Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 129, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 129.

FOREST FIRES ARE RAGING IN NORTH

TOMMY MILTON GETS BIG SUM IN AUTO RACE Swinner Os Annual 500Mlie Race At Indianapolis Receives $28,500 SPECTATOR IS KILLED (Crowd At Big Classic Estimated At From 135,000 To 150,000 (United Press Service) THE WINNERS 1— Tommy Milton (H. C. S. Special) 5:28:06.27; average 91.44. 2— Harry Hartz, (Durant Special) 5:33:05.90; average 90.06. 3— Jimmy Murphy (Durant Special) 5:40:36.64; average 88.08. 4— Earl Cooper, driving Eddie Hearne’s car (Durant Special) 5:46:14.23; average 86.65. 5— L. L. Corum (BarberWarnock) 6:03:16.8; average, 82.58. 6— Frank Elliott (Durant Special) 6:04:52.87; average, 82.22. 7— Eddie Herne, driving for Cliff Durant (Durant Special) 6:05:06.30; average, 82.17. 8— Max Sailer (Mercedes Special) 6:11:49.60; averaye. 80.68. 9— Prince De Crystria average 77.64. 10— W. D. Morton (Duesenberg) 6:10:04.98; average, 74.98. 11— Christian Werner (Mercedes.) Indianapolis, May 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Tommy Milton, of [St. Paul, Minnesota, was weathier today by $28,500 and two badly blistered hands than he was when yesterday dawned. Milton, the only man to win two races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, was to receive the $20,000 prize for winner and’ $8,500 in pay prizes. Other prizes were: Hartz, second,. $10,100; Murphy, third, $5,000; Hearns, fourth $3,500; Corum, fifth $3,000; Elliott, sixth. $2,200; Durant, seventh. $1,800; Mailor. Sailer. $1,600; DeCystria. ninth $1,500; Morton, tenth, $1,400. Wilcox pulled down $2,000 in lap money, Murphy $l,lOO, Durant S4OO and Hartz SIOO. One boy was fatally injured and ifour others received serious injuries in yesterday’s race. Bert Schoup, 16 of Lafayette, died in the Methodist hospital last night of a fractured skull received when he was bit by the Durant driven by Tom Alley, which turned turtle. Alley is reported recovering from his injuries today, which were not nearly as serious as first reported at the Speedway emergency hospital. Jacob Krauss. Stutgart, Germany, suffered a bruised leg when a German Mercedes crushed into the retaining wall. Engineers advocating the small piston displacement cars regard the race as a victory for the 122 inch piston displacement engine. The speed average did not equal that of last year, but with that one exception, was the best ever made at the Indianapolis course. The crowd is estimated as the largest that ever witnessed a sportdng event in the United States. The estimates run from 135,000 to 150,000. Milton’s average was 91.44 compared with 94.48 last year. Harry Hartz was second with an average of 90.06. The lapsed time for the race was 5:28:06.27. Milton was in the lead at all twenty-Klve-inilp posts excepting 50, 100 and 275. At one time during the race he was relieved by Howard Milcox for a few laps. Wilcox had been forced out of the race with his H. C. (Continued on page two)

