Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1931 — Page 3

ET .... | r-J) Inr the world nn Hirehip which a Br.RAL nmn () f moderate means could own K ACCIDENTS anti Pilot. ■ OVER SUNDAY The little plane was the atest I ■ of many that Heath hud invented. ■ rEn prom PAGE ONE) huilt and piloted during the at) yearn he was risking his life daily RTstiffered when he was j (1 experimental efforts to promote ■in u motorist on the Miller uv Jatlon. /> ■ indianapotia ... Santa Barbara. Calif., Feb. 2— ■atpollH. Feb- (U.®—Owen W. King, 23. of Santa K two autos at a ‘ v Barbara, was killed instantly, and | : hidiana-poliH yes ♦i * Rohs, 25, Solvang, was in-1 K, caused the dea I '’ ~ jured fatally when their airplane 28, »”*' ,lls . . crashed from a height of 100 feet Kr. Martha, and injuries to |nto # Casa Loma Kiiirr occupants o • g un( j B y. The motor had failed and ■ King was attempting to glide into L r s wife Blanche, 25; her airport when the ship dropped. ni rs , h.j Lanphler; M- ,{ OHS died Sunday night. rehoney: Mrs ’ Emnm I , De ’ , Mrs. May ”‘' 4 “"J Peoria, 111., Feb. 2—OJ.R) - Aviator Ihe Injured. Hoy ■ Bay Starrett miraculously escaped firing the mac one o> m.. s serious injury last night when the I wife and ■ r - motor of his plane stalled at a ey. K’lied height of 1.000 feet and in attemptInventor is ■ Ing to land In the dark he crashed Lgo. Feb. - U.. into a cornfield four miles south L which crashed from a ( 1 500 feet into a field of here. The plane burst into flames ’°L Grove. Sunday, car- a minute after crashing and Just r - w Heath 42. to his I a moment after Starrett climbed ended his df-eam of giv- free of the wreckage. dsand Town Lots Returned Delinquent For Non-Payment of Taxes for the Year 1929—Adams County i?aß < • ? <2’3 h 2 ® - ! j Ltaar l»e«crlp<l»» " B Ho " s a m a a m s ■ a i- — ~ iF<rJF 7 r<>wn»hii> _ L Charles etal w-2 nw 15 7S 4170 <,MI W e-/;w =}};; A. Jpt •<; IX 1300 . t cor ne - low rS *lB *» H wot a-2 M 28 20.27 1280 A.J.ptswse ... 22 \ J nVfr "* ' ■ 28 107JS 7390 ?■ J nt ‘w 22 24.75 1240 2900 ?’ J pt se se 21 34.25 1750 IA-j’-wVnw ...27 xo 5530 1800 W nxMngten Township Milo Belftiont .... ■ « 50 8S l.nt Milo Belmont 9 -‘ Steve ft Vera Belmont 8 Iteve ft Vera Belmont 9 ,- fi 3 O 2 !tev“ ft Vera Belmont II ■ llo.fil 129.84 1 Adam .1. s-2 nw 15 1-’ vic Vince ft Amos Bel ... , „ vie Vince ft Amos Bel -<> St. M«rj « Tow nshlp Ind Jonathan pt w-2 Bit 80 I pt'eTe-Tt-V 40.85 9670 1650 231.16 277.73 hpm*3'iw 10 13.37 2960 990 94.52 79.41 Hide < reek Township I Mark e-’ e-2 nw 31 40 2160 700 48.0 S 90.56 E u Vnw 10 80 4750 1600 piMn"-’.- ’ ' 0 “J 15ft0 580 15140 2 ° 4 - 9 - hjt7p P h \w 2 sw ne . .. ...?9 I« mo 224.08 232.42 kan Jennie w-2 se 29 80 3890 1000 P»’pt 2 n’7iw 5400 235.86 139.50 fe^n";V W .i! to U U 820 7Z«O IM! Monroe ToWiiMlllp Oii . o qq |. Kliz. W. npt w-2 sw 35 60 3240 seo 80,.e ; '.2i M-88 20« 25.0! French ToMUhhip tinners State Bank s-2 sw 22 76 2910 1320 142.30 170.77 armer State B. pt n-2 sw 22 61 18-0 iiu xu >c mnaniel O. pt ne 22 76 3750 1.60 104 8 ~9.., irt Katherine pt ne nw 27 34 --60 B Hnrtrurd Township . , | Levi nw nw 440 2880 «l-80 4..aB>l Geo. ft Eva e-2 se 16 80 • 5b40 190 I nw s-2 16 40 2000 1280 243.96 144.54 B Albert Linn Grove 3 „ ~, - ■ | Albert Linn Grove 2 100 660 21.58 l- .l .lel'rerson Township Bn J. P. e-2 nw 27 80 4720 530 . |n J. P. s-2 n-2 e-2 sw 22 20 1260 ,?» !? ■a Silas etal ne fr sw 31 70 2680 820 91.70 118.7a I Frank e-2 nw n- 27 20 1260 330 41.6a 38.63 Deentur Wanhiugti>n n James F. & Alta 6 l’>oo 6050 640 306.t3 6 Alta .J. pt .99 1500 5500 640 214.80 2.4.79 F Martha E. & Clara .... 