Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1924 — Page 1

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SIX ARE KILLED IN HERRIN KLAN FIGHT

I isRWSIH I gtKinHT ■ Ibrtim'O '» r „' p|ll l ' ine M llaurs lounn I lan Is ■ Set In Motion . E DIRECTOR MTOiNTED | American Named M Helm ■ ' Director I. neral ■ Os Reparations flfl i stiff correspondent) 4 fl p a , H ' vii- •>" tSpecial to Daily fl , \V;’- nw.'ll D Votrip of fl th- In.t.-<l S’ at the helm as ■ reparations. inafl dnr-rv lor npnivlnc the Dawesfl V( , an , t of German war fl debts Io the .lilies, was sei in mofl ilmi today Announcement of HB Younis appointiiieiit as virtual <licfl tator ami h-s agreement to serve at B 9 p-ast teinpera. A was the first offiBl rial a 1 ’ of ’ ,l " reparations comtnis- ■ .ion Yeung is leaving for Berlin M he w.ii • ’abli-li offices Monfl day. fl p Uu» ng mi tin- heels of word B| tha' tli-- pa<t of London had been B| M today, anM W»e..w-s; WAS made of the appoint IK SA* " I sir puhi bank pco ;, ided under the I Dswes-Young program I It is understood M. Leverve of I Trance will be railway eoinniission- [ ’■ o • Correction Made In School Book List —— , A slight correction in the school book list published a few days ago ! wi» made today by City Superinten- ! deat M. F. Warthman. The retail | price cf the .Muscular Writing Course ! of Study, used in th? schools of the ■ city and county, is nine cents in- I rtead of eight cents as was publish- . >d recently. I o Business To Suspend In This City Monday i*ra< tlcally all of the business houses, a number 6f the manufacturing plants, a majority of the city and coiuity offices will be closed all day 'londay. September Ist, in observance ot Labor Day. No special program has been arranged for the day and those who have automobiles are Planning to enioy a tour or a trip to the lakes over the holiday. | SCHOOLS WILL OPEN TUESDAY I üblic And Catholic Schools Os City Ready To Start Fall Tfcrm 1 lt‘ Public and St. Joseph Catholic , ""'ls in Decatur will open for the ‘"‘l leim iuesday mornlug, of next As Monday is laibor Day. none 'he schoo's will open on that day. I).,". ' f ,l< ]' erl ’ of the city schools have n <al.ed to meet Monday morning ° make proper arrangements for the J*,"’’ of school on the following morning. fJ 1 ". p ’ ,p,lt * ln the Decatur high l ist "r ' ttVe * >een enrolling since ~lm i" ' idy ani ’ yegte, 'day evening •' of 200 pupijg had registered T . J!g " num ber were enrolled today. Tlie.r a,le * Ch<M ’ 1 PU|,I,S wil > enroll T " p,( >ay morning. SiiperintendiMf >< „ . miMt„ , onnnian of the few or n 10018 Ktalp<l today that a errtif t" ' ity * oai 'bera hud not been m t hy the BU,P .is ?«• fe.M h.. T. n. .tale record. ~r , "** wam P«<l with the able “ ac “ er » and has been tin b’lfteen c| I . tlfV 1111 of ’ hem tc <lttte Agnes J’™ ° f the 0r,,,,r '* Btcorps of „ <Onf,tltat ’’ the teaching trade schoo'' 3t Joi " jph Cat nolle olic h>rh / anJ 1110 Oecnttir Cath 11 s>' school.

