Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 26 January 1920 — Page 1

Volume XVIII. Number 22

PREPARING IRE SPECIFICATIONS Engineer McNaughton is Busy at Work on the , Specifications for THE POWER PLANT Many Inquiries Have Been Received—To Break Ground Soon Mean's. David and Janie- M-X';ui:-'i-ton, the consulting engineers are busy at work preparing the specificationfor the building of the new power! plant by the City of Decatur and a- ! soon as they are completed and submittod to the common council and i O K’d. the notice to bidder will i„. published and sealed bids will be r. reived for the erection of the Imildinc and installing of the machinery. Ever since the I’nldc sec. , mission and the state tax board a, proved the issuing of the bonds with ■ which to start the building of th power plant, th? engineers have been rushing their plans and this morning they stated that ground would b. broken on the site as soon as the weather permitted. Mr. McNaughton al- > *• ,c i t the city had already received a num her of inquiies from large inannf.u tn: hig concerns who contemplate biddi l on the construction of tin- l.nildt . and supplying the machinery and that in their opinion, the construct . h w< ; , would not be delayed to a great extent ( on account of a want of material or - lack of eqtiippment. The Building Will lie built of red or buff brick. ■' The city now has an opth.i on the ten Hanna lots north of Short street and lying along the Grand Rapid- and Indinni railroad tracks and it is on this aito that the power plant will 1 ■■ laiilt. It is that the cost of the building, the site and the ma ninery to be installed will cost about ttMMH)O When completed it will- be tone of the finest and most up to date rlcctrfc power plants in the state and will have a capacity of taking care of the increased demand for some yea l '- WILL HAVE ROTARY BOWLING CONTEST. Vocal Rotarians are as-ured of a good time at Fort Wayne the time if thrt district Rotary conference on tie 11th and 12th of February. In addition to the real serious sessions of the conference, a number of "side issues" are receiving attention. Among these is an "All-lndiana Bowling contest.’’ which will be staged on the al leys of the new Y. M. C. A. building W in Fort Wayne on the first evening of the event. The bowling fans are all l interested in the announcement, and this sport feature will doubtless at tract many to Fort Wayne for the Lit: coin’s birthday occasion. An immense number of Rotarians and their ■ from all over Indiana, will assemble in Fort Wayne for the conference which promises to he one of the moat important events of the kind r in the middle west. TO THEIR RESCUE fUnited Pre"’ S*rvFe) New York. Jan. 26-tSpectal to Daily Democrat)— In an effort 'o tes cue his wife and three young daug ■ : ters who. it is believed are be.ng hj-l - in ~ Turkish harem. Assdour Derb£ lies will sail from here this week for Turkey, according to Mn ° u as _ by the Near East Relief " 11 sisting him. Armenian bj Derboghps, who is • thp from Racine, Wis.. escape Turks in 1914 ’" r0 "^ S o finding filth( , r entP rtains UUle oP-f^d ing his daughters, aged 10. S when they were smzed at the s . time as his wife font je.ii son. Hovenes. escaped and is now attending a school kegan, 111. _____ Miss the second guide m < f( „. Sist ,, r ochial school, sub''' 1 11' 1 ( Thursday | M. Columbia, who fe fo |. and broke her rtgh' a '' l . ya) .j umbia was walking"> jn fUvh and slipped cm the ■ wa[i broken a manner that her t ap(i( j ent was near the somea very painful^ ne lumbia will be time before Sister ... ... imr teaching-

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LEAP YEAR ORGANIZATION (United Press Service) Cincinnati, (). Jan. 26- (Special to Daily Democrat) —University of Cincinnati claims the first two anti-leap year organizations in American univ< i sides. "The Apollo Defense League," for the purpose of "repelling the cr.slaugltts 7>f feminity'', while the "Manhaters club”, among the co-eds is t > see that temptation is not placed i lite path of a member. The "Manhaters” contend their organization is a permanent one hut the "Apollos" admit they are prepared to surrender their charter at midnight. (December 31, 1920. CONTRACT IS LET For Repair of Streets and Sidewalks Alons Mercer, Winchester and Third BY ERIE RAILROAD Miller & Butler Given Job, Work to