Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 23 May 1919 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE Secretary Subscription Rates Uy Government Order Cash la Advance. Jne Week by carrier XO cents hie Year, by carrier $5.00 One Month, by maJl 36 cents Three Months, by mall SI.OO Blx Months, by mall ....$1.75 One Year, by mall $3.00 One Year, at office $3 00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice In Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. Indiana now leads all other states s in the union as a Hereford cattle j state, a reputation worth having when j an average of $3,600 for one hundred j and twenty head are obtained. Those who think there is anything ficticious , ’ about the prices should attend one of the McCray sales and see the stockmen fight for the stock. The prices | as announced were obtained, wonder- 1 fuj as it seems and the average is ai-! most dodble the high record of the world heretofore obtained. Adams county is one of the good cattle counties of the state and is keeping up with the parade. , Thirty-one young men and women have completed the course in the Decatur high school and will receive diplomas tonight. They are a class of our most splendid boys and girls, fitted now to start a career that will 1 bring credit to themselves and the community and help the world. They should not think however that they can do this without great effort for they will find competition strong and they will soon learn that only by the greatest application, straightforward dealing and continued self-education will they reach the heights to which they aspire. When the time comes it will probably develop that President Wilson never had any idea of being a candidate for the third term of the presidency. He has served the people well and ’faithfully, and has gotten about . all the honors that could possibly j come to one in this position. Few, if < any men who ever held this office,

have had the triSis and tribulations, and it is not surprising to hear that the president has aged ten years snee he went to Europe and that his hair is now snow white. —Hartford City News. _________V The storm season is nearly over ae-l cording to those who make a study of atmospheric conditions. Tomorrow is | to be warm and fair. Well we hope so and we know that every farmer does for the season is late for plant , ing and there is much to do. Bld you ever expect to see the time when an Indiana farmer would sell a herd of cattle at an average of' more than five thousand dollars per? i Well it happened this week in Indiana i

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1 and a Decatur man, Colonel Fred 1 t Reppert, acknowledged, leader of his profession, was the chief auctioneer. I , Colonel Reppert is known in every state in the union and his great abil- ’ | ity is undisputed. SOCJETY Club Calendar Friday. IVtcahontas Needle Club. Christian Pastoral Helpers— Mrs. Noah Mangold. Saturday D. Y. B. Sec. 2 Pastry Sale —Hower. & Baker's. Tuesday. D. I'. B. Sect. 2 Handkerchief Sale —Mrs. George Mumma. Home’s not merely four square walls. Though with pictures hung and gilded; ’ Home is where affection calls, Filled with shrines the heart hath' builded. —Queen. Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it. casts the shadow of our burden behind us. —Samuel Smiles. Mrs. Al Torrenga and children, of Fort Wayne, came to visit with her' parents. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Balsma. I and to attend the commencement ex- 1 ercises. ♦ Mrs. L. A. Thomas has returned ( from Cambridge, O. where she attended the Presbyterian Woman's Missionary society. She also visited with friends at Wooster and Bellefontaine, O. ♦ Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smith will celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary Saturday. May 24. Out-of-town guests will be F. C. Bandtell and family, of Fort Wayne. ♦ Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Arnold gave a six o’clock dinner party Wednesday evening in compliment to the -Right Reverend Monsignor Victor Day, vicar general of the diocese, of Helena. Montana. Other guests were Fathers Seimetz and Kroeger. ♦ Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Arnold motored to Fort Wayne where they called on their niece. Miss Gladys Arnold, a student at the Sacred Heart academy. ♦ Mr. and Mrs. H. M Shroll will entertain at six o’clock dinner this evening for their daughter. Grace, who is one of the graduates. Guests will be Miss Bockman, of Berne, Miss Irene Miller, of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Howard Burdg. of Fort Wayne; Mesdames George and Jacob Tester. ♦ The Baptist Ladies’ Aid society dis-

cussed the proposed basement for the church at the meeting with Mrs. Ira Bodie yesterday afternoon, when the ! regular business of the order also came up for consideration. The collection was nine dollars. Guests present were Mrs. Schlckman and Mrs. Stogdill. ♦ Miss Bessie Wilder returned from St. Joe w-here she attended the school commencement exercises, Miss Blenn' Kane l>eing a graduate. i companied here Thursday evening, by I Foreet Kane, late of the Rainbow division, and they attended the class day exercises of the Decatur high school last evening. . TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. , FOUND —Stove door off of rangeJ Owner may have same by calling ‘ at this office and paying for ad. 123t3 ,

