Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1924 — Page 1

Volume XXII. Number 123.

REPUBLICANS NAMING STATE TICKET

PROPERTY IN COUNTY SHOWS BIG INCREASE Value Os Personal Property In County $50,000 More Than Last Year AUTOS INCREASE Number Os Horses Decrease; Interesting Figures Are Given Indication# are that the assessment nt personal property in Adams county ihis year, exclusive of the state's a-scssment of railroads and public utilities will be 150.000 more than last year, William Zimmerman, county assessor stated today. If the state's assessments are the same as last year or show an Increase the total value of all personal property, 19.753.160. will exceed that figme this year. The township assessors assessed over $6,000,000 worth of personal property this spring- According to the last report made up by Mr. Zimmerman. which does not include all the figures and returns of the township assessors, a gain of $9,773 was made in farming implements. The value of automobiles was increased. $52,607 while the number was Increased from 2.620 to 2.920. a gain of 282 n« w cars in one year. A loss of $30,660 was suffered in the value of horses, the number decreasing from 5,087 to 4.796. a loss of 286. The number of mules decreased from 302 to 293. a toss of 9 with a value of $570. Although the number of milch cows decreased from 8.910 to 8.789. a loss of 131. the value was increased $58.798. an average of $46.17 per cow ns zga'nst $38.91 for last year The number of other cattle was increased from 4.950 to 5,066, a gain of 116 with a value of $13,995. The num her of sheep increased from 6,034 to 6.139. a gain of 105, with a value of $5,785. The number of sows decreased by 863. with a loss in value of $13,471. Other hogs decreased in value but gained In numbers, the gain being 1,612. and the total number being 24.564. The report shows that a loss of 161 dozens of chickens was suffered, although the value of the fowl shows a guin of $6,262. the average per dozen being. $7.23 ns compan d with $6 27 last year Household owners were increased by 92. the number being 4,101 with an increase value of $77,776, and an average value of $180.20 to the house Only 68 diamonds were reported, but (Continued on Pace FiveTHREE HEW FOR ALIEN OFFICERS Belgian Beet Workers In •Jail Here; Immigration Officer Coming Three Belgian*. Imported to work 111 the sugar beet fields In this countV •We arrested yesterday afternoon Cblof-of-police Joel Reynolds and Sheriff John linker, and are being b*ld in the county jail pending th* ’•‘rival of an immigration officer from lb'tmit. Michigan. The three placed nnder arrest Edward Antonins !•" •*rtue. age 47; Helena Debertur-- age !’• his daughter; and Henri Deho-gle •l» 3s. The three Belgians were workink in the beet fields about four miles •*»t of Horne yesterday. Chi”’ •leynoldg received a telegram last fmm the Prootia District Hire. *" r of Immigration. Detroit. asking Ihst the three be apprehended and h "ld for him. As they had been l’ls'e'l In the country by one of the •lolland-Bt. Louin Sugar compnnv's ’•"Id men, chief Reynolds was unable ’• locate them until the field men re’’•Med to the city. It in thought that ’ ,l " three Belgians violated the Imlaw In coming Into the 1 blted Rates from Canada.

