Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 122, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1915 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT PuMlabat Every Evening Except Bunday by The Decatur Democrat Company i LEW Q. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER < ex I '- 1 -"" 1 ~ ' ■ ■— —, Bubecrlption Rates I Per Week, by carrier 10 rente 1 Per Year, by carrier $6-00 Par Month, by mall 25 cents Per Year, by mall 12.50 Single Copies 3 cents Advertising rates made known on i application. < Entered at the poatofflce in Decatur, Indiana, as tecond-cIMH matter. ( Annual clean up day in Decatur is 1 Wednesday, May 26. Don’t forget the ' date and don't forget to be ready for the teams when they arrive in your 1 alley. Clean up the yard, and clean it be- ' fore next Wednesday. That’s the dly 1 the city teams will cart the dirt out of tlie alleys. Be sure to place the 1 cans and rubbish in barrels, baskets or boxes so it can be handled the easier. Don't wait. Do it at once. Clean up. Mayor Bell of Indianapolis has placed his veto on the efforts of sporting I ( men who wished to turn the capital J city into a tournament of prize fight- ( ing and gambling. He has written an open letter to every one concerned in which lie says the police have been instructed to prevent any such events being conducted. The proposed trip of farmers an 1 Decatur business men next Thursday, when Mr. Martindale will lecture io the farmers on the good results of raising alfalfa is a good thing for every one concerned. Any farmer can and should take the time to listen to new ideas by men who know. Mr. Martindale is a farm expert and will tell the Adams county farmers how they can make more money with less injury to their land than the old way of farming. The business men will enjoy the day with the farmers. It's a good plan and should be encouraged. Sir Edward Grey says he'wishes to clear up a misunderstanding on our part of Great Britain's purposes toward American shipping. What he really wishes is to show us that our commerce has not suffered as mu.-h from British depredations as we think, and to-persuade us that it is quite th? correct and necessary thing for “his majesty's government” to go on as it is doing. This is part of the diplomat’s regular job. On the whole, it is about as hard to deal with the slippery diplomat as it is with a brutal man of arms. Great Britain is too ■

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wise to blow up a ship with Anierl- 1 can citizens on board. On the other 1 hand, Germany is helpless to go out en the high sens and grab off our ship- j ping the way the British do. it is a comfort to feel that the administration at Washington is both able and 1 willing to address each of these eager : belligerents In the language they can best understand. —Indianapolis Star. We congratulate the forty-elgtit young men and women whn last evening received diplomas as graduates < f I the Decatur high school. You ha - o completed the first period of your ll.e , and you are now ready to chter a He'd 1 / of usefullness. We sincerely hope a? 1 believe that you will prove cqir.i ' j every task, though you will find soj.l* of which you did no* team in the tent books. The pathw ' • open before < you and your cc . -d ■ s your failure depends laregiy on yc r 1 own efforts. Jump in now, with y - sleeves rolled up and not with a . idea that the diploma v.”l Insure j the best of it. Your only r.dvant; is that you have learned to stu Now you must learn to use the kne - ledge obtained. Select the work y ;i like best and then work and srni'e. But work. | DOINGS IN SOCIETY ? WEEK’S CLUB CALENDAR. Monday. Young Women's Bible Club —No Meeting. Tuesday. Queen Esthers—M. E. church. Wednesday. Baptist Missionary—Mrs. F. G. Regers. A little learning is a dangerous thing. —Pope. “A joyous time was spent last even ing at the M. J. Welker home when they entertained Rev. and Mrs. L. V’. Love, the former pastor of the U. B. church in Decatur. Many friends of the country charge and the city chat "' were very glad to meet the minis* >- and his wife for the purpose of having another old time chat. Wedn day evening they were royally welcomed into the prayer service where they also saw many of their b n w friends. Although it rained on Thursday the people of the country charge could not be held back. They put up a brave struggle and faced the storm trip into town in order to say . "Hello” to the Reverand and his wife On Thursday at twelve o’clock a sump tous dinner was served for the party by Mrs. Welker with Miss Ethel Pot's as assistant hostess. When they departed for their home, which is at Pleasant Lake, Ind., they were accompanied by the party who bid tha n a warm and hearty welcome back t ■ Decatur. —Contributed. Dr. and Mrs. McKeeman returned to Fort Wayne last night. They qnne

