Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 236, Decatur, Adams County, 7 October 1922 — Page 1

■lume XX. Number 236

YANKEES SUFFER THIRD DEFEAT TODAY

JECARIR ROMPS ITO VICTORY IN ICONVOYBAHLE ■oach Moore’s High School ■yellow Jackets Won An ■ Easy Game_Yesterday Ecore 7 touchdowns Entire Decatur Team Star- ■ red in Big Victory Over Ohio Team ■foarh Tommy Moore's high school Jackets romped over the Con &■» Ohio, football eleven on Ahr'e K.|<l yesterday afternoon for a 474 Ktory. The locals ripped big hole; ■ the light Convoy line and ran Bound their ends for long gains, al Bost at will Convoy never threaten B to score during the game. ■ Coach Moore sent many substitute Sto the game and the team whirl Bilshed the game was composed al Bost entirely of substitutes. How Brer the second string players per Brmed splendidly and held the visi Brs away from the goal line. Th» ■envoy players fought hard but th» Blds were too great for them to over They were outweighed severa' ■bunds to the man and they were out Bayed at nearly every stage of th< ■ame. ■ It was difflcult to pick out any out Btaudiug stars in the Decatur team ,aus« everyone played a fine However a few of them art Beservieg of special mention. Clark O>e Yellow Jacket center, played 8 ■tr. '.g defensive game, making mon Kian his per cent of tackles, and con Kdbuted one of the features of the Kame when he intercepted a forward Kass and ran 30 yards through the Kntire Convoy team for a touchdow’i ■nrlag the first quarter. Bobby Myer Kas always good for a substantia S>io when called upon and be count Ki two of the seven touchdowns ■cored by Decatur. Milt Swearenger ■be diminutive quarter back for the, lo Bais, played another good game yes Berday. He ran the team in Rot Kyle, carried the ball for severs' ■plus, and scored one touchdown. H ■as Injured in the last quarter when ■e ran into the wire along the side Bnes. but he remained in the game ■nd scored a touchdown on the next jplay. He played the entire game at ■uarterback. White, fullback, playing ■is first game of the year, scored one ■ouchdown and showed up fairly good ■luring the two quarters he played Back Teeple, playing fullback in ■'bite’s place during the last quarter. Bnade a 35 yard run for a touchdown. I The only time during the game |*'hen the visitors showed signs of ac■rompllshing much was at the start bf the second half when they opened r :p a forward pass attack and gained ■bout forty yards. However they here soon stopped and held for downs. J The locals used straight football alfest entirely. They did not attempt ■ forward pass until near the end of W l * game. They completed four pisses. Captain Bohyer and halfback |A. McDaniel starred for Convoy, mak|hg most of the gains for their team Jiiuil playing well on the defense. Firat Quarter I f onvoy kicked off. Decatur punted I® 11 the fourth down. Convoy was held p’ r downs. Decatur made first down pad then called timeout. John Teeple made nine and one-half yards through the line and Bobby Myers carried the ! all over for a touchdown a few minutes after the start of the game. Gay picked goal. Decatur kicked off. Defatur blocked a Convoy punt and recovered the ball. Myers made 12 yards on an end run a( j vance j the 1 ,0 the 10 yard line and White carted ft over for a touchdown. Gay 'eked goal. Decatur kicked off. Con'oy attempted a forward pass. Clark tercepted the pass and ran 30 yards •lough ths entire Convoy team tor * “T'Wown. Gay kicked goal. Deca‘tr kicked off. A. McDaniel made e yards through the Deeatur line, voy r^ F ended ' Bcor ® Decatur 21, Con(Continued on page four)

