Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 23 August 1924 — Page 1

Number 202.

1 CITY BUDGET IS *1 SMALLER' TAX I RATE IS HIGHER S Decrease in Valuations Is ■ Cause Os Boost In ■ The Kate I MORE FOR schools H Small Increase Made In Ihe K School Budget; Swim- ■ min? Pool Possible B Because of a decrease in the m 9 net assessable valuations in the B citv of Decatur, estimated at, B from SlSOJiuo to .5400,000 this' B vear, the proposed tax levies ot B the Decatur school hoard and of | B the citv of Decatur for 1925, as H shown'in the budgets ot' estiM mated expenses for the coming H vear, are front two and eightB tenths to fifteen cents higher on the hundred dollars. KI The proposed rate of the school K| board, the budget L-ing published toK| day. is $1 4" on < ;i, h SIOO, based on an nS estimated valuation of $6,337,820. as compared with a valuation of $6.<18,K| 210 last year, a decrease of $380,390, ■ which a! the tax rate for this year. $1.25. would have yielded. $4.754 87 or H within $l,lOO of the total budget for Bh next year. To have raised the add!|H, tion. 1 $l,lOO as required for next year. B' based on the higher valuation used fl| last year, it would have been necesK| sary to increase the rate only about SB ’ cents on the one hundred dollars, K or a total rate of $1.27. |K The School Board Budget 9M The proposed budget of the school ■K board for next year totals, $88,767.00. ■ as compared with $87,632.60 for this bK year, or an increased expenditure of £h| approximately sl.l'lo. The special aK school fund totals $26,687 for next 9K year, as compared with $24,110 for this SH year. Th<- bond fund and levy for inK terest tli.-reon totals $9,355 for next ■ year as compared with $10,355 for this 9K year. Largo items contained in the SB special fund include $2,459 for the Kw school bourd's share on contemplated |H street improvements and $7,100 for |HI janitor and engineer hire. K| The pj\ of tea. hers is estimated at ■ $56,025 for 1925, as compared with BH 1 $51,500 for 1921. the increase being necessary because the state law inBH creased th" salaries of all city teachers last year, payable this year. Os SB the $56,025 levied for teachers’ salarfil ies. a credit of $2,300 is taken for SB revenue derived other than by taxaaH tion, leaving a net levy for $53,725. The City Budget » Altlic'i. :i the proposed rate for the ■ city of Decatur, as fixed by the comK| mon council for next year is two and ■B seven-tenths cents higher than this year, the amount of the budget of BB estimat ’d expenses for the coming ■H year is $3,516.58 less than for’the year of 1924. The total amount of the ■ proposed budget is $49,942.02. The BB budget ; tposed for next year is one of the smallest in recent years and ■H within SIO,OOO of being" Just half of ■ the 1920 budget. The levies as proH ” <>x^y ear: General fund .72 (t ontinued on page three) I entertainment I AT G, [.PLANT I Enjoyable Time At Affair S Given For Punch-Press ' ■ And Tool Room Depts. About one hundred employes of the ent?? El6Ctric plant attended an nS r' nment RiVe “ at the plant last ronm t° r the PUnfh press and tool nisho<t'| IPar » mentS ' Music wa * furwiderth Wi,lsh:re ’ Ohi °> bind, Chari W di ™ ctlcn of R °y Stutter. ( crowd eS ., Plsher entertained the lectlon, W number whistling sement in .< ° ther forn,s of ehtertainuorseshoeU(lß<l boxing lnat ches and those preseT 68 ' Wh ‘° h lntereßted Present very muc h. held In waurm’l “ ing C ° nteßts WGre eat ing an ,> /° n eatin «- cracker Fisher w . ndy eating - Charles contests ° n I Mt PriZ6 tn the first two be the L, - Ll ° yd Bal -r proved to iaxi 'ed

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Coach Kennedy Issues Practice Call For Monday Coach Kennedy has issued his first cal for candidates for the D. H. S. football eleven for next Monday afternoon. The players are asked to meet on Ahr’s Field at 3 o'clock Monday laftrnoon. The coach has issued equip'ment to several of the candidates already and those who have not received their equipment are asked to call at the high school building some time Monday and the coach will issue equipment to them. Athough school will not open until September 2, the coach is anxious to get started on the conditioning process in order to have the players tn good condition for the opening game. o— STUNTS PLANNED 1 AT ELKS'PICNIC I Contests And Games For Old And Young At Zeaser’s Woods Sun. ' Several contests and stunts have been arranged for the children and guests at the Elk’s family picnic to be given Sunday in the Zeaser woods, sdfttheast of Decatur and the Elks are leaving nothing undone which will in any way make their guests enjoy the day and have a good time. The stunt committee has arranged for the following contests, which will, no doubt, prove of great interest to all. Tn addition to the g tunts and contests. an out-of-town orchestra will furnish music. The contests are: A bottle race for boys; the hippity hop, a contest between girls and boys; a lobster race between men two-in-one girl's contest; the sub-way, for boys; the cradle roll, for little children accompanied by an older person. Excellent prizes will be given to the winners of the contests and all are invited to take part. The committee, in planning one of the special contests, gives out the following information concerning it: ‘‘Eeveryone is supposed to bring their own baskets filled with a little more than is needed for their own immediate family and the surplus will be placed on a special table