Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1913 — Page 1

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KliE BOY SCOUTS of the American Orffigamzation Written by Scoutmaster Spahr. for LOCAL BRANCH F*-* : ■ l **—* ■Has Grown Rapidly During K'hree Years of Existence in This Country. Kin tlu« beginning uno t | )() illtia ing th.. Boy Scout movement gffilloiiL' lines similar to those of EngIBWi Hoy Scouts. which imd been or-1 ill ;<m7, ami developed under’ M^ 11 ' Personal supervision of i.ieuten-■Mt-General sir Robert S S. Baden-1 was first proposed by Mr. W. Boyce of Chicago. Prior to this

p time a number of troops had been ■' K rtnrt *' l 1,1 various parts of the country! I I y men who had been impressed with K the possibilities of the* scheme,! through reading Lieutenant-General ' Sir Robert Baden-Powell's English i handbook, •'Scouting for Boys." It is L significant that Mr. Boyce’s interest! ■t was occasioned because of an actual jßyiervbe rendered him in true scout ■K spirit by a London Boy Scout, who. !,:jgj;eeause of his obligation to do a good ' K*t,rn daily and the rule against the e of tips, greatly astonished impressed Mr. Boyce. After con'ti< e with Sir Baden Powell he the co-operation of friends |>. r. and proceeded to an organization ~i the Bov -■Kronts of America under th., laws of District of Columbia This was effectively accomplished February 8. 11'1". Headquarters the Bov Scouts of America w.'". established at 121 East

■■t’Mh street, with the .• o op.-ration o! from a number of na-■■t-rs in New York City. Simultaneous--■■ly with this effort, oth>-r <>rgauiz:'.tion • ■■established national head<piarti-rs % J'm Happily. how.b.-i'm.' HBthe middle of .Inly, 1910. all of the ■■organizations with t! option o' ■■the American Hoy Scouts merged ■■with the Hoy S.-outs of \merica. it ■■was largely through the cffoits of Mr ■KKdgar M Robinson that the ilitfe <-i t ■■organizations were brought t.iu-tr." ■■prom the very beginning he saw tlm HH I ossildlities of the sc out mo’. • tn-nt: ■■bis wide experience in box-. work .11■■tiilod him to give wise c.mn il in his ■■endeavor to have the mo\em> >.t ■■ orated under satisfactory conditions, ■■ lished to give tlie movenmni a more gH representative and substantial Irn-r---|H ing. This national eotim il is compn-' |B cd of representative and prominent |B men who are selected forth* ir pits’■H tions by local councils throughout the |B country. The officials of this rnitmn|H tl council are an honorary p-.--i.bnt, |B two honorary vice presidents a m HI ident, five vice presidents ami a tr.-a-M brer. B The Boy Scout movement is not an |B tngonistic to any enterprise, but rath M er seeks to co-operate with all otlu flB good movements in the interest oi '' ■H l*oy. The movement is whollv mm Bl sectarian and plans to work with ■ cry sect and ereed alike- it is nonH military and seeks to promote flB scouting and to develop education.i! ■ character-building for good eitiz » ship. It Is wholly non partisan. I'' bH cannot favor one interest against -m BB| other and cannot countenane. int-r ■ ference on any debatable .piestion-.. H whether social, religious or polith Tt seeks to make the hoy a incite ” ■ ful and appreciative son to bis p. HI ents or to those to whom be oweBl home comforts, a more diligent i B < bed lent student in his school life. jg [ more valuable aid to the c onintumt H >n promoting its material progr*’ and protection, and a more o|i-.< i > ■ and better prepared young n 111 > n H velopment for future citi unship am B! the pleasures and hardships oi tn.i ■B turn existence || LOOft OUT FOR TllH - — . * ARRIVES FROD CARDWELLH lira. Joe Thomas arrived from Can B well, Mo, and will spend the rest * B the summer at the B. W. Sholt home. Her husband is traveling sale. |H man for the filler factor', ami whil B here makes the Sholty home bis I”'-' B quarters. The Thomas have closed > B' their home and will not !<•p I""’ ■jß for the present.

