Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1919 — Page 1

Volume XVII. Number 33.

ASSEMBLY OPENS I Chancellor Ebert Opens the German Assembly at Weimar Today. THE PEACE CONGRESS Continues to Make Headway—How Disputes Will be Settled. • (By Frank J. Taylor, United Press staff correspondent) |lWEefor.nr. Germany, Ft b. 6—(Special'to IJailv Democrat) Official welComing of Austria into the German republic was expected to lie the first act of the national assembly, following iits organization meeting late today. The assembly then planned to ad- ■ joarn until Monday, when Chancellor Ebert will formally transfer the government to the new cabinet which will be formed in the interim. A caucus held by the majority jwrties last night revealed that Ebert is the choice for president of the assembly. with Philip Scheidemann as ▼ice president. r ‘ Cha.no. Ilnr Ebert opening the national assembly, greeted them as the "sovereign powers by which the German people will have self rule. ” The speaker was Interrupted often by comment from opposition delegates. He was encouraged only by mild applause from his supporters, though the latter appeared to lie greatly in the majority. Once he was compelled to pause and plead with the opposition to hear hint. In referring to the war Ebest said, it has been lost by the kaiser and his government. — - ■' (By plYcd S. Ferguson. United Press staff correspondent) Paris. Feb. 7 —(Special to Daily ■"fJWJlWhiiP—Wh!lß"lt now *eeths‘ certain that compulsory arbitration will not be- written into the constituton of the league, of natitfr.s. th- loagm will 4»ot lack means of enforcing its; detSi&m, the United Press learned from in authoritative source today Cotnputenry arbitration m.-ans th 1 would he compelled not only to submit their differences to theAsßK'oe, but would have to abide by Its decisions. As the u.alter now stands, the league will force submission pf arbitrable questions and will; prevent recourse to arms until a decision is rendered. What action wdlj be taken in case a disputant disregards the mandate of arbitration it is impossible to learn at this time. Following official announcement that the special committee working on the league constitution, was a “third” through its task, it became; known that instead of completing the .. V visions ! noUitced, a week or teh days would be required to finish the work. Next, to the league of nations, the! most important committee sessions now in progress are those of the reparation and newly organized blockade 'commissions. The economic ] iognun for the entire world is involved in these discussions. 'I he biggest problem centers on how Germany tan pay. This necessitates working out an economic scheme. She must not only make money in marks, but in the Currency of the associated powers. This means that her exports must exceed her imports, the amount of hei j credit being in to the excess of her exports. ’iljParis. Feb. 7 (Special tn Daily D*mocr,i: * -The situation in the Portuguese royalist revolt is practically utkduuiged according to an official ■Ertunique received from Lisbon today. “The situation is unchanged in t astollo, Porto Grace and Viana,” the ftidfeteniciit said. “Train service «ormnl between Lisbon and Avero. BPhatie,lion of marines has starteo northward toward Oporto. A royu.ist. column has appeared between San- | t>ran and Lisbon. dominating that ■ region ” K:.GOVERNMENT “own tRSH IP(United Pi '■ss (Special Washington. D. < ■ 1 to Daily Democrat I— Government Htership of railroads with operation jointly bv the government, workers and railroad officials, was proposed today by the four big brotherhoods. Their plan was outlined to the senate interstate commerce committee by '‘Glenn E. Plumb, counsel appearing in their behalf-

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* *** + *** + + + + * + + •! 4* OVER NINE HUNDRED NOW 4 + A donation of sls from “The 4 * Big Three,” e trio of well known 4 4* business men, sent the gym fund 4 4* over the nine hundred dollar 4 4 1 mark this morning. That’s fine 4 4* work, boys. Wie’ll get a thou 4 4* sand by Saturday night or the 4 4* first of the week, if they come in 4 4* As reported $895.38 4 4* “The Big Three” 15.00 4 . 4. * 4- Total $910.38 4" Have you given yours, 4> —O ■ . HOMC ON FURLOUGH s Lawrence B. Williams, of the 49th -, Infantry, Ft. Leavenworth, Kas., is at - home on a ten days’ furlough, lie is 1 visiting with his mother, Mrs. Sarah Williams, of Walnut street. ID BE AT WREN Farmers’ Institute is Announced for Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 17-18. ALSO A CORN SHOW In Connection Therewith— Program Shows List of Excellent Speakers. TO BE AT WREN W. O. Black, president, and M. S. Myers, secretary, announce an excellent program for the Wren Farmers’ Institute to be held at Maccabee Hall, j | Wren, 0., February 17 and 18. The program follows: Monday, Feb. 17, 9 a. m. Music, “America.” Invocation—Rev. W. R. Arnold. Welcome Address W. O. Biack, ! president. I Soil as a Source of Plant Food”— John. Eegg, Columbus