Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 9 March 1920 — Page 1

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LETTER MATTER OF DISCUSSION Senator Lodge Opens Discussion on President Wilson’s Letter OFFERS A NEW ONE Efforts to Compromise on Article Ten Fail—Root Takes a Hand | Washington, D. (’.. Mai fl (Special! to Daily Democrat) Discussion (ill president Wilson'.- letter t> Senator I ■ltchcock refusing a treaty eompro ! Wise broke out in the senate toda.c bon after it met. Lodge, republican ' leader. opened the debate. J Efforts to agree on a compromise on the article ten reservation contin ! bed A new reservation was agreed' Upon by the republican leaders, in [finding Lodge, and was accepted i>> tome democrats. Whether enough; ■emocrats will agree to it is not yei apparent, but it will be offered by the! republicans. | Elihu Hoot is credited with having! ■ven impetus to this latest eompro-' piise move. He advised l.odge and ■ber republican leaders this week tn do their utmost by changing phras ■logy of reservation to win over enough democrats to bring about rat' ■cation. ■ Washington I) C . Mat ft (Special I to Daily Democ rat )--"The league as i, Munds or no league at all." is the iss’t. In the treaty fight President Wils hi Fees it. in the opinion of senators of both parties who today discussed Wil lon's letter to Senator Hitchceck. ■ Senators Borah and Hitchcock, who represent the opp. site extreme ■ Bt-reed that the president had clearly drawn the issue and that if the treat gee ' into the campaign it will be upon that basis. | At the same time roiwtnrs winkina lot a cotnpromiinse o;i the "■ atio • to article ten continued their work They uead into Wilson's letter an iai plication that he would accept, aeains, his will, the bi partisan reservation t . article ten. K The question of how far the pi'e“ drill’s letter will affect the democrat! jßnators who have been wavering an.' probably will be answered only when tile final roll is called on the trcr.tv E Hitchcock, the* democratic leader fat'd in his judgment the letter would not change the situation. i On the republican -Ide the “bitteri Coders” were pleased io note 1 that th •resident wanted the issue as clear cut as they want it. Borah said. Borah his maintained that the only way to go to the people of the country in the campaign on the treaty is on an issue of the treaty as it stands or no treaty |t all. VOTE TO “STICK" CT'nlted Press Service) | Chicago. 111.. Mar. 9 (Special to Daily Democrat I A threatened rail vvav strike was killed here today when maintenance' men and shop workervoted to remain with the other rat! road workers' organization Their dmaud will go before the president’s [commission with those of the other bodies. The votes by which the grand 'lodge decided the course of the 400.‘Omt members was not announced. TAGGART WITHDRAWS (tTnlted Press Service) Jnclinnapolis. Mar. 9 ( ; n | io Dnilv Democrat) Thomas Tabari this tilternoon withdrew his name from he Indiana spn«Horinl rncu. 11 letter to A. C. Sallee, ehtmman of the democratic state committee Taggart sttid he was phvsit,dlv unable to conduct a cam,,!’£gart was the only man Ihe democrats put j‘>} ? :,r< - th,, senatorship and his a lion makes if necessan Im ocrats to select their candidal' at the convention. x nako,a 7 V ; cd 1G45.0U0 by hast years campaign X£t gbPhors .and gra-hopp . Seven hundred farnu r>J*)’>'< >)■•■■ J *THE WEATHER F « RECA ®\ * Fair tonirht ami W-dnesdav. warmer tonight south

