Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 245, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1922 — Page 1

Volume XX. Number 245

BOY ACCIDENTLY SHOT BY BROTHER

annual campaign is on AT SUGAR FACTORY HERE

The wheels in Indiana's only beet sugar plant were put in motion at r, to this morning when the local plant of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company started on its first day's campaign in running; between 700 ami 800 tons of beets through the mill in the process of making sugar. The g’ t away was void of accidents or mishaps. John H. Carmody, local manager stated al two o'clock today and everything is running smoothly In the big plant. This is the eleventh annual campaign in the local plant and indications are that an average production of beet sugar, as fine as any made in the world, will be turned out again this year. By the time the night crew starts to work at six o’clock this evening 300 men will be employed in the big mill and the plant will continue to operate twenty-four hours a day until the campaign is completed, the average run being about 100 days. Last year local sugar plant made more tha* 15 million pounds of the finest white sugar ever turned out of a sugar mill and, the demand for the Holland-St. Louis brand i is one of the heaviest on the market. The Holland-St. Louis sugar company in giving employment to 300 men. will pay in wages every two weeks between $12,000 and $14,000, a neat sum to tide over the laboring men during the winter months when work is more or less scarce. List year rhe farureps wore paid between $450,000 and $500,000 for the beets and in view of a somewhat reduced crop, but off set by an increase in the market price of sugar the farmers will be paid at least that much again this year. The minimum price paid this year by the company for beets is $5.00 per ton and for each cent increase in the price of sugar the farmer will be paid SI.OO per ton bonus for his beets. Manager Carmody is assisted by a force of competent officials in man aging the big plant during the season. The sugar company was located here in 1912. o $55.00 Realized From Benefit Picture Show A total sum of $55 was realized from the moving picture show at the. Crystal and Mecca theatres Monday. and Tuesday given for the benefit of the Catholic High School Athletes. The members of the association are ' very well pleased over the result and are thankful to the people who patronized the shows and to Messers. I Spray and McCarmick, managers ot I the theaters. The money will be used : it purchasing equipment for the ath I ietic teams. The basketball team has been practicing in preparation for the opening of the season and under the - hie coaching of Lawrence Linn, captain of last year’s Decatur high school team, a good team will likely take the held this winter. A complete schedule has not been arraiged yet but all dates will be filled within the next two weeks. — o— Mr. \ andersall Speaks In Decatur Tonight 'our attention is called again to the lecture to be given this evening ,J Mr. H. W. Wandersail of the University of Cairo, at the First Presbyterian church, his interesting subject Ih ing, Taking Moslems Alive.” PreVf ollß t 0 ,I>e address to be made by r. V andersall, forty-five minutes will ’ devoted to mission study classes. 11 ■ 'andersall is an eloquent speak ' r and has taught in Egypt for a num,er of years. His message is worth earing and you are in vited to hear him. Lake Como, Pa.—Miss Lilliam Mills artled the country when she anounced a year ago she would build “"•self a house without the aid of a Ye »terday she married D. V. Ml ”er and he moved in it.

