Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 122, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 122.

HOW TO BE AN OPTIMIST And the Man Who Can—- • Wm. Rainey Bennett Tells the Graduates HOW TO SUCCEED Forty-eight Seniors Receive Diplomas at Commencement Last Night. “The man who can' is the man who , doesn't know when he is licked. No , man is ever whipped until he owns up to it." This was the keynote of ' the lecture of William Rainey Ben- ’ nett to the forty-eight graduates ot 1 the Decatur high school last evening. No class ever started the new era of ' their life with a better, more practi- 1 cal, more optimistic send-off than the ’ talk given them by this man. 1 The exercises were held in the 1 Bosse opera house and every seat was filled with the friends of the for’yelght honored ones. Music by Roembke’s orchestra from Fort Wayne, fill- ‘ 1 ed the time between the assembly of | ’ the audience and the rising of the cur-, ! tain at 8:30 which showed the class seated on the stage, together with the 1: lecturer, Superintendent C. E. Spauld- 1 ing and Principal M. F. Worthman. The girls w'ere attired in white sailer • suits and green ties, but all were con- * coaled by the grey cap and gown, 1 worn alike by boy and girl. Stream- * ers of the class colors, green and white 1 in crepe paper, were the decorations. • Rev. D. T. Stephenson of the Metho- * dist church invoked the divine bless- ’ ing upon the class, the schools, the ' teachers, the city, and all so closely j' associated with the development of 1 the lives of the young pepole. ’ A waltz from Baxter’s “Elaine" by the orchestra preceded the presenta- t tion of the lecturer, William Rainey j Bennett, by Superintendent C. E. , Spaulding. Mr. Bennett is a Hoosier, formerly living at Marion. For many ‘ years he has been in lyceum work. ' and has long been with the Redpathjt Company, known here because of our ’ Chautauqua. Some 250 lectures a year are deliv- i ered by Mr. Bennett and next week, I he will go to Oklahoma to deliver n| commencement address, having been 1 called there by a Hoosier. | 1 Mr. Bennett’s worthy message was, i pdesented under the subject “The Man ’ Who Can”. Optimistic and "boosting” | throughout, it was an inspiration to : all. He said that no assembly ever impressed him with so much solemnity as that of a commencement. It was glad, yet sad. It is like getting married in some respects. The first preparations, including the prepara-

tions of the clothes, the invitations t anj other things, are all gladsome, i The gladsomeness is kept up until that last great moment when the vow- 1 is taken, and then it is likely every-|i body will cry. All great events run.l the whole gamut of emotions. Only a < short while ago these young peo-| pie were babies, and now they are t •‘great grown things.” Mr. Benn<\t took occasion at this time to compliment the class on their simplicity of dress, and he stated that he wished all schools would adopt “The Mother Hubbard, style. Like a political speech, a Mother Hubbard covers everything and touches nothing. He decried extravagance in dress, the desire to each outshine the other in that respect, when it must be donC| with great pinching. He stated thf«t| the cap and gown is simple and dlgnifiged, and in them one felt and looked as good as the other. It is the extreme of vulgarity to “show off" to bedeck one’s children with jewels and furbelows for the purpose of outshining others. It is not through clothes but through the intellect that one outshines another, and this shining intellect is seen more often in poor freckle-faced, tow-headed boys, then the children of the rich. He then launched forth into Ins lecture "The Man Who Can.” He said in effect: The man who can is the man who doesn’t know when he is licked. He never gives up. Roosevelt and Bryan are men of this type. There is plenty of reserve power. We all have ten times as much energy as we use. Many are handicapped by the fear that we are not backed by brilliance. Jesus came from a little place and from the family of a poor

