Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 241, Decatur, Adams County, 9 October 1924 — Page 1

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WASHINGTON WINS IN GREAT GAME

■BRITISH LABOR I (OVERNMENT IS I OVERTHROWN l, eneral Election Called For ■ October 19 Following Overthrow |)|'|)(>NALD CONFIDENT ■Prime Minister Certain The ■ People Will Sustain His Party I H’niied Press Service) H London. Oct. 9-(Special to Daily ■Democrat I—Prime Minister Mac Don Cid today took his case to the country. Appearing in the house of commons following defeat of his labor [government. the prime minister announced that a genera’ election will Ih he'd October 20. The prime minister spent the morning in conference with his political advisers and was reported to have told the labor group he was arranging to prologue parliament this evening after which the party’s election manifesto would be issueth We will take this case to the people and they will sustain us,” MacDonald said, referring to defeat of. the government when the house i adopted the liberal amendment to a vote of censure last night. London. Oct. 9—(Special to Daily frmocratt—Premier MacDonald today requested King George to dissolve parliament, thus necessitating I general election. The prime minister made known his decision to cabinet when he returned to Downing street after a 45minute conference with the king in Buckingham palace. His announcenent was expect’d following the labor government’s defeat in the house of commons last night when a Jiberat proposal that a committee be appointed to investigate the dropping of proceedings against a communist editor who had been charged with sedition. The vote was 364 to 198. the conservatives solidly backing the proposal. The adverse vote last night was the thirteenth defeat incurred by the laborite in their nine months in office. Political observers generally believe the conservatives will make gains in the election, the laborites holding their own and the liberals losing. The present lineup is: Conservatives 257; laborites 193 and liberals 158. It is almost certain that the conservatives will remain the strongest Party numerically and it is likely that ex Premier Baldwin will be returned to the head of the next cabinet. — 0 Greensburg— John Roadnour was seriously hurt when he fell on a corn 'stalk. He was struck in the heart. STAB ELECTRIC COMPANY MOVES Moves Into Room In Sether Building On North Second Street The Star Electric company, owned and managed by Chalmer Steele,, is' rooting from the room above Vogle- - Shoe Store to the Sether otilding on North Second street Th( “ e!e <3ric company will occupy the rontn just south of the Coffee shoe ■opair shop. M r . Steele stated today at he would have his shop open or business by next Monday mornng He will handle all kinds of elecr cal equipment, radios, radio supP‘tes, washing machines and other appliances. He will also do electrical < ’’ ltl ’ ac,in k. A radio receiving set Mr roilnecte d UP in the shop and tnm k t6e,e iuvites al l °f his old cusvi»i»er> an< ' t * le pul>,lc ln general to his store and enjoy the radio toncerts.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Several Operations At Memorial Hospital Several operations were held at the Adams County Memorial hospital the first of the week the patients being. Hie Johhloz. Ossian, a major operation; Mary Maxine Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs , W. Guy Brown, had her tonsils removed yesterday; Mrs. Erma Macklin of Zanesville, Indiana, also underwent a major operation Tuesday. The patients are getting along nicely. MARK NOBLE IS FIRST APPLICANT Decatur Boy To Be One Os First Patients At Riley Hospital The application blanks for the admission of Mark S Noble, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Noble of this city, to the new Riley Memorial hospital at Indianapolis, were the first application blanks received in complete form at the hospital, according to a letter received by John E. Nelson. Clerk of the Adams circuit court, from Robert E. Neff, administrator of the hospital. The Noble lad will be one of the first patients admitted to the hospital. Mr. Neff stated. The lad will receive treatment for infantile paralysis. Following is a copy of the letter received by Mr. Nelson: ‘‘We are very glad to acknowledge the receipt of application blanks for Mark S. Noble. You doubtless will be pleased to know that this application is the very first application received in complete form at the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for children—a considerable distinction for this boy. The hospital will be ready for patients in about two weeks and you may’ be assured that Mark will be one of the very first patients admitted to the hospital. ‘‘Yours very truly, ROBERT E. NEFF. Administrator.”

