Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 173.

■ LODGES TO ATTEND Masons, Elks and Red Men Will Meet at One O'clock , W Thursday Afternoon. r 0 ATTEND I UN ERA I. i^’ ! Mr. Beatty—Represent?,|Si| t’ves from bars of Surround ing Counties to be Here. At suo< ia! ■HHBlodgc s to which the late Amos 1“. MB' l ’ , ' ill '- t , “‘ l ' arrangements mr JUKI taking part in the Inner i| completed. T|„. Scottish Kite ■jM"’ ll ha .<• < iiai.;e ami a numbe rof the i , .m1,,.. ... Wayne will the litimirnti. v,c.;k, assisted )»• tm mi -| be lode.- ■■■•<''» d in .1 body. At a meetHMM ’ ! - ■ '■■' "'. 'eiiiim master.appointed ' the same pall bearers as were an■K nonneed Tuesday .ill being members ■■ 11 order also \ committee. con-■^■s.M-i’- 1 <> J T Merryman. It K Smith ■■ and I’ I. Vndrews was named to I resolutions. John W. Tyndall ■Btias :i‘-t • in-.-cl mam ha! and will hav • ■jH' ia:-e • tie- man , to the house atm ■■tamet-ry. The Elks also held ame • and arranged tie- t a' the lodge looms at 1 O ■HHH sharp Thursday atternooti to at'ei t ■BjHtbe funeral The resobitimis .-.mimi,UH tee named included J c Moran. ||. .. ■BB Yager a-, i in- : The' MBH' .■<! Men a,ll trmet this ev. nina. at BB ' '' ''' ' " " ' t. ■■ .... ■■BHw ill he named 'i:,;. i,.,p_ » " ■Bl.'.vt at I ■lim-mla. a 1’ BW til* turn I '1 .. i.\ . ... ■ sare from Mr | n BBIb ana polls says • - Wil' hm. f. BUB tervices and wmd ...n .i.y. \VM'<. ■M tiiil'.til.gtoi: \i i .-I 'Can V.'m t ■■ ''■ inties is th . MBH delegation < -id 1888 !’•*■ funeral Mr Beatty In ,t maiivi BB - - nd frie-.,,. " r ' r ■BgK den death. gllllll Air. and Mrs Sum m, I' |:.-.rtv ;1 -i i Mr. and Mrs. < .cl >• d i.<BW ' ■ eiilng •• io. , -e I, to 3BMB t* ml the fnnetai \ o< t'... ■HM oeceased. 'Mi Hear;. I’e.dm V. . Uj Wert county, is also here. ■ CONTRACT IS LET .'■a or linprovcuit: • oi Eli’.. 1'JBE ing Occupied by Steele fSB Racket Store ■ I ENLARGED BASEHENT taSi Eresent Store Room WT be SB Extended Through to HH the Alley. ■m — hBB| George Ste.-le 11... • . .'li'mi ■' MBB to .John Hill ami tlm m'l v.iH m - B||||a Monday on ti--. .y. ■ at on or t! • n M|M largenient of the basement mr Steele's rat ket sto-e The new I.ment addition v. .11 extend under t:.. fcjJjH recently made rear addition to tlm store. This will b" partition d ms |||||h into a large room. eti floor and sides, and will lie us.-d .m 888 a store room. Tim opening into tlm ■B| tasement will be a' the alley im Shmß rear, thus givim; Imim Y mnmn.. hßmb tions for the unloading of ti'" goods, MEM than provided in til" present way. athe cellar way now leads down Irom IBM t *'* n, W , *l® *' ,e store c|iM| The present building will be opened on through to the alley, tim parii JBM lion to he removed from dm lilial present store room ami t> li’tl "'m BKI at the rear. The balcouv Ims nd |bß| been found agreeable, on ,i< ■<> m 1,1 1881 the great heat am. also th" ' limbin;; BMpI of the stairs, and this will Im -• imwflHß ed, and the offlen i.kmed on tin- cnlarged ground floor. This 'fill also BBh Rive better light. Instead oi using pr ‘ ,I l ,!i,a i rs room lor storm, good-', the new basement department will b,. -QI used. In all, the new impnoenmms ®| will be much more convenient. —o- ’ Miss Jeanette Ehinger went to Fort I Wayne this morning for a several SAI days' visit with Miss Vera Goeke.

