Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 279, Decatur, Adams County, 22 November 1924 — Page 1

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JOUNTY OWES ■5842,758 FOR I HIGHWAYBONDS J — Sjunty Auditor Prepares ■ Statement Showing Indebtedness BmoI'NT DIMINISHING' WI — — i ■bout $200,000 Redeemed ■ Road Indebtedness Decreased In 1921 ■flinty Auditor Martin Jaberg has" a statement showing the 1 r ami amount of road itnprovebonds which the twelve townin the county will owe on Jani. 1925. After the 1924 payare paid, the twelve townships ■ owe a total of $842,758.00 for , bonds. During 1924. about ' in bonds were redeemed. ■Only two road bond Issues were isin the county this year, they in Washington township and total was less than $20,000. The , roads for which bonds were iswere the Andrews and Carper. Ids. Payments To Be Made ■During 1925. a total of 8183.592.0 f ■>i he paid on bonds and interest. which $36,465.54 is interest and represents payments on Total Bond Debt ■of the twelve townships. Monroe ■wnsiiip with a road bond indebtedness of $158,576.74 has the highest gß'bt for roads. Washington township ■ second with $127,348.82. ■ The amounts which every township ■ill owe on January 1, 1925 for roads ■re as follows: I ■nion 1$ 62.399.46 ■.... t 58,884.14 .. 43.251.58 ■luo Creek 54.237.76. HKonroe - 158.576.74 Jreni li 53.765.46 lartford 55.903.30 [ Fahash 82.579.38 efferson 45.478.80 Two years ago the townships owed tore than a million dollars for road tnprovementsi. Amount To Be Paid The following payments will he jade by the twelve townships on oads, the totals representing bonds nd interest thereon. Union. $12.44.57; Root. $13,967.64; Preble. sll,76 72; Kirkland. $10,654.99; Wash-! tgton, $29,208.01 St. Marys. $12,476.0; Blue Creek? $12,088.13; Monroe. 31.647.80; French, $11,294.93; Hartord. $12,281.38; Wabash, $16,276.18; efferson, $9,874.81. Grand total of oad bond and interest payments for 925. $183,592.06. If no roads are milt in any of the townships next ear, and it is not likely that there, till be. the road bond indebtedness, n the twelve townships will be deceased to $695,631.48. 0 — DIES AT HOME OF BROTHER HERE Mrs. Mary Hill Dies After Extended Illness; Funeral Monday Mrs. Mary Reynolds Hill, age 60 years, died at 12:30 this morning at •he home of her brother, John Reynolds, 121 Oak street, after an extended illness of chronic asthma and enlargement of the heart. Mrs, Hill had been in poor health ■ for several years and following the death of her husband at Burt. North Dakota, came to Decatur to make her home with her brotheh Mrs. Hill was born at Willshire, Ohio. August 6. 1864. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orvis Reynolds. She liv- ■ p d in Burt, N. D„ for many years and Was well known in this city and in and around Willshire. She is survived by three brothers,' Dan Reynolds of east of Decatur,] fbrist Reynolds, of Fort Wayne and, ■John of this city. One son also is, living. h'uneral services will be held Mon'ay morning at ten o'clock from the '’''’angelical church. Rev. L W. Dosse, officiating. Burial will be held , in the Decatur cemetery.

