Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 90.

MANY SUCCEED One Hundred Twenty-nine Make Grades Entitling Them to Diplomas. WHO THEY ARE Next Examination Will be Held Next Saturday— Third in May. County School Supprintendent E. S. Christen lias completed the grading Bl the manuscripts of the 213 county school students who took (lie examination for county diploma the third Saturday in March, that Being the first of the series of three examinations to be held this spring. There were 129 who were successful, making the grades that entitle them to receive a county diploma, thus completing the studies of the grades. Eightyfour failed. |j There will be two more examinations for county diplomas, and these Will be conducted in each township in . .Which the students reside, as was the ‘ first. The next examination will be next Saturday, being the third Saturday in the month. The last examinah/tion will be held the third Saturday in May. I Those who have failed, or those Who have not yet tried the examinaL; lion and wish to do so, should take advantage of these. K The county diploma entitles the holder to pass from the grades to the high school. i The following are the ones who B wore successful at the first examination : KUnion—L’llian Lehrman, Xariffa M. Barkley, Kenneth Shaffer. Marjorie E. Gleckler. Grace E. Bailey, Mabel F. ’■-Bailey, Marie Leßrun, Luetta M. Chapman. > Root —Dollie Brandyberry, Hugo RBoerger. Lawrence Thearld Johnson, H Marie Weidler, Royal 11. Van Camp, ■ Josephine Wilson, Velma Walters. Preble-Clyde Elzey, Reeva Cae■sar. Francis M. Grandstaff, Freida EKolter, Lauis Manns, Elmer Ruppert. | Mabel Cleo Shady. Kirkland —George Yaney, Lester B Pease, Walter Crum. Eva Butcher, a Idella Shirack. Viola Bowman, HerIF man Barger, Glennis Byerly. Washington—Philip B. Garger, Em- ■ ma Miller. St. Mary’s—Virgil Cross. Charley E Acker, Chester Lett, Ralph Longcn- ■ berger, Bick Davis, Forest Everett, ■ Russell Fortney, Floyd Carter, Glen- | i< e Roebuck, Orval Heath. Blue Creek—Minnie Foreman. Wai | ter Vance, Omer Merriman. Russeil O. r Wells, Cleo Ray, Lee Mitch. Thomas B Passwater, Karl Luginbill, Raleigh A. | Sipe, Ora McAlhany, Marie Passwai' ter, Dora Christy, Irene Eley. Monroe —Wilford Ray. Ermin Beer, | Olga Fluckiger. Earlina Habegger, j Mary Christener, Leona Depp. Louise Lorena Lehman. Clifford Fifickiger, Howard M. Liechty, Earl D. Durbin, Christian Zurcher, Webster Oliver, William E. Ehrsam, Pearl Strickler, • Dara Beer, Dessie Meyer, David Lehman, Clinton Habegger. Hartford— Murray Holloway, Luster U Reynolds, Eugene Miller, Lawrence gt Fiedler, Homer Shoemaker, Clara | Liechty. Adolph Ens- [ ley, Gladys Steiner. Shirley Baker, I Edna Spichiger, Raymond Roth, Clar | once Roth, Willis Augsbuiger, Arlo | North, Irvin Hormada, Lloyd Heller, i Marguerite Jeanette Bears. Wabash—Leslie E. Sprunger, Ixtwt fence Sommer, Paul Teeple. Howard | Gilliom, Virgil H. Wagner. Harry J .Dunwiddie, Delmer Stanley, Elma E. | Roth, Mary Fravel, Cecil May. Myrtle | Mann, Edna Brown. Lafayette Hall, f Minnie D. Liechty, Arminda Hirhchy, Rebecca Mason, Harry Cooper, Jefferson —Clarice' Bebou*. India I. Snyder, Ruby Lankhart. Kedmit BuckI ingham, Lloyd Fetters. Ollen Ryan, f Kenneth Woodruff. Irmyl Lang, Ida i Kern. Berne Corporation —Lester Scliug, i Frank Miller, Roland v. d. Smissen, I Arley Wullimatrn, Esther Lulu Bins, I Leona Lichty. Marie Hilty, Leota E. I Sprunger, Leona E. Wulliman. trank | Kuntz. — ATTENTION, W. R. C. iThe regular monthly meeting of the W. R. C. will be held at the G. A. R. hall tomorrow evening. All members are requested to be present

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| I RESIGNS AC \jHCRIF.F, ' Indianapolis, Ind., April 15 (Special to Ihiiy Democrat) Attorney , Percy Williams, for Dennis Shea, today announced that Shea had resigned. He said Shea would appear in federal court today or tomorrow and ask that his name be withdrawn from the list of applying for a writ of error and that he he sent io Ix'avenworth •< fcr five years. Shea also was fined SI,OOOn . MAYOR BUNCH NOT ARRAIGNED. Muncie, Ind., April 15—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Mayor Rollin Bundi and oilier officials who wore indicted by the Delawari county grand jury, were not arraigned today, owing • to the illness of an attorney. REAL ELOPEMENT 1 I Is the Blossom of a Geneva Love Affair—PontiusHaviland AT COVINGTON, KY. Bride Was Ready to go to College for Three Years —Changed Mind. When Homer Pontius of Geneva telephoned to the police at Ft. Wayne asking them to be on the lookout for his eloping daughter, an account of which was given in this paper last evening, lie telephoned in the wrong direction. They took a southern train instead of the north. Tiie Geneva Herald says! “Geneva bad a rcal-for-sure sensation Wednesday morning a little after midnight, when it was discovered that two of her young people had quietly fled to parts unknown under cover of the darkness. Miss Mildred Pontius, eighteen-ycar-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Pontius, was to leave Wednesday for Notre Dame to begin a