Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXL Number 17.

HERRIN MINERS ARE FOUND NOT GUILTY

enters plea OF GUILTY TO CHECK CHARGE H. H. Heaton Gets Fine of S2O and Sentence of Sixty Days in Jail HAWKINS CASE ENDS Mrs. Hawkins Gets Divorce: Home Store Case in Circuit Court Today U H, Heaton. who has been held jn t he county jail for several weeks, charged with issuing a fraudulent check, today entered a plea of guilty t 0 the charge of obtaining money under false pretense and was fined by Jndge Moran. Heaton was fined S2O and costs, and was sentenced to serve sixty days in jail. Heaton was arrested in Fort Wayne and then brought to this city. H. F. Kitson. local garage owner, filed the charge against Heaton, claiming that he passed a fraudulent check at his garage in payment for gasoline. Hea ton answered the description of a man wanted in a number of Indiana cities on similar charges. His case was set for trial on various occasions in the circuit court, but each time it was continued until a later date when Hea ton stated that he had an attorney in Indnanapolis who was going to de fend him. Today he decided to change his plea. Hawkins Divorce Case Ends The divorce case of Morton S Hawkins, Portland millionaire, came up for trial in the circuit court this morning. The court awarded a divorce to Mrs. Hawkins on het cross-com plant and restored her maiden name of Fannie Lamar Manley. The plaintiff was ordered to pay the costs of the trial. The property rights be tween the two parties was adjusted and settled by a contract and this con tract was approved by the court. The defendant is a resident of the state of Georgia. Home Store Case The case of Cassius M. Andrews am others against the Monroe Home Store company was being heard in the cir cuit court today. Several witnesses were examined. The case was not tried before a jury New Case Filed A suit to foreclose a garage own er's lien in which judgment in the sum of S3OO is demanded, was filed in the Adams circuit court today by John C. and Elmer Garman against Purman B. Hebble. The plaintiffs are engaged in the repair of automobiles in Grahill, Allen county, and they allege that the defendant is indebted to them for gasoline and lubricating oil. The lien referred to in the suit is on automobile trucks. Somers and Kennerk are attorneys for the plaintiffs. o_: BIRTH Word was received in this city thia morning of the birth of a ten pound girl to Mr. and Mrs. Hartman Deel of Fort Wayne, at 8:30 this morning. The little Miss has been named Constance Lavon. Mrs. Deel was formerly Miss Reba Wilhelm of this city. o Christian Endeavor Rally at Berne on Saturday A couhty Christian Endeavor rally "ill be held in Berne Saturday even'll January 20th. Every Christian Endeavor society in Adams county K hould have representatives there as the addresses to be given are full of just the right kind of life that Christian Endeavorers need. The ineeting will be held at the Mennonite 'hutch in Berne at 7:30. The spdakt,r9 for the-evening are C. C. Hamilton, of Boston, Mass., and Evan Wil--181119 of Fort Wayne. Mr. Hamilton 8 field manager for the Christian •ndeavor World and is at present on a ten day tour of Indiana. Chicago market close Wheat: May $1.18%; July $1.13; e Pf- $1.09%. Corn: May 72%c; " u ’y 7»c; Sept., 72%c. Oats: May, * 6 '; July, 42%c.