to attend the commencement, their f niece, Miss Frances Dauer being a ' graduate. They were also guests of Mrs. McKoeinan’s brother (’. E. Hocker and family. Mr. Shecklcr, Miss Emma Schul z ] of Fort Wayne; Misses Bessie BtufL*r ( and Ada Cowan of Huntington; and ( Mr. and Mr.is. Carl Hanna, Ft. Wayne; Miss Marie Baker. Monroeville, were , guests of the Henry Schultz family. They attended the commencement, Bertha Schultz being a graduate. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Dauer entertain- ( ed nt a six o dock dinner last evening in honor of their daughter. Miss Fran- , ces, who is one of the 1915 graduates. The following persons who came to attend the commencement exercises ( wire guests: Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Mcrlllat, Mrs. E. IL Fclgcr, Dr. and Mrs. . R B MeKeeman, Mr and Mrs. Alex ( McKeeman, the Misses Margaret Es- , sig, Gladys McKeeman, Winifred Ting- j wait, Bertha Dauer and Messrs. Chas. Gilbert, Harold Sessions. George Mcr- ( illat of Fort Wayne; Harvey Everett, , of this city. Miss Bertha Dauer is spending the , weekend with her parents, Mr. and ( Mrs. H. F. Dauer, having come last evening to attend the commencement ( exercises of the ’ls class of the high school, her sister, Mids Frances, l-« • ‘ ing one of the graduates. There will he a-called meeting < f . tile Queen Esthers Tuesday evening at 7:15 at the Methodidt church. The ' monthly meeting and the mite b. x opening will be held at the churth Thursday at 7:80. Each member is expected to bring a guest. The program will be in charge of the Misses Florence Myers and Muriel Leonard. The hostesses will be the Misses Es'iier and Ireta Butler. Helen Kinzle, Naomi Myers and Agnes Eady. Program for the Baptist Missionary society to be held at the home of R *v. Rogers on Wednesday. May 26: Son r, “Let the Ixiwer Lights be Burning;” prayer. Mrs. Winnes; hymn, “The Morning Light is Breaking;” “Our Peace Fleet." Mrs. Jacob Buhle-j; “How the ife Line Began.” Mrs. •J. Baumgartner; hymn. “Throw OuF the Life Line;” paper. “The Field of ti e Life Line.” Mrs. Miller; “The Method of Work.” Mrs. Cal Peterson; solo, Mrs. C. E. Bell; ‘’The Field of tb.<k Crozier Colportage Cruiser.” Mrs. Hite; "The Place of Boats in the Ministry of Jesus,” Mrs. Bell; doxolgy. 0 COURT HOUSE NEWS. The inventory number one, filed byChristian Eicher, administrator of the Badgley Anderson estate, was approved. The petition of the administrator -to sell at public auction was sustamed, the sale to be after notice, The inheritance tax appraiser in the John Huser estate filed report and June 12 was the date set for the hearing. Notices to be given to all parties. June J. 2 was the date set for the hearpig of the report of the inheritance tax appraiser in the Nora Moran estate. Notice to all parties was ordered. F. M. Cottrell of Berne filed a new case entitled Julius C. and Charles C. Cchug vs. Byron Buckmaster, on ncte demand $75. A marriage license was issued yesterday afternoon to Fred H. Koene mann, farmer, born August 31, 1896 son of Fred Koenemann, to wed W 1 helmfna Scheuler, born Noember 19. 1892, daughter of Fred Scheuler. Real estate transfers: Menno S Liechty, et al to C. C. Neuenschwan der, west half ofdot 472 Berne, $265: U. S. Patent deed to John Everhart Jr. 98.78 acres, of Monroe township; U. S. patent deed to David D. Johnston, 160 acres of Blue Creek township, $1; Orlie C. Gaskill et al to C. Gaskill, 64 acres of Jefferson township, sl. A marriage license was granted to Samuel Emanuel Beeler of Geneva, born January 1882, son of Daniel Beeler, to wed Villas Gross of Ceylon, born April 30, 1893, daughter of William Gross. The groom was divorced In 1908 from a former wife. Another license was issued to Vernon Ralston, driller, of New Corydon, born November 16, 1893, son of Dr. August Ralston, to wed Mabel Cook, born December 11, 1895, daughter of Joel Cook. — —o FOR RENT —A middle room in the Gregory building at the corner of Madison nnd Third streets. Inquire of Jesse Sutton, agent. 82tf

