Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 29 February 1924 — Page 1

Volume XXII. Number 52.

DECATUR WON FIRST GAME IN DISTRICT TOURNAMENT

PORTLAND IS downed by * SCORE; 29-11 Pennville And Kirkland Pile Up Lop-sided Scores This Morninjf TWO GAMES TONIGHT Many Decatur People Attending Tournament At Portland Today Morning Game* Pennville, 55; Redkey, 6 Kirkland, 29; Poling, 1 Decatur, 29; Portland, 11 Afternoon Games * Berne, 21; Jefferton, 8 Geneva. 19: Bryant, 11 At Hartford City Liberty Center, 22; Lancaster. 12. With the opening round of play in the district high school basketball tiiuniament at Portland wplt under way. Decatur and Pennville loom tip a* the strongest contenders for the district championship. Iloth crashed through their opponents this morning with comparative 'ease. rVnnville downed Redkey 55-6 and Decatur elindaaied the Portland team, 29-lfl. The Kiikland team also showed its sirensih by downing the Poling team in the second game of the morning. 211 The Adams county lads had their opponents shut out until the final minute of play when they scored an a foul. The morning game* were fairly well attended Word came from !*ortland this afternoon that local fans who plan to attend the tourney tonieht will have no difficulty in obtaining seats. There will he two games naught. Pennville will play Hartbird township at 7: :t0 and Decatur will play Kirkland at 8:;»». A large delegation of Decatur people went to Portland this morning, ■limit thirty went on the early morning train while many more motored down. There will be another large 'low'd K u down for tonight’s games. Indications are that the feature Mine of the tournament will l»e Played at 2 o’clock Saturday afterloan when Pennville meets Decatur. Both team* appear to he very strong, and »re expected ;o win their games tonight. The winner of thii game likely will play Dunkirk In the Anal fame Saturday night. Portland Fight* Hard Portland fought hard to stave off d'hlt at the hands of Decatur In the *»»l galuc of the forenoon, but the Adams county seat lads were too «!mag for them. The Portland boys Md the locals fairly even during the •rst half which ended In a score of K'ni-tinned on page three! MANY CONTRACT TO GROW BEETS NHd Men Os Holland-St. 1-ouU Sugar Company Hold Meeting * b * rieldmen of the Holland St. ■°»i* Sugar Company met here yesterdnv atm were entertained at dinner T John Parmody. manager of the it 2 *' Murray, Dick J"«m»n serving g special meal for ' m ' , n Many farmers arp contract- * thtc year to grow heeta for the r ~" """PMny L. A. Thomas of Mon one 0 f lh>l veteran llelilmen for 'PBtPtuy, has the highest record * r this year, he having secured T”* 1 * for over 700 acres last week "• fsrmer In the south part of the r*'y contracted for 112 acres of , * 0,1, ‘ of th* largest contracla rtUr ** < * b » ■ l »«*t grower In thl* terTh* beet growers are guatan- „ * ' nln! nium prlc* and are also lor * the market price Th « l Price for the 1923 „ ' **" ,#2 » » ion. $7.0« being the prim.