Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1928 — Page 1

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p'KBCTSCHAMCE ASSESSMENTS If STATE BOARD c 52 i'”'X»n«"on Town Improvemets ASSESSORS MEET WITH STATE BOARD county Assessor Jay Cline return.d last night from Indianapolis, Ir he attended a meeting of X,v assessors, called by the state bosjd of ta» commissioners. Mr Cline stated. "I honestly be--2 the state board will increase the .intents on improvements in Deatur. Monroe. Berne and Geneva. ThP tax commisioners suggested that lhe assessments on improvements in these taxing units be increased." ■The state board may increase the jssessments on farm improvements and possible on real estate and farm hnds Mr. Cline said. The board took up the assessments in each county and compared one with the „ther. In Adams county, the average assessment for farm lands and improvements is $76 per acre. In Allen oountv. the assessment is s9l .an grre, Mr. Cline was informed. Mr. CHne infotmed the board that he believed the assessments in tills county were high enough and that they represented the true cash value of property in Adams county. Neighboring Counties Lower The assessments in Jay and Wells counties are lower than in Adams county and Mr. Cline believes that the state board will order an increase in those two counties. Mr. Cline said he did not know exIrtly what the state board woukl do, kit he was certain an increase on ini--provements in Decatur. Wonroe ."Herne and Geneva would be made and possibly an increase ordered in the townships on farm land. The state board Intimated that an increase would be made somewhere and that other counties would also be increased. The action of the board will not be known for a month and what action will be taken is a matter of speculation. Mr. Cline is satisfied with the average assessments in this county and. if the state board orders the increase, it will be done contrary to the opinion of the local board of review, which, during its 40-day session, adjusted assessments and values in this county. 0 — — Mission Festival To Be Held At Friedheim Sunday The annual mission festival of the Zion Lutheran C< ngregation at Friedheim will take place on Sunday, July 25. in the Doehi man grove one-half I mile east of the church. Prof E. Foelber, of Concordia College, Fort Wayne will deliver the address in the morning. and the Rev. P. Schultz, of Decatur, will preach a sermon on mission »<’rk in the afternoon. The Friedheinl band will furnish the music. Refreshments of all kinds can be had at the stands. All lovers of mission work-are invited to attend. mauley quartet Il APPEAR HERE Another Splendid Musical Warn To Be Given At U. B. Church Another wonderful musical program ’ arranged for Sunday Gening ces t? ' ed Brethren churcb atein2 e .T mittee has been tet ' ta “.“ ng ,he Ma « ley “ale quar<>id nnm| ,e at ' eaSt S ' X of tbeir s P len ’ pro Sram '° Rether with additional ranged hv ui U, C tbat has been ar ‘ »bo wt’| b h MBB Catherine Jackson, ’Wen! haV a BeVPral of ber musical Several of e th their ’ )eSt Belectionshave heard L people of Decatur '' c '>n>Pos!d h os ! aS ’- ey Q ’ lartet ' which nest Worn, ° f L ° U 8 Wortl ’nian, ErWm Kr u ± an - Jobn and the '» again Tht' Snd Wi ” Want t 0 hear b th « State f h 8 quartet ” lans KO In “ contest r Xt ' nOnth and 81ng o[ ’PPreciaHn'.' l . ten ‘ lance an<l w °rds ’oral church t S l <‘ at haVe come t 0 the V|CM indered° r th 8 extraordll ‘ a '-y serday P’cninas P , past severa l Snnf!lv,‘ >bese R S nlen'r . Ping the chur ch *o Bratus, did eve ”ing worship

