Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 57, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1924 — Page 1

■Lume XXII. Number 57.

COOLIDGE DRAWN INTO OIL SCANDAL

■actiontostop I WITHDRAWAL OF I OIL IS STARTED From Naval Leases other slits FOLLOW —— — Suits E° r Annulment 01 Leases To lie I' iled In Near Future ifnitwl Pres* Service! Wushineton. Mar. « (Special to a PJy Ik-nus ral)—Court action to nW further withdrawal es <4l frotn B v;il reserves was begun today by j4-.id.-nt c.udidtt. 's special counsel. „ a preliminary suing for annulment 4 the leases. A preliminary hearing on a petition (pr injunction to stop further oil >■ Teapot Home will be held March Bat Cheyenne. Wvo.. it was anlitlidrawals from the Sinclair leases nwnrecl at the office of Allee romer«e and Owen J Roberts, the special rransel. Immediately thereafter a similar hjim.tion will be asked for In Los Anr-1— reminding the Dnheny leases. A special ledetal grand jure to con rid<r criminal prosecutions of persoa- involved in the leasing will bo mavencd in Washington about April 1. it was stated. Washington. Mar. 8- (Special to Thily iw-moc rat i—Suits to annul the Ural oil leases w ill be" ready for illIm x noon today. H announced At the offices of the president’* spo- | rial enunse I Atuumncement that the suits nctnailv have I begun is exported shortly thereafter. Coolidge And Jackson Petitions Filed Today Indianapolis, March B—Two of the brgect petitions ever filed by ettnditot's in Indiana asking that their umM he placed on primary ballots »<rv filed with the secretary of ■ate- today in tiehalf of Calvin fWidtte as a candidate for the rethblban nomination for president, ad Ed Jackson, a* a candidate for the ewMieaa nomination for governor. Each petition c ontaining more than liMA names A petition c ontaining 711 name* was filed in behalf of Mayor Shank as a candidate for the republican nomin•tic>n for governor. |! At Shanks headquarters it was said I thousand of other name* had been I obtained but that only enough were b-ux filed to make compliance with *b» l»w certain. ELECTION HELD IT ELKS' LODCE Fifd Schurgcr Succeeds I), M. Hensley As Exalted Ruler Schtirger. local attorney, was ■ ‘'d r.xultesi Ruler of the local *’ of n. p. o. Elk*, at th* annual "on of officer* held last night. _ Mager s n cceed a D. M . Henslry . " han held the office for the lust »ar yearn, C’fflcer* elected last night / H,,f Hurting. lending knight; *ateem«r| lending "*'***■ Wilkinson. esteemed bnlght; France CnnieV, l rt . r ? w,: J«»eph, Tyler: C C. Ch..! f tor three year*; g, ' SlWk ’ k ‘ D M h ’ > *’* •‘l**’**! representative “ n< * H. L. Confer was Xlbllrk *' ■ l, ’‘ rn “‘* Mr. !od«' *'*" , ’** n • r *b"'*r*<' of the * * “«• Ita organization Ultiit ? eto *‘ ° f *IH be n *' by th * K,k '’ on Mirrh ’• Uh |* * ***** m ’ ,r h Interest taken in •xnt* ? * hl * * ,n, " r ' Hevoral social u.", *’ held nnd more ore h»r the «•■*! few week*.

