Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 223, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 223.

IN FAST GOMPANY Judge David E. Smith Returns from Philadelphia Where He Took 33rd. ENJOYED THE EVENT Was on Program at Indiana Banquet — John Wanamaker in Class. Judge David E. Smith arrived home tills morning from I'hiladelphia. Where he enjoyed tl>- distimub.hed ho<i<o of being on of a Hus ot • W Who Wvr ' - " lll!, rr--l the thinMpM degree tn Masonry it wax ol covr.se a most delightful I. forth ' h'dg and the memories will Hing during the rest of his life. \t thziidiarin banquet the speakers includ cd Vice President Mm shall, ox Governor iMtrbin ami Judge Smith mil tMh'rs. While the judge was tin sy modest to gay so, *we "an curt} that he acquitted him sei fwlth due credit A side trip t< ■WM Atlantic City with a banqmt al • Youngs million-dollar t ier was one . • of the events on the program and Fr I only one, as the week’s program included a number of banquets, each ( outclassing the oticr. Among thi ■ riembers of the class was John Wan ' nnutker owner of the world’:! largest •i j. (tore, great philanthropist and a ,M 1 *son of world wide fame- There wen others of national reputation and tin judge says he wax sure a live one sot a we k anyway.

—- — —0 — THE TANK SCRAP Annual Fight at Purdue tc Determine Class Supremacy Won BY THE FRESHMEN Os Which Wm. Beavers of This City is a MemberWill be Abolished. William Heavers. non of hr. un<

Mrs. 8. D. Beavers of this city. wb< is a freshman at Purdue university ijUdyeltf. writes and also sends th Purdue Exponent, Riving an accoun ot the annual “tank scrap,” Friday. it which the freshmen won in the < ias: supremacy. The tank scrap is i Mil between Utt ireshim n and soph omores for the prevention of lh> |( >i hemores placing nunierah on the large tank, the climbing o which is a hagardous feat. The vic tori of the freshmen tills year I" - fourth In the nineteen years of th. (.ink tradition. I'.t.t the tank scrap" will be n. ;; irh nag the unanimous vot ;; ,, r the fight *“• 1,wr1,,H , the death of a sophomore. Frnnci 1 « . ere. anil not of injuries received u ? th. rimmage, as seme paper stated k I m tin. death nevertheless brough ■ about the death of the “tank acrap.' ■ The I urduo Exponent tutya that tin K* -eti.-r finds his death due to nd< ' i '., tin. heart and not to Injury. Obmi chain was in the front ranks of six of Ms clnrt who wen k,. ..,-11. down the hill in the fight E J hen lb suddenly Ml . fell I till him and enr

marshals ■ tied „ !n , , n client aid - - “’7?; '’ ue or <1... bean rnii , r ■; th he h«-1 l ’*’"" ,r, " ! , 1r ... though ! h m with hl» "•‘art beW • X. in r.rt to N* M fol ' » i,. nynf and I ' Un M7m M-nv fellows f,,nW hurt i "-r Herion.l.v. °" 1 were hurt rm ending vo(l toller tm-r ” » ,i„. fluid bettor H'"« ’• r;«. »■ »“• btcause I »•*

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

11 \ hole fight. The president of the college called an extra session of eonniealion nt th o'clock this morning Seven men on a committee to regulate the scrap spoke to the student body. All of them wished tn abolish the 'tank scrap,' and when a vote was taken of the student body, every person in the Fowler Hall stood up, which means that the 'scrap' is a thing of the past. The streets were , efowdeil to the limit last night when he Irishmen marched out to the field and when the 'scrap' started the penile were so thick that the field In which wo fought seemed like a little hole, but when you see it in Its natural way. it looks like a ten-acre field. The lellows in class this morning had their eyes tied up, or large sticking plasters on their faces. A few walked witli canes and some had their hands tied up and arms in slings. Ami i nie could not come to class, but 1 -«>t through without a lilt of t£is kind of trouble." tolakFOrTde Fred Baker, One of Decatur’s Young Business Men to be Married to MISS AMELIA KOHNE Wedding is October Bth— Bans Announced for First Time Sunday. The hans of the approaching wedding of Fred Itaker. one of Decatur's \<>ung business men. to Miss Amelin wolinc were read Sunday at the St. Mary's Catholic church for the first

