Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 15 July 1913 — Page 1

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THE FINEST EVER ~1 — -—. Were Band Concerts Given at Chautauqua by Famous Kryl Band. TWO GOOD PROGRAMS Hon. Joseph W. Folk of; Missouri Here For the Afternoon. Wednesday. Morning Boy Scouts. Utcrory interpretation, “The Drama, the M ror of Life ” Admission 25 cents. Afternoon— Concert, The Barnard! Orchestra. Lecture. "Head Lions' : Lincoln McConnell. Admiasion 3: i « ente. Evening—Joj Night, a novel pro-' gram. Ralph Bingham, assisted by the Barnard Orchestra. Admission 50 cents. By far the greatest musical event; i ver given in this city, according to j the opinion of many, were the con-! certs of yesterday afternoqn and ev- 1 citing nt the big Chautauqua tent, ! gtvbn by the famous Bohumir Kryl J and his band of thirty pieces. Music lovers, including hundreds of | persons, musically educated, and hun ; deeds who simply enjoy music when they hear it. had a great treat in the 1 Land concert yesterday. A musician why knows, gays: "Kryl has an exceptionally good con- j < ert band. No band of its size-30, performers, not including the conduct cr—ever gave such satisfaction, perhaps to discriminating listeners. Two 1 reasons account for the excellence ol the band. One is the high quality of tiie performers and the other is the marked hbility of the- conductor"It is something of an orchestral baud, uot heyausc of the string .u-, struments employed, for there are onlv a bass viol sand a harp, but the i phrasing is more orchestral than used j to be the case with brass and reed organizations. The ensemble is perfect and the brass instruments arc kept in perfect tune which is not alwa.'S the case with some others." '.Mr. Kryl's interpretations suggest the poetic mind and he reads Into Ilin light encore pieces, as well as the more pretentions conditions soul and rhythmic beauty, lie accents bis rhythms strongly, which is as much ns to say the playing of the band is never commonplace or ciraggy " Mr. Kryl is himself a great cornet I Ist and in iiis brilliant cornet numbers | he was re-called again and again. .Many numbers of the program were "tone songs and pictures' highly descriptive. and were* played so truly that one fairly saw in his mind's eye, an I beard, the various events or nature pictures they portrayed. Among the numbers, were several composed by Kryl. himself, a fantasia being especially beautiful. Among the evening numbers especially fine, wns; the celebarted Anvil chorus, in "The Village Blacksmith.” The rain storm of the evening, happily, was late in arriving and the greater port of the concert was over., so that the effects of the music l were not marred. The morning exercises conducted by j the Boy Scout manager, ain’t the liter ary talks also given, through the | week, have been very fine and highly instructive Hon. Joseph W. Folk, of Missouri, 1 gave his lecture on "A Fight for a State," this afternoon, and this evening The Mozart Concert Company will furnish music- This evening wld he children's night. Laurant, the magician. will be the chief attraction.! the Mozart Company to furnish the' music. "Joy Night.” Joy night on all Redpath Chautau- I quas will be, as the name Indicates, a jolly event indeed. Ralph Hingham , will be in charge which fact alone In-, sures a good time. Bingham Is a humorist who forth - ty-five years has been making large. audiences laugh and who is still In the I prime of life. This is accounted for i by the fact that his first appearance was at the age of six years, when he , traveled as the "Boy Orator of Amer lea.” His appearances on the American Continent to date number nearly 10,000. T. DeWitt Talmadge after hearing Bingham said: "Bless Bingham and nil the apostolic college of humorists The man that makes me laugh is my

