Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1919 — Page 1

Volume XVII. Number 74.

ALLIED ARMY AT LIBERTY Says First Official Message K from Hungary — Soviet Republic Established. . . red army organized New Laws Now in Effect— Chancellor Scheidemann Declares Against Treaty SE Copenhagen. Mar. 27—(Special to i ; - Daily Democrat) —Chancellor Schelde mann, addressing the national assembly again threatened the .pea-,-.’ conI Terence with a refusal to sign the peace treaty, according to a dispatch K from Weimer today. ■B’? “A cry of dispair and appeal to the " conscience of humanity is arising front all parts of Germany,” he said K “Sums of compensation are being I demanded which have never been de fc, naa-nded befoi'e, impossibc stretches! E/of German territory are to be taken, I and crushing financial and military gj-. restrictions are to be imposed. But the government will net jpcrir.it tin ■ people's loyalty to be encroached or.” ■ I (By Edward Bing, United Press staff correspondent) ■a Budapest. Mar. 25 -(10:10 p. tn.)- ' The Hungarian soviet republic was ' v firmly established today, without dis- i order or bloodshed and with amicable j relations continuing with allied rep- . neeentatives. All aliens and allied ( % soldiers are at complete liberty. The , i penularity of British and American officers has not diminished. Es V Everything in the country has been actualized. from the army down to 1 BE baths. This re-organization has been Bfeiqi 'uai lished with appar .nt approval jar* the wealthy and ar'stc.-rstie as, Well as the poor and humble. ■K A red arniv is being organized on a 1 pr purely volunteer basis, conscription being abolished as soon as (he com- ' y rnurist government took office. Sol- ! , diers »n p aid S9O a month. They are tlothftd. fed and equipped wth rut charge, and in addition they receive extra ray for support of their families. Army commanders are named by the oommissary of war, all ranks being eligible. Officers are picked purely cn their merits, after a < artful examination of their records' Indications point jo formation of the largest. most contented army in the history of the country. Law courts h i • been abolished and supplanted revolutionary tribunals, composed of a chairman and two members. They are virtually in continuous session and justice is meted out rapidly and effectually, with more consideration for real justice than mere law. Punishment is carried cut immediately after sentence is pronounce 1. Th”, death penalty can be pronounced only i“, by unanimous ve’e of the tribunal. ■ All industries trve been ordered to B-j continue at work Special committees are being foriMed to insure fair distribution of the scanty supplies of taw materials. | Requisitions from private families are forbidden. Spreading of false news is severely ’ punished. All titles and ranks ate abolished. K Shopkeepers have been ordered to; . prepare a. list of their stocks ami bank accounts. This D merely f<n the information of the government j Es and no attempt will be made to seize either. Steps have beer, taken to K'-substitute cash for checks whenever possible. The stock exchange has been ord-: ered to cease operations. Public baths must be open to the Bfabor class and school children and, t' no charge will be made to th-m AB ; private bath reams likewise are at j their disposal on Saturdays. Hungarian worlmren. meeting in various parts cf the country, have deB dared their unanimous approval of ■ the reforms intituled by the ec.mn.unH J Ist government. rummace sale Section numbeTUTo of the Pythian YW. Sisters calls attention to their • ru |j|| mage sale to be held at the I ythb.n [ ’* heme Friday and Saturday ■ K ■to Daily of K the harbor strike winch ha - ‘ commerce at New York for weeks, again seemed nearei todaj-

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THE IDEAL WOMAN The great Napoleon once said: ”My ideal woman is not the beautiful featured society belle, whose physician tries in vain to keep her in repair, but the matron who reaches middle ago in c.cmi JMe irressrvatlon -that woman is - rendered beautiful Ly reffect health.” To. attain such health in middle life a woman must guard against those ills which drag her down and produce nervousness, i headach; backache, sleeplessness and “the blues.” The standard remedy for «uch conditions is Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, which ; fop forty-five years has been restoring women to health, and strength. REV. MILLS HOME Completes Three Months’ Trip, Covering Seventeen States, South and East. HEALTH IS IMPROVED Will Continue in Ministry— Goes to Dayton Tuesday to Conference. Rev. VV. S. Mills, pastor of the Evangelical church of this city, whol was granted a ninety day leave of ab-i sence and who made a trip for the I wholesale house with whom he was [ connected before he entered the min-[ istry, arrived home last night, having traveled ever seventeen states, covering the south and east. He reports splendid success though business con-' diticns are somewhat unsettled. Rev. Mills returns considerably improved in health and his many I friends here will be glad to learn that! he will continue in the ministry. He! and Mrs. Mills and daughter, will go I to Dayton, Ohio, next week to attend 1 the annual ccnferAiee which con-1 venes there Wednesday m< rning. [ Rev. Mills expects'to be retruned to[ this city and the members of his; church Jis well as hundreds of other citizens who admire his ability and personality, hope he will again be assigned to Decatur. rams~msTED —* The Modern Woodmen Increase Life Insurance 'Rates 50 Per Cent. INFLUENZA IS CAUSE New Rates Go Into Effect July I—Company Had Big Fund Accumulated (United Press Service) Chicago, Mar. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) -Enormous losses due to the influenza epidemic were given today as the reason for the fifty per- : cent increase in rates cf insurance voted yesterday for the more than me million members of the Modern j Woodmen of America. The new rates, voted at a meeting lot tho head camp cf the order, are not adequate, Officials, declared, but 'are all the membership can be represented to pay at this time. Rales far both old and now mon. bars for a SI,OOO policy. were increased frern 75 cents a month at 17 years to SI.OO for new members and to $1.90 for old members at 40 years. The new rates cannot be put into , eii'.:ct before July on account of the necessary referendum. A majority vote of the members, can defeat the action of the head camp. The higher rates were voted to take care of the fast diminishing fund of i $12,000,000 which had- accumulated • during twenty years. It was said it ; would be exhausted within six months . on account of influenza deaths and j soldiers funds. TWO-CENT SUPPERS ~ ! i The Epworth League announces . the following two-cent supper for Fri i day evening, beginning at 5:30 at the Methodist church: Baked beans, spa ghetti, potato salad, sandwiches, cake 1 fruit salad, coffee. f ' 1 The Pythian Sisiters will give a s, two cent supper this evening and Sat jurday evening at the Pythian Home.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, Mardi 27 1919.

DIED IN FLWAYNE Marie Armstrong Erwin, ’ Sister-in-law of Dore B. and Dan Erwin 1 — DIES AT AGE OF 73 ’ I 1 « Was Widow of Their Half-' i Brother, Jos. T. Erwin, a Civil War Veteran. Dore and Dan Erwin received word , of the death of their sister-in-law, ! Mrs. Marie Erwin, widow of their half brother, Joseph T. Erwin, at her heme in Fort Wayne. The half-bro'li-;er died thirty or mere years ago. He! I was a civil war veteran, having' gone! ; with the Decatur boys, being a mem- ; her of Company I, 89th Indiana regi- ! meat. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette | [says Cf his widow’s death: ' I “Mrs. Marie Armstrong Erwin, wid-! low of Joseph T. Erwin, died at 11 p.; m. Wednesday at the family home. ! 2659 Indiana avenue, at the age of 73 : . years. She leaves one daughter, Miss { I Mary C. Erwin and two sisters, Mrs. I Elizabeth A. Kedsey and Mrs. Louisa! J. Erwin, of this city, and one broth-! er, G. W. Armstrong, of Indianola, I | lowa. She was a member of the first! M. E. church.” DBFTOEST Mrs. Jessie Sheller Unger, Former Decatur Young Lady, Died at ALHAMBRA, CALIF. — 11l Two Years—Daughter of S. G. Sheller, Former I Elevator Man Here. . A copy of the Alhambra Federated I News, published at Alhambra, California, tells of the death of Mrs. Je.s-1 | sic-Unger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs., 8. G. Sheller, of Dayton. O. Mr. and, Mrs. Sheller and family lived here in | 1904 in the C. L. Meibers home on! Third street. Mr. Sheller at the time! owned what is now the Burk elevat-: or. He and his family wilt be well j remembered here by many. The News says: "Mrs. Jessis S. Unger, wife of Chas. F. Unger, the Main street shoe dealer, died last Saturday after an illness of two years at the home 102 South Cordova. She was 31 years old and was a native of Ohio. Besides her husband she is survived by her parI ents. Mr and Mrs. S. G. Sheller, of ! 19 McDaniel street, Dayton, 0., who ) have been here for some time past. The funeral was held Thursday aft-1 ernoon at tho Turner parlors and Alhambra, business houses closed dur--1 ing the hour. The services were con ducted by Dr. Ilcdgin, pastor of the! ■ Los Angeles Unitarian church, and ' interment took place at the Englei wood mausoleum.” i THREE MORE JURYMEN '■ The names of three jurymen omit- ‘ tod from the list published yesterday ‘ lof those who acquitted Dan Straub ‘!of having whiskey illegally in his possession, after hearing the case in the mayor's court yesterday, are Arthur ' Fisher, Charles Miller and Dal How--5 er. ) <-> — WOMEN’S LIBERTY LOAN 3 Mrs. Fay Smith-Knapp, chairman of B the woman’s liberty loan campaign, requests the members of her advise’ory board to meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock in the Red Crokk shop. e— o — f ATTEND FUNERAL Among those from out-of-town who * attended the funeral of John Mougey, late of Columns. O. held at the St. f Marys Catholic church this morning, were Albert and Charles Pilliod, Greenville, O. J Adrian Pilliod, Piqua, O.; Anna Mougey. Cincinnati, O,; !S Frank Mougey. Sidney, O.; Eugene 1_ Mougey, Dayton, O. e __ — a J CARD OF THANKS a ! Jay Cline and family express their I thanks to all for the acts of kindness, a!the flowers and other expressions of t- sympathy shown during the illness . of their mother, Mrs. Agnes Cline.