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Wets And Drys Plead Case Before Gov. Smith Albany, N. Y. May -31—(Special (o the Daily Democrat)—Wets and drys debated prohibition before a one man jury today when Governor Al Smith of N*w York held open court on the | nd visibility of repealing the state enforcement law. Mrs. Ida Sammis-Woodruff. former assembly woman, opened the dry i attack with an admonition to the 1 governor that he would violate a | campaign pledge if he signed the i repealer passed by the state legislature. ONLY FEW UR. VETERANS LEFT Estimated That Thee Is Not More Than Fifty Veterans In Adams County With the passing of another Memorial Day and the paying of tribute to the loving memory of those veterans who have answered the last taps and the honoring of the living who fought for their country during the I Civil, the Spanish-American and the jWorld Wars, the ranks of the local ! Sam Henry Post No. 63, of the G. A. j R. has been depleted until there are only about twenty living members in j the Post. George Cline in recalling the names [Of the living G. A. R. members, named I the following: Daniel Sha< kley, post Icommander; 1.. R- Blossom. W H. I Meyers, past post commander; S. B. Fordyce, W. 11. Murphy, .1. M. Wertzberger. Samuel Chronister. Jacob Railing. Perry Elzey. John Williams. I Dan Kitson. Joseph Helm, B. W. I sholty, Jehu Smith, John Edwards, I.Joseph Bremerkamp and John Hendricks. Four brothers, A. R. and William Drummond and Jonas and George Cline are numbered among i the living. When the local post was | organized on February 13, 1883, it [had a membership of 225. Henry H. Hart was the first commander. There are other Civil War veterans in the county who are not members of Sam Henry Post, but Mr. Cline estimated that the total would not be fifty living members in the county. BIRTH William is the name of the eight pound boy baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kerber yesterday morning. Mother ami babe are getting along nicely. Mrs. Berber was formerly Miss Mayme Harting. o TRAIN WRECKED NEAR COLLETT South Bound Train On G. R. & I. Railway Leaves Tracks Wednesday A. M. The south-bound G. It. & I- I>« ss enger train due in Decatur at 6.5.' was wrecked at Collett, 3 miles south of Portland Wednesday morning. 400 ties and about 350 feet of rails being torn up and destroyed. The accident happened about an hour after the train left the local station. The wreck caused the other trains to be late, the north-bound passenger due here at 3:22 not arriving until about six o'clock. The train was travelling at a rate of 45 miles an hour when the accident took place. Every coach and the tender went off the tracks, but engine alone remaining on the tracks. No one was seriously injured in the wreck. The brakeman of the train received scratches and bruises, which are not serious. One passenger suffered a sprained thumb. Although every one of the coaches left the tracks, none of them toppled over. The coaches were so near falling on the side that they were only on the verge of tipping. Wrecking trains from Richmond I and Fort Wayne were called to clear up the wreckage. Every section gang between Adams station and Richmond were called to the wreck.

GET PRESIDENTIAL MENTION i a i .><4 * • uOSBik .’OP’ , .»> ■ ; ' ■ ■ » I ?•' wR '■ S '- ■ ■ ' gdF -O' : wIF / M .AIW zK? U'A ■ \ - ■.' Xa ffW . j (Pacific and Atlantic Photo) U. S. Senators La Follette of Wisconsin, and Owen of Oklahoma, and Wil iam Jennings Bryan, are or will be candidates for presidential nominations. Chicago The presidential lightn'ng rod is getting Into action. It struck U. S. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, Republican, and Senator Owen of Oklahoma, and Williams Jennings Bryan, Democrats. La Follette and Bryan are veterans at trying for the presidential job. Brvan has landed the Democratic nomination a couple of times and La Follette has always had one or two state delegat ons rooting hard for him in G. O. P. conventions. Owen has had preside it al nomination mention before. Presidential Bees for these three buzzed around quite a bit at a meeting of radicals recently.

