Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1922 — Page 1

4ume XX. Number 132

REVIEWERS IN SESSION ■ DAMS COUNTY BOARD ■ OF REVIEW MET TODAY Bor Purpose of Viewing and ■ Equalizing Asessments of All Property I Tlie members of the county board of H,.view took their oatli of office at 9:30 | morning, it being administered by K’ounty Auditor Martin Jaberg. The of the board, besides Count) ( William Frazier are, Ferdi-. Hand Hieeke, Edwin Ferry, County Hugh Hite, and Auditor ■dartin Jaberg. I The oath of office taken by the tneinprovided that the purpose of the J was to view and equalize the of all the property in ■plains County and to assess it at notl ■iore than its true cash value. I The board will be in session for the' thirty days and every assessment ■heet turned in by the township and ■own assesors will be gone over by I Blmm. and their findings or totals cer Bitied to the state tax commission . I The schedule of hearings for the tax payers in the twelve townships and ■hi the incorporated towns will be Bnade up by Wednesday, Mr. Frazier Btated this morning. The printed Bheets to be used by the board have pnt yet arrived and the session today was merely for the purpose of organizing and clearing the desks of detail ' From the compilations of the township assessor’s sheets by County Assessor William Frazier, assisted by R. G. Christen, it show that the total assessed valuation of Adams County, including personal property is $34,156.800 00. This is believed to be near the true cash value of all property in Adams County, since, before the state/ tax commission ordered the horizon (Continued on page four) ALL MINISTfhS SUPPORT DRIVE Made Announcements of J Playground Movement , From Pulpits t Announcement of the fact that a i campaign is to be made this week to secure funds for constructing and I equiping playgrounds for the children I in Decatur between the ages of six and sixteen years, was made from the pulpet of every church in the city yesterday. The pastors joined in the movement full-hearted and made an earnest appeal for the members of their con i gregations to subscribe to the fund which would mean much for the welfare of the future citizens of the city. The committees which have charge of the drive for funds, have not definitly selected the day on which the J drive will be made. It is likely that j they will meet again on Tuesday night < and make final plans for conducting <_ the campaign. The movement is back- s ed by practically every organization in f the city which is working for the wel- « fare of the city and its inhabitants. r A number of Adams county young men and women who are attending I. U„ will return home Wednesday.

State Fire Marshal Is Making July 4 Warning

t ails on People to Omit Fire Works From Celebration July 4th will soon be here and it is the desire of the State Fire Marshal that it be fittingly observed and cele hrated in every community of the State, believing that succeeding years hut enhance the value of the momentous action taken by our forefathers on that date one hundred and forty-six years ago. American history is replete with instance after instance where the nation intervened for the prosperity, safety and wellbeing of other peoples,

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[CHILDREN’S EXERCISES AT Il UNITED BRETHERN CHURCH J LAST NIGHT WERE VERY GOOD One of the most successful and entertaining children’s exercises he the local United Brethern church for | Several years, was the one given last night. The program was given entire|ly by little children and the large anil dlence was greatly pleased with the program and the manner in which the children executed their parts. The children were trained and the program arranged by Mrs. Ben Hoagland and Mrs. O. P. MUI.,, a tine offering was made by the audience. NINE MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOB FARMERS Farm Bureau, Live Stock, and Alfalfa Meetings To Be Featured — WILL SHOW FILMS Giving Information to the Men and Women in Their Daily Work Below will be found a schedule of meetings which are planned for Ad- | ams county during this week. These meetings have been planned in cooperation with County Agent Busche and specialists from Purdue Univer-j sity: Tuesday, June 6, 9 a. ni.—Pig club (Continued on page two) beeTnspector HERE THIS WEEK State Bee Man Inspecting Bees in County to Weed Out Foul Brood Word has been received at the county agents office from Mr. C. O. Yost, state bee inspector, to the effect that there will be an inspector! in Adams county to begin work dur ing the first part of this week. It is planned to begin an inspection of all the bees In the county for foul brood. It is expected that the work will take at least two weeks and it is planned to cover every part of the county. Any one who wishes their bees inspected should leave word at the county agent’s office. o— FORMER DECATUR MINISTER DEAB Word Received Here Today Telling of Death of Rev. E. A. Goodwin Word was received by the Rev. C. J. Miner, pastor of the United Brethren church, that the Rev. K. A. Goodwin, a former pastor of the local church, had died. The notice was sent to the Rev. Miner by L. L. Shaffer, secretary-treasurer of the United Brethren Ministerial Aid and was mailed in Lafayette, where the office of the Aid is located, at 7 o’clock Sunday night. It did not state where or when the Rev. Goodwin died but (Continued on page four)

and when Fourth of July comes this year, why not make this an individual matter as well as a national trait. Safeguard your own and your community’s interest by omitting from your celebration the dangerous hazard of Fire Works. Countless losses of both life and property are every year due to this dangerous, useless and extremely hazardous element in our observance ‘ of the day, let us make it a day of national pride and rejoicing but withal in the State of Indiana refrain from erecting a monument of sightless eyes, torn limbs, mangled bodies and white , (Continued on page three) k