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I n, ' ,,r God bless ail skillful 1 ? H ' al ‘ ,hnsp who mirthfully Burs is “ with unusual Juxtaposition oi words ThU i 8 a ()lvlnp rT)lsHjon „ "■ Bingham is an impersonator, a h>'n>or t s tM . a vioilnist. a planls| and a ahst. Tim music on Joy Night .. .. “ " n ® ishf> ' 1 hy the Barnard Or ' l "i- a musical organization well 1 "own to the lyceum and ehautauqua worldHAEFLING AT BLUFFTON. ! Examiners James Haefling ol I Decatur and D. O. Bachelor of Goshi": arrived in Bluffton this morning | 'o enter npo„ their work on an assignj merit which covers the examination 10l the books of four county offices, nr-mely the books in the offices of the lerk. auditor, treasurer and sheriff Their investigation In each of these offices is for the year 1912, and it is ; the regular examination that the I l resent law requires for all public offices. All of the Wells county books I have been investigated up to 1912.— I Bluffton News. HORSE IS FOUND Horse and Rig Stolen From Abe Bock Livery Stable In Fort Wayne FOUND IN WOODBURN Had Been Abandoned There by Man who Boarded the Train at that Place. Sheriff Durkin received a telephone, message last evening between five | and six o'clock form Fort Wayne I officials, that the horse and rig stolen! I tom the Bock & Watson livery stable ol which Abe Bock is one of the proprietor. was found at Woodbujn yesterday afternoon. - . The carriage was hired Saturday I y an elderly man who failed to show ! up again at the livery stable. Developments showed that a man answering tiie description of the one who hired the outfit, had boarded a tram at Woodburn and had abandoned the horse and rig there. Officers in neighboring counties lad bee., notified prior to that to help in tiie search and yesterday mottling Sheriff Durkin had sent out 2<M) cards witli a description of the man and the horse and carriage. PHI DELTS ELECT Annual Election of Officers Places Harry Jeffrey In President’s Chair. A GOOD STAFF Campaign Will be Made for New Members—Quarters Will be Re-furnished. Tiie annual election of the Phi I Belts was held, the new officers to take their places a week from next ! Thursday. The new staff, which is a strong one, Comprises■ President— Harry Jeffrey. Vice President —Frank Bremerkamp. Master of Ceremonies —Bob Peterson. Secretary & Treasurer—Herman Eh Inger. Sergeant of Arms—Jesse Cole. Inner Guard —Lynn Shoemaker Outer Guard—Frances Schmitt. A campaign for new members will be begun in earnest in a very short , while, and the boys hope to grow rapidly. They will also plan to refuiyiish their head-quarters, keeping them i modem and up-to-date-TO GIVE SOCIAL. The Young People of the Bleeke Lutheran church will give a social Saturday evening at the Henry Krueckeberg home northeast of the cly- ; There will be a bowling alley, a fish I pond, refreshments and many things to make the time an unusually haphy r one- ... •

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NATIONAL BALLOON RACE PARTICIPANTS. (Copyright by International News Service; supplied by the New Process Electro-Corporation, N. Y.) The Balloons Which Were Successful In The Kansas City Event Will Parti- ‘ cipate In The International Event At France. Remarkable bird s eye view of the He’d before tiie start of the National Balloon Race at Kansas City. Many ot the more successful balloons in this race will take part next fall in the International Balloon and Airship Raeeat France. From left to right the balloons in the picture are the "Drifter," the Million Population Club," St. Louis; the Kansas City Post, “Cant. Honeywell, pilot; the "Goodyear," R. 11. Upson, pilot; the "Miss Sophia 11,’ William J- Assman, Pilot; the Kansas City 11, John Watts, pilot and the pilot balloon. The Miss Sophia 11 exploded just after the photograph was taken.

