Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 146, Decatur, Adams County, 20 June 1914 — Page 2

DA IL Y DEMOCRAT Pufe'vt-Wd Bvpry Evsnlrg Except Sunday Sy Tit MCtfVt lEMOttAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLIKGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Ratos. Per w«*k. by carrier........ 10 coots Por Year. by carrier Ib.OO Po>- Po&tb. by mail 26 coots Per Year, by mail *2.60 Single C0pie5....... 2 coots Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflee in Decatur. Indiana, as second class matter. Colonel Roosevelt gave out a short interview In London yesterday but long enough to state that he would not be a candidate for governor of New York. Some alarm is felt as to his health. Indiana democrats are well organised and will be well prepared for the campaign. State Chairman Korbly Is watching every turn and angle In the three cornered political fight and wi’l make a good report nest November. The crisis in the work of the board of mediation now In tes-loa at Niagara Falls Is expected today. It looks as though the plan which a few days ago I' ended pc. A " one A what he could a war \ -

• It la a worthy t*W» «kS£ » V*' ;.<rW act <>n the |>art of the proprietor*. The funds will be used as a part of the play ground and for beautifying Dea1 J f State treasurer W. H. Volin* was selected by the state committee to serve as district chairman in the second district, succeeding Or. J. H. Archer who died in Washington recently. Mr. Volmer Is one of the beat politicians lu the state and will show hie ability by the best organization ills district ever had. Form this distant e the selection seems to have been a wise one. That there is as much sin to the square tool in the village as in the worst slums of the great cities was a declaration ni.ide by Ft R Von Klein Smid at the BWtteg yesterday after noon of the secondary department of the Indiana State Sunday School Association, which is in session here. Mr. VonKletnSmid is secretary of Amer lean Association of Clinical Criminoio gy and associate superintendent of clinical research., at the Indiana Reformatory at Jeffersonville. The cause of the sin the speaker laid to the aanm source in both village and eity—the laik of sufficient opportunity for meeting the play Instinct tn the growing youth.—lndianapolis Star. The Pennsylvania shops at Fort Wayne are again running full time, the B. « O. liave their full crew agai t. but If you wish to find any acount at M Imperial $3 Hat* The lest expression of the Latest Ideas •MPERIAL STRAW HATS $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 & $3.00 PANAMAS and BANKOKS $5.00 mtrwj r? — THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY

these facts in the republican pres-* ■' the country you will have to search the * I nonpareil column on the financial page i A few mouths av -■hen tlw men »''• ( given a vacation however the , greatly exaggerated weiu played up i on tho first pages. Its a wonderful * country In which we live, when utter 1 all the effort mode by the poll’lclacs and press, the condittous continue to ( Improve. If the people will glvs the | new laws an opportunity they will ye < ulise the great benefits and will enter upon the most prosperous era ever known In this or any other nation. ! DOINGS IN SOCIETY j i -•- -*■ ■ WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Friday. Christian Ladies' Aid—Mrs. Noah Mangold. Miss Hora Hrddvrjohaan will go to Angola tomorrow to visit over the week-end with Miss Ruth Gay a stu dent lr> the Tri state normal. The Presbyterian Ladles' social at I the home of Mrs. A. M. Anker yester day afternoon was a derided success. Besides the routine bnstnw s very I pleasurable social hour was given over to the rendition of a musical program 1 and the serving of refreshmenu. Mrs. 1 Dr. Musser of LaGrange, who is a > guest at the C. J. Luts name sang . Miss .Marie Patterson, sang; Miss Ver t cnica Anker gave a piano solo and the Misses Helen t.ugan and Helen . lienson A piano duet; Mr • ' Lutz a a"' ' c/k 4 ■BBMIL '-‘ki

