Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 16 October 1922 — Page 1

Ivolume XX. Number 243

ELKS’ BIG FUN FESTIVAL OPENS TONIGHT

HUNDREDS TOOK ? PART IN FORTY HOURS DEVOTION Many Unable to Gain Entrance to St. Mary’s Church Last Night 17 PRIESTS THERE Many Out-of-Town Priests Aided in Conducting Close of Services Standing room was not available in i the St. Mary’s Catholic church last I evening when hundreds packed the edifice to attend the solenyi and imI pressive closing of the Forty Hours I Devotion services. At 7:15, fifteen ! minutes before the services began, many were unable to gain admittance ■ to the church and it is estimated that practically 1500 people, men, women and children, attended the solemnities. Seventeen priests participated in the services, including the Missionary Father, Rev. Isadore Rafferty, and the acting pastor of the congregation, RevFather Otto Peters. Rev. Arnold J. Wibbert, of St. Peter's church, Fort Wayne, opened the evening’s services with the litany ot the holy name of Jesus, the order including sermon, chanting of the litany of the saints, procession, benediction of the most blessed sacrament and congregational singing of the Tt Detim. Rev. H. F. Joseph Kroll, pastor ol St. Paul's church, was celebrant; RevRobert E. Kelly, of St. Mary’s church Huntington. deacon; Rev. John G Bennett, of St. Patrick’s church, all ol Fort Wayne, subdeacon; Rev. Otto A Peters, master of ceremonies; Rev. Isadore Rafferty, O. F. M., of Indianapolis, Franciscan missionary, who successfully conducted the devotion for three days, closed his series ol sermons, giving an eloquent discourse explanatory of “The Power of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass." Others of the Fort Wayne clergy present were: Rev. Thomas M. Conroy, rector of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, and his first assistant, Rev. John A. Dapp, whc assisted as chanter; Rev. Joseph F. Delaney, rector of St. Patrick’s church: Rev. Henry Horstman, pastor of St. Andrew's; Rev. Nicholas Huemmer, oi St. Peter’s; Rev. Henry Beuke, C.PP.S. and Rev. Lionel Pire, C.PP.S., of the Church of the Most Precious Dlood; Rev. Fortunatus Cuipka, of St. Paul's; Rev. Eugene Hoppman, chaplain at St. Rochus’ convent, and Rev. Frederick Reinwald, assistant at SS. Peter and Paul’s, Huntington. Besides the clergy approximately 130 of the St. Joseph school children participated in the beautiful procession through the aisles of the church with the Blessed Sacrament. This number included 28 acolytes in cassock and surplice, other small boys and 65 little girls attired in white and bearing flowers. The high altar and sanctuary looked like a heaven of lighted candles and vigil lights, so beautifully were they decorated. Father Rafferty based his sermon on a text chosen from St. Paul’s epistle to the Corinthians, ‘‘Him Who knew no sin, has made sin for us.’’ After showing that this was applicable to Christ, the eternal son of God, Who took upon himself the sins of mankind, shedding His blood and blotting them out, the missionary dwelt at length on the idea of sacrifice. After explaining the sacrifices of men, particularly in the old law, and those which prefigured the sacrifice of the mass in the new dispensation, he emphasized its power and efficacy in behalf of the souls of men. Next Sunday the missionary will begin the conduct of a week’s mission at Sullivan, Ind., which will be followed by missions in Kentucky and Illinois. Services Very Successful. Father Peters stated this morning that over 2,000 Holy Communions had been distributed during ‘he three days, beginning with Friday morning and believed that practically every member of the congregation received the sacraments during the Forty Hours De(Continued on page three)

