Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1919 — Page 1

Volume XVII. Number 86.

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THE 14 STH LEFT FOR COASTTODAY And Doughboys Are Willing to Ride “Bumpers” in Order to Get Out. FIGHTING IN STREET Going on in Dusseldorf and Essen —A State of Siege is Proclaimed. Coblenz, April 10 (Special to Daily Democrat) The 4 Rainbow division bound for Brest on its way home, is expected to clear the army of occupation territory by Saturday, it was announced today. The last contingent of the 149th field artillery left for the coast today. The troop trains were averaging about seventy hours for the trip to Brest. They are somewhat more crowded than was originally planned. In some instances there are fifty-four men to a car. instead of. forty-live, but there is no grumbling. “Wa would be willing to ride on the | bumpers if we had to," was the general verdict of the doughboys. (By Frank J. Taylor, United Press StafT Correspondent) Berlin, April 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) Street lighting his broken out-in Madgeburg, Duaseldor-f and Essen, where the government has proclaimed a state of siege. Many persons have been killed. The deposed Bavarian socialist government has retired from Nuremburg and Hamburg. it was learned today. Under the direction of Premier Hcffman, royal troops and peasants are being organized to establish a food blockade against Munish and other cities which have embraced communism, with the idea of starving the soviet government into submission. Civil war in Bavaria, it was believed here, depends on the socialists' ability to gather quickly a formidable force of trained soldiers. Indications multiplied today that the national soviet congress, in session here, would confine its efforts to peaceful demands on the Schiede(By Robert J. Bender, United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, D. C„ April 10--(Spe-cial to ygily Democrat) —"Hammerfag ahead” along the path he has definitely selected, President Wilson has 1 made “fine progress" in his peace conferences during the last twentyfour hours, according to a private message received here today, | This message, adding that the president’s physical condition continues Ito improve, that he took his first drive yesterday since his illness and that by the power of* his "personal force.” he is making gratifying head wav materially increased optimism | in official circles here todav. * Detroit, Mich., Apr. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat)- Parents and friends of members of the 339th infantry on the Archangel front yesterday cabled President Wilson to order the

PROGRAM for TUESDAY NIGHT PARADE Time—7:oo O'clock p. m. Form on Second street, headed south Neptune’s Drum Corps FlagCompany A, A. E. F., in Uniform Whippet Tank Brass Band All discharged soldiers in uniform LINE OF MARCH South on Second West on Jefferson North on Fourth East on Jackson North on Second West on Liberty AA ay Disband Address of evening from outside platform if weather ; will permit speaker to be annonced later. J

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CHARGES FILED Against Number of Indiana Firms, Including Adams County Lumber Co. ON A TECHNICALITY Suits Filed in Indianapolis Against Violators of the Compensation Law. Charles Adarr.s„ prosecuting attor- , ney for Marion county has filed cases against 163 Indiana firms for failure to file notice of their acceptance or rejection of the provisions of the compensation insurance as ‘ required by the Indiana laws and it is said a number of other cases are to be filed soon. Among those mentioned in Indian;:l :lis dispatches are the Adams County Lumber company of this city, The Anderson Tobacco Company of (Anderson, Risley Brothers, P L. Sturgis, Allen & Bennett, Arnold & Ashbattcher, of Bluffton; M. App’s Sons of Fort Wayne and others. i The specific charges allege that the defendants failed to file notice of their acceptance or rejection bi the provisions of the compensation law, or to file notice that they bad obtained compensation insurance, as required by the law. The officers cf the firms and corporations concerned will not be arrested but will be notified to appear in the criminal court on a date to be set later. In sems instances, the prosecuting attorney said, workmen who have been injured, have been unbale to ■ obtain compensation as provided by law because of failure of their employers to comply with the law withdrawal of the men to save them from the reported danger of massa- : ere. The cabled message, signed by the Detroit’s Own Welfare association, asked immediate action. Word was also rent to Chief of Staff March, urging him to "say something and do ! something.” Washington, April 10 (Special to Daily Democrat)—lf the bolshevik 1 launch their threatened offensive (hey will be able to throw a force of 800,000 troops against the allies a? (i rding to dependable estimates here Original plans laid some time ago by the bolsheviki military leaders, calling for an army of 1,250,000 by April 1 have failed to materialize. Details of allied plans for meeting the promised offensive cannot be revealed at this time but it can be. said that they will not necessitate holding the present American troops in Northern Russia longer than spring unless unexpected developments occur. Washington, April 10 (Special to Daily Democrat)—Total casualties in the American expeditionary forces according to the latest figures were ; 282,448, the war department announced today. Total dead number 74,580. These figures include army and ma- ' rine corps casualties.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, April 10, 1919.

