Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1923 — Page 1

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DECATUR WINS EXCITING'NET CAME 22 TO 20 Wiifh School Quintet Grabs Contest From Fire in Last Minute STEELE IS INELIGIBLE, Girls Win Game From Lan-; raster Township Girls by a Score of 13 to 7 Crippled by the absence of Steele, e tar back guard, the Decatur high school basketball players entered the .am? against the International Busi n ,> s s college teem from Fort Wayne in Mhletic hall here last night, full M - fight and when the final whistle ble« they were leading their opponents in a 22 to 20 score. The game Melting from the time it started until Dean Dorwin shot the winning fuld goal nearly the full distance ot the floor with only n few seconds t< play- . i i With Steele missing at bak guard, hcen keeping the opponents away from the Decatur goal in a fine manner all this season and last year, was not or. the floor last night. He failed to make the necessary grades on the semester examinations held last week and he was declared Ineligible by the faculty He is attempting to make up the ucrk now, and if successful will be eligible to represent the Purple and Gold on the basketball court again soon. If unsuccessful, he will be In j eligible for a period of four weeks at least. Play Five Man Defense With Steele missing at ack guard. Coach Moore’s men played a five man defense lasi night and they worked it very successfully. Farr started the game at guard with Captain Teeple. and he played well, before giving way io White during the second half. Tuck er and Kerri. D. H. S. fOtW’ards. put up a great fight last night. Tin-ker massed a total of four field goals and Kern dropped in two. Dorwin hit the net for three field goals and four out of seven free throws. The two teams were pretty evenlv matched in weight last night, with the exception of Ent, the big center on the 1. B. C. five. Grass led in the sewing for the visitors with three field goals and four out of five free throws. McCorkle, floor guard tickled the netting for three goals from the field, and Ent accounted for the four additional points for the I. B. C. quintet with two Held goals. The visitors put up a mod game throughout and were good clean sports. The game was exceptionally closely j fought, the score being tied three dis ferent times. Decatur started out fast and annexed seven points before the visitors broke into the score column The locals held on their early lead and led at half time, 13 to 9. I. B. C. Ties Score I. R. C. came back in the second half and tied the score at 14 all. Decatur I forged ahead again but the visitors itarted another rally and the score again knotted, this time at IS all. Each team counted two more noints making the score stand 2fl to 2®. All ten players were fighting desperately for a point as the time was almost up. The timekeeper was getting his whistle ready to stop hostilities and the spectators were fully satisfied that an extra period would be ! reeded to decide the winner, when bean Dorwin grabbed,the ball near the I- R. C. foul line and hurriedly sent it <n its way toward the opposite end of the flnrtf. T] le j, a ]| sa ji et j high and dropped through the netting without touching the iron rings, giving Deca,ur 22 points and the victory. The fame ended shortly later. Ralph Miller, who plays on the Fort "ayne K. o f C. team, refereed the 'ORtest last night, and did a creditable , '' 1 ’ The I. B. C. ouintet was accoml'i”ll(Ml by Jonas Tricli, former De'■"ur nurn who is principal of the coland by a large delegation of i rooters who made the trip-to Decatur I ,n a special interurban car. Lineup Bn '’ summary; . D «.tur (22) p. .j. B< c . (20 ) V *«• n.^. F U"h'- p -. - • ■’ Jfueston J° rw,n • C1.... Enz G,,.......... McCorkle a ? G Meredith Wtitutions for Decatur — White tor larr. 2, Tuqker. 4." Dor(Continued on page two)

Ft. Wayne Firm Ships Chickens to Scotland Ft. Wayne. Ind., Jan. 13—One hundred thousand dressed chickens, weighing 430,000 pounds, were ship ped by a Ft. Wayne packing concern to a firm in Glasgow, Scotland. The shipment required fifteen refrigerator cars. The chickens were packed twelve io ft box. The consignment left today for St. Johns, New Brunswick. WBofir G. R. & I. ENGINE Horse Killed and Driver Is Slighty injured in Accident at Berne Berne, Jan 13 —Carl Lehman, son of Rev. and Mrs. Joel Lehman, living a mile northeast of Berne, narrow j ly escaped serious injury or probable death Friday morning at 9 o'clock. Lehman's close call came when a C.l R. i 1- freight engine and caboose which were backing, hit his horse and buggy, throwing Lehman into a side ditch, injuring the horse to such an --xtent that it died, and demolishing the buggy. The accident happened at the crossing near the milk condensery. just north of town. His injuries are only slight. Cari was driving home from Berne. A freight train which was switching in the Berne yards had drawn up ’n the siding parallel to the main track. Tl'.e train of freight cars on the siding had been cut in two to allow, free traffic on the road. The engine I and the caboose were on the main track and were going north the train backing. The freight cars on the siding obstructed Lehman's view of the main tracks. The engine and caboose carried an engine crew who had failed to get on freight No. 7 which had left Berne just a short time previous. An attempt was being made to catch up with No. 7 that the crew could con 1 tinue to Fort Wayne. Brakeman Wight of the backing train was hanging on to the caboose of the backing train as flagman. When he saw Lehman drive towards the track he attempted to jump off and give a signal to halt, but he realized that he had not enough time. The train was travelling- less thanten miles,an hour when the caboose hit the horse and buggy. Conductor Wight was also painfully bruised about the- hips, when the collision occurred. Lehman whs scared very much at first. Members of the train crew report that when they picked him up he was so frightened that he could not give his first name- Examination by a local physician showed that Carl ' was bruised about the arms and legs, but that no serious injuries were suffered. The horse was so badly injured that it died soon after. The, buggy was also demolished. 