Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 225, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1922 — Page 1

Volume XX. Number 225

rum running is holding stage AT WASHINGTON President and Cabinet Consider This Question of Great Importance SEEK understanding Question Threatens To Become Issue Between U. S. And England By U C. Martin I .i.rd Pr»«» *'•* < Washington, Sept. 26,— (Special to Pal | V Democrat (—President Harding and hi* <»>»inet this week will consider the tangled question of internation.,l rll m running, which threatens to become an Issue behtween the United States and Great Britain. In addition to diplomatic negotiations with the British government in an effort to bring about an under Handing concerning this government’s right to board rum carrying ships flying the British flags, the cabinet may decide to ask congress or legislation at the special session in November more clearly defining the powers of various departments with regard to illegal liquor shipments. Xot only is there a difference between this government and the Brit ish but within this government itself a serious clashing of authority exists, apparently, which officials admit is hampering the war on liquor smug glers via Atlantic ports and the Cana dian border. Further, the sale of liquor on shipping board vessels, under the approval of Chairman Lasker of the shipping board has complicated the situation. Thia government, some cabinet members feel, is in no position to urge upon Great Britain the prevention of rum smuggling in British ships so W as dear violation of the prohibition laws aboard government owned slips Is approved by a officer of this javernmept. International Aspect While the need for co-operation to stop the border traffic is thus being emphasized, the international aspect of the problem, as represented in the ne gotiation with Great Britain, offered an even knottier problem. A reply from Great Britain to the recent American note suggesting a mutual arrangement for boarding and search of suspected vessels beyond the three mile limit, was momentarily expected. In official circles it was learned the British note would not be entirely satisfactory. The British are understood to feel aggrieved over the case of the steamer Onward, which the “rum navy” tried to board last week beyond the three mile limit off New York. The British captain, turned his searchlight on the British flag, dared the officers to come on. They retired. When congress takes up the prohibition enforcement question again, Prohibition Commissioner Haynes will »»k or $<>,125,000 for enforcement *ork. This is about the same as was appropriated for the current fiscal year. While more could be used, Maynes said, the sum to be asked will permit carrying on the work at its present rate. This will include maintenance of the “Him navy.” At tomorrow’s cabinet meeting, a Plan of co-operation among government departments to stop liquor smugRiing, will be discussed. immigration Commissioner Husband, headed the committee. The investigation by the departmental committee showed, Husband Paid, that bootlegging along the Canadian and Mexican borders “rivalled the days when piracy was in full swing." R- B. Johnson Family Held Reunion Sunday The children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of R. B. Johnson, of Peterson, met at the home of Mr. an-1 Mrs. Charles A. Bowman, in ♦st. Marys township Sunday and enjoyed a picnic dinner. Those present *ere: R. B, Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. W H. Johnson and children, Wayne, Ttale, Doris and Robert, of Peterson; Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ball and daugb‘«r. Opal of part Wayne; Mr. and -drs. E Burt Lenhart and daughter, •Alice; Mr. and Mrs. Orvll Lenhart a nd children, Madonna and Herman, r, < Decatur; and Mr. and Mrs. Chas A. Bowman and children, Kenneth dale and Madeline.

