Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 85, Decatur, Adams County, 8 April 1924 — Page 1

Volume XXII. Number 85.

GOV. M’CRAY FAILS TO TESTIFY IN TRIAL

MELLON RATES WRITTEN INTO IO TH BILL — I Bill Faces Bitter Fight And Apparently Complete Revision HAS BEEN CHANGED Bill Completely Changed Since Being Passed By House Recently BULLETIN (By Paul R. Mallon! if P Staff Correspondent) Washington, April 8.- The. new tax bill—with the Mellon: rates written in—was ordered: favorably reported by the senate by the finance committee today after nearly a month of discussion. The committee’s action puts' the bill on the floor of the sen-! ate where it faces a bitter fight and apparently inevitable and complete revision bv the propressives and the democrats. It will be taken ud for discussion probabiv next Monday. The bill is a complete revision of the measure passed by the house a month ago. Republican members of the committee, by reason of the com-| ptacetny of democrats were permitted to restore the rates first proposed by Mellon, which were rejected by the house. Democrats are confident they can cbm* it to meet their own view when it is taken up on the floor. Its important features include; A three per cent normal tax on Incomes of less than $4,000 A sit per cent normal tax on incomes of more than $4,000. A maximum surtax of 25 per cent on Incomes over SIOO,OOO, A tax of 28 per cent on inheritances of more than $10.000.000. A 10 per cent tax on all Jewelry eostinr more than $25. Slightly more exemptions on the taxes upon automobiles. • A flat corporation tax of 14 per cent Instead of 12 12 per cent A tax of 10 per cent on all admi'lons to amusements costing over fifty rents. A tax of 10 per cent on radio sets •■«! parts nnd Mah Jong sets. I Taxes upon telegraph and telephone messages and tobacco will remain the instead of being reduced as In ! ’s• hill passed by the house provided, j The following taxes will be wiped snt i Beverages, candy corporation capital stock, capital loan provision*, •tralght levy on amusements, knives. 1 “vertas. hunting, shooting and riding »«rm*nt». yachts and motor boat sales, r *n*t«. rug*, trunks and purse*. MS ENJOYED ENTERTAINMENT Brotherhood Os Evangelical ('hurth Entertained Boys l ast Night Men's Brotherhood of the jsng-lleal church royally entertain 'he boys of the congregation at »• church last night. A fine pro- 1 ram m M |, nn an ,| a(| wr|ooh of „ “’b'-lmts 'feed." * program wan given In th* Sun- '■*' s,ho " l 'oom* Violin solos were by John Onge, accompanied by • Gage. Dr. Fred Patterson sang J accompanied by Mrs. T bl> (juar| p l ,^ rih Rev. Ixxtne. In a few *" M ‘ n remarks introduced the "*r Os the evening. Attorney . H Erwin, who gave a very Intert»lk on. "An Even Beal " Mr. I •»ln '-mphasluHl that the boys In fh’tnselves ,h ’ lr •mployern an even deal. .. ***** *" 10 '* honest In ail dming* bttring !b , evening It was decided tk, n [** Bt ** * baseball team among] •ill u/* ** ***** r * ,Wr * L The team " backed by the Brotherhood. I

