Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 12 August 1924 — Page 1

Number 192.

KlEff FOR ■ MO SUNOS TO I IE LOWER HERE K Township ■■§ll — H T O RAISE SISO.S6I Urt.lToße Raised Is More W “Than $20,000 Less H Next Year M. ■...!■.>■■ " m be . -1,,, |'r'l road '"’ nil :ini ' in ’ K,' ■ iy . pa'nbl" in lb--'. f()r <d binds issued this year I in 11"' building of | and concrete roads in K, in Adams Comity. of Hoot townall of tin' townships will have BK.'' r :">d interest rate |n Hoot ’ wnship the levy IM, ~.a r to I'o.o! bonds and in- . K', th,-rron was t;S cents on the ■ 'he amount reMr n xt '-ar Is 34 <p nts on ~... \ .. r • xt year, ■j Total Is Large ,nrt ' be re- ~, roml bonds and inwin |.i the township levies, the *b ‘ nt.,,1 The levy, rat - vic', inioiintei! to $201.535. ■Ho.,.- Itetween it and ' '■ b'dny. $29,673.57. BB For Bonds And Interest •' ■ for next : used for pay|Bk - : PC, I for the pay- ' reon. With the Washington township. BElroatb wore luilit in any of the this year and only two ■»-■■■- wei'e constructed in the ii ' Till' per t ent, road bond ■ffifrlrre ... limit prevents any of the tewn-liips from building roads year. IK The Proposed Levy proposed levies in the differand the amount which levy will raise, based on the valuation of property in township are as follows: ■ Marys .49 12,522.69 Creek .63 12,021.79 B« .48 31,246.27 |Bk Dfh .51 10,999.78 ■ Last Year’s Levy levies for last year, payable year, and the amount raised are follows; 1923 Levy Ain’t Raised ■ ion .81 $14,663.70 B°' .28 10,861.23 |T h!p -48 12,904.27 ■•klaml .49 11,722.56 Bfcshington .32 31,818.80 ■ Marys .52 13,365.56 Creek .66 12,491.23 1* .55 ‘ 36,154.03 'B rlforil -67 13,798.08 W basl! .66 19.638.30 ■terson .63 11,061.00 To Adopt Budget budget for the proposed road *d levies will be submitted to the commissioners and to the nt ' council at a joint session of B two boards to be held on Septem- ■ 2nd in this city. As the bonds e been issued and the money must ■ raised it not thought that any tmns will be filed against the MBPosed rates for road bond and inpayments. bulletin ■ Lansing. Mich., Aug. 12.— f ' n L, the persons who placed before the voters, Hen- ■ ° r this afternoon withdrew’ l l ‘7' , . i ' l, ‘ date f° r republican ■’’atonal nomination.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

South Dakota Wheat On Minneapolis Market (United Press Service) Minneapolis, Aug. 12. —The first South Dakota wheqt sold on the Minneapolis market from this year's crop brought prices about 25 per cent higher than last year. A large consignment, arriving yesterday, sold at $1.43 to $1.45 a bushel ' on the exchange, and the producers got an average of $1.20 a bushel. Dealers said the fir«t important arrivals showed uniform high quality The wheat was nnusualy free from impurities. This is the beginning of one of tho largest movements of wheat in the northwest in several years. Production will far exceed recent years and with qaulity good, northwest farmers will reap a good profit, dealers declare. o FUNNER WINS DAMAGE SUIT Gets Judgment For Damage To Auto: Motion For New Trial Filed Willis A. Fonner received judgn'.tnt for $59 1.1 costs in hit suit against Haz> 1 Galloway, of Berne for damages inflicted to his aut< mobile in an accident which occured on the Fort Wayne road between this city and Monmont.i on July 29. The suit was tried in the court of A. C Butcher, justice of the peace. Mr. Fonner asked for $63.60 in his complaint. Following the completion of the trial. Attorney Dore B. Erwin, conn sei for Miss Galloway, filed a motion for a new 1 _r 1. A hearing on this motio” will be held at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning Miss Galloway a! leges that Mr. Fonner was to b: n'-‘ for the accident. The cars driven ■v the two parties collided and both were badly damaged. o Elzey And Ehinger To Represent Legion Post Fred Elzey and Leo Ehinger were selected last night to represent Adams Post No. 43, of the American Legion at the annual state convention to be held in Evansville next month. The alternate delegates are C. F. Berber and William Linn. Other members of the post likely will attend the convention. An interesting was held by the local post last night. PYTHIANS PLAN. FOR STATE HOME Dore B. Erwin, Os Decatur, On Committee Making The Plans Dore B. Erwin, who will become the head of the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias of Indiana in October, was at Indianapolis last week where, as a member of a committee, he assisted in drafting suitable legislation to be submitted to the Grand Lodge Convention at its coming session, relative to the establishing of a Pythian home for aged Pythian and orphans of deceased members in Indiana. The other members of the committee are Grand Chancellor Elmer Bassett, of Shelbyvtlle; Judge Craig, of Greensburg: and Past Grand Chancellor Russe, of Lawrenceburg. These men were appointed at the session of the Gland Lodge last October and have prepared their report and the same will be sent out to the several subordinate lodges by September 1. Consideration will be given the matter until the seventh of October, when the delegates will be asked to vote on it. By the proposed plan a home will be established somewhere in Indiana in the very near future. Mr. Erwin, in an interview this morning, stated that “during my visits over the state the last year I found sentiment very much in favor of a Pythian home. The Pythian Sisters have been planning for this home for several years 1 and already have more than $20,000 ■ in a Pythian Homo fund. Whether • the two orders will combine in the ! building of one home or act independ(Continued on page two)

