Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 133.

SPREADING THE GLADTIDINGS Decatur Merchants Started u in Six Autos on Advertising Trip FOR BIG JUNE SALE To be Held in This City Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of Next Week. Bright and early this morning, be fore ninny of you had breakfasted, n half doien automobiles sped out of Decatur to carry the news of Decatur’s big June ('o-eperative sale to be given next week, to outlying districts. They did not start out on a wild goose chase, but each auto driver knew in advance just what territory he was to cover and where eacu or the other cars would go. The specifications were drawn up by John T. Meyers and each driver was given explicit instructions as to the route he was to cover. In each car was the driver, a merchant or two and a boy to hurry into the houses with the big four page circulars which give a complete account of the special sale. The same circulars appear as an Insert of today's paper It contains the advertisements of thirty-nine Decatur stores and each has a message for you. Read every announcement and read it carefully. Jf they do not offer you special bargains they have them any way. Everyone of these stores are asking for your trade and will do their best to please you if you call at their store. This sale is being put on by the merchants and without any outside as sislance. There is no one lotting this sale over to foul you. It is a genuine reduction sale by the local merchants who want to please you and who will if you will give them the chance. When you write to your friends in the country or in nearby towns, tell them about this three day’s sale. You need have uo hesitancy for every thing will be Just as r*i>i evented You can depend on It. The merchants ask your help in making this first sab- a good one. If it is they will be able to have others and to improve by correcting any mistakes that mny be made. A little work together spirit won't hurt this community any. l-ets have it. THE COURT NEWS The evidence in the damage case of John J. Leikauf, The Leikauf PackI-- Company vs. The Consumers' Ice Company, of Fort Wayne, was con «.uued In the Adams circuit court this morning. The arguments were begun about noon today. It Is thought the case will go to the jury tomorrow morning. The case has been ou trial since 'Monday morning John Lime of Decatur. George Fravel of Wabash township, County Assessor George W. Genii.- president of the board; Treasurer W. J. Archbold; and Auditor T. H. llaltx.ll, secretary, comprising the board of review, have orranised and are going over the books of the township assessors, in a few days the dates for the hearing of com plaints of taxpayers in various town ihlps and corporations will I*' an huuuerd. The board of equalisation will be in session thirty days. A marriage license was tesned to Benjamin W. Teeple, farmer, bom March 31. 18M. son of W H Teeple. to wed Mary Christen# Bender, born July 4, ISM. daughter of Fred Bender The two damage cases of Cornelius Decker vs. The Fort Wayne Brick Company are wet for trial for October Ist and October IS respectively. WAS READV TO DIE. (United ITes* Service.) ~akland. Cal.. June s—(Spec* > t 0 Dally Democrat I J. <*- Allen, deputy United States consul at Monterey said today upon hla arrival In the city, that a Mexican moh surrounded the con subtle for four days when they received the flaws of the landing " Americans In Mexico Mrs. A"*’ l made me promise to atah her to < eat ' if the mob rushed in th’ I stood armed with t bnteher knifready to do It ** he raid.

