Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 273, Decatur, Adams County, 19 November 1931 — Page 7

IN ADMITS ISON PLOT Conspiracy rther Probing .vjdow who told auth-J [ad a hand” in poison-1 iixl and daughter with tain insurance money i) further today in an nl full details of the Mason’S confession of at their home at Del•ial of her husband a her daughter Mildredi i«t, named three acmes .1. Crosby Hi ■ed .o complices liiestioned hut that he faith in the woman’s Hrs Ml Hcil l whom sin- hah Km fji have easily ■ K a i r( j [t «i i■• ii ■> V ealed she Ii Ml ■ tofo 1 ad hi death. ■ Mum Hi was insured I was about to send K, [ 1. arrested.” : - v mi in. d ie „Br*ts h |§§9 'll 111 I HMn i fUg h< <ii HH K H . . Hi I of BSCOUNT mm your lectric (lIGHT ■bills ■ PAYING m ■ BEFORE lov. 20 BOWER 11 BILLS Be also due Ist be paid mm twentieth of ■MONTH AT

Three Cheerful! | __ Happy, optimistic of the tutnre, Vice President Charles Curtis! . i.ett) anti Mrs. Dolly <!ann. his sister and hostess, arrived in Chicago i i Wednesday, were greeted by Hurry Curtis, Chicago attorney and son of the Vice President.

was implicated. "Mrs. Mason is highly upset," tile] sheriff said. "She told ns she obtained poison capsules from the physician and administered them! to her husband and daughter. Xat urally, we will question the doctor." I Authorities said they believed Mrs. Mason was led to poison her daughter in fear that the girl knew the cause of her father’s death, j The investigation of the deaths j started when neighbors’ suspicions were aroused over the peculiar ill-! ness of Harold Mason, 16. a son. j They recalled the unusual cir-j cumstances of the girl's death last! August and told authorities who made a secret autopsy of the girl’s body. Tlie examination disclosed death was due to arsenic poisoning, j The body of the husband now is being examined for similar symp toms and physicians have been ask ed to diagnose the illness of the boy to determine if lie too has I been poisoned. o i CIVIC SECTION PLAY MONDAY CONTINUED DRUM PAGE OMii forced to find a husband. Much comedy developcs and the ! audience lives thuii-h the many, trouble ; of Mary and Ii r real husband and borrowed husband. The play is regarded as otic of j j the outstanding home prod n tions of the season and many laughs are | promised those who attend. The cast is h ing directed by W. F. ; lleery, who has had a great deal of I ex pork nee in directing [.Jay Pol- j

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1931.

'lowing is the cast: j Ha.'vey I*. Marshall - Roy Mnmma Dr. Gerald Niles Herman Myers ! Eimpy Launlgan, Officer Shea—Joe ! Klzey. Maty Marshall -Isanel Rower. | Sylvia Mien —'Helen iShroll. ’ Miss Emily Paisley Grace Coffee Forence Ainslee—M s. it. A. MeDuffey. jSi 11a Mary Catherine Schug. Those planning to attend are urgI ed to secure their tickets before i i.ine of lli£ show Monday night. The i curtain will rise at s o’clock. EciuGful Island ’the Island of Sark, which has i been called "a pearl set in a sap- ! I'ldre sea," is renowned for its natural beauty, it has been the inspiration of poets, among whom were Swinburne and Victor Hugo. There are huge rocks over w hich the sea breaks wildly, perpendicular j cliffs and weird caves. The island | appears, in fact, to lie a veritable Garden of Eden of which any woman would delight to tie queen. (y Old Symbol of Fowcr The fusees on file United Slates | dime is not used as a symbol of Rome, hut because it was an an- 1 I cient symbol of power which has ; been used in artistic designs for een- I turies. The head is that of Lib- ’ erty. Dullness and Genius No genius ever was a dull child, and no dull child ever became 8 * genius or ever will. Albert Edward | Wlggnm.

FUND CHECKING PLAN PRAISED t CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) eribed by the Hoosier governor, are its provisions for a state tax board ! which passes upon questionable tax ' levies .proposed by municipal offij cials; the right of tax payers to J appeal from additional tax burdens j imposed by local officials, and the I state budget law which limits ex- ! penditures by slate officials. Governor Leslie outlined the Ind- ■ iana tax law as follows: “t. The state board of tax comj msjsaioners assesses the capital 1 stock of all hank and trust contpanie. “2. It assesses all public utilities. "3. It lias a light during its third' session to certify for review and : reassessment, on proper notice to the taxpayers, any property in the state that may be deemed wrongly assessed. ‘‘4. It has a right, on proper notice to the taxpayers, to order the j reassessment of any real estate in j any year other than the regular \ j year in which all teal estate is assessed. ”5. It has a right on petition of I 10 or more taxpayers to review and : pass on all bond issues or eertifi- ! cates of indebtedness where the ! amount exceeds $5,000. i "6 It lias a right on petition of 10 I or more taxpayer* to review and j \ pass on all tax levies fixed by local ■ taxing officials. j "i-'.t lias a right by and with the; i consent o tlie governor and audi- | twos tlie state to determine state I lax levies not fixed by the legisla- | lure, but only for purpose a auth .-l i ized by law. " I he so-called Indiana plan of tax ! control consists of the provisions which empower Hie state board of tax commissioners to act as a board \ to appeal,” the governor said. i nder this systi m,' he said, “taxing officials are required to give notice to taxpayers of their ! intention to issue bonds or other evidence of ind btedness for all purposes. This notice must set out j the purpose for which tlie money is I to be used, the rate of interest, the ; hind and character of improvement proposed, its estimated cost together with the tax rate of the munii c.pality affected and the amount of | outstanding indebtedness existing against such taxing unit. Any 10 or more tax payers wdio v.iil be affected by the proposed bond issue or other evidence of indebtedness, and who feel that Ihe same should not be issued for tli purpose set out in the notice, may o'dect to the action of tlie local tax officers and appeal therefrom to the state board of tax commis- ! «ion rs. A hearing is then conducted an d the board determines tlie ! controversy on its merits.” Governor Leslie then described , the workings of the state budget law under which state officials are cheeked in their expenditures of tax money. ’’ I he budget law assures careful anil 'rstandable, responsible planning, he said. "It exercises control over tin' public, purse. It enables taxing officers to consider and act on a definite financial program. It

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