time. The wedding will take place Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock, Oc- ' tober 8, at the St. Mary’s Catholic liurch. and will see the union of two popular and well-liked young (ample The groom is engaged in the restaurant business in this city, being i member of tho firm of Girod & Baker, lie is a son of John Baker of south of the city, and is an estimable young man. The bride resides with her brothre and sisters on their farm south of the city, and is one of the hest'iked young women of the St. Mary's .parish, ’ After the ceremony nt the church a reception for the brothers and sisters and nearest relatives of the cou- , !e v. ill be given at the Kohne home, and the couple will leave in the aftruoon on an eastern trip. They will he nt home in this city on "North fourth street. ,

ELECT DELEGATE Mathias Miller Will Represent Co. Horse Thief Detective Association. XT WABASH, INDIANA At State Convention---Geo. Kinzle is Alternate — Meeting Held. M an enthusiastic meeting of the tdums County Horse Thief Detective . lociatlon, held Saturday afternoon ,t tlie office of f.iterlff Durkin. Mathias Miller was elected a delegate to repre nt the county association at the an mini state meeting to be held In Wa m sh, Ocolmr 7 and 8. George Kinxle was elected alternate.

The annual election of oltoera »■«» duo held nt thin time, the old stuff, Ahlrh linn been very .'tfielent, being reif.itvd: President, Frank Hrelner: vice president, .lames Hurwt; Merenry, J- Fred Fruchte; assistant sec-.,-tary. John Stultz; captnln, HherlF .1. Piirkln. VISITS HERE FROM KANSAS. Melville, youngont non of G. W. Rup* light, who moved to n farm near BurIrtte. Knnaaa, four or five yetri ago. irrlved here Haturday tor a visit with (datives. He reports that graanhopI . rs were very bad In his district year and did much dotting? to crops. From the 1 Bl> acres of which they had out this year, they got but forty-one huahelt, , ’ ( >

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

w w* •'••■Aw JB JBBBH Al iMs w * irsw HARRY K. THAW AND EXGOV. STONE. (Copyright by International News Service; Supplied 1 by New Process Electro Corporation, N. Y. This shows the Matteawnn fugitive and one of his chief advisers at Littleton, N. 11., where Thaw won Ills signal victory in the federal court, which protects liitn from snapshot extradition, ami assures him a hearing on the question ui Ills sanity. 'During the past fewAveeks Thaw's spectaculad movements have attracted world-wide atqntion and for the first time since his incarceration at JlatVmn the "flowing ink" has been with him. Tile New York “yellows” have been violently opposed to his release. Hifk flight to Canaga was a fortunate thing for the young millionaire. The Canadian populace worked up a strong sentiment against his persecution by Jerome et al- and tlie wave crossed the border and entered the I’nited States. Forthwith the “yellows," which always jump in the band wagon ot popular approval, began Hammering for fair play and now tliey say lie has been sufficiently persecuted for putting a "white slaver" out of the way. The newspaper men and lawyers who have been closely associated with Thaw during his "liberty" say lie is far from crazy.

TOOK THE PRIZE Showing of Frisinger & Co’s Imported Horses at the Ft. Wayne Fair. WAS THE BEST EVER fourteen Prizes and Two Sweepstakes Awarded— A Big Attraction. Ten of the imported llelgiums and I’ercheron stallions of Frisinger £ Company of this city which "showed at the Fort Wayne fair last week arrived here about 3 o'clock Sunday morning laden witli medals and prizes that they hud won at the horse show. The trip wns made overland. The exhibit of Frisinger £■ Company consist oil of eighteen head of the finest and Iv'et animals of the Belgium and Percheroti breed that were ever brought to this country. The stables of Krieselmeyer and C. W. Ahrs wore included In the exhibit of Frislng-r £ Company, as they were taken from the Frisinger farm.

