Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 185, Decatur, Adams County, 6 August 1926 — Page 1

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REDUCTIONS made in county budget

Gertrude Ederle Swims Across The English Channel

AMERICAN GIRL FIRST WOMAN TO ACCOMPLISH feat Than Record For Men cTFPS ASHORE AT . kingsdown, eng.| Kingsdown, Eng., Aug. 6.— (United Press) -Gert rude Ed,rle today swam across the Ln.r.ish channel a strech ot K which in all recorded history never before had been conquered by a woman. Gertrude stepped ashore at 9’39 pni., exactly 14 and onehslf hours after entering the water at Cape Griz Nez, at 7:09 today. She not only was the first’woman to swim the channel hut she accomplished the feat in almost two hours less time than was required by the fastest man who ever swam the channel. Dover. England, Aug. 6—(United Ptr si—At 7:45 p- «• today. Gertrude Ederle was visible 5 or 6 miles away and slowly progressing westward. Observer., here believed she would base a better chance if she would swim further west and all agreed that her feat was tremendous, owing to the rough watej. * ’ Owing to it regularites in coast iCO.M'IMF.n ON P*CE FOI R) EVOLUTION IS LOSER AT POLLS Candidates Supporting An-ti-Evolution Law Win In Tennessee Primary. .. -.j_ . , .:■ , v ■- _ d'n L - ls j Evolution .uffered a smashtag defeat at the hands of the voters in the Tennessee primary. Early today Governor Austin Peay, seeking re-election, and Hill McAlister. state treasurer, were running neck and neck, with Dr. John R. Neal, Lawyer and Liberal who headed the scope defense in the Dayton “Monkey Trial” trailing far behind. McAlister sponsored Tennesssee's law prohibiting teaching evolution in the schools. I’eay supported the law, enthusiastically. After McAlister had held a slight l°ad over Peay through the night, tile Governor rallied and crept ahead early today when northeastern counties gave him a heavy plurality. She), hy county, in which memphis is situated, and west Tennessee generally apparently w ere ( . arr led by McAlister. ■Veals v O t P was alrtiost negligible. Peay headquarters claimed victory by 6,000.

Three Prominent Elderly Ladies Os Decatur Are Chautauqua Boosters

"<* had the pleasure of a short talk #l 'out the Chautauqua with three very ■'••harkaMe elderly ladies of Decatur. " rB ' Helen Blossom. Mrs. Anna Hell' >r and Mrs. Mary C. Eley. These iadles are among the best known of " llr (,|,iz ens, all approaching the four Scurp period of life’s years, in excel- '’■ fH health, with their interest in art, ‘•stature and music growing greater "hh the years, always interested in v h affairs, keenly alive to all move--01611,8 tending toward betterment, arthe members in club work and livn K examples of intellectual vigor insplrational to others. "‘eee ladies have always been invested in Chautauqua. The re“Ponse of one epitomizes the attitude 0 the others. Said one of these

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*4an Run Over By Train Dies When Ambulance Collides With An Auto Clinton, Ind, Aug. 6. t United Press)- Dave Turley, 61, died in the vermillton county hospital ear.y today the victim at two accidents. I He was run ,ver by a passenger train and both feet were amputated. I On the way to the hospital the ambulance col.ided with an auto and Turley received other injuries. 0 — LEVIES FOR ROAD BONDS ARE FIXED Proposed Levies For Next < * Year Show $173,544.17 Will Be Raised According to the proposed budget and tax levies for the township free: gravel roatl luind an' interest fund. , ,' a total of $179,644-17 wid Ite paid next , .'year for interest and redemption of , bonds in the twelve twnships in!, Adams county. , The interest on the bonds amounts | to tT73.315.33. while the principal to , | be paid on the bonds totals approxi I mutely sl4it.<HH» Union township has the highest ; 1 levy, a levy of 58 cents, on the hun dted dollars. However, this is a de- , crease of 10 cents in the levy as . compared with last year. The Washington township levy, in which Deca | tur is located, will be 32 cents on the SIOO. as compared with 30 cents last! year. The total raised in the twelve townships this year for road bonds and interest was $177,701.23. In! Washington township, a deficit of about SI,OOO was incurred this year I and this is being made up in the levy for next year. Th« Proposed Rates The rates in the townships are: 1927 1926 I Union Township .59 .69 I Root township .43 .35 ' i Preble township .44 50 I Kirkland township .47 .48 j j Washington township .32 30 5 Blm Creek li ship ' ’’ ' • » JU French township 48 ' Hartford township -5-t . Wabash township 50 1 Jefferson township .56 .56 The total of the township road ' bond and interest fund has been 1 gradually reduced within the last ’ three years, due to the fact that the ‘ bonded TiideLtedness was reduced I from four per cent to two per cent 1 on the SIOO. 1 j Hearings on the proposed levies 1 1 will be heard by the county council and county commissioners on Tuesday, September 7. o *' Edward Fairbanks Dies Terre Haute. Ind., Aug. 6 —(United • Press)—Edward Fairbanks, financier ■ and brother of the late Crawford Fairbanks. who was said to have been Indiana's richest man. died today at ■ his home here. He was 78 years of age.

