Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1922 — Page 1

Volume XX. Number 110

WHISKEY AND HOME BREW CAPTURED IN RAID HERE

EDGAR ABBOT ARRESTED YESTERDAY EVENINC FOLLOWING A SEARCH OF HIS BESIDENCE BY THE SHERIFF AND CHIEF OF POLICE.

A whiskey still and one-half gallon of "white mule" whiskey were taken I by Sheriff Sephus Melchi and Chief Jeol Reynolds in a raid on the resi I deuce of Edgar Abbot on South Winchester street shortly after 4 o’clock yesterday evening. Abbot was arrested a few minutes later and was released on bond. Abbot who Is employed at the Clover Leaf Creamery, was not at home when the officers arrived to make a search of the premises. The still was . found concealed on an inclosed porch at the rear of the house. The top part had been removed and hidden in bur lap sacks hanging on the wall. The remainder of the still was concealed beneath rubbish and cream cans in cue corner of the porch. Two quart cans filled with the home brew found in a cupboard with several fruit jars. Further search failed to I reveal any more liquor. Sediment ! formash was found in the bottom of a bath tub, indicating that a quantity of mash had been emptied into the sewer through the bath tub recently. , It is supposed that Abbot had been warned of an expected raid and had disposed of his mash. The officers stated that a strong odor of fermented grain ascended from the bath tub. (Coutiuued on page four) SUPREME COURT I ATTACKED TODAY Senator LaFollette Asserted that Court is Actual Killer of the People By Laurence Martin Vulted Prexa Staff Correspondent Ohio National Guard Armory, Cincinnati, June 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Asserting that the supreme court of the United States is now “the ruler of the American people," Senator Lafollette in a speech to the American Federation of Labor convention today proposed the passage of a constitutional amendment giving congress the right to nellify any decision of the high tribunal knocking out a law by re-enacting the measure. The court, the senator declared, has assumed powers over the laws and public policies of the country which the framers of the constitution never intended it should have. “I believe this question of judicial usurpation is now the supreme issue” LaFollette declared. LaFollette indicated that he Would seek to enlist the support of the propressives, the farmer and the labor forces for his amendment. He claimed it was in accordance (Continued on page three)

Famous Poe Quartette Leave For Crooked Lake

Members and Their Wives to Enjoy Two Weeks Outing The famous Poe Quartette composed of Marlon Smith, Robert Mercer, J. C. Ruhl and Cal Kunkel, together with their good wives will leave tomorrow on their annual outing to Crooked Lake where they will enjoy a two weeks vacation at the Mercer cottage and expect to catch fish enough on the first day to feed the crowd for the fourteen days. The trip to Crooked Lake will be made by automobile and the party will leave Monmouth tomorrow afternoon

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

LARGE NUMBER GRADUATE IN EIGHTH GRADE Commencement Exercises Held on Central School Lawn This Afternoon A FINE ADDRESS Given to Graduates by the Rev. Charles W. Whitman, of Seymour Two hundred and twenty-five boys ■ and girls of Adams county were made extremely happy this afternoon when County Superintendent E. S. ; Christen presented eighth grade di- ; plomas to them, entitling them to enI’ter high school next fall. A large I crowd attended the commencement | exercises which were held on the , lawn on the south side of the Central | school building. Previous to the opening of the I commencement exercises, the graduates were arranged in a semi circle on bleacher seats where a photographer made a picture of the entire class. The township trustees, Coun ty Superintendent Christen, and the Rev. Charles W. Whitman, of Sey mour, commencement speaker, were seated in front of the graduates. The Berne school orchestra and a quartette furnished the music for the commencement exercises. The program was delayed a few minutes after 1:30 o’clock, the time set for ttie commencement, on account of the photograph. "The World War developed three great factors, namely world solidarity, a world consciousness, and a world brotherhood,” said the Rev. Whitman in addressing the graduates. He dwelt for several minutes on the fact that the graduates were facing a new day since the close of the World War, a day filled with op portunity and challenge. “During the last twenty years,” the speaker said, “modern science has revolutionized our ways of think ing. bringing a flood of new problems to be solved. These problems call for trained minds and the man who is unprepared will find his life ver) mediocre.” The Rev. Whitman also urged the graduates to pursue a life of service and community welfare. The class this year is the largest one ever graduated from the common schools of Adams county. The work done by the students during the year, as a whole, was very good. The highest average made by any student in the county on the examination for graduation was 95.6 per cent, made (Continued on page three)

