Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 168.

“DIRT FARMER REVOLT” IS VICTORIOUS

BELLMONT PARK TO BECOME CITY OF TENTS SOON Tents For Northern Indiana Fair To Be Ereeted In Park Tomorrow — TO HAVE FIREWORKS Display Each Evening To He Something New; | Giant Rooster Arrives According to information given out j today, a tented rity will spring un in ! Bellniont Park tomorrow. Th e big tops which will house the many exhibits ami attractions for the Northern Indiana Fair, which opens in Bellmont Park next Tuesday, July 21, and continues for four days, arrived in Decatur today. The fair management is seeking ten strong men to aid in putting up the tents tomorrow. The tents are being furnished by the Indianapolis Tent and Awning company, the company which furnished the tents for the big attraction last year. William Reppert has taken charge of the construction work at the park, and will have charge of the erection of the extra stables, pens, bleachers, and general overhauling of the buildings at the park. It will be necessary to erect many additional stables at the park to take care of the race horses and exhibition horses. Great Display Os Fireworks The fireworks display each evening during the fair, will lie furnished hv the Hudson Fireworks Company, of Hudson, Ohio. The display is guaranteed to he absolutely new and full of wonderful features. It will he different from the old time displays. Mr. John Isenharger manager of the local fair, who is also manager of the fair at North Manchester, stated today that this company had given a fireworks display at the North Manchester fair and the people there declared that it was the best they had ever witnessed. The giant rooster, which will entertain the public in front of the grand stand each day of the fair, has arrived in the city. Any strange noises during the early morning hours may he attributed to this unusual visitor. Herschel E. Barnes, of Hillsboro, Ohio, has the program and grandstand privileges this year and his representative was in the city yesterday. obtaining advertisements for the race programs. o Bank Os Redkey Fails The bank of Redkey, one of the oldest financial institutions in Jhy county, closed its doors following a voluntary examination of the books by the state- banking department. Frozen liabilities is thought to he the reason of the closing of the bank. The bank, which was established 37 years ago, has done a very heavy business until tile last few years, when the depression hit the community. Many notes were taken and these could not be collected and many loans were made which told too heavily on the bank, it is said. Officials stated that the institution is probably solvent and that the assets would be as great as the liabilities and that the depositors would lose no money. Heavy Rain In Colorado U T nltPtl Press Service) Denver, Colo., July 17—(Special to Oaily Democrat)—Railroad traffic was tied up, and towns and cities in southeastern Colorado, flooded today by heavy rains. Railroad bridges on Hie Santa Fe and the Denver and Rio Grande were swept away at Portland, Colo. A five-foot wall of water swept over Portland, damaging the Portland Cement company’s works, and flooding homes of workmen. Water ran through the streets of Denver several feet deep, after the storm, which approached cloudburst Proportions. Hundreds of basements were flooded, and store stocks damaged.

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ADAMS COUNTY FARMER FINDS LICENSE BOOK OF PILOT OF BALLOON IN RACE

Monroe, Ind., July 17—(Special to f Daily Democrat) — A balloonist's i license and a pass hook issued to j If. K. Honeywell, of St. Loots, the i from Indianapolis on July Fourthe, I were found in a field on the I farm of Joseph Rich two and one-half j miles south of this city. The license,] j which is dated 1923, states that Honey-, well was horn in Cleveland in 1871.! I The pass book is dated 1911. The license hook contains a picture of Honeywell. The license gives him membership in the Federation Aeronautique Internationale and the Aero