DECAT Uil i)A 1.1 ,Y IJEMOCBAT

Noted Prison Chaplain To Speak Here Tonight The ministers of the city and a number of business men have been invited to hear (he address to lie given lat the meeting of th Rotary club this evening, by T. O. Reed, c haplain of the Ohio State ‘Penitentiary. The ( talk folh.w tire regular luncheon of the club, to which the guests have abo been invited. Mr. Reed is known throughout the United States through I bin excellent wcuk ut the* Ohio prison. CITY CHAMPION TO BE DECIDED I I Leaders And G. E. Basketball Teams To Meet Wednesday Night Arrangements wen* completed toj day- for n basketball game between the , Decatur Leaders and the General ■ Electric quintet to decide the In--1 dependent championship of the* city, The game wilt lie played in the new • high school gym next Wednesday ev- • ening. 1 Local fans have been clamoring for ' a contest between these two raging quintets sos the* past few we ks. Bo h teams have made envialablc records thia season and the* fans feel they are evenly matched. The leaders have wtffi 11 gamesand lost 10 during ( the season, playing the fastest teams , in this part of the stale, including one content with famous Knights of I (tylittubns-Lincoln IJfe team from Ft. Wayne. The O. E. team ha* a still hotter record of games won and lost, having been on the winning side of I 'he score twelve times and on the* , losing side only five tim< s. The leaders played the (besinn Maroons at Otsian in their second game of the season and won 27-23. The* G. F. team defeated the Maroons here later by a score of 18-14. The Berne A ('. team defeated the* G. K. team nt Berne, 43-17. The* Leaders ( played four games with the Berne team, winning one and losing three, ill Iwing close scores The G. E. team lost to the Overland Red Birds, of Pt. Wayne. 82 :!fi and the* leaderwon from the Red Birds. 32-22. These are the* onlv teams placed by both of the local quintets this season. The G. E. team has shown gradual im- ' t prevemen: during the season and I played one of lt« best games of the 1 season last week when the* Ft Wayne i G. K. team won a thrilling game here I 38 21. , The G. k, team likely will lineup Wednesday night a* folowa. Kern and Garton, forwards; Kieinknlght. center; Teeple nnd Peterson, guard*. Th** 'e-aders lineup likley will be: Yager and Andrews, forwards, Oliver center; BryanTyiil Crlat. guard* Effort* are blng made to obtain Geller, of , I Fort Wayne* to mferee the* game. A II preliminary wll be played nnd the > hlg game will *tart ut 8:30 o'clock. Window Panos Broken At City School Buildings Several window pane** have b *'«n broken nt the high school building and' the Central school building recently. according to a statement made* today by Chief of Police Joel Revnold* and the chief Issued n warning to number of young boy* who hav • been 1 loitering about the two m hool build* j Ing after school* hours, nnd whn are | believed to bo responsible for the broken wlnodw panes. Mr. Reynold* stated that If any of the Itova were caught loitering about thn building* they would be nrrested and taken Into court Complaint ha* i>een made also, ngninst boy* and girls roller akatln* on the sidewalks nnd streets, especially In the bnataeas district. Chl«f Reynolds warned the children to atnp skating on the main streets lietwren Jefferson and Jackson CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat; May 81.11%: July 1111%; Sept *1.18%. Corn: May lie; July 81%c; Sept. 81%c. Outs: Mny 47%c. Jl ly 4fi%<*; Hept. 42%e.

CONTRACT FOR - NEW BUILDING TO BE LET SOON — I 1 Contract For New Catholic School To Be Awarded Next Month RECEIV E BIDS NOW Finance Committee Desides Definitely To Erect Building Now I Proposals from contractors for the | construction of the new Catholic I high achool ami grade building will he ' received by the finance board of the st hool up until noon on Monday, March 31st. This announcement was uuide this morning by C. S. Niblick. ( hairman of the board. At a meeting of the finance board it was definitely decided to build the pfopoaed school house this year and ! | to award the contract to the low bid- | tier following the receiving of the bids ■on March 31st. The contract will he awarded with the- idea in view of I having the building completed by ' September 1925 . Bids On Four Classes Bids will be received by the trustee* on the general contract, on the plumbing, heating and wiring. *eperately it wa* stated by C. N. Christen, who has copies of the plana and speJ-lfications |a* drawn by Architect Gaul, of j Chicago, on file at his office. Con- . tractor* who wish to bid on the general contract or ‘on either one of the three *e|M-rat<* jobs are r*-quesled to get in ton. | t with .Mr ('hirsten. A Modern Building The foundation for the proposed | building was installed last summer ,on the site at the corner of Monroe i ami Fourth streets. The basement of the gymnasium I* also installed The proposts! building wil b* a two story ground floor basement structure. | , built of brick and stone and will Im* | a wnear firevroof as is possible to I Ito build it. The building, besides containing fourteen large class rooms, domeatic | science room, gymnasium and other necessary rooms, will have an auditorium with a seating capacity of ut ‘least 15'<o Plans for the building were drawn by Architect Gaul, of Chicago, and last summer proitosais (Continmd <>u Page Five! BUYS PORTLAND JEWELRY STORE John Baumgartner Buys Stachler Store There; Moves Next W eek John Baumaurtner. well known young biialness luun of this city for the past several yean, hus purchased the Stachler Jewelry store In Port- ' lund and will take poaaaaalon next! Monday. Mr. Baumgartner and family will mo* to Portland early next week. Mr. Baumgartner has been associutcd with the Pumphrey Jewelry store i In thia city for several years until last week When he disposed of his j tatereat to Mr. C. C. Pumphrey He has been In the Jewelry bnsineks for the la«t nine yean. Moat of hl* lite 1 ha« been spent in Decatur The store purchased by Mr. Baumgartner In Portland I* located at 110 Meridian street, near the busiest corner In the cl% The store was ' o«tghll"he.i eighteen yean ago and ha* been one of the leading business houses in (hut city. There are only two jewelry store* in Portland Mn. Stuchler ba.« opent *d the store since the death of her hu*ba«d two years a<o. A complete Un* of jewelry and a gift department is carried by the afore. Mr. Baumgartner eapecta tn close the store Monday in order that the stock: may be rearranged and added to. The opening will be held on Saturday. March 15. Mr Baum . gartner'a patents. Mr. and Mrs. L. L | Baumgartner, will remain In this city.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 6, 1921.

