Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 248, Decatur, Adams County, 17 October 1924 — Page 1

laiimeXXH. Number 248.

■o.P.MMEMN ■IOOGET TOTALS ■ THREE MILLION ■l hl ,n»..n liuller Sacs That ■I \nwiinl 1 JP The Campaign ■> !A xS ARE EXPLAINED Butler Admits, During ■■ Questioning, That K “Money Talks” |H| d’liit■•<! I’i'ss Service) Meh,, a.-. "... IT Th- campaign .publican national ■■ H.. 11 I chairman, told the .ml investigating I -um s_• IS Io be used , t „. m.mpaign ami the |^K|. h|l , congressional and |K,T colic i the present somewhat more than sl.hr laid th.- committee. ,» mm I. more do yon expect to », ; p,,. i.■■ .. n now and election 0.n,1. chairman of the S|9 ".v; m imtier replied, "three i .m.'it).. in a general way he expended. ’ oi Arkansas asked explain how the $46.0011 si and (tie S3O.-le-gr >'s bureau Butler that the .he expense of speakers and I activities. "In rn rr publicity wor.k do you get what ilmv us-d to call ‘boiler ' and 'canned editorials?"', araway asked. HKI Bittl-r outlined in a general wav gRH :ily m.pmm.e.l with the terms used c ... .. tinaili he thought gMthe Washing;.bureau took care <>»' work. A gffi 'ln your Judgment do you think it t.do two or three million dollars {■tn rim the campaign?" Caraway askgß| "It makes all the difference in the 'd what kind of a campaign it is." answered. B-i Butler said he felt that that, was a amount for the conduct of this ■J "In the language of the street— talks" remarked Caraway, i "I think so." answered Butler. I I Engagement Os T. Weber Wilson Here Cancelled B . 1 | | County Chairman Dan Tyndall last |B evening received a message from I ■democratic state headquarters, at In-' |B dhrnapolis, cancelling the engagement | B°f Congressman T. Weber Wilson, of I b. I the sixth district of Mississippi, who |Bwas scheduled to deliver a speech ■ here on the night of October 22. No ;■ g rpason was assignd. but evidently the J ■ congressman, who is one of the best kl <ai,lpa ‘ snrs ' n The country, has been assigned to some other state for next | I week, it was indicated in a telephone C| message this morning that he might : | come here the following week, but | no definite arrangements have been! ■ made. 5 | —— . I FRANCIS SPEAKS j IN BERNE MONDAY I Noted Lecurer To Address Democratic Camnaign Meeting Oct. 20 I Berne. Ind., Oct. 17—The demoI rat,< workers of this community are g aiming for a good time here on I Monday evening. October 27th. The I ' Pa(illne speaker will be the Hon. lin mers °n Francis, famous '' nrer and one of the best political, Ini i'i'' rS n °" ea, npaigning in the I ‘‘ eWeßt ' Mr Everett Schugg will chMi de an<l . Hon - Thurman A. Gotts-1 '. ' cant ßdate for representative I lean MlO serv<!t ' as s he democratic l ' e * louse ' n the last sesdre. ° legis?ature - will also ad ' be hen 6 Crow<i The meeting will bami 'nV the au(litol 'um. The Berne ■ the m W Bive a concert just before I Quart ,ng op - n 8 and the Saxophone 1 duX e b Win Play severa! Helections' uurmg the evening. , i

