Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 108, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1924 — Page 1

XXII. Number 108.

IKANDIOATES I SMIT VOTE I ’ IN PRIMARY ■ J - ■" I Bnd (':impaiun ForNominaI I lion: Polls Open From | 6 a.m. To 6 p.m. M many contests IBik'iesting Contests Seen I I In Both Parties; EveryI one Urged To Vote I.iinpaign is over, tt-fl'p.. , ;: ndi<lat<*s liavo told their. ~- tomorrow you go to the' IK). your preference for ■ . ..mliflates who you think will, : nt your party ami who | ■■ - i.m will t arry your ticket , victory ,hf ‘ full election. Os ■ II" 11 ' "ill ,|f ‘ disappointment ■ £■ only man can he nominated. | ■ ■ Th. < -tmlidates wtere busy in this SK, Sjiurday ami throughout the RK,,,,-- g.-tting in the final licks ami nJ l ist plea for the support -h, voters. Today was sort of a day for the candidates ami ■ will find them trying to in the Bf-jw \ for a Democratic cannot be voted. ■■ti.. polls will be opened from six ■■ tn until six p. m. Tuesday ami all r- are urged to vote as early as | Need Not Register ■ Bconftt'ion has again arisen as to’ ■ j . liability of voters at the prim ’ .tion. The simplest rule for B^B>'*' ••emember is that if the votBfßß' “ i!I Iw’ible to vote at the genion next November, he is ,1 ' - '<>'■■ at the primary In other no registration is required as !■ xo'er may register later if he is registerml: there is no ■ io<mirement other than tli-f B"""j -' I’' ■ In 'he prveirn • B^B h: ' 11 he votes He may move into :T ” ' ’he day before the prim IjMi's and stdl be eligible to vote, as! ■■ rv cesiib nee re., iiretm I,' '' l " on, hs in the state and thirl' in the precinct demanded at ■B"' '-d elections W ill have beep <lO I ■ n ‘ Al November. A voter need BIB 1 ' , v '' n ,H ‘ F ears of ngo. if he election. BRB •' voter may he challenged of RSutr-.- as to whether nr not he lives | 'he precinct, or his selection of. Ml' 1 " ' patty ballot may be < halleng ! E^B 1 " n,v republicans may vote the' B^B I J' 111 ballot and only democrat-| ’h p democratic ballot An' I r may make an affidavit that he p^B"' l ’’" ,l '' l ’he majority of tamlidate. i r ticket at the last preceding L«t-neral eleeion. however, and so s. ißßtf'' a ballot of that party. Many Interesting Contests I Many interesting contests are beI Bit held on Isith tickets. On the n ‘ ,l< ' ’i' ket there are eight | ■nndul.iic* for the governorship nofti I The candidates are. Charles I Batt, Terre Haute; Joseph M CravI Madison; Dale J Crlttenbcrger. I ■Anderson; George It. Durgan. laifa' [ 3 ,e '*ntlniiod on page throe) ■ TO THE BOY CANDIDATES ESH The elect’on of a Boy's ticket ’ |,aß ,t "' successful candidates to serve IJQ ln 'b'* r,,) f‘*r “be hour ou I„■ Thursday. .May I,lth. Is attracting ’* l,U, ‘‘ “nd Interest J U ""' ttg the boys, is running nt high i plot,. All the "kids" and even the ‘ ® rrown ups am Interested In the out B <’>tne. Th,, election commission ' "* *'**'*' ru, ‘‘*’' ,hßt ln fAiHtenS t I »H. a Straight Ticket must be rot ■"d In other wotds the boys cannot a Vote a "split" ticket. The voters | * must take their choice between the R«d. Whitt or Blue ticket and the Kfl ’h'ket which receives the most | Votes Will serve In the city unices 81 Idke a regular election the voter* 1 « * ,Bt 10 kn "* w,Ml * •hey are vot , a mg for and what the candidates i 1 fund for The Dally Democrat In ' | 'lies the landlduten to write their » biatforma. slogans nr policies and I *"nd them to this office for pnbllcu I Hon. Come on boys, let the voters know what you stand for and what ... 'na‘ll do If elected to one of the I dtr offices. Rend In your platform | and we win publish It. Make it JI * ,,ort a «>d snappy and you'll win

