Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 278, Decatur, Adams County, 23 November 1923 — Page 1

Zolume XXI. Number 278.

■MORE CHARGES I OF BANKRUPTCY I AGAINST M'CRAY Kt. Wayne Banks File An I Amended Petition Containing More Acts. JURY ADJOURNED ■brand Jury Adjourned To- [ day Until December 3; Goodrich Testifies. ' (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Nov. 23—(Spe- ■ ial to Daily Democrat)- At■orneys for’ the three Fort ■Waviie banks seeking to have ■fiov- McCray declared bankrupt today filed an amended peKition charging additional acts ■;| bankruptcy on the part of ■he governor. [ All of these acts the petition ■aid gave one creditor preference over another. | Hie hearing was adjourned ■until the week of December 3 Kt which time the hearing will Ke reconvened in Frankfort. [ Former Governor Goodrich said ■hat everyone who subscribed to the ■oan to McCray expected to have K.ooo or more acres of land turned ■ver as security than was actually ■urned over. I Everybody understpod the night Ket'ore that we would get 1.000 acres than we did, Goodrich said. ■ lint we got 1,200 acres of land that ■ad a SIOO,OOO mortgage on it." Goodrich Testifies M Indianapolis, Nov. 23.—James P. ■loodrich. former governor of Indiana, ■tvhl of the formation of a $350,000 K>ool to aid Governor McCray at the ■earing today on the petition to have ■defray declared bankrupt. I Goodrich said the money was used ■<i pay $155,000 to the Discount l<wtl bank at Kentland, $155,00 ) ■e pay the state board of agriculture ■or the money McCray had borrowed. ■s.'lo,ooo to the Fletcher-American Na ■tional bank, Indianapolis and SIO,OOO ■<> the Aetna Trust company to pay ■tie expense of operating the trust. I McCray first approached him in ■lune to tell of his dire financial straits ■.nd to seek aid, Goodrich said, al■hough th'e “pool” was not completed ■ until August. A number of confer- ■< aces led up to the final arrangements ■ur the pool, according to Urn tesii■niony. I Goodrich said he investigated Me- ■ Cray’s financial standing only insofar ■as the assets turned over to secure ■he $350,000 loan were concerned. I The witness was unable to tell just ■low the money was returned to the ■state board of agriculture. ■ “You took over 10,500 shares of ■the ccjmmon stock of the Warren T. ■McCray Farms Realty company for ■your trust, did you not?” Goodrich ■was asked. Goodrich verified Ithe transaction ■and said the company held 4,262 acres ■of land. I "What value do you place on the ■ stoc k of the company on October 4. ■192.3?" (The petition in bankruptcy was ■ filed October 6.) Attorneys for McCray objected to ■ the question. I "Twenty-five tq fifty cents on the ■ dollar,” Goodrich answered. "There ■ is no sale for it now.” ■ Broadcasting From Moving Airplane Is Successful Omaha, Neb., Nov. 23 —(Special to ■ Daily Democrat) —Radio broadcasting B from a moving airplane was success [fully carried out by Jack Knight, air I mail pilot, today. Knight, testing radio communicaI tion with a view of making night air ■ mail flying more safe, flew from ■ Omaha to North Platte, a distance of ■ '•00 miles, and back, and was con- ■ stantly touch with the Omaha air ■ station. He was accompanied by J. G. Mullen, Washington, radio expert of the air mail service.

