Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 28 August 1913 — Page 1

Volume XL Number 204

talk on plant PRODUCTION Di. Davis Gave Good Tass: to I'urther Interest in Agricultural Study TO THE TEACHERS r Trustees Attend TodayShort Session Last Night for New Teachers. Today, the fourth day of the insti L tale. open.vl with a lull attendance. E The interest, instead 6f decreasing. | ir. increasing, owing to the-excellent I’ just i actors. I he session this morning was open E ll by singing, "Conte, Thon Almighty R King. Because of the absence of e I'ev. Love, invocation was given by | Rev. It. 'i'. Sti phenson. “America" B was sung with a great amount of paI tiiotisni and enthusiasm. "Plant Production" was the subject * ol Di. Davis. "I wish that we would E keep tlie outline of the production oi P plants. U e have studied two phases, E but we must pay attention to the plant' * mil rev nieiit or selection. We do this . first, by selection and isolation: sei I ond. by finding of mutants; third, in production of plants. The United ■p-States lias a bureau for the introducft'cii of plants. Our scouts are going I nil over the world to hud new, use |.iiil plants tor our use. Teachers can po-ordinate agriculture and geography I-1 > following the routes that these f field min take to get plants for theii E intrciiiiclioii to the United States. We K find that heredity will follow in f plants as well as animals. The cross I Ing of plants wi take on in the first - year, the resemblance of one of the crossed, but in the sei ond sea son the plant will have a rese'mblanci ifc of both plants crossed. To show the ft value of the crossing of plants, Dr. Davis gave several illustrations ol , j what some of the scientists are per-| B forming. The law of hyperdizing j I should lie studied, as it is very impore tant to | hint production. A mutant is. a plant that shows a new characteris tiv. He illustrated the value of inn-; t.mtns by showing that some of our' ’ tin t wheat and breeds of animals (Continued on Page 4) TO DEI INCREASE Clover Leaf With Other 1 Railroads Will Get Five Per Cent Increase FOR MAIL CARRYING Increase Allowed Generally By Congress to Care for Parcel Post. A dispatch from Washington says: ‘ With other railroads of the couutry the Clover Leaf is to get a live per cent increase of the contract price for carrying the mails. I his increase allowed generally by (on - gross to care for the parcel post, was made the basis of settlement in a com ■ Jeienee last week between Second A- ;'. sistant Postmaster General Joseph I Stewart and President W. I. Huss, ol *. tin- Clover Leaf. Mr. Stewart has just Tieltiriiod to Washington from this conleroiiee i ■•l’ostmaster General Burleson has ■under consideration a telegraphic protest from seventeen Western rail roads, asking increased compensation. L “Each road will be granted the in- | crease If conditions the £. railroads of the country will be glvft cn full consideration in the bestowal ijk of this allowance, the department taking the initiative, in distribution. “Officials of the seventeen big | Western roads signing the round robin that is now before the Postmaster General, complain that an allowance j'- oi' live per cent is by no means suffl- * cient They maintain that not only must they carry the parcel post, bust ness at a loss to them, but in addition | they arc carrying packages that belorr paid them well when they were ship ped by freight or express. F- ' . . .. ■

DECATUR DALLY DEMOCRAT'