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Reports Good Interest In Revival At Calvary Rev. 11. \V. I.oose reports splendid interest in the revival services being conducted ~t the Calvary lCvum-el-leal church cast of the city. The services op iii ! li.s; Sunday. The Sunday night set vice begins at 7:1!0 o'clock Sun time. There will be services every niftht ex* -pi Saturday night ' The community cordially invited to attend. An account of the fuenral services for Mrs. .1. W. Shlfferly, which will lie held at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the Sunday School will he held at 9:88 a. m. WOLF HUNT ON NEAR GENEVA. Animals Said To Ho Causing Much Excitement And Damage Wolves are causing much excite-1 i nient In the vicinity of Geneva. Bry-j I nil. Pollngtown. which is known as' ■ the “!,oh." There are said to he' , three of these animals, which are . about the sixe of a large collie dog I and are thought to be timber wolves. . Several hunts for the wolves have , been conducted by the farmers in that . vicinity the latest one being in progress now. ! There Is ifo especial alarm felt In i these communities over the presence of the wolves so far as their attackI ing any one, unless It might be a . small child, hut there has been I neat losses in sheep and fowls to farmers since they have taken up , thelU T> -98en*e 111 ljl*» wisaffnt and . swampy region of the Lob. , The flrsLnf these wolves was seen . 'ast fall when it atta<ked the floek . of sheep belonging to Charles Wati con. south of (Jeneva. laiter two . more of the wolves made their op- ■ peanmee In Ihe nelghborliiHal and since that lime ha ve made their haunt . in the almost Inaccessible thickets of bushes, scroll ouk and weeds along . the Lob ditch, west of Bryant and I south of Geneva, und preying on the > dock-* of sheep und raiding poultry houses. I Conduct Hunt in Autos , Many attempts have been made by . individual farmers, their sons und others to kill these wolves, but no or- , ganltcd ultctnpt hue been made to « exterminate them unt'l Monday of this week when 25 or 3o resident* of I that |>art of the county. gecurod two coon dogs from Celina. und took up the «hu*e near Pollngtown. 1 r The hunters traveled In autos, and * were armed with shot guns, rifles, » und small flrearm*. latte in the af- > ternoon, the dog* caught the scent i In the vicinity of Pollngtown. and > some time later started one of the f wolves. An attempt was made to -hoot the animal, hut owing to there being so many in the chase and the (peed of the pursued unlmal this win Impossible. The dogs trailed the wolves In east of Bryant, following the course of I 11.- i "I. I' ii 10 wlo N 'I • i into the Wabash river, and then west and south of Geneva. The t base by the dog* continued oil night und theyj were found Tuesday morning not ao, * very far from Geneva iu an exhaust-1 r d condition. Tuesday another chase was given the wolves, thl* lime with two fox . hounds bekinglna to the Gaaklll*. at e Flalt. Thl# was no more successful r than Ihe chase on Monday, as while * the doga easily caught the scent of ( the wedvea, they could not come r w thin rearh of them. Neither were i, any of the hunters able to shoot the * animals, i On Wednesday BO machine*, earr rylng a hundred or more hunters. ,1 again took up the chase, this time I with five doas The wolves were started thl* time tn the thickets " along the Ul ditch and a most e*: . riling and thrilling chase followed. ;■ taking In east of Bryant, and south . of o*nrv» und we»t again along the Lob and north to the Wabaab rlvar. '‘.the wolve* dually croaalng the Wa--0 barb, cloaely pursued by the big £ crowd of hunters, and took a course S In west of Geneva toward l.lntf Grove i (Continued on page two!

