Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 241, Decatur, Adams County, 13 October 1914 — Page 2

DAILY D E M O C R A T Puk’.iaha* Ivary Ivanina Baaapt ■ueday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates. Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 06.00 Per Month, by mall 26 cents Per Year, by mail.. 02.60 Single Copies ..3 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflee in Decatur, Indiana, as second elase matter. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. For Representative R. C. PARRISH. For Prosecuting Attorney, Twenty' Sixth Judicial District. J. FRED FRUCHTE. For Clerk Adams Circuit Court WILL HAM MELL. For Treasurer, GEORGE KINZLE. For Recorder, Aa. C. AUGSGURGER For Surveyor, PHIL L. MACKLIN. For Sheriff, ED GREEN. For Assessor, WILLIAM FRAZIER. For Coroner, DAVID D. CLARK. For Commissioner, First District, DAVID J. DILLING. For Commissioner, Second District, WILLIAM REPPERT. o - ......... .. EXPERT ACCOUNTANTS:— This county has been flooded with literature headed, “War is on,” "Battle lines are forming,’’ etc., showing what is supposed to be the ordeis drawn by the surveyor and comparing the charges made for printing by this office with those of other counties. Tl:e statements are signed by Frank Heller and Simon Brandyberry, who say they have personally examined the records in the treasurer’s office and certify that they are accurate. We have always contended that these men were not expert accountants and that they could not audit the books of the county treasurer in forty years, but now we feel sure of it. The following statement was presented to this office last evening and to show you what kind of experts the citizens employed to do their work we print it verbatim: “Decatur, Indiana. “i want to thank mr parrish in this ; way fore the praise he gave Frank heller and i on the aCCounts and i will give him 1.00 for every misstate-

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ment he or any one else finds that wo gave Simon Bandyberry.” Even his own name is misspelled. By all that Is lair you people who have imagined that these men really had anything to do with auditing the treasurer's books or comparing them, should now be convinced that it is about as huge a joke as was ever pulled over. The above is an exact reproduction of the note brought personally to this office and the original can he seen by calling here. Ate you going to decide a case upon the expert testimony of a inan whose first public test discloses the fact that he couldn’t pass a primary examination’ By such a token you could get any report you wanted. MR. WILSON UP TO DATE:Has anybody stopped to think what type of man Woodrow Wilson is? Has any body seriously considered the kind of administrative work he has done and the kind of legislative work he has induced Congress to do? Did anybody ever hear of an American president who, in so short a time, ha?> done so much to elicit the confidence, the admiration and the applause of so many of his countrymei? What he is to his country and what • his country is to him are evidenced in the kind of legislation he has brought forward. His currency law has the unqualified approval of all. It is sc excellent in its provisions that it renot only the support of the Democrats in Congress: but of many Republicans and Progressives. It solved a problem that no other statesman dared try to solve, though Congress and committees of Congresses, and leaders and groups of leaders rallied with it and dodged it for a generation. His tariff superseded the most infamous tariff in history. It received the Congressional support not on’y of the Democrats members, but of La Follette and many other progressive Republicans. It was fought at the time and is fought now only by standpatters, cheap politicians and unfair newspapers for political purposes. The vote of such a statesman as La Follette for the present tariff shows the country what kind of men its critics are. The anti-trust legislation, the Chamberlain railroad bill for Alaska, the income tax measure ar eothers of a program to build up the country and free business and industry from the autocracy of the trusts. What president in American history has done so much

