Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 1 January 1927 — Page 3

(i /g mV, ■ • ' wWK Mat 9 ffn 91l m > z B ' ION MOUTH IS ’ I WINNER, 27-12 ’leasant Mills High School Drops Basketball l.iiinc "" .'■Here Last Night i *' —■ % stbe Monmouth high school basket- ‘ ‘ 111 team was going strong last night j nd Bad little difficulty in piling up ( 27-12 victory over the Pleasant * U1 lill» varsity, In a game played In the I iMmnasi am in ,lll ’ c,, y- Th ° fir,t ' al fended with Monmouth holding a -(Bad. The winners pilots tip ft omlortable lead at the start ot the econd halt and three substitutes Ml then bent into the game. Johnon, who was moved from forward to looil guard on the Monmouth team astpight, was high point man with Iva held goals and two free throws. ,’iMtrd was high point man for Pleasint Mills with three field goals and iljj'fi'ee throw. Monmouth will go to Jssian to play the Rears tonight. LindVps and summary: I Monmouth (27) Pleasant Mills (12) I. Parrish F Hahnert. —»-■fckav. F Vizard Myers 6 Davison I;-’. Bobus G , Foor r G Dagu e Substitutions: (Monmouth), O. Reed for Waggoner, Goerger for Brokaw, for I. Parrish. Field goals: .. pbrri»h, 3; Myers, 4: Johnson, 5; Hahnert, 1; Vizard, 3; Davison, 1. koals: Johnson, 2; O. Reed, 1; Wxafrd. 1: Foor. 1. Referee: D°snn toorf in, Decatn?. VhlfflllflHfli | o 'f D. H. S. Seconds To Play Hartford Team Next Friday ifj WV lit, was announced today that the {T Decgtiir high school second team will ■ play the Hartford township high school quintet in a preliminary game to the contest between the Decatur high “■ school Yellow Jackets and the Kirkland township high school quintet here aexfl Friday night. Hartford had an If* jepen date and asked for a game with the locals. The Hartford game will be Iplayed first, starting at 7 o’clock, and 31 Itbe other game will start at 8 ( o'clo<-k. H. S. BASKETBALL Wlid ford 51; Anderson, 29. jlßjteish rille, 50; Connersville. 26. Seymour, 6; Manuel (Indianapolis), 29 . Kfikomo, 44; Marion, 37. £ 0 I

fi > EI GO a Ls' /Ab X a | S By MarkM.Upp I W —I Happy New Year to you, H . _ . ~~~~. .. .I

(sre’s hoping that the year lltween the red and green lights and ha mosfl prosperous and hale versa to permit pedestrians who yet recorded to every one of le crossing the moment the lights Bange to reach the sidewalk in We’ve often heard it said thßfety and to permit vehicles which u should never kick a . m&ve entered the area of intersection j |.«hen he is down, but those il> pass beyond that area." komo Wild Cats evidently nel o heard that saying, as the Kj'armers Ureged To Be lacked the Marion Giants a44 Conservative In Crops I>low in the solar plexus If r I light, right after the Vince nJ Washingtou n c Jan . i._ (United j Alices had downed the . ia Jp r ess) —General conservatism as to Hmariier in the week. The b » crO p acreage this year was the ad- •| they are the harder they *•'J vice broadcast today to farmers by the

IBUTLER’S BACK GUARD tAMED BUGG. WONDER II I A TUMBLE BUGG, A DOI IJGG OR JUST plain cinJ Lsual Comment, Bloomington ■ We Heal Aches And Pairjj f “As we expected, Mark M.B Oluym in the Decatur Democtf scked with loquaciousness ow •ecatur-Bluffton fracas and ® ood natured and fair about it It le pain of defeat at the han® OUlde time rivals is assuage®what. Just for that, Mark fu and Dick can come over and ft idur new community buildingfu *may wish. So that all of us ht in on what Mark M. thoughine I big game we’ll produce hitfes herewith and towif.” —Rip o®ffJton News. The Yellow Jackets areg to tackle the Kangarodd

