Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1927 — Page 1

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GEORGE DALE IS HELD AT CELINA, OHIO

Ijjosson Resolution Creates Furore In State Senate

IbLOTIONIN | I DOUSE TAKEN AS I jld? AT SENATE ■ committee Named To Ex- ■ wine Ke-'>l"<mn Against ■ Public Service Board GOTTSCHALK ■ • IS OX ( dMMITTEE ■ Indianapolis. Mir. L ( l « lt - ■ edPress)- Lieut. Gov. X tin Oilman today Dani"! :t commiUee Hos three senators I" inquire in- ■ to Hie house r. solution calling ■ fadismissal d Hie present pcr- ■ sonnet of the state public ser|vice coininissioii and appoml- ■ nienl of new numbers. H Senators W illiam b. Hodges. ■ (larv. and Denver Hatlan, ■ \R:ihmonil. Republicans, and Thur- ■ BSD Gottschalk, cf Berne, a DemoHb (tat. comprise the committee. ■ The committee will seek to deterH nine wihH.. : resolution intro- ■ du,.. by Wili am Bos- ■ ton, of Indianapolis. and passed by B viva volO vot> i . aoute yesterday ■ was a reflection on the senate. ■ The Bosson r. -olution, in calling B tor dismissal of the members' of the ■ ..’ntit'.ssion. asserted a ■ "powerful utility lobby" precent-' ■ rd passage of remedial utility regtl- ■ Inion legislation by the present leg- ■ ishluro. K Tlie major battle over the a sstie has been in the senate' ■ and Sen. .lames .1. X. jdl. Republican ■ floor leader in the upper house, defl dared the Bosson resolution was it B in the face for the senate. ■j It is expected the committee apK pointed by Lieutenant Governor Van ■ Orman will take up t.he Bosson resoB latiun late today or "Wednesday. Gov. Ed. Jackson today wfthheld j-’Tsment on the ohitfeF, which exi the opinion of the house that • should remoye the public service I' CONTINUED OX PAGE TWO! , ft 0 WON SEASON OPENS MARCH 2 I As h Wednesday Marks Opening Os Lent; Special Services Are Planned d The se “ son °f Lent ofiens WednesMarch 2, commonly known as 8 Wednesday, instead of March 8, 88 Indicated in the article in Monday's 0. x ~D emoCrat' At the St - Man’® olic in this city the series of LenI 'ti sermons will begin on March 8. E "e the regular Friday night ser'«s. consisting of the Way of the “ 8 s and Benediction, will be field on' I. J ay, March 4. The evening services I , ' conimp nce at 7:30 o’clock. The ™ Beason "ill open with a high ' In. °- " Pl Liesday morning, beginn_s at i :30 o'clock.

England Dines On Menu Os Pancakes Today

(United Press)-—This is the ■' ( ’ay in the year when pancakes ' Sh r e n n<!ra J ly eaten in as "p u - Ve rUeS ‘ lay 18 P°P ula rty known wife 17“* Day ' Every dutlful hollse an<<rL? Poße<l mßke pancakes ’ menus p lantS fea,ure tllem on their with hot anCakes today are in a class only f n | (I , SB ,)uns 011 Good Friday, Eat n forgottp n for another year ■ X - 3 "“™ '• w as L h CUStOm " ere - When Len ‘ ae atforf„7 Btnct abstinence from t 0 « se up allVe rt 8 ’ U WaS CUBtomary taking n .,,, dnppins and lard in “ Btar ted. bef ° re beef dipping- in f frequently use ln « Panels'. P ° f Ryrup> in eat ‘ Pa^ke S are nffere ' ( , t 0

