Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1924 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Volume XXII. Number 2.

TWENTY-FOUR INITIATED BY MOOSE LODGE ■ - “French Quinn Class" Taken In Yesterday; Mr. Quinn Is Honored LIFE MEMBERSHIP ! Lodge Increases Membership Nearly 100 Per Cent; Busy Program

A very happy afternoon was en- | joyed by those who attended th*- I Moose initiation at the K. or C. hall | yesterday afternoon, u class of tweti- I ty-four, known as "French Quinn I class" being take in Mr. Quinn wa* given a life membership the first to receive this honor in Decatur. Responding to the presentation of , his gold certificate. Mr. Quinn . dwelt upon what services means and how it can be rendered to the host advantage. He told a number of instances where people have served others modestly and without any thing spectacular to attract the publie attention, and why he loved hi* follow man so well. It was an impressive address and the boys absorbed it. every word. The membership drive for the lodge started about ninety days ago At that time they had 226 member, and the total now is 440 with thirtv applications on file. Hut tw< lv> more are needed to double the mem bership and Dictator Walter Wilken son says they will get them within the next ten days. They hope to re reive them by next Tuesday eve;. Ing at the regular meting. dive Ring To Dictator At yesterdays meeting D. M. H-n sley presented a ring to Mr. Wilken son as an appreciation from the list for securing the largest number • t applications during the campaign Each man who wrote five received a leather bill fold and receipt case and each who wrote two received .1 lapel (ration. The degree work was put on by the local team, who d.d their work in a splendid way. Lunch von was served anti the lodge enjoy ed New Year’s Du> to the limit. M. F. Warthman will go to Mooheart Thursday of next week and will report tn various ergunizatu :. here of the manner in which th educate and take tare of the child ren. Mooseheart Concert Co. Coming January It th/ la an important d.n for the Decatur |*Roae. for that,. th* netaaion for the coming here of tin Mooseheart Concert Company. Th* v will give an entertainment at 1 high school auditorium In the ev*n Ing and all should hear it In th** afternoon they will give a free <<>u cert to the school children. Tie Moose have a big prog rum ahead t<> the year and «gpe< t to continue to grow and be awful The list of candid ues taken In terady Include: French Quinn. T J Durkin. Ben laing. Robert Snyder, Mat Brelnt-r J. R. Miller Georg*' K. Housmuti Kills Skiles. Albert t'oppes. 'Will Reed. Glen A. Straub. Oven court •ey. F E Brandy berry. Rd. r. Mar tg. William Thornton. It j Ullman 8. It. Sheets. Hart' a. Thomae, Ho mer Huhn. I'avid II Teeple. Harry K. Metsker. Orvlll • It Carrier. Irvin 8< huft’r. William Nidi. Masons To Confer Work In Fellow Craft Degree The Maaonlc lodar will have work In the Fellow Cruft degree at 71" o'clock tonight and tn the .Master Ma son degree at t:N pm Thursday A lane attendance of the momlwrs Is expected. The local lodge held a very enjoyable meeting Monday afternoon ami evening, at which time, work was centered on four inndldatea and a banquet was SSTved by the Eastern Star In the evening Betides the local Masons, there were Masons pre. ent from Geneva and from Willshire. Ohio O. I*. Vance. Worshipful Mas ter. wu» assisted In th<> work by James Anderton Weather Indiana:, Bnr>« tn north; rain or snow in tenth portions tonight and Thursday; slightly warmer tonight in northeast portt"n Colder Thursday night

Jiismiss Bankruptcy Suit Against Hawkins Coinpan ;sd la na polls, Jan. 2 —Tho petition I L bankruptcy which lias been pend-1 nt against the lluwkins Mortgage joapotiy tor about six months, was liMtlsaed today in I'. S. court on mo Jojof Uli- petitioners which they til- | pl .bout two months ago. Charles |V Jewett attorney for the Nationk’i-« York, which is absorbing the ffarkins Mortgage company, made ' j matter. IAIOLPH HUFFMAN OIEU YESTERDAY

