Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 169.

ORDINANCE TO REGULATE CITY TRAFFIC PASSED City Council Adopts New Ordinance At Meeting Held Last Night HAS NINE SECTIONS New Rules Regulate Traffic During Fire And Turning On Streets An ordinance regulating traffic and parking on the streets of Decatur; I prohibiting automobiles or other vehicle* from following within 500 feet | of the Fire truck and apparatus; or-j dering all traffic to drive as close ns j possible to the right hand curb and| come to a complete stop; forbidding parking within 500 feet of the scene of a fire or within ten feet of a fire hydrant; regulating the turning of corners; placing the board of safety in complete authority of the traffic on the streets, and embodying the parking regulations as now enforced and providing a penalty upon conviction of not less than SI.OO nor more than SIOO.OO, to which may be added imprisonment not to exceed 90 days was passed by the city council in regular session last evening. Provisions Os Ordinance The ordinance contains nine sections and the provisions are:Section I—On the approach of any motor vehicle of the Fire department or Police department, sounding a bell or siren, the driver of any vehicle shall drive as close as possible to the right hand curb of the street and come to a complete stop and shall not follow within 500 feet of fire and police department after said apparatus has passed.—No vehicle except by direction of the Fire Chief or foficer in charge shall approach or park within 500 feet of any fire, except vehicles of the department of public safety and salvage corps or ambulances, vehicles of owners or occupants of said premises being excepted. Drivers Obey Policemen Section 2—All traffic upon the streets within the corporate limits of said city shall be under control of the Public Safety committee and all operators and drivers of vehicles shall obey the instructions of policemen. Stop At Signal Section 3—lt shall be the duty of any persoq driving or in charge of any vehicle to stop such vehicle or turn to the right or left whenever signaled to do so hy anv policeman. The above section forbids the making of a complete turn at a street intersection in those cases where the traffic policeman orders the driver not to turn. Turning On Streets Section 4 —No vehicle shall make a complete turn upon any street, except at street intersections, but nothing herein shall be construed to authorizing any said vehicle to turn at any street intersection when otherwise directed by a policeman. Distance From Hydrants Section s—No5 —No vehicle shall stand within 10 feet on either side of a fire or water hydrant. Stopping Back Os Property Line Section C—All vehicles and interurban cars stopping at crossings shall stop back of a line in line with the property line of the intersecting street toward which said vehicle is approaching. Parking Os Vehicles Section 7 —No vehicle, unless in an emergency or on order of the policeman, or to allow another vehicle or pedestrian to cross its path, shall be allowed or permitted to stop in any street the t corporate .limits, unless the same is driven parallel with and within one foot of the right hand curb, on Liberty Way in said rity where vehicles shall be allowed and permitted to stop between the painted lines on said street. The above regulations, although not enforced by an ordinance have been observed for two years. Fines And Imprisonment Any person, firm or- corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction be fined in any sum not less than SI.OO nor more than SIOO.OO for each vio- , (Continued on page two)