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t HARDING IN 1924? L i I Washington, Oct. 18 —In a leading • article in today’s edition the Washi ington Post, owned by Edward McIJ Lean, close personal friend of Pres- < ident Harding, states “that in al! I probability” President Harding will i be a candidate in 1924 to succeed I himself. MRS VANCE GOES : TO CONVENTION 1 * Left on Tuesday to Attend Home Missionary Meeting in Pittsburgh Mrs. O. L. Vance, one of the best > I church workers in this part of the , state, left Tuesday afternoon for Pittsi' burg, Pa., to attend the national con vention of the Home Missionary So ctety of the Methodist church, which I I will be held at Emory Church, Pitts burg, from October 18th to 25th. Mrs) Vance is conference secre I tary of the Young People's society o i the North Indiana conference an. throught her a report of what th Young People have accomplished dur ing the past year will he made. Mrs Vance will also gath r information a i to what is expected for the cotuini i year. The convention opens this as ternoon and Mrs. Vance will arr.iv< ■ in Pittsburg in time for the openim ;' session. Others from this part of the stati who left yesterday for Pittsburg t< i attend the convention are. Mrs. Hi! | kirt, of Logansport; Mrs. Carter, o j Rushville and Mrs. Allspaugh, of Pe ru. Mrs. Vance is an earnest worket j in assisting in carrying out the work of the Home Missionary Society am her ability as an executive has beer recognized on several occasions. o Judge George Wins Georgia Nomination Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 18.—Judge Walter F. George, of Vienna, won a sweeping victory in the state democratic pri maries yesterday for the senatorial nomination for the unexpired term oi the late Thomas E. Watson Judge George carried 125 counties , with a total of 316 unit votes, while Governor Thomas W. Hardwick, his nearest competitor, carried 25 coun ties with a total of 76 unit votes. > The democratic nomination is equivalent to election. DETERMINED TO HAVE SHOWDOWN Lloyd George Awaits Result in Challenge of His Political Enemies By LLOYD ALLEN United Press Staff Correspondent London, Oct. 18—Lloyd George is • determined to have a showdown on the challenge of his political enemies. This will come about in one of the • two ways: I—ln1 —In case the unionist party, which meets tomorrow at the call of Austen Chamberlain, backs the premier's policies and decides to continue to support him. Lloyd George will disI solve parliament and will appeal to . the country in a general election. 2 in the event that the unionists withdraw their support from the prime i minister, he and all the unionists who ■ back his policies will resign from the government. The king will then ask some one else to form a cabinet and ; a general election will be held. This . will leave Lloyd George, who has held i office longer than any of the war-time premiers of Europe, completely out ’ of the political scheme and ’dll mean his retirement to private life.

WOULD ABANDON STOCK YARD ON SEVENTH STREET Property Owners File Petition With City Council Last Night CAME AS A SURPRISE Yards Owned By Pennsylvania Railroad System; No Action Taken Property owne'rs in the neighborhood of South Seventh street filed a petition with the city council last evening for the abandonment of the G. R. & I. stock yards located on the west side of Seventh street, between Madison and Adams streets, they claiming in their petition that the yards were a “menace to public health." The filing of the petition camo as a surprise and the action in thv matter will be watched with interest. A number of property owners in this district | signed the petition for tile abolishment of the yards. The matter was referred to the Board of Public Safety, who with the city attorney will investigate the condition of the yards and make a report. The stock yards are used as a place to hold animals for shipment. The yards have been located there for a number of years and are owned by the Pennsylvania railroad system. o Elks’ Fair Draws Another Large Crowd Another large crowd attended the Elks’ fun festival last night. An added feature of the free entertainment last night was a concert by the newly organized General Electric band. The band played first at the corner of Monroe and Second streets and then marched to the fair tent on Liberty Way. Several automobile loads of Elks from Fort Wayne are planning to attend the fair tonight. Delegations from other cities are expected tonight and the remainder of , the week. The fair on the first two, nights was very successful and furthefl success is expected providing I the weather remains good. Mrs. A. M. Anker held the lucky number in i the free drawing contest last night I and received a suit case at a prize. o I • WILL BEAUTIFY 11 HOSPITAL SITEp —- Hospital Board Employs a Nursery Company to Beautify Premises i At a revent meeting of the Board , of Trustees of the Adams County . Memorial Hospital., a contract was . made with the Wagner Park Nursery ( company, of Sidney, Ohio, for plan- • ning and beautifying the lawn ami premises at the new hospital, now , under construction in the south part , of the city. The nursery company , will send a landscape gardner to this city to draw tip a plan of the grounds, , locate the walks and drives, and de- , cide upon the location of shrubbery, ■ plants, and trees. The represents- . tive of the company who attended j the meeting of the trustees, stated that the location ot the new hospital here is one of the most beautiful he . has ever seen and he believes it can . be made a very attractive place. This ■ work will not be started until after ■ the completion of the building. Work on the construction of the . building is progressing rapidly now and it will be only a few weeks until it will be enclosed. Two stories have been completed and work begun on the third story. The third story window frames are in place and a portion of the bricks laid. Mr. A. R. Ashbaucher, local tinner, who has the ' contract for putting on the roof, stated today that he expects to begin work within the next two or three weeks.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, October 18, 1922

