Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 272, Decatur, Adams County, 18 November 1922 — Page 1

■oliinie XX. Number 272

Rack of fight ■CAUSED DEFEAT I OFD.H.S. TEAM Bellow Jackets Failed To Khow The Usual Fighting ■ Spirit In Biggest Game. . ■K'HMOND HAS STARS largest Crowd Ever Wit- ■ nessing Football Game Here Was Present ■-The familiar old ‘dope bucket" re■iv.'4 an awful kick when the Rich■.nd high shool football team invade.! ■catiir yesterday and defeated the ■ ii. s. warriors by the score of 13 to ■in age of the greatest football bat ever witnessed in this city. Pre- ■ ding the gams the dope gleaned ■om the comparative score route fa■red the Yellow Jackets for a victory ■er their opponents, but the home ■ys failed to play up to their stand■l set in the seven previous games nd appeared to be too confident ot Ictory at the opening of the game. Approximately 800 people, the larg st <rowd ever attending a football ame in Decatur, witnessed the bat|e. Included in the crowd were bout seventy-five lusty voiced fans roin Richmond who cheered their sani on to victory. Every one of the tany people present were kept on heir feet throughout the game, which vas so closely played that a break it any moment might have brought ictory to either team. Myers Made Long Run The first big thrill of the game came rithin five minutes after the initial lickoff when Robby Myers dodged lirough a holo made in the Richmond orward wall by his own line, evaded lie entire Richmond backfield, and ■aced 54 yards for a touchdown. Gay ailed to kick goal. The fighting ik-hmond players wore not rtisheartmed at this advantage given their op portents, and fighting desparately hey carried the ball to Decatur’s four 'aril line a few minutes later from shore Kennedy, their star fullback ■arried it over for a touchdown. Kenledy scored again in the second qttar er. The Yellow Jackets lacked the fighting spirit and driving power which has characterized their playing in their previous garpps. Coming on to th« field at the opening of the second half with the score 13 to 6 against them, they appeared down hearted. John Teeple played his best game of season for Decatur. Many times he plowed through the opposition for long gains. The remainder of the backfield failed to gain consistently The center of the Decatur line, composed of Clark, Gay, and Hunsicker. was strong and stopped practically every play aimed at them. To Kennedy, fullback, whoso ram like charges gained yard after yard throughout the game, and to Captain Mattox, center, who punted consist ently for forty-five and fifty yards, goes the lion's share of credit for Richmond's victory. Kennedy is the greatest fullback who has played on the Decatur gridiron this season, while Mattox is a wonderful punter for a high school athlete. First Quarter Richmond kicked off. The ball rolled out of bounds and was kicked over. Jack Teeple returned it to his own 42 yard line. John made 2 yards and Myers 3. Smith punted but the ball "'as called back and Richmond penalized 15 yards for roughness, giving Decatur first down. Jack made 1 yard and John 8 more. Myers lost 4 yards and Smith punted to Kennedy who was downed on his own 20 yard line. ■Mattox punted to Myers on Decatur’s 40 yard line. Bobby Myers broke away for a 54 yard run for a touchdown, ('ay’s place-kick for point went underneath the bar. Score Decatur 6, Richlucnd 0. Richmond kicked off and John Teeple returned it to his own 20 yard line. Two line plays failed 1° gain and Smith punted the ball going out of bounds on Richmond's 46 yard line. Kessler made 2 yards on iwo plays and Mattox punted but the ball was called back and Decatur penalized 10 yards for holding, giving i-uhnjond first down. Kennedy ran 40 yards for a touchdown, Jafck Teeple I ailing by inches to reach him before 110 reached the goal. Kessler s drop Kick for point failed. Score Decatur 6, R-lchmond 6. Richmond kicked off to Hne. Smith made (Continued on page Ove)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Newly Elected Trustee Gave An Oyster Supper W. 11. Hettinger celebrated his election to the office o f trustee of I Kirkland township Thursday night by I'giving an oyster supper at the home I of W. D. Hower. Between ninety and I one hundred people attended the sup J ' per which was a real celebration. Ap- ( pi- - . oysters, candy, < iguri . c eii |vd. The older people spent the evening In visiting while the young pen ! ph played various games. o — STOCKfARDSIN CITY DISCUSSED Citizens Show Interest In Question Os Abandoning G. R. & I. Yards The question of whether the stock j, yards