Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 100, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1914 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT as—— —ssrz wk: —~~.-ar • Publishes Bvsry Evening Eacept ■unday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER ■ubacriptlon Rates Par Week, by carrier... 16 centa Par Tear, by carrier 1600 Per Month, by ma 11........... .26 cents Per Tear, by ma 11..... P-W Slagle Copies * cBDtB Advertising rates made known on ■•plication. Entered at the postofflce tn Decatur, Indiana, as second clast matter.

Some one has let out the peace dove and it looks as though the threatened was with Mexico miglit be advertised. While we rather doubt the possibility of any reasonable settlement with Huerta, it is worth the trial. The people | want peace if the cost is not too high., Dick Miller spoke at the Method!..! j church Sunday afternoon and spoke | the plain and unvarnished truth when j he said that this country’s best asset Is her private cittoenship. He is right j of course and he emphasised the.' truths in an interesting way.

Next week is CLEAN VP time in Decatur. Every laxly is going t<| be busy doing it. We are going to make the old town shine in away that will attract attention from every one and from every where. Don't stand oa your own foot. Get ready now to help and you will be surprised at the enthusiasm you will have before the end of the week. Lets don’t let a corner get away. Then lets keep the city clean. Irrespective of puny affiliations, retnembering only that the president is striving nobly to preserve the honor of the nation witiiout unnecessary sacrifice of life and money such as war entails, the people are with President Wilson and his entire administration. They have absolute confidence that the big problems will be worked out satisfactorily and to our everlasting credit. —Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. Banker Henry Clews. In his weekly review of the financial situation, makes the following commentary on conditions in Mexico: The long-dreaded clash with Mexico has come. What the end will be is at present beyond human foresight. A costly war may result. but there is still hope that it may be averted. The effect of such a calamity upon domestic business should not be particularly serious. Temporarily it will act as a stimulant upon certain industries. Its effect in local finan-

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« dal circles has already been largely discounted. Ultimately it means I the opening of a vast and rich . territory, especially in the north I of Mexico, to American and foreign enterprise Nevertheless a prolonged period of disorder and idleness will be apt to effect investments in Mexican railroads, i mines, oil wells, etc., unfavorably. — - - ... g i DOINGS IN SOCIETY I s’ r - CLUB CALENDAR. Wednesday. St. Vincent de Paul—Mrs. D. D. Clark.

Thursday. Evangelical Ladies' aid Mrs. J. A. Smith. Baptist Aid.—Mrs. Harvey Shroli. Euterpean —Mrs. J. W. Tyndall. Friday. Do Your Best Club—Miss Bertha Drummond. G. W. C. —Mrs. Herman Gillig. Lutheran Aid —Parochial school room. Mr. and Mrs. H. 8. Lachot and Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hower motored to Bluffton Sunday, where they had din ner and then went to Fort Wayne where they visited at the J. F. Lachot and William Doehrman homes. The St. Vincent de Paul society will meet Wednesday afternoon with .Mrs D. D. Clark.

Miss Mary Ernst will arrive today from Ottoville, Ohio, to be the guest of Miss Anna Clark this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Miller and child ren of Preble, accompanied by the Misses Stella and Olive Perkins of this city, were entertained Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Johnson at their home south of the city. .Twenty attended the Christian Lad tea' Aid society meeting at the home of Mrs. A. M. Fisher Friday afternoon, when business plans were discussed and a social hour spent. Refreshments were served. The G. W. C. club girls will be eat•ertaiued Friday evening by Mrs. Her man Gillig. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schilling enter tained the following guests Sunday; Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Zerkle and child ren Justine and Wayne; Misses Frances. Ruth and Esther Zerkle and the Messrs. Ed Kelly. Frank Kitson and Frank Drake. The afternoon was spent in boat riding and social talks. The last meeting of the April section of the Evangelical Ladies' Aid society will be held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock with Mrs. J. A. Smith. All members are urged to attend. The Misses Flora Fledderjohann and Eulu McKinney were guests Sunda? of Mr. aud Mrs Franklin Andrews near Peterson. The Misses Ella Myers and Rose Voglewede have birthday anniversaries in the same week, and they were celebrated jointly Sunday at the home

->f Miss Myers' mother, Mrs. Mary Myers south of the city. A fine dinner and a good general social time, with a flower hunting expedition, were much enjoyed Guests were Mr. and Mrs Fred Scliaub. Miss Elisabeth Yoglewede, Miss Mary Margaret Voglewede, Miss Bertha Voglewede, Miss Rose Voglewede. Miss Bertha Drummond will entertain the Do Your Best Class of the United Brethren Sunday school Friday evening. Rev. and Mrs. Stephenson entertain'd at dinner Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Dick Miller and Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Heller. It was a most delight,'ul occasion for all, and particularly <o to Rev. Stephenson and Mr. Miller who were roommates at Indiana University. many years ago. Os course they had many things to talk about. The Baptist Ladies' Aid society will neet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Harvey Shroli.

