Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 170.

HAS DIED OF GRIEF Poll Parrot, Eighty Years Ohl. Mourns for Death of Di. McMillen. FOUND DEAD TODAY Grieved Long for Friend and Refused to Talk Since His Death. That animala and birds which have' hrnmr tiets become attached to their caretakers. that loss of them causes rriof oo Intense that death often on-' twit, is a notable fact. 'Such Is »>.* Jievod to be the < ase of the Polly Parrot which has been in the hr. McMil-l ien family tor twelve or thirteen years- 3he bird was very aged. being about eighty years old. Since the dot tor's death a half-year ago, tli> I ird bet ame totally indifferent, refits-1 ing to apeak, and it is believed that grief, together with age, caused her d ath last night Wh n Miss Ortis vent to the cage this morning to seel the pet, she found her dead. The bird i was quite a famed one. having an illustrious pedigree. During Dr. McMillen's life she be-' came very much attached to hint hi! fact refused to.let any of the others 1 have anyUting to do with her except the doctor. She was very talkative and had a wonderful vocabulary. She spoke his liiime very plainly, calling hint ' Doetor McMillen." She aften answered the door hell or telephone Should the doctor be in ar. adjoining room, and failed to h- ar the door bell or tele- ] hone, she would call "Doctor, do ter.” rvmmoning him to the call. Siu also c.iught an expression of his—" What's the trouble?' - which he frequently assed in answering the telephone One night, a man, with a sick-call. KHOcked nt die door, and Potty being the only one downstairs, called out. "What's the trouble? " The man left his message, asking that the doctor hurry, and Polly answered. “All right." The doctor, who was in his chamber midairs heard the conversation and called down to the man to repeat his message. The visitor was much stir-i-riaed to hear he had been talking to ■ ;. i • During the doctor s illness the bird j would be taken to his bedside in her - cage, and let him stroke her head, • , ".bile he called her "Poor Polly." < While the doctor was alive only he ! tow h her nd the I Ird would . fly into a rage when Miss Givis ap- I proached the cage Since his death the bird refused to talk, but allowed Miss Orvis to stroke her head. Once, the bird said, mournlully, while sitting on the porch. "At rest, at rest." doubtless having hen-d the expression She seemed Utt •! heart-broken with grief The bird was gotten In Cincinnati a! out twenty-two years ago by D. M llensl-“y. It belonged to the lleekcnetein family there and it was a relative of the fatnons parrot called "The Newsboys' Friend.” That bird lived to be 11‘? years oh! and when it died the Cincinnati Enquirer devoted an entire page to it and its picture. The bird's cage him;", on tile stn t ofld when the newsboys gathered to sell their papers, the bird cried th i as well nr, the boys- It wa.- is fri'i’d el all the newsboys. Mr Hcu-L • i.sve his bird to the Mi-Mill-n miiiv to keep, while he went aw:iv ml it became so attached to Dr M Millen that It was left there. Mr Hensley is stuffing the bird and will add it tn his li-.rs collection. * _ 0 -- - DODIES DISPOSED OFAlter a several days' fight, medical dissectors won the body of Mrs. Mary Magner Schultz, formerly of near Men roe. who committed suicide last weea In Chicago two hours after she identified the dead body of her daughter, Mabel, who was drowned there. The young girl friends of the daughter raised enough to give her a decent burial- A Chicago undertaker had offered to bury the bodies free but gave up when tile medical students insisted on getting the bodies. THE STORK'S VISIT. The fine baby girl born Tuesday to Mr and Mrs Clyde Davis on First street has been named Jessie Elizabeth. All are doing nicely. Mrs Minnie Daniels is the attending nurse.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

