Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1920 — Page 1

Volume XVIII. Number 126.

THEY RAISED THE MONEY Cleveland Man Agreed to Raise Half Million Dollars lor Wood Fund HE TOLD COMMITTEE Investigating Campaign Expenditures — Harding Spent $113,109.56 Waahlngtcn, May 27.—(Special to Daily Democrat) - Dan Hanna of Cleveland, Ohio, agreed to go out and raise haff ? million dollars to finance General Wood's campaign for the presidency, John King, formerly Wood's manager, told the senate campaign ex penditures committee today. This was more than a year ago. King raid. Hanna did not say how much of the $500,000 he would give himself, the witness told the committee, nor did ne know whether Hanna was instrumental in getting William Ccoper Proctoi cf Cincinnati to put into the Wood campaign the $500,000 which Proctor yesterday said he advanced. The reported Frick dinner at which, according to reports, a group of mil lionaires pledged themselves to back Wcod. was merely a complimentary dinner to Wood at H. C Frick's New York home, at which politics was not discussed, King said. Hr branded ar pure “fiction ’ the story of the under writing of the Wood campaign by group of rich men. King began his testimony by statinr he took charge of the Wood movement at Wood's request and raised abou $91,000. He said he obtained $50.00 r on his own note and got S3O OCO in con tributrons. The ether SII,OOO King ad vanced. he said. M Daugherty. Senator Hard Ing's manager, submitted a detai Iff' statement showing contributions anexpenditures in the Harding nationa campaign. It showed contribution o sll3 109.50 and expensed of $107,799 S' , “There is perhaps connected, wij campaign expenditures In Oh? 0 some thing over $35,000.'' Daugherty said. <♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«♦« ♦ OUR NAMESAKE LEADS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ *♦ ♦♦♦♦' /United Press Washington, May 27—i Special t< Daily Democrat) —The census buren today announced the folk wing 19?' populations: Gai” Decatur. 11l 43.812 12 67' Bradford. Pa 15.525 98' Florence, /Ala 10.529 3,84 Pratt. Kan. ....*. 4,716 1.41 Haviland. Kan 607 Mullinville, Kan 361 Saugerties. N. Y 3.92 S * Signifies decrease in population. CENTERS ON DELEGATES (United Press Service) Chicago, May 27 (Special to Dai 1 Democrat I—lnterest in the forthcom ing republican convention tentered ti day in the .contests for delegates scheduled to be taken up Monday by . sub-committee of the national commi. tee. Indications were there will he 13 contests, mostly from southern state' and involving principally the earn! dacles of Major General Leonard Wcod and Governor Frank O. Lowden A tew/seats will be contested by Sen atc-r Hiram Johnson. "Cap” Richmond was in town yes terday and was kept busy taking care of the advertising copy for the loen merchant*. RATIFY AUSTRIAN TREATY (United Press Service) Paris. May 27- (Special to Daily Democrat)-The chamber of deputies has ratified the peace treaty with Austria. NOTICE, SCHOOL CHILDREN ✓ —— Pupils of all the grades of the city schools will be given their report cajds promptly at 1:15 Friday • llt '' noon at the various schools, with t ie exception of the 8-A grade. Diese r ports will not he ready until 2:-. o'clock, when all the students of this grade will assemble at the Centra school. W. F. WORTHMANX. Supt. ♦ ♦♦♦'+ + + + ♦***** ♦ THE WEATHER FORECAST + Generally fair tonight and Friday; somewhat cooler.

