Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1924 — Page 1

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STAGE 1$ SET fOR PREACHER TEACHER GAME E mM?askethall Game Here Tonight Round Os Hearty bsugte Promised; Proceeds For Playgrounds ] The die Is cast, the sUge i« *<” and a id outfits In readiness for the annual basketball game between the ,to school teachers and preachers., ! Th’ Pt"" w,n b ” pl,sred in the nPW tirll school gymnasium this evening. Preliminaries to the big game will mart at 4:45 o'clock when the Decawr Midgets play the Runts.. Follow- ’ i« ihi’ game at about 7:15. Coach Kovari will have one of his physital training classes give a demonstra- : tian of the training they receive. lAt 7:30 one of the girls’ physical training classes, taught by Miss Rut>dgc. will give a demonstration. I Th< hig game Is scheduled to start at I 7:48. The grand procession of players. ' trainers, coaches, etc., will be led by ■ Barney Kalver. preceding the game. After much discussion the following officials were selected for the game: Referees. Eva Acker and Nell Win- ' ie«; t'mekoi-pors. John H. Heller. [ Cal Peterson, and Barney Kalver. i chairman, (one democrat, one repuh- ■ Iktn. and one go-between); score keepers. Charles Voglewede and Bert toaer; attorney to handle nil dis- ; pur*. Clark J. I.utx; attending nr«* Veterinarian C. V. Connell: | hrwse physician. Glen Cowan: ambuI tare to lie furnished by James L. ■ Cay. I The following lineups for the big ' par were annouaced this morning ly the captains: Teachers—Howard ad Gibson, forwards; Linton, center ad captain; Brown anti Tyndall, runts Substitutes for the teachm will be Parrish. Worthman. Hamamid. Beery. Dr. Mangold and J. S. Falk. Preachers--Elliker and Peter*, forwards; \Whites'll, center; Covert, eaptair. and IxKise. guards. Substl tetra for the Preachers will be Dotw>b. Bridge. Thompson. Wisner. Lyss’. Blair and Shackley. Anyone wanting to enjoy a round of hearty laughs and aid n good rtuse should not pass up this opportunity. The proceeds will be given to the civic section of the Woman’s Club to be used in promoting the public playgrounds movement. All wbool children will Ire admitted for *ft<*a cents and all adults for twentvlive cents. A word to the wise: host miss It. K MM AGE SUIT ON TRIAL I ort Wayne Man Seeks 515,••00 From Pennsylvania Railroad Company Asother Allen county damage suit , ’»t on trial in the Adams circuit f °vt this morning, before Judge J»a<M c*. button and a jury. The case " 'hat of George W. Richhart vs. l ' Pennsylvania Railroad company, "•'hart la sffsklng damage* in the •** of tti.oon. claiming that h» was •faulted by two Pennsylvania ratidrte< tlves und Injured permanAt I 3« o’clock thia afternoon, the was still occupied In picking * ■ urr ,n ,r > the case. Two members tlw regular panel were excused five n r da others had been turn lowa by the counsel. The difficulty “ "•'talnlng a Jury hinged about a t ’t'oa of whether or not the pro l*t|» e Jumra favored labor unions tfc»i “"' M ,B h,M ‘‘•’•nplulnt r 1 h» was crossing the Pennsyl•nil tracks at the Hanna street in Fort Wayne oti July 11. ,the time of the railroad , «•• Te says that as he was halffawaas the tracks, he was accost * th' r l *° detectiv«s who. »ith ** f " UM or * afnlo « ••ruck him h , * C,ttb “’d ’’•volver und serious LoiT* 1 “• h * spent k) , * m *dlcal attention and that perm * n '’ n,,>f injured. «~>. f 11 “PJ***®***- was ■ picket! •Continued on Page slxt

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I Ministers Oppose Present ' Marriage License Plan (United I’ress Service) Muncie, Ind., Mur. 3.