Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 242, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 242.

CITY HAD $25,000.00 FIRE LAST NIGHT

Home Run By Stengel Wins Game For Giants, 1 to 0

VETERAN RISES TO NEW FAME IN SEVENTH INNING Giants Hold Advantage of One Game Over Yankees In Title World Series. 65.000 PRESENT TODAY Stengel's Blow Was Only Real Clout Made During Entire Contest. LIN'E-l’P Yanks Giants Will, cf Bancroft, ss Dugan. 3b Groh, 3b Ruth, rs Frisch. 2b R Meusel. If Young, rl Pipp. lb E. Meusel. If Ward, 2b Stengel cf Schang, c Kelly. lb Scott, ss Snyder, c Jones. P Nehf. p Umpires—Nalin, at plate; Hart, lb; Evans 2b; O'Day. 3b. R II F. C, 0(I000 0 10 0 1 I 0 Y 00000 0 0 0 0 0(i 1 Yankee Stadium. N. Y., Oct. | 12—Old Casey Stengel, withered and seamed faced veteran of, many hard basebalL-summers. ascended the heights of baseball fame for the second time here this afternoon, when he knocked a home run which gave the Giants a 1 to 0 victory over the Yankees in the third game of the world series. Stengel, the taxi-cab magnate of Kansas Citv, won the first game ec the series with a smashing homer that trickled to the left field wall of this huge baseliall park. This afternoon when a monstrous crowd of 65,000 hod been thrilled by six innings of perfect scoreless baseball, old Casey came to the bat in the seventh inning with one down and drove a homer into Babe Ruth’s favorite spot high up in the right field bleachers. Stengel’s blow was the onlv real clout made off spectacular pitching in the whole afternoon and it was the one punch that the Giants need to win a thrill-') ing victory and obtain the lead in the race for the world’s series drive. First Innning Gants —Bancroft flied to Meusel. Groh reached first when Scott fumbled his drive, an error for Scott Frisch flied Witt. Young flied to Witt. No runs, no hits, 1 error? Yanks—Witt out, Frisch to Kelly. Dugan out, Bancroft to Kelly. Ruth singled to center. It was a hard drive through the box. R. Meusel flied to E. Meusel. No runs, i hit. no errors. Second Innning Giants—E. Meusel flied to R Meusel. Stengel flied to Witt. Kelly flied to Scott. No runs, no hits, no errors. Yanks—Pipp fouled to Kelly. Ward Popped to Snyder. Schang flied to Bancroft. No runs, no hits, no errors. Third Inning Giants—Snyder out, Scott to Pipp. Nehf out on strikes. Bancroft out. Ward to Pipp. No runs, no hits, no errors. Yanks— Scott out, Bancroft to Kel-i ly. Jones out, on strikes. Witt fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors Fourth Inning Giants— Groh out, Scott to Pipp. Frisch beat out on a bunt in front of ’he plate. Jones came in fast but his throw was slow. It was the first Giant hit. Young flied to Ruth, who ran far over into center and almost collided with Witt. Meusel flied to Ruth. No runs, 1 hit, no errors. I Yanks—Dugan doubled to center on the first ball pitched, making the (Continued on Page six).