Davis Preparing For New Invasion Os West (United Press Service) . New York. Oct. 9—More corffident 1 than ever that he will be victorious at the polls in November. John W. Davis returned from his third speaking trip through New York to prepare for a new invasion of the west. The democratic candidate planned to spend the day in conference here and will leave tomorrow for a swing that will carry him through. Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee. Kentucky and Ditto, according to the present tentative schedule. Davis concentrated his attack on the administration's foreign policy in his speech at Buffalo last night, describing it as based on fear of the irreconcilable group in the senate rather than any attmept at constructive statesmanship. _ ——-o - ——- Joseph P. Johnson At Hospital For Operation Joseph P. Johnson, prominent resident of Monroe, father of Mayor Ross Johnson of Gary, was removed to the Adams County Memorial hospital this morning and will be operated upon late tonight or Friday morning. He has been suffering from a growth on the side, near the kidneys and las been in a serious condition the past few days. Mr. Johnson is sev-enty-four years old. E. Walter Johnson ami Mrs. Charles Hocker of this city. Mayor Johnson. Chester Johnson and S. V. Johnson, children are at his bedside. o Steam Shovel Hit Dynamite (United Press Service) Caswell, Tenn.. Oct. 9— Two men were killed and four Injured today when a steam shovel struck a stick of dynamite hidden in a mound of earth here. Those killed were members of the Southern railway construction crew.

PARALYSIS FATAL TO BERNE WOMAN Mrs. Calvin Boan Died Monday Night After A Long Illness Berne, Oc t. 9--Mrs. Calvin Roan. 06. died at her home on Behring street at 10:20 o'clock Monday evening. Death was due to paralysis. Mrs Boan having been afflicted for the last six or seven years. The last stroKe of paralysis was suffered byMrs. Doan on September 23. Mrs. Boan. nee Caro'ine Heffner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Heffner, was born in Mercer county. Ohio, near Chattanooga. Ohio, on February 18. 1858. She was reared in that community and was a mem ber of the Lutheran church in that town. On January 7, 1884 she was united in marriage to Calvin Boan. who survives her. Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Boan spent about five years at Ceylon and six or seven years in Decatur from where they moved to Berne where they have lived ever since. Her husband was engaged in the lumber buying business. Only one child was born to their union, a daughter. Mrs. G. C. Etnick who died at her home in Berne last spring. Besides her husband, a granddaughter and grandson, the following brothers and sinters survive: Conrad Heffner of Chattanooga. Ohio; Philip Heffner of Monroe: Mrs. W. Schutnm of Schumm Station. Mercer Co., O.: and Mrs. Rhem of Willshire, Ohio. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the local Reformed chinch. The pastor of the Chatanooga. Ohio. Lutheran c hurch officiated. o Wife Os Congressman Will R. Wood Is Dead Lafayette. Ind.. Oct. 9.—Funeral services will be held here Friday for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wood. 68. wife of Congressman Will R. Wood, of the eleventh district, it was announced today. Mrs. Wood died in a local hospital yesterday from an attack of heart trouble. o

SUGAR FACTORY OPENS SATURDAY

Everything In Readiness For Opening; Force Numbers 300 Men Everything is in readiness for the opening of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company’s factory in this city at six o’clock Saturday morning and several thousand tons of beets have already been received at the mill fo.‘ the beginning of the thirteenth annual campaign. Will Simpson, factory superintendent, stated that about 300 men would be employed in the mill during the sugar-making campaign. The mill wil operate twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week and the men will work on a twelve hour shift. Those who have secured work there should be at the factory in time for the opening Saturday morning. The beets are first washed before they are sent on their trip through the mill in the sugar making process ami it will be Sunday night or Monday morning before any sugar is made The Holland-St. Louis Sugar Company plant is the only beet sugar mill in Indiana. During the campaign several hundred men are employed by the company in the mill, at the weigh stations and throughout she territory. Foreign laborers, inclu'l ing Mexicans, Bohemians, Slavs and other assist in the cultivation of the beets and in pulling them from the fields. The sugar manufictured in the local plant is shipped to all parts of the country and is of the highest grade.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 9, 1924.

GAME’S HERO FALLS f' 15 bit 1 lit v W I'/ ' - er. While thousands of fans sat in the stands at New York yesterday cheering wildly for him. Walter Johnson. Washington pitcher, one of the greatest pitchers and best loved sportsmen in baseball who had dreamed for eighteen years of taking part in a world's series, was baten badly by the New York Giants. "Bucky" Harris. youthful manager of the Washington team, and everyone else at the game, knew that Johnson was not “right" when the Giant batters began to connect squarely with his offerings. but Harris kept the veteran in the game, rather than send him across the field to the showers. And the fans were with Harris. Johnson is expected to announce his retirement from big league baseball soon.

