Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 226.

MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND CANS OF FRUIT GIVEN Drive Nets 1,091 Cans Fruit And 476 Glasses of Jelly For County Hospital. much grape juice Total of 47 Quarts of Grape Juice Given Also; Exceeded Expectations. A total of 1.091 quarts of canned fruits of nearly every variety, 476 glasses of jelly and 47 quarts of grape juice, besides a large quantity of potatoes. apples, sweet potatoes and flowers, were delivered to the store room of Adams county memorial hospital this morning—the gift of the good people of Adams county. These good things to eat were brought to the building at the corner of Second and Monroe streets Thursday, Friday and Saturday in answer to the appeal sent out by the Decatur League of Women Voters. The ladies packed the fruit and separated the different varieties this morning. The fruit was -taken to the hospital in the trucks of the Beavers and Fry back furniture store, and the Gay. Zwick & Myers furniture store, which were donated. S. E. Black and Otho Lobens’tein also donated their services. The donation was beyond anything ever anticipated and the ladies who sponsored the drive desire to thank everyone who helped to make it a success. The patients at the hospital will appreciate very much, the kindness of the people of the county. The ladies would like to publish the name of every person who gave something, but owing to the long list, it would be nearly impossible. The ladies also thank Messrs. John and Dan Niblick for the use of the building and other floors. The gifts from Decatur were counted by churches while those in the county were counted as townships. The total donations by the churches of Decatur was 509 quarts of fruit, 245 glasses of jelly, and 20% quarts of grape juice. Forty cans of fruit were taken direct to the hospital. Geneva and Berne. There were no donations brought in from Geneva and Berne, but those in charge of the drive were informed that a large collection had been cn display at the Adams County Witness at Berne. Six cans were donated by persons not affiliated with any church; two chickens were given by Roy Smith, of Washington township; and two dozen oranges were given by the strangers who had a fruit stand on the public square Saturday. The donations were made as follows: Root township. 202 cans of fruit; 56 glasses of jelly; 5 bottles of grape juice; 6 bushels of apples; 3 bushels of potatoes, 1 peck of sweet potatoes, and 13 bouquets of flowers. Kirkland township. 148 cans of fruit; 66 glasses of jelly; 13 quarts of grape juice; % bushel fresh grapes. Union township. 62 cans of fruit; 42 glasses of jelly; 2 quarts of grape juice; 2 heads of cabbage; one bushel of apples. Monroe, including the Friends church, 51 cans of fruit, 39 glasses of Jelly; 1 quart of grape juice. Wabash township, including the Ceylon church, 13 cans of fruit; 12 Klasses of jelly. Preble, 58 cans of fruit; 16 glasses of jelly; 4 quarts of grape juice; % bushel of apples an da bouquet of flowers. Wells county, 2 cans of fruit. Churches of Decatur. United Brethern, 48 cans of fruit; 15 glasses of jelly. Zion Lutheran church, 24 cans of fruit; 14 glasses of jelly; 1 quart of grape juice. Zion Reformed church, 82 cans of fruit; 52 glasses of jelly; 2% quarts of grape juice. Catholic church, 93 cans of fruit; 51 glasses of jelly; 7 quarts of grape Juice. Methodist church, 107 cans of fruit; 12 glasses of jelly; 8 bottles of grape Juice, 2 heads of cabbage, 3 pounds of honey, Presbyterian church, 51 cans of fruit; 25 glasses of jelly; 6 quarts of grape juice. Christian church, 22 cans of fruit; 10 glasses of jelly; 1 quart of gnape junce. Baptist church. 53 cans of fruit; 20 Klasses of jelly; 1 quart of grape (Continued on page two)

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Boy Scout Troop No. 1 Will Meet This Evening Troop No. 1, of the Boy Scouts, will meet in the old gymnasium, corner of First and Jackson streets at 7 o'clock this evening. Scoutmaster Roland Shimp will have charge of the boys and will test them in the scout oatlt and on the United States flag. Herman Hollman returned last evening from ETint, Michigan, where he visited relatives. PYTHIANS MEET FOR CONVENTION Dore B. Erwin of Decatur, To Become Grand ViceChancellor. Indianapolis, Sept. 24. —Plans for the five-day convention of the Indiana Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, to he held in Indianapolis, October 1 to 5 are under way. it was announced at headquarters Saturday. A one-day session of the uniform rank, the military division of the order will open the convention Monday, October 1. The fifty-fifth annual state meeting of the Grand Ixidge will be held October 2 and 3. The convention of the Pythian