Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 302.

HOTEL MURRAY IS LEASED BY DAN HL BEERY Well Known Local Citizen Purchases Lease And Fixtures Os Hotel YONKS GOING EAST Ex-Proprietor Expects To Locate In New York Mr. Beery’s Plans A business den! which has been under way for several days was dosed at noon today, whereby D. W. Beery purchased the furniture and fixtures and the lease of the Hotel Mur ray from Clem J. Yonk, who has been operating this well known hostelry for the past fifteen months. Mr. Beery will assume the management of the hotel January Ist. Mr. Yonk, who has been in the hotel business for the past 27 yehrs, with his wife and daughter. Miss Mary Joe Yonk. will probably locate in Syracuse New York. Mr. and Mrs. Yonk have a married daughter near Syracuse anil they are moving back to the east for that reason. Just recently Mr. Yonk remodeled the hotel, installing running water and baths in many of the bed rooms and otherwise fixing it up in excellent shape, including new bed linens, repapering the rooms and brightening up the lobby. Has Twelve-Year Lease Mr. Beery assumed Mr. Yonk s lease which still has 12 years to run. it expiring in 1U35. I. A. Kalver and Mrs. C. D. Murray are joint owners of the building. Mr. Beery stated that he always bad a desire to enter the hotel business and that now he was realising his ambition. He has traveled extensively and knows what the traveling public likes and what It takes to operate a good hotel. The hotel will be operated on thg jrjurop. van plan, with a case in connection. The regular meals will not be served as heretofore, Mr. Yonk operating the place on the American plan Mr. and Mrs. Beery will live in the hotel and both will give all their time in looking after the management of it. They will occopy a suite of four rooms on the first floor Particular attention will be paid to commercial and tourists who wish to atop at the Murray and those who know "Dan." know that be can do It. Mr. Beery, who Is one of Decatur a best known business men. has been in the horse trading business for 43 years and is one of the leading judges of fine horses in the country. • — Vail Funeral To Be Held Here Sunday Funeral services for John W. Vail, one of the city’s prominent citizens, who died al his home on Madison street Wednesday morning, will be conducted from the First Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow as teruoon. The Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, pastor of the church, will officiate. Short services will be held from the home at 2 o'clock. Burial will be made iu the Maplewcssl cemetery. I 111 MU ■— O CHRISTMAS PROGRAM GIVEN A Christmas program was given at the Winchester school in Monroe township last night. A Christmas tree had hoen plated in the school house and decorated. Presents were exchanged and an Interesting program given The teacher. t»on Essex, presented a treat to hl* pupil*. A large crowd attended the ttffslr. in < lading Bunts Claus. ~ — Eroffg Croakinx And Dandelion* Blooming This is December 22nd. shortest day of the year. Ami a vary unusual <’*”'• may add. Frank Mclntosh, of Union town ship, was In this morning with hl* usual smile. Frank notices th* unusual, and this morning» *•* "Yesterday when I wu«t down the old pasture lot. I heard frogs croakint In the Dwight Wass was In also and told of finding a dandelion bloom which reminded hi‘U ,||M ' thirty years ago Christmas -lav ha saw a peach tree lu full id""'" • over on the Dixon road Now what do you

