Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 22 April 1924 — Page 1

XXII. Number 117.

BARTERED DEPOSITS OF STATE FUNDS

■steps TAKEN I TO BEAUTIFY I RIVER BANKS ■directors Os Industrial As- ■ sociation Vote S2OO For ■ That Purpose | pi BIA ROAD SIGNS ■■Directors Vote To Mark ■ Highways And Estab- ■ lish Tourist Camp S K |ii< dm dors <>!' the Deealur gjjHlii.hi~.i- i ll XsMicialion. in session BK;isl i v ning, voted S2OO fori HHrix, r hank beautification and |M>iiHi lor the purchase of roa<l Io mark the highways; M]..idim into Decatur and for HHiiiaint lining the tourist camp .it I!moi:l I ’.it k during the sttnigHpii i uionlhs Every director atMb ml. <1 lhe meeting and Avon HHlterk. the president, presided. R ver Bank Beautification MM V...1 \V.'iiliolT. . laiirinan of th-- . tin nt < nmillitli-e. w . 1.1 attend th.' meeting ami ■Mt.l-I I i hi. plan to dean up ami HHli,- n..!'-. . i.l as possible, the tiler HHb.it. ' a.nth S. .aittil Str... t. a-'.: h ’ - I’t W.e.lie road, hi-cin g|Hliim :!e Smith Illidge and run EHa:-i■■ -.>lll'l Io th.- old flour mill, in MHdr.' an: )-• ground oiittp! <1 bv ti e ■Mut'l T’etziiiger quarry and the let a Mr Wemhoff has secured Mt!:-- - - - William Bien ke and !■.> ■■■ u -• ■" 1,1 •••■ in * •• |M»f ''-.1. Yltei waTdean mt' th. IMi “ 1 leimo" ' ■ -ivhih <>h),-«t~ An efful ■■will made to remove the old nd Mt-o. "" sivits north and south o’ ■ 'I.. 11 l tine t r two of the s-rn . 1 !■- ■ ci ..at oftov.it lon.erns and Mil.. '"d i • p.riled i itizeti .oi IS < atm i U d<~ p'l r.-mt the fuel that these gM*'- ' a.e placed a their front door' ■ ~E"H .nine down unless th" own gM'' l * w 'e die ground leased. Hh I' **li be impossible at this tim< UM I*' 1 *' " l the old lltue kiln near the ■ E'rHonr. r quarry. Mr Frilxiagir. IM I'" 11 ,i: ‘* consented io have tile , ft on. work mid platform t< moved Mi 3,1,1 I '. proposes to remove th.. stru< ■ till"', in the near future Tin- kiln gl''.la.uio alKmt n carina ! of fire b-i- I. |M *’“l other useable material with h ■ *UI b* salvaged when tile kiln Is |B treked. Eg Work Start* About May Ist M !r W.-mheq stated that the men M N'. employed to do the work would ■ b- unable to start work until about |H the first of May. The work of elean B ,Bs "!• the grounds will be t arried on B »« far the allotment of money will ■ tea.h h | g ftrcatnr’a first venture 9 along this line and If the Initial at ■ irtnpt to < lean-up the city's "front ■ pordi • Is successful the program SB mat foe extended. ■ Other dub* invited H t’ther clubs, sorltle* hr aumrtles M Invited to help partlrlpate In the , I (Continued nn Page Five) j TON UTTER CUP I IS ON DISPLAY A Beautiful Silver Loving (’up To Be Given Winner Os Contest Here The beautiful allver loving cup to! h« awarded to the winner of the tloo-•h-r Ton Utter ton teat In Adame < min ty. l« on display In the Dally Democrat I »ittdow. The cup la known »• the llihert f» ftchmltt Trophy, It Iw-niu •warded by Mr. tbhmltt, well known l ,w al meat market proprietor The •W l« twelve Inches in height. The name of the farmer winning th* cup and (he weight of the litter •HI be nugrevetl | 0 the trophy. Mr behmitt has made an offer to pur r h*«e the wlnnltu litter. If over J.oo«» n*"'nda. at a premium of II per httn •M pounds above market prim. h*re are aeventeen hog rulsers en In the t outed.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