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I Memorial Dav Service At Presbyterian Church —— ' I All members of the G. A. It.. SpanI ish-American War Veterans, Amerl- • an Legion and their auxiliary organizations are invited to attend the Memorial Day service to be held at the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning, at 10:3u o'clock. A speleial Memorial Day sermon will be delivered by the Rev. B N. Covert, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Each year the veterans and their auxiliary organizations are guests of honor at a Memorial Day service in one of the chi'-ches of the city on the Sunday preceding .Memorial Day. ORCHESTRA IS PLEASING CPOWD True Fristoe And His Orchestra Entertains Big Crowd At Moose Fair The many people who have heard True Fristoe’s orchestra of five pieces play at the Moose indoor fair and at the dances given every evening at ten o'clock at the Knights of Columbus hall are loud in their praise of the splendid music rendered by them. The music makes young and old alike want to step the light fantastic and as long as the orchestra playa • the crowd keeps dancing. Last evening a number from Huntington, Bluffton and Fort Wayne attended the dance and remarks were made by them that it was the finest, 'catchiest' orchestra they have ever heard. .Mr. Fristoe is a master musician and a director of several musical companies and can "rattle the piano keys" in expert fashion He organized the orchestra al the request of the Moose and after hearing them play one would not think that it was the first time that the men played together. At present Mr. Fristoe is director of the musical comedy. "Somewhere in France" and is located in Chicago. The members of his orchestra are al so expert musicians, they being Alphonse Centlivre. violin, and Ben West, trombone, members of the Palace Theater orchestra. Fort Wayne; Russell Wharton, cornet, member of the Strand theater orchestra. Fort Wayne; and Ed Coffee, traps, well xnown Decatur musician. The orchestra plays every evening ' under the big tent and keeps the crowd in good humor Following the dosing of the fair they play until . midnight at the dance. Tonight a number from Bluffton and several | I other nearby cities are coining to at-. tend the fair and dunce and a happy time is assured. The fair la attracting large num bers and the patrons are being royally entertained The booths are stocked with many Imautlful and useful articles and hundreds of prizes have been given away. "Dare-Devil Rol and aho given an exhibit of his skill •n the tent. The big indoor fair will close on Saturday evening when six grand prizes will he given away, namely an Overland automobile; a parlor suite vulmd at s’Bs; an electric washing much ne. wv.th $110! a radio set val ued nt |l##: » va"'"" 1 v “' ued at $65; and a ladles or gents suit of clothes valued at SSO. A door prize la given away each night at ten o'clock and It la worth staying for. The proc..da derived from th.- fair will be uaed In building a new Home for the Moose lodge. | compo—d <>f MM) men. The patronage „f (be public i« solicited. —O'-' •• Two Arrested On Chance Os Public Intoxication Fred ’ Fullenkatnp. proprietor of Frlekla*. H-" Rw " h S " r,,n , and Martin Brunneraraff were arrested and lodge.) In Jail by M<bt Police sephuu MelcM ahou I nubile Intoxication ll* ‘apprehended in front of Follmlamp's Pl-- buslneM. Brunner sunip i hours after graft was - th|g and Fullenkamp was reiea Thev have not been ar I morning They naw „ . rsisned In city court ye’. »s I • tag Attorney Burt Lenhart I* out the city. I

REV, THOMPSON HEADS OFFICERS OF CHAUTAUHUA ■ i Officers For Community Chautauqua Chosen Last Night DATES ARE JUNE 24-30 — Civic Section Os Woman’s Club To Receive Profits If Any — President —Rev. H. W Thompson. | pastor of Christian church. Vice-president—Harry Fritzinger. Treasurer —Charles S. Niblick Secretary—A. R. Holthouse Chairmen of Committees Junior Dept-—Mrs. Dan Tyndall Tickets —John S. Peterson Grounds —W. A. Lower Advertising—Will L. Linn Plano and Music —Mrs. L. A. Holthouse Electric Lights and Banners—M J. My’.ott, At an organization meeting of the euarantors of the Decatur ComniunJe<r 1 'tL. J REV. H. W THOMPSON ity Chautauqua, held last evening, the above officer# and chairmen of the different committee# were elect (Continued on page three! FLYERS RECEIVE GREAT RECEPTION Tokio Welcomes American ’Round-The-World Flyers Today Tokio. May 22.—America’# 'round-the-world flyers arrived at Kasumlgaura naval liase outside Tokio, late today. Lieutenants Smith. Nelson and Wade, first of the International flyer* to reach lhe Japanese capital, winged down from the north to a tremendous reception. Representatives of the Japanese government and ths war and navy departments went to Kusuinlguura to greet them. Th" flyer# hud flown from Nitokappu bar at dawn, stopped »< Mlnanta tor fuel and then continued to Tokio. Arrival of the American flyer# at Tokio marks achievement of a definite goal in one of the three long distance flight attempts. Although their coursee lav to >•»” eastward, both the Britlith and French airmen were racing to heat our flyer# to the Japanese rtipltal. The Brlslish amphibian plune which |H competing with the American* In the round the world effort, has covered approximately one third of its jour nay. having flown n, ’* r, y 7 - oon mll ** from Calahot airdrome. England to Akyabn. Burma, suffering two serious setbacks by engine trouble. Ths MacLaren la 33 d*y» achedule Captain Pelletier D'Otoy. gsllanl British plane, piloted by Major A. 8. 1 French airman, crashed at Shanghl, atI „. r „ record Hight from Paris. He I may continue in a new plane.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 22, 1924