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“Much Ado About Betty" At 11. S. Auditorium Tonight Several hundred tickets have been 1 sold for the comedy. "Much Ado • About Hetty,” to be given this even ing at eight o'clock at the high school I auditorium hy the Young Peoples' society of the United Brethern church, of Zanesville, Ohio, for the benefit of the U. If. church. Twenty-two characters take part in the play. It is a < lean, wholesome and amusing torn<dy and the patrons will enjoy the two and one-half hours of entertainment. Members of the cast have played in several cities this season and the attractions comes very highly recommended. — <>- ROCKFORD TEAM SWAMPED BY G.E. {First Half Was Close; Linn Kern Scored Eleven Field Goals. In a slow game, featured only by the basketshooting of Linn Korn, the General Electric basketball team swamped the Rockford, Ohio, team in the old gymnasium on First street | last night, by a score of 41 to 13. The ' first half of the contest was close, the 1 G. E. quintet held a 13-12 lead at half 1 time. The G. E. players went on a 1 scoring spree in the second half, howI ever, and at the same time held the | visitors to one point during the half. Linn Kern. G. E. forward and former I). H. S. star, dropped in eleven j field goals during the game. Garton contributed six two-pointers to this score and Yager made three. Cook, forward, was the best performer for the visitors. Kern scored first, drop ping in a long field goal from the side after a few minutes' playing. Worthman counted from the field for Rockford and Garton put the G. E. ahead ' with a field goal. Kern increased the • lead with a pretty field goal. Cook scored for Rot kford and then he tied , the score with another field- goal. Yager counted for Decatur and Rockford evened the store at 8 all. Kern ! made one point on a foul and Garton and Yager scored field goals. Rot kford scored another field goal just before the half ended, making I the st ore stand 13-12. Rockford's lone point in the second half was made by Frisinger on a free throw. Kern and Garton started dropping the ball through the loop from all angles and piled up the score. Kern made nine field goals in the last half anil Garton four. Yager ( contributed one field goal during the ■ period: Peterson ami Kleinknights successfully kept the visitors away from the goal. In a preliminary game i the Fisher & Harris team defeated the G. E. second team 31 to 16. I The G. E. team will go to Berne ’ i Saturday night to play the fast Berne A. C. quintet. Berne is expecting an I easy victory over the locals, but followers of the G. E. five contend that the score will be close with the vic- ■ tor in doubt until the final whistle. I On Thanksgiving night the G. E. team I will play the Overland Red Bini team | from Fort Wayne in the old gymna'sium. This promises to be a fast game ( as the Fort Wayne team is composed . of well known net performers. Line-I up and summary of last night's game: I G. E. 41. Rockford 13. Kern F Cook Garton F Frisinger I Yager C Worthman , I Peterson G Martz Kleinknight . G Wiley Substitutions: Rockford —Hileman for Wiley. Field goals: Kern, 11; Garton, 6; Yager, 3; Cook, 3; Frininger, 1; Worthman, 2. Foul goals: Kern, 1; Frisinger, 1. Referee: Oliver, Monroe. ——o SUGAR MARKET New York —Raw sugar opened higher. Dec. $5.7605.80; Jan. $5.28;! March [email protected]; May [email protected]; July $4.9204.94. i — 0 " I Thanksgiving Sale Here On Wednesday, Nov. 28 The Pleasant Dale Aid society will 'hold a Thanksgiving sale in this city | |in the Niblick building, formerly the ' ‘Old Adams County Bank, on Wednesday, November 28th. Dressed chickens for the Thanksgiving dinner, baked goods and everything good to eat for the feast or reunion will be sold at the sale. The public is invited to attend.

'NAME BUILDING COMMITTEE FOR NEWII.B. CHURCH : Committee Named This' Week, Considering Plans For New Structure. WILL EXPEND SIO,OOO Construction of Building To Be Started In March or April. The building committee of the United Brethern cht:r< h, composed of Roy Mumma. Ben Hoaglar.il. Charles Hammond. Jess Schwartz and Mrs. C. E. Baughman wore appointed at the quarterly conference of the congreI gallon this week, and are now conj sidering plans for the construction of the t hurt h edifice on the site of the present building, corner of Madison and Ninth streets. I The congregation plans to spend j $ 10,0011 in the erection of a new ' church. The plans will be furnished 1 by the board of architects of the Uni- | ted Brethern church, and the building committee will make the selection of the, style of church from these plans. Material needed in the construction of the new church will be purchased within a few months and about March