Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXL Number 220.

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MINKS IODINE WHILE SITTING IN DRUG STORE Mrs. Harry Parr, of Garrett. Attempts Suicide In Local Store Today. WAS SECOND ATTEMPT Domestic Troubles Given As Cause of Act; Is Expected To Recover. Mrs. Rerniece Parr, 19-yenr-od wile of Harry Parr, former resident of this city, but now residing in Garrett, attempted to eoinmit suicide at the Holthouse Drug Company’s store on North Second street at 10 o’clock this morning by drinking a quantity of iodine. She was rushed to the Adams county hospital where a stomach pump was used and the poison removed from her stomach. It was stated at the hospital this afternoon that the young woman would survive. Mr. Parr, who formerly was employed as a telephone lineman in this city, met his wife in (larrett while working there. Iler name before her marriage was Bellniece Holmes. They were married last April and had been living in Garrett, where Mr. Parr was employed as a telephone lineman. Mr. and Mrs. Parr had been having domestic trouble recently, it is said. Two weeks ago last Saturday, Mr. Parr stated, he returned home from work in Huntington county and found his clothing thrown out on the front porch and the house deserted. He came to the home of his mother, Mrs. John Parr, on North Ninth street, in this city, and had been here since that time. Mrs. Parr came to Decatur last Friday and had been staying with her husband on Ninth street. Attempted Suicide Sunday Yesterday morning Berniece asked her mother-in-law if she had any iodine in the house, saying she had heard that it was good for removing corns from the feet. She was informed that there was some iodine in the medicine cabinet. Procuring the iodine, the young woman went to the toilet at the rear of the Parr home. Fearing that she might make an attempt on her life, her husband followed her and caught her in the act of drinking the liquid. He knocked the bottle from her hand. This moaning Berneice ‘jchangFA her dress and combed her hair, telling her mother-in-law that she was going up town. Shortly before 10 o'clock she walked into the Holthouse drug store and purchased an ounce of iodine. She then sat down at an ice cream table and ordered some ice cream. Arthur Kleinhenz waited on the lady. There were other customers in the store at the time. Suspected by Mr. Kleinhenz. Seeing that the lady had unwrapped the bottle and was moving it about the table top nervously, while she ate the ice cream, Mr. Kleinhenz’s suspicions became aroused. He watched her closely and saw her put the bottle to her lips. Mr. Kleinhenz spoke to her, telling her not to drink the liquid. She drank a small quantity of it before throwing the bottle to the floor. There was about half of the ounce still in the bottle after some had spilled on the floor and Mr. Kleinhenz stated that he believed she did not swallow more than two drams. Taken To Hospital. ® r - L. E. Somers was in the drug store at the time the lady attempted to end her life. He immediately began giving her antidotes. A motorist "ho had just parked his car in front ot the store was prevailed upon to take the lady to the hospital. Mhen asked why she drank the poison, the lady replied, ‘‘Harry is so mean to me." Mrs| John Parr stated today that she had offered to let her sou and his wife live in her house this "inter and had endeavored to create harmony between the two. Mrs. Harry Parr’s parents reside in Gar(Continued on page four)

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“Sidewalk Riders” Cause of Many Complaints Here Many complaints have been made to the police department recently, regarding the practice of riding bicycles ion the sidewalks of the city. RestI dents in various parts of the city state that many people, both old and young, are riding on the, sidewalks and endangering the safety of pedestrians. heT practice is against the law and it was stated today that arrests will be resorted to if necessary to stop the practice. , — 0 FORMER DECATUR LADY ASSAULTED Mrs. Herman Oettins Attacked By Neyro At Home South of Ft. Wayne. Fort Wayne. Sept. 17—Escaping from several armed posses of deputy sheriffs and farmers who had surrounded territory of about six square miles in an effort to apprehend him for a brutal assault on Mrs. Herman Getting, living near the Stellhorn bridge, south of the city, an unidentified negro, minus shoes and hat, appeared at the Wabash railroad shops on Fairfield avenue just before daylight yesterday and again escaped before workmen there knew of the attack. The negro, according to information furnished the police department and