+++++++++++++++ ♦ TO SPEAK AT MONROE ♦ ++*+++++ + + + + + * + JOHN W. TYNDALL Your fellow citizen and democratic candidate for congress who will speak at the Monroe high school building, Monroe, cn Friday evening. October 20th. Mr. Tyndall is the first man from Adams county to be | a candidate for congress and b.is hundreds of friends in this community and district are working "tooth and toe-nail" for his election. He will discuss the political issues at the Friday night meeting and you are urged to hear him. Owing to the fact that he must cover the entire district, his speeches in his home coun ty will therefore be limited anil to be sure that you hear him. go to the Monroe meeting Friday night. RAILROAD MUST’ PAY ASSESSMENT City Council Decided Erie Is Benefited By Sewer Improvement The street and sewer committee as ter investigating the remonstrance of the Chicago and Erie railroad in the matter of their assessment on the Mary Reckard sewer improvement, reported at the council meeting lart eve ning that it was found that the rail road company was benefitted by the improvement and that the preliminaryassessments be adopteii as final am! assessed against the company. The purchasing committee reported the purchase of a water meter for the measuring of water used anil pumped at the city plant. A communication from James Cowan, manager of the Decatur Casting company relative to the installing of a six inch water main to the companys plant was read and placed on file. The council is desirous of extending the water mains to tho Casting company’s plant and agreed to run a four inch line to the foundry, hut to this the Indiana Inspection bureau objected, saying that a six inch line was necessary in ordei to provide suitable fire protection. | The council will look after the matter, i Mpyor DeVoss quarterly showing' the collection of $.34.00 in fees was filed and referred to the finance committee. The council instructed the City Attorney to notify the Chicago and Erie railroad to repair the crossing at Third street. The finance committee allowed the following bills and the meeting adjourned. COUNCIL BILLS Water Dept. Pay Roll. $118.33; Ed S. Moses $10.50; Miller & Butler. $150.70; Bourbon Copper Co.. $4.75; Wayne Oil & Supply Co. $28.60; Wayne Belting Co. $67.58: Theo. Reiver Heirs, $39.00; Plant Pay Roil $36.00: James B. Clow & Son.-, $25.87; F. Bissell Co., $68.80; City of Decatur Water Dept., $14.24; The Schafer Co., $5.25; American Ry. Ex(Continued on page five) *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ + WEATHER + 4, + + + 4. + +4. + 4<+ + 4* + * INDIANA—Fair tonight with frost; Thursday fair; slowly rising temperature.