or April the present chun h building will be wrecked and the site prepared for the new and beautiful structure. The United Brethern congregation was organized in this city about 38 years ago and has grown steadily ever since. Rev. B. F. Dotson, who is an untiring worker in the interest of the church and lor the good of the congregation is now servin : his second year as pastor of the local chun h. ONION SERVICE ON THANKSGIVING Seven Protestant Churches To Unite For Services In U. B. Church. I Seven of the Decatur churches w'l unite this year as is their custom, in the annual union Thanksgiving serv ice. These churches are the Baptis' I Christian, Evangelical, Methodist, Re. , med, Presyterian ami United Brethern. The service this year will be held on i Thanksgiving morning, Thursday. NoIvember 29th, at 10 o'clock in the U. B. church, corner 9th and Madison I streets. The members of the Minisiterial Association anti others are making a considerable effort to make this ' a real worth-while community servj ice and it is imped there will be i good attendance. The special features of the serivce ' will be the Thanksgiving sermon by Rev. F. 1). Whitesell, pastor of the 1 Baptist church; a selection by a male I quartet composed of ministers of the !city; a vocal duet by Misses Zelma j Stevens and Marie Hill, and it is hopled that the high school Glee clr.b can | also be secured to favor the audience I with a selection. Following is the program, in detail. I which will be given with Rev. 11. R. | Elliker, president of the Decatur MinMaterial association, presiding: Prelude. Invocation Rev. R. W. Loose ( Hymn Congregation , Scripture Reading 1 Rev. H. W. Thompson j Selection , . High school G'ee clubdf possibh') ' Prayer .... Rev. U. S. A. Bridge D. D. Selection Ministers' Quartet Reading President’s Proclamation .. Rev. B. F. Dotson Vocal Duet I Misses Zelma Stevens anil Marie Hill Hymn Congregation Benediction Rev. B. N. Covert. —— ■ O ■' AMERICAN LEGION NOTICE! Regular meeting and election of officers of Adams I’ost No. 43. Monday levelling, 7:45 p.m. All members ■are urged t obe present. 278t3x —o— CHICAGO GRAIN Wheat: Dec. $1.03; May $1.08%; July $1.06%. Corn: Dec. 73c; May 72%c; July 73%c. Oats: Dec. 42%c; May 44%c; July 43%c.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 23, 1923.

I * I Large Crowd To See Net I Game In Bluffton Tuesday Word from Bluffton is to the effect that there is a heavy ticket sale for the Deeatur-Blufi'ion Phi Dolt basket bull : ame which will be played in that city next Tuesday night. A block of j 100 seats will bo reserved for Decatur | funs, Fred Kolter, manager of the I Leaders, making a trip to Bluffton i after them toilay. Interest in the coming battle has increased rapidly since the 36-21 victory of the Lenders of the Phi Delts here last Tuesday night. The Phi Delts defeated the strong Warren Hexalin at Bluffton last night. s - WOMEN HEARD FINE SERMON Dr. Naftzger Spoke To Women Only At M. E. Revival Last Night. A large audience of women attend ed the Thursday evening meeting a' the Methodist revival. Dr. Earl Nat'tzgor spoke on "The Modern Woman. or Why Do Women Go Wrong.” His sermon abounded in instruction, warning and advice. It was a very timely message anil very well given It js a pity that all the women of Decatur did not hear it. Had they, there is no question many lives wou'd have been saved and many heartaches avoided. The regretable thing is so many will not take advantage of help when it is within rent h, then when the crash comes they wonder whv something can not be done for them This evening is school night. Pupils of all schools are invited. 'So i : everybody, also. Dr. and Mrs. Naftzger will clos' their work here Sunday. Take ail vantage of the few remaining oppor (unities of hearing them. - — • Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinald Bultemoyer. of Allen county, were visitors in the city today. WALTON INDICTED BY GRAND JURY Impeached Governor of Oklahoma Faces Serious Charges Now. BULLETIN. Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov. 23. (United Press.l —J. C. Walton, former governor of Oklahoma, was indicted today by a county grand jury on charges of diversion of state funds; illegal prevention of an attempted meeting of the state legislature, and attempts to intimidate an officer. The former governor was accused in seven counts, six of which were filed in district court and the seventh in county tourt. Dr. A. E. Davenport .state health commissioner and T. P. Edwards, formerly Walton’s chafi'eur, were indicted jointly with Walton. Bond for Walton was set at $6,000 in district court and $750 on the count in county court. He was prepared to make bond. Bonds for Edwards and Davenport was set at SI,OOO each.'

