Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1913 — Page 1

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I LARGE AUDIENCE -Icard Grand Opera Com-pany-First Night Chautauqua Entertainment VAS WELL ATTENDED --orge McNutt. “The Dinner Pail Man,” Spoke——Special Numbers. The large tent on Market stn-t tas well filled last evening at tin rst evening entertainment of th,, ’i> atnr Chautauqua course. The enter pnment that was afforded by the ‘edrath Chautauqua company and by lev George L. McNutt, Presbyterian Pnister and lecturer, was highly lensing. The entire first days pro-' rani was carried out successfu nd with great satisfaction to the pa ns. ParelU’s delightful one-act opeA Lover's Quarrel.” by the Redt :it irantl Operil company, was a di-lig't II treat to music lovers. The four' iembers of the company were givt u plendid opportunities to display their lusical and dramatic talent at its Cst The presentation of the o;.--r . 1 tpied fifty minutes’ time and t' lev. George L- McNutt, who gave a klendid address in the afternoon moke for thirty minutes. His talk ras full of humor that but illusti o |<l the depth of truth that u ,s it tressed nren the audience. r rorid’s greatest university is t torld itself, was tiie gist of his t pen the members of the opera to cave a recital of several ini’ I "’s that were even hotter re ■ ■iau die opera. A number I kucia di f animamoor wa- vivon lowed by quartet and «<>!<> r ml.- ■ Or. McNuft delivered his lecture nni fCnlture and Democracy” Thur lav r'ternoon and proved one of the mr • ular lecturer® who has In a Decatur platform. I while proving a splendid enterin' br with his wit and humor hire was replete with strong t ut bbich proved that the Breaker hade a deep study of human i Bid believes that there is Ivory boy and young man if h i’> In opportunity to direct his t; He advocated that the hoy bet be driven into sonirthii which they are not fitted, but si <>s;i.i k permitted to develop themsel llong the line of their natural tali I The great attractions for this h bning are the concert by the Wt:J irwax Brothers’ quartet and tie de . bate. Is Socialism Desirable for t ■ (Tilted States?” The affirmative wi!' be taken by the Hon. Emil Seidel, of Milwaukee, and th/ negative by Hoi. J Adam Bede of Minnesota Saturday. [ Morning—Boy Scouts. Literary Tn jerpretation, “The Relation of I (titre to Human Movements ' Adi' 1 ' b ou 25 cents. I Afternoon —Concert. Florent ii l"rio., Lecture, "The Needs of i Boor." Hon George D. Alden. Adm bion 25 cents. Evening—Drama’ Shakespen ■ •' fComedy of Errors.” The Ben Greet Player®. Admission 50 cents. Gaorqe D. Alden. * Judge George D. Alden, another one Df the lecturers on this Chaiitaun '-■•■ tor Saturday afternoon, holds the unique distinction of being the on h 1 >n In the country with whom the Rednath Bureau has made a five y< ar ben tract. This of itself, of cours ■ bhows the assurance which the Bureau has that ho is one of the mos* successful popular lecturers on th? pletform. Mr. Alden's lectures are different, not only in material but in their general make-up from those of any other C'-»n pnr evnmt’le. he is a noet anJ weaves into his lectures to the great delight of his audiences, original poems which fairly sparkle with both humor and keen logic. i He was first a lawyer and then a budge and therefore his lectures have back of them a splendid experience. He is a vigorous champion of human rights, and honest living. His lentlikes contain vital messages in addition to being highly entertaining. The Ben Greet Players. One of the biggest events of the entire Chaiitnuqlia will be the comln? of the Ben Greet Players—a company of fourteen, personally trained and coached by Ben Greet. Mr. Greet is considered today onP

