Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 13 October 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 243.

YANKS WIN FOURTH GAME TODAY, 8 - 4

I HIU.IAM FRAZIER I former county ASSESSOR, DIES “Uncle Billy,” As He Was Known, Died At 9:30 Last Night; 111 Long Time. FUNERAL ON MONDAY Served Two Terms As Co. Assessor; Held Other Co. and Twp. Offices. William Frazier, 72. former Adams county assessor and a prominent resident of this city, died at his home on Mercer Avenue at 9:00 o'clock last night. Mr. Frazier had been in ill health for the past few years, it being with difficulty that he transacted his duties as county assessor for sometime before his term expired last January. However he had been bedfast only for the last three weeks. A post mortem to determine the cause of Mr. Frazier’s death was held at lit o’clock this morning. The investigation showed that death was due to a cancerous growth in the esophagus. Mr. Frazier, known to hundreds of his friends as ‘‘Uncle Billy,” served two terms as county assessor of Adams county, being first elected to that office on the democratic ticket in 1914. He was re-elected in the election of 1918. and his services during the two terms met with the highest approval of the taxpayers anti citizens of the county. Mr. Frazier surged two years as a. drgipagc coni missioner of Adams county, and during this time the commission had some very important work on hands in laying out and adjusting assessments for the beneficiaries of ini provements. He also served as township assessor and member of the advisory hoard of Blue Creek township. William Frazier, son of Jacob and Martha Winstead Frazier, was born in Fairfield county. Ohio. August 13. 1851. He grew up and received his education there, but cam# to Adams county from a farm eight miles from Circleville-, Ohio, in 1882. In 1874. Mr. Frazier was married to Miss Louisa Wolfe, who survives. Mr. Frazier resided in Blue Creek township for a number of years where he was a practical farmer and dairy-, man. He was successful in his chosen j occupation and acquired a farm in that township. Later he moved to Decatur and had resided here ever since. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Frazier, three of whom survive. One (laughter, Mrs. Flora Frank, died in 1900. She left a daughter, Mrs. Leah Chronister, who survives. The three children who survive are. Mrs. Leah Chronister, who survives. The i Arthur Stone, of Willshire. Ohio, and William and Katie at home. Mr. and Mrs. Stone have three sons. Funeral services will beheld from •he house at 1:30 o'clock and from : •he First Methodist clinch at 2 o'clock ' Monday afternoon. The Rev. L. C. " isner, pastor of the Decatur Methodist circuit, and the Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, pastor of the Decatur Meth- ' odist church, will have charge of the service. Burial in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may view the remains -Sunday afternoon and Monday forenoon. — • Bluffton Takes Another Football Defeat, 48 To 0 Bluffton, Oct. 13.—Garrett high school piled up a 48 to 0 score over Bluffton high school yesterday. Officials were Geller, referee; Pekers, implre; Seymore, head lineman. Search For Booze In Booze Home Without Warrant Chicago. Oct. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Mrs. Anna Booze was today freed from a liquor charge because detectives searched her home without a search warrant.

