Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1918 — Page 1

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NAVY STRENGTH WILL BE FIXED At 375,000 for Peace Time by Call for an Extensive Recruiting System. MANY RADIO STATIONS ' In Mexico Are Controlled by the Former Kaiser Government, Says Maliy. (United Press Service) Washington, Dec. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat) — a peace time strength of 375.003 men is contemplated by the navy call for an extensive recruiting campaign, Captain Laning, of the bureau of navigation, told the house naval committee today. Laning also revealing the shipping board is anxious to begin at once the development of merchant seamen independent of the naval recruiting works. The present naval personal of 50V 000 is divided as follows:

Four year men, 170,000; men who enlisted for the pericd of the war. 45,000, and the remainder reserved. The navy is bound to let out the reserve and the temporary enlisted men at the conclusion of peace. Washington, Dec. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Twelve radio stations in Mexico arc controlled by German interests, which were backed by the former kaiser government, E. J. Maliy, president of the pan-American wireless company testified before the house merchant marine .committee today. Maliy was before the committee to, protest against the administration bill allowing the president to requisition , the six high tower stations in this country. El Paso, Texas, Dec. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat; —A manifesto issued by Felix Diaz inviting all parties opposing the Carranza government to! cooperate towards its overthrow, was reported here today as the latest development in the projected revolution The Diaz appeal, according to the re poit from interior Mexico greeting L! Paso, was issued in Vera Cruz. Washington, Dec. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A resolution to investigate the bureau of war risk insurance was introduced in the house today by Representative McFadden. The resolution called for appointment of an inevstigating committee of nine to look into recent charges that hundreds of allotments made by soldiers were delayed and that the bureau has been negligent in caring for the claims. Copenhagen, Dec. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Field Marshal von Mackensen has protested the disarmament of 2,000 of his soldiers by the Roumanians, according to a dispatch received today. A newspaper says the Hungarian government has interned Mackensen at the request of the allies. Washington, Dec. ' 17— Special toDaily Democrat) — Testifying be' ire the senate committee that is investigating activities of the German prop agandist. Samuel Untermyer, New i York, today declared. “There is not a shred of basis for. the vague implications that my sympathies were proGerman before we entered the war. Untermyer’s name had been linked with a number of prominent Germans

[I WAR STAMP IS NEEDED || It is remarkable how ‘’in'our spring H || their pledges for the 'Aar Savings bump s | s6 , m h JI and early’svnnner drive we soM and pledgee I I stamps. On December 1, all had new y the fact g I balance of $127,00» as to give | I’ | that a great many of the■ Ple - . (|w month o f Decern- , I I the privilege ol paying same du h been paid but 3 E. n her Since December In .inllnrs is still outstanding* .♦ II neady one hundred th»«nd w^u be unredoem. | I | The authorities ti> to h ... . t | u , faith, yet ti e S fulfill their signed P ro J] lb ®’ thal with all its heavy ex- | The flatly sa. hcom . ng : pense the money must De T w BOSSE. Piaster, Peerdur. g

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in testimony given at previous hearI ings. Lisbon, Dec. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) — (Night)—Canto Castro 1 was elected president of Portugal today by 137 votes, succeeding the murd i ered President Paes. I Washington, De~ 17—(Special to Daily Democrat)- The United States must return to a policy of protective tarifl during the readjustment period and thereafter. Senator Penrose, ranking republican of the finance com Imittee in discussing the revenue bill .declared today. IBy Robert J. Bender, United Press staff correspondent) Paris. Dec. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A heavy rain necessitatei ing calling off President Wilson’s pro-' Jecti'd trip to the Marne battlefield teday. It also prevented the president and Rear Admiral Grayson from i laying golf at St. ('loud, which hud been planned for 5 a. tn. The president arose later than us-' ual and expected to spend most of, the day indoors. This afternoon he. will confer separately with Edwin • Hurley, Marshal Koch and Italian' Ambassador Collcre. the latter pre-; sumably about the details of the trip to Rome. Tonight the Wilsons, Poincare and about 30 distinguished Frenchmen and ' Americans will be guests of Ambassador and Mrs. Sharp at dinner. A .

