Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 263, Decatur, Adams County, 4 November 1924 — Page 1

LVXXII. Number 263.

[HUGE VOTE BEING CAST IN ELECTION

fOTING HEAVY IN ADAMS iffIUNTY AS POLLS OPEN

■CORD VOTE ■expected to I RECASTTODAY Ivltiiiii In Eew Precincts Mverage One Per Minute I This Morning ■PREDICTIONS MADE ■th Parties Claiming VicI Itory; Much “Scratch- | ing" Expected Hi. op. '.ling of the polls at six this morning the voters of |' | ||ms C-.iim'y started to "vote early" f Hilrir choice for president of the [ Uth'-'l Governor of Indiana other state officers congressman U'l local county officers and. in some for nt< inliers of the Advls- i hoards. ■u li.-ht o'clock this morning the [ in Decatur and through the county reported a big vote ■ ile- first two hours. -In some predicts in Decatur they were voting at rate of about one a minute . ...... •.:<•<• i b..i: hi.in. ft liel H. Tyndall got in touch with inspectors in the different prethis morning and found everyrunning smoothly. The candiand party workers are making ■ extra effort to get out the vote and it is predicted that the total cast today will be the largest in ■f history of the county. A total of B'dll voters are registered in the ■iiniy and it is expected that be:i s nun and 9,000 votes wil be ■st. ■ Minh interest has been aroused ■ the presidential election, dse to ■e three cornered fight between the ■rue leading candidates. President ■nolidge, of the republican party, ■tint W Davis, democrat candidate, ■t'l Senator Robert M. LaFollette, ■nd of the party named for him. La ■ 'llciie is attributed to having arous(Continised On Page Four) o 1 INION SERVICE ON THANKSGIVING )ne-Hour Service To Be Held In Baptist Church Starting At'6:3o a.m. At the regular meeting of the Dea,ttr Ministerial Association held yestrday. it was decided to hold the »ion Thanksgiving service this year n Thanksgiving morning, from 6:30 ln til 7:30 o'clock. This early mornfg service will start the day right Bd will enable people who attend to lave the whole day for the usual hanksgiving dinners and social engagements. I he Thanksgiving service will be 'hl in the Baptist church and the ev - Harry Thompson, pastor of the hnstian church, will deliver the ser•Bon. The services will be limited to °np hour. s — Graham & Walters Office Open For Women Tonight c A .Graham stated today that the t.iliam and Walters office °n street would be open this evening 8 a meeting place for the women to wish to be up town to receive p election returns. Mr. Graham has ’ranged to receive the election reII ns as they are received here and men are invited to meet in the ah.im and Walters building on Second street.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Mrs. Harding Reported To Be Resting Easy (United Press Service) Marion. 0., Nov. 4—Mrs. Florence Kling Harding, widow of the late President Harding, "had a good night and is resting easy this morning" it was said at White Oak farm early today. Mrs. Harding is suffering from a recurrence of the old malady with which she was stricken in 1922 at the White House. —o FRENCH TOWNSHIP RESIDENT EXPIRES .Mrs. .John Roth Dies Os Cancer At Her Home 1 Near Berne Mrs. John Roth, age 60 years, well known resident of French township, j (died at her home five miles nortfiI west of Herne a! it:?..' o'clock Monday 'Morning. Death was due to cancer of the throat, with which she had suffere<> for several months. Mrs. Roth, nee Hannah Yaggy. was born at Grabill. Indiana. February 27. 1864. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs—.An.dxe-B Yaggy On February:. 14. 1880, she was married to John Roth, and since her marriage had lived in French township. Eight children were horn to Mr. and Mrs. Roth, all of whom survive. They are Mrs. John Regier. of Fresno. California; Andrew .of Grabill: Mrs. Samuel Shttmacher. of Phenniz, Arizona: Elton. of Nyack. New York: Mrs. Arthur Albro. Elkton. Michigan: Esther, at home: Truman, of Eaton. Indiana: and Mrs. Herbert Diller, also at home. Her aged father at Grabill and fifteen grandchildren and nine brothers and sisters also survive. Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock from the West Missionary church. o LaFollette To Receive Returns At Madison, Wis. Madison. Wis.. Nov. 4—(Uinted Press Service) Senator Robert M. LaFollette independent candidate for president, will ’have his "election night party" in Governor John J. Blaine's office at the capitol. The Senator, members of his family and state officials will hear the returns as they come over a special wire into the state capitol. r AR Like his father. Phil LaFolleet. the senator's youngest son will be intimately concerned, for he is the republican nominee for district attorney in Dane county. It is the same office which the senator held in 1880 at the start of his polticial career. U. S. Court Os Appeals Clears Hon. Ben Welty The United States Court of Appeals Cincinnati. Ohio, yesterday reversed the decision of the Toledo federal court, practically acquitting Hon. Ben Welty, former congressman from Lima, Ohio, and well known in this county. mA Welty was convicted in federal court a year ago on a charge of accepting more than a three dollar fee for collecting a claim for a veteran of the war. Mr. Welty had made three trips lo Washington and devoted many weeks to securing the claim and the indictment was caused by personal enemies. The case was appealed to the U. S. court of appeals and in rendering the decision the judge used scathing language against those who had forced the case through. The district attorney announced sometime ago that in case of a reversal of the decision the ase would he dismissed.

