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832 TAX BILLS ARE GREATLY REDUCED

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Vol. XXIX

No. 263.

[ Parent-Teachers Club Os Monroe Will Meet I The Parent-Teachers club of Monroe high school will meet, at : the school building Monday even-1 ing at <: 3O o clock. Special features) of the evening’s program will he an I address by Mr. .fames Conlin, superintendent of schools inside th •' Reforrnato.y at Pendleton, who will' speak on “The Sepulchr ■ in the Garden.” Special music will be fur-1 nish d by the Sprunger brother.; I who will sing and yodel. HOLLAND URGES I EQUALIZATION Indianapolis Editor Is Speaker At Rotary Meet Thursday Advocating a policy of tax equa ligation, rather than tax reduction.) William Holland, editor of the Construction News, Indianapolis, and secretary of the Indiana Contrac-1 tor’s Association, gave an int resting talk before members of the De-I catur Rotary Thursday evening. Mr. Holland stated thgt the en- i actment of a personal income tax I law would shift th? burden of tax- I ation from real estate and place l it where the person who could a. ford to pay it would carry part of thq load. Mr. Holland found disfavor with ! the p.esent demand tor taxation, re-1 gardless of the purpose involved. ' The raising of tax money for con struction purposes and road impro- ' vements is small compared to the general tax and when you stop; building, employment is curtailed, the editor pointed out. The Construction News editor ad- ■ vocated a program of road and j bridge building at the pres nt time because as he pointed out, the 101-1 lar today will buy more than it did I in 1926 or 1928 and in the natural ' course of events part of it can b ■ I paid when prices at e higher. He re-1 ferred to the bonding system of roads, th? law providing that ten 1 or 20 year bonds be issued fur road I and bridge improvements and that it bonds were issued today, a greater value would be obtained than if. communities waited until pices were hgher The bonds you ar > paj ing for now were issued during) peak times and it takes the hard 1 earned dollar to pay th m, Mr. Ho land stated. Mr Holland was the guest of May or George Krick, chairman of the meeting. — 0 Pledges Are Obtained An interesting meeting of farm-1 erS living near Monroe, was hel 1 at the> Monroe high school Thursday night and pledges for growing about 500 acres of beets were obtained. Joe Winteregg, presided at the meeting and talks were made by E. J. Fricke and E. W. Busehe. The exact acreage obtained was not available today as Mr. Fricke took the figures with him and could not be located to- ’ day. o Arguments Are Heard Indianapolis Nov. 6 (I'l’l Oral] arguments on a .petition to rehear the appeal in the Studebaker Dank case, in which the supreme court ha held that st vekho’ders in insol vent banks are liable for twice the ! amount of their stocks, were heard i h|y the Indiana Supreme court here. 1 The ease waS fil 'd by Dona Gai sar, of Bluffton, in 1927 in Wells Circuit court against stockholders ' of the Stuebaker bank at Hlu fto’i asking the court to impose a double i liability provision upon the stock ' holders. Case Being Argued Indianapolis, Nov. 6.—<U.R) Fijal arguments were started today in the trial of Leo Roos. Anderson. ! charged with attempting to con-1 ceal assets in a voluntary bank ruptey petition. After instructions] by Federal Judge Robert Baltzell, I the case was to be given to the Jury around noon. g\uthor Dies Suddenly Northfield, Minn., Nov. 6. —(U.R) Flags on St. Olaf Hill were at half staff today for Dr. Ole R. Bolvaag, who rose to international fame through his novels of the northwest frontier as he had seen it as an) I immigrant boy from Norway. Ke j [died after a heart attack late yes-1 terday. 1

