Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1914 — Page 1

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GETTING_ READY Bull Moosers Planning for Big State Convention Next Saturday. LIQUOR QUESTION Will be One of the Big Issues—Democrats Are Preparing for Campaign. I Indianapolis, Ind., April 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Unless there is a change in the situation the Hull ■ Moosers at their state convention here Saturday will declare either for stateI wide or nation wide prohibition. The ' pressure from many counties in favor I of a state-wide prohibition plank is | very strong. A number of Bull Moose leaders I have been holding meetings daily here | for the last week drawing up a tentaf tive draft of the platform. The position ■ taken by most of them is that a deeI' laration for state-wide prohibition I would not be wise but that a plank E favoring nation-wide prohibition ought h to be incorporated in the platform. The report that Fred K. Landis, of I Logansport, will ask the convention | to declare for statewide prohibition 1 was received with considerable interest here today. Landis, it was said, expo* is to make a speech of a fiery nature like Hanly did when he stampeded the Republicans a few years ago into declaring for county local option. The anti-saloou league has asked all parties to keep away from a statewide prohibition plank, but Mndis, it Is said, wants a plank favoring a constitutional amendment. Most of the Bull Moose leaders were inclined today to the belief that it would not be wise to declare for statewidc prohibition but they may not be able to handle the convention. It was •aid that a decision for the repeal ol the fre? tolls bill. A. J. Beveridge Is very strong against free tolls. The convention is liable to follow whatever he leads. The leaders were in session at Beveridge's office nearly all day today. They npp.-nr to be up in the air over a candidate for the U. S. senate. Beveridge reiterated that he Is not a candidate and that he will not accept. Wm. C. Bobbs, of Indianapolis, who was urged o make the race for the senate also said that he will not be a candidate. Ed Lee, chairman of the state committee also side-stepped the hcnc.b Some of the men attending the conference at Beveridge’s head-quarters said that Clifford Jackson, of Huntington. who made the race for attorney general two years ago may be nominated for the senate. There also was favorable talks regarding Judges James B. Wilson, of Bloomington. While Bev-, eridge is the first choice of all of the loaders and the rankand-flle because of his acquaintance und experience B -veridge and his associates maintain that there Is an abundance of good material In the party for senatorial candidates. While the Republican leaders are insisting that the Bull Moose convention. Saturday, will be nothing more than a mass meeting. Beveridge and those associated with him were highly pleased today by the reports regarding the Interest shown among the Bull Moosers throughout the state. They said that there is every reason to believe that the convention will be one of the largest and most enthusiastic ever held In Inddlana. All of the convention preliminaries received attention today. Chalrnum Korbly has Issued a call for a meeting of the Democratic state eommittt.s- here on April 22. which Is the date for the opening of the Rep üblican state convention. He has called the nominee* on the Democratic statu ticket to meet at the same time. They will consider plans tor the campaign. The nominees already are doing a lot of *otk. attending county con ventions and meeting the people In many communities. Korbly Is greatly pleased with the present situation within the party. How ever, a great teal of organisation work is to be done during the next few weeks and for that purpose the noml X are to be called In so that the work can b» distributed among them. A C Sallee, who h« been private sec rotary to Mayor Bell. has arranged to devote all of hl* time to the Democratic headquarters, having accepted the

