Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1924 — Page 1

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engeler store IS SOLO TO HITE ; AND BURROUGHS '' , < Hugh D. Hite And Herbert i Burroughs Buy One Os City’s Old Stores DISCONTINUE GROCERY ' Big Sale Planned: To Conduct Drv Goods And Ready-To-Wear Store By the terms of a contract signed today, Hugh D. Hite, who! recently retired as treasurer of, Adams county, and Herbert, Burroughs, for twelve years manager of the Enterprise drug store here, will become the owners of the E. D. Engeler & Com- ( 1 pany dry goods store within a • few days. | j The store under the new man- ' agement will be known as the , H & B Dry Goods Company, and will be opened by the new firm in about ten days or as soon as the inventory has been complet- < ed. The store is one of the oldest in i the city having been organized many | years ago. it was known as the , Sprang & True store for a long time | and later as the Charles F. True company, then as True and Runyon. 1 later Runyon & Engeler and for the , past several years as the E. D. Engeler < ora pany. Mr. Engeler, who has ( been In the business fur -Dearly xjjir-. ty years, at Bluffton. Berne and here the past twelve years, will not decide as to his future business immediate- ' Iy. He will look after the collection nf his accounts and in the meantime look around for some opening. I, To Close Grocery The new proprietors are splendid , business men, well known here and , expect to conduct a modern dry goods and ladies' ready-to-wear store. They will close out the grocery department in a big sale, in which they hope to dispose of most of the dry goods stock as well, and will then restock with an entire new display of goods. They will open the store with this sale. New Owners Experienced Hugh D. Hite was born and reared in this city, attended high school, worked at Fort Wayne, spent several years In old Mexico and for twelve years was in the clothing business in this city with the Vaqce & Hite company. He retired January Ist of this J year ax county treasurer after four years of public service. He is a good merchant ami business man. Her bert Burroughs was just about “raised in a dry goods store." Hix father operated a business of this kind at Bluffton nearly forty years, for a long Um,* < onducted the leader there. For twelve years Herb has served us manager of the Enterprise drug store here and has made many friends. Hite £ Burroughs will prove hustlers in the dry rood* business and will make an effort to please the buying public. The Enterprise store will be continued under a new manager to tie selected thU w »m»U. Invoice State* Monday The Engeler store wijl close Mon- , day for Invoice which will require set"fal days after which the goods will <* marked for the big tale which will open the week following, definite nn I nouncement to be made later a* to the exact date. Ax stated the grocery 1 *lll be entirely dosed out and that room fitted as a ready-to-wear shop. I while a rug and carpet room will be ' opened up stairs. Mr. Hltn went to' ■'tbtirn today to secure the services "f a dry goods man who will assist •« 'he invoice. Mr. Engeler will also I ""l*ct ii tnan and these two will comW*ta the Inventory. The deal has been under way for a week nr two and was 1 "n< dluffed today, Weather r,ln 10 M * u,h ; nr " north portion tonight and dnesday; warmer tonight. I

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Political Forces Clash In Guayaquil, Equador Guayaquil, Ecuador, Jan. 16. —A fierce battle between political fad tions has just taken place ut San Felipe Pujili. according to messages reaching here today. Five thousand Indians under leadership of the Chief Frailc Granja. attacked the town and assassinated the libera! leader Luis Rivadeneira terrorizing the population. Federal troops were called and finally drove the Indians into the mountains, after killing eleven of them WILLSHIRE HAS TWO MORE FIRES Firebug Blamed For Fire Which Destroyed Two Barns Saturday Night Two barns belonging to Mrs. Samuel Lotter were burned to the ground at Willshire Saturday night about 10 o’clock. The loss is more than 115.000. Because of the rapidity with which the flames consumed the barns, it is thought with certainty that the mysterious fire bug is again at work. A Willshire resident is suspected of starting the two blazes and the four others last month. It is thought that an arrest may lie made soon. The two barns stood on the northeast edge of Willshire and had been little used since the death of Samuel Ijotter a few years ago. His sons had carried on the business of butchering upon his death, but gave it up entirely about two years ago. Only Mrs. letter and her daughter Eumho. were .