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WOMEN ATTEND ALL-DAY MEET IN THIS CITY Evangelical Societies Hold Conference; 100 g\t ] Morning Session TO CONTINUE THROUGH DAY More than 100 visiting women attended the morn-[ ing and.afternoon sessions of! Ute group r.tl.v of the Wo-1 men's Missionary Societies of the Decatur district which is being held in the First E\angeli"al Church here Unlay. the morning session open-e-l if 10 o'clock with Mrs. .1. O. Tricker. president of the local organization, presiding. Mrs. J , D. French presided over the after- ! noon meeting which started a* i 1:30 o’clock, and Mrs. 1. G. Roed-: ■ erer will have charge of the even-1 • ing program at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. J. P. Barkman. of Berne. I a returned missionary from Africa, will give an illustrated lecture cn "Africa’’ tonight which will be the outstanding feature of the entire day’s program. The morning session was opened : with a prelude by Mrs. Francis i Eady of this city, followed with a hymn by the congregation. The I devotions. "Prayer” were conduct- | ed by Mrs. Elmer Reichard of Van ' Wert. Ohio. Greetings were delivered by i Mrs. tVigene Runyon of this city, followed with a response by Mrs. 1 Ida Steiner of Salem church, Linn i Grove. The program of Progress includI (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 1 —o— Hy-Y Meeting Held About 95 boys attended the sec- [ ond Hi-Y meeting held at the Monroe high school. Thursday evening. 1 Initiation was held for 29 Monroe | boys and for 11 Geneva high school ; freshmen. The Hi-Y Club from Bluff > ton had charge of the ceremonies I 1 and B A. Snell. State Secretary of Ili-V Clubbs from Indiana,polls de-. livered the principal address. Re-1 1 freshtaents were served following | the meeting. FUNERAL WILL BE SATURDAY Charles Greathouse, 62, Was Prominent Indiana Democrat Party Leader Indianapolis, Nov. 6. — (U.R) — Funeral rites for Charles Greathouse, 62, one of the state's most prominent democratic leaders, who I died in a hospital here yesterday, [will be held in St. Paul's Episcopal church at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. Dr. Lewis Brown, rector of [the church, will conduct the ser- | vice. Burial, which will be private, will be in Crown Hill cemetery here. Pallbearers will be his associates in the Bookwalter-Ball-Greathouse Printing Company, of which he was ■president and treasurer. [ Greathouse, who was secretary 'of the Democratic national committee since 1924, died after an operation. He had been ill four weeks and in impaired health for many [months. ■ Greathouse came to Indianapolis I from Mt. Vernon, Ind., in 1908. He | first became prominent in the state when lie was named state superintendent of public instruction in 1 1910. He held this position until ; 1914, bringing about several imI portant school administration laws, ! .CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Pupils Plan Tour — Virgil Wagoner, principal of Monroe high school, and 30 members of the junior and senior classes will ; leave Saturday morning for an ex- i cursion to Indianapolis, visiting the i boy's school at Plainfield the school i for the deaf, the women's prison, i and the World War Memorial build- [ ing. C. W. R. Schwartz will drive d the bus. and three teachers. RollI and Sprunger, Miss Vesta Rich and ;i Mr. Wazoner, together with Noah!: I Rich, township trustee, will accoin- l I pany the party. ''

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Held as Slayer 1 MMI aBMf HMM HhM MMK WMMI MOW MHMW MJI O| I I i 1 Ii J; .V • ■ *... wf f - i mT Golney Seymour, 21-year-old full-blooded Apache Indian, who confessed slaying Henrietta Schmerler, Columbia University ethnologist, displayed the characteristic stoicism of his race as lie sulked in jail at Globe. Ariz. Fearing an'outburst by tribesmen of the prisoner, federal authorities transferred him to jail at Tucson.