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McCrory divorce case —_ The McCrory divorce case which was transferred to the Allen county superior court, will open tomorrow and u number of lot il people, lucllld-, Ing n lew of the neighbors of the Mel( rory s. have been subpoenaed as witIIPKRPS. inmates were suffocated (United |’r« -s Snrvlce) Columbus. Ohio, M ir. 8 (Special to iDiliy lk-mocr.it) Seven patients in the state hospital for epileptics at G:tllipolas. Ohio, were suffocated in a tire I here yesterday, it was reported by | (he state board of administration here today. Two other patients may die. I'lanies ami smoko shut the victims ioff from the stairway. A defective | flue caused the tire, it was said. THE I. B. C, FRIDAY Local Boys ami Girls Basket Ball Teams will Clash with Ft. Wayne I. B. C. ON FRIDAY EVENING At Athletic Hall — Local Girls Called Upon to Defend State Honors With the district basket ball | tournament now a thing of the past. ■ the basket ball season for the local high school boys and girls is not yet i over as they will clash with the Fort I Wayne International Business College boys and girls teams in this city in a return game on Friday night. The local boys were to meet the Van Wert high school boys team in . this city tonight, but owing to sitkne s , prevailing in the high school circles i at Van Wert the game has been pt.-.-f---i pened and may be staged at a later date. The i. B. ('. team is one of the strongest school teams in the city of Fort Wayne, and they journey to this city with broad hopes of getting revenge on the locals, as the locals have one game to their credit, having defeated them at E’ort Wayne las’ week by a close score. At this time the local high‘school girls team will also be called upon to defend their title, as the Fort Way ie I. B. C. will send their girl’s team to this city with expectations of depriving the locals of their coveted honor The local ladies are all ready for the big fray and are quite confident the honor will remain in the city. The big program starts Friday night at 7:30 o’clock, the girls plttyi ing the preliminary and the boy.t game at 8:30 o'clock. Holders ol season tickets are entitled to admission. If you haven’t a season tie,ret be on hand eauiy so as to get a good seat. WELL KNOWN HERE * i I Bloomington. Ind.. Mar. fl Tie 191 S scholarship medal offered by the Alpha (’hi Sigma, the honorary national chemistry society, has been award ed to Miss Clara Bracken McMillen, a junior at Indiana university. Th' award of the medal is based on writ ten examinations covering inorgnic chemistry, organic chemistry, chem ical theories and laws, industrial chemistry and contemporary chemts try. The examination is open to stu dents of chemistry of certified junior standing in each of the thirty-one unl- ‘ varsities and technical schools ot the ! I'nilcd States in which the fraternity is represented by active chanters. T he institutions represented in the comp-'t itive examination include al! of the largest and best known schools, hot' in the east and the west. The honoi is one of the highest order to Miss McMillen. to Indiana university and to ithe staff of the university. Miss Me Millen is a daughter of W. I. McMil len. formerly a member of the Eng licit department of Indiana univor-i'y ' and now head of the English depart. Inent of the Fort Wayne schools. i Miss McMillen is well known in this 1 city, having visited here several times i with her cousin, the late Dr. W M. I’ ' McMillen. BIRD HOUSES FOR SALE I Any one wishing to purchase a bird ' house .should get in touch with Mr Minch, the manual trailing teacher . at the Decatur high school So far J this year ninety bird houses have 1.-e°n » sold to Decatur people. The customer is charged for the material used and t |„. members of the manual training I class donate the work.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, March 9, 1920.