Philip Schleferstein and family. Mr. tnd Mrs. Henry Magley of Monmouth ind Mr. and Mrs. C. D. I-ewton and daughter, Eloise, were guests of Mr. ind Mrs. F. A. Peoples at dinner SunMr. and Mrs. Nix and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Miller and two children of Huntngton, motored here Sunday in Miler's new car and were guests of Mrs. Verena Miller and family and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Nichols and family. They -eturned to Huntington today. Dr. R. B. McKeeman and family of Fort Wayne were guests over Sundav of the C. E. Hocker family. In the aft--moon they motored to Monroe where hey visited with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kruck. Miss Fri-da Ehlerding of this city and Messrs. Charles Bowers and Charles Bore were guests at the Fred Ehlerding home near Preble Sunday. The oc- . asion was the forty-second birth anniversary of Mrs. Ehlerding and the day was delightfully spent. After the fine dinner at ooori. SB automobile ride was taken. Mrs. Ehlerding received a number of pretty gifts.

Battle Ships Have Arrived ——•—a (CONTINUKB FROM PAGH ONE) Hunt and others in Mexico City together with the release of Americans held in other cities. A wireless dispatch from San Diego said that the Cheyenne was due tonight with 81 refugee*. Washington. April 27—(Special to Daily Democrat!—Admiral Mayo reported to the navy department today that two of the big oil well* 50 mile* north of Tampico were in danger of fire. The federal* had so tampered with them that the oil is spreading over a large area. The admiral report > d that if it caught fire there was no chance ot extinguishing it. Washington. AprU 27—(Special to Daily Democ rat I -President Wilson declined to receive newspaper correspondents and also cancelled his en gagements with them tor next Thur* day. it U stated that any information desired to be made public will be given to the newspaper* in the form cf official statements. The President held a conference with Bryan and it I* un cierstood that the mediation question was canvassed but nothing was made public.

Fort Wayne & Springfield Ry. Company. TIME TABLE. Nortnoound. Car* leave B»catur at 1:60, 1:30, 11:38, 2:30. 6:45. 8:30: arrive at Ft. Wayne at 6:53, 8:40. 12:40. 3:40. 6:55 and 10:40. Bouthbound. Lav* Fort Wayne at T:00. 10:00, 1:00. 4:00; 7:30, 11 00; arrive in Deretur at 8:10; 11:10; 1:18; 1:18; 1:40; 12:10. Connection* ar* made at Fort Wayne with th* Ft Wayne a North era Indiana Traction Co.. Th* Toledo * Chicago Interurban Railway Company. Th* Ohio Electric, and Indiana Union Traction Company; also with th* FennayivaaU, Wabaah, Nickle Plat*. L B. a M B. CHa B, and O. R. a !• railroad*. Freight Bervlee. Freight **rvrc* consleta of oa* trala each way dally; leaving Deca tur at 8:00 a. tn., and returning, Icav lag Fort Wayne at 12:00 m. Thia •nable* *hlpp*ra to talephon* order* and racetv* ehlpmonte prompt'r. w. H. FLEDDERJOHANN, General Manager, . , Qecrtur.lwa HIJC!. teefeuedv Ao. •«!ruw .hOl« .M M«h, OevMw Iw*,. hrh. rt*** —— V X. A B. OcnMwM to an <>toimem si reel |thMghd ten* Mcmn. Co Um a B. OmMnosl Ca„ gif M.ian wm* j Oeesha. bMMrn.

MUST END STRIKE Conditions Existing in Colo-I rado More Vital Than Mexico SAY MINE WORKERS Direct Demand Has Been Made of J. D. Rockefeller to End Strike. (United press service.) Indianapolis, ind., April 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Frank J. Hayes, vice-president of the I nited Mine Workers of America today announced that on May 4 a meeting of the executive board will be called here to decide whether a general strike will be called of the 500,090 miners over the country as a protest against conditions existing in Colorado. "The Colorado situation is more vital than that at Mexico.” said Hayes, "it is one of human rights, not property rights. There is a strong possibility of a general strike."