Grove, O. Discussion. Music —Wren High School. “A definite Plan for Bleeding and Selecting'Heavy Laying Hens’—A. B. Parin, Columbus, O. Discussion. Nominating Committee — Frank Bowen. John Dull and Perry Hunt, j Resolution Committee —J. D. Geissler, C. S. Walters and W. G. Teeple. Baldwin’s Orchestra —J. D. Bald- | win, Convoy, O. Monday, Feb. 17, 1 p. m. Music, “Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean.” Reading—Gerald Bowen. “Value of Rotation of Crops”—John ! Begg. Discussion. ’, „ 'Ur— Uni- QqarttttO: “Eggs - Feeding for Low- Cost of j Production and Marketing at the Highest Price”—A. B. Dann, Discussion. Baldwin’s Orchestra —J. W. Baldwin. Monday, Feb. 17, 7 p. m. Music , Reading—R. W. Carter. Music. - “Advantage of Farm Life in Developing Manhood and Womanhood”— John Begg. Solo —Delori Callow. Reading—J- S. Kifacofe. j Music. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 9 a. m. Music. , Reading—Abide Dull. “Cattle Raising’’—John Begg Discussion Music “Advantages of the Farm Bureaus” —County Agept H. L. Andrews. Report of Committees Music. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1 p. m. Music Reading—Mildred Everett. -Drainage”—John Begg Discussion - j Address—Dist. Supt. C. L. Shaffer, j Ohio City, Ohio. Music Vote on Report of Committees. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 7 p. m. | 1 Music t Reading i: Music I , I 'Address-V- H. Davis, from the of--1 flee of the Ohio Food Administrator, , | Columbus, Ohio. j - 1 Music. e'Ladles' Session High School Auditor- ( ■-1 ium, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 9a. m. j icontniuea on Taie Four)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, February 7, 1919.

: STORM THE FORI 4* + Hungry Postoffice Bunch 4- Swoops Down on Ollie £ Mills’ Restaurant. * JI AT THE SUPPER HOUR * £ But Late City Mail Carrier Proves Equal to the Surprise Test. ■ Like wolves on the fold, two-thirds I of the postoffice force—or to be exact, i fourteen hungry men—swooped down t last evening upon Ollle Mills, late j city mail carrier, for supper at his restaurant on West Monroe street. | The bunch gathered at the postoffice at closing time, seven o’clock, and with capacious cavities behind their j vests, made so by the belated supper | hour, they determined to surprise the unsuspecting Ollie and see whether he really could prove equal to the - test of feeding so many hungry persons unannounced. He was surprised, all right, but he also measured up the standard. Calling his right-hand assistants, his son, Robert, and the two Hower boys, they scurried around and brought forth hamburger steak, rich, juicy porterhouse steak, eggs, pies, coffee and milk, and other eatables galore —anything the hungry men desired, and served it piping hot and delicious, to the bunch who found places at the counters and tables. The restaurant force were put to the run for awhile to wait on so many at one time, but they did it with dispatch and to the entire satisfaction of the ; men who voted unanimously that the j supper was the best ever. Mr. Mills ; then gave a treat in appreciation of the call, topping off the supper with ice cream. The crowd included Postmaster J. W. Bosse, George Everett, C. E. TTockor, Ed, Macy, H. S. Laehot, Jesse Schwartz, Leland Frank, Harve Rice, Mel Butler. Earl Butler, Marion Biggs Joe Linn, Ray Christen, M. A. Frisinger, Sim Burk. THE MEN'SSUPPER ;t . ■AGoodfellowship Service at Methodist Church Great Success Last Night. BANQUET WAS GIVEN Men Pledged Support of Centenary Movement — Erwin Toastmaster. One hundred and fifty men, representing the civil, Spanish-Amerieam and late war veterans, the men of the church and community •sat down to the tables arranged in the lecture room of the Methodist church for the splendid supper and the enduing good fellowship service, the purpose of which was to present the centenary movement. The supper consisted of chicken and other good things that harmonize thre with, and it was served by the ladies of the several departments of church activity. Dan Erwin presided as toastmaster l for! the service that followed, while i the assembly wus still seated at tlio table. Dr. J. F. Porter, of the Wayne Street Methodist church, Fort Wayne spoke on “The Origin of the Movement”; and Dr. Martin, of Fort Wayne, district superintendent, on “The Purpose and Program of the Movement.” Others who spoke were H. B. Heller, chairman of the minute men; C. L. Walters, one of the minute men. K vote was taken wherein all pledged themselves to do all that they could to forward the success of the work. This movement is to raise $85,000,000 for mission work, or reI construction work, made more apI parent by the war. — o ANOTHER STRIKE PENDING ; ; (United Press Service) Trenton, N. J. Feb. 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—A strike that threat ened to tie up every ship building yard on the Delaware river was called at the Merchants Shipbuilding corporations plant at Harriman. Pa., j near Erfttol, shortly after 8 o’clock [this morning.