—Muncie ministers arc going to ask the preachers of the State to join them in a fight | against < ounty clerks issuing marriages certificates and demanding an aditional 32 bit when marriage licenses are granted. They assert those certificates will he provided by persons performing the wedding ceremony without additional fees and that the charges now being made by clerks are exorbitant. Resolutions asking that the matter 'be placed before the next Indiana legislature have been passed by the local ministerial association. FIREMEN SAVE FARM RESIDENCE Make Hurried Run To Ben-] nie Kohne Home Southwest Os City The farm home occupied 4t. v Benqie Kohne and family, two and one-half miles southwest of Decatur, was saved from destruction by fire this morning by three local firemen who made a hurried run to the scene of the fire in one of the city light department ] ■ trucks. The Kohne family called the fire department about 9:30 o'clock end 1 asked for assistance. As soon as the call was received, Jack Freldt. William Parent, and Arthur Baker threw a few cans of chemi- ' cals into the city light truck and hur- ' ried to the burning house. The fire had started in a clothes closet and as' ) I the firemen soon arrived at the scene, 1 the blape was confined to this room, i : Although the damage to *the house was small, most of the family’s best clothes were in this closet and all were ruined. It is not known how the fire started. t o I Robber Steals Adding 1 Machine From Office r ( ■ Robbers broke into the office of J. • 8. McCrory it Son, local dealers in I hay and coal, at the corner of Seventh and Jefferson streets, sometime last • night and stole an adding machine. • Nothing else was taken from the office. The robber or robbers gained entrance to the office by breaking a | hole in the glass of a window on the' 1 north side of the office and unlock--1 Ing the window. Nothing was dlatrubed in the office and the various draw- ’ era appeared as though they hnd notj ' been touched. Tracks of a mun could I be seen in the mud outside the winr dow I , » Josephus Daniels Says L. S. Needs New Government (By A. L. Bradford(U. P. Staff Correspondent) ( Copyright 1924 by United Press) Washington, March 3.—The oil scandal has made it necessary that ■ the United States have a new government based on the principals of 'common honesty.” Josephus Daniels, form- ■ er secretary of the navy, said today in an interview with the United Press Daniels, mentioned aa a candidate for the democratic piesidential mon--1 (nation, is here writing a book on his' 1 former chief. Woodrow Wilson. ’ The former navy secretary dedln ’ ed to discuss the possibility of his being a candidate for the presidency. "The present is no time for candl- ’ dates,” Daniels said. "The people huve " lost confidence in their government, that Is the pitiable and deplorable truth "The conscientious republicans and honest democrats must right this 1 wrong. And the- government will not " be cleansed from the Inside; it of course, but corruption hss poisoned the whole system. 0 Geneva Seniors Have Pictures Taken Today t —— I- Members of the senior class of the t Genova high school were In the city I. today having their pl- titres taken tor I their high school annual. The pic- !• tores were taken by th * Porter Studio. The class was arcompanled by Don i. f ollom. supvrln’ ndent of ’ho Unneva n >.c hoots. t CHICAGO MARKkT CLOSE 1 Wheat: May HUH; July till Mt; Hept. 11.12. Corn: May MHc; July, 1 «i%c; Hept Ellie. Oats: May 4S%c; July 4«fcc; H-pt. 43c-

FENNVILLE WON DISTRICT TITLE FROM DUNKIRK Easily Won Final Game. 2811; Kirkland Made Pennville Fight ALL-STAR TEAM NAMED Dorwin And Steele Selected For Places On AllDistrict Team All-District Team Forwards Dorwin, of Decatur; Romine, of Pennville; Eddie, of Dunkirk. Centers Crag, of Pennville; Ernst, of Kirkland. Guards Steele, of Decatur; Sawyer, of Pennville: Wise, of Dunkirk. After winning a four point victory from the scrappv Kirkland team in the semi-final* Saturday afternoon Pennville high school basketball team had little difficulty. In defeating the ■Dunkirk quintet in the final game lof the district tournament at Portl land Saturday night, by a score of 128-11, thereby winning the district 'championship. The game was solw due to the tired condition of th* play ers. although there was an occasional rpurt of brilliant play. A large crowd saw the game. | Pennville had a hard fight toVin .from the Kirkland t»am. which upset the dope in the second round by de !feating the Decatur quintet. Kirkland led at the end of the first half 9-8 and at the start of he second half increased the lead of