ON VACATION TRIP. Mr. and Mrs. |. Bernstein Have Planned a Delightful Time. Mr. and Mrs I. Bernstein of the '-einstein store will leave tomorrow "i a two weeks’ vacation. During their absence Mr. Bernstein’s brother. Simon Bernstein, of Spring Valley, 11!.,' " ill he in charge of the store. They "o to ("lit. ago for a two days' visit and i rem there to Spring Valley, where I they will visit with Ills parents, Mr. end Mrs Samuel Bernstein. South I -end will be their next visit, where they will be guests of Mrs. I|prnin s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Flox. ihey will then go to Sturgis, Mich., 'here they have a cottage rented lor " week's outing at the lakes. They • 'l>ect to have a very tine time ami a good rest from ardent duties. —— —. A PITIFUL CASE - . - Was That of Aged Man Who Had Been Making Home Under Trees ~~ ■ NEAR RIVER BRIDGE p or Past Week—Was Mentally Feeble—Removed to County Infirmary. \ most pitiful case was that of a man about sixty-five years of age, who lor the past week has been lying around under the trees near the Mon- - - street bridge, and existing mainly, ui on crackers, and depending solely' upon the sympathy of passing people' lor means to get these. The man c laints his name as Isaac Hipsher, and I that he came from the west part of th. state, and had no destination lor. which he was headed, merely roamin-: i about, lie claimed to have worked I several years ago of. the Chicago Erie railroad, near Bobo, and while there made the acquaintance of Levi Schafer. He is mentally feeble as well as physical, is unable to tell I’.la age, where he came from, or spell his name. He also claims that he was lorn in Ohio and that he has no relatives. The case was taken before Trustee Butler this morning by Jake ladder ami order was issued to have him taken to the county infirmary where tinder good eare he may be able in a short time to take care of hims?lf. o — —■ H'S BROUGHT SUIT Wife of Emerson M Atkinson, Late Marshal of Geneva. And The ALLEGED SUICIDE Sues to Recover Insurance— Claims His Death Was An Accident. The death of Emerson M. Atkinscn : ill; home in Geneva, on the morn.ng of September 4. 1912, from a grn shot wound, presumably self-inflicted 1 was recalled in the circuit court hero 1 or Friday morning when suit against the Ridgel'-j Protective Association oi \\ on-hester, Mass-, was instituted by Emma M. Atkinson, widow of the det eased. She is seeking payment of insurance because of the death of her I httsl-. nd from the defendant com- • p;.,ny, which is an insurance auxiliary of the I () O. F. lodge. i According to the complaint the polley guaranteed the payment of $350 in event of bodily injury resulting in ■ death. The complaint alleges that r the death of Atkinson was due to the t accidental discharge of the gun which • instantly and accidentally caused the ■ death.” The policy was in full force . I :i t the time of the fatality and- had been since August 16, 1906, when it was taken out by Atkinson The company has refused payment or to arbitrate as is provided for in the policy. t At the time of the death of Atkin- ■ son it was generally understood that he had committed suicide because ; ol illness He had been suffering (Continued on Page 4)

“DECATUR CAN ANO WILL”

■r K. I ( I lUr J 000 nar 1 i V ■IB 4 " M li < K ”-— • r 11 ■ ■ COMMITTEE THAT HEARD THE STORY OF "THE WOLF OF WALL STREET. (Copyright bv International News Service; supplied by the New Process Electro-Corporation, N. Y.) I’. Was Also This Committee That Heard the Testimony of the Self-Confess-ed Former Chief Lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers. United States senate lobby investigating committee which is probing the charges by President Wilson that there is a "powerful lobby maintaii - td at Washington for the purpose cf influencing tariff legislation " From left to right the members of the com mittee shown in the accompanying photograph are Senators Reed, Overman, who is chairman; Nelson and i Cummins. It was this committee that heard the sensational testimony of David I-amar, the Wolf of Wall Street," and Edward Uutierbach, the New' \ork lawyer The committee also had before it Col. M. M. Mulhall, former chief lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers, which, :■<•< ordin- to his own testimony, sought to influence national legislation at Washington by the expenditure of large sums ol money.

