Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 61.

(LOST THE GAME Decatur Boys Defeated by Rochester at Bloomington by 11 Points. HID IN CORNFIELD Mexican Bandit Surrounded by Posse in CornfieldHeld Up a Train. >g (United Press Service) > Bloomington, Ind., 2:00 p. m — (Special to Daily Democrat)—The remarkable showing of the Crawtordsvill team in the high school basket " ball tournament in their first game, made them the favorites in the contest. They won from Plainfield 65 to 9. This was the more remarkable because Shaw, the little giant, was held | out of the game to save him for fit1 tore contests. Next to them Wingate. > last year’s champions, looked good. JB winning from Milan 44 to 14. Other Hr results were: Pendleton 20. Monrovia, 19; Westport 21. Interlaken, 14: 3 Liberty Center 14, Rockville 19; Ro- » nnoke 8, West Lafayette 6: Sharpes ] ville 12. Tipton 19: Nappi anee 14;■ North Manchester 28: Swayzee 15. Mishawaka 26; Albian 61, Milroy S; Decker 15. New Bethel 17: WhiteB land 30: New London 13; Thorntown S 35, Oaylandon 26. a S Bloomington, Ind.. Mar. 13—(Spec- , ■I 1“1 ’o Daily Democrat)—Anderson de ' Ifcated Marion today in one of the | most important games of the preliminary series of the state high school ]' basket ball tournament by a score of; 20 to 12. The game was a good one. I and fast throughout. Rochester won from Decatur by a score of 17 to 6. At I the end of the first half the score | stood 6 to 3 for Decatur, but the team I was outclassed in the second half. Lafayette ran away from Seymour by ' H r. score of 31 to 11. At the end of the K , first half !>>banon outdistanced AmH boy 23 to 2. The game ended with W the score 32 to 15 in favor c.f l.cba-l H non. The M. T. H. S wca from Or ■ leans by 31 to 17. ■ Peoria. 111., Mar. 13—(Special to] ■ Daily Democrat) —Surrounded by al w sheriff's posse in a cornfield near Man , ! 3 Hua. 111., a Mexican bandit, who, with.' ■ three others, shot and killed Art Fish-i & er. of Pekin, an engineer on’the <’. £ , K N. W. railroad, and wounded two of i ■ fleers. when they held up a freigh’ ■ train early today, was making & des ■ perate attempt for ills life Two of the ■ other members were wounded and I ■ captured and were being hustled to ■ Princeton to escape being lynched 1 B At 10 o’clock, after the bandit had R hit tint cornfield, the posses rocelv< <• j ■ reinforcements and ammunition and | the bandit's capture is only a matter B of time. The fourth Mexican escaped ■ but bloodhounds will !<• put on hl | trail. Manlius and other nearby towm ■ are greatly excited and a lynching I- ■ feared. ■ Poor!. BL. Mar. 13. 2:36 p. m gg (Jlpecinl to Daily Demo rat)- After :i | ■ hand to hand encounter two of thej H men were taken prisoners. Two otb . SH ers badly wounded, are lielng pursued ■ and will be taken before night. H St. Itouie. Mar. 13 i Special to H Daily Denies rut»— Recovery of four H more bodies today raised the number ■ of charrod bodies recovered from the SB ruins of the M A. (’• to 23. Th< bod M lea of aevea more fire victims are bora Bared to be .lying In the ruins. The ■ location of the last four bodies Indi j| cates the victims were making a mud

ruth for the elevator shaft when the wall* crumbled. Mexico City. Mar. 13 'Special to Dully Democrat I—Tb« Mexican forelan office announced today that •* expected tomorrow a note from Ury nn tn regard to another embargo of arms by the United States. fharce O'ShaughMsaey refused to discuss thia. Gen.ral HtwrU* recruiting methods were again Illustrated when hundred* of mon were seised and put into prism. They will bo given uniform* and made soldiers. —p " tn the Young Wannemnker quiet title case. summon* were ordered I sued for Theodore F. Bprungor and • We, Anna Zurcher. Leonard F. Fpruneer and wife. Alvena 11. Hpnma er, Hubert F. Spningor and wife. Frieda N. Bprunger and Elma C. Bprung'-r. returnable Match »8.