[ reception will follow. The weather cleared up toward noon and the Wilsons again motored to , Versailles for a more thorough ini spection of the palace ami grounds. Berlin, Dec. 16—(Delayed)— Sup- 1 ' porters of Vinitchenke occupied Kieff 1 cn Saturday, it was reported in disi patches received here today. The ' hetman has resigned. Copenhagen. Dee. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Germany already ■ is taking steps tc raise money for the [ ; war indemnities which the allies are' I expected to demand. The German government’s new tax-. alien program, according to reports received here today, includes two loams. One will provide funds- fttr the indemnities. The amount to be asked has not been decided upon, j The other will cover the cost of demobilization. i Large sums, it is said, will be cx-i I pended in peace work including the i employment of discharged soldiers. ! Amsterdam, Dec. 17—(Special to i < Daily Democrat)- X’zecho forces have,' [occupied Karlsbad, it is reported here I I Karlsbad is situated near Prague in I Bohemia. London, Dee. 17 (Special to Daily! Democrat)—Field Marshal Sir Doug-1 las Haig is coming to England next;. Thursday. I' (By Webb Miller. United Press staff correspondent) With the Americans Across the ; Rhine. Dec. 16—(By courier to Nancy | —The third army now occupies a ( strip cf Germany containing morel than 4,500 square miles It is super-: vising the administration of several [ hundred villages and operating him-! dred of miles of railroads and street car lines. ; The methodical taking over of this; tremendous responsibility with the [multitudinous needs of hundreds of- [ thousands of hostile people will be [almost entirely accomplished within 115 days. There is not a precedent in history [for this occupation which is also re'markable in that it was finished without a Single serious hostile demon-, st ration by ' either inhabitants or, [ tr< An S armv of 250,000 men marched ■ between 200 and 300 miles within a II month, starting almost^ Jmmediately ; “ (Continued l>il);0 Fol L-_

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, December 17, 1918.

MAKING OF LAWS / 0 Under Direction of Governor Started at Meeting > Held This Morning 3 ! _ WITH ALVAH RUCKER , Dick Vesey and Don Strode Are Members of Committee—. Jobs Provided. " | i (United Press Service) ( - , cial to Daily Democrat)—A meeting was held at republican headquarters ■ *

today to discuss revision of the state’s criminal code at the coming session of the legislature. Dick 1 Vesey, Fort Wayne, and Don Strode, j i Kokomo, who were appointed by the I governor to have c harge of the work. mot with Alvali J. Rucker, representing tlie state liar association, to dis-. ; cuss the proposed bills. The bill drawn by John Aldredge of j Anderson and Henry Abrams of In-' dinnapolis for the creation of a state department of insurance, separating the office of auditor, has been com-; pleted. The bill provides for ap-j I pointment of an insurance commis-; i sion by the governor, members of which shall receive $5,000 a year. | A law prohibiting the sale of worthless securities in the state will be presented by Luther E. Symons of Lewisville, a banker. —o —— MEET AFTER SCHOOL All children of the United Brethren ! Sunday school are requested to meet at the church Wednesday evening after school to practice for the Christinas program. Please be there. ______f ______________ I < A FATAL INJURY Sustained by Eleven-year-old Mildred Bratton, t Niece of J. F. Arnold — AT MUNCIE YESTERDAY Seemed Uninjured but Soon Lapsed Into Unconsciousness and Death. . Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Arnold were ap-j I prized of the death of his sister's child, Mildred Bratton, aged eleven, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bratton, of i I Muncie, who have often visited here. | Death resulted last night at 6:1.0' i o’clock at the hospital in Muncie, fol-1 lowing injury sustained earlier in thol i -'.■(/ when struck by an automobile while cressing the street on her way j Ito school. She was taken to tier home) I following the accident and seemed to) j be uninjured as a physician pronounc-1 'cd her all right. However, in two or three hours she began to feel very; badly and lapsed into unconsciousness | i and then into death. It is believed I | that an injury to her spine resulted in I a hemorrhage complication of some i ' kind. The Brattons have one other child, I a son who is younger.

• NEPHEW VERY LOW Mrs. Samuel Acker received a let- 1 ter with the news that her sister's! ' son, Alebrt Miller, of Barryton.' I Mich. is very low and not expected) to iive, at Van Wert, O. where he ! went on a visit. He contracted a se-i vere cold on the train enroute there. ) His wife, his father and ether near ! relatives have all been called to his bedside. He has many relatives here; His mother died three years ago, the ) funeral being on New Year's day, 1916. TO PREACH SUNDAY Rev. Albert H. Saunders will , preach at the Presbyterian church in this city next Sunday morning and i evening. He is a splendid minister land will bring a message worth hearing. Every one. invited and the members of the church urged to hear this i minister of the gospel. oHOME TONIGHT ; Herb Fullenkanip and Clem Kortor. brer are expected home on the midnight train tonight on the G. R & I. from Fort Thomas. Ky., where they {will b? mustered out of service.