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DEFEAT I. B. C. 1 he baseball team of the Decatur fi high cliool won their third straight victory when they clashed with the International Business college of Ft. , Wayne, yesterdaj afternoon, and detected them by a score of 14 to 9. The JI locals, accompanied by a large number of rooters, made the trip by automobile. The Decatur nine are making up for their defeats in the first par , of the season and are now playing a 'e life.' game cf ball. Their next game will be staged tomorrow evening in -•this city, when they will milet the . Bluffton high school team in the.third 'game of the proposed five game series, , the locals already having two of the | five cunies to their credit. Come oat ■ and root tomorrow. f i TO RECEIVE BIBS ! l Commissioners Will Receive Bids for Construction of Smith Bridge AND GALLMEYER ROAD On Friday, .lune 25th— Bridge Plans are Filed— Joint Session Held A joint sessi< n of the Wells anjl Adams county commissioners, togeth--r with ~r hishbaugh of Weils county was held this morning at Auditor John Mo.aure's office. The commissioE|»rs a-ppri.ve-I Eagineer Harluff's and the viewer's reports on tlu Gallemeyer road, the plans bein' .. -ed on the reestlmate and set Fri day. June 25th as the day on which ids would be received for the construction of the road. The Galimever cad is a county line road, lieing Jn Preble township. Adams county and n ffei son township. Wells county and -two miles in length. A new es Innate was ordered ma le on the road '.ometimo ago. Plans for Bridge. The plans and specifications sorta. A J. Smith bridge north of the cit limits on the Fort Wayne-Decatur ro:u v 're filed by County Surveyor all’ (tiff and approved by the commli loners. A specifications designated :■ concrete bridge and it is similar to the one spanning the St. Mary's oc East Monroe street. At the recen. , cling bf the county commissioners he sum of fifty thousand dollars was appropriated by the county council for the building bf the bridge and the specifications are within this estima’-' Bids for the construction of the bridge will lie received by the commie doners on Friday, June 25th'at tb< mditor's office in this city. The old bridge now spanning the St. Mary's was condemned about a month ago by he commissioners as being unsafe. VETO NOTE IS READY May 27.—(Special to Daily Democrat) — President Wilson has virtually completed his message xplaining his vote of the Knox peace resolution and expects to send it to ongress today or tomorrow,'it was officially at the white house today. INDIANAPOLIS MARKET Indianapolis. May 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Hog receipts, 1.000 market 10 higher; best heavies. sl4. >041'14.75; medium mixed. •ommon choice. $14.90©15; bulk sale }ls; cattle receipts 10007 steady; iteers $8.50©J5.25; cows and heifers $7.50© 13-50; sheep receipts 200; narket steady; tops, s9@ 10.50. WOOLEN HEADS INDICTED (United Press Service) New York, May 27.— (Special to Daily pemocorat)—William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen i company of Massachusetts and the American Woolen company of New York, who together with the two companies were indicted on charges of violation of the Lever act. will'plead ; tomorrow before Judge Hand in fedt eral'court. The indictment contained 14 counts » each charging specific acts of profiteering. H. C. Smith, special as--9 sistant attorney general, declared profs its of the companies in 1920 increased I 300 to 400 per cent, over 1919. The investigation, he said, revealed salaries and commissions in 1919 paid «. to Wood as president of both com f. panics totalled approximately $1,000,k 000 and that the companies' profits for the year, despite a five months' strike ; in most of their Important mills were over $18,000,0000.

. TO OPEN A STORE t • National Five and Ten Cent Stores Company Rents Building at Auburn LINK IN A CHAIN 01 Five and Ten Cent Stores— C. J. Voglewede Officer in the Company C\J. Voglewede arrived home last ’ evening from Auburn, where lie had been completing arrangements for the opening of the first Store in the chain of five and ten cent stores to be started by The National Five and Ten Cent I Store company, of which he and Rusell Slevens are the heaviest stockholders. His company has rented the John- ■ son building on Main street in Auburn. I and tho room will be entirely remodeled to suit their needs. A new front.will be erected and the windows will be arranged that the best kind of a display of goods can be made therefrom. It will be repainted and reoapered. and made modern in every way. , The concern will also handle a va-' riety of goods and will sell articles that are needed in the homes of every community, and the goods handled will not be confined to the five and ten cent variety, making the stores a ! sort of general notion place of business. Mr. Stevens will be the manager for the Auburn store, and is also the general manager for the firm. It is hoped that the new store will be open and ready for business in six weeks. Other stores wil 1 be established just as fast as locations and the opportunities present themselves. NEW TOLL LINE From Decatur G. E. Plant to Fort Wayne City Limits Ready Next Week FOUR TONS OF WIRE Central Will Not Answer Calls to Determine Fire Location After June 1 The Citizens Telephone company of this city is completing a toll line from the General Electric plant here, to the city limits at Fort Wayne. 1 where it will be hooked onto the lines of the Home Telephone company of Fort Wuyng and carried to the Fort Wayne office of the General Electric company. The local company is using B,W)t) pounds, four tons.-of copper wire in the construction of this line, and is an individual line for the use of the General Electric company. It will be ready for use next week. Additions are also being made to tlie local switch board. This addition ' will add to the efficiency of the service as well as enabling the company to take care of more 'phones. Construction is also under way tor the installation of a two-story pulsating system. This is being added to the local exchange because of inability to secure cable at this time for more private lines. Where two parties are hooked up on the same line the rate will be less to the patron. The twoparty system in much more satisfa? tory than a tour-party line, and it is believed will prove satisfactory to the patrons. The company is making an effort to give the very best service to the people of Decatur and Berne, and are succeeding admirably in view of the fact that it is difficult to secure labor and Material with which to take care j of their constantly increasing business. < The Fire Call System. For some time the practice of the public calling central when a fire alarm has been sounded, has proven • confusing, and oftimes a hardship to the firemen and the company as well,' and it has been decided by tlie # company, upon the request of the firemen and the city, to abandon the policy of answering the 'phone and telling where a fire is located after the alarm has been sounded. However, arrangements have been made whereby the owner of a property or business house' will be notified by central that his property is on fire. Heretofore a business man or property owner was always a little nervous, thinking perhaps that the blaze was located in his home (Continued on Page Three)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, May 27, 1920.

