Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 55, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1926 — Page 1

Vo |. XXIV. Number 55.

NINE TEAMS AWAIT START OF TOURNEY

D.C.H.S. Commodoreslnvited To National Tournament

IMITATION IS RECEIVED TODAY rycoachconter Decatur Catholic High ( agers Get Chance To Win National Championship MANY FANS PLAN TO ACCOMPANY TEAM The Decatur Catholic high school Commodores received an official invitation by wire this morning, from Loyola University at Chicago, to enter the National Catholic basketball tournament. to be held in Chicago. March 18 to -21, France Cooter announced at noon todav The wire asked for photographs nf the team and other available information. It did not state, however, how many other Indiana teams would be invited. The Decatur team is rated as the best team in Indiana, it was learned, recently. The Decatur team will wire acceptance sometime this afternoon and plans already are under way for about 200 fans to accompany the team to Chicago. Last year, the Commodores upset the dope bucket at Chicago and went to the semi-finals of the turney play, being beaten in an overtime game by St. Mel’s high school of Chicago. St. Mel's then won the tournament easily in the final parne. o —_— ' Abraham Bagley To Seek Nomination For Surveyor Abraham Bagley, of Berne, called this morning and announced that he js a candidate for the democratic nomination for surveyor of Adams dmnty, subject; to the decision of the primary, to be held Tuesday. May 4. Mr. Bagley is a licensed engineer and has had considerable experience. He produced the map of Adams cougity now in use and is wellknawn over the county. o Another Candidate For Nomination For Trustee Another candidate for the democratic inominati-on for trustee of Washington township announced today. John F. Sncw, well-known citizen and historian of this city .and a former trustee, announced that he was a candidate for the nomination, subject to the decision of the voters at the May primary. Two other men have already announced that they were candidates for the nomination. o — START WORK ON NEW DIRECTORY Material Being Gathered For City Directory; Expect Early Delivery Representatives of' the Union Ad'ertising company of Indianapolis and St. Louis, arrived in this c'.ty yesterday and began the work of gathering material for the new city directory tor Decatur. The book vvi'.l contain much interesting and important material and will be ready tor delivery in about six weeks. t anvassers are gathering the information, while other members of the ' nion staff are taking orders for the books and selling the .advertising. The "’’k w.ll contain a list of all people tn Decatur over 16 years of age and a 1 tax payers in the county. It also ''■ll contain a list of lodges, churches, oottnty and city officials and other ’’Suable information. The I nion Advertising Company has .Produced books fcfr several oeighbor‘nß 'it.es and the work has been very a istactory, according to letters reA** froir ‘ those places. The book aft ~ >P ( ' e *‘ vere< i about three weeks 11 ‘‘ll material has been gatherd.

DECATUR DA ILY DEMOCRAT

iTwo-Year-Old Girl Is Burned To Death In Home Indianapolis, Ind.. Mar. 5. —(United Press)—Trapped by a fire while her parents weke away from home. MarI garet Hugan, I-year-old daughter of || Mr. and Mrs. James Hugan, was burnled to death today. A sister, Barbara Jean, 4. was badly burned attempting to rescue her. The sister was unable to tell how the fire started. The house, a small frame structure, was destroyed. BANDITS STEAL $90,000 PAYROLL IN CHIC AGO TODAY Eight Armed Men Terrorize Twenty Employes By Firing At Random MAKE ESCAPE IN TWO AUTOMOBILES Chicago, March s—(United5 —(United Press) - Eight armed bandits today entered the offices of the International I Harvester Company, terrorized 20 employes by firing at random and escaped with a payrole of $90,000. The bandits entered through a front door and immediately began firing Employes began a scramble for safety and six girls fainted. Twenty men were cowed into submission by seven bandits while an eighth took the money from the cashier's desk while the others held drawn guns. The bandits fired another vol|ey of shots as they left the front door and escaped in two automobiles. A watchman who was on the second floor at the time heard the shots and ran to a window. Seeing the men getting into the cars he opened fire and the bandits returned it. It was not believed any of the robbers were hit. Officials of the company said that, the' payrole usually amounted to about $125,000, but owing to the fact that a full force was not employed •his week, it. was not' believed more than $90,000 was lost. ROTARY SCHOOL IS CONDUCTED Local Club Observes Anniversary Os Founding Os First Rotary Club C. N. Christen, chairman cf the Rotary Education committee, conducted a Rotary school at the regular meeting of the club last evening. The program marked the observance of the twenty-first anniversary of the founding of Rotary. Paul Harris and a party of three men started the first Rotary club in Chicago on February 23, 1905. The Decatur club was organized in 1916 and received its charter in June cf 1917. Mayor George Krick told of the city administration's desires to help bui'd and make a bigger and better city and that the council’s program consisted of doing those things o' 1 benefit to the community. A bigger power plant, lower light and power rates, an improved sewerage system, more ornamental street lights and the converting of the old cemetery into fl city park and the opening of the municipal swimming pool are among some of the things to he carried out by the council. John Fisher, who just returned from a visit In Florida, told of some of the wonders and beauties of that state and .stated that, in his opinion, the bubble had not burst. This evening, about 25 Rotarians will go to Bluffton to attend a meeting, at which Will R. Barr, newly elected governor cf this Rotary district, will be the honored guest.

