Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 2 November 1922 — Page 1

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Kilims open I (fight against I eight hour day Aicanoand Alton File PetiI lion For Modification Os The Rules Bther roads WATCH lonsidered First Step By ■ Road Officials To Radically Modify Rules Bpi,j f;lgoi N’ov. 2— Railroads of the j today opened the battle for of the hour day '«n.*>ns train service employes, with K filing of a petition before the | States railroad labor board the Chicago and Alton asking ( of working rules. |®riie Alton asked: ■l_Abolishment of time and one, |.i]( pay for overtime in road freight and hostler service. Hj-. Extension of the time limit of in short turn around pas- 1 service from eight to ten. (Biurs. ■s—Extension es the work day in Sitlying yards. ■‘ This is the first step by the rail■ttds to abolish, or radically modify. governing ttie working of train, sftrvire employes.” declared a state-: made by engine and trainmen |Bp: is granted, other roads can bIfttpeeted to immediately take ad of the opening. H*-The Alton was picked to make plfcc test case because it is in the Jjttimls of a receiver and the ability pay has been a prime factor in wk-vious decisions by the railroad board.” ■Railroad executives here would not ebri ment on the Alton's case, but admitted ,they were watching the closely. ■Railroad union leaders have long that as soon as the* wage and change in working of other classes of employes. *lrh as the shop crafts, maintenance way workers, had been successfully put into effect, the railroads would jSpcentrate on the trainmen’s broth- ■ While individual railroads have similar petitions in tlte past be■Kre the board, they did not have the IBackiag of al! tlie lines and indefinite were granted in most 1 ■ The Alton case was regarded as ■>> most tmiiortant to come before ■p- hoard since the wages of shop were cut, resulting in the Hlrike of July 1. ■ o—■Quarterly Meeting At Antioch Next Sunday ■ Next Saturday and Sunday will be' meeting at the Antioch A business meeting wall he j ■eld at 2:30 o’clock Saturday afterThere will be preaching serv■c p on Saturday evening. Sunday [ ■torning and Sunday evening. Every-| ■tie is welcome to attend any and all l ■f the services. The meetings will be j ■ the charge of the presiding elder, B- I. Huffman. - • ® ieutenant Governor Spoke At Geneva Meet | l lo n- Edgar D. Busn, former lieuienant governor of Indiana was the •rincipal speaker at a republican neetiag held at Geneva last evening, le visited friends here during the dternoon. He is a fluent speaker md has campaigned the state this rear. John H. Peters of Preble township feis a business visitor in the city tutor.

SALE OF FORGET-ME-NOTS HAS BEEN STARTED BY LOCAL COMMITTEE

Although National Forget-Me-Not | l>ay will not ho celebrated until next 1 Saturday, November 4, Thomas Dur ''hi local general chairman, lias appointed several committees consisting of ladies and girls to conduct the Sales ot the forget-nie-uots and the Bale has been started already. The chairmen of the committees are Margaret Smith, of the Delta Thela Tau gorcrity; Mrs. Albert Sellemeyer, of the Tri Kappa sorority; Mrs. Cbaimer Porter, of the Psi lota Xi sorority; Marie Gass of the So-Cha-Itea club; uud Superintendent

