Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 87, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1919 — Page 1

Volume XVII. Number 87.

NAVIGATION OF RHINE

SWITZERLAHD GRANTED PRIVILEGE OF WATERS

STEAMER SAILED FOR BREST TODAY Transport George ton Left Hohoken at ! 30 This Afternoon, I CRIMINALS OF ACE Must Pay for Causing War ; —Much Progress at the Peace Table in Two Days • I Berne. Apr. 11— (Special to Daily KJ. democrat* The allies hn •<• gran ■<l | Switzerland free navigation of the Rhine, it was announced today. An American steamer will tiring a cargo of wheat front Antwerp, carrying it Bff'■ to a point opposite Strassburg, where it will be transferred to Swiss ears. New York. Apr. li (Special to Daily Democrat )- Sailing und< r rush orders the transport George Wash ington will start for Brest at 4:30 this afternoon. The transport, tied up at her Hoboken pier for over hauling, was scheduled to sail April 15, but orders from Paris a few’ days ago advanced the date of departure. Washington, April 11—(Special to Daily Democrat 1- The peace eonferW? ha t mure pjogress iti .lh- , last two days than in the previous' two weeks. private advices to the White House stated today. Officials were plainly pleased With the turn of events and cables today indicate that the American delegates in Paris expect a- settlement of the major qu<‘s-' ticns shortly. ’ (By Curl D. Groat, United Press stuff correspondent) K/ Paris, April 11 (Special to Daily ’ Democrat) The plenary session of ’ the peace conference, calle-l for today to receive the report of the con.m.:tee on international labor 1 gi-lati >n. K was expect ;1 to develop Into a . K, fcr airing the di‘ atisi'm ti nt i. th small nations. The League of Nat in..- . mini last night agreed to ir.-ertimt in he . covenant of a clause st, I l ' al. iig ■ ognizing the Monroe D. < ■ I ■ amendment w s ir . :,red by • di • ' ;; House. The “Big Four" was exi.’t'd te, anW Bounce shortly further agreement on A important questions in li" 1 ' 1 ■ ident Wilson’s 14 points and the an* lAtico term.-. (By Fred S. Fergus a. United I i s gL staff correspondent I k • Paris. April 1’ i Special to Daily gfe. Democrat) - Germany must ray full fcr “frightfttlnesE The forttu r kaiser and his m eantK plices will be branded as the greatest L -moral criminals of the age. with Lie (Efykway open tor their legal USk in the country’s where th-ir erittv-r. HR’ were committed. HL* This, in substance, is the finding ul the committees on reparation and ■ - ■B sponsili'lity for die war. it was learnHft -ed today. Although the "Big Four SR 7 lla> maintained official silence in 'his > connection, these tangible conchlhave reached 'he surface. The idea of an international high ■A.-, court to try those indicTd for war Metres is understood to have been gn-bandoned. No legal precedent could pg. ba found under which criminals could ' be extradited to such a court. It has J been decided, however, that this sittta NEjUri tion will not prevent individual na- | Hons, such as France and Belgium. Mfe,’r from extraditing enemy officials on local indictments; providing sufficient Bi evidence is obtained. K Submarine officers and crews, iris C n camp commanders and guards, ami provisional commandants < f conqtn t K. ed districts, would be the ones most | easily reached under such' a plan I Efforts would then be made to tract | the sources of their orders to “htghe: BB u ” While capital punishment for .i< (Continued on Page 5.)