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Boy Scout Meeting Has Been Postponed ’On account of Monday being Christmas Eve, the regular weekly meeting of the Bov Scouts has been postponed and the Scouts are requested to see their patrol leader for information. The Scouts have changed their meetplace from the old gymnasium to the Central school building. Rolland thiinp Is scout master of Troop one md Dr. Fred Patterson is scout must r of troop two. FEATURENET DAME DEC, 26 Local Fans To Have Opportunity To See Ft. Wayne Caseys Play Here On Wednesday evening. December 26. the basket ball fans of Decatur and vicinity will be treated to the Classiest bit of basketball entertainment that has over been run off on a local court. On this evening the Leaders will take on the nationally! famous Fort Wayne K. of C. team. Ini what will be one of the few appear-! ances of the K. of C. team in the smaller cities in the United States. Manager Fred Kolter, of the Leaders, Is fortunate indeed to have been j able to schedule this team, and had, it not been for his friendship with Manager Alter, of the K. of C’s. it is likely that such a game could ever have been arranged, as this was the only date of the season that the Kn’ghts had open. All Decatur basketball fan* are. no doubt, acquainted with the record of the Knights in the past, anti many have seen them play. This year’s team, however, is the best Knights of Columbus team that has ever been assembled, for. instead of playing only one game a week, they have gone into the professional ranks in earnest, have spent money lavishly to get the best talent possible to be secured either in the East and in the West, and are going* to make a tremendous effort to win the world’s basket ball championship from the New York Celts, who have held it for the past several years. During the past several years, the Knights, ad hering to their policy of playing only the strongest teams, have been defeated only by the Celts, ami year before last they were successful in winning the first of a two game series from them. ••Horse" Haggerty With Caseys This year, recognizing the fact that professional basket ball as played by the eastern teams is superior to the game to which they have been j familiar, und because of the fact that' they were going to play every dayand on the road, the Knights desiring to learn the fast passing gain* as played by the Celts, have gone to great expense to secure George tDorset Haggerty, guard or center.; of the Celts up to this year. Hugger j ty is probably one of th* greatest. basket ball players that has ever performed on the hard wood. Stand ] ing well over six frat in height andpossessing a huge frame Haggerty has. tor the past several years, di- • reeled the play of the Celts with re- I markable success. In his several ap- < peurunces at Fort Wayne, he ha* It* come a favorite of th- crowds who J proclaim him the strongest man In J basketball. He is the only man In J th<» mime who run hoM a bukH hi« ’ in one hand M an ordinary man can i hold a base ball- He I* th* captain I of the K. of C. team, and play*, center „,, ,I. Barney Sedrsn. formerly of Buffalo p and recognlxed as on- of the fastest i forwards In the east, has been s an j cd. and also Ripley. et of note. Decatur fan* all know of ( Homer Stonebrak- r. Rtonebrakcr. ,t will be recalled, first gained (*»»• M I th* -enter and tgtptaln of fh* « n i gate high ochool team, which won th- , Indiana state high achra -hnmph.n . ship two years in succession. *lll i be remembered, the first car it was , held, ami Drastur high rahral rant . , team to th* ata’* 1 Bend for the Ural gam*, and wer defeated by a score of twenty nin* Io two Th* South It-n-l tram right on into th- finals and fine ly , b’ng beaten by the wonderful «•'' , ata ram. Krom then nn Hon-e;-gained fame r.,..«Hy I-«< to Wabash College, and th’ Ms lash team be. am* th* greateat ro»«*| team In th- United fftatra. Th n Stom-brak-r. being In grrad-mand .... ~ Huperlallv- ba-k-l hull I’ l - 1 ' (Continued on Pag* Klghii

