Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXL Number 9.

U. S. ARMY IN GERMANY ORDERED HOME

PENNVILLE IS SNOWED UNDER BYD.H.S.FIVE Coach Moore’s Men Hit Big Stride And Win (lame By 31To-U Score SECOND TEAM WINS Hartford Township High Is Downed By 1). H. S. 2ds In Exciting Game Displaying a much stronger often I sire ihan they have shown for some time, the Decatur high siho-fi tosser* won an easy basketball victory from the Pennville high quintet here last night by a score of 31 to 11. Opening | up with a whirlwind attack at the start I of the game the locals ran up a score | of 18 to 0 before their astonished op I ponents could get started. The Pennville girls were unable to come to Decatur for a game with the D. H. S. girls and the preliminary game was played by the D. H. S. hoys' second team and the Hartford township high school quintet. Ths game proved to be very exciting, the D. H. S. seconds winning by a 20-19 score. Hartford township never was in the lead but the score was tied near the dose of the game at 17 to 17. Previous to the big game a majority of the fans expected a close contest.; as Pennville came with a good reputa-1 tion. The visitors fought hard alright ; hut Coach Moore’s men hit their stride! and they were not to be denied, and j the large crowd of rooters yelled and I shouted as the locals rolled tip flic j score. C. H. Swan, athletic director of the | Fort Wayne Y. M. C. A. refereed the! game and his work was the best that has been shown by any official on th<’ local floor this season. He was fair tn both teams and called held balls and fouls just close enough to prevent hard feelings and to make the game extremely fast and interesting. Splendid spirit was shown by the players on both teams and bv the spectators. Dorwin had his basket shooting eye working last night and it seemed ns though he couldn't miss the loop during the first half. He counted five goals from the field and five from th ? foul line during this period. In the last half he was closely guarded and failed to count any more field goals hut he made four out of six attempts at free throws. Steele played a masterly game at back guard and Cantab’ Teenle covered the floor at ’unnin" guard in fine fashion although ho v.ns euiltv of three personal fouls. Tucker and Kern started at forward and placed well although they were not ver’ successful at scoring. Farr d'spl -r-d n good brand of guarding when sent in to relieve Captain Teeple. Pen’lnger. center on the Pennville team ws the only one of the visitor ■ who ''it the basket from the field and mad'’ three. Dorwin Rolls Un Score Dorwin scored a free throw on fraig's foul for the first co nter cf *h* game. A few seconds later Dorwin cased his first field goal and he repented n seconds later. Sawver smiled and Dorwin made the free •hrow. Dorwin counted again from ,llp field and with the score standing sln at the end of five minutes of "’ay. Pennville took time out. Whit 1(1 p "übstitnted for Romine. Whitacre ■"bstituted for Romine. Whatacre fall- ' ,O rpT, ort and Dorwin scored on the ''"l .Dorwin scored again Worn ‘be After a pretty bit of teamwork "twin added two more points and ( .'^ n ca P*ain Teepe connected for a "<1 goal. Jack scored again while "tlntmaging under the basket. A foul <a, 'ed on Sawyer inside the foul *° ne an< l Dorwin made one of the two - making the score stand mat ens ' nßer broke the ice for his teama fie 'd goal. A foul was thef On Teeplo but Whitacre missed vili re " t * lrow - Kern hacked a Pennbask . Player as , * le tetter shot at the be * h in(l Whitmore scored on the onV rf>W An °ther foul was called and Whitacre scored on one throws Kern fouled (Continued on page five)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