COMMENCEMENT AT I, U, JUNE 6 Four Students From This County Included In List OT Graduates Bloomington. Ind., May 31. — (Special to Daily Democrat) —The incomplete list of candidates for degrees at the ninety-fourth annual commencement of Indiana university includes the names of Josephine Myers, economies and sociology, Decatur: Esther 1.. Munro, history, Geneva; Walter H. Vance, medicine. Pleasant Mills, and Palmer Gottschalk, medicine, Herne. The graduates will receive their degrees from the state university June 6, following the commencement address by Bishop J. McConnell, of Pittsburgh. The tentative list shows more than 450 candidates for degrees this year. A number of students lacking only a few credit hours of graduation will participate in the commencement ceremonies and receive their diplomas in October. The commencement ceremonies opened May 23 with the senior convocation and the reception for the seniors by President and Mrs. William Lowe Hyan. The law school eonfinencement dinner was held May 25, after which there will be a lull in commencement activities until the annual dramatic entertainment of the Garrick Club on the evening of June The baccalaureate address the fol'otting day will be delivered by Dr. Charles Gilkey, pastor of tile Hyde Park Baptist church of the Chicago. Traditional senior class day cere-' monies, including flag raising, ivy and tree planting and peace pipe ceremonies, will be held on June 4. Thei next day will he known as alumni day. and the program will provide for class reunions and athletic contests including a baseball game between Purdue and Indiana. Significant features of the work done in the various departments of the university during the past year will be shown ifi an all-uni-versity exposition to be held at the university library building June 4.| 5 and 6. An exhibit of T. C. Steele’sj paintings will also be held. Adams county students enrolled nt the state university during the spring semester are as follows: Pleasant Mills; Frank Ehrsam, Walter H. Vance. Decatur: Eddis Johnson, Victor Baltzell, Harry Christy, Harry Fisher Thetuw Hacjker. Dick Heller. John Miller Victoria Mills, Herman Myers.l Josephine Myers, Lois Peterson and Robert Daniels. Monroe; Ransom Zechiel. Geneva; Geraldine Baker, Esther Munro, Melba Wells. Preble: Floyd Grandstaff. Berne; Ernest Hiestand, Hilda Dester, Palmer Gottschalk.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 31, 1923.

I Hospital Trustees To Receive More Bids The trustees of the Adams County Memorial Hospital will receive bids at the office of the A. J. Moser company in Berne, until 7 o'clock Tuesday evening, June 14. for furnishing and placing in position of electric light fixtures, drirrs nther equipment for the hospital. The hoard plans to open the building for operation on July 4, if possible and it ,is desired that all equipment be in ■ place by that time. MEMORIAL DAY APPROPRIATELY OBSERVED HERE Graves Os Men Who Fought For Their Country Decorated In Forenoon PROGRAM AFTER NOON C. .1. Lutz Delivered Fine Address During Program In Court Room Memorial Day was very appropriately observed in Decatur and Adams county yesterday. The graves of the departed heroes were decorated with flags and flowers and their deeds were commemorated. In Decatur business was stopped for the clay and many of the local people who remained at home, joined in the public observance. The veterans oi’ the different wars visited the cemeteries during the forenoon, they being conveyed there in automobiles furnished by the local citizens. In the afternoon cenotaph exercises were held at the monument in the southeast corner of the court house lawn, conducted by the ladies of the W. R. C. and auxiliary to the American Legion. Following the cenotaph exercises, the crowd proceeded to the court room in the court house where a program was given. The processional was played by True Fristoe and "America" was sung by the audience. Charles C. Langston, commander of Adams Post. No. 43 of the American Legion, presided at. the meeting and made a short talk. The Rev. H. B. Thompson, pastor of the < hrlstian church, offered prayer. Mrs. L. A. Holthouse sang, "lit Flander s F:eld by Bergen. The main address of the afternoon was given by Attorney C. J. Lutz. Mr. Lutz’s talk was an interning one. well delivered. Mr. Lutz spoke forty minutes, (Continued on page five)