one point on a free throw. However, the big Pennville team fearing the game fate met by Itecatur. put forth their be<t efforts and caged enough field goals to put I 'hem in the lead before the final | whistle sound'*)!. Geneva Puts Up Fight In the other semi-final game Saturday afternoon. Ihtnkirk had a hard time defeating Geneva, another Adams county team. The final score was 22-19 Dunkirk committed many fouls and a majoritl of these were <-on. verted Into points by the "gymlea* | wonders" from Geneva. Eddie featured for Dunkirk in this game with five field goals and one tree throw. The tournament was very interesting from start to finish The big (Continued on Page Five) COMMISSIONERS MEETING TODAY Little Business Transacted Today; Receive Bids Tomorrow The Adam* county commissioner* met this morning for their regular monthly meeting Very little buslnew, except allowance of bills, came before the board today. The board postponed until Tuesday the receiving of bide from contractors for the repair of the county Infirmary building, for one car of coal to be delivered at 'he Infirmary and for th* furnishing of aliout seven ton* of fertiliser for the county farm. ’Die spouting and roof of the In flrmnry building will be repaired and spm-ifh atlons for this work was sdopt ed bv the commissioners at the lust meeting. The porches around 'be i building will be repaired at ■ lat*r date. | Thp commissioners will be in session on Tuesday and the reports of the viewers <>n the James H. Andrews and Philip Carper roads in Washington township will be received and acted upon. If no objections are filed, blds from contractor* fnr the ImprovIng of these two roads will bn recelv- ■ ed at a future session of the board. In all probability these two roads will be the only ones constructed this * year, the other townships being bondi ed for more (han the two per cegt limit allowed under the new Holiday road bill." Next month ibe commissioner* will appoint Inspectors for the primary election, which will be b«ld Tue»d*y. May Itb. This year the county will have 34 precincts, st* eatru precinct I being established In Berne.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March 3, 1924.

t GRASSHOPPERS ARE HERE Ever hear of catching grasshoppers In February? And this Is not i a Joke. Ernst Conrad, county commissioner and a bunch of other men were pt Gus Wigman's place on the Gus Walters farm in Root township hist Wednesday. FebruI ary 27th. buxx'ng wood. The men were eating lunch at noon when I William Noll noticed a grasshopper jumping around. When he first announced it the men thought he must be kidding, but Investigation showed a flock of the little tobacco chevvers. To prove their assertions. Mr. Conrad brought a half doxen of the grasshoppers to this office and they may be seen by those who doubt. They are evidently this year’s crop and. some believe, indicate an unusual num her of these crop destroyers during the year. BUY LAUNDRY OUTFIT TODAY Hospital Trustees Purchase Outfit This Morning For S7OO At a meeting of the board of trustees of the Adams ('ounty Memorial hospital at the hi 4 d’al this morning, a laundry outfit to be installed in the basement of the hospital, was purhased. Bids were received from seven firms. The outfit was purchased from ('. L. Thompson it Company, of Fort Wayne, for S7OO. The out fit includes an Easy washer, a Simplex Ironer ami a Chicago dryer. Other bitters on the <ontract were 'he Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company of Decatur: The Lee Hardware, of Deatur; H Knapp A Son. of Decatur, Gay. Zwi< k and Myers, of Decatur; Moser Acompany, of Berne, and a conern from IndiaaapolK Th* new laundry outfit will be installed within a few days, it is said. Very little other husines. other than routine business was transacted by the board this morning. ■o — ■ Ix>cal Girl Seeks To Enter Wittenberg College • 1 "• Spr'ngtleld. 