Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1913 — Page 1

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A GREAT DEBATE « Was That of J. Adam Bede AJIOWW and Emil Seidel on Socialism . LOUDLY APPLAUDED But It’s Doubtful if Either Gained a Convert---Ben •Greet Players. The rain storm of the earlier part •'* the evening; did not frighten the at •endants away from the ehaiitanqii.i day evening ami the audience was much larger than the preceding even*) ing. The great attraction was the delete -Is Socialism Desirable for the I r.ited States? 1 by Hon. j A(1 ... nl •de. former congressman from Minnesota, ami Hon. Emil Seidel, former i ayor of Milwaukee, who argued and (if! ated the question front al) points. Both were heartily applauded. Bede : turally came in for a greater por lion, because he had a larger natural Hewing, and ho devoted himself to Interspersing much wit and humor into his logic. Seidel also received • ■ituent applause, showing he had goodly number of sympathizer.-. The arguments back and forth we’ ■ taken in perfect good humor, but the : <licace asa whole probtbly left the -ent without having had the question v < ■ ked any nearer toward a solution them than when they entered the • nt. and it is doubtful if either d-’ • Mr. Seidel first took twenty mln- ( ton, then Mr. Bede twenty, then Mr. Seidel fifteen and fifteen for Mr. Bede, then each took ten and fit© minutes Seidel in leading off the argument cited the five fundamental reasons 1 p .;y po’- ialisni would become the •cmtroling interest of the world in a few; venerations, as follows: First. socialism is in line with all. development and is the logical step, 'em capitalism to the progressive : ivlllzation. Second, it gives Justice to the worker, it gives him his tools, gives I:n.i his job and lastly, gives him his 1 roducts of his labor "Third, socialism substitutes prod- • is for use and not for profit ■‘Fourth, it secures for the people ni the country the property of the' country to be used for the benefit of the masses. Fourth, it secures culture and inditi<;unl freedom. There are many misconceptions of socialism Some preach that it tends to anarchy and is an opponent of taws, equal distribution of property and a score of other things, but I say that is not real socialism. We want more laws, we want an equal distilI i.ticn of the profits gained from our labors and nothing else. Socialism is not a creed embracing atheism but rather it is composed ol all kinds of people of many diflorent religions and | will be frank in laying that some of its great leaders declare that they are atheists and it en assert that the success of the movement lies on the theory of atheism. But that is not what all soi >alist; believe. They believe that socialism is an < cnotni'- science founded on economie conditions just ns the medical s< fence is founded on medical ethics. It is not a spiritual movement in which Christians alone are interested. Although I can say that there are many Christians in tin 1 ranks It is not ;• religion. It is not the idea to abolish property, but capital. You may carry a tiollar in your pocket. It is your property. But as soo nas ou invest it and gain interest from it without working, then it becomes capital. You may own Irtnd I ut as soon as you rent : it to some one else it becomes capital. The socialists stand cpited again tt •ho wage system Allowance is the term used in place of the present word Wages Indicate that the money received Is only a part of the labor produced and as labor produces wealth so why should not labor re- < eive the benefit of the wealth. The barbaric Idea of profit is the underlying principal of the ruthless destroying of boys and young men. If it were not for the profit received, the dime novel, whiskey or cigarettes would not be made and sold to the men. In closing Mr. Seltfel said: "Today

