Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1920 — Page 1

Volume XVIII. Number 183.

WHAT HAVE YOU TO SUGGEST? Do \ou Favor Giving a Big Celebration in This City on Saturday OF OLD HOME WEEK If Weather is Good, Fair Will End on Friday—vV ill Not Use Money A meeting 01 die n> ;nber.; of the Old Home Week committee was held' last evening at the Ohl Adams County’ bank and details pertaining to the big celebration next week re taken < arc of. The committee discussed the idea of holding a big celebration in Decatur c.n Saturday of Old Home Week, and would like to know what you have to offer. If the weather is nice next week, the big fair at Bellmont park will close Friday night, thus giving one day of the week for a celebration in Decatur. In care it rain.-, one day next week and the cares cannot he cart-led on, it is the plan of the fair association t< continue the fair on Saturday. It not it will end on Friday and as there will be no attractions at the park for the visitors and home-comers, many people favor a big celebration in town Saturday afternoon and evening as a "wind-up.” What do you say and what kind of a celebration do yon suggest? It will he remembered that when the Company A boys returned homo after serving their country, a fund'was raised and a celebration held in their honor in this city. th° day after their arrival. More money was raised than was needed and the surplus of $412 was placed in a trust fund in the First National bank. This committee informed Mr. Niblick chairman of the 011 Home Week committee. that this money could be had and would be turned over to his committee if they canted it and douTd use it in any way for a celebration for the soldiers. The matter was taken up with the fair association and the committee was informed that the soldiers’ reunion day had already been planned by the fair management and that all expenses entailed thereby would be met by Mr. Reppert. The committee then voted as not being in favor of accepting the money at this time, preferring to hold it until a later date, possibly for November 11th. Armistice Day, which will be made a national holiday and the government is expecting every town and hamlet to celebrate on this day. and if pos sible to arrange something for the veterans. If the money can be used, a big celebration will In? planned on November 11th for the soldiers. MAY PHIL PUT Evacuation of Warsaw is Expected at Any Moment —To Discuss Peace (United Press Service) Faris. Aug. 4—(?:33 p. m.)—The evacuation of Warsaw is mornentar ily expected, according to advices to the foreign office this afternoon. The Polish armistice delegates h.ve reached Warsaw and are in conference with the ministry on the demand of the bolshevik! that they be empowered to discuss peace as well as armistice terms. They are expected to start soon for Minsk, where they were to have met the reds foi* another parley today. A large red force was reported inarching to seize the Polish corridor to Danzig and the coast, cutting Warsaw off from the Soldau railroad over which all war materials are carried. Another unconfirmed report was t .at Premier Lloyd George hud sent a wireless message to Moscow that the proposed London peace conference would be cancelled because of Russia's attitude in delaying the armistice. In Armenia the reds were said to have taken Chinra. FAVOR amendment — ♦ Saratoga. N. V., Aug. 4 —(Special to Daily Demoeiat) The democratic state convention, meeting here today, adopted a platform plank demanding amendment of the Volstead prohibition enforcement law to permit state legislatures to establish the alcoholic contents of liquor. The plank was agreed upon after a sharp fight on the convention floor.