Highlights Os Speech In Which John W. Davis Accepts Democratic Nomination For President

(United Press Service) Clarksburg, W. Va., Aug 12.—Following are the highlights of the acceptance speech delivered here today by John W. Davis, the Democratic 'standard bearer. The “supreme need of the hour", he declared, is to restore the confidence of the people in their government, which was lost through the ‘gross indeeds" of the Republican officials. ( Labor “The right of labor to an adequate wage earned under healthful conditions, the right to organize in order to obtain it and the right to bargain for it collectively through agents of its own choosing, have been established after many years of struggle. They must not be impaired by injunction. Labor has a right to voice in all maters of government that directly or peculiarly affect its own rights." Farmers “Remove tariff discriminations against the farmers. The govern- . ment by doing its share toward a European settlement shall help to revive and enlarge his foreign markets. Provide active government work in assisting in the co-operative marketing movement. Supply the farmers

! BUY UNIFORM FLAG STAFFS Merchants Buy Flags For Uniform System Os Decorating Sponsored by Adams Post No. 43. of the American Legion, uniform flag staffs are being sold to the Decatur merchants and business men which can be placed in a metal socket on the sidewalks near the curb when the occasion demands the displaying of the American flag. evening at a meeting of the Legion members, apptoval of the plan was given and today, a representative of the Mason City Flag and Decorating company, accompanied by several members of the local Post were soliciting orders from the local business men. They were meeting with great success and this afternoon had taken approximately fifty orders for the flag poles, together with a uniform sized American flag. The flags are attached to a twelve foot hickory pole, the flag being 4 by 6 feet, fast color and of good quality. A socket or recepticle will be made in the sidewalk in front of the business house, flush with the walk and a metal top can be placed over it when the flag pole is not in place. The entire outfit, including the cost of installation is only $5.00. By purchasing one of the fag staffs i the local merchants will be able to display the American flag on holidays in a neat and attractive manner. All the flags will be of uniform size and the poles will be of an even height. The socket will hold the pole firmly in place and when the flag is not on | display, the metal cap can be placed - over the socket, leaving the opening; even with the walk. Many other cities have adopted this form and style of displaying the American flag. o Cardwell Stave Company Bankruptcy Sale Aug 28 Notice has been, given that the stave mill and veneer egg case factories of the Cardwell Stave company, located at Delhi, Louisiana, and Card well, Missouri, will be sold at bankruptcy sale by the receiver, F. M. SchiTmeyer, of this city, on Thursday August 28, at either Mr. Schirmeyer’s office here or at the office of Vesey, & Vesey in Fort Wayne. The property to be sold includes ! ten and one-half acres of real estate i at Delhi, on which is located a com-, plete, fully equipped veneer mill for, the manufacture of egg cases, 1,760 I feet of standard gauge, tramwayp leading from the mill to a forest for. getting logs to the mill, two motor| boats, mules, wagons and other equipment; a complete slack barrel stave factory located on leased ground adjacent to the egg case factory; fifteen acres of land at Cardwell, Missouri, on which is located a veneer egg case factory, fully equipped. The property will be sold free iof Hens and the plants will be sold separately or as a whole.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 12, 1924.

