Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 21 March 1925 — Page 1

Vo | XXIII. Number 67.

CATHOLIC HIGH WINS ANOTHER GAME

FIELD NARROWS • DOWN IN RACE FOR NET TITLE Vincennes, Kokomo, !• rankfort And Washington play In Semi-finals finals this EVENING Crowd Os 12,000 Fans At I Games This Afternoon; ’ Few Upsets Morning Games Kokomo. 33: West Point, 29. Washington, 26: Evansville, 15. Frankfort, 24: Muncie, 16. Afternoon Games Kokomo. 39; Vincennes, 29. Frankfort, 3Q; Washington, 25, (final.) Exposition Building, Indianapolis March 21.—Upsetting the proverbial dope bucket with a mighty kick, the Kokomo high school'quintet won its way into the final game of the state tournament here by defeating the strong Vincennes team, a | favorite, in the first game of; the semi-linais, by a score of ’9-25. Kokomo led at the end of the half. 17-11 and continued, to increase the lead in the second period, using substitutes freely in the final four minutes. Kokomo will play the winner of the Frankfort-Washington game in the final game at 8 o’clock [ tonight. • Indianapolis, March 21.*--Fmrr 'teams out of a field of 672 that started two weeks ago in the race for the state basketball 'title, remained in the running this afternoon. Vincennes and Kokomo will meet in the first of the semi-finals and Washington ind Frankfort will clash in the second afternoon game at three o’clock. The two winners will play for the title at eight o’clock tonight. A crowd of 12,000 fans were at the Exposition building this afternoon, it was estimated. Indianapolis. Mar. 21—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The state high nliool basketball championship final tournament went into its last lap at the Exposition building here today with one of the strongest favorites ——— — (Continued on Page six) CGUNTY DOB TAX IS HOT CHANGED Tax For 1925 Is $3.00 For Male Dogs And $5.00 For Females The county dog tax in Adams couu- '■ * I remain the same this year, the board of county commissioners, feting in special session this morn■n?. fixing the tax at $3.00 for a male dot:; $5.00 for a female dog and $5.00 w M(h additional dog. This is the ‘ l,l 'e tax as levied on dogs hereto fore. The recent session of the legislatl,re ' iasse <l a bill authorizing the ctinty commissioners to change the on dogs if t hev wished. The law a •’O provides that all claims growing out of losses to sheep, cattle, chicku's and the like from dogs must be i ed with the county auditor and not 1 the township trustees as hereto.Ort ’ ile c 'ainis are then presented 0 * « county commissioners and al--o"ed In the usual way. The frusth? i* S ° turned over all balances in day '° K *° l^e county f un *f t°t( J lle ' IOB tax co,, ected last year $5,032.00. It is estimated that c are between 1,600 and 1,800 » °h wllic h tax was paid last year, neu , g ,0 the Pulsions of the Wet f t *' B county commissioners the r? CV6ry county today and fixed eoiinr e ° f tax in thelr respective todav 7 and ' he trUß tees had until to it, ° Pay in the fiog fund balances 10 auditor.