WIN THE FIVE DOLLARS I Some bright l>oy c.r girl is overlook|ing a chance to win five dollars and do it very easily. This is all you have. |to do. Ask your mother her reason! |why she uses or thinks Calumet Bakj ing Powder is the best and then I write in fifty words her reason . To | | tho boy or girl writing the best reason the five dollars will be given. ’ Any boy or girl in or under the eighth grade in school, public and parochial schools, can compete for the prize.!' I Send your “reason” to the Daily Democrat. The contest closes April 10th. wilTOsFtßs — Three “Whippets” Sent to Northern Indiana for Use During Loan Drive. WILL COVER STATE Speaker Accompanies Tank —Other Plans for Publicity Part of Campaign Word has been received at state I Victory loan headquarters from Chicago that three “whippet” tanks are jin readiness to enter Indiana. The tanks are assigned to the sixty-eight ! counties in Indiana from a fleet of I ' twenty-one that will operate over the I Seventh federal reserve district. Each tank will travel under its own .power with two operators and a Vic-, i tory lean speaker. The counties are ’ to be divided intc three zones and a tank will remain in each zone 'until! the end of the camraign. The?® tank?' ; travel five miles an hour and carry I enough gasoline for a trip of forty' ! miles. The Blue Jacket band from the Great Lakes naval training station [will enter the state probably next week for a tour. It is announced that; the Rev. O. D. Odell and the Rev. Louden A. Hadri|n(ani, Indlianapoiis ministers, will accompany the band. Arrangements are being made to, [start a publicity campaign at once to .reach the farm interests through the | grange, farm and breeders’ associaItions and organizations. Purdue uni-| 'versify has agreed to co-operate In the effort, and H. H. rieteher, i:re-i-; [dent of the Live Stock Exchange, has [ volunteered to sand 10,000 letters to' [stockmen. Walter Q. Fitch. secre-| 1 tary of tho <tate food production committee during the war, probably will head this bureau in the state organization . It is announced from state headquarters that Guernsey Van Riper is to head the paid advertising section of the state publicity department. Charles A. Garrard is to have charge of the feature department, and Frank ■J. Rembusch, of Sihelbyville. i re; i dent of the Indiana Motion Picture Ex I change League, will head the metier picture department. —- Indianapolis ' Nows. LANKENAU AND° HITE WINNERS. Oscar Lankenau and Hugh Hite won from Albert Mutcshl'er and Burt [ Mangold in another of aseries of | games between two-men teams at • | the K. of P. alleys last night. The winners “came back” in the third ( game, after dropping the first two by .[a total of 68 pins. They won the last .[game by 79 pins. FARMHOUSE BURNED Auditor John Mosure left at 3:45; afternoon for his farm in French township, having just received word ' that the house on his farm there had | [ burned. The farm is tenanted by; . Oliver Shaffter. o— CALLS IT CAMOUFLAGE (United Press Service) • Chicago Mar- 27-(Special to Daily Democrat) —A borrowed baby got; ' Mrs. Belle Wineel a $1 dollar fine and ' thirty days in jail today. She was, charged with petty larceny and kp-: ’ reared in court with a baby in her ' arms. Witnesses testified she had ' borrowed the child for the court I scene. O— c EXPORTS ARE BOOMING CUnited Press Service) Washington, March 27 —(Special to ‘ Daily Democrat) — American experts , i are booming and now average more f'than $2Q,000,000 a day, according to s iSte reports to th edepartment of com tr.erce.

