Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 149, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 149.

DEFIED PARDONS Heads and Agents Found Guilty In Dynamite Conspiracy Cases. MUST GO TO PRISON Zacatecas Falls Into Hands of Rebels and Another Battle Is Emminent. (United Press Service.) Washington. June 24.—(Special to Daily Democrat,)—President Wilson today denied application tor pardon of the responsible former heads and agents of the International Bridge and Iron Workers Union convicted of the dynamite charges. The President eomputated to expire at once the sentence of four defendants. The other defendants out on bail must go to the federal prison tomorrow. Washington, June 24, —(Special to Dally Democrat.) —Zacatecas fell into the hands of the rebels on June 19 after a brisk battle, according to word received today from high authority tn Tampico. San Ixniis Potosi is expected to fall soon. Another big battle is Imminent at Querreo. Stanford, Conn., June 24, —(Special to Daily Democrat.) —Waldo R. Ballou, n rich and prominent city councilman, was found beaten to death early today at the door of a fashionable ladies apartment. Mrs. Helen Angl- a wealthy and attractive widow arre tcii Ballou's head was crushed ami his I Is sly was laying in blood. Bloody loot prints lead to Mrs. Angle's door. Evidence was that the body had been dragged down the stair. His bloody hat was found in her apartment as was also a bloody waist and shirt. Mrs. Angle admitted that Ballou had visiter* her room but denied any knowledge of the murder. Detroit, Mich., June 24—(Special io Daily Democrat) —A warrant against Tyrus Cobb, base ball player, clmrglng him with disturbing the peace, was issued today by Police Jutsice Jeffries, it was sworn to by W. L. Carpenter, a butcher who alleged that Cobb threatened him with a revolver in his place of business during an altercation, over a meat deal. Cobb was not placed under arrest but was notified to appear tomorrow to plea to the charge. A fine of >6O or six months in jail is the maximum sentence. Battle Creek. Mich., June 24—(Special »o Daily Democrat)—The worst ,ric and wind storm of the year Buock thia section of Michigan at 4 a m today causing thousands of dollars damage Many farm animals were killed by lightning and crops were destroyed. ■ SHIP GOODS TO MARION, OHIO. Yager Bros and Relnking were quite uusy today packing and getting ready a large assortment of fancy and costly furniture that was purchased by Mrs C. E. Bishop formerly Miss Marie Kinfl of this city and which will he shipped to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bishop at Mari«>n. Ohio. In addition to the household furniture being ship ped to the newly marled couple a Iteautlfal Packard plnno Is also included In the order. ■ o CELEBRATION TONIGHT. 'ine members of the Are department who Intend going to Bluffton lomerrow. nnd the city band will meet this evening nt the tire department and form In line for a parade through the business section This Is for the purpose of getting the boys acquainted with toe steps so that they will make a Vod appearance in the grand parade Borrow. \ LEAVES FOR CHICAGO. V D. T Stevenson pastor of the church In this city |o FV>rt Wayne this morning Be will address the Epworth L the Methodist church nnd Voon will leave for Chicago Waturday June 27th, he will * 1 a double wedding at the l|o. The affair will be quite Be s •

