Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 245, Decatur, Adams County, 15 October 1929 — Page 1

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root township TAX RATE CUT BY STATE BOARD Reduction Os Two Cents Ordered After Hearing Os Remonstrators I EVY will be $1.96 IN 1930 qii. - tate board of tax conimissi tp:s have ordered the township . in Hoot township ent two cents nn the handled dollars. This reduces the township levy from nine cents to s even cents on the hundred dollars. Tlie nine cent Tate was proposed for n .xt year. The state board, in red Heine the proposed rate, ordered the foilowing amounts stricken out of the township levy: Township fund. $125. for trustee’s expense; records and advertising. $125; ditch fund. $100; miscellaneous. $270. The following levies were ordered by the state board: Township fund, seven cents on SIOO Road fund, eight cents on SIOO Tuition fund, 27 cents on SIOO Special school. 15 cents on SIOO. Total township levy. 57 cents on the SIOO. A remonstrance signed by 14 properly owners was filed against the Root township rate. The rate proposed was 59 cents on the hundred dollars. Last year’s rate, payable this year is 53 cents on the hundred dollar. while the total rate for next year will lie 10 cents higher than a year ago. Six cents of this increase conies in the state tax, which was boosted from 23 cents to 29 cents on the hundred dollars and the increase in the townshpi rate from 53 cents to 57 cents on the hundred do'lars. With the state board fixing the township levy, Root township will have a tax rate of $1.96 on the hundred dollars, as compared to $1.36 •this year. In Decatur-Root the total rate will be $3.64, as compared to $3.58 a year ago. A public hearing was held at the county assessors office last wees, when Walter Bridges, special representative for the state board of tax commissioners, conducted the hearing and made his report to the state board. ., o~—■ - ——— N. M. King Temporary Collector Of'Revenues Indianapolis, Oct 15. —(U.R) —As Dr. N. M. King became acting collector of internal revenue for Indiana today, Elza O. Rogers, republican state chairman, and Harry C. Fenton, secretary of the state committee, left for Washington to urge Miss Dorothy K. Cunningham, republican national comfnitteewoman from Indiana, for the collectorsMjl. $ ’ ' •!, TO Dr. King, employe of the revenue department for eight years, received the temporary appointment when U. S. Senators James E. Watson and Arthur R. Robinson were unable to agree on a successor to George L. Foote, whose resignation became effective today. For the last year Dr. King has been assistant collector. Lioro BAKER HEADS LEGION ernon Aurand And Joe Burnett Are Elected Vice-commanders Lloyd Baker, employement manager of the Decatur branch of the General Electric company, was elected commander of the Adams post of the American Legion at the annual election of officers held last night at Legion hall. Vernon Autand, also employed at 'he General Electric company wad chosen first vice-commander of the local post and Joe Burnett was elected second vice-commander. William Linn of the Vance and Linn Clothing store was elected adjutant, and Joe Laurent was elected finance officer. rhe new officers will be installed ■J’ 'he next meeting of the local post, aher has been active in Legion afairs for several years and was prominent in the Street Fair project sponsored by the Legion. rhe executive committee consisting ° ?^ ree members was elected last ight and included Paul Graham, Dee ‘■'“ack and J. w. Bockman. Plans er e discussed at the annual meeting oncerning activities for 1930 and corne« Plans will be announced after e next regular meeting.