RETURNED FROM HILLSDALE. I Miss Clara Spoiler and Mrs. .1. R loser of near Pleasant Mills returned home yesterday from Hillsdale, Mich.. I where they have enjoyed a week s out- - ing, being in attendance at the United Brethren camp meeting held in the Uothl'uss Assembly park, one and oik* ' ill miles east of Hillsdale, near the beautiful Haw Beese lake and Haw Hi ese park, used there as a summer • -•nt. Both ladies report an enjoyable. rid resiling time. The meetings sere a brilliant success, resulting ih many conversions. WORK OF ART Is Statue Received Yesterday by Wemhoff Bros, from Riviera, Italy FOR FAMILY STONE - Sculptor Was One of Main Descendants of Famous Michael Angelo. One of the most beautiful pieces of statuary ever displayed in the city, and which is considered a masterpiece irom the hand of Raphael Angelo Cal•agui, is on display at the Wemhoff Monumental Works in this city. The statue was received yesterday direct Irom Riviera, Italy, and was ordered lor the Ballenbacher family of near Chattanooga, Ohio, and will be used in them lor a family monument. The statue is to represent one of the nine' < (toils of angels .this being one of the T hrone angels. These choirs are di- ■ id' tl into the following groups: Arch \ngels, Angels, Cherubinis, Serehabims. Dominions, Thrones. Virtues. Power, and Principals. This statue b- slightly smaller than life size and is depicted in a sitting ttosition with downcast head and drooping wings, holding a flower and guarding the last r< sting place of the departed The fxpression of the face, position of the eyes, contour of features, and symmetry ol graceful lines of the figure are such a to make it most realistic and li elike and instead of being I merely an inanimate piece of marble, you really are expecting every minute to see it rise full of lile and depart to its heavenly home. The statue Is I sculptured from Carrara. Italy, marble. while the base is cut from Barre,, Montana, granite. When erected the •tatue will cost approximately S7OO. The sculptor is a direct descendant of the world's famous sculptor, Mill.ael Angelo, and this is considered in him to be one of his finest pieces | ol work. —- . ——o — — ■ - "IMPERATOR” ON FIRE. Hoboken, N. Y.. Aug. 28 l Special t ., Daily Democrat)—With great ' bmds of smoke rolling out of Iter port holes, tlie liner "Imperator” ol th. Hamburg American line, the larg- ’ , -t steam ship on the water, was on ■ for four hours early today. Secal officer Golbralth lost his life and Seaman Stomps was dragged away I ,11 dead after attempting to rescue Colbraith. Although over 1,000 steer age passengers were on board all V. I safely rescued. Panic threatened for awhile. Fifteen streams of water were played on tlie liner and 1 ;.,.f magnitieient stairways and palHal saloons were ruined by smoke ~nd water. The damage is estimated i sl.’>o,ooo. The fire was confined to the store room where it orginated Hom some unknown cause. a , SOME PEACHES. 1 . A sample of what Adams county can raise in the pencil line was kindly brought into this office this morning ' it William Zimmerman, the peaches ate certainly fine ones, two of them v. eighlng one pound and five ounces. . They are of the free stone variety. LUTHERAN YOUNG PEOPLE. Announcement is made of the meeting of the Lutheran Young People’s " society this evening at 7:30 o'clock "I at the parochial schoolhouse. All ' I members take notice, fl ’ 1 UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVESi- My sun Bud. whut works un a nusen | apur an' hez charge uv th’ crop dislay. sez he’s glad th' alfalfa an' devul l> fish sesun’s ovur fur ahile, an’ thet I apples an’ peaches is kitrnin un>

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ARRIVAL OF AMERICAN ENVOY IN MEXICO.

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Illis photograph shows President Wilson special representative to Mexico. John lamd. and his wife as they stepped from the train in Mexico ( ity. Between the Linds is shown W. Bayaid Hale. John Lind went to Mexico as President Wilson's special envoy in tlie interest of peace and says lie lias reasons to believe something will happen to clear the atmosphere and lessen the strain between two nations. There is a mysterious air of expectancy in official and diplomatic circles at Washington. U. S. Senator Elihu'Root declares: "f do not believe intervention would solvo the problem. The troubles dow n there were due to Madero being an idealist and theorist. His dreams were beyond Mexico .and a more practical man was needed." Great Britain, France and Japan have exerted their influence upon the Huerta administration in Mexico, in support of the efforts of the United States to bring about a peaceful settlement of the revolution.

THROUGH HERE Veil Alexamlrr. Union City Youth, in Search for Brown-eyed Mate — GOES THROUGH CITY Stopped Off in Portland— Hard to Suit in Matter of a Wife. Brown eyed lassie* of Decatur and Adams county, are wondering whether there might not be some chance of. tinding favor with Acil Alexander, the Union City young man, who has traveled over tlie most of Indiana. Ohio and adjoining states hunting a browneyed soul-mate who will measure up to his ideal as a wife and help meet. Acil hailed at Fort Wayne and Columbia City this week and was also at Portland, passing through tlie city on the (1. R. & I. There is no knowledge of his stopping off in Decatur, but the I brown-eyed maidens are trusting that , he may come again this way soon and , tarry a while. The Portland Sun says: "This is the third visit to this city I and this dast. coupled with his experience in other cities, must lead one to the conclusion that Acil Is. I perhaps, too exacting and hard to please. At any rate he has not yet , made a choice although ho has had I numerous fair and blushing maidens , to select from In each city he has I visited. "Hut it may be that Portland has the one girl in all the world that can make Adi happy- At any rate this conclusion Is supported by a tangible ; theory. On a former visit to this city v Acil was much impressed with acer- , tain brown-eyed beauty he met and H lo and behold, this same brown-eyed , bunch of liveliness came In on a north , bound train Tuesday afternoon and when interviewed said that she had come to tlie cit.vto stay indefinitely. Acil was down to the depot lo meet the train but it was market! up late . and he departed , hoping, iwhaps H that he might lint! another. k ® II ATTENDED STLYE SHOWS. Mrs. Kate Burdg and Miss Margaret Clark have returned from a week's stay in Chicago, where they attended ’■ the millinery style shows, and pur- ’• < based goods for tlie coming season d Mrs. Burdg will leave Monday for ('in’t cinnati. Ohio, where she will also attend the openings,