going to Kort Wayne where in the evening they will sign at the Wolf and Dessauer banquet room, taking pari in the Home Exhibition event being held there. The Poe quartette is know all over this part of the state for their singing and it’s a real treat to hear the men. Within the last few years the members of the quartette and their wives have enjoyed an outing at the lakes and as soon as the vacationist learn that they have arrived their services are in demand. Mr. Kunkel ordered the Daily Democrat sent to them, saying the vacation would not be complete unless they could read the news from home.

SURRENDERED ON A LKIIM CHARGE HERE Fortner Resident Wanted for Violation of Liquor Law Faced Charge PLEADED NOT GUILTY Released on Bond—Hearing Set for Friday Morning at 9 O’clock Ralph Taylor formerly of this city but who has been residing in Ohio, since last February, appeared at the Adams county jail yesterday evening and surrendered himself to Sheriff Sephus Melchi ou an affidavit charging illegal manufacture of intoxicating liquor. He was arrainged before Mayor DeVoss yesterday evening and entered a plea of not guilty. He was released on bond and will be given a hearing on next Friday morning at 9:00 o’clock.

Following a raid on the residence of Charles Foreman in this < ity by Sheriff Melchi and policemen on Feburary 27, in which six gallons of home brew liquor wore taken Foreman claimed that the liquor belonged io Taylor and had been hidden in his home by Taylor. Foreman signed an affidavit for the arrest of Taylor then and he was released. Hearing that Foreman had told the officers that the liquor belonged to him, Taylor immediately left the city aud located in an Ohio city. The officers did not know of Taylor’s whereabouts until he surrendered on the charge. A few days ago Taylor sent his wife to Djcatur to ascertain from Sheriff Melchi if he could bo released on bond if lie came to this city and surrendered. When informed that he could he returned yesterday and gave himself up. He said that he was not guilty of die (Tiarge hut he wished to return to Decatur to live. —•

OIL BOOM GROWS IN JAY COUNTY Oil Men Swarm in—Leases Change Hands for Large Sums of Money Portland, June 14 —Oil men from over the country are pourir.fi into this city, brought here by the strike of the big Number two well on Tom O’Brien farm in Pike township, Jay county, and contrary to expectations, the well continues to make better showing than was first thought. Operators of the lease and Contractor Bert Norris of this city, yesterday thought of uncapping the well and pulling the tubing, in order to get the gusher down to a permanent well-behaved oil well, when in releasing the cap that had held the oil within, they were literally drenched with a shower of oil that came near drowning Norris and Pen Bradley, one of the drillers. When the well was finally gotten tinder partial control, it flowed sixty barrels of oil in one hour, after being attached again to a nearby tank. The deep ditch, which runs near the well, was filled with the black fluid and many dollars worth of the oil was lost. Later in the afternoon the pump was again connected and in four hours a one-hundred barrel tank was completely filled, and at that the well was not worked to the limit. The lease is owned by the Omar Gas and Oil Company of Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, and is under the direct charge of Mr. Hiram Chaney of Pittsburg, who himself is an operator of year's experience, and who is reported as saying that the well according to his honest belief will settle down to at least two hundred barrels per day. Other men of much experience in oil operations believe that the well will exceed the mark fixed by Mr. Chaney. Talk last night along the streets, was to the effect that the lease comprising only twenty acres of land, as it does, is worth in its present condition, with but the two wells, at least one hundred thousand dollars, how ever there has been no thought of selling and so far as is known, there has been no propisition to purchase, Some of the lease holds in the South (Continued on page two)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, .lune 11, 1922

