Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 20 September 1927 — Page 1

WEATHER Fair tonight. Cooler in east and south parts. Frost tonight in north and central parts. Wednesday cooler.

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State Tax Rate For 1928 Remains At 23 Cents Per SIOO

STATE TAX BOARD DISPELLS FEARS OF HIGHER LEVY General Fund Levy Cut To Make Vp For Increases Made By Legislature TOTAL LEVY IN DECATUR IS $3.18 Indianapolis, Ind.. Sept. 20. (INS) Un’ stale board of taxi commissioners today adopted a | I,ix lew of 23 eents on the SIOO > valuation for Indiana for 1928. | This is the same rate as pro-1 vailed for 1927 and dispelled, the fears that a higher levy' would be set for 1928. John J. Brown, chairman of the J board, presented the tax report to Governor Ed Jackson anil State Auditor L. S. Bowman for their signatures. It was indicated that these signatures would be affixed by noon today. General Fund Levy Reduced Nine and one-half mills were taken | front the general fund of the state I s as to make up for the increases j for three state departments granted I by the 1927 state legislature, thus | keeping the levy at the 1927 rate. ’ The increases granted by the general assembly were 5 mills for the cornhorer campaign; 4 mills for the George Rogers Clark memorial and one-half of a mill for the state forestry fund. With the fixing of the state tax rate at 23 cents on the sloo’valuation, the total tax rate for the city of Decatur in 1928 became definitely fixed at $3,48 per SIOO. This is an increase of 16 cents on the SIOO valuation, the 1927 rate being $3.32. The various rates for taxpayers in the city of Decatur in 1928 are as follows: School city $1.39 Civfl city 71 County highways 214 County (all funds) 406 Township road bonds ... 43 Township general 05 Decatur library 05 State 23 Total $3.48 o Bailey Boy’s Funeral To Be Held Wednesday , Friends may view the remains of Robert Eugene Bailey. 8-year-old aon of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Biilyy who died Monday morning at the h r spi el * in this city, at the home of his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Debolt. 813 Bush street Funeral services will be held at the Deholt residence at 2 o’clock and at the United Brethren church at 2:30 O'clock Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. Cecil R. Smith will have charge of the services. Burial will be made in the Clark’s Chapel cemetdry, east of this city. — -o REBEKAHSTO GIVE PROGRAM Local Lodge To Observe 102nd. Anniversary At Meeting This Evening Rebekah lodge, of this city, will be observed at the lodge rooms tonight at 7:30 .o’clock. A program will be Given following the short business session of the organization. Following the prog+am, a lunch will be served by the committee in charge of the affairs j o:2 [ order was orGanized j n J 825, All members of the Rebekah and Odd Fellow lodges are extended a cordial invitation to attend the meeting an d program tonight. The committee in, 'harge includes Miss Ada Stevens, A “ aa Mallett, Mrs. John Moser and Mrß - Or. Charles.

