Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 70, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1919 — Page 1

Volume XVII. Number 70.

COUNCIL AWARDS DANZIG TO POLAND War Council Made Award Today—No Truth to the Story That Italy WOULD WITHDRAW 1 Colonel House Represents President Wilson at Meeting Held Today. Paris, March 22—(Special to Daily I Democrat) —The supreme war council ■ today definitely decided to award Dan Bzig to Poland with a corridor running ■from the Posen distrct to the Baltic, Kit was learned from authoritative K sources. I Paris, March 22 —(Special to Daily ■bemocrat) —Captain Ferucol, head of ■the Italian Presa bureau today offiKeially denied reports that Italy has threatened to withdraw from the ■peace conference, understood to have ■been circulated by a press associaff tion. K “Reports that tho Italian delegation I*has threatened to withdraw from the peace inference if Italy is not given Fiumo are absolutely untrue,” he deHUared. K Paris. March 22 —{Special lo Daily Democrat) —When the supreme war council met today. President Wilson piras expected to be represented by (rCol. House, as on prevous occasions, owing to the necessity for the president’s attendance at the league of nations conference. It was believed ffthe council would re-open discussion e of Germany's frontiers. ■-At yesterday’s meeting the report .oi the allied commission to Poland liras taken up. with particular reference to transportation of Polish troops from France to Poland through Danzig. This was regarded as significant, in view cf unofficial reports, that the Germans had announced their intention to refuse to allow Polish troops to land at Danzig. (By Fred S. Ferguson, United Press staff correspondent) Paris, March 22 —(Special to Daily Dmocrat) —The league of nations commission. President Wilson presiding. met today to consider amend meaits to the covenant proposed by neutrals during the last two days. While the constitution was thus ; being reshaped tho United Press was informed authoritatively that the American senate will have to accept or reject the entire preliminary peace ? treaty, including the league covenant. i Separation of the covenant and the F treaty as cables from the United States indicate republican senators are planning to do. would be imposHidible under the program now being followed for drawing up the pact. | Whether tho covenant is in the body of the treaty of is attached as an appendix, it will be an integral part of the pact, it was learned from authoritative sources with possible interweaving of references to the | covenant in articles fixing the terms of peace. Consequently, it was point ed out, the senate apparently muat S' ratify the treaty without amendments p to the covenant, or will have to re fer thO entire document back to Pres 1 ident Wilson and the state depart | ment. If such a situation develops I it naturally will mean a delay in the 1 exchange of ratifications among the ■various allied governments and postil pone establishment of peace negotiaI tions. & Paris, March 22—(Special to Daily I Democrat)— Reports reached both soKrlalist and Russian representatives t - ■ day that two French regiments m the ■ Odessa region mutinied when they | were ordered to attack the bolshevik . B The FTench troops have sent ade l egation to the officers declaring they 1 “were ready to fight for France but I not to fight our brothers ” Reminded I that this was mutiny and that I penalty was death the soldiers were ■ reported to have said they r>‘* nsrn - 1 ed this, but that their decision con Knot be altered. No executions we.e Breported. Roy Gaunt. salesn^TmTivei! ■ from Ft. Wayne last evening with * ■ new Nash touring car whi<h ■ demonstrating, having the ag'tny K this and another car.

