Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 2 July 1920 — Page 1

Volume XVIII. Number 156.

PLATFORM BRINGS BIG DEMONSTRATION

DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM GIVEN TO CONVENTION IF ADOPTED CONVENTION WILL GO ON RECORD AS BEING SILENT ON THE LIQUOR QUESTION—INCLUOES LA- . 808 PL ANK—APPROVE LEAGUE.

San Francisco, July 2—(Special to Daily Democrat)— T’lm- democratic platform was submittal to the party's national contention today by Senato or Carter Glass«of Virginia, chairman of the resolutions conmitt*>. It’s outstanding features are: 1. —Complete gfience upon the wot and dry question. i.— Emphatic endorsement of .the , of nations or ’enant. with q, demand for prortlpt ratification without nullifying reservations, but with ‘ an expression of willingness to accept reservations clarifying the cove nant or making iv mob- «p. . iiic with respect to American oblivions.. 3. A simple ejtpreesion of sympathy for Irish aspirations, without reference to American recognition. 4. —Rejection of the administration plank recommending acceptance by ‘the United States, of* j?’mandate for Armenia* ■ , . 5. —Pledge oF support for nidfrg Americjyi veterans of 'tae wo«|d war to acquy-e farms tind Ironies, but jjo promise of a money bonus. 6. Strong planks on labor. ©agriculture, the interests of women, and woman suffrage. The platform presented was in thorough accord with President Wilson’s views except on the league of nations and the Armenian mandate. Commendation of the league of nations effi'enant. cotpled with condern nation of the republican attitude, was so sweeping. administration leaders det lared, that Senat n • Walsh's amendment stating®the party does not reservations “nltking clearer or more specific the obligations of the United States,” did not weaken the plank. On the Armenian question, the full ccffnmittee eliminated a provision for acceptance of a mandate, recommend oed by the sub-committee. This ac tion, committee metnbsrs said, resulted from a feeling the country does not favor an Armenian mandat# or any interference in the affairs ot foreign nations. The decision to leave the platform silent upon the wet aftd dry question was reached about midnight last night, by a vote of 30 to 12. Propos als were offered by the wets ami drys, numbering moje than a dflfcen. A light wine and beer plank, sponsored by James 11. Nugent, of New Jersey. and Conflressman Sabath, |.->t Illinois, was rejected 11 to 39. XV JBrvan's dry plank was turned down with almost equal decisiveness. A motion to leave the whole questton was fallowed by an amendment from Bryan that he would offer his <i) plank on the floor of the conventton. Bryan’s plank is: -We declare for the effective enforcement of the eighteenth amendment and laws enacted pursuant thereto as construed by the supreme court of the United St.it. s. The labor plank, virtually written by Sampel Gompers, head of American Federation of -a i or labor’s demands as to collec iv • gaining, opposition to anti-strikei eg islation. and to compulsory arbitration. and contained a promise by the democrats to try to work ou ■ “fair and comprehensive method o voluntary arbitration of industria disputes. . .. Scathing condemnation of ■ ish use of money by republican aspirants to the presidency was writ ten into a plank which referred specifically to the conviction of Sen ator Newberry of Michigan, as an instance of republican «”‘ ru P ti ° n ’ Following is the platform as submitted to (Continued on page three)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

