Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1913 — Page 1

Volume XL Number 169.

DASHED TO DEATH Woman Aeronaut, Wife of Frank Coleman, Who Gave Balloon Ascensions OLD HOME WEEK | Killed in Parachute Drop at I Pcplar Bluffs at MaccaI bees' Picnic. _____ I .Mrs. Marie Coleman, wife of Trank T- Coleman, manager of the balloon ascensions given hero during Old Home Week, was dashed to death Thursday of Inst week at Poplar Bluffs, Mo. Mr. Voleman will be well remembered here. He Is a cripple, being obliged to get around in a wheel chair, having been injured several years ago while giving balloon ascensions. He made no ascensions while tert*, but hired a man and woman to do the stunts. Mrs. Coleman was net l>- -o during O>d Home Week A dispatch of her death says; ( “'Mrs Marie Coleman of Trenton. Mo., was killed here when she plung-l i'd 2M feet to the ground while giving t tuirai-htite exhibition at a picnic of: the Knights and Ladies of the Macic l ees. She was the wife of Frank T . Coleman, who was crippled in 1901 nt j U! Reno, Okla., and whose inability to become an aeronaut iißlit:. bis bride to take up that calling. Mrs Coleman had planned a double para < htite leap. For half an hour she re-1 fused to go up, having a premonition of disaster. She finally decided to make the ascension and started, the crowd cheering lustily. The baloon arose slowly. When only 200 feet up Mrs. Coleman started her drop. Her,] parachute did not open and the body shot downward, dragging the bag. She struck head first.” , MASSACRECHARGES I 1 j Will be Investigated by France—First Charges of Kind Ever Made. < KILLED HIS WIFE , - < Because She Wouldn’t Live With Him, Then Turned 1 The Gun on Himself. Athens, July 18—(Special to Dailyj Derrxeratl—A French legation official left today to secure evidence re- 1 garding charges made by the Greeks against Bulgarians laying waste to: cities during their retreat- Never be i fore in modern warfare have these charges ever been made. It is charged that 30,000 Mohammedans were masent red, and that every town entered J by the Bulgarians on their retreat fell vh tlms to them and that the Inhabi tants were horribly mutilated. Vincennes, -Inly 18—(Special to Daily Heme rati— After Morris shot and killed his wife. Elizabeth because she would net live with him, he then shot and killed himself. The shooting took place In a down town club room at 3 o’clock this morning in the presence of Mrs. Morris’ sister and within hearing of the other members Os the club. Her sister is employed as a maid at the place and Mrs. Morris had taken refuge with live. Terre Haute, Ind., July 18 (Special to Daily Democrat)—William Henry, factory foreman of Indianapolis, was declared to be elected secretary of the Socialist party, defeating Ira (’. Tilton, by a referendum vote of 635 to, 433. The headquarters of the party will now be moved to Indianapolis. — Waukegan. 111., July 18— (Special to Daily Democrat)— Swearing that lie will put everyone who was connected I with the assault behind the bars, John Richardson, swore out warrants oi the arrest of 60 women who kidnaped his 'wife, rode her through tlte streets on a rail, then dumped her into a mud puddle. His brother ami Ills wife have disappeared. Richardton having mortgaged his" store to secure money to get them out of lie

