Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 250, Decatur, Adams County, 24 October 1922 — Page 1

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local people ■ATTENDING M.E. t CONVOCATION ir and Mrs. C. L. Walters ■nd Rev. and Mrs. Bridge | Are in Indianapolis TWO-DAY meeting nnual Meeting of Ministers and Laymen of the State Being Held Mr. and Mrs. C. 1.. Walters and the! iv. and Mrs. U. 8. A. Bridge, of the xatur Methodist church, are attend- . the annual convocation of the ?thodist Episcopal churches in inmapoils which opened this morning d will continue until tomorrow eve ut. The program for the second annual' invocation of the Methodist Episco -j Il church of Indiana, being held in idfanapolis, at Roberts Park M. E. l lurch, was announced by Bishop b’. , l.eete, bishop of the Indiana area, he meeting brings together members ‘ the state council, ministers and mr Igy delegates from every Method t church in the state, together with ■ro representatives from every Meth ’ Ist Sunday school. Future actlvl is of the state council, suggestions r Increasing the membership and rakenfng interest in the work of the inday schools, and plans for a proam of evangelism will come up for scusslon during the twoday con rence. Both ministers and laymen, 1 eminent in the life of the church and civic and city affairs, are included nong the speakers. Members of the state council will ret in session at Roberts Park lurch Tuesday morning at ten Clock. [The state council banquet will be lid at Meridian Street M. E. church 4:3a o’clock. Dr H. C. Harmon. »Btor of the Wayne Street Methodist lurch at Ft. Wayne will say grace, uslc will again be furnished by the 'o quartets. Toasts will be made by e Rev F. Thornburg, pastor ot the rlnity M. E. church at Elkhart who ill speak io behalf of "The Men Tn ho Pulpit"; A. H. Sap of Huntington The Man in the Pew"; the Rev. C. A. ihake. pastor of the Community hurch at Blue Grass, “Tim Man "om the Fields; and by .Dr. E. (*. L'areing, editor of the Western hristlan Advocate, "The Man in the Watchtower.’” The guests will be ismiesed following the benediction by he Rev. J. T. Scull, Jr., pastor of the kali Street M. E. church at JeffersonUlc. I Instruction in Sunday school class nethods and organization; suggesions for increasing membership and mproving attendance and examples of lass preparation and class preseutalon will be given at the Sunday school institute to be held at the Central Ave-| hue M. E. church on Tuesday. Among he speakers will be the Rev. James V. Thompson, Dr, H. C. Wilson, Dr. William S. Hovard and Miss Tvllidred. Moody, all of Chicago. Two special lectures will be made by each of the Instructors during the day. Ths ministers' retreat will be held i at Roberts Park M. E. church Wednesday. The Rev. H. J. Gernhart of New Lebanon, will lead the singiug at the morning session. Devotions by Dr. Somerville Light of Richmond. The laymens State meeting will be held at Meridian Street M. E. church I Wednesday moruiug at the same Jimej 'he ministers have entered retreat. A.. B. Cline, of Bluffton, will preside. E. I. Keuer of ludianaolls will act us 'Continued on page five) '

f——— "> National For-Get-Me-Not Day November 4 PROCLAMATION Saturday, November 4th, 1922, has been designated as America s “National Forget-Me-Not Day” for the wounded and disabled American Veterans of the World War. It Is appropriate that we In Decatur, who gave so liberally of our sons and money in the prosecution of the War, should on this daj give our hearty support in the efforts to assist our disabled veterans. Therefore, I. H. M. DeVoss, Mayor of the city of Decatur, Indiana, request that on "National Forget-Me-Not Day, November 4th, 1922, the citizens of Decatur wear the emblem of rememberance, that you give liberally and use your individual efforts to the end that the disabled veterans may know that we have not forgotten the sacrifices made tor us and are not unmindful of our debts to them. H. M. DeVoss. Mayor.

