Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1913 — Page 1

Head By 15,000 Each Evening

Volume XI. Number 306.

SAME OLD CRY i Bluffton Never Was Given a Fair Deal When They Hold Small Score. BLAME THEIR DEFEAT As Usual on Unfair Plays and to Posts at Side of the Floor. Covered up with many years’ growth ot hair and hearing the other marks and decrepitude of many years of usage, the old. old cry of the defeated Illufftonltes again comes out in their local papers after suffering a severe drubbing at the hands of the Decatur boys. However, little atten tiou is payed to them as every high school and city around Rluft'ton and in fact every city that lias ever competed with them in any form of a game, knows that they are rlironk kickers and a selfish, inconsistent hunch of knockers. Never in the history of the burg have they taken a defeat as a true buncli of athletes and gamesters snould but always has there been t)ie baby cry of unfair piav and any other possible excuse rould get. In away though, they have a privilege for crying as the local boys have made them bring down their colors in three out of tire games. Here are several kicks from tie liluffton papers: The Bluffton boys, and in fart any visiting team. Is under a big disadvantage on the Decatur iioor by m son of the large pillars that stand pear the side of playing field. The Decatur team b able to take adwa t tage of the pillars and played in and around them to live great discotaf.-j tare of their visitors who are tornturned to playing on an open floor. j The game was marred by the abase of a typical Decatur crowd and by tlie actions of a principal who vs* too prejudiced to be fair.— Bluffton News. The Bluffton team and rooter? claim they were badly treated by the In-catur crowd and were forced n submit to insults. There was no "ft i ial referee at the start of the g»n* ( and a referee without refer** •" from Marion was secured. He refer ed very poorly and besides not * UKIV ’ mg the rules of the game, allows fouls to occur so rapidly tint t game ceased to la* a fair one for the liluffton team. Although Principal Morris, ot liluffton school, is willing that » * and deciding game shall !«' >’ •*, on a neutral floor, he is un * illl " r that Bluffton shall have any ’ . with Decatur in the future and along with Warren, will be rut «* Bluffton schedule in «•>« Other tennis are said to 1* -«* ling the same move.-BtaW* To show the Inconsistency • post" argument and that t iginated solCy for t* having something to < , ike seen by every r#f" m vr g ; game that In none of tht P* • neccossury for either *«' |jw Within two feet of the Bluffton players not up a •tiff enough ' ‘ ’, r or igtnal local topm to K"< 001 ,ls ‘ , I|owposttions. They arem to ever that the ‘rooters |b , knew that th,lt ! ‘’7,7, god * outside of the «M< ' rndf ,»or'« In on« Instance did m trip any of the P ll ‘" ’ ' «... floe **£l off neighboring «’lt> • ibetr en to the niuffton w »« word or honor to l ,rml ‘‘ . «-* Vt:'- "-'"" tlon of cutting oft . fW pr schedule, beside ! ,lH ' 10 ' |p| body knows that to F * t 0 m** a reputation In n ,! BPff eM* r f any kind of a rerord. « for them to do „*« l» * of thu Dacatur bask strong that Wing* ' • p*r bathe alate chainplonehiP % p 0 challenged the lw ' • y»r) <* on the local ihs'r. " f rt |! Pebruar, Wake -P throw the right side of '» y( *n r» away your hantni* nt by so doing. 4 knoc k Is u to*™ 1 ' •• - * ’

