Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1925 — Page 1

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NAVY SEARCHES FOR MISSING SEAPLANE

(inCOUNCIL ■ iecedes bios fOR NEW TURBIN Evening TWO FIRMS BID Councilman Plan To Adopt Budget And Fix Tax Rate Friday Night Bids tyr the furnishing of a new turbin and condenser at the City Light and Power plant were received by the council last evening and all quotations taken under consideration until Friday evening, when a special meetIng will be held and the contract awarded. The General Electric company and the Westinghouse Electric company submitted bids for the furnishing of t Uirbin. The prices ranged from |U,OOv to $53,000, they varying on the different style of machine. The Worthington Pump and machine company: the Wheeler Condenser and Engineering company and the West-j iughouse Electric company submitted | bids on the condenser, the prices. ranging from $12,500 to $15,000. Special Meeting Friday The contract for the new machinery will be awarded Friday night at a special meeting of the council. At this time the council will also take up the budget and fix the tax rate for next year. The proposed budget calls for a cut of ten cents in the tax rate and a corresponding reduction in the amount of money necessary to operate the city government next year. Other Council Action. No objections were filed against the assessments in the matter of the Sudduth sewer improvement and the assessments were turned over to the city treasurer for collection. Improvement bonds to the amount I of $163.84 were ordered issued to the extractor in the matter of the Dirkes street sidewalk improvement. Alva Baker and others appeared before the council and asked for relief in keeping down the dust on Eleventh street, occasioned by the heavy trucks Thiels trsv.-l over the street in hauling the stone to the state road north of Decatur. The street and sewer I committee took the matter in hand and will see that the street is sprinkled and the dust kept down as much (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o STREET PAVING ALMOSTFINISHED Brick-layers Expected To End Work On Two Streets This Week Work is almost completed on the Paving of Jefferson street. Brickayers will be through with their part °f the job in another day or two, according to Julius Ilaugk, contractor. As soon as the bricks are laid work * 1 start on the new cement s'de»alks on Jefferson street from First Btreet to the railroad. Soi|th First street ia completed and " "11 be opened to traffic within a ay or two. The bricks were laid ast week and the street has been oosed to give the newly laid bricks to settle. Side walk improve’nents already have been made on ■s street, and It will be ready for traff ic in a day or two. The Jefferson Street improvement, is being made in record time, be completed by October 1. acCOr dlng to present plans. The street Probah.y will be opened before then. ut the new sidewalks will not be ea «y before that date. will start soon on the Eiting a and Ed Green road improvee»ts and it is expected that these o roads will be completed before ? l weat ber sets in, if the present LT arf Carrled Out - Mr ' Hau ßk alas the contracts for these two improvements.

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Urges Parleys w r Mp S’EF.j Senator Moses, of New Hampshire, believes there should be continual conferences between Washington and London in deciding on the terms for the settlement of the French debt to the United States. TAX RETURNS WIDELY PRINTED Income Tax Figures Dominate Colums Os Newspapers Nation Over New York. Sept. 2—Newspapers throughout the country during the last 24 hours have published the income rax figure* telhw the- world and its wife how much the neighbors paid. In isolated cases some papers have refused to print the returns, but in nost cases incame taxes have dominated news columns the country aver during the last 24 hours. All afternoon papers in New York yesterday with the exception of the Evening Post, carried the figures in as great a volume as possible. Morning papers today followed not only with the figures covering natonally known incomes but with pages of smaller taxpayers. The New York Times printed eight aages of what might be called “neighborhood returns” listing thouanrts of names, in addition to all the figures on well known persons. The Herald Tribune aot only printed six solid pages of local figures but an addiitonal page of special dispatches from the country’s leading cities, listing scores of residents of those places. This reached to the Pacific coast and covered all the principal eastern cities. The World printed a page and a naif of returns from New York in addition to all important national figures. Goodrich Pays No Tax Indianapolis, Sept. 2 —James P. Goodrich, former governor of Indiana. paid no federal income tax for 1924. it was revealed today by records of the collector of internal, revenue. Goodrich filed a non.-taxable return. I Income tax returns of 180,000 Hoosier citizens and taxpayers were thrown open again for inspection. Few persons called to examine the books.

