Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1924 — Page 1

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SKIP BEET AND JURY MEETING OREW BIG CROWD tt?a % Uorni* I east Nitfnt FINE TALKS GIVEN Points Os Interest To Dairymen And Beet Growers Emphasized Mon- than six hundred men, woBan and children attended the dairy aid .Mar beet meeting held in the fommunity auditorium at Berne last ,i f hi under the joint auspice* of the t'loverleaf Creameries company and Holand-St. Louis Simitar company. The BKetintt was one of the most MicceMful ones of its kind ever held in Adaais countty, and everyone prewl, appeared to enjoy it Immensely. T. a. Gottschalk. of Iterne. presidud as chairman of the mertlnjr. Dur- ! | tp the evening community singing t 3, held under the direction of C. O. I/hman, superintendent of the R o rne school*. The first speaker Introduced bv Mr. Gottschalk was I* H. Fairrtgd, of the dairy experimental dopartment of Purdue University. Mr. Fairchild told of many things now being done hv that department. Two reel* of motion pictures touchin; on the dairy subject were shor n by the county agent, 1.. M. Hnsche. The Farmers male quartet and the ' heme Business Men's quartet furnished Music. Mr. It. C. Hubbard, super* I Httemlent of the St. I.ouis factory of ibe Holland-St. Ijmis Sugar company, was the next speaker on the program. Mr. Hubbard explained the method used by the sugar company In arriviu; at the prices to be paid to the farmers for the lieets and also explained the contracts between the (ornpany and the beet growers. Mr IVnsehe rare an interesting talk naphasixing the necessity for cow ifstlng assoi iations. W. A. Klepper. cf (be CTnverieaf Creameries and Job# Carmody, of the Holland St. lewis Sugar company each gave inI 'erestiag talks, telling of th*‘ir de*ire to co-operate with the farmers. J F. Ijehman. of Berne, gave a very inercting talk on farming cond*» He discussed the evolution i "t agricultural aetlvitles in Adams ; r "oaty ami declared that the greut progress made was due to th>* thrift of the farmer* of the community. Mr 1 .chinan forecast belter times ahead for the farmers. E- J Fricke was the next speaker <w the program. Mr. Fricke said th»t it was the intention of the ***** company to < o-operate with the farmers and he expressed the "Pinion that labor condition and "ther factories were well in hand for fContlmied on Page Seven) BENEFIT GAME SATURDAY NIGHT Wonder Five To Play G. E. Quintet For Benefit Os Civic Section ' game which promises h " "" Interesting afTalr. will be H ‘i'd at the new school gymnasium night by the Decatur Won- , r t ' l '* * n, l the Oenerat Electric " » benefit for the civic »***'tlon of the Decatur « ( luh Th* .*n»!riv pror«»»*<1«» JJ? 'he game will be used by the r unction In maintaining public l ' * rm| nd«, rest room and in carry- * nl * ,, ‘ r Public Improvements. - Wonder Five team has just ttnd Is composed of ( £™ y Playm Thp llM, "' p an t * r includes Dorwln and a. ' or ** r da; l<ammiman. center; 'Hu V"' 1 Wh ' U Th « O. Kwbj ,„? n ‘ !nown the local fans * ** ***** **> see It In arllon 7 «*«• nun. tt** Pfhltminary game will be hit,. ' UrUB * J:l» o'clock; The trurM* W,B * Ur * *' * O'clock The * mer|f! rl fr ° m ,h# |,m# *° 10 the «h* »*dle. of , r "••’•lnn are anxious that a ** fto»d attend.

