Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 28 December 1928 — Page 1
THE PO ST-DEMOCRAT
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VOLUME VIII—NUMBER 50.
MUNCLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1928.
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THE COUNCIL TO INVISTIGATE WORKS BOARD
THE TAX DODGERS BREATH A SIGH OF RELIEF
Tax Ferret Ferguson Surrenders His Fifty-
fifty Contract After the Circuit Court Awards Him $12,000 for CommissionsFerguson Declares Some Refused to Trade At His One Price Store and Took Advantage of a Ninety Percent Marked Down Sale in County Assessor’s Office. Muneie tax dodgers have heaved a sigh of relief. El-
mer Ferguson, who held a contract with the commissioners to dig up sequestered taxes for half what he found, Thursday surrendered his contract after receiving judgment, in the circuit court, for twelve thousand dollars that
was coming to him in the way of commissions. The tax dodgers, not liking the way Ferguson worked,
may now have a small breathing spell. Ferguson agreed, it is said, to abandon the job here if the compiissioners would pay him. He has been compelled to work under serious handicaps and as he has work in other counties that appreciate his services, the gentlemen who have taken to the tail timber may now resume their usual places in the
boost Muneie club.
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Throw Him Overboard, Cap!
Most of the twelve thousand dollars awarded to Mr. Ferguson was fruit .far money that had been invested in securities that their owners, Ball Brothers, had in a moment o'’ mental aberration neglected to tell the assessor 'about it. Of the twenty-five thousand dollars turned in by the tax ferret. Ball Brothers contributed twenty
one thousand.
Mr. Ferguson says some of the dodgers played a low down trick on him by going over his head, after he had reminded them of their forget 1'ulposs. and going personally to Assessor Hopkins and having him place their stocks on the tax duplicate ar a much lower appraise-
BOLIVIANS RENEW ADVANCE, IS CLAIM
Paraguay Advises Legation of Reoccupation of Disputed Fort.
Washington, Dec. 28.—The Paraguayan government has adviped its legation here that Bolivian forces ‘leave occupied anew / Fort Vanguardia and have advanced 12 miles
men' than t he records showed them I farther into the interior.”
to be wopth. Uv Juan V. Ramirez, charge de’[ » 1 1, T • , , JTe mimes.men, r'boThe samf/Wes or Hie le«n* pp.-jemle s;,.v,K.; Kanin .laCKSOn^J).as drawn < Th m ,ne fUgrr ;mwTrktir ien ..t.e aciviU .-or-'Ti im V> i winch represents, as lie sees
And Then, Just To Make Things Even, the Works Board Should Investigate Council, T hus Making a Double Whitewash and Killing Two Birds With One Stone. The city council Thursday night appointed a special committee of four to inquire into the necessity of making an investigation of the board of works in connection with its attitude in the matter of the intercepting sewer. When the city council here talks about investigating anything or anybody it makes a great hit with the people. As an investigating body the council won its spurs on two previous occasions, once when it looked into a truck matter and the other when it investigated the method of letting contracts and found that the board of works had been woefully slandered.
CHEVROLETS SHOWN HERE
New Sales Rooms Was Formally Dedicated Friday Evening.
thousand dollars sequestered taxes on General Motors stock. He says they !all admitted their indebtedness to the county, agreed that the figures he presented were correct, and declared that they would settle with the county treasurer on
that basis.
government
Thursday night and in a statement declared ‘this happening confirms the Paraguayan contention, which has always been held that Bolivia never respects terryorial rights as
agreed upon in pacts.”
Fort Vauguardia was the scene of
T ^ „ , the initial encounter between the Instead, says Mr. Ferguson, they tr of the t , wo countries. The diswent direct to the county assessor f h f ,, p arae „ av an e-overn-in October and were allowed to set- j patch °} Uie * aniguayan govern tie on a basis of less than ten per 'again ha beenTreXd” 8 cent of the 'amount they actually | Uo ” ag T. n has been created, owed the county ' The dls P atch from Asuncipn to The average ' amount owed bv the legation was as follows: each of the five, according to Mr. | Hohvian forces have occupied Ferguson, is two thousand dollars anew Ft. Vanguardia, abandoned and, lie declares, the average set after the last happening. The troons tlenient of each was in the neigh-, t Bolivlan) sti11 retain Boqueron (a hood of $180 each. ; Paraguayan fort) and have ad-j It is apnarent from these revel'a- vanced four leagues (12 miles) far-1 Hons, made from time to time, that 'her into the interior, threatening! the work of collecting these taxes the zone occupied by the Mennonite should not be stopped. The com- colony. All this took place without missioners should at once make fighting, taking advantage of the j some arrangement for somebody to order given our troops to cease !
take un the work where Mr. Fer- hostilities.
guson has left off. o Millions of dollars worth of per- | Beavers are particularly fond of
(Continued to Page Six) 'aspen tree as food.
a cartoon, uipear wy’ v it, the present at/Rtuie oi “Skulduggery” in Muneie.
