Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 1 September 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXL Number 208.

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IMS FIELD OF CARS WILL FACE STARTER MONDAY Total of Fourteen Cars Now Entered In Labor Dav Auto Races Here. PRACTICE TOMORROW Time Trials To Be Held All Forenoon Monday—Several In Amateur Race. With seven more entries received today, indications are that there will be a large field of starters in the auto races to be held at Bellmont Park, next Monday, Labor Day. A total of fourteen cars have been entered so far and it is likely that others will enter before the time limit closes. The entries received today are: D. E. Jacques, Thorntown, Essex; C. F. Marshall. Peru, Fronty Ford; Carl Foster, North Manchester, Roof Flyer; A. Moore, Seymour. Monroe: B, F. Johnson. Fort Wayne, Roof Flyer: Louis Burkett. Columbus, Ohio, two Mathews Specials, one entered in the Smile race and the other in the 50mile event. Several eneries have been received for the 10-mile amateur race which will be the third event on the program Monday. Those who will contest for the SIOO purse include Decatur and Adams county young men, in addition to some from other counties and from Ohio. Harold 'Spider* Swartz, of Decatur, and Robert Werling, of Preble, are two of the entrants. To Practice Tomorrow The hum of the racers' motors will be heard at the park tomorrow when the speeders practice for the Monday races. Most of the drivers are expected to bring their cars here tomorrow to tune them up on the local oval and become accustomed to the track. Spectators will be admitted free tomorrow to watch the practice. The cars will hold time trails from 8 o'clock until noon on Monday morning, and the car making the fastest time in the trials will have the pole in the start of the raceij. The first event, the 25-mile race, will start at 1:30 o'clock. This will be followed by the 50-mile race and the last event will be the amateur race. The purse for the 25-mile race is S3OO, for the 50-mile race, $500; and for the amateur race SIOO. An admission of ninety cents plus war tax will be charged at the gate, for adults, and twenty-five cents for children under 15 years of age. General admission entitles each person to a seat in the bleachers and free parking space for automobiles. AdfCnntiniied on page five) NOLLY GILSON DIES IN WEST Sister of Mrs. John T. Merryman Expires; Body Being Returned Here. Mrs. Molly Gilson, 77, sister of Mrs. John T. Merryman, of this city, died at her home in Drumright, Okla., yesterday according to a message received here today, by Mrs. Merryman. The body will be returned to this city for burial, and will arrive sometime Sunday night. Mrs. Gilson resided in Decatur about twenty years ago, but had lived >n Oklahoma since that time. Her busband died about twelve years ago. She has been residing with her 'laughter, Mrs. Alvin Ayers, in Drumfight, Oklahoma. One other child, Edgar Eicher, of Los Angeles, California, also survives. Besides Mrs. Merryman, Mrs. Gilson has two sisters in Michigan, four brothers in Jn ‘Hanapolis, and two brothers in Portland. No funeral arrangements have been made.