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l Charred Body Os Woman Found In Chicken Coop ('lc»< land, O, March 21—(Special [to bally Democrat) ■ A possible murder mystery confronted police today 1 n the discovery of the charred liody tof Mrs. Catherine Livka, 37, among | die ruins of an abandoned chicken j coop at her home. The coop myhierrou-ly caught fire early today. Firemen found the woman's body in it. Mrs. Liska recently conferred with her attorney -regarding divorce pro-i-eedings. police said. SACRED DRAMA AT M, E. CHURCH Epworth League Presents “The Challenge Os The Cross” Sunday Eve. ‘‘The Challenger of the Cross," is the title of the sacred drama to be given by the Epworth League of the Methodist Church, Sunday evening, Match 22. at 7 o’clock. The evening service and the Epworth L.mgue service wilLbe cotnb.m d. A quartet composed of Mrs. Frank Crist. Mrs. I t'hri.-’tena Vail. Mr. Sam Peoples, Mr. lEd Beery, and >i ■anist Mis. A. D. j S’.itiles, will furnish the music for the play. Tie cast is <•< m posed of: Evangel, t-ir, tehen Graham: first uiieiplc, Helen Eady; se< mid disciple, Naomi Smits; third disciple. Bernice Nelsm; fourth disciple, Mabie Staley: filth disciple. K: thryii Dixon; sixth cisciple. Monai Butler. A synopsis cf the play is as follows: The play opens with Evangel extending an invitation to all to.en-i-.R them seires ulßter rhe Hanner of the King. The first Disciple offers her services but she is a lover of the world and prefers to choose her own cross. The -second Disciple notices! how foolish the first Disciple has ■ been and promises to follow where He directs. However, Evangel pre- i reives that the second Disciple is] not a willing but a wilful cross bear I er. The third Disciple glories in the task laid before her and is willing to j do what Evangel instructs her to do. She starts admiring and worshipping the cross and does not think of bearing It. After the fourth Disciple has given the subject much thought she offers her services. She has consented gladly to bear the cross only she doesn't want it known to the public. The fifth Disciple marks the weakness of those who has offered themselves as recruits and is sure Evangel will be pleased with her. but Evangel finds out that the fifth Disciple is boasting of her grace and gifts. As Evangel realizes that her mission is almost ended the sixth Disciple offers herself and is willing to take the cross that is given her, fealizing no matter how heavy the cross may be—great will be the reward. Special music, will also be rendered by the High School quartet and Mrs. Cecil Moser. A free-will offering will he taken. The pubic is cordially invited. Two Men Found Dead Under House In Anderson Anderson. Mar. 21 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Ralph Maffley and Ralph Stratton were found dead today in a pit under the home of Mrs. Gertrude Stratton. Police fouud a still and mash in the pit. Mrs. Stratton said she had sent her son down to fix the furnace. When he did not return, she sent another son to investigate. He found the bodies. Gas fumes are said to have caused the deaths. Crowd Attends Gift Distribution Today A large crowd attended the gift distribution held by the Decatur merchants today. The gifts were distributed as follows: SIOO-coupon book—Mrs. I.'Finn. SIOO-coupon book —Perry Walters. $ 75-coupon book —Mr. Fuelling. $ 50 coupon book—Fred Schurger. $ 25-coupon book — Mrs. Albert Mutschler. sls-coupon book—William Freese. $lO-coupon book—Mrs. E. Jackson.

FLOOD WATERS I MENACE STORM SWEPT TOWNS High Waters Add To Suffering In Southern Indiana Today CARRY ON RELIEF — • Major Problems Is To Properly Feed And Clothe Homeless Victims (United Press Service) Evansville, Ind., March 21—(Spei cial to Daily Democrat)—Flood waters today were creeping upon de[vastated Griffin, Ind. The Wabash r.ver. already out of its banks, was reported sweeping over the lowlands, hourly drawing closer to the stormrtricken littlf settlement. Meteorologist Al Brand of the Evansville weather bureau, reported ; the possibility that Griffin would be entirely surrounded by flood waters witliin the next 24 hours. Tlte Wabash at Mount Carmel, 111., rising at a rapid rati* had recached IS feet today, three feet over flood, stage. Barring other rains. Brand said! there were indications that the Wa-1 bash wotiiu crest around twenty feet; at Mount Carmel about Sunday night i or early Monday. ✓ Already devastated, the new menace would add greatly to the suffering at Griffin and virtually stop relief work under way there now ——- I lndianapoliH, w jHai^2L—iSpeyjal to Daily Democrat) — While the Red Cross fund for relief of tornado suf (Continued < r Page Six) o— DONATIONS COME IN SLOWLY HERE j Total Os $23,55 Contributed Here Friday For Relief Os Storm Victims Contributions for the relief of the tornado sufferers in Southern Indiana' came in slowfiy yesterday, the first day of the campaign for funds. A total of $23.55 was received in the boxes placed at the Winnes Shoe store and at. the Daily Democrat office. This morning. Miss Anna Winnes, secretary of the Adams County Red Cross Chapter, placed boxes in the Old Adams County Bank, the First National Bank and the Peoples Loan and Trust company and urges all those who wish to give to place their contributions in the boxes at once. The donations received the first day are: O. W. Wemhoff SIO.OO Daily Democrat 10.00 A Friend . 1.00 Meshberger Bros. 1.00 A Friend 50 Al Elzey 50 Cash donations -55 _s Total $23.55 The American Red Cross is in charge of the relief work in Southern Indiana and Eastern Illinois and hundreds of thousands of dollars are being donated for the worthy cause. Clothing for children and grown ups and bed clothing is also being solicited by the Adams County Red Cross chapter and those who have suitable clothing are asked to take it to the city hall at once, from which place it will be sent to the stricken people. Later reports from the stricken area estimate the number of dead at more than 600 and the property loss is estimated from $200,000,000 to, $300,000,000. In past calls for aid, Adams county people have always been generous and the local Red Cross chapter would like to send a substantial donation to those who suffered the loss of their homes and 'loved ones in one of the most terrible tornadoes ever known.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 21, 1925.

