Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 19, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1921 — Page 1

Volume XIX. Number 203

BUTTER MAKING IN A CREAMERY Is Vastly Different Operation from the Old-fashion-ed Way of Past IS GREAT INDUSTRY Local Plant of Cloverleaf Company is Inspected by “Q” Who Tells It. * It is very strange how the most of use get self-centered in our own little occupation in life and know very little of the things going on around us, say, in the fields of home industry or in arty other line for that matter. Perhaps this is all right for each fellow has his own row to hoe and to water his own planting, but any how, I reckon that most of us know that there is a creamery here in Decatur, a butter making establishment, but I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts that not one in a hundred know a living thing about it only that it is where they make creamery butter that during the war cost so everlastingly much.

Well, my friends, there is a whole lots of interesting things about the Clover Leaf Creamery. Will Klep per is the chief squeeze at that plant and for about two hours the other day he showed the writer what was what. The visitor was duly impressed. Do you know that Will has about eight thousand cows working for him? Not in the plant, of course not, but out in the country. Some herd, believe me, and somebody has to milk them, I’ll tell the world. Eight thousand rows is a lot of cows, if there was hitching posts every four feet all the way to Monroe, a good six miles, and a cow tied to each post, a milk maid to each cow. with her stool and her buckets, that distance would have to be longer to line up eight thousand cows with the eight thousand milk maids and the etceteras, but oh' my’ if the maids all said "So boss" in chorus it would sound like the booming of the surf. Now, Will <J oPsn '* own these eight thousand cows but other folks do of course, and to get sixty thousand gallons of milk daily means quite a tug for Will as well as for the milk maids. Eight thousand cows each giving six to ten gallons of milk a day, which is separated down into cream, is what is needed to run Klepper’s churns, and more than seventy-five thousand pounds of butter a week makes the cranks on his churns mighty tired. Will has a room full of churns each one as big as a house. They make enough butter you would think to butter all the toast in the world. Well I remember my old grandmother on a warm summer day under the blessed shade of the vine covered porch of the milk house with her churn that looked like a keg with the stature of a barrel but without the embonpoint of the barrel and that churn full of glorious golden cream and a neat cover on the churn with a hole in its center through which protruded a stick like a broom handle that had a pioper business end down inside the churn and she would say ‘‘Catch hold that churn handle and pump up and down and don't stop, I’ll be back in a minute, and, then forgetting to come back. Oh, the mothers and the little boys and the little girls who have pumped and pumped. Oh, the tired backs. But that is not the kind of a churn that Klepper has. He has got ’em that makes 1,500 pounds ot butter at a clip and it takes only about an hour and his right arm is piston rods that are operated from the big steam plant that burns up ten dollar coal for him.

Where do you pasture all y° ur cows? says Ito Will. Oh, he says, All the way up the G. R. & !• as 1111 as Sturgis and down that road as far as Lynn, near Richmond and out along the Clover Leaf east as far as Maumee near Toledo and along the Erie for quite a ways. But, says he, we don't go west because my partner, Mr. Martin, over at Huntington, with his plant there needs pasture fields to do the same as I do. Besides that, he said, we have a flock of 5 ton trucks that mop up the countiy around here. ‘ Does all this milking go on every day?” I asked him. ‘‘l’ll say it does,” says he, "when the pasture fields are ripe in nutriment believe me the boys and girls around this plant have to churn mighty fast.” The plant has quite a building, up (Continued on page two)

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ABOUT THE SICK Miss Hope Mumtna, granddaughter of Mr. and,Mrs. Fairchild, of South Winchester street, is improving from a severe attack of indigestion. She has been sick since last Saturday, and was unconscious for three days niaking it very hard for the doctors to tlnd out what really was the cause of her illness. IT'S COMING BACK American Industry in Nearly Every Linex Shows a Decided Improvement TURNED THE CORNER Is Claim Made by Heads of Big Business—Shipping Conditions Improve. By Harold D. Jacobs. U nited Prenn Service!. New York, Aug. 27. —(Special to Daily Democrat). —American industry is coming back. Authoritative reports from nine of the nation's basic industries to the United Press show that in all but one —shipping conditions are rapidly im proving and that business “normalcy" is just around the corner. These reports, briefly summarized showed the following situation: Agriculture - Farmers expect to experience the best season financially in years despite a general crop shortage. Railroads—The steam carriers have "turned the corner” and plan on net earnings of $500,000,000 for the year. Meat Packing—The packers in practically every line, are exnerienc ing a substantial increase over prewar business. Textiles —Cotton manufacturers are planning on again working full time b) fall and early winter. Automobiles —The motor , industry is "booming again” after a period of depression. Shipping—the American merchant marine is still seriously crippled and there is little hope for improvement until it receives financially support from the public and legislative back ing. Coal—Production of both soft and hard coal is increasing for the firs time in two months, and all industries are practically dependent upon fuel. Steel—The demand for steel products is Increasing and prices appear to be practically stabalized. Oil—Petroleum operators are becoming optimistic and plan shortly to develop new properties in addition to reopening old ones temporarily shut down.

