Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1923 — Page 5

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->■ ihiug r. n*< «l.v i' l CM ° of “ A ” t ’ olbi * | ( . H white of egg. It ,r U T.In<l 1 n<l causes the injury to I'tJb. o."icasant M.Hs, -as H ' visitor here today. th,-run' Koeher. of Western ■ MSS Oxford. Ohio. arrived home ■ to spend the ,week e«<! with ■ lol'ar-ts. Mr. and Mrs. James ■ Heller ue.tt to I’dootuigton to H the aeek -.nd with his son. Dick IX L been aick for the past ■ "I‘nnt Kern, of Van Buren, is visitH ■ r ,.littves here over the week end. ■ '"; irs Fauna Everett. of Kort Wayne. ■ u'v.siting with her daughter. Mrs. H J. east of the city, tor sev- ■ Helm, and daughter. ■ y.;..,,,!. of east of the city, were shopIB n,. r « here today. ■ , lr . jj,..Gregory, of Garrett, » . ir|i ,.,| last t.Utht to spend the week M ; r ., |,.-t mother. Mrs. Elizabeth HH Gregory. ■H Mis- G.-ergie Vachon, of Markle, is H vi ‘ ltlllg friends here over the week UH end. ■B |:,,|i ('iiniimiis and Roger Swain, of IB Phnfmn. attended th.' tourney here ■I i a st evening|U I'len It'll 1,1 Valp.irais... is visiting HH his ).,.!■ lit • her. , Mr. and. Mrs. John H| Hill, "i" 1 attending the tourney the |B weekend. B \| I' Ziiimierni.iii. of Fort Wayne. B „,is business visitor here this! ■B sorning. ■ Levi Johnson, of Monroe, was a HH visitor in Decatur today. |H ,\n optimist would almost have t' HH j., :■ who lives in an apartment HH an' limine witlith' woner of a closed HH car, "Enrnal vigilance is th' price B o'liberty. ■' Imt who wants t' stay in B a cellar .ill th' time?—Abe Martin. mH Indianapolis News. B " I Everett, of Galion. Ohio. HH was a business visitor here today. HE J 11. Blm-kwest, of Huntington. HH was In n- mi business yesterday. HB Harry Dewlap, of Chicago, was a HB business caller here today. MB J. ('. Fullerton, of Chicago, attendHH nil tn Imsiness matters here today. HH Millan, of Chicago, was a busiB nr* B caller here yesterday. M Gerald Glass, R. H. Radebaugh. H Garth and Erwjn Dyson, # Milburn M Hailebatigli. and James Plessinger, of M Bluffton, attended the tourney here HH last evening. H li. Smith, ot Indianapolis, was a M business visitor here today H Sarah M. McKenna, of Chicago, ■ was a business visitor here today. H E. li. Campbell, of Rochester, New ■ Mirk was a business caller here yesH terday. ■ D. E. Reynolds, Bob Cummins, and ■ W. li. Stuckey, of Bluffton, attended ■ tile tourney last evening. ■ Herman Blott. of Winchester, was ■' a business caller litre today. H J. W. Chapman of Monroeville, at ■ tended the tourney here last evening. E Withtngton, of Montgomery < Michigan, was a business calle? here today. H. Hagle, of Bayonne, N. J., was a business caller here this morning. Miss I -nits Hammond, of Fort Wayne, is visiting relatives here over the »eek-cd.

. — ipt '*vLW | ' | COURTESY AND CONSIDERATION You want your bank to do more than perform its services in a perfunctory way. All transactions must be handled with speed anti accuracy, but at this bank the human clement in banking is always kept in the foreground. You have the feeling that our officers and employees are interested in you and in your success. 1 • i Transactions are handled just as quickly, anil much more pleasantly, | where courtesy has not been crowded out. At (his bunk courtesy and a consideration for depositors’ convenience are always cWrrnt coin. Wst;N<Cionsl \ Jfapilal and Surplus \