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AGENT FOR DORT CAR. Roy Gaunt, of the Gaunt Sales Co., j jupt received a demonstrator Dort I car, and it is drawing considerable | attention on the streets today. This j car is a world beater in the class of I ! cars sold under a thousand dollars. Mr. Gaunt will have this car on display in the Ark building on North j Second street and will be glad to I show it to the public. In connection with this car Roy is expecting a beautiful six-cylinder Nash car at any time. Men who are interested in cars should call and see these cars before they buy. Roy is also prepared to take care of all livery, in closed and open cars, day and night, at reasonable prices.—advt. FOB THE ADOPTION President Wilson May Make Fight to Compel Senate to Adopt the LEAGUE OF NATIONS Paris Belief—Some Think He Will Tour CountryMay Return May 15. (By Carl 1). Groat, United Press staff correspondent) Paris, March 22—(Special to Daily! Democrat) —President Wilson is prepared to make a strong fight to compel the senate to ratify the prelimin-j ary peace treaty containing the j league of nations, his intimates declared today. Press reports that certain senators j will attempt to separate the league j from the treaty brought the state- j me-at that “Wilson is a good fighter" j Asked whether, as previously inti-j mated to the press, the president is j ready to stump the country if be j deems it necessary, a person close in his confidenie, replied: “That’s a good guess.” , The president is represented as ready to carry his fight to the people, j after which, if his stand is endorsed.: , he will tell the senate it must accept i or reject the treaty as it stands, I leaving the responsibility for rejec-j tion wholly up to that body. Experts say the treaty, when completed, will; be indivisible, and that the league j must he considered an integral part. Wilson is giving considerable attention to departmental finances hut has not yet reached any conclusions. It has been foreseen that some gov-! ernmental branches will encounter difficulty after May, but the president is unable to give any more from the emergency appropriation. While the president has not confided to any one j his ideas, concerning an extra session of congress, persons close to him said j today it is likely he will return by May 15 or earlier. ~~ THE LOAN 'United Press Service) Chicago, Mar. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —-Addressing 1,500 Victory j Doan campaign leaders and organiz- j ers of the seventh federal reserve dis- j trict lire last night, Secretary of tho I Treasury Glass declared the next loan j will be the last great population flo- ] tation in America. “The loan is attractive to me without a 5 per cent interest,” said Glass, “because I had two boys in the trenches when the armistice was sign ed. 1 know this is the sentiment of thousands of other American fan- . ilies.” Glass declared Americans will not haggle with the cost of victory. The ’ readjustsment incident to a transition from war to peace is well under way, Glass said. F. M. Schirmeyer, J. H. Heller and Mrs. Fay Smith Knapp of this 1 city attended tho meeting. o MOVING TO INDIANAPOLIS Mr. and Mrs. George Houser will f leave Tuesday for Indianapolis o i, make their future home. They go to I- be with their son-in-law and daughter, v Mr. and Mrs. Lyman, who have movt ed to a small farm twelve miles from d the monument. The home is a most e beautiful one combining the advante ages of country and city life, as it is i- located so near the city. , o RATES ARE INCREASED Indianapolis, March 22 —(Special tc Daily Democrat)—The public service d commission was today petitioned tc a approve a surcharge of seven milk is per kilowat hour for electricity serv jr oc v the city of Warren by the Marion and Bluff ton traction company.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, March 22, 1919.

FIRST GAMES 8F BIG TOURNAMENT ; Basket Ball Tournament i | Between 20 High School i l . Teams is Started. THE FACULTY WINS . Over the Eighth Graders— Seniors and Sophomores Also Win Game. The big basketball tournament bei tween the different teams in high ! school started off with a boom last ; night at the athletic hall, in which six teams battled for the champion j ship. Twenty teams, consisting of all high school boys have been or ganized and each team will do its ! best, to keep in the game and carry away the final honors. Much interest i 3 being shown by the boys in the | tournament, and over one hundred j and fifty high school students attend Jed the games last night, each one [ rooting for his favorite team. No ad mission fee will be charged during | \ the tournament, and any one desir- i j ing to see some real basket hall, will j | miss a real treat if he fails to attend | i these games. The tournament will! continue over to next week. The results of the games played hast night were as follows: Freshmen—9. Sophomores—l 3 ! Snyder F Hyland! j Hensley-Thornburg F Costello j j Linn C Baltzel! j 1 ! Ahr G Peterson i j Ilower G Fruechte Field Goals —Snyder, 2; Hensley, ( 1; Linn, 1; Hyland, 2; Costello, 1; ' j Baltzell, 2; Peterson, 1. Foul Goals: Snyder, 1; Baltzell, 1. Juniors —12. Seniors —19 Myers F E. Archbold j Keller '. ..F Beery! j Butler C Bowen ; Teeple G Ata ! McConnehev ....G Macy 1 Field Goals —Myers, 1; Butler, 1; J Teeple, 2; E. Archbold, 5; Beery, 3; , | Bowen, 1. Foul Goals: Keller, 1; , Beery, 1. Eighth Grade—3o. Faculty—4B I Robinson F..., Mills i Engle F Rusk! Gay C Macy j Melchi G Worthman j' Eady G Brown Field Goals —Robinson, 2; Engle, 7; ! Gay. 5; Eady, 1; Rusk, 13; Macy, 7; Worthman, 4. Tho percentage of the teams is as ! follows: Won Lost Per Cent ! Faculty 1 0 1000 Seniors 1 0 1000 j Sophomores .... 