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Gasoline Prices Drop One Cent In Indianal — Indianapolis, March 1. — (United Press.)—Gasoline prices dropped one cent on the gallon in Indiana today The price cut was announced by officials of the Standard Oil company of Indiana aud heads of other oil I companies declared a similar reduction. Under the new scale" lower grade gasoline will retail at 21.2 cents a gallon while high grade will sell at 24.2 cents, including the 3 cent tax. NEW POSTMASTER GETS COMMISSION Appointment Os Lewis A. Graham As Decatur Postmaster Effective Feb. 17 1 Lewis A. Graham. Republican county chairman and members of the firm of Graham & Walters, will assume bis duties as postmaster of the Decatur post off ice tomorrow. Mr. Graham received his commission as postmaster today. It was signed by President Calvin Coolidge and Postmaster General Harry S. New. The commission was dated Febru- , ary 26. while the appointment becamb effective February 17. Mr. Graham slated that he would not assume the office until Wednesda/ morning and made an appointment with Harry Fritzinger, retiring postjnaster. to turn over the details of the office at " 8 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Graham was ‘‘ail smiles” when he read the engraved commission in the presence of several Daily Democrat representatives at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The certificate was received in the afternoon mail. The certificate reads that Mr. Graham lias been appointed postmaster of Decatur for four years, effective from February 17, 1927. Mr. Graham succeeds Harry Fritzinger as postmaster. Mr. Fritzinger has been postmaster of the local office since September 22. 1922, rc- • ceiving his appointment from Presi- ' dent Harding. Mr. Graham had the I endorsement of the prec'nct committeemen and the recommendation of Congressman Albert H. Vestal, who. true to political form, nominated the county chairman. « I When the postoffice department sent out notices that applications for the appointment would be received according to the executive order passed during Pres dent Harding’s administration, Mr. Fritzinger and .Avon Burk, well known business man of this city, filed Xheir names. Neither one made a very strenous effort to secure the appointment, however. Mr. Graham has retired from the firm of Graham & Walters and h’s interest in the firm will more than likely be taken over by his brother, Paul Graham, of Monroe. j 0 ’ll he Provident Building and Loan Association held a meeting last evening and the regular business was attended to. The company is growing steadily and is earning dividends regularly.

tradesmen and boys in the streets of the towns are frequently called in to get some. Another old custome of ringing the street bells —“the pancake bells” —to signal when the dough shall be mixed and also to signal when the shall be eaten, still is followed in some of the rural districts. Originally butter and lard, fire and frying pans, and usually beer, were provided free to the poor. The only conditions were that no quarrels were to take place on this day; that each wife and mother should fry for her own family, and that the cakes should be tossed in the air when they need turning. Another custom was for the women tVUNTUHfED ON FACE TWO)

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TESTOILWELLS TOBEDRILLEO NORTH OF CITY Local Promoters To Seek Oil In Vicinity Os Mon- 1 mouth In Near Future j TO DRILL THREE WELLS AT LEAST Al least three test oil wells will be drilled in the territory a short dis-, tance north of this city within the | next few months, it was announced at, the office of the Paul Schulte Oil company this morning. Douglas Haney and Dan Beery are now releasing land in that territory and expect to start the first well some time during this month. They say that if the leases could have been secured, the lig woulct have been moved today. but as there has been delay, work on another well was started in the Blue (’reek township field instead. Mr. George Telford has also been leasing in the territory, but is absent on a business trip in Kentucky. Several meetings have been held and the Schulte Company now has a dozen or more farms leased, sufficient to guar- ■ antee the drilling of the first well. ' They will continue efforts however. : to secure at least 1.000 or 1,500 acres before drilling. 1 Members of the Schulte Company say they are ready to drill at least three wellsj to test the; field and if r there are signs of oil in’payir.g quaai--1 tities will continue to develope that " territory. The lands desired enend 1 about three-quarters of a mile each " way from Monmouth, running up to ' this city and including th A. J. Smith 1 and Daily farms. They have not de- ? elded upon the exact location of the ' first well, pending the securing of as many leases as possible during the nex* few.days. o ’ Young Man Ends Life With .22 Calibre Rifle Indianapolis, Ind... Mar. I—(United f Press) —Coroner Patfl Robinson .-today investigated the death of Charles . Watson. 16, living near Indianapolis Watson was found dead in the kitchen of his home, a bullet in his . brain and a .22 calibre rifle by his I side. Indications were he had cleaned the gun and then shot himself in the head, the coroner said. His father, Elroy Watson, told auf thof'ties his son had been in poor . health and that be had reprimanded , him for not taking better care of himself. —J o i MARCH COMES IN LIKE LION 1 ’ Old Man Winter Does Comeback Stunt On March 1; Early Spring Predicted Old man winter is making a strenuous effort to stage a “come back” in Adams county and, thin far. has apparently done better than other recent champions. The last few days f have been unseasonably cold, and indl- ’ cations are that the cold weather will continue for the next 24 hours. Snow fluries were reported at times ’ today in the county and the tempera--1 ture hovered around 25 degrees n ark 1 most of the day. No injury to farm f products has been reported, and it Is thought that the more seasonable 1 spring weather will return in a few days. The sun made several efforts to ’ shine today, but the clouds seemed to 1 be strong for winter and they hid the sun most cf the day. 1 ‘‘Old timers" were predicting today 1 that spring is just around the corner, since March came in like a lion and, ' following the rule, will go out like a lamb. ,

