Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 108, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1919 — Page 1

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MEET BERMANS ONTHETREATY First Session With Enemy to be Held Tomorrow— Everything Ready. A PLENARY MEETING Held Today—ltalians Will Take Part in Conference —Orlando Returns. (By FTed S. Ferguson, United Press staff correspondent) Paris. May 6—(Special to Daily Democrat)—-With the Itailian delegates speeding back to Paris, the final step was being taken today in preparing the peace treaty for presentation to the Germans tomorrow. This consisted of a secret plenary session of the conference at which the pact was presented to representatives of the lesser allied powers for ratification. Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino, who left Rome last night, will arrive in ample time for participation in the ceremony of submitting the terms to the German delegates, scheduled for 3 o’clock tomor-* row afternoon. Admission to this meeting will be confined to plenipotentiaries of the United States, Great Britain and her dominions. France, Italy. Japan. Belgium. Brazil, Greece, Poland', Portugal, Rumania, Serbia and the Czecho-Slovak republic, with cue secretary each; six German delegates, and newspaper correspondents. The latter will include 30 for the great allied powers and dominions, ten for powers with special interests and five Germans. President Wilson ] will head the American delegation ( . and will lie accompanied by Colonel, k House, Secretary Lanatpg, Henry White and General Bliss. Hungarian peace delegates have | been summoned to the conference, if | was announced today. They are ex-1 pected to arrive in St. Germain on May 15, being preceded abuot three days by the Austrian envoys. Work on the Austrian and Hungarian treaties will proceed simultaneously. Marquis Imperial!, Italian ambassador to France, was given the seat of honor at yesterday's meeting of the organization committee of te league of nations, on motion of Colonel Hcuse. The American delegate called the meeting to order and asked Foreign Minister Pichon to take the chair. Sir Eric Drummond was invited to occupy his place as secretarygeneral and Imperial! was seated at Pichon’s right. Drummond was authorized to proceed with temporary arrangements, srh as appointing temporary secretaries and arranging for temporary quarters. Care was taken to avoid an action anticipating cf ratification of the covenant and the treaty. The next meeting is scheduled to the call of Drummond and further preliminaries probably will be disposed of m » London before the initial meeting of the league in Washington. Those who attended the session yesterday wore House, Pichon. Imperial!. Drummond, Lord Robert Cecil. Viscount Chinda, Rolin Jacquetr.ines of Belgium, Premier Venizelos. Senor Magaluaes <>f Brazil and Senor De Leon, of Spain. FINES AND JAIL SENTENCES (United Press Service) Gary, Ind., May 6— (Special to Daily Democrat)—Sentences of from S2O fine to $250 and six months in jail were given today to five of the men ar rested in radical riots Sunday. Trial cf the other eleven was postponed to Friday.

THE VICTORY LOAN RETURNS Quota Subscribed I T r Sh ' P $ 30,500 $ 31,050 Un*on 46 200 46.700 g OO /. 34,000 22,000 Preble ’ 2OO 31,500 Kirkland • ’jJJ 46,450 Washington 17,750 St. Mary 2 9 499 16,700 Monroe o 2 ’ 2 no 13 ,600 French 05500 23,200 gartfo” 1 42J00 8,100 WaDash 2<700 9,900 Jefferson 70’500 112,900 Decatur 6,450 Monroe Corp 21,450 . ■:::::::: ■•' • • 3M 36 ’— Totals ~5563, 000 M 67 ' 7 ”

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TO EASTERN STAR I All members of the Eastern Star lodge are requested to meet promptr ly at two o'clock Wednesday after- | noon at the Daniel Sprang home, to attend the funeral of Past Patron J. I). Hale. It is hoped that every member will be present. AN INSTALLATION j Beautiful Service Planned for Tonight When Rev. 1 Saunders, New Pastor WILL BE INSTALLED Revs. Bourns, Truesdale and Hostetter Will be on the Program. , I Rev. A. H. Saunders will be install-' ed as pastor of the Presbyterian I church of Decatur, at public services j which will begin at eight o’cock tonight and to which you are most cord-j ially invited. The Presbytery will meet at 7:301 and the installation exercises will begin a half hour later. The program j will be interesting, the charge to the congregation being delivered by the I ' Moderator, Rev. A. P. Bourns, of Auburn. the charge to the pastor by ■ Rev. David C. Truesdale of Bluffton, and the sermon by Rev. H. C. Hostet- ] ter, of the Third Presbyteria nchureh 1 at Fort Wayne. Special music will in-1 chide an anthem “Oh Come. Let Us : Sing 7 by E. L. Ashford and a song' by the quartette “Tn the Cross of! Christ I Glory,” by E. A. Heyser. The service is a very important one! of course to members of the local. Presbyterian church and they will be! gad to have the public join them this evening at eight o’clock. BUSINESS GOOD America Has Recovered from Shock of War Says Federal Reserve Board INCREASE IN APRIL! No Fear as to Unemployment —Grain Crop Will Require Many Hands. Washington. D. C„ May 6—(Special to Daily Democrat) —American business apparently has largely recovered from the shock of war and is i set for an unprecedented year of prosperity, according to reports i reaching the federal reserve board, : Increasingly large volumes of raw materials on dock for export; pros-1 ] pects for a record grain crop and “surprisingly satisfactory” industrial ■ conditions combine to present a “reassuring situation" to the nation, ac- ' cording to a statement given out by ‘ ( the board today During April busi-‘ ■ I ness conditions improved more rapidly than had been anticipated, the! ■: repart revealed. The nation's recuperative powers were brought into full play and : "business generally is on a better footing.” the department said. The board entertains no fears as to unemployment. The floating supi ply of labor, threatening trouble in 1 February and March, has been large- ■ ly absorbed, the board's statement 1: shows. It predicts also that the , large grain crop will present further ■ opportunity for employment.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, May (J, 1919.

LONG A SECRET > Zach Smith, Former Decatur Man, Well Known Hotel Manager, Married I LAST NOVEMBER 11TH To Fort Wayne Girl—Marriage Made Public Now— Bride Helen Bradley. The Bryan. (O.) Democrat says of | the marriage of Zach Smith, a former | Decatur man: “Friends of Zach Smith, part owner and manager of the Christman I Hotel, were treated to an agreeable I surprise the past week, when he ani nounced that he had joined the benI edicts. The ranks of the bachelors ! lost one of its members at Chicago : last November 11 when Mr. Smith j appeared before the hymeneal altar with Miss Helen Mohart Bradley, of ! Fort Wayne. I “Mr. and Mrs. Smith did not make , public the happy event which took I pace at Chicago on Peace Day until I the past week when the groom anI nounced that he was married, and he has since received the hearty cen- | gratulations of hits friends. Mrs. ' Smith made her home with an aunt in Toledo the last year aud shecame I to Bryan on Tuesday to take up her i residence with Mr. Smith al the , Christman Hotel.” mrs. ll appdead Sister of Late Mrs. John D. Hale Passed Away This Morning at Bluffton. WAS ILL SOME TIME Os General Paresis — Funeral Will be Friday Morning from Home. Bluffton, Ind., May ti—(Special to! Daily Democrat)— Mrs. Nancy C.j Holmes, wife of Levi Kapp, of Blufften. a sister of the late Mrs. John D. ! I Hale, of Decatur, died this morning! at six o’clock at the family home in, this city. Death was due to general 1 paresis. She had been a patient in. the Wells County Hospital for some time but had later been taken to her ho-me, where her death occurred. She was’ seventy-fcur years and twenty five days of age. She was born I April 11. 1848, in Adams county and was married at Vera Cruz, June 12, > 1862, to Levi Kapp. ! Near surviving relatives are thehusband; two sons. Albert L. Kapp, lof Bluffton, and Hugh M. Kapp, of Boston, Mass.; a number of grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. D. E. Studebaker. of Bluffton; and three brothers, Leander and Charles Holmes of PortI land, nd William L. Hclmes, of Bed- ! ford. She was a member of the Methodist ' church. The funeral will lie Friday morning at ten o’clock. May 10, from the home, | with burial in Fairview cemetery, Bluffton. Mrs. Kapp was an aunt of Mrs. D. E. Smith and Mrs. J. S. Peterson, of this city She has also many other friends here. I — SENT TO FRANCE Al Burdg was agreeably surprised to 1 I receive an order from France recently ! for a box of his famous B. B. ointment. The same has been shipped to ' - all points in the United States but j I this was the first order to come from I France. The applicant said he could I not do without it. showing that he I was an old customer. [ TO SEE SON 1 Mr. and Mrs. Al Burdg left this afternoon for Indianapolis to meet 1 their son. Joe. who is returning with ] 1 the Rainbow Division boys after a j long time spent in France. I LIEUT. PETERSON HOME. J j Lieut. Robert Peterson arrived. I from Camp Sherman. Ohio, this rnorn- ) ing to attend the funeral of his grand- ’ . father, John D. Hale. He will return! I Thursday to his camp.