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Lew Shank To Speak Here Next Saturday —■" Lew Shank, mayor of Indianapolis' and a candidate for the republican! nomination for governor, will Speak nt the court houose in thin city ut two o'clock next Saturday afternoon, April 12th. The information wan received here this morning from the district chairman of the Shank orgnization, Mr. Fred Meeker, of Portland. Charles Burdg is the Adams county manager. Mr. Shank will also speak at Berne ut four o'clock Saturday afternoon, and at a night meeting at Portland.! at 7:30 p.m. He is the first candidate! for the governorship to speak here. o !k.OFC.PL*N FOR INITIATION ' Thirty Apply For Membership: Initiation Likely To Be Held May 25 The regular meeting of the Knights I of Columbus held last evening at the hall wns largely attended and plans were discussed for the holding of The initiation, if agreeable to the state deputy, the initiation will be held May 1 25th at the hall. It has not yet been | decided what degree team will exemplify the work and. until advised. by the state deputy, the local council! will not know which team will he here, i | About thirty applications have already! been received and it is thought that I by the time of the initiation between! forty and fifty men will be given the' | work. Talks were made by a number of the member* of the council last a - n '!As> WsUROMLa iMUiuLci | jesting on*. Lenten Sermon At St. Mary’s Church Tonight | The regular Tuesday evening Lent■on service will be held at the St. 'Marya Catholic church at 7:30 this .evening. Rev. Nicholas Heummer, ofi ' Fort Wayne, will deliver the sermon, .his subject being. "The t'hunh must I be Apostolic.” Rev. Heummer has delivered a series of sermons at (he St. Marys church during the U-nten season. Next week Is Holy Week •and special services will be held at the St Marys church. Sunday. April 1 20th. is the feast of Easter. Cardinal Mundelein To Visit Garrett May 11 | C.arrolt. Inti.. April 8. —Cardinal .Mundelein, of Chicago, who was recently elevst ><l to the cardinalate at | Rome, will solemnize his first mass In this country as a cardinal at the 'st*. Peter and Paul church. Garrett. 1 Sunday morning. May IL at S o'clock The mass will last one hour. Cardinal Mundelein at that time will be returning to Chicago from Rome He will come to Garrett in a spelful car. The Rev. Father Young, venerable pastor and fouuderd of the Sucre Heart hospital. Garrett, received ofjflcial word of the cardinal's coming this morning Special arrangements will be made for the cardinal's reception nnd the services. Man Held For Beating And Robbing Aged Lady laiwrencevllle. Ind. April I.—Alex aoder C. Halley. 4«. was held In jail I here today on a charge of assault and battery after he had admitted robbing and beating Mrs. Mary Burtholenew. I 70. I In his confession. Bailey said he grubbed Mm. Bartholemew by the hair, threw her downstairs and beat her. A pocketbook containing $lB5 was taken from her bed. Rhe suffered a fractured skull In th* tall, and Is In a serious condition. Says Trucks May Be Loaded To Capacity Now Indianapolis. April 8,-Motor trucks may now be loaded to full capacity on state highways. John D Williams, di- | rector of the state highway depart ment. sld today. , The ban against use of loads of mom than three tons during the win . j ter months has been lifted. |

$2,180 PLEDGED TO COMMUNITY FUND TO DATE Finance Committee Os Industrial Association Makes Report TALKS ARE GIVEN — Tourist Camps Discussed At A Meeting Last Night; Other Matters An enthusiastic meeting of the members of the Decatur Industrial Assoleftion wns held last evening. Dan M. I Niblick, past president of the organlI ration, presiding, in the absence of ' Avon Burk, president, who was detained at Markle on account of automobile trouble. Over $2,180 Is Pledged Theodore Grallker. chairman of the , finance committee, who, with the assistance of other members of the asso-' ciation. is raising money for the" Community Fund.” reported that $2,180 had already been pledged and that $1,275 had been paid in cash. A few of the soliciting teams have not yet i completed their canvas and In some i cases reports were made that individuals and a few business men refused to give their assessments. However. , the finance committee will not cease ' in Its effort* to have every business , and professional man. business house nnd manufacturing concern in the city to give their share toward* the fund, i Talks On Tourist's Camp t At Hi* twvtuiuui a$ Q. L. Vuace, chairman of the tourist emp committee. three men who have made several trips over the country in automo- [ biles and camped at tourist's camps. I were invited to attend the meeting and each told of the advantages of a camping site and how it helped to ad-. i vertlse and build good-will for a city.' • The speakers were Dr. Alien J. Miller and John Hocker, of Monroe. and| B*n J. Miller, of this city. They told of some of the camps visited and ex- j , pressed the opinion that a public camping ground was not as desirable a* a private-owned or privately oper-. ated camping s'te Some places where i they visited were fixed up like a regular little village and were the last thing in camping comfort. (Continued on Page Five! DIRECTORIES ARE FINISHED New Telephone Directories To Be Issued Soon; Contain 104 Pages The new telephone directories have been delivered to th* office of the Cltlxens Telephone company in this city and will be Issued to th* pa ' trou* as soon a* possible The dlrec tory Is similar to the old on*, except the Preble exchange is not listed In th* lw>ok It has H»4 page* and cover and contain* many page* of local ad vertlsing. % The name of the telephone patron. i together with street address and In : some esses the bualneva. rlasslffcajtlon of th* Individual is also given [ Rules and Instructions on how to. operate the new Central energy tale iphone arc also contained In th* book • Th* directory contains th* name* of the subscriber* In- Decatur. Bern*. 'l Monro* and Linn Grove and on th* ' | rural rout** hut of these places. Th* I local telephone company has about I j Soo patrons, of which nearly half ' ar* In Decatur. , I The letter "B" predominates In the, Decatur directory. It taking live and I on* half pages to list all the names, under "B" in lb* Decatur cUaslNca-j Hon The letters "M" and ”8" ard: next with four and a half pates. [ Horns th* letter ''B* predominates, the names under this letter taking four and nne half pages Hovers I of the telephone numbers in ibis city have be*a changed in cases where s business house had [two or mor* irtnk line*, lhe patron I j being given eonsacutova numbers. |

