Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 180, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1913 — Page 1

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barn DESTROYED Large Barn on C.D . Lewton I Farm was Destroyed by Fire Last Night I COW W AS BURNED HMso All Machinery and 600 | Bushels of Oats—Carried Insurance. ...I E, T 1 1" lar *e bam on the <•. V1 ~ ■ferin. occupied by Vesta Hrokatv. w„ - K«*oniplet< ly destroyed by lire | . . ■enin: at 12’ o'clock. What caused ■ FWSr' llalnS 11 unless it was ■»arte.i by spontaneous combustion |®r. Brokaw was first warned of i’.,P fire by a neighbor, who sa w it and in I mediately gave the alarm. p,-. th .. , " lle however the flames had’gain'•<! 1 catch Headway tiiat it was impossib! w..to get in the barn to save anything-' A Very fortunate cir. m : ,,t >m .. that all of the live stock with t.ue’.gtjptti.n of a cow, was turned out into the field for the night and es-(-aped-’dostructicn. the COW was burn- < d to . eluding plows, drills, hay loader et. were also destroyed, together with bushels of oats, a large quantin 1 ; ot hay and other crops Mr f.ewtoa some insurance on the barn! ■tt th o amount was not known as hej ■nt present out of the city. The re 1 ■rtion of tlje blaze could plainly be ■n from the city and caused mm it •1 ation as to what was the cause 'Of it. o DAD NO LICENSE ITwo Well Known Adams r County Jurists Cann* Near Violating the Law. A DAY’S SPORT LOST French Quinn Tells Peculiar r Coincident on Judges Merryman and Smith. | French Quinn has a story that hi itolls on his two good friends, Judge lllerryinan and Judge-elect I hive Smith land to enjoy it you ought to have IFront h tell it to you. Some two woi'.lego Dave accepted an invitation to | spend a day with French at bis Rome I City cottage. They got up early in Ithe morning, devoted an hour or two Ito digging bait, got the boat ready and Lpushing out into the narrows, cast' I anchor and got ready to break all [ ■ | cords, when French car dessly remark -ed, ‘'Judge, I sui pose you have a ii I cense.” "For heavens sake, no." I Shrieked Pave, "(let me out of here a* I ctice, before a game warden comes [ along.” And the fishing party broM‘l i Itp.. Last week one day French and I Judge Merryman were in Fort VVaym | and decided to run up to the lake :<>-■ I a day. They talked fish for how | find the judge was a boy again. Next I morning at day light found them al I work preparing for an old fashioned fishing trip. They were just ready lor, [ the start when Mr Quinn was sum tnotted to the telephone and a> 1 t took down the noticed hi i license which was stationed there, lb' | turning to the boat he demanded that the judge Immediately vacate and i when asked why stated that lie wmtbl refuse to be a party to an escapade; which he felt to be a violation of th ■ law. The judge was still in darkn -s and demanded to known what the Im.l lueination was, whereupon Quinn said ”How would you like to see your pi< •• titre In a Chicago paper, with a story telling of your arrest for fishing without a license ” “find sir, you are right, Baid tho judge, "I wouldn't have that barren for a thousand dollars, ami quickly he disembarked, spoiling another day of delight Hereaftet Mi. Quinn will probably question ->i> guests before they get out of the baiI wick. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Worthplan ,r---turned yesterday from Kaukana. '' is • where they were visiting with tci.ittlves and friends for tho past month.