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workingman. America is founded upon faith in everybody’s boy and girl. Heredity never made a good ease. The <>ld cry that "blood will tell Ims never made good. Lincoln, Edison and others were cited. Anybody who wants to trace back his ancestors should go slow. They might find somebody hanging on one of the limbs of those family trees. Anybody can make good if he sets his brain afire. Fortunate is the person if he meets the right one to set his brain afire, to give the right touch to set off its power. Burn your brain; it will rust out anyhow.' Billy Sunday is killing himself, but he is doing it for a purpose, while some of us are dying to no effect. Billy Sunday is a common, ev-ery-day man. directing his wonderful energy through a common mind. People pay and scratch and bite to get to hear him tell them to go to h — when most any one can and do tell them that every day. He is simply making use of his great energy. You can make good if you wake up and set your brain on fire. Poverty is not a handicap; it is an Inspiration, but do not let it become a habit. You can’t go io sleep on your job. What the world wants to know is whether you can deliver the goods. You have been preparing for life in the schools here; you have your diploma from the Decatur high school; but the world will ask you, where is Decatur, Indiana? Who are you? It will want to know whether you can deliver the goods. “The world expects you to get ready for the job. The keen competition of the present day demands special preparation. The day of the old time teacher, pgeacher, farmer, merchant, lawyer, doctor, is past. You must be prepared for the J°h. “Henry Ford, who shares the profits of his capital with his laborc-s was cited as a man of the new type: J. D. Rockefeller, who squeezes the life cut of his laborers and turned the profits into a donation of a church organ to a church, which no one could play, the example of the old. One maMes money and makes manhood; the other makes money and unmakes manhood. This is the age of young men. The worjd wants you before the fire is dead. He likened life to a ship about to sail dark seas. No soul should sail into a dark tomorrow without a searchligiit to cut the shadows. The searchlight of the brain is the imag-l ination. * The imagination lifts us, above the animal; it provides the vision like which <we strive to become. All great men were once dreamers; all reforms were once but dreams; all movements were once but dreams. No soul should sail into a tomorrow without a captain and without an engine. He likened the engine of the soul to will power, the determination to carry out the visions. Optimism plays a big part in the power of life. Act like you want to. feel, and you will become like that. I Look the part, even if you feel half dead, and no one will know that you are not alive. Noboddy kicks a bulldog. Be like a bull-dog, lock your teeth about the proposition with de-

termination and throw the key in the well. Mr. Bennett’s lecture abounded in humor, that illustrated the practical, pithy points to perfection, and held the attention of his audience throughout. After more music from the orchestra. including selections from Srinu's “High Jinks” and Carrie Jacobs. Bond’s “A Perfect Day,” Principal. M. F. Worthman, vyith a clear, concise speech, presented the graduating class. This was followed by a talk by Superintendent C. E. Spaulding before he presented the diplomas to toe ' class. All the class was present except Sidney Borton, who is ill of the measles. Mr. Spaulding said that he was glad that he was identified with the schools at this time, when the (largest class—forty-eight—ever graduated from the schools, received their diplomas. He admonished the class that they owed much to their parents for the opportunities given them; that they should aim high; remember that success depended much upon the love one had for bis job; and that they should not grow stale at it. This, with other words of advice, well given, preceded the presentation of the diplomas. Following this certificates of proficiency in the Palmer Method of writing were presented nine stui dents. They were Thelma Auth. Ella i Reiter, Ijorrinne Parr, Josephine Mys ers, Solomon Otis Lord, Dorothy E. - Williams, Esther Betz, Ruth Frisinge- ■ Mildred Yager. > A selection from Sanford’s “Sweet ' Hearts” by the orchestra preceded ’ tire benediction by the Rev. J. H. Ril f ling. The orchestra also played dur B ing the exit of the assembly. r (Continued on Page 2.)

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, May 22, 1915.

