Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 190, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 190.

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partnership of long standing here dissolved Henry Hite, Well Known Business Man, . Retires From Everett-Hite Co. WAS MEMBER 35 YEARS Failing Eyesight Causes Retirement; New Officers Are Elected — A partnership and business assocl ation of thirty-five long years between I two men came to an end Thursday evening, when Henry Hite, veteranl and substantial business man and one of the best known and most highly respected citizens in this part of the state retired from active work and sold his stock in the Everett and Hite Wholesale Grocery company of this city to his associates, his old partner, John Everett remaining a member of the company. For some time Mr. Hite's eyesight has been failing and it was under strain that he continued his duties in connection with the firm. In giving his reason for retirement, Mr. Hite stated that it was because of his failing eyesight and that he wanted to enjoy a little rest. Ever since the Everett Hite Wholesale Grocery company was organized in 1912, Mr. Hite has been secretary and treasurer of thd company and during his earlier partnership with Mr Everett in the retail grocery business he always looked ai'|er. the details and book work of the office. Officers are Elected At a meeting of the directors last evening the resignation of Mr. Hite was accepted and an election held to fill the vacancy. John Everett was re-elected president; Hugh D. Hite, vice-president and Charles Burdg secretary and treasurer. Partners in 1888 Mr. Everett and Mr. Hite became partners in the grocery business in this city in the fall of 1888. Their first grocery store was located in the Bollman building now the site of the K. of C. building, corner of Second and Madison streets. The Bollman building, a frame building was destroyed by fire and the firm of Everett and Hite moved into one of the buildings then owned Jby th,e late Henry Bremerkamp on Madison street opposite the court house. Later on they moved into what is now the Lehman building on South Second street, the room being occupied at present by Fred Fullenkamp. They conducted one of the best groceries in Decatur at this place for ten of fifteen years and about ten years ago sold the business to U G. Williams and Son. who in turn sold to Fisher and Harris. During the thirtyfive years the business relations between Mr. Everett and Mr. Hite were most pleasant and Mr. Hite is reluctant to retire now, but as stated above, his eye sight is failing him to such an extent that he cannot look after the details in the office. Besides he has earned a vacation after 35 years of constant and steady work. Will Not Build This Year Although plans for the proposed wholesale building at the corner of Adams and Seventh streets have been prepared by Architect Oscar Hoffman, the Everett and Hite company has decided toCiu„tpone building unitil next year. Present building prices are too high, officials of the company stated today and for that reason the proposed wholesale house will not be erected this year. A new lease has been taken on the Bowers Block on Monroe St in which place the business has been located for a number of years, the company also leasing the •wo upper floors, giving it an additional fifteen thousand square feet of apace, they having the center room Jn Bowers Block, the basement •Oder it and under the building occupied by the American Security company, the rear of the above building and the second floors of the two buildings. (Continued on page two)

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Decatur Firm Buys Five Large Logs Rockford, O„ Aug. 11. —One would hardly think that there could be a lot of heavy timber still standing in this I section of the state. 14ist Saturday Adam and Win. Stultz loaded a car at Elgin when five logs made a car load. One log measured 34 feet long and 28 inches at the top. The timber I was cut on the Burnett farm, sold to i Billy France and shipped to Decatur I Lumber Co. It took four teams to I move the largest stick of timber which contains between 800 and 1,I 000 feet. decatur'people ATTEND FUNERAL Several From Here Attend Harding Funeral At Marion, Ohio, Friday The people of Marion buried their favorite and illustrious son. Warren G. Harding, twenty-ninth president of the United States, yesterday. Simple, but solemn and impressive services were held, attended by more than 100.000 people from all parts of the country, including President Calvin Coolidge, General Pershing, Chief Justice Taft, Secretary of State Charles Hughes, and other cabinet and government officials. Many from Decatur and Adams county were in attendance. Not attempting to give the names of all who attended from here, the following were seen on the streets of Marion during the day: Mr. and Mrs. Paul ReUec.