Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 9 March 1925 — Page 1

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“GERRYMANDERING” BILL IS PASSED

MASTER WINS (sectional title ( exciting game I _— _ I Defeat Decatur Yellow .lacI kets. 25-21; Locals I show Great Fight I SCORE TIED OFTEN [Exhaustion Or Previous | Gaines Tells On ) ellow Jackets In. Final Displaying a fighting spirit! | that stamped them as one of the | gamest teams in the history of i I Decatur high school, but tiring I I from the effects of two other: I hard games earlier in the day, I I the Decatur high school Yellow I Jackets went down to defeat in the final game of the sectional basketball tournament here Saturday night at the hands of the husky and fresh _ Lancaster Center team from Wells county. The final score was 25-21. but the championship was in doubt until the final minute. I Every available nook and corner in the high school gymnasium was filled with howling fans and scores were tuiwl away at the doors before the •am? started, even all standing room being taken. The game was a thriller from start to finish amt the fans were kept in an uproar of excitement. The score was tied twice in the first half, at 9-all at the end of the first talf. ami five times in the last half and the lead switched from one team to the other. The Decatur team rmTb'TTtf’M rhe chan:-?s in team work and floor play throughout the game, but their shots at the basket were not true, due probably to their tiring muscles. Their passing was spectacular at times and they worked the ball through the Uncaster defense for many short shots but failed to score on a large percent of them. On the other hand, the Lancaster Bob Cats were unable to penetrate the Decatur defense consistently and they were forced to shout from far out on the floor. The winners were good basket shots, hut they also received all of the breaks on shooting. One of their shots even hit the rim of the basket, bounced high in the air and came down through the net. Captain Walter Miller and “Christmas" Andrews, the two Yellow Jackets who will be graduated next spring, played a wonderful game in their last appearance in a Decatur (Continued on page three) — o MRS. VANGUILDER DIED LAST NIGHT Death Caused By Heart Trouble; Survived By Husband Mrs. Julia Ann Vanguilder, age 80 Tears, died at her home. 339 North Ninth street, at 10 o’clock Saturday n >ght. Death was due to heart trouble, Mrs. Vanguilder having been ill for the last four weeks. Mrs. Vanguilder was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Pollison, and was bmn in Mercer county, Ohio, July 11. ,S O. She was first married to Henry Suulby. who died nine years after l ir marriage. Twenty-four years ” she was married to Chancy Vant'diler, who survives. One child was 1,1)1 n to Mrs. Vanguilder, but it died n infancy. she had five brothers an< ' three sisters, all of whom pre- ' "d her in death. Mrs. Vanguilder Was a member of the United Breth'en church. She resided in Kansas t a out 35 years, but came back to D watii ate BiX years aß °’ locntin <? 111 Lmeral services will be held from tome at 1:30 o’clock and from chi v ed Brethren church at 2 Rev' p J' ednoßt * a y “afternoon, the will h * Dots °n. officiating. Burial tery ' ,na^e in the Reynolds ceme-

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Receives Fruit From Son At Miami, Florida Mrs John Christen, of this city, js enjoying a crate of the finest kind of grape fruit and oranges which grow in the world. They camo from her son Qus. who with his family, is wintering at Miami. Florida, and en[joying life as only those do who can [afford this great privilege. The oranges arc of the Seuldsweet variety and the grapefruit are Scaldhearts, the most popular brands of the south. Bus says the real estate men are so thick in Miami that they have to wear badges to keep from soliciting each other. o £... MOSER ELECTED CAPTAIN TODAY [ Back Guard Named Yellow .Jacket Leader; 1925-26 Schedule Announced Attdley Moser. Itackgunrd on the' Dejatur high school basketball team who was chosen for back guard on the all-sectional team picked by the tour- . nament officials Saturday, was elected i captain>tf the 1925-26 team at a meeting of the players held at noon 1 today. Moser is a junior in school this year and is an ideal player for a captain. Although playing his! first year in interscholastic basket -1 hall Moser made a name for himself, this season, landing a regular berth I at the start of the season and play- I ing consistantly throughout the season. He is a handy player, backing up his team's play and instilling fight into his teammates at all times. He hfis* n haFif~oT pfcWhg" fffb TiffTT off" the backboard and starting it on a return trip down the floor in a manner discouraging to opposing teams. Members of the varsity squad who will be graduated in the spring are Captain Miller. Andrews. Swearinger Leonard and Breiner. As a nucleus for next year’s team Coach Kennedy will have Captain-elect Moser. Beal. Strickler, Reynolds. Dicrkes, and several