Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 225, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1923 — Page 5

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|1 ... .!>' p-I’l- '’rushed up Mg ~., const.tu-.on we ought f have H.. Sa w" an' "I Seen" week. W e Leak ja‘l. or p * ‘ “ <liVOr ‘' < ‘' , IWl v from a policeman, but nov ,<„■ rot away from himself.Marlin. Indianapolis News. Bluffton I* .. as trip Friday afternoon. , w Baumgartner of Berne, Mitina sister. Miss Sarah EKh, M-ses Margaret Lankanau. Zwiik. Messrs. Hob Heim e. motored to Fl. Wayne ■K . . mm: win r< they attended a ■K*' and Mrs. Ed Yahne. of Fort will be th l ' guests Os Mr. and K; Harrv Helm. Sunday. IHKmm I lhis evening. !!■*!> n Meyer spent tile day W.on. visiting friends. KK,... it.,turn I’arriidi. Hill Linn ami ;in ,i .1. Hensh y motor, d w'ayt.e last evening, where ■^K iy say "Sally. Irene and Mary" at Majestic. ■M- ;.,r. :■ rs went to I’l-ni ■H. . ... spend the week-end ■M- I Mr- Richard Chamber■■w- !> ■ ..I Sell.-m. yer w< nt to Fort £ to spend the day. ■Mv,. li- Rod. nbm k. who has „ vert til for the past two month-; E , |HK;| probably be able to return to ■ HEr Mr.- Rodenltetk |„. ( n at the Adams county M“EI|H.!. \V. M.'liters V. .11 go to St. Louis sHMis owning to dispose of a car of ■ - rI ■■■-'. - ■ . ■ < hat- been . hang, d K r\ Day to day l.i> .-. |ML.- i:;th, on am ount of K m|< - ::y i.l. t. . n,pj>). ■ others. BM)lr. H my Hio titrmd from ■ ’ ■ He is to return in <■ months when :ei operabe pi ru;.rmyd. <( son. accompanied him. 'I: -rl Ernst is at Fort Wayne - i . -:-tin..: his li”other-in law r; who i.-t opening S, iu th Broadway hEH-M:'- .1 H. Heller will go to Detroit ■ ? » Berley ter st week’s visit with the family. t on Bulletin i d a Ins. r Thursday, <. mltr.i' «i of their plant into a handnew home built for the purpose liou-i: '|i<. rapidly growing BulleI Tom McCulloch is president of f'SB ' ini ' * ),! **‘ Crittenberger I ‘“tmaaing editor. The Bulletin is | ot th., real newspapers of central |f'' " ' Kalv, ' r received a telegram I hi; son. Jake, of Chicago...today. I he would be in Fort Wayne afternoon. He will come here kpiorrow for a visit. I Misses Florence Holthotise. I b^B r "’ :in( ' Begina Murtaugh. anil I and Esther Miller will go to I tonight to spend the week- » wit h friends. ■eirs Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ma. I homas, telephoned this office 1 tJr -- -

\'t '2 I THE MACHINERY OF lj A BANK m . || nl MODERN business is of such, varied character, to handle properly K and promptly its customers ac|l counts, a bank requires the latest I. improvements in bank equipment. ■|; Obsolete machinery in a factory ami | » equipment in a bank arc generally W. both equally cosily ami inefficient. ;»;> THAT our equipment for handling the -jS|| needs of customers is modern in every re- ; s«Bi s P ec t can be seen by an Inspection of our fl bank. Wo invite those contemplating -Jfl opening a. commercial account to permit us to show them our methods of work. —— Bqnk ■« 'Capital and Surplus ■ HI 4

