Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 88, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1915 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subecrtpt'on Ratee Per Week. by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier W OO Per Month, by mail 25 cents Per Year. by mail 12.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice tn Decatur. Indiana, as second-class matter. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA:— At the outbreak of the European war a clever American financial publicist. Herbert N. Casson, was living in London. He is a close observer of current events and makes some striking observations in the course of a letter to his old friend. E. St. Elmo Lewis, of the Art Metal Construction Company. This letter is such a short and pithy commentary on business conditions of the United States that it is well worth quoting. Here it is: As 1 have been residing in London since the beginning of the war. I have been hearing the question asked on all sides. I have never heard any satisfactory answer. No one seems to know. Why are the American factories not running night and day? Why are the railroads not opening up new territories and getting ready for the milions of immigrants who have already made up their minds to leave Europe as soon as the war is over? Why are there not fifty American drummers in London right now trying to sell $200,040 000 worth of American goods in place of the goods that were bought last year from Germany and Austria Why have advertisers become quitters, just at the time when their advertisements were most needed and most effective in cheering on the business forces of the United States? From the European point of view, the United States is a haven of peace and security and prosperity. It has no troubles that it dares to mention to Belgium or Austria or France or Germany or Servia or Great Britain or Russia. Every tenth Briton has enlisted. Every tenth Frenchman is at the front. Exery tenth Belgian is dead. What does the United States know about trouble? If I could afford it. I would charter the •■Mauretania" and “Lusitania" and convey a party of 5.000 American advertisers to Europe for a trip of education. I would give them a week in London, a week in Paris and a week in Antwerp. I would let them look at the United ■ States from the scene of war. 1 would give them a look at real trouble. I would let them see trains, ten at a

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time, five minutes apart, packed with th« maimed and dying. I would let them hear from frag ' mentary survivors, the incredible story of battlefields 150 miles wide and armies that are greater than the entire population of Texas. I would let them see graves 1001 yards long and full, and Belgium, the! country that was. nothing now but ’ 12,000 square miles of wreckage. Then, when they began to under stand, to some slight extent, the magnitude and awfulness of this war. I would say to them: "Now go back and appreciate the United States. realize your opportunities. Don’t start tigging trenches when nobody is firing at you. Don’; fall down when you have not been hit. Don't be blind to tl ’ xost glorious I chance you have ever l.ad In you* . life. "Go back and advertise. Get read, j for the most tremendous boom that any nation ever had. Build factories J bigger. Train more salesmen. Bor row more money. Go anead an thank God you are alive and that youfamily is alive, and that you are liv ing in a land that is at peace, at a 'time when nearly the whole world it at war.” The democrats of Indiana will open a campaign at once to off-set the organization work the republicans have been doing for several months. Th state workers met last Saturday and | a meeting of the committee will be held next Saturday to complete the I plans. The campaign of 1916 will be : one of the warm ones. The young people are circulating petitions to the council, asking for a revision of the ordinance forbidding

skating, and the request seems fair enough. Suppose the signers includ the owners and residents along cer pain blocks in Ute city, we cannot see where anybody’s rights would b~ much abused by granting the children the privilege they ask. at certain hours and so long as they properly conduct themselves. L . Receiver Ross has withdrawn his ; petition to remove the Clover Leaf terminal from Delphos here and th. Delphos papers are worried for fear (that means that Decatur citizens are ;to be given a "shake-down.’’ So ter as can be discerned from this end cf | the line there is nothing very scri- ! ous about this action. The court probably wants some definite proposii tion front Decatur, rather than the i opinion of the receiver, and it is expected that there will be something I doing soon on the plan. Decatur is willing to be shaken down if the re- ‘ suits are worth the shaking, and we i believe they will be. The standpat republicans now in control in Ohio and New York are conducting affairs >n a high-handed method and they will find that the people win not stand for such administrations any more than a few years ago »hen the greatest revolt ever known tore the republican party asunder. Now the same element which caused that disruption is doing the same things they did then and they will have more to do with the defeat of the republicans next year than will all the orators the democrats send out- The people are not easily fooled in this day and age. The love feasts of the republicans now will prove a case of "counting the chickens before they are hatched.’ and they may not be so gloriously happy after the votes are really counted. CARD OF THANKS In this manner we wish to thank I our neighbors and friends for the kindness extended to us during the illness and death of our dear husband and father, who was so kind and true, we ateo thank the Bobo school in their kindness of getting some beautiful flowers. MR3. HEATH & CHILDREN. • POCAHONTAS NOTICE. All members of the Pocahontas council are requested to be present Wednesday evening when the matter of changing the meeting night will be discussed. o FOR SALE—White Piytaouth Rock eggs from choice matemings: 1 cents eash.—Vincent Forbing, Decatur R. R. No. 4. S*t3 j

i DOINGS IN SOCIETY WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Tuesday. Tri Kappas—Fanny Frisinger. | afternoon Club —Mrs. J. H. Bremerikamp (evening meeting). Y. P. C. U — Bertha Drummond. S. S. Class—Mrs. Dan Sprang. W. C. T. U.—Mrs. John Niblick. • Historical —Mrs. Amos Gillig. Loyal Men’s Class—John Christen.

