Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 22 June 1912 — Page 1

■Volume X. Number 150.

HOAD ROLLER WELL GREASED

Republican Convention Will ■ Probably Finish Its |. Work Tonight

MUCH WORK TO DO ■ TTe Roosevelt Leaders Say ' There Will be No Objections to Platform. ■TUNT VICE PRESIDENT |Wires Busy This Afternoon, ■—Senator Cummins Turns j B Down the Offer. B Chicago, ill., June 22 —'Special to j EDaily ’Democrat) —The Roosevell leaders issued a statement saying | | they would “fight no more and plead no more.” They declared that the}' would not be bound by the action of the majority and called all of the acts of the convention illegal. A statement was given to Henry R. Allen of Ithaca to present it to the national convention. fe’Chicago, 111., June 22—(Special tO| Daily Democrat) —The work of the I. 40 nvention moved slowly this after-: Biioon, owing to the delay on the part gr* fl ' e ' credentials committee in re- : ; porting on the remaining Texas dele-1 ESjaie contests. Until they were acted Hon by the committee no other action ■could be taken. It was certain that ■here would be a rush of events to■light. Taft leaders have not succeeded on agreeing on a vice presiKdential candidate this afternoon. SenBator Cummins of lowa, now in Wash■ngton, was asked over the long distance telephone to accept the place,' Bqyat refused. Senator Kenyon, 'his colReague in congress, was likewise ask-' ■ ed, but declined. The Indiana delegaB tlon moved former Vice President ■ Fairbanks and former Representa-' ■ tive Watson for the place. Many of I the Taft leaders were favorably inI dined toward Watson. Colonel I Roosevelt held a meeting today with I the eighty delegates supporting him I who were not - sated by the conven- | tion. I It "-as reported afterward that I steps would be taken to form a tem- | porary organization for the proposed I new party before the Roosevelt dele- _ I gates left Chicago. .Following the meeting Roosevelt issued a statement • in which he said that he hoped that, none of his supporters would vote | any more in the regular convention as a result of the alleged illegal seating ; of delegates. A decision was reached shortly after noon today by the ‘ | Roosevelt supporters that they would , I have no minority report presented to the convention on the platform. Governor Hadley said that the resolution committee had made a number of concessions to the progressives and I that they would make no fight on rhe I floor. Hadley said that the only disI appointment to the Roosevelt me.a I hers was the defeat of a presidential I preference primary plank, which was I voted down by a majority of one vote. I Chicago. Hl., June 22—(Special to I Daily Democrat) —The nomination ot I » national ticket and the adoption of I a platform was the task that con I fronted the republican national conII vention when it met today. Never bu fore had such a great one da} pro I gram confronted a national conven I tion. The renomination of president I Taft was generally conceded by the I Party leaders. Representative M< 9 Kinley and Taft campaign manager | and other close political advisois it I the presidents campaign asserted fh.it | the president had gained wonderful- | ly in strength during the last forty- | eight hours and his renomination on I the first ballot was a forgone conclu- | sion Colonel Roosevelt gave orde>s I to his supporters early today that his | name was not to be presented to the I convention. The colonel said that a I Roosevelt majority created by the | Popular primaries had been turned in-

