Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1919 — Page 1

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A STRONG GALE CAUSES DELAY George Washington May Not Arrive Until Tuesday Because of Storm. THE BREST STORY 'lnvestigated and Declared a Hoax—Lloyd George Goes to Paris Again. WAR— London. Feb. 20-(Special to Dailv .Democrat) Premier Lloyd George will leave for Paris today it was announced In response to urgent reQuests for his immediate presence there. He came to Ixjndon two weeks ago to add in reconstruction work <,f the present parliament. (By Robert J. Bender. United Press staff correspondent) Aboad the V. S. S. George Washington. Feb. 17—(Night)—While plan ning to reach Boston Monday, President Wilson may he delayed until Tuesday by a gale which sprang up this afternoon. The strong wind was accompanied by a. driving rain The president devoted most ot the day to working. He appeared cn dock with Mrs. Wilson for a short time and joined with the soldiers and crew in “abandon ship” drill. He has not yet decided whether he will address a joint session of congress on the league of nations, but it is believed that he will do so. Brest, Feb. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Brest may not be the best military base in the world but it is far from the worst, n the opinion of officers and men permanently stationed there. Rumors are undersood to have bean circulated in the United States that 3,000 American soldiers died in Brest during September and October ot jpst year. The facts are. according to figures given the correspondent, Nov. 1917. when Camp Pon-' tanezzen —where soldiers are congre-' gated -to await, transportation hon e, there were 1,211 deaths from all causes. This includes the victims the pneumonia and influenza epidemic during October and September, mist of whom are said to have become infected either enroute here or before they left the United States. It also includes 510 who died aboard while coming over. iwt —, AWAIT MR. WILSON. Washington, D. C.. Feb. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) President Wilson and not the senate will speak the words that will decide the American people for or against the league of nations, in the opinion of senate administration leaders. They refused to worry today over attacks on the draft of the league constitution. They are in no hurry to reply to Senator Poindexter, nor will they rush nito the arena against other critics, who plan to hammer at the league daily from now on. MESSAGE OF Aboard the U. 8. 8. George Washington, Feb. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat)—President Wilson sent the following message of condolence to be conveyed te Premier ( lemen- . ceau: “Secretary Lansing and the Americas mission in Paris: Please con-, vey to Monsieur Clemenceau my heartfelt sympathy, and my joy at his escape. I sincerely hope the report that he was only slightly injured is] altogether true. 1 was deeply shocked by the news of the attack. I may sign bill soon Washington. Feb.” 20—( Special to Daily Democrat)—President Wilson may sign the six billion dollar rere nue bill shortly after he lands in Boston. Secret:: rv Tumulty will take the treasure to Boston. Because of its great importance, the president has signified his intention of signing it there. EMBARGO ON WHEAT Washington, “ Feb. _ 2O -(Special to Daily Democrat)—Cuba has placed a 50 day embargo on the importation o wheat flour, the war trade boat an nounced today. No reason was g ' ,n but officials believe the Cubans Store to market a larrge corn crop, wrich was boosted by war necessites. ■

