Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1923 — Page 1

Vo lume XXL Number 228.

LEGISLATORS OF OKLAHOMA DISPERSED

IDT KILLED AT BERN E BY SHOT ROM REVOLVER Roland Kertz. 10, Killed By Accidental Discharge of Gun Last Night. gun FELL FROM AUTO Rov Died Almost Instantly; Gun Owned By Herman Boegly, of Berne. Roland Kertz. 10-year-ol<l son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kertz. of B' rne. was killed almost instantly shortly after 8 o’clock Inst night when lie was shot through the heart by a bullet from a .32 calibre revolver. The revolver, which belonged to Harmon Boegly. 16. also of Berne, was accidently discharged when it fell from the seat of Boeulv's Ford automobile. The accident occnred on the concrete highway about a mile west of Berne. There were about twenty bovs near the scene of the accident. they having gone there to skate on the concrete with roller skates. Boegly had driven his Ford chassis onto the pavement and stopped. His revolver was laying in the seat. Several of the boys gathered around the car ami one of them remarked to Boeglv that oil was running out of his car. Boeglv climbed out of his car and crawb'd underneath to investigate the leak. Vibration Dislodged Gun The Kertz lad and his older broth er. George, leaned over to look under the car. Boegly had left the motor running and it is believed the vibration caused by the hunning motor dislodged the revolver from the seat, causing it to fall to the pavement. As it struck the pavement it was discharged. The Kertz boy fell io the pavement and his brother called to the Boegly boy that his brother had fainted. Roland then arose to his feet and took about fifteen steps and fell to the pavement again. Just before he fell he said. “Oh, My.” He groaned a few times and died. The boys noticed the blood running from Roland's mouth and they quickly put him in the Boegly boy’s car and took him to Dr. Resser's office in Berne. All of the physicians in Berne were out of the town, attending a medical meeting in Fort Wayne and it was impossible to obtain a physician. However, is would have been useless, as the boy had died shortly after the shot was fired. Sheriff and Coroner Called Sheriff John Baker was called about 9:30 o'clock last night. Dr. L. I. Mattax. of Geneva, county coronnr. was called last night also. Sheriff Baker and Coroner Mattax made an nvestigation of the case last night and another this morning. After hearing the facts in the case. Prosecuting Attorney E. Burt Lenhart recommended that no airrests be made. After hearing the evidence' this morning, Coroner Mattax rendered a I verdict of accidental death. Ihe unfortunate lad .was a pupil in ,l| e fifth grade in the Berne schools. He is survived by his parents, live brothers and four sisters. Funeral nrrangements had not been made yet '"day. Harmon Boegly is a son of and Mrs. Abe Boegly, of Berne. Orders Jail Sentence For Chicago Speeders Chicago, Sept. 26—With more than traffic deaths already chalked up. s " iar this year in and around Chicago. Mayor Dever today urged jail sentences for all violators of the traffic laws. Dever believes that fines should be disregarded in nearly all * ases and jail sentences meted out instead. Speeders, as a general rule, are '‘•kless, and not in any way deficient mentally or physically.” Dever said. “Jail i 8 the only remedy.”

