Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 152, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 152.

RESTA LEADS IN AUTO RACE At the Four Hundred Mile Post—Porporato Second and Grant Third. BREAKING RECORDS Cooper in a Stutz Led at a Hundred Miles and Captured SI,OOO Prize. BULLETIN. Speedway, Chicago, June 26, 3:00 p. m.— (Special to Daily Democrat) Resta still led at the 400-mile mark. The average speed is increased to 98 miles an hour. Porporato is second, Grant t n ird, Rickenbacher, Cooper, Anderson, Chevrolet, Alley, J. Cooper and Burman. (By J. P. Yoder, United Press Correspondent, Speedway) Chicago, 111., June 26—(Special to Daily Democrat)—With Dario Resta on the rail in his Peugeot, twenty-one of the world's most famous drivers got away to a flying start at 10:31 today in Chicago’s first international derby. For four laps, Resta averaging 107 miles an hour was well ahead. At the start of the fifth, Wilcox crept up on equal terms. At twenty-one miles, Earl Cooper stopped for a tire, the terrific pace having literally melted it off. A minute later Anderson slowed i up for a tire. As he passed the press | stand one of the tires blew out. Wilcox grabbed the lead when Resta did a lap at 108 miles and then stopped for repairs. Chicago, 111., June 26 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Traveling at a faster rate of speed than ever before in the history of automobles, Dario Rcsta was leading in the five hundred mile race this afternoon at the 200milo mark. Resta had forced bis Puegeot car to maintain an average | of 98.9 miles an hour. This was 9.68 miles an hour faster than DePalma made the same distance at Indianapolis. Earl Cooper’s Stutz was second with an average of 97.1 miles. The next seven were Porporato, Grant, Rickenbacher, Van Raabe, O’Dcnnell, Chevrolet and Anderson. Wixcox' Stutz went out with a broken piston in the forty-fifth lap. He was leading at the time. Earl Cooper took the extra prize of SI,OOO for leading at the end of the first 100 miles, i His average for the distance was 100.4 miles an hour, against the 88.88 miles made at Indianapolis for a world's record. As Gil Anderson an-1 proached the grand stand at the end of the ninety-first lap a rear tire exploded. He was going ninety-eight miles an hour. His Stutz lurched brokenly. Andreson threw his wheel over and steadied the car as he shut off the machine. He was unable to stop at the pit and had to limp around another lap before he could change the tire. At the 220 mile mark, Resta still lead, ( Porporato second, Grant third, Rickenbacher fourth. Van Raaite fifth, (hevrolet sixth, Ccoper seventh, Anderson eighth nnd O’Donnell ninth. Porporato humped into the lead at the 240111 mile, with an average of 96.42 for the distance. Resta resumed the lead before the "60 mile mark was reached. His time was 2:40.10. an average of 97.5 miles per hour. Porporato, at the 260 mile mark, was second and Grant, third. At this tijne Rickenbacher, on seventh place, was only 4:57 behind Resta. Drivers coming into the pit at 160 miles said that the track was dangerously slippery on the steep turn, owing to the great amount of oil being spilled. Coopor wns trying to make up lost speed, driving at a terrific nnd sensational rate. Resta and Porporato were staging one * of the greatest speed contests ever witnessed. GOT A CRATE OF CHERRIES. Hilly £j e ii, t he weU known citizen of Craigville, formerly of Kirkland township, and a frequent visitor here where everybody knows him, was tickled to pieces today over the arrival of a crate of delicious cherries from O. Godfrey Bell, of Yakima, Washington. They were of the California brand and the aample just melted in our mouth.