Gorillas tie! evening, next ' Friday nithj ,okß <••<« ‘here | ought to )Jy of action when Kangaroo 1 |Gorilla« go to poking aioi n the Yellow Jackets nefr^ e same time. The effort! lo Catholic high school aUilf ttwri,iM t 0 bring the strong ■•B (| u Catholic high school tenml o P'ay the Commodores tonigW 0 futile. The local authorities |» w Peking to arrange anotW 0 f 0 1" the southerness to visi®‘t>’Wonder l n ' an y high school baskotballf »«> resolve today to win tha Ktato championship? • 4_o —— *+«+!****♦♦♦♦« ♦ twenT ars ago today ♦ ♦ Tweni) r * A 0« Th l* Day- ♦ ♦ FronifHy Democrat File ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Janua*fhe Ladies Historical Society E d y in g the history of Adams * First white man came to couiw 94 ana the first cabin was ergr Henry Lowe in 1819. Two* burn out at city plant and city dark for twenty-four hours. I Thi-B® 0 " was ushered in by bells * s tles. More than 150 roller ska New Year in at the rink. y c Jr officials assume office. H. Bj 1s prosecuting attorney Eli Jtheriff, G. W. Gentis assess J- C- Grandstaff coroner. Q C *ffman and Miss Arhye Loe J * n marriage. p J Younge of Fort Wayne is dea'l pieman is a rheumatism pat i ent ßtinsville, Indiaha. (J attend Elks Minstrel show. Nrfiirk Starts 1927 lith New Traffic LawArk. Jan. 1. —(United Press.) _ Iw Year brought a new set offctions for the New York ni l today and pdded protection f Jedestrian. ■ the new code, adopted by tWe traffic board, after months o i, the automobile driver must right of way to the pedes,l crossings not guarded by offl a signal device. ■nation of traffic congrestion is 1 the principal objects of the lions. It is estimated by the •that this causes a loss of JI,I a day in New York. Parking Io an excavation or obstruction ksigned as the principal cause Igestion. The rules forbid parkithin 25 feet of these. Parking Ito a corner and all night parkre also forbidden as other fact-.

■“■ding congestion. The ordinance ■ng double parking is more ade- | Sly handled. policeman is granted the right lisregard automatic signals and . Bto assume control ot traffic himYBany time thajt he believes an em■icy exists. The board explained ■ Q is impossible for a mechanical flee to exercise perfect control at fltimes under changing conditions I® that the system must be flexible. IJonger waiting periods between ■’ and "stop” lights is also provid■n almost instantaneous change in ■ direction of traffic no op■tunity for clearance,” the board Id. “To meet this condition the ■ulations have been changed to prolie “an interval of several seconds

of agriculture in its New ■ Year’s report. I “The events of 1926 convey a clear I warning for the cotton belt and reasonI able assurance to the live stock proll ducers, “The department said. “Considering the country as a whole I 1926 seems to have been registered in the minds of a mapority of farmers as a disappointing yeas. The rise in price of farm.products in 1924, which was falily sustained during 1925, had a- , roused still further hopes for 1926, but the sharp slump in cotton, grain and fruit prices this fall reduced the pur- ‘ chasing power of extensive regiohs and brought the season to a rather depressing close. “Many producers of winter wheat, potatoes and certain livestock products did well, however.” o Our first auction in Decatur. Students Reppert’s Auction School. F-S

DF.CATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, JANUARY 1 , 1927.