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| CARRIERS WENT ON STRIKE. I hiring the past two or three days *e have been having some trouble with three or four of our newsboys and as a result It is possible you have not received your paTer. We feel the i'oys did not treat us just right and they no doubt feel the same way. Any way we have secured new carriers and with in a few days will have the , routes all straightened out and delivery we hope lieing made as promptly as ever, if you are missed, please notify us and we will see that you get file paner. ——— o—. DECISION SATURDAY. I he attorneys concluded their arguments in the Adeline Smith vs. Joseph Smith divorce case at Bluffton last evening, but the decision win not be tendered by Judge Eichhorn until Saturday. Owing to the fact that several cars of the train on the Clover Leaf were off the track near Van Buren, making the train run late, the party returned home byway of Fort Wayne instead, of the Clover Leaf. APPEAL TO UNIONS Terre Haute Labor Leaders Are Making Bitter Fight Against Rich Murderer , KILLED TEAMSTER Judge Granted Hirn Right to Furnish Bond and Big Howl Goes Up. Terre Haute, Ind., July 23. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Appeal to organI ized labor of the state is being made | ; by the local Central Union for! financial assistance in prosecuting the I j case against Emil Ehrmann, the! wealthy overall manufacturer indicted 'cr a charge of murder for shooting | Edward Wade, a union teamster, who I tock the part of a strike picket at Ehrmann’s factory last May 23. The I nion wants to assist the prosecution in carrying to the supreme court the decision of Circuit Judge Charles M. I ertune. admitting EJinnann to bail , The Tnion adopted a resolution bit- . terly scoring Judge Fortune and deI < faring in favor of the recall of judges. I The resolution charged that Judge ' Fortune called a special term of conn tc consider the Ehrmann case; that he permitted the wealthy manufacturer to choose only those witnesses whose testimony was favorable and refused to cause Ehrmann to introduce all witnesses upon the application for bail; and that he refused the state its right to show that such a proceeding was unwarranted and discriminatory. The labor unions also charge that at the same time there was confined in the county jail William Record, a poor workingman, charged with murder.) 'that Record's counsel applied for an early hearing in the same manner as Ehrmann’s but that Judge Fortune set the date for hearing Record’s case for some weeks later and after admitting Ehrmann to bond went away to a sum- ■ mer resort. . - MAY WILL RETURN ‘ Deputy Sheriff R. D Potter of Ber’;rien county, Mich., arrived this afti, crnooti to get Reuben May. who will ’ answer to the charge of burglarizing ‘I a store in Michigan. The boy signed an agreement to return without req- - uisition papers. The boy was arrest- . ed here Tuesday morning. He had • been working in Michigan and north- > era Indiana and came here on a visit May Confesses. ’ While waiting for the 2:30 o’clock ■ interurban car to take himself and 3 Deputy Potter to Berrien county, i Michigan, May confessed to the robt bery of the store to Deputy Potter and 1 Deputy Sheriff Jesse Kelly. He stat- ; ed that he was hired and bantered by • three strangers to go Into the store • niter the goods, after they had brok--3 en in tlie door. He finally gave In and ? robbed the store. It is said a large i. amount of general goods was taken but that May got very little of this, s On account of his youth, if sentenced, he will probably be sent to the reformatory. He denied stealing the t gold watch of the St. Joseph (Indiana) .1 county farmer, saying he got it of a | stranger and sold it to a stranger-