GRAIN PRICES ARE COMPARED Files Os Daily Democrat Show Prices Os Orain Have Fluctuated Much Fly refering to our files of twenty, five, or one year ago a comparison of prices can lie obtained and in that | way information can he obtained of value to the farmer and the public in general. One of the main subjects of discussion today is the low price of wheat. Today's local market on new, number, tw'o wheat is quoted at 85 cents per j bushel. Twenty years ago today on] July 17, 1903, the price for number I two wheat on the local market was 70 | cents per bushel. In 1920, about this | time of the year tlit* price was be-' tween $2.50 and $3.00. On May sth. I 1920 the local market quotation was $2.90 per bushel while on July 17. j 1920 tlie price was $2.50 and from that time on the price decreased until now it has reached the lowest level since 1914. Today’s local grain market, as quoted by O. T. Burk and Son, is as follows: New No. 2 wheat, 85 cents »er bushel; good yellow ear corn, per 100. $1.15; white nr mixed corn, per 100, $1.10; oats, 35 cents per bushel; rye. 60 cents per bushel; barley, per bushel, 50 cents; clover seed, SIO.OO. No quotation is given on Timothy hay. Twenty year’s ago today the local grain market prices were: New corn, 61 cpnts per 100; yellow corn. 63 cents per 100; oats, per bushel, 32 cents; wheat number two. 70 cents per bushel; wheat number three, 67 cents per bushel. The price of eggs today, wholesale is 20 cents per dozen. Twenty years ago the price was 13 cents per dozen. The Cloverleaf Creamery quoted hutterfat at 33 cents today, while the price of country butter, twenty years ago was quoted at 12 to 13 cents per pound. If the dollar had the purchasing power it did twenty years ago, the, prices paid today for grain would not be out of line so much in comparison with those paid twenty years ago. Will Attend Meeting Os Movie Exhibitors I L. J. McCormick, of the Crystal and Mecca theaters, and Jess Leßrun of the Cort theater, will go to Indianapolis tomorrow to attend the annual meeting of'the Exhibitors’ Associa- J tion of Indiana. The meeting \vill be held in the Severin hotel. Officers of tlie association will be elected. 1 One of the most important matters to come before the exhibitors is the federal law requiring a tax on the music played on electric pianos in the picture houses. The law has been in effect for about a year and it requires a tax of ten cents each year] on eacli seat in the theater. The exhibitors claim the law is unconstitutional and that is is unjust since they buy the music. It as said that the exhibitors have handed together against the law in several states and that they do not pay the tax now. Chicago, July 17—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Manaus E. Hess, 62, who claimed that he originated the McKinley movement in 1892 by organizing clubs all over the country, is dead here today. He attracted wide attention by styling himself the "original McKinley man.”

I Club of America, as a spherical balloon pilot. Tlie license is printed in six different languages. Mr. Rich | found the book In a corn field. Honey- ] well and his aide, Lieut, J. T. Me- ! Cullough, landed at Brockton, New j York. The license hook, very likely, | is of much value to Lieut. Honeywell, land Mr. Rich will make an effort to} ! return it to him. Honeywell was a civilian entrant in the balloon race, and will he one of the three to go to Belgium in the fall to participate in the international balloon race.

MOTOR COP TO STOP SPEEDERS Officer Employed By Board Os Safety To Enforce The Speed Law Here At noon today C. W. Oallogly, special motorcycle traffic “cop”, employed jby the board of safety of the ci’y council to enforce the automobile speed law, had not made any arresls, although he has been busy at work and has stopped 'several motorists | and informed them as to how to turn corners and the rate of speed they |<an travel. I Oallogly, whose home is at Fort j Wayne, is not working on a fee or commission basis and therefore does not have to make wholesale arrests 'in order to meet expenses and his J wages. He is paid by the city. Instructions were given him that the | council did not want motorists arrested on the least pretense of violation of the speed law, but rather that he should inform auto drivers as to how to operate a car within the city limits. It is stated that he is not the sort of fellow or “cop” who visited Peru and Wabash sometime ago, that person making wholesale arrests in order to obtain his fees from the fines imposed. Oallogly will be employed as long as the council thinks it necessary to keep him and motorists are urged to obey his orders. He rides on a motorcycle and will be on the lookout for violators. Extra Traffic Policemen Joel Reynolds, chief of police, stated today that six traffic policemen would he employed during fair week, beginning next Tuesday. The traffic men will he stationed at the Madison and Monroe street corner and on Second street and the First street corner on Monroe, leading to the Monroe street bridge and on Bellmont road to the park. One extra night policeman will he employed during the week and everybody is urged to obey the trafI sic laws and avoid trouble. “Safety first." is the slogan. o Gasoline Tax Receipts Indianapolis, July 17—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Receipt on the state gasoline tax for the month of 1 June totaled $300,000. Robert Bracken. state auditor announced today. About 150 oil distributing companies made payment to the state, j Charles B. Benjamin, chief of the I collecting department said the figure was probably under the normal amount of gasoline consumed during 1 June as many persons filled their tanks with gas before the law went into effect in order to avoid payment of the fee. Approximately 60.000,000 gallons of gasoline were used during the month the report shows. ] . i Turks Win Oil Fight From The British Lusanne, July 17.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Turks, supported by the American delegates, won their big oil fight from the British at the Near East peace conference early today. It was agreed that the protested oil concessions wouldn’t be mentioned in the treaty being drawn up, which is nearly ready for signatures. The Americans were not present, but jsmet Pasha spoke of the co operation of Turkey and the United States in the matter.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 17, 1923.