Principal News Events of 1926

(By United Press) The principal foreign and domestic < events of 1926 follow: JANUARY 2— Leon Trotv.ky re-elected to pollt- , leal bureau of Communist party ' after lapse of six years. 3— Military dictatorship established I in Greece by Premier Pangalos. I, 4— Prince Carol's renunciation of Roumanian throne accepted by Natonal Assembly. 9— "Formal representations" made to Mexico by state department on new Mexican alien land l a W and petroleum act. 10— Mexican train held up and 50 passengers and troops murdered 12— Gerald P. Nye, appointed to sen ate from North Dakota, seated by senate. 13— An explosion In the Degnan-Mc-Connell coal mine near Wilburton. Okla., kills 91 men. 14 — Nineteen men meet death in Jamison mine explosion at Farmington. West Virginia. Prince Antoine Bibesco recalled as Roumanian Minister to the United States. 15 — House ratifies Italian debt settlement. 16 — House approves debt settlements with Belgium, Roumanian Esthonia, Latvia and Czecho-Slovakia. 23—Cardinal Mercier, Belgian war hero, dies. 27— Italy settles war debt with Great Britain. Viscount Kato, Japanese premier, dies. Entrance to the World Court under Swanson reservations voted by the senate. 28— CoL William Mitchell resigns from army after court-marial is upheld. 29 — Thirty-eight men killed in Mossboro mine explosion near Helena, Alabama. • FEBRUARY 10 — Germany makes formal application for admlsion to League ot Nations. Spanish flyers arrive in Buenos Aires after flight across th e Atlantic from Palos, Spain during which they traveled 6.232 miles. 11— Seizure ot all church property ordered by Mexican government and some Spanish priests arrest- ■ ed an<L.deported. 12 — Agreement reached by anthracite operators and miners under which longest strike in industry ended. 1 16 —Suzanne Lenglen deefats Helen Willis in a tennis match at Cannes. France, 6-3. 8-6. 17 — Barring of Countess Cathcart by Ellis Island immigration authorities on grounds of moral turpl1 tude upheld by the department of • labor. . Forty persons killed and many injured by avalancb of snow and debris sweeping down on Sap ’ Gulch, Utah. i 21—ThirtyVight Catholic schools and - convents closed in Mexico City. MARCH 2 —French Chamber of Deputies and Belgian senate ratify Locarno treaties. ■ 4 —Consent decree signed by Nation- . al Food Products Co., enjoining it from carrying out proposed combination of food 7 -duces companies. 5— Writ of habeas corpus rseurei by Countess Cathcart sustained and Federal Judge Bondy orders her admitted to the United States. 7 — Two-way telephone communication by non-experts between l United States and England established for the first time. 8— Discovery of one of the five supposedly existing but unknown elements making up all compounds announced by Dr. B. E. Hopkins of the University of Illinois. 18— Col. John Coolidge, father of the president, dies at his home in Plymouth, Vermount. 19 — Admiral Coundouriotis resigns as President ot Greece. 20— Charles R. Forbes, former head of Veterans’ Bureau, enters Leavenworth prison on two year sentence for conspiracy to defraud government on hospital contracts. 23 —Reichstag approves action of German delegates in refusing to agree to German admission to League of Nations at the same . time with any other nation. 31 —The United States is formally in- . vited by the League of Nations to participate in the meetings of signatories of the World Court protocol at Geneva, September 1 to discuss American reservations • APRIL It- The House impeaches Federal Judge George W; English of the eastern district; of Illinois on charges ot tyranny and corruption 'in office, using obscene language in the courtroom and threatening a jury. 2 —An intensive economic survey of the Philippine Islands by Col. Carmi A. Thompson, of Ohio, ordered by President Coolidge. s—Gerald5 —Gerald Chapman, the bandit, executed at Wethersfield state prison, in Connecticut. 7 —Premier Mussolini of Italy shot ] and slightly wounded by Violet Albina Gibson, British noblewoman. I I The offer' of John D. Rockefeller. Jr., ot $10,000,000 for the establishment of a museum of antiquitiesj at Cario rejected by the Egyptian government. 2 Forty men killed in explosions 2 on two tank steamers on the Mississippi. 2 11— Luther Burbank dies. Senate/seats Daniel F. Steck, Democrat, of lowa, in place of 3 Senator Smith W. BroohharL 18— General. Pangalos inaugurated President of Greece. 19— United States rejects Geneva conference invitation., 21—Senate approves Italian debt 1

