Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 191, Decatur, Adams County, 13 August 1920 — Page 1

Volume XVIII. Number 191.

GREATEST OF FAIRS CLOSES TONIGHT

APPROVE ASSESSMENTS TO AVOID_CONFUSION RATHER THAN CAUSE CALAMIH AND EXTRA EXPENSE TO TAXPAYERS THE BOARD OF REVIEW APPROVES THE S T ATE'S ASSESSMENTS.

The special board of review which has been in session since last Monday for the purpose of taking some action on the horizontal tax increases, vote I yesterday to approve the assessment and valuations as ma le by the state tax Jjoard of tax commissioners, in (hiding the increases plated on th; property in this city and county. Tit vote of the board was unanimous. Th board is composed of Nathan Shen herd, Geneva. J. T. Merryman. Au I itor John Mosure, (Treasurer Hug; Hite and County Assessor Willin'. Frazier. in order to avoid furthfr confusm" the board deemed it their only way out of the tax muddle. To overthmv the assessments and make a new valuation would require much work and a big expense and in the end the tax payers would have to foot a double bill. The action of the state tax board and of the Adams county boar.' of review is explained fully in the foi > lowing summary: Whereas, by an act of the general! assembly of the state of Indiana, con-’ cerning taxation, legalizing and validating certain assessments of property for taxation resunmn ization < rders made by the state boa of tax commissioners and the county| boards of review in the year 1919. which act was approve .1 July 31, 1920 and is known as the “Tuthill-Kiperi Act.” the state board of commission- 1 ers met in special session on the 31s! day of July 1920, for the purpose of reconsidering and reviewing its or ders dated August 23. 1919 relating ,! >! the equalization of the aggregate as sessments of the various counties townships and other taxing units of the state; And Whereas, the county beard of ..r ctofa nt* I”,’

review of Adams county, state oi !r Sana, convened in special session th 11th day of August, 1920. agreeable to the provisions of section two of ; said act of the general assembly: atu’ comes now the auditor of said county, and presents to the board of review a certified copy or the order and •onelusions of the state board of tax com missioners, which is as follows, towi:: . An act of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, approved Julv 31, 1920 requiring that within ten days after its taking effect, the state board of tax commissioners meet in special session to reconsider and review it ■ orders dated August 23. 1919. relating to the equalization of the aggregate assessment of the various counties, townships and other taxing units ot the state, the board convened this day nt two o’clock p. m. in special session, all of the members being present and Commi a siomer Simms acting as chairman. The board then proceeded tc consider and review the orders of equalization of the 1919 assessments, as made on August 23. 1919, and to perform the duties enjoined on board of the provisions of said act. And. after discussion and due consideration and review of said orders, the beard adopted the following conclusion : Pursuant to the provisions of tin, Tuthill-Piper act. the board now con I aiders and reviews all and each of said , .orders fade relating to the equalization of the aggregate assessments oi. the various counties, town -hips and| other taxing units of the state, am. take into consideration the ar sea.men*-: of all property assessed by the i state board of tax commissioners a' its several rossidni in the year 1919. and the necessity that other property assessed by local taxing o’lnols in 1919 be assessed in the aggregate on •an equality with each other anJI with (Continued on page two)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

HANDS CUT OFF Carl Newberry, Former Decatur Boy, Met Misfortune in Detroit Factory OPERATING A PRESS In Plant of Wilson Body Works—Son of Mrs. .Joseph Chronister, of Bobo Carl Newberry, twenty-fiVe year r.ld, son of Mrs. Joseph Chronister, of Bobo, and well known to many Adam county people, met with a serious accident at Detroit last Saturday, it which both of iiis hands were cut of when he slipped and fell into a bi; i pressing machine at which he wa working in the plant of the Wilso: Body Works. Particulars of the accident sent her; by a brother to the mother, state t.ia the piece of steel with which he wa: working was crooked, and in an a* tmnpt s o straighten it to get it onto the machine, his feet slipped on ai oily floor, and he was thrown toward- ' the machine. Naturally he threw hi' hands forward to protect himself ii I the fall, and they went directly ini ] the machine as the press was comin, down. The mother does not know just where the hands were amputated bitt the letter stated one of his wrists | seemed to pain him severely, so it is believed they were removed at the wrist. Tlie unfortunate young man is at the Haper hospital, and is getting along nicely. Carl left this county several years