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Say Vandals Were in Adams County, Too Bluffton, Oct. 7—Officers reported today that investigations are being continued in an effort to bring to Justice the miscreants who committed acts of vandalism, Wednesday night, at the Beck and Jackson schools, in Kast Jefferson township. That no internal strife within the township is responsible for the vandalism appears to have been conclusively established, with the development of the fact that a school house a short distance across the line in Adams county was entered the same night, and similar acts of wanton destruction occurred there. Strong hopes are entertained the guilty parties may be brought to justice. URGES CITIZENS TO BE CAREFUL Mayor De Voss Issues Proclamation Warning Residents Against Fires A proclamation, urging the people if Decatur to exert every precaution possible to prevent fire hazards in he city, was issued today by Mayoi iuberM. DeVoss. Each year there 1. i large loss of life, and property through fires which could be prevent >d by the people. Following is the proclamation of Mayor De Voss: CITY OF DECATUR Office of the Mayor PROCLAMATION To the People of Decatur: — Throughout the city in the past three or four years quantities of old furniture and useless articles have been stored iu cellars and auk a. This wtluw Immwc-liuul stuff, in addition to the usual accumulation of rubbish tends to produce dangerous and unsanitary conditions. To Reduce Fire Lossex The Fire Department records show that SO per cent of all fires originate in cellars or the first story and that all these fires, except those of incendiary origin, are caused by carelessness and neglect. Piles of rubbish and useless stored articles are among the first things to catch fire, resulting not only in the destruction of valuable property, but in jeopardy to life and limb. To Eliminate Unsanitary Conditions Decatur has the reputation, and rightly, as proved by the records of the Department of Health of being one of the healthiest of the smaller cities in the state. If thia high standard of publichealth is to be maintained, all rubbish and useless articles, which Invariably become the breeding place of disease germs, vermin, rats and endless pests, sholuld be disposed of. With the view to the reduction of fire hazards and the elimination of unsanitary conditions. 1 request the fullest cooperation of all citizens and of all civic organizations to the end that the excellent standard of health in our city may be maintained and that the danger "of life, limb and proparty from fire hazards and unwholesome conditions may be minimized. IN WITNESS WHFREOF. 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of Decatur to be afflixed this seventh day of October, in the year of our Teord. One thousand nine hundred and twenty-two. H. M. DeVOSS Mayor of the City of Decatur. o— Judge Moran to Resume Duties Monday Morning Judge John C. Moran, who has been recuperating from an attack of pneumonia, will resume his duties as judge of the Adams circuit court next Mon day morning, it was announced today. Mr. R. D. Hartford, of Portland, who has been acting judge since the opening of the September term of court on September 5. held court this morning. Although he has not completely regained his health, Judge Moran Is sufficiently improved to resume his work without danger of a relapse, It i« Said. He will be welcomed back to the bench by the members of the Adams County Bar. » 1 "O — ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ « WEATHER ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ INDIANA— Cloudy tonight, rain in north portions; cooler; Sunday fair, cooler iu east portion.

SEVERAL CASES FILED IN COURT HERE ON FRIDAY Oil Men in Wabash Township Made Defendants in Foreclosure Suits DEMANDS TOTAL $525 Husband Seeks Authority to Sell Land Without His Wife’s Consent Five suits were filed in the Adams circuit court yesterday afternoon. In four of ’he suite the defendants were Robert D. Hennen, William Kelly. Burke and Christian Amstutz, owners and operators of an oil lease and oil I wells on a tract of land in Wabash! township. The actions in those four' cases were suits to foreclose a me chanlc’s lien, brought by four Indi viduals who claim that the defendants are indebted to them for labor and material furnished them hy the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs in the cases against the oil men are Frank Derickson. Clyde Kraner, Ely Campbell and Cernon Pontius. The suits were filed by Attorneys L. C. DeVoss and Wade L.' Manly. Derickson alleges that the de-1 fendants are indebted to him in the! sum of S7O and attorney fees. He seeks judgment in the sum of $175 i Kraner claims the sunt of $59.50 is due him besides attorney fees and he seeks judgment in the sum of $125. Campbell asks judgment in the sum of SIOO. He alleges the sum of sl3 and attorney fees is due him. The! (•unh plaintiC aaya Abe auMt of $38.17 j is owed to him by the defendants.! and he asks tor judgment in the sum of $125. The four plaintiffs recently filed a mechanic’s lien on the oil lease, wells, structures, pumping equipment and all oil produced on the premises, and on the real estate on which the lease is located, liannen is a non-resident oil Adams county, his home being in Morgantown, W. Va. The fifth case filed yesterday was that of Christian C. Liechty against his wife, Christens Liechty, a petition by the husband to convey real estate without the consent of the wife. Mr. Liechty says he is the owner of about 43 acres of land in Wabash township and that he wished to sell and convey the land to Mr and Mrs Jacob D. Augsburger. He says that his wile Is insane and he seeks authority to sell and convey the land without her con sent. The case was filed through ’ Attorneys Lenhart & Heller. AARON BRICKER OF GENEVA GIES Aged Veterinary Expires at His Home After Extended Illness Pr. Aaron Bricker, age 87 years, died- at his home in Geneva, at 10 o'clock Thursday evening after an illness of many months with Bright's Disease and rheumatism. His condition was not serious until a tew days t ago however. Dr. ( Bricker has been a 1 resident of Geneva for many years, 1 where he was a practicing veterinary. 1 Mr. Bricker was born in Starke t county, Ohio. He is survived by his I wife and one granddaughter, Mrs. 1 Mary Fenstermaker, of Robinson, Illi- 1 nois, besides a large number of friends ’ and distant relatives. Funeral services will be conducted in Geneva some time Sunday. John Sovine Family Is Quarantined, Diphtheria Children in the home as John Sovine on Russell street are victims of Diptherla and the home has- been quarantined. It was reported that one of the children was seriously ill and that two other members of the family were also victims of the disease. As far as known this is the only case of diptheria In the city.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 7, 1922