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TO ADVERTISE FAIR Albert Sellenieyer. director of the I Decatur band, and the members ofi that organization will aid in the ud-' I vertising of the fair and Old Home ■Week by giving concerts in Monro-, llerne, Geneva. Portland. Bluffton, () -I ' sian and at other neighboring towns land cities this week. Tonight the) band will go to Monroe. Berne and | Geneva. THE ELECTIONS • Ferris is Leading Gore in Oklahoma for Senatorial Nomination LONG IS LEADING In Missouri—Governor Allen Leads in the Kansas Primary (United Press Service) Oklahoma City. Aug»4 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Scott Ferris, of Lawton, congressman from the sixth Oklahoma district for the last 14 years, today was leading Senator T. P. Gore for the democratic nomination for United States senator by more than 20.000 votes, incomplete returns from yesterday's primary showed. The vote from 1.138 out of thy state's 2.700 precincts showed: Ferris 61,597; Gore, 38.572. Topeka. Kan.. Aug. 4 —(Special to Dally Democrat) —Governor Henry J. Allen and United States Senator Curtis had long leads over their opponents for re-nomination on the re publican ticket in the state-wide pri maries, in scattered returns early today. First returns from labor ceu ters showed Allen hard hit by elements opposed to the Kansas industrial court who threw their strength to G. B. Snow. But the farmer vote went strong for Allen, many rural sections going twenty to one for the governor. So light was tire democratic vote that returns early today were not definite enough to give any estimate of the strength of the four candidates for the nomination for governor. Former Governor George Hodges was nominated for United States senator by the democrats without opposition. St. Louis, Mo.. Aug. 4— (Special to Daily Democrat) — Breckenridge, Long, former third assistant secre- I ’ary of state was leading his nearest | opponent, Judge H. S. Priest, anti- ' administration <»andi<!iate. by 3.350 I votes in the race for the democrat;, nomination for United States senator according to returns today from 900 precincts out of 3.300 in yesterday primary. Charles M. Hay, St. Louis •‘dry" leader. was polling a heavv vete in “dry" counties and was believed to have a chance to nose cut Priest for second place. Priest had the backing of Senator James Reed. | who was denied a seat at the San Francisco convention. Col. Dwight F. Davis had a lead of 12.000 over Senator Selden P. Sencer for the republican senatorial nomination. Returns from 1200 pre cincts showed Arthur M. Ryde., Trenton, ahead in the republican gubernatorial contest by 20,000> On the basis of the same returns, John ' M. Atkinson, University City, was ’ leading the democratic field by 25,000 j SAME OFFICERS Directors Re-elect Same Officers of the Old Adams County Bank Following their organization meeting. the board of directors of the Old , Adams County Bank who were elected yesterday morning, elected the of- j fleers of the bank, the same ones being ch-'sen. The officers are. C. S. Niblick, president; F. M. Schirmeyer, vice-president; E. X. Ehinger, cashier A. D. Suttles, assistant cashier and B. S. Niblick, second assistant cashier. The directors re-elected are, C. S. Niblick, E. X. Ehinger, F. M. Schirmeyer, John Niblick, G. T. Burk, L. C. Waring. L. G. Ellingham, C. J. Voglewede and W J. Vesey. The usual good year was enjoyed by the , bank and its business greatly in- . creased within the last year. Plans are being made to get into their new ■ building, the work on its construction to be taken up again in a short time. I — i New York has about one million rent cases to adjust.

SWANK A SUICIDE Aged Resident of Bobo Jumped Into Cistern at His Home at Noon WAS IN ILL HEALTH — Funeral Services Will he Held Friday Afternoon at 2:30 O’clock Solomon Swank, well known resident of Eobo ar.<l St. .Mary s township, committed suicide this morning at 11 o’clock by jumping headfirst into , cist,ern. Mr. Swank had been in ill health r.ome time, and on different occasions ; had told members of his family that < at times he felt like jumping in front of fast Erie trains which passed his home. This morning Mr . Swank vas compelled to go to the store at Bobo I to,get a loaf of bread for dinner, end) she left the house shortly after 10:3i. , She returned a few minutes before 11 o’clock and discovered the body of her husband in the cistern. The cistern was a small affair and Mr. Swank removed tire milk and tut-' ter from a small compartment built, in the top. and evidently jumped ini head-first, as there was only three feet of water in the cistern. Coroner Clark viewed the remains and will file a verdict suicide by drowning Solomon Swank was born in Ohio December 3, 1837, a son of John t nd Julia Stetler Swank, and came to this county many years ago. He was a laborer. and had quite a reputation as a sheep shearer. His age at death was 72 years, 7 months and 11 days. Besides the wife, there are two daughters and three sons surviving. