Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 62, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1923 — Page 1

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I TO REMODEL K, I OF C. DUILDING I DURING SPRING I "tt I proving Building I WILL START SOON I W ond and Third Floors to I ' ( hanged; to Install ■ Elevator I work on remodeling and rc-j I pairing p f the Knights or Columbus I builalng. corner Second and Midlsonj ■ Btre(< calling for an expenditure of; I approximately ,’IU.OOO will begin at B j,; x. Ehinger, grand knight of I th , order and president of the I Knights of Columbus building asao, f iation. stated this morning. At a meeting of the council held , t ’ t evening a resolution was adopt 1 e ,j authorizing the improvements, which include the raising of the ceiling on the third floor, occupied by the Knights of Columbus as a lodge ( room, an electric self operating ten-j passenger elevator, rearranging the, second floor into four suites of rooms, one of three and three of two rooms | each, and installation of a steam ( henting plant which will furnish steam heal for the entire building. Mr. Ehinger stated that it was| estimated that the Knights of Columbus building association would spend at least SIO,OOO in remodeling’ the building and making it into a modern business and office building. 1 This does not include any amount that the Knights of Columbus might spend in remodeling their club and lodge rooms. The K. of C. block, heretofore ( known as the Big Store ®r the Alli ; son block, was purchased last year, by the local Knights of Columbus, from Mr. and Mrs. Fred Macke, of i Birmingham. Alabama, the considera- ’ tlon being $32,000.1/0. Recently the, council sold the two story building at the north to H. P. Schmitt. The celling on the third floor will be raised sixteen inches, giving the.. 1 Knights of Columbus a commodious lodge room. The electric elevator' will be located on Madison street where the present stairway is. It will be u self-operating ten passenger elevator and can be operated by anyone who wishes to use it. On the second floor the present hallway run 1 ning east and west through the builting will be moved back of the brick wall which now separates the room occupied by the Engeler store and the hallway. The offices will therefore be made five feet longer and the space needed to make this change will be taken off the room oc cupied by Mr. Engeler. This change *ill give the offices facing Madison j street a brick wall at the north, in 'he re-arrangement of tlw second n '"’ r a suit of three rooms will face Second street, while tie on a on Madison street will consist of two noma each. Architect Charles Christen has u employed to make the changes, f' tiding the raising of the roof. Mr. Ehinger stated that the build association would advertise for ,' 8 lor ,hp installation of the heat- , aystem and an elevator and that „ * aa h0 '’ e * J 'l>At work on the ren ' ag could be started t'ltuin the Proven r - WUh adde ‘ i 1 ” 1 ‘ will f S ' ,he Kn^hrs of Columbus busin ° ne ° f thp mo3t “Od-rn | Ot ] ge ro dn<l » ° fflee bui,, ' ,n » 8 > 811,5 U6e rooms in the citv. cJ C mh. n, '‘ n ? 9rS ° f the Koi « hts of w M „“ bu ‘ l( *'ng association which of the mm I ° l,0 "’ ins the P urcb bresXn n ? *’ X ’ idem- h I' 30 ” Schmitt > vsc ® PresC N • YaßPr ' Secretary, and ' enriaten, treasurer. Miss Louise Quinn Honored in Chicago Mr l ‘° ldse Q'tfn.u., .daughter tot was J > MrS ' 1)0,1 Q,li,,n of Chicago, annual * ' he BUt ’* ern <n 5 oonference of the westnight h WhlCb b6gan lt,Bt Krllla - V Oak Pari/ 6 < -’ >n ß retl om»l church, Was J. , A PlCturp of Miss Qu«nn ksr elect/ WUh * Btory tonc,prns ng Trib uae Xi" 0 tho <?hlwißo Su nday Mr. ans k. W Ulan 11 8 nlece « granrida ? fß ' Frpnch Quinn and a Merrvn UPr W Mr ’ anil Mrs J T "ytnan of this city.

