Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1918 — Page 1

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LEAGUE NEEDED IN PEACE PLANS • President Wilson Asserts He Favors It and Thinks It is Necessary. KEEP NAVAL STATIONSj Until the American Troops Leave Europe Which May Not be Until July, 1920. !■ • - (United Press Service) i Paris, Dec. 18—(Special to Daily , Democrat) —“I not only favor the

league of nations, but I believe for mation of such a league is absolutely indlspensible to the maintanence o' peace," President Wilson declared today. The president made this statement In denying the truth of the dispatch published in an American newspaper, declaring he approves the plan of the league to enforce peace. “It is entirely false," the president said. “I am as every one knows not only In favor of the league of nations, but I believe formation of such a league is absolutely indispensible to the maintanence of peace, by the particular plan of the league to enforce peace was never directly or indirectly endorsed by me.” Washington, D. C., Dec. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The United States will keep naval stations at Cardiff, Queenstown and Brest, until all American forces are ready to leave Europe, Captain Laning of the bureau of navigation, told the house naval committee today. The stay of the army on France is 1 indefinite, Laning said. “I don’t believe our forces are coming back by July 1, 1920.’’ (By Henry Wood. United Press Staff (Corespondent) Paris, Dec. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The visit of the Italian ; royal family and minister to Paris will afford the first oportunity for the United States. France and Italy to 1 get together on the latter’s peace operation. Premier Orlando and Foreign Min- 1 ister Sonnino will be in conference with President Wilson, the American delegation and the French ministers. j The Italian party will arrive tomorrow. They will probably urge Italy's ( special desire relative to her supremacy of the Adriatic. Adjustment of conflicting claim of the Italians and Jugo-Slavs and the eastern coast of the Adriatic. Italy's claims in the western Mediterranean and in northern Africa. Final disposition of both the Austrian navy and merchant marine. Paris, Dec. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The first conference of , the complete American peace delegation will be held at 5 o'clock this afternoon, when President Wilson goes to the Crillen hotel to meet the other representatives. Berlin, Dec. ' 17—(Delayed)— The total of Germans killed in the war was officially announced today as 649,000. Lisbon, Dec. ' 17—(Delayed)— The entire Portuguese cabinet has resigned. Paris, Dec. 18— (Special to Dai'y Democrat)— British newspapers are beginning to establish a special airplane service which will cairy n< w. of the peace conference from Paris to London twice a day. The British are establishing a press bureau in Paris while French will use the same organization they did in the war. American newspaper correspondents are organizing. (By Frank J. Taylor. United Press Staff Correspondent) Berlin, Dec. 15-(Delayed)-Presi-dent Wilson's activities in France constitute the most important news ; in the Berlin papers. The only dispatches regarding president are received through Switzerland. These are always d£ | played in the first column of pag one The remainder of the pt 8 | crammed with P-clamations open letters and editorials. The numb of newspaper in Berlin is steadily Cr XX. decorated with garlands of leaves and flowers, are now po ing into Berlin at the rate o g a day. The government is k <* pi * the Berlin garrison undei

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1 —.— prevent bolshevik! demonstrations. The crowds which fill the boulevards appear always gay. Every meeting place is continually jammed by people listening to speakers urg png a demanding of certain improvej ments from the various councils. Street and case signs, in which the | former kaiser's name appeared, are ! rapidly disappearing. Even the pop I I Dual Kaiser Kaffee is now merely , bailee. Theaters, operas and music j | halls are presenting typical Berlin I , productions The number of unemployed men anil women is increasing, due to the ; dosing of munitions factories, especially Krupps, where a quarter of a million have been thrown out of work Washington. Dec. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Chief of Staff i March announced today the assignment to early convoy of the following organizations numbering about 1,500 men and officers: Headquarters 39th. brigade coa.it '

. artillery; 173rd.. 158th„ 801st., 149th, , 35th. aero squadrons; 102nd and 111th trench mortar batteries and companies A and B of the 26th engineers. Washington, D. C„ Dec. 18—(SpeSimmons hopes that the revenue bill pass the senate before Christmas day bade fair to be realized. With the unexpectedly rapid progress of the $.6000,000,000 measure, and apparently complete harmony among both party leaders, it seemed . today as if the expected opposition and possible filibuster would never materialize. With the Americans Across the Rhine, Dec. 15 —(By courier to Nancy! j—The first, second and thirty-second divisions have completed their march and are patrolling the edge of the northern half of the semi-circular bridgehead. The French are occupying the southern half. I The 42nd division has taken its position on the left bank of the Rhine, north of Coblenz. The fourth occupies a similar position, south of the city. The third division, in a column 30 miles long, marched up the Rhine ; valley today to positions behind Coblenz. passing through the edge of the city. The seventy-sixth field artillery with a mounted band marched in along the Rhine esplanado at dusk. The. 33rd, 89th and 90th divisions ' are taking up positions of support ;

