Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1920 — Page 1

Volume XVIII. Number 65

■COUNCIL ANNEXES LAND TO DECATUR

JOE M’FARLAND TENDERS | RESIGNATION TO COUNCIL ■BECOMES EFFECTIVE APRIL FUST - ■ ACCEPTS A POSITION WITH WHITE ■ MOUNTAIN CO. - MARSHAL 'AND ■ STREET COMMISSIONER BET RAISE.

E Joseph I> Mi l-'..’ ■|. - R j|erv«l as citx it.-a-u ■■ --a. . 1 ; t evening i< n-b-j-.-, 4« the < opinion . f.rt April first. ft Mr .UcK.it land 1..i- - iKisitimi Jlth* " hite Mount . ■ini! will have eh.lie. “ i|e ■ ||b<4 w on Ih<a’ nt .. I• ?lj»oii' . Bluffton mi thJMea ant Mills on t> , Sj 'ItH- from six to • it tr : t. i. > * jc Mr M< Kai la ml w..-■■MMa-'irer in I'tl.: ..mi rTin January. 1914 11. in 1917 term January I have served fifoOnib nil tins h-im *.i" nation Immiohim effective. |Mi McFarland Im-Mk-ient and ac<omod;.t;'.v Stfial and has at all t i■Etho best interests o’ tie rin of his official ilii'ie■Who new plTsilmii wh i< h hr ■■ 'is of < ourse moi e • i . ■ ■ i. [Jaiicially than the , >i.-a-..• th'* office paying sand dollars per y<-.n .1 li■s ♦Wrlaim consideri d . * *n ed to the present huh I"’ that reason l.e ■ jw ilion in the commercial line. Mtoyvr Yager. «iih '!>• 'I the council, will appoini a of Mr McFarland am tipod that Mayo'- Y:m l. - -I' ope or two applicants n ■ • -I.”Salaries are Raised <he city count il in r> me - -i-imi ' last evening, upon ole h Job from the state board of ~ • • m I tlie salaries Marshal deynoids horn s7' to Ditto, and that of City Street ( otn )/3||taionet Thomas Dev. imp trmn lTfi.oo to sioo per mm 'lt dm m*X crease dating Irom Ma City Clerk Dick Christen went to .Mianapolis last we.-k nwl the 'opinion from the stji? 1,11:11,1 that the salaries of these two ap lioirttees could he increased (hiring their term of office and before an ap propriation war made for the in ki&J crease The nun 5b...1 m : ' """ R«gllSione: would hav ic" l '' l liail ■■they not'been allowed a:. .te-r-ase. The was ordered to look aftei th> ■i I wallre on Maple str-et ami in "'ont .of Clark Butcher s proper" i Ji'lMin the i--.out ;-ml. '"" •""* ' Chief Dellinger the council appoint ed Walter N'oak a member of Dmntur Ore depart meat, lie succeeding Ervin Elzey, who resigned Mar. > >st Mr Nook has already starlet! to work and comes under the n< w ■scale of wages allow.t I'.'- the eouncil a> few weeks ago. clerk was ftlfe for bid* lor '»•' rmpmying of a city contractor for Um 1 ' i'| B l4ewalks in the City ■' ' Will Im received nt th. regular meeting B Clerk Christen reported tha • - ' Erwin had delivered the “ n ./deed to the city of lots purchased as a site 01 from tl." - trie company asking lot ' " ' .. bkilt a cement sidewalk on •■ «*. «. Sind, see S be granted. lowe(1 The following bills Schafer Hdw. < " • ’ , ing Co.. »4W: Bass Found. y to.

