Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 242, Decatur, Adams County, 10 October 1924 — Page 1

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bakkers sick AGREEMENT FOR BIG GERMAN LOAN International Hankers \jrree To Plan For 8200,000,000 Loan expect BOND ISSUE ! American Portion Os Loan Is $110,000,000; Offered Next Week (Cnlted Prejts Service) London. Oct. 10 (Special to Diiilv Democrat) The agree-! for the $200,(X)0.000 loan, to Germany Recommended in Hi,. Dawes program was signed by international hankers here lliis evening, according to semi- j official information. It is ex-] peeled the hond issue will be placed before the public Wednesday nt a price of about 02. New York. Oct. Ift—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Offering of tKej American portion of the $260.000,600| international Joan to Germany, j which will amount to about $110,000.-1 COO will lie made here early next week. according to reports in hanking circles. Tentative piaas call for seven per cent interest an the loan which wilt mature serially from 1 to 25 ypars, which would net the investor about with the offering price about 92 and per cent. J. P Morgan & Company wiU head the nationwide syndicate offering the bonds. A sinking fund will he provided, it is understood, which will retire one twenty-fifth of the issue annually at 105. so the entire issue will be redeemed by maturity. Some bond experts here seem to think the offering price on the loan will he 95 or even 97, which would mean a yield of 7% and 7(4 per cent. o Kandits Get SIO,OOO Oilton, 0k,1n., Oct. 10.—Three bandits held up the Oilton State Bankj today and escaped with SIO,OOO. The holdup occurred just as the hank opened for the day’s business. — o — Hogs Reach sl2 Today Indianapolis, Oct. 10. —Hog prices touched the sl2 mark at the Indianapolis livestock exchange today for the first time since 1921. I tight local receipts and reports of a shortage at other primary markets caused the advance of 35 cents to a fop of sl2. Geneva Baby Dies Os Infantile Paralysis Geneva, Oct. 10.—Billie, ninemonth old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ott Hoffstetter. of near Geneva, died early Tuesday evening, a victim of infantile paralysis. The child had been ill only a few days. NEW PASTOR ISSELECTED Kcv . .1. F. Porter Chosen By Craigville And St. Paul Churches liev. J. F. porter, of Forest. Ohio, Itas been selected as pastor of the f'raigviiie Zion and St. Paul Chris,ion ' nion churches and will move i'i- family to Craigville next week. J 1 , 1 ' - I' oltp r delivered trial sermons in 1,1 churches last week and the ii'stees unanimously agreed to select l * m as " le pastor. He will conduct breaching services at St Paul's *j“ Ureh Sunday, Oct. 12th, after Sunnay school and will preach at the „ l(, n 'hureh in Kirkland township > urn ay evening. Members of the congat ion and the public in general is ‘nvited to hear him.