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Wife of Band Leader Known Here Is Dead Mrs. E. Shnbrr, 38, wife of Cart Shelter, died at St. Joseph's hospital at 10:45 o'clock last night, following an operation Surviving are the .husband; tin father. I/H hlan Taylor, of Regina t'an ; one sinter, Mrs. Frank Ny resita, of Mrtvill, Can.: two broth ers, George Taylor, of Canada, and Gordon Taylor, of Ixmdon. Air-. Shelter was horn June S. 1884. The remains were removed to Kiaehn & Sons' funeral chapel and later will be taken to the borne of a slop dough ter. Mrs. John Menuewiseh. corner of Kentucky and Carson avenues.— Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette Mr. Shober was the leader of tin Decatur City band during the latter part of last summer and Is well known here. LEGION CALLS BASEBALL MEET _____ iMee ti n g of Prospective Candidates to be Held on Friday Evening Symptoms of baseball fever show 1 ed up in Decatur today, with the an noiincement by the American Legion that a meeting of all prospective candidates for the Legion baseball team will he held in the Legion hall, on North Second street, at 7:45 o'clock Friday evening. The American Legion plans to put a team in the field this summer which will be composed mainly of players from this city and surroundI ing community. The nature of the team will depend largely on the support given to it by local fans. There is much interest in the team among i legionnaires and a manager and captain have been selected already. The 1 players do not have to be members of the Legion to play on the team. '■Hie team will, however, play under I the narpe of the American Legion and will be backed by that organiza- , tion. It will be necessary to solicit fman | cial support from the local fans and business men in order to get the team started and it was stated today that a committee would begin solicit ' Ing for funds within n few days. The .legion does not desire to make money on the team, but will be content to make expenses, and if there is a profit, it will be turned over to the men who pay on the team. The I team will pay Sunday baseball, but the diamond on which the home I games will be played has not been chosen. 1 GIRI. LIVES WITH A I’Ll IS TEMPER ATURE IB mrrtiiV’A - ini' <lllll ' A Escanaba. Mich—Surrounded by physicians, Miss Evelyn Lyons, the girl with the high temperature, appears to have won out in her fight for life despite intense pains which have balked all the doctors. The physicians have not left her bedside and numerous hypodermics, have been administered, but they ap-| parently had no effect and were finally abandoned. Her temperature is 115 plus and her pulse is estimated at between 160 and 170. One day last week Evelyn left her bed and was found in a snow bank, where she explained sbe had gone to "cool off." Dr. Refnet, who is in attendance, believes his patient will recover.

.STARWITNESS FOR STATE AT GARY IS SHOT Witness in Gary Booze Cases Killed in Street hy Two Men ARE PROBING SLAYING Black Hand Terrorists Are Blamed for Act hy Authorities Today I Gary, Ind., Mar. 13—(Special tol Daily Democrat) —Gaspari Monti, star witness for the government in the Gary booze cases was shot to death by "black hand" terrorists, authorities investigating the slaying declar- ■ ed today. Monti, king of Gary'u little Italy, was shot down on the street, by two men, armed with sawed off shot guns. Both federal and local authorities > joined in the search for the slayers. After questioning scores of Monti's followers they announced his death had nothing to do with his testimony in the liquor cas»s. I Attempts had been made to kill .Monti several times. He told friends J a few days ago he was afraid they J were going to get him. J Monti signed an affidavit present- , ed to the federal grand jury which' indicted 75 residents of Lake county, including high officials, on charges of violating) the prohibition laws. AUTOMOBILE IDENTIFIED l' Van Wert. Ohio. Mar. 13—The ; large automobile, abandoned on | Center street, several days ago, has been identified as tlie property of '.Chauncey Smith, of Decatur. The young man related to Chief Jackson \that the power of the car became disabled, therefore, it was abandoned.! ( Smith was ea route home from a trip • to Paulding. I' o I I Mrs. Agnes Andrews, went to Fort | Wayne this afternoon. ATTENDANCE AT MISSION GROWS ■i — i Judgment Is Subject of j Sermon to be Preached to Women Tonight J i "Judgment" will be the subject of l the sermon to be delivered tonight by Father Andrew, the missionary. | to the women of the congregation at the mission services now in progress at the St. Mary’s Catholic church. Interest and attendance at the mission are increasing with every service and last evening the big i church was almost filled with women ’ alone. The missionary, Father Daniel, delivered the sermon iast eve- | ning, his subject being “Preparation for Death,” and his words moved and greaty impressed his hearers. Leading a good and holy life is : necessary if you want to be prepared for eternity, remarked the missionary in the course of his sermon. Talked at K. of C. Hall A large crowd of men attended the meeting of the Holy Name society held at the Knights of Columbus hall last evening and