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Rally Day At Monroe M. E. Church Sunday The Monroe Methodist church wild observe Rally Day tn the Sunday' school next Sunday morning. The! preaching hour will be devoted to a 1 | Father's Day service. A special proj gram is being arranged for the day. j E. W. Busche, C. W. Hendricks and I the pastor, the Rev. S. I. Zechiel, will j give addresses. The public Is cordial-! I ly invited to attend the services. REFUSE DELAY IN G. 0. P. MEET , Wall) Refuses To Postpone Meeting of Republican Committee Monday. Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. 26. —Repub- ; Henn leaders went ahead today with their plans to hold a meeting of the | state committee next Monday to determine the attitude the party will take toward Govrnor McCray in his personal financial reverses despite ■ the governor's request for postpone- ■ ment of the meeting. ■ State Chairman Wall) refused to dolay the meeting, stating that all ar- ' rangements had been made and fur- ■ ther delay would be out of the ques--1 tlon. Opinion around republican headquarters seems to he that the • sooner the whole affair is given an ' airing the better it will be for the ■ governor and the party. .! Other factors in the tangled sitI uation are: The Marion County grand jury will I meet Monday to investigate some of . the obligations sold by McCray to ' banks. Request for a grand jury ■ probe was made by Gus Condo, repres'enting the Marion National bank, at ' Marion. Ind. Acceptance of the trust agreement whereby McCray is seeking to turn over his property to his creditors is ' not being hurried by his creditors. In some quarters it is said to bo douht- ■ ful whether the agreement will be • approved within the prescribed thirty '|day period dating from Sept. 7. The circuit court at Kentland. Mc- ' Cray's home town, will meet Oct. 8 'to determine future action on numer--1 ous suits pending against McCray in (that court. ; l Condo, who is pressing the grand ' jury investigation of McCray’s af- ' fairs, said witnesses would be ready 'to testify Monday. He is preparing ' a list of witnesses to send to Prosecutor William P. Evans. ' Since Evans is a son-in-law of the governor, he is not expected to handle the case and Judge Collins is • expected to appoint a speial prose(cutor to conduct the investigation. Neither Gov. McCray nor his at-i torney. Janies W. Noel, are opposing the investigation. Both said they believed the probe would offer a good opporti nitv to clear the atmosphere and to nail rumors that have been cur'rent since the governor's first ann|oncement of his financial predicament. ' o Bankers Elect Omaha Man For President Atlantic City. Sept. 26.—Walter W. Head, president of the Omaha Nai tional bank, was elected president of ! the American Bankers’ Association, 1 succeeding John H. Puelicher, at the ' morning session of the A. B. A. convention here. William E. Knox, head of the Bowery Savings Bank of New York, was ! elected first vice-president of the association. filling the position left vacant by the election of Head. Knox was second vice-president of the association. 0 ■ — Indianapolis Woman Was Killed In Earthquake — BULLETIN. Washington. Sept. 26.—Nora Hilton. wife of Elston Hilton of Atkins and company, Indianapolis, Ind., was killed in the Japanese earthquake, American Consul Dlckover, at Kobe, today notified the state department., Before her marriage, Mrs. Hilton was Miss Nora I. Harrison, a British subject, residing at Yokohama, according to the cable.

GERMANY READY TO ACCEPT ANY CONSEQUENCES End of Passive Resistance In Ruhr Officially Pro- i claimed Wednesday. ADMIT THEIR DEFEAT Official Proclamations of Surrender To Be Sent To Allies Soon. By CARL D. GROAT (U. P. Staff Correspondent Berlin, Sept. 26. —The end of Germany’s passive resistance to FrancoBelgian occupation of the Ruhr was proclaimed officially today. The proclamation declared the government will not sign any agreement tearing away any portion of the nation from the reich. The reich's government now can only await the reaction in allied capitals and hope for leniency from Premier Poincare. It was assumed copies of the proclamation. with the official information that Gernlany has surrendered, will be dispatched immediately to Paris. Brussels and London. The Streseniann government, it was indicated, will attempt to save its face by a complete but dignified adadmission capitulation. Will Be No Whinning There will be no whining. The government feels the German people have fought an honorable battle and lost. They now must accept whatever cons£4u&nee& are in store for them. Insurance of the proclamation today catne after the cabinet's decision last Wednesday that unconstitutional surrender was inevitable because of the financial situation, as outlined exclusively by the United Press dispatches at that time. With resistance costing upwards of $5,000,000 a week and the mark so valueless that quotations on it had been stopped by many banks, the government had no other choice but ' surrender. First the Rhine and Ruhr leaders were called in and told of the decision. They assented when they saw continuation of the fight was impossible. Yesterday the state premiers met the chancellor and decided to support (Continued on one* - five) 1.0.0= F. LODGE CHANGING HALL Makinir Clnb Rooms In Building. Corner of Second and Monroe Sts. Work has been started on the remodeling of the rooms on the second floor of the I. O. O. F. building corner of Second and Monroe streets and when completed the entire floor with the exception of one of the rear rooms, will be occupied as club and social rooms by the Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges. Judge J. T. Merryman and the Kuebler cotnpany vacated the rooms occupied by them for a number of years, The front room will be made into a ladies rest room. A clnb room for | men, containing pool and card tables and checker boards for the experts of the silent sport, will also be equipped. In the re-arrangement of the second floor the partition between the , Odd Fellows building and the Holthouse building will be removed. A dance hall will be provided and when the improvement are completed the Odd Fellows and women's Auxiliary j will have one of the finest quarters in the City. The lodge occupies the entire third floor of the building as a lodge room. The Odd Fellows .lodge is one of the oldest organizations in the city. The lodge owns the building in which the Kuehler store is located, one of the principal , corners in the city.