One ot the largest returns uncovered was that ot Frederick Fish, South Bend manufacturer, who paid $124,000. Samuel M. Ralston, United States senator from Indiana, filed a return for SIOB.IO. John Duvall, republican candidate for mayor of Indianapolis, paid $54.95. W. B. Hiner, former owner of large bus interests in the state, paid sl4 48. o——— Magee’s Preliminary Hearing Is Postponed Albuquerque. N. M., Sept. 2 —The preliminary hearing of Carl C. Magee, editor, was indefinitely postponed today, it was announced here. Magee being physically unable to make the trip to Las Vegas-

CRIME AND ITS CHIEF CAUSES ARE DISCUSSED Dr. Henry Black Bums Gives Interesting Address At Chautauqua AUDIENCE IS LARGE Lombard Entertainers And Joel \V.Eastman Furnish Program Today After an hour’s entertainment by the Imperial Syncopators, which was fully enjoyed by a large audience of Chautauqua-goers in Decatur last night. Dr. Henry Black Burns delivered an interesting address on "Chords and Discords.” Crime was the principal point of Dr. Burns’ ■ address and he set out to trace the 1 cause. “Crime is largely the result of two causes,” the speaker asserted. ' “Eighty five per cent of crime is traced to a lack, of home training and bad community Influence. The fact is that the home life of the tiation is at present largely disregarded We are now living a •cafeteria’ existence. Be skeptical as one may, the old time religion had a tremendous influence for good, and now it is a thing of the past.” Says Crimnals Are Normal "Most of this class of criminals are normal,” Dr. Burns continued. "That Is. disease does not enter as a cause for their crimes- They say. ‘I got started when I was a kid.’ We are curing that. Every instrumentality IbaL-wwku toward better care of and more Interest in boys and Tris is balancing the percentage of criminals.” “Fifteen per cent of the inmates of penal institutions are the result of venereal diseases’’ Dr. Burns said as he continued his driving lecture 'against the present discordant crime wave. "Social diseases enter here, i because of their peculiar debasing in-I I fluenert They are the leprosy of | civilization. Ninety per cent of the I incurable Insane are tho result of ' social diseases. i Degeneracy Is Multiplied "About ninety per cent of tho great monstrosities, both mental and physical, are the result of insane persons. Formerly, children born of diseased parents died in infancy, now thpy live. They reproduce more than (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) STATETAXBOARD DEFEATED IN SUIT Way Open In Fulton County For Injunction Against Valuation Boost

Rochester, Ind., Sept. 2. — (United Press.)—The way was opened in Fulton county circuit court today for an injunction prohibiting the county auditor from carrying out orders of the state tax board for increase in property assessment valuations. Judge Carr overruled the demurrer of the auditor to the injunction petition of the taxpayers. In his ruling, Judge Carr held that the tax board did not have power to assess property in excess of its cash value determined by the county board of equalization. Petition for the injunction was filed by sixty-six taxpayers of Rochester and other towns in the county. They declared no notice had been given of the proposed increase in accordance with the law. A 10 per cent increase in the valuations set by the county assessor was ordered by the state tax board in its equalization orders for the entire state. The suit brought by the Fulton county taxpayers is the first legal test of the right of the tax board to order increases in property assessments. Members of the tax board said in their opinion the orders were not subject to court injunction.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 2, 1925.

Two Small Boys Save Aged Couple From Drowning In Lake Warsaw, Ind., Sept. 2. — (United Press ) —Joseph Rowe t)nd his wife, both nearly 70 years of ago, today owed their lives to the hrroism of two small boys While fishing in a lake near here. Mrs. Rowe fell from the boat and her husband leaped in to s.ive her. Bath were helpless. Max Hull, 13. and his brother. Stanley, 11. went to the rescue in a row boat. They pulled the woman into the boat and held Rowe’s head above water until other help ariived. UNION TOWNSHIP FARMER IS DEAD Joseph Crozier, Lifelong Resident Os County, Dies Tuesday Joseph Crozier, a lifelong resident of Adains county, died at his home in Union township yesterday. Infirmities caused his death. Mr. Crozier was 75 years old. Tlie deceased was born in Union township, July 5, 1850. He was educated in the Union township grade schools and followed the profession Os farming all bis life. On December 15. 1877. he was united in marriage to Miss Ella Kogers. No children were born to this nrion. hut a son was adopted. Early in life. Mr. Crozier was con-

