Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 261, Decatur, Adams County, 3 November 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 261.

FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS MANY

LLOYD GEORGE TURNS HIS FACE HOMEWARD Grand Old Britain Confident America Will Decide for the Right. ACCLAIMs’oUR GOV’MT. Says America Must Insist and Not Suggest; Enjoyed His Trip. New York, Nov. 3.—“1 am terribly sorry to leave. My heart is too full. I cannot say more.’ With these words Lloyd George today embarked foi home on the White Star liner Majestic after one of the most remarkable tours of Americd ever made by a public man. The great Welchman’s last sight (I the streets of New York was glimpsed through the windows of the limousine in which he was rushed along at 35 mile* an hour through the rush ol noon day traffic surrounded by a roaring squadron of twenty more motorcycle policemen. By LAWRENCE MARTIN United Press Staff Correspondent. (Copyright 1923 by United Press.) New York, Nov. 3.—“1 am sure the American democracy will decide right.” With this confident prediction on his lips, David Lloyd George today turned his face homeward In an exclusive interview with the United Press he spoke of the future and what it will bring to the United States and to the world. America, he said, bolds in its handnot only its own future. lent the fu tore of the rest of the world. Arneri ca’s record is a record of decisions on the right side —on the side of hu man liberty, of fair play and of jus tice, he said. “History tells that and I’ve had ex perience of it myself, not so many years ago.’’ he said. "Now I have add ed to history's story and to experience of your character gained when you came in with the friends of liberty in 1917, a personal contact with your people. I know they will decide right." Acclaims U. S. Government, And then he repeated a thought which he expressed last night in hit farewell speech at the Metropolitan opera house. ‘Your government has taken a great step, which 1 acclaim from the hot tom of my heart. Like a good golfer just do the thing now and your plan will, I am sure, come to success—fol low through and keep your eye on the ball.” America must insist, Lloyd George It is not enough for the United States Io suggest. If others will not accept suggestions they must come to know that the United States is in dead earnest about getting the European situation settled on a basis of justiec and not of vengeance. Enjoyed Trip Greatly. “It has been a great trip, a most wonderful trip," he said. “It is impossible to express my appreciation of all the kindnesses shown me and my family over here. Your welcome was so spontaneous, and so warmhearted. “Believe me, an old campaigner like myself learns to know sincerity. I have been touched to the heart; I would like very much to come again.” What impressed Lloyd George most; “Power—your almost unsuspected power; your virility and your size.” Looks Into Future. We are just beginning over here, he believes, our era of greatness. He looks ahead to a time when Canada will have 300,000,000 inhabitants and the United States many, many times its present population; when America shall come into full flower —and that time will come the sooner if America now finishes the work of justice and democracy unselfishly begun in 1917, he believes. (Continued on page four)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Huntingion Defeated Columbia City, 7-0 Columbia City, Nov. 3- The Co'umbia City high school football team went down to defeat 7 to 0 on Carter Held here Friday afternoon before the fast Huntington aggregation. The visitors’ score was made in the second quarter when a series of forward passes, terminated on the. five-yard ine by a cross buck, sent the ball aver, goal being kicked afterward, ’’olumbia City got the ball to the 11vard line for first down through _ a -erics of forward passes, but the half >hded at this stage and ruined the locals’ best chance of the game for scoring. The locals finish the season with a game November 10 at Fo*toria, Ohio. I.C.WOSTTO FL WAYNE TEAM Locals Put Up Game Fight But Succumbed To Superior Odds, 24-7. Decatur Catholic high school’s football team fought a game hut losing battle against far superior odds on Ahr’s Field here yesterday afternoon. Central Catholic, Ft. Wayne, winning the game, 24-7. It was a team composed of inexperienced but game players fighting a team of veterans. Coach Doriot, of the visitors, brought his entire second team along hoping that he would not have to cend his regulars into the game. Eight second string players were in the visiting lineup at the start of the game, but this combination proved to be no match for France Corner’s fighting eleven, and Coach Doriot called time out and substituted eight first string men in the lineup, after “Mongo” Meyers had skirted one of his ends for 22 yards and a touchdown in the first few minutes of play. The. first team remained in the game for the remainder of the contest. Bushman Was Star. Had it not been for Bushman, star halfback on the C. C. 11. S. eleven, the game might have resulted much differently. It was the marvelous running of this one player that accounted for three of the visitors’ touchdowns. Bushman is undoubtedly one of the greatest halfbacks in high school football. Graf, fullback for the visitors, also did excellent work. Little “Mongo” Meyers, one of the most promising players on the local team, was carried from the field twice during the game. First in the second quarter he was caught in a pile of human flesh and rendered senseless. He revived, however, and re-entered the game at the beginning of the second half, only to be knocked out again in the fourth quarter. Cap tain Christian did good work in the backfield tor the locals, while Holt house. Teeple and Wemhoff did good work iu the line. The entire team showed plenty of fight throughout the game anil their playing was far su perior to the brand of football they played in their first game at Fort Wayne a few weeks ago, when C. C H. S. defeated them 56-0. The locals completed two nice forward passes, one of which was good for twenty yards. First Quarter. Decatur started out strong and car ried the ball into the visitors’ territory. After scrlmmiging for about five minutes, Meyers broke away for an end run and covered the 22 yards between him and the goal line for a touchdown. Meyers kicked goal. Score 7-0. Here Coach Doriot called time out and sent his regulars to the rescue to stop the onslaught of the locals. Decatur kicked off to visitors' 30-yard line. Bushman made 35 yards on an end run. On the next play, Fort Wayne was offsides and they were penalized 5 yards. A pass was incomplete. Fort Wayne time out. The visitors failed to gain on a line play and o> the next play they kicked. Ball out of bounds on Ft. Wayne 45-yard line. Meyers made 3 yards off tackle. Schulte tumbled but Christian recovered, gaining 4 yards. Meyers made 2 yards but the visitors held tor downs. Quarter ended, seore 7-0 in favor of Decatur. (Continued on page five)

