Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 263, Decatur, Adams County, 8 November 1922 — Page 2

□me XX. Number 263

DEMOCRATS WIN THROUGHOUT NATION

INURE COUNTY TICKET ILECTED: BIGJAJORITIES

I Adams county elected the entire democratic county ticket |Kd eleven of the twelve township trustees, gave John Tyndall of nearly 2.G00 and Samuel M. Ralston for United senator a handsome plurality. The entire state ticket carthe county by a large majority, as is shown in the official I The defeat of Mr. Tyndall was a real disappointment to his ■musands of friends and acquaintances in this county, hut the

vote given him at home wHrnelv repays him for the esHe made a wonderful race. Cr rying four of the six counties losing only because of the republican majorities in and Delaware coun- ■ first returns in this county from West Union precinct at Bin,, o'clock, followed a few minutes hUr by Ceylon and North Preble, showed the trend and from that until this morning the news was: ■worable to the democrats. ■Close township races in several of th, townships were won by the demoKpts, excepting in St. Mary’s town-' slip, where Mrs. Bowen won over Mr. by a few votes. The election reflects the mind of the peoand a protest against conditions' 'jSlsting just now. The vote in this | cainty was lighter than expected, a in nearly every precinct fail- ' to take advantage of the opportakity to vote. The total vote cast tor th, senatorship was 7,331 which was less than the registration of .9.The lack of interest is account for by some, from the fact that, women who registered at home ■referred not to go to the polls to, IB"'' ■lt was a warm election in many and the township contests no brought out a number who otherwise have not been inter■For a time last evening it was be | Mr. Tyndall had wou for conbut hope was dispelled this by the later news which small majorities in the coun- 1 ■os he carried outside Adams, while estimated majorities for Vestal ■ Randolph and Delaware was in- ■ The returns from some of the pre ■pi ts here did not come in until this Morning, but at three o’clock returns all but five precincts were in. same conditions existed in other ■tunties and the official tabulations ■ere not announced in Delaware, ■andolph, Jay and Madison until this ■ternoon. o BULLETINS ■ New York, Nov. B—The fight for. Bontrol of the next house of representatives developed today into a nip and j ■ick contest as returns from Tues-; Bay’s election showed the democrats: ■ding up more gains in congressional districts. I The democrats gained 71 seat Jhr.carding to figures from 20 states ■n which the principal contests ocBured. This would leave them but 16 jvotes short of controling the next ’house of representatives, a majority B>f which is 218, I Where the control would finally Jest was in doubt as the returns pvere still fragmentary from some ■ect ons and incomplete in nearly all (states. There was no doubt however Rthat the democrats had virtually wipJ u out the republican majority of 168 |ln the present house. i San Francisco, Nov. B—The wets |wcn in California's referendum on [ Volstead act, returns show today. ! >he Wright bid placing the Vol- ’ s-ead act in effect on the statute was ■apparently rejected by a two to one |vote. j St. Paul, Nov, B—Dr. Henrick Ship. |«tead, non-partisan, maintained a lead |of nearly 16,000 over Frank Kellogg Boi the U. S. senatorship in tabulaBtionc at noon. 1 Magnus Johnson, non-partisan, (ContGiueT oß~f>ag*.~rty«j

