Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1924 — Page 1

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Ml. SCHOOLS |f[N TODAY N I (DAMS COUNTY 3 Term This Morning ■ (T tendanc e G 001) L, Encountered In ■ Obtainins Teachers In Several 1 luces I . and ■Lbools in the townships the county opened this ■pandas fat as v-dd b’learnenrollment we very good for ■l, day. A total of G1 schools M. including ■' elementary or ■ ’schools, fiv elementary and ■j schools combine! and one town- ■, ingi, school, namely, the Kirk- ■ township school, opened their this morning. K. enrollment in the fil schools ■ year was 2 330. This includes ■ sf hools in the townships only ■ in t he Town of Monroe. The ■ :l < at Verne. Geneva and in the Decatur are not included in ■,'above enrollment. These schools last Tuesday. ■ail Graham, of Monroe, has been as the principal of the ■ township high school at MonMiss Liono L. Leach of Ft. is the assistant. ■j S. Christen, county supcrinof schools, stated at noon ■t he did not hear of any school ■ opening today. Although the experienced some difficulty Obtaining teachers. sufficient were secured to open the The new state teacher’s law makes it more difficult teachers as the requireof teachers are more exacting, the provisions of the law. in ■puds to years of experience_ and S:rdt of time required in attending ■mal schools. ■County Superintendent Christen ■uh! that the school age for pupils ■g from six to sixteen years. Chil■en who will be six years of age by ■mry first can start to school now, ■f. Christen stated. All children not ■er 16 years of age are obliged to ■ttrnd school. ■ 0 Missouri Republicans || Favor Denouncing Klan ■ WTersnn City, Sept. 8. — (Special to toil'' Democrat i -A state platform lank denouncing the Ku Klux Klan f name gunibitted by Sam A. Baker (publican nominnee for governor at meeting of party nominees for state Bees here today was approved withutopposition and in all probability 111 be adopted tomorrow at the leetmg of the state committee. — o — ■IS TO PUN HU ACTIVITIES Important Meeting This Evening; Tennis Tourney Near Close A meeting of the Boy Scouts will be lf ld this evening at seven o’clock at ■ e < entral school building and every Anther is urged to attend. Scout“»«ter Bryce Thomas has several I’l'ortant matters to bring up at the "’"•ing and heh wishes every Scout in attendance. A Program for the fall and winter Mscn win be arranged soon and ® e ’wal activities for the Scouts are J"" 1 plann od. The semi-finals in the ’ out tennis tournament will be play- “' WPek ’ the contestants now beteroV"!." 131011 t 0 Rißht ’ all<i mUch in ’ m-r? f hflß bee ” Bhown - Th e wino the tournament will be awardevenin'' 2 ! 6 and at the meetln K this game/, » anS f ° r plannin ß the final ? 7"' will be made. Scorn Th ° n ' as ,ook charge of the Boy J“lv tn V Vera ' monthß ai>'l last whL the t,oop “> Bhte Lake Brve. < h6y enJ ° yed a week ’ a outing. 8c °uts and Th' 7° rker am ° ng the Brant n fa " and win ter proto be a real intei . P e3t .

