Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 6 November 1924 — Page 1

Khnne XXII. Number 265.

irwSEME IS ■laced in power ■st WASHINGTON K>vv Legislative Leaders ■And New Cabinet Mem- ■ hers Expected ■)NTROL UNCHANGED ■Follette Group Plans To ■ Solidify Opposition I To Republicans H,. u York. Nov. 6. The crushing dealt the LaFollette groups the nation is the election , into power an entirely new I in Washington. New legisla- | K leaders, possibly new cabinet j and new dominating influare to be set up to take the of the old. Hint instead of destroying the self“progressive movement of it will only serve to draw ■■lines more clearly and his groups endeavor to set themselves up as opposition ‘ party" to the adin the hope that four from now they will solidify of the opposition to the repuhlinew movement that polls five pillion must be reckoned with, polileaders feel. majority held by President ■ lidi-c in congress, however, canMi he seriously challenged, re-tahnla of the outcome sho. • 'odny. I a Bllette even lost his balar "<■ < t now ■ and his strength was dir’iniehed. Me right hand man. Senator Brook■rt of lowa, appeared to have been ■seated hv his democratic opponent, ■ir.iel | Steck, whose victory was ■ought by Coolidge republicans who ■ted the democratic ' ticket rather ■tin vote for a LaFollette sympath■r. ■in Massachusetts. Senator David I. ■alsh, democrat, who is most Often ■ti-d as a progressive, went down to ■feat before Frederick H. Gillett, yhu so closely coincides with the ■nolidge opinion that he is now being ■iked of as ne w leader of the senate. ■ Then in Minnesota Senator Magnus ■ohnson. another LaFollette ad■mrent although a farmer-labor 1 / | ■ent down to defeat before a* ropubli■n. ■ In the house the same trend was |ss followed. Most of the LaFoladherents Maintained their seats «tt the republicans gained enough tats from the democrats to establish tdispntable control. With the returns practically all in seems evident that the new senate nettp will stand: Republican 54; Democrats 41; armer Labor 1. Necessary for a majority 49. This is a clear gain of three seats in he senate by republicans and a loss >t two by the democrats and one by he farmer-labor group. There is a Vacancy in Connecticut caused by l p ath of Senator Brandegee which will W filled by a republican (Continued on page two) 808 HEUN TO BE IN CITV TONIGHT Governor Os Indiana Rotary Clubs To Visit Local Club Rob Heun, of Richmond, governor of Indiana Rotary, will be the guest of the Decatur Rotarians at their luncheon meeting this evening and an interesting program has been ar•onged by the committee in charge. •Mr Heun is visiting every Rotary chib in Indiana and last week was ♦he guest of the Fort. Wayne chib. The officers and Individuals of the Decatur chib are making an effort to get every member to attend this evening with the idea of having a 100 per cent attendance. Mr. Heun was the guest of the Decatur club at the big Rotary picnic held at Bellmont Park on August 13, at which time clubs from over the district attended. Mr. Heun is an attorney of Ricbruond and was elected governor of Indiana Rotary at the annual ionerence of the Rotary clubs held at French Lick last February. ZnDDD R.faDD- zV says, hrdl hrdlhr

