Walkerton Independent, Volume 49, Number 5, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 July 1923 — Page 1

VOLUME 49 i Published By The Independent-News ) Co. Inc . at Walkerton Ind. \

SURE BONUS BILL WILL BE PASSED •text Congress to Provide Money, Says Senator Smoot. MEASURE TO BE FINANCED Next Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Declares Body Must Fix Method to Furnish Funds for Purpose. Washington, July 3. —Notwithstanding the unexpected improvement in the financial condition of the treasury, Senator Smoot (Rep., Utah), who will be the new chairman of the senate finance committee, said that be does not believe that any general downward revision of taxes is justified in the next session of congress. Must Be Financed. Mr. Smoot predicted that a soldiers’ bonus bill will be passed in the next session and that there will be enough votes in sight to pass it over the President’s veto. He favors financing the bonus through some form of sales tax, to which President Harding has indicated that he would not be opposed, and said he would mtroauce a bonus bill with a sales tax provision. “As far as I am concerned, I shall vote against the bonus bill unless it provides a means of financing,” Senator Smoot said. Can’t Use British Money. Questioned regarding the possibility of using interest received from Great Britain in financing the bonus. Senator Smoot expressed the opinion that this would be contrary to the spirit of the present law. He pointed out that the law provides that payments on Interest and principal of the foreign debt shall apply on interest and principal of Liberty bonds. Lester’s Herrin Strip of Death Bought by Union Springfield. 111., July 3.—Purchase by the Illinois Mine Workers’ union of the Lester strip mine at Herrin, the acene of the riots of last June, was confirmed here by labor union officials. The purchase price was $726,000. The property was bought, it Is understood, to satisfy the heavy damage suits Which W. J. Lester, principal owner of the mine, filed against the miners’ union. Dismiss Indictment Against Illinois Lieutenant Governor Springfield, 111., July 3.—States Attorney C. F. Mortimer nolled the indictment afainst Lieut. Gov. Fred E. Sterling of Rockford, charging him with conspiracy to misappropriate state funds. Sterling was indicted with Governor Small and Vernon Curtis of Grant Park. The ctwse against the governor was tried at Waukegan and he was found not guilty. South Bend (Ind.) Car Employees Get Pay Boost South Bend, Ind., June 29.—Three hundred employees of the Chicago, South Bend and Northern Indiana railroad, including city and interurban motormen and conductors, were given wage increases of three cents an hour. The increase brings the wages of city street car employees up to 50 cents and of interurban employees up to 52 cents. Last Sunday afternoon a woman from South Bend driving a Star car attempted to park in front of Thompson’s variety store, but for some reason or other was unable to stop the car until after it had run up over the curb, across the sidewalk and into one of the large side plate glass windows of the store, breaking it and the screen door. The party made suitable arrangements with Mr. Thompson for paying the damages. NOTICE Persons owning dogs are hereby warned that to comply with the Ordinances of the Town of Walkerton, such dogs must not be permuted to run at large on the streets and alleys, without being muzzled, and that violation of this ordinance will result in prosecutions, and in having the offending dog killed H. G. BRINLEY, Marshal. Estate f James S. Griffin. NOTICE OB’ FINAL ACCOUNT By direction of John E. Steinke, Adminstrator of the Estate of Jame* S. Griffin, late of St. Joseph County, is the State of Indiana, deceased. Notice is hereby given to the heirs, legatees and devisees of the said decedent, and all other persons interested in the said estate, that said Administrator has filed in this • court his account and vouchers for the final settlement of said estate, and they are hereby required to be and appear in said Court on the Ibth day of September, 1923, when the same will be heard and make proof of their heirship, or claim to any part of said estate, and show cause if there be, why said account and vouchers should not be approved. Witness, the Cerk and the Seal of the St. Joseph Circuit Court at South Bend, Indiana, 3rd day of July, 1923. ” J. Willis Cotton, Attorney for Estate. _ 2twjl2