Sisters will be held October 4 and 5. More than 2.000 delegates are expected to attend the five-day convention. They will represent 464 subordinate Pythian Lodges and 400 Pythian Sister Temples. Memorial service for the 853 members of the organization who have die<| within the last year and special services for two past grand chancellors, George W. Powell, Indianapolis and William P. Hart, Huntington. will be held October 2 at 11 o’clock. William L. Heiskell, Indianapolis, a past grand chancellor, will make the memorial address. Cabell To Speak. George C. Cabell, Norfolk, Va.. supreme chancellor, will speak Tuesday. The election ot officers will be held the same day. In many instances the election will be a ritualist rotation and in other cases there are more than one candidate for oflflce. Ralph W. Gaylor. Mishawaka, is the present grand chancellor. Automatically he will become a past grand chancellor, and Elmer Bassett, of Shelbyville, will succeed him. Mr. Bassett is the grand vice-chancellor at the present time. Dore B. Erwin, Decatur, who is now grand prelate, will be elected to the office of grand vice-chancellor. Louis B. Elmore, Monticello, will become grand master-at-arms. He is now grand inner guard. Dolph E. Farr, Edinburg, is the present grand outer guard and at eleition will be- 1 come grand inner guard. Nathan J. Lane, Darlington, is grand master at arms and will be elected to the post of grand prelate. For Grand Outer Guard. Samuel L. Trabue, Rushville, and Othniel Hitch, Indianapolis, are the candidates for grand outer guard, only one of whom will be elected. Carl R. Mitchell, Indianapolis, will be re-elected grand keeper of the records and seal. His will be the only reelection. Henry Kammerer, Logansport, and William A. Morris, Frankfort, are the two candidates for the office of grand master of the exchequer. Mr. Morris holds that office now. These are the only ritualistic offices. Charles A. Phelps, Newcastle, and John Graves, Pennville, are the two candidates for trustees of the Grund Lodge. One of these candidates will | succeed William S. E’lynn, of Indiana . Harbor. The other two grand trus-1 tees who will remain on the board | are W. W. Crooker, Jeffersonville and John H. Frank, Lebanon. Three of the four candidates for supreme representative to the Supreme Lodge convention to be held in Toronto. Canada. August, 1924, will be chosen at the impending elec-' tlon. The four candidates are: Thomas L. Neal, Indianapolis; Har-| vey M. Thompson, Indianapolis; F. A. Priest. Marion, and Frank Bowers, Indianapolis. -local Delegates Chosen. Joseph Linn, Carl Fisher and Martin F. Worthman have been chosen delegates to represent Kekionga Lodge. No. 65 of this city, at the annual convention. Mr. Worthman wili be unable to attend, »t Is said, and another delegate will be elected.! Dore B. Erwin and Fred Mills will attend the . i nvention, also. —2 —< o— John Joseph spent yesterday afternoon in Fort Wayne, visiting with friends.

OBJECTIONS ARE 1 FILED AGAINST j NEW TAX RATES Taxpayers Object To Rates Proposed for County and City of Decatur. CAME AS SURPRISE No Objections Filed Against Any of the Township Rates Or In Towns. Objections ngninst the levying of the proposed 1923 tax! rates, to be collected in 1921, asj fixed by the city of Decatur anti, by the county council for Adams county, including the county's general levy, highway fund] bridges and bond funds, were! I tiled by thirteen property own-' ]ers and taxpayers in the county' .and twelve Decatur residents I this afternoon, the appeals be- ' ing delivered to County Audi-' i lor Marlin Jaberg by L. A. Gra-[ ham. Mr. Jaberg certified the J appeals to the state board of .tax commissioners, the appeals i being placed liefore that body, for final action. The objections against the city of Decatur' rate came as a surprise as it was generally thought that in view of the eleven cent reduction on the hundred dollars on the proposed rate collectable next year that the council had cut the budget to the lowest possible figure. A reduction of over $10.000.00 in expenses was eliminated from the budget for. next year. The city will raise! only about $52.(K)0.