this morning that he had it over Mr. Dutcher on the sun-flower question, stating that he had one in his back yard measuring fourteen inches across. \ Conrad Gillig lift this morning for Pittsburg to attend the funeral of his brother. Martin Gillig, who died Thursday at his home in Pittsburg. Funeral services will be held Monday The deceased is well known in this city having visited the Gilligs on several occasions. Genevieve Burling went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Miss Mildred Fisher, of Ft. Wayne, is spending the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Fisher. Virgil Cross, of Fort Wayne, i < visiting friends here over the weekend. Mrs. Anna Broadbeck, of East of the .city', was a shopper in tho city today. Boy Gaunt made a business trip Io Ft. Wayne this morning. Thomas Taggart Not Dangerously 111 Now (United Press Service) Boston, Sept, 22. —Thomas Taggart. Indiana democratic leader and former United States senator, is resting comfortably and "is not considered dangerously ill," it was stated at the Massachusetts General hospital here today. Taggart suffered nasal hemorrhages at his home at Myanmisport late I Thursday and was brought to the hospital here yesterday. While the hemorhages were at first severe,they have now been effectively cheeked. The attending physician said Taggart was in not'd of complete rest, I however, might remain at the hospit'al for a week or more. o South Side, 26; Auburn, 0 South Side high school, of Fort Wayne, defeated, the Aubuen high i school football team at Lincoln Life ' Field. Ft. Wayne, 26-0 this morning. Auburn offered little, resistance. ■ o HAVE NEW BOY Mr. and Mrs. Fred Colcltin of this city, are the proud parents of a 9Fj pound boy born to them this morning. The new arrival has been named Maurice Albert. Kirkland Ladies’ Club Will Meet October 3 The Kirkland Ladies’ Club will meet at the high school building on Wednesday afternoon, October 3, instead of September 26, as was previously announced. The members are urged to make a special effort to at- • ten dthis meeting. o— — SUGAR St BSTITUTES Sen. Copeland Says Substitutes for Cane Sugar Prevent Diabetes. That excessive use of cane sugar in this country may be one of the causes of the increasing prevalence of diabetes is asserted by Dr. Royal S. Copeland. United States Senator from New York and former health commission of New York City. In an article copyrighted by the Newspaper Feature Service, he wrote:

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1923.

DELEGATE HOME EROM MEETING J. D. Andrews Returns from Spanish-American Veterans’ Encampment. John D. Andrews returned last evening from Chattanooga, Tenn., where he attended as a delegate the nation- ] al encampment of the Spanish-Ameri-can war. Others from here who attended the meeting were, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Myers, who will return Sunday William Pittinger, of Monroe, and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Burkhead. ’ The meeting was a delightful one and it is estimated that 40,000 people attended the banquet given in one of the parks Thursday. The 1924 meeting will be held at Michigan City. Mr. Andrews was the oldest enlisted man among the 83.3 Relegates at the meeting. He will bo sev-enty-three in Decembet While there he went over to Chieamaugua park where old Coinpary 15 was encamped several months during’the war. Secri-tary Davis, of the Labor DeI partuient, was the chief speaker at the Thursday session and urged for maintainence'of the immigration laws. Postmaster-General New spoke earlier in the week. This was the twentyfifth session of the boys of '9B. and one of the most delightful. A feature was a sunset tea at I’oint Lookout. The Adams county people left here last Saturday evening. « Say Cabaret Girl Was Murdered By Drug Fiend By ROBERT A. DONALDSON (United Press Service) Los Angeles, Sept 22.—A woman drug fiend, crazed l>y dope, haekew 'and slashed with scissors at the nude body of Ethel Cass, cabaret girl, until she was dead. This is. the theory advanced to I police today by the w oman s former husband, J. W. ('ass, who declare! that she had lieen associated With a secret band of woman narcotic users shortly before her blood-stained body was found locl.'d in a hotel room with her two yv ’r old < liild. A corner's jury returned a verdict o; homicide alter viewing the body. Lie ut. C. N. Craig testified that he piad found traces of bloody hands or j the woman’s flesh in such a position that she could not have made them herself. Hi* also swore that ho dis covered a towel hanging in the ball; room and tlfaF it bore the same bloody finger marks that were on the body. Hazing Not Cause of Boy’s Death Is Report (United Press Staff Correspondent) Ru.-hville, Ind., Sept. 22—(Special to Daily Denfbcrat) —Following an investigation of the alleged hazing of Vernon Walke, 16. New Salem high school student who committed suicide late Wednesday, school officials today issued a statement discounting tlie ’theory that Walke killed himself because of rough treatment at the hands of his fellow students. Birney Farthing, county school superintendent, and Grant Cooper, principal of the New Salem school, declared the only hazing which took place was carried out in the presence of tire teachers. They said Walke was not timid and backward, as alleged, but that he was able to taka care of himself. — • Papyrus Coming To U. S. Southhampton, Sept. 22. —(United press.)—Traveling instate like a real blueblood, Papyrus, English derby winner, started his trip to the U.