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| I WALTER IN FRONT ROW Adams County Boys Always at the Front I Oral Hoffmann just received a letter from Wn tier Lawrence, of Detroit, Mich, also a photograph of the Ford automobile factory, showing the 12,000 employees with Walter in the front row. Mr. Lawrence was formerly the foreman in the trimming department of the L. L. Dunbar carriage factory and is well known here. —Linn Grove News. —o — ON WABASH BANKS. C. C. Pumphrey, Dr. Fred Patterson, Wesley Hoffman and J. ('. Patterson went to Linn Grove this afternoon by automobile where ‘..'ey spent the hours Ashing along the ‘ ..anks of the Wabash.” lasFnOst According to Clause at End of Bulletin Announcing a Four-hour Day FOR U. S. EMPLOYEES During Hot Months—This Does Not Apply to the Postoffice Employees. ■ , The local postofflce force, including clerks and carriers, were happily excited yesterday when a bulletin was received announcing a new governmen: ruling that employees would |« x but four hours each day during ■ that heated portion of the year—namely July, August and September. I The bulletin was eagerly scanned ' and as the eyes of the poetoflice force ran hurriwtly down the lines, visions of a cool nalf-day spent in the shade, fanned by breezes of electric fans, or of picnics beside still waters haunted with biting Ash or sipping cooling icenectar. arose before them. But the best is not always saved until the last. At the botom of the page was a clause: "THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO POSTAL EMPLOYEES.” Fort Wuyne postal clerks were also much aroused over the bulletin, until they read the last clause. The ruling applies to employees only in certain branches of the government service and not to postottice employees. The employees are required to work eight hours out of ten, and If the half rate schedule were adopted, the car rlers. especially the rural carriers would have difficulty in covering their routes. o BABY CLOTHING. While the utmost safeguards have been taken to protect and perfect the future citizens by eugenics, sanitary drinking cups and towels, sterlizing of milk and bottles and baskets and what note used in the home., a loop hole has been left in many cases in the purifying of ready-to-wear garments . brought into the home for the babe. ’ A dispatch from New York that will • no doubt awaken the world like a trumpet blast, follows: i In seventy per cent, of the-homes . in this city where babies' caps are . made, venereal diseases were found, i Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, a social work- . er. testified before the state factory . commission gathering data for a reco I dlllcatlott of the stat.- labor law today, Advertisements offering home work were often In direct violation of factory and labor laws, the witness stat ed. I It has been found Impossible to en- . fort the present factors and labor - laws. Miss Lillian Wald of Hie Henry i street settlement, and Miss Watson • told the commission. The only solu s Hon was declared to j-e the prohibition t of garment making in homes. The « evlh of child labor Illustrated by the • witnesses with references to children from four years up. employed In home work, were Impressed upon the commission. — X—..l — a MR. FRITZINGER ILL. r —— < Oscar Frlti;lnger. former Decatur a resident, for several years a resident ii of Root township, is said to be very o low. He has been suffering from II throat trouble for some time, and for e two weeks has been conAned to his e bed the greater pert of the time. His condition ta said to be very bad

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday Evening,June 24, 1914.

, MID-SUMMER TRIP r Democratic Editors Will En- ' iov Annual Session Beginning Tomorrow J J ! IN SOUTHERN INDIANA » 1 Big Program H?.s Been Arranged by Citizens of Evvansville and Mt. Vernon Mr. and Mrs. J. IL Holler left this morning for Indianapolis, where they will join the members of the Democratic Editorial Association, leaving there tomorrow morning at ten o'clock for the midsummer meeting at Evansville, Mt. Vernon and other southern Indiana cities. The program i as announced promises to be an interesting one. The guests are due to ar rive at Evansville at 6-30 tomorrowevening where they are to be met by the Hendricks club and red fire, and be escorted down Main street and out to Cook's park, in automobiles. At the park they will be guests at a sup per and summer garden concert and vaudeville. Friday morning the partywill leave over special traction cars for Mt. Vernon as guests of State Superintendent Greathouse. At noon they boarded a big river steamer for u sixty mile boat ride, stopping at Boehne Dam to inspect the work of canalizing the Ohio river, second only In importance as an engineering feat to the Panama canal project. Arriving in Evansville, the editors will attend another banquet with music, cabaret features and notable speeches, followed by a dance at the ball room or root garden. Saturday morning is to be taken up by auto drives and the party leaves Saturday afternoon on a special train for their homes. THEYMAYNOTBUY Erick and Randall of Fort Wayne Not In On Buying Proposition I OF THE INTERURBAN ... ■ At Present—A lower Figure Might “Cut Some Figure’’ With Them. The Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette says: •'Because no one was present at D< - > catur Monday to offer blds for the ' Fort Wayne A- Spring 1 Interurban railway, the sale has again gone by default. Beeks Erick and Perry A. . Randall, of Fort Wayne, who had ex • pecten to purenase the road and ex i tend it to Portland if satisfactory ar- . rangements could be made, have glv I en up the proposition, at least for the i present, according to a statement made by Mr. Randall yesterday. i Mr. Randall would not discuss the • matter very thoroughly, but he did . say that financial mutters seemed to - stand In the way of the deal. Sixtv ■ days ago when Mr. Erick went to De- - catur to look the matter up, with the . expectation of buying, the receivers t wanted 1200,000 to close the deal. Mr • Erick asked for two months to Investigate. "B'nce the local capitalists have rei- fused to buy at this time, there Is r hardly a possibility that they will cons alder the mutter In the future, unless. 1 of course, a lower Agure could be ob i- ta'ned » “It would cost a large sum of money s to Improve the present system nnd a a still greater nmou-it to build the ex n tensions.” a 0 i AUTO COLIDES WITH WHEEL. I Albert Miller, riding his bicycle near the Miller A- Beil restaurant this morn Ing when an automobile struck his r wheel. Ho was unhurt but the wheel t wan punctured In the collision. Miller y says the nutomobfllst failed to an n nounce its approach and'the accident r occurred just as he whs attempting s to turn his wheel. The car was from s out of town and the occupants are unknown.