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J 011 " i"' Bli II till; tent ar.- agafr i . Um movement, but ih a generation you will bo supporting the movement. i I lie movement will conquer and the time when the boys and the girls 1 nd workers will not lie ground down 'or profit." In d. louse of the arguments against Hi • question Mr .Bede presented his I arguments: Ihe establishment of socialism would rob the country of its genius. “ ok th.- nation of its liberty and gain nothing at all. it will establish now kinds of slaury ami divide the nation into two I nd.; of ( lasses, the workers ami ' ■ ioatots. With the wage system abolished ami their allowance system substituted the thrifty man could save up enough money in ton years] (Continued on Page 2) order: d tostrike j rainmen and Conductors On Eastern Railroads Will Go On A Strike. IRISH BLOOD UP Many Heads Are Cracked In A Roit Which Follows Celebration in Ireland. •New York, N. Y.. July 12.—(Special to Daily Democrat>—The committee! of one thousand brotherhood of Rail- 1 ! trail men and order of railroad I conductors today met to ratify the I trike ol one hundred thousand mem-1 tiers of forty-two eastern railroads. It appears certain that the strike vote] -( Il bo ratified The (fitly uncertain-1 ity i whether the committee will ord-j tr the men out today or tomorrow.] Chances of a peaceable settlement are : emote. Wilkes-Dara. July 12 —(Special to i Daily Democrat! —Judge Henry A. Fuller today granted the obligation of the district attorney to exhume the body of Alice Crispwell a victim of the Fourth of July tragdy at Harvey Lake The body will bo taken up as ! soon as an expert, probably from New t York can be secured to conduct the | autopsy London. Em . July 12.— (Special to. Daily Democrat)—Birdy Mai ion, a 'militant, was arrested today after, having lim ed a package of suffragette literature through the window of th.' Home ofli< e. She was released from ! jail only last week and will bo returned theie today. Washington, D C*. July 12—(Spec ! ial to Daily Democrat) —The senate! lobby investigating committee con-! vened at 9 o'clock with Colonel Mui-1 , hall present escorted by a policeman .is a body guard. J. Emery of the N. A. M. accompanied by the attorney lor the association were also present and took seats near the witness chair] where Emery scowled his disapproval 1 nt Mulhall who seemed amused at it J Alter a conference, Chairman Over-i man consented to let Emery make a I statement before the committee Emery declared that the N A. M. would be glad to co-operate with the committee in all ways in the investigation and asked that permission be granted to assist in the examination. Overman said he would let him know v hen the proper time arrived. Senator Reed then look up the examination of Mulhall. Belfort, Ireland, July 12—(Special to Dally Democrat)—Scores of heads were cracked with clubs and revolver shots discharged and property damaged today in a roit which followed the celebration of the 223 anniversary of the battle of Boyne which resulted in the overthrow of James 2, last I catholic king of Ireland. Many were | injured. _ oDivorce Case Continued. From Last Evening-Will Be Taken Up Monday Morning. ’ The attorneys In the Adeline Smith vs. Joseph Smith divorce case, on trial ■ ail this week in the Wells circuit s court, are at home today, the case f having been continued from last evenI, ing. until next Monday morning. It s will probably not be finished until the e middle of next week. The defense has not yet. concluded the examinay I tion of its witnesses.

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J? I IE ; ; >_ _ ~ i KING SEES FRENCH PRESIDENT OFF, • Copyright by International Notys Service; supplied by the New Process Electro-Corporation, N. Y.) King and Prince Enroute to Station to Bid Farewell to President of France King George V and the Prince of Wales on their way to Victoria station to bid farewell to M. Poincare, President of France, following his first official visit to Great Gritain. Ihe King and Prince are seen salat-. ing the crowds that cheered them on the way to the station M Poincare was accompanied by M- Pinchon, French minister for fori n affairs, which position M. Poincare once occupied himself. Mme. Poincare did not accompany her husband on the English visit.