CONVENTION ISIMPOESSIVE Democrats Cannot Go WronK When it Conies to Nominate Candidate SAYS MRS. FAIRBANKS @ It is Still an Open Market — Convention Opens With the Lord’s Prayer (United Press Service) (By Mrs. Kellogg Fairbank, member committee, democratic national committee, writtet for the . United Press). San Francisco, July 2.—(Special to Daily DennSt-rat) —In the good old days when the progressive party was a fighting unit we used to sing "Onward Christian Soldieis" with real and vy;Stucus emotion, and the .republicans used tqslaugh at our self-righteousness. ® This convention opens each morning with the prayer. Everyone stands, reverent and still, and the voices swell solemnly out. B Yesterday this ceremony was followed by a most beautiful rendering »f "The” Battle Hym of the Republic.” AUth* end of . »ch verse a soprano vqfce from the farthest gallery sang the chorus—- “ Glor— glory—” flure as a silver thread, high as the lark at heaven’s gates. Snd after her the twelve thousand, singing their hearts (Slit. How the republicans must lausi at that!” And how can this convention go wrong when it comes to nominating. It was the day of’tumors. The fact’ that the convention adjourned until evening gave a free afternoon in which to catch the unwary delegate, and the Corridors were filled with but-ton-holing and whispering gentlemen of the type that stoops to conquer. It w an open one can.he.tr what one wishes about any candidate. “The crown prince” is being freelyused against Mr. McAdoo on the one hand, and the change* that he is on bad terms with the president on the pther. Governor Cox is claimed to be both wet and dry. Ambassador Davis is sometimes described as a hopeless aristocrat who would never be acceptable to labor and sometimes as entirely under the influence of the labor party in England, and therefore a dangerous radical. There is one school opposing Mr. Palmer as the ruthless deporter of necessary foreign labor, and another, founded upon one of his seconding speeches, which says darkly that he began life in a steel mill, and at the age of twenty-one, led a strike And so on. indefinitely. One pays one’s money and one takes one’s choice. There is probably more loose talk against Mr. McAdoo than any other candidate, just as there is more oppo sition to him in the republican papers of San Francisco, because he is so ! much the stronger candidate. I question, however, the efficiency of this sort of argument when used on .'the average delegate. After all. these men are leaders in the communities I fr om which thy come: they are canny . Americans, with a clean American pref- , erence for things in the open, and they are likely to confound the unter-.ee - lobbyist by discovering that the mos . vigorous^ attack (Continued on page six)

BRYAN'S FIVE PLANKS

I FINAL SUMMONS Came Yesterday Afternoon at 3:15 O’clock to Miss Sarah Ann Coverdale ‘ FUNERAL SUNDAY From the Home — Family Had Lived in This State Since the Year 1853 Miss Sarah Ann Coverdalc, sister at Dr. J. S. Coverdale of this cite’, passed away yesterday afternooa at 3*15 , o’clock, at the old Coverdale home--1 stead southeast of the city, the cau* “ ;of h r r'demise being paresis. Miss j Coverdale had made her Iftpme for 1 sqgne time with her broyier-in-law and sister, Mr. sand Mrs. Jacob Rawley, who lived on the old home place. Mrs. Rawley having died some years ago. Miss Coverdale was borfi February , 19, 1842. in .Muskingum county, Ohio, ’ a (fciughtiy of Dr. Lemuel ft. and Marv A. Shaver-Coverdale, making her age " at deitth seventy-eight years, four ■ i months and twelve days. The Cover-' dale family cam# to Indiana in the year 1853, first making their home in | Allen county, near Nine Mije. Later] . they moved to the vicinity of Middletown, and then to Monmouth -where the family livtgt many years. The farm southeast of the city Was pur cbaserf in 1483 pr 1884, and Miss Covi erdale had lived there since. Surviving; ape three sisters and one i brother, Mfis. M. E. Clark, who also I lives on the old home place: -Mrs. - Johanna Auteft, of Fort Wayne; Miss ;' CatluM'ine Coverdade, St hoste, and Di. . ]J. S? Coverdale of this city. Funeral services will be Sunday , morning at 1:30 o’clock from th# borne , I the Rev. E. J. Maupin, pastor of th 3 .] Pleasant Mills Methodist church of I ficiating. Burial will be in the Deca- , [ tur cemetery. DROWNS IN LAKE \ Hartford City Basket Ball Star Loses Life When • 9 Canot Capsizes SON OF REV. DUNBAR -ft —T®- « i Young Man Had Many Friends Here—Attending Y. M. C. A. School il The®following from Hartfird City to ■ the, Indianapilis News gives the details of the drowning of Joseph Dun ’ bar, at Like Geneva, Wisconsin, when ’ S canoe captized; 1 j Hartford City, Ind., July I.—Joseph ' Dunbar, age eighteen, son of the Rev. ’ and Mrs. E. M. Dunbar, of this city, 5 ; was drowned last night in Lake Ge 5 neva, Wis. A canoe, in which the '■(youth and two campanions were row- ' ing, captizei). Friends immediately r sent a message to the parents, telling '■' of the accident. 1 Both of the companions saved them--8 selves by clinging to the overturned ’'boat. All were attending the Young s j Mens’ Christian Association School ‘ for Physical Directors being held at ’’ the lake. * ;l Dunbar’s culls for heFp attracted I members of the camp and a man on 8 (shore, who attempted to aid him. It (was though that the youth was at--1 tacked by cramps and as he was a ' strong swimmer. Divers immediately ’ began the search for the body. 13 The drowned youth was graduated 0 from the high school here this spring and was a basketball played of state- ' wide prominence, being forward on II Homer Stonebraker’s district chame pionship team here last year. The 8 j Rev. Mr. Dunbar is pastor of the Grace ■ j Methodist Episcopal church here. He 1 has gone to Lake Geneva to assist in v the search for the body. e ______________ ' Walter Werman of Cleveland is vis- " iting the Henry Reinking family of | east of the city.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, July 2, 1920

