Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 113, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1924 — Page 1

olume XXII. Number 113.

B HED TICKET I WINS IN BOYS' ■ CITY ELECTION 1 ftckH Headed By Jerome 1 I Mylott, Mayor, Wins I By Plurality Os 22 ißnim: ticket second I ■finning Candidates Take | [ Over City Offices Next I Thursday Afternoon 6j|j THE RED TICKET 88l Mayor HH Jerome Mylott ■gs Councilman, Ist Ward Vncllla Clifton H[|| Councilman, 2nd Ward Unhurt Cole HEI Councilman, 3rd Ward Ito Ker Scherer ■■ Councilman at Large Tommy Durkin HB Merman lainkennu K. -I City Clerk Floyd Keller M City Treasurer IB Corneliua Geimer K| Marshal Humid Gay Fire Chief I.eo Dowling |H Street Commissioner |B| Thurman Klzey City Attorney Ralph Johnson City Engineer David Heller Supt- Water Works Paul Hnnrher Supt. Electric Light John Aber Supt. of Schools HH Merle Chrisman ■ IULLKTIN |H oil iviiil returns in iln It«-«i Ticket. heticUd l>y ■iMiir Mylott for intivor. etir|Hieil tin- election l»y h plur.ility |Hi 22 votes over Ihe White JEM Ti on nine ahead of the White atnl Hht- 'll ki ts, the Red tifkel was into power liv a plurality of o.ies at the Hoya’ City electinn Hii'! Fiiday afternoon in the tower of the Decatur Library Imild A total of 140 tiu I lot s were cu-i eleition. the Red tieket rerej-. <■:. tile Whites 4'l. and the nines ■' Fight s|Milted liallots were not tile Isiys making the w rone on them. ■ Take Office Thursday WBk 1 in- i itv will tie turned over to the "fluiuls on nem Thursday uii>-’ Alo n e;n h bo> who was elei t.-.l ■ ' . . will lie given Ihe oppoi tilliil I Me mu one of the department of < it' Bue iniueiit. A council meeting will held and the other city officials jjHki!! he called on to give orders and mu'tel sos Importune- to lie The city will be In charge of i fontlnued On Page Fouri Igraduat'ion at I D.C.H.S.JUNE3 ■Catholic Schools Close On * May 28; Three Finish Hit'll School ■I The St. Joseph grade school* md jßHie la-catur Cut hoik- high siho.d■bdl 'lose on May 2Kth and the rmn ettient exercise w ill lie to ld "II nnt Th" exercise* will I"- held the Knight* of Columbus hall ■| Three young women wilt t» ■ graduated from the Catholii high Bprhool Mils year, they being, the Anna Maker. Anna Dowling Marl* Foo*. |H There are twenty two eaitdldate* Hf"r diplomas In the elghtli grade and ■n>e final test* will he completed on ■May 23rd. In the Cotnmerlcal lb* ■partment two boy*. John Alherdlng ■•nd Raymond VVertslwgger. will he ■Mmm. H| The progrnm for the Annual com ■ hteto ement egerclse* is being pn- ■ pared a nd will lie announced within ■a short time. HI This la the second class to Ire ■graduated from the Decatur Catholic ■tdßh school since It was established ■five years ago The Junior class this ■TMr I* composed of alg young men Ml The enrollment at the Catholic ■*> hnn| this year Is one of the large .t ■ta the history of the school ami the ■?*••■ Just closing has been n most ■•tMteaaful one.

