Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1922 — Page 1

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GOVERNMENT MOVES TO ACT IN STRIKE

WILL EXTEND PERSONAL INVITATION TO YEOMEN L MEMBERS OF DECATOR YEOMEN LODGE GO TO DES MOINES, IOWA, 10 INVITE OFFICIALS ANO DIRECTORS TO CELEBRATION HERE.

I f ■!>. ii.h Quinn r-'presenting the spec- ■] committee of the I«”tußtrial AmoH, ~, and S K Brown, representing Yeomen lodge, left here at noon j>,lay for Des Moines. lowa, where |i; will personally extend an invlta |L to tin dire, tors and officials ot t!, Yee’min lodge to attend the cele ion here on . dm-sday. August While there they will also find just what is being done by other lities and especially by the city ks Moines and if possible ascerwhat chances this community has securing the home and school, his was decided upon at the first ting of the committee in full, held wb-n the organization was . ■ ■:> plans discuss F. M. Schirmeyer was elected ■ 1': secretary and ■ \ Eldng.-r. treasurer. The . hair w.-re urged to name their coin b.-r ..ml personal, and to report Lie held on call .h...r:i.n pieh.ibly for Thttrser Friday ernning of this week. 989H1 was also d“< ided that as soon as L.O.. a. . opted the invi i. . very member of fl committee must get real busy it is th,- desir* to make the event that will attra.t attention far and ■fl> ■ ' ill oi.ms will be extended every Yeomen lodge in Indiana, them to send a delegation here asking their assistance in securflf the home for Indiana and that it B located here. Efforts also will be fly l '* l ' 1,1 obtain the presence here of McCray. Secretary Davis of president’s cabinet. Governor Senators Watson and New’, Taggart and other famous and to make them members of th ■ Decatur homestead. ■ laist night’s meeting was an enone and every chairman lias coat off and is ready for the camMr. Guy Brown, a member of local Homestead was elected Borman of the membership commit and will be assisted by the en■ti’ board. Lodge Furnished Lunch At the conclusion of the session night, about nine o'clock, lady ■embers of the Yeomen Homestead an invitation to come to hall where a delicious luncheon ■ as served, including sandwiches, ■nch, cake and ice cream, and a hapfl half hour was more than appreciated.

Phe Cloverleaf Building I Switch To New Hospital

■ ty IS Also Extending A Six Inch Water Main to New Building ■ The work of laying the ballast for ■ailron°i le< ’ 0 i St- LoUis and Western i ■• '• ] SWltell t 0 tlle Adams County ■dZ ,a HoSPital Wi " started! ■witch WUhin “ Bhort timo the B be ready f °r service. | ■he BWitch 18 beln * bul[ t fom Bhe south' eaf tracks w,, lch run past Th P I. t,le 1,08 P it al la being Kix inch . sty iS also ext ending a Bite. Water maln t 0 the hospital ■ng'pX" Char,es Sanderß ls -ak. ■ » gress on the building of the

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RATIONING OF 5 : COAL MAY BE RESUMED SOON I ‘ War Time Method of Con- ' servation of Fuel May Be I’ut Into Operation • PROPOSAL F A V 0 R E 1) 1 Acceptance of President Harding's Proposal Seems Probable Now I Washington, .July 11. — (Special to Daily Democrat) —A system of coal rationing will be necessary if the coal > miners and operators do not agree to resume mining operations within two I ar three weeks, a high official of the government Tn close touch with the situation said today. Plans are now being drawn for a voluntary revival of the war time conservation policies employed by the r fuel administration and will be put into operation it the strike is long t continued, it was learned. ' The first step in the rationing and conservation program would be to give ‘ priority rights on coal shipments to ’ those users upon whom the life of the nation depends in large degree. Under the program the government ' I would have first priority on coal, next would come the railroads and the pub ' lie utilities, the operation ot' which 1 are essential to prevent suffering throughout the country, then private > consumers and the essential indus--1 tries, and finally the non-essential in- ’ dustries. At the same time, an appeal for the ’ greatest possible conservation of coal 1 would be made by the government. Efforts would be made to put the ■ priority plan into effect first through, I voluntary arrangements but If that ■ were not possible, the president prob-1 • ably w child use his emergency powers ' to orier it into effect. t (By James T. Kolbert, United Press r staff correspondent) I Washington, July 11 —(Special to > Daily Democrat)— Acceptance by the i miners and operators of President Harding's proposal for arbitration of the nation-wide mine strike now seems probable within a week. (Continued on page four)

hospital and the workmen are now busy pouring concrete for the foundations . The hospital when completed will contain thirty-six rooms, will be 1 three stories higli and will cost ap- | proximately $125,000.00. According Ito the contract signed between the ; hospital trustees and the contractor the building is to be completed by i next May. NOTICE There will be a meeting of the . Board of Guardians Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the public library. All members are requested • to be present, if possible, i MRS. D. D. HELLER.