0.. Mar. 3 Appllca tion tor admission to Wittenberg college here has been received by Registrar Grace Hannaford on behalf ; of Miss Hettle A. Houk, of Decatur. Ind. "Such early registration is wise." says the registrar, "because flrat comers get the best rooms in the donuitorfes. aud having decided upon th* college get better acquainted with institution." F Fully one-fourth of the allotted number of freshmen have applied for -dmisslou eight months ahead of time any* the registrar, who adds thut this I early registration was never known before In the history of Wittenberg The Incoming freshmen will again be limited to 390. announced Dr. Rees Edgar Tulloae, president. This * I* ne< eaaary bocauae classes must r be kept down to 4" tn the classroom l- to insurs best acolasttc result*. ■■■ O II '■ — Aged Lady Struck By Auto In Fort Wayne ■ ■ lAort W'ayne. March 3—Mrs. M K ’ S'-hrocler. 32. of 821 Milton avenue. ' suffered probably fatal Injuries early last night when she «•< struck by an automobile driven by William Wvj sont, 1418 Grant avenue .as she walk ed along the rand near her. home f She wan taken tn th- L-tth-ran ho Vital She suffered a broken left arm r aud left ankle, while internal Injuries r |ara feareil which added to the severshock, mav cause death • f Wysong's report to pnlice said:” I I I was coming from D-catur. Ind., and just turned off th- Decatur road und , hit this Indy. She was walking In ! the middle of the road and I didn’t ] ] see her.” ' Bthausenf the advanced age of the, . Victim little hope for her recovery i I was extend)d lust night. Th- full i * ust.urr of her Injuries will not b- | * known until a more ompl-te rxnml- I ( nation thl* morning, hospital attend ant* said r .J.. 1 UMBUJ—I- gJ---Weather [ II Inrreaslag clouding**, probably folit lowed by rain beginning late tonight |or Tuesday; warmer tonight |

TO FILE SUITS TO CANCEL OIL LEASES TODAY Cancellation Os Sinclair And Doheny Leases To Be Asked ILLEGAL IS CHARGE Criminal Actions To Be Held Up Pending Civil Suits il’nltM PreMF Staff Correspondent) Washington. Mar. 3 (Spe?ial to D.iily Dcinocral) Suit to cancel the Sinclair and Doheny oil lenses will he filed late odav or tomorrow by presiIrnlial counsel. Atlee Pomerene, one of the counsel, anlounced todny. In addition to suing for can--elliition of the least's the counsel will ask the court to rcdrain Doheny and Sinclair from withdrawing any more oil "rom the naval reserves pendng final decision of the suit. The suits probably will bo filed ilmultaneously in federal courts in ''hevenne. Wyoming, and Los Ange'as, Calif. Teapot Dome is in Wyomng and the Doheny reserves are in o'ilifornia. The civil suits it is understood vould be bused on claims that theases were made illegally and thut here was corruption in their making. The cr'minal actions must wait on •he civil suit* Poinerene said. They' will be held separately. Fall anti xrssilily three others it is understood .vill be charged with conspiring to lave naval oil lands transferred with he purpose of turning them over for ■rivate exploitation. Criminal action will Im*'begun in he District of Columbia and if deelooiueftia ftf the eases warrant inlictment* for bribery tnay he asked. —n ■ — Old Presbyterian Minister Dies At Muncie Today tCnlted Pr»«« Htafr >*-rr-f<|iiin<ient) Muncie, Ind., Mar. 3 (Special to itaily Democrat)--The Rev. William I’orrence. 84. one of the oldest Pres•lyteriau minister* in Indiana. • died tore today. He had served at Crawfordsville. New Albany und Terra Taute and at Lexington and Rock Island. 111. ENTEDTAINERS HERE THURSDAY The Pierces, Noted Entertainers. On Lyceum Program This Week There «re entertainers—and still more entertainer*. Some are good, some are poor, and some ar- madioera. The Pienes, noted exponent* of the dramatic aud musical art. who will appear here on Thursday evening at the high st hool auditorium, present only "good' entertainment. As a mat- ] ter of fact, they really do more for the ■ Pierces’ program is generally considered in the lyceum world to stand for the best In the particular line of professional work which the Pierces do. Mr und Mrs. Pierce su)*ve**fully blend humor and pathos with .tn un dercurrent of the moral uplift needl'd in tlte tragedies and com-dles of I daily life. The audiences go home with th- satisfaction of having received something more than