Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1928 — Page 1

WEATHER f F»lr tonight and Tue«d»y lome e loudlne«»- No decid e( f change in ternpersture."

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I CITY IS READY I TO CELEBRATE I CHRISTS BIRTH ' Chinch Services And Family Gatherings Feature Plans For Christmas Day CHARITABLE bodies SPREAD GOOD WILL ] With eager heart from pole to ] pole, the world today makes I ready to celebrate tomorrow, the 1 birthday anniversary, of Jesus I ( hrist King of man, who 1,928 | years ago was born of humble I parentage in a manger in Bet hie. ■ nc m - i Business will come to a stand- | still tonight, and millions of fl people will gather at church anil at fl homes to celebrate the greatest birth fl day in all history, it is more than a g celebration. It is a heartfelt rendition 3 of the Inner thought and feeling of ■ mankind. fl With the sound of Christmas be’s fl and the sight of beautiful decorated | tree§, the hardest heart softens ami, a as Santa Claus makes his trip of the I world, happiness reigns throughout j Services In Church fl Christmas celebrations at churches fl started in this community last night, fl with the presentation of programs, fl Church services will be held tonight fl at some of the churches ami others fl will have Christmas morning ami fl night services and entertainments, fl While thousands of people of the fl community will enjoy the church s; rfl vices, others will spend Christinas eve 9 around the fireside of their hemes, fl where families will gather to exfl change gifts and make ready for the fl arrival of Santa Claus early tomorro.v fl morning. To the child, it is a night of eager waiting for old Kris KUugle. wliu ' some time during the night will slip down the chimney and place gifts, toys and candies around trees and fireplaces. To the aduits, it is a time for good feeling, and peace on earth reigns throughout. Business in Decatur will come to a standstill tonight and w.ll not be resumed until Wednesday morning. Needy Families Remembered Two organizations in Decatur w. , join with thousands throughout the world in helping the less fortunate peop e have a merry Christmas. The Delta Theta Tau sorority, through its Good Fellows Club has raised neatly S3OO with which it has secured toys, fuel and clothing for the needy in Decatur. A large supply of toys and clothing has been purchased and donated and the sorority members will deliver the presents to local faml.ies tonight. The Decatur lodge of the B. I’. O. E’ks will continue its annual custom of delivering Christmas dinners to the needy families of the city. Each year, the local lodge prepares baskets of food sufficient for a fanii'y of five people and delivers them to nearly 5o families in and near this city. The Christmas dinner consists of chicken and all the necessary side- <<•« X — vvl K!> O'. PACE TllltEl'.l ALL TOWNSHIPS MAY BUILO ROADS Each Os 12 Townshios In Adams County Has Credit Available In 1929 Everyone of the 12 townships tn Adams county has a credit available for road building in 1929, according to the macadam road table compiled by Martin Jaberg, county auditor. The 12 townships have a credit i>t $160,374.20, Washington township hav ing the largest amount, $41,054.44. Jefferson township is low with an available credit of $4,420.60. On January 1, 1929, the 12 town ships will owe $658,744 for road bonds. During the year, the 12 townships wi , refund bonds in the amount of $148.914.60. The two per cent road building limit, figured on the net valuation o the 12 townships, which is $33,510.1' ’■ totals, $670,203.60, out of which credit must be deducted the amount th' 1 townships owe and the aipOttnt to hr paid on the bonds this year. The amount available in the twelve townships for road bui.ding next year CCQII I'UIIFED OH PAGE TWO)