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Yoemen To Hold Meeting Next Tuesday Evening The Decatur Yoeman lodge will meet Tuesday evening- instead of Monday evening, ns Monday is Unbor Dty. The meeting will be held at the Yoeman hall al 7:30 o’clock, prompt. All members are urged to attend as plans will be made for entertaining the Portland and Dunkirk homesteads who will he here on Monday, September 17. The visitors will ; bring a number of candidates and the I local degree team will give the work. The degree team will meet for practice following the regular meeting Tuesday night. There will be plenty of eats and a good time is assured. ROTARYPICNIC A BIG SUCCESS Local Club Well Represented At Annual Roundup At Ft. Wayne Friday. The Decatur Rotarians, their wives and sweethearts enjoyed the hospitality and program given by the Fort Wayne Rotary club at the district picnic held at the Elks County club 1 Friday afternoon and evening. About fifty-five men and women from this city attended and the total attendance from the other nine clubs, inI eluding Fort Wayne was about five I I hundred. I The Decatur Rotarians left here at | about twelve o’clock iu their auto-1 mobiles, arriving at Sweeney Park , ' where they met the other guests and joined in the “seeing Fort Wayne tour’’ which took them over considerable territory. j Arriving at the Country club each ' Rotarian registered and was given a tag on which he filled out with his 1 name and address. 1 i The Bluffton Rotarians had the larg jest attendance from any visiting club 75 men and women from that city attending. Decatur was second with about fifty-five. 1 The Fort Wayne Rotarians did themselves pround in entertaining their guests, especially the women, a tea and bridge party being given in 1 the afternoon in the pavillion. In an acquaintanceship contest. Mrs. C. V. Connell won the first prize, while 1 during the evening dancing was enjoyed and Mrs. Fred Patterson and W. A. Klepper of this city were ’awarded the prize for being the "youngest” dancers on the floor. ' A ball game between the Kendallville and Bluffton clubs proved one ! of the leading attractions of the day the latter nine finally winning by the 1 score of 6 to 1. Dr. L. Park Drayer of ’ Fort Wayne, officiated in the capacity of umpire. In the bait casting contest, J. C. Shade, of Warsaw, won first prize, while second and third prizes wen to Nal Sumption, of Kendallville, and Charles Reuss, of Fort Wayne. In a final contest .Charles L. Beiderwolf, of Fort Wayne, hurled the fly a distance of 140 feet, which proved too much for other competitors. The i Fort Wayne horseshoe pitching team composed of C) Offutt and E. E. Brinkman, proved victorius and won final hold on the trophy, as it proved the third consecutive time . that the local team has won first honors. President Dale W. McMillan, of the Fort Wayne club served as toast- - master of the speaking program. • The principal address was delivered • by Attorney Arthur H. Sapp, of • Huntington, and governor of the ■ Twentieth Rotary Distric. Other speakers were Earl A. Blackman, of • Chanute, Kan., and former chaplain of the American Legion; George ' L. Saunders, of Bluffton; Dr. Fred 1 Patterson, of Decatur, newly ap- ’ pointed group representative, and • Arthur F. Hall, of the Fort Wayne ‘ club, One of the features of this ’ phase of the program was the pre- ■ sentation to District Governor Sapp ’ of a traveling bag and brief case. —.—• i Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Niblick and - daughter, Miss Margaret, . and Mr. Lloyd Baker left this morning for a i motor trip to Chicago, where they will spend Labor Day.

J MINERS STRIKE IN ANTHRACITE FIELDS TODAY I Peace Parley Between Operators and Miners Adjourns Until Wednesday. ALL MINERS ARE IDLE Practically 155,000 Workers Lay Down Tools Last Night At Midnight. Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. I.—With a strike of 155,00(1 anthracite miners in ' full force, the peace parley between i the operators and the union repre-1 sentatives adjourned here today until j Wednesday. . The action is known to have been taken at the request of both sides. Wilkesßarre. Pa., Sept. I.—Not a wheel turned in the mines and collieres of the anthracite region today. 1 Practically every one of the 155, > 000 hard coal workers obeyed the 'strike order” which went into effect Jat midnight and an ominous silence prevailed this morning where usually i the air is filled with the shrieks of ’ mine whistles calling the men to work. "Company” men, monthly employes, maintenance men. followed by the un ion to remain on the job. were at work I putting the finishing touches on pre-1 I parations to close the collieries. Mules , j which have not seen daylight for ( i years were being hoisted out of the l ! mines and the last cars of coal in the breakers were being loaded. Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. I.—A growL ing feeling of dissatisfaction perturb , ed miners and operators headquarters here today as 155,000 men in the an- , I thracite field left their jobs and the ’ peace conferences attempted new I negotiations. While the miners and operators caucused prior to meeting Governor ! Gifford Pirn hot, acting as mediator, both sides privately expressed pess-: ( imism. Both sides met with Governor Pinchot in the same conference room at 10 a.m„ today. ’ The miners feel that some progress has been made in the five hour and I a half conference of Friday. The , operators indicated they will not ac- , cept any compromise which might embarrass the position they took at the , beginning of the negotiations at At- , lantic City a week ago. The miners, from their statement, , do not appear reluctant to resume negotiations in fact they invite them. The operators hold to the opinion (Continued on Page six) o- — SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS BUDGET Budget Calling for $83,765 For City Schools, Finally Adopted. The Decatur school board budget of estimated expenses for next year,, totaling $83,765.00 was finally adopted J by the school trustees last evening and the school city’s rate fixed at $1.25 on each one hundred dollars’ worth of taxable property in the city. I levies were made for the follow- ’ ing funds: Special school funds, fiftyfive cents on the $100.00; Tuition , fund, fifty-five cents on the $100.00; Bond and Interest fund, fifteen cents The special school fund and the tuition will each yield, $36,856.0Q, while the bond fund will yield, $lO,051.80. Although the pay of teachers will total about $50,000.00 next year, t money can be borrowed from the special school fund and placed in the tuition fund for that purpose. The rate for next year is an increase of seventeen cents over the rate of this year, the 1922 rate, payable this year being, $1.07. The city schools will open next Tuesday for the fall term.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 1, 1923.