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I —— .... ... .... Klan Meeting Scheduled At Bluffton This Evening Bluffton, Oct. 12—The local Ku Klux Klan will be hosts this evening to klan members from ull parts of th* state, at a pieeting to be held at I Winter's field, south of the city. A i I fine program has been prepared and | a large crowd is expected to he in the I city for the occasion. Features of the program will he addresses by national klan speakers and music by the Muncie Girls' band and the Newcastle Klan band. TEACHERS OPEN ANNUAL MEETING Interesting Addresses Given At Convention Being Held At Ft. M ayne. Fort Wayne, Oct. 12. —“The world today needs brains! It is bristling w’ith opportunity for people who have mind ■, stored with facts and capable of reasoning about those facts. The reason Europe is disrupted and Amer ica is not able to hold the place she would like is because of the lack of minds capable of fulfulling the task." declared Marion L. Burton, president of the University of Michigan, in lan address before the Northeastern I Indiana Teachers' association at the South Side high school last night land the subject "That Mind of Yours." "Personal usefulness and effective loess in the world today depends on the mind, not on luck or pull. The i mind has the right to the first place. The history of the last 3"O years is I a history of mental progress due to I the primacy of the mind. The next 50 years will bring conclusions in social science just as the last 50 years have brought conclusions in ' natural science. The demand for minds is unqualified." Varying types of minds characterized by President Burton were the purely receptive or very credulous mind, the independent mind which has the capacity to weigh evidence and the conservative, which stands for continuity and stability. McComb Is Chairman The new executive committee of the Northeastern Indiana Teachers' association met of the office of D. O. McComb, county superintendent, at 5 o’clock last evening and elected Mr. McComb chairman for the coming | year. They also voted to adopt the | co-operative school bulletin as the ofI ficial organ of the association. The nominating committee met at rthe Anthony hotel at 4:30 o'clock to make nominations to be voted upon at the business session at the South Side high school this afternoon. Officers elected at that time will become iex office members of the executive committee, who will be called togethi er soon to make plans for the coming year. Members of the new executive committee were elected in September and include the following: D. O. McComb, Fort Wayne; ('. O. Lehman. Berne; Clarence Green. Auburn; D |h. Paul, Huntington: Miss Anna I Wade. Howe; F. E. Palmer, Laotto; Miss Odeyne Werner, Pleasant Lake; O. W. Craig. Columbia City; W. W. i Peters, North Manchester; Louis Sawj yer, Bluffton. Principal Linton Anpointed Dr. James C. Miller, of the school of education, Indiana University, gave the principal address at the senior high school section meeting at Central high school yesterday after'noon. A .L. Trester, of Anderson, secretary of the Indiana High School I Athletic association, outlined a physi'cal training program. Music was furnished by the Kendallville high (school glee club. The following nominating committee was appointed: Paul W .Linton, Decatur; Zeller Willnar, Garrett; O. H. Bang Warren. Tells Industry’s Place. 1 “The Place of Industry in Primary Education" was the subject of the illustration lecture of Miss Ella Dobbs, of the University of Missouri, at the .meeting of the primary and kindergarten section at the Plymouth Congregational church yesterday after(Continued on page five)

REV RILLING TO SPEAK HERE Former Pastor of Evangeli cal Church Here Coming Next Sunday. The Rev. J. H. Rilling, of Van Wert. Ohio, will preach and conduct the Community service at the First Evan gelical church of Decatur, next Sunday morning. The Calvary Evangelical church, east of the city, is to unite with the local church in this service The Rev. J. 11. Rilling was pastor of [ the First Evangelital chur< If here 1 for five years, from 1812-1917. It was during his very successful pastorate that the present modern church edifice was erected, and much credit for its achievement the society .gives to the Rev. Rilling. Rev. Rilling is now com pleting his seventh year of a successful pastorate of the Evangelical church at Van Wert. The membership and friends of the church are cordially invited to attend this service. , Butler To Play Last Game On Illinois Athletic Field Urbana, Ills., Oct. 12. —Another sunset and wan and historic Illinois field will be facing its last gridiron battle. When the fighting Illini and Butler •lash here Saturday it will be the last game before the dedication of he new stadium. Final disposition of the field is un decided. FIRST RACERS ARRIVE TOO A I Vanguard of Dirt Track Stars On Hands For Big Race Meet Tomorrow. The vanguard of the dirt track auto racers arrived in the city today and took a few spins around the half-mile oval at Bellmont park, in preparation for the big race event here tomorrow afternoon. Among the early arrivals were Burkett's Matthew Special, from Columbus, Ohio; Stanley Fielding’s Roof Special, from Columbus; and C. C. Kinsley, of Greenville, Ohio, with Murray’s Fronty. By tonight a large number of the cars are expected to be here. The time trials will be held tomorrow forenoon and the drivers are anx.ous to get their mounts tuned up before taking their qualification laps. A faster bunch of drivers than those entered for tomorrow’s races would be hard to find. Rendifig down tiic list of entries are, Ralph Ormsby, Fort Wayne; C. C. Clemmons, Indianapolis; Ted Hartley, Roanoke; C. C.' Cinsley, Greenville Ohio; R. S. Schnider, Indianapolis; Claude Fix, Clinton; Carl Foster, North Manchester; Joe Huff. Indianapolis; Benton Shoaf, Paris, Illinois and ethers. Clemons and Claude Fix have driven in the In dianapolis 500-niile races. Three rates are carded for tomorrow. a 20-Olile event and a 40 mile event, with a 10-niile race for the non ; winners in the other two The combined purse for the three races is $1,090. E. S. Nusbaum, of Fort Wayne, will be the official start qr. There will be plenty of features besides the rating. The Bluffton Boys Hand will be here to provide music and Otto Smith, of Monroe, will giv > exhibition flights over the track in his airplane. Hugh Moyqr, of Gen era. will make a double parachute drop from Smith’s airplane while flying through the air. With such a fine list of entries, and plenty of guaranteed prize money to make the races tomorrow one of the greatest dirt track racing meets ever held in this section of the country. •< Harve Kitson made a business trip to Fort Wayne this afternoon. (