HOT WEATHER CARE ! For the Baby—How to Keep Him Healthy. Cool and Happy is Set Out IN A BULLETIN By U. S Public Health Service—Knowledge Reduces the Death Toll. Hot weather hints on raising babies; were given today for American mothers through the United States by Dr. W. C. Rucker, assistant surgeon gen- 1 oral of the United States Public Health Service. Lack of "mother’s milk," and dirt are tlie chit f causes Dr. Rucker declared, for the apalling infant mortality in the summer The public health service is giving advic# during tlie present hot spell to thousands of mothers —aiid doctors, too — upon the care of the “wee-winky-winkies.” As a scientific government expert --and also as a practical experienced "pap"—Dr. Rucker recently declared mat knowledge of infant hygiene is reducing tlie summer death toll of chile.en Here is Dr. Rucker's hot weather formula for raising the tiny ones; “Buy the boat milk for the baby, cool it as soon as it is received, modify it according to the directions of a physician. See that the milk and all utensils used in its preparation are absolutely clean. Use only wide mouthed bottles for feeding purposes. Sterilize the bottle before using. Modify tlie milk, fill the bottle, put it on ice. Wash the nipples carefully; keep them in a diluted boric acid solution. "Never use a nursing tube. Do not handle the nipple with the fingers ' while Hie child is nursing. Keep ' then away from the nipple, the milk 1 and the baby. ' "Give tlie baby a drink of good 1 clean water four times a day. ’ “Keep the baby clean at all times. ’ in a draft and don't underclothe or I overclothe it. 1 “Don't excite the child. Try to • keep t cbol in hot weather “The breast-fed baby is the hope of the nation and mothers who are able • to nurse their babies and do not, t commit a sin against their children, t* Do not place the baby on a bottle 5 without the advice of a physician. “Bathe the child once a day; do

Decatur, Indiana,Saturday Evening, July 19, 1913.

not have the water over IC2 degrees |or under 95 degrees. Dry the child carefully after the bath; then dust a little good talcum powder between j surfaces which rufc togettier. "Keep the bay clean at all times. I Don't allow any dirty clothing to come in contact witli the child. Keep the youngster in the fre h air as much as possible. Let the baby have all the sleep it requires." o- — MISS SCHULTZ ILL. Miss Dorothy Schultz of tlie cloak I and suit department of the Fullenkanip ! store is quite ni. She became ill this; morning before starting for her work | and is under the care of a physician. Her feve,- was 104 this morning. WAS POSTPONFD j . No Action Taken Today in Murray Hotel Appeal in Delaware Court. THURSDAY. JULY 24TH Is Day Set—Word Came After the Attorneys Had Left Here Today. A telephone call to the clerk of the Delaware circuit court at Muncie, at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, brought word that no action had been taken up to that time today in the case of ' the Murray Hotel Company on appeal from the action of the county commis- ■ stoners here dismissing their applica- ‘ tion for a liquor license. This was first venned to Jay county and then to the Delaware circuit court. The drys had asked to have It venued to • the Delaware superior court, and the ' record made to that effect, but upon 1 request of the plaintiffs the record : I was later changed to send it to the Delaware circuit court, a matter to 1 which the drys objected Word came after the attorneys left here today from R. C. Minton of Indianapolis that ’; the day for the making of the issues had been postponed ur.|il next Tliuis’j day, July 24, but the word did not get here until after several of ibe local 1 attorneys left. • > , ■ The Misses Mary and Ireta Erwin •j and Gladys McMillen are guests of ‘I Miss Leia Schafer In Union township. ' Tomorrow they will go to Monroeville ' to visit.