Two Couples Elope To Kalamazoo, Michigan Miss Pearl Tiernp. 17 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tremp, of near Linn Grove, anti Howard Croy. 21 years old, son of Mrs. George Croy, of near Pheonix, and Miss Mabie Groh. 17year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Groh, of near Vera Cruz, and Mr. Frank Croy. 19 years old, son of Mrs. George Croy, near Pheonix, were quietly united in marriage Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Kalamazoo, Michigan. Both couple are highly esteemed in their community and news of their wedding comes as a complete surprise to their friends and relatives. FATE OF YOUNG SLAYERS SEALED Judge Caverly Completes Writing Opinion; Stenographer Has Copy Chicago, Sept. 8. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Justice John R. Caverly has sealed the fate of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb for their murder of Bobby Franks. His opinion running approximately 1,900 words, has been written and now- is in the hands of a stenographer. The opinion was completed late yesterday. It had been scrawled in pencil, edited and re-edited until its every phrase and shade of meaning were exactly as the justice wanted them. A typist, sworn to secrecy, had the document today. Exactly 20 copies have been ordered by Justice Caverly. to be used by the attorneys for both sides and the press. Justice Caverly made It known that the opinion does not contain the actual words of sentence. He said he would read the opinion in court and then pronounce sentence. The entire proceedings Wednesday morning probably will not consume more than a half or three quarters of art honr. Extraordinary precautions to guard the courtroom Wednesday have been ordered by Justice Caverly. Mounted police will patrol the streets around the criminal court. o — Bruce Patterson Accepts Position In Dayton, Ohio Bruce Patterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Patterson, of this city left last night for Dayton. Ohio, where he has assum ’ the managership of a new store just opened by the Atlantic & Pacific Tea company. Mrs. Patterson and children will leave next Sunday to join Mr. Patterson and make their home in Dayton, Mr, Patterson was employed by the Cardwell Stave company in Delhi, Louisiana, until recently, when he moved his family back to Decatur. Mr. Patterson formerly was employed by the Decatur Daily Democrat. —o— Seek To Close 13 Drink Parlors In Fort Wayne (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Sept. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Abatement proceedings seeking a temporary injunction against thirteen soft drink establishments in and near Fort Wayne were filed in federal court today. The petition asks that the places be closed pending trial of the proprietors and for one year after the trial. The injunction suit is an aftermath of the raid on alleged rum dealers in Fort Wayne last spring. —— o_ — Big Coal Company Is In Hands Os Receiver (United Press Service) St. Louis. Sept. B—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The St. Louis Coke & Iron company, capitalized at sll.700.000, today went into the hands of a receiver, due to depression of the iron market and lack of working capital, its president, W. D. McGuire, announced. The company had headquarters here and a huge plant at Granite City, 111. The federal court at Springfield, 111., where the receivership proceedings were started, appointed James Duncan. Alton, Hl., as receiver. It is the plan to continue operation under the present management as much as possible, McGuire said.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, September 8, 1924.

REFUSE PILE CATCHES FIRE Fire In City Dump Threatened Barn At J. S. Bowers Home Sunday Citizens in the north and west part of Decatur were alarmed Sunday morning when they noticed the air was filled with what looked like snow. Several insisted that they had caught flakes in their hands and watched them melt. Investigation showed, however, that the ‘‘snowflakes” came from a fire in the refuse dump ravine between Second street and the river. The fire started about five o’clock Sunday morning and when the big barn on the J. S. Bowers property was in danger the fire department was summoned without an alarm and fought the blaze until nearly noon. The dump was composed of the refuse from the rear of garages, stores and factories. On top of this the tree trimmings had been placed and the fire soon gained considerable headway burning over a space about two hundred feet and thirty feet wide. Mr. Bowers employed several men to help the firemen and the blaze was controlled without any particular damage being done. o Wheeler Answers Charges Hurled By President (United Press Service) Albany. N. Y„ Sept. B—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Senator Burton K. Wheeler flung back his answer today to charges of President Coolidge that the progressives are tampering with the constitutional power of the courts. Federal courts especially, he declared. have flagrantly abused their authority and ignored the constitution. ‘‘Unjustly they crushed down the constitutional rights of the working men by issuing injunctions restraining them from doing what the law pel mils them todent vice presidential candidate said. ‘‘lnstead of honoring the sacred heritage handed down to them by the founders of our government, they "have abused their power.” 0 Prisoners Saw Way Out Os Jail And Mate Escape Princeton, Ind., Sept. 8. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Three prisoners in the Gibson county jail sawed their their way to liberty last night while four other prisoners in an adjoining cell slept. The three who escaped were Ben Brown and Robert Wilson, held on liquor charges and Leo King charged with vehicle taking. No trace of the men had been found late today. 1 o— ANNUAL MISSION FESTIVAL HELD Large Audiences Attend Services Held At Zion Reformed Church The annual Mission Festival at the Zion Reformed church in this city Sunday was well attended and four out-of-town ministers assisted in the services held in the morning, afternoon and evening. Rev R. R Ellik er, pastor of the church, officiated at the services and the out-of-town ministers who were in attendance were, Rev. Tillman Hoerneman of Lima. Ohio; Rev. Otto Engleman. of Magley; Rev. O. H. Scherry, of Vera Cruz and Rev. C. W. H. Sauerwein of Berne. The Mission Festival is held to encourage interest in the Home and Foreign Missions supported by the Reformed church. The speakers in their addresses emphasized the ways of supporting the Missions, namely by prayer and spiritual work, by active work in the missionary field and by financial support. During the day an offering was taken and $135.00 was donated to the mission fund. Next Sunday the Mission Festival will be held at St. Luke’s church, west of Decatur, near Vera Cruz, of which Rev. Scherry is the pastor. A large number of people attended the services and many visitors were here for the day.