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 12, 1923.

— WORLD'S SERIES FIGURES Standings W L Pct [ Giants 11 500 ; Ytytks 11 500 Scores First game. Giants 5; Yanks 4. Second game, Yanks 4; Giants 2. Figures Second Game Attendance (paid) 40,402. Receipts, $158.495. Advisory council's share, $23,774.70. Each club’s share $26,944.6(5. Players' shares $74,833.98. Total attendance for two games 95,709. I BELIEVE JURY IS NEARLY THROUGH Belief Is That Grand Jury Is Almost Through With the McCray Probe. Indianapolis. Oct. 12. (United Press.)—Still veiled in secrecy the Marion county grand jury entered its I seiond week in the probe of the financial transactions of Governor Warren T. McCray here today. Although three recesses of a day and a half each have been taken since the investigation started, it was believed the jury was nearing the end of its work. Several prominent leaders of finance and politics in Indiana may be called to testify, how’ever. before the case is closed. Foremost among these is James P. Goodrich former governor of Indiana. Followers of the probe today were chiefly interested in the question of whether McCray himself would an-' pear before the jury. Although declaring that he is anxious to explain his transactions personally. Charles W. Moores, special prosecutor, has refused to indicate whether he will I ask the governor to testify. Charles Voglewede Is Showing Improvement Charles Voglewede, local shoe mer- , chant and well known citizen, who , has been seriously ill at his home, was reported as improving todav. Dr. ( Miles S Porter, Jr., of Fort Wayne, . held a consultation with the local physicians in regard to Mr. Voglewede’s condition Wednesday. It is . believed that Mr. Voglewede will soon ( recover, now. > —.— • “Sweet Daddy” 1 Lyons, 111., Oct. 12—“ Got any i booze or women here?" police asked Edward Straka, roadhouse pro- » prietor. “Nope.” replied Straka. • “Sweet daddy,” came a voice | from the next room. Police broke in. A parrot blink- < ed at the flashlight rays. ( — T Weather Increasing cloudiness, with showers Saturday and in north portion ' , tonight; warmer tonight in south 'portion; cooler Saturday. — ■ —— " " * i Thank Firemen And AH Who Helped Fight Flames t — s Messrs. E. A. Beavers and Dee Fryback, of the Beavers & Fry- [ back furniture store; Mr. S. E. i Black, undertaker, and Mrs. John i Niblick, owner of the building t damaged by fire last night, wish c to thank the city firemen and all i who aided in fighting the fire early this morning. The fire was discovered after nearly everyone had retired for the night, but many quickly dressed and hurried to the r scene of the fire. Everyone feels , that the firemen did good work in ’ n confining the fire to the one build- t ing, considering the start which 1 \ the flames had when discovered. I , e