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1 COL. CODY TO CROSS OCEAN IN NEW TYPE OF HYDRO AEROPLANE. (Copyright hv International News Service; supplied by the New Process Electro-Corporation, N. Y.) Col F. S- Cody, the famous Anglo-American aviator, who is at present at work in England on a new type of hydroaeroplane in which *he asserts he will attempt to fly across the ocean from ixindon to New York. Col. Cody has had extensive experience in flying over large bodies of water, and is thoroughly familiar with flying in high altitudes. The photograph shows t oi. Cody in his some-what remarkable aviation costume, in one of his hydroaeroplanes. The Colonel adopted his costume with a special view to sudden immersion in water. In addition to carrying pontoons on his flying machine he wears a life belt, guaranteed to keep him up in the water for days. Attached to his costume is also a small s tore house of food and water, protected in rubber bags and easily reached. Should, by any chance, the aviator land in the ocean he would be able to sustain himself for days Inasmuch as he plans to follow the trans-Atlantic s teamer route in his flight, should he lie forced to decend or even should he fall and be compelled to rely upon his life belt, it would be a practical certainty that he would be picked up by some passing steamer within a day or so. Col Cody estimates that he will make an average speed of 90 miles an hour and complete his journey within twenty hoars. It is probable that arrangements for several cruisers or torpedo boats will be made for the flight. It will be the object of the war vessels to keep the aviator continually within sight so that assistance may be at hand in the event of accident “The only danger," said the Col., "that in a mist or fog. I might lose the convoy. Then if anything happened I should be up against It ”

TWO NEW HOUSES Residence District Will Have New Additions— Henrv Hite to Build IN “THE POINT” Pdrchased From L. D. Adams—E. B. Adams Build Further South. Decatur’s residence district is to have two handsome new additions in the near future. Mrs. Henry Hite has purchased i from L. D. Adams, “the point” at the | junction of Mercer Avenue and Win j cheater street, where the E. 8., Adams reside, this being north of the present Henry Hite Ijome. The Hites expect to build a hand-' some home on this point next spring. Plans for the same have not been fully formulated, but will be drawn soon by Mr. Hite's son-in-law, Architect Oscar Hollman. The residence will be occupied by the Hite family, and their present home will be leased. This is one of the finest locations in the city, ideal in ail respects. The ether residence will be built by E. B. Adams, on their plot of ground, at the rear of “the point,” the residence facing Mercer Avenue. The plims for the home have not been completed, hut the residence will conform with the beauty and comfort of the modern home. Work on the same will begin this summer, as soon as preliminary plans can be completed. Mr. and Mrs. Adams will remain in their present home until their new house is completed. ADVICE FOR TENNIS PLAYERS. A few suggestions have been found useful through experience. Volleydeep when you are at the net. unless you are trying to win the point on that particular shot. in genera), when playing a short volley, chop the hail so thal the bound will be slight, and when playing back, drive witli the utmost top, so that the bail will break with a sharp drop. The greater the break, the better.—August OUTING-

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, July 23, 1913.

NEW COUNTERFEIT OUT. Washington, July 23—The discovery of a new counterfeit five-dollar "Indian head” silver certificate, was an-1 nounced by Chief W. .1. Flynn of the United States secret service. The spurious note apparently is printed trom crudely etched plates on fair quality bond paper, with Ink lines to imitate the silk fiber of the geunine. The Indian portrait is very poor and on the back of the note grass green in color, little attempt has been made to imitate the lathe work. Chief Flynn said the counterfeit should not deceive the ordinarily careful handler of money. . OLD HOME FARM Is First Registry of Farm Names Made Under the New Provision REGISTRY WAS MADE By Albert Burkett of Near Berne—Recorder Receives Supplies. The first Adams county person to register his farm under the new provision made by law. Is Albert Burkett of rural route three, out of Berne. His farm’s name is ’The Old Home Farm” which is a very good one, that brings up pleasant memories. Mr, Burkett's place is a, comfortable forty acre farmstead near Berne, well improved and pretty- The name is set forth on a concrete arch which he has over the entrance. The supplies for the registration have been received by County Recorder Andrew Welfley and Mr Burkett lias the honor of being the first to register. The application is made on a blank furnished at the office, and contains the name of the owner of the farm, his residence, the farm's name and the of the land. Recorder Welfley has a book wherein a register of this is kept, after which the application is returned to the applicant and he may keep the same. The fee tor registration is one dollar.