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BREST STORY DENIED (United Press Service) Washington Feb. 20—(Special t< f Dally Democrat) —Report of bad con I ditions at Brest, were denied today by I Gen. Pershing in a message to th< war department The total numbei of deaths at the Brest camp from ' Nov. 1917 to the first of this month were 1,311, Pershing said. The sick rate at Brest for the last three months was lower than the sick rate for the entire expeditionary | forces the report stated. Health conditions and general conditions of the camp and methods of j handling troops there have received i higher praise from all who have made i inspection, the message from Pershl ing said. FORD VS. b TRIBUNE (United Press Service) Detroit, Mich., Feb. 20 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Mount Clemens was today designated as the place where the Chicago Tribune-Henry Ford million dollar libel suit is to be held. Mount Clemens is 20 miles from Detroit. STATE TAX BILL _l Reported to House Today After Committee Made a Number of Changes. FIFTY PER CENT Is Valuation on Property as Bill Now Stands—Road Bill Up Today. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Feb. 20 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The state tax bill was taken up by the house this afternoon, when the committee oppointed by the republican caucus made its report. The following changes were made: Assess: property at 50 instead of 100 per cent of value; removed control lof state tax board over local bond i issues; removed provision that tr.unic- ! ipaliies could not increase tax rate ;without permission of state board; removed provision that there could | be no appeal from state board and cut salaries of assessors. Counties will receive SBOO,OOO auto license fees and all in excess estimated at the same amount will be given to the state highway fund. Bids must be received on three different. kinds of material. The tax levy is increased to 15 miles. Salaries of employes are to be fixed by the commission. The house passed the bill increasing the pay of election officials to $3 a day. The efforts to unseat Senator Joseph Cravens of Madison, democrat, was defeated when the election committee of the upper house, reported that there was insufficient evidence against Cravens. Senaor Negley- introduced a joint resolution providing for appointment ot a state hygene commission of six members. The expenses of he commission shall be paid out of the governor's contingent fund. ARE STI NG UP (United Press Service) Wasliington. Fob. 20- (Special to Daily Democrat)- -Militant suffragists aro making several plans to get President Wilson's attention when he reaches Boston. They say they will meet the president on the dock with banners. Or they may surround the hall where the president will speak. Or. they may light a watch fire on the Boston Common and feed it with presidential speeches. Miss Elsie Hill a militant suffragette, has gone to Boston with a load of suffragette banners. "will be well fixed (United Press Sorytce) New York, Feb. 20 —(Special to ’ Daily Democrat)—John Jacob Astor,] Jr., the child of Col. Astor, who died in the Titantic disaster, will have a fortune of $8,357,889 when he reaches' the age of 21. In an accounting on i 1 file in the surrogate court, Mrs. Madeline Force Dick, Col. Astor’s widow, f now re-married, evplains that the $3,- - 000,000 trust fund left for her son was i allowed to accumulate and that mean- - while she will provide for him with i, her own private fortune. He is now ;. six years old.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, February 20, 1919.

PLANS COMPLETE to d ,v For Reception to be Given ie •r President Wilson When n : h He Arrives at Boston. < f ’ I k TUMULTY IN CHARGE y ~ Twenty-nine Patrol Boats J Will Meet George Wash's i ington in Harbor. I-' (United Press Service) Boston, Feb. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat)- Plans for the reception of I President Wilson were practically J: completed today subject to change if s Joseph P Tumulty, the president's ?! secretary, believes any modifications •’are necessary. Mayor Andrew J. Peters has made, s | all arrangements for the reception i Monday, although the presidential' ship may arrive Sunday, in which case it is understood she will lie at , j anchor in the lower harbor until Mon- | day morning. It is known that Presi ident Wilson desires to avoid demon- ’ Stratton on Sunday. The George Washington will be met !by practically all the navy vessels j stationed here and by at least three i ships currying the mayo's committee ]of welcome. Admiral Spencer Wood, of the first naval district has made arrangements for six destroyers to go out to sea and convoy the big liner to port. When the George Washington steams up the harbor to her berth at Commonwealth pier she will be surrounded by a fleet of 29 patrol boats, which will keep any other vessels away from the president’s ship. Mayor Peters, Major General Edwards and Admiral Wood will come along side the liner when she enters quarantine. it is now planned that the president! shall go to the Copley Plaza hotel,; which is within a short distance of Mechanics hall, where he will make his speech Monday evening. So great is the. demand for admission to' the hall that the mayor’s committee is issuing tickets only on application by mail. Mechanics hall seats nearly 7.000,1 which is a small proportion of the j people who wish to hear the presi-; dent speak. BUTTER GOES UP] Price Jumped Sixteen Cents a Pound in Chicago During the Past Week. ALLIES ARE BUYING Mr. Davis View on Subject —Says 40 to 52 Centu Fair Price. BUTTER GOES UP (United Press Service) Chicago, Feb. 20—Special to Dally Democrat) —Decision of the allies to Lake three million pounds of American butter after they had decided to buy somewhere else today was described as the cause for a jump in price of butter here of 16 cents a pound in less than a week. Other factors which wholesale dealers say caused soaring prices, | are higher prices for milk and lifting of food administration restrictions. “Stimulated buying followed almost immediately the lowered price of butter from 68 to 40 cents a pound, wholesale, according to S. F. Davis, former president of the Chicago Butter & Egg Board. “When the grocers again stocked up the price went to 53 cents. As an extra tub or so of butter bought by every grocer in the country soon runs into enormous figures.” The general opinion of men, Davis said, was tha the market took too > sudden a. drop in the first place. Con ] sidering the cost of beef and milk, 40 Jto 52 cents represents a healthy ! price for butter, Davis said he be- , I lieves. o POSTOFFICE WILL CLOSE , The postoffice will be closed Satur-, ■ day, February 22, on Washington's i birthday, except from eight to nine, • when the general delivery window I! will be open for callers. There will ' be one complete city delivery, but no : rural delivery.