J. G. Crum, ot Monroe, was a business visitor here this morning. Miss Etta. Mallonee, of fort Ways, is visiting relatives here. O. Gillloin, of Berue, was a business visitor here today. The Misses Harriett and Kathuruie frailer, Alice Louise Bonham, and Murtha Eley, of Bluffton, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Borroughs while attending the tourney here. » Mr. mid Mrs. L. W. Dailey, of Bluffton, will spend the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. U 1). Beery. Lawson ('. Lenhart, Jr., son of .Mr. ad Mrs. I« (’. Ixmlinrt, of Jackson, Michigan, was operated on for Appendicitis at tile Mercy Hospital. He is recovering very nicely. Mrs. Chalmer Porter ad son, Robert Chalmer, returned from Greencastle where they visited several days with the former's mother, Mrs. Cook Forest Walters, ot east of the city, was a Imsiess visitor here today. J. P. Johnson, of Monroe, was here on business this morning. Mrs. Wayne Gaunt and Mrs. Ijevi Shafer, of east of the city, were shoppers here today. Miss Celia Adrews and Roger Swain visited friends in Fort Wayne today. Mis. Hugh Miller, of Anderson, is visiting her mother, Mrs. H Wiuiies, here who lias been sick for the past several days. —. HIGH EGG PRODUCTION County Agent Gives Advice As To Breeding For Egg Production (By the County Agent) Great advances have been made in increasing egg production in Indiana during the past five years, due to the proper mating and breeding of birds above the average, stated Prof. L. H. Schwartz of the poultry department at Purdue some time ago. Many farms have reported increases ranging from an average of 5 to 100 eggs per hen each year. “Only males ot outstanding vigor should bo used. Those males which fight on the least provocation and which call the liens are especially desirable. The male is one-half the breeding flock. Consequently too much attrition cannot be given to the selection of a good one,” said Mr. Schwartz. “Trap nests and complicated records are not necessary for increased egg production. A definite policy iclating to a breeding plan should be followed by each person interested in poultry.” It is possible for any Adams county farmer, without using any expensive practices, to breed up his flock ! to higher egg production. The ma jority of farmers regard the flock 1 as being one unit, and handle it as such, failing to reellze that it is mad • up of Individual hens, ranging' from the worst to the lest, and- that the Unprofitable hens can be weeded out. I thereby increasing profit from the feed fed as well as pt eventing the hatehii’g of < hicks f:om poor pro.fuc-l ing lions. A progr; m which can b" f 'Howcd out in ~ny farm flock wV.ii, profitable results is. (“st at least <-ne culling per year; Record, proper feed- 1 ing; third, hatch chicks before the 1 first ot May; fourth, vre good ma’es,l conforming to the shape of body desired in laying hans.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY, MARCH J, 1923.