EUROPE’S MARY ! _ j Mile. Lila Loth London. —Mile. Ula Loth, known throughout the continent as Europe's “Mary Bickford," because of tier striking resemblance to our own Mary, is shown above. She recently received a gift from Miss Mary Pickford. Trotting Record Falls Pr«»M S*rvlr#») Findlay. Ohio, July 17— (Special to the Daily Democrat) —Cupid Albingen, Illinois gelding, holds a new world’s trotting record for half mile tracks, having stepped th,> oval yesterday in 3-4. The record fell to Cupid Albingen in the Pheonix inn stake race for a purse of $2,000. It was the first event of the week’s meeting here. HARDING LOOKS OVER ALASKAN RAILWAY TODAY Favors Maintaining Road In Most Economical Possible Fashion 1 POSSIBILITIES SMALL. President Likely To Ask i Congress To Pay Deficit 1 Os Road This Year | T nlte,l rre»* S»n(V C«rw«p»n<len< Fairbanks, Alaska, July 17. — (Special to Daily Democrat)— Having studied the Alaskan railroad over its entire length and observed closely tlie possibilities of growtli and development. President Harding is committed to maintenance of the road in the most economical possible fashion until a broader program is warranted. He believes the present and the immediate future promise nothing in the way of development of the vast stretches of country through which the line runs from Seward to Fairbanks. Even development of the tourist j possibilities of the southern portion depends on furnishing adequate water j transportation which is not now exist- | ing in away to make travel northi bound attractive. Mr. Harding probably will ask congress to pay the deficit of tile Alaskan railroad this year, hut lie urges here that the deficit be kept at the lowest possible figures. The deficit is estimated at about $1,500,000 this year. Officials pointed ou.t to him tiie large standardized last section line from Fairbanks to Tanana bridge lias just been finished. Jack Church Visits Here Jack Church, of Santa Monica, California, well known here, stopped in this city yesterday for a few hours visit with friends and relatives, enroute home from Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended the national convention of the B. P. O. Elks, being a delegate from the Santa Monica club. He left today for California and was accompanied home by Mrs. Thomas Dent, his sister-in-law, formerly Miss . Gyp Dorwin of this city. Guy Dorwin, of Fort Wayne, visited with him here yesterday. Weather Fair tonight and Wednesday; little change in temperature.

HUNT FOR ESCAPED CONVICTS TURNS TO HIGH SEAS TODAY

(United Press Service) Newport News. Va„ July 17. — (Special to Dally Democrat)—The mani hunt for six convicts escaped from Eastern Penitentiary Saturday turned to tlie high sens today, with the services of tiie United States navy, and ail ships at sea enlisted In the chase. Radio messages were received, giv- ] ing warning that at least four of the I convicts are believed to be headed (lilt to sea in a powerful boat, stolen 1 I from a Maryland police chief. | Revenue cutters at Newport News