MAY BE BRANCH ‘ I Indiana Boys’ School Near Laporte May Become Branch of School OF DR. H. LIETZ The German Educator—He Is Coming Here Soon With , German Students. — I Laporte. Ind., July 12. 1913 —Ar-i nouncement was made today by the I authorities of Interlaken School, the' ’ well known boarding school for sons of business and professional men, which institution is situated on a 700 acre estate, just east of the city, that ' plans were under way for the estab-, Bailment of a branch ot the famous! Indiana school for boys in Germany. | It is thought that these plans, which are of an elaborate nature and whose I realization will attract the attention of the educational world, will come to, pass next year. This announcement is more than or-1 ! Binary news interest for it collects : the sue cess of what is known as the i 'New School Movement," as exemplii lied by Interlaken. The intense practicability of Interlaken training, which means a full day's program for every boy, including hours spent in the classroom, the boiler plant, the gardI en or in the care of blooded stock, i undeniably makes for self-reliance and the "well-rounded" man. The vital orginallty of the work of the “New, School Movement,” which started in foreign countries and whose lllustri ous champions are such men as Or.. Cecil Reddle, of England, and Dr.] Herman Metz, of Germany, is of common appeal to the educational world.' Indeed, American educators have' watched with keen interest the development of Interlaken school. Verily! their expectations as to its success have been in favor of Interlaken, I whose growth has been substantial, | as well as rapid. During the latter part of this month,; i Dr. Herman Uetz, with a large party I of students from his German school,] I will be the guests of Or Edward A., I Rumely, president of Interlaken, at the summer camp of the school, on the beautiful shores of Silverlake, where fifty or more boys, or about twentyfive per cent of the enrollment of the. regular school year, are enjoying the , summer months. The prospective visit of Dr. Lietz and his party is being i heralded throughout the middle west ' as an event of considerable importance ,aud during the sojourn of Dr. ■ Lietz at the Laporte county school numerous prominent educators from

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all points of the compass will visit the school and meet with the distinguished German, whose theories con-1 cerning the training of boys are exert ing such a far-reaching influence in the schools of this country, public and private. o— EXPRESS THANKS. The children of the'lnte Ezra Cutt- ] ing wish to extend in this way. their I thanks to the neighbors, friends, W. i R C. and G. A- R. for their help and' sympathy at the time of the death of their father. UNION VETERANS • Will Have Reunion September 15-20 at Chattanooga Tennessee HISTORIC FIELD The Confederate Veterans Held Their Reunion There Last Year. Chattanooga, Tenn., July 12—Gen.] Alfred H. Deers, of Bridgeport, Conn..' Coniine nder-iu Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, expects the! Chattanooga encampment of Septen ’>ei is"> 20 to ho of the best that ] the Union vete-ans bare had for many] yeais. He so expressed himself hero to a company of his Chattanooga friends, and later gave an interview in Cincinnati emphasizing his belief. Commenting on the coming encampment, Gen. Doors said: “The Confederate veterans hold their reunion at Chattanooga Inst spring and we old fellows of the North feel that no more ■ appropriate selection could have boon made (or our reunion this fall, and I the only regret that w e have is that we could not have met our former J toes, now our friends, in joint conven- ] ■ tion and smoked the pipe of peace on the ground where fifty years ago wsmoked a plenty, but there were bul- | lets ahead of the smoke. i "Certainly Chickamauga and Missionary ridge cost enough lives on both i sides to make those fields historic and sacred to both the north and south. You know the G. A. R. is still quite an army, for wo have a membership of more than 200,000, and I j expect this reunion to be one of the j best we have had in many years ” General Deers lias made a number of trips to Chattanooga on the business of the encampment, and upon each trip ho expressed in the most enthusiastic terms concerning the outlook and the preparations for the September meeting.

VISITED Oi-F.CE Miss Mabel Sherwood Cox, of Redpath Grand Opera Company Is Daughter OF PRESS INVENTOR J L. Cox Who Invented New Press Installed In Democrat Office. Decatur people, and especially those of the Daily Democrat force were particularly interested in Miss Mabel Sherwood (’ox, a member of the Rodpath | Grand Opera Company, who appeared in th© Chautauqua program. Miss Cox is the daughter of J. L- Cox, the Inventor of the Goss Comet Printing press, and other presses that have perfected tile art of printing. One was installed in tills office only a month ago, , and prior thereto, Mr. Cox paid this office several visits relating to the establishment of his press. Miss Cox is an ardent newspaper woman ami i understands every detail of the press I She visited this office while here. | "■— BEN HURS’ NOTICE. A called meeting for the Ben Hurs | is announced for 7:30 o’clock this evening- Special business will come up particularly for “Class A.” All ! members should attend. HORSE THIEF HERE | . Sheriff Durkin Convinced That He Talked With Fellow Last Evening DESCRIPTION GIVEN Os Stolen Horse was Wrong As He Learned After He Let Him Go. That the thief who stole the sorrel | horse of a Huntington contractor. Wednesday morning, and for whom j Sheriff Durkins and other officials