Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 125, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1919 — Page 1

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TREATY READY WITH AUSTRIA Presentation at St. Germain Will Probably Occur on Wednesday or Thursday THE GERMAN SHIPS In United States Ports Will be Retained According to Plans Now Complete. (By Fred S. Ferguson. United Press} staff correspondent) Paris, May 26 —(Special to Daily I Depiocrat)—The allies were expected to complete the Austrian treaty today and the Germans were scheduled to finish assembling their final count-er-proposals. Presentation of the Austrian terms at St. Germain probably will take place Wednesday or Thursday. The time limit for them to complete their counter-dommunications will not be more than a week. They are expected to sign the treaty a few days later. While the big four have not agreed on even an approximate date for the final ceremony at Versailles, the belief prevails it will take place betwee June 10 and 15. Washington, May 26—(Special to Daily Democrat) — President Wilson ■ has reached an agreement with the i allied statesmen at Paris whereby the' United States will retail the German ships seized in American ports, it was learned today. Reports from Europe have indicated that Britain felt her ship losses during the war has been so great that she was entitled to a share of the tonnage which America seizetj,

WILSON OR WHO? (Dy Robert J. Bender, United Press •staff correspondent) Washington, May 26—(Special s o | Daily Democrat)—Within the next I three months President Wilson will be asked by democratic leaders to make public his attitude toward a third term candidacy. Tomorrow Chairman Cummings of the democratic national committee starts out on a tour of the country to organize work preliminary to the 1920 campaign. He will be gone two months, returning to Washington late in July or the first of August. The big democratic battle for presidential nominee will begin immediately thereafter. The need of President Wilson voicing his intention it is said by democratic leaders today, lies in the fact that other democrats will run “only if Wilson clearly says he won't." That the president does not desire a third term already has been stated unofficially. In the last three year and quite within the last few months the president has plainly indicated his attitude. As early as 1916 Wilson told friends ! that “my present term will be enough' Within the last two months he has said that, the democratic party must find a new leader. All reports to democratic leaders here indicate that MacAdoo will be' the nominee in 1920. Ohio delegation j will go to the conention pledged to Cox who with Attorney General Palm-| or represents the most frequently; mentioned possibility outside Mac-| AdOO. VICTORY LOAN TOTALS. (■United Press Service' Washington. D. C., May 26—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The total j subscription of the Victory Loan was $5,249.905.300. an excess of $749,908.300, or 16.66 peh cent over the pre-, scribed quota, according to official figures tabulated at the treasury today. All districts except Atlanta and Dallas oversubscribed their quotas. TAKES OLD JOB Frank Schultz, late of the Rainbow Division, went to Fort Wayne this afternoon where he will talke his old place on the Fort Wayne News and Sentinel. ' — THEY WORK TOGETHER (United Press Service) Springfield. 111., May 26—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Co-operation I Married here jointly in 1917, Edward and Ben Van Der Pluym. twin brothers are seeking divorce at St. Louis.

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PENROSE LANDS JOB (United Press Service) ) Washington, May 26 —(Special to I Daily Democrat) —The republican caucus today approved the committee I slate as proposed by the committee I on committees. I Senator Penrose heads the finance committee, and other assignments protested by the progressives stand. old timer here — Dr. Joseph Numbers, Former Resident of Decatur, Prominent in West HERE OVER SUNDAY Parents Lived at Monmouth Years Ago—Groomed as Candidate for Governor Dr. Joseph Numbers, wife and son of Boise, Idaho, arrived here Saturday evening in a Studebaker car, which they purchased at South Bend and were here over Sunday, visitors at the F. E. France home. They left today for a trip to Bucyrus, Mansfield and other Ohio places where Dr. Numbers spent his boyhood and will return here for a day or two before going to Chicago for the commencement exercises of the Chicago university, their daughter being one of the graduates. The son graduated from the Rush Medical college a few days ago. Joe Numbers left Decatur in 1882, thirty-seven years ago, and. located at Monmouth. While drinving here Saturday afternoon, Dr. Numbers came through Monmouth and accidentally met Mr. Martin Lord, oldest citizen of that old settlement, who remembered the Numbers family well, told them many interesting incidents and pointed out the old home now occupied by Dick Hill. The family is enjoying the trip immensely. Dr. Numbers is one of the best known physicians of Idaho, conducts a large sanitarium and is being groomed for governor of the state. He met a number of old friends here.'

