Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1920 — Page 1

Volume XVIII. Number 56

IG. E. COMMITTEES TOLD I OF DEDICATION PLANS ■TWENTY-FIVEHUNDRED OF THEIR EM- | PLOYES WILL BE HERE—THE LOCAL ■ MEN MET WITH THEM AND ABRANG- ■ ED FOR DECATUR’S BIG DAY.

[ B's I • i. EHn^^Erut ur «-v. i ii.n 1 »■ | That’s *ha* ■ SMBfel'llt coni'!:"'. tri. plant fflgKchaige for tin|HK)>l oi in thi- . ■ ' of •'.•• • s. 9RMrho enjoyed ;1 . r array last Wayn Hunt'' prelimi'::.: K lieJ for the bi'-' ■■ {Bring to bring l '•:■ p<* >pi" ■■lie tletlh tint'. chairman . : yr’l: E. men arrived in Bee; tin Kon the live b'.-lik ■ v the local plant trucks. whet'- th.-v -|.- Hraoing through tin" i. |k# qmiinting thei'.is.a • &■ llien there. lift At six-thirty they m. ■ :• II ' IfEohirray with Mr. T: :. ' <• i HMBtnniittee. in. lu<!i ic.- ,\i,Myl"ii. ■Wai Wemhoff. Hugh Hit ' ; and at lilt'. enjoyed fl. Duryee, gc" ■ :':d ,n:': 11 f tin dedication cinnii g, Duiyoe and eve- one diff • ' Jjjijchitlrmen told Mr Th mas nd his I coni' ittec v.h;:t they .'■■:• W. to do and Bjneed from Decatur ■ •:' gl The chairman rtare.i th.it ■ npr: l r •' 1 would be: Kthe afternoon and w mild ' " ■gy til eleven that nig.it '• Ehthmmi there will be o’iiitnls of attra'ti' t: and i ■ to have at least . tteeii (n ■ tn the main b-.iildi' . county fair In th" Hbn< e l'< & furnished by the (I F ■rche -d' Duryee called on the I" 1 d to the spirit and help main toe da a . memorable one in the iii.tr ct .)<> t catur He was given the a n’'." ' ''■ 11: ’ catur would <!<> more ti in a-ked r.n.l Mr. Thom.is expressed hi appro, i tion to the General Electric forth tr coming here and stated that every citizen was glad to welcome them. Mr. Thomas appointed the fi.ll.ming committee to assist him in arra:: H:.g lot the dedication and to co-oper.i • ’.v’.ih the Fort Wayne committees: Herman Yager. C. C. Pumphrey. 1. wi -ncc Kleinlienz. Fred Schttiger. Irvin Merry, Hugh Hite. Dr. Fred I'.i’tersm. Wai Wemhoff. Martin Mylott. Avon Burk and A. R H JthOuse. The Fort Wayne General Elect 'i num who attended the meeting ’as. evening were !•. G. Duryea, gem rd chairman: F- .1 Schwarzkopf, thairmnn entertainment committee: William Wurttle, chairman of the G. K. fire department ; Herbert \\ i’l’n>,, publicity chairmgn: J. Sivlts, chairman of refreshments: F. .1 Fleming, chairman of ticket, committee: X. J.. Divins. chairman of program commitjL tee: John Felmlee. chairman of con K‘‘ cessi.m-; E. J. Kintm. chairman of I decorating: William Doan, chairman I of music: H. Stalhut. chairman of floor arrangement-; William MelchIng. treasurer of the dedication fund: Gurt Kayser, chairman of factory di ;■ play: Clarence Lopshire. refreshment committee, and Mis I otetta Hilgeman. secretary of the e. mini! tee. Mr Sherick. local purchase agent lot the General Electric, and Miss Crick, of this city, were also guests. The event will he extensively adverK. . fitted for a radius of twenty or thiia miles and it is estimated that thou sands of people will attend th" dedt- »■ cation. Besides the amusements a I lig electric display will be given and ■ t.cry thing possible will be done to