VUll IVU * ago. and worked at the Wilson Body Works before he enlisted in the United States army. He saw service overjser.s, and after his return, went back j to Detroit and took up his former poi sition. He is a fine young man. and hit i many friends, and the friends of th 'family regret to hear of his misfor 'I tune. TO SETTLE WAR (United Press Service) Paris. August 13. — (Special to Dail' ' | Democrat) — Polish armistice dele 1 gates met the Bolshevik commissar) I at the front today and agreed to begir ' negotiations Saturday, according to ad I vices to the foreign office this after noon. PODESTA WON RACE ]■’ (’. Podesta, of Memphis. Tenn , owned and driver of Jerry D., who won three heats in the 2:24 pace, was . ' caller at this office this morning an requested that we give his horse cred it for the race. Some way or other Jerry D. was not mentioned as the w inner of the race, and wo gladly make the correction. Jerry D. also won seelond money in the 2:18 trot. 4.4> + 4 , 4-4 , 4»4 , 4 , 4 , 4-4 , 4 , *4' 4. MADDEN A REAL “GUY" + j, * + Col. Madden, the starting judge 4> •J at the fair, and a real one. has * the distinction of being the only + 4> democrat ever elected mayor of 4’ 4. his home town. Danville, Illinois. 4 + he being the present c hies execu- 4- + tive of that thriving city. He has 44 proven his ability not only as a ♦ + starter but as a real helper at the ♦ 4- fair for he helps to make every 41 * event a success.

COL. MO COLLOCH LEAVES IN PLANE • Went to Bluffton With Sergt. Mills of the Lieut. Barker Recruiting Party I CANDIDATES HERE Mr. McCray and Dr. McCulloch, Visit and Spoke at Fair Grounds Today Carl McCulloch, democratic candidates for governor, who spoke at th Chautauqua tent of the Northern Indiana fair this morning, was taken t< Bluffton in an army aeroplane at noon, leaving the field here at 12:4t», with Sergt. Mills driving. The plane is one used by the Lieut. Barker recruiting party and started away gracefully, ’ol. McCulloch will take a car ther. or Indianapolis. Lieut. Barker and lis men are all perfect gentlemen and nave made many friends here thl week. Both candidates for governor. Woven T. MfiP-ay of Kentland. Indian;: - epbttlft <.ii and Dr. McCulloch, dem- 1 ci: tic candidate, appeared at the fair his morning, it being understood.' lowever that they were not to talk 1 'ol'tics and they kept faith. The canld: tes are old acquaintances and 00l friends and visited here this coining . Mr. Green in charge of the tent, inreduced the speakers. The meeting retted yyith a band concert and a ill: by Mr. McMillen of Fort Wayne. Dr. McCulloch was then introduced ■id spoke a half hour, .congratulating s*-. cvnnty rm hnvtrrr s-nch a citizen s Col Reppert and such a community | a which to live. He declared Bell-, -nont park the most beautiful grounds j >f the kind in the state and urged a ; ontinuance of the splendid co-opera-1 ‘ive spirit so manifest. He talked of, (Continued on page three) F-. WAYNE 'COPS' Eighteen Policemen From That City Were at Fair Thursday—Others Also Eighteen members of Fort Wlayne’s police force were on '’guard” at the Northern Indiana Fair yesterday jey being assisted by twenty-nine >< I deputy policemen. Sheriff Melhi and his deputies and a number of 1 inkeiton detectives. Excellent rd r was maintained throughout the "lay. not a single “scrap” being regia j er: d nor was. there any automobile imsh-ups. A number of the Fort Wayne policemen were also on the job today. The policemen have been endciing excellent service. G. E. VS. OHIO CITY The Ohio City laise ball team will neet the General Electric base ball earn in this city tomorrow after;oon at 3 o’clock at Bellmant park, doth teams are evenly matched and t good game is assured. It will be •emembered that the General Electric’s played their first game of the ;ea on with the Ohio City team, which resulted in a ten inning game, • the score standing 5 to 4 in favor of the Buckeyes. The locals claim a different ending this time, so come out to Bellmont park tomorrow afternoon and root for the home team. The G. E. lineup is as follows: Baxter, catcher; Buffenbarger, pitcher; Frisinger, lb; F. Peterson, 2b; McCollum, ss; Schafer. 3b; Smith, If; Engle, cf; Cochran, rs; Eady, sub.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, August 13, 1920.

