Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1933 — Page 1

Leather Ey cloudy with L northwest L tonight and [h and central L Friday; not [change in Lture.

DMINISTRATION URGES SALES TAX

■m GUARDS ! »FIELD TO JiftT STRIKE Bttafon of National .luai Isnit'ii Called Out EHn Wisconsin 1J TO CRUSH STRIKE S — IX. Wis. May 18—(UP) of the publishing the Beloit Daily News •■OEireatened in an anonymtoday because of the stand against the I^^Hp S in milk strike. '.■■."fcnange your attitude on the ■ilk [trike or you will be look--~K, f o r a different plant,” said K* letter, signed "Advance Esmijittee." Khy iiin. W is.. May I<S.— iKillaliun of 'national " was ordered into K field today to combat a "HBstnition of striking fanners while 2,200 -*Per tr<><»|H‘rs donned figlilatpptiiiimenl readv for inKnt tnl'divement of martial State authorities apparently pneil to crush with one blow farmers in the milk jBH Orders were issued at Stimi shortly after midnight tin infantry compnumachine gun company ainlmlance outfit from this area and send them tn Outagamie county. It PPnod that members of tlie milk pool, which prehe milk embargo, plan nitration there todav. - same time Adjutant Pinlph Immell gave orders guardsmen who have deputies under county to don their uniforms and fighting eqttipmetu. continue under rout- . Bed as county authoriites. but was regarded as a premove toward immediate PoPim-nt of martial law in the ■r than 1,500 guardsmen :i 1in the field, and 750 -peßare lining held in readiness ■ want use. lielieved tlie demonptk i would he attempted at riWKf. OX PA OK PIVKI Hi House Windows "MAro Being Repaired Hi men were busy today reBriai number of tlie windows S tfc court house. The recent liroke several of them w-re about ready to fall total of 11 twines will Inc reThe gl'iss measures 4n by and the work was iteing the supervision of M'ilHP' ”f 'he I.ee Hardware fontH'siuiio' companies will pay ■ 1 of h-pKi'Clng the panes. |L TEST TUX M INTANGIBLES — Pti" itutionality of State flx Law Will Be Test* ! I ed At Muncie of Indiana’s new tax law will he tested superior court. [gif F- White, Muncie attorney administration lead- ■ drafting the bill, will assist defense. . su it was brought by tlie finance Company. It asks injunction restraining tlie jHboanl of tax commissioners, Auditor Joseph T. Meredith Assessor Pearl C. Hop carrying out provisions M act. H. Bales, county attorney. the county officials. is not the first court aca t the intangibles H IU >t is the first in which all questions are raisexplained. suits have been (lied in ■P* courts, but moot of them PP but one or two constitutionand several could he without decisions touching H 1,18 constitutionality of Hie;

DECATUR DAFLY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXXI. No. 118.

♦ * SELECT SITE ! I "May 18, 1836. The com- ’ J missioners aforesaid met pur- i suant to adjournment; present, j j the same members as yester- | day. There being no further ; [ ! sites offered or proposals made, | the commissioners aforesaid, j after due deliberation, do select [ the site offered by Thomas j Johnson as the most suitable, j and thereupon permanently fix ; and establish the county seat i j of the county of Adams on the I j said site, beginning part of j | the northeast quarter of sec- ! ; tion 3, township 27, north, of | ] range 14 east, and thereupon ! , proceeded to the aforesaid ! j town site and marked a white : | oak tree about two feet in diameter with two blazes on ! four sides on each of which I | the commissioners individually subscribed Ills name; which i | tree is to be within the said ; town Rite. "And the commissioners adjourned without day. “William Stewart, “Joseph H. MeMaken, “William G. Johnson, “Robert Hood/' !♦— — «