ladies: “Os course, I am interested in the Chautauqua. A Chautauqua Is necessary to our town. It furnishes food for young and old. It brings excellent talent to our door and always gives us cheer, joy and uplift. The programs that we have had in the past have been uniformly good and varied so as to sqit all tastes. And i then it does not cost much, in fact, to attend every program is within the reach of all. We enjoy a Chautauqua immensely. We enjoy going and coming and meeting our friends | there and some of the talent has given us real thrills. Every tired mother ought to attend and every ’ tired father, too. D<r we expect to i attend? We certainly do and are looking forward to the sessions with pleasant anticipation."

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OPEN WAR ON PRESCRIPTION BOOTLEGGING Prohibition Unit Rounding Up Suspected Druggists And Physicians MEDICINAL LIQUORS ENTER RUM TRAFFIC United Press Staff Correspondent. Washington. Aug. 6. Under agents of the federal prohibition unit have been ordered to round-up all druggists and physicians suspected of diverting medicinal whiskey into bootleg channels. New York city and Sioux City. lowa, agents have already begun cleanups in their districts. The sleuths have been told to stop prescription bootlegging and the selling of “cut" medical whiskey by drug stores. Investigations by government detectives showed that a few unscrupulous drug stores have been watering liquor and selling half of it to thirsty customers and dispersing the rest on genuine prescriptions. Thousands of gallons of medicinal liquors leak into the hands of illicit rum trusts every year, prohibition officials admitted today. While this is only a minor source of supply for bootleggers, a vigorous effort to plug the leak is to be made at once. Dry detectives have been assigned to prohibition.adminstrators for this special work. All prescriptions will be carefully checked to see if they conform with provisions of the law. Meantime samples of liquor hand led by druggists are being taken by special prohibition agents assigned to this work. o Democratic Committee Undecided On Registration Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug. 6.—(United Press) After a two-hour discussion of tiie question of validity of the 1926 registration act. members of thodemoimmittee and a special ■wjAjv.CO '-'d. ,ci ‘C ■ .adjourned early thUf afternoon without nrlirtli ■, 4 , deciding on a course ot aeu-u. The committee wi I meet later in the day' to take up the question again. SUGAR COMPANY MERGER ASSURED Sufficient Stock In Holland St. Louis Company Turned In To Complete Deal At a meeting of the stockholders of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company 7n Holland. Michigan. Thursday, sufficient stock was turned in to assure execution of the proposed merger of that company with the Continental Sugar company, of Toledo. Ohio, thereby creating a beet sugar manufacturing company with total resources of almost five million dollars. The merger becomes effective immediately, although no change will be made in the operation of the i Holland-St. Louis company, which ! has a factory in this efty. until May. 1927. According to plans for the merger, each company will retain its identity. The merger gives the Continental company control of six sugar factor ies in Ohio. Michigan and Indiana. It previously owned plants at Findlay and Fremont. Ohio, and Blissfield. Michigan, while the Holland-St. Louis company operated plants at Holland and St. Louis, Michigan, and this city. The purpose of the merger is to reduce operating expenses through the elimination ot one set of offices and to better financial conditions of the companies. The combined slicing capacity of the six plants is approximately four thousand six hundred tons of beets per day. The Continental company previously was capitalized at $2,500,000 and the Holland St. Louis pompany at $2,125,000.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 6, 1926.