ARE SUBMITTED TO CONVENTION In a Minority — Congratulates Convention for the Wonderful Platform WANTS A DRY PLANK Also Favors Publishing’ a National Bulletin—Agrees i to Most of the Planks BULLETIN Auditorium, San Francisco, .July 2 (Special to Daily Democrat) Following the reading of the platform, the chairman recognized Bryan, stating that he would submit a minority report. Bryan stepped briskly to. the rostrum, lips grimly pressed and eyes gk’a ming from be-' neafii bushy brows. The gallery cheered riotously but there ] was no noticeable excitement ! among the delegates. ‘ Ladies and gentlemen,” Aryan began, ”jibu h%ye Mstened to one bf the strongest platforms ever placed before the country by any convention in the nation’s history. It is clear in stato meat amt. does) imperishable credit to those responsible for drafting it. Fifty two menrtMirs of the resolutiaus am*mittee met for mtrtiy hours, comtwred views iMul exchanged opinions, never for a moment agreeing in the purpose ftiat brought them together.. I come as one of that committee to inderse almost adl or that written in this plat forgi." e There were criefi of ‘‘take it all” and “take a drink of water" from the crowd. "I shall read five propositions, three of them suggesting that we insert planks on subjects not mentioned in jjie platforgi and two of them suggesting additions or modifications of planks in the platform. We are asked (Continued on page two) DEFER WET PUNK BULLETIN—4:IS Auditorium. San Francisco.] Inly 2 (Special to Daily Dem- 1 oerat)—- Bourke Cockran presented a wet plank. He had been expected to present min-] ority rports covering both Irish and prohibition questions but j decided to divide the duty. I He proceeded wilh®the reading] of his report With a humorous speech in which he declared that Bryan had precipitated the liquor issue by increasing the dry planks and the country could not dodge it. Cockran proposed a plank recognizing the eighteenth amendment as the law of the land but favoring federal legislation under the amendment allowing the manufacture and I sale for home consumption only of “finer light wines and ! beer.” As Cockran uttered these words there was an ear spliti ting yell and the convention , was in an uproar for a moment. The plank reserved to the various stales to fix alcoholic [ contents of these beveridges. Edward L. Donehey, California member of the resolutions ! committee, then submitted the minority report of the committee on Ireland. M. T. Lyons, Oklahoma, sub1 milted a minority plank to pledge the party Io secure ap-j pointment of a committee to 9 investigate and recommend the fair and just compensation lor 1 service men and women whose vocations were interfered with by the war and who need fin- ■ uncial aid to get started again, t It also called for home loans to soldiers. 4