HIGH REGONITION American Association Puts Indiana School of Medicine at the Top GRADE WORK PLUS Many Other Universities in the Country Fall Behind— Better Next Year. Bloomington, Ind., .July 15. —(The) Indiana University School of Medicine I of which the Robert W- Long hospi-l tai at Indianapolis is a pnrl, stands :n the highest class of medical schools in the United States. The American Medical Association .which is devoted to research work and the interest of medicine in general, divides all the medical schools into three classes. The first is A plus, which means more than twenty-seven of the highest fade requirements have been met. The classification was made only after the most thorough inspection by the council of (he association. Many> schools over the country with much , larger faculties and many more stuff | tints failed to make the highest class and the honor to Indiana University comes from the thoroughness of the course, the direct application of the most scientific methods and the research work of its faculty. For next year many departures are ' planned- The Long Hospital at Ind- | ianapolis will be completed and added i , as a distinct feature of the Indiana j ! school. Dr. and Mrs. Ixmg transfer-i It ed property valued at $200,000 to! i the University in 1910 for the buildj ing of a hospital for the care of the , poor of the state under the control i of the school of medicine. Later Dr. I and Mrs. Long gave $25,000 for equipping the hospital. The Legislature recently increased the appropriation from $25,000 to $05,000 for maintenance. CHARGED WITH MASSACRE. (United Press Service.) London, Kng., July 15—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Bulgarian government formally charged the Greek government with massacre. Bulgaria declared that when the Greeks took the town of Bravishta, that they massacred the entire population - " —o— — . ■ • ’ » Aaron DeVinney left for Glenmore, . Ohio, on tlie afternon train. He exi pects to be absent for several days, i ns he has contracted for The paperipg ' o( the fine residence of one of the wealthy farmers of near Glenmore.

Decatur, Indiana,Tuesday Evening, July* 15, 1913.

AFTER GLASS THROWERS. Autoists of Muncie Perfecting Vigilance Organization. Muncie, Ind-, July 15.—(Special to Daliy Democrat)—The auto and motor cycle fans of Muncie are planning on perfecting an organization of vigilance to protect themselves against the "glass throwers" of this vicinity. Within the last few months it is statI ed that several thousand of dollars i worth of perfectly good tires have - been destroyed caused by broken glass | placed in the roads vyith the intent to ldo injury. The police have apparentI iy been powerless to prevent the hood- | lums from persisting in the practice and the gasoline consumers are going ; to take matters in their own hands. PLENTY REAL WAR Will be Mixed with Pretense of War During Coming Encampment OF NATIONAL GUARD “Swat Fly Army" Makes Charge Against Enemy in Mess Shacks. Fort Benjamin Harrison, July 15. — (Special to Daily Democrat)There w’ll be plenty of real war mixed up with the pretense of war during the coming encampment of the national j guard at Fort Benjamin Harrison next | week. The real war will be on the I flies—and other insects. Quartermast- j | er General Charles A- Garrard hasi enlisted in the "swat the fly" army and has determined to bring with him the greater part of the Indiana National Guard. The first step on the war on the flies was noted when General Gartard erected the mess shacks. For-, merely the shacks were unscreened and the guardsmen were compelled to eat their "beans and sow belly” in a sort of a handicap race witli several ■ million hungry blue bottles but this | year all of the shacks are fly tight- ' The kitchens are also screened from the flies. A camp of instruction for all of the infantry officers, regimental and battalion staff and first and quartermaster sergeants of each infantry coml«ny will be held for five days. There officers will study infantry drill, drill , in care and use of ordance, field'problem*, patrolling, advance guard, out- . ikist selection of camp site, field ord- ; <rs, war game, rations and map read- : fnT- All the guardsmen except the 1 artillery will be in camp.

