Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 269, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1922 — Page 1

Bfiine XX. Number 269

IL NOT ASK ATHPENALTY IN MINE TRIAL cution In Herrin Masre Case Hints At A Lighter Penalty DE JURORS PICKED — irs That Prosecution ist Accept Miners On Jury Soon n, 111, Nov. 15. —The death will not be demanded by the the trial of five men accused cipation in the Herrin mine e. it was indicated by proseittorneys today. every venireman is asked his on capital punishment, a stateat he would not vote for the malty does not bar him. if the three men tentatively by the defendants and prose cution lias voiced his disapproval o. . three jurors of the fust pane wet in the box as the third day': examination of veniremen got iindei I in :i half empty court room, 'fin ution had eighty-six more pn challenges to u,so in barring npi, miners and their relatives it an < fl", I to get a non-union jury while thßiiet'-nse still bad ninety-nine chai H,. ,of attorneys were frayed am as they droned their questions The y showed the strain, of repeatin I Mens of times a day questions re I j .v union membership, opinionI , (dlectivo bargaining, the law i fuffi of the Herrin killings ami tin I queries to ferret out con j ajMitions witit the union by kinship | tna- "iage or livelihood. I inevitable that th.- pm- .- I W"" will f,,r, ' , 'd sooner or late ■ miners on the jury as neat ■ per cent of Ute men examine, I tap*- some connection with mining. I— • ■ New Attack To Be Used I I B\ Yellow Jackets Frida) I powerful offense will be ttmov ered by the Yellow Jackets next Fri | in their game with the Richmom I high school eleven. Coach Tomin: ■ said today. The locals wii J Jfltely open up an attack against th, t Richmond crew which will fur I NSS I ' I'f-nty of thrills for the spec ta II Rv< rv member of the squad, witl I exception of Mills, guard, tool | pan in the practice yesterday evening | an.l appeared to be in fine condition | Mills is suffering from a spraim-t I ankle sustained when he stepped it | during practice Monday eve I nihg. lie will be unable to get inti t game Friday, it was thought to I I ■The same will start promptly at 2:3i ■ O'clock Friday and a large- crowd i. I fix s i ted. Heze Clark, sports editen I of the Indianapolis Times, will ret'ereI HBe game. £ ®Two high school students were call I in upon the local merchants toda? I procuring the signatures of those win I Will agree to close their business dur I the game Friday. The boys re I P<rt that they are having tine success I list of those agreeing to c lose wil I B published as all have been cullet I wj’"’ l - I o I Warding Still Opposed i To Soldier Bonus Bill I ■Washington. Nov. 15. —President I although the soldier bonus I in the election gained sufficient | Strength in the senate to pass an adI compensation measure over his I is still strongly opposed to the I it was officially stated by a spokes-’ I BE-tn for tho executive at the White I today. I I Tl >o president directed this spokesI B’ 1 " to deny reports that the execu- | attitude toward the- measure had [ ■k’*’ l changed because of the elections, | which anti-bonns senators were de I Hf' :il ‘‘d ami state' bonuses approved in .o®'’'' states. j o — ■Thanksgiving Shoot At Magley On Turkey Day ■ A Thanksgiving shoot will be held Syt Magley, on Thursday, November 30. he prizes will consist of turkeys, ducks, rabbits, and chickens apuid the matches will be open to all ■Bauge guns, shot guns, rifles and pis■tols. The shoot is being given by brothers. i