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Rickard Loses Total Os $155,719.77 On Tunney-Heeney Bout ' New York, July 27—(INS) Tex Rickard lost a total of 1165,719.77 on the Tunney-Heeney heavyweight championship fight last night, according to u detailed report issued today , from Madison Square Garden. The I figures tabulated by 42 men in on overnight checkup showed the total intake to be $691,014.50, and the net receipts to have been $521,422,211. PASTOR SPEAKS TO ROTARY CLUB Rev. Sunderman Delivers Interesting Talk On Community Cooperation ‘Tf any man compel thee to go a ntile. go with him two,” Rev. M. W. Sunderman, pastor of the Evangelical church in this city, said in opening his short talk before members of the Decatur Rotary Club last evening. Quoting the words of Jesus to bring home his message on community cooperation', Rev. Sunderman delivered a short address on the Joy received out of doing something which a person was not compelled to do or in doing more than was expected of him. Rev. Sunderman’s address was timely. in that it more or less recalled the apathy of the public in general towards matters of community cooperation and in cheerfully lending a helping hand. The speaker said, “the person who does only what is expected of him receives no joy from doing what he is compelled to do. We all have to do things which we do not like, and the things that we must do because we are compelled to do are the hardest to accomplish." The Evangelical pastor told a story which Troughs Out-his meaning ami made a lasting effect. “A boy was told by his mother to go pick a quart of berries. Os course, the boy did not want to do it. The other boys wore playing or getting readv to go to the ol’ swimming hole and like any American boy he objected, became sullen and during the whole time he was picking bis quart of berries. th° work seemed hard and the task held no joy for the little fellow. Suddenly, the boy was struck with a cheerful thought, ‘l'll just pick a gallon of berries and surnrise mother and make her feel hapnv.’ He started to work, his fingers moved ouicklv and he became zealous, immediately got a thrill out of his work and a smile came on his face. The sun seemed bright, the Gowers seemed to smile sweetly at him ami before he knew it. he hail the gallon bucket filled to the brim* He hurried to the house ami showed h's mother, of course, she was pleased and the little bov was more than hannv He d’d something he was not compelled to do. The Measure that tnv received came in picking the last th»-ee onartg 0 £ berries,’’ Rev. Sunder- | man stated. The Rotarv Chib adopted a detail!ed program for bovs' work activities, ♦be different features of the program to be carried out during the next i? "'onths, under the direction cf M. F. Worthman. siimerntendent of schools i ■ o Accepts Chairmanship Valparaiso. Ind., July 27. — ftl.R) — Fred C. Pritzlaff Milwaukee. Wisconsin. today accepted the chairmanship of a campaign to raise a $500,000 endowment fund for Valparaiso Universltv. This announcement was made bv the educational board of control of the Luthern Church of America. AUCTION SCHOOL TO OPEN MONDAY Number Os Students Registered For Annual Summer Term The annual summer term of the Reppert School of Auctioneering will open next Monday morning. The classes will meet in the auctioneering building at Bellmont Park. More than forty students are already registered for the term, and several others probably will be on hand for the opening of the school. The faculty will consist of the regular instructors who have been giving instruction in the school for the last several terms. The regular daily auction sales by the -students will begin on Saturday, August 4.

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GET DATA ON SLAIN WOMAN Officers Learn That Mrs. Ballard Left Muskegon April 20, With $5,000 Huntington, Ind., July 27—(INS) - Mrs. Pearl Bullard, the wife of Gust Ballard, wealthy Muskegqn, Mich., restaurant proprietor, who met a mysterious death in some berry bushes north of Roanoke, left Muskegon on April 20, witli the family autoI mobile and $5,000, which she obtained from - selling the furnishings of the i Ballard home, according to word re- | reived here today by Huntington I authorities investigating the tragedy. The murder victim left Muskegon at the same time that ’ Mickey" Alfee. 28 a factory worker, disappeared from Muskegon, according to a re-port received by Sheriff Garl Rudicel. Alfee is naw being sought for questioning. Mrs. Ballard stayed in Detroit in a rooming house until July 15, it has already been learned. o_ Scores Os Persons Visit Former Home Os Mrs. Porter At Geneva A registration book was recently established out-of-doors at the Limberlost Cabin, former home of Gene . Stratton Porter, at Geneva, and now the property of Dr. and Mrs. C. R. i Price. This was done in order that a record of all who visit the grounds or cabin may be kept. The record for Sunday, July 22. is truly amazing and proves the widespread popularity and fame of the "Bird Woman", for on that one day alone one hundred and one names were recorded. The addresses of this number of sightseers are also surprising. Besides patties from Fort Wayne, Marion. HuHtingUm. Bloomington and [ other Hoosier cities, residents of the I following states also registered on | that day: Kansas. Ohio. Michigan, [ Texas, New York, California and lowa. ' ——_o J. B. Ford Seriously 11l At His Home In Muncie Mrs. B. W. Sholty, West Monroe street, received a letter this morning from Mrs. J B. Ford, of Muncie, which stated that Mr. Ford is seriously ill, ( following a major operation, which he underwent two weeks ago, and little hopes are held forth for his recovery. He was removed, Thursday morning, from the hospital to his home on West Power street. Muncie. The Foul family resided in this city for many years, having left here, however, about twenty years ago. Their son, Arthur Ford, was married to a local young lady, formerly Miss Leota Hower, daughter of Dallas Hower, and now resides in Portland. CIRCUS TO SHOW HERE AUGUST 1 Ketrow Bros. Circus And Trained Wild Animal Show To Visit City Ketrow Brothers’ Circus and Trained Wild Animal Shows, featuring “Lucy", world’s greatest dancing elephant. pachyderm star of the photoplay “Sally of the Sawdust” and a granddaughter of the famous worldrenouned “Jumbo", will exhibit at Decatur, Wednesday August 1, -and amusement lovers are advised to make their arrangements so as to be able to enjoy this remarkably fine tented exposition. Any engagements which interfere with a visit, to these great shows should be postponed for it is a rare opportunity to witness entertainment of a nature which is certain to have strong appeal for both cld and young. The circus is dear to the heart of every boy and girl, enjoyable to every young man and woman and equally delightful to their parents and grandparents. It is the one thoroughly American amusement which appeals to all classes. all ages, and sail nationaities. It is amusement which is as much enjoyed by people speaking one language as those speaking a different tongue for the alligments of attractions appeals to the eye rather than to the ear. The Ketrow Brothers' Circus and Trained Wild Animal Shows give a street parade daily at 1 o'clock, P. M. and wil present two performances in Decatur, at 2 and 8 o’clock, P. M. The big tent will be located in the Niblick Field, just east of the Monroe street river bridge.