«t the Uuuom when the flames were discovered. Butchering Tools Saved Neighbors succeeded in saving many of the tools used in butchering but most of the other contents of the two bants were destroyed in ' thJ fire. It is said tlett the flam* s enveloped the barns quickly and that oil must have been used as in other fires attributed to the fire-bug. Tihs fire makes a total of five In the town in a period of three weeks. On December 23, a Ford truck in the garage back of tile W. E. Spitler grocery was found-on fire and the top and cushions were ruined before | the flames could be extinguished. At midnight that same night fire wa* discovered in the walls of the building occupied by the Willshire Telephone company. The loss was ISM. The walls had been saturated with oil and foot prints were traced from | the fire to the rear of the Stein hu»d,ware store, where there was a quantity of oil. Talk concerning the two fires was at Its highest when two more blazes were dicovered the next evening. December 24. The first fire was discovered at the machine shed owned by Chauncey Deßolt. The flr<» hud been started in automobile and had gained considerable headway before it wns discovered. The car was taken from the shed and so SB,OOO worth of machinery was saved from destruction. At practically the same tlmß that ' the DeHolt fire was itlscbvered g blaze was discovered in the hay and grain sited owned by Gruy D. Men . r it wax extinguished before much damage wax done. Past Fire Recal'ed Many persona remember the nu- . ineroua fires in that town about two I years ago of a resident of the city ( being sent to the state hospital for insane at Toledo when ho was found starting a fire. It is thought that the person responsible for those lata fires is In sane. This theory l» prevalent because there Inis been nothing stolen at the time iny of the lire have been started. BIRTHS The girl baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Luiitzenhelaer. of Close street, recently, has been named Edon Flo. An eight pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fairchild, of Root township. yesterday, and has been , named Richard Anthony. |

PERSOWNEL OF G.R.&I. FORCES HERE CHANGEO M. A. Kenworthy, L. A. Haden And Sam Yancy Displaced Here MAY LOSE FIELD MEET Decatur Likely To Lose Meet As Result Os Shifting Os Divisions 1 Several changes will be made in the personnel of the freight and passenger office forces of ' the Gand Rapids and Indiana railroad station in this city, in connection with the sweeping changes being made in the Pennsylvania Railroad system, including the abolishment of the old Grand Rapids division with offices in Ft. Wayne. Decatur will be located on Richmond division of the system in the future instead of the Grand Rapids division. This change places Decatur in the southwest region instead of the northwest and very probably will mean that the regional track and field meet of the northwest region, which had virtually been assured to this city for next fall, will not be held here. The orders, issued at the executive office of th" Pennsylvania Railroad company in Philadelphia yesterday, merge the Grand Rapids division, extending from Richmond to Grand Rapids. Michigan, and the Mackinaw ' Division. —romihw from Grand Rapids not th to Mackinaw City. Michigan. The new division will be known aa the Grand Rapids division. The offices of the old division in Ft. Wayne will lie moved at once to (hand Rapids. 1 The ord“r also abolishes the ll'luois and Michigan general divisions and that portion of the South Bend division between Ixtgansport and South Rend, formerly the South lend division of the southwest region 1 aili be operated us a part of the |joganxp<>rt division Kenworthy Leaves Decatur M A. Kenworthy, who has been first trick operator in the Decatur (Continued on page hvei SECURITY CO. I ELECTION HELD I Board Os Directors Named Yesterday; Election Os Officers Friday i Storkholders In the Anowican , Security Company held their annual election of officers at the office on Monroe street yesterday afternoon Charles Nlbligk *“» elected a member of the board of directors, this beIna the only change made. The other directors who were re-elected were L. <’. Waring. Hermaa Gillig. C. J. Lull. W A Kubbr. W. A. Klepper. Itos* .MvCullttck The directors will meet at the office on Friday evening at 7 o'clock •t which time the officers of the ' company will be elected. The American Security Company started business here OP March 2. IH2. Since that time its' business has grown rapidly and today It Is a thriving institution. Fred H Kolter. has been munnger of the company since Its organisation. High School Pupils To Attend Revival Tonight High school pupils who plan to attend the evangelistic services st the Presbytersln <hurcb tonight, are requester to meet nt the btgh school building «’ ’ |o * b ,hl * ***•' Ing and march to the < bun b io s , night at the titering, end Evangelist bodv. Tonight la young peoples' White will preach an appropriate ner- | mon.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, .January 15, 1924.

