Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 247, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1925 — Page 1
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■MELLON URGES HUGE TAX REDUCTION
I MM ATTENDS dedication of SCHOOLBUILDING [Catholic Parish Holds Impressive Ceremonv At Dedication Sunday BISHOP NOLL HAS fHAROE OF CEREMONY Tl„. lM.iutiful St. Josenli r-tlholic school building in this L-itv n presenting n congrogati„n.l i'il't of $300,000. was ,i P( i;,; l i.(l “To God and Coun-p-v" Sundav afternoon a* 3:30 ,Mod I"’ 'he Rt Rev. Bishop i,.ini F. Noll. D. D., of Fort \V-ivne. Solemn perv’res. In which twenty priests aswsted, were held aad n crowd 0 f a f,.w thousand people attended the services and the program (riven in the large auditorium of the building, following the dedicatory ceremony The service was held in front of the main entrance to the bui'dlng on Fourth street and the proeession. headed hv Bishop Noll, marched from the rectorv to the school building. The p<v .1 A. Selmcts. and the Rev. Otto Peters assistant pastor, acted as masters of the ceremonies, the visiting priests assisting. Proqram Given In Auditorium The doors to the building were then onened and the crowd assembled in the auditorium where a delightful program was g'ven. The orchestra and high school chorus greeted the aud - - enre with songs and music and-then Arthur Vogtewede, a senior In the high school, delivered words of welcome to Tit Rev, Bishop Noll and the visitors. On behalf of the congregation. Mr. Voglewede welcomed Bishop Noll and emphasized the joy of the occasion. He stressed the happiness of the people of Decatur over the elevation of the editor of Our Sunday Visitor to the episcopate, and referred to the re-1 juicing of the parishioners in having been able to make their dream rome true in completion of the magnifieent new school which Bishop Noll blessed cn this, his first episcopal visitation to St Mary’s Catholic congregation. Rev. Ticrr.srt Speaks• Rev Seimetz introduced the speaker, the Rev. Louis A. Tieman. rector of Sacred Heart Catholic church, Cincinnati, who gave the principle address of the afternoon. Rev. Tietuan and Rev. Seimetz were classmates while studying for the priesthood. Father (CONTINUED ON PACE TWO) MRS. P, J. LEAHY DIES AT LAOTTO Mother Os Mrs. Will Bowers Succumbs To Aponlexy And Pneumonia Mrs, p. j. Leahy, age (54 years, residing on a farm near Laotto, Ind , mother of Mrs. Will Bowers of this (, Rv. died Saturday afternoon of apoplexy. Pneumon'ia had also set in and hastened her death. About a I year ago she suffered from a stroke of apoplexy and two weeks ago suffered a second stroke. She had been in poor health for more than a year. Funeral services will be held Tues‘lav morning at 9 o’clock frarn the Catholic church Egga. Indiana. Mrs. Leahy was known to Decatur! people, having visited here with tier daughter, and her friends are griev-j p d to learn of her death. Mrs. Leahy was the mother of thirteen children, and her death is the first to occur in the family. Mr. 1-eahy Is still living. Besides Mrs. Rowers of this ctjy. Mrs- Thomas D'Doud, and the Misses Irene and Hilda Leahy, of Fort Waynei Her ! bert Leahy of Fort Wayne, John of Kansas City. Mrs. James Quinlan of Hetroit, and two daughters who are j ( atholic sisters, are among the chil-. dren who survive. Mrß.Bowers was at the bedside of her mother when death occurred and Mr. Bowers will leave this afternoon to attend the funeral.
DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT
jdirl Fatally Injured When Hit By Automobile Ind anapolis, Oct. 19. — (United j Press) —Paul Devenlng, 23. was in cijv | today awaiting Investigation of tlie | death of Doris Spain, 21. fatally hurt l when she was struck by Devenlng s auto near Broad Ripple last night. Two companions <,f Miss Spain were slightly hurt. Devenlng sad the ’ lights of another car hi aided him and he did not see the three persons walk, ing on the side of the road. MISSION FESTIVAL IS WELL ATTENDED Special Services At Zion Re-| 1 formed Church Sunday Are Inspiring Record crowds attended the Mission! ■ Festival services at the Zion Reformed , church yesterday. All the services were lnsp'ring and uplifting and a splendid interest was manifested on the part of all. The Kev. J. F. Tapy. J uperintendent of the Reformed church i Orphan Horae, who had been invited ! as the festive speaker, delivered two powerful sermons at the liforning and [ ' evening services. The Revs. Hauser I and Sauerwein spoke in the afternoon j and delivered two Inspiring addresses. | The services were beautified by the I special musical selections rendered by Miss Della Sellemeyer, Mrs. B. Schroyer. Mrs. I). Goldner. Henry Wei’.der and a choir of over twenty voices. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weidler, of Detroit, who are visiting here with relatives, assisted in the services with their talented voices. Dinner and supper were served in i the basement by tfie 'fadles” of the church to several hundred people. The total offerings of the day amounted to | ISO. MORTON HAWKINS ENTERS PRISON Portland’s Erstwhile Wizard Os High Finance Still Professes Innocence Leavenworth. Kan., Oct. 19. — (United Press.) — Morton Hawkins, Indiana’s erstwhile wizard of high finance, still professed his innocence today its he started the first lap of his 15-year sentence in the federal penitentiary for fraudulent us e of the mails. Hawkins, who is no wknown niere- ! ly as prisoner No. 24010, has not yet been assigned to regular duties. While being brought to I-eaveif-I worth the man from Portland, Ind.. who once headed a gigantic loan and mortgage company, insisted on proclaiming his innocence of the charges against him. w Hawkins, wno- is now known meremillions oiit of the operations of his concern but he was unable to meet an appeal bond of $50,000 following , his conviction in the federal court at , Indianapolis. ’ “I'm an innocent man. things didn't ■ j break right for me. that’s all,” Haw- | kins declared repeatedly, “and they put me away for fifteen years. “But I'll be out before long. I’ll j bet 1 cun make that bond in no lime.' It is rumored that while Hawkins was a prisoner in the Marion county jail at Indianapolis that he instructed friends where to obtain money to , pay off a number of his creditors. o Northwest Has From One To Four Inches Os Snow Chicago, Oct. 19.—(United Press) — From one to four inches of snow was heaped in many sections of the north- J | west today, while the thermometer, was far below the freezing point. Three deaths in Minnesota were at-1 ' tributed to the snow. Robert Schneider, IS. St Paul, and Walter Fish, 20, | 'Davenport, la., were struck down by ( J a passenger train near Red Wing. | Police believe the youths were blinded by the snow. Louis Benson, 60, ' Minneapolis, also walked in front of a train while his head was down to' avoid the stinging snow.
I Speakers At County Sunday School Convention
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The tluee persons pictured above will be the principj’ speakers at the annual Adams County Sunday School Convention, to be held in Monroe and Berne, next Thursdiy and Friday. Dr. Sotnmerville Light, pastor of the First Methodist church of Decatur, will speak on “The Pe.sonaflty of the Teacher." at the first session, to be held in the Methodist church at Monroe Thursday evening. The Rev. H. (1 Rowe, superintendent of the Young Peoples work of the Indiana Council of Rel gious Education, will speak at tite second and third sessions of the convention, tobe held Friday morning and afternoon at the Evangelic .1 church in Berne. Miss Nellie C. Yonng. superintendent lof the children’s dtvls on of the Indiana Sunday School Association, wid speak on the subject, "Needs of Childhood." at the clos'ng session of the convention, to be held in the First Menr.onite church in Berne, Friday evening. : ru" TT ZZ . .