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i 'he greatest living authorities on , I’" 1 I'Tiglisl) drama and is world-fam ili is remarkable productions Sl'Uke, poaro p)aVH and 01d He has been connected st.ee tor thirty years and 11 taught manv actors; perhaps "i‘u e than any other man living today. •or twenty year- Mr. 'tree* hue prominent i„ England for per--1 11 ' 11 tvhich his splendid com- , I " ' - I'ave acted each year in Ix»n-stratford-on-Avon, Cambridge ami other plates in "Shakespeare’s . England." ’I he same company which is to apl> here has just recently completed " tour irom New York to the Pacific r "‘ t, playing to great audiences and ‘ making a big hit everywhere. The Hen Greet Players will present on this Chautauqua program Shakesp”ar" famous play, “The Comedy of Errors.” YOUR TICKET Ti c Merchants Still Have on Hands About 70 Chautauqua Tickets. MUST SELL T n Order to Meet Guaranteed Amount—Buy Tick- . et and Save Money. I " first day s program of the Redlath .hai.tauqua was given Thursday and the large tent was nearly filled ! . . iteration and evening with ap- ■ -civ- audien.es, which were most isretably surprised by the high class of tiie entertainment. . haiitauqua was secured by th.' tirin efforts of the business mon tli - c ami under a guarantee of ' f!.'. ". This amount was to be raising of 750 tickets A’ the •ii price of 12-00- These men taking a great responsibility t I'-mselves, but knew what a a rand and glorious thing the chautaui qua would he for the people of this ■ur n:ty and did it for their sole ben. fit. One day of the program -,-d and every person who at- '• rd. .. the entertainment Thursday enraptured witii the magnificent ■: and the finest lectures. Exclamations were heard on every side by --nt that they did not intend • ■ i single program- The Reqnatli Chautauqua company is by far x ling the highest expectations ci ill ii.’ople of Decatur, every nutn- ■ inc given by artists and of the . >t quality of entertainment. Tiie nts of this city who guaran- ■ ■ d to .11 the tickets still have six- . .-eveiity on their hands and the . . inent of the Chautauqua has .ith the greatest liberality extended t : . selling these tickets. Here : ; < int, are the people of this city .■ring to siiow their appreciation to tin* me: .hunts who guaranteed the money in get this wonderful week of entertainment here, by buying the balan< of the tickets, or are you going to let them dig down in their pockets .hI j- .y the penalty because the citi,i< would not stand by them but would rather pay at the gate and give the money to the <hautauqua. Have you realized that by paying at t ■ gate for each entertainment that ■t will cost you from $0 to 17, when you '.in gel a season ticket for $2. you will not want to miss one numbz<” . so why not get the benefit of the reduc' d price and also incidentally si.. » your appreciation to the merchants. Get busy and get In early in the game You'll not be disappointed. Remember there are only about 70 tickets yet to ho sold. — . — -ogeneva sewer contract. Geneva. Ind.. July 10—The contract was let here Wednesday at a session of tiie town council for a system of sanitary sewers. The contract was let to Myers & Myers of Decatur, on their bid of $18,570-33, which was bout $1,500 below the estimate of the engineer. x FUNERAL TODAY. Very many friends joined with the relatives of the late Ezra Cutting, at the funeral services held thlti morning from the Presbyterian church. The G. A. R- and W. R. C. attended in a tody and the Rev. Gleiser paid a fitting tribute to the deceased. Burial in the Decatur cemetery.

n ■ . ■; - SK wiy v fl fl 1 — I ’...JU - WK ~ Mfl * ~ I <■ 1 .. MISS JESSIE WOODROW WILSON AND HER FIANCE. (Copyright by International News Service; supplied bj the New Process , Electro-Corporation, N. y.) She Is The Thirteenth White House Bride, But Thirteen I* Not A "Hoodoo" To The Wilsons. This is the first photograph ever taken of Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, second daughter of the President and her fiance Francis Bowes Sayre, together. Tiie couple, who are to be married in the White House next November, were snapshotted as they left the old South Church, Cornish. N. IL, where is located the summer White House. Miss Wilson will be the thirteenth White House bride, but she does not regard that number as being unlucky. President Wilson was nominated for the presidency during his thirteenth year at Princeton University, and took office in 1913. President Wilson considers the "hoodoo" number a lucky one for him. and frequently from < hoice, sits in the thirteenth row at the theatre. Mfrs Alice Roose-' \ elf. now Mrs. Xi< bolus i.ongworth. was th,, last White H< ■"-<•■ bride