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SISTER DIES IN OHIO Mrs. Elizabeth Gerber, Sister to Mrs.' John Hoffman, Died Yesterday Miss Elizabeth Gerber, age 80 years, I died at her home in Wooster, Ohio, yesterday forenoon, following an ill ness caused from a stroke of paralysis suffered last September. Funeral' services will be held in Wooster, at 1 ’ o'clock Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Gerber was the only living; sister of Mrs. Fred Hoffman, of this city. Four children survive. They are: Albert Gerber, of Okron, Ohio; Dr. Reuben Gerber, of Dalton, Ohio; Martha Gerber and Mrs. Anna Werner, at home. 6. E. TEAMS WIN TWO NET GAMES Men Defeat Rockford, Ohio, 31-27; Girls Win From Ft. Wayne, 19-9 After getting away to a poor star In their game at Athletic Hall last night, the Decatur General Electro ' and the Rockford Independent basket ball teams settled down and furnished a fairly good contest for the large crowd of spectators. At the end of the game the G. E. five held a 31 to 27 advantage. The Ohio players never ’ were in rfie lead although they | threatened many times. In the preliminary game the G. E girls won from the Super Six girls’ of Fort Wayne, by the score of 19 to 9. The G. E. girls also had a hrfrd time getting started, but finally began j hitting the basket and at half time I were leading 13 to S. The guardin' .' of the G. E. girls was air-tight and practically all of the visitors’ points' were made on long shots or free ' throws. Melvena Butler led the locals I in scoring. Shortly after the start of the men's j game, Bryce Thomas caged a pretty j field goal for the G. E. outfit. Lindeman tossed in another a little later and Rockford brought the score to 4-3 with a field goal and free throw i on Thomas' foul. Field goals by Lin-1 deman. Shirk and Thomas sent the score to 12 to 3. Rockford took time, out and requested that the G. E. players change sweaters, as the uniforms of the two teams were much ' alike. The change seemed to help the visitors who braced and ran the i score up to 13-10. A Rockford player j shot at the basket again and the ball ‘ struck the top of the blackboard.; bounded nearly to the ceiling, and dropped directly through the basket, sending the score to 13-12. Shirk counted two more points on tree throws before the half ended with the score standing 15-12. Schoultz Hits Basket Schoult? entered the G. E. lineup for Thomas at the start of the second half. Neither team scored for a few minutes and then Schoultz counted from the field. Two field goals and a foul brought Rockford's j tally to 17 and a free throw made the G. E. total 17. Rockford took time out. Each team counted a field goal making the score vanced to 23-21. Schoultz counted three more field goals and Lindeman One. Rockford connected for three j more field goals making the final score 31 to 27. Thomas and Schoultz played a good game at center for the G. E. five. Peterson performed at floor guard in a high class manner, and his backguard. Kleinknight, gave him fine assistance. Shirk was off form last night. Perdy, forward on the Rockford team, was a shining light. Lineup and summary: Decatur G. E. 31 Rockford 27 Shirk F Perdy Lindeman F Frysinger Thomas * C Hileman Peterson G Dysert Kleinknight G Cook Substitutes; Decatur—Scultz for Thomas, Thomdte for Lindeman. Field goals: Shirk 2, Lindeman 3, Thomas 3, Peterson 1, Schoultz 4, Perdy 3, Frysinger 2, Hileman 3, Cook 4. Free throws: Shirk 4 out of 5, Schoultz 1 out of 3, Dysert 2 out of 4. Referee: Oliver, Monroe. •_ F. W. Studler of Linn Grove was here today on business.

AUCTIONEERS I TO GET THEIR DEGREES SAT. — Thirty-three Students to Be Graduated From Reppert Auction School TWO POST-GRADUATES Commencement Exercises to Be Held in Classroom Tomorrow Morning Commencement exercises will be held tomorrow morning for the grad- , uates of the Fifth term of the Reppert I School of Auctioneering. ThirtyI three students will receive diplomas tomorrow’, entitling them to recognition as full-fledged auctioneers. The commencement exercises will be held in lhe classroom at the corner or Second and Monroe streets. The exercises will be private, only the students and members of the faculty being present. Speeches will be made by each member of the faculty and the 1 principal address will be given by Dr. Hill. Col. Fred Reppert, president and founder of the school, will distribute the diplomas. There are thirty five members of the present class but two of the men I are taking a post graduate course and will not receive a diploma tomorrow. The thirty-live students come from twenty-two different states in the i Union and from the Dominion of Canada. Exceptionally fine talent has been manifested by the students during the present term and Col. Reppert and the other members of the faculty i are highly elated over the fine work . done by the students. The sales held by the students in i the classroom each evening during the past three weeks, have been wellj attended by the public and the etudeiits are very grateful for the benefit I derived through this practice which was made possible by th® co-operation of the public. This class has been one of the largest and most enthusiI astic classes in the history of the I school. The good will and best wishes of the townspeople of Decatur go with the students as they leave the city for ' their homes in various parts of the I country. The names of the members of the class will be found In another page of this issue. EX-EDITOR OF DEMOCRAT DIES William M. Reed, Formerly of Decatur and Genva, Dies in Tulsa, Okla. William M. Reed, former Geneva resident and for several years back in the eighties, editor of the Decatur Democrat, died last Monday night at the home of his son, Frank, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. .Mr. Reed came here about 1887 and for three or four years edited this paper while Norval Blackburn, the owner at that time, as postmaster. He later represented a trade journal and visited here occussionally. His sou. who went to Tulsa and engaged in the oil business, became very wealthy and Mr. Reed has made his home there for the past few years. The Tulsa Tribune of Monday said: “W. M. Reed, former newspaper man and postmaster at Morris, 111,, died at the home of his son. Frank 11. Reed, well known oil man and philanthropist, 510 S. Guthrie av. last Monday night of pneumonia, following a brief illness. He had been a resident of Tulsa for 13 years. Funeral arrangements await the arrival of other members M the family. "Reed was 67 years old at the time of his death. He is survived by his wifcWhree sons, Charles V., Chicago: Frank H., Tulsa; Milo T., Wewoka, and a daughter Miss Louise Reed, Bloomington, 111., John Reed of Orlando, Fla., a brother and William H. i Lenfesty of Tulsa, a nephew, are other relatives.”

