Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 232, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 232.

GOV. WALTON MAKES BOLD ACT TODAY

MWV REFUSES TO MEET G. 0. P. PARK LEADERS Governor In Beligerant Mood: Says He Has No Intention of Resigning. investigation BEGINS Charles W. Moore Appointed Special Prosecutor To Conduct Probe. <Pnlt»<’ Press <*-rvlr») Indianapolis. Oct. 1 —(Speci;.) to Daily Democrat)—ln a bcligerant mood Governor McCray al noon refused to accept the invitation of the state committee to meet with them dur-, ing their informal probe. "I would Im* very glad to meet with the committee or a duly, airoointed sub-committee at my office at any time to discuss state administration matters or matters of party policy.” he informed Chairman Wall) of the st z committee. “I do not care, however, to i'scuss my personal misfortunes or financial difficulties except with those who are directly interesteel.” The governor said he had absolutely no intention of resigning. “I have sone through two and. onehalf years of successful administration,” he said. “I certainly can con-: tlnue now." The governor said he was inclined to go before the grand jury personally and teil everything the jury wants to know. He indicated that his attorneys do not at this time favor his volunteering to testify. The state committee meeting got under way behind closed doors shortly after noon. Official calling of the Marion county grand jury may result in a change of plans on the part of the state com- j mittee. It was indicated that the committee may withhold judgement and leave the situation in the hands of the grand jury. Indianapolis, Oct. 1. —Judge James A. Collins, in criminal court, today appointed Charles W. Moores, United States commissioner, as special prosecutor to conduct the grand jury investigation of Governor McCray’s financial affairs. It was agreed that the investigation he started at 9 o'clock next Friday morning. Judge Collins said h? would instruct the grand jury at that time. Judge Collins was ready to go ahead with the probe today, but it developed that Gus Condo, attorney for the ■Marion, Ind., National bank, which is seeking lhe investigation, did not have his witnesses here to testify today. (ondo said officials of the bank could testily today, if necessary, but that it would take several days to sub- i Poena some of the witnesses from remote parts of the state. Governor McCray was in conference I a t the state house throughout the morning with political friends, but save no indications as t owheather he would accept the invitation of the republican state committee to be present at their informal Investigation startfag at noon. Dual Probe Begins Indianapolis, Oct. I.—A dual probe into the business deals of Governor barren T. McCray, with special reference to notes endorsed by the governor and discounted at various banks faeoughout the state was started to'fay by the Marion county grand jury an d the republican state committee. Condo, attorney for the Marion (Continued on page live) Ravelings Are Out The first issue of Ravelings, of the Present school year came out last J'day evening and is being deliver-’ c • All who have not signed up for, 3/ elingg an( j d ea j re (j 0 80 a re 8s e<i to see one of the seniors or all the high school building, and e? wil * he taken care of promptly. |

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Nut Crop Is Small This Year Is Report —-1 — Only a modest crop of hickorynuts is noted by an experienced local anI thorlty. The harvest thus far Is I chiefly limited to foraging by juveniles. The walnut crop is consider-; i ably In advance of the hickorynut I yield, although listed to be below normal. Acorns are plentiful, and are being stored in some quantity by the | squirrels. These little tree dwellers I seem to be aware that acorns rather than nuts must this year be depended upon for tiding through the winter SENIORS PLAN | LYCEUM COURSE Excellent Array of Talent Secured For Annual Course This Year. Excellent Array of Talent Secured for H. S. Lyceum Course this season. The senior class has contracted for a lyceum course again this season and unusually fine selection of talent has been secured. Following is a list of the attractions booked for the I course: Oct. 10. Cheney Musical Co. Nov. 5. Mrs. Marion B. Fisk. Cortoonist and Story Teller , Jan. 22. Dr. A. W. Evans. Feb. 19. Emory Parnell. Entertainer Mar. 6 The Pierces Entertainment Co. April 1. Chas Paddock. World’s I Greatest Athlete. It will be observed that the course includes a variety of entertainment, i I The Cheney Concert Co. is a very high class musical company of four i members. Both vocal and instrumental music are given place on their I program. They form a high grade mixed quartet and play a number of instruments among them the “Gold- , en Organ Chimes,” Cello. Violin, and I Cornet. Both solo and Ensemble inI strumental numbers are given. | Miss Fisk is a cartoonist. Lecturer and has rare ability in each of these lines. Her program is entertaining helpful, and inspiring. Dr. Arthur Walyn Evans is a lecturer of international reputation. He is a nephew of David Lloyd George and one of the country's great lecturers. His lecture is of unfailing interest and wit and there are but few more inspiring messages are to be heard from America’ platform, than that of Dr. Evans. Emory Parnell is often called the “one man band" from his musical ability with the accordians but he is (Continued on Page six) INVITE FARMERS TO HEAR SAPIRO Noted Agriculturalist To Speak At Teachers’ Meeting Held In Ft. Wayne. Aaron Sapiro, probably the foremost exponent of co-operative marketing of agricultural products in America today, will speak before the Northeastern Indiana Teachers’ Association which will be in convention at Et. Wayne, October 11th. Due to the prominence of Mr. Sapiro his services are in great demand and it has been with much effort and expense that the teachers have been able to secure this authority who has had so much to do with the development of better marketing conditions for farm commodities. Knowing that farmers in this and adjacent counties will be interested in hearing Mr. Sapiro the officers of the above Association have generously offered to present a complimentary ticket by County Agent Busche and may be obtained at his office by calling or writing for the same. The address by Mr. Sapiro will be I given at the South Side High School 'building at 9:30 on the above date. 1 Those in charge of the meeting trust 'a good number of Adams county far--1 mers will take advantage of the opj portunity of hearing him.