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I veteran suicides. Jlarion, 111(1.. July 29 -t’hrlstophei '■lumomi, 7o | H ,|„. |( | |1( t))e nnt|onn Hilitary home as the result of a bul ' 1 tired by his own hand from u re " “ir. Dr. Walter a Braunlin of thmedic,| staff states that it It t'lamly a ease of suicide, as the bul entered the man’s head just below th' H u ear and, ranging upward, pass- ( "t out of the right side of the bead. "iamond was left handed and there was no evidence of a struggle. The ' '' 'an was a member of Company K, ) "'nth Ohio infantry in the civil war 1 ast winter he received a fractured h'P in a tall which made him a cripId". Il" Was known to have been In possession ol $l4O a f ew dayg ago b ,, t only $2 was found on the body. He ■ ild he had lost the money gambling, and this fact, together with his age and irippled condition, it is thoug.it, 1 roinpted the taking of his life. SEVEN ARE KILLED And Many Injured When Motorcycle Explodes on Cincinnati Speedway. MILLIONAIRE IS HELD ——— On Charges of Mistreating Two Small Girls—Claims It Is a Frame-up. Cincinati. Ohio, July 31—(Special to I rsiily Democrat) The three deaths today were increased to seven as the re- j -i.lt of a motorcycle accident last! i.iaht at the motordome following the i bursting of a tire and causing the ! cycle to crash into the crowd and the I exploding of the gasoline tank. 20' spectators were injured and more may ' I early everybody seemed to sires said one of the eye' witnesses to the accident. "One man had all the clothes burned off of him and ; screamed like a maniac.” Chicago, 111., July 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —David Maxwell, a [ n illionare box manufacturer was rc-b-ased on a SI,OOO bond today, charg ?ii with mistreating two young girls T!:e girls declared they were picking wood near the factory Tuesday afternoon when a man approached them, ! ...re them money then took them to' .. ■ i.;;le-. house and mistreated them itei which he took them to a hotel I and left them where they were found I h. the polie ■ Maxwell swears that he pent the time with his wife and iriends declaring that it is either a i. e of mistaken identity or that he is tho victim of a frame-up. ENJOYED PICNIC Office Girls of the Indiana Lighting Co. of Fort Wayne and Bluffton HAD FINE TIME ■ Here at Steele’s Park—WenEntertained by Agnes Costello in Evening. It was Indeed a very happy gather ;a of the girls from the offices of ” | the Indiana Lighting company of Fort I Wayne and Bluffton yesterday In this' (Hy when the party look their well. Idled lum h baskets and started out ‘ foi Steele's park to enjoy a bountifi.l spread on the grass, under the) cliades of the trees. This was the 1 Pr..: picnic the girls had In this citv' and from the way every one seemed to enjoy it it looks as if It would not li, the last. The party included the Misses Irene Lennon, Daisy Wickllff, Margaret Russell and Loretta Kor.eda of the Fort Wayne office and (he , Misses Mary Goodwin and Nellie Schneider of Bluffton, Mrs. George Mount and Miss Agnes Costello of the local office. After the supper had l.c ii enjoyed by all they returned to this city and were royally entertained by Agnes Costello at her home until train time came.

“PECATLR CAN and WILL” Decatur, Indiana,Thursday Evening. July 31, 1913.

..... - - —— ii iV 1 / JF U * ' i i t . a,. ...... SCENES AT THE U- S. NAVY AVIATION MEET. (Copyright bv International News Service; supplied by the New Process Electro-Corporation N. Y ) r iSht ° f Ei9ht Ae ”P' a "« Above the Aviation FieU at Ga den City, L. 1., Was Considered the Crowning Feature of the Navy Day Meet. tain T X h t O, ru d Palrß of eyes were on the whirring aircars. Cap. tain Albeit Cleaves, commandant of the Brookyln navy yard was the guest of honor at the meet, which was attended by many army .nd navy offi were m 1 l 8OCIe » y . eadt ‘ r 8 ,sty aer »Pianes were on exhibition and flights j ...... -V 1 Ve Ot thein Some ot the aviators rose to heights ()1 ing th“e X y Xs 8 °" ,e BtartHng " lan — A society woman who made aflight was dressed in the latest style slit in h t Of .( the rea " ,ati ° n l ‘ Vill,ion ' battanion of ts m, rade 8 “ ° f ’ L S ' soldiers wer « ‘he field and gave a drill pa-! I zxjj —' ..I ■■— ,