SELES BLOOD GEORGE BROADY Plains. Kas—George Broady is I earning his way through Ohio State ( university at Columbus. 0.. by selling h's blood, he having earned SSOO already this season by the unique method. He receives hundreds of proposals of marriage, rnanv women hoping to obtain this healthy young specimen for a mate. He has spurned them all so fur and spends his spare time in preparing his body for j the various transfusions of h'ood which he undergoes. I JEFFERSON CLUB | TO MEET FHIDAT Future Os Organization To Be Decided At The Meeting A spm ial meeting of the officers and members of the Jefferson club and of those interested in the carrying on of the organization has been called by Attorney John T. Kelly, president, for Friday evening at 7:30 at his office in the latmon building, on South Second street, opposite the court house. The Jefferson < lub. composed of several hundred Democrat* in this city and throughout the county, was organized in the spring of 1922. previous to the primary election. John T. (Continued on Page Five) PUBLIC INVITED TO HEAR DEBATE Auctioneers To Hold Another Debate Here Friday Evening The Adams and Wells county Auctioneers Association will hold a meeting In the Industrial Association room* Friday evening ut 7: 3o o’clock | \nother debate wll he held by the luctloneers and the public I* cordially invited to attend and hear the de lute, which promise* to be an inter •sting one. The subject for the debate this ! week Is. 'Resolved: That the husband I * the bo** in the home." Recently the auctioneers held a debate on the subject. "Resolved, that dairy cuttle <re more protitahle than beef cattle ;<»’ farmers." The affirmative side won the debate. EXTRA!’ Home and County News in Daily Democrat Item* of interest to all the family. Market Reports I'nited Preu* iMupatche*. All for S3.M a year hy mail. Our campaign Im closinu. lleneu tod ax and don't miw« a Mingle ropy. Keep pouted on w hat iu ffointr nn by readme the DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT 1 * 111111 "" 111111 "* Weather Rsln nr snow this afternoon and posalblv tonight, except fair tonight tn southwest portion Colder tonight In west and north imrtion* Friday cloudy to partly cloudys colder In ••a*t and south portions