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Union Services For Next Sunday Evening There -will be a union church service of all of the cooperating protestant churches at the open air auditorium of the Pilgrim Holiness church on sixth street next Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. A large platform for pui<>it and choir has been built and seats provided for the aud<’>ence. There is suitable parking space, also, so that those attending the service in theh cars, may park them near enough so that they can remain in them and still see and hear the services. A piano has been provided for the seivices and arrangements are bein^ made for special music. It is the plan at this service, it there is a fair representative group of the memberships of the various churches present, to take a vote on the proposition of holding union services each Sunday evening during the hot summer months. It is thought bj' many members of the different churches to be a very good plan, since attendance at any one church during the hot summer months is so small as to hardly justify holding the service and then, too, the open air service appeals to many. Request has been made by those in authority that late comers to the sendees, who come in cars, come in just as quietly as possible and remain until the meeting is over. There was some disturbance last Sunday evening, due to the thoughtlessness of one young man who drove up and stopped for a wh;le and then drove away, only to repeat this action several times during the evening. A little cooperation from the drivers will help the situation much. Long Reunion The 12th annual reunion of the John Long family was held Sunday, June 24, at Potawatomi park, South Bend, 146 members were present. Mrs. Sarah Jameson, 81, of South Bend, was the oldest member present. Betty Love, 3 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Esnders oi j Bremen, was the youngest member present. Officers elected were: Mrs. George Harbaugh, North Liberty, president; vice-president, B. A. Long, of Plymouth; secretary-treasurer, Miss Alta Harbaugh, of South Bend, chairman program committee, Oliver Harbaugh. The 1924 meeting will be held in June at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gillis, near Lakeville, Ind. CAUSES FOR HOT WAVES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS GIVEN Local Weather Man Gives 4th to KtU of July as Storm r’eriod. June, 1923, has gone down in the weather book about as hot as May was cold, having 11 days that the mercury rose to 90 or above (from 17 to 2 7 inclusive). The hottest day was the 22nd when the thermometer registered 99. Last year but 4 days showed temperature of 90 or more. In comparing the two years we note the following for ’22 and ’23 respectively. Clear days, 18 and 19; part clear, 10 and 9; cloudy, 2 and 2; rainfall, 3.13 inches and 2.72 inches; maximum temp.. 97 and 99; minimum temp., 45 and 42. We were much interested in the extreme hot wave, over our country and the violent activity of Mt. Etna and Mt. Vesuvius in Italy occurring at the same time and in checking over the movements of the celestial bodies we found several formations which we believe caused our weather and volcanic phenomina. The moon was on the increase, moving northward and nearer the earth in her journey around the earth, and over the equator on the 21st. Summer beginning the 22nd, and the following conjunctions, Mercury and Venus, 21, Saturn and moon, 22, Jupiter and moon, 24. The moon reached the southern end of her swing and also began to want the 2 Bth, and now is speeding northward arain to cross the equator on the sth, also changes to last quarter same day. These configurations together with the quadrature of Saturn and moon the 6th, give us two of the greatest quake and storm causes known and I shall watch all storm clouds and note the report in the daily papers from the 4th to Sth. Observe closely and note results. On the whole, July should be a favorable month for growing crops. Sufficient rainfall should fall to keep crops growinn although some secs tions will be droughty. The Mars influence is now past. The probable I stormiest, periods will fall around 5 to 8, 12-14, 18-22, and 27-31. Notice: Onion Growers. Growers anticipating purchase of Onion crates should communicate ; with Indiana Box Co., East Chicago, . Indiana. See these crates on display at C. E. Houser’s hardware, Walkerton. Prices quoted on request. । wnlm2 4tf PUBLIC SALE The undersigned will offer for sale at Public Auction at his residence one-half mile east and I’i miles north of Teegarden, on Saturday^ July 7, commencing at 2 o’clock, p m., 15 head of cattle, usual terms. ’ CLYDE MILLER..

WALKERTON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1923.