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~— . make the day an enjoyable one. The '. refreshment committee is arranging to serve lunch, cafteoria style, so bring the family and plan to spend the e:r- ] tire day. SUFS “COMPANY W. A. Kunkel, of Bluffton, Sues Bav Piano Co., for Failure to REDEEM THEIR STOCK Declares That Preferred Stock Should Have Been Redeemed March 15th Se mingly thini s are not itinning : ;> smoothly in Bluffton in connection wi;h the affairs of the Bay Piano c pupa ny. their largest and biggest industry Yesterday. W A. Kunkel, promt r.int citizen of that place, sued the company for six thousand dollars. levins breach of contract for failure to redeem their preferred st > : ’•h the plaintiff declares was Jne and payable on March 15. Th Blufft n Banner says: "Through Attorneys Si nmnhs << Dailev. William A. Kunkel this morning filed suit against the H. f. B. y ompany. alleging breach of conti"' t) failing to retire preferred stock f the ci mpany held by Mr. Kunkel. "The complaint is in six paragraphs "d demands judgment in the sum >f on par-igraph six a:i 1 S 4 n other. paragraphs. "The complaint allege; t'f’t prior .<> Ma’ch. 1917. th® H B:v cqmpa' V desired to increase its working raoit tl and to provide ready money and to accumulate a c;e h account for it-m in it - business and t -, that end caused .- i d corporation to be formed and issue pref, rded stock, and caused the stock to be negotiated and sold. “The plaintiff purchased fifteen shares of stoclt under following contract that the stock was to be red; "iced Marcli 15. 1918. but alleges that said corporation has failed to redeem stock, according to the contract.” GETTING ALONG FINE Miss Vena Bohnke. who.is a patie it at the Lutheran hospital instead of the Hope Methodist, as mentioned several days ago. at wh’ch institution ,-.he underwent an operation, is repot ted to b" getting a’ mg nicely. PARENTS LIVE HERE Erman 1). Campbell; aged thirty years, died. Thursday morning at 4 o’clock at the Hope-Methodist hospital, following an operation. He was employed by S. F. Bowser y ; t o He is survived by the parents. Mr and Mr.-'. William Campbell, of D<catur. and two children, Margaret, aget five rears, and William, aged two years. Funeral services will be held a' 1:45 o’clock Sunday, from the m;< m and at 2:30 o’clock from the first Methodist church. Buriat i.'- Linden- ■ wood cemetery. Fort Wayne JournalGazette. WOOD IN LOWDEN'S STATE — (Tmtto.l Press Service’ Springfield. 81.. Mar. 5--(Special to Daily Democrat t Governor Frank O. Lowden and Major General Leon ard Wood will battle for the Illinois republican preferential primary vote ■ April 13. No other republican candi dates filed declarations before the • time limit expired last night. ‘ Governor Edwards of Now Jersey wtis unopposed for the democratic • preferential vote James <). Memos a of Illinois, who has filed in a numbei 1 of other states, made no effort to get o on the Illinois democratic ballot.

| FIVE INITIATED I Knights of Pythias Have I the Rank of Page to Class of Candidates TWO NEXT WEEK Third, Rank will be Confci ed by Fort Wayne Lodge March 25th The Knights of Pythias lodge yeld II an interesting meeting last evenin''. I i when they initiated five candidates ia 'the rank of page. Next Thursday evI oiling three more will be given the page rank.'and the following Thursi day the eight will be given the second degree. Thursday, March 25. the rank of knight will be conferred on the entire class by the phoenix lodge of Fort Wayne. At this time a l>am|U"t will be given and a great time is looked forward to by local knights. It tp thought the entertainment committee will have some one of the state officials of th" order to give an address. Invitation is extended to every knight in the county, and the lodges in the sur.mnding territory to attend on any |of the dates mentioned for initiation. The local lodge has grown in the last year and the. interest manifested by.the members is great. If you are a member of the lodge and are not attending the meetings you are missing something. PLANES TO DETECT STILLS Tile department of justice is seriously considering a plan to use airplanes to scout out the moonshine stills in the di tricts where men on foot or horseback would bo greatly handicapped. The airnlane. it is pointed out. will he able to do the work over a wider area, with great ir efficiency than a squad of officers on foot. This is especially true in the mountain and waste districts of the south. STATE CHAMPS Warsaw H. S. Girls’ Basket Ball Team Known as State Champions will BATTLE WITH LOCALS At Athletic Hall Tonight— Game Promises to be the I Best of Season What is predicted to bo the most exciting and best basket hall game ever staged I t tlie local high school gill ’ basket ball team will be played h. re this evening at the Athletic hall, when the local ladies will clash with I’e Warsaw high sth.d girls" team, the game to be called at 8:30 o’clock. The visitors journey to this . it’ I with the test kind of a record, having the name of state champions, and have not suffered a defeat this year, clashing with the strongest girls’ teams in the state. The locals, how- i ever, have not met this team this year and according to the excellent brand of basket ball they have been displaying at the county tournament ' and at all of their games, they will be able to pul up an excellent battle and will do all in their power to deprive the visitors of their covet -d honor. This game tonight promises to he one out of the ordinary, and the large number of fans that find it impossible 1 to alt mil the district tournament at ’ Bluffton, in which the local boys' team participates this evening, will not he ; slighted in the least as this game will ' be well worth their attendance. Come ' out and help the locals win the state 1 championship. The first game tonight starts at 7:30 o’clock Sharp, a preliminary to tlie girls' game, and is to he stag '<l between the Washington and Lincoln teams, made up of several boys’ teams in the different'classes in the school. I Everybody come. A program worth i; your while tonight. ( i . s ; HUNGER BONES IN NEAR EAST e ■ i Long famines in the Near East, e have reduced the people into walking I skeletons, say travelers returning" y front Europe. The people are grazing c' on the dried tip grass of t.he fields e that the soft hunger bones induced by j r I starvation are giving way to hunger q brains or madness. Tlie children are I the ones who seem to suffer most. I