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 1, 1927.

Ed Has His Birthday Party, Even Though He Was Born Feb. 29 Ed Lose, young son of Mr and I Mrs. Charles Ixtse, of this city, I wasn't going to- be cheated out of a birthday, just because' he was born on February, on Leap Year. When told by his father that he would onjy have a birthday once ; every four years, Ed set about to remedy conditions. Yesterday afternoon, Ed and his brother spent several hours digging fish worms, and later they went to the Krick-Tyndall pond where they cought enough fish for the whole family. Today, Ed is celebrating his birthday and furnishing the refreshI ments himself. Incidentally he set | a record for this year, by catching the first mess of fresh fish reported so far this season, and it's no fish story, either. COMMISSIONERS RECEIVE BIDS Many Firms Submit Bids On Trucks, Graders And Other Items Today The board of county commissioners received stacks of bids today for the furnishing of trucks, road graders and maintainers, stone unloaders, road and bridge material, and late this afternoon members of the board stated that in all probability the awards would not be made until the regular meeting on March 7. Eight different concerns filed bids for the furnishing of trucks to the highway , department. Several bids were filed for road graders and other* equipment required by the highway department.* ( The commisioners will more than likely buy one or two trucks, two road graders, one portable stone unloader. one road maintainer and accept the lowest b'd'Tor furnishing between $50,000 and $60,000 worth of stone and other material usqd in repairing the roads in Adams county. The commissioners will take the bids under onsiderat.ion and. as they will not met again until March 7. will more than likely .wait until that time to make the awards. — n / ASSESSING IS ' STARTED TODAY j Townshin Assessors Receive ' Final Instructions And Begin Work The 12 township assessors and their deputies received final instructions today from Jay Cline, county assessor, and will begin the work of assessing all residents of the county at once. The assessments must all be completed by May 15, and the reports in the hands of Mr. Cline. George Dellinger, Washington township assessor, has appointed C. L. Estell, Leigh Bowen and A. R. Bell as deputies in Washington township. Mr. Bell will have charge of the >outh half of Decatur: Mr. Bowen will have charge pf the north half; Mr. Estell will assess the farm property and Mr. Dellinger will have charge of the corporations and business section. Each township isi allowed at least one deputy and in several instances there are two deputies. The work will begin today a id will be completed in the next two and a half months. The assessors elected at the general election last November are: George Dellinger, Washington township; Anton F. W. Thieme, Uuion township; D. M. Rice. Root township; Edward Gallemeyer, Preble township; August Schlickman, Kirkland township; Sidney Dague, St. Marys township; W. H. Laughrey, Blue Creek township; Peter Habegger, Monroe township- John Tonner, French township; Joseph K. Yoder, Hartford township; J. C. Mann, Wabash township; Frank O. Davis, Jefferson township.