three-year college course. Everything had been made ready for her departure, clothing packed, etc., and some of her girl friends spent Tuesday evening at the Pontius home bidding her good-bye. “Some time ago a friendship had sprung uu between Miss Pontius and Rex Haviland of this place, son of Grant Haviland, and this bloomed into a pretty little love affair. But the young lady’s parents opposed the match and did all in their power to keep them apart. M'ss Pontius hnd expressed a willingness to go away to school and thereby threw her parents eff their guard. “After the departure of her guests Mildred said she would retire Tor The night. A few’ minutes before midnight a ladder was placed under the window and she was helped to the ground below. They climbed into an automobile at the M. E. church corner, which took them to Portland, where they boarded the night trftin and disappeared. When their flight was discovered a thorough search was made but no clue as to their whereabouts could be found until Wednesday afternoon when a telephone call was received from Rex by Alva Vorhees, stating that they had been married at Covington. Ky., and vere in Richmond, Ind., on their way back home. Mr. and Mrs. Haviland intend living in Geneva, where Rex has been working on his grandfather’s farm fcr some time. Rex is an industrious young man and a good citizen, and Mrs. Haviland is an excellent young woman. We wish them happiness." MASONIC NOTICE. , Every member of Um Masonic i lodge interested in securing new lodge rooms should attend the meet- . ing to be held at the lodge rooms Fri- , day evening of this week, at which . time plans will be discussed for moving into new and handsome quarters, t Please be on hand, as it is important that action be taken at this time. ,— 0 _ METHODIST CHOIR. a On account of the district debating :. contest the Methodist choir will meet s Friday evening at 6 o’clock instead of 7 o’clock.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, April 15, 1915.

BOYS ARE NAME! y “ To Collect Subscriptions anc a Solicit Others for Decatur Athletic Club. r —— ; WATCH FOR THEM ■ And Meet The.tn Half Way i or a Little Better and We Will Soon Have “Gym.” i Martin Worthman, principal of the Decatur high school, and .who is as--1 sisting in organizing the boys in the work of collecting the monthly subscriptions made by citizens toward fitting up a gymnasium and club room l for (he bpys and girls in Decatur, has named ten hoys who will begin collecting at once, and who will also solicit other subscriptions. Mr. Mylott will select several boys from the Catholic schools who will do similar work. You are requested to treat those lads with courtesy and to meet them half way in their efforts to secure a clean and worthy public gymnasium fcr the young people of this community. The boys selected by Mr. Worthman are as follows: Dwight Peterson, Billy Linn, Dick Burdg, Robert Colter, Kenyon Walters. Alex Sutton, Dallas Brown, Ishmael Macy. Harold Kirsch and Francis Stephenson. Watch for one of these young men and if you don't see them, and are real anxious to give something, telephone any one —they will call on you and be glad to do it. Boost the Decatur Athletic club. o FEDERA£_ SITES Will Not be Purchased at Present—ls Indefinitely Postponed. ORDER IS ISSUED Affecting Numerous Cities Over Country—Protest Made by Congressmen. According to dispatches from Washngton there will be nothing doing on •he selecting of sites for a federal : uilding in Decatur for the present. The messages declare that Byron Newton, acting secretary of the United States treasury, has decided that all steps toward the procuring of Tltes for federal buildings shall be terminated and the purchase of said sites be indefinitely postponed. Since the buildings cannot be erected for two or three years, coining in the regular turn, it is needless to expend the money thus appropriated at this time, Indiana cities affected are, besides Decatur, where the amount named was $10,000; Linton, $8,000; Noblesville, $10,000; Lebanon, $10,000; Greensburg, $12,000; Plymouth, $lO.000; Warsaw, SIO,OOO, and Salem, $5,000. The Washington dispatches also add: “When the news that acting Secretary Newton had decided to hold up the purchase of sites spread among senators and representatives today it created a loud murmur of disapproval. Senator Shields of Tennessee and ither lawyers took the position that 'he treasury department had no discretion to hold up the sites, that the department’s function is purely administrative and that it must carry ut the will of congress. Under the language of the law the secretary of the treasury is “authorized <lid_ directed to contract for the acquisition by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, of a suitable site for the United States postofllce and other govern- ■ mental offices in each of the cities . enumerated.” —o TRACK MEET AT GENEVA. Geneva. Ind., April 15—The track team of the Geneva high school is in ; training for the track meet which will tbe held here April 28. Three teams f will be ifi the meet, the Geneva, Pe I troleum and Bryant schools.