on the west side of South 7th [street, owned by the Pennsylvania j 'railroad shall be abandoned or rcmov-1 .ed is causing more or less interest I .and there scents to be arguments sot • and against. Like any other import | ant question, there are two sides t< ‘‘it. On October 17th the property in the j I vicinity of the stock yards filed ape tition with the city council asking j for the removal or abandonment ol' the stock yards and the matter was i referred to the board of public safe ty. Since that time the members o! I the council have been investigating the matter. The property owners in their remon I ‘[■trance to the council against the I Stock yards asserted that the yards are a "menace to the public health.' ; It is conceded that Decatur needs ! a stock yard or place to pen animals 1 prior to shipment and the council does not want to remove the yards t without providing or securing t.nothe: ! place. It was stated that the rail 11 1 road company would not provic c in • iother yard if it was forced to aban I Idem the present quarters, it was I i stated by one of the eotincilinen tha , approximately 150 'cars a year or ar , average of three cars a week of eat ; ■ tie, hogs or horses were shipped Iron ; I the present yards and that he belicv 'ed the railroad company would on < deavor to keep this business. Tin | members of the council, it was sale i 'are to meet a representative of the ! railroad company and see what ar . rangements could be made if the pres ; ent yards were ordered removed. i One of the councilmen also state, [ I I that he understood a property owner I along this street would erect a num her of houses if the present yards i were removed and the place made de '.sirable for a residence district. It wa. I also stated that this person signified a willingness to build on the east side lof the street. ■ The matter is of more or less ini ' i portance to the people of Decatur and to the shippers and farmers in this community and the council and tbosi concerned are desirous of doing onl> 1 the right and just thing. 1 . The Toledo St. Louis and Western i railway company has a small stock ''yards in the south part of the city and whatever action is taken in re . ' i gards to the G. R. & I. stock yards.) 1 the other railroad may submit a pro ' l position. ■ i -o Mrs. Ralph Veters and daughter. ■ Ruth, of Kendallville, arrived here ‘.Friday to visit Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Shirk over the week-end. - TO CANVAS FOR MEMBERS SUNDAY i I 'Annual Red Cross Roll Call To Be Held Throughout Adams Co. Albert Sellemeyer, county chairman 1 I for the Red Cross Roll Call, stated this j | morning that a canvas for the enrollJ m ent of members would be held ; throughout the county on Sunday, November 26th. Captains and teams will ‘ be appointed in the rural districts ami at Berne, Monroe, Geneva. Magley Preble, Monmouth, Pleasant Mills. ’ to solicit the people at those places to join the worthy charitable organization. The work of the Red Cross’s ’ so well known that a person need not ’ elaborate on what the organization ’ does for suffering mankind and it ’s ’ Moped tUt the’ (Continued on page two)

ELECTION IS CONTESTED IN JEFFERSONTWP. Jesse Buckmaster Contests' Election Os John Bollenbacher As Trustee HAS MAJORITY OF TWO Time For Contesting Elections And Petitioning Recount Has Expired j A petition contesting the election of John M. Bollenbaclicr, democrat, to I the office of trustee of Jefferson town ship, was filed with the county audl-) tor. Martin Jaberg. by Jesse Buckmaster, republican. Mr. Buckmaster, i who was a candidate for the office.' ‘was defeated by Mr. Bollenbaclicr by) 1 a majority of two votes, according to l the official count of the election board. , In contesting the election, Mr. Buck--1 master alleges that there was irregularity or malconduct of the officers and | members of the election boards and the judges and canvassers in each . ‘precinct of Jefferson township. He' alleges also that there were illegal , votes cast in the election which were counted for his opponent. He claims) i that a majority of the legal votes cast j 1 in the township were for him and he, asks that he be declared elected. At ! torney C. L. Walters, of this city. is| the counsel for Mr. Buckmaster. This is the second election which ’ lias been contested this fall. A few days ago Wilson Gulick, democrat, of Blue Creek township, contested the election of his opponent. Mrs. Susie R. Bowen, republican, whose majority according to the official count, wa six votes. He also filed a petition for a recount of the votes cast