* CALL TO NATIONAL CONVENTION ■ Indianapolis, Feb. 20—The National American Woman Suffrage Association has called its state auxiliaries * through their elected delegates (o meet in annual convention at St. Louis, Statler Hotel, March 24-29. This convention will celebrate the flf- ( tieth anniversary of (he granting of | full suffrage to the women of Wyomj ing In 1869. In the same year, 1869, the National and American Woman Suffrage Associations were organiz- { ed —to be combined twenty years lat er into the National American Woman Suffrage Association, so that the convention of this year will have a double significance, in the additional 'celebration of the fiftieth anniversaty r of the founding of (he organization. r The women voters of the fifteen full , \ suffrage states have been asked to t attend the anniversary convention, 1 ! and there Join their forces into a . League of Women Voters, one of whose objects shall be to speed the J suffrage campaign in this and other ( ; countries. MR. TREMP DEAD Leonard Tremp, Vera Cruz Man, Died of Peritonitis at Hospital OF WELLS COUNTY At Age of Forty-nine—Fu-neral Was Held This Afternoon from Home. The funeral of Leona"! Tremp, 49.. who succumbed after a brave fight against peritonitis, at the Weils county hospital Tuesday night at ten! o’clock, was held this afternoon nt l two o’clock from the home of the mother in Vera Cruz. The Bluffton Banner says of his jdeath: “Mr. Tremp had suffered from an [ abscess and was removed from the I home of his mother, at Vera Cruz to i the hospital several days' ago. I “He was born In Vera Cruz the son ' of Lenhart and Catherine Bricker ; Tremp. “Surviving besides the mother and itwo children are the following broth-' jers and sisters: Charles, Woodburn:' I Frank, Vera Cruz; John, Arthur and’ I Edward, in Italy. Mrs. Charles Land-' fair and Mi's. Minnie Luginbill are' sisters. ; ° - TO DECIDE TODAY ■' Chicago, Feb. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Decision was to be made! today on the amount each of 60 "small” packers was to contribute to! the new jointly owned corporation to! compete with the “big five” packers' for foreign trade. Plans for forma-! I tion of the corporation were made j here yesterday at a. meeting of the’ j packers with F. S. Snyder, head of! the meat division of the food admins-' tetration. Membership in the expert corpora-! tion will not prevent the packers to do individual foreign business, it was! stated. IT TAKES MONEY It takes money to fix up the gym as we want, it fixed but it’s worth it Several have told us that they expect j' to contribute liberally and it should I be done now. If the subscriptions lag ( it means a delay. Keep it going. Thejj only subscription today is from a lit-( tie boy who is saving his dimes as ] he earns them to help the good cause along. Won’t you help get it: As reported $1,032.65 Stanley Callow 2.00 1 $1,034,651, ’“RETURNS TO WARSAW Dewey Miner, who recently return- i ed from France, and who has received his honorable discharge from the army, left for Warsaw this noon, where after March first he will resume his former work in the office of! the Pennsylvania railway company.! He is a son of the Rev. and Mrs. C. | J. Miner. o POSITION IN INDIANAPOLIS Herb Fullenkamp went to Indianapolis where he has taken a position with the Leffler gents’ wholesale furnishing house. Herb was recently * discharged from military service at Fort Thomas, Ky.

