Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1932 — Page 2

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS, BUSINESS CARDS, AND NOTICES FOR SALE FOR SALE -Slab wood and forest pale wood. Adams County Lumber Co. telephone E. D. Colter 994 FARMS FOR SALE 40 acres, level corn land near Monroe —$4,000. 88 acres, good corn or beet land *4.500. 40 acre* level land. 3 producing oil we4ls on this farm; priced at $4,000. 140 acres, near Decatur. Ind., cun be purchased at SSOO cash, balance easy payments. 75 acres. Blue Creek twp., SSOO cash, lalance easy payments. 205 acres, good buildings, timber—s2o,ooo. 240 acres, good buildings, timber—s24,ooo. . 120 acres, near Decatur, level land $7,000. SUTTLES-EDWARDS CO. J , 47t3 WR SALE —Registered Holstein male and cow. Good tolid apples, 50 and 35 c >nts. Ten men wanted to trim trees for share of fruit. J. (». Tricker, phone 869-H. 48-3 t FOR SALE Repossessed Moline manure spreader, slightly used, ala good saving. H. Knapp and Son 48-3 t FOR SALE —Two Guernseys cows will be fresh soon. John Hinek. .'route 4, Decatu . Prebl - phone. 48-3 tx FOR SALE —One Holstein cow with i —ealf by side. Call 719-E. 48-3 t FOR RENT FOR JIENT —House at 705 Walnut | St. Phone 1202. 46-3 t ' FOR RENT —(Semi modern five I room house at 241 North Seventh , street. Teue Vail Wicks, phone 17. 48t3x I FOR RENT —5 room modern fur-1 pished flat, with steam heat fur-j nished. on Mercer- Ave. Phone 79. • 48t3: WANTED WANTED — Holstein bull, old! enough for service. Sylvester I Staub, Phone 719-G. 47-2tx WANTED —A position by elderly lady as housekeeper in a widow I er's home, or to care for children in a motbe less home. Write box 3*7,1 ■r Democrat o.fice. 47-3tx i SALESMEN WANTED—Men want- ' ed to establish and conduct Rawleigh City business in Cities.of Decatur. Fort Wayne. Bluffton and Portland. Reliable hustler can start earning $35 weekly and increase ! rapidly. W.it-> immediately. Rawleigh ,Co.. Dept IN-29-V, Freeport, j 111. ' F. 25 M-2-7 WANTED —Insurance salesmen. No | debits and no lapsas. Supervisors | and district managers picked i from field fotee. No depression so" ! our men. Territory filling fast. Men I wanted for Adams. Wells, and Jay I counties. For personal interview write C. A. Sherman. 525 She. land ' Building. South Bend. Ind. 48-3tx i WANTED —House cleaning, wash- ; ing and ironing, or any kind of ' house work Mis. U. E. Cramer 253. North. Seventh street. 48-3tx ■ - —o MONEY TO LOAN Have S3OO to loan on first mortgage city property. A. D. Suttles,; agent. 47t3 " -o | When G'es* Glass would slowly disintegrate ! if buried in moist soil. The action on I lie glass would be due primarily to water and alkali. The disintegrat , ing action would vary with the com ■ position or character of the glass ‘ and the •■'mditiims i.nt obtained hi the soil. This action would prob ably be extremely slow with any i glass. »nd it would probably be ccn- I furies l>c f »re some glasses would be I completely disintegrated. XOIKE Os IIXII. »i; 11-I.KMKV r . s»f est v 1r; vo. Notice I- hereby given to tlie creditors, hi u s and legatees of George L. Gase, oceas -d to appear In the Adams Circuit Court, held at Decatur, Indiana, on the lath day I of March, 11,82. and show'cause, If; liny, why th-' FINAL Sil i'TI.II.M !•;.< l 1 ACCrit'At S With the estate ot said [ ilr'<'>nl should not l.e apprioi;! ami said holts ar- fu.tlfte.l l , 1 j and there inalo proof of b-irshlp. and receive their distributive snares. I Ailminl-trator with wifi annexed, lua.atur, Indiana, February IS. I It:;;* , ■ Attorney (rralite and I. ttteri-r. V I*l'ol VC III; vr or 1.X1.1 ( roll \ <» Notice in hereby given. That the I .. inHierxiifufc'l huM Been appointed Ex- <•< utor <,f th • estate of Sylvester VV. Peiei'H'tn late of .Vjajnx county, de-i ceased. The estate is probably sol-I vent. r . , Frank S. I\ tersun, Executor February loth 1032. Judsoii W. *1 etiple, Attorney. r ' >. AUTOS Re-lina need on eimtller paymeats. Quick service. Franklin Security Co Phone 237 Decatur, Indian™