HEART TROUBLE ; CAUSED DEATH OF YOUNG MAN I E d v i n Barrone, Y o u n g I Farmer of Union Township, Fell Dead Monday I FOUND BY RELATIVES ’ Had Been Engaged in Making Hay Yesterday at the Home of His Uncle Edvin Barrone, age 21 years, a young farmer of Union township, died ■•uddenly on the farm of his uncle. Richard Bischoff shortly after 5 o’clock yesterday evening, and his body was found lying out in the rain near the j barn by relatives a few minutes fol- . owing his death. ‘ I Mr. Barrone, who lived* with his I ather and mother, .Mr. and Mrs. Wil- | dam I). Barrone, had been engaged I n making hay at his uncle's farm yes erday. When the rain began late in lie afternoon, the men left the hay I leld and young Barrone took a load | if hay to a neighbor about two miles i rom the Bischoff home. He unhitched lis horses and lead them home. When le reached his uncle's home he took he horses into the barn and tied them. Mr. Barrone's wife, parents, uncle ind aunt, were in the house waiting or Edvin to come in to supper. When le failed to come to the house after >everal minutes, members of the fam ly went to tha. burn and found his >ody lying a few feet from the barn n the rain. He was carried to the louse and the family physician sum noned but life was extinct. Mr. Bar cone had been troubled with heart rouble in his boyhood days, it is said, >ut lately had been feeling very well. However, it is thought that in a hur•y to reach his home to prevent from jetting wet, he exhausted himself and' ,vas attacked by heart trouble. Dr Vfattox, of Geneva, County Coroner, nade an investigation of the death his morning and found that death vas due to heart trouble. Edvin Barrone, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Barrone, was >orn in 1901. He was married about wo years ago. He is survived by his ivife and parents. The family home is ocated six miles northeast of Decatur. Funeral services will be held from ‘he Bleeke church at 2 o'clock Wed nesday afternoon and burial will be neld in the Bleeke cemetery. willrecelve’ BIDS TOMORROW Contract for New School Building in Blue Creek Township To Be Let Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock is the date set for receiving bids for ' | the construction of a new school house in Blue Creek township in Distrist No. 14. The members of the Advisory .'Board and Charles J. Jones, trustees, ! will meet to consider the bids and let ’I the contract for the building. District No. 4 is commonly known ' \ as the North Brick district. Plans have ’.been prepared for a building to cost I approximately 13,000. In addition to ‘ letting the contract for the general 5 construction of the building, separate ‘ contracts will bo let for the installa- ! tion ot a gravity hot air heating and ventilating system, and for a chemical r toilet system. A remonstrance to the bond issue was filed by a number of taxpayers residing in that township and a hearing was held by a member of the state 3 board of tax commissioners. Follow- •. ing the hearing the tax board cut the c issue to SII,OOO and approved it. The d advisory voard of Blue Creek township is composed of John Habegger, H. O. Swoveland and John Tinkham.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, July 11, 1922