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I to a Taft majority by the fraud of the national committee and the credential eomlttee. Roosevelt furthur indicated that he was certain to be a candidate for the presidency as the leader of an independent movement. When the committee met today to -esume its consideration of contested delegates Washington and Texas were the two states taken up. The convention adopted the majority of the credential committee voting the Taft delegates from the 5,6, 7 Mississippi, 4th North Carolina, 3rd Oklahoma, and 2nd Tennessee districts ’ over the Roosevelt contestants. The convention convened at 10:44 a. m. o NOTES FROM COURT HOUSE. Real estate transfers: Isabelle Neptune et al. to Samuel F. Lott, 80 cares, . St. Mary’s tp., quit claim deed; Miller . Burns et al to William A. Lower, lot ' 28, Decatur. $3000; A. P. Hardison et al .to Matthew W. Miller, lots 414, 415, 416, Geneva, $350; Dora May Meibers to Margaret J. Sparmouth, lot 12, Decatur, SI2OO. Attorneys were at Fort Wayne t<>- , day, where a motion for a new trial I in the case of Mrs. Rebecca Eady vs. I City of Decatur, demand, SIO,OOO, was ■ filed. John M. Smith, who was arrested by Sheriff Durkin this week on an or- ■ der from the circuit court for contempt of court in the failure to pay ■ the allowances for the support of his children ordered when his wife, Mrs. Belle Smith, recently secured a divorce, is still in jail and no disposition of his case will be made until Judge Merryman returns from Chicago. The order for his arrest was issued March 13th. but Smith had been away since that time. ’ —— —o BALDWIN ANSWERS BRYAN. (United Press Service i New Haven, Conn., June 22 —(Spec- ! ial to Daily Democrat) —Governor ' Baldwin today replied to the telegram of William Jennings Bryan concern- ' ing the selection of Alton B. Parker as temporary chairman of the democratic national convention. In part he said: “The republican party has visibly destroyed itself at Chicago. i The storm center has been the action I of the national committee in planning i for the organization of its convention. II should regard it as unwise to advocate a similar cause of difference, respecting the 1 action of the demo1 cratic nav’tnai committee? 1 i o STOKES JACKSON DEAD. Well Known Indiana Democratic Politician Died This Afternoon. (United Press Service) Greenfield, Ind., June 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —U. S. Jackson, sixty-six years old, sergeant at arms of the national house of representatives. and prominently identified with the democratic party of Indiana, died at his home this afternoon. He had been a sufferer from an attack of sciatic rheumatism for several weeks. o FAST BALL GAME Is Scheduled for Sunday With the Ft. Wayne Senecas. A fast ball game between the Shamrocks and the Seneva club of Ft. Wayne is scheduled for Sunday and the visitors are coming well prepared to give the locals a drubbing. The home boys have been putting in some good practice and are prepared to put up a game fast in every respect. Come out and see a good game. Admission 25 cents. GAS DEMONSTRATION CLOSES. The three days’ demonstration at the gas office closed Friday afternoon with the making of cake and the broil- , Ing of steak, with the use of the gas, and mor 1 than eighty ladies were , present. The gas range given away, went to Mrs. R. A. Davis, Miss Anna • Miller, the first one entitled thereto, . not being present.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, June 22, 1912.

POLICE COURT NEWS. Two cases have been filed before Squire Stone today one being an assault and battery case brought by Jacob Trim against Roy Franklin, the bartender at Murray’s who Grim says attacked him last night. This morning Grim filed the affidavit but a search by Policeman Melchi failed to locate Franklin. The case will be continued. Ellen Debolt appeals to the court for assistance in the collection of a board bill from George Melfoss a worker on the construction of the beet factory, whom she says fails to pay the account due. Melfoss is making efforts to effect a settlement out of court. W. F. Frost, one of the surveyors employed by the Erie railroad, is the defendant in suits on account. One suit is brought by the Murray Hotel corporation for $56.63 board bill, and Dr. Roy Archbold Is plaintiff on an account of seventy dollars The cases will be heard on the 27th. — —-—o SPECIAL SHOW The Crystal will show a special feature Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week when a musical comedy company will play here. It comes well recommended and will no doubt please the exacting Decatur audiences. * —o RETURNS AT THIS OFFICE. Arrangements have been made to receive the United Press messages from the Chicago convention this evening as long as they remain in session. Watch the Daily Democrat window for bulletins. MRS. DIEHL DEAD Well Known Lady of Kirkland Township Passed Away Early Today. A BAFFLING ILLNESS I Suffered Paralytic Stroke, With Complications— Funeral Monday. ' Mary Magdalena Diehl, wife of Henry Tillman Diehl, well known farmer ’of Kirkland township, living three . and a half miles southwest of the I city, died this morning at 5:45 o’clock after a Lafiiing illness, n. combination of paralysis and other ailments, which the best or pnystc.ans were unable to diagnose. The first of the week, Mrs. | Diehl underwent an operation and ’ seemed to be getting along as well as I consistent In fact, she seemed in her usual good cheer this morning, i partook of nourishment well, and ■ there seemed to be no immediate I cause for alarm or fear. Very soo i ! thereafter, however, she was heard I to softly utter the words, “O, My,” I and with a slight moan breathed her I last. Mrs. Diehl was a lady of unusually large size, weighing about four hundred and fifty pounds, and this abnormal condition may haye given rise to her illiness. Mrs. Diehl who was a daughter ol' Levi Mechlin’e, was born in Wells county, Indiana, November 21, 1851, and at death was fifty-seven years, seven months and one day of age. She was a very prominent woman of the community and besides a host of friends, leaves a husband and sev en children. The funeral will be held Monday morning the procession leaving the house at 9:30 o'clock for the Christian Union church in Honduras, where the services will be held. — —o — ATTENTION, YEOMEN! The attendance of every Yeoman is expected at Monday evening's meeting. when the degree work will be given to a class of candidates. Other work will be looked after and in addition to the members being on hand, the degree staff is especially urged to be present.