RESIGNATION i OF DAUGHERTY BELIEVED NEAR President Said To Have Reopened Attorney General Question COMMITTEE ACTIVE Hearings To Open Next Week; Rumor Naming Probable Successors .1 — Washington, Mar. fi—(Special to Duily Democrat) —Rumor is busy ■ naming probable successors to AtI torney General Daugherty. Though 1 the white house has denied any | one is being considered inasmuch ) as Daugherty has not resigned, gossip mentions these men: Judge William S. Kenyon, former senator from lowa, now on i the cricuit court of apneals. Senator William E. Borah. Idaho Governor Groesbeck. Michigan Borah would not accept the place, it is believed. Groesbeck is i due in Washington today and may I confer with the president. H'nlte.l P-e«» Servl.-e) Washington, Mar. G—(Special to Dally Democrat) —President Coolidge has reojtened the question of Attorney General Daugherty's resignation according to information from per--on* clone to him. Recent dev.dopment*. which have furnished the president with additional Information concerning the de ptrtment of justice, are held to be •esponsible. While the senate committee named o investigate Daugherty was today tiling a great mass of tips and '".. uds" p-< Hminary to beginning open leurings next week. Mr. Coolidge wa* inderstood, on excellent authority, to I lie again considering whether he shou'd ask Daugherty to withdraw rom the cabinet. Daugherty himself was on hi* way luii k to Washington from Miami. Flu nrepared to resume active charge of 'he department of justice ami to defend himself before the senate committee. When Dauuherty left Washington (Continued On Psge Fmirl OFFER PRIZES FOR TAG DAY Merchants Offer Prizes To Children Raising Most Money Prizes will he awarded to boys nnd zirl* welling the most Ings in the "Heart Tug” day Io be held In Decatun* Saturday. The drive i* under the Hllsplce* of the Voluntcrr* of America, u national associution for the bem*tlt of prison work The money will be used for thia cause. Headquarter* for the tug day an* | >t the City Hall. Where Miss Helen J Meyer will have charge. Decatur merchant* are co-operating with the movemont. ami have generously agreed to furnl*h prize* to the one* who secure the moat money for 'heir tags. The first prize will be a No 2 Brownie Kodak, front the Rexall Drug store; second prize, a pair of «kate* from the Lee Hardware Co.: third, a fountain pen from the Enterprise Drug alore; fourth, an Eversharp p< ncll from Callow « Kohne Drug store; fifth, a 2 pound box of chocolaies from Joseph it laing confectionery. Those not winning prizes, hut who secure at least *3°" for «h»*ir tags. • 11l receive a pas* Io " movlff — pusses given by managers of the Cort and Crystal theaters. Insinicilon* to help tell tags have heen malted to a number of grade t'rla ami boys. They are to mwt at the City Hull Hutiirdny morning at nine o'clock.

(Jen. Ludendorff’s Trial Comes To Sudden Halt (I'nited Press Service) Munich. March (i—The trial t.f Gen- j < nil Ludendorff, Adolf Hitler nnd I eigh: others for treason, was broken I off spec tueulurltodu> as tin' state pro.-u cutor hod ut first declared lr er pat up with attacks on inshlts such las those to v.hi< h he had h- n sobjected by atiorneys for (he defense. It was finally agreed to continue the hearing tomorrow, although the prosecutor ha dat first declared he would not continue at all. DAMAGE SUIT IS NEAR END Stubbornly Fought Case Expected to Reach Jury This Evening ' "■ One of the most Rtuhbornly fought damage suits that has been tried in the Adams circuit court for several •■ears was drawing to a close late this afternoon. The hearing of evidence in the case of George W. Richhart gainst the Pennsylvania Rail- I road company, venued here from Allen county, was completed at 11:15 . o’clock th'u morning and the arru- | ruents of the counsel were started , when court convened were started recess. The case was expected reach : the jury about 4 or 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. The plaintiff in the case is seeking judgment for $15,000 as the result of permanent Injuries alleged to have been sustained when he struck over •he nose and eye* by a club in the . hands of a detective In the eni|doye of the defendant. July 12. 1922. while crossing the railroad tracks at the Hanna street c rossing in Ft Wayne. The affair occured during the railroad shopmen’* strike* and the plaintiff was serving as a picket for the ■triking union. The plaintiff was p-it through a severe cross-ejucmination this* foe.. i aeon by Attorney Leonard, for the deense. Sharp question* v -*ie *;<ot :c 'lichhart in rapid fire order and the plaintiff became somewhat angered, hut the* defense failed to get him tangled in hi* te*timony. Detective Wolfe, who woe wl ' Detective Siplea when the latter is said to have struck Richhurt, was • ailed to the stand this morning and 1 he refuted the testimony which h< gave yesterday. Yesterday he testified that he wa* pot in police co-irt at Fort Wayne when Siple* wa* tried for assult and battery, but today he dmitted he was there. i Attorney Ryan, of Ft Wayne, mad* (he first argument for the plaintiff this afternoon, and Attorney ('lark J Lutz .of Decatur spoke first for the defense. Both attorney* made power- • fill pleads to the jury. ✓ o ' Lenten Service At Lutheran Church Fridas i ' The first Len’,**n service* of the Zion Luthoran church will be held Friday evening at 7:88 o'clock. A sol- ’ emn Holy Communion service will be 1 celebrated In which the pastor* of the 1 Decatur l.utheran Conference will participate. The service* will he conducted In the German language The Rev. A. W Hln«. pastor of the Zion 1 t.iitherun church nt thia city, who has been bedfast since Monday. I* recovering from hl* lllne*s and I* expected to officiate at the altar aervicea If • hl* Indiapoaltion should prevent the service will he wholly In charge of the visiting pastor* Pastor E. It Trusl-, x»ch. of St. John's will preach the sermon in the confessional service nnd Pastor A. Moeler will pr«*u< h the passion Hermon i——■! Bam, i n ■,—aaniig Forbes (Jives Bond Washington. March B—Charles It Forbes, former veteran's bureau head, today g*vn tto.noo bond for appearance Io fore the federal court in Chicago on March |7 Forbea ap«ared Itefere Calt-d Statt* rnmntiaalone Georg.. H- Mur Donald here and pleaded not guilty to twn charge* of conspiracy to defraud | the United Stutr* government and |nm* thurgi* of accepting a bribe.

