Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 76, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1919 — Page 1

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PLANS FOR ARMY ARE ANNOUNCED | Five Corps Are Completed —Men Can Enlist for Service in Europe Now I MAY NOT SIGN IT I Germany Threatening and Peace Conference is Considering the Results. | Washington, March 29—(Special to] ■ Daily Democrat) —Plans for reorganiI Ksation of the American army into a 1 | force of 500,000 men, five corps with a total of 21 divisions, have been completed, Chief of Staff March announcI ed today. In forming the divisions, men will Bbe drawn from the 21 divisons existing and their present division will be H used but an entirely new personnel will be permitted. This army is being formed under authority granted by congress but will be revised later if necessary to conform with future legislation. ; In the new' recruiting campaign.: first announced several weeks ago 2,790 men have enlisted at the various recruiting offices located at camps. March disclosed. These have about evenly devided between one and three year enlistments, he said. Organization of this new army was at President Wilson’s direction, the war department stated. M Announcement was made that the war department had approved the call for 50,000 volunteers to be enlisted to a three year term on a definite promise of foreign service. They will be concentrated at Camp Meade, and sent to Europe in lots of approximately 1,000 men. Volunteers desiring service in Siberia. Italy and 1 Other foreign countries will be asI signed to these places. March said, f Orders have been issued that returning solders should -be-demobiliz- ■ ed not later than forty-eight hours after their arrival in camp. Internal conditions in Europe have caused no change in plans for returning troops to America so far as the war department here has been advised, March said. It was his understanding that troops now in Italy are being concern-! trated at Genoa for return. (By William P. Simms, United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris.. Mar. 29—(Special to Daily Democrat) — The peace conference has begun to consider in an informal way what shall l>e done in the event Germany refuses to sign the forthcoming treaty. Should Germany thus turn outlaw, it is gathered from official conversations, that the principles laid down in the covenant of the league of na tions will be brought into play to force her into a second unconditional surrender. Official information reaching the allied governments tends to indicate that the Germans are bent on getting out of the consequences of the war they made. Enemy leaders are boldly declaring they will not sign a peace that is not wholly acceptable to them, and that at the same time are threatening to plunge not only their own nations, but all Europe into anarchy.

(By Fred 8. Ferguson. United Press staff correspondent) Parts, March 29—(Special to Daily | Democrat)- The "Big Four” and the: foreign ministers in their present con Terence, are coertng the vast territory extending from the Rhine to the; Vistula and from the Adriatic to the | Baltic, it was learned today. In ad-, dition there is the ever-present question of reparation. The Bolsheviki, however, continue to form the princi-; pal subject for informal discussion among the delegates. A military, I policy regarding the Bolsheviki apparently is taking more definite form, and the summoning of General Mangin to Paris is regarded as sig-, nificant, in connection with plans ad- ’. i vanced by the French. These plans anticipate establishment of a ir m line form the Black Sea to the Baltic to hold back the tide of Bolshe- ■ vism. Whether such a plan will remain defensive or would assume tne offensive as the best means of c e sense, naturally is problematicaL It is now revealed that William u • | litt, special investigator fur the Amer-

