Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 9 August 1922 — Page 1

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■TRAFfICTIED | |)P KHEN MORE I MIL MEN QUIT I'atvisiKi"' I protest to Guards I more may walk out I Same Feelin* Exist’ Among S 111 Railroad Men Ihru- ■ ‘ out Country . ■ I lulled l’r*»" Senior.) ■ Chicago, Aug. 9.— (Special to Dai y ■ Democrat l-Thlrteen hundred -big ■ four" brotherhood men on the Elgin. ■ Joliet ami Eastern railroad at Joliet ■ we re on strike today, in protest ■ against troops guarding the right of ■ way- ■ The walkout, included engineers I firemen, conductors and trainmen. ■ switchmen were expected to join the H grike today. ■ The X J and E. is an outer belt | ij D e serving the Industrial towns in ■ the i hicngo switching district. ■ D n jon leaders declared the strike ■ !19 the most important sympathetic ■ wove to hack the shopmen since the’ ■ latter’s walkout started. ■ National guard troops continued to i ■ guard the Joliet yards when two men ’ B W ere killed in rioting Monday. No B further outbreaks had occured. I Some move was expected to end B the Elgin ;,ntl J °U«t walkout. It was ■ believed a recommendation would be' B sent to the Governor to have the B troops removed. Police authorities B it Joliet have asserted from the beB Fining of the trouble that troops ■ were not needed. ■ Anew angle was thrown into the H aseity tight, which has proved the ■ String block to rail peace, by a H NMent from A. O. Wharton, labor S Mtber of the railroad labor board, : ■ Wharton declared that the refusal ■ if 'he railroads to return to the strik-’ I lag shopmen their full seniority ■ rights may result in forever barring i ■ trsm employment on the railroads ap ■ proiimately one fourth of the men be i ■ cause they have passed the age limit I up to which carriers will employ new j I men. Without their seniority right the men would have to apply for positions i us new limit. ' The age limit on most roads is I forty-five” Wharton said. “On one. road least —the Pennsylvania— the I limit is thirty five. “I have no accurate figures on hand but I estimate the “over-aged men on ! strike as between 25 and 30 percent.” (leveland, 0., Aug. 9.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —"Hanging on by a thread.” ■ This description of the nation’s transportation systems was given the United Press today by heads of the big railroad brotherhoods. The statements followed information of the walkout of the brother- ’ hood members on the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern, because of controversies with troops on guard. It has been a difficult matter for sometime to keep our members in line because of troops and guards,” D B. Robertson, president of the brotherhood of locomotive firemen, said. Now since the walkout has started, it is hard to tell where and when they (C ontinued on page three)

M. E. Church Pledges Aid In Big Yeomen Movement

C hurc h Anxious to Have Children’s Home Located Here To the Brotherhood of American Yeomen: I Office of the Official Board of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of city of Decatur, Indiana. hi behalf of our official board and entire membership of our charge • o most heartily congratulate Yeo l “wy on the great blessing that has sntru lo . ll * n Benßlng most vividly the uiiK i ° f the Mastor ’ M words “Inasof th 38 haVe do ” e St unto the least nj... ye have done it unto of all ‘ W ° Ul<l ' lelight the hearts our solTd Ple t 0 haV ® “ portiou ot 1 dedic «t«d to this exalted ideal