MRS.!. L, EiCHSM DIES OF PARALYSIS ' , | Wife Os Oliver Bighatn, Residing East Os Decatur, Expires Sunday Night Mrs. Ida LoDell B.ghant. ajte 58 years, died at her home two and onehalf miles east of Decalur. at 5:15 lucUak Sunday-evening. Death was due to paralysis. Mrs. Bigham suffered a stroke of paralysis five weeks ago. and had been seriously ill since that time. Ida LoDell Stiverson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stiverson. of Rockford Ohio, was born in Delphos, Ohio I December 2. 1866. She had resided j in Adams county since 19A0. She was j married to Oliver Bighatn in 1884. j Mrs. Bighatn bad been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for the last 43 years. Mtrviving are the parents, husband, three children. Mrs. James Gattsha’l. of Decatur. Mrs. Veda Jackson at home, and Mrs. Vincent Abrams, of Huntington: five grandchildren: and four brothers, Otto Stiverson, of Delphos, Ohio; Ray Stiverson, of Lincoln. Nebraska; Harley Stiverson, of Chattanooga, Tennessee; and B. R Stiverson. of Fort Wayne. One sister. Dessle, is deceased. Funeral services will be held front the home at 1:30 o’clock and from 1 the First Methodist church of Deca- : tur at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The Rev. Charles Ttukham. of Union City, assisted by the Rev. Somerville Light and the Rev. R. W. Loose, of Decatur, will have charge of the services. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. G. E, BAND IS BEING ORGANIZED First Reheaiidl Os Musical Organization Scheduled For Tuesday Night The General Electric hand is being re-organized in this city and the first rehearsal will be held Tuesday evening. at 7:45 o'clock, at the club rooms at the local O. E. factory. About eighteen or twenty musicians have si".ii<’d up to play with the band, ' already, it is said, and those in charge J of the reorganization hope to increase i the membership to twenty-four, at I least. Tom Reid lias been engaged to direct the band. Mr. Reid has had | much experience in directing bands. '< ! The General Electric company will back the musical organization. Uniforms will be purchased later, if the organization progresses as is expected. Any one wishing to join the band 'is requested to meet at the G. E. club J rooms Tuesday evening. **
Decalur, Indiana. Monday, October 19, 1925.
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Bar Associations Hold Memorial For Ralston Indianapolis, Oct. 19. —Senator Watson wis the principal speaker at a , memorial service for the late Senator 1 Ralston, held by the Indianapolis and Indiana Bar association today. The services were conducted in the i federal court room with Judge Baltzell presiding. , Resolutions of sympathy were adopted. Lebanon, Oct. 19. —The gcave of Senator Ralston, who was buried Satunlay. was the shrine to which hundreds of persons Hoi ked Sunday. Mrs. Ralston and a party of friends were at the grave late in the afterttono. ABSENT VOTER'S BALLOTS MAILEB Major Ed Miller, Os Danville, 111., First To Apply For Ballot The first absent voter's Ballots for the city election were being mailed out today by Mrs. Catherine Kauffman, city clerk. Major Ed Miller, of Danville. Illinois, was the first person in Decatur to apply for a ballot. Beginning next Saturday, those voters who will tie out of the city on Tuesday, November 2. election day, can appear in person and vote at the clerk’s office in the city hall. Applications for absent voter's ballots must be made first and after the blanks are properly filed out and returned by the voter, the clerk mails a ballot tb him. Police Find $14,176 In Cash And Bonds On Person of Aged Beggar New Albany, Ind.. Oet. 19. (United Press.) —The begging career of Henry Beemer, 76-year-old eccentric, was ended today. Police found $14,176 in cash and bonds in bis clothing when they investigated his activities. Beemer collected garbage and begged food of New Albany citizens. He was adjudged insane. Fire Destroys U. S. Coastwise Steamer Jacksonville. Fla.. Oct. 19.—(United Press.) United States steamboat officials today began their investigation of the fire tlut destroyed the coastwise steamship Comntanche six miles off the St. John’s river bar Saturday night and threatened the lives iof more than 150 passengers and members of the crew. Weather Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; freezing temperature tonight. 'Not so cold Tuesday afternoon.