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 19W

' ■ i The World’s Next Step NO. 0 Tn the Lrague of Nation* a Workable Plant By CLARENCE L. SPEED (Written for and Approved by the llltnol* Branch of League to Enforce Peace ) It is a remarkable fact that, in all the opposition that has come out to the ratification of the peace treaty containing the draft of the league of nations as it stands, scarcely a single responsible American statesman has come out flatly against the principle of a league to enforce peace. Many have expressed serious doubts as to whether or not it would work. Others have said that this wus not the time to establish it. and that it should wait until after peace was signed. Still more have pointed out this difficulty and that; and, because the American people are very largely headline readers, the impression has gene out that a great number of senators are unalterably opposed to any sort of a league of nations whatsoever. There is no doubt that some of these objections to the ratification providing for a treaty are sincere. Some of them may not be. But the fact remains that nearly all these statesmen who depend upon the people for votes have left open away of retreat so that, if it finally develops that public sentiment demands the league it can never be shown that they were unalterably against it. There are many, on the other hand, who have so definitely committed themselves to the idea of a league of nations that they leave no loophole through which they may crawl if the idea is not favored by American voters. They have the courage of their convictions. They are so sincere that they are ready to stand or fall on their records. Such a man is William Howard Taft, form, :y president of the United States. By no stretch of the imagination could he be considered as backing a league of nations favored by President Wilson through partisan motives. Here is what Mr. Taft had to say in a public speech at Helena, Mont., the day after he.had had the opportunity of reading the draft of the constitution of the league of nations as cabled from Paris: "As lovers of your country and a« lovers of mankind I ask you to use all your influence with our senators to have the treaties embodying the league of nations idea ratified. It Is a real league of nations. It is not all that I wished, but comes near. It is a great deal better than I hoped. It contains within its terms provisions for its own growth. Indeed the exigencies of the European situation in the sphere of the league will probably require additional and more stringent provisions in some respects than appear in the present plan.” “There should be no doubt of its approval by the senate when it is em bodied in the treaty.” Mr. Taft evidently is convinced that the league will work. President Wilson believes it will work. Lloyd George believes it will work. Even Clemenceau of France believes it will work. It has the complete support of the Italian government, which be lieves it will work. The little nations turn to it as their only hope of safety. They believe it will work. If all of these people and these nnthe league will work how can it fail to work? The only apparent chance of its failing to work would be in case there were enough strong powers against it, while it is young

and untried, to keep it from working. But here you find the powers all for It, Who is going to try to upset it —some power like Liberia, or a beaten and helpless Germany? Why. even Germany now hopes it will work and work In a hurry, for without it there is no limit to the penalties that victorious neighbors might impose. And the peoples of the world, even more than the governments, want it to work. Mothers and fathers whose sons are buried by the million on the battlefields of Europe sre for it. Women who have suffered violence at the hands of invading armies, or who have fled headlong from their homes to avoid it, pray that It may become operative. Workmen who are hungry because factories are closed see in it a preventive of wars. People who have seen their savings jeopardized or swept away stand behind it. No one, apparently, wants it to fail yet there are some who doubt Its success because, by careful searching they can find difficulties in the way. They may be of good cheer, and you may rest at ease, too, because, If by any chance this league which everybody wants should fail to work, then is nothing to prevent you fighting for your rights just as you did in the past, The Lnited States faced a world in “wTr 5 ver> ? nle Preparation for war she can face a world leagued xur peace with an army or navy jus * s large OT sm «’ l «« *he chooses There is not even the mnot « Anere blllty of the I’nlted ing the league, unless It, too insane and needs a licking i f ; become necessary for her to fight n ' ’ lions which cannot be controlled bv , -<he league, there is nothing to prevent’ - heF (Tom doing so. Further ioformation regarding the league of nations, including pamphleta of the covenant of the league and speeches made in its behalf, may b< obtained at the office of the Illinoii state branch of the League to Enforci Peace, 342 Monadnock block, Chicago JIL ,

THE $13,000,000 SALVATION ARMY POSTER XmanmFrFdown W BUT HES NEVER _ « OUT!" ’if JE HOME Service Fund a CAMPAIGN / Army L . . ■ w MAY 19-26 ft * 1919 f . man may be down, but he’s never out,” the Salvation Army slogan, furnished the theme for the official Home Service Fund Campaign poster designed by Frederick Duncan, the noted artist. From this he has evolved a Striking artistic creation, typifying the hand of the Salvation Army reaching out to rescue those who are enshrouded in the clouds of poverty and vice. A Salvation Army lass is the principal figure, and the scarlet lining of iter clonk, thrown back as she enfolds those who are calling out to her in distress, furnishes the poster with its one spot of brilliant color. The background is of blacks, grays aud greens, indicative of the storm clouds of misery and want.

