Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1924 — Page 1

'volume XXIL Number 109.

PRIMARY ELECTION CONTINUES QUIETLY

IIGHT VOTE IS I BEING CAST IN PRIMARY HERE Estimated That Fifty Per f Cent Os Total Vote Is . Being Cast I candidates ACTIVE I rittenberger Supporters | Claim Victory; Considerable Interest ■ Today Is election day and the vot-J K« of Adams county were expressing Keir sentiments towards the candi-Kt.-s by "saying It with ballots." ■ A light vote, probably only 50 per lent of the eligible or registered Kt,- in the county. will be cast todnv. However. the democratic vote will be ■ore than 50 per cent. In some pre■nets the vote has been five to one.' Ke democrats having the majority. ■ Between one-thirty and two o’clock Kls afternoon, the total vote* in the Kx precincts in Decatur was. First Kurd "A.” 178; First ward "B.” 108; Kcond ward "A,," 185; Second ward K 82; Third ward "A.” 197: Third Hard. “B." Ifi9. total. 929 votes. It is Ktimated that between six and Kven hundred of the above vot»s ■ere cast by the democrats. J Light Vote At Berne lAt Berne the vote is lighter than Kual. At one o’clock, 71 votes had Ken cast in the “A’’ precinct 68 in Ke "B" precinct and 74 in the "C" Ke<inct. The establishing of the ■wpr<>< Inct in Berne wRT WdlffTr Die ■tai vote in the other precincts. Kr< tofore cast in the “A’’ and *‘B" ■ccincts. I The total vote cast two years ago ■ the primary was 4.962. based on ■e vote for congressman, which in ■ I probability was the largest vote ■st Four years ago the registered ■ b in the county was 9.342 and the ■tai vote cast for President was 8997. It Is believed that the vote ■day will boa little over S.IWW). I The voters are working hard At ■ery precinct In the city and l»r< nehont the county the candidates ■ their woikers are stationed giving Bit cards and getting in the final Meal. Crittenbarger It Strong I It Is predicted that Dale Crittennrger. of Anderson, will carry the Immty over Carleton B. McCulloch ■r the democratic nomination for ■vernor. The balance of the vote (Continued on pnge three) BERNE SEEKING A CONVENTION Missionary Church Invites Indiana State Missionary Convention I Berne. Ma. 4 — The Indiana Stat* F |K, ionary Convention will very like b he held in Berne thia year, it hat pen announced by members of the. Missionary church. A business heeling wa t held by the members of jbe Berne congregation recently at rhich time It was dacMnd to extend 1 formal Invitation to the slate exkutlva committee, and offer to hold h<- annual state convention at Berne 1 I The convention will convene during 1,1 entire week In August. A number K years ago the ataate convent on tofether with the church conferent.phi here and proved to be a hlg )**»•■ Thia year the church confer Ince will be held In Ohio In coenec-J lion with their state convention, very likely at Pandora. Ohio, soon after bo state convention closes here, and bony people from other states who kill be on their way to Pandora are Ikpected to stop here and attend th* Hats convention. F*ivss Missionary churches belonglnr o the conference are located in In-' liana, who will be ( represented In th" Innventlon at Berne It la said that s-veral hundred people from the sis-[ l*r churches are expected to be here luring the conference week.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Aged Man Killed By Car When Driver Sleeps (United Press Service) Muncie, lnd„ May 6 —John Ferry [Surber. 98, father of Dr. A. (’. Surber. Mtincia, was killed instantly southeast of Muncie late yesterday when the automobile driven by his grandson. A. C. Surber, Jr., struck a telephone pole while traveling at high speed. Four other occupants of .the car which was demolished, escaped without injury. The driver, who had been at the wheel for t.everal hours, is said to have dozed off for an instant, causing the machine to leave the road. PROMINENT MEN TO BE SPEAKERS Leading Educators Os Na- ■ tion To Address Teach ers’ Meeting I Some of the leading educators of I the nation have been secured to address the meeting of the Northeastern Indiana Teachers’ Association which will be held in Fort Wayne Oct. 9 and 10. according to an announcement made by R. E. Moser, of Columbia City, president of the association About two thousand teachers will attend. • The headlines on the program include William Mac Andrew, superintendent of the city schools of Chicago; Henry Turner Bailey, director of the Cleveland Art Institute; President Elliott, of Purdue University and William Mathes president of George Wtishingtim University, Washington. D. C. A new feature of the association is the athletic meeting which will be held on the first day of the conference at the Y. M. C. A. The meeting is for high school principals and coaches. A. L. Trester will speak. H. B. Allman, superintendent of the Angola schools. who is a member of the Indiana High School Athletic axsociation. Is chairman of the meeting. The executive committee of the association announced that It had received an invitation from the Winona assembly to hold the meeting at latke Winona, but were forced to decline the Invitation because of the fact (hat plans for holding the meeting at Fort Wayne. 