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Kryl’s Band At Berne This Afternoon and Eve Bohlmur Kryl. world famous cornetist, and his famous band, gave a concert at the Berne auditorium this afternoon and will give another concert In the auditorium ut 8 o'clock I this evening. The concerts were | widely advertised by the Berne ('tty Band, under whose auspices Kryl’s band was brought to Berne, and large audiences were expected at both con certs. It is not often that Kryl's band appears in a town as small as Berne, and the people of that town and locality feel fortunate in having the opportunity of hearing this premier musical organization at their home town. E.C.ARNOLBHELP AT INDIANAPOLIS Former Cashier of Geneva Bank, Arrested On Indictment for Embezzlement. Indianapolis, Oct. 13. —Everett C. Arnold, secretary-treasurer of the de fund Buck Company, was arrested yesterday on a grand jury indictment charging embezzlement of $465 from Dudley O. Cross, Ardmore apartments 234 North Delaware street through misrepresentation. He was released on $2,500 bond, and could not be reached last night at his home. 3304 Ruckle street. According to the indictment, Arnold interested Cross in the development of an oil well at Burns. Kan., and in duced Cross to invest after declaring that John R. Jones, nationally-known geologist, had sun eyed the well site and announced it. had glowing pos- , sibliities. Wrote to Jones Cross, according to the indictment communicated with Jones, who is now affiliated with the Petroleum Engin eering company, and learned that Jones had not surveyed the property and had not had transactions with Arnold. Further investigation, the indictment recites, disclosed that the oil well was mythical and that Arnold has no petroleum interests in Kansas. Arnold, the indictment states, approached Cross with the proposition that he invest in the well representing at the time that a man 'named A. J. Belport. Jr., was inter 'ested with Arnold in developing tne project. Kn'w His Record When Arnold mentioned the name of the geologist. Cross, who is acquainted with Jones' reputation fol oil well ‘‘hits” readily assented to invest his money, according to Dan V. White, grand jury prosecuting attorney. Cross' loss is said to be sl6 000. A receiver recently was appointed for the Buck Company, which had automobile salesrooms in the Meridian Lite building. 309-15 North Pennsylvania street. Insolvency wa charged. Arnold formerly was cashier of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Geneva and is well known in Decatur and Adams county. o — Anti-Klan Factions Are Blamed For Bombing (United Press Staff Correspondent) Chicago, Oct. 13—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Anti-Ku Klux Klan sacI tlons here were today blamed by police with bombing a two-story brick , building on the south side this morn- , ing. Tile building was badly damaged. It was the second bombing attributed to anti-klan forces here during the past two days. The building bombed today was occupied by G. A. Penrose s drug store. Penrose told police he was an officer of the klan. He said he had recently received letters charging him with being a klansman. and ordering him to (leave the neighborhood. Two days ago a building occupied by the Forcufti Press, publishers of a klan organ, badly damaged by a bomb explosion. This building was also on the side.

POISON WHISKEY DEALRESULTSIN MURDER CHARGE Four Men Held In Pana, Illinois, on Murder Charge, For Killing Five Men. SEARCH FOR OTHERS Search Made for Druggist and Saloon-Keeper’s Son Today. (United Pr( “■ Stuff Correspondent) Pana. 111., Oct. 13—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Four men today were held to the Christian county grand jury, without bail, for murder, on instructions of a coroner's jury which yesterday completed investigation of the death of five men and brought in a verdict of death by poison whiskey. The grand jury, specially summon ed. will meet at Taylorville, the county seat. Monday. John Tokoly, owner of the saloon where the whiskey, declared by the; coroner's jury to have contained fusel old was sold anil his son Stephen are under accent. Both are in a hospital here. They drank the same liquor. The sheriff is searching for Robert. A. Smith, Pana druggist, and Paul Tokoly, another son of the saloon-1 keeper, included in the coroner's] jury recommendation. Smith told his wife he was going to Pekin. 111., where police have been asked to arrest him. The saloonkeeper told the coroner's jury that Smith furnished the .alcohol used, in the manufacture of he liquor “the color of whiskey,” which killed five in two days this week and put a half dozen other men n hospitals. Relatives of the dead men testified the victims had declared before their death they purchased 'he liquor In Tokoly's place. — o Bracken Is Mandated Indianapolis, Oct. 13. —Judge Linn D. Hay in superior court today mandated State Auditor Robert M. Brack eden to transfer to the state highway department $1,500,000 in gasolir? tax funds. Bracken had refused to transfer the money on the ground the constitutionality of the gasoline tax law should first be tested. The mandate was issued on petition of Attorney Genera! U. S. Lesh. MAY ORGANIZE MONROEUNI Meeting Prospective Members Heid With Prof. Bliss, of Geneva. Monroe, Oct. 13. (Special To Daily] Democrat.) —Prof. Bliss of Geneva ■ was here on Wednesday evening to start a movement for organizing a brass band at this place. The meet ing was held in the Monroe State bank with a good number of young men. The final meeting will taki place next Wednesday night, when in all probability an organization will be perfected. Monroe has the talent and can, at any time, form a 16 or 20-piece band, with advanced musicians taken from the school orchestra, which has made such wonderful progress under the' ■ leadership of Prof. Bliss. It is believed that Monroe will have one of • the best musical band organizations • of any town of this size in the state. | ——— o— BURNS HAND SEVERELY WITH HOT COFFEE t ; Miss Mabel Lewton, daughter of t Mr. and Mrs. Amos Lewton, of Root I township, had the misfortune yester- ; day noon of burning her left hand -' ■with hot coffee. In some way or oth.ler the lid of the coffee pot came off 1 while she was pouring the coffee and f the hot fluid burned her left hand t very severely, the skin peeling off of 3 two of her fingers and the whole hand is in blisters. j