The liorHe parade and show was the leading feature of the fair. The president of the board made thiH statement to Mr. Frisinger and also stated thnt he was very much pleased the horses were brought to the fair, •a they attracted a lot of |s>ople, an well as added o the Importance of ■he show. First prises were awarded tc Frisinger *;• Company on every display that they showed In except one In this they secured second- Two sweepstakes were ulao awarded them. This consisted of a purple ribbon. The other prizes were paid in money. The three-year-old show of both Belgium nnd I'ercheron stallions, first, second nnd third prizes were award e<l the company.

The first prize for the best three-year-old gelding, outside of Allen county was also awarded to them. In the prizes consisted of fourteen different ones and two aweepsUVea. The honor and reputation that goes with Giese prizes Is vepr great, as the competitors of Frislnger & Company were some of the best known imported horse breeders in this count)y, and some of the animals at the Fort Wayne fair had won first prizes throughout the country until they had tn compete with the Frislnger anl mala. « Frislnger & Company also had th?

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, Septembei 2X 1913.

heaviest horses at the fair. The tota (weight of five of them was 11,-s'tO (rounds. One stallion alone weighed 2,000 pounds. b OPENS VAUDEVILLE SEASON. Fred LaDelle, world renouned magician, left Saturday night for St. Louis, where it,” opens a several months’ season with the Western vaudeville circuit. He will show at the Hippodrome In that city this week, goys from there to St- Joseph. Wichita, Dallas, Texas: Memphis, Tenn.; Oklahoma City, and closes about Christmas time with two weeks tn Chicago. For the first time in a number of years .Mr. IntDlle will furnish a single act, but after the holidays will be Joined for tho rest ot the season by Mrs. UiDelle and the Misses LaDelle. a lewlShTne

Howard Burdg Installs New Automatic Gas Pressing Machine. IS A CURIOSITY And Has Attracted Great Attention—Excellent La-bor-Saving Device. ■ ■ minW Howard Burdg, proprietor of tho City Dye Works, today finished Installing a very unique and labor savIng device In the shape of nn automatic gas pressing machine. This mnchltm Is manufactured by the Ohio Machine companuy and Is one of the best on the market When set up ready lor oftertitlon the machine will weight one thousand pounds. It Is so construced that the garments to be pressed may be placed on a loard about three feet long and one loot wide. Covering this and balanced on a pivot la s large iron, the also ot the board and which Is placed on the garment and by means of a foot lever s pressed on the cloth, ’’’ho* does away with the friction caused by drawing an Iron bark and forth over the clothes and leaves the gar mdtet In a smooth shape. A better conception of the machine may be had hy turning to the-cut on page lour Os this Issue The n-w machine will greatly assist Mr. Burdg In turning out the highest class work and save much labor.

RED CROSS SEALS Order Placed for 4,000,000 to Start the Campaign in Indiana. AGAIN THIS FALL Booklets to be Sent to County Organizations to Assist in Fight. Orders have been placed for 1.-Ofid,-fled Cross seals to start the Indiana campaign again this year for the securing of funds fur the study and prevention of tuberculosis. The state society sends out the following hylic-1 tin relative to the booklets which it I will furnish the counties to assist in the work of the county organizations: “In further reference to the proposed booklet which the Indiana association holies to issue this fall, we will say that under the original plan, about fdlO free copies will be provided for each county. The booklet will be tixfl inches and will consist of Ifi tinges on hook paper with a cover in two colors. Through an arrangement we have made with tlie printer, special editions will be permitted to change the copy of one page in the booklet to make room for special information concerning your county. The cost to you will lie SIU per thousand with a small extra charge of about $5.00 toi c< wer the cost of changing the plates, i The name on the cover will also be i changed so that it will further emI rasize the fact that it is a so cial edition put out by your society. If you desire extra copies, please notify the (Continued on Psge 2) NORTH - DAKOTA

