Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1915 — Page 4

DAILY 1) EMOCKAI Publiihed Every Evening Excep Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Companj LEW 0. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 15. W Per Month, by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mail .....|2.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter If you promised to buy ticke'ts for the Chautauqua you ought to make good on that pledge. Acting upon the belief that you would do as you agreed, fifty Decatur business men signed the guarantee which assured the big event this year and if there is any shortage, they will have to make good. This would’nt be right and we don't believe the average person wants it that way. Take the number of tickets you promised to take and then another one or two if you can afford it and can use them. What if there would be a little profit in it. that money would be used by the ladies to provide play grounds or tv ■beautify the city. When the Marion county men charged with election frauds were arraigned yesterday, seven or eight plead guilty to the charges. Mr. Taggart boiled over as would any other red blooded American who felt he was being persecuted. He said he did not even know any of these men. had never had any thing to do with them at any time and resented what appeared to him to be a "frame-up’’. He stated further that he wanted an immediate trial and that since his indictment he had tried earnestly and constantly to ascertain what he had been indicted tor but without success. It looks like he had some right to demand an explanation. Long after his body has turned to ashes and his children’s children have spent their days upon this earth, the name of Charles Eckhart will be remembered by a grateful communitv. Mr. Eckhart lives at Auburn and is a successful manufacturer and business man. He has accumulated a large sum of money and is still reaping the rewards of industrious habits and far seeing business methods, but he does not try to pile up an immense fortune. Instead he seems to try to do that which will bring most pleasure and profit to the people of his eoumun’ty. He has given them a splendid library, a Y. M. C. A. that is unequalled >n any small city in the middle west, has provided play grounds for the children and is now giving them a

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p beautiful and modern park. He does = I*. all modestly and generously and his at actions are most commendable. Would _ that every city in the good old Hoosier y state, including Decatur, had a Charles Eckhart. It is a pleasure to hear o< such m<-n succeeding. tjUttutanuuunnauamttmmttasat: a j DOINGS IN SOCIETY WEEK’S CLUB CALENDAR. Thursday. n Concord Leaders -Raymond King. Baptist Aid Social —Adams ctreet. • Wednesday Five Hundred—Mrs. ’ John Weber. , S. S. Class —Mrs. Fred Avery. r Helping Hand—German Reformed S. S. Room. Mrs. Elgin King hostess. C. W. B. M.—Mrs. William Weldy. - Evangelical Aid—At Mrs. Howard i Burdg. i Friday. i Eastern Star. , Do Your Best Class —Mrs. George Simmers. S. S. Class —Miss Rose Johnson. Christian Aid —Sec, I.—Mrs. Burt - Manga Id. Zion's Lutheran Aid —School House. Mite Society Baby Social —M. £. church parlors. Christian Ladies’ Aid —Section 2, Mrs. Sol David. Saturday. Ben Hur Aid Pastry sale —Gas office. ' Mt. Pleasant Mite Social—Ben But ler Home. At the Presbyterian Woman s Home ' and Foreign Missionary society meeting Tuesday afternoon at the home ’ of Mrs. J. C Patterson. Mrs. J. C. Hanna conducted the devotionals and 1 gave a fine talk, before the lesson study was conducted in an interesting way by Miss Laura Alban. Miss Rose 1 Smith gave an instrumental solo and ■ Miss Marie Patterson sang. The at tendance was quite good in spite of the fact that it was so near the Fourth 1 and many were out of town. The Do Your Best Class of the Unit t ed Brethren Sunday school will meet * with Mrs George Simmers Friday eve- * ning. Mrs. I. Imler of Frankfort is here t visiting with her son, Chester Imler f and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Stewart of 833 Erie street will entertain several relatives at dinner this evening in honor of the third birth anniversary of their daughter. Mary Alice Stewart. Mr. Calvin Miller and family and Mrs. jj Charles R. Loch and son. Miller, will t be the guests.—Fort Wayne Journal- 0 Gazette. a " s A "jolly five” bunch of young girls , enjoyed a progressive party Tuesday t evening. Beginning at the home c.f „ Cecil Miller, they went in turn to the s homes of Florence Holthouse. Ruth Keller. Mildred Niblick and Virgine Smith. At each place they had con- g tests and light refreshments and enjoved themselves to the utmost. A social gathering of friends and relatives was held at the home of A. Jackson, of near Wren. Ohio, last f Sunday. Social chats, jokes and music of different kinds were the events u

i of the day. Those from a distance , present were: W. M. Jackson, wife 1 and daughter, of Decatur; Mrs. S. T. Chapman and children of Fort Wayne; W. F. Hilton, wife and daughters, of ; Bobo, and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Case. of Willshire, Ohio. Those of the neighbors present were Waldo Poling, wife and daughter; John Taylor. Miss Mamie Myers. All left at a late hour tor their respective home, hoping for another joyous time of the same kind in the near future. —Contributed.

