Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 188, Decatur, Adams County, 9 August 1913 — Page 1

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WILL BE HELB RESPONSIBLE For Any Affront Made on John Lind by Mexican inhabitants READY FOR REPORT — 1 Committee Investigating Gov. Sulzer’s Statement ■ Ready to Report. (United Press Service) Washington, D. c„ Aug. 9 (Special to Daily Democrat I—The government' today is treading softly, and also 1 Keeping its powder dry in regard to the Mexican situation, rhe embassy at Mexico city has served notice on the Huerta government that anv attack on John I.ind will b e taken as an aiiront agfcjnst his peace mission, and that while the Huerta government can 00 as the see fit regarding the prosteps, the Mexican government will be held responsible for anv affront made on Lind while he is unofdcially cat rying the president's message. Lind arrived, in Vera Cruz, purposely delayed tonight, and will pro-1 ceed at once to Mexico City, where lie I v ill arri/e Sunday and will transmit j the message on Monday. New York, N. Y. Aug. 9—(Special | ‘ to Daily Democrat)—Governor Sulzerj conferred with friends today regard ! 1 Ing the legislative committee's hives-1 1 tigarion of his.campaign funds and 1 contribution statement- The govern-i j or says that he expects an attempt to! impeach him will be made. Tammany leaders declare that the legisla aiir e will allow him to remain as gov- 1 ernor only about a month. The World 1 find Times today advised Sulzer to re- s Firn and thus save the state from fur- f t|ier shame. The committee has prac-i 1 (Continued on Page 2) I ] — IDENTITY OF »AN ; • Killed by Lightning Under , Tree Near Hoagland Yes- i, tfrday Afternoon """ ■— : ' NOT YET LEARNED h Believed to Have Been Employed in That Vicinity Two Years Ago. / The ’tody of a man killed by a stroke of lightning under atree a halt mile west of Hoagland yesterday, is still unidentified. It was taken to the morgue of P. E. Chapman at Poe last' evening at 5 o'clock and will be held, there several days lor identification. ' William Del.ong, a farmer, living near Poe, who viewed the body, de-, dared that it was that of a farm hand who had Cut corn .for him about two years ngo, but lie could not remember the name. All that he could remein-, l ev was that the man had once said lie came from the southern part of the stateTile stranger is well dressed wit!:, the exception of his shoes, which an*, oid. and one of them, the right, without a string to fasten it He wore a blue coat and dark checked trouseis. salt and pepper overcoat, light Id' hat and clean underwear. He wax ai’l”"' ently aikty-flve vears old. had a bush'’, dark beard streaked with gray anti’ brown hair. In his packets was found a pair of glasses, a pen knife, sonic thread wrapped about a pie"' ol 1•' per and a small mirror, giv «‘n b> a ■ Angeles ostrich farm as a sou" uu '■ the 4ime of the Shriner convention there last year. The body was found yesterday a ■ trnoon at 2:30 o'clock about a halt • mile west of Hoagland by Ellis lek, a farmer. Beside the body was a small red squirrel, believed to have been killed by the same bolt that oH’e<l the stranger. A streak down the side nt ie , with the bark off showed the patch the lightning to the place '' jumped from the tree, j deml man in the head and down (Continued on Page 2) I