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town ’ There was nothing wrong be- . tween my brother and toy wife,” he saidNow York, hi? y?, ’.Tilly 18—(Spec. " ,l to Daily Democrat)—lntimate associates of Win. Rockfeller, brother John D. Rockfeller. a«e today eongr.tt dating him on his remarkable reiorer.. Rockfeller was supposed to have been near death’s door last win- ‘ r when the Pujo committee intended to examine him. At a meeting of the Ni w Haven road last week he tool; an active part in the discussions. 8080 CIRCUIT, SPECIAL. Charlie Rlooah, ’the African boy," converted through the ministry of our missionaries, and now being educat'd in this country, will preach at i’obo Saturday night; Salem Sunday morning; Mt. Hope, Sunday afternoon; Pleasant Mills, Sunday night. •nd ( lark’s Chapel. Monday night. Ho v ill also sing at each service and this ot itself will be a rare opportunity. All invited. J. O. HOCHSTEDLER, Pastor. Q— A LARGE AUDIENCE Greeted Rev. E M Dunbar of Geneva at Court House Thursday Night. GAVE AN ADDRESS On Anti-Saloon Work—Under Auspices of the Civic League. \ large audience greeted the Rev. 1 E M. Dunbar, pastor of the Geneva 1 .Methodist church, Thursday evening: at the court house. Rev Dunbar! came under the auspices of the Civic] League, and his address was along' the line of work of this organization,! namely, anti-saloon work and law enforcement and the upbuilding of city ( ideals in general- His address was a i powerful one and highly appreciated. I Hon. C. 1.. Walters, president of the league, presided during the evening, and Kev. L. W. Love of the United Brethren church gave the opening prayer. The stirring congre-, rational singing was lead by Dr. J. Q. Neptune and such songs, arousing patriotism and enthusiasm, as “Ameri-I ca,’’ and "Stand Up, Stand Up lor! Jesus" were sung. The W- C T. U-, Civic League and citizens in general were present in large numbersTHE NEW OFFICERS Knights of Pythias Staff installed by Hon. D. B Erwin Last Night. ESTEEMED VISITOR E. L. Cox of Marion, Who Became K. of P Here in 1881 Was Present.

— The Knights of Pythias' new officers tor the next half year were installed with appropriate ceremony Thursday evening by the lion D. H- Erwin. The| new staff, which is a strong one, Is: I Chancellor Commander — James! Hoagland. Vice Chancellor—Floyd Acker. Prelate—Fred Patterson. Keeper of Records and Seals—Homer Knodle. Master of Finance —.John Parrish. Master of Exchequer—Arthur Suttles. Master at Arms—Herschel ReyJ uolds. Inner Guard—Clark Spahr. Outer Guard—l. W. Van Gunten. The lodge had a most esteemed visitor Thursday evening In the person ot E- L. Fox, of Marion, who is stopping at the Murray House. Mr- Cox ■ i felt very much at home here as he became a K. of P here in 1881, he residing here at that time. He gave a very good talk and enjoyed the • ' homo coming."

LURE OF THE LAKE ~l ~ ’ Makes Demand for Fishin? r - • & Licenses Quite • Great This Month. ' THE CLERK IS BUSY Licenses Required to Fish in Counties Other Than Adjoining Ones. I he lure of the lake has been so insistent this warm weather that the • : demand for fishers' licenses lias been, great* It will be remembered that a license to fish is now required by residents who go outside of counties oth-l er than those adjoining their home/ county, j ais means that a license is necessary for those who go from! here to Rome City to fish. The license is also good for hunting, and lot the wife and children under eighteen years of age. Those issued this month by County Clerk Bleeke were taken out by the following: Hugo R. Beitler, S. P. Bowsher, Orva N. Smith. Leonard Baumgartner. Rente; Fred Blosser, L. T. Bro-, kaw, Harry Braden, J. C. Houk, Clarence Stevens, Dr. C. V. Connell, U. ] Deininger, Decatur; Homer Pontius, I i ( has D. Porter, W. W. Briggs, Geneva; Milton Hoffman, Preble. BRISK BUSINESS On G. R. &I. Requires Employing of a Number of New Trainmen. — NORTHERN TRAVEL - Increased by Hot Weather— Freight Also Heavy on Account of Fruit. The Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad is employing a number of i,ew trainmen in the past few weeks. The continued hot weather makes the northern travel very heavy and extra crews and trains have been forced into service on the division between ' Grand Rapids and Mackinaw City. This is the best season the northern] hotels and resorts have had for sev- ] eral years past and the railroad com- ! pany has had some difficulty in tak-i i ing care of the travel. Extra sleepers and trains have been provided to meet : the demands made by the resort seek-1 I ers. The freight business of the road is very good and the Michigan peach crop will be very heavy again this year. Many train loads of fruit have' ■ been shipped from the fruit belt in ] Michigan so far this year and it is •. expected that the crops this year will I be much heavier than common. The I Michigan celery crop has just begun to move and from now on till after the first of the new year this will prove to be a big crop to handle by the various Michigan railroads. It is

