Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1915 — Page 5

Volume XIII. Number 40.

IT HAS TWO SIDES Primary Question is Discussed by Its Friends and Enemies. RACE BILL IS DOOMED Bill to Legalize Gambling Which Passed Senate to Hit Rocks in House. (By Lew Ellingham) Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 16 —That there are two sides to every question and especially to every public question, is again being demonstrated. For a time it seemed that the anti-ad-vocates of a compulsory primary election law had all sides of the stage and that such legislation at this session of the general assembly would receive scant recognition. Such has been the forecast since the initial session of the assembly. At present writing, however, the primary qnes- ■ tion bids fair to be one of the live problems and its discussion lAids in interest many of the other important questions that call for legislative action. It is true that many of those who now favor the compulsory primary, favor it not because they believe that it affords a necessary reform, but because a declaration found its way into the democratic state platform. As democrats they believe tn ( keeping faith with party declarations | no matter whether such pledges when ( enacted into law. are good, bad or in- ( different. Their argument is that ( should such a reform prove unsatis- p factory that any future legislature ( can repeal it. At any rate those pri- ( mary enthusiasts are now having their inning and are making some headway. At least they are supplying a good j deal of noise, and it is their hope to ( yet put over the primary law, one that is compulsory and which will embrace every unit of state, district, county, v township or city government. Meet- ( ings are being held and these meet- ( . ings are being attended not so much ( by the legislative members as by pri- ( mary advocates without the legislature. So it is readily to le seen that there is plenty of excitement ahead and that primary legislation will soon overshadow everything , else on the legislative calendar. , It is likely that the interview given J last week by Hon. Thomas Taggart had much to do in bringing this ques- ( tion to a focus. Up to that time coni--1 u]sory primary legislation had been quietly sleeping and every one was side-stepping perhaps thinking that the least said the least harm done. Following on the heels of Mr. Taggart's solution of primaries, those who want such a law, and want it just as soon as a legislature and a governor can give it to them, wasted no further time but became active exponents of a primary law. As stated in a previous letter, Mr. Taggart suggests presenting to tlu- people a complete primary bill, one that will meet the approval of the most radical, and then at the election in 1916 permitting the voters of the state to either approve or reject it. Some of the, greatest protests against such a law comes from counties which have always nominated their county tickets by convention, and who fear dire Jesuits should the primary law compel them to abandon this ancient oustom.

Col. A. B. Crampton and Hon. Luther Short were two soldiers doing tho legislature Saturday. A bill has been introduced giving representation on the soldiers’ home, at Lafayette, and the soldiers and sailors' orphanhome at Knightstown to members of the Spanish-American war soldiers. The grand army is against this invasion and want it understood that the civil war veterans want to attend to their own business without interference. As there is plenty oi time for the veterans of the Spanish-Amer-ican war to take charge of the homos of the soldiers and the soldiers wi 1ows, it is not probable that the change permitted by this bill, will be tolerated at this time.

The race commission bill is about to hit the rocks. That, too, after a successful race in the senate where their bill was given a badge of honor with only eleven votes against it. Its fate in the house is not so bright, all because it is one of those measures which cannot stand out against the light of public opinion and public dis-

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k mission. Both newspapers and men ) are now busy dealing it a death blow. While the hill may be one of the needs o f the hour for the success of r racing and the breeding of thorough- ’ brGda - y* anything that smacks of gambling will never be able to receive the sanction of the majority of men who are selected in this day and age for the purpose of writing into our statutes the laws under which wo live. For this reason as well as others, it is a rock road for the race commission bill. Opinion seems pretty evenly divide ! ; for the railroad rate bill. Many Influences are opposing this increase and as usual the railroads are not helping their cause on account of their pernicious activity. One element working to their disadvantage is the establishment of a press bureau, and (Continue on Page Two) ■ o SELECT PASTOR Rev. Jay C. Hanna of Chicago Elected Last Evening to Fill Pulpit FOR PRESBYTERIANS « 11 Was Elected by Unanimous, Vote—Will Take Charge Next Sunday. At the congregational meeting of tlie Presbyterian church last evening, held for the purpose of selecting a pastor to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rev. W. H. Gleiser, the congregation unanimously voted to extend the call to Rev. Jay C. ■ Hanna,, who at present resides in \ Chicago, having just completed a, post-graduate course in the McCormack seminary at that place. Rev. I Hanna delivered a sermon at the local . church two weeks ago and so greatly j pleased were the members of the con- 1 gregation that the vote last evening was unanimous for his selection. Rev.' Hanna will arrive in the city Thursday and will assume charge of the iocal pastorate immediately in order to, prepare for the coming evangelistic j meetings. Mrs. Hanna is spending the winter in California and will join ! her husband in this city in April. Rev. Edward Montgomery of the | Third Presbyterian church of Fort Wayne acted as moderator last evening and delivered an excellent ser-1 mon. I

