Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 274, Decatur, Adams County, 19 November 1920 — Page 1

olume XVIII. Number 274.

GERMANY SEEKS TO RECOVER COLONIES

[BEAUTIES OF HAWAIIAN ISLES ■Told in a Very Interesting | Way by Dr. Buxton at the Gym Last Evening Llustrated talk ht Convinced Audience That I Islands Were “Uncle I Sain’s Pacific Paradise” I Dr. A. O. A. Buxton, pastor of th. ■thristian church, clearly proved to audience at the gym last even ■t that the Hawaiian Islands wer? ■'Uncle Sam’s Pacific Paradise.' ■ Starting his illustrated !<• turn ■ :!0 and continuing his in', restin ■aik as every picture was Hashed upc Kc screen, the paster convinced nh •ndience that the islands in the Pa■ilic ocean 2,000 miles front th? h ■o: at San Francisco were far from ■t’hat many American people imagine! |b in to be. The Hawaiian Islan 1. ami ■h« city of Honolulu are the honn ■if a much better class of people than Is generally believed. Every religiou: Henomination in the world is repr Be: ted there, and the missio-narie: ■ent there have accomplished wonder In heir teachings to the natives. Bia ihere has been a constant stream o foreigner s—-Americans, British fcreneh, Japanese, Chinese, Am ral Inns, and others who have taken u] ■li-ir abode there. The doctor state [ ■hat fully sixty-five per cent, of tin . ■m. illation of the city oi li; iclul ■'ere Japs, and they had thriJa ■ nese newspapers in th city, tv. ■American papers and two Chines? ■ Views* of Honolulu str<- :s. rubi. ■nd private buildings, fr>:: . fiowe - . ■nd vinos, which were me 4 ' tutifu ■ ere thrown on the ctr i-dn ;id D. ■tuxton told an int 'retting story ii 1 Connection with each. ic o.' th ■lathing beach, the surf rider -, an kr.any of the customs which could b ; (Shown on a curtain were told about , ■nd even the hula hula d ? :rs. v,. their skirts of straw found a place ii ■ho lecture. • The volcanoes, with all their ■tructive power, and also their beaut; , [wore shown to the audience, and yo l , [were almost walking at time, on th. ; [very brink of a pit of smoky, Her; j Hava. A lonely path winding in ant i [ground the mountains to an isolate, I [leper village, where many have bee 11 lerced o travel never to return -.... [mentioned, as was also the determine tion of a Catholic priest to go an 'administer to the wants of dying me’ land women in the village. The sacrl lice of this man in going as a mission ary which he knew to mean death it the very worst form was praised in : most forcible way by the lecturer. The beauties and productiveness c the islands, however, far outshine tin objectionable features, so much fitaf Dr. Buxton says he expects to return to the islands ot some future date. The lecture was given yesterday afternoon to the school children ami thoroughly enjoyed by each one o. theip, and will again be given this evening. If you were not there la: night, you should attend this evening. The illustrated talk is worth many times the price of admission. TO DRAW UP PETITION The city council will meet in spe cial session this evening for the purI ose of adopting the petition to make to the public service commission to increase the water rates in Decatti The suggested increased rates were published in yesterday’s paper, to gether with the figures and totals it the report of the engineers. t 4> ——— WAS CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE In the last minute rush in getting to press yesterday the line "Continued on page three" was omitted following the two-column story about the repot" of the engineers on the Decatut Light and power plant. The last lint of the article on page one was "Grose profit in electric department $7,987.-13 ' On page three of yesterday; pare: you’ll find a half column contimta tion of the article.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

