Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 16 June 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 143.

SPECTACULAR FIRE IN REFINING PLANT

MANY COMING TO FIREMEN'S CONVENTION ■ O'" Bluffton Decides To Send New Fire Truck To Convention Here PLANS PROGRESSING Arrangements For Big Event Nearing Completion; Shows Here Sunday Word comes from Bluffton that the firemen from that city will bring the city’s new fire truck to the annual convention of the Northwestern Indiana Volunteer and Industrial Firemen's Association here next Thursday. A conference between a committee from the Bluffton Chamber of commerce and the firemen was held Thursday evening at which time the firemen were authorized to bring the truck to Decatur for the convention, but it was decided that the truck was not to be taken out of the city on any future occasion. The Bluffton truck was purchased last winter. It is a large modern pumper. The old truck will l>e ready for a service truck in case of fire in Bluffton while the new truck is in Decatur. In case of a bad fire the Bluffton firemen who are attending the convention will be notified and the new truck driven gai-k to that city in about thirty minutes' time. The Bluffton city council voted three to two to permit the firemen to bring the truck. Montpelier Firemen Coming The Montpelier firemen are making arrangements to attend the convention next week. also. Ribbons are being printed and all firemen and other citizens from that city will wear one of them. They are planning to make a fine showing in the parade. Arrangements Progressing The Decatur firemen and their various helpers are making fine progress in their plans for entertaining the visitors next Wednesday and Thursday. Rooms in private homes are being solicited by the firemen to house the many visitors who cannot be accomodated in the two hotels here. There will be about eighty delegates to the convention, besides the several hundred other firemen. All local people who will rent rooms for Wednesday night are requested to telephone the fire department, N 0.369, and state the number of rooms and price wanted for each. The judges for the parade and music contests will hold a meeting at the fire department rooms on Monday evening, at 7:30 o’clock, at which time they will receive final instructions. ’ Shows Arrive Tomorrow The Great White Way Shows, which will exhibit here all next week, will arrive in the city from Fort Wayne tomorrow. They will begin unloading immediately and will be ready for operation on Monday. Ihe shows and various riding devices will he erected around the court house square. The outfit travels in its own special train. William Myers Died At Geneva Thursday William Myers. 77, died at the home of his son, James Myers, at Geneva, Thursday afternoon. The deceased was born in lowa. November 23, 1845. He was married about 50 years ago to Mary Ann D'• Hoff, who died 30 years ago. He is survived by one son, William Myers, at whose home lie died. I wn brothers also survive, John Myers, and Henry Myers, both of Jay county and one sister, Mary Chapman, of Bryant. He had lived near Bryant nearly all his life until a few months ago, when he went to Geneva. Seven children preceded him in death. Funeral services were held at the residence of his son ot one o clock this tffternoon in charge of R pv - M. A. Glentzer. Burial was made at the Campbellite cemetery, east of Bryant.