ROBERT TISRON KILLED IN WEST Son Os Late John Tisron, Os This City, Meets Death In Accident According to information received today, Robert Tisron was killed when crushed beneath an automobile in which he was riding with a friend at Tulsa. Okla., last Friday night. The car was wrecked after striking a road scraper. Mrs. Tisron and children and Mrs. J. G. Pfeifer and fapiily were in the car. None of tiie other occupants were seriously injured. Mr. Tisron was a drilling contractor. Ed Tirson of Montpelier, received a telegram Saturday evening telling of th,> accidental death of his brother. Robert Tirson, 51. of Tulsa, Okla., and of the serious injury of Mrs. Tisron. The message did not state in what j | manner the accident occurred, but , Mr. Tisrpn is of the opinion that his ' (brother'* death was caused in an auto mobile crash, as he drove a car. Mr. Tisron’s death conies as a scJ vere blow to his brother, for it is i the third death that has occurred in | the family in the past nine months. Nine months ago. his brother Jean Tisron, was shot to death at Tulsa. John Tisron, father of the two unfortunate men, was a resident of Decatur until a few months ago when he was called by death. The sudden death of his son. Jean, aided in hastening th<> death of the aged man. Mr. Ed Tisron stated he would be unable to go to TuLsa, for he made the trip there when his brother Jean was killed, and could not possibly go again at the present time. Robert Tisron was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Tisron, both of whom are deceased. He was born in Ossian and moved from there to Decatur with his parents. He was united in marriage to Miss Fl ° Kirby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Kirby, of Eaton. Two children survive, Harriet, 17, and Tiie death message received at James, 17. The death message received at Montpelier from the daughter, read as follows: “Father killed, mother injured in accident.” Frank Schultz Visits Relatives In This City Frank Schultz, of Akron, former Decatur young man and printer at this office, arrived here last evening from Indianapolis where he attended the national convention of tiie Rainbow Division on Saturday. While driving to the Speedway in a Ford coupe, accompanied by two other Rainbow veterans, their car was hit and Frank was thrown against the side, cutting a small wound on the side of his head and injured his shoulder. He was taken to tiie Severin hotel and could not get out of bed until Monday. Frank was a member of the 150th Field Artillery, headquarters company, and was in France and Germany for a year and a half and never received a scratch. He is employed on the Akron Press, one of the leading newspapers in tiie thriving and progressive rubber city. Mrs. Schultz has been visiting here for the past week with her parents, M s. and Mrs. Chris Boknecht. Frank will spend his week’s vacation here and hopes to rest up from the effects of the automobile accident, sufficient so lie can return to his work next week.

and Norfolk have been Instructed to take port in tin' pursuit if they sight the convicts’ craft. Tiie "Sunbeam", the stolen power boot, was equipped for a run to Bermuda, if necessary, and it is thought that tiie criminals may have headed that way. Cordons of boats have been thrown across the York and James rivers to prevent the convicts running their bon*, inland. The other two convicts are believed to have separated from their companions and to be traveling southward.

STYLE SHOW TO BE BIG FEATURE Local Merchants Making Arrangements For Style Show At The Fair One of the big features of the Northern Indiana Fair this year will he a style show, to la' given by E. F. Gass & Son. local ladies’ furnishers, and Vance & Linn, men’s clothiers. Tiie style show will be held in a large tent and a complete advance showing of fall and winter apparel will he made. The Gass store has employed three professional models to come to Decatur and display the new fashions as they appear on live models. There i will he three local girls to display the girls’ wearing apparel. A complete showing of cloaks, suits, millinery, dresses and hose will lie made, and each article worn by the . models will he taken from tiie stock ,of the Gass store. I The Vance & Linn store will have two or three professional models j here for the style show, also. Two j Decatur boys have been secured to display the boys’ clothing. This I store will display the fall and winter models also. Kuppenheimer clothes for men. Sonny Boy clothes for hoys, and Mallory hats, will be featured. The tent in which the show will he held will be large enough to accomodate a large audience. The stage on which the models will display the elcthes, will he ten by forty feet in dimentions and will be between five and six feet hi’gh. Fisher’s Orchestra. which will play at the fair all week, will also play during the style show each day and evening. The first stye show each day will be given from 2 to 3:30 in the afternoon and the second from 7:30 o’clock until the fireworks display opens in the evening. There will be two style, shows each day of the fair, and, no j doubt, large crowds will he attracted to this new feature of the fair. Baby Born Dead To Marie Price Saturday Fort Wayne, July 17—Marie Price's baby arrived Saturday evening, but Marie is not happy for the tiny hoy was dead when born. Marie was the girl who accompanied John L. Whitfeld, alleged slaver of a Cleveland policeman, on a wild flight through four states after the death of the policeman. She was captured at Madison, Wis., two weeks after the flight began, hut Whitfeld escaped, only to be cap tured later at Detroit, Mich., where he was employed as a foreman of teamsters in a lumber yard. The baby was born at the Methodist hospital, where, it has been learned, Marie has been a patient for over two weeks. She was on the records there, it has been denitely established, as Mrs. Marcia Agnes, pronounced by her few visitors as Agnew. o Picnic To Be Held At St. Peter’s Church A picnic will be held by the congregation of the St. Peter's church on the church lawn, Sunday evening. July 22. A short program will he given with several out of door entertainments. There will be a fancy work booth and refreshment stands on the ground. Everybody is invited.

