Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 4 December 1929 — Page 1

WLAfHER Fair tonight and Thuraday except possibly unsettled extreme north portion. Rising temperature.

HOUSE COMMITTEE FAVORS TAX CUT

ffllON GIVES FIANSFORTAX CUTS NEXT YEAR Surplus of $226,000,000 Forecast For Current Fiscal Year YEAR’S BUSINESS CONSIDERED GOOD Dy Cecil Owen UP Staff Correspondent Washington Dec. 4. — (U.R)— Taxpayers of the nation received word from Secretary of the Tre .sury Andrew W. Mellon k>dti- that further reduction in income tax rates may be expected i 1930 and 1931. T ansmitting to congress his ainual report for the fiscal year Mellon forecast a surplus of $226,000,000 for the current fiscal year ending June 30. 1930. and an exfe>s of $123,000,000 over expenditure in the next fiscal year ending June 30, 1931. Owing to the large element of tin certainty in predicting future government revenues front income taxes, Mellon preposed that any tax cut legislation in either of these years be made to apply only on income of that year. A recommendation for a $160.iiihi.oOo tax reduction on 1Q29 incotn ■ was sent to congress by Mellon sonic weeks ago. The stock market, which Mellon' credited with turning a threatened deficit into a $185,000,01)0 surplus in the 1929 fiscal year which closed on tlune 30, 1929. and the bus ness situ ation in general received prominent mention in Mellon's review of year past. Business conditions during the year were described by Mellon as “highly satisfactory" based on indexes showing marked advances in both produc tion and distribution.' Prosperity was reflected in increased wages in 1928 and 1929. enlarged profits from industry and commerce, and in the rising prices of securities. Production Increases Volume of industrial production for hoth manufactures and minerals increased somewhat more than 10 per cent aided greatly by the automobile industry which a new re" ord by increasing* produrtion 53 per cent, Mellon said. Building construe tion. however, declined by five per cent partly owing to high interest rates. America's foreign trade approached the $10,000,000,000 mark in 1929 with exports aggregating $5,400,000,000 an I imports totalling $4,300,000,000, an in crease of ten per cent in exports and three per cent in imports. Outstanding financial events of the fiscal year reviewed by Mellon were the continuance of an active and ris ing stock market, declining bond prices, a change from bonds to stock in security flotations, and emergenc; of relatively high interest rates. “Stock market activity," Mellon .said, ' was characterized by rising prices, increased turnover or sales, and increased brokers' loans. The number of shares of stock sold on th" New York Stock Exchange alone in (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) JURY EXPENSE ACCOUNT FILED Total Os Grand Jury Expense For Last Session Is $278.30 It cost citizens of Adams county a total of $278.30 for the session of the Adams county grand jury, just closed, according to expenses filed so far on the appropriation docket. Five indictments were returned and the average cost per indictment wa 1*15.65. The two expense items filed were Brand j ur y i f ee an( | m n ea ge, $250. SO and M. J. Wertzberger, bailiff. $27.50. he jurors were in session 12 days, during which time a number of Ad a, ns county residents were called be fore the body to answer questions. No arrests have yet been made on the five indictments. Two warrants on indictments number 1 and 2 have been turned over to Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth, returnable forthwith. Ind’ctnients number 3, 4 and 5 are still h p ing withheld.

