Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 250, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1923 — Page 4

* DECATUR * DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. 11. Heller —Pres, and Bus. Mgr. E. W. Kainpe—Vice-Pres. & Adv. Mgr A. R. Holthouse —Scc'y. and Bus. Mgr. Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur Indiana as second class matter. Subscription Rates single copies 2 cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier $5.00 One Month, by mail 35 cents Three Months, by mail SI.OO Six Months, by mail $1.75 One Year, by mail $3.00 One Year, at office $3.00; (Prices quoted are within first and; second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates Made known on application. Foreign Representative Carpenter & Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, j Fiftii Avenue Bldg.. New York City N. Y. Life Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. Zev defended the American title Saturday and defeated the great Engl.sh galloper. Papyrus, and incidenttally the SIOO,OOO purse. We lead ip prize fighters, race horses, base ball, foot ball, golf and about everything else in the way of sports as well as in various other lines. It should be easy for the sport writers to select the All-American foot ball team this year if Notre Dame keep it up. So far this season thats it. Indiana should be proud of the great machine of Rockne which is perhaps the best ever in the field, east or west, hasn't been stopped and from appearances won t be. ■nl■ . ■ ■ No happier day in the history of the First Presbyterian church of De- 1 catur has ever -been recorded than yesterday when the twentieth anniversary of the dedication of the new chuunh and the eighty third anniversary of th founding of the church were celebrated. It was a happy and delightful day and closed with a spirit of enthusiasm last evening that is bound to mean much. Many visitors from out of the city attended and the home coming feature was one of the happiest parts of the program. Lew Shank, called by many the “clown mayor" of Indianapolis, will toss his hat in the ring as a candi-; date for the' republican nomination for governor this week, it is said. That means that the matter has al- i ready been decided by Lew and a few who think they control nominations and it means that he will probably, be the nominee. The leaders are | grasping at straws these days and Shank who has proven his Ability to get votes will be used as the goat. He has none of the qualifications for governor but that isn't the question. They are looking for some one who will attract votes and then - Lewmight as well be the “goat" as any one. It will be interesting to watch the attitude of a number of the leading republican papers of the state who have consistently made fun of him now that he has been decided upon.” The plot thickens. Much ado is beind made because Mrs. Coolidge, wife of the president of the United Statete has turned to the old fashioned thrift and had a pair of the president's trousers cut down for Calvin. Jr., and that a few days ago Mrs. Coolidge startled a big crowd at a department store sale where she was buying frocks and hats for herself at reduced prices. It may be alright but it listens like grandstand stuff. Mr. Coolidge draws a salary of $75,000 a year which is more than the average person accumulates in a life time and there seems to be no good reason why y*ouug Calvin should not have his own clothes. It seems hardly fair that h* should bavo to stahd the “kidding" of the gang at school to provide a little campaign dope nor why Mr«-. Coolidge should have to take the “left overs" st the bargain counters. Most Americans prefer to have the first family feel they -ran wear good clothes and leave the bartor t 2 wr- asfertuatt-

