Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1924 — Page 1

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MMHSTS I midcyclones I imiMEWEST 1U Os Dollars SEVERE IN IOWA «.rm struck Hardest In Vicinity Os < edar Rapids, lowa (United Press Service) , , intr 19—At least two Chicago. ARK. w( , r „ killed and property damrnnuins into milions of dollars * caused early today by cloud"ntsand cyclones which swept bw middllewestern states. J y Sehlev. 32. and Claude Barftt' is. were killed by flood waters iear Cedar Rapids, lowa, where the jorm struck hardest. Schley and larr ,tt. both farmers, were drowned w ,, n they attempted to rescue a knl ,>f rattle. In addition to other Joia cities, portions of Wisconsin, jjllinois and Nebraska were hit by win tl. hail, rain and electrical storms. . Thousands of acres of farm land through out lowa were covered with TCtfr . Growing crops were beaten down and in many places completely Destroyed. In the cities, trees and telegraph polos ware blown down, automobiles down main thoroughfares gD d buildings damaged by the wind sad hail. Telephone and telegraph comsmication was demoralized throughMi the storm swept areas. Railroad schedules were virtually aband«ed. trains running wherever po siUe to avoid washouts. Two Farmers Drown Cedar Rapids. la.. Aug. 19 — Two fibers: J. N. Schley and Claude Rnrtttl. were drowned with 35 head of attic they tried to save during a gren- rain and hail storm which Knick Cedar Rapids and surroundits country last night and early today. « Streets in the residential district May were raging rivers. The water It many places was six feet deep. Rowboats were employed to rescue automobile passengers caught in the torrent. Milwaukee. Aug. 19. — Thousands of dollars of damage was caused here early todaV by a wind storm of cyclonic proportions. Traffic was tied up by debris which filled the streets. Trees were uprooted and telegraph poles were blown down. Rain and hail accompanied th? winds. Bertram. la., Aug. 19—The Chicago ,tad North Western railroad was completely blocked near here today by bridge washouts along the right of tray. Clinton, la.. Aug. 19 —Clinton's streets were flooded and traffic tied up today as a result of hoavy rains during the night and early today. Several small streams flowing into the Mississippi river near here were out of their banks. ip at” Hyland Reported To Be Improving Today Attending physicians are very Jopeful for the recovery of Arthur " Pal ” Hyland, 23-year-old son of Mr. ood Mrs. p. j Hyi an( | w ho was O p e rn "‘ upon for appendicitis about one 01 lock Saturday morning. “Pat” is r ' st ing well, considering the serious"”B of his illness. He has very ■•He fever and his pulse is good, the ’ttfiiding physician stated at one otoik this afternoon. His condition . e as . vary serious during tjie filrst th ° UrS ’ I,Ut ' as ' IG has “pulled lit> rnil f'' ' ong ‘ ’ s believed that rthT" be ° n ttle roa d to recovery 1 1111 a short time, unless complica,lons set in. Mer At Kendallville Kendal'lviiu 1 I P 7 sf ' Service) ciai ,“ a ‘ lvllle > !»<!■. Aug. 19—(Spe--65 Uy Dem °crat)—G. C. Lyle, here t «d v Ve “ na ’ °” 18 h *‘ d jail ■«. on a charge of forgery, eral ,"‘ Presentea himself as a feding i„ gent Sfeeli ' n R a curb profiteerless ch 8 ' olPr * es ai ’d cashed worthlocal J' 8 f ° r Bnia " amounts among charges' 1 ‘ <h!,nts ’ acc °rding to the