Figures on Manufacturing Concerns in Adams County A table of statistics on manufacturers In Indiana, issued by the De partment of Commerce, Bureau of Census. Washington, D. C. shows that the average number of wage earners iu Adams county manufacturing concerns in 1919 was C 56. The wages earned by those people was $619,046. The number of establishments in the county was found to be 70 and the amount of rent and taxes paid by them was $87,459. The cost of mater ials was $4,104,858 and the value of the products was $6,110,251, making a ‘ value added by manufacture of $2. <105,393. The primary horse power was 3,354. The total number of wage earners! In the manufacturing com cerns in the state In 1919 was 277,580 and the wages paid them amounted to $317,042,997. There were 7.916 manufacturing establishments in the i state that year. TEACHERS MET INJINSTITUTE First Monthly Meeting of Adams County Teachers Held Today Public school teachers in the northern half of Adams county met 1 here today for their first monthly institute of the present school year, i The forenoon session was given over ito the classes in extension work. There were two classes, instructed i by Mr. D. W. Pearce and Miss Klippie, from the Easteni Division of the Indiana State Normal School, at Muncie. Both classes contained about forty-five teachers. Every teacher in i the northern half of the county is en- ' rolled in the extension classes. By taking the extension work, the teachers acquire credit in the state normal school which aids them in meeting the requirements placed by the | state board of education for teachers. The afternoon session was given ; over to the regular insltitute work and a discussion of school work. The teachers in the southern hall |of the county met at Berne today The extension class there was in structed by Miss Farmer, from the normal school at Muncie. There is also a large enrollment in the extension work in the southern half of the county but the enrollment is not 100 per cent. The extension course instructois went to Bluffton this afternoon where they held classes this afternoon. Forest Fire Death List in Canada Still Mounts Toronto, Ont.. Oct. 7—Further details from the districts of Northern Ontario swept by forest fires Wednesday, show the death list continuing to mount. The flames are known to have taken a toll of 51 lives and caused property damage estimated at about eight million dollars. Os the dead, 33 bodies already have been identified. It is known that sixteen townships were completely wiped out. a Football Game at Auburn Postponed The football game scheduled between Decatur high school second team and the Auburn first team at Auburn today was postponed on acou t‘ of rain. Coach Tommie Moore said today that in all probalility a game would be scheduled for the second team with the Convoy first team to be played tn Convoy, date not determine'i in that event the game with Aububrn will not be played. It was also seated today that hereafter the scores of the football games played by the Decatur team, both at home and away from home, will be Hashed on the screens at the three local theatres that night. Rain Likely to Spoil the World Series for Sunday Washington, Oct. —RaJn tonight and tomorrow will dampen prospects for a Sunday world series game in New York, the weather bureau predicted today. The forecast called for rain tonight with showers and cooler weather Sunday.