Cental Figure / r vl 'j' o Vi • 1 •' V ; V Mrs. Edward W. Hall, wife of the slain principal in the famous Hall-Mills case in New Jersey, was mentioned in affidavits presented to authorities. These statements caused a reopening of the case. TROOPS ON DUTY AT CANTON AGAIN National Guardsmen Recalled As Threats Os i ’ Violence Are Renewed Canton, O. Aug. 6—(United Press) I —National guardsmen resumed duty here today under Col C. F. Bleum as threats of violence and civic unrest resulting from the assassination of Don R Mellott. nwespaper publisher. I continued The home of Herman R. Witter, former mayor, now state director of public ielalums. wa> gtmrded tlirouuii , ...... ......... . a personal investigation of the Mellett murder, reported threats that his house was to be dynamited and strang men prowling the neighborhood at night. A guard at the home of county prosecutor C. B. McClintock fired at a I fleeing automobile early today. He was knocked to the street when he started to board the car after it had cruised hack and forth in front of the house a number of times. DAVID ARCHER DIES THURSDAY Well-known St. Marys Township Resident Is Called By Death David Archer, 67. well known resident of St. Marys township, died at his home two miles south ot' Pleasant Mills at 12:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Nepritls was the immediate cause of death, although Mr. Archer had been suffering from a complication of diseases for some lime. Both of bis legs had been amputated, one about a year ago and the other several years ago. Mr. Archer was born in Adams county. June 9, 1859. He is survived by his widow and three children, Mrs. Gus Smith, of Midland. Michigan, and Sherman and Pearl, of Pleasant Mills. One grandson Harold Archer, has been making his home witli Mr. and ’ Mrs. Archer. Several brothers and sisters survive, also. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church in Pleasant Mills at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, with the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Shipley, officiating. Burial will be made in the . Decatur cecetery.

MEXICAN TROUBLE: IS CONSIDERED A DOMESTIC AFFAIR Diplomats Think That The Other Powers Have No Right To Intervene FORCE OR BOYCOTT MEANS OF SOLUTION By A. W. Folger (United Press Staff Correspondin') Mexico City, Aug. 6 — (United, Fresai—A canvass of Central American and South American diplomatic sections here made by the Unit ed Press, showed today that a majority , of diplomats support the viewpoint of I the Mexican Government that the re-, ligiotts controversy is a domestic as -; fair -and that other powers have no I right to Intervene. Two prominent Snith American d’p-| lomats believe that under no clrcuiuj stances would their Government do; anything toward meditation in the controversy, and the entire spirit revealed by the United Press canvas indicated that other Latin American.-.I would be slow to attempt meditation The fact that such meditation is not 1 imminent emphasized the stalemate reached in the struggle between chinch and state. Observers here believe that the sit nation can only be solved by one of two means, either forcibly by means of the Catholic Boycott of luxuries. >r| through a political solutkm in ulti j mate presidential elections. Meanwhile the heat of controversy. I in the Capital, at least, is waning, although a constant stream of reports' and tumors concerning minor clashes come from the interior. Washington, D. C.. Aug. 6.—(United! Press)—A defense of the Catholic ' .rlergy in Mexico and an attack on the; Mexican anti-religious laws was issued by the national catholic welfare; conference there today. “Catholic Bishops and Priests in ! Mevi'.o U’e <|.‘|l>-< e,| jn», , illlv the rile-1 which are guaranteed to Mexicans f ttndet tie- national constitntion' di i’ Mexfeo . a< coruiitj <t ox tim i:i> <»\ i , t(;i' f«>it<> ELROY SHELDEN DIES IN COLORADO Former Adams County Man Dies At Colorado Springs After Long Illness i Elroy C. Shelden, 65, former resi- I dent of Adams county, died last Sun-j day at bis home in Colorado Springs. Colorado, lie had been ill for several months, following an operation which he underwent more than a ! year ago. He is survived by his! widow, Mrs. Emma Shelden; a daughter. Mrs. Lawrence Kittleman: and ! two sisters. Miss Clara Shelden, of I Colorado Springs, and Mrs. Homer i Neaderhouser, of Berne. Mr. Shelden was a cousin of Eugene Runyon, of this city. Mr. Shelden was born near Linn Grove. He and his wife moved to

Colorado Springs from Linn Grove in 1886. He soon became prominent in business circles in Colorado Springs and was county clerk there from 1909 to 1919. Since 1919 he! has been engaged in real estate business. Mr. Shelden was an active democrat. He was an Odd Fellow and a member of the Presbyterian church: Funeral services were held in Colorado Springs at 'lO o'clock Wednesday morning. Burial was made in that city. o Farmer Kills Himself Connersville, Ind , Aug. 6. -(United Press)—Relatives were unable today to assign a motive for t lie suicide of Charles Tuber, 70, farmer and politician, who shot himself at his home near Alquina.