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Becomes Socialist i ‘HI* F ' Xrrlßl x Charlotte Tuttle, Vassar junior and daughter of United States Attorney Charles 11. Tuttle of New York, recently worked as a factory girl at $12.00 a week,. Her experiences during her employment In this role convinced her that the world is “all wrong” so she has announced that as soon as she becomes of age, her role will be that of ardent Socialist. CHICAGO KILLER TO PLEAD GUILTY “Model Husband” Hopes For Leniency; Says Liquor Caused Murder Chicago, Oct. 15—(U.R) —“Morning after” remorse that followed the last spree of John E. Preston, "model husband” who confessed he strangled a pretty stenographer, likely will end in prison rather than in the electric chair, it appeared today. After narrating yesterday how he killed Miss Agnes Johnson. 26, after a brutal attack in a lane near West Chicago Saturday night, Preston sought to bargain with the state for his life. “Prohibition is to blame. I was so drunk on the poison moonshine they sell now 1 didn’t know’ what I was doing,” he told prosecutors. That, it'was indicated, will be his only defense. He offered to plead guilty to escape the electric chair, and Judges rarely impose capital punishment when an offender throws himself on the mercy of the court. Fear of death seemed the dominating reaction of the 32-year old interior decorator. Fear of vengeance at the hands of Thomas Johnson, brother of the murdered girl, promp'ed his confession, police officials said. Standing over the battered body of his sister, the brother clinched his fists and shouted: “Tins man will never live to see the electric chair. I’m going to kill him myself and then they can do whatever they want to with me.” News of the threat reached Preston in the Wheaton jail. He cringed, turned pale and asked to be allowed to talk to authorities who had attempted in vain to obtain a confession previously. Preston's final “fling” was with two girls. Miss Johnson and a chum. Miss Mathilda Murphy. He first attempted to attack Miss Murphy but she beat him off and fled to flag down a freight train. Trainmen listened to her story and took her to notify the police. In his confession, Preston said he bought a new suit and got a hair cut especially for the occasion. “I got two pints of moonshine from a bootlegger,’’ he said. “I drank a pint of it before I called for Mise Murphy.” He told of going to a roadhouse where they had dinner and then of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Man Gets 13th Prison Sentence In 16 Years Indianapolis, Oct. 15 —(UP) —A man convicted in criminal court here of second degree burglary faced his 13th prison sentence in 16 year today. He was James A. Collins, convicted of rifling hotel rooms. When sentenced Collins said that he had been reared in prison, gone to school in prison and expected to spend the of life there. The law will get tired arresting him and finally give him a life sentence, he said The judge sentenced him to three to 10 years in the state prison. Collins has already spent nine years there.

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VOTING PLACES ARE ANNOUNCED Six Places For Voting Remain Unchanged For General City Election All voting places for the Decatur city election, to be held three weeks from today, will remain the same as in the primary It was announced by Mrs. Catherine Kauffman, city clerk. While little activity lias been manifest by the candidates so far, it is predicted that the last three weeks of the campaign will show an increase of interest. Several candidates are making a house-to-house canvas for votes, and while no public meetings have been held, some interest has been aroused. Legal notice has been given that the voting places will be located at the same places as heretofore, in the first first ward the voting places are at the H. F. Linn garage and at the office of the Decatur Cooperage Company. In the second ward they are located at the Decatur Public Library and at the Ben Schrank residence. In the third ward the booths are locatd in the Kitsch and Son Auto sales room and at the Reed Elevator company. The candidates on the Democrat ticket follow: For mayor, George Krick clerk. Alice Christen; treasurer. Ada Martin; councilmen at huge. Joseph A. Hunter and Herman Gillig; councilman first ward. H. F. Linn; councilman. second ward. George M. Appleman; councilman third ward, O. L. Vance. The candidates on the Republican ticket follow: For mayor. Avon Burk; ‘clerk. Gaylie Hoagland; treasurer. Lois M. Beane; t.nincilmen at large. James L. Kocher and Chalmer Porter councilman, first ward, Ralph Yager; councilman second ward. John Zimmerman, councilman third ward. David H. Campbell. Father Os Decatur Woman Dies At Celina Word was received today of the death of Silas Beam. 78, of Celina. Ohio, father of Mrs. Harve Elzey of this city. Death came this morning, and was said to have been due to a complication of diseases. He is survived by the wife, Mrs. Beam, and the following children; Mrs. Harve Elzey of this city; Boone Beam and Ben Beam of Celina, Ohio; Bert Beam of West Milton, Ohio, and Miss Bess Beam of Cleveland, Ohio. Several children are deceased. Funeral arrangements have not been made as yet, but will be announced later. o CONVENTION IS HELD AT BERNE Democrats Place Complete Ticket In Field For Town Election Berne, Oct. 15. —(Special) — The Democrats of Berne responded in a fine manner to the call given by the precinct committemen for a convention for last night, the purpose of which was to nominate a ticket of candidates for town offices which will become vacant by the end of the year. Henry Winteregg, manager of the Berne Hudson Co., was chosen without a contest as candidate for councilman for the middle ward. His Republican opponent is L. L. Yager. Chris D. Balsiger, successful contractor and cement block manufacturer, was chosen as candidate for councilman for the west ward. Fred Eichenberger was also placed*in nomination the vote resulting in 43 votes cast for Balsiger and 25 for Eichenberger. Balsiger’s Republican opponent is A. N. Sprunger. Ferd Mettler, senior member of the garage firm of Mettler and Baumgartner, was chosen as the Democratic standard bearer for the oft ice of clerk-treasurer. Mettler is "one of Berne’s most progressive citizens. About 75 men attended the convention. Town Chairmana Q. H. Muselman called the convention to order. He was unanimously chosen to preside at the convention, while Ernest Stengel acted as secretary of the meeting. The town board was petitioned to name Rudolph R. Scbug as the Democrat member of the town board of election commissioners. A petition containing the names of the candidates nominated by the convention was drawn up which will be presented to the town board. The petition bears the names of 55 Democratic voters.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 15, 1929.