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Samuel Teeple Os Geneva Has Stroke of Paralysis Geneva, Ind.. Sept. 25—(Special to Daily Democrat!— Samuel H. Teeple, retired business man. banker and one oi tne uesi Known men oi tne southern part of Adams county, is in a very serious condition as the result of a stroke of paralysis which occurred a few days ago. A slight improvement ’ was noticeable Sunday but he is unable to talk and it is feared the dan ger is not passed. TWO WEDDINGS THIS MORNING First Os Series Os Fall Weddings Held At The Catholic Church Today First of a number of fall weddings to be held at the St. Mary’s Catholic church here was solemnized at 8:30 o'clock this morning, when Miss Edith Marie Miller became the bride of Clem F. Kortenber. The Rev. Father Otto Peters officiated at the wedding ceremony and only members of the immediate families attended. The single ring ceremony was used The church was decorated with large baskets filled with cut flowers. Men delssohn's weddinig march was played as the couple marched down the isle to the altar, and Sister Odelia played “I Love You Truly." during the cere mony. Miss Cecile G. Miller, a sis ter of tho bride, was the bridesmaid The bride wore a suit of Sorrentt blue marleen cloth, trimmed with grey Caracul fur. The hat, gloves, blouse md slippers matched the suit. Th. bride also wore a corsage of orchid with a fan of violet ostrich feathers The bridesmaid wore a suit of Pyra mid silk velvet trimmed with Austral an gray squirrel. Her blouse, hat gloves, and slippers, matched the suit ind she wore a corsage of butterfly roses against a pleated fan of peaci color. Mr. Joe Kortenber. a brothet the bridegroom, was best man. Following the ceremony, a weddiny dinner was given at the home of the bride’s parents. 513 Marshall street The table was decorated with a larg. wedding cake, smilax, and roses. Th. louse was decorated with large baskets of voilet and yellow flowers. Th young couple left for a wedding tri] ind will be at home to their friend, in Madison street, after October 15, Miss Miller is the eldest daughtei jf Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miller. For a number of years she has been employ ed at the Elzey shoe store. She is b popular young lady and is a membei of the Catholic Ladles of Columbia ant he So-Cha-Rea club. Mr. Kortenbei is the youngest son of Mrs. Mary Kot tenber, 317 Adams street. Hs is em ployed as a salesman at the Holthouse Schulte clothing store in this city. Yurkavic-Buktenica The news of the wedding of Mr Joseph Buktenica. son of Phillip and Theresa Buktenica of Solta. Croatian Austria to Miss Stephana Yurkavic. laughter of Vinko and Auastasia Yur tavlc of this city which took place at the St. Mary's Catholic church at 9:30 his morning will be glad tiding not only to their friends in this commun ty and to their relatives and friends in Chicago but will be carried across the ocean to far Austria in th* province of Croatia, the former home jt the groom and his parents. As far as known the wedding was the first ever held in this city in which oeople of this nationality participated The nationality of the couple is Croat laris. The regular nuptial high mass war celebrated by Father Felecian and the jingle ring ceremony was used. As Sister Odelia played the wedding march the bridal party inarched down th< aisle of the church to the high altar. August Buktenica and his wife, Ther esa Buktenica of Chicago, brother and sister-in-law of the groom, acted as best man and bride's maid respective ly. The other attendants at the wed ding were Nicholas and Anna Brodarlch and Frank and Mary Rulch. also of Chicago. The groom owns a grocery store in one of the foreign districts in Chicago and following the wedding ceremony the happy couple left for that city. MissYurkavlc has lived in this city for a number of years and is well i known in this community. ■ i ■ ■ i ’ ♦ WEATHER ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ INDIANA—Fair and continued cool > tonight: Tuesday fair with slowly ristng temperature.