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Monroe M. E. Pastor To Be Absent Two Weeks Th« llev. S. I. Zechle), pastor of the Monroe Methodist Episcopal church, left Monday fol a trip to Culver, South Rend and Battle Ground, expecting to lie absent two weeks. During Ills abI sem e the Epworth League will have I charge of the Sunday morning ser- | vices. On next Sunday, July 22, the subject win be, “Jesus Facing His Life Work," with George Smith ns leader. On tl»e following Sunday, July 29, the subject will be, "The Power of Jesus to Lead Men." Harlan Osteman will be leader at this meeting. Special music will be furnished by 'he orchestra. There wdl be no services in the evening the young people will give n Bible demonstration at Beulah Chapel, near Preble. TENTH STREET CONTRACT LET Fred Colchin Lowest Bidder On Street Improvement; Other Council News Fred Colchin, local contractor, was awarded the contract by the city council last evening for the improvement of three blocks on Tenth street, between Monroe and Adams st-est with brick and cement sidewalks, on his bid of $13,471.20. City engineer Orval Harruff’s estimate on the improve ment was $17,900.52. Two other pro- . posals from contractors were filed with the council they being. Miller and Butler. $15,417.44 and Carl D. Traxler, Kendallville, $17,939.96. The street will be improved to a width of 34 feet and Metropolitan blocks will be used. A five-foot cement sidewalk on each side of the street will be constructed and work on the improvement will commence within the next few weeks. The petition of the Reformed church congregation for the iustall'itivu of a larger water main on Jackson street was filed and referred to tin water , works committee. Mrs. Flora Kinzle’s quarterly report of the treasurer’s office was filed and referred to the finanqß committee. To Receive Garbage Bids The council set Tuesday, July 24th, as the day on which sealed proposals would be received for the hauling and ’ disposing of the garbage in Decatur. 1 F. J. Schmitt now has the contract. 1 He is paid S7OO per year and his con--1 tract will expire August Ist. Letter From E. L. Carroll A letter from E. L. Carroll concerning the erection of ornamental light posts on South Second street from Jeff ferson to Adams was read to the coun- ’ cil. Mr. Carroll stated that he was one of the petitioners for the light posts on this street, but that he under- ’ stood smaller posts than those erect- " ed on Second street now were to be 1 used and objected to this style. T his ‘ was merely a rumor as the electric light committee had no intention of ■erecting smaller posts within the 1 block from Jefferson to Adams. The 1 same size and style of posts as were ! erected on Second street will be used. • Mr. Carroll also recommended that an ' ornamental post be erected at the Al ’ Anker corner, the Standard Oil Filing station corner, and in front of the Presbyterian church corner on Mer1 cer avenue. He recommended that • the Anker corner be straightened in line with the Mercer Avenue intersection. Upon motion his letter was - referred to the street and sewer com--5 mittee. The matter of repairing the i catch basin in front of the Holthouse ; building on North Second street was j referred to street commissioner Ed L. Augenbaugh. The finance committee allowed a ! number of bills and an executive ses- . slon followed. r • ’ Holiness Tent Meeting Opens At Monroe Soon ’ • J Morroe, July 18—(Special to the ! Daily Democrat)—The interdenomint ational tent meeting of the Adams County Holiness Association, will open at this place on Wednesday, July t 25 and close on Sunday, August, 5. The meeting will be conducted by the Rev. N. W. Rich, Evangelist from Rocky Ford, Colorado. R. W. Shank, of Columbus, Ohio, will be director 3 of singing. The public is cordially In- , vited to attend these meetings. I Miss Bertha Heller of Indianapolis . will arrive this evening for a visit with her mother, Mrs. D. D. Heller.

HEROES OF BURNING SHIP RECEIVE MEDALS AND CASH I 2? ■ » k 1 H— J 1 ' i k 1 ' i 9 I ssT I -ifei Left to right: Mayer Cryer of Los Angeles and N. C. Kuniar, W. P. Bell, and H. I). Hancock, radio operators, who stuck to their posts on the burning City of Honolulu and saved all on board. Each received SSOO and a commemorative medal. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. —The three wireless operators who last fall stuck at their instruments on the burning passenger liner City of Honolulu and, by their heroic work, saved every passenger of the ill-fated ship, have decided that the world sometini's is appreciative, after all. They were presented with SSOO cash each, together with elaborate medals, in re ognition of their heroic work in con inuing to send out messages giving the ship's location despite the fact t lat the woodwork of their cabin was burning and heat almost unbearable

FAVORS BRITISH LEAVING EUROPE Editor Os London Express Would Let France Settle Account With Germany (United Press Service) London, July 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Great Britain should "clear out of Europe,” and let France "settle her account with Germany by her own methods," Lord Beaverbrook proprietor of the London Express; declares in a statement on the eve of publication of the British note to Germany. Beaverbrook, a Canadian by birth, is one of the most powerful figures behind the scenes of British polities, having helped to make and unmake Prime Ministers and the governments. By Lord Beaverbrook Copyright 1923, United Press Ass’n. Copyright 1923 in Canada London, July 18 —Premier Poincare of France has anticipated Premier Baldwin's proposed reparations note by a speech at Senlis in which he declares without reservations or evasions that France has come to the end of all concessions she is prepared to make. He is emphatic in his determination not to go back one inch from the Ruhr occupation policy and all it implies, and he sees no hope of settlement by other means. He lays stress in his belief of Brit ain's honesty of purpose and expresses grief at the thought that differences over this momentous question of reparations cast even a shadow of (Continued on page five) ACQUIT SMALL TRIAL JURORS Men Charged With Fixing Jury In Small Conspiracy Case Are Set Free (United Press Service) Waukegan, 111., July 18—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—The "jury fixing” cases involving the acquital of Gov. Len Small of charges of conspiracy to embezzel state funds, collapsed today. John E. Fields, Small ’trial juror; Edward Kaufman and Edward Courtney were acquitted late yesterday in I circuit court of the conspiracy to corrupt the Small jury. The jury which found the trio not guilty took only one ballot on each defendant. I Attorneys said it was probable that there will be no further grand jury investigation of "fixing charges.” "The acquittal shows that innocent men cannot be convicted to further some one’s political ambitions," defense Attorneys William Scott and W. |W. O’Brien said in a statement. French Qhinn attended to business in Fort Wayne this morning.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 18, 1923.

