Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 27 November 1923 — Page 1

I Volume XXI. Number 281.

IMAN BURNS TO DEATH BENEATH AUTO

■LEGION POST | PECKS OFFICERS I FORNEXTYEAR ■ Clarence Berber Elected Commander At Election Held Last Night. SI ('CEEI)S LANGSTON ■ Newly Elected Officers To Be Installed At Meeting In January. -fSI 1 I-ir*-m-e Herber. well known res■■t. ;rant man of this city, was . |e, ted of Adams Post. No. 4:1. j® , Pie American Legion, at the annual of officers of the post hold i” laßth.. Legion Hall on North Second last night. Mr. Berber site■ceeds Charles Langston as coni {■mander. Mr. Langston was elected Jlßfirsi vice-commander last night. 'We The other officers elected last night ■ were. It. O. Gass, second viee-com-Joseph Laurent, adjutant: ,-JM Vernon Attrand. finance officer; -■■('harles Starsot. c haplain; Chancy sargeant at arms; Joseph ■■McConnell. historian, ami • - ;jjßc uni mil lee p.en Lang. Ciar.-ncSuu James Staley. .'aß The newly elected officers wit: he ■Bib 'alMd at the meeting to be held on II. The next meeting ol the ■■■'"'' on M'mdiy night, ■ icc.-niber 10. A large number of ' runs were pres, nt at the no ,-t ng night and much interest was Mr. Berber, newly elected ■J. 8. HAMILTON I DIED MONDAY ■Retired Railroad Employe Died At Son’s Home In Root Township. gSI James S. Hamilton. 71. retired rail■JSßroail employe, died al the home of InC’Bson, Ray, four and one half miles ■ northwest of Decatur in Root townal 8:30 o'clock yesterday even ■ing. Death was sudden although Mr. had suffered from the at jjßlTc'ts of paralysis for the last six ■bears. He had been feeling fairly .■well yesterday, but. when his son re '■turned from Preble with medicine in ■tile evening Mr. Hamilton was dead, .'eg I The deceased was a son of Mr. and ■ Mrs. David Hamilton, and was born '■>'> Blair county, Pennsylvania. May ■h. 1852. He was married to Mary ■•Jane Dillirg, who preceded him in ■death, having died thirty-five years ■ago. Mr. Hamilton came to Adams ■ county, Indiana, from Pennsylvania '■fimr years ago. Two children. Mrs ■ Myrtle Brumbaugh, of Martinsburg, ■ Pennsylvania, and Ray, of Root town ■ship; two brothers, Harry Hamilton. ■of Altoona. Pennsylvania and H iw.iid ■ Hamilton, of Everson. Pennsylvania .■•ind one sister, Mrs. Lydia Seirrist. ■of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, survive. Funeral services will be held from ■the Mt. Pleasant church at 2 o'clock ■ Thursday l afternoon, the Rev. L. 1.. ■Wisner, the pastor, officiating. Short ■services will be held from the home ■at 1:30 o’clock. Burial will be made ■in the Pleasant Dale cemetery.

Joy-Riders Remove Car From Garage And Replace It After Ride Last bight

I I). E. Foreman, will known city dealer, was wondering today took the liberty of removing liis Htmionioiiile from the garage some mm Bast night .driving it lor several ini'mK»nd replacing it in the garage li"l'w M>e arose thia morning. Mr. Forem-m ■Jias not noticed any damages to his ■tar as the result of the ride, I> d h" ■*'ould like very much for the person ; ■who used the car to replace the t"o ■°i' three gallons of gasoline whit h ■ they used out of the tank. I Mr. Foreman, who lives on North street, placed his car in the gar on his grandmother's lot as the