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TEXAN VISITS HERE. Reports That Colonists Are Well and Doing Fine There. Rev. Ottamar Schmidt of Farmer county, Texas, is here visiting with Blends, and also with his relatives at l ort Wayne. He spent today at the Herman Reinking home in Union township. Rev. Schmidt is here in the Interest of the colonists in Texas, among which number are several Adams county families. He reports that ill are well and that crops are fine. — —o CENSUS REPORT. | Richard Smith Teeple is the name ol the baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Teeple Monday morning at 1:30. Mrs. Teeple was formerly Miss Hilda Smith. Mayor Teeple was all smiles this morning on account of the honored title of "Grandpa" which has thus been bestowed upon him.

REBELS DEFEATED Put to Rout With Heavy Losses in Bitter Sunday Battle—Many Killed. WIN CHAMPIONSHIP Americans Carry Away Tennis Championship From English Holders. (United Press Service) Mexico City, Mex.. July 28—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Completely routing the rebels and causing a loss of .Ou uead, 1,000 wounded and many taken prisoners, was the result of a l itter Sunday fight at Coahulia, as reported today by a private wireless despatch. The report however has not as yet been confirmed and the government has offered no information. It l;as been admitted that this report might merely lie a hoax by the federals to inspire confidence. I.ondon. Eng. July 28 —(Special to Dail) Democrat)—The international tennis championship was won by Am(ricatts’ McLoughlin, Hackett, and Williams, who fought their way through the with con testants from Australia. Germany and Canada, and finished witlt an over.whelming victory over the former championship players of England to- < day, Washington, D. C., July 28—'Special tc Daily Democrat) —There is no nu re need of neccessary intervention by force with Mexican affairs today than it was a month ago. The siti atlon still continues to be of a serious nature but is far from being critical. President Wilson believes that much of the present agitation has been

caused by newspapers playing up too, heavy. I Calupiet, Mich., .July 28—(Special to! Daily Democrat)—The organizing of the mass of striker* began In earnest today. Fighting groups of from 5 to ! men each patroled the mines determined that no work should be reaum- ‘ cdChicago, 111.. July 28—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Three dead and eev<m injured was Sunday's toll of automobile accidents in Illinois. Two were killed and two fatally injured in I t.n accident at Detroit, Michigan, yesterday. —, o — OFF FOR HOSPITAL. Miss Margaret Daniels and her niece. Miss Nellie Daniels, left this ! morning for Fort Wayne to enter the I Lutheran hospital, to tako a throe years nurses' training course. Miss Xellie had entered an Indianapolis hospital several weeks ago, but decided to make the change and enter the Fort Wayne hospital with her aunt. They were accompanied to Ft. Wayne I by their sister-in-law and mother, Mrs. Minnie Daniels. ATTEND WERMAN FUNERAL. The Misses Matilda Sellemeyer and i;Ua Mutschler and Mrs. Ben Elzey • went, to Fort Wayne to attend the fiti neral this afternoon of Ernest Wer- ,| man He Is the brother of Miss Pau- • line Werman, who often visited here I with them. ___

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CAN HE SEE HIS FUTURE? (Copyright bv International News Service; supplied by the New Process! Electro-Corporation, N. Y.) Does He Need the Aid o( Field Glasses to See His Political Destiny? This picture shows Provisional President Huerta of Mexico during his campaign with the Madero forces against President Diaz As i bead of the revolutionary army Huerta was the chief factor in the! coup <)• ptat which drove Diaz into exile, placed Madero at the head of the Mexican government, but finally resulted in himself reaching the oxeentive office by turning on Madero. 'lhe situation in Mexico at present is such that Huertas regime is doomed to a sudden collapse and that steam is kept up in the "special exile t-ain which will probably bear him to Vera Cruz and thence to Paris. Does Huerta see his future and is he preparing to fight or follow the! lootsteps of old Portferlo Diaz, whom he was instrumental in exiling?

WANTS RING BACK When He Becomes Engaged to Another “Sweetheart" —Sues the FORMER SWEETHEART — i Portland Boy Files Replevin Suit Against Girl for the Sparkler. Decatur young men who have been