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] OUR NEW MINISTER. ' A three-reel special feature has been secured by Manager Parent of the Crystal for this evening's entertain ment, entitled, "Our New Minister." Illis features Joseph Conyers in hi original role, "Darius Startle," the village constable, in the groat rural drama by Denman Thompson and George Hye; also featuring Alice Joyce. Three million people have laughed at the antics of Joseph Conyers in his initltable characterization of "Darius Startle," in this homely rural drama, in the many years it was presented upon the stage, “Our New Minister" was shown in every state. The motion picture version of this great play tells the story with a vividness and realism not possible, in the stage per formance. In addition to Mr. Conyers, Thomas McGrath, the original "Lem Ranson," tlie village drunkard, appears in this great feature picture. Our patrons will be given one of tlie greatest treats in tills show. o K. OF C. NOTICE. Monday, regular meeting. You will miss it if you fail to attend this meeting as the lecturer has prepared a program that will cause a good hearty laugh. Be there. O. K. MET WITHJNJDRY Miss Grace Miller Had Misfortune to Sprain Ankle at Berne Yesterday. WILL BE DETAINED There Few Days-—Many of the Sick Are Improving —Other Notes.

Miss Grace Miller, while at Berne yesterday where she has a class in music, had the misfortune to make a mistep falling in such away that one of her ankles was badly sprained, it is very painful and while not serious, will cause her detention at B< rne for a few days, hence her classes liere will be canceled until her return. Miss Miller was also to have sung at tne funeral of Miss Retm Quinn this afternoon but wna prevented on account of the aeident. Mrs. Martin Aut is suffering from a severe cold und the grip. Miss Ruth Smith of North Second street is improving. Miss Hope Hoopengardner is convalescing and is able to sit up a part of the time. Jacob Ata is üble to bo out again after ar. attack of neutrilis. Ml.b Eda Butler returned to her work at the Niblick store utter u few days* illness. John Weber is confined to his home on account of heart trouble. Ben SchrojW alii arrive Saturday i t rom Bellefontaine. Ohio, for a visit I with Miss Hulduli Mutschier. Mr. schroyer. who was Injured o" New I \ ear’s day. when his leg was broken. Ims recovered sufficiently to be able to walk with a cane. Tom Gallogly ia numbered among tha grip sufferers. Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner was called to Bluffton last night hy a message that her father. A. T. Studebaker, who Ims been ill tor some time, is

worse. Ex County Commissioner William Miller, "ho ha» been confined to hl* home two week*. I* suffering from rheumatism. CAR? OF THANKS. Wo wish to extend to the kind neighbor* and friend* who assisted u* during the illness and death of our beloved wife and mother, our sincerest and heartfelt thank*. We thank you for the floral offering* and appreciate the many kind act*. MILI-ARD COWAN A CHILDREN. .. ""0 BIRTH OF SON. A tine baby boy was born to Mr. and Mt*. Marion Hlulte of Root town ship. The babe In a grandson of John IStulU of this city.

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, March 13, 1914.

MADE M AGAIN Harry Daniel Writes Wonderful Advertisement for Trunk Company. PRAISED BY PRESS Return of the White Sox Used as Basis for Readable Two Pages. Harry Daniel, former owner and editor of the Decatur Journal, and for years connected with the Chicago In-ter-Ocean. has won distinction in almost every department of that great newspaper. About a year ago he went into the business department and for some months has been devoting his attention to advertising. In this as in all his other work he lias made good. Recently he wrote a two puge adver tlsement for the indestructo trunk, which has attracted much attention and is being boosted as the "greatest and most attractive” which ever appeared in a Chicago paper. The trunk i; the one carried by the White Sox in their famous trip with the New York Giants around the world. The advertisement contains the photos of Comfskey and Callahan, owner and manager, also other stars, a group picture of the entire team in the center of a diamond, with a trunk al each corner and on the diamond the picture of each member of tlie team. In the center appears an interesting and well written story by Mr. Daniel and scattered over tlie two pages are statements by the players setting forth the good tilings about the “Indestructo." It’s a great act and Mr. Daniel has scored a home-run in its making. — o —. . FOR ARBOR ORT Movement to Have a Million Trees Planted in Indiana on Arbor Day HAS BEEN STARTED Cities in Various Parts of Indiana Are Taking Active Part. Muncie. Ind.. March 13, —(Special to Daily Democrat,! —A million trees planted In Indiana on Arbor day, the slogan and hope of the Indiana Forestry Association . bids fair to be realised now that the mutter Ims been taken up by the commercial dubs, chambers of commence. business I men’s, merchants and civic associations of the state. George B. lAM'kwood. the secretary of the asoclation. announces that thia work has been pu :n charge of O. A. Charles m Muncie. Mr. Charles is well acquainted with the heads of commercial clubs, chambers of commerce, and civic associations all over the state as he lia > been actively engaged in organising and lecturing liefore such bodies, and he has a reputation of making good in any civic enterprise he takes up. The matter of planting trees has been taken up with every organisation of business, commercial and civic Interests In Ute state and the response to the commercial and civic Interests in the state and the response to the Invitation to participate in planting trees on Arlmr day shows that the people of Indiana are very much aliv to the value of the movement. The imfayette (Ind.) chamber of commerce at a meeting of the board of directors March 4th.. took up the question of panting trees on Al mN* day and an effort will be made to have from 2.000 to 3.660 trees planted in that city.