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GREYS CANCEL SCHEDULE FOR LACK OF SUPPORT Defeat South Bend Shamrocks, 3 to 1 in Best Contest of Seasoai. The Wakerton Greys have disbanded. Lack of financial support is the reason given by managers LaFeber and Shultz, for the cancellation of the remainder of the season’s scheduled games. At the game last Sunday between the South Bend Shamrocks and the Greys, which was one of the best games of the season, there were not enough paid admissions to meet the expenses of tht, visiting team, and the managemen* . has taken the stand that if the fans of Walkerton do not care to support ■ a team by admissions there will be no team. They are against the principle of passing the hat among the business men for donations in order to support the team and rather than do that, have decided to disband for the season. Playing good ball, the Greys accomplished a task not heretofore put over by any team .this season when they defeated the South Bend Shamrocks at West side park last Sunday afternoon. The score was 3 to 1. Harness, who did the mound duty for the Greys, was at his best, getting 14 strikeouts and allowing but few safeties. His,opponent Helm, had six strikeouts to his credit, while permitting several safeties that counted for scores. The locals scored fiis,t in the second frame and again in the sth ond 7th. The Shamrocks got their only marker in the 3rd. Manager LaFeber expressed himself as being sorry that the team had to disband but said that if the fans of Walkerton do not care to support a team, it is better to quit than to continue, and be running behind financially. Schoo! Proievi rejected Construction Bids on At the opening of the bids on the construction of an addition to the local school house, which was held last Friday evening, it was decided to reject all bids submitted on the construtcion of the improvements on the grounds of their being priced too high. Although thw architect hao notified fifteen different contractors, asking them submit bids, only two responded, both being from out of town. While the bid? for the construction of the building were ioo high, the Board of Education considered the bids on heating, plumbing and wiring as about right. It was decided by tne Board to readvertise. for bids at once and to make every effort possible to have more contractors bid on the job. tlierries f<n the Editor. Just as we were lamenting the fact that it was the day before the glorious Fourth and everybody was all dressed up and goin’ away to have a good time and we, being a newspaper man, had to stay on the job and work—just as we were feeling sorry for ourself, our friend, Vern Wolfe, came along and gave us a nice box of big, red, luscious, sweet cherries which he said his Mrs. sent down to us and our Mrs. for a 4th of July present. Oh boy! it was a grand and glorious feeling! Those cherries were the finest, sweetest, most delicious cherries we have ever eaten. Mr. Wolfe says he has one tree of that particular variety. Large Crop of Huckleberries. James Bagwell, who has a 30acre huckleberry marsh, near Walkerton, reports that there will be a large crop -of berries this year if weather conditions do not fail.

THE DEATH RECORD Hutchings. (The following is the obituary ol Mr. Charles Hutchings, father of Mrs. D. M. Woodward, formerly of North Liberty. Mr. Hutchings was quite well known here. Editor). Charles Hutchings, son of Harriet Ketcham and Caleb Hutchings, was born August 8, 1843 at Seauga county, Ohio, and died June 27, 1923 in Chicago, 111., at the age of 7 9 years, 10 months and 19 days. He moved to Hillsdale county with his parents at the age of 10 years, where he enlisted in the Civil war when 18 years of age, serving In the 18th Michigan infantry until the close of the war, receiving his honorable discharge on the 26th day of June 1865. He was married to Jane E. Fuller Feb. 22, 1866, who died Feb. 17, 1867 at the birth of a daughter, Mrs. Jennie Turner, who died in 1911. On July 4, 1868, he was united in marriage to Margaret Elizabeth Niblack with whom he lived a devoted life for 55 years, less one week. To this union were born seven children, two of whom died in infancy. He was a Christian, and a faithful member of the Alma, Mich., I. O. O. F., an obliging neighbor and had a host of friends who will miss him. His loss will be deeply mourned by his faithful companion and their children, namely, Mrs. D. M. Woodl- - Mabel D., and Arthur E., of Chicago. Charles Edward, of Denver, and Roe of Rout counu', Colorado. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Laura Fuller and a half-brother, Clayton Hutchins, both of Hillsdale, half-sister, Mrs. Flora Dunigan of Ceveland, and three granddaughters. Funeral services were held at the home of a niece, Mrs. Ernest Hinkle, at Hillsdael, Mich., Saturday, June 30 at 2 p. m., conducted by Rev. W. F. Wonder. Burial was in the Cambria cemetery. Lightning Causes Delay. On account of the severe electricat storm in Walkerton and community Tuesday afternoon w*hich burned out two transformers, on our power line, we are late in publishing our paper this week. We had expected t® work in the forenoon of the Fourth and celebrate in the afternoon, but we were forced to close down early Wednesday morning and celebrate all day on account of our power going off. Naturally this enforced vacation threw us about four hours late on our schedule and hence the delay in getting the paper to our readers. Please blame our weather prophet for the offense. THE NEWS OF THE CHURCHES United Brethren Church Sunday school 9:30. Morning service 10:30. Instead of the evening service, there will be a union meeting with the pilgrim Holiness on South Eighth street. Everybody invited. Good music. One week from next Sunday evening thepe will be a union meeting of the different churches at the United Brethren church. The W. M. A. will meet at the hbme of Mrs. Gladys Hostetler, one week from Wednesday, July 11, at 2 p. m. Rev. J. W. Lower, Pastor.

APPEALS TO COURT FOR CUSTODY Os CHILDREN Court process was invoked Monday by John A. Blevine, Borden, Ind., to obtain the custody of his children, Lucy, five years old anQ Robert, two. now living at the farm of their grandparents, George and Rebecca Faulkner, one and a half miles south and east of Walkerton, this county. Petition for a writ of Aabeus coipus to produce the children was filed in Superior court No. 2 and Judge Lenn J. Oare ordered th*, children produced in court, Tuesxlay morning at 9:15 o'clock, when the court will decide who is entitled to the custody. According «o James H. Canan, attorney of Plymouth, Ind., who represents the father in the proceedings to obtain the custody of the children, several demands have been siade upon the grandparents but they refused to give them up. Once Mi. Canan said the father was accompanied by an officer from Walkerton, but the grandparents ordered them off the farm, threatening violence to any one who came to get them. Blevine and his wife formerly lived at Mishawaka, Mr. Canan said. She became ill. went tv her mother’s home taking the children with her. At the home of her parents she contracted pneumonia and died. After the funeral the father asked the parents for the two children. They refused at that time to let them go. Subsequently more demands were made, each meeting with a refusal so that at last court process was resorted to. The father now lives on the Blevine farm in Marion county.—South Bend News Tinies. At the hearing in Court Tuesday morning, Judge Oare appointed Dep uty Prosecutor George L. Rullison, to make an investigation to learn which of the opposing parties is best suited to bring up and educate the children. Deputy Rullison was requested to report his findings to the court as soon as possible. Independence Day Passes Quietly Here With the exception of the explosion of an occasional firecracker or other fire works, Independence Dayin Walkerton was passed rather quietly this year. There being no celebration planned for the town, many of the inhabitants found their way out to the lake to celebrate with Elzy Smith at his all-day picnic ane» some to attend the rally of women of the Marshall county Republican party at Breezy Point. Several drove to North Liberty to witness the races, ball game, parade, and to hear the band! concerts. Another large group boarded the south bound Nickel Plate train early in the mrning and spent the day in Kokomo, Ind., witnessing the b!« tri-state demonstration of K. K. K.’s and hearing talks by the national and state officers of the organization. A few others found their way to picnics and family reunions, while a smaller number sought out a more secluded spot and spent the day fishing or visiting. Anyway it was the Glorious Fourth and, celebration or no celebration, it meant a holiday for many people who were glad to get away for a day's diversion. NOTICE. NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED—You are hereby notified not to trust my wife, Verdanna Irwin, on my account, as I will pay no bills contracted by her after this date, she having left my bed and board without just cause. Cleveland Irwin. Wa.lkerton, Indiana, July 2nd, 1923. 2twjl2p