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Bandits Steal Four Valuable Mail Sacks * (United Press Sprvlcfl) Indiana Harbor, lnd„ May in—Four sacks of registered mail, believed to have contained tunny thnuasnds of dollars, were seized from five postoffice employes in the rear of the , pontofflce and curled nway by five bandits here today, Harry H. Spencer, postmaster, said that the mail was addressed to five I banka in Indiana Harbor and undoubtly was of the great voice. Postal officials said approximately $35,000 In cash was in the stolen mail pouches. DIPLOMA TEST PAPERS GRADED Total Os 92 Out Os 233 In County Made Passing tirades Last Month A total of 92 pupils made passing grades on the county diplomas examination held last month for the eighth grade pupils of the county, figures obtained today at the office of County Superintendent K. S. Christen, show. Os the 23.1 pupils who took the examination. 92 passed, 63 were conditioned, and 76 failed. Another examination will be held on Saturday, May 17. at which time those pupils who were conditioned or who failed, will have another opportunity to receive a diploma entitling them to enter high school next fall. The examination will bp given at the school buildings in Decatur, Monmouth, Monroe. Flerne and Geneva. Hartford township had the largest number of successful pupils, a total 1 of 21 making a passing grade. Ten were conditioned and one failed. ' Fifteen out of 19 in Wabash townFollowing is the results of the examination in the various townships: ship passed, Union township: 0 successful: 3 conditioned; 11 failures. Washington township: 2 successful: 2 conditioned. 5 failures. Monroe township: 1* successful; 9 conditioned; 5 failures. Wabash township: 15 successful; 2 conditioned; 2 failures. Root township: 6 successful: 7 conditioned; 11 failures. St. Marys township: 2 successful; 5 conditioned: I<> failures. Blue Creek township: 5 successful; 6 conditioned; 2 failures. Jefferson township: 2 successful; 9 conditioned; 6 failures. Preble township; 9 successful; 5 conditioned; 5 failures. French township: 9 successful; 3 conditioned: 1 failure. Hartford township: 21 successful: 10 conditioned; 1 failure. Kirkland townzhlp: 5 successful; 4 conditioned ; 17 failures. The date for the county commencement has not been set and the speak er has not been aelected. — I. * ■ — — Kosht Appeals Case From Bluffton Court niuffton. May 10— Appeal to the ap peltate court was granted to David R Koaht in the damage suit filed against 1 hint by Jeff Klopfensteln, when a mo- i lion for a new trial was overruled In circuit court here Friday. The case was brought here on a change of venue from Adams county. On January 5 a Jury brought In a verdict for the plaintiff. The award waa for }4<M> 94 In personal damages , and for $200.20 In property damage, i making a total of s6o|.|o. The case grew out of an auto accident near i Preble In 1*22 Judgment on the , verdict was enters*^ Kosht * motion a new trial »»• based on the theory that one of the , Jurors had made personal Investtgaton Into the accident and had uaed | material so gathered by him In Inffu- ( enclug the Jury to arrive at It* ver ( diet. | Appeal bond was fixed at It.Ooo and #o day* was given to ffle It. , Ninety days v.a« given for <h" «Hn* , of all bids of eicepllon. , The orlg nal *ok lay against £n*ht ( and also against Dnvld W. Waa-mer ( In It* verdlet, the Jury eliminated ( Wagoner from responsibility | * CONGRESS TODAY ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1 Senate Expert* to adopt tax bill. Muarle Shoals hearing rnntlnitea. House 1 Routine calendar. , •

