Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 80, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1915 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by ▼BE DECATUB DEMOCRAT COMPAIP LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates nV?' r—i Per Week, by carrierlo cents Per Year, by carrierWOO Per Month, by mail2s cents Per Year, by mails2.so Single Copies • -2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflee In Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. g DOINGS IN SOCIETY I tEJSCtZJOC: a WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Monday. Dance —C. B. L. of 1. hall. Research —Mrs. bocke Bracken. Tuesday. Maxixe Easter Ball —K. of C. hall. Presbyterian Missionary—Mrs. J. C. Sutton. Wednesday. Shakespeare —Mrs. A. D. Suttles. A Pin. Do you know any "pins"—women so disagreeable that even to meet them sends little chills up and down your spine. If you do know any you will be sure to meet them on Easter day when you wear your new togs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox evidently did. and wrote the following rhyme (in part) on her: Oh, I know a certain lady who is reckoned with the good, Yet she Tills me with more terror than a raging lion would. The little chills run up and down my spine whene’er we meet, Though she seems a gentie creature, and she’s very trim and neat. • • * * • She is wonderfully observing when she meets a pretty girl, She is always sure to tell her if her hair is not in curl; And she is so sympathetic to her friend who's much .admired, She is often heard remarking,” Dear, you look so worn and tired.” And she is an honest critic, for on yesterday she eyed The new dress I was wearing with a woman's natural pride. And she said, ‘‘Oh, how becoming!'' and then gently added, “it Is really a misfortune that the basque is such a fit.” ***** Whenever I encounter her, in such a nameless way She gives me the impression I am at my worst that day. And the hat that was imported (and which cost me half a sonnet), With just one glance from her round eves becomes a Bowery bonnet! The Research club will meet Monday afternoon with Mrs. Locke Bracken. Mrs. J. C. Tritch will have the paper on “Old Men of biterature.” Mrs. Floyd Butler and babe arrived this morning front Fort Wayne for a visit over Easter with the Sam Butler family. The opening dance at the C. B. L. of I. hall will be given Easter Monday

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’'evening under the management of Mr. . Fred Schurger. At that time, an t nouncements will bo made regarding the further dances at that place. I Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller and Sant Miller arrived today from Ft. Wayne and will be Easter guests of their : parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miller. One of the big social events of next i week will be the annual Easter ball • to be given at the K. of G hall by the i Maxixe dancing club. i ■. - Mr. and Mrs. John Peoples, Mr and Mrs. F. A. Peoples were cntertaii ed at an April first supper by Mr. an ! Mrs. Henry Gerke. It was a'very jolly party, the affair being carried out !r. accordance with the day. , Thursday was the twenty-fifth bir.-r I anniversary of Elmer Tricker and i was made memorabl" ’ a surprise at- | j ranged by Mrs. Tri'!"' in the for :: of a six o'clock r. vt which thirty-one relatives and frtend partook. When Mr. Tricker returnc ! at 5:30 from his work, he found th party assembled at his home and th table spread with the *>'St. TI splendid birthday cake was baked by | his mother and on it were twenty-fiv candles. The Pythian sisters are requested to be at the K. of P. home Monday evening. Important business will be attended to. Mrs. Dr. Amsbaugh and babe have gone to Columbus, Ohio, for a two week’s xisit with her parents. Mrs. Amsbaugh is the wife of the new chiropractor and they have taken the B. W. Sholty furnished apartments on Monroe street. Mrs. Amsbaugh is a member of the Christian church and will be gladly received by the congregation here. Miss Clara Berry, teacher of do 1 mestic science, went to Ft. Wayne to spend Easter with Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Bicknell of the Fort Wayne News. Mr. and Mrfs. E. H. Kilbourne of Fort Wayne will be guests over Easter of the U. Deininger family. HAD FINE TIME. The closing day of school DisL No. 4. Monroe township, was very festive under the exercises conducted by the teachers, Clinton Striker and Miss Effie Patton. There was a miscellaneous program, including the presentation o'. “Evangeline” by the schools. The | patrons showed a splendid spirit of■ co-operation and interest by their large attendance .and the excellent dinner spread. Seldom has there been so great a variety, and so delicious, as the edibles prepared by tl|> good people and good cooks of that community. Three or four tables were spread and there was more than enough to supply the gathering. County School Superintendent and Mrs. E. S. Christen, Rev. Kattman of Berne and ex-Trustee Beer were among the many guests. Rev. Kattman gave a farewell talk and Mr. Christen also spoke. Ball games were in ofder during the afternoon also, as well as other out-door sports. The teachers were remembered by their pupils with handsome gifts. o Homemade sauer kraut for sale at Fullenkamp’s. FOR RENT —House on North Tenth street. Inquire, of Frank Johnston. 80t4

BETTING ODDS ON WILLARD. Havana. April 3—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A sensational spurt in betting today on Monday's championship fight changed the odds to favor Willard. The prevailing figures were 6 to 5 Willard to win. A wild rumor that the fight was fixed to have Willard win was indignantly denied by the promoters. ■ ■ ■ -—o —— ATTACK SERVIAN FORT. Rome, April 3—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Bulgarian bands attacked a Servian block house at Volanddvo last night, occupied the hills on th left bank of the Verdar and capture:! two cannon, according to dispatches here today. Telegraphic communication with Salonika has been interrupted. MEN’S MEETING. “Corn Starch Jim” will speak to men at 3:15 p. m. at the Evangelical church. Tills business man evangelist is a unique character and always has a message worth hearing. Men of the city and country are invited to *!>« present regardless of church relationship. o CONFIRMATION IS LACKING. Washington, D. C., April 3—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The navy department admitted this afternoon that it had succeeded in getting a wirelA. to Norfolk concerning the Prinz Eit< Freiderich, but no answer had peen received. TO ATTEND SCHOOL. Ijawrcnce Spuller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Spuller, closed a most successful term of school yesterday in French township. He left today for Terre Haute to take a course in the state normal. o REV. D. O. WISE COMING Rev. D. O. Wise of Louisville, Ky. will preach Tuesday evening at th? Decatur Evangelical church, of which he was former pastor. He is enrout? to the conference at Kendallville. PUBLIC SALE The undersigned will sell at public sale at their residence, 2% miles south of Pleasant Mills, three miles west of Willshire, five miles east of Monroe, on TuesdayApril 6, 1915 beginning at 12:0 o’clock sharp the following property to-wit: 7 haed of horses; one brown mare. 3 yrs. old, broke double, wgt. 1700 lbs ; cne sorrel mare, 3 yrs. old, broke dou ble, weight 1700 lbs.; one sorrel driving mare, 4 yrs. old. double gated, well broke, weight 1000 lbs.; one Bay driving colt, 3 yrs. old. broke single weight 1000 lbs.; one bay mare, 7 yrs. old, lady broke, weight 1050 lbs.; one bay mare, 7 yrs. old, lady broke, weight 1300 lbs.; one black colt, 2 yrs. old, weight 1200 lbs. Harness and buggies, 2 sets single buggy harness, good as new; 1 Storm King buggy, 2 top buggies, 1 good as new. Terms —All sums of $5.00 and under cash in hand on day of sale, all sums over $5.00 a credit of 9 months will be given, purchaser giving his note with approved security. 4 per cent off for cash. No property shall be removed until settled for. TEEPLE BROS. Harry Daniels, Auct. o TILE MILL FOR SALE. I will rent or sell my tile mill located at Preble. It is in good condi tion and it is a splendid point for the business. Prefer to sell and will sell it at less than half price. Has 50 horse boiler and 35 horse power engine, good as new- and a good heavy mill. This is your chance 75t30. DAVID WERLINU. o EASTER SOCIAL. And free entertainment by the Young Ladies’ Organized class, Saturday evening. April 3, Bobo, Ind. Bring your friends. 74t3 0 FOR RENT —A middle room in the Gregory building at the corner of Madison and Third streets. Inquire of Mrs. Dick Townsend. Phone 151. t 3 WANTED —Two hustling salesmen to cover this territory with complete line of oils, greases and paints. Experience unnecessary. Write us today. Industrial Refining Co, Cleveland, O. FOR SALE —Bay horse, sound, weight 1100 pounds. Is absolutely city broke. Inquire E. A. Beavers at Beavers & Atz furniture store. 72t3 WANTED —Hustler in each county ?s agent for first-class line of Paints and Roofing. Liberal commission to reliable man. — Federal Paint Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 65t3 NOTICE—It would be greatly appreciated if the person who borrowed my lawn roller last spring would kindly return same to ihe at once.—E. X. Ehlnger. 70t3

STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC. Os Decatur Daily Democrat, published daily except Sunday at Decatur, Indiana, required by the act of Au gust 24, 1912. Editor —Lew G. Ellingham, Indieeapolis, Ind. Managing Editor —John H. Heller, Decatur, Ind. Business Manager—John H. Heller, Decatu’’, Ind. Publisher Decatur Democrat Co.. Decatur, Ind. Owners: — Lew G. Ellingham, Indianapolis. Ind. Mrs. L. G. Ellingham, Indianapolis. Ind. J. H. Heller, Decatur, Ind. Mrs. J. H. Heller, Decatur, Ind. A. R. Holthouse, Decatur. Ind. F. E. France, Muskogee, Okla. Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders, holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, or other securities: Goss Printing Press Co., Chicago. Illinois. Average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date of this statement, 2,722. J. H. HELLER. Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before mo this 30th day of March, 1915. A. R. HOLTHOUSE. Notary Public. My commission expires January 21, 1918. o SENDS MORRISON HOME. Indianapolis, Ind., April 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —At recess the court called Morrison before him. “Mr. Morrison go back to your home, to your wife and children,” said Judge Anderson. “I shall call you when I need you.” The act of Morrison in changing his plea was the signal for an outburst on the part of several of the defendants, who for some time had been nearing the parting of the ways with Roberts. Hilton Redman. | denounced Roberts, intimating that; the mayor was holding the defense funds away from the lesser defendants in order to perfect an appeal in the case of a verdict of guilty. “Why doesn’t Roberts go into his pocket and help the poor fellows out. I think Morrison changed his plea because he had no money to appeal his case. He has a big family. I’m buying breakfast for a lot of the fellows now.” Defendants have intimated that they were being sacrified to save Mayor Roberts. There was little doubt today that in case of an adverse verdict, the defendants will appeal. o UNCLE SAM IS RECEIVER. * New York. N. Y., April 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The United States government this afternoon by virtue of receivership proceedings became the custodian of the greatest fleet of trans-Atlantic liners. United States Judge Houlgh named P. S. Franklin receiver for the International Mercantile Marine company. He put all the great liners controlled by the company under the wing of Uncle Sam. Franklin will act as an agent for the United States government. .Practically all these liners are Britishcwnqd vessels. What would happen if these liners would be attacked by r German submarine was a question that, puzzled legal experts. THOUSANDS OF ROAD BOOSTERS. Chattanooga, Tenn., April B—(Special to Daily Democrat, —Four governors of states and ehousands of road enthusiasts gathered here today to l ull for the Hoosierdom to Dixie highway, proposed to extend from South Bend to Miami. Fla., Not fewer than ten thousand boosters were The governors were Ralston. McCleary, of Kentucky, Rye, of Tennessee, and Slaton, of Georgia. ° H COURT HT.USE NEWB. (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) born October 19, 1888, son of Samuel Beitler, was licensed to wed Gertrude Hirschy, office assistant, born October 26, 1893, daughter of Amos Hirschy of Berne. o Homemade sauer kraut for sale at Fullenkamp’s. FOR RENT —Four room house and garden in southwest part of city. Sam Wyatt. 78t3 FOR SALE —Roller top desk, good as new; call ’phone 64. 63t3 FOR RENT—Furnished rooms.—Mrs. Lase Ellis. 'Phone 410. 78tf GARDEN PLOWING —Done resasonably by Sam Wyatt. Call phone 540 between 6 and 7 p. m. 78t3 FOUND —Horae blanket in front of the interurban station. Owner may have same by calling at the WellsFargo express oilice and paying for this ad. 80t3

