Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1923 — Page 1

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I MANY surprises are I tourney features

I OSSIAN WINS I OVER 0. H. S. IN I MORNING CAME I BluHton. Monroe, and l)e- ■ f atur All Fall by the ■ Wayside in Big Event I I'INAI. GAME TONIGHT ■ Inion Centre and Liberty B (enter Win Their Way ■ Into Final Contest B I.ihrtv Centre and Inion ■ Centre. Wells eounty teams. ■ will play the final game oi the Decatur sectional high school ■ basketball tournament at the ■ high school gymnasium, at X ■ o’clock this evening. The Lih- ■ crlv Centre teain won its way ■ into the finals by defeating OsR sian at 3 o'clock this afternoon. R score 22 to 9. Union Centre R went into the finals by winning R from Lancaster in the other R game of the afternoon, score R 29 to 19. H liberty Centre parted the game ■ with an attack and f<Tet(irnifnr!*: .1" R whicht mild not tie denied. HoopenR ganiner tried hard to stave off defeat R for his team and counted two field R goals during the first halt. Ossian did R not get a chance to score by the free H ibtow route as not a foul was called ■ on Überty during the first M half. Kejly Moore registered one held ■ goal and two out of two free throws. ■ kadis counted two field goals, and R Kenneth Moore two during the first ■ half. Tlie half ended with Liberty ■ Centre leading. 12 to 4. B Ossian fought hard in the second B h»lt' hut was tired out from the hard ■ game with Decatur during the morn ■ ing. They registered only one field ■ goal in the second half. Liberty Center ran in all of the substitutes in this period, saving their regular.' for the final battle with Union Centre. Line-up and summary: Liberty Centre (22) • Ossian (9) Kelly Moore F. Hoopengardner Sills F Hunter Landis ...C Fryback Huffman . G Dyar Kenneth Moore G Glass Substitutions: Liberty Centre — Campbell for Sills, Bolton for Kelly Moore, Minnear for Huffman. Field goals: Kelly Moore 1, Sills I 3 Landis 2, Kenneth Moore 3, Hoop ongardner 2, Fryback 1. Free throws: Kelly Mooe, 2 out of 2; Glass, 3 out of 4; Landis, 1 out "f 3; Kenneth Moore, 1 out of 1. Referee: Geller. Union Center 29; Lancaster 19 The speedy uuintet from Union Center fought its way to the finals in the sectional tournament here this afternoon, defeating Lancaster by a score of 29 to 19. This was a fast au, l interesting game but the win-1 bfrs held the upperhand through-1 °»t. The first half ended 15 to 8 with Union Centre leading. Thoma, star forward for the winners,was taken out of the game during the first half and was replaced by Crow. This substitute played a high class game and srored four field goals. I-ancaster, conquerors of Bluffton ’“st night, showed the effects of the htfd game. They fought hard but '*■>> efforts fell short. Meyer, the t'lg center, who starred in the game akuinst Bluffton, played another rood game and counted three field WUs and three out of six free ."*’**' Line-up and summary: «"lon Centre (29) Lancaster (19) p °"‘ a F,. I,'ndemann F Durr c Mp - wr “^ de o Cotterly ,r i D, * lay 0 Cutler >u stltutions: Crow < for Thoma, e^e!- *' Or nt i emar >n. Koa ' s: Thoma 2, Crow 4, [ ndeburg 3 . Walker 5. Mcßride 1. ’■ Mwt ’ L "“ to - Murray.