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Mrs. Lewis Murphy Is At Home Os Her Mother Mrs. Lewis Murphy, who has been absent from her home at the corner of Adams und Eleventh streets for several weeks, is taking a complete rest at the heme of her mother, Mrs. R. E. Woods, on Decatur Route 8. Mrs. Murphy left her home here one evening -several weeks ago, leaving a note telling her husband that she was leaving . She did not say where she was going and considerable anxiety was felt over her whereabouts. Iler mother, Mrs Woods, instituted a search ■ in Fort Wayne for her. She was located recently and is now taking a much needed rest. o DEMOCRATS ARE FRAMING TICKET Ralston’s Friends Working Quietly; Copeland May May Be Running Mate United rrpHN Staff Correspondent French Lick, Ind., June 16. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —It would not l>e surprising to Indiana Democratic leaders if the next Democratic presidential ticket read this way: For president—Samuel M. Ralston ,of Indiana. For Vice-president—Royal M. Copeland, of New York. Friends of Ralston are working quietly but energetically for his nomj ination as head of the next ticket and today word reached here from circles close to Copeland that although he becomes senator from the Empire i state at the next session ot congress, the would not he adverse to resigning that position to become the presiding | officer of the upper house of congress. When word of Copelands willing--1 ness to take second place on the ticket reached here it created more than J a stir in the simmering political pot and it was accepted as good “dope.” The leaders out this way say that Governor Smith of New York does not cherish any higher ambition than to 'be a power in the next Democratic i convention. Smith Gets Cool Reception Smith's stand on prohibition has not met a very enthusiastic reception among Indiana Democrats. This was brought out strongly in an interview Taggart gave the newspaper men before he left for a week end in Indianapolis. In the interview Taggart declared that the liquor question would not be one of the paramount issues of the i next campaign and that no man would be elected merely for his stand as a wet or a dry. Leaders here believe Smith will be more than willing to use his influence with Charley F. Murphy, Tammany Leader, to line up the Fourteenth Street organization behind the sen-ator-elect. Big Drift To Ford Eight states. Minnesota. Wisconsin. Ohio. Illinois. Michigan, Tennessee, North Carolina and North Dakota, are on the list as showing a big drift in sentiment to Ford among the average voters. In the Northwest it is figured that Ford is the only man who can inaugurate a policy of lower freight rates which will be a benefit to the farmer. In the Midwest and South, it is believed that he can introduce a policy that will benefit business men and the working man. The South is also re- | ported to he strongly in favor of Ford in the belief that if elected he might be able to take over the Muscle Shoals plant from the government and I bling about an industrial expansion. It is argued in some places south of the Mjtson and Dixon line that Ford is the only person in the country who has sufficient capital to develop the waterpower on the Alabama stream and also to start industries going to use the power. MUSIC AND PARADE JUDGES The music and parade judges for, the convention of the Northern Ind:-] ana Volunteer Firemen's Association here next week, are asked to meet at. the city hall at 7:30 o'clock Monday evening for final instructions.

DEDICATION OF NEW HOSPITAL IS POSTPONED / Impossible To Get Everything Ready For Opening On .July Fourth MORE ROOMS DONATED • Mrs. S. A. Fry And W. C. T. U. Furnish Rooms; Total Os 32 Gifts Made At the meeting of the hospital trustees held at Berne last evening, two more gifts of the furnishings for bed rooms in the Adams County Memorial Hospital were announced, they coming from Mrs. S. A. Fry, of Van Wert, Ohio, former Decatur woman, and the the Adams county organiation of the W. C. T. U. Mrs. Fry will furnish one of the rooms in memory of the late Samuel Doak. former commissioner and Sheriff of Adams county, and for years one of the well known and public spirited citizens of Decatur. He served as sheriff from 1892 to 1894, was a member of the board of commissioners from 1896 to 1902. The gift of the W. C. T. U. was made through Mrs. Clara B. Anderson, secretary of the hospital board. The above gifts -make a total of thirtytwo donations to date. To Furnish Dining Room Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Wehmeyer whose gift was announced yesterday, were given the priveledge of furnishing the nurse’s dining room in the hospital. They requested that they be allowed to furnish this room with table, chairs, dishes, rug. draperies and other articles needed and at the meeting last evening the hospital trustees granted the request. To Postpone Dedication It was decided at the meeting last evening that the dedication of the new hospital would not be held on July 4th. It will be impossible to get everything in shape by that date and the trustees thought it best to postpone it for a couple of weeks. The exact date lias not been selected, however. Ed M. Ray and Mrs. Clara It. Anderson, were placed i.i charge of the arrangements relative to the dedication ceremonies. To Furnish Nurses' Room Only three more lied rooms remain to be furnished and no doubt the re(Continued on page four) TO GIVE AWAY TOURING CARS Automobiles And Tractor To Be Given Away At Fair; Poultry Exhibit Two Ford touring cars and a Fordson tractor with a plow complete, will be given away during the big Northern Indiana Fair this year, which will be held from July 24 to 27, inclusive, by the management of the fair. One of the touring cars will be awarded, on Tuesday, July 24 and the other on Friday July 27. The tractor and plow will be given away on Friday, also. Further in'oitni'ation concerning the awarding of these prizes, can be obtained from the local merchants. Ben F. Shroyer, superintendent of the poultry department of the fair, has handed to the printer the list ot rules and regulations for his department. No professional poultry exhibitors, who carry a string of prize birds from one fair to another and sered. will be permitted to exhibit at capture a majority of the prizes ofthe Northern Indiana Fair this year, Mr. Shroyer announces. This means that the prize winning birds must be produced in Adams county and those counties nearby. There are many I fine flocks in Adams county and their owners are urged to begin at once and prepare them for exhibition a* the big fair. Liberal prizes will 4te given in all classes of poultry.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 16, 1923.