SUPPER MENU ’I he Fhoche Bible class of the Zion >1 Belo, lin'd church will give a lw< cent k sapper . ' the K. of P. home Saturd : evening. from 5 to 7 o’clock. The pubi lie is invited to attend. Menu. ■> Creamed chicken, noodles, gravy, meat loaf, mashed potatoes, baked be.mu, chili con carni, sweet potatoes cold slew, pickier,, beets, potato salad. ' perfection salad, fruit salad, cranberry sauce, pie, cake and coffee. t Thirteen years ago. after long waiting, the Englishman came into th. right to marry his deceased wife’s si i > r, but an Englishwoman is not ye: m. lowed to marry her diseased bus- >| l and’s brother. A bill to- give her this permission has just been intro- ,, dttced. SOUND BUSINESS * — Was Discussed by Mr. J. C. Simpson of Marshall Field & Company A COMMERCIAL NATION Deep in the Combat for Business, Racing Against Formidable Rivals (United Press Service) Chicago, 111., Nov. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The reduction in prices has increased competition to such an extent that only the "fittest will survive." the period of readjustmnt through which the business of ! the country is now passing. James C I Simpson, vice president of Marshall Field and company, largest drygoods : wholesalers and retailers in the world, told the United Press today. “Every progressive business is stripped for action." said Simpson. "Every ounce of ability, efficiency .nd resource will be put to the test." Pimps .n said that‘during the war standards of service in business suffered but that now merchants of the country are resuming their course of normalcy. Simpson attributed the price readjustment to the "immutable law of supply and demand" and expressed the belief that the action of the federal reserve banks, by controlling i credits, had very little to do with it. "Production of merchandise.” said j Simpson, “was curtailed during the war to make place for the necessities lof war and it has required the two | intervening years since the armistice ito catch up with the demand and in I the very nature of things during that [ time prices of a* great many commodities have been on a mad deI bauch. When production increased to a point where it supplied the demand the inevitable happened, a sudden decline in price of nearly every commodity. , "In fact, the world has witnessed during the last 60 days a very disorderly collapse in value of commodities to such an extreme that retail distributors began to unload their stocks at great sacrifices and stopped placing orders for current wants . nd for spring of 1921." Simpson said the lack of orders ‘ j has caused the closing down of ’ I many manufacturing plants with the 1 result of throwing many out of em- ’ ployment. According to Simpson, if ' orders are not placed there will be a scarcity of goods in the spring which will mean enhanced prices. “I am an optimist in business, but I realize that the developments of ’ the last few weeks have been a eon- ■ siderable shock to a large number of o business men." he said. It is neces--0 sary to set our thoughts to the realization that we are a commercial nae tion deep in the combat for business. > racing against formidable rivals. !, ' ‘ NOTICE E The W. M. S. of the Magley lieformed church -will have their annual g than hitoffering box serveies next d Sunday evening. November 21, at 7:3" g o’clock in the evening. Ihe Re’ ■t Kinerem of Indianapolis. Indiana, will r be the speaker. Several songs will e be rendered by the Magley quartet ,s also a song. "The Lost Thank Offer ” ing Box." by the Miss*- Amanda and . Ella Worthman. .. The ladies are requested to bring their thank-offering boxes.

MANY EMPLOYES jj TO TAKE STOCK Ninety Per Cent of Men i and Women in Decatur General Electric Plant i.| SUBSCRIBE FOR STOCK Wonderful Opportunity is Given Employes and is Being Accepted by Many Ninety per cent, of the more than two hundred employes in the Decatur plant of the General Electric company have subscribed for stock in tho 1 company, a splendid record made sinci last Monday when the proposition .was first made locally. > The plan was authorized at a meeting of the company held October 14th 1 and after all details were worked out, . was taken up here last Monday. Practically every employe will be a stockholder. within a short time, it is believed as the plan is a very worthy ; | one. designed to create sincere interest in every part of the big organization. Any employee who on November Ist had been on the pay roll since September Ist last is given the privilege of subscribing for from one to ten shares of the stock at the price of 5 sll6 per share, with a credit of S2O. ‘ maxing the net cost sll6. which may > be paid if desired one dollar per week per share, stock to be issued - when paid for. The subscription pay f ment is deducted from the salaries or wages of employes, beginning with 1 December, the plan providing th..' s payments cannot be made in advame. A subscrilier may withdraw from his subsrrtptron at any time prior to ■ his decision to make final payment and take his stock certificate. In ca -e of withdrawal the total amount paid by him by deductions from wage.-. plus interest at the rate, of 7 per cent per annum, will be refunded. Tinstock cannot be assigned or transferred. Employes are under no obli g. t'on to take the stoc k hut are simp- , ly given the opportunity and the eag- ’ orness to take part in the idea show a splendid spirit locally. Provision.’ to take care of payments in case of sickness are made and every prote? tion for the good of the purchaser; , seems to have been carefully taken care of. The l local factory is becon.- , ing a model one in-every respect and . many improvements for the convenience of the men and women working there are being added as rapidly apossible. FOR YEAR'S WORK Convention of District Officers of M. E. Church Will be Held in THIS CITY SUNDAY 1 Mr. Jay Olinger and Party Will he Here—To Discuss Plans for Work Next Sunday afternoon at 2:00 will [ be the occasion of a convention of the district officers of the Fort Wayne district, to be. held at the Methodist ; bhurch in this city. Mr. Jay Olinger; of Garrett, the district president.; , whose pep and efficiency put Fort Wayne district at the head' of all Methodism at the time of the big drive, will be present with his cabinet. The purpose of the meeting is a ■ piesentation and’ di-cussion of plans, for the year's work. Mrs. Dan Tyndall will give a solo. Donald Groves will sing and M'ss Celia Am drews will play a piano solo. Miss' [Serena Hornado will give a reading j All churches in the sub district j : a.v urged to sen 1 good delegations J : ot young peopl? whether they have " ; an active league or not. Decatur league will reive lunch tel The visitors after the meeting, it is | ' hoped that all will anange to stay I for the evening league service which [ ’ will be led by Victo in Mills. The 11 our of this service, lias been changed from 6:00 to 3:30 for the accmr.o---g d-ilion of guests compelled to leave early.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, November 19, 1920.