■ -- - _ - -...--- -■ -- ■ - -- - ■ ' Locomotives C rash Head On .-- — • ■A ' Jfe-t Wol * <• Three persons wore killed and more than a score injured when tt suburban train ol the Illinois Central Bailroad and tt Michigan Central Ireight train crushed head on in yaids til (.hit.igo.

Wayne County Wants .lay County Agent Richmond, Ind.. Mar. 5. — (United, Press) —The name of 11. S. Heckard. | of Portland, was sent to offi litis of • Purdue University today for approval | I as county agent of Wayne c>■ iity The ( county board of education voted to of-1 I fer the position to Heckard to fill th" I vacancy canted by the death of Ralph Test. i Heckard is at present county agent' 1 of Jay county. MANY ENROLL IN TON LITTER CLUB I Total Os 68 Adams County Men And Boys Start Work For Medals i The records at the county agent’s office show that sixty-eight men and | boys have entered the Hoosier Ton Litter Club contest in Adams county i this year. They are scattered throughout Adams county, every township being represented except • Kirkland. The herds enrolled represent black, white, red, belted and spotted breeds and a great race for the “Schmitt Trophy” and the ’ S6O cash premiums is in prospect. According to the rules of the contest, each and every litter on the farms of contestants is to be earmarked within seven days from the time it is born and report cards are already being received. One litter of ten is recorded among the report cards. The contestants are allowed to care for and feed tho hogs as they see fit. Records of the weight of feed are not necessary although a questionaire at the time the litters are nominated in May brings out the kinds of feed that were used and the methods of care employed. In this way, those in charge of the contest are able to associate the percentage of-pigs raised in comparison with the methods used in so doing. Although among local farmers the Hoosier Ton Litter Club is regarded as a contest, it is not a contest in the true sense of the word, since memb--1 ers win recognition and prizes if certain goals are reached, regardless of their comparative standing in the competition. The Indiana Livestock > Breeders Association sponsors the' Hoosier Ton Litter Club. awarding I — I (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Boy, Burned While Playing Santa, Sues Teacher For $5,000 Anderson, Ind., Mar. 5. — (United ! Press) —A Christmas Celebration at the Park Row country school near here , had an aftermath today*in a $5,0001 damage suit in circuit court. i Orris Malaughlin, 14-year-old school' , boy, who was badly burned while play- ■ ing Santa Claus, sought to collect damI ages from Frank Timmins, his teach-1 er.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 5, 1926.

TO HOLD UNION SERVICE SUNDAY I Temperance Meeting To Be . Held At Evangelical Church Sunday Night | The program for the union church service to be held at tho First Evangelical church Sunday evening in the •interest of temperance was announced today. The sermon will be preached by the Rev. Somerville Light, pastor of the First Methodist ehnreb. Members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union will bo special guests and will attend in a body. They will meet in the basement of tire church at 6:1'0 o’clock, anil ihe service will start at 7 o’clock. Following is the program for tlie service, the Rev. B. N. Covert, pastor of the Presbyterian church, pi esiding: Brief statement of purpose of meeting and introduction of the presiding; officer, Rev. Loose. Doxology. Invocation, the Rev. O. E. Miller, pastor of the Baptist church. Hymn. Scripture lesson, the Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann, pastor of the Zion Reformed church. Prayer, the Rev. Harry W. Thompson, pastor of the Christian church. Vocal solo. Miss Josephine Anderson. Sermon, the Rev. Somerville Light. Hymn. Benediction. Rev. Covert. o COUNTESS GETS FREEDOM IN 0, $. —I Judge Holds Countess Os Cathcart Is Entitled To Unconditional Freedom New York. Mar. s.—(United Press) —Vera, Countess cf Cathcart, today was permitted unconditional freedom in this country, entitled to all the privileges of a visiting alien. Federal Judge William Bondy sus-. tained the write of habeaus corpus secured by her attorneys when the Countess was about to be excluded from | I the United States because of admitted I “moral turpitude.” o -> Bandits Shoot Man At Door Os His Home ! Kansas City, Mo.. Mar. 5. —(United . Press) —Clarence Hackett, 64, was ■ shot and fatally wounded at the door of his home by two bandits when he attempted to keep the men from robbing him. The bandits escaped. Weather Mostly cloudy tonight and Satur- | day. Rising temperature Saturday • and in north portion tonight.