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Gets A Sentence For Shooting Deputy Sheriff Van Wert, ().. Nov. 15.—Clarence j Bowers, kit year. old. was sentenced ay Judge Blaehly Tuesday mmaiim* io card labor at IlioOhio Sial,- ib forma ory at Maitslold, for from three' and a half to 20 years, for shooting R. I!, leery, deputy sheriff, primary eleciem day la t Angilst. The boy plead -'ll Illy. I>. K. Agh'r appeared for the hoy i Hid plead of the court to give the lad oniency on account of his youth, be--ausc* at the fact he has been an orthan, and because he is a “home- boy.” BRITISH HOLD ELECTION TODAY Bonar Law Appears Certain Os Majority In House Os Commons By LLOYD ALLEN United Press Staff Correspondent London. Nov. 15.—Bonar Law- appeared certain of a majority in the house of commons at noon today, after Britain’s general election had been under way for five hours in the metro politan districts and four hours else where. Although foggy weather kept the vote down this morning and an air of general apathy appeared to pervath the polling places in many districts, political observers declared that unless all signs went amiss, full returns tonight would show the conservatives i in the lead. About thirty women were up foi -lection today, the most prominent among them being Lady Astor former iy Nancy Langhorne, of Virginia who it noon, was said to be certain of re flection. The new house will be composed <>. >ls members. With a conservative majority in tight, interest centered in report, ‘hat certain ex cabinet ministers ano j ■ven Premier Bonar Law himself, vere being defeated. Sir Hamar Green-] *ood, Hon. Fred Guest, McNamara dcCurdy and Kellaway were formet r Joyd Georgians who were threatened with rejections by voters of their dis Viets. Bonar Law's own seat at Gias ;ow was reported endangered at th< deventh hour by his speech Monday tight in which he said that if electei ie- would recommend a tribunal to r dew the house of lauds dßcisiou de daring landlords must give uolice be oro increasing rents. Early voting today was largely don* >y workers and servants, tie- lemur■lasses waiting until the stui had hat i few hours work ou tho peo sotti', 'og. At today s election conscientious ob eelors who were excused from wa> tervice were excluded from -. oting . he reform act of 1918 provtd • lot | ,i disqualifltation period of ' e yeat'rent the termination ol tic- war. \l. nales of 21 years of ago or upwards: mil all females of 311 and upward, j .vito could show a six months residen ; ial qualification were ontitl -d to vote ■ o Would Make Marriage And Divorce Difficult Indianapolis, Nov. 15. —Legislation | making marriage and divorce more j difficult was framed today by Mrs. | Edward Franklin White, deputy attorney general, for introduction in the January session of the legislation, probably by Miss Elizabeth Rainey, only woman member of the assembly. Mrs. White is hopeful of having the same law adopted by other states arc finally by congress. The high spots in the proposed law are: 1 No persons shall be married tu Indiana except under a license issued in the county of their residence. 2—Application for license must be made to the county clerk at least two weeks before the ceremony. ' 3 Applicants must be of the same color and free from any contagious disease. Grounds for divorce would include adultery, cruel and inhuman treat ment, abandonment, or failure to provide for a period of one year or more, incurable insanity, conviction of infamous crime which draws a penalty of five years or more imprisonment. .— 0 „ CHICAGO GRAIN OPENING Wheat: Oec. ?L19 s i; W sl-I'l July 11.07 H. Corn: 70%; July O.ins: Bee. May 43% ; c; July 40c.

