Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 289, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1918 — Page 1

Volume XVI. Number 289.

I, R. MARSHALL WILL PRESIDE Over Meeting of the Cabinet Called by President for This Afternoon. MORE TROOPS LANDED Empress of Britain, Storm Battered and Ice-clad Arrives at New York. (United Press Service) Washington, Dec. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) — President Wilson has called a meeting of the cabinet for this afternoon by wireess, it was announced at the White House today. At his request Vice President Marshall will preside at the conference between the heads of the executive branches of the government. New York, Dec. 10—(Special to Daily Demicrat) —Storm battered and ice clad the British transport Empress of Britain, carrying 2,415 American troops, arrived here today. Aboard the transport were 4U6 wounded men. Washington, Dec. 10—(Special tc Daily Democrat) —Senator Poindexter Washington, today introduced a resolution for investigation of the ordnance and quartermasters department by the senate military affairs committee. Hinting at questionable activities which he intimated might have delayed production of guns and shells for the army, Poindexter said that “If soma traitors and spies had been executed in the early days of the war, the lives of better men might have been saved.’’ Washington, Dec. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A bill proposing drastic reguations of the American i meat packing industry was introduced in the house today by Chairman Simms, of the house interstate commerce committee. It embraces the plan for federal control of refrigerator cars, refrigerating plans and other facilities recently suggested by .the federal trade commission. Washington, D. C„ Dec. 10—(Spe- l cial to Daily Democrat) —The house today adopted the resolution calling for an investigation of the national security league and similar organizations by a commitee of seven representatives. Paris, Dec. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —"We refuse peace with the Entente and intend to overthrow the present government within a fortnight, Karl Liebknecht, leader cf the German bolshevik! declared in a proclamation issued In Berlin, accoiding to a Zurich! dispatch to L'lnformation today. Martial law has been proclaimed in Berlin, the dispatch said. Two hundred and twenty persons have been billed and a thousand wounded in the recent skirmishes in the German capital between bolsheviki forces and government troops. New York, 10-(Special to Daily Democrat)—More than 10,000 trcops are due in New York harbor today on transports and hospital ships. The Empress of Britain was first big transport to arrive. There were 76 officers and 2,339 men aboard. The vessel left Liverpool Nov. 30. Among other transports due today are- The Adriatic with 80 officers and 2 208 men aboard, the Ascanius with 14 officers, 1,427 men and the Kroonland with 63 officers and 1,130 men, and 704 sick and wounded. On Board thTo" S. 8. George Washington. Dec. 9-(Night) l Y wireless to the United Press)-The George Washington is due to pass th Azores tomorrow morning. Therea.ter its course will he due northeast. The president and his par j «> rive at Brest Friday morning. McCormick and Otiaruch have been advised to stand ready for a call to naval wireless at Washington states that the latter name came “Doubtless” by radio “but probably k Bameh." "McCormick” may be Vance McCormick, of the war traue ’’‘’Si 1 president today witnessed the practice dropping of a <W b president Wilson will not sit at the