HOUSE DEFIES COOLIDGE ON JAP QUESTION Votes 189 To 174 For July| 1 As Affective Date For Jap Exclusion VETO IS FEARED Members Os Both Houses In Conference Fear Action By President (United Press Service) Washington, ay 10.--Wlth its first report rejected by the house, the immigration conference of house and senate today had before it again the disputed question of Japanese exclusion. After a bitter debate, the house votpd IS9 to 174 to defy President Uoolidge and instructed its conferees to insist on July 1, 1924, as the effective date for Japanese exclusion and then voted 191 to 171 to send the bill back to conference. Conferees were in doubt today on what their next step would be. Some members feared that with the president’s provisc stricken out and a hill passed disregarding his wishes. It might lie vetoed and the whole bill endangered. No secret was made in the debate yesterday that the president had flatly threatened to veto the bill unless his wishes on the postponement of Japanese exclusion were met. As the parliamentary situation stands, the conference committee still has possession of the hill and It is ns if no report had been made, except that house conferees have the Instructions of the house to insist on July 1, 1924, as the exclusion date. The report will not come before the senate until the house has agreed to It. On the vote yesterday democrats and Pacific meat republicans joined to defeat administration forces In the house. * ■ Need S4O 000 T« Finish New State Reformatory Indianapolis, May 10.—The sum of $40,000 will be needed to complete the new state reformatory at Pendleton, Oov. Branch said today follow Ing an Inspection of the prison. Prison ■ labor is being used where ever possible to rnmplelo the work the governor said. ELECTION COST COUNTY 53,000 Estimated Cost Per Vote In Primary Election Was 65 To 67 Cents It is estimated that the cost of the primary election In Adams county will he near $3,000 and that the average cost per vote, based on a total of 4.440 votes, will lie between 63 and 67 cents per vote. The average cost per precinct for the Inspectors, Judges, clerk* and sheriffs Is around S6O. In some pre einrts this coat I* higher, It varying with the amount of rent paid for the rooms, the cost of the meal* and other incidentals. There are 34 precinct* in the county. Borne of th* Inspector* have filed hill* for sl9 for the Inspector, and $« for the judges, clerks snd sheriff*. Other* have riled hill*, for $» for the Inspector* The cla'ms will he presented to the county commissioner* at their next meeting and the rale of pay for the ffiapeclnrs adjusted equally. Added to this coat, there la the legal advertising given for the primary the printing of th* ballot* and - the furnishing of the election supplies for the 34 proelnrta, (he pny of the eletthiu lothmlaaluncra and clerk*, and other expense*' Incidental to th* electinn, It was estimated that (he coat of the county would he near $3.. uoo and In view of the small vole c*#t I**l Tuesday, (he cost per vote run* up to between 66 and 67 cent*. Only 3.321 Uemoerat vote* w#r# cast for the eiaffldwlw for County Auditor and Mil repuldlcan vote* were cast for Calvin Coolldge and lllram Johnaon. for president, the two highest vote# cg»t for the candidate*.

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Shank Lifts Ban On Klan In Indianapolis (United Press Service) Indianapolis, May 10 —Mayor Lew Shank today lifted u ban against Ku Klux Klan parades In Indianapolis. Shank, who ha* been a bitter opponent of the ttian .announced he would “give a permit to the klnn. * furnish police protection along the iroute and give them n detail of mounted police to head the parade.” "It looks to me like a majority of the people want klan government,” Shank said: “That is the way they voted Is the primary election. If they want it, well let them have It." The Klan vo'e was credited with defeating Shank in the race for the republican nomination for governor. GIRLS SELECT CITY TICKETS Three Tickets Nominated Friday For “Election” To Be Held May 16 In a rousing convention, held in the Central school building after the dose of school yesterday, three tickets were nominated for the “city election” to he held by the girls of the city next Friday afternoon. May 16. The tickets will be known as the Red*. Whites and nines. The ticket receiving highest number of vote* in the election will take over the city offices for one hour, from 3 to 4 p. m.. on Thursday, May 22 Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp presided at the