1 The general sessions will lie held at. the Palace theatre and the sectional meeting will be held In churches and at the Scottish Rite cathedral. The program is as follows: Thursday morning-invocation by | I Rev. Arthur J. Folsom; address by I B. J. Burris, state superintendent of public instruction; address by William Mac Andrew, superintendent of Chicago city schools. Thursday afternoon Junior and senior high school section address by Superintendent William Mac Andrew. | rural and intermediate section, adI dress by President Elliott, of Purdue, and M. S. Pittman, of the Michigan State Normal school; music and art section, address by Henry Turner i Bally. The music and art section will meet at the IJttle Art theatre I The speaker for the primary and kindergarten section has not yet been chosen. I Thursday night—Addresses by Henry Turner Bolley and President Elliott. . Friday morning has been set apart i for sectional meetings. hut the prodram has not been worked out. i Friday afternoon Address by Will lam Mathes Lewi*. president of Oeern Washington I’niveislty. Bu«l- | new session, Another new feature of th" convention will be a conference of the dis trict Parent Teacher cluhs which will , be held the first day. Chicago Dad Few Hour# Os Summer Yesterday —— Chicago. May « -For a sow botn* yesterday it won summer in Chicago I The temperature rea. hod 84. th" 1 warmest May Sth since 1M» when the 1 temperature hit *6 1 Monday’s maximum was reached at 4 o’flmk In th" afternoon, and then began a rapid drop which brought the 1 thermometer down to &<• degree* by I 2 o’clock thia morning. |

JUNE 24 TO 30 ARE DATES FOR CHAUTAUQUA Community Chautauqua Program Received By Local Guarantors FINE LIST OF TALENT Program Includes Mixture Os Drama. Music. Lectures And Features — The big Community Chautauqua will he held in this city, beginning June 24th and contintrng each afternoon and evening until Monday evening. June 30th. The chautauqua program will open on Tuesday evening There will not be a program in the afternoon on the opening day. The talent on the program is the best obtainable. It is a mxture of drama, music, lectures and features, and all tastes will, no doubt, be satisfied. Local guarunteers who signed an agreement guaranteeing the sale of 81,500 worth of tickets, or 500 adult tickets at 83.00 each, received this morning a letter, and list of the talent on the premier circu’t. advising the local people of the definite date of the Chautauqua and requesting that a local Chautauqua organization lie organized to co-operate and func- . tion with the state headquarters office at Indianapolis. Mr. George C. Aydelott. manager of - the circu t, stated that he hoped to visit this city soon ami to confer with he lor.iT organization. A meeting will more than likely be called in the near future and an organization formed. The state office has requested that the organisation be composed of the following officers, president, one or two vice-presidents, secretary and tieasurer, and the following committees: Ticket, advertising, grounds and Junior committee Mrs. Duniel Tyndall has accepted the chairmanship of the Junior committee and will be assisted by Mrs. C. E. Bell and Mrs. Avon Burk and other women (Continued on page three) TREASURER WAS BUSY YESTERDAY —— t Between $90,000 And $100; 000 Collected By County On luist Day Monday. the last day to pay the spring Installment* of taxes was one of the busiest days of the year at the county treasurer’s office. The amount of the taxes collected hud not been totaled today, Louies Kl’ene. treasurer, and Mias, G<d<|i<• Gay. deputy, being busy with hook entries, stamping receipts and banking the large number of checks received on the last day. The three railroad companies, the Pennsylvania System, the Chicago and Erie and the Nickel Plata rail roads, the three largest taxpayers In the munty. went their check* to the treasurer yesterday, which brought up the total for the day. Il was estimated that the total receipts forth" last day would be between 190.000 and 1100.000. The delinquents were not atty larger this spring than usual, th" exact amount nnt hrlnx known oitfl the books are balanced The total of the taxes to be collected during 1934 for all purposes, state, county road, school, city, township and bond levies will be 8933.68 - -61, including 87.000 of delinquent taxes which was carried over from last year. It Is estimated that the wnrtttg Installment w'il total approximately 8486.600. Many Exemptions Filod Mra. Martin Jaherg. deputy county auditor, was busy today sorting the many mortgage exemptions which were filed hy property owners Yew tarday was the last day for a taxpayer tn file an exemption and lake advantage of the exemption privilege. IThe total of the mortgage exemption* on file !«■» >oar were 81.391.130.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 6,1924.

