Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 117, Decatur, Adams County, 15 May 1924 — Page 1

Curne XXII. Number 117.

COOLIDGE VETOES SOLDIER BONUS BILL

IND SESSION OF REFORMED CHURCH BODY ■ I - < Liiual Session Os Fort J BVavne Classis Adjourns This Afternoon i ESOLUTION ADOPTED lassis Urges A Closer Ob I servance Os The Sabbath Day j BULLETIN ■As there was no invitation Km any city to entertain the' Imai sessio nos the classis let year, the matter of choos-, < I a meeting place was left in E hands of the executive com-' itlee. The meeting place like- 1 ■ will not he chosen until next' Ling, unless an invitation is ■reived in the meantime. 11 I I • Bearing of further reports. adop-| L nf amendments and discussion ' Iva:ions subjects occupied the atlifon of the delegates to the second Im.il session of the Fort Wayne Lsis of the Reformed church at the' < Ei Reformed church here this afterLn. The business of the session 1 L practically all transacted by I Ln today, the only business of great 1 Lortance rc-maining was the selec- I L of the meeting place for next t Br. This was to he done before the 1 Lion adjourned this afternoon : t hne nf the outstanding things ac- t Lnlished durinw the forenoon sea- I In today was the adoption of a res- ( ’ Lion commending the work of the i liana Lord's Day Allinnce toward miring effective legislation In the I Ite regarding observance of the Lbath. The resolution was drawn • Iby a committee headed by the < k F. W. Knatx. The moral and Uncial aid of the churches in th--'i Ltd* was pledged to the cause i I* resolution read as follows: i fin view of the growing disregard i I Znn Sunday which 'is becoming I br- and more evident throughout I ir state and nation, and convinced' ■ ' the preaervation of the sanctity < II his day as a day of rest anil wor < Ip is absolutely essential to the 111-being of our land, we heartily ■ borne the effort of the Indiana < Ird's Day Alliance to secure effec- i I k legislation in our state, and we < (Continued on Pare Fl,*» IITCH REPORT IS APPROVED; — * mirt Approves Report On t Farlow Drain: Both Is 1 ! Named Superintendent The report of the drainage com * |«»lnnerr In the matter of the Wil ' 1 m Rarlaw petition for a drain In 1 »ba*h. Jefferson and Monroe town lp«. was approved by Judge Je*»* Rutton. yesterday afternoon, after » assessments (lied against Jacob, Voder had been adjusted. Dirk, kh. county surveyor and one of the ( linage commissioners, was appoint' | superintendent to comtrurt the >rk. Ills bond was fixed at 140.000 Mr. Yoder had filed a remonstrance the report of the drainage commie , Dnera. declaring that the aaaese (( Pnla fixed on hla land were greater *n the benefits to be derived from ► Improvement The court found P the rmtonatratar and ordered Ihe Beaumonts adjusted, The report kt approved after being modifi*-’ ordered. The court examin'd the llemlxed count of the costa and expenses tntret! by the commission' ra. The count *u aproved and the ex•sea allowed The drain will affect a large numtof farms and properties In the, ■’hern part of the county. Part nf, e drain will be tiled and part will, open. The (own of Berne I* •« [ wind in the area to bo drained by, ► proponed ditch. t f .

