Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1919 — Page 1

Volume XVII. Number 294

I INVESTIGATION OF COAL I BUSINESS IS TO GO ON I WITNESSES ARE SUBPOENAED— I PRESIDENT WILSON AND JOHN LEWI IS EXCHANGE MESSAGES—MINERS I AWAITING FOR OFFICIAL ORDERS.

Indianapolis, Dec. II (Special Io Daily Democrat) - With the coal strike ended the government today turned its attention toward the lediral grand jury investigation of alleged unlawful avtivities of the mine operators during the war. Subpoenas were sent from the federal building here today calling witnesses to testily before the federal grand jury which will convene next Wednesday. It wi|l investigate information that the mine owners did not operate their mines last summer before the strike was called and that they violated the anti-trust laws. The information was laid before District Judgi Anderson by L. Erl Slack, district attorney, and his assistant. Dan Simms. Among the first witnesses will be mill’s and operators. Indianapolis. Dec. 11 — (Special to Sy IXtlly Democrat) - Telegraphic mas- ■ sages were received in large n.iml>ers at national headquarters of the United Mine Workers today —some condemning and others approving the action of the miners' leaders yesterday in accepting President Wilson's proposal to end the strike. Reports were contained in some of the messages that hastily called meetings by certain cliques of the miners expressed the opinion .that the men who met here yesterday were not delegated with the power to call off the strike. Some of them took the view of Frank Farrington. ' "radical” in the meeting yesterday, that it would be necessary to call a convention to rescind the strike order. Official orders were being sent out from headqiarte”s today telling the men to go back to work immediately, pending the investigation to be conducted in the coal industry by the president’s tribunal. The orders bore the official seal of the union. International officials of the union turned their attention today toward ■ the convention to be held here soon to take final action on the president’s proposal. The convention was called late yesterday after the meeting had adjourned to appease the leaders of the "radical” element who insisted that a convention would be neces- ■ sary to rescind what a convention K had done. The international convention in Cleveland in September K. ordered the men to strike if the operators did not accede to thei- demands for a 60 per cent Increase and a 30 hour week by Nov 1- The proposal yesterday gave them a 14 per cent increase. Immediately after the decision was reached yesterday to accept the Wilson proposition, international officials went to their headquarters and directed the dispatch ot the following message to 4.000 local unions: "Conference of all district representatives United Mine Workers of America decided today to accept proposition submitted by President M ilson providing for immediate ini crease 14 per cent on mining prices. (Continued on Page Five) INDIANA WEATHER. Cloudy and warmer tonight; Friday unsettled, probably sno'-'. 1 0 SHOPPING IX DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS SHOP EARLY Make up your list from The Daily Democrat Advertising Columns

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: MEET AT MUNCIE I School Officials In Session Today—Attend Rural School Conference i IS ONE OF SERIES — Held Over State — State School Officials Provide a Fine Program — ... County School Superintendent Ed S. Christen and the greater number of, the township trustees are at Mun-ie! today, attending a rural school confer-1 ence. This is one of a series of district meetings held over the State for the betterment and improvement of the rural schools. The conference is attended hy state school official;', including the state school superintendent, state inspector and others. The one held at Muncie is for the eigth congressional district. A very fine program is outlined for today’s conference. FIRE IN SHERIFF’S OFFICE Smelling unwarrnted smoke about (the corridor, James Stults. custodian' of the courthouse, investigated last evening at 4:45 and found a small blake in the sheriff’s office, going I merrily on in the northeast norner.' It was soon extinguished with a pail of water, but not before it had burned through the floor and charred also the lower wall-board. It may have caught from a defective place in t'ie chimney which runs up through this part of the building, formerly a part ‘ of the wall of this room; or it may have caught from a cigar stub thrown in the corner, the cause being undetermined. ENROUTE TO HONOLULU Judge John C. Moran and other friends here of Dr. A. G. A. Buxton, received postcards today from him, mailed at Kansas City. he and his party having reached that i oint on their journey enroute to Honolulu to' which place Dr. Buxton received a ' call as pastor of a Christian church there. | His party expect to set sale Di e. 13 from the Pacific coast, for Honolulu. AT 6:30 AT MURRAY HOTEL Arthur Sapp, well known attorney of Huntington will be the guest of the Rotarians at a luncheon meeting this evening at six thirty o’clock at the Murray Hotel. He will also make . a little talk and a solid hour of real entertainment will be enjoyed. Be ■ at the Hotel at 6:30. 1 __ - - ■ - - - REV. LUTZ COMING Rev. C. M. Lutz, of Pleasant Lake, ■ a graduate of Butler, will come next Sunday to preach at the Decatur 1 Christian church. CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE r (United Press Service! ' Chicago, Dec. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Corn: Dec. $1.41, Jan. $1.3514; May, $1.32. Oats: Dec. 77% May, 79%. INDIANAPOLIS MARKET (United Press Service) Hog receipts, 11500; market, 50 higher: best heavies, $13.50@ 13.60; medium mixed. [email protected]; common choice, $13.50; bulk sales, $13.50 cattle receipts 1200, steady; steers, ?14@18; cows and heifers, [email protected], sheep receipts, 500, market steady, tops, s6@7. I

