Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 19, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 28 November 1921 — Page 1

Volume XIX. Number 281

EVERETT & HITE BUY BUILDING SITE Wholesale Grocery House Again Outgrows Quarters -Will Erect Building A MODERN STRUCTURE Will Be Located at Corner of Adams and Seventh streets and G. R. & k By a deal closed last week, the Everett <£- Hito Wholesale Grocery company, purchased from John W. Vail, a lot 100 feet long by 100 feet deep, at the intersection of West Adams and Seventh street, where that well-known and prosperous concern expects next spring to erect a modern and spacious building for the hous’ ing of their offices and storeroom. Tlje negotiations for the property had been on several days, and with Its | completion, the wholesale company conies into possession of a property that will enable them to properly handle the rapidly growing wholesale business, arid which had become so large since it was established to compel them to change locations three times already. Messrs. Everett & Hite, following the disposal of their retail business, in company with Bert Hunsicker in 1914 .started the wholesale business here on Madison street, in the room now occupied by the Finn pool room. After a few months the business was removed to the Weber building, Monroe and Third streets, where it remained for a year or two, and it was then removed to the present Iqcation in the Bowers building, on East Monroe street, which is now entirely too small for the offices and storeroom for the ever-increasing business. I hence the decision to buy a lot and build a building, suitable for the present needs, and large enough to take care of the business in the future. Within a few months after the business was started, Mr. Hunsicker sold his interest to his partners, Messrs. Everett & Hite, that he might engage in. the retail grocery business. They sold an interest soon thereafter to Charles A. Burdg. With the growth of the concern, Samuel E. Hite, M. E. Hower, Hugh D. Hite and C. E. ' Peterson and Harvey Lammiman also became interested in the wholesale business, and by keen business judgment, the business has now reached the proportions whereby it is I one of the best concerns in Adams ' county, and compares favorably with . that of any similar concern in north i ern Indiana. The new building will cover the enI tire lot, with the exception of a strip I wide enough for driveways, and will •" be two-stories, with possibly a third in height, in addition to a basement under the entire structure. The building will be of brick and cement blocks, and will be modern in every way, with every equipment necessary to take care of the goods handled by a wholesale house. The Grand Rapids & Indiana railway will build a switch onto the propI erty which will enable the company to save all freight hauls, the goods shipped in being unloaded into the (Continued on page Cour)

VALUATIONS AND TAX RATES IN ADAMS COUNTY The 1921 net taxable valuation of all property in Adams county, including real estate, improvements, personal and corporations, on which the current tax levies will be collected in 1922 is $49,866,420 or only $370,0701 less than the 1920 valuation. The amount of mortgages in the county is $1,288 030 while the gross value of real estate and improvements is $34,860 910 The value of personal property and corporations in the county is $16,293,540, which If added to the net value of all property after the mortgages are deducted elves the net taxable valuation of $49,866,420. To get the net valuation in the city of Decatur this year, the valuation in Decatur-Root township and in Decatur-Washington township must be added, the former being $974,760, while the latter is $6,975,310, or a total city valuation of $7,950,070, larger than it ever wa s before. The following table which was compiled by County Auditor Jaberg, shows the valuations, amount of mortgages, net value and the tax rate payable in 1922: Total Value Net I Value 1922 Lands & Mort- Value of I Personal Total Tax Twp or Town Ruprovment H S 0 0;, 9 117 660 28,2101 2,089,4501 1,287,120 3,376,570 1.28 t „ 3 477 940 103 860 3,374,080 1,646,570 5,020.650 1.31 I<„P Creek 1 968 660 80.460 1,888,200 468,700 2,356,900 2.02 Blue Creek 1.968,0 V 7 „ 0 3 2 22,440 1,370.630 4,593,070 1.62 ‘'J onro h e 68 630 1 867,880 636,060 2,503,940 1.77 t re "' h , 1 965 290 56,320 1.908,970 591,340 2,500,310 2.33 W ar ‘ fo ; d " 286 4? 95 9801 2,190,450 808,730 2,999,180 1.57 y ahash 1 827440 84,0601 1 743.380 353,960 2,097,340 2.35 n ff T° n pnn7 410400 1,000 409,400 565,360 974,760 3.13 eCa J w 4 663 1"0l 237 190 4,425,930 2,549,380 6,975,310 2.94 Decatur-Wash 4.663 120 2 n 860 }94 “°" r ° e 1 114 600 59,910 1,054.690 1,617.600 2,672,290 2.60 ne 410 3301 24,250) 386,080| 515,190 801,270 3.24 t,etl Total ~.,,.. ... . . » 34,860,910)1288,030)33, 572,880)16,293, 540 49,866,420