DRIFT WOOD SALE Unique Sale of Drift Wood Washed up in March Floods Brought THE SUM OF $77 Sheriff Holds 5a1e—7,350 Feet of Lumber Sold for Goodly Sum. The unique sale of lumber and; drift wood which was washed up by the March floods, and towed out to dry land hy various residents, was held by Sheriff Durkin after due advertising ami brought the goodly sum of $77. This Is more than $lO per thousand feet, as there were about 7,350 feet of the lumber. There were a large number of bid-! tiers, three of whom were successful. | These were Samuel Butler of this city, I Jonas Cline of Root x ,wns ('h> who 1 bought the amount taken up by him: j and Ben Butler of Root township, who! also bought the wood saved by him. A part of the lumber and wood is new, the preater part having been used chiefly in the making of concrete work. According to law, the one gath-| ering the wood is allowed $5.50 per thousand feet. Tiie rest of the proceeds goes for the paying of the costs of the sale, and the remainder to the county. RETURN ASSURED Pledges Enough Secured to Assure a Return of the Chautauqua FOR NEXT YEAR The Week Conceded to be Intellectual and Spiritual Uplift. That Decatur recognizes the up-! I lifting powers of tiie ehautauqua weeks feast of intellectual good; things was clearly manifest Monday ’ afternoon and evening when blanks circulated through the »u---d’ience for subscriptions to season I tickets for next year s ehautauqua. Between seven hundred fifty and I eight hundred tickets were subscrib-; co. This practically assures Decatur! getting the ehautauqua as the mini-j mum amount to guarantee the coming is 750 adult tickets, guaranteeing ■ I an amount of $1,500 to tiie companyIn the intermission of the band j concert Monday afternoon, JudgJ.T. ! Merryman took his place on the plat-i form and in a chajkcteristic speech.! set forth the good that such an in-! coming of the world’s best men and women of talent, representing and setting forth the highest ideals of mankind, in story and song, does for the community, and urging an expression favoring the return of the company next year. He was loudly applauded and the applause was i backed very materially by the subI scriptions. The ehautauqua closes Wednesday evening. ON THE TIPPECANOE C. D- Lewton Will Spend Summer Va- ■ cation With Friends. C. D. Lewton, loan Inspector for tiie Union Central Insurance contj pany, left for Monticello, where he will join O. C. Williams, an official of the company, and a party of Cincinnati, Ohio, friends. They will then proceed down the Tippecanoe river to Mr. Williams’ summer home, where they will spend a week. The party is anticipating a delightful time. o : Engineer John Gilllg went to Geneva this afternooh, where he will look after business matters pertaining to the new sewerage system which the town bontd has ‘decided to build. The plans and specifications lor the new sewehs were drawM by Mr- GlMIg. ’ ■ ‘ ’

[ CRUSHED TO DEATH. (United Press Service.) Elgin, 111., July 15—(Special to Dally Democrat)— Miss Huth Woods, aged 19, daughter of an Elgin Merchant, was crushed to death In an auto accident this morning. The tontine, ea: la which a party were riding, skidded and crashed into a large tree. Miss Nellie O’Connor and Lillian Falk were thrown free and escaped injuries while Miss Woods was pinned under the ear. MURDERED IN ALLEY. ! — (United Press Service.) Chicago, 111., July 15—(Special to Daily Democrat)—James Acques, a ■ wealthy Italian and owner of a long string of restaurants in Chicago and ether cities, was murdered early this morning in an alley off of South! State street. Black Handers are suspected of the murder and tiie police have aireadj l made several arrests. ——— —' » BARNS ARE BURNED Electrical Storms Claiming 6 Toll of Fine Barns of the County. THE CARTER BARN South of Pleasant Mills Consumed—Also Peter Steffen Barn. Jhe electrical storms of the past few | weeks are claiming a big toll of fine I Adams county barns. Among the! I numbers are two that were struck by' lightning last night about eleven o'clock and totally consumed, with their contents. One was the barn of Ellsworth Car-' ter, a mile south of Pleasant Mills. The barn was built only last summer and was filled with about ten tons of hay which were also consumed. A carriage and other things were also! t urned. Some insurance was carried. The second barn was that belong-, ing to Peter Steffen about ten miles southwest of this city. Tiie barn. was about 40 x SO and was filled witli sixiy tons oi hay. Farm implements were also burned. The loss is two thousand dollars or more, and about S9OO insurance was carried. THE G‘ LEERS MEET Fourteenth Annual Meeting! • of Indiana Golf AssociaI tion Held AT MUNCIE, INDIANA Will Close Saturday—There Will be Seven Events In All. Muncie, Ind-, July 15. —(Special to I Daily Democrat) The fourteenth an-! tiua) meeting of tiie Irliinna Golf A; ! sociation opened here today. Last ev-! ening the drawings for the qualifying [ rounds were held in the rooms of the Muncie Commercial Club and today ! the Delaware Country club rooms are gay with pennants and groups of gold | enthusiasts following tiie contestants.! There will be seven events in all witli I the final rounds played on July 19th. Today the qualifying rounds In the championship 18 holes medal play takes place. Tomorrow the first round for the committee cup, 18 holes occurs. The first round in the president's cup and the first round in the secretary’s cup will also be played. Thursday will see tiie first round for the directors' cup and Friday and Saturday will tie devoted to finals Q. ARSENALS BLOW UP. (United Press Service.) i Wilmington. July 15—(Special to ■ Dally Democrat)— A report was rei ceived here this morning which stat- > ed that two arsenals belonging to the i DuPont Powder company had blown t uii ' early this morning. The details are lacking.