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•Smith & Bell Co. To Ship Lumber To Japan The Smith & Bell Lumber company. of this city, has received an order for four or five thousand feet of white ash lumber to he shipped to Japan. The lumber will be shipped in the logs, and will be otained either in this community or in Western Ohio, it was stated by Mr. Smith today. The lumb >r will be used in making baseball bats and tennis rackets. The sale was made through th» San Francisco representative of the local company. Mr. Smith stated to day that the local firm has made 'previous shipments of lumber to I Japan. o PIONEER DIES AT MONMOUTH Mrs. Cecelia Ball Dies Os Heart Trouble After Short Illness Mrs. Cecelia Ball, age 78., pioneer of Adams county, died at her home in Monmouth at 4 o'clock this morning, following a snort illness of heart ■trouble. Mrs. Ball was taken ill last Saturday. The deceased was a daughter of Joseph and Mary Eynson, and was born in St. Marys township, Adams county. April 22. 184fi. She spent practically her entire life in Adams coun- 1 ty. She was married to John K. Evans when a young lady. Mr. Evans died several years ago and she was later married to J. O. Ball, who died, about six years ago. Mrs. Ball was a member of the St. Marys CathoI lie church, of this city. Surviving are one daughter. Mrs. j Hattie M. Rice, of near Monmouth; I two sons. David Evans, of near Mon- ' mouth and John K. Evans, whose present address is unknown; two’ j brothers. Joseph Eynson. of Decatur. and Edward Eynson. of Brookland? Arkansas; and two sisters. Mrs. Clara Hughs, of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Malisa Woodruff, of Brookland. Arkan-i sas. Funeral services will be held from the St. Marys Catholic church at 9 o'clock Monday morning. Father J. A. Seimetz. officiating. Burial will be made in the Evans cemetery, the burial ground on the old Eynson farm, near Monmouth. — o : To Make Payment To Yoder Bank Depositors The fourth payment of Hi per cent will be made to depositors of the clos-| ied Yoder bank within a week or 10' |days. Harley Somers. Fort Wayne, liquidating agent, said today. I Three previous payments of 10 per j cent, have been made ami the fourth payment will bring the amount paid •depositors to almost half of their de- ' posits. i Liquidation of the affairs of the •closed bank is progressing rapidly, Mr. Somern said. Short term notes are being paid up while arrangements are under way to place with Fort Wayne banks some of the long-term securities to facilitate liquidation. The Yoder bank was closed by vote of its stockholders, due to its inability to earn dividends. The stockholders will lose about 25 per cent, on their [investments, it is expected and must; wait for their stock returns -.mt ' depositors are satisfied. Portland High School Project Gets Setback Portland. Ind., Oct. 17—The movement for the proposed new high school building for Portland was j given a severe Jolt and setback, with . the announcement from the state | board of tax commissioners that the i tax levy for the city schools had been . reduced 34 cents, from $1.34 on th<‘| hundred dollars' worth of taxable to ■ SI.OO. With this reduction in the tax rate, it will be impossible to go ahead with plans for the proposed new school building, which is badly needed here, and which the school board 'planned to start work on after the, first of the new year. I The reduction of the levy by the state tax board followed a hearing held last week on a remonstrance j •filed by 27 property owners in the ( •noith part of the city, who objected 'to the levy on the grounds that the | 'money to be raised by the levy, should be applied on a new addition to a building in the north part of the I 'city before the new structure was, ‘built.

ZR-3 ARRIV ES IN HER NEW HOME I ___— K' ' , (.-V ~r I i ! j . 11 . ■ 1 - J ■ The new super Zeppelin ZR-3 was delivered safely in America by the Germans as pari of their war reparation to this country on October 15. The mighty ship is seen here photographed from the air ibdui to enter the Hangar at Lakehurst, N. J.