GIRL RECEIVES JUDGMENT FOR SI Jury Spends Entire Night Deciding Fort Wayne | Case Here After spending nil of last night be»'(ftd lock d doors, discussing the matter pro and con, twelve men. constituting a jurv in the Adams circuit court, decided that Miss Mnrthn George, IT-yeur-old Fort Wayne girl' should receive damages in the sum of isl for a h ig. alleged to have been given her bv Nick Dimitroff. confectioner of Fort Wayne. The verdict was reached at 8 o'clock this morning The (asp. which was evntted to th!« county from the the Allen circuit court, was completed yesterday evening. Throughout the night the jur ors discussed the evidence Introduced |!p the trial. The girl charged that j Dimitroff. who is a Hungarian, put J his arms around her and squeezed her j<.ne day while she was employed as jl f wxiif-ess in his- confectionerv. | Dimitroff denied the charges. Miss George brought suit fo* SI,OOO. In addition to the judgment for $1 Dimljtroff must pay the court costs. Longworth Tax Flan Assured Os Passage Washintgon. Feb. 29 —House propresslve todav cast their lot with the administration and assured passage of the I/>ngw<irth compromise tax plan. i At a meeting of the progressive gro-.tp It was agr°ed “almost tinamkwislv" representative elson. Wls., progressive leader said to support the ' republican organization in the tax fight. Two or three progressives are still holding opt for the Garner plan hut Nelson believe- they will swing over to the organisation when the final vote is taken late today. U*HXP* -ewyttve. Ueodcuii of MicMr gan who engineered the switch estimated a tax reduction to small tax pavers under the Long worth plan as follows; fin Incomes of $4,000. a saving of li’-'ty per cent; sr>.iHt»t, f,9 per cent; s#.rtoo. R.*, per cent; $7,000. 5.1 per cent; $8,900, R 3 per <ent; $9,000, 4" per cent und a 25 i>er cent saving on all incomes above $9,000. MRS, MARY STAHL IS BURIEB TODAY Ajfed Lady Os Hartford Township Died Tuesday Afternoon * Funeral services weft held at 10 o'clock this morning from the Hartford church, for Mrs. Mary Stahl, age 95. who died at her home In Hartford township at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Hex. K J. Glendenlng had t-hurge of ihe funeral. Kven at the time of her death, the aged Indy could not he called really 111. Her body hud simply worn out with the year* und she had gradually become feebler und feebler until life departed. During the past two years she has been practically helpless Mary Flndt was horn near Heading. Pa.. Feb. 7. 1929. From then* she moved with her parent* to Ohio where she spent her early years on a farm There eh*- met Wlitluui Stahl, and latter Ihe Iwu become Ulan and wife TO| this union were horn ten children. *ev en of whom aurvlve. Hlxty-three yeura ago she accompanied her husband to Indiana settling | In Wabash township. Adam* county west of Geneva, later the family moved to Hurtfrd township where she spent the remainder of a long and useful life. | Her husband. William Stahl pro reded her In death In April. 1«7«. and since that tlmejthe lived alone with her < hlldren She Is survived by five sons. Sam. living In Geneva; Charles, whose presHi whereabouts are unknown; Nathan and Henry, at home; and Jacob, of Chestervllle. Tea.; two daughter*. 1011xa. at horn*, and Mrs Matilda tturria. of Geneva; aevoral grandchildren and great grandchildren and a halt of relative* and friend*. She wa* preceded In death by b»r husband, two son*. George w. and John, and daughter j Mrs. KllMbeth Overmeyer.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 29, 1924.

LEAP YEAR BABY A seven-pound girl baby born to dr. and Mrs. Ed Coffee at the Adams County Memorial hospital this morning will have a birthday every four years, a* this is February 29. This is the third child and first daughter in the family. Both mothe- and babe are doing nicely. As far as known this is the only leap year baby born in Decatur this year. GUSWNKINr" LOCATED TODAY Union Township Farmer Missing For A Week, Found At Huntington Won! wa* received here this afternoon that Oust Retaking. I'nion township farmer .who has been tnissine from his home since February 2:1. was located In Huntington this morning. Mr. Reinking wa* walking about the street* in Huntington Irving to sell his farm to various persons. It Is believed he is suffering with some nerv- | ous trouble. Mr. Reinking drove to Decatur in a buggy luHt Saturday and left his horse at a local feed barn. He disappeared while here and for the past several