Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1925 — Page 1

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mangold named CITY CHAIRMAN 8Y DEMOCRATS nr Burt Mangold Chosen To Direct Party’s Affairs In City Election rifCTION HELD TODAY K T .1. Durkin Is Vice Chairman; SecretaryTreasurer Elected j 1)r Burt Mangold. well-known denl w of th s city, wus elected DemoLtic <ily chairman at a meeting of trte iffy precinct committeemen held n -no-thirty this afl'-rnon. at headpriors above the Daily Democrat eft*. Thom- 1 ” J Durkin was electfl tire-chairman; Prance Conter, lvdl-kao»n young man of this city | Li manager c, the Canter lee Cream idKua.v. ua 3 elect'd secretary, and •sseph Hunter, repair foreman at the fitwa. 3 Telephone company, was tiwted treasurer of the city organjntio'i. : Daniel 11. Tyndall, Democratic connty chairman, called the meeting Uii presided as temporary chairKo. The meeting v.as held in coin- 1 jH»cc with a request made by Sen- , [ tier Walter Chambers, asking the bjHuocratic organizations throughout Jitestate to organize for the city priI mryan.l elect on to be next May and ■tacniher. Cour years ago .1. O. Sei--1 temeyer was elected city chairman. I About three years ago Mr. SellemeyI r more to I.os \ngeles anil the duty 1 tailing the precinct committeeI ten together was left in the hands j « Mr. Tyndall. I Tin- newly elected members of the i tell city organization are all welll bora people. Dr. Mangold is one i d the leading dentists in this city tad is a public-spirited, citizen. He | bi always taken an active part in RWe affairs ami has the enthusiasm i to conduct a successful campaign for the Democrats. Mrs. Durkin is tue wife of Thomas jJ. Durkin, the well-known automobile man of this city. She is a resident of the first ward ami is one of th* staunch women democratic workM. franco Conter is one of the hustl'hf young business men of this city always been identified as a (Continued On Page Five) ME ON RADIO SETS FOR BUND Committee Meets To Make Arrangements For Purchase Os Sets The committee appointed to purthse the radio sets for the blind residents of the city and conununity *" the funds raised by popular sub“Hption of local citizens, met at the ■Mi'- of the Rev. H. W. Thompson, irrnan of the committee, last night, poized and took steps toward the p 1 U ,T aDd insta *l a tion of the sets. | Thompson appointed Charles er tieasurer and J. R. Blair secrefof the committee. He appoint- , a ’ub-committee, consisting of R. Cl ? rting ’ James Brown anti Henry er, to act as purchasinb com, Wee to buy the sets. ' The committee voted to purchase J, Trirdvnp '™m the local u,s, C ’ ef!al - e com Pany. The th e comm H ale C ° mPany haS quoted s «ts wh?l ttee “ factory on the ; Tho h , Ch meaDS a great saving. tu be set! ’ ** purchaH6 <l ard threeI Tl >ey a-e th" dry CeHs excluslve>yi f<l bv th n beSt model manufacturer t 0 6 Cr ° Bley com Pany and are SV", d ty th * Schafer ° W Pr ‘ Ce <lU ° ted Mttee feel' h L C ° mPany ’ the commake thn bat 1 wiß I,e abl e to has been d P “ rC ( hases ' M °re than SSOO with what Xu? t 0 tho fund and that ed will be 1 ° nal has been Pledß- - 'b'omittee n ’ eß, lt is b e»eved. A '■eorge WeX n 8 ° f J ’ R Blair - MSna ®«dbyXn CharieS dement, \ h ° mpßon t 0 make p Med T s . °.‘ the aeriels the middle nr t ely that “ wi » be ’ Qfe the sets JnVw 01 neXt week be ’ »ets are o n dj , be '“stalled. The do * of the «„? ay in tbe sbow wine Bchafer Hardware store •

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Adherence To State Road Law Is Requested At this season of the year when the roads are soft and those in authority tire making every effort to save them so that the expense of ! repairs will ba low. the greatest trouble comes in requests for per mission to violate the law., Hoad Magley calls attention to the law which governs his department and which is printed in tojpy’s paper. He must follow that and there Is no way to grant special rights to any person. He asks that every person assist him in complying with th<- law that the county may be saved expense of repairs later. The law will be strictly enforced, so govern yourselves accordingly. SECURE NEW OIL LEASES Jacob Rawley Leases 1,500 Acres Near Monroe; One Well Drilled Jacob Rawley who is drilling the oil well on the J. N. Burkhead 40acre farm east of Monroe., has secured new leases on 1,500 acres of land tn Monroe and Washington townships. and if the well on the Burkhead farm "comes In good”, further drilling for oil will continue on the land leased by Mr. Rawley. The well on the Burkhead farm hns been drilled and will be shot about February 15, Mr. Rawley stated. The well has been put down 1.190 feet and indications point a successful undertaking. The farms which Mr. Rawley has leased and which are affected by the ' Burkhead well include those of J. J. Gould ami Jim Hendricks in Washington township. Peter Bailey, Noah Rich, Jamc* Vanderkar, Jacob J. Roth. Eliza Roth, J. N. Burkhead, Peter Rich, W. H. Haggard and J. C. Rich In Monroe township. Mr. Rawlay stated, that bus would record Uta deeds if the Burkhead well turned out successfully. 