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THROWN FROM HORSE. The slipping of a saddle on their 1 horse occasioned trouble for Fred Ahr and Kenneth Eady. Ahr had driven the horse to town and young Eady met him and climbed on for a ride. , When the saddle slipped Ahr jumped • off and Eady fell oft Ahr got a big bump on his head and young Ea ly a more serious and more painful injury to his head, although he had recovered sufficiently to be out today, experiencing a slight dizziness. — —o TO OPEN KINDERGARTEN The Misses Patterson and Connell will open a kindergarten school, July 5. For further information call either of the young ladies. ts. o BY THE CHILDREN Service at Methodist Church Sunday Morning at 10:30 Will be A SPLENDID ONE Dialogues, Recitations, Drills Will be the Special Features. t‘ The following program will be rendered Sunday morning at the Methodist church. The services will begin at 10:30 o’clock: Song, “Hail to the Day”—Choir. Prayer—Rev. Stephenson. Song—“ Day of Jubilee.” “Books of the Bible” —Dorothy W.-.l-.ters. Duet —Alice Lenhart and Dolores 1 Ballenger. Recitation—Mildred Butler. Solo —Eloise Lewton. Recitation —Mary Poling. Song, “Tokens of Children’s Day” - Choir. Story—Charles Downs. Flag Drill —Infant Class. Piano Solo —Helen Fahr. Song—“ Rainy Day Brigade. Bible Story—Esther Archbold. Dfalogue, "Spring’s Thanksgiving” —Seven Girls. Duet —Mildred and Gertrude Yager. Recitation —Charles Brown. Song—“ Welcome Beautiful Summer.” Solo, ”Ise Careful'’ —Lee Anna Vance. Bible Story—Naomi Butler. Recitation —Edna Thompson. Rose Drill—Miss Stanley’s Class. Song. “Scatter Sunshine” —Choir. o— MEN IN_CHABGE Os the Splendid Service Announced for Sunday Evening at THE PRESBYTERIAN Church —Good Music—Good Cheer — Everybody Invited. A splendid service is announced at the Presbyterian church for Sunday evening at 7:30. The entire program will be in charge of the men of the congregation. Special music by the men; short, snappy talks by the men. A special invitation is extended to all nwr and women, hoys and girls. Good music, good talks, good cheer. come: Song service, led by Dr. Fred Patterson. Scripture—Mr. Biggs. Prayer —Thomas Perkins. Announcements —Ed Moses. Offering—Everybody. Music —Special. Subject—“For the Church” —"What a Man Can Do,” Charles D. Teeplo; “What a Man Cannot Do”—Clayton Shafer. Music —Special. “What a Man Should Do” —Murray Scherer: What a Man Should Not Do”—Jesse Kelly. Music —Special. Talks will be limited to eight minutes. Benediction —Rev. J. C. Hanna,

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, June 26, 1915.

DOLPH STILL BUSY r . On Plan of Building of Con- ! solidated Interurban System. SAYS AN EXCHANGE No Public Statement Given Out But Engineer Will Report This Week. The Portland Sun says: “It lias been given out at Huntington from an authoritative source that the report of the engineers who inves'igated file feasibility of operating the Fort Wayne & Springfield interurban and the C. B. & C. railroad under the same management will state unequivocally that such a system would be a good business proposition. “Fred A. Dolph is to receive their report yet this week. He bought the railroad at receiver’s sale at Huntington and according to the Herald of that city is negotiating with the owners of the interurban for its purchase. “The Fort Wayne & Springfield line was bought at receiver’s sale in the Adams county circuit court at Decatur, and payment of the SBO,OOO bid is to be made July 6. The two women who presented the successful bid are said to represent several financiers interested and who have no desire to operate the line themselves. “Mr. Dolph has made no public statement as to what he believes are the chances for success of his plans, although he has seemed confident of bringing the two roads under his control. If he does acquire the two roads the interurban would be extended to Portland from Decatur, its present southern terminal, connecting there with the C. B. &C. From Portland a branch would run south to Union City, on the state line, providing a Cincinnati connection.” o - NEW LINE STARTS Auto Transit Cocpany Now Operating Between Deccatur and Geneva. SCHEDULE IS FIXED First Official Run Made Friday Afternoon and Regular Trips Today. Right on the dot this morning the first regular run of the Auto Transit Company, Decatur to Geneva started at 8:15 and from now on until time unannounced, you can go or come from this city to Geneva each three hours. The first official trip carrying passengers Friday afternoon was a success. With eight men weighing a total of about 1400 pounds on board the car left here at two o’clock, made the trip to Monroe in twenty-one minutes, from there to Berne in twenty two minutes and from there to Geneva in eighteen minutes, an hour and one minute of running time. The schedule arranged as follows allows an hour and a half and it is believed the trips will make the schedule without difficulty: Leave Decatur —8:15; 11:15; 2:15; 5:15; 8:15. Leave Monroe —8:40; 11:40; 2:40; 5:40; 9:30. Leave Berne —9:05; 12:05; 3:05; 6:05; 9:55. Leave Geneva —9:45; 12:45; 3:45; . ,6:45; 10:30. Mr. Kalver announced this morning a reduction in the fares as previously published. The fare will be three cents a mile instead of four, making the cost twenty cents to Monroe, forty cents to Berne and fifty-five cents to Geneva. The auto bus left here this morning i without a passenger. At Monroe they took on two, the first passenger to pay his fare on the line being John ' Hendricks who rode from Monroe to his home one mile south, paying five cents for the privilege. The receipts for the first round trip was exactly - thirty cents. It is likely that this will not occur after a week or two of advertising.