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FARMER FOUND DEAD IN BARN NEAR GENEVA Abraham Kneuss Believed To Have Been Killed In Fall From Hay Mow. SKULL FRACTURED Body Found By Brother Shortly After Noon; Wife and Family Survive. Geneva, Nov. 23 (Special to Daily Democrat) Abraham Kneuss. 52. a farmer, was found dead in a barn on his brother's farm, one and onehalf miles northwest of here shortly after noon today. Coroner 1.. L. Mattax, of this place, who was called to make an investigation. found that death was accidental and was due to i fracture of the skull at the base of the brain. It is presumed that Mr. Kneuss fell from (he hay mow to the floor in the barn. He had been dead a few hours when found. Mr. Kneuss, who lives across the -oad from his brother's house, had gone to help his brother shred fodder this morning, but as it rained the shredding was postponed. Mr. Kneuss remained at the barn and when he did not appear for dinner at noon, a search was started and the brother found his lifeless body lying on the barn floor. Mr. Kneuss is survived by his second wife and several children. He married his second wife only a few months ago. No funeral arrangements had been made this afternoon. D .0. H. S. BEGINS NET PRACTICE Several Veterans Back In School; Schedule Announced Today. , Tlie athletes of the Decatur Catholic high school have laid their football togs away in moth balls and have donned their basketball uniforms. They held their first net practice of the season in the old high school gymnasium on First street on Wednesday night and a squad of fifteen candidates were out for the team. France Conter, who coached the D. C. H. S. football team, will coach basketball also. Included in the list of candidates for the team, are several veterans from last season. Christen, last year's captain; Wemhoff, Myers. Schulte, Holthouse, Voglewede, and others who were seen in action las. year, are out for the team again. Father Otto Peters announced the schedule for the team today. The schedule is not complete yet. a fewdates being open, but negotiations are under way for games on those dates. The team will play at home when the public high school team is away from home and away from home when the D. H. S. team it at home. There will be a first and second Itoys’ team and a girls' team. TJie schedule, when complete will contain between fifteen and twenty games. The first game will be at Huntington against the St. Peter and Paul Catholic high school squad on November 30. first and second teams Following is the schedule as announced today: Nov. 30—St. Peter and PYtul C. H. S. Huntington. there Dec. 7—Open. Dec. 14—St. Mary's C. H. S. Huntington, here. Dec. 21—C. C. H. S„ here. Dec. 28 —Open. Jan. 4 C. C. H. S.. there. I Jan. 11 —Kirkland Boys and Girls, here. Jan. 18 —Van Buren, there. Jan. 25 —Open. Feb. I—Monroeville, here. Fi b. 8 Van Buret), here. Feb. 15 St. Marys C. H. S. Huntington, there. I Feb. 22—Kirkland Hoys and Girls, here. I Feb. 29—Monroeville, there. Cal Pererson, Leigh Bowen and Ralph Yager motored to Ft. Wayne this afternoon to attend the Shrine Ceremonies. t

|k. of C. Will Hold An Important Meeting Monday An important and interesting meeting of the Knights of Columbus is planned for Monday night at the ball. Following the rt'Kiihtr business meetI: ing an oyster stew will lie served to the members, followed by a smoker. . Plans for the winter program to lie I given hy the lodge will also he discussed and several interesting programs will be arranged. E. X. Ehinger, grand knight of the council, urges till of the members to attend the meeting and participate in the programs and in helping make arrangements for them. ROTARIANS HEAR INTERESTING TALK Secretary of American Chemical Co. Delivers Talk Last Night. i Speaking before the Rotarians last ' evening, Alexander Williams, of New . York City, secretary of the prize esi say contest of the American Chemi: al 1 company, asked for “the co-operation and appreciation of the public of what the chemists are doing and that the ■ individual submit his basic problems to the scientists." Mr. Williams defined chemistry, saying, "chemistry is the science dealing with the specific properties and i changes of matter. Birth, life and death are chemical reactions. Our food, clothing, housing and transportation depend upon chemistry. All questions of health—and perhaps happiness—involve chemistry.” Mr. i Williams told how the American Chemical society was functioning. He told of the endowments made by Francis P. Garvan, millionaire of New York, following the death of his daughter, Patrica, his donations consisting of ten thousand dollars, to be divided in prizes of twenty dollars each and awarded to six school children in every state in the Union for the six best 1 essays written on the importance o( chemistry in our national life. In addition, Mr. Garvan will also give six four-year scholarships in chemistry of chemical engineering at Yale or Vassar to the successful contestants in each of the several states. Mr. Williams’ talk was most