Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1920 — Page 1

■Volume XVIII. Number 89

ITS CLEVELAND I BY AUTO TRUCK ■Hiirtin-Klepper Creamery ■Company Unable to Ship | Because of Rail Strike ■MADE LONG DRIVE Started Two Trucks From llpecatiir Tuesday Evening at Five O’clock ■tornuse of the -.tti’-tf* m railroad I switchmen in all the yards of the railroad companies in the cities, and of Dili ♦rahnri'o on si i -inem o. ji.. ntwhere' tiie strike was in effect, tin Martin-Klepper company of tin ci*>. last evening started two big trucks loaded to capacity with Cloverleaf Klrcamery hn*ter to eievelaml, Ohio. One of the big trucks belonged to D. F. Teeple of this city, and this left first. The second war a Huningten truck and was loaded at the Bluffton plant. Tiie Teeple truck started fuel from this citv, hut the second followed a half-hour later, and the rout' 1 covered was from Decatur to Vat Wert, Delpho.-. Ottawa. Post or in Findlay. Tiffin. Sandusky, and thence to Cleveland. The distance by road i about 205 miles, and the drivers, then there being two for each truck, had hopes of reaching Cleveland sometime flits evening. The strike in the Titles has made p extremely difficult for butter and p-.-shipments out of this citv. amt Mr Ylepper and Mr. Martin will do ever'thins in their power to rare for then ratrons that can lie reached by truck On miiro.-.its where ih"v i. ne i ■ SEfer and express embargoes the ' company lias arranged to send butte byjfftpress and parcel po-t. .1 ;,.i - of the business can he taken care of In tills way The .big strike of switchmen has business of all kinds/ but 1 the perishable products will not be accepted by companies .r all hence the neees itv of providing sotiuothe? means of transportation. GENERAL STRIKE CONTINUES , (United Pres« Service) Dublin. Apr. 14 iSp. i. o Hail Democrat) —Labor executives toda: ordered a continuation of the genera’ strike, called in protest against at leged British mistreatment of Sin" Fein prisoners. More than 50.000 workers were out in Dublin and 300. 000 throughout Ireland, labor leaders claimed. Strikers staged a huge demonstra tfon in front of Mount Joy prison, where the hunger striking Sinn Folners are confined, yesterday aft ernoott. Troops with bared bayonets guard ed the prison. As part of the deni onstration 20,000 persons hared he&dr'in a prayer for the imprisoned Sinn Feiners. Tiie lord mayor, it was announced had been informed officially that the condition of many of the hunger strikers was serious. Martin McCoy, ’one of the prison ers was released on expiration of his sentence. He was too weak to walk and was rushed to a hospita. / LOWDEN is winner (United Press Service! Chicago, April 14 -(Special to Daily Democrat) — Illinois wants Low don. Practically-complete returns from yestedav’s preferential primal ms in linois early today shov.cd Frank C. Lowden lending Oenerol Wood by *8.731 votes as the republican choice for president. /Returns w< awaited from 353 down state precincts expected to run 1! “ e°' f ' nl total plurality to 75.000 or more. The democratic situation was m > died. With no names printed on ballots a great majority of names » • written in —some "Joshes on 1 1 hors and son* seriously intend"' . • democratic elisHjles vs(ip with written-in-votes lint 1,1 ' l failed early today to Indicate a J'" rite. WOMEN ARE BARRED Indianapolis. *° Daily Democrat)— htthann women ■ day planned appeals fre-m >" 1 n _ rtato election commissioners ing announcement that " 011,6 neither be delegates to stat 6 1 tiona pr cAfcdidates for 10,,n •' ( The board previously ruled « women voting in the coming election .

