; Dec. 37%c May 38%c. ffffffff+fff+ff <• GOING SOME 4 + + + Versailles, Sept. 21. — (U. P.) — 4 ♦ Flying at the terrific rate of 4 ♦ 213.75 miles an hour Sadi Le- + 4’ cointe, French aviator, beat the 4 4 world’s airplane speed record 4 4 1 here today. ♦ 4> Lecointe immediately announc- 44> ed he will try to better his record 4 4- this evening. + ♦++4+4++ t+ + + + + +

BATTLE OVER INJUNCTION TO BE ENDED SOON Judge Wilkerson To Make Decision In Daugherty Injunction Case ARGUMENTS FINSHEI) Indications Are That Government’s Case Will Be Upheld In Decision By Charles R. Lynch United Prenin Muff CorreN|M»ndvut Chicago, Sept. 21. — (Special to Dail) Democrat) —The preliminary fight on the Daugherty injunction will end today. Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson must decide today whether or not the strike of railroad shopment was a conspiracy in the restraint of interstate commerce and if so, whether the government can go to the extreme measures asked in the injunction. Indications were that the government's case would be upheld but that the injunction would be modified. if the court holds that the government has won the suit the next move will be to call witnesses and present additional evidence to make the injunction permanent. Attorneys for the defense have not asked for a modification. They have staged their tight on an “all or nothing" basis. In the arguments attorneys declared that if the bill was adopted, the shop crafts organizations would be "paralyzed and pulverized." Arguments will be finished this afternoon, it was believed. The court must rule before midnight as the re straining order expires at that time Donald A. Richberg, presented the argument for the shopmen. He reviewed the entire case and made a general denial of all the federal claims. Attorney General Daugherty plan ned to close the case for the government. Regular Meeting Os The Rotarians Tonight The regular luncheon meeting of the Rotarians will be held at 6:15 o’clock this evening. Provided Messers McKee and Farmer, of the national Brotherhood of American Yeomen ar rive in the city by that time, they will be the honored guests of the Rotarians. BLUFFTON FREE FAIR NEXT WEEK Sixteenth Annual Street Fair Opens on Tuesday —Five Big Days The sixteenth annual Bluffton Free Street Fair will be held next week. September 26th to 30th, inclusive, and as usual is expected to draw big crowds. The fair has grown with the years and has become recognized as the equal of any county fair, lacking only the horse racing. Big free acts are" on the program, with complete performances both afternoon and evening. Exhibits of horses, cattle, swine, sheep, poultry, agriculture, bees, art. culinary and education are shown on paved streets in the business section and admission is free to everything. All available space has been taken for the many displays and concessions. The fair management is expecting to handle record big crowds this year. One of the big free attractions of th eyear is on the books for next week, when “the sixteenth 'annual Bluffton Free Street fair will be held. The Bluffton fair is really a county fair on paved streets. Exhibits include a big flower show. Many sensational free acts are announced, and the streets will be jammed with attractions. 0 Tariff Act Signed and is Effective at Midnight Washington, Sept. 21. — (Special to Daily Democrat) —The Fordney McCumber tariff act was signed at. 11:07 a. m. today by President Harding. In the president’s executive office the last legal step was taken to make the law executive at midnight tonight. This ends the long bitter fight which had been waged over the measure since congress first began work on it nearly two years ago.

