Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 9 December 1918 — Page 1

Volume XVI. Number 288.

PEACE ARMY OF A HALF MILLION Asked by War Department Will Not Recommend Universal Training. PEACE CONFERENCE Will Open Jan. 3 at Paris— Germans Raised Large Sum in This Country. (United Prena Service) Washington, Dec. 9—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The war department will soon ask congress to auth-, orize a peace time standing army or half a million men, according to present plans. The repartment was not now contemplating recommending universal military training. These two outstanding features of the army reorganization play as they wiil soon be carried before congress are earned today from a source close to bv'h Secretary of War Baker and Chief of Staff March. (By E. L. Keen, United Press staff correspondent) Paris, Dec. 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The formal session of the, associated government conference will begin about January 3, it was believed here today. They will be held in the French so--eign office and will continue five or six weeks. After fully forming the peace terms, the Germans will be in-j vited to send their delegates to Versailles where the general peace conference will take place. The peace congress will be large'y a mere formality as Germany presumably will accept the terms with out much quibbling, inarmuch as she has acknowledged she is beaten and unable to resume hostilities. In the meantime, Premier Lloyd George and foreign Secretary Balfour will visit Paris next week and informally confer with President Wilson, Col. House and other American representatives. There will be similar conferences with Premier Clemenceau and other Frenchmen, also with Premier Orlando, who will accompany King Victor! Emmanuel to the sitting. Washington, Dec . 9—(Special to Daily Democrat) — German propa gandists in ths country raised $27,-: 850,000 for carrying out their worK here, A. Veilaski told the senate tn- : vestigating committee today. Veilaski said $12,500,000 of this was raised through loans from New York banks and $8,300,000 from German banks. Os this sum, Veilaski said $1,800,000 was spent in the 8010 Pasha affair; $1,700,000 in purchasing the New York Mall; S4OO or SSOO in propaganda among Jews and SIOO,OOO among the Irish. Washington, Dec. 9—(Special to Dally Democrat— A raiway system under federal direction but not owned bv the government is provided in a bill introduced In the house today by Representative Gray, New Jersey. The plan Is unlike any other that has been submitted, and in the opinion of Gray, furnished a solution of the railroad problem. „ “If this bill is enacted into law, said Gray, “All railways of the country will eventually be acquired and consolidated by one corporation which will not be financed by t e gov ernment Washington, " 9-(Special to Daily Democrat)- President Wil.on has asked Dr. Garfield, head of the fuel administration to hold himself in readiness for an assignment in Eu ope, presumably as a member of American economic reconstruction commission. Amsterdam, Dec. 9-(Special to D X Democrat)-— The foHowmg patch was received today from B. [Tn: “ A n allied sea commission wJI proceed to Hamberg to inspect and de mand surrender of captured J nd in terned entente vessels, a. we" a war ship, under construction. It i declared that their demands exceed the terms of the armistice. New York, Dec. to Daily Democrat)— After an extreme y rouah voyage the American transport _ ’ with 35 officers and 1,500 men, f, r * descent, arrived her. today