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Sued by hali-Hi For Breach of Prom' <• — I A. J®* 1 L* Deelarng that he had twice threat|ened to kill her because she spurned his advances. Laura Langhauser. j putty titian-halred artist, branded as lies charges in a breach of 'promise filed in Los Angeles against pier I y Count Leon Bayard De Volo. K. Os P. Lodge To Elect New Officers Members of the Decatur lodge of Knights of Pythias will hold a regular meeting at the local Home Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock. The regular election of officers will be held and plans will be made for the annual installation services. Ihe lodge officers, with the exception of a trustee, who will be chosen Thursdaynight, will serve for a period of one year. HUNDREDS JOIN SAVINGS CLOGS Heavy Business Reported By Local Banks In Savings Departments That Decatur and Adams county res- ; idents think of Christmas in advance I is evidenced by tlte fact that hundreds I of Adams county citizens already have i taken out Christmas savings accounts for 1930. Three local banks have been liter- . ally swamped with applications for club memberships and it was estimated today that about a third more Christmas club members would be on the record books of the local banks in 19:10 than were members in’ 1929. All three banks have a variety of savings clubs, to fit any one's purse. The accounts pay from two to four percent provided the payments are kept up throughout the year. In case a member withdraws from the club in which he enters, the only penalty is the loss of interest, on the money deposited. The entire deposit will be refunded at the expiration of the club. Tho e in charge of the clubs stated today that memberships were still available this week and that no penalty would be fixed against club entrants th< rest of this week. i —— -Q Local Sorority Buys .$5.00 Health Bond The Decatur chapter of Psi lota Xi sorority today purchased a $5.00 Health Bond from the Adams County Tuberculosis Society. Health Bonds are sold to various local organizations in place ot Christmas Seals. ■—o Mrs. Sophia Scherry In Critical Condition _ —' The condition of Mrs. Sophia E. Scherrv, who was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage on Thanksgiving day remains unchanged. Mrs. Scherry is in a semi-conscious condition most, of the y _ ■ — — ♦ Parents-Teachers Hear Address Os Dr. Schweitzer ♦ pie attended an open meeting of the South Ward Parent-Teachers Association last evening at the South Ward building. The meeting was held at 7:30 o'clock, and Se first paH <’f the evening was snent in a short business session. . BP I elwrus composed of the third and fourth grade children sang a group of The principle speaker of the evening was Dr. Ada Schweitzer, (hi • Os Health, who gave an interesting of children.

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TAX REDUCTION IS EXPLAINED TO HOUSE OROUP •— I nder Secretary Mills Says Bill Provides A Maximum Relief EARLY PASSAGE IS ANTICIPATED Washington, Dec. 4. -(U.R) The treasury's $160,000,000 tax reduction bill provides maximum of relief to taxpayers without endangering a deficit in government finances. Undersecretary of Treasury Ogden Mills told the house ways and means coia|mittee today in a detailed statement explaining the measure’. The bill, which reduces by one per cent the tax rate on normal individual and corporation incomes, was introduced by ('hairman Hawley of the committee at the opening session of the regular session Monday at the suggestion of Secretary of Treasury Mellon. ‘* r House and senate leaders, complying with the request made by President Hoover in his annual message that congress act promptly to reduce taxes, trope to pass the measure through all its parliamentary stages within two weeks. The house committee prepared to hold an executive session after Mills completed his statement today and immediately reported the bill to the house, where it will be debated and probably passed tomorrow. Chairman Smoot of the senate finance committee promised to start hearings this we-k with a view to reporting the measure to the senate early next I week. Mills explained the bill will reduce for the calendar year the normal tax on the first $4,000 of individual incomes front 1(4 per 'cent to onehalf of one per cent; on the second $4,000 from 3 per cent to 2 per cent; on the balance of taxable income from 5 per cent to 11 per cent. Tlie outstanding features of the measure." Mills continued, "are first, that it limits the new rates to the calendar year in question (1929), which is a novelty in the history of income tax legislation in this country; and in the second place, that it gives some measure of relief to the maximum number of income tax payers, witli relatively large benefits to those with smaller incomes. Os the total reducation, $70,000,000 will go to individuals and $90,000,000 to corporations, Mills said. Answering criticism of the bill already made by some senators that corporations (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) RUSSIA RESENTS STIMSON'S NOTE 1 Second Letter May Be Sent To Soviet Government By United States Washington. Dec. 4. — (U.R) —Soviet Russia, in a sharply worded note, has repudiated invocation of the Kellogg pact in the dispute with China over the Chinese Eastern railway and in notes to the United States, Great Britain and France has informed those powers that Russia considers their overtures tin act which cannot be construed as friendly. Simultaneously, it was announced in Moscow that Russia and the Manchurian government had signed a protocol for settlement ot the dispute. The reaction in Washington to Russia's blunt assertion that outside in[terference in far eastern affairs was not welcome indicated a possible effect on future relations of the United States and (lie Soviet government. It was understood today that the Chinese nationalist government was preparing a reply to the United States note, invoking the Kellogg pact for renunciation of war, and that it. would be conciliatory, at the same time protesting against the Soviet’s part in the railway dispute. A quai d'orsay spokesman in Paris contended Russia's action was a repudiation of her signature to the Kellogg treaty. The semi-official temps indicated a belief that the Soviets had strengthened their position from the viewpoint of settlement negotiations with China. Simultaneous with the critical developments in Manchurian negotia(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 1. 1929.