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, March 5, 1920

i U. S. GETS GERMAN TRADE Before the war the German firms held the large majority of the trade in Australia. During the war. how ever. Hie I'. S. lias become the market The figures show the United States with $25,090,900 before the war as compared with last year's ¥109.990,11110. German trade has fallen .ill to nothing. Other countries in iht i rope have not keen able to (ill the demands made upon them by Australia | and this trade also has gone to Ain 'i'i ica. DISTRICT MEET OPENED TODAY Geneva Lost the Opening Game to Liberty Center— Decatur Boys will Play HARTFORD CITY FIVE At Seven-thirty Tonight— Bluffton is the Mecca of Basketball The game between Linn Grove and Bluffton which took place at three o'clock this afternoon resulted in a big walkaway for the Bluffton team, they defeating the southern Adams county boys by the score of 41 to 23, putting Linn Grove out of the race. Dunkirk also won from Petro leum by a score of 13 to 12. (By Special Representative) Bluffton, Ind, Mar. 5 (Special to Daily Democrat) —Tlie big district basket ball tournament, comprising the counties of Adams. Jay, Wells and Blackford, opened in this city at the high school gym at 9 o’clock this morning and continued through mt the day and all day Saturday, the final game to decide the district winners to he staged Saturday evening. The teams from the four counties - sixteen in all began to arrive in the city late last night, the majority of them arriving this morning All the visiting teams and their coaches will b" taken care of by th? Bluffton people. many of them staving with high school students, and several teams at the Bliss hotel. , The first game of the tournament opened at 9 o'clock with Liberty Cen(Continued on Page Three) MOST GET OUT Peace Treaty May be Withdrawn if Allies Permit Turks to Remain IN CONSTANTINOPLE Warning May be Sent to Them—lnvasion of Poland is Imminent t Washington. D. Mar. 5 (Special to Daily Democrat) -President Wil: on may warn the allies that it will be necessary to withdraw the treaty if Versailles from the senate if the Turks are allowed to remain in Constantinople, it was learned today. The president is understood to have had such a step under advisement. It was pointed out on high authority that should the I’nited States join the league of nations and tlie Turks ar * permitted to remain in Constantino-1 pie this country would be in the po- , sitiou of being obligated to protect a settlement to which it is opposed. « Washington. IT. ('.. Mar. 5 (Special to Daily Democrat)- A bolshevist at tack and invasion of Poland is imminent. according to government ad , vises, William Casell, a state depart ! ment agent, told the house rules committee today in urging food relief bv the United States grain corpor (in , tor Poland. Armenia and Austria. “Apparently the bolshevist successful forces from all other I'onts are. about to concentrate against Poland,’ said Cassel "The Poles have shown wonderful patriotism hut without aid they cannot hold out much longer. They have been on the verge of signing peace ' with the holshevists several times. Cassel read front state department reports showing that the bolshevists ■ are causing a plague of typhus in Poland, which, unless soon checked, he [said will threaten the world with the I greatest plague in history

