Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 206, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1935 — Page 1

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I" "i I fUNDTO BUY I » turbine loardOf " < ” ks Aulhor * 1 1 tjon For Fedora l Loan condenser .’witchboard pun“» ,he <l,y I>.h authorized the 1”? P'tb»<' w ”' ks an< ‘ “ fe r ■*“. ,lv aPplHation The appli Hl ~|H also Include the buildWT,„ addition to the southeast W* „( the power plant for the ■J^ g of the turbine and equipfcking to the future growth of ■L- a . and ns m.lii.Mri.s which ■1 ,itv power, the count il deem advisable t.> make application K another generating unit at the ( y,,.- plant. To insure and guar- ■ uninterrupted electric Herto the comniunity. double tur■L capacity must be provided at plant in case of break ■bn. ■ The plant has three turbines. ■heisotS.OOT KWH capacity. an- ■ L of I.«W KWH r apacity and K e of 500 KWH capacity. The E h i KWH turbine is more than Knl? rapacity, but after the powHm* load exceeds 1.500 KWH. the Kfher two turbines are not large Kotigli to supply the demand. In Kt event the 3. KWH turbine Kok-down or «• nt out of cotninisKk. the plant would be unable to full demand w hen it reach Ki more than 1.500 GWH. application will be filed with Ke idea of obtaining a 45 per cent | ■mt on the entire cost of the pro- I ■n. The balance would be paid 1 Kr earnings of the power plant. I Kte application will lie filed by Krington and Williams. Inc., of i kdianapoiis Increased demand for city light | nd power is shown in the six jonths' report for 1035. compared ICON'TIXt’EU ON PAGE FOUR) — CONTINUE PLAN TO SELL BONDS I Guaranteed Security Is- 1 sue Fails To Be Oversubscribed Washington. Aug. 3<>—(U.R>-The treasury proceeded today with plans for refunding $1,250,000,000 in Fourth Liberty loan bonds this M. unperturbed by failure for the Jrst time in history to sell an unconditionally guaranteed security , ksne. Although only $85,000,000 in tend- . ers were received on an offering of 11W,060.000 yesterday of for year , I’i per cent federal farm mortgage I bonds, the treasury gave no indi-1 cation that 4t would change its fall foancing program. The Liberty bonds, carrying 4*4 Per cent interest, are called for October 15. Meanwhile, the RFC was having j »re luck with its financial operstiuns. It sold 50 issues of munici-1 W bonds totaling $14,489,500, nett- ■? a total premium of $362,000 far PWA. Only two small issues were be- ’ Par and the average accepted ™ on the total was 102*4 per 100. 1 chairman Jesse H. Jones said “ e result was "very fair." Seiretary of Treasury Henry! Wnthau. Jr., defended the aucon system whereby federal secur- ,' M "ffFred to the public to th, h * ghesl bidder instead of ough private bond houses. «t private bond houses, opposoue of m SyStem ’ be “ eVe thiß waß f-iln/ ? e contributory factors in I .__-„J O obt ain oversubscription! ' PAGE SIX) A| cohol Control Bill Signed By President pSit st fi on ' Aug - 30 - (up) - the n- today signed ’cgula-V C “ 101 COntrol biU Pacing 1 underr thT. ° f the liquor industr y ' EstaimL treaßUry de P artm ent. i trci ai,“? hnient of the »<l“or con-! pos d vi on in the treasur y wa » op- I >r asurv u° rOUS ’ y by s '- cretar y of | Wa y Henry Morgenth <»u. Jr., but overrode hie objections. n new provid ce for selection of Hon nna adrninis t>'ator to funcof the d u Morgenth ™- Functions a ' * ° ,d alcohol control ± trali ° n ’ outl **« d by the nra "«“»«■ n over completely.