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UU^nunou,. , A ' A Brodbeck th» '“wnship farmer Uni (l,y this niorn : M a V|8l ")r in ar “« redres Bwl llls right a lohe!,ad„ lel ' nnr,w^w w . ks ««tom. tlle arm and , a H,iff ening or 1 use, and (1 , * pr,ventl »l its to rebreak the u» !Wn “* ceß8 * r l r • fourthT, * llL Kty ntsuT T,l( ' % Scout's same to**"* us stated inltu I! ’' per, hut win h . , Mturild l » PanjIONCIE Adams County Democrats Left Today For Muncie to Attend Convention OF EIGHTH DISTRICT Good Program Had Bee.i ‘ Arranged for EventJudge Smith to Speak. MuncK Ind, Dw. 9—(Special to Daily Democrat i-William A. Ktinkle, i of Bluffton, present chairman of the Eighth district, was chosen unaot ( mously to succeed himself at the district coorention held herethis afternoon. A delentioa of Adams county demerits from this clty c a» well as from Herne and Genet*. aad the sMTonod ing commnnity. left this morning for ! Mum ie. wber» they will attend the ! democrat ic district tonrention to be 'held in that city for the purpose of recrgtntag the democratic commit toe and to reelect W. 3- Kunkle chair man of the Eighth district. Congress j nun John A. Si. Adair will deliver the 1 principal addren* at the meeting, while Judge Smith of this city ond 1 number of others from orer the state ' will giro * «** ‘ tort ulk> ' Mr, Kunkle. the pweut chalnwn i WM unenimoasiy alerted district rhuman at the convention held at i u* ma**? f. r, r.n*B‘. , ing were J. . ■S-r-s.r---1 sut* I- G Monde ;ia d from there r-"** t, n atiendfite convents*CUSS ORGANIZED M „- s B.bk Class of PrcsbJ" t,rian Church Joins State Qrganifati o ' 1, i 1 officers ake named : , ned Good Worn. y, mt of PT **' l 9 -The f-®** ilb ' r . Ml* 1 - ; ’ Marian ailpll M iwt of A 1 » W wflw (he elm* « „ , : >: "■‘S' t •* ..-dy ► ' r inter-'*Pns<' 1 0 ,ue . H V* 'L *' ,1 def*' f -egaff ‘ t(l w- lor V * B Ef“' ewehas'*^ — ,

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL"

— Ur * n^‘ana » Monday Evening, December 29, 1913.

■Mm INJURY i Re “ ivt<l s * Hand, „I Bllr . J n '" His Employ > Causes s ; DEMAnd op ALLEGAR For in the Sum 0 ? f s2Bo °—Case Sent Here from Allen County. Tht »d transcript In the — »f Benjamin E. a, Jar v, Z 1 , MO D, tome,,, wore received In the i ,m ' «*« this morning on 1 < tange ot venue from Allen county 1 1 1 ' ™k CNMy »-iii tbna M tried » iiere. Allegar is suing for |2,500 damages : Os tills, $2,500 is a«ked for |M*rsonal in ! ; juries which Allegar alleges he receiv ed at the hands of Burnett last March j first. Burnett, it is stated, Is owner of and conducts a horse sales stable, Allegar alleges that Burnett and an I employe of his, on that date, «truck j 1 and beat him with a club and kicked him, inflicting injuries to the extern ! that he. Allegar, had been unable to work or to leave hi* house from that time to the l.me the complaint was filed. He alleges that he received 111 juries to both sides of his face, about the temples, back of head, about the eyes, back, abdomen and logs Erarick k Kmrick are Allegar's at i torneys. HEALTH LECTURES Dr. Ada Schweitzer. Assistant Bacteriologist, of the State Health Board WILL SPEAK HERE Will Give Three Lectures on Health Latter Part of April. Dr, J. 8. Boyers of thla city, » ■*•’ | per of the Indiana State Board Cf Health, nas received a response from Dr Ada E. Schweitier. of Indiana--oils assistant bacteriologist and |w thoiogist of the Indian state board ot health, accepting the rome to I*** «* " ,,rt April. t»li l« * (l * * , ' i lecture.. W- Scbweiuer hw hdd her stale odlctal position for the held her having M*! six or seven years. »» Tme in touch with Uie vita! affair, o ■he stale In h<* P r °f' ,,io * u ** *" tz ** - tti: u.k u well qualified and her tains 'The looked forward to •If *"*' 'T'of t»e heaUth ta'D wfll be <o ' u-j .iris on per* oll * l ll} ' i "'rhl second will » to the wo &n, \ personal » lk - on P ' r "" , “' "»****+*"*" ’ that these 11 wl " b '" lk( given by l»«' ****** M r" 10 ,h - " , * u stale phy* lri * w | public were school »nd H’ fh* | great .Led and resulta#* ot a •* a 1 lecture. tbi‘ *"* r ,»oi. nnd « b V* w The effort to | be * pp w . l right living I. <>'“ ,lmt is being halted Btataa raw*- . an«N TO K * WeL#M ,g|E B° rN _ , '"'* n A fin* ** 7raol> E. W«l»b. M m Mr »"« M n r ‘ F-ranh K.. Jr M* WIW " ! - tl road in ebW«» of ,h * aI TU>» "°"" T,L fnioti tom. Mr. a Pa""” a * T retimed to "er »*«*** *'

