Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 173.

FLOWER SHOW HELD TODAY Chester Betz, Aged Seven, Carries Off First Prize for Nasturtiums : r H > A CLOSE SECOND Della Foreman-—Jeanette Clark Third—Two Spec- . ials Awarded Also At three o’clock this afternoon the judges announced the awards in the nasturtium flower contest as follows: First —Chester Betz, aged 7 years, »3. Second—Della Foreman, aged 7 years, |2. Tllird —Jeanette Clark, aged 9 years sl. Two special prizes for arrangement, size and color, were given as follows: Fourth —Helen Rilling, aged 7 years 75 cents. Fisth —Margaret Jane Hoffman, aged 6 years, 50 cents. There were thirty-five entries, all so pretty that it was difficult for the judges to make the selection. The fourth and fifth prizes were for I flowers of more than the usual artistic arrangement. They also displayed the greatest variety. Mr. L. D. Adams one of the judges ’ made a special trip trom Huntington to serve as a judge. Flowers, red and yellow, brown and gold, with, every shade that a nasturtium is known to possess, were on display at the flower show at library ( hall today. The place, to use a timi-, worn newspaper expression was “a > 1 riot o (rich, rare, color." 1 The show marks the close of a con i test inaugurated by the Woman's City s Improvement society, of the depart- ( ment of landscape gardening, of which ( Miss Annie Winnes is chairman. The seeds were distributed to the school 1 children early in the spring, with in- t structions to plant them. This was > done for the purpose of inculcating the , love of natural beauty and civic pride in the young. Prizes were offered for the best and finest flowers. If you have ever felt the thrill of just and t honest pride that comes to one who ( has, after honest endeavor, made or , accomplished something all himself and something that he can call his own, you may have an inkling of the just pride that the children felt in < presenting the floral displays. 1 Little tots, from the first grade up. > came with vases filled with the floral 1 beauties, which they had grown themselves, caring for every step of the ' plants from tiny seedlets to bloom. ! The receiving committee at the library were the Misses Irene Gerard, Marie Patterson and Mrs. Eugene Runyon,, assisted by Miss Bessie Boyers and Miss Annie Winnes. The flowers were tagged with numbers, instead of names and carefully graded according to the age and size of the exhibitor. This was done pre- ' liminary to the work of the judges this afternoon. In the absence of Mrs. Mary Eley, who is out of town. Mrs. J. M. Miller served as one of the judges. Others were Mrs. D. D. Keller. Mrs. W. A. Kuebler and Messrs. H. S, Michaud and L. D. Adams. Is Also Useful. The nasturtium, one of the best known ornamental plants, is not only ornamental but useful. It has a pungent taste and odor, very fragrant and delightful to some tastes and its seeds and flower buds are often used in pickling and spicing and the leaves for garnishes for salads and meats. Its very pungent and splcey nature Is responsible for its name, which comes from the Latin-nasus. meaning nose; and torquere, tortum, to twist. This is in allusion to causing one to "twist the nose” or to make a wry face by its pungent taste The nasturtium is of two varieties the dwarf and the long vining kind. It is safe to say that Decatur has never bloomed more like a garden, than it has this year, with the awakened interest of the children. . START 0 FBETHLEHEM SOCIAL. Remember the Star of Bethlehem social on court street Saturday evening, July 25. Everybody is invited th come.

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VISITS GENEVA-WEDDING RUMOR Evidently as a practical joke, the word was sent into Portland Wednesday evening that Miss Edith Halter man and Elga Blbler had been married Wednesday hi Kentucky. .Much excitement was caused by the message at the telephone exchange where Miss Halterman is employed. She. has heen spending her vacation with her grandmother at Geneva and it was supposed the young couple had left Geneva for Kentucky. However, Miss Halterman returned home on the morning train Thursday and stated that there had bee# no wedding—yet.—Portland Com. Review. o PYLE FAMILY IN WRECK. r t - -. k New Corydon, Ind., July 24. —J. C. Pyle and wife were badly bruised in a wreck, within half mile of their home, while returning from a visit with their son, Seigel, near Bryant. I When making the turn at the west bridge the horse stumbled, throwing them both out, wrecking the buggy. Mr. Pyle is a veteran of the civil war. GETS IT DOWN PAT Domestic Science Teaching in Schools Productive of Practical Results THE EXACT COST Os Preparing Meals Figured by School Girl—How She Did It. Housekeeping is coming into its own. It is becoming more generally recognized as a science and will be operated more and more on a business basis. The teaching of domestic science in the Decatur and Adams county schools is highly commended by fathers and mothers, whose daughters have become more interested in the household work and consequently will be better home makers. It will not be long until the words “servant” and “hired girl” will be obsolete words and “domestic science helper” will take their places, when the true worth of the home helper and home maker will be recognized.