ROGATION DAYS Three Days of Special Supplication in Asking God’s Blessing on FRUITS OF THE EARTH Are Being Observed at St. Mary’s Church —Ascension Thursday. With a high mass, procession through the aisles of the church by the school children and special supplications in asking God's blessings upon the fruits of the earth and for an abundance of crops, the three Roga- i tion days, today, Tuesday and Wednesday are being observed at the St.' Mary's Catholic church. It was in the fifth century that the' Rogation days were instituted, the sponsor being Momertus, then Bishop of Vienrie. It was during that time that Franco suffered from a failure of crops and other devastations and the people in their distress turning their thoughts to the Almighty interceded his blessing. Since then the Catholic churches over the country have set aside three days for special supplication. Ascension Thursday On next Thursday the feast of Ascension Thursday, will be celebrated, at the St. Marys church, this day being the Thursday forty days after 1 Easter, and is in commemoration of | Christ's ascension into heaven. Spe- ' cial services will be held by the ' church on that day, there to be three masses, the first at 5 o’clock, second at 7:30 and a solemn high mass at | 9:30. n————— ABOUT THE TOWN Mrs. Cal Peterson spent the day in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Frank Parent and son, Richard, of Saginaw, Mich, arrived for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer. 1

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REPORT IS MADE 1 . Official Statement Concerning Check-up of Hamt mell Office Given Out — FROM STATE OFFICE County Clerk Charged With $6,635.18 While But Few Assets Are Found. Though no copy of the report of J J P. Haefling and Charles Ramsey, field , accountants for the state board of accounts, who completed checking up Will Hammell’s books in the county clerk’s office here last Tuesday, had been received here up to noon today the same seems to have been made public from the state office as it appeared in several favored papers Saturday evening. The report shows a total of fees and trust funds due of $6,635.18 which is divided as follows: Due the county $ 295.62 Due the state 31.00 Due the clerk .20 Trust funds 6,344.36 The report says that so far as could be ascertained the only assets are S2OO in bonds, a 23 cent, balance in I bank and about $20.00 in cash. The! report concludes with the following statement: “The records in the clerk’s office 1 were not in good condition. We were, compelled to do much posting before; we could arrive at conclusions. The cash book of receipts and cash book i of disbursements were in fairly good ' condition, but the record of amounts; cn hand in the trust funds were in a deplorable state. We were obliged to leaf the records such as fee books.' ad order books, and in many instances we found entries of receipts! and disbursements that no record had, ever been made of the same on the! record of “trust” and other funds onl hand. The condition of the records required much time in making our! examination. “The cashier of the Old Adams' County bank, the bank in which the! i clerk did his official business, in-, I formed us that they had turned down and refused to pay checks that were! (issued on said bank by Mr. Hammell,! I the clerk of the circuit court, for the reason that no funds were to the| clerk’s credit with which to redeem said checks. Among the checks that I were presented at the bank, and not paid for want of sufficient funds, was one check. No. 1289. dated March 31, 1919, payable to Indiana fish and game commissioner in the sum of SI.BO. Another was No. 1325, and dated April 26, 1919. and payable to Lulu Avery Tucker, the same being her distributive share in the Amos Avery estate in the sum of $37.80. “During our examination of the office of clerk of the circuit court of Adams county, we called upon Mr. Hammell, the clerk, and in conversation with him he informed us that his liabilities were between $6,000 and $7,000. and when asked by us as to | his resources, or assets, he simply re- ! fused to make a statement. We called upon his attorneys who told us they | knew of no assets, or resources, that I Mr. Hammell had. Mr. Hammell i called upon us twice during our exI amination, but gave us no further in formation than stated above. When I we finished our work today we calledl up his home and were told that he) was not at home. We were informed that Mr. Hammell was absent from his office much of the time in the last year or more, which would necessarily account for his books not being kept up to date. John T. Kelly, deputy i clerk, has charge of the office, and the bank notified us that they would cash no more checks that were not O. K.’d by Mr. Kelly. We brought this I report up to and including April 30, 1919, since which time the office has been run by Mr. Kelly, and all funds . are kept intact. “Yours very truly, ' “JAMES P. HAEFLING. ‘ “CHARLES A. RAMSEY.” ‘ . -J 1 ■■ '*■ 1 ONE ENEMY TO THRIFT. t! It cost $75,000 to repair the damage done last year to a New York park by children and careless adults. Not only was this sum lost from produci tive work, but the same adults who damaged public property were equal- - ly destructive during the year to their i own and other private property. . Carefulness will reveal many roads to thrift and saving.