settlement. 23—Joseph Pennell, noted artist, dies. | 25— Reza Kahn Pehlevi, crowns him self Shah of Persia. 29 — French debt agreement concluded between American Debt Commission and Ambassador Berenger. 30— French cabinet approves agreement. Transralsion of pictures by radio between New York and London commenced on a commercial basis. MAY 1— General strike order, effective May 3, unless agreement is reached between coal mine owners and operators, ordered by British Trade Union Congress. 3— British general strike, involving 5,009,000 workers, goes into effect. Oscar S. Straus, noted lawyer, merchant and philanthropist, dies. 4— American cruiser Cleveland ordered to Bluefields, Nicaragua, to protect American lives and property during new revolution. 7—Former Attorney-General Harry M. Daugherty, Col. Thomas W. Miller, former alien property custodian, and John T. King, former national committeeman from Connecticut, indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on charges growing out of the return of approximately 16,917,000 from the sale of stock in a German concern confiscated during the war. 9 —Lieut.-Com. Richard E. Byrd fles over the North Pole and back to his base at Kings Bay, Spltzberg en' negotiating the distance of 1,360 miles in iu 1-2 hours. 11— British general strike ends. 13—British rail and dock workers remain on strike due to disagreement over terms. 16—Mohammed VI, former Sultan of Turkey dies. 19 — Special committee appointed by senate to Investigate charges of the alleged expenditure of |5,000,000 in Pennsylvania primary in which Congressman William S. Vare received the Republican senatorial nomination. 26 — Morocco War ends with surrender of Abd-el-Krim to French. 27 — Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and Crown Princess Louise arrive in New York. 21—Sesquicentennial exposition opens in Philadelphia. Marshal Pilsudski elected president of Poland, but declines the office. JUNE 2 — House approves French debt refunding agreement. 3 — American golf team keeps the Walker Cup in play in Scotland. 13 —Brazil withdraws from League of Nations. 15—Chile informs the United States that it has ended its obligation to abide by the offices of the United States in the Tacna-Arica dispute. 20— Eucharistic CongreAi opens in Chicago, 25— Bobby Jones wins British open golf title. 26 — Flood kills between 500 and 1,000 persons at Leon, Mexico. JULY 2 — Dr. Emile Coue, noted auto-sug-gestion advocate, dies. 3 — Sixty-ninth congress . ends first session. *0 —Explosion in the naval ammunition depot at Lake Denmark, New Jersey, caused by bolt of lightning. kills 21 and injures many. Damage estimated at 1150,000,000. U —Gen. Gomez da Costa ousted as Portuguese dictator and exiled to Azores. 12 — Fcrmer Secretary ot War John W. Weeks, dies. 15—Belgian parliament appoints King Albert financial dictator for six "months. 26 — Robert Todd Lincoln, eldest son and last surviving member of the family ot President Lincoln, dies. Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, first woman governor ot Texas, defeated by Attorney - General Dan Moody, for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. 27 — A hurricane in the Bahamas kills 150 persons and does property damage estimated at $8,000,000. j 28 — Trade boycott against Mexico’s ■ religious laws commences. 29— All Catholics in Mexico ordered j disarmed and Monsignor Tito I Crespi, in charge of the Apostolic ' Delegation at Mexico City, ex- I pelted. 31 — Senator Albert R._Cummins dies. ■ The Mexican religious laws go | into effect with 10,000,000 Cath- | ollcs accepting them peacefully, j Belgium wipes out national debt by turning state railways over to I private control and exchanging j bonds for railroad securities. AUGUST 1 — Israel Zangwill, author, dies. 2 — President Calles rejects proposal | for religious truce. 6--<lertrude Ederle swims the Eng- j lish Channel, the first woman to | accomplish the feat, in the record 1 time of 14 hours and 25 minutes. 13— Secretary Kellogg announces “hands off" policy in Mexican religious controversy. 22— General Pangalos overthrown in I Greek revolt headed by General Condylis. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, dies. 23 — Rudolph Valentino dies. 27 —Commander John Rodgers killed ■ in Philadelphia plane crash. 29— Mrs. Clemington Corson, mother of two children, swims English Channel, in 15 hours 28 minutes. 30— Ernest Vierkoetter makes new channel record of 12 hours 43 minutes. SEPTEMBER B—GermanyB—Germany elected to League of Nylons. « 10 —George Michel, swims the Eng- j