CONGRESS BEING SELECTED TODAY Entire House Os 435 Represetnatives And 32 Senators Being Named (Ry Paul R. Mallon) (United Press Staff Correspondent i New York. Nov. 4. —The congress which within (hi next two years will vote upon vital national reforms taxation. railroad ownership, farm relief and the supreme court, is lieing chosen .at the polls today. An entire house of 4:15 representatives and 32 of the !(6 members of the senate are being selected. Hanging in the balance were questions of as serious importance as the disposition of the presidency the question of whether I.a Follette will maintain his "balance of power” domina-1 tion over the new congress like he has held the present one: the ques tion of whether the democrats can gain sufficient strength to put through ] their own laws no matter who is | president and the possibility that the republican party might regain a working majority that would enable them to put over their program. Reports from ail quarters while the i I ballots were being cast indicated that ; the LaFollette group would surely hold their own and that the democrats might better their representation in each house with a vague chance of obtaining absolute control. Here is the situation in each legislative chamber: Home —Of the 435 members being selected 225 are new republicans. 207 democrats. one independent, one farm-er-laborite and one socialist. A , majority of the house is 218. so the democrats must capture at least 11 seats that now are held by republicans or fail to gain control. Sixty of the democrats are certain to take office March 4 if they live, because the republican hate placed no candidates against them. In 11 of the southern states the democrats appear to be certain of maintaining their usual majority. Os the republicans only four noware certain. They were chosen in the Maine elections held in September. (■Continued Ou Page Four) PLANS MADE FOR FARM MEETINGS - Plans Complete For Meetings In Preble Township This Week C. R. Smith, cashier of the Preble state bank and chairman of the Farmers' meetings to be held in Rreble township on Thursday and Friday nights of this week, has completed all arrangements for the big meetings and extends a cordial invitation to the farmers to attend. On Thursday evening the meeting will be held in the District school school house, one mile north of ■ Preble. On Friday night the meeting wil be held at the Friedheim school house. George Krick of the Krick-Tyndall Tile company, of Decatur will speak on drainage; William Klepper of the Cloverleaf Creameries, will talk on dairying, and John Carmody, manager of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar Company, will talk on sugar beets. . The meetings and talks are given in . the interest of better farming and the farmers all interested are urged . to attend. [ County Agent L. M. Bitscbe will show several interesting agriculture moving picture films during the even- . Ing and music will be furnished by i local orchestra. The Preble bank of- . (trials and business men will serve sandwiches and coffee and the Clover- > leaf Creamery will furnish the <ee . cream. ' Similar meetings have been held in > the county within the year and much interested has beet) shown.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 4, 1924.

Election Booth And Ballots Burned In Riot (United Press Serfice) Chicago. Nov. 4-U-One man was shot, seven gunmen were arrested and one election booth and all its ballots was burned down In election | disorders here today. j Antone Radzinsky, 4'l. was shot and perhaps fatally wounded when file men fired a fusillade of shots at the booth in the sixth precinct of the y4th ward. The men escaped. The seventh preeftorl booth of the ' 41st ward was buffied down during the night. Police .picked up -seven gunmen, who were found loitering around election booths on the northwest side. PREDICT HEAVY VOTE IN INDIANA Heavy Vote Reported All Over State; Farmers Going T> Polls — (United Prem.Service) Indianapolis. Nov 4—(Special io Daily Democrat)- —flection commissioners in indianapo s early thisi I afternoon were swamped with re-' ! quests for Australian ballots to supplement voting machines in many precincts where the machines were unable to take care of the long lines of voters. A heay vote was reported from other cities throughput the state and were going to tliel pel's in record breaking numbers. <-. , Republican state headquarters interpreted. the. heavy farmer vote as favorabe to their state ticket. Reports reaching democratic and -epubican state headquarters indicated that thousands were scratching their ballots. The colored vote in Indianapolis turned out early. The short time the colored voters were in the booths was taken as an indication that they were voting a straight ticket. A large number of women were in line ean'y tn most of the precincts in Indianapolis and other cities. Muncie, Ind.. Nov. 4— (Special to Daily Democrat)- Fist fights were common in the eighth precinct when 253 voters whose registration papers were not filed with election officials and who have filed mandamus actions to force auditor Dragoo to place their names on the poll books were permuted to vote by officials of the pre- ' cinct. o —— BRITISH LABOR PARTYRESIGNS — Premier MacDonald And Cabinet Resign; Baldwin At Helm BULI ETIN Ixtndon. Nov. 4. (Special to Daily ’ Democrat i. —Great BHtain’s first experiment with a labor government which has lasted a little less than a year came to an end today when Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald went to Buckingham palace to place , the resignation of the cabinet in the hands of his sovereign. Ex-Premier Stanley Baldwin, head . of the conservative part will resume the leadership relinquished to labor ! at the election of the December 1923. The king expected MacDonald's I resignation Stanley Baldwin leader of the conI servative party in Great Britain this afternoon accepted the duty of organizing the government which succeeds labor regime just resigend. . i _ ; '1... Weather » Fair tonight and Wednesday; t somewhat cooker tonight id south t portion; rising temperature Wednesday in north and central portions.