New York, N. Y.. April 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Chairman Foster of the house committee on mines and John D. Rockerfeller. Jr., held a con ference today which lasted until I o'clock. It is understood that Foster made it clear to Rockfeller that unless the interests controlling the mines in Colorado now involved in a serious war with strikers, take some steps to prevent more bloodshed, that federal troops would be placed in the district. Nothing was accomplished in the efforts to bring about a friendly settlement however, Foster stated. Washington. April 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A direct demand has been made on John 1). Rockefeller by President Wilson to take steps immediately to end Colorado civil war it was learned today. Rockfeller as the biggest financial factor in the Colorado Fuel 4c Iron (’*. practically controls every mine whose employees are now on a strike. His ““n John D. Jr., ’old the congressional Investigating committee that no further concessions would be made to the strikers. He said that he reflected his father's veiws. Representative Foster of Illinois was in conference with Rockefeller at New York. It is understood that Foster was directed by the President to demand that Rockefeller intends to take steps to end the war. If they do so federal troops will not be sent to the strike grounds. If no agreement is made however, a regiment will be detailed to preserve order and peace.

Canon City. Colo , April 27—(Special to Daily Democrat! —250 militia commanded by Brigadier General Chase left here today to give Imttie to about m)0 strikers at the Chandler mine ot the Victor-American Fuel CO, which they captured Sunday afternoon. The hills along the route are alive with '•trikenc who have cut all telephone •.nd telegraph wires. The country is rugged and it is expected that the train will run a gauntlet of bullets. Report* from the batte of Saturday and Sunday and which ended In the capture u< the mine shows that the list of fatalities wa* greatly exaggerated. William King a mine guard, is the on ly one known deed. - - v 1 — 4* * * NOTICE TO CITIZENS. * The Woman * Civic Improve o * ment society wishes to announce * » that during th* "Clean Up" week * * In this city from May 4th to 9th. 0 a that no garbhh or parisiiable mat- « * ter will be hauled away from the * * homes. The a*he*, tin can*, etc., * « which the property owner* desire * * to be taken away must be free * a from alt such refuan The city will « * not haul any esliea or the like a a from the residence unless they a a are put into a pile and sot in the a a alley, it the above rule* are fol- * a lowed out by every cltlxen their a a lots and alley* will be cleaned by a a the city without sny expense. Get a a the spirit and help beautify the a a city. a eeaaaaaaeaataa - I" !■■-— ■— 'O WIDOW GRANTED PENSION. Word has br**n received that th* applicalion of Alice Grandslaff. widow of the late Civil War veteran L. N. Grandslaff. wa* allowed April 25. tor twelve dollar* a month. The allow. ■Boa was mad* just thirty day* after the snpllcatlon was received at Washington. Robert Llsi khuru served a* pension agent. WANTED I'D RENT a sovou room I house south of Adam* st. It you have a. b a ho*M lor rent iutorm H J. I Thompson. *< Clover Leaf. 89t3

FOR AND AGAINST THE BEARD ’ Controversy Is an Old One and Has Boon Waged With Considerable Bitterness. We need not go back so far as the eighteenth century to find Englishmen who held that shaving was "agen God an nature.” In the nineteenth, James Ward, R. A., in a "Defense of the Beard,” set forth eighteen reasons for retaining it, mainly Scriptural, re-en-forced by artistic considerations. "What would a Jupiter be without a beard?" As late as 1860 Thelogos published a treatise entitled “Shaving —A Breach of the Sabbath and a Hindrance to the Spread of the Gospel.' One of h»s points was that "Providence had manifestly designed the beard as a protection for the throat and chest.” But what about the woman's throat? Nowhere was there more prejudice centuries ago against beards than at the inns of courL The “black books' of the inns tell us how offenders were fined for wearing beards, and sometimes were compulsorily shaved by order of court. And the prejudice against the bearded barrister stjil lingers. Vice Chancellor Bacon carried his dislike to bearded or mustached barristers so far that he always refused to bear them. Even now there are very few leading counsel with beards, and I can remember only one unsbaved bar rister of great eminence, the late Judah Philip Benjamin, Q. C.—silver tongued Benjamin, who wore a mustache and a goatee.—London Chron icle.