BERNE CITIZEN DIES SUDDENLY 1 i I Wm. Baumgartner, Member of County Council, Sutlers Heart Attack Berne. Nov. ti t Special to Demo- | crat) —William Baumgartner, 73,' prominent Berne retired business man, and a member of the Adams | County Council for 10 years, died suddenly at 7 o'clock Thursday i morning at the home at his son I Leonard Baumgartner. The deceased died fiom a heart attack while sitting in a chair in his bedroom. His son, Leonard had placed him in the chair before leaving for work. Little Robert Baumgartner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Baum I gartner went into his grandfather s [ I bedroom to say “Good Morning," I and returned to his mother stating that he couldn’t awaken his grandfather. Upon entering the room Mr . [ Baumgartner found th aged man ' I dead, following a heart attack. Two weeks ago Mr. Baumgartner I fell and tore ths muscles in his | right leg and broke his right knee ; I cap. He was taken to the Adams [ County Hospital where an opera- ! tion was performed and he was re- I turned to Berne, where he was re- ! covering nicely. The deceased was born in Wells | County, November 2. 1858, the son ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)] ————o Legion Will Conduct George Hain I uneral Members of the Adams Post Am- ■ erican Legion are to meet In the !.<■■ j gion Hall, Saturday morning at 8:30 | o'clock to attend the funeral ser-[ vices of Private George Hain. Probe Is Hurried Marion, Ind.. Nov. 6. —(U.R) —The l special investigation of alleged] corruption in Grant county was] speeded today with the knowledge that the inquiry must be completed by November 14, the date when , the present grand jury completes its term. It was not known wheth-1 era new grand jury would be sum-! moued to continue the investiga [ tion. George Hufsmith, special prose-1 cutor, and E. H. Craves, his assistant, declined to reveal what pro-. gress they had made. Huffsmith's [ and Graves' actions are centered [ on the office of Harley Hardin. ] county prosecutor. A conference between Huffsmith, I Graves and an unnamed informer.] who was to tell them of alleged i misconduct failed to materialize! [yesterday. It was believed that I [the conference might be held today.

Hain Funeral Will Be Held Saturday Funeral services for Private George Hain, Decatur man who died [ Wednesday noon in Nebraska, will I be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at the home of the deceased’s : sister. Mrs. Michael Miller on Fifth I street. Father J. A. Seimetz pastor [ of the St. Marys Catholic church, [ will officiate and interment will be in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Members of the Adams Post .American Legion will be in charge of the services and a Military burial will be held. The body will arrive from Nebraska at 3:12 o’clock this afternoon and will be taken to the Miller home where friends may view it after 7 o'clock tonight. TARGET DRILL FATAL TO FOUR Officer, Three Seamen Lose Lives When Gun Explodes Prematurely I San Diego, Calif., Nov. 6. —(U.R) — I An officer and three seamen were [killed aboard the U. S. S. Colorado [ when an anti-aircraft gun exploded [during target practice as the supI erdreadnaught returned here from I maneuvers off Santa Rosa. i The hail of steel that swept the upper deck of the battleship woundled nine others, four critically. ExI pif.sion of a shell in a half-open I breech was blamed for the explosion. | The -last tore the gun to pieces land th ■ huge ship was rocked from stem to stern. I The injured were being cared for [in tlie hospital ship, relief, today >as a board of inquest and a board of inquiry prepared to meet aboard [the Colorado which rodfe in the liar- [ bor witli flags half-masted. Navy officers established a cent- [ orship regarding details of the] ] tragedy. The dead and injured, reported on the official navy list: Killed: Lieut. Ralph F. Brad- [ (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Liquidations Planned Indianapolis, liov. 6. -— (U.R) — | Liquidation of frozen assets of real estate firms, security companies [and similar organizations will be | the purpose of the Dunbar Corpor- [ tion, Ua ry. it was learned. Incor-] i poration papers for the corporation [were tiled with tlie secretary of state by Elza Rogers, Lebanon. I Rogers said the company expect-[ led to extend its operations through-[ lout the state and nation. Capital was listed as 1,000 shares i of no par value.