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RETURN FROM TRIP Felix Maier, of the Mater Hide & Fur Company, was in Fort Wayne over Sunday, visiting with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Sirs M|iier, who returned from their Euroji)ean trip. Mr. and Mrs. Maier were abroad four months, and visited England, Holland, Switzerland, i France and Germany. They took a trip through the Alps, and enjoyed their stay emffiensely. Mr. and Mrs. Mltier arrived in Nfew York last Wednesday, and came to Fort Wayne on Thursday. DEATH FOLLOWS AUTO ACCIDENT Dr. Joseph W. Stoneburner Well Known Here, Died November 18th AT LELAND, IDAHO Brother of Mesdames Mary Woodward, Wm. Kitson and Abe Stoneburner. Word reached here today brings the sad news of the death at Leland, Idaho of Dr. Joseph Weldy Stoneburner, a brother of Mrs. Mary Woodward, Mrs. William Kitson and Abe Stoneburner, the news coming in a letter to Mrs. Woodard. Dr. Stoneburner was well known here and at Berne, where he practiced medicine many years, and is remem bered by all of the older residents ot the city and county, and especially in and about Berne. His death was the result of an automobile accident at Le land on November 7th, his death occuring at 3 o’clock in the morning of November 18th. He was riding with a friend, Dr. Reece, when he suddenly drove his ma chine from the road, and it turned over pinning him underneath, breaking three ribs and crushing the lefi lung. It seems that he was getting along fairly well, or his immediate family thought so, and on the evening of November 17th, while he was alone for a short time, he had gotter to his typewriter and wrote a letter to his sister, Mrs. Woodward, in which he told her that perhaps before she received his short message, he would have passed away, he himself as a physician realizing that the end was near. He died Varly the next morn ing before his letter had been mailed. It came today, together with the news of his death, having been sent by the widow, who with a step-daughter, in addition to the relatives here, and John Stoneburner, living in Wyoming survive. No news of the funeral service war given and it is believed burial took place at Leland, where the family had lived many years. The following taken from a Leland paper tells of the accident, which was printed before his death: “Dr. Stoneburner had what came near being a fatal accident with hie car Monday. He had gone io Juliaetta to meet Dr. Reece, who was coming to visit him. Dr. Reece said, “We were driving slowly and I was asking where certain persons 1 knew lived and just as we passed i Virgil Fleshman’s place the doctor (Continued on paee four!

BRIDGE WORK IS DELAYED Construction on New Bridge Over Ditch South of Geneva IS HELD UP NOW Heavy Rains and Swollen Stream Make Work Too Difficult at This Time. the new bridge just south of Geneva on the Richmond-Fort Wayne road will be delayed for another week or so on account of the high waters, is the prospect now. The concrete abutments have been completed for some time and they are a fine piece of masonry, the finish being as neat as if it were the front of some store in a city. The old bridge has been partially dismantled, only part of the steel structure still remaining which supports a plank footpath to cross the Lob. But the small temporary bridge which was constructed to move the steel and material from one side of the stream to the other, has been under water for nearly two weeks and the rains of yesterday will simply mean another delay on account of floods. The steel has all been delivered to the Geneva station and hauled out to the bridge site, workmen having reported there for work last Monday and had to give It up then on account of the flood, and they will no doubt have to do so again today for the same reason. The new bridge has a 130-foot span and is built in three sections which makes necessary the driving of heavy piling in the center of the stream to rest the heavy steel on while it is being riveted together. It will also be impossible to drive this piling when the water is so high. The old brdge only had a span of about ninety feet and the new one will allow a much greater volume of water to pass under it and according to the engineers will greatly relieve the flood meance for the farmers in the locality drained by the Lob on account of this much larger outlet. But the real truth of the matter is all the water that passes under this bridge has also to pass under the railroad bridge which is downstream less than a quarter of a mile and which has a span no larger than that of the old road bridge. So just how the engineers figure the new bridge is going to relieve the flood menace in the locality behind these bridges is more than the common Lobite can get soaked in his dense dome. However it will be a great improvement in other ways as it straightens the road at this point which hereto--1 fore had a bad curve right at the south approach to the bridge, where 1 a fifteen foot levy led careless tourists, machines and all to a spill in the old Limberlost, which most strangers are so anxious to see, but few so loath to bathe in. Besides the old structure has been unsafe to heavy traffic for several years and had long ‘ outlived its usefulness, having been put there before the days of the I heavy auto truck and the like. I According to the contract, unless ■ the concrete could be poured on the floor before December Ist, a temporary floor of plank is to be put in and the concrete poured after the weather opens up next spring. The latter plan will now have to be adopted as only a few days remain until after the days of pouring have expired. In the meantime the traffic to and from Geneva from the south has to detour ’ to the east and enter from that direction.