One of the slgnlflcient feature* of the Arbor day campaign before com nierelai club* I* the fact that Individ uni men hants and business men are taking up this movement. Mr. Schults the proprietor of a department store at Ufnyette. has made it an anunl custom tn give away two hundred tree* every ' spring, and report* of slmiliar movement* by towns are com Ing In from all over the country. Charles state* that there are about

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a hundred active commercial organizations in Indiana and he says that practically all of these organizations will take an active part In the movement for planting trees on Arbor day. WILL QUIT VERA CRUZ. Dr. William Warner, who lias been tt practicing physician in tlie town of Vera Cruz since 1893. was in tlie city enroute to Indianapolis. The doctor declared tha the lias shaken tlie dust of Vera Cruz from ills feet forever, and that under no circumstances would he ever return there. He lias not decided as to where he will locate, but it will probably be some place in the vicinity of Indianapolis.— Bluffton News. - -o— BASKET BALL GIRLS’ GIFT. The two girls’ basket ball teams of the high school were presented with a set of yellow felt letter "D’s" by the iaculty for good work in playing. Tlie letters are to be appliqued to their sweaters and will proclaim to tlie world for what they stand—" Decatur.” The presentation was made by Professor Worthman in behalf of the faculty, and each girl recited an original couplet as she received her gift.

THE MARCH CUPID Is Very Shy—Probably Ran Away With the Ground Hog. ONLY ONE LICENSE Issued by County Clerk for Wedding Couple During This Month. The March Cupid Is off duty. He is very shy or else, like the ground hog lie is afraid to venture forth until assured of a wanner welcome. For only one marriage license has been issued thus far this month, by Clerk Bleeke. The month of March, 1913, was also sn off month for cupid, for only eight licenses were issued during its long run of thirty-one days. The record for the first part of the mouth, of last year however, was better even than this. A license was issued on the first day of last year’s March, and two more on the seven th and eighth, and then a wait again until March 15, It is presumed that the season of lent, which in certain churches prohibits* marriages during that time, may have much to do with the strin gency at this time, and it Is predicted that several marriages will take place soon after Ptaster.

KEPT SET BOOKS Burglars Arrested at Union City Were Up to Date in Business. WORK SYSTEMATIZED Books Showed Where They Had Gotten Their Goods at. To get along nowadays, everyone must be strictly up to date. The man who would keep at the top. must em ploy modern methods. Is the cry of the liuslnesw world. The burglar seems to rrallfle that. 100. PTom Un lon City comes the news that two up to-dato burglars caught there. k«rp a regular set of books.

George lllioadr* and William Bcott. two burglars who were caught In the act of lifting some valuable brass and copper casting* from the lighting plant there, had their business syste matlsed and kept a regular set of books. These books had entries show Ing that they had committed mbiier lea In Bluffton. Anderson and Bloom lagton. Another item showed that between February IS and 21 they had stolen and sold 14" worth qf property between Union City and Muncie. 15.16 being credited to Union City, I

THE MM DOGS That Are Homeless in Adams County Are Very Plentiful SAYS W. A. FONNER Got Hundreds of Answers When He Advertised for His Lost Canine. There are many March dogs in the county that no one seems to want to claim. If the assessors find as many as W. A. Fonner did when lie advertised a reward for his lost dog, there will be a ricli harvest of dog funds to help tlie trustees out in their school funds next year, Mr. Fonner wishes to give notice that he lias already gotten his dog back, and anyone having an extra one on hand, need not trouble to telephone further to him. Since lie put his ad In tlie Democrat asking for the return of the dog and offering a reward, he has received hundreds of telephone calls from parties who believed that they had found the! missing animal—in fact Mr. Fonner scarcely knew there were so manydogs in the county as lie received I telephone calls. Yesterday a call came from Monroe, from a party who believed he had the missing dog. and asking to have the telephone charge reversed. Mr. Fonner said if the message was to “talk dog" he didn’t want I to talk, as he already had his. The I canine had wandered to the August Bieberich home in Preble township,] and when Mr. Bieberich saw the ad 1 and learned to whom he belonged, he! promptly returned him to the owner. Mr. Fonner no doubt will testify that it pays to advertise.