“Taxicab Bar” Waukegan. HL, Jan. 15. —A "taxicab bar" with an abbreviated booze, dispensary, was sought by Wauke- I gan police today. Customers step through one door 1 deposit fifty cents for a "nip" of moonshine and depart through the opposite door, police and dry agents . were informed. Police understand the liquor is , , drawn from a second compartment In the gasoline atnk. i "Chasers" they said, come from the radiator. . 1 TOURNEY CENTERS ARE NAMED TODAY i J Adams County Teams To Play At Portland; Four Regional Centers » Decatur will not entertain a dis- , trict high school basketball tournament this year according to list of , centers announced today by A. U Trester, secretary of the Indiana I High School Athletic A-sociation. Adams county teams will go to Port- . ■ land to play, there being seven Jay I county teams and five from Adams , county entered there. Bluffton and |' Wells county teams will play ut , Hartford City. Following In the |' United Press story on the announcement. Anderson. Jan. 15. —Arthur Trester secretary of the Indiana High School Athletic Association today announcled the location and plans tor the secI 1 tlonal. regional and finals in the 1921 basketball tourney. I I The sectional tournaments will be held in 52 centers of the state Feb. 29 and March 1. A total of 574 teams had la-en enter ' |ed in the sectional and an average of ’ 16 teams has been assigned to each iof the 52 centers. There were only ,48 district centers last year. The regional tournaments will be 1 ' held March 7 and 8 at four centers. 1 Indiana University. Bloomington; > i Earihum college. Richmond. Purdue ' University, laifayette and Ft. Wayne. One aditionnl regional center wax arranged this year at Earlhahi college, ' The fnial tournament will l»e held In Indianapolis March 14 and 15. The announcement of sectional centers, and the schools assigned to each is aw follows: Anderson, seven Madison county teams, five Tipton county teams. I Angola, six Steuben; six D kalb. Aurora, six Dearborn; one Ohio; I six Ripley; two Franklin. Bainbridge, nine Putman Bedford, five latwreme. three j I ■Orange; four Washington; two Mur-! tin Brazil, five Clay; nine Purke. Brook, four Newton; eight Benton i Columbus, four Battholomew; one I Brown; three Jennings. i Covington, six Fountain, three Warren. Carwfordavllle. eleven Montgomery Evansville, two Vanderburgh; six i Warrick; five Posey. I Flora, seven Carroll. Frankfort, seven Clinton. . Franklin, seven Johnson Fort Wayne, six Allen, four Whit . J ley. Gary, eight Lake; five Porter i Goshen. Greenfield. Hanover, Hart , ■ford City. Huntington, Indlutuiisdlx. Kendallville, Kokomo. Lafayette. Is- ■ ba non. Longanst>(>rt. Lynns. Marlon i Martinsville. Mh hlgan City. Muncie. New Castle, Nnbeisvllle. North Mani Chester Peru. Pittsboro, Portland. 7 Jay county teams and 5 teams Adams ' county, Oakland City, Richmond. Roeheater. Rushville. S»ytnour, ShotIbyville South Bend. Sullivan. Tell ; | City. Terre Haute, Vhtt-ennea, WarI saw and Winchester. Bl II I UN 7“ I Ittdiynupolit*. Jun. 15.—(Spec- •• ini to Duilv Democrat).—N. A.I i Bixler, of Decatur, wh* re-elect-ed president of the Indiana Ah- ' sociation of Optometrist*, tiur-j injr the annual meeting in ees-, l*ion here today. ,

JACOB MARTIN, FORMER CITY OFFICIAL. DIES Death Came This Morning While He Was Vi>ilIn Arkansas WAS CITY COUNCILMAN One Os City’s Oldest Citizens; Body To Be Returned Here “Uncle" Jacob Martin, age 80. for 16 years a member of the city council, i and one of the beloved and highly. respected citizens of Decatur, died I this morning at 6:15 o’clock at the Catholic hospital. Little Rock Arkansas, following an operation a week . ago Monday night for strangulated ; hernia, which mingled with the infirmites of old age, resulted in his death. News of his death was received here early this morning by his daughter. Mrs. C. V. Connell, the death message being delivered at the same time a “night letter" arrived stating that he was feeling much better and was able to partake of a little food during the day. News of his death came as a shock to the family here and to the many friends of the venerable and highly respected aged citizen. The body will be shipped to this city at once and will be taken to the home of Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Connell, on