FARMER DIED THIS MORNING David Zimmerman, Prominent Citizen Os French Township Is Dead l-iivld Zimmerman. 70. farmer und highly respected citizen of French tO vn I'.iip k <iic.| at his home u,t d o'clock this morning. Death was due to dropsy, with which Mr. Zimmer, man had suit, red since last spring. Mr. Zimmerman is survived by his "ife, six sons and two daughters. Th. children are Mrs. Mary Wittwer of Herne; Mrs. Jess Amstutz, of Port-1 land; Amos Simon, und Albert, all of Hartford township; John, of Wabash; Noah, of Portland, and Elmer of Muncie. Funeral services will be held from the Missionuty church three miles I west of Berne, ut 1 o’clock Monday afternoon, the Rev. A. N. (lauaer, officiating. Burial will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery. KLAN SCRIBE iS CONVICTED Phil E. Fox Found Guilty Os Murder Os W. S. Colburn, Rival Atlanta, Ga.. Dec. 22. —"The voice’ of hell" -ommanded Phil E Fox to I jkill W. S. Coburn, rival klansman. | a jury decided here last night iu finding th- K. K. K. publicity director guilty of murder. The jury recommended mercy of the court and Fox was immediately sunienct d to life imprisonment. Motion for a new trial was to he made today. "The voice of God commanded me to kill Colburn.” Fox declared in his defense. It was "the voice of hell,", areweri »We- pres-nstw ami the jury re-echoed the charge when It spent ’ nine hours yesterday arguing solely on the degree of punishment. "The insanity Issue was never con siderad after the .irst ballot, whch showed a majority in favor of the death penalty anil a few voting for! life imprisonment." one juror said today. o ■— Miss June Ossenberg left today noon for Anderson where she will I spend Christmas at her parental imine. COMMISSIONERS MEET MONDAY • - Special Meeting To Be Held To Dispose Os Unfinished Business A special meeting of the board of county commissioner* will be held on Monday. December 31st for the pur is.se of allowing bill* and dispoaing of unfinished business for the year of J #23. Those having bills against the county are naked to file them not later than Wednesday. Decem 1 . b*r 2«th They cannot be allowed unless they are f'l-'d Wednesday. Th* annual Invoice of personal property at the County Infirmary will lie take noon December Slat by the county aommiaaioners. assisted by county attorney Henry B. Heller and two appraisers. The men assist) Ing in ihl* work will be guests <»f ( Superintendent and Mrs lat Fountain at dinner A .short meeting of the 1... held ~n New Year's st which time they will organise and elect • president. Ern*»t Conrad commissioner from the f ,r «i district, who will in-gin hl* gecond term as a member of the latard Is now th* president, and In all probability he will be re elected Th* other two members of th* board nr* Frank Hretm-r and Georg* Shoemaker. Mr Hreln-r begin* hit thhd y-'sr and Mr Shoemsk.r starts on hl* ***<’itd year as members of th* b'-ard. — .—O— SSI lie— BASKETBALL TONIGHT Th* Bluffton American L*gf- n hasIt,.thall team will play th* Decatur General Electric team nt the ”** high school gymnasium here tonight. I beginning st !♦ o'clock.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 22, 1923.

Working On Plans For Albert Farlow Drain County Surveyor Dick Bot h is working on plans for the Albert Farlow drain which will affect property in four townships, namely Wabash, Jefferson Blue Creek ami Monroe, The town of Berne will drain into the ditch It will be constructed next year and the cost will not exceed $20,000.00. It is estimated. It is a circuit court ditch ami the petition for the drain was filed in the Adams circuit court at the opening of the September term. WALB ISSUES ANOTHER CALL FOR C.O.P. MEET State Chairman Asks DisA rict Chairman To Meet Dec. 28-29. WILL SEEK ADVICE State Chairman Wants Advice In Connection With McCray Affair Indianapolis. Dec. 22 —Another informal con£er*nce of party workers to discuss the party attitude toward Governor McCray is proposed by Clyde A Walh. republican state - hairman for December 2R and 29. After announcing that the executive of state committee planned for -the 27th bad been postponed until 'after the first of the year. Walh (sent out an Invitational letter to district chairmen and other leaders asking them to a two day session at the state headquarters here next Friday and Saturday. I The purpose of the meeting. Walb said, is to "seek counsel and advice las to the right thing to do now in eon 'nection with the most unusual and im portant situation confronting our party and with the burden* we are now carrying. f Senator Watson wilt he in Indiana polls next week *n-t and Walh is an I xiotis to have his advice before --all ing the state cominltte together l<> take some definite stand toward the governor. , Walb said the state committee meet ing would be ifeld some time in Jan juary, but he is not yet certain just 'when it will l»e. BRICGE FOUND TO HE UNSAFE One Abutment Os Bridge On Road In Kirkland Twp. Washed Out County Surveyor Dick Both reported this morning that the east abut ment under the bridge on the Heller road. In Kirkland township, mat the 1 Peter Moser farm, was washed out and ready to cave In and that it was unsafe for traffic. The condition of the abutment wag noticed by people* going over the- bridge and reported to Surveyor Bcm h. The bridge had a span of 25 feet. The abutment* are made of atone and several years ago a new concrete floor and was plae-ed over It. The condition of the bridge will be report rd to the c-ounty commissioner* at their session next month and step* will be taken to repair or rebuild It. The bridge was not Included In the .list of eight or ten birdgea which h* i commissioner* figured on building , next spring and summer and no ap propriation has been made tor rebulldlnu It. SUGAR MARKET New York Sugar Dec |5 7t»M 5 K‘»i Jan. »5 32ftT< :ttt. March ttttfM.Tt; May It 72M 73. 1 Weather I Itefn pr«»h.ible inflight und S'tndwy; not huh h • In t<»hi|»“«rtur»* i ■■■■■■■' I J Days to Christmas

