Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1923 — Page 1

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hope for new PO LITIC AL PARTY GROWING SMALL Plan To Merge Political Minorities Into One Party Fades Away farmers stay out Farmer-Labor Party Delegates Refuses To Join In New Organization I'nltrd I're-n Sluff Correxpondeß* Chicago, July 7.—(Special to Daily Democrat)— -Hope of merging political minorities of the country into a harmonious third party faded today. After C. E. Rothenberg and William Z Foster, liberals, supported by the ■communistic” workers' party, “raided" the coalition conic;ence and organized the "Federated Farmer-Labor party,” the conservatives of the Farm-er-Labor party who fathered the minorities merger idea refused to join. John C. Fitzpatrick and Robert M. Buck, Chicago, led the conservative fight within the Farmer-Labor party convention that ended In a vote repudiating the new federation. This was after "liberal” leaders announced that delegates from a group. Chester C. Platte, Madison, Wis., declared that this desertion by the ■Communistic group will strengthen the Farmer-Labor party.” Fitzpatrick, long a friend of Foster, definitely broke with the steel strike leader. "Foster knew we couldn't stomach his third Internationale stuff," he said. J. C. Samuel, twice governor of Idaho, who refuses to join the new federation .declared: “I am a farmer and I know the farmers in my state will decline to take any dictation from representatives of the third Internationale just as J have done." Racing Balloon Passes Over Berne Wednesday Berne, July 7 —One of the thirteen balloons entered in the national balloon race, passed over Berne at about 12:45 Wednesday night. The gas bag was seen by a number of citizens. Attention to the balloon was first attracted when out of the dead of the night a voic e was heard calling “What town is this?” The pilot of the balloon had blown a basket-ball referee’s whistle at least half a dozen times in order to attract attention. Some, who distinctly heard the whistle, at first did not konw where to look. Then distinctly out of the of the still night came the inquiry as to what town this was. • , It seems that at first no one wanted to answer the question from the balloon was repeated a few times. Clinton Sprunger of Bluffton, 0., who was visiting here, answered the bal loonists query. The balloonists must also have understood the answer was evidently the fact as they repeated the name "Berne.” Some of the people who were on the street state that they heard him spell the letters B e-r---n-e. No one thought of asking the pilot what the name of the balloon was; so it is not known which of the thirteen bags passed over Berne. Those who heard the balloonist calling, state that he could be heard distinctly. A few were even aroused out of their sleep when they heard the yells. Practically everyone who saw the balloon has a different idea of the altitude at which he must have flown. It is thought that he was at least a quarter of a mile above the earth. — • : Car Struck Culvert An automobile driven by W. Penn Robinson of this city, was badly damaged last evening when ft struck [ a concrete culvert one mile north of i Bryant. Luckily, Mr. Robinson was ■ n -ot injured. The car was brought to Btis city for repairs, by the Porter & Beavers wrecking crew. — World Is Getting Better proa, New York, July 7—(Special to a ily Democrat)—Day by day, in every way, the world is getting better and better. Five hundred and ten fewer prisoners were taken to Sing Sing dur-! g the fiscal year which ended July • han the previous year, official figures show.

