Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1922 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Bubllthad Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DBCATUR DEMOCRAT CO. JOHN H. HELLER Editor ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Aeeoelate Editor and Bualneaa Manager J. R. BLAIR ....City Editor Subecrlptlon Ratee Cash In Advance Single ooplea $ coats One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier . .$5.00 One Month, by mail 36 cents Three Months, by mail.... SI.OO Six Months, by mail. d $1.75 One Year, by mall , u ,...53.00 One Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second sones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Before the Yeomen campaign is finished every man and woman in this community should be working. That will be a real organization and one that will overwhelm our visitors. The strikes proceed, growing a little in voilence as the men become hungry and the operators continue obstinate. In the meantime what has become of the congressional investigating committee appointed weeks ago? Perhaps Mr. Vestal who Is here today esn tell us. According to the first vote on the soldier's bonus now being taken by the Literary Digest, sentiment is about evenly divided. Os the first 100.000 votes 46.609 favored the bonus while 47,469 opposed it. It is explained however that this vote w-as taken largely from the east and the sentiment there Is known to be against the bonus. Chairmen of the committees for Yeomen day started this morning and the big campaign is on in earnest., From now on until August 22nd there

Depleting Gasoline Reserves “It is a matter of common knowledge that this year will see a revival of (gasoline) consumption which will tax the physical reserves of the oil industry to the utmost,” says Petroleum Age in its issue of April 15,1922. Present conditions indicate that the prediction of April 15 will be fulfilled. The estimated increase of automobile regristrations in the states served by the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) for 1922 will approximate 500,000, making a total probable registration of 3,850,000 cars. Reports show that during the spring of 1922 large stocks of gasoline were accumulated, due to two principal factors, both transitory; first, the sensational production of the Mexia and Haynesville fields, a production which, however, has already fallen below half its peak and is diminishing rapidly; and second, the heavy and prolonged rains which made touring almost impossible. These reserves of gasoline have served to keep the market steady. Nevertheless, the vast increase in the number of automotive vehicles and the extraordinary average mileage per car are depleting the reserve stocks rapidly. The Standard Oil Company (Indiana), following its established practice of anticipating the needs of the people in the territory it serves, has increased its facilities to an extent which enables it to guarantee that it will be in position to supply its patrons wherever they may be located. The entire organization, realizing that it is dealing in a commodity essential to the happiness and well-being of all the people is bending every effort to keep the supply ahead of demand, that the obligation of the Company to the consuming public may be discharged completely. Standard Oil Company (Indiana ) 910 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago 2832

• Is to be no let up. Os course this means hard work but the cause is worth It. We have cut all bi idges be hind us and wu will make a real effort • to bring the home to Indiana. To that • end we will enlist the assistance of every citizen of the Hoosier state. Anyway we are going to have one big Yeomen day, unexcelled in all history 1 of that lodge and it is safe to predict J that the community which lands the ! home will have to overcome this city. I ... > An Indianapolis dispatch says the 1 state tax rate will be increased. You I bet it will not only next year but the . next and the next and on and on, time without end, so long as the present tax law exists. They are preparing you for it but the average citizen who thinks doesn’t need to be prepared or • reminded for he knows it. So long as • control of taxes is in the hands of a ( few men in the capitol your taxes will ! grow until you finally tell them just to take the property nnd operate it. The , state commission effects local taxes also for the limit of indebtness is unchanged though the valuations have . been trippled Tax rate increase? Os course it will and if you don’t vote for a change of the state administration this year you arc approving the pres ent system of taxation in Indiana with , all its confiscatory powers. The Literary Digest, perhaps the greatest weekly of its kind in the world, is now taking a test vote to i ascertain the real sentiment of the j people witli regards to Hie present projhibition laws. To ascertain the real desires of the people they are taking the vote in a systematic way from ten million adults and to the surprise of many the results of the first 100,000 votes shows a distinct majority in favor of dampness. 32,445 voted to con tinue the strict enforcement of the eighteentli amendment and the Vol--1 stead act while 39,665 favor a modification and 22.547 favor a repeal. Os I course those who favor a repeal would

