Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 13 August 1924 — Page 1

Vuluim' XXII. Nnmber IW.

I dOT.HRI.fINS AND I WIVES HERE FOR I "808 HEDN DAY" I H iin This Morning Fails To I Dampen Enthusiasm I <)f Rotarians I STI NTS ON PROGRAM I Loca l Club Has Program Os I Entertainment And A [ Banquet Arranged I welcome, “Bob Heun,” Rotarians | and their wives. I Dffßtur is triad to have you and we ■ jj o pe you enjoy your visit here. ‘lt I A i„ t Gonna Rain No Mo', ami even if H | t does the bis Rotary picnic and re- ■ ( *>ption to lie Riven ''Rob” Heun, of H Richmond, governor of Indiana Ro- ■ tary , is going to he held at Bellmont 1 p,| r |( this afternoon,” R- J- Hurting, ■ gen eral chairman of the event, stat- ■ eil at eleven o'clock this morning. B Mr. Heun ami thirty Rotarians from ■ Richmond will arrive in the city about ■ t! , r ee o'clock this afternoon, accord- ■ jujr to a long distance call from the I Quaker City of Indiana. It is expect- ■ ed that between 300 and 400 visitors | including Rotarians their wives, will attend the picnic and big out-door f I program to he given at the park. I Plans are being made to feed that many at the dinner this evening and! this morning the women were paek-| ing the boxes with fried chicken and | many other good things to eat. Many clever and fun-making stunts have been arranged on the afternoon j program, including a derby race be-; ■ tween the thirteen clubs, each being represented in the horse race by a steed of noted fame and a joc key I front each club. Col. Fred Reppert will art as starter of the race and the I heals promise to be full of thrills. The guests will register at two [ o'clock under the west grandstand. No parade or up town visits .will be I made. The Rotarians and their guests will H ho welcomed to Decatur by Henry B. I Heller, president of the local club. H who will introduce Dr. Fred Patterson, 1 || retiring group representative, who in j f| turn will introduce Mr. Heun. Rotary; [ governor. Dr. Patterson and Hugh | Hite will lead the crowd in singing I i and then the big derby race will be' I hold. | An aviator from Convoy. Ohio, will provide several thrills in front of the. grandstand for the crowd, and other! stunts will be given. At six o'clock I the dinner will lie served, tables and j chairs being arranged on the grounds' north of the midway. During the evening talks will be given by Mr. Heun, Arthur Sapp, of Huntington, retiring Rotary governor; Chad Burns, of Valparaiso, and Dale McMillen, of Fort Wayne, newly elected group representative cf Indiana Rotary, This is the first district picnic that Mr. Heun has attended since he became governor of Indiana Rotary and the “boys” are planning to extend a hearty welcome to him. Clubs invited to attend the picnic were. Richmond, Ft. Wayne, Marion, Portland, Winchester, Bluffton, Hartford City, Columbia Cit v . Huntington, Angola, Kendallville, Union City, Indiana, and Van Wert. Ohio. Rand Concert Tonight The Moose lodge has constructed a band stand on a wagon to bo used by the Moose Band for the weekly concerts. The band stand was located at the northeast corner of the court house lawn, on Madison street 'bis afternoon for the concert this evening. Strong Blockade To Be Thrown About Rum Fleet New York, A„g. 13—(Special to T) fdiy Demorat)—A double barreled blockade will be thrown around 'bo rum fleet when It hobs at anchor <m " le New Jersey coast and more 1 11,1,1 300 dry crafts large and small "ill be warring against the smugglers according u> enforcement plans today. Twenty former destroyers are belnK put into shape to augment the eoast guard vessel. They will strike at tue rum fleet from forty bases ■' °ng the coast and will not only M I' up a blockade to precent liquor "ing brought ashore, but will prev- ■ <m food and water from reaching! i rum row I

