Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 189, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1913 — Page 1

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IREPSRING TO GO BORDER t. Leavenworth Troops Believed to be Getting I' Ready for the Border. WILSON OPTIMISTIC Improvement of a Decided Character Seen in Mexican Situation. > Ft. Leavenworth, Kang., \ug. n I • Special to Daily Democrat) That'l troops from Fort Leavenworth are' preparing to move to the MeiJicnn bor-; •ler was the general belief here todav' . lot lowing activities at the post. Washington, n. C . Aug. 11- (Special i to Dally Democrat)—lmprovement of I a decided character is seen by Presi-! dent Wilson in the Mexican situation.' Hu was optimistic when he met theli Hfw«imper correspondents today. His i holies of a peaeetul outcome have greatly increased since John Lind ar- j rived in Mexico City. Lind is being ( depended upon to proceed in such a! rianner that he will not arouse excitement. Should Huerta prove more un reasonatile than is anticipated Lind will be able to find out what is he- 1 hind the rebel movement. Line! will! also made it plain oo Huerta that he! can never expect to be recognized. It; c ie thought that because of the weak t financial position, Huerta may hasten ; tlic election. _ Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 11—(Special ! ( to Daily Democrat)—With warrants \ out for the arrest of two men charged with complicity in the murder of John t Hindus, city treasurer of Newcastle, 1 t Pa . beat to death in his office four- y ten years ago. a famous murder mys- p tery is believed to he nearly solved a today A local detective agency which t has been on the case for two years,! t j ha ■ . i-i■ has resulted in the ‘.'.'suing of the war t rants. One of file alleged murderers J is under watch at Rradt'ord Pa., and , the other one is being sought for near , Newcastle, a woman, tortured bv h.-r , conscience is said to have given the j detectives a due when she admitti d that she had heard the < rime plotted in her resort in Newcastle in ivc. MAN WAS OORIED — Unidentified Stranger Killed by Lightning Near Hoagland WAS LAID TO REST In Grave at Poe- Was Uni-dentified-Picture Was Taken.

Somewhere relatives may bo looking for the return of their loved one. who will never return and they may in'"' know where his grave lies. The stranger killed Friday afternoon neat Hcagland, when he was struck by lightning while sitting under a tree, uus buried Sunday afternoon by 1 n dertaker P. B. Chapman at I’m ■ where bis body was taken upon direction o! the Mien county > or<\nei The man has not yet been Id-nte tied and it may never b known who he was. A few hours before the bnn.n Undertaker Chapman had a !-'• tiir ® the man token. This will he imbliaj<4 in various papers and an effot' be made to learn who he w. He a had a purse containing b' l ' < ■ 111 mirror, knives, etc., and u '‘ been held In the hope that they mn prove valuable in Identifying tb- man He was about sixty years old. Owing to his well-dressed condition, n ,s 1 thought he was a tramp. _ — tenth anniversary. a large number of Decatur peoi* will go to Fort Wayne Thui <i»> • J ‘ gust 14, to attend the .mm' 1 celebration of the Herman R- o™ " orphans’ home. Rev Win* 1 '■ " succeeded the Rev H. R«f is now " charge,

