Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1927 — Page 1

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billion makes CHARGE AGAINST BERNE PUBLISHER Attorney General Says Fred Rohrer Is Buying Wine Eor Medicinal Purposes ROHRER MAKES A DENIAL OF CHARGE Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom, In an address delivered to the Rotary Cub at Auburn last night, struck back at those wno have been criticising him for violating the Wright ■•bone dry" prohibition law in Indiana last Slay by procuring a pnt of whiskey and bringing it to the Ad ams County Memorial hospital in this city, to be administered to h s sister, who had undergone an opera, tion there. Mr. Crilliom charged In his address, that Fred Rohrer, one of his critics who is editor of the Adams County Witness, published at Berne, Mr. Gilliom’s home town, is buying wine from an Adams county farmer and using it for stomach trouble. Mr. Gilliom referred to this as "an example of the worst hyprocracy I have ever witnessed.’’ Mr. Rohrer Denies Charge In an interview with a newspaper man today. Mr, Rohrer admitted that he had procured some whiskey from his physician several years ago and used it for his illness, on prescription of his physician, but that he was not buying wine from an Adams county farmer now and had never done so. Mr. Rohrer further admitted that he was in favor of modification of the Indiana prohibition law, so as to permit use of whiskey for medicinal purposes, but declared that he was not in accord with Mr. Gilliom's method of procedure. The town of Berne was conslderab’y excited today over the charge made against Mr. Rohrer by Mr. Gilliom. Mr. Rohrer has been a trustee of the Anti-Saloon League for many years and was one of the most active leaders in the state in the movement fcr abolition of the saloon. Mr. Gilliom's Address Mr. Gilliom said in his address at Auburn last night: "Prohibition has been made a national government policy by the people of the United States through the adoption of the 18th amendment, and by the statutes jnacted to make that policy effective. Having done this, it behooves the American people to show enough sportsmanship, to say the least, to live up to the rules of the game that they themselves have made. I am personally and officially anxious to see the maximum of good results realized under this prohibitcn policy. The extreme fanacticism and intolerance of those who cannot trust either the United States government or state governments to enforce this policy are making it difficult for prohibition to have a fair chance to succeed, and if this supergovernment tyranny continues it will Q9t certainly defeat prohibition. (COXTIXIEO OX PAGE MXi o s— HALLOW'EN PLANS ARE PROGRESSING Business Houses Plan To Remain Open That Night; Frogram Nearly Ready 1 W. Rice, of the Hotel Murray, "’ho is managing the organization for a celebration in Decatur cn Halloween u ' f h a big parade and prizes for the funniest, best, largest and homliest exhibition, announces that everything i 8 coming right along and he to announce his program in a day or two. He has canvassed the entire buslness district and finds everybody favorable. Most of them have TBld im they will keep their business louses open on that evening, Monday <tober 31 and many o f hem w j]] an . bounce special bargains for the occaal <>n. it can be and will be a great event.