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Local Men Take Part In Knights Templar Parade Cui Peterson, Walter Krick, R. D. Myers and Clarence Beil took part In the monster parade staged by thej Knights Templar at Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon. The local men arc members of the Bluffton Commandory. The Knights Templar are holding n national conclave in Ft. Wayne this week. All traffic v.as cleared off Calhoun street for the parade yesterday and the Knights marched sixteen abreast, the lines extending from' curb to curb. There were more than 3,000 In the parade. , SEN. WHEELER IS EXONERATED Acquitted Os Misuse Os His Office: Want Stigma Removed (T’nltrtl Fwn fl'aff Corre«nnn<lent) Washington. May 15—(Special t<\ Daily Democrat)—The senate will bo asked to lift all stigma attaching to Senator Wheeler, as a result of his I Ind'ctment in Montana, by ratifying the Borah committee's report “whol-J ly exonerating" him of misusing his office. Senator Bornh announced today I that he would ofjer a resolution mov-j inc the adoption of the report which held that Wheeler "observed at all times not only the letter but the spirit of the law" in his legal services for Gordon Campbell. Montana oil , man. for whom, it was charged, he a pea rod before the interior depart- _ uient Borah, ns forecast by the United Press, presented this report in the senate late yesterday. Wh. oler's friends are prepared to force the adoption of the amendment-j But there wore indications that it j would not he adopted without a sharp contest. Adm'nlstratlon leaders are ready to resist to the limit any attempt to give Wheeler a “clean hill of health", and thus brand the Indictment a* I unjustified which would in turn bus-I tain Wheeler's charge that it was obtained bv a "frapte up " No Intimation came from Attorney: General Stone today regarding action on the Wheeler triid in Montana | Wheeler said he was undecided. whether to ask for an immediate trial I or to wait until the windup of the Daugheity Investigation. which he expected before June 1. Detective Exonerated For Killing Gunman (United Press Service) Chicago. May 15—A coroners inquest today exon-rated Detective Barney Smith for .hooting nnd killing Alexander Oatrowsky. Id notorious gunman. Smith shot Oatr.iwsky after the later shot and seriously wounded Detective Joseph O'Brien nnd attempt to shoot Smith and other officer. Oatrowsky was found In a false call on a police box nnd when the officers attempted to arrest him. he started shooting. Ralph McCrory’s Estate Is Valued At $6,000 Bluffton. May 16-Kstate of the late Ralph W. McCrory I* estimated at m.0i.0 in an application for letter- of administration filed today by Evelyn McCrory the widow The a ppi cation was granted The helm are. bwMea the widow, three children. John Max and Joan. ■ "T Clyde M alh Goes To Confer With Sen. W atoon Indiapannpoilß. May IS -Clyde A. Wall**, teffitected yesterday republl can slate chairman, was on his way to Washington today for a confab with Senator Watson over th* Indiana po lltlcnl altuallon. Walb* was also to rail nn 1 resident Coolidge io Pl«>i«* h,m Indiana *»ttPport in the general etectlon thia fall. Th* Watson wing of <b« party, aided by the Stephenson faction of th* Kit Klux Klan, remained in control of. th* party machinery Bt yesterday *< I meeting of lb* district chairman. |

COOLIDGE WENT BEYOND POWER I Court Holds President Had No Power To Pardon Saloon Keeper i Chicago, May 15—(Special to Daily Democrat I — President Coolidge is not empowered to extend clemency to persons imprisoned for contempt of court. Federal Judges Carpenter and Wilkerson declared today in reversing the president's pardon of Philip I. Grossman. Chicago saloon keeper. Grossman wns sentenced to one i vear in jail in February of 1921 by former Federal Judge I-andis on a I charge of contempt of court for violating an injunction to close his saloon Efforts to secure a pardon for Grossman were started and the case was brought before Pres'dent Harding. Harding's death put a temporary halt to the proceedings. Several months ago. President Cool- ' Idge announced the pardon, and it 1 then developed that Grossman had I never served any of his jail sentence. Judge Carpenter and Wilkerson. I sitting en banc, today declared the 1 president could not interfere in con-, tempt cases, for to do so would rob : the judiciary of its power Upon announcement of the judges' ' decision. Grossman was taken into ' custody by the United States marshal and brought into court. Grossman's attorney asked for time In which to take new legal steps, but the court, while granting the request for argument. intimated Grossman would have to serve the sentence. American Fivers Stiff Stranded On Attu Isle Cordova. Alaska. May 15.- The i American round the world flyers fall--1 <-d to get away yesterday from the (Island of Attn for their jump across |th.> storm swept Artic waters for the i Kurile Island, advices here indicated, iUp to midnight no direct word had I com* from Attu. but all report* in-idicatf-d conditions were unfavorable REVIEW BOARD TO MEET JUNE 2 To Go Over Assessments Os j Pensonal Pronertv; Two Members To Be Named ■ Legal notice is given in today’* I Dally Democrat of the convening of the county hoard of review <m Moa day. June 2nd. In th* office nt William Zimmerman, county assessor. The lioard la composed ot five mem Iter*. Including the county «»ses*or, the county auditor «nd the county treaaurer. The judge of the circuit court appoint* the other two member* nnd the appalamewt «f these men will Im- announced within a few days. Judge Jeaae C. Sutton stated today.l The hoard will be In session fnr thirty days. It Is the duty of the board of review to go over the assessments of a’l personal property made this year and tn equaliae or adjust assessments as they see fit Today was the last day for the assessors nnd property owners tn turn In their assessments without a Density being added Practically *ll of the returns have been Made. Assessment* Toe Lew In a letter received tnday by Mr. Zimmerman, from J, J Brown of thstale tax board. Mr. Brown elated that th* average assessment on tsrm ( Ing Implement*, automobiles, ptdtryj nnd household goods was toe low and that these assessments should b* referretl to the board of review, Th* alate board elan notified the county nnaesanr to a*a*ss the self. | winding clocks lm-ated In the business [ houses in Decatur and owned by the Western Union Telegraph company at lit each, and stated that 1» of theae clocks were located In Decatur. Th" total of the personal property. Including asaessmenta of corporations and the slate’s assessment of rail--1 roads and utilities. Is a little over | nine million dollars.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 15, 1924.