Locil Resident Died FollowF Illness Os Neuritis And Dropsy ■ Aillph Huffman. 72. died at his on South First street, at 11:45 Bclok y-ti rday morning, following K ilress of neuritis and dropsy. Mr. HHftan had been ill since last Align t ■ Adlph Huffman was born in Eatp!„ ndiuna. December s. 1851. Mr. ■li'fian had lived in this city for ■gnjyear- He was married to Miss Km King in this city, in October. ■< No <hi!dren vver*- born to ?«lr. Kd irs. Huffman. The deceased K< brother to the late Ethan HuffKo,who practiced law in this < ity. Keeceasvd is survived by bis wife a,! ne brother. James Huffman, of Khrn. ■Fu'-rai services will be held from A sid«-n< e on First street at 2 A-|,k Thur-day afternoon, the Rev H. Thompson officiating. Burial ■ it Maplewood cemetery. DALY DEMOCRAT HAS BIRTHDAY K. - Celbrates Its Twenty-first >ar As A Daily Newspaper; Is Growing IT Dally Democrat this month. H> ties Its twenty-first year of < x ken bu»' vears. during which we ■striven to publish a newspaper Ili could lie read with Interest in < tar home in the county. From a It e ght hundred subscribers the y>- ■ • h. the circulation has grown I Inn and we hope during this t to increase that number to 1 We are planning to make 11 Improvements in the paper v make every effort to furnish II the news of the county and nport.mt items from the state it lon ’< are members of the 1 A*ao< uitlon which covers the bfor news, we have correspond liver the county snd we want » We would like for every readA send ns news and to use our Mee Voice" column to express kftews \\*e appreciate the coAlon of the people of the county lie merchants who have so liber•upported our advertising co'. t Decatur Eagle was founded 76. the first Issue Is-lng Feb. I I’ «f that year nearly *event» I )’ago The name was changed to 1 1 treatur Democrat in 1*79 anil < Hned as a weekly until sucieed- ■ I the dally. 1 further proof of our apprecia 1 hvr are giving to those who re1 Mielr yearly subscription by mail Iraatred, Evershiirp pencil, with frleads, a handsome gift. Oar id 1 >• pern Ila will be given each per- ■ pho pays their subscription *«» J p*ry Ist, 1926. In addition we I )’-• a a better paper itid >mr I hued and Increased rifor<» to bvery body In Adams county. fa tin family of Dally DMM9 Header* We nerd and want you r . e— I De Man'll* Brown To Speak Here Monday Maoaam k DeNMPM of Ibd Ml b. noted dvcittror and club work [ill give a lecture In Decatur next , Sav evening, under the auspices « n Literature section of the Wo 1 > Club, The lecture very likely ’ be given In the high school audl t in and will lie open to the pub- ’ I Ticket* are being sold by the I I hers of the club Mrs, Brown 1 • 1 here recently and tlnae who fit privileged lo hear her enjoyed * I nlk very much.