The Lima (O) school domestic science girls have recently conducted a contest to demonstrate that domestic science will reduce, the cost of living. The result of the contest is told interestingly in the following: “How many women can cook and serve three Sunday meals for two per- ] sons at total cost of 59 cents? "Many,” replied Martha Stueber, 18 It's easy. 1 did it without any trou- 1 ble. Here’s what I served: "Breakfast: Sliced peaches, cream of wheat, nut bread, coffee. | - "'%nner: Creamed pea soup, beef loaf, potatoes in half shell, sliced to-' matoes on lettuce, bread and butter,’ orange cream for dessert, iced tea. "Supper: Cheese souffle, corn bread and butter, coddled apples. Miss Stueber did this to prove that domestic science will reduce the cost of living. She won the $25 prize of-, sered by the Lima School Board for i serving the well-balanced week's. board of any member in the High ( School domestic science class. “For the entire week’s menu of 21 cooked meals Miss Steuber spent $3.75, as follows: Sunday, 59 cents; Mbnday, 55 cents; Tuesday 43 cents; Wednesday, 44 cents; Thursday, 66 cents; Friday, 52 cents. Saturday, 56; [ cents. “Miss Stueber's favorite recipe is for beef loaf. She says It will cost 12 cents for two persons if it’s made this way: “Take one pound of meat cut from the round of beef and from fresh pork ham, in the proportions of threefourths beef to one-fourth ham. Cut off tissues, etc. Run through the meat grinder. Add one egg and salt and pepper to taste. Mix all thoroughly. Add tablespoonfull of hot water, mold into a loaf and place in a baking dish with a pint of boiling water] poured over the loaf before the dish is covered. Bake three quarters of an hour or even longer. If not brown enough, leave the cover of the dish off for a few minutes before taking from Ithe oven.”

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, July 24, 1914.

A DEATH MESSAGE Mrs. Gus Johnson of This City Receives Word of the Death of Her Father MR. FRED HAGQUIST Os South Bend—Goes to Attend Funeral to be Held Saturday. Mrs. Gus Johnson and daughter, Bernice, left this morning for South Bend where she was called on account | of the death of her father Mr. Fred 'Hagquist. The death message came as a great shock to Mrs. Johnson as prior to it she had not received any news relating to the sickness of her father and it is thought that death came very sudden. For some time Mr. Hagquist had been suffering from Bright’s disease and more than likely this is what caused his death. The deceased was a pioneer resident of South Bend and the sad news of his death comes as a great shock to his many friends in that city. He was sixty years of age. He is survived by a wife and six children. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at South Bend. o BEWARE WHITE SLAVERS. Tonight the Guy Players present the feature play of the week “White Slave Traffic.” A play dealing with the present white slave traffic. It is full of thrills and a good vain of comedy runs through the play. There will be new vaudevilles between acts. The admission remains the same. The management will give a $5.00 gold piece to the band boy selling the most tickets for the performances. o THE DEATH LIST In Indiana for Month of June Shows That Tuberculosis Lead in Causes FIGURES OF INTEREST Tuberculosis Caused Many Times as Many Deaths as Did Any Other Disease Indianapolis, Ind., July 24 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Tuberculosis continues to lead all other diseases in Indiana in adding to the death list according to the monthly report of the state board of health, issued today for | June. The report states that this dread disease caused 327 deaths, “most ' of them in active and useful period of 'life.” This disease left 152 orphans in June. “Only cne case of poliomyelitis was reported from Pike county. Twentytwo persons were bitten by rabid dogs and received treatment in the Pasteur. 1 laboratory of the state board of health. There were 82 cases of diphtheria re- . ported from 12 counties with 13 deaths. 1 One hundred seventy-five cases of scar-| ! let fever in 12 counties with 5 deaths; 124 cases of typhoid fever in i 18 counties with 31 deaths. Total num-! her of deaths from all causes, 2598. In the same month last year. 2883. Os the total deaths, 880 or 33.8 per cent I were over 65 years of age and 305 or 11.7 per cent under 1 year of age. The death rate for June 1914 was 11.3 and in the same month in the .preceding year was 12.6. The city death rate was 12.8 and the country death rate 10. The northern counties showed :i death rate of 10.2; the central counties 12.1 and the southern counties, 11.3. “Tuberculosis maintains its places as “captain of the men of death.” It caused 327 deaths, most of them in the active and useful period of their , life. Os those dead from tuberculosis in he age period of 18 to 40, 25 were ■ • males and left 50 orphans, and 51 i [females, and left 102 orphans under 112 ears of age. Total number of J or> Sis caused by tuberculosis in 1 ■I ni a \ 152. This horrible destruction [■ C °\-ded every month and yet we \he monster, consumption, to