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/TuckyX IstrikeJ TOASTC Cigarette It’s toasted. This one extra process gives a rare and delightful quality impossible to duplicate. Guaranteed by j/wOs-rig-a **- i/c likewise favor modification if that was all they could get and so you have a vote of two to one in favor of a change. The next one hundred thousand may show the reverse sentiment nnd as the total of ten million ballots will be taken, it is early to voice an opinion. The vote will be watched witli interest however and no doubt there will be more or less ward heeling done, of course in a very proper way. On the first report however the showing is distinctly damp. PROMINENT MEN NAME!) IN RAID ON BOOZE RING (Continued from page one) three weeks to present all of the evidence to the grand jury. “This evidence will cover the collection of $500,000 most of which was “cleared’’ through the offices of Mitchell," Earnshaw stated. “Specialized and efficient business procedure, rivaling even the most highly organized modern establishment, was followed by the ring,” Earnshaw stated. “The money collected was distributed freely among federal officials to gain immunity. “A wealthy foundry owner was in charge of the drugstores whose licenses haff been revoked. Within a few months, we will show he collected $20,000 from druggists conclusively. This man’s work was confined illusively to drugstore violators of the law and he was strictly prohibited from approaching any others. “There is evidence to show that all brewers were forced to pay this ring $5 on each barrel of real beer shipped from the Illinois district.” A wealthy brewer, who has been granted immunity, will be one of the main witnesses for the prosecution. The prosecution has followed an investigation covering a period of eighteen months, ordered by federal authorities when saloons started operating wide open in Chicago, Besides federal officials, a number of city employes, including police officers, are involved in the evidence. REVIEW BOARD MADE INC REASE IN ASSESSMENT (Continued from page one) sonal property in Decatur is $1,971,720 Tlie county board of review will send a representative to Indianapolis on July 21 to meet with the state tax board and make a report on the true assessments in the county as fixed by the local board. The state board will make an investigation of the assess ments and will have the power to make additional increases, providing the members of the state board think that the assessments are too low. The county board will be called into session again in August and act upon the recommendation made by the state board.

Following is the true values placed on real estate and improvements in the county and the towns of the county: Real ImproveUnit Estate ment Union $1,423,530 $244,080 Root 1,909.380 287,970 Preble 1,351,760 244,360 Kirkland 1,563.830 245,730 Washington 2,250,160 324,360 St. Marys 1,313,590 220,540 Blue Creek 1,347,520 227,670 Monroe 2,409,780 416,840 French l;445„68O 238,510 Hartford .. 1,391,960 230,400 Wabash 1,813,580 232,700 Jefferson 1,349,100 191,540 Deeatu r 93,560 452.040 Monroe 8,040 16.150 (Berne 33,130 61.290 Ueneva 17,280 2 4,140 Totals »19,716.880 $3,658,320 ! —•- WANT ADS EARN—s—s__s

♦ DOINGS IN SOCIETY ♦ ++♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ CLUB CALENDAR Tuesday. Card party at Elks home for members of Elk's families. Ladles of Elks—Elks Hall 8:00. V. 1. 8. Class, 11. B. ChurchMiss Ruth Gilbert, Studebaker st. Psi lota Xi—Mrs. Chas. Kanpp. Pythian Needle Club meets at the K. of P. home Ttfcsday evening instead of at the home of Mrs. Dr. Miller as was announced in Saturday’s paper. A good attendance is desired as an election of officers will be held. ♦ A number of people were entertained Sunday afternoon at the beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weber and family living north of the city in Hoot township. The afternoon

was spent by all kinds of amusements. At 5:30 a chicken dinner with all the good eats was served. Those present were their minister, the Reverend and Mrs. W. O. Bischoff; their teacher and Mrs. A. W. Rossman; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weber, Mr. and Mrs. Win. Buhr, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dicke, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scharpenbetg, Mrs. Pauline Bischoff, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bulmahn, Mr. and Mrs. August Scharpenberg, the Misses Amy and Pauline Bischoff, Clara, Ella and Nora Weber, Della Scharpenberg, Lydia, Paula, and Dorothy Rossman, Margaret Bischoff. Tlie Masters Carl Rossman, of Columbia City; Edward. Paul Hans and Richard Bischoff, Herman Weber, Edward Rossmon. ♦ The i’si lota Xi soririty will meet Tuesday evening at tlie home of Mrs. Chas. Knapp.

£ Late News < Flashes (Halted Prens Service). S W.WJVAV.V Avalla, Pa„ July 17—The death list in the mine war at Cliftonville, W. Va., may reach thirty according to word receiv'd here by Justice of the i Peace Campbell. An unidentified ■ foreigner staggering into Avilla at 1 noon in broken English told a”lured story of the bloody battle. Cleveland. 0.. July 17 —Confiscation of coal by railroads was threatened here today because of the fuel short age resulting from the rail and miners strike. “We have not taken that step as yet, but we will if the situation warrants it,” H. B. Green, sup erintendent of the Baltimore & Ohio said. Williamsett, Mass.. July 17—Buildings were wrecked, a railroad line was washed out and hundreds narrowly escaped death here today when a dam in a pond situated on a high level above here burst, releasing 15,000,000 gallons of water. Holland, Mich., July 17—Loss of $300,000 was caused at Lake Michigan’s most popular summer resort when fire destroyed thirty cottages at Macatawa Park. Including the cottages burned was the home of Rev. Mel Trotter, evangelist. The fire be gan when an oil stove was turned over in a cottage occupied by Mrs. C. E. Ellis, Harrin, 111. Washington, July 17 — President Harding proclaimed the effectiveness of the V ap treaty between Japan and the United States on July 13, it was made known today at the state de partment when the official text of the proclamation was made public. 1 Indianapolis, July 17 — Passenger service on one Indiana branch of the Monon railroad was completely annulled Sunday and considerably curtailed on another due to the rail strike, it was announced today., Indianapolis, July 17—Seven boy automobile thieves whose operations have mystified police for a month were arrested here today. They confessed to stealing 32 automobiles among which was the death car that killed Josephine Burns. It collided with one in which Miss Burns was riding and injured her companion. Cleveland, O„ July 17.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Four hundred ca: repairers, members of the American 1 ederation of Railroad Workers went on strike here today in compliance with the nation-wide strike order. ■ • CHICAGO GRAIN Chicago, July 17 — Wheat: July, Sl.U’ii; Sept. $1.12; Dec. $1.14. Corn: July. 62c; Sept. 64c; Dec. 61'lc. Oats: July 3414 c; Sept.- 36Hc Dec.