MUST PAY BET | Dallas. Tex.. Oct: 15.—(U.R) Because he believed the Cubs would win tlie world series. For- | rest F. Cole, service station operator. must bat a baseball all | the way from Dallas to PhiluI delphia. That was tlie het he | made with Ernest Luttrell. Tlie winner plans to go along ami see that Cole doesn't “fudge." ■The proposed route is by wny of Texarkana. Knoxville, Washington, Baltimore to Shibe park, Philadlephla. POTTERY EXPERT BEFORE PROBERS Sub-Committee Hears Testimony of Tariff Commission Member Today Washington, Oct. 15.— (U.R) — Frederick L. Koch, pottery expert of th3 United States tariff commission, told the senate lobby investigating committee today that William Burgess, legislative agent for tlie pottery industry. sought to get him discharged. Koch had alleged indirectly there were irregularities in the writing of tlie pottery schedule of the pending republican tariff bill. The government tariff expert told the committee the testimony he gave in a secret hearing before the house ways and means committee hdd been in some way found out by Burgess. Tlie hearing took place in the same room in the senate office where the famous Teapot Dome investigation was held. Questioning was led by Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Dem., Mont., who conducted the. Teapot Dome inquiry. Many familiar faces were seen among the spectators including a number who are well known around Washington as “legislative agents” and who may come under the committee's microscope. "Mr. Burgess sought to have me discharged on the ground that I gave biased and prejudiced testimony,” Koch said. "I saw a letter written to President Hoover by W. R. Wyllie, of the Wyllie China company, Huntington, W. Va, contending I was closely associated with a local representative of one of the most important Japanese china Important firms.” Koch said he was socially a friend of David Walker of Morimura Bros., inc., a Japanese importing firm but had no business relations with him. The witness said he never made any recommendations to congressional committees regarding rates. Koch said when he appeared before the potters' sub-committee of the house ways and means committee this year, his testimony had been attacked by members of the committee, i:iCCONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Fruit Drive Starts • The Civic Section of the Woman's Club began its annual Hospital fruit drive today. Tlie ladies are Well organ ized and exn>ect to personally solicit every home in this city by the end of the week. The ladies expressed the desire that everyone have a donation ready for the solicitor when she calls at the home. The fruit is to be given to the Adams County Memorial Hospital. o_ SURGEONS BEGIN ANNUAL MEETING Cancer, Appendicitis And Hernia Are Chief Topics Os Conversation Chicago, Oct. 15—(UP) —Cancer, appendicitis and Hernia, three common causes for surgical operation, engage the attention today of 3,000 delegates attending the 25th annual convention of the American college of surgeons. With the aid of talking motion pictures and reports from famous physicians. the delegates performed figurative operations on many of their own surgical problems in an attempt to find better methods for prolonging life and removing the causes of pain arnong their fellow men. Cancer, as usual, drew the most attention, partly because of its baffling nature and partly because of the presence at the meeting of Dr. James Heyman, associate professor of gynecology and obstetrics at the Royal Caroline institute in Stockholm.