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Takes Overdose Os Nerve Sedative; Sleeps I • i (TrillPreßß Service) Chicago, Nov. fi— (Special to Daily Democrat) County hospital physi- | clans today battled the effects of fifty grains of a strong nerve sedative ' taken by Mrs. Dorothy Nelson. 37, of Milwaukee, to produce “a long, long sleep in the land of mystery." ’ Tired of wandering, Mrs. Nelson took veronal in an attempt to commit suicide after efforts to find work here and at Cleveland failed. In a note she said 'I am a wanderer ou the face of the earth and I am tired of it all —tired of the noise and the crowds—tired of the mob." A broken heart was revealed in another note which said “Some times I wonder when evening comes and the day's work is over and as you sit. and smoke if you give a thought to the woman you made a wanderer.” 'ADVISORY BOARDS ELECTED TUESDAY 'Republicans Win In St. Marys Township; Others Are Democratic In only one township, St. Marys, a normally republican township, did the republican candidates for township advisory board win in Tuesday’s election. In seven of the twelve townsliip a the republicans did not go io the trouble to get on the ticket in the primary last May and in those places the democrat candidates for the places won without opposition. The democratic candidates for advisory boards had opposition in Union Root. Wabash, Jefferson and St. Marys and the republican were defeated in every township with the exception of St. Marys township which always goes republican normally. In St. Marys township. J. L. Chronister, republican, was elected Justice of the Peace without opposition. The vote for advisory boards in the different townships in Tuesday’s election was as follows: Union Township Republicans —John Bailey, 101, J. C. Barkley. 96; Ross Harden, 71. Democrats —Adam Bienz. 219; Emanuel Hart. 210: E. J. Ulman. 214. Root Township Republicans—J. C. Darkless, 192; Democrats—Henry Auman. 303; Tise Baker. 297: August Busick. 299. Prebl* Township Republicans—No candidates. Democrats—J. G. Hoffman. 320; Chas. Keifer. 310; Edward Zwiek. 310. Kirkland Township Republicans—No candidates. Democrats —Harve M. Beery. 201; Jacob E. Henschen. 188; Daniel Scherry, IS6. Washington Township ' Republicans—No candidates. Democrats—Conrad Gillig, 1,520; Frank O. Martin, 1.549; Chas. S. Niblick, 1,591. St. Marys Township Republicans —E. W. Dailey, 231; Clayo Green. 239; Charles Scheneck, ' 235. j Democrats—Wm. A. Carter. 149; | Philip Gephart. 130; Charles P. Troutner, 139. Blue Creek Township | Republicans—No candidates. Democrats- Albert Burke. 190; Sam Franks. 177; Josiah Meyers, 180. Monroe Township Republicans—No candidates. Democrats—Albert Huser, 645; C. ' F. Rayl. 583; David J. Schwartz. 581. French Township Republicans—No candidates. Democrats—Ben Gerber, 75; Jonas • Neuenschwander, 76: A. J. Reynolds. , 7S. Hartford Township I Republicans—No candidates. Democrats— Eugene Lindsey. 228, J. H. Rieff. 212; John P. Steiner, 210. fl Wabash Township ; Republicans—Josiah L. Aspy. 362: John Brown, 374: Chas. Reicheldeff- , er. 342. > Democrats—F. S. Ammstrong. 478; i John W. Cook. 458: Ed. Stohley, 477. , Jefferson Township i Republicans—Chas. F. Adams, 122: j Edward Ferry, 113; Jolt” F - Teeter, ■ 122. t Democrats —Wm. Adang. 182, Mar- , tin Reef, ISS; C F. Smitley, 133. * CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE f * Wheat: Dec. $1.47%, May $1.52%, t July sl-35%. Corn: Dec. $1.07%. May $1.11%. July SH2. Oats: Dee. 51'4c, r May 56c, July 53’fcc.

'BIC REPUBLICAN 1 VOTE IN INDIANA f Coolidge Lead Os 210,0001 Exceeds Harding’s Lead In 1920 i Indianapolis. Ind., Nov. 6.—(United t Press).- With only a few scattering i precincts still to he heard . from, i President Coolidge today had a lead: 1 of approximately 210.000 over John' ’ W. Davis in returns from Tuesday's election in Indiana. Practically complete unofficial reI turns gave Coolidge 691,912. Davis, ) 482,789. La Follette. JJ5.711. I The Coolidge landslide exceeded t the Harding landslide of four years | ago by 25.000. In 1920 Harding re- | reived 185.000 more popular votes than Cox in Indiana. I Ed Jackson, republican candidate . for governor, had received more than 80,000 votes more than Dr. McCulloch, ! the democratic nominee. I With a few precincts still to be heard from. Jackson had 645.248 and' . McCulloch 561.212. The republicans secured ten of the . thirteen congressional seats and a clear majority in both branches of the state legislature. The entire republican state ticket, ( with the exception of Judge Benja- ! min Willoughby, candidate for the supreme court from the fourth district had leads ranging from 25,000 to 130.- ’ 000. » Willoughby, who was opposed by } the K. K. K. and the Anti-Saloon i league had only a small mirein over George Denton, democratic candidate, with about two-thirds of the precincts r reported and the outcome was still in doubt. Frederick Schortemeier, candidate for secretary of state, received the largest popular vote of any of the state ticket. Schortemeier was approximately 130.000 ahead of the democratic candid ate. o — » Mrs. Harding Believed Past Immediate Danger! i (United Press Service) -I Marion. 0.. Nov. 6 -Mrs. Warren G. Harding, ill here at White Oak farm, appears to be gaining strength and 1* now believed to be well past immedi- . ate danger, Dr. Carl Sawyer's statement said today. | ‘"Mrs. Harding rested most of the . night after the fatigue of yesterday ; due to the election," the statement i, said. "She is improved this morning. | “The complications that had deve- ; loped are subsiding slowly. I. “She was deeply interested and gfeatly pleased with President Coolidge’s victory." Dr. Sawyer said. I o STOLEN AUTO IS RECOVERED C, Car Belonging To Ralph! Yager Found In Detroit; Youths Held tChief of Police Joel Reynolds received a telegram from Edward H. . Fox, chief of detectives in Detroit. ). Michigan, this morning, stating that a car belonging to Ralph Yager, which was stolen in this city last 1 '■ Sunday night, was being held there. I The telegram also stated that two | Fort Mayne youths. Richard Orinston s 'age 14, of 4034 Lafayette street, and (. Estel Reynolds, age 15. of Arlington I street, were being held. The two I boys were in the car- when apprehended. ; | it is said that a third Fort Wayne I- boy, who was with the Orinston and ißeyno’ds boys when they stole the Hear. was caught in Fort Wayne when I- the boys went through there. It is thought that, the three hoys stole a ; car belonging to H. N. Breiner in Fort Wayne youths, Richard Orimston where they abandoned it on North ; Second street and then stole Mr. it i Yager's car in which they left the I city. Breiner's car was found in this r- city Monday. Tiie Fort Wayne authorities want all three boys and Chief Reynolds told the chief of police in Ft. Wayne this morning that he wou'd surrender i, claims to them if they were prbsecuty ed in Fort Wayne. Mr. Yager ex3,'pected to leave this afternoon for Dejtroit to bring his car home.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 6, 1921.