r FIFTEEN SIGNED UP At the business meeting of the Ro tary cub held last evening at the city hall fifteen Rotarians signed up to attend the district convention at Indi anapolis, February 12 and 13th, while seven or eight of the boys said they would try to make plans to attend the convention. The wives will acj company the majority of the members to the capital city and a great time is in store for them. The ad stunt p of advertising the “Sweetest City” In Hoosierdom Is working out fine and no doubt the Rotarians will make a hit with it. ATTEND BABE’S FUNERAL a Samuel Itnmsey and children have ;. returned from Kingsland where yesa terday they attended the funeral of B Mr. Ramsey’s grandadughter, the five g weeks' old babe born to Mr. and Mrs. ? Greene. Mrs. Greene was Miss Mary 1 Ramsey. The deatli resulted from r pneumonia. r n THE NEED FOR IT ? Treasury Department Outlines Need for the Enormous Tax Bill. WHAT IT IS FOR Will Take an Average of $60.00 This Year for Every Person in U. S. (By L. C. Martin, United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, D. C., Feb. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Records of the treasury department and the ap-1 propriations committee of the house and senate today showed why congress is about to enact the biggest tax bill in history—s6,ooo,ooo,ooo revenue measure that will take an average of S6O this year and S4O next year from every individual of the na- ' tion’s 100,000,000 population. These records show that the government will cost the people $18,000,000,000 this fiscal year and $10,000,000,000 the 1920 fiscal year. The tax bill now before congress raises only one-third of the amount required for the tax .spending ydar ending June 30, 1919, and only 40 per cent of the tax expenditures for the tnx-spei*iing year ending June 30, 1920. Where is the rest of the money coming from? There is only one way to get it—bonds. Therefore, unless the taxspending can be brought to the limits of the tax-paying, there will be bond issues not only in 1919, but in 1920. For the 1919 tax-spending year, con- - lip:'v.i, .r. inrCv I'h'n ,1 V ; 000,000. But the ending of the war caused cancellation of contracts totalling more than $2,000,000,000 and , a bill increasing $1,000,000,000 more, j The ultimate total of such cancella- t bill is expected to raise $6 070,000 00ft . the met cost of the government this j year. i Os this amount the pending tax , bill is expected to raise $6,70,000,000. ( Some congressmen say it won't ] raise more than $5,000,000,000 but. if , it raises that amount is sponsors hop© ( for it will leave approximately sl2,- r 000,000 unprovided for. t This means two more liberty bond f issues this year, many members be- v lieve. f Next year the tax bill is estimated e to raise a little less than $4,200,000,- £ 000. Senator Smoot says it will hard- c ly raise $3,000,000,000. But if it t comes up to expectations, that will v leave nearly $6,000,000,000 to be rais- t ed by more bond issues. Appropriations for the year 192 tax a year bear out the estimate of SIO,OOO,000.000, which has been made by mem- ( bers of the house and senate and £ which was forecast by former Secre- j t tary of the Treasury McAdoo, before t the senate finance committee. o MR. HELLER IS SECRETARY (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Feb. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat)—George L. Saunders of the Bluffton Banner, was elected president of the Democratic Editorial association today. John Heller of Decatur is secretary and George Pur- ; cell of Vincennes, treasurer. E. Oox , of Hartford City is a member of the : executive committee frem the 11th district.