WIDE CONFERENCE 1 State-wide Conference in Problems on Teaching Agriculture and I HOME ECONOMICS ( In Schools Will be Held at 1 Purdue University June 24th and 25th. j A state wide Conference on the, problems of teaching Agriculture and I Home Economics in the schools of Indiana will be held at Purdue University June 24-25, 1915. The subeet ] of this conference is to bring together county superintendents, town school superintendents, principals, supervisors, teachers, and others interested in the administration and teaching of courses in Agriculture and Home Economics, Special attention will be 1 given in the program to the administration of courses, subeet matter, and the home project work. ; It is felt that the time has arrived when the material to be offered to the children in the schools, can be standardized and the course made more complete and uniform, t. is’also felt that the work in Agriculture and Home Economics will not be of the greatest value until systematic home 1 project work is on. More 1 than twenty-one schools have employ- ’ ed supervisors of Home Project work for the summer under the supervision of the Agriculture Extension Depart- 1 ment of Purdue. These people will 11 attend the Conference and give the 1 results of experience in this work. A 1 large number of people attending the r Purdue Summer School will have opportunity to take part in this Conference and receive inspiration and instruction. The State Association of 11 Agricultural teachers will also hold 1 its annual meeting in connection with c this conference. A large attendance 1 of interested people is already assur- ’ cd. ‘ MEN ARE TREED: t I Four Business Men Hunt f c Mushrooms and Are Driv- r en to Trees by i i AN ANGRY BULL c I I Their Hands and Shins T Were Skinned in the ' i Rough Climb. f t . i Those tucked away safe and snug i in their little quiet rooms may well * laugh, but it was no laughing matter ’ yesterday afternoon for four men of ( the city, when they figured in a series < c.f acts that would make many a mov- I ing picture reel look like a nickel with 1 i a hole in it. The party of four included business : : men of this city; a photographer, a restaurant man, a dry cleaner, and a jitney bus driver. They had gone to t'.ie Joe Rumschlag farm near the city , to hunt mushrooms in a field where » cows were browsing dreamily. They i were so absorbed in this that they > did not notice that a large bull, watch- - their maneuvers had become angry at r their invasion of the premises and 3 was coming at them with head low--3 cred, ready for the charge, in gallant t protection of the feminine bunch of t the herd. ? He was well upon them when the y jitney bus man saw him coming. He i, was the nearest one to a fence and hastily scrambled over. He gave the e alarm to the others, and the three 3 men ran to the nearest trees. They rt didn’t stop to grab their mushroom i- baskets either. It has been some time a since their boyhood days, and it was r- not such easy climbing as it used to 5. le. The restaurant man got the biggest tree of all and it was about eighteen feet /7 the nearest branch. >t The photographer got to a sapling d and it was so slender that it bowed 1- nearly low enough for, the angry r- I east to reach. All had their hands badly scratched in the climb and their shins were also “barked” quite badly