day* authorities In nearby cities have been searching for him. Chamberlain Consents To Try Governor McCray Indianapolis. Feb. 29—Circuit Judge H. O. Chamberlain today notified Judge Janies A. Collins that he will s | -cept the appointment of special, judge in the trial of Governor McCray on einbexxlement larceny and other charges March 4 The acceptance Chamber In la said) I* contingent upon approval of the apoigtment in open court of all attorneys In the case. Charles S lUtt. 111. Is Reported Hotter Kvansville Ind.. Fell 29—Slight Im- 1 provements was noted todav in the condition of Charles S. Itatt. T“rrt? Haute candidate for democratic nomination for governor who became ill while addressing a imlifhal meeting near here late vesterdav. Butt is threatened with pneumonia physicians said and has a fair chuuee of escaping It. All Ills speakIng date* in southern Indiana have been cancelled. Mr*. Matt arrived hire this morning. Pansy Reynolds Taken To Hospital For Insane I Sheriff John Maker yesterday took Funny Reynolds to the Kustern Hospital for the Insane at Richmond I Mis* Ilex holds has h -t-n confined in a cell at the county jail for the list six years und the county authorities were unable to get her admitted to the hospital at Blchuiond until a few days aao when un application made by County Clerk John K. Nelson wa# granted. APPOINTED TO FILL VACANCY W. Guy Brown Appointed To Membership On Hoard Os Guardians -I — I Judge Jc**e C. Motion, of the Adam* circuit court, has appointed W Guy Mrown to succeed the lute Kdwaed X Khlngvr. a* a member of the bourd of children's rimrdiun* Mr. Mrown 1 Will serve out the unexplred term Os Mr, Klilnger. Mr. Mrown I* principal of the 1 Central Hi hoots, having held that position for several yenrs, He takes an active Interest In ihe many com munlty uffulr# aad hla appointment ’ no the hoard of guardians meets with general approval Weather i MoaHy cloudy tonight and Hattir \ «tax-, probably light snow In north and rain or snow in *m»lh portion; not much change In temperature.

PREACHERS TO PLAY TEACHERS Annual Contest To Be Flayed In High School Gym Monday Night Preparation# an- almost complete for the annual husketliHil game between the city school teaehois anil the city preachers. The game will he pi.jed in the new high school gymnasium next Mood l , night, and th.- pro-; j ceeti# derived Lon. the affair will hr-; donated to the ,ivic section of tlic W'*-j man’, club to *.( used In the public j playground movement of the cliv 'iin? captain# of the two team.) xvere I busy today getting ihelr lineup* ready. ■ It Is rumored Glut they art- having dlf-| Acuity In agreeing on time keepers! und score keepers, hut it is hoped that : un agreement will he reached soon, xxhiih will satisfy ull concerned. It Is though that the lineups will lie made public tomorrow. There will lie several other feature* on the evening's program. At 6:3d o'clock the Decatur Midgets will play the Hunts. Following that game. Coach Howard will have one of hi* box-*'physical training classes demon-1 strate one of their lessons. Next will lie a demonstration of a lesson in girls’ physiciul training Jiy one of Miss Kilt - • ledge'* clusse*. Kaeh demonstration 1 will require six or eight minute*. Then will come the hig game between the preacher* and teacher*. An admission of fifteen cents for all school children and twenty-five cents for adults will lie charged. o Small Fox At Bryant Bryant is experiencing a seige of small pox. Four homes in the town’ i are under quarantine, and almost the entire population are being vaccinated. The malady is in a very mild form, however. The victims are break-: 'ing out as thick us tun he hut are, scan-alp sick enough to stay inside. Quite a difference between presentday : inu(I pox and the epidemic* of thirty years ago and over. At that { time it was one of the most deadly diseases known, and now it Is scarcely more dangerous than a had xold. CHICACO MARKET CLOSE Wheat: May $U»»i; July $1 I«-X.: Hept. $1.16%. Com: May 81c; Jnlv 8114 c: Sept. 81 Sc. Oats: May. • 484*0; July, tiia.c; Sept. 43' B c. “BOMB" PROVES TO BE BATTERY Second “Bomb Mystery” At Montpelier Cleared Cp I Yesterday The aeeond “bomb mystery” at , Montpelier, was solved yesterday. It was not a bomb und there Is no mxstcry. Prosecuting Attornex Hugh Maddug. solved the problem of the second “mysterious bomb". He got to s.u l' --: ing the appearance of the siipposcdlv deadly machine of destruction and it came in lem that he had seen u similar object in