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Baltimore Wins Little World’s Champ Title St. Paul., Oct. 16.—The Baltimore Orioles carried the minor league championship back today after beating the St. Paul American Association champions five games of seven in the “Little world series.” Baltimore took the seventh and win ning game yesterday, 4 to 3. Umpire Deer, accused of a wrong decision in the eighth inning, when Golvin slid into the plate with what might have tied the score, was all but mobbed by i the fans after the game. Police rescued him. "Jazz” Rogrs, a Baltimore fan. Charles Schmidt, vice-president of th< ■ Orioles and John Toole, president ot the International league were res cued from an angry mob of St. Paul fans after the game. Rogers was floor ed before police could intervene. LELANDFRANK WEDS SATURDAY Local City Mail Carrier and Esther Koenemann of Hoagland Marry Leland S. Frank, well-known city mall carrier of this city, and Miss Esther C. Koenemann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koenemann of Hoagland, were quietly married in: Fort Wayne Saturday evening. At : least that is the supposition. The couple obtained a marriage license in Fort Wayne on Saturday and at pres ent are spending their honeymoon in Chicago and Michigan. Mr. Koene mann. the bride's father, stated to I day that ne did not know when his daughter was married. He said sh> left home on Saturday morning, say ing she was going to Fort Wayne to work. Mr. and Mrs. Frank will mak< their home on Winchester street fol lowing their return from their honey moon. o Dr. C. S. Clark Is 111 At His Home Here Dr. C. S. Clark one of the best ! known physicians and citizens of De catur has been confined to bis bet since last Friday suffering from pleu risy and a broken rib, but his genera condition is reported as being mud better today. Dr. Clark is unable t< state where he encountered the brok en rib. For a few days he sufferet from a temporary paralysis of tin - left arm. but today that condition it better. o— Linn Grove and Bryant Companies File Petitions Indianapolis, Oct. 16 —The Linn , Grove Light and Power company, filed a petition with the Public Setvice Commission today for the ap-. proval of the company’s contract to■ furnish electricity for lighting th. town of Geneva. Indianapolis. Oct. 16—The Bryant Electric company filed a petition with the Public Service Commission today! to increase its electric rates. The rates asked for are: For lighting graduated from 15 cents a kilowat hour for the first 100 ] kilowatt hours to 14 cents a kilowatt! hour over 300 kilowatt hours and for power cents a kilowatt hour for the first 750 and 4% cents for over 400. The petition stated that the com pany's net revenue for the first eight i months of this year was $224. TO CRY SALE AT WARREN Fred Busche and Harry Daniels, two well known auctioneers of this, county will go to Warren, Ind., nextWednesday, October 18th where, they will cry the sale of Wier Shafer. The sale will consist of fifty head of pure bred Duroc hogs and promises to be a bid one. Anyone desirous of attending is requested to get in touch with Mr. Busche. aG. E. BAND TO MEET AT TRACTION STATION The members of the General Electric band are requested to meet at the traction station at 7 o’clock this evening. All members please be present at this time.

BOY KILLED BY ■ ERIE PASSENGER TRAIN SUNDAY Clarence Kahn, Age 6 Years, Was Almost Instantly Killed Here PLAYING ON TRACKS Was Rolling Buggy Wheel Across Tracks and Did Not See Train While happy at play and union- ; scious of any danger, Clarence Kahn, ] 'six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo' Kahn, was struck and almost instantly killed by an east bound Erie passenger train at the Tenth street crossing about 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The lad lived only fifteen minutes following the accident. The Kahn home is located a few feet south of the railroad tracks on Tenth street. The boy had been playing in the street, rolling an old buggy wheel. ! He had rolled it to the north side of the tracks and turned around to return toward his home. Just as he step ■ ped upon the tracks the passenger! I train struck him. The train ran on to the station a few blocks farther and ! i then backed up to the crossing where I the boy had been struck. A physician was summoned but the ' 1 boy lived only a very short time after he arrived. The lads skull had been fractured and the scalp badly lacerat. i 1. He was bruised about his body ' (also. There were no obstructions along! the tracks at the point where the acciI dent occured, which might have obstructed the boy's view of the onconi- ' ing train. It is the general supposition that the hoy was thinking only ol his play and failed to look down the track before crossing. Another pass longer train bad just passed the crossing a few minutes previous to the time of the accident and the boy may 'have thought that there would be no i more along for some time. A little! sister was also playing in the street' when the boy was killed but his parents did not see the accident. Mrs. Kahn slated today that they I did not hear the train give a signal for tlie crossing. Clarence Kahn was born in Decatur, October 9. 1916. His father is a 1 junk dealer and common laborer. 'Clarence is survived by his father and mother, two brothers, one sister, and one half brother. Funeral services j will be held from the United Breth■; I cm church at 1:30 o’clock Tuesday asI ternoon, the Rev. B. F. Dotson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be held in the ' St. Paul cemetery, near Bluffton. o FACTORY OPENS ON WEDNESDAY I Holland-St. Louis Sugar Plant Begins Operation This Week All employes of the Holland-St. | I Louis Sugar plant are requested to [ report for duty at 5:30 Wednesday] morning of this week for duty. They will be immediately assigned and the j big mill will start operation that day. Three hifndred men will have work in the yards and the mill for the next one hundred days and most of the places have been filled, though ■ there are still a few vacancies. The beets are coming in nicely and I hundreds of tons are now on the side tracks and being unloaded. By the | latter part of this week the factory will be turning out one of the finest grade ot granulated sugar in the world. The machinery is all in excellent condition and the managers are looking for a very successful campaign. The farmers will be paid this year according to the price of sugar. Employes should remember the hour to report—s:3o Wednesday morning for day force and to secure their assignment. -a ■ ■ -— J. H. Heller returned from Indianapolis last evening.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, October 16, 1922