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CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE • Unite.! press Service) f I'hlcaßo, Apr. 14 (Special to Dally Democrat) Corn: May, $1.67%; t July. $1.61; Sept, $1.56. Oats: May, 95%; July 95c, STRIKE CALLED OFF — Dublin, April 14.—(Special to Daily) Democrat) The general strike called) i hi Ireland because of tiie alleged in 1 .<- 1 treatment of Sinn Fein prisoners by! British authorities, was called off to-' l day after the release of tiie prisoners. ACTION BY JUNE — Soldier’s Bonus Bill Will be Rushed in Congress in Hopes of Passing IT BY JUNE THE FIRST Killing of American by Germany Will be Investigated—Martens Case (United Press Service) Washington. April 14. — (Special to 1 Daily Democrat) Action on a soldier bonus bill is to lie rushed in congress r in tiie hope of passing it by Jnne 1, or before members leave for the poJi tieal conventions, republican leaders of the senate and house aereed todav. , Senator Lodge sent word to Uepre--entative Fordney, Michigan, chairman of the w ays and means committee, v that if tiie bill i passed by the house by about May !. it probably can I e Passed by the senate within flint month. As a result Fordney plans to ru. n , to tiie house the bonus program that has ber-n approved - by the sub-con.-mittee of the ways and means com- 1 mittee. . »• Washington. April 14.—(Special to! Daily Democrat)—The case of Ludwig A. K.. Martens, soviet representative in the United States, is “more uitahle for investigation and action" | >y the department of justice than by ■he senate. Chairman Moses of tiie senate sub-committee investigating Russian propaganda reported today. | The Moses report wiis made to the enato foreign relations committee. It 1 vas not signed by any other member i M tiie subcommittee which included i senators llorali. Idaho; and Brande- ( •ee of Connecticut, republicans; and Pittman, Nevada and Shields, Tonne-' see, democrats. | < i Washington. April 14—(Special *o Daily Democrat)—An armistice has , been concluded between the unionist orces controlling Guatemala City and •resident Cabera and the revolution- 1 sts have proposed that Cabrera leave 1 he country. tfTe state department was' idvised today. I 1 !' Washington. April 14— (Special io 1 Daily Democrat)—A very "searching, investigation" will be made by the United States into Germany’s explana- ) tion that Paul R. Demote American, was shot while trying to escape front 1 prison, it was learned today at tiie 1 state department. HOW ABOUT IT BOYS? (United Press Service) Chicago, Apr. 14—(Special to Daily Democrat) — “He-vamps” swaggering male fashion plates and old men (ossessing “young men’s ambitions" ire responsible for the high cost of living. tailors here said today. Man’s pride and vanity are shooting clothing prices sky high and taking prices of other things along with it, they said. FUNERAL TODAY j The funeral services for Martini Christianer. who died Sunday in Ft. j Wayne, were held this afternoon from , the Fred Hetter home on West Monroe street at 2:30 o'clock. Interment was in the Decatur cemetery. MAY POSTPONE TRIAL (United Press Service) Lawton, Mich.. April 14.—(Special | to Daily 'Democrat) —Mrd. Sarah Tabpr, SO. charged with manslaughted , in connection with the death of Her | daughter. Maude Tabor Virgo, was suffering today from a severe attack of indigestion here. It was believed it will be necessary to postpone the trial scheduled to begin at Paw Paw Monday until she recovers.

|MRS. MAYER DEAD Wife of Editor of Monrot Reporter Passed Away Early Today TUBERCULOSIS VICTIM Funeral Will be Friday Afternoon at Monroe— Formerly Lived Here The home of Jvlin J. Mayer at Monroe is clothed In sadness today because of the death of the wife and i mother, which occurred at two o'clock i this morning after an illness of several months from tuberculosis. Mrs. Mayer was a former resident of Deeui fur, the family having lived here sot ' some time before moving to Monroe j several years ago. The husband is the editor and proprietor of the Monroe i Reporter. Mrs. Mayer was born March 4. IRCI. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | John Keegan. She grew to womanj hood and was united in marriage to John J. Mayer. To this union were | born four children, two of whom are I living, J. Fred Mayer, manager of a newspaper at Sturgis. Mich., and a •daughter, Mrs. Harriet A. Shirk, who made her home with her parents, at I Monroe. Funeral sehvices will be held Fri day afternoon from thp Methodist ; church at Monroe, of which the d? ceased was a faithful member. Rev. r L. M. Krider, pastor of the Monroe church, will officiate, and burial will he in the Decatur cemetery. DIED AT MARION Mrs. Louisa Walters Died at the Home of Son at Marion Yesterday LIFE LONG RESIDENT Os This City—Went to Marion Few Weeks Ago —Funeral Thursday J. F. Walters, traveling auditor so the ToTpilo. St. Louis & Western rai' road and a well known Decatur youn man. who has been checking up th* (letails relative to transferring th local Clover Leaf railroad agency ovei to the new agent, Sam Shamp, re ceived a message yesterday afternooinforming him of the death of hi mother. Mrs. Louisa Walters, a liflong resident of this city and who weni to Marion, Indiana, just six weeks ag to visit with her son. Hiram Walters. Mrs. Walters died Tuesday after noon at the home of her son in Marion death resulting from a long siege o dropsy and other complication - brought about by infirmities of old age Mrs. Walters who had been a life long resident of this city, went tc Marion Rix weeks ago to visit with heson. Hiram Walters. She had been ir poor health for some time and reeentltook a turn for the worse, her condl tion becoming critical a week or sc ago. She was born In Kennebttnk Malne. and had she lived until Maj 15th, this'year, would ltave bepn sev-enty-five years old. She came to this city w’hen a small child and has always made her home in Decatur, the family being reared in this city. Tiie body will be brought to this city probably Thursday afternoon over the C)over Leaf and burial will be made in tiie Decatur cemetery. It is planned to open the casket at tiie cemetery in order to give her many | friends and relatives the opportunity I to view tier remains. She is survived by the following children: Nelson Walters, of Ander)son: J. F. Walters, of Marion, and Hiram Walters also of Marion. Her husband preceded here in death about sixteen years ago. TROOPS ARE CALLED (United Press Service) Springfield, 111.. Apail 14. (Special to Daily Democrat) —State troops have 'been ordered to Kewanee. 111., where j serious rioting is reported to have bro- ! ken out among employees in the Kewanne Tube Works there, it was an* ) uouuced this afternoon. Lieut. Gov. jogle»by instructed Adjutant • General Dickson of the state militia to send a battSilon of infantry to Kewaunee, sot lowing a message received from the sheriff of Henry county.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, April 14, 1920.

