Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 263, Decatur, Adams County, 8 November 1922 — Page 1

■| Ul nc XX. Number 262

DEMOCRATS WIN A NATIONAL VICTORY

IYNDALL AND VESTAL IN ILOSE RACE IN DISTRICT

I The race for congress was so close between John \\ . Tyndall. Hnocrat, and Albert H. Vestal, present congressman, republi- ■ that the oliicial vote may be necessary to decide it. [ Indications at two o’clock this morning were that Tyndall ■d won by a small margin. Vestal carried Randolph and Delecounties while Tyndall took Adams, Wells, Jay and MadiK The vote estimated on partial unofficial returns from these follows:

■unties iohows; Tyndall Vestal Hams 2,800 ; ■di son 1,200 ■ndolph 2.300 ■tils 1,200 county swept back to her , ■ democratic place, electing every K on the ticket by a splendid ma ■iiy and most of the township off! ■. West t’nion came in early with i Bold fashioned vote followed a few Biuies later by Ceylon and North At two o’clock with twentyBe. precincts in Tyndall was lead ■ Vestal in this county by over j jlp t and with ten precincts out it K, d as though his majority would to near the 3,000 mark. ■ll the democratic candidates were ! over and added to this the from all parts of the country a general landslide to principles made those of Bt party happy. returns were received at this i ■-,> by special wires, thrown on a across the street and sent to ■jsoeratic and republican headqnarBte The crowd remained untn this seeking information, parin the congressional race ■ only one which still seemed in t. Cowan was elected trustee of ■shington township by a large inanity; Dettinger won in Kirkland: |Bti>n in Root, and the democrats » ;e<l The trustee in nearly all the several not being report- ■ Further details of the election ■l the official vote will be given in ■dnesday evening’s paper. Becond Ward B —Trustee: Mills. H Cowan 118. Birst Ward A—Trustee: Cowan, B Mills, 175. Assessor: Cline 2G4. Monroe—Trustee: Hilty, 31, Httax 94. Assessor: Rich 87. 9 o Brt Wayne To Welcome I Father Thiele’s Return Bort Wayne, Nov. 7 —After a tour ■ Europe occupying nearly four Bnths. the Rev. Charles H. Thiele, Ht ■ttor of St. Peter’s Catholic church. B his companion, the Rev. Julius ■ Seimetz, rector of St. Mary’s Buch, Decatur, will arrive in Fort Bone at 11:30 o’clock Wednesday Brning. The Rev. Nicholas HueinB>’. the first assistant at St. Peter's ■i“ is acting pastor, has received a ■Assage announcing that the two ■lests reached New York at the ■on hour on Saturday. ■Arrangements are under way for al Belcome home and a delegation will ■ent the returning priests at the j ■■nnsylvania depot. Those on the, ■ception committee will include a ■unber of the local clergy, trustees, ■mmitteemen and members in genfa I of St. Peter's church, besides ■her friends. Escorted to St. Peter’s fciory in autos, the school children! fill turn out for a welcoming de-i ■onstration. Father Thiele and the ■ccatur rector sailed for Europe, July I and reutrning left Rotterdam on 9 ( ‘ S. S, Dyndam, October 25. —o SUIT ON NOTE ■A suit on a note was filed in the circourt today by the Commercial ■lust company' against the Cardwell ■ave company. Judgment in the I pun of $1,700 is demanded. Fruchte I ■io I.itterer are attorneys for the ■aintiff. H ♦♦ + ♦♦ + ♦♦ + ♦♦♦ WEATHER + ++ + +++ + + ++ + + | INDIANA— Fair tonight and Wed■esday; aligbtly cooler in extreme forth portion tonight.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

IS RECOMMENDED FOR POSTMASTER O. A. Potter, Recommended By Mr. Vestal, For Geneva Post mastership Mr. O. A. Potter, of Geneva, has i been recommended by Congressman Albert H. Vestal, for the position of ipostmaster of Geneva. Mr. I’otter reiceived word from Mr. Vestal last FriI day stating that he had recommended I him to President Harding that day ; He does not know when the appointintent will be made by President Hard ' ing. Mr. Potter is at present a ten her in ' the Berne schools. He received one 'of the highest grades in the. civil sir vice examination held in Berne last i July. Eight applicants took the ex,amination. The present jc-linas'- r is W. W. Briggs, who was appointed byPresident Wilson. His Prm expired Hast September. GREENHOUSE TO BE BUILT HERE G. W. Stump Starts Work On New Building In West .Part Os The City Decatur is to have another greenhouse. Work was started today by Mr. G. W. Stump formrely of North Judson and Peru. Indiana, on the erection of a greenhouse on Nuttman Avenue, west of the General Electric and . Reppert property. < (Continued on page three)