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peace table in Versaillot*, after the preliminary conference In Paris are completed, was the belief expressed' ■ today. He will remain in France how ■ ever, where he will be available for • immediate counsel. That Premier Clemenceau will pre-) i side at. the peace conference is regarded as certain. The president attended a song service by the crew last night, after j | which he shook hands with many us the men. It was the unofficial conviction on ■ I the George Washington today that the I president will not return to the Unit- ■ ed States before the last of February.) Rome, Dec. 10—(Special to Daily) Democrat) —President Wilson will arrive in Rome, Dec. 21, the Idea Na-j zionale stated today. London, Dec. 10—(Special to Dailyj. Democrat)—Premier Lloyd George in a speech to women here yesterday de- , dared that gigantic armies must not , . be permitted in the future, because I ( they tempt nations to make war. he ( said he is a firm believer in the league | of nations. ( Sir Eric Gegges, first lord of the ad- ( miralty, stated in a speech that it is ( inconceivable the supremacy of the t British navy should be surrendered. Liverpool, Dec. 10 —(Special to ' Daily Democrat) —The British are 1 bound to concede all possibe to America regarding the "Freedom of the seas," Attorney General Smith de- 1 dared in a si>eech 'here, before pre- e paring a pronouncement on the mat-J ter for the cabinet. Smith said he would probably tell r the conference that he will be “quite ' satisfied with such definition as w'll 1 r enable the British navy, in case of'f war, to do exactly what it has been ) 1 doing in the last 18 months, aided by h the American navy.” a j f Washington, Dec. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The congressional e battle royal over the country's read- j justment tax policy begins today. a Senator Simmons, chairman of the senate finance committee filed his for- q mal report on the bill in the senate. b It was at once made the target for j several minority reports. r The first, was one signed by all re- f( publican members of the committee a breathing unalterable opposition to including in the bill, taxes tor 1920. Senators Smoot and Lafollette, al- I so had individual reports dissenting | from the majority view. Simmons presented the bill t;s “the fairest both to business and the j great mass of taxpayers and from the) government’s point of view that it has; been possible to arrive at." Paris, Dec. 10— (Special to Dairy' Democrat)—Do the European allies intend fully to carry out the spirit of J the 14 points? This is the question most seriously raised recently in American quart- I ers, both in Paris and London as the result of the statements by prominent French and Britishers, supported to a considerable extent by the pressindicating a disposition to go far beyond the limitation of some of Pres- c ident Wilson's principles, while ignor- n ing others. 2 Making all due allowances for pres- f sure from certain elements of the p population of both countries, this disposition is especially accentuated in p Great Britain, on account of the hot- fl test general election campaign in t years. , ... C Americans are generally bewilder, ed. Some are frankly astonished in f view of the allies’ unequivocal pledge t omake peace on the basis of Md-. son's Jan. Bth speech, and his subs..- f quent addresses. 1 The United Press is in a position to state that the president expects } the allies, as well as Germany, to ad- f here to the principles laid down in these speeches, with the exception f of clause two, upon which the ans reserved freedom of action. r Copenhagen, " 10-(Special tc ( Daily Democrat)— A desperate out ( unsuccessful attempt was made the former kaiser to commit suicide, it is declared by the Lelpziger Tage- t The newspaper says it received its < information from a German staff offi- 1 cer who was wounded in frustiati. g - Wilhelm. The officer said the former | Kals er has been much depressed ot . late. ] ' London. Dec. 10-(Special to Daily ; Democrat)- The. BriJsh adm irady , , confirms the additional naval terms jounced yesterday from Berlin. ° ‘“These terms included the surrender B of all allied merchant vessels mte. tied in German ports, fully coaled and e TcoutTmminoo Twoi

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, December 10, 1918.

AN OLD LANDMARK Building Owned by Masons Ordered Torn Down by State Fire Marshal. WITHIN SIXTY DAYS Built Half a Centruy Ago and Was One of the First Residences Here. Official notice has been received from the state fire marshal that the old building owned by the F. & A. M. lodge ot this city, located on south Second street and for some years used as a business house, must be removed or torn down, within sixty days. At a meeting of the trustees held last evening it was decided to comply with the order without appeal. The building is old and needs repairing and as the probabilities are that it would have to be taken down soon any way the trustees decided it would not be worth while to invent more money at this time. They will receive sealed offers up to Thursday, January 2nd. at which time they will dispose of same to the highest bidder, retaining the right to reject any or all offers. The tearing down of this place will remove a landmark from Decatur. It was built about fifty years ago as a residence and was used for that purpose for many years For a decade past however, during which time it has been owned by the Masonic lodge and held as a possible site for a home for that order, it has been occupied by various business firms. At present the lower floor is occupied by the Cavidas Dry Cleaning establishment and the Rabbitt barbar shop, while A. C. Butcher has his office the-e. The order for the removal of the i building was made by Fire Chief Henry Dellinger after orders had been received from the state fire merM.nl following a report made about a week ago by Tony George, inspector for this dstrict. o POSTERS ARRIVE Best Artists Contribute Their Skill in Interest of Red Cross. IN ANNUAL ROLL CALL Beautiful Pictures Are Being Placed by Local Committee in Charge. Posters for display in Decatur in connection with the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call for members, Dec. 1523, have been received from Red Cross headquarters and have been placed by the local committee. Jessie Wilcox Smith. Harrison Fisher, Ray Greenleaf, Edwin Blashfield and Foringer are the artists contributing their work to the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call. Jessie Wilcox Smith presents a fine study of child life in her poster—a window scene, which, it is hoped, will be reproduced in every home in the country. A charming little boy is fixing a Red Cross service flag in his window indicating that the members of his family are enrolled 100 per cent in the Red Cross. It required Edwin Blashfield eight months to complete th® painting from which one of the posters has been made. This is a symbolical affair. The original is to be hung in the Red Cross memorial building in Washington. The Christmas spirit is dominant In the poster painted by Ray Greenleaf. His poster has more text than the others, but the pictorial effect is not in the least obscure. Against a blue sky are shown a home and evergreen trees heavily mantled with snow. The smoke from the chimney suggests n cheery interior, while in the window may be seen the Red Cross service flag. A large red cross and the iet tering. “Answer the Red Cross Chrisl mas Roll Call. All you need is t heart and a dollar," drive home th< appeal. Harrison Fisher's nurse with th* words "Have you answered the Ret Cress Christmas Roll Call” will b<