% TAKING SPECIAL COURSE Dr. H. F. Costello, well known physician of this city is In Toledo where lie is taking Dr. Ireland's special *■ course in chronic diseases and stud"ing the more modern methods in treating gastrointestinal diseases. He will he gone the balance of the week, hut • writes that his office will be opened I again next week. Mrs. Costello is in Toledo with him visiting with friends. V Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bttuck. of Freidheim were business visitors in this pity yesterday afternoon. % HOME BUILDERS : HAVE FIRST DEED ii “ Lot on Third Street First to be Transferred—The First Home There OPTIONS SECURED II Many'Families are Coming —Hope Soon to Have a i Dozen Homes Started i j Tiie Decatur Home Builders ret ceived today the first deed of ownership for a lot on North Third street on which will probably tie erected tiie r first home. Other options will be closed in the near future. Plans and specifications are being made for res > ideiu-es which will be adopted in .1 1 few days and ready for bids from contractors. The company will aim to build modern, partly modern and plain I houses. ' Options are held on a number of lots •ear the General Electric which already have ample sewerage, and tlte loom Builders expect to supply other modern improvements such as cement walks, and ornamntal lighting system tnd make this one of tiie most desirable residence districts in the city. 1 Applications are on file for a number of houses. Few men except those in ■lose touch with the situation realize l how important it is that homes be provided at once, as there are a large number of families coming to Decatur soon and a great many already here ire unable to find places to live. The cooperation of the entire comnunity is essential to the progress >f Decatur add the splendid encouragement which the Home Builders have received from everyone is inspir--I'tjg renewed efforts on their part, and fjje public will soon see a dozen or pore new residences under construeion. TO MAKE DRIVE American Legion Members Will Take Charge of Salvation Army Campaign WILL START MAY 10 Amount to be Raised in the County is Not Known at This Time The American Legion members of the county will have charge of the drive for funds for the Salvation ! Army in tiie spring campaign. The amount to' be raised is not known at this time, as the communications so far between the Salvation Army officials and the local legion officials have not been along that line. Salvation Army officials some time ago asked the hoys if they would take charge of the affair in this county. At their first meeting they decided to do the work and so informed them. Tuesday a letter was received thanking them for acting ’ favorably upon the request and stat- ' ing that advertising matter, etc., 1 would be stmt them this week. Tiie drive will start May 10. and the f American Legion will organize thoroughly that the quota ror this county and more may lie raised. INVESTIGATION MADE l (United Press Service) 3 Berlin. April 14.—(Special to Daily a Democrat) — Investigators were to i- leave for Dusseldorf tonight, proceed- - ing from that city Vo Wesel to pt obo it the circumstances surrounding the . death of Paul Demott, young AmerlI eau who was shot and killed by Geri mau troops after bff was arrested for I alleged implication in the Ruhr ree volt. ■

TO KEEP IT OPEN j - - ' 1 Decatur Library Board to Petition State Board to 1 Make a Loan t 1 FOR THE EXPENSES l Os the Public Library—r Need sl,ooo—Hearing is 1 Set for May 3rd Efforts are being made to keep the Decatur) Library open to the school children and the public in general, tiie library board at a recent meeting I having agreed to petition the slate tax board for the right to issue SI,OOO worth of bonds or other evidence ol Indebtedness for the malntaluence of tl.is institution during the hub - ance of the year. The state tax hoard lias set Monday, May 3rd as tiie day on which this petition will be heard n:id it is sincerely hoped that the commission will at least grout the right to the taxpayers to borrow money to pay general expenses and tints maintain the library. The library board is now without funds and several bills, including the cost of the new roof must ire paid. Last year when the board asked for a tax lew sufficient to maintain the library and, to pay all expenses, the state tax board refused the amount asked and f-onsequently the treasury became depleted. The bearing will be held in Indianapolis and those interested will .