West Monroe street. It is expected that the funeral party will arrive here sometime Thursday and tn that event the funeral services would be held Friday morning from the St. Mary’s Catholic (hurth at nine o'clock and burial will he made in of the Knights of Columb.it and of the the St. Joseph cemetery. Members St. Joseph and Holy Name societies of the St. Mary's chun h will attend the services in a body, as will the former city officials who served with Mr. Martin on the council. Spent Holidays In South Enjoying good health und anttcipatInga happy visit with his two (laugh, tent, Mrs. E E Dennis and Mrs. Anna .Maddy of Little Rock. Arkansas. Mr Martin left on December 2 'th for the south to spend Christmas and the holidays with them. He also Intended to spend most of the winter at K'nlitinued Oil Pane xix> TRUST COMPANY HOLDS ELECTION — J. A. Long. Portland, New Director Os Peoples Loan & Trust Co. The tenth annual election of directom and officer* of the Peoples loan ’ £ Trust company was held today in, the director's rooms of th«- bank. * n board of eight directors being elm ted. The election of Joseph A. l-ong. of Portland, wax the only change on the board. The other directors who were reelected are: Charles E. s,hwurtz. Portland; C, E Bell. E E Zimmerman. H. M. Gllllg. C. L. Walters. W A. Lower and M Kirsch, all of Deca tur. Following the election of the directors the board met and selected nffl cent for the year, the same officers being chosen und am as follows: M. Kirsch, president: H. M Gllllg. vice I president; W, A. Lower, secretary and Mlaa Fanny B. Hite .assistant aeeretary. A report made by the eecretury. i showed that the Trust company was In splendid flnun< lai condition "id; the customary six per < ent dh was dm lured. Th« Peoples Loen * Trust company was orguQU'-d to this ‘ ' (Ity In 1911 uod the doors of the instiI tutton were opeueff to the pilhlll nu January 2. 1915. It bus , paid up ,ap Ital of Jso.tM)n und carries a surplus of |B.nno today. If Is one of the pro greaslve und worthy institutions In jthe ((immunity.

“One Fight Too Many” Says Mother Os Dead Boxer ( New York, .lan. 15.—" Frankie has fought just one fight too many. There j is no one to blame," the mother of I Frankie Jerome said today when ■ "Bad" Taylor asked if he might call i at the home to pay his respects to the j ! family of his dead opponent. George Jerome, youngest brothers j ' i of the dead boxer, who had started to 1 take up fighting as a business, said that lie was through for good and never would put on a glove again. OLD LAW SUITS ' ENDED MONDAY I. __ ■ Five Cases, Filed In 1905, Left Off Docket; Parties Are Deceased II —— ■ I Final entries were made yesterday t in five eases which were filed in the y’dams circuit court on November 21. 1905 und the cases were ordered left off the dockets. Three of the de fendants named In th,- cases two at-' torneys interested in the suits and two of the judges before whom proceedings in the cases were held, are now deceased. The five cases were filed by John S. Powers, (ontraetor. to collect I assessments due on the constnic'ion of the Elm street sewer. Three of the suits for $l«0 each and the other two for $l5O each. The defendants named in the suits were Thofhas W. ! Watts, now deceased; Fred Si hafer; ' N. H. t'ress now decaesed; George, W. Patterson; and .John T. Ixtse now deceased. Thu defendants contend-. ed that the sewer wax not constructed according to specifications and they filed cross (Omplaints aua X j Mr. Bowers. The cases were filed when Judge diehard K. Erwin was (tie circuit court. Mr Erwin is deceased Judge Eox. <>f tile Wayne circuit coitrt, who acted as special judge In the ca-es at one thne. is de< , a >-<|. ! Allien P. Beatty and I’ J I-ttz » ‘fe . attorneys tor the defendants, und Mr. Beatty is deceased J dgc D D. Heller and Son were attorneys fur the plaintiff and Judge H-Her is now dead. David Gerber was county ; jclcrk at the time the cases were filed i and Paul Baumgartner was his deputy, i I Mr. owerx dismissed his complaints i several years ago. but the ernss-enm-I plaint were allowed to remain on file Yesterday a motion wax filed by the plaintiff to retax the costs. The motion was sustained by Judge Jesse Sutton and the costs since April 7. ■ 19ol>. the date on whhh the com-i , plaints were dismissed, were