0 “Spook” Concert Puts Town On Radio Map Hill, N. IL—(United Press.) —A radio incident that was inevitable, and which ended in an enivitable manner, has put Hill on the radio map. It began as a surefire ghost yarn, when first one and then scores of Hillians flocked at night to a point outside the town to listen to a spinewracking ‘“concert” whose source defied detection. For more than a week Hill buzzed with talk of "spooks.” But eventually an errant Hillian sayed into the hills behind Hill and discovered the cause of it all. Pete Carson, living in a modest shack and a woodchopper by trade,, owned a powerful radio receiver, to which was attached a loud speaker. Pete’s outfit, it appears, was so infernally powerful that he had difficulty in tuning it down. So Pete did the inevitable. He stuck it out the window, where its cracking carried over a valley to a slope of hills which came together in a V —a natural sounding board. From there the lusty'concerts were deflected by the laws of acoustics back into Hill. o Would Prohibit Filling Stations In Business Loop Indianapolis, Feb. 7. —The mushroom spread of filling stations in Hoosier cities would be checked und-' era bill introduced in the upper house of the legislature by Senator Lambert. , His bill provides that oil or gasoline filling stations in the business or thickly populated residence districts of a city shall be considered a public nuisance. Conditions of the bill would not apply in cities having zouin]* ordinances, unless a majority of the property owners living within oue hundred yards of a filling station filed remonstrance against the station. o Cleaning City Streets The street cleaning department was busy today cleaning the brick streets throughout the city. Workmen were sweeping the streets and gangs were busy loading the dirt on wagons. In some places along the curb the ice has not melted, but workmen were busy making drainage for the water to drain .into the sewers.

NO HOPE FOR SHOD!SESSION ► OF LEGISLATURE l General Assembly Has Accomplished Little In Past Thirty Days GOING AT TOP SPEED Fewer Bills Than Usual Introduced During Present Session (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Indianapolis, Feb. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Hopec of legislative leaders that the seventy-fourth Indiana general assembly will wind up its work and go home in forty-five days today appeared to have practically no chance of lealization. With half of the sisxty-ono days allowed by the constitution for the session already gone, only six of the 503 measures introduced have been sent to the governor for his signature. The calendars of both houses are in better shape than at any session for many years. Fewer bills have been introduced and the constant drive of Lieut. Gov. Van Orman and Speaker Leslie have kept committees at top speed in r. porting out bills. But even with this progress it is admitted that hope -for a 45-day session have vanished. The senate, with 236 measures introduced. has passed 62 bills and killed or withdrawn 14. In the house 267 measures have been introduced, twenty-six passed, and sixty-seven killed or withdrawn. 1 o Two Road Petitions Are Published Today Petitioners for the John Hilgeman road in Preble township and for the t SthiUtk rqatl. in Kirkland township are published in today’s Daily Democrat. The roads are about one mile in length and the petitions will be acted upon at the March meeting of the county commissioners. Sufficient funds are available in these two townships to build the two roads this year, it was stated. It is thought that four or five new roads will be constructed in Adams county this year, as several of the townships have a credit sufficient to build one or two roads. o Fire Sweeps Laboratory (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Fort Lee, N. J.. Feb. 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —One man was killed and several others seriously injured today when fire swept the Evans laboratories here. The dead man was Fireman Sullivan Joy. who lost his life in a terrific explosion caused by the fire. Six other persons, three of them firemen, weri taken to hospitals in a cretical condition. Ten employes of the ! Evans Film company, Inc., in whose plant the laboratory was located, were slightly hurt. The sides of the ' large building were shattered by the blaze and windows in houses half a ' mile away were broken. 1 A roll call taken after- the fire showed firemen missing. Department officials expressed fear they might have lost their lives in the explosion , and that their bodies were buried beneath the mass of tangled smould- . ering ruins. i °— Arrested For Driving Car While Intoxicated Curt Johnson, of this city, was ar- > rested shortly before noon today by " Chief of Police Joel Reynolds and ’ locked in the county jail on a charge ’ of driving an automobile while in1 toxicated. Johnson was sitting in his I car on Liberty Way when arrested. ■ The officer found a pint bottle, half ■ filled with white mule, in Johnson's • pocket. He likely will have a hear--1 ing this evening. Price Os May Wheat Stages Comeback Today t Chicago. Feb. 7—May wheat came c back with a snap today following yes- - terday's crash and closed at $1.91 a 1 bushel, up 4% cents from the close, i Many weak accounts were shaken > out in the crash, leaving the market t in strong hands. The opening price s today was $1.88%- After sagging to - $1.86%, the market spurted to $1.91% and the close was inly % off the high.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, February 7, 1925.