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I Addison Low of Wichita, 1 Kan., has retired alter 53 years ' of railroading. As an engineer, ■ he has been in many accidents but his trains had never caused ■ injury to anyone in over half a 1 century at the throttle. » WILL OBSERVE DISCOVERY DAY Banks To Be Closed Here Wednesday; Schools To Hold Programs The 435th anniversary of Columbus' Discovery of America will be observed throughout the nation tomeirow, October 12. Discovery Day Is a national hcliday and the banks will be closed aR day. No special program will be given in this city, except in the schools. Various programs are planiyd in the schools in this city. Christopher Columbus and his party, after a perilous voyage across the ocean, sighted land 435 years ago and landed at San Salvador, West Indies. ■ o Koenemann Funeral To Be Held On Thursday Funeral services for Ed Koenemann of Hoagland, who died yesterday morning will be held Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock (standard time) at the home and at 1:30 o’clock at the St. Johns Lutheran church. Burial will take place at the Concordia cemetery al Fort Wayne. o Waterloo Man Killed In Automobile Accident Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 11—(INS) — Harry Shook, 34. of Waterloo, was dead here today and three persons were suffering from injuries received when the automobile in which they were riding was wrecked three miles not th cf Waterloo. The injured were:: Wayne Sherrick. 29. of LaGrang, who is severely hurt, Herbert Grimm. Fort Wayne, and Russell Dunn, Fort Wayne, Neither Grimm nor Dunn are seriously injured. —o Pulmotor Saves Life Chicago, Oct. 11—(UP) — Eleven hours ql,work with a pulmotor the lifo<f Mrs. Rose Young, 34, physicians announced today as the woman was taken to a hospital to recuperate from effects of gas asphyxiation which almost proved fatal. — o Italian Missionary To Preach Here This Evening The Rev. A. Giuliani, a natice of Italy who is a missionary to the Italians in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will preach at the First Evangelical church in this city tonight. The service will start at 7:15 Q'clock. A silver offering will be taken to defray Rev. Giuliani’s expenses. Rev. Giuliani has had attractive offers to join the U. S. immigration department, but uas turned them down to continue his missionary work. During the world war, a bomb was placed in front of Rev. Giuliani's church iy Milwaukee. The bomb was found before it exploded and was taken to the police station, killing several policemen and wrecking the building.

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MISS ELDER IS READY TO START Beautiful Aviatrix Announces She Will Start For Paris This Afternoon Roosevelt Field, N.Y., Oct. 11. — (INS)—Ruth Elder, beautiful young aviatrix, announced today that she would take off at 1 o'clock this afternoon fur Par.s in her plane “American Girl." Miss Elder will be accompanied by her navigator. Captain George Haldeman. with whom she will alternate at the controls. Weather maps which showed Improved comiit cns over the Atlantic were carefully studied before the decision to hop off today was made, All preparations were being made for the start. Necessary provisions were loaded into the fuselage of the plane, and the gasoline tanks f lied. In addition to the main tanks, the plane carries 140 gallons of gasoline In auxiliary tanks of five galloncapacity each, which are stored in the back of the cabin. As the main tanks are emptied, this auxiliary supply will be poured into the mam tanks and the sm ill containers dropped overboard. The proposed route w 11 take the plane over Old Orchard, Maine, where the Sikorsky Amphibian plane in which Miss Frances Grayson plans a flight to Europe is being made ready for the trans-Atlantic hop. Will Not Race Across Old Orchard Beach. Maine, Oct, 11. (INS)—Mrs. Frances W. Grayson, New York to Copenhagen flyer, made it plain today that there would be no race across the Atlantic with Ruth Elder. The Florida aviatrix in her “American Girl" was expected here today from New York. Mrs. Grayson spent the forenoon arranging for the refueling of her plane “Dawn." Several test fl’gfits will be made. On these depends the decision whether “Dawn" will take off this week or be further delayed. St. Louis, Senegal, West Africa, Oct. 11. —(UP)—Dieudotne Costes and Joseph Le Brix arrived here at 11:10 a. m. today on the first stage of their fl ght to South America. They had left Paris a| 9:40 a. in. Monday. They planned to take off tonight on a 2.000 mile trans-Atlantic flight to Natal, Brazil. FIRST AID TO BE TAUGHT HERE Instruction Car Os Red Cross To Be In Decatur October 18 To 20 A first aid instruction car, under supervision of the American Red Cross in cooperation with railroads of the United States, will arrive in Decatur Tuesday afternoon, October IS, and will remain in this city until Thursday afternoon, October 20. Two special instructors in first aid will accompany the car to this city. They are: Dr. W. J. Fenton and Herbert Young, Jr. Both men are from the first aid department of tlie American Red Cross, and have had years of experience in that line of work. The primary motive of the special train is to hold classes for railroad employees of the three local railroads. Plans are being made by the local committee of the Adams county chapter of the Red, Cross to have the instructors conduct first aid classes for the Boy Scouts, firemen, various factory employees and other interested people in this community. All of the instructions will be given free of charge, and the two instructors will hold from two to six classes each day, during their two-day stand In this city. —o Woman Dies On Train Izigansport, Ind., Oct. 11 —(INS) — Mrs. Catherine Greenwait, 67, of Chicago, died on the train here last night en route from Columbus to Chicago. Mrs. Greenwait was ill only a few . minutes. She died from a heart attack.