order led relaxed Io the defendants. The' 'eases were then ordered left off the 1 (|O( k«-t For the last eighteen years Ute ; clerk of the court has leafed over the eases many times during each i term of court and has xtam|>ed th* dote of each term on the |>agea <><■- 'eufiled Ity the cases. . i tnan... Meet To Pick Democratic Convention City Today Washington. Jan 15 Th" nation > al democratli committee met here Its t day to select a convention city und ' discuss party flnum ex I i ‘Aft'r two days of preliminary I gm--I pt ng. estimation of the chance I •41 the aeveral candidate* tor thef nomination and “lon rolling" for com- ‘ I pcting convention cities, the com ; mittromen settled down to tonxlder- ' nt Inn of: How to wipe out the >IBO,OOO de. | ffelt tn the party trenaury. held over j from the Inst cumpntgn Choose from among New York. <'ti leu so, st. Metis and Han Ftaneixco a city to hr host tn the 1924 convon--1 Uno, Th" «|t|"Stl(iO If th" drflelt seemed likely tn he partially t‘« , tilv«| with th" selection of a eotc entloll Ha the ee((t- --' peting tiiunh ipallty talked of cash Cttpraotees large • imiigh to pay all expenses, if given th* meeting and leave alxrable surphieex toward pay- | Ing off the debt. j

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SEVERE QUAKE GAUSES GREAT ' DAMAGE TODAY Lasted 12 Minutes; Several Reported Killed And Many Injured NO FIRES REPORTED Quake Today Believed To Be Less Disastrous Than Sept. Quake S( iff Co'-rf'sHondeiit ' Osaka. Julian. Jan. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat I—The city of Tokio. still lying in partial ruins from the devastation wrought by quakes of September 1923, was severely shaken early today by shocks of an equally severe grade, which lasted 12 minutes Communications between Tokio and Osaka were disrupted, train service was halted and some of the terror of the great earthquake returned When the naval wireless reported on conditions in the capital, however, it was found that Tokio had suffered less than was at first feared. No fires are reported and it is understood the capital's water fffpes. ! which have been restored since th" September quake, were not broken. Casualties have not been completely estimated, but were slight. Communication with Osaka was partly renewed at noon and train service between the two cities was ex- ■ pected by night. It is believed the center of the newshock zone is at Tanzawa mountain, in the Kanagawa Prefecture, six kilometers southwest of Tokio. The imperial family is safe. A report by telephone from the home office at Tokio tonight said: , "The damage in Tuesday s earthquake was very slight. None are dead here, three or four were killed in Yokohama. Neighboring prefectures renort slight damage. “All the diplomatic corps are safe. There were no casualties among fo-eign residents.” The seismograph at Tokio university showed the duration and amplitude of the shocks to be about onethird as severe ax the Septmeber quakes. Pekin. Jan. 15-(Special to Daily ttemocrati One train was tumbled down a bank into the I gawa river and six others were overturned between Gotemba and Tokio. when that district wax shaken by severe earthquake shocks early today, according , to report* reaching hero. The Japanese legation reports front Mukden that the effect* of today's i quakes were widespread and that ' damage was considerable in the city l of Matxiioto. in the Nagano Prefecture. west of Tokio An Osaka re|><>rt says fire i* raging in th" Suga mo suburb of Tokio. Osaka reports estimate a total of fifty killed and between 2M and 3tm •injured in the quake zone. O IIS ! N I— Would Increase Amusement Tax To Pay Soldier Bonus iUnit«d Pre* t Service) Washington. Jun. 15- A proposal to Increase amusement taxes to nils, I77.tam.htbt for t< soldier* Itontis was made today by Senator Curtis Kansas. Republican Th" Curt la amendment tn the Mellon plan would: ' ,Remove the tux on admissions of lea* than 25 cents. Infliet a five cent tax nn admix slonx up to >1 All above $1 admissions would !«• I taxed 25 cent* per dollar progressively. FIRST ROBIN SEEN Kendallville, Jan. 15.—Spring Is just around th" corner. Winter will •non he a thing of the past. The reason? Two women nt this city have reported ">'lng "th" first robin." The alleged harbinger of warm weather wax seen this morning. i