Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 14 February 1920 — Page 1

■Volume XVIII, Number 39

HOOPER HOME I RUINED BV FIDE Karate was Destroyed Be- ■ lore Water Could be Turned on and Blaze SPREAD TO HOUSE iphe Water Hydrants were ■ Froze —Household Goods and Library Saved ■ i ■ ■ hire which started m t|„ at the rear of the beautiful P. t; B home on North 8 eonrt ■ Kni>let<-iv destroyed th Kflii Spread to the hou ■ he turtle,l on that the water hydrants a which fr-men tried to make connections s >n. frozen. The blaze was first nt llced by neighbors, among them lie S hi; Clayson Carrol and Fred Kinzle Who sent in the alarm. The general ,4Sh‘rm was given at once and the fire upon arriving there tried to connect the hose to the hydrant .t tin street crossing. Finding that the was frozen a connection ha -I th )*■ made at the Water works plant ■l' h is directly back of the Hooper Uontc. In tile meantime the firemen to fight the blaze with the cheni-ic.-il device, which aided by the high Wtr--‘ made some stiff job. By the tine that the water connection was ■ad* and the ho»e laid to the house, tin garage was completely destroyed and the roof at the rear of the house was burning. The firemen fought bravely and no time was lost in their ■ earnest attempt to save the house, hut sufficient water could not lie turn- ~ on with the two lines to put the Hute out. Spreading upward the fire crept under the roof and within a few n|lnutes burst out at the top and in fjnnt of the house. The firemen continued in their efforts to fight it. bur the stiff wind was a letter feeder than the water was an extinguishCt and it was fully a half hour before the hlaz<» was undeg, control. fc Although the damage to the house itself will run up in the hundreds of dell ars. practically all the household furniture, lioth upstairs and down wer.- saved. School boys. men. women. friends and neighbors volunteered their help and got out most of the furniture and household goods, including the valuably library of the P. G. Hooper. The fire did not injure the walls of tile hou-e. but the roof was practically destroyed and mu, h damage was done to the inside front the snwke and water. No estiniat, of (lie exact loss or of the amount of the insurance carried thereon was obtainable this afternoon, but it will total several thousand dollars . Mrs. Hooper and Mr and Mt- IScherick. of Fort Wayne occupied the house. They were eating dinner when th< fire was noticed. It was stated th;. Mrs. Hooper was smoking some meat in the garage and the blaze o iglnated from a small stove used for that purpose. s!iS|| ■l♦++++++ + + + + + + + * * ABOUT the sick ♦ ++++ 4,++ + + + + + + + * ■ Mrs. pmerson Bennett is quit'' With penutnonia. ■ Ruth Winnett, daughter of Will Wlnnes who has been suffering brom hial pneumonia for Hiel l 11 ■e,-ic is better today. ■Word has been received by Mr. and Mr-. E. S. Christen that their dauuhter Catherine is in the hospital ■■> with the flu. She is not seriously m and was better at last report. Nanmi. Christen, teacher of th? Mt- 1 school is still confined to her With the flu but is much better. SB Mrs. L. N. Grandstaff "ho has he n ill with the flu suffered a severe M>e With kidney trouble yesterday >" resting easier today. ■ Lawrence Lord is on the si<k W I Charles Shirk of Fort Wayne who Was so low with pneumonia ‘ J proving and had the best day since his illness. I ho has passed the danget ■“ 1 j Mrs. .1. H. Heller. "ho »as been J quite ill for several com . ■Hu. is better today and t |plicatiou6 arise- is Saul , d ,. rs •long nicely. Mrs I is assisting as nurse. I Mrs. Sam Roop- by | from the hospital in . & 8. E. Black of the firm of B a >< | Getting to the Decatur hospital. H& remains very ill-

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FUNERAL this afternoon I ’ Ftinertd services were held this ‘ afternoon for Robert L. Hoffman, the ’ 'till born babe of Mr. and Mrs. Mart--111 l<- Hoffman, of Washington town.'hip. iiiir l;i , Wttß u| Honduras. MAKING CHANGE I ; Las Office is Being Moved to New Quarters and ■ Soft Drink Parlor IS BEING INSTALLED