UNDERGOES ANOTHER OPERATION AT FT. WAYNE Mrs. William J. Dowling of Fori i Wayne underwent another operation at twelve o’clock yesterday nt the St. j Joseph hospital, Dr Rosenthal per iforming the ordeal. Mrs. Dowling has been in poor health for some time atfd six weeks ago underwent a triple operation for the removal of gall stones, adhesions tuid the appendix. Mrs Dowling formerly lived here, being a daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. B J. Ter veer. Charles Voglewede. her broth er-in-law, was at the hospital when th< operation w/s held. Miss Conners, a special nurse is in attendance and I is hoped by the many friends of Mrs Dowling that she will have a rapid recovery. SENIOR CLASS DAY EXERCISE Will be Held This Evening at the High School —Program at 8 O’clock OPEN TO PUBLIC Seniors Will Make Presen tation of Gift—Acceptance by Miss Bowers The seniors of the high school wil hold their -class day exercises this evening at the high school building Adams and Fifth street, and the pub lie is invited to participate in the ex ercises. At the exercises this even ing the seniors will present theii parting gift to the school, and th, presentation speech will be made by Herman Myers. Miss Bowers, for the school, will accept. Following is the program to be given: Song—D. H. S. Piano Solo —Donald Hower. ' Class Chronicles — Written bj Marie Brodbeck, and read by Flor ence Smith. Vocal Solo —Ford Tinkham. Piano Solo —Zettaa Nelson. Class Prophecy—Serena Hornada. Class Will —Written by Kenneth Milltfr and read by Charles Keller. Presentation of Class Gift —Her man Myers. Acceptance of Class Gift — Miss Bowers. CLAIMS A BRIDE I « — County Agent Fred Graj Married to Indianapolis Lady on Wednesday MISS HELEN C. RUEHI Are at Terre Haute on ? Short Trip—Come Here First of the Week County Agent Fred Gray left this city Monday evening for Indianapoli.and Wednesday afternoon was united in marriage to Miss Helen C. Ruehl, who resides on Commerce avenue, in that city. Following the marriage the couple went to Terre Haute on a short wedding trip and will visit the sister of the groom. Mr. Gray has been the county agri cultural agent here for some time, and has made many friends during his stay here. His bride has been employed in the automobile department at the secretary of state’s office ayd is known to several Decatur people. They will return here the first of the week, and have engaged rooms at the Peterson home on North Second street. The friends of the couple here will hasten to extend congratulations. z BIG “ZEP” TO ENGLAND (United Press Service) • London, May 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The largest Zeppelin in the world, the L-71, originally designed by Germany to bombard New York and the eastern coast of the United States, will arrive at Pulham fiom Germany within a few days, having been delivered to Great Britain in accordance with the terms of the peace treaty. I — CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE (United Press Service) Chicago. May 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Corn: May, $1.94; July $1.68%; Sept. $1.56*4: Oats: May,’ 111.04; July, 90c; Sept. 76%c. ['