-lbe Mieeew Cadvo Awdrews. Naomi Meyers, Charles Colter, Will Hester. J. F. Arnold, C. E. Holthouse, Henry Heller and family, i C. E. Peterson. Harry Fritzinger, 3. G. Niblick. A. R. Holthouse, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Graham, Miss Gladys Graham. Roger Swain, of Bluffton. Press correspondents have told of the thousands who stood in- line from three o'clock Friday morning until , 1:30 in the afternoon, in order to be 1 given an opportunity to view the re- . mains of the late president, lying in state at the home of his father, Dr. George Harding at 498 E. Center I street. When the doors of the Hard ing home were closed before the funeral, thousands of people were still in line waiting for their chance to view the remains. Lawns Trampled Down 1 So many people were there that ’ the sidewalks were not wide enough 1 to accomodate them and the lawns on * both sides of the walk on either side 1 of the street, were tramped until ’ only the dusty ground and roots could he seen. Blocks and blocks of lawn were ruined in a few hours. The people of Marion did not object. 1 They were hospitable. Their • thoughts were centered on Center > street. In dozens of places chairs were ar- ■ ranged on the lawns for visitors. > Water was also served to those who - wanted a drink. Besides the two car 1 loads of flowers taken upon their ari rival to the cemetery, the yard in e front of the Dr. Harding home was , covered with beautiful floral offeri ings. Flowers of all descriptions were there from all parts of the country and from people in every I walk of life. The pen could not bes gin to describe them. The funeral procession was most solemn. About twenty automobiles ’ followed the grey hearse bearing the I body of the man who to the people of Marion, was just plain Warren f Harding, the leader and idol of the ; community. Government Officials Present Among the government officials seen at Marion yesterday were Pres--1 ident and Mrs. Coolidge, General 1 John Pershing, Chief Justice Taft, 1 Secretary of State Hughes, and the other cabinet officers, Secretary Hoover, Secretary Denby, Secretary f Work, Secretary Wallace, Attofney- ’ general Daugherty, Secretary Weeks 1 and Secretary New. While four Decatur men were eat- ‘ ing dinner at the Marion Hotel the ’ cabinet members and their wives ' came there for their noon meal. A number of foreign diplomats were (Continued on Page six)

DECATUR PAYS FINAL TRIBUTE TO W.C. HARDING Methodist Church Filled; A Union Memorial Service Yesterday DR. HILL IS SPEAKER Delivers Wonderful Eulogy To President; Prayer At The Catholic Church A erod'd which filled the main auditorium and part of the lecture room at the Methodist church yesterday as ternoon, at 3 o'clock, listened to the singing of hymns, the utterance of a ferevent prayer and an address by Dr. Harry G. Hill, of Indianapolis, doing, honor of the memory of the late president of the United States. Warren G. Harding, who was just at that hour, being laid to rest in the cemetery a', Marion, Ohio. At one minute to three the bells tolled and the court house gong sound ed fifty-eight taps calling attention to the serious moment. Practically all business ceased between 3 and 4 o’clock and every mark of respect was shown for the occasion. Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, pastor of the Methodist church, had charge of the services and after the choir composed of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Engler, Mrs. Dan H. Tyndall and Dr. Fred Patterson, with Mrs. Carrie Haubold at the organ had rendered “Lead Kindly' Light"." introduced the speaker Dr. Harry G. Hill who. in a forty minute discourse, praised the life o’ the departed president and urged a closer relationship betweep the people, and their presidents. Enlogy To President Dr. Hill drew a paralel between the down fall of president Harding and President Wilson, each of whom fighting for the great cause of bring ing peace to all the world, was Strick en because of the great burdens plac (Continued on page two) FAMILYREUNIONS ARE BEING HELD August And September Are Months Os Reunions; Several Scheduled August and September are the months of family reunions. Several reunions have been held in this city and community already this year, and Bellmont Park is the mecca for hundreds of relatives who gather once a year, enjoy a big dinner and have a general good time. Invitations are being sent to the relatives to attend the following reunions: The relatives of the Butler family will gather at Bellmont Park on Sunday, August 19, the invitations being sent out by William E. Butler, president and Mel J. Butler, secretary. The relatives of the Mclntosh family will meet on Sunday, September. 9th at Lakeside Park, Fort Wayne, Joe Mclntosh of Fort Wayne, president of the Mclntosh family reunion, and Frank Mclntosh, Monroeville,’ secretary, sending out the invitations The May family reunion will be held at Bellmont Park on Sunday, September 2nd. Frank May, president and W. A. Miller, secretary sending out the Invitations. On Sunday, August 12th the annual reunion of the Bleekley relatives will be held at Weisser Park, Fort Wayne. The Fuhrman family reunion will be held on Saturday. August 25th at the H. A. Fuhrman home on north of Decatur, invitations having been sent out by Milton Fuhrman and Bertha Fuhrman. The secretaries are asked to send a list of those people who attended and the names of the new officers to this paper for publication.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 11, 1923.