CIVILWARIN CHINA REACHES CRITICAL POINT | > Armies Os Old And New China Face Each Other In , City Near Shanghai BRITISH TROOPS DISEMBARK TODAY 11 Shanghi, March 1.--(United Pressil —Outposts of the Northern and South-1 ern Chinese armies near Sungkiang have exchanged shots in minor skirmishes but both sides still held back j today from the battle which is expected to decide the fate of Shanghia. While small detachments of troops of the two armies clashed, reinforcements continued to steam through this city on their way to join Chang Chung-Chang’s defending army. Both Sun Shan-Fang, known as the defender of Shanghai until Chang joined forces with him and took over command of the northern army, and Chang himself have visited the front. After days of hurried building of barbed wire enetanglements and fortifications, the european troops defending the forign settlement in Shanghai were ready for any eventuality. British Troops Disembark Shanghai, Mar 1. —(United Press) —Three batalions of British troops and 510 officers and men of the Royal Artillery disembarked today and were distributed among barracks and billets. It simultaneously was announced that 40.000 additional north China troops had been ordered to proceed direct from Nanking to the battle line near Sungkiang. The Spanish warship Blas De Lezo arrived today with 150 Marines who will remail on board, ready to assist c-' detachments in the desense of Shanghai in the even* of trouble. / Washington. Mar. 1. (United Press) —The "hope that the American Government will not repeat the British Government’s mistakes in procedure” in China was expressed in a letter chairman Porter of the house foreign committee today received from Chinese ministr Sze transmitting a message of Eugene Chen, Chinese nationalist foreign minister. Some interpreted the letter as a suggestion to America not to land troops as Britain has done in China. 0 GASOLINEJAX MONEY DIVIDED Adams County Gets $33,023.20; City Os Decatur Receives $2,025.79 Checks for the county's and city’s share of the state gasoline tax were recived today by County Auditor Martion Jaberg and City Clerk Catheerine Kauffman. Adams county received $33,023.20, while the city of Decatur received $2,025.79. Last year, the county received About $26,000, while the ctiy of Decatur received $1,644,55. The money is placed in the road repair fund of the county and city and spent in keeping up the roads and streets in these units. The towns of Berne Geneva and Monroe will also receive checks from the state auditor, the distribution of the money being made in the towns and cities on a per capita basis. The total of $3,033,599.43 was distributed today. Counties of the state will get a total of $2,275,199.57 and citjes and towns $758,399.86. Each county, under the law, gets $12,365.22 plus $29.59 per mile of improved roads, while cities and towns, with a population totalling 1,782,757, ' will get .4254 cents per capita.

Benjamin F. Benge Dies At His Home Near Bryant Benjamin Frankljn Benge, 78, died Sunday afternoon at his home near Bryant. Mr. Benge had been ill for several weeks, suffering from heart trouble and senility. Mr. Benge was ■ born in Wayne county, Indiana. November 26, 1848. The widow, Mary Wolford Benge, survives. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Wesleyan M. E. churchxat Bryant. Burial will be made in the Gravel Hill cemetery. WORK RESUMED ON GOLF COURSE Experienced Course Builder From Chicago Begins Work At Country Club Andrew Knipper, for several years connected with the Medina Country Club of Chicago, arrived here yesterday and immediately began his work with the Deecatur Country Club. With a force of several men he started this morning to clean up the grounds and as rapidly as the weather will permit, he expects to prepare the course. • Announcement was made this morning that the first nine holes will be ready for playing by the latter part of next month and it is probable that the formal opening of the club will be made on Decoration Day. May 30 although the course will be ready and can be used by the members several weeks before that. Mr". Knipper is an expert ground man and will probably remain here in charge of the wolf course. Mr. Schulte is negotiating with a professional golf man to take charge of the club house. Mr. Knipper jn making only one change in the present course and that is on the "tee" just north of the Gillig house. That will be moved east across the road so it will not be necessary to mashe over the road as was previously planned. He will make a slight change of location in the number one green, to get it away from the sloping bank and will drain several of the greens. He will also change the sprinkling system and will probably erect a tower from which the water can be fed. The cloub bouse will be completed during this month and will be ready for use with the opening of spring. Indications are splendid for a fine season for the new club and the fjins will be delighted with the lay out and plans now under way. The first nine holes of the course will be prepared at once and the second nine hols of the course will be prepared at once and the second nine will then be completed. It is expected that the entire eighteen holes will be ready by early June. Pleads Guilty To Forgery A man giving his name as Daniel Bailey, 35, and saying that he came to Fort Wayne from Monroe, pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery when arraigned in city court at Fort Wayne, yesterday. He was held to the circuit court under SI,OOO bond. Bailey was arrested Saturday when he attempted to cash a check for $92 at the Farmers’ Trust company, appearing there during a rush hour. He admitted having cashed a check for SB6 at the Farmers’ Trust company last Monday. He used the name of Rufus Lehman on both checks. Daugherty-Miller Case Given To Jury Today New York, Mar. 1. —(United Press) — The Daugherty-Miller conspiracy case went to the jury at 1:12 p. m. today. For a second time, 12 n\en will try to agree as to the truth or falsity of the government charges that two former officials of the Harding administration, Harry M. Daugherty, former attorney general, and Thomas W. Miller, former alien property custodian, failed to give their "fair and unbiased" services when they arranged for the return of $7,000,000 worth of impounded alien property seized by the government during the war.

