Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 8 January 1926 — Page 1

Vol. MV. Number Seven.

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health board MEMBERS BEEY GOV. JACKSON Three Insurgents Asked To Quit Quarreling Or Resign Posts REFUSE TO drop FIGHT AGAINST KING Indianapolis, Jan. 8 - (United Prpwj-Three insurgent members of the Indiana board of health defied Governor Jackson today. The majority members of the board denied they would drop charges against Dr. William F. King, secretary of the board, as requested by the governor’. The governor has placed the issue squarely before them—to quit quarreling or get out. They sat steady and reiterated their intention of carrying through the fight against King. The three members are Dr. T. Victor Keene. Indianapolis; Dr. J. A. Turner, of Nashville and Dr. Homer Haas, of Peru. Indianapolis, Jan. 8 — Governor i,Jackson today awaited a formal reply from three members of the state hoard of health whose resignations he virtually demanded in letters mailed late yesterday. The governor told the three members. who have been leaders in the fight to oust Dr. William F. King, secretary of the board, to quit their wrangling or get out. The letters were sent to Dr. T. I Victor Keene, of Indianapolis, Dr. J. I A. Turner, of Nashville, and Dr. Homer Haas, of Peru. "Health matters that should have been given the consideration of the hoard have been neglected or overlooked on account of the discord in the department/ ( title governor wrote. “The charges against Dr. King, which upon investigation seem to be frivolous, should be withdrawn, the board cease its wrangling and make an effort to reestablish harmony. "If this is impossible 1 suggest that you resign and surrender the commission you hold as health board members.”

SEEK CAUSE OF RADJOTROUBLE Committee Touring City In Effort To Locate Disturbances Today • n an effort to find the source of some disturbing elements in radio reception in most parts of Decatur the last few days, a committee composed ot Gerald Cole, Wiliam Butler, and l>a\id J. Hensley, began this morning to trace down the trouble. 1 he three men are equipped with a radio set and are touring Decatur and vi< inity in an effort to find tt;e cause of the interference, which has been making it impossible for radio recept>on at certain times in some sections of the city The committee will continue to work the project unit! the trouble is ottnd. After the trouble is found, if 't is from a minor source, the com™'ttee will make all possible efforts 0 exterminate the trouble. If necessarj, a meeting of the uewl yorganized apter of the National Broadcast Lisoners' Association will be called. Rd. interference should be reported to . esse B. Bice at the Murray Hotel. Mr. tec is president of the local organization. * o— Report 500 Drowned In Floods In Mexico PreSX 01 *’ MeX ’’ Jan> 8 ' ~ (United dp-. eavy P ro Perty damage and in°’h ICIl ° n 400 houses by floods t n „ ”, Btate of Nayarit are reported Caitp" leceive d today by President govern rom . the sta te governor. The drowned* C ' ailned persons had been iB be ‘ Ug Bent Property 8 Placed at 3,000,000 pesos.

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Uses Carbolic Acid To | Stop Tooth-ache; Burned , On Face And Shoulders Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 8. — (TTnited I Press) —John (’ox, 24. who turned dentist and used carbolic acid to cure a totoh ache, was in the city hospital today with bad burns on his face and shoulders. Cox spilled the bottle of acid when he tlied to pour a few drops in an aching tooth. His mother in law. Mrs. Bessie Johnson, was badly burned in helping him. - — DOC TAX IS REDUCED HERE Commissioners Reduce Rates From $5 And $3 To $3 And $1.50 The tax on dogs in Adams county was reduced at the recent meeting of the county commissioners, it was made known today. The former tax of $5.00 on female dogs has been reduced to $3.00 and the tax of $3.00 on male dogs has been reduced to $1.50. These reductions were made after comparing losses during the last year and tiie amount of surplus county dog tax money turned over to the trustees and school boat ds. The new rates will be in effect tills year when dog tax is due. Last March, all surplus funds, with the exception of SIOO in each county, were turned over to the county and distributed according to law. to the school fund. The last of March, the law was changed, whereby the township trustees relinquished their power to pay losses on livestock caused by dogs, and from that time on all claims were paid by County Auditor Martin Jaberg, as the law stipulated. Consequently, each trustee turned over the remaining balance of his SIOO retained to pay losses. The total turned in to the auditor was $1,025.50. This formed the base for the present county dog fund, in the fall. $5,403.00 was collected as dog tax and this was added to tiie fund. The balance of this fund at present is $3,314.43. Next March, all of this money over $2,000 will be turned over to the trustees and school boards of the county. The $2,000 remaining in the fund will be used from March until next fall to pay losses, at which time the fund will he bolstered by the addition of the regular taxes on dogs. At present, all claims are paid by the county auditor and this system will continue indefinitely, according to the new law. All persons having losses caused by dogs, file their claims in this city and these claims must be sworn to in person by two neighbors of the person sustaining the loss. In case there would be so many losses that the present fund would be exhausted, tiie claims would be held over until the taxes are collected next fall, accoring to an opinion made public by M. Jaberg today. ■ - ■ —■ o Indiana G. O. P. Invites Coolidge To Give Address Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 8.-r(United Press)— Republican leaders were hopeful today of a favorable answer from president Coolidge to their invitation to speak at the mid-winter meeting of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association, here January 29. A delegation from Indiana, headed by Senator Watson, presented tiie invitation to the President in Washington, yesterday. The fact that President Coolidge did not immediately decline the invitation, was taken as encouraging. It was pointed out that tiie President has been declining off hand all invitations to leave Washington while congress is in session. —•— o County Assessor Returns From Indianapolis Meeting County Assessor William Zimmerman has returned from Indianapolis, where he attended o two-day session of county assessors, held with the state tax commissioners. Plans for assessing personal property next March were discussed and Mr. Zimmerman stated that a representative of the state board would visit this county sometime next month.