GENEVA NEXT YEAR. ■ X Will Get District Epworth League ConYention. At the closing of the Fort Wayne District Epworth League convention at Fort Wayne Friday afternoon, Geneva was selected as the place for holding the convention next year. The sessions will be held in the M. E. church, of which Rev. Dunbar is pastor. The automobile ride closed one of the most successful conventions ever held, and prior to that an interesting feature of the afternoon was the election of officers. Miss lona Easley of Fort Wayne was elected president and the remainder of the staff follows: Department Vice Presidents —Fernando Crick and Harry Bennett, Fort Wayne; Miss Maude Stout, Bluffton; Miss Mary Scheer, Geneva. Secretary—Roy Brown, Flint, Ind. Treasurer —Rev. Alba R. Gillman, Fort Wayne. Junior Superintendent—Mrs. T. M. Hill, Fort. Wayne. Roy Brown, secretary, succeeds Miss Etta MaLlonee of this city, who served several years in this capacity. WILL KEEP RECORD Os Every Child in School— Bureau of Education Has Devised a NEW CARD SYSTEM Gives Entire School Career —Plan Now Used in 300 Cities. Every child in the elementary city schools of the United States Is to be card catalogued and a running history of his entire school career in the grades kept permanently on file, according to plans formulated by the United States bureau of education. Although the plan has just been established it has the approval of the National Education association, while 300 cities have already begun to keep the cards. Eventually, it is anticipated, about 6,000,000 pupils will be thus tabulated. With the new card catalogue system in full operation throughout the country, definite and scientific answer can be made to a large number of questions, the solution to which must be guessed in large measure. How many times has a given child been detained in a grade. How many backward, averaged or retarded children are there in a given city’s schools? How does this showing compare with other cities? Does foreign birth affect progress'? If so, how? Does kindergarten training help a child ■ through the grades? How; does absence from school affect progress? These and other like questions can be answered readily and accurately when the new cumulative card index in which every young American has his place, is in force. The form of card contains the folI lowing entries, among others: Age of I child, date of admission to school; ! grade; days present: health; conduct; , scholarship; place of birth, vaccinnt--1 ed; name and occupation of parent or l guardian. As the child moves from grade to grade, or from building to building, the card containing his past record will follow him. as will also be the case even If he should move from one city io another. In this way his entire past and present in school will ■be checked off against each other, point by point and year by year, In addition to introducing the cumv lative index card as a means of keeping the school history of every American child, the committee of investigators has also devised a uniform method of reporting fiscal statistics, so that costs may he computed on the same universal basis. The new plan of school statistics was drawn up by a committee appointed by the department of superintendents of the National Education association working in co-operation with the United States bureau of education. n FRIDAY LONGEST DAY. Friday, June 21st, was the longest day in the year, the length of the day being fifteen hours and five minutes. The sun rose in the morning at twen-ty-nine minutes past four o'clock and set thirty-four minutes past seven o’clock.