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New Lindy’s Aide I : WR Major Thomas G. Lanphier, commanding Selfridge Field, Mich., has resigned from the army effective Sept. 1 to accept the vice-presidency |of Transcontinental Air Transport. IHe will serve as assistant to his I friend. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh.

OSCAR BOENKER I CALLED BY DEATH Young Allen County Farmer Dies Os Diabetes At Norwalk, Ohio — .. ——. • Oscar Boenker. age 31. well known dairy farmer of Madison township. Allen county, died at 11 o’clock i Thursday night at Norwalk. Ohio. ; following a several year’s illness j from diabetes. Mr. Boenker went to I Norwalk about two weeks ago for [treatment for his ailment. His con- ' dition was such that lie did not rally from the hold which the disease had on him. The body was brought here from Ohio last night by a local under, taking firm. Mr. Boenker was born in Fort Wayne. Marell 11. 1898. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boenker, * who also live in Allen county. Eleven | months ago. he was married to Miss Dietrich of Schumm. Ohio. The couple have a few week's old baby. Besides tlie parents, wife and infant son.’the deceased is survived by three brothers, Walter, of Adams county. Louis and Arthur, of Allen county; and five sisters. Mrs. Herman Nieter, Allen county; Mrs. Lawrence Brandtmiller. Allen county; Mrs. Max Thieme. Union township, Adams county; Elsie and Bertha Boenker, Allen county. One brother is deceased. Funeral services will probably bo held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the house and 2 o'clock at. the St. John’s Lutheran church. Adams coun- i ty. Definite arrangements, however, bad not been made this afternoon. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. RETURN FROM WESTERN TOUR — Misses Marcella Nelson And Dorothy Walters Motor 4,575 Miles Misses Dorothy Walters and Marcella Nelson, returned home at 6 o’clock last evening, after having traversed a total of 4.575 miles in. a three weeks motor trip through the west and southwest. Upon arriving home, the Ford Coupe in which they traveled was well bedecked With pennants of the several states which they visited on (CONTINUED ON RAGE TWO)

Old Relics Are Wanted For Old Home Week Display Have you any old relics? Anything that will lend to the historical interest during Old Home Week? If you have, please list them with O. L. Vance, chairman, who will distribute them to the various merchants for safe display in their windows and will see that they are cared for and returned to you.

