Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1924 — Page 1

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better fire I protection for factories seen Os The City pay for fire TRUCK Council Aopropriates $7,S(H) To Pay For New Fire Pumper Th* city council In executive' inn last evening. ordered the ex- | L tm«mn of th * water mains on West j Madison street .between Eleventh and | pirteenth streets and on Dnvtoil | Lsine from the Decatur Casting] i fosiponv's plant, east of Seventh . nwet. then north to Dirkes street for a distance of two squares and over j tn M.ihers street. Six-inch linos | till be laid over the above routes and the improvement will eliminate the •deadend” line at the Decatur Castlie company's plant and will also afford hotter fire protection to thn hetory district west of the Penmyhania tracks and also on Madison strM The Decatur Casting company through its manager. James Cowan, prtiti. L'lCWhe council sometime aco k hr-tamr six-inch main near the hrtnry so. that the 'dead-end" line on M<*tm» street, between Fifth and Sixth streets will also be installed. Co*t of the improvements will be paid for "it of th ■ earnings of the Water I Department. , w Council Proceeding* Th* rr.mlut'on appropriating I?.s**l front the general fund for the moment of the Am*ri*an France Kre truck and Pumper was passed i»il adopted by the council last ev- J The airret and sower committee was uthorixed to pnreha* • a Fori iw*wnlNe trm-k for the use of the up*t commissioner in hauling tools Sl "* supplies from one place to anether Th* citv attorney was ordered to e«iifv Hi.- p, nnsvlvnnia railroad to hlld a crossing at the intersection of Ibvtfttf avenue. I Th* finance committee allowed a •"inisr of billi and the executive •ratal followed. —— I Th* Un Tit-dress for the coming ea.<>n may be of any delicate shade ** we]| #s w i!it,. trimtped with hand- ’*• tucks and while thread laces. IB Os SHOCK RECEIVED IN FALL J. B. Stouten berrv. Ued Resident Os Kirkland Township, Dios I ' l , "J II Stoittenberry, age 73. / known resident of Kirkland "'■'ip. died at her horn*, ten and «ls miles southwest of Deca “11 o'clock last night. Death; »" to the Shoc k suffered when WM*d and fell. January 2. nf * B'ontanberry a daughter f- and Mrs. Andrew C. Shannon. . b,,rn In Darke county. Ohio.' u Ur - h. IS6I. She was married 1|; . “■ B, "''t*nberry In 1875. Mr. in cs ' ’’"’’"'‘"•‘••Try have resided county since isms, she wns r of the Christian church. b<-r Blw “ w,b *W •» survived by •l»t<.r ll " heB * 1 ' 'laughters, tkree 4 * ‘"’ d scandchlldren. The Kirti"7 !ir ’ , ‘ A. J. Beavers. of 1 'ownship; Mrs. W. M. Doug lain" it " lnn fln,l ' : “°‘ l Mr *' I ‘ ' 8, ‘ ,wb ’»raer. of Kirkland Itm u Th * Bre Mr »- WillRun ot Anderson; Mrs. Anna fchs te ° f Mu#c ‘*' “ n " »»«■ P ®«rty. of Kirkland township service, will be held from "'M’X'h 1 rh " rfh at ” JI ’ ff'day morning, the Rev D. ti M J' tly * n< * ,l ’° R’’*' Okmson. n|Tl"i Itai?" rlal b ” n,B ' h ’ pl """

TAKES REINS mH . I t 1 t : * . w* - v y—j CHARLES EDISON New York Charles Edison, son of .Thomas A Edison, on Friday. Feb. 29, a-Minted the responsibilities of finuncial director of the thirty-two Edisc n industries and companies. He has for several years been chairman of the Edison industries, of which Sils father is president. Mr. Edison, who is 35 years old. will succeed Stepheni D. Mambert. who has been in charge of the Edison finances for eleven 'cars, in addition to his duties as president of the Ecl'son Portland Cement Company. with a plant at Stewartsville. N. j. METHODISTS IN DISTRICT MEET Ft. Wayr*» District Meeting Being He’d At Bluffton This Week I Bluffton. Mar -b .'—The Ft Wayne district M. E. rcutferenee opened al the* First M. E Chruch in this city ycs’enlay for a two-dav session, the culmination being an address at 7 o'c lock Wednesday evening bv Ri-hop Frederick D I •*•'•*. <*f Indianapolis, the closing f nturc of the* program. I The conference- proper was o|>en nd Tuesday afternoon at I o'clock the first bttsines transacted being the election of officer.’