Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 23 August 1922 — Page 1

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DECATUR IS LOOKED UPON WITH FAVOR

to,ooo INDIANA MINERS letiirn to work today l|K OWNERS AND REPRESENTATIVES I OF MINERS SIGNED PEACE PACT I late YESTEROAr—MINERS HOLD I A CELEBRATION.

BB 7err>‘ Haute. Ind.. Aug. 23—(Spe- ■ (11 l to Daily Denim Hat I— Thirty ■ tM . a nd diggers returned to the ■ Indiana today. They went to ■ w k a t the same wage in effect be ■ lore the strike started April 1— ■ terms of the Cleveland agreement. B Mine owners and representatives of ■ the union signed a peace pact here ■ jjte yesterday. The only variation ■ from the Cleveland truce was that I miners who have to buy their own ■ powder for blasting coal, pay $2.10 ■ instead of $2 40 a keg now. due to the ■ decline in the market price. I Settlement of the coal strike on ■ tbeirown terms celebrated by miners ■ down here in the heart of the coal ■ Helds, was pretty much like the arm- ■ jstice was celebrated by America at I lirp. I Reporters who were sent to minI injcfflimnnlties as soon as the strike H lettkment was announced, found ! Mgr heals everywhere — happy r«. excited children and women ac■fly weeping for Joy. They had suffered, these people, fcr the principles they stood for. I “Their children have been hungry” [ said a grocer who carried so many miners on his books that his creditors have been harrassing him. "My I heart ached for them. All they ever I got were bare necessities.” I Dull skies and a steady rain failed I to dampen the miners’ eagerness to get back to work. Some trains did not run because I I the railroads could not make arrangements soon enough. So many miners trudged miles to their pits. Some hired motor trucks. In all it was estimated about > 20.000 of the stale’s 30,000 men went back today. The others will return gradually. Full production in all mines is a matter of time, for many of the mines muat be cleaned up before they can operate again. After the Bituminous Operators' association had signed the Cleveland agreement late yesterday the Indiana Producers' association, operating 20 •trip mines, signed the agreement. In this group were the Howlands mines, which were operated under •tate troops recently. President Hessler of the miners ■went to Universal today to sign up the two mines of the United Stafes Steel company. Illinois Mines Open Chicago, Aug. 23 —Illinois coal miners returned to work today after 120 working days of idleness. * Production was resumed early today, following the peace settlement reached by miners and operators in Joint conference here. Peace terms follow the lines of the recent "four state" Cleveland compromise. They provide for the old B< ale and working conditions up to April 1, 1923, when a new contract will be negotiated. Miners and their families rejoiced as the mines were stripped for action a»d the men returned to the pits. Mine mules were / corralled in Bloody Williamson” county an hour after the settlement had been announced. Today the Williamson county mines were steaming up full blast. Production of the normal topnage f or Illinois mines was expected by •be end of the week. .« notice The Dutiful Daughters class of the Ev ang e ;<eal church will not hold its •egular meeting Thursday night be Cailße of the Quarterly conference' w ich will be held at the church.. WANT ADS EARN—S-—?—s