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G. A. R. Gives Set Os Books To High School Sam Henry Post of the O. A. R. has presented to the Decatur high school library, a complete official record of the movements of the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. I The record consists of eighty-five volumes. These books will be of great | value to history students, as they offer much information for reference work. As the (1. A. R. veterans are abandoning their rooms on Madison street, they will not have room for their ’ books. The gift is greatly appreciated by the faculty and pupils of the high , I school. BERNE LADY DIED FRIDAY 1 Mrs.C.C.Liechty Succumbed To Long Illness Os Hardening Os Arteries Mrs. Christine Liechty. 66. wife of ■ C. C. Liechty, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Noah Schindler, in ■ Berne, Friday morning, following an ' illness of hardening of the arteries. Mrs. Liechty bad been ill for the last two years. During the last eight . months she had been residing with i her sister, who cared for her. Mrs. Liechty had eaten no food for nearly ’' three weeks. Christine (Hirschy) Liechty was 1 the daughter of John and Barbara; Hirschy, both of whom have preceded I ' her in death. She was born in Hart- - ford township on April 20, 1857. She ] had spent her entire life in Adams county. On December 4, 1880 she was mar- ! Tied to Christine ('. Liechty, who survives her. Jv’o children were born to , this union. Two girls were, however, , ■ given a home by Mr. and Mrs. Leich- . I ty. They are Mrs. C. J. Wise of Springfield. Ohio, and Mrs. J. E. Laughlin of Mishawaka, Ind. These lariies had staved with the laechiy’s from childhood until their marriage. , Mr. and Mrs. Liechty lived on a farm [southwest of Geneva for many years. Six sisters and two brothers also survive the deceased. They are Mrs. I Noah Schindler, Mrs. Salome Wanner and Mrs. Daniel Liechty of Berne; (Mrs. J. J. Augsberger, Miss Rosina ' Hirschy, Chris Herschv and John Hirschy, all of Hartford twonship; 'I and Mrs. Mary Biberstine of Pontiac, 111. Three sisters and one brother have preceded in death. The funeral services will be held at the Noah Schindler home at 1:80 Sunday afternoon and at the Berne Missionary church at 2 o'clock. Rev. [ Egle and Rev. Clauser will have charge of the funeral services. Burial , I will b« made in the M. R. E. cemetery a 2,000 Acres Laying Idle In Clay County This Year I ' (United Press Service) Brazil, Ind., July 7. —(Special to Daily Democrat)—More than 2.000 acres of tillable land in Jackson township. Clay county, are laying idle this summer and will not produce any crops, according to a survey completed today by the Clay county farm bureau. The farmers who own these lands, instead of tilling their soil and barely scraping a living from it, are letting their lands lay idle and going to the cities to work in the factories where they can get good wages. Many farmers have taken up mining. the report shows. The situation will become even more grave next year if the threats of farmers who are harvesting their wheat crop with a price of 85 cents a bushel and propects of a still lower price come true. Styles Os Adam And Eve Are Out Os Date r»HrH Prew- stuff na»n< I Muskogee, Okla., July 7—(Special' to Daily Democrat) —The styles of, Adam and Eve are out of date, according to an ultimatum laid down to the feminine office force in the Sol- . tiers’ Memorial hospital here by Miss I Alice Robertson, former congress woman and welfare chief at the institution. "Go back to the corsets, girls, tend to business, wear decent clothes and don’t try to emulate Adam and Eve”, ’ ' Miss Alice Robertson decreed. Bobbed hair, rolled hose and low-necked, dresses were declared beyond the pale, I

DEMPSEY WINS IN THE FIFTEENTH—A TELEPHOTO PROCESS — . * « F * - /fl P IfcgL r .. .. \ V.' Y rTTJu, ■ S ' ' I \ 4m f \ JsTw 'Wu J! J K ■ta*-.. -it '•*' A ' z ® SEmI _ ~ , " > , w w—i—— 1 1--.... v.. This picture, made by the tele photo process, shows Jimmy Doughert’, the referee of the Dempsey-Gibbons bout at Shelby, Mont., July 4, holdin.; aloft the former’s hand in token of victory. Gibbons is standing to one side., while the other party climbing through the ropes is one of Dempsey's seconds. This photo was made from a telegraphic description wired to The Chicago Tribune.

MUCH DAMAGE FROM STORMS Large Property Damage Over State Due To Heavy Wind And Lightning (United Press Service) Muncie, Ind., July 7 —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Damage estimated at SIOO,OOO was done in Deleware county Friday night and Saturday morning by severe wind and electrical storms. Four barns and two silos were struck by lightening and burned, telephones in Muncie and Gaston w**re demoralised, a number of chimneys blown down and damage to the wheat crop throughout the country will be heavy. Indianapolis—Five houses were struck by lightning early today in a severe electrical storm. Damage caused will total S3OO. No one was injured. Trees and telephone wires were blown down by the high wind and a -heavy rainfall aauompanied. the storm. Wabash, Ind—Gerald Grandstaff a 14 year-old boy was killed by lightning during a severe thunderstorm which passed over this county late yesterday. The boy was standing under a tree I with his father to get shelter from the rain wheii a bolt struck the tree. The father was stunned. -— o Johnston Wins Tennis Title In England (United Press Service) Wimbledon, England, July 7. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —William M. Johnston, California tennis star, added another championship to his string here this afternoon when he easily defeated Francis T. Hunter, another American, in the final singles match of the all-England tourney. Winning the first set at love, Little Hill had no serious opposition. The stores were 6-0. 6-3, and 6-1. o Urges “Golden Rule” (United Press Service) Des Moines, la., July 7 —(Special to the Daily Democrat —The “Golden Rule" as a solution of industrial differences was urged here today by speakers ( before the International Christian Endeavor Conference. Fifteen thousand delegates will parade today. Senator Simeon D. Fess, | Ohio, speaks tonight. French Ratify Treaty (United Press Service) I Paris, July 7—(Special to Daily Democrat —The French chamber of deputies today ratified the naval treaty drawn up at the Washington disarmament conference. | The vote was 460 to 106. Rich Harvest of North Sea. ' It is estimated that the quantity of fish caught annually in the North sea , would till a procession of two-ton trucks reaching from New York to San | Francisco byway of New Orleans.

