Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 104, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1920 — Page 1

Volume XVIII. Number 104.

WILL PASS BY A PARTY VOTE Senator Hitchcock Conceeds That Knox Resolution Will Pass WILL BE VETOED ALSO Committee Sends Back Bonus Bill—Failed to Indorse the Plan Washington, May I—(Special to! Daily Democrat)—Adoption of the Knox peace resolution by the senate was conceded today by Senator Hitchcock. Nebraska, democrat, who! will lead the opposition. He expect-1 ed President Wilson to veto it. however. "My expectaton is that it will pass by a strictly party vote and that the i president will veto it," Hitchcock said today. "The resolution is a mighty weak affair and some of its provisions are absolutely ridiculous." The peace resolution will come up in the senate Wednesday. Senator Lodge announced. Senator Underwood, democratic leader, stated he would back Senator Hitchcock in any moves he may deem wise thus leaving the Nebraska sen ator who handled the treaty fight in virtual charge of the opposition to the peace resolution. A number of democrats are expected to join republicans in voting for the measure. Among them aie Senator Reed. Missouri, and Senator Walsh. Massachusetts. Washington, May I—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Soldier aid legislation in congress today faced indefinite delay due to failure of house republicans, meeting in caucus last nighty to indorse the’ bonus bill areported from the ways and means committee. Outspoken dissatisfaction against several features of the measure became suddenly apparent in the repub-, lican ranks. As a result all plans to force the bill through the house Monday have, been abandoned. Republican leaders admitted it probably will be impossible to passj the measure through both houses before the congressional recess early | in June. Some members predicted no bonus legislation will he passed this session. Representative Good, | lowa, chairman of the appropriations | committee, declared the bill must undergo many modifications if it is to be passed by this congress. ELECTION POSTPONED (United Press Serve -’•) Sttn Antonio. Tex.. Muy 1 (Special to Daily Democrat) The Mexican presidential elec-| tion called lor July I has been postponed because of the activities of revolutionists, a dispatch to a Mexican newspaper here declared today. Um <hsliatch was from Mexico (.its. Congress will be called in extraordinary session to name a president to assume oilice m December when Carranzas Irem expires, a dispatch declared. are paying taxes Residents of the county have paid taxes rather rapidly to Treasurer Hite during the past week. Friday really th? biggest day of the taxp.i - seg season, more than $30,000 being paid in . In the various townships there are only a few who have not paid their spring installment whit in the eitv of Decatur the list is latgm There remains but one more day. and after that the treasurer is compelled by law to add the penalty. Better hurry! _ ~fear sovietism (United press Service) Washington. May I—b pec Daily Democrat)— Fear that 1 volt against Carranza ‘ s B “® f the next government of Mexic be dedicated to principles of sovi i«m was expressed today by o ■ - in close touch with Mexican affairs This was based principally on iples of Salvador Alvarado repre tentative in Washington ot the O regon revolt and who ° ne ' prominently as the man likely to b chosen provisional president of tin revolutionary government.