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 8, 1924.

TRIES GOV. M’CRAY * %ff ■Mt'" it — JUDGE HARRY O. CHAMBERLAIN Indianapolis. Ind. — This photo] shows Judge Harry O. Chamberlain.] who Is offi< kiting In the trial of Gov-' McCray of Indiana on a charge of embezzlement of state funds. Funds of the state board of agriculture to the extent of $155,000 are claimed by the governor's lawyers to have been borrowed as a personal I loan, although the state charges etn(bezzlement. _____ COOLIDGE HAS i GROWING LEAD Maintains A Two-To-One Lead Over Johnson In Michigan Primary (United Press Service) Detroit. April 8. —President Coolidge's majority over Senator Johnsen steadily to climb as further return* maintained the two to one ratio again*t the California in the republican presidential primary yesterday. t Out of 28M precincts the vote in 1.804 was: I Coolidge 137.188: Johnson 83.112. Coolidge's plurality was 74.088. Henry Ford still kept ■ small lead over Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris. I return* from 1.784 precinct* giving iFord 22.57 C and Farris 2«,222 I The vote Included pra< tlcnlly all of Wayne county .which Senator ' Johnson carried overwhelmingly in , 1820 against Woo.; and Lowden. I Present indicatiod* were that Republican National Committeeman James E. Davidson would defeat Paul IA. Martin by from 50.000 to 80.M8 plurality. Johnson earttod only two of the *1 counties. Incomplete returns Indicated. Thev were Bay county in lower Michigan and ikklnson in the upper peninsula. DEAM KILLED BY G.R.&I. TRAIN Former Decatur Man Met Death When Passenger Train Hit His Truck Harvey Beam, aged 28. former resident of Decatur, was Inatantly killed at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning, when a n«»rthlHuind G. R A I passenger train struck his light motor truck at a croMlng. a half mH* south of Sturgis. Michigan, according to word received here by relatives. Mrs. Clifford Hakey and Mrs. Jesse William*. oMera of Mr. Deam. received word of hi* death yesterday afternoon, hut were not Informed al that time of th* manner In which he m*t his death D>>am I* said to have driven hi* 1 truck out of a gravel ph near the ; < rowing and neither th* train crew nor Deam ar* believed to have seen - th* danger of the collision until the . train, moving at high speed, crashed into the truck. l»eam drove the ma- [ chine Immediately in front of the train member* of the crew said. No one was <m the truck with l>*am ut the tlm* ,of th* accident The ernaaing Is said ■to b* obstructed by high embank ments on both aide*. The truck was thrown fifty feel I from Ike crossing. The train was rt'xwttlnued on Psge Fi»e» Weather Unsettled tonight snd Wednesday; t I probably shower*. »om*what cooler i Wednesdsy. |