meeting held yesterday, Mrs. Knapp represented the Leagtie of Women Voters, which organization Is sponsoring the election. The girls showed great interest In the nomination convention and in the approaching election. The tickets nominated are as follows: Red Tieket Mayor. Virginia Hite; councilman tlrsr ward, Corlnne Reynolds; councilman second ward. Cecilia Appleman; councilman third ward, iris Acker: counrllmen at large, Ida Girod and Margaret Voylewede; city clerk, Katherine Kauffman- city treasurer. Helen Schrotl; marshal, Helen Colthin: fire ehfef, Sadie Fisher; street , commissioner. Florence Drown; city attorney, Flotilla Harris; city engineer. Kathrine Helibte; superintendent of water works plant, Clara Mumma; superintendent of electric light plant, Mugdulene Schmidt; superintendent of puhl rt schools, Luclle Philippi. White Tieket Mayor. Margaret Mills; councilman tirst ward. Mary Meyer; councilman second ward. Irene Andrews; councilman third ward, Ulcnn Fee; councilmen at large. Margaret Lichtle and Dorothy Young; city clerk, Isubel Cloud; city treasurer. Alice Maine; marshal. Mildred Bright; Are chief, Marsha Marlin; street commissioner. Klsde BrunUegraff; city attorney, Gnynel Graber; city engineer. Gladys Cook: superintendent of water works plant, Mary Shoemaker; superintend ent of electric light plant. Oneltu Iktger; superintendent of public schools. Nedra Clancy. Hue Ticket Mayor. Winifred Arnold, council? man Itrst ward. Lt|llan Ault; councilman second ward. Mary June DeVor; councilman third ward. Mary Miller: counrllmen at large, Mahle Ituckman and Kathrine Aurand: city clerk. Viola Schmitz; city treasurer. Luclle Gay; marshal. Helen Draper; lire chief. Margaret Rhlnger; street comin ssloner. Oneltu Reynold*; city attorney. Mary Kngle; city engineer. Mary Neptune; superintendent of water works plant. Ruth Hammond, superintendent of electric light plant.l Margaret Kern; I aupeiintendent of public arbnols. Rosemary Out lor Election Board The elertlon board a pointed y*» terday Is ns follows: Inspector. Helen' Schtultz; judges. Agnes Maker and Helen Hanbold, clerks. Geraldine (lower and Margaret Lengertrh; alter Iff*. Rern!c* Horg and Melvena Srnltley. The election will be held In the public library May 16. from 3:30 to 4:30 p. m. Alt girls enrolled In the Central and Hi Joseph school*, who are In the fifth stith. eeventb or eighth gradaa, are eligible to vote. Weather Unsettled tonight and Sunday, prob ably occasional showers; rontlmied cool. J

» 'TYNDALL AND GRAHAM HEAD PARTY ORGANS Democratic Committeemen Re-elect Dan Tyndali County Chairman GRAHAM HEADS G. O. P. L. A. Graham Wins Contest For Chairmanship Os Republican Party At Hit' meetings of the precinct committeemen of the Democratic nnd Republican parlies in Adonis county, held i in this city this afternoon, Daniel H. Tyndall was re-elected Democratic countv chairman I by nccl.inuitioii mid L. A. Graham, local insurance man. was elected chairman of the Adams County Republican Central : Committee, he receiving 20 of the 33 voles. John S. Peterson.j retiring republican chairman r and ti candidate for the place. , received 13 votes. The democrat* met In the headk | quarters rooms above the Dally Der nioerat office. All the officers were elected by acclamation. Mrs. t’lara , 11. Anderson, of Geneva, was elected vice-chairman; O. N. Christen was , elected treasurer, and ft. J. Hurting was elected secretary of the corns niittee The democrats have a rtiie , that either the chairman or vice-chair- , man must be a woman. Mrs. Anderson is one of the well known demacrats the county and was a candidate at the primary for the democrats notn- . ination for county recorder. About twenty-five of the committeemen attended the meeting. I Charles Werlirig. committeemen from . S. I*reble. tendered his resignaton and . O. A. Hoffman was elected to fill t his place. Dennis Striker resigned I as committeemen from Middle Mon- . roe annd Adoplh Hanna was elected to . the place. The chairman and other officer* i and the precinct committeemen will - serve during the fall election and - carry over until the folowlng year. - In 1926. when a general primary elec- ■ Hon will be held. 1 Mr. Tyndall was elected countv • chairman last March to fill the (Continued on Page Five) SUNDAY SCHOOLS CONVENE SUNDAY Annual Wabash Township Convention At Ceylon I And Geneva i 1 The Spring Convention of Wahaah i Township. Sunday School Association • will be held May 11. beginning with an afternoon session at Ceylon M. K. Church at two o’clock. The welcome address will he de- • liv red by Rev Mis* Hllma Wood, which will lie followed by a splendid entertaining program of songs, read- > ing* and solos. • The Rev f\ W’. H. Hanerwelne, ’ pastor of the Reformed church at • Herne, will deliver an add res*, hjs ■ subject being. "Our fteht to Child- ’ hood and Youth". A greet many are ’ not only peraonallv acquainted with r thin speaker as to hla ability a* a ’ public speaker, but are ready to re’'commend him to others. f | The evening session will he held at the M K Church In Geneva, consisting of * fin* pmgrsm The speaker Will be Rev. u. H A. Ilrldge, of DeI cslur M K Church Rev Rrtdge will address the convention on the atthjeci; “The Imper latlve Need of the Winning Life." !« would It* usoles* to any or add any- , thing lo explain his ability in puldh , services. ,1 Hundsy evening there will lie a re , organization of the township council . for the ensuelng year, under the direction of the countv president C > O t?ehman The following la the program for the afternoon and evening conven lion; Afternoon Hong Congregation I -yfy —-, | (Continued on Page Three) |

Romance Between Pretty Heiress And Count Ends il’nlted Press Stuff Correspondent) Paris, May 10 —(Special to Dally Democrat)- Hitter and disillusioned, pretty Mllllcent Roger*, heiress to forty million dollars, left for Havre 1 and presumabl) for home today, her romance with Count Ludwig Salm von Hoogstrneton endedI The heiress. In company with her fufher. hail been hooked to sail for New York, this afternoon on the liner France, friends here said. Colonel H. M. Rogers arrived ten • days ago to take his daughter home. 1 He was quoted as saying that “n (int nneiul provision probably will be made for Count Salm.” TO HOLD ANNUAL CLASSIC MEETING 1 Fort Wayne Classic Os Reformed Church To Convene Here Tuesday | j The second annual session of tile ’ Fort Wayne Classls of the Reformed >| church will convene at (he Zion ' Reformed church In this city at 7:45 1 o'clock Tuesday evening. May 13. The session will continue for three days, adjourning on Thursday afternoon. Approximately fifty delegates are expected to he present from the twenty-five churches Included in the classls. The delegates will he housed in private homes of the city during the meeting. The principal speaker of the session will he Dr. J. M. O. Darms. president of the Mission House College and | Theological Seminary, at Plymouth. .Wisconsin, Dr. Down* will speak on - Wednesday evening discussing the Cooperative Campaign, which is heI Ing carried on by the Reformed j chunk. The Rev. YV. A. Alspach. of ' niuffton. Is the retiring president ot the classls. Following I* the program for the three-day session; Tuerday. May 13 7:45 p m. Devotional Service. Rev. J. F. Tapy. | Sermon by Retiring President. ReV. W. A. Alspach. Classical Communion Organization of Classls. Wednesday. May 14 g:3fl a. m, Devotional Service. Rev. V. Itnfener. i « 12 a. m. Business 12—1:30 Noon Recess. II: 30—4 Business. 4—5 p. m. Retreat, conducted by .Dr. J M. 0 Ihirms. I 7:45 p m. Devotional Service. Rev F. W. Knatz f Address: * The Cooperative Pam palgn.” Dr J M G Harm*. [Thursday. May 15 5:30 a. m.. 'Devotional Service, Rev. J F. Hawk. * 5—12 a m. Business 12 1:30, Noon Recess. 