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Crash Kills Queen <- T \ Messages of condolence from all parts of the world gave indication of the universal grief felt at the death of Queen Astrid of the Bel gians who died in a motor car accident near Lucerne. Switzer-. land. The queen was instantly ’ killed when the royal automobile, driven by her husband. King Leopold 111, left the road and crashed into a ravine. The king escaped with minor injuries. It was 18 months ago that King Albert, father of Leopold, fell to his death while mountain climbing. OFFICIALS AT DISTRICT MEET City Officials Attend WPA Meeting At Fort Wayne Today City officials went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to attend a district WPA n| eting, called by W. F. Owens, director of district No. 2 f:r the WPA. JThe purpcse of the. iu.euag U ta explain to public offi. ials the WPA work relief program and the filing ' of applications for projects. TIJ city officials intended to ! file applications forth? building I of a storm or relief sewers on West Monroe street and Jefferson street. I A survey of the streets needing repair has been made by the street and sewer committee and Ralph Roop, city engine r and an a s plication for relaying the brick on Adams and Monro? streets w ill probably be filesl. Other ■< ity projects include street and alley work, repair of catoh basins, etc. When the new WPA program started in this city. 76 men were given employment on the Second street ornamental lighting system, xtending the water mains in the south part >f town and on street and • alley work. The water line extensions will be completed this w ek, I Charles Brodbeck, manag r of the 1 d .veilment stated today. The ornamental street lighting system will be completed within the next two weeks. The WPA furnishes all labor on projects granted by it and an effort I will be made also to obtain a portion of the cost of the material. o TWO STATES ARE TAKEN OFF DOLE Direct Relief To Alabama And Wyoming Found Unnecessary Washington, Aug. 30—(UP) —The New Deal today reported the first ' definite progress of its five-month | old $4.0ft0',000.000 work-relief pro--1 gram—cutting off the dol? in two whole states. Administrator Harry L. Hopkins announced the government would make no September relief grants to Alabama and Wyoming, where jobs have been created for about 33.000 needy. He said nationwide relief costs | next month will not exceed $75,000,i 000. The government spent $95,000.COki for August. $104,000,000 in July, ! and $150,000,000 every 30 days durI ing the peak load last winter Thirty-two thousand persons are ! working in Alabama and 950 in Wy- [ am Ing. July ralief rolls listed 61,- ' 938 and 4.150 needy families in the I two states. “The works program had reach d • its immediate objective according to the schedules for Alabama and Wyoming," Hopkins said. "The em- • (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

BELGIAN QUEEN 1 FUNERAL TO BE > HELD TUESDAY: ■ — I) All Belgium M<>u rn s J Tragic Death Os Beloved Queen Astrid (Copyright 1935 by UP.) Brussels, Aug. 30. — (U.R) — The 1 body of beloved Queen Astrid was 1 brought to Brussels today and * placed in state in a silver and j black draped reception room at 1 4 lAkeken palace to await a funeral ' Tuesday. It was taken to the palace in a motor hearse, escorted by cavalry. I from the Gare du Nord where it arrived at 8:30 a. nt. (2:40 a. m.. EST.) in a special funeral train from Arion, on the Luxembourg frontier. Soldiers lined the route from station to palace and behind them were thousands and thousands of silent, grieving people. Many women were crying. A guard of honor was placed over the double casket in the palace reception room. King Leopold had left the train at outlying Leopold station, unable to face the crowds of his subjects in the streets. A few minutes after the coffin arrived at the palace, he went into the reception room, his lip bandaged, an arm. its fingers in gauze, in a black silk sling. i He asked that the casket be opened. The guard of honor retired and the king stayed for a few minutes in the room alone looki ing at the face of his wife, killed near Lucerne yesterday when an open Packard touring car which he was driving swerved from the I road as he turned to look at a map . which Queen Astrid, beside him. was holding. The queen's body wag shrouded in white. She had a few lilies in , her hand. The face showed little , sign of injury except for a lacer- ’ ation on her 1 ft temple. Dowager Queen Elizabeth, never recovered from the death of King Albert 18 months ago. was on her k ’ '(Co'NTrNUED^>N < PAGE' SeIFeN) ' SETTLE STRIKE AT SOUTH BEND I Transportation Strike Ends; Milk Truck Drivers Walkout Averted South Bend. Ind., Aug. 20 — (UP) | | —Tension along South Bend's labor ! front relaxed today with the settle-; ment of a street car and bus driver's i strike and potstpon-ement of a I threatened milk track drivers walk out. Motormen wer? ready to drive their trolleys and buses from the barns for the first time in 14 days aft r formal signing of an agreement worked out by L. G. Smith, U. S. department of lalror mediator. ' Th? union membership voted last night to approve the proposal which their leadens eaid was a distinct victory for organized labor. The Union will b? recognized as a bargaining agent and an arbitration I i board of three members will be 1 nam d to rn’? on other disputed 1 , pointe. 1 A city council committee of three 1 members will decide on the status ' of Leo Schelar. trolley operator > whose dismissal precipitated the | paralyzing strike. Workers and housewives who 1 have b en forced to hitch-hike or walk since August 17 expressed sat- ; isfaction over th? settlement. Meri chants who Baid buying wae serious- , ly curtailed during the strike also 1 CCONTTNUED ON PAGE THREE) I| * O > Post Office Will Be Closed Monday s 1 The local pest office will be clos- ' | ed Monday in obs rvance of Labor | Day. No deliveries will be made and ' no mail collected with the exception ; of th? boxes up town. 1 o— NO PAPER MONDAY ’ As has been the custom for many years the Daily Democrat will not publish on Labor Day. The employes of the Democrat will be given a vacation. The post office, the bank and the majority of the busi- ! ness houses will be closed all ; day. The Adams circuit court and the county council are expect- | ed to hold sessions Labor Day.