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University Professor Drowns In Niagara River (United Press Service) Niagara Falls. N. Y. Aug. 30 The , body of Pn><- John A. Taylor. ♦<». of the rniversity of North Dakota, found floating U> Nl re’-e river, will be shipped west today. j It is believed Prof. Taylor fell from a T.nvStO h"*’ Taylor, who was welt known in the west as a puoiic I speaker, had recently returned from | a tour of Europe. His wife, who is in Cincinnati, has been notified. I COUNTY COUNCIL MEETS TUESDAY r j ■ —— .Joint Meeting With Commissioners Planned; To Adopt Budgets ,1 On account of .Monday being I-a---f bor Day. the board of county com- - missioners and the members of the t council will not meet in joint sesi- sion at the County Auditor s office e'until Tuesday. .September 2nd. a One of the improtant matters bei- fete the board will be considering »|and adoption of the of the different d budgets and the fixing of the 1925 a tax rates for the county general i- levy, the bridge levy, the bond and I interest levy, the highway repair v levy and the township gravel road j inter- -I lev. Tentative posed tax s have already . published and final action in the matters will be taken by’ the commissioners and county council next Tuesday. The Proposed Rest-Room Included in the general budget under the head of repairs to the courf hou’e building and the building of a I comfort station and rest room is an I appropriation of 515.000 for this pur-1 i-ose. Petitions asking the countv j councilmen to appropriate this ! amount of money for the improve- I Intent will lie presented to the board next Tuesday. Committees of mtn land women have circulated petitions in parts of the county asking that the appropriation be made and that the rest room be installed under the court house or on the court house grounds. Some objections has been found tn certain parts of the county against the proposed appropriation and it is not known what action the councilmen will take. Bridge and road matters will also have the attention of the county comnCsslonets at the September session. On Monday the commissioners may make a tour of the county inspecting s veral roads and bridges. — 0 ’Decatur Girl Enrolled In ” Ohio Wesiyan University Delaware. Ohio, Aug. ?.O-Josephine Suttles, 122 South Fifth street, Decatur. is included among the 600 I freshmen acceped for entrance in! | the class which will enter Ohio! | Wesleyan university here this fall. ■ The unviersity opens September 15. .' Eipollment has been closed for /several weeks following the filling of ( ths quota of 300 men and 300 women 3 to which registration in the freshman cans is limited each year. j Members of the freshman <l .-s at t Ohio Wesleyan will come from 23 ■ states this year, with the largest 5 number outside Ohio coining from Pennsylvania and the next largest t number from Indiana. Total enrolle ment In the university for the comg ing year is estimated at 1,700 to 1.800 I students. r. i'No Funds For Debts « In Bankruptcy Case Fort Wayne. Aug. 30.- First credin tori' hearing on the bankruptcy case of Ora Mack, former proprietor of a t restaurant on West Washington e boulevard, resulted in finding that e there are no funds available to pay debts owed to John E. Rauh, Garrett: Faui M- Reiter. Decatur, and Nellie N. Hlrzell. and Warren Allison, both of g New Haven. The hearing was held c by Harry C. Sheridan, referee in i- bankruptcy, in United States district courtroom. t

NEW TERM OF ' I COURT OPENS NEXT MONDAY Judge Plans To Adjourn Court Fur Day Soon After 9 o’clock OUTLOOK FOR TERM Less Than Average Amount Os Business Expected During Term The September term of th* Adams, ci cult court will open at 9 o'clock Monday morning However, since I Monday Is I-abor Day. on'.y those matters that require immediate a'tention of the court will bo brought up and court will be adjourned as soon after 9 o’clock as is possible. Judge Jesse C. Sutton stated today. From present indiiations the term will not be as busy as the average i teim. although the docket contains a great many eases. There is less . activity during the term preceding a r general election than during any other term, usually. ; There are only fifteen state cases II on the criminal docket. These ini I elude three cases against Amos D. r i Buckmaster, former cashier of the I I Bank of Linn Grove, who is charged , ■ in grand jury indictments with iar- ! ceny embezzlement and an officer — " t— yj _- 'iis bank aieoi nt; two Fort W:.ym for violate hibitfon tavr The latter case was 1 venued to the local court from Alien county. A majority of the cases on the ’ civil docket are divorce cases, suits - on notes, partition suits and suits to 1 I forecEose chat tie and real estate ' mortgages. Th *re are a few damage I sukts. including!' some Menued from t Allen and Wells counties o i Armenian To Speak At Mt. Pleasant Church Bedroa M. Kurkyasharian. a native of Armenia, will speak on the subject. "Armenia. Her Past, Present and Future,” at the Mount Pleasant church Tuesday evening, September ; 2. The public is cordially invited to attend. I TU HAVE SUGAR EXHIBIT AT FAIR Holland-St. Louis Company To Have Exhibit At State Fair The Holland-St. Louis Sugar < >tn- , pany of this city will have an educational exhibit in the manufacturers building at the Indiana State ’air next week and the process of muring beet sugar will he shown. Indirectly the city of Decatur will receive quite a bit of advertising from the exhibit The nam ■ of Decatur I wiii In- displayed in big letters as the ; home of Indiana's only beet sugar I mill and the exhibit will show the local factory and how all the beets grown in the territory of the Decatur plant are shipperl to this city. Samples of the high grades of beet sugar made by the local factory will be given away at the booth and literature on the growing, cultivation .and maufacture of the beets into I sugar wil be distributed. The exhibit ! I will be along the educational line and bring befire the thousands of people who visit the booth an idea of bow sugar is made. Sam Leer, one of the fieldmen at t Fairmout. Indiana, will be in charge of the exhibit. John Carmody, local manager, Will Simpson, factory super intendent and other officials of the t local plant will attend the fair. I Decatur and Adams County people i who attend the state falf at Indianat polls are invited to visit the HollandSt. Louis Sugar company's booth.

