Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1924 — Page 6

HARTFORD(ffI BEATS LEADERS Local Basketball Team Hits Snaj; Last Night, Losing 11 to 26 The Decatur Lead* th basketball five bit a snag tit Hartford City lust night and dropped a hard fought contest to the Athletics, of that city, by a score of 41 to 28. The Hartford City team Is a fast combination, including .Men denball. a former member of the Ft. Wayne K. of team. Mendenhall made six field goals last night, while his teammate Wood made five. Yager caged five field goals and four foul goals for the Leaders while Oliver • «• rs-.i.i •• r r..hhv" An.

made four field goals. "Tabby" An draws, flashy forward, had an off night ami was held to two field goals, one coming in each half. The Leaders gut away to a bad start In the game and were trailing 21 to 10 at the rest period. They came ba< k strong in the second half especially near the close of the game and were tutting down the lead when the game < titled. Jack Teeple playt'il floor guard for the Leaders last night ami put up a nice game. Hrant substituted for him during the last few minutes. The Leaders will play St. Marys, Ohio, here next Tuesday night. Lineup and summary: Leaders. 26 H. C., 41 Yager F ‘’ran** Andrews F Wood I Oliver C Lee I Teeple 0 Mendenhall, Crist 0 Mannix' Substitutes: Brant for Teeple, Hoff , man for Crane. Field goals: Yager, 5; Andrews. 2; Oliver, 4; Crane. 3: Wood, 5; 4; Mendenhall. 6; Mannix. 1.

Foul Roals: Yager, 4: Wood. 2; Mendenhall, 1. HEALING CfIEAM STOPS CATARRH Clogged Air Passages Open at Once— Note and Throat Clear If your nostrils are dogged and your head stuffed because of .aturrli or a cold, get Ely's Cream Hahn at any drug store. Apply a little of this pure, antiseptic, germ destroying cream into your nostrils and let it , penetrate through every air passage of vottr head and membranes. Instant' relief. How goes! it feels. Your head Is clear. Your nostrils are open. You I breathe freely. No more hawking or snuffling. Head colds and catarrh yield like magic. Don't stay stuffed tup, choked up and miseralde. Itelief is sure. ■ ' — -0 Purdue Beats Wabash Crawfordsville. Jan 2. Purdue defeated the Wabash basketball team in a fast game here last night 27 tn HOGS ARE LOWER THAN YEAR AGS Swine Quoted Nearlv S? Lower; Other Prices Compared Today A comiutrison of markets of to day and a yenr ago today, shows that there are no great change, except' In hpgH, which are much low. r now The price paid for several it. ms today Is higher and some lower than the prices of a year ago. Eggs were ttuot.sl at 40 c*nts per dogen a year ago while the market today was 3<i rents Hutter rat was 51 c.-nfs today Stops LaGrlppe VV 7 J Piwumcni.. Keep strong. healthy and free from v.-inter cvn.pUurts. Hill’s Cascara Brocade Quuiuw is the quickest acting, n oat dependable colt remedy. X/hal Pi’l'adoeif -r n->Uffl»«it wiQdofuryou. Gat red Us bearing Mr. HiU’spurtrait. JOomu. cascarUquinine ir n.niu.ca W E L( OM E Zjßj’ °f Pythias Thursday l Ni «’ ht I. r 40

and 50 cents a year ago. other comparisons are as follows, (he irsl price being, (hat of a year I ago ami the second price that of toh Wheal. 11.25; 95. Yellow ear corn, per 10b Hi”.. HO celiis; JI. 1 White or mixed torn, per 100 |b% S 5 * ent-’; 7Q < ents. Oats, per bit., 4- cents; .'IS cents. Rye, per bit., 75 cents; *0 cunts. Harley, per Ini.. «•» cents; K 5 cents. Medium and heavy hogs, $0 00 to 11.10; $7.50 Io 7.60, .Mixed hogs. $9.10 to $9.25; 7.50. Yorkers,’ $9.25; $7.50. Lights mid pigs, $9 25 to 9:35; to $7 to $7.50. ' Roughs, $7.50 to $7.75; $6 to $6.25. Sheep, host lambs, sls 50 to $15.75; $13.50. I Calves, top $15.50; sls. ■- o ■