along the frontier. The third headquarters has been moved along the government building in Coblenz. Washington, Dec. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat) — The proposed league of nations may call upon the' United States to settle unstable conditions in Mexico. This development was foreseen. here today by men in touch with' Mexican and American government j affairs. (By Frank J. Taylor. United Press, staff correspondent) Berlin, Dec. 17-(Nlght)-The con-j flict between the radicals and the Ebert-Haase government, which broke out afresh yesterday, is still undecided. The demonstration by soldiers outside the reichstag building, led bv. Karl Liebknecht, was more serious | than appeared at first. While there were no actual physical encounters, the attitude of the soldiers succeeding in forcing Chancellor Ebert to. avert the issue by adjourning the I soldatenrat (soldiers’ council) until tomorrow. If the radical movement continues to grow, the present government may he overthrown. | The radicals gained courage tor their demonstration yesterday from the attacks made by George Ledebour and Richard Darts against the people’s council, which resulted in Barth bolting the meeting. Major General Sohrnch has resigned as war minister, owing to disagreements concerning military pol tics. He is also blamed for the disorders throughout Germany. Amsterdam. Dec. 18-(Special to Daily Democrat)- The German government has opened negotiations with he various factions with a v.ew to appointing Count von Bernstorff foreign secretary. Copenhagen, " 18—(Special to. . x Th ft work ni on s uni; Daily Democrat)— The woi in soldiers’ congress, according - i Mta" h.s . Mlowlns result «> "I" 1 ”" d “ ' ■rates to the national assembly. • Sa * Twenty-two majority st, , X 12 . party and two consent Ives. I ™ ; and one peasants’ league.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, December 18, 1918.

MRS. HARRIS DEAD Formerly Miss Matilda Numbers, a Teacher of Adams County WAS A VICTIM

Os Influenza at Her Home at Portland — Well Known Here. Mrs. B. P. Harris, of Portland, better known here as Miss Tillie Numbers, of Monmouth, well known as ai school teacher here years ago, is I dead. The Portland Sun says;

"Mrs. Matilda J. Harris, wife of B. P. Harris, a well known business man of this city, died Tuesday morning at four o’clock at her home on j West Main street, a victim of Span-! i ish influenza. She was the daughter I of Mr. and Mrs. John Numbers and was born June 12, 1850, being aged j sixty-eight years, six months and fitej days at the time of her death. “Mrs. Harris recently lost a step ! son. Homer Harris, of this city, of the same disease. “She is survived by her husband' and on<« brother, E. L. Numbers, East High street. “Although she had lived in Portland but a few years she leaves many I friends. “The funeral services will be shi rt ( and held at the home on West Main (street Thursday afternoon, in charge of her pastor, Rev. A. S. Preston, o' ; fhe Methodist church. The funeral!, party will then leave for Berne where i burial will be made. "The body was removed from the , Williamson undertaking parlors l where it was taken early Tuesday , morning back to the home on Tues- . day afternoon." , HENRY RODENBECK SALE. — Henry Rodenbeck will hold a salel > at his farm, three and one-half miles , northcast of Decatur, on Thursday.!, January 2nd. Large amount of ( stock and machinery will be offered. . Watch for bills which will be out in (

a few davs. AIR MAIL ROUTE Leon Smith Left New York Today on First Regular Trip to Chicago IN CURTIS PLANE Will Make Several Stops— Uses Liberty Motor — 200 Pounds of Mail. (United Press Service) New York, N. Y., Dec. 18 —(Spe1 cial to Daily Democrat)—Leon D. Smith, aviation instructor, left Belmont Park, Long Island, at 7:20 a. m. today in a Curtis-4-L biplane carrying 200 pounds of mail to Chicago.. The flight marks the beginning of a I permanent airplane mail route be-, tween New York and Chicago and is only the first step in the inauguration ; of nation-wide routes according to of-; ' ficial announcements. Smith’s first, stop will be at Bellefont, Pa., where i another airplane is waiting for a quick transfer of pouches. The next! stop will be in Cleveland. Smith was scheduled to get away at (> a. m. but delay in tuning the mo-1 tor and in making sure that the! plant was all right delayed the start j more than an hour. The Curtis plane which left Bel- j inont park is a passenger ’machine! with the front cock pit converted into j a holder for mail. The Curtis is equipped with a liberty motor and has a wing spread of forty-eight feet. While it is capable of developing speed of 100 to 135 miles an hour, it is so built that it has a landing speed of fifty miles an j hour, essential to such mechines because it makes possible landing in small fields. It has a carrying capac- ■ ity of 625 pounds. — o > GOES TO SEE GRANDSON Mrs. Helen Blossom went to Fort Wayne to visit with her son, Dick Blossom and family. A son, their second child and boy has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Blossom.