THE HEARING IS CONCLUDED (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) replied Ross. "The estimate is based on actual performance of the road ahj that shows that a saving of $35,000 would have been made if the terminal had been located at Decatur." "How far have you progressed with your negotiations with the city of Decatur?” Northrup asked. "They have simply told me what they would do,” Ross replied. Northrup: “Has It been put in writing?” Ross: “No.” Northrup: ‘Have you asked them to put it in writing?” Ross: “No. I couldn’t do that. 1 was unable to promise them what I could do. 1 simply have the word of a number of business men and I think I can depend on them.” Northrup: “Are conditions on the Clover Leaf the same as it was thirty years ago, when the terminal was built at Delphos?” Ross: "No. conditions are continually changing. New problems are coming up each year.” Northrup: “Then it is possible th: t conditions may so change that by next year you will want to move the terminal back to Delphos?” Ross: “Certainly, anything may happen in the next year. I know that based on all good railroad practice an don the opinion of good railroad experts, the terminal should be at Decatur, or at some other place near the half-way point between Toledo and Frankfort. The change should be made in the interests of the bondholders.” Ross testified that from a safety standpoint, it was important to sha.-t---en the Delphos-Frankfort division. “The longer you work the men, the more liable they are to make mistakes," Ross said. o HERE COMES THE BRIDE To the people who think the bridedescription is over done in the average wedding write-up we refer the following flowery description taken from the Farmington, Mo. Times. “The bride is a young lady of wondrous fascination anjd remarkable attractiveness, for with manners as enchanting as the wand of a siren and a disposition as sweet as the odors of flowers and spirits as joyous as the caroling of birds and mind as brilliant as the treeses that blitteringly adorn the brow of winter' and with heart as pure as dew drops trembling in violets, she will make the home of her husband a paradire of enchantment like the lovely home of her girlhood, where the heaven toned harp of marriage with its harp of love striking of devotion and fond endearments, sent forth the sweetest strains that ever thrilled senses with the rhythmic plusing of ecstatic rapture. o ’ THE HONOR ROLL. Twenty-one high school students have won a {lace on the honor list for the second semester by making a grade of 90 per cent or more in four or more subjects on the final semester: Freshmen —Ireta Butlef, Dora Davis, Rachael Leavell, Anita Swearingen Alta Teeple. Sophomores — Eva Augenbaug’i, Kathryn Carey, Sophia . Droll, Vera Eady, Roy Goldner, Ida Gunsett, Thelma Houk, Roy Kalver, Gertrude Kinzle. Juniors—Mary Ray, Zelna Stevens, Vera Stoutenberry. Seniors—Clelland Ball, Catherine Christen, Fred Kooken, Earl Ripley. o WOULD NOT ADMIT POLICY. Washington, D. C., May 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Chairman Walsh of the industrial relations commmission tried for hours today vo made J. D. Rockefeller, jn, admit that it was his business policy to avoid direct touch with anything disagreeable; that the witness made no sugg-'s-tion concerning the Colorado strike except indirectly and that ills methods were the same when he took a hand .u the affairs of any concern his family was interested in. Rockefeller would not admit this. 0 COOPER ESTABLISHES RECORD. Indianapolis, Ind., May 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Earl Cooper, Stutz, made the fastest time in the morning elimination trial today. Cooper did it in 1:33.4, or 96 2-5 miles an honr. The others follow: Bob Burman. Peu~Qt, 1:37.4; Gill Anderson, Stutz, 1:36.3; Howard Wilcox, Stutz, 1:39.9.