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Tax Representative Was Here Today James Showalter, special representative of the state board of tax commissioners, was in the city today and met with several Adams County I taxpayers relative to their assessments of personal property. About a dozen taxpayers were called In by Mr. Showalter. He did not order any changes made at this time and stated that if there was any, word would be sent to County Assessor William Zimmerman. — AGED RESIDENT OF CITY IS DEAD I ' —— Mrs. .Jacob Schafer Died This Morning Following Extended Illness Mrs. Catherine Schafer. 71. wife ofJacob Schafer, custodian of the north [ward school house, died at 5:10 this morning at the home. 728 Walnut I street, as a result of chronic heart trouble with which she had been afflicted about four years. Her condition did not become serious however ( until about two weeks ago when she became bedfast and gradually grew -weaker until this morning. Mrs. Schafer was a native of Ger--1 many, where she was born May 10, 1833. She came to this country with her husband in 1889 and has since resided in this city. Her exact, age was seventy-one years, six months ' and twelve days. Surviving are the bereaved husband and six children. Fred of Whiting. Ind ; Jacob of Lima. Ohio: Mary of Decatur; Katie of Ft. Wayne and Adam and Carl, both of this city There are eighteen grandchildren. The funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at two o’clock at I the Reformed church and interment in the Decatur cemetery. The casket will not be opened at the church. Friends desiring to view the remains may do so at the home at any time before the funeral hour. ■ 0 Flash Powder Causes Freak Trick At G. E. 1 * Fort Wayne. Ind.. Nov. 22. —Electricity will all its pecularities has played another queer trick at the Ft. Wayne plant of the General Electric I Company, according to a report from [there today. The report said that a direct short in a 13.000 volt circuit had been caused by a photographer's flash powedr. which was set off with the company's power station. The flash powder was set off by E. A. Wagner, managing engineer of the station, under two wires of this circuit. These wires were placed at a sufficient distances apart to make the normal potential necessary to cause ,an arc at least 90,00(1 volts. The flash powder was set off about four feet below the wires. o ' To Appear Before Judge Anderson On Dec. sth Indianapolis. Nov. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Judge A. B. (Anderson. in federal court today announced (hat 56 persons indicted by ithe grand jury Thursday will make itheir pleas December 5. I Among those indicted were Mel J. Butler, former mail carrier of Deca]tur. He will appear before Judge Anderson on the above date for a hearing. o FOOTBALL RESULTS First Half Yale, 0; Harvard, 5. Syracuse, 7; Colgate. 3. First Quarter Penn State. 14; Marrietta, 0. Lehigh, 0; Lafayette. 7. Rutgers, 7; Buckneli, 0. Brown. 0; New Hampshire, 0. Boston College, 20; Vermon, 0. Purdue, 6; Indiana, 0. thanksgiving services i —— ’ I In order that everyone may I learn of the special church services to be held on Thanksgiving, , pastors are invited to send their I announcements to the Daily i Democrat for publication. Announcements for rural churches should be sent in for publication in Tuesday’s edition and those for the city churches should be in the office for publication in Wednesj day’s edition.

APPOINT MEN TO TARE FARM CENSUS HERE - ■ ■ i Six Men Assigned To The Twelve Townships In 1 Adams County BEGIN WORK DEC. Ist. Blanks Furnished Fanners - By The Rural Mail Carriers Six men to act as enumerators in | taking the f irm census in Adams County beginning December Ist. were appointed yesterday by one of the deputies, working under W. .1. McGajily, in charge of the census for Northeastern Indiana. 1 The men appointed and the dis--1 tricts assigned to them are as fol- ', lows: .1. ('. Fogel, of Jefferson township. Jefferson township and Blue Creek. R. J. Mann, St. Marys township, I St. Marys and Union. Christe Bohnke, Root township. Root and Washington. Dan A. Baumgartner. French township. French and Monroe. Walter Thornhill, Geneva. Wabash and Hartford. i Roy Heller. Kirkland township. Kirkland and Preble. I Blanks for the farmers to fill out k [have been delivered to them by the I rural route carriers from the De'catur, Berne. Geneva and Monroe ’ postoffices. .I Farmers are expected to fill out I the blanks and keep them until the I enumerators call for them. In no t case are the blanks to bo mailed t back to the Posttoffiee or handed to ■ the carriers. The farm census is taken every five t years by the Department of Com- • roerce. Washington. D. (’., and the information obtained aids the department in forecasting crop prospects and in getting an idea as to the extent of farming in the different localities. All questions answered in the . blanks are treated as confidential by the department and in no case are the figures used for taxation purposes. 1 The enumerators appointed to take the census in this county will begin 1 itheir work of gathering up the blanks ’jon December Ist, and are expected to ■ complete their canvass in six weeks. ! Gore Will Succeed Wallace Jin Pres. Coolidge’s Cabinet Washington. Nov. 22. — President , Coolidge today appointed Howard M. Gore, of West Virginia, as secretary of agriculture, to succeed the late Henry C. of lowa. o MOTHER DIES AT I LOCAL HOSPITAL Mrs. D. V. Ruckman Died At Hospital Last Night; Day-Old Baby Lives Mrs. Clara Lillian Todd Ruckman. age 37 years, wife of D. V. Ruckman. 913 Russell street, died at ten-thirty Friday night at the Adams County Memorial hospital of septic poisoning, following the birth of a girl baby. Mrs. Ruckman took ill about a week ago and was removed to the hospital. Her condition became serious and she lived only a few minutes after , the baby was born. The baby Is still living and it is thought that it will survive. , Mrs. Ruckman was born in Allen , county on March 21, 1887 and has made her home in this city for eight or nine years, her husband being employed at the Mutschler Packing Company plant. She was married to Mr. Ruckman on February 8, 1906 and for several years lived at Hoagland. Two daughters, besides the day-old jbaby and the husband servive. they being, Martha Pearl and Mabie Nora who are at home. The deceased was a member ot the Eastern Star and Pooebontas lodges Funeral services will'be held at t;:.’o Monday afternoon from the home and at two o’clock from the M“ liodist [church. Rev. U. S. A. Bridge ntlicil ing.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 22, 1924.