REPORTED DYING Il x ® Senator Lodge Henry ('abbot Lodge, senior senator from Massachusetts, was reported to be riving today following a paralytic stroke which he suffered yesterday. TO OPEN DENTAL OFFICE IN CITY John Clark To Practice Dentistry Here; Gets State Licenses i John Clark, son of Mrs. D. D. Clark, will open a dental office in this city at the Clark home ou Third street, in I connection with the room occupied by Dr. Frank Lose. Mr. Clark, who was graduated from the Indiana Dental College last June, received a telegram yesterday informing him that he had passed the examination given by the state dental board. Mr. Clark completed a four-year course in June and went back to school in September to take up post-graduate work and in the meantime took the* examination required by the state before a license could be obtained to practice dentistry. Mr. Clark stated today that lie hoped to open his office about December first. Mr. Clark's father, the late D. D. Clark, was one of the city's well known physicians. o Secretary Mellon Will • Accept Reappointment (By 'William J. Losh) (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Washington. Nov. 6—(United Pressi. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon today was the first of President Coolidge’s cabinet to let it be known that lie would accept reappointment if offered to him by Hie president. Mellon was represented at t lie treasury as feeling entirely content with the prospect of another four years as heda of the government's financial ministry. His friemjs recently were saying that Mellon wanted to retire because of his age and the ceasless buffetings he received at the bands of congress, mt they prophesied at the same time .hat if <i different kind of a congress were elected and enactment of his tax bill seemed sure, he might reconsider. DECATUR SERVICE COMPANY IS SOLD William Blee Purchases Business On South Second Street William Blee has purchased the Decatur Service company on South Second street from Vaughn .Murray. In the future the place of business wi'l lie known as the J. & J. Battery and Tire Shop. Joe Gnau is moving his battery shop from the Riverside Garage to the J. & J. shop and will have charge of the battery service there. Jake Keller will have charge of the tire department. The shop handles batteries, tires, gasoline, oil and a few accessories. Mr. Murray will conduct a repair shop in the Oakland garage on North First street. He has conducted the Decatur Service company for the last few years. Mr. Blee is the agent for the Interstate Oil company here and recently purchased an interest in, the Decatur Fruit company. Weather Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday; possibly showers cooler tonight, much cooler Friday.