842 200 110 rJ-'i' br Foundry Co pt e-2 sw .. . 3 2 500 7700 8000 579.96 6b..1. x Milling Co spt ept .8 x Milling Co ept 91 1000 35.80 41.19 I Laura S ml.l 22 68 900 550 51.91 28.31 [Laura etal 799 300 220 18.62 10.15 fend Wm. ft Anna . .. 658 500 990 and Win. & Anna 659 400 1100 670 107.08 150,. I t John H 1016 200 7.16 8.28 h Nancy etal pt sfr nw 34 2.20 600 2200 100.24 60.90 fond Nathaniel 1013 150 330 18.97 21.81 Edwin J. pt 28 1500 3300 171.84 156.48 [Mary E. 58 bv 132 .... 201 400 14.32 16.47 [art Wm s 32ft 278 500 990 180 36.87 68.76 han Francis 183 600 19.80 92.36 50«81 er Lawrence 76 100 160 er Lawrence 77 100 er Lawrence 82 100 er Lawrence 83 100 110. 13.66 49.57 Pttu Ante Co . .. 97.3 too 3.58 4.12 AJ. pi 2500 6600 A- J 41 2200 1650 A-J 100 S . 150 * J . 713 A 714 o. J. 715 goo go A- J 80 50 A- J- 21 A. J. 22 I A. J. 23 2500 > A. J. 961 100 1 A. J. spt ... 713 I A. .1. Ju I A. J, 715 r.oo 550 I A. J. pt 28 1000 IA. J. 42 2200 1760 1080 755-74 901.81 ply Emily 55 ft 536 200 660 30*79 16.80 | P. W 19 50 , IP. W 61 5o 3.58 1. J 4 e George E. . 1017 100 3-' s '♦.lll F> Wm. H 219 600 930 54.77 63.00 I. . Berne Corp pstem Ilavlil bw w-2 i .25 20 .i 0 Ban Mabie pt w-2 nw .. 4 .20 100 3.51 1.9 j F*s Wm 253 150 1060 51.%6 23.,n L, .. Monroe Corp. „ ews Itnhert A 53 100 110 2.59 3.ii 'homas 24 90 100 4.70 2.75 L Geneva Corp. [r Boy<| ft Pearl . 206 50 440 270 7.90 22.18 (J-harlas & Jesse 234 ( 20 260 50 16.29 2.53 «« Emma ■ 277 50 550 Ute Emma ’7B 50 20.54 23.75 Rachel 317 50 e 13.59 15.il r.tberry c • 8 20 enberry c 0 30 1.58 1.83 > Reality Invest Co 214 150 660 ' Reality Inv. Co pt s-2 ne 29 1.45 100 110 32.23 37.26 • Clara D 32’ 50 !a^! ara D 5 ® 3-18 3-15 ■ ddition to the above tax $1.12 costs, must be added for each descripP> r Printing. ■/J,®. ac h issued there will be an additional cost charge of one dollar i.l.ceots to the treasurer. .V h PP INDIANA, COUNTY OF ADAMS, SS: ~, , t Harlow, auditor In and for said county do hereby certify that ~_-V e a true and correct list of lands and city and town lots and remaining delinquent for the non-payment of taxes for the •», and previous years, with penality, interest and costs, togethci ine current years taxes for 1930, a’nd further that the amount o. t , "; as recorded between the first Monday of December 1930 and of January, 1931. ®?Y hand and seal at the auditor’s office in the city of ur . this 10th day of January 1931. F nv ALBERT HARLOW, Auditor Adams County, Indiana h. I J N ”IANA. COUNTY OF ADAMS, SS:'ot» - lereby Siven that so mu- h of the foregoing lands, city ano be necessary to discharge the taxes, penalty, intereu- « 51.,. ,c " may be due thereon, or due from the owners thereof, nays O t »ale will be sold at public auction by the Treasurer of n y at the east door of the Court House, in the City of Decaon ti OnUotY and state, on the second Monday of February 1931. lav nna . day o' said month, commencing at 10 o’clock A. M. of en linsl- at s . a *d sa le "’HI continue from day to day until sold, lev nf 15 my hand at Hie Auditor's Office in Decatur. Indiana, this ■’ of January 1931. ALBERT HARLOW. Auditor, Adams County, Indiana. January 19-26