■* WAS UNDER STRIKE ORDERS Berlin, April 15, — (Special to Dally Democrat) —That he was under strict orders not to take aboard any person U unused to living in a submerged ves sei was the official explanation offered liy the commander of the German submarine that sunk the Falaba, for failing to rescue any of the English liner's passenger* while they were struggling in the water. The coni- * mander's report was received today. He reported that the Falnba disobeyed his orders to stop and instead sig- / naled for help. The loss of 112 lives was due to the unseamanlike behavior of the Falaba’s crew in tipping over the boat. \ HAS RESIGNED e Wm. H. Miller, County At1 tendance Officer, Tenders s Resignation. TO COUNTY BOARD t ■ Os Education—To Take Es1 feet April 30—Board Meets May 3. s _____ William H. Miller of Jefferson ■ township, attendance officer of Adams ■ county for several months, filling out ■ the unexpired term of the late Caleb Andrews, has tendered his resignation to County School Superintem )-nt E. S. Christen, for the county board I of education, the same to take effect April 30. He gave as his reason for resigning that he believed it to be the best for the welfare of the Adams county schools. The unexpired term of Caleb Andrews, to whii/ he vzas appointed, would have expired Au-1 gust 1. The county board of education will hold its regular meeting the first Monday in May, that being May 3. At that time the election of an attendance officer lor the ensuing year will be made, the term beginning August 1. Mr. Miller’s resignation will be acted upon at that time and it is probable that the attendance officer elected in the regular way will be asked to fill out Mr. Miller’s unexpired term. The following is the form of his resignation: Decatur. Ind., April 12, 1915. To County Board of Education: I hereby tender my resignation to said board as attendance officer of Adams county, said resignation to take effect April 30. 1915. I heartily thank the county board of education for their liberal support and co-opera-tion during my official duty. With best wishes for the schools of Adams county, I remain Very truly yours. W. H. MILLER, Attendance Officer. — o FOR TOOTHERS Sigmi Chi Fraternity of Bloomington Inaugurates Annual Event. ... ’ WILL BE MAY 1 AND 2 Mrs. J. S. Peterson to go as ) Guest of Her Son, Robert. i t Mrs. J. S. Peterson of this city will 3 be one of thirty-two mothers who will . be entertained byt their sons—memy bers of the Sigmi Chi fraternity, at 8 Bloomington at their first annual f mothers' entertainment. This will be i- over the week-end, Saturday and Sunn day, May 1 and 2. The invitations were •_ received today by the honored ones, j Mrs. Peterson goes as a guest of [. her son, Robert, a sophomore in Indis ana university. There will be a ball game on Saturday, and numerous other features, the boys assuring their mothers that there will be “something doing every hour.” k For some time the boys have been n observing an annual entertainment of II their fathers, this event being in Nos vember. They have decided .to inauB- gurate one for th>> mothers and make (Continued on Page 4.)