from the contact with the bark of the trees. The staying qualities of the beast were something worthy of a better cause. Ho prowled about the trunks of the trees tor what, seemed hours to the uneasy and unhappy men and it was not. until time camo for the herd to depart for the barnyard that he relinquished his watch and followed on in gallant protection of the others. Whereupon—and here comes a happy ending of the' story—the men got down, came to town, bought liniment and salve for their poor hands and shins, and to all intents, will live happily ever after. Their taste for mush-, rooms will have to be appeased by the tin can variety, henceforth. 0 ITALY JS READY Declaration of War Drafted and Will be Sent to Germany Tonight. ROUMANIAN TROOPS Are Being Secretly Mobilized—Violent Attacks Near Przemysl Cease. Rome, May 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Messagro this afternoon stated that the counsel of ministers today drafted declarations of war. Rome, May 22—(Special to Daily Democrat) —King Victor Emanuel this ' afternoon attached his seal to the bill passed by both chambers of parliament giving the government full power to act. Berlin. May 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The war office this afternoon virtually - nfirmed reports that the Austro-Gern.„ns have temporarily ceased their violent attacks around Przemysl. An official statement said; there “were no important changes in ‘ the Galacian fighting.” Carlisle, Eng., May 22, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Reports received here early this afternoon indicated that more than 100 persons may have been crushed or burned to death in the wreck of three passenger trains on the Caledonian railway near Gretna today. Rome, May 22, —(Special to Dally Democrat)—Roumania is secretly mobilizing almost her entire army according to private despatches from Bucharast today. Rome. May 22,—(Special to Daily Democrat)—ltaly’s war declaration will go flashing on its way to Vienna before night according to a well defined rumor credited in diplomatic circles today. The king called in his private secretary and began preparing a document to be addressed to the people of Italy. It was believed the document will be a proclamation of war explaining how Italy was compelled to resort to a-ms in order to safe-guard her national honor and integrity. The royal proclamation w.ll invite the people of Italy to perform their duty in the national crisis and to make all possible sacrifices to insure victory. One portion addressed to the Italian army and navy will call cn them to uphold Italian traditions and to bring a successful war to a speedy termination. _ o— — AN ACRE OF BEETS Now comes A. D. Suttles, assistant cashier of the Old Adams County bank with the saying “I wish that I had planted more sugar beets list year”. Last fall Mr. Suttles just set cut one acre in beets on his very productive farm east of the city and the \<y the field looks today a person would think that there would be enough beets on it to make a thousand pounds of sugar. The acre of beets is certainly a good one and will no doubt, bring the highest yield of any in the county. It is also well taken care of. — o — CARANZISTAS ENTER CITY. Laredo, Texas., May 22—(Special tc Daily Democrat)—One thousand Car ranzistas entered Monterey today ar* took possession after Villistas evacu ■ ated it. Telephonic communicatioi i between that important city am • Nuevo Laredo was established so r the first time in several months.

from the contact with the bark of the trees.

ALFALFA TALKS ■ , Will be Delivered by E. C. 1 Martindale in County Next Thursday. . WILL TOUR COUNTY i Decatur Business Men Invited to Join Crowd in Autos — Enjoyable Day. Decatur business men are cordially invited to join the farmers in on | alfalfa tour of the north part of Adams county on next Thursday, May 27, on which date Mr. E. C. Martin- > dale of ’Wilkinson; Ind., the institute worker, will tour this section, lecturing on the benefits to be derived from raising alfalfa. Similar trips have been made over the state and in each county seat the business men have accompanied the party in automobiles. ( All farmers and business men who can are asked to meet Mr. Martindale at the Peterson school house in Kirkland township Thursday morning at 9 ' o'clock. Bring your lunch. The morning trip will include a trip to many farms in this section and will close at noon at the Kukelhan farm in Root township, where the lunch will be eaten and where Mr. Martindale will lecture. The afternoon will be spent in touring the north and east patt v of the county and the party will ar- 0 rive here in the evening. A meeting li will be held at Monroe Thursday night t at which time Mr. Martindale will lec- a ture on “The Principles and Methods of Alfalfa Culture.” 0 e THE COAL CONTRACT 1 The school board has awarded the f coal contract to E. L. Carroll. He is to ! furnish all the coal needed during the a school year for $3.48 per ton, this to 1 be domestic lump, White Ash Cinderel- ■ la. Other bidders were Bennett, The s ' Decatur Lumber Company and Kirsch, ■ iSellemeyer & Sons. | o t BARNES IS"BOSS”: - r s Verdict Returned Today a Clears Roosevelt of Libel v Proceedings. r 0 WAS A SURPRISE t r 11 To People Connected With I 1 Trial —Teddy Delivers s a Short Talk to Jury. > t r Syracuse, May 22, —(Special to the r Daily Democrat)—William Barnes is a “boss”. A jury so declared today c in awarding a verdict for Colonel I 1 Roosevelt in the $50,000 libel suit c ■ brought against the former president r I by Barnes because Roosevelt branded r him a “boss” and linked him political- f > ly with crooked business and corrup- t ‘ tion. The verdict was brought in f • shortly after 10:00 a. m. today. The I jury had been deliberating s'vce 3:15 1 i p. m. Thursday. The men bnally ar- r i rived at a unanimous decision after 1 a legal mix-up. The verdict was a 1 blow to Barnes and a complete sur- f prise to Col. Roosevelt. It was the < common belief around the court room t that the jury would report failure to r agree, and be discharged by Justice I Andrew's today. The Colonel could t not restrain his joy. He made a short t speech to the jurors, expressing his ; thanks and then posed for a pictuie 1 — i New York, N. Y., May 22—(Special e to Daily Democrat) —William Barnes ;- will appeal from the Syracuse decisf ion in his libel suit against Theodore I Roosevelt. His attorney today issued f a statement to that effect. “The II knowledge of the complete rectitude of my conduct must content me — which after all is the only important thing in life!" So declared a formal statement from Barnes today. o o — r IS RECOVERING. ,1 r.1- Wilfred, little son of Dr. and Mrs. ai C. L. Myers of Monroeville, who has id been dangerously ill, is recovering ir and there are now chances for h<s I recovery.