i CALL 1000 Election returns will be recelvI ed at the Daily Democrat office tonight from .)!! precincts in Adairs ! county, from the eighth congres sional district and from the entire i state. The pub' c is invited to visit the office or call telephone 1000 tonight to obtain the returns. SENATE DESERTS MELLON PLAN Republican Senators Decide To Seek Best Possible Compromise Washington, May 6.—Senate repub(leans voted today to desert the Mellon tax plan and seek the best compromise. Smarting under the emphatic defeat of the Mellon plan In the senate a caucus of republicans attempted to >eek adoption of a 32 per cent surtax lhaximum and if that is defeated to go as hixh as 37 1-2 percent. The action of the caucus was a com ' plate abandonment of the Mellon rate 1 schedule and definitely killed the pro ! posals of the Secretary as fur as this : session of congress is concerned. I - Two Small Boys Are Burned To Death Today Norwalk. Ohio. May 6—Two small ’ boys were burned to death and their , mother and an older brother were i protwchly fatally burned in a fire that , destroyed their home here early to- . day. The dead .are James Mundy, . two. I Mra. Paul Mundy, *26. the mother, f was burned while rescuing another: > son. Oeorge, aged five- Both are in I a critical condition and may die. Mrs. Munday was awakened to find , her home in flumes and so far I firemen were unable to determine the . cause of the blaze. ! •— ’ Nitro Glycerine Plant 1 In Pennsylvania Explodes ct’cched Press Stuff 4'orresp.,n.|entl Franklin. Penna.. May 6—(Special to Daily Democrat)- With a rour that rocned the country side for u distance of forty miles a nitro glycerine plunt ' at Brandon's Ferry. 18 miles south of here blew up toduy. George Davis. 55. lessee of maga zine is missing Davis Is the only man known to hare been In the vicinity of the plant at the time of the explosion. The mugatine was in an Isolated district. The nearest building, a i Pennsylvania railroad freight station • across the Allegheny river from the i mugaxlne collapsed from 4he repercussion of the glass. - • —— HOME STORE AT MONROE IS SOLD I I E A. Orr. Os Fort Wayne. Buys Well Known Buwiness House K. A. Orr. for twenty years proprietor of a grocery store In Fort Wuvne, has purchased the Home Ntore. at Monroe Mr. Orr took possession of the place of business Inst Saturday The store wsa purchased from A. Strahm who shout a week ago purchased it from J. H. Painter, of Bluffton. Jim Hendricks purchased the store twn years or more ago when It was sold at receiver’s sale, and several months ago sold It to Mr Painter The more Is one of the well known places of huulnexa In th" county and the new propr'etor lx planning lo hold a hlg sale He will reside In Monros and manage the store ÜBXMMgMgMißgßHaaggggaaaanaaanaaMßiws"*■■■RF -- ■■■■■■■■■ Weather Increasing cloudiness probably followed by showers and thunder storms 1 late tonight or Wednemlayj much cooler.