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

Decatur, Indiana,Thursday Evening, August 28, 1913

BUSY REMODELING. Tlie work of remodeling and putting ' tn the hew front of the Bernstein | I Elore is progressing rapidly and when | I completed will be a beauty, equal to any of the stores in larger cities. Mr. Bernstein is having a remodeling stile this week and although hindered some by the work, he reports that this week has been the bigg*CT week since coming to Decatur A few of the many bargains he is offering can be seen in ! I.is ail oti another page of tonight’s ! paper. POInT SF DEATH John Steele of Ninth Street Suffered Stroke of Apoplexy Last Night. STRICKEN IN YARD Unconscious Today—Gradually Growing WorseOther Sick Notes. — John Steele, the Well known retored 1 Adams county resident, living several ■ years on North Ninth street, was 1 stricken with apoplexy last evening 1 between six and seven o'clock and has 1 been lying at the point of death ' tdnee. His recovery is not thought 4 possible and he may not survive the day. Mr. Steele had walked to the ’ back yard when he was overcome. He 1 I was found some time later and ear- ’ tied into the house and a physician ’| summoned. He was conscious last ev- ’ cning and able to converse a little, ■' but this morning was unconscious, the 1 cerebral hemorrhage having contlnu- '; cd. The right side of tris face and the 1 left side of his body are. paralyzed. 1 This Is tlie first attack Mr Steele Ims 1 had, though lie has been a sufferer from rheumatism. Only a day or so • ago he was able to be down towm lb "i is the father of ex-t'oimty llecordei ■< | Hervey Steele and Mesdames I). I i Weikel and Albert Graber of Decatui and Mrs. Wilson Miller of Ft. Wayne I L Miss Geraldine Brandyberry, who • has been ill of scarlet fever, is much s : better, tlie fever is broken, and she is I able to be up the greater part of the • time, though the house Is still under i quarantine. Mr. Brandyberry has i been released and Is staying away until the quarantine is raised in order to attend to his business duties.

