Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1925 — Page 1

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OSSIAN AND DECATUR WIN FIRST GAMES

I Farmers And Merchants State Bank At Geneva Closes

Losing is I jnfflOlED TO I SALE OF ASSETS ■\o Shortage In Accounts; ■ With Bank ()i 9 Geneva Contemplated I FROZEN ASSETS” ■ Bank Lost Heavily On ■ loans; Meeting Os Stockfl holders Today 9 Th, I'.inniTs and Merchants ■ Skitr Bank. <>f Geneva, organ- ■ i zil | in KUO, failed t<> open its ■ doors this morning and the fol- ■ lowin" notice was posted on ■ (| IP door bv .1. Clark Mills, bank ■ examiner of the State Banking ■ dc|iadment: "This bank closed, fl ]n th. hands of the Department ■ ( ,f Banking, pending a stock--9 holders meeting and eonlein- ■ i,!,.ti..n of iKfiiidalion." 9 ".I. CLARK MILLS. 9 “State bank examiner.” 9 The r.sid.'ibs of Geneva awoke 9 th~ morninn io find that one of its 9 t»o banks had been dosed by the 9 state Miking department and the 9bn ■ l >mi spread about the town and 9 th" surrounding community. How 9 err. no attempt of a "run" on the 1 ■ .ktk "’ ns nu'de an I no one felt very alarmed over the situation. B. The only ihmir unusual was that the 9 W v.. 0 n>’i opened for business. 9 ilthongl: the lights in the buildings B w 1 kept burning all night, during 9 which time officers and employes of 9 tt' 1 l,ank ''no sta’e bank examiners 9 others worked in totaUng up 9 H The closing of the bank was not B termd as a financial calamity, but 9 n! ’ |f ‘ r a sa l f ' °f its assets, the liquida--9 tion of "frozen assets” and the dis--9 continuing of business, with the hope ■ that a merger could be formed with 9 the Bank of Geneva. ■ Examiner Makes Statement ■ Mr Mills, the state bank examiner ■ ’-ho has been working at the instituH tioi. for two days, made the"following S ttataseut to u Daily Democrat repi'e- ■ tentative at one o'clock this afterfl "In the course of business ■Josses have been sustained by the ■ Farmers and Merchants Bank, The H failure of the bank to pay is due to H the fact that this is a one bank 'town. H Every effort has been put forth to ■ consolidate the two banks, but at an I (Continued on Page Six) ■LANO CLASS mu GIVE PLAY I Seniors Present ‘‘Thirteen ■ Pius" On Thursday I Evening, March 19 Ia ? 0 Sen '° r class of the Kirkland ■ *» school will give a three- act ■ 2?' at tke Kirkland high school on ■ “ rßday evening, March 19, entitl- ■ Thirteen plus". The scene of the ■ o^i' 3 ' ail * at enry Logan’s camp ■ the Hocquet river in the Adritm- ■ acks . ■ t iPI** 1 ** traders in the play are ass ■ loiiows: fl q nrj ’-°Gan, a New Vork Attorney I n"*! ° f ,lle Cam P --.Lloyd Byerly B 01 era Logan, his daughter I Sue Zimmerman I Jn<t n ° r ' ,liS w ' fe -.. .Irene Kirchner I Ethoi' u Ke ' ly Kenneth Arnold IDr w hiß rtaughter Ruth Geisel I Hele' nWrlßht ‘’ ’ Chester Scherrfy I Arnott ' liS " ife ßlanch Fugate I Gm-,' Jeffry ’ in the employ of the I Pillln m. ent Morgan Ernst | Action anni ” B ’ a Popular writer of I Flora isDaniel Jaberg K Miriam COOk Dorotlty Dilling fl ■■■~. ’ le table girl. Flora’s niece IGe 0,,.. "" ® rma Kirchner.. ■ Marie r* SU^e ” ,< "' la ’ mer Henschen I '** BonLorine Kirchner ng f

