Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 239, Decatur, Adams County, 10 October 1927 — Page 1

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I TEAPOT dome oil ILEASEISORDERED SMELLED W Supreme Court Orders Sin- ' ciair’s Lease On Naval Land Terminated COMPLETE VICTORY FOR I • S. GOVERNMENT Washington. Oct. 10.—(INS) The supreme court today ordered cancelled the lease of Hany S. Sinclair, millionaire ol '| 1U;1I1 , to the Tea Pot Dome, Wvoining, naval oil reserve. The m t ion was not a surprise, since )li» court already had cancelled the l ea .-e of E. I. Doheny, California oil magnate, to the Elk Hill reserve. It said that Doheny's lease was 'tainted 1 with corruption. A Complete Victory The decision was a complete victory for the government, which for three years has been endeavoring through special council appointed by President Coolidge to break the oil leases negotiated by ex-secretary of interior. Albert B. Fall. Criminal cases also arose from the leases. Doheny and Fall were aeqittted of conspiracy here by a jury last winter. Fall and Sinclair are to go on trial for conspiracy next Monday in criminal court here. —o Convicted Pastor Seeks Vindication Os Charges Oakpark, 111., Oct. 10—(UP)—Seeking vindication of “these Malicious and I false tkafgea,” th" Rev. J. A. tv Warren, Durand, 111., will go before the highest ohurch courts, he declared j here. Warren was convicted of Misconduct by a committee of fifteen clergymen, trial body of the Methodist Episcopal church, in connection with chatges bropght by Miss Hazel Lamb, 19, a member of his congregation. An appeal from the decision will be filed within thirty days, the Rev. Warren said. A special judicial conference will be called to consider the case. If that body upholds the committe of fifteen. Warren will go before the General Conference in Kansas City next Maybe declared. Miss Lamb charged the minister committed numerous acts of misconduct against her in his home in Durand. The defense declared her contentions were false and that the charges giew out of a factional dispute in the church. FORTY HOURS TO OPEN OCTOBER 30 Decatur Catholic Church To Hold Annual Devotion Services The annual Forty Hours Devotion services will open at the St. Marys ( atholic church in this city on SundayOctober 30, closing on All Saint’s Day Tuesday, November 1. A Jesuit missionary Father from Loyola University, Chicago, will conduct the three-day service and the schedule o! special masses and services will be announced later. borty Hours is one of the most impressive services held in the Catholic ( hurc!i. Practically every member of the congregation participates in the servlcy and private pravar devotions. The Jesuft Father will deliver a se~lp s ot sermons during the three days an d, as has been the custom, the faithful of the congregation will receive Holy Communion in a bedy. AH Samt’s day is a holy day of obligation and the time of holding masSes will b? the same as on Sundays. *“' l probably an extra mass or two. t "as announce Sunday by the pastor Father J. a. Seimetz, that beginnng next Sunday a special mass would 11 said at 5 o’clock in the morning 11 mat those men who were employed at the sugar factory could attend mass.

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WILL REDECORATE I 1 I CHURCH INTERIOR I I Trustees of Catholic Church t To Receive Bids For Work Soon i * ! Bids for redecorating the interior of the St. Marys Catholic church in this ’ city will be received bv the board of > trustees this week. Robert Meihers, i . secretary of the board, stated this : morning. Bids for frescoing and painting the walls and celing will be received and the trustees will then decide which method of decorating they will use. The work of redecorating will I not begin until after Nov. 1 and it is hoped to have it completed for Christ- ■ mas. The congregation has donated more ' than $1,012 towards the cost of work. One donation of SIOO from an unknown 1 giver was received by the trustees and last Sunday a donation for SSO from a person who did not wish to have his name known was received. Other donations are expected next Sunday, bringing the total up to the amount necessary to have the work done. It has been seventeen years since the interior of the church was decorated. A few weeks ago, the walls and pictures in the sanctuary were repainted. The roof on the church has been repaired and the window frames repainted on the outside. New spouting and tin work lias also been placed on the church and recently, the trustees; had the foundation and walls of the building inspected- The engineer who; inspected the foundation and walls stated that they were in fine shape and that the church would stand 50 to 75 year more, the foundations and walls being heavier and more solid now than some edifices built within the last ten years. The erection of St.' Mary’s Catholic church was started in 1872 and finished in 1873. Russell Scott’s Suicide Recalls Wagers With Death Chicago, Oct. 10.— (INS) —Grim' wagers with death, made by three murderers, were recalled here today with the death of Russell Scott, who chose suicide by hanging in the county jail here as final disposition of his long legal battle to cheat the gallows. Scott and Bernard Grant, youthful slayer of a policeman and Richard Loeb, murder of Robert Franks, occupied adjoining cells in jail here while awaiting trial. What odds will you give me that none of us goes to the gallows?” Loeb asked a newspaperman. “A hundred to one,” was the answer. / "We'll take the same bet,” spoke up Grant and Scott. “I might not be able to pay if I lost,’ laughed Loeb. Today Loeb is serving a life sentence. Grant was stabbed to death ■ by a fellow inmate and Scott lies in a morgue, a suicide. Federal Radio Commissioner Dies San Francisco, Oct. 10. — (INS) — Funeral arrangements were being made today for Ideut. Col. John F. Dillon, member of the first federal radio commission, who died here yesterday after an illness of several months.

