Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 172, Decatur, Adams County, 22 July 1931 — Page 1

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I Ise. lions ■OPEN MEET; ; ■EAMS ENTER Qg LJ Interest Shown In Championship ■Tournament —- _Meams Jb are entered district junior' tournament, under k ■spices of American posts of the district, at Decatur high ball diamond in V at 9 o’clock Thurs|y ■rning. included in the n)ee t itre: Decatur foosej Decatur Lions; Muncie Portland Juniors; WinAlexandria Jun team is the county g|— of the county front e team comes. The final the Adams county tourbe the first game of the meet and will be played the Moose and Lions Decatur. tening game will be playrow morning at 9 o’clock, athletic officer Ferd of this city, said today, -s will start promptly at stated in the schedule. ■cond game will start ut k Thursday morning and between Alexandria and clock tomorrow afternoon Iter and Portland will play I o’clock the winner of the lons and Alexandria-Mtin-ts will play. go remaining winners will i final game of the meet afternoon at 4 o’clock. |(rters for the visiting ill be at the municipal Pool at Waterworks take the players from pool to the baseball ■ charge for adults session will be to help pay the expense it was announced be Frank ON °AGE TWO) flu* McCague Dies ■MB July 22. — (Special)— trier died at 2:30 o'clock at the home of his MHK Marian McCauge of near a Is-ath was caused by and followed an weeks during which eased made his home brother. « A ''’ county, Ohio, th, Margaret Mi laS '* " u, ‘ v, ‘ r married. I■o - — • VSNEMMON ■IES TUESDAY s County Woman's •thcr Dies at Home ■ Near Bluffton July 22 — (Special) — VanEmmon, 54, Wells an< * brother of Mrs. Adams County, - o'clock Tuesday night J’y: miles east of Bluffwas due to apoplexy. Einmon was the son of ' and Emma Van Emmon iin Mr t>orn May'3, 1877. He was marriage to Millie Myrtle n 'ggf an on March 10 1903 at h 13 widow and six Mis. Gay Stout. Reiff burg; Marjorie, Mary, all at home. A sister, Bluhm of Adams and a brother, W. T. Van ■f °f Bluffton also survives, ■tai services will be held at Friday afternoon at the ■* e church with Rev Walter ■“■g- Burial will be in the Six ■

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o o I SOMEBODY’S MONEY Mrs. Ada Martin, city trees- i urer, received some money a j ifew days ago in an envelope without any name or address on it. It is assumed that the money was in payment of a I light and water bill. Mrs. MarI tin desires the person who sent the money to identify it so : that proper credit might be I given. Iq — o i ■

SLOT MACHINES CONFISCATED Sheriff Gets Two More Nickle Machines And Makes Arrest Continuing a war on slot machines, Sheriff Burl Johnson and Night Officer Arthur Clark confiscated two more machines in an automobile belonging to M Cline, of this city. Two affidavits, charging possession of gaming devices were filed against Cline in Mayor's court today. He will be arraigned later. Elmer Miller appeared in Mayor's court last night on a charge of possession of gaming devices and asked for more time in which to enter a plea. The request was granted. It is understood that the four' machines now in possession of the I sheriff are owned by another man | named Hiser. Prosecutor Nathan i Nelson continued to obtain evi-| dence as to who actually owned the machines. The charges of possess- i ion against the two local men-, how -i ever, will not be affected by prov | ing ownership, it was said by authorities. The money will be taken from the machines, it was said, and turned over to the school fund in accordance with the state law. The machines then will be destroyed. Sheriff Johnson said. DAMAGE IS DONE BY RAIN STORM Trees Blown Down In City ;<Union Township Reports Damage A severe wind and rain storm did considerable damage in this city and Union township. Tuesday ■ evening, at 8 o’clock. Many eleci trie light lines were reported blown down here and in Union township i and slight damages were reported ■ to telephone lines. Trees and limbs were blown down in various parts i of the city, it was learned. i Martin Mylott, superintendent of ■ light and power today estimated the damages suffered to electric light lines in this city at S2OO. An i extra crew of men was employed to help repair the damaged lines Lines on Monroe street were torn down by trees which were blown over by the wind and storm, and serious damages were suffered to power lines in Union township, . where the storm was slightly more serious than in this city. A large shade tree on the Herman Ehinger property on Madison street was split by the storm and > fell over on the cornice of the house, and a tree at the Helena Berling property on South Fourth street was blown over. Only slight damages were report- • ed to telephone lines in this city 1 and in Union township and repairs ■ were completed on lines that were . down early this morning. 