EASTER NEARING! Will Come This Year on April 12—Rule Governing the Date REGULATED BY MOON Easter Was First Recognized as a Church Feast in the Year 325.' There are four more weeks after this until Emster Sunday. It comes this year on April 12. Easter wan I first recognised as a general feast for the church by the council of Nice In I 326. Previous to that, different times I, were observed, the feast beginning as , the Christian passover, celebrated at the same time a* the Jewish pussover. Hut It was nnt until some centuries i later that the first general law that ( a day uniform and universal!) obscrv •■d prevailed. As fixed by the decree i rats hl ish Ing It. Easter day is always the first Sunday after the full tnoon that fall* on or next after the Slat of .March; If the full moon happen* on Sunday. Easter Is celebrated a week later. According to this rub* Easter may come as early an March 23. ami as late as April 21. It happened April i 26. in 1304. In 1337. In UM. but will not again until 1823. — 0 TO MEET THIB EVENINQ. The meeting of representatives from the women's organtantlons of the city will meet In the court room of the court house this evening, Friday, the thirteenth, promptly at 7 o’clock. The object of this meeting la to further or ganlan the Woman’s City Improvement society. All Interested women of the city are Invited to join in this movement. HETTV BOYERS. President. REV. J. M. DAWSON VISITS HERE. Rev. J, M. Dawson, pastor of the Christian church at Andrews, arrived last evening for a visit with friends here. Rav. Dawson was formerly pas tor of the Hecatur Christian chunh. Ho han a line congregation al An drew*, which la growing rapidly, lie was a guest al the C. J. Weaver home over night.

BODY AID TO REST In Beautiful Maplewood—Last Rites for Miss Reba Quinn. Under a blanket of roses and lilies, that will cover her lovingly until the spring flowers come very soon, tlie body of Miss Reba Quinn was laid to rest tliis .afternoon in beautiful Maplewood cemetery. The flowers were of wonderful beauty- and abundance, and rarely has one been so lovingly remembered. The room in tile Quinn home where the body lay’ in state was literally banked with tlie fragrant flowers. Ono especially touching piece was that given by her class, the (lass of 1913, of tlie Decatur liign school. Tlie piece was “The Broken Wheel,” hers being the first death to break the circle. Tlie churches and their organizations, tlie clubs and lodges with which Miss Reba and her parents were associated, as well as individuals, and many from Evanston, expressed their sympathy in their floral offerings. The services at the Methodist church at 2 o'clock this afternoon wi re beautiful, and the edifice, large as it is, could not accommodate tlie large number who attended. The high school was dismissed at 1:45 o’clock for the funeral and several of the business Houses were closed.

1 STOLEN SHOE I Found Secreted in Closed House Evidence That Thieves Were Here. HAS SAME NUMBER As Lot Stolen from Erie Car at Spencerville, Ohio, a Few Weeks Ago. Late this afternoon Marshal Melclii ran onto another bit of evidence that shows conclusively that the thief or thieves who broke into an Erie car at I Spencerville, Ohio, several weeks ago and stole a large number of shoes from a consignment, afterward visited j in this city. It will be remembered tliat several negroes were here soon after the theft and tried to dispose of siioes, a pair of which was purchased ' by a local man and afterward^ j-.-turn ■ ed to the officials, when he learned that the same had been stolen. John bUick. of the west part of tlie city, who lias bean away, lias just returned home and found that visitors had made themselves at home in his liouse. In a closet was a carton containing two pairs of shoes. He notified Marshal Melchi, who visited tlie home this afternoon and found that one of the shoes, which is a man's shoe, size nine and a half. The number and markings on the shoe correspond witii tlie markings on those stolen, and Marshal Melelii is convinced that this Is a part of Hie