WILL BE A NURSE Miss Margaret Daniels of the Telephone Exchange, Will Enter the LUTHERAN HOSPITAL October 6—Will Study to be Trained Nurse — Long Desired Such. The desire of many years will be fulfilled in a few weeks for Miss Mat"-: garet Daniels, one of the most faith- 1 ful telephone girls, when she will leave October 6 to enter the T.uthertm hospital, Fort Wayne, to take up a three year's study to be a trained nurse. She will sever her connection with the local telephone exchange September 15, in order to have a few weeks of rest and preparation for entering upon her new work. Miss Daniels has been with the Citizens’ Telephone Company in the capacity of operator, eleven years, and witli Miss C.usta Cramer, has risen to the position of chief, a imsition held by the two girls for many years. She has been one of the most faithful employees and the vacancy she makes by her withdrawal will lie difficult to fill with the satisfaction she gave. Miss Daniels is very capable nttrs", and (tossessed of the discernment, patience and kindness that will be invaluable to her in her life as a nurse. The very best wishes of all her Decatur friends will go with her to her! hew life. WOMAN SUFFRAGE Resolution Will be Up in the Senate as Soon as Tariff is Finished. ASKS FOR EXCEPTION In Verdict Acquitting Geo Cox of Misappropriating Bank Funds. (United Press Service) Washington. D. July 19 —Special to Daily Democrat) —Senator Alt hurst said today that he would mov« the senate to take a joint resolution providing woman suffrage as a federal amendment as soon as the tariff bill went to conference. Columbus, Ohio, July 19 —(Special to Daily Democrat) Permission war asked of the supreme court today tI’le an exception to the ruling of the Cincinnati judge, who directed aver diet of acquittal be brought in th George Cox trial for the alleged misappropriation of bank funds. New Yortt, -x Y„ Jul}’ 19- (Sped.i to Daily Democrat.) —The next movt in the controversy between the east ern railroads and their trainmen ant conductors today depends on the And ing of the board of mediation an< conciliation and which will probabb meet here Monday. Hopes of gettinj, the mediators together today wen dispelled when despatches from Wast ington indicated that the senate woul i not make public their appointment ut Hl this afternoon. Washington. D- ('., July 19. —(Spec ial to Daily Democrat)-—Tlte adminls tration today stood pat on its |K)li<" of waiting in the Mexican situation , The state department was busy com I piling a digest on the consular an> ■ diplomatic reports to be ready foi \resldent Wilson and Secretaiy i Bryan when they confer next weel I with Ambassador Wilson. London, Eng, July 19—(Special t< Daily Democrat)—A special despatcl j from Constantinople said that thI Turkish cavalry had reached the out | skirts of Adrianople. Queen Eleona o Bulgaria sent a telegraphic appeal t< i Gree of Roumania requesting that th< j Roumanian advance be stopped- Minis i ter Sylvia replied that this would be I impossible.

J POLICE COURT. ■Charges of Provoke Were Dismissed on Account of Lack of Evidence. In the case of Mis. Amanda He vs. Mrs. James Woods on the charge ol provoke, which was tried in Mayor Teiffle’s court this morning, it w:found that the evidence submitted ilid not justify tlte return of a verdict, I ' | therefore the case was dismissed It j developed that all the scrapping wes j done with a partition and a locked ' door between tin- two combatants, therefore Mrs. Hess was unable to prove that it was Mis. Woods who deliberately told her to seek a decidedly warmer climate, and also was' the sponsor to her of several other | names which would not look nice in print. PINNED TO GWUND Horse Throws Rider, A. F. Thieme, and Then Falls on Man. HE IS BADLY BRUISED Able to Come to Town Friday—Still Bears Marks of Injury. A. F. Thieme, a prominent farmer of i'nion township, was in town yesterday, being able to get around again after a bad accident in which j lie was very painfully bruised. Mr. Thieme was riding a horse near his I home when it reared and threw him j off The horse in rearing then fell i backward, falling with full weight on I Mr. Thieme and pinning him to the i ground. Mr. Thieme's breath w.is forced out of him and lie was found lin a helpless condition. A portion of Lis back, a foot or more square, is still bruised to blackness. While his injuries were very painful, it is a matter of wonder that he got off as easily as lie did —o REV. GIBSON TO °REACH. Rev. John W. Gibson will prear'il Sunday morning at l'>:3o o'clock it the .Mt. Calvary chiir. lt. He has ;v i < epted a call to preach at Fort Wayne Sunday evening at the Five Methodist ch urcli. o RESULTS IN DEATH Stroke of Paralysis Results in Death of Adams County Resident MR DURSE LEYSE Passed Away This Morning at 7 O'clock—Was Well , Known to Many. Durse l.eyso, a resident and pioneer f cf Kirkland township, panted away this morning at his home at 7 o'clock tlie result of a stroke of paralysi i which he suffered Tuesday morning Mr. Leyse, although seventy-five years of age, had been in tin* best ol health J lever being sick a day in his life, and It was a great shock to the members of the family, when they found him lying beside hrs bed last Tuesday morning, after having been attacked with the stroke which resulted In his death this morning. Mr- I.eyse was born in Switzerland, July 1. IS3S. When he was a lad of twelve years the family moved to America, settlin'; tn Fulton county, Indiana. After residing there but a few years, the} mo 1 . °d to Adams county, where h - lias made Ills home ever since. I■ ■ sides the wife who is left, to mourn the loss of a kind and loving husband, there are eight children: Mrs t , l.otiis Reynolds and Mrs. Frank Peterson, <u this city; Mrs- Albert Geisel, Wi'l. Sam and Jake l.eyso, in Kirkland ; township, and Mrs. Jesse Shafer of '■ Bluffton; also Miss Rose l o> e of thl: ’ city. 1 The funeral will be held Monday aft(Continued on Page 2)