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CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN OPENED BY DEMOCRATS Miss Agnes Costello Is In Charge Os Headquarters; Many Are Registering MEETINGS NEXT WEEK Speakers From State Headquarters to be Sent Here to Make Addesses Democratic headquarters are open with Miss Agnes Costello in charge and many registrations were taken today. County Chairman Fred Fruchte expects to devote most of his time the next seven weeks to the campaign and will be assisted by i Mrg. Fred Heuer, vice-chairman, members of the central committee, and others. For the next two weeks the big job will be to secure the registration and this is being com pleted now. If you have failed to qualify get busy and see that the voters m your household are registjred. The headquarter rooms over this ifflce have been prepared for the campaign. The walls have been repapered, the wood work cleaned and new furniture added for the convenience of the force, which will soon be busy there. The front room will be (Continued on page four! heldlpecial MEETING SUNDAY — Local Lutherans Held Special Services In Interest Os Mission Work Special services were held yesterday in Zion Lutheran church in the, interest of Lutheran missions. The' jhare which the Missouri Synod ot j the Lutheran church is assuming for. Its part of Christian church duties in this respect is constantly growing in volume and strength. Earnest efforts are being made in Home mission ■ work among the more than 50 million . un-churched in the United States., Negro mission work has found a: wonderful field in the Black Belt of | Alabama and is reaping rich harvests. China and especially India are among the foreign fields in which the Lutheran church is preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is stated that the population of India is,equal to all North and South America. And among the more than 725,000 towns and villages of this land only about 15,000 are occupied by Christian missions. Over 400,000 pupils are receiving Christian training in the various Protestant mission schools here which are being served by about 5,000 foreign mission workers, and 43,000 Indian Christian workers. The Lutheran Ziegenbulg began his work in India in 1706; the Baptist Carey wemt to India in 1793; and the American missions In India date from 1812. Rev. H. Kohlmeier of New Haven spoke in the morning service. Misg Margaret Zwlck sang The Perfect Prayer. A German preaching service was held in the evening. Pastor R. Geiser, of Preblo, delivered the sermon. Mrs. Rev. Hinz sang the 23 Psalm, by Hahn.

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Injured Youth Is In A Serious Condition Yet Van Wert, Sept. 25 —The condition of Robert Woten, the eighteen-year-old lad, of Rockford, who accidently shot himself in the chest, while hunting Friday morning is still serious according to reports from tiie ii<»s ' pital here. Dr. B. L. Good operated: on the lad Friday afternoon and re- 1 moved several shot from his lungs. ' The lad, although seemingly a little better Saturday morning, was still in a critical condition. The accident in which the lad was injured occurred near his home west ot Rockford about 11 a. m. Friday morning. TO OPEN L OF P. HOME THURSDAY I Knights Os Pythias To Open Home On Third Street For Winter Months Chilly days are here and winter is ' coming with its long evenings and cold days and the fireplace and warm ' room will soon be the scene of family ’ gatherings. With this in view the Knights of Pythias will open their commodious.' home on Third street for the winter months with a fitting program on Thursday evening. It will be a regu 1 lar house wanning affair and plans for the entertainment of the members at the home during the winter months will be announced. An excellent program has been ar ranged for Thursday evening including speeches by D. B. Erwin, French Quinn A. R. Bell and singing by the Dr. Neptune quartette. The Knights ! will also serve a luncheon and every member is invited to attend. Other lodges and clubs are also con templating on opening their lodge ! rooms for the winter and within a short time there will be all kinds of ’activities and entertainments in the lodge homes in the city. MARRIAGE LICENSES Clem F. Kortenber, salesman, De catur, age 27, to Edith Marie Miller, < i clerk, Decatur, age 31. i Joseph Burktenica, grocer, Chicago | ’ Illinois, age 25, to Stephana Yerkovic, ’ Decatur, age 17. Jesse H. Burnett, retired, Decatur, age 65, to Sarah Jane Case, dressmakI er, Decatur, age 56. TO HOLD FORTY HOURS DEVOTION Devotion Services To Be Held At St. Mary’s Catholic Church Here Forty Hours Devotion will be held at the St. Mary's Catholic church on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 13th, 14th and 15th. Father Otto Peters making the announcement at the masses Sunday morning. The devotion services will open with a high mass on Friday morning and will close with impressive services on Sunday evening, including a sermon and benediction and marching through the aisles ot the church with the Blessed Sacrament. The services are always well attended. An out of town priest will conduct the devotions and a number of town priests will participate in the closing services of the congregation is also observed during the Forty Hours.