; Two Withdraw From Race For I >(‘lej<ates Two republican candidates for dele- | gates tonvention withdrew their de- I (durations yesterday. They were I). | M. Rice, representing Preble, Root and Union townships mid Frank Butler, representing, precinct "A" of the Second ward and all of First I word In Decatur. Candidates for delegates to the state conventions can- I not withdraw after Saturday, April | liOtli. G£ PLANNING BASEBALL TEAM Tryout To Be Held Saturday Afternoon; New Suits Purchased I The association of the ' General Electric works in this city .Is planning to place a baseball team ' lin the field this spring and the first 1 | try-out of playejfs will bo held Sat- ' urday afternoon, either at Bellmont park or at Ahra' field a. cross the 1 Monroes street river bridge. Fred Engle has been named man- | ager of the proposed team mid new grey striped suits, with the 0. E. 1 atonogrom on the shirt, have been ' rpcaived. Eno lamkettau, supertnI tendrnt of the lo«al G. E. plant, is I also activity sp< »■ airing the new team. , The boys intend tn book several , ‘game# during the summer and if po-sil.le a diamond wif b. Incut- . •st on Ahrs' field. An attempt was made last year tn get a ball team and lone was ofgariced by tlic American 'larglon. bat It proved a fiiiam Sal ,laUur< un amount of lad; of interest ton the part of the fans. The <l. E ’bnys intend to keep their team going ! ihrourhiiiit the summer. I Among those who will try out for ' the team next Saturday are: • Des" ic x himn char!.- Itaxti r. Alva I'ttffenharger. Ed Fraughlt r, Fred Engle, ea ter Iginkenan. Ed. Gary and Earl - Blacklntrn. al! oi l timer* on the dialaaoud and Bob White. Walter Shady. 1 •Smoke” Peterson. Ray Kern. Will Hhurbert and several others. It was I wild that the (1. E Gills were also kbouitig miidi Interest In baseball and It It poatdble that tram will be fortnel among them The tJ. E ' Athletic association Is one of the foreI moat ehihs of ita kind In the city and all kinds of healthy aporta are engMed In by <he employes of this pto- | I gresmlve corporation. The public Is I invited to see the boys practice ami I itth a little encouragement they are I | willing to give Decatnr a real l*all team this yenr. ■■ n — Dorothy Dalton, Movie Star. Marries Today Chicago- April 13 Dorothy Dalton, one of the best known performers In the movies, and Arthur Kammerstein., ‘ Impresario and son of the late Oncnr j Uanimrrstcin. are to lie married here : j today, only mmnben of Dnrotby's ( * family Who live here, and a anlnct mlI lection of stage stars, have bm tn i vitnd. Dorothy and Kammerstein have had | (onsldrrnble ettperisnw with tnutri | ' m«-n> The former is ike dlfWcod I Wife of ix-w Cody, (he he vamp of the j movies; Kammerstein has had three matrimonial ventures. The touple plan to leave for New 1 ’ York today on lhe Twentieth Century. I and sail for Europe on Mar»h 14. I — Pod Mourns Death Os Actress Lover ] nrescia, Italy. April S 3 — dnbrielle J ' D Annunttlo kept to himself In his villa near here today, acerowlng for lhe death of Klanora Duse, in Pittsburgh The poet, whose love sffnlr with the tragedienne is called one of th» ares’ est romances of history, received first news of the death from the United ! Press nflf* * n ‘ , * a * ** 1 1 found ly shocked 1 i "I'm too overcome to say anything < nt»w,“ he said. "Lat*r. when I have i collected myself. I will psv fitting trib .' ute tn Dns* In a proper wav She was i a great actrea*. j 1