Invitations are being printed foi the fifth annual reunion of the Mag ley family which will be held the sec ond Thursday in August—Thursday August 12, at Robison park. Fort Wayne. Business of importance will be con sidered at the Eastern Star meeting Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. Henry Schulte entertained the Afternoon club at her home Tuesday the affair being the usual delightful one enjoyed by this "five hundred' hand. At cards the first prize was won by Mrs. J. E. Meibers: second. Mrs. J. H. Bremekkamp; third. Mrs. Gerard; slam. Mrs. C. V. Connell; booby Mrs. Charles Voglewede. The luncheon served by the hostess was very appetizing. Mrs. W. W. Foreman and daughter. Ruth, of Cedar Rapids, lowa, are guest of Mrs. Foreman’s niece. Mrs. Henry Gerke. She has also been visiting Fuhrman. Mrs. Erank Gordon and grand-daugh-ter. Beatrice Stults. of Zionsville, wiil arrive this afternoon for a visit with the former’s niece, Mrs. C. L. Walters They were expected last week but were prevented from coming then. Miss Dessie Beery entertained at dinner today noon for Sue and Celia Mayer. Mrs. Albert Butler of Fort Wayne was here today on business. The Lutheran social announced for next Tuesday has been postponed until Thursday. July 22, on account of Chautauqua. The board of charities has filed the following report of the county farm and the county jail and the same has been duly approved. ON DITCH LAW (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) by donations from those benefited and then each farmer would clean out his own allotment, or hire the same done, and thus achieve exactly the same result at about haif the that would be necessary by a strict compliance with the acts of 1915. The law seems to contemplate that all ditches shall be cleaned by contract. However, this department is concerned with accounting only, and if trustees shall make satisfactory arrangements with the several owners interested to clean their own drains without letting the same by contract, such action will meet with no objection frern this department The new drainage law is ambiguous and uncertain in many ways, and trustees are writing this department from all parts of the state to know how to proceed. FcSr the reason 1 am mailing you these general suggestions. The courts, will, in due time, no doubt construe the several parts of law. When that is done the trustees should follow such rulings. There is an exception to the above statements that the trustee has chary” of all public drains in the townships, as follows: Section 35. of the county drainage law. Acts 1915, page 417. makes provision for changing any drain now in charge of the trustee into a county drain, by filing a petition with the hoard o’ commissioners, as "ro.ided for in that act. HAD FINE TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Lee Vance and daughter. Lee Anna, and ML and Mrs. Fred Heuer have returned from a visit at Lake James. Crooked Lake and Clear Lake. They saw Mr. and Mrs. F. E. France at Lake James and enroute home stopped at Rome City a day and were ruests off th? D. M Hensley Tom Reid families. ANNUAL PICNIC Os Decatur Presbyterian Churcr. At Robinson Park. July 27th. The annual picnic of the Decatur Presbyterian Sunday school has been auuuuced lor the week after Chautauqua closes, the ; i< nie date being Tv.- . ■ day, July 27. It will be held *s usual, at Robinson park. Fort Wayne. — o LOST —Glass part of an automobile light wist of the ci*y. Finder return to this office and receive reward. lasts

OBJECTS TO INFORMAL NOTE President Says Unofficial Relations Regarding German Reply Must Stop. FRENCH PENETRATE German Trenches But Are Driven Back—Sayville is Taken Over.