YOUNG WIFE DIES Mrs. Dale Burnett Passed Away Yesterday Afternoon—Short Illness UREMIC POISONING Was the Cause—Was a Sister of Mrs. Martin Jaberg of This City Mrs. Dale Bufnett, one of the beat known young ladies if tlfc> vicinity of Tocsin and Kingsland, died last evening following an illnes caused oy uremic poisoning. Mrs. Burnett had been ill several Says, and“was much better Thursday, sitting up in a chair and conversing with members of*her family and within an lioir afterward had passed away. The death of Mrs. Burney anuses a Utantle of sorrow among her manv friends. I.ast Christinas day she was married to Mr. Burnett, anil their ft ture seemed very bright, but Tthe death angel now takes the wife, leav ing the husband and members of het family in gr>-at sorrow. Her maiden name was Ardola Foley, and she waft a (laughter of Mr. ami Mrs. Thomas Foley of Tocsin.- who with three sisters aid fou£ brothers survive, Mrs. Martin Jaberg of this city being one of the sinters. , Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from the home of the parents l» Tocsin, the Rev. L. W Stolte of the Decatur Reformed church officiating. PICNIC POSTPONED ® ® ® The Presbyterian Sunday school picnittwas again potponed today bePaum of the rains. Officials of the school state that further plans will be an nounced at Sunday school on Sunday morning. This was the second postponement this week because of rain. WANTS ft DIVORCE Court * Asked to Severe Marital Relations of Hazel and Morris Swathwood ALIMONY AND DIVORCE ’ls Asked hy Mrs. Swathwood in Petition Filed by Attorney J. W- Teeple Hazel Swathwood, by her attorney, | Judson W. Teeple, toda filed suit for I divorce from Morris Swathwood. Mrs. Swathwood also asks alimony in the sum of SSOO and sls per month for the support of th#?daughter. Pansy Swath wood. Mrs. Swathwood sets out in her petition®hat she and the defendant wen > married February 14. 1917, and lived together until November 10, 1918 Cruel and fftluman treatment, failin' to provide for her and her child, anil that he associated with immoral worn I en are charged in the complaint. Mrs Swathwood avers that by the failure ] of her husband to support her she w»’‘ i compelled to work out that she mai provide funds to care for herself and ' child. The husband is charged with ] squandering his money on women of bad repute, and in houses of prostitution. The complaint further sets out i that he is an unfit person to care for ' the child, for whose custody she asks. The daughter was born August 21. 11918, and is not quite two years old The parties to the suit resided in the south part of the city. PICNIC A SUCCESS The Reformed picnic yesterday at the Bellmont park was a decided success in every way, the program being carried out as planed. There were more than 200 present. The rain interfered but little at the supper hour, the good feed prepared by the ladies having been finished as the rain jrain came up.

; LEAGUE. SUFFRAGE AND i LABOR PLANKS CHEERED 1 CHAIRMAN GLASS PRESENTS PLATFORM TO CONVENTION ANO RECEIV- : EO A GREAT OVATION - DEMONSTRATION LASTS NEARLY AN HOUR.