PLAN CHANGES IN RESTROOM Ladies Comfort Station Will Be Moved To Courthouse Basement Pirns are bein’g drawn by County Engineer Ralph Roop for a ladirS rest room and comfort station in the northeast corner of the court house basement, in tlie room formerly occupied by the coumty highway department. Work on repairing the rest room and toilets on the first floor of the building was slopped today, preparatory to remodeling the new room, which has an outside entrance from Madison street. Tlie county commissioners will receive proposals from contractors for doing thy work and furnishing tlie material. Tlie commissioners plan to move the county assessor's office from the second floor of the building to the room formerly occupied by the rest room. This room at one time was an entrance to the cordon - of the court house. It w*:s made into a comfort station several years ago When work started on repairing the toilets and plumbing it was found tW.it the soil pip-s and other equipment were eaten away and had to be replaced. Since larger quarters were desired the commissioners decided to change the location of the rest room a .d bring the office of the county assessor to the first floor. Th.? work of remodeling will begin as soon as prices are obtained from the plumbers and contractors. The highway office is now located in the surveyor's office on- the first floor of the Court house. Engineer Roop also being the road supervisor. Bishop Edgar Blake To Speak In Portland Word was received here today that Bishop Edgar Blake of Detroit would s]>eak in Portland, Friday, May 19 The program will be held at 7:30 o'clock at the M. E. church. ! Bishop Blake is making 12 speeches in Indiana against the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. His subject is, Ihe huHd to Ruin." Former Judge C. L. Walters of this city, chairman of the speaker's committee here, stated that several people from this city would hear Bishop Blake. Council To Receive Bids On New Truck Bids will be received by the city council on June 6 for the purchase of a one and one-half ton truck for the water department. The specifications call for a six cylinder truck, the old truck to be traded in on the deal. —o Memorial Day Flags Tine fKtgs for the graves of de- i ceased soldiers for all cemeteries In the north half of the county tt re now on hands at the Teeple and Peterson clothing store amd may be obtained there by representatives from the various cemetery assoela- | tlons. Please call for them as soon I as possible.

Slate, National Anti lalrraatlonal \r„.

COUNTRY CLUB 1 IS PURCHASED Clark J. Lutz Buys Property At Sheriff’s Sale Today The club house of the Decatur] j Country club and 20 acres of land adjacent tliereto were sold at sher{iff’s sale this morning to C. J.; Lutz, well known Decatur attorney, j who held a mortgage of $4,540.33 on the property. Mr. Lutz, who formerly owned j the property, hid $4,625, which amount included part of the costs. Mr. Lutz announced that he would not ask for a receiver, but would abide by the lease on the property. 1 Adams Post No. 43, of the Amer ican Legion recently leased the | club house and nine hole golf! course from Frank Jovine of Chicago. The Lutz property and land was sold to Paul Schulte of Chicago in 1925. Mr. Schulte purchased considerable land on both sides of the; ' j road from the Lutz residence and made a golf course. Later the residence was remodeled into a

commodious club house and an addition was built, including a banquet hall and locker and dressing ; rooms in the basement. Possession of the property wall be given to Mr. Lutz one year from date of sale. The Legion Post has a one-year lease on the property and Mr. Lutz stated he did not wish to interfere with the operation of the club this year. No other bids were filed at the sale today, couducted by D. M. Hower, deputy sheriff in the corridor of the court house. o l)r. E. T. Franklin Will Speak Sunday Dr. E. T. Franklin, superintendent of the Methodist hospital. Fort Wayne, will speak at the Methodist church in this city Sunday morning. Dr. Franklin will speak at the 10:45 service, substituting for Rev. C. P. Gibbs, pastor, who is a patient at the Methodist hospital, Indianapolis. It was also announced that there will be no evening service Sunday at the local church. WABASH RIVER LEVEE BREAKS Waters Spread Over Vast Area In Knox County After Break Evansville, Ind.. May 18— (U.R) — A large section of the Wabash 1 river levee near Emison collapsed early today, flooding more than 15.000 acres of Knox county farm land. The break caused a rapid fall in the river at Vincennes where ! city employes had worked throughout the night sandbagging gates | of the new concrete sea wall. Emison is a few miles north of Vincennes. Waters rushing through the broken levee spread over a vast area in the northern Knox county. Many farmers were driven from their homes and It was feared that much livestock was destroyed. U. S. highway 41 was inundated hut officials hoped it could be kept open for traffic. The break occured in the Biblac levee, one of the three systems which the civilian conservation corps will repair this summer. The Evansville - Henderson bridge across the Ohio was still intact, forming one of the few remaining links between Kentucky »♦♦♦♦ *♦ • * -* * * f PONTTNTJF7D ON PAGE TWO! Jubilee Singers In County Sunday The Jubilee Singers, a colored male-quartet from Marlon will sing at three meetings in Adams county Sunday. Their first appearance will he at the Christian Union | Church at Cralgville Sunday morn- ! ing, At 2 p. tn. they will be at the j st. Paul Christian Union church, four miles south of Decatur on the county farm road, and at 7:30 at ,the Kirkland school gymnasium. The quartet has broadcast over station WO WO many timer. No admission charge will be made for the programs, but a free will offer-1 ing will be taken.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 18, 1933.