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NIBLICKS ARE HOME Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick, daugh ■ Helen and Mr. and Mrs. O. P ■ Edwards of Lepsie, Ohio, have re • turned home from Florida where thej spent the winter. They were gout four months. Mrs. Niblick took sicli while at Miami and is now suffering from neuritis. Mr. and Mrs. El wards have gone to the their home cl Lepsie, MM TIME PART) Given by High School Athletic Association Was a Decided Success EIGHTY I) () L LA R S Was Cleared From the Venture—Good Program, Refreshment Stands The hard times social given by the Athletic association of the Decatur | high school at the Masonic hall last evening was a decided success in every way. There was a very large crowd in attendance, and the costumes worn were truly representative of exceedingly hard times. Now and then a party would ascend the stairs with his “Sunday-go-to-meet-in’" clothes on. But some member of the association was on guard, and it usually "cost" him an extra twobit- or so. The sum of thirteen dol- , lars and fifty cents in fines was shaken out of the fellows who wore their best. A very good program w’as given during the evening, in music, and in various other ways. Mrs. L. A. Holthouse sang solos, Meredith Stewart played a violin solo, and the girls' quartet of the high school sang a number of selections. This quartet is composed of Misses Lois Peterson. Veronica Anker, Margaret Moran and Gretchen Smith. Their singing was a very much enjoyed part of the program. There was also a boxing match between Frankie Mason i Charles Downs) and Jesse Willard (William Gay) in which Mason was declared the winner in the third J round. There were refreshment stands, fishing ponds, auction sales, and various forms of amusements, including dancing, and if you ’ were able to , leave the hall without leaving all your loose change, it was through no fault of the members of the athletic i association. More that, eighty dollars was made !by the venture, and the officials of ihe athletic association and school officials are much elated over the | success of the party. A FINE NEW TRUCK Mont Fee. salesman for Holsum bread in Adams county, went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon where the Superior Baking company ' turned over a fine new bread truck to him for use in the delivery ot bread. Mr. Fee accepted the position with this company about four months ago. At first he delivered the bread in his Ford touring car but he has built up such a trade that in the last few weeks it had been almost impossible for him to take care of the business with his ma- ■ chin®, hence the new truck. Mr. Fee sells bread in Decatur and other surrounding towns in Adams county. He invites you to try this bread i! you are not at this time eating it and guarantees satisfaction. — — ATTENTION, SOLDIERS! I Members of the G. A. R.. World war : and Spanish-American war veterans ! and members of the W. R. C., on a? I count of the primary election May 4 : have postponed their meeting to make arrangements for the Decoration da> 1 program from Tuesday to Thursdaj I evening, May 6. at the G. A. R- hall al r 7:30. The committees of all of the above orders are requested to take no tice of the change and be there or time, as business of importance re quires your presence. GENERAL CHAIRMAN. o — SHOCK IS RECORDED il II (United Press Service) t- SI. Louis, Mo., May 1 (Special t s Daily Democrat)—An earthquake di , turbance lasting thirty seconds wa c- recorded by the seismograph at St e- Louis University at 9:15 a. m. todaj n- according to Prof. B. J. Goesse, i d charge of the instrument. Goess »e said the shock centered between 10 ie and 200 miles from St. Louis and wa violent. •