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CHILDREN MET TODAY Are Rehearsing For “The Marriage of the Tots” Friday Evening. A bevy of sixty or more children met at the Methodist church this afternoon. A director of the "Marriage of the Tots” Company, was here and assigned the parts, gave out the costumes and arranged for the rehearsals. The director will give her entire time until the entertainment “The Jenny June Wedding" or "The Marriage of the Tots" is given Friday evening In the lecture room of the church. Tlcke.s may be secured of the Mite society ladies. o ' ICE CREAM SOCIAL An ice cream social will be given on the lawn at the Calvery school house on Saturday evening. June 27th. An invitation is extended to all to attend. BROTHERJS DEAD Rev. Benj. Borton and Son, Charles, Left Today For Alliance, Ohio. DEATH MESSAGE Came Last Night—Brother, Lewis Borton Succumbed —lll Long, Benjamin Borton, pastor of the Christian church, with his son, Charles, left today noon for Alliance, Ohio. They were called there by the death of Rev. Borton's brother, Lewis Borton which occurred yesterday. He had , been ailing for several months from a. complication of ailments, and when Rev. Borton visited with him last wint-1 er, he was in poor health. The deceased was forty-Ave years of age and leaves a widow and six children—three boys and three girls. Ills aged mother also survives. Her affliction is exceedingly great because in the past seven years she has lost husband and three sons. The deceased was near the age of the Rev. Borton. and during their younger days they were boon companions and chums, scarcely separated for a day. The message of the death came last night at eleven o'clock while Rev. Borton was camping with his Sunday school class ot boys. Mrs. Borton and son, Sidney. t<x>k charve of the camp for the rest of the week and Mrs. Borton will also have charge of the Sunday services for her husband. He will be gone a week. ANNUAL PLAINT. A lady came to this office today noon and made the complaint that her neigh bor's chickens have been, bothering her considerably. Tl-.ls is the annual 'plaint from many sources, but it has been rather late in reaching this office this year. All guilty parties take notice and avoid "the consequences of the law" (or words to that effect:) O.K?WRIGHT HERE Takes Charge of Adams Express Local Agency This Morning. MR. HURST REMAINS ~~ t. With Company to do the Delivering—Division Agent Here Today. ■I ■ S II I o. K. Wright, of Portland, arrived today nnd took charge of the local Adams Express Company's agency hero, succeeding Frank Hurst who '-an served well the past eight months. Owing to the brisk business, two men i will be necessary and Mr. Hurst will remain with the company to do the delivering. C. 8. Smith, of Fort Wayne, who ; Is the Adams Express Division agent was In the city this morning nnd i checked out the old agent and install rd the new order of events.