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to Connect His Factories By Radio; Detroit, Mich., Ort. 24. All Ford Motor company branches and factor its throughout the world are to be connected by radio, it was announced here today at Henry Fords Dearborn (office. | Radio experiments along the route of the Detroit, Toledo and fronton .railroad, owned by Henry Ford, have proven so successful, it was stated, that all division points on the D. T. & I, are also shortly to be radio equipi ped in place of the old system of wires land poles. ROBBERSVISIT TOWN OF TOCSIN Four Buildings Entered By Thieves But Little Loot Was Obtained • ■ Four business places at Tocsin were | entered by burglars Saturday night, but in each instance the loot was 1 small. The four places entered were the I Erie depot. Farmers’ Elevator, Kelly & Woodward office and the Oscar ' Stewart general store. No clew as to the guilty persons has been found. , At the Erie depot the biggest haul , was made. Three boxes of merchandise were hauled away there. One package contained six dozen pairs oi woolen sox, one some canned soup, and another package contained overshoes. They were freight packages Just arriving Saturday over the Erie ' railroad and were consigned to the Oscar Ste Wart store and the store of Grim & Hoover at Echo. ; At the Farmers’ elevator an attempt was made to open the safe and the knob of the combination was broken off. The thieves were unable to force an entrance and now the proprietors of the elevator are unable, to get intc the safe. Nothing of value is missing from, the elevator. At the Kelly & Woodward lumber yard office approximately SI.OO in cash was obtained from a drawer. The safe there was apparently unmolested, but the drawers of the desk were ransacked. . Merchandise was all that was ob tained at the Stewart general store. ' No money is missing and the proprie tor has not completed a checkup on bis stock to know just how much mer chandise was taken, although It Is sup posed that a few staple articles were taken. .Mr. Stewart's loss at the de-1 pot amounted to S6O. The window was pried up at the Erie depot and the doors were forced at the other three places. , Erie railroad detectives, at work on the case today, were ot the opinion that the robbers drove an automobile and hauled their loot away in it. “Lion,” Chased for Many Days, Was Dog Michigan City, Ind., Oct. 24.—The Berrien county “lion,” chased for more than a week by African lion hunters, 1 bloodhounds and a dozen posses, was > found today. The “lion" was a dog—a big yellow mastiff named “Dash." “That’s the beast. The joke is on us,” Edward Gable, one of the nine ' persons who saw the “lion” declared Schools closed since the lion was first seen were re-opened. The dog was owned by Adolph Whit ’ rnyer, who lived In a lonely hut in a j dense woods, near where the tracks I of the “lion” were seen. -. . ■ ■ ■ Ci— — Lebanon—ln a contest between sweet potato growers of tills county. H. S. Guun raised a tuber weighing 1 six pounds. - - -- -- -» 1

'OLD LANDMARK ON SECOND ST. TO DE RAZED Two-Story Frame Building Occupied By Carroll and Son Has Been Sold WAS ERECTED IN 1854 Considered a Modern Six- ( Room School Building ( When Erected . The old school building where a good many of us old timers carved “our names and her's some forty years ago,” is to disappear and with it "mem- . ory keeps us company and moves to ‘ smiles and ’Twas there we labored over tedious books taught hyoid masters like Hastings, Luckey, White and Dugan and many joys and sorrows of the days of youth comes . flashing back upon us. The big two-story frame building at ; the corner of Second and Jefferson streets, occupied for many years by ’ E. L. Carroll «.<■ Son and owned by the ’ John D. Hale heirs, has been sold to ; Joe and James Colchin, contractors, and will be immediately torn down < and removed. The scales have been , aken i<p this week and the sheds I and smaller buildings are now being < razed. Carroll & Son will vacate the i building the first of the month and it i will be immediately torn down. < The building was erected in 1854. i a six-room school, then considered 1 very modern and up to date and lo- < cated where the old Central grade building now stands, continued to ’ serve until ISB6 when the brick struc- '■ ture was erected. The first commence- < ment of the Decatur high schools was 1 held in 1881, the class of nine young 1 ladies and one young man. graduating ' from the old building. Its passing marks the departure of one of th» ' few remaining landmarks of the earlier days of "Decatur atfil "will bring ’ back many memories to citizens ot this community. The lot which still ( belongs to the Hale heirs, will be , cleaned up and held for sale. i CHILDREN PLAY AT YEOMAN HALL Local Homestead of Yeomen , Entertains Youngsters; Plan Masquerade Thirty children romped and played 1 and had a great time at the children’s ' festival of the Brotherhood of Ameri- ' cap Yeomen, held in the lodge hall last night. The festival was a great ' success. The children all took part In the exercises and the evening was turned over to them. On Thursday night the local Homestead of the Yeomen lodge will hold a masquerade and Hallowe’en party in the lodge hall. All members of the homestead are urged to attend and friends may be invited. All are requested to come masked. Initiation ceremonies will be conferred upon a number of candidates at the next meeting on next Mondaynight. Members are urged to attend the initiation. J. M. Brelner is foreman of the brotherhood. o i I Berne Man Severely Burned By Alkali Berne, Oct. 24.—Noah Schindler ' was painfully injured in his face Sat- ’ irday evening when the contents ot i can of pipe cleaner which contained an alkali and which he had poured into a drain pipe, effervesced and backfired into his face. The caustic had been poured into the drain pipe back of the house in order to open clogged drain and evidently the reaction of the alkali and the water had been too severe, causing the explosion. The backfiring explosion hit Mr. Schindler in the face and at first it was thought that he might lose the sight of his right eye. The left eye was also injured, but not so severely. His face was also burned severely and even his hat and clothes had holes burned in them by the explosion. It was necessary to Mr. Schindler to remain In a dark room for some time but it it thought that the sight of the eyo can be saved, although it is swollen badly and very sore.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, October 24, 1922