REAL BEER ON TAP Chicago, May 22.—Real beer was on tap in scores of south side homes. Men. women and children, currying anything from tin cans to wash boilers, caught their supply from n man hole which spouted a five-foot column of beer for more than four hours last night. Police said that the beer came from a nearby brewery, the owners of which took alarm from the raid of the Seiben brewery Monday and dumped their stock into the sewer. MANY ATTEND BERNE MEETING Charles Allen Speaks On Sugar Beet Industry; Movies Shown Berne, Ind., May 22—" Whether the farmers of eastern Indiana and western Ohio can continue to grow sugar beets at a profit depends largely on whether the farmers themselves sufficiently desite the benefits from sugar beet culture that the federal government will continue to stimulate the infant industry." Charles II Allen. president of the Farmers Sugar Co.. Defiance. Ohio, told an audience of nearly five hundred glower* and workers at a banquet given here last r.ighi under the auspices of the Berne Business Men's Association. By giowing sugar beets, the speaker asserted, farmers are safeguarded against the present wave of agricultural depression sweeping the northwest. "Conditions there." he said, "are the result of wb«-at and other crop* high in mineral fertility having robbed the Mill of its fertility and having been sold at prices too low to finance iheir replacement. "For more than 306 years," the speaker declared, "America has been furnishing Europe her food at lea* than the cost of production, if we count the market value of the fertilizing elements in these food products. American farmers should quit selling crop* that deplete the soil and grow more sugar, wool. eggs, butter and other crops ’hat contain almost no mineral mutter. "Sugar Is composed of nothing but carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, element* of the wind and water The farmer leaves the top and crown of the beet on the ground to be plowed under These contain most of the fertilizing elements In the plant. After the sugar I* extracted. If the farmer will feed the pulp back to dairy I cattle, he will have replaced on the ! land all the mineral elements and sold only sunshine and tain.” The speaker showed the striking difference between the sugar prodUC lion In Cuba and in thin section of Indiana and Ohio. "The t'nlted States tariff commission report shows," he *ald, "that In 1922 Cuban farmers received un average of $1.16 for each !••<> |s>und« of extractable sugar from their cane, whereas American farmers received an average of $3.37 for each luu (tottnd* of extractable sugar from bo'r beets- In other words American farmer* received a* much for !<*<• pound* of sugar as Cuban farmer* received for 290 i*>unds of siumr. In addition to receiving as much for 100 IMMiada of sugar as did Cuban farm er* ($3 It) American augur beet grower* also received the full amount of the import duty ($1.75> plus 46 cent#. "American farmer# grow beets for profit, and unless they can make a profit on beet*, they will devote tb»lr Held* to the production of other crops, whereas the Cuban farmer, prisluclnx nothin# but ran* mtmt accept the price offered hy the mill owner. "Any change of our present poller of noveluiuunt stimulation of sugar growing lb the United Bia'es would (Continued on Page Eight» Weather Cusettled tonight and Friday; some what warmer tonight In southern portion.