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MRS. SIMMONS | TO SEEK BAIL — Murder Defendant Will Attempt To Secure Freedom From Jail BULLETIN Lebanon, Nov. 6—(U.R) —Mrs. Carrie Simmons was released from the Boone county jail here this afternoon on SIO,OOO bond. Her sons George and Dale obtained the bond money from neighbors of the Simmons family and other friends in Hancock county, some of whom testified at her trial on a charge of murdering her daughter, Alice Jean. Lebanon, Ind., Nov. 6.— (U.R) — [Mrs. Carrie Simmons, partially vinidicated by the failure of a jury to I convict her on a charge of murder,! [struggled today to free herself from the complex situation creat-1 ied by the jury's dismissal. Her first move, in which she was [aided by her husband, John, was Ito seek freedom from the Boone i county jail on $5,000 bond. The jury was discharged at 5:22 I last evening, after deliberating 47 [hours and 37 minutes. The last bal- [ lot taken discussed an eight-four I division in favor of acquittal. Ora Brown, jury foreman, handed Judge John W. Hornaday a writ- [ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FIVE DIE AS PLANE CRASHES Passenger Plane Falls At Camden, N. J.; Cause Remains Unknown Camden, N. J„ Nov. 6.—(U.R)— Five m'en died in the flaming wreckage of a fast express Newark-to-Washington plane near here last night. Investigators today said the . cause of the crash probably never . will be known. • i The dead: I Floyd C. Cox, 33, pilot, of Wash- [ ington, D. C., former linotype operator, who had flown 3,500 hours without an accident. Vernon Lucas, 32, of Washington, D. C„ another pilot who was I riding “deadhead” to surprise his | wife and four children who were waiting for him in Washington. i Francis R. Ehle, 33, of Riverton, [ N. J., president of the International Resistance Company of Philadelphia, and one of the few recognized authorities on television. I George B. Taylor, 53, Washing-j ! ton. D. C„ laboratory director ot '[the Chestnut farm dairy. II Elmer Smith, about 35, unmar- 1 i . ried, advertising manager of the I Washington Herald. I The plane crashed on the grounds I 1 [of the Cooper River Country Club, I adjoining Central airport here, as. it was circling for a landing. ' i Tlie plane, a low wing Lockheed, I was making a special stop to allow Ehle to save time. Charles Ludwig, 14, said the] 1 plane was about 200 feet up when 1 1 .there was a flash of tire inside. A 1 [moment later the ship tilted as j though the pilot were trying to 1 '[.side-slip to blow the fire out. The [ plane was righted immediately, the boys said, and flames girdled the ship. It dropped to the ground a moment later. | Within 15 minutes, nothing was i left hut the plane's skeleton frame- | work, still glowing red, and the j charred bodies. o —— Grain Head Is Named Chicago. Nov. 6 —(U.R) —George S. Milnor, general manager of the Farmers National Grain Corporation. has been elected president of the newly-organized National Corn Credits Corporation, it was announced today. Man Is Electrocuted Fort Madison, la.. Nov. 7.—(U.R) [—Joseph A. R Altringer was hang[ed at the state penitentiary today.] [The 23-year-old youth, convicted of[ [murdering Earl Fuller. Jr.. 12, went! Ito his death with a declaration I that “there should have been a' more thorough investigation."

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Attorney Faces Charge Niles, Mich., Nov. 6.— (U.R) A 1 formal charge of murder was to be placed against Tormey Dowling, 29-year-old Niles attorney, today j for the fatal shooting last night of uis uncle, A. J. Canatti, 60, according to County Prosecutor Wilbur [M. Cunningham. The young attorney, who surrendered to police 30 minutes after he fired three bullets into hik (Uncles back, would assign no reason .for the shooting. He repeatedly told police "I shot him, that's all, I shot him." Detectives were investigating the - attorney's record in an effort to determine the cause of the attack i on his uncle. A graduate of Notre] | Dame law school in 1927, Dowling jwas connected with the law office [of Edward J. Donahue, prominent Niles lawyer. JUR Y SOUGHT IN ADAMS CASE I Judge McNabb Rules On Life-Death Theory Os Defense Fort Wayne, Nov. 6—(UP)—Selection of a jury to try George Adams on a charge of first degree murder continued to move slowly today. After it was believed that ten veniremen had been found satisfactory both to the prosecution and defence, the state exercised a perem«ptory challenge. The 71st talisman was being examined at noon. Anticipating that taking ot testi-. mony would begin today, witnesses had been summoned. The perentpI tory challenge of the state, how- | ever, precluded possibilities of be--1 ginning testimonies today. [ One prospective juror James Syli vester, who had been approved by opposing council, was excused to- [ day when it was learned that he | had been selling liquor. Sylvester. > when asked it the accusation was | [ correct, readily admitted it to be I true. Faye W. Leas, attorney, who was ' employed by Adams shortly after I he was charged with the murder of 1 [ John Wilson, prohibition agent and j then excused, rejoined the defence council early today. The state had used nine of 20 peremptory challenges allotted each and the defence 11. —— —o BRITTON CASE TO BE APPEALED Attorneys To Appeal Verdict To Supreme Cuort At Once Toledo, O„ Nov. 6.— (U.R) — Nan Britton’s $50,000 unsuccessful libel ! suit based on a book which called I , her morbid and a "degenerate” j will be carried to the United States | ( district court of appeals, her attor- [ neys announced. I She was denied judgment yesterday by the jury which heard her icase against C. A. Xlunk. Marion l [ hotel keeper, a distributor of the | I book she claimed was libelous. j Klunk sold copies of “The Ans- ] j wer to ‘The President’s Daughter,’” which denied her previously written allegations that Warren G. Harding was the father of her 12-year-old daughter, Elizabeth Ann. Should the court ot appeals at > Cincinnati refuse to grant a reversal. the case will be taken to the United States supreme court, her attorneys said. A jury of 10 men and two women deliberated an hour and 15 minutes before returning a verdict in favor of Klunk in the courtroom , (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) •—w o — New Bank Planned Logansport. Ind., Nov. 6. —(U.R) — A new National Bank, with $200,000 capitalization, will be formed to absorb assets of, the First National Bank here, and' complete liquidation, it has been decided. The First National had deposits exceeding $5,000,000. National banking authorities [were in favor of the new bank, and ,it was announced that no receiver I would be appointed for the First National, whose officers predicted , that a 25 per cent distribution of- - deposits could be made soon.