GO TO BALTIMORE Decatur Men Will Attend Democratic Convention in That City. ON SPECIAL TRAINS Hundreds of Marshall Boosters Will be There from Old Hoosier State. Decatur will be well represented at the Baltimore convention and those who will attend are now preparing for the long trip to the eastern city. L. G. Ellingham is already there. C. C. Ernst, F. M. Schirmeyer and J. H. Heller who will join the Indiana Marching Club Train, will leave this evening for Indianapolis, while D. N. Erwin, F. V. Mills, Samuel Doak and E. Woods will go to Ft. Wayne tomorrow and join the special from that city. The Indianapolis delegation will go in two trains of ten cars each and will stop at Shelbyville, Greensburg and Lawrenceburg,lndiana, Cincinnati, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. and at Washington. At each place they will parade and at Washington will serenade President Taft. Mrs. Marshall will present to each member of the marching club a red carnation, the governor’s favorite flower, just before they leave that city. 'With the club will go the Military band, finest organization of the kind in the state. Hon. S. M. Ralston, candidate for governor will be aboard this special. Indiana headquarters will be at the Belvedere hotel where arrangements have already been made. It is safe to say that the Decatur men will enjoy the trip, which promises to be interesting and exciting. A GREAT EVENT Will be Fourth of Tulv Union Sunday School Picnic at Berne. SOME RAPID STRIDES For Plans Made by Committees —A Grand March, 3 Bands, Good Speakers. The committees in charge of the various features of the Fourth of July Adams county Sunday school picnic to be given at Berne have made rapid strides in their plans for the event. A great Sunday school parade organiz- 1 ed according to townships will make the march from Berne to the Lehman grove south of town, where the picnic will be hold and this will be a great feature of the celebration. There will be three bands present to furnish music, and other music and recitations, as well as addresses by two prominent speakers, one for the forenoon and one for the afternoon, will add io the program. A base ball game between Berne and Linn Grove has been scheduled and in the evening there will be a band concert as well as fireworks by the business men of the city. The Berne fire department will also give an exhibition between the after noon and evening programs. The picnic dinne’’ noon will be the occasion. et many a family reunion, and tbvre will be plenty of refreshments and good water, and plenty of amusements and games for the children, making a safe and sane celebration in all ways. o— THIEME FUNERAL. Sunday afternoon from the Emmanuel Lutheran church will take place the funeral rites of the late Otto Thieme, whose death occurred in Watertown, Wis., on Wednesday of this week. The cortege will leave the home at 2 o'clock for the church and the services will be in charge of the Rev. Bauer. Burial will be made in the church cemetery.

OMLOR-UTZ TRIAL Now in Progress in Tiffin, Ohio—Omlor Known Here. The trial of Fred Omlor of near FosI torla, Ohio, well known here, and James Utz, also of that place, charged | with being the cause of the death of the latter’s uncle, Samuel Uta, byway lof the carbolic acid route, began Tuesday at Tiffin, Ohio, and is making rapid progress. The death of the elder Utz occurred February 3, 1912, after an Illness, and the condition of the mouth and aesophagus showed evidence of carbolic acid poisoning. James Utz bought some, it is claimed, for cleaning purposes, and Mr. Omlor, who was employed by the younger Utz at his livery stable, was called to stay with his uncle during his illness and was in the house with him when he breathed his last. The evidence against them is purely circumstantial. FINE KANSAS TRIP Mrs. John Rex and Wells County Friends Return from Visit WITH HER BROTHER G. W. Rupright Formerly of Wells County—Like the West Very Much. Mrs. John Rex returned Friday afternoon from a several weeks’ visit near Burdett?, Kans., with her brother, G. W. Rupright, who three years ago left this part of the country and went to Kansas, where he purchased a section and a half of land and now has a fine ranch. With him there are his children, Mrs. George Ehret, Mrs. Joe Archbold and George and Frank Rupright, late of Wells county. Mrs. Rex was accompanied by her niece, and Mr. Rupright’s daughter, Mrs. John Kreigh, wife of the Wells county recorder, and also by Mr. and Mrs. Asa Ehret of Bluffton, who enjoyed the visit in Kansas very much. They left here June 4th, and after a pleasant ride by rail, arrived at Larned, • Kansas, the end of the road, where I they were obliged to ride by carriage thirty-five miles north to the Rupright ranch, which is about eight miles from Burdette. ■. - Mrs. Rex reports a fine time, and i states that the country there is the ■ prettiest that she ever saw. It is a | great wheat county and everywhere ] as far as the eye can reach are waving [ fields of wheat, which will be ready i for the harvest in about two weeks. I Mr. G. W. Rupright last August suf-1 sered an attack of apoplexy which left | him in a bad condition, but he has j nearly recovered, and at times is pret-1 ty well. When he is in the hot sun,. however, any great length of time, he j is not so well. While there, Mrs. Rex had an ex-1 citing experience that came very near-1 ly resulting in her drowning. With ' horses and wagon the party was driv-1 ing over the country when they came ! to a ravine, which, on account of the i heavy rainfall and backwater, had fill-. ed to a depth of some six feet, and i was about twenty-five or thirty feet| wide. Just after entering the ravine,l which was deeper than they thought, i the rear wheels of the wagon came off. The horses pulled the front wheels and the wagon bed through, however, but when they reached the other shore and attempted to scramble up the banks, the front wheels and tongue went out with the horses, leaving the wagon bed with the people in. it, in the water. There was much excitement for a while, and fear of drowning, but all were finally rescued. The Kansas people are all well and doing fine, and like their new home there very much. o— WILL FRESCO ROOMS. School Board Will Receive Figures in j a Few Days. The school board held a meeting Friday afternoon when a number of minor bills were allowed, and plans made for the frescoing of the rooms of the South and North ward schools and the assembly room of the Central building. It is believed that the painting will be more sanitary and better, and more pleasing to the patrons than the papering. The board will be ready in a few days to receive figures from the painters for the proposed work.