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PAGEANT TO BE PRESENTED AT DECATUR CHURCH Members Os Presbyterian Church To Give Pageant Tomorrow Night FIFTY IN THE CASTE Local People Compose The Caste Entirely; No Admission Charge Tomorrow evening a pageant en titled "The Striking of America's t Hour." will be given at the Presbyterian church. Under the able direction of Mrs. Chas. Knapp the caste lias been chosen and drilled and a creditable performance is assured. The pageant is given as the fourth number of the Church School of Mis ions and will be of interest because jdl parts are being taken by local people. Almost fifty are included in iho production. This pageant has been staged in a number of large cities with notable stm-ess. In Chicago recently where it was given for a week it drew thou ’ sands. Many authorities have agreed that it is the most impressive work of its kind which has been written tor years. The caste is made up of the follow ing: Prologue—Geraldine Everett. Spirit of Brotherhood —Helen Koch er. Liberty—Helen Everett. Justice —Florence Biggs. Trumpeters Esther Biggs. Anna Jane Day. Egypt—Mrs. Frisinger. Babylon Mary Patterson. Greeye—Mrs. P. R. Horton. Romo—Mrs. Joint IL Schug. A’Morh-a - Mrs. Hugh Hite. Hand .Maidens —IL-t'y Erwin. Ma> garet Frisinger. Eleanor Pumphrey, Clarice Andrews. Indian —Gerald Cole. Negro —Hugh Hite. Immigrants—Mary Patterson. Elvenia Lowe. Helen Christen. Clyde Myers. Robert Frisinger, Donald Waite: Working Children— Petty linger, lames Engeler. Betty Hoffman, Rob -i t Hite, Richard Schug. Helen Rayl. Foreign Nations China. Margaret lane Hoffman: India. Lucille Engle; lapan, Geraldine Everett: Korea, Mary Macklin; Africa, Mary K. Schug; Mohammedan, Gretchen Kocher. (Continued on page three)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Morning, Novembers, 1922.

Kirkland High School Freshmen Hold Party — i T u ‘ I*lie Freshman class of Ixirklanii high school held their .class party at the home of MfJ anti Mrs. George Bright, of Pdtetsoii...Thursday evening. The horhe writs decorated in the : class colors, pir.k and white. The evening was spent in playing games and music. A weinie and marshmallow roast was enjoyed. Those present were their teacher, Mrs. Myers, and Mr. Myers; Gretchen Beery, Irene Kirchner, Lorlr.e. Kirchner, Leila Slickman. Helen Parrish, June Kirchner, Susie Zimmer man, Flossie Shady, Evelyn Zimmer-’ I man, Beulah Beery, May Stoneburn '-r, Helen Beery, Jennie Zimmerman Hope Byerly, Berline Zimmerman, Oscar Hohman, William Byron, Lowell Arnold, Homer Yaney. Alfred Heller, Gerald Grandstaff, Walter Smith, Herman Sautbine, Edgar Zimmerman, Larwell Shady, Floyd Arnold, and Roy Slicknian. IDEAL WEATHER. BRINGS LARGE VOTE TO POLLS Heavy Vote Being Cast In County And City Today; Many Women Vote LITTLE EXCITEMENT Outcome Os Election In The State In Doubt; Both Parties Claim Victory Approximately- one half of the reg istered voters in each of the precincts of Decatur had cast their votes at noon today. Reports from over , the county and district indicated that an exceptionally large vote was being cast. Although the excitement and noise which usually accompanies a presi- i lential election was missing, the voters manifested much interest in the election today as was manifested by the vote. The women, especially, were taking a great interest, probably the largest number voting here that has voted since women suffrage became a law. In a few of the pre- i cinets more women than men had voted at noon. The ideal weather probably hail much to do with the large vote, | Party workers wore busy all day getting their vote out to the polls. The isual rush between three o'clock and : Hie time the polls close is expected (Continued on page three)

MANY BODIES REMOVED FROM WRECKED MINE Little Hope Os Recovering Any More Entombed Miners Alive i MANY KEEP VIGIL Thousands Stand About The ' Shaft All Night As Res- i cue Workers Toil Johnstown, Penna., Nov. 7 —The | death toll at Reilly mine at Spang-' ler has been unofficially fixed at 82 | witli 33 injured, several of them so badly that they may die. Sixty live | bodies have been recovered. Fifty : seven have been identified and it is r believed that 17 are still in the mini ]' the most authorative figures showing that 188 entered the death mine yeserday morning. Three escaped uninjured. Os the eight bodies still iden titled it is believed that several may ' never be recognized by relatives. Many of the men were so badly mutilated and burned that recognition is practically impossible. Rescue men are still at work in the mine splashing around in knee-de“p water in many places in search for ' bodies. Since early this morning no ! more men have been found alive and * hope for saving any who might be in the workings have been abandoned Johntown, Pa.. Nov. 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Fifty-one bodies, have been recovered from the Reilly mine, wrecked yesterday by an explosion of gases, it was announced today as rescue workers continued to, clear away debris. Fifty more bodies are believed lying in the ruined workings of the shaft Hope that survivors other ' than those rescued yesterday will be found has been practically abandoned Thirty-one men who were brought from the shaft suffering from injur ies and more dead than alive from poisonous gases, were in Spangler, Pa., hospitals. Several first aid men are also recovering from exhaustion and gases. Mine company officials today still refused to give out details of the ex plosion or make public a list of employes in the workings. As near as can be estimated about 140 men were in the mine. Os these about 39 were rescued alive though - badly injured. With the 51 bodies re(Continued on page three)