DECATUR OAII.Y DEMOCRAT

I ——• MERCER AVENUE GETSORNAMENT I STREET LIGHTS , Signed Petition Presenter To City Council By The Property Owners OTHER COUNCIL NEWS City Council Held A Short Session Last Night; Few Important Matters ' Ornamental street lights will !>• ■erected on both sides of Mercer ave nue, baginning at the intersection < Winchester and Second streets, soul, 'to the Chicago and Erie railroad cros lug, a petition for this improvemen being filed by eighteen property owi. ers with the city last evening. The petition was referred to th electric light committee with power t act ttnd Councilman George KrkT I chairman, stated that a meeting o the committee and City Attorney J Fred Fruchte would probably be hel this evening and steps taken toward the installing of the light system. The cost of erecting the lights wi’ be assessed against the abutting pr< petty owners, each property owne paying his share of the costs accord ing to the frontage along the street 'A post similar to the ones to be erect ied along the street now stands i fron of the W. A. Klepper residence. Other Council Proceedings Property owners along North Setenth street signed waivers in th amount of $333881.81 ami a resolntio -was passed atthorizing the issuing c improvement bonds in that amount t the contractors. The matter of erecting signs o> Second street was dismissed ami th matter referred to the board of safety The purchasing committee was em powered to purchase wire for the rm ning of a large voltage wire to th' General Electric company building The present line is not heavy enoug to carry the load of amount of cm i rent demanded by the G. E. company Fire chief Amos Fisher reportei that the lire hydrant connections were lof standard size and did not have t I lie changed in order to standardize them. The finance committee allowec the following bills and the meeting ad journed. Plant Pay roll. $36.00; Water Dept pay roll, $123.24; Schafer litiw. Co. $13.88; Yost Bros.. $2.75; Wayfit Belt ing Co., $3.43; Gamon Meter Co.. $222 .50; Ft. Wayne Oil Co., 88c; Protective Elee. Supply Co., $54.74; Standarc Oil Co.. $48.00; National Mill & Supply Co., $34.74; Wayne Belting Co., $1.32; Tribbey Coal Co., $783.75; Westing bouse Elec. Co., $5.84; .General Elec. (Continued on page five) t + + + + < t .J. + ■!• + <"<• + 1 + V/EATHER 4 + + ♦♦<• + ♦ + •!• + + + + + 4 INDIANA—Fair tonight and Thlirs day; not much change in temperature. Kosciusko Fanners Also Protest Against Hunting Warsaw. Nov. B.—With nearly 200 hunters already licensed in Kosciusko county this jtear, farmers by the scores are protesting trespassing on their lands. Twenty to 25 signatures are attached to adverisements appear ing in newspapers and warning hunters against trespassing.

VESTAL IS RE-ELECTED

FANS COIN! TO BLUFFTON GAME Large Delegation Os Local Boosters To Accompany H. S. Football Team One of the largest delegations ot I fans that ever accompanied a local high school athletic team on a trip, is expected to follow the Yellow Jackets to Bluffton next Friday. Owing to the improvement shown by the Bluffton football team recently, a good game is expected when the two rivals meet Friday. Using Bluffton formations, the sei one! team succeeded in scoring against the varsity in practice yesterday evening. A strenuous practice was held which lasted until after dark. Wittgenfelt, star left end, is out of the city on business, it is said, and may not be back in time for the game Friday. In case he is not here, Macklin, who is recovering from an injured leg. will likely be used at end. He has been showing up well at that position this week. White, who played left tackle at Marion last Friday, will likely be used at that position again Friday. Smith is not in good condition yet. and likely will not be used in the Bluffton game. Coach Moore announced today that Jack Teeple, star backfield player, who lost a portion of the thumb on his right hand while working in the manual training department at -school yesterday, wopld he able to pla'y'Yidxt Frtcthy. Waiter Geller, of Fort Wayne, who has referred several games here, will referee it Bluffton Friday. o MAYFIELD FACES FIGHT I’N TEXAS Opponents Plan To Keep Newly Elected Senator Out Os Senate Uy Jack R. Hornaday I lilted Press stntr CorrexiHinclent Dallas, Tex., Nov. B.— (Special to tally Democrat) — Another light igainst alleged excessive expenditure n a senatorial campaign with the Ki {lux Klan issue injected for good neasure, was planned hei'e today, fol owing the election of Earle B. May leld, democratic candidate for Unitec Rates senator. TJie battle to keej Mayfield out of the senate will prob ibly be fought in the Texas courts ind on the senate floor, according to I. B. Creager, state republican chair nan and personal friend of President 'larding. Litigation to keep Mayfield's name rfT the ballot continued until the evt >f the election, when a supreme court •tiling wiping out all injunctions igainst him was handed down—too 'ate to get him on the ticket in man} counties. The fight against him was based on illeged excessive expenditure in his irimary campaign and the jury in me of the injunction trials, latet iverruled, found him guilty of the charge. "Tlie course we will take in the courts of Texas, should action there be deemed advisable, will be deter minned by our lawyers,”- said Greager in an exclusive statement to the United Press today. “But T can any positively that we will carry the mat ter of seating Mayfield to the floor of the United States senate." Greager attacked the state attorney general for ruling George h. B. Poddy's name off the ballot, which was done because the coalition candidate was nominated in convention and not by primary. "The exclusion ot Peddy’s name from the ballot was an act ot political piracy which, if committed by the republican party in any republican state, would have resulted in its overwhelming defeat." Creager declared. (Continued on page two)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, November 8, 1922

