Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 9 February 1924 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

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TROOPS GUARD ILLINOIS MINING CAMP

SITS SINCLAIR conspired to ORIGIN LEASE _ I I Said To Have Conspired With Pioneer Oil Company ToGet Lease VOTE ON DENBY NEAR Senate Expected To Adopt Resolution Demanding His Resignation ' WMhington, F*l>. Ik-Harry F. Sin rlair was enabled to get his lease of Teapot Dome from former Interior i ►,-retary.F'all by means of a conspir irruiih the Pioneer Oil company, th' iMiato investigating committee was toM today. Th* conspiracy was charged in a complaint prepared by L«o Stack, of Driver, but never filed in court, dantina that the Pioneer Oil compay "entered into a conspiracy" with Smilair to abandon its just rigths Io Trajiot Dome. Dropping by the Pioneer company of its claims permitted Sinclair to go •head with his leasing negotiations litli Fall, the complaint charged. The complaint was read to the com mittee today at request of S nator Wakh. Montana, by his secretary. Stack contended the Pioneer had ‘double crossed’’ hint and asked the twrt to award him s.‘>.o«Ht,oo<t damages Senator Walsh contended that Stack's anit was unjustified anti that hr waily had* no 'just righC Jo the , kases. s-,, Senate action today on the resolq, ttm demanding resignation of Secret an of the Navy Denby is believed Attain ladkadons were the resolution wild he adopted |>y a close* vote. The senate met an hour earlier to I fcur.-> a final vote before night. Before the senate resumed its de tale on Denby the public lands com nittee met to investigate reports that Harry p Sinclair, leases of T *apot Itotne. was forced to pay thousands i»-hash money" to prevent invalidity * hi« lease being t xposeif The evidence is being sought to (Continued on page two) H. HOCKER IS POPULAR PASTOR Brother Os Decatur Man Is 'ery Popular In State Os California Tlw " Rnr- H H Hocker. of San ftundo. California, who la n hroth * tn » C. E Hocker of thia city. Is ver, *W»r In the western stat". Rev. "•'••r recently moved from Itedondu ' fc to San Fernando. The •'•m concerning Rev. H<* k-tak-n from the tian Fernando qf recent d a te : Sun has S lingering sus "« that Ran Fernando haw In Rev u wk . ,lo< k “ r n,w Pnator of the _ "'M church, a bigger man than 'is have thus far reckoned " r * e * w iSl ' n *’*y •!”»’ Unit 111,1,1 11 doson /prominent* *t propi,. t)| Bencl, wrm atll ' '""’•’ned In’ on a >" n from their former pastor and tk am* I**** 1 **** h,m al " 1 fan,l| y Io Ro to ' for »« op-n air dinner. Etui's.'"'* ,h " of i*»» HnJ, rOl Comn, *ri'« Os Redondo lto<j,' r f * hlrh •"’sanliatlou R»v. io i*'" pr *'* ~* **«t until moving * the *' rtln, ’ < * n * ■aka for a picture Mt ma n ' , '* r 1,1 *” ° n front puge J' 1 "’- 1 with that of the ‘ J nM, ' ,n ' 10 laoM."" * msn town the . dually rorgH h;m p Wtjr M in the cane of It, ate* *’’** B p v Hocker. Hut * for Li Rndoo,, '’ ‘Uylng iM W1 — ' k,,n *’n he's now otir’n. foj " k,n « h| n> better day by a "very Wu y..