++++*+++*++++++ + FIRST EXALTED RULER + ++++*+++ + + ++ + + + i HERMAN L. CONTER In compiling the list of past exalted rulers of the Decatur lodge, B. P. O. E., the secretary unintentionally omitted the name of Herman F. Conter, who served as the first exalted ruler of the lodge when it was organized in 1905. In Saturday's paper it was stated that David E. Smith was the first exalted ruler. Mr. Conter arrived in the city Saturday night from Gary to attend the big Elks’ fair and carnival which opened today i under the tent on Liberty Way. ORNAMENT LIGHT SYSTEM LIKELY I — I Many Residents of Mercei Avenue Are Signing Petition, Report Earl B. Adams who has been secur ing signatures to the petition for the installing of ornamental light post.on tlie east and west side ot Mercei Avenue, beginning at Five Points and running south at least to the Erie railroad crossing and then on south t< the end of the street or to tlie site ol the Adams County Memorial hospital ]stated this morning that he was meet ] ing with splendid success and would i he able to present his petition to thf I city council Tuesday evening. Mr. Adams stated that the petition J would contain at least seventy-five pet i < ent of the property owners along tin route and that in all probability orna mental lights would be secured fol Mercer Avenue. Sometime ago an ornamental light post was erected in front of the W. A i Klepper home on Mercer Avenue | merely to show the people how the I street would look if lighted up and much favorable comment has been heard about it. Nothing helps the looks of a city so much as ornamental lights and if | the Mercer Avenue property owners I start the movement by installing the lights, property owners in other parts! of the city will no doubt follow the I movement. o **+♦+++++ ♦ + + + + + [♦ WEATHER + *** + + *+ * + *4»* + 4>* INDIANA —Unsettled tonight and, 'Tuesday; probably rain in south por ' tion; cooler Tuesday. CITY TAX LEVY IS COT 3 CENTS Reduction in Revenue to Be Raised; Will Amount to Only $2,000 A reduction of three cents on each SIOO valuation was made in the 1923 tax levy for the city of Decatur, by the State Board of Tax Commission ers. This cut will amount to a iff duction in the amount ot tax to be paid of only about $2,000. The reduction ot three cents- was made in the general fund, which was 73 cents before the cut. The bond fund was left at 17 cents. This makes a total city levy for 1923 of 87c or three cents lower than the 1922 levy. The total taxation levy for residents in the city of Decatur for 1923 will be $3.04 on each SIOO valuation.