COOLIDGE GIVES OUTLINE OF HIS PLATFORM TODAY President States His Stand In Address Before Newspaper Editors SPEAKS OF SCANDALS i . . Pledges Himself To Punish All Who Are Guilty In The Big Scandals (By Igiwrence Martin) (United Press Staff f’orrepondent) New York. April 22.—-President Coolidge today dedicated himself to the task of restoring Atnerl'B Ifs lost or forgotten Ideals. He hn<|e the keynote of his coming campaign for the presidency and the plaftorm on which his administration is to Im- built if he is reelected, the "law of service" both domestically and internationally. The president in an • address to several hundred newspaper , editors attending the luncheon here of the Associated Press epitomized his platform In these words: "One of the pre-eminent n-quire-nu-nts of our country nt the present time is to establish and emphasize in the public mind this law of servi< e. The danger of America is not in the direction of the failure to retain its economic po’ltion. hut in the direction cf the failure to maintain is ideals." Builds H.s Program Around that liioMght .Mr. Coolidge built u|i a com|ile:e pragiam. both domestic and foreign, of legislation .ird policy, which he made < lean he ..ill attempt to carry out if elected. To Mr. (’■Hilhire this 'law of servile' is not a seniini'-ntal pltratu*. He said emphatically it was "not to lie cotifoutide.l with a weak and iniI practical sentimentalism" and then to illustrate his meaning, he applh-d his idea of service to the questions of taxation, governmental economy, the uprooting of Iniquity in high places ds <ll st lowed by the scandal investigation* ami to Amelia's foregin relaliout. (f'mMlnned on Page Fivei FARM WOMEN TO I MEET THURSDAY Second Lenon In Clothing Work To Be Given By Purdue Lady The second meeting of the year in connection with the cluothlng proJet t being conducted by the Homa Economics Clubs of Adams county In tooperatlon with Purdue will be held next Thuraday at the Decatur city l.lbrary. The meeting will lie In i harge of Mr*. Helen Mt Kinley, of the Extension IM-partment al Purdne. It will begin nt nine-thirty and Inst throughout tin- day. Reptrsentatlvcn of the four Home Economics Clubs of the county are expected to attend. These representatives will In turn explain th* work at the meeting of th«-lr respeet<vr organizations. It I* ssld Mrs McKinley wilt be prepared so explain how other Home Kconomlcs Clubs In the county mnv be formed, should th-re he women present from townships whl«h do not have organisations through which they may gain the benefits of the werk t'ut« Purdne. o - Gdcn To Jail For Violating School Law lliuffton. April 33 —Alonio Kahn, of Kingsland, was adjudged guilty Mon day by Judge F. W. Gordon of a charge of violating the school attendance law. and was fined 110 and coat* and sentenced to wrve 13 days In Jail. There was no suspension of sent-nre. .Ince K«hn had been In court hrfors > on a similar charge.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 22, 1921.

♦ CONGRESS TODAY ♦ (United Press Service) Senate E.xpeetH to pans insurance policy I hontiH bill. Muscle Slioolh hearing continue*. House | Agriculture appropriation bill. Beer Dill hearing*. COMMUNITY FUND TOTALS 52.320 Committee Hopes To Raise $3,000 For Community Purposes ( —r '] The sum of »2.320| of which $1,323.. ■, M ha* been paid in cash, has been 1 , subscribed to the Community Fund, i according lo the report made last 1 evening to the hoard of directors of 1 the Decatur Industrial association. ' hy Theodore Graliker. chairman of the finance committee. Mr. Graliker Informed the directors that approximately ISOlt of the proposed SI,OOO budget had been refused, that a numher had not yet been seen and that , he and his committee hoped to raise at least $3,000, before the campaign closed. Additional committees will , be appointed and an effort made to get all the contributions nr pledges In wlth’n a few weeks. Approximately half of the fund will , be reserved in paying Decatur's share for the right-of-way* needed for the north and south state road and for other road purpose*. ijist evening the directors vot-d S2OO for river hank beautification In th’* city and SIOO io purchase rood •!*«« and to maintain the tourist camp nt Bellmont nark. The directors decided to accept Col. Fred Repfiert's liberal offer to use the beautiful pstrk as a tourist camp this summer, nt no expense, except to see that the grounds were kept clean. When in use a man will be employed abmit once a week to see that the ground* are cleaned up. , The park ha* electric light*, running water and other conveniences nnd with Its abundance of beautiful shade trees will, no doubt, be a inecca for .hose who are seeking rest and quite from the road The camp will be free •o tourist and local citizens are asked to help advertise that Dv-catur has a well equipped place for the tourist. ■ n - CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat: May $1.03H: July 11-WM Sept. sl.(>6'-» Corn: May 77’-be; July 78%c; Sept. 5m’ 4 c Oats: May 46%e; July 43%c; Sept. l«c. SECRETARIES OF ROTARIANS MEET I Herman Yager Represents Local Club; Presidents Meet Today Herman J. Yager returned last evening from Indiana polls where h« attended * meeting of B*M-ret»riv» of the , Rotary Club* of Indians. Henry D. Heller, president of the local club. 1 left this morning to attend the meet-* Ing for the chib presidents. Arthur Sapp, present district governor of Indiana Rotary and Bob Heun, of Richmond. who will succeed Mr. Sapp nextj July, were present nt the meeting yesterday. , Talk* were made to the Rotary Beeretarle* by Will Ifoy*. former attorney general nnd now the "exar" of the movie*, and by Mr. William* of the >hi«ton Transcript. Mr. J. Alsy. pr»«i- 1 dent of Butler College, also made an ' address during the day. A report of 1 the meeting will ba made Thursday at the regular meeting of the Deca 1 tur club. i 1 «8388ra5...i.. _ 1 ■ . . I Weather Fair tonight, with probohly frost t Wedneaday fair with rising westher.li