? in so brief a time to plan for a great er national prosperity, a prosperity to come with unexampled abundance . as soon as there is time for adjusts ment and for the handicaps of a 1 bloody European war to pass away? .- It is a kind of legislation and a quan- , tity of legislation never before accotn- • plished in so brief a time, it is leg- • islative achievement carrying more ■ relief and protection for the people t than any American President ever s secured in a whole term. It is legis- ; lation directed to human welfare and .- to a wise constructive adjustment of • the forces of national life and business t out of which to bring the most prosi perity to the most people. It is an i earnest of the kind of things Woodrow Wilson will try to secure for his countrymen during the remaining tw o and one-half years of his term. What Woodrow Wilson brings to t his country is evidenced in the con- -> trast between the tranquillity and I peace at home and the frightful <>c--3 currances overseas. Only yesterday , there was clamor for President Wilson » to lead the armies of the United States , into Mexico. He was scourged and , ridiculed and denounced and excoria- ; ted for his refusal to do so. His policy was called a “grape juice policy." > It was jeered at as a “spineless” polt icy. They said it was a foreign policy that made the United States the , “laughing stock of Europe.” While in blood-drenched Europe, , women weep and men die, while children call for sires who can never come . back, and mothers pray for the safety . of sons they will never more see, there is time for the America* people to . thank Almighty God for a President of peace, who pleads with the nations to sheath their swords and be at war no more —Portland (Oreg.) Journal. GUESSING ON RESULTS:Bob Tucker who two years age guessed Gevernor Ralstons plurality' at 5,000 this year guesses that the democrats will carry Indiana by 60,000 | If he misses it as far as he did be-1 fore Senator Shiveiey will win by j . some thing like a million. In a recent story, Tuceker says he has concluded the following:1. The Democrats are going to re-1 . elect Senator B. F. Shiveiey and elect all of their state ticket, by a majority . probably 50,000 less than that of Pres- . ident Wilson and Governor Ralston. 2. The Republican state ticket will run second by a comfortable margin i . over the Progressives. 3. Hugh Th. Miller, Republican senatorial nominee, will not run up with ' the state ticket, but the odds favor ■ him for second place because of the i drift toward his party. ; 4. Beveridge may run 25,000 to 35.0000 ahead of the Progressive state i ticket. It would not be surprising if ' he should receive twice as many votes : as the state ticket of his party. i

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R. C, Parrish & Smith, graduated from the University of Indianapolis in May, 1905, served a year as law clerk for Judge Brown, one of the leading atorneys of Indianapolis, worked a year as a reporter on the Fort Wayne Sentinel, and was admitted to the Adams county bar in 1905. In 1909 he was nominated as prosecuting attorney of the twenty-sixth judicial district, was elected and began his term four years ago January Ist. His career in that office has been one that has surprised even his closest friends and the young -man has displayed ability that is indeed worthy of recognition. In the less than four years he has secured the conviction of thirteen persons on felony charges, lias won almost every case in which he was engaged, and has proven his efficiency beyond question. As a member of the legislature he would be recognized as f [ strong man, ever fighting for the people. He is honest and square and deserving of sour support. 1 . —.—_— I

5. The Republicans may elect four to ,feix members of Congress. The Progressives will not elect any members of Congress, unless there Is a stronger undercurrent in behalf of tin party than is now apparent. 6. The main contest in Indiana is between the democrats and the republicans for first place. The "side show” is the fight between the Republicans and the Progressives for second honors. 7. The Democratic ticket will do as well as expected if it gets through with a plurality of 60,000 over the Republicans, which is a loss of 50 per cent in plurality compared to 1912. Governor Raltson will speak here Thursday afternoon of next week. Don’t fail to hear him discuss the issues of the hour. BE SURE TO HEAR JUDGE DUNCAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AT THE COURT HOUSE TOMORROW EVENING. CONVENTION AT 7 O’CLOCK. SPEECH AT EIGHT. Judge Richard K. Erwin of the supreme court of Indiana, delivered an address last night at the Knights of Columbus hall, the occasion being Columbus Day. Os course it was a good speech, for that's the only kind the judge knows how to make. It seems only a day since the judge was a strugi gling lawyer, a stump speaker, then judge of the circuit court and now he fills one of the most important offices in the state and is making good. To us he is still Dick Erwin, “Our Dick,” as we used to say, and we'll bet a nickel or two that he enjoyed every minute of his visit back home, ; tor the handshakes here came with a pressure that assured him they were honest and sincere. The Herald seems to object to the fact that Mr. Ellingham, Judge Smith J and other men are making speeches I for the Democrats and at the same time holding office. However, they seem to think it is all right for Mr. Archbold, Mr. Thornhill and any one else who speaks for the citizens’ to ■ do so whether they hold office or not. Democrats should begin to see the light soon—the antis are making one strenuous effort to defeat the democratic party in Adams county and that’s all there is to this fuss they are making. They are using a few democrats as tools. . i*i.— Take your lead pencil and do a little figuring as to who the men are who are opposing the democratic ticked this year. You can if you try it a minute figure out a dozen of them who have held a hundred years of office during the past eighteen years. Think of it. When these men were in office the men who are now candidates were the fellows in the trench,