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1 destroy us when it is within our pow--1 er to destroy him. ' “Measles deaths numbered 19, scarlet fever, 5; diphtheria. 13. Measles was, therefore, more destructive than > both diphtheria and scarlet fever in this month. ARE MORE THAN PLEASING The Guy Stock Company again played to a crowded tent last evening and the Tour act comedy-drama, "The King of Detectives” was received with great favor by the people. Despite . the warm weather, hundreds of the people of this city are taking advantage of this most excellent stock company and every night finds them in their usual seat. While many people have the impression that tlie tent would be exceedingly warm and oppressive, the result is just the opposite and a more comfortable place for an evening's entertainment would be hard to find. This evening’s bill is entitled “The Yhite Slave Traffic,” and as 1 played by the exceptionally strong cast is an excellent moral lesson on the leading topic of the day. ENLISTING MEN Villa Will Endeavor to Increase His Division to Equal Entire Army LIKE THUNDER BOLT Comes Note From Austria For Reparation-May Mean “World War” Chihuahua, July 24, —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Scores of officers from Villa's army were despatched today to all parts of the state to enlist i eyery available fighting man so that Villa's division may equal in strength all of the other divisions combined, when the constitutional army occupies . Mexico City. Special inducements are being offered to the men to join. This is viewed with apprehension by many who believe that Villa is preparing for open hostilities if lie does not receive his demands when Carranza takes over the government. I Berlin, Germany, July 24, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Austria and Servia are today on the verge of a conflict, which has been expected by all Europe since the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. An ultimatum was received at Belgrade calling to the Servian government to suppress the "Servian movement” and punish those responsible for the assassination. Ser- • via may refuse to comply. A reply must be made before six o’clock to- , movrow. Austria lias made all pre- . parations for war. . The attitude of the German govern- j t ment was today outlined to the United Press in a statement issued from the ( s foreign office. “If war is declared Germany will do everything in its . power to confine the conflict to Aus-! tria and Sbrvia. Germany will keep I s her hands off, but should another, r power interfere then Germany will ' promptly fulfill her duty as an ally.”- ; Berlin, July 24,—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Unless Servia backs down . ’J from her expressed intention of re ! ’lfusing to comply' to the demands oi ■ I Austria, Europe will see the beginning i [of a "world war’. This was the opinf ion freely expressed today in governt ment, military and diplomatic circles, i’ The unprecedented demands and the e shortness of the note addressed to 1 Belgarde, struck Berlin as a thunder; 5 clap and caused the greatest amazee ment. e —_ —o- — CENSUS REPORT. s A fine girl baby was horn yesters day afternoon to Mr. and Mrs. Otto t C. Haubold of Prescott, Arizona, at :i the home of Mrs. Haubold's parents, r Dr. and Mrs. P. B. Thomas, where s Mrs. Haubold has been spending the e summer. The babe has been named 1 Clara Louise, the name Louise being r for her paternal grandmother, Mrs. f Haubold. 1 . n The boy baby born to Mrs. and e Mrs. John Schug this morning has o been named John Henry.