sheriff’s office following published accounts of the attack, walked into the shops in his bare feet and complained of being cold. He told a story in which he said that, he had been “living with five white men in a box car.” and that one of the quintet had stolen his hat and _ shoes. The shopmen, seeking to relieve his condition in the cold weather, provided him with a shop cap and an old pair of rubber boots, after which the negro went out of the shop and disappeared in the darkness. None of the shopmen knew of the attack at the time of the negro’s visit, they told police. Following the meager clue given by the shopmen who said the colored man had walked east on the tracks, officials took up the trail early yesterday morning and police in all of the towns east of Fort Wayne were notified to be on the lookout for the assailant while police combed pH of the negro district about the city in an effort to apprehend him yesterday. Sheriff Bobilya and deputies who were on the negro's trail until late last night, beleived yesterday that the colored man had hidden himself in the dense thickets along the river bank, where he escaped detection, until it was possible for him to escape tinder cover of darkness. Mrs. Getting was still suffering a severe nervous illness yesterday, but is not beliaved to have been injured in any way that her permanent health may be affected. The negro is said to have entered the home after removing his shoes and to have attacked the woman, beating her about the head. He was beaten off, however. after a struggle. Mrs. Getting is well known in this city and northern Adams county. Before her marriage she was Miss Louise Hobrock and for several years was a clerk in the Boston Store. Sheriff John Baker and the local police were notified to watch for the negro. Business Men To Play Volley Ball This Winter Several local men are planning the organization of a volley ball chib, to meet at the gym one afternoon or evening or both, each week and many business and professional men are becoming interested. The idea is to organize teams and hold contests which will create enough interest that the men who work inside during the day will secure much needed exercise. A meeting will be held some evening this week. It is said arrangements have been made to secure the gym and it is expected that within a week or two the organization will be going.

SENIORS ELECT OFFICERS AND ANNUAL STAFF Earl Chase New President of Class; Helen Kocher Editor of Ravelings. ENROLLMENT IS LARGE Total of 255 Pupils Now Enrolled at D. H. S.; Is Large Increase. The senior class of the Decatur high school has selected the class officers and the staff for “Ravelings” the high school publication, for the present school year. Earl Chase was elected president of the class. The other class officers are Henry Neireiter, vice-president; Florence Higgs secretary; Robert Brandyberry, treasurer; Don Farr, custodian; and Dean Dor win, yell leader. Miss Agnes Sellemeyer was guardian of these pupils while they were Juniors last year . Ravelings Staff Miss Helen Kocher was chosen ed-itor-in-chief of the Ravelings. Miss Ko«her is a very popular member ol the class and is well adapted for the position as editor of the publication. The other members of the staff are: Clarence Beavers, business manager; Milton Swearinger .assistant editor; Deane Dorwin, assistant business manager; Gordon Holmes, hoys’ athletic editor; Mildred Butler, girls' athletic editor. Harold Sheets. exchange editor; Harriett Myers, department editor; Niles White, jokes editor; Forest Gilpin, cartoonist; Mary Poling, chapel editor: Don Farr, society editor; Miss Maude Anderson and Miss Agness Sellemeyer, faculty advisors. Large Enrollment This Year The total enrollment in the high school this year was announced today as 255. This is a large increase over previous enrollments. The enrollment at the opening of school last year was only 210 and the total for the year, counting midyear pupils, was only 240. Nearly every class shows a substantial ircrea e tills yea.