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Dr. Albert Fails To Organize New Cabinet BULLETIN (By Carl D. Groat) (U. P. Staff Correspondent) | Berlin, Nov. 27 Dr. Heinrich Al I bort no only had tailed today to form a cabinet, but a'l the leading political j candidates abandoned him and propok- | ed a ministry of their own, headed by Dr. Jarres, ex mayor of Duisberg. Dr. Albert finally returned his coinmission and President Ebert may exten the invitation to Jarres, whom he thus far has steadfastly opposed. BEERTFUNERAL (IN WEDNESDAY 'i . Funeral Services For Martin Beerv At Methodist i Church 1:30 P. M. Funeral services for Martin Meerv. I will known citizen of Decatur, who | died at the Adams County Memorial 1 hospital yesterday afternoon,' will h 1 • held from the First Methodist Eplsco- : pal church at 1:30 o’clock Wednesday ; afternoon. Burial will he made in ' the Maplewood cemetery. i Martin Beery, son of Eli and Hester ’ Beery, was born in Adams county. Ini diana. November 6. 1846. being 77 (years, and 20 days old at the time of ' his death. Mr. Beery grew to tnan--1 hood in Kirkland township an;! did '.his part in transforming the native ■ wilderness into a splendid farming community. ’j On October 17. 1572. Mr. Beery was ’ united in marriage to Martha E. Shad. l of Wells county. She was a daughter of Joseph and Eliabeth Shady. Aland Mrs. Beery began married life on a farm in Kirkland townshin where they resided until 1883. when the removed to St. Mary's township. Mr. Beery continued his farm work until , he suffered a stroke of paralysis in the > autumn of 1,898. Since that time he ! has resided in this city, afflicted mor- , or less with rheumatism and paraly tie effects. For the past two or three years he had suffered much pain. On the 18th of this month, Mr. Peerv was taken to the Adams County Memorial hospital in the hope- ’ that an operation might bring relief. ’ It was of no avail ami he rapidly dejclined until death came. A post mor tern held this morning showed that death was due to a cancerous c ondition of the bladder. J At the age of 30 years, Mr. Beery united with the Church of the Breth- ( ern in Christ at Antioch, four miles west of this city. At the time of his I death he was a member of the First 1 Methodist church of Decatur, having , transt'ered his membership. Mr. ' Beery was a real Christian and often j said that the greatest satisfaction oi , his life was to know where lie was . going when he left this lite. ’ Besides hi; lieloved wife. Mr. Beery leaves the following children to mourn his departure: Mrs C. H. < olt-er . Wilson F. and Edwin, all of thi . c ! C" Freeman Beery, of Connersville; ami I Sherman Beery, of Ypsilanti. Mich, i One daughter, Matilda, preceded him ,in death, having c|i“d in 1893. There . are nine grandchildren and one great i grandchild, four brothers. Ruben of ; Peterson, Christ, John an clDaniel, all . of this city. > o—- > The Misses Genvieve Kitson and - Virginia Laurent spent the afternoon I in Ft. Wayne visiting friends.

side of his home between 7:30 and 8:30 o’clock last night. He covered the radiator with a robe and locked the garage door. This morning when he went to the garage after his ear he first noticed that the robe had been removed from the car. After loot ing around for the robe he discovered " in the rear seat. Then he noticed the car was not parked in the garage Just as he had parked it in the evening. Looking into the gasoline tank. Mr. Foreman discovered that there wey two gallons less of the fluid in tlui 1 than was there when the car was put away for the night.

i ELKS MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE : HELO ON SUNDAY Annual Memorial Service for Departed Brothers at H. S. Auditorium. SPEAKERS SELECTED Father John Keller of Hartfor City To Give the r Principal Address. The annual memorial services honoring the deceased members of the Decatur Lodge of Benevolent Protect- . five Order ol Elks, will be held in this city at 2:3 i o'clock Sunday afternoon in the new high school gymnasium. The public is cordially invited and urged to attend the services. • Father John Keller, of Hartford > City, an eloquent speaker, will deliver I the principal address at the services. ' Mr. Charles Crum, of Ft. Wayne, dis- • trict deputy grand exalted ruler, will ■ deliver the eulogy in memory of the i sixteen diseased brothers of the lodge. • A spl ndid program has been ar- . ranged for the services, which will ■ include singing in connection with i ; the addresses. A committee is in .(charge of the arrangements and the I ■ services will prove most inspiring and , solemn. , One death of a beloved member occurred during Hie year, bringing the total of the de eased brothers to sixteen. they being, Roman J. Holthouse, Anson Van Camp, Albino B. Smith. Samuel J. Laman. Frederick Vaughn. Amos P. Beatty, George W. Klein, John D. Mye rs, Samuel Huser, Ralph Miller, Wid R. Dorwin, Otto Green, Shafer Peterson, Charles Elzey. 1). 1). Clark and Judge John C. Moran. It is the custom of the Elks to honor the l memory of their dec eased brothers • on the first Sunday in December and Ihe observance will be carried out next Sunday wherever there is an Elks lodge. D. M. Hensley is the exalted ruler of the Decatur lodge. He will deliver the beautiful poem of "Thanatopsis." Steropticcn slides depicting the story will also be shown at tile services. —o Students Want Protection Chcago. Nov. 27. —Alarmed by the recent activities of “gland bandits," 12 University of Chicago students today asked permission to carry pistols. 0 CHILDREN TO GIVE TO POOR City School Revive Old Custom of Cheering Poor On Thanksgiving. At a meeting of the principals of the city schools, at the office of city superintendent M. F. Worthman, last night, it was decided to revive the old custom of having the- children bring small gifts to the school to be distriI buted to the poor children of the city on Thanksgiving Day. All children who are financially able will be urged I to bring gifts to school tomorrow and ! the gifts will be collected from the various schools tomorrow evening . and the teac hers will arrange for the distribution. Parents of children who wish to | give also are asked to send their gifts | Kith the children tomorrow morning If any so desire, ftte.y may give money instead of gifts. All of the ward schools, the Central school, and the high school are included in the plan. It is likely that high school pupils and several others will prefer to give money. The custom of giving to the poor on Thanksgiving is very good | arc! it; revival has been urged by sev- | oral peop'e recently. The city schools will dose' on Wednesday for the Thanksgiving vacation and will remain closed until next Monday morning. — o Miss Catharine Omlar went to Angola. this afternoon to attend a Beta Kappa dance this evening.

