Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1923 — Page 1

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EVACUATION OF RUHR IS CONSIDERED

OTHER NATIONS Kill RE ASKED TO PAY DEBTS V s. to Start Negotiations for Settlement of Other War Debts Soon FRANCE OWES MUCH Will Invite Other Debtors to Negotiate on Basis oi British Terms Washington, Mar. 20-(Speeial to | Daily Democrat)—New negotiations I for settlement of the remaining i s fi ,4i)o,ono allied nations owe the! United States will soon be-under-taken. France. Italy. Belgium. Chechoslovakia and others may be informed officially, it was learned at the treasury department today that this gov crnnient is prepared— in view' of the . British arrangement —to proceed fur- ! ther with the task, of refunding. While there is no disposition of j this government to hasten negotia- i lions with nations which have not yet paid, members of the American refunding commission believe it is i proper that the remaining debtors I should be invited to negotiate on the. basis of the British settlement or to suggest terms. There is every chance that some of. the nations at least will accept this opportunity, officials believe. Frame had contended —in negotiations undertaken last summer—that her financial condition was suck that alio would be unable to pay imrucd lately. A satisfactory settlement of the Ruhr situation might encourage re ' sumption of negotiations, it is thought. France Owes Large Sum France owes 13,770,000,000 and if the amount was funded, there would 1 remain only a little more than 12,600,000.000 outstanding. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon expects to place in the hands of the British ambassador here today the i final draft of the British contract i This will be communicated to Lon-1 don and then a formal final draft will be made as approved. The British have notified Mellon they will pay the full J 23.000.000 duo this year and will not make use of the optional clause which would per mit them to carry over part of the amount. Funding of the $9,000,000 Finnish llp|,! is expected to be concluded fithin a week. 6ET3 SECOND DEATHTHREAT 1 rosecutor of Gary Liquor vase Again Threatened; Postmarked Chicago j j. nited Press Service) wianapolis, Mar. 20.-~(Special to Democrat) —A second letter threatening Homer Elliot. United ‘tates district attorney, with death "“leas he drops prosecution of the ■' r > liquor conspiracy case was repealed today. fhisats were also said to have been m.ul against Judge Ferdinand A. 'Eer of Milwaukee, who is presiding 'ei the trial of Mayor Roswell John--011 "1 Gary and other Gary and Lake ro, 'nty officials. The. letter like the one received Vh i.il ( ] a y s ago ()y was p Os tti n, ''* 1 , ’ I<aßo un< * was similar in tli'/c lIS teXt * as n °t disclosed but " '"’st letter told Elliott “you will! lal got” reference being "• to the king of Gary’s little Italy 110 was killed. thr?. n . llllttne ° UB ' y a nian sa * l * to have witn,' °® clals “nd prosecuting but i* " as heated in a hotel here him °® cers w ho characterized Blrn “« a -nut.” ntem' lln f Wenior y of several govern I bus "htiesses in the last few days considerable comment "ntinued on page six)

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County Agent Has Bulletins for Women A number oi copies of different i Purdue bulletins which will be of in- • terest to every housewife have been ' received at the county agent's office for free distribution. The bulletins are entitled as follows; The Preservation of Meats; The Home Made Dress Form; Cold Pack Method for Home fanning; Household Conveniences; fanning Meat; Home Furnishings; The School Lunch. These bulletins : may be received free of charge by ■ lulling personally of by written ; request. DROWNED SELF IN GRAVEL PIT — Ossian Man Committed Suicide Yesterday; Body Found Last Night Ossian, Ind., March 20.—The body !of Jehu Johnson. 62, was found last j night by a party of searchers from Ossian in the Bushee gravel pit, about three and one-half miles we. t : of here. Mr. Johnson is believed to have committed suicide and is I thought to have jumped in the gravel 1 pit early in the afternoon. He had been in poor health for ’ some time and it is understood by i some of his friends that there was a . suspicion that he was unbalanced ' mentally although he had had no 1 trouble further than his iilness to prompt the suicide. He was well enough physically to be in Ossian only a few days ago. About 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon Mr. Johnson pjepaaed to Jtsu-c his home to go to the woods on hi: farm to cut poles. His wife objected to his working in the woods on su< h a day and made an effort to have I him postpone this work until a day ! when the weather was more agree able. He would not listen to her reasoning, completed his plans for going to the woods and departed. | About the middle of the afternoon i Mrs. Johnson became uneasy and ; went out to see if she could find her i husband. She was not able to find j him in the neighborhood where h • j had proposeil going, and called a number of neighbors to assist her. The first trace they were able to find of the missing man was throng') a famer named Kumser, who had seen Mr. Johnson going north, early in the afternoon. The search was kept up by neighbors without success for several hours and early in the evening a large number of Ossian people joined the searching party. The next trace of the missing man was when his overcoat, axe and mittens wenfound on the bank of the Bushee I pit, about two miles from his home, i The coat was about 10 feet from the ledge of th* water in the gravel pit. land L*y the side of it was laying his tobacco pouch, indicating .that the last thing he may have done before feet of water in the pit was to take i a chew of tobacco. A hole in the thin coating of ice on the pond also was regarded as evidence of the tragedy. The searchers kept at their work and about 9:00 o’clock when it had become generally concluded by the searching party that Mr. Johnson had committed suicide, or at least that his body was in the gravel pit notified the county sheriff, the coroner and chief of police at Bluffton. Deputy Sheriff Frauhiger, Coroner Mcßride, and Chief of Police Henry Gehrett responded immediately. About 10 o'clock the body of Mr. Johnson was found in the pond, about 10 feet from the bank, and was pulled from the pit by Clay Bowman and Cecil Holmes, members of the searching party, who were using grappling hooks. Near the overcoat and leading down to the edge of the water were footprints which Indicated that Mr. Johnson had taken a run down the bank to make sure that he would break though the thin ice on the pond. He had not removed his hat, and this dropped from his head as the body was removed from the water. In one pocket there was also found a heavy rope, and this was (Continued on page two)