WELL KNOWN LADY yj t-1 i Mrs. Saloma Rice, Wife of O I v John Rice, Sr., Died Last a ! Night—Was a si * VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA 11 _____ 1 | i Following Influenza—Sang in the Methodist Choir for Many Decades. Mrs. Saloma Rice, aged sixty-three , years, wife of John Rice, Sr. of South . Sixth street died last night at 11:40 o’clock, a victim of pneumonia of, which she had been ill since last Friday, following an illness of influenza! of two weeks’ duration or more. Shej had been critically ill for several days preceding her death, when fears were entertained that she could not recover. Mrs. Rice was one of the best known women of the city. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Railing, pioneer residents of the city, identified with much of its early growth. She was born here in 1855 and spent her entire life here. In early womanhood she was married to John Rice, the husband surviving. They had one child, a son who died in infancy. The parents died a few years ago, and one brother died in early childhood. The only surviving member of her father’s family, is her sister, Christena, wife of John Vail. Mr. and Mrs. Vail who are spending the winter in the south at Delphi, Louisiana, are expected home tomorrow morning. Mrs. Rice was a member of the Methodist church and for many decades had been one of the singers in the chofr, active until her last illness. She took an active part in all of the societies of the church and was one of its able workers. She was also a member of the Pythian Sisters’ lodge. IN A COLLISION t t Wm. Counterman, of Will- i shire, Field Man for Mar- , tin Klepper Co., Had j i FOUR RIBS BROKEN 1 ( . In Auto Collision—Pinned f ( Under Debris of Over- I £ __ turned. Truck T i William Oountermann, 48, resident p of Willshire, 0.. field man for the * Martin-Klepper Creamery Company of T this city, had four right ribs broken, 1 aind may have sustained internal in- s juries in an accident yesterday afternoon, when the Ford truck which he 1 was driving to Grand Rapids, Ohio, s collided with a car driven by Ottis 8 Kohne, of Glenmom O. at the cross '' road four miles west of Ohio City. a r One car going east and the other north, and meeting at the cross roa.ds, !< the collision was such that the cream- s erv truck was totally demolished 0 when it was overturned, pinning j ( Oountermann under the debris, rend- * ering him unconscious and causing 1 the aforesaid injuries, the full extent of which, however, was unknown at r this time. The car driven by Koline 1 was damaged but not to such an extent as the creamery car. The Gay, Zwick & Myers ambtil- ' ance from this city was called and 1 Countermann was takep to the home | of his mother at Willshire, O. after 1 a specialist from Ohio City had attended to his Injuries on the scene of the accident. PLANS FOr”°A CAMPAIGN (United Press Service) New York, Feb. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Plans for a campaign to solidify American public opinion behind the league of nations were made here today at a convention presided over by W. H. Taft. He appointed committees to start the campaign, The first, committees named were those of the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and West Virginia.

i STILL AT SAVENAY, FRANCE Ed Gase, of the Peoples restauran had another letter from ids cousii Otto Gase, a soldier, who is still 1 f Base hospital 8, at Savenay, Franc, ion account of his shattered arm. Th | letter was written for him by a Re i Cross worker and he says he is gel ! ting along well and is just as liapp; |as ever and hopes to be home soon I though later he says that he expect to be there a long time, yet, so hi wants his friends to write. He says p “You won’t find Savenay on the mai of France, as it is a very small place but it is near the coast, so I won' have far to go when they let me gt home.” TO A VOTE ON MONDAY » , Washington, Feb. 7—(Special tc | Daily Democrat) —■ The suffrage amendment will probably be voted on |in the senate Monday according to i indications today. The suffragists j still apparently lack one vote of the number necessary to win. A ' BANNER YEAR For Indiana Basketball Fans is Predicted—The State Tournament M ILL BE AT LAFAYETTE In March—Districts Are Working to Select Representatives. Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 7—Basketball Is the premier high school sport in Indiana. There is practically no football, little track and less baseball. But there is scarcely a high school in the state, whether it be situated in a city, town, hamlet or crossroads, that is not represented by a basketball squad in which the entire populace in the community in which it plays is not, interested. With the sectional tournament, to be held in twenty Indiana cities, looming up a little more than a month off, the enthusiasm of the basketball fans J is running rampant, and it is predict-j ed that this will be a banner year in; the annals of the great high school six>rt. March 7 and 8, 275 basketball | teams will piay at Anderson, Bedford, Huntington. Columbus, Orawfordsvlllej Franklin, Indianapolis, Martinsville,! Kendall ville, Kokomo, Frankfort,; Rochester, Newcastle, Richmond, j South Bend, Gary, Vincennes, Wash- ] ington, Brazil and Lafayette. The following week the twenty sectional champs will compete in the ninth annual tournament, which will be held at Purdue University, Lafayette, to decide unruhampiuTi high school ban- ' ketball team in Indiana, which is a great honor since high school basket- ; ball in Indiana compares favorably with