Hear Him—Hear Him Walter Myers Indianapolis Attorney Court House Tonight 8 O’clock Hear Him.

SOUTH WARD TO HAVE A SOCIAL South Ward Parent-Teach-ers’ Club Plans Hallowe’en Social Friday Arrangements are practically completed for a big Hallowe'en social to be held on the school grounds of the South Ward school next Friday night, under the auspices of the parentteachers' club of that ward. The program will start at 7:30 o'clock. The attractions planned for the social are many and varied. There will he a number of booths and refreshments stands and the members of the third and fourth grades will give a Hallowe'en show. There will also be a fish pond and if the weather permits.steropticon slides will be shown outside the building. The title of the pictures will be “Children of Other Lands.” The proceeds derived from the various booths and refreshment stands will be used in purchasing equipment for the playgrounds and in purchasing pictures for the classrooms. Miss Eva Acker is the principal of the South Ward school and Mr. Amspaugh is president of the parent-teachers’ club. The social Friday night will be a real community affair and the public is invited to attend. The club has been very active since its organization and many excellent community meetings have been held. The club was re-organized this fall and arrangements have been made for holding regular meetings at the school building and each will be made a community affair. o ++++++ + + + + + + + SOAPING MUST CEASE + ' 1. ’ < j 4- A number of small boys were + ♦ busy soaping windows in busi- + 4- ness houses and residences last + ♦ night. Joel Reynolds, chief of + 4- police, announced today that + 4« this practice must cease and the + 4- night policeman has been in- + 4> structed to arrest all boys found + 4- soaping windows. 4> +++++ ++ + ♦ +++ + + __ o— EUGENE TISRUN DIED IN WEST John Tisron, of This City, Received Word of Son’s Death Today John Tisron, well known veteran of this city, was shocked this morning when he received a message that his eldest son, Eugene, aged about fifty years, of Medill, Okla., was dead. The message gave no details, but Mr. Tisron is expecting a letter today which will give the cause. Eugene was an oil operator, in charge of the work of the Schumacher company ot Chicago, by whom he has been employed for fifteen years. Besides managing the company’s affairs he did the shooting of the new wells and may have met a sudden death. Not knowing. Mr. Tisron’s address, the information was sent to a brother, Ed Tisron, at Montpelier, who hurried the sad news here. Eugene lived here a number of years, leaving for the southwest about twenty years ago. His wife, a former Hartford City lady, survives. There are no children. It is probable the remains will be brought to New Haven, former home of the Tisrons, for burial. o ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4 WEATHER ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ INDIANA— Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; warmer tonight and In extreme south portions Wednesday.

ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOLS GOOD FIRST MONTH I No Teacher Had a Perfect Attendance Record Dur- , ing Initial Month FEW DISOBEY THE LAW i Attendance Officer Experiences Difficulty With Very Few Parents Although no school teat her in the county schools had a perfect attend ance record for the first month of school, the attendance in practically all of the schools was good. Figures on 111<- enrollment, average daily at tendance, and the per cent of attendance in each of the county school:, have just been compiled In the office of the county superintendent, E. 8. Christen, and the county attendance officer, George McManama. Mr. McManama states that there are a few parents in the county who ' insist on keeping their children out ' of school although the children are ' still within the age limit for school 1 children. He said that it may be necessary to bring the law to bear upon these people. Following are the attendance figures in the county schools for the first month. The figure before the teacher’s name indicates tne district in the township. The second group of figures indicate the enrollment, the third indicates the average daily attendance. and the fourth indicates the per cent of attendance. UNION TOWNSHIP Trustee —C. 1). Spuller I—Mary Clem 21 20.7 98.9 1 — Lolo. Parrish 31 28.5 92. 2 — John Nelson 35 33.4 97.6 5— Ernest Zehr 23 20.4 94.6 6— Xariffa Barkley ...30 27 97.4 Oscar (iptsh LPgi’.J. 51 43 97 ROOT TOWNSHIP Trustee —Martin Gerke 6—L. Sawyer fPrin) 20 19 95 (Continued on page six) 209,000 SHOPMEN STILL ON STRIKE I I i Peace Has Been Signed in Less Than Half of Railroads of the Country By JAMES T. KOLBERT United Press Staff Correspondent Washington, Oct. 24.—Approximately 200,000 of the 400,000 railroad shop men who went on strike July 1 against the reduced wages ordered by the railway labor board, still are on strike, it was revealed today by the International Association of Machinists’ headquarters here. Peace has been signed with only 100 roads, constituting less than hal of the railroad mileage of the conn try. Harry Bronson, assistant to the president of the machinists, one of the crafts in the strike, declared that the next two months will force the ma jority of the holdout roads into line. Many lines are wavering, due to their inability to meet the steadily increasing service demands from the agricultural and mining communities, he said. 0 CARD OF THANKS We desire to thank the neighbors and friends for their kindness and assistance during the sickness and death of our dear husband and father also for the beautiful songs and the pastors for their comforting words; ■ to church nad friends for their beau1 tiful flowers. MRS. L. S. McMICHAEL i and daughters i o NEW VARIETY OF BEANS Gravelton. Oct. 24.—Northern In- ! diana are this year eating a new var--1 iety of bean, seed having been im- - ported by 11. R. Engleman of near this place. It is known as a sulphur bean and is said to have a better flavor ' than the varieties heretofore produced ► in this section. During the last ten years the gas t consumption of the country was three 1 times greater than during the preceding decaffe. . ... |

! Man Held for Wreck of Wahash Passenger Williamsport, Ind., Oct, 24.—(Speclai to Daily Democrat) A man said to he an agent of the I. W. W. was held by Sheriff Stewart in Warren county today as a suspect in the wrecking oi' the fast continental limited traveling from St. Louis to Detroit on Wabash railroad. Three persons were killed | and six injured in the wreck. The I man will be held until the invest! j gatlon is completed, Sheriff Stewart! said. He was reported seen near the. spot where tile train went over a| forty foot embankment. FAVOR PAYMENT OF DEBT TO 0. S. — Bonar Law and New British Foreign Minister Decide Upon Policy By ED. L. KEEN United Press Staff Correspondent Copyright, 1922, by United Press London, Oct. 24.— Bonar Law and Lord Curzon, who will be foreign minister in the new cabinet, already have decided definitely upon Great Britain's policy toward America under the conservative government. It has two salient points: 1. —Payment of England's debt to the United States. 2. —Promotion of dose, dignified friendship between the two great Eng ! lish-speaking nations. This policy was formulated in a series of conferences between the new' premier and Curzon. Steps are being taken to carry out the new British policy immediately.! The meeting of the debt-funding com-' mission in Washington probably will' not be delayed more than a fortnight.! despite the change in ministeries and j attendant confusion. It is unlikely: that Sir Robert Horne, chancellor of! the exchequer in the Lloyd George! cabinet, will represent Britain at this] conference as had originally been' planned. There is a strong possibili ! ty that Reginald McKenna—former member of the Asquith cabinet, while maintaining he is still a liberal, is | speaking today at an important con 1 servative meeting—will go to Wash ; ington with some British treasury officials while Ambassador Geddes acts’ as plenipotentiary. Incidentally, Geddes will remain tis ambassador to the United States.! Bonar Law and Curzon regard Geddes as a Canadian and also as a financier, and think he is thejnan for the place.' The principal Anglo-American relations are financial, it is pointed out and his personality makes Geddes an ideal already to promote what the new government hopes will be the most | cordial. Daugherty Ruling Likely to Go to Supreme Court Washington. Oct. 24 —Testing of the Daugherty ruling in the supreme court appeared imminent here today as prohibition officials prepared to clamp down the lid on sea going liquor in American waters with a set of enforcement regulations. The prohibition bureau today will send to Secretary Mellon tile carefully prepared draft of the regulations which have been under discussion for the past week, it is understood that the regulations were put in final lonn last night. They become effective with Mellon’s approval. o Logansort—The Cass County Detective association is behind a movement to stop "spooning parties in school yards and along roadsides.