MARRIED TODAY — J. E. Amstutz, Fort Wayne, Claims Miss Gertrude Wagoner as Bride. A HOME WEDDING Solemnized by Rev. Solomon Klopfenstein of Missionary Church. This afternoon at the home of Mr. ; and Mrs. Ara Wagoner, in Monroe i township, was solemnized the wedding of their daughter. Miss Gertrude ; A. Wagener, to Mr. John E. Amstutz, 1 son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Amstutz iof the same community. The members of both families wit-; nessed the happy wedding which was performed by the Rev. Solomon Klop-; I I'enstein, pastor of the Missionary I church near Linn Grove. The bride was very prettily gowled for the o<- | casion, wearing a costume of blue silk and georgette, tastefully com- | bined. Mr. Amstutz is employed at the ! General Electric Works In Ft. Wayne and he and his bride will make their home there. Mr. Amstutz having pur- i chased a residence in that city. Both are fine young people, of i merit, and enjoying the good will and I esteem of innumerable friends. thTtßWnt — Four More Games Played Last Evening Between High School BASKET BALL TEAMS Developing Fine Timber for Next Year—Big Game Tonight. Four games of basketball were played last evening at the local atli- | letic hall and a large enthusiastic [ ■audience packed the bleachers. The; I playing was; characterized by fast ! passing and excellent goal shooting : From al! appearances Decatur high I school will have a team on the floor ! next season that will put Decatur onthe map. Stick to it boys. Decatur I j can and will. The line up and summary: |A. Thomas (22) C. Macy (6) , , Thomas ?..F Macy! Carper F Snyder ’ Fruchte C Hill Merriman G Downs; Myers GG Tecpie J. Field Goals- Thomas, 3; Carper, 5, | Fruchte, 3: Snyder. 6. Score —22-6 in favor of the Thomas team. Hyland (15) Baltzell (IS) ; Beery F. Baltzell 'Peterson F Myers, Yahne C Miller [ Hyland G Kidss Holler G Fike [ Field Goals—Beery 5; Peterson 1; Hvland 1: Baltzell 2; Myers 3; Miller 2. Score, 18-15 in Baltzell’s favor. (Tyndall (31). Carper (19), I Tyndall F Foreman | Mady F Linn 'Christen C Carper Fisher ,G Mann-Hower Durkin-Heller ...G. Ellsworth-Teeple j Field Goals —-Tyndall 4; Christen 1; Fruchte 4; Durkin 3; Heller 3; | Linn 6; Teeple 3. Score, 31-19 in favor of Tyndall. I Costello (4) White (12) 1 Beel F White ; Hower F Schultz Amspaugh C Linn Lenhart G Ball Costello G Kinzle I Field Goals—Beel. 2; White 1; [ Linn 5; Score, 12-4 in favor of White. [ Referee —Prof. Rusk. Big Game Tonight One of the biggest games of the season will be played at the gym toa night between the Wandering Eight s i bunch and tho “star” five of the e! Daily Democrat's force. A prelimino I ary game will also be played between n [ the Democrat newsies and one of the [school teams. Be there.

TO ENTERTAIN HERO Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Murphy will en- ; terta.in Friday, March 28, for their | son and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Ross and son, J. W. Ross, of Indi.anapolls. The grandson, J. W. Ross, is a marine who was wounded when a machine gun bullet passed through Ills entire bedy. He is now at home |on a furlough. The boy’s father, John Ross was a former Decatur boy ! who has made good in Indianapolis. MEN ARE INVITED. The meeting at the library Friday I evening is for every woman in Adams county. Men are also invited. owFyoTlme State Wide Campaign for This Purpose to he Waged in Indiana Soon. MEANS BETTER TIMES Forty Indiana Cities Represented at Meeting Held at Indianapolis. Indianapolis. March 26 —The statoI wide “own-a-home-first” campaign, to He waged by the allied industrial in- s terests under the auspices of the . State Chamber of Commerce, was' given a send-off at a conference of deleates representing more than forty Indiana cities at a local hotel. The point was brought out by I speakers that the movement encouraging the “own a heme” idea was a patriotic plea as well as one of industrial importance. Bolshevism cannot thrive where a, man owns his own home or is paying out on one, accord- , ing to the representatives at the con- ! ferenee, who included men in all lines of commercial endeaver. The chief speaker/at the banquet, . which was attended by mere than 200 persons, was Professor P. G. Holden, head of the educational department | of, the International Harvester Company, of Chicago. He spoke on the patriotic' aspect of the “own-a-home” movement and pointed out the many , good features connected wth men of all classes owning their homes. COUNTY CONTEST In Debate Will be Held in This City Friday Evening at New High School. FOUR WILL DEBATE City Schools Endeavor to Get Margie Hanna to Lecture on Birds. Geneva, Pleasant Mills, Kirkland and Decatur high schools will each have a representative at the county oratorical contest Friday evening nt the Decatur high