Local Lad Narrowly Escapes Gas Fumes Billy Howell, son of Mr. and Mrs. I'lnni is Howell of ibis city was overcome with gas fumes from the furnace | yesterday morning mid was in a sei * ions condi ion for several hours Mrs ||t well closed the bedroom window and when Billy remained in bed I until ten o'clock she went to his roopi I S to awaken him and found the room full' of gas and the lad unconscious. A phy. Icii.n was summoned and today Billy is playing about the house again and feeling flue. 1 COUNCIL HOLOS il SHORT SESSION s Two Petitions Presented To ' “City Dads’’ At Open ~ Session of Council 11 h A short session of the city council I 4 was held last evening at*the city hall, ( there being only two petitions present- 1 4 ed to the c< uiicil. ; ’ A petition for a street light on i Washington stree 1 , near Hie Macy 1 Conveyor Company, was filed and re- ■ ferred to tho electric light committee, i ? A petition tor a light at.the intersec- t 4 tion of Twelfth and Patterson street < was also referred to the electric light i committee. ; The council will hold only one more .session this year. The next tegular ; meeting will be on December 17. A | ’ special meeting will be held after , Christmas to allow bills, so that all < claims can be paid before the first of , the vear. i (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) I " ROAD VACATION REARING HELD I .“ » Much Interest Shown In - Remonstrance Against Damases Aw arded i The board of county commissioners 1 , sitting as a court, today heard a con- ' ' tinuance of arguments in the case of the vacation of the George Ohler road ’ in Union township. ■ The argument in the ease is the ■ awarding ot' damages to William ' i Schafer and Adam Bienz. who allege ! th it their farms are damaged by the ! i closing of the road. The reviewers who i were appointed by tlte board awarded . Mr. Schafer SSOO and Mrs. Bientz $250 1 , in damages. The petitioners who asked 1 i that the road be closed objected to the 1 amount of damages awarded. The case has created much interest among the property owners in Union township. About a hundred farmers at- i tended the hearing today in the auditor's office. Attorneys J. Fred Fruchte represent the petitioners for the closing of the road, while Attorney Dore B. Erwin represents Mr. Schaffer and Mr. Bienz. At three o’clock this afternoon the | petitioners had produced nine > witnesses and the remcnstrators five. H In all probability the case will be fin-1 ished late this afternoon. o— Geneva Eastern Stars Hold Annual Election Geneva. Ind.. Dec. I (Special)—The i Geneva lodge Order of Eastern Star. I elected the following officers at a s meeting held Tuesday night: Worthy : Mntron, Eleanor Snyder; Worthy Pat- i roil, Earl Shepherd; Associate Matron, i Katherine Aspy; Associate Patron, i George Schaefer, secretary, Branche : Shepherd, treasurer. Eva Shepherd; ; Conductress, Alpha Chew; Associate I Conductress, Clara Chew. ■"TpnMORE '7 ; O 1 SHOPPY : JAYS ' SoHt Cars Loose t CONIROI O’<HEIR Cars -cause ( Kelp up 1 • -- - i —<