Decatur Indiana, Tuesday, November 27, 1923.

Large Family Crawfordsville, Ind., Nov. 27.Among the mourners at the funeral Ip re today of Mrs. Margtirc t Davis, mother of Mrs. Hannah Alston of Danville. HI., were ,seven children, 1 37 grand children, 65 great grand children and 11 great great grand children. Old Slave Died Today Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 27. —Mrs. Sarah Graves, 106 years old. one of the slaves who escaped from Alabama ■ via underground passages, and who is considered Indiana's oldest colored citizen, is dead at her home here* today. 0 _ K. OF C. TO HOLD » AN INDOOR FAIR Dates Selected Are January 8, 9 and 10; Commit* tees Appointed. i i The Knights of Columbus will give •'a three-clay bazaar and indoor fair at : the K. of C. ha'l on January 8. 9 and ; 10th. the proceeds to Ice 1 used in fin I isliing and equiping the hall and din 1 ing room, which recently underwent 1 a number of improvements. ' At tile meeting last evening the 1 members of the Knights of Columbus voted to hold the three-day event aa I E. X. Ehinger, grand knight, appointed an executive and arrangement com mittees. The members of the execu- ' tive committee including Mr. Ehinger ' are C. N Christen. H J Yager and Dy ' ! nois Schmitt The committee on ar ''rangements is composed of the fol 1 (lowing: CS. Niblick. D. M. Niblick. ’ | Fred T. Schurger, E. F Gass, Martin Mylott. Raymond Braun, and Fred .1. Colchin. There men, with the assistance of the other members of the ’ council, will plan and make arrange ments for the hip three-day event. ! ! Booths will be placed around tile hal' | and it is also planned to serve a cat,|cteria supper in the evening. As the . | committees complete the arrang" ■ [ments for the event the plans will he . I announced. The public is most cor dially invited to attend. An oyster supper and smoked followed the regular meeting last eve ning the serving of the meal being in charge of Barney Wertzherger, Joe . Wolpert and Raymond Braun. Over 100 men attended the meeting last evening and much enthusiasm was shown. KLAN PARADE HELD IN CITY Knights of Invisible Empire Paraded Streets Late Last Night. Many residents were awakened from their peaceful slumbers between 11 and 12 o’clock last night as a re ■ suit of the- klaxons and automobile horns renting the air as the drivers of the cars followed fifteen or sixteen klansmen, wearing full regalia, white robes and caps who were seen parad ing down the streets. Coming out ' into the midnight air when a majority of the people of this peaceful little city were enjoying pleasant dreams, the klansmen were seen on Second Sti-c. t and g nII111l»«T Os Ui.-n started (Contfnued on Rage* six' Weather Indiana: Pa't'y cloudy tonght and Wednesday; little change in temper Hture. CHRISTMAS 28 DAUS AWAU Owe AW WILL HELP