r~ GETS HALF WAY Nushvilk, Tenn., Aug. 13 , —(Special to Daily Demo- , cral) The stale senate to- , day approved the federal suffrage amendment. The vote was 25 to 1. The ratifil cation resolution now goes to the house of representatives where action is expected Tuesday although a , quicker vole may he had. If ‘ the holise passes the ratifying resolution it will provide the 36th slate to ratify the amendment and insure voting by all women in the United Slates in the November election. The house has adjourned until Monday. The resolution has not been reported out of committee in the house. I / HOME COMERS ENJOY PICNIC Chautauqua Tent Was the Scene of a Most Happy Gathering Thursday MANY GOOD’ TALKS Luncheon Was Served to More Than Five Hundred at Close of Program When the final totals are made it will show that ovqr one, thousand people registered as Home Comers during the week. The total is near that figure today and in many places “Mr. and Mrs.” were counted as only I one (arson. Os course several hundred people did not registei I at the booths at the Library and at the 11. S. stand al the fair grounds and it is safe to say j that at least til teen hundred home comers were here for thej I big week. Old Home Week it- | self was a decided success and the many visitors more than enjoyed the celebration. It was absolutely impossible to secure the complete list of names today but an effort will be made the first of the week to compile a list and publish the I names ot those people who reg-1 istered as Home Comers. 1 lie Old Home Comers’ picnic wlii< -h' wa; held in tlie Chautauqua tent at the fairgrounds Thursday afternoon' at 4 o'clock was one of the most enjoyable features of the week, a..d some time before the hands of th,- ' clock pointed to the hour of four, many , home comers were in the big ten. to | assist in the celebration. At 4:07 the Berne band played its first piece, and immediately followed] with another. While the band was playing many former residents and the members of | the old home week committee and others took their places on the plat-1 form. C. J. Lutz acted as chairman, and immediately wanted to know if everybody was happy. He received a most generous reply. “Yes.” He also asked Decatur residents if they were all glad that the former residents were • with us, and the same answer came. ; The home-comers were then asked if l they were glad to get back home, j and their answer was most forcibly given in the affirmitive. Mr. Lutz related the work of the committee in planning this home coming, and how it started in a meeting of the Decatur i Industrial association some months ago, and the decision to put it on ■at the time of the Great Northern Indiana fair. He stated that until 3:3(1 ' o'clock there had been registered (Continued on page three)