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TWO TELEGRAMS BEAR SIGNATURE ! OF PRESIDENT Bitter Debate In Senate Follows Reading Os The Telegrams (JIVES EXPLANATION President Issues Statements Explaining The Purpose Os Messages H’nitf'il Pre** Ntaflf <’<>rrt »q»t»ndvnt) Wiishington, Mar. 6 (Special Io Daily Democrat) President Coolidge became the central figure about which a series of startling disclosures and new sensations in the oil scandal revolved today. rhe committee made puhlic tv.’o telegrams sent hy the President to E. B. Mclx-an. publisher of the Washington Post, last ! month. President C.oolidge explained I .me tel< gram hy saying it was in resf>onse Io congratulations ; ‘rom McLean on the president's Lincoln day speech. 'Hie telegram was dale February 12. (Coolidge’s Lincoln day speech was delivered the night of Feb. 12 in New York). Two or three hours later a second explanation of this telegram was made i saying it was in res|M»nsc io a ' message of congratulations i from McLean on another matter. Thr»-< *tatcra<nt* in all were 4*- | <ued from the white house. The tir*i was in explanation of a telegram having to do with a district coinnti* ■ ionership sent January 12. Bitter debate In the senate and a I ow within the committee followed j he reading of the telegrams and the I -x|>lanation of the telegram. The committee in executive gession got into a row over a reported "leak" which gave Mr. t'oolidge advance in'ocmat'on last nieht that the teletrains were to be read today. Com •n'ttee members said the president * notified of what had occurred in a secret <ommilt.*e meeting yesterday I culled a meeting of hl» advisor* last night at the white house to discus* •he development*. A little later the whole mutter was curried to the senate floor when Sen » itor l*ut Harrison, of Mississippi, in I hitter speech Raid the disclosures involving Mr Coolidge would further indermtne the public confidence in the government and demand u full and frank explanation from the iCnetlniwd P«ee “tx* FREEMONTGETS M. E. CONFERENCE Gets 1925 District Meeting; Bluffton Beeting (’loses Bluffton. Mur 6 Freemont *»< **• : 'ected a* the meeting place for the Fort Wayne district MethodM eonI rerencr In 1925 nt the annual meeting lin session hole yralerdsy. The deision came ut the end of an interestng business session In which gratifying reports from district superintend--1 ■•Pta and the various committees were , made. The conference came to a dose Inst night with an address by Bishop Frederick D Leete. The conference was a very enjoyable and bcMflelal one and was writ attended. It open <*d Tuesday morning. » Four men will h«- recommended to •h« North Indian* conference for license tn preach. They are: R W. I Newell. Ashlev; Fred Brewster. Hpen I •*• vllle; Charles A Fisher, Wood burn, and Herbert 11. McMurray # York. * • • . Rev. H A P Homer, formerly of ! Markle, delivered the conference ser(Continued On Page Four)