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Call Grand Jury In September 3 Thn Adams circuit court grand ; Jury wil Ibe called in on Tuesday. I September 3. according to an order 1 issued by Judge Huber M. DeVoue today. The grand Jury is called in each year to examine the. county build-1 lags and silo a report upon their conditions. The grand jury may make any recommendations, but it is not mandatory that they be carried out. It is also assumed that Prosecuting Attorney Edmund A. Bwee will bring the Joe Everett caae before , the body while it is in session. Ever-! ett is now being held in the county jail. The etate appellate court granted a new trial on a charge of mur- t dering Dorcas Werling of Pleasant Mills nearly four peart ago. ITALY SEEKS SUPPLIES FOR POSSIBLE WAR England Waits Report On Neutrality Act Passed By Congress (Copyright 1935 by United Press) With the Italian Army. Bolzano, Aug. 30.--<U.R>- Air Marshal Italo Ealbo has reported to Benito Mussolini on negotiations to buy war supplies and raw materials in France for the imminent Ethiopian war, it was understood today. Balbo, hero of the mass seaplane flight to the United States and governor general of Tripolitania. a triudvir of the fascist grand council and one of the original four fascist leaders, returned to army headquarters from a mysterious airplane trip to Paris, at first regarded as unofficial. Italy's concern over raw materials and others needed for ' munitions making was made quite j : plain in the communique which I was issued after the dramatie “war cabinet meeting here." Italy can make its own materials. but lacks many essentials jaw materials. t Hope was growing here, despite < reports abroad, that Italy's claims i against Ethiopia could be settled without endangering European peace. Some quarters even reported that Mussolini had assurances that Great Britain would not attempt isolated action if the i league of nations failed to take | a strong stand against war. However. Catholic circles at , Rome expressed hope that pro- , nouncements of Pope Pius in conj demnation of wars of conquest : might stir world opinion to such !an extent 'hat statesmen would i find means to compromise the I crisis and satisfy Italian aspirations without bloodshed. Awaits Report ' (Copyright 1935 by United Press) London, Aug. 30 — (U.R) —Great Britain awaits a report by experte on the American neutrality act before deciding finally on its nolfcy in the Italian-Ethiopian crisis, it was learned today. (Vital decisions on raising the nresent embargo on arms against Italy and Ethiopia, and on the course to be taken at the league of nations council meeting next Wednesday, will hinge m forge (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O LOCAL WOMEN'S SISTER IS DEAD — Mrs. Nathaniel Mentzer Died Wednesday Evening Near Bluffton Funeral services for Mrs. Nathaniel Mentzer, 67 who died Wednesday evening at 5:30 o'clock at the | Wells county hospital of hemori rhage, will be held Saturday afternoon at the home, two miles east :of Bluffton. Burial will be in the Elm Grove cemetery. Mrs. Mentzer was born September 15, 1867. in Wella county, a ; dauhgter of George W. and Henriet- : ta Trullender Plummer. Her mari riage to Mr. Mentzer took place in Decatur. Surviving an? the husband, the children, Anna Smalley, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Loraine Lucas, Bluffton; William R. Mentzer. Paulding, Ohio; Homer, Bluffton and a stepeon, E. Mentzer, Hicksville, Ohio. The following brothers and sisj ters also survive: Mies Myrtle Plummer and Mrs. Mary Steele, Dej catur; Henry Plummer, Bluffton; ' William and Elmer Plummer, Tocsin; John Plummer. Fort Wayne; j Charles Plummer, Huntington. and Alfred Plummer, Greenwood. Miss.