-. There are 64 seniors, 51 juniors, 53 sophmores and 86 freshmen. There is one special student. The freshman class usually averages about 60 or 65 pupils, while the largest senior class ever graduated here was 52. A crowded condition exists at the high school building this year. The faculty has succeeded in making arrangements whereby every class has a place to recite. There is only one vacant seat in the large essembly ( room, which was erected last year. However, there is room for a total of , three hundred seats in this room. It . would have been practically impossible for the school to operate this ] year without the new assembly room, it is said. o Infant Dilling Child Died Sunday Afternoon Josephine Dilling, infant daughter < of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Dilling, of , Preble, died at 1:15 o’clock Sunday as- ( ternoon, about an hour after birth. The father of the baby is a son of , David Dilling, former county (fommis- , sioner. The mother’s maiden name , was Ida Spade. Besides the parents, ( one brother Rodney, Eugene Dilling, ( age 18 months, and one sister, Mar- ; jorie Eileen Dilling, age 3 years. Fu- j neral services were held from the residence at 10 o'clock this morning, the Rev. J. C. Wisner, pastor of the Decatur Methodist circuit, officiating. Burial was made in the Decatur cemetery. ( Mrs. Susie Harruff and daughter. . Dell, are spending the week in Fort Wayne with relatives. * ■ —- —•—-— — Col. H. B. Kneisiey of this city, left today for New York City and from * there he will go to .conduct a series < of Hereford sales in Massachusetts I 1 and Rhode Island. The sales are 1 among the largest in that • territory < and Col. Kneisiey will make every es- a fort to deliver the goods for them. < He expects to return Saturday. I

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Henry Ford Failed To Pay Board Bill ‘ Washington, Pa., Sept. 17. — Henry Ford, the world's richest man jumped a two days' room and board bill at the George Washington hotel here in his hurry to get back to Detroit last week. The bill was paid Saturday by a local Ford dealer, whom the manufacturer telegraphed to pay the account of "A Henry.” the name Ford used while stopping here. COOK FDNERAL HELD SUNDAY Remains of Former Resident Returned Here From Cardwell, Missouri. Funeral services for John A. Cook, former Decatur citizen, whose death occurred Thursday at his home at Cardwell. Mo., from bronchial pneumonia, were held Sunday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock from the Evangelical church, in this city. Rev. R. W. Loose, pastor and Rev. F .L. Enyder, a son-in-law of the deceased, officiating. Interment was made In Maplewood cemetery. Upon the arrival of the body in this city Sunday, it was taken to the home of Mrs. Lizzie Schraluka, on North Seventh street, a sister-in-law of the deceased. All of the children, except one son. Albert Cook, who lives in Texas, arrived here in time for the funeral ser vices. Mr. Cook had been ill only twenty-four hours before he died. He suffered from a cold a day or two and an obstinate case of pneumonia set. in. followed by the (levelopement of bronchial pneumonia. He was about 70 years of age. He left Decatur twenty-six years ago and had been superintendent of one of the Vail box mills at Cardwell. Accompanying the body to this city were the widow, Mrs. J. A. Cook .who before her marriage was Miss Minnie Schraluka, and the children and grand-children namely, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Cook, Denver, Colo; Rev. and Mrs. F. L. Snyder and family, of Rensselaer, Indiana; Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Gardner. Paragould. Ark., Mrs. Mattie B. Goodman, Kansas City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Hull and daughter, of Cardwell, Mo.; and Miss Esther Cook. Kansas City, Mo. The son J. O. Cook is well known here and this morning enjoyed meeting ninny of his former Decatur friends. He is now supervisor of the Western Demurrage and Storage Bureau at Denver and is numbered with other Decatur men. who have made good. He is an excellent young man and his former school mates in this city will be glad to learn of his success. After a visit here with her sister for a week. Mrs. Cook will return to Cardwell to reside. Boy Scouts Will Meet At Old Gym Tonight Applicants for Troop One of the Boy Scouts are urged to be at the j old Gym at 6:45 this evening to takej the necessary tests and to perfect the' organization of the first Scout troop. Roland Shimp is the newly commissioned Scoutmaster and will be assisted by Richard Frisinger The support and co-operation of the Rotarians will be given to the organiza tion and it is hoped that before many; months that several scout troops can be organized in this city. • * CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat: Sept. 99%c; Dec. $1.02%; lllay $1.07%. Corn: Sept. 83%c; Dec. 67%c; May 68%c. Undergoes Operation for Chronic Appendicitis Today Lase Swigart, of this city, underwent an operation for chronic appendV citis and severe adhesion at the county hospital this morning. Mrs. Swigart had been suffering from appendicitis for nine or ten years, it is said, an dthe adhessions caused from the disease were very seveie. He is getting along as well as can be expected.