school assembly room, when a delegate to the eighth district contest to be held at Alexandria two weeks from tomorrow evening, will be selected. Berne was unable to be in the contest this year, as the contestants were victims of the influenza at this tiru&. Judges for the contest tomorrow will be C. E. Beck, of the Berne [schools; H. F. Rumps, of the Monroe school; and Clara B. Williams of the Fort Wayne school. ; Th® j subject will be “Universal | Service for Citizenship” and each con’s testant may take either side of the I debate, speaking eight minutes. Three minutes is the allowance for the rebuttal. The ’■■inuers at the district contest will be delegates to the state contest at Indiana University. | Charles Downs is the representative of the Decatur school. The ''other contestants will be announced later. I The teachers of the Decatur I schools are endeavoring to secure e' Miss Margie Hanna of Fort Wayne to i- give two lectures on birds about April t! 16. Miss Hanna is a student 'of birds eland her lectures on this subject have i- been eagerly heard all over northern ti Indiana. Miss Hanna is well known e I here having often visited in Decatur j homes.

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UFT IS BUSY mEKUEWORK | j ) $ i Exchange of Cables Between ex-President and Mr. Wilson in Progress CHANGE IN SENTIMENT Four Changes in Constitution Likely—Crucial Time for League of Nations. (By Robert J. Bender. United Press Staff Correspondent) ; Washington, D. C.. Mar. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Ex-Presi-dentTaft is working by cable with President Wilson in an effort to so amend the league of nations covenant as to make it acceptable to opposition republicans This was officially disclosed today [ when the White House let it be known that the peace conference in Paris is now working on four amendments to the covenant, written by Taft at President Wilson’s request. The amendments have to do largely, it is said, with safeguarding tho Monroe doctrine, one of the foremost points of contention between the president and republican senators. Taft drafted his proposed amendments .shortly after President Wilson’s return to France. Before dei spatching them, however, he asked Secretary Tumulty to inquire of tho. president whether suggestions were in order. The president responded that, he would be very glad to hear Taft’s proposals. The amendments were then cabled the president through official channels and the president personally acknowledged receipt of them in a la- | ter message for Taft. Admiral Grayson in aprivate cable today said that the president is working night and day hut is “bearing up weil under the strain.” President Wilson is understood to regard the ten days between March 23rd and April 3rd as the most crucial in the whole peace conference This may have accounted for Hie fact that in cabling Taft regarding league suggestions he urged haste in their dispatch. In administration quarters today the view was expressed that the high fide of opposition to the league of nations has been passed and that both in I congress and throughout the country I there is a marked upturn in favor of ! a league. Complete confidence is voiced that the league covenant as redrafted in accordance with republican suggestion, will meet the demands of opponents bf the original draft. Already some opposition senators have shown a tendency to be far more receptive toward the plan than at first. This change in sentiment is noted both in republican and democratic circles. However, there are a few senators, Reed and Poindexter and possibly also Borah, who will fight any league proposition to the last. ABOUT THE SICK A letter received by the traction office people today brings the good news that Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ruhl and daughter who have been ill <;£ influenza at the home of an uucl - at ■ Burrows, are better. Two day - ’ > they wt-re no' sn wed ilu-ir n-v'- n • r ing very high, but the letter btin. > /word of their improvement again. Mrs. Eugene Runyon went to Fori ■j Wayne this morning to call on her mother, Mrs. Fred Hoffman, at the 1 . Lutheran hospital. She is recovering '' nicely from her operation for the ree !moval of the gall bladder, but is still quite weak. r LAST CAR TO WAIT The last interurban car oy train l| No. 219 will on March 27. 28 and 29 — ( Thursday, Friday and Saturday—wait ' at the station at Fort Wayne until 5 g minutes after the Shrine show is over and then will leave, stopping on the way out at Washington street to pick r up passengers. not’iUeTo II Those knowing themselves indebts ed to the firm of Peoples & Gerke e will pleace call at the shoe store and n make settlement, as we have disn solved partnership and must close r our books by the first of May. 74t2 . PEOPLES & GERKE. . 3 I