Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 2 July 1930 — Page 1

WEATHER Fair tonight, not so cool w»at and centr«l portions: Thursday gonrrally fair, warmer.

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ALUATIONOF BOUNTY SHOWS 177.0001 OSS ■». *rt > Tax [Rise Thought Probable; Assessor ®®^ s Report TOWNSHIPS RECORD LOSSES —The assessed valuation of •sonal property in Adams inty shpws a net loss of v $77,10" in 1930 comparto the 1929 assessment. The figures were comniled CountvlAssessor J.\v Cline 1 members of the county ird of review today. The al asMssed valuation of tonal property. which does not tide thosn assessments made by stats bqpd, is $6,875,750. he county boat’d of review add--1250.000E to the assessment, te of thljf amount was found in Is made by the township assess while a majority of the inse was made in increasing ■ssinentsl of corporations and is and the increas? placed on n implements in three of the nshlps. he reports submitted by the nship assessors showed a net of 132W10. he twelvfe townships show a net of as compared with 1."29 valuation. It was stated _ erday aft at there was a gain I the township valuations, but was maid ! in error. The exact res conyn ’-4 today show a loss yearly a quarter million dol tins were made by Berne, eva andfMonroe, While the city Yecatur, Including valuations in i Root ami Washington town- >, shows a loss. Berne gained ,340; Oen<’Va, $8,180; Monroe, >. Decatur showed a loss o‘ lie valuation this year is so - the l#2:' figure that it is not Ight that the state board will r any:-. Increase made here. tie state’s assessment of railIs, utilities, banks, pipe lines, will h< made later. These ssments total a little more than 00,000. Real estate is not ssed this year, although im- ■ ments on real estate is addWells County Lower tie loss | in personal property ations in Wells county is estied to be between $400,000 and ,000. The total assessed ■ n of the county will be less i $3»,000,i io‘o. fegfo o □per Case Decision Overruled by Court i-azil, Ind , July 2 —(UP)— A e law providing that a pauper dtal bill must be paid by the ishlp in which the case originwas arerrulled by a jury in circuit court. fter a short deliberation the decided that Posey 'ownship, • County, was not compelled to the local county hospital $59 lerviees rendered William BuckIndlanapolis, Negro race driver red in dirt track races at Sutler track last September. ICAL WOMEN'S SISTER DIES s. Bertha Bugby, 37, )ies at Fort Wayne After Illness — rs. Bertha Bugby, 37, 1826 Third et, Fort Wayne, and sister of . Byford Macy and Mrs. Milton ■d of this city, died at the St. ■ph's hospital. Fort Wayne, Mon--I’sis’ni at 11 o’clock of cerebral orrhage. She had beep admitted je hospital only a short time beher death. irvivlng are the husband, Fred by; a daughter, Janet, and four >rs, Mrs. Joseph Hartman and i Anna Firks of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Byford Macy and Mrs. MilGirod of this city. merai services will be held rsday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock Claehn and Sons’ Funeral ParFort Wayne, with the Rev. F. lupnov. officiating. Burial will —"'in the Lindenwood Cemetery, Wayne.

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“Red" Dale Jackson, center, co-holder of the former endurance record established by the St. Louis Robin, is shown here at Sky Harbor, where he saw the brothers beat his mark. With him are Albert (left) and Walter Hunter, the refueling crew.

