Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 4 September 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 ymail 25 cents Per year, by mall 12.56 Single coplee 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postOffice in Decatur Indiana, as second class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. HE HAS TALKED BOTH UP AND DOWN The New York World has taken the pains to point out just what President Roosevelt’s corporation policy is. According to the World, Mr. Roosevelt has, in turn, stood for the follow, ing things: “He has advocated a constitutional amendment to enable the government to suppress the trusts; he has advocated publicity as the first essential step in controlling these corporations and secured the agencies of such publicity; he has promised the strictest enforcement of the Sherman law; he has explained why “good" trusts should not be prosecuted at all; he has advocated federal licenses for all corporations engaged in interstate commerce; he has undertaken to have receivers appointed for corporations that violate the law; he has advanced the astounding doctrine that under the post-roads clause congress can control any common carrier that transports the mails; he has demanded and obtained the power through a commission to fix railway rates; he has declared that no criminal, high or low, whom the government could convict, would escape punishment; he has explained why the criminal prosecution of these criminals is generally inexpedient—and now he has arrived at a federal incorporation law as the sovereign remedy.” Upon carefully considering the whole matter the World reaches the conclusion that Mr. Roosevelt has no corporation policy. And this seems to be about the size of it. He has talked up and down and crosswise and then circularly, but seems to get nowhere.

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THE SOCIAL WHIRL Various Events Up to the Minute SOCIAL AT THE LUTZ HOME Will Be Giv«n Tomorrow —Six O'Clock Dinners by Mrs. Neptune and by Miss Wolfe. By Perle Burdg. The Young Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church will hold their annual hiite Box opening at the home of Mrs. Dallas Butler Thursday evening. All members requested to be present. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the United Brethren church will hold a business meeting at Mrs. Dayton Steele on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Lewis Mailand will be hostess at the meeting of the Sewing Society tomorrow afternoon. Miss Lulu Stephens, of Delphos, was ' the guest of honor last evening at a six o'clock dinner given by Mrs. J. Q. Neptune at her home on Third street. The dinner was nicely served in two courses, the table being prettily decorated with garden flowers. The guests were the Misses Celesta Wemhoff, Margaret and Anna Clark and Emma Terveer. Another six o’clock dinner which was charming in its appointments was the one given last evening by Mrs. Dollie Wolfe in compliment to Miss Bessie Mcßennoos. of Lima, Ohio. Very beautiful did the dining room look with the decorations of cut flowers. The young people who enjoyed the affair were: Orlind Syphers, Guy McKinnon, of Lima, Ohio, Misses Jessie Bentz. Velma Schroll. The ladies are cordially invited to attend the social of the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian church, which will be given at the C. J. Lutz home Thursday afternoon. Those who desire to go should meet at the church and carriages will be furnished for them. The Home Missionary Society of the M. E. church will be entertained by Mrs. Dallas Hower and Mrs. Jonas Tritch at the home of Mrs. D. W. Beery, Thursday afternoon, Sept. 5. A very entertaining program will be rendered. Mrs. Ellingham having the paper and Mrs. Wilcox and others giving some good music. A large attendance is very much desired. Fourteen school friends gathered at

the home of Miss Ruby Artman on south Tenth street last evening for a surprise in honor of her cousin, Miss Cloe Cottrill, who is visiting her. Games and -music were the amusement of the evening until a late hour when light refreshments were served, while afterward they all departed for their home wishing their hostess many more such happy events. A merry crowd of young people gathered at the home of William Berger west of this city Monday evening in answer to a telephone call by Miss Sadie to spend the evening. Miss An. na and Clara Holty, of Huntington, being the guests of honor. The evening was spent in music and games, after which ice cream and cake was served by the hostess. Those present were the Misses Anna and Clara Holtz, Velma and Dessie Bryan. Stella Tucker, Minnie, Anna and Christina Borne, Susie Mankey, Rosa Haffner, Ada Elliott, Theo and Grade Berger, Lily Venis, Katie and Sadie Berger, Mr. Loyd Clouser, Elmer Bryan, Sam Henschen. Frank Yoger. Wm. Wibel, James and Forest Mankey, John, Rudolph and Edward Borne, Ottoman Gahman. Alvin Vaughn. Lew and Henry Yake, John Linn and John Berger. O COURT HOUSE NEWS (Continued from page 1.) and Benjamin Habegger aged 44, all of Berne. Attorneys Peterson and Moran filed a new- case today, the title being Em. ma Freang vs. Louis Freang, divorce. The couple were married November 30, 1900, and lived together until April 17, 1906. They have four children, the youngest seven months old and the oldest five years. During last January the defendant was convicted of larceny in the Lake circuit court and sent to the Jeffersonville reformatory. Beside this charge the defendant is accused of being an habitual drunkard, of cruel and inhuman treatment and failure to provide. Mrs. Freang asks for the custody of the children. SB.OO per month to sustain them and S2OO in alimony.