GET SMALL SUM Burglars Effect Entrance Into G. R. & I. Freight House Through Window PRIED IT OPEN Opened the Money Drawer in the Desk but got Less Than A Dollar. Not until late this afternoon was it made known to the officers that the G. R. & I. freight- house had been broken into last night. Whatever clews might have been gotten by an early knowledge of the affair, are probably lost. TJie burglary is naother of a series of many that have been perpetrated in this vicinity in tile past few weeks. Less than a dollar, However, was secured. Entrance was gained by prying open a window at the east side of the freight house, facing the railroad. On the inside is an ordinary desk, with side drawers. The money box was kept in the upper drawer. This drawer was gotten into by breaking open one of the lower ones with a break shoe key, and then breaking up through the bottom of the upper drawer. Only a small sum of money, less than a dollar, was in the drawer and this was taken. TO BECOME EVANGELIST. Rev. Daisy Barr, pastor of the Friends Memorial church at Muncie, and one of joi<- most prominent women ministers of the country, lias resigned her charge to become a member of the Dr. Milford H. Lyon evangelistic party. Mrs. Barr is an auni of Waldo Brushwiller of tills city. j

THE COURT NEWS]; Judge D. E. Smith is Hear- i ing the Schafer Saddlery [ Company’s ( —— t INJUNCTION SUIT ' Will Probably be Concluded ( Tomorrow Noon-—Court Is Quiet j i l Judge David E. Smith this morning ( began the hearing of tlie petition of , the Shafer Saddlery Company for an injunction against the striking leather I workers. His decision will determine i ! whether tlie temporary injunction, 11 'prohibiting the strikers from interfering with or molesting any other eni'ployees, will become permanent. Four I witnesses for the plaintiff were examined up to noon today. The case ' will probably be finished by tomor- ! row noon. Peterson & Moran and R. .C. Parrish are counsel for the plain tiff. Attorney L. C. DeVoss is for tlie 'defense, and President Bryan, of tlie International Leather Workers’ Union I is here also looking after tlie interests i 1 II .ot tlie detense. i Real estate transfers: John Mumma 1 et al to Christian Mumma 80 acres of Root townsiiip, quit claim deed. Cupid is stil) slack on the job. Witli ' the month of July nearing the “home ( run,” only six marriage licenses are ; to its credit in Adams county. . —■- - «— o — ■ THRESHING OUTFIT BURNS. Geneva, Ind., July 24—The separator of the threshing outfit belonging to Jonas Liechty was badly damaged by fire while working at the John Brown farm about a mile and a half north of Geneva. No cause is known for the fire which entirely destroyed the wood work In the interior of the separator, burned the straw stack and destroyed one wagon load of grain and also partially destroyed the wagon on which the grain was loaded. The (loss Is about S6OO with no Insurance on the separator.

WILL BE CLEAN GAME. The base ball game scheduled for next Sunday when Lew Scott's Bluff ton team will do battle with the White Stag ball team, will be char aeterized with clean, fast and exciting playing. Heretofore a spirit of enmity has existed between the “rooters” and Hie players on the opposing team. Manager Thomas requests however, that this part of the game be eliminated as much as possible as it not only injures tlie reputation of the team, but also makes it annoying to those who come to see a good clean game. It is the desire of tlie management to place this city on the map as having one of the best amateur ball clubs in the state and to make the standard of each game so high that women and children may come and feel perfectly safe from being annoyed by the loud and boisterous rooting which has been so prominent in the past. Remember. next Sunday's game will be the best and most exciting that lias been played in this city for several years, so come and help the boys out. CAUSeTySTERY Fire on John Weil Farm Near Adams County Line Does $20,000 Damage SPREADS TO HAY From Drive Way and Is Fanned Further by the Fierce Winds. New Corydon. Ind., July 23. —Fire of a mysterious origin starting in tlie driveway of the John Weil farm three and one-half miles southeast of town and spreading to the 55 loads of hay stored in it fanned by the fierce wind completely wiped out all buildings on tlie south side of the road. Ten head of fancy stock cattle were in tlie barn and 35 head of hogs and pigs. The buildings lost, including the house and furniture will total about $20,000 oulj , partially insured. One hundred neighbors quickly col lected but the fierce wind which blew toward the other buildings made it impossible to do any saving work. o OPERATION PERFORMED. John D. Andrews is in receipt of u card from his little grandson, Burton Andrews, who is spending his vacation I with his mother in Indianapolis, stat . ing that he had undergone an opera- j tion for the removal of his tonsils ‘ and. outside of a little soreness stil! remaining in his throat, was feeling fine and dandy.