Ford Leads the Field In Collier’s Straw Vote If the presidential straw vote conducted by Collier’s Weekly shows a true trend of feeling then Henry Ford is by a good margin the choice of the majority of people for President of the United States. An anlaysis of the vote shows that the issue is between Ford and President Harding. When a straw vote is taken usually the majority of votes cast represents the rank and file ot the masses. Active politicians very seldom concern themselves with vot- I ing in this manner but if the political leaders will give an ear to the sentiment of the people then Henry Ford will receive the Democratic nomination for President. It is quite a coincident that Ford leads in this straw vote in the home states of Harding, Johnson, Underwood and LaFollette. A great deal of talk is heard about a third ticket. There will not be a third nor a fourth ticket if the leaders of both major political parties will nominate a man for president who is a popular choice candidate. If today the Democrats were to nominate the popular choice candidate, that man would undoubtedly be Henry Ford, with William C. McAdoo. a close second choice. If the Republcans were today to nominate a popular choice man for president that man would be President Warren ' G. Harding. Hamlet School Will Get Gymnasium Arrangements are now being made and the preliminary work is being done for the erection of a new addition to the Hamlet schoolhouse. The new part is to be an auditorium and gymnasium but of course will have some class rooms. It is to be designed by Freyermuth and Maurer of South Bend, who met with the Ham-let-Davis joint school board last Thursday evening. Senator Smith is looking after the legal matters connected with this work and everything seems to point to an early beginning. GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH HERE SOON World's Ten Tinies Biggest Circus— Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Headed This Way. The world’s one big circus—Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Combined—draws nearer and on its hundred cars will come “ten thousand wonders” to exhibit in South Bend, Friday, July 13. World toured and world conquering this truly Greatest Show on Earth, is now fully a third larger than it was when it last visited this locality. In addition te the many innovations offered then, the present season’s program numbers ten more trained wild-animal display's—making thirty in all—and the most superb trained horse acts that Europe i has yet produced. The wild-animal I and equine displays of the past ! were introduced merely that th«s lUngling Brothers might judge of tneir popularity. So enthusiastically were these numbers received that the famous showmen immediately arranged for the purchase of the world’s finest acts of this kind. Au ' entire equine circus was bought outI right and brought to this country J last winter. And while the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey , agents were securing this and the trained tiger, polar bear, lion, leopard and the jaguar groups, they had orders to engage foremost men and women performers of the European . capitals. And these stars from city and jungle are all to be seen with this wonder circus ot 1923 More • than 700 men and women, embras ’ ing the world’s foremost arenic stars take part. These artists include the very biggest acts ranging from exteu ’ give companies of foreign perform- • ers to the amazing English family of Nelsons—positively one family, con- । sisting of father, mother, six daugh- > ters and one son. Ana this group oi i world-famous acrobats but illus trates the remarkable scope of the human side of this great circus. > There are 100 clowns. Aside from . the ferocious beasts, the program in- ■ eludes forty trained elephants. There i are five companies of trained seals, i many dogs, bears, monkeys, pigs pigeons. Added for good measure is the mammoth menagerie of more i than 1,000 animals. It is the biggest I circus program the world has ever seen, given under the largest tent. > Will Give Building To Argos Official announcement has been made of the decision of directors of i the National Retail Hardware Deal- > ers Association to move their headquarters from Argos to Indianapolis In the near future. The Retail Assocation proposes to present and donate to the town of Argos the fine headquarters building it will vacate. This । generous gift to be regarded as a , permanent memorial to the founder ; of the bequesting institution, Melvin 1 Lake Corey, and as an expresson of the regard and appreciation the as- ’ sociation holds for Argos that was dear to the heart of Mr. Corey.