Marion Boy Killed By City Street Car Marion, Ind., Mar. 5. — (United Press) —Oren Mayo, I:’., Is dead here today following being struck by a street car. The lad walked in front of the catnear his heme and the motorman did not realize he had struck a human being uplil he backed up after feeling the car bump heavily. Mayo was a playmate of the motorman’s children. o * TO DISCONTINUE GIFT DAYS HERE ' Decatur Merchants to Cease Practice, For The Present, At Least ■ Th gift drawing tomorrow will be) the last in this city for the present,: •according to the decision by the Decatur Advertising Association, under whose auspices these events have been conducted for a number of years past. I The association met last evening at the Industrial rooms and, after discussing the question for some time, a motion to cease holding the drawings for the present was made and carried. The plan was firat adopted about ten years ago, and for some time, an automobile was given away once each month. During the world war, when the government was urging less sales, particularly on food products, the project was temporarily abandoned. It was resumed about four years ago and has continued, with two or three occasions per year, when the gift was an automobile and the rest of the events were conducted with coupon books, good in trade, as the gifts. It has proven a very popular business getter for this community and has I never failed to bring large crowds to the city. However, a number of the members of the association feel that a suspension, at least temporarily, will prove beneficial by a greater stimulait'on later. —*■ o Attorney Spends Hour In Jail For Contempt South Bend, Ind., Mar. 5. — (United Press) —John Haller, local attorney, was free today after spendinf one hour in jail on a contfinpet of court sentence. The sentence was imposed following a tirade delivered by Haller lagainst Judge Greenlee in city court. Believe Family Os Five Drown In Lake Leamington, Ont., Mar. 5 1 —(United Press) —James Phipps, his wife and their three children are believed to have been drowned tn Lake Erie while attempting to cross on the ice front the mainland to Pelee Island in their auto.

Elkhart Man Cleared Os Delinquency Charge Elkhart, Ind., Mar. 5. — (United Press) —'Ed It’. Meyers, former city health officer, today stands cleared of charges made against him by Anna KiM-ala. 18, who charged Meyers with contributing to her delinquency. The ease was thrown out of court when attorneys for neither side appeared at the time the suit was scheduled for trial. The Kucala girl made her charges against Meyers while in jail after admitting a forgery charge. STRING OF BAD CHECKS LEFT IN MICHIGAN BY HUNT Girl Bride, Deserted In Traverse City, Michigan, Cries Self To Sleep RELATIVES GO TO BRING HER HOME (Special io Dai]y Democrat) Manistee. Mich., Mar. s—Deserted5 —Deserted and alone. Esther Fay Krugh Hunt, wife of Earl Hunt, cried herself to sleep last night, under the protection of the Traverse City police, 50 miles north of here, and awoke this morning with the misery in her young heart still unabated. The Miss, so lately a carefree and happy girl in Decatur, Indiana, soon felt the pulse of. life’s joy, for the man she trualed against lhe will and advice of her parents has deserted her, leaving a | string of bad checks, unpaid bills I and a stolen car with her in the hands of the Traverse City police. The couple went north from Manistee Sunday, it is believed, up state, j road M-11. Hunt, under an alias, left I five bad checks here. Going on to | Charlevoix. Wednesday afternon they ! returned to Traverce City, and ; officers, noticing the car, stopped at j the rooming house to learn if they had returned. While fllie officers sought a warrant for Hunt, he disap- i peared. He has not been seen since,! and his defenseless girl bride has) been left with the trouble on her hands. Hunt had stolen a Michigan (COXTIM ED ON PAGE EIGHT) LATIN CONTEST WINNERS NAMED Decatur And Kirkland High School Carry Away Honors In County Meet The county Latin contest, was held last Saturday in the Decatur high .school auditorium to determine which , students will represent Adams county i in the sectional meet to be held at , Muncie on March 28. . I That the schools of this county have | not entirely given away to athletics ['and athletic competition was shown by the number of contestants and their eagerness to write for two and a half hours on a purely academic subject. The schools sending representatives were Berne, Decatur, Monroe and Klrk- ‘ land. The winners and their respective 1 divisions are as follows,: Div. 18, Elementary—Dorcus Byerly, Kirkland; Elizabeth Leyse, Kirkland. Div. lA, Elementary—Harry Daily, Decatur; Robert Heller, Decatur. Div. 2, Caesar —Gerald Zimmerman, Kirkland; and Margaret Geisel, Kirk>aud - VWUMi Div. 3, Cicero —Mae Stonebur er, Kirkland; and Janette Wilson, Kirk- ! land. Div. 4. Virgil—Edna Haugh. Decatur I and Mildred Marchand, Decatur. 1 The contests this year were in j charge of Frank Null, of Kirkland, a and he was ably assisted in the county i contest by Miss Florine Michaud, ol r Decatur, and Mr. B. Elwood Montgom ery, of Monroe.