POST OFEICE SITE May Not be Decided Upon For Some Time, According to Washington News. QUARRELIN PROGRESS Between Supervising Architect and the Appropriation Committee of Congress According to a dispatch from Washington. it seems probable that the - • lection of a site in Decatur, may be ! postponed for some little time. How ever as nothing can be done towards the appropriation for a building for nearly two years when the next pork barrel bill will be before congress, it is likely that the present delay will cause no real postponement of the: work here. It is also likely that the real cause ot the present delay instead of being a quarrel is for the reason that there need be no hurry at this time. The appropriation has been made and the money will eventtally be used for the purpose of purchasing a site. The amount for this city is SIO,OOO. The Washington dispatch reads as follows: Washington, D. C., July 23 Arrangements for the purchase of sites for a number of Indiana public buildings have been broken off because of a quarrel between the supervising architect of the treasury and the appropriations committee of the House. The supervising architect asked fori additional funds in the emergency np-1 propriations bill to enable the sites to be inspected and the appropria-! tions committee contends that funds, for this purpose are already avail- 1 able- Sites for 303 public buildings' are tied up by the quarrel. The In-| diana towns affected are Decatur Linton, Noblesville, Lebanon, Greensburg, Plymouth, Warsaw and Salem. THEY VOTE TODAY Arkansas Holding Special Election to Select Governor to Succeed Robison. UNUSUAL CONDITION State Has Had r our Governors and Five Senators in Past Six Months. Little Rock, Ark., July 23—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Arkansas is today holding a special election to elec t a governor to serve the unexpired term of Governor Joe T. Robinson, recently elected United States Senator. Judge Georgs W Hays of Camden is the Democratic nominee and his elec-

tion was generally conceded as Arkansas is strongly Democratic. Harry H. Myers is the Republican nominee and George W. Murphy, former attor-, ney general and Democratic leader, is the progressive candidate. Today's election brings to an end one of tlie most remarkable political , periods in the history of the state. In the last six months Arkansas has had five United States Senators and four governors. Tlie death of United States Senator Jeff Davis last January caused it all. J. N. Heiskell was ap- ( pointed by Governor Donahey to sue- , coed Davis. W. M. Kavanaugh was then elected by the legislature 10 serve out tlie unexpired term of Davis and finally Joe T. Robison, who had , just been elected governor and had en ,

tered upon his term of office was elected United States Senator for the six year term. Davis had been the primary nominee to succeed himself and his death left tlie assembly free to act. Tlie special election was called by Acting Governor J. M Futtrell. The Democratic nomination was by primary, and Judge Hays was nominated over former Congressman Brundidge by less than 1000 votes. Brundidge contested the primary, alleging fraud in Several counties, but the state committee, after ah investigaion certified Judge Hays as the nominee.

THE TUBERCULOSIS TOPIC. Tuberculosis is not hereditary. Tuberculosis is preventable and Is curable In the early stages. Some symptoms of tuberculosis: Loss of appetite, strength, weight, indigestion, slight hacking cough, pain in chest slight fever in the afternoon revealed by flushed cheeks. Tuberculosis kills more Indiana citizens each year than all other contagious diseases combined. The cure for tuberculosis lies in ! pure air. sunshine, rest, good food J clean surroundings and competent medical attention. Never move into a house where a' consumptive has lived or died until that house has been thoroughly fumigated. CARD OF THANKS. U e desire to take this means oi' thanking all our dear neighbors and friends for their kindness and assistance during the sickness and death i of our dear husband and father, i MRS- ELIZEBETH LEYSE AND I CHILDREN. o SIXTY-THREE DEAD — In Destruction of Overall at Binghamton— Few Bodies Recovered. — AN AMERICAN KILLED

Message Received States That American Engineer Was Killed by Rebels. (United Press Service.) Binghamton, July 23—(Special to | Dally Democrat) —Sixty-three persons lost their lives in a fire which destroyed an overall factory here yesterday a f ternoon according to the latest estimate of the polio" hero today. Only nineteen bodies have been recovered so far. Volunteers aided the police and firemen in tlie searcli of tlie ruins. The State Fire .Marshal and factory commission started an investigation this morning. Ten of the seventeen injured persons in the hospitals are probably fatally injured. El Paso, Tex., July 23—(Special to Daily Democrat I —That her husband, an American engineer was killed in western Sonora, July 16 by the Mexicans, jvas tlje word brought to Mrs. U. G. Wolf In a letter today. Washington, D. C., July 23-. —(Special to Dally Democrat) —The repeal of the neutrality laws with Mexico and the movement for preventing the rebels from securing arms and amunition was considered by the adm’nistration today. If this government does not recognize the I government, it should not assist them in securing weapons to carry on the war. Mexico City, July 23—(Special to Daily Democrat) —After a desperate three days fight, the rebels captured Torreon today The tearing down and mutilating of the American and Brit-

