Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1922 — Page 1

Volume XX. Number 126

VALUATIONS ARE LOWER PERSONAL PROPERTY IN COUNTY IS ON DECLINE All the Personal Property Shows Marked Decline Except Swine Personal property in Adams county dropped $4,020,573 in value during the past year, according to the figures taken from the assessment sheets of the township assessors. The valuation of every item of personal property in th« county with the exception of hogs, showed a marked decrease. There were 1,437 more hogs in the county this year than in the year previous and the valuation was placed at J 266.879 while the valuation last year sas $241,705, a difference of $25,174. Another noticeable thing about the report is the fact that the number of jutomobiles in the county decreased from 2,490 last year to 2,392 this year. The largest decrease in valuation of Iny one item during the year was in nerchandise, which showed a decrease )f $843,725. The . total value of perlonal properties in the county last rear was $9,441,230 and the valuation this year is $5,420,657. Following is the report on the perlonal property in Adams county for he year 1922: hiplements 1718 $ 232,509 $135.00 Automobiles 2392 455,585 190.00 torses 5798 466,304 80.00 dales 265 51,110 79.00 pows 8448 303,113 36.00 Jther Cattle 4823 116,853 24.00 Jheep 5193 33,456 6.50 lows ...... 5282 138,714 26.00 )ther Hogs 17293 128,164 7.00 I. H. Goods 4046 577,416 142.50 >lanos 1171 99,307 85.00 Monographs 771 29,743 38.50 liamonds .. 48 7,284 152.00, Honey 1,821,764 derchandise 989,334 $5,420,657 While the reports on the valuation if real estate in the county are not lomplete yet, a decided decrease is ihown there also. The report from loot and Wabash townships, from the lity of Decatur, and from the towns of Jerne, Monroe and Geneva, are not ntered on the books yet. The average or land in the county exclusive of imirovements, as shown by the reports Iready made is SBB while the average or the land exclusive of improvements ast year was sll3. The incomplete eports show that the value of the and and improvements has decreased' rom sl6, last year, to $lO2, this year. he board of review will meet on June to examine the assessments. •■++++♦++ + + + + + + + + * WATER RATES CONTINUED + * + ► Indianapolis, May 27. —(Spec- + P ial to Daily Democrat) —The In- + ► diana Public Service Commission + r today authorized the Municipal + r plant of Decatur to continue its 4> A" present water rates. The Com- + ► mission also ordered the installa- + ► tion of a uniform classification of + ► accounts. + !■ + ♦♦♦♦ + + + + + + + + + I Schnepp was victorious in a pitchers luel wih Payne, winning for the White Sox over the Browns, 2 to 1.

The. Biggest Hypocrite In Decatur Pointed Out

Capacity Audience Heard l)r Conant Preach Last Night iipr Conant preached in the Baptist church last night to a capactiy audiHbnee on the subject “The Biggest Hy in Decatur”. ■He said: "Yes, there hypocrites ini the churches. They get in in spite of Everything that can be done to keep them out. Aud when they get in, it a mighty hard job to get them out. .V/hen they come in they are individHais, but when you try to put them out. you find you have hold of a string, and you do not know where it ends. may have to put out half your : J church members.