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Dr. Burt E. Mangold .Dr. Mangold, well known dntist of this city and president of the Decatur school board, today was elected chairman of the city Democratic organization, to have charge of the campaign in the approaching city election

SUCK CHOSEN TO BE JUDGE South Bend Man Nominatated By Coolidge To Become Federal .Judge Washington, Feb. 7. — Thomas W. Slick, nominated yesterday by President Coolidge to the additional district judge for Indiana, was presented to the chief executive at the i Wh’te House today by Senator Watj son. Indiana. ■ South Bend, Feb. 7. —General satisfaction was expressed today among republican leaders of St. Joseph county and citizens of South Bend I over the nomination of Thomas W. Slick to be tbe second federal judge in Indiana. The nomination of Slick was sent to the senate by President Coolidge late yesterday, ending a hot contest among a half dozen candidates for i the second judgeship created by passage of the Hickey bill. Judge Slick was born in South Bend in 1869 and has lived in the city i all his life. lie attended the city ! schools and graduated from the Univarsity of Michigan law school in 1892. Returning to South Bend, he took up the practice of law, later serving as prosecuting attorney of St. Joe county for two terms and as city i attorney under Mayor Carson. , o Road Petition To Be Presented March 3 The petition for the John Hilgeman ■ macadam road in Preble township will 1 be published in Saturday's Daily ■ Democrat. The petition will be pre 1 sented to the county commissioners on March 3. ) —o ■ Mr. and Mrs. S. J Bowers, of west ’ of the city, were visitirs here this ! afteroon. TO TAKE NURSE'S TRAININGCOURSE Two Decatur Girls Accepted By Two Indianapolis Hospitals Miss Mary Macklin and Miss Mar- ■ garet Kosht, members of the senior I class of Decatur high school, will en- ■ ter the Robert W. Long Hospital and ■ the James Whitcomb Riley hospital, ! at Indianapolis, for a course in nurse's training school, following their gradu- ' ation from high school next May. i Word that the local girls’ applica- • tions for admission to the hospitals had been accepted, was rceived here today. They will enter the hospitals on September 1, 1925. There are ’ many applications for admission to the nurse's school and the Decatur s girls are happy over the fact that ■ they were chosen from among the i long list. t Weather > Unsettled tonight and Sunday; probably some rain; moderate tem- . peratures.

