Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 110.

GREATEST FLOOD IN 20 YEARS GRIPS SOUTHWEST

THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES ARE MADE HOMELESS Great Devastation Threatened In Oklahoma And Arkansas By Flood TULSA IS HARD HIT Arkansas River At Highest Stage Since 1892; Lowlands Inundated (United Press Service) (Special to the Daily Democrat) — Flood swept across Oklahoma and Arkansas today threatening the greatest devastation from water in twenty years. Thousands of families all ready have been made homeless as the raging rivers swollen by torrential rains in Kansas carried away houses in the lowlands and caused other extensive property damage in Tlusa, Kaw Qity and northern Oklahoma. Families in the lowlands near Ft. Smith and Little Rock have fled to safety before the rapidly rising riv-i er and the highest water mark since ‘ 1892 is anticipated in the Arkansas river. Rail communications with the flood zones were paralyzed and highways were impassable. Wheat and other ( crops have been seriously damaged. Tulsa, Oklahoma, reported the worst flood in history. 4,000 residents of low lands vacated their homes be- j tore the swirling murky wall of water inundated them. West Tlusa was completely under water and rescue workers were rowing about the busi- ( ness district moving marooned per- | sons. Striot police regulations have been established to prevent vandalism. The water works has been put out of commission and there is danger from disease and fire. Tulsa. Okla., June 13—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Thousands were made homeless here today by Arkansas river flood waters which raged unchecked through this section of Oklahoma. The entire river bottom area between here and Sand Springs, a distance of seven miles, was inundated. Three thousand refugees whose homes were flooded, were being cared for by relief agencies. The municipal water works were forced to shut down here today on account of the flood waters, and there was danger of a spread of disease. At Jenks, south of here, water covered three fourths of the town, ac-, cording to advices. Residents were said to be fleeing in boats. Charles Addlesperger Here Charles F. Adlesperger, editor and publisher of the Colton Daily Courier Colton, California, is the guest of his mother, Mrs. Ellen Adlesperger. on Sixth street, and will remain over Sunday. This is his first visit home in fourteen years. Charles has made good in the west and now owns one of the best newspaper properties in southern California, prints a live paper and is engaged in the real estate business. His county is one of the largest in the United States, including as much territory as the states of Deleware, Rhode Island and Connecticut combined. o — Return From Shriners' Convention In Washington Dr. and Mrs Grandstaff and Mr. and Mrs Ora Newhard have returnel from a trip by automobile to Washington.. D. C., where they attended the Shriner’s convention. They made the trip each way in three days and they say it was the most interesting and pleasant journey they have ever made. From Rockford, Ohio, theV never left paved roads. In Washington they were royally entertained, visited all the public buildings and places of in-. terest and en route to and from that place visited many scenes of historic interest. They are planning now to take in the meeting at Kansas City |

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Baseball Bendit Social i The Pleasant Mills basebull loam I will give a social on the Riley lawn. Saturday. June 16th for the putpose of raising money to purchase new suits for the members of the teams. The publi c is invited to attend. The Pleasant Mills boys have a fast team and will stage a number of games this summer. o MASONIC LODGE MAKES DONATION Order Voted To Furnish Hospital Room Moro Than A Year Ago Although the Masonic lodge. Decatur chapter, No. 571 of the F. and A. M., voted to donate the furnishings for a bed room in the Adams County Memorial hospital a year ago last February, their gift has not been announced nor has the lodge been credited with making a donation to the hospital. Last evening, at the regular meeting of the lodge, the matter of furnishing a room was brought up and Secretary E. R. Adams notified the membership that the lodge had voted lon February 17. 1922 to furnish a room, the lodge be'tng one of the first organizations in the county to take such action. In some manner the gift has not been recorded. I With the Masonic gift, the furnishings for twenty-five rooms, including the three sun rooms have been donated. This leaves only nine bed [rooms to be furnished. Decatur Chapter, No. 571 of the F. and A. M. was organized in this city in 18,84. It now has a membership of 275 and since 1915 the lodge has oc- ' copied the beautful and commodious ' rooms on the third floor of the Schafer building. The Eastern Star, the woman’s auxilliary of the Masonic lodge, has i also donated the furnishings for a I room in the hospital. It is thought that the hospital will be dedicated about July 4th, a meeting being held at Berne Friday evening for the purpose of selecting a definite date. Monroe Blossom Seriously 11l At Richmond, Indiana Monroe Blossom, well known < ivil War veteran ot this city, is critically ! ill at the home of his son in Richmond Ind. He is suffering from infirmities of old age. His brother, Lyman Blossom, also a Civil War veteran. ' went to Richmond yesterday afternoon. | o . Bluffton Klan Initiates An open air initiation by the Bluffton Knights of the Ku Klux Klan will be staged Wednesday night at 8 o’clock in a field north of the John Mock Palatial residence east of Bluffton. The field will be thoroughly lighted, it is announced, and the public is invited to witness the spectacle. Cars may be parked along the river road, it is stated. Robed members will guard the field. - > tav r