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Cherry Trees In Full Bloom; Killing Frost Is Feared, However J. 11. King. 415 North Seventh street, isn't taking orders for early delivery of the ripe red fruit, but he has plenty cf proof that his cherry trees are in full bloom today October 11. Mr. King today sent several twigs from his cherry trees to the Daily Democrat office, and all were laden with blossom. Mr. King savs his crop isn’t assured yet. however, as there Is still danger of a killing frost. allegedbandF IS APPREHENDED Fort Wayne Police Surprise Suspect; Wanted In Several Cities Fort Wayne, Oct. 11. —(INS) —Eddie Duffy, alias Otis Smith, alias Eddie Duffield, alias Eddie Wiley, alias Eddie Robinson, 28, alleged bank robber and hold-up man, was arrested here today when police surprised him in bed at a local hotel. Muncis authorities want Duffy on charges of assault and battery with intent to rob, while Duffey also is wanted at Flint, Mich., on holdup charges, and at Springfield, 0., in connection with a bank robbery, according to information received here. o Thieves Loot Cash Register In Grocery Local police are still without a clue as to who broke into the Hower Brothers’ grocery in the west part of this city early Monday and rifled the cash register. It i 3 not known how much was taken from the register, but it is that the robbers got only a few dollars, the amount taken in late Saturday night. Entrance was gained to the grocery through the front. It is not known whether the thieves took any groceries and meats, but those in charge of the store stated that they thought the robbers took only the money in the cash register. w Brenton And Will Barkley Visit Here Brenton Barkley, Klamouth, Ore., and Will Barkley, Philadelphia, who have been at Fort Wayne several days, owing to the serious illness of their aged mother. Mrs. Levi Barkley, visited old friends here today. Brent is in the hotel business at Klamouth, w’here he has prospered, and Will is attending quartermasters school in Philadelphia. He has been in the United States army for many years and is now' being educated to take the position of sergeant-major. He has served as a staff sergeant for some years and likes his work. —, . o D. C. H. S. Pupils Observe Fire Prevention Week Fire Prevention week is being observed by the pupils of the Decatur Catholic h'gh school this week. A program of fire drills and talks on fire prevention by the high school pupils are given each day and the importance of carefulness in preventing fires is emphasized. Fire prevention week is being observed throughout the country this week and every citizen is urged to heed the timely suggestions offered in the campa'gn aganist losses, from fire. — o Fractures Neck In Fall Logansport, Ind., Oct. 11.—(INS) — Ira Washburn, 25, of Monticello, Ind., suffered a fractured neck today when he fell Town stairs in a garage where he is employed. , He was brought to a local hospital for examination and then’was rushed to the city hospital at Indianapolis. 1 o Kills For 50 Cents Buffalo, N. Y„ Oct. 11 —(lNS)—Alleged to have slain a shipmate with a butcher knife in an argument over 50 cents, Edward A. Bray 26, of St. Louis was sought by police today.