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MURRAY HOUSE CASE. Attorney Milton Miller went to Mnn--1 " 'oday on business relating to the "•monstrntortt in the Murray House 1,(,u0r <i,sp I" the Delaware circuit 1 oi. Matters were to have come tip "os alteriioon relating to this but at " o clock a juvenile ease was still i, i dig tile attention of the court. T 0 CIVE JOINT PICNIC. st. Luke and Vera Crux Gerl!l:'n "‘formed churches will give a .l int picnic Thursday, August 14, In l:,niPS " Hiown grove, three and » hah miles south of Peterson. There ' I" hall games and other amuse"t'"tß ami everybody is invited to come. BIG PREPARATION Is Being Made for the Thirteenth Annual Reunion of the 160th INDIANA VOLUNTEERS Os Spanish-American War—--1 o be Held at Logansport August 20th. Decatur will send a big delegation of Spanish-American war veterans to | the state reunion to be held at Lev! - iii.-port Wednesday of next week, Au-! gi st 20. The city is making prepara- J t*ons tor a big celebration, according i« the Logansport Journal-Tribune, which says. ’ The Thirteenth annual reunion of " ! |M th Indiana Volunteer associa- , tion will tie liehl in this city August 2b. .M- in be: s ol Company M met la.st night I in tip* corridors of the Murdock hotel j and perfected the arrangements for j the entertainment of the regiment on I that day. The program promises something doing from early morning until late at night. Tlie morning will be devoted to the re: eption and registration of the comrades who will arrive in the city on the early morning trains. Members of tiie regiment are now to be found in all parts of the United States, many of whom are expected to lie here for this reunion- Already v.ord has been received from comrades in California, Kansas, North I Dakota. Montana and Colorado, an-i pouncing their intention to he pres>nt at this reunion. Fully 500 com-1 1 i ades are expected to be here. Tlie celebration of the day proper will iie started with a parade in which ail the local and visiting members of tin- regiment will participate. It is now the plan of the local company to ' make efforts to secure the company's flag to lie carried at the head of the I. rade. If the committee on ari. ngements succeeds In .securing the :!af for use on this occasion it will j make the day an historic one for the

"It ; the hope of the local company ; • hat the business men of the city will, a,, orate for the day. The committee ]'*■: ially desires that the st,eets alon", which the regiment will parade he decorated. This city may never have another opportunity to entertain the members of this regiment and it believed that the merchants will aid j m this way to make the day a memorable one for all concerned. Following the parade the banquet i will be held. The committee has not vet decided upon the place for holding the banquet- The banquet will be ipllowed by a social hour at which Mime the assembled comrades will b«| addressed by the Hon. Frederick Ban-, ,'ic of this C ity. The response will j niad e by Major John U Packman. ~l Aurora. Ind. The principal ad-] Messes will be followed by short mihs by the various companies In the ' regiment. "\t >t o'clock the business session vvil , he" held in the main court room j of ,he court house. After the busi.tcsslon Company M has made arrents for takink the visiting comrades in a tour of the city in auto mobiles in which the various points interest will be visitedAn open air campfire will be held lt srencer park In the evening. This b( . an iniormal meeting of the ;,„„. a( |cs and will be the opportunity ,he exchange of facts and anec;;;iot„K of life when the company was (Continued on Pu&n

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— - / “ALL MEXICO WILL RESENT INTERVENTION."—De LA BARRA. (Copyright hv Internationa] News Service; supplied by the New Process Electro-Corporation, N. Y.) Huerta's Ambassador to Paris Touched by the Courtesy of Americans. Acting on the special instructions front President Wilson the customs authorities extended the courtesies of the port to Senor Francisco L. de ia Harra, ambassador from Mexico to France, and the friends who arrived with him on the Hard liner Morro Castle. Senor de la Harra seemed tom lied by the courtesy and when he read <i dispatch from Mexico t ity telling ot the reception in store for Envoy John Lind, lie shook his head and said: 1 know the American people so much better than my countrymenI know how fair and honorable they are. I do not know what to say about tli is report.” Referring to possible intervention he said: “Huerta is growing stronger every day now, and it would be unwise for the United States to attempt to intervene. Such Intervention would tie resented by tlie whole of Mexco. Ai ming every fighting man ir the country would also be a lamentable act. It would plunge Mexico into a reign of bloodshed again. God knows we have had enough of it."