PROBE ALLEGED KU KLUX KLAN MEET IN OHIO Forty-three Persons Summoned Today By County Prosecuting Attorney SIX MEN ATTACKED Members of Klan Alleged to Have Attacked Newspapermen at Meeting ________ 11 Cleveland. 0.. Oct. 16.—Forty-three ' persons were summoned today by Ed-p ward C. Stanton. Cuyahoga county! prosecutor, to appear in his office as ; the initial step in a probe of an alleged Ku Klux Klan meeting near! Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Saturday night. Forty of the summoned are owners of motor cars that carried alleged l Klan members to the scene of the 1 meeting. The other three summoned are: George K. Wadsworth, vice-president of the Ohio General Motors Truck company, and Burt S. Howlett, both of Cleveland, and E. J. Riddle, owner of the farm on which the meeting took place. Cleveland, 0., Oct. 16. —Rigid investigation into the alleged activities ol the Ku Klux Klan in northern Ohio was begun today by authorities of two counties following an attack on Cleve land newspapermen Saturday night. Prosecutors of Geauga and Cuya hoga counties met here to discuss procedure against those guilty of beat iug and kidnapping one newspaper man and holding five others prisoners for hours. Authorities have license numbers ol more than 200 motor cars parked at the scene of initiation ceremonies ol the Klan near Chagrin Falls, 12 miles east of here. Through these numbers owners u the cars will be located and ques tioned, it was Intimated. According to the newspapermen the alleged Klan held its initiation cere monies in a strip of timber behind lines of guards. All motor cars wen ordered to turn back near the area occupied by the Klan. The newspapermen “sneaked’ through the line of set sentries. They were detected when they took a flash light picture. One was beaten uncon scious and brought back to Cleveland in a motor car while the others were held prisoner in a shack for t’oin hours. Posses of deputy sheriffs rushing t< the scene of the attack met the fiv< reporters walking back to Cleveland They had been relased in tlie mean time. * j 503 ATTENDED METHODIST S.S. Large Attendance at Sunday School and Church Rally Services — Rally Day was celebrated at the Methodist church Sunday with a tota attendance of 503 at Sunday School and almost as large an attendance at ' church. The total collection at Sum day School was $21.26. Officers of the Sunday School are highly elated over the prospects for a fine school this winter. The attendance yesterday showed an increase of more than a hundred over the Rally Day attendance of one year ago. The church service yesterday were very interesting. Talks were made by Joans Trltch. of Fort Wayne, and C. J. Lutz, of the local Presbyterian church. Mr. Trltch, a former resident of Decatur, is now principal of the international Business College of Fort Wayne. He gave a very interesting talk, urging regular attendance at Sunday School and church. Mr. Lutz spoke for several minutes along the same line. Mrs. Dan Tyndall gave a vocal solo which was greatly appreciated. ■ ■ ..... -o— Mrs. John Tyndall was a Fort Wayne visitor Saturday.

Triplets, Age 76, Visit Twin Brother and Sister (t nlted I'ri-HH Service.) Richmond, Ind.. Oct. 16.—Special to Daily Democrat) —A set of triplets 76 years old visited their twin brother and sister here and in Spring Valley, Ohio, today. They tire said to be the oldest triplets in the United States. There were Marie Jane Richardson oi Danville. III.; Sarah Jane Wilson of New castle, Ind., and Mary Jane Williams of ixdianon. O. First the) visited Henry Williams here aud then they went over to Spring Valley to visit Williams' twin sister, Mrs. Josephine Begford. The triplets have red hair. Their weight, always was within four ounces of each other until they were 16 years old. Their mother used to distinguish 'them by letting them wear white, blue and red beads. HARDING PRAISES 67TH CONGRESS Hints Toward LT. S. Participation in Solution of European Problem By A. L. BRADFORD United Press Staff Correspondent Washington, Oct. 16.—A definite move by the United States government, looking toward the solution of the European economic problem seemed nearer today as the result of a striking declaration by President Harding in his letter to House Republican Leader Mondell, praising the work of the sixty-seventh congress. After defending tile tariff policy approved by congress, Harding said: “The last thing in out thoughts is aloofness from the rest of the world ‘‘We wish to lie helpful, neighborly, useful. “To protect ourselves first and then use the strength accruing through that policy, for the general welfare of mankind in our sincere purpose." The president made no mention ol the manner in which the United State: i could aid Europe, but the belief is I growing here that an economic conference may be called by this coun try within the next few months. Such a move has been strongly urged by many representative groups in the country, and by leaders of both political parties. In his letter to Mondell, which is generally considered here as participation in the campaign by the executive and an appeal for the re-election of a republican congress, Harding seemed to point out that this country was first “putting its own house in order" before attempting to aid Eu rope. o_ Legion Only Started, Says Hanford MacNider New Orleans, la., Oct. 16—The■ American Legion has "only just , ! started to light,” for adjusted com-| j pensation, Hanford MacNider, na . I tional commander of the organization ; declared in addressing the opening I i session of the legion’s third annual • convention here today. The legislation will pass. MaeNid ■ er said, “because it is right, and right always prevlails.” "A great, well financed attack by : interests which we cannot help but j feel are sordid and selfish, has given ! us one little setback,” he said. “But those who represent the p®o- - pie in Washington are with us hy j ■great majorities.” —7 — lowa Won Clean-Cut Victory Over Yale By Frank Getty I'nlleil I’reum Stuff ( orreHpimilent New York. Oct. 16.—(Special to] Daily Democrat) —Few will accept the result of the lowa-Yale game as settling the perrenial question of which is better at football, east or west. This does not detract a whit from the cleancut victory which Howard Jones husky Hawkeye team scored over the Bulldog at Now Haven on Saturday, 6 to 0. The westerners proved themselves superior in every branch of the pigskin game. ——...■.——a —— Mr. and Mrs. Dale Mickey of Huntington, son Gerald and daughter, Rachel Ellen, were visiters over Sun- | day at the William Blackburn home.