In the Ellis Building— Manager of Gas Office Not Yet Appointed rite Northern Indiana Gas Al Elec'ri< company is being moved today into the room north of the Murray Hotel on Third street and Fred Fullenkatnp ami Will Harting are moving th'dr furniture for their soft drink . parlor in the Ellis building. Hie moving of the gas office was delayed on account of the sickness and death of the local manager. George E Mount which occurred a week ago. The gas company hopes to be well located in their new quarters within the next ten days. Mrs. Hoyt Hartman, of Bluffton an assist--1 ant in the gas office there is assisting Will Market is taking care of the office here Mr Marker will look after the moving of the office. Messrs Harting and Fullenkamp are moving their furniture in the Ellis building today and hope to open 1 for business within another week. They will conduct a soft drink parlor and serve hot sandwiches, later on hoping to put in a short order counter. .'. man to succeed the late George Mount as manager of the local gas office has not yet been appointed. ARE TO BE READY New York. Fell. 14. —(Special to Daily lieniig rat)--Final trials fur the Olympic teams are to be held in conjunction with the national track and field championships early in the summer. it has- been announced by Secretary I’. W Rubien of the A. A. U. The date of the championships depends upon receipt of the official schedule Hom tile Belgian Olympic committee. + COURT HOUSE NEWS ♦ A+++++++ + + + + + + + Real eslate transfers were made by Joseph V. Pease, guardian, to Effie B. Baker, lot in Decatur, guardian - deed. $955; Elizabeth Costello and others to John T. Myers, lot in 1 Decatur. S2OOO. A current report of Christian Boone, guardian of Walter Hilgeman was tiled and approved, and trust was continued. E Burt Lenhart, guardian of Andrew Meyers, filed final report and was discharged as guardian. In the damage suit of Joseph B. [ Petr vs Toledo. St. Louis & Western H 11. Co. and Corp, an appearance was made by Van Brunt & Harker and C J. Lutz for the defendant. Toledo. St. Louis & Western R. It. Co. i only. Answer in one paragraph. The cause of A. I). Baker Co. & j Corporation vs. Schafer Hardware Co., on an account was set for trial March 17. Leave was granted to ! plaintiff to withdraw' the first paragraph of complaint. The cause of Iron & Glass Dollar Savings Bank vs. Charles Spanley ami others was reset for trial March 19. MET SON IN FORT WAYNE Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Merryman wenl to Fort Wayne to meet their son I Charles Merryman, of Caidwell. Mo He was passing through and the vis it together was a pleasant one. The) spent the night at the Anthony hotel and Mr. Merryman went on to St Louis from there. CHARGE OF DECATUR OFFICE Mrs. Hoyt Hartman went to Deca tur this morning to take charge of th< Decatur gas office until a successo has been chosen for the late Georg, Mount, manager, who died last week - Bluffiou Banner. — ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< * THE WEATHER FORECAST 4 Pair and much colder tonight | Sunday fair.

,|A COMPLETE LIST 1 r Os All Deceased Soldiers of This County is Made up by American Legion I TWENTY-FIVE NAMES — Ready for Memorial Day Services—Membership Drive Progressing I .Another meeting of the American Legion will be held at the Maccabee hall, above the Holthouse drug com-