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from one of the Bobo churches, the Rev. Kern of Huntington and the Rev. Stephenson officiating. Burial at Mt. Tabor cemetery. 1 'F BUYOEREFORDS Jacob Graber, Well Known Monroe Farmer, Takes 10 Thoroughbreds from THE BELLMONT FARMS County Agent Fred Gray Proves Whirlwind in the Better Stock Campaign — Possibly the hardest working mar. in Adams county for the farmers al this time is County Agent Fred Gray In the seven months that he has been here he has been talking improvement in live stock conditions, improvement in methods of farming, and improver social conditions of rural life through farmers’ organizations. He has started many boys and girl ' clubs in th | raising of live stock under rules lai down from the county agent’s offle I working along educational lines from i Pwrdu? (university. The' results of the work of these various clubs wilt •be seen in exhibits at the Great \ Northern Indiana fair next week i Through Mr. ‘.Gray’s efforts many i farmers have treated grain befon I planting, which insures a better croi for every farmer. He has also urged .the buying of better livestock, which | will also add much to the wealth of I Adams county. One of the latest to discard scrub j stock from the farm is Jacob Graber of Monroe township, he having pu I < ha'sed a herd of ten choice Hereford from the Bellmont farms, owned bI Col. Fred Reppert. Several othe’ • farmers have also declared their in i tentions of discarding scrub herds land making arrangements to replace them with thoroughbred cattle. Npthing could be more pleasing and of more real benefit to the county thar eradication of scrub stock from eVerfarm in the county and having in the! places the real 1920 model, such as will be found at the Northern Indian? fair next week. Let’s add mor* names to the honor roll. Mr. Gray has wc'-Led harder along | this line than any agent the count' has hail thus far. He is an expert in his line, and the countv is fortunate in having an enthusiast along these lines at this time. During the past week he has driven more than 1,000 miles in this county, in consultation with farmers in various parts of the county concerning stock and other farm matters. He is at your service Mr. Farmer, and will be glad to cal’ and offer anv suggestion at anv time i ■ that will help the farmers of the 'county.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, August I, 1920.

COL. GARTIN ON THE JOB Col. Earl Gurtin, of Greensburg, one of the stockholders in the Northern Indiana Fair association, and also one, lof the best known auctioneers in the country, is in the city, an 1 will remain until after the Great Northern fair next week. Mr. Garfin will be lone of the instructors in the new I j Auctioneering School which Colonel Reppert, will start here next Janui ary. DECORATORS HERE Messrs. Reimer and DeCoucrey of Home Decorating Company Will ‘DRESS UP” DECATUR Charges Reasonable — To Decorate Street Crossings and Fair Grounds Sure, you're going to dress up next week. Messrs. J. W. Reimer and John De • Coucrey. representatives of the Home ■ Decorating company, of Chicago, ar i i rived in the city this morning and immediately started to prepare for the decorating of the street crossings and business houses in Decatur for Old Home Week and the Northern Indiana Fair. Today these decorating men will acquaint themselves with local conditions and surroundings and tomorrow. with a committee of local busi ness men composed of Cal E. Peterson, Will Linn and Lawrence Klein henz. will call on local merchants and contract with them for the decorating of their stores for the big week. We take for granted that every business house in Decatur will be “dressed up” for the big week, thus giving a good impression to the home comers and visitors when they : come up town. The charges for dec I orating for a store are' very reasonable. The prices range from $7.50 j to $25.00. A twenty-five foot front. ' one story will be decorated for $7.50. including the bunting and flags, the work to put ft up and the job of taking it down after the big week. Mr. Reimer stated