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1931.

Prosecutor, Defender, Judges and Accused

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I rm p’ dnrml some of the important figures in the coming court-martial of Brig-General Smedley Butler or repeating a story allegedly told him by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., a story that Premier Benito 'lir clfni '• ’« » h <-ai’d-run driver. (Upper, left to right) Captain William C. Watts, Judge Advocate of he l'i iirt. Major Henry Leonard, staunch friend of G -neral Butler, chief defense counsel, and Brig-Gener.il Smedley D. Butler, the accused. Admiral Louis It. !>« Steigeur. president of the court. (Lower) Rear Admiral Willi im H. Phelps and Major-General Joseph Pendleton, members of the court, and last is Cor>elins Vam’erbi t, Jr., whom it is alleged told the storv at a luncheon in New York City.

fxp'osion Causes Wreck Kaut Chicago. Ind.. Feb. 2—<U.R) oss of ajipi oximately $50,000 re- | 'ilted from the spectacular exploj sion and fire which destroyed J hr«e Sit’d 'o- Oil company storage I ‘auks here Sunday. No inju'ics resulted from the ■xp'rwion, but it was thought that an r.’.ito accident in which one •>er”>n was killed and two injured s'-riensly, was indirectly caused by it. Chester Sexton, 30. Whiting, swerved his machine into girders □f a nearby bridge simultaneous, with the explosion, killing James flabby, G 2. Hammond, and injur-' Hig himself and Janies Smith, 35. Hammond. The accident waS beieved to have been caused by the Reverberation of the refinery ex-' plosion. Static electricity was believed to have caused the explosion. o Rep. Furnas Has His Little Joke Indianapolis, Feb. 2 —(-Special)— Fun was always part of the makeup of Representative Miles J. Furnas, Winchester, and his seat in the house has by no means dimmed life joy of life. He has adorned his desk with a fancy inkstand anil pen, which has attracted considerable attention. To inquiries he has replied: “Why, don’t yon know? They issue those up at the desk to all members. See Dick Heller.’’ When Miss Telia C. Haines, the lone woman member from Sullivan county, fell for the joke, she returned. “That teaches me,” she replied, 1 ’’never to believe a Republican.’’ o Given Unclaimed Clothing Memphis.—'('J.R)-Unclaim’d wearing apparel fotind in local theatres during the past several months has i been turned over to the relief committee here.