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, January 19, 1923.

•STEELE ARRESTED Taken Into Custody Yesterday Evening Charged With Possessing Liquor Chauncey Steele was arrested last evening by Chief of Police Reynolds on a charge of having liquor in his possession and was placed in jail, awaiting ( a hearing before Mayor DeVoss. Steele had a bottle of “mule" on his hip and was in the act of giving another fellow a drink when Policeman Reynolds appeared on the scene The half pint bottle, which had already touched the lips of Steele, was taken by Policeman Reynolds. A hearing will be given him this evening in Mayor DeVoss’s court. Steele has been in court before. The offense with which he is charged, if found guilty, carries with it a minimum fine of SIOO.OO. INFANTBREAKS CHURCH RECORD Granddaughter of Rev. U. S. A. Bridge Joins Church at Age of 10 Seconds Out of the west comes the announcement of the birth of a recordbreaking baby. All world records for becoming a church member wei-e shattered by this youngster, who joined church during the first ten seconds of her life. In addition to this accomplishment, there is a special significance attached to the birth of this child. The Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, pastor of the Methodist church of this city, is the grandfather of the new-born. The child is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Bridge, of Omaha, Nebraska. Her full name as appearing ou the church record ia Virginia Rose Bridge. The following account of the record-breaking feat appeared in the January 17 issue of the Omaha Evening Bee, of which the father is circulaton manager: “Virginia Bridge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Bridge, 3521 Webster street, broke al! world records in becoming a church member. “Virginia was born 37 seconds after 1:34 this morning in Stewart Maternity hospital. Just 10 seconds later she was a full fledged member of the Cradle Roll of the First Methodist church. "Virginia's proud father was present, and when, the second 'Virginia was born he pulled forth a Cradle Roll membership card, already filled out, and scratched the name ’Will iam’ off the card. That left only the name Virginia. “Other necessary data was filled in I within 10 seconds by stop watch timI ing. Mrs. G. B. Golding, Cradle Roll ! superintendent, already had affixed ' her name to the membership card, las had Rev. J. W. G. Fast, pastor I of the First Methodist church. “The former church joining record established by an Infant was one minute, in St. Paul, about a month ago. Virginia is a healthy, lusty, eightpound baby girl.” ROTARIANS TO ATTEND MEET _____ Several Going to Conference ; Auctioneers Talk at Meeting Last Night An interesting program was given by a few of the members of the faculty and students of the Reppert Auctioneering school last evening, Col. Gartin acting as chairman of the entertainment committee. Col. Melody sang a number of songs and Col. I-ane of Virginia, former comedian, entertained the crowd with his wit and Jokes, while Col. Vinddige, of Indianapolis, made a delightful talk. D. B. Erwin, chairman of the conference committee, reported that at least twenty-five rotarians, including their wives would attend the district conference at Michigan City next month and that a special Pullman coach would carry the Decatur Rotarians to the resort city. o— Jesse Tricker, of east of the city, was a business visitor here today.