ANOTHER AUTO IS STOLEN HERE Thieves Continue To Ply Trade In City; James Sprague Latest Victim Automobile thieves continued to. ply their trade in this city last night, and James Sprigue reported to po lice this morning that his Dodge coupe had been stolen from the street in front of his house on North Third street sometime after midnight last night. This makes a total of four cars that have been stolen in tills city in less than a week. Chief of Police Joel Reynolds! found a Ford coupe abandoned on North Second street here yesterday] afternoon. The ear contained a eerItificate of title showing that the car I belonging to the Motor Discount Cor j poration of South Bend, and it is be lieved that the car was stolen. It had been standing an Second street all day. Chief Reynolds placed the car in a local garage and telegraphed the chief of police in South Bend tel- , ling him that the car was being held here. I A Ford touring car belonging to I Alfred Beavers was sto'en from Court I | street about one o'clock last Tuesday j , ftternoon and was found in Dayton. Ohio, on Saturday. A Ford coupe be-1 longing to Vincent Borman, was sto! I 1 en from the garage at the E. F. Gass] home on Adams street Saturday) night and was found abandoned on the Fort Wayne road, about eleven I miles north of this city. Sunday' evening 1 A Ford coupe belonging to Ralph Yager was stolen from South First street Sunday evening. A telegram ' was received by Chief Reyno'ds yesterday evening from the Fort Wayne office of th? State Automobile Insurance company, giving a description of the car but did not say whether or not the car had been found. Mr. Yager went to Fort Wayne to investigate. but it was learned that the car had not been recovered and the telegram received here was a form telegram sent to police departments in various cities in tills state and I surrounding states in an effort to locate the car. VERA CRUZ MEN UNDER ARREST Four Charged With Treaspass; One M ith Violation Os Liquor Law Bluffton. Nov. 4 Charges of malicious trespass were filed Saturday evening against Harry Heche. Sam Gehrung. John Studabaker and Pete ) Mil hole, all of Vera Cruz, alleging the | four on Friday night threw missiles I and broke five windows in the front of file store of Mrs. Mary Wetrick. causing damage of sls valuation. The four pleaded not guilty and their bond was obtained at SSOO each. They will appear in the court of ' Justice of the Peace M. W. Walbert - on separate nights, jhe hearings be--1 ing set as follows: Harry Heche. 1 November 8; Peter Michole. Monday. ' November 10; Sam Gehrung. Novein 1 her 11. and John Studabaker, November 12 ’i Lavergne Heche, brother of Harry Heche. is charged with transporting 1 liquor and he was released on bond ‘ of SI,OOO. ' ) All five have pleaded not guilty and • declare they will fight the charges s Ijivergne Hoche's date of hearing ha ■- [not been set. '] The arrest of Hi'’ live men took K place late Saturday afternoon follow ' ing an investigation of Sheriff Noah s ETauhiger. and Detective Girard info the breaking of five ’windows in the Wetrick lunch and pool room on Hallowe'en night. Bloodhounds used in the case trailed to the homes of I Harrv and Lavergne Heche. Detee /tlve Girard questioned Harry Heche r'and Gehrung closely, but obtained, - nothing in the way of a confession from Heche.