I SHANGHAI OUT OF DANGER NOW Population Still Panicky, However; General Fang • In Control > (U. P. Staff Correspondentl Shanghai. Oct. 17.—General Sun Chuan Fang, war lord of Fukien, oci cupied Shanghai this afternoon and assumed control of the military district. (Fang has been a lieutenant of GenI eral Chi Hsieh Yuan. Kiangsu dictaA tor and leader of the allied Kiangsu- • Fukien troops, which defeated Gener•al Lu Yung Hsiang and captured • Shanghai. > ’ The dangor.-ia Shanghai was con- ■ sidered ended but the population still wa 9 panicky and a thousand fearful civilians rushed the barbed wire entang'ement around the foreign quarter during the afternoon. Many women and children were trampled before guards finally drove them back. Fire damaged the Astor house, largest foreign hotel in Shanghai, early today. Hundreds of Chinese servants dashed from the burning building shouting that forces of Little Hsu, the Anfu leader, were attacking the hotel. This caused a panic among I the guests who fled into the street j in night clothe* and were unable to i return for their belongings. STATE BAPTIST MEETING CLOSES Decatur People Return From Convention Held At Anderson The Indiana State Baptist Convention. which was held this week at Anderson, Ind., closed last night. The sessions were well attended, and there was an especially fine program. The convention goes to Terre Haute next year. The delegates in attendance from the local Baptist Church were Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bell, Miss Jessie Winnes. E. W. Carmichael, and Rev. F. D. Whitesell. New officers of the association elected are as follows: j Presient. the Rev. U. S. Clutton. -Tuxep Church. Indianapolis; vice- | president, the Rev. S. D. Huff. Peru: | secretary, thhe Rev. I. C. Overman. IShelbyville; treasurer W. R. Adams. Indianapolis; state board on promo 1 lions. Rev. Robert Stanton, Madison; I She Rev. Roy B. Deer. Terre'Haute; ' the Rev. T. J. Owen Bedford; the Rev. F. E. Taylor. Indianapolis; the Rev. H. N. Spear. Bluffton; the Rev. J. R. Gunn. Fort Wayne; Mrs. Daisy Riley. Lebanon, ami Mrs. William jWise, New' Albany; substitute state board, the Rev. O. A. Cook, Linton; I the Dev. H. R. McMillan, Franklin; l Mrs. G. W. Toole, Milan; Mrs. ; George I>oans, Shelbyville, and Mrs. W. H. Kessell. Terre Haute. Mrs. E. E. Morgan, was named to fill a vacancy that may occur in 1925. I The Rev. E. L Hamilton, Anderson, 1 was chosen to deliver the annual con.vention sermon in 1925.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 17, 1924.

Rotarians Enjoy Chicken Dinner At Pleasant Mills' II The Rotarians and their guests enjoyed a chicken dinner served by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist church at Pleasant Mils last evening. About forty of the Rotarians, their wives and sweethearts were present and following the dinner a short program was given by several of the boys. Singing was also enjoyed. 0 . LYCEUM COURSE OPENS TUESDAY i Joseph Crowell, Entertainer, Opens Course At Pleasant Mills i The first number of the annual lyceum course given by the Pleasant ' Mills high school will bo given in the ' high school building next Tuesday ev- ' ening. October 21. The opening number will be given by Joseph Crowell, noted entertainer. Mr. CCrowell a character portraya- ’ list, impersonator and entertainer. He! is a Bostonian and for years has de- ( ' lighted audiences in the “Hub” and '.through New England. By the use, of wig, grease paint. make-up costume changes and dialect. Mr. | Crowell depicts and interprets his j jcharacters. All Make up and costume 1 chances are made in a few seconds in 'plain view of the audience. o ABOUT THE SICK Reports from the bedside of Mr. John A. Mamma, who is suffering from stomach and bladder trouble, 1 are to the effect that he is still in | a very critical condition, and is grow-' ing very weak. AUTO WRECKED NORTH OF CITY I ' Ft Wayne Couple Injured When Car Struck Banister Os Bridge Two people had a narrow escape from death about midnight last night when the automobile in which they were riding struck a banister on a bridge about nine and one-half miles north of Decatur on the Fort Wayne road, and turned over in th- middle of the bridge. Miss Elizabeth Hudson, of Fort Wayne, one of the ■occupants, is in the Adams County .Memorial hospital suffering front severe bruises and laceration;-, and Ira Kilgore, also of Fort Wayne, is badly bruise and weak from the loss of blood. The car, a Madison Six touring ear. was totally wrecked and the bridge was damaged. The automobile belonged to Dr. A. G. Emerick, of Fort Wayne, and had fContinuej on Page Seven) Weather Fair tonight and Saturday; some what wanner Saturday In north por tion.