ADAMS COONTV LEADS IN TON LITTER WORK Ties With Morgan County in Number of Gold and Silver Medals Won CHAMPIONSHIP LITTER Litter Fed by C. W. R, Schwartz Was Heaviest in the Entire State A letter Jias been received by County Agent Busche from J. R. Wiley, of Purdue, manager of the Ton Litter Contest in Indiana, which reads as follows: “Adams and Morgan counties tied for first place in number of gold and silver medal winners. Schwartz had the heaviest litter in the state with pure-bred PolandChinas, Heiman had the heaviest litter of 10 in the state and also the heaviest pure-bred Duroc litter. Kirchhofer had the heaviest litter of 7 in the state and the heaviest litter of 7 pure bred Durocs. Considering everything, Adams county was the leading county in the state in Ton Litter work this year.” The farmers of Adams county who have assisted in making this record ' for the county are certainly to be ’ commended. It is gradually coming Ito be realized by farmers and city people alike that there are right and wrong ways, profitable and unprofitable ways, of feeding livestock. I It has remained for Adams county farmers to demonstrate the right methods of feeding hogs. They have also shown that with rapid gains there must be economical gains, even though so-called high-priced feeds are used. Some of the old school who still believve that buying tankage is ' a good way to throw away money will ‘ be interested in knowing that the litj ter of 10 Durocs which averaged 235 | pounds at 180 days of age, thereby I establishing a state record for Durocs, j were fed tankage and corn. There I are no reports of anyone in the state . winning a gold medal for a litter fed i on corn alone or even on corn and I good pasture. Movies of Schwartz Litter At the Ton Litter meeting Monday (Continued r»n naze five) • DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY EVE, • Charles Ackerman, Wellknown in City and County, Died at County Farm Charles Ackerman, age 72 years, well known in this city and throughout the county, died suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy while at the supper table at the County Infirmary last evening. Mr. Ackerman was sitting at the table partaking of the evening meal when the stroke came upon him and (.ell from his chair to the floor, dead. The body was removed last evening to the home of his sister, Mrs, Catherine Meyer, on North. Fourth street. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at nine o’clock from the St. Mary’s Catholic Church, and burial will be made in the St Joseph cemetery. Mr. Ackerman' had been a resident of this county for 69 years, coming here when only old, when his parents), Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ackerman, immigrated to this country from Germany. He was born in Germany, September 4, 1850. He was a likable person and had many friends who were always glad to talk with him, he possessing a degree of humor and wit that was enjoyed by all. Besides Mrs. Meyer, one other sister, Mrs. Mathias Miller, of Marshall street, also survives. BIRTH Mr. and Mrs. Frank Monahan, of Fort Wayne, are the round parents of a seven pound baby girl. Mrs. Monahan was formerly Miss Francis Gaffer, of this city.

BLUFFTON MAN KILLED Teamster Meets Instant Death When | Log Falls on His Head Bluffton, Jan. 19.—Lewis M. Shaw. Bluffton teamster, was killed instantly yesterday morning at 8 o'clock when a heavy log fell on him and I crushed his head, while he was work-1" ing in a woods on the Mrs. Ephriam Bowers farm, one mile south of I Bluffton. Harry E. Little, 304 East J Arnold street, Bluffton, was working a short distance from Mr. Shaw when the fatal accident occurred. Dr. H. D. Brickley arrived on the scene shortly after the accident, but ’ Mr. Shaw’s death was instantaneous | and medical aid was futile. Coroner William Mcßride wa,s called. PREBLE BANK | HELD ELECTION I ' Albert Reppert Elected as President to Succeed John Hoffman Yesterday Albert Reppert. well known farm | cr of Kirkland township was elected president of the Farmer's State Bank ' at Preble at the annual meeting of i. the stockholders and directors heir yesterday. He succeeds John HolTman who retired. At the annual' meeting of the stockholders held late I Thursday afternoon the old board of directors was re-elected they being,' John Hoffman, Jeff Klopfenstein, Al-, bei»t Reppert. August Conrad, William Meyer, Ben Liniger and John Miller. The directors than elected officers i the personnel remaining the same,! with the exception of electing Alberti Reppert as the new president. Jeff! Klopfenstein was re-elected vicemanager of the bank and Miss Edna I president, C. R. Smith, cashier and; Werling, assistant cashier. The Preble bank was organized in 1916 and has shown :r steady growth' every year. According to the last re-j port the total resources of the bank [ were $146,760.39, with deposits of $111,685.32. The loans and discounts totaled $104,932.93 and the business last year was exceedingly good, stated Cashier Smith this morning. The bank has a paid up capital of $25,000. , Was Scene of Hold-Up It will be remembered that an attempt was made to rob the Preeble bank on June 9, 1921- Russell Barrone and a mhn by the name of McDaniels entered the band and ordered Cashier Smith to “hold ’em up." Mr. Smith made an attempt to reach for his revolver and Barrone shot him. Miss Werling, the assistant cashier was also injured by the bullet from Barrone's gun. After a heated chase the two bandits were caught, tried in the Adams circuit court and found guilty and sentenced to the Indiana penitentiary. After several month's absence Mr. Smith and Miss Werling were able to resume their official duties at the bank. — • I). H. S. Seconds Go to Linn Grove for Game The Decatur high school seconds will go to Linn Grove tonight to j play the Hartford , township high school team. This will be the second meeting of the two teams this season, the locals defeating the Hartford boys recently in a closely contested game in Athletic hall. Noblesville high school will play the D. H. S. first team here tomorrow night. This is expected to be an interesting contest. A preliminary game will be played by two local teams, starting at 7:30 o’clock. W. A. Lower Spoke to Cathoic H. S. Pupils W. A. Lower, secretary of the Peoples Loan and Trust company, made an interestihg talk before the pupils of the Catholic high school this morning, his subject being the importance and advantage of a checking account Mr. Lower told of the advantages of paying bills by check, how the checks served as a receipt, and that a checking account encouraged the individual to save. His talk was very interesting and instructive, and was greatly enjoyed by the pupils.