FINE EXHIBIT OF FARM PRODUCTS Southeastern Missouri Agricultural Bureau Displays Many Farm Products AT THE FAIR HERE Many Farmers of This Section of the Country Are Now Located There I On of the interesting displays at the fair grounds is that of the Southeastern Missouri Agricultural Burt an which occupies a prominent place tin ! der the grand stand near the secreitary's office. The headquarter:; of the; 'bureau are at Sikeston, Mo., and the ! ! organization covtws eight counties of] southeastern Missouri. The exhibit con ists of three cuttings of this year's crop of alfalfa, and lice and clover, etc., and shows the fertility of ■ that country. The Southeastern Mis I souri Agricultural Bureau is a bur-1 ! eau for the farmers and landowners' lot the southeastern part of the stat-.; who have drained the lowlands of that] pa:t of the state which are now very! .- i; pi Ry being developed into excellent . arms. This exhibit was brought tc! the Northern Indiana fair because oi ; i the prominence of this fair. This dis-] 1 ;.his never shown at any except j ! state fairs. A number of prominent: i men from that section are in attend.- 1 1 mice, including a few farmers wh< ( 'formerly lived in this county. Arti-j, Iclcs in the exhibit are red clover, suni dev. ?rs, alfalfa.-timothy, alsack. broom I co.-.', wheat, barley, rye, cats, rice jcotton, orr-hsrri grass, millet, red ton ] melons, etc. T.ie exhibit was brought here by Ich t Stinson, of Sikeaton, Mo., cecretary of the Southern Missouri Agri i cultural Bureau. The display is a-’, exceptionally good one. and shows the | progressiveness of the farmers of that ! section of the sunflower state. ■ ' ' ~~ - POCKETS “PICKED" Several Pockets “Picked" at Fair Grounds —Six Arrests Were Made . < I Six arrests were made yesterday at 1 the fair grounds by Fort Wayne ; policemen and detectives on the barge of “pick-pocketing” or being stir icicus characters, and the accused men sent to Fort Wayne, where their records will be investigated. TH’.; morning it was learned that several persons had their pockets “pick- | cd' or wallets stolon, one man claimI ing to have lost $l5O, another seven and Mrs. Lizzie Schraluka, of this c't;,, notified this office this morning | that she “lost” a twenty and a ten dollar bill. A Mr. Beery notified the ! fair management last evening that someone had stolen his Ford car but afre r several hours of search he located it on the grounds. BALL GAME SUNDAY A base ball game that promises U be worth while will be staged in th: city between the local baseball chib and the Willshire, Ohio, team at Bell mont park Sunday afternoon at 3 , o’clock. The Willshire team is considered a strong one. having won seven out of the last eight games play- * ■I, and are ready to give the locals the fight of their lives. The locals will appear with their regular linc-ut and have everything set for the b. , tray. Same old price. Everybody out I and root for the locals.

GROUNDS PACKED WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SWARMING MASS OF HUMANITY ESTIMATED AT 45,000 ON HOME COM-ERS'DAY-BIG PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR CLOSE TONIGHT.

A POPULAR PLACE Red Cross First Aid Station Visited by Thirty Patients Thursday LADIES DO FINE WORK A Few Minor Accidents, and Others Were SickWarm Weather Cause In the immense crowd at the fair yesterday there were only thirty who .applied for assistance at the Red Ctors first aid station, and these wer ■' kindly cared for by the ladies in; chirge. They have worked in two shjlts during tlie week, Mis.--, Annie Winner and Mrs. C. V. Connell ini; in . barge o; Mie • ahi it a but eaehxAi these ladies has more than dene her i duty, both remaining dining hour I that belonged to the other as release i periods. There were several slight injuries dressed, and many with severe nea-l aches, be'-an.-e oi' overfilled stomachs, or of eating somethin;; not agreeable or both. And then the hot weather is given as one big factor in causing tlie , illnesses. The number applying, however, was small, when the size of the ctowd is taken into consideration. It has b< ■ n