WINTERS SEARCH Chas. Kranor, Former Resident Here, Returns as a Plain Clothes Man. DETAILED ON HUNT Member of Kokomo Police Force, Who Think They Are on Right Trail. Charles Kranor, a former resident here, and now a member of the Kokomo police force, was here today, looking up old friends and attending to business matters- Mr. Kranor is one of the plain clothes men of the ' Kokomo force just now. engaged in a search for the missing Catherine i '' inters, little New Castle girl, who' disappeared from her home last March and in the search for whom hundreds have been engaged for months A few days ago six wagon loads of gypsies stopped at Greentown, a little town near Kokomo. One of the women of the band, leading a little girl went into a dry goods store and bought a pair of stockings for the girl. The child began to cry and the clerk asked the woman what was the matter, the gypsy replying. ■'Oh, she’s crazy," and at the same time striking lite girl and forcing her buck into the! wagon Soon afterward the clerk thought of the Winters girl and notified the town marshal, who in turn sent word to the Kokomo police and a search for the wagons began They finally overtook the band, but the one wagon in which the child was riding | was missing. Since then the Kokomo i police have been on a hunt for that wagon, firmly believing that when! they find It they will find the missing ( girl. Mr. Kranor was sent to this part of the state and others even including the chief, are covering the territory many miles wide, while three men are shadowing the five ; wagons of which this one was a part. The description given by the clerk is said to tally exactly with the Winters child. CARD OF THANKS. We desire to thank the neighbors I and friends for the kindness shown ' during our sad bereavement In the, sickness and death of our beloved husband and father. We are thank-1 pul to the minister tor his service and! also for the floral offerings j MRS. V. LINKER AND CHILDREN.

DEATH MESSAGE. A telegram was received this morni mg by A. .1. Smith, informing him of the death of his brother. William I Smith, in Los Angers, California. The' ; cause of the death proved to haV* ■ tesulted from blood poisoning setting in from trimming a bunion. —o MEETING TONIGHT. The Young People's society of the ■Lutheran church will hold a special! misiness meeting tonight at the school room and every member is requested j to be present COURT HOUSE NEWS Transcripts for Roop, Zimmerman Roads Are Approved . GETTING BILLS READY At Auditor’s Office—Commissioners to Meet Next Monday Morning. Tbi bonds have been approved by the Indianapolis attorneys on the Zimmerman and Roop macadam roads ! and these are being printed at this office- They will be delivered to the board next week. Word has also I ren received tiiat the transcript on , the Gephart road, on which there was i some controversy because It Isa' I state line road, has ben approved, and , these bonds will now be printed and delivered. The bonds on the Magner, j load are being temporarily held up. j awaiting an affidavit which will be fur nlshed soon, but these bonds will probably not be delivered for two i weeks The bonds have been pur , chased by the Old Adams County > bank and the First National bank of j this city. At the auditors office the clerks are! busy getting the grist of bills ready for the commissioners' session which convenes Monday. Yesterday it look ed as though this business would bo i light this month, but several bunches came In last evening, bringing thnumber up to the usual amount. Amanda F Hamrick was granted a I divorce with |SOO alimony from War- | ten Hamrick In superior court yesterday. Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.