pany, Monday night at 8 o’clock, at which time final arrangements will be made for the memorial services to be held on February 22. in honor of the soldier boys from this county, .. who died while in military service.’ y «nd every member is urged to at y tend l_ A complete list of all the deceased „ soldiers from this county has been k made up and memorial certificates will lie presented to their nearest relatives at this time. The list contains twenty names and is as follows. s If any person knows of any deceased ’ soldier not mentioned in the list I 1 they are requested to notify Joseph Laurent who can be found at the. post office. Tile list : John Klopfenstein. Berne Lewis Bultenieier, Decatur; I.aw| cnee Buch. Decatur; Floyd Mann. e ‘ Decatur; Chalmer C. Eley. Borne; ' David Bixler. Berne: Jesse F. Cbrist- | on. Decatur; Clarence Clark. Deca--1 ,ur; Reuben Heller. Berne; Chris ’ iiirschy, Monroe; I’rban Kuntz. Ge--1 nova; Erhardt Brandt miller. Decatur. ■ Ralph Miller. Decatur; Charles Mur r taugli. Decatur; Omer Reusser. Berne 1 John O. Roberts, Berne; Albert D. " Smith. Monroe: Jefferson Schwartz. Monroe; Samuel Huser . Berne; - Frank Henschen, Magley; Roy Cof- ’ felt. Geneva; Fred Riker, Willshire. (Continued on Page Three) ORDERS REPORT ) ! , , -i Kenyon Bill Regulating the Meat Packing Industry Passes Committee , FAVOR ITS ADOPTION Agreement on Reservations on Peace Treaty May Not Come for Awhile ► Washington. Feb. 14 (Special to J Daily Democrat)-The senate agricultural committee today ordered a favorable report on the new Kenyon j Hendricks bill to regulate the meat ! packing industry. The vote was unanimous in favor of reporting tlie measure. Chairman Gronna said. A federal life stock I commission would be set up by the i measure to regulate the packers through a system of registration. I The new measure was drafted fol lowing an agreement between the big packers and Attorney General j I Palmer by which the packers were p io divorce their allied industries. r The license system in the original , hill which was criticised by the pack ( ers is changed in the new bill. I Washington. Feb. 14. (Special t< 1 Daily Democrat) Whether the senate p will be able to reach an agreement ' on a reservation to article ten ol ° the league of nations will be decided ' within a day or two. senators today r perdieted. y It is not generally believed the res i] ignation of Secretary-Lansing, reveal ing a wide breach between him and the president, will affect the course of the treaty, although “irrecancil aides" will try to make the. most of it it. nJ Hope of early agreement today 1 | centered about two proposals on ar s ’,ticle ten resolution submitted to SenV’ator Lodge by Senator Hitchcock il J yesterday. These two proposals. ’ J Hitchcock said, indicate the limits t<> which democrats are willing to go in compromise on this question. Lodge today submitted to the a . publicans two proposals. He person ie ially declined to commit himself pub ir j licly on either one He said the first | and most necessary thing to do was |. to see how many votes the democratic | program could command. l odge’s friends today pointed out ♦ that President ’Wilson in his letter to ♦ Senator Htchcock road in the recent ♦ democratic caucus said the form ol the reservation submitted to him t; some days earlier by Hitchcock was i unfortunate.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, February It, 1920.