th" past, and r*• freshing hi* memory by another look at the object which had been handled so carefqllv and so ginterlv after M# discovery Wednesday, he came to the conclusion that It was a battery mil of a large aired flashlight Taking another mnn Into ,the secret of the solution they procured a flash It ah I and tnek It utinrt, and sure enough the laittery had enough reaemhlaneo to th- terrible bomb Maind Wedne-day to lx- a twin brother limbold'-n-d bv their compttrslon thev disserted the “bomb" and p“ovcd conclusivelv lhat It was a flashlight hatterv The rtashttahi battery ta s«npo»“t1 lo have tw-en rareleaslv discarded hv someone, without thought of the 'tacit. meat It* discovery In the street would create it I* remembered lhatj many did not accept It yesterday s* a bomb, and thought It was a “phoney'' -< or a practical joke.o It »p|- *ara more likely that not even a joke was Intended and (hat the battery had Hecn thrown **••'• without thought of trrat log any atlr The ‘ botub" found near the corner of Main and IMgh atreets. Wednesday forenoon, by Charles Day a Montpel ler eltlxen. and accepted as a hnmh hy many over-wrought eltlxen*. cer (Continued on page two)

PALMER TESTIFIES TOUAY IN PROBE OF OIL SCANDAL

" Ml——— If — | Bl LLETIN (Unlittl Pn*ni» StalT t’orrHMjKnnD'nt) J Chxajto, Feb. 29—(Special (til Daily Democrat) — A federal I ;»rand jury returned a number of indictments in open court this afternoon in connection with its investigation of graft in the I'nited States Veteran’s It urea u under the direction of ( «»l. Charles R. Forbes. The names in the indictment , xvere suppressed pending argument before the court by John (-’rim. special prosecutor acting for the government in the investigation. Col. Forbes was indicted for bribery. BORE B ERWIN SEEKS OFFICE Well Know n Decatur Attorney Seeks Nomination For Ju due I The first official entry for the democratic nomination for judge of the Adam* circuit court. 26th Judicial cirII ult. wax made today w hen Gore H. i Krwin, well known attorney of this city, formally announced that he was a candidate for Ihe nomination subject to the decision of the voters at the primary election to he held Tuesday. May 6th. Mr. Krwin was a candidate for the | nomination In 19JS and was defeat ed by only 167 votes by the late Judge John C. Moran, successful contestant Mr. Krwin'* business and professional tareer is well known to most 1 people In the county:. He was hofn I In I'nlon township 54 years ago. a son of Mr and Mrs. David Krwin. He ha* spent his entire life in this city and community and in young manhood ' taught school in the rural and common si hool*. lie w-as principal of the Third Ward for five years and two years at the West Ward It) this < By. He lias never held public office, except being a member of the Decai tur School hoard for seveml years. In 1897 Mr. Krwin was admitted to the Adam* county liar and in 1699 en gaged in Hie active practice of law. Since that time he has been engaged solely In this profession. Mr. Krwin is grand-vice chancellor of the Knights of Pythias in Indiana und next year will he elected to the offh-e of Grand chancellor of Hi • order. Unidentified Dead Buried In Common Grave Anderson. Ind. Fell 29 I todies o unidentified dead In the Fortvllh ! tnterurhan wreck were barb'd in i .common grave here todav. Thong! 'there were no mourner* to ti»ar th I simple ceremony at the grave, ever 1 effort was made tn give the utlknnwi | a fitting hurtal. j The remnan* of four and losslhl' | more bodies were placed In tin* I casket for the Imrlal after they liu< I laid unclaimed in the morgue here nearly a month The charred part* of tanile* Incliid j ed the skull of a little child, the hone* of a woman ami what were probably purl* of the bodies of two men. —o "* Railroad Company Fa>s $4,000 l or Man n Injuries 1 Thrrcieh a aetltemegt reported to 1 have been made (relay. J <’ Shaw re I I l ived s4.tHbl from the Nick I** Plate raltrnod company for injuries he re j telved while working in the company’s , i round house In Fori Wavne a* # machinist, Mr. Straw had filed suit against the company for 110,Out! Miss Sellomeycr To Speak In Ohio Sunday i Mts# Kstl.er Sellcmeyer will leave | tOmni row for Springfield. O . where eh» will lei lute Sunday at • hig con xeuticn of Sunday School worker*. S«'h» w'll go to Philadelphia tha Aral o( the week, to make several ad rtaetres .md will he in the east for a month. Wide reveres that are allowed to hang in soft fold* are seen on frock* of silk ulp.tcu or crepe.