COMMUNITY BIBLE CLASSES I Ward I. Dlst. 1. No report handed in. Dlst. 2. Mrs. Howerd Burdg, Tues. 2:00 I’. M. Mercer Ave. Ward 11. Dlst. 1. Mrs. Noah Mangold, Tuesday 7:30 P. M. 222 S. First St. Dist. 2. Mrs. H. Harruff, Monday 7:00 P. M. S. Fifth St. Dist. 3. Mrs. Chas. Elzey, Thursday, 7:00 P. M. W. Monroe St. Ward 111. Dist. 1. Mrs. Geo. Meyers, Thursday 7:00 P. M. N. Ninth St. Dist. 2. Mrs. Milt Hower, Tuesday, 7:00 P. M. N. Fourth St. Dist. 3. Mrs. Spaulding, Thursday 9:15 A. M. N. Second St. Dist. 4. No report handed in. o DRAMATICSTORY Told On Witness Stand By t Lulu Wilson—Remained Firm In ■ ' 1 I CROSS EXAMINATION i c c Case Will Not Go To Jury 1 Before Monday Or Tues- i , day It Is Thought T s a Van Wert, Ohio, May 21 —How and I why she killed Attorney Levi X. Jac- f obs was recited on the witness stand ' here today by Miss Lulu Wilson, and ( though subjected to severe cross-ex- t amination, she remained firm and her ’ conduct is looked upon as the strong- t est factor in the defense that is ex- ‘ pected to lead to her acquittal. Thirty more witnesses for the defense remain to be examined an ( ] it 1 is not probable that the case will be admitted to the jury before Monday or Tuesday. Miss Wilson’s testimony as to the i shooting of Jacobs on the night of t March 26, was dramatic. She told,: how he came into the house in an ii.- : toxicated condition and offered her a bottle of what he said was medicine .i She saw the skull and cross-bones anj I the word “poison” on the label and refused to take any of the contends, she said, and then Jacobs cursed h >r and ran toward her. She snatched up the pistol, whiqh was on the table between them, andp started firing to protect herself. She could not tell how many times she, i pulled the trigger. When Jacobs fell ' over a chair she turned and fled from the house and ran to the home of a neighbor, where she told what she had done. Miss Wilson told that she had found j letters in a stove in the home that | ’ showed that Jacobs was the father of ■ an illegitimate child of a Fort Wayne girl and that the baby was born in a Fort Wayne hospital as a result of a criminal operation. She was not permitted to tell the name of the woman. Jacobs often boasted to her cf his occult powers she said, and told her ; that a Hindu had taught him how io compound poisons and to exercise hyp- < notism. During the last few months r cf their life together, she said, he frequently told her that she had lost , all of her vitality and fire and that < she might as well be dead. A Toledo alienist and several Van Wert physicians will be put on the witness stand today to testify that Miss Wilson was undergoing a change ot life at the time of the murder and that she was mentally unbalanced, because cf Jocobs brutal treatment of her. —.o — IMPORTANT NOTICE Commencing the Alfalfa tour next Thursday. It has been found necessary to make some slight changes in the arrangements for the Alfalfa tour as previously announced in the paper. Instead of stopping in Decatur f or dinner everyone is requested to bring his lunch with him and the noon stop will be made at the farm of Kukelhan Bros, in Root township 12 to 1 o'clock. o “ SOME RYE Albert Strahm a prosperous Adams County farmer living in Preble township certainly has one of the “bumper” rye crops this spring. Yesterday . Mr. Strahm brought in a stalk of rye ; to the Old Adams County Bank that ; measured exactly six foot and four 5 inches. His entire rye field is equally as good.