ST. JOSEPH SR AD U AT! 0 N HELD IN ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH YESTERDAY Rev. Otto Peters Delivered Commencement Address To Graduates The Class Roll Commercial Graduates — Leonard Weyer, Teresa A|>*leman, Charles Wertzbergcr and Verena Miller. Eighth Grade Graduates -Bernard Kiting. Carl Gass, William Holthoflse, ! Cedric Voglewedc, Richard Bogner, Lawrence Wolpert, Thomas Kitson, Donald Gage, Theodore Knapke Arthur Voglewcde, Raymond Wertzberger, I Eugene Durkin, Helen Bremerkatnp, | Geraldine Smith, Anna Nesswald, ; Bernadine Christen, Anna Murtaugh. [ Ida Baker, Helen Holthouse, Alice 1 Clark. Constance Schmitz, Frances Meyer. , The graduation exercises of the St. Joseph Catholic school were held Sunday morning in the St. Mary’s church and following the high mass and benediction services twenty-two boys and girls who had successfully | completed the eighth grade and four ' who completed the course of study in ■the commercial department received ! their diplomas. They were presented to the graduates by Rev. Father J. A 1 Seimetz. The graduates attended the high mass and were seated in the front pews in the church. Rev. Otto Peters, assistant pastor, officiated at the mass and delivered a beautiful and instruc five commencement sermon. He congratulated the graduates on | their success and commended them for their eight or nine years of school work, but reminded them that they awed a defff sis thanks'fo their parents, who, through personal sacrifices, al(Continued on page two) JUNE WEDDING SUNDAY MORNING Miss Maude Howard and .John Baumgartner Married in Van Buren In a beautiful June wedding, held at the bride’s home in Van Buren at. ) 10 o’clock yesterday morning, Miss j Maude Howard was married to John jA. Baumgartner, of this city. Fifty [ guests were in attendance at the cere- ' tnony which was read by the Rev. I. .1. Howard, grandfather of the bride, and who is ninety years old The Howard home was beautifully decorated" in orange blossoms and roses. The ceremony was held in the archway of the living room. The bride was very becomingly dressed in a gown of white Molly-o-crepe, and (Continued on page six) REPORT HEAVY VOTE IN IOWA Contest Between Republican Candidates for Senatorial Nomination By Lincoln Quarberg. rlilted I’ri-MM Mull' Correspondent Des Moines, la., June s.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A heavy early vote was reported throughout lowa today in the primary election to choose full slates of state and congressional candidates. The w'arm contest for republican candidates of the U. S. senate resulted in an unusually large number going to the polls. A vote of 350,000 was forecast. Chief interest was in the contest for the -republican senatorial nomination for llio seat vacated by W. S. Kenyon. The six republican senatorial candidates, made a thorough political canvass of the state in tin effort to secure, if possible, 35 per cent of the vote requisite for nomination. I Colonel Smith Brookhart of Wash--1 (Continued on page six)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, .lune 5, 1922

I LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER IS TEACHING IN CENTRAL NORMAL NOV, I Miss Martha Tyner, history teacher lln the Decatur high school Is teach lull in the Central Normal College a. Danville, Indiana, during the sumim term. Miss Tyner will return to De eatur following the close of the sum mer term and will continue her worl In the local high school next fall. K. OF P. MEETING , Regular meeting of the Knights ol 1 Pythias tonight. Reports of delegate! to Hie state convention wil be given .DECATUR MAY : GO BACK TO i FIFTH CLASS r >. Property Valuation for 1922 i May Change the Rating '• of Our City e 8 SUBJECT TO CHANGE Board of Review Now in ' s Session May Increase the Valuation o v Wil the city of Decatur revert back to a city of the fifth class? In view of the new assessed valuation in the city which will be put on this year, the difference between the 11 1922 valuation and seven million dol--1 lars, the valuation needed to become a city of the fourth class, may cause li t (Continued on page six) liodortriaF BEGUN TODAY ll y Samuel Renner Facing ' Charge of Violation of the Pohibition Law Proceedings were begun this morning in the case of the state vs. Samuel Renner, of Geneva, who is charged k with violation of the prohibition law. ■ Two hours were spent in securing a ' jury and only two witnesses for the state were heard before noon. They were Frank Derlckson and Marshall I Shepherd. Indications are that the trial will not be completed until some time tomorrow afternoon. The charge against Renner is made (Continued on page live) t -• ■ PRIMARY RILLS ALLOWED TODAY 1 Inspectors Paid $9.00 and ’ Others Received $6.00 for i Their Services i - County commissioners, Robert Schwartz, Ernst Conrad and B. F. Briener met at the auditor’s office this morning and devoted the morning to tlie checking up and allowing of monthly bills, including tlie bills for the May primary election. The in- [ spectors were paid $9.00 for their se< vices and the other members of tlie board each receivd $6.00 per day. After dinner the commisioners were busy signing tlie bonds on the Mesh(Continued on page five) MANY WOMEN TO : SEEK OFFICES Survey Shows That Many Women Seek Election To , High Offices Washington, June s—(Special to t Daily Democrat)—More women will seek high political offices In the elections this fall than ever before in (Continued on page six) Fair tonight a.nd probably Tuesday; moderate temperature.