in that | ' township. Both were candidates for the office of trustee. The recount will be held in the circuit court room | on Noveuilit'r (Continued on page two) C.H.S. NET TEAM WON AT DELPHOS —— Defeated St. John’s Quintet By Score Os 21 To 16 Last Night Exhibiting a wonderful brand ot basketball the Decatur Catholic high school net team came from behind in their game at Delphos, Ohio, last night and defeated the St. John’s Catholic ( high school team of that city by a ' score of 21 to 16. The game was fast and well played by both teams and was witnessed by a large crowd of spectators, the large auditorium being filled to capacity. The local team made the trip by all | tomobiles and was accompanied by several hundred fans. The locals were slightly outweighed by their opponents and failed to get started duri ing the first half of the contest, trailI ing with the short end of the score which stood 11 to 2 at this period of the game. Their two points were registered on free throws. At the opening ot the second half the local lads came back with their ] old “fight" and with much better work than the first half in every department slowly crept up on their opponents and with but five minutes to play bad tied the score at 12 all, allowing the St. John's five but one point on a tree throw. The locals then took the lead by registering a field goal and held it throughout. St. John’s was allowed only five points during this * period, the score when the whistle | sounded being 21 to 16 in favor of i the locals. Myers, the speedy little forward for ‘ the locals, was their big point getter, j registering a total of fifteen points, i The work of Christen and Snyder on I the defensive end and the floor work of Wemhoff and Holthouse during the last half was also a big factor in the game. The summary and line-up is as fol I lows: Decatur (21) Pos. (16) Delphos Myers F Uhn Holthouse F Shibly ' wemhoff C ' ...Imbers ' Snyder G Darly Christen G Ulm 1 Field Goals—Decatur, Myers, 5; 1 Wemhoff, 2; Snyder, 1. Delphos, UUn, 3; Shibley, 4- Free Throws—Myers, 5 out of 11; Shibly, 2.

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Miners And Operators Fail To Reach Agreement Chicago, Nov. 18—The joint conference of coal miners and operators seeking to draw up a basis for a new | wage agreement, adjourned yesterday | until December 4, after failing to reach a decision. The nroposition I for going ahead and drawing up an I agreement on the competitive’ field; plan, with changes in boundaries of various fields, will be considered by [ various local organizations and acted[ on at the December 4th meeting. ; ANOTHER FARMER WINS AN 88N0R A. Kirchhofer Wins Honorable Mention In Hoosier Ton Litter Club t ... That Adams county farmers are de j ' termined to win their share of the honors in the Hoosier Ton Utter Con test, is evidenced by the fact that another contestant in the county has accomplished a feat which has not ‘been equalled by another entrant in Indiana. Amos Kirchhofer. Monroe' i Township farmer, succeeded in win [ ning a silver medal for producing 1800 I ; pounds of pork with a litter of seven! pigs. Most of the farmers entered [ •tile contest in the spring thinking | I that an unusual litter in point of num | , hers was necessary in order to make : 'mark in the contest. Mr. Kirchhofer ‘took a different view of the matter however, and determined to make a ton of pork out of a litter of eight pigthinking this would not bo accom plished by many farmers in the contest. So with a ration of sweet skimmed milk and shelled corn in the self feeder. Mr. Kirchhofer started for the ton. Everything went well until th< pigs were about five months of age when one of the better pigs decided to hand in his resignation and only seven pigs remained in the contest. Thismade Mr. Kirchhofer only the mon determined to see whttt he could de with u small litter and he continued his feeding as before. When the pig ' ware weighed at ISO days of ago their total weight was 179!) pounds or an average of 257 pounds per pig. Hou ever, since tlu> rules of the contest provide that the nearest five pound break is taken as the weight of th, litter. Mr. Kirchhofer was awardee a silver medal for his efforts. Without a doubt, had the other pig seen fit to remain on earth for the remainder of contest, Mr. Kirchhofer would have produced :t ton of pork with a litter of eight pigs. Only one other man in the contest checked up with a lit ter of eight pigs weighing more than a, ton. This feat shows what can bi 'done with well-bred hogs, good care )and plenty of corn and skimmed milk. The pigs