Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1923 — Page 4

DECATUR DALLY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller— Pres, and Gen. Mgr. E. W. Kampe—Vlce-Pres. & Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse —Sec'y and Bus. Mgr. Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies 1 cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier 16.00 One Month, by mail 36 cents Throe Months, by mail 1100 Six Months, by mall $1.75 One Year, by mail $3.00 One Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage ad ded outalde those zones.) Advertising Rates Made known on application. Foreign Representatives Carpenter ft Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City N. T. Life Building, Kansas City, Mo THE STATE TAX RATE:— . Bob Tucker, well known republican newspaper writer has this to say about the next tax rate and the difficulties of the administration, in his Sunday letter to the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette: “There are some tax facts which 4»e worth considering in this collection. When the Ralston a(Uffinistration ended the first of was $3,400,000 itixifi- state treasury and the state <Lm>t was paid. The tax rate then jigs far below what it is now. -SiJR-ii years after the close of the last Democratic administration, a surplus of more than $3,400,000 has vanished and there is in its place, an indebtedness of more than $4,000,000 and the highest tax rate in the history of the state. “The state tax levy was Is cents in * 1920. Tlte new rate represents an increase of 33 1-3 per cent in four years. , The state raised in taxes for its pur- < pose in 1920, $10,398,200. Under the 30 cents it will raise $15,795,000 in 1924 which is an increase of more than 50 per cent in four years. “While the general appropriations 1 bill was under consideration by the • last legislature statements were pre- 1 sented showing beyond question that it called for expenditures of nearly ( $2,000,000 more than the estimated revenues for the next two years. The 1 bill was put through i» the face of 1 these facts. Under the circumstances an increase in the state tax lavy could not have been avoided. , The 'big ] trouble with the Republican leader- i ship is that it has failed—or refused to make the situation clear and to take the taxpayers into its confidence j on matters which of deep interest to ( everyone. Indiana and Oklahoma seem to be racing to see which can first unseat their governor. The sad part of it in this state is that the effort comes from the republican political leaders who a few years ago boosted McCray into office. Os course there is more back of it than the fact that he has failed financially and they are trying to head off a campaign in which ail the facts connected with the catastrophe are sure to be discussed. A meeting of the republican state central committee has been called and it is quite probable that the governor will be asked to step out. He has already announced that he will stand pat and it will be interesting to learn just how it will all work out. While we groan under what seems a heavy tax we can get some consolation by comparing it wit lithe lavies fixed in other nearby counties and cities. The rate in Bluffton will be $4.00 on the hundred and in Portland $3.67 as compared to $3.31 here. In other places it is still higher but that’s no excuse why we should not continue to keep expenses down th the lowest possible point. The republican state committee has been called by State Chairman Walb to meet, at Indianapolis next Saturday to discuss what will be done about demanding the resignation of Governor McCray. It looks like they are after his scalp and with Kealing, New. Watson. Goodrich and others co-op-erating they may get it.

This community and thia county hus performed two real jobs the p»ss coftple of weeks, putting over a successful campaign for fruits and other delicacies for the hospital and more •’ than raising our quota for the relief • of Japan victims and that's making good. * —————————Ml President Coolidge hus learned to • smile since he became president, acI cording to press dispatches from i Washington. That’s something, but ' it takes more than smiles to conduct the ship of state these days and there may be days when he won't feel like it. It takes two hundred thousand marks to send a letter from Germany to this country. On the old value that is $50,000. Now they just show On the letter than the postage has been paid for there isn't room for the stamps required. The big crowd waited two hours Saturday night to see the parade which was all over in two minutes and then they went home content apparently for having seen what they came to see,' You can help your community and do a wise thing for yourself by buying a property or lot at the Home Builders liquidation sale at Industrial rooms tomorrow evening. Hiram Johnson declares the league of nations is dead. Well, so is his I residential campaign evidently and the one may have had something to do with the other. o — ++++++++ + + + * + + + <- TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ + + •> From the Daily Democrat files * • 20 years ago this day * + * + *** + * + + + +** Sept. 24. —City council votes Policeman Fisher $25.00 for bravery in preventing holdup. Trustees of St. Mary's church ask leave to extend west curb of Fourth street back five feet in front of church property and council grants permission. , More than 25,000 estimated as crowd at fair today. Man who shot Policeman Fisher has wounds dressed at Huntington hospital but eludes officers. The Portland hand is furnishing music al the fair today. The morning train brought 44 from Monroe, 220 from Geneva and 563 from Berne for the fair. , Mrs. Dell Locke and daughter Luefle of Bluffton are guests here. Horace Botthoff and crew are work ing night to keep the streets clean this week. — o THY WILL BE DONEThe will, (the law.) of God is done In nature all around; So may His holy will, (His wish,) in lives of men be found. t He wills that men be pure and good. And adds abundant grace. Makes full provision for our need, Redemption for our race. Be wills that we should dwell in love, From care and sorrow free; He wills that war give place to peace, Discord to harmony. Hunger be fed, nakedness clothed, Faith now our bosom fills That soon mankind will turn to Christ And live as heaven wills. —o BLUE LODGES TO TAKE PART Every one of the 17,050 Blue Lodges in the United States will be officially represented at Alexandria, Va„ on Thursday, Nov. 1, when the cornerstone of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial is to be laid amid impressive scenes. All the Grand Lodges of Masons also will be represented at this ceremony, and the largest number of American Masons ever gathered at any one time is expected to be present. Alexandria is just across the Potomac river from Washington, D. C., and near Mount Vernon, General Washingtan's residence, Thought for the Day. If you ask the advice of your friends you at least have someone else to blame IX things go wrong.

