Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1924 — Page 1

I XXII. Number 243.

I )LfO PRODUCTS I CO. PROPERTY I FOILS TO SELL | I Bids Received By Receiver I I Yesterday U ere Lower Than Estimate SALE STILL OPEN Bfl - ~* I Receiver Announces Sale ! I Will Be Kept Open For | Ten More Days B The Also 1 rodncts building at Monfl we and properly owned by the comfl pany at Fl. Wayne and Detroit was fl not sold yesterday by W. A. Lower, ■ the receiver, for the reason that the fl bids submitted were not as high as the appraisement. B .Frank H-iman. who brought the re- || ceivership proceedings against the ■B corporation and who is one of the H mortgage holders of the property, bid B fl .wii.im fur tin- three-story building ■ s t Monroe A bid from a concern in B Detroit for the personal property B owned by the company in Detroit and H Fort Wayne was received, but the B amount was not as high as the apB praisement and therefore not acB cepted by the receiver. , ■ Mr. 1 iwer stated that he would B continue to receive bids for the purB chase of the building and real estate B at Monroe and personal property ownB ed l>y ’lie defunct corporation for the ■ next ten days. In the meantime, forH mer stockholders and mortgage hold- ■ * rs may form a company and purB chase the property, it was said. K The total appraisement of all the B property owned by the corporation ■ has been placed at $3,083. Mr. Lower B stated. ■ The Also Products company was or9 ganized as a beverage manufacturing || company, its products being known U : I '. The plant was formerH ly located in Decatur, in the building H now occupied by the Decatur CastII ing Company and was moved to Mon- || roe several years ago by Menno || Liechty. former promoter of the new 9 Company. o—— — Boy Murderer Sentenced (United Press Service) Middleburg, Pa.. Oct. 11—Judge Miles Potter, of the Snyder county court, today sentenced Ralph Shadle, farm boy murderer to not more than 20 years and not less than 10 in the Eastern penitentiary. o Boy Born Friday A six and one-half pound boy baby was horn to Mr. and Mrs. Cletus P. Meehan, of Maumee ave., Fort Wayne [ Friday afternoon at the St. Joseph , hospital. Mother and babe are get- . Ong along fine, according to word received here by the happy grandI Parents. Dr. and Mrs. H. F. Costello. Mrs. Meejjan before her magriage was Miss Agnes Costello of this city. — o- — ■ TO GIVE CONCERT HERE OCTOBER 24 •Mooseheart Concert Company To Return Here Eor Entertainment K ■■■'■ ll« The Mooseheart concert company of Mooseheart, Illinois, will give anther concert in this city on Friday evening, October 24th, at the high school auditorium. This same company of artists appeared here last winter and gave one of the best musical concerts ever heard in Decatur. AH members of the company are graduates of Mooseheart Home for 1 ulilren, which supported by th* * oose lodges throughout the country, e home is located at Mooseheart, mois, and is one of the greatest R ’ l,l| ri°ns of its kind in the country. he concert compaany has a varied P i ogram of classical, popular and selections and the public is as n-A ° f a real t rea t °n Ute night of October 24th. . A part of the proceeds derived from lod»- COnUrt K ° eS t 0 ‘ be ' oca * Mootte Mon! > anil the balance is sent to for th leart f ° r mainta ' n iog the home he fhil(iren T , ckptß s 'ng for fifty cents each

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Material For Nickel Plate Switch Arrives The first car load of material for the construction of the Nitke) Plate switch to the LaFountSin Handle factory and the extension of the Nickle Flats tracks in the south part of the city, has arrived in the city. I More material is expected to arrive 'soon and it is thought that the construction work will begin sometime next week. The first car load contain ed rail's, crossing plates, joints and many other articles. — TEACHERS CLOSE ANNUAL MEETING Huntington Lady Elected President Teachers’ Association Miss Helen A. Tyner, teacher and supervisor in the kindergarden pri-l mary department of the Huntington public schools, was elected president' of the Northeastern Indiana Teach-; ers’ Association at the closing sssion' of the annual meeting of the associu-j tion in Fort Wayne yesterday. Miss Tyner ih a sister to Miss Martha A. I Tyner, who was head of the history department of the Decatur high school for several years, resigning last summer to accept a situation ini th Huntington schools. M. F. Worthman, superintendent of the Decatur city schools, was re-elect-! ed secretary and treasurer. A. R. Fleck, principal of the South Whitley schools, was elected vice-press id nt. E. S. Christen, superintendent of theAdams county schools, was made a member of the executive committee, and Miss Agnes Sellemeyer, teacher in the Decatur high school, anti Don Collotn, of the Geneva schools, were appointed members of the intermediate section. The teachers passed a resolution yesterday afternoon commending the efforts that are being made for the introduction of moral education in the public schools. The resolution referred directly to a point in an address given before the teachers Thursday evening by President Paul F. Volker, of Olivet College', Olivt. Michigan, when he spoke of introducing the Bible in the public schools. Another important matter brought before the session was contained in a motion put by D. O. McComb, superintendent of Allen county schools, in