PRESBYTERIANS I CLOSE SESSION THIS AFTERNOON Delegates To General Assembly Are Elected This Afternoon GOOD ATTENDANCE Presbyterv Opposes A Proposed Change In General Assembly Election of <lelei’:it(-s to the General Assembly of the Pres-' byterian church which convenes al Grand Rapids. Michigan. on Sunday. May I. and the examination of two candidates for ordination into the ministry. marked flic closing session of the annual Spring ine( ling of the Fort Wayne Presbytery, al, the local Presbyterian church. Ih : s afternoon. The delegates to the General As-, scmhly will be Rev. Robert Little, of the First Presbyterian church. Fort Wayne; Rev H. F. Cravens, of LaGrange; Elder S. C. Moorhead, of the Bethany i’resh.vterian church. Fort Wavne; and Elder Jacob Mar-' chand. of Troy. The alternates will be Rev. J. A. Gordon, of Winona Y.nke; Rev. A. P. Bourn*, of Auburn; Elder Hostetter, of Ossian: and Elder J S. Clark, of Bluffton. One of the important actions taken hy the Presbytery this afternoon.’ was the rejection of a resolution pro-* nesinc a change in the General Ass' Uibly from an annual meeting lu a l>l a"1111111 mreMnc. The church was well filled during the nfti rnonn- session todav. During the forenoon session today." Mr. C. J. Lutz, of this city, who i* t moderator of the Presbyterv. appointed Mr. Ben F Billter. of Huntington, a* vice-moderator of the Pres-, by:ery. Mr Luix also appointed the hnslnMs committee nnd the committee on church reconls. The business committee is composed of Rev. W. M. Eiloitt. of Garr«tt; Rev. J. W. Park(Continued on Page Five) MISSOURI SYNOD HOLDS MEETING — Lutheran Pastore, Professors And Teachers Meet At Fort Wayne The annual two-day conference of pastors, professors and teachers of the congregations of the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran < hurrh In Fort Wavne. this morning with about |in in attendance. INvlne services, beginning nt S o’clock, were hold In Zion church. .Creighton svrnne nnd Hanna street, at which th* Rev. E R. Trueliu h. of Rt. John's congregation. Dccntur road, spoke. The business session of the con foronce wn« conducted in the Zion tmrlsh house, Welsser Park and Creighton avenues I The program features reports on phe oducatianal institutions of lit" denominations within the district. Including Concordia college, the Lutheran Institute, and the gehool for deaconesses, 1 Papers were read nn the following topics; church discipline; contribution systems; differentiation between law and gospel; God's part In the deeds of nu*; memorization nf proof texts; music In parochial tuhmds; map drawing A number of demonstration lessons were also <onducted. The present officers of the conference are: chairman, the Rev. Phillip Wambagansg. of Etnman* congrgallon. Foil Wavne; secretary, the Rev August linuck. Martini congregation. Moeller road, treasurer. T. G Eggers. Decatur and Adams county Uttheran congregation wore represented at jthe meeting

Insurance Commissioner | Withdraws His Order , Indianopolis, April 22.—Thomas S. McMurray, state insurance commissioner. has sent out a letter to insuri ance companies announcing withdraw- | al of an order fixing maximum commissions. McMurrary's order ends ligltatlon | in federal court over his order, where companies had obtained a temporary restraining order against enforcement of McMurrary's order. ARE PRINTING BALLOTS TODAY Election Commissioners Supervising Printing; , A Tedious Task 1 — Election commissioners, John E. i Nelson, county clerk. Earl B Adams 1 and Bruce Christen, are supervising the printing of the democratic and ’ Republican ballots for the primary, l I election at the Daily Democrat office I today. The democratic ballots are printed . on pink paper and the republican bal- 1 lots on yellow paper. The sample ( democratic ballots are printed on a dark green color paper, while the re- ' nnldican sample ballots are printed ' on a light green paper. | 1 In order to have a supply of the absent voters ballots in each pre- ’ cinct. twice the number as ballots ns ! the total number of vo'es cast at the ' , last general election for secretary of ' state are being printed. At the last election 4.27 ft democratic votes were ‘ east and 2.666 votes were cast by the republicans for secretary of state in Xdams county. Therefore the total i number of ballots to be printed will b« 13Sfto. The law requires that at , least one and one-half times the num- ' her nf ballots as the total number nf votes east for secretary of state be printed. The task of printing the ballots Is a tedious one. In cases where four or nwre candidate* are running for the "ante office their name* must be rotated that many times, that is each <nndidate's name must appear an equal number of times at the top of ' ! the list. In the case of the democrat*. the names of candidates for ' governor must be rotated eight times ' The names of the democratic candlI dates for auditor must be rotated I four times, there being four candidates. The republican candidates for I covernor must lie rotated six times. lln one or two cuxes. the name* of : advisory board candidate* had to be i rotated, there being four candidates In the race. , It will take several days to print all the ballots and as soon a* they are printed the county clerk will mall nut the absent voter ballots to those who have applied for them. ('- Trial Sckhkl Time For Murder Os Wife Mound City. Kan.. April 33 John C. Scott went on trial here today for the second time on charge* of murdering hl« wife. Eleanor Scott. Love of .Arlene Scott, pretty 19 year-old nleee of hi* wife, wu* the motive for the slaying. authorities contend. Charge* nf murder against Arlene were dismissed before she w*« brought to trial. ( ement Finishers Get Increase In Wages I Indianapolis. April 32 -Granted an Increase <»f ten cents an hour, bring Ing their scale to $1 of, an hour. unlnn cement finishers went hack to work after a atrlko nf about three weeka, | The International board nf arbitration waa meet today to consider new scale fnr bricklayers. The unlnn Is demanding 11.36 an hour. Primary In Pennsylvania * 1 1 Harrisburg. Fa , April 32—Primary i election today in Pennsylvania saw workers for all partisan group* out early In a final attempt to poll a heavy vote. lutereat centered ou 'be battle between Governor Gifford Plnchnt nnd Ralph Heaver Rtrasshurger tor a place nn the republican list of eeven delegates nt large to the Celevetand enn vent lon.