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Funny isn’t it, the a way those Republi- t cans are scurrying t to get out of tlie j ; way of that big a crushing juggernaut f "Business iiepres- <■ sion.” ] <i The y’v e been r feeding the animal | on tlie choicest i non rish me n t at f

their command for some time past, and t now the beast, scorning the hand i that fed it, lias turned on its bene < factors and is chasing them down the < pike at a speed that is causing the . frightened gentlemen to seek cover j liked scared rabbits. , None of them lingered even to' gather up their playthings—for the beastie has been so well fed that its appetite is fair voracious - there's I every indication that it intends to swallow the republican party as soon 1 as it catches up and it's only about half a lap behind at this writing. One or two of the Republican ed itors who realized the inevitable result ot the wicked campaign of conspiracy tried to warn off the calamity bowlers, but the latter had gathered too much momentum. If Democratic candidates to Congress could be defeated, what mattered it that the ere i dit of merchants and other business i interests was made to suffer by in • skliously circulated rumors that such > interests were financially embarrassed .' j One courageous Republican editor.

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A SUDDEN DEATH Mrs. Casper Heimann of Washington Township Died Yesterday AT HOME OF HER SON From Stroke of Paralysis— Fell Down Cellar Stairs —Funeral Saturday. As the result of suffering from a severe stroke of paralysis the sudden death of Mrs. Casper Heimann of Washington townsiiip and one of the pioneer Indies of Adams county came Thursday afternoon at about 2 o'clock wliile she was visiting witli her sou, Joe. Mrs. Heimann w ith her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank Heimann went over to tlie home of her son after dinner intending to spend the afternoon in a pleasant way. As she was resting in a chair a sudden sickness came over her and she got up and started to walk outside but instead of opening tlie door leading outside she opened tlie ceiiar door and it was just at this tu,i<‘ that the stroke overtook her and s > fell dawn the cellar stairs The people in and around tlie house heard her fall and .quickly came to her assistance. She was tnken up and lived about an hour afterwards. Mrs. Heimann was one of the pioneer residents of Adams county being 83 years, 5 months and 5 days old. She was born in Saxony, Germany on the 19th day of I'ebruary, 1831. In 1854 she came to this country with her father and landed at Stark county. 0.,

where she lived until 1880. It was at this place on the 14th day of November 1854 that she was wedded to Mr. Heimann. In 1880 she came to Adams county where she lias lived ever since. Her son Prank and wife made 'their home with her. Site is survived by 5 sons, Joe. Frank and Peter of Washington township and August and Albert of Massional, Ohio. Tiie funeral will be held Saturday morning at 9 o’clock from the St. ,Mary’s Catholic church. Burial will be made in tlie St. Joseph’s cemetery. o “ET TU,” ABRAHAM? While feelin' his way carefully along a roastin' ear this mornin’, at th’ Little Gem resturint, a stranger with a droopin’ mustache became confused an’ fell off his stool. Single men live, higher, but not as long.—Abe Martin. o STAR OF BETHLEHEM SOCIAL. The Star of Bethlehem lodge announces an ice cream social for Saturday evening, July 25, on Court street. Everybody come.

and one of the few who has the political acumen to realize the folly of the campaign of misrepresentation that is being waged as well as the personal honesty to admit the acts, warned fellow republicans that, their efforts to collect and dilate on every indication of trade depression would inevitably react. Editor Sefrit writes: ''We are going to confess frankly that we haven't much patience with the republican and the progressive newspapers, speakers and campaign committees that are attempting to emphasize the business depression simply because a democratic administration is in national power. In our | ’.nimble judgment, it is neither wise nor politic. A feeling of unrest that is unnatural may be produced by persistent reiteration in the newspapers ” | The calamity howlers had already ( begun to find out. hawever, that their campaign of defamation was reacting unpleasantly and they have now begun a wild scramble to get to cover. But the boast they have created will ■.not be propitiated—its appetitie has grown on what it has been fed. ’! As I observed a while ago. it’s funny I to watch 'em go—they are so palpably ’ frightened and their eyes are fairly bulging—for the juggernaut is mighty close behind. ,