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Nearly All Work Is Suspended In Argentine M'nlted I’-.-MH Sm<T i.-nond.-nt) Buenos Aires, May .I—(Special to Dtilly Democrat) Practically nil 1 work was suspended in leading cities of the Argentine today us the nation entered the third day of Its general strike In protest against the new pensions law ■ There were some reports of a shortage in bread and meat In Buenos Aires owing to adherence of bakers nnd butchers to the walkout. The stock exchange continued closed and Its board of governors met this morning to prepare an address to President Alvear asking that the law be laid aside, at least temporarily. Meantime, the president was preparing a message to congress on the situation which was expected to !>e delivered during the day. COMMISSIONERS HOL!) HEARING I . — Hear Objections To Drain Assessments: No Meeting Tomorrow The hoard of county commissioners sat as a court In the hearing of objections in the matter of the. assessments of the Alonzo Ixvng drain ditch in Wabash township, this morning. A number of the remonstrators were represented by Attorney Ferd iTTdtterer. Dick Stahl objected to his assessment. Attorney Henry B. Heller represented the board of com- ! mlssioners and the matter was refferred to a committee of three for adjustment Other Business Transacted The commissioners checked cla'ms 1 and allowed hills t|is morning Rids I wore received today from coal deal- ' ers for the furnishing of several tons | of coal to the county institutions, but ■at press time no awards had been I made. ... — >J The board will not meet tomorrow.l election day. but will be in session (again Wednesday, at which time sev I oral road and bridge matters will be 'disposed of. Blds will be received lon four bridges, two others will he ordered constructed and action will i Im* taken on the Carper and Andrews roads. — "' — • — ————— — GERMAN VOTERS ENDORSE PLAN I Dawes Reparations Report Endorsed In National Election Sunday (By Carl D Groat) <U. P Siaff Cnrresnondent) Berlin. .May 5—A coalition government. Pledged to fulfullment of reparations obligations and carrying out the Dawes-Voung plan, probably will take office aa a result of the national elections in Germany Sunday in which ±5.ooo.o«m» m p n and women voted. Whether the new cabinet will represent the present coalition, or a new alignment of liberal parties, depends upon the final returns which are still I confused somewhat owing to the pres ence in the field of mor.* than 30 parI •I’’*- . I i Although the moderates apparent |y won, substantial gains were regia* 1 tend b X Wirtlea on both extreme.. The German nationalist party, at the I extreme right, polled a heavy vote. , while an official foreign official stalemrnt referred to the "frightful growth I of the communist vote." The communists and one national- ' lut were killed in street fighting in I Barlin, but the elections on th** whole | passed off In comparative quiet The foreign offices unofficial hut apparently reliable count this mnrnlng was aa follows: Deutsche nationals, f.n00.000. Hoclallata. M<tt , - ofto - I Communists. Centrists. #.“*><l. OW V Folklsts. S.otmooo Folkspartle. i.tMW.ooo ' Democrats. Bavarian Folkspartie. T3o.n«x». Hanoveranor party, jno.ttfn All the larger parties thus far httve elected one or two women. A heavy , woman's vote was east. was re elected, also Count \ on 'nernstorff. former antltassador to I Washington.