SUPREME COURT HAS BUSY DAY Sixty Cases Are Cleared From Federal Docket On First Day of Session Washington, Oct. 15 —(U.R) Having cleared 60 cases from its docket on its first "decision Monday" the supreme court today continues conferences on several hundred petitions for review still pending. Tlie court granted the federal radio commission a review of tlie WGY case from Schnectady, involving important questions of the new rad’o law, and particularly the commission's power to compel a station to relinquish part of its time on the air. Five convicts in Foleom prison, Calif., sentenced to death for the murder of a trusty during a jailbreak attempt last year, were denied reviews. Action of New Orleans officials in enforcing its zoning law was upheld by the court in rejecting an appeal by a grocer who protested against being compelled to move his business house outaide of a residential zone within a year on the act's passage. Tlie government was denied a review- of a tubercular veteran compensation case in which a lower court held that Sidney B. Sligh, of Arizona, was entitled to full disability rating, although he was making sometimes as much as SSOO a month as a salesman. because he was rated as fully disabled by tuberculosis when discharged. — o Girl Aviators Disappear Yuma. Ariz, Oct. 15 —(UP) — Two young aviatorixes, who had ambitions to set a new women's endurance flight record, have vanished in the far southwest, apparently much to the mystery of their parents and certainly to the discomfort of the police. The girls. Peggy Paxton. 18. and Lucile Wallingford. 25. left their homes in Los Angeles Friday. Yesterday V. L. Paxton, father of Pebhy. received a telegram saying the girls were safe in Yuma. Today police and newspaper men had searched the town fiotn hotels to quarantine station and found no trace of them. CHILD CHOKES TO DEATH Indianapolis. Oct. 15.—(U.R) —A tiny piece of bread and gravy, lodged in the windpipe of 8-months old Charles Miller, Anderson, baffled surgical ecience in two attempts at a local hospital and the infant succumbed. LESLIE NAMES ARMORY BOARD Only One Former Member Is Appointed On Reorganized Board Indianapolis. Oct. 15 -—(U.R)— Indiana’s new armory board was announced today by Governor Harry G. Leslie. Only one member of the previous board which came under fire of the state senate, was reappointed. The new members, taking office today for a four-vear term, are: State Senator Robert L. Moorhead. Indianapolis, reappointed; Emmet F. Branch Martinsville, former governor: Meade Vestal, Noblesville, attorney: Dr. A. C. Arnet, Lafayette, physician; and Frank Shelhouse. Indianapolis, president Shelliouse Fireproof Warehouse company. Governor Leslie w-ill be president of the board and Manford G. Henley, adjutant general, will be secretary. Criticism was directed at the old armory board when a group of senators charged the board was a “closed corporation.” An investigation of the activities of the board was conducted by a senatorial committee is being continued by the state board of accounts under Laurence F. Orr. ——o Resolution Asks For Shorter Working Week Toronto, Ont., Oct. 15 —(U.R) —A shorter Saturday, with a 44-hour week in United States government departments, including the postoffice, has been unanimously endorsed in a report of the legislation Committee al the 49th convention of the American Federation of Labor. The executive committee was urged to do all in its power to bring about this 44-hour week as a step toward a 40-hour week.

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To Wed Royalty 1 | Li Wa Rm-' « ■ Rumor has it that Miss Bemprdine Murphy, daughter of Daniel Murphy, wealthy California Itanker, wil( shortly announce her engagement to Prince Borromeo, of Italy. ROADVACATION ORDER UPHELD Reviewers Concur With Viewers On Ohler Road In Union Township The reviewers appointed by the board of county commissioners on the petition to vacate the George Ohler road in Union township have reported in favor of the vacation, sustaining the report of the first set of viewers The reviewers also awarded damages to Adam J. Bienz and William Schafer, remonstrators against the vacation, whose lands are said to be affected by the vacation. Mr. Bienz was awarded $250 and Mr. Schafer SSOO, damages. In their petition they asked for SSOO and SIOOO respectively. David J. Dilling. August Scheumann and Julius Heideman were the reviewers. The reviewers’ report was filed this morning |W|ith (jninvy Auditor Albert Harlow and it is not known what action will be taken in the matter now. The county would have to pay the damages, it was stated. In summing up their report, the reviewers stated, “We further report that we are of the opinion that the vacation of said highway would be of public utility.” Attorneys have heen employed by both the petitioners and the remonstrators and from expressions gained it is doubtful if the petitioners accept the reviewers’ report without filing objections to the amount of damages awarded. Thirty-Five Decatur People Attend Meeting A Home-Coming celebration was ob- . served in the Salem Evangelical Church, west of Linn Grove, Sunday afternoon, at which time Bishop Spreng, of Naperville. Illinois, delivered a sermon on the subject of John 3:16. Fifty-five persons from the Decatur Evangelical church attended the interesting meeting. o Public School Report Cards Issued Today The report cards for the first six weeks of school will ire issued this afternoon<at 3:30 o’clock, it. was announced today. Parents are requested to examine these cards carefully and report anv question of correction to the instruc- • tor or to the principal at once. The honor roll, of Decatur high 1 school will be published sometime next week, after tlie teachers have had sufficient time to rectify any mistakes that might occur on the cards. Public Schools To Close Wednesday Afternoon All Decatur Public Schools together ■ with the schools of the county will 1 close Wednesday afternoon at 3:45 ■ o'clock for the rest of the week, It was announced today. i All classes will be discontinued after tomorrow in order that the teachers I may attend the Teachers Association ■ meeting to lie held at Fort Wayne, I Thursday and Friday, October 17 and 18.