others. Principle Walter J. Krick today announced the basketball schedule for next season. Twenty games have been scheduled. There will be no games played at home on Saturday nights next season. The schedule is as follows; Nov. 20, Kirkland, here; Nov. 25. Ossian here; Nov. 27. Garrett, there; Dec. 4, Auburn there; Dec. 11, Fort Wayne Central, here; Dec. 18, Berne, here; Dec. 23, Angola there; Dec. 29. Bluffton, here; Jan. 1 Columbia City, there; Jan. 2, Bluffton, there; Jan. 8, Auburn, here; Jan. 9, Kendallville, there; Jan. 15, Fort Wayne Central, there; Jan. 22 Winchester, here; Jan. 20. Berne there; Feb. 5, Garrett here; Feb. 6. I Van Wert, Ohio, there; Feb. 12, Portland, there; Feb. 19. Columbia City here; Feb. 26, Portland, here. — ■ o Adams County Farmer Sells Prize Cockrels William Rupert, well known farmer of Monroe, who has gained a great reputation throughout the country with his Rhode Island Red chickens. Saturday shipped four R. I. Red cockrels to Maywood. Illinois, and one to A. A. Taicott, at Massena, N. Y. Health certificates from local veternarians must be obtained before the fowls are shipped out of the state, due to the European fowl pest. Mr. Rupert has sold about 500 head of his prize winning fowls from the 1924 hatch and has orders for many more. He was won several state prizes and many county fair prizes with his Rhode Island Reds. — o Richmond Man On Trial On Manslaughter Charge Richmond, Ind., Mar. 9.—Clarence Ringley. of Richmond, went on trial today for manslaughter in connection (with the death of John Hensiger, a motor policeman. I Henniger died when thrown from this machine while trying to arrest Ringley for speeding.

CHAIRMAN FOR C. M. T. C. HERE .Joseph C. Laurent Selected To Enlist Young Men Here For Camp Joseph c. Laurent , Decatur, has been named chairman for Adams county in the campaign to enroll 6050 young men from the state of Ohio. Indiana. Kentucky and West Virginia for the annual Citizens’ Military Training Camp. According to Mr. Laurent, two camps will lie held in the Fifth Corps Area this year because of an increased quota allotted the four states. About 1500 beginners and advanced I infantry students from Indiana and I northwestern Ohio will be accomo- | dated at Fort Benjamin Harrison. I Ind., for the period July 8 to August 6, while the remainder will be assigned to the C. M. T. C. of former years [at Camp Knox, Ky., beginning July It and continuing the balance of the month. Mr. Ijaurent quotes a statement by President Coolidge, whose son John j is a C. M. T. C. graduate, as an apt I expression of the purpose of the | camps. | “These camps are an essential to I the plan of national security." dedares the President. “They promote obedience to law and respect for ■ the institutions of a well ordered l society. Young men are helped to , physical health, mental vigor and ! moral excellance. Social understandI ing and democratic feeling are developed; love and reverance for the flag are the natural outcome of the training. Courtesy in act. sympathy in feeling, tolerance in thought, are ’' fit e ’ kFc a Is?’ ' Citizens’ Military Training Camps are not a branch of the Army. The government offers the month's training each year without cost to young men between 17 and 24 years of age in an effort to raise the physical, mental and moral standards of present day youth, realizing they will be the citizens of tomorrow. o Charged W ith Breaking Into House Saturday George Lambert was arraigned in city court before Mayor 11. M. DeVoss this morning on a charge of house breaking. He entered a plea of not guilty and his case was set for a hearing next Wednesday afternoon. The affidavit was filed against Lambert by George Raber, who alleges that Lambert broke into his house on North Second street early Saturday evening. Raber says he saw Lambert and recognized him. Nothing was taken from the house, it is said. o Edmund B. Ball, Widely Known Muncie Man, Dies Muncie,lnd., March 9. —Edmund B. Ball, vice president and general manager of the Ball Brothers Glass company here and one of the state’s best . known manufacturers and philanthropist, died at his home here Sunday afternoon after a long illness. Mr. Ball suffered a stroke of paralysis while attending the Rotary club meeting on 1 Dec. 2 and never recovered from the attack. ' His name is linked with the com- ■ munity progress of Muncie and the ’ state of Indiana. Many civic enter--1 prises here and over the state have ' been made possible only through the ; efforts of himself and his three brothers. The state normal school here was 1 given the state by the members of the ' family. 1 He was born in Greensburg, O. Oct. 1, 1855 and came to Muncie in 1887 when the glass company here was established. Funeral services will be held Wedneseday afternoon here. BIRTH ! Announcements were received here I today by friends from Mr. and Mrs. i Harry P. Ramsey, of Convoy, ani nouncing the birth of a son, born March 9. The child has been named t Oliver Milan and weighed nine t po.unds. Mother and babe arc getting along nicely.