BRUTAL MURDER IS DISCOVERED Nude Body Os Young Bride Found ‘ln Honeymoon Cottage In Pennsylvania United Press Service) Pittsburgh, Pa.. July 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—A brutal hammer murder was discovered by police today with the finding of the nude body of Mrs. Julia Coyne, 18. a bride! of five months, in her honymoon cottage at Port Perry, near Braddock. | Only a few hours before the badly battered body was found, the husband, Patrick Coyne, a brakeman.' lost both legs in falling from a train of cars, and ,'s reported dying in the West Penn hospital. The girl’s body was found by her! father. John Conroy, who searched for her throughout the night to inform her of the accident to the husband. The doors and windows of the cottage, where Mrs. Coyne’s body was found, were securely locked. Finally Conroy, summoned help and battered down the door. The body was found covered with blood, on the bed. Mrs. Coyne, a beautiful, auburnhaired girl, was well known in the Braddock district before her marriage five months ago. Mrs. Coyne’s husband worked from 3 o’clock until 11 at night and the girl never occupied the cottage alone during his absence. She generally went to the home of her father or other relatives until her husband finished workting. A score of detectives were set to work at once in a search for the slayer. Police believe the girl was enticed to the cottage and there attacked and later beaten to death with a blunt instrument, possibly a hammer. The girl had been jlead several hours. Her head was crushed into an unshapely mass, and the body horribly bruised. o Marie Price Subpeoned For Whitfeld Trial (United P-oss Cleveland, 0., July 18—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Marie Price, the young girl who fled with John L. Whitfeld, after the slaying of a patrolman, Dennis Griffin, was subpoened today to appear at Whitfeld’* trial. The Fort Wayne school girl was Whitfeld’s companion while he was being hunted throughout several states of the midwest and northeast. When the pair was seized at Madison, Wis„ she remained in the hands of authorities although Whgtfeld made a daring escape. Weather Fair tonight and Thursday; slightly warmer Thursday in extreme north portion.

TRUST BUSTING DRIVE RENEWED Government Asks Dissolution Os International Harvester Corporation (United Press Service) Washington. July 18. — (Special to Daily Democrat) —The federal government's trust busting drive today was in motion with renewed vigor. Following a lull of several months in which no suits were filed tile department of justice has pow gone into the courts with a petition asking the dissolution of the International Harvester corporation which it charges continues to operate in restraint of trade despite decrees ordering its activities curtailed. Within the next few weeks, similar actions will be taken against Pacific coast cement manufacturers and raisin growers, and probably fish cantiers and lumbermen, it is understood. Certain manufacturers of automobile accessories also are said to be on the slate for government attack. Attorney-General Daugherty put in motion the campaign against “industrial octopuses” soon after he took office. Among the anti-trust actions filed in the last two years are those against northwest lumber associations, Ohio glass manufacturers, pottery makers, and the Southern Pacific railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gilbert and William Highlen. of near Monroe were the guests of Mrs. Ellen Nelson, at Monroe Sunday. FARM PRODUCTS SHOW AT FAIR • * Farmers Urged To Exhibit Products At Fair Here Next Week A new feature of the Northern Indiana Fair next week will be the farm and garden exhibit. This department has been added this year and it is hoped the interest will be such as to make it a permanent affair. Liberal prizes arc being offered for practically every vegetable grown locally and anyone having some fine specimens in invited to bring them in. No entry fee will be charged, mir.-h:. e of an exhibitors' ticket, which will serve as a pass during the entire week, being all that Is required. Although the management is aware of the fact that more vegetables and farm er >ps will be available later in the season it is thought the exceptionally attractive premiums ranging from ten dollars down, will bring in a large number of exhibitors. The farm products show will be found in the grand stand building, along with the Purdue exhibit and other interesting features.