EXPECT MINERS TO RESUME WORK NEXT WEDNESDAY Anthracite Miners Expected To Ratify Pinchot Agreement Plan Soon. IDLE FOR ONLY 17 DAYS Lewis Expects Unanimous Acceptance of New Agreement; Better Conditions. (United Press Staff Correspondent* Scranton. Pa., Sept. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Anthracite miners will be back in the pits Wednesday to resume the production of winter fuel, it is predicted today. The tri-district convention meets to ratify the agreement Governor Pinchot forced upon the miners and operators for settlement of the present strike. The agreement should be ratified immediately and then John L. Lewis president of the United Mine Work ers. and his three district presidents W H go to Harrisburg with tile coal operator chieftains and sign the working contract for the next two years. Operation of the mines—stilled now for 17 days—will be resumed after the contract is signed in the presence of the governor at his executive mansion. This should take place tomorrow. A spirit of exuberance pervaded the air as the convention was called to order. Lewis says he expects prac--1 tically unanimous acceptance of the new agreement, which will give the workers a 10 per cent increase in wages and somewhat better working conditions. PRETTY CHURCH WEDDING SUNDAY Miss Irma Mabel Walters Became Bride of .James Harold Sautter. One of the prettiest weddings of the season was solemnized Sunday afternoon at the Zion Lutheran church, when Miss Irma Mabel Walters became the bride of James Harold Sautter. At exactly 3 o'clock Miss Irene Zwick played the wedding march by Lohengrpi, while the bridal party marched to the altar which was adornwith garden flowers and palms. Miss Irene Walters, sister of the bride was the only bridesmaid and Miss Velma Malters another sister of the bride, attended as maid of honor. Alton Hower attended the groom as best man while Fred Kinzle and George Walters acted as ushers. Little Mary ' Virginia Cowan carried a basket of flowers and the wedding rings in the center of a lily. Rev. A .J. Hinz received the ! vows of the double ring ceremony. Mrs. Sautters wore a gown of j ivory satin crepe cut princess style and trimmed with pearl beads. Her 1 foot wear was of silver. The long I white silk tulle veil was held in place iby dainty orange blossoms. She carI ried a shower bouquet of snap ' dragons and roses. Iragons and roses. Miss Margaret Zick and Mrs. Hinz sang "Hold Thou My Hand" following the ceremony. The bridesmaid wore orchid georgette with a large picture hat to match and carried yellow roses and snapdragons. Green georgette trimmed with lace was worn by the maid of honor. She carried pink roses and snapdragons. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Walters of 915 North Second street, and was employed at the local General Electric company until two weeks ago. Mr. Sautter is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sautter of Dayton. Ohio, and is employed as a plumber in this city. A reception was held at the home (Continued on page tour)

Dr, Von Gunten Says He Did Not Have Wreck Dr. ” >fus Von Gunten, of Berne, has written to the Dally Democrat, stating that it was not lie who figured in an automobile accident at Monroe last Sunday. The correspondent at Monroe erroneously stated that Dr. Von Gunten's car and anolher car collided on a small bridge at the edge of Monroe. The doctor stated further I that he knew nothing of the accident. Very little damage resulted from the accident and no one was Injured. o HEARD SPEECH AGAINST KLAN Local People Heard AntiKlan Address At Fort Wayne Sunday Eve. About twenty-five people from this city went to Fort Wayne last evening and heard Patrick J. O'Donnell, noti ed Chicago attorney and head of the American Unity League deliver his speech in opposition to the principles and workings of the Ku Klux Klan. I The meeting was held in the Elks Temple and was attended by more than one thousand people. The separation of church anil state, freedom of conscience, equality before the law and personal freedom, the four great points upon which America was founded as a free and independent nation were used by Mr. O’Donnell in his attack on the Klan. He branded the Klan as a traitorous organization through which the powers of the national government were gradually being usurped to the detriment of all of the four elemental objects of the constitution." O'Donnell urged public-spirited citizens Ao unite for the purpose of exposing the Klan and its methods of operation. He dwelt on the Klan organization in Allen county and stated that he had the names of every members and that they would be published* The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette says of O'Donnell’s speech: •'O'Donnell took each of the four points of ’‘Americanism" which he outlined at the beginning of his talk nad used each