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Holy Name Society To Meet This Evening The monthly meeting of the Holy Name society of the St. Marys Catholic church will be held this evening at the Knights of Columbus hall. Sun day the members of the society received Holy Communion in a body at the early mass at the St. Marys church. Father Otto Peters delivered the sermon at the mass, speaking on prayer and the benefits derived therefrom. A short program will be given at the meting this evening. 0 BERNE PRINCIPAL GETS PROMOTION .J. 1). French Selected To Become Superintendent Os Wells Co. Schools J. I). French, principal of the Berne schools, was selected to succeed Justice Merriman, as superintendent of the Wells county schools iat a meeting of the Wells county; Imard of education, at Bluffton, to-' day. Mr. French was selected from ■ a list of four applicants. The selection was made on the first ballot. Mr. Merriman resigned recently. Mr. French has been principal of the Berne schools for the last few years and has made a good record there. Plans Under Way To Reorganize Democrats (United Press Service) Washington. March 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Plans io reorganize the democratic party in atj attempt to eradicate factional differences. were under way today with •many patty leaders participating. The quiet movement to this end came out in the open with publication of correspondence between Franklin D. Roosevelt, manager of Al Smith, governor of New York, at the 1924 democratic convention, and Senator Walsh, Montana, famous oil investigator and chairman of that convention. According to letters received from committeemen. Roosevelt said it seemed the consensus of opinion that [ there should be a meeting of democratic leaders this spring to confer 1 on measures to be taken to build tip j ' the party. P I 0 Governor Signs Measures (United Press Service) Indianapolis, March 9 —(Special to ’ Daly Democrat)—Governor Jackson today signed the bills concentrating all state revenues in the general ' fund and abolishing special tax levies. He also signed the bill authorizing the acquisition of the state of the Lanier home, a land mark of the early days of the state of Madison. , ; O AMY MERRIMAN DIED YESTERDAY Heart Trouble Causes Death 1 Os Aged Lady In Blue Creek Township Amy Merriman, age 73, died at ■ her heme ir Blue Creek 'ownship, at 7:30 o’clock Sunday morning. Death 1 was due to heart trouble. She had i been in poor balth for the past month. Mrs. Merriman is survived by two i sons, William P. Merriman, of Blue i Creek township, and L. W. Meriman. of Decatur; one daughter, Mrs. Mary . E. Meyers, of Blue Creek township; ' and one brother, William Clauser, of , Sidney, Ohio. Funeral services will be held from the Salem church at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. Shipley, of Pleasant Mills, officiating. Burial will be made in the Tricker cemetery. 3 ' ' ' Weather 1 I 3 Showers probable tonight and Tues- - day. Warmer tonight and in extreme east portion Tuesday.