Ninety-Seven Years Old

Ninety-seven years ago today, on > May 18 1836 the city of Decatur was | born. On that date the county! fathers picked out an o.ik tree in i the' middle of the forest and said that spot would be the county seat. | Two years later five log cabins; mad;- up the town. Hunting was possible from back | doors. Although the Indians had been moved out in 1832, their dep-; redatioms were still feared. Flat j boats plied the St. Marys river. A fast trip to Fort Waynie took at; least a day. Venomous snakes and | dangerous wild animals were pre-1 j valent. lui. 1833 Samuel Rugg, the best known of the early Decatur resi-! djeints, came to Root township, Al-i ien county, to establish a mill on j I the St. Marys river where Decatur i ; now stands. He found that the mill- j i site was perfect, but there was j I inothing to mill. The first settler, Henry Lowe, had come to the county in 1819. At that time there were scarcely a dozen families in the whole county. Rugg d<ecided to stay and grow up with the country. Not until 1852 did he think oani ditions warranted building his mill. After Adams county was separated from Allen county it was necessary to choose the site for the county steiat. Quite spirited arguments were held. The locating commissioners chose Decatur for topo- 1 graphical, not geographical or pt*litical reasons. The geographical center is the site of the present city of Monroe. It was deemed unfit be j cause of the lowland which was, covered with water much of tlie]

PUSH FORWARD PEACE DRIVE Twelve Nations Promise Full Consideration of Bid For Peace Washington. May 18. — (U.R) — Cheered by friendly messages from 12 foreign rulers, President Roosevelt today pushed forward his drive for world peace, disarmament and prosperity. Norman H. Davis, America’s 'ambassador of peace" in Europe, was ordered to Geneva to sponsor the President’s disarmament and security plan before the world disarmament conference meeting Friday. Secretary of State Hull expedited preparations for the world economic conference in London. Chancellor Hitler's speech, well received here, appeared to end the danger of a Franco-German crisis and to open the way for a European disarmament treaty. King George oi Great Britain, President Le Brun of France and ; heads of 10 other nations promised fullest consideration by their gov--1 erntnents of Mr. Roosevelt's bid for. peace. King George cabled the President: “I thank you for your important message which I have communicated to my governments in order that it may receive their fullest *U'ONTI SV DP ON PAGE TWO) WELLS COUNTY OFFICER SUES County Attendance Officer Files Mandamus Suit Against Council Blutfton, May 18. — (Special) — Miss Mineva Scott, Wells county attendance officer, lias filed a man damus action against the county council, in which she seeks a court order mandating an appropriation of S4OO to provide funds for her salary and expenses during the balance of the attendance officer year from January 1. ; Members of the county council named are DeVilla Lamm. J. A. Brickley, T. J. Brickley, James C. Gilbert, A. O. Speheger, David Meyer and L. M. Springer. It is alleged in the complaint that Miss Scott was duly elected by the county board of education to begin duties of attendance officer August 1. 1931, and tliai she still it Hie duly elected and authorized attendance officer, there having been no action taken for appointment of a successor to her in that office, and the office not having been vacated by hor, according to I »•♦»»»♦ •# 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