+++++++++++♦++++ 4 AMERICAN HISTORY 4 ♦ DAY BY DAY 4 4 By T. P. Green ♦ + - ■■ 4 4 Wednesday, June 14. 4 4 4 4 An army of twenty thousand + ♦ men was voted by Congress on 4 4- June 14, 1775. 4 4 — 4 4 The national ensign was adop- 4 4 ed by Congress on June 14, 1777. 4 4 — 4 4* Harper’s !• erry was evacuated 4 4 by the Confederates on June 14, 4 4 1861. 4 <• — 4 4* English and Austrian Consuls 4 4 were sent from the Conderacy on 4 4 July 14, 1863. 4 4* — 4 4 Hawaii wax organized an Unit- 4 4 ed States Territory on June 14, 4 4 1900. 4 — ♦ 4 $175,000,000 credit was extend- 4 4 ed Great Britain by the U. S. 4 4 Treasury on June 14, 1918. 4 444444444444444 BAND CONCERT THURSDAY NIGHT Third Concert of Season by City Band on Court House Lawn at 8 O’clock The third public band concert of the season will be given on the court house lawn at 8 o’clock tomorrow night by the Decatur City Band. On account of the absence of several members of the band from the city last Thursday night and the inability of other members to play on that night, it was necessary to postpone the concert. The program for the concert to be given tomorrow night is as follows: First Part. , Galop—"Racer”—Mutchler. Waltz —“Thine, Only Thins” —Db Ville. Sextette —“Lucia”—Donzetti. Gavotte —"Secret Lote” —Klose. Second Part Overture —“Seminole” —Ludendorf Selection —"La Traviata” —Verdi. Mazurka —"Larkspur”—Heyer. Serenade — “At Evening Time” — Jewell. Ballet —"Flight of the Birds”--Rice Finale —"Star Spangled Banner” — Ijarnard. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness and sympathy and also for the beautiful flowers set during the illness and death of our father Mr. and M MP.. AND MRS. J. H. BURROUGHS MR. AND MRS. ROY BORROUGHS NEW TIME TABLE ON CLOVER LEAF Time Between Points Shortened to Make Connections in Continental, Ohio A change in the time table of the Clover Leaf, or Toledo, St. Louis & Western railroad company, to become effective on. Sunday, June 18. was announced today. In making the change in schedule the time consumed between points is shortened considerably. The change was also made, local officials stated today, in order to make connections with other trains in Continental. Ohio. Under the new schedule Number 3 westbound will leave Decatur at 11 a. m. and Number 5 westbound will leave at 8:39 p. m. Number 6 eastbound will leave here at 4:52 a. m., and Number 4 castbound at 2:14 p. nt. Number 3 will run from Toledo to Frankfort only and Number 4 from Frankfort to Toledo. Another train, Number 7. will leave Frankfort for St. Louis at 8 a. m. and arrive at the western terminal at 4:30 p. m. Train Number 8 will leave St. Louis at 9:50 a. m. and arrive in Frankfort at 6:20 p. m. Train Number 8 travels between St. Louis and Frankfort only. Fair tonight and probably Thursday; not much change In temperature.