DIED SUDDENLY v Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Sovine Died at Home of Daughter in Willshire u HEART TROUBLE CAUSE Had Been Visiting With f Mrs. James Wyer—Funeral Monday Morning Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Sovine, a life - long resident of this county, residing near Williams died very suddenly last night at about nine o’clock at the home of her daughter. Mrs. James Wyer in Willshire. Ohio, at which place she had been visiting. Death was caused from an attack of heart ” trouble. Mrs. Sovine was seventy-nine years of age and was well known throughout the county. She made her home p with a son. David Sovine. of near Williams, and was a resident of Adr t ams county all her life. She went to Willshire a short time ago for a visit with her daughter. e The following children survive, Julia Shady, Preble; Jonathan Sovine. Decatur; Susan Melehing, Vera r Cruz; Amos Sovine of near Monroe; A Joseph Sovine of Decatur; Mrs? ! James Wyer of Willshire; David I Baker, of Williams and Benj. Baker. of Plymouth. The funeral services will bo held Monday morning at ten o'clock froml the Christian Union church, CraigVille and burial will be made in the ; Elmgrove cemetery, Bluffton. ’BADLY DEFEATED 1 ‘ The High School Base Ball Team Loses First Game ; to Fort Wayne X .... : FRIDAY AFTERNOON 1 ( 1 Final Score Resulted 16 to i s—Rains Made Diamond Real Mud Puddle The Decatur high school base ball ’ team weve met and defeated in their > I first game of the season yesterday j afternoon by the Fort Wayne high 3 school team, on the local diamond. located at Belmont park, the game ’ being called by an agreement at the , end of the seventh inning, the final 3 score resulting 16 to 5. The rain in the afternoon put the diamond in a rather muddy condition, but owing to the fact that all previous games scheduled by the 1 locals were cancelled on account of a the weather, the team was rather 1 anxious to start their season, and y their defeat of yesterday could not lc be attributed to inferior playing, f The game was called promptly at i- four o’clock with Mr. Minch, of the r local school and Mr. White, of Fort tl Wayne, acting as official umpires, r The first inning resulted one to notht ing in favor of Fort Wayne, after a which the diamond became so muddy e and slippery that it was impossible i- for the boys to display any real feats -. the visitors making the large mar jority of their scores through errors '. and overthrows. r The locals however are not dis d couraged with the result of yesterday’s game and are already for their next battle which will probably be next Friday, in a return game wit’h the Fort Wayne high school in their r city, at which time D. H. S. hopes to i, get some sweet revenge for yester- ■ day’s defeat. t. The score by innings: e Fort Wayne 1 2 0 2 2 •> 6 16 y Decatur 00 20 11 0 5 y Batteries—Fort Wayne, Possel and it Deister; Decatur. White, Fruchte, ie Myers and Costello. o- — n MR. ANDREWS IS WORSE eP. L. • Andrews, formerly of this city but. now living in Fort Wayne, who has been quit® ill the past several days, is said to be much worse. He was taken to the hospital a day or two ago. It required the assistto ance of three people to keep him in is his bed during the night. is , It. CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE y, in (United Press Service) se| Chicago, May I—(Special to Daily 00| Democrat) —Corn: May, $1.75; July, as $1.65%; Sept. $1.57%. Oats: May | $1.02; July 89%c.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, May 1, 1920.

PETITION HEARD MAY 3 The petition of the Decatur library board for permlMion to borrow th" | sum of $1,500 to pay operating < • penses of the local library until the end of the year will be heard by the state tax board on May 3. This loan was made necessary because the tax i board last year refused to grant 1 levy sufficient to carry the institution through the year. | ON HOME STRETCH Republican Candidates for President are Making the Final Wind-up —— IN INDIANA TODAY I ———. Fight in California Between Johnson and Hoover is Getting Red Hot (United Press Service) Indianapolis, May 1. —(Special to 1 Daily Democrat)—Going into the home stretch, the four leading republican presidential candidates today . were fighting hard to come under the tape first in next Tuesday's primar. election. Two of them —Harding and Lowde. —will conclude their Indiana speaking tours tonight. Johnson and Wood wi continue their stumping next M i day. It was a question of speed todav 1 which candidate could visit the rat; points and deliver the most speech?: A battery of orators was stumpin; the state in behalf of each of the can didates, and marshalling their force: at the last moment. Johnson and Harding will cros trails here tonight. Harding wi’ speak at the Marion club and John son will address a mass meeting a Tomilson hall. This will be liar ling’ last speech in Indiana, while Lowde will wind up at G»ry tonight. San Francisco, May I.