estimated that the celery crop alone brings in more than three million dollars into Kalamazoo. The low [ black lands around Kalamazoo are particularly adapted for the raising of ■ celery and It is one of the big crops . of that country. An extra train has been placed in i ■ service on the southern division whicli I ! carries no passengers for any point • south of Fort Wayne and this train ; carries from eight to twelve sleepe's I every night. The regular train I which follows an hour later also car-' ries several sleeper's and these sleep-' ers come from Cincinnati, Louisville, J i St. Louis, Columbus, Pittsburg. Dayton, Springfield, Indianapolis and several other points on the Pennsylvania system- The travel homeward bound will begin about the first of Septembet ar«l at that time all the travel will be in the other direction. DECATUR CIRCUIT. Preaching services at Mt. Pleas- > ant Sunday morning and Washington ■ Sunday evening. KARL THOMPSON, Pastor.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, July 18, 1913.

TWO INSANE YOUNG MEN Awaiting Admission to the Easthaven Insane Asylum. At present two insane young men nre inmates of the jail awaiting admission to Easthaven asylum. Norris Miller, one of the young men, had been considerably bettor. He is now. however, much devoted to reading, spending his entire time reading the Bible. His mania seems to be religion. Charles Lord, the second young man, is growing more absent-minded each day, and cannot remember a thing i two seconds. This morning he was ] told three times to go into his cell, j He seems eager to be obedient and an- | swered that he would. Instead of so doing he went and sat down on a chair outside, having forgotten in a few seconds what he was asked to do- His failure to do as asked is r<xt attributed to wilful disobedience, simply to ab-sent-mindedness. AVt RAGE IS LARGE July Crop Report from Michigan Shows Best Condition Known There. BEET CROP IMMENSE Mr. Wagner Says Many Fields Here Show Better Than 90 Per Cent. According to the state re/ort on | crops rrom Michigan, just received: from headquarters by E. M. Wagner of the local sugar plant, the state will have the greatest crops this year ever; 1 known there. In fait so rosy Is the: report that it would be doubted if it came from any other source. According to the July report the beet crop average y ill be ninety per per cent perfect over the entire state, the report showing ninety-three per | cent io the north portion and eighty- , eight in the south. The corn crop i average is 87 per cent; wheat and rye are almost a failure; potatoes show an ' average of 38 per cent; clover of 77 per cent and hay of 88 per cent. Such a showing at this season has never been known. Mr. Wagner says, however, that the conditions in Adams county are equally as good and in many cases better. He believes that in a number of the beet fields the average will run from 90 per cent to 95 per cent perfect, a statement that was doubted even by Mr. Hubbard and others when first made. Among : the fields which are at this time ali most perfect are those of Henry ! Keenemann. Dyonis Schmitt, Emanuel Gerber, William Zeser, Chris Mankey. i William Grote and many others. The ] I sugar company is more than pleased with the outlook at this time. TOMAKEEXCHANGE Ministers of City Will Make a General Exchange of Pulpits ON SUNDAY EVENING Who Will Preach in “Your” Church Not Known Until You Get There. some faithful church member walk into his church next Sunday evI cning and find a preacher from some ! other church in the pulpit, causing i him to wonder whether he has wandered into the wrong church or lias been bereft of his senses, It has been deemed best to make the announcement in advance. On next Sunday evening the Protestant ministers of the city will have a general exchange of pupllts. The assignment of ministers will not be made public, however, and no church member will know until he reaches church, to whom he will have the pleasure of listening. The general exchange has been • made heretofore, and gave general i satisfaction and a stimulus of interest, hence it was adopted also for tho third Sunday in July-