FINISH FIGHT ON IN BAPTIST NATIONAL MEET Breach Between Two Wings of Faith Widens as Convention Opened W. .1. BRYAN SPEAKS Commoner Shows Old-Time Fire as He Preached for the Conservatives By Carl Victor Little 1 Vnlietl I’rexx Sluff ('orrexpiiniletit | Cadle Tabernacle, Indianapolis, June I 14. — (Special to Daily Democrat Con Iservative Baptists fought today to wrest control of the denomination I from the radicals. Tho breach between the two wings of the faith which comprises two mil lion adherents wi lened as the national convention opened. "It’s a finish fight,” said Dr. J. C. Masee, of Boston, nationally known minister and leader of the consorva fives or fundamentalists. "We’re not going to wait for the pendulum to swing hack to the faith of our fath era. "We’re going to pull it bai l;.’’ Dr. Masee leads tile popularly known “hard shell Baptists. It's not a term of derision. They take pride in the name themselves. The leader prevented a split in the Baptist, church when he induced his followers to give up plans of a bolt and to fight the battle of "The old time religion” out on the convention floor The conservatives accept the Bible from Genises to revelations. The ra dicals, led by Dr. Harry Emerson Fos dick and Dr. Frank Paderford, New York, interpret the Bible literally, claiming certain portions of it to be al legorical. Both sides claim seventy five per cent «rs UwMiminatlon’s constitujency. Dr. Massee, however, admit the Radicals are in control. WON HONOR IN ESSAY CONTEST Miss Lee Anna Vance of Decatur Won Honorable Mention in Slate i / Bloomington. Ind,< June 14 —Miss Leo Anna Vance, of Decatur, has re ‘ceived honorale mntion in the state high school essay contest on the subject, "How Good Roads are Developing My Community.” More than 120 manuscripts were submitted from high school students over the. state to the extension division of Tndiana University. R. E. Cavanaugh director. The State University had charge of the contest in Indiana. , IMiss Vance was one of 10 contestants receiving honorable mention. Th<> ■yvinner of the contest, Benjamin Ma fiank, of Mishawaka, will represent Indiana, in the national contest for a $4,000 scholarship prize consisting j bf a full four years course in any uni versify in the United States. The prize is offered by 11. S. Fire-| stone, under the auspices of the National Highway and Highway Trans (port Education committee. Tho 1922 contest marks the third annual renewal of the Firestone contest. Ap | proximately 250,000 high school sut | dents submitted essays last year. The judges from the faculty of Indiana University found It difficult to chooso the best essay in the state (contest. The essays showed enthus-, iastic interest and knowledge among high school sutdents of the problem of public highways of Indiana. The authors of the 10 essays re-, clving honorable mention are: Alice Baren. Owensville; George Baxter, Birdseye; Catherine Brown, Goshen; Ina Crawford, Milton; Frances Hutchison, Salem; Miriam Keller, Winlmac; Rolla Cass Ready, Wheatland; Leo Anna Vance, Decatur; Elizabeth Weber, North Vernon; Wilma Weyrlck, Elkhart. ' Miss Vance’s essay is as follows: “How Good Roads are Developlnfl My Community” By Miss Lee Anna Vance, Decatur High School. From the dawn of history, human progress has been found, in it’s most advanced stages, along the world s establishes highways. This is as true (Continued on page th-oe>

UNION HEADS EMPOWERED TO CALL RAILWAY STRIKE INFORMATION IS THAT OVER NINETY PER CENT OF RAILROAD LABORERS HAVE VOTED FOR A STRIKE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE IN JULY.