COLLINS STILL HELD PRISONER IN DARK CAVE — ■ Hope Fades as Newly Found Crevice Ends Before Reaching Prisoner RESCUERS WORK ON Work Os Sinking Shaft To Imprisoned Man Is Proceeding Slowly (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Feb. 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat) At the mouth of Sand Cave, Ky.,l —Hope of immediate rescue of Floyd Collins from his underground prison was abandoned late today as the newly found crevice petered out. It was thought the fissure might reveal a now entrance. Homer Collins, who discovered the passageway, after an hour came back j out with the exploration party and reported the opening' ended within fifty feet of the end. At the Mouth of Sand Cave, Ky., Feb. 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A fissure which apparently leads near the underground prison of Floyd' Collins was found today three feet be-, low tbe floor of the shaft being sunk, in an attempt at rescue. Tiiis crevice is eight inches wide, and about eight feet deep, soundings indicate, and may have an outlet in the great cavern whteh Collins says he found before ho was trapped eight days ago. Although instant ewrance through the crevice is not possible, it may I mean a saving of hours in the heart' breaking struggle to rescue Collins. ' A test by gas to find a second entrance to Collins' prison was aband-! oned temporarily and aR efforts were concentrated on widening the crevice to permit exploration. — At the Moutii of Sand Cave, Ky., Feb 7 —With their shaft, the sole hope of Floyd Collins, only half way to his living tomb. United Skates exjierts planned today to use gas tests in an effort to find a new entrance to the cavern where he has lain a prisoner eight days. A harmless vapor with a pungent odor will be forced into the narrow passageway now almost seated by frost down which Collins crept while men search the countryside and mam-' moth caves in hope of finding a crevice leading to him. It. could not be determined if Collins is alive. His foot pinned under a boulder, without food since last Wednesday, and suffering from pneumonia, his condition is critical in the extreme. "It is doubtful if Collins, despite his phenomenal constitution, can live until we reach him. But we shall not slack effort until we have taken him out,” asserted Brigadier General H. I H. Denhardt. in charge of operations. Adjutant General James H. B.t Kahoe of Kentucky arrived here to-| day and assumed charge of military, forces on the scene. It is planned to send more troops to keep away the large number of tourists and curios-j ity seekers flocking here in increasing numbers. Harder going during the night slowed up the shaft-sinking and the original hope of rescue by Saturday noon' has been extended another 24 rours.j The best average of the workmen is not over 15 inches an hour. o “Pat” Parrish Slated For Fort Wayne Chairmanship — According to the political "dope" Attorney R. C. "Pat" Parrish of Fort Wayne former Decatur citizen will be elected chairman of the democratic city central committee at a meeting of the precinct committemen to be held today. Mr. Parish was a former prosecuting attorney in Adams County and is recognized as one of the leading attorneys of Ft. Wayne. He is asssitant prosecuting attorney in Allen County. • , Indiana Gives $15,000 To Civil War Memorial ■ Indianapolis, Feb. 7 —(United Press) —The senate has passed a bill ap- ' propriating $15,000 for the Indiana memorial to Civil War veterans at Vicksburg. Miss. There was not a dissenting vote to the bill when Senator Moorehead siud, “this is our last chance to honor the boys in blue.”

Evangelistic Services To Continue Next Week The special Gospel services which have been in progress this week at the First Evangelical Church will be continued throughout this coming week. The attendance and interest which as been good from the beginning iß,growing and a good meeting Is anticipated. The membership is conducting the prayer services and taking charge of the opening song service and the pastor is bringing the messages. ’{here will be a service on Monday night but not on Tuesday, due to the meeting of the Community Training School. The services begin at 7:30. The public is cordially invited. oDIES AT AGE OF 95 YEARS Mrs. Martha I). Johnston, County’s Oldest Resident, Dies At Monroe Mrs. Martha Dyerman Johnston, age 94. years probably the oldest resident of Adams county, died at her home in Monroe, at 10:10 o'clock last night. ! Death was due to senility, Mrs. Jobn- ' ston having been hodfast for the last I two years. Mrs. Johnston was a daughter of John and Elizabeth Dyerman, and was bom in Cumberland county. Pennsylvania. April 17, 1830. She came to Adam a county with her parents when she was 22 years old. the family sett- | ling near Pleasant Mills. When she , was maried to Jonathan H. Andrews she moved to within two miles of Monroe and the remainder of her life was ; spent in that immediate vicinity. Mrs. Johnston’s first husband died several I years after their marriage and later ! | she was married to Jonathan C. And- '; rows a cousin of her first husband. | Her second husband died several years ago and she was married a third time, ' this time to James Johnston, who died in 1913. During the latter part of her life, Mrs. Johnston and her daughter. Mrs. Margaret Dulin, resided together in Monroe. Mrs Johnston was well known and held in high esteem. She was a member of the M. E. church. Mrs. Johnston is survived by the following children: Hazel C. Andrews of Dwitt Arkansas; Anna Essex, of Monroe; Thomas Johnston of Dunkirk : and Mrs. Dulin of Monroe. Also the following step-children: Mrs. Sam Hal ey of Portland: Mrs. Etta Hendricks ■ of Monroe; John Gross, of Portland, and Mrs. Lew Williams, Decatur. Mrs. Catherine Carpenter, of Middlebury Ohio is a half sister of the deceased. Funeral services will be hold from the M. E. church in Monroe at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon the pastor the. Rev. S I. Zechiel. officiating. Burial will be made in the Ray cemetary west of Monroe. —. — ’O. K. Barber Shop To Open On Next Monday ' The O. K- barber shop and shoe shining parlor is ready to open and I the Barber shop will open for busiIness Monday morning. The shining | stand, in charge of Everett Sheets, : will open for business tomorrow. The barber shop is owned and will be i operated by Glen Cowan. Ira Fuhr- '! man and Forest Elzey and the equip- ': ment, which includes all new chairs, mirrors and everything needed for a first class shop, is attractive and i convenient. The new shop is locatI led in the Joseph & Lang building recently vacated by the Keller Jewelry store which moved into the Morris block. .... -o Large Crowd At Ooening Os New Morris Store One of the largest crowds which ■ ever greeted the opening of a new ■ store in Decatur was present eariy 1 this morning when the new Morris fiv' and Ten Cent store opened its doors in the building purchased by the Morris company on North Second streA I fonnerely the Terveer puilding. A large crowd estimated at more than a I hundred peopl was standing packd . into the store and a number of peoi pl wr standing in th lobby fortnt rly locatd in th Dirkes—ptiilding on Second street. The store also occupies > tho rear half of the adjoining puild--1 ing The front part of the north room • will be occupied by the Keller Jewelry store.