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THE KANSAS WHEAT CROP. Postmasters Asked to Assist State To Secure Fifty Thousand Wokmen. Topeka, June s—Postmasters5 —Postmasters all over the United States are to lie asked to help send harvest hands to Kansas to handle the bumper wheat crop, i ills information was received here today by Z. G. Hopkins, in charge of the state free employment bureau. Some 65,000 postmasters will receive a bulletin this week from the federal bureau of labor, containing the information that Kansas will need from 4,1,000 to 50,000 harvest hands about June 15, if present conditions hold. The latest report from Oklahoma was that 12,000 men will be needed there. The postmasters will be instructed to give this wide publicity. MEET AT MUNCIE State Encampment of Span-ish-American War Veterans to be Held There JUNE 15th AND 16th Decatur Members of the 160th Are Planning to Attend the Meeting Quite a number of the members of the old 160th Indiana Regiment whicli saw service in the Spanish-American war ar- planning to attend the eleventh annual state encampment which ! is to be held at Muncie June 15th and 16th, under the auspices of the ParishMartin camp. No. 21. It is announced that it is to l>e the largest event of tile kind ever held in the middle west. There are to be banquets, dances, special theaters, a gu gu grandissinio, a big military parade. One of the main features will Is' the military order of the serpent or better known as the Snaix." A 9S foot snake the largest in captivity will be borne on the shoulders of the candidtes to tills order and over twenty-five Filippinos in native costume will be in line. It is to a great big beautiful show. TO BE GRADUATED Miss Helen Niblick Will Receive B. A. Degree at Ohio Wesleyan AT DELAWARE, OHIO Will be Graduated Wednesday, June 10—Family Goes Tomorrow. •———m. Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Niblick and Mrs. A. D. Suttles will leave tomorrow evening for Delaware, Ohio, where they will remain until Thursday of next week for the seventieth annual commencenient exorcises of the Ohio Wesleyan University. Their daughter and alt ,sr. Mlm Helen Niblick will be grad uated this year, with the B A degree. Th* commencement proper will be Wednesday. June 10. but the com mencement calendar for the wwk otherwise >« ** r F full \ great event attending the commencement this year, will be the pre wn < *of «»•* hlshop* rtf Me-fhodlwt d<.nomination, all m*" advanced In who will be present at this time at tlielr class reunion. Bishop McDowell will give the class addr<MM for the graduate": Bishop Hughes will preside at the alumni lain qUPt President Welch of the university, will deliver foe baccalaureate sermon. Sunday. Miss Helen la a graduate from the Decatur high school; and also hr.dw „ diploma front Ferry Hall. Uko For- , in which with the diploma and ij a degree from the Ohio Wesleyan. Is n very creditable showing for th* young _ .. Th* Miss** Marguerite and Dorothy Walters, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Walters, formerly of tht* Ctt* are also among the graduates.

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, June 5, 1914.

RE-ELECTGRIFFEY H. F. Griffey Elected Superintendent of Geneva Schools For Another Year. DECATUR LADIES Were Not Applicants This Year—The Staff Named —“Pole” Tax. Geneva, Ind.. June 4 John 11. Runyon has boon appointed by the town council to Luke t..e place of 1,. Mattax on the school board, as the term for which Mr. Mattax was appointed had expired. The board selected the following teachers for the next school term: Common grades— Misses Josephine Cross, Blanche Hut ton, Carrie Church, Florence Johnson, and Margery Reddout, and Q. H. Pot ter, all of Geneva. H. F. Griffey was elected superintendent. Miss Catheiv ine Wells of Bloomington lias accepted the position as assistant superin tendent. Two teachers from Decatur, the Misses Velina Daniels and Non Ahr. who will be married, were not applicants this year. Geneva, Ind., June 4. —The town council has passed an ordinance for a pole tax requiring the companies which have poles in the streets to number and mark them with the initials of the company. The tax has been put at fifty cents per pole. AND IT MIGHT BE Presence of Men of a Hun dred Million in Anthony Hotel Leads To A BIG PREDICTION Os Railway Possibilities That May Include the Decatur Line Under the headline "A Hundred Mil lions in the House Tonight” Henry M. Williams writes an interesting •’prediction” that includes the future of the Decatur interurban as follows: The above, tiie remark of the presi dent of one of Fort Wayne's prom inent national banks a few weeks ago at the end of a dinner party of twentybusiness men, as they were coming out of the dining room of the "Anthony Hotel,” and then added, "those two young men from New York you ser going out are worth a hundred mil lions." I had observed the large dinnei party, a few tables beyond mine among whom wCre J. Levering Jones with many of hl* traction people, am my remark to the banker, as they filed out of the dinning room wax "that means a sale of the traction company by the Phlldelphia owners to the Nev Yorkers." "No.” was the banker's rc ply. "not necessarily: they met here by chance, not by appointment.