NEW TRUCK IS PURCHASED BY COUNTY TODAY — — —.... Commissioners Buy Omort Truck From Greenville Manufacturing Co. ORDER BRIDGES BUILT Specifications For Four Bridges Approved; To Receive Bids May 7 | The county copimiMioners were in j session again today and the morning was devoted to the receiving of open | ! Ing of bbls for the furnishing of it I . tnf' k to the highway department.. | suplies at the county infirmary nnd road material for the repair of the macadam roads in this county. Re- ; presentatives anti agents of a numI her of truck manufacturers were preI. sent at the letting. Bridges Are Ordered The plans and specifications of I Engineer Dl< k Boch for the the re- I pair nnd construction of the Franc* I and Davis bridges in St. Msrv'g town ■ i shin, and f..r th* two Aspv bridges In I Wabash township. we*e filed and approved. The commissioner* ordered the bridges constructed and set Werlnesdav. Mav 7th. as th* day on which bids would he received. Estimates o-, the nropos*d h-titges w*r* filed ln«t vear Th* b-idges to be Im | i p--oved will renlace the older bridges wh|*h have been rendered unsafe for traffic. Purchase Road Truck The blds for the rond truck were tabulated at noon nnd at one o'clock i the commissioners awarded the contract to the Greenville Manufncturling company for an “Omort" truck, itwo and one-hnlf tons capacity nt the price of $1 707.50. The hlghwnv deApartment ha* two other Indiana ! trucks. Several bids were submitted, i ; among the bidders Iteing. Schmitz nnd Tricker, Dennis Striker; Motor I (Truck Sale* company; Thoma* J. Durkin; Berne Hardware company, land Purman B. Hehble. The bld* I for the furnishing of road material nnd supplies at the county Infirmary had not been tabulated or awarded at pres* time todav. D. H. S. NET CARD |i IS COMPLETED Seventeen Games On Schedule; Four Newcomers Booked For Contest* Seventeen game*, ten of them at .'home, are included on the IM4-25 J basketball schedule for D -catur High School, which WM announced khluv .by Principal Patil W Union Three ; dates are left open on the schedule Hand Mr, Unton is hoping to fill these , I date* with game* with strong team* I -I of the Mate, two of them to be playJed In Decalnr F, The schedule for n*xt season InJ eludes si l*a»t four newcomera New ■ team* tn be seen In action here next j winter ar* Columbia City, Fort \ Wayne Central. Winchester snd Pean ’ vlll* AH four will b* strong addl J Hon* to the schedule snd should prove tn be big drawing csrda Old • rival* on the schedule are Kendall vllle. Portlund Angola. Osslatj. and ! Garrett. Effort* were mad* tn ache 1 dul* games with Huntington. Marlon. 1 > Muncie and a few other strong team*, 'but *ll hn' 'heir schedule completed I far In advance and It was Impossible jin obtain dales with them A large number of gam** will he played by th* glrla' team and several ' <<mteata will be hooked for th* boys' second team It la planned tn *< he duls several gam** fnr lhe girls' team and bovs' second team ut home wh -n lhe boys' first team I* plavinz nut of lhe citv. Thia will kit* the local fan* a fine lot of basketball. 1 Although five member* of the 1P23 (Continued on Page ill)

— Mrs. Kinzle’s Name Omitted From Directory The name of Mrs. George Kinzle, ' telephone number 244, was In some unavoidable manner omitted from tho new telephone directory. The mistake was not noticed until today and as the books have all been printed and bound, the omission could not be corrected. Mrs. Kinzle lives at till North Second street and those who wish to call her are kindly asked to remember the above number. Mrs. Kinzle is city treasurer and can be ! located at the city hall anythime durI ing the day. SAYS RUM RING WAS PROTECTED [Senate Daugherty Committee Gets More Details Os Alleged Protection (By Frank Edwards) (United Press Staff Correspondent I ! Washington. April B.—Further details of alegod protection afforded a Chicago rum ring by federal and state officials were related by Brice Armstrong. Chicago dry agent, before the senate Daugherty investigating committee today. Armstrong said that C. O. Potter. United States district attorney at Ea*t St. Loui*. nollo crossed a case of prohibition violation against'the V'estern Brewery company at Belle- I ■ vile. 81. Later, he said that he learned that s'>,<loo had been paid by lhe comnanv to some government depart rm W "in lieu" of prosecution. s Funeral For Jacoh* Hollinger Wednesday Funeral services for Jacob Hollinge*. Civil War veteran, who died at hl* home her* yesterdev mornln" nt ; It o’clock, will be held from the home | <>f hl* son. Abraham Hollinger, on I South Eleventh street at 2 o'clock - ‘ Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. R W loose, officiating Burial will he made at Monroe. Mr Hollinger was liorn In Darke | countv, Ohio. December 27. 18:18. be I Ing 87 years old at th* time of hl* i death. Deati. was due to cancer of I the lip and stomach. He Is survived by three son*. Abraham and Samuel of Decatur, and William, of Ohio. Meredith Nicholson In Race For Senatorship (United Frees Service! Indlanopli*. April a.—lndiana's primary race today lank on a llterarv aspect with the entrance of Meredith Nicholson. H<>osi*r writer. Into the rate for the democratic nomination for state senator from Marlon county .Nicholson Is not the first Indiana | author to turn lawmaker A few years ago Booth Tarkington served one term In the lower house of the State legislature Illinois Voters Cast Primary Votes Today Chicago. April Bright sunshine today forecast a record vole In th* llllnol* primaries Thousand* of nt* mind women were lined up at the polls in Chhaxe even befor* th* booth* opened at 8 am. Manager* for William G. McAdoo's eamitalsn In Illinois were pesalmiallt snd admitted they do not expect to set ur* mor* than about !'• of th* 5k democratic prooMeatial delegate* The republican gubernatorial fight wound up with a furlott* exchange of hrhkbnt* and *tsl*m*nfa from man ag*ra nf OovMor U n Small and Hen ator Thurlow <1 Esslnzton th»t they' would win hy ui least 100.000 majority, j AI torn* v General Brundage has started suit for AlMi.ono nguin*t th*l Chicago Evening Amerlcn and Will-' lam Randolph H*arat. 'barging that 1 th* newspaper yesterday printed "an utterlv untrue story” linking him with fixing tn connection with th* beer run nlng Hnm*r K (ialpln. chairman or th* republican county committee, said h* also had Instructed hl* attorneys to start a damage ault.