1 Rochester, July 22.—(U.R) —A tree, cracked by lightning, fell across a f boat under which Wilford Holley, i 45, was taking refuge from a storm, i - (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) t ° Is Held As Suspect t _ Pittsburgh July 22 —(UP) —Wil- , Ham Maynard. 27, Indianapolis, is , held tor Indiana officers here as a < suspect in a $2,000 Fort Wayne t theatre holdup because a folded newspaper in his car telling of the t robbery gave a description of the s bandit which tallied with Maynard’s r appearance. He was arrested for a i traffic violation and police then found the newspaper

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BANKERS AGREE TO KEEP CREDIT WITH GERMANY Other Banking Powers Must Agree, U. S. Financiers Assert troubles are IRONING OUT Washington, July 22.—(U.R)—The United Press was informed todayon the highest authority that lead-j ing American bankers have agreed —contingent on similar action by bankers of other important financial powers—not to .withdraw advances, deposits or credits from Germany for the present. By so agreeing, these bankers have accepted tentatively President Hoover's latest proposal to safeguard German y's financial structure. Their action is considered highly important. Officials estimate that of the $1,200,000,000 (billion) of short term credits now extended Germany, fully half—s6oo,000,000 —is held in the United States. A very large proportion of this amount, it is said, is controlled by large international bankers in New York. At the seven-power conference of I government heads at London yes- ’ terday. Secretary of State Stimson land Secretary of Treasury Mellon : submitted the latest Hoover plan to Great Britain. France, Germany, | Italy, Belgium and Japan. Its high | point was the proposal that international bankers should agree to {maintain existing credits while Gerlinany took strict measures to prevent a "flight from the mark.” Before the proposal was launched, it is understood, the administration was assured by the larger New York banks that they would cooperate. According to reliable information here, acting Secretary of Treasury Ogden Mills recently discussed the necessity of maintaining German' credits with George L. Harrison, chairman of the New York Federal Reserve bank, and other metropol- | itan financiers. His efforts are 'CUN’TNUED ON PAGE SIX. _c Death Summons Inventor Indianapolis July 22 — (UP) —I Frederick A. Hetherington. 71, manufacturer inventor and artist, died here after an illness of several months. Hetherington invented an asphalt paving plant which revolutionized asphalt paving In his earlier years he won renown through his illustrations for poems of James Whitcomb Riley. CITY COUNCIL HAS PROBLEM Begin Preliminary Figures For 1932; Rate May Be Reduced Members of the city council started to work last night on compiling tentative figures for the 1932 budget. The council is faced with a twofold problem. First, is the desire to cut the civil city's tax tate. Second I contrary to this desire is the fact that the city’s net valuation this year, on which the tax rate is based, has dropped $304,006 Figured at the same rate, 75 cents on the hundred dollars, the decrease in valuation means a loss of $2,280 in revenue. The city budget last year totaled $54,640 from which was deducted $5,840 for revenue obtained other than through taxation, making the total $48,800 to be raised by taxation. The 75 cent levy on a valuation in Decatur this year is $6,214,117. The figures were ceitified by County Auditor Albert Harlow to the city clerk yesterday and will be used as a basis in figuring the tax rate payable in 1932. The councilmen stated that every effort would be made to reduce the budget and lower the tax rate, regardless of the loss in valuation. The budget will be published next month.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 22, 1931.