—(Special t< Daily Democrat)—California is neai ing th<* close of the most desper.it primary campaign in its history. Th issue is a clear cut one of the popula’ ity of Senator Hiram Jchnson a against the popularity of Herber' Hoover. For weeks the Johnson organizatio has exerted itself to elect 26 de'egate to the Chicago convention pledged t ‘.Johnsen while the Hoover organize tion has gained a firm foundationfirm enough to challenge everv ?• | fort that can be put forth bv th Johnson men. The campaign will not close tint' the last ballot is cast at 7 o’clock th night of May 4. Several big Jolinsor meetings are scheduled for Mondav The Hoover men. however, will do li< tie after today. Bitterness was engendered largely b' the fact that Johnson .after years o' political supremacy at home sees th republican nomination a distanct n? sibility, only to he attacked at thmost vital spot—his home state —m ' another Californian, who during thesr years has not been in politics. INSPECTORS GET BALLOTS Election inspectors for the various precincts in the county called at th® office of the county clerk and audito’ today and secured the ballots to be used in the primary next Tuesday. A the clerk’s office they were given th< democratic and republican ballots air ’ at the auditor's office they secure the ballots to be used in voting on th , hospital appropriation. The county o’ ficials were assisted in their work 1" the members of the election board Earl D. Adams and Fred V. Mills. 4.4.***++ + + + + * + . * McCULLOCH IS WINNER f- + 4> Indianapolis, Ind.. May 1 * (Special to aDily Democrat) y "Carleton McCulloch will re- < ceive a plurality of the demo- •$ 4- cratic votes cast in the govern- 4 4» orship contest next Tuesday and 4 4> has an excellent chance to be 4 4> nominated by a majority." said 4 y 4 1 John H. Heller, campaign man- 4 4> ager today. “Indications aro that 4 ~ 4« Dr. McCulloch will win eleven 4 4- of the thirteen districts. He has 4 4- visited seventy-five counties dur- 4 4- ing the campaign and has an or- 4 •I- ganizatlon in every part of the 4 4» state. He spok? at Evansville 4 y 4- last night, at Seymour today and 4 J - will close his campaign in this 4 rj4> city Monday." | 4 > 4.4>4>** + * + 4«4>*4>4

1* MAY_WEBDING Invitation Received by Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Coverdale for the Wedding of , MISS MARION COOPER ' The Ceremony Will he at I the Methodist Episcopal Church in Indianapolis Dr. and Mrs. Eurl G. Ccverdale of [• North Second street are in receipt of an invitation to attend the wedding of Miss Marlon Maxine Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lew Cooper, and Mr. Robert Jacob Branham, a popular ’ young man of Indianapolis. The wedding will lie solemnized Wednesday morning. May 12. at the Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, in the presence of a large number of th'e friends and relatives of tlie families of the contracting parties. The wedding will be quite an elaborate affair. ) Miss Cooper is well known here, hav- > Ing vlr.ited on numerous occasions nt r he heme of her cousin. Mrs. Cover tale, in this city, and several soda' 'unctions- have been giver, in her ho. or. After’ the ceremony the youn "ouple will make an extended weling trip, and after their return w >e at home in a flat that, has already een furnished at Forty-fourth and "ollege streets. Mr. and Mrs. Coverdale and daug’i er will attend the wedding. Mts> Cooper and her parents, (with Mr ’.rarhan spent New Year’s week with he Coverdales in this city. i|OofE CHANGEP Course of State Highway Through Adams County Not on the Main Road VEST FRpxM MONROF » Then to Over West Road and Through Geneva to the County Line It is a hard matter to keep trac' f the changes made by the member if the state highway commi-sion i ogard to th" course of the stat oad through Adams county outh t Decatur. As far as the north par •r the county is concerned, is mly one route considered and th® i he main road to Fort AVayne. Going south from ■Decatur tl. >ad will go south wi Thirteenth treet to Monroe, then it will gc* 'irectly west one mile, south again striking Berne at the