WALTON’S FOES RALLY WOMEN AGAINST HIM IN FIGHT TO WT ’ i i H U kb ■ ' ■ Br ’ 1111 PM HP ’it ■s■l ■■ i bV" | •> r pL * W • Jkl ■-* - :frrrrrr.. >- 5 .< I EW I > Wuy -II I- - J v’fcw*— -■* >■! 4 - ..... 1 --mwi J r L-' ~ . The picture shows one of the women’s delegations that went to the state capital. Governor Walton accused the legislators of “hiding behind the skirts of women." OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. —Gov. Jack Walton’s hold -pon the throne of Oklahoma and the army behind it set ms to be endangered by the latest political maneuveri ig of the "enemy”, visible and invisible, under which he is faced with the alternative of letting his cause go before the people in a referendum Tuesday or defying them and also the Supreme court. It has not come to this point ye . bui it is working that way. The governor is immured I’n his castle, maintaining silence on this issue while his fourteen lawyers are hunting a loophole by which the election may be evaded. A petition was filed for the gov • nor asking a Supreme court rehearing on the special election mandate, but it was denied and the election wa ordered held. The governor would be willing to submit to an elect on test later, perhaps, but just now public sentiment is uncertain, and th< re is no opportunity for string band ca ipaigr.s. ballyhoo speeches, and barbecues. Then he st 11 has another ace to play in his petition fra r<hearing of his appeal from the decision of the secretary of state holding as valid the petition for the legist tors to convene itself, Gov. Walton contending that the petition did not have the required number of signatures.

HEARi’NG ON TAX RATES WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 5 Representative of State Tax Board Will Be Here On That Date. TO HEAR OBJECTIONS Hearing On County Rate Will Be In Morning; City Hearing In Afternoon. ■ — Count}’ Auditor Martin Jaberg has been advised that the hearing on the objections against the county, and city of Decatur tax rates will be held at the auditor’s office on Friday, October sth. A representative from the state board of tax commissioners will be here. The hearing on the county's rate will be held at ten o’clock and that on the city’s rate will be held at one o'clock in the afternoon. A week ago today, the last day on which objections could be filed, about a dozen taxpayers filed a written remonstrance against the proposed tax rates in the county and in the city of Decatur. The rates as proposed or fixed by these two taxing units are, county general fund, 22 cents on the hundred dollars; bridges, 10 cents; bonds and interest, 4 cents; i highway repair. 25 cents on the hun-| dred dollars, a total of 61 cents. The, city's total rate is 76 cents, a decrease of eleven cents on the hun-| dred over this year and a reduction in expenses of more than SIO,OOO. j The rates for the county next year' will yield less money, than the rates of this year for the reason that the ’ valuation in the county is about half a million dollars less. If the rates are cut by the state, board and not enough money is raised by the rates fixed by the board, | money will have to be borrowed by the county in order to pay necessary, operating expenses next year, it is ( said. It takes so much money to conduct the county or city govern-1 ment and improvements have to be made and paid for, and if the tax rate , will not meet expenses, a loan from the banks will be necessary. Pledged To Delta Gamma Miss Katharine Kocher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kocher, who is attending Michigan University, at Ann Arbor, was pledged to the Delta (■anima Sorority.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 1, 1923.