UNION COTTAGE PRAYER MEETINGS.

Tuesday Evening, Feb. 16—Services Open at 7 O’clock. FIRST WARD. First District—Simon Brandyberry, superintendent. All living south of the Erie railroad on and near Mercer avenue and High street, meet at home of Howard Burdg. Hon. C. J. Lutz will lead. Second District—Simon Brandyberry, superintendent. All living south of the Erie railroad in the neighborhood of South Ward school house and Henry Krick home, will meet at the home of Henry Krick. Rev. Mr. Rilling will lead. SECOND WARD. First District—Wm. B. Weldy, superintendent. AH living east of Fourth street will meet at the home of. Mr. and Mrs. Kenna on Third street, j William 11. Weldy will lead. Second District—Mrs. John Everett, j superintendent. All residing between Fourth street and the G. R. & I- rail-1 road, will meet at home of E. A. Beach. Mrs. C. L. Walters will lead. Third District— Harvey Segur, superin (indent. All living west of the ( G R. & L railroad will meet at home i of Morris Hay. Mrs. Joe McFarland | will lead. THIRD WARD. First District—W. J. Archbold, i .1- • perintendent. All living west of G. H. ■ & I railroad will meet at the home ot ■ Second District—Ed Moses, superini tendent. All residing south of - Indiana street, and east o ? q, R. & I. railroad meet at home - Judge J. T. Merryman. Mrs. John Houk will lead. Third District—E. S. Christen, ■> - t perintendent. All living north of Tni dlana street, meet at home 0 • e Atz. W. H. Fledderjohann will leai. r s The Misses Alice and Anna Over--1 man, who were guests of Miss Leon s Bosse for a couple of weeks, return d e to their home at Covington, Ky, Sati- urday.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, February 16, 1915.

JOPLINS MARKET Missouri City Has Building That Covers Many Demands of Her People. BUILT BY THE CITY Contains Auditorium, Woman’s Rest Room. Sxmoker, Reading Rooms. Joplin, Mo., is justly proud of its new municipal market, built at a cost 'of $86,000, secured by bonds voted by ,the people, says the Country Gentleman. It a is fireproof, reinforced concrete structure, spacious enough to contain twenty-eight booths. These booths rent for five to fifteen dollars per month. Each one is provided with running water, gas and electric lights, all provided by the city. On the main floor of the building there is a smoking room generously supplied witli current magazines and farm periodicals. The market master's office and the city scales are on the same floor. The market master is a civil service appointee. His salary ranges from S9OO to $1,200, according to the amount of business transacted at the market. The market is absolutely controlled by tills official, who in turn is under supervision by the city commission. Jop lin is now under the commission form of government. The second floor of the market building is in its way an important local institution. It cantains a woman’s rest room and an auditorium that will seat 500. The auditorium is intended for farmers’ meetings or for assemblages of civic bodies. For farmers’ meetings no charge is made; city folks who meet there pay at the jate of $2 a night. Back of the market house is amI pie space for wagons and trucks. This space is also used as an open trading ground. The market plant covers an entire block and is located on the principal thoroughfare of the city. Joplin is a city of 60,000, chiefly supported by lead' and zinc mines. The ' new market has been going only a 'short time, but there is every indication that it is a whopping big success. DO if SOME MORE Was Echo Like “Daddy’s Sweetheart’’ at Ithaca Quartet’s Concert. A FINE PROGRAM Gven by Soprano, Pianist. Violinist and the Impersonator. “Please do it again, daddy,” said “daddy's sweetheart" in playing “creepy mouse” up baby’s chir. in the charming song sung by Miss Audra Bennett, soprano, of the Ithaca Conservatory Concert com pany at the Methodist church last ev ening. The audience was just like | “Daddy’s Sweetheart.” They echoed la unanimous wish that the Ithaca com pany “do it again” next year and a return engagement will without ! doubt be secured, this being the sec ond year the Ithaca company has ap peared here. Miss Olive Moran, im personator, is the only member o' the company of last year, who appear 1 ed here last evening and her reading? I “The Glad Game” and “In the Palact of the King,” of widely different Glia’acter, were finely interpreted. Mis? Doris Nichols, pianist; Miss Margare' Miller, violinist; Miss Audra Bennett ! soprano, completed the. personnel o' -Ithe ladies’ quartet and gave severa’ I solo numbers, as well as obligate 'numbers. The Hungarian Rhapsody ■ Humoresque, Silver Spring, Musk i Bex, The Rosary and others made up the program of high grade music, each - one showing a fine natural talent, sup - plemented with excellent training, in j the interpretation. The conservatory of music at Itha ca N. Y., is sending out ten concert -'organizations, made up of graduate? a and students, this being the sixteenth d annual tour. The company came dat. der the auspices of the Epworth League. -