| 1 YOUR THANKSGIVING ( DINNER Besides giving thanks to Him for His many blessings during the year, you'll no doubt observe Thanksgiving Day with a family | dinner and reunion. In keeping | with former custom, the Decatur i Daily Democrat will publish its , annual Thanksgiving edition of '. grocery and meat market ads next Tuesday, November 25th. Thin I will give our readers a chance to look over the tadn Tuesday night , and Wednesday and then do their I shopping. Local grocers and meat market proprietors are asked to , get their ad copy in the bands of . the printer not later than Mond'iy afternoon. Housewives are I invited to read these ads, check ' what, items they need for the 1 Thanksgiving feast and then do i their shopping with the store that invites their patronage. Local ! grocers will have a complete line of the season's delicacies for the J Thanksgiving table and the meat ( markets will furnish the rest. i THIRTY-TWO ME? APPLY FOR JOB ———' I Examination For R. F. I). Carrier Taken By 32 Local Men Thirty-two men took the civil service examinution at the Decatur postoffice this morning, for the ] appointment of rural mail carrier on! route three out of the local office ! The examination was in charge of ! George W. Everett, secretary of the local civil service bureau. The 1 names of those who took the examination were not placed on Die at the office, but it was staled that all of the applicants were from Decatur The successful applicant will be assigned to route three* taking the place of Charles Maloney, who was transferred to Decatur route five, succeeding Marion Biggs, who resigned about a month ago to enter the lumber business. The salary ot' a rural carrier in De- ( catur is SI,SOO. the carrier furnishing his own automobile. The routes ■are 24 miles in length -s~ O PRESIDENT WILE BE AT BANQUET A. .1. Smith Invited To At- • tend Banquet In Honor Os Pn»s. Coolidge President Coolidge will attend the Internajigpid Livestock Exposition the first week of December at Chicago. One of the big events in honor of his visit to ths great gathering of those interested n live stock i will be a dinner to he given in his honor at six o'clock the evening of Thursday. December 4tb. at the | Stock Yard Inn and invitations have been issued to this event. A. J. Smith, of the Smith & Bell Lumber company of this city, and owner of the now famous Fonner Stock Farms, today received one of the engraved invitations to attend the dinner and has already accepted. Admission will be by ticket only. The invitations were issued by the presdent and the board of directors of the Live Stock show. The Fonnes herd of Hereford cattle, which won so many first prizes and sweepstakes at the various state fairs of the middle west, will be on exhibition at the big show. A number from here will attend the exposition. Weather Generally fair tonight and Sunday; not much change in temperature.