Home-coming At Evangelical Church Sunday t-.;‘ : ( -A . ■■ A ’ HHMb' J” Above are pictured the Evangelical church of the city and Bishop S. P. Spreng, of Naperville, Illinois, who will speak at the home-coming services to be held at the chur h tomorrow. The church will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the first Evangelical church building in this city.

ONE ACQUITTED: 2 FOUND GUILTY Three Youths Tried On Charge of Disorderly Conduct At Berne Friday. Melvin Hirschy and Albert Krich hofer were found guilty and Martin Stucky was acquitted on a charge of disorderly conduct in the court ol David Depp, justice of (he peace, nt Berne yesterday. Hirschy and Kirchhofer were fined ss’and costs each, but both prayed and appeal to the circuit court. The charges were filed against the *hree young men by Andrew Cook, teacher at the school in District No. 2, in Wabash township Mr. Cook charged that during a box social he'd at his school recently, the three defendants were guilty of disorderly conduct, throwing shelled corn at the auctioneer, yelling ami creating a dis turbance in general. Another charge of public intoxication is pending against the three youths as a result of their action at the social. The trial opened yesterday morning at 10 o’clock and was not completed until 5:30 yesterday evening. The defendants were represented by Attorneys R. C. Parrish, of Ft. Wayne, and F. M. Cottrell, of Berne. The state's case was handled by Prosecuting Attorney E. Bi-.rt Lenhart, of this ■ity. o Thurman Gottschalk of Berne visitid here yesterday and attended to business. He says he is not considering political matters at this time but is looking after the business of Gottschalk & Baumgaitner. CARTOONISTTO BE HERE MONDAY Mrs. Marion Ballou Fisk To Give Second Number oi H. S. Lyceum Course. Marion Ballou Fisk, popular cartoonist. lecturer and entertainer, will appear at the high school auditorium Monday evening as the second number on the seniors’ lyceum course. Mrs. Fisk is best known as a Cleveland unique combination ot cartoonist, entertainer, story teller and lecturer. Wherever she has appeared she has been asked to come again. Her crayon work and drawings are done with amazing delicacy, her shadings are perfect and her pictures breathe life, so to speak. An amazing feature of Mrs. Fisk's program is when she is using twenty different colors in making one picture, she is at tUe same time keeping another picture going on another easel. Her program here Mon. evening will Include some ot Robert W. Service’s poems and a sketch of Col. Roosevelt. which Mrs. Fisk will illustrate to be one of the most interesting on as she reads. The number promises the program for the season.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 3, 1923.