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SI 50,000 WILL BE TAKEN FROM TAXABLE TOTAL Harlow Prepares Estimates For 1932; Total To Be Much Less ALL UNITS ARE AFFECTED Adams County taxpayers will pay $150,000 less in taxes in 1932 than they were required to pay in 1931, according to the tax table prepared by County Auditor Albert Harlow. The 1932 tax hill totals $710,908.53, compared with $860,436.59 this vear. The net assessable valuation of all property in Adams County, on which tax will he paid next year, is $32,722,471.06, a decrease of about $600,000 as compared with the assessment figures hist year. The reduced rates, payable in 1932 in every taxing unit in the county, largely due to the cuts made in the county general levy and the county highway repair levy, is accountable for about half of the cut. Reductions in the rat -u made by other taxing units, including township .school and corporation levies, make up the balance. Next year's tax bill is one ot the smallest that has been charged up against the taxpayers in Adams county for more than 10 years. In the past several years the total Dill has run from SBOO,OOO to more than a million dollars. The amount of tax due next year in each township and incorporated town in the county and in the city of Decatur, and tin totals payable this year follow: Unit 1932 Bill 1931 nn’ Union $24,900.37 $32 6(14'0 Root 40.499,99 46.54* <)P Preble 33.597.10 37.422 | Kirkland .. 28.896.14 37,919.52 Washington 45.400.22 54.303 75 St. Marys 35.241.94 45.970.86 Blue Creek 27,910.13 35.735 10 Monroe 47.232.64 57.832 95 French 25.340.23 34.766.73 Hartford 35,823.04 44.066.45 Wabash 37.312.30 41.952.12 Jefferson . 26.172.12 33,768.011 Berne 77.116.73 92.980.08 Monroe 5.209.59 6.498.24 Geneva 19,038.28 20.833 81 Decatur-Wash. 190.889.01 218 217 68 Decatur-Root 10.388.40 18.960.76 Delinquents Not Added The delinquent tax will not be added to the tax bill until next month, when the figures are certified to the county auditor. Last year, $18,027.91 was added to the bill, making the total due January 1, 1931, $878,464.50. The tax bill includes funds for which a levy is made, including state, county, township, school cities, towns and cities in the county. LEAGUE PLANS MORE ACTION Manchuria Crisis Is Not Under Control Officials Admit Geneva, Nov. 6 —(U.R) League of nations officials admitted today that radical action apparently was inevitable to control warfare in Manchuria. Previously the league’s peace efforts have been confined to settlement of controversies before they advanced beyond the stage of frontier skirmishes The Chin-ese-Japanese fighting in Manchuria has gone far beyond that stage. Aristide Brijnnd. president of the council, notified the league of nations secretariat, that the council would not he convoked before Nov. 16. as arranged when it adjourned after asking Japan to withdraw troops from Manchuria by that date. He indicated that the next session probably would be held in Paris. China lias not yet asked for league action except under article XI of the covenant, but it was believed eventually the league will be forced to act under other articles. They provide use of an (CONTINI'ED ON PAGE TWO)