which he advocated amending the old county institute law requiring that institutes be held annually by the respective countties for the avowed purpose of training teachers, or putting over a new educational idea. Mr. McComb proposed that the law be changed to allow only a two-day session to be held instead of a five-day session and to designate the institute as a place for organization work and inspirational addresses instead of drill and exercises of instructive import. The matter was referred to the new executive committee for ac-| tion. It was agreed that the new twoday institute with the new function wonld eliminate much wasted effort and mark a forward step in rural education. The teachers favored the law requiring a high standard of prosesJsional preparation of teachers; the present minimum wage law, which,] it was declared, made possible the better preparation of teachers and ’ contributed materially to the improvement of school conditions and the teachers’ retirement law as now, administered. Indiana is to be the host to the teachers of the nation next spring, when the National Educational association convention will be held at Indianapolis. Teachers of this district are urged to become affiliated with the N. E. A. and attend the meeting. q— All Steel Furniture In Woman’s Dormitory (United Press Service) Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 11 The women's residence hall at Indiana university here has been equipped with all-steel furniture. ; Next fall 200 co-eds will be providI ed rooms in the new woman’s dortni- . tory now under construction at a cost I of $400,000 from a fund of $1,600,000 about to be completed by alumni, former students and friends of the ■ university. i The new men’s dormitory accomi modating 110 students, has been open- ■ ed as the frist unit of a group, of residence hall for men.

MAIL CARRIER HAS RESIGNED Marion Biggs, Carrier On Route 5, Enters Business At Petersburg | Marion Biggs, of this city, tod ty submitted to Postmaster Harry Fritj zinger, his resignation as mail carI rier on Rural Route No. 5. effective at once. Mr. Big.es who has been carrier on Route ."> for the last eight and one-half years, has purchased an interest in a lumber business at PetI ersburgh. Indiana, and he will devote | his time to that business in the fu1 ture. Mr. Biggs and his father. William P. Biggs, purchased the lumber business together. The business is said to be a thriving one. The elder Mr. Biggs has been in charge of the business for the past several weeks. Petersburg is located in the southern part of the state. Ed Elzey, substitute mail carrier, will carry the mail on Route 5 until | an examination is held and a new | carrier appointed. Mr. Biggs has j been shipping clerk at the Waring Glove Factory also, and his position l there will be filled by Robert Brandyberry. | . o Heavy Registration Is Evidence Os Interest I Indianapolis. Oct. 11.—The heavy ' registration this year is evidence of tthe intense interest voters are taking in the present state campaign, according to RufseJl Ryan, Demo* cratic chairman of Marion county. Although a part of the increase registration of 20.00 ft in the county is due to the increase in population political headquarters o tVtotlt parties see in the total registration of 191.944 in Marion county an unusual interest in the issues of the campaign Reports indicate the same increase in the counties where a full registration was held, while in those conn ties where only the new voters were required to register there was unusual activity in getting all eligibles out. A record vote in the November election is predicted on the basis of ( the registratou figures. o Stunt Aviator Killed . Hamilton. 0.. Oct. 11—C. Extier, stunt aviator of Dallas, Tex. was killed and his mechanician, Albert Hunter, was injured slightly in a plane crash near Brookville, Ind., 20 miles west of here late yesterday. Extier lost control of his plane while making a landing. The body is to be returned to Dallas today. o SUGAR FACTORY SIARTED TODAY I Thirteenth Annual Sugar Making Campaign Gets Under Way Indiana’s only beet sugar mill, the Holland-St. Louis Sugar factory of , thi s city, started on its thirteenth I annual sugar-making campaign at six J o’clock this morning and by Monday , the first sugar will be manufactured at the mill. I Not a hitch was in the road of the '“.get away" at the big mill this morning and at a few minutes past six ,'o’clock everything was running smoothly. Approximately 2,000 tons of beets are on the yards and in transit to the factory and thousands of tons of beets ! will be received within the next sixty days and find their way through the mill in the sugar-making process. The factory is in better shape now that ever this year for a record breaking run. During the year the old machinery has been overhauled and worn-out machinery replaced with new. For the next eighty to ninety days and possibly one hundred days, the mill will be one of the busiest places in this part of the state. Within a few days 300 men will b« • employed in and kround the mill Twelve-hour shifts, from six to six ' are observed at the factory. , Most of the weigh stations through out the territory have been openec and others will be opened as the de ■ mand increases. The beets are be - ing pulled throughout the territorj ■ and it was stated that they were oi good quality.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 11, 1924.