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Ossian earned the right to play Liberty Centre in the semi-finals this afternoon, by defeating Decatur In a hotly contested game at 10 o'clock this morning, score 16 to 14. The Decatur players showed the effects of the hard game with Monroe yesterday afternoon. They were un-i able to get started during the first I half and when the period ended were trailing, 10-4. Supporters of the Purple and Gold were confident that the local would come back and win the game in the second half. Ossian continued the fast work at the start of the second period and continued to hold the locals. About five minutes before the end of the game, Decatur took time out. and when play was resumed, it looked like they had at last found them selves, as Bobby Myers made two goals in rapid succession. The Ossian defense tightened then and the Decatur rally stopped. The locals received several apparently easy. shots during the closing seconds of, the game, hut were unable to make them count. Bobby Myers played a fine game for Decatur and he appeared to show the effects of yesterday’s game the least of any of the five. Hoopengartner ’ and Fryhack were stars in the lineup of the winners. The game was interesting and wellplayed. Lineup and summary: Ossian 16 Decatur 14 Hoopengartner ~F Kern Hpnter F Myers Fryback C Dorwin Dyar G Teeple Glass G White Substitutions: Farr for Kern. Kern for Farr. Field goals: Hoopengartner 1. Hunter 3. Fryback 4, Myers 3, Dor win 1, Teeple 1. Free throws: Glass 0 out of 4; Dorwin 4 out of tk ~ Referee: Geller. LIBERTY CENTRE 31; PETROLEUM 10 Liberty Centre won its second game of the tournament at 9 o’clock this morning by defeating Petroleum, Wells county champions, by a score of 31 to 10. This was a rough game and was harder fought than the score would indicate. The teams started out on about even terms lint Liberty] Centre gradually pulled away from the losers and at half time lod 16 to 8. Sills led the winners in staring j with five field goals. Landis, center and Kelly Moore, forward, were good i in the offensive work also, while Kennth Moore and Huffman did a good job at guarding. Lineup and summary: Liberty Centre 31 Petroleum 10 I Kelly MocreF Terrell Sills F Lacey Landis C Uptegraft Huffman G Brown Kenneth Moore..G Holloway Field goals: Sills 5, Kelly Moore 4 Landis 3, Kenneth Moore 2, Terrell 1, Lacey 1. Brown 1. Free throws: Kelly Moore 2 out of 2; Landis 1 out of 4; Terrell 2 out of 3; Lacey 2 out of 4. Referee: Murray. (Continued on page five) o WANT PROBE OF PBICE OF SUGAR Strong Fight in Congress for Resolution Providing for Investigation I Washington, Mar. 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—A strong fight will be made in the senate today for passage of tlie Brookhart resolution providing for a senatorial investigation of the rising price of sugar. The investigation is favored hy the, department of commerce whch holds that the market gamblers are forcing, up of prices by circulating false , stories of short crops, and attempting j to credit these reports to official American and Cuban sources. If senate leaders don’t voluntarily allow his resolution to come up. Bockhart Is prepared to force action. The upward market movements yesterday in the face of Brockhart’s de mand lor the investigation have strengthened the feeling in the senate in support of the resolution. |

CONGRESSMEN PREPARE FOR JOURNEY HOME Sixty-seventh Congress Ends Session; Two Bills Yet to be Acted on SESSION ON SUNDAY Party Leaders Find It Necessary to Kill Several Measures Today Washington. March 3. —(Special to Daily Democrat) -Tlie senate refused Delay to consider American adhesion to the permanent court of international justice at. this session. On a motion by Senator King to take up his resolution approving American membership in conformity with President Hardings's request, the senate voted 49 to 24 against consideration. Washington, Mar. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat)--With the clatter and bang that has become habitual .with expiring congresses, the 67th i congress today was noisily working its way to the finish. There was no reason except the congressional limitation why congress could not have met at 11 today and adjourned at noon. Its work was virtually done. Nevertheless, a tremendous show of energy was being made in both houses. For the first time in years, the ending of congress found the decks clear of major legislation. Only two bills of importance were left today to be acted on—the conference reports on farm credits and the third deficiency hill. The log jam was cleared away when the senate's filibuster against a ship subsidy ended, and since then many bills have slipped quickly down smooth waters into a haven. Many members seemed a bit bored with the ■mrrtrarrmttr death of the present congress. Some already have gone home, not caring to wait for the final curtain. Many small bills still bobbed about today on the surface of the legislative waters, while congressional lumberjacks did their best to pole them into positions where they would be built into the “raft of legislation" which will make up the record of this congress., , “If we cannot have drama with I our adjournment, let us have a fewhelpful little bills, that will be duly I appreciated liack home,” remarked j Pat ’ Harrison, commenting on the last minute rush to get private and (Continued page two) RECEIVERSHIP WAS VACATED Court Vacated Receivership in Case of Hendricks Vs. Luse, Today Judge Eichhorn, of Bluffton, was here today, acting as counsel in the case of Hendricks vs. Luse et al. A motion to vacate the receivership previously granted, was sustained by the court. A plea in abatmeut was filed by the defendants, Luse and Luse. The. cause was set for a hearing on the appointment of a receiverI for March 8. Divorce is Granted Judge Moran yesterday granted a divorce to Ellen Troutner from Daniel Troutner. The court also changed the former's name to Ellen Roe and awarded her the costs of the trial. I In the case of Edward G. Hansen against Matilda M. Hensen, the court today ordered tlie plaintiff to pay the ' sum of S2O to be used by the defendant as suit money. Will Is Probated The will of Lydia Riley was probated in court here this morning. All of the personal property and real estate was bequeathed to four chil- ' dren, Albert B. Riley, James Riley, ' Rllla Parker and Victoria Merryman. Albert B. Riley was appointed execuj tor of the will. MARRIAGE LICENSE Elias Gerber, tanner, CnatgvUle, age 21 years, to Rose E. Schwartz. Adams county, age 20 years. Chancy Riffle, farmer, Jefferson township, age 29 years, to Elizabeth | Farlow, Berne, age 31 years.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, March 3, 1923.