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OFFICERS NAMED BYCALFCLUB Calvin R. Steury Elected President Os County Boys And Girls Club The first organization meeting ever held by the Adams County Boys and Girls Calf Club was conducted Thursday evening, in the room above the A. J. Moser garage, at Berne. All but four members of the calf club were present and all but one of the leaders were in attendance. The meeting was called to order by the : county agent, F. E. Christen, who made a few remarks concerning the ■ calf club show, after which he turned ; the meeting over to Harry F. Ains-! worth, of the club department at Pur- - due. Mr. Ainsworth explained the purpose of the meeting and proceeded to organize the clult. The election of officers resulted in: Calvin R. Steury, president; Noah J. Schrock, vicepresident, and Frederick Duff, secretary and treasurer. The newly elected officers immediately took charge and conducted the meeting themselves with the assistance of Mr. Ainsworth. The chairman of the program committee. Noah Schrock, then introduced R. L. Holden, of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, who talked to the club members on the calf club I organizatiop. The club plans to have regular meetings in the future, and these meetings will be conducted by the club members themselves, including the program and all. Right now. the club is making plans for the Calf Chili Show to be held in Decatur in connection with Old Home Week on Agricultural Day. Wednesday, September 12. Further plans for the Calf Club show will be announced later. About sixty-five people were in attenriaiwei at i.be meeting. The calf club members present were: Ernest W. Schwartz, Elda L. Nussbaum. Leona Mazelin, John H. Mason. Kenneth Hirschy, Helen Hirschy, Huldah Steury, Harvey C. Habegger, Lorine Rich, Peter J. Mazelin, Glen Girod. Calvin Steury, Noah Habegger, Solomon Mosser. Jr., Ardon Mosser, Esther Steury, Elma Steury, Metha Bieberich, Eli M. Schwartz. Joel C. Halieg(rovriM'F.n on tw<>; o Snake, 25 Feet Long, Causes Reign Os Terror Seymiftir, Ind., July 27. (U.R) — A snake, said to be 25 feet long, has started a reign of terror among residents of Tampico. Those who said they have seen the reptile, were spreading a warning today. Mothers kept their children near their homes. Many berry pickers contended they have seen the snake. — n ——

SECRETARY TO i BE EMPLOYED Paid Secretary To Take Care Os Varied Duties For Old Home Week It was definitely decided last even-| ing to employ a paid secretary for Old Home AJ’eek. to take care of the vaiied duties of the last rush. He will be selected during the next day or two and will begin his duties some time next week, with an office down town, anc) will be the busiest man in this section for the next six weeks. Dr. Hoy Archbold was designated to ask the Elk's lodge, through the trustees, for the privilege of using the grounds surrounding the beautiful lodge home, as a stage for the historical pageant, which will be given Tuesday afternoon and evening of the week. It was also decided to make a complete record of all the activities leading up to the week and then a s£>ry in pictures and reprints of the week, to be filed at the Decatur Public Library for future references. It will include a list of al) who register #nd many other interesting features. Chairmen of the various committees reported progress and the affair is rounding into form now. Arrangements have been made to secure the rooms on the firs£ floor of the library for the quilt show' and Mrs. Dore B. Erwin is working on plans for that feature, which will provide much interest. Another meeting of the committee will be held next Tuesday evening. t «

Contract Let For Y. M. C. A. ■ Building At Huntington Huntington. July 27.—The general contract for the construction of a new Y. M. C. A. building in this city, has been let to W. R. Dunkin and | Son, who submitted a bid of $103,700. ( The contract for the heating and I ventilating was let to Fred J. Nix. of Huntington. whose bid was $19,400. and the electrical contract was awarded to R. B. Johnson, also of Huntington, o YOUTH CHARGED WITH LARCENY V irgil Laisure, 18-Year-Old Monroe Youth, Turned Over To Ft. Wayne Officers Virgil Laisure, 18, of Monroe, was arrested here last night by night Policeman Burl Johnson, and today was turned over to officers from Fort Wayne, where he is wanted on a charge of stealing an automobile horn. When first arrested. Laisura denied that he had stolen the horn, which is a horn. Peter Junk, a detective, and Ray Dunlap, state mo- ' tor policeman, both of Fort Wayne, came to Decatur this morning and , questioned the youth for several minutes. Laisure finally admitted to the officers that he stole the horn from an automobile in a garage in Fort Wayne. The horn was taken off Laisure's Ford coupe and taken back jto Fort Wayne by the officers. Lais- ■ i me has been working in Fort Wayne. In March, 1927, Laisure was arrested here and taken to Richmond, Indiana, where he was sentenced to .! serve six months on the state farm. [ ■ for stealing a Ford roadster. State Closes Bank At Delphi Following Run ’ Indianapolis, Ind., July 27. —(INS) — Following a run on the Carroll 1 County Loan and Trust company of Delphi, the state banking department ' today closed the bank which had total resources of $700,000. It was the nineteenth bank failure in Indiana since Jan. 1. 1928. Thomas Barr, deputy banking commissioner, ordered closing of tlie bank and placed S. K. Billings, sttae examiner in charge. withdrawals yesterday put • the bank in a dangerous position, ’’ Barr said. “There are two other , banks in Delphi. This was the smalli est bank in that city. I am unable . at this time to predict whether the I depositors will close ’’