(M) for next year as compared with $62,000.1 (M) this year. The objection filed against the the city's and county's rate were worded uauta jmul were signed by practically the same persons in both | cases, with the exception of two on ; the remonstrance against the city's I rate, these persons not being residents of Decatur. The remonstrance against the tax levies reads as follows: "We, the undersigned. residents of Adams '.county, Indiana and taxpayers tnerein. eat h of whom pays taxes other • than poll tax, hereby separately and | severally object to the tax levy as I fixed for Adams county (of city of Decatur, Indiana, taxes payable 1924 i for the reason that said levy w.tl yield more funds than are necessary i for tlie proper government of said county economically administered and we the undersigned taxpayers feel aggrieved with such tax levy and appeal from said tax levy to the state board of tax commissioners.” (Continued on page five) o MANY WITNESS KLAN PARADE Large But Orderly Crowd In City Saturday Evening; Parade Was Very Small. A large crowd witnessed the parade, given in this city last Saturday night, j .bv the Ku Klux Klan. The parade, did not start until 9:30 o'clock. It ’ was headed by four Klansmen in ’ regalia in an automobile. Following the automobile was the Bluffton | Klan band, consisting of eleven pieces, about fifty Klansmen carrying banners setting out the principles for which the organization claims to I stand, and ten automobiles. The par-1 •ade was not nearly as large as had, been expected. I Following the parade, which went J south on Second street to Jefferson street and then back north on Second street, the Klansmen accompanied by a number of spectators, went to the Dale Moses farm, one and onehalf miles north of the city on the E'ort Wayne road, where a minister from Ohio delivered an address. A fiery cross was burned at the meeting. j Although there was a large crowd in the city that night, the crowd was very orderly and there were no disturbances of any nature. Klansmen from Bluffton. Muncie and surround-1 ing cities in Indiana and Ohio, made] up a large portion of the attendance.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, September 24, 1923.

GIRL MARRIED AT 14 MUST ATTEND SCHOOL Evansville, lnd„ Sept. 24 —(BpeI dal to Daily Democrat)—The marriage license is no license for a 14 year old girl to stay away from school. Juvenile Judge Elmer i Lockyear holds. When school authorities brought Mrs. Margaret Ramey Limeback | into court, the judge ruled that she I must attend school until she Is 16, regardless of marriage. The girl was married in Kentucky. September 12. {AUTO TURNED OVER;2 HURT — Portland Young People Had Auto Accident on Ft. Wayne Road. Two young couples from Portland .were slightly injured last night when | their Ford coupe turned over on the I Fort Wayne-Decatur road, a short dis- ! tance north of St. John’s church. The accident happened shortly after midI night as the young people were re--1 turning to their homes in Portland. | They stated that there were two cars ’approaching at a rapid rate of speed and appeared to be rating. Th* 1 Portland parties turned out to Lit them go by and drove too near the side-ditch. The coupe turned over in the ditch. They succeeded in geting their car out of the ditch and came on to this city where they had I the injuries dressed by a local physician. One of the girls suffered a partial dislocation of one elbow and the other girl had one limb badly bruis- | ed. They returned to their homes in Portland last night. PLEASANT MILLS LYCEUM COURSE First Number To Be Held In High School Auditorium Wednesday Eve. The first number of the Pleasant Mills lecture course will be given Wednesday even’ng of this week at 7:30, at the high school auditorium and will be one of the beet of the year's program. The attraction is Pietro LaVerdi, entertainer, impersonator, musician, artist and ventriloquist, one of the few men in America who possesses such a variety of talents. He impersonates Harry Lauder in costume and Italian characters of a very novel nature, sings humorous dialect numbers and plays his own accompaniments, is a lightning crayon artist, gives a funny ventriloquist act and plays a number of musical instruments. The entertainment is said to be especially interesting to all persons from six to sixty years of age and delights even the old folks. The course is put on by the Pleasant Mills school through the Dennis Lyceum Bureau and those who attend will be more than pleased it has been assured. —o Fine Apples On Display At Daily Democrat Office I Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Tester spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and ' Mrs. Slack Leonard, of Jefferson township, Allen county. Mrs. Leonard and Mr. Tester are cousins. The Leonard home is seven miles east of Fort Wayne. Mr. Tester brought to the Daily Democrat office a sample of the apples raised by Mr. Leonard. I There are seven of the big red lappies, of exceptionally fine quality. ' They are on display in the office windows. WATER PLANT TO CLOSE The city water works will be closed down at 7 o’clock Tuesday evening for a few hours, on account of necessary repairs, it was announced by Superintendent M. K. Mylott today. Weather Indiana: Fair tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy; not much change in temperature.