SITUATION IS SERIOUS. Berlin, Feb. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat (America does not realize tite extent of the bitterness of feeling throughout Germany against America, which is spreading rapidly. It is being fostered by hostile dispatches printed In English papers. Americans here sav a serious crisis is rapidly uppr<> ching and (hat the danger cannot be overestimated. ELECT SPEAKER. Springfield. 111., Feb. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat) —After a recordbreaking legislative deadlock of seven weeks the Illinois house this afternoon elected David Shanahan of Chicago. republican, speaker on the sev-enty-eighth ballot. Shanahan received eighty votes. FATHER IS DEAD Vinton Miller Father of Tom Miller, Former Decatur Cover Leaf Agent. DIED ON MONDAY At Herbst—Had Been 11l for Many Years—Funeral is Wednesday. After having been an invalid from kidney trouble for many years, Vinton Miller, aged 69 years, father of T. L. Miller, Clover Leaf agent in Bluffton, former agent at Decatur, died at his home in Herbst at 7 o’clock Monday morning. The death was not unexpected and at one time Sunday iie was thought to have been dying, but he rallied slightly and was at the point of death until tills morning. Having enlisted in the 34th Indiana regiment, known as the Morton Rifles, at the beginning of the civil war, Mr. Miller has many comrades in this locality. He is also well known in this city by visits with his sone while he resided here. Mr. Miller is survived by one sister in Arkansas, one half-brother, one daughter, Mrs. Mary Smith, of Herbst, and a son. T. L. Miller of Bluffton. In the telephone message received yesterday by Mrs. Miller from her husband, he did not state when the funeral would be held, but it was thought tb.at the deceased will be buried at Herbst Wednesday. o ARE REMODELING. The Robison ice cream parlor and lunch room is undergoing a number of improvements this week, among them being the cleaning of the wall paper which was blackened and soiled to a certain extent during t’je winter months by coal smoke. John Kratner is doing the work.

ENGLISH LENTEN SERVICE. English lenten services will be held t the Reformed church on Wedneslay evening at 7:30. A cordial welcome awaits you at this service. GETTING BEADY For Beginning the Spring Assessing—A Meeting Has Been Called for SATURDAY. FEB. 27TH By County Assessor Frazier —Supplies Will be Given Out on That Date. County Assessor William Frazier Is marshaling his iorces and supplies ind getting things ready for the beginning of the spring work, which actively begins March 1. A preliminary meeting of the town,hip assessors will be held with him an Saturday, February 27. The supdies will be given out and the instructions gone over carefully and dien, bright and early, the assessors will start out Monday morning, March 1, to quin the holders of property as to the value thereof.