RESIDENCE BURNS Fire Destroys Home of Jacob Scare Nine Miles Northeast of City. FURNITURE IS SAVED By Neighbors—Gasoline is Thought to Have Been Cause of Fire. The fine country home of Jacob Scare, residing nine miles northeast j of this city on the Convoy road, was. entirely destroyed by fire this morning at 10 o’clock. The blaze was first' discovered in the north part of the house and was burning fiercely, the wind being from the south. How-1 ever, this fact prevented the flames' from consuming the house as rapidly as they would otherwise have done,' and gave the members of the family and the neighbors who had gathered i to assist in fighting the flames, time to save the larger part of the furni- | ture and fixtures. The origin of the Naze is said to have been caused ; from gasoline, but whether this was from an explosion or not it was im- ■ possible to learn. The building was a large two-story affair and the loss is estimated at between fi2,000 and $2,500. Whether or not Mr. Scare i carried any insurance was also unknown. A number of neighbors quickly gathered but the flames had gained so much headway that it was impossible to fight them, therefore their . attention was divided between saving i the furniture and also the outbuild, . Ings. i -o - MAIL CARRIERS TO MEET. Evansville. Ind., July 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Following the meeting of the mall carriers of the i First district here July 6th to arrange plans for the coming convention of 1 Rural Mail Carriers of the United i States here on September 15th to 1 19th, the plans of the local committee are rapidly assuming final shape. This convention will be one of the largest ever entertained in Evansville and among the distinguished guests will be Post-Master General Burleson * and other high postal officials. o ■ - DECATUR CIRCUIT. i Preaching service at Beulah Sunday - at 10:30 a. tn., and at Pleasant Valley I Sunday evening at 7:30. KARL THOMPSON, Pastor.

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Decatur, Indiana,Friday Evening, July 11, 1913.

- —— i THE RINGLING CIRCUS. Conies to Ft. Wayne Saturday—None Here Thia Year. Decatur people wtui would like to i attend a circus this year will probab--1 ly have to journey to some neighboring town to enjoy the privilege. The Ringling Bros.' shows will be in Fort Wayne tomorrow and a number of Decatur youngsters are planning to attend. The show has been well advertised in Decatur and several of “tile boys" have been "craning" their necks for several days, hoping to be able to get to see the funny clown and the other interesting attractions i If you want to see a circus this year.' take in this one as it. seems to he th» only one headed this way at this ' time, FOR STOLEN HORSE Sheriff Scott and Policeman Schumaker of Huntington Here Today ___ TRACING THE HORSE Stolen from Contractor Near That Place—Driven West By Bold Man — ' ■ I M Sheriff Scott and Policeman Schumaker of Huntington wehe here todayin conference with Sheriff Durkin, relative to tlie sorrel horse stolen there Wednesday morning by a bold, young manThe horse belonged to a contractor who had the animal tied in his camp by the roadside. A young man, about twenty-five years old, with a two or three days' growth of beard on his face, drove past a in spring wagon and tying the horse behind, drove east. He met a man near the scene of the theit who asked him whether he had bought the horse, lie replied he had and whipped up and drove off. The officials found several others who saw the thief, the last being on west of Bluffton At a different time, the man was driving the horse hitched to his spring wagon, and at others, he was leading her At the last named place, he was inquiring for the state line and it is thought he made for Ohio, The officials went to Chattanooga and other Ohio towns near here, and not finding the horse returning went back to retrace the old clue. ... ...J t a