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Lillian Messman Died At Home In Wood burn Lillian Messman, ft-yoar-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Messman of Woodburn, died at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, at her homo .fol- | lowing a short iiltiess of spinal meningitis. Tile child v.as taken.Hl only about a week ago and her condition became serious Monday. Shu is survived by her parents, three brothers und one sister. The family formerly resided in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Messtnan is a sister of Mrs. W. H. Zwick, of this city. Funeral services will be held in Woodburn at 10 o'clock I Thursday morning. Burial will be made in the Concordia cemetery at Fort Wayne. DONAHEY AND DAVIS WINNERS Nominated For Governor, In Ohio Primary Flection Yesterday (United Press Service 1 !, Columbus, 0.. Aug 13 —Former Governor Harry I. Davis won the republican nomination for governor of Ohio from a field of seven other iandidateu >n the state primary Tuesday. He will run hi the November election against Governor Vic Donahey, who was renominated on ilia democratic ticket, by a large majority over ! James C. Beatty. i Davis forged ahead in the first returns and was still leading early today with a plurality of approximately | fin.ooo votes in 6.000 of the states S,300 precincts. Davis opposed Donahey for goV- 1 ; ernor in 1920 and was elected. Donahey was renominated in 1922 and won the election from Carmi Thompson Os Cleveland. (j Italian Aviator Forced To Postpone Flight (United Press Service) Stromness. Orkeny Island. Aug. 13 —Lieut Locatelli, Italian aviator, hopped off from the Orkney Islands for Iceland today. He hopes to catch up with tiie American fivers and ac- , company them to Labrador. The airman returned to Stromnoss ja little later, however, reporting that , ■he had encountered impenetrable tog. , o NEIZF.R SPEAKS • i i to motorola; ■ i, Fort Wayne Man Tells Os Work To Be Done By County Club i 'Hie assembly room at the Old Ad- ( ams County hank was well filled with motorists last evening when the offic- , ers and committee members of the Adams County Motor Club and other enthusiasts listened to a splendid halfhour talk by Hon. Maurice Keizer, of Fort Wayne. Mr. Keizer told how the same propo- J sition of organizing a club in Alien county came up and at that time he made a thorough and complete investigation of the Hoosier State Automobile Association, convincing liimseif ' r that it is a high class organization and . of Inestimable value to the motorists of the state. He believes the county cltilr is necessary to complete the effectiveness of the state and national j associations. He told of many things ’ of value which they have done in Ft. Wayne and Allen county, of things that, can be and should he done, mark- j ing highways and streets, keeping the weeds down, extending hospitality to visiting motorists and aiding in directing them over the best routes. i It was decided at last night’s meet- ] ing to mark the state highway through this city and to mark several county roads. Officers will meet at Berne and Geneva soon to discuss road markings of advantage in that part of the coun-j ty. A committee was appointed to give support to the county board of i review in their action in refusing to < increase the valuation "n automobiles : and a resolution was adopted that the Adams County Motor Club ask recognition from the American Automo- , bile Association. The membership in the local club i has trippled during the past t\yo ■ weeks, now totalinfi seventy-five and : growing each day. Manager Whkin- ! son hopes to have a club of 500 memJ hers within a few months. j 1

HONORED BY ROTARIANS HERE TODAY * Bob Ileun. of Richmond, governor of Indiana Rotary, was the honored guest at the entertainment given at Bellmont Park today liy the local Rotarians for the clubs of the district. The day v.as known as “Bob Heim's i Day.” Delegations were present from the thirteen clubs in the district.