> CAST SELECTED : FOR SPRINGTIME ■_} { Singing, Dancing And Acting In Hom«? Talent To I Make Stars Envious ( | Singing which woidd make the song 1 birds envious; dancing which would cause Irene Castle to he a novice in comparison, and real acting which would cause such stars as Frances Star and William Favershatn to be taled as amateurs is promised for ‘’Springtime,” the snappy musical comedy to be presented at the Old Gymnasium on Wednesday and Friday 1 evenings, .lune 6-8 under the auspices 1 | of the Woman's Club. The cast of 'characters assuming speaking and singing roles are as follows: Mrs. Faye Holthouse will take the leading role of Priscilla Brewster. Mrs. J. R. Blair that of the social butterfly. Elvira Eastman. Mrs. F. W. Downs is cast as Thankful Standish, the Mother of Primrose who is Mrs. Faye Holthouse. Oscar 1-ee Vance , play the father type of James Brewster while his son, Bobby, who is Frame Confer, is a lion with the ladies, especially one Alhigail Tompkins. Mrs. Gertrude Hite. In the second act he marries Zenobia. played by I Mrs. Catherine Kampe. Dr. Fred I i Patterson takes the lead as Jack Wainwright, a young inventor. Parisons. Bobby's Valet is played by liaro'd De Vor. Miss Virgine Smith, Miss Naomi Harkless and Miss Florence I Bremerkamp are cast as friends ot Priscilla and will handle difficult parts. The story is told about the ancestors of Tom Higgins. Mr. J. R. Blair, by Mrs. Elkins, of another generation. in a very pleasing manner. This role is taken by Mrs. Faye SmithKnapp. The costumes suppled by Mr. Hill, the director of the play, are said to he more elaborate than those carried by professional companies. They date back lo the passing decades of 1868 and 1888, and it will be pleasing to the observer, if his or her years do not extend far enough to recreate these pleasant memories, and will bring a sense of quietude that is lost in the rush and hustle of the present day. Hoop-skirts, pantelletes. frock coats and high hats will be the rage on the evening of the production, and they ate correct in design to tile smallest detail. Girls who will form the Bridesmaids’ | chorus and will be heard in thg song . number "Our W 'ddlng Day are j Misses Celia Andrews, Mildred Keller. Lee Anna Vance and Mrs. Ed. Coffee. Tickets on sale by all club members I I nd the cast. — o Miss Donna Parrish visited friends in Bluffton yesterday.

Girl, ('lad Only In Night Dress, Found Poisoned Indianapolis, Ind. May 31—A pretty [ young woman clad only in a torn right dress was found suffering from poison by W. P. Henderson on the front steps of his home here today. When taken to the city hospital she said her name was Florence Armstrong daughter of Walter Armstrong of Franklin. Ind. She said she remembered nothing from the time she returned from an | automobile party with frlnds Wed. flight until site awakened in the hos- ' pita). REATH CAUSED I BY A CANCER Mathias Brandyberry, Lifelong resident Os County, Died In Decatur Mathias Brandyberry, age 68 years, I lifelong resident of Adams county, died at his home. 1225 Patterson street, at 11:45 o’clock Tuesday night Death was due to cancer with which he had been a sufferer for several years. Mr. Brandyberry was seriously ill for only three weeks. Funeral services were held from i the Monroe Friends church at 2:30 i o'clock this afternoon, the Rev. Frank Rickenbach, officiating. Burial was I made 'n the Ray cemetery. Mathias Brandyberry, son of Mr. j and Mrs. Alex Brandyberry, was horn |in Monroe township. February 13. 1855. November 17. 1877. he was married to Miss Mary Ball who sur* vives. Nine children were horn to this union seven of whom survive They are Mrs. Sadie Foreman. Deca tur; Mrs. Evie Burkhead, Monroe: Dennis Brandyberry. Fort Wayne; Mrs. Lenora Johnson, Fort Wayne: Mrs. Blanche Conner, Cincinnati. 0.. Mrs. Zelpha McDowell. Fort Wayne: j and Mrs. Dollie Duke. Decatur. The; following brothers and sisters stir-; vive also: William Brandyberry, of i Monroe; John Brandyberry, of Ar i kansas; Mrs. Otto Uhrick. Dunkirk; I Mrs. Alice Springer. Decatur; and Mrs. Rebecca Uhrck, of Decatur. Mr. Brandyherry had resided in Decatur for the last six years. He was a farmer by occupation. » LIBRARY NOTICE Beginning on June 1. the public library will be open from 1 to 9 p. m.. instead of 12:30 to 9 p. m., Miss Moses, librarian, announced today. HE ADIF FARM BUREAU COMING President VV. IL Settle Is To Speak lit Kirkland Twp., Next Week On Wednesday evening of next | week Adams county farmers will have the opportunity oi' hearing W. H. Settle, president of the Indiana Farm I’uieaii at Kirkland Township High School building. Mr. Settle will speak oi' the accomplishments of the Indiana farmers o. ganization during the past few months, especially relating to the growth of the live slock shipping or- ■ ganization fostered by the Farm Bureau. Mr. Settle was formerly president of the Wells County meeting of the state organization last fall. He Is. credited with putting over the organ I ization whereby farmers have their own commission firms in the principal livestock markets. L. 1.. Needier, president of tltej Grunt County Farm Bureau. which lias better than one thousand members, will accompany Mr. Settle to the meet itig. Mr. Needier Is District Director of the Indiana Faint Bureau Federation. It is planned to have an interesting program at the meeting, and farmers should avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing one of the foremost men in the Farm Bureau movement today.