True ;! Detective Stories -L ... TOE-PRINTS | ; Copyrlahi by Tb* Wlta«4«r SyadlciH'. Me . I’m not taking any chsncrs, ] O Jen! I know thgt house like I , know the Inside of this room. Whnt do you suppose I pot that }ob as formic* man for? You don't think I ' like the work, do you? Just ten min- 1 utes —that's all I'U need. The safe's 1 over in ono corner of the bedroom, and I the combination's one I could work in I my sleep—one of those old-fashioned affairs whet* you can hear the tumblers drop clear across the room. “Besides,” continued the man known to hfs accomplices as “Lefty Joe,” and to the police as one of the cleverest 1 second-story men in the business, “this'll be the last Job TH tackle. I ' promise you that. We'll sink tho stuff down at Uncle Abie's and make a getaway before the bulls know the place has been cleaned out.” “It sounds all right.” admitted the girl to whom the burglar was speaking. 'liut I’ve got a hunch that there's a slip-up somewhere. You'll be careful to wear those rubber gloves?” “Sure I will,” answered the other. “Foro. or whatever he calls himself, ain't goin’ to find any of my finger marks all over the place. No, nor any footprints either. I tell you, Jen, this is a cinch. This time next week we'll be out in the sticlrs—somewhere where they don't know us —landin' a decent Job with no fear of bulls. Hurry up with those socks, will you? Don't bother to finish them. It ain't the first time that I've worn 'em full o' hc*es." Shortly after ten o’clock anyone who might have been watching the fence which marked the end of the Filipps' pioperty, would have seen a shadow balance Itself for a moment, silhouetted against the dark gray sky, and then drop, noiselessly, inside the grounds. Moving cautiously, so as to avoid the burglar-alarm wires which he had previously charted. Lefty Joo crept softly toward the house. It was the work of a moment to jimmy open one of the windows on tho first floor, and in almost less time than it takes to tell it, Joe was In the bedroom, spinning the combination of the I wall safe, his sensitive cars listening for the click of the tumblers as they dropped into position. Less than half an hour later he w;as pouring his loot into Jennie's lap, "We’ll have to Jay low for a couple , of days or so,” he informed the girl. , “If the police find out that I've skipped, they'll suspect nn> right away, and try to frame up something. They'll ! have a hard time proving it though. I ’ had my gloves on and my shoes off, and not a soul saw me. So we're safe, girl, and I'm through—at least until I find another crib as easy as this one.” 1 But even as Joe was speaking. In- . spector Joseph A. Faurot of the New I York detective force, was on his way I to the Thipps home. One of the servi [Hits, returning early, hail noted the opened window and bad notified Mr. I’hjpps. The latter, after a hasty ex- ' amination of the rifled safe, had phoned for the police, and the mere I statement that some SIO,OOO worth of jewels were missing, had been enough to bring Faurot, the finger-print ex- | pert, to the scene of the crime. “Whoever broke in here knew what he was doing." stated the inspector, i after he had examined the Imuse and I lhe grounds, “it wasn't much of a I trick to open the safe, and our friend , took good care to use rubber gloves. No finger prints anywhere about the house. Anything outside? “Nothing at all, chief," replied one of the policemen who had accompanied the inspector. “Wires all right and t no footprints in sight.” “Hmmrn," mused Faurot, his eyes fixed meditatively on the hardwood floor of tlie bedroom. Tlicn be moved his head suddenly to one side, as If trying to catch a clearer glimpse of the light reflected from above. Afi instant later he was on his knees./lusting the floor with a powder which he produced from his pocket—a combination of mercury and chalk. A few strokes of a camel's hair brush, to eliminate the surplus powder, and he photographed the smudge with a pocket camera which he invariably carried with him. "This is an expert's job," he announced as He arose. “Round up every second-story nian in town, and give orders that no one’s to leave the city without my permission—anyone with a record, I mean.” One by one, as they were brought into headquarters, the suspected men were put through a strange ordeal. After removing their shoes and socks, mints of their toes were taken. |lre‘®ely as their finger prints had previously been recorded. It took the inspector less than five seconds to order the release of each man. until he examined the prints rtf the sixteenth prisoner. "Bring him in!" he ordered. Tfien 0 as Lefty Joe faced him defiantly, Fanrot inquired mildly. “Wlyre's the sHitT ' you got from the Phipps’ place last . <pightC Joiyfj tdt. it'< rM':us<’ #p regist‘cr ; i innocertee. We've got the goods rm you this time. You wore rubber gloves. , but you forgot that the Woman tekl leaves a mark just aS fedividuat and ' distinct as the fingers. Your right dW«k had » hole in ft liter flight, So we ' found your tisltbfg card on the floor of the house shortly after you left." “Damnation!” growled the prisoner, | “Why didn't I let Jennie finish her <