heard the mis-| sionary, Father Andrew, deliver an eloquent talk on the merits of the Holy Name society, whose purpose it is to instill in the hearts of the iu ! dividual members, the reverence and respect due the only name of Jesus. He urged the men to abstain from using the name of Jesus Christ in vain and to shun or abhor the irre-| vant or profane use by others. Every person should honor and respect the name of Jesus and no one should ever use His holy name as a byword, In a profane or in an angry way, the missionary . The Holy Name society of the St. Mary's church which was organized In number of years ago. now has a ( ' membership of 330 and sometime during the men’s mission next week the enrollment of new members will take place. Every man in the congregation Is invited and urged to JoinTalks were also made at the meeting last night by Judge John Moran, I W. A. Rlepper. Frank Hetman and' Martin Mylott. |

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, March 13, 1923,

■TWAS AN ILL WIND William Engle, popular rural carrier hat always believed in the old saying that “its an ill wind which blows nobody good" but now he is wondering whether two ill winds will return double good I fortune. Yesterday while out on I I his route a playful March zephyr | came breezing along, lifted the top off his Ford and placed it gently and in pieces alongside the road. When he reached his home on Line street he discovered that ’ another branch of the gale had \ | snapped around the corner and 1 taken the roof off his kitchen. Bill < thinks he is being-“kinder” picked l k i °"- I -■ - - SPECIAL JUDGE . IS APPOINTED/ — Sumner Kenner, of Hunt- 1 ington, Selected to Try , Case in Court Here i Judge Sumner 11. Kenner, of Hunt- < ington circuit court, was appointed 1 special judge in the case of Rhoades J et al against Armstrong, today after ( the plaintiffs and defendant had each ( struck off one name from the list of ( those eligible to act as judge in tlie ( case. The name of Judge F. W. ( Gordon, of Wells county, was stricken off by the plaintiffs and the name of , Attorney R. 11. Hartford, of Portland, . was struck off by the defendant. The , case of Bbegley vs. Scbug was continued today until April 5. The case < of Murphy against the Murphy estate, ( a claim, was also continued until a ; later date, on account of the illness of Attorney D. B. Erwin, counsel in • the case. i j In the estate of Joseph J. Rich, a petition was filed for the appointment i t of an inherltenca tax appraiser. The ’ court appointed William Zimmerman i I appraiser. In the case of Ixive et al vs. Jon- ' athon Rumple et ul, attorneys Etch- 1 horn and Edris, of Bluffton, made their appearance for the defendants, Jon 1 athan and Sarah Rumple and Attor ney D. B. Erwin, of Decatur, appeared I for the defendants, lambert and | 1 ijafnbert. j In the case of Shanahan and Con . roy against Julius Hauck, Attorney |C. J. Lutz appeared lor the plalntiffo. I The defendant was ruled to answer absolute within five days. . In the case of the Bank of IJnn Grove against Amos D. Buckmaster et al. separate ami several motions were filed by the defendants, Amos D. Ruckmaster. Jesse A. Buekmastcr, Job U Yuney, and John Arn. to require i the plaintiffs to separate the complaint i into paragraphs and to number the i paragraphs. 1 All depositions on file in the ease 1 of B. Frances Murphy against Murphy t administrator were ordered published, j In the ease of the Commercial Trust ( company against the Cardwell Ftave < ■ company, an answer in two para- ( | graphs was tiled by lhe defendant. ■ The court rules against she plain- < tiff to reply to the second paragraph, i , Interrogatives numbered from one tn i nineteen inclusive were filed by the t defendant. The plaintiff was ordered t to answer to the interrogatives by the . I proper officers within fifteen days. | In the estate of Philip Schlrack. ( the executor was authorized to bor- , row $2,500 and to secure the note by a mortgage on the real estate. | j An inheritance tax report has f ' been filed in the estate of Amos j Schaffter showing that the total net t value of the estate was $8,459.88. s j The sum of $564 was inherited by ( Savilla and Tillie Engle, and Ada 6 1 Schaffter, each. The court found ( that each owed inheritance fax in , the sura of $1.28. Joel Schaffter, t Caroline Habegger, Lydia Kauffman, ( ; and Katie Huggel each inherited the sum of $1,691.97, and each owed in heritance tax in the sum of $23.84. ] Basketball Game in Old Gym Tomorrow Night What will likely be the last lias- 1 ketball game of the season In this 1 city, is scheduled to be played in the t old gymnasium tomorrow night, t when the Kirkland township inde- t pendents meet the team from the f Decatur Foundry. The Kirkland I team is composed of last year's high f school players and the members ofll of the Foundry team are old stars, also. The contest should prove inj teresting, v 4