4 CONGRESS TODAY *' Senate: Expects to pass agricultural and postoffice appropriation bills. Gasoline investigation continues. House: Not in sessioninterstate comtnejce commission | hearing on resolution for return nf small alien estates seized during the war. ■ .m? , t .. ' Foreign affairs committee hearing on bill for recognition of the consular service. :,>z —o : Former Berne Man Gets a Trip to Washington Fred Bentz, former assistant cashier of the Peoples State Bank of Berne, and now of Bluffton, recently I won great honors as a representative of the R. L. Dollings Co. Mr. Bentz is at present on a trip to Washington. D. C., having received the trip free for his unusually good service rendered during the past year. Recently his picture appeared in the Hoosier Clarion, which is a trade paper of the Dollings company. Because of his fine record Bentz had I been given a membership in the 1923 Century Club, only four other men having ever received this distinction. Twenty delegates from this state are making the trip ot the national capital. o * WEATHER +i *4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦' INDIANA — Increasing cloudiness and warmer. tonight; Sunday rain or snow in north and rain in south por-, tions.

ONLY ONE BILL IS PASSED BY LEGISLATURE State Legislators Pass Measure Appropriating SIOO, • 000 for Expenses FEW BILLS KILLED Many Important Measures Are Now Before the Legislature for Action (By The United Press) Indianapolis, Jan. 13.—(Special to Daily Democrat) The clase of the first week and a half of the legislature today found little accomplished. Only one bill, that appropriating I simi,oflo for expenses of the session, | had been approved and signed by the I governor. A few had been killed by committee reports. None had com© up for passage or rejection in either house except the session expenses. Despite Governor McCray's request that few bills be passed, both house and senate have been swamped with measures. There have been 137 presented in both houses, and most of them are still in the hands of committees which have been slow to act. The past week has been the opening of the light to repeal the primary election law—as the situation now stands —the apparent defeat of the ■ movement, ,is forseen. Strong opposition to two repeal bills in both houses kept the measures in committee. Among the important measures that have already been presented to the assembly are the soldier bonus bill, a bill to reform the divorce laws, a bill to make the county a unit in school administration, a bill to create a state boxing commission, a bill to establish a motion picture censorship, [ a bill to require street railways to • pave between the tracks, bills to abolish the state oil inspection department, the state purchasing department, the office of secretary of the teachers' pension fund, two of the places on the industrial board, and numerous measures strengthening the prohibition laws. On the political side of the legislature there has been little opportunity to determine the line-up as there has not been a vote on a single important subject. CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat: May #1.19; July $1.13; Sep. $1.19%. Corn: May 73%c; July 714* Sept. 72%c. Oats: May 45%c; July 42%c; Sept. 40%c. HOME TRAINING | INDESPENSIBLE Judge Merryman Makes an Address; Others Speak at M. E. Church Those who attended the services at the Methodist church last night were delighted and pleased. The addresses were of a high order and presented matters of greatest importance. Judge J. T. Merryman spoke on the subject of “The Family, Colleges and the Young People.” These are the I foremost factors in the formation of ' life and character, Mr. Merryman de- ! dared, and the greatest ot the three is the home. He said that parental training is indespensible. That will I largely determine the character of the child, he said. “The Young People,, Members of the Church and Young People’s Societies" was discussed by the Rev. C. L. Haney, pastor of the Evangelical j church in a clear and forceful manner. Young people must be won to membership in the church early in life, he said, and they will respond to a worth-while challenge. In an interesting manner Miss Mary Brown presented the theme, "Jesus and the Life Plans of Young people." In determining what they should do, Miss Brown said, Jesus should be consulted, and in that case they cannot go wrong. She urged the i consideration of the Christian service, i The meetings at the Methodist I church this week have been well at- ' tended and have been very helpful. The next two weeks of the evangelI ist.ic campaign will be devoted to i visitation evangelism.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, January 13, 1923.