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I Joe Adams, Former Decatur Printer, Dies Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Adams of Huntington stopped here today en route ■ home from Rushville. Indiana, where they were called by the death of a brother, Joe Adams. 60. old time printer. Joe. who about a year ago was employed at the Frank Down's shop in this city, was ill only a few hours, death resulting from an attack of heart trouble. He had been working at Lynn and became ill there. He was taken to the hospital at Richmond, where he died the same evening. He is remembered by a number of Decatur people. 0 MAY OPEN SUGAR FACTORY TUESDAY Officials Hold Meeting This Afternoon To Make Final Arrangements Officials of the Decatur plant of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar factory stated tilts afternoon that it would not be known until late this afternoon whether the local factory would open tomorrow morning or Wednesday morning. Those in charge ot employment at the local factory stated that all persons who had been employed by the local factory, should in bough v.tth officials at the plant this evening to know when to start work. A meeting was called for late this ' afternoon for officials and it was I learned from an authoritative source ' that the factory would open tomorrow morning if possible. However, nothing defin'te was announced, pending i the meeting today. A long run, this season, is anticipated at the local plant and the usual . number as workmen will be employed it was announced. REUBENBREINE.fi CALLED BY DEATH Aged Resident Os Decatur Dies Sunday Night After Extended Illness i | Reuben Brelner. 81, of this city, died at his home on East Monroe street at 10:45 o’clock Sunday night, following an illness of some time. Mr. Briener’s death was due to a complication I of diseases and infirmities. Reuben Ureiner was born in Schulkill county, Pennsylvania, December, ' 20, 1845. He was a son of John and Selma Brelner. Mr. Brelner came to , Indiana from Pennsylvania in 1856. For many years, he resided west of I this city near Craigville, but the last 20 year he has spent in this city. j In early iife. Mr. Brelner was united 1 in marriage to Susana Hower, who preI ceded him in death. .Surviving are t.ie ' following children; Mrs. Elgin King, of Van Wert, Ohio; Mrs. Leonard Case of Huntington; Mrs. Solon Farrer and Irvin Brelner, of Decatur. Two grandchildren, two nelces and a brother William, also survive as do many distant relatives and friends, I Mr. Brelner was a faithful member of the Zion Reformed church of this city and until his recent illness he was a (CONTINUED ON I'ACE FIVE)

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♦ Two Persons Fatally Hurt Near Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 10. (INS) Two persons were fatally Injured in accidents in t'rs vicinity during the week-end. Harold Lytle. 10, of Ossian, near here was crushed beneath a large cupboard which overturned when he tritd to climb onto it. The child was gather ng eggs in the barn. When he attempted to reach a nest on top of the abandoned cupboard. It crashed down on him. He died an hour later. George H. Breese, 68, died en route to the hospital, after he was hit by a street car. REV. LUGKEY PREACHES HERE Former Decatur Minister. Nov; Os New York City, Speaks At Local Church The Rev. L. W. A. Luckey, of New Yoik City, a minister and writer who has gained much fame recently and who formerly resided in Decatur, preached at the First Presbyterian church in this city last night to a large auit'ence which included scores of his friends in this city. Rev. Luckey preached an inspiring sermon, interspersed with many reminiscenses. During his sermon. Rev. Luckey recalled interesting incidents in which the names of many of Decatur’s prominent citizens of today and yesterday were mentioned. He took as his text. "Who Touched Me?” using the Scripture found in the book of Luke, 8, 40-48. Rev. Luckey gave a graphic, description of the touching of Christ’s garment, calling in the apocryphal gospels and ancient history, especially that of Eusebus of the Fourth Century in substance of the Scriptural settings. Rev. Luckey considered the “touch ’ first from its appealing sense and second, from its practical manner thoughts. "Religion is the most reasonable and practical thing in all the world," said Rev. Luckey. “It is the natural resultant of faith. Faith is God’s first and best gift to man. True happiness can not be had without health. Perinn rivinn <•> vage two) MRS. C. J MINER DIES AT LAKETON Wife Os Former Decatur Minister Dies After Extended Illness Mrs. C. J. Miner, aged approximately 46 years, wife of the Rev. C. J. Miner, pastor of the United Brethren church at Laketon, Indiana, and formerly of Decatur, died Sunday evening at 7 o’clock at her home in Laketon. Death followed a complication of diseases, from which she had been suffering for some time. Surviving are the husband and two sons, Dewey, who is a teacher in the west, and Wallace, a student in Indiana Central College, at Indianapolis. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Blew of Mentone, Indiana, also survive. Short funeral services will be held at 11 o’clock Wednesday morning at the parsonage in Laketon. and the funeral party will then proceed to Mentone. Indiana, where funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock with interment at the Mentone cemetery. Rev. and Mrs. Miner and family resided in Decatur about nine years ago. Rev. Miner having neld the pastorate of the United Brethren church here for a period of five years. As a result, they have many friends in this city who are son-owing to learn of Mrs. Miner’s untimely death. A party of local people including Mr. and Mrs. John Hill, Mr. and Mrs. George Hi 11, and Mrs. Gaily Hoagland has! motored to Laketon, Sunday afternoon, and called on Mrs. Miner. She was conscious at the time and recognized them. They had just returned to their homes when they received the sad telegram announcing the death. ,