f COMEDY AT LYRIC TONIGHT. 11 it is comedy and a big laugh you arc looking for Just drop in tho Lyric: ’"'light and s.-o that sidesplitting * The Klrebug," It Is poeilively the liest comedy ofifercMl ■' tlie l.yrlc this season. It is a Keystone Uni In two reels and then* Is a laugh every minute. It contains many ■ ri-amlngly funny situations, shn'» i * ll,! ’* le 'cystono Ore department and ‘ force that Ima caused millions to laugh. A greut western drama with Its thrilling scenes Is "The ' Hr,,l "' n I bread." Matine.sc are growing very popular at the Lyric and are given dally. "Alladin and Hln Wonderful Ump” will he the New Years attraction at the Lyric HELD IIP TRAIN Bohemian Woman. Lonesome and Frightened, Delays Passenger. FIFTEEN MINUTES Had Through Ticket for St. Louis But Thought She Was on Wrong Train. Tlie west hound passenger train, Xo. 2. mi the flower and duo here at 10:25 a. m„ left fifteen minutes behind its schedule Sunday morning, lielng delayed by a frightened lloliemian woman, who. unsued to tlie ways of America, and beiug placed among people with whom she could not converse, became frightened and undoubtedly thought that she was being taken to some place other than her destination. Tlie woman and her ten-year-old daughter boarded the train at Ohio City, probably having heeu transferred there from the Krie railroad. She presented her ticket which called for a through trip to St. Uiul* to the conductor. However, wli.n the train pulled Into the locel j station she got off, delaring that she ».t on the wrong train. For fifteen minute tlie conductor and other dffl , tats Tied to reason with her and hi.w to her that the train would take :.er to St. lamia, even trying to force i her on the train as the last resort., but all to no avail. She remained at ihe depot until shout 2:10. when thR ,ii.appeared. Toe neat time she was seen was about 8 o'clock this trorn ! lug wlo-n s party reported her going west past the cemetery. She was again seen this afternoon at 12:20 by In put) Sheriff Kelly near the Herring packing house. With the assistance of Shrrtff Durkin she was taken into (ContfnneQ on face 4) THE YEAR Will be Royally Welcomed by Decatur Churches and Societies. WITH WATCH PARTIES The Methodist Church Announces Series of Services -Other Events. The advent ot the N4* Yenr, l#l*. .1,1, stands “just at the threshold." promt*** to be given a royally hearty wep oun* In thla city Several of the churches, dubs, societies In gencrsl, B .„l „„|ttidua!»- are planning to e*t,.iid » greet lag each In Ms character way and there will be man) watch parties. There will l>e appropriate service. Wednesday evening ac tile Methodist church The Senior and Junior Kp wor ,l, Leagues will have charge from K to 9 o’clock: there will he a social trom 9 to 10:30. and from lhat hour on until (he midnight bells proclnlm the birth Off the New Year, there will (M . 4 church serrico In charts of tha Itev l> T Stephenson. The Trl Kappa" charity ball at the t n L. off 1 ball N,, » Veoris Kve will tw combined with a watch party, and ihls premises lo be Ihe big soclel event of 'ha week. , _ 4 m