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Grand Jury Indicts 55 In Herrin Booze War Herrin, 111., March 14.—After an exhaustive nine-day investigation of the Williamson county booze war between Ku Klux Klan fuel lon* led by Glenn Young and antlKlan elements led by Sheriff George Cnlllgan, the Herrin City grand jury last night returned «r, ■ indictments charging Young with a dozen crimes, including kidnapping. . robbery, larceny, false imprisonment, and assault with intent to murder. FORMER LOCAL WOMAN IS DEAD ■ Mrs. Emma Johnson Died Os Appoplexy At Newcastle Yesterday Funeral services for Mrs. Emma I Johnson, wife of Dallas Johnson, for ! mer residents of this county, will he held Sunday afternoon at Newcastle. Indiana, at which place she' died yesterday from a stroke of apoplexy. Word of the death of Mrs. Johnson was received here by Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Johnson, of Tenth stsreet, who will leave tomorrow for Newcastle to attend the funeral. The deceased t was born in this county near Monroe, her maiden name being Kmnia Leisure. She moved to Newcastle with her family several years ago. Besides the relatives in this city who survive are two daughters, who arc njarried; a brother. Henry Lai«ure. of near Berne; and the husband. Dallas Johnson, who is employed in the Rolling Mills at Newcastle. PICK CHAMPION SPELLER TONIGHTi The Annual Adams County Grade Spelling Match Occurs Tonight The annual Adams county spelling match to determine the champion spellers In the grade schools of the county, will be held In the Decatur high school building this evening. There will be two Item* of fourteen pupils each representing lha southern half of the county and two teams of the same number representing the northern half. There are two classes, those from the fifth and sixth grades being know n as class B and those ] front the seventh and eight grades as class A. Class A teams will meet in the' h'gh school auditorium tonight andj the class B teams will meet in new gymnasium. Judges for the A‘ team will be Milton Werting. of Preble; R. H. Smith, of Decatur; and Gernld Runyon, of Btuffton. The judges for II teutn will be Mary McCullough. of Monroe; 11. M /Townover, of Pleasant Mill* and A. B Oswalt, of Geneva. Pronouncers for A team will b<» O. A. Smith, of Berne and E S. Chris irn. county superintendent of school*. Pronouncers for B team will h*> Vlr-j 1 gll Wagner, of Geneva, and D. O. Collom. of Geneva. An admission of ten cents will be charged of pll spectator*, the proceeds to he used In purchasing dictionaries for th*- winners. The public la Invited to attend the contest. — —-o-- ——— Hi>rh Seoul Truck Moot Dates Are Set Anderson. Ind. Mar. 14~-Th# elate final track and field meet will be held j on Saturday. May 17. at Technical! High school. Indianapolis. The events will be the IWiyard. 220-yard and 44« vnrd dashes; half mile and mile ' runs. 120 and JtO vard hurdles; running high and running .broad jump* pole vault, nhotput. half mile and mile relay races. !«a*t year U*, I schools entered (he sectional meet-1 Ings. aeventy-elght reached the final meet and twenty-nine »<hool* "hared in polut* In the* final meet Manual Training, Indianapolis, won the final meat with thirteen point*. i — ---« — Final Vote On Bonus Bill Conies On Tuesday ’ Washington. March 14— Formal 1 agreemant was reached In the hou** i lodge to bring up the new bnnu* hill ! for a final vote next Tuesday under i suspension of the rule* which will pre I elude amendment*. j

FAVORITES WIN OUT IN EARLY TOURNEY GAMES I Frankfort, Richmond And Terre Haute Capture Morning Games ATTENDANCE IS GREAT Teams Backed By Hundreds Os Rooters; Finals Saturday Night TODAY'S SCORES Frankfort, 24: Franklin. 18 Richmond, 41: Ft. Wayne, (South Side) 22 Wiley (Terre Haute), 35; Michigan City, 21. Rochester, 30; Shelbyville, 26. Bedford, 16; Anderson, 11; (first half.) Cedford. 25; Anderson. 24. (Bulletin) Indianapolis, March 14—Two up-sets in the dope occured in the first two afternoon games o' the state tournament here today, Shelbyville falling before the husky Rochester quintet. 30 to 26. and Anderson being eliminated by the Bedford five. 35 to 24. Anderson and Shelbyville were strong favorites to win the championship. Indianapolis. March 14 Thousand* of frenzied fan* surged into Indianapolis today for the grand final* of the state basketball tourney. Sixteen sturdy team*, survival* of the elimination contest* at the s<H'tonal and regional cen'er. eagerly awaited the gun at (he <oli*euin at .the state fair grounds which would I send them on their way to final victory or defeat High -*rfao*d »««»*♦*« from town* in the farther sections of the state Itegan streaming into Indianapolis last nl*ht for fear they would miss the first game If they waited until thl* morning to get started. Early morning brought additional thousand* hv special truln*. Interurban* and by auto caravan. The rootyrs. with their high school colors ■dreaming in the wind, flowed up from the Union station in a continuous stream on the way to the fair grounds. At Connersville the city officially shut up shop at noon and t.nwi rootjers start'd for Indianapolis on a special train on the (*. I. * W. to see j Connersville live enter the list* J with Ottertwin this afternoon, j A special train o\t the Monon iContlnued on P**e *l*l MUST PETITION FOR STREET OIL Only One Petition Now On File; Must Be In By Tuesday Evening only one petition ha* been filed with Mrs. Catherine Kauffman, «tty clerk, for the oiling of the macadam streets within the city If the peU* lions are not filed by Tuesday even Ittg when the council meets. It will he Impossible to oil them this spring and early summer a* the council w ill have to order the oil. secure • sprinkler and make arrangement* to have the work done In the meantime. Complying with the rerommenda I thm of Mayor OeVoaa. the council passed a resolution to the effect that no street would be oiled unless a .petition was filed With the council. ' ihe property owner* paying their proI portlonnte share of the cost In the last two yenrs the city oiled the majority of macadam streets, pay'ing th- cost out of the city treasury , This year the property owners must pay the cost and the Improvements will he ordered the same as any other street Improvement, The council •* anxious that the several macadam streets in the city be oiled this *ar and urges interested property own ers to file their petition* not later ! than Tuesday evening The petition on file asks 'hat High street, from the Interset tmn of Mer rer avenue to the Nickel Flats railroad crossing at the extreme e o d of the southern limit* of Decatur he oil J cd.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 14, 1924.