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Fageant At Evangelical ( hurch To Be Repeated Tne crowd desiring to gee that nngehjHat Evang.dica! church. U K was so , has hlln(|| .,. (lfi wri . p |iirn Jed away. Twenty minutes before thJI 0 ," "? ” e f ”ogram, the doors ' w P m, o r i ’ as *“ ve,y available place was fined -The Rev. M. w. Sundennan. pastor, who Is ; ,l«j the director of -he , Pageant, announced that it would btepeated next Thursday night, at 7-30 T hp tltl „ of thfi ])ißpan( - s: The Lignt Os The World," by H Aiigiistitig pmith TAXES PAYABLE :l IN 1929 TOTALED t ;l — ; Adams County Taxes To Be Paid Next Year Total $898,093.33 The total of the 1928 taxes, payable* ■ in 1929 in Adams county is $898,093.33,1 1 which includ s $6,783.48 cf current delinquent taxes. This total is lower than ! the 1927 taxes, which were paid In 1928. The 1927 taxes amounted ta $913, 209.99. which include I. $8,488.67. Martin Jaberg county auditor, has just completed the compiling of the abstract of taxes, sh wing what each township, corporation, and the state of Indiana will receive out of the 1928 taxes. The net assessable valuation in the county is $33,510,180. The abstract sheet sh ws the following distribution among the different funds for the state, county, township and corporations: State general tax, $38,186.20; state school, $25,041.11; state taacher’s fund $6,702.02; soldier's memorial fund. $2, 91060; board of agricultural $837.92; Dunes park, $670.20; state forestry, $335.10; education improvement fund 16,702.04: Clark Memorial $1,340.38. County general fund $123,987.85; Including hcspital and bridge bonds: gravel road repair, $83,775.45; township road bond and interest. $177,737.- , 60. Township saves, $23,951.84; Tuition tax, $152,426.63; special school tax, I *148,246 84; township road tax $8,052,49. t.wnship poor. $3,873.60. Corporations—general fund, $83,850.53; library tax, $3,581.45. The tax rates in the townships and towns and cities I1 in the county for 1929 follow; Blue . 7;eek, $2 86; French, $2.30; Hartford 1 ,;2.71; Jefferscn, $3.22; Kirkland, $2.27; Monroe $2.16; Preble, $1.70; Roo*, >1.86; St. Marys, $2.61; Union, $2.24: Wabash, $2 44; Washington, $1.66; ' 3erne, $3.75; Decatur-Root, $3.58; De- ! catur-Washington $3.49; Geneva, , $3.94; Monrce, $2.56. The net valuations in the incorporated towns are, ' Berne, $2,577,030; Decatur, $6,537,450; 1 Geneva, $619,020; Monroe, $302,610 HARRY WORDEN DIES AT MARION ) i Former Decatur Man Dies Os Apoplexy Sunday; Funeral Thursday 1 Word was received today ot the ’ death of Harry Worden, 67. at Maron Sunday afternoon. Mr. Worden was a former Decatur man ami well known here. He suffered a stroke of apoplexy Saturday afternoon and lived only about twenty-four hours Mr. Worden was the son of William I Worden and was reared in this counl tv his father conducting a flour mill ’ at’ Pleasant Mills. Willshire and in this city. He left here about thirty five years ago, residing in Frankfort. 1 several years and. for twenty-eight years, has been in the real estate business in Marion, where he pros nered He is survived by the widow anti two daughters. Mrs Worden is I a sister of Mrs. Dr. Vizard and AlB pheus and Austin Acker. a Funeral services will be held at die Y residence in Marion at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon. f I. Members Os The II GOOD FELLOWS CLUB Os Decatur 1 Previous total Tri Kappa.. 1()00 So Cha Rea.. 7() t- Delt mother.. sOO f Niblick and Co. ». Mrs. Charles Holthouse tan e Mr. e and Mrs. George Harding I.™ p A Friend 3*25 Bachelor Maids _ e Carrol Coal and Coke Company r ’ $262.06