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'drugs excite •. I : THE KIDNEYS, DRINK WATER ’ Take Salts at First Sign of Bladder Irritation or Backache ; The American men and women must guard constantly against kidney trouble because we often eat too ' much rich food. Our blood is tilled with acids which the kidneys strive to filter out; they weaken from overwork, become sluggish, the eliminative tissues clog and the result is kidney trouble, bladder weakness ami a general decline in health. When your kidneys feel like lumps of lead: your back hurts or the urine is cloudy, full of sediment, or you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night; if you suffer with sick headache, or dizzy, nervous spells, acid stomach, of if you have rheumatism when the weather is bad. begin drinking lots of good soft water aid get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts. Take a tablespoonful in a glass of water beyour kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts Is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for years to help flush -and stimulate clogged kidneys, to neutralize the acids in the system so they no longer are a source of irritation, thus often relieving bladder disorders. Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot injure. makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink and belongs in every home, because nobody can make a mistake by having a good kidney rushing any time. By all means have your physician examine your kidneys at least twice a year. Root Township Made Fine Showing In Giving Fruit Root township citizens made a wonderful showing in the drive for fruit for the Adams County Memorial Hospital. This township had the largest donation of any organization, except the combined donations of the churches of Decatur. The township was organized and solicitors called upon every resident ofj the township, it is said. The committees desire to thank all who gave. Following are Hie names of those people in Root township on the west side of the river, who donated fruit: Mesdames. Conrad Gallemeyer. Dick Hobrock, Win. Beihold, Will Aumann. Henry Aumann, Amos Hewton, William Drague, Mart Aumann, Henry Reiter, Lawrence Heckman, Mart Heckman. Fred Bultemeier, Henry Berning, Charles Berning, Fred Bulmahn, Will Bulmahn, John Houck, Wilson Lewton, Harry Fuhrman. E. S. Christen. Charley Magley, Dave Rice, Philip Schieferstein, W. A. Fonner, Henry F. Fuelling, Jacob Fuelling. Henry Weber, Louis Weber, Fred Wietfelt, John Heuer, Ed. Melcher, Sloan Meyers, Will Tieman, August Busick, Simon Bucher, Ernst Conrad. Lewis Franz, Adolph Bieberich, Christ Bucher, August Weichman. Will Knapp. Lloyd Bowman, Fred Kukellian, Harve Clark, Arthur Clark, R. C. Gibson, Curt Fritzinger, Clinton Hart, Charles Johnson, Dick Hill, Dale Moses, Henry’Hill, George Gase, VanCanip, Martin. John Elzey. W. O. Bigham, Bernard Beckmeycr, George Cramer, Woods, W. L. Gander, J. A. Zerkle, Francis Schmitt, Blume, W. J. Moore, Celia Ball, Vesta Brokaw, Lew Zeigler, R. L. Meyers, Irvin Doty, Charles Gage, Willis Reed, Willis McQueen. Fred Mahan, Sam Magley, James Watts, Rhoda Mahan, OUo RJiodenbeek, Roy Davies, George Schieferstein, Charles Harkless, C. D. Kunkle, Sherman Kunkle, Charles Burr, Marfin Gerke, J. JI- Fuelling, Theo. Hobrock, Wm. Fuelling, Otto Buerger, John Meyers, Huber Zerkle, Wilson Beery, William Spuller, August Boehnke, Herman Melcher, William Melcher, Fleming, John Magley, Arthur Hugo Franz, Speigel, Jacob Wcidler, Albert Bailey, P. W- Dorn, Carl Fuelling, A. Mocller, Ot|o Fuelling, H. Gerke, Hoile. E. Fuelling, Charles Gerke. L. Hoile. E. Fuelling, Charles Misses Martha Fonner and Ida Christianer. o More Than 900 In Jail In Chicago Beer War (United Press Service) Chicago, Sept. 2f. —More than 900 persons packed the jails of Chicago! today as a result of extensive, dry raids staged over the weekend. , Scqrcs of saloons, cases and "cotlee houses" were closed and their patrons and proprietors lodged in jail. Mayor Dever said today he would order the licenses most of the ; places revoked. The activity of the police is an a£- . termath of the “beer war" in which six persons have met death so far. Consolation. ; About trouble, there's this: A dead i man has solved all his earthly problems.