Ossian Wins Over D. H. S. in Morning Game (Continued from Page One) One exceptionally close and melting. game and one upset in the dope featured the play on- the opening day of the sectional high school basketball tournument here ycetenluy. The Monroe-Decature game at t o’clock yesterday afternoon was the feature of the day, Dm-ntur Winning on free .throws after tlie final gun had licen fired. The upset isl tlie dope came last night when the scrappy Lancaster quintet from Wells county, defeated Bluffton, score 24 to 20. The now high school gymnasium was fllleil to capacity during the afternoon session yesterday and only a few seats Were unoccupied last night. The rooting was very good and a splendid spirit was shown by all > of tho spectators. There was not a single incident to mar the success of the tourney. It is expected that the gymnasium will be crowded ugain this afternoon and evening (pr the semi-final and final games. OSSIAN 24, ROCKCREEK 6 After leading at the end of the first half, Ifi to 1, the Ossan quintet eased up slightly during the second period and contended themselves witli holding the Rockcreek team to two points. Ossian scored eight more ikiints during tho second half, winning tlie game by a score of 24 to 6. lleopcngartner and Frybnek led in the scoring for the winners. Wolfcalc made both of Rockcreek's field goals. This was a slow iwwl un interesting game. Line-up and summary: Ossian (24) Rockcreek (6) lloopengartner F. Roe Hunter F Floyd Fryback C Woifcale Dyar G Hoffacker Bailey G Raber Substitutions: Ossian-— Glass for Dyar. Davisson for Glass; Rockcreek—Bayless for Floyd. Floyd for Roe, Roe for Floyd, Miller for Hoffacker. Field goals: Hoopengtirtner 1. Fryback 5, Glass 1. Wolfcals 2. Free throws: Roe, 2 out of 1. Referee: Murray. DECATUR 14. MONROE 13 Loud cheering broke loose when the Monroe and Decatur players took the floor, for the final' game of the afternoon. This was the game that the fans had been waiting for. Monroe appeared first. The game was called at ten minutes after four. Monroe was well represented with rooters. The game started fast and soon a foul was called on Lammiman. Dorwin missed the chance to score. Lam iman missed an easy shot from the field. Lammiman scored from the field. ( At the end of five minutes of play, with the score standing 2-0, Monroe took time out. When play was resumed Dor win shot a close one Imt it rolled off the hoop. Myers fouled and Andrews scored on the free throw. Teep4c fouled but Andrews missed the throw. Kern stored a pretty field goal from directly in front of the basket. Hobby Myers followed suit shortly later with a pretty long field goal from the skit, putting Decatur ahead, 4-3. Dorwhi missed a chance on Hendrick's foul Hendricks scored a field goal, putting Monroe ahead. Lammiman connected again and Dtecatur called time out. Score 7-4. Ten minutes had been played. Lammiman hit the basket again from the field, sending the score to 9-4. Lammiinan fouled- and Dorwin imife the free throw. White fouled, but Andrews missed both free throws. Tlie half ended, score 9-5 in Monroe's favor. Second Half Dorwin ina'fle one out of two tree throws on Crist's foul Dorwin made a long field goal and Teeple put Decatur ahead, 10-9 with a long field goal. The rooting was becoming iu tqpse. Five minutes us tiie second half had been played. Kessler fouled. but Dorwin missed the free throw. Dorwin fouled and Kessler added two mdre points on the free throws. Monroe took time out. Andrews made a field goal, putting Monroe ahead, 1310. Farr was substituted for Kern in the Decatur line-up- Kessler footed and Dorwin made both free throws good. Score. 13-12 in Monroe's favor ;md only five seconds to play. Kester fouled while four players were lighting for the bail under Hie Decatur basket. Before the ball could be re turned to the foul line, the timekeeper's gun cracked. DWw in walked to tlie foul line, tiark a goml look at the basket and tossed : rn the first freq fhrolv/ Tltii? tfed t& scurf'. tKc ball was returned to Dorwin for a second shot, Again he took good aim and tossed the balk It Mt. the rim of Hie basket, hesitated, and feH through, gtviirg Decatur the victory, by a store of 14 to 1:4. This Was an exceptionally good game. The playing was clean aad fast. If there was any outstanding

stars of tha contest, Lammimaß. Monroe Center, was probably best. He was sill over tlw floor and was the only one who was able to make more that) one field goal. He made three. Although the game was eg‘coedingly close, none ot the players lost their tempers. Decatur's victory gave the locsJ boys the right to meet Ossian in the secoud round at 10 o'clock this morning. Line-up and summary: Decatur (14). Mcnroe (13) Myers F Hendricks Kern FAndrews Dorwin C Lammiman Teeple G Kessler Wiiitw G Crist Substitution*!: Decatur-Farr for Kern. l-’iebl goalh: Myers 1. Korn 1, Dorwin 1 Teeple I, Hendricks 1, Andrews 1, Lammiman 3. • Free throws: Dorwin, B out of 10: Andrews, 1 out of 4; Kessler, 2 ont of 2. Referee: Geller. LANCASTER 24, BLUFFTON 20. At the start of tlie Hluffton-Lancas-tor game it was evident that the contest would be hard-fought. Durr scored first on field goal hut dowser tied the score for Bluffton with a field goal. Clowser scored from the field again, putting Bluffton ahead. Meyer counted a field goal tying the score at 44. Meyer put Lancaster ahead with a field goal. Bluffton tiM'k time out at the end of the first seven minutes. Meyer made another field goal and then scored one point on Fetter's foul. Field goals by Clowser and Early brought Bluffton's total up to 8. Meyer and Durr scored from the field again and then Early hit the basket. Another field goal by Meyer ended the scoring in the first half, which ended in a score of 15, to 10 in Lancaster's favor. Second Half Brivkley and Early scored field goals at the start of the second half. Meyer made four more field goals during the second half. Bluffton fought hard but could not penetrate Lancaster's defense for close shots. Early made some pretty long shots. Blufftmi brought the score up to 18 to 16 at one stage in this period hut were unable to tie the count. The final score was 24 to 20. Early and Clowser played best for Bluffton, while and Durr were best in the winners’ line-up. Lineup and summary: Lancaster 24 Bluffton -20