FAIR WEATHER PREVAILS AS NATION GOES TO POLLS

Guardsmen On Duty As “Bloodv Williamson" Votes — ( United Press Si rviee » Marion. 111.. Nov. 4. With armed j guardsmen stationed at the important ; polling places hero and in Herrin. I Williamson county voted today. No disorders were reported in the : early hours. Ixtcal authorities asked the commander of the National I 'Guards, stationed here since last | August, to allow the use of their men (for insuring order. Thirty soldiers tare on duty in the county. HORSE KILLED ON ROAD LAST NIGHT ’Valuable Horse Belonging To Christ Selking, Removed From Field j A valuable work horse belonging l to Christ Selking. will known farmer i residing four miles west of this cityin Root township, was found dead ■ a'ong the road, a halt mile south of I the Selking home this morning The i horse was turned loose in a pasture field yesterday evening and the manner in which the horse got out of the field onto Ihe med and was- killed is a mystery. Mr. Selking believes that the horse was sto’en from the fie'd. probably loaded onto a truck, and was killed in a fall from the truck while traveling along the road. Mr. Selking stated today that lie turned tne horse into the pasture field with two other horses yesterday ' evening. There were four gates between the pasture field and the road and all were closed and fastened ' shut yesterday evening. This morn--1 ing two of the gates were standing 1 open and the other two were closed land fastened. There was a high wire ' fence around Hie field and a barbed I wire on top of the fence. The horse was a sorrel mare, nine , I years o'd and weighed about 1.7011 pounds. Mr. Selking refused an offe. of $l4O for the horse only a few weeks ago. There were no marks on the horse’s body when found this - mdrning. except for two small places on its breast where the sk n had been torn off. Tlw horse was laying at the side of the road and its back was covered witli dust. indicating that it had fallen in the dust of the road. - — — . Casts Twenty-first Vote For Democratic President t (United Press Service I Mt. Vernon. 111.. Nov. 4—(Special to Daily Dpmocrati- “Uncle Jimmy Piper. 105 today, cast his 21st vote for a democratic candidate for pres- ' ident. His first vote was against 1 Harnison in 1840. o Ft. Wayne Fireman Killed Fort Wayne, Ind.. Nov. 4 Joseph Bahlinger. 25. a city fireman, was killed late yesterday in fighting a resi- ' dence fire. Heat from the blaze causJ ed a high voltage wire over the house Hfo fail on Bahlinger. killing him inI wtantly. o- —- Ideal Election Weather Prevails In South Today (United press Servivce) i Altanla. Gh„ Nov. 4 ideal elei- > tion weather assured John \V. Davis ■ a huge vote in lite solid south today. Chief interest in the presidential i contest in the south was focused on f the race between President Coolidge and Senator l.a Collette for runner > up honors to the democratic eandi , date. With favorable weather, lai 1 Follette was expected to attract s heavy vote.

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VOTE IN NATION IS EXPECTED TO REACH 30,000,000 — Citizens Vote For President. State And Local Officers LITTLE VIOLENCE Armed Guardsmen Stationed In Several Places For Protection (I’ntled Press Service) Fair weather, with few exj ceplions, pi'evailetl throughout 'the nation today as a hnoe vole, j expected lo reach 3().00().()()(). , poured into ballot boxes and machines lor president, members of the national tint! state legislatures. governors and thousands of other state, county and local officers. Rain during Hie night held down the earlv vole in some sections ol ■ the Pacific coast. I'.xlntordinary prtwanlions were talo n l<> prevent disorders in many sections, but despite 1 the presence of 1.500 policemen 1 and thousands of private guards 1 scattered through Chicago election districts, one man was I shd, seven gtinsinen arrested ‘ and a precinct election booth ■ and its ballots burned. ■ Aimed guardsmen were stationed • at important polling p’aces in Mtrl ion and Herrin. 11l . scene of klan 1 r'o's. and martial law was in effect ■ at Las Vegas. N. M.. to insure voting ? "without intimidation.” 1 In New York state the voting was B early and exceptionally heavy as a I result of the vigorous campaign for governor which has been carried on e between Theodore Roosevelt and Al II Smith. f First returns, complete from New v Ashford. Mass., and Somerset, VI 11 gave Coolidge th« lead by a vote of s 28 to 4. John W Davis getting four s votes nt New Ashford .Hid "lie at (Continued On Pace Four) ■ BEGIN WORK OF | TABULATING VOTE t Members Os Election Can--1 vassing Board Meet At 6 p.m. Today The election canvassing board will convene at six' o'i lock this evening and will he in session until the work of tabulating all the election returns is completed and the official totals of (lie vote cast todpy are made. 1 The members of the board are ’ Comity Clerk John E. Nelson, chairman of the board: Kail B. Adams, and Bruce Christen. Charles Yager and Thomas Vail will act as tally clerks. According to law the sheriff or liis deputy must be present when the board is in session. Indications point to a long session •[of the board. Some think that they will not complete their work by Wednesday afternoon, as in former years, ■ because of the large vote which was i expected and due to the fact that there are three tickets. It is believed 1 that there will be many “split” licit kets and this will hold-up the work e of the inspectors in making their rer turns to the hoard. i- The canvassing board must rea check the tabulations of the eleca tion clerks and list every vote for elicit candidate on tally sheets.