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CATHOLIC HIGH | ISSUES ANNUAL “The Tattler” Oft Press: D. (’. H. S. Play At \uditoriuni Tuesday Night The pupils of D. C H. S have just Issued their Annual. The Tattler, and it is, without doubt, the best book ever put out by this achooi. The book contains many pictures and much rich material. Any person desiring a copy of this hook may see either a High School or Commercial student, i The book will l»e sold at its regular I (trice, seventy-five cents Tuesday night, the students of D.' - *Jpe iheff pE"y. "Ml't'cl'i ’ [ant of Venice t’p-to-Dnte." Ticket* are selling rapidly and the actors are well prepared to give their best to the audience. To accommodate the people It has been arranged that the election return* will be announced between the acts of the play. To listen to the amus'ng comedy will be more con ! venient and enjoyable than to stand on the street for hour* with nothing to occupy time between return* ! Many laughs are in store for all anti all personal worries will lx* forgotten while all are intere*ted in the fate of the hero of the play. Much courtesy wa» shown the school by the different merchants, who loaned necessaries for the play. I The girls were well fttod out by Hite A Horrough's Dry-Goods store: Yager Brothers supplied the cast with the necessary furniture; and the Keller Jewelry store procurer! for the players. valuable articles needed in the play For this great kindness, th* pupils nre very grateful. I' f • i (’ar Turns Over On Fort Wayne Road Sunday A Dodge car. with a winter en ' clmed top. went Into the dlhh on ' the Ft Wayne-Decatur mad Sunday , 1 afternoon, north of the W. J Wyss , ' farm. The car turned over on one side. It was said that a Mr Joe -ph | I Kollet. of Portland, the driver, was | the only occupant of the car, nnd that he «i« n”t Inlured. The car wu» j not damaged to a great extent. It was | ' said. The car went Into the ditch on '.the right hand side of the rnad and ' I was headed towards Decatur. 1 Former Adams County Man Died At Auburn i Arthur Bollman, former Deeatur • boy. was In the city Saturday super vising the demonstrsiton at the Hott ■ house Drug store given by tbe la»wc : Brothers Paint Gompany. of Dayton. Ohio Mr. Bollman la district manager for this well known paint company snd ha* his office In Dayton He met many old friends here and spent sometime with bls former neighbor* The Bollmans' wh'le residents here, lived on South M inchest er street, the place now he I tut owned by F.d A»hbau< her. Ills father was one of the ffrrt county reorders In • Adams county. The demonstration ’ here Saturday was nn» of the best in the state and Mr. Bollman was t greatly Impressed with the growth i and Improvements made In the old Inoue town.

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Thousands Os Coal Miners Resume Work (t'nlted Pre 1 ii Service) i Kiinsas City. May 5 Forty thousand coal miners in the southwest on ’ I strike since April 1 returned to their I jobs today under a urge atr.w.mt reached by a joint committee of opei . uterg and miners Saturday n.vht. The j agreement provides for renewal of the 1923 wage sial" for three •■ears. CHURCH HAD GREAT YEAR Zion Reformed Church Held Annual Congregational Meeting Sunday - Reports made at the anrual i-ongro I Rational meeting of the Zion Reform- I ed church Sunday afternoon, showed 1 that the year just ended was one of the greate-t. if not the greatest, * (Continued on pace three) CHARLESALLEN ! TO BE SPEAKER Defiance, Ohio, Man To Be Speaker At Big Farmers Meeting. May 21 — Charles H. Allen, pt eaident of the Farmers Sugar company. of Definunee. <)., will be the principal speaker at the big get-together meeting of farmers, business men. beet growers, and beet workers to be held In th* Berne community building under auspices of the Herne Itltsinesi men on the evening of Muy 31. It was a" ■minced today. Mr Allen is a very Interesting speaker. lie addressed j the members of the Decatur ll<>lnr> : dub and a few invited guests at the meeting held on March W. Plana are being made tn entertain . lie!wren Xi><‘ and WMI people at the meeting Food will be nerved to all pre-ent and a splendid program Is I bring arranged. There will be a number nt abort talks besides Mr. Allen's address and M Busch*, county agent, will rghlbit a movlnr picture film, probably relating tn tin j growing of sugar beets. There will lie special music by the farmer's 'quartet, the business men's quartet iand others j All farmers of the county and especially those In the vicinity of Berne nn<l Monroe, the new laborers ' ( whn are coming Into the county to I work in the beet fields, and anyone I else who wants to enjoy a pleasant evening are Invited tn attend the meeting The meeting will not be Hatarli d until I o'clock lu order not io i Interfere with the regular Wednes|day .evening prayer meetings In Herne, I Weather I i Ixrcal thunder showers tonight or i Tuesday in north and central por I tjons; generally fair in ngtreme south portion, warmer tonight.