FARMERS SEEK ■ BETTER ROADS Hartford Township Farmers Call Meeting For Thursday Night A meeting of farmer* of Hartford township ami those interested In bet ter roads and the repair thereof, habeen called for Thursday evening at the Central school house in Hartford township Due to the fait that the county road repair fund hu* been reduced to approximately f82.000.0e i for next year in the county, the high | way superintendent finds it Impossible to do much repair work a* Io would hke and the farmers of Hart ford township ar* willing to volunteer thc-ir services and work on the roads. The highway s iperintend ent and the county commis*aoners have been invited to attend the meeting. those arranging for it stated to day. D.H.S. DEFEATED AT FAIRMOUNT Local Basketball Team Lost Fast Game Last Night, 35 to 29 Decatur high slhool's basketball i team met defeat for the second time at the hands of the speedy Fairmount high quintet at Fairmount last night , by a score of 35 to 29. in a fast anil interesting game. The game was close -luring most of the forty min i tues and the Improved playing of tic Decatur team in the second ’ hal.) nearly brought victory to the Purple and Gold. The Decatur five started out strong . and scored three field goals before the Fairmount team scored laiure and Johnson. Fairmount forward- . then started a scoring streak and put the home team in the lead At th* . end of the first halt. Fairmount war , leading 26 to 15. During the second half the Decatur offense worked bet ter and the Purple anil Gold players out si-ored the Fairmount team. 14 to 9 but they were unable to over- om« the big lead. Captain Dorwin and U-mmiman led In scoring for Decatur, the form ■r getting five field goals and the lat i (Continued on Page EighO CHRISTMAS TREE ERECTED TODAY Big Evergreen Erected On Liberty Way For Community Celebration Martin Mylott. superintendent of f the city light plant. »nd a force of - workmen were busy this afternoon 1 erecting the large Christman tree on Liberty Way, to le- used for the com ■ munity Christum* celebration M-m ' day eveninw. Mr. Mylott and hi- ‘ workman are donating their aervice* ‘ in erecting th- tree and they will also d-eorate the tree with h-a-itlf-il 1 -|tdored electric light,*. Th-- trae 1 was donah-d to the Woman * - bib which l» »i*m*orlng th-- celebration by the Old Adame County Hank and It was hanl-d to the city hy workman ‘ from the c-nt-'t Ice Cream -omi-an* -»n th* Confer track. Th-- m-n -Inated their aervh-en in hauling In th* tr-e and Mr. Confer donat-d th- | use of the fra-k. Th* celebration will be held ,' around the big tree, whl-h is being ' erected at the mat end oi IJheriy , Way, at 5 o'clock Monday evenlnx Fvery a- h---l - hll-l In the - Ity Is nrg --d to lie present and join In th* alng Ina of th* Christmas carol* ThHinging will be l-d by Dr Fr*d I Pat : t--r*on. Th* city *< h-«-l t- ach-r* will as-lat Kania clan* In dlstribatlna candy to all of the chtldreu |-r< «--nt The -anil* tn It* *una at th* el* btatloo aere anu-un--d t«d» v by the committee in «barite of H>* affair a* follnwa: "Adaate tid--l»«’ bv J Reddina; "Joy t» th* Wot Id" by <; F I Handel; and "Hark, th- Herald 1 Amt*i« KHiE." by MenMaohn The big tree will be llghl--<l eai h evening until New Year*.