LECTDRER TALKS 1 DN PRESIDENTS Rotarians Hear Interest-' ing Address By Donald Smith Os Van Wert Donald H. Smith, prominent Van Wert, Ohio, lecturer, delivered a highly interesting and enlightening discourse on “Peculiarities of the President,” at the regular weekly 1 meeting of the Dseatur Rotary Club i Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. ; The speaker said that in 146 years our present form of United States government, the nation has had 32 presidents. Os these, 24 were law- ! yens, four were soldiers. Washington, Harrison, Taylor and Grant; I three were professional men, Wil- ( < son a school teacher; Hoover a t I civil engineer and Harding a news (j I itaper man. One president, Andrew » Johnson, was a tailor. t Os the states, Virginia, commonly ’ known as the mother of Presidents. e leads all others with eight of the na- s itlon’s rulers native-born Virginians. t Ohio is next in line with seven and New England with four. j Discussing the peculiarities of the f various presidents, Mr. Smith stat- ;] ' ed that beyond question of doubt, | Thomas J ffers-an was by far the ( most versatile of any ruler this £ country <lias known. Mr. Smith concluded his address ( with a brief discuaalon of the more | ( amusing pe uliarities of the presidents, relating many incidents <r known to few citiz no of the country. George Thoms had charge of the , .program. Leo Kirsch, vice-presid?nt. ' presided in the absence of James Elberson, who was attending a state executive's confer nee at Ri hmond A past president's pin was present- ( ed to W. A. KI pper of the Clover I teat Creamert.e. Inc. , o Improve Playground At Catholic School A two-inch layer of limestone is being laid on the Catholic school play ground. This limestone will bind the gravel already in place. I The playground is located south of the church. COAL CONTROL MEASURE LAW President Signs Guffey Coal Control Measure Today Washington, Aug. 30 — (UP) — I President Roosevelt today in the presence of a group of legislators put his fi proval on th? Guffey Coal bill. TS? sponsor of the measure. Sen. Joseph Guffey, D-, Pa., received one Ct the pens with which Mr. Roosevelt sign, d the bill. Mr. Roosevelt, by signing the Guffey bituminous coal control bill, launched the federal government into a new venture in Industrial regulation which Ir? asked congress to undertake despite doubtc as to its constitutionality. Two .principal reasons were seen as having impelled Mr. Roosevelt to fight for the measure d spite much opposition in the recent congress. 1. He ataved off a eeries of coal strike threats by promising its enactment. Th? latest truce expiree Sept. Iff. I 2. The act wil .provide a new test I of the extent of federal powers over industry under present constitutional provisionfl. Hostile bituminous operators are expected to “co*ci;erate'' to the utmost in expediting a supreme court test of th? coal act. The result may have an important bearing on whether Mr. Roosevelt decides to support moves for revision of constitutional provisions adopted in "horse and buggy" times. Drafted even before the supreme ' court killed the coal code and the NRA, the Guffey act is based on a different theory of federal power. URA rested on presume federal ■ power to regulate .matters affecting | (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Rural Schools In Opening Session All the rural schools in the county I met this morning for the first time of the school year. The pupils were given their book lists and instructions. Regular classes will begin Tuesday. Sei;t.mber 3. o WEATHER II Fair tonight and Saturday; continued cool.

