Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 19, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 3 February 1921 — Page 1

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SAY IT'S A SLAP AT CUMMINS LAW Leaders Charge Railroads Are Trying to Coerce Government TO DISREGARD LAW Statement is Issued — Demand for Immediate Action is Attacked Bulletin Detroit, Feb. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat)—S. T. Pegg, international grand secretarytreasurer of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way employes and railway shop laborers’. predicted today that 370.000 members of the union will walk out if the national wage agreement is broken by railway executives and wages cut. Thousands of brotherhood members embittered over present wage conditions are threatening even now to leave their work, he declared. The men will not work for less money whether union officials want them to or not, he added. (United Press Service) Chicago. Feb. 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Railroads of the countryin their efforts to drive down wages are trying to coerce the federal railroad labor board to disregard the Esch-Cummins law, union leaders charged today in statements to the board. E. F. Grable, head of the union of unskilled maintenance of way laborers and shop laborers, went before the board to asnwer the petition filed by the railroads last week, asking abrogation of the national agreements and reduction of wages of unskilled workers. Grable charged that the railroads are attempting to “trample under feet and disregard the rights of laborers who have submitted their interests to the board.” He said that if the railroads faced a financial crisis as claimed it was due to the “careless and inefficient management” the maintenance of “large imnecessary and expensive official staffs” and contracting at "fabulous figures for cost-plus work.” The question before the board, Grable said, was “whether the relationship of the employer and employe shall be settled by just and legal methods or by economic force." The union leaders attacked the demand of the railroads for immediate action by the board, demanding that the question be given a fair hearing. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»•>♦♦ + ♦♦ 4 WHAT'S NEW IN HATS 4 * 4 * New York, Feb. 3. —(Special to 4 4 Daily Democrat) —Millinery bul- 4 4 letin —Characteristic designs for 4 4* spring wear have front and back 4 4 brims rolled toward the crown 4 * with jets turned down at the + * sides, like Napoleon used to wear. 4 4 Styles created both in New 4 4 York and Paris revealed at the + 4 spring show of the retail mil- 4 4 linery association here today 4 + dealt a knockout blow to the 4 * plain chapeaux. 4 4 Fully trimmed hats with flow- 4 4 era, Ostriche. fruits, laces, orna- 4 4 ments, braides and ribbons of 4 4 every description in navy and 4 4 brown, black, orange and gray 4 4 tints vied with each other for 4 + the “Ah's” and "Oh-oh-oh’s” of <• 4 the feminine (and masculine) 4 4 guests, who agreed “the trim- 4 4 mings the things." 4 44 + 444444444444

BEAUTIFUL GIVING FOR HOME CHARITIES. The United Charities of Decatur is ,ne . eb^^’' lh support from quite a number ol our b'™* 1 u,l <‘ V i owar d very gratifying. It evidences a beautiful allilud alleviating distressing HOME conditions. h P «ins nt Il is not meant to emphasize that Ch ; ,r, . l > home” but it is well that thought be not bt « • j It is not exactly in the minds of those .?" t * { i for funds. The work is all being done with >} ' l - hc of service and the giving ol the funds. g same and the work should be in the same c. g .-1 Fretful or reluctant giving would not accoid | spirit of the whole service. „ v fnnded to all I Those active desire that opportunity be ext .ndc< to all whose hearts are touched and who to-some exh nt, at *. will share their happiness with those lessdor un<de, Ito ma or hand Mr. Cai Peterson, secretary, that duck or that mav be prompted by an honest generosity. t —’