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 13, 1923.

“UNCLE BILLY” DIES Isl ■HMH William, "Unde Billy” Frazier, for t eight years county assessor ol Adams) i county, died at his home on Mercer Avenue last night. FAIRWEATHER FOR RACE MEET Large Attendance Expected At Auto Races At Bellmont Park Today. Today was race day in Dacaiur. The day dawned clear and < 001. mak ' ing it almost ideal for the auto r:» — si heduled for Bellmont Park at L o'dock this afternoon. A large crowd of race fans Were expected to witness the races. Many began ar riving before noon and witnessed th i time trials. The Bluffton Boys' Band is here to furnish music forth.- crowd d::r.n the afternoon pregram and Oft Smith, of Monroe, was scheduled u> make several flights over the -peed way in his airplane during the day During the races, Hugh Moyer, of Geneva, was scheduled to make a double parachute drop from Smith’s airplane. A large field of the fa test dirt track racers of the country was attracted here for the races. The fact that a combined guaranteed purse of $l,0(J0 was offered for the three Svent.-, and that then- were no other races scheduled for today, made the local meet very inviting to the drivers. a Mrs. Stokes Hust Face Women Witnesses Today St. Louis, Oct. 13—(Special to Daily Democrat) —In the little town of Boonville, in central Missouri, Mrs] Helen Elwod Stokes today was to: face Miss Katherine Kramer and Mrs Alice S. Mills, Kansas City women. | who have sworn they saw Mrs.] Stokes in company with Edgar T. Wallace, named as co-respondent in W. E. D. Stokes’ divorce suit, in Boonville 19 years ago. o ADMITS FORGSNG NOTE; IS FINED Arch Charleston, of Geneva, Fined and Sentenced; Sentenced Suspended. Arch Charleston, of Geneva, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of forgery, when arraigned in cirt uit court yesterday. He was fined $lO and costs and sentenced to from two to fourteen years in- the Indiana Re formatory, but the sentence was suspended during the goodbehavior of | the defendant. The affidavit was filed against | Charleston, who is 24 years old. by the Shanahan-Conroy Auto company, i who charged that Charleston had forged a note which he gave them in payment for an automobile. Judge Jesse C. Sutton declined jurisdi tion in the case, as he had been of counsel for {forties whose names appeared on the note involved, prior to his ap-, pointment as judge of the court. By agreement of the parties. Judge Sutton- appointed Attorney Feed L. Litterer -to sit in the case as special j judge. j