RURAL CARRIERS WILL MEET HERE District Convention To Be Held In M. E. Church, August 23rd W. F. Beery, secretary of the Adams County Rural Mail Carriers and chairman of the program committee for the Fighth Birstrict convention of rural carriers to be held at the Methodist church in this city on Saturday evening, August 23rd. is arranging the program for the meeting. A banquet will he served at the M. E. church at six o'clock Saturday evening, followed by a program, to which the public is invited. Tho e who wish car. also .attend the banquet. It is expected that practically ever rural carrier in the eighth congressional district will attend the convention. There are 162 carriers in the district and Ray Smith, carrier on route six. Decatur, is chairman of both the district and county organizations. An excellent program is being arranged b\ Mr. Beery and his committee. The meeting will be opened hv invocation hv Rev. I T . S. A. Bridge, pastor of the Methodist church, followed by au address, of welcome ■from Mayor 11. M. D"Voss of this city. If. B. Dick, of Farmland, district deputy cf the rural carriers, will give the response, to lie followed by an address from Hon Albert IT Ve • tal. of Anderson. congressman from this district. The national president of the organization, Hon. A. P. Long, of Pleasantville, Ohio, will also give and address The nature of the addresses will be along the educational line and relation carrier and the public. The local mail carriers extend a hearty welcome to llie public to attend. Po tmasters from all towns and cities in the district haue been invited to attend. The i lection of officers v ! lie h n ld and the selection of a meeting place for the next convention will he made bcfc-p tlv 1 meeting adjourns. The program will begin at eight o'clock, it was s'nted. *_ Anti-Klan Candidates Win Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 13.—AntiKlan candidates won sweeping victories throughout (he state in yesterday’s gubernatorial primary, according to returns today. Lee Cazort, avowed klan candidate, was trailing Tom J. Terra!, anti-Klan candidate by 3,000 votes, according to incomplete returns from 71 counties. Tho vote stood: Terral. 15,000; Cazort, 12.000; Judge J. E. Martineau. 11.200; Jacob R. Wilson, 8.000; Hamp Williams, 7.1,200; Jame 9 0- Ferguson, 6,500.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 13, 1924.

Indiana Truck Drivers Illegally Arrested In Ohio (United Press Service) 1 1 Indianapolis, Aug. 13 —Frederick 1 Schortemeier, secretary to (lovernor Branch, today notified Gov. Donaw hev of Ohio of specific instance in which Indiana truck drivers have been irregularly arrested in Ohio during the past week. Governor Branch protested the arrests to the Ohio executive yesterday and Governor Donahey asked for j specific information on the complaint. CONTRACTFOH NEW GARAGE LET ! I Local Contractors (let Contract For Building Garage For City The firm of Moon and Butler of Decatur recevied the contract to construct the brick garage. 24 by 80 feet, at the City Light and Power Plant, west of the plant, faying Park street, on their hid for $2,569 at the special meeting of the city council hold last evening. Four contractors submitted pro posals, bids being received on cement block and brick construction. The cement block bids were rejected, the , courtcilmen deciding to build the garage out of brick. j | The bid of Bebout and Hisey, of | • Rockford. Ohio, for $2,479 was reject- • ( ed and the contract awarded to Moon ! and Butler of this city. | I The garage will lie a ten apartment affair, there being ten double doors in the building facing Park street, providing space for that many cars. . •It will he only one story high, j The bids on the brick construction filed by the four contractors last ev- ! ening were II- F. Linn, city $2,609; jF. Bucher, $2,613.25 lliscy and Bebout Rockford. $2,479; Moon and Butler. I $2,569. Work on the construction | of the' garage will commence at once, j The road and coal trucks, service trucks of tlip water department and other equipment owned by the city I will he housed in the new garage. CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE • Wheat: Sept. $1.28%; Dkc. $1.31%; IMay $1.36%. Corn: Sep. $1.15%: ' Dee. $1.08%: May $1.09. Oats: Sept. 1 50%«; Dec. 52c; May 55c. Weather i Fair tonight and Thursday; sorae- , what warmer Thursday in northwest J portion. j