VOTE FRAUD IS HEARDINGARY Crowd Hears Testimony of Pair Who Accuse Leaders of Fraud Gary, Ind., July 2.— (U.R) —Lake 1 criminal court was crowded today as Milton H. Marquardt, a confessed principal in the alleged election . frauds of May 6, took the stand for , the second day. In his testimony ' yesterday, Marquardt named Owen O’Mallia and Joseph H. Carlson, Gary politicians and defendants in the trial, as ring leaders in the frauds. H? accused William J. Fulton, defeated candidate for commissioner who committed suicide the day after the election, of having a part in the conspiracy to bring “repeaters’ 1 into Lake county to vote in ' the election. Fulton stated he had been defeated for mayor in 1925 because of “repeaters” but it w'ould | not happen again, according to the' testimony. Marquardt also told the court that Owen O’Malia paid him and . Charles Parker to stay in Illinois , during the vote fraud investiga- . tfon. They returned May 13 secret- , ly and remained hidden under orders of Attorney Ernest W. Force. ■ he said. , Both Marquardt, who was Ful- > ten’s campaign manager, and Park- • er were charged with conspiracy ■ to violate the election laws along ' with O’Malia and Carlson, but both ■ pleaded guilty. o Bechdolt Estate Sold Portland, Ind., July 2 —The sale of the real estate belonging to Clyde D. Bechdolt, former cashier of the 1 Jay County Savings and Trust Company. brought a total of $13,253.93. The property was sold at sheriff’s sale. The proceeds will be turned over to Jesse L. Peters, receiver for the Jay County Savings and Trust Company, for the benefit of the creditors of the institution. Bechi dolt is now in prison, serving a term > of two to fourteen years for emi bezzlement of the bank’s funds. o Saylors Leave Today On Trip to Denver Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Saylors and I son Richard left today by motor for • Denver, Colo. I Mr. Saylors is the delegate of the , Decatur Lion’s club to the interna- • tional convention of Lions which opens in Denver July 15. The conl vention will be in session three : | days. The Saylors will enjoy a motor . and sightseeing trip to and from 1 Denver. They will stop at interest- , ing places along the route and will be gone three or four weeks.

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Seek Hoodlum’s Return Indianapolis, July 2 —(UP) —Preparations were made today by U. S. district attorney George Jeffery to obtain return to Indianapolis from Chicago of Joe Traum, Terre Haute Hoodlum, who is a fugitive under SIO,OOO bond from a Federal indictment returned at Indianapolis. STOCKHOLDERS HEUHJABLE Judge Rules in Tocsin Bank Case at Bluffton Tuesday Bluffton, July 2.—W. D. Lett of Marion, presiding as special judge • in the Wells circuit court, overruled motions for a new trial in the case of Grover Essner, a depositor, against stockholders of the defunct bank of Tocsin. Judgment as entered against the defendant stockholders, awarding Sssner judgment' for the balance | due him on his deposits in the . bank at the time it ceased busiI ness four years ago. The judgment. with interest, amounts approximately to S9OO. Judge Lett, in conclusions of law filed some months ago, found that the stockholders were liable for the balance due Essner, as partners in a private bank. An appeal was granted to the Indiana appellate court, with bond fixed at $1,500. When Essner filed the complaint he sought to act in a representative capacity for all of the other depositors of the bank, and to have judgments entered for all depositors under his complaint. Judge Lett ruled against Essner in this representative capacity,, denying that- he could bring suit in behalf of other depositors, and holding that the action could apply under this suit to Essner’s claim only. Essner asked an appeal on this point, and was granted an appeal with bond fixed at SSO. He had been denied a new trial on this question. Attorneys from Indianapolis representing the state, filed a petition in circuit court under the Wells County tank receivership case, asking permission of the court to sue the receiver of the bank for a balance alleged due the state for automobile license money on deposit at the bank at the time the bank closed. The attorneys for the state then offered a complaint in two paragraph, to be filed as a part of and under the receivership cause now pending and asked leave to file the said complaint. Action on this petition has not been entered of record. The court heretofore had passed on the preferred claim. Judge Hamilton allowed it only as a common claim, and 25 per cent has been paid as a common claim on distributions heretofore made.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 2, 1930.