Begin March Ist and be Completed May 1 The Chicago & Erie railroad company has «losed a contract with Michael Miller and Samuel Butler oi this city to repave and reset the street;-;, sidewalks and curbing on Mercer. Winche-ter and Third streets, in Decatur. Under the contract work is to begin between March Ist and 10th and be completed within sixty days. • The contract price for the work is $3,869 with addition of 1% per cent for furnishing surety bond as required by law. making the total $3,927.04 The job was let late in the fall but before the contract was received here Miller & Butler had sold their sand and other material to the Ferguson company and both men began work their. When the contract arrived they could not accept as the terms provided immediate action. The new contract dated March Ist came Saturday and the men accepted same today. The work will include the raising of the streets, sidewalks and curbs to the level of the new tracks put in by the Erie several years ago. The improvement has been long delayed by one cause or another and due to the red tape required by railroad and government officials. The order from the council wais fought though by Isaac Chronister when he was a member of the council. Miller & Butler will do the job in the right way and the improvement w'H ' satisfactory wh< it completed about May Ist. LIFTS PAPER EMBARGO (United Press Service) Winnipeg. Man . Jan. 26 —(Special to Daily Democrat | The Canadian government lifted the embargo against shipment of news print paper from the Fort Frances Mills to customers in the United States. Shipments were going forward as usual today. One hundred and fifty tons were rushed to Winnipeg papers ,but will not arrive in time to permit publication today. USE IT WISELY Washington, Jan. 26—(Special to Daily Democrat) —-Cardinal Gibbons today discussed' the high cost of living in a letter to the treasury department in which he said: "The prosperity that has come to us is not ours to be spent lavishlj and without regard to consequences but is to be'increased by consistent saving, thoughtful investment and wise use.” IS NOT A CANDIDATE Boston, Mass., Jan. 26 —(Special t< Daily Democrat) —Declaring that th< "curse of the present is the almos ' universal grasping for power in liigl places and in love to the exclusioi of the discharge of obligations." Gov ernor Calvin Coolidge in a statemen made public today, declared that hi has not been anti is not a canditlati for president. TANK HOUSE BURNED r I . While thawing out the supply tanl which had been frozen up by the col 1 weather Mr. J. FI. Murnma. of nortl i east of this city built a fire that was n little too hot and burned down th s supply tank bouse. The fire occure • at 8 o’clock Friday evening, and « e attracting considerable attention ft several miles around.

' Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, January 26, 1920.

TO MEET TONIGHT Industrial Association will *• • • Adopt Constitution and By-laws at This Time r ' YOU ARE INVITED Hope to Have a Membership of 500—Much Work to he Done by Committee i I I The meeting of the Decatur Indus.'trial Association to be held at the (city hall at 7:30 this evening is Im'portant as every meeting will be from i now on. About seventy members have been secured and it is hoped within -the year this number will be increased to 500. The program tonight will include the I adoption of the by-laws and every citizen is urged to take part in this important part of the organization. There will be several propositions of interest up. the appointment of com- ’ mittees and the reports from others. The idea of those in charge is not ro , step too fast but to take care of such mutters as come up ami finish th" jobs/ To do this the plan is to divide the work up among the various workers, thus accomph.ishing much within a short time. Indications are that the year will be a good one in many wavs but it is important that each step b" taken in the right spirit. A long pull together will give us the right kind of a start. Be at the meeting tonight and help decide the questions to come up. WEDSIfCANTON Mr. Richard France, Former Decatur Resident was Married on January 2 TO MISS HARBAUGH Will Reside at Alliance, 0., Where Dick Holds a. Responsible Position Decatur relatives have received cards announcing the wedding of Mr. Richard R. France, son of Mrs. Isa- . belle