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Carrier Pigeon Stops To Rest On Chimney; Falls Down To Firebox Madison, Ind., Sept. 20.— (IN’S)—A lag "1. F.-29 A--13," attached to the leg of a carrier pigeon is the only means, of identification by which authorities here can trace the ownership of the bird. The pigeon was found in the fir.' box of the Trow’s mill plant here. Apparently it had stopped to rest on the top of the tall chimney and had fallen down the chimney when it became too fatigued. FROST TONICHT IS PREDICTION ‘ No Appreciable Damage Expected To Result; Temperature Below Normal Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 20—(UP) — Low places in Central and northern Indiana will feel a light frost tonight J. H. Armington, U. 8. Meteoroligist predicted today. The frest probably will not reach | higher ground, and no appreciable da- | mage will be suffered in the places it does touch, he said. , The topcoat weather that chased a- | way the heat wave Sunday is expectI ed to continue until Thursday. Warmer temperatures wil prevail Wednesday night and Thursday. The drop in temperature since last Saturday has amounted to 35 to 40 degrees today and was about ten degtees below normal. Frost In Corn Belt Chicago. Sept. 20 —(UP)- The first frost appeared in the corn belt last night and as a consequence prices of corn futures on the Chicago board of trade today jumped from 3 to 4's before noon. Erost did not hit Illinois, but was reported in Northern lowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas. o Monroe Township Sunday School Convention Held The Monroe township Sunday chi o! 'es-s-s-irtioi. was held Sunday. The afternoon session was held at | the Winchester U. B. church and the evening session at the Spring Hill church. Manas Lehman, of Monroe, president of the township association, presided at the convention. A large attendance was present at both sessions. The following officers were elected: Manas Lehman, president; Ira Wagoner, vice-president; C. H. Muselman, secretary-treasurer; Menno Burkhalter, administration division; C. E. Striker, educational division; Merl Essex, adult division, Irenius Mattax, young peoples division; Miss Mynne Ehrsam, children's division. Railroad Man Falls 50 Feet From Bridge Richmond. Ind.. Sept. 20. — (INS)- — William Warner, 50, railroad man, is recovering here from a fractured right leg and ankle, the only injuries received when he plunged headlong from a bridge fifty feet to a pile of lumber. Warner was though dead until he was rushed to the local station of the Pennsylvania railroad. The accident occurred at the Blue river bridge. i ■ii—- — — — C 1 Young Girl Found With Her Head Crushed Hillside, 111., Sept. 20.—(UP)—A 14-year-old ffirl was found dead with her head crushed here today. Her clothing was torn and apparently she had struggled desperately. Police said she had been attacked. The girl was Edna Mueller. Against the wishes of her parents, Mr. and" Mrs. John Mueller, she had decided not to go io high, school G*"' but to go to work instead. Her brother. Raymond, 20, sad she wanted Lo earn monyy to help the family and to buy Christmas presents. Yesterday was her first day at work She had obtained a Job as housemaid for Mrs. William Hardy in Chicago.

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Plan To Drive Automobile 10,000 Miles Without Stop IL B. Macy And O. C. Poling, Os Decatur, Plan To , Start On Gruelling Test Next Saturday Afternoon; Expect To Complete Run In Three Weeks; Plan To Prove Dependibility Os Auto Driving an automobile 10,DOO miles without a stop is the . task to be undertaken by two Decatur men, 11. B. “By" Macy and (). “Sy" Poling. Tin- test drive, which will be attempted to prove the dependability and near perfect operation of the Inodern

automobile, will start next Saturday afternoon and the two men expect to complete the record-making drive iu three weeks. The drive will be made I entire'y In Indiana. I Macy and Pfling have selctd a Reo I | Flying Cloud stock car for their drive. i The machine a two door sedan, has been equipped with an extra large gasoline tank, which increases their fuel capacity to 66 gallons. The tight front seat has been adjusted so that the back will recline, forming'a bed on ( which one of the drivers can sleep t while the other drives. The car will be fueled and oil ehanged while in motion. The only time th" ! motion of the car will be permitted ’o stop is for traffic sign. , railroad cross- . ings and tire changes. Even then, ’tie motor must be kept running. To Start In Fort Wayne The start Will be made from Court street, at the east side of the court house in Fort Wayne, at 2 o'clock Saurday afternoon. Mayor William Geake, of Fort Wayne, is expected to ( be the official starter tor the drive. He will be assisted by a staff of policemen. If the car goes the full lO.OvO , miles without a stop, the-tun will end on Monument Circle, Indianapolis. From Fort Waytie. Macy and Polling . will drive north, visiting tiie Reo deal- . ers and distributors in that part of the state liefore swinging souhward for a trip to the extreme southern part of Indiana. They expect to pass through Decatur on their return t'-ip north about next Wednesday some time. Since the airplane has been monopolizing tlie limelight during the last several iierths, this gruelling test by Macy and Poling is expected to attract national and international ,i« en-l tion toihe automobile and, if stictnsstul, will show the great superiority of the automobile over the airplane in the matter of dependability and einlur((OViIMEI) OX P4C.R I" O; MAYOR DUVALL IS CROSS-EXAMINED Indianapolis Mayor’s Case Expected To Go To Jury On Wednesday Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. 20 —(UP) — Cross-examination of Mayor John L. Duvall was resumed in Ma. Jon eounriiiifnal court today in the Mayor's trial on a charge of violating the corrupt practices act. The cross-examination remaining wait expected- to be brief. Several other defense witnesses may follow him on the stand although it was uncertain how many would be called. The case is expected to be placed in the hands of the jury not later than Wednesday afternoon. Prosecutor William H. Remy shot a rapid file of questions at Duvall late yesterday and drew from him the admission that two of the witnesses in the political corruption investigation had been given financial assistance and appointed to city jobs they never tilled before they appeared before the 1 grand jury. Duvall said he signed notes for SI,OOO each for George S. Elliott, former ex- 1 alted cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, and Harvey Bedford, another nieniuei of the Kian. When Bedford and Elliott were summoned before the Grand Jury, they could not be located in Indianapolis. , A National wide search was made , for them and finally they were found. ; They gave no explanation of their dis- j appearance. i