separately as an indictment of the klan on treasonable grounds. On the separation of church and state, he said that America was founded upon the theory that church and state were separate and the constitutional rights granted by the founders of the nation assured religious liberty. The klan, he said, would take away this right, thereby proving treasonable. The den’al of the right of religious training was a further effort of the klan, he said, to violate the constitution. “On the freedom of conscience, O'Donnell said that the klan intended to force compliance with its tentes thereby denying again the con stitutional rights—the equivalent ot treason. “Equality before the law. denied to negroes first and then attempted in further denials to all those who op -i posed the klan had resulted in brutal floggings and even the murder of two Louisiana men, one of them a decorated veteran of the late war. O’Donnell said. These men were convicted in secret “konklaves," he said, and men were selected to perform the duties of punishment. These men were denied trial by law. thereby again proving the contention that the klan is a traitorous organization.' Practically the same system denied | personal freedom, the fourth vital ‘ point of the constitution, he said." j - • Geneva Man Held Alter Car Crashes Into Ditch B. F. Christman of Geneva, was a prisoner in the Fort Wayne jail last night wn a charge of driving an automobile while intoxicated. Christman was arrested following a crash on the Decatur-Fort Wayne road, eight miles south of Fort Wayne, when his ear plunged into the ditch. A companion. giving the name of Runyon, was severely cut about the head Runyon told the sheriff that he had been married on Saturday and was returning to his bride at the time of the accident. He was held as a witness against Christman.

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LEGISLATORS THREATEN TO STORM CAPITOL Troops In Oklahoma Capital Stand With Bayonets Unsheathed Today. SITUATION IS TENSE Legislators Say Threat of Jail Will Not Keep Them From Having Meeting. (United Service) BULLETIN (United Press Staff Correspondent) Oklahoma City. Okla.. Sep. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat) — The rigid martial law restrictions were suddenly modified this afternoon with the arrival of Adjutant General from Tulsa by airplane. Police Chief Kay Frazier, ousted from office when Governor Walton first imposed absolute military rule in Oklahoma City, was re-in-stated. Assistant Chief Snelson was restored. Machine guns which had pointed menacingly at the doorways of city and county buildings the past twentyfour hours were ordered removed. The supreme court met for special session and it was reported authoritatively that court action was contemplated against the military occupation. Oklahoma City, Okla.. Sept. 17.—Troops guarding the Oklahoma capital were heavily reinforced today when reports were circulated that members of the legislature were preparing to storm the building and meet in extra session to impeach Governor J. C. Walton for placing the entire state under martial law. Squads of heavily armed guardsmen hurried through the streets to the capital grounds. Orders for reinforcing the capitol were sent by Governor Walton, who, while en route to Henryetta- to speak before the state federation of labor convention, heard of the reported plan of the legislators. A majority of the members of the lower house were claimed to be in he capitol by foes of the governor. Several legislators interviewed declared that threat of jail would not keep ’ them from meeting and they were urgifig that the session state at once to impeach Walton. Mr. and Mrs. C. I). Kunkle Return From James Lake Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Kunkle have returned from a delightful trip to James Lake, where they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Smith, of Poe. Cal was in town with the mounted head of the 17 pound pike and is rightfully proud of it. Cal says the morning he caught it he was looking out the window of the cottage about dayliht when he saw a man catch a big fish. He became excited, jumped out of bed and dressed, and ran down to the lake. He found the lucky fisherman was Sam Kuntz, forberly of Berne. Cal went out on the take and half and hour hooked the big one. It took thirty minutes to land him and then Cal took his prize up and showed it to Sam .who admitted defeat. Cal said they had a fine i time every minute at the lake. ® 1 I ———- Many Heard Recital By Prof. Alvin Roper A large and appreciative audience attended the Sacred Recital given at the First Methodist church here yes--1 terday evening, by Professor Alvin W. Roper, noted pianist. Mr. Roper gave a splendid program of sacred music and the lovers of music considered his appearance here a great treat. A free-will offering was received.