AT RE-ADJUSTMENT PRICES The Niblick dry goods store of this city is giving a big rendjustment sale and have made noticeable reductions jin their line of suits, coats, muslin-. ; silks and other dry goods. Dan Niblick, manager of the store, stated they were following the new market ami were disposing of their stock of high grade dry goods suits and coats at prices less than they paid for them.} Watch their ads in the Democrat and ; do your trading in De< atur . CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE (United Press Service) Chcago, 111., Nov. 19 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Wheat: Dec. $1.72L: March $1.63%. Corn: Dec. 66%, May, 72c. Oats: Dec. 44%; May, j 48%c. GREETINGS TO LEAGUE ARE READ — President Wilson’s Letter is Read at Opening of Session This Morning WITH LOUD APPLAUSE Preparations for Sending Troops to Vilna Under Discussion Today — - (By Henry Wood, United Press staff correspondent) Geneva, Nov. 19. (Special to Daih | Democrat)—President Wilson’s greet ings to the league of nations assembl were read at the opening of toda. session. , The president’s assurance of his bt > lief that the league will accomplish , great good for the world was greeted with loud applause. Debate continued today on various 1 reports to the assembly. G. N. Barn es. Great Britain, declared Dr. Nan sen has shown the league was fai from dead when he reported on tin repatriation of prisoners o’ war Haines made an appeal for Ainieni? declaring the council failed to sav< ; that country only bncau ■ of lack o ■ means. , Preparations for the dispatch ot troops to Vilna to supervise PolishLithuanian plebesclte in that . <-it' ewnt on today. British. French, Spar ish and Belgian soldiers were put a’ : the. disposal of the league. - ’ The assembly hoped to begin soon the real work of considering agenda all right? . omfwao, submitted by various nations. Thir will be done in committee and today there was agitation for still further sub-division. With each committee consisting of 41 members, it was believed they would prove unwieldly. The meeting at the school taught by ; Harve Haggard in Monroe township, [which was a joint meeting of this school and District No. 3 taught by Webb Oliver and Zulu Stevens, last ; evening was a most interesting one. Byard Smith, principal of the Decatur high school, and Superintendent E. S. Christen and County Agent Busche wer the speakers. Ijantem slides, boosting better education, were shown on a. screen and were much enjoyed.' i + +++ + + + ++ + 4 ;+ HOG AND GRAIN MARKET + + 4»*4 , + + + + + + ’P<‘ + + + + Chicago, Nov. 19j—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Hogs slumped again today on the leading livestock exchanges of the country. Cleveland, Ohio, reported the big- ; gost drop the market falling off 65 , : cents at the opening. At Kansas City prices ranged from sll to $11.65 a new low for the last four years. At East Buffalo the market reached the 1 lowest since 1917 at $12.50. The drop ■ according to traders was due to 1 flooding of the markets. — Chicago, 111., Nov. 19—(Special to ' Daily Democrat) — Grains broke ' sharply on the Chicago board of ' ; trade today and bearish influence of 1 [ the stock and cotton markets. Heavy 1 selling forced Dec. wheat down 7% cents below opening. March wheat and corn futures wore also off. All dull oats market nfluenced by the 1 weakness in the other grains caused i a drop of two cents. ,'