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IRELAND'S HOPE I KILLED TUESDAY Michael Collins Assassinated From Ambush While Inspecting Army Dublin, Aug. 23 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Michael Coilins, Irelands hope Is dead. Collins, the fiery leader of the free state troops, was assassinated from ambush at Bandon, county Cork, while on a tour of inspection of his army yesterday. The automobile in which he was riding from Cork to Bandon, was fired upon. The most stringent military censorship was set up by the government today. There was a complete lack of details of Collins’ death, other than the bare announcement that the commander in chief was shot by irregulars nothing was given out. A triumvorate will succeed Collins at the head of the Irish free state. Death that claimed Ireland's two greatest leaders, Griffith and Collins, within ten days, left no single out standing figure. Liam T. Cosgrave, chairman of the provisional government cabinet, may rise to be Collins' successor, or it may be dashing “Dick” Mulcahy, commander in chief of the free state army. George Gavan Duffy, former envoy, is the third outstanding figure For the time being it was learned these three will head the free state government. None of them ifi comparand to Collins who, especially after the death of Griffith, due to heart trouble, last Saturday, stood out head and shoulders above all Ire land. • Unless the triumvirate succeeds, it was freely predicted that the free state may collapse due to activities of the rebels under De Valera which would again bring invading forces of British to Ireland and cause a renewal of the centuries old conflict. Collins in recent months was known as the “Lincoln of Erie”. He had been largely instrumental in inducing his people to accept the free state government. His death came at a time when Irelaltd was about to rest easier end devote her energy to the envelopment of resources. Michael Collins’ forces had been victorious over the rebels and were in power in most portions of Ireland. Collins was. < o.inlander in chief of the army, head of the provisional government and finance minister of the Dail. Appointed Administrator of His Mother’s Estate Benjamin H. Miller was appointed administrator of the estate left by his | mother, Catherine Miller, whose death occured at her home In Monroe township, oh August 3. The probable value of her estate was given at SBOO. There are five heirs of the estate, three sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. Files Suit Today to Forclose Lien The Holthouse Garage Company, through Lewis R. Holthouse, filed suit in the circuit court today against Mary Ireland, seeking to forclose an automobile lien and collect judgment in the sum of S6O. This amount is due for repairs and labor on the defendant’s automobile it is charged in the complaint. A. C. Butcher is the attorney* > for the plaintiff.

I CORPORATION ASSESSMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR Total Assessments in Adams County Placed at $6,080,385.80 by State RECEIVED BY AUDITOR Assessment Sheets Give Interesting Informa t i o n Concerning Companies The state’s assessments of railroads, interurban lines. banks, public utilities, pullman car companies, telegraph, telephone, express and pipe 'ine companies in Adams county is placed at $6,080,385.80. Copies of assessment sheets were received at the county auditor’s ofIce this morning anil besides showng the amount of the assessments •he miles or wires, tracks, pipe lines ind improvements of the different orporations is shown. There are 1428 miles of telephone vires in the county, the Citizens Telephone company of this city havng the most number of miles, the beet showing a total of 480.40 miles, vhile the American Telephone and Telegraph company has 406.38 miles. The Western Union Telegraph com■any has 261.48 miles. Railroad Valuations Chicago & Erie $1,585,310.00 Irand Rapids & Indiana 1,218,270.00 Toledo, St. L. & Western 776,900.00 Interurban Company Ft. Wayne & Decatur $93,571.00 Public Utilities Jerne Electric company...s 21.630.00 No. Indiana Gas & Elec... 75,147.00 farmers Light # Power Co. 4,600.00 Unn Grove Light & Power 41,796.00 Peasant Mills Light & P... 4,144.00 ’reble Light A Power C 0... 5,150.00 Illinois Pipe Line Co 896,310.00 ndiana Gas Transp. C 0.... 11,160.00 ndiana Pipe Line C 0.;... 632.677.00 Pullman Company ’ullman Sleeping Car Co.. .$30,684.50 Telegraph Company West. Union Telegraph Co. $30,331.68 Telephone Companies Vmerican Tel. & Telegraph $71,331.48 kdams & Jay Phone C 0.... 1,905.00 lingen Farmers Phone Co. 480.00 Citizens Phone Co., Decatur 129,794.00 iraigville Phone Co 5,100.00 domestic Phone Co., of Linn (Continued on page three) greaFconcert ON LIBERTY WAY i. E. Band and Community Chorus Pleased Hundreds With Fine Concert The corner at Liberty Way and Third street was the scene of a wonlerful concert last night. Hundreds >f people gathered there for the community singing by the large chorus directed by Mr. Charles Tingle and ’or the band concert given by the •Jeneral Electric band of Fort Wayne. Never before has such a large ihorus been so well trained as the horus of several hundred voices rained and directed by Mr. Tingle, >f the Reed Community Service Incorporated, of New York, who has been in Decatur since a week ago ast Monday. All of the many voices kept exactly together. Mr. Tingle alsk> sang several solos which were greatly appreciated. The concert given by the G. E. band was greatly enjoyed. This band is composed of accomplished musicians under the able leadership of Mr. John L. Verweire. Mr. Verwelre played a cornet solo last night and it was necessary for him to play an encore before the crowd would be quieted. The last number of the concert was "The Civil War,” a selection composed of many different tunes depicting the various conditions previous to, during, and following the civil war. When the band readied that part of the selection depicting the war, a firing squad fired several shots from army rifles, which (Continued on page three)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, August 23, 1922