verted to Christ and became a member of the Mt. Victory United Brethren church. He is survived by his wife, son, two grandchildren and one brother, James Crozier, of this city. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock from the Mt. Victory United Brethren i church. Burial will take place In the Mt. Victory cemetery. TREMOR IS FELT AT EVANSVILLE Distinct Shock Felt For Several Seconds Early This Morning Evansviie, Ind., Sept. 2. -(United Press) —A distinct earth tremor was felt here at 5:55 this morning. The tremor lasted several seconds. No damage was reported The shock was felt for a rautus ot about fifty miles and though very distinct, was not violent. Most residents here were still in bed. They said the sensation induced by the tremor was almost the same as that obtained from riding in a boat. A more severe shock, in which some damage was done, occurred here last April 24. The shock this morning was accompanied by a low. rumbling sound. o Woman Searches Income 1 Tax Figures For “Dope" On Her Former Spouse Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. 2.—(United Press.) — Seeking vengeance on her former spouse, a woman carefully searched income tax records at the federal building to see if he had claimed the exemption of a married man. "We have been separated for two years,” she said, “but he swore he would claim tne exemption of $2,500 allowed a married man. 1 wanted to see if he did.” The returns showed he had not Chimed the exemption. Most of those looking through the records were men, among them several business men investigating the faxes paid by their competitiors. Child Killed By Train South Bend. Ind., Sept. 2. —(United Press.)—A Grand Trunk train killed Martha Kulwicke, nine, west of here yesterday. Weather Generally fair tonight and Thurs-. day except somewhat unsettled in north portion. Warmer tonight in east portion. •

BUSINESS BOOM PREDICTED DUE TO CORN CROP General Stimulation In Business Foreseen In Bumper Yield OUTLOOK OPTIMISTIC Yield Estimated To Be Nearly 210,000,000 Bushels; Above Normal (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Sept. 2 —A general stimulation of business in Indiana as a result of the uumper corn crop this fall was predicted today, by William Howard, secretary of the Indianapolis board of trade. "From all information, Indiana has the best outlook of any mid-western state for a good corn crop,” Howard said. Statisticians estimated the yield in Indiana this year will be nearly 210, 000,000 bushels, almost doujble last year’s yield. The normal production for Indiana is about 184,000.000 bushels. If corn should sell as law a.x sixty cents a bushel. Indiana farmers would still have $04,000,000 in their pockets from the corn crop than they did last year. Howard said. This sum distributed over the state will make a difference in business. Everything points to prosperity. Farmers have already begun buying in anticipation of good crops and rural banks are loaning money more freely. Coolidge Favors Forcing Railroads Into Mergers

Swampscott. Mass- Sept. 2—Legislation to force the railroads of the United States into a series of gigantic consolidations after six or seven years will be placed by President Coolidge before congress next winter. The president conferred with Senator Watson, Indiana, republican, ranking member of the senate interstate commerce committee, today and they agreed upon a plan tu amend the transportation act of 1920, commonly known as the Esch-Cum-mins law, whereby the railroads would be given six or seven years to merge voluntarily. 0 MONMOUTH H, S. COMMISSIONED State Board Os Education Elevates School To Higher Standing A commission has been granted to the Monmouth high school by the state board of educaton, placing that school on the same plane as the other high schools of the county. In the future, as long as the school retains the commission, the graduates from the Monmouth high school will be entitled to the same privileges in entering college es graduates from any other high school in the county, and the pupils will have the same advantages as those in the father high schools. The Monmouth high school was founded in Root township, in 1917. Since then a three-year course has been offered there and the attendance has grown. Recently, the records of j the school wlere submitted [lto the ' state board of education with a petition for a commission and after ex-! amlnlng the records, the board grant-1 ed the commission. The school has 1 been classed as a certified high school in the past. A. J. Lewton is trustee of Root township, and Paul Graham is principal of the Monmouth high school. The school has 30 pupils on the roll at present and indications are that about 25 more from outside the township will be enrolled when school j opens on September 7.