-.ppoar before the commission and l-.eg them to allow the loan. PLENTY OF ROOMS i Committee in Charge Has One Hundred and Fifty Listed—Keeping a List OF AVAILABLE PLACES If You Rent Room Please Tell the Committee About It — Many Applicants The committee on rooms of which Mr and Mrs. Ferd Peoples are chair men, report that they have in the neighborhood of one hundred fifty rooms listed at this time, and they request that if any one has a room that can be rented, that you list it at once, so that a complete list can be had at all times. In case you rent your room it is also requested that you let the committee know at once so they can check you off the list. This will help the committee and it will help you. If your rooms ape rented it will save you the annoyance of be ing bothered by some one that has j been sent to your home after you have the rtfom rented, and it will al so help in the work of , those in ; charge. It is believed the room situation is as good as can be expected at this time, but the housing proposition is tiie serous matter to handle. Man) of tiie G. E. workers who desire tc come here have families and of course they want to bring them j along. There are no empty houses at this time that are fit to live in., and this is puzzling the local com mittee and the electric company as well as the employes. FOREIGN EXCHANGE UP (United Press Service) 1 New York. April 14.—(Special to Dally Democrat)—The foreign ex change market opened steady todav Dem and sterling advanced % to $3.96. Franc checks were 15.92, off 1 centimes and lire Checks 21.02, up 2. Marks were .0170 and Canadian dollars .91.50. BOND ISSUE REJECTED (United Press Service) Chicago, April 14. —(Special to Daily Democrat) Chicago yesterday rejected a proposal for an improvement j bond issue of $34,5u0,000. The recent statement of the federal reserve banks | that this district is the most extrava-, gent in the country was the principal argument used by campaigners against j the issue. — «. THE WEATHER FORECAST • ++++++♦+♦+♦+♦+++ Fair tonight and probably Thursday witli rising temperature.

r * - - « — ■ * "t" MAY ATTACK TROOPS (United Pres* Service) Tombstone, Arlz.. April 14 (Special !to Daily Democrat)- Eight hiiiidiv.l *1 Carranza infantrymen were reported | today enroute to Agilu l’rlela. o|>|h>jsite Douglas. Arizona, to attack Son- ! ora troops there. It was believed pos■Jsibly a Sonora army will attempt to ” meet them below the border to prevent them reaching Augu ITiela. “ Douglas business men wired Washington asking that additional American troops be sent to the Arizona border to protect American interests. CENTENARY DRIVE p • " Rev. Tinkham to Manage e Financial Campaign in Adams County for the K | — ;M. E. CENTENARY | , No Additional Levies Made > on Methodists Because of Interchurch Drive Charles Tinkham of Decatur lias t - been appointed - financial campaign director of the. Methodist Centenary '' movement in Adams county. The Centenary conservation committee lias made recommendation to the 1 Methodist Episcopal churches that they (consider tiie desirability of uniting in the community canvass of the )nter-«lutrcli World movement. It ! also recommends that (lie week of April 25 to May 2 lie set apart for a canvass of those members and friends of the Methodist church who have not yet increased their subscriptions or * to renew them. The committee believes' that every church and every member ’should lie I given opportunity to bear a full share in the world program of the church, j An official statement on the subject has been issued, and signed by S Earl Taylor, executive secretary of t the Centenarv movement and general .secretary of tiie Inter-church World ■ movement. W. L. McDowell. William Port and Luther B. Wilson, bishops in tiie Methodist Episcopal church. , Frank Mason North, secretary of the ; hoard of home missions. David Forsythe, secretary of the hoard of foreign missions, and others. The statement reads in part: i “Much uncertainity exists among our Methodist people as to the future financial plans of the CentenAry movement and as to the relation of the Centenary to the Inter-church World movement. In order that the confusion resulting from this uncertainty may lie cleared, the Centenary Conservation committee deems it advisable to make tiie following atateftient: “First. In harmony with tile actions already taken hv the boards ’concerned, tiie Centenary Conservation committee believes that no additional askings should tie levied upon ;onr Methodist Episcopal churches, in connection with the present Inter ; church World movement campaign, for the boards and societies benefited ' bv the Centenary fund. “Second. Tiie following facts re j warding the Centenary campaign I should he known: j “Os tiie 15. 771 charges in the Metli . odist Episcopal church, nearly l.oon. , renresentfng quotas of more than $4. 