WHOLESALE WTO THEFT — TOLD OF STOLEN AUTO TRAFFIC IN COUNTRY Alexandria Man Entered Plea of Guilty in Federal Court Today Indianapolis, June s—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Details of a wholesale traffic In stolen automobiles which reached from Chicago to Tennessee were bared in federal court today when the government's auto theft conspiracy cases came to trial. William Humbert, 23, of Alexandria. the only one of eleven defendants to enter a plea of guilty told 1 of the ramification of his gang of alleged accomplices. The youtli said he stole motor cars in Chicago and then took them to Anderson where he sold them to other defendants who in turn took them to Tennessee and disposed of them. According to tlie opening statements Hie defense will not deny that the defendant, bought cars from Humbert but will attempt to show that , the prices paid for them were f higher than those recited by Hum- | bert and that they had not knowl- ( edge the cars were stolen. Those on trial were Louis Cook. ( formerly a Hamilton county farmer, now living at Caswell, Tenn.; James . Glick, of Greenburg, formerly of Anderson; Humbert Seals and Porter Garland, young farmers living near 1 Noblesville, and Harry Saunders of I Anderson. Four other defendants have not yet been arrested. CHICAGO GRAIN Chicago; June s—Wheat;5 —Wheat; July, $1.13%; Sept $1.13%; Dec. $1.16%. 1 Corn: July 60%c; Sept. 63%c; Dec. 61c. Oats: July 36%c; Sept. 38%c. RUMOR SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY; ( Report Was Circulated That Body of Baby Had Been Unearthed Someone said it was the body of a baby and the rumor spread. A few days ago. while workmen were doing grade work on the state i road, near the Lob bridge, south of I Geneva, tlie plow in the hands of Mr Glassburn, who lives on the Archie Hardison farm, uprooted a fleshy substance of decomposed matter, which had a terrible odor and for a minute the curiosity of the men was aroused. Not knowing what they had dug 1 up and being unable to determine what it was tlie men proceeded to bury it again, but somehow, someone (Continued on page six) NEW ATTENDANCE i OFFICER NAMED s —— 5 George H. McManama of 'j Monroe Township Was Selected George 11. McManama, of Monroe township, was elected county attend- J ance officer for tlie ensuing year by the county board of education, meeting in the office of county superintendent E. S. Christen this morning. Nine ballots were required before one , of three candidates for tlie office was elected. Tlie other two candidates were E. S. Merryman, retiring attend ance officer, of Decatur, and Homer 11. Knodle, also of Decatur. ~ On the first ballot, Mr. McManama 6 received seven votes, Mr. Merryman f four, and Mr. Knodle three. Mr. . Christen did not vote on the first bal- ( lot, but cast his vote on each of the ] succeeding ballots. Mr. McManama t held seven votes in each of the bal- , lots while the remaining eight votes kept shifting between the other two t candidates without either receiving f (Continued on page five)