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John J. McNamara Is Held In Jail Today (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Oct. 10.—Unable to j furnish bond of $20,000, John J. McNamara. lubffr leader, was held In I the county jail here today. McNamara was arrested yesterday on indictments charging him with attempting to blackmail contractors ' who refused to employ members of j the structural iron and bridge workers union. McNamara served ten years in San Quentin penitentiary in California for the dynamiting of the I.ewellyn llron works and his brother is serving a life sentence for the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building in which 21 persons were killed. FT, WAYNE MEN VISIT DECATUR — Close Three-Day Get-Ac-quainted Tour With j Parade In This City Fort Wayne wholesale and jobbers. I who have been making a 3-day get-ac- | quainted tour through eastern Indi- | ana. and western OTio, stopped in t)e- --| catur about 6:15 o’clock Thursday evening and held a parade through the business section of the city. The parade was led by the Fort Wayne General Electric band which accompanied the business men on the tour, being transported in a large pullman bus. Decatur was the last stop made by the Fort Wayne men. They c ame here from Wren. Ohio. Following the parade here, the tourists disbanded, many of tbe business men remaining in the city until a later hour to call on their acquaintances and customers here. Wal Wemhoff and Fred Kolter, Decatur business men. met the visit-, ors here and were in the front linej of marchers in the parade. The 1 wholesalers and jobbers declared that they had had a highly enjoyable tour and that the trip had been very successful. o To Celebrate Discovery Day On Next Monday Although Columbus Or Discovery Day comes on Sunday this year, the holiday will he observed on Moiyday, October 13, by the local banks. T£y banks in this city and throughout tjte county will be closed all day Moni day and patrons are kindly advised to take notice. Discovery Day marks the 432nd anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. P'ormer Adams County Lady Dies In Michigan Mr. and Mrs. William Teeeter left today for Saginaw. Michigan, where I they will attend the funeral of Mrs. ! Charles Hollingsworth, sister of Mrs. I Teeter, whose death occurred yesterday in the hospital at Ann Arbor. Tbe funeral will lie held Sunday and burial will he made at Saginaw. Mrs. Hollingsworth is a former resident of this city and county. She I was horn in Adams county and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bucher, of Berne. She moved to Saginaw about 15 years ago. She was about forty-five years pf age. r > Joseph P. Johnson Undergoes Operation Joseph P. Johnson, prominent resident of Monroe and well known ' throughbut the county was operated ' upon this morning at the Adams ' County Memorial hospital. A cuncer--1 ous condition of the pancreas and kid- ! neys was found, and although his eont dition It* serious, he is resting easy L today and rallied from the operation s nicely. Mr. Johnson is seventy-four - years old. AH the children, including ) Mayor Ross Johnson and Chester ) Johnson, of Gary; S. V. Johnson, of - Wapkoneta. Ohio, and E. Walter l Johnson and Mrs. C. E. Hooker of this city are at his bedside.

DECATUR RACE DRIVER INJURED l' ‘Tom Covalt Badly Hurt In Spill At Hamilton, Ohio, Wednesday Tom Oovanlt, well known race driv- i er, was badly injured in a wreck on the truck at Hamilton, Ohio, Wednesday. while driving Miss Alice Paul, the racing mare owned by W. P. Robinson of thi a city, in the. 2:15 pace. The first heat of the race was on and the horses were coming down the stretch in a hunch when the horse just ahead of Miss Alice, stumbled and fell. Tom could do nothing but drive over the wreck. He was thrown out and received a broken leg and other serious injuries. Tom has one cork leg and this injury may lie a •very serious one. The heat wa s started over with a new hike and a new , driver and Miss Alice Paul won the | race for a S4OO purse. Cavault is in J the hospital at Hamilton Mr. Robj inson went to that city today to see how he is getting along and to take ! charge of his pacer. Rally And Homecoming At Beulah Chapel Sunday Rally Day and homecoming will be observed at the Beulah Chapel M. E. church near Preble Sunday. Invitation have been sent to us many former members and friends of the church as was possible, hut any who I did not receive an invitation is cordially invited to attend. Several ’ former pasfobs have been invited to atterld, also .and the Rev. E. G. Glendening. a former pastor, will speak. A feature of the day will he a big basket dinner at the noon hour. I o — More American Land At Shanghai Today > (Funted Press) BULLETIN (By D. C. Bess) , (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Shanghai. Oct. IT).—Additional sailors and marines were landed from American destroyers in the harbor here today as advancing Kiungsu I troops again threatened capture of the ' city. ’ General Ln Yung Hsiang’s defeated . Chekiang soldiers threatened to in- : vade the foreign quarter during the : day and a number of them were dis- • armed by the international guard. I 0 OPEN FIGHT ON SUNDAY MOVIES " , ‘ Mass Meeting Os Church People Scheduled For 2 p.m. Sunday .| That the churches of the city will . oppose the operation of moving picture shows in Decatur on Sundays was made known today with the an- • nouncement that a mass meeting to ■ be addressed by local laymen and i speakers representing the State Suni day Alliance will he held at tile First - Methodist church at 2 o'clock Suni day afternoon. An announcement was made a week ago that the Cort theatre would operate on Sunday after noons, beginning next Sunday. . October 12. , Sunday will he known as Sabbath Ob ervance Day in all of the churches , in the city. also. Dr. T. J. Johnson, j of Fort Wayne, who is secretary of , the State Sunday Alliance, and a number of his helpers will be here and speak in thp different churches. The members of the city Ministerial j Association have held one or more x meetings at which time plans of acr lion to he taken in opposition to the , Sunday movies were discussed, r Further announcements concerning f all of the meetings to be held in the r'churches on Sunday and the speakers f who will be present, will be made Saturday, It was stated today.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 10, 1924.