At Work on Another Invention

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Thomas A. Edison will celeb, ate • his 84th birthday on February 11. The noted inventor is shown at his Winter home at Fort Myers, Fla., inspecting a fine specimen of the goldenrod, the

Miners Resume Work At Little Betty Mine Linton. Ind., Feb. 2. —(U.R>—Workni n resumed operations in the Little Betty coal mine today, while ' friends and relatives buried the last of the 28 miners whose lives were claimed last week in an explosion of gasss in the mine. Both Federal and state mine inspectors had completed their investigations of the disaster, and a ! report was expected to be made at | the office of Albert C. Dally, chief state mine inspector, in Indianap- ■ olis. It was generally believed that I the explosion was caused by sud- . den release of gas from old work- i ings, which was ignited by sparks, [ or flames from the miners lamps. o_ | FORMER DEC ATUR MERCHANT DIES IN LOS ANGELES ; (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE, was! confined to the Adams County Memorial- hospital. He returned home about Novtmberl, with his daughter, Mrs. Aloysius Schmitt? who came here from Los Angeles to accompany him home. Mr. Kuebler was the organizer of the Kuebler Company, recently purchased by Oscar Lankenau and now operated under the later’s name. He was one of the pioneer > merchants of this city, starting in, .business in 1885. He formed a; partnership with F. .1. Spencer in; that year and until 1929 was active-1 ly engaged in the mercantile bus- ( I iness in this city. In February, 1929. he retired! from the Kuebler, disposing of his interest in the firm to Mr. Lankenau. He and his wife moved to Los Angeles the same year. In 1923 Mr. Kuebler served as president of the Indiana Retail ; Merchants Association. At the

■ > plant from which he hopes to create commercialized rubber. During his sojourn in the land of sunshine he will conduct a series of experiments with the plant.

time Mr. Kuebler retired from business here he was a dir ctor in the First National Bank and in the American Security company. ; The deceased was born in Tiffin. Ohio, February 25, 1858, and came to Decatur in 1885. .. ■■ ■ o —..... Schooners Bring $9,175 Portland, Me. — 'll.R> —Costing a total of $1,000,00b when they were built during the World War, seven four-masted schooners brought only $9,175 at auction. Leather Apron Worth $75 Boston.—<(J.R) —ln the cargo of the freight r Mahanada when she i sailed for London recently was lone embroidered leather apron vali tied at $75. What the apron was to be used for. custom’s officers i couldn’t imagine, but they conic luded that it was a bit too ornate |to suit a blacksmith’s taste.

aij jj j MAKING UP | I YOUR LIST | £ we S PERHAPS you do your staple shopping by the week. Larger items you renew each month. S i 5 k yj Household furnishings,- automobiles, radios, and DE x similar things are in the nature of investments, whether for months, for years, or for life. You buy ?0 c j n aj these things at long intervals. Hj * I IS * iff But no matter what you buy, you serve yourself Hi best if you p'an your purchases in advance. Every 3 S list you make is a budget in itself. Careful study of jfi the advertisements will always help you in picking ® and choosing... in comparing prices ... in weighing g S? your needs and desires. Making up your list is really a fascinating game sci 'UE when you play it against your allowance. The more careful you are in the preliminary study of the ad95 vertisements, the better will be your chance not only g rig to get the best selection for your purpose ... but also -S 8 to find out in advance how much money you can g ‘tfi save for unplanned extras! I Decatur Daily Democrat i