** What a lucky tiling that "chance” would turn out to be If those "rushing," "pushing." "pulling” New Yorkers should become the owners of <>u: "traction Interest*, In the place of tin mild, easy going, very gontlenienly Philiidelphlans. I make the prediction. If the Nev Yorkers do buy the control, that they will put In five million-, addltiona' money, that they will buy the "Decatw Interurban." twenty two miles, nnd extend it to Portland, twenty-seven mile* south, and that they will also buy the lines from Fort Wayne north to Ken dallville and Garrett, extending on* branch of that still further north'and the other branch east toward Toledo. But. nnd "best of all," I predict that they will extend the present splendid )y paying line from Lima. Ohio, to Fort Wayne, on farther to Columbia City and Chicago, which would Itself excel even the "Limn" line Itself In profitableness. Great things arc In store for Fort Wavne, If thv New Yorkers take hold. nnd it I* my pre

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diction that they will "buy in,” ami very soon too. and that Fort Wayne will then take on a now "boom," the like of which we have not experienced. o CAR OFF TRACKS. A car on freight train No. 163, west bound, left the tracks last evening near Peterson and caused passenger trains No. 4 and No. 5 to be detoured over the Erie from Kingsland. What caused the car to leave the track is unknown at the local depot and no information could be secured. LEW AS SPEAKER Mr. Ellingham Will Respond to Address of Welcome at Editorial Meet MID-SUMMER SESSION Will be Held at Evansville and Mt. Vernon—A Seven Hour Boat Trip Indianapolis, Ind., June s—(Special to Daily- Democrat) —Arrangement* have been completed for a most enjoyable outing for tiie Indiana Democratic Editorial Association at Evansville and Mt. Vernon, June 25 and 26. The editors nnd their guests will leave here by the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company at ten o'clock on tiie morning of tiie 25th for Greencastle., The business men at Greencastle I will serve luncheon for the party after which a special train will be taken over the Monon for Evansville. Tiie trip from French Lick will lie over he Southern road. The party probably will arrive at Evansville by seven o'clock. A banquet will be served by tiie Evansville Business Apn's Association lie night of the 25th. Lew Ellingham, secretary of state will respond to the iddreaa of welcome on behalf of the •ditors. Tiie latter are not making irrangements for more speech-making. On tiie morning of the 26th the aarty will take traction cars for Mt. Vernon arriving there at 10 o'clock. They will be entertained there until 11 o'clock when the party will board me of the largest excursion hosts on the Ohio river* for a seven hour ride back to Evansville. The steam boat -ide and dinner on tile boat will be provided by Charles A. Greathouse, date superintendent of public instructon. An entertainment and automobile ide will be provided by the members if the press and newspapers at Evansville on the night of the 26th. On the allowing afternoon the party will leave by a special train for Indianapolis. Many are arranging to stop at French Lick to speed Sunday. Governor Ralston. Senators Shively md Kern, most of th* state officials and candidates on the state ticket are irranging to attend the meeting which Is expected to be one of the most enjoyable the editors have held. Tt was arranged for an outing but naturally there will lie more or less politics liroughout the trip. DRIVER WAS JAMES A. BELL. Former Elkhart Editor Strike* Willi* Wilson. The automobile which struck Willis Wilson and badly injured him at touth Bend Monday evening, was Iriven by Junie* A. Bell, former editor if the Progressive Democrat at Elk hart, a former Elkhart city official. Hi* cur struck Wilson squnrely In the •ack a« he was turning toward tiie urb after alighting from u Mlsh; twaka car. He was thrown twenty feet in front of the car and run over. A 'light fracture of the skull mid Intern il Injuries were suffered. After strlkng him the car rushed at n fast nite if speed east toward the city limit* '•ast of town The auto was later found utefldcnnd by lt.i former occupant*, hanging over the edge of the bridge In a badly wrecked condition. Bell la confined to hla l>*d suffering from nervou- prostration. If Wilson dies, he will lie charged with manslaughter. Wilson is 22 years of age. and attended Del’auw university last year. He I* a brother-ln law of Lucile Hale Wil.on. daughter of Mr. nnd Mra. J. D. Hale, and redded with hla brother and family in Mishawaka while em ployed there the past few months.