DEMOCRATS MAY ELECT DENTON i Party Has Fighting Chance To Save One State Office Today BULLETIN Indianapolis. Ind.. Nov. ti. (Speciali To Daily Democrat).—Benjamin • .1 I I Willoughby, republican candidate for' 1 judge of the supreme court, first disI trict, went into what appeared to be a safe lead over George Denton | democrat this afternoon. AVllloughby received a heavy vote in Lake county which placed him more than 12,000 ahead of Denton witli 2.7(h) precincts out of .1.418 in tile state reported. — (I'nlteil P.-eas S(aff Cm respondent) Indianapolis, Nov. 6—(Special to Daily Democrat) — The democratic party in Indiana early this afternoon ran a fighting chance of saving one I state office out of the wreckage oft I Tuesday's defeat at the polls. I George K. Denton, democratic can ! , didate for justice of the supreme : 'court, from the first district, was' cutting down the lead of Benjamin 1 i Wi’loughby. republican candidate, as returns on the state ticket camo in slowly during the day. I With returns from approximately 3,300 out of the 3.41 S reported in the race between Willoughby and Denton I Willoughby had a slender lead of barely 2,000 over Denton. Denton however was making a! slight gain in practically every pre ' cinct reporting and if he holds , up' that same radio in the precincts still to be heard from he will wrest the ' office from Willoughby by probably i 4,000 or more. Frederidk Schortemeler's lead ■ over Arthur Hamrick iu the race for • secretary of state increased rapidly and with approximately 3.000 pre- • cinets reported Schortemeier was • more than 170,000 votes ahead. o 1 Eighth District Vote In Congressional Race ! The vote -in the Eighth congres- ; sional district, for Vestal and Adair lin each county of the district at Tuesday's election follows: Vestal Adair! I Madison . 18.072 13,116, • Randolph 7,134 4 3331 • Wells ... 3.967 4.777 ■ Jav 5.469 5.421 ■ Adams 3,226 4.671 ■ i Delaware 13,996 ■' 51,864 41.084 : Vestal's majority. 10.78(1. •i ® SENATOR LODGE REPORTEDDYING ; Senior Senator From Massachusetts Suffers Parlytic Stroke (United Press Service) Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 6- Henry Cabot I Massachusetts, is dying here at Charlesgate hospital. Senator Lodge suffered a paralytic 'stroke at noon yesterday and lias been unconscious ever since with * death expected momentarily. Dr. Ijohn H. Cunningham. attending i physician, said the senator was sinking rapidly and that his condition was s "very grave.” 1 Members of the famtiy were call•ed and remained at the bedside s through the night. Dr. Cunningham V said Hie stroke was similar to that ? which caused President Wilson's e death and that there was little that 1 could be done in a medical way lor e him. B Lodge has been In the hospital since P October 20. when he underwent an ’ operation for gall stones. He was 'considered on the wav to recovery 1 | when he suffered the stroke. 11 * Senator Lodge had not regained e consciousness at 8 a. m. today. Tile e , stroke ruptured a blood vessel in the 1 brain, according to Dr. Cunninghan;, B |Who said the senator could not live Xthroughout the day Ixtter Dr. Cunningham issued the foiiow itig bulletin: "Senator Lodge's condition continues exactly Hie same. He may continue in his condition for some time, i It is impossible at the present momi ent to state what the outcome will be. | “I anticipate no iniediate change."

Negro Elected Municipal Judge In City Os Chicago Chicago. Nov. 6.—(United Press). — The first negro ever elected to a municipal Judgeship roiled into office ou tlie republican landslide, it developed today on the face of returns from the negro district here. Albert 11. George, .‘,l. a lawyer, delated his democratic opponent by a majority of between 65.001) and 70.000 votes. George has been a lawyer for many year-, and is known to the negro colony ns “Lawyer Georite.“ He made his c’nipaign on the theory that the intensts of the negroes demanded aptem.her of their own race on the bench. "1 shall do mv best to be just to all." George said. George is talk handsome, with straight hair and a very light complexion. s BBOOKHABT WINS: JOHNSON GAINING Two LaFollette Followers Make Strong Bids For Seats (United Press Service) New ork. Nov. 6—(Special to Daily Democrat l — Rising no front the crushing influence of the Coolidge wave two LaFollette adherents this afternoon made a stirring hid for their seats in the senate which along with the house of representatives has given the President a working majority of his own republicans. Senator Smith W. Brookhart, right hand man for LaFollette in the senate forged 320 votes ahead of his opponent in the unofficial count of lowa after his managers had conceded his defeat. Senator Magnus Johnson, former lahorite and LaFo'lette adherent climbed unexpectedly to challenge the claimed victory of Thomas D. Seba'l. an administration repub iean, running for Johnson's seat from Minnesota. but at noon was still some 2(1 (Mi() votes behind, Again in New Mexico the adminisration seemed in danger of losing 1 Senator Bursom's seat io a demoI rat. Bursom was running at latest ! reports 3,()()() votes behind But even if these close races two of which probably will necessitate a recount were decided in LaFo'.lette's f .vor his present “balance of power" will be so weakened that it canI not function as it did at the last session. Little Town Os Gaston Is Sweat By Flames Muncie, Ind., Nov. (>. —(Special to Daily Democrat) The Methodist pro- , testant church, two ganages. a grocery store, a physician's office, one dwelling house and a rdstaurint were destroyed by a fire which swept the town of Gaston near here late this morning. Ten other residences were damaged by the flames, but were saved from total destruction by the work of volunteer firemen.