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' GREAT DAMAGE : BEING DONE TO ( FOREST TIMBER Forestry Officials Aid Lumber Men In Seeking Men To Fight Flames TIMBER IS DRY Thousands Os Acres In Wisconsin And Minnesota Reported Afire St. Paul. Minn., May 31—(Special to Dally Democrat)— Federal and state forestry- officials combined . with lumber companies and railways ! today to find men to fight forest fires jin the north woods. Thousands of acres of forest tlm- . ■ her and underbrush are reported . afire in northern Wisconsin and i Minnesota and In lower Ontario. The tiro there Is more menacing than on this side of the border according to reports. Many new fires ' were reported on both sides of the R:'inv r’ver and in the Lake Kacetogema district. More were discover ed on the north side of Lake Superior , adjacent to the Superior national forest. Tile forestry office here reported conditions more favorable for fightin>- tlie flumes and said the general was “improved.” Heavy ; ratns in the Red Lake district scow .jered on fires there. [ There was no prospect of rain in , Gift Jieart of the lake district where

undergrowth and timber is dry. Slack winds however enabled fire fighters to gain headway. Lumber companies here reported heavy damage to standing timber and cut pulp wood and storehouses along the Rainy river. St. Paul. May 31—(Special to Daily Democrat)- Cut pulp wood, lumber camps and barges valued at many thousands of dollars have been destroyed by forest tires in the Kabetogema district, according to reports 'to lumber companies in the twin cities today. / Shulgin-Clark and Backus timber holdings along the Rainy river and near Lake Kabetogema are burning. The fires are spreading. The most damage is near international Falls, headquarters of the Backus Interests. Flames ran down to the river's edge in places and two barges were destroyed. Fires on the Ontario side of the river are menacing. A river steamer I was reported burned near Fort I Frances. At'orney C. J. Lutz To Speak To The Newsboys Attorney C. J. Lutz of this city will talk to the Newsboys at the Clover leaf Creamery this evening. the newsies and the Rotarians being the guests of W. A. Klepper, general manager of the Overleaf Creameries company. The program will start at 6:15. All the newsboys and their assistants in the city have been invited to attend the program and dairy i lunch to be served at the creamery. Dr. Fret! Patterson will also ex•daln the Boy Scout movement and 1 the Rotarians hope to secure some 1 one to act as Scout Master of the I local troops. Mr. Klepper has ari raneed for an Interesting program land a good time is assured. MR. SHIRK IMPROVED | Monroe. Ind.. May 31 —(Special to Dujly Democrat) —The condition of R. 1.. Shirk, well known resident of this place, who suffered a stroke of paralysis Sunday, was reported slight Iv improved Wednesday. A trained nurse has been obtained from Fort i Wayne, and she is at bis bedside Weather Generally fair tonight and Friday, except possibly thunder showers in extreme south portions; not much change in temperature.