with Information to aid in marketing crops. Every power of government must be exerted In time of distress." Railroads “Adequate service of transportation a reasonable rates. It is quite as iinjtortant to the railroads that the farmer should prosper as it fs to the farmer that the railroads should be i I adequately paid for service rendered." Taxes A pledge of tax reduction and reform. “The rates of the inc/une tax should be further lowered, in keep- ' ing with the rule that those who derive from the common effort of society a greater share of its earnings than other fellows must contribute to support of the state a proportionately larger share. A distinction will be drawn between earned and unearned I . I incomes. Tariff ’The exoribtant rates and discriminatory provisions of the present I tarriff law must be wiped out and in I their place must be written, with fairness to all and favors to none, a statute designed primarily to raise revenue for the support of the government and framed on a truly competitive basis." Government Economy "Economy in every part of the gov-

Candy Factory Fires Menace Lake Steamer (United Press Service) Chicago, Aug. 12. —Scores of pass- I engers on the lake steamer Illinois docked on the Chicago river, wore I menaced by flames here today when fire broke out in two candy factories . close to the ship. The fire caused ' about SIOO,OOO damage to the factories. Flames first broke out in the D. B ' Scully Syrup company and spread to the Snow Candy Company. The Illinois steamed out of danger. EXPECT MANY ROTARIANS TO ATTEND MEET j More Than 300 Visitors Expected At “Bob Heun Day” Here Wed. STUNTS ARE PLANNED Derby Race Is Feature Os Program; Banquet In The Evening R. J. Hasrting, general chairman of t jthe Rotary Day program to be given [ I tomorrow at Bellmont park in honor of Heun, of Richmond. Indiana governor of Rotary, stated this morning that replies had been received from , every one of the thirteen dubs and ! that he expected between 300 and 350 Rotarians and their wives at the ! Hiig out-dorr program. Plans are be- j; J Ing made accordingly and a final I check-up meeting of the local Rotarlians will be held at seven o’clock this i evening at the Decatur Industrial rooms at which time all details per- i talning to the entertainments will be disposed of. Rotarians from Richmond. Ft. Wayne. Huntington. Marion. Portland. Bluffton, Winchester, Union j City. Kendallville. Angola. Columbia City and Hartford City. Indiana, aand ' Van Wert. Ohio, will be in attend ance. Many of the clubs will send large delegations to the picnic and a happy time Is anticipated. • Banquet In Evening The Rotarians will gather at the park at two o'clock where they will register. The program will start immediately and one of the big features will be the Derby race, each club be- I ing represented by a horse and Rotarian jockey and the one winning the race will he awarded a grand prize. (Continued on Page Three) Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with probably local thunder storms in east and north portions: warmer in south portion tonight; cooler in northwest portion Wednesday.

ernment and strengthening of the government budget system." Prohibition “Why the question; is It not t)>e ilaw? I would hold In contempt any I public official, who took any oath to I support the Constitution. making at 'the same time a mental reservation ■ whereby a single word of that great jdocument ts excluded from bis vow." Foreign Relations “A pledge in the name of Democratic party to keep in every peace move. A flat endorsement of the 1 world court and the league of Najtions. A referendum and reservations | would be left to public judgment." National Defense “To maintain an adequate nationial defense until reason takes the place of force.” Religious Toleration “While no organization is named. Davis denounces bigotry, intolerance and race prejudice as alien to the spirit of America, declares it the ' solemn duty of Americans to oppose i any challenge of this doctrine, or- ! ganized or unorganized, under what- ■ ever name, or in whatever character it may appear. If elected, he said he would set up no standard or religious faith or racial origin as a qualification to hold office.