. D W. W. Martin. i f Fort Wayne, district superintendent was elected president; Dr. John W. Potter of First < httreh. Fort Wayne i j vice president, nnd Rev. Preston PolheiniiK. of St. Paul church. Fort . Wayne was elected sec rctnry-treasnr- | er. Examinations for local preacher*'i license* at the conference were: (’. , It. Kauffman. Coosse; L. Berlin Main. ■ Flint: Jay F. Olinger, tlarrett; Raymond Bin knmster. tJeneva; T. lAurhnd. Monroe; Ixtwc-R smith pleas-i I ant Mills; Mr*. George A. Snider. Ray and Doc Fisher. WocMllmrt). Exhorters who n»ked to be rec- i omtnended for passage of character and renewal of licenses were Georg'* j W. jßrimnor. Arcola Eltner Harris Bl u fit on; B Croxton. Cocase. g. I Neh«r. Fort Wayne; Benjamin F Leist. Pt-net. and J (* Mct'crv. Poneto J And address of chief interest to minlatere was delivered by Dr Georg** 11. {arcs**, president Os DePeuw I nlvera- ’ Uy, on th** "Problem of Ministerial Supply.'' Dr. W. T. Arnold, anperlntendenl of Munch- district, gave an addreas on * Mulilplying Methodism;" Dr B 8 Holtopeter on the heme for the aged nt Warren, and Mrs. W T .Arnold, of Muncie nnd Mrs, (’. 11. Huck, of Fort Wayne, on the home and foregln missionary societies renttec lively, laist night. Dr E It Fulkerton. former vh e-< mtnnvl In Japan, gave- an tidrosn on th- Methodist world nerv- , Ice program The Wednnaday forenoon Manton was given over to conference Imnlness to subjects of live Interest in the district and other ministerial work n I ii fl .. inn in 1 n.—imnn i Flowers arc used most effectively In the new spring nnd summer mil- . littery. Frequently they are spread . out very fiat and nppllqned on with jlarge stitche s.

NOT TO GRANT 1 INDEPENDENCE • TO PHILLIPINES: ; —l : President Coolidge Says 1 Such Action Will Not Be Taken Now APPROVES GEN. WOOD i President Expresses Full Confidence In Governor General <Felted f're-is Service) j Washington, Mar. s—t Special to' Dally Democrat) The- I'nited States will not at this time* grant independ-1 | eiu-o to the Phillipines. President ■ Coolidge- said in a letter today to Manuel Roxas. chairman of the Phillippinc* Independence- mission here. At the same time the president ‘said that this government has full ■ confidence- in the administration of , the islands by Governor General Leonard Wood. After describing the present situation of the Philippines and what the Vnited States has done for the* islands' Presielent Coolidge- declared; “A fair appraisal of all these considerations and of others which suggest themselves without requiring, .-numeration, will, I am sure, justify the franft statement that the governI ment of the* United States would not i feel that it has performe-d its full | duty by th*- Filipino people or dis- ■ charged all of its obligations to clvii ligation, if it should yiehl at this time to your aspiration for national inele- , i»-ndence. j "The ge»vernment» of the United Stale-s has full confidence In the* ahll- ' tty. good intention* ami sincerity of the present gove enter general. It la |convinced that he has intendeel to ’act anti has acteel within the scope of bis prope-r ard constitutional authority. The.* convinced, it i* de ' i> rmin-el to sustain him and its pur|M*se- will be te» encourage the broadest anti most inte'.ligvnt contestation ' of the Filipinee people in this policy. Daugherty Committee Starts Work Today Washington. .Mar. s—(Special to Daily Democrat)- The' senate Duuglierty committee today went into executive session with John W. H. Crim, special assistant attorney general, ; who handl'si the veteran's bureau leases at Chicago. It was Indicated that they desired to secure his aid in the Investigation SPELLERS MEET FRIDAY EVENING — Sectional Grade Matches To Be Held: County Match March 14 th Recttonal npelling matches, lead1 Ing up to the final county mutch to dei Ide the champion grade spellers 'n Adam* county, will be held in Decatur and Geneva Friday night of this we«-k. The teams representing I the six townships In the northern half 'of the county will moet In Decatur, and those representing the six south lem township* will meet in Geneva. The township teams, consisting of ; seven spellers each, were chosen I last week. Theie are two clawsea of grade I spellers, I’uplls In the seventh and eighth grades are phtc»d In Class A. ! and those In the fifth and sixth grades In Class II A team of fourteen pu p|)s will b« chosen In each clnsa In ench nf the two sect’otia. Friday night Th** four teams will meet in imeatur on March H to contest for I the county < hamplonshlp. the contest to continue until all but one pupil lu each claaa ba* been spelled downThe Clasu A teams of Ute northern section will meet In the new high , school gymnasium here Friday night The Class B teams will meet In tbe i new high school auditorium. Pronounces* and Judges have not been 1 ... .■— i - ------ . (Continued On I’age Four)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 5, 1921.