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1 GIS CETS THE POSI fION. ' D. Sturgis, the former Craig- " " school teacher, was selected city : "l<h'ney tor Montpelier by the conn- " " u>| e Tuesday night. Mr. Sturgis ""■ntL started the practice of law Montpelier and has been meeting 1,11 Weal success, geverni importmattfrs are in the hands of Mr. ’'"'.’his to look after hi his new poSturgis ft stine have been special attorneys tor Mont-* 1 l”‘H«*r. Bluffton Banner. DEATH OF~BAbZ I ■' private burial service was held ■ 'or the still horn babe of Mr. and Mrs I’orcsf R ] ZP} , t!1)s mornlng — o—— L , , ATTEND SESSION Decatur Young Ladies at L.tke Wawasee Attend R A. Convention. MANY ON PROGRAM Well Known Here — Miss Neiderhouser of Berne on Committee. Three Decatur young ladies, the Misses Vernla Smith, Ida Fuhrman and Zelda Schultz, who have gone to Lake Wawasee for their vacation, have the delightful privilege of attending the twenty-seeond annual convention ot tile Indiana conference branch of the Young People’s alliance, and the twenty-first annual convention of the Indiana conference branch Woman s Missionary society of the. Evantee ,! association, which /re now in sc - don at Oakwood park, on the west shore of I.ake Wawasee. A large number of delegates from various parts of the state are there to attend the gathering. The programs Includes classes in mission study, lectures, sermons, addresses and musical concerts, by many who are well known here. Mis- Ruth Speicher, teacher of voice < ultnre at Northwestern college, Naerville. 111 has charge of the convention music. Rev. George Pullman, UrI t.na, Ind . will have charge of the tiiet hour each morning, the Rev. C hristian Staebler, D. D., Cleveland, ('bio. will give several stereopcicon travel lectures and the Rev. W. F. Teel, Ph M.. will lecture daily on va--1 ions problems of the Christian life. The Young People's Alliance proram opened with an address by the Rev. C. P. Maas, Peru, loci-. formerly of Berne, president of the Indiana 1 anch At the close of his address he enounced the following committees: Nominating. Rev. L. S. Fisher, Elkin,rt: John Mc Pherson, Dayton. Ohio; Flora Neiderhouser, Berne; Ida Brown Wabash: Rev E. R. Roop. Greenville, Ohio: Glee Nicodemus, Pein; Mrs. H. I Andrews. Portland Ways and Means, the Rev. J W. Metzner, Elkhart: Adam Cook, Urbana: Rev. E. . \V. Praetorious. Terre Haute; William , Herman. Louisville. Ky: Bessie Rhine--1 li. rt, South Bend. Resolution, the i Rev. E. B Waltner Royal Center; ■ Lulu Ruska, Indianapolis; J. Speich- , r. South Bend; Bessie Stewart. Avilla: Muriel Dettrich, Indianapolis. Au- . diting, Rev. A. A- Knepper. Subscrip- ! tion to church papers, Rev. Ira Steele, New Paris Soc ial and entertainment. Erank Hartman. Indianapolis; Bessie Rhinehart. South Bend; John McPherson. Dayton, Ohio. o- — blood vessel bursted. Miss \nnu Winnes is suffering from a bursted blood vessel of the left eye. ! While the appearance is much more alarming than the pain or danger, it is enough to make the condition annoyir. it not is thought, however, thut the sight will be affected. The eye has a victim of many accidents. In tact. Miss Winnes stated today, If anything happens, this eye is sure to 'l, e ' the victim. When quite young a t wig from a tree switched Into the eye, twice stiff cufts were flicked into the member, and on several occasions, once during a sand storm in Haiti- , ~1 ()r e. and at other times, particles of , it and dust lodged under the lid. rei,miring the services of a physician in til e extraction. I” fact this seems to have to bear the brunt of all mislortunes, while the right eye wholly ; i seapes. M ft . * »

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NON-MILITANTS INVADE LONDON. (Copyright bv International News Service; supplied by the New Process Electro-Corporation, N. Y.) Over on this side of the water we have heard so much about the militancy of tlie English women, who believe in suffrage that we have come to regard them as wholesale destruc tionists and not understanding the Englishmen as well as they do, we have never known just how they expect to accomplish results via the smashing methods. We were more intimately acquainted with Carrie Nation, the original woman smasher, who with her little hatchet mowed down saloons like a western cyclone however, we fail to remember that she never really accomplished any practical results. Now comes the above picture from London, which goes to show that all English suffragettes are not necessarily "smashers." Hundreds of members of the suffrage cause who do not believe in militanc y invaded London from all points and held a large demonstration in Hyde Park. This picture shows some of the non-militants just as they arrived in London headed by one of their number on horseback. We will await with interest the result of this peaceful demonstration or the "Appeal to Reason."