SENT TO PRISON Frank Miller, Nineteen Year Old Lad, Goes to Indiana Reformatory on HIS PLEA OF GUILTY To Stealing Horse and Buggy Here Nov. 17 — Fined in Sum of $lO. Frank Miller, nineteen year old lad, was this afternoon sentenced to a term of one to fourteen years, in the Indiana reformatory and fined in the sum of $lO, after he had plead guilty to a charge of grand larceny. The sentence was given the young man by Judge John C. Moran, after Miller had stated his guilt, and the circum(Continued on page two)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, November 28, 1921.

♦♦♦♦++♦++♦++♦♦♦+ 1 + DEMOCRAT NEEDS RAGS + + The Daily Democrat Is in + + need of some soft light weight + + rags suitable for wiping and + ♦ cleaning machinery. Only first ♦ + class soft rags can be used, + + which means that we cannot use + | ♦ overalls, heavy underwear, socks, + + or any heavy material. For ♦ ♦ suitable rags we will pay five ♦ 4- cents per pound and we are in + 4* need of several pounds at once. + >♦♦ + ♦ + + + + + + ♦♦♦ + FINE PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS' MEET — Garland A. Bricker, President of North Dakota State School of Science HERE NEXT SATURDAY Excellent Entertainment Provided by President Brown for Event. The annual meeting of the Adams County Teachers’ Association will be held at the gym in this city, next Saturday, December 3, and County President W. Guy Brown has arranged an excellent program for the event. *ln early plans for the gathering Robert J. Aley, president of Butler College, and former state superintendent of public instruction, had been expected for the day, but it was impossiGARLAND A. BRICKER M 'IF i -M-; ’’ s ; wl President North Dakota State School of Science, Who Will Address Adams County Teachers Next Wednesday ble for him to accept the invitation, because the date conflicted with other engagemens. Mr. Brown then communicated with Garland A. Bricker, president of the North Dakota School of Science, and he will be here for two addresses, one in the morning, and the other in the afternoon. Professor Bricker is the author of several books, pertaining to rural education and religious work, and is one of the most active educators in the west. His subjects for the association meeting here Saturday are “The Great Race Fovements of Today,” and “Rural Life and Leadership.” The Berne Mandolin club will give a part of the musical program and the entertainment provided for the day by President Brown is the best the teachers have had in the past several years. Every teacher in the county is expected to attend. The following program will be carried out: Morning Session, 9:00. Community Singing—Miss Synder, director. Invocation —Rev. Elllker. Violin Solo—Meredith Stewart. The Work of the Anti-Tuberculosis Society—Mrs. C. V. Connell. Vocal solo—Mr. C. O. Lehman. Educational Tests—Miss June Ossenburg. Berne Mandolin Club—Howard i Hoffman, director. Address—“ The Great Race Movements of Today,” Garland A. Bricker. Afternoon, 1:15. Decatur high school girls—Glee ♦ club. 1 Colonial Drill—Room 1 Riley Build- ’ ing, Miss Mary Fuhrman. ♦ Busness session. ' Address—“ Rural Life and Leader- ’ ship, Garland A. Bricker. i • p Adrian Lenhart spent last evening ‘ in Willshire, where he visited with friends.