Wins Beauty Crown ' " " Wl - ' Mfl ll' ' IF ■ Il r W I/ I ■ V .. i ,gb«t ; - ■ | BE fl Steal fIHIBfIBBBHBHHr war Miss Dorothy Popp, 18, who was crowned queen of the Roumanian beauties in Chicago, is impatiently awaiting the national Roumanian ' beauty contest to be held in Detroit on Lalior Day She hopes to win the title of the most beautiful Roumanian girl in the United States, and , thus capture the prize of a trip to Rotimania.

CAMP MEETING BEGINS JULY 25 Adams County Holiness Association Plans Annual Meet At Monroe The Adams County Holiness Association will open its thirteenth annual camp meeting in the Tabernacle at Monroe. Saturday, July 25, with the Rev W. H. Johnson of Mancelona, Michigan, delivering the evangelistic messages. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Shank of Pasadena, California will serve as the musical directors. The meetings will begin each evening at 7:45 o’clock (CST) and the day meetings which will continue from Tuesday to Friday will open at 2 o’clockServices will be held every Sunday during the meeting. A special missionary meeting will also be held all day Thursday, August 6 to which the public is cordially invited to attend. Soul stirring messages will he delivered at each service, and special singing and instrumental music will be furnished. The officers of the Adams County Holiness Association feel fortunate in being able to secure the services of the evangelist and song leaders for the annuav camp meeting. INHERITANCE" TAX INCREASES Figures Show Gain In Collections Compared To 1930 Accounts Indianapolis July 22 —(UP) —Inheritance taxes imposed in Indiana during the first three-quarters of the present fiscal year, which begun October 1, nearly equal the amount imposed for the entire fiscal year of 1930, according to a report prepared by C- B. UUum, state inheritance tax collector The report showed $1,458,130.22 (taxes imposed during the first three-quarters of the present fiscal year, compared to $1,636,166.50 dur(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Jonathan Harb Expires Jonathan Franklin Harb, 72, bro-1 ther of Mrs. Ed Miller of 5 miles east of Monroe, died at 5:30 o’clock Tuesday morning at the home of his son. C. E Harb, at 2434 Lillie street. Fort Wayne. Surviving is the son, C. E. Harb, a brother, Andrew of Rockport, Ohio and two sisters. Mrs. Maggie Miller of Monroe and Mrs. Emma Hinkel of Mendon, OhioFuneral services will be held Thursday at 12 o’clock noon at the home of the son, Rev. A. P. Bourns officiating and at 2 o’clock at the East Bethel United Brethren church at Blackcreek township, Mercer county, Ohio. Rev. Alva Bragg will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. TO TAKE BIDS ON AUGUSTA Garbage Disposal Bids To Be Received; New Requirements Made Proposals for gathering and disi posal of garbage in will be received by the city council on Tuesday August 4. F. J. Schmitt now has the contract and it was understood that one or two other men would submit bids for the job. The contractor must furnish his own equipment to gather the garbage and look after its disposal. New requirements have been specified in the city contract and prospective bidders are asked to read the provisions before submitting a bidMr. Schmitt, who operates the Decatur Rendering company and raises' many hogs disposes of the garbage through his plant and I'arip. The new contract becomes effective as soon as the council awards the job. —.——- n — Bob’s Name Omitted The name of Robert ‘Bob" Ashbaucher. who has been a Boy Scout , ever since he was 12 years of age, was unin’entionally omitted from the list of Decatur boys who will go Sunday to Camp Limberlost. Bob is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Ashbaucher of this city. .