WHO’LL BC NEXT? Monroe, March 3.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Mrs. W. 8. | Smith while on her way up town I on Wednesday afternoon, saw perched on a tree in front of the J. A. Hendricks home, five beau tiful robins. She at once called the attention of Mrs. J. F. Hocker who also beheld the first signs of spring. This, so far, beats the record of seeing robins, and hat all previous records beaten in numbers. It is now in order for someone to spring the first snake i story for the year of our Lord, 1 1923. MINE DISASTER IN W. VIRGINIA Six Bodies Recovered and Five Still Missing; Overcharge of Dynamite (United Preen Service) Bluefield. W. Va., March 3. -(Special io Daily Democrat > - With six bodies recovered and five men still missing, rescue workers early today pushed far back into the working of the Pocahontas coal mine at Arista, wrecked yesterday by what its otticals believo was an overcharge of dynamite. Thirty-eight miners were entombed by the blast. Twenty seven have been rescued and rushed to hospitals. Wounds of several are said to be fatal. Seventy-five men were working in the mine at the time of the blast. The mine is owned by the Weyanoke Coal and Coke Company. A rescue car arrived early today from Dayton. Officials expressed the belief that the five men still missing have perished. After damp is believed to have flooded the section of the mine in . which they are entombed The explosion occnred at a depth of 3,200 feet. Tongues of flame shot through the surface openings, caused by the blast. Scores of women and children, hopeful that their loved ones would be saved, hovered around the month of Pocahontas throughout the night. BABE Rt TH IS SICK Veteran Home Run Hitter Os Yankees Is Suffering With Flu Hot Springs, Ark., Mar. 2—(Special to Dally Democrat) —Babe Ruth is a very sick niai, was the word early today from the sick room here of the mighty slugger of the New York Yanks who is suffering from influenza. Ruth’s temperature, was given at 104 today hy Dr. A. Bocton. attending physician. Babe was sent to bed with a high fever late yesterday when he failed to throw off effects of a cold. Pneumonia complications are feared, according to word from the Yank camp this morning. The wife of the famous swat king has been called here from New Orleans where she went to await the arrival of the Yanks for the spring training season. 'TOURNAMENT SCORES Liberty Center 24, BerneG Ossian 24, Rock Creek 6 Decatur 14, Monroe 13 Lancaster 24, Bluffton 20 Union Center 33, Geneva 12 Liberty Center 31, Petroleum 10 Ossian 16, Decatur 14. Union Centre 29, Lancaster 19. NAMED FOR COMPTROLLER Washington, Mar. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The nomination of James G. McNary, southwestern bank er, to be comptroller of the currency, was ordered favorably reported to the senate today by the banking and currency committee and will be placed before the senate in executive session this afternoon. —o CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat: May $1.17; July $1.13%; Sept. $1.11%. Corn: May 74%c; July 76%c; Sept. 76%c. Oats: May 44%c; July 44c; Sept. 42%c. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ WEATHER ♦ Snow or rain in north and rain in south portions probably tonight and j Sunday.