GIVEN TRIBUTE Prof. C. E. Spaulding’s Ability Appreciated by Winamac Residents. HAS ARRIVED HERE To Take Charge of Superintendency of the Decatur Public Schools. The Winamac Democrat-Journal s pays a worthy tribute to Prof. C. E Spaulding, who has moved to this city : to take c harge of the Dec atur public ' schools as superintendent, and who! is now a thomc* in the Albert Butler i residence on North Second street. Th<. Winamac paper says: "Prof. c. E. Spaulding and family have moved to their new home at i l ecatur, Ind., where the professor's high worth and superior educational i attainments have secured him the po-1 sition of superintendent of public schools at an Increased salary. Decatur is a town of 5000 inhabitants, and is tlie county seat of Adams county on the eastern border of the state. The! Winamac schools will miss Professor Spaulding's excellent management, which brought our schools out of their longtime disorganized condition and, placed them on the highest grade. In the parting, the many friends of the professor and .Mrs. Spaulding here wish them continued pleasant church and social relationship." o — POLICE COURT. Joseph Tonnelier, whose liquor store; was raided Friday noon, and a car load of beer confiscated by the officers, was arrested and arraigned Friday eving. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of the illegal sale of liquors, was released under a s2Oll bond and the case was set for trial for next' Wednesday. In our notice in Friday's paper concerning the raid on the Tonnelier store the statement was made that a quantity of whiskey had also been securi*cid, This was an error as there was on hand, according to a statement made last evening by Mr. Tonnelier, the property taken being al) beer. According to the invoice at the Graham ft Walters office there were 280 cases and 28 kegs.

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Decatur, Indiana,Saturday Evening, August 9, 1913.

BILLS TO MEET AUGUST 28. Organization Will Hold Second Reunion at Eaton. "Bills' Day" will be observed ThursJ day. August 28, as that was the decision readied by the officials of the Dills Day Association and the gathering will be held at Riverside Park, Eaton l.ast year's meeting proved such a success that a second meeting was planned and the officials instruct-! ed to set the date for the picnic. The officers of the association are: William Ellis, president: William Brandt, vice president: William Potter, secretary, and William Brattain, treasurer. The association has a surprisingly large membership for the one years’ existence. AGED LADY DEAD Mrs. Lvdia Young. Wife of| Frank Young of Blue Creek, Succumbs. SHE WAS ILL LONG Sister of Mrs. Asa Engle and Mrs. Elizabeth Crandall of This City. Mrs. Asa Engle and Mrs. Elizabeth Crandall have received word of the death of their sister, Mrs. Lydia Young, wife of Franklin Young, of Blue Creek township. Her death occurred Friday morning at 12:40 o'clock after a two year's illness ot a complication of diseases. The funeral services wil be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Methodist church at Steele. The deceased was seventy-three* years of age and was a native* of Ohio. Many years of her life, however, were npent in this county. Her husband and seven children survive. They are: Andrew Young of Winchester; Amos of Ohio City; Peter, Huntington; Andrew Jackson and Hollowell, near Wheatley, Mich; Mrs. Frances Paker and Mrs Florence Schwartz ol Michigan She leaves the following brothers 2 sisters, besides the two named before: Mrs Winnie A. Mann and Mrs. H. McAlmany of near Bloomfield. The deceased was very well known and well liked by all who knew her.