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f position of secretary of the committee. The Democratic organization is going ahead with its plans repardless of the attitude of the Republicans or Bull Moosers but naturally they will - be in better position to make a campaign as soon as the two minor parties name their tickets and adopt their platforms. The Democrats and others in Indiana will be treated next week to a lot of charges from the Republicans i<-garding the Democratic state administration. Howard Maxwell, of Rockville, who is to be the temporary chairman of the Republican state convention. was here today conferring witli Chairman Hays and Secretary Henly who have furnished with the 'dope' by which they hope to make (Continued on Page Four) FINGER is TORN John Bair on A. J. Smith Farm Nearly Severs Index Finger IN FEED GRINDER Harry Menefee Taken Home —May Never Regain Use of His Legs. - 'W Harry Menefee, the well known cement contractor of Fort Wayne, who was seriously injured March 2, when a Decatur car struck a Fort Wayne car has decided to leave St. Joseph'.* hospital and return to his home in a day tor two. Mr. Menefee is still paralysed from the hips down and very little hope is entertained for his ever recovering the use of his limbs. Anton Kruinenaker is numbered among the ill suffering from neuralgia. Mrs. Tom Baker continues quite I*l of rheumatism being in a helpless condition. Miss Adel Barnett is quite 111 and at the point of death at the home of her siseer, Mrs. T. R. Moore. John Niblick is off duty at the store on account of an attack of indiges tion. John Bair, employed by W. F. Wilson on the A. J. Smith farm north of town, had the index finger of hfa left hand nearly severed while grinding feed. While using the machine the belt broke. Without waiting until the engine stopped he attempted to get hold of the belt and hrs hand was caught In some of the machinery, badly lacerating the member. THEMEJESTMAN In Decatur Was Handled “Without Gloves" Last Evening. BY THE EVANGELIST At the Christian ChurchSplendid Sermons Are In Order. The revival meeting at the Christian church Is growing in interest and the attendance has gained accordingly. A chorus of the young people Is a feat uro that all enjoy. last evening the subject of Mr. Carpenter's sertnon was: "The Meanest Man In I>ecatur," and he handled his ; subject without gloves ind from the standards of Jesus. i This evening his subject will be: "From Weakness to Strength,” and > this promises to be a message of spec f lai Interest to both saint and sinner. I — r APRON AND PASTRY SALE. • Don't forget the apron and pastry . sale to be conducted by the Helping • Hand society of the German Reformed > church, Saturday. Thia will be held ■ In the little house north of the Judge c Merryman home,

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, BY-LAWSADDPTED r ■ The Merchants Association r Held Very Enthusiastic Meeting Last Night. I I 'BERNARD TERVEER Is Appointed by Executive Committtee as Deputy r t Secretary. I The Decatur merchants' association Which was organized a short time ago held a very good business session last evening in the council chambers at the public library and adopted by-laws and framed the constitution which the members of the organization are to abide by. The meeting was full of enthusiasm and every business house tn the city was represented. Among the other business affairs transacted by the association, it was agreed by all present that on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month the organization would meet at the library. This morning at nine o’clock the executive committee met at the Charles Voglewede shoe store and appointed Bernard Terveer as the outside secretary of the association. Mr. Terveer will look after all matters pertaining to the merchants and whatever else comes under the head of the secretaryship. Members of the association are urged not to forget the dates for the regular meeting nights. A COUNTY MEET Women’s Christian Temperance Union Will Hold Its County Institute APRIL 22 AND 24 In Geneva—Medal Contest to be Held Wednesday Evening. The Adams county Women's Christian Temperance Union announces its county institute to be held next week April 22-24, In the United Brethren church at Geneva. On Wednesday evening at 7:30, April 22. a medal con- ( test will be given by the Berne L. T. { L. class. The following program is an nounced for Friday. April 24: Friday Morning. Social Hour- Eight to nine. Song "Some Glad Day.” Devotional—Led By Rev. Dunbar. Music. Address ot Welcome—County President. Response—Mrs. Rose Pearce. Appointment of Committees. Music. Talk, "The Meeting of the Local Union"—Mrs. John Niblick. Talk. "The influence Upon the Young of the Bad Habits of Characters In the Present-Day Fiction."