had no pasture of any kind during the entire feedin; period. - A pistol has been devised in Eng land for killing trees without felling them. o + WEATHER 4 INDIANA—Rain probable, tonight and Sunday; color in north and cenlinf portions Spjtday afternoon or night. YOUNG CHILD IS BURNED RY LYE Four-Year-Old Son of Mr. And Mrs. Owen Sours In Serious Condition A four-year old son of Mr. and Mrs ■[Owen D. Sours living west of Unit j Grove is suffering severely from burns ■ received Thursday morning, when the youngster ate a crystal of Red Seal lye. Just how serious the injuries ; may prove is not known at this time. [ : but tile child was severely burned. ■| Some of the lye had been used in ■ doing the family washing and the I youngster found the lye can while the other members of the family were out of the room. He put one of the t crystals into his mouth anil when t the lye started to burn his mouth his ’ cries called the attention of members t of the family. The boy's tongue is r severely burned and his throat is t cauterized as far back as can be seen. It is not known just how badly the , oesophagus and the stomach ore burn- , rd. The child has complained of f*vero pains in the stomach.

CLEMENCEAU IS HERE TO DEFEND i FRENCH POLICY H ll I • I Declares France Must Have Guarantees Before Disarmament Begins CROWD WELCOMES HIM Tiger Os France Landed In New York Today; He Makes Statement New York. Nov. 18- Georges ClemI eneeau. Tiger of France, here to dei fend his country before America, to ' day threw the weight of his word in 'support of the policy tltat France I must have lasting guarantees before disarming. In his first declaration in the United States on the subjects nearest his heart. Clemenceau made the following statement at the ceremonies in his honor at the City Hall today, welcoming him to the city: "In my life I have seen France I invaded by the Germans, and I do not wish to see it again. Therefore, we must have lasting guarantees bc- ‘ fore we disarm. When we get them. .we will disarm. I believe the Anteri 'cans too are thinking, 'we must defend ourselves.' Clemenceau landed at Pier A, at the Battery where famous visitors have first set foot on American soil for scores of years. Crowds lined lower- Broadway, applauding as h< pa ssed. After ceremonies at the City Hall, Clemenceau entered an open automo bile for the ride up town to the res’ deuce of Charles Dana Gibson, where he will stop. There was a dense crowd, jammed on the sidewalks along Park Row to cheer him as his car swung out of City Hall Park, preceded by a row of moUrcycle policemen with n squadron of mounted police clatter Ing behind. ; HEAD OF YEOMEN IS ALSO COMING President Frink Conning On Thursday; Officials Are Friendly Toward Us Evidently the representatives of tln-j Yeomen lodge are coming here nex ! Thursday for business pure and simple. Letters yesterday said that A N. Farmer, secretary and Mark Me Kee. chairman of the locating hoard would he here and would devote thre- | I days to Indiana. Last evening S. E ‘ Brown, manager for this district re-! ceived word from George N. Frink, president of the brotherhood, that In will be here on Thursday also to eon I fer with Farmer and McKee and I would go on from here to Cleveland I to attend a meeting of the distric! ) managers of Ohio. It is the belief here that the. deci ! sion of these three men will prac.tl ; eally control the selection of the siti ' and unless they have changed their, mind they feel very friendly indeed to Decatur. A fair price on the real estate and sincere effort on the part of) our citizens will go a long way towards | bringing to this community the home, i which is to be built at a cost of ten ; or fifteen million dollars and added I Ito as requirements make necessary. ) The men will be entertained by the' Rotary club in the evening, the pro ) gram now being worked out. During the day the visitors will be given such informalion as they may desire by a) committee from the Industrial asso [ elation and it is possible that a public meeting will be arranged tor the eve [ ning following the Rotary dinner. A I meeting to complete plans will be held Monday night. o YEOMAN TEAM WILL GO TO FORT WAYNE THURSDAY At the regular meeting of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen to he 1 held in this city Monday evening arrangements will be made by J. M. Breiner's degree team to go to Fort Wayne on Thursday evening to ex-' empllfy the degree work on a class of candidates. On Monday evening a putnber of candidates will ba initiated into the local Homestead and the members ar© urged to attend.