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FLOWER SHOW FAIR FEATURE Chairman Cowen Urges Late Flower Planting For Exhibit 0 — 0 PLANT flowers ; The fair is being held so late j this year that in order to se- j ! cure sufficient flowers for ex- j I hibition purposes, it will be | necessary to grow flowers es- | ■ pecially for the show. This will j necessitate planting and starting some of them at the pres- I i ent time and arranging to hold I > off bloom on other until as late | as September 15. 0- 0 One of the features of the Decatur Free Street Fair will be the flower show and plans are being made to make it one of the most interesting displays at the fair. James Cowen, flower enthusiast and successful grower of beautiful garden flowers, has been named superintendent of the flower show and with his committee, is devoting much time in preparing for the success cf tlie exhibit. Mr. Cowen today urged persons who intended to enter flowers in the show to give the matter special attention. Since the fair is a week later this year and past the season for garden flowers, Mr. Cowen suggested that exhibitors start now to grow flow’ers for the show. “This is especially true of flowers that will be exhibited in the zinnia, marigold, rose, snap dragon, and miscellaneous divisions, as plants could be started now and with proper growing conditions would be in bloom in time for the | flower show,” Mr. Cowen stated. "It is the hope of the sponsors (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O LOCAL WOMAN'S MOTHER EXPIRES Mrs. Mary Smith, Mother of Mrs. Pearl Schlagel Dies At Keystone Bluffton, July 22 — (Special) — Mrs. Mary Smith, 69, mother of Mrs. Pearl Schlagel of this city was found dead at 5 o'clock Tuesday evening at her home in Keystone. Death was caused by heart trouble. Mrs. Smith was the daughter of Jesse and Catherine Turner-Tho-mas and was hot n in Chester township, Wells county. May 11, 1862. Surviving is the stepmother who lives at Chester Center; the husband, Benjamin Franklin Smith, Keystone; 5 children, Delbert Baxter. Muskegon, Michigan, Mrs. Pearl Schlagel, Decatur; Benjamin Baxter, Richmond; Mrs. Opal Story, Huntington. Mrs. Nellie Harden, Huntington; 2 sisters, Mrs Ellen Twifell, Keystone; Mrs. Marjorie Crosby. Keystone, and a brother Vincent Thomas, Chester Center. Two children preceded the deceased in death. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Christian church at Chester center Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery at Bluffton. RUM RUNNERS ARE FIRED ON Border Patrol Shoots At Fleeing Men; One Man Is Injured Detroit, July 22. —(U.R)— Two score of shots fired at a fleeing rmu-carrier, some of which lodged In the excursion boat Ste. Claire, wounding a member of the church party aboard, were under investigation today by church and federal authorities. Arthur Gajeski, 23, suffered a broken arm when a bullet, fired,he says, by the customs larder patrol crew, felled him. A thousand members of St. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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Prisoners Seek Paroles i • Michigan City, July 22 —(UP) — cases of 155 convicts in the Indiana State prison at Michigan City will be heard by the board of trustees sitting as a parole board August 30, it was anounced here today. Sixtyfour of the group will be new cases 65 reopened cases. 23 reformatory cases and three special cases. Forty five of the petitioners are serving life imprisonment sentences. None ate from Adams County. BEERYS RETURN FROM CONCLAVE Local People Attend Let-' . ter Carriers Association Meeting Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Beery and grandson Billy Buck have returned from Bloomington where they attended the three day convention of the Indiana Rural Letter Carriers' association and auxiliary. The twen-ty-ninth annual convention of the letter carriers opened Sunday with headquarters at the Graham Hotel, and continued throughout Monday and Tuesday. The Sunday afternoon session was held in the Hotel Graham, and the principal speaker for the afternoon was the First Assistant Post Master General Arch Coleman. The evening program was given in the Commerce Building on the Campus and orchestra music and community singing was enjoyed W. F. Beery had charge of the singing. Addresses were given by the national president, William G. Armstrong of Niles. Michigan, and by Mrs. Armstrong president of the ladies auxiliary. Paul McNutt, dean o? the law department of Indiana University and past National Commander of the American Legion, gave the add(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Nona Gunder Improved I The condition of Miss Nona GunI der, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L Gunder of R. R 3 who has been quite ill at her home for the last several months, was reported to be a little improved today. Miss Guilder’s condition became critical Saturday and remained serious over Sunday, but attending physicians stated ’hat she was improved Tuesday. Several months ago Miss Gunder contracted the influenza and her condition has gradually become worse. She was employed at the Old Adams County Bank in this city, and is well known here. HEARING DATE IS ARRANGED Council Members Will Appear In Electric Territory Case A hearing on the complaint of the Indiana Service corporation against the City of Decatur Light and Power plant, for operating electric lines at Monmouth and in Madison and Monroe townships in Allen county will be heard by the Indiana Public Service commission on Tuesday July 28. Mayor Cleorge Krick, City attorney J. Fred Fruchte and members of the city council will attend the hearing and represent the local municipal plant. Representatives from Monmouth and Madison and Monroe townships who are served by the local plant, will also attend the meeting The meeting will be held at the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Lions Hold Meeting The regular meeting of the Decatur Lions club was held at the Depatur Country Club Tuesday, A golf tournament opened the meeting .and following the tourney a luncheon was served. Harty Knapp had charge of the program which followed. Cal Yost, local contractor won the golf tourney with a 140 more or less for the 18-holes.