LIQUOR SALE IN THREE MILE ZONE IS LEGAL Ruling Made by Members of United States Shipping Board Today WORST BOOTLEGGER — In World is Title Applied to Shipping Board Steamers By Senator (I nlte.l Press Service.! Washington, June 14. — (Special to Daily Democrat)—Sale of liquors out ; side the three mile zone on shipping ’board steamers and other ships flying the American flag is legal, the ship I ping board has decided. Chairman Lasker made this known today in a letter to Adolphus Busch ill, who transmitted a letter from his father. August A. Busch president of Anheuser-Busch in which it was charg ed shipping board steamers weft' selling all kinds of liquors and that this was a violation of tile Volstead law, which made the United States govern ment "incomparably the greatest boot {logger in the world." i Tho shipping board steamers, Busch asserted, are "The wettest on the ocean" and passage is being sold with "tile positive moneyback guarantee” that tile bars will be opened outside the three mile limit. Tho letter was written on board the S. S. George Washington and Busch claimed more liquor was sold on this vessel, which is the property of the shipping board, than on any vessel on which he has crossed the Atlantic. The letter w is forwarded to President Harding. To support his charges August Bitsch presented facsimile productions of the alleged wine list of the George Washington. This gave the prices of wines, champaigne, beer, cock tails, Scotch, Rye and moonshine liquor, cognac, rum and other beverages. "Johnny Walker” and Haig anil Haig" wore quoted at tw.-nty cents a drink while "American moonshine” was listed at 30 cents. Manhattan, Martini and Bronx cocktails were quot ed at front 25 to 35 cents. Busch also presented a reproduction of an advertisement in the Baris edi tlon of the New York Herald, in which it was stated that "choice wines and liquors” would be sold on the George Washington, tho Ban Handle State and the Centennial State. Another document was a copy of tin (Continued on page three)

Stolen Liberty Bonds Sold Through Bankers

Millions of Dollars Worth of Bonds Sold in Twin Cities of Minnesota Il nltrtl PrrNN Service.) St. Paul, Minn., June 14. —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Millions of dot lars worth of liberty bonds, stolen In! Chicago, New York and other leading j cities, have been sold through "fences” | In the Twin Cities, postal officials announced today. Two members of the alleged gang are under arrest and others were being sought throughout the northwest. Bank clerks, dupes of the thieves, acted as fences in disposing of tile securities. W. J. Maries, postal inspector, who

Hulled Press Service.) Chicago. June 14—(Special to Dally I Democrat) — Executives of eleven large railcard unions have been authorized to order a strike by vote of their 1,200,000 members. • Information In railroad union circles here today was that more than 90 per 'cent of the vote canvassed favored a strike. Balloting started Sunday and the official canvass Is expected to be completed in time to order the walkout for July 1 or July 15, if the union heads desire to make use of the strike vote at that time. Tlte vote was taken on three propositions : I—Whether wage reduvtions would lie accepted, as have been ordered or expected from tho United States railroad labor hoard. 2. —Whether the unions would consent to “farming out” of shop work to contractors to escape rulings of the railroad board. 3. Whether unions will accept the revised working rules as set forth by tho labor board. Most of the unions which are balloting, are connected witli the railroad employes department of the American Federation of Labor The largest single group is the shop men with apprortmcrtely 500,000 member). REJECT PLAN ’ FOR TRIBUNAL Mine Workers Scale Committee Leave Way Open for Counter Proposals New York. June 14—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The general scale committee of tlte United Mine Workers of America today rejected a proposal of anthracite coal operators to submit their differences to a tribunal selected by President Harding but left the way open for a settlement by submitting counter proposals. Tile miners' committee demands: 1. The eight hour day. 2. Complete recognition of the union. 3. That existing rates of pay he taken ns a starting point for future deliberations, so that mine workers j may be assured a living or saving | wage. Tile miners’ leaders rejected the | operators' proposal because it did | not include as a basis of discussion | I lie three foregoing “fundamentals" land because it offered to treat labor as a commodity thereby precluding consideration of the human factor, the statement said. Dissatisfaction also was voiced witli lht> failure to place wlthlu the fCortlniied on page four)

has been working on the case for weeks said the amount of stolen bonds Isold hero, was between $2,000,000 and l $5,000,000. C. J. Ritter and T. C. Cochran, under arrest, are alleged to have been involved in the sale of $200,000 worth 1 of bonds. An employee of one bank took the entire list of depositors of his institution and with a salesman of stolen bonds, called on the bank patrons disposing of the securities. Mrs. Charles Lehrman was called • to Lima, Ohio, this morning on account of the sickness of her father who is at the home of her sister, Mrs. i Roger French.

Price 2 Cents