COOLIDGE GIVES HIS POSITION ON TWO BIG TOPICS President Makes First Public Speech Since He As- . sumed His Office. URGES MORAL FORCE — Gives His Stand On International Ass airs and Farmer Relief. BULLETIN, Washington. Sept. 24. —In his first public speech since becoming presij dent, President Coolidge today revealed his position upon two important topics—international affairs and far- ■ mer relief. Speaking at the opening session of ! the American Red Cross convention, the president said: ; "That America will regain ‘unencumbered by spoils, independent, un- : attached and unbought.' ” "That the need of civilization is for an idealism that ‘does not seek to reform merely by an act of legislation thinking that it can unload its burden on the government and be relieved from further efforts.' ” Mr. Coolidge declared that the world is coming more and more to rely on moral force and less on physical. "But ideals of human brotherhood and service ‘are idle dreams unless they can be translated to practical action,' ” he said. “It is necessary ■ on the one hand to avoid the illusions of the visionaries, and on the other hand, the indifference of the selfish. | “Each individual and each nation owe their first duty to themselves.” His reference to those who would remedy conditions by an act of legis- ; lation and thus escape further person lal responsibility, was taken as a reference to those who are urging him to turn over to congress the farmers' firoble ffifor settlement. i "Each individual and each nation,” he repeated, "must work out their own destiny.” | o CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat: Sept. $1.62%; Dec. $1.04% May $1.09%. Corn: Sept. 88-%c; Dec . G9%c May 70%c. Oats: Sept. 40c; , Dec. 4()%c; May 43%e. One Killed; One Badly Injured In Auto Wreck i Muncie, Ind.. Sept. 24—(Special to • Daily Democrat) — Wilker Wilhelm, 20. was killed and Miss Veda Owens. ■ 19. was probably fatally injured ! ' when their auto in which they were riding overturned west of here. ■ Physicians at the Muncie hospital today held out little hope for her re- ■ covery. Her sister, who was with them, was only slightly injured. — — o HOME BUILDERS TO SELL HOUSES Public Has Opportunity To j Get Bargains At Auction Tuesday Evening. 1 The Home Builders are going out of business and it has been decided to offer for sale all of their assets at a public auction to be held at the Industrial rooms tomorrow evening at 7:30 o’clock. At that time they will offer at auction five residence properties and thirty-four excellent building lots. Roy Johnson will act as auctioneer and there will be plenty of “pep." The lots are located in the Hanna addition just west of the G. E. plant and all are excellent building sites and all will be on improved streets when the new road is constructed. The residences are all good and will be sold at bargains. Its your chance. Death Toll Mounts (United Press Service) Chicago, Sept. 24. —With three children and a man killed over the week end. the death toll by automo-! biles in Cook county since January | 1 today passed the 501) mark. One hundred three persons have met death in auto crashes since August 7. Deaths in Chicago alone totaled more than 490.

I Took Infant Son Away; Mother Attempts Suicide (l’nlt»<l Press Service) Muncie, Ind.. Sept. 24 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mrs. Jessie Mc- ' Cafferty. 22, Is in a serious condition today at a local hospital after an attempt at suicide because her infant son was taken from her and placed in a state home. She swallowed a quantity of poison powders and was found unconscious on an uptown street. G.O.P. LEADERS J DISCUSS TANGLE — Weigh Next Moxe Regarding Governor McCray’s Financial Difficulties. BULLETIN ■Unit** l ’ P"“8S Indianapolis, Sept. 24 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The meeting of the republican state committee at which it is understood party leaders will decide whether to ask Governor McCray to consider his resignation as gov ernor because of personal financial reverses has been postponed from Saturday until next Monday. Oct. 1, it was announced today. In ordering the postponment Clyde A. Walb. state chairman, explained that Postmaster General New would be unable to reach Indianapolis until Monday. Indianapolis, Sept. 24 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Republican leaders are carefully weighing the next move' in the tangle brought about by the calling of a special meeting by the state committee next Saturday, at which, it was generally understood, the question asking Governor McCray to resign will be debated, and by the governor's flatfooted declaration that he has no intention of resigning. It is pointed out that the state committee has no more authority in the matter than any other group of citizens. If the affairs comes to the point where the committee decides to ask McCray to quit, the request will be made on the ground of party i xpedie-ncy. McCray’s friends say Le is not strong for the idea of letting party expediency rule in a case which he regards as a purely personal matter. They say his private misfortunes have no bearing on the state's business or his status as governor. Activity