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■ J:'S .77; Standard Oil Co.. $52.56; Yor . nali Waring Co.. $46.00; I’. li. Slits i ply Co . *235.11; National Mill & Sun ply Co. $255.23: General Electric Co. |5196.64; A. C. Koos pay roll. $372.00: /.li. J Mylott pay roll. $202.66; John Thomas. $39.02: Decatur Lumber (’>. ’ $11.SO; G. H. AS 1. Tl. IL. $79.45; Fornax Mill Co.. $169.53; Geo. C Miunnm • $126.60; Water Works pay roll. $73.10; J. 1) Bollinger. $3.15: Lorain Coil Ac Dock Co.. $294.32: Wayne Beltins ' A: Supply Co . $196 56; Pittsburgh Meter Co.. $34.91: National Meter Co $91.:'.1: Buffalo Meter Co.. $30.02: Thomson Meter Co., $23.31; Thos Dowling. $32.50; Charles W. Yager. $18.20: Fornax Milling Co.. $137.75: E L. Carroll Ac Son. $3.40; Decatur l.uinl.ei Co.. $12.25; Clark J. Lutz. $25.00: P. Ac H. Supply Co.. sls.3'' Dick Bocli. $37.50; Cit- Flreme $145.m1; Police pay roll. $92.50; Stree Commissioner pay roll. $82190: Sa? I iry Supply Co . $21.00; D. Me Nati'si ton. $651.02; Win. B. Burford. $63.U A FORTINE I OH Robert Tizron. Formed of This City, Makes Goof 1 Strike in Oil Field SELLS TWO LEASED Wil! Return -to Farm Lif After Eleven Years in the Great Southwest visitor to this office this aftei noon was John Tizron. well know house mover, who returned this mor >ing from Tulsa. Okla., where he ha •pent the past five weeks with tb family of his son. Robert ''Robert i one of tlie many made : fortune out of the oil business in th Tulsa tield. Leaving here eleve years ago he managed to scrap enough money together to take ove a leave then being operated on a versmall scale. Fie developed the least and it was proving a winner, thei along came a big oil syndicate am gave hita $206,000 for the leasi Robert then struck another unopei ated field and put down three wells This time the big oil concern nab it up at a price considerably morthan SIOO,OOO. Wtrcn the father arrived in Tills; five weeks ago tlie son wanted to ge away for : little while, and asked th father to stay there until he returr ed. lb' came to this county, and afte making several trips over parts o this' and adjoining counties, h‘ bought a 78 acre farm near Ossiat in Well county for which lie pai< the sum of $19,000 in cash. He if turned to his family in Oklahoma and they are arranging to return t< i the Wells county farm to make the i home. Mr. Tizron states that many sue! fortunes have been made in a simila manner, and many are keeping at i’ and making several fortunes. H> i says the son thinks he has madi ' enough and will now settle down ti the simple life among the folks bad home. LABOR CANDIDATE LEADS (United Press Strvlce) i St. Paul. Minn., March 17. (Speeia to Daily Democrat) — William Ma 1 honey, labor candidate, was given St Paul's majority nomination for mayo ■ ) complete returns show today. Mayoi Laurence C. Hodgson was renom . inated with Mahoney.

."PRESIDENT” ISSUES STATEMENT k | (Unit; d Pl ' s.v Sr I Vice) WashlPcton. March 17. -(Special l.i .Dally D nocrrit) Einiimou de Valeria, "pre id -.it of tlie Irish republic" 'today isr.v d tlie following St. Patrick's day stiitement: ■ "Sons and daughters of the Gael, wherever you la today in the name f the motherland, greetings. "Whatever Pag be tlie flag you • guard and elierisli. it is consistent with your highest duty to band yovre selves together, to use your unit'd > strength to help brenk the chains that ■ bind your mothei I "We are at tin 1 spear points of the hosts in political slavery. Wo can he the shafts of dawn for the despairing and wretched everywhere. "You can so easily'accomplish that I which Is needed. You have only i-> have the will, the way is eo clear.' ’ WAS GRADE NIGHT Grade Night was Observed at Athletic Hall Last Evening by City Schools MANY BATTLES STAGED Locals Defeat the Bluffton Lads—Many Local Teams Figured in Contests Grade night at the Athletic hall •iroved a delightful entertainment f; ; he many basket-ball fans of this cit he grades from the city schools aving full charge of the gym lust vening. five basket-ball games being taged. The big game of Qie evening was rngett hr»w«M»n ETtMh ftrade oys and the Bluffton Eighth grad-

>oys. this being a return game, nffil o. vhich the loi-pl ICighth graders prowl he winners, defeating the Blnffto ■ ads in an overtime game by score of nineteen to fifteen, thus ising to Bluffton in their city several nonths ago. The game was a th-il ar throughout, opening up with . ush. tlie visitors leading at the end f the first half by a score of 9 to 7 "'ho visitors continued to lead through Ut file second half until the la.-t tow ninutes of play when the locals tied he score, making- it 15 to li, and i: vas necessary to play five minuteivertime for the decision, during vhich tlie locals scored two baskets •taking tlie score 19 to 15. Tn the preliminaries tile Cricket - •on from the Grasshoppers by a core of 8 to 1. and tlie Th!.-’ at-.'l 'ourtli grades of the North Ward d eated the Third and Fourth gr.- les o' he South Ward school by a score of : to 2. A large number of fans were p-osent t the games last evening and enjoi ed he excitement, every gam; ♦rt vlng io -e a thriller. The program was quit ' lengthy one and the fans bad more han their share of basket-ball at tillime. FIGHT SEEMS HOPELESS (United Press Service) Deroit. March 17 —(Special to Daily , Democrat)—Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, commander in chief « he federal battle against the his.ii <ost of living, admitted here the fight s a hopeless one. > “The government can combat only • he subsidiary causes of tlie high cost t if living." Palmer said. “The main < harden rests with tlie people them

