Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1926 — Page 1

IKoi. XXIV- Number 112.

BRITISH INDUSTRIAL WAR CONTINUES

■ENT HERE FOR limstrialshow I ALL NEXT WEEK Ki-uil Plans Are Being Completed For Week of Big Displays Krogram IS PLANNED Music, Stands and Shows to I Be Mixed With Local Store Displays ■ Tin- big canvas has arrived for De- ■ j/, first I'etter Pontes Exposition, be held in this city on liberty y. May 17-23. It will be put up' latter part of this week and the will be elected in it to display many necessities of the modern I Final plans have been completed by B. Williamson and the Decatur InAssociation. An interesting will be held each night in ■onneetion with the displays. There ■rill be music, pageants, short talks all that goes to make a successcarnival. tIM Amusement standi also will be under the big tent. There ■-ill be bingo stands, country stores other concessions to add to the of the exposition. On the closing Kight of the big show, an Essex autowill be presented by th? In- / lustrial associat ion. ■ Other features of the show will be later this week. France president of the Industrial Ashas asked for the cooperaHion of ti e entire community in tnik■)t the event the best that h*w-e*er presented in this city. I The various displays will include thing necessary in the modern I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO I g o ■.[.QUARTERLY I MEETING HERE ■ (inference To Be Held At I Local Church Wednesday Evening ■ The first quarterly conference of the church will be held in this ( Wednesday evening, the program at 7:30 o’clock. It will be a ■ove-feast quarterly conference and Dr. ■v. W. Wiant, district superintendent ■f Fort Wayne, will be the speaker andthe session. I Reports from all the departments, the church will be made and mem-j ■tiers are invited to attend. The conference will be held in the lecture of the church and Rev. ■rille Light, pastor, wi'.l preside and > ■tssist in conducting the meeting. I Subjects of interest and a report of aetivitits of the different depart■aents in the church will bt made. Dr. ■Wiant will deliver an address during ■the meeting and members of the conare urged to be present. I

■*remier Baldwin Issues First Statement To Newspapers Through The United Press ■Explains Conditions Os British industrial Strike And Outlines Plan Os Administration In Overcoming The Situation—ls Optimistic About The Outcome And Believes That t.overnment Will Win Out.

fiy the Right Hon. Stanley Baldwin, (Prime Minister of Great Britain) (Written exclusively for the United Press,) Copyright, 1926, by United Press Association. Copyright in all countries. (Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.) London, May 11 —I have received your invitation to convey a statement through the United Press to the American people. It seems almost superfluous in view of the way the American public appears to have grasped the significance of the struggle in which we are involved, to reiterate the principals which are at stake. At the beginning of the second We ek of the general strike it is reussuring to be able to state that the

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Has Big Job I <!■ * * .. r . #»■’' 1 aM Jib s > a w B ' Ilk fJB Premier Stanley Baldwin, who has made great efforts to prevent the general strike but has failed. He endeavored to avert the walkout. He finds the workers defiant. WITTE FUNERAL TO BE THURSDAY Services Will Be Held At Home And At Friedheim Lutheran Church Funeral services for William Witte, prominent Preble township farmer who died Sunday night, will be held ’ fPSnT the'TTome at To®. si'ih time, and from the Friedham church at 3 o'clock, sun time, Thursday afternoon. Mr. Witte was born in Preble township on the farm where he died, January 16. 1886. He was the son of Fred Witte and Sophia Buck Witte. He was educated in Preble township and at an early age took up the profession of farming. Besides his wife. Sophia, the following children survive: Mrs. William I M Meyer, Ossian; Mrs. Carl Bradtmiller. Fort Wayne; Paul Witte. Monroeville; Mrs. August Weber, Fort Wayne; William August, Alwin and Marie, at home. The cause of Mr. Witte’s death was pleurisy and pneumonia, which developed only a few days ago. i o ADALINE SMITH DIES MONDAY I Pioneer Decatur Lady Exi pires at Home ot Her i Daughter 1 Mrs. Adaline Acker Smith. 78, pioneer Decatur resident died yesterday afternoon at- 3:15 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fay Smith Knapp on Mercer a y I << <>NTIM El> <>N PAGE TW<>>

community has shown itself not only determined to overcome the threat which has been made to its constitutional and political rights, but fully j capable of defending them efficiently I and calmly. There is no longer any doubt that any other vital services can be carried out effectively and are being improved hour by hour. Ultimate victory for the nation and of the cause of constitutional gov- ' ernment is. in fact, assured. For ' there must be no confusion between ’ stoppage in the coal industry and the ’ general strike. They are two distinct issues. Stoppage in the coal , industry has followed nine months of inquiry and negotiations. Those 3 (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