THE BASHED DOOR A SERIOUS THING ■ 1 g Says William Jennings Bry-an-Nothing Big at Con- i ference Over Sunday « BUT MANY RUMORS , Are Now Being Circulated--Evidence Points to a Con- 1 tinuous Conference. (By William “Jennings Bryan) (Copyright 1921 by United Press) Washington, D. C„ Nov. 28—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Dickens, in his ''Mudfog Papers" strikes at a system of reporting which dates back as j (ar as his days. An important national meeting was assembling and bulletins were being issued every few moments, announcing the arrival of j distinguished participants. Every little incident was heralded to the , world, ■* I remember that one bulletin was dated 12 o’clock midnight then at 12:15 another dispatch was sent announcing that nothing had happened since the previous bulletin. Such an announcement might properly be 1 made today. No formal action has 1 been taken during the past 24 hours ! although progress has been reported ■ along several lines. Japan is represented as still in- ' Mating on an increase from sixty to ' seventy per cent in her proportion ■ but it is intimated that she will not ' carry her insistence to the point of ' disrupting the conference. What guess could be safer? It is known that her government would like to 1 have the proportion increased but no one who has followed the proceedings on the conference would for a mo ment suspect Japan of intending to obstruct the success of the conference by insisting upon anything of minor importance and the percentage Is of minor importance. If this convention is inaugurating i policy of continuous decrease, Japan can hardly insist upon a larger proportion and for the same reason the other nations can hardly permit a demand for such increase to break up the conference. The other nations can better afford to concede seventy per cent than Japan can afford to demand it. Still more important is the continued rumor that the United States will propose a continuing conference or at least an annual gathering of the representatives of all the nations. This is important if true, and it would seem to be true. Circumstantial evidence in support of such a prospect can be found in the attack made upon it by so-called irreconcilables. But while those who object to any association of nations are issuing threats, friends of the proposition are explaining that it does not mean a binding covenant but merely a forum for the development of facts which, when known will direct public opinion. The world needs facts; public sentifent based on the facts will be as coercive as any decision legally binding. This conference has shown what publicity can do. Wars will become practically impossible when every international grievance can be aired. The world's conscience will then have a basis upon which to rest moral conclusions which no civilized nation can disregard. All that is needed is the investigation of every dispute before a resort to war and time for separation of questions of fact from so-call-ed questions of honor. Independence of action afterwards will not jeopardize the peace of the world. FATTY ON STAND Tells His Story of Death of Miss Rappe-Denies the Charge Against Him BLAMES MRS. DELMONT For Much of the Trouble Following Tragic Death of “Movie” Actress. i (United >‘re»» Service). San Francisco, Nov. 28 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Fatty Arbuckle today became his own star witness . in his trial for alleged manslaughter growing out of the death of Vlrinia Rappe. ; He testified: j He found Miss Rappe kneeling on (Continued on page five)

WITTENFELD IMPROVED G-eorg'e Wlttenfeld. high school student, who was injured Friday in i the football game, is somewhat Improved, and was able to be at the tab- ' le for dinner Sunday evening. It was stated today that his injuries are not . as serious as at first thought, and it is believed he will be in school within a very few days, Gustav Reinking from east of town , made a business trip to Fort Wayne today. , THE PLANS ARE STILL UNCHANGEDr 1 American Method of Limit- a ing Naval Armament is 1 Same As at First IS CLAIMS TODAY f Far East Problems Still Hold ' Up Conference—Little 8 Headway is Made. a i (United Pre«« Service). Washington, Nov. 28 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The American plan c for limitation of naval armaments ‘ stands unchanged naval experts of 1 Japan and Britain were told today. 1 This attitude of the American naval s advisory communicated to the foreign experts In an informal meeting of the 1 naval authorities of the various pow- £ ers in the pan-American building to- 1 day. 1 A reply to the latest communica- £ tion from the Japanese experts de- r daring that the American authorities i made mistakes in their calculation ( was given by this governments ad- j visors at todays meeting of the ex- , perts. The reply was that no mis- ( takes have been found in the Amer- , ican plan. t The Japanese however expect an agreement in both the naval and , Far Eastern question before Christmas the United Press learned today, , “Quick and serious concessions ( for moderating the Chinese problem have been announced and are being One American naval advisor strongly indicated that the capital ship proposal in the Hughes plan was rapidly approaching a J show Japanese experts and that the controversy would soon be turned over to the pricipal delegates ot the pow- ‘ ers concerned for solution. The Shantung question was characterized in Japanese quarters as being “as good as settled.” Chinese authorities agreed that a settlement outside the far eastern conference was likely barring only insistance by the conferees on having the matter deliberated in committee. American government officials repudiated the suggestion that this government is considering cancellation > of any part of the European war debt. Discussion of the Harding association of nations idea continued to disclose objection from various quart- , ers. Senator Borah leader of the senate Irreconciliablqs defiounejed the plan as merely another league of nations with broader powers than the Wilson league. BIG SLUMP IN REVENUE (United Prenn Service). Washington, Nov. 28—(Special to Dally Democrat)—America’s income during the year 1920 dropped approximately $3,000,000,000 below that of the previous year—one of big post war profits—treasury officials today estimated. The estimate was based on a decrease of $812,579,480.07 In federal tax receipts during the fiscal year, 1921, as compared with 1920. Os this amount, the slump in income and tax profits taxes totalled $728,798,329.85. » 1 ■ ATTENDED FUNERAL Walter Johnson and Mrs. C. E. Hocker were in Kendallville Sunday where they attended the funeral devices for Mrs. C. C. Browand, mother of Mrs. R. O. Johnson, whooe death occured last week at a hospital In Gary, ' where she had undergone an operation for cancer of the bowels. Mrs. Browand was seventy-six years old. only ' DAYS 1- EFT @’.Y ; TOSHDFW'