Local Man Opens Store At Montpelier Today — Reavers and Wagoner open their new furniture store, located in the Schneider room north Main street, across from the First National bank.’ iat 1:30 Saturday afternoon and as | their page advertisement elsewhere in the paper indicates, will carry a complete line of furniture and ruts in newest designs. Each lady visitor to the store opening day will be pre-' j sented with a souvenir. Mr. ajid Mrs. Wagoner have moved to the: Shiner property, corner Huntington, ' and Jefferson streets, and will be in I ' charge .of the local store. E. A i Beavers, of Decatur, will be here also until after the opening and the store is completely installed. —Montpelier Herald. ■ > D. 0. H. S. ELEVEN TO START SOON Foothall Practice Called for Tuesday Afternoon On Bosse Field. The first" prartice of the Decatur j Catholic high school football team will probably be held next Tuesday ! evening on the Bosse field, east of the Bosse home on First street. France Conter 1 , coach and athletic director of the school stated today. Fifteen new suits for the football players arrived yesterday from the manufacturers. they being ordered iby Father Otto Peters and France I Conter, and paid for out of the money contributed by locaJ business men and firms. An even -l-» hundred dollars was contributed. The sweaters are blue, pants are khaki color and black head gears. The equipment :1s complete, including three footballs and tackling dummy, and Coach Conter is going to give the boys a work-out early next week. A number of candidates want ; to make the team and plenty of good material is available for the team, ’ the first football team to be put on I the field by the Decatur Cjatholic high school. A schedule will be arranged in the near future and it is safe to predict that D. C. H. S. will have a good football team this year. NEW HOSPITAL PROVESUSEFUL Total Fifty-Three Patients Received During First Month’s Operation. “The patronage given the Adams County Memorial Hospital during the first month of its operation was beyond our fondest expectaitn.tr and we are more than pleased with the results so for,” stated Alias Emilie C. Christ, .-aperintendent of tne hospital toda,-Fifty-three patients were admitted to the hospital during the fir:' month. The hospital was dedicated on July 29th and the doors of the institution I were opened to the public on July I 30th. On the first day five operations ! were held at the hospital. It was stated that the hospital was practically self-supporting during the first month, and the trustees, Miss Christ, and in fact, every citizen who is Interested in the success of the institution feels elated over the first month’s showing. As one person remarked, “it looked as if the people had been waiting to get sick and wanted some place to go.” Os the cases admitted, Miss Christ classified them as follows: Major operations, 11; minor operations, 5; tonsil cases, 22; fractures, 2; medical treatment, 11; maturnity, 1; baby, 1. Fifteen people were patients at the hospital today. . j -■ . . i Weather Unsettled weather tonight and Sunday with local thunder storms; not much change in temperature.