TWINS ARE NAMED The twin girlP, prematurely bnrn (o Mr. and Mrs. John Baumgartner late Friday afternoon have been named Mildred and Margaret. Although they are feehle and weak, it Is thought that they will get along nicely. The mother is resting well. Mrs. Baumgartner before her marriage was Miss Mand , Howard, a former tench, r in the Decatur Public schools. DECATUHMAN'S MOTHER DEAS I Mrs. Mary C. Merryman Dies in Indianapolis, Formerly Lived Here Mary C. Merryman, Age 69 years, ; former resident of Decatur and Adams , county, died at her home in Indianapo ■ lis, at 10 o'lock Friday morning, following an illness of six months with . a complication ot diseases. Mrs. Merry- ■ man has been seriously ill since Now ■ Year’s day. Funeral services will be held from the residence at 513 East New York street, Indianapolis, on Moni day. Burial will be made in the I Crown Hill cemetery. Indianapolis. Mary C. Merryman, the daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth Edwards, was ’ born in Blue Creek township, on i March 3, 1853. She was the wife of Henry Merryman, who has been dead for the past thirty-two years. Mr;. Merryman moved from Decatur to Indianapolis fifteen Jeers ago and since ■ that time she and four of her daughters have resided in that city. Five daughters and one son survive. They are Mrs. Gertrude Berkhead, Mrs. Anna Bell. Mrs. Dora M. Leek, and Margaret, all of Indianapolis; Mrs. • Dossie Rassman. a missionary in In- , dia; and Leonard L. Merryma, of De- . catur. Mr. Merryman will leave tonight for Indianapolis to attend the ■ funeral services. o__SEVEN CONTESTS REMAIN > > D. M. S. Basketball :Teanr to -. Play Four More Gamer at Home Two games are on the schedule of the Decatur high school basketball team for next week. On Friday night the local eagers go to Linn Qrove tor a game with the Hartford 1 township high quintet and on Saturday night they will entertain the Noblesville high five in Athletic hall. Following is the schedule, for the remainder of the season: January 19, Hartford township at Linn Grove. January 20, Noblesville, here. January 26, at Angola (boys and girls). February 2, Auburn, here (boys and girle) February 9, at Auburn (boys and girls) February 16, Portland, here. February 23, Young America, here. There will likely be games for the girls’ team here on the nights of February 16 and 23, but no games have been scheduled yet. Portland and Young America do not have girls’ teams. MYERSFUNEFALII IS HELD TODAY Last Rites for One of Decatur’s Esteemed Citizens, Held at 2:30 p. m. Funeral services for the Rev. William J. Myers, former Methodist minister and highly respected citizen, whose death occurred Thursday evening, were held at 3:30 this afternoon from the home on North Fifth -street. Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, pastor of the First Methodist church, assisted by Dr. John C. White, pastor of the Simpson M. E. church, Ft. Wayne, conducted the services. The services were largely attended by relatives and friends and quite a number of people, friends of the daughter, Mrs. Robert Harding of Ft. Wayne, and the family, were .in attendance. Rev. G. H. Myers of Newcastle, son Os the esteemed former Methodist minister, and Mrs. Emery J. Wilson, a daughter, arrived in the city a few days ago. Mrs. Myers and daughter, Margaret of Newcastle, were also here. Burial was made in the Maplewood cemetery. Rev. Myers was 88 years old and was one of the best- loved and most highly respected citizens of the community.