BRDUGHT Bit SUM Fred Busche’s Sale of Dur-! oc Hogs Brought Sum of $4,550.00 TOP PRICE WAS $330.00 Manx Buyers Attended— To Hold Another Big Sale This Fall The forty-eight head of pure bred Duroc hogs sold at public sale by Fied W. Busche. well known am] progressive farmer of Washington township, brought the gland sum of $4.'.'•o.(ill or an average of about ninetyfive dollars per head, the top price paid was $330.00, the purchasers be ing the Frazier Brothers of Churubusco, Indiana. Mr Busche was more than pleased with the results of the sale and i> convinced that there is a great demand tor his pure bred Duroc stock Quite a number of foreign buyers wwe present at the sale, the majority of the sales being made to out of town breeders. Mr. Busche is planning to hold anol het sale this fall and announces that the offering will be a bigger and better one than the recent sale. Mr. Busche lives south of town and is one of the hustling and progressive farm er in the county and his Duroc hogs have gained for him a reputation over the state. ABOUT THE SICK Mrs. A. 11. Saunders, who was tak en very ill Sunday, does not shoe much desired improvement. Rev. Saunders, who has been confined t his bed for the past week, is improv ing gradually, but is still quite a sick man. They are being cared for by Mrs. Charles Saunders. BLOSE THIS WEEK Schools in Berne will be Closed for Another Week on Account of THE SCARLET FEVER Dr. Jone?, Issues New Order — The Situation is Still Serious i The public schools of Berne will be closed for another woe!: upon the or dors of Dr. D. D. Jones, the health o( fleer, the reason being the prevalence of scarlet fever, which disease has in tested that community for some time The Berne Witness says: "Schools have been closed for at least • another week and the pupils ot t.u i lical schools today enter upon the! ! fourth week of vacation. The actio' I this time was taken by Dr. I). D. Jone | when he closed the schools because of the prevalence of scarletina cases. The schools had been closen on Fel rttary 13 by the health officer becau-' of a number of scarletina cases which had appeared. At the end of the wee' the situation had relieved to such a’ extent that the ban was lifted and om day of school was held on February 23rd. "The school board then closed tin schools not as a quarantine, but be cause of the large number of absen tees both among pupils and teachers List Friday the health officer again ordered the schools closed for anothc’ week longer, after the two-week orde issued by the school board had ex pi red.” TO APPOINT A CHAIRMAN (TTnlted Press Rervt.’e) Chicago. 111.. Mar. 9 (Special P Daily Democrat) - Appointment o' temporary officers for the republican national convention here June 8. will be made in, Chicago in April.'it wm learned today. A call for the meeting of the republican committee on ar ; rangements which appoints the offi • eers. is expected to be issued within the next two weelfs. So far only two names have received much attention for the chairmanship, it was learned They are Senior Lodge, republicai leader in the senate, and Elihu Root. 1 former secretary of state. Supporters of Major General I/>onarri Wood here. ■ while not outspoken about it. were iti- • elined to favor the selection of Root, i The appointment of Frank H. Hitchi- cock, close associate of Root’s during | Roo evelt’s second term, aS Wood's • campaign manager, strengthened belief in that leaning.

DETROIT NEARING SHUT DOWN i I’nlh'd Pre.-ts Hcrvlee) Detroit. Mich. Mur. 9 (Special to Dally Democrat) Local maiiufaetur ers faced with shut down unless re lief from the present coul shortage is Immediate, prepared' today to carry the battle for more coal into the “enemy’s country.” A meeting was called for Thursday noon by the Detroit board of com merce to devise means for bringihc before the country the tact that the threatened shutdown of Michigan industry will seriously affect th< business of the entire nation. Advices from western Michigan to day aid the situation there was at (he point where industry could not continue beyond a few days without relief. TWO ARE NAMED Linn and Myers, of Local Basket Bal! Squad Receive Honorary Mention AT DISTRK T TOURNEY Seven Adams County Boy; on List—Tourney Best Ever Held in District Although the members of the loca’ high school basket ball squad did no remain in the ring at the district tournament long enough to display • heir ability and obtain a hertli o. the first and second all-star district teams, selected by the two oflicia referees at the close of the tourna mem. two of the players were for lunate in receiving honorary men tlon. they being Myers, forward, and Linn, center. The mention was made in regard to the special assistance and th< good work performed by the players and for their keenness and judgment in the game, and of their value to tin team. Ot the five teams entered in the tournament from Adams county, not a man was selected for the alltar team, but seven players received honorary mentions, and several teams given other honors. Honorary mentions were awarded to the following from this county: Forward- Myers. Decatur; Farrar