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DEFENSE PLANS COMPLETION OF EVIDENCE SOON I . Motion By Defense For Dismissal Rejected By Judge Hitz I SON-IN-LAW OF FALL TESTIFIES Washington, Oct. 15 (U.R) [The government rested its cast* in the bribery trial of Fortner Secretary of the Interior Alber! B. Fall shortly before noon today, after presenting evidence that Harry F. Sinclair, oil millionaire. had paid Fall $269,100 in a New Mexico ranch deal. Mahlon T. Everhart, Fall's son-in-law. testified to the Sinclair transaction after prosecuting attorneys had won the court's consent to Introduction of the evidence. The transaction has no direct bearing on the indictment under which the former cabinet member is be'ng tried. The specific < ■ urge is that h ereceived a sloo.ooo bribe from E. L. Doheny. The prosecution sought by Everhart’s testimony to “cast light on the motive" which induced Fall to accept money from Doheny while in charge of the government oil lands Doheny was seeking to lease, pointing out that the circumstances were somewhat similar in the Sinclair transaction. After Everhart had testified, Fall's lawyers moved to dismiss the case. The tnption was denied and Gano Dunn, a New York engineer, was called at once to open the defense case. Defense lawyers expect to take three or four days. The government offered the story of Fall’s receipt of $230,500 in liberty bonds from Sinclair, of Sinclair obta’nlng an oil lease from Fall, and collateral evidence showing guilty knowledge and intent of Fall in his dealings witli E. L. Doheny. Fall got SIOO,OOO in cash from Doheny. which the government contends was a bribe for the Elk Hills, Calif, naval oil reserve leases. Defense' Lawyer Frank J. Hogan, after a long objection, denounced the speech made in the senate yesterday by Senator Heflin. Dem, Ala, which (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o New Yeoman Officers Installed Monday Night W. Guy Brown, local installing officer of the Yeoman Lodge, held installation services last evening in the .Yeoman Hall, for the officers chosen for the coming year. Following are the officers installed: forum. Mat Breiner; Master of ceremonies. Emil Baumgartner; treasurer, John B. Stitlts: Correspondent. S. E. Brown: chaplin. Mrs. John B. Stults; overseer. Lawrence Walters; Lady Rebecca. Mrs. Emil Baumgartner; Rowena, Mrs. Lawrence Walters; watchman, Mrs. Fred Werst; sentinel. Mrs. Vida Ward: guard, Mrs. D. Dierk,es. Following the installation, refreshments were served. YOUNG PEOPLE MEET TONIGHT — | District Presbyterian Young People To Open Meeting With Banquet The District Conference of the Fort Wayne Presbyterian Young People's League will be held in the local Presbyterian church tonight. Tlie conference will begin at 6:15 o’clock with supper served in the church parlors by the Ladies Aid So- . ciety of the local Presbyterian church. James Engeler will be in charge of the song service which will be a feature of the dinner. At 7:00 o'clock the regular evening meeting will be held in tlie church auditorium to wliii .. the publi is cordially invited. The program ir as follows: • Hymn—Led by James Engeler. I Scripture—Miss Helen Christen, i Prayer— Miss Dora Sliosenberg. i Address—<Miss Elizabeth Atkinson Taft, Director,of Religious Education ■ of the Synod of Indiana. i Hymn—Led by James Engeler. i Address, “Jesus Christ”—Rev Janies , L. Chesnut. I). D Pastor of the Third 1 Presbyterian Church of Fort Wayne. Benediction.

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