S. today on the Aquitania, where lie is to meet the best American throe-year-old in an international race Oct. 20.. Traveling with the British thtif’t oughbred are his trainer, Basil Jarvis, a veterinarian, a blacksmith, two stable boys, several grooms and Bar Gold, tlie pal and playmatp of the derby winner. Tlie two horses are quartered in comfortable, stalls padded with air cushions and they can fraternize over a small barred door which separates tlie two stalls. Organize New Telephone Company In Indianapolis Indianapolis. Sept. 22. —Revolting against higher telephone rates put into effect by the Indiana Bell Telephone company, the Civic League of West Indianapolis today proposed the creation of an indppendent telephone company for Indianapolis. A committee representing the league will confer immediately with similar committees from various parts of the city to plan an independent organization and solicit subscribers. 0 WANT ADS EARN—i—?—s

BERNE COUNCIL LETS CONTRACTS Awards Contracts for Installing New Waterworks Plant Yet This Fall. Berne, Sept. 22. —The time has now come that it may be said that Berne will have waterworks in the near future. At a meeting ot the Waterworks Committee and the Town councilmen, the contracts for the construction of a waterworks system, were awarded to various bidders. The installing of the system will be in the hands of a number of contracts who have been given contracts to install parts ot the system such as the building, pipes and hydrants, derrick and reservoir. The board received the first bids on trench work, that is, laying the pipe and installing the hydrants, but these bids were all rejected because they were considered as being too high. Following are the names of bidders and bids made on laying of pipe and installing the hydrants: Michael H. Sorg, Decatur $13,719,00 Hoflin & Schumacher, Bluffton 9,387.00 Wm. Gordon. Bluffton- ... 10,440.00 F. G. Inglehart 14,736.00 The board let a contract for the con struction of the steel derrick to the Chicago Bridge & Iron Works, at $7,500.00. This concern does an enorjtnous amount of steel construction work and is able to put up a first class' derrick for Berne. The contracts for the building of the pump house and reservoir were given to separate contractors. Three contractors offered bids for this part of the waterworks project. Following are the names and bids: Abe Bagley, Berne — Ijuilding $3,087.00 Reservoir 3.447.5 C Yost Bro,s, Decatur— Reservoir $2,680.00 B bout & Hisey, Rockford, Ohio — Building .$3,780.00 R-'servoir A722.0( Tlie building contract was awarded to Bagley and the reservoir contract v is awarded to the Yost Bros., these contractors having been low bidders. Sime all bids on the water lines and hydrants were rejected, the con tract for tile installing of this part of the system was let to Engineer G orge A. Harrop of South Bend. Mr Harrop estimated that he was able to satisfactorily and completely install the water lines and hydrants for fully $1,200.00 less than the lowest bid off< red by any of the other contractors and was therefore given this contract.

