Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 172, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXL Number 172.

good roads association PERMANENTLYJRGANIZED

ADAMS COUNTY ROJO BOOSTERS MEET AT BERNE Ed. M. Ray, Os Berne Is Elected President At Enthusiastic Meeting WORK IS OUTLINED Organization Intends To (Jet Proposed Highways Routed Through County ’ Officers of Association ♦ Ed M. Ray. Berne, President IW. D. Cross. Jr . Geneva, vice-pres. j XV. A. Lower, Decatur, secretary J ♦ John Hocker, Monroe, treasurer ♦ Executive Committee—T. A. Gott- | schalk, Berne; J. A. Hendricks. ♦ Monroe; John Smith. Geneva; ♦ Harry Meshberger, Linn Grove; ♦ Harry Fritzinger. Decatur; Fred ? Buuck, Preble township; J. W. ? Tyndall. Decatur. ♦ Finance Committee —James Kelly, t Geneva; Eli Bieril, Berne; Rob- , ert Sprunger. Monroe; E. X. ? Ehinger. Decatur. !. „ : A permanent organization of the Adams County Good Roads association was formed at an enthusiastic road boosters meeting held Friday evening in the basement of the audi- ■ tortum building at Berne, a hundred I or more men from all pasts of the ] county attending. The purpose of this organisation is * to keep in touch with the state high way commission relative to their plans for the building of trunk lines throughout the state and to endeavor' to get the proposed routes of these j hard surfaced roads routed through ] Adams county, known for years as one of the foremost good road centers in Hoosierdom, inhabited by a people who have spent millions of their own money in the building of: over 700 miles of macadam roads in I the past twenty years. These trunk I lines would connect this county with j all the important cross-country highways now located or contemplated, j The above officers, members of the executive and finance committees, were unanimously elected at the | meeting last evening following their nomination by the nominating com- ■ inittee, composed of James Briggs. 1 Geneva: Ira Wagoner. Monroe; Chris Stengel, Berne, and J. H. Heller. De- - catur. Following the organization i and upon motion made by W. D. Cross, of Geneva, who served as temporary chairman, the Adams County Good Roads Association went on record as accepting the obligations and pledges Incurred by the temporary organization, that of guaranteeing payment for that strip of land between Bryant and Geneva, necessary to build the 300 mile north and south road from the Jay county line to Geneva this year. loiter it is hoped that this trunk line will be continued from Geneva, north through the town of Berne, then to Monroe, on to Decatur and then north to Fort Wayne and up to Sturgis. Michigan. The aim of the Adams County Good Roads organization is to secure this proposed road through Adams county, and thus connect the towns in the county along the route. The east and west cross-country highways could connect with this state road, making it possible for tourists to start from Adams county and go east as far as Washington, D. C. or New York City, and west to the coast. It would place Adams county on the map and would be one of the most important highways in the middle west, if not in the United States. The Geneva Road W. D. Cross and others interested in the north and south state road have the assurance from Mr. Weeks, a representative of the state highway commission, that the first section of this road, connecting Adams county with the south part of the route at (Continued on page five)