New York Man Buys Dairy Cattle At Berne H. W. Van Allen, of New York City. | was in Berm- this week, purcli.'islng 'dairy cuttle. lie succeeded In buying twenty-live head which he will ship from Berm to the East as soon as he is able to procure an express car. Most of the cows purchased by Mr. ‘Van Allen are Holstelns. Mr. Van Allen owns a largo dairy farm in New [Jersey .about forty miles from New ‘ Y ork. GERMAN TWINS | LIKE AMERICA Lina And Emma Guth, Who Now Live 4n Decatur, Are Enthusiastic If you want to see two studious ; young people who are bubbling over with enthusiasm for the country and city in which they are now living and who also show a great interest in their work and topics of the day. you should talk to the Misses Lina and i Emma Guth, former residents of Reichweiler. Bavaria. Germany, in the Rhineland district but who since arriving in this city, have applied for their papers through which they will become American citizens. The young women, who are twins, can hardly wait until the time comes when they! t lean take out their final papers and thus become American citizens for they say that they want to live here and enjoy the liberties and pleasures found in this laud of freedom. The Guth twins are daughters of Mr and Mrs. Jacob Guth who are known to many Decatur people, the parents having been married in this city a number of years ago by the Rev. jVitz. Through the efforts of the conIgregation of the Reformed church the way was provided lor the young women to come to this country. They are making their home in this city with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heuer on West Monroe street and at present are entI ployed in the General Electric plant. They devote much of their time in ’ - American language and 'customs. Tile young women can also I speak tlie Frem 'n, German and Span isli languages, and are showing much progress in learning the American tongue. (>. U Vance. Albert Selle I ineyer. and Mr. and Mrs. Heuer are |acting as their tutors and state that the girls are very apt pupils. Were in War District | The twins witli their parents, two i brothers, and two sisters, were in the heart of the war district and no doubt | could tell of horrors and sufferings that have been in print, but it grieves them to talk ot' those awful days. Suffering since the war lias been equally or even worse when it comes to food and clothing and their tales of suffer ing and hunger would move a heart ot | iron. When they left Bavaria the) | scarcely had clothes enough to cloth 'themstlves and the people they left behind were in worse circumstances. The rate of exchange and the destroy ing of the value of the German mark • had made beggars of the rich and the • young women thought it was uncoin- ) mon that little children did not knock iat the doors of the Heners' and ask I for a crust of dried bread or a spoon ! full of milk. They are convinced be 'youd doubt that Adams County, De Icatur, and in fact America, is the home <tf plenty and they want to stay here and enjoy it. DECATURBANKER I GOES TO MEETING Theodore Graliker Leaves Sunday To Attend Short Course For Bankers i i Theodore F. Graliker, cashier of the First National Bank, will leave for Indianapolis tomorrow where he will attend the short course for Indiana hankers on accounting and federal taxation, given under the auapices of the Indiana Bankers' association. The • sessions will be held in the Palm room i of the Claypool hotel on Monday and Tuesday and program prepared is a very interesting and instructive one. During the open forums to be belt) ; quostions may be asked on tax and accounting problems and will be answered by experts and authorities in this line of work Such men as H. Archibald Harris, (Continued on page two)