FOUR FINE PRIZES Four Scholarships in Purdue School of Agriculture Offered TO THE WINNERS In Live Stock and Grain Judging Contest at In- , diana State Fair. The Indiana State Board of Agricul-' lure, realizing the importance of interesting tlie boys and young men of the state in the study of scientific methods of agriculture is offering four , scholarships in Purdue School of Agriculture. These scholarships are to! be awarded the winners of the live stock and grain judging contest which will be held at the Indiana State Fair. Indianapolis, Tuesday, 8 am., September 9, 191:1. The first, second, third and fourth premium scholarships are valued at SIOOOO, $75.00, SSOOO. and $25.00 respectively. These sums will be paid by the State Board toward the expenses of the winners in I either the four year or the winter short course in Purdue. Any one between the ages of 16 and 20 years inclusive. and who is eligible to either of these courses, may enter the contest. For premium list of the State Fair giving full details relative to the contest apply to Chas. Downing, Sec-[ retary Indiana Slate Fair, Indianapolis, Indiana. For Circular No. 29, or for any information relative to the requirements for either of the courses ' apply to G. I. Christie, Supt. Agriculture Extension, LaFavette, Ind TO FOND DU LAG Party of Decatur Ladies Will Attend Services at St. Agnes Convent FRIDAY, AUGUST 15TH Stella Kohne and Ethel Ehinger Will Make Profession at That Time. A party of Decatur ladies will leave next Thursday morning for Fond du Lac, Wis.. where they will attend the services at which the Decatur young ! ladies, the Misses Stella Kohne and; Ethel Ehinger, of the Convent of the Sisters of St- Agnes, will make profession. August 15. The young ladies have been at the convent three years, and those exercises mark an important period in their stay there. It will he several years, however, before the final vows are taken Among the party who will go are Mrs. Alphonse Kohne and daughter. Bertha; Mrs. Carrie Ehinger and chil d'en, Richard and Jeanette: Mrs. Hoi en Berling and Miss Agnes Costello. There are nosv fourteen Itecntu \ and Adams county ladies at the con ; vent, among them being the Misses Helen Mary Geels, Agnes Smith, Agnes Berling, Stella Kohne, Ethel Ehinger, Caroline Smith, Miss Steigmeyer. Miss Spiiller. Tillie Eit ing, Rose Schurger, Miss Sether. About two weeks ago. Mother Superior Anthony, of the Mother lions.' at Fond du Lac was here, attending the retreat at the local home, and during that time received calls from the relatives of the Decatur youn; ladies who were much interested in meeting her. Many who have passed the requit ed time and study nt the convent :t> sent out to missions as teachers or nurses, or in the capacity In which \ they have become fitted, but during : August, nearly all return to the con : vent for a rest. The convent is local- ' cd on a lake and the climate' Is very line and agreeable. DEATH COMES SUDDENLY. Geneva, Ind., Aug. 9—Mrs. John Stout. 40, died suddenly here I math was due to goiter and dropsy Mrs. : Stout leavesa husband and two daugh-! ,erH ' -ftlnLlllfl

i OPENED FOR BUSINESS. , The new dry cleiniliiv establishment mid shining' parlor owned by Howard , Burdg, and, located Just south of the Hensley jewelry store, was opened to the public this morning and i ; al! ready for business. Mr. Burdge has installed an entire new outfit, including new process cleaning machine, hat I cleaner, and a flue marble shoe shit. , ing stand. Everything is of the most j up-to-date model, und is conducive of turning out the highest class work.. Both Mr Burdg and his assistant, John Johns, are experts in this line of business mid will guamt-'e sntif’fn< Hon in nil of their dealings. i ,sci, .I, MIM| IIIIMMM AT TERRE HAUTE Political Affairs Are Boiling Over as Usual—Opposed to Old Boss Rule. FOUR FOR MAYOR Donn M . Roberts is Regular Democratic Nominee — Big Fight on There. Terre Haute. Ind.. Aug. 9 (Special to Daily Democrat i ■ Tired of corruuption that has made this govern- ; raent a by-word in Indiana, r/id ■ thoroughly aroused, the people of i Terre Haute are determined to rid themselves of corrupt bees rule. The ■ machine prides itself on its success! , and its power- So brazenly Ims it worked that is may be said to have! i sealed its own doom. It's fall may not come at the November election, . although its enemies hope to put it i out of business then But th- viola- : tions of law openly permitted and ■ fostered during the flood, at the race I track, in the c ity and county and in I a local option election have disgusted 1 the citizenship to the action point. The feature of file local uprising that intersts the state at large is the determination of he law and order classes to appeal to Governor Ralston i I every time law violations tire per- ! mitted here Terre Haute citizens | knew how futile it is to appeal to their local authorities for this help. They I think the governor should see by this ! time that the* assurance given him by local authorities that the law would be enforced did not mean any i thing and that the local officers are cogs in the political machine. Inactivity and indifference* on the I’firt of the average voter in Tore Haute are the causes of present eon-1 ditions At past elections the mac him ■ controlled both leading parties or two! political machines divided the spoils.; . and the decent voter stayed away from the polls. These* votei s have now learned that this is not tin way to! get good government and the fom tickets in the field today are belli; studied closely. Tiie "Independent" vote* wil swing the election; that is. il floaters and repeaters brought in I y the machine do not outnumber th> decent citizenry. The* danger is that there will bo just enough crooked I votes to carry the election because* the: ! decent voters will split between two I or three* tickets. The* cnndidiites for mayor are Don I I M. Roberts, D. tn.: George N. Cordell, i Prog.; Charles IL Hunter. Rep ; and ( George A. Wilber. Socialist Roberts is the candidate* of the Fairbanks-Tag-! part organization that completely con ' 1 trols this county. Cordell is a grocer'’ who was asked to resign by the* "high-1 i brow" Progressives and refused. Hunt-1 , er Is the ole) stand-put Republican . organization's candidate. The Social-1 | ists are lighting hard for Wilber. OF APPENDECTOMY NATUREMiss Vena Bohnke Underwent Operation Friday Noon. Miss Vena Bohnke, daughter of Mr. I j and Mrs. Fred Bohnke, North Second ' street submitted to an operation Fri day afternoon about 1 o'clock forth" | removal of her appendix. ’The ofieration was a marked success. It bein', performed by Dis. 1). D. and C. S. Clark and Earl Coverdale Mis.; 1 Bohnke took sick Sunday with an at tick of appendicitis and her condition became very serious, ho much ho that an operation had to be held before I lie I appendix became more inflamed. She | is resfjng quite well today and the I best, of hopes ar4 extended for her rapI [ !d recovery.