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AM**<h<*^MßMSß*N*Mh**MMM^*M*>*Hk>*4M*B*M* l <* ♦ CATCHES 21(4 POUND CARP • ’ — I {Not to be outdone by the Port-i land man who caught three fish» |on one hook, Frank Lough, who? I resides on South Second street, | Decatur, exhibited a carp weigh- I iing twenty-one and one-half; | pounds today, which he caught! » with a hook and line in the St. f ; Marys river near the Fornax Mill* ’ early this morning. Mr. Lough? was fishing near the center of the! river in a boat at 4 o'clock this! morning, when the big carp grab-; bed the hook. The hook was bait-? •ed with a soft shelled crab. It re-? ; quired nearly a half hour to land • ? the fish. This was the only fish ? ! caught by Mr. Lough this morn-f ♦ ing. but he decided that it would • *be enough for a mass, and went f ? home. ? ( 1 J TO FINISH PLANS FOR CHAUTAUQUA Meeting Os Directors Os Chautauqua To Be Held On Monday Evening A meeting of the directors of the Decatur Chautauqua association will be held Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock with Theodore Graliker, president of the local association, at the First National Bank. Matters of importance are to be disposed of and final plans and arrangements will be made for the Chautauqua which opens in this city on July 31st. The directors of the Chautauqua this year are: Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, Boy Mamma, Mrs. Chalmer Porter. Mrs. Earl G. Coverdale, Mrs. Avon Burk, Mrs. R. D. Myers, Theodore Graliker. Fred Patterson. M. F. Worthman ,D. J. Harkless, C. E. Bell, Thomas Durkin, D. E. Studabaker and A. R. Holthouse. Cuts for the program have not arrived, but are expected within a day or two and as :oon as possible the programs will be printed and distributed. Among the entertainers on the platform this season are: The Weber Male quartet; U. S. Senator Pat Harrison; The Mercer Concert Company; Fred G. Bale; Goforth's Black and Gold orchestra; Fisher Shipp; Lloyd Loar, violinist; George G. Goforth, xylophone soloist; Frank Waller Allen; Albert Phillip Mettb, entertainer; Hazel Dopheide; Harry Y. Mercer; C. L. Burgderfer, and the Weber Male quartet. Every director is urged to attend the meeting Monday evening as it is very ’important that the final ar ( rangements for the Chautauqua be made at this meeting. The dates for' the Chautauqua are July 31 to August 4th. Miss Tillie Meibers returned this afternoon from Roms City. I — Weather Partly cloudy tonight; Sunday, probably scattered thunder showers; slightly warmer tonight in east.