; STRANGE STORY TOLD TO COURT IN MURDER CASE How Woman Is Alleged to Have Substituted Dolls For Her Twins PRELIMINARY HEARING Hammond Woman Arraigned on Charge of Murdering Her Twin Babies Hammond, Ind., Oct. 18.—The strange story of how Mrs. Hazel Me Nally substituted dolls for twin bnbie; lof which she is alleged to have beer 'the mother was told in judge Henry j Clevelands court here today at her | preliminary hearing on a charge o, .'murdering the two children. ;* Mrs. Floyd McNally a step-daughti • I -in-law of the accused woman was the first witness called. , She said that her father married Ha- > ze! in April 1921. i "She told me frequently that sin . was to become a mother” the wit i ness said “and declared she did no' I sike children. She always talked > about how much trouble they were ■ There was no doubt early in Decern her 1921 but what she was soon tc give birth to a baby. ‘The first week of December we made a trip to Chicago to do some Christmas shopping. She was verymuch interested in looking at life sized dolls.” Mrs. McNally then related how she heard the babies was born on Decern i her .8 and going to the house she saw ' two bundles but tho "mother” would . not alow her to uncover their faces. “Early in February" the witness con|tinned "1 went down town with Hazel II carried one bundle which I believed 'to be a live baby and she carried an I other. “On several other occasions latei I I went out with her and 1 carried ont bundle which I knew to be a doll. Onl; lon the first trip do I believe the baby I carried was alive.’ The opening ot the hearing was marked by severe' sharp clashes between attorneys. Mrs. Mary Griffith nurse and neigh bor of the McNallys testified she at tended Mrs. McNally for nine day: following! the alleged birth of the (Continued on page two) HOPE FOR LARGE CROWD AT GAME — High School Officials Urge Support at Football Game Friday The largest crowd ever attending a I football game in Decatur turned out J for the first high school game of the | season with Portland, September 29 ' The interest of the townspeople and the financial support given was thoroughly appreciated by the school and its officers. Not quite so good a crowd I was out for the Convoy game, but it is hoped that there will be even a | better attendance for the Columbia I City game next Friday. The interest 1 of the people is very helpful to the players and the financial support is badly needed to pay the heavy ex, penses of the game and to pay up obligations carried over from last year. The team is going well and ev* ry effort is being made to give Decatur a good, hard-fighting, but clean football team. The townspeople can help by coming out to encourage the boys and a large crowd is the hope of those in charge. o BIRTH Born to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Draper, of Short street, a 10-pound girl baby this morning at 5 o’clock. Mother and babe are doing nicely.

DWIGHT SMITH. 15. MAY DIE AS RESULT OF SHOT Dwi.i’ht Smith. 15. was perhaps fatally wounded this morning when he was accidently shot through the head with a .22 cabibre revolver in the hands of his brother, Delbert, 12. Tin* accident occured in an upstairs room in their home near the Dent school house about two miles northeast of the city at 9:30 o'clock this morning. Little hope is held for his recovery. Ihe boys are .Ihe sons of Mrs. Della Dague. Mr. Byron Dague, the boys' step-father, went to the Holland-

FEW SIGNATURES ARE YET NEEDED One or Two More Signers Needed on Petition for Ornamental Lights Sixteen property owners on Mercer avenue, including the trustees of the Presbyterian church and parsonage, have signed the petition for the installing of ornamental street lights on both sides of that street from the intersection of Five Points, south to the Chicago and Erie railroad crossing. It takes 75 per cent of the abutting property owners to sign the petition for the improvement before action on the matter can be taken. Those interested in the matter stated that only one or two more signatures were needed on the petition and i that it would then be presented to the city council for approval and filial ac | tion, the council ordering the post erected following the filing of the petition. The petition to which sixteen property owners have attached their si: natures reads that the light posts shall not be erected nearer than 100 feet nor further than 175 feet apart and that the city shall operate the system of lights. The property owners will pay the cost of installing the lights, the costs being assessed according to the frontage on Mercer avenue. Those who have signed the petition are W. A. Klepper, Earl B. Adams. Daniel N. Erwin. F E. France, Thos. J Durkin, H. S. Michaud, Hugh Hite, president board of trustees of Presbyterian church, John Baker, H. F. Linn, H. Krick. W. H. Ix?e. L. Adams, S. E. Shamp, Mrs. S. E. Shamp, G. 11. Wehmeyer and Frank P. Carroll. An effort will b<? made to secure the i required number of signatures to the ! petition and then present it to the city council. One of the light posts as proposed is now erected in front of 1 the W. A. Klepper residence on Merj cer avenue. o MYERS 111 TALK IN CITY TUESDAY Democratic Meeting, Court Room, Tuesday Night; Other Meetings Hon. Walt-'i- Myers, ol Indianapojlis, and lion. John X\ . Tyndall, candidate for congress will be tho speakers lat a meeting to be held at the court room in this city next Tuesday eve ning. In the head and lead of an article in yesterdays paper the date I was given as Monday but this was an error. The meeting will be held Tuesday evening and every voter is urged to attend. Many other meetings have been arranged for over the county and speeches will be given in each township between next Tuesday and tile close of election. The ladies are urged to attend these meetings and to assist in securing the interest which will assure a large vote on November 7th. Mr. Myers is a splendid speaker and you will all want to hear Mr. Tyndall’s message. Jeff Lieehty of Berne was a bus! ness visitor in the city yesterday.