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DISTRIBUTION " ' ofthesmde County Auditor Distributes $446,387.73 Among Various Taxing Units The December distribution of taxes las been completed by Martin Jaberg county auditor, showing distributic.i ( :f $446,387.37 among the townships, j school boards, incorporated towns an i ( the state of Indiana. Checks have been maue out to th ■ treasurers of the different funds anti , have been called for at the office- “ ' the county auditor. The following checks were received by the taxing units: Union. $4,681.:.3; Root, $5,209.68; Preble, $6,375.14; Kirkland $7,331.12; Washingt n. $6,219.66; Blue Creek. $4,218.03; Monroe $11,871.95- French $5,089.42; Hartford $9,412.02; Wabash $16,146.68; Jefferson. $lO.467.43: Decatur school board. $46,181. 74’ Berne school board, $14,568.6-. City <f Decatur, $23,835.47; Monroe town, $629.42; Berne town $12,084.52; Geneva $4,451.69; library board $1,81571; State of Indiana $46,115.60. In the December distribution .there was $7,540.38 in delinquent taxes. \rl Goebel Reported Out Os Danger Today Wichita, Kis., Dec. 24 —<U.R>- Art Goebel, pacific flyer, suffered from pneumonia following an appendicitis operation, was reported out of danger today by his physicians. Goebel’s mother Mrs A H. Goebel, arrived her- last night from California coining by train after weather bureau officials advised against making the trip by airplane. Muncie Industries Give $560,500 To Employes Muncie. Ind.. Dec. 24-(U.R)-Christ-mas gifts valued at $560,500 will be distributed by industries here among their employes. Most the total about $75 000 will be in cash, and the remainder’ in insurance, merchandise and food. — Glee Club To Sing Berne, Dec. 24. —(Special)— The men’s glee club of Heidelburg University, of Tiffin, Ohio, will give a program, on Wednesday evening, January 2. The program will be given at the Reformed church.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 21, 1925.

Christmas Seal Sale To Be Continued Here I

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health bond today, also. No definite s Elks lodge had purchased a $1 > . check has been made on the number of Seals sold, but it is believed that, t by the end of the sale, the number 1 sold will equal or exceed the number t sold last year. O , SIX Os FAMILY PERISH 111 FIRE f Mother And Five Children Burn To Death At Anniston, Alabama Anniston, Ala.. Dec. 24 —(U.R) - ">’SAlbert Calhoun and five children. Eulala. 11. Emmitt, 9; Freeland 4; Robert Lee, 2, and the baby, Albert Jr. | burned to death when fire destroyed their heme here yesterday. The father, another daughter. Essie ‘ 16, and two visiting neighbor children Ella Bright 12, and Lois Herald, 11 may die of burns. Raymond. 17, Linos 12 and A. M. Calhoun, 9 three Calhoun brothers also were slightly burned. Origin of the fire was undetermined today. — NO PAPER TUESDAY Following a long-established custom, the Daily Democrat will not publish cn Christmas day, Tuesday. December 25, in order that all em- . ployes of this newspaper may enjoy i the day with relatives and friends. Persons having family dinners, parties and other social functions tonight and Christmas day are in- , vtted to call the Daily Democrat on Wednesday morning and report the affairs for publication. Churches are invited to give a report on their Christmas services, also.

SEVEN KILLED IN AIR MISHAPS

The Christ mat Seal sale in Adams county will l e continued until the firs' o;? the year, j \V. Guy Brown, chairman of the annual sale in the county, stated today. Mr. Brown announced that the ,

Airplane Accidents Take , Heavy Toll In Middlewest On Sunday Chicago. Dec. 24. (U.R)—Seven persons were killed and three injured In . airplane accidents in the middle west Sunday. | A Fairchlld-Wasp cabin plane crash-, ed in Chattanooga as it took oil bound for Atlanta, kfling the pilot and three passengers. Failure of the motor was blamed for the accident, as the big p’ane failed to gain altitude, struck a house and careened to he ground in flames. The pilot, C. I). Shield, of Louisville; R. D. Harris, another pilot, riding as a passenger; C. T. Mayers of St. Elmo. Ga., and C. L. Burnette of Macon, Ga„ were burned to death. William Bozar. Chiigo, escaped by crawling through the fuselage. Fred Detlefsom, 40, an unlicensed pilot was k’lled ami Stuart Pepin, a student, pilot, was injured seriously at Minneapolis when their old type irmy plane crashed from an altitude >f 200 feet. Willie Thorsen. 29. of Toledo, was killed when his plane went into a nose dive from an altitude of 250 feet in Toledo. Harry Long, 31. the