CAN GET FUNDS , Tomorrow—Warrants For Trustees From Spring Installment of Taxes. WILL BE ISSUED r■ - . I l Thursday—State Approved Settlement Sheet and Distribution Is Made. e——-w | The June settlement sheet as made l by Deputy Auditor Paul Baumgartner, showing the collec . of taxes for Hie rprlnc Installment .as been approved by the state and the distribution to the various townships and corporations is now being made. The warrants for • the same will be issuer! to the trustees by tomorrow when the money can be drawn. The total tax collection was *233,896.07. Os this amount, the state gets *36,939.51. The amount to he paid to the townships and corporations is included in the following: Special school —*33,661.17. Road—-*3239.99. Special Road —*7680.27. Township P00r—*1475.51. Macad;|n Road *58.797.28. Library—*l42s.79. Tuition—*l7,4oß.6l. Township Tax—*7250.67. There is due the corporations, the sum of *19,390.41 corporation tax. divided as follows: Decatur. *14,955.87; Monroe, *414.72; Berne, $2623.48; Geneva. *1996.34. Besides the amounts above, (here Is tc the credit of the soldiers' monument I fund, the sum of *52.07: and to the i special building fund. *15.94; to the. B. G. & C. subsidy, *10.83. CLOSETHEFOURTH The Decatur Business Houses Will Close on the Fourth of July. BUSINESS MEN MEET And a Committee is Appointed to Look After Getting Public Hitch Rack. Last evening at the regular semimonthly meeting of the Decatur business men's association it was unamiously agreed by nil prevent that they close their respective places of business on Saturday. July 4th and help celebrate Independence Day. , Other business matters were also discussed among them living the proposition of getting a place for putting up a public hitching rack and' stanlb , A committee composed of John Myers, > 1 mwrence Kleinhenz. Frank Smith, Henry Gerke, and Charles Steele. This committee will look after the matter . and anyone knowing of a suitable place for erecting such a rac k will lie doing the merchants a big favor by letting this committee know. —o —- AND STILL THEY CRY. i We had almoat begun to think that the Bl'.ifftonltcs had seen the folly of their "baby" ways and manners, nnd had really started acting like grown up folks should and enjoy the full uno <>f their faculties—but alas: our hopes were shattered by the following clipping from the Bluffton News: Lew Scott's Independents ware de tested at Decatur Sunday afternoon. ‘ by a score of 11 to 8. and at It’s lose I Manager Scott announced positively , to Manager Engle of the Decatur | team, that It wan the last game ho would book wit.i him Scott nnd his ' players had no fault to And with De--1 catur fana, but declared that In the I last two games at Decatur bln play- • ere have bee n subjected to dirty treatment from the Decatur team. > It is likely that before the base ball t season la ended, the Bluffton boys will 1 undoubtedly have their "black Hat" Ifull, If every team they are defeated by should lx put on.

BAND BOYS WILL MEET. To Meet Tonight At Firemen's Do partment in City Hall. The city hand will go to Bluffton tomorrow with the firemen to attend the convention. As a preliminary arrangement. the bands boys will meet this evening at seven o’clock at the fire department’s headquarters in the city hall building. They will drill and attend to other preliminary arrangements preparatory to appearing at their best at Bluffton tomorrow. UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. Who'd evur a thought we hed twenty’ ur thirty letter writin' widowers—an’ all in a union. My sun. Bud whut wurks mi a nusepapur sez they're all nad nt. him fer writin' up wun uv urn—which wun they don't know. IN GALA ~ATTIRE Will the City Be During Chautauqua Week, August 24 to 30. MANY PENNANTS And Streamers Will Welcome the Visitors to the City. This city is surely to be in gala attire 1 Chautauqua Week, August 24-30, according to plans now being perfected at the Redpath Chautauqua headquart : ers in Chicago. Last year in all places where Red- 1 path Chautauquas were held, nine pen ' nant streamers spanned th< business I streets. This year the number will be increased to Afteen and in addition the I streamers are much larger titan hereto- i ftirc. Three hundred small banners for use . on awnings and the like are also being . sent to each city. There will be a general supply of'; cloth pennants for the autos. In many towns these will br used first in an automobile “booster” trip around the county. ,i A neat and unique pennant printed I on good paper in blue and orange col- i ers and bearing the words: "The home i believes in the Redpath Chautauqua.") will be furnished for the windows of the homes ten days in advance <>l I the coming of the Chautauqua. The . pennant measures two feet in length I and is ten inches wide at th* i p In I the foreground is a typical Chautauqua i tent, Ailed with people. I The number of pennants will be llm- 1 ited to 500 In each town. This pennant i Is very appropriate inasmuch as Chautauqua is an institution which ap- ' peals directly to the homes of a com- i munity. I On the opening day of the Chautau- i qua. tags will be hung on the door ’ knobs of each home and also on the i harness of the horses on the streets. < FUNERAL THURSDAY. < As announced yesterday, the funeral I of Mrs. Flora E. Price will be held < Thursday. The hour has been set for'. 9:30 tomorrow morning at the Plea- ; sunt Mills M. E. church, Rev Powell , cfllciatlng. The laxly will then be tak i < n by automobile to Ohio City for, > burial. Mrs Prlce'z death occurred in ; Fort Wayne yesterday following an I operation performed some time ago. The husband has been deceased for more than thirty yrnra nnd no children survive. Mrs. Price was 63 years 5 months and 2 days of nge. DID HOLBECLEANING. The Pythian Sisters spent u busy time at the K. of P. Home yesterday w; r-n they gave the same a thoroughly g«Mxi "houseclennlng." The ladles took their dinners and suppers and made the affair an allday event and ' Irollc If Indeed frolic can be Msocfatt- ' cd ever ao remotely with housedeun--1 tag. o I PUBLIC INVITED Raymond Gass, Ix»o Eh Inger. Omer Parent and George Baker have just II completed a tennis court at the corner II of Adams and Fifth street, back of the “ "Ginger" Gnsa properly and they ex d tend to all lovers of thia sport a cor dial welcome to come and play on it.