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! W. R. C. To Meet On Friday Evening Nov. .‘1 Members of the W. U. ('. will hold their regular meeting on Friday evening, November 3, Instead of Friday j afternoon, as the yearly Inspection I will he held. The meeting will be I held at the (J. A. It. hail and alt ofI fleers and members are urged to at- | tend. The meeting will begin at 7 o'clock. Mrs. Riekel, state officer of j the organization, will make the Inspection and leave the city on the last in- | terurban car Friday night. All mom- | hers are asked to come prepared to ' pay their yearly dues if they have not I <tone so, as the hooks must be bali anced for the year. NAME ELECTION BOARD MEMBERS Republican Precinct Com mitteemen Submit Names For Election Tuesday Names of the Republican members of the election board for next TuesI day have been submitted by the var i ious precinct committeemen. Tht Republicans have three members on the board while the Democrats have four members, by merit of the fact that the latter party had the highest i number of votes in tlie county tot ! secretary of state- at the last election. ; Following are the names of the Republican members: ‘ Decatur, First A—Judge, S. \V.' Petierson; Clerk, Mrs. Hugh Hite. Mrs Joe Linn: Sheriff. Frank Peterson. Decatur, First B —Judge, D. K Shackley; Clerk, Herman Hammond; Sheriff, Aaron Stevens. Decatur Second A —Judge, Dan Sprang; Clerks, Mrs. Krill, Tom Vail. Sheriff, John Andrews. Decatur Second B—Judge. Frank Aurand; Clerk. John Schnitz; Sheriff John Edwards. Decatur Third A —Judge, H. F. Cal low; Clerk, Mrs. Swearingen, Ron Conter: Sheriff, AT Ross.' Decatur Third B—Judge, Floyd Acker; Clerk, Minnie Daniels, Mrs. John Lenhart; Sheriff, Chris Beery. Geneva A—Judge, Harvey Pyle; Clerk. Alva Vorhees; Sheriff, Dan Connor. Geneva B—Judge, Nathan Shop herd; Clerks, Ben Farlow; Mrs ' Chas. Plye; Sheriff. David Minger. N. Preble—Judge, Reed Canton 'Clerk. Ed. Sehwicht; Sheriff, Ru dolph Buuck. S. Preble—Judge, Tlieo. Ewell: Clerk, John Peters; Sheriff, August Peck. E. Root —Judge, J. C. Darkless: Clerk. Raymond Ray; Sheriff, Albert Bailey. W. Root—Judge. D. F. Suntan ! Clerk. C. D. Kunkle; Sheriff, Davit 1 Summers. E. Union—Judge, Howard Allison; j Clerk, Rolan Baily; Sheriff. Chalmet Brodbeck. I N. Kirkland—Judge. Frank W. Spade; Clerk. Ellis W. Squire; Sheriff, Joseph D. Beery. S. Kirkland—Judge, Lawrence | Diehl; Clerk, Ralph Yager; Sheriff. | Fred Zimmerman. ! N. Washington—Judge, Isaac Ever I ett; Clerk. Homer Raudebush; Sheriff. Will Faurote. { S. Washington—Judge, John F. j Hooker; Clerk, Nettie. Busche; Sheriff, Esias Jones. N. St. Marys—Judge, Dessie Johnson; Clerk. Catharine Tumbleson; Sheriff, -J- H. Helm. S. St. Marys—Judge, J. W. Dague; Clerk, Mary McMillen; Sheriff, Bert Johnson. French — Judge, David Wuliiman: ’ Clerk. Emanuel C. Joray; Sheriff, Geo. C. McCune. ' N. Monroe —Judge, Win. Keller: Clerk, Mrs. Lewis Ray; Sheriff, John W. Everhard. 1 Mid. Monroe—Judge, Frank Mock; (Continued on page six!

1 Worthman and Sister Vera who have I charge of the high school girls from the public and parochial schools. Each chairman has appointed ten members of their respective organization to act on the committees. The forget-me-nots are selling for ten cents each or as much more as the purchaser wishes to contribute to the fund which is being raised for the benefit of the disabled American veterans of the World War. The sale will bo continued for the remainder of the week.