Pennsy Employes Enjoy Outing At Rome City Employes of the Rapids and, Indiana line of the Pennsylvania ran ! road system, enjoyed an outing at' Rome City Sunday. Approximately ‘ 1,000 employes attended the picnic, special trains being run from Rich ] moral and Grand Rapids. Various I sport events, such as tug-of-wars, horse shoe pitching, peanut and boat races, were held, and small prizes awarded to the winners. Dancing was enjoyed in the pavillion in the evening. Music for the dancing was furnished by the electric caliope, owned by M. A. Kenworthy, station agent in this city. The instrument was played by Professor Whithouse. BEGINS DUTIES AS CUSTODIAN Mat Breiner Succeeds James i Stults At Court House; I Commissioners Meet . I Mat Breiner, of this city, began his ’ duties as custodian of the Adams ■ County courthouse this morning, he J succeeding James Stults, who resign- j ed last month after twelve year* of' faithful service. Mr. Breiner started immediately to the cleaning of the court house, which ' has been under way for the past week or two. Incidentally a tire was startied in the furnace. Mr. Breiner is a | former night policeman of Decatur I and is well known about town. The | county commissioners fixed his salary iat $960.00 for the first year, a de- | crease of $140.00 over that paid pre-, viously. Commissioners In Session. The county commissioners were in i session this morning, the forenoon be- , ing devoted to the checking up and allowing of bills. The session this j month will not be a very busy one as most of the important matters before , the board had been disposed of at i previous sessions. Then too, the road program for next year will be a small i one, the two per cent tax limit, malti ing it impossible to build roads in any township, except Washington. —o ' Mrs. Ruby Durkin and Miss Rose I Christen went to Ft. Wayne this aft- ' ernoon to visit friends. Weather Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Possibly showers in southwest portion. Not much change in temperature.

PORTLAND GRID TEAM DEFEATED i D.H.S. SATURDAY Decatur Players Failed To Show Up As Expected: Score Was 31-6. P. H. S. HAD BREAKS Two Intercepted Passes Gave Portland Two Touchdowns Early In Game. Decatur high school football team failed to show up to the expected form at Portland Saturday ami the Portland high eleven won the open inging game of the season from the I Yellow Jackets, by a score of 31 to 6. | There appeared to be a decidedly lack .of power at the critical moments of | the game. The Yellow Jackets started out in j a fair manner and worked the ball deep into Portland's territory. A De- ' catur forward pass was intercepted iby Abromson, fleet-footed Portland | backfield star, who raced through the entire Decatur team for a distance of |SO yards and a touchdown. This break in the game disheartened the ' Decatur boys sofiiewhat, but they took the ball after the kickoff and again worked it into Portland territory. Abromson again intercepted a pass and ran about 80 yards for another touchdown. Another point was added on one of the touchdowns, making the score 13-0 at the end of the first quarter. During the second and third quarters, .the Decatur team could not make consistant gains against the Portland team. They appeared to lack the necessary “punch.” Portland scored another touchdown in the second quarter ami two more in the third quarter, but failed to make their try for goal count after each touchdown. With the score standing 31 to 0 against them at the beginning of the final quarter, the Decatur boys appeared to strength somewhat. They worked the ball from the center of the field to within a few yards of the Portland goal, by means of a series of forward passes and line plays. Jack Teeple tarried the ball over the goal for a touchdown, making the only points of the game for the locals. The. Yellow Jackets failed to count on the try for goal. At the start of the game, the Decatur lineup was: Frisinger and Cap (Continued on Page six)