Wednesday. German Reformed Ladies’ Aid — ‘ Mrs. Henry Mayer. German Reformed Aid —Mrs. Henry! Moyer. Shakespeare—Mrs. F. H. Hubbard. Wednesday Afternoon Five Hundred —Mrs. Frank Barthol. e I Bachelor Maids —Miss Bess Tonnel-! ier. Thursday. Poinsettia —Letta Fullenkamp. Queen Esthers—Nola Snyder. Y. P. A.—Mrs. Fred Linn. Baptist Aid—Mrs. C. E. Bell. Evangelical Aid —Mrs. M. E. Johnson. Euterpean—Mrs. Fred Patterson. Friday. D. Y. B. —Chester Imler. The Footpath. Ah, here it is! The sliding rail That marks the old remembered spot: The gap that struck our school-boy trail The crooked path across the lot. It left the road by school and church. A penciled shadow, nothing more, | That parted from the silver birch And ended at the farmhouse door. No line or compass traced its plan: With frequent bends to left or right. In aimless, wayward curves it ran. But always kept the door in sight. —Oliver Wendell Holmes. Miss Neola Moyer of this city will be graduated May 5 from the Hope hospital. Fort Wayne. The commencemencement exercises will be held in the auditorium of the high school and manual training school on the evening cf May 5. Eleven nurses will be graduated. The list is as follows: Miss Edith Neidig. Bourbon: Miss Mabel Pitman. Van Wert. O.; Miss Laura Kreigh. Ossian. O.; Miss Mary Leiter. Warsaw; Miss Frieda Fisher. Kendallville; Miss Marearet Mash. Bluffton: y,~- Ruth Masterson. Bluffton: M:s~ Lillian Jenkins, London. Ontario: • Miss Mabel Haley. London, Ontario; Miss Neola Moyer. Decatur, and Miss Lula Wolfron. Ada. O Members cf the city school board have granted the nurses permission to hold the graduation exercises at the school building. The arrangements for a program are now being made, bub wiiT not be announced until « later date by the committee in charge. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. an: Mrs. John Rex were Mrs. Henry Waggoner and children. IsabeUe and Lather. of Pierceton. Ind.: Mr. and Mrs. Dale Sphar and daughter. Ruth: Mr Frank C. Ulmer of Bluffton and Mr. and Mrs. Phil Meihls. all of which spent a very pleasant day with their father and mother. Mrs. C. E. Beil was in charge cf the high school gifts* Bible club at the Baptist church yesterday afternoon. A review of the previous lessons was taken and the study of the seventh chapter of John continued. The airfare planning to hold a social soon. Another fine meeting of the Yeung Women’s Bible class was held last evening. the same being at the public library. There are now ninety-four members enrolled. Mrs. Emma Daniels is leader, and ten more cf the prophecies fulfilled by the coming cf Christ, were studied last evening. Fine letters from Mrs. J. M. McCombe of the Honeywell evangelistic party, who inaugurated the club, were read. These letters expressed hr appreciation of the gifts sent her last week. A Findlay (O.) paper tells of -a social affair given for Mrs. Vinnie Casting Lyon Laßue. formerly of this city: "Fifteen of the telephone operators and Mr. and Mrs Ralph Laßue and Nr. A. Graf arranged a delightful surprise for Mrs. Curtis La Rut and assisted in celebrating her birthday anniversary. The shower of cut glass and china was very much appreciated by Mrs. La Rue. The evening was featured by a social season and a; a late boar Miss Pearl Lyon and Miss Ade line Graf served an elegant twocourse luncheon." Miss Letta Fullenkamp has Invited the Poinsettia club girls to be her guests Thursday evening. _- < * The Sunday school class of Rev. J. H. Riilmg will meet this evening at 7: id at the Evangelical parsonage tor the purpose of organizing the