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Rotarians “Play School” At Regular Meeting — An Interesting meeting of the Rotary club was held at the Industrial rooms lust evening. Walt Johnson being in charge of the program. In J the capacity of school teacher, Mr. I Johnson conducted an old-fashioned spelling-bee and muc h fun was had. The* boys stood up for a round or • iwo of spelling and enjoyed the program very much. The nomination of eight men. five of whom will be elected directors of the Decatur club at the first meeting in April, took place during the evening. Reports were also made hy several of the Rotar--1 ians on the district conference held at Soulh Bend last month, o ■ POSTAL WORKERS I : GET WAGE BOOST 1 c I New Law Gives $7,500 More To Employes Os Postoffice Here (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Washington, March 6—Extra pay , for postal employes for the period ? since Jan. 1. provided by the postal a salary increase act will be paid out “ March 14, Postmaster General New e I announced after the cabinet meeting at the white house today. The y postal act provides that the increase in salary shall be retrospective to | the first of the year. e ' , Approximately will be.jLUced. s in the pockets of the rural and city ; mail carriers and clerks at the Def catur Postoffice, per year, in increase s Pay granted to them through the bill ~ which congress passed last week and which President Coolidge has alt ready signed. t The four city carriers and five clerks in the local office will receive an increase of S3OO per year, which | will bring their salary up to $2,100 | 1 a year. Rural carriers will receive additional pay of four cents per mile for every day they travel over their r routes. Substitute carriers and clerks L . will receive an extra five cents per , hour for every hour employed. The . increase ...to. the clerks and city •-.:r .. riers will amount to $2,700 per year, s while the increase to the rural carB riers and substitute clerks and clerks t will total between SI,OOO and $5,000. , The rural carrier's pay is based on L a route of 24 miles, the salary being j SI,BOO for a route of this size. Pracj tically every route out of the Decatur office is more than 27 miles and as long as 35 miles. Over 24 miles the carriers receive S3O a year for each additional mile and the increase is figured on >the entire size of the route. The increase pay to the carJ riers and clerks is given them from January 1, 1925, while the increase postage rates, which will raise about $59,000,000 of the $68,000,000 required, do not go into effect until April 15, 1 1925. The money will be raised as follows: A new 2c service charge on parcel I post, will raise $13,000,000 and zones t rates on newspapers reading matter i in the second class will be increased - considerably. The rate on personal ; postal cards is Increased from lc to j 2c, but otherwise the first-class rates . are unchanged. 3 Warren To Build New $120,000 School Building ' Bluffton, March 6. —Samuel Thompson, trustee of Salamonie township 1 and his advisory board will receive r bids on March 30 for the construe--1 tion of a new 20-room school build- ' ing in the town of Warren to take ’ place of one recently condemned 8 by the state board of health. The B building when completed will afford t school facilities for the grade and f high schools of the township and the ? town of Warren. ? The school, which is to cost not B more than $120,000 is to be 200 by . .213 feet with an auditorium and gymi nasium, and built of fireproof materr lais'