1 Leopard Escapes From • Zoo; Residents Terrorized Red Bank, N. J . Aug 6 -(United Press) —A full grown leopard from the Jungles of India was loose in this sec lion today. The beast escaped from the twin Park zoo. near here, while being uncrated yesterday. Families in the farming communities in Middle*-! and Manmouth .'•ountles spent a sleepless night while men. armed with shot guns and rifles, hunted the sand hille and woods. Slate troopers joined in the , search. All children were kept indoors today and few adults ventured far from I safety unless armed. REED SATISFIED WITH EVIDENCE Senator Contemplates No Further Investigations Os State Primaries By Paul R. Mallon. United Press Staft’ Chicago. Aug. 6.—Having disclosed $3,000.00 spent in the Pennsylvania primary and $1,000,000 in the Inninois primary, chairman James A. Reed of the Senate investigating committee today announced he would rest upon his evidence and contmplates no further state inquiries. “I am satisfied with the evidence as it is”, he declared as he quit the twelve day probe of Illinois politics and left for his home. “1 have no comment to make”. Illinois pollticans and followers of the senate investigalion were considering the situation which Reed left : behind him here and in his Pennseylvania investigation. Despite talk of an independent can didate, it Is known definitely that .William S. Vare. Pennsylvania and Frank L. Smith, Illinois, republican senator nominees in their respective* states will fight out their difficuties at the polls with the Democrats in November and that they will not conI sider withdrawing 1 Wells CDuntv Fanrner Attacked By G ropnd-hog i’.ii?fi iAn "n** rT”,-:. county farmer and cand’date for trustee of Harrison township ontlie Republlca ticket, received a score Wednesday morning when he was attacked by a ground hog while work ing on his farm east of Bluflton. After making a short dash. Mr. Baker obtained a wrench and threw it at the animal, killing it pust as it reached his heels. Mr Baker was plowing corn at the' lime of the attack. The groundhog was a large one and appeared to he mad when he first noticed it. Harmony Lacking In Hall-Mills Investigation New' Brunswick, rJ. J., Aug. 6.— I (United Press) —A drift today toward j that same la.?k of harmony which years ago sent the first investigation of the Hall-Mills murder into blind alleys, hJS< been Indicated by assistant attorney general Alexander Simpson. special prosecutor. His order to the state police to make out warrants for the arrests of two persons, had not been followed he said. At the state troopers' headquarters it was held that such an order had not been received.

Talking And Singing Movies Thrill Crowd In New York Theatre

New York, Aug. 6. —(United Press) i'he world’s great singers, musicians, symphony orchestras and speakers have been brought within reach of every town in the United States where there is a movie house. A crowd of New Yorkers emerged from the Warner Theater here early ' today impressed by the latest marvel of this age—an age in which so many miracles of science have been performed that it Is hard to make mar vel any more. They had seen the first presenta-

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GENERAL BUDGET CUT; BRIDGE FUND LEVY INCREASED Total Levy For All Funds For 1927 Is 36 Cents; 1926 Levy 37 Cents TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE RAISED, $139,527.06 A small reduction in the total amount necessary to carry on the county government during 1927, including the levies for the various funds, and an increase in the bridge fund levy, is seen in the budget and proposed tax levies for next year, the budget having just been compiled by County Auditor Martin Jaberg. The total of the county general budget reaches only $98,927, as compared with $115,M0 this year. An increase of $7,9(W is proposed In the bridge fund.'the levy for next year calling for $24,900 as compared to $17,000 this year. The bond and interest fund for the payment of the Smith Bridge bonds and the Adams County Memorial Hospital bonds is approximately the game as that levied last year, the proposed levy being $1.5,700 as com pared with $15,400 a year ago. The Proposed Lewies The proposed levies in the three county funds follows: Bridge fund .odi per SIOO Bond and interest .04 per SIOO County general .256 per SIOO Total levy for 1927 .36 on SIOO The total of the levy in these three funds last year amount' : cents on the SIOO. Had it not been for the increased levy in the bridge fund, a substantial cut would have been made in the levy. The total amount to he raised in the three funds, based on a county valuation of $39,004,640. is >139.tCOVTiVI Hn OV P4GE FOI R) RELIEF FROM —omw® Sharp Drop In Tempera- ' ture Is Due Tomorrow, ' Weather Bureau Says Indianapolis. Ind.. Aug. 6. -(United ITess) —A 'harp drop in temperature tomorrow will bring relief from the heat wave, in Indiana, the weather bureau predicted today. Although high temperatures were in prospect far this afternoon, thunderstorms are expected this afternoon or tonight, followed hy a drop as 8 to 10 degrees tomorrow. Chicago. Aug. 6. —(United Press) — The sun beat down on the middle west again today, continuing the heat •wave w’hich caused over two score deaths in the district yesterday. Ten people died of the heat in Chicago alone, bringing a two day toll up to 15. Forecast for today predicted even higher temperatures before night in the central states although slightly cooler weather was in store for the northwest

tion of the Vitaphone, the longdreamed of audible movie at last per fected. Picture plays in which the dialogue follows the dramatic action have not yet been done successfully, but are expected to be. What the audience saw and heard were musicians, sing era and speakers, presented in vivid reality on the screen, while in per feci synchronization with the move ments of their lips and Instruments, the music and sound of their voices boomed through the theater.

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