BLUFFTON PLANT HAS ROOF FIRE; DAMAGE $8,500 Uitv In Darkness 5 Hours i As Result Os Blaze in Light Plant 'caught from stack Repairs Made During Night; And Everything Running ■ As Usual Today Bluffton. Indiana. Nov 22 (Special to Daily Democrat) This city was in darkness last evening from 5:45 when fire broke out in the city light •and water plant until 10:30 and it was feared that it might lie several days [before power, light or water could be obtained. However the fire was not as serious as at first feared and today tlie plant, minus a roof but with slight damage to the machinery is operating as usual. The fire originated in the roof, cans ed by an over heated steel smoke stack. The plant was carrying an unusual load. 1250 volts and the boilers were crowded so that the stack beIcame red hot and the roof broke into a blaze which quickly spread and soon the entire upper part of the plant was in flames. Peter Kreigh and Jacob Hurt, in charge of the boilers are being given credit for sticking to 'their jobs and keeping the water plant in operation until almost 'overcome by the intense heat. Tlie I city has two water pumps one elecitric drive and one steam. The electric wires soon burned off and it necessary to use the steam driven pump, which was done and the city was never without water. At 10:30 the lights were turned on, the smaller turbine being used and by this morning the large turbin was in condition and every plaut hero whi h uses power was able to continue operation. The city carried only SIO,OOO insurance on the plant. SB,OOO on niaehin'ery and $2,000 on building. The roof was entirely burned off but the fire clung to the upper part of the building and consequently the dam age to machinery was slight. The city will lose about $5,000 on the building in replacing the roof. The total loss will not exceed $8 6’ol with $3,500 insurance l which can apply. — o CHICAGO CRAIN CLOSE Wheat: Dee. 81.54; May $1.61%; July. $1.42. Corn: Dee $1 14%. May $1.20%. .July $1.22. Oats: Dee. 53%c, May 58%c, July 57%c. SUNDAY SCHOOLS INVITED TONIGHT To Hear Evangelist Lane; Family Night Well Attended Friday Last night w.is "family night” at the Evangelistic services held at the Methodist church' and a large number attended. Every member of County Clerk and Mrs. John E. Nelson’s family were present and the congregation presented them with n bouquet of beautiftil carnations. The Nelson family was the largest family represented Evangelist E. H Lane, who is concluding the second week of the evangelist services at the church, spoke on the "Insanity [ of Sin.” He pointed out the absurdity| of the many excuses which are given i •for not becoming Christians. His, characterizations were very amusing, and In his interesting and instructive | way. the Evangelist hold the atten-. Hon of all present. The services, closed iu an old-fashioned testimony| meeting. Tonight wiii lie “Sunday ( School Night” and members of the, different classes will attend the services in a body. The services will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Services will I he held Sunday morning, afternoon and evening and during the twothirty service iu the afternoon. Rev. 1 Lane will give a detailed 'account of his Christian experiences. It is a story worth hearing and members of the congregation are invited and urged to he present.

Community Meeting At I Aber School Wednesday A community meeting will he held at the Aber school house in Root township on Wednesday evening. November 27tb. and an interesting pingram is being prepared. l»ast year during the winter months several fine community meetings were held in Root and other townships and the proerants thoroughly enjoyed bv all. The program, now being prepared will consist of singing, reading and a debate. Attorney c. 1,. Walters of this 'city will al-o deliver a talk at the [meeting. DUMMY COMPANY SOLD THE STOCK Hawkins Co. Had Fake Company in Cincinnati To Help Sales (Unitetl P'psm Staff f’orreannndpnt) Indianapolis. Nov. 22 (Special to Daily Democrat) — The Hawkins Mortgage Co., of Portland) Ind., used a ‘‘dummy” investment company in Cincinnati to promote the sale of Its stocks by sending out a flood of recommendations to prospective investors, J. W. McCallum, of Detroit, Mich.', testified today in the Hawkins Mortgage Co., mail fraud trial. McCallum who was employed by Hawkins to aid in the sales campaign. testified that the Cincinnati Bond & Investment Co., of Cincinnati. Ohio was nothing more than a ’blind' used by the Hawkins Co., to send out letters recommending the sale of Hawkins stock. The Cincinnati firm sent out truck loads of letters representing the Hawkins stock to be a sound investment that would yield a big dividend .Thd the orders for stock <ame pouring into the home office of the Hawkins Co., in Portland on the strength of the letters. McCallum declared. McCallum, hard pressed by District Attorney Elliott on cross examination. admitted he knew deception was being practiced in the sale of the Hawkins stock. Morgan Wamsley. the directing genius of the Cincinnati Bond & In vestment Co., and author of “A banker's honest opinion," a booklet which .painted in glowing terms the worth of the Hawkins stock, was also a director of the Hawkins Co.. McCallum said o Sues For SB,OOO Damages Fort Wayne. Nov. 22 Damages totaling SB,OOO arc sought by William II Williams, louis S. Williams, aud Wilda Williams from Earl H. Bedine in three separate suits filed in the superior court yesterday. Tlie damages are asked for injuries sustained while riding in Mr. Bedine's au'ombhile Battle Creek, Mich., to Decatur, on September 21. last The accident occured'near Fort Wavne and the plaintiffs allege that it was due to tlie negligent driving of Mr. Bodine. — o— _ — Final Arguments In Divorce Case Heard Final arguments in the divorce case , of John E. Mann and Leora E Mann. ' were heard this morning by special . judge, ('. L. Walters. Attorney A. C Butcher represented Mr Mann and Attorney .1. T. Merryman appeared for Mrs. Maun. The court alter hear i ing the evidence toos< the case under! advisement and annouticed that lie would give Ills decision at nine-thirty Monday morning . I Census Bureau Announces Population Estimates Washington. Nov. 22 Tlie census bureau today made public estimates of the population of cities of between 25.0t)0 and 100.000 population, as of j July 1. 1924. Estimates of cities of ’ more than 100,600 in habitants were 'released some time ago. The estimates were arrived at by, ■carrying from January 1. 1920 to I July 1, the rate of increase which] 'these cities maintained between 1910, and 1920. Where population decreas- 1 ed in this decade, no estimate was ' made. In certain cities where the bureau believed the 1910-1920 rate could not be applied to the following four years, it also refrained from making any estimate. ' Among the cities enumerated were the following: Indiana: Evansville, 92.085; Fort Wayne, 95,967; Gary, 72,962; Muncie, 41.406; Richmond. 29.038; Soutl Bend, 78.475; Terre Haute, 70.255.