SHENANDOAH LEAVES TEXAS Giant Dirigible Resumes ' Cross-County Flight To The Pacific Coast United States Helium Plant. Fort Worth. Texas, Oct. 9.—After an overnight stay here, the naval dirigible. Shenandoah, resumed its cross-coun-try flight to the Pacific coast at 9:44 a.tn. today. The big ship circles low over the helium plant grounds and glided southward toward Fort Worth, seven miles away, to liick up the trail ot the Texas Pacific railroad which it will follow to El Paso. The next landing will be at the San Diego mooring mast, around midnight Friday. The craft was provisioned for the flight during the night. Lillie difficulty was anticipated on the 1,700-mile trip to the coast. Commander Lansdowne said, although the southern end of the Rocky mountain range lay in the course. A light southerly wind prevailed along the westward course in exas.

o Total Os 965 Voters Registered In Berne Berne. Oct. 9 —A. total of 9G5 voters were registered in the three precincts in Berne this fall, according' to a cheek up of the registration! books following the registration day | last. Monday. Precinct A had the largest number of voters. 372 having registered there. in precinct B there were 246 voters and in precinct C there were 347. It is said that in precincts A and C the voters are nearly all registered, hut in precinct B a large number failed to register. All voters in Berne were required to register thi 8 fall in order to be eligible to vote in November, on account of the change made in the boundaries of the precincts when a new precinct was added recently. Weather Possibly showers tonight or Friday; warmer tonight in east and north portions.

TOTAL (IF 10,594 ARE REGISTERED I Registration Os Voters Shows Large Increase Over 1922 Figures According to the figures compiled i today by County Auditor Marlin Jaberg. 5,733 men i:nd 4 861 women, or a total of 10,594 voters are registered in Adams county. Separate figures on the number of voters who registered Monday are not available, no l distinction being made between the old and new voters who registered' this year. This is an increase of| 1 537 over the registration of 1922.1 when 9 057 voters were registered In 1920 a total of 9.192 voters were I registered. In Decatur 1.802 men and 1.752 woj men are registered, a total of 3,554 This is an increase over two years ago. In Third ward "A" Decatur.; more women registered than men. the figures being. 329 men and 344 women. In all the other 33 precincts the number of men exceeded the women. In First ward “A” Decatur, the largest number of voters are registered, the total being 705. Third I ward “B" is second with 701 regist-' ered voters. North Monroe precinct has the largest registered vote, outside of the towns anil city of De catur in the county. Duplications in Number Although 10,594 voters are registered there will not be that many qualified voters in November as many of those who registered Monday wer” registered in other precincts and have moved from their former voting place to a new precinct and registered again Monday. In several cases thejr names appear in two different precincts. Then to. many voters have moved away from the county n the last two years and their names still appear on the book. The only names removed are | of tiiose who di“d in the last twoj years. Registration by Precinct The list of registered voters in the 34 precincts in the county, as comK'ontinnod on Psge K1»» • LAYING CABLE FOR NEW LICHTS Work Begun On Installation Os Mercer Avenue Ornamental Lights The trenches where the cable for the ornamental lights on Mercer avenue will be installed are now being dug and work on the improvei mi nt will be pushed so that the light posts can be erected on both sides of ' the street as far south as the Erie I railroad crossing at least, before winter and then to the end of the street [at the site of Adams County Memorial hospital early next spring. The Madison and Fourth streets lights were installed this summer and when the Mercer avenue improvements is completed more than 100 new posts will have have been erected in the 1924 program of the city ad■ministration in beautifying and lightling up the streets. Tile same kind lof posts are being used throughout the city, with the exception of Second . street, where a larger post as erected. | Petitions are on file for the placing of the ornamental light posts on . Adams, Monroe. North and South I Third streets and a few others and as , soon us the city can get to the work these streets will be improved. The * adminstration has taken the petitions .: and acted upon them in the ordet filed and the streets so far improved were the first to be petitioned for The city government is carrying most of the cost, the property owners paying only for their share ot ‘the posts, while the electric light department pays all costs on installing cable and other expenses connected with the work.