+ + •> + + + + + * + + + ♦•>• + BUSINESS NOW. <1 i♦ — < Washington. 1). C-, Dec. 17 — 4 + (Special to Daily Democrat) — 4 + Villagers in the battle zone are 4 + preparing for the after the war 4 + tourist. In the Vosges, where 4 •> Americans held the line, forti- 4 ♦ tied positions are to be preserv- •} •fr ed as "sights." Plans for build- 4 + ing hotels to accommodate tour- 4 •fr ists are under way. 4 4 , + + 4 , 4 , + + 4"4 , 4 - 4 , 4 , 4 , 4‘4' HONORABLE DISCHARGE In a Washington dispatch to the Indianapolis News appears the following: "Chaplain Karl R. Thompson, Decatur. Ind., will proceed immediately to Ft. Benjamin Harrison for discharge" Rev. Thompson has been here for several weeks on a furlough. -

AT GIRL’S GRAVE Muskegon Police Hope to Secure Confession from Milo H. Piper. AN UNUSUAL CASE Attracts Attention of Offif cials of Michigan — A Young Lady Victim. • United Press Service) Muskegon. Mich., Dec. 17 —(Special 1 to Daily Democrat) —Milo H. Piper, local insurance man, was to lie taken today to the grave of Frieda Welch man, where police hoped he would break down and confess to the charge; i of killing her. Letters written by the victim show j the mysterious "John S. Sheldon." I said by Piper to have used his name in marrying the girl, to be a myth, ac- i ' cording to police. These letter:- sent . to relatives, tell of the honeymoon' ’ tour of the girl and her husband through the south. According to the police Piper has I admitted the motor tour with the girl I and also of the trip through Michigan i 'with her. Police charge that after' 1 the girl was killed, Piper traveled ! under aliases. When arrested in ; Hamilton, Ont., Piper was getting a I ' letter in the ixistofflce addressed to f M. J. Carlson. Piper said his friend "John Sheld- | I on” married the girl. ‘‘He then gave her to me to live! j with as my wife." he said, according i to police. n HIGH SCHOOL NOTES The six-weeks’ examination at the ■ ’ high school will begin Friday. Mr. Rusk, manual training teacher, i of the city schools, is ill of a cold and ! j has gone to his home at Chuk’s Hiil. j Mr. Rusk was called to the colors, but: • was mustered out of service about I two weeks ago and resumed his teach | ing here. I

MAY QuTt’ DIAMOND (United Press Service) New York, Dec. 17—(Special to, Daily Democrat)— Ty Cobb, greatest of all outfielders, today intimated tie might not play baseball next year. "Os course," he said, "the lure may prove too strong, but I ant tired of playing and am free." DON BURK VERY LOW

_______ John Burk had a telegram last > s night that his son, Don,' a professor u in the college at Manhattan, Kans, j 1 is very low and that he should expect', jto hear the worst. One of the twin ‘ ( J babes, Don, aged three, is also ill of . a cold, but is not serious. Two tele-{ ■ I grams received prior to this one. I brought the news that Mr. Burk, ill of pneumonia, following influenza. I was in the hospital. PLEASANT "grove U. B. C. Special services each evening nt 7:15. All Christian people, no differ-) ! once'where you belong you are in- 1 jvited to attend these meetings. Min- 1 sisters of other churches are welcome. ■Come brethren, let us serve the Lord) II together. G. M. SILL. Pastor. | -a BIRTH REPORT ' Helen Juanita is the name of the -.fine girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Lester .' Richards of North Eighth st reet Sun'{day. Mother and babe are getting {along fine.

• HAS COMMISSION ♦ * Rev. W. Paul Marsh Grad- * uated from Chaplain's * School’as First Lieut. * * TWENTY DAYS OFF At Expiration of Which Time it is Expected He iWill be on Reserve List. Chaplain W. Paul Marsh, ranking • as first lieutenant, arrived home last .. night from Camp Taylor, with his com mission in his pocket, also a leave good for twenty da vs at the expi.-a-

1 ' tion of which time he will be placed on the reserve list or inactive, subject to call at any time any place. In ■ the meantime he will resume his work as pastor of the Christian church of e-this city. Rev. Marsh completed the five week.- course of schooling and reI ceived a high grade. The rank of first lieutenant was the highest given any in the school. Os the 248 entered hut 125 secured commissions. Until last Saturday it was expected the men would be sent overseas but an order that day brought the news that they w'ere to be placed upon the inactive list after twenty days. During that period he must wear his uniform and in case a change of orders should be i made might be ordered to camp for ioverseas though he is not expecting i that now. His commission dates from December 13th. The course is said to have been the stiffest given for chaplains since the war started and the commission and diploma are highly valued by Lieut. Marsh.