at republican headquarters is expected to be resumed tomorrow with the return of Clyde A. Walb state chairman. Senator James E. ' Watson and Postmaster General New will arrive in Indianapolis later in the week to attend the meeting. Dick Durkin attended the football game at Portland yesterday afternoon Lost Child Was Found Hiding In a Corn Field The community on the BlufftonMonroe road east of Honduras, was' aroused Friday night in a hunt for Marion, the 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McClain, who left the kelley home where a pie social was being held. The child was found: about midnight in a field across from ’ his home where he was in hiding. He had become angered at some of his playmates and ran away, finally tak-1 ing refuge behind a tree in a field ■ across the roadway from his home a' quarter of a mile away. There he watched the lights of the hunters as they conducted a search. O—: Speeding In Indianapolis Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 24.—One hundred and eighty persons, thirty-1 two of them women, were arrested] during the week-end. Speeding, | gambling and liquor law violations led to a majority of the arrests. ._____•— Student Admits Robbery (United Pre** Kansas City, Sept. 24.- Paul Burgett, 21, model cadet school student, who admitted he robbed the Qulndaro bank here last week, was identified I by the treasurer of a local theatre to- | clay as the bandit who held him up three weeks ago, escaping with $3,,500. Burgett had already admitted a series of bank and theatre holdups which netted him more than SIO,OOO.

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WALTON FORBIDS GATHERINGS IN OKLAHOMA CITY I Warns Against Assembling of More Than Two Persons in State Capital. — BLOW AT LEGISLATURE Governor Seeks To Prevent Legislators From Meeting To Impeach Him. — H’nlte-’ Pre-« Service) Oklahoma City, Okla., Sept. 24. — Warnings against assembling of ■'more than two persons" at the Oklahoma capitol where the state legislature is scheduled to meet Wednesday to start impeachment proceedings against Gov. J. C. Walton, were issued by the executive today. "It will not be safe for more than two persons to assemble in a group at the capitol—a wrong impression might result in a serious situation," the governor said. Walton announced he had turned the entire responsibility of preventing the legislature from meeting over to Adjutant-General Markham who is in charge of martial law enforcement in the governor’s warfare against the Ku Klux Klan. Oklahoma City. Okla.. Sept. 24 — (Special to Daily Democrat)—Oklahoma. for the first time in two years, has been free of floggings for an exforded period since Governor J. C. I Walton began his martial law proI gram six weeks ago. Whippings had , been almost nightly occurrences in some sections of the state, according to the governor’s supporters. But since the first troops were sent to Tulsa after the beating of Nate Hantaman, not one case of mob action has been reported by authorities. I The governor was apparently ready | today to continue the military rule indefinitely. He announced that any time funds for maintenance of the troops were exhausted, the guard could “go out and get whatever it needed,” indicating they would commander supplies and provisions. Await Legislature Meeting All Oklahoma waited expectantly for the attempt of the legislature i called to meet on Wednesday to start I impeachment proceedings against Walton. The governor has announced he will treat the gatherings of legislators as any other meeting of | the Ku Klux Klansmen and order the military leaders to disperse and jail the members. I W. I). Mcßee, of Duncan, chief agi- ' tator for a special impeachment session of the legislature, today made public a decision given him by five leading attorneys of Oklahoma whom he had asked for opinions of whether a meeting would be legal. All of the attorneys agreed that the legislature had no right to convene without a call from the governor or any outside authority. The governor has taken *up the “story of Tulsa” which his chief adviser. Aldrich Blake, started before leaving the capital on a vacation. o— Jap General Relieved In Earthquake Region — BULLETIN, j United Press Staff Correspondent. Tokio, Sept. 24. —General Fukuda i has been relieved as chief of the administration of martial law in the earthquake and fire devastated areas as a result of the killing of Osugi, internationally known Japanese socialist. Osugi was shot to death a week ago Sunday by an army lieutenant. Osugi had been recently returned to Japan from Paris, where he had I been deported after making a speech i at a French May day demonstration. I Court martial of the lieutenant, said to have done the shooting had been ordered. Bulgarians Lose Many (United P'-oss Servlro) Athens, Sept. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Bulgarian government I forces have lost seven hundred dead and more than four thousand wound 'ed in attacks against the Agrarian insurrectionists, dispatches from Saloniki said today. Messages from J’hilippoli said the government forces were losing ground over tlie whole of southern and northeastern Bulgaria.