NOTORIOUS DANK BANDIT CAUGHT Man Blamed For Scores Os Robberies Is Captured At Amboy, Indiana , Peru, Ind.. Oct. 10.— (INS)—-Treat-ing officers and a bullet wound in his • left shoulder alike with comptempt, Frank Badgiey, 29, alias Ray Arson, i who hails from the hills In Brown county, Indiana, charged with robbing the Amboy Sta'e bank at Amboy Saturday afternoon and shooting two mt n, and suspected of more than 100 other robberies, laughed aloud at officers from several counties who visited him at (he Miami county jail today in an effort to connect him with 1 unsolved crimes. Sheriff Jerry Fager, of Miami county, is holding Badgiey on the ' bank robbery charge, pending outcome of the wound of Clifton Small, 28, Kokomo detective, who was shot through the left lung by Badgiey during the Amboy holdup. ’ “If Small dies, we will charge Badgiey with first degree murder and send him to the electric chair," Sheriff Fager said. Small Expected To Live Kokomo, Ind., Oct. 10— (INS)-Cliff ton Small, 28, a local detective who was shot through the left lung late Saturday by, Ray Arson, 29, alias Frank Badgiey. when Small frustrated Arson's attempts to rob the Amboy State bank at Amboy, Indiana, will recover if he con inues in his present condition. Peru, Ind., Oct. 10. —(UP) —Choice of the little lawn of Amboy as the scene of a bank robbery was the one , mistake that Ray Arson, of Detroit, [ Mich., —who is not Ray Arson and is not from Detroit—made in a career of crime, Miami county authorities concluded today as they held him under heavy guard in the jail here. They found that until he tried to rob the Amboy State bank, Arson had . planned and executed almos perfect holdups and robberies. The Amboy bank robbery had one flaw in it —it did not take into account the fact that citizens of the town between Peru and Marion long ago had organized themselves for just such a happening. Citizens Well Prepared It was agreed among the citizens that when a robbery was attempted, they would “come running” with weapons kept, close at hand for emergency. Such was what happened when Arson stalked in'o Amboy Saturday, and after acquainting himself w-ith the business district and planning his ’ getaway, walked into the bank. Sig(covfixi nn on vm;f. two) O ,— ——. HOAGLAND MAN DIES SUDDENLY Edward Koeneman, Former Adams County Farmer, Dies At Henry Macke Farm Edward Woenemann, 59. of Hoag- ' land, former Adams county resident. dropped dent at about 10 o’clock this morning at the Henry Macke farm in Preble township, where he had gone to buy some poultry. Deatf was said to ! have been due to heart trouble. Mr. K leaemann was apparently in good health when he left his home at Hoagland in Allen county this morning. He had gone to the Macke farm and had bought the poultry. Mr. Macke ' went into the barn to get the poultry when he returned to the barn yard, Mr. Koenemann had fallen over. Death came instantly, and when a , physician arrived he pronounced the death due to heart trouble. Edward Koenemann was born in Preble township, Adams county, July 16, 1868. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs Louts Koenemann l.i early life, he was united in marriage to Sophia Meyer, who survives. Tlte Koenemann family moved from this county to Hoagland several years . ago, and since that time Mr. Koene(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO;