HAROING SHIP ON WAY TO ZONE With a Big Turkey and One Hundred Ducks on Board the Party is Assured OF A REAL FEAST President elect Will Print Souvenir Edition of the Marion Star (By Raymond Clapper. United Press staff correspondent) Aboard Steamship Parismina, "Nov. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat)Senator Harding, enroute to the canal zone for a vacation trip tried to settle down today to the task of do- ; ing nothing- -but he found it difficult. The wireless news reports which ' came in were scanned for word of what had occurred in the United i States and elsewhere since the Parismina left land last night and started i ploughing across the blue waters ot the Gulf of Mexico. Harding strolled on the decks tinI til late last night, puffing at his pipe A live turkey was one of the centers of attraction. Crowds throng ed the deck to view the bird which soon will make a meal for the pres ident-elect and his party. One himdred ducks were put aboard ship just before sailing time for the bene fit of the Harding larder. While at sea. Harding will get out one or two souvenir editions of the Marion Star. There is a typesetting outfit on board and the plan is for the senator to do the whole job himself. typesetting and all. The United Fruit Steamer Paris;mina was completely' overhauled foi .Senator Harding and its staterooms repainted and new fittings put in. Cut flowers were scattered in profusion through the presidential suite. A number of other passengers were on board in addition to the Harding party which included, besides the president-elect and Mrs. Harding Senator and Mrs. Frelinghuysen, ; New Jersey; Sejiator Hale*, Maine; Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Sawyer. Marion, Ohio, and George B. Christian. Jr. Harding’s secretary. Friendly relations with Mexicc during the Harding administration [ was predicted by those close to the president-elect. Harding, they believe, will extend a helping hand to the Obregon administration in the hope of putting the country on its feet industrially and politically. (Continued on page four) WOMAN IS NAMED Mrs. Thurman Gottschalk Elected Member of the Berne School Board IN PLACE OF HUSBAND Who Resigned Following Election as State Representative for County Mrs. Thurman Gottschalk who wii.L succeed her husband a- member m the school board for the town m Berne, is the first woman to ser ■" in that position in Adams county. SI:--was elected by the town council’ rft a meeting Monday night, at which time Mr. Gottschalk’s resignation was also accepted and she immediately enters upon her duties. For some years considerable 4'avei has been given to the idea of women on the school boards and after Mr Gottschalk was elected representativ 1 it became necessary for him to resign from the board of which he was pres ident. The council decided to selei l a woman and tendered the place to the former member's wife, who accept-j ed. The other members of lh< board are Dr. Reusser and Dr. Von Gunten. Mrs. Gottschalk is a capable woman and will, it. is confidently believed, make a good record in her official place. Iler work will be watched with | much interest, especially by the worn en voters of the county.

NO LONGER BOUND OY THE TERMS OF PEACE TREATY DECLARE THEY SIGNED WITH EXPECTATION THAT THEY COULD PARTICIPATE IN DISTRIBUTION OF MANDATES OVER HER COLONIES.