‘MARKET REPORTS DAILY REPORT OF LOCAL AND FOREIGN MARKETS BERNE MARKET - Corrected Feb. 25 I | No commission and no yardage.. i-1 4 i Hogs, 100-150 pounds $3.3* < I 150-220 pounds $3.90 220-250 pounds $3.70 250-300 pounds $3.50 1 I Roughs $2.50 $2.75. Stags—sl.so 1 [ Vealers SB.OO. Spring lambs $5.50 d 1 EAST BUFFALO LIVESTOCK East Buffalo. N. Y.. Feb. 25. —(U.R) ' | —Livestock: l Hogs: on sale. 3.000; fairly active to all interests; 5 to 10c lower; hulk, 160-210 lbs., $4.50*4.60; mixtures with light or medium weight end, $4.3054.45; 220-250 lbs., $4.25- ’ $4.50; 270-310 lbs., $3.85-$4.10; pigs, $3.75-$4. Cattle: Receipts, 275; medium heifers steady at $5.75; cows slow; i , about steady; steers unsold; cutter grades. $1.50-$2.75. Calves: Receipts, 450; vealers slow, steady at recent decline; $9 down. Sheep: Receipts. 900; lambs lather slow; generally steady, good to choice woolskins. $7; some held higher: few common and medium, s<; fat ewes, $4 down. CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Mar. May July Sept. Wheat .58% .62 .63% ,65 Corn .36 .46 .42% .44 Oats .22% .25% .25% .26% LOCAL GRAIN MARKET Corrected Feb. 25 , No. 2. New Wheat 48c ' 30 lbs. White Oats 19c l 28 lbs. White Oats 18c i Barley 30c Rye 30c i Soy Beans 30c ■ New No. 4 White co. n 31c i New No. 4 Yellow Corn 36c LOCAL GROCERS EGG MARKET Eggs dozen 12c Arlington Cemetery Mansion The mansion in Arlington ceme- ! tery has been restored to the condiI tlon in which it was when a private | residence. A great deal of the orig- i inal furniture could not be secured. ' since it hail come from Mount Vernon and had been returned, hut I*I riod furniture has been used. It ' a handsome example ofa planta 1 tion home before the Civil war. o Most Serious Offenses The seven grave offenses reported I most fre<|uep-Jy to the United ■ States police are felonious homicide, including (a) murder, aon-negligent I man slaughter, ami (b) wan.-laugli ter by negligence; rape, robbery, ag i gravxted assault, burglary—break iug or entering; larceny—theft. In , eluding (a) thefts of SSO and o v er I sb) thefts of tm-ler SSO, am. auto l theft Q Test of Music •"lliere Is only one critical judg- : merit I can rely upon in music—the verdict < f the spine.” Fritz Kreisler told me. 'lf I feel a thrill jown my spine, from my own work or that of any other man. I 'know i Dutt it Is good. Let ,ne critics say what they will. There is no finer test. And If an artist never knows ; that thrill, or loses it. he Is . In tin- wrong business.” —Beverly Smith Io the Arner’can Mag'ixlne Valuable “Bun-sy” A sable-marked rabbi; fur valued I at ss.ot'o. was shown ai an interna Unnai show in London S. E. BLACK FUNERAL DIRECTOR ! Airs. Black. Lady Attendant Calls answered promptly day or night. ' Office phone 500 Home phone 727 [ ?mbulance Service N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted HOURS: 8.30 to xl;30—12;30 to 5:00 Saturdays 3:<)0 p. m. Telephone 135 For BEITEK HEALTH S«e DR, H. FROHNAPFEL Licensed i Chiropractor and Naturapatli I Radionic diagnosis and treatment. ■ Phone 314 104 So. 3rd St. Office Hours- 10-12, 1-5, 6-8 10 years in Decatur. LOBENSTEIN & DOAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS Calls answered promptly day or night. Ambulance Service. Office Phone 90. I Resiaencs Phone. Decatur 1041 Residence Phoun, Monroe 81 LADY ATTENDANT