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Rev. Sprunger Seriously 111 At Home In Berne Berne, Sept. 26. —(Special To Daily Democrat) —The Rev. S. S. Sprungtr, retired pastor of the First Mennoiiite church of this place, IK seriously ill at his home here. Rev. Sprunger is 73 years old and is suffering from senility. He served as pastor of the Mennonite church here for 88 years. He has been bedfast for some I time. CLAIMS NOT TO BE FILED NOW Stockholders In Dollings Compand Not To File Claims At This Time. In a long distance telephone conversation today with Burt Mcßride, receiver for the R. 1,. Dollings company. Arthur I). Suttles, local agent of the company, was informed that stockholders in the company did not have to file their claims by October 4. The order issued recently in regard to creditors filing claims before October 4. applied only to creditors , who had furnished material to subsidiary companies of the Dollings company. Individuals who hold stock in the company are not to file their claims at this time. Mr. Mcßride also stated that he would have definite information within a few days in regard to the re-organization of the Dollings company. CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat: Sept. $1.04%; Dec. $1.05%. May $1.10%. Corn: Sept. 90%c; Dec. 71%c; May 71%c. Oats: Sept. 41 %c; Dee. 42%c; May 44c. HOME BUILDERS HELD AUCTION Bids On Residences and Lots W’ere Less Than Appraised Value. Bds for less than the appraised value of the five residences and 34 lots owned by the Decatur Home Builders Association, were received at the public auction held last evening in the Industrial rooms, Roy Johnson being the auctioneer. The highest bids were recorded and will be turned over to the stockholders for approval or rejection. Dan N. Erwin, manager of the Home Build-1 ers. announced this morning. Oscar Lankenau, who occupies thej Third street residence, submitted the highest bid on this property, while E. F. Gass and Mathias Kirsch, were the highest bidders for the two | bungalows on Nuttman avenue, near the General Electric plant. Hugh Hite was the highest bidder for the double house on Winchester street, just south of the Cloverleaf tracks and C. N. Christen ran up the highest bid on the Oak street bungalow. One bid of $3,450.00 was made for the 34 lots in the northwest part of the city in the Hanna addition near the General Electric company. The stockholders placed a certain appraisement on the properties and it Is not known if the bids made last night will be accepted or not. The total of all the bids was around ' sls 000.00. The Decatur Home Builders AssoI elation was organized in 1920 for the purpose of building houses for the increased population in the city and within the past three years several , of the houses built by the stockhold--1 ers have been sold. At a meeting a week ago the stockholders decided to I'quidate and dispose of all its holdings. o * O .F. Gilltom, of'Berne, was a business visitor in this city today Weather Partly overcast tonight and ThursI day, with probably local thunder storms; continued mild temperature.