MR. MOSER RETURNS HOME Sol Moser, of east of Geneva, who had his lower jaw bone broken in two places when assaulted last Saturdaynight at nine o'clock, in Geneva, where he had gone to trade, passed through the city today enroute to his home from the hospital in Fort Wayne where he was rushed for treatment It was necessary to cut the flesh of the jaw at one side, laying open the! bone and setting it by inserting a plate and wire attachment of some sort. It is said he recognized his assailat as a man named Gregory, who has however, fled the scene, since the accident. It is said he intends to file charges in the near future. OVERLAND TO REOPEN Toledo, 0., May 23--(Special to Daily Democrat) —The plants of the Willys-Overland company and the two planus of the Electric Auto Lite company will re-open today. No settlement of the labor troubles at the' plants has been reached but sufficient isfliee protection has bocn promised the company by <flty and countyauthorities. The plants iiave been closed since May 8. About 15,t>01), men have been idle.

FULL FEED OF CORN IS BEST TO FATTEN CATTLE w Perhaps Adams county farmers are interested in knowing some of the most important facts brought out at the Indiana Cattle Breeders’ convention held at Purdue university May 3. At this conference considerable time was devoted to discussion of the practical and economical points emphasized by the results obtained on the completion of a number of feeding trials conducted by the experiment station. A full feed of corn with silage, clover hay and cottonseed meal is the most profitable ration with which to fatten two-year-old steers for market, when the value" of the pork made is included and when compared with no corn, a half feed during the entire feeding period, or a full feed of corn near the close of the period to finish the cattle, according to results obtained this year in the annual feeding experiment just concluded at Purdue university. The results on this score bear out those obtained during the last three years of experimental work in winter steer feeding, with seven lots of ten animals each, being for each time. This year the lot receiving no corn would have been the most profitable if'the value of the pork produced were excluded, although this lot of steers was valued the lowest of the seven lots. Th gains on the cattle were obtained at a lower cost than those in any other lots, which accounts for the higher profit on beef produced. There is scarcely any difference in corn silage and corn and soybean silage, the experimnt this yar indicated. In one lot receiving a full feed of corn, cottonseed meal, clover hay and soybean silage, the average daily gain was 2.59 pounds and the profit per steer, without pork was $22.58 and with pork $40.03. The lot on the same ration except on corn silage showed ar. average daily gain of 2.36 pounds and without pork showed a profit of $11.50 per steer, with pork, $30.96. The wide difference in the profit of these two lets was due to the fact that several steers receiving corn silage alone were ‘ off feed” some time during the experiment. Previous results also indicate there is little difference between the two kinds of silage. One of the startling features this year in the experiment is the fact that the cattle on a full feed of corn, corn silage and clover hay earned a greater 1 ' addit thMl th ° Se which received the same ration with cotton seed mejil in I ted'the" ■*** three P rev '°us trials the addition of cottonseed meal whet- ' of the ° f cattle ’ increased the rate of gain, improved the finish ’ the grain re '“ rned a treater profit. This year, owing to the fact that ° the lot which ed ' n ' Ot receiving cottonseed meal, the results favored * -w. dL net ” eceive the co «onseed meal. ig -- - sc not rcLommariff :e tion. Although the results v«r dl,<:On ’" ,ua ' | ce of cottonseed meal in the ra0, the feeding of cottonseed\e a ? a “™7\ hat diWerent thls we still urge J. H. Skln W Dean

ANNUAL MAY BARGAINS. An extra force of clerks will be, prepared to meet the rush at the Bernstein store. Saturday, May 24, when the annual May bargain sale opens, to continue until Saturday. 1 June 7. The lull page ad published last evening sets out a number of the special bargains offered for this sale, and it is quite probable that the incoming of customers, from the first day, will be a big one. BODLE BOY INJURED The oldest-son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bodie, aged about eight or nine years, i had his left collar bone broken about ' 10:30 o’clock this morning, when he climbed into a tree, a limb of the I same breaking. ALL SOLDIERS INVITED It is asked that a large escort of returned soldiers from the late w„rld war accompany the civil war, Span-ish-American war and other veterans to the annual Memorial service at the Baptist church Sunday morning, when the Rev. J. Ed Stone will deliver the memorial sermon. $ $ $ $ WANT A£>S EARN—S $ $ $ L. —. ~ L M—'

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