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WHO MR. KRYL IS Famous Band Master Who Played in This City is a Bohemian. A NOTED SCULPTOR And Artist of Highest Note —lnteresting Interview Given. Decatur people who wore interested in Hie tamous bandmaster, Bohumir Kryl's concerts, will be interest- ! ed in the following interview by a r< - porter of a metropolitan newspaper: When “Pajamas” first came in style somebody was talking to an unsophisticated girl about them and she knavely remarked: "I don't know what that is. I always thought it was some sort of an | East India relish ’’ Now— If anything as simple as "pajamas” stumped our little country friend, what do you suppose 1 thought when Bohumir Kryl was mentioned to me? Said I to myself: "Some sort of an oriental sachet . powder; a new tooth paste; a physical culture or perhaps a new breakfast food! Or— Worst still: The latest turkey trot step, or a sizzling soda pop. or maybe a brand new sundae! But I guessed wrong every time. To my deliglit I found that Bohumir Kryl was nothing more or less ! than the name of a mere naan! Not only a mere man, but a very . nice man witli a great big head of fluffy ’ hair, a la Paderewski, and a whole lot of sense in it. i (In his head, I mean—not in his hair.) I And— Believe me. I think his strength—that is, musically speaking—would ! stand the test of ills locks being ; shorn by a vicious and treacherous i Delilah, for he doesn't depend upon i fantastic features or clap-trap work to show how clever he is and what student of music, and master of in--1 strumentatlon he has become through • long years of hard work and studv. Mr. Kryl is musically simple because he can't help it. His temperament, his nationality—a Bohemian by birth—his early asso- ' ciations. his affiliations, everytliing mark him as a musical genius—one ! who is to be reckoned witli and count- ! ed upon among the world's celebri- ; ties. Besides all this, Mr. Kryl is a per- . feet “darling" to talk to. i He's so human, so kind, so interesti ed in everytliing and everybody, that you feel perfectly at home vsitli him ! the moment you meet him and you I wish you'd known him all your Mio ! long. "Is your name real, or assumed? ’ I j asked Bohumir Kryl. as we chat- ! ted lor a brief moment before tiie matinee concert. "My own, absolutely. My real name us you say in slang," said Mr. Krvl, quite amused at my investigatioii. "Itoliu means God, and ‘mir’ means peace. God’s peace. ‘Gottfrey’-- in i German. My family name of Kryl is ; well kuokn in Bohemia. 1 was bqrn I ir. Prague, and began niy first ses- ' siona in music studying tiie violin.” "Were your parents musical?" I I asked. "No," said Mr. Kryl, “although my j forefathers were fond of art in every form. My father was a sculptor, f first thought of making sculpture my profession, and indeed studied witli , that end in view all the while, though my love for music asserting Itself ~ and my ambition firing me on to work ;at it during my leisure moments. 1 ‘gained fame as a sculptor and when I came to this country my most inipor- ,! taut work was done for Gen. Lew . Wallace and Gon Benjamin Harrison, r afterward president of tiie United j States. "What particularly did you do for them?” I asked “I did Ben Hur and The Prince of India,” said Mr. Kryl "for Gen. Low ! Wallace's studio and in President J; Harrison's home in Indianapolis I did -! a groat deal of interior decorating. It • j was while 1 was doing this wui k that 1 T chanced to meet Mr. John -Philip i Sousa, your American march king.” t, "Tell me about it," I suggested. (Continued on Page 2)