THREE MORE ORPHANS ADOPTED Three more French orphans have been adopted by persons in this city and vicinity, in the campaign under ' the auspices of the Tri Kappas, with Mrs. Avon Burk, chairman. Mrs. J. ’W. Tyndall, in a donation of $16.1(1 ' completed the sum necessary for the twenty-sixth orphans’ adoption. Mrs. H. M. Crownover, of Brookside Farm,! ■ Pleasant Mills, and the Eastern Star order each adopted one also.’

CHRISTMAS MAILS HEAVIER With Christmas just a week away, the mails today began to show signs of increasing heaviness. A good thing about it, though, said a postal employe this morning, is that the rush ■ usually lasts only about a week. o 1 I INTO A HEW LIFE i

Winged the Spirit of Miss Lydia Bollman Early Early This Morning. WAS LONG AN INVALID Was a Member of an Early and Prominent Family of This City. An invalidism of forty years was I terminated when the brave spirit of. I Miss Lydia Bollman was loosed from her frail body, she passing into a n ?w life this morning at 4:30 o’clock at their home on First street where she and her niece. Miss Laura Alban have resided. Miss Bollman in girlhood suffered an attack of spinal meningitis which left her an invalid. Her last serious illness dates from August when a nervous breakdown, resulting from the spinal trouble, began and her decline has been steady since then. With her when “he passed away, besides her niece whom she reared, was her only brother, Robert Bollman, of Sioux City, lowa, who is the last one of the eleven children of Abraham and Christian Bollman, who came to this city from Ohio, being numbered

among the early and most prominent families of this city. Miss Bollman was a member of the Presbyterian church. o CARE OF POOR. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Amos W. Butler, secretary of the state board of charities in an address before Indi-1 ana township trustees here for their ; annual convention today, urged the trustees to use more scientific methods in their care of the poor. He outlined methods of investigation and relief which should supplant hap-haz-! ard systems now being used by many townships. — — Q ■ AT PLEASANT MILLS CHURCH There will be preaching at Pleasant Mills next Sunday at 10 o’clock. Bobo Sunday school a c o'clock; C. Endeavor at 6:30; P; achii ~, 7:30. REV. D. G. KINSEY. YOUNG BOY DEAD Earhardt, Aged Eight, Son of Edward Schuricht, Teacher at Freidheim SUCCUMBED TODAY To Influenza-Pneumonia— Other Members of Family Are Recovering. | The victims of influenza pneumonia j , are not limited to places nor times.l ! The community of Freidheim, in the! ’ i northwest part of the county was visited by death this morning at 6:30; i o’clock; when Earhart, aged eight son of Edward Schuricht, teacher of i the Freidheim Lutheran parochial ' school yielded up his life after a week’s illness from pneumonia following influenza. His mother and three of her other children were also ill but I are recovering nicely. t The funeral services for the lad r will be Friday afternoon at one i o'clock from the Freidheim Lutheran church.

SON IS CLAIMED Alfred. Son of Mrs. Caroline Jaberg, Died at Magley from Pneumonia FOLLOWING THE FLU

Died on Anniversary of Death of His Father, Samuel Jaberg. Surviving his father, Samuel Jaberg one year to the very day, Alfred Jaberg, unmarried, aged twenty-four, died yesterday afternoon at three o’clock at the home of his mother. Mrs. Caroline Jaberg at Magley, from

: pneumonia following influenza. , Mr. Jaberg had been ill about a week. Five of his brothers and sisters are also ill of the influenza. Among them is his sister. Sarah, wife of the Rev. Albert. Scherry. late of, i Colby, Wis. They are moving to I Marion. ().. and Mrs. Jaberg who stopped off here to visit with her mother, became ill a day or so after arriving! here. Her brother. Elmer, a mini- 1 isterial student at the Mission House, i Franklin, Wis. who came home on account of the flu ban. is among thoce ill there. The deceased was a half-brother oi Deputy Auditor Martin Jaberg. of this