The state tax board reduced the tax levy in this county twelve cents. That's fine until you figure just how ,we will get along without the extra money and already some of those who petitioned are declaring they ■ didn't intend just the results they ’• got. Two cents is taken from the general levy which means of course I r |lf we need any more money than the' ' levy raises we w'Jl have to borrow. I The bridge levy was reduced one-half 5 which means that but half the ’ bridges planned for next year can be ’ constructed. The reduction however, I which hurts is the road repair fund ; which was cut five cents and which I leaves $82,000 with which to maintain > 750 miles of road. This means an average of sllO per mile and the queer thing about it is that the state uses $750 per mile for repairs on the twenty-five miles through this county and yet makes us maintain our own roads on a seventh of that. The peoplu will appreciate a reduetjjon of taxes but they will also complain ' when they do not get the improvements desired and when the roads are permitted to detrioate. The tax board is powerful and we must abide by their decision and make the best of it. + ♦ + + + + ♦♦♦♦♦ + *♦* + TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ + From the Daily Democrat files + * 20 years ago this day ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* 1 W. R. C. of the Sih district holds 1 convention in this city: Mrs. John 1 Mallotte of Decatur is elected vice1 president. t Miss Elizabeth Cummins of Shelby, 1 Ohio, oil operator, interested in 1 Adams county fields, visits here. Joe Thomas, elected Grand Prelate 1 of the state lodge. K. of I’, in Missouri. ( Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Snow are at Ft. ' Wayne to hear James Whitcomb Riley. 1 i Rev. Erwin Brown of Lynn is visit- t ing here and will preach at the < Christian church Sunday. 1 Dr. E. J. Erwin of Lake City, Michi- I gan, visiting here. 1 Albert Manlier becomes postmaster j I at Pleasant Mills. Soft soal is selling at SI.OO per ton < and anthracite at $7.00. Wrong made Right company is showing at Ohio City tonight. o < kA — MARTIN TABERT A fanner boy from respectable home On the North Dakota plains; Ventures forth to “see the world,” And for better financial gains. Loved, respected among his own, Labors in Florida’s fields; Then, '®ut of a job" and “money spent," Like many another, he yields. To strong temptation. Board a train, Rides the bumpers —is caught. “Ninty days,” or “twenty-five dollars” His freedom is sold—and bought. Nothing said of his character. Family not notified; The prison camp—the whipping boss, And death—for stealing a ride! Remove -the bandage from justice's eyes! Require understanding in courts! This world needs mercy more than law. Needs brotherhood more than forts. BOX SOCIAL A box social will be held Friday evening, Oct. 26 at the Washington school. Girls bring your boxes of eats and the boys are invited to come and buy them. 25014 Margaret Moran, teacher Deane Dorwin visited his sister, • Kathryn, who is a student at DePauw ■ University. Greencastle, on his way , to Bloomiugton to attend the Wiscon-sin-Indiana football game. «.

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WHERE BANDITS HELD UP TRAIN. KILLED FOUR OF CREW yr- ‘ J - ' * I yB L dpt ♦ .a JOi Tunnel near Siskiyou station on the Shasta route of S. P. R. R. Part of crew repairing damage done by ex plosion and member of posse are seen.

Allotment of Delegates To [ State Conventions Given : The apportionment of delegates to j the 1924 Republican and Democratic ( state conventions as computed by the , state board of election commissioners < have been approved by Frederick E. I Schortemeier. secretary of the Repub- 1 lican state committee, and Miss Ger- 1 trude Fanning McHugh, secretary of 1 the Democratic state committee. I At the coming conventions the Re- I publicans will have 1,350 delegates and 1 the Democrats 1.294. The apportion- J ment of delegates to the ninety-two J counties of Indiana is based on the J vote for secretary of state in the pre- J ceding election. Each county is al- J lowed one delegate for each 400 votes J or fraction of 400 in excess of 200. I The Republicans will have 370 fewer I delegates in the 1924 convention than I in the one last year. Because of the I abnormally large Republican vote in I the election of 1920, there were 1,720 I delegates in the party convention of ! 1922. 1 The Democrats will have eighteen more delegates next year than last 1 year. The total number of delegates : in the 1922 Democratic convention was J 1,274. Number of Delegates Drops. Because of the smaller vote in the I election last year the total number of I delegates to both conventions will be < 352 fewer than in 1922. ( In Marion county, which is the < Seventh congressional district, the I Republicans next year will have 119 1 delegates as compared with 200 last 1 year, and the Democrats will have ] 111 instead of 153. the quota in 1922. 1 Under the law the date for the pri- I tnary election will be May 6 and the 1 election will b<- Nov. 4. March 7 will ; be the last day for the filing of peti 1 tions for candidates for President. Vice President and for Governor, who I intend to run in the primary in Indiana. March 7 will be the first day , for the filing with the clerk of the Circuit cqurt candidacies for county and I township nominations and for filing ; with the secretary of state candidates for representative in Congress, state ' senator, state representative, judges and prosecutors. April sis set as the last day for the filing of such petitions. June 1 will be the last day for the filing of a petition with the county auditor for a new registration of voters in the county. In counties where petitions are filing for new registrations the first registration day will be Sept. 6 and the second and last day will be Oct. 6. County Allotments. Following is a table showing the apportionment of delegates in each county to the Republican and Democratic state conventions. The apportionment is based on votes for secretary of state in each county. The first columns indicates the number of Republican delegates, while the second columns is for Democratic delegates. County. Adams 7 11 Allen 31 42 Bartholomew .... 11 14 Benton 8 6 Blackford 15 IS 80000 15 16 Brown 4 2 3 Carroll 11 10 Cass 2<» 22 Clark !■> la Clay ...„ _ _ 12 15 Clinton ..... 17 17 Crawford 6 7 Daviess - 15 15 Dearborn 11 12 Decatiir -.. ..... 12 lo Dcfalb 11 Hi Delaware -... 29 16 Dubois 1 6 12 Elkhart 23 IS