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from Brest. A number of transports are due here during the day. I Paris, Dec. 9—(Special to Dai'y Democrat)— Chancellor Ebart's government is bringing new troops into Berlin, in an effort to crush the Spartaous movement, which has now [ spread throughout the northern suourbs, according to a Zurich dispatch to L'lnformation today. Pillaging continues, the dispatrh says, especially in the populous quarters. One confused dispatch received here from Berlin declares Karl Liebknecht followers have organized a 'revolution throughout Germany. The reichstag building in Berlin is reported to have been taken and the trouble (Continued ohPag a Two) BOYS 'FESS IIP Walter Roop and Forest Davis Admit Burglary of Myers-Dailey Store. A WEEK AFTERWARDS Bound Over to the Circuit Court—lnvestigate Implication of Bentz Boy. After an hour's “sweating" Saturday night, Walter Roop, nineteen, | son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Roop of ‘ . near Willshire, Ohio, and Forest Davis, twenty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Davis, living two-thirds of a mile southeast of Bobo, admitted to Sheriff Ed Green and Policeman Joel Reynolds that they broke into the MyersDailey clothing store a week ago' Sunday night about 11:30 o’clock; and robbed the same. A part of the stolen goods was found hidden by them about the premises of the Roop and Davis homes by he officers who J went out about ten o’clock Saturday night. On their return affidavits were made charging the two with burglary and grand larceny, and they were taken before Justice of the Peace G. F. Kintz, where about 1:30 o’clock Sunday morning the pleaded guilty. ' They were bound over to the circuit court under SI,OOO bond and are in , jail. Roop thereupon made affidavit against Theodore Bentz, nineteen, a young boy of near Bobo, whom they said stood guard at the front while ! they robbed the store, and whom they said had some of the stolen goods, i Bentz was arrested yesterday, but was f released. He was to have had a , hearing today, but the justice of the ] ! peace is employed at he sugar plant and no court could be held. How- 1 ! ever, it is said an investigation will I be made by the grand jury, which is I now in session, Bentz making a denial and stating that he was at home at the time of the robbery. , The arrest of the Roop and Davis boys was made by the officers who had a tip relative thereto, and after , an hour's sweating they finally admitted the burglary. This morning about fifty dollars’ worth more of the goods was brought in by the Roop family, who had found the same concealed about the premises, in addition to that found the other evening. _ _ oVICTIM OF FLU Pleasant Mill. Babe Died Thia Morning at Seven O’clock Lettie Pauline, aged three years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Eve.ett, of Pleasant Mills, died this morning at seven o'clock from influenza. Other members of the family are recoverng from the illness. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock from the home with burial h. Mt. Tabor cemetery, the Rev Karl Thompson officiating. There are three other children in the family - two older and one younger. The child . was born October 27, 1915. ‘ fORD~OVERTURNS A boy named Schwartz, driving a Ford, in which two boys and a girl ’ were riding, skidded near the south ’ ward school this morning about 7:10 ‘ and was overturned. Fortunately no 1 one was hurt and the car was unin- ! jured. , 'tri kappa dance 8 The Tri Kappa holiday dance will “ be given at the Masonic hall. December 30, and the Franklin orchestra o from Fort Wayne has been secured t are selling for one dollar and these i, can now be secured from any of the y girls-

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, December 9, 1918.

BARBER IS DEAD / - “Dick" Standiford, Former , Decatur Barber, Dead at Lima, Ohio. TO BE BURIED HERE 1 Body Will Arrive Tomor- ■ row—Was Twenty-six Years of Age. j The body of Oren or “Dick" Standi- ; ford, former Decatur barber, employed by John Rabbit, will be brought here 'tomorrow at 11:30 over the Erie for ! burial in the Decatur cemetery, where ; the body will be taken from he train. The death of the young man, who was twenty-six years of age last March, resulted from influenza, and he was ill only since Thursday. He is survived by the wife, who was Miss Flossie Miller, a sister of Otis E. Miller, of bine street, the local Prudential insurance agent; and also by a two year old son, Richard. The deceased was a son of Charles Standiford and was bom in Harrison ! township, Van Wert county, 0., almut six miles east of this city. The family moved here five or six years ago and lived on Seventh and Twelfth streets, before moving to Lima a year ago last September. Surviving also are the father, at Lima, and the following brothers and sisters: Clyde. Merle. Paris and Harold Standiford; Iva Standiford, Mrs. Herb Steele, ;f Lima; and Mrs. Vernon Shifferly, o’ North Eleventh street. JAMESPARFDEAD — Son of Mrs. Amy Parr of North Ninth Street, Died Early Today AT SAGINAW, MICH. Victim of Influenza—Was Employe of Owosso Sugar Company. James Parr, unmarried, aged thirty four, son of Mrs. Amy Parr, of North Ninth street and of the late John Parr, died this morning at 6:30 o’clock in the hospital at Saginaw, Mich., from complications arising from influenza. The first word of his illness came in a telegram yesterday afternoon, sent at 5:30 the evening before, in which it was stated he was in the hospital from influenza and that chances for his recovery were slight. This morning came a message that he was worse and about twenty minutes later came the death teelgram. The body will be brought here. The deceased was an employe of the Owosso Sugar Company for about three years and had lived at Owosso during that time. Saginaw, where he was taken to the hospital, is about fifteen miles from Owosso. The deceased is survived by the mother and three brothers and a sister: Will, of Springfield, Idaho; Fred, of Decatur; Harry, a soldier in France and Lorine, at home. Prior to going to Michigan he spent practically all of his life her and is well and favorably known here. The family here wired that the body be sent here for burial. FUNERAL HELD TODAY Thei funeral of Herman M. Romberg will be held this morning from the residence, 123 East Jefferson street, and at 9 o'clock at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The remains will be placed in the new mausoleum at the Catholic cemetery. The following will be pall beaters: Active —Paul Kinder, L. H. Moore, L. G. Ellingham, F. M. Schirmeyer, D. F. Hall E. X. Ehinger; honorary—John Hoff man, J. H. Heller, J. T. Merryman, Judge W. N. Ballou, Albert Black and [ Charles Niblick.—Fort Wayne Jour . nal-Gazette. 1 MASONIC 0 NOTICE I i All Masons requested to meet at > their bail at 9:30 a. m. Tuesday, De » cem.ber 10, to attend the funeral ol Brother Wil! R. Dorwic.