MAY CALL CONFERENCE. Washington Aug. 27. — (Special tc Daily Democrat^. —President Harding is giving careful consideration to the request of John L. Lewis, presiden of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica, for a conference of Mine Opera tors and Workers to end the industrial situation and threatened war in Mingo anil Logan counties, West Virginia, it was stated at the White House to day. The president discussed the situa tion with Senator Sutherland, West Virginia, and it is understood the feasibility of calling a conference war considered NEW £RA MAY ARISE. Berlin, Aug. 27. —(Special to Daily Democrat). —A new era in German history may arise from the murder of Mathias Erzberger. The crime has started a wave of wrath throughout Germany against reactionism, and against the military parties. President Loebe of the German reichstag, informed a meeting of party leaders that the shooting of Erzberger as he was walking in the Black Forest with a single companion, was undoubtedly a political crime. The deed may have serious consequences, Loebe declared. The reactionary element in Germany were bitterly opposed to Erzberger’s resuming active leadership in the center party. He was believed to have had the most influence in persuading the Center party to agree to support the government if the latter signed the treaty with America. DAILEY-NIBLICK REUNION. The Dailey-Nlblick reunion will be I held tomorrow' at Bellmont Park this city. Homer Ginter of near Peterson was a visitor in this city today.

DECATR LAD WINS HONORS • I I Truman Johnson Given Gold “C” in Addition to Diploma at Close of Work AT CULVER ACADEMY Grandson of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Brokaw—Participated in Chicago Pageant Announcement is made from the Culver Military Academy that Truman Johnson, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Brokaw, who resides on Marshall street, in this city, and who made his home here with his grandparents a number of years, has been awarded the highest honor conferred on any cadet at the Culver military academy, during the summer school session. Besides being awarded a diploma for the third year completion of work he won a gold “C” for passing the highest examination grade in his studies which included outdoor subjects. He has qualified for a firstclass scout of the Boy Scouts of America, and has been appointed a sergeant in the bugle and drum corps. To pass this examination Truman had to cnpear before the court of honor,at the military institute, which con sisted of the chief officials of the institution, as follows: Captain J. W. Hadley, director of wireless and semaphore; Capt. L. R. Gignilliat, commandant; Lieut. E. B. Willingham, chaplain and director of plant study; Lieut. F. J. Hall, director tree study; Lieut. E. E. Ewing, director signalling; Lieut. H. L. Howie, director bird study; Lieut. F. R. Webster, director first aid scoutcraft; Uillon Wallace, chief of Woodcraft; Capt. H. F. Welch, director canoeing, swimming and diving; Lieut. C. B. Bander, director drum corps. For the first year’s work, the lad was awarded a bronze “C”, for the second a silver "C” and during the third year the gold "C” was easily won. During the recent Pageant of Progress at Chicago, 1,000 cadets from the Culver academy participated, and Truman was one of the most active. The Culver booth on the municipal pier attracted much attention, one of the features being ten woodcrafters in a row making a fire without matches. Truman was one of the ten. Young Johnson was always one of the foremost lads in any stunt, and the honors just given him are well merited.