The flames were brought under con trol shortly afternoon at a time when it seemed the entire eastern pari of the town would be destroyed. The flames spread rapidly, fanned by a i high wind and calls for assistance : were sent out from the town. Fire (lepartment from surrounding towns laud cities rushed there and were able jto (heck the progress of the fire. The ,building destroyed were frame structures causing the loss to lie lass than first reported. ♦ Baptist Men Celebrate Father And Son Night The Baptist Brotherhood will meet at the church at 7:3(1 o’clock tomorrow evening and celebrate Father and 'Son night. Each member is asked to bring a boy. The Rev. H M. Spear, ■pastor of the First Baptist church in Bluffton, will be the speaker. A good program will be given and refreshments will be served _ * Strawberry Plants In Full Bloom In This City To prove that we hive been having spring vveathei tills fall. Mrs. Frank Schmitz, of South First street, called the Daily Democrat office thi« morning stated that the strawberry plants in her garden were full bloom. Mrs. Schmitz picked several ripe berries from the plains this morning. Together witli blooming plants, many dandelions are also in bloom now.

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DEMOCRATS GET BIG MAJORITIES IN THIS COUNTY Official Totals Os Vote Cast Fail To Change Standings WILLOUGHBY TRAILS Voters "Snow Under” Republican Candidate For Judge The complete official totals e.t the v :)<> in Adams county were tabulated by the board of canvassers nt 4.3 C o'clock jester lay afternoe>n In the e’.ecGon table carried in last •v i.ngs Dail, Den.ecial the vote of Hesident Cool'de* was given is the vote of .lorn W. Davis as 4.307. .ii.-l Senator I ifoih :t - as 4(l'J. The ole ini totals 'jre, i ■ didge 33 t(). • '.> is 431)0 a-1 I 1 a r.llett ‘ 391. The prohibition candidate for pn sident received 33 votes and the Worker's Party candidate received only 1 vote. The Socialist partj- did not vote on president. The total vote cast for the presidential candidates was 8.055 and John W Davis received a plurality of 970 over Coolidge, instead of 1.'•(>4 as carried yesterday. LaFollette carried the North Preble precinct by 11 votes, the former receiving 86 votes. Davis 75 and Coolidge only 18 In 1920. North Preble precinct was carried by President Harding. The vote for Hamrick, democratic candidate for secretary of state was 4.708 and Iris plurality was 1631. The County -Officers The totals and majorities received by the candidates for county offices as published in Wednesday's Daily Democrat were correct with the exception of the total vote received by John T. Kelly, democrat, successful cam! (late for prosecuting attorney. Mr. Kelly's total vote was 4274 instead of 3174 as printed yesterday and his majority was 852 as published. In listing the vote in the Berne 'B' and Berne '(” precincts for Judge of the Adams Circuit court and for prosecuting attorney, a wrong transposition of the votes was made in the •'able yesterday. The correct vote in Berne B' for judge was, Sutton. 133; Erwin, 54. For prosecuting attorney the correct vote in Berne B' is. Lit•erer. 90; Kelly, 78. The vote in Berne ‘C precinct' for these two ot fives was listed correctly. The State Officers Sentiment in favor of a "dry” candidate was shown in Adams county, the voters expressing a 1 preference for George K. Denton, democratic candidate for judge of Supreme Court ! n the First district instead ot Benj. M. Willougrby. republican, who was considered a “wet" by the anti-saloon 1 league. Denton, therefore, received the largest majority of any candidate in the county, it being 2.232. as compared with 1.996 for Dr. McCulloch, democratic candidate for governor. Later returns show that WHloughbj was cut in the vote in many counties in the state, and the result was still in doubt toduv. Jhe \\ . ( T. I chapters throughout Hi'' state oppos(Continued on page two) WILL HOLO FATHER ANO SON BANQUET Men Os Methodist Church To Make Plans For Banquet Friday Night Plans will be made for a Father and Son banquet at a meeting of the men of the First Methodist church to be held at the church at 7:30 o’clock Friday evening. The banquet will be held in the basement of the church some night next week, the date to be selected at the meeting Friday uight. Father and son banquets -will be held throughout the nation next week, as the week of November 10 has been designated as national father and Sou Week Each man who attends the banquet will be expected tv twdug his son. or. in r ase lie has no son of Iris own. to bring another man's son. The purpose of Father and Son banquets is to create a closer relationship ■ between fathers and sons tor the betterment of both.