William .1. Myers Is Dangerously Sick William J. Myers, aged and wellknown resident of Decatur, is very seriously ill at his home on North Fifth street. Mr. Myers has been unconscious for the past three days and has not taken any nourishment during that time. His heart action is said to be growing weaker. Mr. Myers has suffered three strokes of paralysis, (he last of which occured one day last week. OLD OFFICERS RE-ELECTED BY NATIONAL 8 Old Board Os Directors Also Re-elected For Coining Year Yesterday DIVIDENDS DECLARE!' Cashier's Report Shows the Bank Is Enjoying A Growing Business Aat the annual meeting of the stock holders of the First National Bant: held late Tuesday afternoon the san: board of directors was re-elected f.;: 1923 and nt a meeting of the direct-:, the old officers were re-elected forth coming year. The officers of the bank are: president C, A. Dugan; vice-president, W. A. Kuebler; vice-president, J. W. Vizard; cashier. T. F. Graliker; assi : ant cashier. R. E. Glendening. The directors arc: F. W. Smith, Richmond, chairman of Uoard; C. A. ugan. Dynois Schmitt. Daniel Spran; . Theodore Hobrock, J. W. Vizard, Pleasant Mills. The usual good dividend was declared and it was shown in the cashier's report to the directors tint th > bank was enjoying a healthy and grov business. The total resources of th • bank are now between nine hundred thousand and a million dollars, wit’.: total deporits of $710,000.00. The sw - ings department of the bank, in chart. • . of R. E. Glendening, has grown stem’ ly and the deposits in this departm n. j have doubled within the last year, th ' last bank statement showing savingdeposits of $51,594.50. The members of the bank are: Miss Rose Christen, general bookkeeper; Miss Mary Brown and Mrs. Lottie Peters, individual bookkeepers, and Miss Mildred Liddv. stenographer. Bank Organized In 1883 The First National Bank was ori ginally organized as the Decatur Nr. tional bank on July 16. 1883 with a capital stock of $50,000. T. T. Dorwin was the first resident of the bank. It did business as the Deeatir National bank for twenty years and in 1902 when its first charter expired, th* names was changed to the First National bank and the capita' increased to $100,000.00. C. A. Dugan, president I of the bank, to whose efforts the success of the bank is larg >'y attributed, became cashier of tne institution in 1894. Last year he was elected president, succeeding P. " Smith, who bee one chairman of tne board of directors At that tii.e Mr. Graliker became cashier and E. Clendenin was elected to succeed Mr. Graliker as assistant cashier. J he capital and surplus of the First Natonal bank s now $120,000. , '0 Berne Downs Bluffton American Legion Team Bluffton, Ind., Jan. 10—Berne defeated the Bluffton A. L. in a close guarding game in which both teams had difficulty scoring from the field. The final score was 16 to 10. The first half ended with the score tied at five. About 100 Itoosters accompan led the Berne teamThe lineups: Bluffton Berne Kyle F 0. Clark Johnson-Utoltin. ,f* shirk Cummins .......C.... Oliver-Coppes Rlppe O V CWk Shoemaker G Kleinkmght Field Goals— Kyle, 2; Cummins, Rippe, C. Clark, Shirk, 3; Coppes, V. Clark. Free Throws —Cummins, 2; Shirk, Oliver. Referee —Coolant, Liberty Center.

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At the annual meeting of the directors of the First National Bank held yesterday the 1922 officers were elected for the coming year.

THREE CATTLE HERBS TESTEB Dr. Hamilton Makes Injections To Determine Presence Os Tuberculosis Herds of cattle owned by Ed. S. Christen. Chas. Bohnke and Fonner Stock farm were injected Monday by I Dr. George \V. Hamilton, of Fort Wayne, in tbe process of making the tuberculin test. Herds belonging to Abe InriigerT'Schwarfz Bros., Rufus Sprunger, John H. and Christian Hilty and Frank Habegger were injected Tuesday. Reading of the test will be made on Thursday and Friday' it is stated there are several herds on the waiting list. No initial tests; lie being made at present because of the largo number of retests to be made. Three of the alove herds will; be accredited if no reactors are found o’: this test’ B.EJEMO PLAY OSSIAN Men And Giris From Genera! Electric Meet Ossian Tomorrow P. M. Two basketbal games will be played at Athletic Hall tomorrow night. The Ossian Independents will meet tne General Electric five and the Ossian girls will plav the G. E. girls. This will be the second contest be-t’-<cn the Ossian and G. E. teams. The G. E. men lost a hard fought ; game to the Ossian team a few weeks ago while the girls won a well-play-ed contest from the Ossian girls. The girls’ game will be played first starting at 7:45 o'clock. The girls will play boys’ rules during the first half of their game. Thomas of Decatur will referee the girls’ game. Oliver, of Monroe, will officiate in the men’s game, which will follow the girls’ contest’ A crowd of boosters from Ossian are coming for the contests. Admission prices will be thirty-five cents for gentlemen and twenty cents for ladies. The men’s teams will lineup as follows: Decatur G. E. —Linderman and Shirk, forwards; Thomas, , center: Kleinknight and Peterson, . guards; Ossian—D. Busshie and E. Bitsshie, forwards; Quackenbush, | , center; Cutler and Fryback, guards. Earhart, Macy and Smith will be subI stitutes for the G. E. five, and Frav | is and Quakenbush for Ossian. o BASKETBALL RESULTS i Harvard, 33; Knox College, 29. J Princeton, 33; Columbia, 21. J State Normal, 58; Rose Poly, 12. U Valparaiso, 23: Indiana Dentals, 22. , I Franklin, 20; Wabash, 16. . i Purdue, 39; Notre Dame, 20. Butler. 48; Earlham, 37. St. Paul National's, 33; Celina A. C„ 22.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, January 10, 1923.