■ B. B. TEAM TO EAT Tile boys basket ball team of the Decatur high schoid will be treated . to a lilg feed tomorrow noon. Joint j , Joseph promised the whole team a| l liig < hicken dinner if they proved ; • tile victors of the Monroe liecutur; game last Thursady and witli tins on ; their mind the hoi couldn’t help bin .win. John asks every member of the team to lie at his store tomorrow, noon at 12;3o o’clock and to come I prepared to eat a whole lot. UNION LEADERS TO MEET WILSON I Meeting will be Held in Washington on February 23 to Discuss the I — 1 WAGE CONTROVERSY Proposal is Made Public— Special Joint Commission to be Appointed ■, (United Press Service) Washington, Fen. 14—(Special to Daily Democrat) —At the request of President Wilson railroad union officials will meet here Feb. 23 to discuss wage conditions This was learned today when the white house made public the correspondence between President Wilson and union officials with regard to wage demands. The union men today delivered their reply to the president. "With a full realization of our responsibility. ’’ said their letter. "we nave decided to submit to our constituencies the ad/isability of the creation of a special joint commission composed of an equal number of representatives selected by the railroad companies and the railroad labor organization signatory hereto by agreement and vested with full authority to deal with this particular controversy.” Washingtun, Feb 14.- (Special ‘o Daily Democrat)- President Wilson j oday is expected to make public his proposal for setlenient of tile railroad wage controversy which union lead-J ers are understood to have decided o accept. A letter prepared by the union lead »rs at meetings which continued all. yesterday was ready for transmission , ■o the white bouse early today. This ’etter will lie made public with thej president’s statement to the union! men. it is planned, indicating therej s now no danger of a general strike, if rail workers. Although union men refuse to di- 1 tilge the nature of the president's iction in the controversy, it is understood. lie told them plainly that it s not prossible at this time for the •ailroad administration to grant th‘irj till wage demands for an immediate i Increase of 40 per cent. The presi-l lent, however, outlined to the union, leaders a course of action by which ’ they may hope to better their condiion at a future date. (Continued on Page Two) WILL ACT AT ONCE Representatives of Foundry, General Electric and Local Committee to Meet — r N DECATUR SOON — Telephone Message Says i Definite Proposition in Writing is on the Way. f Though no definite action has been aken concerning the locating here of ' he big foundry, the committee has, teen busy and it is expected that,the! leal will be closed within a few days * A telephone message this morning <ave the news that the plans are progressing satisfactorily and that a def--1 nite proposition in writing will lie t ;ent here at once. A meeting will be ‘ leld here within the next week when I 1 - epresentatives of the foundry com-i ’ tally, tlie General Electric and local, 't committeemen will arrange the de--8 ’ails. ‘ The new plant is expected to emdoy several hundred men and will he ' i great addition to the city. The o iption taken on Hie Alt’o building will it xpire March Ist so that any aciton if taken must be within the next few n days. The local committee in charge ,s of the proposition includes C. S. Nib lick. J. T. Myers and C. J. Lutz.

LID ON IN BERNE Town is Placed Under a Quarantine on Account of Scarlet Fever SCHOOL AND ( HURCII Are Closed—Have a Number of Cases—One Week Ban Declared Th" town of Berne was placed and-' 'er quarantine yesterday in view ofj tlie number of cases of scarlet fever and liu which seem to lie -pleading in that place and viiiniiy. Tlie Berne' I Witness says: The schools of the ,-ity will go un-! .tier a one-week quarantine at dismL i I sal this afternoon and all religious 'services and puldie meetings are| i placed under a ban beginning Sunday. February 15. The ban on ehuri-h I services continue and includes Sun ! day. l-'ebruary 22. Such aitlon was; taken this morning when health authorities and school officials met and I prohibited public gatherings because |of a prevalent epidemic ol’ scarlet le ver and flu. The scarlitina epidemic seems to lie spreading and there <|Uite a few cases reported both in town and in the country. A few -if these cases are of a serious nature I and utmost precaution is to be tak- n i to prevent a spread of tlie diease it is also hoped that his quarantine will help to check the further spread of flu which is so prevalent every where." ■ MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED Marriage license was issued to Grover (' Shanks. 12. farmer, son of Alonzo Shanks and Mabel M. Hugh. 2fl, daughter of Ezra Btigh. Both; have beau married,F>nce before and both marriages were dissolved by di-j voice in 1917. BANQUET MONDAY Travelers will Gather for Annual Picnic—Plans and Arrangements Complete i DANCING TO FOLLOW; Meeting will be Held This Evening io Elect Officers for the Year The plans are now complete for the annual banquet of tlie Travelers , Protective Association. Post X. of 'this city, at the Masonic hall, next Monday evening The banquet will be held at C>:3o and will he the usual enjoyable event it is the confident belief of those in charge. Besides [the delicious menu prepared there | will be a program of interest, with | .excellent music and other feature-, j Following the banquet there will be j dancing and a general good time. Tlie expenses will be paid from the treasury. All members and their wives or sweetharts are cordially invited. I Tlie business session of Ihe T. I’. \. I will be held Illis evening at which I time will occur tlie election of offie- | ers. T. M. Reid has been president I of the order for many years and Io I the efforts of Mi'. Heid and a few associates is due much of the success lot' the organization here. Mr. Reid |has announced however that he is | not a candidate for re-election and j there is considerable speculation as to who will be chosen for the honor BIG GAME TONIGHT Tonight at 8:30 the fast T. O. P. basket I,all squad of Fort Wayne will meet the local Phi Delta Kappa team at the high school gym. The game ; promises to be the best of the season l as neither team has been defeated recently. The T. <). P.’s, last year were the city champions of Fort Wayne. They lost but one game lasi' year that being to the Oswego World , champs. ARE STILL RAIDING — 'j it’idte.l Pr.-ss 5..,.i,.,0 Paris. 111.. Feb. 14 (Special tn Daily Democrat) Twenty-eight rove i title officers early today surrounded i ' Jackson Hill. Indinnu. a mining town ■ east of hero and caught thirteen ai-J I leged monijshincrs red banded. Twelve thousand gallons of wliiskey and two hundred barrels of mash ■ were confiscated. One forty gallon ( still wus dynamited and the others taken to Clinton, Indiana.