MAYOR DEVOSS WILL DELIVER MESSAGE SOON To (Jive Annual Message To ( ity Council On Tuesday, January 15 MEETING LAST NIGHT City Council Held Short Session; Reports Were . Filed And Approved Mayor Huber DeVoss will deliver his annual message to the city conn ell at the next regular meeting of that body, on Tuesday. January 15lh. His, is now working on the message. A short session of the council was I held last evening, nnly three of the councilmen being present. Rills were allowed ami the reports of City Health Officer Dr. J. M. Miller, and Amos Fisher, fin- chief, were filed and approved. Practically all of the recommendations made by Mayor DeVoss in his message last year have been carried out and many worthy accomplishments have taken place during the year among which are the decreasing of the city's licmd indebtedness, improvement of the city light and power plant, and the installing of ornamental lights on several of the streets. It was stated that several matters were under c onsideration for the 1921 program, in. lading the purchase of a new fire truck and the extending of more ornamental light* on the different streets in the i ity. Business Has Been Good ' Superintendent M. J Mylott. of the light and power plant, stated that the year 1923 brought an increase of business at the plant of between ten and fifteen per < ent over the year 1922. The new improvements now being capacity of the plant about 100 per cent and Um citx of Decatur will be made at the plant will increase the in a position to take care of every need and demand for power and light for sometime. TWO FIRES ON NEW YEAR'S DAY Tank House On Studabaker Farm Destroyed; Coal Shed Caught Fire A New Year's fire destroyed the large tank house on the David E. Studabaker farm, east of Decatur, at about noon yeaterduy. causing a loss of between four and five hundred dol lars. fully covered by Insurance. The building was 2<»x2« feet and 3o feet high. The water pipes lading to the supply tank were being thawed out with 1 a tori h and In some manner the sides of the supply house ignited. .Mr ’ Studabaker and his farm hands tried • to pul out the blase, hut were unsuccessful The city fire department was called and with the use of the chemicals, the city firemen saved the residence from burning. The sparks from the tank house flying on the reset i of the residence and set firedo It aev I eral times. The- tank house burned . to the* ground. Coal Caught Fira Charles Throp, who Ilves at th” cor ner of Madison and Eleventh streets I reported to the fire department thl» i nmrnlng that the coal shed at th* back i of his house caught lire yesterday but that he was aid* to pul out the , blaxna without sending In an alarm , it waa stated that It looked very mite h , like* someone had been In the sheet , trying to steal Mr. Tlirop’a coal and that th** |s*r*on wheudld It had sat fire to the* building. The loss was small. It was stated The- fire loss In the city of Boca tur for lh«* year 1923 waa 122*51 and the total number of fires reported f was 22. I 11 Monroe School Pupil* (Jet Longer Vacation * Monroe. Jan, 2. *tßpm lai To Dally ' Domoe rat- The Monroe school pu k pits are enjoying an additional week's vaestlon due to a breakdown in th* heating plant. It is thought that Ibe r* (| hollar will be repaired in time for N school to re-open on next Monday I The gomualrr examinations will bo held next week.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 2, 1921.

G. E. Team Playing At Delphos, Ohio, Tonight I | The General Electric Company's basketball te\im will go to Delphos, Ohio, for a game with the city team of that place tonight. The G. E. quintet del'eate-d Delphos here earlier in the season, but Delphos is said to have strengthened considerable sin< e then. The Lima Business College , team, one* of the fastest teams In Lima, Ohio, will play the G. E. team in the new gymnasium here Saturday night.