Fayette 11 8 Floyd 18 17 Fountain — 12 12 Franklin 8 10 Fulton 10 10 Gibson 16 17 Grant 22 21 Greene 17 17 Hamilton ..„ - 16 10 Hancock ,9 11 Harrison - 10 H Hendricks 14 11 Henry — 17 13 Howard 17 12 Huntington v . - 17 18 Jackson 10 14 Jasper —~— 9 6 Jay . .14 14 Jefferson .... - 13 11 Jennings —8 8 Johnson ... 11 13 Knox r — 20 22 Kosciusko 17 12 Lagrange 8 4 Lake .' - — — 38 23 Laporte - 21 17 Lawrence 14 12 Madison 31 35 Marioi'„ 119 111 Marshall . - 13 13 Martin 77 Miami 14 18 Monroe 13 12 Montgomery 19 17 Morgan 12 11 Newton 6 5 Noble .. - 13 11 Ohio 3 c Orange 10 9 Owen 7 8 Parke 11 10 Perry 8 10 Porter 10 5 Posey 9 12 Uulaski 6 7 Putnam 12 13 Randolph * 17 Ripley . 12 12 Rush 13 11 Scott 4 5 Shelby 14 17 Spencer 11 14 Starke 6 5 Steuben v, 10 5 St. Joseph 33 31 Sullivan 11 15 Switzerland 6 7 Tippecanoe .’. 25 19 Tipton _ 10 10 Union 5 3 Vanderburg . 39 38 Vermillion 9 9 Vigo 32 39 Wabash 1?> 13 Warren 6 3 Warrick 11 11 Washington 8 10 Wayne 22 16 Wells 9 11 White 11 10 Whitley 10 10 Totals ...1,318 1,292 URGES FIRE DRILLS State Fire Marshal Notifies Schoo! Teachers to Hold Frequent Dcilis Fire drills iu Cue public schools should begin immediately after the opening of the fall terms in all rural and city schools Newman T. Miller, the state fire marshal, has notified school authorities. Drills should be held more frequently at the beginning of terms than is required by law, Mr. Miller recommends, so that the entire student body iu every school, and par ticularly the beginning pupils, shall bo brought around to ordered conduct on signal of the alarm without delay. The fire mar/hal has also sent *a .request to all township trustees, vhc 1 are by virlure pf their office also as , sistant state fire marshals, asking ' them to make final inspections of all i school propefliea in their jatlsdici tion at once to make certain that ali > public school buildings arc sate anc I fit to receive puplh it the opeului; e: > xchooL

: letters were sent out last June, at the close of the rural schools, urging the trustees to closely examine all ' school buildings with a view to hav- ' ing improvements made, if needed, during the summer months, so that all hazards and unsafe buildings or sections of buildings might bo put ' in proper condition durln the vacation. The fire marshal is now "Check-1 ing up to see if this lias been done. “We want to be very sure that there hall lie no fire disasters in the public schools of Indiana," Mr. Miller said. o — - Preferential System Permits Peace Among Sororities In College Columbia, Mo., Oct, 22.—Giving coeds the “preferential voting” system, low being advocated as a political" reform, puts the fraternity system at the University of Missouri one step ahead of the voting electorate of the nation. This practice has eliminated the fierce fights between sororities for possession of desirable freshmen, it is said, causing the dove of peace to Tst more quietly on the Greeks’ "ront porches. The system is this: After the usual “rushing” season, vhen the sororities show all the “best girls” the best time possible, the sororities submit, to a neutral ' person, in this case a probate judge, ' a list of the women they want. The 1 girls “rushed" are asked to "vote” ’ for the sorority they would most like ■ to join, the one which they would join if they couldn't get their first 1 choice, then a third and a fourth ' choice. These “secret ballots” are ■ submitted to the neutral person, and the girl is notified that one of the fra- > ternity she selected has asked her to . join—if one of them has asked her. ; I All ballots are kept secret and the > fraternity never know, whether it ■ was first or fourth choice. The traditional inconsisteucy of women, however, hit the new system i hard in one case. The girl wouldn't • choose but one sorority and that one ! didnH invite her to join, although i several ethers did.

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