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I ■■ ■ ■ Jay County Wheat Portland, July 21—Wheat threshing I | averages over the county Indicate I that the yield this year is much better | I in places than previous years. Grant Schowalter, threshing twelve acres on I his farm in Noble township Thursday, averaged thirty-five and one-half bushels per acre and obtained over 400 bushels from the field. Threshing is the order of the day j throughout the county ami oats cut-| ! ting will b e well under way by the 1 i middle of the coming week. OFFICERS NAMED BY FRATERNITY Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity Picks New Officers At National Convention Members of this city who attended the National Convention of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity at Dayton, Ohio, this week, have returned home. 1 They report a very enthusiastic meeting. Richmond and Evansville in this state, and Louisville, Kentucky, each asked for the privilege of entertaining the 1924 convention. The next convention city will be chosen by the , executive committee at a meeting to . be held in January. The officers for the coming year are: President—Arthur Sheldon, Middletown. Ohio. 1 Vice-president—Robert Meyers, of Newcastle, Ind. Secretary-treasurer —Paul Deaton j Connersville, Ind. | Sergeant at arms —James M. Smith, ] Union City, Ind. Master of Ceremonies—J. M. McI Haney, Clayton, Ind. Auditor —Howard Hoffer, Muncie,' I Ind. Inner Guard —B. E. Rainer, South ■ Ifend, Ind Outer Guard—George Birngrover, Kokomo, Ind. The jurisprudence committee will I be composed of Fee, Perry, Kauffman j Warner and Biggerstaff. More than 500 members of the fraternity attended the convention, delegates being there from the new chapters in Kansas and California. PANAMA CANAL i MAY BE BLOCKED Report Os Heavy Slide Is Picked Up By Radio In San Francisco Last Night (United Press Service) San Francisco. July 21. — (Special to Daily Democrat)—A report that the Panama canal had been closed by a heavy slide was picked up by the Federal Telegraph company’s radio here during the night. The station heard the two Pacific mail liners Ecuador, westbound, and Venezuela, eastbound, both on the Pacific side of the canal, discussing j the slide. According to this informa-1 tion, the canal will be closed 60 days. If this is the case, President Harding will be forced to abandon his trip through the canal and return from the coast to Washington by rail. Pacific mail officers here had re-, ceived no confirmation of the report front their two vessels. Washington. July 21.—The war department today had not been advised of the reported slide in t(je Panama canal. Officials explained that (fnly serious slides which block traffic aro reported officially to Washington and that they hoped that no news meant good news. o — Driving To Louisana Tom Vail and Max Teeple left today for Waterproof and Delhi, Louisana. They are driving through automobiles . belonging to'Allen Staiter and Phillip Meihl and will return on the steam roads. They expect to be gone about two weeks.

BRITISH NOTE BEING STUDIES ——— France And Belgium Study Document Before It Is Sent To Germany — (United Press Service) London. July 21 (Special to Daily Democrat)—Contents of the British note to Germany were carefully guarded today, to give France and Belgium time to study their draffs of the document and express approval, if they wish, before the note is deI livered in Berlin. ' Unofficially it is said that the ■ document is flrpt in tone, and sug-] ; geste thftt Germany cease passive re--1 distance and begin to think about paying up, but all such forecasts are umuithorized. Drafts of the note. with a covering letter, were handed to French, Belgian and American representatives l I last night. An early reply from the allies was requested. Paris, July 21 — (Special to Daily Democrat) — Premier Poincare and his ministers, considering in secret the British note to Germany, already ( have found several of its propositions inacceptable, according to Information from well-informed circles. I This leaked out despite that no indications of the note’s contents or Franse’s reaction was to be given the public. , ' I It is said that the French government will accept the note as a basis r>f discussion. Received at Washington I Washington. July 21 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The British note lon the Ruhr and reparations has been received at the state depart1 ment and is now being decoded, it was announced today. Officials refused all on the note. | oSAYSINDICTMENT | IS A CONSPIRACY W. R. Anderson, New York | Dry Worker, Answers to Charges Today <T T ntted p-psm Servtnp) 1 New York. July 21—(Special to Daily Democrat)—ln answering publicly today indictment for forgery and grand larceny, returned against j him by a grand Jury, William H. An-] derson. superintendent of the New; [York State Anti-Saloon league, scor-| ' ed what he termed a Tammany con--1 spiracy to seat Gov. Al Smith, of beer and light wine fame in the White House. I An additional grand jury yesterday I indicted Anderson twice for grand larceny and once for forgery. ExGovernor Charles S. Whitman, mentioned as dry candidate for governor in next year’s campaign, acting as I counsel for Anderson, secured a stay 1 of five days for his client, who was released on $5,000 bail.

I REAL RIVAL OF KING BENJAMIN PURNELL AND HIS HAREM IN HOUSE OF DAVID IS FOUND BY POLICE IN LOS ANGELES!