Forty Hours Devotion To Start Next Friday The annual Forty Hours' Devotion will start at the St. Mary’s Catholic church in this city on Friday. O'-i tober 19tli and close on Sunday evening. October 21st. Special services will be held on the three days and the complete program will be announced lateV Father Seitnetz and Father Peters will be assisted by an out of town pri-st and at the closing services on Sunday a number of priests will participate. “KING BEN" IS BELIEVED BEAD Unsuccessful Raid Made On House of David Colony In Michigan. (United Press Staff Corresnonden*’ Renton Harbor, Mich., Oct. 1 — (Special to Daily Democrat)—Belief that “King" Benjamin Purnell, leader of the House of David, is dead, ■ was strengthened today following the I unsuccessful raid early yesterday on I ‘he colony here. More than 100 state , troopers and deputy sheriffs particiI >ated in the hunt, which extended to every house in the colony and stir-, 5 -ounding territory. State officials are anxious to 10. . cate Purnell to have him appear be- , ■’ore the one-m..n grand jury at St. Toseph, Mich., morrow when inves- - ligation of th affairs of the colony ! s resumed. All of His Clothing Found ■While Benjamin was not unearthed. all of his clothing was found. This fact leads Sheriff George C. Bridgman, who directed one section of the raid, to believe that the Shiloh ' leader is dead. “I believe that if Purnell were still olive, or if he were near the colony, some of his clothing would have ( been sent to him.” the sheriff said. Bridgman recalled that Benjamin had been ill with influenza just before h’s sudden disappearance some months ago. Shiloh Favorites On Raid Ruth and Gladys Bamford, former : Shiloh favorites, who swore to warrants charging Benjamin with mistreating them, accompanied the raiders. ; A dramatic moment occurred when Ruth met her aged mother as the raiders searched the houses. The girl started toward the woman, apnarently w'th the intention of embracing her. “Ruth I'm ashamed of you," the J. aged woman cried. "I want nothing (Continued on Page six) 1 o OVERHEAD COST : IS LARGE ITEM 5 * ■*■ a t Overhead Cost of Highway Commission In 1922 Was $536,190.38. J 1 This is the second of a series of articles, first published in the In1 dianapolis News, dealing with .the Indiana highway commission, how and where it obtains its money, . what it, does with it. and the re- ■ suits the people of the state may reasonably expect in the way of roads. (By W .H. BLODGETT.Staff writer on the Indianapolis : News and published in this paper by courtesy of the News. I , An Important item in the cost of tile Indiana highway commission is , its overhead expenses, it would be , almost an endless task to go over the , various books and papers of the coms mission and dig out from the various { departments the entire overhead exI pimse. The report of the commission y for the’year ended September 30, 1922, B shows, as far as can be ascertained by p the figures, an overhead cost of $536,190.38 for that year. Overhead in eludes, besides the cost of administra tion of the various departments, the (Contiuued on page three)

Price: 2 Cento.

SEEKS TO CAIN CONTROL OF THE ELECTION BOARD Oklahoma Governor Makes Bold Last Minute Effort To Stop Election. INJUNCTION IS ISSUED Court Issued Order Prohibiting Walton From Interfering Tomorrow. Oklahoma Citv, Okh., Oct. 1. —Gov. J. C. Walton in a bold stroke today made a last minute pttempt to prevent holding of the state special election tomorrow which would ballot on a law permitting the slate legislature meeting for impeachment purposes without a call from the gox’ernor. The governor endeavored to gain control of the election i board which ordered the ballot- ' ing to proceed by removing John G. Logan of Tulsa and apnointi ing Ira Mitchel, of Oklahoma Ci tv. i Secretary of State Sneed how- | ever, refused to place the executive’s order on file without first | referring the matter to Attor- ! ney-General Short who has held ’ the election legal. ’ Injunction Is Issued. Tulsa. Okla., Oct. I.—An injunction prohibiting Governor Walton's “army’’ ■j from interfering with the special • election here tomorrow was issued |by State Judge Hunt today. All including militia, special poi, lice and “citizens’ volunteer army,” I were included in the writ. I Twelve of the governor’s special . I police were guarding election sup- • plies and Sheriff San Ford said the | election would be held. The supplies i will be distributed before night, the • sheriff said. ■ Lincoln Quarberg <!’. P. S’aff Correspondent) Oklahoma City, Oct. 1. —One hun- . dred thousand men. according to Gov- . ernor J. C. Walton's calculations, took up arms in Oklahoma today to carry . out the executive’s orders that there should be no special election in the , state tomorrow. J At the election, officially called and J'hen banned by the governor, voters 1 were to cast their ballots on an initJiated law providing that the legislature might convene itself without an j 1 official summons from the executive. ,'Governor Walton declared his enemies -• ' ■ ’■•’<, militaristic fight against the Kit Klux Klan agitated the proposed law. George F. Short, state's attorney general: W. C. McAllister, secretary of the state election board, and other officials joined in saying the election would be held; in ordering ballots printed, and making other arrangements to keep the polls open. Urge Voters To Vote Short said. ‘‘Every voter should go to the polls quietly and peaceably to cast his ballot as his consci"nce dictates." Printing presses throughout the state were rushing to turn out ballots for the election. | Tile governor said his armed force would prevent the polls from opening included: Thoentire Oklahoma National Guard lof 4.i)ikl men now ordered mobilized. A volunteer army of 75,000 men. The governor’s special corps of secret operatives which he said was com- . posed of 22.0<t0. Militia To Quell Riots The governor said that while the militia would not be used to keep the 1 | polls closed, it would be held in readi- ■* | noss in case any rioting devloped. ’ , His special police will be stationed at doors of the polls. | Under direction of insurgent legiss ,I'i.tors who seek to impeach the gover- ' nor for his alleged abuse of power in fight against the "invisible em- " pire," mass meetings were in progress ' ithroughout the state today Speakers ’ I were sent into nearly every county ' by W. D. Mcßee, legislative leader. 1 They urged the people to vote in de- • fiance of the governor. (Contiuued on page five)