THINK BALLOON [i FELL INTO LAKE ► i ; Balloon Found In Lake I Erie Believed To Be One In International Race I I (United Press Service) I Port Stanley, O„ July 7—(Special [ to the Daily Democrat) —Two tugs i left here shortly before noon in an • effort to tow in the navy balloon ref ported to be floating in Lake Erie > 25 miles south west of here. i The balloon is believed to be the • gigantic navy balloon missing since > jt started jn the Indianapolis air race. II July 4. ’ ’ The report of the floating craft ' was brought into Port Stanley this morning by the quartermaster of the I steamer Colonial, which left its course 'to circle the wreck. The tugs Elsie Doris and the Frank !H. Stanley, are not expected back here until about 5 o'clock, even if the balloon can be brought in. Cleveland. Ohio, July 7—(Special , to Daily Democrat)—A balloon, believed to be the missing giant navy I entry, in the Indianapolis national I elimination race was found today i floating in Lake Erie, 25 miles south- , southwest of Port Stanley, Ont.. ! according to a message received ( here. There was no sign of life and the basket had sunk beneath the folds of the bag, which stiU contained a small amount of gas. As the lake at that point is 125 feet, deep, fear was expressed that Lieut. L. J. Roth of Lakehurst, N. J„ ' and Telford B. Null, his aide, may have lost their lives in the water. 1 The balloon was sighted by the ’ quartermaster of the steamer Colon- ’ lai. ' "We went off our course and cir- ’ cled the big bag twice,” said the quarl’l'rmaster. “We noted that the basket was submerged. We determined that we ’ could do no good so went directly in- ’ to Port Stanley and called for a tug. ' “The tug started immediately for the scene and will tow the bag into Port Stanley.” The quartermaster said it would be impossible to determin) if there are any bodies in the basket until the bag is towed into port. — —_ o Auto Races Are Postponed (United Press Service) Indianapolis. July 7. —< (Special tx> Daily Democrat)- Dirt track auto i races scheduled for this afternoon at I the Hoosier Motor Speedway were again postponed because of the muddy . I condition of the track. | The management was undecided late this morning whether the race 1 - would be held next Saturday or post poned indefinitely. ' The races were to have been held July 4th but weather conditions prevented the race then. CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat: July $1.04; Sept. $1.03%; Dec. $1.06%. Corn: July 80%c; Sep. 175%c; Dec. 63%c. Oats: July 39c; Sept. 35%c; Dec. 37c.

J. J. Moran New President Os State Bar Association West Haden, Ind., July 7. —J. J. Moran, of Portland, was elected president of the Indiana State Bar association nt the closing session of ; their annual convention here yesterday. Other officers elected were: L. J. Kirkpatrick, of Kokomo, vice-pretib dent; George H. Batchelor, secretary, and Elias D. Salsbury, of Indianapolis, treasurer. New members of the board of managers elected were: Willis E. Roe, of East Chicago; (James M. Ogden, of Indianapolis, and Frank Hatfield, of Evansville. AUTOMOBILE IS STOLEN HERE Buick Touring Car Stolen From Porter & Beavers Here Last Night A five-passenger Buick touring car, belonging to Porter & Beavers, local ! Buick dealers, was stolen from its | parking place on North First street : near the garage, sometime between 7 and 10 o’clock last night. The car was parked at the side of the garage at 7 o’clock in the evening, and at 10 1 o’clock it was noticed by a member 1 of the firm, that the car was gone. 1 It. was the supposition, however, that I one of the salesmen had driven the car away, and no search was started ' at that time. When the car was still missing this morning, an investigation was started. but no trace of it has been found. The car was a 1916 model and the ' paint was in bad condition. The ( wheels were painted light gray and i the right front fender was bent. It . was eqtipped with Lion Cords and > Goodrich tires. - Klansmen Face Trial i .. 1 (United Press Service) j Springfield, 0.. July 7—(Special to t Daily Democrat) —Seventy-two mem- . bers of the Ku Klux Klan pleaded not , guilty to charges of disorderly conduct '..hen arraigned in police court , 1 ere today. Their hearing was set tor July 26. Springfield. 0., July 7 —(Special to > Daily Democrat) — Seventy-five Ku | Klux Klansmen faced trial here to- . day charged with disorderly conduct. The arrests were made under the recent ruling of police Judge G. C. I Davis that three or more persons appearing on the streets masked would constitute disorderly conduct. i The Klansmen were thrown into I jail as they were returning from the I funeral of a fellow member of the “Invisftble Empire.” Hundreds of citizens cheered the i prisoners as they were marched into . jail. Armour Sells Bank Stock r {United presj» Service) 1 Chicago, July 7 —(Special to Daily 1 Democrat) —J. Ogden Armour, the ipacker, today relinquished bis place las Chicago's largest individual bolder of bank stock by disposing of $3.800,000 worth of stock in the Continental and Commercial Bank. ' Stock in other banks has also been sold, it was said. 'j A banking syndicate handling the transfers issued a statement saying that Armour is liquidating personal ' loans negotiated with the stock as ' collateral at the time of the ArmourMorris packing merger. The loans totaled $20,000,000. EMPLOYMENT BUREAU For Children Established By Women In Laporte Laporte. Ind., July 7. —An employment bureau for children over 12 years of age has been opened here by Miss Mabel Foor, director of the | school playground activities. She be- | lieves the only way to keep children i out of trouble is to keep them busy. Gibbons Welcomed Home (United Press Service) St. Paul, Minn., July 7 —(Special to Da'ly Democrat)—Ten thousand 1 cheeping admirers greeted Tommy ; Gibbons, “hero” of Shelby's pine bowl, when he arrived home here today. Gibbons stepped from a Great Northern train ami smiled a greeting. He showed no effects of his battle with Dempsey.