JOHN TYNDALL LOSES IN RACE > FOR CONGRESS Large Majorities In Delaware And Randolph Cause Os Defeat HE MAKES FINE RACE » —■■■ .1. . ■ 1 Carries Four Counties And Receives Large Majority In This County John W. Tyndall, democrat, Adams I county citizen, was defeated for con gress in the Eighth district, Tuesday. ■ by a majoritiy estimated at three o'clock this afternoon to be 3,500 to 4.000.. Returns coming in today showed a steady loss in those counties for Tyndall and a gain in the Randolph and Delaware carried heavily by Ves tai. Tyndall carried four counties, Adams, Jay, Madison and Wells, but in Jay and Madison the margin was very close, while the two counties car ried by Vestal gave him a majority ol more than 4,000. The vote as near a* it could be tabulated by majorities this afternoon was: County Tyndall Vesta Adams 2,579, Jay 150 Wells 922 .Madison 77<7 Delaware ... 4,000 Randolph .. 3.500 1 rTotals 4.427 7,500 Estimated majority tor Vestal i--3,073. The above votes are official as t< Adams and Wells, complete but un official as to Jay and estimated as to Madison. Delaware and Randolph where the vote has not been complet ly canvassed. Probabilities are that any changes would be, however, ir favor of Mr. Vestal, according to re ports from newspapers in those coun ties. Tile vote given Mr. Tyndall hen waJ 4- splendid one and is deeply ap predated. His friends who knew him best voted for him loyally. In Jay county he was the only man on tin democratic county ticket to have •> majority and in all the counties he made a good showing in comparison with the other candidates. o + 4- + + + + + + + + + + +4‘4 + Following is the list of county + + officers elected in Adams county ♦ yesterday. Every one is a dem ❖ ocrat: ♦ •fr Prosecuting Attorney <• 4- E. BURT LENHART * 4- Joint Senator ♦ 4- GEORGE L. SAUNDERS * 4> Joint Representative + + THI’RMAN A. GOTTSCHALK * 4- Clerk Adams Circuit Court 4- JOHN E. NELSON 44- County Treasurer + 4- LOUIES KLEINE * 4* County Sheriff + + JOHN BAKER . 4 + County Coroner 44- L. L. MATTAX 44- County Surveyor •> 4- DICK BOCH 44- County Assessor 4> 4- WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN 4« ♦ ♦♦4-****4** + 4** ALLENW.ROSS EXPIRED TODAY Local Citizen Died At Son’s Home Early This Morning; 111 Two Weeks Allen Wilson Ross, age 71 years, died at the home of his son Charles, at 806 North Third street, at 9:10 o'clock this morning, following an illness of about two weeks with neuri(Continued on page six)