LOCAL VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR DIED SATURDAY R. F. Mumma Died at Home of Daughter in Bluffton; Paralysis Was Cause FUNERAL ON TUESDAY Nine Children, Widow, Two Brothers, and One Sister Survive Deceased B. F. Mumma, age 79 years, Civil War veteran and retired farmer, of this city, died at 6:30 o’clock Saturdayevening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Belle Hardin, in Bluffton, where he hart been since September 19. Mr. Mumma suffered one stroke of paralysis on September 13 and two more on September 20. Mr. Mumma was at his home in this city on South Eleventh street, at the time he suffered the first stroke, oi paralysis on September 13. This stroke was a light one and Mr. Mumma seem ed to be recovering from its effects He went to his daughter's' home in Bluffton on last Tuesday. The fol lowing day he suffered two more strokes and he was in a very serious condition from then until his death. R. F. Mumma was born in Ohio, July 9. 1843, but came to Adams coun(Continued on page three) willdecideTn LOCATION LATER Postpone Matter Os Locating New Catholic Church And School In order to give the members of the congregation more time to discuss and to think on the important matter of locating the new church and school building. Father Otto Peters, acting pastor of the St. Mary's Catholic church announced at the masses yesterday that the vote which was to have been taken on next Sunday would be postponed for a few weeks. The matter of selecting the sites for the proposed beautiful church and modern school building is a very Imi portant one to the congregation and it is hoped that no mistake will be made In the selection. Several plans for locating the buildings have been submitted to the congregation, one being to build the new church south of the present church facing Fourth street, remove the parsonage or priest house and build the new school building north of the church on Fourth street, and an tL” over to Monroe Street. Another plan would be to purchase the E. X. Ehinger properties at the corner of Fifth and Monroe streets, remove the buildings, build the school building on this site, and erect the church edifice at the corner of Fourth and Madison streets. The St. Mary's Catholic church will expend several hundred thousand dollars iu the building of the new church and school building and any assistance or suggestion as to building plans will be appreciated by them. The old school buildings and church will be turn down when the new buildings are erected.

Judge Moran Able To Be Up Town Today After being confined to his home and bod tor several weeks with u severe illness with pneumonia and rheumatism. Judge John ('. Moran, of the Adams circuit court, was sufficiently Improved to make a trip up town this afternoon. Judge Moran spent, a short lime outside his house yesterday. Although he was too weak to remain out very long today, his many friends wore greatly pleased to see him out again. iSEASONTiCKETS READY TUESDAY Tickets For H. S. Football Games on Sale; First Game Next Friday Season tickets for the high school football season will be placed on sale tomorrow evening by the high school atheltic association. The tickets will sell for $1.50 each, entitling the purchaser to admission to the six games to be played on the local diamond. This makes the admission price, to each game, twenty-five cents, for those holding season tickets. The tickets will be sold by high school boys, and will also be placed in the four clothing stores, Vance & Linn, John T. Myers clothing company, the Teeple-Peterson company, and the Holthouse-Schulte company, and at the three confectionaries. King's, Colchin's and Joseph and Lang. All of the home games, with the exception of the Thanksgiving Day game will be played on Friday afternoon. The teams which will be played here are Portland, Convoy, Columbia City, Van Wert. Richmond and Hicksville. In order to insure the financial success of the football season, it will be necessary to sell at least three hundred season tickets, it was stated by the high school officials today. This is a splendid offer to the football fans of the city and community, and it is thought that the athletic association will experience little difficulty in disposing of three hundred or more tickets. The first game of the season will be played with Portland high school on the local gridiron next Friday afternoon. The game will be called promptly at 3:30 o'clock. As the season progresses and the days become shorter, the games will be started earlier in the afternoon The wearers of the Purple and Gold are working hard for the contest with Portland next Friday and are determined to open the season with a victory. They realize however that they have a worthy opponent in the Portland squad and it will require first •lass playing to defeat them. Infant Child Os Mr. And Mrs, Robert Wemhofl' Dies The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. dobert Wemhoff died at the family iome on north Eighth street at 7 j’clock Sunday evening. It lived but i few hours. Funeral services were leld from tiie St. Mary's Catholic church at 2 o’clock this afternoon, ind burial took place in the St. Joseph •emetery. Left Today To Enter Chicago Training School Miss Faye Stults, daughter of Mr. ind Mrs. James Stults. left this morn ing for Chicago where she will enter the Chicago Training School of the Methodist church. Miss Stults was in instructor in the public schools of 1 city in Mississippi last winter. She expectas to study for at least one year in Chicago school. ■ -a Abandoned Automobile Found On Line Street A Maxwell automobile was found abandoned on Line street this morning. Sheriff Sephus Melchi was notified by residents on that street, who said that the car was there when they arose this morning. The car wan pull ed into a garage where it is being held. No one had called for it yet this afternoon. No certificate of own ersliip was contained Ln the ear. Sheriff Melchi received another call from near Monroe this morning, saying that a Ford car bearing Michigan licenses numbers, had been found standing along the road four and onehalf miles west of Monroe. Sheriff Melchi went to make an investigation this afternoon.