Aged Willshire Man Died in Rockford Nelson Rice, an aged resident of Willshire, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. Overholser, at Rock- | ford. Monday afternoon from paralysis. I The deceased who has been making ids home with another daughter, Mrs. L. Troutner, of near Willshire, had been at Rockford for about a week on a visit when he took ill. He is survived by a widow, two sons, Jesse and Fred Rice, of Fort Wayne, and the two daughters. [ Tlie deceased is a member of the Church of God at Willshire. The . body was returned at Willshire for burial. DISPUTES MARK CONFERENCE OF I RAILWAY HEADS Little Hope of Peace Was Seen in Conference at New York City GOVERNMENT TO ACT Secretary Weeks Declares Government Determined to Prevent Tie-Up United PrcMM Stnff Correspondent New York, Aug. 23.—Special to Daily Democrat) —Rail executives this as ternoon carried to the “Big Four" me liators In the shop craft dispute theii answer on the seniority issue. A committee appointed by the 141 carrier heads who met here went tc the New Haven Board room to inform Warren Stone and the brotherhood leaders of the executives decision. The rail presidents Indicated bj every sort of unofficial statement that they had stood pat on the seniority and refused to meet suggestions that that striking shopmen be given back their former standing. Brotherhood chiefs this afternoon is sued a statement In which they said they returned to New York to do any thing in their power to reach agree nent. New York, Aug. 23. — (Special tc Daily Democrat) —Hitter dispute mark d the opening hours of the railroad executives conference today. Head; ->f 148 lines, meeting to consider pro posals of big four mediators to en< •he shop craft strike, found themseive: •nuch at variance over their reply. A. H. Smith, president of the N. Y. Hale Holden and C. H. Markham, a ■ommittee whose purpose was not dis -losed, went to the roof of the Yak ■lub after the general conference hat' been under way for some tlmo They paced up and down in earnes •onversation. Smith announced that •he delegates "had a lot of steam tc ?et off their chest” and that no de (Continued on page three) MAIL CARRIERS TO GET PENSION I Many of the 43,000 Rural Cariers in Indiana to Get Pensions Soon I • There are 43,000 rural free delivery carriers in Indiana. Mail carriers, both city and rural are retired at the age of 65 years. If any carrier of the age of retirement I has served 30 years his pension consists of 60 per cent of his average . wage for ten years previous to his , retirement. Having served 25 years at the age of his retirement, they are entitled to 50 per cent of the , average wage of their last ten years of service. They are assessed two and one-half per cent of their wages ’ under the civil service plan and the pension fund is derived from this source. As a result of this assessment a large fund has been accumulated and I there is now a movement on foot to [ cut down the assessment to one and ' one-half per cent of the wages of each carrier.