j ! have been searX.ing for several days, i 1 was in our vicinity last evening and that he talked with him and looked i I over the stolen horse, is the convict- | lor. this morning of Sheriff Durkiu.i I He learned this morning that the <b'-| ! scription given him of the stolen I Huntington horse was wrong. The true description given him this morn-; ' ing. tallies exactly with the mare that ! the suspected horse thief had last night. The Huntington officials rrrived on the scene this morning and are hot on the trailWhen the Democrat reached the j Fuhrman home in Root township yesterday morning and the article on the stolon horse was read, the family at ■ once became suspicious that a man i driving two horses, a sorrel and a ! bay in a spring wagon from the west I past their home, yesterday morning, i . was th© man. The map came to the : Fuhrman home, at- noon and in the afternoon drove back again from the east. Both times lie was driving very ] fast. Sheriff Durkin was notified and went out to follow up the man. About supper time, one of the Fuhrman boys again notified him that th ’ man had returned to that vicinity and I was camping near the Fuhrman ' school house. [ Sheriff Durkin reached the scene I about 7:30 o'clock and going up to ■.the man, engaged in conversation’ I with him. the stranger being unspi-! ' clous that he was dealing with an ■ officer. The man answered the de- > ! scription of the horse thief, but wh' ii I • Mr. Durkin examined the sorrel horse • i he found It a mare, about five years ' old, instead of four, and with three! I white feet, instead of one white hhid I foot, as the description given him ! • read- After a few more questions, I he thought that the man was not the • one wanted, and drove away, leaving the man in camp. The stranger stated that his home was in Dayton. Ohio, and that he was traveling with his father, trading : horses and buying junk and that bis ■ lather was down the road a short • ways with six horses. When Sheriff Durkin reached home

ho was prevented from communions ing with the Huntington officials, until this morning on account ol th electrical storm. He then inform. I the officials of what ho found, and they In turn communicated with th. ; conlractor who lost the horse. T contractor then stated that it was hi mar© that was stolen instead of th' horse, and as ho had owned her onl\ a few days and was not well acquaint ed with tlio animal, he gave an in accurate descriptionIt is quite probable that the on | Sheriff Durkin found last evenin'., was the stolen horse. Had he been given tlie correct description, 1. would have had the man behind tl " bars. The stranger had been driving both horses hitched to the spring wagon, (Continued on Page 2) THE SCHOOL FUNDS Adams County Got More Back from the State Than She Paid THIS HALF YEAR — I Per Capita from State is ’ s2.22—With Local Funds it is Raised to $2.49. County Auditor T. IL Baltzell has ] icceivod from the state the semi-an i inial apportionment of the state I school funds for Adams county. De; - ! uty Auditor Paul Baumgartner is now I distributing the funds to the various* • township trustees. Adams county's share of the state ' i-ehool funds is sls,.>’>•>.S4 This is a I I per capita for each of the 6,922 chi’ ' • (*ren of school age in the county, and 1 lor each child in the state of school ■ | ape, of $2.22. Tlie amount pott( u 1 back from the state was much large' I this time, than was paid into the state j funds. The amount Adams county] paid in was only $13,687.66. Os this $11,63885 was from the state scho" taxes, and $2.048.53 interest on com mon school funds. The amount being apportioned to the township trustees at this time, which totals $17,279.79, or a per cap-! •n of more than $2 49 for each school ! <hlld also includes some local funds , '-s follows: Congressional school, $5.53.49; ’.i'i j '-nr revenue, $5'H); dog funds, 8859 46 I ' r hese are added to the state fund , | or distribution at this time. — CAUSED EXCITEMENT. I ’’otifire Sets Shed on Fire and Causes Run for Fire Department. A bonfire in tlie alley at the rear o the J. O. Sellemeyer residence "i' : Fourth street, setting fire to a shed.] j ( aused the fire alarm to be given at > ’0:15 this morning and necessitated |r. run by the derartment. The blaze’ ! " r>s seen extinguished by the use of I ! the new Pyrene extinguisher, with i ] the department had just install d o” I the truck this morning, and the dan' ! age to the shod was slight A \w n | ing is given to boys on motorcych bicycles, and also to automobiles i who think it necessary to follow the ■ fire truck, to keep at least hall a ! block behind or in front of the truck j : as there is great danger of a collision : ! At yesterday's run two young fellow on a motorcycle attempted Io go ii> front of the truck when It was making the turn on Eleventh street, and if It had not been for the presence of mind of the boy on the rear in jumping off and throwing t> machine on the curb, a serious accident In which both lives would have been lo:., would undoubtedly have been the n -1 ! suit. As it was however, the rea: I I wheel of the truck ran over the mo-1 I torcycle. Take this as a warning. GOT "SOME" WHEAT. C. M. Andrews, the prominent farmer of southwest of the city had a IT wheat yield. From six acres, ho got 239 bushels, or nearly forty bushels per acre. His record, will doubtles be hard to beat. - " ■ o —— POSTPONE MEETING. On account of the fact that innnv wished to attend the chautauqua last 1 evening, the physicians postponed ■ | their meeting. Tlie future date wa '■ not set Many seemed to be In favor of postponing it until two months or : so, or until after the heated season.