TO RE-ORGAINIZE City School Board Will Meet at Fruchte’s Office Tomorrow Morning. ELECT NEW OFFICERS 11 '■"l l-IHB .Meet Tomorrow Evening to Buy Supplies—Getting Ready for School. The school board will hold an Inijil'ortant meeting tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock at the offices of Fred i Fruchte, the purpose being tli e reorganization of the board, as required ' by law, at which time each member 1 i will furnish a new bond, and will i ! qualify for the ensuing year. Officers! I will b e elected, and it is probable that ! the rule which has been in force for I years, to change about, will be follow I I ed this year. 1 lie board will meet tomorrow evening also, at which time, bids will he i considered for supplies for the school I according to advertisement as published for three weeks past. Everything is shaping up for a splendid school year and the board believes it will be one of the best in history. The en- i tire force of teachers has been eni- 1 ployed and it is the belief that the ! will prove efficient and satisfactory. , Mr. C. E. Spaulding, superintendent, has sent word that his household ! goods will be shipped from Wiiiaimr today and Mr Spaulding and fanii’y i will arrive next week. CALVARY PICNIC Will be Given Next Saturday and the Program Will be Interesting. BALLOON ASCENSION - — - Music by Wren Band —■ < Prizes for Best Singers—Big Day for All. A picnic will be given by the Calvary Evangelical Sunday school cn next Saturday, August 2 in the grove! ' one-half mile south of the church. Several schools have r ; ponded to t the cordial invitation given. A nut.i 1 her of good speakers will be present' ar.d the singing will fe more than • ordinary, ns a prize will be given to the school for the best singing Also! a prize for the largest school. Plenty of good band music, furnished by tlie Wren band, one of the best bands in the state of Ohio, will oe enjoyed. Refreshments of all kinds will be sold, including hot coffee. At th' close of the afternoon's program a balloon ascension will be made. \ so , dal will be held in the evening and several contests will be had. One of the principal features of the evening will be the singing of "The Golden Gate Glee (’Bib," a quartet, which ' making a hit wherever It sings, and is worthy of encore. Now, put away all care, work and! worry and come and spend a day or recreation, meeting old friends and forming new ones \ cordial invita ( tioti is extended to ail mid a hearty ■ ( welcome awaits you. o HAVE HANDS FULL. I j t (United Press Service) t Torre Haute, Ind., July 'll (Spec , fal to Dally Democrat) Auto loads of ' lepeaters from Torre Haute were tak i en to the north side today to vote in t the Otter ('reek liquor election. A me«- | sage was sent to Governor Ralston -ip- t pealing for help. One election commissioner for the “drys" was arrested when lie drew a revolver to coerce a I l and ol wet voters and repeaters. , —— —o ■- EPWORTH LEAGUE GIVES SOCIAL There will be an Ice cream social at the Beulah Chapel church onehalf mile south of Preble, Frida cvr ii ing, August 1. in charge of the Ep-' worth League. Everybody is invited :

TO HELP HUERTA. (United Press Service) Washington. D. C„ .inly :;i -(Special to Daily Democrat) A proposal t. ; send .1. it. .Moore, aslstant secretary ol state, or some other official to M -x---ico and ask Huerta to invite Atmnican troops into northern Mexico was advised by Senator Pitman of Nevada. "The situation there is no less i than damnable,” he said, "and I b j lieve Huerta would be glad to take | the hint and ask us to send troops.” PAINFUL OPERATION. Mrs. Caroline Angleton of Van Wert submitted to a very painful operation Ulis morning at tlie home ui Mis ’ Marsh Burdg, when ,% n.iating lia.j went in the right knee was removedMrs. Angleton withstood the opei.i . tion in splendid shape and is improv-' I ing nicely. HE FRACTURES LEG | Simon Traster Falls from Wagon on Way Home and Breaks Limb. NEAR THE HIP Accident Occurs About Fiv? O’clock Wednesday— Was Threshing. Simon Traster, a well known farm er, living on the John S. Bowers farm, northeast of the city, met with a v< ry serious accident yesterday evening it ■ about ."> o’clock when lie fell from the I wagon on which lie was riding, break-' ing Ills lett leg near the hip. Mr. Traster was helping his neighbor. G i:| Vake, all day in doing the ■■ asou - threshing and was just returning toj i’is home when the wagon crossed fad rut in the road, throwing him ftom tlie wagon seat. The wagon did not run over him, lie breaking his ’ . in the fall Mr. Traster is about fifty years of age, thus making the injury more perlons, as it will require a little mo;° t ine for the broken bones to knit A i local physician was immediately call ed and the injured member was dressed and he was put in as comfortable position as possible. Mr. Trastei s many friends wish for him a ipeedy recovery. LEAGUE ENTERTAINMENT. Tho entertainment ci the Bella!-,. Washington and Mt- Pleasant Enwmth i vagues will be given Sunday evening at the .Mt. Pleasant chut .It and everyone Is invited to come. THE STORMS WORK i c ■ Leaves Trail of Damage in National Capital—Three Dead—Many Hurt. THE MEXICAN BREAK , ; <■ ■ Causing Trouble in Administration—England Turns ; j Down Exposition. ~ ■■ I I' Washington. D ('. July 31 -(Special , to Daily Democrat) Thousands of < dollars of wreckage was being cleaned ' up In the this morning, being left by the tornado like storm of yes-j torday afternoon it will take a week I . to clean up till of the wreckage and years to restore the beautiful parks. Three are dead and thirty injured, of which three more may die, as tlie re suit.. Tlie police reports show that forty houses were unroofed during the rtorni. Washington. 1). ('., July 3|l-(Sp( ill to Daily Democrat) In the inof the report, that the senate foreign' relation committee favored \nib:> -e doi Wilson s appeal for reeoenit ion ,u the Huerta government. It. i ktiowu! today that President Wilsum and Se< rotary Bryan insist, that matters rc main ns they are until Mexico Interests reconcile waring elements. Tills , (Continued on Pago 3)