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AGED MAN FOUND DEAD AT GENEVA James B. Ward, 80, Believed To Have Hied Os Heart Trouble This Morning Geneva. Sept. 20. (Special)—James B. Ward, 80, a former practicing physician and a resident of Geneva for the last fifty years, was found dead at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Norma Phillips, at 12:15 o’clock this as t moon. Death is believed to have been due to heart trouble. Mr. Ward had been living with his widowed daughter for several years She is employed in the overall factory here and had not been home sine? early this morning. Her father appeared to be in goo- health when ; she left for her work. Shortly afternoon, Mrs. William Woodward, a neighbor, went to the Phillips home to see Mr Ward. She found him sitting at a table, with his head resting on the table. Thinking that Mr. Ward was sick, Mrs. Woodard left the house and went to the home of another neighbor. Mrs. Nancy Ault. The two women then returned to the Phillips home and. upon raising Mr. Ward's head, discovered thab he was dead. It is thought that he lied been dead most of the morning. Dr. Grandstaff, of Preble, county coroner, was called, but not started his investigation at 2 o’clock this afternoon. It is believed, however, that death was due to heart trouble. Mr. »ani pi-actTi'iui'medicine until the deaf?t of his wife several years ago He is survived by tlie one daughter, Mrs. Phillips, and three grandchildren. oFrank Blossom Injured At Youngstown, Ohio Lyman Blossom and Arilla Burk hart‘left Sunday morning for Youngstown, Ohio, to be at the bedside of their sen and brother, Frank Blossom, who is seriously ill in the hospital there. He was hit in the back by a train while at wink in the railroad yards in Youngston, and was knocked 20 feet. Mr. Blossom is chief inspector for a railroad there. He formerly resided in Decatur. 0 Corn Takes Spectacular Jump On Board Os Trade Chicago. Sept 20 —(IMS) —Corn took a spectacular jump cn the board of trade today closing about 7 cents higher. The advance was due to weather predictions forecasting frost over tlie corn belt and to active buying by shorts. o Berne Man To Be Taken To East Haven Hospital Fred Zurcher, 39, of near Berne, was taken into cutody by Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth last n-gut and papers were filed today which will commit him to East Haven hospital at Richmond. Zurcher was sent to East Haven from this city in 1911 and, af‘-er,a furlough, was recommitted in 1913. He was again released, but will be returned this week. n Theatre ;s burglarized Newcastle, Ind., Sept. 20. — (I‘P) — Burglars entered the Princess Thea, ter here sometime Sunday night and escaped with $824, the Saturday and Sunday receipts With a large sledge hammer they battered a small safe to get the money.