Washington. D. C., July S—(Spec e ial to Daily Democrat) —President Wilson was believed today to hav< ‘1 told Germany he objected to uitoffi cial relations with the Berlin for s eign office as a preliminary to the L kaiser’s formal note to the United ‘- States. It was doubted today whethr era settlement between the United States and Germany would come be 8 fore several more exchanges of for mal notes. Berlin. July B—(Special to Daily t Democrat) —The war office admitted ' that French troops penetrated the r German tranches on a half-mile front in a furious battle west of Soucbez. German counter attacks drove the - enemy out with heavy losses. 1 Sebastapool. July B—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Russian Black t sea fleet sunk five Turkish sailing vessels and four galleys, carrying coal to Constantinople and heavily bombarded a hostile submarine off the , Bosphorus. Washington. D. C., July B—(Spec- > ial to Daily Democrat) —Captain Bullard. government radio thief, notified the navy department this after . noon that he had taken over the Say- . viile wireless station. Washington, July 8. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Two Americans were killed when a German submarine shelled the Allen liner Anglo-Californ-ian July 4tb„ Counsel Skinner informed the state department from Londe n today. Brownsville, Tex. July 8. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Twelve or fourteen shots werg tired ofi United States cavalry a mile cast of here today The bullets spattered around the horses feet tut none were injured No trace of the shooters, supposed to be Mexican raiders has been found. The situation from raiders is growing rapidly worse, and more federal troops have been requested. Raiders today warned the sheriff that the banks cf this city will Be attacked. New York. July B.—(Specia Ito the Daily Democrat)—The fire that attacked the liner Minnehaha carrying aniunition to England was caused by an explosion, the captain wirelessed to the Atlantic transport companys office this afternoon. The blaze is not under control, it did not say what caused the explosion. Rome, July 8, —(Special to Daily Democrat >—The Palian armored cruiser. Amalfi was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic yesterday by an Austrian submarine. This is the fir.- t large ship lost by either side since Italy declared war. It was one o the newest cruisers. Most of the crew was saved. Washington July 8. —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Secretary Daniels today announced fie had sent Capt. Boullard, hc-ad of the government radio s>-rvi< i ii: • . : • i cf • Sayville wireless station in the name of the United States. It «vc.-• st,. ..1 it would be run by the government like the ether similar stations under its control Neutrality violations were given as the reason for the action. New York. July B—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—With a heavy cargo of amunition, the big Atlantic trans-j port liner Minnehaha is racing back j to Halifax with a fire in one of fieri i holds. Last night she was 574 miles east of Halifax. Although the officials of the line were notified of the lire test night, they withheld the news until 10 a. m. today. The officials announced that the liner carried no passengers- Because the officials had rcbo. further wireless messag »s from the captain, they tnfered the fire had been confined to one hold aa ’A 1 .. .. njjf »Ureateelag Washington. D. C., July B—(Spec’B—(Spec- ’ ial to Daily Democrat)--General Gonzalo.'l with Carranzista troops was within ten miles of Mexico City today, s From this it was inferred ike Zapatistas must either -.are be*m over- ■ whelming!;.' defeated or were with--3 drawing from the capital.

NoTh E OF *AI.E m MRVIViMi FAR I N EH. Noth is hereby hlvhi Hint tb* uni ' I win offer"for sale. o’ private •:»)•. tor ijnot less titan the •t-p..th reiSttlllhlH), 17. (he houi’b ot hire a. in.. i<n<i S o’vkH k i> tn.. of said <uy I i.mil frern day to <lnv there..tier until Isohti at th< home of Andrew J. .’.ud-iy. on High -trlet in Hie town of iPin .u. A.1.-os County. State <■; Indi.ma, ih<tkHcrJben property in Mid touiit.v and wtale, to snhl Oil <omt‘uny» to-wit: The hniie and leaeehoh! inlereMt for oil and Kas purpu’O’s in amt to the foilov. mi- <le«<‘i*lbed real estate hi .\<ian,.-’ Cminty, State of Indiana, to-wk: Ptinjr the north half of the Nimtli?a*t ouMirer of wtion twoniy-sm» i in Fori ord township, ranffe thirteen < as-. Said h are being ut«- i o> J>. I*. Shoe ma kt*!* and Arabvlir. HhoernnKo!' and r<•corded in Book N. at Page 4; in th< Idi » ;♦i. f h in Adams Cotintv, Indiana: also inr Unlink tn aahl h use, ii'it! as a part thereof, eight oil wells, ell t. aks. htjildißmS, ntrurtu.\».?. power p’nr.t and ma< him ry. engriuea. ho’l--0 . j ; »s. rods, tfna »lne, belts, (ixtme.d, joo’.pirox apparatus, wrenches. tools anti ai.pphrs, all need in connection with j*i.lo lease. One-th?ed of purchase mon-