BOYS’WEEK TO | BE SPONSORED BY ROTARIANS Local Club To Co-operate In Nation-Wide Observance April 26-May 2 COMMITTEES NAMED Separate Program To Be Held On Each Day During The Week International Boy Week, as sponI sored by th- notary clubs or the, Vnited States, the Decatur club cooperating, will be observed in Deca tur, during the week of April 26 to May 2. The program for the v.e.-l. has been prepared by International Rotary and calls for a daily program of great interest. The public, Catholic and Lutheran schools will be a died to co-operate. At the regular meeting of th<>Rotary cluh held last evening, the* lo cal Rotarians adopted the program and committees were appointed to serve during the week. Last year the Rotary club sponsored a one-day ol>servance consisting of the League of Women Voters or the Woman's chib in this city will sponsor a Girl's week, similar to the Rotary Boy week and the events ar 0 being looked forward to with much interest. The- wet-k -Mponw.au>--Sunday, April 26, and the day will be observed as the hoy’s day in the chulch. Monday. April 27. will be observed as boy's day in school and evening at home. Tuesday, April 28. will he hoy’s day in Citizenship, and th p election of city officers will be hold. Wednesday, will be boy’s day in (Continued On Page Four) GIRL STRUCK BY • AN AUTOMOBILE Miss Sarah Ault Suffers Broken Leg In Accident Yesterday Evening Miss Sarah Ault, age 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ault of Penn street, was painfully injured about 6:45 o'clock yestserday evening when she was struck hy an automobile driven by B. F. Farr, owner of the Decatur Laundry, at the intersection of the Bellmont cement road and the Piqua road, at the east edge of this city. Miss Ault suffered a fracture of her left leg just above the knee and many bruises and cuts. She was taken to the Adams County Msmorial hospital where she is reported to be getting along nicely. Miss Ault had spent the evening with a friend. Miss Bessie Erwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Erwin, who reside near the scene of the accident, and the two girls had started to walk to the city. Two cars were parked near the intersection of the two roads and Miss Ault stepped from behind those cars directly into the path of Mr, Farr's car, which was going north. Mr. Farr applied the brakes to his car and swerved it to the left side of the road in an effort to avoid striking the girl, but the bumper on the front of the car struck her and dragged her a few feet before she fell to the pavement, Mr. Farr stopped his car within a few feet after striking the girl and the front end was in the ditch at the left side of the road. Had Mr. Farr been travel ng at a fast rate of speed Miss Ault probably w r ould have suffered much more serious injuries. Mr. Farr was alone in his car at the time of the accident. Hie injured girl was carried into the Henry thsber home, which is near the scene of the accident and later she was removed to the hospital in the S. E. Black

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 6, 1925.

State’s Attorney Still I’rohing McClintock Death i ' The hUate’s attorney's investigation ! into the cause of death of "Billy'' Me- | Clintock went forward today followI Ing explosion of the latest "clow.” I Mrs. E. H. Reuter, head of a research laboratory, told investigators a pietnrf| of William B. Shepherd, Bill’s foster father, resembled a man who had made inquiries concerning the purchase of typhoid germs, but when brought face to face with Shepherd, said he was not the man. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Harry Olson, who charges that young McClintock’s death was caused by "administered typhoid germs,” continued his preparation of evidence when the coroner’s inquest is resumed on March 23. — : —o GEN. MITCHELL DEMOTED TODAY Reverts To Rank Os Colonel When Weeks Fails To Re-Appoint Him ICNITEH I‘ItESS SEBVICI-7) Washington, March 6 —Brigadier General William Mitchell today went down to defeat in his battle with his superiors over air power policies when Secretary of War Weeks banished him from his post as assistant chief of air service. Weeks sent to the president a recommenJnfion for the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel James A. Fochot. Kelly Field, Texas, to succeed the flying general when his term expires April 27. Mitchell will revert to a colonelcy on that date. Hardly had Weeks' decision Iteen announced when Mitchell's office gave out a statement prepared by him in anticipation of his demotion. Mitchell today was at Fortress Monroe Va. "The question of my reappointment as assistant chief of the air services is a small matter.” Mitchell said. The question of the reorganization of our system of national defense is a big ’■•after. “There have been few months that i have passed when an attempt has not been made to dispense with my services. Before we sank the battleships in 1921 and ushered in a new era in national defense, it was tried strongly. “Now, on the verge of further battleship tests and more progressive work, conditions are similar to what they were formerly. So far as I am concerned I shall continue to work for the benefit and improvement of everything that applies to our national welfare.” — o Tournament Scores At Indianapolis — Technical, 28; Lawrence. 16. At Martinsville — Spencer. 58; Quincy, 14. At Versailles — Holton,' 22; Batesville, 19. ' | 1 At Winchester — Ridgeville, 21; Winchester, 11. Versailles —Aurora, 63; Gilford, 9. Martinsville — Paragon, 22; Morgantown, 21. i Winchester — Union City, 26; Jackson, 21. Indianapolis—Shortridge, 35: Valley] Mills, 9. Shelbyville — Greensburg, 24; New Point, 15. • Shelbyville — Morril. 35; Jackson Township, 25. Shelbyville — Boggstown, 52; Burney. 22. Winchester — Parker, 28; Losantville 12, Weather Probably snow or rain in north portion. Partly overcast in south portion tonight and Saturday; colder in northwest portion tonight and in | north central portion Saturday.