and will be served to the bachelors and maiden ladies, each bachelor to take as a partner for dinner some maiden lady. Thi s table will be beautifully decorat ed with orange blossoms, forget-me-nots, and bridal wreath. There will be screens placed between each couple in order to avoid any unnecessary embarrassment and annoyance from outside observers. The-entire Elks’ lodge has great hopes and expectations from this special arrangement.” Route S igns will make the way to the Zeaser woods and all Elks and their families are invited to come early, enjoy the dinner at noon and attend the program in the afternoon. Ice cream, lemonade and soft drinks will be served to the guests free of charge. o Prince Os Wales Sails For United States Today (United Press Service) Southampton. England, Aug. 23. While hundreds of Americans mingled with a great crowd that gathered here today to bid him bon vovage. the prince of Wales eluded all the sightseers and unobtrusively boarded the Berengaria before dawn this morning. 1 The prince's trip to America had developed such a social clamor, ! which ranged from the demonstrations of good will on the part of the Britishers who have a very deep affection for him to the rediculous antics of numerous dowagers who hope he will return a measure of this affection to their daughters, that he was forced to take extreme means to avoid publicity as to his getaway. I o — Jane R. Wins 2 :09 Pace At Celina Fair Jane R.. a race horse formerly howned by Ed. Ahr of this city, won , the 2:09 pace at the Celina, Ohio, ■ fair Thursday. The horse finished i second in the first two heats, but , proved to have a large amount of en- , durance and finished first in the last three heats. Cresent Direct, the - hose that won !he first two heats, broke the track record in the first . heat, negotiating the mile in 2:06%. I The purse for the race was S4OO.

ITALIAN AIRMAN IS STILL MISSING Search Being Made 130 Miles Off Coast Os Greenland Today (United Press Stnff Correspondent) Aboard the U. 8. S. Richmond. Aug. 23 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Just 130 miles from Greenland, at the spot where the destroyer Barry last saw Lieut, Locatelli, the Italian flyer, at 2:30 p. rn. Thursday, the U. S. S. Richmond took up its station to' direct ti e search for the missing airman. The heavv fog, into which Locatelli plunged from sight two days ago was still enveloping the sea wastes early this morning No word has come tha Locatelli had been found and Admiral Magruder was waiting only for the mists to lift before puttting out the Richmond's seaplanes to begin a search. Locatelli is 28 years of age, unmarried and wears five medals for extraordinary courage. The search for the Italian is not expected to interfere with the plans of the Americans who expect to leave Fredoricksdal for Ivigtut as soon as weather conditions permit. Meanwhile the Richmond is run ' ning short of fuel oil and Admiral Magruder has ordered a fresh supply sent to Newfoundland or some point north of there. o Andrew Grover Dies At Mishawaka Friday Mr. and Mrs. Coat Cook received a telegram yesterday afternoon telling them of the death of Andrew Grover, their niece’s husband, which occured at their home in Mishawaka yesterday. Mr,. Grover was past sixty years of age and had been in poor health for the last few years, suffering from kidney trouble. Mrs. Grover came a week ago last Wednesday for a visit with her and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Cook, and stayed until a week ago today. Mr. and Mrs. Cook received a letter yesterday from Mrs. Grover saying that she arrived home alright. Two hours later the telegram arrived telling of her husband's death. Mr. and Mrs. Grover formerly resided at New Haven. Mr. Grover was overVer in a rubber factory in Mishawauka for several years. He is survived by his wife and two sons. Mr. and Mrs. Cook may go to Mishawauka for the funeral services. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION Vacancy To Occur In Position Os Postmaster At Monroe Soon The United States Civil Service Commission has announced a'n examination to be held at Decatur, on September 20. 1924, as a result of which it is expected to make certification to fill a contenplated vacancy in the position of fourth-class postmaster at Monroe and other vacancies ns they may occur at that office, unless it shall be decided in the interests of the service to fill any vacancy by reinstatement. The compensation of the postmaster at this office was $990 for the last fiscal year. Mrs. Robert Shirk holds tbe office at pres ent. ’ Applicants must have reached their twenty-first birthday on the date of the examination, with the exception that in a state where women are declared by statute to be at full age for all purposes at eighteen years, women eighteen years of age on the date of the examination will ne admitted. Applicants must reside within the territory supplied by the post office for which the examination is announced. The examination is open to all citizens of the United States who can comply with the requirements. Application blanks, Form 1753, and full information concerning the requirements of the examination can be secured from the postmaster at the place of vacancy or from the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. Applications should be properly executed and filed with the Commission at Washington, D. C„ at the earliest practical date.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 23, 1924.