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MOSER CHILD DIED Verena Rupi, daughter of Mr. an< Mrs. Jacob Moser, of Hartford town ship, diel Tuesday at 9 o’clock at Pan doru, Ohio, whore the parents had been visiting. Death was due to heart • trouble, from which th” child had suffered at Intervals during the two and one-half years of its life. Tl:< body was taken yesterday to the Moser home southwest of* Berne, aid funeral services were held today, SIGNS ARE GOOD ’ Retail Merchants Are Stock- ; ing Up and the Public is Buying Agaih d LOOK FOR PROSPERITY d — | w holesale Market Doing a Big Business in Anticipation of the Trade (United Press Service) Chicago. Feb. S—(Special 1 to Daily , Democrat) — Retail merchants have ■. cleaned their shelves of surplus I stocks and have again begun to buy ' heavily in preparation for an active buying season this spring, according to leading wholesale dry goods men here today. This means, according to J. V. Farwell, president of J. V. Farw-ell company, that prosperity has returned. "When it became apparent that the public would not purchase merchandise because of high prices, re- - tailers curtailed buying.” said Farwell. “Now they are buying what they want. The spring wholesale buying sea son which started to become active early this week is featured by the arrivals of thousands of retailers who report that they expect to do a good business this year. — | Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 3 —(Special 'to Daily Democrat) — Wholesale houses are jubilant over Mie unexpected showing of the spring wholesale season. The Burnham, Munger, Root DryGoods company officials predicted an active buying season. “We are handling a promising crowd of our customers and though 'they are not buying large bills of goods, each buyer is putting in his orders for a wide assortment of I stock,” said their sales manager. “Other wholesale houses are experiencing the same conditions.” Dallas, Texas. Feb. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Steady conservative buying by retailers, minus extravagance and recklessness of the recent “period of inflation” and indicating speedy returns to normalcy predominated at the opening of the spring wholesale season here, Dallas wholesalers declared today. Retailers from the southwest declared money conditions “easier ’ due ' to farmers selling their cotton and other products because of the slight increase in the market prices. Farmers are selling for cash and resuming their buying on a cash basis, W. B. Bradford, general merchandise ■ retailer of Olden, Texas, asserted. , SICK NOTES I ' , I Mrs. Oscar Frit zinger, who has been , quite ill the past four weeks with a II severe cold and the grip, is not much > | improved. Her grandson. Edwaid >1 Fritzinger, ill with an abscess, is im proved. Mts. Curt Frftzinger, who i i has been suffering the past few day b , from a severe cold, is also improved. . County Superintendent E. S. Chris- .; ten is fighting a severe cold, and al- , I though feeling some better, it is with .[difficulty that he keeps at his post Os ). duty. _

IM. E. REVIVAL BEGINS SUNDAY d •I ,i Rev. “Eddie” Thomas, Not- () ed Evangelist, Will Return to Local Church , WAS HERE A YEAR AGO During November a Return Ito Columbus, Ind., Resulted in Great Good Rev. Thomas will begin evangelistic meetings at the Methodist church ■ next Sunday morning. This is the second time Rev. Thomas has been in Decatur, he he was here in evangelistic meetings one year ago this ' month. He was very successful last year and so well liked as an evangelist that the local congregation decided to have him back this year. In November of last year he appeared tiie second time at Columbus, Ii d., having been there just a year before ami the Rev. Tfnham has received the ' following word from the pastor there. ' regarding his second visit with them, i “1 am sure it will be with you as , it was with us —he will get even a , stronger grip on the church than a , year ago. We had about the same ’ number of accessions—about 125 during the time he was here. We got a lot more after he was gone bosh times. Tiie first meeting cleaned up the biggest part of the available material in the Sunday school. The sec- , ond meeting reached more outsiders -over lOt) came on first confession. The second meeting gripped the town | The first year we had larger audiences from day to day till the second Sunday filled the house. This year it axed us to find seats right from the start. Here's to you for a great victory with him. We do not know you personally, but on “Eddie’s” account we shall pray that your second meeting may surpass the first, as ours 1 did.” - i You will want to'hear Rev. Thomas icxt Sunday morning and evening. The Methodists will strive to make oom for all who attend. The