PLANES BOMB ICE JAM. THREATENI NG CITY. ♦ / ♦ IK r JSL * ' MSF * • Ytfc —‘ - *** 4L >. I (Pacific and Atlantic Photo) The water spout above is caused by a bomb which has just been dropped from a plane. It landed on ice which jammed in the Delaware river near the city of Port Jervis, Delaware.

EVANGELICAL BISHOP DIES Bishop. Thomas Bowman, Head of Denomination Many Years, Expires Allentown. Pa., March 20.—Thomas Bowman, bishop emeritus of the Evangelical church of the United States, died yesterday at his horn • here. He was 87 years eld. Bishop Bowman had been ill more than a month. Horn in I-ehigh township. Northampton county, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1836, Bishop Bowman received his early education in an academy at Easton. He entered the ministry in 1859. During the Civil war he took a firm stand against slavery and his sermons were widely quoted. He was elected to the episcopacy in 1871 and , served continuously for 39 years. Dining that period he presided at all the conferences in the United States and Canada and made eight episcopal visits to European conferences. On account of his advanced age he retired as active head of the church at the Los Angeles conference in 1914. For a number of years he was president, of the board of trustees of Northwestern College, Napiervillp, 111. He was principal of the theology seminary at Napiervllle, ’lll., for 18 years and since 1908 had been prin I cipal emeritus. Bishop Bowman was chairman of Evangelical association and the I United Evangelical church to form a bajsis for the retjoion of the two ; denominations. Would Abolish All Private Property (United Pre»n Service.) London, March 20. — (Special to Daily Democrat)—Phillip Snowden, labor member of parliament, presented this afternoon in the house of commons, a bill to provide for nationalization of land in Great Britain : and abolition of private property. Snowden will Introduce in the 1 house tonight, a resolution proposing gradual supression of the "Capitalistic system of government by an inJ dustrial and social order based upon ! public ownership and democratic I control.” FIRE IN STOCK YARDS (United Presa Service) ( hicago, Mar. 20.—(Special to Doily Democrat)—Fire at the Chicago stock yards early today caused a loss ot about $250,000. The plant of the Mercury Manufacturing company was totally destroyed. Fifty trucks were lost in the blaze.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening;, March 20, 1923.