HELD CROSSING I 1 — ) Erie Freight Train Left Cars j on Eleventh Street Cross- ' ing for an Hour, i SATURDAY EVENING Much Traffic Blocked Before Engine Was Secured to Cut the Crossing. While switching on the Erie road j Saturday evening about !t o'clock a freight train bumped Into a string ol | empty cars near the Eleventh street | crossing, pushed them directly across the street and blockaded all traffic for an hour. The crew then cut the crossings at Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, and possibly not being aware that they had blockaded the Eleventh j street crossing, pulled out of the city | for Huntington a short time later. The officers were not notified of tinblockade until about half an hour alt er the train had pulled out. Marshal Peterson went out immediately, but could not find any trace of any of the crew nor could he secure any informn tion as to whom they were as there were five or six <l:tra freights running through during the evening, and it was not known which train had humped the ears. Several other trains were in the yards ,their crew having finished their sixteen-hour .day. and Marshal Peterson secured one of these crewß to cut the crossing. No steps have been taken in the matter and it is probable that nothing will be done until more information .can bej j secured. The traffic suffered greatly ; during the blockade, much inconvenj ienee being caused by having to make a detour around to an open crossing. I 0 ‘ MAY FORCE RAILROAD *•. To Carry Mail—The Government May Act. Washington, Aug. 11—If it shall be-1 come necessary the government will go into court and ask for an order restraining the Toledo, St Louis ti Western Railroad company from re j fusing to transport the mail on and j after October 1 The postofflcc de 1 purtment hopes, however, that this! step will not be necessary. Several other roads are allowing a disposition to back up the Clover Leaf line. Ilus- j

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, August 11, 1913.

iness men in the smaller towns along the* line of the Clover Leaf thal have no mail facilities other than those afforded by the* road, are sending telegrams to the Indiana senators and representatives asking them to urge the department to compel the road to keep up the service. The town of Wingate is particularly exercised over the outlook. o — MENNONITE CHOIR TO SING. Lake Wawasee, Aug. 11 A musical concert as a feature of the convention of the* Indiana branch of the Young People’s alliance of the Evangelical association will he given at Oakwood park Monday evening by the Meunonite male choir of Berne. The choir will be assisted by f! A. Lehman, baritone; Miss Kathryn Rgly, soprano, and Miss Rose Lehman, pianist. ONLY FAST LINES On Clover Leaf May Carry Mail, Says an Official of Road. TO FRANKFORT TIMES May Reduce Number of Maii Trains to Two—Will Not • Break Contract. When approached on the subject of the possibility of the Clover Leaf railway cancelling its contract witli the government for carrying jnail, an official of the company stated to a j Frankfort Times representative that the service was not profitable to the railway since the institution of the parcel post system. Tilt* official stated that he did not believe that the company desired to break its contract with the govern merit, but. would like to reduce the I number of mail trains to two, carry j ir.g mail only on trains Nos. ."> and c*. which run between Toledo and St Louis. Should the railroad be successful ! in gaining its point and carry mail on j trains Nos. 5 and G, it is quite possi | hie that trains Nos. 3 and I will be 1 taken out of service, according to th* I K.utement of railroad men \vho asset! ! that the passenger traffic is not sufi! I dent to warrant the expense of oper jntlng the trains. Frankfort Times.