Boy Scouts Learn First Aid Lesson Troop number two of the Boy Scouls mot lust evening at the Central building. Scoutmaster Fred Patterson giving the, boys a lesson in first aid work. The work was interesting and practically every member of the troop was present. This week, is the fourteenth anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scout organization and a short history of the organization was given by Mr. Patterson test evening. Rolland Shlmp Is Scoutmaster of troop one. FATHER OF JOHN CARMODY IS DEAD Local Man’s Father Died At Home Near Grand Rapids, Mich., Today John Carmody, father of John Carmody. Jr., manager of the Holland St Louis Sugar Company, plant of this city, died early this morning at his home near Grand Rapids. Michigan. The son was at his bedside, going to [Grand Rapids this week. Mr. Carmody had been in poor health for sometime. About 4 years ago he suffered injuries When struck by an automobile and these injuries together with other complications, caused his death. Mr. Carmody was a prominent retired farmer of Grand Rapids end was a resident of that <ounty for many years. Mrs. Carmody received a telephone message this morning from her husband advising her of Mr. Car ' inody's death. It .is thought that ftintral aeryitt* WjU be held Monday ut Grand Rapids/ Mr. ('arm sly was known to several in this city, having visited here with his son and daughters, and the many friends of, the family regret to learn of his death. „ % TO HOLD WHEAT POOL MEETING Adams County Farmers Invited To Meeting At Ft. Wayne Monday According to a telephone message this morning from Anthony Lehner, one of the organizers of the Indiana Wheat Marketing AssoiHailon. a meeting will be held at the Wolf A I’essauer auditorium. :it Fort Waynej I next Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock] ut which time a Mr. Brumbaugh.' from Oklahoma, will explain how thej wheat pool has been functioning tn 1 that state. Mr. Brumbaugh Is n director of wheat marketing as carried out under the Fann Bureau there. Ail Adams county farmers who ure In- 1 U-rected In having the wheat pool explained have been invited to the meeting. Since It la likely that nt some time not far distant every wheat growing farmer will find it necessary to exprest his opinion of the wheat pooling plan, it seems It would be well for farmers to acquaint themselves with the of the plan. English coins of th* IHh century an dbenrlng the head of KlnaEth-l bert of Englund* have been unearthed In Norway. Anderson Prepares For Last Desperate Fitfht (United I’resn Service) New York. Feb »-William ||. And erson, superintendent of the New York Slate Anil tfaloon league, today fa preparing for a last desperate fight to avoid becoming an inmaly of Sing Sing prison. He was aenV-nce.l Into yeatoHlay n supreme court by Justice Arthur S Tompkins to serve not less than one year and not more than two, but obtained a stay of aentenco. pending hcailng on a certificate of reasonable doubt. If thia la refused he will healn serving his sent ißt v nest Friday. If it is granted he may be given a now trial.

AUTO LICENSES ARE ISSUED AT OLD PRICE NOW —“ i Local Office Begins Issuing New l icenses At 1923 Prices Today TO MAKE REFUND Refund Likely Will Be Made From Secretary Os State Jackson The local office of the Hoosier State Auto Association today began i x , issuing 1924 automobile licenses at the 1923 rate, following receipt of a telegram from the- office of the secretary of stat" early this morning, "the telegram ordered the local office to cease issuing the licenses at the new schedule of rates an dto begin issuing them at the old rate, as a result of the State Supreme court yesterday finding the new license lee law unconstitutional. French Quinn was the first to pur- : chase license plates at the local office I today under the 1923 schedule of | prices. His number is 203.917. There i were several applicants at the office I this morning, but Yhe big rush for liI censes was expected to start this after i noon. Refund To Be Given Those who purchased license under I the new pri<-*s will get a refund of the I difference between the new and old prices. Mias Nova Yost, who is in charge of the local office, stated today 'that, as far as she was able to learn. I the refund would not he issued from | the local offic e, but would come from 'the secretary of state in the form of ! a voucher. It it thought that the re- ! fund will not be made before a few I weeks yet. Miss Y'ost had issued a total of 1.327 i passenger ear licenses and 137 truck 11-1 1 cenaet at noon today. On February i 15 last year a llttlegmore than 2.O<W | licenses had been Issued here. As there are only five more days in which ' to secure th" 1924 licenses before the j time limit expires. It is expected that {there will be a big rush at the local office next week Several Individuals who had been waiting in hopes that the new law would he held invalid, purchased their licenses within the law a few days thinking that the decision would not be made before the time limit for securing licenses expired. A total of 38 wus issued yecterday. ' DRIVE WORKERS TO GIVE REPORT Final Check-up Os The Subscriptions To Catholic School Fund Planned A meeting of all the captains and workers connected with the drive tor 1 the raising of funds for the building 1 Os the Catholic aehned will be held Monday evening at the Knights of Columbus hall at which time a final |check-up of the subscriptions will b* made. Many of the. pledge cards have not been returned, and H la hoped that on Monday night all subscription from the members of the St. Mary's Catholic church eongrega- , tlnn will be reported Th" total of th* fund so far Is gratifying and within a few thousand dollars of the amount needed to warrant the building of the school thia year. All the «Hy and rural captains and workers are urged to attend the meeting Monday evening. To E'ect Oft'crra The annual election of officers of the Kniy Name Society of th" St. Mary's church will take place Mon day evening at th» K "I f. ball C :‘S Niblick is prnaldeot of the »miety The metobrra "f Jh* am Wy and also those of the St Job* ph gm lety will i observe th* monthly custom nf receiving Holy Communion at the 7:30 mass at the St. Mary a church Hun day

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, February 9, 1921.