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TIGHTENING OF RUHR DEADLOCK i IS SEEN TODAY French And Belgians Demand Repudiation Os (’rimes In Occupied Area GERMANY GIVES REPLY I Refuses To Accept Responsibility For Death Os Belgian Soldiers (United Press Service) Brussels. July 7 —(Special to Da'ly > Democrat) —Tightening of the Ruhr 1 deadlock was seen today as reports ' were circulated that France and Bel1 Hum had demanded repudiation of crimes in the occupied area and ' Chancellor Ctino made no answering , move. I The expected Gorman public de- [ nunc’ation of sabotage was suppressed after new conferences between the papal nuncio Pacelli and Chan- [ cellar Cuno. , Report are the French and Belgians will withdraw diplomatic repre- ( sentation from Berlin unless his denunciation is made. Occupy Part of Frankfort London. July 7—(Special to Dallv Democrat) — French troops Friday I occupied outlying houses of the city of Frankfort in the Ruhr valley, ac- ' cording to a central News dispatch from Brussels. I Territory adjacent to the city was also occupied by the French as they extended their lines. Germany Replies Berlin. July 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Foreign Minister Baron Von Rosenberg told France and Bel- [ giuni today that Germany could not accept responsibility for the Duisberg bombing, where nine Belgian slodierg were killed. Germany does not admit that her ’ citizens were responsible for the explosion and therefore cannot assume responsibility, he said. ’| Rosenberg’s statement was made in ■ answer to the official demand of the Ruhr occupants that Germany pubI licly disapprove the explosion, it was 'explained officially. 1 The French and Belgians also de--1 manded that the German government promise to seek out and arrest those who plotted the explosion. o Mrs. Fannie Gresley i Expires At Hoagland J Mrs. Fannie Gresley, 76. wife of , Peter Gresley, died Thursday evening , at 6 o’clock at her home in Hoagland, Ind. She had been a resident of Allen , County for 70 years. She was a mem- , ber of the Antioch Lutheran (hurch. .Surviving beside the husband are six I children, Mrs. Elizabeth Gibson, of Decatur; Mrs. Emma Coleman, of Atwater, O.; Mrs. James Emenheiser. lot' Hoagland; Mrs. Hector Preushn, of Monroeville; Lydia Gresley, of Hoagland, and Elias Gresley, of Monroe- ’ ville; 18 grandchildren and 15 greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the home Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock and at 2 o’clock 'at the Antioch Lutheran church. LIFE GUARD AT GARY Heavy Toll Os Drownings Causes A Move ForProtection Gary, Ind., July 7. —Warned by the heavy toll of drownings during the heat wave the latter part of June, a heavy life guard has been provided at the municipal beach. A number of special guards were sworn in for weekends when the b'-acb crowds are the largest. Life saving apparatus, pulmotors and other equipment was thoroughly overhauled in readiness for any emergency. Editor Guilty Os Libel (United Press Service) Chicago, July 7—(Special to Dally > Democrat)—Arthur Lorenz, former editor of the Illinois Staats Zeitung, I found guilty of criminal libel of I American legionnaires, today asked ■ for a new trial and hearing was set i for July 22 by Superior Court Judge > Hugo Pam. Lorenz was found guilty I of writing an editorial in his news- ; paper calling members of the legion . “bums, vagabonds and tramps." He ! faces a year jail sentence and SSOO fine.