I Sherwood Price Wins W. ('. T. U. Silver Medal Sherwood Price, of Holland. Michigan, Jortner Decatur boy, was award , »■<! the silver medal in a contest con I ducted by the W. C. T. V. of that city. A big meeting was held at high school building at Holland and after the program the award of tb>* medal was made The Price boy's father wus former?/ employed here by the i Holland St. Louis Sugar company i and the many friends of the boy con ' gratulutn him on his success. TO GET BIDS ON I FT.WAYNEROAD I Highway Commissioner To; Receive Bids For Improvement April 11 Bids for the construction of 7:01 miles of bituminous surfaced road I from this city to the Allen county line, will he received at the office of > the state highway commission in Indianapol's at ten o'clock Tuesday. April 14. Ar the same time bids will be received on 16.75 miles of the same kind of road from Bluffton north. , except through the town of Ossian. The right-of-ways in this county were' ; obtained several weeks ago at which! 'time it wa.i promised tliat the coni ! trai t would be let as soon as possible.i i several delays hav ng been enconnt | ered because of the legislature re-1 qtiiring much of the time of the commission. • o Probing Wreck On Illinois Central Line Carlinville. 111., March 21—Illinois' Traction System officials are on the scene of yesterday’s wreck in which six were killed and thirteen injured, and a rigid investigation will start ' iat once. How a southbound local j passenger car crashed into a line re ; j pair car at Davi Siding, five miles south of here, will be ascertained by [those in charge of the probe. The | collision occurred at the end of a curve which led to a trestle over a deep gttlley. The cars telescoped and remained a twisted mass of steel. Five of the victims were killed instantly. A sixth died at St. John's hospital. Springfield, where eight oth- | ers of the thirteen injured are re- | ceiving treatment. 0 ASHBAUCHERIN PRIMARY RACE Present Councilman From Third Ward Seeks Job of Councilman-at-large A. R. Ashbaucher, well known business man and councilman from the Third ward in the present administration, announced this morning that he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for councilman-at-large, subject to the decision of the voters at primary election, May 5. Mr. Ashbaucher is chairman of the committee on public safety of the city council and. during his three and one-half years las councilman, has always stood for a progressive policy. He has taken great interest in municipal affairs and is a member of several of the more important committees on the council. He believes in furthering city improvements and is one of the advocates of the ornamental street lighting program. Mr. Ashbaucher conducts a large furnace and roofing establishment in this city and gives employment to several men. So far, two other men have announced their candidacies for councilmen. they being H. F. Mun from the first ward and Joseph Hunter from the second ward. As yet no I one has announced himself as a candi-1 dajte for councilman from the third ward. . . i . ■4..A-1-1—!-U—■L"."— Weather Generally fair tonight and Sunday; colder tonight.