THREE YEARS OLD Third Anniversary of Dedication of Evangelical Church will be CELEBRATED SUNDAY Arranging for an All Day Program — Rev. Hallwachs to be Here THREE YEARS OLD Gh : The congregation cl the Evangelical church in this city will celebrate the ' third aiiniw-rsai'y of Hr ir church on Sunday. March 7. | A good program is being preparml, for an all (lay service and the ]>as'o;- . is working out the detail for a fitting' observance of the n..table event. Rev W C. Hallwachs of Cleveland. OJiio, will he the principal speaker for I the dav. although Rev. D. (). Wise of 1 Berne, former pastor of the church in' this city, will also deliver an address and will speak at the services in the! afternoon. The Evangelical church shice its' [dedication has made steady progress |in reducing its debt, the pastor stat-' . ing that tlie progress made was beyond the anticipation of many of th" pa rishioners. Tlie day's service is open to the public and a cordial invitation is < x tended to everyone to attend. Rev i Haney is the local pastor. WOOD ALCOHOL. HOW MUCH "If ten men were to drink four! : ounces ,f wood (methyl) alcohol." a noted chemist states, "four would probably (lie. two of these would become blind before death. The t■ I tnaining six might recover, but two would become permanently blind " lbgees on to stat.' that menthyl alcohol (wood! should not be cotifu-cd with! ethyl (grain! alcohol, as the first is’ a dangerous poison and the set oml j is the socalled potable fluid. REPORT OF CASES Miss Jeanette Storey, Red Gross Nurse Makes Report for Last Month FOUND NEW CASES Many Referred Io Dentists and Physician—Aid Given Ex-sold'ers REPORT OF CASES ■ Miss Jeanette Storey, the Red ('ro;s •nurse, makes the following interesting report for the month of Febrnarv : Visits to' schools 27 Visits to homes . it Miscellaneous visitsl.! Total visits 15 Pupils examined 8 :’,31 New cases 58 1 : Defective vision It’j, , Nasal obstruction 58 Enlarged tonsils ....,' (><! , Defective teeth 35 Defe< live hearing t, , Defective speech 2 Malnutrition 1 ; Cardiac diseases r, Chorea 8 . Suspicious tuberculosis Deformities ■> i Cured or corrected 12 Referred to dentist >5 R. feri ed to oculist I:’, I Referred to physicians Iml | Schools visited: North and West .Wards, and Central school. Decatur. Ind. i, Secretary's Report The secretary of the Red Pros.; chapter extended assistance to forty .one ex-service men during the month, being called on for the following: I Vocational education 5 Allotments i Insurance 3 . Baek paylll91 [ Lost discharge 1 J Information 15 Miscellaneous 3 Total 11 DIAMONDS IN AMERICA I Last vear was the greatest vear in i i the history of the diamond importers i in the United States. More than one 11 i hundred million dollars' worth of the [ gems were sold here during the year !' This exceeds by $48,090,000 the other)' banner year of 1916. Experts esti-j' male that Americans own at least one- j half of the world's marketable diamonds. I

CLOTHING LOOT TOTALS ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WERS-MILEY CLOTHING STORE WHS BURGLARIZED LAST NIGHT-TWEN-TY-TWO SIH’S. DOZEN SILK SHIRTS TAKEN-A REWARD IS OFFERED,

Superstitious Fifth Avenue mnrdi [ants in New York permitted gypsies to "bless" their money tills. After- ! ward it was found that some of the ( ash had di-appered FOR COMPROMISE Senator Hitchcock Writes to Wilson That Senators Want Compromise ON ARTICLE TEN Foreign Relations Committee Delays Nomination of Bainbridge Colhy Washington. I). C.. Mar 5 (Speci d to Daily Democrat) Senator Hitch cock, democratic leader, has writlei President Wilson, asking him to r< ceive Senator Simmons as an etuis sary of democratic senators who want ito compromise on the reservation of [article ten of the treaty, it was learnl ed today. Washington. I). ('.. Mar. 5 (Special ito Daily Democrat ' The senate foe cfgn relations committee today again I delayed action on the nomination of | Bainbridge Colby as secretary o! i state. The committee will confintn •consideration of Colly's case early I next week. ; Senator New of Indiana, one of the 'chief objectors to confirmation of C d i by. said that in executive session "certain reasons were sighted to (tie • ccminittee' by himself and others ('( Iby should not be confirmed. Tt'o ! committee wished to go more fuliy into those reasons before acting. N< v added. Washington. I). ('.. Mar. 5 tSpeci 1 to Daily Democrat t A definite move to end debate on the peace treaty is expected to be made in the senate to morrow, it was indicated by senators today. It may be a motion to recommit the treaty to the foreign relations compnittee tints getting it out of the sea;ate or to bring up article ten at once. |at)d thus come quickly to the core of the whole matter. The debate long ago passed from the high plane of parliamentary procedure ami language : upon which the senate usually con duets its deliberations. BLIZZARD IS STALLED (Unitd Press Service) Chicago. 111.. Mar. 5 (Special to Daily Democrat) The force of the blizzard which tied up traffii and hampered communication throughout the middle west, evidently had bee: spent today. Cold weather followed the storm. Chicago experienced : Idrop in temperature of thirty degrees' |in twenty-four hours. Below zero [weather prevailed throughout the ■ west. Trains were running hours late, because of the dee]) -now. Stre"t cat's wore tied up in many cities. The heavy snow was welcomed, however, throughout the wheat growing region as the moisture was needed MARY A FREE GIRL (United Press Service) San Francisco, Mar. 5 (Special Io Daily Democrat) .Mary Pickford, on her way from Nevada, where she was granted a divorce from Owen Moore, was expected to reach Los Angeles today She has successfully dodged interviewers since she left Nevada. ++++++++ * + + + + + t t <■ THE WEATHER FORECAST * — Fair tonight, colder northeast; Sat lurday fair, ( older.