selves, if people will spend ton per ; a cent, less and work ten per cent more ( < prices would drop quickly.’” | j — t GN DOMESTIC ISSUES i ; c (United Press Service) | p Washington. Mur. 17 (Special to‘ ( Daily Democrat)—The presidential ( It ampaign must he fought out on the ( to big domestic issues of interest to all j k the people but prohibition and the ( peace treaty should not be numbered ( among those issues in the opinion o' William J. Bryan as indicated in an interview here today. "Both parties will put prohibition' il plan- in their platform and nominate a- ca'id’dates pledged to enforcement of t. the I vv." Bryan declared shortly ■ a*'ter her arrived. He asserted his >r appearance in Washington has noth ii- ing to do with the peace treaty situation in file senate.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, March 17, 1920.

r REPORTED THAT VON KAPP IS OUT s News Dispatch States That •j a Republic Has Been ,! Proclaimed 1 SHOW A WILLINGNESS 'I - i To Retire — Forces Along the Rhine Sufficient to Meet Emergency (United Press Service) London, Mar. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A news agency dispatch byway of Copenhagen says the Independent. socialist and communists in i Berlin have proclaimed a republic and delivered -n ultimatum to Dr. von Kapp head of the revolutionary government. Von Kapp replied by . establishing martial law. the dispatch said. The second dispatch quoted a Ber- . lin psper as saying that after the i independent, socialists and communists had delivered their ultimatum to i ven Kapp threatening establishment of a soviet republic, von Kapp and von Luttwitz announced their readiness to retire and to hand over auth- ( ority to Vice-chancellor von Hulser. London. Mar. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The German revolution, head'd by Dr. Wolfgang von Kapp v.us believed near its end today. Dispatches said that von Kappl faced with growing opposition on all sides and deserted by many supporters had tendered his resignation. There was every indication that the, action of the dictator was barely in time to avert widespread civil strife. Score, of lives have been saerifle-. ed and hundreds of persons wounded.

From 4'”' to 500 persons were killed I in Kiel when a cruiser bombarded th,- city, according to a Kiel dispatch t.i the Morning Post. The cruiser ! opened fire when anti-Kapp groups I staged a demonstration, the dispatch .-aid. Heavy loss of life was reported in-other parts of the nations. Scores i were reported t< have been killed in dashes in the Berlin. Hamburg and Dresden districts. Mayence, Mar. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Marshal Foch and tlie allied commanders have decided ; the allied forces now along the Rhine are sufficient to meet any emerg.mcy ct'tf ed by tlie German revolution. Foch has returned to Paris. RAISE BIG SUM FOR BAPTISTS I Decatur Baptists are Organizing to Assist in New World Movement SPEAKERS OF NOTE Will Carry Messages in a Drive Among Churches Over the Country ii t Members of the Baptist congrega tion are making preliminary organiza ' tions for assisting in the work of the I- New World Movement of Northern II Baptsists. Tiie movement is put on > by tlie church Doth north and south.

and the northern division will endeavor to raise tlie sum of $100,000,000 for this work. This amount is appor tioned to the districts and then to the churches. Each district lias* its or ganization. and then such organization is extended to the individual churches in the district, and speak ers and workers are sent out in much the same manner as was done in the Liberty Loan and other drives during Hie war. I Tlie dales fixed tor the big drive all over the north are April 25 1 ' May 2. ! According to present program, every state, every town and every church in every town will be prepared wit" a speaker on some i>li;i--e C ’he campaign for every church gathering !”■ ginning March II The roster of speakers is made up of the most pr ini(Continued on Page Two)