1 , seen with approval in the Red Cross I Christmas Roll ( all gallery of posters I Foringer’s "Greatest Mother in 'he World" poster, which created such a sensation last spring, is to lie used j in the Roll Call with the cross to her t right instead of squarely at her back. ! This is in keeping with the decision not to obscure the red cross in any, pictorial work. I One of the best photographs ever 8 made of President Wilson serves as ) the model for the sixth poster. The j president looks directly at you. and I his invitation "I summon you to the ) comradeship" is expected to evoke a j sympathetic response from millions of men and women. As a president of the American Red Cross ami as | president of the United States he fl i makes his appeal. —o i ; A WAR ORPHAN II I Have You Taken Yours?— ; r 8 Twenty-five People in li 3 s Decatur Are Wanted * t ITO ADOPT A CHILD J ■ Tri Kappa Working to ) Make Up the Quota — c i V Patriotic Drive. v t t I Have you taken yours? |<. t That is the question the Tri Kappas r 1 are asking. They are working dili-lli gently to secure the "adoption" rs 1 ‘ I twenty-five fatherless children cf a . France. Eighteen have already been $ • taken and the remainder of the quota i v I must be made up this week. s How to adopt a French war orphan » is explained. The sura of $36.50 pays P for the support of on ■ child for a " I I year, with its mother in their own t home. Not only are lodges and other * ) orders responding to the adoption. a but many individuals are paying. The h following have responded thus far: e * Tri Kappas, one: Mary Burk, one: ' Burk Elevator Employees, one; Mrs. c Kate Place, one; Mrs. J. !•'. Arnold, f one; Knights of Columbus, two; Fan t Hite, one; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bell. , one; Mrs. John Niblick, one; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Smith, two; HollandSt. latuis Sugar Company Employee.--, two, with a surplus of $10.20: Me. and Mrs. Fred Reppert. two; T. P. A., ( one; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sprang, one. There are seven more French fatherless children to l>e provided for in Decatur before the week’s patriots drive is over, and the Tri Kappas ask all who will adopt one or more, to call | Mrs. Avon Burk, the chairman, or any . of the Tri Kappas. o ( BIRTH REPORTS k A seven pound girl was born Monday afternoon to Mr. and Mrs. Sol way of North Second street, being their first child. The mother was: i Miss Young and the father is era-. • ployed on the Ft. Wayne-Decatur in- n ■ terurban. A ten pound boy, their first born,) it came to gladden the home of Mr. and) n ( Mrs. Doyle Montgomery Stettler, lie- n ing on the Mattie Young farm ne.iric South Salem. The babe has been nam fi ed for its father, who is a soldier at) g Fort Siheridan, 111., but who is expect-) t ed to be mustered out in a week or t so. The mother was a Miss Smith of)e Hancock county. o —- ; t > LOCATING AT MARION , A Bluffton dispatch to the Fort ' . Wayne Journal-Gazette says: :1 ) “J. W. Vail and his sons. F. E. and J Daniel Vail, of Decatur, are locating s t an establishment at Marion to manu- t j facture paper box egg shell fillers. J 1 q W. Vail was born and reared at Ossian, and is well known in the north ] part of this county.” ~SHORT SERVICES HERE n Funeral services for W. 8. Hughes./ t. former Decatur citizen who died in e Fort Wayne will be held Wednesday it afternoon In 2:30 o’clock from the e Presbyterian church. Rev. A. J. Foln som, of Fort Wayne officiating. The) e funeral party will arrive in this city t a by automobile and the body will be w taken immediately to the Presbyter-1 :e ian church. Funeral services will alt- so be held in Fort Wayne from the it Hughes home at one o'clock. a “Installs l?ght plant te William Ayres. Schafer salesman, te is installing a Genco Light & Power id plant at the Daniel O. Rinehart home >e near Linn Grove.