THE SHOP LEAGUE Os Fort Wayne Will Play the Decatur Shamrocks in Fast Game Sunday. r PART OF LOU SCOTT'S Famous Team from Bluffton That Defeated the Local Boys in Game. One of the many shop league base I ball teams of Fort Wayne will play i tiie Decatur Shamrocks in a fast game 1 Sunday, July 13, on the local field, back of the old cemetery The game will be a good one from I start to finish, as the shop leagtteis : are a husky bunch ow farriors and deI termined to take a victory from tiie ! Decatur Shamrocks. However, the i local boys will have something to say . to this when they get out on tiie field ■ and start to knock out a few of the .■swift balls sailed across the pan by the Fort Wayne pitcher, to the mead- ■ ow beyond the high fence. The Fort Wayne shop league is composed Os some of the best material from the Fort Wayne shops, a few of them hav- , ing played with Lou Scott's team from Bluffton July 4. The Shamrocks are in excellent form and ready to meet the Fort Wayne bunch in a stiff fight for the victory. Ralph Holmes, who knows the base ball game from A to Z. will umpire I the game, which will bo called at .'! 1 o'clock, t’omo and help boost. SLAIN BY SUITER — Mrs. May Brown of Winchester. Shot and Killed Late Last Night. A SECTION FOREMAN Os G R & I. Charged With Shooting — Companion Saved by Watch. — Winchester, Ind., July 11 — Mts. May Brown, thirty-one years old. was sliot and instantly kill I as she was on Iter •t y liot.- e .mu the btis , ’i‘s'<j district at 11 o'clock Thursday night I and William S. Circle, forty-five years ; old, section foreman for the Grand i Rapids and Indiana railroad, is in | jail, charged with the shooting- John Davisson, twenty-six years’ old, who was witii the woman, wa- saved by a gold watch 'n a shirt pocket, which stoppe 1 the first bull’t tired by th.assailant The shooting occurred at Meridiiis | and South streets, one square from i the business district of the city and j followed the woman's complaint that Circle had been following her and ■ threatened to kill her James Brown, the husband, is en - ( ployed at night in a livery barn and 1 was unable to leave his work. At his | request Davisson accompanied th- 1 1 woman when she started home. When the slayer first attacked the couple, Davisson was in front of his j companion, and the first bullet struck | the watch in his ]>ocket. Mrs. Brown ran into the street and [ her assailant fired twice, both bullets entering her body- The second passed just below the heart. Davisson carried the woman to the walk and j she died fifteen minutes later. Circle was arrested an hour later., Ho had returned to a hotel thirty minutes before and had gone to bed. Pol Sheriff Henning the prisoner asserted entire Ignorance of the shooting and ■ went willingly to jail. THE MOTHERS' CLUBS. Os Indiana Will Hold Convention In Fort Wayne In September. Fort. Wayne, Ind, Julyll.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Fort Wayne Women have already begun to plan for the annual state meeeting of the Mothers' Clubs of Indiana and the parents-teachers associations whi h will be hold here in September. Mrs. S Ackerman has charge of the local arrangements.

; EXCHANGE OF PULPITS. Letters to friends in tin ■ ity li u the Rev. F. 11. Tormohlen, pastor o: I the locul Friends' church for tli ■ • i live weeks, who ii'Signed Juno 1. ; j stated that ho lias decided to a< < < , , ■ the call to the pastorate of HoI Friends' church at Van Wort, Ohio j succeeding tiie Rev. Tennyson Lew , who will come here on October 1 i ’ Rev Tormotiieii ;,i |,ieaent I ■ t a month's vacation in tiie west, tiefirst he has enjoyed in thirteen year*:. I and he states that he is enjoying him self immensely —Portland Sun. UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES Sum folks was born cultured sum acquire culture; an' othurs hez cul-i ‘ lure thrust upon 'em by the lecture* * ‘ tikut committy. c— A LIFE SENTENCE I 1 ' Was Given to Man Who Caused Death of Sister by Striking Her. — COL. H. WATERSON Says That Friendship With Wilson Is At An End and Break Is Final. — (United Press Service. Indianapolis, Ind., July 11 - (Special * to Daily Democrat)—James Gordon . whose sister, Gertrude died April 12. ' and whose death resulted i y blows from Gordon, was found guilty of th ■ j second degree murder and was senI tenced to the penitentary for lite. — New York, X Y.. July 11—(Special to Daily Democrat i —Col. Henry Waterson, when asked touay concerning his relations with President Wilson, said, "I have none." "Our break is complete and final. Our friendship I a closed chapter but I'll have to ad-> ! mit that he has beat tiie democratic i politicians at Washington to a pulp; , : and has handled the business of the) i Government with success. London. Eng., July 11 (Special to I Daily Democrat)—Bulgaria has de, idI ed not to resist the Romanian invasion which is under the direction of King Charles. This means that Bulgaria has consented for Romania to take the 2,500 square miles of territory as a price to remain neutral in tin I Turko-Balkan war. All Roumania is< ( ! prepared for war and the minister has I left Sophia. Tiie desired territory ex tends 100 miles back to tiie Blai k Sea.i , ! Diplomats here today are awaiting , i with interest the reply from Greece and Servia to Bulgaria who has an- * , nounced that they have plan <1 their H affairs in the hands of Russia. , — ! • Liverpool, July 11 Attempts t<’| break throughout the police liii" , | when King George passed, smash: :" | of store windows, and 'a general dis-' ; i turbance was caused here today when ,■ ( militants endeavored to present a t'.e- , tition to the king They were foiled , | by the police, however, and then turn ! s ed their attention to tiie breaking e , * store windows with stove pokers. Sev- | eral arrests were made. — Washington, Pa . July II —(Special | to Daily Democrat! T. S Young of I . * Monongahelia was killed and there . | others wore seriously injured when ' < ! Young’s automobile plunged into a! i fence and turned turtle over a thirty I j foot embankment, pinning the men tin-1 | derneath the machine. EXPRESS ROBBERS CAUGHTFour employees of the Pennsylvania railroad and the Adams Express comi pany, whose robberies are alleged tc have been carried on since the first o! the year and whose booty is estimated * to be valued at $!.500, were arrested j yesterday by local and Chicago ait-' thorities after weeks of work. Murtin J. Malone, sorter for tiie expr . s ' company; Clarence S Stoner, a brakeman for the Pennsylvania, i 1 ing at 2530 Smith street, and Alt I ('. Guenther, an express sort . ' charged with receiving stolen propi r ’ ty, while James i'ndei wood is t * i cused of petit larceny He has con * I fessed to Captain Henry C. Stoll, eap--1 tain of police of the Pennsylvania rail | road.— Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette,