COUNCIL SESSION (Continued from Page 1.) Tom Peterson 100 Wm. Geary 10.00 Sam Frank 45.00 Indiana Road Machine C 0.... 8.00 C. Vogt 72.40 D. F. Teeple » 127.15 G. R. and 1 444-50 W. E. Fulk 87.06 Julius Haugk 111.!! Geo. Keiser and Co 30.09 M. J. Mylott 236.33 Quaker Rubber Co 25.86 Union Oil Works 31.92 A. Cowan and Co 4.50 Decatur Furnace Co 10.10 National Carbon Co 57.75 C. W. Dorwin -237.83 U Bissell and Co 269.36 Geo. Keiser and Co 28.33 W. J. Hamilton Coal Co 330.70 C. O. France 4.00 No other business coming before the council, they adjourned to meet Friday evening. o The street and sewer committee in company with city civil engineer Vogt this morning made a tour of inspection of the Madison and Third street improvement with a view of filing their I report as to the acceptance of the same. The committee will report Fri. i day evening and the engineer will then ■ gle his assessment roll and objections will then he heard after which the bonds will be issued and the street matter closed in so far as the city is concerned. * O ; “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" D. & B. Lake Trip la Refreshing and Interest ng—A Fairy's Legend. To float peacefully out on the bosom of Lake Erie, to be fanned by cool and invigoroating breezes and to feel that the cares of life have lagged behind are the delights enjoyed by travelers between eastern and western states who use the D- & B. daily line steamers between Detroit and Buffalo. Railtickets accepted for transportation. Send two-cent stamp for illustrated pamphlet. Address D. & B. STEAMBOAT CO., 7 Wayne St, Detroit, Mioh. Diarrhoea When you want a quick cure without any loss of time, and one that is followed by no bad results, use Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy It never fails and is pleasant to take. It is equally valuable for children. It is famous for its cures over a large part of *• civilized world.

ALMOST A SHAME The Way We Trounced Portland Today LOCALS AT THE TOP AGAIN Visions of the 1.-O. Pennant —Richmond and Bluffton Lost Yesterday's Game. TODAY’S GAMES. Decatur at Portland. Bluffton at Van Wert. Kokomo at Richmond GAMES YESTERDAY. Decatur 5; Portland 2. Kokomo 6; Richmond 3. Van Wert 2; Bluffton 0. STANDING. Won. Lost. Pct. Decatur 19 15 .559 Richmond ••• 19 15 Portland 17 15 .531 Kokomo ..17 17 -500 Van Wert 14 18 .437 Bluffton 14 20 .412

Portland. Ind., Sept. 4. —Decatur won the second game of the series from Jay Birds this morning by a score of eleven to two, and should Richmond lose this afternoon Decatur will be the leaders in the Indiana-Ohio league. The game was replete with | hard hitting on the part of the visitors and in the fifth inning Louis Hunt, the Jay Birds’ best pitcher, was forced to seek refuge on the bench and he was succeeded by Gray. This, however, did not stop the run getting, for in the ninth inning Decatur bunched several hits with an error and scored two runs. Laxon pitched a beautiful game for Decatur and kept his five hits scattered and was practically invincible with men on bases. The De. catur team returns home today and will play two games against Richmond who is now pushing them the closest. The score: Decatur .11223000 2 —ll 13 1 Portland 10100000 0 — 2 5 3 Laxon and Quinn; Hunt, Gray and Harmes.

We won from the Jay Birds and go back in second place. Monk Engle was in great form and kept his hits well scattered. It should have been a shut out. With two men down and a man on second and third, Johnson and Wallace came together on a pop fly ball and the two runs scored. The features of today's game was the time, ly hitting and sensational fielding of Johnson and pitching of Engle. The boys all ate their dinner and went out to the fair grounds. It was the best county fair the bunch ever saw. Biddy Burns rode a mule in the mule race and came in third. Monk Engle and Angel Laxon was caught climbing the fence and escorted from the ground. All the rest of the boys are all set except Weber and Pierce who both have injured limbs. Mose Krohn was our guest on the bench this morning. We are all going to the show this evening. Good bye, Humpty.

