Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1919 — Page 4

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Rates By Government Order Cash tn Advance. One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier $5.00 One Month, by mail 35 cents Three Months, by mall , SI.OO Six Months, by mall , .j,. $1.75 One Year, by mail $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. There is some consolation in the fact that Adams county was not the only one hit by tlie state tax board, the valuations being increased in nearly every county, and in some as much as a hundred per cent. Co-operation of the people of the community is the strongest and best asset we can have. If we pull together we have strength; if we are jealous and quarrelsome and destructive, we can get no where and we won't. There doesn’t seem to be much defense being made for the “best legislature in fifty years’’ just now and there will be less when you get your tax receipts next year. No difference I what the rate is, the increases here i and there are unjust and unfair and the taxes will be correspondingly so. It can be nothing else. Ouch! —Thirty per cent, added to the valuation of fill the property in Decatur, Berne, Geneva and that after the assessment had been placed at a High level, in many gases .greater than the property could be sold for. Centralized power has been broken up in Europe, but in Indiana, it seems to be stronger than ever before. There are those who are grumbling | about the times, and yet the fe ports of last week show that all records known have been broken. While the i pessimist is growling about the times, ! the live one is out getting rich by taking advantage of the opportunity. The thing for every one to do is to help continue good times. Do things, work harder, help one another, be a booster. Serious labor problems are now requiring the attention of the government, President Gompers of the fed-1 eration and other leaders of the various departments of business but it is the general belief that the good sense of every one concerned will avoid a nation-wide strike that would cause disaster and havoc that will hurt for years to come. The present,

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P crisis .though perhaps not so considered by many, is the most serious since the close of the war, and may become more so. Keep cool, be fair >• and just and it will work out in such t away that peace and happiness will continue. y __________ Senator McCray, a republican leader, addressed the teachers here yesterday, favoring the league of nations 8 and a speedy peace. His address was ) able, his argument good and he spoke j as he believes. Others who have the 5 same opinions seem to be afraid to ) express them. Senator McCray de- ’ serves commendation for his fearless stand on this greatest of all questions j at this time. The advertising season is at hand ■ and the merchant who overlooks this ■ opportunity to increase his business • is just throwing away the chance to make more money with the same overhead. The Daily Democrat reaches thirty-five hundred families. Figure that out and you will find that it I covers this county like a blanket. For a small amount you can send a message each week-day to the people of tlib county. Try it. How a property could not be sold for $3,000 is assessed for $5,000 for taxes, we do not understand, but the state tax board seems to think that the valuation does not make any difference, so long as they reduce the rate. The trouble is that the greater the valuation, the ' more money the state will receive, and I that is evidently just exactly what the men behind the gun have in mind. Take it away from township and county and give it to the state, where ; a few men can say how and where it will be spent. We doubt if kaiserism ' can be popularized in this state. REAL ESTATE SALES One of the busiest days and largest reports in the real estate business yet reported comes this week from ! the Erwin Agency, by Erwin & Michaud. reporting yesterday the sale of eighty acres in Blue Creek township | for Felix Holthouse to Mr. Roy Hook; | forty acres in French township for Jennie Strahm to Adams Nussbaum; . I Mary Meyers and other h eirs of John | H. Meyers, deceased, 2bv acres in ! Washington township to Edwin Mil- . ; ler, aggregating in all around the i $60,000.00 mark- The purchasers are j more than satisfied with the purchase made, and the value received for the investment was surely one hundred cents on the dollar. Other deals are pending and larger reports will be forthcoming in the near future. NOTICE We, the undersigned, will close at 12 o’clock. Labor Day. Monday, Sept. :1. 1919: Martin Klepper Creamery, Martin Klepper Cream Station. White I Mountain Cream Station, Schlosser | Bros.' Cream Station. Patrons please take notice. MR. KELLEY BETTER Deputy Clerk John T. Kelley who has been ill for a week past was reported this morning to be some betI ter but still very weak.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27,1919.