11)0,000. have not yet made their Cen- \ tenary canvass. More than 5.504) j I charges have not yet reached their, fu'l quota. Many of our people did | not subscribe to the Centenary last ! year: many new members have united j i with the church and have not yet been i solicited, some who subscribed would llike to increase their subscriptions; ) those who subscribed for only one year should renew their subscriptions, 'many Sunday schools made no canvass of their members and made no subscriptions as a school. ••We believe, therefore, that an early and earnest effort should he made to canvass those who have not given as much as they would like or who gave for one year, to the end that every church, so far as possible, may reach | its full Centenary quota and every I member and friend he given an oppor11unity to hear his full share of the I world program of the church. | “Third. The Inter-church World | movement will make a nation-wide ! financial canvass April 25 to May 2. in I the interest of the missionary, educaI tional and benevolent work of Evanjgelical protestantism. Each denomim- | tion will canvass its constituency in its own way, bui ail of the denominations will he invited to unite in a (Continued oil page six)

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[STRIKE IS TOPIC i! BEFORE CABINET '•! Palmer Presents Findings > in Switchmen’s Strike to the Cabinet ; SEEMS DEADLOCKED Although a Few Trains Move Country is Suffering From the Strike (By tlte United Press) Washington/ Apr. 14 (Special to ' l/aily I ‘ 'nit* rat I I’resiiJ ill \Vili<on and his cabinet today heard Attorney General Painter’s report on the railroad strike, discussed the strike and . readied some conclusion. Palmer said following tiie cabinet meeting. What the conclusions were Palmer > would not say. He intimated h>might ltave a statement late today. Oilier cabinet members said the strike situation was practically the sole topic of discussion. It wan learned authoritatively that one of the things Palmer told tiie , cabinet was that the department of justice had evidtrece to support the charge that the communists interim - Goiiitl party of Russia dominated by Lotiine and Trotsky is tiie moving force behind the railroad strike. Tiie out '.re of i lie element was explained to the president and his cabinet. Impel turn arrests are Expected late today by justice department officials. The cabinet meeting lasted one hour and a half, all the secretaries declared Wilson seemed in the best • ? health It was his first cabinet Meeting in eight months. It is probable meetings will he held once a week. Soon after the cabinet meeting the president te4egrai>l\*d members of the railroad labor board appointed yesterday to come to Washington at 1 once | repared to take up the wage controversy as soon as their nominations were confirmed by the senate. At the same time the senate interstnte commerce committee announced it had ordered the nomination reported favorably and the senate went into executive session presumably to discuss them. Kopubiican leaders who left tiie senate chamber during the secret session said confirmation could lie expected during the afternoon. Gradual improvement in tiie gener al railroad strike situation was reported front practically all sections of the country today. The worst tie-up continued in the New York district where only a small number of workers had returned. although passenger service on all lines had been improved by use of volunteer train crews and yard workers. In the west the strike was reported “subsiding" as the men gradually returned to their jobs. Chicago dispatches said federal agents predicted arrests of radicals j there responsible for starting tiie • wr-lkout whicth became nation wide. A committee of the Cleveland ) s.liking switchmen's association was i exported to go to Washington shortly to confer with the new railway labor board. President Wilson was to meet today will! the cabinet and It Was expected the railroad strike situation would be discussed. The interstate commerce committee of the senate was to meet and hasten confirmation of the members of the railroad labor board appointed by President Wilson. Attorney General Palmer was urging agents of his department to prevent further activities of radical strike leaders in their districts. Washington, April 14—(Special to Daily Democrat)' — Tthe nation wide railroad strike is costing the railroad companies three million dollars daily in reduced revenues, Director •Inltit4 H. Parmelee of tiie bureau of railroad economics estimated today The total loss to the roads thus far bouuting only the six days during which the strike has had nation wide effect, thus Is at least $15,000.0')*) not counting losses from damage to commodities. Detroit, Apr.’ 14—- (Special to Daily Denjocrat) — I The railroad strike situation here remained a deadlock today. The number of uien thrown out of work through closing down of factories for lack of fuel was variously eatiiuated today at from 65.000 to 100,000. ._ _ _ j ,