Skulduggery is pictured by the cartoonist leaning confidentially over the shoulder of a new judge whisper-
ing in the judicial ear.
The new judge is pictured as a sailor, getting ready for a voyage. The somewhat rascally looking person whispering to him has had a comfortable berth on the ship of state for six years and he is telling the captain that he will be his friend forever if he will only let him remain on board. The sailor is looking straight ahead and does not seem to be impressed by the persuasive tongue of the tempter.
TACK
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The Del'aware Chevrolet Company opened its new sales and service garage, 807 South Walnut St., at 6 p. m. Friday, A. W. Grieger, president and manager. The place will be on exhibition to the public the
! entire day, Saturday.
A display of models of the new 1029 Chevrolet International dav, ; moving pictures, an exhibition of ;special Chevrolet tools and musical ;novelties by the Polly Parrot orjehestra, featured the opening pro-
jgram, Friday evening.
The Chevorlet Motor Company [ provided service promotion men jfor a demonstration of special I Chevrolet tools. Moving pictures of [the General Motors Company proving grounds were shown by shies-|zens.
It will be recalled that in August, !92G, the Post-Democrat exposed Jie truck deal. A man employed by x member of the board of works mid a second hand truck to the :ity, which had been used by his employer for years and w'as completely worn out, for the sum of
?2,600.
The local agent of that particular kind of a truck made the statement in an interview that he had offered to the board of works a new :ruck for $2,200. This deal was so unutterably rotten that the city council had to make a pretense, at least, of making an investigation. The popular over this bare faced graft did not
sound well.
Lon Thornburg was then a member of the bo’ard, along wjth Harry Hoffman and Cliff Cranor. Thornburg. interviewed by the Post-Dem-ocrat, stated that the board of works bought the truck in an alley of some man he did not know. The council committee ‘‘investigated” exonerated the board of works and in a report rendered, accused those who had charged irregularities >vith being muck rakers and altogether undesirable citi-
•ppbtnotion representatives of the [ After railing at great length. I Chevrolet Motor Car Company. 'against those who were mean j The De 1 co-Remy Company and enough to charge the board of | the Muneie Products Company also | works with sins of omission and have an exhibit. i > |commission, the report incidentally
tfireai when he was seeking* the captain s billet,' amt IS' The new SSSfft Walnut Strfetitltt? trm-K a..a uku me money wa.-« suspicious Of Skulduggery’s sudden honeyed expressions of| St ^ ucture 13 ° n ^ € ' th ^ most modern to be paid back into the city treas-
* - ' [sales and best equipped service ury.
everlasting iriencismp. ^ _ jgarages in the country. The floor The next “investigation” was The reader must fill in the rest ol the picture. The saror space is B>0 by 200 feet, the shop brought about by the charge made is evidently trying to makq up his mind what he will do with! sp'ace is 140 by lOO feet and the by Councilman Friedley that the the robust looking person who wants to sail with him. ground space is 140 by 330 feet, board of works was letting con-
As cl key to the puzzle tine inlormcition is \olunteeiccl developnients which Mr. that the sailor has discovered there’s a pirate on board. Grieger hopes will be remiired by
to guess is whether the captain will K 16 . Munce automobile public.
Now all you have
make him walk the-plank, hang him
at the yardarm, or
All tools and snecial equipment recommended by the Chevrolet Mo-
merely iiu jit him overboard and let Jonah or the whale tor Company are available to Mun-
swallow him.
REV. E. S. SHUMAKER'MUST r SERVE SENTENCE ON FARM SUPREME COURT DECREES
BAY INDICT THE SENATORS OPPOSE LIQUOR BOYER SPECIAL SESSION
icie motorists in the service departjment of the new plant. Factory- | trained mechanics have been emI nloyed for the service land repair
! work.
I The Delaware Chevrolet Cornpan v was established June 1, 1928,
in ‘a queer manner.
A committee was appointed to hear evidence and on a certain night it met in the council chamber to hear the evidence. Contractor Shuttleworth, the first witness call-
ed, proved to be the last.
The committee, aided by Citv Attorney George Koons, jumped on Mr. Shuttleworth like a ton of bricks. Instead of wanting to know what Mr. Shuttleworth knew about
tracts in a queer manner,
held a clinic on him, demanding to
Provided He Is a
Transportation and Pro-
vided He Is Caught.
the temporary location of the com-
|pany. President A. W. Grieger, or-
Party to ^publicans Seek Farm Blocj^ = ut ;
Aid tor Immediate [Chevrolet Company, of Ft. Wayne
Action.
at 217 West Washington St., now know his age, his physical condi-
tin and how many times he had
been in a hospital.