Mr. Aber, Former Adamu Co. School Boy. Learns Real Geography IN THE NORTHWEST Vast Plains Have Been Converted Into Ideal Farms and Beautiful Cities. (By D. . Aberl In Ute year 1858 we sang in concert the Geography lessons while the teach 1 ers pointed to the location on the map. This look place In Indiana. The music was perhaps as discordant as that made by the Apaches at a war dance Yet it was impressive. When the teacher waved the pointer indicating the location of Dakota, we ahoqted in chorus, “Dakota hus no capital." Th'' t earlier was pointing to a large blank •pace on the map between Lake So- ' (.erlor and Washington territory. Had any one suggested that perpetual snows and icebergs covered Its surface we would not have contradicted the | statement. Wa were then students In geography. How time has changed conditions and dispelled erroneous Ideas' Exploration preceded settlement. He ports were favorable and unfavorable as was the case when Moses sent spies Into the land of Canaan. The adventurer defied all obstacles I end with meager equipment for overcoming Imp' nding dangers he refused to be turned from his purpose to settle in Dakota. He found neither Ice bergs nor perpetual snow, but instead l.e found sunshim nud showers with abundant vegetation growing on a dark alluvial soil. Ha Imcame more than I .in adventurer, He h/I a wife who | was In waiting to hear his report anti I l>ell« ve It. ready to brave danger and share with him the privations of plo- ; ||fe, Ktie was not a student of i domestic economy, but a graduate In domestic economy. The few comforts ' and numerous wants were nhared i equally by both. There were times when heroism anti loyalty that were mutual were taxed to tho utmost Ever on the alert thev stood guardian of every common Intereat and triumpned. There was toll. I nnxlety, suffering and destitution fore boding disaster, yet there was no surrender. This old pioneer may not have un-

derstood the chemical analysis of soils, yet he had a method that assured the purpose of determining the value of the soil. He brought with him a variety of seeds. He turned the soil and planted the seeds; observed tlie metearoglcal conditions ami was cheered at tlie prospect of success. Il there came a day of relaxation from planting it would lie bestowed on providing shelter from the inclement weather that might come during the winter months. At the same time the <•> onoinli al wife was no less provident si curing winter provisions. Tin? dug-out or sod-house was made to look cozy and cheerful within. The exterior was a negligible quantity for there were no aristocratic neighbors to look disdainfully at it. and she ami her little family would spend most of their time on the inside or tlie dug-out enjoying its picturesque app< artince. Progress would lie slow. In fait there was no materia! advancement (Continue*. on Pago 4) VISITORSQ WON Ft. Wayne Printers Return Home With Victory Won from Shamrocks. A COLD RECEPTION Was Given Them by Fans on Account of Chilliness of Atmosphere. It was only a small crowd of ball lans who gathered up enough courage Sunday to face the chilly weather through two hours ami a half at the

i-real ball grounds, but those who did witnessed one of the prettiest and most exciting games of the season when the Fort Wayne Printers crossed bats with the local Shamrocks. The weather was ideal for the players and they were pitched up to their highest tension and played excellent Ball. Th- visitors, however, proved to have the game down to a finer point than the local boys and captured the victory with a 5 to 3 score. There remains but three more games to be played this season and all of them will be head-liners. The management is not sure of the team that will play next Sunday, but it will be a guaranteed attraction. October the Lima State League team will play here. These teams have already met with the result that the Shamrocks took the big end of the score, and it is reported that the Lima boys will come back with a doubly strong lineup. , . . , o. - — —