College Roommate Will Visit Miss Alta Teeple Miss Alta Teeple und .Mr. Cal. E. I eterson motored to Fort Wayne this ufternoon to meet Miss Margaret Ray I of IjOs Angeles, California who will come here for an overnight visit with Miss Alta. The two girls were room b nates ut Vassar and Miss Ray is now en route to Poughkeepsie, New York, where she will be an assistant in the economics department ut Vassar. Miss Teeple will leave with Iler tomorrow afternoon, going to Rome. New York, where she will assume iter duties in • the mathematical department of the McFarland School for girls. HAVE PROSPECT FOR GOOD YEAR 219 Students Enrolled In Jefferson Consolidated School This Year A total of 219 pupils have been enrolled in the Jefferson township consolidated schools, according to the latest figures. This number includes those in the grades and high school. The principal of the schools is J C. L. Whiteman, and J. A. Buckmaster s the township trustee. Forty-four of the 219 pupils are en rolled in the high school. The high school teachers are: Principal White man, Latin and History; Ervin Doty. Science and Mathematics; and Miss Arveda Rumple, English and Domestic Science. The grade school teach •rs are: Jesse W. Snyder, seventh ind eighth; Amos Ketchum, fifth and sixth; Miss Helen Kenny, third and ourth; and Miss Claudia Buckmas er, first ansi second. The Jefferson schools will have r ecture course again this year, with the first number on October 11th when Dr. W. R, Cody, eminent lector er on sientifle subjects will give a lecture. A fine course has been sched tiled for this year. The regular com munity meetings which last year wer< so successfully held, will again be con :inued this year. George Anspaugh, who last yeai jerved so efficiently as janitor of the schools has again been hired and if •endering the same kind of service .his year as last. The truck drivers who this year are transporting all the pupils to schools are John Marshall Ed Fennig. Roy McDaniel and Herb Dailey. President Harding Signs The Capper-Tincher Bill Washington, Sept. 21.— (Special tc Daily Democrat) —President Harding oday signed the Capper-Tincher bD, which regulates trading in grain fu Lures. The bill was framed primarily to estrain the futures trading law. somt >f the enforcing provisions of which were knocked out by a decision oi , he supreme court. The bill provides for close govern mental supervision of trading in ; grain. Many Witnesses Testify In Herrin Massacre Probe ' Marion. 111., Sept. 21.—(Special to 1 Daily Democrat)—Scores of witness ' es many of whom are believed tc have ’ ?een the actual slaying, today testified before the grand jury in lie Herrin massacre probe. ' They included men and women Ih i ing on the highway between the Her rin cemetery and the spot in the ’ woods where part of the nineteen trike breakers of the Lester strip , mine were shot down. . Today’s witnesses described the I mob's return from the “massacre woods" to the cemetery where the re- , maining Survivors among the non- . union miners were killed. Additional arrests of persons charg I cd with perjury in connection with the - testimony before the grand jury may come today. - Western Pacific Agrees 1 With Her Shopmen Today ’ San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 21 — Agreement between the Western Pa- ' clfic and its striking shopmen was 1 announced here today. The men are ' expected to return to work in Sacra- ’ mento and other points tomorrow. The “Baltimore plan" was basis t for the settlement. The Western Pacific is the first Pacific coast road t to follow th£ lead of eastern lines in I making separate peace.

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HITCH IN PLAN FOR NEAR EAST PEACE PARLEY Turk Leader Insists On Occupation Os Thrace Pending Negotiations PREPARATIONS GO ON British Concentrating Forces While Turks Bring Up Artillery Paris, Sept. 21—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Peace or war depended today on the revivified “sick man of Europe.” The counter demand of Kemal, leader of the Turkish nationalists, who now insists that he be allowed to occupy eastern Thrace pending peace negotiations, has caused a hitch in plans for setting the date of the near east conference. Britain, the French foreign office let it be understood, was the only nation holding out against this demand of the Turks. Lord Curzon, British foreign minister, stated that he could, not give an answer to it until tomorrow, after he had consulted Lloyd George. Following this consultation. Curzon and Premier Poincare of France, will confer. It was believed that an AngloTurkish conflict is inevitable unless Curzon is permitted to grant the demand of Kemal. Reports from the region of the Lardanelles received here stated that Great Britain was going forward with her plans of using force against Kemal if he invaded the neutral zone of the straits. Great forces of British soldiers are being concentrated in the region of Chanak, the key to the neutral zone. It was reported that additional Turkish cavalrymen are now facing the British. Rumors of clashes were discounted here. It was authoritatively stated by a high French official that it was the belief of France that she could swing the Serbian and Rumanian diplomats into line to accept Kemal s preliminary demand for Thrace. This, it was pointed out, would leave Britain in the position of standing out alone against Kemal. Constantinople, Sept. 21 — With Turkish forces rapidly concentrating on the border of the neutral zone, Gen. Harrington, commander of Britain's near east army today served notice on Mustapha Kemal that any advance into the inter-allied territory would be considered an act of war. This was Britain’s reply to the threat of Hamid Bey, Kemalist representative in Constantinople that the Turks would cross the neutral zone to invade Thrace if that province were not turned over to them immediately. Throughout the night British troops dug in on the near east front, reinforcements going up from all the garrisons in Constantinople. The railway stations were crowded as wives of British officers and scores of other persons took their departure from the war zone. In spite of General Harrington’s warning, the Turks were reported bringing up artillery and cavalry and making every preparation for the attack. The British were throwing up defenses to command the two points at which the Turks are expected to strike, the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. These two narrow straits are the only ones the Turks could cross to invade Europe without warships and transports. The widest front —one of about thirty miles —has been established to protect Constantinople and the Bosphorus. The British lines run through Scutari, which is opposite the former Turkish capital. The British right is on. the Black Sea and the left on the Sea of Marmora. At Chanak, the key position to the Dardanelles British lines have been established. It is opposite this front that Turkish cavalrymen are reported concentrating. Mustapha Kemal, generalissimo of the Turkish nationalists, has set up his headquarters at Lemid, fifty miles from Constantinople. ♦ ♦FF4F++ + FF + + F + 4 WEATHER ❖ 4- + 4‘ + 4>4‘4-4-44- + 44-4«4' I 1 INDIANA—Fair tonight and Friday; warmer Friday.