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DENIES THAT HE IS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY

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Typical closeups of Al Smith, wet governor of New York, upon whom the eyes of the nation are centered. The pictures were taken during a day in Chicago. While there he met May- !' or Dever and George E, Brennan, Illinois’ Democratic boss. Smith denied he was a candi- | date for president. CHICAGO—Next to President II irding. Gov. Al Smith is getting the strongest play for presidential honors. Smith, a Democrat, would probibly be the choice of his party but for political strategy. Smith is wet and Catholic. The south, always De nocratlc, is dry and the Ku Klux Kl in is powerful there. His candidacy might mean the loss of some southern states to the Democrats. Smith, nationally known for yea s, acquired more fame and the undy ng support of many recently when he signed the bill which repealed Ne.v York's dry enforcement law which put it up to Uncle Sam directly to enforce. A pow wow of Democratic bossei is on this week at French Lick. Ind, a health resort, frequented greatly by Democratic chiefs, immediately be ore a political battle or directly aft t the battle is over. Those attending the meeting included George E. Brennan and Thomas Taggart, Demo'ratio bosses of Illinois and Indiana, respectively, and Smith.

HARD SURFACE ROAD TO PASS THROUGH COUNTY Proposed Trunk Line Will Pass Three Miles West Os This City TO ORGANIZE COUNTY Movement To Be Started To Divert Road Through Towns In County Adams county people will be inter- . ested to Know that the state highway , commission is planning three north and south trunk lines of hard surface , roads through the state, and six east ] and west line. One of the north and south lines, it is proposed, will run I , through the east tier of counties, and i through the west and one through l the center. The east trunk line will, as recomI mended by the assistant engineers I who made the survey recently, run through this county but will miss every town in the county. As proposed now the road will turn west at, Pryant a mile and a half and will run I north forty miles without a turn, I curve or town, missing Geneva a mile land a half, Berne two miles, Monroe I'two miles and Decatur three miles, hitting the Fort Wayne road at St. Johns church. These trunk lines will be paved and will not interfere with the regular state roads. In other , words the road between here and Geneva and between here and St. Johns church will be maintained as macadam state roads. No Definite Action Taken No definite action has been taken by the highway commission but it, 'is now being seriously considered, | and if any action is to be taken by | the towns in this county, it should be done at once. It is inconceivable that the proposed route he selected for there are ( many inconveniences in missing any | town for fifty miles, and it is surely ( possible to divert the proposed road if proper action is taken, but if we sleep we will be off the trunk, a very] serious proposition for every town in j the county. It is time right now that' we forget everything but the com-| mon good and organize this county | for business. If the proposed road misses Geneva, it will very probably] miss every town in the county. Do you want that to happen? Expense Not Considered Those who have appeared before the commission recently say that tailing attention to the fact that the, proposed route will be made expensive. requiring many fills and new bridges, brings only a smile as they; have plenty of funds or will have with the gas tax and the increased automobile tax. While there Is ad-] vantages to a straight road there are] also disadvantages to the tourist who has to drive fifty miles between towns and as proposed the only town between Portland and Fort Wayne, would he Bryant. We are sure a ’ little effort would change the m!nd» of those in charge and we are like(Continued ou page four)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, .June 13, 1923.