Joke On Proprietor; and Not On the Negro (United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris, Sept. 24—Black princes, sons of kings and ex-kings and others, are ' playing havoc with the established order of things in the night life of Paris. All Montmartre is agog about the latest episode in which a “gentleman of color" played a leading part and which cost the proprietor of an all-night restaurant very popular with American tourists close to three thousand dollars. Jazz joy was at its height when a couple of immaculately garbed men entered the place, wearing dinner coats decorated with orchids. One of them was coal black, which provoked a certain amount of hostile criticism on the part of the Americans present, but the pair established themselves at a central table. “Os course, Prince." said the white man to his companion, speaking in French, but with a marked AngloSaxon acent. "you know nothing goes here but champagne. What brand does your highness desire?" That “prince" and “your highness" caused the waiter and the majordomo to curve their spines. The service at that table was the best. When the bill was presented to the “prince", his companion presented a hundreddollar bill in payment. The change was brought in French bills of small denominations. The “prince’s” friend called for the proprietor of the place. “Montmartre,"' he explained, “is not a safe place for honest folk carrying large sums of money at night. Would you mind giving me a couple of hundred francs only in banknotes and write me a check for the balance?" Nothing easier. Mr. Proprietor signed a check for eight hundred francs, the body of which had been filled in by his aristocratic guest. When he visited his bank two days later he was astounded to be informed that (he check had been cashed - 1

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for forty-eight thousand francs. In I vest (gallon disclosed that the words eight hundred had been carefully erased and the higher sum inserted. | ' The fraud was not apparent when ( the check was presented. The check, i had been endorsed by James Brenner, j “Brenner" has vanished. His camI punion. the “prince," was found by the police. He explained that be bud received a hundred francs to be prince tor a night and knew nothing about the white man except that the i ( latter had explained that he wanted , to play a joke on the dance place. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gass and daughter Helen, and Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Borman motored to Minister, Ohio. . to take Mrs. Clara Meyers and son , Bernard to attend the funeral of Mrs. , Christopher Meyers. I THE CRYSTAL I 4 —Tonight Only— ' “ANNA ASCENDS” A Big Paramount ’ featuring, Alice Brady What chances for love 5 and happiness, what B temptations a w ait a II pretty girl in America? B That's the quest io n B thrillingly answered in B this stirring drama of 21 New Yolk's underworld K and “upper ten.” It was Alice Brady's most B popular stage success; B it is by far her greatest B picture. —Also—p A Good Comedy. B No picture ever shown H on the Crystal screen B that will ‘olfend any £g member of the family. Sy 10c—25c —————— ————

Decatur Dry Cleaners Opens New Plant Today We can now turn out work that will be a credit to Decatur and Adams County. We Clean Every Day Except Sat Phone 695 Savings Protect Old Age s. W. STRAUSS, President of the American Society for Thrift, says: Out of 100 average white male adults, nine leave estates whicli will produce $50.00 per month or more at 6% net; 27 leave estates which will produce an average of $20.00 a month at 6% net. and G 4 leave little or nqthing. These facts should serve the purpose of a timely warning to the people who today are enjoying health and prosperity. Make the resolve that under no circumstances whatever will you ever become one of the sixty-four mentioned. Come in and start a Savings Account at this bank. The Peoples Loan & Trust Co. “BANK OF SERVICE” LD-III HUHM——II ■HI fill—l—~^' J TWII