MOOSE TO HOLD I BIG INITIATION FRIDAY EVENING Expect To Have Class of One Hundred Candidates By That Time. PARADE IS PLANNED l ■ — Band To Be Out for Occasion; Ft. Wayne Degree Team To Give Work. The Ixiyal Order of Moose, which is now tile largest and one of the most active orders in this city, will iniatiate , another large class of candidates Fri day evening of this week. More than seventy are in the class now and the boys expect an even hundred by tomorrow evening when the drive will end. The initiation will take place at the K. of C. hall and will be followed by a banquet. The Fort Wayne degree team and a number of members from the Fort Wayne lodge will be here and Hu guest of honor will be Rodney H Bran don. of Mooseheart, national secretary of the order. Guests from other cities have also notified the local lodge officials they will he here. ' They will arrive about 7:30 Friday evening and the local lodge. Adams. I No. 1111, are planning a real reception for them and a delightful evening for members and candidates. The visitors will come from Fort Waytv ' via autos and will be met at the north end of Secoml street by the Decatur Moose. Headed by "Heck" and the famous . Moose goat and the Decatur "G. E." band, the local members 4'»o stionu . will march to the Ackej- grocery where they will meet their guests and ■ parade south on Second street to Madison where the Fort Wayne team will . give a public drill. All members of the Moose lodgare urged to be at the Moose hall at j 7:15 sharp to join in the parade. I which will proceed north on Third street to the intersection of Second j and from looking south there to accompany the visitors down town. The reception committee named for the occasion includes BerfGage chairman and S. Niblick. A. R. Holthouse Gash Lutz. Mayor H. M. DeVoss, Henry Thomas and Will Linn Notice to G. E. Band Members of the G. E. Band are notified to report at the Moose hall at 6:45 to take part in the parade. o B.E, PLANT WIL CLOSE FEW BAYS To Close Wednesday Evening for Thanksgiving and for Inventory. The Decatur plant of the General Electric company will close Wednes day evening and not open until Mon clay. December 3rd. during which time ' the Thanksgiving holiday will be oh- | served and on Friday and Saturday the annual inventory will be taken. Supt. Eno Ixmkenau will he assisted by about twenty people in the taking of the inventory, no easy task in a plant the size of the local works of the G. E. The* members of the office force will return to work Friday, but the production of the small motors will not be resumed until next Monday. Over three hundred people are now employed in the local plant and an average of 1,000 motors a week arcbeing turned out. The Fort Wayne works will also be closed from Wednesday night until Monday morning during whbh timethe annual inventory will be taken at the plant. Tilings in general are running smoothly at the local plant and th* place continues to be the leader in tli>f employment of people in Decatur — o — M. S. Fc'lsenheld of Baltimore, Md.. was a business visitor in the city, today.

n— Basketball Fans Going To Bluffton Tonight Decatur bnsketbull fans, probably U>o strong, will invade Bluffton this | evening to back the fast Decatur | Lc-aders in their game with the Bluffton Bill Delts. Manager Fred Koller of the Is-aders. obtained a bloc k of 118 , reserved scats tor Decatur fans and he stated this cctternoon that he still had a few seats left. The Lead) r; [defeated the Bluffton team here hut Tuesday night by a score of 36 to 21 and they are out to win tonight's con. test also. A fast game is • xpected. M'CRORY CASE GOES ON TRIAL Contested Suit for Divorce Begun In Circuit Court This Morning. The divorce suit of John S. McCrory against his wife, Elsie A. McCrory, residents of West Monroe street, was begun in circuit c ourt before Special 1 Judge Alonzo A. Hales, of Winchester. I this mo.ning. Several witnesses including neighbors of the MeCrorys were subpoenaed to testily in the trial and a number of spectators were on I hands in the court room to hear the I testimony. In a cross-complaint tiled tiffs morning. Mrs. McCrory seek- a divoj-c • and alimony in the sum of IIO.OOU. Tile defendant filed an answer in gen eral denial to the plaintiff's complaint and the plaintiff filed an answer in | general denial to the defendant s . 'c ross-complaint. Mr. McCrory was on I the witness stand together with fonr jor five witnesses in his behalf.. The plaintiff tester the case at noon. th n | defense started its case this afternoon Mrs. McCrory was on the witne.M stand for a long time this afternoon. Attorneys L. C. DeVoss and Clark [J. Lutz, of this city, represent the plaintiff, while the firm of Aik n. Douglas and Aiken, of Fort Wayne is appearing for Mrs. McCrory. On September 28. last, a previous suit for divorce filed by Mr. McCrory was dismissed when the court found [the complaint insufficient. The plaintiff's counsel immediately filed another complaint. The charges made in the complaint arc l cruel and inhit-! man treatment; Unit the defendant is grouchy and quarelsome; and that she is a hindrance to him in his business. In her cross-complaint. Mr;. McCrory charges her husband with | being cruel, witli calling Iter vile and indecent names; and with doing her bodily harm. Since September 2.8 the l plaintiff has been paying an allowance of slu per wee k tor the s.cpport of the defendant. It was doubtful if the case- wo .11 ' be completed this evening. Collection For M. E. Evangelist Was $735.58 In appreciation of his service-;, members of tile First Methodist church at the Sunday revival service's, took up a clloec tion for Dr. Earle Nat'tzger. the evangelist, and presented him with a check before leaving for $735.58. Yesterday several dona [ t'oas were sent to the parsonage by | those people who were unable to attend the closing services and it was stated that tile total collection would reach at least $750.0'1. Dr. and Mrs. j Nat'tzger were in charge of the services at tile Methodist church the past two weeks and the services were very largely attended. Dr. Nat'tzger before leaving Decatur expressed his . appreciation to the Decatur Methodist for their liberal offering.