ANNUAL H.S. COMMENCEMENT FRIDAY NIGHT Howard Wisehaupt Alumnus Os Local High School, Is Speaker CLASS OF FIFTY-EIGHT Largest Class In History Os Local High School; Fine Program The public is invited to hear Howard J. Wisehaupt. Decatur boy and a graduate of the Decatur high school, deliver the commencement address at lhe forty-third annua! commencement exercises to be held Friday evening at the high school auditorium. The subject of his address is "In Today's Work." Completing his school work here. Mr. Wisehaupt took up a special course of study and prepared him self for public career. He became associated with the Knox School of Salesmanship and traveled from coast to coast in giving lessons to classes. He later started his own business and within a few years gain ed a national reputation as "The Pep Man.” from one end of the country to the other. He has delivered his fl 1 •• ’f IIOWARD J — WIBEfTXI PT lectures in nearly every city in the country and Is much in demand at con ventions and meetings of business organisations. He Is a business analysis! und talks from experience. His remarks have puiuh and are full ot (Continued on Page six) CITY OFFICES HELD BY GIRLS ('ity Being "Run" By Girls this Afternoon; Election Last Friday The city of Decatur wa* being “run" from two thirty to three thirty this afternoon by a number of school girl* from fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade* In lhe public and parochial schools The girl officer* were those elected on the Red ticket In the "illy election’' held last Friday In the II brury. Ml** Virginia Hite was acting a* mayor and lhe other girl ottcera were: Count Ilmen, first ward. Corinne Reynold*: **eon<l ward. Cecilia Appleman; third ward. Iris Acker; council men at large. Ida Glrml and Margaret V<>alewed«: city tierk. Katherine Kauffman. < Ity treasurer. Helm Rchroll; marshal Helen Colchln; ftre chief, Sadie Fl*her; street lomml*■loner. Florence Brown, city attor ney. Flntlld* Harris; city engineer. Katherine Hubble; Hupt. Water work* Clara Mamma. Rapt, electric llahta, Magdalene Schmitt. Hupt of sebotda. Lucile Phllllppl. Th* duties of the dlffetcut <tfllt« were explained to the ofllelglr by lhe regular city offlc'al* The girls' election was sponsor* I by the l eague n( Wom*n Voters ot thia t.ty. Harold Llyod h Father Hollywood. Cal. May AS iHpecial to Dally Democrat>-“Harold Lloyd joined th" ranks of happy fathers to- 1 day. Mr* Lloyd, known on the screen a* Mildred Davis, gave birth to a daugblvt in a hospital

Local Men Honored At Republican Convention Adams county men secured a share of the honors at the republican state convention in session at Indianapolis Ihis week. L. A. Graham was selected at the eighth district meeting last night as one of the - contingent electors. Dr. Harry Jones, of Berne, was made a member of the creden- i tlals committee; W. A Lower served ; as a sergeant at-arins in todays con i vention and I) W. Beery was appoint ' • <1 one of tlie ushers. MELLON WILL ASK VETO OF TAX BILL Secretary Os Treasury To Ask President To Veto Compromise Bill • I'nlteJ i'ress Service! Washington. May 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat I —Secretary of the Treasury Mellon will recommend to President Coolidge that he veto the •ax bill, it was said on his behalf at he treasury department t<Mlay The bill as It stands, is highly unsatisfactory to Mellon and his opinion is that it will haw a depressing rath■r than stimulating effect on business in general, It was said. Mellon is disappointed that none of the reforms, which "would have increased revenue." have been embodied in the hill and is believed Io consider that the bill will not produce sufficient revenue, not only for the irst year, but year by year, to run the government. - — „ Heavy Frost In Places Last Night; Damage Light frost took place during the as fur as could he learned not a great deal of damage wa* done. It was rejurrted that a light skim of lee was formed. The fruit trees do not appear to be harmed and only part of the garden vegetable* seem to be injured from the frost. Many of the weather prophets believe that before warm weather come,, to stay that one of the famous May snows will have arrived. • Ward School Exhibit Is Being Held Today The annual exhibit of the Ward school* of the city I* living held this afternoon and evening Th>- buildings were open for the exhibit from 2 un til 3:3)1 thia afternoon and will he op en from 7 until 1:30 tbs evening The teachers and pupils have worked hard to make the exhiliit a sueve** and the public I* cordially Invited to visit the three building* and not>- th>- work a< , compllshed by them Cornerstone Os Masonic Temple Is Laid Today South Bend, Ind. May 22 Th« < ornerstune u( the South Bend Maaonic temple, to be erarted st a ’ cost ot 11,000,#00. was to be laid today Thomas It Marshall, former vice j president, was to deliver the address A pared* wa* to proeaed the cere rnony In charge of Dr Charles A. IJp plncott. grand master of the Indiana I grand lodge Democratic Committee Holds Meeting Today (t’nlted Pr«‘*s Service! Indlanaisdl*. May 22 Iteorganlaa , tlon of th" demiu ratic state com mit tee w#* being made at a meetiag of district chairmen here Imluy Indhailott* wore Umt state emu ml tie* Oflteor# would b* re elected Plot)* will be made for •!<•■ Male convention June 4 and 6 liefore adjoummetit of the committee. Present <*rtt« *rs. si hrduled for re j elettlon ate Walter G Chumtier* Os Newcastle. <haltman. Mr* Adells-rt IP Flynn of lxyg»n«port, vic* ihalr- - man. Ml-* Gertrude Fanning Mri Hugh. Indianapolis. a*eretary, and IHi-k Millet. Indlaaapolia, treasurer.