DECATUR

SON AT BUXTON HOME t Mrs. Minnie Daniels this mornlug I received announcement of the birth of a son at the home of Rev. and Mrs. A. | G. A. Buxton, Atlantic, lowa. The babe has been named Paul Eugene and | arrived May 14th. Rev. Buxton was formerly pastor at the Christian r church in this city and moved to Atlantic a year ago where he is practising law. ISHOE STORE HAS CHANCED HANDS I F. A. Peoples Purchased Gay Brothers Shoe Store Here The Peoples’ Cash Shoe Store opened this morning, succeeding Gay Brothers who closed out to Mr. Peoples this week. The store lias ; been closed for Invoice for several days. The new owner and sole proprietor , is Mr. F. A. Peoples, who conducted the store for a number of years, selling to Gay Brothers about two years ago. Since that time he lias been en gaged in the oil business, operating in Kentucky, but decided to resume his old business here and concluded the deal this morning, opening the store I immediately. He has decided to ran | a strictly cash store, giving the cus I tomers the benefit. He argues that a cash store can sell for ten per cent less than the account store and that will be his plan of business. The present stock will be closed out at reduced prices and Mr. Peoples will add thereto until his store is com pletely restocked. Mrs. Peoples and Miss Helen Swear inger will assist in the store and other I help will be added as needed. With their past experience in the business | and the knowledge of same, with their j wide acquaintance, the Peoples will I soon establish a splendid trade as th< store has always enjoyed. The Gay brothers have not announced their plans for the future. ATTENTION CHILDREN! School children to march from the Court House to the river, Tuesday afternoon in parade. Each will carry a small bouquet of flowers to cast upon the waters. COUNTY COAL SUPPLY ORDERED County Commissioners Let Contract for Winter Coal This Morning The county offices and institutions are going to be heated next winter, no ! matter if the present strike of miners makes it impossible to buy coal a few months from now or not. The board of county commissioners. Robert Schwartz. Ernest Conrad and :B. F. Breiner met in special session ! this morning and received sealed bids for the furnishing of coal at the court j house, jail and county infirmary, only i two firms, The Decatur Lumber Comi pany and E. L. Carroll and Son submitted bids. The Decatur Lumber company was awarded the contract for the furnish I ' (Continued on page four)

“But I am going to talk about the biggest hypocrite in town. He is not in the church at all. Listen, I will tell you who he is. He is that splendid, fine, noble, virtuous, moral, upright, kind-hearted, benevolent ctfzen of Decatur who thinks he lives as fine a i life as any church member in this i town, and who says, “My life is good enough to get me to Heaven, for I am just as good as your church members, and if they get to Heaven, so can I.” That man is the biggest hypocrite in town. I would not try to call his name because there are so many of him. He is so big a hypocrite that he is going to Hell so fast that he would throw dust in the eyes of (Continued on page two)

DAILY DEMOCRAT A o

DEMOCRATS TO CONVENE SOON IN STATE MEET Delegates Will Gather in Indianapolis Next Wednesday and Thursday THE MEETING PLACES Congressional Districts Will Meet in Different Rooms to Elect Officers The official call for the democratic itate convention, which will be held in Indianapolis Wednesday and Thursday, was sent out to the delegates by Miss Gertrude F. McHugh, secretary of the state committee, today. The program of the convention also was announced by Miss McHugh. The convention wil be made up ot 1,274 delegates. The delegates will meet, by congressional districts, at 7 p. nt. Wednesday, in rooms at the state house to elect officers of the convention committees. The convention proper will consist of one session, which will start at 9:30 a. m. Thursday. District Meeting Places. The district metings will be held in the following places: First district, Room 240, first floor >f the state house. Second district. Room 319, second door. Third district, Room 319 second floor. (Continued on page two) THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE JONE 2 Commencement Exercises To Be Held in St. May’s Church June 4 A SUCCESSFUL YEAR Expect to Have Sufficient Funds for High School Building Soon The St. Joseph School will close for the summer vacation on next Friday, June 2 and the commencement exercises will be held on Sunday, June 4th in the St. Mary’s church, following the 9:45 high mass. The final examinations are now being held and while there are no graduates from the High School, 22 boys and girls will graduate from the eighth grade and four young men and women from the Commercial Department. The year just closing has been one jf the most successful in the history as the school and Sister M. Vera, the principal is more than pleased with tile progress made. With a neat sum already raised and money coming in every month, sufficient money will be available by next year it is thought to build the new high school building and from that building the first high school class will be graduated. Ths Commercial graduates this year are: Leonard Meyer, Teresa Appleman, Charles Wertsberger and Verena Miller. The eighth grade graduates are: Bernard Eiting, Carl Gass, William Holthouse, Cedric Voglewede, Richard Bogner, Lawrence Wolpert, Thomas Kitson, Donald Gage, Theadore Knape, Arthur Voglewede, Raymond Wertzberger, Eugene Durkin, Helen Bremerkamp Geraldine Smith, Anna Nesswald, Bernardine Christen, Anna Murtaugh, Ida Baker, Helen Holthouse, Alice Clark, Constance Schmitz and Frances Meyer. Mary Schmitt a member of this class was obliged to discontinue school on acount of sickness. The Tattler published by the high school students was placed on sale today and the book contains many items of interest, to the pupils and parents. The books sell for only twenty-five cents each. Washington, May 27.—An emerald ring valued at SIO,OOO was stolen from Mrs. John C. Snyder of Crawfordsville, Ind., at her home In ii hotel here according to a report to police today.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, May 27, 1922

