Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1926 — Page 1

Vol. XXIV. Number 64.

LEAGUE DELAYS GERMANY’S ENTRANCE

I (ONNOOORES I LEAVE TODAY I FOR TOURNEY ■ catholic High School Bas- ■ k°tball Team Given B-g B ’ Send-off By Fans ■p| FIRST GAME ■ fRID.n AFTERNOON B Amid lhe ch< <Ts of 300 frenB zhd Inns. lhe Decalur CommoB dons- Indi Hia Catholic high B M'ln. d ' askelball champions, B Idl nl 1-o'clock this alleiB noon for Chicago. Io represent B lids O tic. v.itli Shelbyville and ■ I'trl Wavne. in the National R Calholic Basketball Tourney, to H he staged in Chicago under the ;ii>spices ol Loyola I Diversity. ■ Thursday. l-'riday. Saturday and ■ Sunday of this week. ■ The entire team was in the best of ■ rendition and. on arrival in Chicago, H th.- Commodores will go at once to ■ the Edgewater Beach hotel, where ■ the Strietesl l raining rules will be ■ rbserved until after the final game. B Arcempanying the squad of ten men B were. ‘‘.Johnny Boy” Hain, mascot: ■ Earl Christen, trainer: Father TheoB dore Fettig. manager; Pr. Frank ■ Use. Raymond Harting and Miss B Naomi Lehman. j ■ Mors Fans To Follow ■ Scores of other fans and followers I of the Commodores are planning to leave tonight or tomorrow, to see their team display its wares. Many local business men are planning on wing the Sunday games, providing Decatur wins the preliminary contests. The Daily Democrat will receive the scores of all Decatur games at.< the close of each game and also be tween the halves. Arrangements also have been made to -secure the score of the Marquette-Fort Wayne game as soon as it is played. It is scheduled for 1 o’clock Friday afternoon and the first Decatur game is scheduled for 2 o’clock Friday afternoon. . p ep Session Held A rousing pep session was held at the Catholic school auditorium at 10 o'clock this morning. Several hundred fans and the entire Catholic school joined in giving the team a final cheer and a great send-off. Father Theodore Fettig presided at the meeting and introduced Father ■I- A. Seimetz as the first speaker. Father Seimetz wished the team God speed and victory and assured the Commodores that the entire community was hoping and expecting victory. He urged that the boys go into every game with determination, spirit and loyalty. G- C. Schafer gave an interesting talk to the boys, urging that they Rive the best that's in them, saying that if they did this they would win without any doubt at all. He urged the importance of following the coach and captain and closed his talk by assuring the team that Decatur was Proud of it. Gedric Voglowede represented the • COXTIM ED ON PAGE SIX) CONFERENCE AT LOCAL CHURCH •ourth Quarterly Conference At Methodist Church Wednesday Night The fourth and last quarterly conerence of the prestn church year wi'.l ", held at the First Methodist church, ednesday night, at 7:30 o’clock. - v ery family in the church is urged o attend the meeting. Dr - W. V,’. Wiant, of Fort Wayne, "strict superintendent, will attend the inference and deliver a sermon. The annual reports cf the various church societies wil ibe given. Plans will be ace for attending the annual confer11Ce the Northern Indiana Confernee of the Methodist Episcopal nnh, to be held at Newcastle, dufn? lh « week of April 7.