meeting will continue three ! weeks. TO CHANGE ROOKS State Board of Education Orders Change in School Books of the State ■ " • —- SIX IN THE LIST Indiana Authors and Publishing Companies Win— No Contracts Renewed The Indianapolis Star of yesterday ontained the following news item of Interest to every parent in the stare; if Indiana, as it will mean a change in the school books for next year, the mtire cost to be born by the school I patrons: Indiana authors and publishing 1 houses easily carried away the honors | n the adoption of textbooks, which [ was featured by the failure of the [ board to renew a single contract. The text in history selected by the board was "Elementary American History and Government,” published K y the Longmans, Green & Co., and written by Prof. T. F. Morgan of Pur-! duo university an* Dr. W. W. Woodburn of Indiana university. Miss Mary L. Matthews of Purdue university is the author of "Elementary Home Economics," the textbook selected for domestic science. The Bobbs Merrill company, Indianapolis publisher... obtained the physiology text contract. the books being “Hygiene and Health" and “Physiology and Hygiene,” both by Emerson and Betts. Other textbooks selected by the board were: Geography. "New Geography,” by Frye-Atwood, Ginn & C<r.; language, “Language” and “Grammar [ and Composition.” by Robbins and ' Row, Row. Peterson & Co.: spelling, “The Mastery of Words,” by Arnold. Iroquois Publishing company. The new history will replace Gordy’s history, the domestic sciencje book will replace Bailey’s Domestic Science, the physiology will replace Conn’s Physiology, the geography will force to the background Tarr & McMurray’s Geography, the new grammer replaces Manley & Bailey's Grammar, and the new selection of spelling books, does away with the Centennial (Continued on page five)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, February 3, 1921.

+444+44444444444 4 A WHISKEY TORPEDO 4 ♦ 4 t 4 Chicago, Feb. (Spacial to 4 ’ 4 Daily Democrat)—ln an effort to 4 4 halt smuggling of liquor from, 4 4 Canada into tiie United States. 4 4 Frank I). Richardson, federal pro- 4 " 4 liibition agent for this district, 4 4 left for Detroit today. 4 4 Some reports stated that tor 4 1 4 pedoes were used to shoot whis 4 ) 4 key across tiie Detroit river from 4 4 the Canadian side. + i I 4444444444444444 A SHARE OF IT 1 Senator Walsh Says If Gcr--1 many Pays Indemnity, Allies Should Then PAY THEIR BILLS To This Country — Great i Britain Wants America to Cancel Its Debt V - > (By Ralph H. Turner, United Press staff correspondent) Washington. Feb. 3 —(Special to ; Daily Democrat) —The United States l should share in the German indemnity to the extent Os receiving pay- , ment on American loans to the allies . Senator David I. Walsh, Massachusetts declared today to the United Press. “If the allies can agree with Germany,” Walsh said, “for the collection of the $56,000,000,000 reparation bill or any other sum —let them arrange immediately to pro rate acer- ■ tain part of the receipts for payments to the United States. As these payments were made, they could be credited to the allied nations owing money to this country. “I'm not prepared to say whether the present demands on Germany can be fulfilled but whenever an agreement Js reached, the allies should consider their debts to the United States when they begin to collect. It is possible they can otter some form of security or system of payment that has not yet been suggested. but thus far no proposals for reducing the allied debts has been , forthcoming.” — London, Feb. 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Hard-headed business demands the United States cancel I Great Britain’s debts, Sir Leo Money, foremost British writer on economics declared today in an exclusive inter- ( view given the United Press. Unless exchange conditions are I corrected immediately, only ruins of I the world's commerce will be left, he I said. , He asserted the United States had suffered less in the war than Great ’ [ Britain and that she could afford to start the chain of debt repudiation which Britain would extend to her debtors. Britain could wipe out her indebtedness to America in fifteen years, i he said, but the process would result | in chaos. INTEREST GROINS I In Poultry and Corn Exhibit at the Sether Building, on Second Street NAMES OF WINNERS Printed Tomorrow —Simon Summers, of