Local Moose Going To Bluffton Friday Night — A delegation from the Decatur Moose lodge will go to Bluffton Friday evening to confer degree work on several Bluffton candidates at a big meeting to he held there. Last Tuesday night, thirty-one members of the Bluffton lodge motored to this city and joined with the local lodge In a banquet and social meeting. JOHN BORNER DIES SUDDENLY Retired Farmer Falls Dead On Third Street Last Nisht John Bogner, age 75, well known retired farmer, fell dead oposite the Moose home on North Third street about 10:30 o'clock last night, while on his way home from a supper and social at the Knights of Columbus hall, where he had spent the evening. De-ith was due to heart trouble. Mr. Bogner had been in apparent good health during the last few days. He ate supper at the K. of C. hall last night and enjoyed the evening. He started home alone shortly before 10:30 o'clock. His I'feless body was found on Third street by William Lenhart. Miss Helen Swearinger and Mr. L. C. Howard, who were passing on that street. In a short time Mr. Bogners daughter, Mrs. A O. Straub, came along the street, and discovered that the man was her father. The body was removed to the home of his daughter. Mrs. Doy I-ha mon. on Jackton slrec-t. where he has been making his home, last night. Coroner L. L. Mattox made an investigation this morning Mr. Bogner suffered a stroke of apoplexy two years ago and hnd suffered one stroke previous to that time. His brother. Frank Bogner, died suddenly of heart trouble about a year ago. Mr. Bogner was born In Senaca county. Ohio. April 27, 1849. He came to Adams county from Ohio forty two years ago. For many years he lived on a Li rm northwest of the city, but moved to lb-catur about sixteen years a*». His wife. Mary Bokik-i. died three years ago. Seven children, a number of grandchildren. two slaters and one brother survive. The children are Mr*. Day l.hamon and Mrs. Geo. Guas. Decatur, Mrs. A. O. Straub. Decatur. Mrs. P-te I Ufpell Huntington: Otto and Wm. Itogner of Branch. Mich.. Robert Bogner, of Lima. Ohio; and Lawrence Bogner, of Fort Wayne Mrs. George Keller, of Decatur, and Mrs. Jacob Greullch. ot Bellevue. Ohio, ar* (■later*, and Michael Bogner, of Decatur. Is * brother. Funeral services will be held from the St Marya Catholic church at 9 o’clock Saturday morning Burial will b*- mad* In th* St. Joseph Catholic cemetery. FOLET SUCCEEDS CHARLES MORPHY Son-in4aw Os The Late Tammany Hall Chief Chosen New Leader New York. May 16.—Jam*** A Foley ■on-in law nf the late Charles F. Mur pby, la the new chief nt Tammany hall. The Surrogate finally *cc»d*-d Io I the demand lo the organisation that ' he actspt th* mnntle in ih» fallen i b-ader and aaaumeu bls duties at one*'. I Illa resignation from his surrogateI ship is exported tnday. Foley w*» vlrtuifllv drafted. Tam many leader* admitted, and only or 1 cepted the lexderahlp after Governor Alfred K. Smith h*d vl»it*d him per■oaaly and naked him to accept Weather Partly cloudy *nd eoatlnued cool tnaight; Friday fair with rising temperature