mere entertainment. Programs consisting of two or three sk-tches, inters|>erst*d with humorous , and dramatic Impersonation* are ari ranged from an extensive raportoira. jin which most nf the selections used I have been written or dramstixed -aI pedally for the Pierce* Th- Pierre* «re coming to Decatur 1 under th- auspice* of the s-ntors’ lyI cettm course Although the previous , numbers of the course have been of a ' high class sod have book greatly -n Joyed by *ll present, the attendance has bee* too poor for th* senior* to uiske expense*. They are bnplng that I the local people will take advantage of this opportunity to bear * splendid I program and also b-lp make up the drfl) It which occttred on the lyceum i nurse by attnndlng the entertainment (Thursday evening.

Presbyterian Moderator Postpones Ft. Wayne Visit Fort Wayne. Mar. 3 Rev. Charles i F. Wishart, I) 1)., I.L. !>.. moderator of th- general ussembly of the Pres-] byterian church of th)* United States,l who was to be in Fort Wayne Wed-' neaday to address meetings of the; Presbyterians, will be unable to till hi* engagement on account of illness. according to a message received] yesterday afternoon by Rev. Robert' Little, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Tin* meetings have been, postponed until Friday, March 28. Machines that crack five tons of 1 English walnuts in n day, keeping fifty girls busy separating the meats from the shells, are in operation in the West. DEATH ENDS LUND ILLNESS I — Mrs. Adam Schafer Died At Home Here This Morning ] Mrs. Vida Schafer. 34. wife of Adam Schafer, died at her home. 622 North Seventh street, at 1:15 a. m. today. I Death terminated an illness of coini plication of diseases which began more than three years hgo. Mrs. Schafer was * daughter of i Abraham and Rachael Stoneburner, and was Imrn in Adams county, near I Peterson. October 31. 1889. She spent ■ her entire life in Adams county und most of it in Decatur. N'ne years . I ago she was married to Adam i Schafer. One child w*s born to the jcocple. Mary Jane, who survives. II The deceased was a member of the 11 Rovul Neighbor* lodge. > Besides the husband and one i daughter. Mrs. Schafer is survived ' by her father, two brothers. Israel Stoi" burner, of Decatur, and Thomas i Stoneburn) r. of Kendallville, and one • sister. Mrs. Bertha Rockstroh. of ■ Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be h-ld from the First Methodist church, of which Mrs. Schafer was a member, at 2 , o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the pastor. Ret. U. 8- A Bridge, officiating Burial will be made in the , Maplewood cemetery ' Meeting Os Industrial Association Tonight ‘ An important meeting of the Dec* 1 tur Industrial Association will he held iu the rooms on South Second street this evening A large attendance of the members Is desired Avon Burk, newly elected president of the asso- . elation will assume leadership of the .body tonight. The meeting will start lat 7:39 o'clock. —•<» Four Sentenced To Die During Week Os April 7 New York. March 3.—Morris and Joseph Diamond. John Farina and An 1 thony Pantuno were sentenced today • by Justice Crops-;- in the Brooklyn '• supreme court to die in the electric f chair In Sing Hing during th- week of '* April 7 for the murder of two West R End bank messengers Nov. 15. last. t - i Two High School Bovs Killed In Auto Wreck r | Minima). Ind. March 3.-Two Med ' | aryvllle high school students, lewlie Kast-n and Hanna T-txloff. were in I wh-n their auto plunged Into a ditch ■ n-ar hera. They were returning from the bus-‘‘ik-tball sectional tourney st Rochest- ' -r. I* It believed Kast-n. who was driving, fell aal—P •' «h«* wheel * Fire DeHtroyn Lumber Mlnn-spoils. Mar. 3 Mora than a, ’• million fee* "f lumber d *stroyed 1 bv fire In the Malone Botev yard' '.here Sunday. Th- damns* was estimated nt tsn.uoo, Ole Mllby. firer man .was slightly burn-d ' * CONGREHt TOOAV ♦ I' ■ », tenste ': ('ogsld-r* routine business » First ine-t's* of Dauglx-rty invest, i giithtg committer * Hpei'lal subcouimlttre ejpo'ted to i repPtt child labor amendment, t| House: I Routine huslnras.