COUNTY ROADS BEGINNING TO DRY OUT NOW Wann Sunshiny Days Help Highways to Dry and Settle; Are Worked STOP HEAVY HAULING Arrest Made for Heavy Hauling Over Soft Roads; Helpers Named If the present balmy breezes con tinue for a few days I lie condition of the roads in this county and throughout the stale will bi* greatly I improved, as they will lie given a chance to dry. County superintendlent of highways. Charles E. Magley, | and his twenty district superintendents and their workers have been busy the past week "working" tile roads and getiing them in as good a shapd as possible. Heavy traffic over the roads in this t county is forbidden, and within the 1 last few days, several arrests have r been made in violation of the law. f P. McDonough, chief of tlie weath- , z er station at Fort Wayne, sent out - the following notice yesterday coni’ cerning the roads in this section. General Summary I ‘‘The roads over the district continue in generally fair condition, but the unpaved stretches an- so soft • that daily an increasing number of > highway superintendents are Jissuing warnings against the use <>t the highways by heavy loads ’ “Heavy traffic in prohibited on all unpaved roads in the vicinity of Fort . Wayne. "In the vicinity of Goshen the Lincoln Highway and Toledo-Chicago 1 Pike are closed to heavy traffic. “The Wabash Way in the vicinity t of Peru is closed to heavy traffic. "Heavy hauling is forbidden on till roads in Adams County, in the vi- ’ Unity of Decatur. Ind. t "Heavy traffic is warned to keep off the, JJugter .Trail in the Auburn Waterloo section. 1 "Heavy hauling on the Custer Trail, in the Angola section, is pto- » hibited s District Superintendents In order that the roads may be looked alter properly. Sitpt. Magley I has appointed additional district ( road superintendents, bringing tlie number to twenty. The districts assigned to tlie men are: Union. W. H. Bittner; East Root, Geo. Case; West Root, Clint Hart; N. Preble, Fred Ostermeyer; S. Preble. Henry Selking; Kirkland. Jim Hower; N. Washington Geo. Geels; S. Wash- . ingtou and N. Monroe, Vai Snell; N. ( 8t Marys, W. Bunner; S. St. Marys, (Continued ors page two) ■ ROAD REPAIR FUND SMALLER 1 Only $90,193 Available in County This Year; $114,695.48 Last Year I , It will he of interest to the taxpayers and residents of the different townships and incorporated towns or cities in the county, to know how much ntoney each taxing unit lias available for the repair of macadam roads during 1923. Last year the to-, tai of the county* repair budget was | $1 14.695 48, while for 1923 only S9O-1 193.03 is available. On the basis of having 700 miles of macadam roads in the county, the average per mile is between $125.00 and $130.00. Last year the average per mile for repair of roads was $1G4.00, so it can lie 1 plainly seen that the repair work cannot be carried on as extensively ' this year as heretofore. ’ The figures for each taxing unit in 1 the county is as follows: 1922 1923 1 Union $ 5,064.40 $3,973.64 1 Root 9,279.74 6,836.30 Preble 7,761.13 5,839.18 ] Kirkland 6,657.42 5,234.77 ( Washington 11,547.50 8.465.54 St. Marys 7,478.01 5,631.95 Blue Creek 5,420.87 4,277.92 Monroe J 0,564.06 8,570.54 , ’ French 5.759.06 4,872.29 Hartford 5,750.72 4,500.921 Wabash 6,898.14 6,717.80 Jefferson 4,823.88 3,820.57' ■ Decatur 18,785.16 14,890.22 Monroe 1,181.20 847.14 1 Berne 6,146.27 5,192.31 1 i Geneva 2,072.92 1,521.94 1 ; $114,695.48 $90,193.03