• I — » - ..... —_ «_■ _ - .... . 1 + + + -I- + + + 4- + + -I. + + 4. + + 4- ♦ COURT HOUSE NEWS + +++++ 4- ++ + +•!■ +++ ++ + Osia Chrisman, administratrix of , the Dollie Chrisman estate, was authorized to expend not to exceed SSO for a tombstone. Schurger & Smith are attorneys for I Henry Kintz, who has filed suit j against Will Hammell and Old Adi ams County bank, on note and for I foreclosure of mortgage, demand I $725. Real estate transfers: U. S. patient deed to John Ketchum. 120 acres, I Jefferson tp.; William B. Rian et al. i to Charles F. Adams, 20 acres, Jes- ■ ferson tp.. $2500; A. M. Bowers, trus(Continuetl cn Page Four' • o IS SULL SHORT The Fund for Devastated France Reaches $437— Sum Falls Short OF THE QUOTA NAMED Several of County Schools Have Not Reported — Those Who Did. Thirty-six schools are still to report on the funds for devastated France, The sum already contributed wil not make up the required I quota. It is the hope of the County I Superintendent and M. F. Worthmann that the funds will swell quite a bit ! before nett Monday. The funds con- , tributed by the schools are as follows: I French township. Dist. No. 7, Fan- | ey Reynolds teacher, $8.75; Hartford, Linn Grove schools. Prin. Howard Hoffman, S6O; French. Dist. No. 6. Fannie Scliindlet, $6.05; Kirkland, No. 6, Rollo Houck, $6; Root, Aber school, Mrs. E. S. Christen, $4; ' Washington, Chatman school, Hazel McNary, $5; Washington, Mooneye, No. 4, Alice Gerber. $3.12; Union, Hard Scrabble, No. 2. Elma Fink. $6; Preble, No. 6, Dorthy Shady, $35.75; Blue Creek, No. 5, Nola Bryan, $9.50; No. 1, Russell Merriman, $10.50; Preble, Mary Fuhrman. 50c; St. Mary’s, Bobo schools, Mary Ray, $10.35; Decatur. Riley school, Nellie ' Winnes, $11.56; North Ward, John ! Parrish, $35.69; Hartford, No. 6, ElizI abeth Martin, $2.00; No. 7, D. H Hall, ! nothing; Kirkland, No. 2, Rosella I Mills, $22; Root, No. 11, Mrs. C. L. j Walters, $4.60; Jefferson, No. 6, Hellen Kinney, $1.00; Kirkland, No. 1, | Ethel Potts, $2.76; Decatur, South Ward, Eva Acker, $9.05; Catholic schools, Father Seimetz. S2O; Central building, W. G. Brown, $16.20; St. Mary's, No. 6, Mary McCullough. $2; Pleasant Mills, Harry Crownover, I $12.20; Preble, No. 5, Iva Spangler. ! $3; Washington, No. 5, Zelna Stevi ens. $4; Kirkland, No. 5, Clara Gil'lbert. $3.50; Decatur high school. Frieda Wehmhoff. sl9 06; Kirkland, No. 3, Edith Yaney, sl3; Washington, No. 8. Merle Poling, $1.50; Kirkland, j No. 4. Mabel Shoaf, $1.10; Washington, No. 6. Vera Stoutenberry. $2.25; Jefferson. No. 1 .Jesse Snyder. 37c; ! Berne schools, C. E. Beck, S7O; Root, Monmouth schools, L. L. Baumgart- , ner, $1: Monroe, Clyde Hendricks. i $3.25; Kirkland high school, W. F : Beery. $11.29. Total $437.90. No reports have been received . from the following schools: Union—No. 1, Ruth Bailey, No. 4. Sula Steele; No. 5, Lucile Fleming; j No. 6, Naomi Christen. Root—No. 1. Esther Zerkle; No. 7. j | Harry Magner. | Preble—No. 1, C. W. Hohnhaus. j Washington—No. 3, Bessie Wilder; j ! No. 4. Myrtle Wilder; No. 7, Doris ! DeVoss. St. Mary’s—No. 3, Hester Johnson.] Blue Creek—No. 2, Lester Davis; j No. 3, Margaret Brown; No. 4, Io Bil derback; No. 6, Fanchon Daugherty;' ! No. 7. Iva King. French —No. 1, Ada Hall; No. 2, Agnes Schenk; No. 3, Agnes Atz; No. 4. Mary Laughlin; No. 5, Maude Turley. Hartford, No. 1, Charles Stengel; No. 3, Mildred Steiner. . Wabash—No. 1, Otis Burk; No. 2, j Catherine Fravel; No. 3, Fred Pyle; No. 4, John Felty; No. 5, Claudia Buckmaster; No. 6, Lavona Mattox; i No. 7, Alva Fenstormaker; No. 8, : Elizabeth Thornhill; No. 9, Ruth Lin- : ton; No. 11, Margaret Mann. Jefferson —No. 3, Adda Ketchum; No. 4, Amos Kstchum; No. 5, True I Buckmaster. it M. F. WORTHMAN, Co. Chr. E. S. CHRISTEN, Co. Supt.