REBEKAHS TO HOLD BENEFIT ENTERTAINMENT FOR HOSPITAL FUND Then* will be an entertainment at the Rebekah lodge room on Tuesday evening and also a parcel pust sale, tisli pond, and other amusements. Tlie public Is Invited to attend and everybody bring some parcel. There will be no lodge meeting but n pot luck sup per will lie held. The procedz from tlie entertainment and sale will lie applied to the hospital fund. —— -—.—e — — Wilbur Porter visited friends at Fort Wayne Sunday. INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF ROTARY CLUBS Opened in Los Angeles To-1 day for the Thirteenth Annual Meeting LOCAL MAN PRESENT Draft of New Constitution Presented to Chibs for Ratification Los Angeles, Calif., June 4. —Consideration of the draft of a new constitution and by laws for International Rotary that give national groffps of dubs authority to organize national associations and make other radical departures in tlie form of government of the organization will be the most (Continued on page two) TO FORM BOYS ( BASEBALL TEAM Superintendent Worthman to Meet Boys Tuesday at Gymnasium Mr. M. F. Worthman, superintendent of the city schools, announced today that lie wishes at meet all boys in the city between the ages of 10 and 16 years at tlie gymnasium at 6:30 o’clock Tuesday evening for the purpose of organizing twilight baseball teams and forming a schedule for the teams to play. Several teams will be organized and the games will be played on diamonds which will be provided wilh the funds to be raised in the (Continued on page tn ■<•• HAD WIFE IN INDIANAPOLIS Wife of Man Murdered in Kansas City Found Living in Retirement Indianapolis. June s.—Special to Daily Democrat) A wife of "The Per feet loved" -who was shot to death in Kansas City, was found to be living in retirement in Indianapolis today. Mrs. Opal Anderson collapsed when she read in a newspaper tha Frank Warren Anderson, war hero, bad been killed in the Midwest lioel by Peggy Beal, one of his blighted lovers. (Continued on page twe)

Kick of Dandelion Wine Cost Seventeen Dollars

Joseph Liechty Paid Fine and Costs for Beating Wife Friday Night A fine of $5 anil costs, all of which amounted to sl7, was what it cost Joseph Liechty, Washington township farmer, to beat his wife. Liechty was arrested by Sheriff Melchi about 1 o'clock last Saturday morning, after his wife had called the sheriff and told him that he husband was cruelly beating her. Liechty was brought to Decatur and locked in the jail on a charge of assault and battery. He was arranged in the court of Gabriel F. Kintz, Jus-

BOY SLAYER SENTENCED BEGAN SENTENCE AT REFORM SCHOOL TODAY Doctor Who Examined Him Believe He Was Weak In Mentality Portland, Ind., June s—Robert5 —Robert Silvers, 9 year old murderer of Bernard Teeter, of the same age, whom he stabbed to death Friday afternoon, will have his wish fulfilled today. He will be taken to the boy’s I reform school at Painfield, to begin 1 serving a 2 to 21 years sentence, | with recommendation that he remain until of age. Tlie sentence was passed upon him by Judge McGriff, following the lad’s plea of guilty to involuntary manslaughter, a lesser offense than first | filed against him, that of murder. Since the youth could not be taken away until today, the court wlth- ■ held formal committment papers. Young Silvers expressed a desire to be "taken away” Saturday. He wanted to get away from boys here. ’ who, he says, are "always picking" !on him. and the parents of the lad, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Silvers, feel ! it is better for the law to take its course. It is hard to find one person in the neighborhood, where the i Silvers family reside, who will speak well of the boy. They say that he has been a terror to the neighborhood and time and again the police have been notified of the boy’s misdemeanors . Mrs. Teeters, mother of the dead boy. has shown an unusual spirit of forgiveness, and brokenly stated yesterday morning that she does not want the parents of Robert Silvers hurt any more than they must be .hurt over It all. With her heart full of sorrow, she has time to think of tlie pain of the other mother and (Continued on page four) STEEL MERGER ATTACKED TODAY Federal Trade Commission Took Action to Prevent Big Merger <1 iihrd I’remM Service. > Washington, June 5. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Federal trade commission today struck at the big Be* hlehem-Lacka wanna steel merger. Charging that tlie merger, when consummated, will violate anti trust lawn and ’contains a dangerous tendency unduly to hinder competition" the com mission issued a formal complaint against the two companies. As to tlie proposed Midvale-Inland-Republic merger, tlie commission stated this probable combination would be’thoroughly investigated. This proposed merger, tile commission said, has not yet reached the point where it can be charged that it violates antitrust laws._ A report on the commission's action was sent to tlie senate by Chairman Nelson B. Gaiskill, in response to the IjaFollette resolution recently passed which asked complete information to to what action the Federal government was taking against tlie combinations.

tice of the Peace, on Saturday morning and entered a plea of guilty to the charge, but the court decided to continue the hearing until this morning on aeount of the nervous condition of i the defendant. When arraigned in court again this morning. Liechty again pleaded guilty and the court lined him $5 and costs. His friends paid the bill and he was released. When arrested last Saturday morning. Liechty was under the influence |of intoxicating liquor, it is said. He I told the court that he had been drink ing dandelion wine, and apparently he had imbibed so freely that he became ■ crazed and attacked his wife.

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