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DIPLOMAT TO BE & MH • 4 1 r ' J ■ C ‘I k J v -. 'W '", • Edgar A. Bancroft, Chicago attorney and writer, is chosen to represent the United States as ambassador to Japan. manygoing ON EXCURSION Annual M.E. Sunday School Excursion To Toledo Next Thursday Indications are that the number of people who go on the annual Methodist Sunday School excursion to Walbridge Park. Toledo. Ohio, next Thurs day will be as large, if not larger than the number who have gone in previous years. Several hundred people of all denominations make this trip annually. Arrangements will be made whereby people from the country may drive their automobiles to the Nickle Plate station and park them there. A man has beejl employed to guard the automobiles during the day, from the time the train leaves until it returns. The train will leave here at 6 a. m. and will arrive back about 8 or 8:30 p m. The railroad company has granted reduced fares of $1.50 per round trip for adults and 75 cents for children. Tickets are being sold at the John T. Myers clothing store, the F. V. Mills grocery store, and the Beavers & Fryback furniture store. The train will stop at Pleasant Mills and Willshire for passengers. Although th? excursion is being sponsored by the Methodist Sunday School, the public in general is invited to enjoy the outing. those who do not care to spend the day at the park, can go to any part of the city, to Toledo Beach and other places of interest for a few cents.

k —O1—1» Rotary Golf Meet xY t Fort Wayne Thursday Fort Wayne, Aug. 19. —Plans are under way for a Rotary club golf tournament to be held at th? Fort Wayne Country club on Thursday of this week. It wil! be an elimination affair, the winners to play in the state tournament to be held at Indianapolis later. The local Rotary club is also tfarting plans for an intercity tournament, to be held here in October o Another ’Round-The-World Flight May Be Terminated (United Press Service) Hanoi. French indo China, Aug. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat)— The round the world flight of Major Ple’dro Zanni, Argentine airman, may have reached an unsuccessful termination early today when the big plane overturned as Zanni attempted to take off. The machine was badly damaged and is considered beyond repair. —oAnother Speeder Fined At Berne Saturday Berne. Aug. 19,—Rather than face trial before David Depp, justice of the peace. Martin Eisenhart pleaded guilty to a charge of speeding, on Saturday afternoon and was fined $1 and costs amounting to SB.OO. Eisenhart pleaded guilty shortly before 4 o'clock, which was the time set that he was to appear for trial. He was 'arrested last week by Marshal Schug.

AUDITOR MUST INCREASE AUTO ASSESSMENTS State Tax Board Decides To Override Action Os Board Os Review BOOST 20 PER CENT. Increase Will Amount To Total Os About $115,000 In County The state board of tax commissioners wil mandate the county auditor to place the 20% horizontal increase on the assessment of automobiles in Adams county, according to a telegram received at the Daily Democrat late last evening, giving the state board's action in regards to the assessment of autos in this county. The county board of review, at its August session, refused to place the 20% increase on the automobiles, the state ordering the horizontal increase following the county's certification of the final assessments in this county. The local board based its refusal on the opinion that the assessment of automobiles were already assessed high enough and that to place a 20% increase on them would be unjust. The county board, before taking action in the matter, compared the individual assessment of automobiles in the county with the cash value of ♦he ears listed in the Auto Trade Dealer's guide book and found that the autos in this county were assessed at a total of approximately SIOO 000 higher than the guide book had them listed. Eight other counties refused to place horizontal increases on property assessments as ordered by the state board and. according to a dis- , ]H»tch from Indianapolis, the state board will mandate the auditors in these counties to place the increase on the assessments. Auditor Will Do It Although County Auditor Martin Jnberg had not received official notice of the state board’s actions when informed of the dispatch revived by the Daily Democrat he stated that he would have to comply with the board's ruling and place the increase on the automobiles. Mr. Jaberg stated that in all probability the 20% horizontal increase would affect every automobile owner the same and that there would not be any attempt to try to equalize the assessments in the different townships by a sliding scale of increases, such (Continued On Page Four)