WORKERS' TICKET TO BE ON BALLOT Injunction Ruling Out Sev-j en Parties Is Modified Today Indianapolis, Oct. 17. The injunc-i tion against the board of election | commissioners granted the democratic and republican parties yesterday which ruled seven tickets off the state ballot was modified by Superior Court Judjge James Leathers today. The modification excepts the workers' party from the injunction and permits its state ticket to go on the - ballot. Party leaders presented evidence to Judg“ Leather s that it bad been ipeluded in~ tlie injunction Wotigh a misunderstanding. Indianapolis, Oct. 17.—Attorneys for Rudolph D. Raymond. Valparaiso, today prepared suit against the state board of election commissioners de- - manding it honor his petition to be placed on the LaFoll-ette progressive (ticket as candidate for governor. • Raymond was ruled off the ticket* Hast nig.ht after the executive committee of the party formally protest’ed his candidacy to the board. The I protest declared he did not have the I party support. INVITE FARMERS TO DAIRY MEET Farmers Os County Urged To Visit “Better Bull Special Train” The Cloverleaf Creameries. Inc., of this city, has sent out more than two thousand invitations to farmers all over the* county to come to Decatur next Monday. October 20th and visit the ‘‘Better Hull and Dairy Demonistration Train" at the Erie tracks and participate in the giving away of lwo registered bulls by the Creamery and the Decatur Industrial association to the farmers in the.north and south .half of the county. The train will ;arrive here at 9:30 a. m. and remain at the local tracks until 10:00 at night. An interesting program will he given at the train. Three cars of registered dairy bulls i from high producing dams will be carried in the special. The bulls have been especially seleffiejl by repre'sentatives of the Ayrshire. Jersey. Guernsey anil Holston breed associations from the best herds in the country. and no efforts have been spared to give the farmers of this section ot .Indiana the best bulls that can .be j secured at prices within reach of the average dairyman. The bulls are guaranteed by. the I breed asociations. Certificates ot tuberculin test from the State and pedigrees will be furnished with each animal. An opponmity will be given dairymen Io trade in their scrub bulls at href prices on an exchange for one of the pure breds. Frank B. Asfroph of the American Jersey Cattle Club, who is well ac(Contiuued On Page Four)

Vestal Gets A Cold ' Reception At Berne Berne. Ind, Oct. 17. (Special to Daily Democrat). Congressman Albert 11, Vestal, republican candidate for re-election, was in town yester-J day, but through some oversight or lack of interest on the part of the voters, the public failed to assemble at the auditorium, where the meeting was to have been held. Mr. Vestal and his committee waited for the crowd to gather, but as the minutes passed and no one cahte to hear him. the congressman left the auditorium, • and. seeing a crowd at a street corner gathered around a vender of fall apples, made his speech on the street and a small crowd beard him. SUGAR BEETS TESTING HIGH Quality Said To Be Higher Than Formerly Due To Use Os Fertilizer The sugar beets grown this year in the territory of the local Holland St. Louis Sugar Company are testing higher in sugar quality than those grown last year, officials of the company stated today. The first week's run at the local factory has shown | that the beets are testing higher in sugar quality than formerly and one of the reasons given for the increased foot! value of the beet is that fertiizer was used on the ground by many beet growers. At least those grow ers who used fertilizer this year on the beets, have a higher quality beet /than those who did not, it was stated. ' The beets are coming in on all trains and several thousand tons are in the yards and in transit to the factory. The first pay day for a fiveday period from October 11th to October 15th. inclusive will be made Saturday of this week. The first twoweeks’ pay roll will be distribued the first of the month. Not an accident has marred the operation of the big sugar mill so fur ithfs year anil the thirteenth annual campaign promises to be one of the most successful in the history of the local factory. The weigh stations are opened .throughout the territory and in the nearby vicinity many tons of beets are being trucked from the fields and stations to the factory here this year. — 0 — Nearly .$1,000,000 In Bonds For Herrin Kluxers (Cnit-tl Press Service) Marion. I!’., Oct. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Nearly $1,000,000 in bonds have been filed in Williamson county court and Herrin city court for leaders of the Ku Klux Klan anil anti-klan factions to make 1 certain their appearance to answer many murder and other indictments growing out of the recent bloody skirmishes. Glenn Young, deposed klan liquor raider, alone is under bonds totalling a half million dol-ars to answer about 25 indictments. His bondsmen forfeited $42,()00 in Herrin city court In August when he failed to appear, but Young contends-it was "all a joke" and says he will present evidence to show he was in a hospital at Atlanta, Ga.. and unable to attend court.* n 1 Cars Collided On Mercer Avenue Last Evening > n . - 1 A new Chevrolet touring car driv- • er- by Rufus Kirchhofter. ot Berne. 1 collided with a Studebaker Coach t driven by Mrs. Chalmer Schafer, of I this city, at t-he intersection of Mercer avenue and Rugg street about 5 ; o'clock yesterday evening. Mr. G Kirchhoffer was going south on Mer- • j cor avenue and Mrs. Schaefer was (going east on Rugg street. The Berne I car struck Mrs. Schafer's ear in the side and both cars were damaged considerably, but none of tin- occupants were injured. ■ ■ ——- — (» Another Famous Race Driver Meets Death Charlotte. N. Oct. 17- Ernie Anstorberg, world famous race driver, j was dead today, the first victim of Charlotte's new board speedway. Anstorberg was killed in a practice spin late yesterday when Lie lost cou trol z of his machine. Traveling at a speed of 107 miles an hour, the cat overturned several times. Ansterberg's neck was broken.