At this time when politics holds the position of importance in the local news field, a glance at the men who represent the democrats on the county ticket ought to be of interest. We present to you today Mr. R. C. Parrish, democratic nominee for representative in the general assembly. At the primary held last December th’s young man was nominated without opposition and we believe he will be elected by a vote that will prove a recognition of ability. Mr. Parrish was born in Washington township. September 3, 1882, came to Decatur twenty-nine years ago and has lived here continuously since. He graduated from the Decatur high school in 1902, read law a year with Schurger

■ the precinct workers, the men who took off their coats and put these men across. Take a squint at the records > of these same men and see what they ■ did with that century of office holding to help you or reduce your tax, other than that done by every man. Think • of the trumped up charges uow being > made against the democrats and the ■ truth is that the official affairs of this I comity are now without a blemish-— yet these men are out opposing the ; ticket for what—the only reason we [ can Imagine is that they weren't given . two hundred years. Perhaps the ring . > is out and wants in. __________ The Herald objects to to the couit . house janitor charging for his work of cleaning up tire court room after it is . used for a public meeting and charges that it is one of the “grabs.” It is another one of their strong arguments. ■ They say the building belongs to the I taxpayers and for that reason the pub- ' lie has the right to use it as they • please. We presume it would be all . right for them to use it for a livery stable if they wanted.to but the custodian would probably not have to curry ’ all the horses. The court room is not a public auditorium any more than is the library, city hall, school houses or ’ churches. They, of course, belong to ' the people and they have the right to ’ use them when not being used for the 1 purpose intended, but if they expect any person to clean them up, they 1 would probably have to pay for it. The statement that the janitor receives from 02.50 to $4.00 per night is about as near true as the statements that have been made concerning the other matters discussed in this cam1 paign. Last Saturday afternoon after Judge D. E. Smith had definitely promised to surrender the court room at 2 o’clock for the purpose of giving the Hon. Herbert S. I Bigelow- an opportunity to speak on “Clean Home Politics," he (the judge) failed to dismiss court until late in the afternoon. This is said to be the first time in the history of Adams county that court was not dismissed on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Bigelow consequently did not make a public speech. Rain kept them from going out on the streets. These are the circumstances and we leave it to the public to draw their own conclusions as to whether this was a gentleman-like thing for the judge to do. —Berne Witness. There you have it. Another sample of how the Witness, now the official organ for the independents, twists facts. The story of this affair was given yesterday in this paper and can be corroborated by auy member of the jury. We appeal to the voters of this county to judge as to the truthfulness of statements made in this campaign. The new party was started on a bluff and it is being conducted that way. Every fact is being stretched, and many of the stories circulated are without foundation. Court has frequently been held on Saturday afternoon and Judge Smith took io advantage over any one Saturday. The truth is that the Bigelow meeting fiz- .

DEMOCRATIC MEETING JUDGE DUNCAN OF INDIANAPOLIS WEDNESDAY EVENING-TOMORROW EVENING AT EIGHT O’CLOCK H|Mc CONVENTION AT SEVEN O’CLOCK