JAPAN SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE THIS MORNING I CLy of Yokohama On Fire Following Quake — Damage Is Great. ALL OF JAPAN SHAKEN Railway and Telegraphic Communications Demoralized; Americans There. (United P»*#>s« Service) Osaka. Sept. I—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Practically all of Japan I was shaken violently for more than an hour by an earthquake of almost j unprecendented power. Severe damage was suffered in, Tokio. Railway and telegraphic communications were dislocated. San Francisco, Sept. I—(Speciall—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Japanese city | , of Yokohama is on fire following an | earthquake according to a wfireless 1 d'snatch received here today by the Radio Corporation of America from the Japanese naval radio station at ' Iwaki. The radiogram describing the fire, was received by the Radio corpora--1 tion from Tomioka, where the Japanese connection of the American cor- ' poration. the station of Iwaki is 1 located. The message said: “A conflagration , 1 subsequent to a severe earthquake is general throughout Yokohama.! Practically the entire city is in flames with many casualties. ’ Yotaohama. a seaport of Japan, is ’ the port city of Tokio. It is the cen-j ' ter of western business and social activities in Japan. The population amounts to nearly a million. It is 1 situated on the eastern shore of Hon- ■ do. on the bay of Tokio, 17 miles from 1 the imperial capital. Washington, Sept. I—(Special to ' Daily Democrat)—There are about two hundred Americans in Yokohama. swept by an -earthquake and fire, state department officials estimated today. Ordinarily, there are more, sometimes as many as one thousand, but in the summer many of them go to the mountains. Most of the Americans are engaged in business in Tokio and live in Yokohama. The department was i without advices today whether any of the Americans were victims of the disaster. O 1 — MOB BBEAKS DP KLAN MEETING I — Two Shot and Are Seriously Wounded In Riot At Newcastle, Delaware. i • Newcastle, Del., Sept. 1. —Two i were shot and seriously wounded and ■ 50 were mere or less injured when a ; mob broke up a meeting of the Ku . Kltix Klan who were initiating a class of 350 here last night. A burning cross was torn down, robes stripped i from klansemn and they were driven I from a field under a barrage of shots i and stones. The two seriously injured are: Harry Husabeck, 17, Newcastle, i shot through the abdomen and William Clark, 31, Newport, shot through the neck. Fifty more were battered from the rain of stones and stray shots.. The riot began when the klansmen lighted their cross. With shouts of "Down with the klan." and “Hurrah for the Irish," a mob of one thousand mostely young men, accompanied by about 100 negroes, charged the klan. The first shot is thought to have been fired by the mob when they heard a klansman firing blanks when the cross burst into flames.

■ r Willshire Has Special Deputy Sheriff Now Van Wert, Ohio, Sept. I..—C. H. Alapaugh, Willshire, was appointed a special deputy sheriff by Sheriff E. E. Terry Friday. ’Willshire is too far from Van i Wert for either I or Deputy Sheriff Boley to get there promptly in an i emergency." Sheriff Terry said, in ex- ’ plaining the appointment. “If Willshire happens to need a sheriff quickly. Alspaugh will be I right here retdy to get out o na call., j 1 think the appointment will be a i help to this office," Terry explained. o PROBE M'CRAY’S FINANCES TODAY — Committee Investigates Governor’s Proposed Trust Agreement Also. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 1. —Gover- - nor McCray’s proposed trust agree- ' ment for the transfer of his property !to a committee representing his creditors was under investigation to- j day by a temporary committee of i five men selected at the creditors' meeting yesterday. Tile creditors withheld final approval of the governor’s proposal and asked a week's time to investigate its legal phrases and check up on his liabilities and assets. The governor gave his assets at | $3,223,000 and his liabilities at $2.-j . 