DECATUR DAIIY DEMOCRAT

HAND ON TILL ' WORK IS ENDED . Say the Returned Soldiers —Boys Across Seas Will he Watching FOR THE FINISH Major Robert Schrock and Sergeant Paul Graham Speak to Loan Workers — The large assembly of men and wo- ’ men workers in the Fifth Victory j Loan set Adams county, which was held at the Victory headquarters last, evening, had the great pleasure of hearing two of Adams county’s distinguished ret rued soldiers who have; been in the thick of things at thej front. They were Major Robert Schrock, ‘ a surgeon, who arrived in the city last evening to visit with his brother, W. P. Schrock and other relatives for a short while, having arrived in the states just a few days ago, after four menths' less than two years ovetsea service; and the other. Sergeant Paul Graham, who returned to the; :tates a few weeks ago after release fi m a G-rnian prison camp, that fcl- • lowed participation iirrtray battTeS" ; of the world war. Workers from over the entire county were in evidence at this meeting, j ..ml. (Vunty. .Chairman F.. M. Schir-, , tneyt r, in taking the floor to ppen the nt ■•eting. et forth briefly and clearly, the need for work. The fighting has .ceased, but the war is not over until the bills are paid and all the men are I brought back home. These bills must be paid by taxation or borrowing money, and the Victory Loan is the | method taken in borrowing the' money from individuals, as the burden could net Ire imposed upon the bank alone without crippling com--1 mcrMal interests. He set forth the plan of the drive, 'that f | utting the" county over the . •-p in one day, the first day of the ('rive. Monday, April 21 instead of , three days as in the fourth loan. The people, too, have been suffl-! i Continued cn Page Four' A LARGE CLASS i *H‘ TwenH. five Initiated by I the Knights of Pythias ' Last Evening. SEVERAL VISITORS ’ From a Distance—Another Class of Equal Number Now is Forming. The meeting held by the local Kaightf. of Pythias last evening is said te have been one of the most in--1 foresting and pleasing in the lodge’s historv. A large class of twenty-five r. received the first degree, and num- , berod among the visitors were several Li | I fri.nt out-of-town, including guests s from Terre Haute, Huntington. Mon--3 roeville, Tocsin and other places. Another class of equal number is now j being formed for initiation later. n ! The district K. of P. meeting will l( be held at Van Buren April 24. T. A. Gottschalk, of Berne, district deputy, ” will preside. Representatives of all ** of the lodges of this county will atr ‘ tend. ?t ; i i Several Decatur people will be in e th’"large class of one thousand to be initiated by the Knights of Pythias t a Victory meeting in Indianapolis u, ‘.lay 23. This is to be known as tiie j Victory Class.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening,

ANOTHER RAISE Train and Enginemen Are Granted Another Raise by Director Hines. AFFECTS 100,000 MEN Increases Will Date Back to .January Ist—The New Scale is Given. (United Press Service) Washington, April 11 —(Special to , Daily Democrat) —Train and engine- j men ca lines of the national railways < today were granted another increase 1 in wages by Director General Hines. 1 The order affects more than 400,OOt) ' en»i loyes and the increases are re- j troactive to January Ist. Claims of < the empoyss for time and a halftfor - overtime in road sei vice was left to c a bi-partisan board for decision. Practically completing the “wart. ; cycle” of wage advances, Hines gave , 1 the four brotherhoods increases running from sls to $53.30 for men paid by the, month and from $1.31 to $1.53p for men paid on a day basis, over ! their 1917 wage scale. The advances are designed to read-' 1 I f just “obvious injustices” wrought by the general advance granted railwork ers May 25, 1918. Only an approxl- 18 mate estimate of the added burden of expense which will accrue as a result / of the increase was obtainable by railway officials. They estimated that if increases sought by the train 1 and enginemen. dining and sleeping c car employes and railroad police had been in effect under last year's condi-; j ’tians the additional advance on these! accounts would total about $67,500,- , 000 annually. * A comparison o-f the 1917 wages Cfi r , the tour brotherhoods and the wages'' now 'ctdered is given below: Passenger conductors. 1917 wage, $135 to $165 ]'.'r month, new wage f SIBO. ' Passenger baggagemen, 1917, $71.50 p ito $lO5 per month, new $124.80. Passenger brakemen, 1917. $68.75 to S9O per month; new $l2O. Passenger engineers, 1917. $4.47 per day. new', $5.79. Passenger firemen, 1917, $2.98 per , day; new, $4.31. Freight. conductorß, 1917, $4.09 per ( day; new, $5.54. ; Freight brakemen, 1917, $2.73 per. ' day; new, $4.08. ( .Freight engineers, 1917, $5.33 per < day; new $6.64. 1 Freigjht, firemen, 1917. $3.33 per < day; new. $4.81. i Yard conductors, 1917, $3.87 per day; new, $5.33. ' Yard brakemen, 1917, $3.47 per day, ’ 'ned $5.00. 1 ’ A Yard engineers, 1917, $4.20 per day, new, $5.72. | Yard firemen. 1917. $2.72 per day; 1 new, $4.25. I With the disposition of the brotherhoods’ clainW or readjustment of wage scales, only two relatively small classes of railroad employes remain | to be dealt with, the Hines’ statement announced. Dining and sleeping cur employes have presented their argilmonts and their cases are lifeore Hie , railroad administration, j Members of the railroads police , force were given increases about four , weeks ago. o— ABOUT THE SICK Miss Marte Bultemeier returned 1 this morning to her work at the Gra- ! ham & Walters office. She had been ' ill since last Saturday of influenza.' . 1 All the members of the family of her ( 3 father, Fred Bultemeier, have been , - ill. . 1 Miss Peark Purdy who lias been con fined to her bed the greater part of the winter, was moved to the open-air I cottage at her home and today is 1 • much better, her temperature being I • normal again. She suffered from in1 flu nza twice this winter and coa- ' :- traded peritonitis .from which she is!' recovering slowly. | a , 1 HERMAN MILLER HOME e' s' Herman Miller, who has been in s oversea service in the aviation dee partmen'., arrived b.-tre last evening,! j having had an interesting experience.