WHERE WILSON'S BODY WILL REST TEMPORARILY i i -A . 11 dimr *l’ 4 * iSS R'mv* fl tr ’■ f K taw clsOHMj b Bethlqhcm c hap-1. National c athedral, where body of Woodrow Wilson was taken after private funeral services. WASHINGTON. D C. The above photo shows Bethlehem chapel in (he National Cathedral of St. Peterhmd St. Haul at Mount St. Albans. Washington. I). C.. where the funeral service * for Ex President Wilson were held

BOOTLEGGINGBT MAILISCHAGGED Federal Grand .Jury Indicts Twenty-seven In Million Dollar Plot • *- < United Ser-i<-<»5 Philadelphia. Feb. »— Warrants for the arrest of 27 person* indicted bv the federal Brand jury there last Friday on charges of being implicated in a million dollar mull order bootlegging plot, were signed by I’nfted States Commissioner Manley today. Issuer Bullifant. u glassware merchant of Philadelphia who is said to be the "brains” of the alleged conspiracy to flood the country with liquor by using the malls to transport whiskey, was indicted on 22 counts. lie fates a maximum sentence of 104 years In jail and fin** aggregating SS2O.OM If found guilty on all counts. Each alleged purchaser is indicted on two counts, first conspiracy to transport liquor In violation of the Volstead act snd second, illegal Interstate transportation of liquor. If con vlcted the ‘•customers" each face an aggregate maximum penalty of four yekrs Imprisonment snd a fine of |2<V <mo It is charged that IlnHlfnnt. under the guise ot running a legitimate glassware business, built up a gigantic mall order bootlegging firm He !• nltegeri to have sold a synthetic mix titre of alcohol, water and coloring material In hotties In which were Mown the name* of well known brands of liquor. —— - 0 I J. I). Hendricks Is 111 At Home In Monroe J. t>. Hendrick*, one of th • prominent retired farmer* of Monroe. He* seriously ill at his home Ho has been bedfast for several weeks snd sometime ago suffered front an attack of the flu. He I* about years of age and has h«*en a resident of Montoe all bi* life. 1 " I ———— — Weather Partly cloudy tonlgh' and Hundaf. warmer In south portion tonight: somewhat colder In northwest portion Sunday.

Fan* Hells For Less Than SSO An Acre At Sale Th« 40 acre farm in Root township, belonging to Henry and Ida Rodenbeck, was sold at sheriff's sale, bv Sheriff John Baker, yesterday for *1 S2U. which is less than an average of *sti an acre. The farm was purchased by Bvraardlna Rodenbeck. who held a court judgment against the owners of the farm for $1.8.i0. The 80 acre farm in Kirkland town<hl|> belonging to William and Elizabeth Timm wa» being sold hy the sheriff today to satisfy a judgment. One bld hu<l been received on the arm at 2 o'clock this afternoon, that being for *13.127.14. The sale wa« .lot to be closed until 4 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. I. Bernstein attended the auto show nt Fort Wayne last evening STONE QUITS HIGHWAY BODY Resigns As Field Secretary Os Harding Highway Association Huntington. Feb. !» With the resignation of A fl, Stone n* field secretary of the Harding Highway Asso--Union, mullers appear to have been tentatively ironed out and indications tre that the new national highway will follow the original course west of Huntington, following the H. M. <’. Tra'l through North Manchester. Ho ■heater, Culver and Hives Luke, ac ««rd;ng to wistrts following a sptwiul nceting In Id nt (lalion. Ohio, lust Tuesdav. Biffhultle* arose. It is said, when Mr Stone, who did much of the field work In Huntington and other Indima localities. conducted a subscription campaign along the H M (" Trait west of Huntington, hut who. after securing gratuities amounting to *2.Mio. transferred activities along Stale Hoad Sqven and started similar work at Wabash, Peru and Logansport. Commercial organizations at Rochester and Culver were responsible for th* investigation that forced stone* resignation. While ih» association refused to date definitely the route west of Huntingion opinion appeared to favor the II M. f. route hut reservations ore made. R I* understood, that In. the event of n change later, money j collected will he refunded.