Rival Campaigns To Qrganize Steel Workers (I'nltt'O Press Service) Chicago, July 18—(Special to the I Daily Democrat) Rival campaigns to organize steel industry employes were started here today by the American Federation of Labor and the Industrial Workers of the World. William Hannon, successor to William E. Foster, was In charge of the American Federation of Labor headquarters. The organization has about $70,00(1 to finance the campaign. More than 100,000 I. W W. circulars are being distributed over the Calumet steel region which Includes Gary, Ind. The I. W. W. urge the steel workers ti “join our union ami strike.” TUESD A Y TO BE CHILDREN'S DAY Children And Soldiers To Be Admitted Free On First Day Os Fair Next Tuesday, July 24. will be Chil dren's and Soldiers day at the North ern Indiana Fair. All children twelve years old and younger, and soldiers of all wars will be admitted to the first day of the big fair, free of charge. The soldiers will be asked to display their army or American Legion button or wear their uniform in order that the gate keepers may know them. Local fair goers will recognize many faces among the concession men this year, as many of these who have been operating stands here each year for some time, have asked for space again this year. Among them is "Polke", the barbequed ham man. ‘Polke", who has just returned from Alabama, wrote to the management of the local fair, asking for space, and said there is no fair like the Northern Indiana Fair for concession men to make money. The large crowds which always attend the local fair make the event a profitable one for concessions. Bellmont Park, the home of the Northern Indiana Fair, is a scene of much activity now. Several workmen are busy building bleachers and fences along the race track; a force of hands is busily engaged in erecting tents; the race track is being scraped and dragged; and a hayloader is taking up the new-mown grass. A few concession men are on the ground already, to gather in a few nickels and dimes from the workmen and sightseers. The big tent which will house the automobile and style show is being erected on the north side of Midway, opposite the secretary’s office. This tent, which is 100 by 200 feet in dimentions, will be centrally located this year and, no doubt, will be one of the biggest attractions. o Burk Elevator Company Is Remodeling Office The office and scale shed of the Burk Elevator company on Winchester street is being raised and a foundation placed under the building. Other improvements are also contemplated by G. T. Burk and Son at the elevator. Recently Mr. Burk purchased the Christian church building at the corner of Monroe and Fourth streets and will move it to the end of Third street between the elevator and the Erie railroad tracks, back of the office building. The church building will 'hen be used as a hay barn. In order to move the church building the roof will be removed making it possible to move the edifice under the telephone and telegraph wires. The Christian church property was purchased last year hy the St. Mary’s Catholic church congregation and it will form part of the site for the new Catholic high and grade school building. Medland Brothers of Logansport have been awarded the contract for the construction of the foundation for the school building and work on it will commence probably next week. Maughan Delays Flight (United Press Service) New York, July 18. —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Lieut. Russell L. Maughan, army pilot, did not start today on' his second attempt to fly from New York to San Francisco between sunup and sundown. The start is now scheduled for tomorrow'.

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JOHNSON JOINS MOVEMENT FOR AIDING FARMERS Newly Elected Senator To Join Sen. Brookhart In Demand For Legislation PROPOSE CONFERENCE Johnson Announces Thai He May Call Conference Os Senators Soon 1 United Pres* Service! St. Paul, Minn.. July 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Senator-elect Magnus Johnson. Minnesota, today joined Senator Brookhart, lowa, in a demand that a special session of congress be called to “save the wheat farmer from ruin by low prices.” Johnson also announced that he is considering calling a conference of sonators and congressmen from wheat states to discuss the situation which he fears will result in a national calamity. The proposed special congress should establish a minimum wheat price and otherwise correct economic conditions, the farmer-labor victor in Monday's senatorial elet.lon, declared. “Setting a minimum price on wheat would not be a permanent solution of the farmers’ problem, of course,” he said. “However, for this year and next, I believe it is an essential step in order to save the grain growing farmers from ruin. “Thousfands of farmers in North Dakota and other sections have gone through bankruptcy in the last two years, as a result of deflation. They had to, to stave off starvation. Thousands more face bankruptcy, and those who have gone through it are facing ruin. The nation cannot ignore the farmers' condition. Our national prosperity depends upon the ability of our producers to keep on producing. When production stops, prosperity ends, and the producer goes to the poorhouse, if he can't find a job.” He is quite certain, he said, that a conference of senators and congressmen will be called and President Harding will be formally asked to call a special session. o Mayor And Prosecutor Fail To Appear For Trial The case against Vere Welker and Oakley, on a charge of assault and battery filed against them by Earl McConnehey, father of Donald McConnehey, who charged that the Welker and Oakley boys threw his son into th e lake at Bellmont Park, was not heard in the mayor's court this afternoon, as scheduled, for the reason that mayor DeVoss and Prosecuting Attorney E. Burt Lenhart did not appear. A large crowd of young Americans, together with the parents of the two boys charged with the offense, were present in the court room. Front general appearances the crowd was with the two defendants. Attorney C. L. Walters appeared for the defendants. As the case was not heard th e Welker and Oakley boys went back to work at the Schafer wholesale house and it is not konwn if the case will be pushed by the plaintiff. o Promises Something Soon On Dempsey-Firpo Bout (United Press Service) New York, July 18—(Speciwl to Daily Democrat) —Another promise of something today or tomorrow about the Dempsey-Firpo heavyweight championship match was made today by Tex Rickard. “There are just a few details to get straightened out before 1 can make a definite announcement of when and where the match is to be held.” Rickard said. Rickard was willing to say positively that the South American would meet Dempsey for the title before the end of the year, either in the United States or in South America. "I have had Firpo under contract to meet Dempsey this year and unless I an) able to make a match, I am no promoter,” Rickard said. French Quinn returned from a business trip to Fort Wayne. Mrs. E. W. Kampe spent the day in Fort Wayne visiting relatives.