CONSIDERATION OF FARM RELIEF STARTED TODAY Three Pending Bills Are Facing Probable Defeat, It Is Thought — PARTIES ARE SPLIT Administration Leaders Are Planning Meeting With Pennsylvania Men By William J. McEvoy (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington. May 11.—Actual consideration of farm relief legislation was started by the house today with the three pending bills facing possible defeat. Republicans and democrats arc so widely split over the Haugen price stabilization bill, the Tincher credit hill, and the Curtis-Aswe'.l commodity bill that none of the trio may draw sufficient votes for passage. Three separate coalitions of republicans and democrats may succeed in killing these measures and sound the death knell for all agriculture relief ai this session. Administration eladors sent out a call for the 36 members of the Pennsylvania delegation who are engaged in primary campaigns to return here for votes which will come this week. The Haugen bill, according to leaders, will (COXTINT ED ON PAGE FIVE) — O—BULLETIN Richmond, May 11 —(United Press) —The Jackson Township State Bank at Pershing, west of Richmond, was held up late today by a trio of youthful bandits who escaped with about $2,000 in cash. William Martin, cashier, and E. A. Ehlier, vice president, were in the bank when two of the bandits entered. DR. W. E. SMITH HURT IN WRECK Injured When Two Cars Meet; Berling Truck Burns Up Dr. W. E. Smith is confined to his bed suffering from injuries which he received in an automobile accident at Fort Wayne Monday noon. Dr. Smith was driving east on Wildwood avenue and was entering Calhoun street when a big touring car going south on Calhoun street struck the back end of his car with such force that it jarred open the dfcr of his sedan and threw him out unto the street. The Smith car was swerved around and Dr. Smith was thrown several feet across the street. The rear wheels were torn off. The driver of the touring car stopped and assisted in taking Dr. Smith to the Lutheran hospital where his wounds were dressed. He received a deep cut over the right eye and one on the top of the head. His face was bruised. His right arm was injured, but not broken and he received many bruises on the body. Dr. Smith did not learn the name of the man who was driving the automobile wliich ran into him, except that he worked for a large department store there and inquiry was made by the management as to his condition. The driver of the other car was not injured. A local physician went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon and brought Dr. Smith home. Truck Burns Up. A Truck belonging to the H. Berling company of this city caught fire on the road about a mile and a half east of Farmland yesterday and was ' consumed in flames before the driver could attempt to put it out. Mr. Broman was driving. A number of empty 1 egg cases were burned. The loss was fully covered by insurance in the State Auto Insurance company. A call was sent to the Farmland fire department, but the truck was consumed before aid reached the scene.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 11, 1926.