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'■ ♦ Test Your Knowledge „ | Can you answer seven of these j test questions’ Turn to Page Four for the answers. • « 1. Wheie is the Yankee Stadium? 2. What country is called the Land ot the Dragon'.’ 3. What do the initials 1. W. W. stand for? 4. Where in the United States is there a Leper colony? 5. What famous musical composer was born in Dublin. Ireland? 6. Who is Governor of Virginia? 6 Who said: "All is lost save honor"? 8. Whee is Mt. McKinley’ 9. What is the alloy cf copper called? 10. What is a tide-rap'. o DEATH CLAIMS MONROE WOMAN (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) (Funeral sS.yiceis will be held Saturday afte.noon at 1:30 o'clock at the Absolm Everhart home, and at 2 o'clock at the Methodist Episcopal church at Munroe. Rev. E M. Dunbar, pastor, will officiate and will be assisted by Rev. Vernon Riley. pastor of the Friends church. Burial will be in the Smith Cemetery, 2 miles south of Monroe. e i COURTHOUSE — i Albert and Osie C hristman, of. southern Adams county we.e arraigned in Adams circuit court cm a charge of assault and battery I Bach pleaded not guilty and fur- 1 nished bonds in the sum of S2OO. . o CANTATA WILL BE REPEATED CUN I INUED FROM PAGE f'NEj lie a feature of the program and two I shot playlets will be presented.; featuring events in George Wash-1 ington's li.e. The cantata lias been directed by Miss Schindler, and Miss Grate ' Coffee assisted by Miss Ila Scott i had charge of Cue costumes. Edward 1 J?,berg had charge of the stage pro- j perties and Lowell Smith, the light-1 ing effects. The school auditorium was filled ' to capacity at the presentation of the p oduition last Monday night, j and a similar crowd is anticipated I tonight. o— — Sanskrit's High Place Sanskrit Is regarded as the rnnai 1 important and highly organized of historic languages It la full amt flexible, and lias a broad range of ! grammatical construction. Its dis eovery in the Eigliti-enth century . was the most important liappenlng in the whole histoiy <>f eastern <ul titre. Tbe study of this language opened up the primitive Indo Euro pean period, and origisc-e<l the sc’ <>nee of philolo-'v o Fish From the Ski es , A shower of fish was vouched for j by scientists in England, in i;)18. when a shoal of small fish was caught in a waterspout and carried up into the air and a strong wind swept the fish inland, to drop them on tile earth. o Checking Mildew Mildew can he cheeked by Brushing over books with s;>irits of wine or s few drops of an essential oil, : such as oil of cloves, applied with a soft cloth. o SALE CALENDAR i | Feb. 25—T. D. Ramsey, % mile i east of State line, on road No. 17. I and 2 miles north. Roy Johnson, nuct. Feb. 26—Graham and Parrish. % mile north of Monroe and 1 mile east. Chester White Bred sow sale. Roy Johnson, auct. Feb. 27 Craigville Community sale at Craigvill«, hid. H. H. High, auctioneer. Feb. 29—Sclieumann and Unitemeiar, 6 miles northeast of Decatur on state road No 27. Mar. I—Joe Depwlg. 2 mile soutli of Coldwater, Mich. Closing out sale Roy Joliusou. auct. Mar. 4-—Beu Shroyer, 2 miles east and 1 mile north ot Decatur.