MEETS CORTEGE I I’9*’« jugiM B * CHICAGO—Dr. George T.Harding’ Jr., brother of the late President,! came through here today (Aug. 6) and took a special train to Dixon, 111., where he met the presidential special. He conferred with Mrs.' Harding on the funeral plans. When the special reaches Oh'o he will quit and go to Marion to prepare for the final services. CORNERSTONE LAVING SUNDAY —— Interesting Program Is Arranged For Exercises At Zion Reformed Church A very interesting program has been prepared to be rendered at the occasion of the laying of the corner stone of the new Zion. Reformed 1 church, corner of Third and Jackson 1 streets, Sunday afternoon. The pro- ' gram will begin at 2 o'clock, in the old church, directly north of the site ' of the new building. The first part > of the program, including several i musical numbers, and addresses by . the Rev. L. C. Hessert. of Crestline, Ohio, a former pastor of the local congregation and the Rev. F. W. Knatz, of Fort Wayne. I Following the first part of the program. the audience will retire to the site of the new church, where the corner stone will be laid by the Rev. R. R Elliker, pastor of the church. A cordial invitation is extended by the church to the congregations of all other churches in the city and the public in general. The new church is being erected on the site recently occupied by the ■ church parsonage. The parsonage has been moved west to the next lot on Jackson street. The new church will be a modern structure, constructed of brick and will cost between $40,000 and $45,000. Following is the program for the cornerstone laying Sunday afternoon: Prelude > Gloria I Invocation , Hymn No. 405 I Scripture and Prayer Bocal Duet —Matt. Kirsch and Miss , Della E. Sellemeyer Address—The Rev. F W. Knatz of Fort Wayne Hymn No. 558 Address—The Rev. L. C. Hessert of Crestline, Ohio. Subject: "The , Eliminated Temple.” Vocal Duet — Miss Della E. Sellemeyer and Mrs. Dallas Goldner History of the Congregation—Mr. Matt. Kirsch Hymn No. 441 Audilence retires to site of new church. Laying of corner stone by the Pastor, Rev. R. R. Elliker. Doxology and Benediction. ; — i Revival At Pleasant Dale Revival services will be held at the Pleasant Dale Church of the BrethI ren from Sunday, August 12 until I Sunday, August 26. J. Oscar Winger, I' of North Manchester, will be the J evangelist in charge of the services. I The public is cordially invited to attend all of the meetings. i Weather I Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday; I probably scattered thundershowers; i somewhat cooler in North portion, Sunday

MARION BEGINS JOORNEY BACK TO NORMALCY President Harding’s Home Town A Deserted And Littered Place Today TOMB BEING GUARDED Streets, Residences And Lawns Show Marks Os Crowd Os 100,000 People (United Press Service) Marion. Ohio, Aug. 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Marion is alone I with her dead. Tattered vestiges of a crushing throng strew the route along which | Warren G. Harding yesterday passed ! on to the tomb. The multitudes are gone. Plain citizens trpmp the littered avenues where the power of a nation rode in the funeral cortege of a naI five son. Out in Mat ion cemetery. 20 soldiers | stand guard over a vine covered I house of stone. They will stay on duty as long as the body of Warren! Harding. 29th president of the United States remains in this temporary resting place. Crowd of More Than 100.000 > The path back to normalcy for this ■ little town of 30.000 population which yesterday handled a crowd, soldiers I I estimated, was in excess of 100,000. ■ i is to be long and difficult. The streets and lawns this morn-' » ing wgre cuvosed with (urn blt,s gL • paper. I There was scarcely a house along I the funeral route that did not bear ’ some mark of the huge in-pouring of , mourners. I The East Center street home of Dr. George T. Harding, father of the, late president, was patrolled by sol-' ■ diets throughout the night. The front ■ door of the Harding home