SUGAR MILL TO OPEN WEDNESDAY Everything In Readiness For Beginning Os 16th Annual Run Everything is In readiness for the opening. Wednesday morning, at 6 o'clock, of the sixteenth annual campaign of the Decatur plant of the Holland St. Louis sugar company. The cutters and other machinery will be turned on at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, and will continue day and night for the next three months. Because of the large acreage, a long run is predicted at the local plant this year. The usual number of laborers I have been employed. Two shifts will I be maintained at the local plant, the day shift working from 6 o'clock a. m., to 6 o'clock p. m., and the night shift ! working the same number of hours. Local factory officials are optimistic concerning the run this year, as the beets are testing higher and the acreage is much larger this year. The weather has been ideal for beats the ast few weeks, and every day thousands of pounds of beats are arriving at the local factory. It will be several hours before the first sugar is completed, but local officals of the plant say that the entire factory will be in action by noon tomorrow. Those in marge of employment ask that all persons employed for the annual campaign report at the factory on time tomorrow morning. It Is impossible to ascertain just how long the run will last this year, but it is expected that it will last longer than the 1926 run, because of the increased number of beets being shipped here. —■ : O All Officers Os State Masonry Are Re-Elected Indianapolis, Oct. 11—(UP)---All officers of the state Masonry conference of Indiana were re-elected here yesterday at the closing session of the 27th annual 2-day convention. Officers include: J. Snider of Muncie vice-president and (’. E. Blood of Terre Haute, treasurer. —o Crazed Negro Wounds Twelve Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 11.—(UP)— Twelve persons were wounded by a crazed negro barricaded in his home here before a policeman climbed to the roof of a house adjoining the negro's and shot him to death. G, E. DIRECTORSTO VISIT FORT WAYNE Board Will Not Visit Decatur Plant; To Hold Meeting Friday The entire board of directors of the General Electric company will be in Fort Wayne Friday, October 14. for a business meeting and an inspection of the Fort Wayne works of the company. E. W. Lankenau, superintendent of ths Decatur plant, said today that he had not been notified that the directors would inspect the local plant and he believed they would not do so, owing to their limited time at Fort Wayne. The directors who will be at Fort Wayne are: Gerard Swope, president of the company, of New York city and Schnectady, N.Y.; Jesse R. Lovejoy, vice-president, of New York city and Schnectady, N.Y.; George F. Morrison, vice-president, of New York city, Owen D. Young, cha’rnian, of New York city and Schnectady. N. Y.; E. Wilbur Rice, Jr., honorary chairman, of New York city and Schnectday, N. Y.; Oliver Ames. Gordon Abbott, Robert Treat Paine 11. George P. Gardner, Philip Stockton. Francis L. Higginson, all of Boston, Mass.; Marsden J. Perrv. Providence. R. I.: Bernard E. Sunny of Chicago; Burton G. Tremaine of Cleveland; Melvin T. Traylor of Chicago; Flenry M. Robinson of Los Angeles, Cal.; George F. Baker, Jr., Seward Prosser, Dwight W. Morrow and Clarence ,N. Woolley, all of New York city.

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General Francisco Serrano, t leader of revolt over Mexican presidential elections, was or- . dered shot and kilted with 13 ,of his lieutenants. Govern- . went claims executions have , ended rebellion.

HYMN WRITTEN BY REV. LUCKEY Minister And Author Distributes Copies Os Hymn To Friends Here The Rev. Leonard W. A. Luckey, of New York City, who Is now visiting old friends in this city, today was presenting to his friends attractive copies of a hyntu he has just written and published. The title of the hymn is "Jesus Saves.” Rev. Luckey today related his experience in writing lite hymn. He said he had a vision one night while asleep and the words came to hint. He said he aJso sang the hymn in his vision. When he awakened, he arose from his bed and wrote down the words in about five minutes. The next morning, Mrs. Luckey set the words to music. The hymn was sung by the choir and later by the audience at the Fijst Presbyterian church here last Stinday night, and it created much favorable comment. The copies of the hymn are just off the press. Rev. Luckey has written numerous poems and books and has gained a wide and favorable reputation throughout the country. C. E. Bell Speaks To Men Os M. E. Church C. E. Bell gave a talk at the regular monthly meeting of the CoWorkers class of the Methodist Sunday school, held in the Methodist church last night. Mr. Bell gave an interesting account of his recent tour of Great Britain and Europe. Following Mr. Bell’s talk, refreshments were served by the committee in charge of the evening’s program, of which Avon Burk was chairman. ■-- — o Navy Department Wants To Modernize Five Ships Washington, Oct. 11 — (VP) —The Navy department wants authority to “modernize” five more battleships, bringing the total modernized craft of this class to thirteen. It also intends to present the pre-Geneva secret building program of its general board, approved by secretary of navy Curtis 1). Wilbur, for budget and congress action in view of the failure of the Geneva conference. —- — o Mother Pushes Son From Fifith Floor Window And Jumps Out After Him New York. Oct. 11 —(INS) —Grieftorn over the death of her mother. Mrs. Minna Rosenbaum, 27, pushed her six-year-old son to his death from the bathroom window of her fifth-floor apartment today and then leaped out . after him. according to police. Mrs. Rosenbaum suffered probably fatal injuries. The boy, Samuel Jr., , was killed instantly when his head struck the pavement.