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ASADTRfiGEDY OF CITY LIFE Mary Magner Schultz of Monroe, Commits Suicide in Chicago. FINDING OF BODY Os Her Daughter, Mabel— Had Been Missing Long —Many Relatives Here. A sad double tragedy of city life, I in which a mother's love and despair over tiie tragic death of her only 'laughter and child, caused her to tai/ tier own life, va- in a message received this morning by Caleb B. Andrews. The message told of the death of Mary Magner Schultz of Chicago, a former Adams county woman, a daughter of tiie late Henry Magner, whose girlhood days were spent at her home a mile west and a quarter mile north of Monroe.. Finding the dead body of her daughter, Mabel Magner, aged nineteen, whom she had been seeking for four days, the mother committed suicide Thursday evening at 8 o’clock at her home in Chicago. A forerunner of tile terrible news of the mother's suicide were two letters received here this morning by relatives of the mother. They were written yesterday afternoon, apparently only a short while before the search resulted in the finding of the daughter's body. One was re .-ived ty b■ ' sister, Susanna, wife of Profess r Witliaus. the Herne musician; the other, by an aunt, Mrs. Jane Andn-ws, of near Monroe. In the letters the mother stat I that her daughter, Mabel, who w.is employed in a Chicago printing ofli, >*, had been going witii a printer, also employed there. She expressed ‘he fear that trouble mi'-Mn result therefrom, her fears being confirmed by the fact that the daughter had been missing four days Sit ■ stated she had searched every whet ,■ for .M;>k*el and had been unsucee: ■ml in llndi’tg her. The letter was written here to ask whether Mabel had come hce, or whether anything had been heard front her Tin h iter • •■mod to convey the i, ar that she had reasons to fear front Mai el’s asset iation with pearance might have r-suited trout that. A little later this morning. Mr. Andrews received word of the mother s death, asking what disposal should bo made of the body. Mrs. Schultz is a daughter of Mrs. Mahala Magner, who has been in Easthaven insane asylum for six or seven years. Caleb Anhence the message was sent to him. Mary Wagner left her girlhood home many years ago ami went to Chicago to live. There she met her future husband, Mr. Schultz, and was married to him. The daughter, Mabel, who is now about nineteen years old. was born to taom. When the baby was only t ight months old, the parents were separated and have not lived together since, having secured a divorce. Mrs. Schultz was about thirty-nine years old. She leaves, besides the mother, two sisters: Susanna Wlthnus of lierue, ;nd Laura Magner of Chillicothe, Ohio. Three brothers survive, they being Ed Magner, Michigan; Frank Magner, Fort Wayne; John, who is in Michigan City in an institution to" the criminally insane. Whether the daughter, Mabel, np't death by foul play or whether her death was accidental, <u' a suit ide, is unknown- it is quite prol able tint her mother, was crazed by wot ry and ’ grief, when she took her life by ii n r own hand, and was not mentally rei sponsible. Mr- Andrews, the guardian of ilio i mother, stated that lie had no author- , ity to use the mother’s means for bringing the body back here for burial or lor disi*'sai of the same, and will i direct that the burial take place In ; L’hlcagc. The following article in till morn- , ing’s Chicago Trli.une gives the f,ili lest details known here of the do die 1 tragedy: ■ \ middle-aged woman, wearing i shawl over her shoulders, praaented (Continued on Page 3)