SHUNTERS KEEP PLANE IN AIR. ANOTHER DAY Endurance Fliers to Strive For All-Time Mark At Chicago REFUEL PLANE MEETS TROUBLE Chicago, July 2. —<U.R>— The ( “City of Chicago,” its refueling, , endurance flight nearing the orig- . inal goal of 500 hours, flew steadily above Sky Harbor airport today, defying the laws of gravita- I tion despite an accumulation of I indications that the time when it | must come down is drawing nearer. The flying Hunter brothers, Kenneth and John, ended 498 hours of flight at 10:40 am. CDT., . today, increasing their bonuses to approximately $7,500. The Hunters ran Into new difficulties when ‘‘Big Ben,’ refueling monoplane, was unable to leave the ground on time for its first ( contact today. The contact was delayed because of motor trouble with the refueler. Spark plugs had to be changed before the ship could go up. Seventy-five gallons of gasoline, the normal requirement, was transferred when the refueler finally made contact. The delay was of enough concern to cause a warning to Wayne. Mich., where a second refueler is available, to have it ready to fly to Sky Harbor on an instant’s notice. The Hunters themselves were in disagreement over how much longer they should keep the “City of Chicago’’ in the air. A note dropped this morning said Kenneth was in favor of coming down soon, but that John believed the ship was good for an indefinite period. All indications are that the Hunters will come down as quickly as any serious trouble develops for fear of endangering the record they already have set. The “City of Chicago’’ would not be credited with a new record unless it descended at Sky Harbor, where it took off at 4:40 p. m.. C.D.T., June 11. The ground crews and national aeronautical association officials have agreed that no risks should be permitted to endanger the mark already reached. This is one reason for the numerous notes exchanged between the plane and j the ground. Most of them are only precautionary. The record plane, it was said has shown no serious signs of strain, but wear and tear is having its effect. Ground observers reported the motor sounded as good as could be expected after its long hours in the air, but was not as “sweet’’ as it had been. INDIANA WHEAT IS BEING CUT Progress Made During Week As Farmers Cut Large Wheat Crops Indianapolis, July 2.—(U.R)--Wheat harvest made good headway in Indiana during this week and neared completion in the central and south and cutting has been started in the northern portions of the state according to the weekly summary of weather and crop conditions of the United States weather bureau. Temperatures during the week were about normal and rain was rather general at the beginning with frequent scattered showers during the remainder of the week, the report said. Heads on wheat stalks were reported well filled generally. Threshing was begun in the extreme southern portion. Weather conditions were favorable for the cultivation of corn and most fields were unusually clean. The crop made excellent progress in the north and central portions and has shown much improvement in the drought area of the south, according to the report. Oats cutting was in progress except in the extreme north. Clover (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Schroeder Gets Day Without Third Degree Indianapolis, July 2—(UP) —Harold Herbert Schroeder was assured of another day's protection under a petition filed by his attorney ia criminal court to protect the prisoner from ‘‘violence and unlawful acts of investigators,’’ when it was announced today that hearing on the petition had been postponed until I tomorrow. Ira Holmes, Attorney for the Mobile, Ala., man who is charged with murder and arson In connection with the auto fire murder, filed the petition to prevent sheriff George Winker and detectives from removing schroeder from jail ami taking him to tlie spot where his car was found blazing with a charred body inside. o COUNCIL HOLDS SHORTSESSION One Petition Presented;' Bills Allowed; Meeting Adjourns One of the. shortest sessions of the year was held by the city council last evening at the city hall. Only one petition was presented to the council. Residents Nortn Second street, extended, filed a petition for a street light at an alley intersection near the Pennsylvania railroad crossing. The petition was referred to the electric light committee. A letter from the secretary of the Indiana Municipal league, relative to the annual convention to be held next September was read and placed on file. City officials will in all probablity attend the meeting. The council discussed the purchase of traffic signs, but no action was taken. Bills were allowed by the council and the session adjourned. 