DOLPH BUYS ROAD Chicago Man Pays SIOO,OOO on Purchase Price of the I Old C. B. & C. Line in HUNTINGTON COURT And It Looks Like Trouble Days for the Short Line Are About Over. That the Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago railroad will at least be taken out of the hands of a receiver with the chances of becoming something more than a short line between Huntington and Portland, developed in the Huntington circuit court late yesterday, when Fred A. Dolph, Chicago promoter, made a deposit of SIOO,OOO on the purchase price of $350,000 fixed by the court. The interests behind Mr. Dolph are not known and he also declines to make any comment as to whether the C. B. & C. will continue as a steam road or become an interurban line. This will probably not be known until the end of thirty days when the road goes into the hands of the new com pany unless creditors object too strongly to the plan, which hardly stems probable. That Dolph and his backers have the cash to turn the trick and mean business is shown by the deposit of SIOO,OOO yesterday and should he fa-'l to make the two remaining payments lie will lose the money already put up.

As announced Saturday C. K. Lucas and E. Q. Drummond of Huntington are with Dolph in the formation of the Huntington, Bluffton & Portland Railway company, as a preliminary step for taking over the C. B. & C„ and Lucas is known as an attorney for the Chicago & Erie railroad. Many people in Bluffton did not believe that the Erie is’ interested in the new organization, however, and think that the C. B. & C. will be turned into an interurban line and extended. —Bluffton Banner. WHITE PLAGUE Claims Life of Howard W. Shckley—Died Last Evening AT SON’S HOME 1 t At Age of Sity-six Years— Had Been in Fading Health for Years. i

i Tuberculosis, the great white 1 plague, claimed another life last ev- ' ening at 7:15 when Howard Watson Shackley, a well known man of the city, a former Adams county farmer, passed away at the home of his son, Samuel Shackley, west of the city. i Mr. Shackley had been in ill health for a number of years from a compll- . cation of ailments, and his reduced vitality made him an easy prey lately to tuberculosis, which attacked him. He 1 had, however, been able to be about town until a few weeks ago when he became very weak and was obliged to take to his bed. Mr. Shackley was sixty-six years, two months and one day of age. He was born December 14, 1848, in Maine, being the son of Joseph Shackley. In early boyhood Mr. Shackley came to this county, living in Adams county for sixty-two years. Since retiring from farming and coming to this city to live he had been a fance salesman and was well known over the county. He is survived by his wife, who resides in Fort Wayne, as do two daughters, Miss Jennie and \lrs. Bertha Baxter. Other children are Mrs. Nettie Spangler, Mrs. Effie Bowers, Samuel Shackley. A brother, Daniel Shackley, and a sister, Mrs. Martha J. Walters, live in this city. The funeral will be Thursday morning at 10:30 o’clock at the Methodist church in charge of the Rev. D. T. Stephenson. Burial in the city cemetery.

WAS EVEN BETTER Than Reported—Twenty-four Pupils a Give $11.31. 1 County School Superintendent E. S. Christen made a mistake in reporting the Lincoln relief fund contribution of Will Jackson's school in Kirkland township. It was even better than reported. There are twenty-four mipils and they contributed the sum of $11.31, instead of $10.60 as reported. 0 TO HAVE OYSTER SUPPER. The Ben Hurs will give an oyster supper at 5:30 o'clock Thursday evening at their hall over the Rex theater. Supper will be served for twenty-five cents. The menu in full will be published later. The public is cordially invited. END LAST NIGHT Big Revival Closed at United Brethren Church—lo 3 United WITH THE CHURCH Rev. Harman Closed Successful Revival—lnterest Ran High. The meetings which have been in progress in the United Brethran church in this city, closed last night. These meetings should have continued longer, but because of the near approach of the Honeywell meetings 1* was necessary to close. Some were at the altar the night of closing the meetings. Conviction still strives

with the people in attendance at the meetings and the work is practically unfinished. One hundred and seventytwo were forward during the meeting. A number of these w»-re already members of the local church, or of churches of the city, but were never really saved. One hundred and three united with the United Brethren church and more will unite with the church later. These meetings have been a quickening influence to every church in ticcity and would have been a still greater moral uplift in the city could they have continued for a few days longer. The people of this congregation will enter hand in hand, and heart in heart with the great evangelisticmovement to begin next Sunday morning.—Contributed. o TO BE A JEWELER. Clifford LaDelle Takes Place With D. M. Hensley. Clifford LaDelle, one of the most er. ( terprising and popular young men o' I the city, has accepted a position with 1 Hensley, the jeweler, to start to work next Monday. Cliff has signed a three years’ contract and at the expiration , of that time says he expects to have , mastered the art of jewelry repairing.