I Reneker School Gave Fine Christmas Program An excellent Christmas program was giv- 'i at the Reneker school Friday efternoon, the pupils and teachers from the D*Bolt school, being guests. Snr>'a Claus was there with jail hla present* und much fun und enjoyment was had. The patrons were well represented and all enjoyed the program given. Miss McGath is the teacher at the Reneker school this year. D.C.H.S. LOSES CLOSE CONTEST C. C. H. S. Wins In Close Guarding Game. 13-12; Local Girls Lose After outplaying the Central Catholic high achool team, of Fort Wayne, in tile first half and leading by a score of 7-2 at the rest period, the Decatur Catholic high school players weakened tn the second half of their game ut the new high school gymna. him here last night, the visitors winning the game by a score of 13-12. The only feature of th* game was the close guarding of both teams. In the preliminary gnme. the Hoosier Paint company's girls’ team, of Fort Wayne, defeated the Decatur Catholic high school girls by a score of 26 to 18. The first half was played under girls’ rules an-l the local girl* were leading 12-11 at the rest period. The second half was played under revised boys' rules and the visitors outclassed the locals. Miss Dowling starred for Decatur, her accurate basket shooting accounting for a majority of the loeal's points, while Mis* I-ogun and Miss Kelly featured for th* visitors. Local Boys Take Lead H-dthouse snagged a long field goal for the local boys shortly after the game started. Wemhoff added two l-oints on a field goal from under the basket and Meyers, who had substituted for Holt house, scored one ppmt on a foul, making the score stand 5-b in favor of the locals. The gume had progressed for nearly fifteen minutes before the visitors scored on a field goal by Belot. "Mongo" Meyers, playing hi* first gume of the season for the Blue and White, dropped in a long field goal, sending the score to 7-2. where it remained for the rest

of the half Visitori Stage Rally The C. C. H S team staged a rally shortly after the start of the second half which reaiiljed in Decatur's lead being overcome Htisselman scored a point on Holthousc's foul and th--n s< ored a field goal. Pauley tied the score with a field goal and Husael-j man put the visitor* in a lead with a ha«ket from the field. Husselman ln<reo*ed the lead to 11-7 with south -r field goal and Pauley sent th--score to 13-7 with a tw-s|siint--r. H Voglewede M-or- il oni- point on B-'lot's foul and Wemhoff dropped lit a long field g-u-l. reviving the (orals' spit It*. Th-- crowd In gan Halting wildly and the play sp----d—l up. The visitor* called tint-- out when onlv a mln ut«- and a half of play remain---! ami th-- score standing 13-l». Shortly after play was resumed. Voglew-do dropped In a pretty field goal, reduc Ing th* lead to on* m-int Th* 10-al* worked hard to g--t another basket wblrh would win the game and sue--•-•d-'d in getting a number of shots, but all w--nt wild and the game ended with th* visitor* holding on to th* on-'-point lead Captain Graf, at hack guard and (Continued on Pag* Eight t —<>■ — ——

GOOD FELLOWS ( LUII Hponaon-d By Delta Theta Tan H-rorltv For I’urpm-e of Bringing Christ ma* Ch**r to th* Poor K’d-ll** t Th-- G-std F- 11-ws Chib I* growing at th* close of th* aenaog and It l» I-X petted to r-aeh >3»" by midnight The fund today: I Annminutl li’SSS*, \ friend L<h»| Chris llokem lit 1 •*'' Kl-'PI-i-r children .... .. 6mt . Nlhliik A Co 2»m» Wm J Mever* 1*• •Mends I Patti Edwstda t •»«» I John Mn«iire 1”• 1 A friend • i Total 8273 «4