In the -habit" of presenting or "loaning" a ring n turn to every prettv girl they meet and on very slight I '•provocation," should take warning from the case of a pair of former j "lovers" of Portland. When the| young man became engaged to anot’.i-' er girl, the former sweetheart refus-1 ed to give up her sparkler, and now she is the plaintiff in a suit brought j by the young man to recover tho ring. The trial will be held tomorrow. The Portland Sun says: “A replevin suit Instituted in the court of Justice of the Peace A. 0. Lewis by Chris Lambert against Miss Cecil Smith of Redkey, a clerk in a local novelty store, bids fair to develop into an amusing trial in that it is said, the disclosures will include among other things a lover's quarrel which resulted in the estrangement of the parties to the proceeding. "Limbert is seeking to recover possession of a 'diamond ring valued at 125, which he claims he had permitted Miss Smith, the defendant, to wear while they were going together. They have since ceased attention to each other and now that Limbert's engagement to be married to another young lady lias oeon announced, he Is anxious to regain the ring "Miss Smith contends that the ring was given her in good faith and that she has all along looked upon it ns her property. When served with the summons on the writ of replevin, Miss Smith refused to remove the ring from her finger and turn It over to the officer."

A NEW ESTABLISHMENT. A new dry denning establishment and shining parlor will be opened in this city thia week by Howard Burdg and John Johnson, In the building formerly occupied by the Hower barber shop, two doors south of tlie Hensley Jewelry store The gentlemen have ordered machinery especially adapted for dry cleaning; also a marble shoe stand, and these articles are expected to arrive and be Installed ready for Imslness Saturday,

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, July 28, 1913.

FUNERAL HELD TODAY. For Mrs. Joseph Stevens at the United Brethren Church. The funeral services for Mrs. Joseph Stevens were held this afternoon at .’. odock at the I'nited Brethren church by the Rev I, W. Love. Interment in the Decatur cemetery. Mrs. Stevens’ death occurred Saturday noon from heart trouble after an illness of two weeks. The deceased was well and favorably known and the funeral was very largely attended. Mrs. Stevens was formerly Mps Clara Koos of near Rivarre. o— DIED AT WREN

S . D Merica Died at Wren Last Evening at Age of Seventy-five. A RETIRED FARMER And Respected Man of His Community—Funeral Set for Wednesday. S- D. Merica, a retired farmer of Van Wert county, Ohio, where he resided the past fifty-three years, and a highly res|M*eted man of his community, passed away last evening at 7:10 o'dock at this home at Wren. Ohio.

He had been ailing some time from; infirmities of old age, resulting in a complication of diseases. He was a son of John and Polly •Merica, and was born in Champagne county, Ohio. December 20. 1837. Had ; lie lived until next December 20. lie would have been seventy-six years old He is survived by his wife, Mary J. Merica. and three daughters: Amanda .1., wife of D. S. Gates, of Wren, Ohio; Jeneva, wife of ('. A. Standlford, Detatur; Esther P„ wife of L. Herl, of Wren, Ohio. A brother, John Merica, and a sister, Nancy Ann Johnson, live nt Wren, Ohio. Mr. Merica was a member of the Pleasant View Baptist < hurch. Tlie funeral will bo Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, sun time, at the liberal U. B. church at Wren, in charge of the Rev. IL G. Hamilton. Pall bearers will be: G. W. Standiford, John Herl, Emory Arnold. W. V. Tape, John Snyder, G. R. Wood. Miss Kittle Fought of the telephone exchange, began a two week's vacation today. With her aunt, Miss Kate Flickinger, she left for Lake James, where they will take their annual vacation.

A HOME COMING Will be Big Picnic Held by St. John’s Congregation Sunday. AUGUST THE THIRD General Invitation Extended to the Public—Splendid Entertainment, The St. John’s German Lutheran congregation of Root township, along; the Fort Wayne A- Springfield railway J announces a great "home-coming picnic” for Sunday, August 3. Tills will I e given in the big grove near the church and a day surpassing all others is anticipated. It is expected that all members and I their families, and all former mem I ers, those who have once belonged to this charge and have moved away, to other places, be "home" at this time to join witli the others. A gen eral invitation is <\so extended to the public to come. There will be a splendid entertain ment, in charge of Professor Charles Hohnhaus. There will be dialogues and other features of a program: games for the young, refreshments and everything to contribute to the enjoyment and comfort of tile attend ants. o , Salesman W. C. Kauffman left on his weekly business trip this morning through tlie western part of the state RESULTS IN DEATH Valentine Linker, One of the Best Known Men in Adams County DIED SUNDAY A. M Death Resulted from Tuber-