Mr. Shuttleworth finally escaped from the witness chair with his life, and very naturally no other
ILLINOIS TAKES NOTICE
William W. Loomis, of Lagrange, 111., president of ther Illinois Press association and directing head of a string of thirteen Illinois newspapers, sent to the Post-Democrat the following congratulatory letter following the recent reversal of the George Roeger libel case: “Accept my sincere congratulations for having stayed in the fight until the slate was wiped clean. You have performed a service that is a lasting credit (o the newspaper profession and we are proud of you. “I know it is a small thing—in fact it seems almost cowardly for an editor like myself to sit hack comfortably in a chair and say ‘Thanks! Good work!’ But that is about all we can do. At the same time I want you to know that we appreciate the fight you made in the face of discouragements that would have sent most of us to cover. “Incidentally we in (he office all got a great kick out of your little article on What Price Hooey!’ It was clever and fit a situation we had here at one time so that we thoroughly enjoyed it.” The editor of the Post-Democrat just naturally felt good all over when that Christmas offering came from the distinguished Illinois editor. We know Mr. Loomis personaly, and are inclined to smile at the rather deprecatory allusion to “sitting back in his chair.” He is just as ready to “r’ar” back in his chair, as to sit back, when the occasion demands it, and at such times he called a snade bv its bantismal name. We really believe that he feels that it is his hard luck that he hasn’t had some of the onnortunities to explode that God in His infinite goodness has sent our way. His reference to “What Price Hooey” will of course be recognized as an allusion to the late lamented “Men of Affairs” department in a local newspaper, which died in great agony the day after the Post-Democrat took it apart and explained what made the wheels go ’round and ’round. 4* P'
Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom Is Upheld In His Contention That Gov. Ed Jackson Had No Right To Pardon Head of Anti-Sa-loon League; Shumaker’s Attorney Will File Writ of Habeas Corpus.
Philadelphia, Dec. 28.—The Federal Di/.rict Court Thursday handed down a decision that the buyer of illegal liquor can be prosecuted if he is a party to its transportation. The decision, regarded by federal authorities here as of the high-
est import'ance, was handed down ! group members.
it is reported by wire,, to the of-
ficials.
Only today, James M. Ogden, attorney general elect, made public thfr statement that he would not accept aid or advice from Mr. Gilliom in the Shumaker and Stephenson cases, which are now pending. The five Justices of the State
Supreme Court held a conference. er - Norris was fined $..00, at Indianapolis today to discuss the iapneal the decision,
legality of the pardon. [ Judge Kirkpatrick said that the
o imere purchase of liquor is not an
[offense under the national prohibi-
NOTORIOUS DESPERADO tipn act and that the purchaser OF MEXICO CAPTURED | caJir)0 |. be con victed of 'aiding and
• (abetting the sale.
Mexico, City. Dec. 28—Maxi-j Supplied bv Bootleaqer miliano Yigueras, reputedly the | « Tt does f 0 n ow . however.
for six ye'ars. Mr. Grieger is now;witness volunteered to testify after (Continued to Page Six) i (Continued to Page Six)
Washington, Dec. 28.—Efforts were made in the Senate Thursday to enact farm relief legislation at;
this session.
Republican leaders said they i would t^y to win over the farm
bv Judge Kirkpatrick in the case of Alfred E. Norris, New. York brok-
He will
The latter have been urging post- [ ponement until the Hoover administration takes hold March 4. Speaker Longworth expressed the belief that a bill acceptable to the farm leaders could be passed at! this session and that all that is, needed is an agreement among the farm group. He held that House farm leaders were mistaken in contending that relief should await the
and be
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 28.—The Supreme Court of Indiana today ordered E. S. Shumaker, superintend-
ent of the Indiana Ant.-Saloon most desperate bandit in Mexico. [ gaM the court where trans-| incommg administration Leacjue, back to the Indiana State was captured at Aiotzingo, near the p 0r f^tion is renuired bv the agree- |/ or ^ ed on t i n connection with tar-
captial, the war department an- ment ther e may not he an indict-i iff revision ‘ , . . nounced last night. j me nt of the buyer and seller for: “It would take at leas , six months The btandit, who officials said'^^ph’acv to transport even for the administrative board to or-
Penal farm to serve his sixty-dav [sentence which was imposed upon
[hiro ■Eor contempt.