; time. The marshy land was a bredj ing grout d for ague or the "shakes" I a fever prevalent at that time. Large Donation Thomas Johnson in making his | offer -for a townsite, promised to j idonate the following: individual notes tor $3,103, a half a square lot; | for the public square, one acre for i I j a county cemetery, a lot apiece to | ! the Methodist, Presbyterian, Catlioj lie, and Baptist churches, expenses of the locating commissioners, ami | the furuishing of a temporary' 1 county building. | Samuel Rugg became- interested . j in the promotion of the city and helped Johnson plat it, 11l the oriI ginal plat were four east and west 1 streets; Monroe, Madison/ J fferj son and lAdams; and four north and I south; Front, Second. Third aind ; ] Fourth and Fifth strepis This was ; recorded June 13, 1836. Tlie southern addition was platted in 1844. The seminary addition including the land from the water works park to Marshall street was laid into lots in 1871. The population grew slowly at first. By 1850 there were 43 families in the town with a total population of 23e; Li. 1860, 483; in 1870, 947! in 1880., 1,905: in 1890, 3,142; in 1900, 4,142. Today the population is 5,156. First House The first house built in Decatur j was owned by Jacob Hotter. Sam- ] uel Rugg built the first brick house. ; jin 1838 Henry Rei-chard establish- . ed the first store on the corner of 1 Monroe and Front streets. J. I). I (CON nnton VaV'e* "fiveT*

Kirkland Township Girl To Graduate Miss Dorcas Byerly. daughter of j Mrs. J. A. Byerly of Kirkland township will be a member of the 1933 graduating c-iass of the Henry Ford Hospital School of Nursing at Detroit, Michigan. Graduation exercises for the 75 i members of the class will be held ! in the educational building and the school glee club, composed of 80 students will present the music. I Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford will present the diplomas and pins respectively. A reception will be held immediately following the exercises. in the Clara Ford Nurses Home. C, E. STRIKER IS CANDIDATE Announces Candidacy For Re-election As County Superintendent The election of a county superintendent of schools became a three cornered affair today with the »r> • nouneement that Oilfton E. Striker, incumbent of the office was a candidate to succeed himself. Mr. Striker announced this afternoon that he would be a candidate to the post. The election will be ; held June 5. when the township trustees meet to select a head for the county school system. Mr, Striker is servi g his second term as county superintendent. He 1 was elected in 1925 and again in 1929. Previous to taking office, Mr. Striker taught school in Monroe, '* Wabash and Hartford townships I He was graduated from the Berne high school in 1912. Following several years teaching Mr. Striker entered Indiana University and was graduated with an ! A. B. degree. In 1930 he obtained his Master of Arts degree. He also has taken one years work at Chi . eago University and has devoted all , Ills time to educational and school matters since assuming the coun- ., ty office. Begins Friday New Serial Story “STOLEN LOVE” By Hazel Livingston i Suddenly life laid aside its smiling mask and one day Joan stared at a cruel world. I I If she told the truth she might 1 wreck tier happiness and tlie undreamed of luxury that love had brought her. if she conI cealed the truth —what? : Read this gripping love story in the Daily Democrat 1 a daily installment beginning Friday.