1:30 p. m . Business. I MgosvMswe* - L ■ gMOMBI - * — — - i U. S. Fivers Reach Island Os Attu. Today Cordova. Alaska. May JO,— The Am • erlcan ’round the world flyer* have , ’ reached Chbagoff. Island of Attu— I the "Jumplng-off-place” for the lUght which will lead them from the west era to the eastern hemisphere 1 The three plane* piloted by Lieut Wade and Urtk N#l**»n. hopped off Smith. In command and Lieul* Is igh from Natan. Island of A«k*. In the Aleutian group. *1 l»:l» • yester day. They arrived at Chb agoff. Island of Attu. at 7 p.m . covering the distance Part*. May (O. -Fram-e again took the lead In long distance air efforts 1 of 530 Utile* In R honr*. minute* today when IJ*ul Pelletier IVOIsv *r ' rived In Bangkok, capital of Slam. *< cording to a dlapati h to I .’lntransltrant. The French flyer, attempting a rec ' ord flight from France to Japan, reached Ibtnkok from Rangoon at 11 a m . the newspaper «*bl, making the flight In five hour* * t Kintinu Break*. Out Ah Jap Election Nears BVLLKTIN (By Frank Hedge*t tty. P. staff Cnrreapoßdentl Tokto. M*v (0 — Hinting broke nut In several part* of the eountrv today as pnlltlral parties wound up a banted campaign for the parliamentary I elections to he held tomorrow

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NEW TAX BILL IS PASSED BY SENATE TODAY Calls For A 25 Per Cent Reduction In Taxes Payable This Year A DEMOCRATIC BILL Democratic Rate Schedules Substitute For Those Os Mellon Plan Washington, May 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The | senate today passed the tax bill and sent it to conference with | the house. As passed the measure has virtually no resemblance to the hill as reported by the senate finance committee three weeks ago. The measure carried a provision for a 25'< reduction in taxes payable this year on 1923 incomes. All the Important rate schedule In the Mellon plan were written out by the democratic progressive coalition and the democratic rate* substituted for them. The hill carries out completely the democratic theory of big tax reduction* on small Incomes with lesser reductions on large income*. The democratic progressive coalition secured adoption of their normal surtax inheritance, corporation nnd Ids *fft rates. On every point where the repnhllcaps resisted the democratic program they were defeated. The action of the senate ends the tong buttle that began last November when Secretary of the Treasury Mellon sent a letter to congress announcing ihere wu« a $325.000.(MM) surplus in the treasury and offered a plan for deducing taxes. The Mellon plan of rate reduction was easily defeated in both houses. ('oolidge Confers With Beveridge At Washington Washington. May 10.- President Coolblge has been given a picture of the jumbled situation In Indiana by former Senator Albert Beveridge, guest at the white himse. Beverhlge’a visit here at this time has assumed unusual Interest because Indiana Is one of the hardest problem* the Coolblge managers have to deal with and also liecause Beveridge has been talked of as a possible running mute for Mr CiMilblge. The conversations they are having at the white house will probably determine Mr. Coolhlge as to Beveridge's availability, If he has not already mude up his mind STATE CHAPLIN TO GIVE SERMON Flans Made For Initiation To Be Held H\ K. Os May 25th Rev laiwrence Monlghnii. state ebapljn of the Knights of I’olumlnt*, will deliver the sermon at the high mass tq be celebrated on Sunday morning. May 23th. at the Hi Mary’a Csthol’r church a* part of the program for the Knight* of f’olomhus initiation «hbh will he held In this city on the above dale Beginning at eight o'clock In the morning the first degree- work w'll he gtyen by Joseph C. lomrent, Grand Knight and staff of the local council at the K of C, hall At ten o'clock the < Modulates and members of the K of C. council and vlallor* will at. tend a high masa at the St YRirya church At two o'clock, In the afternoon at the hall the Initiation work wilt dart, the second and third degrees being exempl'fied by ft Byron Meyes district deputy, and staff from Fort Wayne. The third degree wtll be given about four o'clock, tn the weening, beginning at e'ght clock, a smoker and social session will he held at the Knights of Columbus hall and every member I* Invited tn attend Between forty *nd fifty candidates will be initiated bv the local council and the ronimlttee In charge has made all the necessary arrangement* for a hi* d«