o Slack Declared Legal Mayor Os Indianapolis Indianapolis, July 27.—(INS)—L. Ert Slack, a Democrat, is the legal mayor of Indianapolis. That was the decision of the state supreme court this afternoon in removing the final obscurity in the title of Slack, who has acted as mayor since he was elected by the city council nearly a year ago to succeed the former mayor, John L. Duvall. The court decided against Joseph L. Hogue, who was city controller under former Mayor Lew Shank. o— Indianapolis. Ind.. July 24 —(U.R) —Indiana ranked fifth in the members of Methodist Episcopal churches and membership in 1926, according to a compierce department report. Tlie survey shewed that 1.449 Hoosier Methodist Episcopal churches had a membership of 288.181.

PRISON BOARD “HARD BOILED" Rejects Overwhelming Majority Os Appeals For Clemency Michigan City, Ind.. July 27 —(INS) — Rejecting an overwhelming majority of appeals for clemency from inmates of the state prison here, the board of trustees of the prison made it clear at its session here today that it was following a “hard boiled" policy under which life terms meant life terms. The board also gave to understand that it believed that youths sentenced for automobile banditry must, serve their minimum terms which usually run from 10 to 15 years.

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50 INMATES OF ASYLUM ESCAPE DURING A FIRE Eleven Os Fugitives Near Nashville, Tenn., Are Convicted Criminals LIGHTNING BLAMED FOR STARTING FIRE .Nashville, Tenn., July 27 -(U.R) - | Urged by the knowledge that 11 insane criminals are lurking somewhere in the vicinity of this city, posses today pushed their search for more than ! fifty inmates of the Central State Hospital for the Insane, who were liberated when a $200,000 Hire swept the institution today. The fifty or more patients who are at large escaped the vigilance of officers and set off about through the fields surrounding the institution. Among them are eleven men sent to the institution aft£r being convicted on grounds of insanity. Two of them were convicted of murder. All residents of Nashville have been warned to be on guard for them. Lightning Is Blamed A bolt of lightning which struck the building late yesterday is believed to have caused a short circuit in an electric light wire which caused the fire. Erskine Young, night watchman, looked out of a window shortly after midnight, and saw one of the cupolas of the building aflame. Young ran to the office of Dr. S. W. Farmer, superintendent, pounded on the locked door and finally aroused Dr. Farmer. The superintendent took one look at the blaze, towering above the central building, while 2,272 I helpless patients cowered in adjoinI ing wings. “Turn the patients out," he ordered. Keepers went through the building opening every cell, and the hundreds of patients, many of them clad only in night clothing or wrapped in sheets, filed out into the drizzling rain. Memories of a similar disaster 35 years ago when many inmates were burned to death in their cells, pionupted officers to hurry the (CONTI ON IMGF. TWO! Ask New Trial For E. S. Shumaker Indianapolis, July 27 (U.R) Motion foi rehearing and a new trial for Rev. E. S. Shumaker. Indiana antisaloon league superintendent, was filed with tlie Indiana supreme court today. E. A. Miles, anti-saloon league attorney. filed the motion. He charged that the state supreme court erred in the actual contempt charge trial of Shumaker when it admitted depositions of Senator Janies E. Watson and Henry Lano Wilson, former ambassador to Mexico. This was in connection with Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom’s appeal to have Shumaker’s contempt sentence increased.

FORMER DECATUR YOUNG MAN DIES Harold Marion Uhrick, 19, Dies At Home In Fort Wayne, Thursday Night Harold Marion Uhrick. 19, former resident of Decatur and Monroe, died at his home. 1232 West Main street. Fort Wayne, at 9:15 o’clock Thursday night, following an illness due to sugar diabetes. The deceased was a son of James H„ and Alta M. Uhrick, and was born in Decatur, July 21, 1909. For several years, the family resided at Monroe, where the father was section boss for the G. R. and I. railroad. Nine years ago, the family moved to Fort Wayne. Early in life Harold joined the Monroe Friends church. Surviving are the parents and one sister. Margaret Uhrick. Two brothers IJerschel and Edgar Paul are deceased. Funeral services will be held at the residence in Fort Wayne at 12:30 o’clock (Central Standard Time,) and at the Monroe Friends churoh at 2 o'clock. Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Clifford Pearson and the Rev. Frank Reichenbach. former pastors of the Monroe Friends church will have charge of the services. Burial will be made in the Ray cemetery west of Monroe.

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