NAME DELEGATES M. E, Woman’s Home Missionary Society Will be Represented AT THE CONVENTION At Monroeville June 16-17— New Officers for Year Also Elected. At ths meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist church at the homo of Mrs. 1). D. Heller yesterday, the delegates to the convention to be held in Monroeville June 16 and 17 were named. They are Mesdnmes J. M. Miller, J. C. Tritch, Henry Krick and W. J. Myers. The new officers for the year were also elected, as follows: President—Mrs. F. V. Mills. Vice President —Mrs. B. J. Rice. Secretary—Mrs. J. C. Tritch. Assistant Secretary—Mrs. Walter Kauffman. Treasurer—Mrs. J. ?/. Miller. Assistant Treasurer —Mrs. C. H. Colter. Mite Box Secretary—Mrs. T. W. Holsapple. Assistant Mite Box Secretary—Mrs. Will Butler. Mrs. B. J. Rice was the leader of the very excellent program rendered. A LIFE_ESTATE In Her Real And Personal Estate Is Given by Late Mrs. Mary Weaver TO HER HUSBAND At His Death It Is To Be Divided Between Children —Special Bequests. Upon the evidence of L. L. Baumgartner and John C. Moran, who witnessed the execution of the Instrument March 12, 1914, tiie will of the late Mrs. Mary Weaver was admitted to probate this morning in the Adams eircuit court. She makes the customary preliminary provisions regarding the payment of any debts or expenses of illness and burial, and then makes a number of special bequests. To her daughter. Sadie Cowley, she give her piano; to her daughter. Irene Steele. $100: to Vane Weaver, whom she raised from Infancy. SIOO and th* best lied of the household goods; to her husband, Cyrus J. Weaver she gives as much of the rest of tiie household goods as he desires. From what he does not wish, Mesdanies Cowley and Steele and Vane Weaver may select, nnd if there Is any left which none want, this is to be sold, the proceeds to go to the husband. Cyrus J. Weaver. Mr. Weaver la also given a life estate In her real estate, he to have the use and income thereof during life. At his death It is to go to the two daughter*. Mr*. Sadie Cowley and Mr*. Irene Steele, or If they are not living, to their children. The rest of her personal property. Including money on hand, money on deposit, or loaned out. nnd telephone stock, Is to be Mr. Weaver'* during life. H* I* to receive th* Interest and Incom* thereof, during lite. it through Illness or old nge It should lie necessary to use any of the principal thereof for hi* support. tills may be done through order of court, what Is left Is to go to the daughters at hla death. Mr. Weaver la named by her to act as executor. o CITY BAND NOTICE. The city hand will meet thia evening at eight o'clock at the hail. A* busIneaa of Importance will come up. It la desired ttiat every member l»> pre sent. By order of the committee.

DO YOU APPRECIATE IT? Uncle Sam's Mail Carriers Cover Some “Miles.” So accustomed are we to the luxury of having the mail delivered from one. twice to four times a day at our homes that ;ve do not stop to fully appreciate what It means. It means that each one of the Decatur carriers walk from 10 to 15 miles daily; from 60 to 90 miles weekly; or from 3120 to 46X0 miles a year. With this added, the actual labor ut carrying from 60 to 100 pounds of mall. The carriers drive from 20 to 30 miles a day; 120 to IXO miles a week; and from 6240 to 9360 miles a year. It is certainly going some. And then, too, tiie walks, roads and weather are not always "peaches and cream,” either. Better stop and appreciate Uncle Sam's work a little more. CARS DELIVERED Thousand New Freight Cars For the Clover Leaf— Extra Cabaooses ARE NOW NEEDED Force Is Working on Them —Rapid Progress is Being Made. An order placed by the Clover i with the Michigan City car works for! one thousand new freight cars, has, been filled by the company and all of = tiie cars have been delivered to the company at the general yards in this city and are now in use. With the new equipment on hand i consisting of the freight cars and a j number of locomotives, a number of, extra cabooses became a necessity and under the supervision of the coach department of the shops here, eight new tahooses have ix-en placed under construction and the work will lie completed within a few days. Work has been progressing rapidly, i although conditions have been unfavorable on account of a shortage in help and officials of the road are confident that a full working force will be hack on duly by tiie latter part of tiie present month.