ANOTHER VICTIM Miss Clara Zeser Succumbed to Double Pneumonia Following Influenza I AT FORT WAYNE I At Home of Sister—Body Brought to Home South of City Last Night.

Miss Clara E. Zeser. daughter cf | Peter Zeser of south of the city was . another victim cf the prevailing in-' : fluenza and complications. She had , ; l>een at the home of her sister, Mrs. [Ed Engleking in Fort Wayne for two, : years, employed at the Edison light . i works. She became ill a week ago of I I influenza and later contracted double , pneumonia which resulted in her[ [death at 6:10 last, night. She wis [ [brought here last night by the Yager I Brothers & Reinking directors, and' j taken to the parental home. Miss Zeser was thirty-seven years jof age. She was bom in Tiffin, O. [ [but the family has lived here fur! ‘ thirty years or more and she was a very popular young lady, well liked I | because of her gracious and pleasing t ways. The survivors are her father, two[ 'sisters, Mrs. Engelking and Mis.

Theresa Schaefer .and the following. brothers, Timothy, Edward and Dan, 1 soldiers with the American expedition ary forces in France; Frank of Co!)-) rado, Charles of Fort Wayne, and Andrew and William Zeser of this city. The funeral of Miss Zeser will he { Thursday morning at nine o'clock, if) word is received from the brother. , Frank, in Colorado, in time to permit i of that arrangement. Chas. Railing Dead Mrs. Pink Ball and Mrs. Sloan Myers were apprized of the death of; ! their nephew. Charles Railing, aged { {thirty, son of the late Grant Railing. l of Decatur, who died at his home at | [Elkhart last night from effects of in-: fluenza, having been ill only since {Sunday. His wife survives. He also) [leaves a half brother and sister. His) I mother lives at Akron, O. o ■ SCHAMERLOH BABE DEAD. The week-old babe of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sehamerloh, their first child, died; last night. A short service will be 1 held at the home in Union township; with burial in the Bleeke cemetery.)

’>'t*4 + + +4 . + + + + + + + j ♦ SOLDIERS’ UNIFORMS. + ♦ Washington, D. c Dec 17 + . * A blu Permitting all men who 4served in the nation's fighting + wees during the war to retain <• ’heir uniforms after they are ♦ mustered out was passed by the ♦ * house and sent to the senate 4-4“»-*4.4. + + + + + + + + + + basketball game Basket-ball wiu“be played Wednc;1 day evening at the newly equipped athletic hail of the high school ass->. Iciation. die games iteing between the Kirkland and Decatur high school girls and boys’ teams The prelimin!ary game will begin at -even and other teams will participate in thlThe seating capacity has been enlarged and oilier conveniences added, • making the place very excellent for .the pit: peso. t

I — n A MERRY CHINK Os Dollars Answers Red Cross Christmas Membership Roll Cail. THE DRIVE IS ON First Day's Report Not as Heavy as They Should be —Enroll Yourself. The merry chink of the dollars heard this week is the best ever reto toe. .Red C roes < Ihristma Membership Roll Cail. “Keep them ringing" may well he the slogan, for it is in this way that the county will show its desire to practically help the

suffering. The response is ready, but the reports of yesterday, the first day’s canvass by the solicitors, as made at the Red Cross headquarters, are not quite as heavy as they should be. The re-! port showed that 1232 individuals in j the city had answered the roll caii with the payment for a year’s mem-i , bership. which with $4.50 given as a donation, made the sum gathered in this city, $1236.t>(). Only two precincts outside of the; county had reported on the first day's canvass, thus making the county sui i only $1316.50. Tlie campaign will continue the ea-j tire week, closing next Monday night J i In the meantime, if any of the solid-

tors have missed you. you can enroll at the Red Cross headquarters, in the old Tervefer building on Second street, where the Chairmen. F. E. France ami IL L. Conter or Miss Buhler, the clerk' will take care of your enrollment. Last year the total of 6800 members enrolled, including children. It is| hoped that the membership this year, will far exceed this. In many cases, it is said, the entire family pay but the one dollar mem-, 1 bership fee. This is not what is ex ' pected. however, as the purpose is to enroll every member in the family. TRAIN CLIMBERS IN JAIL. [ William Scott and a boy giving his name as Wolfa, aged nineteen and i twenty years, arrested here by Cap ‘ tain Paul. Erie detective. Sunday morning, appeared before Mayor , Charles Yager yesterday where they I pleaded guilty to "train climbing.” j They were fined three dollars and costs and being nnable to pay, went [to jail for thirteen days. They said ' they had no home.