This holds'that "the pardon issued Participated in some of the most ! thm]frh what ig conteTnplated is s im ganipe and get working, he said, Tw GOV Ed Jackson was illpf~n cruel attacks in recent years, was nly the delivery of the thing sold, [adding that, delay beydnd this sesMotion for re-committment, which! 611 _ route to the capital last night jTransportation of , ntox ,. rM ,- T12: Ho-;sion would make the legislation m-
was filed by Attornev General Ar-
I thur Gilliom, was upheld and +he ! shoriff was ordered to take Shu- ! maker into custody at once.
Wattle with federal troops on the Cuernavaca highway three months
The latter’s attornev indicated!^ 0 - when American Ambassador that he would file a writ, of habeas! Bwl ' edB Morrow and his paity were
the Federal emirt today endangered.
>ormis in
[To present his apprehension, on tho ! “rounds that Shumaker’s constitujtionn.l risrhts had been ahridepd. Attornpy General Gilliom filpd a I brief in the Supreme Court on Wednesday of this week, in which he [said that Shumaker js “uurepenta.nt and defiant still.” He also staf“d that Shumaker had challensrerl : 'he power of the Court to enforce the sentence. Counsel for Shumaker stated thpf l the newer of the Court had ceased on pecember 17. 1928, which comjnleted the termination of the perijod of the sentence, j Shumaker was taken to the penal '’arm to begin his sentence on October 18, but a pardon had been | forwarded by Governor Jackson,
to face a court martial. uor is' made a distinct substantive applicable to the 1929 crop. One of Yigueras’ attacks led to a 0 ff pnse hv the act; it is rof ror. es . ; Representative Tilson of Connecti-
sarilv involved in every sale.” [cut, >t,he majority floor leader, also Norris, alone: with Joel D. Kerppi\ favors passage of a farm measure Philadelphia “society bootlegger.” at this session. He wants an extra was charged with conspiracy to [session, if one is to be called, bejiransnort lirmo 1 ' illegally. He plead- [ginning in April, while the speaker ed uoio contendere, hut mlaintained believes the fall would be preferEhat the mrrehase of liquor does not [able, for any tariff readjustment. come either under the national pro- j 0
hibition law or the Volstead act.
ANOTHER CHAMPION
MEMPHIS, Tenn., (TT. P.) — By remaining on his stilts for six consecutive hours here without touching another object, Ernest Onpenheimer, Jr., 14, broke the
city stiltwalking record.
INVENTS QUICK STARTER.
GRAF 7FPPE' iM’fi RerilPN FLIGH T SET NEW RECORD
■Rpvlin, Dec. 28—The German a i^ Urvord announced here if had been infovmeU hv the interna,ty>oal aero, nautical fed era Hon that the •pet'-rn
Anderson, Ind/ Dec. 28.-R. M.i^ + *he ^ ^ Roof, manufacturer here, has in-j T Enedr’chshafem vented a valve attachment for auto-! ^ fo Nov. 1, was over a ro"i° o 4 ’ mobile motors which he claims will ^-1^4 x-pomoterq (2.9G4.8 miles'* start motors in cold weather with The federation has rocoguD one turn. The device will be made) as world’s record flight, for Class at his plant here. B airships.
| Plans Are Bemsr Made for General Assembly | ludiananolis, Dec. 27.—The first step in the formation of defin- [ ite prooram for the 1929 General Assembly, which will convene in fifteen days was made todav with a conference of the Renublican senators with the state chairman
here.
The meetinq todav was to develop a discussion of the leolsiation nromised in the Republican party’s platform.
LET THE PEOPLE RULE!
The Post-Democrat has reached the conclusion that important gentlemen who solemnly declare the government cannot be entrusted with the management of business is right. The republican party, winch runs this country except for occasional brief intermissions, always declares against public ownership and since two-thirds of the voters consistently vote the republican ticket, it is apparent that a large majority of the people want private ownership, so they should have what they vote for. The neople themselves are the government, although only about one in ten thousand seem to realize it. The people themselves therefore endorse the sentiment that they lack sufficient intelligence to conduct their own affairs and since they prove it by the way they vote thev themselves are the best argument in favor of private ownership. The Post-Democrat favors the abolishment of the ballot, the extinction of congress, the cabinet and the usual figurehead who calls himself nresident, and the immediate establishment of a commission form of government with a board of directors in control to be named by Andrew Mellon and Henrv Ford. We would then have exactly the kind of government we are getting now and the scenery would be ment we are getting now and the scenery would not be spent on useless elections might be devoted to some useful purpose. The people always vote for something they think thev are going to get and then fet it, and wTiere! Possibly a few centuries of education might qualify the average citizen to vote, but we doubt it. So whv not resign ourselves to things, as thev are. instead of how they ousrht to be. The neonle want to be soaked, so whv not soak ’em nlenty? It’s what they vote for, so let the neople rule, as a gentleman once said who let ’em rule three times and was ruled out three times for president.