they probably I would begin decorating the local bus-; i iness houses Friday, hoping to complete their work by Saturday night. On Sunday morning, bright and early way before you get up, they will put up the decorations at the principal street crossings, starting in at tho corner of Jackson and Second streets and going sowth to " Jefferson and Second. Madison street and Monroe street at the Third street intersec lions will also be decorated. This work will be paid for with the money (Continued on page three) * + + + + + + + + **** + «• THE WEATHER FORECAST ♦ ♦♦+++++ + + ** + + * Part cloudy tonight and Thursday, probably local thunder showers in extreme northern portion; warmer eastern portion tonight. CLERKS WIN GAME Foundry Base Ball Team Defeated by the Clerks —Score 12 to 11 The Decatur Castings company’s baseball team, all dolled up in brand new uniforms were defeated yesterday afternoon by the clerks team at Bellmont Park, the final score resulting 12 to 11. The game was started at 5 o’clock with Red Stevens acting as umpire, and was called at the close of the seventh inning by an agreement reached by the two teams. The clerks took the field first and both sides played real ball the first two innings. After this each side tried to hit the ball harder than the other, anil the pill was made to take ; some mighty hard punishment. Gay. I of the clerks, however proved to bo . the hardest slugger, he making the j only home run on a hard drive which put the ball to the Centerfield fence. | with two men on base. The battery [ for the two teams were: Clerks. Meyer. White and Gay; Castings company, Archbold and Myers. A meeting of the Industrial League was held last evening in front of the court house, and every team in the. league had a representative present. A schedule was arranged and the next game will be played Thursday evening, the Clerks and Castings company teams to meet again.

STARTED TODAY Powdered Buttermilk Plant Began Operation Here This Afternoon THE FIRST IN INDIANA Will Manufacture Nearly Four Hundred Pounds an Hour in Three Machines Tlie first plant in Indiana to man’ulacture powdered <butter milk open cd in this city today, in connection with the Martin-Klep.per creamery. The first of three machines instalk 1 was operated this alterne; n for the •thst and will be kept going continually now. the two other machines be ing added tomorrow. Tne powdered butter milk is in ■ grot demand now and becoming more so as its merits art- known and as there are only a few plants of the kind in the country it is expected there will be no lack of orders. The machines are made by the Collis company at St. Paul, Minn., and the flake.-, are sent there for refining. Tlie but • ter milk is fed into the big rollers I from a tank at the rear. A steam at tachment conveys the hot Ar into the tank and the powdered milk is stea l ily ground out from the opposite sid< of the circular tank at the rate of 125 ■ pounds per hour from each machine. It is placed in bags and shipped to St. Paul and then the finished product shipped to Chicago from where it is distributed. Five men are employed in operating the plant and it promises to de- ; velop very rapidly. The finished product is calk'd “Eatall," and is used largely by bakers, being'a wonderful ingredient for the finest bread. 1 ’ Cap" Richmond, the ad writer, was • in the city today. TOWELCOMETHEM Reception Committee Appointed to Welcome the Home Comers Here AS THE SECRETARY Miss Amelia Tonnelier Will Have Charge of Registration Booth A reception committee of about on; hundred men and women has been ap I ointed by J. L. Kocher, they to as sist in welcoming the visitors an.l home-comers to this city next week Miss Amelia Tonnelier. well known young lady of this city, lias been em I nloyed as the secretary of the recep Ilion committee and will have charg | of the registration booth in the libra”; in the mornings from 8 to 12 o'clock. Home-comers are urged to register at the library and there receive one ot the welcome badges. If you have : guest, please see that he or she reg isters as a home-comer. Ribbons arc now being printed and I Mr. Kocher is planning on mailing them to the members this week. T’v I reception committee is composed o, j the following: Simeon B. Fordyce. Mrs. W. A l ower. Ed Moses. Mrs. Minnie Daniels, Dr. Burt Mangold, Miss Jessie Winnes, Cal Petersen. Mrs. C. E Baughman, Miss Lona Holthouse. Miss Gertrude Holthouse, Miss Amelia Tonnelier. Miss Ella Mutschler. J. O. Sellenieyer, Miss Della Sellemeyor. ('. E. Hocker, L. L. Baumgartner. Cha Helm, Joe Hunter, John Parrish. C. S. Niblick. C. C. Ernst. I iwrence Vogb wede. Herman Ehinger. Roy Mille John Stults. Matt Breiner. James Fristoe. Mrs. Janies Fristoe. Mrs. |D. Artman. William Staley. Matt Kirsch. Mrs. A. Yoder. M,rs. Wilson Beery. Mrs. Lydia Shamp. Mrs. L. A. Graham, Ida Chronister, Miss Nellie IWinnes. William 11. Mvers, Mrs. C. S. i Niblick. Mrs. Henry Krick. Mrs. J. W Vail. Mrs. E. X. Ehinger. Mrs. James I Arnold, Mrs. F. E. France. Miss Eva I Acker, Mrs. D. M. Hensley. Miss Helion Blossom. 