MANY PLAN TO GO TO CHICAGO Twenty-five at Least To Accompany Catholic Team To Tournament A large crowd of fans attended a meeting held at the Knights of Columbus hall Sunday afternoon for the purpose of making arangements to attend tne national Catholic interscolastic basketball tournament to be held at Chicago. March 19. 20, 21 and 22 under the auspices of Ixiyola University. and in which the Decatur Cahtolic high school team is entered. From present indications about twenty-five ! fans will accompany the teams to Chi- i ! cago for its first game. Providing the I team wins Its first game, many more fans will go to gee the later games. The seats on the ground floor will not be reserved for the morning and afternoon sessions during the first three days of the tournament, but will i be reserved each evening and for the j final day of the tourney. Father Otto Teters, manager of the local team, stated today that he probably will re serve a block of twenty-five or thirty seats for the first three evenings. The railroads will offer rates of one and one-half fares for the round trip to Chicago. Several fans expect to drive to Chicago. The team will be taken to Chicago sometime Tuesday. - March 17 and will hold a few practice sessions on the floor before the tourney starts. The Catholic high school team will i play its last game before the tournament here on next Thursday night against SS. Peter and Paul of Huntington. There will be two games, the i first aud._sec<ind._leuns from the. twu schools meeting each other. The first game will start at 7:30 and the second at 8:30. This will bo the last game before the homo fans for live members of the first squad, they being Captain [ Robert Voglewede, Christen, Holt-I house, Schulte and They will i be graduated this spring. More Than 4,000 Acres Os Beets Under Contract Fieldmen for the Holland-St. Louis , ■ Sugar company have secured con- ■ | tracts from farmers for the growing j .of more than 4.000 acres of beets this year. Last Saturday. L. A. Thomas, fieldman at Portland and Geneva, passed the 1,000 mark, with E. J. Fricke of this city trailing him closely. Last year a total of more than 11.000 acres were contracted for and the farmers are showing great interest in the growing of beets this year. The participating contract, which is being used almost exclusively this year, gives the grower the advantage of the sugar content of the beet and last year those who used this contract profited by it. o John Mussleman Dies Near Union City, Ohio John Mussleman. age about 82 years, former resident of the Willshire. Ohio, community, died at 10 o'clock Sunday night at his home near Union City, Ohio. Death was due to a heavy cold, which bordered on pneumonia. Mr. Mussleman was widely known in Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio, and Adams county, Indiana, several years ago, he being associated with Joseph Bowen in the live stock business. He moved away from this locality about fifteen years ago. He is survived by [ his wife and one adopted daughter, Mrs. William Hamrick, of Decatur route two. No funeral arrangements ' have been made. o CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat: May $1.83%; July $1.63%; Sept. $1.51. Corn: May $1.28%; July $1.31%; Sept. $1.31. Oats: May 1 50%c; July 52c; Sept. 52c. o ■ SCOUT NOTES i There will be no Scout meeting ! Tuesday night because of the Scout basketball game at the new gym.

Adams County Girl To Broadcast Piano Solos Miss Ruth Waltmire, daughter of I Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Waltmler, of Adams county, will play two piano solos to bo broadcast over radio from a broadcasting station al Kansass c’ty, Missouri, Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Miss Waltmler, who is a talented musician, is attending school in Kansas City at the Unity School .of Christianity. The station from which Miss Waltmler will broadcast was not designated, but as both starions are on the same wave length it will make no difference. Her many friends are planning to listen in. o TAKE IN $755.60 AT NET TOURNEY Total Os 248 Season Tickets Sold; Receipts Are Divided The total receipts of the sectional high school basketball tournament held Friday and Saturday were $755.60, according to a report made today by Principal Walter J. Krick. The expenses amounted to $441.80, leaving a balance of $313.50 to be divided among the schools participating and the Indiana High School Athletic Association. A total of 248 season tickets were sold. Os that number Decatur sold 182. The others were divided among the different schools participating as follows: Lancaster, 28; Kirkland, 17; Hartford, 9; Monmouth, 5; Pleasant Mills, 2: Berne. 2: Monroe, 1; Ossian. 