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SAYS GOVERNOR MADE DEPOSITS TO OBTAIN LOANS a Bankers Give Strong Testimony In Trial Os Gov. McCray Today LETTERS INTRODUCED Bankers Identify Letters Said To Have Been Written By McCray Pre«J» Staff rnrrej»pon<lf»nt) liitlitinujMilis. April 22 (Special t(» Daily Democrnl) Governor Warren T. McCray bartered (lenosils of state funds to Indiana hanks in exchange for loans, according to government witnesses who testified tiulav in the federal court trial of McCrt»v on charges of using lhe mails •<» defraud. C. H. Av»*r. cashier of Ute \’<»rHi Side Bank of Evansville. t<'stifled his bank loaned M< - Crav SIO,OOO on a (WTsonal note in Mav. 1*3*23. in return for n state deposit of SIO,OOO and a promise of $10IMN) more which d>«’ n»>t materialize. Charles W, C<H-n vice-president of the Merchants’ National Bank of South Bend testified his hank loaned McCray $10,660 on n personal note secured hv cattle paper. Coen identified a letter h° said, he had written tn the Governor, in which. McCrav expressed regret that the state Baaita-e hoard had deposit ed eo lunall an ar.uiurt in South Bo*tl while awarding n larger amount else where. Ayer told of a telephone converse tfion with McCray on March 14 or I'. 1523. Ho said McCray promlsetl he would get the hank shi.(M)(t of state funds If the hank would discount hi* not for SIO,OOO, A letter from the Bunk Introduced ns evidence snid: “It appears we have not vet received the de|ms|t of SIO,OOO from the state funds. We think msvlw the t-ensnrer has overlooked your Instructions." Ayer said the hunk later received the money. A letter of Juno 8. 1923 from the governor to the bank askml a renewal of 30 days and wanted to know whether the slate bad "renponded'' according to the governor's request. Another letter from the governor rtated: “At a meeting of the finance board we looked Into ym»r request There will he be no chance to give you a further deposit of state fund* tmtll the countvs make an advance' All lhe letters of the Ktinth Bend i -nd Wvansvllle banks and the personal notes given them by .M-«'ray were Introduced as Cadence hy Elliott who etresaed the point that the transactions were carried on through lhe mailsIndlanapolla. April 22. Fred Saint, tushler of the First National Imnk of Nuwcastie. Ind., testified today in fed oral court trial of Governor McCray (Continued nn page two) ELKS TO ENJOY DANCE TONIGHT Easter Ball At Masonic Hall To Be An Elaborate Affair Membora of the Elka lodge, their families and sweethearts, will .enjov an eldborale dance thia evening In the Masonic Hall The dance will b* known a* an Easter Hall and the com mlttee In charge has made extensive preparation- for ’the affair. Duval's | colored six-piece orchestera. of Indtanapolts. will furnish the music. Tl.e grand march will atari at « M o’clock and a pleasant surprise Is promised for each dance on the program. Beautiful fsvora will be given and refreshments will be served.