TO HAVE CONTEST Sunday Schools of the Fort Wayne District to Enter Attendance Contest ON EASTER SUNDAY E. B. Lenhart, Supt. Local School, is President of District Committee. * T he local Mi tin (list Sunday si ho. 1. with others of the Fort Wayne Methodist district will, cn Laster Sunday, enter into an attendance contest which will close with rally day in October. E. B. Lenhart, superintendent of the Decatur Methodist school, is president cf the district board, that has charge of this coiltest, other members being A. B. (.Tine, of Bluffton,, who is the treasurer, and .11. E. Klinger, of Garret, the secretary. The rules govi-rning the contest have been arranged and it is requested that each sent nl on next Sunday, April 13, name a committee to take charge of the contest. It will be based on attendance only. There are three classes of schools. The school in each class, making the highest attendance, will be awarded a. silk flag. This flag will be held each week by the school making the highest per cent of increase in attendance over its 1918 average, and the school having the highest finally, will hold the flag permanently. Schools in class A are those having an attendance of sixty; class B, <<n attendance cf from 60 to 200; and class (’’, ever 200. It is expected that the contest will show very material remits in stimu-l lating attendance at Sunday school, so that rally day will sen a grand climax. 44BERTY l3aN MEE'HNfH At a meeting of the township cap-1 tains at Liberty Loan headquarters, meetings were reported for next week, as follows: ST. MARY’S TOWNSHIP Monday, April 14th, at 8 o’clock p. m., Bobo high school. At this meeting Mrs. Knapp will put on a war play. Spearing and music will be had WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP Thursday, April 17, at 8 o’clock p. m., Hein school house. HARTFORD TOWNSHIP Thursday, April 17, at 8 o’clock p m., Central high school. At this meeting Mrs. Knapp will put on a war play. Speaking and music will he had. The speakers' bureau and captains cf the townships have decided to hold one meeting in each township during the coming week, at which time the captains and all the workers and others of the township should attend There is to be brief speaking and general discussion by the captains and workers. Meetings are to be held at 8 o’clock. Township captains are requested to report time and place for the town-; ship meetings at the earliest possible | date, to speakers’ bureau or Liberty Loan headquarters. TIME IS FLYING. Just two weeks yet to get tickets for the Big Junior Dunce to bo held by the Junior Class of ’2O at the Masonic hall Thursday, April 24, 1919 Them was a limited number of tickets put on sale and they arc nearly all gone. If you wish to attend you should see one of the Juniors immediately. MET DCCI’OR ERWIN. Attorney D. U. Erwin, who was at Fort Wayne yesterday, met his nephew, Dr. Harry Erwin, a captain in the U. S. army, who returned to| his home at. New Haven from service! overseas. He and Major Robert! Schrock came together as far at Fort Wayne. BLANKS ARE NOW HERE The blanks Icng.lcaked for by the local Red Cross have arrived and may be secured by the soldier boys who wish to make application to the government for their sixty-dollar bonu j. They may secure them by calling at the Red Cross headquarters in the library. The local Red Cross also has the blanks for the soldiers who wish I o renew their insurance, either for a i reduction or a renewal of the old insurance at full force.

April 11, 1919.