BROTHER IS DEAD Patrick Flaherty, of Muncie, Bother of Father Flaherty, Passed Away IN THE HOSPITAL In Lafayette—The Funeral Was Held This Morning at Muncie. The funeral of Patrick Flaherty, brother of Father Flaherty of l.afavette, former assistant to the lute Fa ther Wllken, of the St. Mary's t'atho lie church, this city, was held this morning at Muncie. The Muncie Star says of the brother’s death: "The Isaly of Patrick Flaherty, the well known Muncie young man, who died in a hospital in laifayette Thursday after un extended llluess with tuberculosis, arrived in the city yes terday afternoon ut 2:45 o’clock. The remains were taken to the home of his brother. Janies Flaherty, 117 Bast Seventh street. Tlie deceased Is survived by his mother, Mrs. Bridge’ | Flaherty, Pittsburg. Pa.: two brothers. Father Flaherty, a priest, Li fayette. and James Flaherty. Mum , cle. and two sisters, Mrs. John O’Connell. Muncie. and Mrs. P. J. McArdlc. Pittsburg. I*a. The funeral services will be conducted from Ihe St. I,aw rencc church Monday morning at 9 o'clock, tlurlul will lie made at the Beech Grove < emetery.'" WILD WEST TOWN Is Willshire, 0., Say Two Traveling Men Who Stopped Here After a VISIT AT WILLSHIRE A Drunken Man Stalked Through the Town Shooting With Revolver. Two traveling salesmen who hud beeu "making" a series of small towns | In this vicinity by driving through. , stopped oft ut Decatur and while here I told of a little town east of here that 1 they struck that I hay said reminded them of a typical “wild west town." ( It developed lhat the place was Will- , shire. They stated Dial while they were passing through the streets, one i of two men. who had evidently not yet j gotten over a Christmas spree, whip ; I ped out a revolver and suddenly be i gan to shoot. The bullets flew and ' the cltUens ran home Irom din-! 1 to cover to escape the death laden bullets. One, they said, narrowly e> raped striking a sister of one of the two men. One of them was arrested and locked up In the calaboose, and the other escaped The occurrence ts prolmhly the one off which the Van 1 Wert Dally Bulletin speaks In the fol lowing: "Henry Relchard of Wiltshire Im ] hi bed a little to heavily of the cup that cheers Wednesday. In honor of the Christmas holidays snd went on a rampage, during which he drew a revolver and proceeded to puncture the atmosphere. Bystanders disappeared In every direction, leaving the Streets In his side possession UU 1 til tho marshal appeared and placed him under arrest He was arraign ed before Mayor Adams of Willshire ' Friday morning, where he was 1 bound over to the grand Jury In the sum of 1300 on a charge off carry 1 Ing concealed weapons and com 1 milled to Ihe county Jail, The Will 1 shire marshal brought him here Frt ' day noon and left him In Sheriff WII 1 son's lender care.” — < T. F. A. Your semi annual dues of January t, | 1114. of $5 50, should be paid at once. Your policy lapses at 12 o'clock noon < January I. Itl4, If same has not been paid Ftease mall check |i W. D Chambers, Terre Haute. Indiana, at one C. 11. COLTKR. ftnc’jr, Boat X.

BROKE SHOULDER BLADE. Francis Hrhmitt, son of Dyoni* Schmitt, suffered a very painful arcl (lent Saturday noon, when he slipped from the delivery wagon of the Hoo sier Backing t’o., which was stationed at the rear of Ihe llaker 41 (lower meat market, and broke the left shoul der blade. Francis was unloading meat for the company and in some manner his foot slipped, losing his balance ho fell with great force to the brick alley with the aisrvo result. While not very serious, the accident will compel him to tuke a several weeks' enforced vacation. o MOVING TO OELPHOS. OHIO. The Frank Knrhcr family will move tomorrow to Delplioa, Ohio, where they will make their future home. They Intend to drive through with the goods. Mr Kurber has opened a ftpxv grocery at that place, HAD NO PERMIT Hence Minger Caused Arrest of Daniel Runyon When He Came to GET THE RABBIT Which He Wounded. Which Ran to Minger’s Farm and Killed by Dog. Daniel Ituuyon. the well known respected resident of east of Geneva, who refused to pay the fine and costs of $23.75 adjudged against him in 'Squire Dickerson's court at Geneva. 1 and was accordingly brought to Jail here to serve out the twenty-four days’ time, was not charged with hunting without a license, as stated erroneous ly In ihls paper Saturday evening, but for hunting on Daniel Mlnger’s farm without a permit from the owner, who accordingly swore out the aflt davit agalust him. Runyon's ver slon of the affair according to local officials. Is that he was hunting on his own place and had shot a rabbit 1 ou hts own farm. The rabbit was only wounded and able to get away, running over onto Mtnger's farm. Runyon's dog pursued the rabbit up near Mtnger's house and killed It and Runyon went over and got the rabbit, without having a permit front Minger, who accordingly caused his arms 1 . Runyon alleges that aa aoon as his service In Jail here Is over he I* going to take action against Minger. as Runyon states that both he and his son saw him shooting a fox squirrel on Kunday out of season, and he Is going to make that a basis of retaliation sgainst Minger. A SAD RETDRN Mesdames Dunfee and Anderson Arrived Saturday Evening for Funeral OF THEIR MOTHER Had Just Arrived at Gideon, Missouri, When the Message of Death Came. Mr. and Mrs. t\ W. Dun fee and daughter and Mr. and Mrs Sherman Anderson and son. Ralph, of Gideon. Mo, arrived In the city Saturday ev enlng to attend Ihe funeral of the ladles' mother, Mrs. John Merrlca. at Wren, Ohio, this afternoon. The I daughters had been at the bedside ot their mother for five weeks raring for her In her serious lilt,A -of llrlght's disease. The first ot the week she seemed better snd the daughters decided to return home. They left this city on last Tuesday morning. They had just arrived at their home, hut had not yet gotten their suit raaes unpai ked when the telegram ram# sn nounclng that Uietr mother had passed away. They at once got ready for the return trip, arriving here tale Sal unlay and from hare going hy auto mobile to Wren. The funeral was hold this afternoon at tha Liberal t'ffUed Brethren rhun h.