I Lbs Angeles, Calif., July 21 —(Spe-| rial to Daily Democrat)—The Los i 1 Angeles police believed today that they had discovered the first real I rival of King Benjamin Purnell and his harem in. the House of David. Dr. Helen B. Allen, of Sabot, Va.. the “Father of 57 children,” is being held on a Mann act charge involving I one of his "daughters.” 17 year old Gladith Allen, "the high stepper from the mountains,” while the authorities investigate his career in Hollywood. Dr. Allen, who is believed to have established a record for “adoptions,” is charged with transporting Gladith from Sabot to Pittsburgh. Gladith i was arrested in the Smoky City after an alleged wild party in which a taxicab driver was the other principal, and her story to the authorities led to the arrest of her “daddy.” Most of the doctor’s "wards" were young "mountain white" girls. Some months ago his apparent mania# for such adoptions came to the attention of the Virginia authorities, and he I was indicted, and his school for poor

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WORLD FAMOUS ARCHITECT DIES Pt?-. vHII WILLIAM A. HOLABIRD Evanston. JU.—William Holabird. ■ senior member of the firm of Hola-I I bird & Roche, architects, died at his home here on Thursday. July 19.' after a long illness. I Mr. Holabird was one of the pioneer builders of Chicago, holding I foremost rank among the architects of the country. He was the original-1 or of the skeleton type of building l which revolutionized the industry, not only in Chicago and America but 1 . throughout the wor'd. It was under his dlrcetion that the • first building of this type in Chicago.' the Tacoma building at Madison and lla Salle streets, was constructed. And it was under his supervision th'at the last of the type to be put up before his death, the new Chicago Temple building at Clark and Washington streets, was designed. | Aids Daughter-in-law In Obtaining Divorce ! o— O (United Press’ Service) Chicago July 21. — (Special to Daily Democrat) — Testimony of Frank 'Channing, wealthy dairyman of Hampshire, 111., against his son. Paul, aided Mrs. Martha Channing, the son’s wife, to obtain a divorce. The elder] Channing told the court he had ob- i served his son’s activities on “many gay parties and automobile rides with other women.’’ Weather Generally fair and continued warm ' tonight and Sunday. : WE GET YOU—JIMMY ♦ The Wabash Times-Star, edited i iby Jimmy Almond, one of our| I dearest friends and writer of abil-t ♦ ity. calls attention in a first page ♦ i feature to an error in a statement I ' | published in this paper in which I !♦ we spoke of the “per cent speed ♦ I | cops of Wabash” and explains! I they are located in Peru instead ! ’but take special delight in arrest-? ♦ ing and “shaking down” drivers f ! from Wabash. * ? We apologize Jimmy and assure! ‘ ♦ you that our determination to del ♦ tour around the fair . city of • ? Wabash has been changed and we I | will stop on our next trip that | ♦ way long enough to help you f | "cuss” ’em for their short sighted ! ? ness. Yours in sympathy, etc. | 4-

(United Press Service) I boys and girls was broken up. Two months ago, “Daddy” Allen ’ fled to Hollywood under an assumed I name. With him were two of the brightest and prettiest girls of the school, Myrtle Enlo, and Myrtle Cruze, 19. Mrs. Myrtle Cruze, 29. the latter’s sister-in-law, came along as a housekeeper. When this party, which "Daddy” Allen hoped to make the vanguard of a great motion picture enterprise in which he was to use various of his 57 varieties of flappers, and youths as stars, came to Hollywood, the doctor wore “movie sideburns” and a trick mustache, which authorities claim were meant as a disguise. Mrs. Cruzo wore a matronly white wig. Before Allen could send back east for more of his young hopefuls, however, in stepped the police. Gladith, they declare, had spilled the beans. Dr. Allen claims it’s a “frameup.” He is a husky man, about 40 years of age, and he doesn’t look like a “super sheik.” He is a University of Mich ! igan graduate. j