KEEP UP UNREST IN CHINA Fervent Believers In Evil Spirits and Kindred Invisible Agencies Source of Much Trouble. It is a common belief among the ignorant classes of the Chinese that the innumerable evil spirits of the dead are real and terrible demons. These demons are believed to be able to subject the relatives to the most evil state of bondage and suffering. Superstition runs so rampant throughout China, in spite of the sprinkle of education and advances made during the last decade by occidental commerce and missionary efforts. that the average native firmly believes in the existence of invisible agencies. These superstitious agencies can mysteriously cut off queues and bring about sickness or accident or other dire disasters. Because of this superstitious fear and belief in the presence of evil demons, many of the Chinese are frequently aroused to the wildest, most uncontrollable state of excitement. These latter outbreaks manifest themselves in different phases of ptfbllc disorder and rioting. For example, in 1877 a panic broke out in which a queue-cutting mania occurred. The later Boxer outbreak was a gigantic illustration of how superstitious fear can arouse the average Mongolian. Under the stress of high excitement and fever, the average ignorant Chinaman, Ibd on by unscrupulous leaders, is made to actually believe that all the laws of nature have for their especial benefit been suddenly repealed. The ignorant, superstitious mind of the native is readily worked up to the point where he believes he bears a charmed life and that his body is invulnerable to rifle bullets, exploding artillery shells or other missiles of war. Difficult as it is to believe, there are native fatalists existing tceday in China so wildly superstitious that they believe no sword has ever been forged which can cut their charmed lives. Obviously, they have never gone up against the real thing in occidental warfare, but it is with such sophistries that these fatalists inflame the superstitious minds of their ignorant followers. The disturbing and perilous element among the Celestials, with their wild superstitions, is impossible to estimate, but in spite of the marvelous advances during the last two decades, China is still filled | with such dangerous men. One of ' the great needs of modern China is . some educational method whereby these wicked and evil states of the ignorant, superstitious mind of the Celestial can be overcome. —Clyde Witmer. Surnames of Royalty. The royal families of Europe hare not generally a surname because j mostly (unlike the English houses of j Stuart and Tudor, which were the j respective surnames of the first king of each house before he ascended the j throne) they are descended in the male ’line from some territorial counts existing long previous to the period in which the somewhat modern cus- > tom of surnames prevailed. King George V, derives in the male line from the ancient counts of Wettin (flourishing in the tenth century), afterwards electors of Saxony, dukes of Saxe Coburg Gotha, etc. His ancestors in the male line were of the house of Este, one of whom, Azo of Este, married early in the tenth century the daughter and heiress of Guelph, duke of Bavaria, from which match sprang in the male line the dukes of Bruns-wick-Luenenburg, afterwards electors of Hanover and kings of Great Britain. The members of the British royal family are described by their princely titles in proceedings in the house of lords, and no allusion is made to any surname—for instance, they sign the test roll merely by their personal or Christain name, and we know nothing of any surname which appertained by right or by usage to his late majesty, King Edw.vd, or to his majesty, King George V. EgyptOets More Rain Now. Rain fell in torrents in Alexandria, Egypt, during the rejoicings over the accession of the new sultan. Some fifty years ago the statement would have seemed ridiculous; but of recent years the climatic character of Egypt has lost its consistency, and now we have rain in places where none was known before, and more rain whers there was very little, or only the gentle dew. The English are believed to be responsible for the rain—with their new channels for spreading over the land the waters of the Nile. Cairo has only tw’o inches in the year, while 500 miles up the Nile there is practically none at all. Just as the plantation of trees in a desert will bring rain, so is Egypt now a moister plape because of the extension of cultivated lands. But it is not likely that all our western civilization will ever destroy the wonderful dryness of Egyptian air with which the constitutions of Invalids and pyramids agree. Many Animals Killed. Mrge numbers of predatory animals were destroyed last year by federal forest officers In the national forests. More coyotes Were slaughtered than any other animal, nearly 3,200 being killed. Wildcats were second in the casualty list; of these 533 meeting violent ends. Then came bears, the death list being 240. Other animals killed in considerable numbers grere wolves, lynxes, and mountain lions. Over 40,000 acres in the Coconino forest were cleared of prairie dogs by the use of uoison

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