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FIVE ACCUSED SET FREE BY VERDICT TODAY Defendants Accused of Murder in Herrin Massacre Freed This Afternoon SIX BALLOTS TAKEN Jury Deliberated Twentysix Hours and Forty Minutes in Agreeing (United Press Service) Marion. 111., Jan 19 —(Special Io Daily Democrat) —The five defendants in the Herrin massacre trial were found not guilty by a jury in circuit court here today. The verdict was delivered at 1:50 p. m. after the jury had deliberated 26 hours and 40 minutes. The accused men Otis Clark, Peter Heller. Bert Grace, Leva Mann ami Joseph Carneghi—had been brought to trial on charges of murdering Edward Hoffman riots in and about the Lester Strip mine last June. Six ballots were taken by the jury. The hush that fell over the court room was broken by no cheers or outbursts . An audience of 500 spectators heard j the verdict. Under close watch ot sheriff dupities they passed out smiling only in satisfaction. The verdict was passed up to Judge Hartwell who read the jury decision • one by one. Twenty-two men were killed in the I Herrin massacre on June 21-22 of last .year. when union sympathizers and I non union workers clashed In one of I the bloodiest industrial battles in the history of the nation. The slaughter occured at the Lester strip mine, near Herrin, a I typical mining town in th« heart of I the southern Illinois coal fields. “Bloody" Williamson county, scene of the battle, earned its uick name from the violence and bloodshed which has marked its records for more than a century. The trouble at Herrin started when non union miners were shipped Into mine coal at the Lester mine, owned and operated by W. J. Lester, president of the Southern Illinois Coal company. o St. Joseph Schools Hold Semester Exams The first semester examinations were held in the St. Joseph schools on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday ot this week, the final tests being held this afternoon. It will be several days until the papers are graded and the results made known to the pupils. Promotions will not be made at this time. •— Mrs. John Curry Died at Craigville Today Relatives in this city were notified today of the death of Mrs. John Curry, of Craigville, which occured early | this morning:. Mrs. Curry died very suddenly. Before her marriage sha was Miss Nanny Weldy. She was a niece of Mrs. Noah Mangold, of this city. \ _• AMERICAN LEGION NOTICE There will be a meeting of the of the Adams Post. No. 43, of the American Legion, tn the Legion hall, at 7:45 o’clock Monday evening, Jan. 21. Newly elected officers will be installed. Important business. All members urged to attend. Vincent Borman, adjutant. 19-3tx ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ * WEATHER *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* 1 Generally fair tonight and S* !l,r ’ day, except probably light snow fn extreme north portion; somewhat warmer Satiirtay. «— — ■ F. G. Hollo® erf business visitor here today. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Oliver and daughter, Lucile, of Monroe snopp h (-re. today.