CHANCES HIS* STORY EDWARD B M'LEAN Washington, D. C—Edward B. McLean, publisher and friend of presidents. testified in the Teapot Dome; inquiry Wodnendav, that he agreed' with Albeit It Fall to giv-- (he investigating committee misleading In-1 formation about the SIOO,OOO "loan''] because Fall askeil him as a friend to do so. Fall gave him his word at the I time this agreement was entered into. McLean said, that he hud not ob tallied the money from Harry F. Sinclair and that It had no connection with the Teapot Dome. When Fall finally confessed to him that he had obtained the money from Edward L. Doheny. McLean was so surprised, he testified, that he could only gasp, "Well. I be damned." TAG DAY HERE ON SATURDAY Children To Sell Tags To Help Children Os Prison Inmates i I Irn ri Tag Day will be held In Decatur Saturday. The city school children will sell little tug* and the money thus derived will he used ill aiding the needy children of men who are in some penal Institution in the country. Tag I »ay was to have been held here lust Saturday, but it was found necessary to postpone it one week. Ml** Helen Meyer* Is In charge of the event here and will have headquarters in the city hall tomorrow. I’riie* have lie, n offered by local merchants to the children obtaining • the most money for their tags. ■■ o 1 - Footfall players on the FIJI Island* do not wear shoe* or any other football protective paraphernalia The most geologically unsettled part of the egrth's- surface Is the western »hort of the Pacific ocean PICK RAVELINGS EDITOR FOR 1925 Lee Anna Vanve, Editor. And Walter Elzey Busi* ness Manager . Miss |,ec Anna Vance hs* been seI I acted as editor in chief, and Walter . I Klgey, a* business manager, of th« ( j l»2«-2f< staff of Raveling*, the Dees- , > ttir high school puhllcstlon They | were chosen by the faculty and will j work with the present staff for the I remainder tis the season In order to ! become accustomed to the work lie fore taking over full charge next fill. •< I Heretofore the entire staff ha* i been selecti*l at the opening of the ( sihool term In the fall. This prat tire resulted In ar. entire new staff taking charge of the publication and ! It required several Isaues before they became accustomed to the work The remainder of the 1X24 26 staff will b • selected hy the senior class next fall 1 The present edltor-ln-chisf I* Miss 1 Helen Korher and the business manager la Clarence Beavers j Weather r Mostly cloudy and somewhat un 'settled tonight and Haiurday; little * change In temperature. |

AMAZING STORY TOLD TODAY IN DAUGHERTY OUIZ M X j' Gaston B. Means, Former Department Os Justice i Agent, Testifies i BIG SUM COLLECTED Says Huge Sums Were Collected From An Office In Department Washington. Mar. ll—(Special to Dailv Democrat) —The senate today unanimously granted extension of the Daughertv investigating committee’s powers—to hold hearings , in any part of the United States and to permit any i member of the committee to issue suhpoenaes—asked by Chairman Drookhart. —- l Washington. Mar. II (StuIcial to Daily Democrat) In the 1 'most astounding story ever I told a congressional committee, j I Gaston B. Means, former donartment of justice agent, totlav bared before the senate’s, Daughertv investigating com- 1 mittee the details of alleged | secret investigations of cabinet < members and congressmen, eol-j lections of huge sums of; monev anti oilier clandestine i activities which he said were, directed hv Jesse Smith. Daugherty's intimate friend, from an office in the department. Means’ store formed an amazing semiel to the sketch*-; j details of similar “deals’* al- j ready outlined by Flo\i.' Stinson Smith’s divorced wife. Willi breajh-taking raniditvj Means made these “revelations i and “charges”: 1. That he hart collected SIOO,OOOI from "a J»P from the Mitsui com j party'' In connection with the Stand-] arrt Aircraft company case which was before the department of Justice ] for prosecution and that he turned] the money over to Jesse Smith. The: 'aircraft case was afterward transferr j ed to the war department. i Mrs. Stinson yesterday told how Smith one time had scventv-flve SI,OOO bills ) 2. That the late President Harding had ordered him to investigate] Secretary of the Treasury Mellon after reports readied Harding that ( Mellon had entered arrangements for the Issuance of "certain permit*.” (Continued on page two) PLAN ALFALFA MEET AT BERNE Crop To Be Discussed \V odnesday; To Organize Farmers’ Institute Plans have Iteen completed f«*r u big alfalfa meeting to he held 111 the Auditorium ut Berne next Wed ns* day afternoon. Since a similar meeting