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SAYS HOPF FOR PROSPERITY LIES WITH OEMOCRATS John A. M. Adair Delivers Great Address In This City LARGE AUDIENCE Candidate For Congress Pledges Self To Aid Farmers Farmers, laborers and business | men must turn to the democratic party in the election on November 4 if they wish to gain relief from the oppressive conditions prevalent throughout the country today, declar- . ed John A. M. Adair, of Portland, I democratic < andidate for congress 1 from the eighth district, in addressI ing a large audience in the court house here last night. Mr. Adair was greeted by an audience which crowded the large court room and many people stood throughout the address which lasted for more than two hours. Mr. Adair gave an interesting and intelligent discussion of state and national issues, picturing conditions as they are today and offering a solution whereby prosperity will be restored. Mrs. John W. Tyndall presided at the meeting last night and presented Mr. Adair to the audience. Mrs. Tyndall, in opening the meeting, told of the work being done by the democratic women of Decatur aud Adams county to bring out the vote on November 4 and to advance the cause of democracy. In opening his address, Mr. Adair told of hi s appreciation for the splen- . did support given him in previous elections here, when he was elected , to congress cm five different occasions. He said thousands of republicans. and many prohibitionists . and socialists In addition to the demoI < rats had voted for him. giving him , large majorities, and he expressed his , hearty thanks for the support. "1 feel that I am indebted to the I people of this district, and that is the , reason I am a candidate for congress . this year. I do not want the office for I the honor there l is in it. I have had that. I do not want the office because of the salary attached to it. I can earn a living without that. I want the office because I believe I can ren- ' der a service for the people of this district that will mean much to them. 1 want to bping value back to the ! farmer's land and make him more prosperous; I want to secure for him better markets and better prices for his products; 1 want to secure for £ him lower freight rates on farm products and I want him to have a lower assessment and lower taxes on his s farm; I want the mills and factories of the country running full blast; f want Libor employed at good wages; ' I want the merchant and mechanic to be prosperous, and all this can be ‘ done 1 by first making the farmer prosII porous. Almost one-third of our enI 1 tire populafion live on the farm, and ' when 33.000,(100 peopb l are down and ' out. there is no business for the rest of us. We must first make the farm- ' er prosperous and when that is done (Continncd on Pape Seven) SENATOR WATSON ' TO SPEAK HERE Indiana Senator To Speak Here Friday Afternoon, Oct. 24#i Senator .lames Watson, senior senator from Indiana, will be in the city Friday afternoon, October 24th, 'according to word rec eived today by L. A. Graham, republican county chairman. A meeting will be held in the court house at two o’clock in the afternoon and Senator Watson, who is known throughout the country for his oratorical powers, will deliver one of bis campaign speeches. Mr. Graham has not yet appointed the chairman for the meeting, but. will do so within a few days. Mr. Watson is now serving his second term as Senator from Indiana. At the’ Cleveland convention last June he was one of the leading aspirants I for vice-president on the republican ■ ticket. He will speak in Muncie on | next Friday night.