Bluffton Bridge Is Opened This Morning I Bluffton. Sept. B—W. S. Gordon.] contractor for the paving job on i North Main street, stated Saturday that the bridge over the Wabash , river would be opened to traffic o'clock. He said that sufficient conMonday morning, probably about 7 crete would be completed Saturday, that boards may be placed over it I early Monday morning, permitting I traffic by the wny of the detour route * over the Paxson Island. With favor- < able weather the entire bricklaying 1 job may be completed before street t fair week, and assurance is given < ' that at least the north end will be < completed so that visitors from the t north may cross the bridge in enter- i ling the city. t o 1 ASK NEUTRAL : ZONE IN CHINA ; FOR FOREIGNERS ■ p Five Nations, Including U.' t S., Send Note To The I. Chinese Government WAR IS SPREADING j« Half Os China Now Involved In Civil War; New Troops On Front i (United Pre«s Service) Pekin. Sept. 8—(1:50 p. m.) —(Spe- • ' cial to Daily Democrat) —The United ’ States. Great Britain, France, Japan ’ and Italy joined in sending a note to ( the foreign office, asking proclama- , tion of a neutral zone from Woosung to Shanghai for the protection of lives and property of foreigners. | The request was made following intervention of Chang Tso Lin. the ! powerful war lord of Manchuria, into ■ j the civil war which now involves half of China. I Chang is reported to have informed foreign consuls at Mukden that he is ‘‘preferring counter action against four divisions of Wu Poi Fu (Pekin) troops,” which he declared are moving towards Manchuria. Meanwhile Pekin was intervening in the Shanghai war. The president of the North China government isI sued a mandate Sunday, formally declaring a state of war in the ( (Continued On Page Pour) MUCH INTEREST IN MAINE VOTE Klan And Anti-klan Feeling Intense; Record Vote . Is Predicted (United Press Service) Portland Maine. Sept. 8. —With I klan and anti-klan feeling intense, interest in the outcome unusually keen and perfect weather in prospect, a record vote is predicted in Maines I biennial election today. One United States senator, a governor. four congressmen and the usual state officers are to be selected. Overshadowing all else, the K. K. ' K. looms as vitrually the sole issue, despite protestations by republicans that its place in the campaign result- [ ’ ed only from the political ambition of ' the democratic candidate for gover- ' nor. William R. Pattangall. ' Democrats, under the leadership of , I Pattangall, who has made a bitter " fight against the hooded order con- | C |fidently claim the governorship by r j‘‘at least 10.000.” Pattangall has stumped the state, I I I charging his opponent. State Senator I Ralph O. Brewster, Portland, with be- ’ mg a klan candidate and seeking the order’s support. Brewster conducted bis campaign 11 along national lines, urging his own I election as an endorsement of Calvin ( ’ Coolidge. He declined to denounce ’ the klan asserting it was not in issue. | The independent. candidacy of l Senator Robert M. La Follette does ( not figure in the election. Weather t Indiana: Unsettled tonight; probabI ly showers in north portion; cooler.] » Tuesday generally fair. Cooler in east and north portions. I

REPUBLICANS MET SATURDAY Important Meeting Os Candidates And Workers Held In This City About twenty-five republican candidates. comm'tteemen and one or two others attended a meeting held at the Decatur Industrial Association Saturday afternoon. Just what it was or why or how, has not been given out. but it must hae been of considerable importance for the visitors here included -several personages, no less than Frederick Schortemeir. republican candidate of state; District Chairman Cartwright, of Portland, and Congressman Albert H. Vestal, of Anderson. No newspaper publicity had been given the meeting, but it is said that notices by mail had been sent to the leaders over the county and that the attendance waj a keen disappointment. There was an air of mystery about it all but it is reported that it was an effort to create enough interest to sequre a campaign fund and an organization for the campaign. Mr. Vestal had devoted a day or two in visiting republican leaders of the county. o Funeral Services For Pete Russell Held Funeral services for Peter Russell, whose death occurred Saturday noon at the Adams County Infirmary were held this morning at nine o'clcrk from the St. Mary's Catholic church. Burial was made in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Mr. Russell