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NEGRO SHOT AND BURNER TENTH NEGRO KILLED IN TEXAS DURING MONTH OF MAY Father of Attacked Girl Wrought Vengeance on Assailant Waco, Tex., May 7. —The toll of May lynchings in Texas amounted to ten when Jesse Thomas, Negro, was shot to death and the body burned here. State Rangers called to protect another Negro held in connection with the killing of J. Carroll Bolton and the assault of Mrs. Maggie Hays, arrived a few hiurs too late last night to prevent the action of the mob. "Just say that Sam Harris killed that Negro,” was the comment of the father of the girl, as he shot him to death outside the door of his home. This is tlie tenth Texas lynching during the month of May. Thomas was captured and dragged into the parlor of the Harris home last night. “Is that the man, daughter?” Sam Harris, the woman's father, asked. “That’s the man, papa,” was the reply. Harris drew an automatic pis tol which had ben concealed in his shirt front and opened fire. As the negro fled from the room, Harris pumped bullets after him. The negro dropped dead as he gained the yard. Harris dragged the body into th< street from where it was conveyed to an undertaking establishment. Th, mob later seized and burned it.

TO MAKE VISIT TO SWITZERLAND Monroe Township Couple To Return To Old Home In Europe Soon Mr. and Mrs. Emil Flueckiger of Monroe Township left yesterday for Bluffton, Ohio, for a short visit with their son, Sam, after which they will leave for Naw York City. Mr. and Mrs. Flueckiger are making a trip to Europe primarily for the purpose of visiting their old home in Switzerland, where they still have many relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Flueckiger will set sail from New York on Saturday, June 3. They will spend a few days at Bluffton before leaving for the east; as their son Sam is a graduate of Bluffton College and commencement exercises will be held next week. They will sail for Havre, from whence they will proceed into France and then to Switzerland. Both Mr. and Mrs. Flueckiger wereoborn and raised in Switzerland and had never been home since their immigration here nearly thrty years ago. They expect tor travel through all parts of Switzerland, visiting at Bern, Zurich and other historical places. Before they return to America. Mr. and Mrs. Flueckiger intend perhaps to visit Germany and see some of the historical places of Europe. They expect to be gone the greater part of the summer. .■ a—- — Reppert of Kirkland township, spent the day in this city this afternoon. Generally fair tonight and Sunday, except probably showers in extreme south portions; not much change in temperature.