BLIND, BUT A STAR HERBERT GEISLER Chicago.—Herbert Geisler, who at the age of 7 was stricken with a blindness that kept him out of school for two years, has been voted the star pupil at John Marshall high school and was awarded the world war service scholarship, founded at the school four years ago in lieu of a memorial tablet. He is 18 years old. The scholarship will assist Herbert through the University of Chicago, which he will enter next fall to study law. A committee of teachers made the award on the strength not only of his work this year but throughout his high school career. “Every report card." it was stated, “has shown superiority.” He is the president of the graduating class of 185 members/ and often represents the school in ' debating. TO SPEAK AT 8080 CHURCH , Noted Foreigner To Speak At Bobo M. E. Church Sunday And Monday Rev. Dr. C. F. Checlzzli, dean of Princeton International Department of Languages and Kindred Sciences, and Priest of the Ethiopic or Coptic church of Abyssinia. Eastern Africa, who is making a religious and educational tour ot the United States, will preach at the Bobo Methodist Episcopal church Sunday evening;. June 17, at 8 o’clock. He will speak on the subject, "The Harmony of Science and Religion.” Dr. Checlzzli will give a lecture in the Bobo church on Monday evening, at 8:15 o’clock, on the subject "East Africa Wonders." Dr. Checlzzli is a black man. a graduate of Oxford and Paris Universities, and a man with an unusual talent of expression. It is hoped that many residents of Decatur and community will avail themselves ot the opportunity to see and hear a member of one of the oldest Hamitic bodies of the Eastern World. State Meeting Os Klan Near Hartford City Soon j According to word from Hartford City, a state meeting of the Ku Klux Klan is to be held at the George Willman grove, at the northeast edge of Hartford City, on June 20th. Members have stated that a big parade will be made thru the principal streets, after which the initatory work and a fireworks display will be held at the grove. A meeting is reported to have been held about two miles west of Hartford City last Friday evening, candidates initiated and plans made for the big state meeting. Members of the Klan stated Hartford City business men will be requested to have their stores decorated in flags and bunting, on June 20th. Weather Generally fair tonight and Sunday except possibly local thunder showers in extreme south; warmer in east and north. ‘“LIQUOR” RAID NETS I MINERAL WATER SUPPLY j South Bend. Ind., June 16 —(Spe- | cfal to Daily* Democrat )—PoH|Ce | today were in possession of $2,500 j worth of mineral water seized in t a raid on a restaurant here. The | police believed the bottles with 4 fancy labels contained illicit | liquor.