HAVE OBTAINED NEW LOCATION Beavers & Fryback and S. E. Black Have Rented Graham & Walters Bldg. The Beavers & Fryhack furniture company and S. E. Black, undertaker, whose place of business on South Record street was badly damaged by fire early this morning, have rented I the Graham and Walters building on Second s'reet. temporarily, pending repairs and remodeling at the build ing damaged by fire. They will ht in the Graham and Walters building ready to tmn-met business immediate ly. The telephone number will b< 99. the same as the old number. Peavers f: Fryback have ordered a complete line of new furniture and will have it in the new location with in a short time. None of the furniture damaged by the fire in the ol building will be moved to the new lo cation Bills for new furniture, al ready on the road before the fire have been received and will be in within a short time. Mr. Heavers stated this afternoon that he would make announcements . regarding his plans for disposing of 'he damaged furniture within a few days. He i; panning to hold a special sale for this furniture. The Graham and Walters building was vacated by Messrs. Graham and Walters last week, when they moved to their new location on Madison street. FIVE KILLED BY POISON LIQUOR Inouests Into Dca’h of Vic tims Being Hold To Fix Responsibility. < s<arviro> Pana. 111.. Oct. 12— (Spvc’al to Daily Democrat)—lnquests into the deaths of four men from drinking poison liquor got under way shortly before noon*today, under direction of Mrs. Luenetta Danford. coroner. Wood alcohol or fusel oil in liquor <-old to the five men now dead and *o four others critically ill in hosnitals was blamed by a coroner's jury 'ale yesterday for the first death, 'hat of Edward Gauhhan. The lienor was sold by John Tokoly. proprietor of a soft drink saloon, according tn the testimony of Gaughan's nephew. Charles Gaughan, who died shortly after appearing before 'he coroner's jury. Edward Gaughan, who was a local fainter. and his nephew, Charles, 32. Blue Island, 111., drank at Tokoly's saloon Tuesday evening. The elder Cauchan d'ed early Thursday, and Charles Gaughan died later in the afternoon. Charles declared before his death that he had drunk no liquor except that purchased from Tokoly's. The deaths of the younger Gaugh on. A. Dwight Eilers. 52. Tower Hill: Georce Baldwin. 40. Pana, and Edward Biehl. 45, Pana, were those invrot'gated today. All five men, except the younger Gaughan, were married and had fam ilies. The Pana police are working on the case, and arrests are expected as soon as today’s inquests are finished Maurice Clark. 45. stock buyer at Pana, first reported dead, is critically ill at a hospital here. John Tokoly, Jr., son of the saloon keeper, and two others are reported in a serious condition. .Vk Receiver For Oil Co. St. Lbuis, Oct. 12. (United Press.) Suit for a receivership and an accounting was tiled today against the Indiahoma Refining company, a $5,900,000 Oklahoma oil concern, by trustees,of the will of the late Gustav Watnsganz, who owned $3,900 stock. Mismanagement of funds was charged against the oil jobbing company.

Quarterly Meeting At Antioch This Weekend I The Quarterly meeting of the Anti och ehuri h will be held Saturday and Sunday of this week. There will be a business meeting on Saturday eve- ■ ning, followed bv preaching service. There will be preaching on Sunday morninj?** and Sunday evening, the services being in charge of the newpresiding elder, the Rev. H. M l Metzger. The public is Invited, to a' tend the services. SEPHUS MELCHI INJURED IN FALL Night Policeman and Former Sheriff Falls Into Basement At Home. Sephus Melchi, night policeman and former sheriff, was painfully in jured about 5:30 o'clock yesterday evening, when he fell headlong into the basement at his home on Indiana street. His injuries consisted of a bruised hip. wrenched shoulder and a split between his first and second fingers on his left hand. He wa unable to cover his beat last night am' will be off duty tonight, but expect; to resume his work tomorrow night. Mr. Melchi was engaged in carry ing pumpkins to the basement. Some one had laid two pumpkins on the first step of the stairs leading to the basement and Mr. Melchi, not knowing they were there, stepped on one causing him to fall headlong into th' basement. He fell on his left side bruising his left hip and wrenching his left shoulder. In trying to catch himself, his hand struck some object and his hand was split between the first and second fingers. o Postmasters To Meet In Indianapolis In 1921 • Pfeaa Washington. Oct. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The postmasters’ ■’onvention of 1924 will he held at Tnlianapolis. it was decided today at the closing sess'on of this year’s meeting. Frank J. Block. Newark. N. J., was ee-elected president, and his co-offi-eials w*re elected as follows: William E. Mammear. Pennsylvania. secretary treasurer; and vice presidents: Robert E. Byson, indiananolis. J. E. Power, San Francisco; El'zabeth Bernard. Tampa. Fla.; Charles Robinson. Portland. Maine; X. C. Lender. Chicago: H. A. Taylor. Cleveland: Beulah Cureton. Muskogee, Okla.; T. J. Wilson. Clifton Forge, Va.. and John W. Phillips. Dallas. Texas. o Oklahoma Legislators Appoint Their Committee (UnltP-’ Pres an r vi..n> Oklahoma City. Oct. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat)— A committee to 1 invest'gate the conduct of the legis- * lative, judicial and executive branches 1 of the Oklahoma government with a view to impeaching Governor J. C. 1 Walton, was chosen today in a can- 1 cus of leaders with Speaker W. D. 1 Mcßee. t o j ■ I Rev. Bridge Snoke At Montpelier Last Night , i The Rev. U. S: A. Bridge, pastor | of the First Methodist church, de livered an address at the Young peoples service held in the Montp"l!''!Methodist church last night. The church was rededicated last Sunday, j following extensive remodeling and | an all-week service is being held this week. Rev. Bridge spoke on “Young People in Life’s Service." Miss Mary Brown, also of this city, spoke at the meeting, her subject also being in connection with young peoples’ work. Rev. Bridge was accompanied to Montpelier by Mr. E. A. Heavers, and they arrived home about an hour before the fire was discovered Ht Mr. Beavers’ furniture store.