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PROCESSION OF BANKERS PASSES PRISONER'S CELL I Amboy Bandit Definitely Linked With Three Other Bank Robberies PAL REPORTED TO BE LOUNGING NEAR JAIL Peru, Oct. 11.— (INS) —A procession of Indiana bankers passed the cell in the county jail here occupied by Frank Badgley, 28-year-old Brown county bad man, resulted todpy in the identification of Badgley as a , participant in three other Indii ana bank robberies besides the • hold-up of the Amboy State 1 bank and the discovery that one of his pals has been lounging ■ near the jail. As the result of the latter. Sheriff Jerry Fager announced he was taking special precautions to prevent any a'tempt to liberate the bandit. Badgley todSy was positively identified as one of the men who robbed the following banks: Paragon State bank at Paragon, Ind., July 21. when $2,238 was taken. , The Peoples bank at Strauhn, Ind., Sept. 26, when $990 was taken. The Huntertown State bank a week ago. , In addition. Sheriff Fager said he also was identified as one of the mtn • who robbed a drug store at White- > land, Ind., of SSO. Sept. 28. > Badgley also is alleged to Lave been 1 the man who entered the Franklin ( State bank to change a SSO bill, Sept. 26. The same man returned Sept. 28 in an auto and parked in front of the bank for some time. Indianapolis, Oct. 11.—(INS) —Frank Badgley, 28, the Amboy bank bandit probably will be tried in the Miami circuit court at Peru for his attempt to rob the Amboy State bank instead of being brought to trial here on a charge of robbing the Forty-Second Street State bank east, Chief of Detective Claude F. Johnson said today. "The Miami county authorities have such a- good case against Badgely we haven't the nerve to ask for him,” Chief Johnson said. Kokomo. Oct. 11.— (INS)—The condition of Clifftoh Small, 28. detective shot through the breast by Frank Badgley. Amboy hank bandit, continued very encouraging today although physicians at the Howard county hospital here have not yet located the bullet that did the mischief. > 0 New Ford Car To Make Appearance In Few Days Detroit, Oct. 11—(INS)—The Ford motor company will begin to turn out its new model car within a few days, it was announced today. The manufacturing plants have been at work for several weeks turning out Major parts of the New Car and a few days more will see the assembly line in operation to produce the first of the new type cars." the announcement says. o REBEKAHS PLAN DISTRICT MEET All Lodges Os District Urged To Attend Meeting At Geneva Thursday [ The Rebekah lodges of district No. 13, will hold a district meeting in Ge- - neva, Thursday afternoon and even- . ing, Octover 13. All Rebekahs of the 1 district are urged to be present at 1 both meetings. r Mrs. Jessie Robison, state president, t will be present at the meeting. Ths Hartford City lodge will have charge y of the degree work. The General lodge will serve dinner in the dining room 1 of the lodge hall, starting at 5:30 o’clock.

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