Reaches Every Nook Os County

Price, Two Cents,

BEET INDUSTRY For Sugar Purposes is Com--1 ing to the Front in all Countries. . r » CONSUL GENERAL t i John L. Griffiths of London, Former Indiana Man, in Report. ——wish I. a Consul General John L. Griffiths of I-onUnn. a former Indiana man. has Issued a report on tho beet sugar Industry. a part of whlrli will show that this Industry Is rapidly coming j to the front throughout the countries where beets can he raised successfully. Here It Is: "As long sgo as 1890 It was seriously suggested that the sugar beet could lie successfully cultivated In Kngland, and It was stated that capital lo the amount of $1,250,000 had been prom Iscd for the Initiation and support of tho Industry. Owing to the lack of any definite organisation, however. Rule prograss was made beyond the cultivation of thousands of experimental plots until 1910, when the British beet sugar council, with an executive and a fixed program. was established During the Intervening years representatives of continental groups Interested In sugar had been Investigating i-ondltlons In Kngland. with the result that certain farmers Iji Norfolk were Induced to cultivate üboul thirty acres of sugar lieets, tb» j price agreed lo be paid therefor lielng l $4 13 per ton of 2,240 pounds, tree on ! rail. This land yielded 37# tons of roots.with an average sugar content of 16.7 per cent. "In view of the unfavorable conditions outer which this crop was • grown, the remit! was ■ oostdered as satisfactory evidence that, grown on en industrial scale, a crop of 16 tenia per acre, with an erage of H per i ent sugar, <mi 1,1 tee realised In normal seasons. The terms offered In | 1911 were $4.57 per ton delivered, and j 750 acres were secured. The ioatrarlor who agreed to pay this price offered to provide free seed, to send specialists from the continent to, d.i Ihe seeding with their own machinery, to give free supervision from the (line of preparing the land until the gathering of the crops, and to assist with extra hand*, without coat to the grow era, for the lifting and handling of the react*, which should not cost nacre than $4.08 per acre The year I*ll was an extremely dry <me. but on light thin soil* the sugar beet did well, and although the exact weight grown was not disclosed in some Instances the yield was not under 16 tons per acre." Tlie beet sugar Industry I* coming lo the front In Indiana, although there ts but one refinery In the state I and that ta located at Decatur. . Hi- <X—■ ■ ■ ■■ I" in —— DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMEN. Gary. Ind* Dec. 26 - ißpeclal to Dally Democratl- 4'harle* J. Murphy, a Taggart maa. was elected as chair man of Ihe Tenth district at a convention held this afternoon Mt. Vernon, tnd.. Dor, It —iKpectal to Dally Democ rat I The democrats of the Fourth district tnet this after noon and reelected M. Griffith off Vevay aa district chairman The meeting wna the largest ever held in tilts district. Rvansvtße, lnd„ Dm*. 29 (Kpecta! to Dnlfy Itetnorratl Ih-njamln Itu- e was today elected defhoc rattc HI-trie t chairman off the First congressional district, defeating J. W. Itallard. — ■ —.'O'----MESSAGE OE ILLNESS Colli Mr*. Frink Alwiin'l Rilltivll to Shllby. OHIO. 1 A message was received yesterday of the trines* of Mr*. Frank Alweln of ■ Hheibv. Ohm. Her mother, Mrs. Fannie l*eter»oa. and the latter'* ’ daughter. Mis* Elisabeth I‘eterson. left yesterday afternoon over the Krie for her bedside The nature of her lllneas was not stated la the telegram .■ ■l—-"-—-FVTMIAN SISTERB All Pythian Ulster* are requested to he at the hall this evening, MOST RXt'KLLKNT t'llll F.