was a lifelong resident of the county and had been a patient at the Infirmary for about a year. o Two Local Athletes ’ Enter Franklin College Deane Dorwin and Ervin Steele, two former Decatur high school athletes, have eone+r, Franklin where they will enroll in Franklin College. Both were graduated from the local high school last spring. While in high school Deane and Ervin distinguished them c elves in athletics. Both are star baskethall players. Deane having been captain of the team last year. Deane is a star high jumper, also tying for first in the district meet last year and taking part in the state meet. Steele is a track man of no mean ability, also. I Their many friend? are predicting - bright future for them in college. CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE ! Wheat: Sept. $1.22)4; D ec sl-27%, [ May $1.34. Corn: Sept. $1.1814: Dec. $1.12%; May $1.11%. Oats: Sept. 47%c; Dec. 51%c; May 55%c. MRS. HALEY AGAIN SEEKS A DIVORCE Local Woman Files Suit For Divorce Against Her Husband For the fifth time in about two years, Golda M. Haley today filed • suit for a divorce from Nade Haley. The couple reside on Kekionga street. The complaint filey today was prepared by Lenhart & Heller, local attorneys. The charges made in the complaint filed today are practically the same |as those in the former complaints. 1 namely cruel and inhuman treatment. Mrs. Haley alleges (hat her husband is a habitual drunkard and that he often comes home drunk and curses her. | Mrs. Haley demands a divorce, the custody of their two children. SSOO 1 alimony, and -an allowance of S3O ' per month for the support of the chil--1 dren. An application for a restrainI ing order, restraining the defendant from molesting or interfering with the plaintiff and for suit money , was filed this morning, also. The court records show that Mrs.. Haley filed suit for divorce on th6| following dates: March 31, 1922; ) January 12, 1923; May 21. 1923; De-, I comber 19. 1923. Each of the cases were dismissed upon motion by Mrs. I Haley.

’ Sujjar Beet Meeting At Linn Grove September 24 Farmers In the vicinity of Linn Grove will hold a big meeting at Linn Grove on Wednesday night. September 24. for the purpose of boosting the sugar beet crop tor next year. The meeting is being arranged by a number of farmers and business men of that community who took part * in the auto tour Into southern Michigan recently. Much valuable information and many id°as in regard to the sugar beet crop were obtained from | the tour, it is said. The soil around ,* Linn Grove is said to be especially I well adapted to the sugar beet crop j and the boosters have s*-t a goal of j l,00() acres for next year. AUTO WRECKED NORTH OF CITY Arthur Meyer, Van Wert, Injured In Accident Sundav Night — Arthur Meyer. former Decatur young man, manager of the Fisher & Harris Grocery, at Van Wert. Ohio,! was injured about the head and face and one arm when his automobile, a 1 coupe model, struck the culvert and | turned over in the ditch on the Fort Wayne-Decatur road, about half way . between this city and Monmouth .near] the Fonner Stock farm, at about 9:30 Sunday evening. The other occupants of the car. Virginia Meyer, two-year-old daughter of Mr. Meyer, and Miss Beulah Nichols, of this city, were not injured in the accident. Mr. Meyer was taken to the] office of a local physician where his injuries were dressed and he was able ! to leave early this morning for Van Wert. It was stated that Mr. Meyer attempted to turn out of the way another car x.aen the accident hap ; ‘ pened. It seems that he got off the main road and then hit the culvert. He was driving on the west side of the road coming towards Decatur and the other car wa s going north. The car, was badly damaged, the winshield broken and other damage done. A tourist from New York state assisted Mr. Meyer in getting to Decatur, it was stated. A Ford coupe driven by Miss i Freda Black was struck by another automobile driven by a mar from ] Portland, at the corner of Adams' and Seventh streets Sunday afterneon. The Black car was damaged on one side, hut no on- was hurt in the accident. Th«> cars met as the drivers- were attempting to make the turn. Small Fire At Auto Paint Shop This Morning The city fire department was called to the Decatur Auto Top and Paint Shop, on South First street, at 8 I o’clock this morning, to extinguish La blaze which started from a match thrown into gasoline. The gasoline i was on the floor of the shop and the 1 match was carelessly cast aside by a 1 smoker, it is said. The fire was extinguish by the firemen with the aid of chemicals, and the damage wi ■ small. Two boxes and a used automobile tire were burned. — Lucille Bridge Will Teach In Logansport Miss Lucille Bridge, daughter of i Rev. and Mrs. U. S.