: NEW FIRM FORMED f ( Murray Scherer Disposes of Undertaking and Funeral Directing Business to ; BLACK & GETTING S. E. Black and Charles Getting Members of the New Firm Formed. Murray Scherer, for eight years in 1 the undertaking and funeral directing i profession in this city, has sold his I business to Messrs. S. E. Black of ! this city, and Charles H. Getting, of I near St. Johns, north of this city, l who took possession of the same to- ! day. The firm will be known as Black ] ] & Getting, and will continue their ! headquarters at the same place, with | Beavers & Atz fiimiture dealers. ' They will be prepared to meet all undertaking and funeral directing, as ] well as ambulance calls, and will asI sure splendid service. ' Mr. Black is a man of eleven years' j experience in lhe profession, three of ] which were spent here, being asso- ; elated with Mr. Scherer during that | titre, Mr. Getting is a man well known here, having spent all of his - life in this county. The new firm has I, two strong men at the head of it,' ■ | l>oth being well qualified. 1 Mr. Scherer has not yet announced ■ his future plans. i ■ o WHILE ON VISIT —, Death Called Mrs. Randall 1 Sprague—Died Monday at Homestead i, IN ALLEN COUNTY Funeral Will be Here at M. E. Church Wednesday at Ten O’clock. : The funeral of Mrs Randall ! Sprague, of Marshall street, will be 1 ' held Wednesday morning at 10:30 ’! o’clock from the Decatur Methodist j church. Her death occurred yester- '! day' morning on the old Sprague home 1 I stead, near Monroeville, or across! ’ the county line, in Allen county, , where she and Mr. Sprague had gone! I six weeks ago to visit with his son, -Charles Sprague and family. She . ! had been in poor health for four years ] or more, suffering from heart trouble : jand complications. Her health had J been particularly bad since an operaticn two years ago. She was seventy-one years of age.; i Prior to her marriage to Mr. Sprague I sixteen years ago, she was Mrs. Mara' Hudson. From the former marriage, . there are nine children: James Hudson and Mrs. Burt David, cf Sturgis,! Mich; Will Hudson, of Hammond; John, of New York; lona, in Caifor-j . nia; Mrs. Susan May Foster, Cort Wayne: Charles, Jacob, of Lima, O,:l I Ollie, of Fort Wayne. The deceased was a member of the Methodist church and of the W. R. C. BOYS ARE LANDING. Among the Adams county boys who have landed at New York within the last day or two are William Mur-' ! laugh, jr.; Ed Adler, Joe Coffee, Sami I Deam and Raymond Dean. Messages ! i were received by relatives this after-; j noon. The boys will be home within a week or ten days. — ■ —■«. , ■ ■ Jesse Carpenter today received a ' telegram from his son, Enoch Carpenter, notifying him of his safe arrival at Newport News. Enoch was overseas eighteen months. He will be mustered out of service immediately, going to Camp Taylor to be discharged. —o OLD SHERRY PLACE, (Unite*) Pr»M Service) i New York, N. Y., May 6 —(Special ; to Daily Democrat) —Sherry’s, at , Forty-fourth street and Fifth avenue i- here, one of the most famous restaurants in the country, will soon close. ; Louis Sherry, its owner, recognizing e- the approach of July ’ and its consequences, will open a confectionery j and caterers’ establishment at Fiftyi eighth street and Fifth avenue.