had been > taken off to allow the tens of tliou- . sands to pass through for a last look . at the face of their dead neighbor r and ch'ef. The door could not be re(Continued on Page six) SERVED IN ARMY OF OCCUPATION 1 ’ Nyle Jackson Home From Four Years’ Service In U. S. Army Abroad Nyle Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Jackson, of east of the city, has returned home from service in the ’ Army of Occupation in Germany. f He has been discharged from the army. Mr. Jackson was stationed at Camp t McClellan. Alabama, for the past few months after spending a few weeks at Ft. Moultrie. South Carolina upon reaching the United States. He was absent from his native country for four years and four months. During that time he made several trips through Bavaria and Italy, spending r eight days at Rome, where his company took an active part in the ceremonies of the unveiling of the monument to the unknown soldiers of Italy. The soldiers were given a royal reception at the king's palace and I were shown all the historic places of, interest. Mr. Jackson also saw the! Passion Play while in Bavaria. ‘ Portland To Have A Chautauqua Next Year Portland. Aug. 11.—A chautauqua . for Portland next year is pactically assured, according to announcement • made this morning by Rev. W. E. Hogan, platform speaker in behalf of the local chautauqua committee and for ticket pledges next year is in excese; of five hundred and fifty and a little, over two hundred more pledges are to , be sceured at this afternoon and this evening's program.

Library To Be Opened On Monday Afternoon After being dosed for the past thre< weeks, during which time several Im provements have been made, the Deca tur Public Library will be opened to the public on next Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The interior of the Hbrary has been redecorated and the lighting system lias been re-arranged , to light new shelves which were added j recently. The circulation of the local library has been steadily increasing I during the last year and the people are realizing the great benefit which i the institution is to the community. COOLIDGE TAKES UP GDVERNMENT Returns From Marion And Starts, To Form Policies • Os His Government tT’nited Press Servieel Washington. Aug. 11—(Special to. Daily Democrat) —President Coolidge! today reiterated his committment to I carry out the policies of the late | President Harding. In an informal i conference with the newspapermen, | who were with Mr. Harding the president said that if they would remem- - her in his announcement that he ' intended to carry out faithfully Mr.’ I Harding's policies is still his plan’ that would.answer a lot of questions ( that might be asked. As one of the principal policies to which Mr. Harding was committed i was the world court and as Mr. Cool- , idge's attitude on that is today the L, pxincjjaJ. ~ question concer uing his | plans his hearers assumed that Mr. Coolidge intended his statement to , answer that question as well as all others. (By Paul R. Mallon, United Press staff correspondent) Temporary White House. Willard Hotel. Washington, Aug. 11 —(Spec'nl to Daily Democrat) —President i Calvin* Coolidge came back to Washington today to form the policies of his new government. The special presidential train carrying high officials of state who went to Marion, Ohio, for the funeral of Warren G. Harding, pulled into the Union station here at 7:55 a. ni. Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge went immediately to the temporary white house where the pres'dent took up the problems of the day. Some of his advisers have suggested that Mr. Coolidge dodge the [ throngs that will bring pressure upon him for days to come and go to Swampscott, Mass., for a little vacation. The strain of nervousness and excitement during the funeral serv- ' ices has left Its mark on both Mr. ' and Mrs. Coolidge. ' But the president today decided to remain in Washington —on duty. , Tuesday is the regular cabinet meeting day, but Mr. Coolidge may delay his first meeting with his off!