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Lmilemaua F C low sat Durv F Mock Moyfi C BrickJey COtterly G Earley 1 Cutler ..G Fetters < Substitutions: Bluffton—Gilbert for ’ Mock. , Field Goals: Mock 1, Clowser 4, I Brickley 1, Earley 4, Durr 2. Meyer 9. ' ■ Free Throws: Meyer 2 out of 3. Durr 0 out ot I. ( Referee: Murray. UNION CENTER 33, GENEVA 12 Geneva was no match for Union Center in the second game of the evening, the former winning by a score ot 33 to 12. The first half end ( ed with tho score 18 to 9 in favor of Union Center. . Tho winners continued to pile up the score during the second half and when the final gun cracked they had scored 15 more points while holding their opponents to three points. Thoma, forward was a star in the lineup for the winners. He was very ably assisted by Walker, center. Striker aud Lough showed best for the losers. Union Center will meet Lancaster in the semifinals. Lancaster has lost two games this season to Union Center, and many dope them to beat Lancaster this afternoon. Lineup and summary: Union Center 33 Geneva 12 Thoma F Pyle Fundeburg F Striker Walker C Lough Mcßride DfOW Grindley G Miller Substitutions: Crow for Fundeburg Field Goals: Thoma 4, Fundeburg 2, Walker 9, Pyle 1, Striker 3, Lough 1. Free Throws: Thoma 3 out of 6; Lough 2 out of 3. Referee: Geller. . — >■ BULLETIN Indianapolis. Mar. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A tax of two cents a gallon on all gasoline sold in Indiana was provided in a bill passing the state senate today 26 to 21. The bill has passed the house and undoubtedly will become a law with Governor McCray’s signature because the governor recommended it. Proceeds from the law. estimated at more than $1,000,000, would be devoted to highway construction and repair divided between the state highway commission and various counties.i

CUSTOM HATCHING AND BABY CHICKS I will commence custom batching March 6th. Book your order now for custom hatching and baby chicks with—HUBERT E. ZERKEL. Decatur, Indiana. Phone 879-A 62t3 I---- > FREE dirt, for the hauling. Phouu 713 or see Ed. Whitriglit. 52-3 t . O o DR. R. D. STEWART, Veterinarian, Wren, Ohio Graduate of Ohio University Practiced for 6 years. Wren Phone. Reverse charges. Moved from Van Wert, 0., to a farm, 3 miles northwest of Wren. Answer calls day or night. O — <» 30-S-Tu 3wkx o FOR BEST WATER WELL DRILLING SEE Geo. C. Mumnia and Perry C. Wallers of Decatur. We have had 24 years of experience in the work. We do all kinds ot repairing.. Work on pumps, rebabit wind mills, make them run like new. Also handle a complete line of pumps, pipe, tanks, wind mills and a light line of plumbing. Work all guaranteed to be satisfactory or no pay. Phone 519 or 869 M T T S 2wks CINCINNATI, RICHMOND AND FT. WAYNE RAILROAD COMPANY Notice Pittsburgh, Pa., March 3. 1923 The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Cincinnati. Richmond and Fort Wayne Railroad Company will be held at the principal office of the company, in the City of Richmond, Indiana, on Thursday, April 5, 1923 at 10:00 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors to serve for the ensuing year, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. S. H. CHURCH, Secretary

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