OPENS GROCERY STORE Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Pierce former residents of a mile and a half south of Maples, have moved to Mon mouth where they have opened a groi eery store in the John C. Magley property. They have a good stock and are very successful. LAUGHING CURE Be Sure to See the Eighth Grade Play at the Gym Friday Evening. PATRIOTIC PAGEANT Also to be Given—Remember “Laugh and World Laughs With You. If you happen to be one of those unfortunates born “without the sense of humor,” do not fail to attend “The I Laughing Cure” to be given at the j Gym Friday evening by the eighth' grade pupils. When Mrs. Hanson, a chronic dyspeptic and Mrs. Perry, whose business is to prepare people to die, are converted, we feel confident that no case is hopeless. There is even a suggestion for those who have tried every : “beauty dope” on the market and have failed to secure the desired rei suits; another for the man who keenly feels the loss of his favorite beverage. In fact, there is no trouble of ] brain or body but what you will be j told how to cure. Besides the play, a patriotic pageant will be given. About sixty pupils I take part In this and is alone worth ! the price of admission. Come and “catch” it Ycu'll feel better. A PURITAN PLAY P'Rose o’ Plymouth Town” is Name of Senior Class Play to be Given MONDAY, MAY 12TH — Play is Directed by Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp—Who the Players Are. “A Rose O' Plymouth Town” is tile name of a Puritan pday to be given Monday evening. May 12, by the senior class of the Decatur high school. In presenting this play, the giving! of which is directed by Mrs. Charles I Knapp, they say: ! “The public often grows tired of: the plays that deal with the problems and affairs of today and they even grow tired of the modem love story. :It was with this idea in mind that: I the Senior class chose a play dealing: with the lives, problems, and romance: of our Mayflower ancestors, the PurI itans. | : "The scene is laid in Plymouth, In. the .veal's 1622 and 1623. The colon-: isti have been bothered by some of: Weston’s men, a new group of colon] ists who plan to settle a colony at: Wessagusett but are lingering with the Pilgrims. Garrett Foster, one of Weston’s men and the likeable young hero, in a mischievous prank steals com from the colonists. Captain Miles Standish deals him a punishment through which he becomes well . acquainted with the Puritans, and in I particular with Rose de la Noye, a little French maiden who is living in the home of Captain Standish. This acquaintance grows into love and thl« romance is woven the dstory of “A Rose O’ Plymouth Town" 1 “Other characters are John Marge- ’; son, who is a rather surly, young ' l Puritan who takes life and love-mak-ing very seriously. Phillippe de la | Noye, whose ardent wooing of Mir- | lam Chillengsley, a timid little Puri- ] tan maiden, furnishes some of the 1 best humor of the play. Aunt Reso t! lute Story, the sarcastic, worldy old e i aunt of the captain’s, who comes from -. Loudon to find “one new sensation ’ ~' in Plymouth, and Barbara Standish, g (Continued on Page Four) ~ — >_-> * 1 y Soldiers’ honorable discharges were • filed by Simon H. Bleeke, Fred Ray and Daniel F. Jack. I