"UNCLE JOHN" PASSES r— I •'■■■. s ■ fB 2 fl lifll SRMKSBLi..-'■ ~J? -r? , r Above i s pictured John Scliurger, f 1 pioneer of Adams county, the first abi. stractor of the county, former couni ty recorder anil highly esteemed citizen .who died at his home west of the city at 2 o'clock this morning, -i He was 86 years old last March. -- HELD ON A BAD ' CHECK CHARGE i Jacob H. Musser Pleads [ Guilty To Charge In Court Here Today r Jacob H. Musser, of this city, was arrested in a Fort Wayne restaurant ( by Sheriff Lewis C. Bobilya. of Allen county yesterday afternoon, and la.ter in the evening brought to this r city by Sheriff John Baker, to answer to a charge of issuing a fraudulent check at the John T. Myers and Comf pany clothing store. Musser was I held in jail over night and thhis niorn- ( ing arraigned in court before Judge , Jesse C. Sutton. He entered a plea of guilty to the charge and the court ( took the case unedr advisement until , Monday morning. It was charged that Musser iseud a check to Mr. Myers for $5 on August 2. 1924. and that he had insuffit ient funds in the . bank to make payment on the check. ; o Flight Os ZR-3 To American Postponed Friedrichaliat'eu. Germany. Oct. 11. —The flight it<> American of the dirigi- . ble, ZR-3, scheduled to have started . this morning. wa s postponed at 8 a. > m. until tomorrow. , All the crew and passengers had r settled i nthe ship when Dr. Eckener, , flight commander, called off the start because of moisture in the air and hazy weather. Lifting tests were found unsatisfactory and Eckener estimated the dirigible would be forced to sacrifice four tons of benzine if it ascended due to the heaviness of the atmos- ' phere. Hoagland Team Plays Ft. Wayne Team Sunday r The Hoagland baseball team will play the Walther League team from Fort Wayne on the Hotigland diamond e Sunday afternoon, the game starting f at 2 o’clock. A game between these ti two teams last Sunday afternoon was x stopped at. the end of the first half y of the Fifth inning, with the Fort ,! Wayne team leading. 1-0. — 0 ; THIEVES VISIT ; COUNTRYTOWNS R .. : ..__ [. Merchandise Stolen At Linn h Grove; Burglar Seen At Vera Cruz V '■ Thieves visited the towns of Vera '" Cruz and Linn Grove last Wednesday J night. At Vera Cruz the intruders b gained entrance to the Fred Schafer y grocery and made away with a large ’’ quanity of merchandise. All of the money had been removed from the store at the time of closing. At Linn € Grove a man was caught in the at '■ tempt of breaking into the F. W. Stud C ’ ler general store through a front win dow, and he was fired at by Albrecht 1 Raeber, night watchman. Mr. Raeber ’ fired two shots at the man from a F 32-calibre revolver, but neither of the shots took effect. The night watchman gave pursuit as the burglar fled, but the fellow proved to be fleet-foot-ed and ©scaped.