SCHOOL GIRL IS SERIOOSLY HURT OY AUTOMOBILE Evelyn Yocum. 8 Years Old. Struck By Car Driven By a Chicago Man. WAS ON ICE WAGON Accident Occurred On N. Fifth Street At 11:30 O’Clock This Morning. Evclvn Yocum. 8-year-old j daughter <>l Mr. anil Mrs. Henry Yocum, of North Fifth street, was seriously injured at ' 11:30 o’clock this morning when struck by an automobile driven bv H. .Jackson, of Chicago. 'l'he accident occured on North Fifth street in front of the Wai Wemhoff resilience, near the water works park. The child was taken to the Adams County Memorial hospital, where her injuries were examined. but the full extent of the injuries has not been determined. She was still in a stupor bile this afternoon. The accident happened in a manner in which many accidents occur. The child who was returning home from the North Ward school, was on the rear of an ice wagon and suddenly jumped off the wagon into the oath of the approaching automobile. Ed Whitright, driver of the ice wagon, had stoi>|*ed his wagon on the west side of the street between the Wemhoff and Joe Brennan residences. He had driven a group j of children away from the wagion and started off into the I Wemhoff house before he | heard the crash and looking I around saw the little girl lying ■n the street. Ran From Behind Wagon According to Mr. Jackson and witnesses of the accident, Jackson was driving north on Fifth street at a moderate rate of speed. Suddenly the g'rl ran from behind the wagon and started across the street. Jackson applied the brakes on his car, which skidded after striking the child and crashed into a telephone pole. The left front fender struck the little girl in the right side and (Continued on Page six) NEW TON LITTER RECORD IS MADE Rush County Farmer Has Litter Which Surpasses Adams County Litter. A letter received at the county agent’s office this morning from Janies R. Wiley, of Purdue, state lead er of the Hoosier Ton Litter Club Contest, states that Chester Meal Rush county farmer, has surpassed the record set by C. W. Schwartz, of this county, by 150 pounds. It was stated the litter consisted of 13 pure bred Poland Chinas and that the total weight at 180 days was 3210 pounds The record made by Mr. Schwartz last year was 3060 pounds with 11 purebred Poland Chinas. Although the total weight has been surpassed. Mr. Schwartz still holds the record for average weight with that size of litter. An Ohio man recently attained a national record with 10 purebred hogs Poland China breeding by having them average 293 pounds at six months. Ttius far Adams county lias three ton litters weighed up this year. A number of others have qualified for honors for having weighed better than 1800 pounds. According to Mr Wiley, the record made by Otto Hoile of Union township, is the best reported in Indiana with that number of hogs during the entire year.

Robert Schwartz Remains In a Critical Condition The condition of Robert Sihwartz, of Herne, ex-county commissioner, remains very critical. Mr. Schwartz suffered a hemorrhage of the stoinache and bowels last Friday night and has been very low since that time. He was reported as slightly better today. but little hope is held for his recovery. JOHN H. BANTA DIED AT GENEVA Succumbs After Short Illness of Brights Disease; Funeral Thursday. Geneva, Ind., Sept. 26.(Special to Daily Democrat) —John H. Banta, age 52 years, a resident of Geneva I for eight years died at his home here Monday night after a ten day’s illness with Bright's disease. Mr. Banta was a salesman for the l Elk River Coal and Lumber company l of Columbus and during the past ten ' days had been confined to his bed. | Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at one o’clock from the Methodist church. The deceased is survived by a wife and tour children, namely, 1 Henry ' Banta. Columbus; Mrs. Eleanor Sny--1 der, Geneva Robert and Ix>ah at ' home. The following brothers and ' sisters also survive, Mrs. Anna B. ' Mills, Delphos. O.; James D. Banta, ' Willshire. Mrs. Mollie Johnson. Los i Angeles, California. , o ! Belgium Won First and Second In Balloon Race Brussels. Sept. 26. (United Press.) i —Belgium has won both first and sec- , ond place in the international balloon . races, for the James Gordon Bennett . cup. which started here Sunday and ! cost the lives of five pilots or assistants and resulted in destruction of several balloons, reports to the Aero club indicated today. The Belgian pilot, Demuyter, last year’s winner, takes first place with 1.600 kilometers and landing in accordance with the rilles of the race. His colleague, Veenstra. piloting the balloon Prince Leopold, is second with 950 kilometers. Veenstra landed safely yesterday near Gothenberg. Sweden. - Michigan City Gets Commissioners’ Meet Evansville, Ind., Sept. 26. —Michigan City will entertain Indiana county commissioners at their convention in 1924. The northern city was selected last night at a session of commis- 1 sioners attending their annual state confab here. Shelby McDowell, Vanderburg county, was named president of the association. Other officers elected were A. J. Baker, Allen county, vicepresident. and John Carlisle, Marion county, secretary-treasurer. Amalgamation of Indiana. Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan commissioners’ associations was declared hardly feasible at present. It has been decided to invite members of other state commissioner bodies to the 1924 meet when this plan may | be more fully considered. France Not To Reply To German Move Now (I'nlfpd T>v«e«ac SJpr"*' ’••> Paris, Sept. 26—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germany’s official proclamation announcing the end of passive resistance in the Ruhr will not draw any immediate reply from France, a semi-official statement ind'eated today. Premier Poincare will await three developments before even considering the German surrender, the statement said: 1. Official notification of the cessation of resistance. 2. Definite propositions from Ger- ■ many. ’ 3. Return to work of the German population of the occupied areas.