MAN HELD FOR j MURDER OF E.J. TISRGN OCT. 19 Out On Bond For $5,000 Awaiting Action By The District Court A NEWSPAPER STORY Father Receives Copy of Madill, Okla., Newspaper Today Further expiaination of the murder of Eugene Tisron, former local man, which occurcd in Madill. Oklahoma on October l!l, is contained in a copy ot the Madill Record. A newspaper published in Madill, which was received here today by John Tisron, father of the slain man. Tlte alleged slayer has been arrested and is out ott $5,000 bond, awaiting action of tlte -district court. Following is the story taken from the Madill Record issue of (Jc tober 26: ‘Charley Reeves, alleged slayer of E. J. Tisron on the night of October 19. was arraigned before J. R. Hearn, justice of the peace, today and held to await action ot' the district court on the charge of manslaughter and allowed bail for the sum of $5,000 “Court convened at 10 o’clock and the state, represented by County Attorney Sneed and special prosecutor Charles A. Coakley of Ardmore, pro sented the evidence of their witnesses and rested at the end of the third. The defense, represented by Kelley and Welch of Madil and W. E. Utter, back, of Durant, presented a part of their witneses in the morning and the remainder in the afternoon. , lloth counsel were allowed the court to present before the judge a few minutes of argument each before Justice Hearn announced the awaiting of the district court on the charge of manslaughter metier , a bpil of $.5,000. Bail was immediately made. ‘Reves shot and almost instantly killed Tisron on'the sidewalk near the post office last Thursday night. Form er difficulties between the two men is said to have led to the fatal meeting on that night.” — OPENS NEW BARBER SHOP Frank Young, well known young man of this city has opened a barber ship in Al Anker's cigar store and invites his friends to call. BIG MEETING IN JEFFERSON TWP, Attendance At Democratic Meeting Last Night Was A Record Breaker The meeting at the Jefferson township high school last evening was a record breaker for attendance at country sections. The big auditorium was crowded to capacity and the evening was an interesting one. Hon. Henry B. Heller called the meeting to order and made a short talk, introducing Judge John M. Smith of Portland who explained the economic conditions in Indiana and told .where we are drifting—into certain bankruptcy. He told of the tendency to centralized government by boards and commissions, how it costs real money and how it takes away from local communities rights which belong to them under the constitution of the United States. ' He appealed to them to vote tlte democratic ticket, the only relief from present conditions and the big crowd remained for the entire speech. • judge Smith will speak here Saturday afternoon with Joint W. Tyndall, candidate for congress and Senator Pat i Harrison. _ • Decatur People Going To 1 Berne Barbecue Tonight i , The democrats of Adams county will gather at Berne this evening for ' a big campaign festival and barbecue. A large delegation will attend from r h er e and you are invited to join them, s Get your car out or go with some one 3 else but get there for you will enjoy r jt. The speakers will be Hon. John a W. Tyndall, candidate for congress e and Hon. L. Ert Slack of ludiauapor jig, former U. S. district attorney and a great campaign speaker.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, November 2, 1922