I■r - , i I PURSE IS FOUND A week ago Mrs. Frank Butler entered a local store and laid her purse idown for a short time while she shopr ped. A few minutes later when site ■ went to look for it, the purse was ■ gone. In it were a check made out Ito Mrs. Veina Avery for four dollars; ( and SI.BO in cash-. Yesterday Mrs. Butler was notified by a girl on North Fifth street that she had found the | purse near the Christian church, I where the one finding it originally had probably dropped it. The money was gone but the check was still, | there. Mrs. Butler, was however, 1 glad to get the purse. o THE TRADE FIELD >j Champ Clark Declares That » America’s Best Hunting Grounds for I THE FOREIGN TRADE Will be Central and South America — Depend on President Wilson. ’ i ■■ i (United Press Service) ; Baltimore, Dec. 9—(Special to Daily! Democrat) — The best "hunting ; grounds" for after the war trade will < he Central and South America. Speaker Champ Clark told the south- ' ern commercial congress which opened its convention here today. "Yes, we came out of the war with | i a great merchant marine’ but I press < home the question ’What are we vo- ( j ing to do with it?”’ Clark said. "It is rumored that Germany will be shut out from the raw- materials market. Whether that i*» true or not, 1 do'not know. “Before the war Great Britain was j our best customer and Germany sec-: ond. Most of our productions which Germany took were raw materials or materials only partly manufactured.. So. if the rumor referred to turns out ! to be the truth we will have less for- , eign trade than when the war began and somehow, somewhere, we must find new and enlarged fields for out j products. “My answer is that our best hunting grounds for trade will he Central and South America —right at our own I doors. If we had acted the part of wisdom in the last half century in-; stead of having only 13 per cent of! the foreign trade of Latin-America, I I we would have the lion's shore.” > i South. America is “amazingly rich," , Clark said. ( "How are we to increase our trade with that marvelously rich land— ’ much larger than North America?" - he continued. “By establishing abun- ' dant steamship lines between the'r ‘ ports and ours; by establishing bet- 1 ter banking facilities which fit n 1 with their business habits by packing our goods and merchandise in man- 1 ner and style to please their taste and 1 above all by having a course of Span- ' ish in all our universities, colleges ‘ and business schools." The necessity of seeking foreign 1 trade lies in the fact that millions of ! men returning to tills country from j Europe must find employment and 1 that factories now on war work must! 1 be given trade so that these men can be employed, Clark said. Markets 1 for the sale of the products of these; plants must be found at once, he said, warning that other countries would slip in ahead of us unless we show, haste. ■ The question of freedom of the seas j also concerns this country vitally,l ’ Clark said, and declared: “We can depend on President Wil-! son to secure the freedom of the seas at the congress of Versailles." 5 Clark also gave a short history of, s the American merchant marine wh? h , he said was a story of "mingled glory f and shame" and declared it would be !• necessary to modernize our navigation i- laws and make our seamen the most e efficient in the world. e . o MR. PUCKETT COMING 11 Hon. E. W. F’uckettt, of Fort Wayne f- will be the guest of the Rotarians at ’> a luncheon meeting Thursday evening d at six-thirty o’clock at the Hotel Murr- ray and will give an important and interesting talk on salesmanship and co-operation of the employe and employer. Each Rotarian should invtte it, his partner or one of his employes t > e- the luncheon as the talk to be given <f by Mr. Puckett will be one of great value to both.