SARGENT GRILLED BY PROBERS IN ALUMINUM TRUST Probers Plan To Recall Attorney General For Questioning Saturday LEFT INVESTIGATION TO HIS ASSISTANT Washington, Jan. 8. — (United Press) Attorney General Sargent will be subjected to further examination tomorrow in the investigation of the so-called "ahtjninum trust," controlled by Andrew Mellon, secretary of the treasury, it was announced late today. When adjournment was taken after lengthy griiing of Sargent, the probers of the senate judiciary committee announced that Sargent will be recalled to the stand Saturday. Sargent was closely questioned by Senator Walsh, who two years ago disclosed the Teapot Dome scandals. "How determined were you to get every bit of evidence possible from the federal tradt commission." Walsh asked Sargent. "I ersotiully I did nothing," Sargent said. ■I left the investigation to my assistant. Donavon. as diligently as possible and doing very well." Walsh asked if there had been any iecent correspondence between the federal trade commission and the department of justice, relative to the re(lOVTIMEIt <»’ I’AGE FIVE) -O : Condition Os Cardinal Mercer Unchanged Today Brussels. Jan. 8. (United Press.) -The condition of Cardinal Mercier, recently operated upon, remained unchanged today. However, the incurable nature of his illness was reiterated ami it was agreed that there is no hope for his recovery, though lie may linger some weeks. BIG MERGER OF UTILITIES SOUGHT Insull Interests File Petition To Buy Property In Adams County Indianapolis, Ind , Jan. 8. —(United •Press.) — Purchase of four electric light and power, and electric railway properties in eastern Indiana, is proposed by the Insull interests in a petition filed with the public service commission of Indiana today. The properties which it is proposed to merge with the Insull interests are the Marion and Bluffton traction company; Berne Electric company; the Bryant Electric company, affd the Wells county Electric company. The value of the properties to be purchased is given as $1,594,19. .83 according to the petition. With tiie acquisition of these properties, the Indiana Service corporation, a subsidiary of Jnsull’s Midland company, will serve 39 communities with electric lights and power and 37 towns will be connected with the company's electric railroad lines. All of the properties which Insull seeks to purchase are located in Wells, Grant, Jay and Adams counties, south of Fort Wayne. Towns which are supplied by the four companies follow: Van Buren, Ladessville, Liberty Center, Vera Cruz, Craigville, Linn Grove, Geneva, Bluffton. Marion, Fort Wayne, Bry(CONTI.VUED ON PAGE FIVE) Arkansas Man Pays For Murder With Life Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 8. — (United Press)— Tjrus Clark, 28, slayer of L. M. Stout, Sulphur Springs banker, last June, paid the death penalty in the electric chair at the state prison, at dawn today. Clark went to the chair calmly and made, no statement. Following his execution, Aaron Harris, negro, was electrocuted for the murder of a deputy sheriff.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, January 8, 1926.