Runaway Boy’s Mother Is Very Seriously 111 The Daily Democrat has been nskid l(. aid in the search for Thomas i "Ihid” Foley, uge 15. who has been missing from his home in Astrin. Long l-lund. New York City, since Jan. 2. The boy looks to be alsmt 17 years of I age, is 5 feet % tall and has light ; complexion. He was wearing a dark mixed suit, light tan overcoat and tan ; cap when he disappeared. His mother i Is seriously 111 and cannot live long ■ unless she hears from her boy. The , father has travel!-d on false (lues, j over 12.00 miles in search for the hoy. I The boy's father Is Thomas Foley, I *4 Newton AV*-.. Astoria. Lon;* Is- < land. N Y. C. ASH WEDNESDAY I OBSERVED HERE Hiirh Mass Celebrated At Catholic Church; Lenten Regulations Many people Attended the Ash Wednesday services at the St. Mary's Catholic church this morning, the services marking the opening of the' Lenten season. A high mass was celebrated at 7:30, o'clock, followed by the distribution of the ashes. Services consisting of] the Way of the Cross will be held at, the church at 7:3t» on Friday evening. The Lenten regulations as read by the pastor last Sunday are as follows: "1. The law of abstinence forbids the eating of flesh meat, and broth made of meat. This law does not forbid the use of eggs and the products of milk: nor does it exclude the cooking and the seasoning of Bust with *l*e fat of animals. "2. The law forbidding fish and' flesh at the same meal has been alxd ished. "3.The pastor may in individual 'eases and for good rcm-ons disp-nse individual subjects, or individual families, or transients in his territory. (Continued on Page Fivp) WOLF HUNT SET FOR THURSDAY Farmers Os Near Geneva And Bryant Plan Big Drive Tomorrow Resid* nts in the vicinity of Geneva and Bryant ure planning another big wolf hunt for Thursday. Bills have been printed and th-* hunt has been advertised far and wide. Already several chases have been held and ihe wolves have been cited, but so far i :he. animal* have eluded their pur .Urrs. A reward of J 350 has been offered for the pelt of the wolf which ha* Iw-en killing sheep und young cattle n the vicinity of Geneva. The reward is offered by all organization of farmer* in that vicinity. Fred Born** and D. D. Fennlg are cuptain snd secretary of the organixatlon. respectively. Several thousand persons ure ex H-<te(| to iiurticlpate tn the hunt tomorrow. The m*n und boys will start fl ((tn foul diieciiono uud drive toward u common center. Only shot guns will be permltt**d and no one under 21 years of age will lu- allowed to curry a gun. It was rumored for u time that the wolves might lie the property of Mr. Dolby, living near Pennville. For sev , eral years Mr. Dolby has traveled with "Dolby's One Mun Circus'' and has his winter quarters In the north | west -*0(1 Os th** county. Here he kadi several wolves, gum- crossed with! coyote* and abepherd dog*, accord , log to the report. Th* wolves had escaped, but Mr. l*olby slated Hutt 'bev bail be*u recovered again ■■ — Weather Fair lonlgbi und probably Thursday; not much change In tempera•] turn. |

STREETLIGHTS ! TO BE ERECTED 1 UNDER 1905 LAW Council Decides To Treat All Property Owners Alike In Matter NEW PETITION FILED Want Ornamental Lights On Adams Street; Some Must Wait — Following the filing of a petition ■ I for the installation of ornamental | 1 lights on Adams street, from the inter-1 I section of First street, west to the! I Pennsylvania railroad crossing between Seventh and Eighth streets, the (ity council in executive session last . evening decided to continue the inI stiillation of the lights under the provisions of the 1905 law, whereby the property owner pays his proportionate share for the posts only and the city as a whole pays the expense of installing. including the laying of the cable. The council also decided to give I preference to those petitions already | I filed, they being taken up in the order I filed. A< tion has already been taken lon the