LENUST. MEYER I DIES IN MISSOURI Son Os Local People Dies Os Heart Trouble: To Be Buried There Lenus T. Meyer, age 38. a son of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Meyer of this city, died at his home in Glennenville. Missouri, at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. Death was due to heart trouble. Mr. Meyer suffered from influenza last winter and the disease I left his heart in a weakened condition. A message telling of his death , was received here by relatives last i night. Lenus T. Meyers was a son of Barney and Elizabeth Meyer, was born in Washington township, near Decatur, on October 1. 1885. He was reared in this vicinity and was married to Mary- Bentz. Mr. and Mrs. -Bentz and family moved to Missouri about eight years ago. and Mr. Mover has been engaged in farming. He was a member of the St. Marys Catholic church here and a member of the Knights of Columbus lodge, j Besides the wife. Mr. Meyer is survived by seven children, namely, Ralph, Extus. Clement and Clarence, I (twins), Laura. Frances and Lewis; I his parents; two sisters, Mrs. Berniard Kohne, of Decatur, and Mrs. Clem Hake, of Fort Wayne: and two brothers, Anthony, of Decatur, and i Herman. of Adams county. Funeral services will be held in Glennenville, and burial will take place there, also. The time of the funeral is not known here. The parents of the deceased will not be able to attend the funeral owing to poor health. Mrs. Clem Hake, Mrs. Bernard Kohne, Anthony Mover. Charles Bentz and Mrs.T. Lengrieh will leave tonight for Missouri to attend the funeral. Motor Club To Hold Meeting Here Tonight Officers and members of the comj mittees of the Adams County Motor I Club are urged to attend the meeting at the Old Adams County bank this evening at 7:30, at which time Hon. Maurice Neizer, of Fort Wayne, will discuss the purposes of the organizaj tion. The public is also invited to attend. Everybody is welcome and those interested in good roads and matters pertaining to the motorist, should come and bring their friends | along. $123,000 Os Bank Funds Alleged Misappropriated (United Press Service) Peoria, 111., Aug. 12—John M. Speer | of Peoria, cashier of th(* Fon Du La< State bank of East Peoria, is being held in the county jail at Pekin today while J. L. Northrup, State bank . examiner, is making an adult of the bank's books. Funds totaling $123,000 , are saaid to have been misappropriated.

’Clarence Winans Dies | At Home Near Ft. Wayne Clarence A. Winans, 13-year-old so'J of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Winans, for ' mer residents of Adams county, died nt his home thre ■• miles east of Fort Wayne at 2:30 o'clock Monday after ' noon, after a short illness of spinal meningitis. Be was taken ill last Friday. He was a pupil of the New Haven public sch-jols. The family resided near Pleasant Mills until six or seven years ago. Clarence was born in this county.’ Besides his parents he Is survived by one sister, Freda. Ben Winans, of Pleasant Mills, is his grandfa her. , Funeral services will be held in Ft. Wayne Wednesday afternoon and the body will be brought to Decatur for burial in tlie Maplewood cemetery. , The body is expected to arrive here about 3 o'clock. DEFENSERESTS I ITS CASE TODAY Members Os Loeb And Leopold Families On Stand This Afternoon Criminal Court Room. Chicago, Aug. 12. —The defense in the sensational Leopold-Loeb murder hearing rested its case this afternoon after building the most fantastic medic il structure ever reared in a criminal court I For more than two weeks ( larence Darrow, brilliant chi< f defe ise at- , torney through nationally known l alienists, has pieced together a bizI arre case of ’irresponsibility” bring- ; ing into play such terms as “split personality," diseased functioning of the brain,” childhood fantasies" and “exploiting the endocrine glands,” a comparatively new field for the neuropsychitrists. Darrow hopes to convince Chief Justice Caverly, sitting as judge and jury that Nathan Leopold. Jr., and Ricnard Loeb sons of niili lionaires. are not entirely responsible . for the murder of Robert Franks, school boy. lie wants them ja’led. Members of th? I e >pcld an-1 Loeb families were on th- 1 stand this as- . *ernoo i to help roiud nut the defense case. Foreman Leoppld, brother of Nathan, Allen Ix>eb. brother of Richard and Jacob Loeb, uncle of I.reb were ' put on largely to show that ransom was not a motive in tho kidnapping and mi.c'o,-. I o ; Columbus —Cary Gates exhibited a fifty-pound catfish which his caught in White Rover. FRANK STONE DIED MONDAY Former Resident Os Decatur Died In Los Angeles, California Frank Stone, 59. former resident of • this city, died yesterday afternoon at 4:55 o’clock at his home in Los I Angeles. California, of a coniplication of diseases. lie was operated on several weeks ago, but his ailment : was discovered to he cancerous and iso far advanced that nothing could be done. 1 Mr. Stone was born in this city, t the eldest son of tile late Mr. and l Mrs. James B. Stone. He was reared and educated here and for several r years clerked in his father’s harde ware store. When a young man he went ( 8 to Fort Wayne where he was engaged L for years as a traveling salesman for | 11 a hardware firm, frequently visiting hero. Two years ago his health began to fail ami he moved to Los ! :1 , , Angeles. | Surviving arc his wife, two sons. ’ Lloyd and Richard, one sister. Miss 3 Victoria Stone, of Chicago, and one brother, R. C, Stone, of Muneie. i | o I Mrs. Joseph Schneider Dies In Brooklyn. N. Y’. i I Mrs. Catherine Schneider, received word !a i t night that her daughter-in- ' law. Mrs. Joseph Schneider had died at her home in Brooklyn. N. Y. Death was due to tuberculosis. The deceased is survived by her husband and jOne child, seventeen months old. Mrs. ScHneider will leave this afterjnoon to attend the funeral.