RECOVER LOOT STOLEN FROM LOCAL STORE Harry Straub Arrested For Stealing $355.65 From “Frickle’s Place” MAKES CONFESSION — Arrested Within Four Hours After Robbery Is Discovered An affdavlt chargin grand larceny and burglary was filed aguint Straub in circuit court this afternoon. • Harry Straub, of this city, was ar--1 rested by Night I’rtlieeman Sephus Mek-hi about 9 o'clock this morning, charged with breaking into Fred Filllenkamp’s soft drink parlor and pool room, on South Second street, last night and steatling cash and checks valued at $355.65. Straub confessed to the theft and directed the officers to the places where the money was hidden. The loot has aJI recovered, and Straub is being held in the county jail, ponding the filing of an [affidavit against him. Officer Mek-hi did quick work in j locating and apprehending the guilty 1 party, he having arrested Straub and obtained a confession from him with I in four hours after he was notified of the robbery. The loot consisted of $135 in sliver and paper currency, and $220.65 in checks. The place of business, known as i (Gontjmjed Og Page Five) DECATUR AND GENEVA WINNERS ! Decatur Wins Two Firsts And Geneva One In Co. Spelling Match Decatur won two first prizes and Geneva captured the other in the annual Adams county spelling match, held in the Decatur high school building here last night. Decatur won first in the A and U team divisions, while Geneva won the high school match. The A team spellers consisted of sixth, seventh and eighth grade pupils, while the B team was, composed of pupils in grades below the sixth. The individual winners were: Marie Burdge, Geneva, winner of the high school contest; Robert Schraluka, Decatur. w'inner of the A contest: and Vernon Ogg. Decatur, winner of the B contest. This is the third straight year that Robert Schraluka has won in his division of the county contest. In the high school contest, Jerald Zimmerman, of Kirkland, won second, and Jeanette Steele, of Decatur, won third place. In the list of 100 words pronounced to the spellers first, Miss Burdge, •and the two named above, spelled all correctly. In the second list of words, consisting of fifty more difficult words. Miss Burdge missed two, Mr. Zimmerman missed four and Miss Steele missed five. The names of the winners of second and third places in the A and B contests could not be obtained today, but will be announced later. The schools from which the three winners of first place received a large red and white wall banner, proclaiming them champion spellers of the respective divisions. Small pennants will be awarded to the individual winners. — o Berne Has Severe Epidemic Os Flu Berne, March 21..—Between twenjty and thirty Dunbar factory men are off duty at present because of illness with influenza and a similar condition exists In the school. Classes were dismissed after dinner today because of wholesale illness among the teachers and pupils. The epidemic is not only in these two institutions but it seems to be general.

I .Fann House Burns East Os Bluffton Bluffton, March 21,— Fire destroyed the farm residence of Mr. and Mrs. | George Souder, four miles north and ’ two miles east of the city, between ' 10 and 11 o'clock Thur day evening. The flames were fir 4 discovered in the kitchen by a son. Brooks Souder, and they were thought to have started from a coal oil stove. Whether the stove exploded or. not is not known. The other members of the family were in bed at the time the flames were discovered. o MANY ATTEND FARM MEETING (Six Hundred Persons At Meeting Held In Berne Last Night i-1 / I; Six hundred persons attended the ( farmer's meeting at Berne last night SjUt the Auditorium and one of the finest community gatherings ever held in the county was participated ‘ in by the many present. Mr. W. A. Amstutz, superintendent of the Berne schools, acted as chairman of the meeting and. meeting and. in his a clever and able way. introduced the j. speakers of the evening. I Carl T. Hahegger, led the crowd in singing obont a dozen appropriate j songs during the evening and young I and old joined in the program. Short talks were made by J. D. Winteregg, of Berne, chairman of the township s organizations of the boys and girls I farm clubs, by O. I* Vance. W. A. : Klepper and E. J. Fricke of Decatur I and others. The principle address lof the evening was made by Mr. | RuSsell East of Shelbyville, agri . I culture agent for the Pennsylvania . ' railroad. Mr. East stre.-ised the importanc,iof boys and girls < !nb work as a ■ means towards better farming and ' and both the city and farmer mu t ; said, "the farmer or city persons ' are not independent of each othvr ;co operate in order to bring about I the best results." Mr. East also told s of farming conditions in the west and , told how the farmers there were . practicing diversified farming. He t claimed that it was better to diver- i ?|sify as to crops and stated that the , raising of sugar beets in this terriI' tory was one of the new crops which - could be cultivated in connection 1 with the corn, wheat, oats and other . crops. ■ A lunch consisting of sandwiches, i ice cream and milk was served dur- - iug the evening, the Berne high 1 school girls in charge. > Several people from this city atl tended the meeting among them j i being, George Krick, A. D. Suttles, . Hugh Hite, Amos Graber, James | I Elberson and James Staley. A siini- - lar meeting is being planned for . Decatur in the near future, by the committee in charge of the boys I and girls farm clubs, which are spoil- , sored by the Decatur Industrial I Association. I' 0 Deadly Tornado Will Never Be Understood 5 By William J. McEvoy, (U. P. Staff Correspondent.) Washington. March 21. — One of , nature’s most deadly and costly , freaks — the tbrnado—will never be understood or investigated to the , point where science can accurately s forecast its beginning or its path, acI cording to C. L. Mitchell, forecaster of the LTnited States weather bureau here. Mitchell said today weather byreau experts were frustrated on all sides I in their efforts adequately to acquaint themselves with the "whirls.” The ' only Information thej can now obtain 1 about tornadoes is by investigating f and inspecting stricken areas. >' "If we could be up in the sky," s said Mitchell, "at the exact spot where f a tornado was about to be conceived, 5 there is a bare possibility that fve c '.night, in time be able to make a s fairly close forecast of tornadoes. But there is no other way we could.”