WELLS COUNTY FARM HOME BURNED TO GROUND YESTERDAY FORENOON The country home of Charley Hubbard, in Liberty township, Wells conn ■ ty. burned to the ground Monday ' forenoon at about 1U o'clock. The tire • was discovered by Mrs. Hubbard, the only member of the family nt home at the time, and it caught in the roof, f supposedly from the chimney. The men were in the field and rushed to the scene of the tire as soon as possible, with every prospect of sav- < ing the building, but the absence of a ladder on the farm prevented anyone from getting on ths roof where the finstarted until it was too late to do et fectlve work. The furniture was got ten out of the home before much damage was done to it, except from i smoke. I Two daughters working in the piano factory in Bluffton were notified and left their work at once. The Hubbard home is located east ' and north of Liberty Center. CLOVER LEAF TRAIN INJURED MAN AND WOMAN Struck Buggy Near Fort Jennings, Ohio, About 7:30 P. M., Monday TAKEN TO DELPHOS Mrs. Frank Render of Decatur Aboard Train When Accident Occurred Clover Leaf passenger train No. 5, lue into Decatur at 8:39 p. m. struck i horse and buggy containing Mr. and Vlrs. William Allemeier, one-half mile .vest of Fort Jennings, Ohio, aout 7:30 o’clock yesterday evening. Mr. Allemeier was seriously injured and his wife badly bruised. Mrs. Frank Render, of this city, was t passenger on the train, returning ' rom a visit with relatives in Fort Tennings. She said that the train had just left Fort Jennings and was runting slowly around a curve when it ipproached the crossing. Mrs. Alleneier said that they saw the train approaching but, on account of the rain it appeared to be farther away than it was and they believed they could get across the track before the rain reached the crossing. The train struck the buggy squarely ind hurled it to the side of the track. The horse was freed from the buggy ind ran down the road. The engineer >n the train applied the brakes and stopped his train before the rear coach had reached the crossing. Mr. ind Mrs. Allemeier were picked up and taken to a hospital to Delphos. Ohio. I an the train. Mr. Allemeier who is >3 years of age was unconsious when nicked up and the extent of his injuries has not been learned. He was severely cut and bruised and it was .'eared that he was injured internally. Mrs. Allemeier suffered many bruises, her left shoulder was wrenched, (Continued on page six) WILLREMODEL MOVIE THEATRE Plans for Improvement and Enlargement of Crystal Theatre Announced i I Messrs Spray and McCormick, man- • agers of the Crystal and Mecca mov- • ing picture theatres in this city, today I announced plans for remodelling the I Crystal theater whereby it will be made twice as large and a modern , movie house. The work of remodeling will be started within the next , two weeks, it was said today, and will require about one month to complete it. The room will be extended back to the alley on the east, a distance of 5 thirty feet from the present east end ’ of the room. The basement will be (Continued on page six)

LOCAL PEOPLE IN HEART OF SEVERE STORM Sought Shelter in a Farm House Near Waterloo While Cyclone Raged AUBURN HARD HIT • ■ Much Damage Done in Decatur Yesterday Evening By Volume of Water i Four Decatur people were in the , heart of the severe storm which swept I over the northern section of the state yesterday afternoon. Mt(. and MJ-s. Jack Meibers and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kohn, were returning to their homes here after spending a week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reppert, in Jerome, Michigan, when the storm overtook them a few miles north of Waterloo. The local people left Jerome about I noon yesterday, driving Mr. Kohn's i automoitfle. About 2 o'clock a cyi done cloud appeared suddenly in the sky very near them and they stopped it the nearest farm house. They barely had time to drive their automobile J nto the driveway and get into the house before the storm began. The house shook as thought it would be blown over and the rain fell | in torrents. Every shade tree in the lawn at the house where the Decatur people found shelter, were blown over ind a large corn crib was also turned over. As soon as the storm had spent itself, the party resumed the journey to Decatur. They stated today that there was barely room between the fallen roes and telephone poles to drive their car. When they reached Waterloo it was very difficult to get through ‘he streets. Shade trees and buildngs were blown over. Auburn was extremely hard hit by the storm. Only a few of the shade rees were left standing and buildngs were badly damaged. Streets were blockaded and it was necessary to drive through back yards and aleys to get through the city. All • raffle on the interurban line between Auburn and Fort Wayne was stopped jn account ot’ trolley poles being Mown down. Considerable damage .vas also done in Fort Wayne. While a great volume of rain fell In the vicinity ot’ Decatur, the wind did very little damage. Water was across the Fort Wayne-Decatur road it the bridge nortli of Monmouth am' it was necessary for automobiles and (Continued on page six) BARN STRUCK BY LIGHTNINGj Set Fire to Buggy in Barn of William Geier Yesterday Evening Lightening struck a barn on the farm of Fred Geier, si* miles southeast of Decatur, during the rain storm about six o'clock yesterday evening, i and had Mr. Geier not been near the barn at the time, the barn would likely been destroyed by fire which followed the bolt. The lightning ' struck the corner of the barn, ran down an adjoining shed roof, entered the shed, and set fire to the top of a storm buggy. Mr. Geier was feeding hogs near ■ the barn and noticed smoke coming ’ from the building. His first thought 1 was that the hay in the barn was 1 afire and he opened the shed door to 1 pull the buggy outside to safety. It was then that he noticed the fire in the buggy. He extinguished tile fire with a few buckets of water. No an--1 imals were in the barn when the bolt struck it, but the building was full , of new hay, and the fire would soon ( hove spread from the buggy to the hay if Mr. Geier had not been near. . ■ » — WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s

RAILWAY SIGNALMEN NOT ITO WALK OUT ON STRIKE ACCEPT AN AGREEMENT SIMILAR TO THAT REACHED BY MAINTENANCE OF WAY MEN---RANKS OF STRIKING SHOPMEN HOLDING INTACT.