Throwing Garbage In Alleys Must Cease City Clerk Catherine Kauffman has been notified that several people in , the city are throwing or dumping i garbage in the alley back of their I home. This is in violation of the city ordinance and prosecution will fol- | low unless the practice is stopped. 11 Violators should be reported to the city clerk. The city ordinance provides that ever-y homo shall be provided with a gargage container and . placed so the garbage collector can I pick it up. ANOTHERJUNE WEDDING TODAY I — Miss Agnes Costello And I Cletus P. Meehan Wed J At St. Mary’s Church — At 8:30 o’clock this morning at the St. Mary’s Catholic church oceured the wedding of Miss Mary Agnes] i Costello, of this city, and Mr. Cletus ,P. Meehan, of Fort Wayne. The ] . double ring ceremony was used by I (the Rev. J. A. Seimetz in the pres-1 ence of seventy-five invited guests. | I Lohengrins wedding march was played by Sister M. Odelia. while the bridal party marched down the church aisle, which was adorned with j roses and candles. . Large baskets filled with roses were placed in the arch to the sanctuary. Miss Helen Garard, of Louisville. Kentucky, was the bridesmaid and Miss Mary Meehan, sister of the groom, was the maid of honor. Ralph Meehan and Francis Costello acted as ushers while Dan, Costello attended as groomsman. The bride wore a beautiful gown of white brocaded satin trimmed | with opalescent beads and held in at 'the waist by an ornament made of 1 beads and which hung below the dress. Pleated panels and silk Spanish lace sleeves added to the beauty of the gown. The long veil of silk ' bridal veiling edged with silk lace 1 hung from a wreath of orange biosI soms which held the crown in place. She carried a shower bouquet of I white roses and swansonia. Miss Mary Meehan, maid of honor, ' wore jade green crepe with silver lace trimming and pleated panels at, I the s'ides. Crownless hats of the ' same material draped with silver | lace was worn and she carried a ' basket on her arm filled with an "Old] Fashioned” bouquet of daisies, for-get-me-nots and roses. Miss Helen Garard, who attended l as bridesmaid, wore jade green with | silver lace and pleated panels and] crownless hat of green and silver. | She carried a cone lined with filet pace and tilled with Ophelia roses, I Mrs. Meehan is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Costello, is a graduate of the St. Joseph Catholic (Coniin'ied on pRCA tv >i Weather Fair tonight and probably Thursday, rising temperature Thursday and Jin north and Central portions tonight.

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TEAR UPRISING OF TROOPS IN CHINA TODAY President Li Yuan Hung Flees From Pekin: Unpaid Troops Dissatisfied , MINUS GOVERNMENT Situation Is Tense: Taking Precautions To Protect Foreigners (United P’-psjs Service) Pekin, June 13 (Special to Daily Democrat}—President Li Yuan Hung | fled from Pek’.n to Ties Tsin this afternoon fearing an uprising by dissatisfied Chinese troops. Pekin, capital of northern China, is left without a government as a result. Many foreigners are entering the I legations for safety. It is feared that 1 1 troops who have not been paid for months, will start rioting and loot- : ing. The situation in Pekin is tense , 'with the possibility of armed revolt , Iby the soldiers, and foreign legations ( 1 are tak'.ng special precautions to , protect their nationals. Deserted at a critical juncture by j a majority of his political friends, President Li Yuan Hung abandoned ] a fight to retain office which he had kept up since his government resigned last month. His flight to Tien Tsin was hasten- 1 ' ed by the resignations of Feg Yuh Siang Christian general commanding 1 a loyal body of troops, and Wang Huai Ching, Pekin chief of police. < These resignations were refused. and it is understood to be likely that the Christian commander will withdraw his and return to duty in an | I efiort to quell the threatened upris- i ‘lng here. ! In the meantime the treasury is ■ empty, and the troops can scarcely , be restra’ned. i , 9 Bth Grade Commencement ■■ . -- f The ijnnual eighth grade com- ■ mencement of Adams county will be held at the school grounds in Monroe tomorrow afternoon, beginning at 2 o’clock. One hundred and seventy i graduates will, receive diplomas. I entitling them to enter high school | next fall. The commencement address will be delivered by the Rev. , Charles W. Whitman, of Seymour, Indiana, who delivered >ie address I here last year. Music will be furi nished by an orchestra and the fami otts Poe Quartet. E. S. Christen, | county superintendent of schools, will present the diplomas. The Rev. S. I. Zechiei, pastor of the Monroe Methodist church will give the invocation and benediction. —o ELKS MEETING TONIGHT SPECIAL FLAG SERVICE The regular meeting of the Elks lodge will be held tonight at 8 o'clock . with special flag day services. This ] • is the only meeting to lie held by the ' i lodge during the month and all members are urged to be present. * l