I K. OF C. MEETING MONDAY The regular Knights of Columbus meeting will lie held at tile hall i Monday evening at eight o'clock ! Members urged to be present. AGAIN DEFEATED Hartford City H. S. Huskies Invade Local Territory and are Captors of AN EASY VICTORY i

Final Score 31 to 11—Loc- | al Girls Win from Visitors by a 17 to 12 Score Tiie third and worst detent of the j eason <m their home floor was suff j' red by the local high school varsity I boys team last evening ill their clash iin n return game with tlie fast Hurllord City live. The visitors headed by llu-ir roacli. Homer Stonbreaker. arrived in this city late yesterday afternoon. Ow ing to the views of many of the funs, tlie Hartford City bunch is composed pis some real men, several of them ol letter size than their famous coach When both teams came on tlie floor lor practice.the locals looked like an ‘Eighth grade team, the smallest man on the visitors five being somewhat larger than the locals biggest man and how they seem to grow high school boys so big in other cities I cannot be understood by tlie lociu 'fins. Tin- Hartford City quintette is the largest and most active school 11'am that ever visited this city, and !■ o doubt will <ut a fancy figure at i'iie State tournament. They an I from this district, and will take pari jin tlie district tournament March .' [aid 6 to lie held at Bluffton. With tin- opening of tlie game tiling; tarted off with a rush, tin hig busk |is seeming not to lie aide to get any where. When tlie game had gone on lor about five minutes without eitliei side scoring, one of tlie visitng guarddropped the pill through the hoop from past tlie center of the floor and then things hogan to roll. The locals then shot a foul goal and made it I but were not able to overcome the | lead of the visitors, as the score at | the end of tlie first half ended 13 Ito 7 in favor of Stonebrakors crew ■ Ihe second half was a little more j lively, tlie big huskies lining able ,o | pass the ball far above the locals reach, and dropped them in quit regular. The final score at Ihe end of the game resulting 34 to 11 in favor of Hartford City During tile entire game only one field basket was registered by the locals this being made during tlie first half, and tiie rest of tlie points being made on fouls. Owing to the size of the visitors, tlie local boys put up a good scrap, bill in many eases were unable to check the speed j-if the visitors. Tlie preliminary was played be tween the Decatur girls team and the Haftford City- girls, and of course every fan knows who proved the victors. Botli teams were evenly matched and a royal battle was stag <d. tlie locals winning from the visit ors by a score of 17 to 12. The line up Decatur 11 Hartford City It Kern TownForward Myers Hoenhamer: Forward Linn McGeath i Center Teeple Dunbar j Guard Baltzell Mannix. Worthen! Guard Field goals Decatur 1: Hartford City. Towns. 6: Hoenhamnter. 3: Me-! Geath, 3; Dunbar. 1: -Mannix. Foul goals Decatur, 9; Hartford City 6. The line up for Girls game Decatur 17 Hartford City 12 Butler M. Harkins Forward Butler L. Waef Forward Parrish Stone ('enter Kocker Roderick Side Center