PRESBYTERIANS PLAN RALLY DAY — Special Program Planned For Sunday; Also Promotion Day i* Tomorrow will be observed as Rally ; Day in the Presbyierian Sunday i school. This is annually known as i Promotion Day when t’ae members of the school who are eligible are 'promoted to other departments. ! These promotion days are anticipat-j ! ed long in advance by the pupil for it marks a completion of one stage lof development of the chilli and the beginning of another. This is'also tile beginning of the' Fall work of the Sunday school and l the service is meant to be what its - name implies, a rallying for the work! ■ of the future. Every scholar regular- ' ly enrolled will want to be present. The classes will convene at 9:30 a.| m. as usual and at 10:15 a.ni. the t school will re-assemble for a program The following is the program: | Visual Presentation —“Across the Country wiith the Board of Christian i Education." by eight boys and girls i of the Junior Department. ( ■ Song—" Oh. Zion, Haste, by congregation. ’(JJ Promotion exercises. | > Pageant—" Save the Fifteen." by Miriam Haley. Betty Frisinger. Robert Frisinger, Dr. Patterson. Mrs.’ VanAlsberg, Mr. E. S. Moses. Rev. , Covert and twenty boys and girls of i I the Junior Department. Address by Rev. Covert. Offering. Pageant—“ Abraham and Isaac, by 1 W. Guy Brown’s class of M. E. church. The public is invited to attend. o Many Injured When Two Interurban Cars Crash Youngstown. Oct. i.—Tewenty-five' persons were injured, many of them seriously, when two interurban ears crashed head-on here today. Ambulances brought 17 of the injured ito Youngstown hospitals. Both cars were said to have been crowded with persons on their way to work. 1 The crash occurred on a single track just as one of the cars was leaving a switch. I Should Burn Leaves Between 8 a.m. And 4 p.m. Chief of Police Joel Reynolds asked I today that the residents of the city burn leaves between the hours of 8 a. m. and 4p. m. Burning leaves later ( I in the day than 4 o’clock causes the I I smoke to hover near the ground and 1 [buildings, owing to tile dampness of I the atmosphere, the chief said. The smoke is offensive and unhealthy and . many complaints have already been . filed with the chief, he stated. , ', o WOMAN'S CLUB OPENING MONDAY 1 Annual Club Season To Open With Picnic Supper In D.H.S.Gym. s The opening meeting of the Decaf tur Woman’s club will be held in the t high school gymnasium Monday evening at 6:30 o’clock at which time a picnic supper will be enjoyed. The present officers of the club include president. Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp; secretary. Miss Marcella Kern; and k treasurer. Mrs. Pearl Heller. Miss k I Della Sellemeyer is the new chair"itnan of the music department; Mrs. Mary Mills is chairman of the literature department; Mrs. Faye lloltVhouse of the dramatic and Mrs. Ruby Carmody of the civic section. Other committees include Mesdames Carrie Ilaubold, May Holthouse. Frances 4 Burk, music; Mesdames Mary Mills, >' Mary Tyndall and Fanny Dugan, s literature; Mesdames Faye Holthouse, r LaVerne Elzey and Cora Downs, e dramatic and Mrs. Olive Peterson, e Mrs. Kathryn Elberson and Miss e Fannie Hite, of the study program of n the dramatic section. 1 Ed Jackson To Speak In Decatur On Tuesday t — r Ed Jackson, secretary of state and * republican candidate for governor. e will speak in Decatur on Tuesday af- ' ternoon at 2:30 at the court house. ’ instead of Thursday, as stated in yesterday's Daily Democrat.

'Chicago School Children Vote To Strike Tuesday | | Chicago, Oct. it Mayor Dever and i public school official today sought to j |h»'ad off a strike of school children; lof the Harper school district, called ■ for Tuesday. At a mass meeting of parent* last night. 150 voted In favor !of a s’rlke and 19 voted against it. | The question at issue Is the convention of the Harper school into a junior higlt school, thereby forcing ,the lower grade school children of that district to travel longer distances to other grade schools. TO INVESTIGATE , i CAMPAIGN COSTS — Senate Campaign Fund Investigating Committee To Meet Wednesday Cihcago, Oct. 11. (Special to Daily Democrat I Official notification that the senate campaign fund investigating committee will meet in Chicago next Wednesday was received from Senator Borah by William Butler, chairman of the republican national committee today. I After receiving the telegrom ButI ler declared that contribution to the republican campaign fund totaled approximately $1,095,01'0, October 1. I The chairman said that there was no “arbitrary limit" on the amount anyone contributor could give. Butler was asked what he thought lof the methods used in the laifolb-tte I campaign for funds. "I have perr on al complaint" he said. “Let the people draw their own conclusions.” —— o Shenandoah Damaged In Landing In California San Diago, California. Oct. 11.