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FFas Fatal Hoax Cable Heiress' Spotlight Bid? * * ♦ * ♦ ♦ Solution of Cook Death Mystery Offered by Uncle After Disclosures of Girl’s Passion , j for Monopolizing Attention. ■ 1 Sw x ‘is - j Bl Miss EuzAbETiK rjK Basrett Cook j Sr George T Arnold Sensational disclosure* of previous pranks played by Elizabeth Barrett Coo'k, Boston heiress who died while en route home from Italy after receiving a cable announcing the “death” of her fiance, prompted her uncle, Dr. Francis E. Carroll, to offer the solution that the dead heiress was the victim of her own passion for publicity. Persons who had previously cressed the Atlantic with Miss Cook told tale* of the young woman s strange behavior on several occasion*. Once, it is said, she lured an Indian Maharajah into the belief that she would marry him, but when the dusky potentate summoned the captain of the ship to hi* cabin to perform the ceremony, the Boston heiress bolted, leaving the uncomfortable skipper to explain the “joke.” It is also recalled that when Mis* Cook crossed the Atlantic las* December she received a Similar fake message while the liner was off Lisbon. The girl attempted to throw herself overboard on that occasion and the resulting investigation disclosed that she had sent the message to herself Dr Carroll believe* that the event* which led to her death were part of another scheme whorebv the young woman hoped to attract attention, but that she miscal'uiated the amount of drug she administered herself to give the impression of suicide.

Boston, Mass., — While mystery I still enshrouds the death of Eiuai beth Barrett Cool:. Boston heiress who died on board the liner Chinese j Prince while enroute to Boston ! from Italy in response to a fake , ; cablegram announcing the death of' Ider fiance. SL. George Tucker Ar-1 nold. a possible solution has been I I offered by the dead girl's uncle. Dr. | i Francos E. Carroll. i It is only fair to joint out that ] ■ Dr. Carroll offered his solution after ; he had heard the o pcc- i i pie who had come in contact with . Miss Cook and . eamrked upon h-r ’ I je._ u.arities. Briefly, the key to-the j j entire enigma is that, far from be-' I Ing the victim of a cruel hoax. Miss Cook herself was the perpetrator of, the events that are said to have i caused her death. The heiress, according to many who knew her, was the type of per- i son abo must at all times occupy the spotlight whatever the cost. Even her fiance, St. George Arnold is quoted as admitting that she loved to dramatize herself. Passengers who sailed with Miss Cook on her crossing lo E trope last December recalled a similar fake i resaage received by the young I woman when tite liner was off Lisbon. At that time the apparently distracted heiress attempted to throw herse.f over board, but in the resultant investigation of the message it was found that she had sent it to herself. Miss Cook's friends insist that the Chinese Prince utpisbde was a similar prank and in the suicide gesture which followed she unintentionally took an ove dose of nerve sedative. Another prank played by the girl I in her passion for the limelight bad ; an Indian Jlaharajah for the victim o her caprice. This Was on a previous Atlantic crossing when Miss Cook lured the dusky poten-