A SERIOUS MISTAKE (United Press Service) Dallas. Texas, Mar. 20.— (Spe - cial to Daily Democrat) —O. C. Pas I chai, bruised and beaten, reported to police today that he had been flogged by mistake. Paschal, returning home last night from a visit to West Dallas, was stopped by a ruse, according to hie story. Men sprang from brushes and attacked him, he declared. After the beating x one oi the leaders apologized, saying they had seized the wrong person, Paschal said. After reporting to police Paschal was treated at Emergency hospital. MRS. MARY KERN EXPIRED MONDAY Former Resident of Decatur Died at Son’s Home in Fort Mayne Mrs. May E Kern, age 80 years, a former resident of Decatur died at 12:55 o’clock yesterday morning at the home of her son. George Kern, 1414 East Creighton avenue, Fort Wayne, following illness of two years of paralysis. She was born in Ohio but later moved to this city. For the last five years Mrs. Kern had lived in Fort Wayne. She was a member of the Evangelical church In this city. Surviving are three sons, George,, of Fort Wayne; John, of Pittsburg and Frank, of Clyo Michigan; thfr teen grandchildren; three great grandchildren; one sister. Mrs Martha Spuller, of this city; three broth era. Rev. W. Lucky, of Washington. D. C.; Rev. L. W. A. Lucky, of New York; and J. G. W. Lucky, of Marion. The body will be brought to this city for funeral services at the Evangelical church at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Short services will be held from the residence in Fort Wayne previous to coming to this city. The Rev. C. L. Haney, pastor of the Evangelical church, will have charge of the service. MARRIAGE LICENSE Emil Moser, laborer, Adams county, ago 31) years, to Nina Ethel Gottschalk. nurse. Adams county, age 32 years. ♦ WEATHER ♦ • ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ INDIANA— CIoudy and somewhat unsettled tonight and Wednesday; warmer tonight; colder fn northwest portion Wednesday afternoon.

FUNERAL HELD FOR MRS. LUDY Jeffersun Township Lady, Who Died Saturday, Was Buried Today Funeral services were held from the Bethel <-huch east of Berne at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon for Mrs. Susan Ludy. age 77 years, who di d at tlu- home of her son. Elmer Ludy, in Jefferson township. Sat rday evening. The Rev. Frank John son, of Denver, Indiana, conduct <1 the funeral services. Mrs. Ludy w.i.t a member of the Bethel church. B trial was made in the Mount Hope cemetery. Mrs. Ludy had been in ill health for five weeks with an attack of influenza ami pneumonia She was born in Darke county, Ohio, August 4, 1845. Her father and mother were Henry and Lydia Shumaker. On July 2, 1866 she was married to John ludy and they moved to Indiana about thirty years ago. Five children were born to the union. The husband and two children ‘preceded | Mrs. Ludy in death. The following children survive: Elmer Ludy. of Jefferson township: Dora Ludy, of Portland; Mrs. Esta Oakley, of Muncie; Mrs. Dot Vorhees and Mrs. Ada Vorhees oi Maricopa, California; .Hrs. Pearl McCullom of Kentucky, and Mrs. Myrtle Myers, of Ashtabula, Ohio. A brother and a sister in Darke county, Ohio, and a sister in Dayton. Ohio, also survive. School Principals to Meet Here Saturday — A meeting of all of the school principals in the county will be held in the office of County Superintendent E. S. Christen on next Saturday forenoon. Arrangements for the annual county sectional, and township spelling matches and for the county Field Day and Oratorical i meet will be made at the meeting, j The district spelling matches will be' held on Friday of this week. Jury Called to Hear Cases Here Tomorrow The pet 11 jury has been called to hear the cases of Studebaker vs. Heche and Brown vs. Heche in the circuit court here tomorrow. The cases, which are complaints for dam-! ages resulting from an automobile accident, were renued to this county from Wells county. The case of Lammert vs. The Schafer Hardware company, which was set for trial today, has been con ! United,