Reaches Every Nook Os County

Price Two Cents.

VALUABLE LAW Public Utilities Commission Is Proving of Great Value to Many Cities. MOOSERS TO CONFER ■ 1 *. Will Hold Meeting at Indianapolis During the Second Week of July. (Democrat News Bureau.) Indinanapolis, Ind., June 24—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The value of Hie public utilities commission law to the people ot the state is being shown right along. The commission lias settled a long controcersy at Richmond over water rates aid has settled it in tieha'f of the people. The rates have been reduced greatly. It is not likely fliat such a reduction would have been possible under the circumstances where the city co icils -*ealt with the utilities. The cotun ..do i« n.iw hearing an interesting cas> from Evansville where a movement has been inauguarted to lower the price of artiAcal gas. The commission gave Indianapolis the lowest ai'tlAeal f;as rate ot any city’ in the country. It renced the cost of natural gas for Union City and Winchester and has readjusted many rates in behalf of the people. These facts are interesting chiefly because of the efforts of the Republi- ' cans to make political capital out of the fact that the last Democratic legis- ; lature enacted the utilities commission law. The Republicans objected to the law on the ground that it would co«t the people money. The commission has been in operation a little more than a year and in thut brief time lias ( settled u number of important problems ao that the people will get a ■ square deal from the public service companion. The C. H. & D. railroad here has 'given another indication that business is Improving. It has just posted a notice that the men at the shops here will work fifty instead of forty hours a week as has been the custom for the last few months. The comiiany works aliout 400 men in its Indianapolis shops. The Democratic state committee will have another meeting here the first of July to consider campaign plans. Chairman Korbly is pushing the organ ization work as rapidly as possible but another meeting will be held to arrange for the part the candidates will take during the summer and to consider other matters. A great many details have to ba worked out ahead of the speaking campaign. The committee Is getting In tench with speaker* now and arranging for the registration of the votes. Material for campaign purposes also is being gathered and compiled. Chairman Korbly expects to devote practically all of hln time to the campaign from now on. The l*rr»gressives will have two big conferences here the second week in July. A. J. Beveridge, nominee for the Senate and Chairman Toner will complete the district organization conferences this week. A meeting of the state committee, candidates nnd members of Hi* sub-committees will Inheld on July 7 to talk organization. On the following day there will boa mooting of all the men who expect to take part In the speaking campaign. Beveridge never worked harder in politics than he la thia year. He Is untiring In his efforts to produce a good organization. He has stirred up the party tn every district and Iho In dications are that Hie organization In going to lx* as K<wxl or better than that ' of the Republicans. 1 In spite <>f the talk of the RopubllI cans that Colonel Rmmevolt will not I take part in the campaign Beveridge - and his friends seem to have Informa- • Hon to the contrary. It In said here by some of Beveridge’s closest friends that the Colonel will not make any open air speeches thin year but that he will arrange to make three or four In- <* door speeches In Indlsna. t The ProgreMlvr loaders feel Hint r hln presence will be of great benefit o to tlier party even If he In not shin to e make speeches from the rear end of a train. Ik verirts- . of < oumc. will boar (Continued on Pag# Two) %