FRED KOHLER FOUND GUILTY AT BLUFFTON Adams County Man Fined and Sentenced to Penal Farm This Morning APPEALS HIS CASE IJ Already Has His Appeal Bond Filed Taking His Case to Circuit Court i Fred Kohler, Adams county farmer, residing near Berne, was found guilty of violating the prohibition law today. , by special Judge C. E. Vaughn, in the 1 Bluffton city court. Judge Vaughn i fined Kohler S3OO and costs and sen-j tenced him to serve sixty days on the! 1 state penal farm. Kohler alron-ly has filed his appeal bond, appealing li.s case to the Wells circuit court The decision was announced this morning J by Judge Vaughn, who has deliberated on the case for nine days. Kohler was arrested a few weeks ago following a raid on his farm conducted by Sheriff Noah Frauhiger. of 1 Wells county, assisted l-y his deputy, 1 and the chief of police of Bluffton.! ETank Seegar, who was found operat--1 ing a still on the Kohtei farm, was ' arrested and later fined rcM sentenced to a term on the penal farm. This raid ' followed the arrest and conviction of Hosea Martz, of Berne, on a charge of possession of intoxicating liquor. ' Martz was arrested tn Wells county near the Bluffton corporation line. The affidavit filed against Kohler ’ was in four counts, charging manufae. ture of liquor, possession of 'iquor, possession of ti | ( .or '.vliii intev to 1., and transo.tation of liquor. The court in making his decision, it is said, found that Kohler. Murtz and Seegar, had formed an agreement for the manufacture of the liquor on Kohler's ( form and the selling of it in Bluffton. The court based Its authority for juris ditiqn on a statue which states that , when tin act is committed partially in. one county and partially in another, ' the case may be tried in either county, 1 it -is said. Each person who performs j 1 a part in the same unlawful act is gijilty ot the same crime, the court held. The case cannot be venued from tl. ■ | Wells circuit court, it is said, and in case Kohler Is found gruilty in that 1 court, his only alternative is to appeal the case to the Appellate Court of Indiana. 1 Frank Seegar escaped from the Bluffton jail last week and is still at _ , ’arge. INDICT MANY AT GARY TODAY Seventy-five Residents l of Lake County Indicted for Liquor Conspiracy ((United Press Service) Indianapolis. Jan. 13—-(Special to Daily Democrat)—Political structure lof the entire Calumet region was rocked to the foundation today when a federal grand jury returned a liquor conspiracy Indictment nani ing 75 residents of Gary and Lake county as defendants. William Dunn, city judge of Gary and Blaz Lucas, formerly his law partner were indicted. Federal officials admitted that the names of many high up Gary and Lake county officials and men prominent in political and business life of the Calumet were included in the list. The names will be made public in Gary when the arrests are made probably about Wednesday. The indictment which is in five counts charges the existance of a gigantic-conspiracy to violate national prohibition laws. ■ f). - Russell Wells Found Guilty of Contempt Russell Wells, of Ft. Wayne, was | found guilty of contempt ot court by | Judge Moran in the Adams circuit court this morning and was flned $5 and sentenced to serve seven days in the county jail. Wells filed a suit tor a divorce from his wife some time ago and the case was venuod to this' county. An allowance was granted to the defendant and it was alleged that Wells failed to make all of the' payments as ordered by the court. I

Old Adams County Bank to Close for Funeral As a mark ot respeat for the Mrs. Elizabeth Ehlnger, mother of Edward X. Ehinger, cashier of the Old Adams County bank, the doors of the bank will be closed from nine to ten o'clock Monday morning during the funeral services held for Mrs. Ehfnger, whose death occurred suddenly Thursday afternoon. Members of the hank will also attend the funeral. SHOTFIRERIS LOST IN MINE Rescue Workers Search the Mine Near Vincennes for His Body Today (By The United Press) Vincennes. Ind.. Jan. 13. — (Special to Daily Democrat)—Wearing gas masks land equipped with oxygen tanks, res.'cue workers went back into American No. 1, the largest coal mine in the , world, today searching for the body of Tom Kinney, shot firer. believed to ‘have parished in a gas explosion. Some distance away from the place where he had been working, the rescuers discovered the lifeless form of Pete Daugherty before gas drove them ' out. | Tearing through debris and building barricades to keep back the gas, the squad pushed into the depths of the pit. They expect to find Kinney's ody about 3.000 feet back. While the searchers were working, Kinney’s young bride watched and waited. She and Tom hadn’t been mar rled very long. He was just 25 years old. She wept hopelessly.. Daugherty was not married. He wa« 36 years of age. He and Kinney fired i the shots on the south side of the 1 mine, working as a team while Tom Biernen. an old Scotch miner, trailed Rafter them as a fire extinguisher. Bic-r---nen was found squirming along on his ; belly toward the shaft, his nose to the ground searching for air that was not polluted with deadly gas. He collapsed and is in a serious condition. That was 700 feet away from the foot of the shaft and Biernen would have , perished before he could have crawled , out. .j o Congressman Seeks War Referendums By L. C. Martin ’ I nlted PreaM staff C<-rre«tw»ndco# Washington. Jan., 13. —(Special to Daily Democrat)—With the peace of . the world again threatened by the sitpation in Europe, a representative of American womanhood rose up in con- : gross today with a proposal that the [United States shall seek agreements J with other governments providing that [there shall be no more war except as jit shall be approved by national | referendums. Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck, congress woman from Illinois, said she wilt introduce, Monday, a resolution directing the president to inform all the nations that the United States will delegate to the people ho sale newer to declare war against any country that will give the same power to its people. BECOMES H. S. PRINCIPAL Miss Anita Swearinger Takes Position in Scobey, Montana Anita Swearinger. daughter of Mrs. Lulu Swearinger of this city, has accepted a position as principal of the high school in Scobey, Montana, and has gone to begin her work there. I Miss Swearinger, who was graduated from Indiana University last spring, lias been taking post graduate work in the state university this winter and also acted as cashier in the bursar's office there. She attended DePauw University for a while and took work in night school in Washington, D. C., for one winter before entering Indiana University. Miss Swearinger is a member of the Sigma Kappa national college sorority. o REVIVAL AT WILLSHIRE I The revival meeting at the Willshire M. E, church is in full swing. The Reverends John and Otto Davidson are the Evangelists who are conducting the services. They both preach !and sing. crowds are attending the services and on Friday nigut the altar was filled. The services will I continue until January 21 or later. The ‘Rev. Cumimngs is the pastor.

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i GERMANY GETS > A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM r Reparations Commission Votes to Postpone Payments Until Jan. 31 CLASH IS AVERTED French Agree to Pay Cash to Germans for all Coal Deliveries t <l*Bhr<! PreMM Nervier.l Paris, Jan. 13—(Special to Dally Democrat)—Germany is to have a temporary moratorium, with postponed of reparations payments until , January 31, the reparations commit i Sion determined today. Premier Poincare’s plan for exacting gnaran- , tees and establishing a custom chain , about the Ruhr was discussed by tin members of the British decling to ( have any part in matters concerned with occupation of new German terri- , tory. The vote on a fortnights morator- , ium as far as payment of 500,000.000 l gold marks due France is concerned was unanimous, after Bradbury, British member, withdrew from the dis-* Missions. ) Essen. Jan. 13—A clash between French and Germans in the Ruhr was averted today when the French com- [ mission agreed to pay cash for coal deliveries. At a conference with German oper ators the French first threatened arrest of mine workers and superintendents and confiscation of the coal supplies if work was not resumed on Monday. The French explained they were willing to pay temporarily to avoid 1 closure of the mine. The German offer to continue min--1 Ing the coal if it is paid for is sub--1 ject t<r approval of the national coal 1 commissioner while the French are referring to Paris for instructions. Essen was quiet today only a few scattered French patrols being in ■ evidence. They cooperated with German traffic police. Paris, Jan. 13 —French troops may occupy Bochum today or tomorrow , as a punitive measure for Germany's refusal to make required coal deliveries it was learned today. Premier Poincare, General Maginot , and Le Trocquer reported to the cab- • inet that results of the occupation . of Essen were satisfactory, as were > the conversations with the industrial representatives of the Ruhr. It was understood, however, that as a result of the latter, and of the ; German government's notes regarding German inability to deliver more ! coal, the zone of occupation will be extended to include Bochum. Berlin, Jan. 13—The Berlin govern- ' ment has qent another note to ' France and Belgium declaring the 1 seizure of Ruhr territory violated international law as well as the Versailles treaty. The note also au nounced the German government's inability to make further reparations payments at this time. Berlin. Jan- 13—The Reichstag today gave Chancellor Cuno a vote of ' confidence in his stand against the invasion of the Ruhr by France. Only the communists dissented, the vote otherwise being unanimous. French Journalists were barred from the press gallery of the Reichstag. They utilized the diplomatic tribune. ——;—— • ' Car Load of Horses Shipped From Here Today A carload of horses was shipped today from Decatur to Uniontown, j Pennsylvania, by Ed Ahr and Dan Beery, local horse buyers. This makes a total of eight earloads shipped I’J the local buyers since September L 1922. There is an average of thirty head in each car. The horses shipped today were paraded through th«tg| city before being loaded. The are worked in the mines in I’enn sylvanla. -- Q fl 1 ' Firemen Get More False Alarms Than Real Columbia City. were turned in fire year, according to n. chief. The tot*! - 4,000twelve months * 3S IMS ■