— Damage to the Shenandoah caused when the rear gondola bumped the ground in landing in a heavy wind here last night will delay the departure of the great dirigible for Camp Lewis. Washington, at least until t> I morrow. Commander Lansdown announced that if the damage to the big ship could not be repaired in time to start early tomorrow the departure would be delayed until Monday. o Three More Cities Added To Davis’ Itiniary Today Indianapolis. Oct. 11.— Three more I cities were added today to the speak- ' ing itiniary of John W. Davis, demoi cratic presidential nominee in Indi ana. Enroute from Indianapolis to Lafayette Monday morning he will make a rear platform speech at Lebanon. He will speak at Lafayette at l:3tl o'clock Monday afternoon. Later it: the afternoon he will make a rear platform speech at Crawfordsville anti Greencastle on his wav to Terre , ■ ■- Republican Candidate Denounces Ku Klux Klar Indianapolis. Oct. 11 James W. Hill, republican candidate for tongross in the fourth Indiana district. , in a spech at Franklin last night, asserted that the Ku Klux Klan is a paramount issue of the day and promised that if elected to congress lie , I wil introduce a hill which will prohibit the wearing of masks in public places and require that the roster ol all secret organizations he accessible to the public. Weeks Asks For BigSum For Army Aviation (United Press Service) . Washington. Oct. 11. Secretary of War Weeks today announced he had asked the budget bureau for an apJ propriation of approximately $23,000,JOOO for army aviation this year, an I increase of nearly $10,000,000 next year. 1 The stun. Weeks said, would be devoted entirely to the procurement of new aircraft and equipment. o — Washington Players Get Checks For $5,959.64 Washington. Oct. 11.--Each regu lar Washington player today reeeiv ed a check for $5,959.64 as his slvari of the world’s series receipts.

JOHN PION; 4 coui\ it Eldest Memli County Ba\ This Mo — \ CONSCIOUS Uk Served To Terms y ty Recorder; Wo. Daily Until Recen John Scliurger, age 86, firs\ stractor in Adams county eldest rk her of the Adams County Bar. A one of the county’s most highly r\ , spected citizens died at his country, home, one and one-half miles west of\ Decatur at 2 o'clo< k this morning. Mr. Schurger was stricken with internal paralysis a week ago last Monday and he had gradually grow-n weaker since that time. However, Mr. Schurger was conscious until with a few scondS of his death early this morning, and he exhibited a physical constitution that was remarkable for a person of his advanced age. Until about a year ago, Mr. Schurger was active in his profession, coming daily to his office in this city and worked in the real estate and abstract business. Last November he suffered a siik spell and in some manner unknown to himself and members of bis family, he fractured two of his ribs. Although he partially recovered from that attack, and was able to come to his office here many, times, he was not in good health. On September 19 he suffered a stroke of paralysis while walking in a pasture field near i his home, and he was found lying in the field a few hours later. John Schurger was a son of Mr. 1 and Mrs. George Schurger, and was born in Seneca county. Ohio. March ' 11. His father was born in France and his mother was a native ' of Germany. John secured only forty days of education in English schools. I although he attended a German school for a brief time. When a young man lip cleared up more than _ 150 acres of land in Ohio and Indiana. In 1862. Mr. Schurger was married to Agatha Fisher, in Seneca county, Ohio. In 1864 Mr. and Mrs. Schurger came to Adams county. Indiana, r and they bought a tract of land in St. Marys township, six miles south of Decatur. In 1866 Mr, Schurger sold that land and purchased west of Decatur, whore he was living when his death occured early this morning. In i connection witli his farming Mr. Scliurger engaged in the butcher busii ness. Eleven children were born to Mr. ami Mrs. Schurger three of whom n died while in infant y. Mrs. Schurger r died April 10. 1917. *1 (Continued on page two) MISTAKES MAY . BE CORRECTED Voter Who Registered In Wrong Precinct May Correct Mistake I Counjy Auditor Martin Jaberg called attention to the fact this morning (hat if any voter, through mistake , registered in the wrong precinct last Monday, that he or site can correct tin- mistake and have their name transferred to the correct precinct by filling out the proper blank and filing it witii county auditor. I Tlte acts o’ 1921. page 56-58, Chapter 24. Section 1, provides that a voter who registers in the wrong precinct, can. up to ten days before lite general election, make application to have his name transferred to his correct voting place. The acts also provide that if the voter does not learn that lie is registered in the wrong precinct until the day of the election, that he can then make spoliation. through the county auditor 1 and have his name transferred. For violation of the law a penalty of SSOO is affixed. Those voters who are not. sure that they registered in the right precinct lust Monday should investi- | gate the matter and correct the mistake if they wish to vote in Novemn- her. v- No provision is made for a voter to re register after October Sth. that being ,the final ddy to qualify. i