class. It is desired that all members be present. Friends of the class are invited to enjoy the social hour. — Committee. The German Reformed ladies’ Aid society will meet tomorrow afternbon with Mrs. Henry Mayer. The Trt Kappas will meet this evening with Miss Fanny Frisinger. On account of the measles in the Howard Sikes home, the Baptist la- : dies’ Aid society will meet instead ■ with Mrs. C. E. Bell Thursday after- [ noon. INTEDERfIiIW" An Even Hundred Terre Haute Politicians Occupying Cells Today. — MAYOR DON ROBERTS Placed in Cell Next to the Famous Terre Haute Flat-iron Murderer. f Indianapolis, April 13 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —An even hundred I Terre Haute conspirators were in jail today occupying cells in “federal row". i Among them was Mayor Don Roberts who drew a sentence of six years in | Leavenworth and a fine of 52,000. Roberts occupied a cell next to Venue Alphonse Lewis, the Terre Haute fiat|iron murderer who killed a mother and three children. There seemed little likelihood today that Roberts and others could provide bonds unless assisted again by Taggart who indemj minfied Roberts SIO,OOO bondqwhen be was indicted. L. P. Brunig represen- ' ting the National Surety Co., which was indemified Uy the national committeemen said today it would be exj tremely difficult to provide bond because some one would have to make a deposite to cover a portion of the ’ recent trial, the cost of a trial in the • court cf appeals, and. in Roberts case. : a fine of $2,000. Roberts was not as ! ferhanded today as previously and i when he was served bread, molasses and black coffee, he did not produce a lump cf sugar. George Kintz, sen ■ reared to serve three months in jail, wgs admitted to jail today. When he tried to get in last night the jailer re- ;! used to admit him because he did ’’not have proper papers. Maurice Walsh, who obtained a sis- . j teen-hundred-dollar campaign contributicn from Crawford Fairbanks, told Judge Anderson he would not appeal. ’; The court then allowed Walsh his freedom until Sunday on his promise rat he would leave Terre Haute for Leavenworth Sunday. This is the fifth :aaa Judge Anderson has allowed to >go to Leavenworth unaccompanied. Walsh's action came as a surprise as : he was credited as being the man closest to Fairbanks and was expected to appeal. Plans for the special train were held up temporarily today. 0 ■ - — PARTIAL TO PORT WINE. New York. N. Y.. April 13—(Special ta Daily Democrat) —For a professed. ■ casual tourist, enjoying himself by j traveling. Victoriano Huerta, Ivrmer (dictator of Mexico, was exceedingly ' busy today studying the Mexican situ- , atiom This at least was the declaration of Abraham Ratner, his business associate, and a member of his party. Carefully guarded by hall men, bell Leys, Ratner and a private secretary, Huerta remained in his room at bis hottl. Ratner said he was swamped by correspondence. but that he will itscusa the affairs o. Mexico at gt-vti length Friday morning. Three burly ice seen, lugging and straining under the burden, bore a great cake of ice to the door at his suite today while a I waiter led with a tray of oversized whiskey glasses. Ramer explained that Huerta was con'inlng himself tc Port wine before the questioa had been asked. The cocrespondtuce. according to Ratner, is entirely from the United States. o FIRE CAUSES .PANIC. Chicago. HL. April 13—‘Special to Daily Democrat)—Fire of unknown rigin starting shortly after 7 o'clock in the annex of the Chicago state asylum for the insane, burned the twostory building to the ground and cans ed a panic among the 2®>) patients. It is not known whether all escaped. WILL START DANCES. Fred Sccurgar, j*ie wefl known dan .ng teacher cl this city, will stars Friday evening with haring htsrireek-j ly dances an:. aLo give lessens. The I dancing lessons will be given st 7:331 o'clock and ar 8:45 the -s-.UI dance? will began. Everybody ;s invited. |

CRUEL HUSBAND ! (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ler. Cruel and inhuman treatment is also the gist of her complaint. The) were married August 25. 1595. and ihed together until March Id. I#l®They have three children—Homer W .. aged 14: Leah R., agen 10; P|< ch< R.. aged 7 She asks for the custody of the two younger children, and for SI,OOO alimony. That her husband used profane and vulgar language, that he was possessed of a violent temper: that he was jealous of her and accused her of intimacy with other men; that he threatened violent injury to her; said he hated and despis ed the sight of her; said he was • makinig it hot for her. would make it hotter, and see W be couldn t make it so hot she couldn’t stand it;" are seme of the charges she makes against her husband. She says that he once made her go to the barn at night carrying a lamer before him while he followed and carried a leaded gun. She says he said it made him mad to see her cry. On one occasion , he threw the washing machine out I and picked up the wash boiler filled’ with clothes and said he would throw them out of the house. On that occa sion. she says, while he was angry, he said he would tie her in the buggy and. take her to his father’s house. Speak ; ing of the custody of their children ! she says he pointed at one and said: ■ "There is one you will not get unless I there are not enough bullets to i shoot.” She says he has threatened violent injury to her. and names several instances. Mr. Miller is a resident of Jeffer son township, and has been a teacher. in the county schools, being at this time the county attendance officer. ABOUT THE EICK. Miss Maggie Bennett was operated upon tiiis morning at the Decatur hos ■ pital for the removal of a "fatty tumor from her left side. Dr. C. S. Clark performing the operation. Mies Ben nett stood the operation w> ,’ an i was ■ taken to the John Tisrou home on First street, where she is getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. James Hudson and child went to Fort Wayne this mom ’ ing to call on their daughter. Stella. ’ aged thirteen, who was operated upon Sunday at the Lutheran hospital. The little girt is suffering from the results ’ of pneumonia, a draining of the lungs : being necessary. It is believed that ' she is getting better. Samuel Yost who has been quite ill of lung trouble and bedfast for ; many weeks, remains about the same, being still confined to his bed. Mh A ■ V ii C A B. K. Co . ISIS ’F The harder you are to please in choosing your clothes, the greater will be our satisfaction in pleasing you. In assortments as large and liberal as ours, any man can expect to find just what he wants — and we shall not disappoint him. Kfrschbaum Clothes sls, S2O, 525 and up to S4O Select from an assortment of really superb serges, cbevfocs and tropical worsteds au of them absolutely pure wool and so guaranteed by “ The Ticket on the Sleeve ” Feeple. Brandyberry & Pei terson.

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