CANDIDATE FOR A CITY OFIFCE Mrs. Fannie Patterson of Petersburg, Ind , Will Test Indiana Laws. j HAS FILLED OFFICE — Succeeding Husband Who Died—ls Strong for Woman’s Suffrage Ideas. (United Press Service) Petersburg, Ind., Aug. 11 (Special lo Daily Democrat) A crisis in the woman suffrage movement in Indiana lias been precipitated by Mrs. Fannie! Patterson of tills place, who says sb> will run for city clerk in the coming j ! "eetion, despite the fact that the at-j j torney general of the state has told j her she is no voter and cannot legally make the race"lf I was qualified to fill out the 1111exptred term of niv deceased husband and my work was satisfactory,” she said in an exclusive interview with | tlie United Press, "and tlie arts of the council are legal with me as city clerk today, what is there in the law that will hinder me to succeed myself?" Mrs. Patterson says that her fight lias a much wider significance than j mere office holding by herself, i successful and if ] retain my! j office,” she said, "my fight will have j set a precedence and In many other cities in Indiana women will ask*re<j ognition at tlie polls and as a result j everything possible is being done to j keep me from winning my present (Continued on Page 2) MAN) WEDDINGS - > InOrder-Mrs. Delota Fow f ler and Clay Engle United n Marriage. GENEVA YOUNG LADY I 1 : Weds Elkhart Man—Miss i! I I Emma Conrad of Magr ley a Bride-elect. Miss Minnie Schoonover a well I known Geneva young lady, a daughter of Wallace Schoonover, and Mr. Rns rj e ©ll Pottelger, a clerk of Elkhart, I Pj came to this city this morning and alter securing a marriage license wenmarried by tlie Rev. D T. Stephenj sen. pastor of tlie Methodist church, at the parsonage. The nuptials were witnessed by the bride's sister, Mrs Emma Day. Tlie couple wpre fine appearing young people, and both are highly esteemed by their friends. The bride was very prettv in a gown of 5 white embroidery, and wore a becoming picture hat. After a trip they will lie at home at Elkhart. A Bride-eiect. Miss Emma Conrad, daughter of , .Mrs. Catherine Conrad, of Magley. a young lady Unowji to many in this city, is u bride-elect, her marriage to - 1 Mr. August Kuehn, of Detroit, Mich.. being announced for the latter part ,f of this month. Miss Conrad was the fjgupßt of honor at a farewell surprise : and miscellaneous showei* given Sat- *' I urday evening by Miss Margaret " Weidler at her home north of the a I city- Among the many games played ! wasp an ice contest in which prizes ! were won bv Henry Weidler and l<‘ 1 j Flora Herger and presented in turn ‘‘ to tlie bride-elect. Many beautiful gifts were received hut there were " expressions of genuine regret that the o company would soon los ( . the pres n- once of Miss Conrad. She is a lady i” liked by ail who know her and was V- lermerly an employee of the Waring B, glove factory in tills city, t Fowler-Engle. Mr. Clayton Engle and Mrs. Delot.n i' Itegry Fowler were quietly married m this afternoon at Monroe by the minis>i-! ter of that place After the wedding j they went to their own home eight i* miles south of the city, where Mrs. if Fugle gave a supper to a number of II j their friends. Mr. Engie is a well known farmer of the county and hat [ (Continued on Page 2)

FOUC-HT FOR HER LIFE. ■ i United Press Servh i t ■ New York. N. Y., Aug, 1! <Special: ■ to Dully Democrat)- That tlie young woman whose unidentified body was found in a lonely thicket with her 1 f hands gashed and herthroat cut made I a desperate effort for her life was I proven by the hair clutched in her hand- A bloody knife and heavy shoe last was found near the body o— ARE NOT IN DANGER. I (United Press Service) Mexico City, Aug II (Special to ) Daily Democrat)- Americans in Mexico are not in danger, the United State ; embassy official stated today. It is said that nothing else was to lie given out either by John Lind or tlie embassy. EARNEST RALLY Os Christian Endeavorers— Great Interest for District Rally to BE HELD IN OCTOBER German Reformed Church Was Filled—Notes from Other Churches. i Nearly every Christian Endeavor soj eiety in tlie north half of the county v.as represented at the rally held at i j the Decatur German Reformed church ; Sunday afternoon. This was to cre- ; ate interest and urge greater representation at tlie district rally to be held Ri Kluffton in October. (). F. Million! i of Herne, who is For Wayne district I secretary, presided. Attorney Jesse Sutton of this city was in charge of the very e xi client song serviei j The Mennonite male choir also gave music that was much appreciated, hs | was the song by Miss Ruth Patteii..n | Local ministers took part in the serv i ice also, and a representative of »aeh I Christian Endeavor society responded to tlie roll call by talking briefly what program in their own society they on-, Joyed most during the past year- Tlie ' address of tlie afternoon was given by | 11. A. Walker, state field secretary, j . who spoke of liis work in enlisting the ! young people in the Christian service.! ! Six autos or more of people from | j Herne attended the service. In the | ! evening the rally scene was tranxfe- ! red to the Mennonite church at Herne Evangelical Church. Deing convention Sunday at OtikI wood park, there was but one servh- ! yesterday at the Evangelical church.' After a helpful session and in eon . I cection with the Sunday school. R"\. J. II Rilling gave an interesting illu hated sermon, showing by the use of ; candles how the I-ord is the source .land center of light. Ii was shown 1 -1 that if we have light and walk in it We will influence others to a better J -life. Children usually follow their i • parents in the Christian life and the, • whole family some day will shine for f Jesus. Candles without light repre-i - j Renting certain characters whosi i deeds were evil did not want to come 1 to light. Then, too, some which were ; ! cr.ee burning went out owing to some: ' j bad habits. Ml of these non-light-i 1 bearers at tlie close were grouped to- 1 s getlier in a dark corner, while those > who received the light and life of . ! Christ were grouped together 111 a . I great joyful meeting with Christ in > j tlie center all shining brightly for ■ the glory of God. The boys and girls - were unusually attentive. Mrs. Rain-! : yon sang an appropriate solo First Methodist Church. I I At the Methodist church Sunday i' morning. Rev. n. T. Stephenson gave! I another .of his expositions of th" Ser-! i 1 iron on the Mount. The passage in I ; (mention at this time had to do with •, the inner life- Every sin Is first a sin ■| of the heart before it ever becomes a , sin of aetion. Adultery Is never por-! i formed until it lias first tieen eoneeiv-| > <d in the heart. Furthermore the t greatest evil consequences come to the Individuuai, not so much from the overt act of sin as from the de i st ruction of one's own self purity and i mastery. The greatest tiling in the i- world for man is to guard well hi g heart for out of it are ilie i sue-- of t life It is of more importance to him v than tlie life of his body. Ratio r than if he dishonest, or impure in thought, a II .man could well afford to pluck out is his eyes, cut off liis arms, or even de (Continued on Cage 2)