ASK THAT AID FDR FARMERS BE CONTINUED Committee Asks That War Finance (corporation Continue Its Work FARMERS NEED AID Senators and Congressmen Say Liberal Policy Must he Pursued I nlled Prrmu suin' < 4irt*«**|ioii«h*iit Washington. Mar. 13 (Special to Daily Democrat)—A plea for cont in ued financial assistance by Hie war 'tinanee corporation to farmers in the production and marketing of crops was made today by a delegation of senators, congressmen and farm organization representatives who called on Frank W. Mundell, new director of the corporal ion. Senator Capper, Kansas, farm bloc leader, who lead the delegation, declared that farmers were uneasy regarding furutre operations of the war finance corporation in view of the farm credit measures passed by the last congress. These bills will not become operative for some time, Capper said, and in the meantime farmers must rely on pid from the corporation. A liberal policy must be adopted by the corporation to safeguard regular and orderly marketing of farm products, the senator said. Senator Ladd, North Dakota, decl.ir ed letters were pouring into his' office from farmers who wished to ascertain: What assistance the corporation would give in the exportation of surplus farm products? Why large advances to cooperative organizations were approved while the actual money loaned was so small? What security will be demanded by the new administration of the corporation for loans to foreign corporations and cooperative associations? 1.0. PATS HONOR TO B. A. WINANS Former Pleasant Mills Boy Is Now Supt. of Schools in Montana Bloomington. Ind.. March 13.—8. ,\. Winans, former Pleasant Mills boy. now superintendent of schools al Livingston. Mont., was included in , list of 500 leading educators of the United States who are graduates or former students of Indiana university, in whose honor a banquet was held at Cleveland, 0., last week as g feature of the annual convention of die de partment of superintendence of the National Education association. The celebration was known as "Presidents' Homecoming Night," and was ar ranged by George E. Carrothers. I I . almons who is now assistant superin tendent of the Cleveland schools Among the distinguished educators present were a number of Hie living university and college presidents or expresidents who are L U. products. The list of educational leaders from Indiana university announced at Un celebration include*! seven nniversitj presidents, eleven college presidents ten normal school presidents, 200 sperlniemlents and principals al th* bead of school systems in 18 different states of the Union. 300 university and college professors iu 150 leading institutions of leuruiHg such ns Columbiu. Princeton. Harvard. Yule, ami California, and 29 oj tlie most eminent scientists in the United States. —— G Ben Hurs to Have Si. Patrick’s Social Ou Friday evening the members of the Bon Hur court will have a St. Patrick social In their hall. All members are urged to be present and ; take their friends with them. The committee in charge of the social is ' planning for an enjoyable evening, i Everyone is asked to wear a sprig of green. “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch,” wtll be given. Harfy Meechberger of Linn Grove, was here ou business today. i

Lad's Body Found in Theatre Ruins Fort Wayne, Ind., Mar. 13 —Detectives connected with the police department started yesterday to probe t it*-tiimily <-omi»-ctiiflis of Frank I White, 18 Year'obl National Guardaman, whose charred body was found In the ruins of the Temple ihi-ali-r Saturday, exactly a month after fire hml destroyed tlie oht playhouse. At the time of the youth's enlistment in th*- guard until he gave the name of Albert Deidrich, Janitor at tlv* St. Augustine's Academy, as “an uncle,” according to information furnished to police by Captain C.-irl C. Bradley, commanding inffic.er of Company K, to which he belonged. Deidrich is said to have denied relationship and to have told guard officers that the youth had relatives in southern cities. MUCH DAMAGE DONE BT WINO Insurance Agents (’ailed to Various Parts of County to View Loss Insurance agents were being called 'to every part of the country today Io | view tlie damage wrought by the gale and wind storm yesterday. Although no one was killed in this part of tlie country, tlie damage done amounted to thousands of dollars, llowevi-r, as far as could be learned, no one suffered a great loss, with lite exception of tin- Citizens Telephone company, much of th*- property being i damaged, when poles atol wires wer? 'blown down. The city light and power i plant also suffered a loss when limbs from trees fell on the electric wires causing them to break. Among those who reported a loss were: William Lammert, Root town ship, shed blown over; Mrs. William Roop, Blue Creek township, roof of chicken house blown off; Grant William, Monroe, burn doors torn off: Mr. Mi Bride on tlie Holthouse sisters’ farm, west of Peterson, reported that the barn doors were blown off: Eli Meyer of this city reported that a window in the attic was blown in: large smoke stack at mill of Adam; County I umber company blown over. SICKNESS AT MONROE Monroe, Mar. 13—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Many residents of Monroe and the surrounding community are suffering with attacks of Grippe and influenza. Among those who are sick are Mr. and Mrs. Bazil Everhart. J. J. Mayer, and Jude Hofer. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Andrews, of Monroe, attended the funeral of Mrs. Rose Rainier, a relative, here yesterday.