THE GREAT NORTH ■t ( Is a Wonderful Land foi Farming Says County '' Auditor Baltzell. ii e -• " HAS JUST RETURNED » Bought a Quarter Section [• r Near Wilkie—Son Owns Half Section Near By. I County Auditor Thomas Baltzell has just returned from a (wo weeks' trip to (lie Saskatchewan district of Canada, where he accompanied his son, Walter, who is interested in a l|ig farming proposition there. Walter owns a half-section of land near Wilkie, and will try to get a wheat crop this year that will make a good slice off the cash invested. His father, who i has had considerable exiierience, accompanied his son to see the muchtalked of country and while there invested a little money on his own accord. buying a 160-acre farm with house and barn. He contracted for the sowing of 145 acres of the land in spring wheat and Walter, who will live on the place, will superintend it. The Adams county auditor says he does not intend to leave this country, but that there is no doubt that the opportunities are plentiful in that country, especially for the young man who will work. Tom has traveled over this country as well as several of those across the Atlantic and he says he never saw as good land as that of the Saskatchewan province. The spring work is just fairly started now after a winter in which the ground froze to a depth of ten feet. o BODY IS FOUND Ralph Baldwin Drowned in Creek When His Horse Stepped from Bridge. IN THE DARKNESS Was Returning from Night School—Was Sixteen Years of Age. • Monroeville, Ind,. April 15 —Ralph Baldwin, 16 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Baldwin, wiio reside on a farm one mile north of the village of Baldwin, on the state line, lost his life by drowning in the Flat Rock creek Tuesday night when in the darkness tlie horse which lie was rid'ng plunged cS tlie bridge into tlie water. The body was not discovered until Wednesday morning about 6 o'clock, when it was found in two feet of water by George Morse, wflio lives near the Baldwin farm. His horse was found a short distance away, but had fallen from injuries it had received. The horse, however, was not badly hurt. Young Baldwin was a student of the night school at Baldwin, and had attended Tuesday night’s session. About 9:30 o’clock, accompanied by Noah Lathamer, a neighbor boy, who also was on horseback, he started home. Lathamer rode on ahead and knew nothing of the accident until notified in the morning. He was tlie I rincipul witness at an investigation 1 conducted by Coroner Edward H. 1 Kruse, of Fort W&yne, Wednesday ' morning. When the Baldwin boy reached the 1 bridge over Flat Rock Creek, which ' is about a half-mile north of Baldwin, • it is believed the horse became fright- ’ ened and in the darkness plunged • over the side. The boy’s jaw was f. broken and he was otherwise injured, ’ but in the opinion of the coroner 1' death was due to drowning. In the ■ fall he was doubtless rendered tinr' conscious, as he might easily have es--5 caped from the shallow water. The bridge is a plank affair without i, railings and has always been regard f ed as dangerous. Young Baldwin was ; taking special instructions at the night t- school along with a number of othei e boys of the village and surrounding 1 country.

HOLD UP FREIGHT TRAIN ■| Buffalo, N. Y„ April 15. (Special to Daily Democrat) Twenty masked | robbers early today held up in true T western style a New York Central last freight train near Sanborn, Niagara, county and escaped with ten auto truck loads of valuable silks. The train was from Boston bound for Chicago via Michigan Central. The daring of Engineer Moris Goss In cutting out his engine and running into Suspesion Bridge prevented more extensive looting. 1 o MRS. RAILING’S FUNERAL. The funeral of Mrs. Abraham Railing at the Evangelical church this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock was largely attended. Rev. J. H. Rilling officialR cd. I’ o : ABOUT OUR ROADS > Deputy Auditor Paul Baum- , gartner Completes Statistical Report FOR THE STATE Showing Amount For Repairs, Levy, Amount Expended During 1914 Deputy Auditor, Paul Baumgartner lias completed an extensive and com- 1 plete road statistical report of Adams county for tlie year, 1914, the same being sent to Edward Barrett, of Indianapolis, to tlie United States depart- ( ment of geology. Adams county has a total of 800 ■ miles of roads. Os this number, 284 , miles are mud roads; 112 gravel and) ! mixed roads; macadam roads. The mileage in each township is set I out in the report in detail. The assessed valuation of Adams county was $16,251,740 for 1914 and on this was based tiie levies, all of i * which were given in detail as to town-!' ship’s in tlie report. During the year the sum of $32,251,96 was levied for repairs on county roads, and added to this was $6004.55 secured from automobile licenses. For repair of township roads there was secured from levies the sum of It $10,997.01, and receipts for labor on j i township roads were issued in tlie t sum 0f,58979.13. Tlii/e was paid off during tlie year, on macadam road bond issue and in- ' terest, tlie sum of $127,612.06. This was made up of a balance on hands, and also the sum of $114,792.92 from a levy. t The amount paid during 1914 to f build macadam roads was $148,250.35. t Tlie bond issue during the year was $107,820. This with a fund of $60,163 on hands, gave a good sumtotal. Each township's amount is set out v and the compiling of the report was a big piece of work, but one that will be much appreciated by the public. J — o WHAT THE SUN SAYS. The Portland Sun says: “An unexpected move, resulting in the dismissal of the case, so far as the pres- ’ ent trial is concerned, was taken in the suit brought by Ella Andrews against Jeff Klopfenstein. Preble saloonist, and the Illinois Surety company, asking damages in the sum of SIO,OOO for tlie death of Wade Andrews, husban,’ of the plaintiff, who was killed August 1, 1914, in an automobile accident while intoxicated, it ; was charged in the complaint that the sale of liquor to Andrews by Klopfen- . stein was the direct, cause of iiis ■ death. The case was venued from Wells county, having been originalily instituted in Adams county The i trial was begun before a jury Monday , noon and the evidence had been com- - pleted late Tuesday evening, leaving 1 only the argument of attorneys to s bring the case to an end. At the I, opening of court Wednesday morning r attorneys for the plaintiff filed a moe tien to withdraw the submission of i- evidence from the jury, the motion be- -- ing sustained by tha court over the objections of the defendant’s attorit neys. Leave was then asked to file 1- amended paragraph of the complaint, .s The costs in the case, so far, have it been assessed to the plaintiff. The ir case has been set for issues on April g 22 and will In all probability be tried during the May term.”