tate into believing she would mar.y him aboard ship. Th? Maharajah fell for the hoax ! and summoned the shfp captain—j which by the way was the liner Sin-! > aia—to hrs cabin to perfrwm the j i marriage ceremony. Scared by the] I serious turn he. "joks" had taken, I ; Miss Cook bolted from the scene, i I leaving an uncomfortable group of j ships officers to explain her ■ I Strap go sense of humor as best] they could. It is on the accounts of eyewit-1 ] senses to these episodes that Dr. , i Carroll has built his sefution, which I is, that his niece was . u sering f om I i egoitic mania- was of the hysteriod type who craved to put herself i always in the front row, to be the I center of attraction. Dr. Carroll fur- ; ther declares that asjdums all ove the country are fill?*]’ with people I similarly afflicted. One of the peculiarities of the ] girl's condition was that she apparently wanted all the sen~:rti'>n<] of suicide without actually dying, —she merely wanted to enact a movie of dying. This maudlin fancy seems to hav-> been the cause of her death, for in staging the unreal situation, Miss Cook inadvertently look too much of the sedativj she used to introduce realism in her ad. Another mystery that has nit: been explained Is the tea y .in for Miss Cook's shipping aboard the Chinese Prince, which is a combination lin-r and freighter. The girl had pletrty money more than was good for her, according to |ier uncle —and she could have taken any one ■jf a dozen floating palaces that would have taken her In Boston more speedily and in greater- comfort than the boat she t hose. Mins Cook was in Naples, Italy, when she supposedly received the hoax cable telling of the "death" ■ of Mr. Arnold and warning her not

I to come home. Her niynterous death I occurred between Naples and Gibraltar and her body was .taken aI shore at the latter port for an an-1 | topsy. So far the post mortem has | ’ ‘ merely disclosed that the heire -s ’ I died of a German drug used as a I : sleeping potion. No trace lias yet I ; I een found of the sender of the I I fake message. SHANK FAVORS ASSESSMENTS BY REAL VALUE (CONTINUED FR<‘-’ .GE ONE) ; l*- cut 50 per cent will cost the I | farmers a lot of money if it is not ; stopped. The man with personal ( I property or intangible property I will begin to 'cover up,’ because! if the appraisements are cut tool much the tax rates will have to be increased and no one is goilig to I pay a six or seven dollar rate. I when investments yield only three |or four per cent," Mr. Shank | stated. "You assessors have the most I important job in the state." Mr ■ Shank stated. "It is a serious job ■ and I urge you to do your duty I the best you can and be honest ■ as you can in trying to plaee a ' fair, variation on everybody's pro- ; perty," is the way Mr. Shank ■ pleaded with the assessors. Mr. Shank stated that the aver- | age reduction in the state on rail- | road property was only six per I cent last year. “The one way and surest way ! to reduce taxes." Mr. Shank stat- ‘ ed. "is to spend less. Most of the j money you now raise taxes for is l for money already spent in the ' form of bond issues for improved I roads and schools. Spend less i and you'll have less taxes.” was . the way Mr. Shank summed up his i argument. . Several farmers and a number i ot' the assessors aske-l questions of Mr. Shank. Matters not pertaining to the job of assessing, such as railroad and utility valuations. <the income tax. the state highway department, building state ronds. etc., were mentioned by the speakers. Mr. Shank explained, that he represented the state i board of tax commissioners and I could not speak for the other I state boards. He did commit himself in favor of an income tax. but | stated that that question was a 1 matter for the legislature to de- : cide. Mr. Shank read a list of the ; average of farm 1 lands in tliy 12 townships, effec■l rive now and (ompared with 1925. I The figures showed that the values j were reduced al hut S2O per acre i Since that time. One farmer said i his firm was assessed at SIOO per i acre. It is in Monroe township I Another farmer said his farm was assessed for more than S9O per acre. Mr. Shank stated in some cases the appraisements Inti to ■ f ; lowered and in others it might be I in< ’•eased. Obiections were made by -ever al of those present, that land cal ties were entirely too high Fig-, I tires were given showing the cut , in railroad values last year, applicable to Adams county, the rodne- 1 I tien being more than six per cent. Mr. Shank stated it was expert-1 ed that values would be less this year and that, in those counties where it was shown that go > 1 I judgement was used and the pro-) I perty trnpraised at its trne • cash I value that no changes or increases i would be ordered. 1 Mr. Shank mentioned in his talk I that hist year the people of Adams i county got off on the right foot i “Your total tax bill has been reduced from $860,000 to s7lo.i)'Ki i That's saving money and is the kind of tax reduction you and i want. The reducing of values does | not mean cutting the tax bill." I the s»ate representative etnpha"W——IIIMII 111 II 11 II HILI F” Ashbaucher’s MAje s t i c FURNACES ASBESTOS SHINGLE BOOKING SPOUTING LIGHTNING RODS Phone 7(75 or