NOTIFICATION OF DAWES TONIGHT Many Prominent Republicans Gather In Chicago For Ceremonies Press Service) Chicago. Aug. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Great and near great republicans assembled here today to join thohsands, of plain voters in an old fashioned demonstration tonight when Charles G. Dawes receives official notification of his selection as vice presidential nominee on. the republican ticket. There will be a great parade with many bands, banners and torches of red fire. Evanston. Chicago suburb and home of Dawes, was virtually buried under a .nass of flags, bunting and banners. Managers of the demonstration expect a crowd of from 50,000 to 100,000 to gather on the wide grounds of the Dawes mansion, the adjacent street and on the large stretch of vacant land between the estate and the lake. A score of bands and 10.000 or more marchers will parade through Evanston before the ceremonies get under way. Women from all parts of the country will participate undet the leadership of Mrs. A. T. Hart, Kentucky, vice chairman of the republican national committee. The ceremonies will be broadcast so that radio fans from all over the country may tune in and hear the speakers. Huge amplifiers have been installed to carry the voices of the speakers for blocks around the Dawes home.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 19, 1921.

Reports His Car Stolen When Companions Take It William Klaus, of Fort Wayne, reported to local police yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock, that his Dodge touring car had been stolen. Klaus and two other young men drove into Decatur yesterday afternon and parked the car on Court street. Klaus got out of the car anil a few minutes later the other two youths drove away in the car, going south on Third street. Klaus saw them drive away and hurried to notify Chief of Police Joel Reynolds. However, the policeman did not take the matter seriously as the youth said lie knew the other two and had: driven to Decatur with them. Klaus] then notified Deputy Sheriff D. M. Hower and Mr. Hower called Bluff ton ploice, but Klaus left the sheriff's oflice and failed to show up again Local officers believe the two youths were playing a joke on Klaus and that he found them soon after reporting that his car had been stolen.

DORSE MYERS DIES IN WEST Brother Os Local Men Dies In Denver. Colorado, This Morning Dorse Myers, age 44, brother of John T. Myers and R. D. Myers of this city, died this morning in Denver. Colorado, according to a telegram received here this afternoon by his brothers. Mr. Myers had been a patient in a sanitarium in Colorado for the past year. Mr. Myers wes credit manager of the Continental Supply company and resided in Tulsa. Oklahoma. Five years ago he became ill with the influenza during the great epidemic. He apparantly recovered from the disease and went to work, but suffered a relapse and had been in poor health since that time, in an effort to regain his health. Mr. Myers spent the past five years in different localiities of the west, residing for a time in lower California, in Wyoming and Colorado, and also spent several months at the Mayo Brothers' hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Dorse Myers was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Myers, and was born on the Myers homestead south of the city, in 1882. He went to Tulsa. Oklahoma when a young man and engaged in the oil business. He was married in Tulsa about 11 years ago. He visited his brothers here about six years ago. Mr. Myers is survived by his wife Gertrude Myers; two children, a boy and a girl; four brothers. Charles and Wade, of Tulsa. Oklahoma, and John T. and R. D.. of Decatur; and three sisters, Mrs. Irene Elston, of Angola, Mrs. Vera Harting, of Temple, Texas, and Mrs. Nellie Everett, of Kansas City. The telegram stated that funeral services and burial would be held in the west, both relatives here are seeking to Jiave the body returned for burial in the Decatur cemetery. MINO OF “KID" M'COY SNAPS Ex-Pugilist, Facing Murder Charge, Tears Paper Dolls In Cell (United Press Service) . Los Angeles, Aug. 19— (Special to Daily Democrat)—The Ijrain of Kid McCoy, racked by the charges against him. recc|llecfion of recent events, the confinement in jail and thoughts of the future, snapped today. Either that, or. seeking to confound the alienists who have pronounced him “sane," McCoy is doing a mental "flop" to add strength to his plea of insanity, the defense he will make when confronted with a charge of slaying Mrs. Theresa Mors. For Kid McCoy, one time pugilistic champion, "pal” of Isadora Duncan, confidante of Materlinck and the husband of eight women during (Continued on page two) Weather Indiana: Partly overcast tonight and Wednesday with local thunder storms. Rising temperature.