Civic Section Sends “Clean-up Call” To All Parts Os Decatur The week of May 10 Io May 15 has been «.t aside us Clean-up Week in this city, and we hope that everyone will cooperate in making Decatur look fresh and clean. Spring Is now making its debut. I/>t’s sec that the stage is properly set. Nature has taken the pains to bring us new decorations. Can we afford to detract from their beauty by letting them grow in unclean surroundings? Arrangements have been made for the inen and trucks to haul away any | rubbish that may have accumulated. | All that is required of the people is that they gather all the waste ami rubbish into one place, and it will be carried away free of charge. CIVIC SECTION, WOMAN'S CLUB. o FUNERAL IS SET FOR WEDNESDAY Services Arranged for Alton B. Parker, Who Died Yesterday New York. May 11 (United Press) —Funeral services forjudge Alton B Parker —one time democratic candidate for president, who died suddenly yesterday —will be conducted Wednesday from the St. Thomas Episcopal church, it was announced today. Death of Judge Parker was not entirely unexpected. He had been in ill health for several inohths but he was thought improved yesterday. Yesterday afternoon he left his suite in a hotel and came here by automobile for Esoptts, accompanied by his wife and his nurse. As the automobile drove through Central Park. Judge Parker collapsed. He was hurtled back to the hotel and was dead on arrival. For years Judge Parker was a prominent figure in New York politics and in 1904 reached the summit of his career when he was named democrat nominee for president. He was defeated by Theodore Roosevelt. Judg Parker would have been 74 years of age had he lived until Friday, Six Men Rob Bank And Escape At Sidney, Ohio Sidney. Ohio, May 11—(United Press)—Six yeggmen looted the First National Exchange Bank of $33,000 today after clubbing Terry Cummers, the cashier and Ernest Young, actor. HOSPITAL BAY TO BE OBSERVED National Day Will Be Observed At Local Hospital Wednesday Tomorrow will be observed as National Hospital Day and in many of the hospitals throughout the country programs will be given in observance of the day. The day is observed in memory of Florence Nightingale, famous English nurse, who is credited with starting the first hospitals in Europe several centuries ago. Visitors to the Adams County Memorial Hospital in this city are welcomed on this day, the purpose ot the day being to acquaint the public with the facilities offered by the hospital and what the institution renders in the way of service to the patients. The regular visiting hours will be observed at the local hospital and visitors will be shown through the hospital if they call. No special program will be given however. At the Wells county hospital, ■ Bluffton, the day will be observed ’ next Sunday, May 16 and a baby i show will be held in the afternoon ■ in connection with the observance. Weather s Fair tonight and Wednesday. Coni tinned cool w’ith cooler tonight in - extreme south portion. Probably ■ light frost tonight, in lowlands north and central portions.

LEOPOLIS'S PART IN JAIL BREAK TO BE REVEALED Warden to Testify Today in Grand .Jury Probe of . Recent Break PLAN WELL MADE Leopold May Be Called to Defend Himself in Investigation Joliet, 111.. May 11—(United Press) —The part that Nuthan Leopold may have had in the spectacular escape of seven convicts from the Illinois stat,, penitentiary here is to be revealed before the county grand jury today. One of the prison keepers—perhaps several of them—ls to go before the jury and tell of conditions in the penitentiary wliich made it possible for seven desperate criminals to gain access to the chief deputy warden's office at the same time while he was alone. The keeper also will tell of Leopold's activities in the prison, where he is serving a life sentence for the “thrill murder’’ of Bobby Franks. Leopold himself may be called as a witness, either today or sometime before the grand jury probe is concluded, state’s Attorney HJalmar Rehn indicated. The youthful millionaire college graduate, central figure in one of the most amazing murder cases on record. is suspected by prison keepers of plotting hie daring jail break. Leopold* they pointed out, was in charge of supplies in the prison shoe shop. Among other tools in his keeping were a supply of knives used in the cutting of leather and two of these knives are missing. It was with one of the missing knives that the escaping cohvicts stabbed Depu(COMTINI'Kn ON PAGE FIVE) MAY 15 IS LAST ASSESSING DAY Also Last Day For Filing Os Cornoration Balance Sheets Here Saturday, May 15th is the last day for assessing personal property in the county. It is also the last day for corporation to file their balance sheets and schedules with County Assessor William Zimtriermanj. Mr. Zimmerman stated practically 98% of all the personal property in the county had been assessed and that the township assessors were making their final reports this week Those who have not finished their work have up until Saturday evening to complete their work and their reports are due by next Monday. Blanks have been left with the corporations by the assessors and these must be filled out and filed with the county assessor by Saturday. Although the complete totals are not available, Mr. Zimmerman str,ted that in his opinion the assessment of personal property would be higher than a year ago. The general averages show an increase over a year ago. The county board of review will meet the first week in June for the purpose of reviewing and correcting the assessments where it is found necessary and then the total will be certified to the state board of tax commissioners. The court has not appointed the members of the board of review. o—•■ Rotary Clubs In Session At Indianapolis Conference Indianapolis, Ind, Mary 11 —(United Press) —An organization conference of officers of Rotary Clubs of Indiana was tn progress here today with practically every club in the state represented. Ben Sherwood, of Bedford, district governor, and Will Barr, of Bluffton, who will succeed Sherwood in July, were in attendance.