BANKERS SELECT BERNE NAN FOR NEW PRESIDENT

Attends Sale In Chicago Dan M. Niblick, of the Niblick nnd 1 Company store, spent Monday nnd Tuesday in Chicago where he attended the big sale of merchandise given by the Chicago manufacturers ami Jobbers. Mr. Niblick purchased a large stock for the Decatur store which will lie placet) in a sale soon. WARSAW COMING TO WIN PRIZES Plans For Firemen’s Convention Next Thursday Progressing Nicely AU prizes to be awarded In the annual convention of the Northwestern Indiana Volunteer and Industrial Firemen’s Association here next week are to go to Warsaw, at least, that is the boast coming from that city. In a letter received by Joe Hunter, secretary and treasurer of the Decatur firemen. Russell J. Phillips, secretary of the Warsaw firemen, says, “We are coming loaded so look out as we are coining home with the bncon." The Warsaw department has entered contestants in the following contests: beat fire company in parade, largest fire company in parade, hose laying contest, running ladder contest and water battle. The Warsaw officials who will attend the business meeting on Wednesday evening. June 20, are W. A. Winbrener, Carl Chapman, Tom Holbrock and Hurry Nye. Plans Are Progressing Plans for the big convention are progressing nicely. The programs are being printed and the plans for thei entertainment of the visiting firemen are practically complete. The Great White Way Shows will arrive in the ( city on Sunday, May 17 and will be ready for business on Monday. The shows will exhibit here al! week, their tents, stands and rides being erected around the court house square. According to present indications, the convention this year will ba more largely attended than ever before. Every fire department in the assocla-[ tion will be represented and most of, them will send large delegations. Several of the firemen will be accompanied by bands. Witli all of the bands making music, the Great White Way shows holding forth on the court house square, and all of the firemen’s contests taking place next Thursday promises to be a big day in the history of Decatur. Children’s Exercises At Washington M. E. Church Children's Day exercises will be held at the Washington M. E. church, five miles southeast of Decatur, on Sunday evening, June 24. beginning at 7:30 o’clock. A fine program consist- I ing of music, dialogues and recitations has been prepared. The Rev. Wisner, pastor of the church, will : give a talk. also. The public is cordially invited to attend th e services, i

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Mr. Adrian Lenhart, who plays the role of "Johnny." in "Too Many Heroes." the home talent movie which was filmed here this week and whf'ch will he shown at the Cort, theater on June 20 and 21.

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J. 0. WINTEREGG GIVEN HONOR BY CROUPE ONE More Than Two Hundred Bankers Attend Meeting In Berne Today GOOD ADDRESSES Kendallville Chosen As Meeting Place For Next Year; Banquet Served Berne, Indiana. June 13 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Group one of the Indiana Bankers association, in session here today elected J. D. Winteregg. of the Bank of Berne, president of tile association, and A. M. Jacobs of Kendalvllle, secretary nnd selected Kendalville as the place for holding the 1924 meeting. The following were appointed on the executive committee: I. Zenk. Auburn; Porter Ayres, Huntington; W. S. Rogers. Warsaw; Mr. Jurgenson. Fort Wnyne and Henry Schott, Petroleum. Over two hundred bankers, including practically every banker from Decatur and Adams county, attended the meeting here which was held in tlie Berne? Community house. Representatives from nine other counties, including Allen. Steuben. LaGrange, Whitley, Noble, Huntington, Kosciusko. DeKalb and Wells were present. The meeting convened at eleven o'clock with Worthington A. Croxton of Angola, presiding and the singing of 'America. ’’ The invocation was given by Rev. P. R. Schroeder, of the First Mennooite church, and Representative Thurman A. Gottschalk extended a word of welcome to the bankers. C. M. Neizer, president of the First National Bank, Ft. Wayne, responded and then Mr. Winteregg, retiring secretary of the association, read the minutes of tlie previous meeting. Others on the program who delivered addresses during the meeting were: Eben H. Wolcott, bank commissioner tor Indiana: C. D. BilPngs. president of Indiana Bankers Association, and R. S. Cummins, cashier of the Yorktown state bank. Yorktown. Their talks were excellent and of great interest to all Following the morning program a banquet was served in the basement of the auditorium at 1:30. over 200 bankers being seated around the tables. E. X. Ehingen of Decatur, was a former member of the executive committee. o Local People Go To Convention Os C. E. The Rev. and Mrs. R. W. loose, of the Evangelical church. Gladys Kern. Zelnm Fuhrman and Jesteen Hocker left early thia morning by motor to state convention of the Indiana ChrisMarion. Indiana, to attend the annual tian Endeavor Union. They are the delegates from ‘he Evangelical league of Christian Endeavor of the Evangelical church. Several leaders in Christian Endeavor are on the program. A large delegation of young people from various affiliated denominations will be in attendance at the convention. The convention will last until Friday evening. Dr And Mrs. Boyers Going To California Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Boyers left today for San Francisco, California. Dr. Royers will attend the American Medical Association meetings June 25th to 29th inclusive. During July the doctor will do post graduate work at Stanford University hospital. They will return about August 10th. En route they will stop two days at Spokane Wash,, to visit a brother of Mrs. Boyers and while in California will visit their son Dr. Luther Boyers, at Berkeley, and daughter, Mrs. Bessie Mathews and family at Santa Bar. iliara.