A REALTY OFFICE Fred Kolter Will Enter Business in Room 1 Peoples Loan & Trust Building. HANDLED INSURANCE The Past Several Years— Will Represent Strout Farm Agency of New York Fred Kolter, who for the past several years has conducted an insurance and loan office in this city, has decided to add a real estate business io his work. He will not only cooperate and work with the local agencies, but witt* the large real estate agencies of Indiana and other states, noteworthy among them being the Strout Farm Agency of New York City, one of the largest in America, with offices in all of the principal cities in the United States. Their representative, after making a thorough canvass of this and adjoining counties, decided to open an agency here, as they felt that the splendidly improved farms, good roads, railroads and interurban facilities, the nearness to the big markets, and good productive soil, should enable them and their agency to sell a good many farms to their many customers, especially since the price asked for farms here is far below the price received for farm lands in other states where the soil is not more productive, and living conditions not nearly so ideal as here. With the wide acquaintance and the many friends Mr. Kolter has, his straightforward methods of doing business, he Is bound to build up a nice business, and we predict for him a bright future. The firm will be known as the Kolter Realty company. If you want to sell or trade your firm or business, drop in and see him, or call 'phone 606. Watch for his ad in the Democrat next week.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, August 27, 1921.

YEOMEN PICNIC Members of the Yeomen lodge and their families will picnic Sunday at Bellmont park. They will assemble at the hall on Second street between the hours of 11 and 1 o'clock, and there will be conveyances there to take all to the'park as they arrive. Baskets of lunch will be taken along and a good, old-fashion. d picnic din ner will be served. After the dinner, games, contests, etc., will be a tea ture of the entertainment. A good time is expected, and ail Yeomen and their families are urged to attend. IRISHCRISIF NEAR AT HAND Dail Eireann Meets Behind Closed Doors to Make Their Final Decision ENGLAND IS FIRM Press Declares Limit of Concessions and Endurance Has Been Reached. By Clyde C. Beals. (I nlte'l PrewK Servh-el. Dublin, Aug. 27.—(Special to Daily Democrat). —Behind closely guarded doors, the Dail Eireann met in secret session today to consider the reply of the British government to President De Valera's letter. The decision that must now be taken will be the one between peace and war, it was felt before the members entered the man sion house. The issue is clean cut. Ireland has asked for a new basis for further discussion—Sinn Fein is willing to negotiate, but only on it’s own terms. Britain has replied through her pre mier that the only basis for discussion is the offer contained in Lloyd George’s original proposals upon Which the present truce was based. Insistence upon its point by Sinn Fein will now mean war, it was said.

By Ed L. Keen. (United Press Service) London, Aug. 27. —(Special to Daily Democrat). —"England has reached the limit of concessions and almost the limit of endurance. The Irish truce is in danger. This was the tone of the British Press today, discussing the Irish situation in the light of Lloyd George’s firm reply to De Valera's letter rejecting the British terms. The Sinn Fein president asked for a continuance of negotiations upon a basis of new terms but the British government has reiterated emphatically its adherence to its original terms. The dispute has reached a deadlock. The government today had the unanimous support of the press for its attitude. The Irish truce is endangered by the uncompromising attitude of the Dail Eireann, it was generally felt here. Such discussions, without a trade in concessions, cannot go on Indefinitely, one paper said. The government’s reply, demanding that De Valera drop “academic generalities” and come down to "practical politics” has, it was felt, shifted the on us for the dangerous state of (Continued on page four) PARDON FOR DEBS Recommended to President Today by Attorney General Daugherty NO DECISION NOW President Announces He Will Not Decide Until Treaty is Signed. (United Press Service) Washington, D. C., Aug. 27.—(Specall to Daily Democrat)—President Harding will make no decision on the case of Eugene V. Debs, socialist leader or on Amnesty for other politcal prisoners until after final ratification of the peace treaty witli Germany, Attorneygeneral Daugherty announced today after a conference at the White House. Attorney-general Daugherty's recommendation in pardon for Debs was placed before the president today. The recommendation was not revealed and it is still subject to change, it was stated. Whether the president will make a separate decision on the Debs case eventually or include it in a general (Continued on page two)

INQUIRY BOARD BEGINS SESSION British Air Service Starts Investigation of Recent ZR-2 Disaster SHIP WAS FAILURE And Many Aboard Knew it Was Unsafe—The Two Million Dollars Wasted (I lilted l*f*M Service). Howden, Eng., Aug. 27. —(Special to Daily Democrat). —The British air service inquiry into the disaster of the ZR 2 was opened at Howden aerodrome here today. Vice Air Marshal Salmond presided. America was represented by Lieutenant Dyer, U. S. N. The proceedings were private.