11l A SHORT TIME e' '• e Mrs. Mary Dettinger Passed t Away Sunday Morning After Short Illness. i; OF A FEW HOURS Was Long a Resident of Adams County—Moved to Vera Cruz.

Mrs. Mary Dettinger, widow of John G. Dettinger, died Saturday night at 12:30 at her home in Vera Cruz at the age of eighty-five years, after a few hours' illness. Mrs. Dettinger, who lived with her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Markley, had been in her usual good health, and had eaten supper and had retired. During the night she became ill, anti so alarming grew h“r illness that her children were called, hut she passed away in a very short time. She was born in Germany. September 5, 1833. but had been a resident of Adams county for fifty years or more, residing in French township until moving to Vera Cruz ten yea’s ago. Her husband and cne son, John, are deceased. She leaves eleven children: Mararet Markley, Mrs Job.i Ixibsigcr, vera Cruz: Mrs. Ben Lin:- 1 ger, Preble: David Dettinger. Bluff- ■ ton; Mrs. Dayton Hower, Craigvllle: , Mrs. Mary Brock and Mrs. Rosa Wolf Marion; Wilson Dettinger. Kirkland township; Emma Umphrey. Bluffton, 1 Charles Dettinger. Magley; Samuel, I of North Dakota. i

SCENE OF BIRTH Is Visited by Allie Nutmann, for First Time in Forty Years. WAS BORN IN DECATUR In What is Now Phillips Property on First Street —Parents Pioneers. Decatur had a notable visitor in the person of Allie Nutmann. retired lumberman of Pittsburg, Kansas, who visited the home of his birthplace. Decatur, for the first time in for'y years, calling on Charles and John Niblick and other friends. He was born here about sixty-five years ago and while this was his first visit here in many years, he finds much that looks natural. He was born in what is now the Philips property on First street, and later lived in what is now the Schaf- i er-Daniels residence, formerly ’he Niblick homestead. These two homes: were built by his uncle. J. I). Nut-: mann. a pioneer merchant, who later sold the homes and the. business to Allie’s father, John Nuttman, He in turn, sold the mercantile business and the home on North Second street to Jesse Niblick, father of Charles and John, and which business is now owned and conducted by the heirs. Mr. Nutmann spent some time here renewing old acquaintances. I —o FLU CASES REPORTED Seven cases of influenza were reported yesterday and today to City Health Offcer Dr. H. F. Costello. Dr. ! Costello expects to leave tonight for [Chicago to attend the national convention relative to influenza and it“ ■control. He will return Thursday oi [ Friday. He stated that he thinks there are not more than twenty oi .[thirty cases of influenza in the city all of them being mild cases. _ ELKS MEET TON IG H T i Members of the B. P. O. E. are re quested to meet at the hall at eight > i o’clock this evening for the purpose I [of completing arrangements for at [i tending tl)e funeral of Brother Wi’ Jit. Dorwin tomorrow. Please be pren I ent. I CONGREGATIONAL MEETING si There will be a meeting of tne > Presbyterian congregation e.t the II church on Wednesday evening for the purpose of selecting a pastor. You are urged to be there-

EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. . I i Evangelistic meetings at Pleasant I •rove will begin Wednesday evening at i 15, sun time. Come with a zeal | and determination to du your Mas tei s will. Trust in God and pray for victory. For the Lord has spoken well concerning Israel. Enlist in the 1 ; service of the Lord. | G. M. SILL, Pastor. Y. P. A. ELECTION All members of the )oung Peoples Alliance of the Evangelical church i are requested to be present this eveI ning at the home of Mrs. Fred Linn I when the regular business and social session will be held. At this time (the annual election of officers w il

take place. 1 -DEDICATE HALL > New Athletic Hail Will he Dedicated Thursday With Basket Ball. A JAPANESE STORE Will be Conducted—About One Hundred Pupils Absent from School. The new High School Athletic Hal’ formerly the Bosse opera house, will be dedicated Thursday evening with three games of basketball. The first will begin at seven o'clock and will lie between the Decatur and Kirkland township high school girls’ team, 1 the second between the Decatur and