> '.tzntinr ui:.:r. .ir. j;; .u-.;.. .*♦. •*- 5; A HEART AND A DOLLAR. All YOU ha*e to do to belong to the American Red : Cross is to “have a heart and a dollar.” Who dares to admit to themselves or to others that § | they have not the HEART to give the dollar? 5 Are there any who after a careful, soul-searching « ? analysis of themselves and their material possessions, will H 7 admit that they have not a dollar they CAN give? Anyone h : who is a sensible and a thinking person knows that some d : can hardly spare that dollar. That is true, much as it ought | 4 not to be true. These are days of high prices and daily sac- t 4 rifice thal bear heavily on lots of people. This, however. ♦ 1 is not true of more than 90 per cent of the people of this | ? community. Most of us have been really blessed. Ought • ? not the 90’per cent be grateful and thankful and manifest • 1 it? Surely. These dollars are greatly needed by the Red : J Cross. The Red Cross is a blessed institution. Docs any • > one want thi marvelous works of relief of the Red Cross t 4 curtailed? No. The dollar of one member has the same t 1 ability to purchase ease from suffiering and pain as the dol- ’ 1 lar of another. Do YOU think of that? YOUR dollar will ; • buy more than a dollar’s worth of relief for some one. £ j May not that dollar reach your own? If then, it is human- | » Iv possible. “Have a heart and a dollar.”

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EXCITING EBA IN BERLIN NOW Eighty Thousand People Gather Outside German Parliament Building. BOLSHEVIKS BARRED Karl Leibknecht and Rosa Luxemburg Refused Admission to Meeting. ’By Frank J. Taylor, United Press staff correspondent) i Berlin, Dec 18 (1:30 p. m.) n F Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. :;olL -hovlk leaders today were ret .sed permission to attend the national .meeting of workmen's and soldiers’ 11 councils. I Radical members introduced a res-'olutic-n demanding for Liebknecht aad his aid the right to sit in the conference. but they were outvoted by t huge majority. 11 At least eighty thousand persons gathered outside the Prussian parliament building during the altercation. ; When it became known that the bolshevik! leaders had been turned down Liebknecht suddenly appeared on the roof of the parliament building and ; began to address the crowds. He ' was wildly cheered. Although sun-rounded by government soldiers. IJebknecht spoke fearlessly. He led cries of "Down with Scheidemannl" Down with Ebert!” "Down with Haase!" d spite the fut those officials were sitting in the house, within sound of his voice. Leibknecht concluded ills spec h J from the roof with an appeal for the

iroletarlat. enmas.se. to proclaim a . social and political revolution. The scene in the parliament ch.. .: her was a striking one when the meetj ing was called to order. The room was filled with soldiers in field gray uniforms Mingling with them were [ workers in shabby clothes. There I were also a few sailors. And this room formerly was tenanted only by legislators in the most formal nn-1 [ correct dress. There was one woman delegate and there were several women in the audience. They were the ; first ever to enter the chamber. Half a dozen officers sat on the rostrum which was draped with the red banners of socialism. The first business transacted was the election of officers. Major Lein- . <-rt. of Hanover, a former member ot [(he reichstag and a supporter of | Scheiilemann was chosen to presid >. Three alternates were selected. The session got under way with military precision. The strictest parlia- [ mentary order was maintained, save for occasional outbursts of laughter. CHILD A VICTIM The ton months old son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Schwartz. Jr., living [two miles southeast of Monroe, died [this morning at eight o’clock from I meningitis developing after influenza. , The parents are both ill. They have ] one other child, a girl, who has es- ,. caped illness thus far. 1 — r> ATTEND COUSIN’S FUNERAL r' y' Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fullenkamp .ire ”[at Lima. Ohio, where they atte-ded d the funeral of Mrs. Fullenkr ip s it cousin. Harry Curran, aged twentyd ' five, who died of influenza complica- | tions.