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lean delegation, saw Premier Lcnino while in Petrograd. When his report is made public it is expected to reveal I much interesting information covering points that hitherto have been hazy. — 1! (By Prank J. Taylor, United Press staff correspondent) I Berlin, March 28—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Radical leaders declared today that the bugaboo of Bolshevism in Germany is a trick by which I Foreign Minister Brockdorff-Rantzan ] and Count Bernstorff hope to score a | diplomatic victory, in spite of mill tary defeat. 1 i According to the radicals, the ] threat to refuse the peace terms and] I throw' Germany into Bolshevism — ' ■ which is being talked broadcast in I Berlin, especially within hearing of ( ; members of the allied mission—is an , i effort to impress the poaeo conference . I i with the seriousness of the situation ! here. It is charged that the German' foreign office hopes this may lead to a split between the allied nations re- : garding the proceedure if the Ger |mans refuse to sign the pact. Cer- ! tain entente nations, it is claimed, will oppose continuing the blockade of Germany, fearing the spread of] Bolshevism, while others probably will insist on enforcing conditions de I inanded of the Germans, The most sincere opponents of 80l- J shevism as well as the independent | sociailists demand that a group of i | real pacifists be sent to Paris in place' I of the commission already announced: |to deal openly with the allies in an j i effort to establish Germany’s future , relations with the world honestly and ; without tricks. Paris. March 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — American finance com-, missioners have been fully informed] i regarding President Wilson’s views on the financial situation, prepara-; i tory to the allied economic council] : meeting with the Germans at Com- ] piegne early next week. The president discussed the situation with the American representafives at length yesterday. While no official statement was issued on the i conference it is admitted the Ameri- | cans were apprised of the decisions i I reached by the “Big Four” regarding] ' reparation, during the past few days, j London, Mar. 29—(Special to Daily! | Democrat)—The most gigantic mill-1 tary tangle in the history of the] world apparently is being staged in. and around Hungary. Dispatches from various sources toI day showed armies of several and . mixed nationalities scurrying this] way and that, occasionally clashing ] ] but just as frequently passing each iother by. —————— FUNERAL SUNDAY The body of Samuel E. leisure,] who committed suicide yesterday nft-i emoon, and which was brought to] the Scherer morgue this city to be j prepared for burial, wa taken to the I home two and a half miles south of . the city this afternoon. The funeral! will be Sunday afternoon at one ] \ o’clock from the Friend’s church in l • Monroe. ~ IT WAS SOME STORE] - (United Press Service) , Pittsburgh. Pa., Mar. 29—(Special ,to Daily Democrat) —James B. ! Mitchell, fifty-six. 156 West Spring I street, New Albany, Indiana, arrestt! ed here today by a railroad detective, ,I is alleged to have confessed to hav- , ing robbed a store at Newark, Ohio, j the money had been hidden in a culvert near the Bautimore &- Ohio sta- ! lion at Newark.

——o —————■ j . CHANCES ARE GOOD. Chicago. Mar. 29—Walker D. Hines, j director general of railroads, in a j I address here last night, said: ”1 think the public appreciated the ; partnership that now exists between 1 it and the railroads. There is a better . j chance of settling railroad problems ' now than ever before. Hines declared the 170 lines now ! under federal control may ultimately be merged into ten groups. favor2~per~cent beer. (United Press Service) St. Paul, Minn., Mar. 29—(Special 1 ito Daily Democrat)—By a vote of 5 to 3 the Minnesota temperance comi mittee last night favored beer with ’ i two percent alcohol by weight. The ( ' committee recommended for passage ! the Norton prohibition enforcementl , measure, exempting beer of such pro-1 I portions. Mrs. C. T. Rainier will go to Fort Wayne tomorrow for a week’s visit j :•; with her daughter, Mrs. W. F. Rosen- •- winkle.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, March 29, 1919.

(COMMUNITY CLUE Kirkland Township Community Center Organized by Farmers of Kirkland - ‘ MEET ONCE A MONTH J I Fine Program Arranged for Next Tuesday Evening— Excellent Speakers. The Kirkland Township Communi I ity Center is the name of an organiza- | i tion effected by the farmers of that' | township, to work in conjunction with. I the schools for the betterment of i country life. This organization was effected w th j the following officers: President. Wil j Ham Yager; vice president, Jesse Byerly; secretary and treaurer, Miss Esther Brown. Meetings will be held once a month. The first meeting of this kind will 1 be held next Tuesday evening at the | new township high school building, ' of which W. F. Beery, of this city, is ] principal. A most excellent program ] has been arranged and everybody is ] invited. Prof. M. F. Worthmann, of 'this city; County Agricultural Agent] i J. R. Meeks; and Miss Gerhard, of the j extension department of Purdue Uni | I versity, will speak. A GREAT MEETING • Messrs. Kalver and Noble Attend Tractor Convention at Indianapolis. MANY DEALERS THERE Fordson Dealers Presented With Facts and Figures Showing Progress. Messrs. Kalver and Noble, Fordson : dealers, returned from Indianapolis yesterday where they attended an i all-day convention held by the Indiana ' Tractor company., consisting of in I structive speeches on “power farrn- ] ing,” or the value of the farm tracI tor to the farmer. A. E. Hildebrand of Chicago, who is | perhaps the best informed man today on power farming or tractors, was the principal speaker of the day and presented facts and figures that ] showed the progress of the tractor ] ] industry. lie showed by figures how I the farmer who uses a tractor can ] get more bushels to the acre than the ! farmer who hasn’t yet convinced : himself of the value to be obtained from the tractor. Representatives of concerns who 1 manufacture the plow, harrow, drill and pulverizer, made especially for | use with the Fordson, brought out constructive argument as to why the farmer should use the new equipment. For the proper preparation of the seed bed, the first necessity of, farming, it was shown that, the farm-1 '] er will get bigger yields by power ' ] farming. ’ ] Mayor Charles Jewett welcomed • i the 165 Fordson dealers and paid a ’! tribute to Alvin H. Smith, former ' 1 manager of the Indiana plant of the ’ ] Ford Motor company, and now presi-