was held here s few w ek* ago farmer* of the vicinity of Berne have been desirous of having the privilege of hearing more alamt the crop. Indications are that the alfalfa acreage In Adams county will he I greatly Increased this year. During the last few veara a field of ulfalfa ( ha» t»*en looked upon as hay Insttr-j ' an« «. since red clover ha* practically failed. Its newness i a uses the far- ■ inert to want the latent Information as to settling, inoculating and taring I lor ihe crop tn general. It Is stated that County Agent ! (tin ache will attend the meeting and If .' possible have someone front the agrl- | cultural extension department at i Purdue make a talk on the glowing of alfalfa it Is also planned to organise a farmers Institute for Iterne at the ' meeting A sufficient number of members have been obtained hut of fleers must he sleeted before the department at Put due will assign i rpeakcr* to assist at the session* | next winter O 1 — A winds**, fur-hearing animal of French Cochin, China, rise* in the atrj hy desiending the stomach like « j small balloon. 0 \

Carry On Business By Radio On Train (United Dress Service) Omaha. Neb., March 14 —Twentyfive prominent Omaha livestock men, enroule in a spcical car to Houston, Texas, to attend the National Live ] stock < onvention, are carrying on their business uffairs by radio. Messages for members of the party i are transmitted by station WOAW here and picked up hy special radio apurntus installed on the private car. ROTARY CLUB \ HAS ELECTION New Directors Elected Last Nitfht; To Pick Officers Soon A board of five directors was elected last evening by the Rptartun* as directors of the Decatur Rotary club They are, llenry B. Heller, Wait Johnson, Herman Yager, Dore IS. Erwin and Avon Burk. Mr. Heller lias been a director for the last three or four years, during which time ho has served as secretaify of the club. The new directors Will meet in the near future and elect officers. They will take office at the first meeting in April, which will be held on Thursday, April 3rd. The Decatur Rotary club was or ganized in 1916 and at the time it secured Its charter it was the smallest city club in the United States. The present officers and directors who will retire April 3rd are. John Carmody, president; George Krick. [vice-president; Wilson Lee. treasurer; Henry B. Heller, secretary, and A. R. Hnlthouae. sergeant-at-arms. Carl Pumphrey was in charge of I the program last ev»-n : ng which was | of a miscellaneous nature. TO FILE SUIT IN i CALIFORNIA NEXT Injunction Restrains Further Action In Teapot Dome Reserve Cheyenne, Wvo.. March 14 A tetnp- ! orarv injunction today restrained the | Mammoth *il Company, a Sinclair , subsidiary, from drilling on Teapot l»ome naval oil reserve while presi- : dential counsel were enronte to Isis I Angeles to file similiur proceedings j against No. X lease hy R L. Dohßey. 1 Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy granted the injunction at 4 p.m. yesterday on petition of the Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, counsel appointed hy President Coolirtg,- to file proceedings for cancellation of the oil reserve leases held hy H. F. Sinilalr and Doheny. At the same time Judge Kennedy appointed Admiral Joseph Straus and j Albert E. Watt*, vice-president of the i Sim lair Consolidated Oil company, las Joint receivers for Tea|«»t Dome The Injunction restrain* the Mammoth, company from drilling on T*apot Dome pending final settlement of the stilt. Thirty days were allowed by the , court for the Sinclair attorneys to file un answer to the altegstion* of the government complaint No effort *•«* , made by Sinclair attorney* to fight , the injunction order, the only point* of , dispute luring whether one or two rereivers should he sppolntert. The order provides for separate sc- , counting for oil taken from a rer- . tain section now tinder litigation | Prisoner Sends Novel Belt Here To Be Sold James Hur«t, secretary of the local brick mason'* union, this morning reeelbort u novel belt, made fniin horse hair, hy a man named Insluw, a prisoner In the Utah state prison at Salt Lake t'ltv. Insktw explains In a letter that no means la provided for prisoners to make any money for themselves, they are given some spare time and the privilege to do so (f they can. He has scleeted this means to «**l>tt In supporting relative* who peed ti and ask that the belt he ao|d for a« touch as po««thl* snrt the money torwardiL The work msnship is high class - as- ♦' .<*os •- Medical student* In New England ; used to tgke jaughlng gas for attittss ment before they learned ll* aetus | value.