♦♦+**♦♦♦♦♦*+♦♦♦ '* AMERICAN HISTORY 4 4 DAY BY DAY * 4 By T. P. GREEN 4 4— — + 4 Thursday, November 2 4 4 4 4 Columbus stilled into tlte bar- 4 4 lior of Porto Hello, isthmus of 4 4 Panama, on November 2, 1502. 4 4 — < 4 Washington issued ti farewell 4 4 address to his army, on Novein- 4 4 her 2, 1783. 4 4 — 4 4 Grant started advance on 4 4 Vicksburg front Jackson, on No- 4 4- vent her 2, 1562. 4 4 — 4 4 National Thanksgiving in the 4 4 United States lor Peace, on No- 4 4 vembor 2, 1802. 4 4 — 4 4 American troops captured 4 . 4 eight towns and villages held by 4 4 Germans, on November 2, 1918. 4 4 — 4 4 Terms of Armistice sent by 4 4 United States and Allied Gov- 4 4 eminents to General Diaz of 4 4 Italy let- transmission to the 4 4 Austrians, on November 2. 1918. 4 44444444 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 COMPLETE PLANS FOR BIG RALLY Arrangements Completed For Closing Democratic Rally Here Saturday Plans for the closing rally here Saturday afternoon are being com pleted. The Decatur Electric hand will give a concert in front of tlte court house beginning about 1:15 p. m. The meeting will be called to order at two o’clock by County Chairman J. Fred Fruchte -who will introduce Hon. Janies R. Flemming of Portland, democratic chairman of ilie eighth district who will preside. John W. Tyndall will make the op ening speech and as lie is the candi date for congress, first to have that honor from this county, the voters will want to hoar him. Judge John Smith of Portland will follow with an interesting hour on taxes, boards and commissions and the centralization of power. A committee will leave here at noon Saturday for Bluffton to accompany Senator Pat Harrison to this city and will arrive about 3:30 p. m., the senator speaking as soon as he arrives. He is one of the great orators of America and for months has led the fight against tlte stand palters in the senate. Every one should hear him. A committee from Fort Wayne will meet him here and esto that city for an evening meeting. o Profit At Reformatory During Month, October Indianapolis. Ind., Nov. 2. —(Specia to Daily Democrat)—The manufaetur ing trade school of tiie Indiana re formatory received $10,085.97 more than it spent for its products during October according to a report filed today with State Auditor Oliver. The farm department of the re t formatory cleared $788.51. ORVILLE RAMSEY DIED IN DELPHOS i Former Adams County Res- , ident Was Victim Os A Paralytic Stroke C Mr. and Mrs. John H. Williams rer ceived word this morning that their grandson, Orville Ramsey, age thirtyi seven years, had died at his home in Dephos, Ohio. Death occured at t 5:15 this morning following a stroke of paralysis on last Friday. Mr. Ramsey was born and raised in Adams county. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. It. Ramsey, reside at Tocsin, t The deceased was married and lias been employed in the Clover Leaf rail- ’ road shops in Delphos for some time. I Mr. Ramsey is survived by his par- ' ents eight brothers and sisters, and II ills grandparents. He had no children. e 0 y 444444444444444 n + WEATHER 4 4* 4* 4* 1 INDIANA —Fair and somewhat cooly er tonight: Friday Increasing cloudiness, cooler in nortU portion.

DIVORCE CASE WAS HEARD IN i COURT TODAY | Divorce, Alimony and For- , mer Name Granted To Edna M. Largent OTHER COURT NEWS ; Judgments Granted; Pro- . ceedings Held In Sev- i eral Other Cases A divorce and alimony in the sunt of slon was granted by Judge Moran ' in the circuit court this morning to Edna M. Largent from Harvey C. Largent. The court ordered Mr. Largent to pay the fees of the plaintiff’s attorney ami restored the plaintiff's former name of Edna M. Windle. The 1 defendant did not appear to contest the divorce proceedings. Judgment in the sunt of $594.10 was granted to the Koehler company this morning in its suit on notes and nr account against Thomas Dowling 1 The sum of $234.10 of the total judg 1 ment, is without relief. D. B. Erwin ' was the attorney for the plaintiff. In the case of the state ex rel George s W. Cramer and Charles Martin against ‘ Martin Gerke, trustee of Root town 1 ship, petition for mandamus, Attornej I C. J. Lutz has appeared for the d? 1 fendant. The court ruled the defen 1 dunt to answer absolute by Novem her 2. In the case of John W. Hill, e> parte petition for admission to the Adams County Bar, Lewis C. DeVosi has appeared and demanded that tht cause be tried before a jury. The case of Harvey Riesen against Larance Durkin, suit on an account and to foreclose a lien, has been dis missed and the costs paid. The defendants in the case of the Berne Lumber company and the Berm Hardware company, against the Mon roe Home Store, have filed separate answers in one paragraph. The de fendant Menno S. Liechty has filed 6 separate cross-complaint in one para graph. The court ruled against th* plaintiffs and all of the defendant: except the cross-complainant, to an swer to the cross-complaint. The de fendants have filed their answer ts the cross-complaint. The final report in the estate of Ja cob Groh was filed and approved to day and the administrator, F. W. Mo sure, was discharged. FATHER OF LOCAL WOMAN IS DEAD John Zeller Died in Ohio: Mas Father Os Mrs. Frank Barthol John Zeller, of Mansfield, Ohio, fa ther of Mrs. Frank Barthol of this city, died Wednesday according to a message received by Mrs. W. A. Kueb ter. Mr. Zeller was about sixty-five years of age and death was caused b\ Bright's disease from which he suffered for sometime. Tlte deceased was known in this city and the many friends of the family will regret to learn of his death. Three daughters, besides Mrs. Barthol survive, they being, the Misses Ollie and Mayme Zeller and Mrs. Bert Ault of Akron. Air. Barthol left last night for Mansfield to attend the fit- ' ueral which will be held Friday morn ing at Mansfield. Mrs. Barthol has been at the bedside of her father the past week, being called there when lie became seriously ill. H. E. Bovine To Speak To Industrial Association L ———. ' Mr. H. E. Bovine, secretary of the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, 1 will speak to the members of the De--1 catur Industrial Association and their ' friends at the Industrial room tonight. 1 Special notices have been sent by the secretary to all members of the Association urging them to attend the meeting tonight which will be the 1 regular monthly meeting. Mr. Bovine is recognized as a leader in community aud civic welfare and his address tonight is expected k to he of great interest to the local k business aud professional men who k are interested in the welfare of Decatur and community. ' Tlte meeting will start at 7:30 o’clock. I