dent of the Indiana Tractor company, which distributes the Fordson, as one of Indiana’s llvest business mon. Luncheon was served at the Columbia club at noon and John C. Ruckelshaus, president of the club, welcomed the dealers. The all-day meeting was also held at the Columbia club on the Circle in Indianapolis. Most of the Fordson dealers attended the banquet of welcome at the Claypool hotel in the evening in honor of Fred L. Rockelman, new manager of the Indianapolis branch of the Ford Motor company. J. Cooper Props, Muncie, Ind., was toastmaster at this occasion. Messrs. Kalverand Yjoble state that it was one of the best conventions they ever attended. AT K. OF°P. HOME. — The Rotary iunedhon for April 3rd I when the newly elected district I governor, Charles Watkins and the i Huntington Rotarins will be the guests of the club will be held at the ! K. of P. home instead of at the Hotel I Murray as first stated. The luncheon I will be held at 6:30.

| SERVED AS JUDGE : Miss Clara B. Williams, of Fort I Wayne, former teacher in the Deca- , tur high school, was here last evening and served as one of the judges |in the oratorical contest. County School Superintendent Ed S. Christen and Prof. H. F. Ruinpf, of the Monroe schools, were the other two judges. 1 Only two schools were represented jin the county contest —Decatur and I Pleasant Mills. Milton Werling, the ' Kirkland township high school representative contracted the mumps a couple of days ago; Geneva failed to show up; and Berne proposed contest antss had influenza a short time ago and couldn’t hold the prelminary contest. SESSION GLOSES I . National American Woman Suffrage Association Closes Affairs. THE VOTERS’ LEAGUE Takes Its Place from Now on—New Officers Will be Elected Today. (United Press Service) St. Louis, Mo., March 29 —(Special! Ito Daily Democrat) —The National i I American Woman Suffrage Associa-! I tion today opened what probably will j be the final session of its convention I life. Transfusion of its life blood into' the Women Voters League will be: complete before the date set for the] next annual convention, national leaders predcited today. The National Association today; was still jubilant over its latest vic-I tory—presidential suffrage for Missouri women. Convention sessions last night were in the form of a mass ] meeting of celebrants. Expectation of obtaining passage of the federal amendment at the next session of ‘ congress was increased by the action' of the Missouri senate. Final business of the convention will be concluded today. The women voters conference in session this morning was to complete its oragnization, elect officers and adopt bylaws. The national convention will be in session at the same time completing its unfinished business. usircoAnii Mrs. Dan H. Tyndall Badly Burned When Furnace Exploded Last Evening HAD NARROW ESCAPE Arms and Face Scorched — Feared That Eyesight Might be Injured. I Mrs. Dan H. Tyndall was painfully burned last evening at 8:30 and had a very narrow escape from perman--1 ent injury. 1 She is better today though still suffering considerably after a restless ’! night. Mrs. Tyndall had gone to the ■[basement to revive the furnace fire

’land to hasten it threw in a quantity 5 of coal oil. An explosion followed ' blowing the top of the furnace off and throwng the flames out in such manner that Mrs. Tyndall was caught ’ Her arms were badly burned to the ’ elbows and her face scorched. The eye brows were burned off and for several hours it was feared her eyes were so blinded that the injury might a be permanent. Attention of the physician and careful nursing during the night relieved her and today she is f resting fairly good with the assurance r that she will recover within a few r days. I Mrs. Tyndall formerly lived at 3 Berne being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Egley. Her mother arrived this morning and will assist in nursing her back to health. 1 A FAINTINC? ATTACK «■ e j A Mr. Goodfellow suffered a faint e: ing attack while standing on Secom e I street at two o’clock this afternoon ■l, He recovered partially in a few min n' utes and was taken home in the Gaj Zwick & Myers ambulance.