France, to Miss Helen Har- ■| ba ugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.. ' George Judson Harbaugh of Alliance. Ohio. The happy event took place at Canton. Ohio, on Wednesday. Janu ’ ary 2nd. the Rev. George Jackson of he First Presbyterian church offi- ■ fated. They will reside in Alliance where Mr. France has his office as police chief for the Canton & Alliance Mor gan Machine shops. Dick, as he is ■ known here, was reared in Decatur ( and has hundreds of friends here > who join us in sincerest congratulations. He graduated from the Deca- } ‘ur high school, attended the Univerdtv of Michigan, was chief of police s at Alliance, Ohio, and holds a splendid position. His mother is visiting , the H. L. Conter family here at this ! 'time. FOUR BILLION DOLLAR BALANCE OF TRADE Washington, Jan. 26. -The excess of () American exports over imports in 1919 g amounted to $4,017,600,000. a new ,|- record, according to a statement is-.--tied today by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Department 0 of Commerce. Exports for 1919 total y ed $7,922,000,000. ns compared with H $6,149,000,000. while imports were valit ped at $3,904,000,000. against $3,031.(1 000,000 in 1918. December exports amounted to $6Bl. 000.000 a falling off from the $741,000 000 record for November. Imports also fell off for December, the total :o being $381,000,000. as compared with ie $425,000,000 for November. P.oth ex st ports and imports were higher than in ;h December a year ago. >n The imports of gold in 1919 amount v- ed to $77,000,000. compared with $62, nt 000.000 in 1918 and $552,000,000 in 1917 ie Exports in gold in 1919 jumped t< te $368,000,000 form $41,000,000 in 1918 ]n 1917 they amounted to $372,000,000 No marked change is noticed in th< imports or exports of silver, receipt: amounting to $89,000,000 and shii It. ments to $239,000,000 in 1919. ,ld h- + + + ++*+ *+ + 4 a <• THE WEATHER FORECAST - he ♦ + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦’ ed as I Snow or rain and warmer tonight ’or | Tuesday snow or rain, colder extrem north portion. x

> NEWBERRY TRIAL TOMORROW (United Press Service) Grand Rapids, Mich. Jan. 26 (Special to Dally Democrat) The I trial of Truman II Newberry. United States senator and 134 others charged with election frauds, will open here tomorrow. Practically nil of the defendants were expected to arI i rive today. One has not been apprehended and is in South America. . Fedeal Judge Sessions, who will sit in the trial has ordered all d •I’end- - i ants to appear in court each day. Frank C. Dailey, special assistant | United States district attorney of In- ' diana will conduct the prosecution i'and Martin W. Littleton will head the defense attoruevs. I (LODGE REFUSES TO MEET THEM Will Not Resume By-par-tisan Conference on the Treatv—Afraid That i CHANGES WILL BE Made in His Reservations —Lenine Drops Idea of Revolution Washington. Jan. 26. (Special to 1 Daily Democrat) —Senator Lodge republican leader today refused to re- 1 sume by-partisan treaty conferences except upon the definite understand ing that no change whatever lie made' in the Lodge reservation on article To land the Monroe Doctrine. He delivered this virtual untimatum to the Democratic members at a brief meeting today. ' Democratic conferees immediately went into executive session to decide on their answer. Senator Hitcbeock in a statement issued after the democratic conference added that the democratic reply to Lodge will be delivered at another meeting of the by-partisan conferees tomorrow morning. Lodge's action is believed to have] made certain the breaking oft of the | conferences and to mark the failure of this effort at treaty compromise. I Hitchcock and other democrats i seemed aggitated by todays developments. "The conference up to the time that its meetings were interrupted had tenI iatively agreed upon the preamble and Lail sections of the reservation except that relating to article 10 the Monro- 1 . Doctrine anti one or two miner matters." Hitchcock said, "and an agreement was apparently almost consummated on article 10 wh.-n adjournment suddenly came followed by the intervention of the irreconciliable re- ' publican.” , ] Washington. Jan. 26.