T. P. A. MEETS » 1 Annual Social Gathering at Masonic Club Rooms With Good Dinner. ADOPT FRENCH CHILD State Secretary Zink Talked to Boys—French Quinn Gave Excellent Story. The T. P. A. boys enjoyed a delightful evening at the Masonic club rooms fifty of the seventy members participating. the idea being as the popular president. T. M. Reid explained, a get together social and a celebration after a year and a half of Hooverism. The banquet at (1:30 was served by Heck Hensley as chief, assisted by J. S. Peterson, Dr. Archbold, Will Schrock, To.n Vail and Sint Burk, and they performed silently and splendidly. serving a several course dinner so satisfactorily that they have been employed permanently as the T. P. A. banqueters. President Reid made a short talk complimenting the order on its war 1 wark and introduced Charles M. Zink, who didn't neeil it however and who told of the work done and proposed by the T. P. A. of Indiana. French Quinn told a humorous yarn in a manner that brought forth a lot of good laughs and after a fifteen minute question period, the president stated that the local post had been asked to ( adopt a French orphan at a cost of $36.50 per year and this was done without discussion Secretary Z>nk I said the Decatur lodge was the first o in the state to take this action, coin- A plimented them highly and said he'd would recommend similar action ;>y tl the other posts. He also said Post X c was one of the good ones of th» state and declared that J. S. Peterson, q local secretary has a record unexcell-'tl ed in Indiana. The evening was enjoyed at musle.fb cards and in visiting and was delight ' ful. It was all a success other than ei the famine on crackers. \ d o w THE DEDICATION Os $17,000 Root Township New School Will be Friday Evening. R ■ ) it FINE BRICK BUILDING “ ai School Opened Yesterday With Mrs. C. L. Walters ts ai as Principal. ei T II The dedication of Root township's fl new centralized sehoolhuse, known as the Mt. Pleasant school, because of) st its location, three and a half miles )ri northwest of the city, on the corner in: near the Mt. Pleasant Methodist )ci church, will take place Friday even-jtl ing. when a splendid program will beie given, this to be announced tomorrow ) 0 The. schoolhouse is a two-story; brick, of excellent construction and! equipment, built at a cost of $17,000.) Mrs. C. L. Walters, of this city, is) f the principal, having charge of the ( fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades), while Miss Gladys Suman has the , lower grades. The school opened >. yesterday at this place. | ( Among program features will be , addresses by the Hon. C. J. Lutz, the | Hon. C. L. Walters and others. o NURSE AND PATIENTS ILL Miss Rosie Steffen, of Indianapolis, who has been serving as a trained . nurse at the Herman Wiecking home, , | has taken ill with influenza and she land the Wieckings have been brought ;to the emergency hospital.—Bluffton ) item in Ft. Wayne News & Sentinel. o — LIBRARY BOARD MEETS The regular monthly meeting of the I library board will be this evening at, 17:80 in the reference room of the library. The attention of all members: is called to this. BOY IS BORN j A son. their first-born, arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schamerloh, of Union township, causing i much rejoicing. Mrs. Schamerloa was Miss Sophia Bultemeier. I

BROTHER VERY LOW. Ralph Amrlne, of the Democrat of )fire. received telegrams apprizing hint of the serious condition of his brothm pi ' Uarry Amrlne, who is suffering | from pneumonia, following Influenza at his home at Ludlow, Ky. He bad i bt» n il la week and was recovering from influenza, when three days ago I lie look a back-set. pneumonia devi l oping. I"" lets-es ure in ,1.,,,. .. He is engaged in business in Clncin nati, Ohio, which is located just across the river from Ludlow He was formerly editor of the Decatur Daily Times. MEETING OF MOOSE An important meeting of the Moose lodge will be held Wednesday evening at eight o'clock at the hall Members are urgently requested to >e present as matters of importance will be taken up and disposed of. EXALTED RULER. GUARDING RHINE Americans Slip Quickly and Quietly Into German Citj of Coblenz Today. ARE NOW ON GUARD Along Twelve Miles and Within Ten Miles of River Al! Along the Line. (By Webb Miller. United Press Stall' Correspondent) Coblenz. Dee. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The first intimation most as the inhabitans had today of the American occupation was when small ietachments of doughboys swung through the street bound for the ■oast, designated for them to guard The Americans entered the town luietly and quickly and completed the task for which they had been sent —that of peaceful occupation of Coblenz. without anv fuss or formality Today the main forces have reach ?d the west bank of the Rhine for a listance of twelve miles and were within less than ten miles of the rivr at all points along the entire zone >f occupation. The German sentries are at one end jf the Rhine bridge, and the Ameri■ans at the other. o FUNERAL OF W. R. DORWIN The funeral service for the late Will I. Dorwin at the home on First street, his morning was attended by many riends, among them being his fellow miployees at the postoffice: the Elks , md Masonic lodges. The Rev. F. F Phornburg, of the Methodist church, lad a beautiful sermon based upon he psalm "The Lord is My Shepherd” ind the musical numbers were rend■red by Mesdames O. H. Odell. F. I', rhornburg; Dr. Fred Patterson and lugh Hite. Mrs. Odell sang “Beautiul Isle of Somewhere" and Dr. Pa’erson. "Some Day.” and the quartet >ang a hymn. The Elks gave their itualistic service following the s?rnon, and the Masonic ritual was also conducted at the home instead of at he cemetery, on account of the weath ?r. I’all bearers were brothers-in-law >f Mr. Dorwin. o RED CROSS SPEECHES Dan Erwin, chairman of the Rel Cross s|>eakers' bureau, and Mrs. Cora Downs, at the head of the women’s speaking department, have arranged for four-minute speeches at all public gatherings the remainder of this week, in preparation for the lt.'d Cross Cliristmas M> mlwrship Roll Call, which begins next Monday. Four-minute speeches will be given by the women speakers, beginning with this evening, after each reel at rhe picture shows. Four-minvte speeches will also be given at all society, club, church and other public gatherings this week. \7audeville at rex A great treat is in store for the theater goers of this city tonight. The Rex theater has secured Prof. J. A. White, the world's greatest whistler, singer and guitar player to entertain you, and he can do it. as ho is there with the goods. Don't forget, it's tonight only, at the Rex AI mission ten and twenty cents. BUYS A FORDSON TRACTOR. The Kalver-Ncble company has sold a Fordson tractor and plow to John Hilgemann of Preble township, and the machine has been delivered.