/ty w \ \ \ C. A. Dugan, President

ATTEND MEET AT BERNE ; Ladies From Decatur Evangelical Church Attending Convention A number of ladies from the Decatur Evangeical church went to I’eme today to attend the convention . of tile Woman’s Missionary society of j that church. The convention began yesterday morning and will close to-1 night. Those who represent the local I church at the meeting are Mrs. Fred j Linn, Mrs. C. E. Hocker, Mrs. John Adams Smith. Mrs. William Alfatlu-r. Mrs. Maynard Johnson, and Mrs. C. K ; Haney. DIES AFTER A LONG ILLNESS Mrs. Nathan Ehrmann, Cf Kirkland Township, Succumbs Last Night Mrs. Nathan Ehrman, age 77 years, | died at her home in Kirkland town- , ship, at 11 o'clock last night following an illness which covered a period of several years. The immediate cause of her death was pneumonia. Mrs. Ehrmann, the daughter of John and Catherine Foreman, was born in Preble township. Adams county, on February 5, 1845, and spent her entire life in this community. Her parents came to this country from Germany. Mrs. Ehrmann has been in poor health for about ten years and has not been able to walk for the last two years. Last May she was stricken with dropsy and has been bedfast since that time. A nurse has been employed since early in the summer to care I for Mrs. Ehrmann. Recently she contracted the pneumonia which caused her death. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ehrmann, six of whom are liv ing. They are Charles, of Allen county; Ferdinand, of Fort Wayne; William, of Kirkland township; George and Anne, at home; and Mrs. Catherine Hempel, of Fort Wayne. Besides these children and the husband, i Mrs. Ehrmann is survived by four sisters and two brothers. They are Mrs. Sophia Bariman, of Nebraska; Mrs. Margaret Sherry, of Preble; Mrs. Katherine Bieberick. of Preble township; Mrs. Mena Ellerding, of Preble township: John Foreman, Preble township; and Henry Foreman, of Preble township. Funeral services will be held from , the Preble Lutheran church at 2:0(1 1 o’clock Friday afternoon, the Rev. Gaiser, officiating. Burial will be held in the Preble Lutheran cemetery. Short services will be held at the residence, two and one-half miles south of Preble at 1 o’clock. Standard time. DAILY CENSUS REPORT A ten pound girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Kleinhenz last evening. This is the second daughter and third child in the family. Both mother and babe are doing fine.

Mg - * Y ! R. E. Glendening, Ass't. Cashier.

GOOD SPEAKERS ARE OBTAINED Annual Farmers’ Institute Os Northern Part Os County On Jan. 25 The annual farmers’ institute of the northern townships of the county , will be held in the Monmouth high i school building on January 25. There ' will be a day and evening sesion and all farmers - and "their families are inxitrd to attend. Speakers of state and local reputation have been obtained to deliver lectures at the institute and much ; valuable information is in store for | the farmers. Dinner and supper will be served in the basement of the ; scholl building by the Home EconoI mics club. The program for the in- | stitute will be published soon. STATE CAO shforjan.it Heaton Case Not Tried Today; Will Filed; Administratrix Appointed The case of the state against H. H. Heaton was continued by agreement this morning until January 17. Heat on who is charged with issuing a fraudulent check, told the court that important witnesses who were going to testify in his behalf, w-ere coming I from Indianapolis, but that they could not be here before January 17, and for this reason he asked that his trial be postponed. The court set the case for trial on that date and excused the jury until then. Heatou is being defended by L. C. DeVoss, The foreign will of Nathaniel L. Trautner, certified by the judge of the Van Wert county, Ohio, probate 1 court, was filed in the Adams probate court this morning, through Attor-' neys Lenhart and Heller. The latej Mr. Trautner held real estate in this county. Mary G. McCullough has been appointed administratrix of the estate of the late Nimrod McCullough and has given bond in the sum of $2,090. 1 In the case of Samuel L. Morris, against Helen G. Morris, an amend-’ ed complaint has been filed by the plaintiff. The plaintiff also filed motions to suppress and strike from the files, the depositions of Marie W. Klingel, Rosa Laisure, Josephine' Romano and Jessie Patts. In the case of Klink and Miller | against Ferd Bleeke, suit to foreclose an automobile lien, the appearance' of Fruchte and Litterer for the defendant Bleeke, has been withdrawn. — • CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat: May, $1.19%; July,sl.l2; Sept., $1.08%. Corn: May, 72%c; July, 71%c; Sept., 72c, Oats: May, 45%c; July, 42%c.