BAIN HOME FIRE I- ■— " Fire Broke Out in Roof of s i- James Bain Home at 9:30 1 This Morning [ DAMAGE TO THE ROOF 1 Fire Extinguished With Little Except Exterior > Damage to Home. The fire department was called to ! the James Bain residence on North ! Third street, formerly the Dr. D. D. Clark home, located between the C. ]S. Niblick and C. L. Meibers residence, when fire broke out in the roof about 9-30 this morning. The fire chief, Henry Dellinger, estimates the damage to the roof at about $l5O. The cause is unknown, but it is be-! lieved to have originated from a spark from the chimney. The only one in use was the furnace chimney, : built on the outside at the north of the house. There was no fire in the kitchen chimney, as gas is used there, ] nor in the middle one, but the fire seemed to have started in the roof at the east side of the house, nearest the kitchen. It was noticed by a ! neighbor who gave the alarm. | Practically no interior damage was ] done. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Bain were at! ] home at the time, Mr. Bain being at ] ] the meat market and Mrs. Bain at j the Gass store where she Is employ- j ed on Saturdays as a clerk. EXTRATOEON To Insure Order in Closing Days of the Exciting Mayorality Fight. SWEITZER IS GAINING Betting Today Five to Four in Favor of Him With Thompson Even Money h •I (United Press Service) Chicago, Mar. 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Chief of Police Garrity today detailed 100 extra policemen for duty in the business district to insure order in the closing days of ! the exciting Chicago mayoralty race, • ; which reaches a climax at Tuesday's election, Dozens of workers for each of the three main candidates were scheduled for street corner speeches, band wagon rallies and theatre meetings 'during the day. j Betting prices favored Robert M. i Sweitzer, democrat, at 5 to 4. Even money was offered on Mayor William ' i Hale Thompson, republican nominee, while bets on Maclay Hoyne, independent, were offered at 4 to 1. Each of the candiates claimed elec-: | tion bv pluralities of from 75,000 to 125,000. o — BURNED TO GROUND County Auditor John Mosure has - returned from French township

! where he was called Thursday after-1 I noon by the burning of his farmhouse The house was burned to the ground, iwith a loss of SI4OO and only S3OO insurance. The household furniture of i Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Schaffter, teni ants, was totally consumed, including new spring garments for themselves and baby, and all clothing except what they wore at the time of the I fire. Only a few potatoes and canned , fruit were saved from the cellar They carried no insurance. Mrs. Schaffter had been burning refuse in the Wilson heater in the house and had gone out to the yard to bring in more. On returning the last time, the smoke rolled out nearly overwhelming her and it was with difficulty that she went through the room to the bed room adjoining, where the little child which had recently undergone an op eration for the removal of her tonsils was sleeping. The main part of th( house was 25 by 18, with an addi tion 10 by 25 feet. ( eighty-fiVe examined Eighty-five took the teachers’ ex i- amination today conducted by Coun ty School Superintendent Ed S. Chris ten.

' THE SOLDIER BOYS • Mr. and Mrs. ('. 1, Meibers had a j letter from Bob I his morning, written t from Mira.tr.as, France, forty mil* - I [from Marseilles and the sea, to which | place he hadb been transferred ns a member of the railway transport corps. The trees are in bloom there, it is very warm and everything is de- ! lightful. The boys are allowed from i seven to twenty-one days for sightseeing and are taking advantage of the same. K, OF P. INITIATE. Eighteen of Ihe local Knights of Pythias went to Monroeville last evening where they conferred the j first and second rank upon five candi-’ dates. A banquet was given following the initiation. DOWNS IS WINNER Decatur High School Lad Wins County Oratorical Honors in Contest. GOES TO DISTRICT Meeting at Alexandria Soon “Universal Service for Citizenship. Before a crowd that filled the assembly room of the new high school ! building last night, Charles Downs! | won the right to represent this coun|ty at the district oratorical contest 1 to be held at Alexandria, Indiana,' I within the next few days, by defeatling Walter Vance of Pleasant Mills.] Both speeches were interesting and ! the result averaged by the judges I was close. Both boys spoke on a I form of preparedness. The winner I emphasized making this country safe ] sou democracy and at the same time 1 have strong men and women and children, while Mr. Vance declared! for making the world safe for democracy by having the United States a model. The question was the same as in the local contest, "Universal I Service for Citizenship.” This will also be the subject at the district and , state meet. Charles speech was well delivered and had points that were (indisputable. He will go to the district meet | some time next, week with a member cf the faculty and he is going with the firm determination to “bring. heme the bacon.” Every high school booster believes he will and we re all pulling and boosting. “Hey Charley, let’s go.” _ SPELLING BEES HELD. Township and town spelling matches were held yesterday after noon over the county to select spell-. ers for the divisional asd finally the county spelling match to determine the champion speller. M. F. Worth mann, chairman of the north half of the county, expects a report of the winners of the north district to be made Monday, when the same will be announced. Names of winners in the Decatur spelling match, as secured by Guy Brown are as follows: James Down, Kathryn Dorwin, James Downs, Kathryn Dorwin, Mildred Fisher. Florence Biggs, Mary Poling, Geraldine Fike, Dick Smith, i This team of seven represents the city schools. The last named, Dick! Smith, is a son of Judge D. E. Smith, : and a carrier of the Daily Democrat, ■ and the Democrat force is rooting I for him as a winner.