Decatur, Indiana. Saturday, August 30, 1924.

1 Social At St. Marys Church Near Geneva I A social and bazaar will be given by the St. Marys Catholic church. G> nevu Route two. on the church grounds. Sunday afternoon and evening. August 31. Refreshments will be served and there will he music and varfoe* kinds of entertainment. The public is invited to attend. DAWES MEETS BRYAN TODAY Two Candidates For Vice--1 President Chat Together In Lincoln, Nebraska 11 it'nl ed Press Staff Correspondent > |, Lincoln. Neb. Aug 30-t Special to! Daily Democrat)— “Charley” Dawes , ami "Charley" Bryan, laid aside hoa-| • tillties today and visited just like old friends. L For a few minutes Bridg. Gen Charles E. Dawes forgot that he was I candidate for vice president of the Republican ticket and here on a mis-1 sion’ to take votes away from the | democrats and. Governor Charles Bryan, democratic candidate for president forgot that it was his business to fight back the Dawes invasion | They were just a couple of old ,'friend- who happening to be in one I [ town together after many years sep- I arat’.on, met to talk over old times I (United Press Service) Lincoln. Neb. Aug. 30.—Gratifit - I I by Chari- ? G. !g "- wT—e-~ nade no "wild promises” l*vt -’mplyj* le<-lart-d there was a u.'and i " that the republicans would do everything in their power to restore agri- 1 culture to prosperity. Dawes departed from his set p* speech momentarily to attack Sena- , * tor Robert M. l a Follette, candidate I 1 for president on the independent | a ticket- A large part of the la Fol-, 11 lette following stands behind the ' red I flag," he declared. i Today Dawes and Gov. Charles 1 I Bryan, democratic candidate for vicepresident, will meet for a few* moments chat. The desire for the meet- ’ iing is mutual. Dawes and Bryan told * newspaper men. j "We are old friends and political . dierences never affect sincere friendship." Dawes said. Dawes planned to spend a quiet j day and depart for Chicago al 4:40 ■ this afternoon. Approximately 20,000 persons were j in the new stadium of the University j of Nebraska to hear Dawes' speech | the opening gun of the republican T fight for the votes of middlew 'stern farmers. TOTAL TAX RATE IN CITY HIGHER — I If Present Rates Arc Adopted Increa c c WiU Be 28 Cents Per SIOO if the proposed lax rates in the , different taxing units affecting the , city of Decfttnr are adopted as final, the total rate in this city for 1925 will $3,478 on the SIOO. as' tuning that the state rate remains the s'tne. :t.) cents on the SIOO. This would be an Increase of 28.8 cents on the 8100 over the rate this year, the total in Decatur being $3.19. The proposed tux rates and estimates for next year at compiled in the budgets of the various taxing (Continued on Page Eight) Weather Indiana: Partly overcast tonight and Sunday with probable local thunderstorms. Warmer in extreme, east portion tonight; cooler Sunday, or Sunday night. , |