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PLOT MADE TO POISON FAMILY Daughter Os Mr. And Mrs. George Chronister And Family Are Victims — Mr. and Mrs. George Chronister.. of Jefferson street, have received word from their daughter. Mrs. John H. Brahm. of Madison, Wisconsin, who states that a plot was made by an unknown person io i*oison the 1 members of the Brahm family last i w>»-k. Th*' poison was placed in a bottle of milk and a package of candy i which in turn were placed iu til*' baby buggy on the front porch ot th*' [ horn**. The Brahms have forward*'*! a copy of the Madison Capital Times, containing an account of the plot and li* titre* of th*' Brahm family. The story is as follows: I "Hunt for a person who attempted to poison .Mr. and Mrs. John H. Brahm, hurber. and their two small children, Wednesday night, by placing a bottle of poisoned milk and a potaoaid package of candy In th*' baby buggy on the front |>orch of I tile Brahm resnl* nee. 103 N. Webster *t e. t, >hift«d lat.- Frday nfti-rnoon to a west side tobacco warehouse fol 1 ’l'xlng Investigation made by IMstrict i Attorney T G. l.*'Wis. Madison police, I and Th*' Capital Time*. ‘'Preliminary Investigation off the attempted mur*!*r was opemd by I {strict Attorney la»wU himself Friday afternoon following information given him by The Capital Times. | A slip of lined writing paper on I which was written the name "Mrs. | rauh's " which was found In th*' box of randy, tuny lotd to th** rotation of th** case. Minn)*- Pauh,

• living at ,ljn E. Mifflin at root. J acroaa the nlrwat from the Brahm reaidenro, h.t« admitted that the writInc fa her own ami that It wa* writt"n a aome time or other by her fnr < her mothei. Mra. Ida Pauh. widow. « employ,al at a neat aide tnl-areo I wnrehmtae. Mra, Pauh ran not write i I'nallrh heraelf and her daughter < duee ail writing for her, I “Police believe that the render of the poiromd parkane obtained Ihe alip of paper from the belonging* of ■ Mm. Pauh at the tobacco warehottae I •rd eocJo*e<l it in the candy hoy to I throw Idnine on the Pauh family. i "Belief that the arnder'a revenge I miaht ho diverted against member* I Os the Pauh family la one of the thmirlea on which |*dlr» were work- ”« Friday when It waa learned that a hottie of milk which had been | treated with Ihe name polaon, a ( (•hoaphorua notation. had been left on I the rear porch of the pauh home a rear am Fruatratlon of ihl« attempt- , ml poisoning waa nc<ompll*h«d in the name way in which the attempt tn poiaon the Brahm family wan brought about the odor of the polaon bring rorngnlrod by membera of the family before It 'wa* consumed, •'Discovery of the plot Wednesday night rraulted from the finding of the poisoned package* m a baby bug

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I gy on the front porch of the Brehm , residence Hy Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Lewr is. occupants of Hie second floor ol the ’building, when they came home I late at night. Believing that the hotI th- and the box were intended for the /.Mr.. Brnhrn. When u few minutes later Mrs. Brahm detected a pecllllui „ ( |„r In the kitchen the Bralr.n family they gave them to bottle and made the discovery that both contained poison. "Police who were summoned placed Hie packages In the hands of Eloyd Rath, city dairy and food Inspector, for examination. Mr. Rath, after a consultation with Dr. E. \. Brumbaugh, city health officer, turned the parcels over to (’. W. Muehlberger, slate toxicologist. All of the authorities have agreed that the poison was a phosphorous solution. "’lite theory that the poison-laden milk and candy were Intended for members of the Lewis family urCj discounted both by Mr. Lewis hlm•'elf and by police. The fact that the ( infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis is too small to open the milk and eat I the candy, together with the fact that I Mr .Lewis lias been here hut a few, I weeks, lend to discount this theory.] However, had either one of the two' Brahm children come into possession , i f the contents they might have contimed them. "Unking of this poisnn plot with -the death of an East Side man IS months ago has been suggested by police. The East Side man. a man if advanced years, died after he had. eaten ice cream said to have contain-, id a phosphorous solution. “Questioned Friday by The Capital J Times regarding their suspicions as to who might be prcAnpted to send the packages, members of both th«Brahm and the Pauh family were un . hie to advance any theories. "'I cannot help but believe that we were intended as the object of * the plot, indirectly,” Elsie Pauh, 17 < years old. senior at the Central high!