—(Special to (Daily Democrat) —la-nine has aband- . loned the idea of world revolution. Ln-1 (Continued on Page Five) DEATHI IS SUGDEN Col. Albert H. Morris. Auctioneer Who Conducted f Sale Here Thursday DIED ON SATURDAY 1 Was Slightly HI When ' Here but Condition was n Not Thought Serious i. Col. Albert H. Morris, the auctioneer who cried the sale of Duroc hogs for ,- the Adams county Pig Club, at the .- Riverside barns, in this city last I huiss day. died at the Methodist hospital il at Indianapolis. Saturday afternoon, h Death was due to influenza and a com <• plication of septic poisoning. Though n he did not feel extra good when here he was able to conduct the sale and t- thought ho would be alright in a day or two. Returning home he went ini7. mediately to the hospital and his death o followed a short time afterward. Hr 8. is survived by the widow and three 0. children ie Mr. Morris was we’l and favorably ts known here and over the county. H. p- was an intimate friend of Mr. W. A Lower of the People’s Loan & Trust company, those two men having join ♦ ed the Knights of Pythias lodge al ♦ (the same time when Mr. Lower was ♦ residing in Indianapolis. The an I nouncement of the death caused it; shock to the many who knew hiir ne here. I : i t

ALL (RE WHITES I # I 'I Enumeration as Compiled by State Auditor Shows That Adams County HAS 1970 MALE VOTERS I — Wells County has 5.903 — I Will Probably Redistrict the State Indianapolis. Jan 26. i l.e tot P number cf voters in Adams. B!:u kford. Delaware. Grant. Henry Jay. Madison I Randolph. Tipton. Wayne and We'iU jeounties and the total number of eoliored voters in each of these eounti si (as complied in the sexennial enumei I ators of voters in shown in the follow-! ing lable: ( County Total Colored ! Adams 4.970 ' Blackford 3.757 7 Delaware 16.243 sl’>' (Grant 14.417 411: I Henry 9.552 133 ( I Jay « Madison 10.778 23:'. .Randolph 7.614 6-1 ( iTipton 4.493 ...I Wayne 13,334 4.1’ Wells 5.903 The slate auditor will get out maps as provided by law and will submet them to the next session of the legis I lature, which, at cording to custom • probably will appoint a committee to • redistrict the state. The work must ( ,be done so that each district shall! have a senator or representative for j (respective equal number of voters. JURT IS DRAWN — Commissioners Met at the Clerk’s Office al Ten This Morning to Select Names PETIT AND GRAND furors Who Will Serve for February Term —Fifteen i Selected for Petit Jury Dr. T. J. McKean, of l inn Grove j and E. W. Johnson, of thfr city with 1 County clerk J. T. Kelley, th,- ji.ny! commissioners met. ::t the clerks offic > 1 .it ten o’clock tliV morning and select-! eff the grand and petit juries for the February term of the Adam ; circ'.ii* court. They are: Grand jury Frank P. Carroll. D catur, Clyde Beam. St. Marys: Sh -r---man Alexander. St. Marys; John D. Stultz. Union; Forest G. F.dward and John W. Hoppel. Blue Creek. Petit Edwin M. Ray. Amos Burkholter, Berne; I. N Stahl. Vernon S Ralston. Wabash; John S Falk. O. !’. Mills. Decatur; 'David Stuckey. W;. bash; Fred J. Isch. William F. Stepler. French: Anthony B. Holthouse. Kirk land; ELuier Cook. Washington: Y,’ I). Cross. Geneva; P W. Kessler. Z. O. ! Lewellen. Monroe. Robert P. Davies. Blue Creek. I BIG WRECK IN CANADA (United Press Service) Ottawa. Ont.. Jan. 26 (Special to Daily Democrat) at least fifteen persons are dead and a score injured Jas the result of the rear end collision of two sections of the Vancouver Ex I | press on the Canadian Pacific at Cor I bell. Ont... yesterday. Seven we-e killed instantly and eight others died enroute to hospitals. CAN THE CANABLES (• l ' (United Press Service) Cleveland. 0.. Jan. 26 (Special to ‘ Daily Democrat)—One of the ways to ’ help tie the can to the cost of living ■ it Io can all canable food and eliminate waste according to delegates to i the canners convention here today. ' Three national bodies are meeting 1 simultaneously. They arc the Nationy al fanners association: the Canning )- Machinery & Supply association and h the Canned Foods & Dried Fruit e Brokers association. e —— ~~ TO ATTEND MEETING y e County Surveyor Orval Harrutl and I. Road Superintendent Jim A Hendricks it 'will got to Lafayette tonight to at v tend the sixth annual road school held it under the direction of Purdue univeris sity. the civil engineers co-operating i- with the highway superintendents and a surveyors. The program opens tomot n row and continues three days and i; i filled with interesting talks and discussions.