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Body Os Inmate Os East Haven Found In Culvert Richmond, Ind., Mar. 18.— tl'nited Press.) — A ten-day search for Mrs. Mary Trout, 37. who disappeared from i the East Haven hospital for the insane here March 6 was ended today. The woman's body was found frozen in a eulveit under the railroad tracks near here. ’ It Is behaved Mrs. Trout, who was admitted f.om Newcastle, died of exposure. TAX PAYMENTS ! MUCH LARGER Increascd Prosperity For Middlewest Reflected In I Income Tax Figures I __X_ i Chicago. Mar. 16. (Unit <1 Press.) • —lncreased prosperity for the great ■ industrial corporations of the middlc- ' west was i effected today in the an- ' nouncement that -11100100 tax pay- , ments for the first quarter of 1926 1 exceeded by more than >6,000,000, the ' payments for the same period last ' year. Receipts in the northern district of 1 Illinois up to midnight were $19,327.205.82 against a total of $13,273,168.37 for the first quarter of 1925. The figure for-this year is expected to be 1 raised still further by payments mailbed late last night and as yet to be 1 tabulated. The greatly increased payments 1 were attributed by Mabel (1. Reinecke, , collector of internal revenue, to the pro'speiity of the big corporations in this area. The largest single pay ment. she said was $1,820.0ut), which WTT-nnry for the tirsf quarter WThe" year. o • Attorney General’s Son ’ 111 With Typhoid Fever Indianapolis, Mar. 16. — (United Press.) —Imporvement was noted today in the condition of Arthur Gillion), Jr., ill with typhoid fever. He is the son of Attorney general GilHorn. KIRKLAND CLASS TO STAGE PLAY Juniors To Give “Because 1 Os Polly” Friday And [ * Saturday Nights The junior class of the Kirkland ’ high school will present a home tal- ’ ent play entitled. “Because of Polly” j ’ in the Kirkland high school auditorium Friday and Saturday night,; ' March 19 and 20. The play will start at 8 o’clock each night. The p'ay’ is a modern 'story, with . the scene laid in Hasel Beach. Long Island. There are three acts, all ’ filled with interesting and amusing I ; situations. Following is the cast of characters: Polly’s guardian Charles Meyers His Wife ...1...-Margaret G-yel His Son Russel Libv His elder daughter Mabie Leyse A prosperous son-in-law Edgar Zimmerman A younger son-in-law Rachel lager, I A small town girl . Gretchen Beery The butler Gerald Zimmerman The maid ...Margaret- Henchen ! Os the “400" Leia Schlickman 'a climber Velma Anderson ’ A poor little boy . Jessie Schlickman Tommy's sister Lucile Henschen A manicurist Selma Scherry A hair dresser Helen Stoneburner • A money lender Wayne Dilling 1 0 J - Bill Creating Separate r Bureaus Os Prohibition And Customs Is Favored Washington. Mar. 16 — (Vnited e Press)—The house ways and means :i committee today reported favorably! e a bill creating separate bureaus of '- prohibition and customs. •- Secretary of the Treasury Mellon 1 and Assistant Secretary Andrews, '- dry czar, have indorsed both measures.

’ ■——M—— 1— —ST TH—IS I*—— Commodores Leave ForNational Tournament IwOl w f wife « B (h "Ar Wr JNL 1111! The Decatur Catholic high school Commodores are tournament hound. Nine players. Coarh Confer, Father Fettig and a few fans left Decatur at 12:'i« o’clock this afternoon for Chicago, where they will fake p.'.rt in the nati nal CathLic school basketball tournament, to be held this week, starting Thursday and closing Sunday, under the auspice- of Livola University. The C imnicdor. - have won eighteen out of twenty games this season, and have scored a total cf 741) points t i thiir opponents' 399. These in the picture, reading left to right, are: front rowsmith, guard; Meyer , forward: Ga guard and captain;- Wemhoff. forward; Mylott, center. Back row -bather The .Irore V Fettig: Sorg, guard: glewede, guard; Knapke. forward: Gage, forward; l-Tam-e Conter, coach.

JAIL BREAKER GIVES SELF UP Llovd Bieberstein Surrenders To Sheriff Baker: Released On Bond Lloyd Bieberstein, young Adams county farmer, who escaped from the Adams county jail, recently, surrendered himself to Sheriff Baker today. He was wanted on a charge of forgery Bieberstein was arraigned in circuit court before Judge Sutton, and asked for more time in which to plead. He was released on his own recognizance. • Biebersein escaped from the jail at noon one day. when Sheriff Tinker left his cell door open while he went to the kitchen after food for the prisoner. As soon as the sheriff turned his back. Bieberstein walked from the cell and crawled through a window in the hall, making his escape. The sheriff and his deputy, D. M. Hower, chased Bieberstein for several hours in the vicinity of his home in the southern part of the county after he escaped, but were unsucI cessful in capturing him. o Adams Attacks atson’s Stand On Farm Issues t Columbus, Ind.. Mar. IG. - (United Press.)—The stand of Senator Watson on agricultural issues was attacked by (’laris Adams. Indianapolis attorney. in opening the primary campaign | in Bartholomew county last night. i Adams is opposting Watson for the ' I Republican long term senatorial nomi- , nation. “Watson is just waking tip to the j fact that the agricultural problem is j a serious one," Adams said. “Peri haps the primary situation has helped him discover it.” Adams said Watson had taken the attitude that the farmer does not realize when is well off. | — —o — — I More Candidates File With Secretary Os State I Indianapolis. Mar. 1G — (United Press) — Nineteen candidates for nominations of representatives in congress, state senator and repre- j sentatives and for judicial posts today filed declarations with Secretary of State Schortemeier. Among those filing were: David Hogg. Fort Wayne, for ’ representative in congress, republican. Samuel Cook, Huntington, for > representative, democrat. Peter Cassady, Fort Wayne, representative in state legislature, republican.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 16, 1926.