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BIG TENT MUCH LIKE MIDWAY AT A COUNTY FAIR Squads of Men and Women Kept Busy All Day Today Filling Booths MANY PRIZES READY Many Beautiful and Useful Prizes Donated By Local Business Men Everything in place and ready for the opening, was the announcement coming from the various committees in charge of the big Elks’ fair and fun festival which will open tonight and continue throughout the week, ending with a grand drawing contest on Saturday night, in which two automobiles and other valuable prizes will be given away. Squads of men and women wera busy all day today arranging the various attraction in, the tent. One truck was kept busy hauling in the many prizes which were donated by the merchants and business men of the city. Several prizes will be g|Aep away free every night during the week. Booths extend along both sides ot the big tent. At the west end of the tent a stage has been erected on which the free acts will take place. Rufus and Rastus, the two blackface comedians, have arrived in the city and are ready to present their laugh provoking acts on this stage. In the many booths are home-made fancy work, all made and donated by Decatur women. There are hundreds of beautiful pieces to be found theca. Then there ar bautiful Indian blankets, nictures, dolls, and, practically everything found on midway at a county fair with the exception of the big shows and riding devices. I A gas heater was placed in the j tent this morning around which people may warm in case the weather turns cold during the week. Employees of the gas company were busy piping the gas into the tent this morning and this evening a nice I warm fire will greet all who enter the tent. At 10 o’clock each night, following the daily drawing contest, a dance will be given in the K. of C. hall. The General Electric Melody Six dance orchestra will furnish the music. Everything points to a big successful fair and one which will bring many dollars Into the treasury of the I Elks’ lodge to aid them in erecting , their new home on North Second street. MARRIAGE LICENSES — | Menno Stucky, farmer, Wabash 1 township, age 22, to Irene Mosser, Hartford township, age 18. Dudley Woman Files Suit for a Divorce — Dudley Womax. through his attorI ncy. Judson W. Teeple, today tiled a I complaint in the Circuit court for a i divorce from Nancy Ann Womax. The j couple was married in Kentucky in 1919 and lived together for about one (year. The plaintiff alleges that the dedefendant refused to live with him, [that she refused to cook his meals and ido other household duties, and that [ she abandoned him for a period of two I years. He states further that she J wanted him to turn over to her his . earning and the SSO per month which Ihe received as n, pension from the j government, he being a Civil War vet- | eran. o PURCHASE HOME HERE i E. W. Kanipe of tlie Daily Democrat I has purslmsed the Frisinger resi--1 dence on Winchester street and exi pects to occupy it about November i Ist. A number ot improvements nr» being made to the property Including a now garage, several changes, painting aud decorating, a now heating t- plant, making the homo comfortable r, and modern. Mr. and Mrs. Kamps 1- came here July Ist and have already mada many friends.