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CLASS OF 94 IS CONFIRMED Confirmation Ceremonies Held At St. Mary’s Catholic Church Sunday A class of 94 boys and girls was confirmed by Rt. Rev. Bishop John F. Noll in the St. Mary's Catholic church, iu this city. Sunday, the eons rmation SPfttPes being held fol’owing the 9:45 high mass. The Rev. Louis A. Tieman. rector of Sacred j Heart church, Cincinnati, was celebrant of the mass. Individual sponsors attended the members of the confirmation class [and the ceremonies were inspiring and very impressive. Following tlie i services, Bishop Noll gave a short address. In which he stressed the 1mI portance of the secrament of conI i'irmation and concluded by con I gratiiUiting the congregation on the I erection of such a modern school | building. The building was de»i rile ■ ed as be'ng one of the finest parochial school buildings in the state, costing approximately $300,000. Yesterday was Bishop Noll's first visit to Decatur since he was ordained Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Fort Wayne last June. He came to dedicate the new school building and his visit here wag the occasion of much happiness in the congregation. Sister Aloysia, ai teacher in the St. Joseph Catholic schools for 39 years and for many years superior of the Sister home in this city, was able to come’ here for the dedication ceremonies!. Sister Aloysia is now stationed at Hays, Kansas, She arrived here Friday afternoon, this being, her first visit here since she was transferred to Kansas seven years (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) sentto penal FARM; FINED 5209 Curt Johnson Must Serve Six Months For Violating Prohibition Law . Curt Johnson, of this city, was filed S2OO and costs, and sentenced to servo six months on the state penal farm today on a charge of vio’ation of the prohibition law. The particular charge on wh’ch Johnson was sentenced and fined, was filed in the city circuit court on September 7. H© had entered a plea of not guilty to the charge, but he appeared in court this morning and changed Ills plea to guilty. Judge Sutton then pronounced sentence Another charge, for transportation of liquor, is pending in the circuit court agaigst Johnson. This charge was filed against him on October 9.
Danish Aviatrix Falls To Death At South Bend South Bend. Ind., Oct. 19 . iUnited Press, i — Dagmur Stegm.in, Danish aviatrix, who came to the United States a few months ago. found death Instead of fame and fortune she sough in her adopted land. She was killed when her parachute faileil to open ill a leap from an airplane yesterday. Thousands of persons watched her fall. GEORGE GAULT EXPIRES TODAY Former Adams Co. Resident Dies At Methodist Hospital, Fort Wayne George Gault, age 73 years, a for- j mer resident of Adams county, died | jat the Methodist hospital in Fort | Wayne at 1 o'clock this morning. Death was due to peritinlris of the bowels, with which he had been ill since last ! Wednesday. The body was brought to the C. C. C'.oud residence, near the Decatur cemetery, this morning. Private funeral services will lie held from the Cloud residence at 2 p. m. Wednsedav. Burtery. Tile Rev. J. C White, pastor of the Simpson M. E. church, Fort Wayne, will officiate. Mr. Gault was bo'-n in Adams county. March 9. 1852. He resided in this j county for many years, but has spent ! most of the last twelve years in Fort Wayne. For the last four and onehalf months, he had made his home with Mr. and Mrs. John Spillner. in I Fort Wayne. He was a member *>f tbs* Jl. O. O F. lodge. Surviving are one brother. Dayton Gault, of Decatur; and two balf-broth-j ers, John Gibson, of near Decatur, and | Samuel Gault, of Wisconsin. His wife and one child preceded him in death. DEFENSE WILL BE TECHNICAL Stephenson To Rely On Theory 01' Reasonable Doubt And Suicide Claim <U. I*. Staff Oorregnondent) Noblesvi'lle, Oct; 19 —The defense of D. C. Stephenson, Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry, on trial charged with the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, will be a technical one, it was indicated today through questions put to prospective jurymen bv Eph j Inman, chief defense attorney. Inman's questions indicated the defense will rely heavily oil the theory of reasonable doubt and the claim that Miss OberlioKzer’s death was a case of suicide. The questioning of talesmen wound lwmetonously along as the second week of the trial started. Inman carefully asked each man examined whether he believed the state must prove the defendants guilty “beyond all reasonable doubt.” before returnipg a verdict of guilty. William M. Sparks, special judge, spurred attorneys to greater haste in selecting a jury. He instructed state and defense attorneys to limit their examination of prospective jurymen to questions which were pertinent to their qualifi-(-aliens to serve. Although it appeared that the second special venire of 100 men would be exhausted before a jury is completed. Judge Sparks said he would not order a third venire before the middle of the week. 1 o— Motor Stocks Continue Their Upward Trend New York, Oct. 19—Motor stocks continued them upward course of tlie past few days’ hectic trading as the 1 tock market opened today. Aside i from the motor group, however, the market was characterised by firnii ness with few pronounced favorites. Some stocks weakened as the in- ; vestiing public conUnued the profittaking noticeable at Saturday's close.