FARMERS VOTE TO MAKE TOUR . ANNUAL EVENT; Adams County Auricultural': Tour Formed By Mem- ( bers Os 1924 Tour OFFICERS ELECTED Tourists Return Home By Way Os Toledo And Detroit, Michigan The last of the Adams County farm era and business men who were mem- , bets ot ihe Farmers tour to Lansing and St. Louis. Michigan, returned hom<> last evening and each and everyone reports an ex< ellent time. Coming home, the party took the Huron route by the way of Detroit land Toledo. They stoped at Toledo [yesterday and held a meeting and decided to form a permanent organization and to call it the "Adams ( ounty ' Agricultural Tour." Officers were elected, they being as follows: J. H. I Carmody. Decatur, president; J D L Winter egg. Berne., vice-president; . Fr> d Stadler. LTinr—Hsai,'. . t: • -.-,~:ir«-r. I I Noah Rich. Monroe, secretary. A| .board of nine directors was also I chosen, they being. J IT. Carmody, IJ. D. Winteregg. Fred Studler, Noah I Rich. W. A. Klepper. A. D. Suttles, |E. W. Busche, Audrey Fuelling, Fred l Dubach. E. J. Fricke, who acted as pilot of the first tom was-selected as man loin v.h-'ti it i- pro Koeii,-. vs i’ern -. va- -• b-cteu to O' [ | ( rnng<- a proeruvi Rvxt a Tli»' P. S. Rovs‘. ’ fertilizer com- t panv furnished the dinners at Toledo t and Detroit, while the Cloverleaf j Creamery company of this city p furnished the dinner at and the Holland St. Louis Sugar Co. t provided the meal at St .Louis. t Those who made the trip were ) greatly enthused over it and everyone ] is planning to go again next year. < t The necklines of the new fall dresses sej>m to hug th>- neck very closely p the round line with the round collar ( being particularly liked by younger women. TRAINING SCHOOL ; t ORGANIZED HERE —— Work Os Community Training School For Religious Workers Outlined A splendid group of workers in the Sunday Schools of the city met at ttie Methodist church last evening in lie interests < i the new Community Train ftlg School of iteligious Education ' which is being launched here for the training of religious workers Superintendent M. F. Worthman. who is a member of the Boatd of Management, presided He gave the history of the inauguration of the school and presented Ihe course for the first year. Mis. .1 11. String, dean of the Community Trein-I Ing School at Fort Wayne, gave a very interesting: and enthusiastically received report of the need and praeiical workings of the community type! of schools A large proportion of those present expressed a desire to enroll in the school At the un on services of the 1 chin < l>os Sunday evening. whi<h I. to bo hel dot the Reformed church. | Mr. Frank Ruf. religious work director of the Fort Wayne Y. M. C. A. and the Secretary of the Fort ha,ne ] Community Training School, will ( give a popular address on the sub iect "The Place and Value ot the Community Training School in the program of the Christian Church. Mr Rnf is well known in this com munity and a 'arge hearing is expect>ed Every one interested in the ad(Continued on Page Seven)

All First Grade Pupils i Must Enroll This Fall ' The rule governing the enrollment es pupils for the first grade in the dty schools will remain the ame this year as It «us last year. All boyc and girls who will be six years of age before th- first day of February, 1925, will be permitted to enroll in the first grade at the opening of school next Tuesday. There will be no first 1 grade enrollment at the opening of the ge«’ond semester. • 11 O 1 ”' MOOSE HONOR DECATURMAN L. C. Helm Initiated Into Moose Legion Second Degree Last Night L. C. Helm, for several years one of the active workers for the Moose Legion second degree of the Loyal Order of Moose, was given the highest honor awarded by the lodge when he was made Great North Moose of the Legion by lodge number eighteen of Fort Wayne, here last night. The conferring of the honor was made by the degree team from Fort Wayne in full uniform, at the K. of C. I hall, and about one hundred members of the order witnessed the beautiful ceremony. A banquet followed, at which addresses were made by James Ford, regent for Indiana, and a response by Mr. Helm. The event was very delightful. The Legion maintains a home for aged members of the Moose lodge, as different from other places of that kind as Mooseheart is for childr-eu. A farm of 90(1 acres ne ir Jac’., >u' i .e. age.l and nnCiftumii" memb-’rs <>: '!. • i lodge are -ent there, but are not Sep , arutvd, the husband and wife going togsUier. They are assigned easy h tasks to keep them busy and thhome is developing into one of the greatest institutions of its kind in the woild. This i» maintained solely by . the Legion, to which ill members of ( the lodge are eligible, but any mem- * her of the Moose can enjoy the privi- ( legeT of the home. Walter Wilkinson < of this city is a Great East Moose of the order , o Well Known AtMete Is Seriously 111, Lorin “Peck” Yager is seriously ( ill as the home of Lis parents. Mr. ; and Mrs. Wil'/am Ya ger, of Kirkland j township. Lor n wait a member of the graduating class of 1921 of the local high school and was a promin ent athlete. He played with the G. E. and Decatur Leaders basketball teams here last v inter. His many friends wjll regret o hear of his <-:it <al condition. o- ■ Bovs Steal Covers For Flag Pole Containers; Boys, evidently not realizing that | they are causing much annoyance stolen s-evcral of h< brass taps from ( the flag homers aloi.g Second i-ti-et. Two or three of the boys sire knov a to members of the American Legion and If they persist in doing this >t will be necessary to prosecute them, j it is not desired to <o this, howetcr.l ( and it is hoped that the boys w.d f unit the practice an I w.ll assist in ( p,,. venting anyone -1-e trom stealing 'the taps which are of no use to any | } eX( ept for the purpose interne. a —o Indiana Labor Vote Is t Pledged To Lal ollet.e < South Bend, Aug. 30—The laboring -, vote of Indiana was p.edged today to . the independent presii.ential Candida- ' cy of Senator Robert ?1. Lah ollette. I The Indiana state Federation of L» , bor. in the closing session of the ate, nual convention, late yesterday adopt- ( ed resolutions endorsing and condemning the national platforms of both the old parties. A resolutuion opposing defense day was also adopted. Use an earthen bowl and wooden spoon for mixing cakes, muffins and batters.