Geneva: Hoffman. Hartford townshi) ('enters Linn. Decatur; Liddy. Dari ford township; Guards Harvey Monroe: Crist. Monroe. The 1-ec ipt ■■ from the tournamen' it Bluffton were the largest in history of the city, they being nearly two times the amount of the firs tournament held there, and aniouiltet (> sflßi). from which the Blnffton school expects to dear $430. Ex nenditures included $lO9 to the ath letic association and mileage for vis '.ting teams. MORE TEACHERS Is the Purpose of “Educational Week' Which is Now Being Observed SIX H. S. SENIORS Wil’ Take up Profession Next Year—A Meeting Thursday Evening Conforming as near as possible to the plant and program sent out by the state superintendent of schools for the observance of "Edueational Week,” exercises are being held in the Decatur schools an dthroughout the county and the desired results, that of creating an interest in the profession of teaching have already been secured. ’ Superintendent of Schools Martin Worthmann stated this morning that ■’ six of the seniors in the Decatur high school would take up teaching next ■ year and were planning on going away i to school this summer. On Thursday > evening at the Central school building t the regular monthly teachers’ institute will be held and a program is being arranged for the evening. A . local speaker will be seemed for the s occasion and an interesting meeting 1 is anticipated. i- County Superintendent of Schools . IJd S Christen reports that (he ob - servanee of "Educational Week ha ? been carried out in the county schools j s with good results and that a niinilisr •- of seniors have declared tlieir ini 'll lions of becoming teachers

ON TAX RECEIPTS County Treasurer Hile and Deputy .Miss Gay are Busy .Making Out THE 1920 RECEIPTS! Decatur the Last One— Represents Over Six Hundred Thousand Dollars County Treasurer Hugh Hite and ■ ills deputy. Miss Goldie Gay are bus., these days making out the 1920 tax receipts. So fur thev hat *•■ iinplete.i the townships, the town- of Bertie tnd Geneva, and are now working on tlie city of Decatur receipts. Decatur alone having between two thousand and twenty-two hundred receipts. When completed the receipts will ! epreseni st;:ltt.(is9.sr» to be paid to ] the county treasurer in taxes this year. All told there are between nine and ten thousand receipis. Treasurer Hite slated prior to I Match first between fifty and sixty housaml dollars was collected on the i ■pring itistallment. many of the tax layers disposing of their cash b< ore March first and thereby wee not required to turn in the uniour.t : or taxation. Monday. May third is the last day ■ >n which to pay the spring install i ment of taxes and after next week Treasurer Hite will be prepared to ake care of the usual tush. MEET FRIDAY EVENING The Loyal Daughters class of the Evangelical church taught by Mr.Kern will hold their regular class meeting Friday evening nt the home >f Mrs. Robert Garard on Jefferson treet. All members are requested o be present. FUNERAL TODAY — Services for Levi Habegger. Well Known Farmer of Wabash Township HELD AT BERNE TODAY A Victim of Double Pneumonia Resulting from the Fin—Leaves Family Funeral services for Levi H ibegg' well known farmer of Wabash tow ship, who died Friday evenin': att an eight days’ illness 1 from tlo.t nneutnonia, re tilting from the (!• were held Ibis morning :.t nine o’cln ' from the home and al ten o'cltn 1 ' from th<* Menm.nite church. Berne. The decent :ed was- a young farnn who had just entered into the best vears of his career. He was married and loaves behind him. besides itt* wife, four small children, the old of which is eight years old I’ractie ally all of Habegger’s life' had bee p spent on the farm wit It the exception df a few years. He spent some time in the employ of the Berne Hardware company, before removing to his present farm. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Haltegger of B"rm •encl was born tn Monroe township or May 23. 1888. His age at the time of his death was thirty-one years, nine months and twelve days. His earlvears were spent on his father’s farm in Monroe townshin. Cm November > 1911. he* was married to Miss Caroline Llechty. this union now having beesevered by Mr. Habegger’s deat' Four children were hmm into this fat 1 ily. all of whom are still living. They are Eli’rieda. Melvin. Herman and D.i’ iel. Beside’ the wife arid ehildrei there are left to mourn his departif his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter E Ha ' begger, a brother. Noah, of Berne, and the following sisters: .Mrs. Daniel Lehman of Monroe township and Miss Lydia, who is still at home. A large number of relatives and friends also survive. OIF GUSHER COMES UP Deerfield. Mich.. Mm 1 9 (Special ' Daily Democwt) A gttsher which lias produced 100 barrels of oil has been developed near here', according to re ports reaching town today. Farmers in the vicin’ty of Dm'rstleld have been bac king the attempted "oil boom" here | rather heavily but this well is the. fir?t to be reported producing in eontnierCial quantities. State geologists have declared chances of developing' an oil 1 field here were remote.