THREATENED WITH DEFEAT < United l’r-ss Service) , Bismarck. X. I).. March 17. (Sue- ( i l.il to Daily Democrat) The Nation.- 1 Non-Partisan League here was threatened with defeat tuiiai for tlie (list time in four year--. Blizards throughout tin- .-late yesterday interfered with the rural vote in prt si.len; i.il preference* primaries and the tirb oi vote was believed tn hav ■ been in [: ■ vor of the republican faction opposed to the league. Senator Hiram Johnson was ’aHeved to have received tlie big vo’e for a republican nominee. \V. Bryan's name was the sole entry on he democratic ballot However, tlie lames of A. Mitchell Fulmer. \V. (.. McAdoo and former Ambassador Gerard were written on many, BUY AUTH BLOCK — .Joseph & Lang, the Weil Known Finn. Now Own I .Jewelry Store Building i I EXPECT TO REMO DEI. Mr. Auth Wil! Close Out | Stock and Retire — 111 Health is Cause ' By a deal consummated Tuesday ; : the firm of Joseph Al Lang, well > known confectioners be< nme owners of the Paul Auth business block on Second street next to the Voglewed- . 1 shoe store. Tlie consideration is not l ’given out at this time by either Mr.; Auth or Messrs. Joseph & Lang. Mr. Auth lias been in poor health ’ for some time, and was advised l>> ’his rihW'lun f»»-‘<et out of the hit's!■’ 1 tie- s and take a rest. To do this I. -

I decided that he would sell the stock I of goods and also the store building ’ i and get entirely free so that lie would not have any business worries. The , stock of goods will be sold out as 1 ! soon as possible, although he does I not have to vacate the room for sevi era! months. i Messrs. Joseph 4- Lang have a [ lease running two year on the build 1 I ing they now occupy anil will remain there until the lease expires. They i , will, however, remodel their new no--, I s ) sion. and hope to lease it until I they can occupy it themselves. A. /new front will he put in and tin-: room made modern in every way I Mr. Auth lias been in the jewelry. | I business here many years. fii" 1 with ins father, and since the fat’i- ( er’s death a few years ago has conducted the business alone. He is a/ first-class jeweler and it is with re- a gret that he leaves the business. !>u‘ /his failing health of the last few t I years has made it necessary that hi 1 get awav from the business. | ■ ■ j NO REDUCTION NOW I! i (United Press Service) Washington. Marell 17. (Special i 1 » • Dailv Democrat)- Federal income ti , ‘ . .* ‘ r ' es cannot bereihiced until uftor 11)2J. Secretary of the Treasury Houston to /’ Idav informed the (louse wav., and ( f ‘ lAi. t means committee. | He declared, however, that revision J of several of the present federal tax*s should be made and revenues adjusted to make up for the loss the Novell ( ment will sustain as a result of thei" courts decision that di'i “ dends paid on stock are non-taxable. w To make up for the ]os,< in revenue ” * i 1 c caused by the supreme court s •.< . cision knc.vking out stock dividends Houston recommended :i tax on thej” /ip.distributeii profits of all i-orporn-/ ■tions after January 1. 11'21 Excess profit taxes also cannot be/ 1 'reduced until 1922. the secretary 1 ' ! wrote the committee CONTRACTORS HERE 1 Messrs. Nagel and Geisler. mem - ? |bers of a contracting firm at Hawi!- r I ton. Ohio, are in the city going over h the property of the Gorden. Owens, ' ’ Rentschler Foundry company, and v will probably give out their plans li ' rtomorrow. 1 — t 'i'hree more canjlidatos filed tin ■ 1 declaration of candidacy for i-oii’ily i offices today They are Martin I? I f berg, for auditor: Seph Melt-hi. for ' Sheriff, and Ira Wagoner for commit; i sioner, second district. I

ROOT TOWNSHIP LANDS ARE NOW IN CITY LIMITS RHE MILIION DOLLARS WILL BE ADDED TO CITY'S VALUATION - DECATUR WILL BECOME A CITY OF THE FOURTH CLASS AT NEXT SECTION. Lands, properties and factories located in Root township havinj.* an estimated value of nearly one million dollars were annexed to the city of Decatur last evening by the common council, the report of the street and sewer committee favoring the annexation receiving the unanimous vote of that body. The tract of land, about a mile in length and a mile or so in width at the extreme north includes the following properties and then valuations: Lands Improvements Personal Holland St. Louis Sugar Cc. $4950.00 $377,250.00 $387 493 18 Schafer Saddlery Company 1050.00 6.950.00 21 859.50 Herman Haugh 270 00 730.0 C John D. Myers 810.00 110.00 19000 James E. and Emily C. Moses 110.00 940.0 C Har/e V. Sprague 1 10.00 840.00 David W. Summers 730.00 1.260.0 C 2,020.00 Susan Rex 130.00 1,260.00 Alice R Acker 320.00 3 150.00 130 0C Fornax Milling Co 260.00 1.160.00 2.080.00 Gordon S. Rentschler . 1.310.00 7.350.00 John V/. Meibers 4.700.00 Ezi a E. Zimmerman 970.00 1.360.00 G. R. 4 I. R. R. estimated 1 mile of track and land ‘s 15.000 30 G. R. <£. I. R. R. estimated one half mile side track -» 000.OC Ft. Wayne Decatur Traction Co., estimated 1 one-fourth mile of track 2.500.00 Estimated value of lands and properties $878,308.18