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THE COURT NEWS I i Buckinghams Fail to Show Up and Their Divorce ) * Suit is Dismissed. DOCKET IS CALLED Civil and Criminal Cases Dismissed—Civil Cases Set for Trial. The divorce case of Myrtle Buckingham vs. William Buckingham has lluhii dismissed at the costs of the plaintiff. Since bringing the suit the couple lias left the city and no further action was taken in the matter. Tiie case of Abraham Wei! & Brother vs. Charles Davison. A motion was filed by tlie defendant to dismiss tlie case for want o.“ prosecution. Tlie ease of Charles Van Camp vs Laura Van Camp, demand, SB,OOO, the cas,e growing out of the settling of the estate of tlie late Anson Van Camp, has been ordered left off tlie docket. Tlie defendant was administratrix of the estate. Since the bringing of this case, she had remarried and moved west, where site committed suicide. Emil Yandrick vs. The Holland-St. Louis Sugar company. Tlie defendant is ruled to answer absolute in five days. A judgment for $927.72 for the Schafer Hardware company was rendered against John G. Bittner. Tlie lien was foreclosed and tlie property was ordered sold as is other property on foreclosure. .t ! i Henry Hirschy vs. Earl Reber. Appearance by Merryman for the defendant. Rule to answer. Cora Winans vs. Raymond Winans, * divorce. The defendant is ruled to answer absolute in five days. Harry I. Young vs. Alberta Danheuer et al. A motion was filed by tlie plaintiff to remand the cause to tho Wells circuit court. The case of tlie State on the relation of Essie Harvey vs. Claude Harvey, fraudulent marriage, was dismissed at the costs of the plaintiff. The claim of Edna Baker against William C. Baker, administrator of the J. P. Baker estate, was dismissed. The claim of Fred Ramsey vs. Geo. Kinzle, administrator of the Amos P. Beatty estate, was ordered left off (he docket. Ellis & Flory vs. Ransom Smith, ■notion by defendant to dismiss for want of prosecution. The case of Edward C. Smith vs. Joseph B. Gibson et al. to set aside udgment, was ordered left off tlie locket. v William Fuchs vs. Edward Fuchs, for appointment of guardian. Case dismissed and judgment against tlie ■ laintiff for costs. The cose of Tlie Springsteel Fence ?nd Wire Co. vs. Noah Bieberstein, or. note; and that of Grace Ayres vs. Alfred Ayres, for enticing away her husband, demand SIO,OOO, were dismissed. Several state cases were dismissed. They are the cases against Warren Wilkinson, Simon A. Moore, Elizabeth Burns, Harry C. Organ, James H. Butler. Civil cases have been set for trial ■vs follows: Emert V. Emrick vs. William R. Hamer, damages, May 17; Hannah Paxton vs. Frank P. Adams, njunction and damages, May 17; Edward Zimmerman et al. vs. Helen Borling, contract, May 19; Adrian Favre vs. Oakland Motor Car Co., May 18; Marcellus E. Hutton vs. Joel Ellenberger et al., account, May 18: J. Miller Rosenthal vs. Maurice Goldberg et al., set for June 2. In the matter of the estate of Marie Engel Louise Heuer, the inheritance tax appraiser filed report of appraisement. There was found to be (Continued on Page 4.)