The inquiry starting today will show, if the facts are published that some airmen were convinced the ZR-2 never would have crossed the Atlantic except under “impossibly favorable" weather conditions, I am informed. I have learned that many British “lighter than air” authorities, as well as officers who were killed in the terrible disaster Wednesday believed the ZR 2 to be structurally defective. In a measure they died heroes, because they felt the giant dirgible to be unsafe and they wished to prove it before an American crew should be lost trying to cross the Atlantic. Opinions as to the weakness of the ZR-2 only began to be freely expressed after she left Howden on the fatal trip Tuesday. Summarized, they were that the ZR-2 was too long; that rhe was too weak; the possibilities of a disaster were realized and fears that the first real strain would prove fatal were freely expressed. I have seen written reports, con veying these fears to the proper authorities. Also, 1 have listened while the ZR-2 was making her trial flight Tuesday to veterans of the British air service and of the RR-34's successful flight say that they wouldn't cross in the ZR-2 as they were convinced she would never reach America. Incidentally, some of the British officers lack ed confidence in the American’s ability to navigate the ship. Otto Heinie, Germany’s leading Zeppelin expert w r as here and charac terized the ZR-2 as a “flivver.” All this information was to be laid before the members of the board of inquiry which met today.

THE RHINE ARMY Admitted That the French Expect to Maintain Army for Use if Necessary EXPECT A COME-BACK On the Part of the Teutons at Some Future Date— French Birth-rate Falling. (By Edwin W. Hullinger, United Press staff correspondent) • Paris'—(By Mail) —France has become reesigned to the probability that she will have to fight her next war alone, without the aid of her allies of the recent European war, a person close to the foreign office told the United Press. The government is shaping its future program of defense from that premise. The principal feature of this program is a negative one —i.e., trying to prevent Germany from regaining sufficient strength to be able to endanger France. France realizes that Germany may reasonably be expected to strike back when the first favorable opportunity offers. She also has the sense of reality to see that next time circumstances are hardly likely to be such that the United States. England and Italy will step to her side. A benevolent neutrality is about as much as can be counted upon. And in the intimacy of their own circles, French diplomats admit that normally Germany is a stronger nation. Against her population of 60,000,000, France has barely 40,000,000. The French birth rate is dropping, while Germany’s is rising. The Germans are better organizers and their industries give their country a practical foundation for war which France can probably never attain. The French temperament is inherently not adapted to gigantic industrial enterprise, (Continued on page four)

JANE R. WINS AGAIN Jane R„ pacer owned by Ahr and Shingiedecker, of this city, won the three year old pace at Warren yesterday and took the big end of the SI,OOO stake. The race was fast and the mare took a mark of 18*4, winning in straight heats. Sweet Sufcan, known here as one of the good ones also won at Warren yesterday. ADAM PEASE DEAD Pioneer Resident of Adams County Died This Morning at Monroe AT 11:15 O’CLOCK Was Eighty-three Years of Age—Funeral Services Monday. Adam Pease, ident of Monroe and one of the nest known citizens of Adams county, passed away at his home at Monroe this morning at 11:15 o’clock after a four weeks sickness, death being due to kidney trouble and complications. The diseased was 83 years of age, being born on April 12, 1838 in Preble county, 0., a son of John B. and Mary Pease. In 1860 he was united In marriage to Miss Eliza Weer and in 1861 moved to Kirkland township where he lived until about 1900 when he retired from active farming and moved to Craigville, living there until three years ago when his wife died and then moved to Monroe. The diseased is survived by four children, two sons and two daughters, they being Mrs. C. M. Andrews, of Monroe; Mrs. O. D. Weldy, of Fort Wayne; Charles Pease of Indianapolis, and Vince Pease of Bluffton. Mrs. Burt Mangold of this city is one of twenty-three grandchildren who also survive. The following brothers and sisters also survive: Sylvester Pease Sum mer, Mich.: Clark Pease, Darke County, O.; Mrs. Kate Rice, Marion. Ind.; Mrs. Anna Floyd, Turnbull, O? Mrs. Jane Dasher, Preble county, O„ and Cornelius Pease, Dayton, O. Funeral services will be held Mon day morning at 10 o’clock from the house, Rev. Payne of the Union Christian church officiating. Burial will be held in the Mt. Zion cemetery at Honduras.