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REBUILD HOUSE I — — The Moses Company Will Rebuild all the North. Side Greenhouses at Once. WILL IMPROVII THEM Mr. Moses Goes to Chicago to Place Contract Wtih Well Known Concern. Improvements that will make the | Moses greenhouses in this city as modI etn as any in the country are to be j made at once. Mr. Ed S. Moses ol ' the company left today for Chicago, I where he will take up the proposition ! ol rebuilding all the houses on the i north side. He has alreadly partly ar- | tanged for the work with the John C. Monnigan company, who. it is claimed, has constructed more than two-thirds of all the greenhouses in the U'it« d States. The plans which Mr. Mose, took with him for the improvement, provides for the removing of all the ; posts, to be replaced by iron posts am! ; the houses will be built three feet I higher than the present ones. This : will give better ventilation and will be an improvement that can only be api nreciated by one who has had experi- ; ence in the business or has studied iit carefully. It will make it possible to produce a greater quantity of the product raised, as well as improving the quality if such a thing is possible, though the Moses company has th reputation of putting out the very I tiigliest class of goods The work is to be done at once. Mr, Moses took I the measurements with hint and will ! leave the order so that there will be ; tic delay in rushing it. The cucumber season is just over and the planting lof lettuce for Thanksgiving season will be on soon and the managers o’ the plant are atr ious that the new ; bouses be completed so that there ; will be no delay to the crop housejTstrugk Lightning Marks the Farmhouse of James Bain and Makes Good Aim. THE ROOF IS TORN In Streak Traveled by Stroke —Occupants Were Badly Frightened. “Sunnysides,’’ the comfortable farm house belonging to and occupied by Mr. tind Mrs. James Bain, two ami a half miles northeast of the city, was struck by lightning Friday morning at 6:30 o'clock during the rain storm. The lightning struck near tin l comb of the house and traveled downward o'er the roof to the ground, tenrinc the roof as it went. Mrs. Bain's sister, Mrs. Delia McFeolcy, of Fort Wayne and her daughter, Mrs. Flor ence Amsburg, of Bryant occupied :t I edroom on the first floor, and were awakened by the shot k in time to see the electrical flame and sparks of the stroke as it passed down the side of the house at the open wlnd<>» nt the head of their bed, and into the ground. The display was a very brilliant one and the ladies, awakening from a deep s'eep thought that the house.was on lire. The Bains slept on the s . end ; floor and were also awakened by the I shock. No one wag hurt, however. ! and the only damage was the torn ' i oof. which was repaired nt onceI The oci iipantH of the house and esI | i chilly the ladies near the open window, consider themselves very lucky in their escape. 0 _ CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR RALLY. The Adnnm county Christian Endeavor rally at the German Reformed church tomorrow afternoon is again called to the attention of the public. ‘ In the evening the rally will be held a: the Mcnnonlt * c hurch in Berne. The program in full was announced in Tflttrsday'a paper.