Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1932 — Page 1

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CHILDREN ARE TRAMPLED TO DEATH IN FIRE Small Blaze That Would Not Have Harmed Anyone Causes Stampede WERE ATTENDING BENEFIT SHOW Talffßhuana. Chile. July 14—(Cl’t ;—Twenty ene children am ng sm) ( attending a benefit | erfortnancec at t'ae Esmeralda theater for poor fa I milies were trampled to death late . yesterday when the crowd was stampeded by a fire that would have! harmed no one. Forty iperSins, most of them: j children between the age- of 6 and; 9, were injured in the mad fight' to rea.'h the streets. Panic was the| sole cause of death and injury, as the fire in the projection booth was extinguished easily. The fire started just as the her-1 oine of a serial thrilled the children by diving from the second floor of a house into a pool cf water. The ! film flickered suddenly, there was, :a spurt of flame ftom the concrete' I enclosed projection booth, then the ' < ry of “Fire". • Persons in the balcony nearest the projection booth, jumped to the main fktor and landed on help-i less children too terrified to move. Many victims were found crushed I ■ in their places. Those in the front of the theater; 'began scrambling over seats ifterl 'the aisles were filled, some in the! t'MIuAUJ juiw,a-d to the streets I from windows Theater attendants' and level headed persons tried in ! vain to quiet the audience. Struggling. writhing liild tn 1 jammed the doors anil exits while' firemen and police fought to get the ' I dtl r clear. S on frantic moth. r< land fathers idded to the wild c nfusion by trying to force their way i inside police lines to learn if their I < hildren wt>re among the victims. CONTINCIfIi ON PAGE SIX REVIEW BOARD HAS ADJOURNED — iCounty Board Completes Session; Hearing On Valuations July 26 A hearing on Adams County's assessed valuati n'will be held before the State board of tax commissioners on Tuesday. July 26 at 9:30 "o'clock a. nt. at Indianapolis, County Auditor lAlbert Harlow announced today. Official notice of the hearing was received today by Auditor" Harlow He and County Assessor John Felty are planning to attend the heating and represent the c. unty in their official capacities. The county board of review adjourned last evening, completing; their annual session. Only two ap-j pe ils have been filed by taxpayers | with Auditor "Harlow against the I assessments n property. Mr. Harlow stated Monday, July 18. was the last day for individuals to file their appeals. * 1 The county board of review a horizontal increase on farm land assessments in eight of the 12 townships. The increases made in the townships were: Blue Creek. 10 per cent; Jefferson, 10 'per cent; Kirkland 12 per cent; Preble, 10 per cent; Rcot. 5 per cent; St Marys, 5 per cent; Wabash 10 per cent; Washington 5 per cent. Besides Mr. Harlow and Felty, the members of the boaid of review were John Wechter, county treaCONTINtJWI > ON PAGE SIX . o Condition Becomes Much Worse Today The condition of Wilbur Mdlntosh, 21, who w-js injured in a mo torcycle accident on state road No. 16, Monday night, was reported •"very low" this afternotou. Little hope was extended for his recovery. His temperature early this morning was 106 degrees, attending physician stated. He is a "patient it the Adams County Memorial hospital.

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SUIT FILED FOR STREET PAYMENT Material Companies Seeks To Obtain Payment For Second Street Suit was filed in court here to- ! day by Attorney Merl N. A. Walker of Indianapolis, entitled Kentucky Kock Asphalt Co. vs. O. W. P. Macklin. Arthur Zelir. Joseph Zehr. Phi! L. Macklin. Albert liarI low as county auditor and George i Shoemaker, Albert Reppert and F. I O. Martin, as county commissionI ers, demanding $2,250 for material furnished for the bbuildin gos Second street. An identical suit was filed by the same attorney for the Ohio Valley Rock Asphalt Co., demanding $801.90 and it is understood that the Natural Rock Asphalt Corporation will file a third ease. The complaint asks for a distribution of tile $5,177.01 now held by County Auditor Harlow and which the contractors have refused to accept as final settlement, claiming an additional sum of $1,984.21. Since the street was completed there has been a difference of the claims of contractor and the county surveyor, Ralph Roop, as to the exact amount of material used. Mr. Macklin claims that acting under orders, the amount of mater- | ial was increased as to a part of the street and his additional claim is for this work. The funds are on hand to settle the matter CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO o NATIONS SEVER | DIPLOMATIC TIE Argentina And Uruguay “Fall Out" Because of Fugitive Question Buencs Aires. July 14 —(UP) —I Argentina and Uruguay have broken I diplomatic relations after a series! of misunderstandings, the latest involving a visit by an Argentine exdle to a Uruguayan cruiser departing for Buenos Aires to participate in a National Argentine celebration The (Argentine government said Uruguay had broken relations “for reasons absolutely devoid of foundation," Uruguay took the initiative and gave the Argentine ambassador his passports late yesterday. Uruguay claimed that Argentina's attitude during the visit of the cru-| iser Uruguay wis unfriendly, and; that this 'precipitated the break. Gen. Severo Toranzo, an exiled 'Argentine. vislte dthe cruiser just before it left Montevideo to crons the river Plata and help the Argentines celebrate their holiday of July 9. Capt. lHernandez of the Uruguay * CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 11, 1932.