11. F. Ehinger. Avon I Burk, Fred Heuer. Henry Schulte IMrs. Jean Lutz-Smith. French Quinn. If. M. Schirmeyer. J. 11. Heller. Chas Niblick, W. A. Kuebler. John S. Peterson. Mrs. J. S. Peterson, W. A. Lower. Hugh "Hite. Dr Fred Patterson, O. L. Vance. C. D. Teeple, Dan Erwin, D. B. Erwin. John C. Moran. Jesse Sutton. J T. Merryman. Fred Schafer. E. L. Carroll C. A Dugan. A. D. Suttles. Dr. J. S. Coverdale, Henry Thomas.

) WERE MARRIED TODAY I Roy Juday, oil operator of Oklahoma, formerly of Genova, and Miss Leia' t Conner of this county, were married c i 11 o'clock today at the Methodist par I I sonuge by Rev. Charles Tinkhai i.| I After a short visit with friends ‘and relatives in Geneva the young couple I will go to Oklahoma, where they will { make their home. TO REGULATE USE Ordinance Will be Passed by City Regulating the Hours for Sprinkling .I AN D USING THE WATER Contractor Christen Explains Reason for Delay in Removing Material i, . Prior to holding an executive ses - sion. during which time the granting ■ ! of a franchise to the General Electric company to build and extend an electric line from Fort Wayne to the G. E. plant in this city was discuess- ' ed, the city council in regular ses- ' sion last evening disposed of the following routine business: Engineer Boch’s report of completion on the James Rice sewer was filed and approved and his preliminary assessment sheet was placed on record and the clerk instructed to ’ give notice to property owners that objections against the assessments would be heard at the next regular .meeting in August. • Water Superintendent William ’ Parent was instructed to make a tap 1 to the water mains for James Sprague. I A letter from Contractor C. N. Christen relative to the moving of the building material placed on Mon roe street for the new bank building I was read to the council and placed | an file. Mr. Christen explained that Ute work on the buiWing was unavoidably delayed and that he war going to begin work on the building within a short time. He said that it I would therefore be impossible to re move the material before the fair, a requested by the council. ' The bond of Joseph Metzer for th< construction of a sewer was filed an; . approved. The council then instructed Cit; Attorney L. C. DeVoss to prepare ar ordinance regulating the use of watei for sprinkling and domestic use The ordinance will contain the pro vision that sprinkling during tlr months of July, August and Septem , ber will be permitted only one hal* I hour at a time and that time betweei six and seven in the morning am during the same hour in the evening A ban on the use of water will alsc be contained in the ordinance. Supt. E. A. Barnes and Mr. Matsoi of the General Electric company ap peared before the council last even i : “ ing and requested that some ac»io: |be taken in the matter of gi anting i them a franchise to build an elect™ I line from Fort Wayne to their plant I in this city and to be permitted t; I I use Fort Wayne power when neces- " I sary. After some discussion, it w;r ' I moved that City Attorney L. C. De 1 1 Voss and Attorney C. J. Lutz who I represents the G. E. company, draft i.! (Continued on page three) & i THE FIRST STEP League of Nations Takes Step to End the War— Meeting is Held (United Press Service) San Sebastian, Spain, Aug. 4 —(SpeI rial to Daily Democrat) The league II of nations today took its first step to . end war. in the opinion of delegates to the league council now meetin'.’, here. This disarmament commission met > and made plans for a survey of thb i armaments of the world, as a prelimI inary to cutting down all armament; 11 to the lowest possible figure. The commission named three secre . I taries who will be attached to the | league, consisting of a Briton to han- ■ | die naval matters, a Frenchman for military affairs, and an Italian to han- - die aerial matters. After the survey ' of the world's armaments Ims been 'completed and submitted, the league I will fix the maximum which will ).t . permitted undej the iqles. All surplus war material will have to be. de i stroyed.