culosis of Knee —ll l 11 Four Weeks. Valentine I.inker, residing in Kirkland township, one of the best known 1 men of Adams county, passed away at his home Sunday morning at 8 o’clock, the cause of his death be- ■ ing tuberculosis of the knee. Mr. Linker had been 111 for about four weeks when he was operated upon for tumor of the knee, which later devel- ’ cued into tuberculosis of the bone, reI suiting in his death Sunday morning. Mr. Linker was sixty-three years oi , age and had been a resident of Kirkland for the past eighteen years, to which place he moved from Shelby county. He was one of the most progresßive residents of Adams county.’ | always ready and willing to assist in I every way possible, In anything that ; would be of benefit and value to tip* county and its inhabitants, and al j ways placing their welfare ahead of ' his own. Several times during the I last ten years Mr. Linker sought tip’ nomination for representative, and during these campaigns he made a j host of friends who are deeply griev ed to learn of his death. Besides the wife who survives to i mourn the loss of a kind and loving husband, there are nine children, "he funeral will be held Tuesday aft ernoon from the home ernoon at 12 o'clock from the home In Kirkland township. The funeral patty will leave the hou:»’ nt 1 o'clock for Sheldoh where services will be 1 ■ held at the Lutheran church. The children are John of New Haven, Mrs. Emma Springer. Sheldon: Mis. William Stemen, Fort Wayne; Mrs. I'.lln Earhart, Markle, and Louis, ! Frank. Martha and Rosa, at home.’ ■ There are also two brothers and one; sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Heidemann went to’ Fort Wayne this afternoon to attend the wedding of her grandson, Leonard Bueter, and Miss Grace Paricoit. tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock at the St. Patrick's church. A reception will be given the couple at the bride's parI ents' home on Hanna street. Julius I Heidemann and Mrs. Lucy Colchin I will go tomorrow morning

. HARD TIME FOR REPORTERSDispatches from Terre Haute, Inn , show that the authorities there me having a hard time of it In handling ’■ ihe tough element at the races, , u possibly the citizens are having a tough lime of it because of the failure ol the authorities to try to handle tlie toughs, a newspaper man who w;. still convalescent from an accident was attacked by a tough mid knock- il down Friday and then kicked and had ,to be hauled home. Tom Johnston, a lornier Bluffton man. is | working on the Terre Haute Star, and I lie wrote to his father, T. R. Johnston. ; ex-sheriff, this week that tile ton Ji I element lias threatened to dean u:> all of the newspaper reporters. One Star reporter Friday had to ask for l ioteetion ami th,, sheriff appointed a special deputy as his body guard. Bluffton News. Tom Johnston is a brother of Mrs Vincent Forbing ot near tills city. DR. BROKAW DEAD Former Decatur Man Died at Portland of Erysipelas —Son Gave Blood FOR A TRANSFUSION In Hopes of Saving Father’s Life Without Avail- -Has Relatives Here. Portland, Ind., July 28-Dr. R. E.. ; Brokaw, 45, died at his home in this city at about 12 o'clock Saturday , night after a two weeks' illness of- - facial erysipelas and a complication lif other diseases. He underwent an operation Saturday evening for the transfusion of blood, his only son, ByI ron Brokaw, furnishing the fluid from liis veins in hopes of overcoming death, but without avail Dr. Brokaw | was for two terms coroner of Jay i county and before attending medical school was an instructor in the Portland schools. The widow and two ; children, a son and daughter, sur- ! vive. The funeral, in charge of the I Masonic lodge, will be held from the

late residence* on Thursday afternoon at 2:3b o'clock. The deceased formerly lived in this city and county. He is a son of William Brokaw*, who resided in a residence where* the Erie depot now stands. From there he moved to Root township, where he purchased a farm. The elder Mr. Brokaw, since his death of his wife, lives with his chil dren, spending the greater part of his time with his son. B F. Brokaw , I of Root township. He recent!) re i turned from the west and last week he was in this city, and then went to! Cleveland, Ohio, to be with another son. He was called to Portland Friday by the Illness oj his son. Di R E Brokaw, arriving in time to see hint alive. Dr. Brokaw spent much of his early life in this city and was well known here. Besides his father. Ito is survived by two brothers tend three sisters. They are: William Brokaw. | jr., of Cleveland, Ohio; It. Frank Brokaw, Root township, this count : Mrs. S. E- Robbins, Decatur; Ilian Peeler. Portland, Oregon: laitiia McKinley, Fort Recovery, Ohio. ROYAL NEIGHBORS' NOTICE.