Judge Erwin Suffers Attack From Heat I Judge Dore B. Erwin was con-1 fined to his home today as a result of m attack, probably due to the intense heat, which he suffered yesterday while attending to legal ' affairs at Fort Wayne. He came hottie last evening, accompanied by his daughter. Mrs. John Littlejohn. i His physician said the attack wan i -■not serious but advised him to re- .! nnin in bed and keep quiet for a . day or two. . Since vacation began Judge Eri 1 win has been holding a court ses--1 sion each Thursday morning to ac- ’ commodate those desiring a herring [but it was necessary to postpone -it today. SCHOOL FUNDS DISTRIBUTED II Common School Fund Totals $7,700.84: County > Paid In $12,763.31 'Aberlt Harlow county auditor, to--1 day received a check for $7,700.84 Jto be distributed among the var,‘iious school units in Adams County, j 1 his apportionment is based on the number of children of school age J in Adams County determined by the ’ last census, taken in April. 1932. f The census of unmarried chil--1 dren between the ages of 6 and 21 i for Adams county is 6.074. and the r per capita allowance fixed by the state department is $1.26783587. Adams County taxpayers paid in a total of $12.763 31 in taxes. The county distribution is then computed according to the census and,each county receives its share of the to[tai amount of money contributed by the 92 counties in Indiana. Os the $7,700.84 to be distributed the school units will receive the following amounts. The number cf children in the township, town or city follows the amount of money to be distributed: Blue Creek $318.77 261 | French . 369.93 297 I Hartford 333.48 261 I Jefferson 259.67 236 Kirkland 398.52 312 Monroe 829.81 6361 Preble 378.45 310 Root 373.46 327 St. Marys 301.58 260 Union . 345.84 284 Wabash 819.59 628 Washington 592.74 452 Berne, town 648.72 487 Decatur, city 1,730.28 1,333 The total amount of interest on the congressional township fund received by the county is $555.39. i which is divided as follows: ! Blue Creek $36. French 33.77 Hartford 21.29 Jefferson 61.12; Kirkland 25.58 Monrod 21.09 Preble * 42.92 CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO

SCHAFER STORE TO BE ENLARGED Remodeling Program Includes Opening of Store On Second Floor Work of remodeling the interior) of the Schafer Hardware Com-} pany store is underway and C. C.i Schafer, owner, announced that in connection witli the first floor re-1 modeling a sales and display room i would be opened on the second i floor. A large 12 foot arch is being 'placed in the wall between the, double north room and the single room on the south. This arrangement will serve to put the two I rooms closer together and aid in the display of merchandise. The store occupies the three business rooms with a frontage of approximately 60 feet on Second street. With the remodeling of the ! second floor the store will be enlarged nearly one hundred percent and a commodious stairway inside of the building will lead to the second floor. All of the space, approximately 60 by 100 feet will be occupied by the Schafer store. The front rooms, now' occupied as office suites- will not be changed. New lines of merchandise will be stocked and every effort made to make the store one of the principal shopping centers in northern ! Indiana, said Mr. Schafer. "We! CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO O' MAKING TREATY FOR WATERWAYS t American And Canadian Diplomats Prepare Draft For Gate-Way Washington. July 14. — ((J.R) — American and Canadian diplomats were rushing work today on the|‘ final treaty for construction of the world's greatest waterway, the St. Lawrence waterway connecting Great Lakes and river ports with the sea and giving them easier access to the markets of Europe. Preliminary terms tor building the 1,000-mile seaway have been agreed upon by the two countries. The White House said the final treaty woe rl be ready for signature "at an early date.’’ An authoritative source informed the United Press that the agreement set, the cost of the project at about $8(3.000,000 twice as much as the Panama Canal cost. The total cost is to be divided equally between the United States and Canada, but each will be allowed credits for work a’ready done. Canada has completed more work CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX '

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RIVER CAMPERS BELIEVED SWEPT INTO THE SEA Paillon River In Nice Overflows And Safety Os Campers Feared 50 TO 100 PEOPLE LIVED ON SHORE j Nice, France, July 14—(U.R)- ' Between 50 and 100 homeless and I jobless men and women camping i under bridges along the river i Paillon were believed swept into ' the Mediterranean by a sudden j rise which sent a wall of water ; roaring down the usually dry bed. The river runs through the center of-Nice. It had been dry all I summer. Heavy rains in the Alps I flooded the river during the night ' without warning. Police today found only one man i and woman, too frightened to talk coherently, from among the 50 to I 100 who usually camped along ! the stream. Mercury Mounts To High Degree Today Decatur sweltered today under I : a hot sun and the mercury mount-1 'ed as high as 96 degrees at one j | o'clock this afternoon. The weather man predicted I continued warm today and Friday. 1 Late this afternoon clouds were I gathering in the southwest and l gave hopes of rain. The heat is I nation-wide. Heart Attack Causes Death of Louis Mussio — Fort Wayne, Ind., July 14—(UPi | —<A heart attack, caused by the! I rapid change of temperature, was believed to have caused the death I of Louis Mussio, 30. Mussio died in a community swimming pool after walking severi al blocks in the sweltering heit. DEADLOCK ON ; RELIEF MEASURE — Senate And House Conferees Cannot Agree On Relief Bill Washington. July 14—(U.R) — Senate and House conferees today conceded a deadlock on the $2,122,000,000 relief program and decided to report a disagreement back to their respective houses. Veterans March Washington, July 14 —(U.RP— A wo"bbling line of sleepy war veterans shuffled around and around the capitol grounds today, continuing a bonus demonstration which they began two days ago and vowing not to quit until they dropped or congress adjourned. Through the night they paraded in a stumbling single file. Authorities refused to let them sleep on the lawns and forced them to keep on the move. The night before they had been permitted to sleep on the grass. t f THE FIRST LAW | Indianapolis. July 14. —(U.R) — ’ The House appropriation bill j was the first to complete its j | course through the special sess- | | ion of the legislature and today : ' | bore the signature of Governor ' | Harry G. Leslie. The bill, the first introduced in the special session, was pre- I sented by Reps. Delph McKee- ; | son, Dem., Plymouth, and Har- | din Linke, Dem., Columbus. It j | calls for an appropriation of | i $120,000. | When presented in the House, j j the amount was set at $50,000. | The senate, pointing out that | : money not used will be return- | ed to the general, fund, increas- | ed it to $120,000. j 1 ♦ — ♦