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AIRPLANES WILL BE HERE • Fair Association Contracts for Three Machines to Advertise Exhiliit OVER THIS SECTION Os the State—Will Arrive Saturday—To be Accompanied by Local Men Officials ol the Northern Indiana I Fair association have closed a coni jirt'ct with an aviation c-m-ern for the use of thr e planes which will spend • Saturday. Sunday and Monday in advertising nex: week's exhibit over icrthcrn Indiana aad' no’’twe3tei'n Ohio. Tlie macliincs will b • he; ■ Saturday morning, and after loading up frith adverting matter, will depart over routes selected 1 y fair officials and and thoroughly advertise the big fair in every possible nook and corner of this part of‘lndiana and several Ohio cities. The places will he accompanied by local men who will distribute advertising matter over every city. Stops will be made :At many towns, but at several of the simpler ones the pilot will fly low enough that the advertising literature may be thrown to the streets below. The secretary has also contracted vitli the machines to be here during air week, and they will give exhibion flights, and also take up passeners for a nominal sum. If you desire i) lake n trip to th" clouds, you can make the necessarj arrangements vith the men when they arrive at the grounds next week. EftTES RAISED (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Aug. I (Spoial to Daily Deinocrat) The Public Service Commission today authorized the Northern Indiana Gas and Eleiiric company of Indiana to increase its ates as asked by that company n their petition. The new rate if gas for Decaiur and Bluffton will be $1 .Ga per thousand feet nd a minimum of $1 per nonth. N\w rales will be elective on one day’s notice to he public. The old rates in Decatur Acre -$1.25 p<>r thousand cubic eet and 50 cents a month as a tninimum. less a ten per cent discount for cash by the tenth of (be month. J. F. Fruchte and 11. L. Confer report an excelleut* meeting of the dem:cratic workers at. Muncie yesterday. Plans for the campaign were liscussed and the battle will soon be >n. FOR SOLDIER DAY Adams Post of American Legion Decide io Boost Next Monday at Fair BOYS IN UNIFORM Will be Admitted Free at the Gate —Soldiens of All Wars Are Invited At a meeting last night of Adams Post. No. 43 c Ihe American Legion, at Decatur, lad , it wa r ' decided that all soldiers of the lute war attend the lair in a body. All soldiers are reluvsted to meet al the G. A. R. hall Tuesday morning, Augurt 10. at 10 o'clock. This includes soldiers of any and all wars. It was also decided at this meeting that all men wear their nniloims. Arrangement have be'n made to ejiei'k clothes for those wb > desire to change into civilian clothes after arrival at fair ground.--.. Dressing. rooms will be provided and parcels. grips, etc., can bo cheeked at the G. A. R. hall and will bo tr.i isported from there to the fair grounds/ Any soldier of the late war from any other I post, also those who do not belong to the Legion, will be welcome to join i the local Post in the day's celebration. This is Soldiers’ Day at the fair an 1 • all soldiers will be admitted free at the gate. Tho uniform is the soldier's pass.