AID PROMISED TO FARMERS BY GOV BRYAN Democratic Vice-Presiden- • tia! Nominee Also Appeals To Mothers FOR OUTLAWING WAR Hails Running Mate As “Al Progressive Democrat;” Praises Platform < United p St aIT Co’-resnondent) Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Charles W. Bryan, Democratic vice presidential nominee makes his campaign appeal to mothers and farmers. His acceptance speech delivered here last night was given over to stressing the advantages which the Democratic ranks offer to these two classes of voters. The mothers, Bryan promises “an equality with map in employment, compensation and jury service." abolition* of child labor, prohibition law enforcement and "outlawing of] war" by means of referendums. To the farmers, he pledges tariff. reduction, return of the federal reserve system to its original purpose, development of waterways from Great Lakes to the Atlantic and to I the gulf, state and national aid in] Co-operative marketing - , (feation of an export marketing corporation and reclamation development for the wbst. Praises Davis and Platform Bryan hailed his running mate, John W. Davis, as “a progressive Democrat” and the platform of his convention as the “most progressive platform covering the tried and practical measures for the economic freedom and prosperity of the people, hat has ever been promulgated by a national political convention." "Woman's rightful place is by the side of man," he said. “Their blood s mingled in their off-spring and they are united as no others can be n guarding the home, the unit of society, the nursery of youth. The Democratic party has no principles, policies or plans that it cannot submit to their judgement and sense of justice.” Pledges Peace Effort He pledged all the energies of his party to “the outlawing of the war system.” While he did not mention specifically his objections to the observance of defense day, he said: "War propaganda, mobilizations, demonstrations of the civil anti in(Continued on Page six) FRENCH CABINET APPROVES PACT Takes First Step Toward Ratification Os Pact Os London (United Press Service) Paris, Aug. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat) The first step toward ratification of the pact of London was taken today when Premier Her riot's cabinet unanimously approved action of the French delegation at the London conference on application of the Dawes-Young reparations report. President Doumergue presided at the cabinet meeting which has been called to hear Premier Herriot’s interpretation of the agreements reached in London. The cabinet will convene again tonight to take up rhe high cost of living question, especially the high price of bread. O_ John Koenig Arrested On Embezzlement Charge John T. Koenig, of St. Marys, Ohio, who was the promoter who built the Decatur-Fort Wayne traction line, was arrested at St. Marys last week on a charge of embezzlement. it is charged that Koenig, as agent for Ferd Poppe, converted to his own use $1,300 the same being the property of Mr. Poppe. It is understood that the charges grew out of a real estate deal which took place in Sep tember, 1922. Mr. Koenig pleaded not guilty and gave bond in the sum of $1,500.

“UNCLE SAM” p yr M• • v fl George ('. Campbell of the Soldiers home of Washington. I). ('., attended the G. A. R. encampment recently held at Boston He is said <o have been the original of the “Uncle Sam" cartoons. TRUSTEES ARE MAKING BUDGETS Tax Rates Os Different Townships Expected To Remain The Same Although none of the proposed tax levies and budgets of estimated expenses for 1925 in the several townships have been published, all of the township trustee are preparing their budgets for next year, E. S. Christen, county superint rndent of schools, stated today and the publication of the notices will he held within the next few days. The law requires that the township trustees publish the proposed budgets and tax levies ten days before the meeting of the town-hip .advisory boards, which will meet September 2nd. It is not thought that the rates in the townships will be any high"! next year, most of tile budgets being about the same, it was stated. o Pony Races Large Horse And Young Men Monroe. Aug. 19. — Considerable amusement was afforded the citizens yesterday evening when Franie Rayl rode his Shetland pony in races against a large horse and young men on foot. The races were held on the main street of the town. The pony defeated the large horse, but one of the young men was victor in a short race with the pony. o Vandals Damage New Elks’ Home At Capital — • Indianapolis. Aug. 19. —Detectives are investigating the work of vandals who entered the Elks’ new home now under construction at Meridan and St. Clair streets, and damaged doors aiul door casings to an amount estimated at SIO,OOO by the Dahilstrom Metallic Door Company, who have the contract for putting in the doors. Police say they believe the jurisdictional controversy between the Iron Workers' Union and the Carpenters’ Union as to which should be permitted to do the work on the metallic doors and windows in the building is thought to have something to do with the wrecking of the building.