A CIH BAND Decatur Can Have a Real Musical Organization With Little Effort EVERYBODY BOOST Albert Sellemeyer Willing to Head Organization if There is Interest Does Dei atur want a good citv band? Os ■ ou.se we do. And all that is necessary to net the organ’;:.'; tion is for the citizens of Decatur . tul those musically ihciinetl to show just a little interest. The mutter has been brought tc the attention of Albert Sellemey-r. who has labored faithfully for years to maintain a splendid band in las . tur, and lie lias consented to take charge of the organization again if Inis given the proper support. There is no reason now why De. a tur can not have one of tlie very ivst bands in the state. A few year.- a-e a very good aggregation of band niu-i cians were being trained here, and then the war came on and many < f Hie band b-.ys were called to Hie colors. Now that they are all bin ', hottie and we have the prospect cl coming one of the best citi.-s in tin* state, we ought lo have a nun-', al ganization Unit corresponds to ou' growth in every other way. If tie-, organization is completed. w!ii‘ ; i ' ><■ " one holies il will he. we will again enjoy tlie weekly concerts during lhe summer, and then again, the hand wil. probably appear at many public gall erings and assist in every way 'o prove t-. the people, who came here, that we are tlie livest town on tile map. Everybody boost. SISTER OPERATED UPON Mrs George Dutcher this morning received a letter irom tlie family of her sister, the Rev. .lay Dorwin lan: ily. located at Tacoma. Wash., in which she was informed that the sister had just undergone a very serious Ojiperation for relief from abdominal trouble-: Mrs. Darwin had just come from tlie influence of the anaesthetic, and her condition was as good as could have been expected at the lime if writing. Mr. Dorwin is a Methodi-1 minister, and the family has been in the West eight or ten years.

Price Two Cent*

•i Tfits amount of property v. ill twL added to tlie < ity's pr - e;..i valiinti ei A of 5t;.5«:’..670.00 makim a total of $7. 441.975.18. only a lew thousand doUars less than tlie required seven and one half million dollar valnutioi’ to make Decatur a city of tin fourth class. When tlie city’s valuation r”ai-Jie4 t >e . requireil mark it witl imhim.-tii-all■ pass from a fifth class to a lon th cla s city but tlie present citv government will not change until after the 1!»21 election. When (!>■• General Elm.-tri company s and the Decatur ta-cs company'- ;iss< »snt’"U is add. ■ tn the city's valuation, Decatur wii! be beyond Hie seven and one-halt' million mark the Gem ral Electric ci-mpany alone having several thousand dolls.s' worth of machinery, besid ■ th’ ir building which is no' n.-iinied in tl.’alove valuation. The question of atinexins thi ' if.i.l has been before .the council for ' r and has caused a great der.l of interesl from time tn time. Efforts to annex. tlie land a year or so ..go were <4i seated and the matter was not brought up again until a couple of months ago when tlie city ciuntnetic al figuring oi. the building of the m-w power pJant. and the raising of the money by bond.;. Ft was pronosed then t > annex the land to the corporate limits but opinion of the council was somewhat divid ed on the matter and tlie question war fabled. A few weeks ago tlie Decatur industrial association went on recot*.! as being against the project, hut when. Mr. Rentschler ot tlie Decatur Castings company, our newest industry, expressed tlie desire to be taken i. * i the city limits, tlie objection was somewhat overcome and the council m ted a,' ordingly. I'y the iiiitiexrtion the city of Deca tur must assume a part of the dob in Root township. Roof township m-,v lias a debt of about sixty thousand do! ars and it is estimated that Dm-at.ir xxill assume about fifteen or sixteon per emit, of this amount wliii-h "'ottid b-' between nine and ten thou-an-'l d 1 lars. The factories, property and 'and 'owners coming into the eib limit -. will bo required to pay the city tax rate • which is now two dollars on < -■ ■ li on’ hundred dollars* valuation The rale , in ’toot township is only ninety- cents , on the hundred dollars, niukin;- qtt"" a difference to the taxpayer. In rei turn the factories ami propertv own- , ers are entitled to every rntivenieno? sm h as fire protection, electrical ci” - I rout, waler, etc., al the disposal of the f city. I . The report of tlie street and sewer committee favoring the anenxation 1 (Continued on Page Two)