REASSURED OF RETURN

MAY BE ON WAY, Lieut. Harry Hawker May be Flying Across Atlantic Today is Belief. PLANE IS INSPECTED' Would Start This After- ! noon if Favorable Weath- I er Conditions Prevail — (United Press Service) St. Johns, N. F.. Apr. 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—That Lieutenant' Harry Hawker would start to flyj across the Atlantic in his Sopwith j airplane come time today was the be-' lief expressed by rlesponsible ain craft officials here. The governor in- . spected the Sopwith plane this morning and it is believed that if good ! weather continues to prevail Hawker i may make his start this afternoon. Hawker’s plane made a successful ; flight of thirty-five minutes from the ! time of ascending here yesterday aft-! ernoou. As the big plane left the '. ground, it soared, very high, looking* like a huge bird in the western sky. It took just seven minutes for Haw- ! ! ker to reach the desired altitude, , ; when he sailed in the direction of ! Capa Race. The wireless station j there sent messages to Hawker, . which he was unable to pick up. The station at Mt. Pearl, however, kept in continual touch with the machine ; ail through the iiiglit. After the test, i Hawker glided his plane in circling j movements to the field, effecting a i safe landing. Hawker declared his /speed while in the air had been oh ; an overage of 100 miles an hour. The | machine carried full equipment, the ! same which will,bo carried on the 1 tr.ins-Atlan.tic . journey. Hawker exI pressed entire satisfaction with the i result of the test, All officials of the Sopwith Airplane company who wit- , ! nessed the trial were elated over the prospect of ;:n early start across the ocean. MAY PATCH IT UP. Glutted Press Pervice) , Indianapolis. Ind.. April —(Spe-' cial to Daily Democrat) —Attorney ' Genera! Stansbury today is trying to find away to correct the county unit road law and avoid a special session of the legislature. Governor Good- ' rich maintained his belief that a spe- ' cial session is virtually assured to i insert amendments which were < adopted by the legislature and omit.- < ted in the enrolling room before the i bills went to the governor. There j will be a conference of state officials t I tomorrow to decide definitely on the t question. NELLIE CHILCOTE DEAD. Nellie, aged sixteen, daughter of ] I John t'llllcbte, of northeast of MonI roe, died lids afternoon at 2 o’clock ! after a long illness from tuberculosis, j The following brothers and sisters are living: Roy. Floyd, Delzy, Grace, and an infant. BROKE HIS ARM. While hauling a load of hay to his! farm this to his morning , John ( Schultz, residing near Monroe, had the misfortune of tailing off the wag-, on and breaking his left arm. ] COURT HOUSE NEWS Real estate transfers; Smith Shoe-j maker, et. al. to Hailey J. Roop, 801 acres of Jefferson township, $1,2000, ■ Clarence Lee to Bert Mast, et al. let j 169 Berne, $950; U. S. Patent deed to ! William Pillars, 160 acres of Root i township; U. S. patent deed to John Jones, 120 acres of Root township. Soldiers' honorable discharges were field for record by Herbert L. Kern and Frank P. Pickett. SPELLING MATCH TONIGHT ►! ' i The Adams county spelling contest between the different schools in the | county will be held at the Court 1 ! House tonight at 7:45. Doors will be open at 7:00. Admission ten cents. ! Everylxidy come. METHODIST LADIES’ CHORUS o; ■ a All the members of the Methodist i- Ladies’ Chorus are requested to meet at tiie church at 8 o’clock tonight.

TROOPS WILL BE OUT OF RUSSIA BY JURE

MIJORSCHWK IS AT HOME I •, ; Former Decatur Boy, One of Pioneer American Surgeons on Battle Front IS . VISITING HERE Twenty Months in Oversea Service—Goes to Polyclinic in New York. Major Robert Schrock, a surgeon.; with 20 months’ service abroad, one of the earliest American arrivals for overseas service, who landed in New York last Saturday, April 5, arrived here last evening for a visit with bis brother, W. P. Schrock and other relatives. He is on a ten days' furlough and will leave here Monday for Omaha, Neb. on a flying business trip to the place where he was located in pr.i.'ic before enlisting fcr service. Front there he will return to New Yotk for service at the Polyclinic hospital, where he will spend some’ time in service on. bone infection cases, or osteo myolitis conditions in st idiers. Many of those injured in war have developed infection of the bone that may require from'two to twenty years to cure, and this hospital has been designated for the treatment of such. Dr. Schrock hopes to be mustered out of service by the mid die cf the summer, after which he will return to Omaha. Neb. At the time cf enlisting, he was located at Oraatia where he practiced and also taught in the medical department of the Nebraska university, located at Omaha. Dr. Schrock specialized in orthopedic i wca-k, especially in deformities of children, with diseases of the bones i and joints, and his work in tiie army was in this department also. The Polyclinic hospital in NewYork to which Major Schrock is to go, has been very fortunate in securing the services of Dr. f’hutrc, a nat : ive cf Argentine Republic, who is one of the six great surgeons the war has < devolci ed. He was one of the eari-' f iest arrivals at the front and his work ] in this line, has been so wonderlul. \ that ho was prevailed upon to come I to the states. He will arrive about t (Continued on Page 5.) . I QUIRTERLrMEET 1 ———j ( Dr. i. S. Boyers Returns from State Board Meeting in Indianapolis. OFFICERS ARE ELECTED Dr. .1. N. Hurty Rc-elected State Health Board Secretary for Four Years. — ! Dr. J. S. Beyers returned yesterday I from Indianapolis where he attended the quarterly meeting of the stale hoard of health at which time officers lof the association were elected for the ensuing terms. Dr. J. N. Hurty was reelected sec--1 retary and state health cpmmissioner for the next four years. Dr. Hugh •A. Cowing, of Mouncie, was elected ; president and Dr. John H. Hewett, ot i Terre Haute, vice president. 1 The session was a very enthusias'tic one and many things pertaining sjto the health of the people of Indi- ■ ana were passed upon. Charles B. Kern, of Lafayette, the retiring president, and Dr. J. S. Boyers, who has served on the board t. for eight years, .and has held offices, !. in hLs turn, are the other two mem-. I tiers of the board. ■