tupper was spread on LSS L« • ar« I the guests lingered for the evening The affair was given In compliment tc the Lutz guest, Mrs. Dr. Musser ot LaGrange; and Miss Naomi Dugan guest. Miss Frances ITopty of Wash ington. D. C. Others besides the T' Kappas were Miss Ruth Gleiser o; Watseka. 111.; Irene Smith and Grete! Shoemaker. Word has been received here that Paul L. Pontius, son of E C. Pontius of this place, and himself a former res ident here, was united in marriage to Miss Mina Rearing of Toledo. Ohio Paul's many Geneva friends wish bin: a long and prosperous married life.— Geneva Herald. Mr. and Mrs A. C. Warner. Mr. and Mm. Frank Warner. Gerry Warner and daughter, Ethel, motored her« from Hicksville to visit yesterday with relatives, being guests al the C D. Kunkel home. A spinning trip by automobile t< the A. J. Smith farm north of town brought the Thimble club ladles and their bushands and guests to a de lightful place last evening for a picnic party. The party was given by Mm W. P. Schrock. Mrs. Wesley Hoff mat and -Miss Bess Schrock, and guesti- | other than the clnb. were Mm. E. B Newton. Detroit, Michigan; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Heller. Supper eaten In th< enol, clear out of doors was never s< appetizing and delicious. Then cami fires were built, marshmallows toast ed. stories were told and jollity reign ed supreme. o -i nDO YOU WANT TO HELP? A novel way in assisting the Civic Improvement society to raise funds for a play-ground in thts city, and one tn which every family in Decatur and the county can help, Is being offered by the Fullenkamp grocery tomorrow A strict account of all cash sales mad* In groceries will be kept by ihe firm and after the day's business is closed a liberal per cent of these sales wilt be turned over to the society to be placed In the play ground fund. Thir plan will tnable every family In the city to assist In raising the necessary fund and at the same time will be re reiving full value in merchandise so; every cent expended. If you are at an in favor of a public play-ground, but feel that your are unable to give n cash donation, here Is the fiance for vou to gtve your assistance. WAS PROBABLY MURDERED. Body of Chauncey Courtney Brought Home From Kansas. The Willshire Herald says: “(’bind Buchanan wont to Kansas City last Thursday and returned Tuesday evening with the body of Chanch Courtney of Wree. In our Hsue of hue week we gave the particulars nf the finding of a body June 9, on the out skirts of that city, which from le>fe»w found near th* remains, the police determined the Identify of th* deceewd. —— _ , — -. ■"ivisaiims .

"Mr. Buchanan was thorough lu his work; visited the spot where his body was found, a sand knoll studed with ec-nk trees and mgerbrueh, and also taiilj '»<>• the pence that the body »u» > -e ftesu downward, arms at side, Pai • r.dvr face, pnehet tuned < utwatu, "hoes, motley ana watch golly. "After the body was exhumed Mr. Buchanan found that It was clothed in a brown suit and overalls, and the Hekon watch chain Including a Maccabse emblem "Chanel* Courtney, Wren, Ohio. Mi.” wa* still attached to the clothing. Everything points U> murder, is the opinion of the Kansas city police. "Deceased wss 20 poors old last September and was the son of Mr and Mrs. W. M. Courtaay of near Wren The body was interred at Wren yesterday afternoon." GUT Sys MONTHS Youtze Who Stole Bicvc From Jim Potts Found Guilty by Mayor AND SENT TO JAIL Sentence Will Keep Him Housed Up Until January—Also Fined $25. John Tootie, 24, whose parents live •t Van Wert was this afternoon found tiilfy otapetit larceny and sentenced o jail A six months, fired IJJ.EO and for one year. Youtr ■ -I:-.- ',.r .1A- A I Al A*

veal . ..» _ t?*?? 'S* “•Sr WEaak XTracysT', • ■“ *sr ss®s|vMsto »;.cvi, Cc . brought h > ■ Tu- -day leid last night before Mayo Christen foutxe was charged with grand lar eny but the value of the wheel acording to the testimony was not more han twenty-five dotlars. Potts was orry he had filed the affidavit and vould have preferred not to have testified Youtze said he had been drinkim md did not realise he had stolen the '(cycle until he was on the other sid> >f Fort Wayne. He was brought up his afternoon and the mayor passed enti ties upon him. With the fine and outs thia will keep the young man n jail until the middle of January. 10 TEST SCALES Oecatur Postoffice Scales Will be Tested in the Near Future. i! i • — TESTING WEIGHTS Received at Bluffton for Testing in Fifty-one Cities of District. The Bluffton poetoffiee has been ommissloned by the poet office depart nent to act as a central office for the esting of all the postal scales used n fifty-one different offices in this section of the state. A fine new set ot tasting weights were received this seek and forwarded to Vera Crux to te used in testing the scales there riiey will be forwarded from Vera ’rug to CratgviHe and then on until he entire fifty-one offices have been ested. The offices will all epot to :he Bluffton office and th* weghtr will be returned there after visiting ’he fifty one offices. The Bluffton office will send them tiack to Washington Decatur. Huntington and Wabash are tmong the offices to be tested under the snpervfsfoti of the Bluffton office.— <ays the Bluffton News. The weights are expected here at any time by Postmaster J. W. Bosse. THE COURT NEWS. Real estate transfers; Mahals A. McKinney es al to George E. Steele, lot AW , Decatur. >I2OO, I Ms Another quiet title ease was filed In 1 the circuit court by Attorney C. L. Walters The case is entitled Josiah 1 L t’hrortHter vs. Jacob Counterman ' et al. ' K. OF P. MEMORIAL DAY. The. Knights of Pyfhlna will hold 1 'heir annual memorial day services * hmtt Ru.iday Arnngemems have been ' made for antoniobflc» to convey all ' who wish togttead 'c.jm the Pythian home tn Cdpe enmeterv