I ! TEACHERS WILL GATHER MONDAY FOR INSTITUTE Arrangements Completed for Annual County Teachers’ Institute Here INSTRUCTORS CHOSEN Institute to Consist of General Meetings and Public is Invited Arrangements have been completed .for the opening of the Adams County Teachers’ Institute in the court room here on Monday morning, at 9 o’clock. The institute will be in session until Friday evening. All teach- , ers expecting to teach in the county are required to attend and pay the fee or offer a satisfactory substitute n lieu of attendance. A resolution ' >f the County Board of Education equlres "That no teacher be employd in the fechools of Adams county who is not a member of the Annual i Adams County Teachers' Institute.” The instructors obtained for the inititute this year are: Lyravine Votaw, •ontralto, Fine Arts Building, Chicago—Music; Prof. L. R. Brown, head lepartment of English, Cleveland School of Education — Language; Prof. A. M. Harding, Ph. D„ Director >f General Extension and Lecturer, University of Arkansas—Visual initruction; Dean T. J. Breftwieser, Dean Eastern Division of Indiana State Normal School —extension and •ourses; L.B. Sawyer, principal of the Root township high school, is the reording secretary, and Mary Laugh in. of Decatur, and Helen Kenny, of i fefferson UtwHslup high school, are he enrolling secretaries. The sessions of the institute this /ear will consist of general meetings •ather than sectional, but at any time hat there is an evident need of secional meetings, such will be arranged. A feature of the institute this ear will be the courses in extension vork given by the Indiana State formal School. These courses will enable the teachers to meet the reluirements for teaching at the same ' ime they are teaching and for much ess expense than if they took the vork as resident students. Miss Elizabeth G. Murphy, an intructor in the Fort Wayne city (Continued on page two) ATTORNEY SEEKS TO COLLECT PAY A. C. Butcher Brings Action Against Former Client to Collect Account Adam C. Butcher, local attorney, lied a complaint in the circuit court oday seeking to collect the sum of 1780.04 from Frank L. Roop, which 'ie alleges is due him for services as in attorney at law, rendered to the iefendant at his own request. Mr. lutcher filed the case himself and will appear in court in his own behalf. In his complaint, Mr. Butcher dates that the defendant was the iwner of 127 acres of land in Root •ownship prior to February, 1922 During the month of February. 1922, the complaint states, the defendant conveyed the real estate to Charles and Harley Roop for the nominal consideration of $13,000. However. Mr. Butcher claims that the defendant received no consideration for the land and that he conveyed the land to the said Charles and Harley Roop for the purpose of cheating and delaying his creditors. s The plaintiff aske that the conveyance of the land be set aside and the deeds declared void. MARRIAGE LICENSE Dayton Gause, farmer, St. Marys township, born July 15, 1855, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ohio Gause, to Sarah Vannette, Blue Creek township, born March 19, 18900, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Vannette.

YEOMAN CELEBRATION A WONDERFUL INSPIRATION MR. JACKSON, MR. MCKEE, ANO OTHERS MADE INSPIRING ADDRESSES REFORE BIG CROWD-LARGE CLASS INITIATED.

GREETINGS FROM THOMAS TAGGART Letter Received This Morning From Former United States Senator A letter was received here this morning from Thomas Taggert in which he send greetings and words of welcome to the Brotherhood of Ameri•an Yeomen and assured them of the lospitality and good will of all Hoosers. Although the letter arrived one lay late, it was much appreciated since t shows that another great Hoos'ier is nuch in sympathy with the great philnhrophic ideal of the Yeomen and hat he is desirous of having the tome located in Indiana. Following is i copy of the letter: ilr. George N. Frink, President, Brotherhood American Yeomen. Decatur, Indiana. Dear Sir: It is, in very truth, a dgnal honor to bid you and the mem >ers of tlie Brotherhood of American feomen a most hearty welcome to the state of Indiana, and to the City of lecatur, with the assurance that we «xtend to you the hospitality and good will that throbs within the hearts of ■ach and every true Hoosier. And ,o, I say, it is a rare privilege to greet /on and your associates, and to com nend you Most highly for the noble nirpose to which you have seen fit o direct yopr efforts, vix., the con ■truction of a home and school for hose children who have been left be•eft of the tender love and klndlly solicitude of those whose places can lever be really filled, that is, their athers or mothers, and, in some intances, both. Certainly this is a vork which calls forth the admiration lot only of a community, not only ot a lation, but rather that of the entire iiiman family. May your deliberations be thorough . ind painstaking, may they revert to I he honor of you and your members, ibove all may they merit the approval ind cooperation of the people, may tlid state of Indiana be selected in which o locate the Orphan Home and School >f tlie Brotherhood of American Yeomen, and may He who has said: “Suffer the little childdren to come unto Vie," look down beamingly upon you ind bless you. Such are tlie hopes of one who is indeed happy to be privileged to salute you in the name of the citizens of the great State of Indiana. Sincerely Yours. T. TAGGART — Naoma Whitright is Very Seriously 11l Naomi Whitright. 12 year old daughter of Sam Whitright, of Patterson St., who has been ill at her home for the past ten days with appendicitis, took much worse Monday with general peritonitis and obstruction of the bowels. Yesterday evening, although surgeons thought her condition hopeless, an attempt was made to save her life by opening the abdomen and inserting drainage. She was holding out yet this forenoon, although practically no hope is held for recovery. NOTiGE The M. E. Ladies Aid society will meet Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the church parlor.