Jail Looms Col/ OHARXES* E&R.BES* Prospect of serving two years in prison after conviction on charges of conspiracy to defraud the Government came closer for Colonel Charles R. Forbes. former director ol the Veterans’ Bureau, when the L. S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction. SHEPHERD WILL CASE IS ENDED Court Takes Case Under Advisement; Decision Due First Os Week Chicago, Jan. B.—(United Press.)— Decision will be handed down next Monday or Tuesday in the tight revolving around the will of Billy Me(’lintock. bequeathing his million dollar estate to William D. Shepherd, his foster father. Shepherd wants the will admitted to probate and is opposed by the cousins of McClintock and Miss Isabelle Pope, Billy's fiance, who seek to break it. Judge Kickham Scanlon, took the ease under advisement today when arguments by the opposing attorneys were concluded, announcing lie would render a decision in three or four days. Shepherd's attorneys argued that Billy signed the document of his own free will, while opposing attorneys charged Shepherd with exerting undue influence on the youth. Shepherd was encouraged by the court's statement that the state supreme court favored sustaining wills rather than breaking them. Judge Scanlon added that it was harder to break a will in Illinois than in any other state in the uniono Reports Robbery To Police; Arrested On Charge Os Drunkenness Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 8. —(United Press.) — George Anderson, will be wary in the future of the tales he tells police. He went to headquarters to report that he was robbed of S4O and was arrested for drunkenness. 0 — Predicts Dollar Corn Within Six Months Chicago, Jan. 8. —(United Press) — Number two corn will sell for one dol. lar per bushel inside of six months, Alexander Legge, president of the international Harvester company, today said he believed. Legge made this statement public in announcing a new policy concerning dealings of his company wi(b farmers. 0 Four Klansmcn Go On Trial In Alabama Today Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 8. —(United Press.) — Four Ku Klux Klansmen, members of a raiding party which searched Chinese cases for whiskey last Saturday night, went on trial in police court today ou charges of disorderly conduct. , Weather Unsettled tonight and Saturday. Probably snow in east aud south portions tonight. Not much change in temperature.

CRISIS IN GOAL STRIKE PARLEY EXPECTED SOON Settlement Or Break In Conference Expected Late This Afternoon LITTLE CH ANCE FOR AGREEMENT IS SEEN By Paul W. White (It. P. Staff Correspondent) New York, Jan. B.—(United ITess) — A crisis in the conference of miners and mine owners to end the anthracite coal strike was expected today. Either a decision, involving some form of an agreement for settlement of the strike or a definite break in the conference was looked for before adjournement. As the operators and miners assembled for their morning session, there was anything but a hopeful atmosphere about the delegates. Those in position to know' the developments, were of the opinion that if the conference did reach a climax today it would be a break, rather than a settlement. Gas Company Declares Its Regular Dividend The Board of Directors of the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company has declared a regular quarterly dividend of one and three-quarters per cent on Class A Preferred Stock of the company, payable January 14. to stockholders of record December 31. 1925. 0 _ _— Ten Million Spent For New Homes In Indianapolis Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 8. — (United press) —The people of Indianapolis sftent more than ten million dollars during 1925 for tiie construction of new homes, th ereport of F. F. Hamilton, building commissioner, shows. The total spent for new buildings in this city during the year was in excess of $25,000.01)0. (j_ CEMETERY ASS'N ELECTS OFFICERS All Old Officials Re-elected At Annual Meeting Held Yesterday All former trustees and officers of the Decatur Cemetery Association were re-elected at the annual meeting held yesterday at the office of Dr. J. S. Covrdale. J. S. Niblick was selected to head the organization again; Dr J. S. Coverdale was elected secretary and Judson W. Teeplc was elected treasurer. Other trustees of the local cemetery association are: Dr. J. M. Miller, Peter Kirsch, Dr. P. B. Thomas and M. Kirsch. The annual report of the secretary showed the ascoiation to be in good standing. Improvements have been made during the last year, and there is a balance on hand.

Prairie Club Os Illinois May Attend Dedication Os Porter Memorial Here Group Os Nature Lovers Are Anxious To Participate In ( eremonies Honoring Adams County’s Noted Writer; Member Os Club Writes To Representative T. A. Gottschalk, O. Berne, Regarding The Movement.

A pilgrimage of the members of the Prairie Club of Illinois, a group of nature lovers, to Decatur and Adams county for the dedication of the Elephant Rock memorial to Gene Strat-ton-Porter and of Limberlost Trail, appears probable. T. A. Gottschalk, of Berne, state representative from Adams and Wells counties, sent a personal invitation to the Club to attend the dedication and he has received a reply, in which the writer, Judge Ninian H. Welch, of Chicago, states that ilst th ii ktlyhe THMB A .states that it is likely that the Club members will accept the invitation. The date for the dedication of the memorial roctc and Limberlost Trail, the state road running north and