--Mrs. L. Brouglitou. Music. Talk. "Temperance Music: Its Ptace and Ita Mission" -Mrs. Clara Runyon Adjournment. Noontide Prayer. Friday Afternoon. Song. ' Devotional Service—Rneclal Prayer ' for National Prohibition -Led by Mrs. C. C. Sprungrr. Music, Talk. ’The Bible In the Public Schools and Cooperation With Missionary Society "--Mrs. Eley. 1 Talk. "A Discussion Upon Woman's Suffrage Question"- Mrs. Lore. I Music. Address. "National Constitutional : Prohibition"—Mrs. Rose Pearce. I Music. Question Box. Adjournment. Friday Evening. Song. Devotional—Rev. Roberta, f Bong—Ladies’ Choir. I Reading—Miss Bottler, i Piano Solo—Robert Colter. 1 Address—Mrs. Rose Pearce. » Vocal Solo—Kathryn Egly. Offering-

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ISong —Ladles’ Choir. Benediction —Rev. Hoover. EXCELLENT WORK. I The fire department mude a record breaking trip last evening, both in getting to the scene of the fire as well as outening it. Just -one minute and forty-five seconds were required to make the trip and it took only ten minutes to put the blase out. The fire I was discovered in a corner of the barn on the Andrew Miller residence on Fourth street, in a basket of rubbish. , It had however, gained a good headway as tile building is an old one and could be rapidly consumed by the flames. The damage was very slight, amounting to less than ten dollars. POINT OF HEATH I Grandma Gaffer Was , Thought to be Dying Last Night—Better Today SON WAS CALLED To Her Bedside Last NightReturned Here This Morning. Peter Gaffer and family left last night on the 9:30 car for Fort Wayne, being called there by word that his mother, Mrs. Mary Gaffer, better known as "Grandma" Gaffer, was at the point of death from pneumonia and that it was not expected that she could survive the night. Mr. Gaffer returned here this morning, stating that while she had been very ill. danger of her immediate demise was past. •Mrs. Gaffer is ninety-six years of age, and has been in somewhat poor health for the past several years, being subject to stomach trouble. For one of iier age, however, she had been in remarkably good health, and only last week came down here for a visit with relatives and to attend to business matters. She seemed quite spry and active, came down town and attended to.her business herself, attended church and made several calls on sick friends not nearly as old as she is. The trip however proved more than she could stand, and immediately on returning home she became sick and was obliged to go to bed and has been confined there since. Her Decatur friends trust that she will rapidly recover. Mrs. Gaffer is a native of Switzerland. Her maiden name was Mary Krumenaker and she Is a sister of the late father of Anton Krumenaker of -tills city. She Is the last one of a family of twelve children. She resides in Fort Wayne with her son. Michael Gaffer. POVERTY-SOCIAL Unique Benefit Social Will be Given by the Royal Neighbors TUESDAY EVENING ■■■"■l" 1 —» Go Without “Pruning, Primping and Pressing”— Good Time Assured. In these days of strenuous rush and 1 competition, It Is a rest for tired nerves to "pick up" and walk away to a social gathering without the prellmin ■ ary of primping and pruning and press- • Ing. Just "one such" of these affaire will be given next Tuesday evening i by the Royal Neighbors at their hall. It will a "poverty social”. Anyone who cornea dressed other than the I moat ordinary and plain, will be fined. There will be an appropriate program and refreshments will be served. A fee of five cents admission at the doors will be charged and children under six years of age. will be admitted free. The doors will be open at 7:30 o’clock and the program will begin at 8. Everybody Is urged to come. Mrs. Charles Frltxinger returned yesterday morning to Monmouth after a visit here over night with relatives.