Frank Baker of Indianapolis, former prosecutor of Marion county, stopped here last evening for supper. With his family he was motoring home from Chapam lake and expected to reach Indianapolis last- evening. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Mills and family have returned from Freemont, Mich., I where they have been visiting Mr. Hill's father. MANY KILLED IN MINE WAR TODAI (Continued from page one) r the attack. Quiet followed until 5 o’clock when the strikers began leaving Virginia City for Cliftonville by two routes. i. The fifty men employed in the I Richland mine say a large body of . miners were on the brow of the hill e overlooking the valley in which the n mine is located, at that hour.

FRITZINGER IN LIKELY CHOICE FOR POSTMASTER r | (Continued from page his third term as republican county chairman has the endorsement, we . are informed, of Congressman Vestal. I senators New and Watson, and State I Chairman Lyons, which assures him of the appointment it is believed. Mr. Vestal is here today to dispose I of the matter and since it is unlikely that any objections will be offered, it is expected he will recommend Mr. ‘ Fritzinger. He was elected county chairman in 1918, reelected in 1920 again this year after a rather heated contest. t • FRENCH TOWNSHIP MAN FINED FOR KEEPING DOG

WITHOUT PAYING A TAX I Albert F. Moser, of French town I ship, was fined $1 and costs by G. F.| ■ Kintz, Justice of the Peace, here Sat . urday for harboring a dog without 1 paying tax on the same. The affida- ’ vit was filed against Moser by John I Toney, trustee of French township. ' LAWYERS ARGUE t IN BLUE CREEK TOWNSHIP CASE > (Continued from page one) * defendant, Mr. Jones, filed a motion t to dissolve the temporary restraining I order. He claims that the court must serve notice on the defendant and hold a hearing, before he can grant a ] temporary injunction. The court withheld his decision on the motion 1 to dissolve this morning until he had had sufficient time to make a thor- - ough investigation of the matter. o •■— NOTICE ’ The Elks fair committee will meet at the hall tomorrow night with the ladies’ committee at 7:30 o’clock. Meeting of Yeoman Day Workers at 7:30 Tonight i , (Continued from page one) Membership W. Guy Brown, chairman; A. D. Suttles, Wai Wemhoff, M. F. Worthman, Mrs. C. V. Connoil. Mrs. Frank Downs, Charles Niblick, D. J. Hark--1 less and Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp. Parade John T. Myers, chairman; R. D. Myers, Dallas Brown, Joseph C. Laurent, Leo E. Ehinger, Carl Fisher and Joe McConnell. Decorating H. J. Yager, chairman; M. J. Mylott, R. J. Harting, M. F. Worthman, Will Simpson and L. E. Ehinger. Finance E. X. Ehinger, chairman: C. D. Teeple, S. E. Hite, C. E. Bell, W. A. Kuebler, F. E. France and J. G. Niblick. Speakers John W. Tyndall, chairman; Col. Simeon B. Fordyce, Judge John C. Moran, Col. Fred Reppert, W. A. Klepper. Grounds M. Kirsch, chairman; Mat Breiner, A. R. Ashbaucher. Refreshment Mat Breiner, chairman; John Stults, 11. M. Daniels, Reuben Lord, O. Brentlinger. Prograth— Day C. J. Lutz, fchairman; Will Linn, Miss Leona Bosse, Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, Miss Celia Andrews, Dr. Fred Patterson, L. L. Baumgartner, H. J. Yager, W. P. Schrock, Mrs. C. E. Bell. Cal E. Peterson. Music •C.♦ C. Schafer, chairman; and members of the Psi-lota-Xi sorority of which Mrs. Chalmer Porter is president and J. O. Sellemeyer and Chalmer Porter. Publicity J. H. Heller, chairman; Mrs. Thomas Kain. James R. Blair, Miss Amelia Tonnelier and the chairmen of all committees. Program— Night C. A. Dugan, chairman.

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