*sseom ws* w asawsmsunUsaaw -* - MmMss*Me*MHMSMsMasw<BsanwsMnMinß<awss ON HIS VACATION Rev, H. Wehmeyer, Pastor of Zion’s Lutheran Church Leaves Today FOR THREE WEEKS Students Will Fili Pulpits Two Sundays During His Absence. Rev. H. Wehmeyer, pastor and teacher of the Zita's Lutheran congregation and •< hool on West Monroe street, who closed the school term yesterday, with his family left this afternoon for a three weeks' vacation. They go first to Fort Wsyne for a week's visit with Mrs. Wehmeyer s relatives. From there they will go to New Bremen. Ohio, to visit with Mr. Wehmeyer's relative* and they may also Include other cities in their visit. On next Sunday there will be no "A" aching here. - many will attend the diamond jubilee celebration of Concordia college in Fort Wayne. Six speakers, including General Synod i President Rev? Pfotenhauer of Cliicag6, wiß be on tho program. At noon, the Concordia cadets will give a full uniform dress parade and drill on the ampus. At one o'clock, the regular rervicee will be held. Rev. Wehmeyer snd other from here will attend. On Sunday tnommg. June 28. Otto 1 Ltnnemeier. of Preble, a student will 1 preach at the Decatur church The 1 following Sunday. July 5 Louis Dornrrif. a student, -on of the Rev I. W 1 IfvtAif <f Root township, will fill'.iJHpit. .—a

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Strike Clifford Pond on Forehead—Gash Is Cut—Two Stitches TO CLOSE WOUND Ohio City Woman Visiting at Klopfenstein Home Dislocates Elbow. Clifford Pond, the well known liverynan of First street, suffered a severe njury this morning. He was engaged n breaking a young colt when the inltnal reared. In coming down it <pened Its mouth and its teeth struck Mr. Pond on the forehead above the fght eye. A gash to the bone was ut, requiring two stitches to close. Mrs Chase, a young lady of Ohio 'tty, who Is visiting at the home of less Klopfenstein at Preble, while her lusband, is In the west, was the vicim of an accident thia morning. She >as picking cherries when she fell an ler left elbow was dislocated. A •hysician was callee from Decatur to Attend her. MANY FEATURES (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Mr. Flowers has been able to study the Japanese problem from the view point of both eastern and western people. He mentions the tact that 65,000 of the 75,000 Japanese in the United State live In California In IS7S the number was scarcely 100. The usual emphasis will be placed Chautauqua week ou the work among the children. Eaci Chautauqua will have a woman play-ground worker and story teller. The play ground work will he free to all children. Especial attention will be paid to the Bunday programs and their Appropriateness to the spirit of the day. in all places where the 1 teuton Grand Opera Company appears on Sunday, they will present selections from the oratorios. All cities where the Kel-logg-Haines Singing Party’s dates come on Sunday, they too, will present a sacred program. Other announcements will be made soon as to other lecturers and musical companies which are coming here Chautauqua week. Mrs Lewis Wets went to Ft. Wayne this morning to get her eyes treated ■by a spwc'stist. She wHI be wfth her j daughter, Mrs. James Spade, during her stay tn Fort Wayne. ■ —o I Democrat Wants Ads Pay.

ROEERT'QUINN ’ IS" IMPROVING. Though still suffering considerable lain, i •»’ «' Quinn who was nearly ole. trocuted Tuesday afternoon, is repotted Io be improving. He rented weß last evening and the wound* showed mprovement today. I' is atill necessary to give him quieting powders but every indication is that lie will recov ■. . _« .. •4BF? ■» uTHUtIT HAS RECORD. A Indy on Nuriman street telephoned Us this mortlug that it we were looking for statistics on the number of < iiildren they wanted in. She stated (hat in one square between Monroe >nd Nuttman streets there are nine teen children under nine years of age. Another proof that the race suicide talk does not apply to every section. INFANT IS DEAD. The infant born yeeterday to Mr. tnd Mrs. Ernest Roth of Van Wert. Ohio formerly of Line street this city, lived but a short time, the burial taking place today northeast of the city Mrs. Roth is a sister of Mrs. Adam Weis and Joseph Stevens of this city. - — BRONCHITIS SUFFERER REPORTS RECOVERY I wl *■ It ■t .dwiiiin * - ___ .