peiitions for West Madison I street from Third to Seventh street; i on Mercer avenue from Winchester.; I south to Grant street; on Fourth street from Marshall, south to Adams street, and for imrtion on Monroe street between First and Third I streets. Can Do Only So Much Like an individual who is limited in hi* - KtM-adclures for Improvement* or luxuries, the city of Iterator can only do so much with its finances, and, under the 1905 law. it would be inipossible for the city to install ornamental lights on all of the above streets this year. The petitions for the lights on Madison and Mercer avenue and the two block* on Monroe street were the first ones filed this year ard it »»< stated that the improvement* would he made accordingly. Madison street will therefore lie the first* street of the above three to be improved. Mercer Avenue will follow and then if finances warrant, I Monroe street from First to Third will be lighted. If sufficient finance* warrant, the other street improve ments will be taken up later, but it is thought that under the plan of the city paying the cost of installation. (Continued on Page Five) PIERCES OFFER A FINE PROGRAM Lyceum Entertainers Os Much Ability Here Tomorrow Evening The Pierces. In private life better known n» Harry Raymond pierce and Zulette Sjiencer Pferce. nre to give their program of high grade entertainment here tomorow evening. Mar. <; nt the high school auditorium Lvceqm h*» f'*w companies ho well known n» the pierces, who harp been pleasing discriminating utidi--n-es for the past fifteen years Critics have o|»*nly stated that the , Pierce* have no equal* In th**ir par* . tleular line of arilatlc endeavor Th** company Ims had extraordinary «uc- - co** for the simple reason that they . have extraordlnnrv talent, and their tunny program* are compl(*te and I varied A well known middle west I daily said of them; "Th** Pierces ■ j have few eq'ints and no Mijmriors". I The program of th** Pb*r«*es eon- ' sist* of famous gtdns nt modern and jdaHslcal llterattire correctly and most Latialically interpreted with uld of I costumes, grease paint nnd wig*, i Humor, dramatic art. patriotism, liter, uture and music arc beautifully blended into a genttln-lv worthwhile program The Plercea are well known a* dlroitors of the Boston l.yeeuin school ione of the lending institutions of its | kind in the country.

INDICTED FOR FRAUDS S - ■. ■ IK, ■ m ———m ■ ■■*»»» II—I I 1 i rv’ x Ie- k COL. CHARLES R. FORBES News Editors —This photo shows Col. Charles R. Forbes, former head of the veterans' bureau, who has been indicted for graft and frauds while he hold office. He wus indicted in Chicago on Friday. Feb. 29. WELL KNOWN ~ 1 FARMER DIES ■ Herman Reiter, Prominent Root Township Resident, Died Today Herman Reiter, 63. prominent farmer of Root township, died at his home live mile* north of Decatur at 4 •'clock this morning, following an 'n-- s of Bright* Disease. Mr. Heitr was widely, known in this pall of the county. Herman Reiter, a son of Mr. and •Irs. Deidrick Reiter was born in \ilen county. December 12, 1850. He was ma rled to Amelia Sehoppmuii. who d i-d February 14. 1915. Mr. Reiter resided in Adams eountv ever dare his marriage to .Mis* Si hoppnan. 1 Tao children üßd four brothers ■ survive. The children are Imuisn r d Ida Reiter, both at home The 1 brothers are Henry and Charles Reiter, of St. Johns; William of Fort Wayne, and Fred of Minnesota. Funeral services will be held from • the home at 1:30 o'clock Saturday as *ernoon and from the St. John's Lutheran thttreh at 2 o'clock, the tier. Tnndgseh officiating. Burial in the St John's cemetery. o —• | Oil Refiners Worried By Teapot Dome Scandal I t United Sim IT CorrmfM»n«l«‘nt > Dallas. Texas. Mar. 5 (Special to Daily Democrat I—The effect of revelations In the Teu|iot Dome inquiry on the oil Industry. Is worrying dele-<:ii-s to the convention of the West»*ru Petroleum Refiners' association, meeting hero. Fayette It. Dow. attorney for th-* organiz. 