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OAVIS TAKES A FIRMSTANOON PARTI PLATFORM Appeals For Party Unity To Bring Him Success In November SPEAKS IN RAIN Democratic Standard Bearer Gives Acceptance Speech In Rain ( By Frazer Edwards) (United Press Staff Correspondent) Clarksburg, W. Va.. Aug.— Having I outlined the issues in the presidential ■ campaign in his declaration of faith, i John W. Davis, the Democratic standard bearer, set out today to follow up his scathing indictment of the Republican administration from the hustings. | Surrounded by the friends and neighbors of his native West Virginia hills and the leaders of his party last night. Davis in his speech acI cepting the nomination took a stand squarely on the Democratic platform and appealed for party unity to bring success in November and insure performance of its pledge. Me declared that the “supreme need of the hour”is to restore the confidence of the people in their government. From President Coolidge down, none was spared from his lash for alleged contribution to this loss of faith through th« “gross indeeds” of Republican officials. Davis struck boldly at the “allied forces of greed and dishonesty." con demned the "dreamy radical and the smug conservative" alike, called for the rigid enforcement of laws against monopolies, urged higher taxes on “swollen incomes” and demanded full due for labor and the farmers. While reserving the details for carrying out the pledges in the Democratic plat- ■ form, he freely expressed his views on all important issues. ' Davis' friends and neighbors gave him a demonstration of their affection and admiration that was unmistakeable. They stood in a driving r-'in for two hours and a half to hear what he had to say in his speech of acceptance.’ So far as the local committee is concerned, its occasion was ruined bv the rain but it was given to those thousands who staved the speech to realize that rockets, red fire, festive bunting flags and citizi ens committee do not make a demonstration. j Washington, Aug. 12.—The unexpected labor derlarations of John W ' Davis in opening the democratic presidential campaign caused a furor lin political and labor circles here toI day. I His strong guarantee for fulfill I ment fopraetically all of labor’s deI mands was viewd with astonishment by labor leaders. Davis promised protection of the right of collective bargaining against court injunctions and abolition of , child labor, the chief points for which labor is fighting. This stand, however, will not deter tho American Fe--1 . deration of labor in its wholehearted I endorsement of the candidacy of Robert M. I.a Follette, the United Press is informed effically. n — BULLETIN On Board U. S. Cruiser. Richmond. I Reykjvik Iceland. Aug. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The American flyers hope to hop off Thursday for l Angmagsalik. Greenland on the next lap of their round the world flight, i A wireless received today from the Danish ship Gertrude Rask which is to serve as a supply ship for the flyers said she had broken through the ice at the Bay of Angmagsalik today and that the waters are now open. Dohenys Ask Court To Quash Indictments Washington, Aug. 12. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Erwin L. Doheny, i lessee of oil reserve number one in I California and his son E. L. Doheny, Jr., today filed motion in district of Columbia supreme court asking that their indictment in the oil reserve ease be quashed on the ground that Senator Walsh prosecutor in the case made a radio speech on the case “that grandjury members might hear jhis statements.”