announced that the Red Cross was giving milk to the children. This i .being done by the tuberculosis society. In the child welfare work there hat also been many youngsters-cared l‘o'. Thursday this tent whs in chai • Mrs. Dollie Durkin, and when n-'cc how many she '‘entertained", s'lie ‘she quit counting when. ;he I.OCO. and declares flier ■ w< n> than that. Four children were ed lost on, the grounds, and two them were taken to this tent and announcement. made from the judge's stand at the race track that parents could find them there. Superintendents of this work are changed each day. and Mrs. Durkin sure had the. busy day. She had good help. how . ever, and the babes were well tak. care of. 4.4.4.4.4.4’4>4’4>4-4-4-4>4>4’*4 4. THE WEATHER FORECAST * i4,**4.4.4>* + + 4>4>4>4>4>4-4>* Thunder showers this afternoon or tonight, somewhat cooler tonight. Saturday probably fair. MISS FIRKS TAKES PLANE RIDE;, ' I Miss Angeline Firks, high school secretary, enjoyed a ton minute ride in the government plane this morning. I Sergt. Mills of the Lieut. Barker re-' ( cruiting party had charge of the er Tlfe sergeant ’corteludes his enlistment tomorrow and will probably quit ’ the service. Miss Firk was dc’i' bt | ed with her ride and said she didn’t; want, to come down so soon. 4- 4« 4" 4> 4- 4" 4> 4- 4- 4> 4* 4* 4 s + TOOK 'EM IN THE AIR + 4. 4, ■> Photographer Merry snapped + 4. the grounds and the great 4< 4* throng from the air yest”<mv. ❖ + He was taken up in the govern 4 1 + ment plane and suij. d over the 4- * ground a half hor- making a -h 4- number of circuit; and snapping 4> 4> his camera a dozen times. The 4- * flei was announced by the start- v 4= mg judge. 4, 4-4' + 4-4-4' + 4>4- + 4-+4- +

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The greatest fair ever held in this vicinity will be brought to a dose in this city this evening —the end of the fourth day of the Great Northern Indiana fair The usual evening program will be given—the trapeze artists, the trained pigs, band concerts, picture show, etc., will be given, coming to a close with the fireworks display. Yesterday’s attendance is estimated at between 40,000 and 45,000. It is the greatest fair ever held in the central western states, is ths verdict of the many who were in attendance at the Northern Indiana fair here yesterday. It was great, and there is no mistake about it. Early in the meriting, it was seen that the estimate placed a few days ago on the Thursday crowd at the fair would be shattered, and it was announced last evening by Mr. Reppert that there were more people here for the one day than he had expected for the entire wek. It is variously estimated that there were be tween forty thousand and forty-five thousand people inside EJelimont park Thursday. There is no question that this number for.the day exceeded the att ndance for one week of any previous fair ever held here. It also made fair managers ftom surrounding commki 'ities sit up and take notice, and they will have to make a bigger effort than they ever made before if they dan come anywhere near mak-

inc; the success of their ventures that the Northern Indiana fair has done. The opinion of those in attendance wrr, of one accord, in that the exhibits were never as good anywhere, and the amusement provided of such high class as that given here. The crowd was wonderfully handled, and had it not been for the over-zeal-ous'iers of a few foreign hack drivers there never would have beer, any dancer Some of them In their quest for t!T( quarters attempted to drive around the line of cars to get into the city last evening. They were quickly “k.- .vied out” by drivers who were . striving to protect the safety of others, ano the occupants of their own cars to ''all back in the line, and they finally acquiesced. It did not seem as though there were so many automobiles in the country as there were in this city and at the fair yesterday, and last evening after the fire works display there was one continual line from the park into the city for two hours after the eveninr's show was over. The concessionaries on the ground did a wonderful business, and those running eating houses and lunch stands were sold out long before the crowd left. The stock judging during the day war watched by hundreds and the duality of the pure-bred stock was one common topic of conversation by those who had any knowledge of cattle, hogs • and horses. , Thursday’s Races. Fast, time ami exciting finishes narked the Thursday races and thourat ds beyond all former records chooricd the drivers as they urged their horses down the bom ■ stretch ami around the half mile. The tra-1 w:i lined '-very inch around and.the 03. tinrnte of fort) thousand a- given in vc te,day's paver was realized. As on the former days, the free attractions ( pleased and on every hand were heard ( j compliments for the big chow. The 2:25 pace for three-year-olds was the most interesting event of the day and the colts certainly did show a class that assures a future for them on the >1 (Continued on page three)