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SCHEDULE FOR REGIONAL NET TOURNEY DRAWN Winner Os Decatur Sectional Plays W inner Os Ft. Wayne Tourney REGIONALS MARCH 14 Drawings For Sectional Tourneys To Be Made On February 28 (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Indianapolis, Feb. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) - Schedules for the regional and final Itournaments of the state high school basketball championship race were announced today by A. L. Trester, permanent secretary of the Indiana High' School Athletic Association. Winners of the 64 sectional tournaments held on March 6 and 7 will compete in eight regional meets on March 14 with eight teams competing in each tourney. The sixteen regional winners will battle it out for the state title in the finals at Indianapolis on March 20 and 21. Drawing for tho regional schedules were made by athletic officials in tbe presence of newspaper men today to insure impartialit}’ in the schedules. Drawing for the sectional schedules will be made on February 28 The winners of the two Saturday evening games in eah regional tourney will compete in the state finals at Indianapolis. Tho regional schedule includes: Fort Wayne Tourney Saturday morning at 10. winner at Auburn and winner at Angola; 11 o'clock, winner at Columbia City and winner at Elkhart. Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock, winner at Warsaw and winner at Kendallville; 3 o'clock, winner at Ft. Wayne and winner at Decatur. Saturday evening, 7 o’clock, winner at 10 o'clock and winner at 11 o’clock 8:30. winner at 2 o’clock and winner •it 3 o’clock. Kokomo Tourney Saturday morning 10 o’clock, winner at Flora and winner at Marion. 11 o’clock, winner at Montpelier and winner at Huntington. Saturday afternoon, 2 o'clock, winner at Kokomo and winner at Peru; 3 o’clock, winner at Royal Center and winner at North Manchester. Saturday evening. 7:30 o’clock, winner at 10 o'clock and winner at 11 o’clock; 8:30 o'clock, winner at 2 o'clock and winner at 3 o'clock. TO ISSUE BONDS FOR IMPROVEMENT County To Issue Bonds To Pay Part Os Cost Os Farlow Drain Improvement bonds to pay the unpaid assessments in the construction of the William Farlow drain, in Blue Creek, Monroe and Wabash townships which forms a drainage outlet for the town of Berne, will be issued by Adams county, Martin Jaberg, county auditor stated this morning. Half of the total cost on constructing the drain has been paid by the property owners affected by the improvement. The total assessments amounted to $28,982.63 and $14,491.01 has been paid, leaving a balance of $14,491.62. Five-year bonds for this amount will be issued. It is planned to sell the bonds sometime soon after March 10, it being necessary to give, a twenty-day notice of the sale and in the meantime legal matters pertaining to the issuing of the bonds will be disposed of. Approimately 87 persons have not paid their assessments in full. Included in this list of assessments is one for $7,790.00 against the town of Berne and about $1,800.00 for Wabash township, these taxing units being affected as a whole by the drain. Work on the construction of the drain which is between five and six miles in length, was started last summer. Cole and Son have the contract 1 for constructing the drain and it will not be completed until the summer or fall of 1925. It is one of the largest drain improvements ever undertaken in the county.