-—i d MARIE VOLLMER After being sukly nearly all her lit* and taking medicine as far back as she could remember, little Marie Vollmer, • lei 8 State St . Indianapolis. Ind . says ber henith is restored, due to Nature's Creation This is the remedy that is accomplishing sueh blessed relief in treatment of tuberculosis, asthma, bronchitis, impure blood and run-down system. "My system was run down and the doctor said I had bronchitis.' writes Maria, "f coughed for many years, would get short of breath; I »«• weak, had pafna across shoulders and frequently had chills. • After trying many remedies, I read in the paper what Nature's Creation was doing for people right here in the city. I have improved steadily In every way since the first bottle. My cough grew less. I gained in strength and the pains and Chills disappeared. I continued with Natures Creation till I felt I was cured. ) have nut taken any medicine whatever since in.l have felt fine Don't feel like the same girl that I did a year or two ago.” Surely no one can read Marte Vollmer’a story of her recovery by the use of Nature’s Creation without being convinced at Its merits If TOV wish to learn more about this remarkable remedy for tuberculosis and the conditions which lead to It. sueh as bronchitis, impure blood rundown system and asthma, write to-day for our fr-e booklet it contains photos and testimonials from local parties, some of whom you may know A postal brings the book—addrasa M K Haymans. *l7 Slate Lata Udg. Indianapolis, Ind ARE YOU A FARMER’S BOY? Eben D. Jordan was born on a farm in the State oi Maine. His father died penniless when Eben won four years of age and hie mother was obliged to place him with a farmer’s family. So soon as he could hoe hs began to work. By ths time he was 14 years of age he bad put aside $2.75. With this sum he started for Boston and started in as a farm hand in a nearby town receiving $4 a month. After two years of this work he got a job in a store. By hard work thrift and economy by the time he was 19 years of age he was able to start a emhll business for himself. Hie rise was rapid and when he died in 1895 he left an immense fortune. Any farmer's boy in Indiana stands the same cnance to become rich and prosperous, provided he will observe the eimple rules that always make for success—work hard and spend less than you make. By starting a National Savings Account with the First National Bank--whlch you can o'o by mailing ue sl.oo—you will begin your journey on the road to success. FIRST NATIONAL BANK A Safe Place for Savings Decatur, Indiana

ATTENTION FARMERS Our price for Butter Fat for the week ending witn June Bth. is EXTRA 29c No. l-28c, No. 2-26 c To Wholesale .27c To Ratail. . . 29c Bring Us Your Creniii correct weights and teats guaranleen ADAMS COUNTY CREAMERY COMPANY LADIES DXFOBDS~BHD PUMPS Are the best sellers this week. See our special table of ladies' Button Oxfords SL9S Strap Oxfords and Pumps of all kinds at $2.50 and $3.00 Peoples & Gerke

WAldkliGlrl or boy to learn dining Apply at the Murray Ho- -

Hr t..t a tne Giaaaui ana Walters office. 145t3 FOUND —A pair of n&se glasses, with chain. Owners may have same by » calling at this office. 145t3 . LOST —Part of an automobile lamp. ’ Between here and Honduras. Finder • please return to Frank Teeple. I*at3 ; ; Democrat Wants Ads Pav. t —————————— —

’ $5.00 $5.00 Decatur to St. Louis and Return ■ VIA ; CLOVER LEAF ROUTE , Saturdays, May 9. 16, and 30. ! See H. J. Thompson, Agt for Particulars ""™"" " —— ■■ II—" I ■■IM- ■MH ■' 11 : LOW RATE EXCURSION VIA CLOVER LEAF ROUTE ...T0... BLUFFTON, MARION, KOKOMO & FRANKFORT Every Sunday See J. H. THOMPSON, Agent Decatur for Information , _____. _ Old Adams County Bank Decatur, Indiana. Capital sl2t,iX)o Surplus . $30,000 C, S. Nibikk, PmMgnt ma/W M. Kirsch and John Niblick Vice Presidents E. X. Ehinger, Cashier. Dpflii Farm loans MBUmm a Specialty Reflect RfSMv? Collections Made “FAINT HEART Ne’er Won Fair Lady.” able^® taPROCRASTINATION Every Never Started Accomoda- . _ a _ tion ConA BANK ACCOUNT I With Safe LOr Won Comfort Banking And Freedom From Worry Methods IN OLD AGE! " — Patrons We Pay 4 Per cent. Interest on 1 Year Time Dept sits

WANTED ROOMER. Nicely fuwwied modern rooms with

porch, soft ’ ha’i. absolutely clean, rent very reasonable. Call phone 758. No. 221 8. Ist st. 14f»t6 FOR SALE—Jersey Bail fifteen months old. Eligible to register. InI quire of F. K. Stonebnt ner, Sattley, i Indiana. 14513 o DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BIG.