; Swearinger MacMennitt Guard I Peterson Anderson Guard : Filed goals- Decatur. Butler M. : Hutter L. 3; Hartford City. Harkins. 4: Waef, 2. Robert and David Heller, who have been ill tor a week, are improving ' Btew,y - . ..UIMM

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DESULTS IN HIS RESIGNATION' President Wilson Accepts Resignation of Secretary of State Lansing DIFFERENCE IS CAI SE Lansing was Repremanded for Over Stepping Powers—Foreign Affairs

I Washington. Feb. 14 (Special to Daily Democrat)- Further dt'-hu-ures were believed imminent today in th econtroversy between President Wilson and Robert Linislm: whiili re I -lilted in the latii-r’s ri'sigmitiom* as secretary of state Although Wilson’s aiinoun ed reason for accepting Lansing's resigna ion was tliat the secretary bad cull •d and pr -id<-d over ealdnet meet ngs without authoriiation of tlie president, prolonged friction over coll duct of foreign affairs led up to the final clash, according to tin eorres pondence between Wilson and lawsing made public last night. The lull story of this long continued eon -liet between the president and the secretary of state is expected to ome to light during tiie next few days. One of the lii -t disi losnres. it was learned today, probably will be mak ing puldie the letter of resignation if Henry P Fletcher, former ambas ■iidor to Mexico. This letter is inderstood to bi a criticism of Wilin's policy toward Mexico Its content- l>av» b<-en withheld nothing nio.-e than a bin' as to its haraeter being permitted to leak nit since its submission some time :go. Fletcher is understood to have .avored tin attitude toward Mexico ■vhiell Lansing took during the nego t.iations over imprjsimn'.ent of William O. Jenkins, consular agent L’Jus allijude was changed later, supposedly at the installer ol the ’ aresident ’and the exchange of notes I with Mexico ceased. Washington. Feb 14. (.Special to ■ Daily Democrat) Officials at Wa >lt ington today were apparently bewilti -■red by Hie sudden resignation of Sc.rotate of State Robert L Linsing l;t • the request of President Wilson, who charged his ranking cabinet officet with trying to assume presidential ■irerogat ives Xot since the now famous resingna lion of William J. Bryan. Linsing’predeoessor on ths- eve of the sending of a submarine not to Germany, has a break in the cabinet caused such discussion. Talk of a congressional invostiga lion at which tlie lull story of the differences between Lansing and tlie President would aired, possibility the resignation affecting Hie league of nations battle in the senate and lie possibility of resignation of other cabinet officers. were -nine of the things discussed in private. Administration officials and congressmen however, avoided any public utter .nice until they have bad more time l-o go into tlie r< signation and eventleading up to it. , Tlie resignation of Lansing was nni aouneed at the state department late ’ yesterday following an exchange of i letters which passed between Lan- ■ ing and his chief. In the course of these letters the I president charges that Lansing, by [calling cabinet meetings during Wil | son’s illness, was virtually trying to iassume presidential autliority. "This affair. Mr Secretary" the 1 president continue--, "only depends i .eeling that was growing upon me. While we were still in Paris. I felt, ’and have felt increasingly ever since flint you accepted my guidance and 'directions on all questions with te card. Io which I l-.nd to instr.i-\ you. only with increasing reluctance am! since my return to Washington I ' have been struck by the number -if ' matters in which you have apparently ■ tried to forestall my judgement by ■ formulating action and merely asking my approval when it was impossible t for me to’ form an independent jud re

rnent because I had no' had the >jp portunlty to examine the circumstances with any degree of independence.” Discussion as to Lansing’s sttcces sor today centered on Frank Polk, under secretary of state, who will he acting secretary until a new appoint inent is made. Polk is known to be well liked by the president, who. at times has giv(Continued on Page Three)