Fornfabed By tvllrd PreM

BANDIT GANG < INVADES BANK AT WALKERTON Gang Obtains $1,473 In Cash From Bank In St. Joseph County GANG NUMBERED 5 OR 6 PERSONS Walkerton, Ind., May 18 —.(U.R) — ; The Walkerton branch of the Wyatt iState bank was robbed of $1,473 today by a gang of bandits ; containing two women or two; men dressed like women. < Mrs. Vera Williams, cashier. 1 had opened the bank for business only a short time before the bandits entered. A tsaveling salesman, who fol-| lowed the bandit car south on highway 30, said there were five or six members of the gang. Two of them looked like women, he explained, but were so far away that he couldn’t determine whether they simply were men dressed in women’s clothes. The gang is believed the same ! which terrorized residents of Lucerne iast week in an unsuccessful effort to rob the bank there. Two members of the Lucerne gang were men and the other two were dressed like women. One of the “women” operated a ; machine gun while the other | drove the car. Walkerton is 10 miles southeast of Laporte in St. Joseph county. PART OF STOLEN LOOT IS FOUND Coat Hangers Taken From Vance & Linn Store Are Found Coat hangers from tlie Vance and Linn clothing store, were found Wednesday on the Charles Snyder farm ast of the tndiana-Ohio ] State line on road 16. It is believed ; they are part of the loot taken whea the store was robbed of $2, 500 in merchndise March 29. Tenants om. the Snyder farm stated that they heard a car drive a short way past their house on the night of the robbery. Curious ba- - cause of the high speed' which the car had evidently been travelling and because of the length of thie stop they looked out but were unable to identify it. Several days ago one of the boys ] found a hanger In the field. On closer examination they found nearly a dozen They had evidently been tossed over the fence while the men were repacking the suits. Sheriff Burl Johnson was looking over the place where the hangers were found. Investigation, he j hoped, would bring to light two things; the time of the robbery and ' the approximate destination of thieves. It is believed that the stolen goods were sold either in Lima 0., or Toledo, Ohio. POWER OF COURT IS QUESTIONED State Will Contest Right Os Equity Court To Grant Injunction Indianapolis, May 18.—(U.R) —-The state will enter the latest attack on the beer control law—the Lake superior court injunction giving ; protection to the sale of draught beer—on the theory that a court of equity has no right to enjoin state officials from action in criminal prosecutions, it was announced- at the attorney general's office today. Edward Barce, deputy attorney general, said the state will file a motion to dissolve the injunction issued yesterday by Judge E. Miles Nortion preventing authorities from interfering wi'ii the sale of draught beer by John Tenkely, East Chicago city councilman. The right of a court to enjoin ' state officials is a serious question, Barce Haid. particularly when the court is one of equity and the. state's prosecution would be criminal. 'l ilt* beer control law lias been i ' *7 co Nrt nth: r * on * lag l Vi ve > * '

Price Two Cents

* ELIMINATE POLITICS * | Indianapolis, May 18—(U.R)— A loophole whereby politics \ may be eliminated from the { j selection of precinct inspectors ; j | and clerks for the special re- j : | peal election June 6 has been j | provided by the state board of | J election commissioners, it was | ] learned today. Commissioners sent letters ;|. | to circuit court clerks, ex- j | officia members of county j | board of election commission- : | ers, who will run off the elec- | j tion in their respective coun- | I j | ties. The letters authorize elec- | ; tion boards to contact wet and | j dry leaders in selecting tlie j | one inspector and two clerks j for each precinct. The boards j j | usually take nominations only | : | from party chairmen. The letter suggested that ; | one of the clerks be dry and |; the other wet. « « MUCH INTEREST IN BERNE JOB Many Persons Are Active Candidates For Hostoffice Appointment Considerable interest is being manifested in the appointment of a postmaster at Berne, the commis- j sion of Fred Rohrer. present official having expired February 8. A half dozen active candidates and as many receptive ones have given more or less time to securing j ; support, but so far there has apparently been no decided trend to one person. County Chairman Dick Heller met with the committeemen and vice-chairmen at Berne last eve- ■ ning with hopes of securing a de- > cision somewhere near unanimous, that would aid him in making a recommendation, but after two j hours and with no candidate re--1 ceiving more than two of the six votes, the meeting adjourned. Just what action will be taken is not known at this time, it being the hope of Mr. Heller that the Demo- j * \< Vi*-Tl"\"t’l"l* *I,V PAGE SIX) ROBERT J. MANN OUT FOR OFFICE Kirkland High School Principal Is Candidate For Superintendent Robert J. Mann, Peterson, principal of the Kirkland high school, today announced his candidacy for the office of superintendent of the Adams county schools at the regular election Monday, June 5. Mr. Mann has been principal at Kirkland for the past four years. I He has had 21 years of teaching experience. He served as principal at Pleasant. Mills for Sevan years, taught five years in the grades and high school of Root township, two and one half years in the Decatur high school, and a year and a half [ in the Kirklamd school a number of years ago. Mr Mann is a graduate of Indiana University at Bloomington. Hie also graduated from the Marion Normal college and has had post graduate work at Indiana and in the agricultural department at Purdue University. Mr. Mann was a candidate for the superintendency eight years ago, when Clifton E. Striker was elected for his first term. Four candidates were in the race at that time, Mr. Mann finishing second among the four. Mr. Mann is married and lias five children., his eld- j est son graduating from tlie Kirkland high school this spring. Mr. Mann is the second to announce his candidacy for the superindendency. Hansel Foley, a former principal at Kirkland, was the first to enter the race, making his official announcement last week. Assessors Blanks Are Being Bound County Assessor John Felly went to Fort Wayne this morning to have the assessor's blanks bound in hook form. All of the blanks were turned in Monday and com- ■ piled according to townships and taken to the bindery today. The books will be ready for the county j hoard of review which meets June I 5, (or the annual session.