Huntington, Will Give Talk Tonight The interest and enthusiasm in the ' poultry and corn show given this '• week in the Sether building, on North Second street, continues to grow, and • every visitor is elated at the quality 'and quantity of the stock exhibited. All day Wednesday, and Wednesday evening the room was visited b.v s numerous fanciers of poultry from al- • I most every part of ■the county, and there were several visitors, also from ' surrounding counties. Every exhib I itor who came here with his display , is more than pleased witli the show, . and does not hesitate in saying so. Last evening a special prize offered 1 consisted of two Anaconda hens, and l number 50077 will get this prize it :• presented to Superintendent. Shroyer. 5 A ticket was given every attendant, 1 and this was the first number drawn ■ If this one does not show up, the sea- - ond sumber drawn, No. 50007, will get ■ the prize, if neither siiows up, the ; third number. 50099, will get the hens. 1 This evening, Mr. Simon Summers, (Continued on page five)

WOULD CUT THE SCHOOL LEVY I I I I Committee Reports in Fav- ■| or of Cutting Proposed Levy to Seven Cents TWENTY WAS WANTED I Present Levy is About Six Cents—Other Counties Will be Aided (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Jan. 3. — (Special to | Daily Democrat) —While the legislature was considering bills of minor Importance, Governor McCray today called members of the house and senate committees on roads to his office for a conference looking toward an administration program of road legislation. No definite program was drafted but the principles involved were, discussed from every angle. It was agreed that the maintenance of highways should be broadened and that a better system should be evolved for maintaining those reads not in the stats highway system. A sub-committee will be appointed soon to draft bills for presentation to the legislature carrying out the governor’s idea. Indianapolis, Feb. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The proposed 20 cent state levy for the common I school fund will be cut to seven cents if the recommendations of a i subcommittee of the house ways and means committee are carried out.; The sub-committee today agreed to I accept a compromise on the HarrisAnlgren bill providing for the twenty cent levy which would cut the levy to seven cents. The compromise was agreed to at .a conference last night between members of the sub-commit-tee and W. A. Wirt. It will be submitted to the ways and means committee and if the entire committee accepts it, the bill will be recommended for passage. The present common school levy is ! 5.6 cents. The bill was drafted to : (Continued on page four) ■j . | J NEAR EAST RELIEF' I 1 1 Chairman Saunders Reports Additional Funds ' for Organization Today * THE BERNE SCHOOLS — . b Turn in Nice Sum With c More to Follow —Need of f the Children is Great ' Rev. A. H. Saunders, county l chairman for the Near East reliei . fund, reports today tho addition of nearly a hundred -,dollars to the Adams county fund, as follows: Mrs. Ben Sprugner, Berne SIO.OO Berne high school 26.50 Berne graded schools 53.86 Clark's Chapel. Monroeville .... 5.00 The contribution of the Berne high school is only a partial report, as the students that school have pledge ! the sum of $56.85, and several are ‘ paying the pledges in monthly installments. Mi‘. C. O. Lehman, of the Berne school board, is doing a sple idid work in that town. It is urged | that persons expecting to make contributions to the found should do so at once. The quota for tiie county h irnot been reached by any means, and it. is asked that tiie people of the county do their best within the next few days. The needs of the thousands of children in the near cast made orphans by massacres, disease and starvation, are growing, agents in the field are I reporting to national headquarters of near east relief. So great, is the drain on the resources of relief jaccording to Charles V. Vickrey, general secretary, that many children needing attention are being turned away from asylums and other institutions maintained by American and Canadian charity because of lack of (Continued on page four) 4444444 4 4 4 444444 4 THE WEATHER FORECAST 4 4444444444444444 Increasing cloudiness followed by ■ rain in south and rain or snow in north portion late tonight or Friday, warmer tonight in south portion.