- ’ cial family until later in the week. The first question pressing for ac- ’! tion is the resignation of George ''Christian as secretary to the presi- ' i dent. Christian announced his resignation in Marion yesterday, almost Im- ’ mediately after the funeral. The us- ' | ual procedure of resignation has been i in the past for a man to tender his ! resignation to the president first, ,(either orally or written. Mr. Coolidge, however, did not receive word from Christian and hence would make no statement. ’ Edwin T. Clark, now acting as ' personal secretary to Mr. Cooudge, is practically certain to get the post. There was much discussion aboard the returning presidential special concerning the manner in which ’! Chrllstian made his resignation. Some ’ thought it expressed dissatisfaction II with certain arrangements made by ■ the new government. o— ______ Memorial At St. John’s • Memorial services for the late presj ident Warren G. Harding were held ; at 8 o’clock Friday evening at the St. ) John's Lutheran church north of the i city. The Rev. Truelzsch gave a very appropriate sermon. - »

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DOWNFALL DF THE REPUBLIC BELIEVED NEAR Socialist Parly Joins Communists In Opposing Cuno Government RIOTING IS GENERAL Fourth Anniversary Os Republic Marked By Much Bloodshed Today H nlteil P-ps« Service) Bulletin London. Auv. 11—(Specail to Daily Democrat) — Chancellor Cuno tendered his resigtnaion to President Ebert who refused to accept it, according to a Central News dispatch from Berlin today. — Berlin. Aug. 11 (Special to Daily Democrat) The German i socialist parly decided today to ; join with the communists in voting lack of confidence in the I Cuno government when the j Reichstag convenes Monday. This means the downfall of the present government unless some extraordinary incident , intervenes. It is stated in political circles that a remote chance exists for C.nno to continue at the head ot affairs. The communists will Dress Uat « vote of lack of confidence on Monday and the socialists at a meeting at noon today decided to support the motion. The Cuno ministry has not suflicient strength to stand without socialist support. Berlin. Aug. 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Rioting and bloodshed marked observance |of Germany’s “constitution day” in many cities of the Reich today. Reports indicated that 1 I or more persons were dead and scores wounded in food riots induced by hunger and a feelinn of hopelessness. The most serious disorders were in Aaschen and the suburb 1 of Borkscheid where 11 persons were killed and many wounded during wild rioting. Ihe citv ' was without money and unable to pay unemployment doles. 1 Mobs congregated in the main town and in Borkscheid march--1 ing on the countryside in search ■ of food. There was heavy firing when farmers used arms to protect their fields. ' Scenes of mad rioting were reported from throughout the Aaschen district. Hamburg reports said one was dead and many wounded in clashes between police and unemployed, whilo two are known to have been killed at Ratibor. Messages from Ratibor late this afternoon said the number of casualties was from 40 to 100. One report gave the number of dead as four and said communists were plundering the shops of gunsmiths and arms stores. Disorders also were threatened in Mulhe'.m where industrialists warned striking workers they would declare 1 a lock-out if the men did not return to their posts. i Berlin bristled with soldiers and , police who had succeeded in maintaining order until mid-afternoon. 1 ’ 1 Earl Blackburn went to New Castle 1 to spend the week end. 3 J - .Q., 1——— ‘ GASOLINE 11 CENTS Dallas, Texas, Aug. 11—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Gasoline was sold at 11 cents a gallon here today by the Magnolia Petroleum j company, and many independent companies. Other large companies 9 were expected to follow with price f cuts.