0 — POLICE CAR IS GANGTARGET Gun Battle Takes Life of One; Wounds Second In Chicago Chicago, July 2 —<U.R>—Gangland ■was one up today in its battle with police for supremacy in the city of Chicago. Choosing the world’s best lighted thoroughfare, State Street, ae their battle ground, gunmen late last night attacaed a police squad car in which a notorious gangster leader was being escorted across the loop. They exchanged volleys of shots with the officers, threw hundreds of passersby into a panic, killed one innocent bystander and wounded another, and escaped through a dense smoke screen fired from the exhaust of their auto. Jack Zuta, notorious member of the Moran-Aiello north side gang, apparently was the target of the two men who started the gun battle. Zuta and three companions, one of them a girl, had just been released on bonds after being held for 24 hours for questioning in the case of Alfred “Jake" Lingle. Chicago Tribune reporter who was murdered in a subway three weeks ago last Monday. Zuta, Solly Vision, Albert Bratz and Leona Berstein, all arrested in a raid on Moran gang headquarters, were released from jail at 10:25 last night. They obtained their release under bonds through a court order that they could not be held longer than 24 hours without booking. As they started to leave the detective bureau, Zuta asked for a police escort across the loop, explaining that once he and his companions reached their own north side they would be safe, but he feared he never could get across the loop alive if they were alone. Lieut. George Barker offered to act as escort and the four got into his sedan, Vision sitting beside Barker, while Zuta huddled between Bratz and the girl in the rear seat. As the car rolled along State Street at about 15 miles an hour, a dark blue sedan drew along side and a tall man stepped to the running board, drew a pistol from a shoulder holster and began firing. Seven bullets embedded themselves in Barker’s car before he could stop it, and return the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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RIVER-HARBOR BILL DEPARTS FROM POLICY Most of President’s Ideas Are Centered In Present Bill BILL IS READY FOR SIGNING Washington, July 2. —(U.R)—The rivers and harbors hill, awaiting President Hoover's signature, constitutes a departure from a policy established 20 years ago, after a hitter congressional; fight, which was designed to eliminate “pork” ! from such measures. Congress at that time adopted | the policy that proposed river and I harbor projects must first be ap- | proved by the board of army engii neers in the war department before being included in legislation. Congress changed its policy 20 years ago after a bitter fight, led by the late Senator Burton of Ohio, who filibustered a rivers and harbors bill all night. This dramatic i battle ended the old system where-| by congressmen, by “log-rolling,” voted millions of government money for local bridges and other projects. While there are some items in the bill not approved by the engineers, the measure carries out in some of its major provisions a large portion of President Hoover’s inland waterway program whereby the vast system of the ’ middlewest will be joined with the Great Lakes and the Atlantic ocean. Two of the most important provisions authorize the federal govI ernment to take over the Erie and Oswego canals in New York state and the Illinois waterway. An appropriation of $7,500,000 for completing the Illinois waterway is authorized by the bill. Th s , will connect the Mississippi barge system with the Great Lakes. Diversion of water from Lake Michigan for floating commerce in the waterway will be limited ’ to the figures fixed by the supreme court, or a maximum of 1,500 cubic feet a second after 1938. Other large projects in the bill include $15,000,000 for a six-foot [ channel on the upper Missouri , from Kansas City to Sioux City . and $7,500,000 for a nine-foot channel on the upper Mississippi from . the mouth of the Illinois river to i Minneapolis and St. Paul. , o Attempts Day’s Flight i Laredo, Tex., July 2 — (UP)— Lieut. Y. H. Taylor, former Texas i Ranger and now U. S. Aviation i officer, took off here today on a I projected one-day flight to Portland. . Me., The trip was started in a reguL lation pursuit plane. . Lieutenant Taylor planned to make brief stops at Kelly Field. > San Antonio; Hat Box Field, Muskogee. Scott Field, St. Louis, Wright j Field., Dayton, and Middleton, Pa. . o — PLANE CRASHES NEAR GOSHEN I Mail Pilot Escapes Serious Injury; Mail Is Destroyed ! Chicago, July 2—(UP))—An airi plane of the Cleveland-Chicago air mail crashed and was destroyed by • fire at Middleburry, Ind., early today, but the pilot, Robert P. HodI kins, escaped unhurt, according to National air transport offices. Eight hundred and fifty pounds of mail was destroyed. ‘ Thick weather forcing hodkins to fly low was believed to have caused him to run into power wires. The plane was the second section 1 of the night airmail and was west- ' bound to Chicago. 0 Bank Call Is Issued , Washington, July 2.—(U.R) —Comptroller of the currency, J. W. Pole > today issued a call for the condition > of National banks as of June 30. i State Bank Calls I Indianapolis, July 2 —(UP) —Luth- , er F. Symons, state banking com- ' missioner, issued a call today for report on condition of all Indiana ) state banks as of June 30.