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. THIRTY LIVES : LOST IN WIND / STORM MONDAY iSouth Was Heaviest Sufl’ercr in Disastrous Work of the Wind t RECOVER ALL BODIES I Total of Seventeen Lives Lost in Little Town in Tennessee »| (United Press Service) Chicago, Marell 13 —(Special to Daily Democrat) Tin- storm wliii-li swept tlii“ country front the Mississippi valley eastward Sunduy atul Monday, look u toll of thirty-one lives I complete reports today showed. Till* south was tlie heaviest stifferI er. seventeen being killed in Tennes I see, nine in Kentucky anil one in I Arkansas. Two lost their lives in i Chicago and two in Ohio. Unsettled weather followed in the wake of the storm itere. A light snow fell and lower temperatures were reported throughout the Great - Lakes region. I Jackson. Tenn., Mar. 13 —Rescue 1 workers digging in tlie wreck of the town of Pinson, leveled by a cyclone 1 Sunday night believed today they ' had recovered tlie Itodies of all tlie '. victims. Seventeen Itodies received here from Pinson ami the surroundinc ■ country had been identified. Hospitals were filled with injured, a few of whom may die as a result of exi posure. ! i was recovering today from the gal - ■ami tain storm which di rupt.-d com1 mimical ions, crippled telephone and .seriously impeded all business. 1 I Linemen ami all trouble t,hooters ’ front telephone companies were run ' - nitfg. ilown Itroheu wires in ail imrts of tlie state. Il was estimated that sixty five per cent of the property of Indiana Bell Telephone company was ',damaged lit the storm. 1 I Tit,- American Telephone and Tele graph company, parent of the Indiana 1 Bell, suffered even heavier losses. It was said that seventy five pr-r cont of their facillities were destroy -d Tr.n tion companies, suffering t-qual ly us much as the telephone coni panics, were picking up broken poles, mending broken wires and frying to 1 recover in a day front wliat the i )e ’ ntenls destroyed -in a few hoar-;. ' Many cat s were si ill running m-hind s< hedule. but service has been re jstored in some degree on all lin,RENTS BELLMONT FARM F. J. Schmitt Moves to Farm Former ly Tenanted by Martin Fuelling 1-’. .1. Schmitt lias rented 12lt acres of the Bellmont farm from Col. Fred Reppert and has already moved into the modern home located on the farm. The farm was formerly ten anted by Martin Fuelling, whit Iras moved to tlie farm known as the Gui - der farm, east of Bellmont park am! owned by Col-. Repperl. Mr. Gan!der lias moveil to his own farm near .tlie Dant school lions*-. The Bellmont farms, which comprise • several hundred tores, are anion;: I o best in the county Mr. Schmitt will ■ engage in general farming ami in raising live stock. 0 — q I EVELYN LYONS IS REALLY SICK NOW I n -— O (United Press Service) Escanaba. Mich.. Mar. 13—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Miss Evelyn Lyons, who u’.ysicians charge, 'faked' a fever of 114 for three weeks, was really seriously illjoday. The excitement of the exposure, resulted in th** girl's temperature really going to an alarming point. Dr. Harry J. Defnet said he feared she might die as a result of the nervous state into which she lias worked herself. The girl has never admitted tlie drop. As she tossed on her lied today she cried' “I am sick and no one wants to believe me.” o THAT INCOME TAX (United Press Service) Washington, Mar. 13—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Four hundred mil- ' lion dollars will be poured into the government coffers before midnight Thursday by income tax payers, the treasury department estimated today.