LAST ROLL CALL Wm. Huffman, Civil War Veteran, Died This Morning at Daughter’s Home UREMIC POISONING Caused Death — Funeral Will he Held Sunday at the Reformed Church William H. Huffman, one of the well known men of the city, who had been ill ten days of uremic poisoning. died this morning at 7 o’clock at. i the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. Fritzinger on North Fourth street j where he had been tenderly cared . for during his illness. Mr. Huffman was born in Penns;'- > vania. February 15, 1542, a son of j Steven and Pauline Huffman, making his age seventy-eight years, nine months and four days. Mr. Huffman served with credit as a union soldier I during the war of the rebellion. Surviving are the following broth I ere and sisters: .Mrs. Otto Oberlin. Fort Wayne; Harvey Huffman. Tuc--1 zon, Ariz.; .Mrs. William Myers, Bluffton; .Mrs. Elizabeth Gregory, Decatur; Mrs. E. Fritzinger at whose 'home he died; ami Frank Huffman. Decatur. The wife died sen years i ago. Funeral services will be held Sunlay afternoon at 1 o’clock, at the* [ ileformed church, the Rev. L. W. i Stolte officiating. Burial will be at the Decatur cemetery. SPORTING NEWS Wth the Bowlers. Bowling continues to be a popul.ii I port and interest anion,e tin- leaders on Industrial League teams is kei-n [ |lt is probable the*Rotary and Sehaf-i ! [hardware teams will be withdraw! ' from the league, because on inabilit; to get team members together, b | cause of business detaining them j from the games However, othci learns are expei-teil lo organize i'll' 1 ' [take their places. Wednesday even ling. True MiHe'-s K. of I’, team wm. ' [from the Sugar Factory boys in threi ’ jstraight. The result: K. OF I’. C. Knapp 155 140 1 True Miller 163 157 113 ; ’C. Beineke 2<>9 163 I'>: | It. Mangold 155 117 1-17 IA. Mutschler 17.' 2:’,4 Ist ‘ 860 844 SBi'- < | Total -2539. ' SUGAR FACTORY M. Biggs 169 160 171 / ('. Smit ley 178 164 II -’ Wood 122 134 154 Kolb 132 100 11’.’ , M. Hoagldnd 136 it;:; Iv; 737 721 750 [' Total 2208 TEAM STANDING . Won Lost l’< !(). E. No. I 6 9 .400 i' iG. E. No. 2 11 4 .733 'Crescents 13 5 .722 Sugar Beets 2 13 .13.’, notary .... 1 5 .1 r Schafer 0 12 .000 !K. of P. (M) 17 1 .94 1 K. of P. H’> ..) 10 5 .666 | This evening the General Electric team No. 2 will play Marion Biggs’ [Knights of Pythias team. + +++ + + + + + + THE WEATHER FORECAST ♦ Fair tonight and Saturday, warm|er tonight. 1 i

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1 (United Pres«i Servi< e) Geneva, Nov. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germany today notified the league of nations that she no longer considers herself bound by the clause under which she surrendered her colonies. Geneva, Nov. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germany no longer considers herself bound by the clauses of 4he peace treaty under which she surrendered her colonies. This position was taken in an appeal Germany add r essed to the league of nations today. The appeal protested against establishing mandates for former German colonies. It declared that the allies had not abided by the treaty which provided that mandates for the former German colonies were to be distribut :d by the league. Germany states that she s pied the peace treaty of the league covenant with the expectation of being admitted and thus being permitted to participate in the distribution of man. dates over her colonies. Since she has not been admitted to membership and had no part in the distribution of mandates the appeal s:<id she therefore considers herself no longer bound by the treaty clause effecting her colonies. New York, Nov. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germany’s notiriI 'ation that she does not consider as • ; binding the distribution of her colonies among the allies is a challenge iat the solidarity of the entente powers. Germany wants to break the pact j treaty on the first favorable occasion. By repudiating the methods of ap- ' pointing mandates for her former colonies at this time Germany wish’d to create fear and discord among |li t enemies. ****** THE COURT HOUSE NEWS * <'*******«>***•*«***• i Wheat and Bone, exparte, claim, 1 > eiiurd from the Jay circuit court. L»ave asked by defendant to withdraw all answers heretofore filed bv defendant. Leave was grtmled and all answers are withdrawn. Demurrer to c .’.’.iplaint tiled by defendant. Answer in two paragraphs filed by defendant. Rule to reply to second paragraph of answer. Repl.' filed by plaintiff. < ami submitted and evidence heard. !■ ii.ding for plaintiff on complaint that there is due them the sum of $1,295.8:’. and judgment is made that they recover the amount together with the costs herein. The case of Elberson vs. Beery et al., damages and breach of warranty, was set for trial January 4. 1921. Administratrix of the estate of Horry Gunsett is ordered to make and fil l report on on before last day of preslent, term of court. Tin grand jury continues its grind, and several witnesses are examined leach day. It is doubtful whether th ' work will be completed this week. A marriage license was issued to Millard Sylvester McKean, laborer. .Monroe, born January 3, 1900, son of William F. McKean, to wed Mary Edna . I/chman, seamstress. Berne, born Aiu-,-ist 4. 1898. daughter of Abraham A. [Lehman. Written consent was filed h .v the groom's mother. Real estate transfers: Gertrude M. [Phillips to Tillman 11. Garber, pt. inlots 225. 224. 226. Decatur. $? ?09; t'harles Hirschy to Frank IF ehv, I tract. Monroe tp„ $1; Frank II rschy ,10 Charles Hirschy, tract, Monroe ,lp„ sl. I