GERMANCRASH DISCUSSED BY BRITISH TODAY Lloyd George Laid Situation Before Cabinet to Determine Action CONTINENT AFFECTED Demoralization in Germany Expected to Grow Unless Action is Taken Uy Ed. L. Keen I lilted I’reMM Start' <'orreN>ondrnt London, July 11. — (Special to Daily Democrat) —With the German crash 1 threatening to plunge the continent into the worst financial am! political I crisis since the war, Lloyd George today laid the entire situation which I resulted in the collapse of the mark before his cabinet. The action of Great Britain regarding the situation admitted to be most critical, will be determined at the meeting. The British expect the demoralizai Jon in Germany to grow unless the quickest remedial measures are taken, but it is emphasized in government 1 circles that the outcome rests upon France to a large degree. The British attitude still favors an international loan to Germany as the j basis ot readjustment of reparations, I but Lloyd George and his advisors have not yet decided whether to re- ' tew the suggestion to France for a revision of the reparations schedule. Hope is soon by members of the i cabinet that the present trend of GerI many toward, bankruptcy— with h the British say is at least nine tenths i genuine—will act as a warning to impress France tliat modification of the reparations terms is necessary. France will either favor coercive steps against Germany or will awaken | to the realization that the only means i of collecting from Germany is by - moderating the reparations terms, it was believed here. Great Britain will probably await | the action of France before taking decisive action. The allied committee on guarantees is expected to arrive in Paris from (Continued on page six)

_ _ _ State Bee Inspector In Adams County This Week

Declares All Bees Will Be Destroyed Unless FoulBrood is Eliminated James E. Starkey, of Indianapolis, a member of the state bee inspection force, arrived in Adams county yesterday and accompanied by County] Agent Busche began inspecting bees in the vicinity northeast of Decatur, i A large amount of foul-brood is being found and it is imperative that all beekeepers co-operate in stamping out this dread disease by having their bees inspected and if disease is i found to immediately take measures to eradicate it. “If foul-brood is allowed to spread > for a few years as it has during the

Tho government moved to act as the industrial situation throughout the country increased in gravity today. The cabinet met to consider the crisis in coal and rail strikes and it was decided President Harding will ’ issue a statement tonight giving the | government firm attitude toward the I rail strike. Harding is expected to warn that , mails must not be interferred with, that interstate commerce must move anti violence must not be tolerated. Reports of violence sabotage and serious affect of the strike upon in--1 dustry mounted. The Southern Pacific railroad callled for troop protection charging strikers have used dynamite and shot a guard in attempt to enforce the shop strike. A mob stormed a Lehigh Valley round house at Wilkes Barre, Penna. A non-union workers was beaten at Augusta. Ga. Two strike breakers and a guard were injured at Milwaukee. At Brownsville, Penn., a striking miner and his son were seriously hurt and taken to a hospital. Suspension of railway mail service from 3.000 miles of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas and from a run on the Baltimore & Ohio was announced Rationing of the nation's coal supply impends with the strike in its one hundredth second day. Chicago. July 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Railroad signalmen today definitely announced they would not join in the shopmen’s strike. D. W. Rait, head of the union, stated he had accepted an agreement, similar to the compromise proposition on which the maintenance of way union had called off their threatened strike. The signalmen will open negotiations immediately with various railroads in an effort to reach an agreement on a new wage scale. In case this is not effective, the question will be brought before the labor board and an award of a wage increase will be retroactive to July 1. By Charles R. Lynch t ulied I’reMM Staff CorreMpontlent Chicago, July 11.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Ranks of striking railroad shopmen were held intact over tiie most critical period of the walkout, through support by wives of the workmen. Bert M. Jewell, union chief declared today. Jewell said none ot' the strikers returned to work on the expiration of the railroad's ultimatum tliat they would lose seniority and pension (Continued on page six)

past few years in some parts of Adams county all the bees will be destroyed,” stated] Mr. Starkey thiis morning. In many cases where owners thought their bees had been winter killed or were destroyed by moths or ants the cause was found | to be foul brood. Mr. Starkey will be in the county I several days and it is expected to , reach every bee keeper. Thursday forenoon will be devoted to the city |of Decatur and all those who have bees in the city should make sure they will be reached by the inspector at that time. Beekeepers should call Lee Vance, secretary of the Adams County Beekeepers Association, of the county agent's office.

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