GYM FUND GETS A BOOST I The Euterpean Society has turned over to the gym fund $3.94 in cash and six War Savings Stamps worth $30.00 of any body’s money and making a most accetable and splendid gift for the athletic fund. The association still owes about $1,500 besides the $3,500 purchase money which must be arranged during the year, making a total of $5,000 that must be secured one way or another. The donation. from the Euterpean Society certainly shows the right appreciative ; spirit and the directors are thankful. HARRYHAWKER SAFEON LAND Nervy Aviator and Assistant Were Picked Up by Danish Steamer Mary OUT ABOUT 1100 MILES Lost a Week and Believed Drowned When News Comes They Are Safe. London, May 26—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Harry Hawker and McKensie Grieve set foot on British soil] today, nearly a week after they had been given up for lost in their attempt to fly from Newfoundland to Ireland in a Sopwith airplane. The first direct word from Hawker received here was a message to the Ijondon Daily Mail, which offered the $50,000 prize for the first trans-At-lantic flight. This message was sent from on board the Revenge in Scapa flow (where the German fleet is interned) and said: “The machine stopped owing to the filter feed pipe from the radiator to the water pump being blocked with refuse like solder shifting loose in the radiator. It was no fault of the motor, which was perfect from start to finish. There was no trouble in landing on the water. A dory picked us up after an hour and a half." Hawker and Grieve were scheduled to start this afternoon from Thurso for London, where, judging from all indications, they will be given a royal welcome tomorrow’. Britain has been jubilating ever since the news spread like wildfire over the land that Hawker and Grieve had been saved. Grieve, immediately upon landing, sent the following message to his parents; “Safe, will wire later." The aviators had covered about 1,100 miles of their 1,950 mile trip! from Newfoundland when they were forced down. Their average speed , for that distance was more than 100, miles an hour. The steamer Mary apparently carried no radio. This would account ( for the fact that no word of the res- 1 cue. was heard all during the week i while hopes faded until Hawker and, Grieve were almost universally be-1 lieved to have perished in their at-, tempt to be the first men to fly across the Atlantic. o HEAD BADLY CUT. Little Max William, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stewart, of South Third j street, was the victim of a painful, injury Saturday evening about 7 i o’clock. In going out the back dort)the little fellow lost his balance In some way and fell head-first in the tile waste drain at the endge of the cement steps. Ho fell with such force that the tile was broken in three pieces, thereby causing one of the sharp pieces to pierce the flesh just over the right eye, cutting a gash i almost an inch long. The wound bled | quite profusely and it was at first, thought he was quite seriously injured, but after the flow of blood was j stopped by the family physician, it' was found that it was not necessary to take any stitches to place it in | a healing condition. Max is getting! along nicely and suffers no ill effects. although his head looks like he might have seen service in the trenches. ~K. OF P. ATTENTION! Second rank work Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Team be present. All come. W. F. BEERY, M. of W. a—————— Section number 1 of the D. Y. B. class will meet with Mrs. Ves Baker Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Every member is urged to come.