Price, Two Cents

WAR DEPARTMENT ISSUESAN ORDER Will Quiet the Unrest Among Yankee Soldiers in That Region. ABOUT 5.000 ARE THERE Wurzburg Reported Captured by Deposed German Socialist Forces. (United tress Service) Washington, April 11—(Special to ! Dqily Democrat) —Yankee troops in ncithetn Russia will be 11 assured by the war department that their tenure of Artic s: rvico against the Bolshevik! will soon bo over. Chief cf Staff March already- has announced that the last man should be cut of that region by June Ist. Reassurances are expected here to quiet the unrest among American troops, seme Os whom nearly mutinied sev- ' eral flays ago us a climax to a long reried cf discontent at l ung held in service. ’ The refusal of some of these troops to go lulu front line treneheannounced by the wai department la.'e yesterday has net been unexpected, it is known here. The morale of the i t'l.li-ul farces in nert.lt Ru-sia is exI ceedingly bad. That of the British is generally rated be t, th? Yanks s?eond. while the French mcrale is und- < i stood to be th ■ lowc - t. Unofficial report'-: have told of tr.tr:pies in recent weeks 1. th in the Btilish and French forces in north Russia but up until March 3etli, tlm Am-r---ican soldiers, while frequently grumbling at their kt, had no* refused to go to the front. Thus they are the i -t to break out. ' The spirit of th'- forces in the Are'iangel region has be -n known fcr seme time to tiie .-illie-1 loa'lers in Paris and has served to it.< re favor there fcr fighting th<’ Bolrh viki with feel in; lead of men and guns. The food effi nsivo as finally develc| 'd is to set fl a virtual relief organization to f?’d Russia. | ‘irticularlv the cities wher conditicin are worst. Them are the centers of tho Bclsheviki activity and it is heped that by giving tffi people sustainence, B( Ishevism will diminish. While there is a total of only 5,009 American troops in Archangel they have seen some rather severe fighting since the first cf the year -and on several occasions have been subji ( led to the fire cf Bolshevißi art ilk • while occupying s-rio-w and ice cevt r- ! cd trenches. ! The reported trouble occurred in a I unit almost, wholly comi ised of collective service men from Michigan. I The incident, caused considerable I (’.“rrmcni heto particulai ly atiwint I senators and representative.- ''' ' | have demanded that the tr. .u-- m Russia he returned home. Army of|lle.ials expressed no alarm at the «itu-jatio-n. declaring that the men would Ibe brought back as promised and i sooner if possible. l- (By Frank J Taylor, United I’i. ■• 1’ staff correspondent) ej Berlin. April 10— (Special to Daily s i Democrat) -AVurzburg has been .rer captured and Munich entirely stii- , rounded by forces of the deposed so---1 cialist goventP’-ent, according to adi- vices received here today. hl After retreating front Nitremburg :1 to Bamberg. Premier He.ffman. of f Bavaria, and several cf his ministeis 'are reported to have succeeded in rallying a formidable anti-soviet g army, consisting of soldiers, workmen i-iand students. A large force retook Wurzburg (140 miles northwest of e Munich) fro-nt the Bolsheviki after a :. brief encounter yesterday. Most of 1 the soviet officials and soldiers are s said to have surrendered Another Jforce has surrounded Munich, comjpjetely isolating it. ■■■ — "