CREW HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER Motffrman And Conductor Os Eastbound Car Are Blamed For Wreck Indianapolis. Feb. 9- Thu crew of the East bound I’nion Traction car which was in the c ollision at Fort iville a week ago today was required to work 13 hours on the day of the accident it was revealed today. Rollfn l-'lvnu. tnotorman and Sidney Sawyer conductor of the east bound . c-ar are held on a c harge of involunt- i ary manslaughter as the result of th. { death of eighteen or nineteen persons in the wreck. Under a new schedule adopted by the company all inotormen and conductors on the Anderson division were required to work a thirteen boar day alternately with an eight hour day. On the day of the accident Flynn and Sawyer began their run at 4:30 a. nt. It has been learned. They were "equired to report at the station at Indianapolis at 4:15 a. nt. Both men had been working approx!- | mutely 12 hoqrs when the ncciden' i happened at 4:30 o’clock in the after I I noon. —I! • » ll— ■ Franc In New Slump Paris, Feb. 9- Tbe French franc was in a new slump today, failing to 22 15 to the dollar and $5,29 to the pound sterling. LIQUOR SCANDAL { AT WASHINGTON — Federal Officials Involved In Alleged Scandal Uncovered ——— Washington. Feb 9 A new liquor scandal involving federal officials reared it* head In the capital today. Flv* United States deputy mar-haL ire under indefinite suspension while Marshal Snyder and the department if justice, the federal prohibition <tnit and th" treasury’s secret serv ice Investigate charges against him The c harge*, include not only viola tlon of the prohibition laws, but the white slave and antl-narcotlc laws The liquor angle nf the case. It Is Intimated bv officials, the nrohibltlon scandals which stlrr<d Washington late in luwemlH-r and ■•arly this year. In those cases two alleged ■■syndicates" of ImnNleavers were belived to have* been broken up by numerous arrests. Those cams will shortly be presented to the gram' jury. J. A. Price Escaped Crash When Detained Bluffton. Feb. 9J. A. Price, who I live* north of Bluffton, escaped the I <nterurban crash at Fortville best Saturday afternoon by a fortunate I chance. It la Mr. Price's custom. ■ when In Indianapolis on business, to return to Bluffton on (he interurban ■ur leaving that city (it 3 o’clock In , the afternoon, it »m learned. He nlanued last Saturday to leave nt hla usual time. B was this cur which figured In the horror In which perhup* 20 person* lost their live*. When time ciime forth" car to leave. Mi. Prices, it was h-arned today. wu* detained nt hie hotel In In illuiiapoßa by a huainesa caller. He did not leave Indianapolis, he stated, until 5 o'clock, making the trip on the Hooslerlund. — 0 — ——- Delinqunt Tax Sale Tn Be Held Monday The annual sale of property for de lltiqnent tax** will |»" held Mondac morning ut the court house by County Treasurer l/mieu Kleine. Much of the property advertised for *ul>> has already been redeemed and tbe 'amount to be offered for sale Monday I w ill ho small.

Price: 2 Cents

WILLIAMSON CO. SCENE OF BOOZE WAROUTBREAKS Klan Leader Killed: Klansmen Fire On Herrin Hospital SHERIFF IS ARRESTED Charged With Murdering Klan Leader; More Troops Ready Pros* Staff Correspondent) ('.tii'bondiile. 111.. I'eb. 9 (Speci.il |c> Dailv De moei'iit) Sliciiti George Galligan of Williamson county was arrested here today on a warrant charg 4 ing first degree- murder in connection with the slaying of fjtesar Cagle, ku klux klan leader in Herrin last night. Herrin. 111.. Feb. 9 (Speci.il Ito Daily De inocraD Five 1 com- ' panic's of Illinois National | Guardsmen today patrolled 1 Herrin, and ten additional companies tire under arms at l their home stations waiting orde rs Io move on Herrin if the "booze war" oulhrea'ks spread. Tlw five companies arrived at H rr'ii following a shooting in which a policeman who !>elonged to th" K. K. K. was shot 'o death and an anti-klan deputy sheritl' was wounded. W'ord of the- arrival of th" troops jin Herrin wh. received by Governor I I.en Smali. who authorized their disI patch, on request of Sheriff Galligan of Williamson county. Herrin. 111.. Feb. 9 (Special to Daily Democrat) — The Cabondale troop of the Illinois National Guard took control of this Williamson county mining camp today, and with loaded rifle* patrolled th" Herrin hospital which was fired upon early today by a body of vm alleged Ku Klux Klansmen. Several men for whom the alleged klan*men said they had watrants for the killing of Caesar Cagle, klan leader, on the street last night took refuge in the hospital and fired a volley at the approaching band. The fire was returned The attackers then retired from the hospital, in which John Myman. deputy sheriff, and leader of the antiklan element, lies with a bullet wound, received in a gun battle shortly utter Cagle was shot. Martini law for Herrin I* Imminent. and probably will he declared as soon a* two or three more troops low o:> their way here arrive. (Continued on page twot ONION TOWNSHIP INSTITUTE HELD First Farmers’ Institute In Township Proved To Be A Success The first farmer* Institute ever held In I’nion township occurred ye»terdav, when u good number if farmers anti their families gathered at th" Kohr school for an ulUlay meeting ut which Mr*. Kllxabeth T. Stanley, of Union county and Mr. Addl*on Drake, of Sullivan county were th" principal speakers. A basket dinner was i-njoye.t ut th" noon hour. Although the attendance during the day session* whs not large. It being the first attempt nf this nature, the evening aesslott was well attended A llterury program wus eittoyed In the evening, also community singing and agricultural motion pictures. C D Hpuller wan elected chairman of the institute for next year Practl. ally all the necessary members ship* for (h" institute were ahtalned ' before the evening session WH* over. 1 In the reotganlzutlon of the com- ■ munlty club the old chairman. C. H. Momma was reelected.