LIVING AND DEAD Honored in Memorial Sermon Preached by Rev. J. Ed Stone Sunday FOR THE SOLDIERS G. A. R., W. R. C. Attended in a Body—Spoke on Good Citizenship. The annual memorial sermon for the soldiers was delivered at the Baptist church Sunday morning by the pastor, the Rev. J. Ed Stone, when both the living and the dead, who fought for the preservation of the high principles of the country, were honored. Not only did the G. A. R. and the W. R. C. attend in a body, but there were other war veterans present, those who fought in the recent world war also being represented. Spring blossoms, including dogwood and tulips, with potted blooming plants, made the place very attractive. Special music was rendered by the choir, and the congregation, with patriotic music predominating. A vocal solo was also rendered by Mrs. Dan Tyndall, which was highly appreciated. The sermon by the Rev. Stone was very fine. He took for his foundation, "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God. the things that are God’s." He paid tribute to the beys in blue who fought for the principles of right, and said that while their ranks are rapidly growing thinner, and it will be only a few more years before none of them will be here, they will always live in our affection and memory, and none will see the principles for which they lived and fought, crushed. He remarked on the zeal with which the w’orld war soldiers fought to sustain and preserve those principles. He brought out the point that our soldiers had higher standards and were more dutiful, more loyal and more staunch, showed more respect for superiors, than any of the soldiers of the other countries. lie pointed out that this was due to better citizenship and that the foundation of government is God. Good citizenship rests upon duty, obedience to laws, faith in Jesus Christ and Christianity. He spoke in detail on the ways in which these form good citizenship, which we owe to God and ourselves.

INVESTIGATE STARCH MILL EXPLOSION. | Washington, D. C., May 26—The i starch mill explosion at Cedar Rapids, lowa, in which a score of lives and I $3,000,000 worth of property were lost according to early press reports, | and which possibly could have been 1 due to a dust explosion, is to be inI vestigated immediately by chemical I engineers of the United States De-j partment of Agriculture, who are | , working to devise appliances and j > methods for the prevention of dis |1 asters in mills where any kind of; i plant dust is present. | i The devices and methods worked ( out for the prevention of grain-dust I ; disasters have proved successful, ac-ji cording Io officials of the Department's Bureau of Chemistry, and should be applied as soon as possible - in all industrial enterprises produc- 1 ing inflammable dusts. The campaign against grain-dust ‘ explosions was begun in November, 1 1917, with a fund provided by the ‘ emergency Food Production Act.! ‘ Since that time not a single Are or ‘ explosion of great magnitude has occurred in grain mills or elevators up- ' on which attention .has been concentrated. Previous to the beginning of the campaign there were from one to eight large disasters annually in grain mills or elevators. In the eighteen months preceding the campaign, six disastrous dust explosions and fires in mills and elevators alone killed 39 persons, injured sixty others, destroyed 2% million bushels of grain and over $8,000,000 worth of property. Efforts have also been made to reduce fires in cotton gins. o W. S. S. OVER THE TOP. Fort Wayne is taking up the War Savings Society movement in earnest several new societies having been formed in the last few days. Among ’ the latest is the “Over the Top" War Savings Society, organized in the I Clay schools. |

CHANCE TO LEARN TRADE I A bulletin received at the postoffice j from Major Thomas F. Ryan, recruitI ing officer, at Indianapolis, announces I that the Repair United Speedway. Indianapolis, offers opportunity for young men in the air service, to learn trades in various departments, at good pay, details of which may be learned by applying at the local post-; office. ohioloinT dry Last Chance Today in a Few Wet Spots—Law Becomes Effective at Midnight. OFFICERS ARE READY I — To Use Such Measures as Are Necessary to Prevent Sale of Liquors. (United Press Service) Columbus, 0., May 26 —(Special to' Daily Democrat) —Ohio today was on the very threshold of the long dry ' pericd. Except for 163 saloons planted about the state, Ohio had already (entered the long drouth, although legI ally prohibition isn’t effective until ■ midnight. Liquor buyers of the eleventh hour I variety were patronizing the 163 deal- | ers who had paid $305 to remain open on the final day of grace. Dry forces were concentrating to-1 day at the re-convening of the legis- ! lature. They will seek to get the as- 1 l sembly to pass an emergency act without which they insist it is imposI' sible to prosecute bootleggers. The people voted the state dry. An ! enforcement bill has passed both • houses and has been signed by the . governor. The emergency clause was. , defeated. Therefore it does not bm ,'eome effective for 90 days. ,! The state liquor licenses board has . | sent inspectors to the larger cities to . j prevent opening of saloons tomorrow. (It is believed the inspectors will pros- . ’ ecute violators of the law prohibiting I the sale of liquor without licenses. MILITARY NOTES 1 Raymond Kohne Arrives from Seven Months’ Overseas’ Service. HERMAN BRAKE HERE — Albert Lang, for Fifteen Years in Navy, is Here on a Furlough. Raymond Kohne, of the drug firm ( I of Callow & Kohne, arrived home Saturday midnight, coming here from Camp Sherman, O. where he was [ I mustered out of service. He spent seven months overseas, in England; and France. On coming to the states again, he spent two weeks at Campl Mills, N. J. Lieutenant Albert Lang, for fifteen' years in the United States Uavy and three years prior to that in the U. S. army, is here for a visit with his sis-' ter, Mrs. James Murphy and his cous-l in, Mrs. W. A. Kuebler. He has been on the Dixie, the mother ship of the i destroyers and came here from Philadelphia. From here he will go to Detroit, Mich, where he meets another boat and will go to Halifax. He Is now a first lieutenant. Corporal Herman Brake who has spent, eighteen months overseas in the 41st and 32nd divisions, is visiting with his mother. Corporal Brake was actively engaged in the great offensives. Aisne Maine, July 29, August 7-18; Oise Aisne, Aug. 26-Sept. 7; • Meuse Argonne, Sept. 26-Nov. 11. He I was among the first of the American ■ troops to go over the top in the Alsace sector May 15, 1918. Earl Crozier, son of Joe Crozier, of Unio ntownship, has arrived home from oversea service. r Ralph Smith, who has received an II honorable discharge from mfilitary r service, has returned home from servr j ice in Panama. He was a guest yesterday of his grandfather, Samuel I I Chronister and family. |