NO PLACE LIKE OLD DECATUR I r Is the Feeling “Old Timi ers Have Towards the Best Spot on Earth • , ARE COMING HOME - © , For Old Home Week— •' 1 Many Letters Received — Are Glad to Come © —•— In view of the nißub-r of letters I -I ~ being received by Herman ,1. Yager, chairman of the Old Home Week invitation committee, hundreds ,>i the 1 "old timers" will be our guests during the big week of August 9th to It hfi" j Letters are received every dai by him from former residents who have been invited to “come back" and visit with friends during the -Old Home \\ ek 1 celebration and in eketj one of Hie letters there is a touch of that horn - . like feeling which they nave for tin 1 ol’ town. We herewith print letters 1 from Mrs. Ellen Dailey. John A. Ad’ ir.' ' O. L Moon and <’. M. McLean. Indianapolis. Ind.. June 3<>, J. 921). ' Mr. H. J. Yage® Dear Sir: —• Your kind invitation to “conn | 1 home” August 9th to 14th received j Thanks. I will be there, if possible | The fact is no difference h.w far or ! how long we have strayed away from our "Native Heath." The desire te, 1 come built is within all Os us -to meet old friends —talk over the past—and ( hope for the future. ‘ Your far Decatu”® , MRS. E. FITZGHRALD DAILEY* ■ 1620 Central Aye.. Indianapoli-. , Cleveland. June 29, 1920. -■ ( i Mr. H. .1. Yager. I Decatur, Ind. , ■, Dear Sir and Friend: — ( | i'L 1 thank you very mudi for the in I® . __ . vitation®to spend Old Home < oiiiing , Week, in Decatur, and beg to advise y /you that sicknessgonly, will m< ■ away. Although it has been twenty yea: ~ (since I left, these is go place ! would L enjoy a week's aaeation more, 'has a! Decatur. ti Again thanking you tor th® invite ; n tion, I remain. p ® 'fours very truly, i( 1 " O. L. MOON, j tj i n Portland. Ind.. Juti" 29. 1920 p Mr. 11 J. Yager. Decatur. Indiana. ( ] Dear Mr. Yager:— p I have yours of the 23rd. inst.. invit- v ing me to attend "Old Home Week" to f be held in Decatur, on the 9-14 of Aug I list. , 1 } It was very kind of you to think of t me in connection with this event, and I surely appreciate the invitation. I s am a busy man at present, but will ( ! hope to find the time to spend at least one day with you on this occasion. Again thanking you and with best wishes, I beg to remain, Very truly yours, J. A. M. ADAIR. | Holla'nd, Mich., June 28. 1920. ’ Mr. H. J. Yager. Chairman, I Invitation Committee, Decatur, Indiana. ' Dear Mr. Yager:— J We appreciate the receipt of your (Continued on page five)

Price Three Cents

San Francisco, .Inly 2 (Special l<> Daily Democrat)- The | (iemocralic national convention j went into session today at 1(1:37 ti. in. to adopt the platform on which the candidates will make their ry.ee in Nbinheite Ihe galleries and floor were p:gked and hundreds clamored outside for entrance. William Jennings Bryan expected to be one of the storm centers of tin- session because ail his intention to make a final floor fight lor a dry pllttform plank. Occupied a seat on the platform. (',hairman Robinson called l»M- the report of the committee on resolutions. He recognized ('.hairman Glass of that committee. ® After concluding the preamble Glass phuigcxl jnfo (lie league of nations plank. ■‘The democratic party favors the league of nations.” Glass read. He got no farther. A tremendous yell rose from (he delegates and spread to the gallery. Within five seconds fifteen thousand people were standing on elhiirs ® waiving hits and canes. @ A burst of applause crept into Glass' d(g.’laration that the democratic parly demanded ratification of the league ol nations. edrowning old that portion of the®plank which read the party did not object to certain reservations. So Glass repealed it that there might be no misapprehension. At the eonrljsion of the leaguk plank Glass stepped abotif. spread out his arms “So much for the league of nations.” with ;i nod of satisfaction. "My voice has been impaired,” he remarked as the cheering dwindled, "by fighting for the plank.” He was cheered. Reading a thrust at the republican congress for elligiblv refusing to reduce taxes Glass cited a long string of figure; feyginning with billions and ending in thirty cents. “And they wouldn’t even lop off the thirty cents", he sneered. There was applause as Glass launched in the plank on high cost of living. As Glass spoke Bryan slept—or tried to sleep on an improvised bed made of three chairs beneath the ilatform. The Nebraskanian was wearied by his long fight and the resolutions committee and felt the need of r*cupooiitjng before launching into Ins speech. Glass paused in his reading to drag a large linen handkerchief from his pocket and mop his face which was streaming with perspiration from his exertions. "Pretty hot business," he remarked informally taking off his glasses ant! again mopping his brow. “That’s a hot platform” and “hoi stuff" you're giving us replied tht delegates. As Glass resumed the crowd broki into cheers when he read the head ing “labor" at the head of that plank The applause came up again a Glass enumerated the laws the ad ministration had enacted in behalf o (Continued on page five) ♦ + ♦♦ + ♦ + + + ♦*•♦♦< + THE WEATHER FORECAST •» ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* Probably thunder showers tonight, fair tomorrow.