GREAT MILITARY FIGURES MAKE A PLEA FOR PEACE Pershing, Foch And Gen. Gouraud Speak At Legion Convention FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO NATIONS PLEDGED Trocadeor Palace, Paris. Sept. 20 — (INS) — From the same platform tol day. three of the great military figur- | es of the World war, General J. Pershing, Marshal Foch and General Gouraud. military governor of Paris, joined together in a stirring plea for eternal world peace. They spoke r: the second official session of the American Legion convention, a gathering that was transformed into a Franco-Amerioan love P ast as World War leaders and other figures high in official life and public esteem, pledged an everlasting friendship between the two nations. The Legionnaires who gathered again in the Grand Hall of the Palace were still giowing with warmth of the reception accorded their parade by Paris boulevadiers yesterday, and they attended today’s session prepared to ) manifest their appreciation for everything French. They literally tore off the roof of the Palace with their tumultuous cheering for the French War • Heroes and for General Pershing as ; well, and once again the excitable Parisians enjoyed the sjjectale of seeing and hearing a group of twenty thousand men more vociferous in thein enthusiasm even than themselves. — o Dwight W. Morrow Named Ambassador To Mexico Waslijpgton, Sept. 20. — (INS) — Dwtght W. Morrow, partner in the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., today was appointed ambassador to Mexico. The appointment was announced by President Coolidge. Marrow a ill resign his connection with iin house of Morgan to take th. diplomatic post. President, C-coirlge has definitely decided against an extra session of congress, it was announced at the white house today. WOMAN SHOT BY BLUFFTON MAN Shooting Os Ohio Woman At Toledo By Clair Bulger Believed Accidental Toledo, Sept. 20—(INS)—Mrs. Herman Lang, 37, of Dpnbridge, Ohio, is in a hospital here today with a severe bullet wound in her neck, said by authorities to have been sustained late Monday when she was accidentally shot by Clair Bulger, of Bluffton, Indiana. Bulger is not being held. No charges are to be filed against him, authorities report. o Community Fair At Convoy Opens Wednesday The town of Convoy, Ohio, will open its fifth annual community fair Wednesday. The fair will continue on Thursday and Friday. Exhibits this yean are said to be far bette r than those of previous years. There wil! be many ft-ms amusements ana iTc-e acts and a carn'val company wi-J exhibit in connection with the f ii-. The carnival compi'.i’y will leniain in town over Sat i' lay, also o — Huffman Baby Dies At Home Near Geneva One of the 8-months-oM twin boys of .Mrs, Francis Huffman died at the Huffman home, one-half mile north of Geneva, Monday afternoon, the child’s Jeath was due to bowel trouble.

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Seek Parents Os Boy Found At Wingate, Ind. Crawfordsville, Ind., Sept. 20 —(UP) Search is continuing today for parents of a 9-year-old boy found near Wingate, yesterday. The boy gives his name as Clint Lee Floyd and believes he lives in Indianapoiis. lie was mi able to tell anything about his patents except that his mother works in a laundry, Tlie boy was found vandering along the Wabus'a river, which he said i .- thought was White river, and would lead him back to ludii.t.apolis. VETERANS TO HOLD REUNION Former Members Os 139th Field Artillery Os Old National Guard To Meet Plans have been completed for the annual convention and reunion of the 139th Field Artillery of the Indiana National guard. Old Company A, of this city, was or'ginally a member of this organization and a r l Company veterans are invited to attend the 1927 reunion, to be held at Indianapolis. October Van-1 2. Headquarters for the reunion will lie ut the Elks home in Indianapolis, while the meetings and business sessions wdl be held at the Indianapolis National guard armory, a block east of the Elks home. This year s meeting will be the tenth since the organization of the association. Veterans from Decatur. Rushvlße, Huntington. Indianapolis. Marion. Bedford, Evansville, Columbus and Madison are members of the association. At the dosing sessi«i. a site for the 1928 reunion will be selected. Anyone wishing further particulars concerning, the reunion are requested to call Janies H. M’ard, of this city. A delegation of Decatur veterans are planning to attend part of tlie two-day session. Unwritten Law Keeps Co-Eds At I. I . From Smoking In Public Bloomington. Thd., Sept. 20. — (INS) —lndiana university girls are not smoking this year on the campus, in the city of Bloomington, or at any place where they are likely to represent their alma mater, according to Agnes E. Wells, dean of women. There is no penalty attached, if girls do want to smoke, even while they are strolling to classes, according to the dean, but so far the co-eds have not taken advantage of that fact. “There has been a tradition, an unwritten rule, that girls will not_smoke cigarettes on the campus, and I hope that the rule continues to be given tacit observance,’’ the dean said. At certain eastern girls' schools recently, by action of the student governing bodies, smoking rooms have been established in the buildings. • o lowa Man. Attending Legion Convention. Dies ■Paris. Sept. 20. —(INS) —The first tragedy of the American Legion convention occurred here today when Wayne B. Schwenneker, of Adam, lowa, a member of the D.-s Moines post of the legion, died in La Riboisiere hospital of diabetes. Schwenneker was taken from the boat train on his arrival here from Cherbourg suffering from the disease. No decision has yet been made as to disposition of the body oInspector General Appointed Washington, Sept. 20 —(IN'S) — Col. William C. Rivers, inspector cf the Second Corps Area, Governor’s Island, New Yo-tt. today was appointed inspector general of the army, with the rank of Major General. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Eli A. Helmick, who will be retired because of age on Sept. 27.