High School Pupils To Register Next Week Principal Walter Krick, of the Decatur high school, and City Su,perin ' tendent M. F. Worthman request that all high school pupils register for the fall semester next week, any afternoon between the hours of three and six o'clock, beginning on Tuesday. The pupils are urged to refrain from delaying in registering as much time is required by the school teachers and officials in checking up the pu•pile and their credits and classifying them. School will oyen on Tuesday morning, September 2. MANY CARRIERS ARE EXPECTED : — I Annual Convention Os Rural Letter Carriers Here Tonight More than 150 rural mail carriers from the eighth congressional district, including Adams county, are expected to attend the annual convention ot the carriers to be held 1 this evening. Beginning at 6:30 ' o’clock, at the First Methodist 1 . euhreh in this city. The convention I will open with a banquet and an ad- ' dress of welcome to be extended by 1 Mayor H. M. DeVoss of this city. At ieght o'clock, the program, as published several times, will be held. Among the speakers are Congressman A. H. Vestal, of Anderson; R. B Dick, executive commitfeeman from the eighth district; Mr. Kelly, federal postoffice inspector; A. B. ' I Lang, national president of the rural f . letter carriers association and C. L. • Walters, of this city. Patrons of the postoffice are invited to attend the banquet and pro- . gram in the evening. Tickets for the • dinner are selling for SI.OO each and . may be secured from the Decatur . carriers. The talks to be given by the speakers will be along the educational line I and instructive as to the services given by the carriers. o • Home From Penal Farm Russell Wells, of this city, has re- ■ turned from the state penal farm to which he was sentenced in the Adams ' circuit court some time ago. Mr. 1 Wells’ sentence of six months was ' shortened thirty-three days on account of good behavior. • -0 Three Killed In Gun Battle In Michigan (United Press Service) Marquette. Mich., £ug. 23. —Marquette’s chief of police, a patrolman and a bandit who may be an escaped cjonvict. were killed in a revolver ■ battle here early today. The bandit fired the first shot, fataiy wounding patrolman ThomasThornton. on the latter’s command to . halt. Thornton pursued the thug . three blocks and then collapsed. ! O—- ' FRANK WEMHOFF GETS PROMOTION Made Credit Manager Os Wayne Tank And Pump Co. I Frank Wemhoff, son of Mrs. Mary ‘ Wemhoff. of this city, who has been ’ connected with -the Wayne Tank and 1 Pump company of Fort Wayne, for ■ eight years, has been appointed credit ' manager for the company, succeeding , (Frank E. Mills, effective today, ac- ’ cording to an announcement made by officials of the company Friday. 1 Mr. Wemhoff started with the ’ | Wayne Tank company in July 1916. and six months later was promoted | Ito office manager of the San Fran- | , cisco office of the company, in which , capacity he acted for two years. He ' was then called back to the home 1 office and placed in (harge of the ac- ’ I counting department, which position 1 he has held until his present promo- ’, tion. Weather 1 — ' Generally fair and warm tonight and Sunday. . J

DARROW PLEADS LONG ANO HARD Delivers Powerful Sermon ' In Effort To Save Youths From The Gallows Criminal Court Building, Chicago, 1 . I Aug. 23. —Blending law, logic and medicine with philosophy, tolerance and understanding. Clarence Darrow today delivered a powerful sermon , againsL man's inhumanity to man. ; For minutes at a time Darrow seemed to forget he was pleading for the lives of Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Rich- 1 ard Loeb for their murder of Robert Franks and talked only as the kind philosopher, the humanitarian, decrying the taking of human life by organized society. Darrow today wove the same spell which even Broke down the phenomenal calm of Richard. “Yesterday I was asked the motive in this case and stated that no human being could have done what these' boys did without diseased minds,” he ■ began. “I propose to show y.ou that ‘ , certain facts in the lives of these two boys show beyond all shadow of doubt that their minds were diseased.” Darrow said there was no motive, ' passion, hatred, in thi s case. “It was simply the doing of children.” he said. “They had no one in mind as their victim and so they went to the playground at the Harvard I school to pick out some little boy—they cared not whom —that they could kill. Loeb’s own little brother was, there. There were others who knew ( him. It was foolhardy but they did 1 it. , i “Your honor has been