Ipl ot, was injured seriously. Their < motor went dead as they took oft. Lieut. William H. Seuges. 36, died last night, a few hours after the I lane he was piloting nose dived from a low altitude at Indianapolis. Smith Boring, a passenger, was injured slightly. o Husband Objects When Wife Has Hair Bobbed; Latter (lets Divorce Portland. Ind.. !>-•<■. 21 tll.R) l!l ’- cause her husband objected when she bobbed her hair, Mrs. Laura Manor, this city, has obtained a divorce after 28 vears of married life. o Decatur Man Gets Promotion ■ William Jones, for several weeks connected with the local Atlantic & Pacific company's store, receive.! word this morning of his promotion to a .position in the A. and !’. warehouse store in Toledo. He will assume his new duties at once.

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Elks Distribute 46 Christmas Baskets The Decatur lodge of Elks this morninr delivered 46 Christmas baskets to thut many homes in the city. A committee of Elks delivered the baskets, txii ii luisket contained ti dressed chicken. a peek of potat.es, apples, bread, corn, hominy, and other good things for the Christmas dinner. Each basket contained a greeting card. The distribution rs tlie baskets was in charge of J. G. Niblick, Leo Eliiuger and A. 11. Stu £>y. Dr. Roy Archbold was chairman of the committee which got the baskets ready TWO ARRESTED I AFTER CHASE Well County Officers Jail Pair Accused Os Stealing Automobile Bluffton. Dec. 24—Sheriff F. L. MePlain ts Wells county, Chief of Police A. N. Pessiuger of Bluffton, and Policeman Allen Sheldon landed two prisoner.', Jay .McElhaney, whose home Is near here, and Paul Kremer. Toledo, in Jail here early Sunday after two exciting chases during the night in which j firearms were used There were not casualties. The prisoners are alleged to have had a part in the theft of an automobile from a parking place in this city about 9 o‘< 1 ck Saturday night. A third man, an alleged accomplice of the two made his escape. It remains to be seen what court developments will fol--1 w since at the time the prisoners were apprehended they were not in possession of the stolen machine. Steal Decker Auto The automobile was stolen fr m. John Decker, Jr., a son of Otto Decker. | Wiien the theft was discovered young Decker and his e usin. Mark Decker, ami a third youth. Junior Redd, started out in Mark Decker’s machine to go search for the missing machine. About midnight the three youth; culled the sheriff to inf rm him that they had recovered the machine and ■ asked his assistance in apprehending three men who had abandoned the c i l '. They related that they'ran across the ■ machine parked along the highway south of Uniondale and when they stopped to investigate they found

three men in it. The car was started immediately and the three boys in the Decker machine gave chase, they said, and trailed flic fleeing party to a point a mile across the line in Huntington county where the stolen car went inta a ditch as an attempt was made to turn into another road. The three men, tiie youths reported, had fired a gnu once during the chase apparently in an effort to discourage ihe pursuit. After the car was ditihed (CONTINUED ON RAGE TWO) VIOLENCE TAKES TOLL OF 10 LIVES Automobiles Figure Prominently In Fatalities Over Week-end Indianapolis, Dec. 24.—<U.R)—' r, * n persons are dead today in Indiana, victims of violence over the week end. Automcbiles figured in nearly all the fatalities. Ray W. Sailer. 31. Elkhart, was killed when a bus in which lie was n I passenger, crashed into two tees 1 Thirteen other persons were hurt, bn all ate expected to recover. , A A. Curtis, was killed near Ham