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ARRESTED FOR BOOT-LEGGING Charles and Dan Straub Arrested Saturday Night on Charges of Illegal SELLING OF BEER Had a Good Get-rich-quick Scheme But it Didn’t Last Long Enough. Charles Straub, a barber, ami his j brother Dan Straub, were arreste,, | Saturday nig lit on e larges of boot legging. th" affidavit being sworn out I against them l».v ( Ulcer Mob-til. The ! men had been working the get-rich- , quick scheme for :i month or so ami !aid established a flourishing business when the strong arm of tin? law stepped in and made a cleaning up. The men worked the scheme so that it brought them about usixty per cent on tlie investment, and the would soon have joined the retired class had they been permitted .to carry it along. Their scheme was to Invest in a dozen bottles of beer, costing seventyfive cents: then retailing them out at ten cants per bottle .thereby making a clear profit of forty-live cents on each doxen bottles, and the best part oi it all was that the bottles went like hor cakes. They even became so hold as to stop parties on the street and tell to them. Officer Meletii had been watching up tlie ease, but, however, it was not until Saturday evening that he secured enough evidence to war rant their arrest. When taken before Mayor Teepie, Dan Straub asked to be given a chalice to get bond and he w as therefore placed in the keeping of Ctnstable Andrews, lie managed Ip seme way to give Andrews the slip end was at liberty until tills morning v hen he appeared Itefore Marur Teeple and gave himself up. Their tria! was held this morning, Charles Straub pleading guilty to the < liarce and was given a fine of s.»n ami costs, which lie will in all probability have to layeut unless some good Samaritan comes to his aid. Dan Straub pleaded not guilty to the charge and his trial was set for Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. MILLER REUNION Decatur Families Will Meet Ohio Relatives at Walbridge Park AT TOLEDO, OHIO Saturday, August 23, for Annual Reunion- -Cards Are Issued. A notable event of next week will In tiie annual reunion of the Miller family. In which a number of Decatur families will participate. Cards for the same are blttg sent out by Mrs 1 red (.inn. who is secretary of the organization. Th© reunion will be held again tills year at Walbrtdge park, Toledo, Ohio! The park is well adapted by nature for reunions ami is also a central meeting ground for tlie relatives of tlie Miller family who live in Indiana j and in various parts of Ohio. Among the families from this city who will attend are those of ex-com-missioner William Miller, Sol Linn. Fred Linn, and others closely related to tlie families. o -—— DAILY CENSUS REPORT. The fine baby boy horn Saturday to Mr and Mrs. Ed Parent, on High 1 street Inis been named Edward Joseph. Mrs. Parent was fornierty Miss I ! (Tarn Miller of Fort Wayne. —— ■ —• • — TO ATTEND ENGRAVING SCHOOL. i llarrv Jeffrey of tlie Hensley Jew* i dry store left today for Cleveland, i Ohio, when* lie will spend Ills two weeks' vacation, While there he experts to take a course In the school of | engraving.