U. S. SETS OUT TO MAKE OCEAN DRY AS SAHARA President Harding Issues Order to Stop Sale of Liquor on Ships ORDER EFFECTIVE NOW International Complications Said to Be Threatening as a Result By LAWRENCE MARTIN United Press Staff Correspondent Washington, Oct. 7.—The United States government today set out to make the ocean dry—dry as the Sahara —so far as all ships dying the American flag are concerned and equally dry for three miles oft shore for foreign ships. While Chairman Lasker, of the shipping board, expressed gloomy forebodings about the wrecking of the American merchant' marine, as a result of the order issued to him yes terday by President Harding to stop selling intoxicants aboard shipping board vessels. Leaders in the dry movement jubilated over the ruling. Mr. Harding's order was made late in the day, following approval by a council of cabinet members and the Attorney General Daugherty, which president, of a ruling drawn up byheld: That under the eighteenth amend ment and the Volstead law it was illegal for any American vessel to carry liquor anywhere for any purpose. That foreign ships entering American waters within three miles of shore, also come under America's pro hibitory laws, and therefore must not carry liquor, even as ship’s stores. Immediately orders were broadcast to all shipping board vessels to stop selling liquor and to dump the stuff overboard or get rid of it some how Those ships now on the high seat must be dry when they get to port or as soon thereafter as it is possible to get rid of their stocks of intoxi cants. Similar orders will be issued to private shipping interests by Sec retary of the Treasury Mellon. International complications threatened as one immediate result of th< ruling. Foreign governments were ex pected by government officials to pro test vigorously against the drastic or der against carrying liquor within th'insulated zone.” Some of these frankly said they be lieved that part of the Daugherty nil (Continued on page five) BIG STOREHOUSE OF LIQUOR HELD Secret Cellar of International Bootleg Ring Held in New York (United Preu* Service.) New York, Oct 7.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The secret eel'ar store house of a great international boot leg ring was held by federal authorities today as agents continued inventory of a million dollar haul of illicit liquor. The cache was discovered when agents under Federal Zone Chief Appleby bored through the cellar walls under the Standard Carpet company last night. Os even greater value than the liquor seized, acording to Apt/, •by, is the evidence that may convict men high up pin a great rum smuggling plot. New Gate Receipt Record in Third Game of Series Polo Ground, New York, Oct. 7.— The official attendance and receipts for the third game which follow, show a new gate receipt record for a single day: Paid attendance 37,620. Receipts, $122,354. Players' share, $62,400.54. Each club’s share, $20,800.18. Commissioner's share, $18,353.10.

Rev. Elliker Spoke to the Rotary Club Rev. It. Elliker, pastor of the Zion Reformed church in this city, gave an excellent address at the luncheon meeting of Rotarians Thursday evening, speaking about half an hour on (•‘Why worry,” He said that the successful man wan one who could con i trol sinful desires, in fact be his own “boss.” Rev. Elliker, who is an excellent speaker is also a student of thought, and his words and remarks to the Rotarians and their guests were | greatly appreciated. He described [the winning and successful men and stated that he was one who did not ■ worry about the morrow, nor quit when he thought he was "licked." FRANCE BICKS GREAT BRITAIN Join to Prevent Turks From Entering Thrace Before Peace Is Reached By WEBB MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent Paris, Oct. 7. —France backed Great Britain against the Turks today. It was officially agreed by Lord Curzon i and Premier Poincare that the Kern- ! alists shall not be permitted to enter ' Thrace until peace is concluded. The Greeks, it has been decided here, must start immediately the evacuation of Thrace. The allies will enter on the heels of the deprating Greeks. One month after the latter are completely out the Turks may come in and set up a civil administration. Their armies may not enter Thrace nor cross the straits. This was the answer to Mustapha Kemal’s ultimatum. The Curzon-Poincare agreement was approved at a meeting of the French cabinet and instructions will be sent to Mudania, where the allied terms will be handed to the Ottoman chief The Turks demanded Thrace im mediately. Lord Curzon hurried to Paris. The French cabinet met immediate ly after tentative agreement had been reached by Curzon and Poincare and gave its sanction to their plan. The British cabinet, It was believed, will he called together immediately to discuss the tentative agreement. The date of the peace conference * will be set in event both the British ind French governments back the petition of their representatives. Curzon, it was stated, in the conference with Poincare, won the French premier over to the stand that the Turks should not be permitted to cross | the straits until peace had been declared. It was pointed out by Curzon that if the Turks got Thrace immediately