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Somethin between the hours ot ' seven and eleven-thirty o'clock last night, burglars forc 'd an entrance into Hie Myers Dailey Clothing store in I this city by breaking tin lm k on a small window at the hack of the building, ami then loot'd the place !of twenty-two men suits, about a I dozen good silk “hills having' a retail value of 812.5(1 each, a number of ties J and silk hose, jewelrj and a gaber- | dine raincoat, the entire haul, it is i estimated by Messrs Myers and Dailey amounting to about one thousand dollars. J. D. Dailey, member of the firm, was planning on going to Indianapolis last night and decidtd to stay at the Murray hotel nnid train time. About eleven thirty h ■ walked over to th' l store and as In tnrtnd on the lights and entered he noticed that someone had been there and made himself right "at home." He immediately called Night Policeman Jake Miller, and his partner. John Myers, and the three began a search of the building Traci : were found showing that the burglars after gathering up the suits and other wearing apparel, took the clothing up stairs where they more likely parked or wrapped it up. No <no was seen rbout the place, however Telephone tricssiiges to the ne ■ bv towns were “ent and the .ittlhor,!i(?s u.ked to lie on the look out for rhe hioves. who more than likely made their get away in an automobile, the amount of lothing taken being too heavy a load to carry on their 'boulders ' It is thought that at least two men | were eonlle< ted with thi deed A year ago last December the My (is-Daiby store was broken into by local boys \fter a lew days they were caught i nd both paid th" penalty. The Myers-Dailey ompany offers a reward of fifty dollars for the arrest of the burglars a liltv dollar reward for the return of the clothing or a $1011.09 reward for both. * * + + + + + ❖ + + ♦ + 4* *-+ + + MORE CENSUS FIGURES + Wiishiiiohm, Mui'. (Special Io Daily Deicotcat) ('.ensiis bureau lod ay iniiotiiiced th' follow in" population lidtires: .loliet. HL. 35372: Muncie. Ind.. 3G.52 I:.\iiderson. Ind.. 29.767; l.exinoloti. I<\. 11..’>31; Shri-yeporl. 1.a.. 1.'1.X/l. Kingston, X Y.. 25.8X1. Inc-ease since 1910: Muncie. 12.519 or 52.2 per cent; Joliet 3.702 or 10.7 per cent: Anderson 7.291 or 32.4 per cent: Lexington 6.435 or 18.3 per cent: Shreveport 15.859 or 56.6 per cent. Decrease: Kingston. N. Y. 24 persons or .1 pec cent. THEY GIVE BOND (tWitted Press Service) Los Angeles, Mar. " (Special to Daily Democrat; Jack Dempsey and •lai k Kearns, his manager, appeared before I'nit'd Status Commissioner Long late yesterday am! gave bond of $1,509 each to appear in San Francisco March 29 to plead to indict nients charging com-piracy to evade the draft for military service. The bronze horses of Saint Marks or Venice, after having been hidden In Romo to s:uve them from enemy homns have again been hoisted to their position on the cathedral. FEK K WITHDRAWS (United Press Service; Indianapolis. March 5 (Special to Daily Democrat) The petition placing the name of Fred Feick. of Gar--1 ri'tt in tlie democratic senatorial • fight again Thoma' Taggart was 'I withdrawn today al his request. The petition carried 645 names and was filed by Ir.vin Zuubauch. of Garrett.