— o HIGH SCHOOL I BEATS ALUMNI Undergraduate Boys Win, 52-32; High School Girls Win, 14-4 ' Old grads of Decatur high school | were out en masse last night at the' new high school gymnasium ami they j cheered lustily as their representa- ' tives engaged in battle with the high I school boys’ and girls' basketball I teams but their rooting was in vain because the two high school teams , were victorious, the II S. boys win- I ning S 2 to 32 and the girls taking ■ the long end of a 14 to I score from: the Alumni girls'. Even though they were defeated, the former high school stars put up a fine game and gave a good account of themselves. Both games were very interesting from start to finish The hoys’ game was particularilly interesting as th.- heavy scoring on liotli sides furnished plenty of thrills. A large crowd was present. Girls' Came Close The girls' game was very close during tho first half which ended in a score of 6 to 4 in favor of the high school girls. Eleanor Pumphrey had scored all six points for the hieh school, Melvena Butler Eady account ed for the Alumni points. In second half the Alumni girls' were held scoreless while the undergraduates ran up their total. Eleanor Pumphrey proved to tie the scoring star of the game, scoring five field goals and two free throws. Helen Farr <ug-| •*d one field goal. The Alumni girls lined as follows: Melvena Butler | [Eady and lie,- Leonard forwards: Lucille Butler Stalter. center; Crystal! Baltzell, sld” center; Helen Swearinper and Jifene Gregory, guards. Substitutions were Margar--1 et Moran for Helen Bwearlnger. Marcella Hower for Bee |/*onard. and Katherine Kocher tor Crystall Baltxell The high school lineup wus: (Continued nn Pure Mi* —o TWO HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT William Lindemann And Alvena Dibble Injured Here Yesterday Three persons had n lucky escape. from very serious, it not fatal injur-: leg, yesterday about noon. wh**n two) autotimhllvs collided :it the Intersec tlon of .Marshall snd Third streets. I k, car occupl**d by William Lind** j mann and Miss Alveaa Dibble, of this j city, was badly wrecked and was 1 turned over, pinning the two occu ' pants underneath. The other car was driven and cw-cupled alone, by Dr J J. Vega, of Dayton. Ohio, a son In-law of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomas, id this city Mr Lindemann was the most ser tntislv Injured. IL* suffered Injuries tn bls chest and one knee, and he waa severely bruised. Mian Dibble was badly bruised, but no badly Injured Dr Vega escaped injury. Mr. Lindemann and Miss IHbbh-! w«*ro going north on Third street and ! Dr Yegg was travelling east cm Mat hall street. Neither of the drivers' saw the other until too kite to pre : venl the crash they claimed. Linde mann's rar. a Ford louring car. struck Dr Vega’s car, a Cleveland sedan, in 1 the rear Dr Vega's car was turned . smiiud once or twice and stoppi-d on •he s'dewalk along the Atoold prop srty. Otis rear wheel wss torn oW and th* b«dv badly bent The other •ar was hurled to tji* northrot cor- “ n*r of th* street interseciios and headed hack aouth Passersby as Stated Mr Lindemann and Mlns Dib ■ ble to free themselves from ths wreckage. |

FIRE IS RAGING IN STATE PRISON THIS AFTERNOON - - I Blaze Not Yet Under Control; Destroying M arehouse and Bindery DAMAGE IS LARGE

Loss Will Be $200,000 ;| Large Amount Os Binder Twine Is Burning (United Press Service! Michigan City. Ind.. .lan. 2 (S|M*ci:>l l<» Daily Democrat) Fire not yet tinder control w;is| raging in the slate prison here this afternoon destroying the' war,( house and bindery of the institution. The loss will be S2(MMMKI. prison officials estimate. ’l'he fire was discovered about 10 o’clock this morning in the I warehouse when* were stored ■ S'J.aDII (MIO pounds of binder twine. Spontaneous combusI lion is thought Io have caused the conflagration. The building housing the bindery, the largest bintier twine factory in the world, fell prey lo the flames which leaped from the warehouse nearby. —o Standard Oil Company Has Fire At Whiting Whiting. Ind.. Jun. 2.—Officials of the Standard Oil Company today et* timated at nearly 1506.000 the dam ages done by fire which broke out at the l<>< al plant of the company yea-1 terday afternoon and burned for several hours, threatening huge storaie tanks containing nearly l.tiou.mm gallons of gasoline. The tire destroyed the machine shop and boiler works and several other buildings.. Spontaneous combustion was blam ed for the blaze. PLEADS GUILTY TO INDICTMENTS Elgin King Pleads Guilty To Six Grand Jury Indictments Today Elgin King, proprietor of the King Confectionary, on South Second street, was arraigned in court thia afternoon to answer io six Indictuieiits returned against him by the Adams county grand jury, which was In session here last November. Four of the indictments charged Mr. King I with keeping gaming devices, namely punch boards, while th-- other two charg*-d him with selling rigaretts to minors. Mr King pleaded guillv in all six Indictments. He was fined *25 and i-o-ts in each of the four Inidh tmenta charging keeping a gaming : device. Judgment and sentence In the other two Indictments wen* witht held by the court, hut will In* renderled sometime during the present term of court. George Appleman. proprietor or n restaurant on West Monna* street. ' who recently pleaded guilty to a ' charge of keeping a gaminx device. , was fined 625 and coals by Judge Jeaae C. Sutton thia morning. The six Indictments against Kina I make a total of eleven Indictments In which arrests have been made. Th.- grand Jury returned sixteen Indictments. Bench warrants have not hei-n Issued In the other five Indictintents and their nature has not been j disclosed Navy And Washington Fool hall Teams Tic. 14-11 Basadena. f'al.. Jan 2 The qiu-s* tlon of foot bull supremacy between; east, as far a« they could he settled by the Navy and the I'nlvwrally Os; Washington teams. »»• unanswered today, A II to 14 tie was the result of the annual New Yeat s day gtim»- played hero yesterday before s < rowd nt 52,mwi persons Alexandria—A 143. mm loan raised by citixens enabled ih» Llppencntt I glass factory to resume operations j