Motorists Must Dim Lights In Mercer ( o. Celina. Ohio. Aug. 19.—Mercer connty motorists are again warned that they must dim their automobile lights] 1 when meeting other machines and ‘ wlvle driving through corporate:! vil-|' lages and towns in the county. ‘Speed’ | Officer Otto Vonder Haar has been in- ' structed to enforce this law rigidly and he has asked the press to carry this warning. | Thursday evening two men were, arrested for failing to comply with the dimming law while traveling the Celina-St. Marys road. Fred Gland, of Muncie. Ind., paid a fine and costs amounting to $10.86, and Raymond Cook, of New Knoxville. sll.lO to Justice J. L. Morrow after being arrested by the “speed cop,” VonderHaar,

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ARGUMENT IN I LEOPOLD-LOEB CASE STARTED Last Os Evidence Presented And Attorneys Begin Their Pleas DEATH IS DEMANDED -Assistant State’s Attorney Says Death Is Only Just Penalty (United Press Service) Criminal Court Room, Chicago. Aug. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat) —"There is but one penalty proportionate to the perpitude of the crime and that is th? extreme penalty. death." Assistant States Attorney Thomas Marshal declared this afternoon in opening rhe state's argument for the hanging of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, slayers of Robert Franks. “There is in this case only one question for the court to determine" Marshall declared. “That is what 'i.s proportional to the terpi.ude of this offense. What punishment under the law fits the crime com mitted.” After pointing out that the only penalty in this case is death Marshall declared: ‘The laws of Illinois prescribe bat the punishment should be in proportion to the terpiture of the case and this penalty is death.” Criminal Court Room. Chicago. Aug 19- (Special to Daily Democ;at)—All the testimony in the sensa.tonal Leopokk-Loeb murder hearing was concluded here this afternoon . The last witness was Dr. W. O. Krohn, state alienist, the last of five pioduced by Slates Attorney Robert E. Crowe to convince Chief Justice John R. Caverly. presiding at the hearing that Nathan Leopold and Richaid Loeb were normally and legally sane on the day they killed Bobby Franks. Clarence Darrow, chief defense attorney who will deliver the principal address for the defense said he was -atisfied with hi's medical defense and will s?rive to convince Justice Caverly that the boys were only partly responsible for the killing. He will ask that the boys be spared the gallows and be sentenced to the state penetentiary. _o Countv Visited By ■ Rain And Hail Today Decatur and vicinity was visted by a rain and hail storm at about twelve o’clock noon today. It rained hard for several minutes and then it hailed. It is not thought that the hail caused any damage to the oats or corn. Th? rain was welcomed as the ground was dry and the shower will help the J growth of the crops, not yet r for harvest. 3 ' Attendance Officers To Meet September 9 II The county school attendance officers in the eighth district will meet ' at Muncie on Tuesday. September 9tll according to an announcement ' made by Miss Blanch.- Merry. State School attendance officer. Meetings of the attendance officers will be held the first two weeks in September, each district having a separate meeting. Frank Armantront. local attendance officer, will attend the meeting.

With The Candidates (United Press Service) Presient Coolidge Forced to remain indoors by cold weather, the president called in a stenographer and started to catch up with his accumulated correspondence. John W. Davis—The democratic candidate attacked the problem of appointing a strategy board to aid in tlie campaign conferring with George | White, Ohio, and Isador Dockweiler, California. He also discussed the question of extending his speaking tour to the Pacific coast which was urged by Dockweiler. J Senator ba Follette—Took a day of I rest preparing for his conferences -Tn the next few days with Senator I Wheeler, his running mate, and leadjer of his campaign.