: FILE THE PAPER J I- 1 „ For Incorporation of “Th< Decatur Athletic Association of Decatur.” f AT RECORDER’S OFFICE 1 B Ten Members Sign Certificate—Profits to Perma - ] nent Athletic Fund. Articles of incorporation prepared I by Attorney Clark J. Lutz have been , i filed at the recorder’s office and the ("Decatur Athletic Association of Decatur, Indiana” is now a body. . i The articles set out the tacts that ,| the association is not formed for , profit and that any money derived from same will be held in a fund to i procure permanent quarters and thus . perpetuate athletic sports in Decatur ' and vicinity. There are ten members of the as- : sociation, this number being required ; by the statute under which the body . was formed. They are C. C. Schafer, [ Cal E. Peterson, M. F. Worthman, J. H. Heller, Dan H. Tyndall, A. D. Suttles, John T. Myers, Fred 1. Patter--1 son and R. D. Myers. The first five of these ten are named as directors ! and the officers are C. C. Schafer, president; Cal E. Peterson, manager and treasurer; M. F. Worthman, secretary. The seal of the association is a circular die with the words “Decatur Athletic Association” around outer j edge and the words “Corporate seal” !in the center. The term of existence j is five years and the articles provide I there shall be no slock issued. The association will manage the ; new gym, see that the improvements are made and look after the finances. A $50,600 PRIZE Causing a Number of Aviators to Make Attempt to Cross the Ocean. ENGLAND AFTER IT Will Give an Additional $50,000 if First Trip is from There. . (United Press Service) New York, Feb. 20 (Special to j Daily Democrat)—With three—possibly sou ready to fly ' across the Atlantic from the Ameri- | can side to the. British Isles, the Aero ( | Club announced today that three airi men in England have filed their ent-; ! ries for the trans-ocean event. I A prize of $50,000 has been offered; jby the London Daily Mail for the( (first successful flight. An additional! ; $50,000 is offered if the trip is made ; jin a British built machine and the | start is from British soil. Captain Hugo Sunstedt entered for; the $50,000 Feb. 14. Since that time,! the three English entries have been i made, according to a cabelgram to tlie Aero club. The names, of the aspirants have not been made public. In addition to Sunstedt, who is experimenting with a powerful airplane at Bayonne, N. J., those who are] figuring on essaying the flight front, the American side are Brig. General | Henly, chief or aeronautics of the I army and Commadcr Towers, of the! navy. FOOL THE TREE BUGS (United Press Service) Columbus, 0., Feb. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —“Fool the bugs by not planting orchard trees until next year,” is the advice of Prof. J. S. Hine, of the zoology and entomology department, Ohio state university. By “bugs” Prof. Hine means the “17-year locusts” which promise to visit western Ohio this year for an indefinite period. o THE RUSSIAN QUESTION (United Press Service) Ixmdon, Feb. 20 —-(Special to Daily Democrat)— The Russian question was scheduled to come up in the house of lords this afternoon. A spirited debate was expected as the result of Lord Lansdowne’s question regardng the allied position in north- ■ ern Russia. He asked specifically what steps had been taken to insure the safety of the allied troops.

PLAN SUFFRAGE CONVENTION / Peru, Ind.. Feb. 20—With Indiana’s I entrance into the column of suffrage e states in the country, unusual interj est is attached to the state convenI tion of the Women’s Franchise j League of Indiana, which will be held in the Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis, (Tuesday noon, April 1, to Thursday 2 noon, April 3. This will be the first gathering of the state suffrage organI izations since the conferring of the | right of presidential suffrage upon women citizens in Indiana and the' passage of the amendment granting full suffrage to women citizens by j the 1919 legislature, as a result of 1 j ; which great enthusiasm is being shown by suffragists over the state 1 ; in the convention, and a record-break--31 ing attendance is expected. Plans! for the best use of the ballot by the I women voters of the state will be c , discussed by state suffrage leaders,! r ; and the course for future work out-: 1 lined. >' — o 41 STEELE IS ILL ■ Feared That Former VetCity Has Suffered ’ i A PARALYTIC STROKE J i. Helpless in Feet and Legs —Suffered Fall on Street a Week Ago. J Dr. Elizabeth Burns was called to! (Fort Wayne this morning by the ill-1 ness of Al Steele, veteran resident 1 | ot‘ Decatur until his marriage to his! I sister-in-law, Mrs. Martha Steele or 1 I Fort Wayne, a few weeks ago. Mr. Steele, a week ago Friday, suf-] sered a fall on the slippery walk 1 while down town, in which he suffer- i i ed injury, but from which he had re-; covered sufficiently to be about again. ; and had even been in this city. Yes ‘ terday, it is said, while going to the!: bath room at his home, his feet and i legs gave way, and he fell. His con-11 ; dition was such that it was believed 11 (that he might have suffered a stroke ! lof paralysis:, as he seems to be help- t ! less in the use of his lower limbs. t