Price, Two Cents.

FIGHT FOR BLOOD Will be Game Next Sunday When Huntington Specials Meet Shamrocks. LOCALS LOST HONORS I o Specials Earlier in Season But Intend to Regain Them Sunday. The baseball game scheduled for Sun'day when the Huntington Specials . c ross bats with the local Shamroc ks I will be a fight for blood from the start |to the finish. Earlier in the season I tin* Huntington team walloped the la- ! cal boys to the tune of 11 to 6, and I this made the boys so ashamed oi* j themselves that they promised then . and there to play a return game with I the victors and gain back the lost I iaurels. The Huntington team is a | c lassy little bunch of players, com i posed of some mighty good material and will sure make the local boys "hump” along some to get the big <nd of the score. The Shamrocks will be strengthened by Briggs of Geneva to fill tlie catchers place and Shady of Fort Wayne will do the tv.irling. which witli the other regular men will make up a strong opgiosition. Don't forget tlie game starts at 3:m) o'clock prompt so come on out and help boost for tlie Shamrocks. INSPECTED FIELD Mr. Fisher of Purdue University Spent Great Day Here Yesterday. TOOK MANY PHOTOS Showing Growing Crops, Machinery and Factory— Is a Beet Booster. M- 1.. F her, agriculturist, in charge ol tlie crop and soils department at Pr.rdue university, spent a great, day here Wi-d: ‘saay, according to his own statement last evening. He enjoyed It bum nsely, learned some things of interest and aid and said he stood inady a. did Purdue to do anything they could to Increase interest in Bit - ar beets. While here he was in charge of E. M. Wagner of tho sugar cot i|:.r.y. who took hlhn first south cf town, where they visited three fields, showing beets in different stages of growth, and where Mr. Fisher photo graphed the Helds with the men nt work, cultivators, lifts and drills, that he may show in his lectures just hihv the work is done. The alternoon wt’.S i-prnt at the fat ory. where the Purdue man was shown all the intricate m.ichinerv and tile process of making sugar thoroughly explained! He took pictures of the big plant. One instance noted was tho effect that lint" lias on Hie soil. It was noticed nt the plant that where tlie waste from the lime pit covered th" ground there is a rank growth of weeds, while surronnding this plot, where the lime did rot reach, there Is practically no vegetation. If it works with weeds, it will work with grains. Mr. Fisher is corn iueed that the beet crop is n great aid because it teaches ext t.ivo fanning, better plowing and cultivation and is <i practical crop with which to rotate- Mr. Wagner took Mr- Fisher to the home oi' the latter's father, two miles east of Bluffton, hi t evening, where lie Bpent the night. o — FIRST DEATH REPORTED. (United I’resH Service) Indianar-oiis, Ind , July 31 (Special to Daily Democrat)- The first death from the present hot spell was repori- <(• today when George Coffee, an d . 5!) was found dead hi bed at his rooming house this morning. It sw slightlx (ooler today than yesterdti.. s record- The weather bureau promised thunder showers and cooler tonight At 11:30 this morning it w:.s 93 and climbing steadily.