Jay County Man Is Burned To Death I Portland, lnd.. October 10. — Milo Williams, age thirty-live a farmer living south of this city, was fatally burned Thursdny when his clothing Caught fire while he was under his, touring car. fixing a gasoline line. He was brought,to the hospital here, where he died yesterday afternoon. Fire is believed to have been caused by Mr. Williams lighted sigar touching a drop of gasoline. The accident occurred on a road southwest of Portland while Williams was enroute to Indianapolis He was alone at the time, an-' when found by a passing traveling salesman was running through a field, his clothing in flames. The traveling man and another autoist tore the burning clothes from his body. , Williams was burned from the ankles to the top of his head. TO RAISE PRICE j OF BREAD HERE Bakers Hold Meeting Here; Decide To Boost Price To 12 Cents The retail price of bread will he raised from ten cents to twelve cents per loaf in Decatur, beginning next Monday, according to an announcement made by local bakeries today. The price will go to twelve cents in all other cities in this vicinity where it has noi already been raised, it was stated. The decision to raise the price of bread was made at a meeting of bakery owners held in Ihe Decatur Indlijitijil Association 'rooms here last night. The meeting was attended by bakers from Fort Wayne, Bluffton. Portland. Winchester and as far away as Lima, Ohio. In a majority of the places the price of-bread was raised to twelve cents per loaf a few months ago when the price of wheat and flour advanced, but the local bakers kept the price down. However. the wheat and flour lias made another advance within the past few days and it was impossible for the bakers to continue to seil the bread at ten gents per loaf and make a profit. R was stated. Says Jackson’s Tax Argument Is “Clumsy” Mount Vernon, lnd., Oct. 10: —The tax arguments of Ed Jackson, republican candidate for governor, were described as "exceedingly I clumsy’’ by Dr. Carleton McCulloch. I his democratic opponent, in speaking to Posey county democrats last night. “Jackson claims because the tax rate is lower than it was at one time during the Ralston administration that the burden of taxation is being lifted fro mthe tired shoulders of the people by the republican party," McCuPoch said. “Hut he docs not tell you that at the same time property valuations have Iteen boosted until people pay more no w for the privilege of being governed than ever before." McCullloch called for a return to "home rule in local affairs.” o Shenandoah Is Nearing San Diego, California San Diego. Cal.. Oct. 10 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Shenandoah giant navy dirigible making its first fight to the Pacific coast from its home port at Lakehurst, N. J.. was within 400 miles of its first coastal objective today and was expected in this city during the day. A message from Sleims. N. M., said Ihe big airship passed over that town at 2:13 am. and over San Simon at 2:41 am. (mountain time.) It was in radio communication with the ITuiversity of Arizoua. Weather Indiana: Fair tonight and probably Saturday; slightly cooler tonight near Lake Michigan.