SIX INJURED IN I AUTO ACCIDENT Fort Wayne People Hurt When Car Is Hit By Another Car Near Here Sig' people were injured, one seriously. in an automobile accident which occured on the |)'cntur-Ft. Wayne road, neat the substation, one mile south of the Nine Mile House, about K:46 o’clock Sunday evening. The injured are : Mrs. John Koegel. Fort Wayne, left collar bone fractured. four fractures <> ft he pelvis, and severe brush** about taxJl>P* —— George Koegel ,1-Vrt Wayne, two ’ ribs broken and severe bruises. Mrs. George Koegel. severe shock. Mr. and Mrs. George Vngerer. Ft. Wayne bruised. I Georpe Keogle. Jr. ear anil one leg cut and bruised. The car in which the injured I people were riding, was struck by a . car driven by J. H. McMullen, of , Fnrt Wayne. Mr I’ngerer was driving the car in which the people were i injured. . The Injured p*-oplc were members of a party who hud hern visiting at the Jacoh Brown home In Berne. Sunday Ml. John Koegel. hla two sons Hand two daughters and another boy i were in another ear a short distance liehind the 111 fated car. Thev were poing north, returning to their homes The car driven by McMullen was coming south, and was said to Im* trnv- • ellng at a high rate of speed Just as ilt neared the rngerer car. it skidded . In the frosh crushed atone and in trying to keep hla car In the road. Mr • McMullen st oared It Into the othei |car. hitting it broadside. The occupants were hurled out nt the car I which was wrecked at the aide of I the road Mr«, John Koegel was placed on | hoard an Interurban car and brought tn the A*7nis Mi-nymtrjsl i I hospital An X rav photograph was ■ I made of her Injuries thia morning jtthe will lie confined at the hospital i I for about ala weeks. It la thought i The other Injured parties were tak en tn the Lutheran hospital In Fori >. Wayne : | Mr John Koeg.-l la u Jeweler in Fnrt Wnvne The family la known I iby several people In this rlty and at i I Herne I I ■i ♦ ——— - Loaded Elevator Fall* Eight Storied In ('hirax<i Chicago, Mar 8 Fourteen persona were Injured, none fatally. It was betieveil, whets an elevator In the Ash‘lliad blnik. twenty story loop building. trashed from the eighth floor to- ' day, A broken cable ratisod the accident, ' Hl* of the passengers were Wth , men A panic followed the crash, the shrieks nf the victims alarming occupant* of the building, at ores of whom rushed to the streets r I The victims were penned Intn th* elevator fnr a half hour, ns the door i became jammed and It required firemen with ■(•■ tn break It open.

Robbers Get $35,000 In Bold Store Robbery I Chicago, May 6 All highways and trains from Peoria to Chicago were I guarded by Chicago police today in an effort to apprehend six robbers believed to be carrying 136,000 in currency. I The burglars, one of whom described as a "galnt", broke into the Blocl. ( and Kuhl department in Peoria, eyet- ‘ poweied and bound throe night out ploycs, lilew the safe and .'■•taped with the cash. They are liell'i* 0.l la have started toward Cliicagi wit'i loot. Expensive rugs from the rut; department of the store w»'>* vreppod around the safe to muffle the sound of the explosion. FIRE LOSS TO COUNTY SI 5.000 I Commissioners Fix Estimates Os Loss In Fire At County Farm The county commissioners in session this morning with Harvey P. LaFountain. superintendent of the County Farm, estimated that the loss to the county from the fire, which destroyed the three barns and other buildings at the County Infirmary, would reach approximately $15,000. • divided as follows: Corn. 900 bushels I SSSS; wheat. 300 bushels. $300; rye. i 195 bushels. $300; eats. <OO bushels, $1,500; hay, 40 tons. $720. Total of hay and grain. $2,400. Ixtss of buildings. $12,000. Machinery and other articles SSOO. The commissioners will order the construction of a new barn at once. County Attorney Henry R. Heller was • investigating |f the commissioners receive bids within the next ten days or two weeks, or whether it would be necessary to advertise now and receive bids at the end of thirty days. The commissioners and Mr. 1-a Fountain i would Hk* to have the new barn ready for use by harvest time. Temporary sheila are now being hullt for the livestock. The county council will he called later to vote an appropriation for the building of the second barn The loss to the county will be covered by about $6,500 of insurance. b * f SCHOOLBOOKS TO BE HIGHER Bids On Text Books For Next Fall Show Decided Increase In Cost • r. lndlana|M>lis. May 6— Increases of ia considerable size are observed