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IS PICKED UP Warning Against Inflicting a “Bismarckian Peace” on Germany is PICKED BY WIRELESS Supposed to Have Originated in Lyons, France, and Published in London. <By Raymond Clapper. United Prv»sß Staff Correspondent) Washington. D. Dec. 10—(Special io Daily Democrat) A warning against inflicting a "Bismarckian peace on Germany and credited to , the London Daily News, was made ■ public here today through allied ■ channels. The tax' of the article was ; Picked up in this country from a wireless apparently sent out from Lyons. 1 France, over the signature ot the committee on public information, i Paris representative. The document, wirelessed from Lyons. France, first appeared in the London Daily News, but apparently . was not permitted to pass the censor ' in the regular way. It became significant by virtue of the diplomatic ■ source announcing it and because of 1 the unexplained "Sisson Sharp" sig- ) natures. “President Wilson comes among us next week.” the articles states. "There will be flags waving and speechifying. But the things for which President Wilson stands are being ridiculed and bespattered by ' the only voices one hears. "If the spirit animating at the present moment, the press and politicians of Europe and America, gains control of the peace conference there will be born a catastrophe that will be the end of the European social system. "The world may eventually emerge safe for democracy, but it will be by ways that our present ruling classes would do well in their own interests to avoid. With the example of Russia before us is it statesmans!)! to drive the German people to dear r? Do our editors and politicians sei no danger for the rest of Europe ii an ammiance of desperation between anarchistic forces of Germany and Russia? Can bolshevism, energized, and strengthened, be depended upon to halt at the Rhine? Are there no reserve elements in Italy and Spain’ :Is France herself so uterly immune from every instiet? Are English lower orders quite as tame as our capitalist press imagine? Has America no labor problem of her own? Is the trust magnate’s easy <liair so secure against all world convulsions? “A Wilson peace bringing reconciliation to people still in their passions. and hatreds, giving to the warmaddened world new hopes, new visions, may yet save Europe.’ Such indemnity as many are calling for, the article declares, would mean occupation of Germany by allied armies for years during which time "English, French. American and Italian workingmen will occupy German territory and act the “role of slave drivers to the German people.” This would make mammoth armies. President Wilson's demand for a peace without annexations has been forgotten, the article states. As for a lasting peace, as demanded by WilIson, the article declares that the “Chauvinistic press of Paris is discussing the proper moment for 'the next war against Germany' against the German republic this time.” Turning to American the document notes opposition to Wilson. "Ex President Roosevelt, addressing large enthusiastic audiences through- ’ out America, heaps ridicule upon the ' mere idea of a league of nations. He 1 says it is nonsensical and hypocriti- ! cal. A league of nations to prevent 1 future wars would necessitate lower “ ing American tariff and would be - against commercial interests of ’ America.’ "Ex-President Rosevelt calls for conscription being made permanent so that Germany—which is to be im- . mediately disarmed —may be kept in perpetual subjection. Senator Lodge says no peace that satisfies the Ger- : man people can satisfy us. , “At the present moment, the larg- , er and more influential section of the American press is demanding what practically amounts to a Bismarckian formula that our enemies be left nothing but their eyes to weep with.” Markers for the graves of Andrew Monyhan. late editor of the Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette, and the late Judge O'Rourke are noted at the Wemboff Monumental Works.