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HOME WEEK FUND Roll of Honor Showing Those Who Have Subscrib for Big Event. OTHERS TO BE SEEN » Names Will be Added as the Subscriptions Come in— Will be Success. The fund for the Old Home Week is growing and if the spirit shown within the past day or so continues, there will be do doubt of the success “ the affair. Quite a number of citizents have voluntarily contributed aud the finance committee will make another tour within a few days. The roll of honor, up to date, is printed below. This is, as has been stated, not complete, because a number of business men whom it is known want to contribute have not been seen. The names will be added as the subscriptions come in. Get ready for the big week: Steele & Weaver. Lee & Stults Co. Callow & Rice. Everett & Hite Co. John W. Beel. L. A. Holthouse. H. A. Colchin. Winnes Shoe Store. D. M. Hensley. Henry Knapp. Decatur Herald Co. The Bowers Realty Co. Niblick & Co. Joe J. Tonnelier. Ed Johnson., Holthouse, Schulte & Co. Henry Schlickman. The Myers-Dailey Co. C. F. Holthouse. Peoples & Gerke. Frank McConnell Geo. F. Menig. Beineke & Girod. The Democrat Co. Yager Bros & Reinking. .Jacob Martin. E. L. Carroll. Burt Mangold. Frisinger & Sprunger. Lose & Thomas. Kate Burdg. Decatur Lumber Co. Meyer. Scherer & Beavers. A. Bernstein, ? Runyon, Engeler & Co. Baker & Hower. Teeple, Brandyberry & Peterson. Eli Meyer. . F. V. Mills. Charlie Voglewede The Morris Co. Joseph & Lang. Page Blackburn. W. L. Lehne. ’’ < The Knobler Co. M. Fullenkamp. U. Deimnger. Fred W. Schaub. The Hchhouse Drug Co. Schafer Hardware Co. First National Bank. Old Adams County Bank Roy Archbold. C. Rademacker. M. E. Andrews. Benj. Knapke. D. Gerber & Co. Dyonis Schmitt. Vance. Hite 81 Macklin. Hunsicker Bros. Gay, Zwick & Myers Smith, Yager &- Falk. Kirsch, Sellemeyer & Sons’ Co. o NEW G. R. & I. SCHEDULE. Commencing with Sunday, June 23. the G. R. & 1. will place the summer schedule in effect. But little change is noticed, it being on the night trains, while the day trains will remain practically the same. The change to begin tomorrow will be as follows: Northbound. Xo. 7 7:54 a. m. No. 3 3:10 P- ni. No. 5 1:18 a. m. No. 19 11:54 p. m. Southbound. No. 12 7:08 a. m. No. 2 1:11 P- m. No. 4 2:01 a. m. No. 16, Sunday only 8:06 p. m. o Eastern Star Grand Matron Anna Robison of Winchester and Grand Adah Mrs. J. S. Peterson of this city went to Fort Wayne this afternoon where this evening they will be guests of the Shiloh chapter of Eastern Star.