ASSEMBLY AT OAKWOOD PARK Training School To Be Held By Evangelical Church August 6 To 12 An assembly and training school will be held at Oakwood Park, Lake Wawasee, tinder the auspices of the Evangelical church will open .Monday evening. August Sth and continue until Sunday evening, August 12th. This Is for the training of Sunday school teachers, pastors Christian endeavor and missionary leaders. This promises to be the strongest and most complete program ever put on at this w<dl known assembly ground, which has been in operation for the past thirty years. 1 ; A strong and competant staff of , educators and leaders in religions | education lias been secured to give instruction in the following courses: Dr. G. B. Kimmel, President of Evangelical Theological Seminary, Naperj viile, Illinois. Instructor in “The Life of Jesus’’. Dr. C. A. Mock, President of Westi ern-Union College of the Evangelical i Church at Le Mars, lowa. Instructor in “Child Nature and Nurture ". ' Professor Daniel W. Staffeld, Pro-1 fesaor of Religious Education at the Evangelical Theological Seminary. Naperville, Illinois. Instructor in "Methods of Teaching the Bible”. | Mrs. Louis H. Auten. of River Forest’ Illinois, formerly superintendent of the Children’s division of the lowa State Sunday School Association. Associate instructor in “Methods of Teaching the Bible". Rev. Joseph F. Gross, Vice-presi-dent of the General League of Christion Endeavor. Instructor in “Young People's Methods." Mrs. W. L. Nauman, of Akron. Ohio, Corresponding Secretary of the Genleral Hoard, Woman's Missionary So(Continued on page six) DEATH OF VILLA IS BEING PROBED . j Mexican Government Moves To Investigate Sudden End Os Bandit (United Press Service) Mexico City, July 21 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mexico moved officially today to investigate the sudden end of its most picturesque bandit, Francisco Villa, who fell dead over the wheel of his automobile at Parral yesterday, his body riddled with 16 bullets. The Mexican chamber of deputies voted to make an immediate investi- , gation while General of Division j Martinez arrived at the scene of the assassination to take charge of the investigation and of troops charged with keeping order. o — The art of hatching eggs by artificial means was known to the Chinese and Egyptians at an early period.

“I’m willing to go back to Pittsburgh, and prove those charges resulted from a plot of Charles Cruze, Myrtle's brother, whom I had prosecuted for familiarity with my foster daughters,” he declared. Cruze was acquitted of "Daddy” Alltin’s charges.| and according to Allen, swore vengeance, although Myrtle stuck to her “Daddy.” Mrs. Allen is in New York City with seven other girls and the doctoi says she’ll come to his defense and help straighten out the whole affair. As soon as he can talk to Gladith, she’ll tell the truth, he asserts. He declares the story she told the Pitts burgh police was wrung from her under duress. He admitted, however that Gladith was a “high stepper." , The two girls held here are typical I poor whites with some education in Allen’s school. They deny any wrong doing and declare the doctor had been like, a father to them. Mrs.! Cruze, the bewigged housekeeper, ] confirms their story.

SELLING STRIKE TO BOOST PRICE OF WHEAT STARTER

Water Hemlock Lafayette, July 21 —The recent] death of Clyde Shady, of Craigsville, j Ind., from eating water hemlock roots in mistake for sweet anise root emphasizes the need of great caution ] in collecting wild roots for food, according to A. A. Hanse of Purdue ] University agricluturai extension de-' partment. “It is especially important that plants with fleshy roots resembling i a cluster of small sweet potatoes be ' left alone, since root of this type are characteristic of water hemlock,” 1 says Hanse. ATTRACTIONS COMING TO FAIR Exhibits, Race Horses And Midway Attractions Are Arriving At Park Fair Admissions * f i The following is the schedule off I | prices for the Northern Indiana ? I Fair next week as announced to- f • day by John Isenbarger. manager: ♦ ! Day Prices ♦ ? General admission —Adults, 50c: j | children, under 12 years, 25c. I I ♦ Grand Stands 50c and 25c. ! Automobiles —25c. ! ? Night Prices ? ■ ? General Admission —25c. f I | All Grand Stands —25c. | Automobiles —25c. | Visitors to Bellmont Park tomorrow will note that there has been much preparation made already for the big Northern Indiana Fair, whieh will be held there next Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday and Friday. Tents, large and small, have been erected; pens and stalls have been ■ constructed to care for the live I stock; fences and bleachers have been built; and concession stands have spiting up here and there along I tiie midway. Many more concessions. shows and exhibits were arriving today and more will put in an appearance tomorrow and Monday, so ' that by Monday evening, everything w.ll be ready for the grand opening on Tuesday. (Continued on page five) o OIL COMPANY INCORPORATED Rockford Oil Company, Working In Adams County Is Incorporated The Rockford, Ohio, Oil Company has completed its incorporation. The following officers have been elected: A. D. Behymer, president; V. A. Foreman, vice-president; John 8., ' Lee, secretary; C. A. Dudgeon, treasurer. The board of directors are A. D. Behymer, V. A. Foreman. C. A. Dud geon. R. H Lee and J. W. Moser. The field in which they are oper- , ating is located in Adams county . They already have two good producI ing wells and report having let a contract for the drilling of a third well to be started immediately. I The company has had a number of opportunities to dispose of their leases but have not done so for they feel there is a great future for this field. o Refuses Food For 36 Days i —__ I (United Press Service) St. Louis, Mo., July 21.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —After abstaining from food for 38 consecutive days in an attempt to starve himself to death. Newton J. Bishop, aged 60, was in a serious condition at the city hospital i here today. Bishop told police he had locked himself in his room and went without food when lie became despondent over continued ill health. Neighbors told | police lie had not left the room for over a month until carried out on a I stretcher last night. He will live.