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-DEFEATS TEAM 3 FROM ST, PART TODAY, 21-16 r Decatur Team Enters Third 1 Round Os National Catholic Net Tourney •PLAYS AGAIN TONIGHT Meets Kankakee, 111., Team At 9 o’clock Tonight; Showing Form i TO RECEIVE SCORE The Daily Democrat has made arrangements to receive the score I of the Catholic High game with 1 Kankakee tonight at the end of ' each quarter. A special correspondent will telephone the scores I direct from Chicago. The game J will start at 9 o’clock. — Loyola Gymnasium, Chicago. March 21.— (Special to Daily Democrat.) Playing a game | the equal of anything seen so . far in the National Catholic in- ( terscholastic basketball tournaniei*. Catholic High of Decatur, [■lndiana, defeated the fast St. i Thomas Military Academy quintet from St. Paul, Minnesota, by ■a score of 21-16, this morning. , The victory advances Decatur to the third round of the tournament. , IkH-atw will play the fasL Si. t Viators ts-am from Kankakee. Illinois. at 9 o’clock thi* evening to see which will enter the semi-final game tomorrow. Kankakee defeated Stanislaus high, of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, this morning by a score of 23 to 14. The game between Decatur and St. j Paul this morning was a thriller, from beginning to end. with Decatur i nursing a two or four point lead or with the score tied. The score was tied twice. Another feature of the fray was the inability of the Decatur players to get underneath the basket for short shots, due to the excellent guarding of the cadets from St. Paul, j The winners were forced to resort to long shots at which they succeeded so well that the spectators were continually on their feet. St. Paul led at the half, S to 5, but Decatur rallied in the third quarter. Holthouse and Meyers led in the scoring, each getting four field goals and the former (Continued on Page Six) PTTHIANS MEET AT MONROEVILLE Dore B. Erwin Gives Address; Doing Relief Work In Southern Indiana Attorney Dore R. Erwin, of this city, who is grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias lodge in Indiana, gave the principal address at a meeting of the Allen county Pythian lodges, held at. Monroeville last night Lodges from Fort Wayne, New Haven and Monroeville were represented, the attendance being about 100. ' The third degree rank was conferr- ' ed on a class of candidates by the Fort Wayne lodges. At 11 o'clock a banquet - was served by the ladies aid ' society of the Methodist church 1 Other Decatur Pythians who attended the meeting were Millard Batim--1 gartner, John Parrish and Howard ' Weller. i Mr. Erwin stated today that he had ’ authorized Carl R. Mitchell, of Indi--1 anapolis, grand keeper of records 5 and seals of me lodge in Indiana, to go to the storm devastated area in ' southern Indiana, and carry on relief e work among the families of Brother , Pythians. Mr. Mitchell went direct b ly to Poseyville and is working in i that vicinity. However, Mr. Erwin '■ stated, there was not. a large number " of Pythians in the stricken area.