lish Channel in 11 hours and 5 minutes. 11 —Bomb thrown at Mussolini by young anarchist but Premier escapes injury. Spain resigns from League of Nations.'' 15— Embargo on Nicaragua arms shipments ordeu-d by President Coolidge. 18—Southern Florida is swept by hurricane. George Von Elm wins national amateur golf championship from Bobby Jones. 21—Capt. Rene Fonck’s proposed . trans-Atlantic flight ends disastrously several minutes after the takeoff at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, when the machine was wrecked and two ot the crew killed. 23—Gene Tunney wins heavwelght championship from Jack Dempsey. 28 —Cancellation ot naval oil reserve leases in Wyoming of the Mammoth Oil Co. ordered by circuit court ot appeals on the ground they were fraudulently obtained by Harry F. Sinclair from former Secretary of Interior Albert B. Fall. OCTOBER 1— Alan Cobham completes 28,000 mile flight from England to Australia and return. 2 — Former Secretary of Interior Albert B. Fall, Harry F. Sinclair, and Edward L. Doheny must stand trial on conspiracy indictments in connection with the leasing of California and Wyoming naval oil reserves. District of Columbia court of appeals rules. 10— St. Ijouls Cardinals win world's series from New York Yankees. 11 — Jury disagrees and is discharged after 66 hours’ deliberation in trial of former attorney general Daugherty and former alien property custodian Miller on conspiracy charge. 18 —Queen Marie of Roumania arrives in New York. 20 — Eugene V. Debts, dies. 23—Leon Trotzky and Leon Kamenev ousted from political bureau of Communist party in factional dispute. 31—Sixth attempt made on life of Premier Mussolini. Mob kills his assailant. Harry Houdini, magician, dies. NOVEMBER 2 —Democrats gain seven seats in the senate in election. Gov. Alfred E. Smith re-elected Governor of New York for fourth time. 12 — "Uncle Joe” Cannon, dies. 17 —United States recognizes Adolfo Diaz as President ot Nicaragua. 23 —Henry Berenger resigns as French Ambassador to United States. Paul Claudel succeeds him. , 30 —American destroyers ordered up Yangtse river to Hankow to aid in protecting foreigners. Carl Akley, noted explorer, sculptor and inventor, dies. DECEMBER 7 —Senate votes Investigation of bribery charges against Arthur R. Gould, elected to the senate from Maine. 16 — Albert B Fall and Edward L. Doheny acquitted ot conspiracy to defraud government. 21 — Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker in

May the New Year fill your heart with song tg May joy be yours the whole day long And added to this New Year’s cheer M May you spend a glorious year, I ~ i We thank you for your Patronage and trust that we will merit a continuance of your good will. Adams County Auto Co | Authorized Ford and Fordson Dealers West Madison Street, g

baseball scandal involving alleged "throwing” ot a gatn H in 1919 o • ■ ■ Portland To Hold Basketball Tournament — Portland, Jan 1 A basketball tournament will be held at the National . Guard Armory in this city, Saturday, Jun. 8.) Tl|e put on by John L. Quirk, ot Muncie. It will be remembered that Mr. Quirk . put on a very successful tournament here in January one year ago. Ten of the best basketball teams in Eastern Indiana have been signed ! up to take part, and fans are given every assurance that they will be I given some real entertainment. The ■ games will begin In thet aftewioon ' and continue throughout the evening, i The first game will start, at 12 o’clock I noon 1 . Admission will bo 35 cents in the afternoon and 50 cents at night. I The ten teams taking part in the ' tournament are: Albany Merchants, , Dunkirk City team, Redkey Independ- . ents, Thomas Auto, Warner Gear, t Cowan, Ball Brothers,' Eajon, and 1 Portland. I o Pacific Coast Leads In East-West Victories J Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 1 (United Pies?) —Today's gridiron battle be-

1 l| » 1 11 1 II r w • K A Good Start . H A good start for the promising S year we are entering will be r forming closer business rela- ■ tions with the First National * ■ Bank. We will be glad to re- ■ view your business plans with ■ you and show how we can co- * S operate. E >■ 1 I i I I 1 B I s I p - '■ , Wst'lfcftioTiQl Bqnk ' IDgcqtur. Indians 1

tween Blanford and Alabama Is the 10th post-season classic between representative east-west elevens. Pacific coast teams have won four of the nine games already played, the enst has taken three, and two gatnes resulted in tie scutes. ' In 1918 and 1919 the college ele- • vens were on a war-time basis, and : teams from the Army, Navy and Ma* . rine cotps training camps put on the ■ battles. The scores from 1916, when the football festival was established, up to 1 the present time, were as follows: I 1916 —Washington 14; Brown 0 1 1917 —Oregon 14; Pennsylvania 0. ) 1918 —Marines 19; Camp Lewis 7. ‘ 1919 —Great takes 17, Marines 0. 1 1920—Harvard 7; Oregon 6. 1921 —California 28; Ohio State 0. t 1922 —California 0; Washington and 1 Jefferson 0. 1923 —Southern California 14; Penn S State 3. . 1924—Washington 14; Navy 14 1925—Notre Dame 27; Stanford 10. • 1926 —Alabama 20; Washington 19. I BARGAIN We have a few tons of West , Virginia Lump, left over from ' a school house car, at $6.50 delivered, while it lasts. Carroll Coal & Coke Co.

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