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MIDNIGHT BLAZE I HITS BEAVERS & I FRYBACK STORE Furniture Store and Black Undertaking Parlors Sutler Havily. ORIGIN IS A MYSTERY Flames Had Big Headway When Discovered; Will Rebuild Budding I"re til the Beavers and Frvhack furniture store and the S. E. Black undertaking parlors on South Second street caused damage estimated today at more than $25,000. 'the fire, the origin of which has not been determined, was discover'd til 12 o'clock, midnight, and dready bad gained great headway. The entire first floor of >he two-story brick building was damaged by the blaze, while the second floor and ;id•oinlng buildings were damag'd by the heat, smoke and xvi'-r. The fire Marfed in the rear '<r ih" f•i»'mti>r‘' store and ale its v»v forward. A state Ore m-n-'-hal mad'' i( n investigation H>o fire (h’s mornim*. hut -■/"fid Unit no cine as to the or‘rtin. ’''here had been a small G ro ; n the stove in the rear dur’n.r fbo forenoon yesterdav. but ’’ad entirelv died out when the • tore w:i« closed in the evening, ’( was said by Mr. Beavers. The fire. from all apnearanccs . sfarfed on the floor. There had been no one smoking there d’”-inu the afternoon, either. The losses were estimated as fol’ows: Beavers & Fryback furniture stock, from $12,900 to $15,000. with $5,001) worth of insurance. S. E. Black undertaking parlors, from $3,500 to SI,OOO, with $2,000 worth of insurance. Pianos and phonographs, property of the Packard Piano Co.. $2,500, no insurance. The building, owned by Mrs. John Niblick, damaged between $5,000 and SIO,OOO, with insurance of $6,000. White Stage Cigar factory, on the south, damage no estimates, but stock of cigars and tobacco injured. Considerable damage to furniture in the flat above the Porter proeery. occupied by Farr. Discovered At Midnight The fire was discovered at midnight by Owen Fisher, James Behout. "Red" Stevens anil Clarence Berber, as they left the Peoples Restaurant. Seeing thd smoke and reflection of the fire, they hurried back to the restaurant and turned in an alarm to the fire department. The young men then ran to the rear of the furniture store and pushed the delivery truck from the shed, where it is kept, to a point of safety. When the tire department arrived on the scene tlte flame* had gained great headway in the rear of the building and were spreading toward the front. The windows in the front of the store bnrsted due to the intensive heat and flames shot out at the openings. Two lines of hoses were laid .one in front and one at the rear. By one o'clock this morning the firemen had succeeded in getting the flames tinder control. As soon as the lire had been discovered the early arrivals hastened to awaken the people sleeping in the flat above the store nearby. Large Furniture Stock Messrs. E. A. Beavers, city councilman. and his son-inlaw. Dee Fryjback. owners of the furniture store. I had a large stock of furniture and I rugs in the building. Within the last few days much new' furniture had been placed in stock, and Mr. Beavers stated today that ho estiinate.il the stock to he valued at from $12,999 to $15,990. The furniture on the lower floor is almost a total loss. On the first floor were dining room suites bed room suites, living room suites, kitchen cabinets, rugs piano's, phono(Continued on page five)