in this court ' for a long time and I ask you did you ever see in all your experience such ( a case as this. No. judge, no lawyer, i no man of affair s has ever seen its equal. Darrow made a savage attack ( on Dr. W. O. Krohn, chief state ist. First Darrow pointed out that j Loeb trailed Johnny Levinson, son of a millionaire lawyer here, bent on a killing. By some circumstance, lack of opportunity, the boy is not killed, Darrow said. Then switching to Dr. Krohn. Darrow said: “Dr, Krohn, for 16 year ; has been going in and out of this building and other buildings, trailing victims re-| gardless of age or sex. seeking death; : and the motive is cash!” Darrow, shouted pounding the desk. “One is a mad act of a child, the, other is deliberate act of money deal(Continued on pace throw> o _ C.E. DELL WILL GO TO ENGLAND Local Manufacturer To Sail September 6th On A Business Trip Clarence E. Bell, prominent business man. founder and general manager of the La Fontaine Handle factory, of this city, will sail on the steamship Leviathan, greatest of all American ships, for South Hampton. England, on September 6t.h. where he will spend a month or six week calling on customers of the Handle Factory. The La Fountaine Handle company has customers in Londori, Liverpool and Birmingham, where forth > past twelve years, manufacturers in these cities have been using the ash agriculture tool and shovel handles made , in Decatur. At present 20.000 dozen ash handles are exported to England each year by the local handle factory, much of the timber used in the manufacture of the bandies being taken from tbe woods of Adams county. The S. S. Leviathan, formerlv tbe | "Fatherland” prize of the German NaVy, and taken by the U. S. gov.ernment during the war, sailed from Pier 86. North River, at the foot of I West 46th, street. New York City on September 6th. leaving the port at 10. a. m.. and is schedule to arrive at Southampton on the sixth day. Mr. Rell will combine business with pleasure and if time permits he will ■ visit the countries of France. Hegittm. Germany and Ireland, in addition to England. He also intends to visit the Battlefields of France and other interesting places in the Old Country. Mr. Bell founded the La Fontaine j (Continued on Page Three)

Telephone Operator Overcome By Heat Miss Ada Stevens, chief operator at the Citizens Telephone Company, was overcome by the heat Friday morning at ten-thirty o'clock, while on duty. She was taken to the home of Dr. Elizabeth Burns, with whom she makes her home, and was able to resume her duties again this morning. Miss Stevens will leave tonight for ' Indianapolis where she will join her brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and i Mrs. B. B. Carmin. on a motor trip through Kentucky and Virginia. She expect)' }(sbe pone two weeks and Mias Beulah Nichols will assume her duties while she is away. RETIRED FARMER DIES NEAR BERNE 8 Christion Ahstutz. Age 84, ) Dies Os Dropsy Friday Morning i Christian Amstutz. 84. prominent ( retired farmer, died at the home of i his son-in-law, John J. Hilty, two , miles north of Berne, at 6 o’clock Fri- ] day meriting. Death was due to ( dropsy with which Mr. Amstutz had suffered for some time. He had been seriously ill since last Saturday. He | had been able to be up and around ' previous to that time and attended ’ ' church services at the Christian < Amish church of which he was a member, a week ago last Sunday. ; Mr. Amstutz was born in Canton I Bern. Swittzerland. on November 20, j ! 1839, and would have been 85 years t l of age had he lived until his next t birthday in November. At the age , j c>f 13 years he immigrated to this country with his father and stepmother. Mr. and Mrs. Ulrich Amstutz. ( and settled on the Sam Zuercher farm , I a mile south of Berne. Practically his entire life in this country as spent , in farming in Wabash township. Fifteen years ago he retired from ( farming and during the past seven years he had been staying at the John ( Hilty home. In 1861 he was united in marriage , to Anna Nussbaum who preceded him in death two and a half years ago. ] Nine children weie born in their home, five of whom survive. They I ate Mrs. Katy Halfen. Mrs. John J. ' Hilty, Miss Elizabeth Amstutz all of i Berne; Chris of Missouri and Moses ' i in Alabama One son died in infancy 'and two sons. John and Isaac, and a daughter, Mrs. Adam Nussbaum, preceded their father in death. Besides the children and other relatives there are four half-brothers and two half-sisters who survive. They are Jacob U ; John of Berne; Japhet, of Palestine; Peter L., of Berne; and Mrs. Lena