taxidermy and optical work. He succeeds Owen Edwards, who has accept ed a position in Fort Wayne. o BURNS HOLE IN ROOF. Fire, presumably starting from a spark from a chimney, resulted in the burning of a large hole in the roof of the Albert Anker residence on Winchester street at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The fire was discovered by pedestrians and the alarm turned in. The department made a quick run to the scene and soon had the blaze put out, not, however, until a good-sized hole had been burned in the roof. o Writing a very sensible and practical article entitled “The Comic in Dress,” in the March Woman’s Home Companion, Miss Grace Margaret Gould, fashion editor of that publication; tells how some women make themselves ridiculous by taking the new style and applying themselves too rigorously. In the following ex tract taken from her article she tells about a woman she saw at a theatre who had gotten herself up until she looked like a light house: “She wore a very decollete gown; her neck was scrawny and long, and she pulled herself out in light bouse effect by piling her hair way up on her head and topping the clffure with a long-drawn-out feather, adding perceptibly to the tall and thin effect.”

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ADOPT GAG RULE Preliminary Test Vote Assures Ship Purchase Bill Being Brought Up FOR CONSIDERATION Limited Debate—Committee to Investigate Indianapolis News Story. Indanapolis, Ind., Feb. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —When Thomas Taggart, democratic national committeeman, sent a communication to the senate today In the form of a clipping Irom the Indianapolis News in which it is charged that Taggart had "dominated the senate” in connection with the defeat of the Ballou fish and game bill a few days ago, the senate passed a resolution to investigate the charge. The charge made at the time was that Ballou had been disciplined ny the organization because he had voted against the Mayor Bell finance bill. The resolution was presented by Van Nuys and it gave the committee thus provided for, power to call witnesses if necessary. Washington, D. C., Feb. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Passage by the house tonight of the compromise ship purchase bill was assured this afternoon when in a preliminary vote testing the administration's strength, the house adopted 186 to 139, the “gag rule” bringing up the bill for consideration and limiting debate to six hours.

Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Senator Rine.Ttoday moved in the senate that the Jones-Rinear direct primary bill be recalled from the committee on election and placed upon its passage under the rule which says that the author of a bill may recall it if it remains in committee over six days. Senator Van ( Nuys moved that the bill be reported at 10 o'clock tomorrow. This brings the fight on the primary before the senate tomorrow mornin-r. o SPRINGS A SURPRISE. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Representative Perry Rule today furnished a surprise by introducing in the house the partial suffrage bill, backed by the legislative council of women. The democratic leaders had been given until today to decide whether they would back the bill. No definition was was given as to how Rule obtained the bill. Tho women had stated that they did not know whether the organisation would present it and the organization leaders had avoided an answer. The bill closely resembles the Illinois law, which allows women to vote for president and city officers and other officers not provided for in the state constitution. It was learned later that the women bad givtn the bill to Representative Griffith, and that he had turned it over to Rule. The bill was referred to tho judiciary "A" committee. The letter was issued just before the bill came up for divided committee report. The house refused to kill the bill and adopted the minority report which was for passage.

ASKS POLICE PROTECTION.

Indianapolis, Ind., Eeb. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —in the face of apparent police indifference in the case of Jennie Thompson of Portland, whose innocence was her only protection when she was in the power of a white slaver, the legislative council of Indiana women today laid «;:i the desk of each member of the legislature a letter asking them to pass o.t the bill for appointment of police women. Police women would lead the crusade against the white slave traffic. When Major Preston called for volunteers to arrest Armstrong, uniformed policemen were sent and when Armstrong saw them, he escaped. He confessed he had married Jennie to sell her, but when he saw her pray, be experienced a change of heart. Major Preston of the Volunteers of America took the Thompson girl to her widowed mother in Portland. o Clara and Ed Boknecht returned Sunday evening from Indianapolis, where they spent Sunday with their sister, Mrs. Scott Ellis.