TO AUDIT BOOKS Os All County Officials of Noble County—James P. Haefling. — HIM—, W LEFT THIS MORNING I He Completed Four Weeks’ Stay at Huntington Last Saturday. James P. Haefling. former Adam" county clerk, now one of the state accounting board's field examiners, left tills morning for Albion, Noble county, where he will join his assistant. Mr. Batchelor, of Gossett. They expect tn spend about three w> oka going over the books of all the chief county officials of Noble county, those of the sheriff, clerk, treasurer and auditor. They completed n four weeks' stay at Huntington Saturday, where they andited the books of the county auditor and treasurer. Their school funds' ncj i mint Is also gone over by the officials : as n scprirtc one. besides those of the j Miter county officers. and as the nc- ; count Is In nearly all cases a big one. their work Is very voluminous -o Mr. nnd Mrs. Isaac Nelson of Decatur passed through Bluffton this alternona on their way to the home ci Mr. nnd Mrs. Emanuel Elzey, living north of the city four miles. They will spend .Bunday there.—Bluffton • Banner. a

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WINNING PRIZES

Smith & Wilson Taking Honors With Their Herd of Hereford Cattle. AT INDIANA FAIR Harry, Two-year-old Grade Steer, Won Championship Over all Others. Smith &i Wilson, raisers of Hereford cattle, whose herd on the big farm north ot' the city, have lor years I attracted attrition at home and at nil | the fairs where tliey have been shown are again winning their share of the i prizes this year. The herd is at home tills week ami will be token to Springfield, 111 , next week for the Illinois state fair which opens October G. At the Indiana state fair they won a dandy list of prizes and rihltons. Speaking ot that show the American Hereford Journal, printed at Kansas City, sold: "The steer show was a gift to th» Herefords, all three judges acting. Smith & Wilson cleaned the platter on grades and crosses. The grand champion steer fell to the Van Salta pure bred two-year-old bull, but the grade steer from the Smith JiWilson string had beat him tlie week before ot Columbus. Ohio, and had many friends at Indianattolis. The Herefords are lucky to have two such steers coming on for the International." And again the Journal says: "Smith & Wilson, of Decatur. Indiana, in the <Ccn , 'nued on Page 4) WILL BE PUSHED

Building of Traction Line from Chicago to Cincinnati Through Decatur WILL BE RUSHED Could be in Operation in Six Months—Much of Old Line to be Used. The Fort Wayne and Northwestern Interurban Railway rompany will

have finished the wont of changing the current from alternating to direct by the middle of Octolter, it is said, and when this is done every interurban road In the state will have dirm t current. Thia makes it possible for cars on the otlp-r lines to <q>erato over the Fort Wsyne-Kendallvlllo line. Heretofore this could not he done. The Goshen-Kendallville promotern are of the opinion that the branch will l>e built next year About thirtytwo miles of track muat br laid and It it estimated that it can be built complete. including grading, ties, rails, lades mid wire for >II,OOO a mile. This would make a total coat of |.'ir*2,UtM>. Since it has been assured that n large combination of capital Is planning a line from Chicago to Cincinnati, to (miss through South Bend, Elkhart. Goshen, Kendallville, Portland. Decntur and Intermediate pointe the promote™ of the KendallvilleGoshen line believe that the problem has been solved The Chlcago-iTncinnatl line. If built, would mean direct connection In-tween Fort Wayne and South Bend, and the people of the two cities have been agitating a line of this kind for some time From Goshen to Houth Bend another track might be Inld. Ths present track Is owned by the Northern Indiana Railroad < ompany. of which C D. Emmons, formerly of the M Wayne A Wabash Valley compcay. is general manager This <ompsny Is also Interested In (he Chicago. South Bend & Northern Indiana Railwoy compony, one of the largest systems In the state. At the present time every Interurban road In the Mate of tidluna, except the F W « N. W.. la equipped with high-tension power, and the information Is given out that the latter (Continues on