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BLOCKADE PLAN f WILL BE WEAPON J That Will be Used if Ger- ; many Refuses to Sign Treaty is Belief “OF PEACE EXPERTS Secret Plenary Session Adjourned at 5:15 TodayTreaty is Ready. ■ (By Ed L. Keen. Uniled Press staff correspondent) | Paris, May 6—(Special to Daily j Democrat) —The Germans must sign the peace treaty or face economic ! isolation. ; This was made plain today when 'the* blockade section of the supreme J economic council was instructed to i draw up plans for the economic isoI laticn of Germany, to be put into esI feet if the enemy attempted to carry out its plans to refuse the peace ■ terms. i Recent dispatches from Berlin have , indicated the confidence of the Ger- ] mans in their ability to evade the I terms of the treaty was based on the !' belief that public opinions in allied ! countries would not permit further J military action against Germany. ToI day’s developements showed the alf' lies will net depend on the direct acJtion of arms, but the indirect action | of an iron-bound blockade to enforce signing of the treaty. s ] Information from various German ] sources indicate the country Is in a I serious condition financially. Indus- : trally and politically. Allied commercial and financial aid is needed to rm j stere industrial conditions to nonr.al Sudden reestablishment of the econ- • omic blockade would force the GerI mans into quick submission it is be- , | lieved. The final step toward whole restorI ation of Italy’s right in the peace ] conference was taken this morning, [ when credentials of her delegates | were submitted to the Germans. (By Fred Ferguson, Uniled Press staff correspondent) Paris, May 6 —-(Special to Daily Democrat) —The secret plenary so ! sio nos tiie peace conference adjourni er at 5:15 this afternoon after hear ing read a summary- of the German summary prepared by Captain Andre ! Tarbicu. . Tiie treaty is now understood to bo I ready to be presented to the German | delegates tomorrow afternoon. (United Press Service) The Hague, May 6 —(Special to Daily Democrat) That Holland will i refuse the expected demand of the allies to turn William Hohenzollern over to them for trial was indicated in information obtained from confi- - dential sources today. A commission of the btest international lawyers in Holland, applied to examine the question, has made a secret report to the Dutch government. Tills report, it Is reliably stated, rec- ‘ ommends that Holland act strictly in accordance with international treat ies to which she isa party. The government contends the former kaiser entered this country as a ! private citizen aud that Dutch law ! applies to his case. ’ ; (United Press Service) ,I Rome, May s—(Specials—(Special to Daily jI Democrat) —Premier Orlando and For .feign Minister Sonnino left for Paris ill on a special train at 10 o'clock toa j night. Dispatches received from Sea banico today said that all societies, in n a mass meeting at which Mayor Loms: (presided, passed r<vs>lv(-ions ;1 declaring the city annexed to Italy, e | o —. —————— TO PARADE AT PORTLAND. (United Press Service) B Portland, Ind., May 6—(Special to ■' Daily Democrat) —Col. Bob Tyndall. a his staff and the contingent of -troops of the 150th F. A., which ' ! boarded the first of three trains leave ] ing Camp Merritt yesterday for In- >! dianapolis, will make their first stop J I in Indiana when their train pulls into «] this city this afternoon. The train is due to arrive st 4:30 o’clock and the i. 450 men and officers aboard will detrain for one hour. They will parade through the city and will be received , by Jay county residents who were r notified by wire and courier that the I train would stop here.