the brand of basketball played by the high school quintets in any state in the union. While the coaches and players of the teams in every section of the state are hard at work conditioning so as to make the best possible showing at the district tourney great plans and preparations are being made at Purdue University to provide board, lodging and entertainment, for the sectional champs and the hundreds of fans who will be here to witness the games in what promises to be the biggest and best state tournament in the history of the classic. Four railroads, the Big Four, Monon, Wabash and Lake Erie and Western, two interurban lines, the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern and the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana, run through Lafayette, and there are adequate facilities, making the Star City an ideal place to hold the state tournament. The various fraternities plan to care for the visiting basketball quintets and there will be plenty of room, with excellent places at which to dine, for all visiting fans. The Purdue University Memorial gymnasium, where the tournament will be held, is modern and fully equipped and a student committee has been appointed to co-operate with the athletic department at Purdue to Insure the success of the meet. DECATUR M. E. CIRCUIT Preaching services Sunday morning at 10:30 at Mt. Pleasant. Evening service at 7:30. Announcement in regard to revival services will be made later. P. B. Leach, Pastor

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FOUR YEAR TEEMS ill. in — e, Amendment Passed by Sentie sd ate M ould Give State Offi- ' j cers Four-year Terms. n ’i —- ; e s OTHER BILLS PASSED i: ! p 1 Dispute Between Governor e, I ’tj and Lieutenant Governor 'Q J Growing in Interest. I (United Press Service) 0 j Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 7—(Special e to Daily Democrat) state offin cers, with the exception of the memo: bors of the house of representaives, s ] will serve four years, under a constie i tutional amendment passed by the j senate today, 43 to 0. j An attack, led by Senator BeardsI ley, was made on the Ktaimel oil ln- | J spection bill when it was up for sec- | ond reading in the senate. Beardsley I made a motion to kill the bill, and j I declared that it was all graft. After some discussion the motion was put over until 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. The bill is designed to take care of oil inspectors until next October Ist. • i The bill providing for placing the i oil inspection department in the hands of the state food and drug commission was also the center of ■ a fight in the senate. The bill was reported out of committee. The maj jortty report favored passage, and | the minority report advocated kill ; ing the measure. The majority re- ! port was adopted. I; The senate today passed the Engt j lish resolution amending the consti- ! tution providing for classification of property for taxation purposes by a • vote of 33 to 12. 1! Among the measures recommended I i for passage by committees in the J house was the Beem hill prohibiting I display of a red or black flag. _| Effort in the house to amend the . bill providing for a separate department of insurance so as to take the ( power of appointnig the insurance commissioner from the governor, were unsuccessful. Representative Smith, I I republican, of Princeton, offered an amendment providing that the state j board of finance instead of the govern- | or should make the appointment. The ; amendment was defeated. Representative Abrams introduced | a bill providing for the erection of a I memorial to Charles Warren Fair< j banks in Indianapolis, appropriating i $25,000 for the purpose. Indianapolis, Ind.. Feb. 7 —(Special ! to Daily Democrat) —The dispute between Governor Goodrich and Lieutenant Governor Bush over the governor’s action in accepting a compromised payment of $5,000 on $8,200 in taxes due from the Depauw estate, was cunuTiiliJu louay - when Bush answered the governor’s proposal that a conference be held to explain the matter. Bush stated that he would attend the conference only on condition that representatives of the press and also for four senators, whom he said were present when the attorney general, Mr. Stansbury, informed him that the compromise could not legally be made, were allowed to be present The governor suggested that the meeting be between himself, Bush, Stansbury and Vernon Knight, who represented the Depauw estate in the compromise. Indianapolis, Feb. 7 —lndications to day were that much of the oppositon to the highway commission bill before the legislature lias been eliminated by the changes made in the bill by ’ the house committee on roads. Al- ■ though there will probably be some 1 additional amendments to the n.eas- ' ure, it will probably pass both houses ! in substantially the same form as it I was reported from the committee. ’ Opposition to the bill by contract ‘ ors is expeted to be removed by the 1 amendments providing that there 1 must be specifications prepared for ' three types of hard surface roads by ' the chief engineer: that the commis- ■ sion must advertise for bids and in • case it rejects all bids with the in--5 tention of building the road itself, >t 1 cannot spend more money than in the i lowest bid. The bill, as finally agreed upon, by the majority members of the road committee, was deemed a fair com- ; promise between all factions, as rep- ; resented by the advocates of good - roads legislation, contractors, the ad- > ministration and the state highway commission.