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■ St. Louis Sugar factory early this morning in search of work, saying to Mrs. Dague, that he would call to a neighbor to I tell her to send his dinner to him providing he was successful in obtaining work. About 9 o’clock Mr. Dague called to the neighbor, Mrs. J. A. Zerkel. saying he had obtained work , and asked her to tell his wife to send Dwight and Delbert to the factory with his dinner. Neighbor Was Present Mrs. Zerkel went to the Dague home, a short distance away, and ! tolil Mrs. Dague what her husband ' had said. The boys were delighted 2 to know that they were to drive a 5 horse to the factory and take the 1 dinner to their step-father. Shortly 2 after Mrs. Zerkel arrived at the ‘ Dague home, Delbert ran upstairs. He called to Dv ight to come up there f ns he had something to show him. 1 Dwight hurried up the stairs and 3 when he reached the ’•oom v.hero his brother was. the latter was pointing ■ a revolver at him. In some manner Delbert pulled the trigger and the i' bullet entered Dwight's head below ■ the right eye and close to the nose. He fell to the Hoor and Delbert huri ried downstairs to summon aid. “I've killed Dwight, mom. I've kill1 ed Dwight." the frightened toy yelled - when he reached the foot of tho stairs. Mrs. Dague and Mrs. Zerkel < hurried upstairs and found Dwight ; lying on the floor in a pool of blood, t Mrs. Zerkel hurried home to call a physician, and then returned to the . Dague home. The injured hoy was carried down stairs and placed on a . bed. Mr. Dague was called home i from the sugar factory. Bullet Lodged in Head 5 It was impossible for the physician to make an accurate examination of the wound without tho aid of an X-ray picture. The bullet did not pass entirely through the boy's skull. A small lump could lie felt on the back of his head and it is thought that, the bullet is lodged beneath that spot, but this cannot be ascertained until an X-ray examination is made. This will be done providing . the boy’s condition improves enough, . He has not been conscious since tho shooting. Delbert is frantic and says he is going to kill himself. When asked how he happened to shoot his brother lie replied, “1 pointed it at hitn to scare him and 1 got scared and pulled the trigger." He said he didn't know the gun was loaded. The gun, which holds seven catridges, belonged to Archie Smith, an older brother. It was fully loaded and it is thought that the hammer must have been , cocked, although the gun was an *■ automatic. "1 found it in the commode draw- | er," Delbert told a representative of the Daily Democrat, when asked I where lie found the revolver. After lie had shot his brother, Delbert , dropped the revolver on the floor of the room. It was still lying on the floor and contained six cartridges and an empty shell when Sheriff Sephtts Melchi made an investigation forty-five minutes after the shooting. ! Neither Mrs. Dague nor Mrs. Zerkel heard the shot. Root Township Officials i Also Reduced Tax Levy , The report of tho State Board of rl Tax Commissioners last week showed t that the tax levy of Root township had 1 been cut from 50 cents to 45 cents, i. Martin Gerke, township trustee, stated d yesterday that he and the township i- advisory board had cut tho levy to 46 cents before the cut was made tithe state board, making the reduction d- of the state board only one cent instead of five cents.