I Volunteer Firemen To Elect Officers Tonight The annual elei tlon of officers of the Decatur Volunteer Firemen will be held Ibis evening at seven o'clock at the City hall. An assistant chief, secretary and treasurer will be elect ed. Amos Fisher is the present chief, Ed. Hurst, is assistant. Irvin Elzey, secretary and R. E. Smith., treasurer. All members are ttrked to be on tint*and participate in the ele< tlon. — 0 — — WEDDING DINNER WAS A SURPRISE Nurses At Hospital Serve Dinner For One Recently Married Learning of the marriage of Miss Catherine Gaushorn, one of the, nurses ut the Adams County Mentor-' ial Hospital. Miss Emilie Christ, sup-' erint* ndent and the other nurses at the hospital surprised the bride by 1 re.ving a wedding dinner in th*nurse's dining room on New Year's' day. Miss Gansliorn was married o.r Christmas Eve to Mr. Cecil Bair, of Culver, at Hillsdale. Michigan, and (••turned to the hospital the day after. Christinas, but did not tell the other nttrsts of the secret. However, the nurses learned of ft the other day and decided to surprise Mrs. Bair on NewYear's day with a big dinner. Mrs. Bair will continue to be one of the nurses at th** hospital. She came here sometime ago from Roanoke and those who know her join with the other .nurses In extending their congratulations. EVANGELIST TO ARRIVE JAN. 8 Word Received From Presbyterian Evangelist; Prayer Meetings On

Rev. Covert has received a !et*er from Rev. B. Frank White the Evan sellst who will come here to assist lin the two week* - series of Sv rvlce-. onfirming his arrival here on the evening of the Slit by the way of Ft Wayne. Rev White's home is at Ocean Grove. N J and just now h-‘ is conducting services at Hallstead Pa. Accompanying Rev White will h" Clarence L- MUI*, a noted sinegr and choir leader, who will have charge of the song service in connection with the revival. Dr FYed Patter son I* now securing a large nunib»i of men and women who will take their part in the niitsic program Mr Mills will prohabty arrive hire a dav or two early to get his choir organi xed and redy. IndicuGon ar** that the meetings will he most interest Ing. inspiring and delightful The first prayer services In pri pa rat lon tor the meetings will I: - held tonight nt th** Graham. Runyon Brainerd und Edwin homes with Mr* Sutton, Mrs Meyers O*«ar Hoffman and E. S Moses ns leaders All who cun are urged tn nt tend and to help make the two weeks meeting of great ent vs I u>* tn the < (immunity. . i ~.|Q Special Preaching At Evangelical Church Here There will b>* h s|h*i Im| pri'iii hlng servlet* «( the First Evangt-lifn! church. <»f Decatur. Thursday evening commencing at 7:3'» p m IL-y. F. C Berger, presiding elder of the Fort I Wnyn<* l»l«trl.t will prrath Follow-1 Ing th<* service, the quiirterlv inn Terence member* of the First and Calvary ilwrche*. will meet to trans act the usual buKlneng of the quarter ly conference*. A spot Ini Item of bit* iness will be* the electing id a lay re I preiwmtativr tn the next annual ton | fernnte wblib meet* nt Indiuniinull* the last nt April. The young pvnplt s' * httlr will meet I at the pars<vn«K>* Wednesday nt * tn | put sharp tor praitbr Th* prayer: meeting will he at the t hurt h *t 7 :m CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE I Wlient: May ll.«7%: July 61.tM1%: I Sept It 05% corn' May 7.t%e; July I 75%c; Sept 76 t gc Oats: May 45\c; pul) 43%c; Sept 42%C