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LEAVE CAPITOL ORDERLY; DECIDE ON COURT ACTION Legislators Left Capitol Building Silently Shortly Before Noon. NO DEMONSTRATION Say They Will Start Court Action To Establish Right To Meet. Oklahoma City.. Okla.. Sept. 26.—The Oklahoma legislators attempting to convene for the impeachment of Governor Jack . Walton were dispersed before the doors of the hall of representatives todav by the Oklahoma National Guard. The legislators left the capitol building silently. There was no demonstration. Court action will be instituted immediately, according to Representative W. B. Mcßee to establish their right to meet despite orders forbidding the session issued by Governor Walton. The insurgent legislators had been gathering in the capitol building throughout the morning preparatory to an attempt to convene in extraordinary session at noon todav. A few minutes before noon they ; started crowding about the locked doors to the hall of representatives. The military increased Its guard to i ten armed men. Exactly at noon, as the representatives prepared to step forward toward the guard, a shout from the entrance ; to the senate chambers directly across the lobby attracted their attention. Colonel W. S. Key of the National .Guard asked them to assemble about him. They did so silently. Meanwhile the governor's private gunmen detectives surrounded the 1 i crowd. Colonel Key then read an order j signed by Adjutant General Baird Markham, informing the repress ntatives that the governor warned them not to attempt to convene. The conclusion of the order instructed' the legislators to disperse. The crowd melted silently. They left the capitol in a body discussing the development in low tones. No show or attempt to use force was made by either s’de when the climax of Governor Walton’s tight on tile Ku Kl'ix Klan was reached. Opposition to his use of the military in his battle against the klan caused aggitation for his impeachment l among the legislators. It was apparent the governor's or- ' ders that the crowd dispurse bad I been anticipatedly the representa- ! fives and they had plans lor further (action prepared. Oklahoma City., Okla.. Sept. 26.— The showdown came today in Governor J. C. Walton’s fight to prevent meeting of a group of legislators seeking impeachment of the executive because of his martial law campaign against the Ku Klux Klan. With a final flourish of military strength. Walton redoubled the guard around the state capitol which the legislators planned to march on at noon; placed additional troops at strategic points throughout, the city and ordered the police department I to disperse any crowds which might tend to ''inflame” the citizens. Tlie governor was confident there I wouldn't be any bloodshed. “1 could run them all into the river with a toy gun,” he said. Legislators Gather Early. i Members of the legislature who j answered the call for the special session began gathering at Skirvin hotel early in the day in preparation lor the attempt to storm the capitol. Apparently there was considerable confusion in the ranks of the legislators who on the surface at least were without a plan of procedure. A caucus scheduled for last night was not ’ held. However, leaders indicated they had a program mapped-out which 1(Continued on page five)