i WOMEN WORKERS MEET Mrs. Fay Smith Knapp, chairman of I the women's liberty loan committee, expects all of her organiz- : ers or captains and members of the advisory~board and other workers to j attend the meeting this evening at (the liberty loan headquarters, at | which time also the men workers will be present. Report is expected at j this time by Mrs. Knapp of the apI pointment of lieutenants, announceI ment of which will be made later in the paper. TOTAL DEAD WILL BE ONE HONORED Cyclone in Northern Texas and Southern Oklahoma Causes Much Damage. LOSS IS MILLIONS Swept Over a Wide Area— Oil Fields Are Damaged —Wires Are Down. (United Press Servicel Dallas, Texas, Apr. 10 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Nearly one hundred dead, several hundreds injured, with property loss estimated at several millions of dollars, was the toll taken in Wednesday morning’s storm J in northern Texas and southern Okla-j homa, according to information gath-; ered early today. The known death list totalled 57 at: the last tabulation. Indications were this will be increased when crippled I wire lines are restored to the small villages in north Texas where the' heaviest less of life occurred. Damage to crops probably wi’l run| into millions, as the principal pro-1 ducts raised in Texas were u’. the stage most easily affected by heavy wind and rain. The counties most seriously affected in Texas were Grayson, Hunt, Wood. Vanzant, Wichita, Colin. Camp, and Titus. In Oklahoma Bryan, Cot-' ton and Pontotoc counties reported greatest damage. The oil fields of Wichita county and of southern Oklahoma alone suffered hundreds of thousands of dol- i lars damage in wrecked oil rigs and: machinery. Rescue and relief work continued all last night. Fifty tents were borrowed from the W O. W. lodge, in convention in Dallas, and rushed to j Leonard, Texas, where five are known dead and fifteen injured. Tin Red, Cross also has started relief work in many of the devastated areas. Three separate storms covered a wide area, stretching from north central Texas into Arkansas. At Texarkana, Texas, a negro was blown several hundred yards. The body was found lodged in a tree. Near Walters, Okla, two men were blown into a water tank and spent several hours there. To add to the misery of the sufferers the temperature dropped -nddenly last night with snows reported in several districts. Norths est Texas and .parts of southern Oklahoma were snow covered today. In the Pan Handle a fall of tc" inche a . debyln.'t rail traffic, was reported. n — THE COMMITTEES John T. Myers, chairman of the arrangement committe for next Tuesday's celebration announces the appointment of the following commit tees: Reception Committee —• Herman L. Confer, Daniel N. Erwin. Music. Committee —Albert Sellemeyer. Dr. Fred Patterson. Decoration Committee —Herman J. Yager, Henry Thomas, Oscar Lanke- > nau. Martin Mylott. Speakers Platform Committee— F.i E. France, William Kremers. Publicity Committee —John H. Heller. I Arrangement Committee —I. A. Kalver. Chas. J. Voglewede, Mrs. Dr. S.i D. Beavers, Mrs. Chas. S. Niblick. — —o , J. P. Johnson, of Monroe, was here today on business. Barney Kalver was a Geneva business visitor this afternoon.

IN A BIG TANGLE Is the Newly Enacted Road Law and Special Session of the Legislature MAY BE CALLED — To Unravel It—Several Defects in the Law—Governor is Worried. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, April 10—(Special to Daily Democrat)- A special session of the legislature probably will be called to straighten out the tangle surrounding the county unit road law, | Gov. Goodrich announced this afternoon. He said he was not sure h ■ would issue the call but he would know within a short time. The governor was in conference with Lieut. Gov. Bush and Jesse Eschbach, speaker cf the house of representatives regarding the law. which was enacted at the recent general assembly. Several amendments adopted by both hoses by the general assembly were omitted in the enrolling room during the rush of the final hours of the session. One provided that the township trustees should retain supervision of township Yoads. As the law now stands the trustees are paid for this work, while the work itself devolves upon the county commissioner. There are several other defects in the new law, it was said. The law creates county units of I taxation for road improvement and ! abolishes the old system of township units. Several petitions for road construction have already been filed. T. I, SANITARIUM ——————— Movement by State AntiTuberculosis Association to Erect Sanitarium FOR THE TREATMENT Os Patients in Wells, .Jay, Blackford and Adams County—Worker Here E. -Q. Landenau. of Indianapolis, ( state secretary of the Indiana AntiTuberculosis Association, was here I yesterday and today and conferred i with Mrs. C. V. Connell and other i local officers and workers in the association, relative to the forming of Wells, Jay, Blackford and Adams counties into one unit for the purpose or erecting a sanitarium to take care of those afflicted with tuberculosis. A field worker, Miss Sacah, will visit the county soon to take up and look over the proposed movement and conditions here. The wilßof Jacob Cook, late of Wabash township, written January 6. 1919, and witnessed by Samuel <’. Derickson and John D. Mason, was d admitted to probate this morning by ■ the county clerk this being in court ! vacation. He gives to his wife. ■ Francos Cook, all of his estate, foi ■ use during her life. Whatever is | needed to be used for her comfort and 'support. First, however, any debts, J funeral and illness expenses of the I .’testator are to be paid. At the death lof the wife, what* is left after payment of her debts or expenses, D to h a divided equally among the lawful heirs. He names his son. John W. i Cook, executor. I ++ 4. + ++++ + + + + + + + 4. HAVE YOU THE LISTS? + f * 4- Have you a copy of the lists 4- giving the names and addresses + 4> of any of the towns or town- + <• ships? They were used during + + the War Work drive and sever- + +al have not been returned. + 4- They are needed now to send out + + letters to the citizens and it will + + be considered a great favor if + , + you have them if you will see 4> + that the list of any corporation + + is sent at once to headquartere + •5 here. +