Buzzer Alarms Installed In Case As Rapidly As Police Tear Them Out Gary, Ind., Jan. 8. — (United Press) —The Gohlen West case here stood forth unscathed today from a number of raids against it by the new city administration. Police were unable to make any arrests in their raids because buzzer systems of warnings were installed ;.s rapidly as the police could tear them out. Vice raids by the new administration netted seventeen arrests last night. FAMILY OF FIVE FOUND MURDERED Mother, Father And Three Children Slain In Home In New York New’ York, Jan. B.—(United Press) — The entire family of Thomas King—mother, father, and three children, of whom the oldest was five years old — was wiped out some time last night. Four were beaten to death with a baseball bat. The fifth. King, died from a slashed throat. The gas had been turned on in the apartment ans if crushed skulls had not brought death to any of the family, asphyxiation would have resulted. Piecing together the story told by the Shambles in which police found tiie house, they were convinced that King had become maddened,’ pounded his entire family to death, turned on the gas and committed suicide by cutting his own throat. The dead were Nora. Kings wife, 28, and their children, James, 5; Katherine. 3; and Thomas, a baby of one. The odor of escaping gas attracted neighbors to the apartment today. They called police. Officers forced an entrance and were all but driven out by the gas fumes. Finally making their way into the apartment they saw the bodies strewn about, most of them on tiie floor and King beside a chair with a gaping cut across his throat, blood streaming down his clothing and a (I'OVTISUF.O OX PAGE FIVE) 0 Rushing Plans To Care For Idle Indiana Miners Evansville, Ind., Jan. 8. — (United Press) —With continued snow and colder weather in prospect, preparations were being rushed today to care for the eight hundred coal miners in Warrick, Gibson and Vanderburgh counties who quit the pits of non-union mines this week, pending negotiations between operators and union officials. Harvey Cartwright of Bicknell, vice president of district No. 11, United Mine Workers, said every attempt would be made to have suppies of clothing and food ready for those in need Monday at the latest. Meanwhile, negotiations between James Moore, manager of the Crescent an Sunnyside mines in Evansville and union officials are continuing. Cartwright said he believed some agreement would be reached before Sunday. The conference has been in session since 9 a. tn., Thursday.

south from Mrs- Porter’s home at Geneva and the Limberlost woods, where Mrs .Porter did much of her writing, has not been set. However, plans for the occasion are going forward. The Prairie Club is composed of about 1,500 members, including teachers, business and professional men and women and many notable authors and artists. They lov e the out doors and they study, understand and appreciate the beauty of nature. Every year, they make a pilgrimage to some point of natural or historical interest. They are admirers of the writings of Gene Stratton-Porter and are anxious to Join in any honor to be bestowed (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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ADAMS COUNTY ASSOCIATION IS INCORPORATED Representative Men Os County Band Together To Boost Farming PLAN ORGANIZATION MEETING THIS MONTH Articles of incorporation were issued yesterday at Indilanapolis for the Adams County | Agricultural Association. 'the (incorporation papers were I brought to Decatur last night by E. B. Williamson, manager of the Northern Indiana Fair and organizer for the Agricultural Association, who returned from the meeting of the stale board of agriculture at Indianapolis. The capital stock of the corporation is $30,000, divided into 1,200 shares at $25 each. There is no preferred stock. The principal office or place of business of the corporation ' will be located in Adams county and I the postoffice address will be Decatur. A meeting of the stockholders and others interested in the movement | will be held during the last part of this month, at which time a board of , directors and officers will be elected. Sixteen directors will bo chosen and the directors will chose a president, first vice-president, second vice-president,' secretary and treasurer. I Tiie corporation plans to lake over fifty acres of Bellmont Park, where the fair lies been held for many years, hold the annual fair, promote i improvement in agriculture and horticulture. the breeding of better livestock and to promote improvement in farm machinery, farm implements. household conveniences and mechanical arts. Tiie length of life of the corporation is fifty years. Already, the Association is a member of the National Association of County and District Fairs, the Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan (COXTIVIJED OX PAGE FIVE) REV, SEMANS TOBROA9CAST Former M. E. Pastor In This Citv To Conduct Radio Service At KYW The Rev R. L. Serna ns, formerly pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church of this city, will speak at 7:30 every morning over radio station KYW, Chicago, beginning Monday, January 18. Dr. Semans will conduct tile morning family worship, broadcasted each morning except Sunday, by Central Y. M. C. A. with the cooperation of tiie Chicago Cchurch Federation. Dr. Semans is a graduate of DePanw university and has held pastorates in Kendallville, Decatur, Goshen and Richmond, Indiana. He transferred to the pastorate of the Grace M. E. Church in Chicago and two years ago became pastor of tiie First Methodist church of Berwyn, Illinois, a fast growing suI burb, nine miles southeast of the loop i He is now building a splendid threestory Sunday school and social building to cost $175,000, adjoining the church. His many local friends will want to tune in to hear our former citizen. The Chicago Church Federation furnishes a different pastor each week to conduct these daily 15 minute devotional exercises. A special certificate has been prepared which may be hung in the monies of those who are participating in this service. Two ’ thousand of these were sent out in one day, recently, as a result ofr toque ts that came from fifteen diffeie 't states. A lady in Benton Harbor. Michigan, wiites, "We have a lii>t. G> ‘eniemi Eskimo, who is 'l l inchi ; tail e • I t)6 1 years aid who listens in with ai; -v< v I morning. Site is greitiy helped v. Ith the rest of us."