CELINA YOUTHS ARE INDICTED RY GRAND JURY Four Young Men Charged With Murder Os Ed. Moyer, In Aug., 1922 HELD WITHOUT BONI) Arraignment Set For Wednesday; Also Indicted For Burglary Celina, Ohio, May (> (Special to Daily Democrat)—First degree murder in the committment of burglary is charged in a joint indictment returned against George. Jim and Dick Fetters and Jesse Stnelser. lout’ Celina youths, by the Mercer county grand jury til I o'clock Monday as ternoon. The youths are charged with murdering Ed Moyer, farmer, of near Rockford. Ohio, on the night of August 22. 1922. Each of the youths were indicted separately for burglary ! and larceny of the premises of i one Jacob Eichler, on the night of March 27. 1923. about six months after the murder was ■ommitted. The four youths are held In the Mercer county jail in this city, with out bond. They will be arraigned in 1 common pleas court before Judge H. ' A. Miller, on Wednesday. If they ’ enter a plea of guilty they will lie sentenced imineiliately. If they ■ plead not guifly their case will come - up for trial within the next two or three weeks, it is saidGeorge Fetters, the one who has 'l confessed lo firing the fatal shot, is ' 24 years old. Dick is 23, Jiin is 22 and Jesse Smelser is 20 years old. Tin- grand jury convened yesterday morning. It required the jury only ' ten minutes to return the Indictments after the evidence had been •dared before them. The four yt.unx men made a confession of the crime to Sheriff Chariot) (Continued on Page Three! _ • _ ONE APPLIES FORC.M.T.C. • Geneva Young Man Seeks Acceptance For Military Training Camp One application for acceptance for - the Citizen's Military Training Cuinp. - to be held at Camp Knox. Kentucky, during the coming summer, has Iteen received by Joseph C. Murent. of this who is county < hairman In Adams county, for the camp affairs. The first to apply in this county is I Eugene p. Fields, of Geneva. Sever- | al other appll< unts are desired In thia county before the lime limit doses It is interesting to note the care, which la exercised by "Uncle Sam” ' In preparing In detail for the health comfort and happiness of the tooyn who attend the ('Hixons' Military Training Campa during the summer It has <ome to the writer's atten 1 tion that even now, two months lw I fore the opening of the camps, officers are busy preparing the menus of th" fotwl that Will be wrvrsl this summer at Camp Knox It Is very , evident that the army haa not forgotten the tea»hlnga of one of the world’s greatest soldiers. Napoleon, who said. that. "An Armv move* «n Da stomach " one inn readily mall*" the noeeaaIty for advanced preparation when they remember (hat the officer placed In charge of th" work of feeding aaveral thousand, healthy, young boy*, whose appetites have been sharpened hy vigorous outdoor exerdsrs. must stay within a certain allowance t*r day. Ph bed nt ranrfum for the menus, that have already been prepared, the following In n fair exnmple of whu‘ (Continued on page three)

Sister Os David Rayer Dies At Lima Sunday Mrs. Charles Hickathorne. sister of David Rayer. of this city, died at her home in Lima, Ohio. Sunday, following a paralytic stroke which accured Friday noon. The funeral services will be held from the home Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Burial will he made at Woodland. Van Wert. Ohio. Mrs. Hickathorne formerly lived in Van Wert. She is survived hy i her husband, Charles Hickathorne: i one sister. Mrs. Bert Delong, of Lima. J and three biothera. David Rayer. of Decatur; J M. and J. F. Rayer, of i Van Wert. REV. LOOSE IS " | RETURNED HERE Pastor Os Evangelical Church In Decatur Is Re-appointed Monday The Rev. Ralph W. Loose was re- ; turned to the pastorate of the First Evangelical clpirch of this city, ac-' cording to the list of appointments' made hy Bishop J. F. Dunlap, of Cleveland, at the dosing session of, the seventy-second annual meeting of the Indiana conference of the Evangelical chuflch at Imi’anapolis yesterday. Rev. Loose has just completed his first year as pastor of the local church, he coming here a year ago to succeed the Rev. C L. Haney, who entered school at Naperville. Illinois. Among the appointments made in the Fort Wayne district, which includes the church in Decatur and Adams county, are: Fort Wayne district—F. C. Berger, presiding elder: Avilla. B. 0. Smith: Berne. 