NEW H.S. ANNEX BEING RED ! TO COMPLETION Expect To h uve New Gymnasium And Auditorium Completed By Dec. 15 IS A FINE STRUCTURE The Building Thoroughly Strengthened Since Accident Occured In August Work ou lhe new high school gymnasium and auditorium num x is b -ing pushed to completion now. and Mr. t'harles Sandi-rs, contractor in charge,’ slates that the building will likely bo ready for occupation by December 15. The original date lor eonipletion, as set out in the contrai l was August 15, bin duo to the accident which occured on August 25, when tho steel work in the second story collapsed, the work was delayed many weeks. The second coating of plaster is be ing applied Io the walls on the second floor now. In the gymnasium brick masons are busy laying up the brick lining while carpenters are laying the -nb-tloor. The concrete floor has been laid and a secondary wood Hour is being laid on top of that. The final floor in the gymnasium will be hard maple. • New Chairs Ordered New desk-arm chairs have been or dered for the assembly room and should be here by tho lime the build ing is completed. The auditorium will be used for an assembly room in which all four grades of tho high school will assemble for study purposes. The new assembly room will i greatly relieve present conditions. Following lhe accident in August, every precaution has been l iken to strengthen those parts affected by tho eollapso and to make the building absolutely safe. The waifs were torn down in places and rebuilt and tho steel trusses were repaired and braced with steel braces. When completed the gymnasium will be one of the tin est high school gymnasiums in this part of the state. It will have a largo seating capacity and a largo playing floor. As the basketball season (loos Hot open until December 1. a major ! ity of the home games will he played in the new gymnasium. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gerber. North : Third street are the pa rents of an 'eight pound baby boy. born Hit - mornifng, first child hi the family and named John David Gerber for nis two grandfathers. Mrs. Gerber was form ! ierly Miss Leia Shafer, of I’nion town-, ’ship. YEOMENPLANTO OBTAIN MEMBERS Local Lodge To Conduct Membership Campaign From Nov. 18-Dec. 18 i Deputy Manager S. E. Brown and j Secretary Joe Laurent, of Homestead ! IGOS, Decatur Yeomen lodge, are plan- ; ning for a big membership drive eon- ■ tinning thirty days and during which time they hope to add one hundred members. The drive opens November IS an ! closes December IS at which time the local men hope to have present one or more of the supreme officers and in the meantime they will strive to keep Decatur before the national officers and board of directors ns much as possible. Letters are now being sent out. asking each member to secure at least one application and to those who secure a total of $3,000 insurance during the month will be given a “Meritorious Service Button.' A big time will be enjoyed on the night of December IS when the candidates will be initiated and when it is hoped some Os the national officials may return to Decatur. 'While nothing definite has been heard concerning the locating of the home it is expected that tho matter of further investigation will be taken up soon and -speedily concluded. <.♦♦♦♦*+ + + + + + *** + WEATHER + •F + '2>4‘ •>♦ + + + +■*•■•••*■ ludtaoa—Fair toniglit and Thursday; collier in south portion tonight.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, November 15, 1922.

Irish I‘icketers In Washington Arrested Washington, Nov. 15—Al’tir spend Inv the night in jull because of lu-i ' refusal Io accept bond. Mrs. .Muriel | MucSwinny. widow of Trireme Mac Swiney, former lord mayor of Cork, v as to appear before ti I lilted Star commit inner today on the ehnrge ol picketing the British emba|isy. Two • olhers of tho nine women piclieler.who were arrested at Hie embassy re : lualncd in jail all night with Mrs. I .daeSwim-y. They were Mrs. Mar? i Ami Nolan of Jacksonville. Fla. 1 more than SO years of age and Mis. Minnie Kearney. The women wor. picketing the embassy in protest aguinst the jailing of Miss Mary Ma< Swiuey, a sister of Terrence Mac Swiney by the Irish free state. TOMNT OFFICER ENFORCING LAW G. H. McManama Determined That Pupils Must Attend County Schools I; Mr. G. H. McManama. county altnm ance ollii er. is determined that the pr pits of school age in tho county shal ’ not be absent from their studies with 1 out a legal excuse. This morning ai : eleven year old boy enrolled at tin 1 South Ward school, in this city, wa y found on the streets in the busines (district during school hours. Tlu j boy's teacher had made a report ti Mr. McManama previously, statin' 'that tlm boy had been absent mud [of the time recently. The boy wm with his father on the street, and tin ' father told Mr. McManama that hi would put the boy in school on his way I home this morning. Shortly after 1 wards the attendance officer called a 'the school and found that the boy •'was not in school yet. He went to thi ’ boy’s home and found him there. Tit 'I father declared that ho would do as h. I pleased v.ith the boy. it is said. Im’ 1 Mr. McManama recited the law reg ' elating school attendance and aftei some argument the father told hi.boy to accompany Mr. McManama t( the school. A prosecution