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RUSSIA SENDS CHALLENGE TO ’ SECT, HUGHES I ) Challenges Him To Produce Alleged Communists Propaganda Here FORGERY CHARGED Sect. Hughes Says He Will Not Submit Documents To Arbitration pit - 1 * Stpn <’<trr‘*“p«»n<b , nt > Moscow. Dec. 22 (Special Io ! Diiily Democrat) C.htilletige of ! Secrclitiy lloglits to produce before “nnv inipnrtiiin court of tirbilrtition” docTimenls represented ns commtinisls propttUtindtt for a revolution in the 11 nilcd Slnles was tillered I'ri('ny bv l-'orcign Minister Ichit--b-rin. Tchilcherin demands unconditional withdrawal of lite documents by Hughes unless Ibe American secretary of state fticcs Ibe nrbitrntion court mid proves bis charges. "Otherwise he will show the world ■ h* consciously' made himself Instrumental in broadcasting forged documenta." the Russian minister said in a statement issued a-ter he bad read th* full text of the documents pultlished in America and had -onfe'J - ed with the communist international i to whom tb* alleged instructions were attributed. Gregory Z-'inoveiv, preaident of the - communists international and ZekI loss. editor of lavestta. quoted in the '•ocumcnt. l-oth declared the papers “rank forgeries " I "Havin'; acquainted myself with • th-- contents of the Hughe*' docu- - ment*." said Tchitcherin’* statement. ! "I communicated with Zelnoveiw ami ■ Zeklnff t i Washington. Dec. 22— < Spec’s I to I Dally Democrat!—Secretary of State > High** will neither withdraw nor I submit to arbitration the documenta . he mad* public fidlowing his refusal l to negotiate the soviet Ruskin a high i official of the stale department said • today. This goveinnunt "Is fully convlne"

••d” It wait *a!d that the document* are c>nuine deaplte declaration ot ■ (loonie Tchltcherin aovlet foreign m'nlater, that they are (orrery. O~ ..——— ■I. ■ I. II 11 i ■ ■ ——■—» Good Fellows* Club Fond Gets A Boos’ From Klepper Children I "Had. come in here a minute.” aaid James Klepper to hi* father W A. Klepper. manager of the Cloverleaf I'renmerlea. laM nleht. a* the father 1 *al reading the evening paper When Mr Klepper entered anoth’r uwhii of the house here found hi* Other nve Children an waiting for him I We have held a meet Ina.” Haiti , Janie*. "and I have been elected < hairman Wo have rte« Ided that we want to help the Good Fellow* Club and we votetFAo aive a dollar each We also t decided that you ahould put the b money in the liov up town " Thereupon. Mr .Klepper received I check* for a total of |d. ~ The children all have Mitina* ar <<mnt« at a local Imnk. eaiept the I the youugeat child, ami her oldeit brother had che< bed out a dollar for her. Mr Klepper vlaited the Itally Itemo-

< r»< oltin* thin tnoinlntt *•*»<! deposit* <•<l the it* dollar* la the Good IX-llowa I‘litli In** Hi* had h liroml nhille on hl* («!■ <> an l><* i«!d °< the splendid ijilrh hi* children had ahown. Mr atul Mr* « O I’urui am* ao«. Itohert I’halmrr. wilt wo i« Green.*** tin Munday whore they will *prn>l ChrlMmaa with Mr* Fortar'a jwirrnta. Mr niol Mta John Cook. Warm Weather Explained I Christ Elrhar, w«ll known eltlItn of Horltord town»hi», lormor county commi«»ion«r and aboolutoly roliablo and r»»pon»ibl«. do clary* that alnca th* r*c*nt earth quake Adam* county ha* mowed «<* hundred mile* aouth. which ac count* for the mild a»a»on Chriat la conaldarlng *tartmg an orange grove.