111 ULI in LI IIVI A 111**1 XU Uli illlU nil - ish flags yesterday by Mexicans an-; gered by the new Sunday closing law ' will be investigated today. A mob on their way to silo protest with Huerta happened on a shop displaying the flags and committed the outrage. The Japanese flag was torn and carried sway among the cheers of tlie crowd. Marquette, Mich., July 23 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Twenty copper mines in the upper peninsula were forced to close down today when 15,000 minors refused to go to work The 1 striking miners arc affiliated with the western federation of miners. The immediate cause was the refusing of the copper mining corporation ot .; counties to meet the demands the men nsked. The demands were to recog-

nize the union, an eight hour day. and better working conditions, Few disorders were reported this morning FELL THROUGH GRATE. While walking over the grate in front of the W. P. Colchln ice cream parlor last evening at 5:30. the bn:: supporting the grate snapped in two 1 precipitating Orval Harruff to the hot 1 tom of the opening. Fortunately thr 1 hole was not very deep and Mr, Hnr ruff fell in such a manner that he did i not strike the sides, thus escaping any Injury.

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FINGERS M tSHED Large Iron Cell Door Swings Shut on Deputy Sheriff Kelly’s Hands. AN INSANE PRISONER Tried to Escape and Sheriff Durkin Pushed Door Shut on Hand. • —> —■ II Deputy Sheriff J CS se Kelley hul two fingers of his left hand badly mashed tills morning when a large it on cell door swung shut on them. It is not thought the bones were broken, though tile end of one may be split, but the pain is very great. Mr. Kelly had entered the cell occupied by Joe Laßeur, the pipe liner, .who is insane, to get a bucket and some other tilings used by the man. When lie tried to leave the man attempted to follow him out, and succeeded in getting his knee between the door and the frame. Sheriff Durkin, who was ont the outside, swung the door shut and then tried to press the man’s knee out The knee slipped out but the door closed on Mr. Kelley s fingers, and .Mr- Durkin, not knowing the hand was there, and being enable to hear on account of the thickness of the doors kept pressing

the door until the hand was badly hurt. Man is Insahe. Laßeur is believed to ho insane. When the man was first placed in jail Monday, it was thought that he might be suffering only from excessive drink, and it was decided to hold I him a few days to see if the “spell” I would not work off He is no better, > end the inquest will probably be held ,; soon. As Mr. Laßeur, whose home is at Fairfield, N. .!., is a non-resident of ■' the state, the inquest will have to be held before a jury of six and ■? z ■ of the peace, who will then certify thb case over to the circuit court. When this will be held is not known. I Laßeur is undoubtedly insane. He 1 1 sits in his cell and looks up at the 'j vails, and shows by his talk that he 'imagines a great many people are trying to come down through the ceil(Cont'nued on Page 21 o I OFF TO THE PARK 'j Presbyterian Sundav School Will ’ ave Firnif Robison Park II ON NEXT TUESDAY Two Interurban Cars Chartered—Little Ones Will be Taken Free. The Presbyterian Sunday school is

looking forward to a happy day’s pic- ' nic at Robison park, Fort Wayne, next Tuesday. Two interurban cars have been chartered for the day. They will leave here early in the morning bearing tlie nappy party and will return in good time in the evening, the hours not having been announced. The bulk of tlie expense for, the car will be paid .out of the Sunday ■ school treasury, and the children will ' not be obliged to pay lor their fares. The committee in charge of ;r- --■ I rangi’ments comprises W. A. Lower. | H- S. Michaud and Miss Fanny Fi;s- '■ I Inger. 'MAINE PLATES WERE SHIPPED. I I •: S. B. Fordyce today received a letter from H. P. Jones, captain, U. S. Naval Gun factory, \\ 1 ni 1 efon, D. C, Mating that the tn’ 1 from tlie plate taken from * vreck of II ] the battleship Maine, have been com11 1 1 ietc cl and shipped by express on that day They will likely be here within '•, u few days and will be placed upon t-'the new soldiers’ monument when it "'is completed. The plates weigh fourr I teen pounds and were sent l>y the govd < rnment, the local G. A. R. post jiayg. tng the expenses, which amounted to j but $4-80.