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DANIELS-CRAMER REUNION The annual family reunion of the Daniels and Cramer familie.s will be held Sunday, August 13th at Bell moot Park and an enjoyable program i has been arranged. It is expected that at least two hundred people will attend. George Cramer is the presi dent and Mrs. J. O. Tricker Is the secretary of the association. HARDING WILL SEEK APPROVAL Will Place Before Congress Government Plans For Ending Strikes (United Prenn Service.) Washington, Aug. 9. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —President Harding next week will place before congress, for approval, the government's plan for seizure of certain railroads and coal mines, if the twin rail and coal strikes show no signs of breaking down by that time, administration officials stated today. The executive has about abandoned hope for an amicable settlements of the railroad strike, and is hopeful but not confident of an early settlement of the coal dispute. With all his mediation efforts fac- ‘ ing failure, Harding wants congress ; back of any emergency measures that he may find necessary to protect the : public interest. Although the executive now has the authority to take over the railroads lor the mines when he believes conditions would warrant such action. Harding desires congressional sane I tlon for such drastic steps. Legislation - also would be needed to provide for efficient operation of the utilities. In order to be competely prepared to meet any emergency as outlined above, the president summoned all members of the house back to Washington. , Indications today were that Hard ing's latest rail settlement proposal ' calling for a return to work by the strikers, leaving the troublesome sen | I iority question to settlement by the j railroad labor board, would be reject led by the strike leaders. The leaders meet here to pass on the question. They will not make ! their formal answer until after this I Friday, as they want to submit their I decision to the heads of the sixteen I railroad labor unions who confer here on that day. j The railroad executives will meet in New York Friday to pass on the Harding proposal that they reassign the strikers to duty pending action by the labor board on the question ot seniority rights. The heads of the 16 railroad labor , unions, meeting here on the same day, , were summoned to decide on a plan lot action to ‘conserve the public interest and evolve means of settling the strike on a fair and equitable basis. ANNUAL BUTLER FAMILY REUNION TO BE HELD IN DECATUR, AUG. 20. The 13 annual reunion of the Butler family will be held at the home of Samuel Butler on West Monroe street on Sunday, August 20th. The event is always well attended by the many relatives in this vicinity us well as those from other points in Indiana, lowa, Mich, Ohio and Mound is an event looked forward to with much pleasure by the relatives of the late Jesse Butler.

lof serving the Master by loving and 'helping his children. We are wishing and praying that you may find it advisable to bring to our community the concrete expression of this Christilike vision which you now hold; but iwherever it may be that this great vision may be manifested, our prayers will follow you and may God's bless ings crown the enterprise with abundant success. We do most whole hearted!" .tender to you our co-operation and united assistance in aiding you in securing the most desirable location of your “City of Childhood’’ at Decatur, Indiana. Fraternally Yours, C. H. COLTER JAMES T. MERRYMAN JOHN NIBLICK Committee

SAFETY GATES FOR THE G, R. S, I. CROSSINGS HERE Crossing Gates to Be Put in at Adams and Jefferson Streets Soon TO LESSEN EXPENSE i Improvement Will Eliminate One Crossing Watchman and Be Safer Material is on the grounds for the erection of a tower and railroad safe ty crossing gates at the Adams and Jefferson street crossings along the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad of the Pennsylvania System in this city The tower will be erected probably on the west side of tracks and mid way between the two street crossings and the block gates will be operated by an air pump in the tower, one man taking care of both crossings The gates will be lowered in advance to the approach of every train and will do much to elimtinate the pos sibility of accidens at these two crossings. The Pennsylvania Railroad com pany is making this improvement as means of curtailing expenses, the serv ices of one of the crossing watchmen being dispensed with and o avoid crossing accidents and smash-ups as much as possible. The watchman at the Monroe street crossing of the G. R. & I. will remain on duty as gates will not be erected : at this point. The G. R. & I. crossing gates will be the first ones to be installed at any railroad crossing in Decatur and may be the forerunner of the installation ot safety gates at other railroad crossings. H. L. Merry, the local agent of the G. R. & I. stated this morning that he did not know exactly when the gates would be installed and ready for operation. MANY ARE GOING ON EXCURSION Reports Indicate That Nearly 1,000 Will Go To Walbridge Park Reports from Decatur churches and I the churches in the county surrounding the city, indicate that a ar'.y I.UUO people will participate in the excursion to Walbridge Park, Toledo, on i Wednesday, August 16. The exenr- ' sion will be run under the manage- ' raent of he Methodist Sunday School of Decatur, but is open to anyone wishing to enjoy a day's outing, and incidentally visit one of the most beautiful and entertaining parks in the middle west. A special train consisting of several cars will be chartered over the Clover Leaf railroad and will leave Decatur at 6:30 a. m. Only two stops will be made between Decatur and Toledo, one at Pleasant Mills, and the other at Willshire. The train will leave Walbridge park on the return trip at 5 p. m., Central time. The special rates obtained by the local Sunday School for the excursion are adults $1.25,- and children, $.75. Every possible care will be taken by those in charge ot the excursion to guard the safety of the children and property of all who go. A park- ' ing space with a guard in charge will be provided near the station here for the automobiles of all who wish to go on the excursion. Tickets will bi ■ placed on sale in local business houses this week. KLEINKNIGHT KUNKLE FAMILY REUNION IN BLUFFTON AUGUST 31 The annual reunion of the Klein- : knight-Kunkle family will be held at t Washington Park, in Bluffton, on , Thursday, August 31st. This reunion is always attended by a large number -of decendants and a program has been arranged for this year's reunion which P will make the affair a great success. Charles Kleinknkight is president ot the reunion and John Kunkle is vices presindent. Mrs. Emma." Yost and son Oscar and daughters Mary and Leia, of Decatur, spent Tuesday evening with the O. T. Johnson family south of the city. Eddis Johnson has just returned from Bloomington.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, August 9, 1922