POWER RESTORED TO BOARD OF ACCOUNTS

I DRAIN TILE MEN MEET Decatur Men Attend Banquet Held at Portland, Yesterday Portland, Ind., March 3. — The Frazier Drain Tile Company, ot Bluffton; the Krick-Tyndall company of Decatur, and the Portland Drain Tile company, were hosts here to the Indiana Drain Tile Manufacturers' association, in a tlire<-<ourse han quel served in the basement of the Presbyterian church, yesterday. Representatives were present from Connersville, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Rushville, Lynn. Redkey. Mill grove, Sweetser. Angola, Hoagland, Findlay, Ohio; Ottawa. Ohio; Bluff ton, Decatur ami Portland. The membership of this association represents investments aggregating over two million dollars. RADIO. CONCERT GOOD Had Difficulty in Locating Chicago Station at Industrial Rooms The Industrial Association rooms were crowded at 11) o'clock last night with local people who wanted to hear the radio concert given from a Chicago broadcasting station under the management of J. B. Kalver, son of Barney Kalver, of this city. The operator of the radio instrument in the Industrial rooms experienced much difficulty in locating • the Chicago station and it was after 11 o'clock before it was found. The local people then heard Mr Kalver announcing for the Jerome Remick .V Co., music publishers, of which he 1 is manager. Other people in the city, who were listening over other instilments, stated that they heard all of the concert, and that tlie concert was very goibd. Another Fined for Heavy Hauling Today Upon an affidavit filed by Robert Marbaueh. Francis Schmitt, was arraigned in Squire Kintz's court yesterday on a charge of heavy hauling. He pleaded guilty ami was fined SIO,OO and costs, amounting in all to $22.00. The affidavit stated that Mr. Schmitt was hauling a load of rock suit in excess of the weight allowed by law at a time when tile roads would not stand such a heavy load. Mr. Schmitt paid his fine. This makes the third arrest this week on tlie charge of heavy hauling over Adams county's roads. ■ o ■ - .. Couple Married in Clerk’s Office Today The marriage ot Chancy Riffle. Jefferson township farmer, to Elizabeth Farlow of Berne, oceured in the county clerk’s office at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The Rev., C. L. Haney, pastor of the Evangelical church, received tile vows. Misses Rose Vogle wede and Mildred Keller, were the witnesses. MISSION TO ” BE DIVIDED One Week Will be for Women and Second Week for Men of Congregation The two weeks mission, which will open at the St. Mary's Catholic church on Sunday, March 11th will be divided into weekly periods, one i week for the women and one week ' for tlie men of the congregation. According to present plans, tlie first week will be for the women and tlig second for the men. This division , is necessary because of the small capacity of the church, it being imi possible to seat both men and women at the services at the same time. i The schedule of services are now being arranged and besides the mission 1 masses in the mornings, services will h>e held every evening at 7:30, the Franciscan Missionary priests. Fath- ] er Daniel and Father Andrew, being in charge.

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JAIMTOSTOP GRAFTING BY ' CONTRACTORS Soldier Bonus Bill Passes Third Reading in Senate This Afternoon AMENDMENTS FAIL Several Attempts Made to Amend Bonus Bill Bui All Fail to Pass Indianapolis. Mar. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Power to examine road and school contracts in an effort to uncover grafting by public officials and crooked contractors was restored ( to the state board of accounts today in a bill which passed the legislature and was sent to Governor McCray. The hill was slightly ehangt ed as it passed through tlie legislative machinery, to provide that thrf boanj may not make public the facts in connection with graft until action has been taken against the accused 1 parties. Otherwise its intent was the same as when introduced.* Tlie board always had assumed 1 tlie power delegated to it in the bill until tlie appelate court reuled that 1 it had no right to do so. The bill merely puts the body back to the plane from which it was removed ' and makes it a full fledged state de- " partment to ferret, out fraud. The ‘ court decision made it more or less r of a figurehead body. 1 After three futile attempts to ■ amend the state soldier bonus bill when it came up for second reading in the senate the bill passed to third reading . Some interpretated this ac- , tion to mean that the bonus will squeeze through. Senator Dailey mada a motion to strike out. the amendments made in the house of representatives to include Spanish-American war veterans las beneficaries of the bonus. His motion was tabled. Other unsuccessful amendments t were: By Senator Baxter to provide for the annuilment of tlie bonus measure on the ixissage of a conus bill by congress By Senator Lindiev providing peos fie ’’otjng in the referendum be tax ’ payers. The senate killt’l the Representative Jap Jones bill win I: would hava empowered cities to operate public r util ties without the consent or control of a commission when Senator . Van Ormans motion for its indefinite ■ postponmont was cart ied by a vote » of 29 to .4. < Van Oman speaking on his motion , said that all forms of government that . weie the most corrupt municipalities headed the list. He said rutting utll- . Ities under control <f ( ties would expose them to far more crooked dealings th.iii they are now, under the control jf the public service commission. Senator Cravens defeated the bill and J-p Jones purpoae in presenting | the hill to tlie legis'alu.-'. He critiI eized the public service commission in setting utility rates to earn 7% return on the utilities replaceable ■ value instead of their real value. He said in the town of Martinsville a firm bought the lighting plant for junk at a low price. They put it , in working condition, lie said, and the public service commission fixed a schedule of rates based on the I plant's replaceable value. > The bill to prevent the Indianapolis speedway race on Memorial day was expected to be eturned to Governor McCray by U. S. Lesh. attor--1 ney general, this afternoon. The bill 1 was sent to Lesli for an opinion on j its constitutionality. McCray Signs Bills 1 Indianapolis, Mar. 3 —(Special to ■ Daily Democrat) —Twenty bills pass’i ed by the state legislature were sign 1 ed by Governor McCray today. The ' governor vetoed one. 5 The bills signed include: By Representative Gottschalk pro(Continued on page two)