stolen good*. The carton has a ca- , partly of about ton or twelve pairs , and the rest were doubtless disposed , of by tile thieve* who made the deserted house their headquarters while here. CELLMATES IN DEADLY BATTLE. (United Press Service) T.-rro Haute. Ind.. Mar. 13—(Special to l»ully Democrat)— Two prisoner* in the county jail here engaged In n mortal combat thia morning and are lying In the hospital where they wore transferred. William Jacoba, arrest ed on a murder charge, attacked ixiuia Sculior with a razor, almost disembowding him. then cut hla own throat. Where Jacobs got Hie razor, or what caused the quarrel Is not known. o BIRTH OF 80N The glad news of a big baby boy. christened Henry George. liorn to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert loinkenau. of Fort' Wayne, was received this morning by Mrs. George Smith. Thia I* their first Imbe. Mrs. I«tnkenuii wg,' formery Mlsa Anges Kinta, of thia city. a—— FUNERAL SATURDAY. The funeral services for Mr*. Busan tin Reynolds will tie held Saturday afternoon nt 1 o'clock at the home. 101 Booth Fifth street. The Rev. L. - W. Love of the United Brethren • church wilt officiate and burial will b* In Mt. Tabor cemetery.

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LEVANCONFESSES I Said That He Struck the Fatal Blow That Killed ' Phillips. A STRAIGHT STORY Os Murder Told to Sheriff of Mercer County, Ohio— Unexpected Action. Celina, Ohio, March 13—LeVan Baker of this city, one of tlie men accused of the murder of Wilbur Phillips, has made a confession to Sheriff S. M. Fisher. The sheriff liad entered the cell of LeVan to take tlie prisoner a fresh drink of water. Tlie young man on a former occasion, had remarked to the sheriff that he int«nded to make a clean breast of the whole affair, and tell tlie truth, that tlie facts were bad enough as they were. He seemed anxious to unburden his mind of tlie Iguilty load. He admitted that lie withe one that dealt the blow which resulted in tlie deatli of Phillipa on tlie night of November 29. He said that he and Dennis Baker of Bobo Ind., spent the afternoon at Lima and that toward evening they met Phillips and Green. The four nte lunch together and after lunch they drank some beer together and began quarreling Later I they boarded the freight train. No. 66. going west. At this time Irf-Van tried the detective stunt on Phillips, telling I him he would have to arrest him. but | that tor a certain sum of money he would say nothing more about it. At the same time showing the detective badge, he was wearing. His scheme did not work in this case and a quarrel ensued. He said he used a club about three feet in length, with which he struck the unfortunate man several Mows on the head. When -he realised what lie had done, he told the sheriff that his body became perfectly numb. He could I neither move nor utter a sound but I leaned back against the car. During this time Dennis Baker hud atta<ked I Green and with his bare fists struck 1 Phillips’ companion several blows on the head. Dennis Baker took posses, cion of tlie pocketbook, watch and money and after they reached Celina divided the spoils with ix*Van. Ho sai d that he knew a man here who saw them divide tlie money and would testify to the same. After his confession, la-Van Baker asked the sheriff whnt lie tlu uubt would be done witli biiu, saying he did not want life Imprisonment, neither did he want the electric chair, that F.o was not ready to die. He uso said he was not tlie one that killed David lfc*euy. Sheriff Baker was surprised and taken completely unawares by I«eVan Baker's unexpected confession. The young man had said earlier in the day that he intended to tell a straight

story, but the official did not look for any divulgence of facta until the trial came off. Had Pleaded Not Guilty. Celina. Ohio. March 13 1.0 Van and Dennis Baker were arraigned before Justice of the Peace <). J. Myers. They pleaded not guilty to the murder of Wilbur E. Phillips, waived examination and were bound over to ihe grand jury. Dennis and LeVan Baker, escorted by Sheriff 8. M. Fisher, went to thrt photographer's studio and had their picture* taken. There was h decided difference between the two m-n. both aa to expression und action*. Ix-Van who had some taken fmir week* mo, camo into the studio In a happy humor, talked to the protographer, and straightened up evidently d drj ing to look hi* best. Denols Baker was a different proposition as hi- hair looknd as though it had never seen a comb. He slouched into the chair and refused to look pleasant. Just a* the picture was taken he jerked hl* bred forward. When the second pici turn was taken the photographer occupied his attention just as he was ready to take his picture. Both of the accused mon are about twenty-three years of ago. lx.Van Baker told the sheriff that ho hetended from this time nn to tell the ■ truth, saying that matters were had enough aa they were. 1 '0 The white-enameled base for the front of the Deinlnger b ulldlng has been laid, and the work in progressing rapidly.