f ' Watch the Scoreboard RESULTS OF CAMPAIGN FOR CANDIDATES TO BE INITIATED ON AUG. 22 ’ — N Yesterday 130 Today 140 Gain 10 I i\ ENDOFCOAL STRIKE LOOMS Miners and Operators Gather at Cleveland for Their Final Conference (United Pre** Service.) Cleveland, 0., Aug. 1). —(Special tc Daily Democrat I- Termination of the nation-wide coal strike appeared cer tain today as the miner officials and operators gathered for the final con ference. Although the Indiana insurgent operators, a majority ot the Illinois mine owners and the southwestern operators have definitely declined to be present, any agreement reached will have the same effect as a formal!} i nation-wide wage scale. According to John L. Lewis any wage scale agreed upon will serve tc •nd the country wide walkout. Lewis intimated that the union will ake any agreement around to opera tors al! over the country and sign up with as many as possible. "Wlien it becomes a choice of sign Ing up or having mines remain idle, lie insurgents will sign," Lewis said Although both operators and union chiefs have declined to make a formal statement of the points discussed, it was believed tiiat the bituminous con troversy will be settled on the following basis: 1. —Renewal until Marell 23, 1923, of the wage agreement which expired March 31, 1922. 2. —Continuation of the check-off system. 3. —Appointment of a commission of miners and operators to investigate lie mining industry and make reports ipon which future wage agreements will be based. 4 —An agreeninf to begin negotia tions for a new wage scale several nonths prior to the expiration of the male agreed upon at this meeting, in irder to prevent another strike. The tonnage to be represented at he parley now totals more than 100, 100,000 tons. RAND CONCERTS TO BE RESUMED City Band Will Give Concert at Water Works Park Thursday Night After an interval of two weeks the regular concerts by the Decatur City band will be resumed tomorow night. During the interim the public has had the opportunity to gorge itself with all sorts of entertainment—ehautauqua.s carnivals, fairs, circuses and what not—and now selling back to the normal order of affairs, perhaps an old fashioned home band concert won’t sound unwelcome. During the recess the bandstand 'has been moved front the courthouse lawn to the new waterworks park where tomorrow night’s concert will be given as a sort of dedicatory ceremony. Director Gart Shober has prepared a program cosisting of partly new and partly old numbers, subject to modification, being as follows: Prelude —America March—“ Salute to the Park” King Overture—“ Radiant” Kiefer Two Songs (a) “Tucky Home” Young (b) “Marie” Motzan Waltz —“Chestnuts” Lake Serenade—"A Night in June” Clement Selection —“Martha” Flotow Bibo Medley—“ Songs of the Old Folks” Lake Waltz Song—“ Swanee River-Moon” Finale i INDIANA—Fair tonight and Thurs- ? day, except somewhat unsettled in the - extreme north portion; warmer tonight and in south portions Thursday.

SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED TO TWO YOUTHS ■ Purdue Scholarship s Awarded to Earl Archbold and Richard Davis VIEWERS APPOINTED To Investigate Proposed Highway Vacation; 1923 Budget Figures The county commissioners, before adjourning Tuesday evening, awarded the Purdue University scholarships to Earl J. Archbold of Decatur and Richard R. Davis of Pleasant Mills These two young men will attend the University in September and the i scholarships are good for one tern: or until next June. In the matter of the vacation of a highway as petitioned for by Catli erine Kiting in 1916 the county com inissioners appointed C. C. Wittwer Noah Augsburger, and Wilbert Leh man as disinterested parties to meet on Monday, August 14th, at the Auditor's office form an organization, view the proposed report, and make their report according to law. Tin land affected by this vacation lies where the J. F. Arnold farm is locate, in Washingto township. Tiie estimates and figures for tin 1923 budget were turned over tc County Attorney Henry B. Heller foi compilation and the totals will bi published this week. It was under stood that the total of the budget war about the same as last year, the only increase being for bridge repairs. SPECIAL ELKS MEETING There will be a called meeting ot the B. P. O. E. lodge tonight at tin club rooms at 7:30 o’clock. All mem bers are urged to be present D. M HENSLEY, Exalted Ruler SMALLCHANCE FOR RECOVERY Condition of Edward Kipfer, Injured Monday, Is Considered Grave A report from the physician attending Edward Kipfer, young Adams county farmer who was seriously in I jured last Monday when a tang from la pitch |fork, penetrated his skull, was to the effect that his condition was very serious and that there was only a small chance for recovery. Kipfer, who is 21 years old, war. engaged in baling hay in the barn on tiie Manson Reiff farm near Vera .Cruz. He was feeding the baler when the metal part of a pitchfork in the hands of Ed Moser, a fellow workman in the hay mow, came loose from he handle and struck young Kipfer on the head. One tang of the fork entered the skull slightly above the left eye and penetrated the brain to a depth of two inches. The young man pulled the fork from his forehead and walked to the house where he washed the blood from his head. Mr. Kipfer soon lapsed into unconsciousness after ho accident and he was rushed to the office of a physician in Berne. Later he was removed to the hospital in Berne maintained by the Hossman sisters and an operation was performed. The injured man remains in a semi-conscious condition. The brain was seriously injured and a hemorrhage of the brain resulted from the accident. Mr. Kipfer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kipfer, living in Adams county near Vera Cruz. PRESENT PETITION TO HAVE ADAMS-JAY COUNUTY LINE ROAD IMPROVED R. C. Stuber and M. E. Spangler, of New Corydon, met with the State Highway Commission at Indianapolis yesterday, and presented their for connecting an eleven mile strip of road on the Jay-Adams county line with the Celina concrete road on tiie east and the state road No. 21 on the west. In the interest of the J. W. Karch Stone Quarry company, Messers. Stuber and Spangler asked the commission for permission to obtain their road materials from that company. This will connect these two roads up with a concrete highway.

NO FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR WILLIAM A. BOWMAN At press time this afternoon no funeral arrangements had been made for William A. Bowman, prominent fanner who was killed when an Erie freight train struck his automobile one and one-half miles west of the city yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. TO GIVE YEOMEN WORK ON AUG. 22 Fort Wayne Lodge Accepts Invitation to Give Degree Work Here The Fort Wayne Homestead No 376 of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen has accepted the invitation from the local Brotherhood to give the degree work to the large class of candidates which will be taken into the lodge here in connection with the Indiana Yeomen Day celebration on L August 22. This information iias been < conveyed in a letter received here by Mr. S. E. Brown. It is proposed to , have a class of at least 500 candidates to take the work that day. The letter received by Mr. Brown Is ss I follows: Ft. Wayne. Ind., Aug. 2, 1922 Mr. S. E. Brown Esteemed Correspondent. To tiie .Archers of Decatur Home ' stead. Your invitation of the 20th received and which I read at our meeting of the 27th I herewith inform you that Homestead No. 37 accepted your invitation witli great pleasure, to put on the degree work at Decatur Aug. 22nd We regard this as a great honor to be able to put on the work for as large a class as you no doubt will have, and our team will give a good account of itself. Wo hereby wisli you success in landing this home. Fraternally Yours, RICHARD PUFF Correspondent »_ No Upsets In The Three State Primary Elections Yesterday (I tilled Preus Service.) Three state primaries in Ohio, Ar kansas and Alabama Tuesday failed to reveal any indication of “new sen timent” and provided no upsets, according to returns tabulated today. Carmi Thompson, Harding admin istration candidate for governor of Ohio, swept the state witli a huge plurality. Viv Donahey, was chosen as Democratic nominee. Governor T. C. Mcßae was appar- 1 ently nominated in Arkansas to sue-1 ceed himself. The Ku Klux Klan nominated its entire ticket in the Little Rock district. Judge W. W. Brandon was nominated by Alabama Democrats for governor. MAN WITH ZEIDMAN AND POLLIE SHOWS DIED AT MUNCIE FAIR ' Muncie, Ind,, Aug. S —As he ran 1 forward to bow acknowledgement of \ applause after he had ridden a buck- , ing horse at a wild west show, W. A. Poose. 60, veteran showman, doing 1 an exhibition at tiie fair grounds, plunged to the ground and was dead when picker up. Heart disease is said to have cans-: | ed his death. A widow and a child in Augusta, Georgia, survive.