VARE DEFENDS SELF BEFORE SENATE TODAY Rules Suspended As Penn | sylvania Senator-Elect Makes Own Plea MAKES APPEAL FOR ADMISSION Washington, Dec. 4 (U.R) While I the house was preparing to overcome 'some opposition to the tax reduction I resolution, the senate today witnessed an unprecedentedly dramatic I scene when Senator-elect W illiam S. Vare of Penn., appeared there in per- 1 son a semi-invalid, to demand his seat. His paralyzed arm was stuck in ills trousers pocket. He leaned heavily against a desk to keep himself! from falNng to the floor as he read a 2,000-word speech in which he struck boldly at his accusers. In a high pitched and almost feeble voice which could be easily heard in the stillness of the chamber. Vare contended he had constitutionally been elected three years ago and that the 1 rights of the people who chose him ! had been violated by the senate. His physician watched him closely ! as he read with obvious difficuPy, l from sheets of paper, pausing at the ; conclusion of one so he could use his 1 only available hand to lay down one ’ sheet and pick up another. A crowded senate chamber watched closely also, as Vare admitted he ; spent much money in his primary campa gn but contended many semitors around him had spent more than 54 cents a vote in their elections. The charges against him are “unfair! and unjust," he said. Never before had a non-member : bf|en panted tlu: privilege of making I a speech in the way Vare was permitted to speak. It is contrary to ! the rules but the way was provided for it when the senate adopted a res-1 olution giving him the right to d?-1. fend himself before the body which | shortly is to vote upon a resolution aimed to exclude him. He was treated with aloofness by I I some of the Republicans, but several i Democrats shook hands with him i when he entered the chamber. The ! i leader of the .fight against him, Sen ' ator Norris. Repn., Neb., closed a\ : strong attack against him just before I Vare took the floor. With sarcasm Non e referred to 1 the "Vare machine which Ims throttled the people of Pennsylvania and ' dominated the voters of Pittsburgh < and Philadelphia so they vote in I (CONTINI KD ON PAGE SIX) , BEGIN MOVING COUNTY OFFICES County Superintendent C. > E. Striker First To Move 1 To New Quarters i The office of Adams county superin- | tendent of schools has moved yester- t day from the room in the northeast . corner of the second floor of tin* Court House to the two new rooms 'in the < southeast corner of the same floor. t Superintendent Clifton E. Striker supervised the moving and was assisted in the "heavy" work by County Commissioners John G. Hoffman, George Shoemake? and B. i’. Breiner and Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth and Deputy ' Dallas Hower. Sheriff Hollingsworth will move his office front the southwest corner of the first floor to the room vacated by Mr.! Striker, Sheriff Hollingsworth stated today that, the work of moving probably would begin next Monday. As soon ns the sheriff s office is va-i rated. County Surveyor Ralph E. Roop ’ will move his offices from the second . floor of the Haugk Bttlidnig to the rooms now occupied by the sheriff. In all probability the offices of County Agricultural Agent Fertl E. Christen will be moved from the Peoples Loin and Trust Co. building 1 on Madison street jo the second floor 8 of the Court House either the latter part of this week or the first of next f ( week. County Highway Superintendent •’ Charles Magley stated that he was prepared to move his offices from the <’ Haugk building to the basement of the ' Court HDuse as soon as the new h highway offices were completed. All v telephone numbers of officers will he a unchanged. (

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Byrd's Ex*Aide “sui‘ , i.l< , ”-Found Alive in Omaha I w U i dfk Mr Dramatically revealed as alive and well long after he had been reported a suicide. Richard (1. Brophy, former executive of the Byrd Expedition, is speeding from Omaha to New York , to straighten out his affairs and start I a.'l over. He has been working on ; tlie editorial staff of a Nebraska newspaper for some time. jnobuSunT RECEIVE HONOR Decatur Younj? Man Will Become An Eagle Scout At Meeting Tonight James Burk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Avon Burk of this city, and a pupil In Decatur high school, will go to Fort Wayne tonight where he will receive the highest Boy Scout award ever conferred on an Adams county young man. "Jimmie", as he is known to his I many friends in Decatur will be made: an Eagle Scout at a meeting of the Anthony Wayne Area division of Boy Scouts of America, tonight. When tho honor is conferred Burk will be the first Adams county young man ever to receive the citation. According to those r| scly connected with the Scout movement, Burk is duly entitled to the high ranking. He completed tests for the honor shortly after his return from Europe in September, where he was a delegate from the Anthony Wayne Area to the Boy Scout meeting in England. Several other Indiana Boy Scouts, also will receive various degrees at tonight’s meeting. Plan Chicken Supper The Salem M. E. Dulles Aid Society | will give a chicken supper in Conner-! tion with their annual Christmis Bazaar Friday evening beginning at; 7 o'clock at the North Brick School house, one mile north of Salem. Fol-! lowing the supper the ladies will pre-! sent a clever one-act play entitled “Tacks" which will be given by the; young pople of the M. E. Church of Salem. The public is cordially invited to attend. o— Choir To Meet Members of the Zion Reformed! church choir will meet for rehearsal at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Every member is requested to be present. < — _ Q — ♦ ♦ Fifteen Marriage Licenses Issued During November ♦ ♦ Dau Cupid didn’t do much business in Adams cofinty during November, according to the monthly marriage license report, just filed by Miss Bernice Nelson. Adams county clerk. There were 15 licenses issued during the 30 days in November, Miss Nelson stated. In November 1928, 16 Adams county couple applied for licenses and in October 1929, 16 couple obtained licenses to wed. Business wasn't so dull, in the clerk's office, however, during November because 281 persons secured hunting and fishing licenses. In November 1928 there were 307 hunting and fishing licenses issued and in October 1929 there were 186 issued.