—Frankfort Times. BROUGHT ON GOT Miss Gertrude Smith of Near Monroe Brought Home From Detroit. ILL OF RHEUMATISM Had Been Working in Detroit—Earl Sowards Called by Mother’s Illness Miss Gertrude Smith, aged twentytwo. daughter of James Smith of two miles south of Monroe, was brought home from Detroit. Mich., till* morning on a cot. She i» suffering from a severe case of rheumatism. She arrived this morning on the G. R. <■ I. train and wa* met at the station her* by Meyer. Sherer A- Denver'* ambu lance which conveyed her to her home near Monroe. Earl Sowards, the garage man. was called to come to Fort W»yne at once thia morning, by a message that hl» mother of west ot Decatur, wan taken to the hospital there so lie operut*«d upon. When he left here today h<> knew none ot the particular* ot the case. John Bolinger, who was brought home Wrdni'sday evening from Bluff ton. sun ring from a severe case ot dintmtev. was somewhat belter today The condition of Ell f*rl»t la somewhat Improved today and reports from the home say that lie passed a fairly restful night, enjoying several hours of sleep. More hope Is now extended for his recovery. John Coffee Who ha<l his l“A le* (Cuntliueu uu ''■«« 3)

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NEW SITUATION IN MEDIATION In Order to Prevent Shipment of Arms, Custom Ports Must be Seized OPENS NEW THEORY Cincinnati Paper Stands Expenses for Detective in Winters Case, Annapolis, M<l., June s,—(Special to Dally Democrat.) —An important message from tiie A. B. C. mediators was received by President Wilson on his yacht, Mayflower, while enroute to the giaduatiug exercises here today. The message was probably a protest over the the amunition boat speeding to Tampico for the rebels. Its importance was indicated but the fact that Washington authorities thought it necessary to intercept the Mayflower. Tiie message may have contained urgent requests that tiie liner Antilla be stopped la fore it delivered amunition to tiie constitutionalist*. The mediators are believed to rega-il the ships arms as a violation of the mediation armistice ■ a Columbus, Ind.. June 5, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Dr. W. A. Winters who with two others are charged with conspiring to murder and burn the Ix'dy <rf Catherine Winters, today opened a new theory when he accidently met Ben Pyatt, who claims to be a detective. Pyatt told Winters that he could find his daughter in Cincinnati. Winters phoned a Cincinnati newspaper and the paper volunteered to furnish funds for Pyatts search. Cleveland, June 5, —(Special to the Dally Democrat.) —Four known dead, ■ many injured, heavy damage to crops and a demolishlied wire service are the results of the heaviest electrical storm northern Ohio has seen for years. With the storm, canoe wiud, rain and bail. James Assurvger of Attica was killed by a falling tree, Adam Green of New Washington was killed by lightning; Robert Laporte died from heart trouble when a heavy trash of thunder stunned him; a rural mail currier of New London was kili'-tl by lightning. Early reports that the town of Helena was destroyed by a tornado were discredited. Indianapolis. June s—(Special to the Daily Democrat,)—Joe Dawson, who has hovered near death since his accident on the speedway here Dtsoratiou Day. ha* five broken vertlbrae. Tills was announced today following an XItay examination. Hi* physicians state that he lias a good chance to live. Washington. June 5. —(Special to tiie Daily Democrat,) —War ammunition shipped to Mexico, loomed up today as a serious menace to mediation. Secretary Bryan tried to minimise the danger but it was said that President Wilson has already considered the subject. Bryan has been told that to stop the shipments he must setae the customs port. Tills would be an act ot war. Bryan refused to dear the muddle over the embargo order except to »syi "The order Issued last week that no arms be cleared to Mexico, still stands. - fl"- ■■■ MUST REBALLAST TRACK. (United Pres* Service.) Indianapolis, lud., June 5. (Special to Doily Demcx-rat) The public service commission late this afternoon ordered that the C. B. A C. must reballast tt* road, lay more ties, nnd strengthen bridge* within the next M days. In the meantime freight train* must not b<< heavily load<-d and no passenger trains be allowed to run. Only motor car* may be used for passenger traffic and these must not exceed a speed of 4 miles per hour The commissions order was made In response to a petition of Huntington ettI laens to suspend operations until tiie toad was made wife. e Mra. Roy Miller wno bad nn operation yesterday for the removal of her |tonsil*, Ln grttlnc atone nicely