1; and Jefferson, none. In dividing the receipts of the tournament, SIOO is first given to the "foiirney center school. The transportation of the teams is paid ilex). Then another SIOO is paid to the school holding the tournament. Five per cent of the balance remaining after tile J the above payments have been made [is turned over to the Indiana High ! School Athletic Association. Half of ! the balance remaining is divided equally among the schools participati ing in the tournament and the other ■ half is divided among the schools on | a basis of the number of tickets sold by each. The amount of money each I school will receive has not been fig- | tired out yet this afternoon. Q.. Appeals Os Eight Gary Defendants Are Denied (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Washington, March 9. —The United States supreme court today denied the petition of eight of the convited defendants in the Gary, Ind., liquor conspiracy trials, for a review of their cases. Two former Gary policemen. John : Mullen and Andrew Wytow, and six | owners of soft tiring parlors, Valentine Pisarski, Jennie Miller. Natt ! Buconich, Joe liimont, L. J. Gahn ! and Vito Schiralli, appealed from the jail sentences and fines imposed, declaring that published statements of the public prosecutor and the number of defendants rendered a fair decision impossible. Fifty five were convicted in the federal court trial at Indianapolis including eight who appealed. o Inspectors Investigate Mine Where 2 Were Killed Terre Haute, Ind., March 9. — Deputy state mine inspectors today were investigating conditions in the Shirkie mine No. 1 near here, where two men were killed last wek by windy shots and several others were badly ’ burned. Ray Fife 27, of Terre Haute, was killed and Clem Wolfe, of Clinton, was seriously burned by an explosion Saturday night. Pennine Bestane, Terre Haute, was I killed by a faulty shot Thursday. ’ o Saunders’ Bill Defeated (United Press Service) Indianapolis, March 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The house by a vote of 28 to 60 killed the Saunders ; Senate bill fixing a penalty of $25 t fine for permitting livestock to run on the property of others.

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DEMOCRATS IN SENATE REFUSE TO CAST VOTE Confident Bill Will Not Become A Law As It Must Pass House END SESSION TONIGHT Committee Reported In Agreement On Appropriations Bill Indianapolis, March 9. — The Indiana senate today passed the “gerrymandering” bill 27 to 0. The democratic members who went on strike and fled into Ohio when the bill came up for passage before, sat silently in their seats and refused to vote. The members of the democratic minority were confident the bill would not become a law. In view of the fact that today was the last day of the session they declared it was impossible for the bill to pass the house under suspension of rules. The bill would transfer Lawrenee county from the second to third Indiana congressional district and make the latter district "hopelessly republican." Opponents of the Kissinger “road ripper" bill for the abolishmenl of the state highway commission and the creation of a rond body appointed by the governor predicted today that it would not obtain a large enough majority Jor its passage under suspension of the rules. According to Senator Cravens of Madison, democratic floor leader, the democratic minority would stand solidly against suspension of rules for passage. A quorum is necessary for i suspension and with the democrats i and several republicans voting against it the rules could not bo suspended. The senate however, sent the bill to second reading when it adopted a . committee report without recommendation. Tile conference committee considering tlie appropriations bill was reported at noon today to have reached an agreement on all disputed points. It was said the report of the committee would not be submitted to the legislature until late this afternoon or tonight so that it can grind away a few hours longer on its unfinished business. TEAPUT DOME SUIT STARTED Government Opens Suit To Break Sinclair’s Lease On Naval Reserve Federal Court Room, Cheyne. Wyo., March 9. —Execution of the Tea Pot dome oil lease to the Sinclair Oil interests by former secretary of the Interial. Albert B. Fall, was unknown to E. C. Finney, the first witness in the governments suit to break the lease of Tea Pot Dome to the Mammoth Oil company. Kinney said he knew nothing of Fall's action until the former secretary left Washington several weeks after execution of the lease to Sinclair. Finney said Fall told him ho did not want the Tea Pot leasing until the federal harbor storage tanks contract was let. Commissioners Meet With Ohio Officials i The county commissioners held a short session this afternoon with the i trustees of Harrison and Willshire townships in Van Wert county, Ohio. The building of a proposed road in St. Marys township, Adams county and extending east into Ohio was discussed by the commissioners and the o trustees, but no action taken as the a two townships could not pay their s share of the cost. The commission--5 ers also signed the record docket and n disposed of several detail matters during the afternoon.