‘Chool. Stated. “My sister, Minnie.' Itelieves that it is her handwriting. If th*' plot had l>een successful we . would have Iteen blamed.” “Mr. William I’niih. father of the 11wo Pauh girls, died two weeks J: go. after a short Illness of pneumonia. | “ 'There has been something peculiar occurring here recently that li < annot help but feel.” Miss Pauh 'continued. “A week ago someone ’tore our mail box from off the house and broke it open. My brother in Milwauke*' was going to send us Christmas money.' ” Caseys Defeat Berne A. C. Team. 12 to 26 Berne. Ind J;,n 2 -The Knights of • Cohiinlitis-Lincoln IJfe eagers exhibit *d Ix'fore a good sized crowd of local 1 fan* last night and went away with a 42 to 2fi victory over th*' 1 Bern.- Independent*. i* The Caseys had the game p&'tty ' well in hand at all stages having an ' advantage of 2*> to 14 at the end of the first half. Bara*'y Sedran played ' a great gam*' on the floor for the visitors, hut Stonbrakg'r was their scoring ace. sinking eight field goals, non*' of which were of the ionff range 1 • ariety. Voss word four times from the field. ' K. C- -Lincoln Life . Berne Rtonebraker F Clark Sedran F Bushee ‘ ' "** ....<' Jones ’UplfY G Whiteman MBh-r G v. Clark Substitution*—Kessler for Clark. Wliltehurst for Whiteman. Field goal*—Rtonebraker. X; Vo**. 1 4; Sedran, 2; Miller. Ripley. 3; Ke** 1 hr. 2; < lurk, 5; Buahee. fi; Jone*. * Frio throws—Vos* J. — H , „„

Angola l.ejfifin Defeats Muncie Meadow Golds , Angola. Jan 2-The Angola I I Rlon troth defeated the Munlre Mrs•lowaoldn In an asciting battle hero laat night at the community gym by , a more or 34 to 32. The flrat half ended XI to 19 In favor of the Mtinltc tram. || Hourt House j! Suit On Auto Linn The Kihafer Hardware Company today filed a complaint to forodone an automobile lien against Barber E lliimlmraer. Judgment In the num ol •3&o la demanded. The r aae waa f||* rd through Attorney Clark J. Lut«. Judgment Granted * Boro It Erwin, wilting aa apodal Jmlge In the raae of the Old Adam* County Bank agalnnt Dan R. Vail, rendered judgment in favor of ihe Plaintiff In the num of U. 1102 6I and rrwHu. » I-1 WANT a’iihTauxli | |