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INSANE SLAYER OF HUNTINGTON CAUGHT TODAY Tom Clark, Who Murdered Wife And Son, Is Taken Prisoner Near Roll MET HIM IN HIGHWAY Says He Murdered His Wife When She Tried To Force Him To Mop The Floor Bluffton, Nov. 18—Tom Clark, who ! killed his wife and youngest son and tried to burn their bodies by firing ; the chicken house, was captured near Roll at 12 o'clock oday noon, by Cecile Jackson and Jess* Ueavans, who nut him on the road. He vns 1 ought to this city and locked in ‘ho Weils county jail. Jackson and Beavans were in a truck when they met Clark. They asked him where he was going and he said to Missouri but for them not to say anything about it. He did not offer to put up a light. Jackson and Beavans drove on to a farm house where they obtained a gun. They returned to Clark. and took him into custody. Clark was tlu-n taken to i Jackson's home where he was given food. He ate heartily as he was very hungry. In his story told to Jackson and Peavans Clark said that a man by the name of ('apt. Bell and an attorney. Bert Spencer, were paying too much attention to his wife. He said he killed her in the basement ot their home When she tried to force him to mop up the floor He said he killed the boy later but did not know just when. o DR. CLARK IS HOME AND FEELING BETTER Dr. C. S. Clark, one of the wellknown physicians of Decatur, has returned from the St. Joseph hospital, Fort Wayne, where he had an X-ray taken. He is feeling better and hopes to he able to resume his regular practice in the near future. o KIRSCH AND SON HAVE STAR CAR ON DISPLAY The Star car is here, Peter Kirsch and Son. local agents having one of i lie new models on display. The Star is a four cylinder car and the open touring model sells for 1348.00. Other models range from $319 to $645. The Star was attracting quite :■ bit of at-» tention when displayed on the streets today and Kirsch and Son are booking orders. The Star is manufactured by the Durant Motors corporation. O Geneva Net Team Lost To Ossian Last Night Geneva, Ind., Nov. IS.—(Special to The Daily Democrat) —The Geneva high school basketball five, motored to Ossian Friday night where they met the high school team ot that city. The locals played good and fought hard, but were unable to defeat their opponents and came home with the small end of a 27 to 22 score. Lough, the center for Geneva, had the misfortune ' to cut his eye soon after the beginning of the second half, but continued to play and scored eight points for his team. Field goals made by Geneva were: Pyle, 4: Lough, 4; Drew, 1. Foul pitches, Pyle, 4. —o_ John Wolford Died In V’an Wert, Ohio John Wolford, age about 70 years. | died at 5:31) o'clock this morning, at I the home of his sister, Mrs. Frank | Craig. Mr. Wolford Is a former res!dent of Monmouth, where he spent I most of his life. Mr. Wolford was born in Ohio. He was married in that state but later came to Monmouth. His second wiU died iu Monmouth about u year ago and since that time he has been mul • , ing his home in Van Wert, where , has three sisters. He has one (laugh- ! tor, Mrs. Frank Kiser, of California, I and one son. Roy, ot Idaho. He is a ( brother-in-law of Mrs. Charles Burr, of Monmouth, and Mrs. G. Curt, of I this city. Tbe body will be brought j back to Monmouth for burial. It will ( leave Van Wert about 9 o’clock Monn day .morning sud tbe funeral will i»e held iu Monmouth upon arrival there. i, Birds locate food by sight ami bearing, their sens* of smell is not keen.