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K. OF P. MORTGAGE BURNING PROGRAM Interesting; Entertainment Provided for Afternoon and Evening Meeting HERE ON THURSDAY Many Visitors Expected-No Regular Lodge 'SessionPig Roast 5:00 to 7:30. The program committee for the Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sister morgage-burning celebration has completed an outline of the program to be given Thursday evening at the K. of P. home in this city which will commemorate the paying of the debt on the fine lodgte home on Third street. It will be noted that the grand chancellor, Harvey M. Thompson, of Indianapolis, and the grand keeper of Records of seals, Robprt A. Brown, also of Indianapolis, will be present, and each will give an address. The program will start at 2:30 o’clock, with a general reception of the visitors until 3:30 o'clock, when the first program will begin with Charles Burdg a past chancellor of the local lodge and present lodge deputy, presiding. It is expected that from 600 to 1,000 Knights and ladles will be present, and they will be made to feel at home and Pythian Sister lodges acting members of the Knights of l*ythlas as members of a reception committee. The pig roast at 5 o’clock will be served by the ladies, the pigs being roasted under the personal direction of James Bain and Jesse Deßrun. Three pigs have been donated for the occasion, the donors being Dore B. Erwin, W. A. Lower and Ed. Ahr. The animals were slaughtered today by the Mutchler Packing company. All details are being worked out and the Pythian Sisters at their meeting tonight with the general committee from the Knights, will complete all plans for the big meeting Th.s following is the program for the afternoon and evening. 2:30 P. M. General Reception. 3:30 P. M. In the lodge doom, Charles Burdg, Past Chancellor and Lodge Deputy, presiding. Orchestrf —Mejvidth Sfpwart. and others. Song—America. Invocation —Rev. Charles Tinkham, pastor Methodist Church. Chorus Singing—Led by W F. Beery Past Chancellor. Welcome Address —Oscar L. Vance Past Chancellor. Vocal solo —Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer. Response to welcome address — Robert A. Brown, Past Grand Chancellor and Grand Keeper of Records and Seals. 5 to 7:30 P. M. Pig Roast. 7::30 p. m. —In the lodge room. Dore B. Erwin, past chancellor, presiding. Chorus Singing—Led by W. F. Beery. How the Home was built—E. Burt Lenhart, past chancellor and member of Building committee. Vocal Solo—Jirene Gregory. What We Have —Roy Mumma, past chancellor and trustee. How We Paid the Debt —Charles Burdg, chancellor and member debt paying committee. How the Women Helped—Mrs. Jesse Burdg. Solo—Dr. Fred Patterson, past chancellor. Intermission, fifteen minutes. Orchestra. Chorus—Led by W. F. Beery. Burning of Mortgage. Presenting of mortgage—James N. Fristoe, past chancellor, James Hurst, past chancellor. Burning of the Mortgage—Alexander R. Bell, past chancellor and charter member, Janies C. Patterson, past chancellor. ■ Chorus singing—Led by W. F. i Beery. f Address —Harvey M. Thompson, . grand chancellor of Indiana. NEW COMERS Word has been received from Mr. - and Mrs. Paul Emmerson Hayes of | Moline. 111., that a baby daughter I was born to them November the Sth I and ha s been named Betty Bernice. Hayes formerly lived In this city on the corner of Adams and Bth streets. Matthew Francis, Jr„ is the name of the 11 pound boy born to Mr. and Mrs. V. Ripburger of St. Marys township. Mother and babe are progressing satisfactorily.