RALSTON HOLDS DIG LEAD IN RAGE FOR SENATOR

Indianapolis, Nov. B—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Albert J. Beveridge whittled Samuel Ralston's lead over him in the Indiana senatorial race from more than 11,000 down to 6,059 with returns received from 1.320 precincts at 1 a. m. today. The count stood Ralston 232.175, Beveridge 225.610. Republican headquarters here were standing by saying little. They conceded nothing. Their hope lay in the farming districts to be heard from and they expected this farm, vote io carry them

VOTING MACHINE TAMPERED WITH Election Commissioners In Delaware County Discover Crooked Work Muncie, Ind., Nov. 7. —After all vot ing machines in Delaware county had been otlieiaHy tested, election commissioners were advised late Monday night that three machines in Muncie precincts had been tampered with. An inspection showed one had been fixed to start voting at fifty for one senatorial candidate, another at fifty below zero for the opposition candidate and a lever on the third machine was broken so it would fail to register for one candidate. The commissioners spent the entire night inspecting all machinery in the county. Voting began light this morning. Indications pointed to one of the lightest votes in recent years. The women's ballot will be smaller than anticipated. FARMED VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA — t Frank Siegrist, Os French Township, Died Early Sunday Morning Frank Siegrist. age 33 years, well known farmer of French township, living 6’2 miles northwest of Berne, died Sunday morning at 4:20 at his home. The death of Mr. Siegrist came as a great shock to the community, as few people had known of his seri(Continued on page three) -

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' safely through, battering down the democratic majority. Democratic headquarters on the other hand said the setback was only temporary and maintained that the final count would show Ralston winner by at least 25,000 plurality. New York—The big republican majority in the house and senate piled up by the 1920 land slide were all -that saved the republicans from being hurled from their control ot <":igress in Tuesday’s flection. . As it is the democratic landslide 1 of 1922 is almost as great as the reP'lhbcan one in 1:120. In the face ofurgent appeals from administration I'aders including all members of the . cabinet for a vote of confidence in the Harding p ouram available roti.’is from the country show increasing democratic gelim. The republicar..; will probably continue in control of both houses but much more slender majorities than during the past two years. Senator Lodge ot Massachusetts faces possible defeat. President Harding's home town, Marion. Ohio led in the uprising against republican control giving Vic Donahey democratic candidate for governor of Ohio nearly 400 more votes than Carmi Thompson. Harding's close friend and republican candidate. The extent of the democratic victory was tipified by the result in Rhode Island where democrats put their entire ticket in office for the first time in the state's history. In the 19 republican senatorial seats at stake nearly half of them were in jeopardy in the face of returns received up to an early hour today. The republican repulse followed one of the most aggressive campaigns the G. O. P. ever made. Secreta-y H'lghes was sent info New York to help Governor Miller. Hughes being considered strong with the New York voters. Miller was swept out of office and Al Smith was swept in. Hughes was sent to Massachusetts to help Senate- Lodge. Returns show Lodge on the brink of defeat and cerI tain to_win by a slender nlargin if he wins at all. Hughes gave out a statement of the Newberry case in- ' t-miled to help Senator Frelinghuy- ' sen and Calder. Both were defeated. Democrats Claim Eight Districts Indianpolis Besides claiming Ralston's election Walter Chambers, democrats state chairrnah. issued the following statement: "We have carried eight congre - sionul ditsricts certainly with indi- : cations strongly in our favor in two more anil a close race in another.' Indianapolis Ralston increased his plurality to 11,8‘)4 over Beveridge as returns came in from 1,208 precincts out of 3,500 in Indiana. Ralston; 221,548; Beveridge 209,744. Laporte Fourteen out of (10 proI cinets In Laporte county gave Beveridge 3,081 and Ralston 1,794. Eight precincts gave Congressman Hickey 1,171 and Esther O'Keefe 947. Fort Wayne With returns from two-thirds of th n precincts it was indicated tonight that Ralston will carry Allen county by at b ast 3,00'>. Forty-nine out of 72 precincts gave Ralston 12.951 and Beveridge 10,499. Fairfield seeking re-election to congress from the twelfth district on the republican ticket will lose Allen county by 3.000. Forty-nine precincts gave him 10.429 as compared with 12,059 for Branstrator the dinnocrati-' candidate. The entire democratic ticket will be elected in Allen county, republican leaders conceded late tonight. Chawfordsville—Twenty-two out >f 2d precincts in Montgomery gave Ralston 6,480 and Beveridge 6,345. Indianapolis—Albert J. Beveridge (Continued on page three) 1