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A KE* N I Tl PEST Aroused in Indi' n hall’s “Expos.ires”—A Decided Shift IN POLITICAL MAP ?pporirnitrs crats “To Have .-nd To Hold” Look Better. Indianapolis, Ind , July 12 (Spei- 1 to Daily Democrat) "1 would that mine enemy would write a book," re marked Job one afu rnoon as he leisI urely reclined on his favorite pile of , debris and soothed his boils. Times 1 have changed since then. A bool; j might have been .necessary for tic | satisfaction of Job but since Col. Mc.l- --! Hall opened ins t: ink a F tter twoin Indiana—is ample. Because oi this I fact a number of Hoosier gentlemen ; are hastily applying the acid tent es i modern ideals in politics to the cari bon copies of long forgotten letters j and frantically trying to remembci I what they said-—and v li-t t ■; di ar.u , -back in the fall o while in tie i company of the ingratiating ,and enI tertaining Colonel from the Ea. t . Shore. The Colonel’s charges h.-.ve arouse.! vider and keener interest in Indians, ’ perhaps, than in any other state in the Union due 10 tlie largt’ number of •rcminent Hoosiers mentis u d in F ; • remarkable seri, of allegations. • What ever was the larger object of j Col, Mulhall's "exposure" th ■ <;oni crete result in Indiana have already )'cm a sudden :ir } r; 1 <1 I t ! n the ’ plitlca! map o the state. For the Progressives the Mulhall ■harges come in th" nature of a vir i he G. O P., we harmo: ■ | gular state house jo’ i fulness of the phoiv l-o’ S'-ent g’ow of i i dying fish cast In the night upon a ''s not only nndis 11' i "dftie'i from ihe t'l’P 'll atn ;. On the other band the D ■mocrar 'ndlsna, who seem to ' H ■ t the ro < ords of their state leaders wi'l, nt i 'east, be kept clear of the busines s. I •■’■o ioyi'olL I r<>' ’ 'i”)'" tli-it With ] this latest eru> tion of old i < ■ : I ’tion to finally i ievenf pry near ami the ohrortunities o' ibo’r (>•■ • ' ■! to “have and to hold” for a contin"i’i' ' •■i. (I in Indiana are looking pleasantly better Democrats, however, '(- predicting that before the hi.II business is entirely sifted down i ertain one-limo republicans who drifted away at the big wind let, June may also be found to be involved. This, however, nt this time can l.e regarded as only conjecture, based perhaps, upon fervency of hope. In tlie meantime the patronage I hint tree at tlie capitol is being : V’ttdily agitated by : . hr's lloosic . Tiie tip Ims gone out in Indianapolis that Thomas F. Colbe t. at present custodian of the state house, has tit l ' •'ole position in tl«■ race for tlie I’. S. nmrslmlsliip. Isaac Strouse of Rocktille is said to 1 , I; tod >r | the collector of intor’ei) revenue for j the Tero Haute di *Tn the VS. district attorneyi’,'; rnce of the doubt who are ready and »’■’ • r to vrot'l.iim themselves as "close ' to the inside Iler, between Dan Sims of Lafayette ■ and Erli Ituuan of Indiunarolls. Re"- ' inald Sullivan, who looked n winner • I some time ago, is said to have last (! ground due to the fact that Sulm oc 5 J Korn is alleged Jo want a man oi more years and federal court experience, Which is hard on Mr. Siilli’.on. who is young through no fault of his ' own. i -o H I, Geo. Chronister and 1* : '■'■<’ o'' ', masons have btgiin work on the lay. ’.ing of the brick fbr th" walls of the • new Sether business block on Second street.