EYE WITNESS IS DISCOVERED IN MOUNT CASE Former Student Os Northwestern Says He Can Identify Three Persons SCHOOL BANS HAZING University Officials Decide To Stop The Practice Among Students i ’ Chicago, June 16 —(Special to J Daily Democrat) —An eye witness ! ! who can identify at least three persons involved in the disappearance : | and death of Leighton Mount. North- ; I western University freshman has I been found at Clifton, Ariz., State ■ ■Attorney Crow’s office announced toil day. , ' | The “eye witness" was named as R. H. Rowe, salesman and former ■ | student, who wired: "I witnessed the .'affair at Evanston in 1921. Can 1 identify three Involved. Have good infofmation ami will assist all possible." Charles S. Wharton and Jomi Sparbaro, assistant states attorney, will 'leave for Clifton tonight, they said. Mount disappeared during the 1921 I Freshman-Sophomore rush class at Northwestern. 0 LC.C. Suspends Rate Increase Temporarily ’ H T n<ted Qorv****) Washington. June 16 —(Special to Daily -Democrat)— Pending further ’ investigation, the interstate commerce commission today suspended frhm June 18. until October 16, the operation of certain proposed increases of one half cent per 100 pounds in the freight rates on fresh meats from the upper Mississippi , valley crossing and related points to Eastern destinations. Maughan Resumes Flight fTTnit<*'l P r '‘Fs Service) Rellevllle, 111., June 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Lieut Russel L. Maughan resumed his flight to map a route for a “dawn to dark" cross country flight here today. Maughan, returning here from Philadelphia. Mo„ where his machine crashed yesterday, obtained another plane from Scott Field and hopped off westward j few minutes after noon. MUCH PRAISE FOR DECATUR Clover Leaf Officials In Meeting At Toledo Friday, Praise This City Attorney C. .1. Lutz, of this city, attended the meeting of Clover Leaf railroad officials and representatives held in Toledo yesterday. The guests were met at the station with autos and taken to the country club for the day. Discussions of various means for a closer co-operaion between the railroads, the shippers and tile traveling public were engaged in for several hours. There was a banquet and Mr. J. W. Graham, traffic manager, was called on to report on j the meeting held here the evening before. He did so. witli much credit to Decatur, and his praises were seconded by (he others ot the Clover Leaf officials who were here. Mr. Lutz was called upon to talk and he urged that the railroad employes do their very best to give the best possible service to the shippers and travelers, and declared that one "boner” in a railroad office could cause more damage than fifty officials could repair in a year. He reports the meeting a happy one that the officials all feel most kindly towards the community. _» — L. F. Lobenstein, of Monroe, was a business visitor here today.

Whipple Estate Is Valued At $40,000 Portland, Juno 16.—Letters of administration in the estate of the late | Attorney S. A. D. Whipple, veteran 1 ’ member of the Jay County Par Asso-! elation who died suddenly here last Saturday morning of apoplexy have been issued to the son. Attorney Todd Whipple by Judge Wheat in circuit court. The estate Is valued at $40.000, of which sls,(ion is personal and $25,000 real estate. The heirs are the wife, Christina i 11. Whipple and three sens. Attorney Tod Whipple, of this city; John K. , Whipple, of West Haden, Ind., and Janies 11. Whipple, of Los Angeles, Calif. BOYS WELFARE WORKER HERE Met With Woman’s Club Last Night; Club Appoints Commutes , A representatives of the Center i Boys Welfare association was in the | city yesterday ami last evening met . with the women of the Womans club and asked that the Womans club and | . other organizations pledge money I enough with which to pay the expenses of giving lectures to the boys] of Decatur. No action was taken by the club and as far as known the proposition has not been submitted to any other organization. Committees were appointed for the arranging of . program next fall to be given by the woman’s club. The dramatic section held a meet- > ing and appointed the following com’.inittee to arrange the program for •, that section: Mrs. E. W. Kampe, | 1 Mrs. J. R. Blair and Mrs. Chalmer Porter. ' Milk Truck Hits Interurban Theodore Bultemeier, who resides ' on Decatur route one. and who drives I a milk wagon on a route near Preble, met with an accident In Bluffton this morning. Bultemeier was driving the milk truck west on Central , Avenue when he saw a freight car approaching on the Union Traction company’s tracks. He tr’ed to stop his