MANY MEASURES I ARE DISPOSED OF BY SENATE; Bill Prohibiting Sale Os Tax Free Securities Is Passed CHARGES OF LOBBYING Big Fight Developes Over Kissinger ‘‘Road Ripper Bill” Today (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Indianapolis, Mar 6 —During a session in which many minor measures ; were disposed of the today i passed the Shirley bill prohibiting the i sale of tax free securities in Indiana I by government units. II speaking against the measure Senator Holmes, of Gary, declared it ! was a falacy to try to tax these so-' curlties. By adopting a minority report for | indefinit e postponement the house ikllled the Dailey senate bill to curb the sale of malicious literature. I Indiivnapolis, March 6 —Charges of /‘road trading" and lobbying to de-j , feat the Kissengej- road ripper bill I j at any price" were made by members ■ lof the legislature todaf. i Representative Keller, of Fowler J asserted citizens of his home town had been ndvisd that an important I road projn-t tht-re’ vfouhl he dropped l in retaliation if he voted for the bill. : Telegrams and litters urging rep rosentative to support or oppose the measure poured into the capitol buildj ing. The bill is scheduled to come up for third reading in the house today. Forces behind the bill declared a poll (Continued on page two) IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS SOUGHT I —— Petitions Ask For Improvement Os Winchester And Thirteenth Streets Petitions ar e being circulated for the improvement of SSouth Winchester stree, south from the Nickel Plate railroad tracks to the corporation limits and then south and west to the intersection of state road No. 21 known as the Monroe and for the improvement of Thirteenth street south from Monroe street to the corporate limits. The petitions ask that the roads ibe improved with a binder suitable for hard surface. The petitions ask that the roads be improved under the three- mile road act and that the cost be assessed against Washington township. Washington township has a large credit for road building and the petitions will be presented to the I county, commissioners next month I if sufficient signatures are obtained on the petitions. Winchester street is one of the main thoroughfares leading in and 1 out of Decatur and the heavy traffic over the road makes it diffcult to keep 'in repair. Th e drainage is bad along ’the street and in the spring of the year, much damage is done to tlie road. If the road is improved with a hard surface, property owners in- . tend to petition the city council to construct cement sidewalks along | the street and otherwise improve it. Thirteenth street is the connection thoroughfare with the state north - and south road and is one of the principle streets in the city. Th e hard surface road as petitioned for would be similar to the state i improvement of the Ft. Wayne-De-4 - catur road north of Decatur. Th e top' i of the road would be covered' with al i water-bound composition and would l | serve as a hard surfaced road. ;

' Princess Paulina And Mother Leave Chicago) Chicago, Mur. G. (United Press.) -Princess Paulina, with her mother. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, steamed I out of Chicago for Washington. Paul- | ina is the three weeks old daughter i of the man chosen by Republicans to | bo elected speaker of the house, and ! is the granddaughter of the late Theodore Roosevelt. The new loud speaker of the house of Longworth has not been photographed to date because her mother does not oelicve that individual characteristics will develop in the child's face until it is at least two months old. DAWES PLANS TO ; CONTINUE FIGHT May Carry Demand For Revision of Senate Rules To The Country (United Press Service) Washington. March 6 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Vice President Charles G. Dawes may carry his demand for revision of senate rules to the country. I .Unmoved by the hazing he lias been subjected to. Dawes through the I summer may deliver a scries of ' speeches to explain his stand. He has been encouraged by i tion he has received from government officials, members. of tho I houses and in telegrams from cit-. zens over the country. A vice presid°nt is expected to fill speaking engagements which the] president, feels should be filled and to which the president personally; cannot attend. This will give Dawes his chance to fight back at his critics. He is not premitted to speak in the senate, under the rules. At present Dawes has no intention of answering his critics, because lie' does not wish to be placed in position of seeking publicity. Open guerilla warfare over the' matter is not expected to continue in the senate. Future skirmishing probably will be conducted in a mild er manner. Such nKzing as Dawes continues to receive will be ground i ed on his unfamiliariiy with the rules which will give his critics plenty of openings. Senators are proud of their attitude i:n “keeping their ears to the ground” to hear what the voters back home think about questions and ; if a deluge of telgerams and letters starts pouring in from all corners of the country they might reverse the present attitude against changes of rules. Senator Reed, Missouri democrat, denounced Dawes at a hotel dinner in honor of former Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, last night. Without mentioning his name. Reed spoke of the vice president as a “Jackass, who comes in and tries to set up his opinion against the views of such men as Calhoun, Webster and others." Reed paraphrased Kipling's “fuzzy wuzzy," as follows; “ 'E’s a India rubber Indian on a spree “E's the only thing that doesn't give a dam, “For anything that's parliamentary. “So here’s to you. General Dawes, “As you buck the senate jam." 0 Bluffton Man To Open Tailoring Shop Here R. O. Stites, of Bluffton, has leased the annex-room on the north side of the Murray Hotel and will open a merchant's tailoring and repair shop in the building next week. Mr. Stites was in the city yesterday and completed arrangements for leasing the room, which was formerly occupied by the 1 Northern Indiana Gas and' Electric company office. Mr. Stites has been < a resident of Bluffton for 24 years i and has conducted a tailoring shop i there.