Dr. Patterson To Speak , At Hartford City Monday Dr. Fred Patterson, group representative of the Rotary clubs in this district, will go to Hartford City Mon-1 day where he will address the Rotarians of that city. On Wednesday. Dr. Patterson will go to Indianapolis to attend a meeting called by Arthur Sapp, of Huntington, Rotary governor of the twentieth district. At this meeting plans for the annual state conference to be held in February will he made. The conference will be held a French Lick at the famous Taggart hotel and a number from this city are planning to attend. EVANGELICALS WILL CELEBRATE Observance of 50th Anniversary of First Church and Home-Coming. Sunday will he a red letter day at the local Evangelical church, the services being in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the dedication ' of their first church building in De-; catur. In connection with this anniversary a home-coming has been plan-. ned. Many former Decatur members ' and friends will be happy to attend, 1 ren«w old friendships and become reminescent just for a day. To this end the afternoon service will provide for just such talks by old-time mein hers. The membership and friends are to bring their dinners to the church and enjoy the informal social noon hour together. At the service in the afternoon there will be greetings from the pastors of the church, unable to attend. Rev. D. O. Wise, of Celina, Ohio, will also speak at this meeting. He served here as pastor four years, 1908-1911. Bishop S. P. Spreng, D.’ I)., Naperville, Illinois, will be the main speaker at the morning and evening services. In connection with this home-com ing and anniversary, pledges from the membership and friends ot the societywill be taken toward the new parsonage purchased this spring. The first parsonage was procured in 1882. under the pastorate of Rev. J. M. Dustman of Urbana, Ind. He is today one of tile oldest pastors in the Indiana Conference. Additions and changes to the parsonage have been made which today is used as the janitor's home. The following pastors who have served the church are still living: Rev. J. M. Dustman, Urbana. Ind.. 1881-83: Rev. W. 11. Mygrant, Auburn, Ind., 1898-99; Rev. F. L. Snyder, Culver. Ind., 1890-91; Rev. S. I. Zechiel. 1901-02: Rev. A. B. Hilist, Louisville, Ky„ 1904-07; Rev. D. O. Wise, Celina. Ohio, 1908-1911; Rev. J. 11. Rilling, Van Wert. Ohio. 1912-16.: Rev. C. L. Haney, Naperville. 111.. 1920-22. Rev. (Continued oil page faurt Weather Rain tonight and Sunday; warmer tonight in extreme east portion.

TOOK POISON PILL; MAY DIE Mrs. Theodore Beatty, of Union Township, Mistook Pill for Cold Tablet. Mrs. Theodore Beatty, aged 50. w -1 known resident of Union township, i in a serious condition at her horn* as the result of swallowing a tablet the chief ingredient of which w.t bichloride of mercury. The tablewas taken by mistake. The attendphysician fears .that the poisoning , will prove fatal. Mrs. Beatty had been suffering from a severe cold. She went to th* medicine closet to get a cold table and swallowed a pili witho.it payin much attention to what it was. A* I terwards she found that she had tak* t a tablet from a bottle of medicine used for making a solution for c hick en cholera. She* immediately tol her husband of her mistake and ; physician was summoned. — o Ohio Man Won Automobile (liven Away Here Today i The Ford touring car given away today by the Decatur merchants was I awarded to Vern Gleckler, of near , Dixon. Ohio. Mr. Gleckler resides two and one-half miles south and one mile east of Dixon. The winning ticket was issued at tile John T. Meyers Clothing company, where Mr. Dixon's son purchased a suit of c lothes. A crowd of several hundred people wwas on the streets at the time the car was given away. The merchants have announced that they will give away another automobile* on Decent her Sth. TAKES ANNUAL HUNTING TRIP Dr. J. Q. Neptune, of This City, Joins Party For Trip To Ontario. Dr. J. Q. Neptune, well known local dentist, will leave Monday evening for Cartier. Ontario, from where h. will drive to camp for his thirtieth annual hunt for big game. Othe. in the party of a dozen from this section are George* Knittie. of Union township; ETank and George Griffith and Jim Lee, of Paulding. Ohio. Dr. Mouser, of Latty. Ohio; Mr. Kohn, of Groveer Hill, and several others. They will ice in 'ttnip about three weeks and expect to have a wondc rful time. The crowd goes north each year and this is the third season in Ontario, Canada. Deer, moose and other wile] game around there and v the snows come right the boys ar« sure to bring back some fine specimen. They travel in their own car 1 which is equipped with cooking uien alls and all things necessary for their comfort. Dr. Neptune's office will be dosed during his absence from Monday evening until his return in about three weeks.

William O’Brien W on Phonograph Last Night Wllliapi O'Brien, manager of the local branch of the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric company, was the lucky individual who received the phonograph given away by the local order of Brothrhood of American Yeomen last night, A crowd of between 250 and 300 persons attended the social held in the Yeoman hall , last night and a merry time was had. Many persons came masked and the first prize for the best masked person was awarded to Pete Galligher. Second prize wi nt to Mrs. Elizabeth j Wagoner. Dancing was one of the main diversions of the evening, music being furnished by Fred Schurger’s orchestra. D. H. Si DEFEATED AT RICHMOND Yellow Jackets Lost Hard Game. 35-0: Few Suffered Injuries. After playing a dose game throughout the first three quarters, the De- ; •atur high school football team was ‘wnniped in the final period in their tame at Richmond yesterday afternoon. the final score being 35 to fl Phe Yellow Jackets opened up a for ward pass attack in the last quarter n a determined effort to capture the tame, hut the Richmond players were well-trained in meeting this type of offense and they intercepted many of he passes and literally ran wild, ■(•oring four touchdowns and kicking <oal each time in the last quarter. The two teams battled fairly even luring the first three quarters, th seore being 14-0, when the final per od was started. Richmond scored me touchdown in the first quarter nd another in the third quarter and ticked goal each time. Bud White I injured one of his knees in the first half and had to leave the game at he start of the second half. Baker, vho substituted lor Frisinger at end cud later went to the backfield when Frisinger returned to the game, received a badly sprained hand short 'y after entering the game, and was unable to do much. Several ligamentin his hand were torn loose. Coach Howard sent in a number of substitutes in the last half in an effort 'o stem the tide, but to no avail. The Yellow Jackets fought hard, but th: Richmond line was strong and held 'ike a wall when the Decatur back tried to penetrate it. The Decatur lineup at ’he start o. the game was as follows: Captain Wickenfeld, left end: C. Iximmiman. left tackle; Brumley, left guard; Rev center; Holmes, right guard; Mil's ight tackle; Frisinger. right end; Swearinger, quarterback; Farr, left half, Breiner, right half: White, full back. Sutstitutes were: Baker for Frisinger: Frisinger for Baker; Yaney for Brumley; Baker for White: Be(Continued on mce two'