COUNTY BUDGET FOB NEXT YEAR IS COMPLETED Total Amount Asked For Is $119,513.44; Levy Is Higher SEVERAL ( UTS MADE Decrease In Valuations Make Slight Boost In Levy Necessary Although! the general county budget of estimated < xpi uses for 1925 figures only $573.69 higher than for 1925, the proposed levy, for the gi neral fund, including appropriations for the operation of the county* government. salaries of officials, county hospital, county infirmary, burial of soldiers, expense of orphan poor, as-Ees-ing. insanity and epileptic inqests and including an apprepriauon of $1(5,000 for the rest room and repairs to the court house, figures i ! run > and one-half cents higher than; this year's levy, as shown by the pro- ; posed budget prepared by County Auditor Martin Jaberg. Seven Cent Increase The total of the three levies which make up the county general rate, bridge levy, bond and interest levyon the Smith bridge and the Adams County Memorial hospital and the county general fund, is. however, onlyseven cents per hundred higher than this year, a reduction of two and onei half cents being made in the levy for 1 bridges. Budget For Next Year The budget for next year totals $119,513.44. exclusive of tlie bridge and bond and interest levies. The budget for this year lotals. *119,929.94. a 20 cent rate oti an assessed valuation of $11,013,000 raising this amount of money. Valuation Less The net assessed valuation for next year, on which the tax levy figured. ■is S4O 513.030 a decrease of approxl- ! mutely $5,000. The loss in the valuation occasions the need to increase I the rate, if the proposed budget and j levies are adopted. Tsie mortgage exemptions are more this y< ar. it was j stated. I Cuts Are Made The bridge p-ogram 'or next year I has been cut in two. This year the bridge levy was 5 cents on the hundred dollars and a little more than *20.000 was raced and spent in building and repairing of bridges. This year the proposed levy is only two and one-half cents, the total budget amounting to $10.12X.2n. Items Eliminated Besides the bridge program being reduced one-haif for next year, the ap- ■ propriation of $7,500 for election expenses is eliminated from (lie budget.. No election will be held next year therefore no appropriation is necessary. Increases In Budget The appropriations for salaries, orifice expenses and other expenses remain practically the same as this year, it was stated. The increases J which keep the budget up to about the same total as this year, after j credit is taken for the out In the ibringe 1 pvy and the reduction on account of the election expenses; i; due to tiie increased appropriation asked bv the Adams County Memorial Hospital. increased from $7,000 to $lO,- ] 000 and the proposed appropriation of $16,000 for the repair of the court I house. Budget Is Published The proposed budget and tax levies are published in today’s Daily DeI mocrat, showing in detail each appropriation for the various offices and departments or funds in the county. Tiie budget will be disposed of at the meeting of the county council ho j held on ‘September 2nd. j Bovine Taken To Penal Farm Today Deputy Sheriff D. Df. Hower went to the state penal far, near Greencastle today, with him Harvey Bovine, of Monroe, whom he delivered to tiie penal farm authorities. Bovine was sentenced to serve six months on the farm Monday when he pleaded guilty to a charge of contributing to the doj inqtienee.v of a young girl.

i Flood Os Liquor Hits Capital Os Nation il’nt'i'O I'rc.'s St iff PnrresnonOenO Washington, Aug. 13 -(Special to Dally Democrat) —A ilsing tide of liquor has hi: tli" nation’s capital and L officials from Commissioner Haynes down are scandalized. More than 100 drunken persons have been coralled In n rum running ' roundup and -core of arrests have | been made in fashlonab’e hotel roof garden dancing places. Tiie rum wave has spread such j alarm that police and detectives have I been made United States deputies so I that they can begin—according to an- ' tu,uncement today “a big drive to dry up Washington.” BANK AT YODER CLOSES DOORS Charles F. True, Former Decatur Man, Was President Os Bank Fort Wayne. Ind., Aug. 13- Stockholder; in the Yoder state hank, which was closed todav upon action of the stockhoV is, will lose 40 to 50 rents on the dollar, it was annnumed | today. Depositors will be paid in full, the instiution being solvent insofar as they are concerned. The Yoder Stat‘> Bank at Yoder, located about fourteen miles northwest of Decatur, lias c losed its doors I and the Farmers Trust company, of Fort Wayne, has been named liqui-' dating agent with “full power and authority to pay off all depositors.” The decision to close the bank was reached at a meeting of the stockholders In tiie offices of tiie bank last night. A large majority of the stock holders voted to close the bank, it is reported. Charles F. True, president of the bank, is a former resident of Decatur. For a number of y airs he operated a dry goods store in the buildim n< w occupied by the 11. & B. store. The Yoder bank opened for business on October 22. 1910. The present capitalization is $25,000 and deposts at the close of the business (Continued on page two) NIOKLE PLATE TO GET A FRANCHISE i City To Grant Franchise For Switch; Railway To Pay Damages The city of Decatur will grant a franchise to the Nickel Plate railroad for the extension ot' their tracks east of Eleventh street on Patterson street and the running of a switch to tiie LaFountain Handle Company factory as soon as the railroad company files releases from three of the four property owners affected by the extenion, the railroad company assuming all damages or liability In the matter. A motion to this effect was made, and passed at the special no a of tiie city council held last evening. Attorney C. J. Lutz of this eitv, attorney for the railroad company, s. E. Sliamp, the local agent. Charles K. Rose, genrH ? ( seng >r agent and W. F. Nutt. Industrial agent, represented the railroad at the council meeting and through Mr I 'it/, the request was made that the franchise lie granted. the railrouad company agreeing to assume all liability. The traffic committee of the Decatur Industrial Association lias secured and paid for releases frmii Mr. |i and Mrs. William Gilbert, Mr. and ( Mrs. James Chilcote and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Fisher. The Industrial Association paid these three parties $205 as damages in the matter, ihe fourth party. Mr. and Mrs. James Hower refused to sign the relea- s and it is not known what they will lake in view of the action taken by the council last evening. Before the releases are turned over ,the Industrial Association will demand that the railroad company enter into contract with the board of directors agreeing to extend the track building the switch to the HaniTte factory and erect the Stock Yards or cittle pens south of the main trade. Avon Burk, president of the Association attended the meeting last evening. The matter will he disposed of at tiie meeting next Tuesday.