' jo^?Mr *aa*^*-^W* ,| *«>**«» B, Will Take Legal Action Against State Tax Board

Miami County Fanners 1 Organize to Fight Valuation Increase — Peru, Aug. 9. —A new organization, I composed of farmers and a few citytaxpayers, was formed at a mass meet-1 tng in the Miami county court house I this morning and is called the Miami! County Taxpayers’ League. One of the important results of the organization of tile league was a unanimous vote of its membership to go on record as being in favor of the re ection by the county board of review of the proposed readjustment of the tax assessments in Miami comity , as called for by the stato tax board at its session last week. The farm-

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CONVICT LABOR TO BE RUSHED TO COAL MINES McCray Determined That Coal Will Be Mined in Indiana Coal Fields NOT SUCCESSFUL YET Not A Car Load Has Left Mines Since State Began Operation Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 9—Convict labor will be rushed into southern Indiana coal fields to dig coal under martial law if all other state plans for breaking the fuel famine fail. Governor McCray intimated today. “Coal will lie mined,” the governor declared. I “It will be mined in sufficient I quantities to meet emergency demands. Nothing short of settlement of the strike can stop us. “Only as a last resort wrli we use convict labor. This means was at first considered but was rejected in favor of the voluntary procedure. “But if we are forced to Jt. convict labor will be called upon.” McCray had just received reports of workmen imported into the Martial l.aw zone in Clay county deserting tiie ranks of men opening two strip mines at Stauton. Less than fifty men remained on the job there. He appeared mere determined than at any time since he started operating the coal properties under protection of 1,200 national guardsmen. Brazil. Ind.. Aug. 9—Apparent fail are of the plan to operate strip mines under protection of state troops marked the end of the first week of military occupation of Rowland Power Collieries in Clay county. Up until last night not a car load of coal had left the occupied territory and only two cars had been loaded. Less than fifty workmen were on the job despite all efforts to recruit them. Strip mine No. 3 of the Rowland Power Co., is the only one operating under state supervision and although steam is up in No. 9 it will take several days to clear the tracks Buffi ciently to get coal cars to it. it is generally believed here that if the mines are to operate, a complete change of policy will be necessary. It is predicted in many quarters that convict labor will be tried out as a last resort to save the situation. This course wan considered se riousiy by Governor McCray and state officials before Martial Law was declared and imported labor was started working. Seventeen men brought into camp by interurban and taxi cab —strike breakers in effect— went on strike yesterday. They said they had been hired at $7.50 a day as engineers, firemen and crane operators. Quitting work, they declared they were receiving fifty cents an hour for common labor. Ten per cent of the 1.200 national guardsmen scattered through four counties were in tiie famous Cyclone Division overseas and they still wear their uniforms. The “Cy” insignia on the shoulders of their tunics has changed in meaning from Cyclone to “Coal Yards.” The soldiers stationed around Staunton in the martial law zone went from house to house today collecting all guns in the district. They (Continued on page three)

ers claim that the action of the state board in calling for an increase in assessments on farm lands, sheep land household goods has the appear 1 ance of an attempt at class legislation an is destined to work particuilar hardships upon the farmers. Along with this motion it was decid led that, should the board of review reject the proposition of the state '.board, and the latter, as a result, orI der a horizontal increase to be levied on all property in the county, the 1 newly formed organization would take the matter to court and attempt to prove that such action is illegal. The new organization sprang up almost spontaneously and is composed of almost 150 representative farmers from throughout the county.