LOCAL TEACHERS ON COMMITTEES — Adams County School Officials Named At Fort VVavne Meeting School teachers and school officials j from all parts of Northeastern Indiana gathered at Fort Wayne today for the annual meeting of the Northl eastern Indiana Te.tchers’ Association. The meeting opened yesterday afternoon with a session at the Palace theatre. R. E. Mosher, of Columbia Pity, president of the association. presided at the meeting. He announced the committees for 1924-25. E. S. Christen, superintendent of Adams county, was made a member |of the executive committee. W. Guy I Brown, principal of the central I schools, Decatur, was made a member of the nominating committee. Don Collom, superintendent of Geneva schools, was made a member of the legislative committee. M. F. Worthman. superintendent of the Decatur schools, is secretary of the association. The meeting will close this evening. Many noted speakers are on the program for addresses during the meet- ! iwg. All Decatur and Adams county teachers are attending the meeting, the schools in the county having been dismissed yesterday and today. o Independent Withdraws In Favor Os Democrat (United Press Service) Cedar, pagids,. la.. Oct. 10.—Luther ] A. Brewer, independent republican i candidate for U. S. Senator, surprised I the voters of lowa today by announcing his withdrawal from the senatorial race in favor of Daniel Steck. the democratic candidate. Brewer had announced his candidacy “just to show up Brookharf..” Attempt Made To Rob Postoffice At Gary Gary. lnd.. Oct. 10. —One man was shot and probably fatally wounded here today when police frustrated the attempt of four men to rob the Gary postoffice. Tipped off by a telephne call from an unknown source that tbe postoffice way to be robbed, a detail of police awaited outside the building when the four men drove up in a large auto. TO OPEN LADIES' APPAREL SHOPPE 1 Mrs. Kate Burdg To Add New Line To Her Millinery Store .Announcement is made in today's Daily Democrat by Mrs. Kate Burdg of Ihe Burdg Millinery store of the opening of a ladies apparel shoope in connection with her millinary store on South Second Street. The formal opening of the new line of business will lie held Saturday and flowers will be distributed as favors In all those who call at the store. Mrs. burdg litis X<‘cured the agency l for several well known lines of inißs, j. suits and ladles dresses and will at ''all times keep an up to-date stock. 1 i The store room has been remodeled • and cases arranged for the placing of garments and coats and the public is 1 invited to call and see the line of ' ladies ready-to-wear. t Get Plastering Contract , In Rockford, Ohio, Church | Charles Anlt and Oren Hakes se< nr-, , ed the contract to do the plaster , work in the new United Brethren | . church being constructed at Rockford. Ohio. The contract price was $1,500. The new church is fast nearing completion and will he dedicated this ‘ year, it was stated. They will begin ' work Monday.

Kenneth Shoemaker Talks To Decatur Rotarians Kenneth Shoemaker, assistant j cashier of the Bank of Geneva, de- ; liven (I .in excellent talk to the Rojtarians last evening, his subject bej ing. "Losing. We Win." Mr. Shoe!maker selected several characters i from one of Dickens' books and dej lined the characters in personalities ;of today. His talk was similar to j those lie has been delivering at Sunday school meeting and before local lonventions. Mr. Shoemaker made a wonderful impression and gave ex pression to wonderful thoughts of home life and how all real citizens should try to he of some service to . the community. Home life is what makes good citizens, Mr. Shoemaker stated. ABSENT VOTERS SEEK BALLOTS Ten Applications Already Received By County Clerk Nelson Ten applications for absent ballots for the November election have already been received by County Clerk John E Ne'son. O, toer sth was tlie first day for applications to be received. Major Ed P. Miller of the Soldier's home, Danville. 