r PROCLAMATION Another Thanksgiving week is at hand. The president of the United States and the governor of the great state of Indiana have', asked that the occasion be appropriately observed Thursday, i November 29th. We have enjoyed a prosperous year and have much to thank the Great Creator for. Let us do it reverently and with earnestness. As mayor of the city of Decatur I therefore urge that business' cease on Thursday and that the citizens of Decatur, Indiana, return thanks to the All Wise and Benevolent God for His goodness to us. H. M. DeVOSS, Mayor of the City of Decatur 11 ; J

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JAY COUNTY MAN J MEETS A TRAGIC DEATH MONDAY 11 ! ' V 1 Foster Wilson, Oil Worker, Pinned Beneath Burning Automobile. CAR STRI CK TREE Steered Car Into Tree When Fighting Flames In His Clothing. , Foster W'lson, 46. an oil worker residing at Pennville, Jay countv, was burned to death I near his home when his automobile caught fire when returning home from an oil lease about 6:30 o’clock last night. His body was burned almost beyond recognition. Wilson had been out to an oil lease during the afternoon and started for his home in his automobile late l in the day. While ciriving along the road his car caught fire. Wil cue’s clothing caught fire and in fighting the blaze he steered his car into a tree near the Joe Stultz home, a short distance from Pennville. The collision with the tree wrecked the car and threw Wilson to the ground, pinning him under the wreckage. Mrs. Florence Kendall heard the crash and looking in that direction saw the blazing car. She ran to the i scene and found Mr Wilson on the ; ground, hadly burned, but still eoni sc ious. Mrs. Kendall was unable to . recognize the man. Wilson told her , his name, hut when help was snm- , monecl it was too late to save l the man's life, as he was so badly burned. Mr. Wilson is survived by his wife and four children. Mrs. Rtthy Crosby, Pearl Wilson. Vera Wilson and lona Wilson, age 1 year. Funeral services will lie held Wednesday afternoon, with the Ku Khtx Klan in c hare ADAMS M’JST GO TO STATE PRISON I I Supreme Court Sustains Decision of Jay Circuit Court In Case. ■ Portland. Nov. 27 - George W. Adams of Bryant, tried and convicted of the theft of automobile tiros has lost his appeal to the supre-me court, the decision of the Jay circuit court having been affirmed. This c ase uas heal'd h<-: e about a year ago by Spec tai Judge Alonzo Bales of the Randolph circuit couit and a ittrv from Delaware county Adams was indie I cd jointly by a grand jury with Angus Butcher and Gideon Mct'roskey, I'oth of Bryant The tires wore stolen from the Riley Bryan garag. at Bryant in December of 1921 Angus Butcher turned state's evldc ice. Me. Croskey and Adams wore accused of kidnapping Butcher and threatening his life. Mct'roskey was tried at Decatur on tills c harge but was found to Ice not guilty. Butcher testified here* in the case against Adams and at his request was carefully guarded. The defendant. Adams, as sixty days in which to petition for a rehearing. , Tlie penalty is two to fourteen years at Michigan City. C, 1 Mrs. Dan Heim of east of the city, was a visitor here today.