|FEDERAL JURY HEARS CHARGES — Accusations Against Congressman Rowbottom To Grand Jury Indianapolis, Felt. 2. - (U.R) — Accusations against Congressman Harry E. Rowbottom, Republican, of Evansville, first Indiana district, I were expected to lie placed before 1h ■ Federal grand jury which convened here toduv, Rowbottom was arrested last | week on charge of accepting $750 i for recommending appointing of a I rural mail currier. George B. Jeffpey, United States district attorn y, | will lay the evidence befor ■ the grand jurors, it was indicated. Rowbottom was arrested Tuesday on a warrant from Howard S. Young, United States commissioner. and was bound over to the grand jury on a $10,009 bon 1. If indict'd. Rowbottom would face a hearing before Judg" Robert ('. Ikiltzell here and would be tried in the Evansville Federal court. o ADAMS COUNTY WOMAN DIES ,i 1 ! (CONTINUED FROM P » Uo ''NEi 1! Myers, and the following children . • Dwight and Howard Myers of this city. Elmer. Paul. Ralph, and Edith, all at home. One daughter, Thelma Myers, preceded the deceased in 3 death, dying from burns received 3 when a stove exploded on September 25, 1930, ONE CENT A DAY PAYS UP TO SIOO A MONTH The Postal Life & Casualty In--1 surance Co.. 1703 Moriarty Bldg., 3 Kansas City. Mo., is offering a new 1 accident policy that pays up to SIOO f a month for 24 months for disability and $1,000.00 lor deaths costs less than 1c a day—s3.so a year. Over 65,000 already have this protection. Men, women and children, ag’s in to 70. eligible. Semi no ' money. Simply send name, address, age, beneficiary’s name and rela- ’ tionship and they will send this s policy on 10 days’ FREE inspec- • tion. No examination is required. ‘ This offer is limitexl. so write them today. advt.

The following brothers and sisiters ulso survive; John Tuinbleson, Miss Mary Tiunbleson. and Henry iTnnibl'-son all of Blue Creek town jshlp; .lack Tumbleaon of Ohio; 11 Mrs. Belle Bebont of Washington township; Mrs. Alta Tumbleson of , Bine Creek township, and Mrs. Or i pbn Erwin of Decatur. Funeral .services will be held | Tuesday afternoon nt one o'clock pt (lie home in Washington township, and at two o'clock at the Mt. Hope ■ (hurcli in Jefferson township. Rev. i Troutner, of the Willshire Church , of God. will oflclate and burial will be in the church cemetery. , o- — Large Hammond Bank Fails to Open Today 1 1 Indianapolis, Feb. 2.- <U.R)- The i; largest bank closing in the history ■ ot the state banking <1 partment - was reported when tile First Trust ‘ and Savings Company. Hammond. la $9,000,00(1 institution, failed to open today, it was announced by (Thomas Barr, deputy bunk exam- . i iner. . J Barr said he would take personal j charge of the situation. P. W. Meyr is presid’nt: H. M.

I Turner chairman of directors, and EjaMNMBMrTn I

1 3 Window Glass Installed , Automobiles Completely Rebuilt Fender Repair and Top Work ’ Car Simonizing ; All work guaranteed. ) ; Saylors Motor Co |

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H. Wolters, secretary-treasurer, •i The bank was capltallzwl al ’ I $500,000: surplus, $3oo,ooo; loans, $4,500,000; deposits, $7,500,000, and undivided profits, $215,000. The ' bank hud un allotment of $50,000 1 in state funds, with $30,000 on de- - posit. < Ij 0 ~ Rio Grande Crops Slump I.as Cruces, N. M. 4U.RB Total ' crop returns of the Rio Grande federal irrigation project show an av--1 , eiuge loss of $24 an acre over 1929, 1 according to figures released by L. 11. Flock, project superintendent. The total value of the crops was ! $8,104,903, as compared with $lO,1 644,670 for 1929. - — -—-o — Get the Habit—Trade at Hnmr.

YOU may be Old. i but not too old to i' play Billiards, and enjoy it, if you play at LOSE BROS. )’ _____