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WILLIAMSON COUNTY AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT Klansmen And Anti-klans-men Engage In Bloody Street Fight MANY ARE INJURED Release Os Man Accused Os Murdering Klansman Believed Cause Herrin, 111., Aug. 30.—Six per- ' sons are dead and several are injjured in a klan and anti-klan fight in front of a garage here this afternoon. The light started when, one ot the Shelton boys, believed to be Carl, and John Bradalia, city health officer met in front of the garage and exchanged blows. Klan and anti-klan sympathizers arrived on the scene shortly after and the batte started which resulted in the shooting of six and wounding of several others. The dead: Green Jennings, Jerry Newbold. Charles Woolard. Otto Roland, J. H. “Bud" Allinon. deputy sheriff, one of the Shelton boys, believed to be Carl. The case of Carl Shelton who was on trial for the murder of Ceasar Cagle in the rioting February 8. last, was no p7. pro-sed lu the Herrin county ■ court this morning after a dramatic appeal by Cagle’s father that he be re- |- . b ■!!' Ilia: hi- release fur- ; Willi ima° n — ♦ — —— More Marriage Licenses Than Suits For Divorce The marriage licenses Issued during the month of August, by County Clerl. John E Nelson exceeded the suits for divorce by more than six to one. there being 13 marriage licenses and 2 suits for divorce for the month. No divorces were granted, court not being in session. During August 229 licenses for hunting am! fishing were issued. Last year durling the same men'll. 148 licenses were issued For the first half of the year, ending June 30th, the num Ibei <-f fishing and hunting licenses were fewer than for Ihe same period jlast year, bnt with the warm weather in July ami August, many local people took to the lake- and therefore took out licenses to fish , — o —— —— U.S. GENUS NOTE TO CHINA TODAY -■ -— ,'Warns Against Injury To i Foreign Life Ana Property n-niied I’iess Staff Corr. -"<«ndent) Washington. Aug- 30-(Special tv Dailv Democrat)—A move by the Enited States and the other powers to check the civil war spreading through China today was believed to be foreshadowed by the note of the United Stales. Great Britain. France and Julian delivered to the Peking lovernment yesterday. The note, which stated that the Chinese government would be held accountable for Injury to foreign life and propel ty during the conflict, was •,-egarded as primarily a warning, pnlim'navy to other action should the [Peking government prove incapable >f checking the disorders. ' State department officials who later today will give out the text of the ! note, took a serious view of the Chinese situation. o CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat: Sept. $1.23%. Dec. $128%. 1 May $135%. Corn: Sept. $118%; I Dec. $1.13%; May sl-14%. Oats: Sept. 48%c; Dec. 52%c; May 56%c.