Prominent Railroad Man Found Dead In His Car Philadelphia, Nov. 2. Thomas l)e-| Witt Cuyler, 68, chairman of the As-| soclatlon of Railroad Executives, was \ found dead in the private car of Pres-i ident Rea of the Pennsylvania railroad, here today. Cuyler, who was a director of the Pennsylvania railroad and counsel for many big corporations, was in Rochester, N. Y„ last night, and came to this city in Rea's business car. A porter twice knocked on Cuyler's state room this morning to arouse '■ him and upon receiving no response, summoned Dr. Beeney, u railroad physician. Dr. Beeney pronounced Cuyler dead. LOCALS TO PLAY AT KENDALLVIL'E ■■ The Decatur A. A. Football Team To Play Kendallville Oaks Nov. 2(> Arrangements were completed thisj morning whereby the Decatur A. A. j football team will go to Kendallville to play the Kendallville Oaks on November 26. This is the first game scheduled by the local team since its organization about one week ago. The management of the local team is negotiating with tlte Bryan, Ohio. Inde pendents for a game before the Ken dallville game hut no contract has been reached yet. The Kendallvile Oaks have played a number of good games this season They’ve played Garrett, Fort Wayne, teams, and several Ohio teams. They were defeated recently by the Garrett team. The money which the local team derives from the Kendallville game will he turned over to the high school athletic association, it was stated today. The A. A.’s will hold a skull practice at the gymnasium tonight and a large turnout of candidates is expected. The management urges all candidates t< he present as it is necessary to niastei the principles of the game before pro gTess can be made on the field. An out door practice will he held on Ahr's Field at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon Between fifteen and twenty candidates have been attending tlte skull prac tics. The material for a team is said to be good and all that is needed is several good practices. — • Says U. S. Intends To Stay Out Os League Os Nations By A. L. BRADFORD United Press Staff Correspondent Copyright, 1922, By United Press Washington, Nov. 2. —The United States intends to remain independent of the league of nations. This is one of the prime considerations that this government lias in mind as President Harding and Secretary of State Hughes are conducting negotiations designed to make America an official party to the permanent court of international justice, commonly known as the world court. Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 2. —Former Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, democratic presidential candidate in 1920, shortly will reply to the administration's proposed program for American participation in the world court, he announced here today. “We have had International law, blit no court to enforce it, until the league of nations came into existence,” said Cox. “Secretary Hughes, said, in substance, that he belieyes a way would he found for the United States to enter the world court. “What he meant was that the republican administration has been unable to find any way to stay out.”