-A. Bridge, has j, accepted a position as teacher of the , the IB and kindergarden grades in the Logansport city schools. Ihe school in Logansport opened thi« ] 1 morning. 0 Miss Bridge is A graduate of Fort] i, Wayne (’entral high school and the Indianapolis Teachers’ College, being , graduated from the latter institu- ' I tion last spring. She also took {work in the Indianapolis Teachers’S | College during the summer, owing to J the new teachers’ license law, many , 1 teachers are having much difficulty In : j securing licenses and positions. Miss - Bridge considers herself very ] j fortunate in obtaining such a fine ] J position, without having had teach-. , 'ing experience. One of the main | J things which the superintendent of] ' the Logansport schools inquired was I the work which Miss Bridge had had lin music. She has had a large 'amount of instruction in music, hav- ’ ing studied in the European School i of Music, at Fort Wayne, for five . years. Miss Bridge also had Special Training in kindergarden work.

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WORLD FLYERS LAND TODAY IN NEW YORK CITY 'Hop From Boston To New York This Afternoon; Landed At 3:45 P.M. A GREAT WELCOME New Yorkers Turn Out To Cheer Airmen As They Near Their Goal Mitchell Field, L. 1., Sept. 8 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The American round the world airmen received a rousing welcome as they landed j here at 3:45 p.m. today. Thovs\nds of spectators in a ] roped enclosure at a safe distance from where the flyers and | their convoy numbering 15 planes in all, cheering them- ' selves hoarse as the airmen (Completed the flight from Boston. ! A military band played the “Stars and Stripes Forever" as the planes circled the field. The Prince of Wales joined in the demonstration. New York. Sept. 8 (Special Jo Daily Democrat) —Manhatitan from vantage points on the roofs of lofty buildings or at the bottom of walk’d canyons, got its first glimpse of the world flyers at 3:15 p.m. today. I The city's unofficial weli come, a roar of “here they come" swelled from thousands ;of throats as the world airmen in “V” formation soared southward over Broadway. Sereaching automobile sirens, iamding bells, added to the deafening din of tug and ship whistles coming from the Hudson and East rivers on both sides of Uie island. I The airmen, scarcely a thousand feet above the city, circled around the tall spire of the Woolworth building and shot . off to the east in the direction of Long Island and the landing place at Mitchell field. I — BULLETIN (By James A. Moran) (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Boston, Sept. 8. —Their planes equipped with landing wheels and tuned up ’ for a three-hour overland flight to ' New York, the United States army | flyerg were ready at dawn on this ] last stage of their flight around the ' world. J Fair weather was promised for this hop which was to start about noon. ] This would bring the airmen over New I York around 3 p. m. and to Mitchell I Field, where a great welcome awaits 1 | them, a little later. After a hard (lay’s work on their ma(Contlnued On Page Four) ADAIR IN ADAMS CO. THIS WEEK i Candidate For Congress To Speak At Pleasant Mills Thursday Night Hon. John A. M. Adair, candidate for congress in this district, will open the democratic campaign in Adams I county with a speech at Pleasant i Mills on Thursday evening of this (week. The following night he will speak at Monroe ami both meetings are expected to be well attended by those interested in governmental affairs and the result of the coming 'election. Later Mr. Adair will speak in other parts of the county. I John Adair served the district in congress ten years and with a record 'of fighting for the people which made !him thousands of friends. He is well known and is now making an active ! campaign to return to Washington. | Last winter he spent several months iin the, capitol watching procedure and I carefully studying conditions there. ’ He will tell about them and give his | ideas at’ various problems of great interest to every citizen. You are invited to attend the meetings, either or both and to meet Mr. Adair personI ally during the two days he will be here.