MANY SENATORS | AND GOVERNORS . Democrats Gain Several State Executives And U. S. Senators H alted Pre»« Servlee.l New York, Nov. 8.- (Special tc Dully Democrat )-r-Democrat< gaineu eight or nine governorships in Tuesi day's elections, returns today indicated. The gains were registered in | New York. Arizona, New Hampshire. Ohio. Oregon. Rhode Island, and Ten nessee. with a democratic victory posible in Kansas. Returns now avail able show the following governor, elected: Alabama—W. W. Brandon, demo - crat. Arizona—George W. F. Hunt, demo 1 crat. Arkansas —Thomas C. Mcßae, dem ocrat. California —Friend W. Richardson republican. Colorado —Benjamin. Griffith, reptth lican. Connecticut —Charles A. Templeton republican. Georgia—Clifford N. Walker, demo crat. Idaho —Charles C. Moore, republi can. lowa —N. E. Kendall, republican. Kansas —J. N. Davis, democrat (probable). Massachusetts —Channing N. Cox republican. Michigan—Alexander J. Groesbacl . . - (Continued on page four) o TOWNSHIP RAGES ARE VERY CLOSE Mrs. Susie Bowen Elected Trustee Os St. Mary’s Township I The hottest races in Tuesda 's elec tion in the county were for the elec tion of township' trustees and asses | sors. the successful candidate in St | Marys township winning out by onl) , 6 votes, while in Jefferson townshir the margin was only two. The demo , crats elected 11 of the 12 townshi] trustees and nine of the assessors. | In Union and Preble townships tin . democrats did not have opposition ] Mrs. Susie R. Bowen, only w’omat . candidate in the county was electei republican trustee ot St. Marys town | ship by six votes, while John M. 80l , lenbacher, democrat, won out in Jes t ferson township bx the narrow mar , gin of two vbtes. May Contest Election , It was stated this afternoon that . the defeated candidates in these two townships might contest the results- f in their respective townships, for the ( reason that there were several mut , Bated ballots in each township. Al ' press time however no action had been taken in the matter. In several of the townships the ( school question, that of the district or consolidated school was an important and deciding issue and the ( fights waged by the candidates were exciting and strongly fought. Justices of the peace and con stables were <u.K> elected in Wabash 1 township, democrats being elected c f without opposition. Following is the vote of the differ- 1 ent township trustees, together with the names ot' the successful candi- 3 dates: Union —Trustee: Rudolph Weiland. ' D„ no opposition. Assessor: Ed P. ' Miller. D. no opposition. Root—Trustee: Samuel Fuhrman. * R„ 127; A. J. Lewton, D., 297. As- * sensor: David M. Rice. R, 233; Geo. s Sc'iieforstein. D, 206. ( Preble—Trustee: Aug. Scheimann, t D, no opposition. Assessor: Edgar I Gallmeyer, D, no opposition I Kirkland —Trustee: William Ar- < nold, R, 117; W. H| Dattinger, D, I (Continued on page four)

RALSTON SCORES GREAT VICTORY OVER BEVERIDGE

Indianapolis, Nov, B.—Democrats gained a striking victory in I Indiana in Tuesday’s election, incomplete returns indicated. Samuel M. Ralston was elected to the United States senate over Albert J. Beveridge, republican, by a plurality which republican sources admitted privately would exceed 15,000. Ralston succeeds Senator Harry S. New, intimate friend of President Harding. At least five republican seats in congress and possibly seven