HUSER-ERNST HJbb Jano Ernst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Ernst, of Decatur, and Mr. Martin G. Huser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Huser, of Home avenue, this city, were quietly married ! yesterday noon at the St. Martini | Lutheran church, by Rev. August ■ Buuck. Mr. and Mrs. Huscer left on i a short wedding trip and upon lheir ( return they will reside at 528 East ' Wayne street. —Fort Wayne JournalGazette. ATTENDED A TEA 1 Fifteen Decatur Ladies Enjoy a Delightful Social Event at Fort Wayne G I V E N YESTERDAY Mrs. Ellinghain and Mrs. Bond Hostesses Between Three and Six O’clock Fifteen ladies from here attended tho delightful afternoon tea given yesterlay by Mrs. Ellinghain and Mrs. Bond at. Fori Wayne. Those attending were the Mesdamcs J. S. Peterson. C. C. Schafer, George Flanders. J ,W. Tyndall, Dan Tyn lall, D. M. Hensley. Herman Ehinger, A. J Smith. Will Schrock, J. C. Patterson. I •lames Westfeldt, C. A. Dugan. F. M Schirmeyer. J. H. Heller and Mi.,, i Francis Dugan. ThA Journal-Gazette says of the event: • A beautiful tea of lovely appointments was given yesterday by Mrs. IL. G. Ellingham and daughter, Mrs. I James Ewing Bond, at the Ellingham residence on West Wayne street. Many guests called during the hours of three and six o’clock and were re ceived by Mrs. Ellinghain, Mrs. Bond I and Miss Florence Goodrich, of Winchester. Ind. Many guests from De-! catur, Bluffton. Auburn. Winchester and Columbia City were present. Th, living rooms were abloom with lova-j ly spring blossoms and Colubmbia: roses. Small rose wall lights added , to the beauty of the occasion. Those j assisting in the rooms were: Mrs.| A. J. Detzer, Mrs. Herbert Fee, Mrs. Robert Barling, Mrs. Maurice Lehman. Mrs. Marshall McKay. Mrs. E. j 11. Miller and Mrs. J. H. Heller, of De ] catur. In the dining room. Mrs. C. E. ] Bond presided at the tea urn and i M's. E. G. Hoffman poured coffee ; Tiie appointments oil the refreshment t table were carried out in spring flow ers. A low Italian bowl of jonquils, t narcissus, roses and ferns formed th-'! I centerpiece on the table. Those as-1 c sisting were Miss Catherine Vesey J Miss Persia I.ond and Miss Maribell i e Olds. Dttrng the afternoon music wasj furnished by Pasquale Montani. hiirp-i ' ist, of Indianapolis. ' [ Quarz constitutes the larger part of 1 virtually all mineral veins.

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J FEW POINTERS FOR MR. HARDING Charles Dawes Advises President Harding to Work With Meat Axe FLAYS FAULT FINDERS “Hell and Mariah We Were Fighting War and Had No Time for Bookkeeping” Washington, Feb. 3.—(Special to the Democrat). — President-elect Harding should "work with a meat ■xe’" to root out bureaucracy in both |ihe army and navy General Charles . Dawes told the house war expenditures committee today. Dawes, now a Chicago banker, for- ! merly was in charge of the supply division of tho A. E. F. Dawes charged tho army is forgetting tho lessons of the world war and that both army and navy are drifting into bureaucracy and petty rivalries that will make them unprepared for another war. The way to prevent this Dawes said is for Harding to establish a centralized single authority over both army and navy within six months after he takes office. "If Harding waits longer than six | months to weed out bureaucracy tho . pinheads anti peanut politicians will bo [at him." Dawes said, "if he slashed at once ho can put it over by concentrating behind him the crystalized sentiment of this country against high prices caused by inefficiency and duplication in government operations.” Dawes smoked a long cigar with a longer holder and paced up and down the floor nervously und swore with perfused and picturesqued vigorness throughout his testimony, “Hell and Mariah we were fighting a war" Dawes explained when question about the A. E. F. accounting system. “We did not have the time for duplicate vouchers and double entry bookkeeping. But it was a hell-fired shame for everybody to be trying to pick flyspecks on the greatest army the world ever saw’. We did more in organization despite our unpreparedness than the British or French. But the war is over now and the people had rather sea Fatty Arbuckle than talk about it unless there is scaudle to he dug up. "Why Hell and Mariah if I wasn't strutting up and down and cussing no attention would be paid to this committee. The Kiwanis club will meet this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the library and the members are urged ot attend. The closing work of the preliminary organization will be completed, and it is urged that all members who can attend should do so.