NEARING~NOT GUILTY (United Press Service) New York. Feb. 20—(Special (o' j Daily Democrat)—After being out 301 ! hours, the jury' in the case of Prof. . | Scott Nearing, accused of violating i the espionage act, returned a verdict of not guilty. The American socialist! society, jointly indicted, with Nearing I and accused of printing and circulating Nearing’s pamphlet, called “The I great madness” was found guilty, | under two counts. The original indictment against the I corporation had four counts. The first and second of these were dismissed. Judge Mayer set aside conviction under the third count, charging! defendant with having caused insubordination, mutiny and refusal to obey orders in the military forces of the government. He asserted the verdict on that count was inconsist- 1 ent with that in favor of Nearing. !] It was agreed decision on application for a new- trial of the fourth count should rest on briefs. Judge Mayor will dispose of this March 3. MR. TAFT°IS CLEAR. rUnltfid Pfasm San Francisco, Feb. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Former President Taft today had explained his co-oper alion with President Wilson on the league of nations plan. “President Wilson is going to remain a democrat and I a republican.” said Taft, "but our differences in regard to national matters end at the I shores of the Atlantic and Pacific.” Taft declared senators opposing j the league were "reactionary to the i last degree—going back 100 years.” He predicted senate ratification of 1 the covenant. The Taft party will leave tonight to ] open the mountain congress on the i league at Salt Lake City, Utah. o TO HONOR AN ACE. Detroit, Mich.. Feb. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Detroit will honor Captain Rickenbacker, America’s greatest ace, on March 3, when he ! will be a guest of the Detroit Auto- ; mobile club and the city. Mayor 1 ; Couzens is expected to issue a proc- ), lamation declaring the day “Ricken- •; backer day.” The mayor joined the club in extending the invitation to : the flyer. This city was for several years the home of Rickenbacker.

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BULLET IN LUNG » I Statement of Physicians in Charge of French PreI • /-n mier Clemenceau. COTTIN IS HAPPY Planned for Months to Perform the Act—Admits He is an Anarchist. Paris, Feb. 20— (Special to Daily Democrat)—The assassin’s bullet pen etrated one of Premier Clemenceau's ( lungs causing a slight hemorrhage, it was officially announced today. His condition however was said to be satisfactory. (United Press Service) Paris, Feb. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat)—French authorities with the cooperation of intelligence officers of the associated powers, were conducting a sweeping investigation today in connection with the attack on Premier Clemenceau yeserday. which resulted in the aged statesman receiving a slight wound from a revolver bullet. Eniie Cottin, the assassin, is known to have attended a recent meet ing of anarchists in which the participants shouted ‘Death to (Temenceau” Cottin was arrested in company with several other anarchists at the time but was later released His explanation of the shooting is that he regards Clemenceau as an enemy of the workers. Cottin was mobilized for two months at the start of the war, and then was exempted because of heart trouble. He went to work in an airplane factory but was discharged for inefficiency and laziness after three months. Thereafter he was employed in a. furniture factory. No papers were found upon Cottin, save a minority socialist newspaper Journal Do Pepul. His police record Shows that he has served three sentences for inciting soldiers to disobedience.

CIRCUSOUTLOOK Brighter This Year Than for a Long Time Says League Secretary. MANY HAVE QUIT The Coming Summer Also Expected to Break Record for Expositions. Chicago. Feb. 20— (Special to Daily IJemodr.i')— After lean years circus men see in 1919 a season of plenty. With all handicaps removed, the "Razorbacks”, acrobats, clowns and transportation experts are back on the job after a "booking” in khaki or blue. W. D. Hildreth, secretary | of the showmen's league of America said today ho expects business to bo big. "Only half the big shows will go on the road. The others disbanded during the war. With the country in the show going mood after a period ot war tension, it looks like good busi- . ness for those who take out the hig i tops,” said Hildreth. “Canada visited by only one outi door show- last year, is starving for 1 ! a smell of the sawdust.” Members of the American AssociaI tion of Fairs and Expositions, in con- | vention here, likewise predicted a I J good year. i Ability of the railroads to carry out .transportation, tqonjracts now also is regarded as a big factor for possible success. > ATTEND COUSIN’S FUNERAL , Mrs. John Steigmeyer. Miss Chris- . tena Ulman, Fred Steigmeyer and - daughter, Dorothy, left on the 3:26 . train yesterday afternoon for Avilla . to attend the funeral of their cousin, > Miss Cecelia Vanderbasch, aged > twenty-two, whose death occurred I there, the cause unknown to the rela- , tives here.