THIEVES STOLE TIRES; DETECTED AND ARE ORDERED TO REPLACE THEM

Monday evening, while W. L. Sipe : of near Wilishire, O , was attending ; the revival meetings at the Bethel church east of Berne his Ford touring . car was stolen. Evidently the thieves ■ who took the car were more in need • of tires than of a car, for the Ford was left standing along the road near ■ the T. M. Parr farm. Both rear tires bad been taken off of the car. Mr. i Sipe bad bis car returned to him the i next day. I Evidently the fellows who took tho 1 car aud stole the tires did not realize ) the trouble they were inviting upon - themselves. The thieves were not ; aware ot the fact that a farmer happened to detect their strange actions

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LARGE MURDER TRIAL WILL BE STARTED SOON Trial Os Men Charged M’ith Participation In Herrin Massacre FORTY-EIGHT ARE HELD Belief Is That About FortyTwo Os The Cases Will Be Nolled Marlon. 111.. Nov. 2—The greatest i murder trial in recent history, from I the standpoint of indictments, brutal- ' ity and national prominence begins ' here on Wednesday of next week I when those charged with participation in the "Herrin massacre” are brought before the bar of Justice. Forty-eight men, mostly union min- ! era, all indicted for the murder of one man, will he tried first, i They are charged with killing i Howard Hoffman, a non-union work|or of Huntington, Ind. Hoffman was ' one of six strikebreakers at the Lest- ! or strip mine who were roped togeth- ' er during the fatal clash last June 2 b marched to the Herrin cemetery and shot and stabbed. He died in the Herrin hospital the following day. Twenty-three men were killed during tlte bitter mine war. The general belief in Marion is, that because of the large number of preemtory challenges l'orty-eight defendants would permit each side, the state will, when the trial opens, move to nolle about forty-two of the cases. That would reduce the number of defendants to six and limit the number of jurors each side could excuse, without giving cause, to 120 each. A. W. Kerr, chief counsel for the United Mine workers, today refused to outline in any way the plans of the defense. Local mine officials, however, intimated that the defense will contend and attempt to prove a counter conspiracy. !* will probably attempt to show that the strikebreakers who were killed had conspired against those who are living and who are charged with the murders. The defense believes that State's Attorney Delow Duty and Attorney General Brttndage will attempt to prove that the miners facing trial formed a conspiracy and went to the strip mine determined to kill the nonunion men who were mining coal during the strike. In all 434 indictments were returned by Uie special grand jury which probed the massacre. Os these 205 were for murder, 116 for conspiracy and 103 for assault to commit murder The indictments are against 77 individuals. 55 of whom face one or more charges of murder. W. R. C. MEETING TO BE HELD TOMORROW NIGHT The inspection of the W. R. C. will :be Held tomorrow evening at seven o’clock at the G. A. It. hall. All officers and members are requested I to be present. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our neighbors and ! friends for the kindness and assisti j .lance shown us during the sickness land death of our son and brother. j 0 Claims W ood Chopping Record At Age Os 94 i | Rarwlll, Nov. 2.—James Bullers. 94. I daily rides a bicycle between his home land the business district of Larwill. -1 He also claims the wood chopping record for anyone more than 75 years of (age residing in northern Indiana.

and watched the thieving, without their knowledge. The thieves may have thought it fun to pull tires off, but they will find someone having fun. pulling them unless they return the same at once, Mr. Sipe. says. The guilty parties may leave the tires with Dick Parr if they do not care to face Mr. Sipe, but if the tires are not returned in a short time the men are warned that they will have to face someone beyond Mr. Sipe. U is ex pected that Mr. Sipe will soon again have all parts of his Ford, as the thieves were caught in the act and afforded much amusement for the one who saw them.