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FOLLOWERS OF M’GRAY CLAIM A BIG VICTORY State Committee Not In Favor Os Demanding Resignation Now TAKE MIDDLE COURSE I —.— Governor McCray To Be Arraigned In C ourt On January 7 Indianapolis, Jan. 2.—The faction I of the republican party l>a. king Gov ernor McCray in his fight with state | Chairman Wall, todai proclaimed the (action of the State committee on the McCray situation last night a "<om plete victory." j Meeting at the call of Waih, who ; had said he would resign as chairman if the committee did not ba. k his <!eI tuand for the immediate resignation of Mi Cray, the state committee Steered ■ to a middle course In an effort to preI vent any further rupture in the party. The lonimittee express. <1 its faith that Walb's reputation for uiir deal- , Ing was Im yond reproach anti at the same time said It was the committee's I opinion the governor should resign immediately "if In- was convict, d by anv court of justice.” Twelve of the district chairmen approved the resolutions. G or-.-e Elliott. of Newcastle, the sixth district chairman, de. lined to vote, saying the state committee should take no stand until has been tried The governor lias been fighting to revent any a* tion which might compromise bis trial, while Walb for three months has sought away to oust him from the governorship immediately. The lonimittee adopted its resolution at a special meeting lasting well I into the night. Every district < hairI man was present and a dozen repub- | liean editors lutne to expr ss th. ir views on the fight McCray will be arraigned Jan. 7. -

G. O. I’. State Convention At Indianapolis May 21 Indianapolis. Jan. 2. —The republican state- convention will be held in lu>lialiu|H>i>r May -i and 22 it was announced tollowing the meeting of the state committee last night. There Will ice 1.11.'.1l delegates to the convention. which will be held in Tomlinson hall Candidate* for all atate office*. With tile eV option of governor. will be *<-ie< ted and tin party platform will be drafted. only tn the of the failure of any candidate to secure n majority* S would the convention pick the glib of the vote* in the primary on Mac ernatort.il candidate • Mum mu Child To Be Buried Thursday Fum ral services for I’hitlip Momma year-old son of Mr and Mrs. MorriMumma. who died yesterday morning of double pneumonia, will be held front the residence, 115 South Fourteenth street at !• o'clm k Thursday morning, the Rev. 1. C. Wisner, pa* tor of the IWc-atiir M K. circuit. off! elating Burial will be in Maplewood cemetery. —o . Earthquake Celt In Illinois And Kentucky Cairo, 111, Jan 2, The old year died with a hard convulsive shudder A severe earthciuage tremor, shaplnr houses perceptibly, waa felt here* nt ft I’ m. N* Year’s eve, ' The quake *»< reported to have llteen general over northern Arkansa* 'western Tennessee and southern Illi nol* life ktmiit, Ky„ Jan 2 An earth quake of unusual vibration for thi» I section wa» felt here last night. The , seismic vibrations lasted several ccocondn. shaking houses and rattling land windows ■..mas*. Rumors Os War In The Balkans Heard Todav Athens. Jan 2 fSpecial t« Baiiy TMnmtati Rumors .<1 b j is