AVIATOR KILLED SHORTLY AFTER START OF RACE Cecil Allen, Entrant In Air Derby, Killed; Howard Wins Municipal Airport, Cleveland. Aug. 30— (U.R) —Benny Howard of Chicago flying his Howard special ‘Mr. Mulligan' flashed across the finish line at 1:40 p. m., as the first arrival from Los Angeles in the 1935 Bendlx trophy race. Los Angeles, Aug. 30. — (U.R) — Cecil Allen, entrant in the Bendlx national air derby, was killed today when his plane, (The Gee Bee No. 7) crashed shortly after he took off from Union airport. Allen was the last of the nine entrants to depart. He was flying a plane considered the fastest in the race. Three miles from the starting point his barrel bodied racer crash- i ed into a potato field in Van Nuys. J a suburb. Allen's take-off had been delay- ; ed by trouble with his fuel tank, after Amelia Earhart, Roscoe Turner, Jacqueline Cochrane and other entries had lifted their . planes into the air and roared toward the east. Allen got away at, 5:18 a. m. PST. A few minutes later came word that he had crashed. He struck with terrific force. Wreckage of the racer was strewn over the potato field for 100 yards. Alien's body was pinned in the wreckage and could not be freed immediately. Residents in the vicinity reported they were awakened by the terrific roar of the motor of Alien's craft. Then the motor was killed, Allen apparently having sensed that he was going to fall. He prevented a fire as the craft crashed but he failed to save his life. Cecil Allen received international notice four years ago when he and Don Moyle took off from Samushiro Beach. Japan, on an attempted 4,465 mile non stop flight. ! to Seattle for a $25,000 prize offered for such a crossing by the Toklo newspaper “Asahi." It was a desperate attempt. They had no funds, not even enough to pay the inn-keeper at Samushiro. The newspaper Asahi had to contribute money to pay for their fuel. They had hoped to complete the flight in 40 hours. The deadline ' passed and no word had been heard of them. Finally, when a week had elapsed, the fliers were given up for dead. But two days . later, the Russian steamship Buriat wirelessed the world that both men were alive. They had been (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o District Auxiliary Meeting September 5 The fourth district meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held in Columbia City Thursday, September 5. Members of the local auxiliary who are planning to attend the meeting are asked to notify Mrs. Ralph ■ Roop by September 2. o HAMILTON BODY IS UNCLAIMED Federal Men Seek Persons Who Aided Dillinger Gangster Chicago, Aug. 20 —(UP) — The body of John Hamilton, one-time Dillinger gang leader, lay unclaimed in the Oewego, 111., morgue today an U. S. Department ot Justi ■? agents turned to a search for those who harbored him and sought to : keep him alive. A slip of the tongue at hie inquest yesterday revealed that the arrest of a number of persons in 1 this vicinity is expected by department agents. Two men and a woman seen loitering outeid? the mortuary after j Hamilton's body was recovered be- ■ came suspects when investigators learned they hurried away after the woman was overheard to say: "I knew it was John as soon : r.G I heard about it.” Hamilton was found buried in a gravel pit near Oswego, where Hom.er Van Meter and Dillinger buried him after pouring lye over the features to prevent identification. Van Meter often hid out near (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

New Ecuador Ruler | Vi - ‘ v/. . A 1 !' £■ y ■ : > | tKF ““ ( Failing in his attempt to become dictator, Jose Ibarra, recently president of Ecuador, was arrested and forced to resign in favor I ,of Antonio Pons, above, former | premier, who was made provisional president pending a special , election in October. CHANGES MADE IN TEACHERS — Adams County Rural School Teachers Are Announced Today ___ A number of changes have been i made in the teaching staffs of the i rural schools. County Superinten-' dent of Schools Clifton E. Striker, I has announced. Ernest Curtis has accepted the ■ pofliflon as principal of lU*> Mon- . mouth school. He formally taught lin Sullivan county. He will re- ■ place Irvin Doty, who goes to Monroeville as principal of the schools. Hansel Foley, a former teacher in Adams county, replaces R. J. Mann as principal of the Kirkland high school. Rolland P. Sprunger will again act as principal of the Monroe high school. Henry Snyder will return as principal of the Pleasant Mills high school. Russel Steiner, principal of Jefferson township high school last year, will become principal of the Hartford township high school this year. R. O. Hunt will again be principal of the Geneva high school. Roily Dobbs, former teacher at Putmanvllle, has been employed as principal of the Jefferson township high school. Geneva Hodges has been employed to teach music and art in the Monroe, Monmouth and Kirkland schools. She comes from Martinsville. The teachers are: Union Township Trustee —Howard Manlier. I—Maryl—Mary Clem. 5— Pearl Ray 6 — Dorothy Spuller. Root Township Trustee—Ralph W. Rice I—Elizabeth Cramer. Monmouth High School —Ernest Curtis. Ethel Piper, and Catherine , Weidler. Grades —Lloyd Bryan, and Georgia Foughty. 7— Bernadine Kojter. Preble Township Trustee —Ed Zwick. 5 — Raymond Borne. 6 — Vearl Helfer. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O Says Son Killed For Life Insurance Charleston, 111, Aug. 30 —(UP) — I (UP) —Belief that William Warner ! Gas-s City, Indiana, who wae beaten to death two months ago on a Big Four railroad freight train, was the victim of a plot to obtain his insurance, was expressed today in a letter received by sheriff Roy Clank, of Coles county, from Frank Warner, father of the victim. George Hoskins, of Flora, made an alleged confession to murdering Warner a week ago, at the time he is alleged to have said he killed Warner by striking him on the head with an iron pipe. Joseph Todd of Harrisburg is held with Hoskins in Coles county jail awaiting action of the grand jury.