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+ ♦♦ + ♦ + + '•••••♦♦♦♦♦ + + WILL RETURN SOON ♦ + + + Before leaving this city last + + evening Mr. McKee, chairman ot ♦ + the location board said he expect- + + ed to return to Decatur within + - + the next three weeks, accompan- 4 + fed by Mr. A. N. Farmer, secre- ♦ ♦ tary, at which time the investiga- + + tion of proposed sites here will + + be further completed. Members <• + of the local committee in charge + f + were delighted with the success + + of the day as expressed by the 4 + visitors and more than satisfied + ? + with the honest expressions. + + made. While no decision is pos- + e •J sible at this time, local people + ♦ feel that the impressions made + + yesterday will be lasting. + ++++4-+++ + + + + + 4- + The Yeomen day celebration at Bellmont park was a inspiration. The community singing was so good that you sure missed it if you railed to see Mr. Charles Tiagle- of the Community Service and his j chorus of more than six hundred . voices. They thrilled the big crowd j estimated at from eight to twelve , thousand. The grand stands were f packed to the limit and the big tent , in front completely filled with enthusI iastic and responsive people. , The program at the park began at I 11 o’clock with a band cancert, com- , munity singing by the chorus and the people led by Mr. Tingle and at noon J a big picnic dinner was served, the 1 visiting officials being guests of about , twenty families who spread the feast in the center of the speaking pavlllion At one o’clock after a band concert by the General Electric and ; Decatur bands —both fine musical or ganlzations—Mr. Lutz, chairman of day’s program called the meeting to order. Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, of the Methodist church, gave the invo- | cation. The crowd bowed their heads for a moment of prayer for Judge J. 0. Moran and Mayor H. M. DeVoss, both of whom are ill and were unable |to take part iu the program. Mr. Jackson Spoke The welcome address was made by Ed. Jackson, secretary of state, who told of the attractiveness of Indiana, the stability of her people, our belief in the ideals for which the Yeomen are struggling and urged that the home and school be located here He made a splendid appeal for Decatur and his address was one of great merit. Mr. Mark T. McKee responded for the Yeomen and promised to return to make further investigations. He left no doubt of the Impression made upon him by the community spirit shown and declared that he had never witnessed such a demonstration for any ideal or any causa. Dr. Harry G. Hill, secretary of the National Optimist Club, presented Decatur’s advantages In a happy way. making the directors and officials the jury and rested the case with an eloquent appeal for Adams county whose people he has learned to love and respect. R. L. Hill, state manager of Indiana; Mrs. Malone, a district manager, W. R. Shirley, ot the board of directors; spoke and each gave a boost to the community spirit which was by this time fairly bubbling over. t Community Chorus Pleased The program was interspersed by just the right songs at the, right time, Mr. Tingle’s original songs for the Yeomen making a ten strike with the crowd and the visitors especially. 1 At four o’clock occurred the initiaC (Continued on page four)