Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 13 August 1907 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier $5.00 Per month, b ymall 25 cents Per year, by mall $2.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur Indiana, as second class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. THE QUESTION IS ONE OF FACT One cannot read the report of Commissioner Smith, published today, without feeling that a Republican administration finds it difficult to condemn the Standard for selling its product more cheaply abroad than at home, without at the same time condemning dozens of protected industries that do the same thing, and have been doing it for years. We have a suggestion of improper motive in the Standard's case which we suppose is not believed to operate in other cases. Mr. Smith puts it thus: Having a monopoly at home, it has charged such prices as it could thereby extort, and the American consumer has had to pay these prices. Meeting competition abroad, it has given the foreign consumer enormously lower prices, and it has used the profits made at home to maintain its position abroad, so that the American consumer has been severely discriminated against for the purpose of maintaining not the dominance of a particular combination which has used its power frequently and conspicuously to the disadvantage of the American public. But the steel trust has done precisely the same thing, selling its rails to foreigners at from $6 to $8 less a ton than the American price. It seems as though Mr. Smith must have had this and other such cases as this in mind. For he does not criticise the Standard for selling more cheaply abroad than at home, but for doing it to maintain, not American supremacy. The implication very clearly is that low foreign prices are all right in themselves, and that other protected industries make them, not for their own benefit, but for the benefit of American foreign trade. Os course, there is no such distinction. The case of the steel trust is precisely the same, in this particular, as the case of the Standard Oil company. Both sell more cheaply in foreign countries, not because they wish, not for the purpose of maintaining American trade supremacy, but because they must in order to meet a competition which they do not have to face at home. And both concerns are protected by heavy tariff duties. There is no question of motive. The question is one of fact. —Indianapolis News, Rep

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ENDORSE THE PROSECUTOR. Decatur Democrat: The following resolutions were adopted without a dissenting voice at the morning service of the Christian church Sunday: Believing that the church of Christ should be the exponent of the principles enunciated in the new testament. and believing that the desecration of the Lord's day by engaging in public ball games or any unlawful and worldly sports is demoralizing, inasmuch as it begets a spirit of lawlessness in our citizens, especially in the young and creates! disrespect for Christian morality and divine law, therefore, be it Resolved, that we as a church, desire to express our approval of the firm stand taken by our young prosecuting attorney, and trust that he will permit nothing to interfere with his official duty along these lines. AT GENEVA TODAY (Continued from page 1.) Exceptionally pretty did the dining room appear as the complimentary guests were ushered in by their hostess. Mrs. Charles Christen, at her home on Monroe street, yesterday noon, to partake of a delicious fourcourse luncheon. Sw’eet peas and pansies were artistically arranged in various designs and also were given as favors to the following guests: Mrs. Matilda Marker, of Guthrie, Okfa.. Mrs. Max Linda and daughter, Miss Dorris, of Chicago jtlll., Mrs. Phoebe Wilson, of Elwood, Mrs. J. W. Nickey, of Buffalo, New York, Mrs. J. E. Wilson. o IS EIGHTY-TWO YEARS OLDOldest Mail Carrier In U. S. Service Retires. New York.—After being in the employ of the United States uninterruptedly for 50 years, James Delaney, said to be the oldest letter carrier in the country, has retired from the service. Acting Postmaster Morgan has sent Delaney a congratulatory letter for his splended record and faithful service. Delaney, though he is 82 years old, is hale and hearty. In speaking of his long service he said: "At the time of my appointment there were only 35 carriers in the city delivering mail from the Battery to Twenty-seventh street. We received no regular pay. Outgoing mail was taxed three cents a letter and of this we received a penny and the government two cents. Incoming letters were two cents. This money was taken by the carriers to the superintendent and at the end of a month equally divided among the men. "We wore no uniforms, and instead of a bag we carried our mail in a gingham handkerchief tied together with the four corners and carried over the arm.” Mrs. C. O. France and Mrs. DeVilbiss went to Ft. Wayne today to spend the day with friends. Mayor Coffee left this morning for Huntington, Ind., where he will attend a state convention of the C. B. L. Owing to the absence of the mayor, the council will be compelled to select one of their number to act as chairman for the special meeting to be held this evening. A petition is being circulated among the property owners along Seventh street asking for a brick street from the south line of Monroe street south to the North Adams street, the street to be thirty feet wide. The property owners mean business and want the street constructed yet this year and their wishes will no doubt be complied with by the council.