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ONE MEMBER IS AGAINSI BILL IN COMMITTEE House Will Vote On Resolution Thursday; May Pass Before Holidays OPPOSITION IS NOT ORGANIZED Washington. Dec. 4. (U.R) Hie house ways and means 'committee today reported favorably the .$l(i(),(N)O,(MH) tax reduction bill. Only one vote was cast against the motion for a favorable report. Tlie resolution grunting a one per I cent cut in Hie total taxes of indlj vlduals and corporations was ordered reported to the house after a hr'ef meeting of the ways and means committee. Only one vote was cast jigainst tin' resolution, by Rep. Ramseyer, Repn.. I R. ms<v< ■ rved j notice he would attempt to prevent .adoption of the resolution by tlie house tomorrow, by making a point of order against, it, but the leaders believe they can prevent any interruption with their speed program. Unless the opposition grows it is I anticipated the resolution will be put I through both houses liefore adjournment for the Chrietmas holidays. Representative Ramseyer, Republican. lowa, said after tlie executive session that he had cast the only vote against the treasury bill, fearing such !)i reduction would precipitate a treasury deficit, and perhaps delay retirement of the.public debt. All Democrats joined Representative Gainer nt Texas, ranking Detnoicrat member of the committee, in I supporting tlie reduction. o— Newberry Store To Open Here Thursday Announcement was made today tli-iY the J. J. Newberry store would be formally opened to the public Thursday morning. The store denis in 5. 10 and 25 cent merchandise with variety <leI partments. The local store is one of i 300 stores owned by the J. J. Newberry company. Hisey and Bebout, contractors. built the new building in which the store is located. The site was purchased from the late Ben J. Smith and his sister, Mrs. Charles Christen — o — Miss Sunderman Is Slightly Better Today The condition of Miss Ruth Sunderman who has been critically ill at the Adams County Memorial Hosiptal for I the past two weeks, is reported to be ;a little improved today. Miss Sunderman became worse yesterday afternoon, but seemed Io feel better today. I GOOD FELLOW CLUB ♦ ♦ i Delta Theta Tan . $25.00 I Mrs. Janies Cownn, i Mrs. Charles Voglewede, I Mis. W. A. Klepper and Mrs. .1. F. Arnold ss.o# Niblick & Co. $3.00 Total $33.00 DEMOCRATS TO ATTEND BANQUET Annual Wilson Day Banquet To Be Held Dec. 30 At Winchester A delegation ot Adams conn, ,- Democrats will motor to Winchester December 30 to attend the annual Wilson day banquet to be held under the auspices of the Randolph county Democratic committee, it was announced today. The Wilson day banquet is un annual affair at Winchester and is always attended by 300 Eighth dßtrict Democrats Owing to the limited number of tickets allotted to each county all Adams county Democrats who expect to attend are asked to make their reservations with Dick Heller, county chairman, at once. Fred Vin Nuys. prominent Indianapolis attorney, will be the chief speaker. Other speakers will Include Frank C. Dailey. R Earl Peters and Virgil Simons.

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