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JUSTICE DEPT. I CODE WAS USED IN TELEGRAMS i W. J. Burns. Head Os Justice Department Secret Service, Called .. . — TO QUESTION WOMAN Burns’ Former Secretary To Testify In Teapot Dome Investigation • I’nOeil Preww Staff t’orr^Rpoml^nt) Washington. Mar. 3 (Special Io Datlv Democrat) Senator Walsh. Montana, todav verified through a war department | code expert the translation previously given the senate oil | committee of the McLean code telei’rams and immediately ordered the appetirancc before the committee* tomorrow morning of William J. Burns, head of the department of justice secret service. Walsh said the war department's experts had deciphered the messages “substantially" as they apneared in a nrevious translation aiul that he had established the fact the messages were in a department of lustier code. 'l'ht* cxnert will lx* put on the stand as the first witness tomorrow to tell these things and Burns will tin t) Im* ■•idled on to explain how Mcl.e;m g'*t the department’s secret code. Walsh wil also question Mrs. W O. Ducksietn. reputed author of the "Mary" telegram, which as deciphered that Turns had sent word indirectly to McLean that he was being investigated by the department of justice, Mrs Duckstein. now an agent of the department, was formerly Burn’s confidential secretary. Her husband. W. O. Du«*k!»teln. Is one of M.-Lean’* secretaries. Burns will be asked to tell whether MLean is. as reported, on the rolls of the department as a "dollar a year man.” with a secret service operative’s sheild and a copy of the department’s sercet ode. Washington. Mar. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat)— "Get the whole story on McLean’s connection with the oil scandal." was the objective of the senate oil committee today. Th- committee is convinced McLean’s connection went deeper than 1 hi* Miipposed loan of IHMI.OO# to 1 Albert B. Full. Evidence already I gathered showing how McLean, pub (Continued on Page Five) TURKISH HAREM APPEARS DOOMED I Mustapha Kemal Determined To Modernize His Country Constantinople, March 3— Guards surrounded the palace of th- <aliph. Adul Medjld Effendi and supervised th- househohl and the imperial residence today, under orders from the Angora government. The purpose was to prevent the caliph front carrying out his report-d intention <>f fleeing into Egypt The nrilvitles, which are said to have caused consternation among thodallsk* commonly called wives--nf th- caliph und to have *iaii-<! th* thief eunt) hs of the har-m. followed word from Angora thut th« national ussrmlily soon will vote to -suppress •the caliphate and expell the caliph and his eonsiderablv family. Mustapha Ketnul, president of Turkey, has de t-rmln-d that as a step towards mod > railing and west-rnlxlng hla conn try. relluton must hr entirely aeparat--1 -d from th- state. ,t The sultan nt Turkey united the temporal spiritual headship In himself in tb« *i>t—mb ieotury. Th- titlw of caliph ludlrniea a successor of No-bamm-d Abdul Humid was the loot sultan to • njoy full autocratic power*- Bin's „ hl* time th- imperial harem*, about which the western world has wonder- ■ ed for centuries, have lost much of ' their Importance.