PRESIDENT WINS OUT

NEPHEW ARRIVES IN STATES Mrs. Dayton Hill received a teleI gram of the safe arrival in the states ' of her nephew, George Taylor, son of hen sister, Mrs. Isaac Taylor, of SturI gis, Michigan, both of whom have visi ited here. He expects to be mustered out at Camp Custer, Mich., and to go ’ home soon. He arrived at the front > and took part in battle and was there I when the last gun was fired. He was : wounded and was in the hospital ! three months. The family is much i pleased ever his return. sergtlrW : HERE TONIGHT Local Man Who Saw Actual Service and German Captive Three Months, i ' ■ I WILL MAKE TALK i —— Whippet Tank Here Tuesday—Easter Sunday is Loan Day in Churches. ‘i ’ Sergt. Paul Graham will ‘tell the Victory Loan captains and workers j when they gather at headquarters to- . night at eight o’clock some actual experience at the front. Sergt. Graham saw months cf active service, was (captured after being wounded three times and gassed twice and will have an interesting story for the men and women who meet tonight. At a meeting of the committee last night, W. P. Shreck, H. B. Heller and O. L. Vance were appointed as a ways and means committee to secure funds with which to meet expenses cf the campaign not paid by the gov- ■ ernment. The whippet tank will be here next Tuesday. The fighting machine is expected to arrive about noon and will be displayed during the afternoon. With the car are two men who saw actual service as tank men and Who will explain the whippet. In the evening the committee of which J. T. Myers is chqjrn.an is planning to give a patriotic event including a parade by returned soldiers, led by the tank and ending at Liberty Way where a platform will.be erected and from which speeches will be made by Mr. Osgcod Ryan of Anderson and Hon. George Bernard, the famed orator of ■ l New Castle. The city is to be decorated and a large crowd is expected. — The mail address cf every person in the county is being made up and a letter will be sent to each before the Volunteer Day April 21st. Each church in the country will be asked to give at least a part of their Easter Day services to the Victory Loan, the pastor or some layman furnished by the committee if desired, explaining ithe lean and what it means to America. MAY VOTE "WET” (United Press Service) Montreal, Que., Apr. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The province of Quebec, is voting 'today to decide whether beer and wine shall be ei’minated from the provisions of the prohibition act. which will make Canada dry'May Ist. Last night both wets and drys held demonstrations, but the ’Wets predom(inated and with thousands of torch ! bearers, marched to the strains of “The Marsellalse:" When rain began [ falling early this morning, superstii tiously inclined wets hailed this as an (omen of success. Travelers arriving from eastern Quebec and interior ’ points say the rural districts will cast I a slight, majority in favor of beer and wine. Rubber heels are gittin’ so common (that it’s no longer safe t' talk confij dentially. When a new blond millin- ': er comes t’ town th' excitement is a’l ’ among th’ boys.—Abe Martin in In ' i dianapolis News. • ' .- • Mrs. P. E. Meihls, who was called ► here by the death of her sister, Mrs. 9 Charles Bonham, returned to her 9 home in New Bern, N. C. last ni'-ht. 9 She was detained here by the serious 9 illness of her daughter, Elizabeth. 9 The little one is improving.