Monroe high school boys; and the third between the Monroe and Decatur eighth grades. A referee fr./n Bluffton will be secured. Tickets will be fifteen cents for school children; | and twenty-five cents for adults. Under the direction of Miss Anne Rackstraw, supervisor of music, a Japanese store will be condu. ted next i Saturday afternoon in the new high i school music room, when the pupils dressed as Japanese will serve.tea to Ihe callers and sell articles of Japanese art work, the proceeds of whi< h will be used in equipping the music room. The articles for sale will make pretty Christmas gifts and the stoie will no doubt be largely patronized. The articles will include Japanese water color pictures, card cases, pin j cushons. place cards, book marks ind 'other articles, artistic and dainty. — • It is estimated that there are a hundred pupils absent from the city public schools on account of the. flu scare. While there were but fourteen or sa cases reported to the health of-| fleer, this morning, the greater num-, her. it would seem, are absent because of the fear of contracting the disease. About forty are absent from the central school and about six from, each room of the wards.

Affifi-' > j Z ;^'s ' : ’’ Ljfc>. ■ 4 \ ’ ’'< r 1 ’ ■ aO. ■ - ■■•-' ■, ‘ Jr - '■ < - v~.a?4 >V ■'. *' as§ ■ ?■ ' \ - 11 *WsBW'•-■•"Cff a * •—2^\L.^ : ~-i—-®'~* ?^'s ' r: ’' c^''i^ii * e *~'“" — HERMAN M. ROMBERG e o Former citizen here, purchasing agent for the American Telephone & e Telegraph company, and one of the best known men in the central west, u who died at the Denison hotel, Indianapolis, last Friday, and whose funeral was held toda?/ at Fort Wayne.

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MR. HUGHES DIED AT FORT WAYNE Former Well Known Citizen Here Succumbs to Illness of Short Duration. WAS WELL KNOWN Funeral Services from Residence Wednesd ■' With Burial in Decatur. ' Winfield Scott Hughes, 806 Columbia avenue. Fort Wayne, passed away > early this morning at his home from a complication of diseases. He was taken ill on Sunday, December Ist, | ami was critically ill dicing the whole of his sickness. Mr. Hughes was born in Darke , county, Ohio, in 1848, moving to Adams count, Indiana, while still quite young, and spent most of his life in • Decatur and Vicinity. Eleven years ago the family moved to Fort Wayne, making their home on 1 Columbia avenue. The deceased is survived by the widow. Mrs. (Tara A. Hughes, two sons and two daughters, all being present at the time of the ; death. The two sons are Capt. J. Hughes, of Elgin. 111., now stat i- ed at Camp Hancock. Ga.. and Frederick E. Hughes of Fort Wayne. The daughters are Mrs. N. C. Cover iale. ; Nashville. Tenn., and Mrs. Margaret Moses of Howard, Saskatchewan, Canada.

■: The funeral will lie held Wednes- . day afternoon from the residence. Burial at the Decatur cemetery. The funeral party will arrive here in autos about three o’clock Wednesday and there will probably be a short service at Lite grave. Mr. Hughes was a member of the Decatur lodge. 1. O. O. F. The two sons were here this afternoon to arraige for the burial of j their father. o CHEER FOR THE SADDENED (Halted Press Service) Washington, Dec.. 9—(Special to Dally Democrat) —"Peace does not mean that we can fold our hand.'-',” declared President Wilson's annual Red Cross appeal, wherein he urged that America enroll at this Christmas tide in the organization of mercy. The soldiers still under orders and ihe "people of the saddened lands" ' will be cheerd by a generous. Red 'Cross response now, he said. •- o IS NOT A TRUST (United Press Service) Washington, Dec. 9—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Gigantic Dupont poyder interests are not a trust ami need not pay damages asked by the Buckeye powder company, the supreme court of the United States de- | elded today. 1