Decatur. AB R H PO A E Cullen, 3b .... 3 0 0 0 2 0 Pierce, rs .4 0 0 0 0 0 Witham, lb ... 3 11 10 0 1 Burns, If 4 11 1 0 0 Wallace, ss ... 3 11 3 4 1 Behringer, 2b.. 3 1 0 0 6 0 Johnson, cf .. 4 1 3 7 0 0 Quinn, c 3 0 0 6 0 0 Engle, p 4 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 31 5 6 27 13 2 Portland. AB R H PO A E Parker, 2b .... 4 1 3 11 1 J. Bramb’gh, 3b 4 0 0 2 1 0 Gray, If 4 1 2 0 0 0 Wagner, p .... 3 0 0 0 1 0 Bradberry, ss . 4 0 0 0 2 0 Carmony, lb .. 4 0 0 10 0 1 Durham, If .. 4 0 1 0 0 0 Brambaugh, rs. 4 0 0 11 0 Hardin, c .... 4 0 1 13 1 0 Totals 36 2 7 27 7 2 » Summary: Two base hits —Johnson 2, Durham. Base on balls—Off Wagner 3. Struck out —Wagner 12; Engle 1. Hit by pitcher—Behringer. Sacrifice hit — Wallace. Left on bases —Decatur 2; Portland 5. Stolen bases—Johnson. Umpire—Cunningham. Time —1:20. NOTES. Echoes from the Kokomo games: Friend Bones, we were defeated in both contests. The morning game was 6 to 5, 11 innings. It was lost because Inck was against us. We lost this afternoon because they out hit us. We have only six minutes to catch •

our train. So long. Could not get a box score. Humpty. Gardner, the crooked umpire, who won Friday’s and Saturday's games for Richmond from Bluffton, is still on the pay roll of Jessup, even though he has been deposed as umpire Jessup recognizes the fact that the fellow could do him more good with the indicator, but since he was not permitted to remain in that position the Richmond captain showed his appreciation by signing him as a player.— Bluffton Banner. Van Wert audiences are not given to criticising the work of umpires and the shortcomings of the Van Wert team have never been charged to unfairness on the part of the judge of play, therefore, when both the team and fans join in denouncing an umpire there is weight in the argument. The stories brought home from Ft. W ayne concerning the work of Connell, at Ft. Wayne, are not at all complimentary to the gentleman's ability as a broadminded and clear-sighted arbitrator. Van Wert Bulletin. The series of misfortunes which overtook Van Wert, at Fort W ayne. necessitated the addition of an amateur to the team. Glenn Ireland was played in the left garden and he showed well at both the stick and in the field. There are a number of other fast players in the locals who might be used. Chief anjong them is William “Pud” Anschutz, who is a finished player and above all things he carries something on his shoulders. Van Wert Bulletin. The mouths of the blowing, bragging Fort Wayne papers have been silenced at last. The Van Wert leaguers at the bottom of the ladder in the race for the pennant, won a double header from the Shamrocks yesterday. 6-3 and 21 to 0. And the Shamrocks were proclaimed champions of Indiana and Michigan by Fort Wayne papers. They were showed up to a queen’s taste yesterday.—Bluffton News. Richmond may win the pennant. If they do it should be stored away in a dark corner of a musty cellar. It is anything but a credit to win such victories as Richmond did in the last series.—Bluffton News. The Fort Wayne series was the most expensive ever played by a Van Wert team, and will result in financial loss to the association instead of enriching its treasury as was expected The wholesale injury of players, the severity of their injuries, was never surpassed in a single series.—Van Wert Bulletin. Lefty Richardson, a pitcher who was signed by Manager Holthouse several weeks ago, reported today from Tecumseh, Mich. Richardson is a left handed pitcher of rare ability and will no doubt make good right off the reel. Jack Keihl, a right handed pitcher from Grand Rapids, who was signed last Thursday, reported on the afternoon train and will remain here for the rest of the season. Keihl comes highlyrecommended and the management is expecting much of him in the next two weeks.

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Richmond vs Decatur Thursday and Friday September s and 6 Bluffton vs Decatur Saturday and Sunday September 7 and 8 DECATUR IS NOW GOING AT TOP SPEED AND A VERY CLOSE RACE IS NOW IN progress. COME OUT AND SEE A DEMONSTRATION OF THE NATIONAL SPORT BY EXPERTS. SUNDAY GAME CALLED AT 3:00 OTHER GAMES AT 3:30