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1 New Dry Chief /Wh ' SP’W' r I ft®-'" "W r Col. John F. Herbert, new prohibition administrator for Chicago district, who succeeded E. C. Y’ellowley in that office. The district comprises Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. FOSTER FACES MURDER CHARGE Lingle Death Suspect Will Be Brought to Chicago Soon Chicago July 2— (UP) — Frank Foster. Chicago gangster to whom the pistol used to murder Alfred J Lingle was traced, was charged I today with ’he reporter’s murder in indictment returned by the Cookcounty grand jury. It was understood that the indictment was voted so Foster may be .eturned from Los Angeles, where he was captured, for questioning in the Lingle Murder. Foster has not been accused as the actual killer. Only two witnesses were heard by the grand jury previous to announcement of the indictment. One of them was Peter Von Frantxius, dealer who sold the pistol to Foster, and coroner Herman N. Bundesen, who presumably testified to the methods used in tracing the gun. BULLETIN Anderson, Ind., July 2. —(U.R) —Properties of the Union Traction Co., of Indiana were sold at public auction at Anderson today by Arthur W. Brady, receiver, acting under orders of Judge Carl F. Morrow of Madison county Circuit court. Bids were received on each property individually and a separate bid was received for materials and supplies on hand, the bids totaled $3,923,933.11. The Midland United Co., through B. P. Shearon was the successful bidder for the larger group of properties. Included were the Union Traction Co. of Indiana, Indianapolis Northern Company, excepting that part of the line between Kokomo and Logansport, Indiana Union Traction Co., Indianapolis, Newcastle and Eastern Traction Company, and the Muncie, Hartford and Fort Wayne R. R. Co. The Midland Company also purchased the interurban cars, securities and office furniture of the Union Traction Co., as well as materials and supplies owned by the several companies. Bulletin Chicago July 2 —(UP)— After knocking his thirty-first home run of the season here today, Babe Ruth suffered a ssrioi.s injury to his right hand when attempting to field a fly ball which went for a home run in the second inning of the second game between the Yankees and White Sox. Fifty Witness Drowning Michigan City, Ind., July 2.—(U.R) —More than 50 persons on the beach of Lake Michigan here saw Moise Cline, 60, of Chicago, drown in five feet of water after he had ruptured a blood vessel in his head while tugging at a boat. Although the man was only a few feet from , the shore, he died before rescuers reached him.

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SENATE SENDS ITS OWN IDEAS BACK TO HOUSE Refuses to Pass Veterans’ Bill Before Raising Schedule DISAGREE ON OTHER BILLS Washington, Julv 2 (U.R) Virtually the whole legislative program of congress was tied up today in an unusually intense feud between the house and senate, which threatened to delay adjournment. The World War Veterans pension bill and two other important measures written as the senate wants them are be- ■ ing sent back to the house. 1 The pension bill carried the • increased compensation rates pro- ■ posed by the Democrats in the Walsh-Connally amendment adopted late yesterday in the senate by a vote of 37 to 26 over the objections of President Hoover and the house. House leaders are in a dilemna. They want to stand by the president and reject the senate compensation rates, but there are many who threaten to seek a vote on the senate bill. This latter i class believes a vote would align the house with the senate amendment and send the measure to the White House for a probable veto. As written by the senate, the L bill included much to which the i president found objection in the I bill he vetoed a week ago. j Instead of granting the allow- ( ances from sl2 to S4O a month, beginning with disabilities of 25 per [ cent or more, as was provided in the house bill, the measure now ■ provides allowances from $lO to S6O starting at 10 per cent disability. The sl2-S4O rates were i sponsored by the administration. c Nine Republicans, not all of • them progressives joined with the 1 senate Democrats to insert the ’ new rates. They included. Dale, Vt.; Cutting, New Mex.: Blaine • and LaFollette, Wis.; Robinson, Ind., Norris and Howell, Neb., and Johnson, Cal. The 26 who stood out against the change were all Republicans. The vote on final passage was 55 to 11. The final vote indicated sufficient strength to pass the measure by a two-thirds majority over a veto, if the bill is rejected by Mr. Hoover. Along with the veterans bill, the senate also sent to the house under similar conditions two other measures which also are holding up adjournment. The senate served, notice officially it could stand indefinitely for curtailment of the law enforcement commission appropriations in the second deficiency appropriation bill. House leaders are (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) COUNTRY CLUB MAKES PLANS — Three Golf Tourneys Scheduled For Fourth of July Party The program for the family day Fourth of July celebration at the Decatur Country Club was announced today by the committee in charge of entertainment. The program includes basket dinners and suppers, card-playing, three r golf tourneys and fireworks. ’ Following the basket dinner the mixed ball foursome tournament ® s ■will start at 1 o’clock Friday af- _, ternoon. At the same time there "I •will be cards for those who do not j I care to enter the tourney. The minature golf course also will be open all day. At 3;30 o'clock the men's flag tourney will start and at 4 o’clock a special women's tournament will t be held. The basket supper will a be served at 6:30 o’clock and at 9 o’clock the program will be cli--1 maxed by fireworks. I All members of the Country Club 1 and their families are invited to It attend the all-day affair. The a cdurse also will be open to the s public as usual, but the tourneys ■will have preference.