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ONE MAN LEAPS FROM BUILDING; ESCAPE FAILS Sheriff, Aides Spoil Robbery Plans At McConnell Concern WILL FACE SERIOUS CHARGE bulletin Affidavits charging Pearl Hogston and William Dixon with entering a building to commit a felony were filed in Adams circuit court this afternoon by Prosecutor Nathan G. Nelson. Both were signed by Sheriff Burl Johnson and the Prosecutor. Bond for each man was fixed at $5,000. No pleas except one of guilty can j be accepted by the court in vacation. An alleged plan of veggs, giving their addresses as Marion, Ind., to rob McConnell and Son wholesale tobacco house in this citv, was frustrated at inidniglit last night by Sheriff Burl Johnson, city police and special deputies and resulted in the capture of William Dixon 28, said to have a long criminal record and Peart Hogston, 28, on parole from the state reformatory and a nephew of Alfred Hogston, state fire marshal. Hogston was captured after he leaped from the second floor of the building on North Second street. He eluded Deputies William Bell and Floyd Hunter and with the two officers chasing him, Bob Hill took up the race at the corner of Second and Monroe streets and made a Hying tackle capture of the man at First street. Dixon was finally captured on the roof of the McConnell building by Sheriff Johnson, Night Officer Arthur Clark and Fred McConnell. He was trapped in such a manner that it was impossible for him io escape. A broken window at the rear of the building led officers to believe that Dixon at first thought <»f jumping from the second floor as his partner did and then changed his mind and went to the roof of the building. Both the young men were Taken to the Adams county jail, where they told conflicting stories. A check-up with Marion police revealed that both men had a long criminal record and that they were members of an alleged gang of robbers and hi jackers which has been operating between Marion. Ind. and Toledo. Ohio. Marim (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Three Die In Crash Crawfordsville, July 22—(U.R) — Three persons were killed and tw'o injured, when an auto skidded and overturned on a road near here. The victims were: Eliabeth Coffman, 18, and her sister, Louise, 16, both of New Richmond; and William E. Seaman. 30, Chicago, the girls’ uncle. The injured were Charles Seaman, 24. tigother of William, and Elinor W’ood, 20. both of Chicago. COURT GIVES ’ TWO SENTENCES Albert Rielhle, And Leon Maurer Plead Guilty In Court Today Judge D. B. Erwin today sentenced two young men to jail, following pleas of guilty entered by them. Leon Maurer, 29, pleaded guilty to a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a 16-year-old daughter of Frank Nettle, in juvenile court and was fined $lO and costs and sentenced to three months in jail. It is probable that Maurer will spend the three months at the state penal farm at Putnamville. Maurer, when arrested several weeks ago at the Nettle farm east of Decatur, confessed that lie was a “Chicago gangster." He was meek when arraigned before the court to'CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)