\ city. Sisters and brothers surviving : are Ed. a member of old Company A. who has been in France and who is expected to land on the eastern coast at any time, being enroute home, it is believed: Ella. Wilma and Daniel, at home; Mrs. Albert Scherry. of Marion, O.; and Elmer, the ministerial student at Franklin. Wis. The father died a few minutes after injuries sustained a year ago yesterday, w’hen he was -struck by a train on the Erie near his home at Maglev. The deceased son. Alfred, being one of the older children, was the main I support of his widowed mother, and because of this, received exemption in the recent draft. He was an excellent young man. and highly esteemed. The funeral of Mr. Jaberg will be at one o’clock from the home and at 1:30 from the Magley Reformed

church. APPEAL IS GIVEN By Governor Goodrich— Asks Indiana People to Enroll Under GREATEST BANNER Os Mercy the World Has Ever Known—That of Red Cross Society. To the People of Indiana. The Hoosier state is in the midst of a great campaign, part of a real national movement—the Christmas; Membership Roll Call of the American Red Cross. Indiana people are called upon to enroll under the. banner of the! I world’s greatest mercy organization. I But few days are left for our state •to respond to the call. There is j j danger that Indiana's glory in pant patriotic achievements may be dim j med if an indifferent ear is turned jto this important call. We must answer with a united voice that will he ! heard by our boys yet across the sea ! —that-we are still backing the origan izati on that was first to minist >r I to them in their hour of need. That slogan of the campaign “All ' it takes it a heart and a dollar." must : not fall on unheeding ears in Indiana. INo citizen can afford to say to himI self, “The war is over, why should I i join." The work of the Red Crots ! must, go on and on. War lias left be- ! hind a hideous legacy of poverty and ; want, of suffering and distress. There is work to be done that calls for mil- ' lions of willing consecrated hands i and hearts. Your membership will help the Red Cross to complete the ■ great task. There is not to be an i ;other money-getting campaign for the Red Cross. In responding to this R >ll Call we are simply showing our faith and approval in what the Red Crons has done, in what it hopes to accom ! plish. It is an endorsement of the tradtlonal principles of the Rod

<’roM ‘ Humanity and Mercy." When we answer "Here" to this * hrlstinas R<>H Call we say to our «oys W e r there. "We are still ha-k- --. you the last dollar." U-t us. as loyal Hoosiers make it a universal ° ( ross membership in Indiana i us be able on Christmas eve Io point to a Red Cross service flag in every window, it we faU hl tWs Rrp ., t • ’* ’’ 1 w 1,1 I* the first Instance of failure In our state. W e had our share in the fighting. w now let us , keep in line with the greater work that is to follow, in the name of hui manlty. in the name of our soldi*- s I over there, in the name of the great ' state of Indiana whose record is unblemished in patriotic work 1 ask I every man and woman of Indiana to join the Red Cross. JAMES P. GOODRICH, Governor of Indiana USEFUL CAREER

Os Prof. Don Burk Cut Short by Death—Died at Manhattan, Kansas. BODY ENROUTE HERE To Home of Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Burk— Victim of Pneumonia.

In the death of Prof. Don Laminar Bink, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Burk, of this city, Decatur loses another of its bright young men whom it has sent out into the educational' world where they have won success among the best. His death occurred at Manhattan. Kas., where he held the professorship in the English and Public Speaking departments of the Kansas State Agricultural college. He had been ill a week or more of pneumonia follow-, ing the influenza, and telegrams received here at intervals announced that his condition was very serious A telegram received yesterday by the father said that he was very low and that the worst could be expected. , I*l I .