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Pens Poem To Petition For Repeal Os Dry Law Indianaipolls, July 14 —(UP) —A facetious note was struck in the Senate yesterday when .Anderson Ketchum, Dem., Greensburg, introduced the accompanying poem as a petition in fivor of repeal of the Wright law? The horse and cow lives 30 years, They never touch light wines or beers; Sheep and goats are dead at 20, They drink no liquor—water, plenty; At 10 the cat has lost nine lives, On milk and water no man thrives; At five the birds are mostly dead. They look not on the wine that’s red; Bugs few days remain on earth. They do not know the cocktail's' worths But awful, wicked, rum-soaked I men Live three score years and ten. CITY PLANS TO PAY LIGHT TAX Municipal Plant to Assume 3% Tax If Federal Ruling Permits O. L. Vance, chairman of the I electric light committee of the city [ council stated today that the City Light and Power Plant was still figuring on assuming the three percent. federal tax on light bills, despite recent federal rulings. Since the passage of the law, municipal plants in this part of the state have announced they would assume the tax. Since that time rulings have been issued to the effect that the consumer must 'pay it and that the tax must be shown on the monthly receipts. The question has come up in ! Fort Wayne and Bluffton and in view of the rulings made, the city plants at those places have practically decided to abide by the government’s ruling and charge the tax to the consumer. Ruring issued show that a great nun.her cf industrial plants are exi empt from paying the tax. Other exemptkms are also made, as in the case of electric plants selling power | to other municipalities. The City I I Light and Power plant furnishes current to the Monroe Light and J Power company, and under the ruling this item would not be taxed. The council may have to change its ruling and comply with the fed- J eral law and place the tax on each bill next month. The federal tax went into effect June 22. The matter was taken up by Bluffton city officials with the State Board of Accounts and the ] following letter was received by them: “Replying to your inquiry of the ’ Bth instance, the 3 per cent elec- . trie tax is provided for in a federal ( CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO U , ANNUAL PICNIC NEXT SUNDAY c c I. O. 0. F. And Rebekah < Lodges to Hold Reunion ' At Sunset Bark i The annual picnic of the Odd Fel- , low and Rebekah Lodges will be ( held at Sun Set park, Sunday, July j 17. IAII Odd Fellows and Rebekahs in Adams County are invited to at- ( tend the picnic; which is lining j sponsored by the Decatur chapters. t The affair will begin at 10:30 , o'clock Sunday morning. Those who t do not have away to- get to the s park are asked to meet at the I. O. { O. F. Hall, corner Second and < Monroe streets, at 10:30 and trans- j portation will be provided. ( A basket dinner will be served , at 12 o’clock (noon), and a program has been arranged for the as- ( ternloon. Features of the program ( wlil will be a horseshoe pitching t contest between teams from Gene- t v.a. and Decatur, and a baseball ; game. ( All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs i and their families are invited to at- < tend and to bring well filled baskets. The committee in charge has < 'promised to have plenty pt ice i cream and lemonade, for everyone, i

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MEASUREWILL PASS IN HOUSE ON EARLY VOTE Dry Report Rejected By 51 to 41 Vote; Simmons For Majority TO COME UB IN SEN ATI] LATER Indianapolis, July 14. —<U.R) The Houses’ acceptance of a majority committee report favoring repeal of the Wright “bone dry” law held the spot light and today’s session ol the legislature. By a vote of 51 to 41 the House defeated an attempt j to substitute a minority re- ! port for the majority. The bill reported favorably for the signatures of 31 representatives. Eighteen Democrats cast their vote with dry Republicans in an effort to defeat the wet report. Virgil Simmons. Dem., Bluffton, representative from Adams and Wells counties voted against the minority report. The House must bring the bill up for passage within 24 hours. The Senate today passed a bill introduced by Earl Rowley, Rep., of LaPorte, placing a filing charge of 50 cents on each SIOO of mortgaged property. The bill now goes to the House. Senator Rowley announced he would not call before the Senate his bill for repeal of the Wright law until after the House repeal Will comes to the Senate. He said he believed stronger support would be accorded the House bill than his own. A steering committee to draft a schedule for salaries for all state, county, and township officers was named in the senate. It will be composed of four members and will meet in conjunction with a similar committee from the house. A committee was named in the house to investigate alleged fraud in the drivers’ license printing contract that former Secretary ot State Otto Fifield signed with the Ohlhaver and Burhart Printing company of Aurora, 111., in 1929. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE SEEKS TO OBTAIN ALCOHOL TRUCK [Mortgage Company Representative Here today Making Investigation H. C. Wedren, attorney for the Rainey Finance Company of Cleveland. Ohio, which holds a mortgage on the $7,500 alcohol truck wrecked north of this city, Saturday night, July 2, was in this city today looking after the interest of his company. Mr. Wedren stated he had no connection whatever with the bootleggers or drivers who were occupying the truck at the time of the accident but as his company holds a mortgage on the truck he was here to protect its interests. He stated that the truck was owned by William Martin, who purchased it from the White Truck Company and subsequently secured a mortgage from the Rainey Finance Company ot Cleveland. It is believed the owner of the truck in turn leased it to the men, who unknown to him were ruin runners, the owner and finance company being innocent parties in the deal. At the time of the accident the truck was carrying a load of approximately 700 gallons of 180proof alcohol in gallon cans. It was struck by a south-bound Pennsylvania passenger train, No. 506. at the Monmouth crossing at 11:52 o'clock Saturday night, July 2. The driver and his companion escaped in another truck before train officials reached the scene of the wreck. Sheriff Burl Johnson and a crew of county highway men confiscated the liquor and truck following the accident. The truck was brought to the Adams County highway department garage. Much of the alcohol had been removed from the truck before the officials arrived on the scene. Attorney Ferd Littterer of this city was assisting Attorney Wedren in the investigation this morning.