FOOD RIOTS ARE SPEARING OVER GERMANY TODAY Prices of Food Soaring Rapidly; Several Deaths Already Reported. (GIVING RELIEF BONUS Officials Unable To Raise Unemnloyment Bonuses Fast Enough. , (T'r-'f.-l s't.ifT ,♦) . Berlin. Oct. 13 (Special to Daily I Democrat) With the prices of food cin - faster than the state and municipal officials can raise the unemployment bonuses, rioting, which vesterday and today had caused more ♦han twelve (Laths and injuries to forty. was reported spreading, throughout Germany today. Riots at Elberfeld. Dusselinbrf, Ob>rhan?en and Wiesbaden in addition to the one at Sclingen were reported In dispatches just received. Demonstrators rioted before the! city hall at Hoechat-Am-Main, de-J m and ing that the municipal officials raise the relief bonus to ten mil-1 Hards. One was wounded and sever- < il injured when police retaliated to the volley of stones and fired into the •rowd. French soldiers today took ■ontrcl in some parts of the occu•■'(d nreas while German security police. dispersed mobs in others. Food Supply Decreasing The steadily decreasing supply of ♦oodstuffs and the swelling army of •'nemnloved appeared today to foreshadow- -wC4H dangerous outbreaks unless relief can be found. Papers are filled with details of storms of plundering and minor outbreaks that show the serious temper cf crowds everywhere. In many places housewives have' l'>ined crowds of men in plundering jnd even led in the attacks on small stores of vegetables. When the po-l 'ice attempted to stem these outbreaks the women attacked them) with stones and in several places po!!ee reserves had to be called out to make sabre charges. In an electrical atmosphere the' Reichstag meets .at 1 o'clock today when Chancellor Stresemann w ll at ] ♦empt again to drive through his dis-' tatorship bill. The vote at which (Continued on page two) COUNTY W, C. T, 0. TO MEET TUESDAY Election of Officers To Take Place At Meeting At First M. E. Church. A county convention of the Adams County Women's Christian Tamperance Union will be held in the First j Methcdfst church of this city next' Tuesday, October 16. The convention will Ik- mainly a business meet ) Ing, at whit h time officers of the] union will be elected. A pot-luck dinner will be served at' the noon hour. The meeting will con- , vene in the forenoon, but it is doubt- j fill if all business will be transacted before noon. All of the societies in the county will be represented at the | meeting. N<> speakers from outside tin 1 county have been secured to give addresses at this time, but another < minty meeting likely will lie held before long, al which time an interesting program will be given. jSephus Melchi Able To Be Up Town This Morning Sephtts Melchi, night policeman, who was injured when he fell into the cellar nt his home on Indiana ; street Thursday night, was able to walk up town this morning. Mr. Melchi is still very sore and stiff and .he carried one hand :n a bandage j His loft shoulder is severely)' strained. He will be off duty for a few : nights yet.

Portland Our Boys To Play Dayton Team Sunday Portland. Oct. 13—The Wayne and Wyoming Merchants, one of Dayton's famous merchant teams, will be here Sunday, to clash with Our Boys on the Mast Field gridiron. Last season this team met and defeated all teams of their class in Dayton and the surrounding territory, and when the season ended played the Dayton Cadets ' for the one hundred and fifty pound championship of the city losing by . the narrow margin of 7 to 0. This year with the addition of new players of high school and college fame, they have considerably strengthened their lineup and are sure that they can give a good account of themsieves after the game. TEACHERS END | BIC MEETING Supt. Worthman, of Deca tur, Re-Elected Secretary of Association. Ft. Wayne. Oct. 13. —R. E. Mosher lof Columbia City, was elected presi dent of the Northeastern Indiana 1 Teachers’ association at the business | meeting yesterday. Other officers o. ) the association are H. M. Dixon. Kend I ailville. vice-president, and M. F. Worthman. secretary-treasurer. ■ Committee appointed at tile various I sei tion meetings yesterday morning are as follows: Primary-Kindergarten — Jo'sephim Bryant. Auburn: Mrs. Cora Kechler Angola; Mrs. Ruth Benboro. Music and Art—H. B. Hoffman, ot Berne, chairman: Miss Cordelia Reis tn. Decatur; Mrs. Roush. Warrt-n. Rural— Clarence Green. Auburn (hairman. Other members of tin , committee will be appointed later. Intermediate —F. E. Palmer, La I Otto, chaiiman. Other members o | the committee will be appointed later I Vocational—Mrs. Rhoda Barron Angola, chairman; I. Casper, C irrett: , Kenneth Gouser, Angola, j Junior high school —H. J. Scheiber , Huntington, chairman; C. A. Kec kier j Auburn; Noel H. Whittern, Angola, i Senior high school—C. E. Byers Huntington, chairman; 1... S. Brum ) Itaugh. Kendallville, Miss Marth; , Tyner, Decatur. “America faces a real menace it i the over stimulation of the nervous , systems of her youth, which ripens the individual at an age when he will not be enabled to uphold the standard set by his ancestors." Dr. M. V O’Shea, professor of education at tin University of Wisconsin said ye.terday in an address before the mem hers of the Northwestern Indiana Teachers’ association attending the junior and senior high school section held at the Central high school auditorium. His subject was “The High School Age." , “The teen age is the age of golden I opportunities for both the nation and the individual,” Dr. O'Shea continued, “for it offers the largest number of , possibilities on account of the i changes to come." “There is no clanger for our chili dren growing too long, physically or ) mentally, but the danger lies in grow I ing too little. Perils of great moment j lie in the nervous decay caused by the ■ many modern phases of life that now ) confront the young. Automobile Is Menace. “Individuals are responsive to swift moving things, their nerves becoming keyed up to such a point that they ! cannot become quiet, and master problems of the si hoolrooni must he solved. The automobile is one of tile greatest forces which is breaking the ' resourcefulness of the young. It is truly a menace to our nation. Per sons are becoming unable to walk as : nature intended, saying they haven't time. “A child that follows out the natural cour.se of nature gr.pws mentally during the entire teen life and this is necessary for our nation to continue, if our youth become ripened when 14 or 15 years of age, then when the years come for them to carry on the affairs of life they will have become so filled with life that their intellects fail to function and respond with on-thnsia.-m to the things that should be (Continued on page two)