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ATTORNEYS FOR GOVERNOR REST CASE THIS P. M, Spring Surprise By Closing Testimony Suddenly; Recess Taken DEFENSE SATISFIED Prosecution Takes Recess To Plan On Future Procedure Indianapolis, April B—(Snedal to Dailv Democrat)—The e'efense in the trial of Gov. McCrav on charges of larcenv and embezzlement rested its case this afternoon without putHnp the governor on the stand in his own defense. The action of the defense was a surprise to the prosecuting attorney. After a hurried conference thev asked for a recess to plan their next move. It wns granted. Prosecutor Nichols was tinnrepared to sav whether the state would present any rebutal evidence. Throughout the trial it had been expected that McCray would take the stand and tell of his deals with the state board of agriculture. H* had renea'wdly expressed a desire to ! testify. His lawyer* were plainly elated over the showing of the testimony by their witnesses and the fact that thev did not call the governor was taken : a* another Indication that they felt their position was a strong one. Indianapolis. April 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Presentation of testimony by defense attorneys in the trial of Gov. McCray charged [with embezzling $155,000 of the funds of the state board of agriculture appeared to be nearing an end today. George Montgomery, Indianapolis 'real estate d“a!er who wa* closely I j-onnec.’ed with the affairs of th* i board of agriculture was the only : important witness with the exception [of the governor, remaining to take .the stand for the defense. Thomas Grant, member of th* board of agriculture was the principal witn*** for McCray thl* morning Step by step he was taken over the same ground covered by Wtn M 1 Jones and Harry Moberly, hoard j numbers at lhe time slss.i*'o of th* I I board fund* were turned over to Mc- | Cray by I Newt Brown, former lieusurer of the board Grant substantiated the evidence lof Moberly and Jone* refuting at | every vital point the testimony of Brown, star witness for the state, [that the money was intended for deposit in M<Cray's bunk ut Kentland. WOMAN BREAKS TEETH IN FALL Mrs. Dan Liechty, Berne, Has Entire Lower Row Broken Off Berne, April B.—Mrs. Dun Liechty. who live* In the southwest part of town, aus painfully Injured Bunday afternoon when she fell down a flight of stair* ut the Peter Musser horn* where she had gone to help cure for Mr Musser, who has been seriously ill for soln* time Mr*. Liechty wa* defending the stairs with a quuntitg of tied clothing and had reached the . third step tram the top when *h* he vnmo dizzy and fell to lhe bottom of I th* stairway. Mrs. Liechty'* face struck the stair | steps and the bon* on th* lower Ju* * to which the teeth ar* atta'hed, was I broken Off The entire row nf lower : front teeth were broken off at the i roots sod the two larger incisor teeth fell out of her mouth. She wss pain fullv bruised about her *tn*t and i back. also. She wa reporter Io be i neii’g today, although tb-i injuriei are still very painful.