sized. In regards to personal property, Mr. Shank read the listings on the schedules to be filled out. He stated that hay and grain and farm prodine should be taken at (he market value, less the cost of delivery. Cattle, hogs, sheep and livestock should be assess* d nt the market value, fte expressed the opinion that the price of horses and mules would be higher this year, because there were fewer of them anti the demand for horseflesh was imtreasing. M . Shank stat d that one of the abuses in assessing was in listing | household good. He said that on a i average this item was too many ; laces the value of a tar eoat is more than the total house- i hold assessment and it is listed for taxation. Con luding liis talk and instruc-'

“Community Auction Sale] DECATI IL INDIANA ■ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, Ccmmencing at 10:00 A. M C.'i load of South Dakota horses, most of thorn are well Cattle; Ilogs; Sheep. Fordson tractor and 12 inch Oliver Tractor disc; John Deere Hiding breaking plow. Oilier and many articles too nunieroUt to mention. Ba Bring in whatever you have to sell. DECATUR COMMUNITY’ SALM il'.iy S Johnson. Philip Stral’m. Gilbert Sellers an. t louvers. ■■ Leo E! Inger, clerk. Bj t3Ka— ■>! immi mil i cir.'iiea—J

*- -■—im-' »—nm I EXTRA VALUES FOR THE I L AST TWO DAYS OF OUR jj WAY BACK WHEJ Men’s » h|| H g Work Sox f| seamless heel W ■ and toe pT aggJ pair .. DC M ™ WHITE ROSE QLILTING COTTON. 7.NW. ««■ sheet of soft fluff v white cotton Batt 12 MOMKEE . :i,K PONGEE 10 J in N'atura- Color—vard PURE SILK I I LL FASHIONED H'lS’E in all want* shades—ait sizes XT|/i regular SL .'l) value—pair ’ VV - .. n-i,.ii t i y ■ *- ■■ 1 * * “* .l.a> Z'O vvLiGHI BLLE DENIM QVERALLSion cm, suspenuer nack XQf very special ? I HENS HEAVY MOLESKIN PANTS (Ki an sizes—vame 11.30 . . vV’ li-.n-nr.) .vuilu j G?,h-MKAPS, PUMPS, FANC xi—j, iu pu.cni, i».aca kiu ano uruwn < 1 X v uuan atm nigu beets EADIES NEW M-W.Xt, MILLINER) in all cokl anti mack, arge avto medium Ski (H iteau sizes j • 2_-_ LADIES mIK StttlPfc JERSEY BLOOMER* | (h in an colors . ' *’_Z CHILDRENS SLIPOVER SWEATERS, part sizes 28 to ;;1, all colors QQf and hlack MENS DRESS OXFORDS Cl S’ in all sizes D CHILDRENS OXFORDS and - One-Straps. Patent and Gunmetal, sizes 7 to 11 1 2 - LADIES SILK DRESSES — values up to SHI.OO ' m own, green, tile, blue, black, in new O for Ni styles and one and two piece styles *' L—wl * to! raw Sn H 8 ORIGIN Al I WIR-' H—SSB £iS£Si

Hons to tli<. assessor,. m'iß stated "g, t for taxation J: „| !he ,. and your i. lX ,. s uin . Mr. Shank ;et U r)H tins aft.-rn , H . Ul|J « bly that In- | loni( , h ‘ terdai a::, , 1!H1 |h> to return 'a. rn,. a; *■ meet t.ic .. ■ ——q— Nature Reverwi ■ In Central , ■ the sumnice : nd no; ; n , w

FISH! Hsil Pfenty of fresh and unJ fish and oysters, fl M U T S ( H LER-I Phones 106 and < I We deliver. I