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JODGE WILBUR NEW SECRETARY OF U. S. NAVY Accepts Appointment To Succeed Edwin Denby In Cabinet FROM CALIFORNIA New Secretary Is Chief Justice Os California Supreme Court (United P-i-jo Service) Wiishington, Mar. 1 I (S|>cci;il to Daily Democrat) Jmlii' C.urtis Dwight Wilbur of (’..iliI'trrnia has been mimed retary of (lie navy to sureeed Edwin Denhy, anti has accepted. .luilrc Wilbur's nomination will lie senl to the senate by President ('nlidge al once. The nomination was tendered him last hy the president. Judjtc Wilbur win'd his acceptance immediately. There will he no formal announcement from the .white house concerning Judge WllbuCs acceptance. It was stated, hut his nomination will be sent to the senate today. C. Baseom Slemp. secretary to the president, announced receipt of Wilbur's telegram accepting the president's offer. Wilbur is chief justice of the California supreme court. He graduated from the naval academy at Annapolis and has always been much interested in naval affairs, despite the fact that h f s career was the law. He will come to Washington as soon as the senate confirms him. Wilbur, who recently spent some time in the south, was in Washington for a conference with the president shout ten days ago. He was stronglv I recommended hy Senator Shortridge, i California. Wilbur was horn In Boonesvill*. lowa, May 10. 1867. He graduated f'om the United States naval academy in 1883. but resigned from the ’ navy in the game year, taking up the practice of law in I-o* Angeles two years later. His first public office was as chief deputy district attorney for Los Angeles county which he held between 1899 and 1903. In the , latter year h’e was elected superior judge of the county, a |a»*ition lie held until 1918 when he was elected associate justice of the California supreme court. Wilbur made a notah'e record as a superior judge hy organizing the juvenile court of I .as Angeles and droning several juvenile court law*. I Entering the aupr me court in 1919 for a 12 yea*- term, he was e| t e vat,-it to the chief justiceship la<t year. - —- -—o ——— Si lentist* now hold that hulls are not antagonized hy the color red ■WOMEN VOTERS ; MEET TUESDAY P ’ Speaker To Kvolain Work Os Baby Health Conferences A representative of the state hoard of health will speak at the regular meeting of the League of Women Voters to lie held In the Adsms County Memorial hnapltal TuegdajM afternoon at 2 'in o'clock, l*r Ada Schweitzer, director of ihe division II of child and Infant hvttn • of the state hoard of health wtU send representative here lo explain the work of tho baby health conference which ar** held nnnuaty In most of the counties of the state, Member* of the Women's Ctnb)tf of the different townships in the i minty have been Invited lo attend the twetlng her*- Tuesday and learn i of the work. Io«t year ihe hobv , [health ennferenre* were held In <7 < (counties In the state and Adam* . [countv was one of the five where th** t , 'conference* was not held The con- * ference* usually last for about ten t . days The league Os Women Voter* hope* to areort enough inter#*! ip the matter throughout th- county d tht» year The < ooferetn'* likely m- ' would be divided so that part of It ■ I ! would he held In Decatur, Monroe, j Iterne and Geneva.