BE ARRAIGNED JULY 7. Indianapolis, Ind., June 26 —(Special to Dally Democrat)—Thomas Taggart, Mayor Joseph Bell and the 125 ■ other Indiana politicians indicted lor alleged conspiracy to corrupt the 1914 registration, primary and election, in Marlon county, will be arraigned July 7. Attorneys for the defense indicated in conference with the court and prosecutor that they wished a speedy trial. Taggart was the only one of the m< n to appear in court. Asked whether the defendants would petition for seje 1 arate trials. Michael Ryan said: “That Is a very important matter; it has nut yet been decided.” The trial date will he fixed after arraignment. C. W. Miller, attorney for the defense, told the court they decided to hurry the trial as rapidly as possible. Judge Collins proposed July 12 as the day for 1 arraignment, and finally, July 7 was B agreed upon. Prosecutor Rucker also ' said he desired the case to be brought 5 to a head early. i o A KINDERGARTEN ’ The Misses Patterson and r Connell Will Open Kindergarten Here. i MONDAY, JULY FIFTH i At Central School Building —Have been in Special Training for Work. Decatur will have another kindergarten school this year. Miss Ru'h Patterson, who conducted the school so ably last year, and Miss Marie Connell will open a kondergarten Monday, July 5. This will be in the public; Central school building as it was last ’ year, and will prove as popular as it did at that time. Both young ladies are students in Mrs. Blaker’s kindergarten teachers' training school at Indianapolis, and have returned here to spend their summer vacation. Miss Patterson has been a student there several years, and Miss Connell has completed her first year there. Both are able young ladies, with special talent for this line of work, and are very capable. STORK LEAVES BOY. Kenriok Wilson is the name of the son born to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A. Klingenberger of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Klingenberger was formerly Miss Ina Ray. Mother and baby are getting along fine. 7 o BIG FAT CHECK Ed Lynch, Chicago Horseman, Bought $19,375 Worth of Horses Here. SIX CAR LOADS Total of Hundred and Fifteen Head of Horses for the British Army. i i Ed Lynch, Chicago horse dealer, popular, clever and one who knows a “boss” whenever and whereever he meets one, last evening wrote a check for $19,375, to pay for 115 head of horses, which he bought at the sale in this city, the buy being the largest ever made by one buyer in ; this city, during the many years of sales. It represents six car loads of ’ as fine animals as were ever loaded r here and Ed was justly proud of his 5 buy. The horses will be sent to Eng--5 land for use in the Brittish army. t The Decatur Horse Sale company yesi terday held the closing sale of the season of 1915. It was a good sale ; because of the fact that several buyz ers for foreign army horses were here, 3 though the rest of the sale was mt i average. However the season was a t> good one and the proprietors are dee lighted with the results. During the s past five months the Decatur Horse y Sale company have brought a large il amount of business to this city and I- have handled a good many hundred thousand dollars worth themselves.