'loti, told th*' convention the oil men must prepare to tight against government regulation which will be , urged us a result of the revelation* . "Th*- investigation ha* strengthened the |(ositl(>tl of congrewsmen who desire government regulation. Dow ! Indictment Os Two Congressmen Sought Washington. Mnrch 5 Bv direction of President CoolilK**. Indictment of two or more members of congrest will he sought immediately hy the de partment of Justice Evidence ugutnst them mav be presented this week I Iwjfnr** ii federal grand Jnrv now In neuston heie Attorney oneral Daugherty I* un derstood to have given evidence against lb»m to the Chicago grand jury which indicted Charle. p Foih-s former head of the vetcrun't: bureau, and .1 W. Thompt'on. St Loci* contractor. The Chicago jury did not Indict the (ongressmsn. but reported i that grave evidence of wrong doing had been submitted. «

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OIL COMMITTEE EXAMINES 300 MORE MESSAGES Believe Mysterious Person Will Be Identified Before Long SUSPICIONS GROW Further Develonements In Oil Scandal Probe Expected Soon Washington. March s.—Some 300 additional telegrams persued by the senate oil committee in executive session today open- (-■' a truil lliut puiv Icatl to ident'fication of “the principal,” ntysleriot's |H*rson mentioned in an exchange of telegrams between Edward B. McLean in Pahn Reach nn'l agents here. Suspicions of Teapot Dome investigators as to the identity of the “nrincipal” were said to have been strengthened by the new messages inspected. Two committee members now say they have no doubt as to th<* person's identity and believe open developments In this connection will follow shortly . ■ Os the 300 telegrams which passed between leading figures in the oil scandal ard which the committee examined today, about 7T> were select *d as extremely pertinent to the inqittry. jit was said after the session. Cuntents of the 75 telegram* will be revealed tontor-nw The United Press is informed that these message* besides confirming some opinions a* •o the identity of the "principals" also: 1. Make fur'hi’r mention of Williun .1 Burns. < hies of the bureau of Investigation in the histice d ■partment 2. Show that Ertawrd B. Md.e:in. publisher of the Washington I*.(st. I new f-(r*»-— det-tf* of th ' Flor**!* • •*'• C. Bascom Siemp, secretary to President t'oo’ldre 3. I v equ*ntlv mentioned the mme "Willis" hit not in such n wav fe-t Identity may be established from ti e messages alone 4 Mentioned the name of a “n man from a certain state" in such n wav as to arouse suspicions of sonr* of the'committee member* that the designated may be ■ senator. - O" To remove soot from a carpet cover with dry flour, starch or fuller's earth and let It stand half an hour before you lir»sh It up. Sometime* two ap j plications are necessary if th- stain I* an old on*-. EXPERTS FACE TWO PROBLEMS I Committee Inquiring Into Germany’s Finances Making Progress (United Pres* Service) Paris. Mur. 5 (Sp4*cial to Dally IH'nioi'rut > Th*- international ox lefts. Inqtili Ing Into Germany'* tin utiee* were in disagreement today on tvo of their principal problem*, thu lust that remain tn bv Ironed out lw*-f(-r*- their report Is miHrnitl«*«l to the iepur utlon* commission. A full meeting of the c((tiimltt(*(* (••'uded hy General Charles G Duwvm. which I* invoHtlgatlnK Germany's capacity to pay und way* and means to make her. was culled today und it was b><lleved the difficulties •an b-si»-edlly removed. Thu thorny question* of control of Germany's budget ami of ihm roll loads of the Ruhr and Rhineland w»rr th* only nuitisudinc difficulties. T’vwpitv many unofficial report* und runtnra that th* experts were through with their work and that they were In agrootneut on all points, the United Pres* loatned that they hud these problems yet to settle ; among ’.nrlnsetves before reporting ho thu (ommlsslon.

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