O I ! 314,936 TRACTORS TO BE MADE ! Washington, 1». Mar 26—A production of 314,936 tractors in the' United States in 1919 is estimated by manufacturers reporting to the office of Farm Equipment Control, United States Department of Agriculture. I The reports obtained in a special inquiry by the department show a pro- ■ duction of 132,697 tractors in 1918. ; The manufacturers gave the number of tractors of different sizes manufac-! tured last year and estimates of the number of each size that will be ; made this year. The figures for 19191 of course, are merely estimates and represent the aggregate of the estimates submitted by the tractor manufacturers in January and February of this year. THE COTTON MARKET. (United Press Service) New York, N. Y.. Mar, 29—(Special ■ to Daily Democrat)—The cotton mar- ■ ket opened easier today. May $24 05, - off 20; new, $24.65, off 9; July, old,; $22.05, off 15; new, $22.55, off 5.

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SPENDING MONEY 1 i Foreign Nations Are Buyt ing American Goods at Rate of $10,000,000 I — EACH DAY OF WEEK Refutes Charges That Exports Are Mainly Munitions and Will Vanish Washington, March 29—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Nations far removed from the European war zone are spending $10,006,000 dally on Ameri|can goods. This is half of the $20.000,000 daily expert trade which the United States has built up since 1914 (commerce department figures show. I Officials say this refutes charges that America’s record export trade, ] bom of the war, is composed mainly ! of munitions and must vanish as soon as normal peace time conditions are resumed. leaving out Fhirope, values of exported American manufacturers and raw materials, have increased approxI innately 150 per cent to North American countries, 160 per cent to South I American countres, 160 per cent to Africa, nearly 150 per cent to Oceana, including Australia, and 300 per cent to Asia. FIRST~’SKiRMTSH In League of Nations Battle Will Come When Senate is Organized. EACH SIDE IS BUSY Report of Committee While Not Definite Will Give a Big Advantage. (United Pre?s Service) Washington, D. C., Mar. 28- The first skirmish in the league of nations battle probably will be fought ' whilye the next senate is being organized, shortly before the opening of I the coming extra session. The senate foreign relations committee, make-up of which will be determined at that time, will be the i center of this preliminary encounter, possibly indicating which way the sentiment in the senate is swaying< After the peace treaty, with the league covenant in it, is sent to the senate, under present rules of procedure it will be referred to the for--1 eign relations committee. This committee hay report it favorably to the senate, it may report it unfavorably, or report it without recommendation or amendment. While the committee report in no way will indicate the final senate action. both friends and opponents of the league are alive to the preliminary advantage of a committee report favoring their side. For this reason both sides are trying to organize the foreign relations : committee, so that they will have the 1 majority on it. — ... -i -i Ct ~. — _

VISITS IN CALIFORNIA Mrs. J. S. Beyers, wife of Dr. J. S Boyers, left for Bcrkely, Cal., for a visit of a couple of months with her son. Dr. Luther Boyers and family and her daughter, Miss Bessie Boyers . o ARE GETTING READY (United Prexs Fervlce) Paris, Mar. 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The French today began preparing the palace at Versailles for the general peace conference, at which the peace terms will be prej sented to the Germans. Despite this I activity, it was only vaguely announced that peace ‘‘might be concluded I before Easter—April 20th. Conferences probably will not be held in j the Hall of Mirrors, which is uncomfortable as a meeting place, but it I is practically certain the signatures j will be affixed there, for historic reaj sons. Special telegraph and telephone systems have already been ini stalled in the palace. NEW BISHOP NAMED. (United Press Service) Rome, Mar. 28—Rev. Thomas i Drumm, rector of St. Patrick's, Cedar Rapids, lowa, has been appointed Bishop of Des Moines, it was an--1 nounced today.