i THE LOWDEN HEADQUARTERS (United Press Service) Washington. Jin 26 (Special to Dally Democrat) H-.t<l<|U:irleis tor the presidential campaign of Governor i.owdcn of Illinois, were opened here today It;.- Representative Frank I L. Smith, clutffrinan of a committee of eoagressmeti which P supporting J .owden. This committee ((insisting of Senators Sherman ml McCut aiiek and Itepn sulativi s Smith. Rodenberg Copley and I’homas S. Wil Hams, issued a statement declaring Lowden was forging ahead in the I race for the re[’ibliean nomination. DEATH RELTEVES I (Samuel A Roop, Citizen of St. Marys Township Died Sunday Morning j OF BLOOD POISONING Funeral Services Tuesday Noon From Home— Mrs. Roop Seriously 11! Death < ame as ;■ relfet "> the »ui I sering of Samuel A Poop, r -p- ( t d land well known citizen (l St. M.-ry township, at 10:20 Sv.t.d; ; morni'.g i For a number of day-;, lie had be "i i-iHT'-ting untold a.-uny. until the latter (part of lab week wh< n he became m I conscious’and it ’ 'a< known that death was but a matter of hoftr- . Follo vi .-. (an illness with kidney troub!’. blood i noison set in and became the Imni'-d: ate cause of hi- death. Unusually sr I lis the fact that hi- wife lies also b '.I (very seriously ill and is still in .tn'ecatious condition, though better than a few day ago. Samuel A Ro(-p. was born in V.i Wert county. Ohio, just two mile from the present home. November 19. 1867. the son of Samuel and Margaret (Fid singer) Roop The father died March 12. ISB6 and the mother February ’3. i 1891. The fitmi'y was one of , rb-~ | pioneers of their section and well I knoivn over this entire part of the L-mntry. The family cite! of chilI dren was fiyst broken four years ago (when Mrs. Lydia Miller, sister of S'tri I'lel A. died at her home at Van Wert, (the burial occurring New 1 ears day ,1916. The d-'ceased wa s nmrriod Jami a ' 10 ISSS'.to Mitt' Etta Acker. N:"e children survive them, two of whom. ( Mrs. Henry. Smith y and Mr--, liat;" Poling reside in this citv. Survivin': also arc the following brother: aid . sisters: Mrs. fit'iuv-l Acker of this city. Joseph of Hillman. Michigan: Amos L. of Fort Wayne; Albert. .Tames and Mrs. Sarah Dealy. Van Werl One of the sons. Rufus Roop "('turned (from Germany only a few* v ■<-)■:-■ ■>. ! ifter a lona servie ■ in th" army Mr. Roop was an ardent detri'ua'at. a hard worker for the (tings in wlti- li ■ lie believed and an excellent citizen j whose death past the noon tide of, life, will cause much sorrow ovyv tt," ( county. He was converted a munbe: ->f yettj's ago and Jiecame a member of (he United Brethren clittwh. The funeral services will tie held from the home al 12 o’clock noon, on Tuesdav. January 27th. Rev. Mack Ilin of tlv- United P,r«th''( • Irnreh at i Willshire, ot'i'iating Intreim'nt will I be in the Decatur cemetery. JUDGE WILSON FIRM ((■titled Press fzervlcel Montesano. Wash.. Jail- 2t- (Special to Daily Democrat > \n attempt by George Vanderboer. couns 1 for eleven alleged I. W. W’s. accused of 1 murdering American legion members . on armistice day at I’ontrtilia. Wash, to introduce newspaper articles and 1 editorials as a basis tor a change of venae met defeat here today when ; the trial began befoe Superior Judge ■ John Wilsor i Judge Wilson ruled Hie only new ! matter arriving since his previous feeling denying a change of venue could be considered at this time. The accu-gd men v.e>e freshly shaven when brought into court today and their faces wore expression less as they each in turn signed an ; affidavit previously prepared by At torney Vanderbeer. I ADVERTISED LETTERS l!-51rs. Maud Heart; Mr I>. Mar-hall ; Mr. L. M. Htrtve: V. W. Peters: Or Gaskill: Tlongy Brtmdbock; Win. ■lßieheriek; B. F. Iseek. I JOHN W. BOSSE. P. M.