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I DENIES TRYING TO IMPEDE OIL SCANDAL PROBE Says Work He Did For McLean Was In Accord With Legal Ethics DAUGHERTY SFEAKS Employes Attorneys To Represent Him In Senate Activities d I*r%11•*«! Fie** Staff Furreitpomlint) Wii.sliingltrn, Feb. 29 (S|teiiil In Diiilv Democrat) A. Mitrlieil Palmer, attorney genr:il in the Wilson cabinet, delicti before tin* senate oil eomnilht* today tied lit- h:id tried (i impede Ihe nil scandal injuirv by any unethical means. Palmer declared the work lie did for Edward It. Mcl-ean. nublisber of the Washington Post, was entirely in accord with legal elhics. Palmer was ealled Iteeausc his name appeared frequently in telegrams between Mcl.ean md bis employes here, iu connection with efforts to prevent the committee calling McLean as a witness. Senator Dill. Washington democrat, examined Palmer. m “Were you Melanin'# friend or attorney 7” “I've been an acquaintau e. lut; I acted as his counsel”. “Just how were you employed hv htmT” Mr. Major came to see m-7” “Do you know what ila'e*” “I think the 26th or 27th of I>•- ■ ” Palmer produced a telegram -xlilch he said authorised his eiuployu** :ii by McLean It advised Major to tell pilm< r th*t the only thing that '.vuuHl mum-rt Mcl,ean to the Inquiry was the hvia of SIOO,OOO to Fall in 1921. The telegram was given to the committee by Palmer on December •:. “Was this the first notice that ?'«t were to lie his attorney7“ “Well. | think that Major cam • t*» see me and said McLean wanted to retain me. He showed me the telegram either that day or the m-x* d.iy “Is Mr Zevelv i attorney for Harry Sinclair) your law partner as one of the*,* telegrams said?” “No.'' "Have you ever represent'd Sinclair?” “No. The only thing I ran th:nk of that might have gixen Major that ini presalon I* that the first time I ever heard of this case was in a * oitx etnation with Air Zevely. Hi I* an old personal friend* of mine ami gall'd to see me at my home on December 21 Rnrmite with Attorney General it'ontliuied on page threat WILLIAM FULLER DIES AT MUNCIE Son-in-law Os Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Odle Dies Os Heart Trouble William Fuller. 48 son In law of Mr, and Mrs, Aaron Odle, of this ctix died at Mttnrln at P* o'clock We,l nesday night, following an extended Hint's# of heart trouble nml high blood pressure. Mr. Fuller was u led! ••rmaker and hud spent hts entire lit** In Mun* le ||)' was married to lao-ll,* I Odel. of this city. Besides the wife, j and son. Mr. Fuller la surviv'd hr three brothers, two staters and hi* I mother. Funeral servl* e* will he held Mi ! Muncte at tt o'* |a*k ttaturdy* morn ''ng Following th- funeral service,, 'he taxdy will he brought ovorland to p»*i a'ur and Is egnei ted to atrixe here sometime between I and 2 o'* io* k i Riitlal will tie made In the Maple , wood rrmetery. There will he no services here.