TOLSTOY A MAN OF WONDER Marvelous Contradictions In the Make up of Russia's Great Thinker and Writer. Tolstoy's biography Illustrates better than any other the distracting oasitrasts of the typical Russian nobleman and intellectual. He saw from the inside every soldier's camp and in the courts of royalty. In the drawing rooms of fashion and tn the haunts of Bohemia. He lived the savage life in the Caucasus, and the patriarchal life at Yasnaya Polyana. A man of uncontrolable passions, he committed every sin that it was fashionable for a man of his caste to commit. He gambled away his ancestral home, be joined the revels of his fellow officers and wasted hie substance in the company of gypsy girls Tet from an early age he aspired to sane, tity. Although professionally a soldier. he early became an apostle of peace. A literary lion in the circle* of Moscow, be became th* exponent of the simple life. An aristocrat to his finger tips, he preached the go* pel of democracy. A big land owner, he ended by being an advocate of the ideas of Henry George. A Christian ascetic and a woman hater, yet his wife bore him sixteen children—London Everyman. Facta About Deafnesa. According to a French statistician, males are more subject to aural di seasea than females, and cut of every seven middle-aged persons there are two who do not hear so well with one ear as with the other. In every thou sand children under fifteen years of age. 4 per cent show symptoms of ear disease, and 6 per cent, a marked defi clency in hearing power. The liability to disease increases from birth to the age of forty, and then begins gradu ally to decrease as old age advances Out of the total number of cases subjected to surgical treatment in France in one year it is estimated that about 57 per cent, were cured and 30 per cent permanently Improved.

Independence of Solitude. What 1 must do. is all that eon corn* me. not wbat the people think Thia role, equally arduous in aetuel and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between great ness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what la your duty better than you know it. It to easy in the world to Hva after the world* opinion; it la eaay In eofftude to live after our own; but the great man 1* he who tn the midst of th* crowd keep* with perfect eweetnees the Independence of solltud*.—Emr son Uncle Hawhaa’a Ftoll*ao*hy, Never quar'l wid a deacon D* geo leman has got deae enough piety tc put up de meanest kind of a Bght. Don't mott'ti bout bo* habd yo' ha* to work. Is» iuu'-*s kain t all be member* o' < ongraaa and git paid far loann' , If yo' want* to git cured o' dyepepey go Into de minletry. A nigger preach er klu eat twice as much a* a com mon man wldout a equalm •' con •clence. a puhsldin' c-ldah three tlmec as much: aa evanlst sou tI*MM, at de very least: and de Lewd b*'p a* when de bishop beave* la eight'—Kan »aa City Star. “Bob” and “Cob.” Moet people would know what was meant by the term • bob ' speaking of money. But would they Ims abl- to nay offhand what a "cob" I*, or was. In almliar conneetfoa* K was need In polite circle* in the seventeenth century, for It occur* In a letter from the earl of Esaes Ro my wife gave her a cob. for which abn seemed very thankful''—printed oa the new vohime of the "Camden" series, the editor of which give* the InfnrmaUon that the cob was “a pleo* of mono;’, the ratue of which varied from four shlUlaga to a* much aa >tx shlUlaga ia 1675. '— 4

WAR EVERY THREE YEARS. In spite of the progress of civilisations good man remains a fighting *r senaL Peace societies will think they are making progress toward taming his instincts until they are confronWd by another war. Here is « partial list of the wars of the northern hemisphere In the last sixty years, exclusive of the minor revolts in northern South America, In Central America and the West Indies, and in Africa: Crimean war, 1854-6. Sepoy mutiny. 1857. Italy and France against Austria. 1859. Civil war in America. 1860-5. Mexico invaded by Austria and allies 1861-7. Prussia and Austria against Denmark, 1864. Seven weeks' war. AtUro-Prussian 1866. Franco-Prussian, 1870. Russo-Turkish, 1877-8. Servo-Bulgarian. 1885. Japanese-Chinese. 1894-6. Greco-Turkish, 1897. Spanish-American, 1898. Flllipino-American. 1899. China against the allies, 1900. Boer war. 1899-1902. Russo-Japanese. 1904. Balkan states against Turkey, 1912. Balkan states against Bulgaria. 1913. Mexican war. 1914. NOTICE TO BIDDERS. Notice is hereby given the remodeling committee of the Union chapel In Root township will receive sealed bids for the repainting of the church on Saturday April 25th at 7:30 o clock according to the plans and specifications now on file at the office of Graham and Walters. The committee reserves the right to reject an) / 94t4 COMMITTEE.