let when he drove his auto into the s'de of a freight train, at the same ; time a bus an 1 a taxicab struck >be train. Occupants of the other two vehicles were slightly injured. James L. Martin, 58. near Martinsville, was killed eight miles south of there when he drove his car into a f.loomlngton-bound Blue Goose bus Ronald Soldner, 23, Gary, was kill ed when a motorcycle he was riding collided with one being operated by his brother, Henry Soldner, while thev were making Christmas deliveries for u Gary store. Henry will I-,...0ver from injuries. Mrs. Flo Claytof. 28. Hammond, st.f I'ered latal injuries when the a't'omobile she was driving was struck by a train. Mr. and Mrs. George Wolf, Chicago on arrival at Auburn to spend the holidays with relatives, found their 1-yearold baby dead in their closed automobile, a victim of carbon monoxide gas which entered through a heater. Miss Katherine Ladd. 45, Bourbon. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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KIDNAPERS OF CHICAGO YOUTH ARE SENTENCED Two Men Get 25-fear Prison Terms; Principals Kept Under Guard JURY DELIBERATES FOR 4L’ H <> U R S Chicago, Dec. 21.—'U.R)—Fearing reprisals hv the Mafia extortionist ring, police today still guarded principals, jurors and witnesses in the Ranieri kidnaping trial after Angelo Petitti and i Andrew Capellano were found guilty of abducting little Billy Ranieri and sentenced to 25 years in the state penitentiary. Tony <’uppt‘ lano. 16. sou of Andrew. was found not guilty, the jury believing he acted merely under the influence of his father. Each juror was sent home under guard vesteiday following the verdict and the watch was maintained today at the home of Judge Robert Gentze). * the Ranieri's ami several witnesses who were threatened with death if they testified against Petitti and (’appellant). One witness. Ole Scully, was slain after warning from the blnck hand gang. State Sought Death Penalty The jury was out about 4ty hours to find Petitti and Cappellano guilty of kidnaping the Ranieri boy and holding him 13 days fort« 0.000 ransom The state had naked the death penalty and it was reported that several jurors held out for that sellI tence. Only one ballot was taken to determine (he guilt of the two Italians. The verdict was an average of the ' ouiiiionn of the jurors, one of them said. The defense immediately moved for a new trial ami the state did not ob- ' ject. The kidnaping of Bi ly caused a sensation in Chicago last f.tll. He was abducted from school and Ranieri did not report the lad as kidnap-

ed for a week. As the search for Hilly widened. Ranieri went to Petlttl to seek his help in finding the boy Petlttl offered to negotiate with the kidnapers and reported back that they demanded $60,000 ransom. Petlttl was at rested and the police announced he would be held until the boy was released. In a lew hours 811 y appeared at a suburban filling station. He had been held nt a farm near Bourbannals. 111., by the CappeUanos, who later were arrested as they attempted to flee from the state. o —— Mother Os Prominent Indiana Golfers Dies Indianapolis. Dei'. 24 — (U.RP — M r# - Emma Jane Nelson, 70. mother of six ‘ pr mlneut golf instructors in Indiana, died at her home here last night. She ■ had been ill six months. Mrs. Nelson's sons who have gained fame in state golfing circles are: Lee Wallace, Chick, and Dick, instructors at Indianapolis; Chester. Fort Wayne, 1 instructor, ami Ervin, instructcr at Cui- • ver Military Academy. t o— —■ SCOUT COURT OF : HONOR TO MEET

Badges to Be Awarded Local Scouts At Meeting Here Thursday Night The Boy Scout District Court of H nor will meet at the Industrial Association rooms next Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock to award badges for work done since the last Court of Honor was held. All Scouts who are entlteld to receive second, first cr merit badges will appear at this Court. The “Round-lfp" which is the title given the effort to increase the number of Scouts and speed up advancement, was received by all th" troops In the Aiea with enthusiasm Many of the troops have Increased the number I of Scouts to the maximum of thirtyJ two members. All the work done during December and January focuses on the Jamboree, to be held in bort Wayne on the evening of February 12 1 and which according to present indications. will be the biggest gathering of 1 Scouts ami Scout officials ever held in Northern Indiana.

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