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ALLIES AWAIT REPLY OF TURK LEADER TODAY I Kemal Expected To Accept Peace Proposals Giving Turks Constantinople GREEKS INDIGNANT Greek Press Attacks Plan of Giving Away Spoils Gained by Greece I'nltrd I'rriMi Nluff Correspondent BULLETIN Paris, Sept. 25— Kemalist leader* regarded the allied peac* offer as in■uffiqient according to advices from Constantinople today. The Turkish nationalist according to these reports ’ will demand that their army be permitted to enter Thrace immediately. They also will refuse to accept the allied proposal that the league of nations be given control of the Dardennelles and the Bosphorus, the advices stated. Paris, Sept. 25. — (Special to Daily Democrat) —The reply ot Musts.pha Kemal to the allied naar east peeca proposals—which means peace or war —was awaited today. There was a distinct feeling of optimism tiiat Kemal, the leader ot thy victorious nationalists, would accept the allied plan which allowed the Turks to come back into Europe, giving them their capitol. as restoring to them eastern Thrace as far as the Maritiza river. It was hoped that an answer to the allied proposals, which also invites Kemal to attend a near east peace conference, presumably to be held in October would be received by the end of the week. Franklin Bouillion, French near east expert, has left Paris and is due to confer with Kemal on Friday it was stated. I it was reported here that Kemal objected to the peace parley invitation because Bulgaria and Russia were not included in the call. It was believed that Bouillion who is said to have confidence of the Turkish leader, will be able to persuade Kemal to accept the terms which, it was pointed out. include almost the entire list of demands made on tha allies by Kemal. Troops Hard to Restrain Words which seeped through here from the near east, said that Kemal was having a hard time to hold hta forces in check. Some credence is placed in this by diplomats here. “I think the peace conference will be held within a month" said the Ser bian misister, ‘but can the Keinalist troops be restrained that long?" The minister denied that Jugoslavs were mobilizing. Serbia, he said, is most satified with the allied terms but wish some guarantees since "I em officially informed that the Turks are sending arms into Bulgaria." As viewed by statesmen here, thess are the only two hitches which may abruptly end the plans or restoration of peace in the near east: 1— Unauthorized acts by the Ketnalists against the British in the Chanak region which would lead to drastic action by the British. 2 — Kemal may be forced by his strong associates to refuse to agree to the allied plan. Indignation In Greece Athens. Sept. 25.—The allied proposals for settlement of the near oast problem was received with indignation here today. The press attacked the comutunica tion of Italy, France and Great Britain which woulfl hand back to the Turks the territory Greece gained for participation in the world war. The Greek National assembly has been called to meet on Oct. » to decide what stand to take on the allied intervention in the near east. It was reported that the existing government may be overthrown and replaced by coalition cabinet, with ths liberals participating. Turks Get Proposal Constantinople. Sept 23 —Tho official allied near east note was handed today to Hamid Rey, Turkish repre- , sentative hero. Christian populations *«r» still uneasy today with the reports that the ’ Kemalista were concentrating in the 1 vlcfnly of Ismld where Mustapba Kemal, their leader had his headquarters The latest “war scare ’—that the -a.-)..-- .I--.* HjF '"Lfi ~ (Continued on page throe)