car. hut the momentum of the heavy truck carried it on until it struck the traction car. Seven cans of milk were destroyed and the truck slightly damager, but Bultemeier was not injured. Ford Wants To Be Pres. Grand Rapids. Mich., June 16 — (Special to Daily Democrat) —Henry Ford wants to be President of the' United States although he won't admit it. Senator Woodbridge N. Ferr's. of Michigan declared here today. Even if he can't lead the democratic ticket in the coming presidential election he will lead a third party teiket. Ferris declared. "I am confident Ford wants to be Pres dent. L have information that makes me firm in my conviction.] Ford wants to be able to stand up in the White House and say ‘the people called me here’." Dempsey’s Money Not Not Aii Forthcoming Yet Great Falls. Mont., Juno 16. — (Special to Daily Democrat) —An extension ot time until 4 pin., today, for payment of the second installment of I Dempsey's guarantee $190,000 was 'granted by Jack Kearns, the champion's manager, after a midnight conference which broke tip at an early hour this morning. 11 The fate of tile Dempsey-Gibbons ’ world championship fight was in doubt , during this all-important confab. The | money due on Friday, was not forth coming and Kearns was understood to be ready to abandon the project. He agreed to tile extension of time when George H. Stanton, president of himself to pay $50,009 of the amount himself to pay $50,000 o fthe amount ] due, and business men of Great Falls lined up behind Mayor Jim Johnson of Shelby, and guaranteed the other $50,000.

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LARGE TANKS OF GASOLINE ARE EXPLODED Twenty-six Acre Plant Os Atlantic Refining Co. At Pittsburgh. Doomed FLAMES SPREADING Residents Within Mile Os Fire Remove Effects From Houses United <'orre»nor»*«nt Pittsburg. Penna.. June 16 —(Special i tT* Daily Democrat) —The twenty-six I acre plant of the Atlantic Refining company appeard doomed late today. Officers of the company began removing all records from the executive offices as the fourth large tank of gasoline to explode in an hour resulted in a further spread of the flames. Fire fighters retreated before dense clouds of smoke and terrific • heat. i Residents within a mile of the ■ scene of the fire were removing their effects from their houses anxious to I gel away before the fire ignited the biggest tank in the plant—a reservo r containing 100,000 gallons of gasoline. Police officials roped off the Lawrenceville district for a mile and a half in each direction. Firemen May Be Trapped Pittsburgh, Pa., June 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—A number of firemen were believed to be trapped | this afternoon while fighting a on- 1 million dollar blaze in the Lawrenceville plant of th<y Atlantic Refining company. A huge oil tank which had been burning for some time, buckled and hurled burning fuel high into the air . for a distance of two blocks. I Two loud explosions immediately followed and a general alarm was sounded, bringing out all available fire fighting apparatus in the city. The fire appeared to be spreading I and it was believed a number of firemen were trapped by the explosions, although this could not be confirmed owing to the intense heat and the dense smoke which prevented other firemen from getting close to the burning tank. To Attend G. 0. I*. Meeting (United Press Service) Indianapolis. Ind., June 16—(Special to Dally Democrat) —Four Indiana Republican leaders will attend the second regional conference of Republican workers in Cincinnati on June 28. it was announced today at Republican headquarters. Clyde Walb. LaGrange, state chairman; Lawrence A. Cartwright, Portland. vice chairman; F. E. Schortetneir, secretary of the Indiana organization and Joseph B. Kelaing. national committeemen, both of IndianapoI lis. will attend. The conference is called to begin laying plans for the next national campaign and to consider the question of equal representation for men and women on the national committee. Another Wall Street Firm Has Collapsed New York, June 16.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Announcement was made today of the failure of Knauth, Nachod and Kuhne, brokerage house, member of the New York stock exchange. Tin- bankruptcy petition 'shows the firm owes eleven niilliaa dollars. The announcement was made from the rostrum of the exchange. The firm had been in business for 70 years. Other recent Wall street failures have affected houses doing business on the curb and consolidated ex'changes but the New York Stock exchanged has not been involved. John Mayer of Monroe, was here today on business.