bee...- «> — Who .Mb portunhy <» W srth .-in "" ,b. W™ <” better cl«o «P W" c “‘ "the forum” and quit. POLITICAL CALANDAR Decatur. Wednesday. October 14 th judge imneun of the Public Service Commission. Be sure to hear this splendid speaker. Booher school house Jefferson township—Tuesday, October 13, -Judge D. E. Smith and D. D. Coffee. Kohr school house, Union township—Tuesday, October 13th—J. C. Moran and D. B. Erwin. Meyer school house, French township, Thursday, Otcober 15th,— Judge D. E. Smith and L. G. Ellingham. Berne, Friday, October 16—J. C. Moran and L. G. Ellingham.. Town of Monroe, Saturday, October 17—John C. Moran and L. G. Eiling- . ham. Court house, Decatur, October 23rd. —Samuel M. Ralston, governor of Indiana, speaks at 1:30 o’clock. o— — CHANGE OF ADDRESS. The address of Mrs. Luella Whittenberger, who is at present dependable upon the charitably inclined people of Decatur, on account of typhoid fever in her home, which necessitated her giving up her family washings, and which was her only means of support, should have been corner of Nuttman and Penn streets, instead of Nuttman and Tenth streets. o j OLD-TIME COLD CURE - DRINK HOT TEA! • Get a small package of Hamburg Breast Tea, or aa the German folks call it, “Hamburger Brust Thee,” at any pharmacy. Take a tablespoonful of the tea, put a cup of boiling water upon it, pour through a sieve and drink a teacup full at any time during the day or before retiring. It is the most effective way to break a cold and cure grip, as it opens the pores of the skin, relieving congestion. Also loosens the bowels, thus breaking up a c»ld. Try it the next time you suffer from a cold or the grip. It is inexpensive and entirely vegetable, therefore safe and harmless. WBEIMfM SIW, ACHING MIS Rub Soreness from joints and muscles with a small trial bottle of old St- Jacobs Oil Stop “dosing” Rheumatisms It’s pain only; not one case in fifty requires internal treatment. Rub soothing, penetrating “St. Jacobs Oil” right ( on the “tender spot,” and by the time you say Jack Robinson—out conies the rheumatic pain. “St. Jacob’s Oil” is a harmless rheumatism cure which never disappoints and doesn’t burn the skin. It takes pain, soreness and stiffness from aching joints, muscles and bones; stops sciatica, lumbago, backache, neuralgia. I Limber up! Get a 25 cent bottle of old-time, honest “St. Jacobs Oil” from any drug store, and in a moment < you'll be free from pains, aches and stiffness. Don’t suffer! Rub rheumatism away. — WANTED— second nand roil top desk. Leave word at Democrat office - 204tf

Asthma-Catarrh and Bronchitis Can Be Greatly Relieved by External Vapor Treatment. * Melt in a spoon a little Vick's «w O-Kub” Croup ami I’ncnwionia inhale the vapors. But a little nostril and at night applv well o, throat and chest, covering with a w ' flannel cloth. the covering iZ? around the neck so that the vanor/T Menthol, Thymol, Eucalyptol, C;un„k™ and Pine Tar, that are ndeased bv th’ body heat, may bo inhaled all ni.rtoJ long. In Asthma and ll sty Fever Vink’s over the spinal column to r ,.| the oervoua tendon. This treatment k not » “enre, hut it han at least J’ merit of containing no harmful druw and it is sold by all druggists in 2,« jiu’ and 01.00 jars, on thirty days’ trial* Vick’s is also excellent for’all croup mi cold troubles. 1 * VICKS C. B. L. OF I. TO MEET. The regular meeting of the c, b l of I. wil be held tonight at S o’ ( lock at the hall. A number of candidate* will be voted upon, so don't fail to be there. NOTICE. The Ben Hur Aid will have a pas. try sale Saturday at the gas office. Boy’s High Cut Shoes Our High Cut Shoes for the Boys’ winterwear are a very sensible, comfortable and durable Boys' Shoe prop, osition. A splendid investment. I Dnrable black or tan waterproof leathers. Heavy oak tanned soles. Sises for boys of all ages. $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50. High Cut Shoes are ideal Shoes for School wear, for Coasting, Skating and Stormy Weather. A great protection to the Boys' feet. Sizes for Boys of all ages. WINNES SHOE STORE Home of Good Shoes LYRIC Francis Layman Dertinger WILL SING SYMPATHA TO-NITE Three Reels Good Pictures Norma Philips In Our Mutual Girl Two Reel Thanhouser The Dog of Flanders 5c 1 I ' —-