An Emergent Appeal for Garments The American Red Cross is launched upon another great international emergency relief operation. Driven from Asia Minor by the fortunes of war, some half-million of refugees have fled for safety to the shores of Southern Europe and the Aegean Islands. They are penniless, homeless, terror-stricken. The obligation ot the Red Cross to meet this crisis brings to 'members and Chapters a new opportunity for practical service. Large quantities of garments are needed, which must be prepared with all possible speed; the same type of garments which the Chapters produced for women and children both during and since the war; warm, simple, serviceable clothing, new and second-hand; warm Blockings and strong low-heeled shoes. The clothing, if not new, Should be cleaned and mended before, sending, and the shoes should be in good repair and tied together in pairs. The American Red Cross and the Junior Red Cross in every chapter are urged to rally at once to this work of mercy. The Adams County Chapter will conduct a drive for clothing on Tuesday, October 31 and Wednesday, November 1. All bundles donated should be left at the fire station in the City Hall on Monroe street. C. L. WALTERS, Chairman, ' Adams County Chapter, American Red Cross. s ■ I, ■ 1 —

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“SHEIK LOVE" IS RECOGNIZED SS MURDER CAUSE New Law Procedure Is Introduced in Acquittal of Miss Peggy Beal TRIAL WAS SHORT ONE Jury Frees Woman Charged With Murdering Professional Lover By J. F. BEAMAN United Press Staff Correspondent Kansas City, Mo.. Oct. 24. —“Sheik I love” was recognized along with the ! unwritten law today as provocation for murder. The unique plea was given cogniz- . ance for the first time in legal history when a jury in Judge Ralph C. , Latshaw’s court acquitted diminutive ' Peggy Beal last night for the murder of Frank S. Anderson, "professional Sheik.” | Basing her case on the new defence that she killed her "perfect lover” to save other women from the despoiler of hearts, after he showed her a list ot fifty girls whose romances he had blighted, pretty Peggy gained her freeI dom on a second degree murder I charge. A Short Trial. Introduction of the new character ! n legal procedure came after one of the i shortest trials on record. The jury reached an agreement on its fourth I ballot, just twelve hours after the trial lof the modern "Thuvia" was called | on the docket. A plea of temporary insanity was ! injected as a side-issue by the deffense, ; but tlie right of a woman to kill a I "roving winner of hearts” was the ‘ main theme that won Peggy’s free- ! dom. ■ "This is the introduction into court ' procedure of an unusual plea for dejfendants, that promises to have far reaching effect in criminal Jaw in the | future," George Birmingham, attorney for Mrs. Beal, said today in dis- ! cussing “Sheik love." “The court, by recognizing the ’ soundness of the contention, has established a precedent for courts and added a new chapter in the moral law. An Unwritten Law. “The jury’s decision makes the deI sense an unwritten law for unmarried, women. It means that a woman as in Mrs. Beal’s case, although not having the protection of the marriage vows, can seek the solace of the married woman who has the unwritten law to guard her. I "For if she lived as a wife with her I soul-mate and he made, promises ot marriage to her and led her to love ' him and give herself to him, it is ' right and just that she he given the same privilege of seeking protection for herself and other women. “The unfaithful lover and the sinful husband, the two in reality are the same.” Mrs. Beal thanked the jurors for their decision and announced in the court room she intended to remain in Kansas City and “make good.” She said she would try to bring her two boys here from Terre Haute, Ind. ■' Columbus. O„ Oct. 24.—(8y United Press.) —A law to protect emotional women of the nation against the love making of "professional Sheiks” was ! advocated here today by Rev. G. S. Cox, pastor of the exclusive Indianola Methodist Episcopal church. “The acquittal of Peggy Beal in (Continued on page five)