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DECORATION OAY EVENTS 11 Afternoon’s Exercises Will > I .! be Held at the New Gym Hall Friday. MEMORIAL ADDRESS Will be Delivered by the Rev. A. G. Buxton, of the Christian Church. The committee on observance or , Memorial Day, Friday, May 30. has I arranged tor a very excellent program i The afternoon exercises will be I held this year at the new gym and the Rev. A. G. Buxton, pastor of the I Christian church, will deliver the Me- ! morial address. | The following program in full for | the day’s exercises, is announced: i Post members and Ladies of the Relief Corps will convene at Post Hall jat 9 o’clock, May 30th, when a committee will go to the Decatur cemetery and decorate the graves of deceased soldiers buried there. At 10 o’clock the Comrades and Woman’s (Relief Corps, will be conveyed to | Maple Wood and St. Joseph cemeteries. by automobile, to decorate the graves of deceased soldiers in these cemeteries. Return to Post Hall and adjourn for dinner. I The Comrades and Woman's Relief j Corps will convene at Post Hall at one o'clock, march to cenotaph, where ritualistic services by the members of the Post and Woman’s Relief Corps will be observed; reform, and. with all soldiers of all wars, school children and other organizations will form on ! , Third street, right resting on Jefferson. under command of R. D. Myers, marshal of live. day. east on Jefferson to second street, north on second to Monroe, east on Monroe across the river bridge, counter march on Mon- ; roe to bridge where services by the. Woman’s Relief Corps, in memory of soldiers and sailors who are buried in i watery graves, march west to First street, north to Gym. wmere the following program will be given: Music by band. Adjutant read orders from national I department. Music. Ritualistic services by officers cf j Pest. j Reading by Zelma Stevens. Music by Celia Andrews. ( Recitation by Miles Logan. I Song by Helen Walters. Memorial address by Rev. A. G. Buxton. D. D., Music. Comrades and Woman's Relief Corps form at Gym and return to Post Hall and disband. TRI KAPPAHONOR Member of Decatur Chapter is Appointed to the Scholarship Board. FOUR FROM STATE Mrs. Roger Gipe First Appointed — Mrs. Albert Sellemeyer Named. I —— . I The Decatur Tri Kappas were hon- , I ored by having one of their number appointed to the scholarship board ; that meets sometime between June 15 5 ! and 20 to select the ones to whom '' scholarships to some college are ’' awarded by the sorority. 5 1 The Tri Kappas are divided into ' I four districts in the state, and one ap- *■ polntment to the board is made from • each of these four districts. The ap--8 pointment in this district came to 1 Mrs. Fanny Frisinger Gipe, but as ’ she will not be hete much longer, she did not accept and the appoints ment came to Mrs. Albert Sellemeyer. , The honor is quite a signal one. MEET AT LIBRARY r The regular meeting of the Board of . Guardians will be held tomorrow afternoon at the library at 3.30 o’clock. I All members are requested to e I present.