FEMALES MAKE j CAIN ON MALES Female Births Exceeds > Males By Two; More Male Deaths Births exled deaths by nearly one hundred per cent in the city {of Decatur during the year 1923, ac ' cording to the annual health report made by city Health Officer, Dr. J. M. Miller. Two more girls than boys were born. The males exceed- ' id the females in the death by one. lln 1923 til girls and 59 boys were I born, a total of 120. The deaths num titered 65 of whom 33 were males and 35 females. I Brain and heart trouble caused the largest number of deaths, with the exception of those listed us "other causes." Eleven deaths resulted from brain trouble, nine from heart trimi hie. eight from cancer, six from kid- | iiey trouble, five from pneumonia, three from tuberculosis, three accidental deaths and twenty from other ' i aitses. I During the year the health Repayment quarantined 16 cases of Small Pox. 4 for scarlet fever and 3 for dpiheria. At present one house is t nder quarantine for Scarlet fever. Dr. Miller stated that health condit ons in the city were good. Compared With 1922 In 1922 there were IM births and til deaths, the 1923 births exceeding the total of a year ago by twelve. In 1922, 54 boys and 54 girls were born The deartis were divided as follows lii 1922. mules 37. females 29. In 1922 there were no deaths from tuberculosis. while in 1923 three deaths occurred from this cause. IL BRINK DIED’ THIS MORNING Ft. Wayne Man Died At I A. M.; Is Well Known Here; Funeral Fri. Word was received by relatives here : (day that Al Brink, aged about 30 years, died at his home at Ft. Wayne i t four o'clock this morning. He was ; son of Henry Brink, and a splendid young man. His mother, Mrs. Maggie .'■rink, died several years ago she was a sister of Mrs. t'hristena Niblick . nd Mr. Nick Miller, of this cit,, and was well known here having frequently visited in Decatur. Mr. Brink was for a number of years Itookkepper at the Frank Dry Hoods ■ tore in Fort Wayne. He enlisted in the army early during the World War . nd was made a commissioned officer erving with credit during the entire • onfli< t and spending a number of months overseas. After returning he resumed his work at the Frank store but ulmut two years ago his health begun to fail and he declined teadily until the end came this morn in*. The faneral service* win probably be held Friday morning. Several r*l .Hives from here will attend. o - t HIGHSCHOOL BEATS < Continued From Page On*) Eleanor Pumphrey and Helen Farr, forward*; Margaret Laikooan, ten IW. Janette Clark, side Center; Rutl Castle and Margaret Zwlck. guards Alumni Puts Up Fight The high school boys had a tight ■ n their hands with the alumni dur•lt moat of the contest. The Alumn <aus-d mush amusement when they walked <>n the floor with the aid ot ticks und canes *nd with their heads •' rm* and legs in bandages. "Doctor* at Hyland and "Trainer'' Bryce Thoma* had their players seated tn he middle of the floor while they -<roce*ded to drr,.* their "Injuries'' Hoon after the game started the tunjw*r ttmvlmed that the said Injuries certainly were fake*. Herman 'Vat' Myers scored th" f'rst points of the game, shortly after 'he start wh»n he caged a beautiful field goal from the side of the court Dot win evened th« c ount with a i ihort Held gnul Hteele put the high ••thool In the load with a point on • free throw The high school held It small lead from then on until th. "»d of the game, Sensational basks' b y Myers. Linn Kern tnd "l-ank'' I .inn kept the Alumni star* in the running during the first half ""Twin. Rteel*. Ummlmati nnd Andrew* offensive combination maintained a safe |e a d for thn high «hool, The first half ended with the under graduates In the lead, 2» t* ]* High School Increases Lead | The high school team Increased Its lead In the second half "Omni* ijtmmiman dropped in four field

White D 11. «■ '•« ( ' li 1,1 Ks column for the first Hum from near the <ent Steele eagp.l three two pointers in , llt . .eeoml period, while Imrwm ami Tucker. Hubstitute. caged two each. ■ I hiu bucket shooting Kern continued his bn.K" 101 . tll( . Alumni in the second ha t and caged three more baskets, l obby Myers and “Lank” Linn each scoroil once. The Altitnnl rushed three siibstitu teds in to the fray during the last part of the game, but they were un able to stem the tide. Byford Macy went to back guard in “Smoko Peterson's place, Gail "Skeel K< ru took Bobby Myers" and Ra’l'h "Brick" Tyndall substituted for "Lank" Linn. “Fat" Myers and Linn Kern were the shining lights in the Alumni's lineup. “Fat" furnished mush amusements by "pulling his old time line of pranks and chatter during the game. The floor was still extremely slippery last night and th* players piled sacks many times when someone's feet got away from him The Alumni coaches and trainers "doped" their players’ shoe sole* several times tn a vain effort to pre vent them from sliding. Coach Howard did not get to see his proteges win last night, as he has not returned from his vacation at his home ir Mondovia, Wisconsin. He will no lie here for the game with Angola high school Friday night, either, but will be on hands to take charge ot practice next week. Superintendin’ M. F. Worthman had < harge of th* team again last night. Lineup and nummary: High School 52 Alumni 32 Dorwin F L. Kern Andrews F Meyers taimmiman C Linn Steele O*. Myers White G Peterson Substitutions; High school- Tuck r for Dorwin: Dorwin for Andrews Miller for White. Alumni- Kern or kreyers; R. Tyndall for Linn; Macy for Peterson. Field goals: Dorwin 4. Andrews 4 .ammiman 6. Steele 7. White 1. Tuck •r 2, L Kern 7. Meyers 2. Linn 3. Myers 3. - * Foul goals: Andrews 1. Lammiman !. Steele 1. Myers 2. Referee : Geller,