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MINISTER’S WIFE NOT A SUICIDE, CHEMIST SHOWS Chemist Reports That Mrs. Sheatslev V\ as Strangled To Death THE MYSTERY GROWS i —— . ■ Prosecutor Digs Into Case; Husband (’lings To Suicide Story Columbus, 0.. Nov. 22—(Special to Dally Democrat) —Eliminating the suicide theory almost entirely as a • result of the chemist’s report that. Mrs. Addie Sbeatsley was strangled to death. John R. King, Franklin county prosecutor, today ordered that every step in the furnace mystery be thoroughly retraced. King's first move today was to go into conference with Harry Carson, detective. With typewritten transcripts before them, detective and prosecutor went over, word by word, every statement that had been given them by members of Mrs. Sheatsley's family. Thoroughly versed in this testimony. the investigators plan to question again Rev. V. Sheataley, busb: ml of tlie woman whose charred , body was raked from the firebox of the Lutheran parsonage furnace, and his four children, who were first to notice Hie odor of the burning flesh. A delivery man and a student of Capital university, where Rev. Sheatsley is professor of religion, also wi 1 he asked to repeat their testmony, .King said. The prosecutor said that lie had talked to tlie pastor who is with reli atives in Paris. Ohio, since the chemists startling disclosures but that - Rev. Sbeatsley still maintained bis • wife committed suicide by creepng t into the firebox. f At 9:Bff <t m. rhi»tfl<*< Long the [chemist, who was assigned to the t ease, called newspaper offices “to correct the erroneous impression that I all of my report had been turned over t to the prosecutor." f* “No statements should be given • out until Mr. King has my complete • report.” the chemist said. "What the prosecutor has heard is only a preliminary report and it is very sketchy, of necessity." Long gave the impression that he „ might desire to modify or enlarge upn |on the report, although he would not I [say definitely what he expected to <lOJt is learned that Long. King, ami Dr. H M Brundage were to meet at the prosecutor's office during the [morning. The complete report may "be turned over to the prosecutor durn ing that session. Meantime King closed up like a 1 dam. saving only that “everything ' now depends on the complete report. Canton. O . N0~22-(Special to Daily Democrat) "I have no reason ■ at litis time for clianaing my belief that my wife took her own life.’ Rev. C V. Sheatsley. husband of Mrs Addie Sbeatsley, whose remains were I (Continued On Page Five) TWO LECTURES TU BE GIVEN SUNDAY Editor Chapman Will Address Catholic Congregation at K. C. Hall lbw Mleh'ae! Amli'-w chupniHii, associate editor of "Our Sunday Visitor" published at Huntington. will deliver 'two lectures in this city Sunday. At four o'dock in the afternoon Rev. Chapman will deliver a lecture at lite Knights of Columbus hall to the women of the St. Marys Catholic I congregation and at eight o'clock in .the evening he will speak to the men .'of the congregation. The snbje' i his address will be "The vabe of the , true religion” and membra of the i congregation are invited to attend. ■ [ Rev. Chapman wav unable to come t here last Sunday on account of illIness. He is a forceful and con vine- » ing speaker aid his subject is an [educational one. Rev. Chapman has t been an associate editor of “Out Sun (.'day Visitor” for several years am I 'each week writes several aitidcs or J the Catholic weekly.