FAIRPLftYFDR LABDR-HAHDING President Bares Capital’s Plot to Crush Unionism. KEPT G. 0. P. FROM DOING IT Declares Those Wtio Expected Him to Overthrow Unions Now Know Their Error, In Speech at Helena, Mont. Helena, Mont., June 30. —In one of the most remarkable speeches of his administration and of his present tour of the Middle west and west. President Harding here proclaimed himself as a staunch defender of organized labor against the assaults of capitalists who sought und had expected him to help them break it down. The President also made a fervent appeal for revival of religious sincerity among the American people; uttered a stirring pronouncement on behalf of American womanhood; insisted that the present standard of American wages must be sustained, rebuking capitalist systems which have tried to use the Republican party to help beat back this standard; and in the most virile language reiterated his opposition to the bolshevism of Russia. Here, where the 1. W. W. movement was cradled, the President’s words were enthusiastically received, and, earlier in the day at Butte, where he spoke on somewhat similar lines, he received a good hearing. ♦ Tells of Capitalistic Plot. In his address here the President said, almost at the outset, that the capitalists of America had expected him to break down the position in the social structure reached by labor as a result of the war. “On capital’s side of the line,” said the President, “were those who hoped that the administration would lend itself to their program of breaking down organized labor and sending it back to the era of individual bargaining for the individual job. “On the labor side of the line were those who hoped, by exorbitant demands and an attitude of uncompromising Insistence, to force the nationalization of some of our most important industries and services. Between Two Extremes. “Between these two extreme groups, and confident that we had behind us the overwhelming public opinion of the nation, we have tried to hold tlie scales even—to prevent on tn? one tne destruction of organized labor and, on the other side, to frustrate those programs which look to the ultimate destruction of private capital and the nationalization of all the national instrumentalities of produc * 10CAL NOTES’ Harry Reid of Chicago was in town the Fourth. z greeting om friends. Kenneth Reece and family or South Bend were holiday visitors of Norman Fults and family. , Frank Feed, who has taken a. three weeks lay off is home from Willard, 0., to spend his vacation. ; Max Miranda of Beloit. Wise., was ■ called here this week on account of • the illlness of his fattier. Dr. W. F. Miranda. Ed Trost and family are the ’ guests of A. N. Tro^A and family, i They are spending tne time cam’ing at the lake. The Philathea class will meet ’ Thursday, July 12 at the home of Mrs Harry Holland, Mrs. Nnsjaum ! assisting hostess. , j CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE— I for winter cabbage. 25 cents per > or $1.50 per thousand. Phone 131-A. ‘ Itwnp GEO. MECHLING. [ Dr. W. F. Miranda was taken to . Epworth hospital last Sunday morning suffering with bronchial asthma. 5 His condition is regarded as quite ; serious, though he was reportea resting nicely this (Thursday) morn- - ing. f A ten car train of K. K. K.’s o i the Nickel Plate went thru town - Wednesday morning on their way i to Kokomo to attend the Tri-State meeting of the Klans. An impromptu • parade was staged around the de- . pot while the engine took coal. 1 Exchanged—Thru mistake an ex- “ change of umbrellas has been made. ; There is an unclaimed one at the • postoffice waiting for its owner to ? identify it. If you have one. not your 5 own, please take it to the sain* place so that its owner may claim it. j A very pretty marriage ceremony took place at the Christ an cfiurch Sunday evening at 5 p. m., when Jay Willis Cotton. Jr. of Walkerton and i ■ Miss Mary Easterday of NortJj »Lib- ?; erty .were united in marriage by the -■ pastor, Rev.,T. J. Kelley. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Leddy and two j I small children, well known in Walk- ! erton a^d vicinity where they paihted mail boxes passed thru Lo-Wnsport ? i this week southward bound with he . usual wheelbarrow traveling equip- ; ment. Mr. Leddy had a 300-pound L load on his pushmobile. They expect to make their home some where in southern Indiana. i . . ? An expert would end automobile - wrecks by thinking. That method ; would automatically eliminate a large percentage of drivers.

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