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DECIDE | TO STORE CRAIN IN THEIR BINS Banks Loaning Money To Farmers Under New Immediate Credit Act RECEIPTS FALL OFF Effect Os Selling Strike Noticed In Kansas City And Gulf Ports (t'n'tcfi P-ess Service) Chicago, July 21. — (Special to Daily Democrat) —Southwestern grain growlers have started a "selling strike" for I higher wheat prices, the American Farm Bureau Federation was informed today. Tiie federation issued a statement saying its plan for farmers to withdraw 200.000.000 bushels of wheat from the market nnd store it in farm bins is already being followed in Kansas with tiie aid of financing tbrourh the intermediate credit bank at Wichita. Tiie Wichita bank is now lending farmers about SIOO,OOO daily on stored wheat and will soon bo leading $2 000,000 daily, according to word from Miles C. Lesater, president of the institution. The money is being borrowed under the intermediate credit act passed «>v the last congress. The federation believes the eleven other intermediate credit banKs are preparing to follow the lead of the one in Wichita. Simutaneously with reports of this wheat storage, receipts at Konsas City and Gulf ports have fallen off. indicating that farmers are holding for higher prices, the federation asserted. Exporters at Gulf ports were forced *o p'iv a premium to satisfy their demand yesterday. Tiie “selling strike” also resulted in a one-cent advance in nr’oos at these points. The American Farm Bureau Federation’s scheme to withdraw wheat from the market, resulted from prices dropping below $1 a bushel on the Chicago I’oard of Trade. Loans of about $165.000 000 to farmers through the new credit act will be necessary to fiinant e the 200.000.000 bushel pool. Charge Grain Gambling St. Paul, Minn.. July 21.—Grain Gambling in violation of tiie CapperTincher law is responsible for the I dron of wheat prices below $1 a bush- | el. Farmer-labor leaders declared here | today. Senator-elect Magnus Johnson from his farm near Kingston, stated an investigation of what he termed "manipulations." and said he would issue a statement Monday. Johnson intimated he believes millions of bushels of wheat were sold short on a bear market the last ten days. Other farmer-laborites were more outspoken; it is "obvious that I speculation has forced prices down.” "A market doesn’t behave like that unless there is some tremendous pressure behind it,” Henry C. Teigan, farmer- labor campaign manager, asserted. Johnson expects to confer witli Senator Henrik Shipstead on possibility of prosecuting grain gambling. o Pennsy Employes Plan For ikthletic Events M. A. Kenworthy, of the local office of the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad company, has returned from Chicago where he attended a meeting of the Pennsylvania Railroad Athletic association. Mr. Kenworthy is assistant athletic chairman of the Grand Rapids division. At the meeting held this week, plans were made for the regional athletic meet of the Northwest division which will take Grand Rapids. Michigan on September I. There are seven divisions in the Northwest division which will tak part in the meet. Several local men will take part including. W. W. Mesel. who is on the field events committee; A. O. Straub; .1. W. Dickerson; Adam Diehl; and Mr. Kenworthy, who is in ■ charge of the trap shooting events.