In the I prices for the readers, arithmetics and writing books offered to the state >. Isuinl of education for MMpulaory •r use In Indiana <otiimon school, for the next five years. The board will r meet May 26 to determine what shall < be done I The prim *r. first second and third n reader that has been In compulsory it use in the common schools for the 4 the last ten years Is published by the a lUilibs Merrill Company, of Indian g. spoils. The company did nut offer il the books again, so that those hook* I (Maa out of use and the board muat ( I* a>lopt new ones rs Ptresntsgs Inereass , I The |>obbs-Merrill Company aub- | n mltted a new ae, nf readers The new n primer would cov| 127 per cent, more • than the one now In usn, which <i»at* 12 cerjs The new one* would •oat 5n cents The present Grat reader coals 23 cents, the new one WOld'l coat <st vents; the second reader coats 3« cents, the new on « .17 vents; ® third rundrr. 37 vents, new <4 cents, I Eaih of th* other companies prov(ding hooks now In nee offered the name liooka again Their prices also are higher, hut not nearly no much higher as the Itohb* Merrill prices on i .the new lusik* they submit to lake the place of the one* now In use. However, the prices at which read .era are now supplied hy the Itotdiai Merrill company are much lower than , the reader prims of other rntiji. . Ulen The present prices of the Robbs Merrill Company are said tn ! I*e unu«ua!lv low an mmprned wMh 1 e I 'other priies H.-preeentatlves nf the iltohh* Merrill Copmany nay tbe read I I (Continued oo Page six)

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DEMOCRATIC SURTAX RATE IS ADOPTED Senate Adopts Minority Substitute For Mellon Rates Today MELLON’S PLAN HIT Action Os Senate Forecasts Defeat Os The Entire Scheme Os Mellon Washington, May s.—The democratic 40 per cent maximum surtax rates was adopted todav by the senate. The* minority substitute for the Mellon rates was put over by the Progressive Democratic coalitions. This action of the senate automatically kills the Mellon surtax rate and forecast defeat of his entire scheme of normal corporation and inheritence rates. The democratic surtax rates arc based upon a sliding scale beginning at 1 per cent on SIO,OOO and graduating up to 40 per cent on $500,000. Mellon proposed a 25 per cent maximum and the house adopted a 37 1-2 per cent maximum. Washington. May 5. —A caucus of senate republicans today voted to hasten the tax bill to final vote so that farm relief could be considered by the senate Itefore the adjournment. Night sessions will be hehl beginning tomorrow so that the final vote on the tax bill may be had at the earliest possible moment. As goon as the tax bill is out of the way. pending appropriation bills will he considered and then the McNaryHaugen farm export measure will be brought up. The house will take this hill up May 12. The caucus made no plan for legislation after farm relief. Industrial Association To Meet This Evening There will be a meeting of the Industrial Association in the rooms oa South Second street at 7:30 o'clock this evening. This will be the regular monthly meeting. A good attendance is desired. —.O - — — Mrs. Clara Chaple Dies At Hospital I Mrs. Clara Chaple. of Fort Wayne, former Adams county resident, died at the Adams County Memorial hospital at 1 a m. Sunday. Death was due to complications following the birth of a child on April 19. Mr*. Chaple was brought to the hospital on April 22. She was the wife of Edward Chaple The b<sly was removed to New Haven for burial. The young baby is living —e Standard Oil Company Announces Dividends ll'nlled l*re-a Service) Chicago. May »--The Hlaadard Oil votuiMiny of Indiana today an Hottnced it* quarterly common atock dlvldened <»f 6’M, <ents. payable June 16 tn stock or record nf May 16. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* * CONGRESS TODAY ♦ eeaeeeeeeeeeeee Senate Discusses surtaxes, Miivtle Shoals hearings continue, If-tttse Mi Vs t<» dlachgl! e R.irkli-y h", ELECTION RETURNS Arrangements have been made bv the Dally Democrat to receive complete returns from the primary elections to be held in Indiana Tuesday. May I. Returns will be received from every precinct In Adams county, from 'he eighth district and from all parts of the state Th* United Press new* aerv Ice will send dispatches covering the state wide elmtlon, beginning at 6 o'clock, Those Interested are invited to visit tbe Dully Democrat I office Tuesday night to follow the I trend ot tbe election or to call, telephone No. >606