Origin Os Fire In Teeper Store Mystery Fort Wayne. Jan. 2—Work will | H tarted within the next few days in salvaging the wreckage of the Tepper Brothers store llft-114 East Berry street, which was completely gutted by a fire of mysterious origin, dis •overed at 9. Iu o'clock yesterday morning. Jacob Tepper, general man iger of the store and a member of he Tepper Brothers firm, which »wns und operates a chain of d» 'Mirtment store* in the east, an 90110000 last night. Mr. Tepper estimated Uiat the itrnk and fixtures | n the establish ■lu'iits were valued nt "more than U'u.iHm", of which about ninety jwr ent would |>e covered by inuuranc*. he exact amount of which he was inable to determine pending the >pening of the Ann's safe where the ecords are kept, this morning. Concerning the probable cause ol he blase. Mr. Tepper said that it wa 4 *n ab*olute mystery to him. The last H'rson in the store to his knowh-dge ••• said, was the night watchman larence L Godfrey, 313 Brakenrid te street. The watchman said that he had '•■de a complete round of th- first "cond and third floors and the base' '••nt at 9 o'clock yesterday morning •nd that he had been relieved from •uty at 9:30 by Erm-st Teppe r a dt , Partmont manager, who arrived ttl •h- time. Mr. Tepper went lol( , the ‘tare, he said, but remained but » *#w minut»*N The building wa. rnnatructed at y* 01 " 1 «•<»■• •' that time about s7o. *O. but the present in exceaa o( Btrwlln(f to •stlmate, made last nleh ( h y M r* Kwing. 423 We.t Main street' »« «he amtmnt >f approximately | 7 o.m ~R rr>t) he •tructure. Mm. Ewing said.

George Wcmhoff Receives GreeUnjot Over Radio George Wetnhoff. well known • *pcclal New Year's ’X” ”* rr ° m ,Wro, ‘ N '**» fudlo """" "W shortly ta. f< »re mldnl<h , ■ T "n. m.„, radio funs o n Naw Ymr'a e*. yesterday Mr tv Mrxt.n "'nihoff heard Mm McMullen an d her IWo New ° cn,,< ’**n Rend band ? T'“ ,nO 10 • h ’" > b«-n-»r the north po|,. **

His Conscience Troubled Him , . , have done wrong', ploase ■ I know I nave i(|lty an j forgive me for no thankful writing you he ar • • H(l gjm , to God for th f. g ‘ n °. lake SSOO for the )0 „ an d would not tah ♦ J n , n „ good the first "is* g* wi|h been bothered > ■ indigestion. in i Sg VtSV wond-f'tl but since taking . ■ . )j#vp hfld |lo Remedy two yean a o. ))arm such trotib.’ • ■ r ,,. n ovas the ca1,.s preparation n, r- i!r - : ing appendicitis, on* u> sale* b?‘V iXuse Drug Co. and all good druggists. — —o- -— PETITION OF BANKRUPT FOR DISCHARGE m the matter of Walter E. Eicher. Bankrupt. No. Sl3. In Bankruptcy. Order of Notice Thereon District of Indiana, ss: | On this 2nd day of January. A. D.. 1924. on reading the petition Os th* bankrupt for his discharge- | IT IS ORDERED BY THE ( Ol RT. That a hearing be had unun the sum*' on the 13th day of February. A. D.. 1924. before said Court at Indianapolis" in said District, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice thereof shall be published twice in The Democrat, a newspaper printed in said District, and that all known creditors and other persons in inter--st may appear at the said time and □lace and show cause, if any they have, why the said prayer ot the petitioner should not be granted. I And it is further ordered by the Court that the said Clerk -hall send by mail to all known creditors copies iff said petition and this order addressed to them at their places of residence as stated. WITNESS, the HONORABLE ALBERT B ANDERSON. Judge of said Court, and the seal thereof, at Fort Wayne, in said district, on the 2nd *lay of January A D . 1924. i Seal I 2-9 Wm. P. Kappes, Clerk. ■ * $-$-$-WANT ADS EARN—s—t—s

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