Sentences Given Three Members Os Consolidated Realty Firm Are Held Up Chicago. Mar. IG—(United Press! —The sentences given three members of the Consolidated Realty and Theaters Corporation fraud late Mon-* day were being held up today until April 14 pending final disposition of all the defendants in the case. The three men sentenced late Monday were Oscar Olson, six months, and ('. M. Ortne, three months. C. N, WELTI IS SERIOUSLY ILL I Decatur Man Taken Sick While Visiting Son In Memphis, Tennessee E. W. Johnson, local insurance man, received a wire this morning from his brother-in-law. Harry Welty, of Memphis. Tennessee, stat ng that his father, C. N. Welty, of this city, who has been visiting in Memphis the last several weeks, was seriously ill. Mr. Welty, who has lived in this city for many years, left Decatur about two months ago to visit his son. Harry, at Memphis. He was in the best of health until a few days ago when he became ill with gall bladder trouble. ( The wire stated that all hope fori his recovery had been abandoned. | Mr. Welty lived with his daughter' | and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. ' Johnson, in this city. STECK IS WINNER OVER BROOKHART i Senate Elections Committee i Finds Democrat Is Winner By 1,420 Votes Washington, Mar. 16. — (United I Press)—Senator Smith W. Brookhart, republican, lowa, lost the 1924 election by 1.420 votes and must therefore surrender his seat to Daniel F. Steck, his democratic opponent, the senate j elections committee will report to the I full committee today. Adoption of the sub-committee's re(CONTIM ED ON PAGE SiXl Weather Snow or rain tonight. Warmer in j south and extreme east portions. | Wednesday partly cloudy.

TO INDICT MORE IN LIQUOR CASE — ’Second Indictment, Namingi 100 Defendants, To Be Returned Soon Cleveland. Mar. 16—(United Press) I—On the heels of 112 indicimeats against aS eged liquor conspirators controlling a synthetic gin monopoly came the announcement today that a second indictment is pending in federal court here with 100 new defen-1 l dants in a dozen additional cities. The announcement was made by United I States Attorney A. E. Bernsteen, who i presented the evidence leading to the largest indictment ever returned in this country. Recovery of approximately $8,500.000 from the Superior Industrial Alcohol Company, alleged parent concern of the alcohol monopoly, in delinquent I taxes, will! be attempted by the government. it was also learned in the federal building today. The government estimates the company, ovena period of 18 months, withdrew an average of 50,000 gallons of alcohol a week fro mlistilleries for the ostensidle purpose of denaturing for industrial purposes but diverted it to the beverage trade. o — Cloudy Skies To Greet ' Sons Os Erin Tomorrow Indianapolis, Iml.. Mar. IG.—(United Press)—Cloudy skies, will greet the sons of Erin when they don their shamrocks and start on their St. Patrick's Day parade tomorrow, according to the weather bureau forecast today. I Rain or snow is in store for tonight throughout the state and Wednesday will be cloudy with warmer temperature, it was predicted. | .—.3 , 'City Os Urbana, Illinois. Faces Movie Starvation Urbana. El., Mar. IG. — (United Press)—This city of some 10,000 resi-| dents—plus a student population of 10,000 on the University of Illinois campus— fa°es a movie .starvation. | This city has passed an ordinance, elective immediately, revoking the licenses of the two motion picture theatres on the ground that the proprietors have “repeatedly ignored the ordinance 1 prohibit ng Sunday movies.” Police action is expected if the theaters atattempt to open this evening. There is some consolation, however, for Urbana and Campus movie fans. Only a street separates the city from Champaign where motion picture theaters are not affected by Urbana’s city council