I NOTICE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC Public Utility Schedule Revised by Committee in Session 1 Wednesday, December 10, 1919 I The United States Fuel Administrator has requested tie Railroad Administration to distribute coal now or Hereafter ONLY to Utilities consuming coal to gene-at. • electric light and power that are conserving its use to the extent of meeting ONLY the actual urgent need < of the people. Realizing the seriousness of this drastic order and what it menus to the community The Decatur Light X Power Plant has issued the following regulations in the use cf electricity for light and power. PARAGRAPH 1. All signs and exte-ior lighting must he eliminated am) lights in display windows must not be used after 6:00 P. M. FROM 7:00 A. M. TO 1:30 !». M. I Paragraph 2. All manufacturers'regardless of class, in luding bottling works, laundries, dry cleaners, must not operate other than between the hours of 7'oo A. M. and 1:30 P. M.. with the understanding that the aci tual hours of operation be 6 hours and not more than 33 hours in any one week. FROM 7:00 A. M. TO 6:00 P. M. Paragraph 3. Groceries, meat markets, tea and coffee, bakerit s, wholesale and retail. FROM 10:00 A. M. TO 6:00 P. M. Paragraph 4. Department stores, fruit stands, ice cream, candy and confectionery stores, hardware, jewelry, shoes, clothing, specialties, shoe shining, shoa repairing, toys, florists, stationery ..nd books, plumbing and electrical, barber shops, cigar stands, millinery, furniture, banks and all othe- nlaces doing retail i business. FROM 10:00 A. M. TO 6:00 P. M. Paragraph 5. Drug stores, if open for business before or after the hours stated, they must refrain from I the sale of all articles other than drugs andpprescriptions. RESTAURANTS, CAFES and HOTELS Paragraph 6. Restaurants, cases and hotels, must not use any sign or window lighting or unnecessaiy interior lighting. Must refrain from the sales of any other than food stuffs after the hour of 6:00 P. M. This applies to such articles as cigars, candies, ice cream, fruits, etc. THEATERES and MOVING PICTURE HOUSES Paragraph 7. Theatres and moving picture houses will be permitted to operate from 2:00 P. M. until 5:00 P. M. and again from 7:30 P. M. to 11:00 P. M. daily. 5:00 P. M. UNTIL 11:00 P M. Paragraph 8. Lodges, church bazaars, dancing academies, bowling alleys, billiard and pool rooms, shooting , galleries and all other places of amusement. Such places must refrain from the sale of any other than food stuff after the hour of 6:00 P. M. This applies to such articles as cigars, candy, ice cream, fruit, etc. Paragraph 9. Bakeries, garages, packing houses, dairies, creameries, food manufacturing, flour mills, and cold storage plants will be permitted to operate thei.- plants the number of absolute hours required. This ■ also includes public utilities, telegraph and telephone offices, railroads and hospitals. FROM 8:00 A. M. TO 4.00 P. M. Parag aph 10. All wholesale establishments, offices and office buildings. This includes ail offices and office buildings in connection with manufacturing plants. Paragraph XI. That all machine shops and manufacturing plants and all others having independent power plants and a supply of fuel will be expected to maintain the public utility schedule of six hours per day six days per week. Paiagraph XII. The above schedule to become effective December 11th. 12:01 A. M. and the rules as established will be rigidly enforced. Revised up to 12 noon, December 11, 1919. th, 12'01 A. M. and tiie rules as established will berigidly enforced. Revised up to 12 noon.. December 10, 1919. M. .1. Mylott, Supt. Decatur Light & Power Plant Bv Direction of Citv Council ! , .