Bride-to-be Changes Mind; Vanishes; Elopes To Decatur And Marries Another Sturgis, Michigan, Girl Disappears on Eve of Wedding. Leaving Prospective Groom Waiting At the Church and Is Married By Justice of the Peace Here Last Wednesday Morning.

Another Romeo has been left wait- I ' ing at the church. Lust Tuesday night, at the Xntc , of Mr. and Mrs. Leo llarch sty. in Star- ~ gis. Michigan .extensive preparations I were being made for the marriag*'l of their daughter. Miss Pauline, age ; 19, to John Asbury. The wedding] was to take place within a few hours j John lead been staying at lite Hard esty home* for a few days, aiding i t the preparations. Tin* wedding gown was competed and was spread out o' 1 a bed in all its splendor. The wed ding ring, engrado with orange bios-1 aOms. reposed in John's pocekt. John and Pauline had gone for t walk and upon their return. Pauline did not remove her coat. A few minutes later, she left the house, there was a scream, the family dog harked, and Pauline was gone. And there

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MANI OFFENSES CHARGED AGAINST 271 DEFENDANTS Jury Did Not Probe Gov. Mc’Cray’s Affairs Or the Dolling Company. MANY FROM FT. WAYNE Ft. Wayne Supplies Largest List of Liquor Defendants On Record. Pr»*MF Heavier) Indianapolis. Nov. 3 (Special io Daily Democrat) Two hundred and seventy-one defendants charged with a wide range of federal offenses were named in 166 indictments returned by the grand jury to Judge A. B. Anderson today. 'file names of 187 defendants who are in jail or out on bond were made public. The others will be announced as arrests tire made. The grand jurv, which was in session a month, did not take up Governor McCray’s affairs >i - those of the R. 1.. Dollings company, federal officials stiid. If these matters tire investigat<l it will be by another grand jury, as the one which reported today wtis discharged by Judge Anderson. Many From Fort Wayne Fort Wayne supplied the largest list of liquor defendants ever indicted in federal court here, at one time The number totaled ]OS as against 79 named in the Gary conspiracy case last spring. However, no public officials were on the list, and no conspiracy charges were made. Defendants for the most part, are alleged bootleggers and soft drink t“ tablishment owners. Echoes of the cleanup drive by fedoral prohibition agents in Anderson earlier in the year wore heard with indictment of the Anderson Brewing company. William J Horton, president, and two others. Two Sheriffs Named Two Vigo county deputy sheriffs. John Reese and Richard Liduter, were charged with violation of tile prohibition law. They were said to have attempted to collect protetion ntoa-y from liquor violators. One government employe, William F. Meyers, a storekeeper, and Ganger, of the Hammond Distilling companv Hammond, was named in an indictment charging violation of tile prohibition laws. For the second time. Mrs. Jennie ?.!. Adams. Muncie, will lace Jt-.dire Anderson on charges of operation cd a fake matrimonial scheme through the mails. Her husband. Charles J. Adams, was also indicted. . —• J P. Johnson, of Monroe, was a I business visitor in the city today.

was no trace. Several theories were advanced to explain Pauline's sudden and mysterious disappearance, but none of them solved the mystery or found John'; [bride-to-be. Police in surrounding towns and cities in Michigan and Indiana were notified and the search :begun. About 10 o'c lock last XVeclnc sdav interning, a demur little maiden of I' l | years, accompanied by a young man of the same age. and the young man . lather, walked into the office of John T. Kelly. Jerk of Adams County cir--1 c uit court, iu the c ourt house here, and asked ter a marriage license. One |of thc> first questions asked of the young lady was. Are you a resident of Adams county?" To this she re(Continued on page five)