BASE BALL TALK Batting and Fielding Average of Locals FOUR OVER THREE HUNDRED Same Number Have Fielded Perfectly —Laxon Leads in Batting and Pierce is Second. Owing to the fact that there was no game yesterday in the IndianaOhio league, it being «n off day ai.'l knowing the fans we-e hungry for some kind of dope, we are indebted to official scorer Vaughn for the batting and fielding averages of the team since the opening of the league. The batting average discloses that we have four men hitting over the three hundred mark. Pierce being the real leader, with an average of .333 as he has made this average by playing in every game. Burns being second and Witham third. Laxon has five hundred per cent, but has played in but one game. The fielding averages show four men with perfect fielding averages, they being Burns, Alberts, Winger and Knapp. Burns and Winger are the real leaders, as they have played in practically every game The remainder of the team are evenly bunched and are well up in the nine hundred mark. The following table shows what the men have been doing and we have it for the fans to figure out. Batting Averages. Names. G AB R H TB SB SH Pct Laxon .... 1 2 11 1 0 0 .500 Pierce ....13 51 917 21 4 5 .333 Burns ... .13 46 13 15 22 4 3 .326 Witham ..12 40 5 12 19 0 2 .300 Weber ...13 51 5 14 14 2 3 .27*5 Way 11 39 2 9 14 1 4 .231 Behringer 13 49 10 10 14 4 3 .204 Alberts ... 3 10 2 2 5 0 0 .200 Wallace ..13 47 5 8 10 11 .170 Winger ...12 39 5 5 5 5 2 .125 Cullen .... 5 18 4 2 2 1 3 .111 Engle .... 2 2 0 0 0 Q 0 .000 Knapp .... 2 5 0 0 0 00 .000 Fielding Averages. Names. G PO A E Tot Pct Burns 13 28 4 0 32 1.000 Alberts .... 3 0 9 0 9 1.000 Winger ....12 52 12 0 64 1.000 Knapp 2 0 4 0 4 1.000 Weber 13 133 2 1 136 .993 Behringer ..13 40 49 2 91 .978 Pierce 13 17 2 1 20 .950 Way 11 24 8 2 34 .941 Witham ...12 17 27 5 49 .898 Wallace ....13 20 47 8 75 .893 Cullen 5 4 13 3 20 .850 Engle 2 0 3 3 6 .500 Laxon 11 0 1 2 .500

NOTES. One week from todaj- there will be a meeting of the officers, directors and schedule committee of the Indi-ana-Ohio league in this city to arrange the schedule for the month of September. Richmond base ball enthusiasts are greatly pleased at the showing of the team in the Indiana-Ohio league. The team is badly handicapped for lack of pitching material, having but two regular twirlers and being compelled to send third baseman Fisher into the box at least once a week, thereby causing a general shift in the infieid. —Frankfort Crescent. If everything due the board of directors of the Lebanon Baseball association were paid, they would still be in the hole to the extent of $38.43. At the closing of the season the directors were compelled to borrow $lO4 73 to pay out. —Frankfort Crescent. In the Saturday game Thomas sprained his right ankle and was forced to retire from the game. Tommie has been in poor health for several weeks and has been able to play but very little of the time, so this morning' he resigned from the team and left at noon for his home at Greencastle. — Bluffton Banner. Is league base ball a possibility in Frankfort next year? Yes, most emphatically, yes. Some year ago Frankfort had a league team and then dropped out semi-professional ball taking its place, and this flourished until this season, when we were forced to disband on account of the 1.-O. league. There is not a fan in the city but who knows that Frankfort can support a league team as w ell as Decatur, Portland or Kokomo, two of which places are smaller than this city. The 1.-O. league gives promise of pulling through the season all right and the chances are that next year the league will be enlarged to include at least two or three more cities. There are a number of fans who are keeping an eye upon the 1.-O. league and when the base ball car is started again next year they will find Frankfort a place on the front seat or know the reason why. And with a team in the league we'll hav« base ball and more interest in