REVIEW BOARD IS INSTRUCTED IN ITS DUTIES State Board of Tax Commisioners Send Letter to Members of Board MEETS ON JUNE 5 First Session of Board is Called One Week from Monday Here Property owners of Adams county are anxiously waiting to see if there will be a horizontal increase impos ed this year by the state tax board. The Adams county board of review will convene on June 5, for the purpose of going over and examining the assessments which have been made by the township assessors. The board of review is composed of County Auditor Martiin Jaberg, County Treasurer Hugh Hite, County Assessor William Frazier. Ferdinand Bleeke and Edwin Ferry. The last two named are freeholders of opposite political faith appointed by Judge Moran. Members of the county board of review have received letters from the board of state tax commissioners, outlining the duties of the board for the present year. The letter says that the board will have a certain amount of original tax appraising to do; will have to review appraisements from township assessors and also harmonize tax valuations in var(Continued on page two) o BAND BENEFIT ENTERTAINMENT AGAIN TONIGHT Threatening Weather Kept Many from Concert Given Last Night CHANGE OF PROGRAM Vaudeville Acts Tonight Will be Changed With Exception of One Owing to the threatening weather yesterday evening the audience at the Band benefit concert and vaudeville show, given in the gymnasium last night was not as large as expected, but was good, considering the weath ar. The show will be repeated tonight and a larger crowd is expected, providing it does not rain. The band gave a concert for fortyfive minutes before the vaudeville acts were started. The vaudeville was furnished by the K. M. Attractions under the direction of Kenneth Malcolm. The program rendered by the band was as follows: Overture—Three Guardsmen. , Waltz —Starlight. Gavotte —Secret Love. Mazurke —Crown of Flowers. Tlie first vaudeville a< t was Eddie Buster, a colored impersonator. He was followed by Eva Simonins, who gave a Russian dance. Kenneth Malcolm next appeared and sang “Sentimental Ballad Old Pal” which was very good. One of the most popular acts on the entire program was that given by Ambrose Haley. Mr. Haley is very accomplished in the art of playing tunes on a common steel saw and a onestringed instrument made from a broom. His act pleased the audience immensely and he was obliged to give several encores. He could play any kind of a tune from rag time to classipieces. The final and main act of the pro gram was “Sawing a Woman in Three Parts.” This is a clever magician act featured by Professor Lassiter. Two young men were called from the audience to operate the cross-cut saw which sawed the box, in which a young lady was strapped, into four sections. When the box was removed the young lady was unharmed. Mr. Malcolm announced today that the program for tonight would be changed with the exception of the last act. The concert will begin at 7:45 o'clock this evening and will be followed bj the vaudeville.

CHICAGO GRAIN Viiltrit Press Stuff Corrcsponilent Chi< ago. May 27 —(Special to Dally Democrat) — Wheat: Muy, $1.2414; July. $1.2314c; Sept. $1.19. Corn: May, 60%c; July 63c; Sept. 6514 c. Oats: May 36%c; July 3814 c; Sept. 39% c. —a . . Simeon Bowers of Kirkland township locked after business in this city this afternoon. TO HONOR l¥ FALLEN HEROES Memorial Sermon Sunday and Decoration Services Next Tuesday Church services throughout the country tomorrow will be devoted largely to the memory of the deceased heroes and veterans of the wars in I which the United States has participated. A solemn tribute will be paid .to them for the great services and sa- < rifices w hich they rendered for their country. in Decatur, the veterans of the G. A. IL, the ladies of the W. R. ('.. and other patriotic orders will gather at the First Methodist church at 10;30 o'clock where a memorial sermon will be preached by the Rev. I . S. A. Bridge, pastor of the Methodist church. The veterans will assemble at their Hall <>n Madison street at 10 o'clock and march to the church. On Tuesday morning the graves of the departed comrades wil be decorat •d with flags and flowers. A large number of citizens have volunteered the services of their automobiles for •conveying the veterans of the G. A. 11. Spanish-American War. ami the Amer icon legion. to the various cemeteries. The men who are to furnish automobiles will go to the G. A. 11. Hall on Madison street at 9 a. m. Tuesday. Those- who have offered the use of their cars are: T. J. Durkin, Conroy and Shanahan, L. A. Holthouse, Porter & Beaver. Peter Kirsch. J. L Gay. Win. Zwick, S. E. Black. Ed. Ashbaucher, H. J. Yager, John F. Myers. O. 1.. Vance, Win. Linn, Dan Tyndall, A. D. Suttler, N. A. Lower, Tom Vail, Wilson Lee, John Peterson, A. J. Smith, W. A. Klepper, C. 11. Colter, E. A. Heaver, C. E. Bell, 11. N. Shroll, S. E. Hite, C. D. Lewton. (Continued on page three.) VERDICT FOR THE PLAINTIFF John W. Hendricks Won Suit Against Thos. F. Ray in Circuit Court A verdict in favor of the plaintiff was returned after two hours deliberation in the case of John W. Hendricks vs. Thomas F. Ray. at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The jury awarded judgment in the sum of $135 and costs to Mr. Hendricks. The case was begun yesterday morning and all evidence had been presented when court adjourned yesterday evening. The arguments were made by the attorneys tills morning. Mr. Hendricks asked for judgment in the sum of $135 which he alleged was due him on the purchase price of a lot in Monroe which he sold to the defendant. The defendant, Mr, (Continued on page four)