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. Feodor Chaliapin, famous Russian singer, lost all of his vast property in his homeland when the Soviets seized it and took away all the honors granted to him, because he gave 5,000 francs to feed poor Russian refugees in Paris. BUSINESS FIRMS TO CHANGE SITES Several Local Firms To Change Locations Within The Next Few Days Several changes in locafon of local business firms will take place this week, it was learned today. The George Sprague Furniture comi pany, located on Monroe street, will • open next Saturday in its new loca--1 lion on Second street, formerly occu--1 pied by the Hensley Jewelry store. Mr. Sprague stated til's morning that he would continue business in his old location until the opening in his new building. October 15. L. H. Paul Jones, who is connected with the Straube Piano company and who has his offices in the Sprague building, will also move into the Hensley building. It was stated this morning that Mr. Jones would conduct a piano tuning school on the second floor of the Hensley building. He also will continue his agency for the pianos, in connection with the furniture store. The Wear-U-Wcll shoe store and dry-cleaning firm, which has been located for several years on South Second street next to the Fullenkamp Soft Drink parlor, will move into the building on Monroe street to ■ be vacated by the Sprague Furniture company. Fred Fullenkarap hast leased the Wtar-U-Well building and will open an up-to-date billiard parlor and barber shop. The b lliard parlor will be in charge of Paul Meyers, of this city, and the barber shop will be conducted by James and Harve Sprague, who recently sold their barber shop in the Brickiey pool room. ■ It was not learned authoritatively what will be located in the building I to be vacated by the American Store on North Second street, but it is understood that a grocery store will be located there. The American store j sale is continuing this week and, fol- ! low ng the sale, the owner. John Mcsure, will quit business. i i Farmer Murdered Near ' Bloomington; Cousin Held Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 10 —(INS) — 1 James M. Stephens, 40. Salt Creek, ! township farmer, was dead here today r and Raymond Stephens. 20, his cousin, • was being held in jail charged with murder. 1 The two men wore said by police to ‘ have met in a duel to the death with 1 knives, in front of James Stephens’ ■ home, ten miles east of here, near the ' Brown county line. • The wounded man crawled to the • floor of his home. His wife called a 1 physician and James Stephens was taken to a hospital here, where lie 1 died from loss of. blood from an atNery • severed in his shoulder. Police alleged that both men had been drinking.

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FLIERS ON FIRST LEG OF PROPOSED TRANS-OCEAN HOP Miss Grayson Flies Her Plane From New York To Old Orchard, Maine FRENCHMEN START FROM LE BOURGET New York, Ocl. 10. (INS)—Miss Frttnees Wilson Grayson in her Sikorsky Anphibian plane, hopped oc from Curtis field at 1:15 o’clock this afternoon for Old Orchard, Maine, on the first leg of the proposed trans-Atlantic flight to C,openhagen, Denmark. Although the plane was not carrying its fuel capacity, the weight shortage was off set by the cargo of fve passengers who accompanied Miss Grayson. Besides. Mlsc Grayson, the Dawn carried Wilmer St tilts, pilot, Brice Goldsborough. navigator, P. Harold Kinckade, motor expert. Boris Lebbeinsky. and John E. Frogge, a newspaperman. At Old Orchard the ship will be refueled and given its final test befor hopping off for Copenhagen. On the oceanic flight. Miss Grayson will b accompanied only by Stults and Goldsborough. French Fliers Start I.e Bourget, Oct. 19. —(UP) —Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Le Brix, French aviators, at 9:40 a. m. today began their proposed flight across the South Atlantic to South America. Flying a Breguet plane of the same type used by Pelletier D’Oisy in his flight from Paris to Shanghai, they planned to reach St. Louis, Senegal, West Africa, within 24 or 26 hours. The distance is approximately 2.500 miles. The 2,000-mile flight across the At-« lantic to Natal, Brazil, was scheduled to start tomorrow evening, so the airmen may benefit by the full moon. The takeoff of the heavily loaded plane—four and a lialf tons —was perfect. It rolled down the f eld 305 meters, bounced twice, then rose, gained height as it circled the field, and at 9:41 a. tn. headed toward Payenne. Madris, and St. Louis. An ambulance followed tire plane down the field. Two planes accompanied it over Paris. The Breguet plane is capable of remaining on the surface of the water many hours if forced to land on the ocean. Its reserve fuel tanks can be emptied in a few seconds. It is equipped with a special anchor to prevent it from overturning if it should land at sea. DICK MILLER IS HONORED Made Member Os Stall Os U. Os Southern California’s Daily Paper Dick Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller of this city, received an honor recently at the University ot Southern Gelifornia, at Los Angeles, where he is entered as a freshman in the school of Journalism. Dick was selected anu>ng 50 applicants for a position on the staff of the Daily Trojan. the University’s daily newspaper. Twelve st. dents were selected as members nt the staff bv means of hold inn an examination. Fitty students oi the four classes took the examination, and Dick received the highest grade, and was selected as a member of the staff for tha first semester. Being graduated from the Decatur Catholic h'gh school las' spr’ng wall high honors, Dick went to Los Angeles this sur.- rer and entered, the university of S imlurn California this fall. He has been geting along fine, according to word received in this city. He was editor of the 1927 Tattler, the Catholic high school publication, and was employed in the mailing departI ment of the Daily Democrat for several years.

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