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LEAGUE FULFILS AMERICAN IDEAL Herbert Hoover Says Democracies Replaced Autocracies at Our Bidding. FOOD ADMINISTRATION CHIEF. Urges Ratification on Ground That Peace Treaty Will Collapse Without League of Nations. Herbert Hoover is so deeply coni cerned over the opposition to the League of Nations in the United States that he has let himself be interviewed at length on the League situation. In a talk with the New York Times correspondent in Paris, the Food Administration Chief asserts that having caused the League idea to prevail America cannot abandon it. We cannot withdraw, he says, and leave Europe to chaos. * “To abandon the League Covenant now means that the treaty itself will collapse.” I Mr. Hoover’s wide acquaintance with conditions both here and abroad, his reputation as an administrator, a man of great affairs who deals with facts, not, theories, make his statement one of the most important contributions to the recent League discussions. “There are one or two points in' connection with the present treaty,” said Mr. Hoover, “that need careful consideration by the American public. We | need to digest the fact that we have for a century and a half been advo- | eating democracy not only as a , remedy for the internal ills of all society, but also as the only real safeguard against war. We have believed and proclaimed, in season and out, that a world in which there was a free expression and enforcement of the will of the majority was the real basis of government, was essential for the advancement of- civilization, and that we have proved its enormous human benefits in our country. American Ideas Have Prevailed. “We went into the war to destroy autocracy as a menace to our own and all other democracies. If we had not come into the war every inch of European soil today would be under autocratic government. We have imposed our will on the world. Out of this victory has come the destruction of the four great autocracies in Ger- ! many, Russia, Turkey and Austria and the little autocracy in Greece. New democracies have sprung into being in , Poland, Finland, Letvia, Lithuania, Esthonia, Czechoslovakia, Greater Serbia, Greece, Siberia, and evpn Germany and Austria have established democratic governments. Beyond these a host of small republics, such as Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and others, have sprung up, and again as [ a result of this great world movement i the constitutions of Spain, Rumania, I and even England, have made a final j ascent to complete franchise and de- i mocracy, although they still maintain [ a symbol of royalty. “We have been the living spring for this last century and half from which ' these ideas have sprung, and we have triumphed. The world today, except for a comparatively few reactionary and communistic autocracies, is democratic, and we did it. “A man who takes a wife and blesses the world with several infants cannot go away and leave them on the claim that there was no legal marriage. “These infant democracies all have political, social and economic prob- | lems involving their neighbors that ! are fraught with the most intense friction. There are no natural boundaries in Europe. Races are net compact; they blend at every border. They need railway communication and sea i I outlets through their neighbors’ terriI tdry. I “'Many e s these states must for the | I next few years struggle almost for I bare bones ,to maintain their very I existence. Every one of them is goI Ing to do its best; to protect its own I even te the prejudice of lt» I nejtfibors ' ’’Governments Lack Experience. ■ ' , -‘‘A' e in America should realize that *Li v - ■ i

democracy, as a stable form of government as we know it, is possible only with highly educated populations and a large force of tnen who are capable of government. Few of the men who compose these governments have had any actual experience at governing and their populations are woefully illiterate. “They will require a generation of actual national life in peace to develop free education and skill in government. “Unless these countries have a guiding hand and referee in their quarrels, a court of appeals for their wrongs, this Europe will go back to chaos. If there Is such an institution, representing the public opinion of the world, and able to exert its authority, they will grow into stability. We cannot turn back now. “There is another point which also needs emphasis. World treaties hitherto have always been based on the theory of a balance of power. Stronger races have been set up to dominate the weaker, partly with a view to maintaining stability and to a greater degree with a view to maintaining occupations and positions for tlie reactionaries of the world. “The balance of power is born of armies and navies, aristocracies, autocracies, and reactionaries generally, who can find employment and domination in these institutions, and treaties founded on this basis have established stability after each great war for a shorter or longer time, but never more than a generation. “America came forward with a new idea, and we insisted upon its injec- ' tion into this peace conference. We claimed that it was possible to set up such a piece of machinery with such authority that the balance of power could be abandoned as a relic of the middle ages. We compelled an entire construction of this treaty and every word and line in it to bend to this idea. “Outside of the League of Nations the treaty itself has many deficiencies. It represents compromises between many men and between many selfish interests, and these very compromises and deficiencies are multiplied by the [ many new nations that have entered upon its signature, and the very safety of the treaty itself lies in a court of appeal for the remedy of wrongs in tlie treaty. Benefits of the League. “One thing Is certain. There is no body of human beings so wise that a treaty could be made that would not develop injustice and prove to have been wrong in some particulars. As i the covenant stands today there is a ! place at which redress can be found and through which the good-will of | the world can be enforced. The very machinery by which the treaty is to be executed, and scores of points yet to be solved, which have been referred to the League of Nations as a method of securing more mature judgment in a less heated atmosphere, justifies the | creation of the League. 1 “To abandon the covenant now i means that the treaty Itself will coli lapse. “It would take the exposure of but i a few documents at my hand to prove 1 j that I had been the most reluctant of | Americans to become involved in this i situation in Europe. But having gone in with our eyes open and with a determination to free ourselves and the rest of tlie world from tlie dangers that surrounded us, we cannot now I pull back from the job. It is no use to hold a great revival and then go away leaving a church for continued services half done. “We have succeeded in a most extraordinary degree in imposing upon . Europe the complete conviction that *we are absolutely disinterested. The I consequence is that there is scarcely I a man, woman or child who can read i in Europe that does not look to the ; United States as the ultimate source from which they must receive assur- I I ances and guardianship in the liberties | which they have now secured after | I so many generations of struggle. “This is not a problem of protecting [ the big nations, for the few’that re- | i main can well look after themselves. < What we have done is to set v.p a . I score of little democracies, and if the i American people could visualize their I handiwork they would insist with the 1 , same determination that they did in i ' 1917 that our government proceed.” |