Labor Leader j * "W r I”” 1 : 1 I mT ' ki 'lw sJg Ramsay MacDonuld, former Labor party premier and now member of Parliament, who has upheld the strike move-J ment and is exerted to defend .1 ______________ BETTER HOMES ~ SHOW IS READY Industrial President Appeals For Co-operation of Entire Community Beginning the week of May 17, and lasting six nights, there will be al Better Homes Exposition put on by merchants of Decatur under a large tent on Liberty Way. The Industrial Association of Decatur, seeking a means of raising its annual budget without soliciting from the business and professional men of Decatur, w’ants to “put this show across,” not only for the benefit of the men who are so willingly cooperating with us by putting in expensive displays, nor for the sake alone of raising funds sorely needed to carry out the work of tlie association, but also to interest the balance of the people of Decatur and the community surrounding, in Bettor Homes, and hotter living conditions ‘ An Essex Coach will be given away by the members of the association, (lift books have been mailed to the members and tickets will be sold to the public. Stubs are to be returned (COM'IM El» ON PAGE TWO) COMMENCEMENT I TO BE AT BERNE County Eight Grades To Hold Annual Exercises At Berne. .June 10 The eighth grade county com-[ mencement of the rural schools will be held at Berne this year, the township trustees and members of the. county board of education making the J — — | (liOWTINT'EM ON PAGE TWu,

President Os The National General And Municipal Workers Gives Version Os Strike Says People In Other Nations Misunderstand The Position Os British Labor In The Present Industrial War With The British Government—J. R. Clynes Answers Prime Minister On Behalf Os The Laborers.

By the Right Hon. I R. Clynes. M. P. I Preshldent of the National General and Municipal Workers. Written exclusive' for the United Press. (Copyright IS2« In all countries by the (United Press.) London, May 11.—No doubt the people in other lands misunderstand the position of British labor because there is a dislike of anything approach ! ing a national strife. We can only state the facts and leave the verdict ' with the people. The strife) was begun with the great- ■ est reluctance and begun, not because the leaders wanted it. but because millions of workmen could see no other way of defending the miners and showing their sympathy with men who already had suffered wage reductions.

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SOME LABORERS ARE RETURNING, REPORT STATES Government Issues Statement That Some Have Quit The Strike MEETING IS HELD King George Calls Privy Council To His Majesty’s Palace Bulletin London, May 11. (United Press) — The strike deadlock broke suddenly and dramatically this afternoon. Tonight, the various leaders are prepar- . ing Tor peace. The house of commons adjourned abruptly shortly before 8 ! p. m., s consrvatives and laborite lead--1 ers would be free to confer separately and get the machinery of settlement started. The cabinet immediately met. So far, there is no tangible result of the peace move and it might be defeated by the heads of either party. The trades union council met tonight, admittedly to seek a formula for peace. By Clifford L. Day (ISiKe.t Press Staff Correspondent) London, May 11.—Britain's industrlal war was continued unbroken today, with dock workers at Belfast joining in the general -trike. ' The government announced that many thousands of workers are back at their jobs or have sought other employment. but the trades union courtcil. which is directing labor's st.at.gv, (CONTINI'EIJ <>N PH.i: FIVE) RED TICKET IS GIRLS'WINNER Election Held Yesterday By Civic Section of The I Woman’s Club The Red Ticket won in the girls’ election held yesterday and the girls that were elected will be in office next Monday according to present plans of the Civic section of the Woman's Club, which is conducting tho election. The successful candidates are: Magdaline Miller, mayor; Margaret Schumaker, councilman first] ward? i Elvean Lough, councilman second ward; Catherine Fritzinger, councilI man third ward; Dora Sehosenberg land Helen Voglewede, councilmen at ! large;. Leta Yost, clerk ami Mary I Helen Lose, treasurer. The Red ticket won by a few votes over the White and Blue ticktes, after a close race. The officers will I take office for an afternoon next Monday The girls' .■lection Is an ; annual event in this city. Ihe election is always held the week following the boys’ election, conducted by 'the Decatur Ro’ary club.

5 Many men who are against labor in this unfortunate conflict know the j value of stating that trades unions are waging war against the British nation. These men cannot be classed as deI liberate liars but they are talking most egerols nonsense. There is no I attack on popular government and to | distract attention from the real issue , will not assist the settlement Responsible leaders of the labor side are of approved moderation and can- • tlon. Most of the men on strike don't II belong to the labor political party .it 1 - probably voted for other partie ■ at 'he r last election. They are men a’.io .j fought for their country and to im.j pute disloyalty to them now is the ' j (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I