Praises Planes JX '• at/ gx > r gs, -, Rear-Admiral W. S. Sims, retired, declares that airplanes have doomed the batfeship. holding that superiority in the air means Inevitable victory in sea fights. BOYS CAUGHT IN MELON PATCHES Several Farmers Report Theft Os Melons; Warnings Are Issued

Another problem among the farmers of Adams county has arisen. Melons are ripe and before the farmers can get the m picked and stored safe’.y away, young vandals from Decatur and vicinity have been stealing them by the dozens. Several cases of theft of melons have been reported to Decatur officials during the last few days. One prominent farmer, residing near Decatur, caught five Decatur boys in his melon patch, recently, and after bringing them all to this city he set his own fine, instead of filing charges in the local court, lie made each of the five hoys promise to attend Sunday School regularly for six months. Failure of any of the boys to do this will result in their arrest on a larceny charge and prosecution. The lads all promised to carry out their part of the agreement and they were sent to their homes. Other reports have come to oficials here that farmers, vexed at their losses, have fired shot-guns at the vandals. Melon stealing is regarded as a crime and local authorities have given . warning for the last time Melon I thieves caught in the future will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, it was learned this morning. Local officers wish to warn parents to restrict their sons from s’ipping away at nights and going to their “favorite melon patch." Several farmers have threatened to open fire on any one caught on their premises. Rockford Man Killed By Train In Detroit t Perry Buck, age 42 years, wellknown resident of Rockford, Ohio, was killed instantly when struck by a train at Detroit, Michigan, Monday- Mr. Buck had gone to Detroit to look for work. He is survived by two children, Floyd, 20, and Helen, 14, his mother and two sisters. The body was returned to Rockford and taken to the home of Mr. Buck’s mother, Mrs. Frank Buck in Hopewell township Mercer county. Funeral services were held today. o Hearing On Bus Petition To Be Heid Setpember 17 Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 2—The state public service commission today set Sept 17 for the hearing date on the petition of Alfred Lamson. of Bluffton, to operate a bus line from Fort Wayne to Hartford City via Bluffton. The hearing was scheduled for Sept. 9, but was postponed- The hearing will be held in the commission .offices here.

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PN-9 NO. 11S FORCED DOWN NEAR ITS GOAL Lack Os Fuel Forces Plane Down 300 Miles From Honolulu NO WORD RECEIVED Naval Officials Believe Ship Came Down On Sea Without Mishap Naval Headquarters, San Francisco, Sept. 2. —Spreading fan-wise from a central point at Pearl Harbor, the navy today sent its crafts in ’he air over the water and under the sea in a systematic search for the missing seaplane PN-9 No. 1 and her crew. It is now more than 20 hours since the f yers dropped from communication, forced down by a hortage or gasoline. Whether they made a safe landing is not known, tut the Mvy is betting the ship came down o tithe sea without a mishap Navy headquarters admitted they are anxious, bi\t not yet prepared to give up hope. The search has just started. : s ths spirit expressed by officials. Terre Haute —Mrs. Teresa Stantz, wife of O. G. Stantz, radio operator of the mis ing naval s?a plane PN-9 No 1 today awaited word aA to her husband's fate. She Is visit ng with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Weber, of Terre Haute. Stantz. who has been in the navy 12 years, was radio operator aboard the first ship sunk by Germany in the war. Naval Headquarters, San Fraucisoo, Sept. 2. —(United Pres) —Mismg now for almost 18 hours, the flag plane FN-9-1 of the United States-Hawaiian fight was sought over a wide area of tropical waters today by every available craft of sea and air out of Honolulu, according to radio reports here. A half doxen F-5-L seaplanes from eParl Harbor have joined a dozen submarines and a small ocean craft in search of the waters where the PN-9-1 and Comander John S. Rodgers and his crew last were heard from at 4:12 p m. yesterday. With h’.s motors dead and lack of gasoline, commander Rodgers had no choice but to let the big aircraft drift. He was north and west of the Aroostook when last heard from, less ON FIVE)

MORE OMEN ARE ENROLLED Junior Chautauqua Work Is Proving Ponular With Local Youths Several more cht’dren enrolled this morning in the Jun'or Chautauqua, which is being conducted this week in this city by Miss Margaret Franks, n connection with the Community Chautauqua program. The children gathered at the tent on the corner of Third street and Liberty Way at nine o'clock th s morning After games and reports ot the Junior town officers, practice was held for the Junior program which will be one of the big features of the Saturday Chautauqua program Sev cral new features have been added to the chfdren’s program this year and Miss Franks is training the little tots for one of the most interesting children's programs ever g'ven here. Junior Chautauqua will be held I each morning this week at nine o’clock and all children are invited ' to attend, The Jun'or town marshals kept order in the tent this morning and several boys were dismissed by 1 the jun'or officers for disturbing the ■ "peace.” | An attractive program for- the children is planned for each morning and ■ each child gets to take part in the > | morning’s activities under the pro- | gram followed by Miss Franks.