REPAIR WORK. When you want your shoes repaired bring them to Peter Coater at the El *ey k Hackman shoe store, east of the court house. 78t12 WRITE STORICB FUR MOVING PICTURE PLAYS. New. Spare Time Profe*»ion for Men and Women —One Man Make* 83.500 in Six Month*. Owing to the laige number of new motion picture theater* which are being opened throughout the country, there to offered to the men and women of today, a new profession, namely, that of writing moving picture p lay*. Producers are paying from 825 to 8150 tor each scenario accepted, upon which they can build a photo play. 83.500 in Six Months. A* it only requires a few hour*' time to construct a complete play, you can readily see the immense possibilities in this work. One man. who gave the idea a tryout, write* that he earned 83.500 in six month*. It to possible for an intelligent person to meet with equal success.

One feature of the business which should appeal to everyone, is that the work may be done at home in spare time. No literary ability to required and women have aa great an opportunity aa men. Idea* for plots are constantly turning up, and may be put in scenario form and sold for a good price. Particular* Sent Free. Complete particular* ot this most interesting and proOtabl* profession may be had FREE OF CHARGE by sending a post card »o PHOTO PLAY ASSOCIATION, Bom IS *. Wilkeabarre, Pa. —o ~ '■ LOST Searchlight hsett“cycle g»« tank. Probably In Decatur or between city and J. A. Cline home Finder notify Harold Cline, phone It 11. 82t3 FOR RENT—Modern flat over .Mutetiler Meat Market: also two furnish. <-d room* on First street. See James Bain st Schmidt meat market. ts FOR SALE—AII kind* of early vegetable plant* right fre*h trom the hotbed*. Phone 286 Cor. Fourth « Mar shall streets. 81H2 FOR SALE— The Farmers’ Nursery Company, will have mmi pr ß< h tree* for Ml* at lielf price, HU- each. Tueaday and Wednesday of this week at the Schilchmaa Feed horn Also a few rear* prlvit. j (>)l n ( onrad. 9»t:i

MEN our llhiatraled raialocue explain* how we l«a<h the barber tr*4e In a tew week*. nmll.-d free. Write. Holer < <4k»e Indian* pah. . CROUP RELIEVED IN ' fifteen minutes *'"l- teter*e> 4 VICKS SALVE mteulM ’h. bteJkiV*, rtfteen minute* th. »<>„. ®»*«teb<r*, B, c.

are you a mother? Without the help of the mbthers of Decatur we can do little to benefit the children. We ask every mother who read* thia to lend a hriping hand for her children'* take. We a*k you to open an account with the First National Bank for each on* of your tittle one*—yes, and your larger boy* and girl*, it isn’t the amount you can uve for them that count*. It'* the start—lt'* the doing it now. Bring in tomorrow anyhow $1 for eacn of your children and open a National Saving* Account for them. In building up a bank account you are doing far more than saving money for them--you are building with it their character, laying the foundation* of their future walfare and success in life. May we *ee you ut the First National Bank tomorrow? We are epen from 8:30 to 3:30. FIRST NATIONAL BANK A Safe Place for Savinge Decatur, Indiana.

<<0»3rA»o»«? *4 THE BRIDE. THE GROOM AND THE CAKE. are always the center of attraction at a wedding, and when the cake i* supplied by Martin's it has an added interest. We make cakes of all kind*, and are acknowledged by all to make tn* best m appearance, in taste and flavor. Martin’s bread for sale at S. E HU grocery, Mrs. Anna McConnell'* North End grocery and at T. A. Hen*. rick's restaurant. Jacob Martin Dr. C. V. Connell VETERINARIAN Phone feX W OXWELD ACETYLINE CO Manufacturers Pilot Gas Plants for the Farm J. I THOMPSON Representing 214 Columbia st Fort Wayne, Ind. The Vaco Cleaner The VACO is built of indeatructi ble material (malleable Iron and Steel and i* guaranteed for 20 year*. It ha* ths gr. atest suction and th* most powerful blowing device of W cleaner made. Easy to clean Easy to work Easy to move about It I* equipped with three dlffaf*"* kind* of cieaaln* loots, an üb»r»* Hon glans stid a lung hose. Why tear your rugs and carpu is from the fleet and pound th<«’ !o pieces when you can buy Os t*"’ * Vacuum Cleaner from u* 6M* * ' clean tnem cisansr on tn* 6w r half th* time end with on* tenth wear and tear? Th* proper. eamUry and healthy way la th* Vacuum method- b««*t ing—no duet—no 111 temper RENTAL RATES 2Sc per hour; 81.00 for on* •’*” Say: 61 AO f*r whole day. Call *ph«n« u* for particular*. JOHN SPUHLER