1 0 1000! Juniors 0 1 000 j Freshmen 0 1 000 Eighth Grade ... 0 1 000 \ A VICTORY DAY — Big Celebration Planned for Returned Soldiers in Tndiana in May. RAINBOW DIVISION 1 ;| — Will Sail from St. Nazaire ; » j Next Month —May Muster out at Ft. Harrison (United Press Service! p Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 22 —(Spe- . cial to Daily Democrat) —Every county in Indiana will join in the “victory day” celebration for returned Hoosier soldiers, it was announced today. 1 An executive committee, consisting o of membership from every one of the o , ninety-two counties will aid in mak- • I i]i£- arrangements for the home-corn- j - : ing. The committeemen will be ap- .] j pointed within a few days by State ,t Adjutant General Harry B. Smith. t . While the celebration will center s around the 150th field artillery regi J ment of the Rainbow division, which j will return to this state soon, it will Ihe in reality for all Indiana fighters oUvho were in the war. 0 i plans for the day were made late o i yesterday at a conference in the of s! fice of Governor Goodrich, which was e-! attended by representatives of the n four Indiana cities from which the regiment was recruited, Indianapolis,

Fort Wayne, Bloomington and Lafay- ; ette. Following the meeting a telegram was sent to Secretary of War Baker and Senator New, at Washington, uskj ing that this regiment be mustered J out at Fort Benjamin Harrison. The rainbow unit is expected to embark for the home trip April 1, | 1919. Paris, Mar. 22--(Special to Daily Democrat)—The famous' rainbow division will embark from Brest for Nazaire instead of Antwerp or Rotter- ! dam, as previously planned, it was | announced today. The division will I sail shortly after the 26th division, | which is scheduled to leave about the jmidle of next month. Before startI ing from Germany, the Rainbow dij vision will undergo embarkation for- | maliti-es, so their stay in port will be i very brief. Special arrangements have been made to make the long | journey to the French coast as comfortable as possible. DROP TIMBER Lumber Men Planning on Lowering Price of Produst at Today’s Meeting. WILL HELP BUILDING Market Has Shown Stagnation and Lower Prices Will Create Demand. (United Press Service) Washington, D. C., Mar. 22 (Spe cial to Daily Democrat) —Lumber, next to steel as a basic building ma terial, is to come under the price cutting knife today. Representatives of the lumber industry, together with the industrial board, are planning to lower price schedules in much the same fashion as the steel men. The lumber market has shown as much .stagnation as the steel, because of the inactivity in building, and the representatives have assured thg board thy are anx ious to fix schedules that will put in motion the vast building projects now being held up. The substantial slash in steel prices is taken by trade experts as indicative of the reductions that must come in other lines. With the board insisting that all wage agree ment 3 and schedules stand in spito of price reductions, it is clear that prices cannot be sent to pre-war lev els at this time. But steel is regarded as a barometer and it is believed lumber and other prices will be reduced in about the same proportion which averaged about 22 per cent below the war fig ures. Lumber, however, did not increase ; during the war quite as much as | steel, and the lumbermen are believed to be prepared to insist on some ! what smaller redumtions. Labor is I a big factor in their industry, they | point out, and they are planning to submit their producing costs to prove I that big slashes cannot be made now But John 11. Kirby, head of the lumbermen’s delegation, has told the board he realizes reductions must he made and that the industry is willing to make all adjustments possible. Meanwhile, the various industries I being called into conference with the j board are being given assurance that the price fixing agreements reached are not in violation of anti-trust law. While no public statement has been made by the board, the schedule of steel prices was held up yesterday until after members conferred with Attorney General palmer and this is taken to indicate' that Palmer has given his approval of the plan. BURLESON MAKES CHANGE (United Press Service) Washington, March 22—(Special to Daily Democrat)—-Postmaster Gener|al Burleson today removed Clarence Mackay, president; W. Cook, general counsel; William Deegan, secretary, j and the board of directors of the Mackay company, operating the postal telegram and telephone system. He appointed A. Adams to supercede j them in the management. in relieving the Mackay group from connection with their company, Burle son asserted that they “have failed tc carry out the orders and instructor • of the postmaster general and have I I conducted themselves before the pub : i lie and with the operating force it ■ such a manner as to disadvantageous .|ly affect the government.