■—- ■WWWWIII——I II —• «• - —■IBUI-, TIME FOR THE CITY PRIMARY Tickets Have Been Selected in Most of the Cities and Towns of Indiana, AN OPINION GIVEN By Attorney General Honan as to Necessity of Registration of Voters. The time draws near for the selection of tjekets to represent the various parties at tlie city election to Im held in November. Already the primaries have lieen held in most of tlie Indiana cities, but there lias been no tail here. Inquiry today led to file fact, however, that tlie democrats at least will soon be ready for tlie naming of a ticket. A news item printed some days ago in a Fort Wayne paper led many to believe that registratation of the voters was necessary, but tlie following reply to an inquiry sent to Attorney General Thomas M. j Honan, will dispel any unnecessary j worry on that score in this city: Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 21. 1913. Mr. .1. H- Heller, Decatur, Ind.: Dear John:—Your letter of the 18th inst. at hand, witli reference to tlie registration of voters at city elections. In reply would say that the registra tion law does not require registration for cities in Which city elections are held, except in cities of tlie first and second classes. No registration is net(Continued on Page 2) THE DINNER PAIL — System for Threshers Was Successfully Carried Out by Farmers. OF JAY COUNTY System in Effect Several Years—Year Winds Up With Social Affair. Adams county Blue Creek township ! farmers who were unsuccessful tilts year In establishing the dinner pail system tor threshers will lie pleased to learn that the idea lias been carried out must successfully in Mfldison townshiii, lav county. Tlie organization is known as "Tlie' I Dinner Pail Threshing Ring." and the ! organization lias been in effect since - Him Members carry their own din ner, furnishing meals for the machine men only. Ecli helps tlie others at tlie rate of fifteen cents per hundred bushels for whefft. and rye ten emits per hundred bushels lor oats. The terms have proven satisfactory to all members, especially to their wives. I who are relieved of much work. j And now as to tlie social side of tlie > organization. This threshing rlna ■ ' met tlie other day. with full baskets and reorganized. Then, confident that • | flic hard work of this season was over. ! ■ proceeded to have a good time At ■ noon, following a prayer bv H W. Eld- • er, a dinner of fried chicken, honey, i pie and cake, was served. Games ol - horse-shoe pitching ami croquet were . enjoyed by tlie men while the ladies ■ • spent their time in social chat, swings having lieen provided for the ■ little folks In all eighty were pres- • j (lit. At 3 in ttie afternoon ice cream ' was served. Mr. Elder gave an ad•■dress, followed by declamations and >j songs, and the threshing season clos ; ed with a jolly good time, fill the more •I enjoyable because there was no unfinished work to mar the completeness ' of the occasion. —o - - BOY SCOUTS. i ■ — i Rev. D T. Stephenson will give the i l oys’ oath Friday. fi:3o p. m. Tenderfoot 1. Must know Scout oath. i 2. Must know Scout law. 3- Know the history and composi ■ tion of the national flag. 4. Be able to tie four rope knots.

HIKERS JOURNEK 300 MILES J Fort Wayne, Iml. tug. Id The , Hoosier liikeis, Mr. and Mrs. I* I. i Ross and Mr. and Mrs.l Rus-mi] Klein walking I,mill miles from here to I Norfolk, Va.. on tin Ir weddiu trips, have covered Jou miles of their jouri ney and have been a sensation in evj ery city through which they have ' passed. Today they are in Norwich. Ohio. Thu quartet has experienced fine weather since their start, tiigusi i . ml have been accorded the most cor ■ ■ dial treatment. They expect to finish: I the I.mm miles by O< tober 21. THE WHITE NURSE Fort Wayne Anti-Tubercu-losis League Employs Visiting Nurse for ITS PLAGUE VICTIMS Systematic Fight is Being Waged Against the Great White Plague. The Fort Wayne \nti-Tnberi ui.-. is League is going ahead with its work] and Miss Irene Byron, the visiting' j nurse, states that about fifty-two' | cases of tuberculosis have lieen re I ported to her. There are in all. about ■ five hundred eases in Fort Wayne i The greater number are in the incip-l j lent stages, and it is th se that should be reported for it is in the incipient cnses that a cure can be es- ; tected. liming tile few weeks site | held the position, her duties have gtown to an enormous volume The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette says Os course no one can derive pleasure from witnessing suffering but real joy can come irom alleviating it and that is wliy I find my work intens- !• i interesting." says Mrs. Byron. Tlie task that tills young woman has undertaken so successfully is one that v.ould appal Hie average girl. She realizes tlie danger of eontrat ting the dread disease through her constant as tin lotion with it, but she is unafraid Four of tlie eight tents recently purchased by tlie society for tlie use of tuberculosis patients are now in use and applications have been mad" tor tlie remainder. As a rule the ■ tents are erected in tlie rear yard oi Hie patient's home. The furniture I (onsists of a cot. chair and table l! i all of them it e screened in witli < loth I netting to exclude Hies and other in sects The tent sliown in the pi> t ■■■ is locat'd on Taylor street ami is o< copied by an aged lady, who purchased it from the society at its cost p.rii c j SU»..7U. The other tents are owned bv the | society and are loaned to stiff' "is o: i the disease who have a eiiam-e for re | covery by living out of doors Mis ' Byron now has a calling list of fifty ■ two patients each of whom she visit lat least once a week. She takes them paper mipkins, paper sputum cups and ' literature furnished by Hie stat" \nti-’ I Tubetfulosis association, giving instinct ions as to self car,' ami to pre ' icntion of tlie spread of the dis use. 'There are probably .’>mi eases oi tuberculosis in Fort Wayne lint only ' fifty-two have been rejKiited to me." said Miss Byron yesterday. “The; greater number of them are in the > first stages ami it is these dial siiould , i be reported for it. is tile incipient ciis' -- in which we can effect a cure. <Xne ! young man. who lias been following the direitimis I have given him. lai gaining a pound a day now ami I lelievc that he will completely recover her health. The public should; realize tlie necessity of reporting eases to ns. All the people upon whom I have called have treated mo courteously and most of them s“cm glad to accept the assistance of tlie society and to give tlie iniformation that we ask." Miss Byron takes a complete history ol each case and fills out blanks with answers to forty three questions. ; These reports are kept on silo in tlie ' ■ office of the board of health, tvliere she Ims her headquarters Just now Hie nurse is preparing i'oi .1 special "anti-tuberculosis' Sunday, which will be observed in ali tic- Fort " Wayne churches next month Sin , tlie society, lu ctune active in its welfare against, the plague it has spent a large amount of money and is now badly in need of funds. Tim minis ' terial association lias rallied to its i cupport and the additional "anti--1 (Continues on Page 2)