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THE HEARING IS CONCLUDED Removal of Clover Leaf Division Now Up to Judges of Federal Court. CASE CLOSED TODAY Receiver Ross, Superintendent Hinkle and Others Favored the Change. (By Special Correspondent) Toledo, Ohio, May 22—Indications are favorable indeed that the Clover Leaf division will be moved from Delphos, Ohio, to Decatur, Ind The hearing on the application of Receiver Ross for the Clover Leaf railway was finished at noon today and the federal judges who are hearing this important cause announced they would go over the testimony and annefnee a decision within a few days. The railroad officials admit the agreement with the city of Delphos, as recounted in previous dispatches and which was made in 18S2. William J. Wilgus, the railroad expert, who made an examination of the road two years ago and a special examination of the DelphosDecatur matter, just before the receiver's application was filed, testified today that the annual saving of $35,000 was worth more to the Clever Leaf than the Delphos property. He said the petition should in his judgment be granted from a standpoint of safety and economy. General Superintendent Hinkle also testified that in his opinion the division ought to be moved to Decatur. Testimony of those in charge all favored Decatur. Toledo, O„ May 22- (Special to the Dailjj Democrat)—Decatur citizens will not know for several days whether the Clover Leaf terminal, now locat’d at Delphos, will be trasferred to Decatur or not. The hearing before Federal Judges John M. Killits of Toledo and J. Otis Humphrey of the southern federal district cf Illinois, on the application of Receiver Ross of the railroad company, for leave to borrow funds 'or proposed impr/ inents, which vere begun here on Friday morning, was concluded today. The judges estimated, however, tint it w'ould be several days before they would issue a decision. Ross has asked the federal court to nermit him to borrow approximately 3600,000 and issue receiver’s certificates in return. He | liius the mon-y ’s absolutely necessary to carry on the ’ usiness of the road and make neces■ary improvements. On the stand •'riday Ross declared that he could lot operate the terminal at Delphos economically. He repeated his statenent, made in his application to the court, that a saving of at least $35.■OO annually would be made by moving the Delphos terminal to Decatur. Charles Northrup, attorney for *ne city of Delphos, failed to shake Ross’ statements under cross-examination. T joss declared that in the event of a change in the location of the terminal, only car repair work would be done at Delphos. The ether departments of the terminal would be closed down. While on the stand Ross was coa"hod several times by General Superintendent Hinkle of the Clever Leaf. Attorneys smiled at .this, but made no objection. The cross-examination brought out the fact that there were lwo local freights operating daily on the Toledo-Delphos division, and four on the Delphos-Frankfort division. “I am glad you brought this matter up,” said Ross. “While I did not include this point in my application, I am sure that if the terminal was located at Decatur, we could eliminate two of these freight trains on the D’l-phos-Frankfort division. "We pay the crews of the local 1 freights on a 100-mile minimum. Be- • cause of the length of the DelphosFrankfort division, we are compelled to use four crews. In other words, if the terminal was located at Decatur, we could make a saving of 200 miles a day in mileage.” > “You based your statement that an ■ annual saving of $35,000 coud be made by a change in terminals, on ’ what your subordinates told you, didn’t you?” asked Northrup. “I know we would save $35,000 annually from a careful personal study of the matter, covering the past year,” (Continued on Page 2.)