Police Asked To Search For Run-Away Boy, Age 16 Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 16 —(United Press)- Ixtcal police today were appealed to for aid in the search for Howard Settle. 16-year-old boy who; ran away from his home in Bargersville, Ind. Police were also asked to be on the lookout for Fay Conkright, 17, who left his home in Crawfordsville yesterday. C.C. PUMPHREY HEADS ROTARIANS ; Jeweler Elected President Os Club At Meeting Held Last Night C. C. Pumphrey, local Jeweler, was elected president of the Decatur Rotary club at the organization meeting of the new board of directors. held at the Rotary rooms last evening. James Cowan, manager of the Decatur Castings company, was elected vice-president; W. A. secretary of the Peoples Ixian and Trust company, was elected secretary: Herman J. Yager of the Yager Bros, store and for two years secretary of the Rotary club, was elected treasurer, and M. J. Mylott. super-; intendent of the city light and power plant, was elected sergeant at-arms.l The officers also comprise the board' of directors. A. R. Holthouse, retiring president of the club, will be a member of the board during the com-, ing year, also. The new officers will take office on the first meeting night in April and an installation program is being, planned for that date. On Thursday evening of this week,' Will R. Barr, of Bluffton, newly elected governor of the Twentieth Rotary district, will deliver an ad-j 'dress and several new members will be received into the club. The Rotary club now has a membership of 43 and, with the installation of the new members, the membership will be around the fifty mark. TO STAGE PLAY AT HARTFORD Junior Class To Present I “Deacon Dubbs” Friday And Saturdav, Mar. 26-27 A home talent play will be given by the Hartford township high school juniors, in the Hartford high school auditorium. Frklay and Saturday nights, March 26 and 27. The tttk of the play is, “Deacon Dubbs," a rural comedy-] drama, in three acts, written by Walter Ben Hare. The play will start at 7:45 o’clock each evening. Deacon Dubbs’s a jolly, middle-aged, widower from Sorgham Center, “state o' West Virglnny," and the story of the play centers around the visit of the deacon to the home of his nephew' in the city. There are several comedy parts in the play and the cast is well chosen. Following is the cast of charlacters: Deacon Dubbs, from Sorgham Cen- I ter, West Virginny .. Ervin Felber Amos Coleman, his nephew, a young iawyer Christian Gerber Rawdon Crowley, a wolf in sheep’s clothing Donald Eckrote Major McNutt, auctioneer and justice i of peace Homer Augsburger Deuteronomy Jones, a country product Eolomon Eicher Rose Raleigh, the brave little school Ma’am Versal Watson Miss Philipena Popover, with both eyes on the deaeou. .Fern Neusbaum Emily Dale, the richest girl in town Thelma Steiner Trixie Coleman, full of mischief.... Florence Gerber Yennie Yensen, a hired girl from Sweden Helen Spiehiger Pansy Bolivar Elva Cooper Villagers .. Charles Meyers, Carl Moser and Willis Lehman. Marcus Stahly will serve as pianist 'at the play. A quartet wf’.l furnish music. Admission price will be twen|ty and thirty cents.

Price Two Cents.

EMBARRASSMENT IS CAUSED BY POSTPONEMENT Tremcnduous Excitement Caused Bv Announcement Os Delay Today CARRIED OVER UNTIL JULY OR SEPTEMBER Geneva, Mar. 16 — (t'nited Press) — Germany’s admission to the league of nations will be postponed for consideration tit a future meeting of the league. Tremendous excitement was caused by this official announcement that Germany’s u<lmission had been postponed until July or September. , The German delegation believes that the postponment will be until July. As the word spread that Germany's election was to be delayed there began a frantic effort to find a means of preventing such an embarrassing delay. Tremendous pressure was exerted on all concerned to prevent adjournment. ] Col. Coolidge Rests Comfortably During Night | Plymouth. Vt., Mar. 16. — (United Pre<s) -<Col. John CocHdge, father of I the president, rested comfortably durling the night and there is virtually no change in his condition, according to Mias Mae Johnson, his nurse. I Miss Johnson spoke of the invalid's condition as “enccuraging,' but would not Indicate her belief as to whether .the recent improvement might he i permanent. | Dr. A. M Cram of Bridgewater has not visited the Coolidge home Since 8:30 last night and is not expected until noon today. The last word from Dr. Cram was that the patient’s condition was “practically unchanged." Aged Woman Burns To Death At Washington Washington, Ind., Mar. 16 —(United Pres*) —Mrs. Mary J. Keith, 72. burn.ed to death today :>t the hom» of her grandchildren. Mi. and Mrs. James 1 Banta, here. The aged woman's clothing caught fire as she was sitting in front of a grate. She ran to the back of the house and the granddaughter threw bed clothing about her in an etfort to extinguish the flames. AU of her clothing was burned from her body and she died before i physician arrived o Indianapolis Lawyer Dies Indianapolis, Mar. 16. — (United ■ Press.) —Funeral services for Clifford Kealing, Indianapolis attorney, and Republican politician, will he held tomorrow afternoon according to an announcement madeloday. ] Kealing succumbed at his home ■ here after a brief illness with pneumonia. o — RED MEN WILL HOLD CONVENTION District Convention Os Lodge To Be Held In Bluffton On April 9 A district convention of the Improv- , ed Order of Red Men will be held in | Bluffton on April 9. Lodges from Ad- ’ ams, Wells, Blackford, Jay, Huntington, Whitley and Allen counties will be represented at the meeting. r The Rockford drill team has been r chosen to give the illustration work. • Several of the high officers of the I order will be in attendance at the convention and the Bluffton lodge is mak1| Jing plans to entert.iiu a laigj delegation of visitors.