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HN ORMAN IS NOMINATED FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR Evansville Man Defeats Edgar Bush In Close Race For Nomination FIGHT OVER DELEGATE Convention Chooses 14 Delegates At Large To Satisfy Factions Indianapolis, May 22--(Special to Daily Democrat! —The republicans of Indiana this afternoon started naming their candidates for state offices. Harold Van Orman, of Evansville, was nominated for Lieut. Governor on the second ballot. Edgar Bush, of Salem, ran Van Orman a close race for the nomination. Frederick Schorfemeier, of Indianapolis. was nominated for secretary >f state and Lewis Bowman, o# Richmond. tor auditor of state, by acclamation. Benjamin I'rbahns, deputy state treasurer was nominated for state reasurer on the first ballot. Fourteen Delegates Chosen Indianapolis. May 22— (Spec al to Daily Democrat) Fourteen delegates at lurg" to the republican national convention were chosen by the state ■invention today after a compromise slate of ten delegates failed to satisfy the demand of various faction*. The ten original delegate* at large are Harry 8. New. postmaster general; Clyde Walb. state chairman; Gnwrwnr Emmet F. (tram h. Henrv W Marshall. Albert J. Beveridge. Ewing Emmison. Mrs. Florence It. Born. George IL IxM-kwiMwl, Mrs. Anne Studebaker Clarisle. and Senator James E. Watson Each delegate will have one-half a vote and alternates will be dispensed w'th. The Increase was understood to be I move to pueify the Goodrich Bos■art faction , Gov, Branch is permanent chairman. The four names added to the ortg. nsl ten well-: Junies I'. Goodrich Winfield Durbin. Oscar Foelinger,' Ft. Wayne and Cornelius Richardson, of Richmond The convention ratified the nomination of Ed Jackson for governor in • he recent primary election. Jackson replying to the rutlfli-ation ' leclured his oppusltioti to radicalism in all form* and said h* would demand a proper respect for the las rom all classes, if elected governor"l am op|*os»-d to any bleu k or spe- ' i-'al class of people controlling our (Continued nn Page ■•»• WIELIAMSIPE DIES AT BERNE — A Well Known Berne Resident Dies Following An Extended Illness s*un<-ral service* for William A Ripe, well known resident Os Berne whose death ts-curred Wednesday morttlng. will be held Friday afternoon at two o'clock from the Sipe home Rev. Erne nf the lu-rne : Evangelical ehun h, officiating- Mr. I Sipe's death (u ruried at l<>;4s Wed nesday morning following and extended illness from diabetes und com plications He took worse several week* ago and had been confined tn hl* home. Mr. Sipe wa* born In lllue Creek township on June 22. 1*76. a non nf Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Slpc. He Uvcd on a farm until a few year* ago wlu-n Ibe moved to Ih-rni-. Hl* brother W. L Sipe I* trustee nf Blue Creek township B>'*ide* bls wife, three son*. Homer of Ft Wayne. Raleigh of Home ami Herman al home mtrvlve. I Burial will lie made In the MR. H. cemetery. ♦