THE CONVENTION r German Reformed Ladies ' Attend Classis Missionary Convention. i , IN FORT WAYNE Mrs. Otto Kirsch Member of Committee—lnteresting Sessions. Mrs. Otto Reppert, Mrs. O'to Kirsch, Mrs. John Spuller, Mrs. Henry Moyer have returned from Ft. Wayne, where they attended the Zion’s Classis Missionary convention at the St. John’s church, Thursday and Friday. Yesterday they were guests at a fine chicken dinner at the an Reformed orphanage. The Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette says of the convention: “Officers for the ensuing year were elected yesterday morning at the closing session of the Zion’s classis of the St. John Reformed by the Missionary society. All the old officers were re-elected and are as follows: Mrs. John H. Bosch. Fort Wayne, president; Mrs. F. H. Diehm, Huntington, vice president; Mrs. John Rollman. Fort Wayne, secretary; Mrs. Ud Zigerli, Huntington, corresponding secretary; Mrs. John Peters, Fort Wayne, treasurer; delegates to tho synodical meeting, Mrs. John H. Bosch and Mrs. F. W. Knatz, with Mrs. Stroebel, of this city, alternate. “The constitution drawn up by Mrs. F. W. Knatz and Mrs. F. H. Diehm was adopted at the closing session. A committee to plan the future work was appointed as follows: Mrs. John Winter, Mrs. E. Zigerli and Mrs. Otto Kirsch of Decatur. The delegates were taken to the Reformed orphans’ , home at noon, and were the guests of ' Mrs. John Winter, wife of the super-' intepdent of the institution.” inWagcißti Dr. Moore Vahinger, President of Taylor University, Badly Injured. NEAR NIAGARA FALLS Family Was Along—Wife Also Well Known Here in Temperance Work. Dr. Moore Vahinger, president of Taylor university, Upland, well known here, suffered a severe shock and may die as the result of a collision of a touring automobile in which he was riding, with a roadster, late Wednesday afternoon on a boulevard near Niagara Falls, N. Y. The roadster was driven by Mayor Rand, of Tonawanda, N. Y. Mr. V’iyhinger was rushed to the Memorial hospital at Niagara Falls, and was reported resting easily at last reports. The car In which Vahinger, his wife and two children were riding, was driven by Ray Brownind of Pennsylvania. Browning is a student at Taylor university and on his way home was accompanied by the Vayhinger family. The party loft Upland the early part of the week at the close’of the winter term at the university. The injured man’s wife, Mrs. Culla Vayhinger, well known temperance worker, and member of the Flying Squadron of America, and two children, Paul, aged twenty-two, and Lois, aged twenty, escaped unhurt and were cared for at a nearby farm house for the night, together with Brownind. Professor Winkinson, chief of the department of vegetable gardening of New York State College of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y„ and City Attorney Smith of Tonawanda, who occupied Mayor Rand’s care, are both seriousiy injured. Dr. Vayhinger has been president of Taylor university since April 1. 1908, and since that time tlie school has been showing improvement in every department. He and his wife have both lectured in Adams county and have many friends here. I Latest reports indicate Dr. Vahinger will recover.

Ij CLUTCH LEFT MARK Reuben Lord, the well known building contractor, is hearing the mark, of a eluteh in the middle of his foreS head. He was cranking his automobile when the crank slipped and the clutch struck him squarely in the middle of tlie forehead, cutting an inch and half gash, it was quite painful but it did not keep him away from Ills work. ‘ o CANTATA AT ST. JOHN’S f Quite a number of Decatur people are fuguring on going to St. John's Sunday to attend the Cantata to lie given at the St. John's Lutheran church. The event will be one of great interest. FAST BALL TEAM Is Proposed by Lew Scott for Decatur—Wants to Raise Sum of SIOO. TO ARRANGE GROUND Will Return Monday to Talk to Business Men—Has a Team at Bluffton. Lew Scott of Bluffton was here yesterday, talking to a number of business men an<i making plans for inaugurating a base ball team for this city. He reported last evening that he had met with much encouragement and believed it would be possible toj complete his arrangements. For several years he had had charge of Scott’s Specials, a team at Bluffton which has made a good record for ■ : winning games. He lias a team or I i Iganized now and proposes to transfer them to this city and add two or three fast outfielders and hitters. He would : like to raise SIOO among the business • men for the purixsse of fixing up the, grounds in the south part of the city I and remodeling the grandstand. He' guarantees to put in a team of gentle-j manly players, arrange games with, fast teams and give our people a good season of the old yet ever popular game. Mr. Scotts’ son is the, short stop for the Boston Red So:; and is one of the good ones. He lias two other sons now playing who are . comers and the team would no doubt prove a winner here. He will return ! Monday to complete his plans, if ]>os-, sible, o CHANGE IS MADE In Assignment of Runs for Engine Men on the G. R. & I. OF INTEREST HERE To Railroad Men—Change Will go Into Effect on Sunday. i A new assignment of runs for en- j ginemen on the G. R. & I. was completed yesterday afternoon and will become effective Sunday with the change of time, when the Northland Limited will begin making daily trins. The four engine crews who will work on the Northland Limited, the resorters' train, are: Engineer W. J. Reechling and Fireman S. G. Parr; Engineer A. E. Mills and Fireman A. E. Krouse; Engineer L. M. Metzner and Fireman F. J. Ramstein; Engineer r’. V. Church and Fireman C. W. McClelland. Engineer F. E. Nikolai and Fireman T. M. Krouse will handle the Rome City or “Pond Lily” train. Because of the extra work, three fur- . loughed firemen, W. F. Wemple, J. M. I Averill and M. T. Landstoffer, were - recalled. C. W. Yeakey, J. Barnes and C. G. Trout, who were put back I to firing some time ago, again will ber come extra enginemen. Three or four firemen also will be transferred to the • northern division to work during the summer and possibly longer.