Hirschy and Mrs. Peter | Boegli, of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held from ' the Hilty home at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon. o Wind And Electricity Did Damage In City I The wind and electricity which accompanied the rain storm yesterday afternoon did considerable damage to the Citizens Telephone company's lines and the city light and power iinesi About 25« telephone poles were blown down and four men were busy all day today repairing the damage done to the telephone lines. Two of the city light line transformers were burned out. The one supplying current for North Second street was out until some time after dark last night and that part ot the city was in darkness tor a tew hours. Although the rain cooled the atmosphere for a while, the relief from the hot wave was only temporary, as the mercury reached high marks again j today. s Arthur Hyland Reported Much Improved Today The condition of Arthur Hyland i was reported as being much improv- i ed today. He rested good during the i night and seemed much better at t noon today, according to word from the Adams County Memorial hospital. He was operated upon a week ago today and his appendix was removed. o — CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat: Sept. $1.23; Dec. $1.28; May, $1.33%. Corn: Sept. $1.13%; Dec. $1.05%; May $106%. Oats: Sept 47%c; Dec. 50%c; May 54%c. |

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DAWES TAXES A STAND AGAINST KU KLUX KLAN Republican Vive-Presiden-tial Candidate Denounces Organization COOLIDGE TO REPLY President Is Expected To State Stand On Klan Question Soon (United Press Staff Correspondent) Augusta. Me.. Aug. 23 (Special to Daily Democrat)—Declaring that the Ku Khix Klan is "contrary to the letter and spirit of the constitution,” General Charles (>. Dawes, added his stamp of disapproval to the hooded order here today. Speaking to a huge gathering of republicans Dawes departed from his prepared address Io make the first formal reply to the challenge issued by John W. Davis that the republican standard bearer also condemn the klan. But like Davis the roqublican vicepresidential candidate expressed the very firm belief that the klan issue “has no part in this or in any other campaign.” Dawes reference to the klan came as a surprise to many people assembled to hoar him although earlier in the day word came from Plymouth that President Cooldige advisors anticipated that the General would challenge. Coolidqe Will Reply Plymouth, Vt. Aug. 23. —President Cooilidge will reply to the challenge of John W. Davis, his democratic opponent. to join in a public condemnation of the Ku Khix Klan and thereby remove that subject from polictical debat - this year. This appeared evident today when C. Bascom Slemp. the President's secretary, prepared for an exchange of messages with party leaders regarding the manner in which the reply should be made. Whether a decision will be reached while the president is still on his vacation or whether the pronouncement will wait his return to Washington is not yet known. ♦— Planned To Smother Baby To Avoid Disgrace Kansas City, Mo.. Aug. 23. — (Sneciay to Daily Democrat) —To save himself and his bride of three months from disgrace Loren Person, son of a prominent Central Missouri farmer, planned to smother their ten day old son and bury it in a field near here he (onfessed to police today. Persons was arrested today after three county officers chanced to find him digging a tiny grave while in his automobile close by lay his baby son asleep. | Persons fled after throwing a shovel at one of the officers. His arrest was bi ought about by tracing the ears ownership by means of the license tag. —o STRICKEN IN CANTON. OHIO Miss Esther Sellemeyer Is Suffering With Sciatic Rheumatism Mis s Esther Sellemeyer, the well known missionary, is suffering from sciatic rehumatism, with which she was stricken a day or two ago while visiting for a day with another missionary at Roberstville a suburb of Canton, Ohio. Her father A. N. Sellemeyer left here at noon today and will assist her in returning to Ft. Wayne, where she will he taken to the Lutheran Hospital for treatment. Miss Sellemeyer who has been in this country about a year lecturing in various states and who expects to return to the China field soon, was enroute to Akron and stopped off at Canton to visit her friends, Thursday ’ evenifffe. Ten minutes after arriving at her room, she was suddenly stricken with sciatic. She wired her parents here last evening and again this morning and Mr. Sollemeyer left | at once to assist her to the hospital.