, SEARCH IS MADE r i For Jacob P. Maeklin, of Bluffton—Has Been Missing for Some Time. FOUL PLAY FEARED . Had Money and Valuable 1 Watch on Person at Time 1 of His Disappearance With Jacob P. Maeklin still missing and his wife, living at 1110 West ; Cherry street, being still without any information as to his whereabouts, tho polico of other cities have been enlisted in an effort to find him. He has been gone since a week ago last | Wednesday morning and the only i 'vord his wife has had concerning him j since the time he left home that morn ing is a telephone call later the sane day. from some unknown party, to! the effect that, he was “going with! those fellows,” presumably, his wife was given to understand, to visit a brother living east of Geneva. Inquiry, however, shows that he did not appear at his brother’s home. Tile morning before he disappeared he got in SBO check cashed, and it is supposed he had other money besides 1 this, and he also carried on his per son a SSO watch. The family express fears of foul play. The police are working on this and other theories,! and today circulars were sent out to! the police of other cities, asking them to keep a lock out for Maeklin. J A picture of Maeklin was included in -ho circulars.—Blufftou News. theteath TOLL Body of Mildred Alice, Daughter of Homer Ruhl, Arrived from Burrows PARENTS BOTH ILL Also Sister—Clem Keller, Former Decatur Man, Died at Fort Wayne. The body of Mildred Alice, aged wo years, five months and five days, arrived last evening on the 5:05 in teiurban car from Burrows, near Lafayette, where her death occurred i Thursday afternoon from bronchialpneumonia and influenza. The body! was taken to the Gay. Zwick & Myers undertaking parlors until further ! arrangements can he made, as both ’he parents and the older daughter ire also ill at Burrows, from influen ‘ za. The body was accompanied hero ! by Mr. Ruhl’s brother and their fath- ' sr, John C. Ruhl, of Middletown. The family went to Burrows last Saturday to visit Mr, Ruhl came home Monday to work, but was ill :n ’ bed Monday afternoon and Tuesday. Wednesday after going to work he received word of his family’s illness md went to them, the child's death occurring later. Mr. Ruhl was put. :<> bed too, on arrival there, and they are all ill, although word is that they are better. i « Mr. and Mrs. George Zimmerman were at Fort Wayne yesterday, to at- j tend the funeral srvices for Clem J. Keller, former Decatur man. About 1 , six years ago he was in charge of the j Palace Livery Burn on First street,; 'his city, later going to Fort Wayne j where at death he was employed by I a large packing house. Death resulted from pneumonia and heart trouble. The widow, two daughters, Catherine and Gertrude, and a son, Joseph, in France survive. The son is expected , home soon. The body was taken to . the former horns at. Covington, Ky. . where interment will take place Mon--1 day. ’ This afternoon it was announced 3 that a short funeral service will be ’ | held Sunday afternoon at two o’cock ' j for the Ruhl child at the grave in tho p Decatur cemetery. The Christian minister will conduct the service. » o e UP IN FIGURES (United Dress Service) n Washington, March 22—(Special tc r e | Daily Democrat) — Total discharges b- 1 of officers and enlisted men reporter in! by the war department to date num s- j her 1,475,000 it was officially -an j nounced today.

1 BABY IS DEAD 5 The six months oh) sen of Mr. and I Mrs. Charles Troutner of Pleasant . Mills, died this morning at 9:30 o’clock from double pneumonia, following the influenza. The family has been sorely afflicted, having lost a son a few weeks ago from tubercular| kidney affection. o I VISIT IN 3LUFFTON Mrs. Anna Larnan and daughter,; , Naomi, of Battle Creek, Mich., who ’have been here since the funeral of her step-father. A1 iSteele, went to j Bluffton today to visit over Sunday ’with an aunt. Thy will teturn here Monday to finish up some business ■ matters before returning home. banner Epworth League Area Banner Returns to Ft. Wayne District Fifth Time. — IT WILL BE HERE Next Sunday Evening for Epworth League Rally— To Have Fine Program For the fifth timo the area banner ; awarded to Epworth Leagues at large! < i by Bishop Leonard, to be hold for a 1 I given time by the one having made : 1 i the largest advance in all lines, cov--1 ering seven or eight points of cor. . test, has been awarded to the Fort;, Wayne district. When it is consul ; t ered that only one other district in > the United States, over which the banner has traveled, has held the banner twice, this honor is considered a i great one. Tho banner will be held for a given , period, by the league in the district ij making the largest advance. The j ( | league to be so honored, has not yet , I been determined, but whether or not , Decatur will be the lucky chapter, i the fact remains that the Decatur ( Methodist church will have the plea- , sure of having the banner here for j next Sunday evening, at which time f a great rally will be held. It is honed to have present at that time, the district