was avoid 1 cd in this manner. ‘I The ease against Joel Elh-nbcrg 'i of Berne, who was arrested last wi ck on a charge* of violating the schoo' law. has not been tried, on account o' 1 the illness of Mrs. C. O. Lehman, wifi [of the Berne principal, which pre [vented Mr. Lehman from leaving to 1 attend tho hearing. | ' —o— ; Joe Romanoil Planning To Return To Russia 't Joe Romanoff, a young Russian I who pot tered at the Hotel Murray I for six months, leaving here about a I year ago. was here last evening on 'his way to New York City from i where he is to sail Saturday for I’el i rograd, Russia. Joe has been in thi • I country eight years and frankly ad j mits he is homesick. He is anxious i ,'to get started and is counting the 'days until he will again see the home iof his-childhood. Letters recently received, he says, give information that peace and prosperity again reigns in Russia and that he will have no trouble in earning a living. However Joe is being careful about arranging so ho can return to this country as he expects to do after a| ! few months visit in the old country ] PRINCIPALS TO MEET SATURDAY I ] — To Arrange For Debates Between Bluffton, Portland And Decatur >L. I ’ At a meeting of tho principals of •[the Blufftmi and Portland high schools i with Principal Patil W. Linton, of the < Decatur high school in. the latter's ofc I lice next Saturday, arrangements will made lor a series of tri-angular debates to be held this winter by the * throe schools. The decision to hold * the debates wan made byjhe bonds of ' the three schools a few week ; ago. ’,The plan is to organize team., in each ’ school to meet teams from the other ’ two schools. It is likely that a series of three debates will bo held during the winter. A spirit of friendly rivalry ’ exists among the three schools in ■ athletics and it is believed that the ’ same rivalry and iuterest will be shown in the debates, which will • greatly benefit those pupils who are ■ interested in public speaking.

SCHEDULE FOR O.H.S. NET TEAM IS ANNOUNCED Season To Open In Decatur With Kendallville As Opponent, Dec. 1 FOURTEEN CONTESTS Prospect For A Fast Team Is Very Bright At Present; Practice Started Although the football season is only at its height now. many fans are beginning to look forward Io th,. 11122 33 basketball season. Several candidates for the D H. S. team have been holding practices in the gymnasium a few evenings each week under the direction of Coach Tommy Moore, but a majority of the players are on the football squad and will not begin has ketball practice until after the dose of the football season. Steel, hackguard, and Dorwin. forward, are th< only members of last year's squad who are taking part in the workouts so far. A schedule calling for fourteen games, was given out today by Paul \V. Linton, principal. One of the dateJanuary 10, is not definitely tilled and the opponent for that date wil) be announced later. There is a possibility of another game for the Christmas holiday being scheduled, also. This would be played on the night of De ceinlM-r 27. The season will be opened at home against Kendallville, Decern her 1. Two games have been sched uied with Bluffton, Portland. Kendallville. Winchester and Auburn, and on, game each with Richmond, Van Wert and Angola. Prospect# for a good team again this year are very bright. ‘T-ank” Linn star center on last year's five, was lost through graduation, but the remainder of the district champions are in schoo. again this year. With four regular: and a host of second string player: and new materia) to pick from. Coach Moore should be able to mould a fast combination. The schedule, as completed to date, is as follows: Dec. 1 Kendallville, here. Dec. X—Richmond, there. Dec. 15 —Portland, there. Dec. 22 —Winchester, here. Dec. 29—Van Wert. here. Jan. s—Kendallville,5 —Kendallville, there. Jan. 10 —Open. Jan. 12 —Bluffton, here. Jan. 19 —Winchester, there. Jan. 26 —Angola, there Feb. 2 —Auburn, here. Feb. 9—Auburn, there. Feb. 16—Portland, here. Feb. 23 —Bluffton, there. OHIO MAN KILLED BY ERIE FREIGHT I Frank Beach Met Instant Death At Ohio City Early Tuesday Morning [•Tank Beach, for many years em ployed by the Erie railroad, and well I known at Ohio City was killed instantly early Tuesday forenoon when he was ilit by a freight (rain. Mr. Beach was engaged in oiling switches and doing other work on [the track, two and a half miles east iof Ohio City, shortly before the ac eident. He had just completed one job and was walking along the track when an eastbound train came up from behind him. Some Section men working near by called to him, hut it is stated by them, he hid not hear their call for lhe noise of the approaching train. ; if is stated that. Beach, was hard of ■ hearing. Since the train did not slow up before striking the man, it is thought that tlm engineer and fireman did not ■ see him on lhe track until alter tlm accident. Tlm train hurled the body of tlm man several feet against another Hack and badly mutilated the body The deceased, who was a middle aged men, is survived by the widow : and one son. Perry Beach, who lives at Ohio City. This is the second tragic death to have occured in tho family in the i last few years. Lawrence, a sou of tho deceased was gassed while in ' amiy scrvleo In France and died from tlm effects.