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DFEAT GIANTS AND REMAIN IN RACE FOR TITLE i Yankees Turn Tables On National League Champs, Making the Series Even. ■ YANKEES BAT HARD Fifth Game of Series To Be Played Sunday; Large Crowd Cheers Yanks. LINE-UP i Yanks Giants ; Witt, cf Bancroft, ss Dugan. 31) Groh, 3b I Ruth, rs Frisch. 2b R. Meusel, It Young, rs Pipp, lb E. Meusel. If Ward, 2b Stengel cf Scbitng, c Kelly, ib Scott, ss Snyder, c Shawkey, p J- Scott Umpire#—Hart, at plate; Evans j lb: Nallin, 3b. YANKS . 0 6 1.1.0 0 0 0.0 —8.13 1 GIANTS .0 0 0 0.0.0 0 3.1—4.13 1 Polo Grounds—Tearing out a wild batting spree, the New York Y'ar.kees defeated the Giants, 8 to 4, in the fourth game of the world’s series here this afternoon and made the count two and two in gams for the championship. With a crowd of 50,000 looking tm the Yanks set out earl/ and cinched the game when they had knocked two pitchers out of the box in the second inning scored six runs. Two more runs were added in the third and fourth innings before the American League champions called it an afternoon. First Inning Yanks—Witt singled to center. Dugan fouled to Snyder. Rutn out on strikes. Meusel forced Witt at second. Bancroft to Frisch. No runs. 1 hit, no errors. Giants —Bancroft filed to Meusel. Groh popped to Ward. Frisch singled past Scott. Frisch stopping at second. Meusel forced Young at second, Ward to Scott. No runs, 2 hits no errors. Second Inning Yanks—Pipp singled over second. Stengel making a nice stop. Ward singled to center . Stengel holding Pipp at second with a nice return, tumbled his bunt. it was an error for J. Scott the bases were filled. Scott singled to left scoring Pipp and Ward. Schang pulling up at third. Scott was taken out of the box and Ryan called in to pitch for the Giants. Shawkey flied to Stengel, Schang scoring after the catch ind Scott holding first. -.Witt drove to left for a double scoring Scott. Scott slid into the plate beautifully (head of (lie throw tor a ( lose decision. Dugan hit to Groh and Witt was tagged out on the base line near third. Dugan and Ruth scored when Meusel trippled to left. Pipp up for the second time this inning. Ryan taken out of the box. McQuillan (Continued on Page six) o- - ■■ •' FOOT BALL Northwestern, 7. Indiana. 6. Ist. half. Notre Dame, 7; Army, 0. Ist half. Illinois, 7; Butler, 0. Ist. half. _o BULLETIN Indianapolis, Oct. 13—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The viand jury investigation of Governor Warren T. McCray’s j financial transactions was suspended indefinitely today due , to the continued illness of ■Charles W. Moores, special prosecutor. The grand jury started work on other cases B and will not act on McCray’s finances until some day next week.