HOW TO BE A OPTIMIST —■ • Hl (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Tlie scene was then transferred to the Knights of Pythias home, whete iorly-eight seniors received their several hundred guests. A double receiving line of the graduates circling from the door through the reception room and parlor back to the stairway, was formed. The guests after congratulating the graduates, went to the large assembly room upstairs where they mingled. The orchestra played and there was dancing. At booths, presided over by the seniors, cooling drinks of punch were served with wafers. The hall was prettily decorated i in the seniors’ colors of preen and white. The seniors were assisted in serving by the Misses Dora Davis, Fannie Heller, Naomi Durkin, Anita Swearinger, Gladys Flanders, David Hensley, Walter Rilling, Edrian Stephenson, Dave Thompson and Ramona Smith. Bennett Briefs. There is one thing sadder than to graduate; and that is not to graduate. “The man who can” is the man who doesn't know when he is licked. A trosseau is the clothes a woman wears the first three years after she is married. Poverty is not a handicap; it is an inspiration, but don't let it become a habit. Bum your brain; it will rust out anyhow. Act like you want to feel, and you will feel like you want to. Class' Roll. Martin Archbold. Nellie Grace Barkley. Clelland J. Ball. Abbie Bigham. Paul Blackburn. Ruth Eva Bowers. Earl Blackburn. Catharine May Christen. Sidney Borton. Ruth Marguerite Daniels. Vernon Michael Brodbeck. Frances Kathryn Dauer. Ellis Marlowe Christen. Esther Mildred Enos. Francis Charles Davison. Ruth D. Fledderjohann. Harvey Everett. Lucile Fleming. Irvin Janies Goldner. Mary Irene Frisinger. Truman DeForis Hey. Julia Genevieve Gillig. Otto William Hoffman. Leah Alice Hensley. Edward F. Jaberg. Vera Irene Hunsicker. Fred Fuhrman Kooken. Mary Agnes Laughlin. Harrv Major Magner. Olive Blossom Perkins. Roy Wellington Mclntosh. Mary Naomi Poling. Robert Albers Meiryman. Bertha Viola Schultz. Ralph H. Miller. Lucile O. Smith. Albert B. Miller. Nola V. Snyder. J. Dwight Peterson. Iva Miriam Spangler. • Edwin Rabbitt. Laura Augusta Stanley. Earl Frazier Ripley. Bessie Rhoda Wilder. Byard Hale Smith. Nell Madeleine Winans. John B. Stults. Robert Kenyon Walters. PTOMAINE POISONING In F. J. Stults Family From Eating Canned Beans. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Stults and two children, and Lawrence Meyers and Ollie Schnepp two painters working at the Stults home, are just recovering from a severe case of ptomaine poisoning. This resulted from eating canned pork and beans last Monday. Mrs. Stults recovered sufficiently to be up yesterday for the first since the attack. Mr. Schnepp who ate mo-e heartily of the beans than the others was the worst and was said to be very sick indeed. He has not yet fully recovered. Mr. Stults Is a son of John Stults of this city and lives northeast of the city. NOTICE. BIBLE CLASS. For unpreventable reasons there will be no meeting of the Young Women’s Bible club Monday evening. Tlie regular meeting will be held, however, the fallowing Monday. 12272 o Democrat Want Ads Pav.

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FOR SALE—A nouse and lot in a good location, on a brick street. Will consider an exchange on other property. See Henry B. Heller. 85tf FOR SALE—Wood, at $1.50 a load, delivered. Telephone Harper, Havslip & Bell. 'Phone 501. Hilf FOR SALE—Two full blooded Jersey male calves; one 6 months old; other, 2 months old. Inquire of Wm. A. Myers, Decatur, R. R. No. 2, Craigville ’phone. 10at3

Decatur to St. Louis and Return VIA CLOVER LEAF ROUTE Saturdays, May 1-15-29 See H. J. Thompson Agent for Particulars WIN THE HARNESS we make you will always notice some distinctive feature of strength or adornment. Note how carefully the stitching is done and how exact all metal parts are inserted... Nothing overlooked.. .Cur prices are no higher than for inferior workmanship. A. wVtanvas I he Harness and Buggy Man NORTH- second st. S3 C 0e yOll A t | Clothbound

FOR SALE—Piano, In first-class condition. Call 'phone 630 or inqui-e at the Dr. E. Burns residence. 120t3 FOR SALE —Farms in Elkhart county. 178 aches, good prairie farm: iSO acres in corn, 44 acres In oats; 0 acres hay. Good improvements. Price, sllO per acre. 130 acres, I’4 mile to market, on car line; good prairie land, good improvements, good fences. Price, SIOO per acre.— M. H. Miller, Bristol, Ind. 119t2