Price; 2 Cents.

O,P.DEFEATED !N MINNESOTA VOTING MONDAY Mangus Johnson. FarmerLabor Candidate, Wins Seat In U. S. Senate PLURALITY IS 40,000 Victory Os Johnson Makes La Follette Big Power In The Next Congress I l*r«*«* SlnfT Correspondent St. Paul, Minn., July 17.—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Plurality of Magnus Johnson, “dirt farmer", elected United States senator in yesterday's balloting, grew into a “landslide” at noon today. The farmer-Labcr victor’s margin pas-ed the 55.000 mark and a final plurality of more than 70,000 over Governor J. A. O. Preus, was predicted. With 2,572 precints out of 3,521 counted, the vote stood: Johnson 246.202. Preus 191.069. St. Paul. Minn.. July 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —President Harding's republican administration fell before a “dirt farmer revolt” in Minnesota today. Election of Magnus Johnson, fann-er-labor party candidate, to the United States senatorship in yesterday’s primary, was conceded by Governor J. A. O. Preus, the Republican nominee endorsed by Harding. Tiie Johnson victory definitely takes the congressional group out of the G. O. P. “Old Guard” ranks and aligns it with the La Fol- ) iette-Brookhart bloc. Returns indicate Johnson's plural- ' ity will he about 40.000, political observers believed. His margin may be as high as 50,000. With returns in from 2.461 precincts out of 3,521, the vote stood: Johnson 214.648. Preus, ,80,047. James A. Carley, 17,243. Johnson will fill out tiie unexpired term of the late Knute Nelson, who died April 28. and will be a candidate for re-election in 1924. He returned today to the section of land he owns in Meeker county to help with the haying. With typical Swedish accent, Johnson said he “liked to help with the ‘schores’ around the farm ” Gov. J. A. O. Preus, who decided against resigning to have himself ap- ! pointed to the vacancy, tasted his ] first political defeat. Just forty, and at the peak of a promising political career, he was caught in the maelstrom of farmers unrest in the state. Going down to defeat he was kicked by some of his erstwhile staunch supporters. “If the Republican party in Minnesota is not in a chastened frame of mind th's morning then it is past redemption,” said the Pioneer Press editorially. The Pioneer Press and Dispatch supported Gov. Preus during the campaign. “Gov. Preus who began a political career under exceptionally favorable auspices finds himself the victim of un attempt to play both ends against the middle,” the editorial continued. “It can’t he done in politics or anywhere else. ‘Good God; good Devil;' is a mighty poor platform for anybody. Instead of representing something he represented very little beside a personal ambition to succeed Senator Nelson." It was the second political duel within a year for Governor Preus and Senator Johnson. Last November they fought it out for the gover norship. Governor Preus won by a narrow margin. State Senator James A. Carley was the Democratic nominee. He received only a negligible vote yesterday. Johnson’s victory was not a surprise. It was presaged by the election last November of Dr. Henrik Shlpstead. Farmer-Laborite, over Frank B. Kellogg. one of the Republican “Old Gijnrd” in the Beuate. (Continued on page three)