WILL ORGANIZE REALTY COMPANY FOR DECATUR I INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION HAO BUSY SESSION LAST NI6HT-MR. GORBON RENTSCHLER MADE AN INTERESTING TALK AT MEETING.

A Y. W. C. A. DRIVE — Tri Kappas will Conduct Drive in This County— Miss Rose Spoke ON WORK AT MEETING Os Woman's Club—Splendid .Musical Program (liven—Officers are Elected At a meeting of the Woman's cl.tb hc-lci last evening at the Masonic ball.! Miss llo:!'. of Chicago. Indiana I'lm' ‘man of the* V. W ('. A., gave ;n . , i teresting talk on the different act. ties of this well known and wort:.' ■ .organization, both in the local and ior ■ • ■ign fields. Her talk was . iven p■ paratory to the' 1 "im hing of a dt ' ■ f'r the national organization in th;: ' G ounty which will be conducted unde i • the able management of the Tri Kapp.i j .sorority. The drive will continue 'cri the next three weeks anil the Tri K.tp- 1 pas have already started to organize! their force: for it j The musical program with Mrs. ! t'Tuc hte ami Mrs I. A Holthomin charge was greatly c njav •! Charles Wakerfield Cadman was r>. composer -'tmlied ami the i r" I interesting nmnbers were given: | Life of Cadman Mrs. Fruehte Planet Duet. Intermezzo: Danci [Sunbeams Mrs. Hanbold and Mi- • Firks. , Selo Love l.i‘ e Came Sic'Hing I Mrs J. Q. Neptune. Solo. Dafid line Miss Ih-'mierkamp Solo i Fomid Him on the ’ Dawning Actins ivchne Tbe cycle in four American Ii: ’• isongs by .Mrs Tyndall Mr ll< : house* and Mrs Falero.' !< Sayonard The Japanese poets have much to say of their beautiful spring flower festival Mrs. Holthoccse end Mrs. Schrock. I’inno accompaniment by Mrs Hallbold At tlm business meeting of the club before (lie program started, officers were elected for the year, resulting in ’he following: President. Mrs .1 S 'Peterson; vice president. Mrs. Earl; \dains: secretary. Miss ’’anny Hite treasurer. Miss Della Sellomeyer. The [ civic department will be completed a' ’he next meeting and this popular "Inb whic h stands for democracy hopes t to soon boast of a hundred members. • Tice program last evening was a splendid one ami greatly enjoyed by ‘he many women present. OFFERS AN APOLOGY YUnlftHl I’Fc'SM Servii «•) Berlin. Mar. S (Special to Dail' F'.'inoerafl General Nollet, head o:' the French mission here, today visit ■d Hermann Mueller. German foreigi minister, and formally demanded Ilia'j the government apologize for the actions of a group of Germans who S:.f ■trday night attacked two French offi eers in the restaurant of the TTotcl Xdlcm. Prince Joamhini \lbrec-hl i otesin of the former kaiser, and leafier of the Germans who heat the Frenchman because they failed to (and when the restaurant orchestra relayed “Duet schland tteber allies," ■mist be punished for his part in the affair. Nollet said FILLING TWO JOBS Pt 'ss Service) ('hie'igo. 18. Mar. 9 (Special to ’(ally Demoerat) Guy Wadsworth, iff vears old. was a farmer hoy bi day •nd leader of a gang of safe craek ’rs l-y night, police charged today Wads worth was'under arrest todav c harg 'd with the murder qf Thomas O'Donnell. killed I'elnlmry 7 Five other 1 leged members of Die safe . r;cck|e:r •mug were under.arrest charged wifi, various erftnes.