1 632.000. , He assured his creditors that every! i penny of his obligations would be met | lif it took his last dollar to liquidate ; his liabilities. He declared that if he were given [ time to make disposal of his assets under more favorable business conditions. he would pay dollar for dollar and still have $700,000 left. Opposition to approving the trust agreement without mere deliberation was voiced by E .G. Scotten. of New Castle. Several other creditors join-, ed him. It was maintained that the governor had placed all but about 1,-| 700 acres of his Indiana land iu the hands of the Aetna Savings and Trust ; company as security for the $350,- i , 000 pool formed by James P. Goodrich. former governor and others. A second crediorts' meeting will be held on Sept.. 7, at which time the temporary committee will report and , the creditors will decide whether they will accept the governor’s trust agreement. The governor declared the only alternative to his proposal was a voluntary assignment. Members of the investigation committee are: Linton A. Cox, Indianapolis attorney; Elmer Stout, president of the Eletcher-American National bank; W. N. Arnold, American Trust company, Kokomo; F. H. Cut shell, vice-president of the Old National bank, Fort Wayne; and Char- ' les Hubbard, president of the Citizens’ National Hank. Martinsville. Epworth League Booth Festival Next Monday The annual Epworth league Booth Festival will be held at Foster Park. Fort Wayne, on next Monday. Sept ember 3. Donations of canned goods vegetables, linens ahd cash will be made to the Methodist hospital at Ft. Wayne, by the Epworth League of the Fort Wayne district. A very generous offering will be made by the local Epworth League. A number of the local people will attend the festival. o - LABOR DAY IN DECATUR Decatur is planning to observe the Labor Day holiday next Monday in a fitting manner. All stores and banks in the city will be closed all day. The postoftlce will , lose and there will be no issue of the Daily Democrat. The big attraction of the day is the e. e-j---bile races to be held at Bellmont Park. The races start promptly 1:30 o'clock.

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ITALIANS BEGIN OFFENSIVE MOVE 1 AGAINST GREEKS Thirty-One Greeks Killed When Italians Occupy ! Corfu; Troops Ready. INTERVENTION MADE League of Nations Asks Warring Nations To Await Further Action. Geneva. Sept. I.—The league of nations counsel today asked Italy and Greece to refrain from acts of hostility until their delepates at Geneva have been more fully instructed. Athens, Sent. I.—Thirty-one Greek casualties were suffered in the Italian occupation of Corfu, it was learned here tonight. Athens. Sep*. I.—Jugo-Slavia fonight notified Greece that its internal situation prevents anv offer of support beino' mad<> in the present situation although it considers the Italian demands very excessive. Washington. Sent. I.—Greece will mike a formal nrotest to the | United States and the other I world powers a"iirst the drastic ,s‘eps taken bv Italy to enforce *he latter’s ultimatum, it was learned officially today. The Greek protest will be set forth in a formal note. fT’n’tort Prpgc Service) London. Sent. I—(Speciall—(Special to Da'Jv Democrat) —Europe today faced the most menacing situation since the davs preceding the world war. Italy has now seized two Greek Islands. Samos was occupied today, i The tri color flies over Corfu, fol- | lowing a bombardment in which 15 I men and women refugees were killed as they sought shelter. The Balkans are stirring. Queen Marie of Roumania is hurrying back ito Bucherest from Paris. Jugoslav reservists who are on leave have been ordered back to their home countries. Italy plans to call up two classes of reservists. Those in London have I been ordered to be prepared for a call to their colors. The Greek legation in London declares that Greece cannot regard the bombardment of Corfu as other than an act of war. (Continued on Page six) KENYON WALTERS MARRIES IN WEST Son of Mr and Mrs. C. L. Walters Weds Young San Francisco, Cal., Lady. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Walters. 503 Madison street, have received an announcement of the marriage of their son. Robert Kenvon, to Miss Olive Dunn, of San Francisco, California. The marriage took place in San Francisco a short time ago. Mr. Walters has been employed in San Francisco for the last two years as assistant manager of the Western brance of the Tokheim Oil Tank and Pump company. He was graduated from the Decatur high school in 1915 and later attended Ohio Weslyan University for a period of two years, before withdrawing to enlist in the service of his country during the world war. Mr. Walters was a very popular young man while a resident of this city, and has many friends here who wish him success. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Walters are hoping to arrange a homecoming | during the Christmas holiday when their son and new daughter will be a part of the family circle. Mr. and Mrs. Walters now reside at 540 O’Sarreli street, Apartment 34, San Francisco.