• Former Decatur Man“ls Editing Paper (hit West I C. F. Kddlespcrger, former Deqaliir [boy now editor of lhe Courier at Col ton, California, has sent to this irfI lit r througb his mother, a number m copies of hl: daily, a live and snappy journal in a hustling ami growlin’ western town. Recently they pub 1 lished an'inli'i'i'sling special edition' ■ul thirty-l ight pages showing the won ilcrful resources of tie city. The town had a population of 42<m in 1920 but is glow in;; rapidly and expecl to have] J 1(1,000 in two years more, diaries i-. a real editor and tlm paper shows his; I ability. And Colton is evidentiy some! town. RAILWAYUNIONS IN A BIC CLASH 1 I Open Warfare Reaches Cli--1 max When Warren Stone Bolts From Engineers By HARRY G. BAKER United Press Staff Correspondent Cleveland, <).. Nov. 15—Open war 1 fare, brewing for some tinrn in the big ] ‘ four railroad brotherhoods, came to a ; climax today when Warren S. Stone, j i grand chief of the Brotherhood of Lo 1 comotive Engineers, lined up with the , Switchmen's I’nion of North America I in an attempt to take switchmen members from the Brotherhood of; Railroad Trainmen, headed by W. G. Lee. With Stone in a new "triple alliance." which apparently has succeed- ( i ed the “big four" are T. C. Cashen. president of the Switchmen, and D.' B. Kobertson. president of tlm Broth erhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. ' L. E. Sheppard, president of the : Order of Railway Conductors is al ligned with Lee. Stone issued a circular appeal to all i I members of his organization to assist : Cashen in bringing the 400.000 switch men in Lee's organization over to the Switchmen’s Union. Stone’s circular was attached to i another sent out by Cashen. This I called upon chairmen and members of all divisions of the Switchmen's I’nion : to devote every effort to bring all railroad switchmen into the order. • __ G. R. & I. Announces New Early Morning Trains A new early morning passenger train service was announced today by tlm Grand Rapids and Indiana Rail road company, to become effective on I Friday. On Fridays. Mondays and Wednesdays there will Im a north bound train at 5:30 a. m. On Tues , days, Thursdays and Sundays there will be a sopth bound train through Decatur at 12:03 a. m. These trains will stop at all stations along the line. The north-bound trains go as far as Grand Rapids, while the smith-bound trains stop at Richmond. o Agricultural Experts Meet For Relief Os Farmers ! St. Paul, Minn.. Nov. 15.—Afiricul tural experts of thirteen stales Joined , the plans today to brinft relief to far-1 mers of the middlewest. Three definite courses wore recoin-1 meuded: Proportioning of the acreage of v-i , rious crops. Diversification and standardization of crops and products. Elimination of black rust. Allotment of grain acreage was pro posed by Dr. W. J. Spillman, consult . ing expert, department of agriculture o , STORK HOVERING AROUND The stock seems to be hovering; near the D.'catur Packing Co., plant . lor last Friday he brought a girl baby 1 who has been named Evelyn Louise, f to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bowers of N. lltli St.. Mr. Bowers is one of the] . working'force of the plant. This morn-1 ; ing the stork stopped at the home of, Mr. ami Mrs. Edgar Gerber, north 3rd , , St. and left a baby boy which has been named John David, after his I . grandparents. Mrs. Gerber was form- . crly Miss Leia Shat’er and Grandpa ! Shafer is very happy today as this is ( his first grandchild. , o — t [Portland High School To Have Military Band ) Portland. Nov. 15. —A high schodl ■ [ military band is practically jissured'. t according to the Booster, the official I paper of tbn Portland high school, the t'secood Issue of which caittS off tfcd : Ci'iumercial Review press yetfterdiy.