111., was the first voter to apply for a ballot. According to law the County Clerk j can mail the absent voters' ballots on , , October 20th. but as Mr. Nelson will j j not receive his allotment of ballot ] j until October 22nd, it will he O« to- j I her 23rd or 24'h. before any ballots! are mailed out. Mr. Nelson has ordered 500 absent voters' hall.ots from the state He will go to Indiltnapolis on October I 22nd to get them. The stale ballots are furnished by. the state election commissioners at Indianapolis and the county ballots are printed here. I From October 25th to the Saturdaybefore the election, those voters who will be absent from the county on election day. Tuesday. November 4th, can vote at the county clerk’s office, out until tbe day before tbe election. Absent voters' ballots will he mailed but they must be returned before the election supplies are delivered to the election Inspectors. It is expected t bat several hundred absent voters’ ballots will he voted in the county this year. The registration showed a total of 10,534 voters and between 14.000 and 15.000 ballots will be required in the county this year. Two Prize Winning j . Hogs Become Rivals And Kill Each Other ! 1 Hamilton, Ohio, Oct. 10. —Two hogs, touring the country for exhibition. became such bitter rivals for 1 prizes that, they extermined each ' other in a box car en route to the • Butler county fair today. ' Nelvin Stem Van Wert coiitTly, > owner of the prize hogs, said they 1 had been showing animosity toward * each other since (he exhibition trip s began. One of the animals sncceedI ed in establishing a big lead over the other and .this served to increase, Ihe rivalry. _! They were shipped here with 3a] other porkers. When the car was! opened both "feudists" were dead.. Deep too'.li wounds in their flesh] ■ showed how hitter had been the last battle. Chi’d Mortality Rate Decreasing In Ft. Wayne ~— ' Fort Wayne, lnd . Oct. in. -The mortality rate of children below .school age in Fort Wayne is rapidly [decreasing according to Miss WtniIfred Callahan, of the Council of Social agencies today. In 1919 there were 1.600 births and 191 deaths while in 1923 there were 2,145 births and only 297 deaths, according to figures compiled hv the Council.

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BEAT GIANTS IN DECIDING BATTLE, 4-3 Winners Come From Behind And Win Game In Twelfth Inning JOHNSON IS WINNER Senators’ Ace Goes In As Relief Pitcher; Many Pitchers Used R H E N. Y. 00 0 003000000 —3 8 3 Wash. 000 1 0002000 I—4 8 4 Washington, Oct. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —With a magnificent display of courage the Washington Senators became (he baseball champions here this afternoon when they ! came from behind again and beat the New York Giants 4 to 3in the seventh game of the world series before a crowd of 30,000 baseball maniacs. The joy of Washington was supreme not only because the championship was their'* but that the grand old Walter Johnson won a game of his first world series. Johnson went in as a relief pitcher with i’ne score tied and was credited for the victory. After Miller had been retired in the twelfth, little Ruel lifted a high fly on the third base line near the plate. Gowdv dropped his mask and started for the catch. He stepped into the mask, got all tangled up an£ prolonged Ruel’s life at the bat by dropping the ball. Ruel then smashed a double down the third base line. First Inning N. Y. Lindstrom fanned. Frisch 1 walked. Ogden was taken out of the ’ j box after a conference with the Washington infield and Mogridge came in. J Ogden made some motions to the um- , I pire that he had hurt his arm but the , crowd thought sit was Harri strategy to beat the left hand batI ters of tlie Gian’" unc tanned on I a wide curve. Kelley out, Taylor to Judge. No runs, no hits, no errors. Wash- —McNeely out. Lindstrom to > Terry. Lindstrom made a high jumping step. Harris fanned on a low curve. Rice out, Barnes to Terry. No runs, no hits, no errors. Second Inning N. V. Terry out, Harris to Judge a fast play. Wilson out. Bluege to !Judge, Bluege making a sensational | one-handed stop back of second. ■iJackson heat out a high bounder to ! Taylor who made a sensational stop ’ hut hi; throw pulled Judge off the ‘ base and it was tin error for Taylor. (Continued on page two) HARTFORD CITY BOYS INDICTED Four Charged With Manslaughter; Outgrowth Os Recent Fist Fight *—* " Hartford City, (let. 10 -Warrants lor the arrest, of four young men were issued *o tlie sheriff here yesterday in connection with the death ]of Raymond Morris, 18. who died “overaj weeks ago following a fist fight with William Duff. 17, a high tehool senior, following an argument over high school hazing. Duff was indicted on a manslaughter charge. Likewise. Philip Holton, high school senior and star quarterback and Raymond Stump and Enoch : Fuller, the latter not a high school > students were indicted on the same ] charge. Holton, Stump and Fuller ,- are alleged to have been the referees in the fight.