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GIRL FRIEND OF LEOPOLD IS SUMMONED Judge Caverly Issues Writ To Force Girl To Appear In Court PROSECUTION BUSY Slate’s Alienist Refutes Testimony Os Defense Alienists Criminal Court Room, Chicago, August, 13.—Chief Justice John R. Caverly this afternoon issued a writ for the appearance in court of Miss Marion Doctor, who the state wants as a witness in the Leopold-Loeb case. Miss Doctor an intimate friend of Nathan Leopold. Jr. Nathan discussed the Franks crime with her several times before his arrest. State’s Attorney Crowe has made several efforts to tiring her into court, but she evaded appearance and the writ issued by Justice Caverly was placed in the hands of an officer with orders to see that she appears. Criminal Court Room, Chicago, Aug 13—(Special to Dally Democrat) I "There was no evidence of mental disease hi Richard Loeb on May 21. ! Dr. Hugh T. Patrick, state alienist, stated positively in court today at the judicial hearing of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb for the murder of Robert Franks Striving to break down the defense case of “diseased functioning of the mind." the prosecution today took Dr. Patrick carefully along the line of the defense evidence in an effort to disprove every statement put forward “in mitigation of punishment. John Startiaro. assistant state's attorney. asked Dr. Patrick whether lie had formed an opinion of Loeb. taking into consideration the statement 'of the delense that the defendant was immature, had three baby teeth, a light growth of hair on the body, was forced to shave only once or twice a week, was subject to fainting spells, tremors of the hands and face, and whose “basic metabolism was minus 19.” “Yes, I have,” the witness replied. 1 “What is that opinion?” I “I saw no evidence of a mental dis- ‘ ease,” the witness answered, “unless ' one were to consider that tiie oomI mission of a crime was evidence of a mental disease." Starbaro admitttd other assumptions to his hypothetical question, each time asking Dr. Patrick whether he had an opinion regarding Loeb's mental condition in the light of \*uious assumptions. ' Each time Dr. Patrick replied that ‘ he had an opinion; that his opinion ' -was that Loeb did not have a mental disease on May 21. 1924. when Robert Franks was murdered; and that • h's reason was that the evidence was ‘ insufficient to indicate mental disorder. Dr Patrick, a little man with ' scrubby moustache and eves, dismissed with a wove of the hand and a disarming ®lo theoties of abnormality presented by the defense. __— o Fight Called Off When C,ov. Branch Objects (United Press Service) Hammond, Ind.. Aug. 13. The proposed match between Jack Johnson world's heavyweight champion, and Tut Jackson, dusky aspirant, has been called off because of the opposition 0 f Governor Emmett Branch. Defense Day Committee Sends Out A Program • 1 **■)ieil Press Staff Corresoondent) Indianapolis. Aug. 13 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The state defense day committe” today sent to county chairman throughout the state a tentative program for the day. The program, outlined by the committee at a meeting here yesterday provides for enrollment ot' civilians in existing military organizations to bring them to war time strength on September 12 and ter a parade of military, patriotic and fraternal organizations. Patriotic mas 3 meetings and ath- [ i nc contests are a iso proposed by tue state committee.