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MEDIATORS ASK RAIL WORKERS DELAY STRIKE National Board Calls On Wabash Employes To Hold Up Strike St. Louis, Aug. 30. —(U.R) —C. F. Montooth, senior vice-presi-dent of the Order of Railway Conductors, today announced that a strike of engine and train crews of the Wabash railway and the affiliated Ann Arbor railroad have been postponed indefinitely. Washington. Aug. 30 — (U.R) — The national mediation board today called on the 4,500 workers of the Wabash railroad to hold up their strike scheduled to start tomorrow pending renewed efforts to mediate differences with the rail management. William L. Leiserson. chairman of the national mediation board, dispatched a telegram to chiefs of the four railroad brotherhoods and to S. E. Cotter, chief operating official of the Wabash, proffering services of the board in attempting to mediate the disagreement. The telegram requested that the strike, called for tomorrow, be postponed pending mediation efforts and asked rail and labor representatives to come to Washington next Wednesday for a conference. Mediation board officials explained that neither railroad employes nor employers had asked their services but that they were offering them under powers contained in the railway labor act. The strike would also affect employes of the Ann Arbor railway, a subsidiary. The employes contended the road reduced salaries without negotiations and then ■ failed to accept findings of the I national railway adjustment board. Leiserson's request that the railroad and employes telegraph him the names of representatives | coming to the Wednesday confer- | ence brought no immediate reply. Await Action ' St. I-on is. Aug 30—<U.R) — Officials of four railroad unions today were awaiting action from officials of the Wabash railway after yesterday's announcement that train and engine crews would strike Saturday unless the company agreed to revise pay schedules. The union, through G. S. Montooth. Cedar Rapids, lowa, senior vice president of the Order of Railway Conductors, announced that a strike vote had been taken (■CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Autos Collide At Street Crossing An automobile driven by Clarence Milter of .east of town collided with one driven by Chad Hower of thus city at the intersection of Third and Madison streets this afternoon at 2 o’clock. Au AIBC bus. parked on Madison street, was scratched when the cars bumped against it. With Clarcne? Milter was a girl. Mr. Hower was alone. No one was injured. The Miller car was approaching from the west on Madison street and and the Hower car was going north on Third street. Both cars were damag d. INTANGIBLES TAX ATTACKED Two Suits To Test Validity Os State Law Are On File Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 30 —(UP) —A court test of constitutionality of the Indiana intangibles-tax law as it applies to educational, charitable, religious, scientific and literary institutions was begun today in two suits on file in Marion county superior court. The complaints, filed in behalf of the Butler foundation of Butler university and the Indianaipolis home for aged women, asked the court to determine the applicability of the act. Philip Zoercher, Albert F. Waisman and Gaylord S. Morton, members of the state tax board, were named defendants. Pointing out that the complainants own more than $100,006' worth ot intangibles, the action challenges the right ot the tax board to levy against them and cities a section cf the state constitution which exempts neal personal property of such institutions.