Price, Two Cents.

FIRST EDITION ” IS EXHAUSTED “Laddie," New Nature Newel by Mrs. Porter. Meets Wonderful Welcome. INTERVIEW WITH HER * Says They Must be Using Books for Paving Blocks from the Sale Reports. The literary sensation of the year is what the new book by ('em? Stratton-Porter, is being termed by those who have h“ard of the remarkable sale The first edition of ' 15(1,mm was sold the first week, the demand being the greatest in tlie history <.t a great publishing firm. Doubl day. Page & Co. They have already sent word to the liookjobbcTs that no further copies can lie sent out beiore September 12. The lovers of | drs. I (liter's skill in portraying nature in her novels were anxiously await- ■ ing this new work hut even her friends I were surprised at tile new and inter- ; esiing touches in tiiis best of all noviiis by Indiana's greatest story yriter ' We met Mrs. Porter at tlie station at Rome City and had a half hour’s talk •' ith her yesterday. Os course we | asked her "How about Laddie?" and i mt reply was cliaiaeteristic "I cant | imagine what in tiie world they are j doing witli so many of them unless come one is using them for paving ■ iiicek ." and then she toid us of tlie wonderful sale of tlie new hook ami ith continued sale of the old one: Iler face beamed with pleasure ami | it was not all on account of her per- : sonal success hut because her little granddaughter. Baby Monroe, was re- ■ covering from a very ■ rious illness .u.d had iust then lieen brought hack . to Rome Citi l>y her and the trained nurse l and the mamma and the grand ■ papa from a hospital at Fort Wayne and was again on the road to health. ! That she is a very wonderful woI man in many ways is acknowleged by i ail who read her looks, one eacli year and stop to think that she takes care lof many business interests,lives an ideal home life and this year siip: r- ' intended the building of a pretty n (Continued on Page 2) to statF fair Smith & Wilson Ship Fine Display of Thoroughbred Cattle Today — TO COLUMBUS, OHIO Will Also Display at Many Other State Fairs. Including Indiana Fair. Smith Ac Wilson, tlie well known breeders oi full-blooded Hereford catI tii . shipped out a display of theii; stock this afternoon to tlie Ohio stat" lair which will be held next week at ; Columbus. This display is composed : tin l cri a.in oftheir stock, consistin’-; ol one two-year-old bull weighin'. i l.D.'dt pounds; one eight-inonths-ohi I.nil call, weight, S’O; one two yea ■ ; efld steer, weight 16,30; one one yemold steer, weight I.Dm; one st>'( . ' eight 90(1. and one senior year heifer, ; weight 1 325. 'Pliis is tin first tim • tills stock has lieen put on display and if quality and appearam ■• have anything to do in winning Hie ribbons, i they will certaiiilj (al lure them all. The slock wil be iii charge of Mr. Wil- ' son and John Bear. Smith A Wilson ■ have an enviable reputation as breeders and raii.ra of fancy blooded cati tie and their faun north of she city . makes un ideal stock farm. At |cest ent the? have G(l head of full-blooded ■ Herefords. F'oni Coliimbus the disphi.' will be taken to Indianapolis, then t »o Louisville. Ky.. from there to Nash- ■! vllle, Tenn., then cither to Sprlngfled, 111., of Knovxil’e/ T' lin., and finalv i winding up at the groat .took exhibit ■ in Chicago, which will lie held in DeI ( ember.