instruc- . tive and greatly appreciated by the [ Rotarians and their guests. James . We.stveld. chemist at the Holland-St. . I ouis Sugar company and Ralph ! Tyndall, teacher in the public schools. ! were guests of the club. Sir. Williams . has had much experiente. He has . been in the newspaper business for I ten or more years, was a member I of the staffs of the New York World and Herald, the Washington Star, 1 worked for sometime on the Northi cliffe papers in England, and also fol- ■ lowed newspaper work in China. He , has made several trips around the I world and has crossed the Pacific and Atlantic several times. The Rotarians will not meet on . Thanksgiving Day. On Thursday, De- > cember 6th, the wives and sweethearts • of the members will be entertained at ; the el,ib rooms. ' Cattle and Land Sell Very Good In Southwest A wave of prosperity appears to be 1 sweeping over the southwest, according to Col. Fred Reppert, who has re1 turned from Kansas City and lowa, ' where he conducted a number of live 1 stock and land sales. The American Royal Cattle show is being held in Kansas City this week. On Wedne.s day fifty Hereford calves, none over one and one-half years old, were sold at an average of $4(15 per head. Th ■ top sate was a 9-months-old calf, which brought $3.(100 from a Ixis Angeles, California, buyer. The cattle num from the southwest were th" heavy buyers at the sale. They reported that they had a good year and they were enthusiastic over the prospects for the coming year. A 500acre farm near Norway, lowa, was sold at auction last week tor $306 per ii're, the buyer paying cash for tie farm A 32i(-acr» fir in was .«••<! it auction for $312 per acre, amt a iooacre farm for $285 per acre. Farms |are sold at auction very often in lowa, I this being the prevailing method 't Ils said Business conditions in low-i I are looking good and indications are a that the coming year will see increas e ed prosperity in that section of tlv country.

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jSTRESEMANNIS REBUKED TODAY BY REICHSTAG Body Refuses To Give German Chancellor a Vote of Confidence. EXPECT RESIGNATION Demonstrate Against Crown Prince’s Return To Germany. Beilin, Nov. 23 (Spocittl Io Dtiily Democrat) The reichstag tonight refused to give Chancellor Stresemann the vote of confidence which he requested. Resignation of the German hancellor and his cabinet ordinarily follows immediately upon failure to secure the vote oi •onfidenee. Berlin. Nov. 23 (Special to Daily Democrat)- As the hour set for the expected fall of Chancellor Strv •- mann drew near, an anxious reichstag heard that the pan-Germans might attempt a coup d'etat tonight. Facing the hostile fire of these groups, communists and socialists besides the extreme nationalists, Stresemann placed his political fate before the German parliament and called for a vote of confidence. Paris, Nov. 23—(Special to Daily Democrat) —"It is Intolerable to the peace of Europe that the ill-fated dynasty of the Hohenzollerus should be restored," Premier Poincare shouted at the climax of a stirring speech n the chamber of deputies this afternoon. > They climbed onto their seats and stood cheering themselves hoarse. Deputies rose as one man. The chamber was a bedlam of sound and Poincare, smiling broadly, could not proceed. When tile din had died down a bit, the premier exclaimed significantly: “Our allies will know tonight that we are unanimous on that.” Again bedlam broke loose when Poincare declared: "For our security we intend to consolidate our positions in the Ruhr. "We will not evacuate until the reparations have been paid in full — o YOUNG MOTHER DIED YESTERDAY Mrs. Lawrence I). Biggs Succumbs To Illness of Uretic Poisoning. Mrs. Goldie M. Biggs. 26, wile of Lawrence 1). Biggs, died at her home, 7l)l Walnut street, at 7 o'eloi k last night. Death was due to uretic poisoning. following the birth of a still born baby on Wednesday morning Mrs. Biggs was well known in th • city and was a charming young mother. Her untimely death casts a shadow of gloom over a large circle of friends. Goldie M. Biggs, tile eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fisher, well known residents of Decatur, was born in this city. February 5. 1897, and she ‘spent her entire life here. A few years ago she was married to laiwrence D. Biggs, who is sugar clerk, *n charge of the sugar department of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar factory in this city. She was a member of the Presbyterian church of this city. The husband; one son, Lawrenc? Woodrow, age 5 years; the parents and the following brothers and s'-s---ters survive: Charles, of Decatur; and Homer, Orville. Wavrland, Credric, lirella and Estlic, at home. Funeral services will lie held from • tile home on Walnut street at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the Rev. B. N. I Covert, pastor of til" Presbyterian . thui'ch, officiating. Burial in t’i> t Maplewood cemetery. Weather Indiana: Cloudy tonight; somewhat ■ colder in west and south portions; Saturday generally fair.