STORES TO CLOSE Business in Decatur Will be at a Standstill on Monday, the 31st OBSERVE HOLIDAY Decoration Program Will be on Sunday, However —Holiday for Clerks Monday. May 31, will tie observed >s the Decoration day holiday in Decaur by the business houses, although he program honoring the soldier dead .ill be giweu Sunday. It had first been planned by the 1. A. R.. Spanish-American War Vetrans, the W. R. C. and the Ameri■an Legion to have the program on( laturday, May 29th, but after arrangements had been made and the speakc: ecured for that date, it was found necessary to change the date to Sundav, he 30th. Os course when the proram was arranged tor Saturday, it vas thought best to keep the business r ises open on Saturday, but the hanging to Sunday put a different lew on the closing matter ami giving he clerks and business men a holiday. So after a genera! consultation this norning it was decided to close the tores: Dry goods, clothing shoe tores, grocery aud jewelry stores, and t is probable that all the others wi l 'o likewise. Monday is a day when there is not ■meh business transacted any way. nd it is net Ix-lieved that an injustice r hardship will be worked on any on, >y closing, and the day cf rest and eereatiori will do good to all. So buy what necessities you have to have on Saturday to last over until Tuesday. LUTZ WILL SPEAK At the Decoration Day Service at Court House Sunday ; Afternoon COMMITTEES TO MEET Sunday Morning to Decorate the Graves—The Program for the Day The members of the G. A. 71.. W. R L, Spanish-American War Veterans nd the American Legion are making he final arrangements for the Decoraion day services to be held Sunday. Attorney ('. J. Lutz will give the ad Iress in the afternoon in the place of fudge Hench, who would have been lere on SaturijW' to give the address, it which time the service was at first Manned. But conditions came up vhich compelled the changing of the late, and he could not be here for Suulay. so Mr. Lutz agreed to fill the dace on the program. In the morning the committees to lecorate the graves will meet at the I. A. R. hall, where they will be taken n automobiles provided by a generous public, and go to the various cemeeries and decorate the grave of every soldier buried in Adams county who ’ought in any of the wars in which his country has been engaged. The following program has been arranged for the afternoon service: 1:00 p. m.—Assemble at G. A. R. hall. Program on court house lawn. Cenotaph service. Selection of music. , Decorating the grave to the unknown dead. Salute. Taps. Relief Corps services. Court room: Music by orchestra. Song. Reading by Miss Velma Stevens. Short talk by Rev. Saunders. Address by C. J. Lutz. Decatur. Song—America. March to river bridge, services by Relief Corps. TO PROCEED TO IRELAND /United Press Service) London, May 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A battalion of Cameron highlanders has left Aidershot under orders to proceed to Ireland. Each man, it was learned today, was sup-; plied with 50 rounds of ball cart-; ridges, and the organization equip-; ped with Lewis machine guns sup- ■ plied with 500 rounds of ammunition ' each. Four more battailions at the [ Aidershot barracks have been order•ed in readiness to move to Ireland, j

IKNOX RESOLUTION IS 1 VETOED DY PRESIDENT n ' ! DECLARES IN MESSAGE THAT A SEPARATE PEACE WOULD BE A COMPLETE ' SURRENDER FOR AMERICA - THE SENATE POSTPONES ACTION.

JHE SENIOR PLAY “Eliza Conies to Stay,” Pleased Crowd Last Night at the Athletic Hall THE CAST WAS GOOD 11 Ten Members of the Senior Class Made Good Staging Popular Comedy I The Athletic hall was filled last ; evening by friends of the 1920 Senior class of the/ Decatur high school, the occasion being the annual class play I of the graduating class of the Decatur 'high si bool. The class this year i I chose the farsical coined.", "Eliza j Comes to St-ai ."' The scenes of the play are laid in the breakfast room cf the Honorable i Sandy Verrail’s apartments, and the comedy starts when Sandy agree./ at I the death of a friend to take, care for and to cherish the ' baby girl” of hi." friend. Now Sandy had n >var seen the baby, and his house was all excitement over the expected arrival of the little miss. The part of Sandy Verrail was very well portrayed by Linn Kern. ’ The honorable Mr. V(»r---1 rail had employed a nurse to take care for the new arrival, and had also become engaged to Miss Vera Laurence, and when he told her of hi plans to take care of the girl, she w<; not as much enthused as would have been pleasing to Sandy. The part >f Miss Laurence was taken by Miss Bernice Leonard. 'Eliza.’' tli“ charge, was taken by Miss Helen Dugan, and she carried her part well throughou' the entire play. She was later known as Dorothy. Elmo Ehinger as Alexander Stoop Verrall and Gertrude Yager as Sandy Pennybroke, uncle and aunt of Sandy, could not fathom the young man’s ideas about "taking care of the orphan.” and he was not given much encouragement by them Mrs. Allaway, the nurse, was portrayed by Miss Mary Brown, and she did the part nicely. Herman Myers was Montague Jordan during the play, and as usual, handled it in his pleasing way. After “Eliza" put in her appearance, and her make up and ways were the cause of much ernlxir rassnient to the company, she was induced to study the piano, and "dress up” a little, Montague fell in love with her. and against her will became engaged to her. Sandy, disgusted and at wits' end. went abroad to escape humiliation. When he came hack and ; saw the change brought about in the “baby” he had promised to cherish. | he. too. fell in love with her. Mon tague .became disguisted and broke tb<- j engagement, much to the delight of “Eliza.” and all ended well. Other parts in the play were that ’ or Herbert, a valet, by Kenneth Mil ler, and a porter. Marion Hoagland. Between the acts specialties were introduced hv Missfes Marcella Kern. Donna Parrish and Victoria Mills, in Japanese costume, and singing a Japanese song: and also by the girls’ quartet of the high school, composed of Miskes Veronica Anker. Lois Peter- j son. Gretchen Smith and Margaret! Moran. The high school orchestra furnished the instrumental music, and Miss Vachon and Miss Leonard presided at the piano for the specialties. SUCCESSOR FOR JENKINS (United Press Service) Indianapolis, May 27.—(Special to j Daily Democrat) —Governor Goodrich |'ate' yesterday appointed Charles Zeigler, of Attica, as a member of the state ■highway commission, succeeding i David C. Jenkins, of Kokomo, whose ! terra expired April 17. Zeigler is a I banker and has been active in the good jroads movement.