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TREASURY HEAD CALLS FOR GUT IN U. S. REVENUE Secretary Savs Between $250,000,000 And $300,000.000 Can Be Spared REPEAL OF SEVERAL TAXES RECOMMENDED By Paul R. Million. <U. P. Stuff Correspondent) Washington. Oct. 19.— (United Press.) — Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, appearing bej fore the house ways and means | committee, today proposed tax reduction of between $250 000,- | 000 and $300,000,000 by the new I revenue law, giving assurance | that this sum can be safely spar- ! ed from the treasury. Ht- advocated fixing the maximum normal tax at five per cent, and the maximum surtax at 2 1 ) per cent.; urged repeal of the federal stale tax. gift tax. and certain miscellaneous taxes; declared strongly for repeal of the publicity provision of the present law; and asked a constitutional amendment prohibiting the issuing of tax exempt securities. Taxes on automobiles, except possibly, on trucks, tires and accessories, should be retained, be said, arguing that “so long as tlie government is contributing $90,000 a year to roads on which these automobiles run, they certainly ought to be made to pay their way.” Minor clarifications in the administrative features of the tax law, were asked by Mellon .including provisions affecting community property uud earned Incomes. “It is now estimated that the surplus for 1926 will come close to $290,000,000.” said Mellon, “for 1927 the budget has hot yet been determined * * * * but I think that the surplus in 1927. with revenue based, of course, upon present tax bid would be belween 250 and 300,000.000 dollars. This, it seems to me. is a figure which is safe to lake as the amount by which taxes can be permanently reduced. It seems to the treasury that we should keep this figure of $250,000,000 to $300,000,090 as our goal of tax reduction.” Mellon did no propose any complete set of rates for a "Mellon” plan as lie did in the case of the law adopted last year. His major iheme was for a reduction of the present high surtax from 40 to 20 per cent, maximum. This, he argued, would stimulate business. FRUIT DONATED FOR HOSPITAL Drive Conducted Saturday Nets Nice Supply Os Canned Cioods Miss Emilie 0. Christ, superintendent of the Adams County Memorial hospital, wisnes to thank the women of Adams county for the donations of fruit made last Saturday to the hospital. The gifts were received at the Niblick building ill this c’ty. Although fruit was scarce this year, a goodly amount was received. The campaign was made under the auspices of the Civic Section of the Woman’s oltib of this city, and M ss Christ and the hospital trustees are grateful to the women for sponsoring the campaign and making the appeal which met with such a fine response. Miss Christ stated that it anyone still wishes to donate fruit to the hosp'tal (hat It would be accepted at the : hospital this week. Several women called today and stated that it was i impossible for. them to bring the > fruit to town last Saturday, but that ■ they wanted to make a donation. • For several years a campaign has ) been made to receive donations of - fruit for the hospital and each year . the appeal is met with a hearty re- - sponse. The fruit is served to - patients at the hospital throughout !. the year.