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t — Attendance record-- were smaslce 1 again at last night's meeting of the DgeatUi Industrial association when 'every seat was occupied and a dozen or two lead standing room. \l 7:4"> when the meeting was call [ cl t > order by the- pre i.lent. J. fl. li' ller the visiting dele i..aiton from ' ILuniltcm. b"te to look over the new I sac tory site for the D> c atui (’astinx* e.mcpany. faced a crowd of Tim eicth'.lsiastic Decaiur Ims: •- ..re their (Hi es relicwted tiie fev. Mi. Gi : lon S Hcnt-c hict was i:tr aim ed and made a: horn - Intet-est |ing talk, in which he t Ad Imw Hob Harding of He G i. is! Eieetri.- ■ o.n ! ;»any. and p:c sent, licvan m .icm'd! s :::■ . to in bl e him t'l hie 'e .. tai to: y •it Decalm. which he ;•■ : i .to him ,as an ideal little citv. Rentschler tinall. •■)!• ■• down •<> j leok ns < ( (•’■. . aught tl.- spirit of the (efforts to build a bigger rm! better ; Decatur and made up hi- ti 1 > •• join. !He s iid "We're here ami w. v ant tn t be a part of yeti, we want ,mr little’ lpl.it of ground taken into the eitv. and ■ we want to be assess d with our part lof any tiling in and for Dec atur " jHe told of the Miami Valley which he loves, and which by the way, he is a big part of and for which lie is : regular and e ii-i-lent booster, but ,(t*- gald from now on he would be equally as goods a hoosier for Deca-ft-tTr.- He told of hem inc nroblems in ' ifamiltm: am! h .w the' an meeting I them by orgatilzini building and sec-I'-nd mortgage companies thanked ‘(lie boy; here for the as-istance and ’re|< ome given them, and li. ‘alk was ■ pie’ li lly received. • Robert H.n-ding am !■’. V 'v-.lm alro 'm::d'> short talks ••mi the". 1 ' .1 ’. ttz : replied so" the eommumt' in ids ;bnpp' v .:'. Th' t'o'l !'■ •'.i de liehtfu! tiff"c"i mil' 11. ■ •■■ c-ption io the visitors -.'i". left in their cars f ••■ Fort Wayne Tlie session then got cjow: to bu-i t'ess. J. T Myers, chairman of the lousing committee asked the l ad iption of the following resolution which w is adopted: ■ "Where: -. Tlie housing committee c f the Decatur Industrial Association has reported that after a thorough , canvass of tlie bu-iness interests of 'the city of Decatur. Indiana, with a view of securing pledges for Hie l building of dwelling houses in said ■citv to take care of tlie probable influx of families who will require [houses during tlm • nning summer, they have seemed some pledges c.f that character, but not enough to accomodate all who will likelv want house's, and “Whereas, the slid committee has reported a general titan for the organization of a building corporation villi sufficient capital to build fifty i i more' dwelling houses. “Therefore. Pm it resolved by the Decatur Industrial a soeiatiem that | said as-‘oeint ion doe favor the orgam i atfon of a Imibhng comp; ny. with sufficient eapital authorized to take care of the present needs of the said < ity of Dec atur, in the matter of dwelling house-' the capital stock "f said company to be paid in install ments. such ns may be determined by the said company, when organized, and the further details of sc.id corporation to be worked out by file said c'oi'ior.tHon at its organization. "And. be it further resolved by said Decatur Industrial Assoi imto; tlm; It is tlie sense' of -aid issociation as expressed ;.t tl'D mectinr. b'-ld this Sth day of March. Ifl'.m. that said sociatlon and al] others who may be interested in the upbuilding of suld , ic-ity of Decatur should give thc-ir a : d and support to the organization of ; sneh a cornoration by subscribing to the capital stock thereof and in such lother manner as mav lie possible. F. S ND’.I It’K. F A PEOPI.ES. W F SMITH. JOHN T MVERS t hgirtrnn (Continued on Page Three)