BOYS RULE CITY THIS AFTERNOON I Parade Opens “Boys’ Day” Activities: Bijr Feed This Eevening , Manned by "Fire chief" Leo Dowling. the city fire truck lead the boys' parade through the streets of De- ! c.itur. at noon today, the parade 'offlcialy opening the day's program ' in the observance of “Boys’ Day In Decatur, and the running of the city government by officials on the Red i | ticket. Many boys joined In the parade, the line of march being from the corner of Madison nnd Fourth streets, north on Fourth street to Jefferson, where the boys ot the Central and 1 (Lutheran schools joined the parade. ‘ then to Second street and north on I Second to Monroe and then back to > the Central school building. II At three o'clock this afternoon the city was to Ite "run" bv the boro. I Jerome Mvlott will net as mayor and the following other officers will also dispatch the duties of their respective offices: Vacilla Clifton. Robert Cole, j Rover Scherer. Tommy Durkins, city clerk: Cornelius Geirner. citv treosur- , er: Harold Gav .marshal; Leo DowL , ing. fire chief: Thurman Elxev. street commissioner Ralnh Johnson jcitv attorney; rtavid Heller, cltv ( engineer; Paul Rancher, snnerinten- . dent v-ater works- John Ab-r superintendent electric light department I end Merle Chrisman, superintendent > of schools. , A meeting of the boy* council will . he held from thro" thirty to four t o'clock. At six o'clock this evening .'all the )>ova In • the fifth, sixth. I seventh nnd eighth srades., incliidline the bov officials will be the guests f of the Rotarians nt n picnic luncheon I- to be h*l<l on Ahr's field. In case of — (Continued on pace two) i ♦ DEMOCRATS TO » : NAME CHAIRMEN 4- — . I District ('hairman To Be Selected Friday; Few Contests In Prospect Indianapolis. May 15—Meetings in * twelve of the thirteen congressional . district* will be held Fr'day to select Democratic district chairmen who in .’turn will meet at Indianapolis Thurs- . day. May 22. lo select a state chair- . man. , Contests are In protest in some of ■ the districts, the warmest apparent I ly being 'n the Second district, where i, David Giles, of Sullivan. Is op|*oaed J for reelection by Jesse Weisman, ot I Linton. It is said the district stands ■ -evenly divided now. four counties favoring Giles and four favoring Weisman A. C Thoma*, of New Harfiiony. First district chairman, is opposed by T. D Scales, of B<M>nvllle, and L N ■ Bavnge. *’f Roekporfc In th* Third ' I district Jonas G. Howard, of Jeffer sonvlll*. may not accept reelection. It I* said, and K. B, Crowe, of BedI ford. Is talked of for the place. L‘ In Tenth District Everett Gardner, of Mohtlcello. is a candidate for the Tenth district chairmanMhlp, now held bv Mrs. J. I. Gwin. v of Rananelaer In the Eleventh distrlcl there are two candidate*. Robert v Bnttin. nf MariM, and Senator Ora (King, ot Sway***. Z. T Dungan, th* „ present chairman. Is not a candidate I for reelection because of his duties „ as Clerk ot the supreme and appel , late courts. J Indications aro, Il Is said, that th* other chairmen will be re-elected. , They are Lincoln l»ixon. North Ver- , nnn. Fourth district; Arthur Ham r tick. Clayton. Fifth d'atrlrt: Charles ~ Hack. Shelbyville. Sixth district; James Fleming. Portland. Eighth dig t trirt; Ira Cloussr. Crawfordsville. Ninth district; Stanley Nelson. Auburn. Twelfth dlttrlcl. and Frank Msyr. Jr.. South Bend. Thirteenth dlatrtcl. Reginald Sullivan, of Indlauap I i>lla. was re-eieeb-d Seventh district t ( hairman by the precinct committeemen last Saturday.

Parallel Parking Law Adopted At Bluffton , Bluffton, May 15. —The city council last night voted favorably on a moI tlon by Councilman Enishwlller that automobiles be parked parallel to the sidewalks, in order that traffic might not be blocked n the business seel tions of Main and Market streets. Mayor Thompson said today Hint the police cannot strictly enforce the action until the pavement is properly; marked for such auto parking. as ( most drivers have become accumtom , ed to parking their machines diagonally towards the walks. ORDER RAIL MEN j TO STAY ON JOB Order Issued For Fear Os Tie-up During Dispute Over Wages i (United Press Service) Chicago. May 15. —An order for I sixty thousand locomotive engineers , nnd firemen, and the managers of i ninetv western railroads, to remain p st “status quo" was issued todav by j •he United States railroad labor I bn->-d for fenr the deadlocked wave I H'spnte between th* emnloves and employers will cause a tie-up of tran snortation. Representatives o' both aides were | ordered tn apnenr before the hoard on June 3. unle«« a settlement Is ■ ■e-iohed befor* that dnte. The engineers and firemen demand wage incrersn of approximately five ner cent. The manavers lnsl«t that certain rules and worklne conditions should he made part of the wage discussion* Representatives of the men | hoited th* conference. An executive session of the railroad hhor discussed th- situation. In ■ a statement reviewing the neeotia- I tlon*. nnd pointing out the demand* 1 of hath sides, th* hoard said In part: "In view of these circumstances 1 the board has reason to believe that | * dispuite exists which is likely to ( | sub tsntially Interrupt. ••The board therefore exercises It* authority and hereby orders the na'tlea directlv involved tn attend a ( heart** which ii* set for June 3 un- l ’ t— >a in the meantime a settlement Is reached. Pending hearing and de | etalon there on both parties are dlr- ‘ ected to maintain status quo by order 1 if the board." I p 1 i , Stn»w Hat Season Not Accompanied By Any Big Rush Here r Although no unusual rush was not- ' ed at th* local haberdasheries and ' no *ppreciatable change was notje- * able on the streets, today was the day ’ designated by the arbiter of mens 1 fashions, whoever that may be. when felt hat* of all kinds, ear miffs and ■ other winter hear gears shall be super ‘ aeded by straw creations. Only a fe« ’ fortunate individuals who were--1 thoughtful enough to have the left over cleaned or to pun-haae a new ' llKslel, were prepared for the advent nf the straw lid season The straw hat I* by no mean* a new Institution It was first made 1 by the Romans, but did not become* generally popular until the sixteenth ' century, when Mary Queen of Reola brought a number nt straw platters 1 from l-ornilne lo Instruct her people 1 In the art. From that time on the straw hst ha* spread to all «ivlll«*d nations, and even primitive peoples ' have found It attractive. Displays shown hy hatters Indicate that there are n" radical departure" this year a* far as model* are con ' corned. Th* same weave* hold good thia season a* In previous year* ■ They ar*: Th* China Rpllt. th* le-g---horn, the Hennlt braid, th* Panama, and ths Milan straw, GIRL BABY BORN i A girl baby was l*>rn to Mr. and ■ ffirA Gustave Rchmldt. of Decatur ■ Hural Route No 11. at the Adams t County Memorial hoapltal at 7 o'clock ■ thia morning. The hahy has been named Caroline Batbara