AN EXCITING TIME I Will be Had at Shamrock Ball Park When Monroeville Greys Meet Locals SUNDAY AFTERNOON In Fast Game of Ball—The Greys Have an Enviable Record. The base ball game scheduled for next Sunday afternoon will be between the Monroeville Greys and the local Shamrock team, and will be one that will go down in the history of | base ball in tills city- The Monroei vill team is one of the fastest little I unch of players that ever tossed the sphere over the home plate and they have got a record behind them that would equal any of the big league teams. The Shamrock boys have got their nerve back again, however, after last Sunday's defeat and are going after the visitors with blood in their eyes- They have been busy practicing up the team very materially. The game next Sunday will be a recordbreaker for fast plays and excellent team work and if you don't enjoy it. it w ill be because you are not a fan Remember the game starts at 3 o’clock prompt, and the ,;rice of admission remains the same. THE WETSAND DRYS Stood Pat in Indiana During the Month of June Says A State Report. —— EIGHT ELECTIONS Six Remained Dry and Two Remained Wet—Complete List of the Results. (United Press Service) Indianapolis. Ind, uly 18—(Special to Tally Democrat)—The ’ wets’’ and the “drys" stood pat in Indiana in the never-ending contesting between those forces during the month of June. There were eight elections of which six remained “dry” and two remained “wet.” Majorities in each case were normal. The local option elections held in June were as follows; June 3, Madison county, Jackson township; dry, 4 majority. | June 3, Fulton county, Henry townl ship; dry, 136 majority. June 3, Allen county, Jackson towni ship: dry, 8 majority. June 6, St. Joseph county, Lincoln ] township; wet,, 87 majorityI June 10, Kosciusko county, Washington township; dry 8 majority. June 28, Clay county, T.ewis township; dry, 55 majority. June 28, Madison county, Stony Creek township: dry, 56 majority. June 30, Whitley county, Richland [ township; dry, 124 majority. E. S. Schumaker of the Indiana AnI ti-Saloon eLague, makes the following , i compilation on the contest since the opening of the year: (By E. S. Schumaker, secretary of the Anti-Saloon League) “Since the beginning of the year there have been 89 “wet" and “dry" elections in this state. Os this number 63 resulted in "dry” victories and 26 in "wet" victories. The total "dry" majorities amounted to 6,690 ■ and the total “wet" majorities to • : 2,362. in Gas City, Veedersburg and Syracuse a total of eleven saloons » were reopened for business. In the 1 following localities saloons have been • closed: Wabash, 10; Rushville, 6; Princeton, 7; Royal Center 2; Bowl- • ing Green, 2; Covington, 6; Monme, 1 1; Churubusco, 1; Wolf Lake 2; Dan- • ] ville, 4, and in Decatur, by retnon- ' strance, 5. Total. 45. The "wet" mail jorities this year have suffered a de- (’ cline as against two years ago of 34 ’ per cent and the “dry” majorities have increased 69.9 per cent in the same i period. li o . •| Miss Laura Wolfe of St. Paul visit ’ ed last evening with the James Strick | ler family and Miss Nota Strickler

DEPARTED TODAY. Mr. and Mrs. True Fristoe Will Visit at Winona—Then go to Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. True Fristoe, who have been visiting in the city for the pa-1 week with True’s father, .1. N. Fristoe, left this morning for Winona I ako, where they will spend several weeks with Mrs- J N. Fristoe, who Is spending the summer at that iffire. Their stay at Winona will be about two weeks. At the end of this time they will go to Chicago and practice lor their winter's engagement with the Woolfolk Musical Comedy bureau. Ihe Woolfolk Comedy company is cne of the largest companies of its kind in the country. Seventeen disI ferent and Individual show troupes . are on the road during tho entire year. The troupe in which Mr. and Mrs. ristoe are will leave Chicago gon on their season trip about the last of August or the first of September. AGED WIFE DEAD Wife of Adam Cully, Civil War Veteran, Dies of Apoplexy in Toledo. TAKEN TO GENEVA For Burial—Husband at Easthaven Allowed to Come to Funeral. Mrs. Adam Cully, of Genova, who < of the aged civil war veteran, who be- | came insane a few months ago, and who was confined here for safe-keep-. i ing, tiptil he could be admitted to the: EasthaVen asylum at Richmond, dir d at Toledo, Ohio. Site had gone there to be with a. daughter, Mrs. Charles] Brigham, after the husband became! afflicted, and had been there only a short time when she became very ill. The climax came when she was over-1 come by apoplexy. Mrs Cully, hail, however, been ill for years. The body was brought bac x k to the Geneva homo Wednesday afternoon and the funeral was held at the home < f the son-in-law, Ott Bolds, Thursday afternoon. The husband was allowed to come back from the Easthaven asylum Wednesday for the funeral. WOMEI* STRIKE — VT ives of Madison County Farmers Refuse to Furnish Dinners For Threshers. USE LUNCH BASKETS — Saving the Women Much i Hard Labor—Threshing is On in Central Indiana. (United ress Service) Anderson, Ind., July 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat ) —No more big thresh- ] ers’ dinners. The wives of the farmers of MadlI ] son county have struck II Tile threshers' dinner lias been the ' bane of the existence of the farmer’s ' wife for many vears. It meant the preparing of a very large meal for a > . horde of woltishly hungry men during i Hie hottest months of the year And tile food had to be tho best and there - had to be a lot. of it —as well as plenty , ct "tlxins.” So tho big dinner feature of the • threshing season is all off The lary - lunch basket reigns in its stead. Ami (- the women are reported as saying th: I I that they don't care how long it relgm; e Threshing began pretty generalli e today through central Indiana, al though some of the early wheat, iia: been threshed since July 10. Most oi t- the threshing in this section this year <- is being done by co-operative socio r, ties.