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GOVERNMENT OF GERMANY QUITS TUESDAY NIGHT Leaders Seeking Premier Today After Wirth Government Resigns HAD STORMY CAREER Government Held Together Many Tinies By Personality Os Wirth B.v Carl 1). Groat l Press suill Correspondent Berlin, No. 15. Germany’s reparaI tions offers ar.' nullified by the fall of the Wirth cabinet, in the opinion of I political observers. Chancellor Wirth Is finished poll- ] tieally It is believed. The country is seeking more active management. Ministers are holding their posts until a new cabinet is formed. Berlin. Nov. 15. (Special to Daily 'Demoeratl — German leaders today sought a combination of political ] groups sufficiently stable to produce a premier. The Wirth government resigned last night after nineteen !stormy months of office. Refusal of the I’nited Socialists to join a coalition which included the German peoples party, which is backed by Hugo Stinnes, and other conservative elements, was the immediate ]cause of Wirth’s downfall. Without the socialists, he had not a sutlicieui 'majority to carry on in the i»ce of adverse financial conditions and lhe reparations tangle. The radical left wing of former independent socialists, which Ims been ■after the chancellor’s political scalp for more than a year, finally succeedted in pulling him down by persuading lite United Social Democratic party to reject coalition with tho Stinnes group. _ Reorganizntforf of th*h Wirrlt :-oV' ’ 'eminent has been going on over a tier iod ot several months, during which tho chancellor has been hard pi '-sed ] by external difficulties involved in the reparations disagreement. Tim* after time Wirth has succeeded in holding toget'-ier disputants within Germany’s inner political ring by ; sheer force of hia own personality. Defection of the socialists is not considered reflection upon the i haneel lor personality. Wirth resigned in 1921. after having been in office a litItile over live months. At Hint tima the cabinet was reorganized with Wirth again at its head. May Return t* Monarchy Washington. Nov. 15- —Germany a* I the result of the downfall of the Wirth cabinet is now tempted to try Bolshevism or a return to montirehial form of government, in belief of diplomatic circles here. <- crisis greatly increased .the fegrs of statesmen regarding Ilia general European situation, now believed by same to be nearing the “final .rack." The Aiaeri'.aii government, it can be 'stated, in fallowing most closely tile events iv IFfirnpe and especially Ger[mauy- Wkat. it’ anything, can ha ■done by the I’nited States to save tlm situation abroad is now one of th« biggest questions before this government. o ANTI STRIKE BILL Washington. Nov. 15. — (Special to , Daily [temoerat —-An anti-strike hill will be introduced by Senator Cummins. lowa, early in the extra session i of congress which meets Monday. This will he the Itgystoue measure jin a program of iunustrial legislation [which Cummins, as chairman of the ; *:mte interstate commerce commitI tee, will propose. He will try to get President Harding tn urge enactment of the program, [either in his message to the extra session or to the regular December I session. Cummins will confer with [ Harding today or tomorrow ——,n Dr. Boyers Spoke To High School Pupils Dr. J. S. Boyers spoke to the high ! school pupils during the regular chapel : period this morning Dr. Boyers talkI’ t d on tbs subject of cancers, their 1 prevention and cure. The talk was • given Ut eomjactioa with the national I eanixJ week which is bvins observed ? this week, in an *n>»’t to prevent th* S ■ less ot tbemtaads es lives by this i dreaded disease.