A MARRIAGE RUSH i License Department Picking ‘ Up After Several Days’ Laxity I ■ , THREE LICENSES I - Issued This Morning—Two i > Daughters of J. W. Ford to Wed After an unusually quiet period in the marriage license department, no licenses having been issued since the one on Monday, quite a rush began again this morning, there being issued prior to eleven o'clock. The home of John Wesley Ford of Geneva will probably witness a double wedding, In which two of his daughters will be parties. Marriage licenses were granted to Elmer Ray Teeple, farmer of Geneva, -born October 8, 1893, son of Isaac Teeple, to wed Alverta May Ford, born October 7 1596, daughter of John Wesley Ford; also to Jesse Leßoy Yaney, farmer, born May 17, 1894, son of Job Yaney, to wed Alpha Maria Ford, born November 30, 1893, daughter of John Wesley Ford. A daughter in the Yaneyhome was mar ried only last April 4. The third marriage license was issued this owning to William Schultz, farmer, born May 17, 1885, to wed Huidah Doehrman, born September 7. 1891. daughter of Henry Doehrman, of northeast of the city. thFcouFnews Judge D. E. Smith at Hunt-! ington Today Serving as Special Judge THE KALVER Os the Blind Tiger Charge Has Been Set For Tuesday, April 28. Shafer Peterson, of the firm of Peterson A- Moran, attys, went to Fort Wayne on the 2:30 car this afternoon, to file suit for Henry Koenemann against the Lake Erie & Western rail- 1 road, demand, 8400 tor tailure to turn-' ish cars as agreed. Mr. Koenomaan Is a shipper of stock, and had engaged stock cars for December 4, 1912. '<> be furnished at Yoder, from which I place he intended to ship a large num-' tier of hogs to Pittsburg. The cars I failed to arrive until December 14. and then only one cur was furnished II * was not until December 16 that an-1 other car came nnd the rest of the! hogs could be shipped. The delay caused a rhrlnkage In weight and consequent loss, he alleges. William Zwlck lias brought suit against Fred Droege to cancel a note. Dore B. Erwin la the attorney for ’ the plaintiff.—Ft. Wayne Journal Gageite. Judge D. E. Smith is In Huntington todav where be is serving as special Judge in a case nnd an a consequence court circles here were very quiet. The case of the State vs. Isadore Kalver. charged with conducting a blind tiger, han heen set for April 28. in the circuit court. This In the cane in which Kalver was bound over from the court of Justice Kfnl.'t where It ( wan adjudged that he wan probably guilty. ■ 0 ' FINE EXERCISES. The closing day exercises at the Monmouth schools were wry. successful yesterday. The pleasant social feature of the school was main talned and at noon one hundred twen- 1 ty five sat down to the tablet* which , were loaded with a feast of good things. The pugiln taught by J. E. Nelson and Mine Clara Bohnecht prepared a feast of reading*, music and other exercises and a very good program wan given by them In the after noon. The day was thoroughly enjoyed by all

I | RUBE MAKES USUAL HIT Rube Wilkin opened his country store at the Crystal last evening ns advertised and say he's some advertlser did you ever notice that. He says like P. T. Barnum that if he bud ten dollars and was going into business, he would spend a dollar for stock, the other nine for advertising, that* the secret of his success. But he has another. He is really un original 1 and funny man,a commedlan, not one of those made but one born to the part. He is quick of thought, clever i and can drive the blues away better than any one we know of in the tall grass belt. To add to his business lie is giving away a number of articles each evening and witli all it is an entertainment wortli seeing. He will be at the Crystal tonight and tomorrow. o Bruce Kiger, Bluffton Newspaper Man Claimed by Great White Plague WAS 29 YEARS OLD Funeral Services Will be Held Friday—The Widow Survives. Bruce Beck Kiger. 29 years of ago, died yesterday morning at the home of his father. W. L. Kiger, at Bluffton, after three years' illness with tuberculosis. Mr. Kiger was a life long resident of Bluffton and was educated in the Bluffton high school and at the I Ohio State university. He entered a newspaper career by taking employment with the Bluffton dailies and, from there went to Little Rock, Ark.. where he accepted a position with the I Little Rock Gazette. He had worked t himself up to a responsible position on the staff of that paper when he was forced to quit because ot failing health. I.ast summer he had made so much progress towards recovery that he accepted employment, first as the assistant gecretary of the Bluffton free | street fair and later, on the Detroit News In a reportorial capacity. He was forced to quit work eight weeks ago and came home last month very much feebled. He.had been sinking rapidly since he arrived in Bluffton. • His