Mr. Harrop is engineering the waterworks and has complete charge of the project. He appears to be a hustler and seems to know what Jie is about. With Mr. Harrop at the head of the work, the people of Berne may feel assured that the system will be installed as quickly as weather conditions will allow. The whole system is to be completed and ready for function by January Ist. As far as the installing is concerned, this may be realized as far as the work is concerned, unless sometl ing unforeseen turns up. The tower is to be completed by December 20th. The trenches, pipe ii tes and hydrants are to be completed within sixty days, the work on which is to begin in about two weeks. The reservoir is to be completed by November lath. While these divisions of the system are in the process of c< nstruction, the erection of the pump house by Mr. Bagley will be simultaneous and will probably be the first part of the project to be completed. Ultimatum To Striking Newspaper Pressmen Now York, Sept. 22.—An ultimatum to striking pressmen who ail but slopped publication of the Metropolitan newspapers for nearly a week has been announced by publishers and the international union. Tike international and pubishers have signed an agreement which will guarantee the men better working conditions. This agreement will be put before the local union today, according to arrangemen tn today and the men will be granted the opportunity to return to Work under the agreement to have their local union outlawed. In the latter case the international union will obtain other pressmen to carry out the working contract This contract provides: 1. Wages will be increased $3 a week. 2. Working hours will be reduced from 48 hours week shifts for both day and night to 45 hours day and 41 hours for night shills. 3. Other points of dispute are to be settled by arbitration. 0 . Herman Hollman of this office, is visiting in Fl.nt. Michigan, over Sunday.

SPORTS’ »11 »»»♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦»» COLUMBIA CITY SURPRISES FT. WAYNE CENTRAL; TIE GAME Columbia City, Sept. 22.—Fort Wayne Central high school’s football team, which last year overwhelmingly defeated the Columbia City high Schoyl eleven on the local gridiron, met itfi unexpected surprise here yesterday afternoon, when they were held to a scoreless tie by the locals, on Carter field, in the presence of over four hundred rabid fans. Columbia City not only exhibited this reversal of form over last year, but she came within less than five yards of scoring, choosing at that time to buck the line instead of trying for a kick, which might have given th*! Columbia City team the game. o NATIONAL LEAGUE. Team. W. L. Pct. New York 91 54 .628 Cincinnati 87 59 .596 Pittsburgh 82 61 .573 Chicago 75 68 .524 St. Louis 73 68 .518 Brooklyn 69 72 .489 Boston 47 93 .336 Philadelphia 46 95 .326 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Team. W. Li Pct. New York 93 48 .660 Cleveland 73 62 .541 Detroit 71 67 .515 St. Louis 68 69 .497 Washington 68 71 .489 Chicago 61 76 .445 Philadelphia 61 76 .445 Boston 56 82 .405 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Team. W. L. Pct. St. Paul 99 49 .669 Kansas City 97 50 .660 Louisville 84 76 .483 Columbia 71 76 .483 Milwaukee 62 82 .431 Indianapolis 63 84 .429 Minneapolis 61 83 .424 Toledo .. ...f1...... -96 442 YESTERDAYIS RESULTS. National League. Nelv York. 8-8; Pittsburgh, 4-1. Cincinnati. 4; Brooklyn. 3. American League. Detroit, 3-15; Boston, 4-6. Cleveland at Washington, rain. Chicago at Philadelphia, rain. Others not scheduled. American Association. St. Paul. 4; Toledo. 3. Minneapolis. 0: Columbus, 4. Kansas City, 3; Indianapolis, 2. Louisville, 6; Milwaukee, 3. WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD (United Press Service) Winning a doubleheader from the Pirates at 8-4 and 8-1, the Giants took a big jump toward the National league pennant and need only five more victories to cinch the championship. Pinelii’ triple in the eleventh inning enabled the Reds to beat the Robins, 4 to 3, anil gave Rixey his twentieth victory of the season. Heavy batting in the second game save the Tigers a 15 to 6 victory over the Red Sox after Boston had won he first game, 4 to 3. 3ADE RUTH GETS PRIZE AWARD OF BASEBALL BY Henry L. Fallell, United Press Staff Correspondent. New York, Sept. 22. —Picked as lie most valuable player in the American league, the prize award of basebail, Labe Ruth has scored an-