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MUNCIE EDITOR IS ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF LIBEL Arrest Made At Fort Recovery, 0., Where Dale Had Been In Seclusion WARRANT ISSUED BY JUDGE DEARTH Fort Recovery, 0.. Mar. I.— (U. P.) —George R. Dale, publisher of the Muncie, Indiana, Post-Democrat, was arrested here shortly before 1 o’clock today, charged with libel. The bench warrant for Dale’s arrest' was issued by Circuit Judge Clarence W. Dearth, of Muncie, with whom Dale has engaged in a legal fight over the freedom of the'press. Dale has been in seclusion here since Saturday. He will be taken to Celina later today and held there for authorities from Muncie. Warrant Sent To Celina. Celina. 0., Mar. 1. —(United Press) —George R. Dale, editor and publisher of the Muncie, Indiana Post-Demo-crat, was arrested on a bench warrant received here today. The warrant charged Dale with libel as a result of his legal diffimilties with Judge Clarence W. Dearth of the circuit court of Indiana. Sheriff George Betz upon receipt of the warrant despatched a deputy to Fort Recovery, Mercer county, where Dale has been since last week. The bench warrant received today was preceded by a letter from the county sheriff at Muncie asking Dale's arrest. O o. Mr. and Mrs. Giles Porter and family have returned to their home in Kenton, Ohio after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Porter and Mr. and .Mrs H. E. Butler. MANY PERISH IN WALES MINE Explosion Buries 135 Men In Mine; Number Os Dead Not Determined London, March 1. —(United Press.) —The Evening News correspondent at Cwm Ebbw Vale/telegraphed his paper today that rescue work in the explosion-blasted • colliery there had been abandoned, and that it was practically certain that the death roll would number 52. Cwm Ebbw Vale, Wales, March I.— (United Press.) — With heads bowed to a gale-born rain, women stood today around the pit head of a colliery in which 135 miners were buried by an explosion this morning. They knew little of what had happened except that th© death toll was large. As successive bodies were removed from the gas filled depths, the watchers surged forward to identify tlie dead men. Babes clutched at the breasts of terror stricken women whined their discomfort. At 1:05 p. m. today 22 dead men had been accounted for, colliery officials said, and three other miners had been found seriously injured. Seventy-one men, according to the officials, had been rescued and 39 still were missing. The wild weather added much to the horror ot tjte pit head scene but beneath the surface of the ground conditions were vastly more terrifying, for gas had filled the mine and was hampering the work of rescuers. 0 Elks To Elect New Officers Wednesday Night > The Elk's lodge will hold its annual • election of officers Wednesday durI ing the regular meeting to be held in - the lodge home on North Secmd street t The meeting will open at 8 o'clock. A I large attendance of members is deaired.

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