Request is made that all members, and especially those of Hie degree staff, of the Royal Neighbors, be present Tuesday evening, to prepare for I degree work. A class of fifteen canI didates will he Initialed the middle of August. The local camp had ex ’ pected a visiting camp to come to do the work, but they cannot be here, hence the local camp Is obliged to do i the work. T RECOVERING NICELY. Mrs. Jesse Beery of Eleventh street j is recovering nicely from an operation performed two weeks ago last Tues i day for gall stones. The nurse Ins Iren dischargi-d and last Saturday Mrs. Beery was able to come to the table for dinner with tlie other members of the family, for the first time since the operation. — Floyd Smith and family will arrive '.ftotn Fort Wayne tomorrow to spend il a week with his mother, Mrs. Veroni- | ca Smith, and family.

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SAD AND HAPPY Both Kinds of People Were Theme of Sermon of Rev. Rilling ! AT THE EVANGELICAL 1 I - * • 1 Brief Resume of Sermons Given at the Various »: Churches Sunday. Evangei cal Church. "Sad and Happy People” was th« . theme from which Rev. Rilling of the ; Evangelical church spoke the followi ing words: "To lie happy is natural | .and sought by most of the people. , Some have no higher ambition than ! to live in a little world of happim. I by themselves. Some join the grea’ army of God's people for happim'.-. ■ . i m.w and hereafter. Why this difl'cr- ' cnee between the two classes? Dis- : position and mood is not the whole I reason. Ixd us mention a tew rep.- | sons which have much to do in maki ing our pathway and work brighter and more successful. Start right. | Many fail in their Christian life for i the want of laying a good foundation. We are building for eternity. It's worth whit to take time, pains and I pay tlie price. Mean business from the start. For the lack of faith, many have lost tlie joy promised them. The Gc<i , who made the heavens and the earth I created us, and is more than able to keep us- He cares for the grass and | tlie lilies also for you. Willing to work. sweetens i life." The man who drags his seer. ■ as though they were saw logs, on his way to work, never whistles or singi hie morning message, helping otheis •; to a better life. Give us thos who yean slug behind the counter, in the cftiivi or digging a Uen«h. and Uiey | will soon get too big for their place and will be promoted. In the church i and Christian life it is the busy man who is happy, too busy to find fault ' and brain too active to get out of ■ i sorts. ‘ Obey God. Children are seldom ' happy In the presence of their par-

ents whom they have disobeyed. Disobedience to God will cause us to look down rather than tin Into his face. A surrendered life to Christ is the sane path to peace, joy and happim < Letting God Jiave his way with it", with onr wealth, talents, loved ones — yea, all that we are and possess. At the evening service Mr William Ruckman and Miss Eola Gentis sang an appreciative duetReformed Church. Sunday at the evening service, tho i Rev. Hesscrt began a series o’ studies iin the 2" psalm. Following are some ! of the thoughts presented in his sermon. To Christians very few passages of scripture are more familiar than this psalm. To gtmerations and centuries of men these words have ministered "doctrine, reproof, correction and instruction." To generations to come it will express the experience of tlie pions. in the first place It reveals the invlsiblia from the visible. Too many Shepherds, of all times, their occupation was Just common labor and nothing more, to David it was a parable of which God was the interpretation.

Christ made tills thought unite familiar in the parables, when He says: "The kingdom of heaven is like ” To see tlie invisible in the visible is the secret of the poets charm and the artists fascinating work. It is th<secret of the true spiritual life. In the second place we find here, how active, laith appropriates God. My shepherd. Our modern s< iem< s have, for some, made such faith more difficult. Science lias revealed the Immensity of the universe, so Hint many I a man full of doubt ext taints: "Whitt

I ip man that thou art mindful of him 1 '" I Another difficulty is the uniformity of nature’s laros. Yet the true ehiTtlnn believes in the providence of God He a< cepts the words of Jesus, "f nm the good Shepherd and know my sheep • and am known of min*'. ' Brownftie says ".All's love, yet all's laco." ■ Lastly thus this faith the believing soul rests In God I shall not want. ■ Have you tills assurance? It may be hail by applying to Jesus Christ. — — 0 1 — ■ —— Miss Austn Click of the Ward I'ent - company, left Saturday evening lor Iter home In Warren to spend t week’s vacation.