i the game than ever before. —Frankfort Crescent. First baseman Cameron has announced his intention to quit JvichI mond and return to his home, in Rhode Island, on account of the sickness of his father. He will probab’y be succeeded by Hicks, formerly with Lebanon. Jessup and his bunch of ball players of Richmond, arrived in the city this morning to play a series of three games with the locals, and as we ire tied with Richmond for first place in the penant race, this will be a chance for the locals to get a safe 'ead by defeating them two out of three. o THE BURNING QUESTIONA young girl walking on Second street last night had two beaux which were showing her attentions. She held to the arm of the one on her left, and the one to the right clung to her arm. Os which did she think the more? o — VITAE ORE. Why suffer with headache when V. O. tablets relieves and cures without fail? No bad after effect. For sale at 313 Adams street, or F. V. Mills store. W. H. Myers. Agt 194-6 t o — OPERATORS STRIKE lias Affected Every Portion of Country IS NOTICEABLE IN DECATUR No Toledo Markets Obtainable —Difficulty in Sending Messages—the Operators Demands. The telegraph operators strike which has been on for ten days past is growing in its proportions, and within a few more days will affect the entire United States, in fact it has already done so. Today no Toledo markets were obtainable, and the strike has almost tied up business in New York, Chicago and other trade centers. The operators in Decatur will accept a message, but will not guarantee its delivery. The Associated Press is practically out of commission, all the operators having gone out and the big morning dailies are showing the results. The Decatur correspondents of Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago and other big city papers have received notice to use the mail service and long distance telephone exclusively. The strike has spread to every eastern city, about 1,700 operators being out in New York alone. It has also affected the entire south and west and even Canada. The board of trade in all the larger cities have felt the effect terribly, and unless some relief is offered soon, the entire business world will be more or less injured. The strikers demand: Day work —Six days, eight hours daily, S3O a week, overtime and extra at the rate of 60 cents an hour. Night work —Six nights, eight hours, $35 a week, overtime and extra at the rate of 70 cents an hour. Vacations to remain as at present. A proportionate increase for chief and subchief operators. o One hund-ed and thirty-two residents of this locality have signed the following petition, which has a bearing upon the com-.ig local optieu election: “We, the undersigned citizens of Van Wert county and patrons cf the business houses of Ohio City do hereby declare that the voting of the saloons out of Ohio City will in no wise affect our patronage of said town ■ of Ohio City, and we further declare that we are not in favor of the saloon and prefer to patronize a town that has no saloons, where we can send our children and not have them come in contact with the' influence of the saloon.” At the electric theater tonight Schmuck and Miller will present moving pictures representing the life of Gypsies, where a huntsman falls in love with a gypsy girl at first sight, and wins her hand, and as the ceremony that would make them one was about to be performed his rival shoots him dead. The gypsies pursue the murderer and after capturing him. he is dragged to the spot where his victim lies and shot, falling over the body of the suitor of the gypsy girl. The scene is a complete story and true to every day life shown on a one subject film and lovers of good amusement cannot assort to miss this entertaining show. A black sow was found at my place last week and owner can have same by calling for same and paying for my trouble. Henry Myers, Bluffton R. F. D. 4. 184-3 t

PAPA’S STORY. His Attempt to Tell It Whil. Trying to Put Robert Asleep. “Papa!” “Well?” “Tell me a story.” “I’ll tell you just one if you will promise to go to sleep.” “My pajamas don't feel good.” “Don’t think about them. I’ll tell you a story, but one will be all.” Mr. Todd sat beside the bed and began: “Once there was a little uoy”— “What’s his name?” “I forget.” “Didn’t he have any name?” “Yes, to be sure he had! Don't interrupt me, Robert.” “Then what was it?” “Why, his name was—bls name was Julius.” “Julia's a girl's name.” “This boy's name was Julius, not Julia. He was named for Julius Caesar.” “I know something about Julius Caesar,” Robert exclaimed, sitting up suddenly and quoting: "Julius Caesar Was a wise old geezer. But he froze off his feet In a ice cream freezer.” “Where did you ever hear such a thing as that?” “Alfred Potts told it to me.” “Well, don’t you ever let me hear you use that word ’geezer" again. Now go to sleep.” “But you didn't tell me the story.” “All right. This isn't about Julius Caesar at all. Julius Caesar was a king, and he died a long time ago.” "When he froze his feet off, papa?” “He didn't freeze bis feet. That is a piece of silliness Alfred Potts told you.” “What is a piece of silliness, papa?” “Don't ask me such foolish questions. Settle down and go to sleep or I'll go back downstairs and leave you alone.” “Papa, my pajamas don't feel good.” “I told you not to think about them. Now, listen and I’ll tell you about this little boy. He went out one day and saw”— “Was his name Julius?” “Yes, yes!” Mr. Todd answered. “His name was Julius, and he”— “Did he die a long time ago?” “No. Julius Caesar died a long time ago. This boy didn't.” "Where does he live now T' “I don't know. Be still.” “How’d you know what’s his name, then?” . “Well, he lives—he lives in a town somewhere. And one day he went out and saw a tree that was simply full of birds. The birds”— “What did the birds do?” “The birds sang, of course.” "What did they sing?” "They sang songs. Now, if you want me to tell you this story you will have to be quiet. So this boy looked up at the birds and”— “My pajamas don’t feel good.” “They never will feel good if you don't stop thinking about them. So this boy looked up at the birds, and—he was a bad boy—and he thought it would be smart to throw a stone at them.” “Did he?” “Yes, he threw a stone at the p*or little birds.” “And what did the stone do?” "It made the birds fly. And then"— “Papa.” “Well?” “What did the fly do?” “What fly?” “The fly it made the birds into.” “Robert Gallahue Todd, I am going downstairs, and if you are not asleep in two minutes I shall punish you!" Mr. Todd strode from the room, and at the stairs ho halted at the sight of a woman sitting on the top step with her face in her hands and her shoulders and sides shaking. It was his wife.—Wilbur Nesbit in Success Magazine. Some Famous “Dunce*.” Nathaniel Hawthorne was the dunce of his class. Walter Scott was told by his professor that he was a dunce. Both Napoleon and Wellington were dull boys at school, and when Clive won Plassy his father said he did not think the booby had so much sense. Chalmers, the leader of the disruption, was expelled from bis school as an incorrigible dunce. Chatterton was sent home as a fool, and Leigh Hunt was considered beyond all hope. Isaac Newton, the great oriental scholar; Sir William Jones and Robert Morrison, who compiled the immortal Chinese Bible and dictionary, were all regarded as extremely dull boys. — Minneapolis Journal. Twe Duels. Salnte-Beuve got an excellent advertisement out of a duel fought on a wet day by insisting upon bolding his umbrella up with one hand while he fired his pistol with the other. He was willing, he courageously said, to take the risk of being shot, but he must be excused from taking the greater risk of catching cold. The duel which Benjamin Constant, who suffered from gout, fought sitting in a Bath chair may have been of somewhat similar character. Honor in that case was declared to be satisfied when the Bath chair was hit.—Strand Magazine. Dangerous. Father—What are you doing. Emma? Daughter—Oh, Arthur is coming tonight, and I’m cooking something for him. Father—Emma, Emma, you'd better be careful. You'll keep on cooking for him till he breaks the engagement.—Heitere Welt. It takes a lot of courage on the part of a young man to tell a girl how pretty some other girl la.—St Louis GlebeDemocrat. __ I

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“OUCH! Razor Pulls! Don't Cut! Stropping does n* good That is because your razor is not the right kind. Better preserve your temper by laying it aside and buying a Keen Kutter No trouble to keep this kind in order; always has a keen edge because of [its! peculiar temper and the way it is ground. Try one, and if not found satisfactory bring it back to us and we will refund the money paid for it Is not this a fair proposition ? :: • 5 Schafer Hardware Co. NOTICE. All person assessed in the Maggie Miller Ditch In Blue Creek township take notice that ten per cent of your assessment on said ditch is due and payable at the county Surveyor's office on the last Saturday of August. 1907. and one Installment of 10 P er cent on the last Saturday in each month until said assessment is paid to fuU. L. L. BAUMGARTNER. Supt. of Construction.