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other one for the moralists who like to point out the assets of being a good boy. The straight and narrow patli that he has followed this season has done noble things by the big bam. He | has plgyed baseball like no other player of the modern game nnd ne has been) so good at his stuff that managers and players ot rival clubs are ready to hand him the crown us the greatest of all players. Ruth started the season with three ambitions and perhaps he will Uil in the accomplishment of only one. The babe promised first of all to be good and he lived up to it. He aspired to win the home run championship again and lead the league in batting. He may pull through with bath titles. Ruth’s greatest ambition is to do something in the world's series. The intensity of his desire to cover up the busts that he made in the last two series with the Giants may serve, however, to defeat him in his purpose. He may try too hard and he-is liable to throw himself away off. TAX RATE HERE BELOW OTHERS Decatur’s Rate For 1924 Lower Than In Portland and Bluffton. Although the state tax rate was increased three cents on the hundred dollars, the rate being 30 cents; the school board levy being increased to $1.25, an increase of 17 cents, and the high way, macadam road bonds and bridge levies being increasI ed four cents ,on which all go to make up the 1924 tax rate in the city of I Decatur for 1924, Decatur will have a lower tax rales than any other of (the nearby lowpg ami citiesTlie rate fn Bluffton will lie au even | $4.00 on the hundred. Portland's rate will be $3.67. Tlie rate in Decatur next year as now fixed b ythc different taxing units, including the state rgte, will be only $3.31 on the hundred dollars. The city’s individual rate for operation of tlie municipal government, paying of bonds and interest, fire protection. hydrants rentals and street lights will be only 76 cents next year, the council making a cut of 11 cents over the rate for this year. o St. Louis Whiskey Supply Is Plentiful St. Louis, Sept. 22. —Another reason for St. Louis’ plentiful supply of whiskey this year revealed today when federal revenue agents admitted that 869 cases of bonded whiskeyhad ben hauled away from tlie Parker j Distilling company warehouse for bootlegging purposes last February. The bootleg value of this booze ws above SIOO,OOO. This announcement, coining on the heels of substitu-! tion of water for whiskey in 893 barrels stored in tlie Jack Daniel warehouse, lias stirred prohibition agents ■ to attempt to break up St. Louis' ‘ bootlegging ring. The Daniel haul i was diluted and probably sold for , more than $1,000,000 federal agents I claimed. —— ■ o WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s’ s—s—s—WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s;

Mrs. Ernst Conrad, son and daughter, Mrs. Luella Magley and little Violat left this morning on a motor trip to Michigan for a few days.

WANTED Four men to tend masons. Call at Reformed church Monday morningl or see Ross Mallonee. C. N. Christen & Co.

FREE! Ticket To The AUTO RACES Will be Given To Any Adult Purchasing $20.00 Worth of Merchandise. Children's Ticket Can be Secured with a $7.50 Purchase. The list of merchants who will give FREE tickets is as follows: STEPLER BROS. TIRE SHOP ACE BATTERY & TIRE SHOP PEOPLES SHOE STORE DECATUR SERVICE CO. A. W. TANVAS E. F. GASS & SON HOLTHOUSE GARAGE SHANAHAN-CONROY AUTO CO. D. M. HENSLEY & SON YAGER BROS. FURNITURE STORE J. T. MYERS CLOTHING CO. PUMPHREY JEWELRY STORE PORTER & BEAVERS BEAVERS & FRYBACK FURNITURE STORE BOSTON STORE DURKINS GARAGE CENTRAL GROCERY KELLERS JEWELRY STORE ED ELLSWORTH—CLOVERLEAF GARAGE ELBERSON'S SERVICE STATION r GO TO THE RACES Friday Oct. 12