the allies would be deprived of anyj effective means to bring pressure to bear on the Kemalists to make them accept the conditions regarding Con-, stantinople and the straits as laid down in the allied note to the Turks' which was dispatched two weeks ago.! It is anticipated here that Mustapha Kemal will back down and accept the latest proposal in face of the solid front of the allies. After the ultimatum ordering the, Turks not to cross the straits is pre-j sented, it is expected that the Greeks. will be notified to start to evacuate as soon as possible. London, Oct. 7.—(United Press) —I The British cabinet went into session today when a lengthy dispatch from Lord Curzon, in Paris to confer with I Premier Poincare on the near east • crisis, was received. By EDWARD J. BING United Press Staff Correspondent Constantinople. Oct. 7.—Appeal to American public opinion to believe in Mustapha Kemal, in an hour when "the chances of war or peace are fiftyfifty” was made today in an exclusive statement to the United Press by a French negotiator, who was hurrying to Mudania for resumption of the armistice conference. The allies went to the meeting place today to answer Kemal’s ultimatum that he must have Thrace at once. They had instructions from their gov(Continued on page four)

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■ TAKE LEAD IN FIRST INNING I BUT LOSE 4-3 t Losers Make Great Fight But Unable to Withstand Attack ) PLAY GAME IN RAIN Drizzle and Showers Make Playing Difficult Thruout the Game The Lineup: YANKS Pos. GIANTS Witt .. . ct. Cunningham Dugan 3b. Groh I Ruth rs. Young j Pipp lb Kelly R. Meusel If E. Meusel i Schang c Snyder ! Ward 2b Frisch , Scott ss Bancroft ' Mays pMcQuillan Umpires—Owens at plate; Klem at first; Hildebrand at second base; ' McCormick, at third base. Innings 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RHE ! GIANTS 00004000 o—4 9 1 ! YANKS 2000 00 1 0 o—3 7 « Polo Grounds, N. \.—With a characteristic dash of attack and an air tight defense the New York Ciants came from behind here this afternoon and defeated the Yanks. 4 to 3 in the fourth game ot the world series. The game was played from start to finish in a downpour of rain that soak- . ed the capacity crowd in the bleachers. The Yankees showed symptoms of getting out of their batting slump, hopped on McQuillan the former Bos- , ton Brave pitcher in the first inning when they scored two runs on four singles. They were stopped then and were helpless until the seventh when E. Ward got his second homer of the series, a drive far up into the left field bleachers. Carl Mays the submarine pitcher of the Yanks held the Giants helpless for four innings. With a furious attack in the fifth the Giants put over i four runs. Snyder started the inning with a single over Scott. McQuillan drove down the left field foul line for a double and Bancroft put them both over with a hard single to right Groh beat out an infield hit and then Bancroft scored on Frisch's long sacrifice fly. Groh finished the scoring by coming in on Irish Meusel's infield out. McQuillan one of the dark horses of McGraws pitching staff pitched brilliantly after a bad start. He made a mistake of feeding high ones to the Yankees in the first inning which they feasted on. He then switched to low balls and

stopped them cold for the rest of the game. First Inning Giants—Bancroft beat out a hit iover May’s head. It was a single. Groh ' out, Mays to Pipp. Bancroft took second. Frisch died to Meusel. MenI sei out, Scott to Pipp, No runs, no hits, no errors. Yanks—Witt singled to center. Bogan singled to left. Witt stopping at ■second. Huth died to Cunningham, who fell heavily and was hurt. Tima ■being called. Cunningham resumed play. Witt reached third easily after the catch. Dugan held first on the play. Pipp hit to right for a single | scoring Witt and sending Dugan to third. Pipp out, trying to make secI ond.. Cunningham to Kelley to I Frisch. Meusel singled to right scot ing Dugan. Meuael reached second when Snyders throw to catch him '.stealing got through Frisch. Meusel stole third when ball rolled to center. Schang fanned. 2 runs. 4 hits. 1 error. Second Inning Giants—Young died to R. Meusel. Kelley tint. Mays to Pipp. Cunningham walked. Snyder out, Dugan to Pipp. No runs. No hits. No errors. Yanks—Ward died to Young. Scott out, Bancroft to Kelley. Mays out. Frisch to Kelley. No runs. No hits. No errors. Third Inning Giants —McQuillan out. Schang to (Continued on page three)