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THE LAST IS BEST Editors Enjoy Visit to Estes Park Amidst the Mountains of Colorado. HOME OF MR. MILLS Furnished Delightful Several Hours for the Members of the Party. — Each day in Colorado had seemed more enjoyable than the proceeding. Every night our hearts had been Binging ''At the End of a Perfect Day.” Brt the best was reserved for t : w last. Early in the morning wo s J.rted for I'.ates Park. A tew miles of our wav lay through tine farming and orchard land. But soon the mountains came into view, bodily outlined against tin-azure-shaming heavenly blue of th-j sky. Some poet invented that descr'ntion of the sky and surely, it is beaui ttful enough to inspire poetry and I song. The Big Thompson river flows thro' ' r canon unexcelled in beauty anv- ! where in the world. The road skirling the river bank winds in and out r.round tlie base of the mountain. Jagged walls rising hundreds of feet on either side in some places lichen painted with the softest and ricin st colors.'at their base roaring and tuniiiling around and over boulders rushes the river, a boiling seething mass of white, or perhaps a turn in the road, around a jutting mountain and here it is again leaping over a falls, then a little farther a smooth, placid place in whose clear depths are mirrored the shadows of the mountains and sky. Here the mountains are clothed in the living green of spruce and pine, there great barren rocks pierce the , sky, again meadows lie emerald green in the sun. And tlie air laden with the sweet Oder of pine clear and fresh must fill the dullest with the joy of living*. Cozy little Summer cottages dot the mountain side. Evert-y little while we passed trout fishers The winding nititre of the road may be judged by the fact, that it crosses the river nineteen times. Tlie way seemed all too short. Every moment sonic wonderful new thing came into viewWhere alter a three hours drive spread out before us lay beautiful Estes park The exquisite charm of the place is indeserlbtib'e’. The gV'e iff rolling hills of the park are thread: d by rivers and mountain streams here and there broken by upstanding boulders or clumps of trees. The whole hemmed in by majestic mountains, in the distance dazzling in the sun tower peaks capped by eternal snows, and over all the intense blue of the sky flecked with fleecy clouds. However, much tlie esthetic nature may feast upon such glories, creature comior’s must be considered and surely no whert In the world are they ministered to. mere perfectly than in the hotel Stanley. Weeks and months can be spent following entrancing mountain trails out 'ct Estes Park. It was our privilege to drive over but one of these iwtcresting reads. This took us to Long's Peak Inn and also to the home t-f Enos A. Mills. It is a log cabin set in a garden of the exquisite wild flowers that add so much to the charms of this country, a clear mountain stream running along b -side it. ! Mr, Mills received us most graciously. , It is indeed, a rare privilege to m- e.t | n man in his own horn - surrounded by the things his whole life has been spent in understanding, who lias lived with, loved and written about tb“ i wild things of nature as well as detled ■ the elements and impassable moun- | tains. Here again I was reminded of home for on the table lay a nature • book with an autograph of Mrs. Gene I i Stratton Porter. Some one lias sa.'d . I "Genius lies In seeing the tiling no ‘lone else sees ' Many have seen and ' tried, for tlie most part, vainly to ‘ describe the glories of this region. (But who, but Gene Stratton Porter II could ever have invested the "Loo" . I with romance. s In these nooks and canons, exqulr ■ site flowers blooming every where, ~ rott skies nndstar-llt nighis. roI ■ mance is life. One of the stories in an f j interesting book, Mr. .Mills gave us. - "Tlie Story of Estes Park” is ns follows: “Early in the writers guiding exp. r(ConUaued on Page 4)