DISPUTES ARE SETTLED AT THE PEACE TADLE I ■

TAKES ft BRIDE I M. E. Andrews Married at Crown Point Tuesday to Miss Margaret Wilde OF WINNIPEG, CANADA a— Arrive in City and Are Given Cordial Greeting by Their Many Friends. Morton E. Andrews, formerly a; merchant in this city, surprised his ( many friends here by arriving home ! from u recent northern trip, bringing with him a bride, formerly Miss Margaret R. Wilde, of near Winnipeg. ■ Canada, to whom he was married Tuesday afternoon at three o’clock at Crown Point, Indiana, near Chicago. ! ' Mr. and Mrs. Andrews are at home 1 for the present at his residence on I ■ Winchester street, but they will go • later to Canada, where Mr. Andrews,: i on selling his interest in the Hite & 1 Andrews grocery, purchased a large > tract of wheat land. It was while in ( 1 Canada some time ago, that Mr. An-; I drews met this lady who later was to; become his wife. The bride was a former school " teacher and stenographer and is a ' daughter of Robert and Bessie Wilde, 1 of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews were given ’ an old-fashioned charivari last evening, and are receiving many good wishes today from the many friends of the family, who cordially welcome 1 the new bride to her home here. 1 TRANSPORTS TO ARRIVE LATE fUnlted Press Service) ( New' Ycrk, April 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) — The transports Duca D'Osta and the Canopic with contingents of the 332nd infantry aboard, scheduled to arrive here to-1 day and Saturday, will not reach port until the 16th and 15th. respectively, ( it was announced today at the port of debarkation, Hoboken. , The vessels which are bringing home the first Americans who fought on the Italian front, stopped for several days at Gibraltar. — -o 1 INSTALLED AS BISHOP | fTTnitPd Ppaps Service) Grand Rapids, Mich., Apr. 10—(Spe- i cial to Daily Democrat) —The Right 1 e Reverand Edward D. Kelly of Ann Arbor, IMchigan, was formally install- c od as Bishop of the Diocese of Grand t Rapids and western Michigan thP, " morning. The ceremony was simple s in conformity to the lenton season s Several hundred priests, bishops t and other dignitaries of the Catholic jj church were present from Detroit, i Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland and other >, cities. I JOHN T. HAYS DEAD. (Uniter) r-es» Service! Sullivan, Ind.. April 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —John T. Hays, 73, father of Will Hays, national republican chairman, died at his home here shortly after one o’clock today from cerebral hemorrhages, which started last Sunday. Another son. Hinkle T Hays, and a widow survive. The ■ aged man practiced law here for i many years and was well known r throughout Indiana. Will Hays was r at his bedside when he died. The ( funeral will be held Sunday.

ATTENTION, SOLDIERS’ Tuesday, April 15. 1919, is Victory Loan Day. for ams County. The government is sending one of its whippet tanks for all of you to see. HELP FNISH THE JOB Bv‘assembling in the Sether building in Decatur in your unilorm at 7 o’clock next Tuesday evening to march in the parade. Good music, good speaking, fine parade. Don’t fail to do your duty. JOHN T. MYERS, Chairman Arrangements Committee.

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AN EASTER PEACE ALMOST ASSURED President Wilson Expects to Come Back Early in May —A New Pace Set. CLAIMS OF FRANCE Have Been Reduced to Conform With the Fourteen Points—Headway Made (By Carl D. Groat, United Press staff correspondent) Paris, April 10 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The "Big Four”, setting a new peace in it's deliberations, has reached a stage where it was reliably forecast today that the predictions of an “faster Peace” will not fall many days short of the mark. If the present progress continues, it was said, the George Washington probably will be held in Brest and will return to the United States early in May with President Wilson abroad. The Itai : ians are now ready to accept internationalization of Fiume, according to authoritative information. Four important question's—Fiume, the Saar Valley, reparation and responsibility which have contributed : largely to the delay in arranging a peace settlement, have thus been vir- ' tually disposed of. Many observers are disposed to attach considerable significance to the fact that this sud- ; den increase cf speed developed immediately after the president sum- ' moned the George Washington to Brest, giving the impression that he was prepared to leave Paris at once unless the conferees submerged their individaul claims in favor of world interests. The president and Mrs. Wilson called on Queen Marie of Rumania at the Ritz Hotel at 9:40 this morning, remaining a quarter of an hour. (By William I’ Simins, United Press staff correspondent) Paris. April 10—(Special to Daily Demwrat) — Frame’s claims have been reduced to a ‘to k bottom mininum, confirming strictly with President Wilson’s 14 points, it was stated on the best authority today. So far as definite principles are concerned, Premier Clemenceau and the other French delegates can only "stick to their guns and wait,” persons close to the French officials said. They are not asking annexation of an inch of ground, it. was pointed out but merely demanding reparation for war damages and sufficient indemnification for costs of the war to prevent national ruin. I (By T,owell Mellett, United i'r. staff correspondent) Paris. April 10 -(Special i Daily Democrat) Premier Lloyd George, according to general belief, today o - i curies the unique position of holding (the “balance cf power” in the imaee I conference. American delegates, clinging to the ’ fourteen points and the armistice • terms, have clashed more treqelitly i with the interests of France and ’ aly ' than those of any other power, it was ‘ pointed cut. Lloyd George’s policy (Continued c,n Page Four!