superintendent, YV. \V. Mart- , in, who will speak. The service will j |be held at the usual preaching hour j in the auditorium and the program r will be announced in full later. f For Sunday evening also, a special program has been arranged. Henry■ f Heller, tho Rev. F. F, Thorn burg f I and others will speak, and everybody , p lis cordially invited to come. MARRIED IN EAST: j t< j w Miss Mabel Burns, Employ ed in Government Work t ‘ in East, Married TO WARREN SARGENT 1 Becomes Bride of Young i Artist in Military Service i —Live in California. Friends’ of Miss Mabel Burns, ! daughter of Dr. Elizabeth Burns, will be interested in hearing of her wed- ! ding which took place a week ago | today to Warren Sargent, of Kansas, ! who is in military service. Miss Burns has been working for the gov . eminent in the. war risk insurance ' department, at Washington, D. C. t! and the wedding took place at Knoxt j ville, Maryland, which is very near > Washington. Mrs. Sargent will con-; . J tinue her work for the government! - j until they leave Washington, which I will probably be after six months. ; : Mr. Sargent is an artist by profes- ' ; sion and is doing photo work for his company at Camp Mead, Maryland. He expects to remain in the east for : some time after his discharge having n | been assigned to paint some views of historical futures in Washington and I New Y ork before he and his bride I leave for San Francisco, Cal where 0 they expect to make their home. , | —-— O ‘ s Miss Mayme Johnson spent the aft'Mernoon in Fort Wayne. u- _o i- Mr. and Mrs. John Mosure spent the afternoon in Fort Wayne.

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WILL DISMANTLE WAR MACHINE I Under Terms of the Peace Treaty Germany Will be Militarily Helpless. AN ARMY OF 100,000 Abolish Military Training, Surrender Ships and Limit Size of Navy. (By Ed L. Keen, United Press staff correspondent) Paris, March 22—(Special to Daiiy i Democrat) —The extent to which Geri many will be rendered military impotent by the impending peace treaty, was fully revealed for the first timo today in information obtained by tho United Press from authoritative sources. Tho military, naval and aerial terms of the treaty, as finally agreed to by the supremo war council are, according to the best information obtainable as follows: Military Germany to be allowed a maximum cf seven divisions of infantry and threo of cavalry, totaling 190,000 men of which officers must not exceed 4,000. Officers employed in the war ministries of the various states must not exceed 300, white civilian employes of the war administration will be limited to ten per cent of the schedule for 1913. The great general stuff war school and similar institutions will he abolished. One military school will be permitted for each branch of the service and will be used solely for training officers. So-called veteran socisto*! tourist clubs and other organizations indulging in military xeraises will be prohibited. All fortified works within 50 miles of tiie Rhine will be destroyed. Construction of new works In this region is forbidden. Retention of the existing fortifications on the eastern and southern froniiers is permitted. The infantry will be allowed 84,000 rifles, 765 heavy machine gluts, 1.131 light machine guns. 63 medium caliber trench mortars, 189 light trench mortars, 168 trench guns, 84 four-inch field guns. The cavalry will lie allowed IS.OOO carbines, 36 heavy machine guns. 36 field guns. No heavy artillery will ho permitted. Stocks of ammunition will ho stringently rationed. Depots whore they are held must he made known to tho allies who reserve the right to limit tho number of munition works. AH war materials above the re[iiiroments fixed will be surrendered to the allies, by whom it will be destroyed. Imports and exports of war material, including asphyxiating gas, irmured cars, tanks, etc., are forbidden in the future. Navy The German fleet will be limited to six battleships of the. Deutschland nr Lothringen type, six light cruisers. 12 destroyers and 12 torpedo boats. Except when ships are lc-d, no battleships or cruiser may be replaced until it is 20 years old. Destroyers and torpedo boats must 1 have been 15 years old. The personnel cf the navy will he limited to 15.000 including 1500 ofii | cers. Warships now being constructed will be broken up under supervision jof the allies. All auxiliary cruisers will he disarmed and returned to the ‘status of merchant ships. All submarines will be surrendered. Con- ! structicn of submarines for either | war or commercial purposes is forbidden. Fortifications commanding access I to tho Baltic will be demolished. 1 Use of high power wireless stations ; for naval, military or political purposes. e.xcept hv the allies consent, ! is prohibited. Aerial I Nr military air force will be allow- *! ed except 100 seaplanes, which will lie ’ used for destruction of mines until I Oct. 1. No airdrome will be permitted within 93 miles of the western or east em frontiers, or within 93 miles cf the Italian or Czecho-Slovak boundJ aries. t A. ~ —■ • -■ ”* *