THOMAS MYLOTT DIED LAST NIGHT Well Known Citizen Answers Last Call After 3 Day’s Illness of I ACUTE BRONCHITIS Contracted Cold Thanksgiving in Chicago—Engineer at Erie Station Thomas Francis Mylott. one of the most highly respected citizens of the community, tor thirty-seven years the engineer in charge of the Erie railroad lumping station east of the city, and father of Martin J. Mylott, superintendent of the Decatur Light ami Power company, died last evening at about 7:50 o’clock at the family home of acute bronchitis, following a three days' illness, brought about with the . contracting of a cold while spending Thanksgiving in Chicago with his son and daughters. I Mr. and Mrs, Mylott returned home Monday after Thanksgiving and cn I Tuesday Mr. Mylott resumed his duties at the Erie station, although suffering from a severe cold. It is thought that he contracted the cold during his visit in Chicago as most of the apartments and other buildings were poorly heated on account of the [. coal shortage and the change resulted In his sickness. However, he worked until Saturday evening, but was then forced to take to his bed, growing worse on Sunday and gradually becoming weaker each day until the end last evening. ' ' Mr. Mylott was a native of Ireland • and enjoyed to tell of the legious of i this little island. He was born in the parish of Roben. Ballan Rogue, county 'of Mayo, Ireland, on October 19, ( 1850, being a son of Michael and 'Bridget Mylott. Mr. Mylott was just , a little past sixty-nine years of age. When only seventeen years old, in 1867. he came to this country, settling ) at Youngstown, Ohio, where he married Miss Margaret Niblick, living in ’ that city from 1867 to 1877. He then ; moved to Huntington, and was there (Continued on Page Five)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, December 11, 1919

ORDERS ROLL UP Many Schools of District Find It Necessary to Reorder Red Cross Seals CHRISTMAS STICKERS In Great Demand — Many Purchasing in Lots of $5 Worth and More. Prof. Guy Brown, director of the Red Cross Christmas Seal sale for Adams county, reports that the sales are going along nicely, especially in ' ■ the district schools. Reports come in ‘ I on every mail of excellent sales, with I orders for more stamps. Every dist- ' rict school is selling al least a thou ’; sand sealk. Berne, Geneva and Montur schools also make good reports. Posters have been put up by the committees, that are very appealing, roe are doing tine; while the Decaand show the need of Red Cross ■ work in preventing as well as curing 1 disease; a;id in urging a special effort in the creating of more funds by ‘ these cheery little Christmas sticki ers. Two hundred thousand of the seals • were sent this year to Prof. Brown, i for sale, but this supply far exceeds I that sent other years, and it is believed is not the quota expected of . this county. Nevertheless, since the , supply is great, a great demand I should be created. The North and West ward schools of this city have each sold $3,000 and J the South ward. $1,500. ' | Those who have purchased $5.00 ; worth or more are A. J. Smith, Old Adams County Bank, First National ' Bank. People's Loan & Trust Com--1 j pany and W. I). Coil. HERE ON VISIT. . C. A. Thompson, of Aurora, Neb., I. who was at New Castle attending the : funeral of his wife’s brother, and who • | came here for a two days’ visit with 1 ' his bother, Mrs. Kate Thompson, and T his sister, Mrs. W. R. Dorwin, left for ■ his home this afternoon. i . i Misses Anna and Cora Schickman > were business visitors in Fort Wayne today .

TO COUNT NOSES IN THIS COUNTY Enumerators to Take Census of 1920 are Officially Announced Today BY THE SUPERVISOR Will Start Work January 2 —Mr. Conter is Attending Meeting in Chicago. i H. L. Conter, supervisor of the cen-I sus for the eight congressional dis- ■ trict went to Chicago today, where 1 he will attend a meeting of the enumerators for the middle west territory, called for tomorrow, at which time final instructions will ba given the , supervisors. Before leaving here for Chicago. Mr. Conter announced the final sel- . ection of enumerators for the various : I county districts, who will begin duty . Jan. 2nd. Those in the City will be allowed two weeks to complete tee I work while these in the country are given thirty days. Efforts to make 'an accurate count and a speed record will be made. Everything is in readiness for the big job which com >s I every ten years. The list for enumerators for Adams ! i County follows: District. No. 1. Blue Creek, Clark ■ M. Foreman. Berne. I District, No. 2, French, Emma C. | Yake, Berne. ,! District, No. 3, Hartford, Milo B. Lodsey, Geneva. District No. 4. Jefferson, William M. Adang, Geneva. District, No. 5. Kirkland, Rollo M. Houck. Decatur. R. 2. District No. 6, north Monroe, James D. Brown. Jr.. Monroe. ' District No. 7. south Monroe, Mar- . tin L. Smith, Berne. , District No. 8. Preble. Charles Wer- ! i ling. Preble. I District No. 9, north Root, Adelina • Getting, Decatur. District No. 10, south Root, Floyd W. Lewton. Decatur. R. 7. i District No. 11. St. Marys. Jesse H. J Steele. (Continued on Page Five)

CARRANZA IS MOLESTING AMERICAN OIL INTERESTS NEW CRISIS LOOMS LIP IN MEXICAN SITUATION AS RESULT OF CARRANZA'S ACTION—INTERFERES WITH OIL DRILLING OF AMERICANS.