8. F. Erne; Bryant. W. 1. ' Wyant: Bippux. R G. Foust; Celina. ! D. O. Wise; Celina circuit, H. S ’ Berger: Columba City. F. F McClure: Decatur. R. W. Lnoae; Fort Wayne . First. M. W. Sundermann: Fort Wayne. Crescent Avenue, 0.0. Lozier: Ft- Recovery. J. W. Feller: Huntington. L. E. Smith; Kendallville. A. A. Knepper; Linn Grove. F. W. IXi uner; Markle. D. R. Heil; Port I hind. George Bovce; Ridgeville. F J Stedcke; Van Wert. B. E. Krn-uig; Van Wert circuit. Ira Steele; Water 100, J. C. McCoy; Wolcottville. C L. Davis; Dr. E. W Schmalzrled. medical missionary to China. A quarterly conference memlwra: Waterloo. W. H. Mygrant; Berne. E H. BaumgartI ner; Celina. John Rees Edgerton. G F Znber Rev. J. O. Mosier, presiding elder. II of the Indianapolis d’atriet and treasurer of the Indiunu area of the Evangelical association, reported the -ecelpt of 8H1.786.62 this last yeur and an expenditure of 810.681 83 at the meeting of the confen-nce. Rev | O. E Loalar. l/oiiiaville. Ky.. secre-, tary-treasurer of the conference, reported 133 Sunday schools w'th an; enrollment of 21.949 pupils in the area. An average attendance of 11.826 was maintained throughout ' the year, his report said, The total I amount of money raised by the Sun dap schools was 156.4.*,5 91. and th*expenditures were 86M97JL A resolution opposing war wa«j udoptc-d. |t said: •Whereas. We believe war la the; most pernicious social sin now eoMtenanced by the nations of the s-orld. and "Whereas. War breeds hate. Iles I and Immorality and Is In spirit the direct opposite of the spirit of Christ.: and ■’Whereas. We cannot call out ( selves Christians and consent t<> war. be it I; • Resolved. Thsl the Indiana eon fvrence of the Evangelical aaaoeiation declares Itself oppoood lo war| and pledges support to such agencies as have (nr their purpose the* outlaw'na of war." Catholic High School Play Thin Evening The Catholic high school play. "The Merchant of Vends Up-To-Date.'' will Ih> staxecl In ths public high school auditorium this evening The curtain Is s< heduled to rise at 8 o'clock The play Is said to he an entertaining. humorous parcaly of the famocia Shakespearean play.

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VOTERS PICKING NOMINEES FOR FALL ELECTION No Disturbance Reported Over State Except A Small One At Gary VOTE IS NOT HEAVY Coolidge Supporters Claim 16-1 Victory Over Sen. Hiram .Johnson Indianapolis. May 6. —Voting in the Indiana primaries continued quietly this afternoon, according to reports from all over the state. A large vote was being cast in the industrial sections while in the farming district the vote was more scattering. The ony disturbances reported were at Gary. They were of small consequences. President Coolidge’s supporters claimed at noon he would defeat Hi ram Johnson by a ratio of 16 to 1. Demand for the republican ballot was far over normal in many parts of the state. It was declared thousands of democrats were calling for republican ballots to get a hand in the klan fight within the republican party. Jackson headquurers Interpreted the condition as an indication that , democratic klansnten were dropping I party lines to stick together for Jack son, while at Shank headquarters the ’ situation was seen as favorable to Shank. There it was said the democrats were voting the republican ticket to make certain of the defeat i»f Jackson as the klan candidate. Dr. McCulloch democratic candi- | date, was at hia headquarters throughout the day. He declared all reports were favorable to his candidacy. He placed his biggest strength in the industrial centers, where a large vote was being polled. «-sfr n»e ’«nt) Indianapolis. May 6—<Special to Daily Democrat)—A record vote wax predicted in the Indiana primary balloting today as polls opened through out the alate at 6 a. m. Fair weather and the unusual activity of candidates' organizations In a last minute effort to get out a full vote were the luisls forth" prediction hy politicians. President Coolidge’s workers claimed the state for him over Hiram | Johnson by a big majority in the reI publican presidential vote. Senator Ralston had no opposition ! for the supnori of the Indiana deleI gallon In the democratic national (Continued on Page Three) COMMUNION TO BE HELD MAY 18 ('lass Os Twenty-eight To Make Communion At Catholic Church Eleven boy* and seventeen girls will make their solemn communion at the St Mary's Catholic church on Sunday. May I*lh The services will lie held during th" 1.45 high mass and Rev J A. Seimetz. reetnr. will officiate. Th" class this year la smaller than usual Solemn < ommunhm tervices lit the Catholic church are marked with the greatrxt of solemnity and In the services held are full of beautiful religious meaning The member* of the class are, Dowling. Clarence tengrleh. William I tlaax, Adrian Lb htlo. Robert Baker, ' tleorge Foo*. Anthony Murphy. Arthur : Ixtsche. I«no Schultz. Ed Vian. Herald Gaga, Margaret Miller. Estella Bmx. Mathilda Kruse. Mary Nell De Bolt. Helen Trlcker. Henrietta Spangler, Virginia Helmer. Amelia Oslrhoxlk. Rosemary Omlor. Genevieve Mngrlch. Ixtretla Wineh. Hildegards Virginia Keller. Mary Fisher. Mary Neptune. Rosemary Holtbouxe and Helen Voglewede