wife, formerly Miss Ethel Fetters.Ito whom he was married in 1999, sur- ■ vfves together with his parents. The funeral services will be held at the ' house at eleven o’clock on Friday morning in charge of Rev. W. T. Ar*, jnold. The interment will be in Elm Grove. THE VESEYS WIN In Preliminary Proceedings in Their Big Damage Suit Against Railroad RIVER OVERFLOWED From Negligent Obstruction They Alleged—Flooded Greenhouse. Indianapolis, Ind., April 18 -Liability for damage* from overflow water due to the negligent obstruction of n stream or the improper construction of a bridge even though the damage Is concurrent with unavoidable clrcumstances denominated legally as an "net of God" was sustained a* a legal proposition by Judge Anderson tn the United Rtatr* district court today. He J upheld thia principle In overruling a demurrer to the comptaint filed by W. J. and M. H. Veary against the recelv are of the Waba»h railroad. | The Veseys who operate a targe green house In Fort Wayne In prop 'erty adjoining the Rt. Mary’s river are {suing the Wabash receivers for 130.000 IJ They allege that because of faulty con st ruction of the Wsbash railroad ■ bridge across the 8t Mary's river, and near their property, and because of a (Cent'aura on t*Mte 4)

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WANTS A SALUTE —■ ■ f . Huerta Says He Will Salute I Flag If We Will Salute Him in Return — ' 1 ■ I 4 ! MANY OPINIONS r '• Os This Demand Are Exi pressed by Senators-Shive-ly Committee Chairman (United Press Service.) • Washington. D. C„ April 15 -(Special to Dally Democrat)—President Huerta Is willing to fire a salute to the American flag if the United States , agrees to return the salute. Senator Shively, acting chairman of the senate foreign relations committee admitted this afternoon that he had been officially advised that this was the answer to the American demand as transmitted today by O’Shaughnessy. The President said that so far as this government was concerned all of its precedents proved that where a salute was fired as acknowledgment of a wrong, such salute has been returned. "A return of the Huerta salute to our flag would make us ridiculous and is inconceivable." declared Senator Iztdge. "A salute to our flag by Mexico as an apology for the insult Inflicted upon us tiie other day would be symbolical. But the moment we return that salute it becomes merely an exchange of courtesies and is absolutely valueless as an apology.” Huerta's stipulation that our ships tugst return the salute Is merely a request that the usual forms be complh d with.” said Senator Shively. "That j does not however constitute a recog- ‘ nition of Huerta as the head of the ; government.” Senator Lewis also differed with Senator Shively. “If Huerta has demanded that his colors be saluted following a salute by Mexicans to ‘ the Atnerirew nog ttuu will be a recognition of Huerta as President of Mexico," Lewis said. The President. t It was stated, will send a message to congress or the foreign affairs committee of the house after the fleet arrives next week and provided that Huerta •does not give the demanded salute. -- -o ' - FUNDS FOR BART SCHRALUKA. Night Policeman George Smltley who has circulated a paper to raise •funds for Bart Schraiuka who lias been IB with typhoid fever for ten weeks last night turned over to the family 858.65. A similar paper is at the Smith. Yager £ Falk drug store and and person who feels disposed to aid in this worthy cause can subscribe there. The money Is used to pay the 'nurse and for other necessaries. I . ■ - -o —- MOVES TO DECATUR. Fra -k Gordon who Is employed by the Sugar company, was joined last night by Mrs. Gordon who camo from Detroit. Michigan, and they will make thia place their home. They have leased the Mrs. Rebeccs Steele Sprague residence corner Fifth and Marshal streets, which was vacated by the Chas. Battenberg family who have moved to the Bryson resldeßOO on sth street. o- ■ TO MEET FRIDAY EVENING. Attention is again called to the nw<” Ing of the Woman's City Improvement society Friday evening at 7:15 tn the mayor's court room, second floor of the city lull. Important tmslneisn in to be considered nnd every mcnil.er and Interested woman is urged to tn* present. FUNERAL TOMORROW. The funeral service* for Win. Me- • Connehey. who died yesterday morni Ing after a long Illness, will lie held I Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from ih« • Evangelical church. Rev. Rilling will <• offletate. Interment will be held In i Maple*<>od cemetery. YEOMAN MEET TONIGHT? t All Yeomen are requested to meet > nt the hall at 7:30 o'clock this evening, p Business of Importance. By order of n Correspondent. i. —— I The Lutheran Young Peoples so I clety will have its MsiMte mooting t this evening at 7:"0 o'clock nt tho «chool Iwuso. AU should attend. *