end of th< irick street running north and south, hen to the main street, and west about a quarter ot a mile. Here i’ vill go south sigain to-Geneva, strik ng the main street. It will then gc ast to th? Methodist church, thence o the south over the Limberlost trai’ o the county line. This route is now under the patrol f the state road men. It is the plan •f the state commission to straight an the road eventually so there will not be so many railroad crossings in the county. A mile north of Mon oe where the highway jogs across he G. R. & I. railroad, the course 01 he highway will go straight down he railroad on the north side of the rack into Monroe, and this plan will ’>e followed on south" wherever i< ■rossing of the railroad can b avoided. FUNERAL SUNDAY The name of Marion IT. Tablet’ wa amitted from the list of children e’’ the late John W. Tablet-, in the writ up of Mr. Tabler's death, published ' in this paper yesterday. Mr. Marion Tabler lives in North Dakota. Fnner- *" al services will be hold Sunday after- * noon, leaving the house at 1:30 oclo n k and from the Monroe M. E. church at 2 o’clock. Rev. Phillips of Monroeville will officiate, assisted by the Rev. * Krider cf Monroe. i RECOUNT IS ORDERED 4 * (Unit, I Press Service) 4 1 Newark. N. J. May 1 (Special to 4' Dally Democrat) —An order for rc- * count of the ballots cast in Now Jor- * sey’s presidential primary was issued * today by Chief Justice William Cum ■fc mere, of (he New Jersey supreme 4« ocurt. The order was issued on pc--4-! tition of Senator Hiram Johnson, 4 who claimed ho was defeated for the presidential preference vote by Major; i General Wood through a miscount. [

BUYS ELZEY HOME A deal war made today whereby Fred Aahbnucher bet aine the owner of the Ben Elzey home on North Thirl : trqet. The couaideriuion was not named. Mr. mid Mrs. Ashbauclur Intend to move to their new home in the near future. The Ashbaucher family has been residing in the Gregory homo on Marshall street for some time. THE LIST IS FILED Chairman Fritzinger of Republican Committee Names Complete Lisi ELECTION OFFICIALS For His Party—The Judge, Clerk and Sherib in Each of the Voting Precincts Chairman Harry Fritzinger of the republican county central committee thin afternoon filed a complete list of the officials for his party to act in the primary election next Tuesday. The list of the democratic officials was printed yesterday in this paper. The republican officials follow: North Preble —JlidgG, H. Recd Caston; clerk. Edward Zwick; sheriff Rudy Buuck. South Preble Judge. Fred Schueer: clerk. John Pet-rs; sheriff. An (ust Peck. East Root —Judge, Charles Rah bitt; clerk. Oren Gilpen: sheriff. R. E. Gilpen. West Root—Judge, S. Tinkham; Jerk. D. M. Rice; sheriff, Charles EI-, tison. t East Union —Judge. Rufus Ramsey; •lerk. Vernon Brodbeck: sheriff. Howard Allison. West Union Judge. C. S. Muninm; '"lyde Harden; sheriff. L. C. Miller. North Kirkland Judge. William Chrsatn. clerk. Milton Girod; sheriff. Ed Arnold. South Kirkland—Judge. William M. Yager; qlerk, Ralph Jahn; sheriff. Karl Dick. South Washington —Jjudge, E. J /'ook; clerk. Ernest Busche; sheriff. W. W. Hawkins. North Washington Judge. Isaac Everett; clerk, Homer Raudenbush: ■sheriff. William Kitson. North St. Mary’s—Judge. John H. Helm; clerk. Wilson Chronister; heiilT. Alfred Daniels. South St. Mary’s Judge. D. B. to. | clerk. Harry N. Elston: sic 1 iff. wason Shaffer. French— Judge. Emanuel floray; clerk. D. A. Baumgartner: sheriff tarry Erhart. North Monroe Judge. C. H. Lam mi man; clerk, Fred Bouse; sheriff, L. 11. Morgan. Middle Monroe—Judge, Wade Tombleson; clerk. Claud Daugherty; sheriff, J. U. Miller. North Blue Creek —Judge. J. P. Hilyard; clerk. Otis Sirs* sheriff Frank Lautzenheiser. South Blue Creek —Judge. Elmer M. Eley: clerk. Charles Maloney: sheriff. Joseph Miller. North Hartford—Judge, John Bix 'er: clerk. Charles Pusey; sheriff. Joseph Liechty. South Hartford Judge. Eimei Stout: clerk. Luther Martin; sheriff. William Twigg. North Wabash —Pudge. J. D. Mason: clerk. William Narr; sheriff. John Morningstar. Ceylon—Judge. Robert E Derick son; clerk, Orton Wheeler; sheriff. Josiah Wiest. East. Jefferson Judge. Adam Mil ler; clerk. Bryson C. Fetters; sheriff. Winfield Brewster. West Jefferson — Judge, E. C. Lawrence: clerk. Jease A. Engle, sheriff, Frank Farlow. Berne A Judge. F. M. Allen; clerk. H. M. Remien; sheriff. A. R.I Bowsher. Berne B Judge J. F. Bachman;j •lerk. Lawrence Yager; sheriff. Benjamin Sprunger. Geneva A—Judge, T. L. Neal: clerk. J. M. Wells; sheriff. .1. M. Dickerson. Geneva B—Judge. A. F. Judav; clerk. W. E. Shepherd; sheriff. G. W. Shaffer. City of Decatur First Ward A Judge. William Me- 1 Parnes; clerk, William Trout; sheriff. Frank Brokaw. First Ward B Judge, D. K. Shackley, clerk. U. S. Cross; sheriff, Chester Lenhart. Second Ward A —Judge, Charles D. Teeple; clerk. Thomas Vail; sheriff. John D. Andrews. Second Ward B —Judge. Isaac (Continued on page four)

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MUY MY STRIKE FAILS IN PLANS fj General Strike in This Country Failed to Materialize Today NO V IOLENCE SHOWN 1 France and England in - Grip of 24 Hour Strike —Few Raids Made (United Press Service) Washington. May I.— (Special to Daily Democrat) —The general strike called for May Day failed to materialize in so far as reports to government departments showed. The strike situation throughout the country is better than it has been for weeks, according to Hugh Kerwin, director of the burenu of conciliation labor department. Kerwin was in possession of reports showing that in the week ending last night fewer strikes were reported to the department than In the previous two weeks. 1 At 1:15 P. M. the justice department had received no report of May Day disturbances, according to statement . made at tlie office of Attorney General Palmer. | Paris, May I.— (Special to Daily Democrat) —First violence was reported in Frances' Mav Day twenty-four our strike here late today. Thirty policemen and twenty laborers were injured when workers tried to force police line. About thirty person? were arrested. I Chicago, May I.—(Special to Daily Dnmccrat) Potty redb’almm only was in evidence throughout the mid-we t today, although officer - generally wore prepared for any “rod" May Day outbreaks. They found little to excite them In Chietigo a “rod" flag bearing, t'j? inscription In yellow, “hurrah for the soviet" was nailed to a kc'bd’nl “flag "polo. T.ii'itt. .folin Dixon climbed the pole to supplant the ‘red” flag with the American colors. The event was turned into a patriotic meeting with several hundred -pectators '•'mcrinr an I sintrin'r. Small sti-her. hlcf -orned on store windows in Indianapolis nmdins. “loaf Mav 1. 1920 intornatmna' la! or d iv.. C. L. T." The printing was in rod. Seven hundred inspected radical 1 were held in police cell - here tel :v as the result of a raid by -a thousand detectives. VOVIXt; !N DETROIT (United Press Serviced Detroit. Mich.. May I.—(Special to Daily Democrat) The ban on full use < f power bv factories here was raised beginning todav by aiinonneomont of the Detroit Edison company. The action of the company followed reports of return of 50 striking swit.climon to work in tlie Michigan Central yards here. Tlie Detroit Yardsmen s association as an organization .-till holds firm against return to work, it was announced today following conferences between federal officials and a strikers' committee yesterday. Although freight movement is far ; frsm normal rail : fficials indicted the crisis is past. Eighty switch engines are in operation in the Michigan Central yards, it was . aid. LEGION MEMBERS Dot.’t forg't the meeting of Adams Post No. -1.: next Monday nieht at 8 . p. m. at tlie G. A. R. hall over Fenn's place. Every member urged to make a specie I effort to bo present as important business will come up. Our i Inst meeting was well attended, let's ! make (his one better. You ex-service men who aro not | members, come up and get acquaint- ' ed. JOSEPH C LAURENT. Adj. OBSERVING MAY DAY (United Press Service) London, May I—(Specall—(Specal to Daily I Democrat)— British and Eurdpean 1 labor today generally demonstrated | its complete solidarity by stopping I work for 21 hours in observance of May Day the European labor day. In London the press did not participate more than n ’’May-time effervescence” although radical demonstrations had beep threatened bv some of the "red" railway laborers. Miss Georgia Vachon went to Imr , home In Markle this morning where she will spend the week-end.