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MONMOUTH AND BERNE MEET IN FIRST CONTEST Hundreds Os Fans Expected To Attend Basketball Classic This Week-end I). H. S. PLAYS FIRST GAME SATURDAY A. M. With confidence and hope in the hearts cf hundreds of Adams county basketball players and fans, tournament time opens in Decatur tonight at the high school gymnasium, at 7:30 o’clock, and for the rest of the week the great Hoosier sport will be “king” in every county in the state. About 700 Indiana i teams will meet each other in the first chapter of that famous book, “The Hoosier Champion,” 1926 edition. In the local tournament, Berne high school holds a slight edge in the •‘dope,’’ hiving won all of its scheduled games. Decatur, Hartford and Kirkland are scheduled to cause the Berne hasketeers lots of trouble, while Monmouth, Monroe and the rest are given a “fighting" chance. Hundreds of fans began invading Decatur early this afternoon. The reserved seat section of the local gymnasium lias been sold out. The unreserved section will lie thrown open to the howling “mob" at 7:00 ' o'clock tonight. Reports from every camp are optimistic and the fact is ' practically assured that when Berne .and Monmouth take the floor tonight ‘ to pry off the lid of file sectional ’ tmirhamont. every--nvnilabhi space it» the gymnasium will lie filled. Every school lias held pep sessions 1 this week and every fan of every school has expressed confidence that his team would represent the county .in the regional at Fort Wayne, next | ..... ishet ahrd hrd hrd Innh mmlih j Saturday. Berne has defeated a majority of teams in the county. Kirkland and Hartford have enviable county records. Decatur is conceeded a good chance to win by virtue of victories over Portland, Garrett, Angola and Bluffton. The local team completed a hard (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) , o Ossian High School Player Is Injured Chares Hissern, star center on the Ossian high school basketball team, mashed the thumb on his right hand yesterday evening, while repairing a ' pump after school hours, and he will |, be unable to play with his team in the sectional tournament to be held at Bluffton tonight and Saturday. INSPECTS CITY ELECTRIC PLANT Engineer Os Public Service Commission Speaks Highly Os Local Plant H. R. Michaels, an engineer of the ' Public Service commission, was in the city yesterday conferring witli M. J. Mylott, superintendent of the city 1 light and power plant, and city ol’fi- • cials. He visited the rural power lines at Preble, Monroe. Pleasant Mills a id > in Union township, also. Mr. Michaels stated that the plan , used by Decatur of furnishing power • to the farmers and rural lines was one of the best in the state. The city furnishes the power to the rural power i, lines after the farmers along the line :• or the companies organized for the I purpose, erect the lines. ', I The rural power cam ponies also main- :• tain the lines and the power is sold to them at the city limits. This plan r meets with the favor cf the Public Service commission and Mr. Michaels n was quoted as saying that Decatur had I, a very modern and well equipped powy er plant.. The rural power line; pay if five cents per K. W. for tile first IMO i- K. W and three cents per K. W. for all additional power.