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SAYS NATION'S FINANCES WILL NOT PERMIT IT President Ads Upon Advice Given Bv Sec. Mellon And Gen. Lord URGES MORE ECONOMY Second Vote On Measure Is Expected To Be Very Close In Senate i Tniiftl Preiifi Staff Correspondent) Wushinglon. Mtiy 15 (Special tn I):ti|v Deniocnit) Presient Conlidgc Imlay vtioetl lhe vnklier bonus insurance bill tin lhe ground that the measure would prove ttui great a strain on the nation’s finances. R<‘i><»rls to this effect were made to the President hy Secretary of Treasnrv Mellon and (e-neral l.onl. director general nf lhe budget. In a veto message sent to congress tmlav the President once pmre stressed lhe necessity i f governmental economy. Sufficient regular administrations supporters in the senate, however, have declared their Intention to vote nvainat the President in the second vo’e to make it close. The bonus measure vetoed by th* President Harding was speedily passeft hv the house but failed to Im- reI passed In the senate. i The tenor of the Coolidge message itsglf may decide the senate result . where Senator Waßson of Indiana recently claimed a margin of four vote*. , to well th* bill up for passage over I the veto at once, first In th* house ; where it passed by an overwhelming | majority. Little douht is felt that It will not ’ go over in the lower branch hut bonus t supporters are not so sure about i their chance* of over riding the veto I in th* senate where th* margin enactment of the bonus would delay tux relief, th* foremost need of the n-ition. President Coolidge said in a i a-M-cial message returning the bonus hill w'thoui hl* approval (Continued on page two) BERNE WATER RATES FIXED New Water System For Town Is Nearing Completion: Kales Given The rates to he charged by the Bern* Water company, following the completion of the new water system which is in th* <<rar*e of Installation. 1 were drawn up hy the company and the -ngim-er, Mr. Harruff. last Tu** day evening Th* system i* near ng ■simplrtlon and It la hoped thal the wtvlce will lie started within th* near future Every metered water supplv aervIce. under the new system, will h*ve a minimum charge on every meter installed, varying and based on the |ala* of the meter Installed as follows: (I M. S 2. *4. II” ISO. and *3”. The • <>nsumi* on charge will be: first 2 non gallons per mouth. I #25. next .Soon gallons p*r month. #6O: next f> otxi g*lions per month. *46. next liiofKi gallons per month 140; all over ;*n.<iao gallons per month. *3” A small addition will he made If th* bill I* not imid by the tenth of each . month For each connection from the mains of the municipal water department to private llr« protection main, there shall bo collscted * ready lo serve rharx* Thia charge will vary aoctrdleg tn the *l*e of th» conoec tl<Mi aa follows: 176. *l. <1 6”. 12. *4, *« and *lO For each fire hydrant located and maintained by order of the proper authorities of th* Town of Berne, on a public street or other thoroughfare, i th* city shall pay at lb* rale of *76 per year.