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F Washingion. May 27 (Spet'ial to Daily Democrat) PresI itlenl Wilson today vetoed the Knox resolution declaring the ’’ war al an tnd between the U. S.’and Germany and AustriaHungary. The resolution. Wilson dej dared, “is in effect a complete ) surrender of the rights of th< ; U. S. so far as tlu German government is conc< rued." ‘ ; By the rejection ol the treaty ■of Vtrsailles Wilson said, "and i by its methods we have in effect declared that we wish to t draw apart and pursue objects and interests of our own. un- ' hampered by any connections e <>f interest or a purpose with v other governments and pedi- pies." r . Wilson bitterly condemned the resolution declaring it said 1 j nothing about the purposes for ! which we entered the war. He ■ listed among these freedom of e the seas, reduction of arma•i menls. vindication of the rights i of Belgium, the righting of i- wrongs Io i'r.inee. r< lit I of Christians under Turkish rule and Polish outrages. “Such a peace with Germany—a |-' peace in which none of essentia! interests which we had at heart when j we entered the war is safeguarded—- . is or ought to be inconceivable is B inconsistant with the dignity of the , fundamental conditions of civilization. “I have not felt at liberty to sign this joint resolution because I cannot bring myself to become party to an . action which would place an ecacable 1 I stain upon the gallantry and honor of the. United States,”. Wilson, said. . ; "The resolution seeks to establish , ; peace with the German empire with- , cut exacting from the German gov- ‘ ernment any fiction byway of setting i right the infinite wrodgs whjch it did ; to the peoples whom it attacked and whom we professed it our purpose to ' assist when we entered the war. We ’ ; have sacrificed the lives of more than t l 100,000 Americans and ruined the fives of thousands of others and | urcught upon lives of thousands of ■ American families an unhappiness ’ . that can never end for purposes which T we do not now care to state or take ‘I further steps to attain. “The attainment of these purposes ’ is provided for in the treaty of Versailles by terms deemed adequate by the leading statesmen and experts of 'I all the great peoples who were associated in the war against Germany." The house today voted to postpone untii tomorrow any ecort to override the president’s veto. Immediately after the president’s , message was read Chairman Porter I of the foreign affairs committee movied to postpone action. This was carI ried over the objections by the democrats. Democrats several times interrupted the reading of the message to applaud. Indications based upon the vote by which the resolution passed the house are that the republicans will be unable to obtain two-thirds majority necessary to voerride the veto. BOUND OVER TO COURT (United Press Service) Leo Ghuse, an employe of the Fort j Wayne General Electric plant, was arrested in Fort Wayne last evening by Sheriff Gille. anti brought to this city by Deputy Sheriff Roy Baker. Gause was arrested off* a paternity charge preferred against him by Addie Leisure of St. Mary s township. He tileaued not guilty when arraigned before ) 'Squire Kintz this morning, and afti era hearing was hound ore* to the - circuit, court in the sum of SBOO. Up--8 on failure to furnish the bond lie was ; sent to jail. ■* - nn. ■ - - -- -- 1 One of England's leading airplane 1 factories has bgen converted into a clock making factory.