BIG REVERSES ARE SUFFERED BY REPUBLICANS Democrats Elect Many Senators, Congressmen And Chief State Executives IS A POPULAR REVOLT Victory Exceeds Optimistic Forecasts Os Democratic Leaders By LAWRENCE MARTIN New York, Nov. 8. —The magnitude of the democratic nation-wide sweep in Tuesday's elections became fully apparent today as fairly complete returns showed the staggering reverses suffered by republican administration candidates. The vote drove some of President Harding's closest personal and political friends from public life, endangered republican control of the next house, seriously reduced the republi can margin in the senate, put New York state overwhelmingly in democratic control, and generally changed the country's political complexion. New York, Nov. 8. —Swinging back with a tremendous reversal of the trend of 1920, the political pendulum has carried the democratic party into | a commanding position in state and national affairs, results of Tuesday’s I election showed. Men who stood close, personally and j politically to President Harding and his administration, and who. as mem-, bers of congress actively helped make effective the Harding policies, were swept from their political pedestals and democrats took their places. While the incomplete character of the figures early today made it impossible to state exactly how the next house and senate will stand. It was* apparent:— That the republican control of the house will be retained by a slender margin, if at all, and maybe lost entirely. The republicans now have a ; house majority of 168. That the democrats have reduced republican control of the senate from 24 to 16 or 17. The victory exceeded the optimis-: tic forecasts of democratic party; chieftains, who were frankly amazed at the extent of the popular revolt, as the returns came in. Not only were democratic candidates for house i and senate successful, but many new ' democratic governors were chosen, to-' gether with democratic state tickets. > The possibility still existed early today that in some cases where the congressional and gubernatorial contests (were close, democratic gains might be getded down somewhat. But on the basiiMif settled contests, the democrats today had registered remarkable gains. The outstanding features of the off > year upset Included a tremendous' democratic victory in New York state, where Al Smith, democratic candidate for governor; Royal S. Copeland for United States senator, and the en-! tire democratic state ticket with the' exception of a majority of state as- j semblymen were elected; the closest' election of many years iu Massacbu-' setts, where Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, dean of the senate, republican leader, and one of the moving spirits ot' the Harding administration, was fighting for his political life against (Continued on page four)

Price 2 Cents

were taken by the democrats. The result was a complete reversal of the 1920 election which gave Senator Watson a plurality of 167,000 and sent a solid republican delegation of 13 to congress. Four incumbent congressmen lost their seats and one republican candidate was defeated. Oscar .uliring, Oscar Bland, John Benhan and Milton C. Kraus tailed of reelection and Samuel Ixtmbden, in the Third district, lost to Frank Gardner, democrat. William Wilson. Arthur Greenwood, Harry Canfield and Samuel Cook will succeed the four congressmen who were unseated. They will represent the First, Second, Fourth and Eleventh districts, respectively. Indianapolis, Nov. 8. —Samuel Ralston continued to pile up his lead over Albert J. Beveridge as additional returns were received here from over the state today in the Indiana senatorial fight. Returns from 2,519 of 3,395 precincts in the state gave Ralston 41x.633 and Beveridge 399,941, a lead of 18,692 for Ralston. Indianapolis, Nov. B.—Albert J. Beteridge at noon today conceded the election of Samuel M. Ralston, democrat, to the United States senate. "Hearty congratulations," Beveridge said in a message to Ralston. “Os course. I wish I had won, but since Indiana is to have a democratic ■ senator I am glad it is to be you. "Every good wish for your success and happiness in the senate.” RalsI ton, who had withheld comment until ' lie received Beveridge's message then j issued the following statement: "At the present it appears that the people of Indiana have elected me to the national senate ami I appreciate : very deeply the honor tints conferred. At the same time I realize that it is I not a personal triumph so much as :i ■ victory for the principals for which I have stood in the campaign and I which shall have my most conscientious support in official life. "To my party I am under deep obligation for this high additional honor and to thousands of my republican frb nds I wish to express my keen ; appreciation in their support. "1 have made my pledge that if 1 elected I shall stand for the whole people of the state and not for dls- : tinctive classes and I shall adhere to it. "I feel sure that some real service | may be done for the people of the I state and nation in relieving the burdens of existing taxation and in prei tenting the unwarrantable interfer- ' ence of government in business af- ' fairs for purposes not governmental ■ in character. “But whatever may be possible to accomplish I wish to assure the people of Indiana that I realize the trust they have reposed in me and that so far as in my power lies I will prove faithful to it at all times and under all circumstances." I Portland, Ind., Nov. B.—John Tyndall for congress was the only democrat on the county ticket who carried Jay county, his majority being übout I 150. Tlie entire republican ticket I was elected by majorities ranging ; from 20 to 700. R. D. Wheat wa.i | elected "judge over Frank Gillespie by Wl -’ Bluffton, Ind., Nov. B.—The demoi crats elected the entire ticket hero by majorities ranging from 500 to \ > 1,000 and gave Tyndall for eongres* a majority of 960 with one precinct (Continued on page four)