, A second telegram last evening brought the sad message that h.'s death occurred Monday morning at three o'clock. He was but twenty-six years of age last July 31. He was born here and received his education in the city ischools. After graduating from tl.e local high, he took the complete course at Depauw university. On graduating there, he received an appointment as professor in English and debate at Otterbein college. West! erville, ().. and from there went to Columbia University. New York City, las a professor in the same depart-! meflts. A few years ago he was ap : ponted to the chair of English and Public Speaking at the Kansas State college, being also debate coach, where he was at the time of his 1,1noss. During his disability his wife .took his place as teachpi. He was married to Miss Wilhelmina j Kendall, of Ingalls, Indiana, and she. ! with their twin sons, Don and Philip, ( aged three feel the loss of their bus ’ band and father very keenly. The ! I ! parents and a sister, Cora, of this

I city, complete his nearest circle of' i friends. A sister, older than he, died a number or years ago. The body left Manhattan. Kas. this I morning and is expected to arrive I here Thursday afternoon or evening.! The deceased was a mem Iter of the Methodist church. Mention should be made of his ability as a musician. • He was highly accomplished in music i and at the time of his death there ! was being issued from the press :' L piece of music, "The Fool’s Song.” at-1 . cepted for publication by a Chicago - firm. It. was written for the Fool's I Song," in Shakespeare's "Twelfth i Night” beginning “Come Away Death” ■ When Prof. Burk was professor . f I public speaking at Otterbein Univer- > r.ity, Professor Uhe, head of the vio-i - lin department at Bethany college, i heard the song when "Twelfth Night" I was presented and took It to the Chi‘jcago publishers who accepted it tor publication in ther standard edition : ■ The cover was designed by Mrs. Burk >; l| It is seldom that a boy reaches such | a splendid attainment of success in ’ , his work at Mr. Burk's age, and the 1 1 educational world will feel the loss ’ keenly, ds well as his immediate rel- t atives and the host of friends.

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WILL ORGANIZE TO FIGHT “FLU" City Will Form Organization to Supervise Control of Influenza. MEETING THURSDAY Evening at City Hall—Action Will be Taken Council Notes. Acting on the recommendation of I '.be state board of health that the city

of Decatur organize to form a committee or commission whose duty it should be to supervise influenza control work and to act promptly in every case brought to their attention, so that the plague which is now infesting Hoosierdmn and seemingly sweeping over our county at present might be checked, the board of public safety to which had been referred the proclamation of Governor Goodrich. urging the forming of such a commission and setting out a plausible plan to be used in conducting the fight against the ' flu. ' reported last evening at the regular session of , the council that a meeting would be held Thursday evening at eight

J o’clock at the city hall and an organii zation formed. All city officials, the members of the council, mayor, secretary of the city board of health, and Ilfs assistants, the secretary and offii cers of the local Red Cross chapter, every physician in Decatur, ministers. merchants, the superintendent of schools, and all persons interested in the welfare of the community are invited and urged to attend this important meeting. Following the forming of this committee. an executive officer will be selected and his name telegraphed I to the state board of health, which l department will work in co operation with the local authorities and the necessary measures taken for the control and relief of the influenza. Citizens Interested in this important work should not fail to be at the city

hall, Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Following the reading and approv--1 al of the minutes from the last ineet--1 ing, (he waterworks committee reported the written contract with the ! Standard Oil company for the furnishing of oil to the city for next year at the same price as that paid last year. A letter from the state board of health, relative to the passing of an ordinance in the fight against veneral diseases was read and placed on file. ; The ordinance was placed on record ! some weeks ago. but no action taken in the matter, the council being of ' the opinion that there was no need of such a law. The streel and sewer committee reported that preliminary assessI ments in the matter of the Jackson street improvement had been amended and readjustment wide, I and by resolution adopted the c sments as final and ordered the • rk (to turn the sheet over to the t- as- : urer for collection. The resolution authorizing tho i clerk to draw nis warrant on the j treasurer for the quarterly salaries i due Hie city officials was unanimously adopted.

Considerable time was spent tn ' discussing whether or not the city would contract with a sanitary scavenger for the cleaning of vaults, and finally a motion made to leave the I matter in the hands of the city board of health, which will give notice to property owners to look after their premises, or action would be taken. A motion was made and seconded ' that the Church of God pay for elecI trie current used while they occupied j the building. The finance committee allowed the following bills and the meeting adjourned. Waterworks department, city plant. $2450; electric department, city plant, $3410; The Democrat Co., $1.06; The Democrat Co., $28.13; i Kalver-Noble Co.. $5.45; H F. Costello. $26.30; Thos. Dowling. $32.50; Dick Hoch. $32.50; City Firemen. $72.50; Police pay roll. $82.50; street commissioner's pay roll, $128.61; National Mill Supply Co., $41.97; Wayne Belting * Supply Co., $54.42; Standard Oil Co . $23.00; Ft. Wayne Oil & Supply Co.. $28.05; Bass Foundry & Machine Co.. $26.59; McLeod & Henry Co., $118.75; National Meter Co., $19.30; P. J. Hyland (Continued otT Pjge Four)