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PLANE CRASHES, KILLING TWO MEN; ~ 32 STILL IN RACE Leaders In Class A Race Reach Chicago; Class B Leader At St. Paul WRECKED PLANE LANDS IN TREE By In ern.i ional News Service Thirty-twO planes, thirteen in class O and 19 in class B, were racing across the continent today in the great New York-to-Spokane air derby. Tlie first tragedies in the transcontinental contest were marked up when Richard E. Hudson, pilot, of Marysville, Mich., and J. Radike, his passenger, of St. Clair, Mich., were killed in the crash of their Buhl Airster, No. 1 jn class A event, near Long Valley, N. J. The ill-fated plane was the first of 15 class A planes to take off this morning from Roosevelt Field, N. Leaders Reach Chicago '4’lia class A entries began arriving at Cleveland, th-, ir first refueling stop, shortly before 9:30 o'clock. Other scheduled stops are Miles City, Mich., Chicago, Aberdeen, S. D., and Butte, Mont. The firs: two of the class A planes reached Chicago today before noon. Number 4, a Laird plane, of St. Paul, piloted by G. Holman with Thomas Lane, of St. Paul, as passenger, reached the municipal landing field at 11:26 a. m. The second plane. No. 6, also a Laird plane, piloted by E. E. Belloughs. with Charles Dickinson, 62-year-<dd aviation enthusiast of Chicago, a passenger, landed at 12:10 p. m. Meanwhile, the 19 surviving class B planes of the 25 which took off from New York yesterday, left Chicago this morning with Glendive, Mont., as their goal for today’s run. They w, re dm- to stop for fuel at St. Paul, Fargo and Bismark, N. D. Leslie Millar, piloting his EagletRock plane, Spirit of St. Paul, compe:ing in the class B New York-to-Spokane air derby arrived in St. Paul from Chicago at 9-.56 a. m. After refuseling Miller took off at 10:04 a. m. for Fargo, N. Dak. Two Fliers Killed Morristown. N. J., Sept. 20.—(UPI —The first disaster of the New York-to-Spokane air derby today took the lives of Richard Hudson, of Marysville. Mii-lt, pilot, and J. Radike, of S Clair, Mich., passenger, -, when their Buhl Airster crashed into a tree at Long Valley, Is miles from heje. The plane hung high in tlie tree tops, those who saw tlie crash reported by tel-phone to Morristown. Rescuers climbed into the trees and found Radike dead, and Hudson fatally injured, both still in the wreckage. inspector Ralph Lockwood of the department of commerce, said at Roosevelt Field that he knew both Hudson and Radike well. Hudson, he (coxmi i-:u ov i>vGi-: i-'ivv.i 0 _ MARINE KILLED BY NICARAGUANS Rebels Lose 20 Men In Engagement With U. S. Marines In Nicaragua Washington, Sept. 20 —(UP) —One American Myine was Riled and “Another mortally wounded” in an engagement with Nicaraguan rebels at Telpaneca yesterday, according to state department reports today. One Nicaraguan National guard with the Marines was seriously wounded and the Rebel losses were reported as 20 killed an'd 50 wounded. Girl Becomes County Clerk Orleans, Ind., Sept. 20, — (UP) — Miss Blanche Hollowell has been appointed clerk ot Orange county, to succeed her father, James Hollo-well, who died recently in Louisville, Ky. She is the first woman to hold a public office in Orange county.

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