YOUR HOME PAPERLIKE ONE OF THE FAMILY

TAX PROGRAMS ARE PRESENTED BY BUDGET HEAD Fo u r Alternative Programs Presented To Finance Works Bill GIVES FIGURES ON FUND TO BE RAISED Washington, May 18— Budget Director Douglas, on behalf of the administration today presented to the house ways and means committee four alternative tax programs, including a general manufacturer’s sales tax to finance the huge public works recovery bill. A general sales tax of one and one-eighth per cent, Douglas said, would raise $214,000,000 while a t-one and one-fifth levy would give a new revenue of $228,000,000. Douglas’ testimony before the committee coincided with the prediction of House Majority Leader Byrns, at the White House that the bill would he reported out of committee Monday and passed by the house by Wednesday of next week. The budget director told the committee it was essential that taxes providing a minimum of 220 million dollars he included in the administration business recovery bill. Alternative tax programs included one increasing the normal in- ! come tax rates from four to six per cent and from eight to ten per Icent; withdrawing exemption on dividend income on which taxes are paid at source, and imposition j of three new excises. These included a 10 cent a pound tax on tea to raise eight million dollars; a five cent tax on coffee to raise 70 million dollars and a similar impost on eocoa estimated to provide 17 million dollars. The second program. Douglas said, would yield a total of 224 million dollars in new revenues, with 46 million dollars coming from the income tax increase and ; 83 million dollars from the dividend tax. Club Entertains Mothers Tuesday The Lions flirt) met Tuesday evening at the Rice Hotel where they entertained their mothers as guests. Members of the liub not I having mothers to honor, had their wives a® guests. W. F. Beery had charge of the i “Mother's Day” program and presented Mrs. Dan: Tyndall, who sang a number of songs, in keeping with the occasion. Mrs. W. H. loeatherman gave two clever readings and Mrs. R. 11. Myers gave an interesting iustoriial talk on New Orleans. Lloyd A. Cowens was received into the organization as a new member. MISSING YOUTH FOUND IN OHIO Ervin Bauman, Adopted Son of Peter Martin, Found Wednesday Ervin Bauman, adopted sow of t’eter Martin, Monroe, missing since Saturday, April 22, was found late Wednesday afternoon by Burl Johnson, Adams county sheriff, and returned to thie Martin home. The missing youth was found at the home of his mother, Mrs. Homer Hudson, one mile north and 1 three fourths of a mile east of Watt Indiana, just across the line in Ohio. Tlie lad told Sheriff Johnson that he had hitchhiked to ids mothers home on the day he was reported missing. This Bauman youth, who Is 16 years old. did not give any reason for leaving the Martin home at Monroe, as he evidently had been i well satisfied there. o Regular Legion Meeting Monday I (dams post number 43 of the American Legion will hold the regular meeting at 8 o'clock Monday evening. All Spanish Am«*ri- ! can war veterans are invited to atI tend tills meeting.