I ONLY TWO UNACCOUNTED FOR Washington. Aug. 27.—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Only two men of the thousands of the American expeditionary force who went into battle against the Germans remain unaqcounted for, according to a casualty list issued today by the war department, The previous list showed more than 100 missing in action. Total casualties now are placed at 1 291,742 with 77,422 deaths from all causes. TRUTH TRIUMPHS Decatur Citizens Testify for the Public Benefit. I A truthful statement of a Decatur citizen, given in his own words, should : convince the most skeptical about the , merits of Doan's Kidney Pills. If you suffer from backache nervousness. I sleeplessness, urinary disorders or ; any form of kidney ills, use a tested | kidney medicine. | A Decatur citizen tells of Doan's Kidney Pills. Could you demand more convincing proof of merit? John Spahr. 908 North Second street. Decatur, says: “I had been unable to find relief from lameness in I my kidneys until I got Doan’s Kidney i Pills. Whenever my kidneys have been disordered. I have procured a; box of Doan’s from the Enterprise ■ Drug Co., and they have quickly ended the suffering.” Price 60 cents, at all dealers. Don't I simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan's Kidney Pills —the same that : Mr. Spahr had. Foster-Milburn Co., I Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. —Advt.

• ■ . END OF THE SEASON SALE OF OXFORDS & PUMPS Peoples and Gay ire conservative in their statements. They prefer understatements to exaggeration. Yet it would be difficult to urge too strongly the wisdom of buying shoes in this sale. Seasonable and discontinued lines of high-grade shoes at prices which make them exceptionally good investments. Patent and Dull Kid White and Black STRAP PUMPS SATIN PUMPS Up to $5.00 Values Up to $3.5Q Values $2.98 pair $1.98 pair Every pair in good style representing In sizes up to 5; clever little pumps the utmost in shoe value. Not all sizes that can be worn on “Qccasions'’ this of a kind but nearly all sizes in the as- winter. Straps and sailor bows; custom sortment. made of the famous Fox brand Peoples & Gay FINE FOOTERY a • M—— • ■*' xuJVM ~ ar 'IMWFTm Correct Lubrication Adds Life and Power to Your Tractor - represents a l ai £ e investment which must be ’ 1 i C< i’ °x Can P r °t ec t it best by care in the selection • nXtc e l? bnc ? nts ,^ sed to eliminate friction from the movI ? r ' • using the correct oil you not only increase the its ~ for much hbricating a ofl s fortracto?s. ny (Indiana) manuf acturers three Heavy Polarine Oil Stanolind Tractor Oil Extra Heavy Polarine Oil One of these oils has the correct lubri- Write fnr tan . . eating body fervour particular tractor “T™ ♦ t 1 l°' page ,J ,0 °T k , The nearest Standard Oilrepresenta'- - J raetor Lubneation. It five has a qWt, prepared by our En- tereT and J? 6 ° f l ”' gioeering Staff, indicating which of Read it us „ efalness y° u - these oils will enable your tractor to inf carefull V’ a PP J y the give the best results, and he will be i Tki 1 *? 01 ? glVen ’ and you wHI glad to show it to you. c • e , to aee P your tractor in I , J service longer. STANDARD OIL CO.-«« 910 S. Michigan Ave., Dhicagn, 111. j

t WAR MOTHERS, NOTICE > NO PRAYER SERVICE TONIGHT t There will be no prayer service to- > night at the Evangelical church on account Jot the special preparatory ' service to be held Thursday evening Jat 7:45. Rev. J. O. Mosier of Van I Wert. Ohio, presiding elder of Fort ‘Wayne district will preach the sermon.. It is hoped that every member of the church will avail themselves of the privilege to be present. Others are also invited to be present. Quar- ■ terly conference follows this service. W. S. MILLS. Pastor.

Doctor Issues Warning || And Tells How to Stop Tobacco Habit

New York: Dr. Connor, formerly of Johns Hopkins Hospital, says: “I am often asked if 1 know anything to stop [ the tobacco habit and I always recommend Nicotol. which I have prescribed , with great success. Nicoto! contains no 1 I habit-forming drugs. is absolutely' harmless and produces astonishing results in a very short time. The use of I tobacco saps the vitality, vim, vigor; and ambition of the slave who is enthralled by its seductive effects. It undermines the health and leaves the I victim an easy prey to general debilI itv, throat and lung trouble, kidney 1 trouble, headache, tongue and lip cancer and even blindness. Physicians I the world over often trace the start of the above diseases and many others to nicotine poisoning. I if you want to free yourself from to-

NOTICE TO — — Wk' " On and after August 28 15,. H barber shopa i n Decatur be. '” ■ bers of the Union and win same price. Beginning Sen. , *1 all shops will open a. eight 2?I m. and close at eight p ni M ck tH Mondays when they will cl ’ XCept# >|| p. m. and on Saturdays when'll I will remain open until ten o’l meeting of the union barbers ■ last evening at which ti ffle th ’’■ schedules were decided upon "'B Lieut. Harvey Il home last evening aft er almost I years of service in France '** ||

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