Motion For New Trial Os Wefel Will Case A motion for a new trial in the ease j of Louise, Aldine and Justine Wefel 1 against William H. Wefel and others, -suit to set aside the will of the late Henry J. Wefel, was filed in the circuit court today by the defendants. The ease was tried in the local court last week and the jury returned a. verdict for the plaintiffs, setting aside i the will. DELAY ACTION ' ON REPEAL OF PRIMARY LAW No Action On Bills For Repeal Os Measure Before Friday Or Monday OTHER BILLS OFFERED Saunders Would Separate Blackford And Wells Circuit Court (By the United Press) Indianapolis, Jan. 10. —Opponents of the primary election law considering the repeal hills pending before the legislature poised their headman’s axe today as they received word from back home. Like the king's executioner in the olden days, when men spared men's lives on last minute reprieves, the election committees in both the senate and house decided to delay action until Friday or perhaps Monday on two bills introduced yesterday to repeal the primary law. The trend among all the law makers turned decidedly against repeal as the first mail this morning brought hundreds of protests in to the assembly halls. Plans for rushing the repeal bills through both houses were quickly abandoned when supporters of the measures learned the lay of the land. Although it has been charged that efforts were made to "stack” the elections committees with members opposed to the primary, the election committee in neither house could agree upon a unanimous report favoring the bills. It was possible the bill may never go to a vote in the senate, but may I come up for approval or rejection in the house. Senator Clement Richards, of Terre Haute, caucus chairman, was among those opposing a committee report which would recommend passage of the bill. Friends of the primary were organ-' izing their forces and preparing to put j up a hard fight against repeal. Ed I Toner, one of the most active friends of the primary established headquarters in a hotel and his place became headquarters for his followers. A bill separating the joint circuit court of Blackford and Wells counties was presented to the legislature today. Senator George Saunders, of Bluff- ( ton, introduced the measure in the senate and Representative Clifford Townsend, of Marion, introduced a I duplicate bill in the house. A similar bill was enacted by the ' 1921 assembly but was rejected by [ Governor McCray. It has the support of attorneys of both counties who say the court docket is crowded. For Stricter Marriage Laws A bill providing stricter marriage i and divorce laws in Indiana was in--1 troduced in the legislature today by Miss Elizabeth Rainey, of Indianapj olis, only woman member of the house , of representatives. Posting of notices of marriage not less than two weeks prior to the time set for the ceremony would be reI quired of county clerks under the measure. Other specific restrictions I follow: i 1. Eugenic provisions subject to I judgment of the board of health. 2. Granting automatic legitimacy to a child born out of wedlock whose parents marry subsequently. 3. Calling for interlocutory divorce decrees denying privilege to remarry until after the lapse of one year. The bill was referred to the com(Continued on page six)

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ORDERS ISSUED BY SECRETARY HUGHES TODAY Action Os France Causes Government To Withdraw Our Troops FRENCH TROOPS MOVE Thousands Os French Soldiers Enroute To Ruhr Border Early Today (By The United Press) Washington, Jan. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) American troops today were ordered withdrawn from Germany. Secretary of State Hughes after a lengthy conference with President Harding issued ordI ers for the prompt return to the United States of the American i army of occupation on the Rhine. This force which has been patrolling the Coblenz bridgehead since the armistice now numbers about one thousand officers and men. Secretary of War Weeks revealed that the United States, in protseting the seizure of the Ruhr, had informed France that the American forces would be withdrawn if this invasion were started. The transport San Mihiel, now at New York is in sailing condition and probably will leave this afternoon to transport the troops back to this country, Secretary Weeks said as he left the While House’ The aqtion of the president and Hughes follows the passage by the senate of Senator Reed’s resolution expressing the view of the upper house that the Rhine forces should be withdrawn. The troops are under the command of Major General' Henry L. Allen. The withdrawal of the American forces follows immediately on the heels of information reaching the government that France had definitely and finally decided to occupy the Ruhr. The cost of maintaining the army of occupation on the Rhine since the armistice is now in excess of $300,000.000. This is to be paid by Germany but so far only comparaticely small amounts have been received. The force originally was about 15,000 men, but has been reduced from time to time at the insistence of congress. Plans w-ere under way to cut off further appropriations for the troops if the administration had i not issued orders for their withdrawj al. French Troop Movements Mayence, Jan. 10 — (Special to Daily Democrat) — Thirty French troop trains left for the Ruhr border today. Coblenz. Jan. 10 —Twenty train loads of French troops, including I Spahis and Morocan cavalry and machine gunners, passed through dur- ‘ ing the night. Dusseldorf, Jan. 10 —Fifty thousand French troops are now concentrated in this vicinity, it was estimated today. To Protect Engineers Paris. Jan. 10—France’s formal notification to Germany states that troops are being sent to the Ruhr valley only to protect engineers wiso will go to the coal mines, it was cial.ly announced ttoday The notice was to be sent this afternoon. The French’ forces will remain encamped around Essen and will not intervene unless the engineers are menaced. Belgium, too. will notify the Germans to this effect’ To Advance At Dawn Paris, Jan. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Dawn tomorrow will see French troops advance on Essen in an encircling movement from north and south, according to final plans of the French high command, it was learned today. About 35,000 troops, including eight regiments of infantry, six of cavalry,’ with artillery, the most modern (Continued on page six)