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SECTIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TOURNEY NOW IN PROGRESS Ossian Defeats Jefferson And Decatur Wins From Monmouth TWO GAMES TONIGHT Tournament To Continue Throughout Saturday: Finals Saturday Night Ossian, 25: Jefferson, 14. Decatur, 33; Monmouth, 5. i - I Ossian and Decatur won the ! right to play in the second round of the sectional high school basketball tournament here this afternoon by defeating Jefferson and Monmouth in the first games of the tourney. Ossian will play Decatur at 10 o’clock Saturday morning. The attendance at the afternoon session of the tournament today was not large but a large crowd of fans is expected to turn out this evening to see the two games scheduled for tonight. Lancaster plays Monroe at 7:30 o’clock and Kirkland meets Hartford at ! 8:30. i Lineups and summary: Ossian Jefferson Horror F Smith Herbst F !' • I Hissen e Snyder j Johnston G Stolz i Miller G .Marshall Substitutions: Bailey for Horror. . Rahrur for Miller. Field goals: B<>rror. 1; Herbst. 8; Hissen. 1; Smith, 14; Fennig, 2. Free throws: Horror, [1; Johnston, 1; Miller, 1; Smith. 2. (Referee: Griffith. ■ Decatur Monmouth ! Strickler F Parrish ■ Heal . F Hill Andrews C Pettit • Miller G Lewton Moser . ... G Johnson Substitutions: Swearinger for Strickler. Reynolds for Beal. StriekI lor for Andrews. Dierkes for Miller, i Beal for Moser. Hill for Johnson, I Wagnet for Hill. Field goals: StrickIler. 5; Swearinger. 1; Reynolds, 2; I Andrews, 2; .Miller. 4: Moser, 1; Parrish. 1: Pettit. 1. Free throws: Andrews. 1: Miller, 1; Moser, 1; Lewton. 1. Referee: Murray. I With scores of fans on hand to 1 support their team to the last ditch the annual sectional high school basketball tournament got under way at the high school gymnasium (Continued On Page Five) o TRAIN KILLS SIX PERSONS Automobile Struck By Cut Os Freight Cars At Williamsport BULLETIN Williamsport, Ind., March 6. — (United Press.) —Six persons were killed here today when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a cut of frieght cars. The dead: Mrs. Ruby Bodine, 26. Williamsport. Clara Hurd. 21. cousin of Mrs Bodine, Marysville, Ohio. Gertrude Bodine, 5. Mabel Bodine. 3. Fred Bodine. Jr.. 19 months. The children were son and daughters of Mrs. Bodine. According to eyewitnesses, Mrs. Bodine, who was driving the car, hail stopped while a passenger train passed. The frieght cars were on another track and obscured by the passenger train. The persons killed were the only occupants of the car. AH but Miss Hurd and Gertrude , Bodine were killed instantly. Miss i Hurd and the girl lived only a few : minutes. i Surviving members of the Bodine : family are, Fred Bodine, husband of > the dead woman, and Elsie May. 8, daughter. Bodine is a farmer.