Dr. McCulloch Argues For Self Government Logansport. Ind.. Oct. 9. —"The I present tax problem in Indiana start-j ed when the people were robbed of' the right of home rule on local tax issues." Dr. Ca’leton B. McCulloch, democratic candidate for governor, j declared here last night. "Centralization of power in the. state capital has led to a wave of exI travagunee,” McCulloch said "A fundamental principle of the democratic | party is that of self government. Let's get back to it." TWO BULLSTO BE GIVEN AWAY Two Bulls From Bull Special To Be Given To Farmers At a meeting held at the Industrial I Association rooms Wednesday even-| [ing final arrangements were made by | (the “Better Bull Special" committee.! (headed by Avon Burk president of ihe Industrial Association, and Wm. I Klepper, of the cloverleaf Creamerlies. Inc., for giving away the two bulls ■ I in connection with the special on Mon 1 day, October 2b. A drawing will be I held in which any farmer of Adams county who does not already have a , purebred bull and who has at least j two cows will be eligible. No restrictions will be made except that the • farmer shall not dispose of the bull ; within one vear from date and shall ( . give fr°e service to the farmers of ! . the community for one year The 1 ■ donors know that in this way much ‘ will be accomplished toward grac’i- . ing up the cows of the community to higher milk production. The winner will have the choice of either a Holstein. Jersey, Guernsey or Ayrshire animal. ' The “Better Bull Special." which ! Jis sponsored by the Erie Railroad in! ' co-operation with dairy breed associations. Purdue University. farm bureaus and county, agents of the I i districts through which the train I passes, will start at Decatur on October 20 and will make stops in all counties of Indiana on the road to Chicago. Abut sixty purebred bulls will be distributed on the trip, they being carried in several “palace" cars. The bulls will be only of the best breeding obtainable, costing from $75 to S2OO. will be purebred, registered, tuberculin tested and have records behind them of only the best I production. Since bnt few local farmers realize the importance of using bulls which have actual production records in the ancestry, it will tend to remind all those who attend the meetings at the train during the day of the value of breeding in cattle. Although the cars will be open after nine-thirty, the lectures will not ; begin until one-thirt.v. Several good > dairy lecturers will accompany the "Special." among them being Hugh G. Van Pelt, known throughout the I I United States as an authority on I dairying. Farmers cannot afford to I i miss this big day and should begin . planning now to attend all day. o —— —

» John VV. Davis At Indianapolis Saturday Indianapolis, Oct. 9 (Special to I Daily Democrat) —The visit of John W. Pavia, democratic presidential I nominee, to Indianapolis Saturday will be made the banner day of the democratic campaign in Indiana, according to plans being completed to j day at state headquarters. Delegations of democratic enthusiasts from every county in the state j will pour into Indianapolis to hear the Davis address at Cadle tabernacle I Saturday night, it was announced. Walter Chambers, state chairman. • Charles A Greathouse, national com-: mitteeman from Indiana, and other: partv leaders will go to Richmond to meet the standard bearer when he crosses into Indiana from Ohio. Davis will make an address at Richmond in the afternoon, blit will give no rear platform speeches enroute to Indianapolis.

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EVENS SERIES BY DEFEATING NEW YORK, 2-1 Zachary Holds Giant Batters: Harris Drives In Winning Runs PECK INJURED AGAIN Senators’ Shortstop Carried From Field In The Ninth Inning RHE N Y..,.. 1 000 00000—1 71 Wash... 00002 000 x—2 1 0 Batteries: New York—Nehf, Ryan and Gowdy; Washington —Zachary and Ruel. (Unite,! Press Service) Griffith's Stadium. Washinglion, Oct. 9 (Special to Daily ! Democrat) Behind Hie leasing curves of Big Tom Zachary. Hie stout hearted Washington Senators squared the world's series with Ihe Nev York Giants al 3-all here this I afternoon when they won the sixth and best played game of [ ihe series by a score of 2 to 1, before raving fans. Young Bucky Harris, the Washington manager won the game with a good old-l’ashion-led punch off Art Nehf in the i fifth inning. Roger Peckinpaugh. the' star Washington short stop who returned after two days absence from the game started the inning with his second single of the day. Ruel sacrificed him to second and he reached third on Zachary's infield out. Nehf who had held the Senators to two hits in four innings weakened at (his point and passed young Earl McNeely. McNeely stole second. Harris then drove over second tor a long single and Peck and McNeelv scored with the only two rims of the game. Thu Giants so< red their first and only run before < the left banded Zachary had got his arm in good order. Frisch doubled after Lindstrom had been retired. Young hit to Zachary, who made a smart play and got the fleet footed Frisch between second and third. Young went to second during the run down and sprinted home on Kellys single. From then on Zachary was almost invincible. The Giants started a rally . in the fourth inning but it was nipped by a fast double play. Zachary had th" Giants swinging (beautifully, futiley and widly on wide sweeping curves ami a tantalizing slow ball. (Continued from page tiiree) BERNE ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. SOLD

Irisiill Corporation Reported To Have Bought Plant For $44,000 Berne. Oct. 9. —According to a number of stockholders in the Berne Electric l ight Company. the company has sold out to the Samuel In- ; still interests, of Gary. The same concern recently purchased the Marion & Bluffton Traction company, i which included the Linn Grove Light and Power company. A deal has been I under way with the Berne company ; for several months, it is understood, i Although! no details of the transacItion have been gotten from the direct- - lors of the local company, the deal is '(said to have been negotiated last Sat- ’ j unlay and many or possibly all of the stockholders are now in posses--1 sion of their liberal returns. A few’ ' technicalities remain yet to be com(Continued Ou Fage Five!