Station Moved From Collett to Bryant Th<* G. R. <V I. depot) located at Collett, six miles south of Bryant was moved on n special train ’Saturday! night to Bryant, to replace the depot, burned there Saturday morning. The depot has been located at Collett for many years. There will be no depot, except a small waiting station at Collett in the future. I According to word from Bryant. ’ there was less than J 25 in money In the depot at the time of the fire ; i Saturday morning. WARMWEATHER PROMISED SOON Tomorrow, First Day of Spring to be Accompanied by Warm Breezes — (By The United Press) Washington. Mar. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The arrival of Spring tomorrow will be accompanied , by much warmer weather throughout the country, the weather bureau fore- i cast today. The cold wave of the last few days, I which in many sections was one of the most severe of the winter will be driven off by warm breezes, according to the weather bureau. Rapidlyrising temperatures are expected dur,ing the day. According to official tabulations F i of the naval observatory spring theoretically will arrive at 10:29 I tomorrow morning eastern time. At i that time the sun will be directly over the equator on its “trip” north • ’ for the summer. Blizzard Breaks Chicago, Mar. 20 —The spell of the 1 most intense blizard of the year in 11 the middle west began to break to- ( day in anticipation of the first day of spring tomorrow. Following general zero and sub1 | zero temperatures over the district! yesterday, the thermometers registered a gradual rise today with possibil- . | ity of above-freezing weather before ! night. High winds, occasional snow slur-i ries and freezing weather are the official forecasts for most sections ofj | the middle and northwest for the! opening of spring, however. Snow was still banked high in the, districts which were swept by the heavy Sunday storm. Communications with a few Colorado and down towns had not been re-established and a number of others reported traffic on the streets impossible. TEACHER STRIKES I‘VI’IL ! * J Bluffton Teacher Arrested for Attack on Small Boy Bluffton. March 20.— Mrs. Maude : Blue teacher of the fifth grade of the 1 . Central school was charged with as- ' sault and battery in an affidavit filed ' in the court of Justice M. XV. VValbert 1 yesterday, as the result of a whip-, 1 ping alleged to have been adininis- 1 tered to Floyd, small son of Mr. and j 1 Mrs. Hersche Sawyer, last Thursday! 1 The charge was filed by Mrs. Sawj yer. The ease is set for trial at 7p I o’clock tonight. ' The boy. it is said, was so severe- * Ily injured by the punishment given 1 him that lie was forced to be under the care of a physician. Mrs. Blue struck him with a ruler administer- ' ing a cut across the face and injury •’ to his shoulder which lost him the temporary use of one arm. The punishment was given when 1 | the boy was caught throwing "paperwads.” Once before the teacher pun- ' . ished him physically for a similar J offense, the parents claim. ) i Rebekah Degree Team Will Go to Geneva I i Tile degree team of the Decatur Rebekah lodge has accept'd an in- , vltatlon to go to Geneva on April 11, and confer work on a clues of catidi- ( i dates at the district meeting of the , lodge to be held there on that date. , Every member of the lodge and espei. daily the members of the degree team, II are urged to attend a meeting of the , lodge tonight when further arrange- . ments will be made.

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NEGOTIATIONS WITH GERMANY ARE REPORTED Unofficial But Direct Negotiations With French Suspected GERMANS ENRAGED French Reprisals in Essen Stirs Wrath of City’s Population I nited Prenn stnlV < orrexpondent London. Mar. 20. —(Special to DailyDemocrat) —I’noffit ial but direct negociations between France and Germany for evacuation of th< Rhui and resumption of reparations payments j may have started secretly in Switzer- | land. 1 Dr. Carl Bergmann. German envoy to the allied premiers’ < onference. returned to Berlin today from Bern"'. At the Swiss city he is reporte I to have had a private .-onlt ren.-e with Senator Dubois, former chainuan of ! the reparations commission who is believed to have acted as unofficial i representative to the French govorn- . rnent. Meanwhile new French reprisals inflicted upon the Ruhr city of Essen wh'-t'e pi ivati Schmidt, a Fr‘n<-li son try was murdered Saturday, are reported from Berlin to have stirred the wrath of the population. All French patrols were reinforced .in Essen today, especially in Hie vicinity of the railroad station in the heart lot the city where Schmidt was shot, and where the French killed a German c ivilian shortly after finding the body lot their comrade. FARMER FACING LIQUOR CHARGE Fred Liechty Arrest'd by Geneva Marshal; Had Gallon of Liquor I Fred Liechty. Wabash township I farmer was arrested by night I’oliccI man Hollingsworth, of Geneva, early yesterday morning on a charge of possession of intoxicating liquor. Liechty I entered a plea of guilty to the charge i when arraigned in the court of Squire Stahley, of Geneva, but the case will I be brought to the circuit court, it is said. Late this afternoon the case l had not been filed here. Hollingsworth followed Liechty for some time early Monday morning and finally arrested him at 4:30 o'clock, when the latter engaged in making repairs to his automobile at the edge of Geneva. A gallon ot "white mule” whiskey was found in Lieehty’s cat. The officer took 1 iechty into town and locked him in the town jail and took charge of the liquor as --videnee. Liechty is still held in the Geneva jail under bond in the sum of SI,OOO. wlitch lie was unable to furnish. He refused to give out any information as to where he obtained the liquor. If Liechty pleads guilty or is proven guilty of possession of intoxicating liquor in the circuit < ourt he will receive much heavier punishment, than lias been given for similar offenses in the past, since the last legislature increased the penally. The principal change in the law is that it is now mandatory that judges impose sentences for first offense of the section of the Prohibition law and suspended sentences are prohibited. A fine of from SIOO to SSOO may bo imposed for first offense and imprisonment in the county jail for from thirty days to six months. Serened and subsequent offenses of the ’’hip-pocket" section ot the*Honor law. are punishable by a sentence from one to two years and a fine of from S2OO to SI,OOO. The new liquor law which makes it a felony for any person to have any tmount of intoxicating liquor in his automobile, buggy, wagon or airplane, (Continued on page five)