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NEW JWNISTER Rev. W. O. Bischoff and Wife Arrived Today for j St. John’s. 1 TO HAVE RECEPTION This Evening—New Minister Will be Intsalled on Sunday, July 4. Rev. and Mrs. W. O. Bischoff will arrive this afternoon over the G. R. & I. from Conover, N. C., and from here will go to their future home in the St. Johns Lutheran parish. Rev. Bischoff Iteing the new pastor, succeeding the Rev. H. C. Jaus. This evening the members of the congregation will tender a reception to the new pastor and wife at the parsonage and the event will ho a memorable one. Tho minister is in n sense, coming back home, as iie was born here while his father, the Rev. R. A. Bischoff, was pastor of this church, about twenty-six or twentyseven years ago. When he was about two years of age the family went to Fort Wayne and thence to Conover. N. C. Rev. Bischoff will he installed pastor Sunday. July 4, and the following Sunday wiil preach his first sermon as pastor hero. Tomorrow evening the congregation will render the cantata “The Four I Season”, tlie program of which was j published in full in this paper recently. This will be a splendid one and everybody is invited. A silver offering will he taken but no admission I will be charged. Following the installation, Sunday, ! July 4, there will be the annual children's picnic at St. John’s. A splendid ' program by the children will be given. Prof. C. W. Hohnhaus has been drilling them and it is said it exceeds all other programs given before. I 0 A GREAT SUCCESS. | The banquet, given to the foreign buyers and shippers as the closing. i event of tlie 1914-15 season by the Decatur Horse Sale company last evon- ' ing, was a grand success in every way. Nearly fifty men, including visitors and local members of tlie company, sat down to the tastily arranged ables in tlie banquet hall of the Knights of Pythias home, and tlie manner r.i which the many good things to eat disappeared, was the highest compliment that could be given the ladies who served. The only event of the evening was the short talk by J. M. Frisinger, in which he thanked t'le men for their patronage and announced that the company would again be in the ring for the 1915-16 season and would endeavor to make it a recordsmashing year. o HAROLD HENEFORD RETURNS Harold Henneford, who has been teaching in the Clark & Lewis high school at Spokane, Wash, the past year arrived for a visit with his sister Mrs. Dan Niblick, before going to his parents’ home at Vera Cruz for the summer. Enroute home he had a tour of the west and south, visiting both fairs in California and other points ,of interest. He will return to Spokane ' having received an advancement in i position. o— JESSE M. KELLY RESIGNS. Jesse M. Kelly, who for tlie past six months has been agent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance company in Adams and Wells counties, has resigned. Mr. Clark Sphar of 914 Jackson street, this city, will succeed Mr. Kelly. Mr. Sphar has been engag ’d in educational work the past ten years and is well qualified to fill his new position. YEOMAN MEMORIAL. The Yeomen organization of this • city will observe their annual memorial day services tomorrow afternoon .at their hall at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. Benjamin Borton will deliver an appropriate address and a committee will then go to the cemeteries and decorate the graves of the deceased members with flowers. Every one is cordially invited to be present at this service.