THRESHING RING MEETS. The Stick-to-gether Threshing ring met Wednesday evening at the home of R. M. Fulk at which time settlement was made. Ice cream and cake were served to the following: Mr. and Mrs. John Summers, Dan Kelvin, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hower, Mr. and Mrs Manuel Miller and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rogers and family, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Weldy, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Geisel and family, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Leyse and family. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Roth and family, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Helmick, Mr. and Mrs. Mac Wright and family, P. M. Folk, William Johnson and Fred Zimmerman. Mac Wright was voted the champion ice cream eater. MARRIED THIS AFTERNOON. Rev. Tinkham officiated at the wedding of Miss Georgia Dille and Mr. Raymond Hakes. The young couple were married at the M. E. parsonage at 3 o’clock this afternoon and were unattended. The groom is employed at the KrickTyndall factory and they will be at home in this city. McCRAY GIVES REMEDIES Montecello, Ind., Aug. 27— (Special to Daily Democrat) — Panacea for business ills was advanced by Governor McCray here today in an address before the odl settlers meeting. “First in importance,” the Governor said, "is the solution of the question of creating a better demand for the products of the farm and range. The farmer is now bearing more than his proportion ot the economic bargain and we must find away to readjust the load.” The fanners’ buying power very largely regulates the business condition of the nation, the governor continued, and when the farmer stops buying the business of the country becomes stagnant. These are the other remedies the governor advanced for economic depression. Opening of world markets to the United States products. Restoring of Liberty bonds to their face value, reduction of freight rates.

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RATE INCREASES TAKEN TD UURT Fort Wayne Telephone Co. Files Suit Against Public Service Board IN FEDERAL COURT Petition to Boost Rates Refused the Company Seeks Legal Redress. (United Press Service) indianapilis, Ind., Aug 7. — (Special to Daily Democrat) — Charging that its present rates are so low they are confiscatory, the Home Telephone and Telegraph company of Fort Wayne today filed suit in federal district court here asking that the Public Service commission and the attorney general be restrained from enforcing an order denying the company an increase in rates. This is the first suit filed against the Indiana commission in federal court. The suit alleges that the commission did not take into consideration the money spent by the company in making improvements between Mar. 31. 1921 and the time that the commission refused to hear the company’s petition for authority to increase its rates.

The company filed a petition for authority to increase rates on March 31, 1921, which the commission denied. The company then filed a motion with the commission asking a rehearing. This motion was recently overruled. The suit asks that the commission be restrained from preventing ,the company from making a schedule of rates which would allow it a fair return on its investment. The basis of the entire suit w'as outlined in this contention: "The rates are so low as to be confiscatory and will deprive plaintiff of its property without due process of law and will take away from the owner of the company the property rightfully belonging to them without making proper provisions for just compensation which is in contravention with section 14 of the Constitution of the United States." The suit further alleges that the company has spent $55,000 on repairs since March 31; that it now has $112,000 worth of material to make further extensions of its service; that it will cost the company $1,000,000 to reconsturct and rehabilitate the service and adequately handle their growing business; and that the commission refused to allow the company an operating expense for the first three months of 1921. The company in declaring that it is not making a fair return of the investment pointed out that the commission allots a seven per cent, return and that he company is now making less than one p' ■ it. According to the suit the c any has been charging virtually the same rates for the last twenty-five years. John McCardel, chairman of the commission, said recently the city of Fort Wayne had the lowest telephone rates of any city of its size in the state. The suit was filed by Barrett, Hoffman and Barrett of Fort Wayne, and Haines and Mote of Indianapolis, former Public Service commissioners.

Mrs. O. T. Johnson anil daughter, Ruth, gave a chicken dinner Thursday noon in honor of Miss Velma Davis and her brother, Voyle, of Troy, O„ who are here spending the week with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Israel Bender. Other guests were Edith and Marie Tague, Mary Noll and Everett Johnson. Don't trust the man who says he’s boss in his house—he will lie about other things, too. Mrs. Velma McGill returned yesterday from Lansing, Mich., and has gone to Wren, Ohio, to visit relatives over the week-end. Jesse Cole of Fort Wayne will spend Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Cole of South Fifth street. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ THE WEATHER FORECAST ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Indiana —• Cloudy; probably local thundershowers in south portions tonight; Sunday generally fair, not much change in temperature. Lower Michigan — Part cloudy in west an dcentral portions; probably showers in extreme east portion tonight; Sunday generally fair, not much change in temperature. Upper Michigan—Generally fair tonight; Sunday increasing cloudiness, probably showers in west portion, not much change in temperature.