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(MOVE THAT BiLL BE DISMISSED I j Rhode Island’s Attack Against Prohibition Bill May be Removed GOVERNMENT ASKS IT Senate’ Appropriates Money to Fight Flu—To Demand the Kaiser • ITnfted Prew* Service) > . Washington. Jan. 26 (Special Ao Daily Democrat) The senate today voted to approprinte t'mo.oOO for the use of the public health .service in its fight against influenza. Washington. Jan. 26- (Special to ' Daily Denim rat) -The government ‘in th supreme court today moved to dismiss Rhode Esland's bill attackinv tin 1 validity of ((institutional proI hibit ion. Arguments on this motion is exI pected to d( termine wl. -her consti- , tmional prohibition will stand. ' Solicitor Gemral Xing slated the motion could no he argued until t March lie. ause Rhod- Islam! atto"ney s are rut ready. A n-'- ss ot the court (luring February will delay it ( until that time, j The court .iger-d io advanc the ap peals from Ohio court which will de t'-rmine whether slates bv referendum Can overtide the -tii:u of state legislators in ratifyuig m constitutional prohibition an cildmenL. Paris. Jan.'26 (S)iC(:;d to Liaiiy Democrat) The c 0,.: -i! of ambassadors today decided to ctmtinue its effort'; to induce Holland to give up the former kaiser for trial by an allied tribunal. The c ouncil instruct 'd the French government to prepare a reply to the , Dutch note of r-’i'ita’. taking np th Holland government's note argument by argument . i Timcouncil also decided that, pending ratification of th' Versailies , treaty by the United States, presides) eies of the various plebbcite-. com , missions will he tilled by French del ('gat -s instead of Am 'rh-an. G"rmati remrsi ,i:alD< • protested to the i bes-e'd irs ai ainst .he Pol Ish boundaries but no ;. ti; n was t::k ' ( ii. Pole appealed for help against (lite boisheviki. SECY. BAKER IS ILL (Uliil p'i Sui \ f ) I Washington. Jan. 26 (Special '' (Daily Democrat) Se ( -rotary <f war (linker i“ ill al iii" home today. He has been confined to bi' ' O"t "inc noon yesterday. Col. Roger Lroo’.-- of the office • f 'be stirgeon sti-ruT.'il who is carin ', for I linker, believes the s<>crc‘ try’.; illness is only :F cold which tony be r l '- ; lieved after several day:-- indoors. FLUE DISCOLORING IN CHICAGO (United Press Service) Chicago Jan. 26. (Special to Daily (Democrat) The infill- nzn epidemic in Chicago apoeared on the wane ’odtiy. according Io health department officials. N-'W ease- reported in the 24 hours ending early today totalled 1.600. Tie number report' d last we- : averaged more fhan 2.000 daily. One hundred and one death l:om the fine were re- , ported yesterday INDIANAPOLIS MARKET (United Press Service) Indianapolis. Jan. 26 (Special to : Daily Democrat I - Hog receipts 7500. ' market 40 to ’•> higher; best heavies ' SI6.OO(Li-16.25; medium mixed. $16.25 tt(l6 50-. common choice. sl6.2s([i'' ',16.40; bulk sales catlb J receipts 1000, 25 higher: steer-- sl3 ;(a 15.30; eowd tin-! heifers. sr.io'll: ’ sheep receipts 100, market steady. " . Tops S9WIO. BOARD OF GUARDIANS y " > The board of chtld-m’s gu dians ’"twill meet Tuesdav afternoon at 2:30 n at the Library. AH members urged ’ j to be present. Mrs D. I). Helltr, Chairman - CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE II (Uniter) Press .Service) rl Chicago. Jan. 26 (Special to Daily Demomat) Corn Jan. $1.25; May sl.:’,F»"-x; July, $1.3214. Oats: Muy. ' 83’sc; July. 75%c.