THEY ARE READY — Auditor has December Distribution Checks Ready for Trustees and SCHOOL CORPORATION — Commissioners Met Today . —Bond of .Joe McConnell is Approved The county commissioners met in special session at the auditor’s office this morning for the purpose of J awarding the contract for the furnishing of the county's printing and book supplies. Only one bid, that of William B. Burford of Indianapolis, | was filed and the contract for the three classes of printing was awarded to them. The bond of Joe McConnell as . county recorder was filed and approved by the commissioners. The bond was signed by local property holders. John Mosure, county auditor, announced that the December distribution checks were ready for the township trustees and the school cor-, porations. The commissioners will meet again | on December 271 h for the purpose of ■ closing up business for the year. I ABOUT THE SICK The condition of Tracy Stevens is no better, she remains about the same. Alva Edington remains in a serious condition with pericarditis. The outi come of her illness is uncertain. The Frank Clingenpeel family of | South Line street have been ill with I intestinal influenza. Mr. Clingenpeel is better but two children are still quite ill. Mrs. Burt Johnson, of south of tha I city, who was operated upon Tuesday. | : is getting along well, having passed a restful night. — NEW INSURANCE AGENT Mr. A. T. King, well known newspaper distributor in this city, has accepted the Lincoln Life Insurance agency in this city, owing to the ■ resignation of the recent agent. Mr. King announces that he will still have his headquarters at the King confectionery, where he will be glad to meet any one and talk insurance. WILL PLAY HERE FRIDAY The Kirkland township and Bertie high school basketball team will play at the gym tomorrow night, the game being called at 7:30 o'clock. The girls team of the two schools will also play and a preliminary game will, be played between the Boys Band team and the ' second team of the Decatur high school. REBEKAH INITIATION Msses Celia Mayer and Helen Fonner were initiated by the Rebekah ! lodge Tuesday evening. Other candidates were in line for initiation, I but did not appear on account of the inclement weather. BARKER NOT BAKER Owing to error in transposition, the name in the divorce case of Mary Barker vs. Lionel Barker was made tc read “Baker" instead of “Barker." in report given in this paper last evenig t MARRIAGE LICENSES I A marriage license was issued t< day to Louis Bultemier, born Sept.l7 . 11897, son of Ferdinand Bultemeier, to wed Irma Doehrman. born May 10. IS9B, daughter of Ernest Doehrman.

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(United Press Service) Washington, Dec. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A new crisis in the relations between the U. S. and Mexico was threatening it appeared today due to the alleged action of the Carranza government in preventing the drilling of new oil wells by American companies. Secret negotiations are in progress between this government and Mexico City it was reported, the U. S. note not being made public because | the matter is domestic to Mexico. | It was reported that within the last ' six months three notes from the state department to Carranza with regard to the oil situation has been ignored by Mexico. Al the Mexican embassy today it was announced that reports ot interference with American oil drilling work were without confirmation. Sec. Lansing is understood to have under consideration the sending of a sharp communication to Carranza ' informing him flatly that he must stop interferring with the American oil operation. President Wilson personally probably will direct this country's course in the new crisis it was believed as he feels, it was learned, that the Mexican situation is full of probabilities. BEN HUR DEGREE TEAM Aft members of the Ben Hur degree team are urged to be at the hall toI morrow night for practice. On Frli day of next week a large class will be taken in and it is desired that all members be out to begin practice tomorrow evening. YOUNG BOYS STOLE BONDS (United Press Service) Detroit, Mich. Dee. 11. — (Special to the Daily Democrat.) —Elias Tieman, 17 year old bank messenger, arrested here in connection with the theft of $32,000 in Liberty Bonds from a firm in New York, was on his way to New I York today for trial. Tieman confessed taking the bonds according to the police. BOX SOCIAL There will be a Ixix social at the Winchester school house one mile south and two miles west of Monroe, I Indiana on Thursday evening Dec. 11. There will be many boxes and a good time is assured for all who attend. Everybody cordially invited. Mrs. Miller Hendricks left on the 1:05 train for her home at Monroe after attending to business here. A. A. Kist left on the 1:05 train for his home at Portland after attending to business here. Mr. and Mrs Paul McClain and daughter Nellie and Miss Pearl Kratzer took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. John Lhanion and did their Christmas shopping today. Mrs. Will Rainey and daughter Margaret of Fort Wayne visited at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Barnett of Mercer avenue. John Myers and Dan Erwin made a business trip to Fort Wayne today.

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