Business Men To Aid In Drive For Playgrounds

Want a Dollar for Every Child Between the Ages of 6 and 18 Years Eighteen business men will assist the committee of women from the i Civic Section in a drive to secure a [ dollar for each child in Decatur between the ages of six and eighteen, j the fund tints raised to be used to! provide play grounds and tennis, courts for the boys and girls. The drive will be made one day i next week, probably on Thursday j and you will be asked to give as ! many dollars as you can to assist as many of the boys and girls as you care to, for Instance, one dollar assures play ground privileges for ono

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WAR FRAUD EXPOSURES MORE EXPOSURES OF A SENSATIONAL ORDER ARE PROMISED Former High Government Officials Said To Be Involved (By Lawrence M. Benedict, United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, May 27: Special to Daily Democrat): “Sensational exposures” involving former high government officials will be made soon ' in connection will alleged war frauds, I according to word that was going I the rounds in republican ranks in i congress today. In both the senate and house corriI dors, the “tip" was passed among majority members that "political at- • tacks” on Attorney General Daugherty will be answered by dramatic action. As one house republican—a close friend of Daugherty—put it, "the lid is about to be blown off this war graft thing, and the mess that will berevealed to view will not make a ’ pleasant sigiit for some of those who have so viciously assailed the present administration.” 1 The report that “disclosures" are to be made apparently originated from a source close to the department of justice. ■ A direct charge that officials of [ the last administration were guilty ■ of practicing frauds on the govern- ! ment under stress of war was made by Representative Reavis. Nebraska, [republican. Reavis, who will resign I soon to assist in the promised prosecution of grafters, declared “no crook outside the government ever robbed the government without the assistF ance of some crook inside.” Meanwhile, Daugherty has an- ■ notinced that the war frauds organi- • ration of the department is now virtually complete and that it probably • will be ready Monday to begin the . Work of presenting evidence to grand juries. It will follow’ the lines laid down by the house committee of the last congress which investigated war de partment expenditures, the work being divided, according to classes of contracts. "The work of the war contracts division,” Daugherty said, “will naturally fall under the headings of aviation, camps and cantonments, foreign expenditures, quartermaster corps and ordinance. “When the force which the attorney general is organizing has been completed he will have under his direction one of the most notable law firms ever created In the United States, composed of the best legal I talent obtainable.” Daugherty in a letter to Senator Watson, Indiana, read to the senate late yesterday admitted that he was connected with the C W. Morse pardon case and stated he had received about $4,000 from T. B. Felder. Atlanta attorney, for expenses in the case. He stated that he had never told Watson he was not involved in the case, as the senator stated in the senate a tew weeks ago. MARRIAGE LICENSE. Max Kretchtnann, sail maker and foundry worker, Decatur, born September 14, 1889, son of John Kretschmann. to Matelda Wise, Decatur, born April 8, 1890, daughter of Louis Wise.

child and five for five children and so on. It is the desire to secure SI,OOO to $1,200 in order that play grounds can be arranged in each luvrt of the city and supervision by adults arranged. The movement will beautify severial weed spots and make lively the i school yards where hundreds will gather during the hours of the day to enjoy themselves. The Civic Section of the Womens Club are back of the campaign, sufficient to guarantee you that the work will be well and faithfully performed. Its a good cause, deserving of your moral and financial assistance and it will soon be put up to you by the canvassing committee assisting the women.