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ENEMY TO GRAPES Most Destructive of Insects That Infest Grapes is the Rose Beetle. i i —— AND WHAT TO DO — Grape Leaf Folder and j Grape Berry Moth Are Next Important. “Os the species of insects which infest grapes," says Professor Troop of the entimological department. Purdue university, "one of the most dcstrm • tive to tire foliage ia the Rose beetle or Rose chafer, but fortunately, this insect does not make its appearance in large numbers only occasionally, but when it does come it usually strips the vines of their leaves in short order. No ordinary insectiode has any effect upon them, consequently the successful method of holding them in cheek is to spread sheets or blankets under the vines and jar them off, then gather them un and etnnty them into a dish of kerosene. "1 he grape leaf folder and the grape berry moth are the next most imI portant species, the first feeding upon i the leaves and the second causing ' wormy grapes, often destroying the whole bunch. These species are eas- ■ iiy managed, however, as both pe s the winter in the rubbish around the I’.lnes, and may be gathered up and : burned. "The grape phyloxera which is so destructive to the European vineyards does not injure our native varieties to any great extent, as they are more | hardy and better able to overcome the ] attacks of these insects.” METHODIST DAY Annual Event Will be August 19 at Robison Park, Fort Wayne. THE COMMITTEE MET And Made Arrangements— North Indiana Conference Quartet to Sing. "The committee appointed to make preparations for the annual Methodist day met yesteruay afternoon in the study at the First M. 11. church," sa.’s the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. The committee is composed of the Re . J. A. Beatty, district superintendent ol tlte Fort Wayne district; Rev. I). H. Guild, nastor First church; Rev. ,( . C. Travis, pastor Wayne street | church; Rev. W. A Griest, pastor of ; Simpson church: Rev. T- M. Hill, pastor Trinity church, nnd Rev. F. H. ' Cremean, pastor of St. Paul church. The annual gathering will be held in Robison park. August 19, according to plans made yesterday. However, this date was only tentative until further plans could be made. The Rev. Beatty was appointed to serve with Rev. Travis on a committee to ina'.;o ] arrangements for the drills. There will b ‘ a first and second prize awarded to the two best teams of girls in the drills. The competing ’ teams must not include over twe’.'* i girls and the girls must not be nvr , fifteen years of age W. I! Wlill- | beck, seeretarv of the Railroad Y. H. i 1 ■ C. A., assisted by one member from ’ ] each of the churches, will arrange for ■lithe field events lor the young ti n. e. There will also probablj be a number y! cf prizes awarded tiie winners of I these various events. o: "Tlte North Indians quartet wan e I asked to furnish the music for the d | day. Two of the members of this it ] quartet belong to this district- Rev. a.' I). H. Guild, pastor of First M E. y I church, and Rev. !•’. F. Thornburg, 1- pastor of the First M. E church at s Auburn. The other members are >f Rev. Leslie Naftzger, pastor First r church at Greenfield, and Rev. Earl Naftzger, pastor of the First church | at Wabash. ’’