ey, t ssh nn dav o! sale; one-third ir ... six Months, an 1 one-third in tu.»|v. e >’ ths. deferred p.iyments to hc.ij init ••• six per <mt and tn b>- r\ ideir.eo by "notes «»f the pnrrhnaer see cured l.y freehold sureties to the satisj. faction of the indersiffned and the Jude*' of the Adams Circuit CtMiit Or r- i-Arehasor may pav ail cash on Jay of c Said Fale is made pursuant to an ord dm oi. and suhjo. » to tb<- approval of, liit- Atian.s < irvuu Court of Adnms !• County, State of Jn<Hana. ANOEEW J .H T DAY, Surviving partner of the lowa Gil Sutton Ac Heller. Attnrv “! h i: i < <OS ! u U n it*. Notice of letting contract for cleans injr and repairing 1 the Henry I. Teeph 1 ditch in St. Mary’s township. Adams County. Indiana, which will be let t? HiiNilay, July 2lt. Ihl.N, at iv v < lo< k a. in. * Notice Is hereby Kiven that the written report of the county aurveyer. with the r»roiile and the trustees allotment ? fiyv how on file at my office, where they may be* examined and inspected. Work must be done under the supervision of the Township Trustee and subject to his approval. ’ The trustee? reserves the right to t reject any and all bids. ? x-15 Trustee St.’ Mary s Township. XOTH l: To <ovira< ioks. ? the cleaning 1 and repairing: of the Devid Lvons <lit< h in St. Mary’s Township, Adams County. Indiana, which will «»** let at lb oi : >*?k a. m. on Monday. .Inly IWIS. Notice is hereby giver, that the writprofile and the trustee's allotment ar*’ . novv on file at my offi<*e where thev De examined and inspe- ted. W ork must be done under the super- . s ;si«»n of the Township Trustee and subject to his approval. The Trustee reserves the right to reject any and all bids E W. FRAXCE. i rustee Si. Township. WILDER FUNERAL FRIDAY The fum-ra! of Dwight Wilder wii’ be held Friday afternoon at 12:30 i o’clock from the home in Root township and at 1:30 o’clock from the Decatur Methodist church in charge i of the Rev. A. K. Mamma of Hoagland. l*all bearers who are all old neighbors of the deceased, are: Henry Bauman. E. S. Christen. Charles E. Magley. R. K. ITeming, Amos Lewton. Charles Johnson. o TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eierding of Preble township were accompanied to Ft. Wayne last evening by Dr. S. P. HoiTman. Mr. Eierding entering the Lutheran hospital for a series of x-ray treatments for epthelioma of the neck. Q EASTERN STAR NOTICE There will be a meeting of the Eastrn Star Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock when business of importance will com® un. o — We nave pientj of off-falls, spare ribs, pig® feet and liver at your own price. Call at the Hoosier Packing Co. plant. 137t30 WANTED Position as stenographer. Call ’phono 550. 162t3 ROOMS FOR RENT—Either for Office purpose or flat. Corner Monroe and Third streets. Inquire of Henry Krick. 15C’.6 FOR SALE —Two fresh cows. —Ben KITING, ’phone 5-C, R. F. 2. 153tG WANTED —Girl for housework in a family cf three. No washing. Call prone 455. 155*3

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From My Narrow Little Window By THE HOOSIER OBSERVER “DOGS AND DOGS”

Dogs. That is the title of one of th® mo6t appealing and expressive cartoons I have ever seen. 1 cut ft from the paper, pasted it on a mat and hung it above my desk. I look at it often and thing of it much I will tell you about it. It is a double-decker cartoon—a sort of double apartment cartoon. One side shows a ’’dude” —rich, apn—rently, though one can’t tell by the cut of the clothes people wear nowadays, whether they are millionariro 3 or have si>ent the last bit of their credit on their tacka. Anyhow, he looked like he was rich. He wore the latest cut" of appalel: wore his hat jauntely on the back of his head; had a cigarette between his lips: carried gloves and cane in one hand: in the other be held a chain tied to the rich looking collar of a fat. well-fed looking bull dog trotting along in front of him. It was probably necessary to have the dog chained to prevent his scampering away. The other side of the deck showed the reverse. A poor gaunt, hungry-look-ing, hollow chested bare-foot boy, with ill fitting patches trousers was sitting on the back steps, of a poor looking house. On his lap was a dog. just as gaunt and ill-fed as though he bad been nourished on what scraps the boy might have sacrificed for him from FOR RENT—Three rooms, with | clothes closet and pantry, and a| good cement cistern. Also a good full; lot, suitable for a late garden, en South Fifth street. Inquire at 335 So. 3rd St., or ’phone 569 140tf FOR SALE—Good steel range, also n j large gas stove: china closet, fold-j ing bed. side board. Call Mrs. W. A l Kuebler. 153tv J

Pay Your Gas Bill Before the lOth. TO S/WE. PENArLTY INDIANA LIGHTING CO. ■ $5.00 to St. LOUIS and RETURN VIA I CLOVER LEAF ROUTE Saturdays, July 3, 17, and 31. See H. J. Thompson., Agent, Decatur, for particulars. Buy Your Chautauqua Tickets At The Office Os The | Daily Democrat Or any of the Following: Old Adams County Bank The Myers-Dailey Clothing jTeeple, Brandyberry & Pe- Store . tetson Callow & Rice Drug Store i Bank S L ° an & TrUSt C °‘ Dec «tur Herald Office First National Bank I F *Schirmeyer Winnes Shoe Store Niblick & Co. Dry Goods Holthouse, Schulte & Co. Store C lothing Store Charles Voglewede Shoe Boston Store Store Smith. Yager & Falk, drugs Gay. Zwiek & Myers Co M. rullenkamp Dry Goods Peoples & Gerke Shoe Store u fet ° r u , . Beavers, Alz & Scherer T'. U A?'Ti !e ' i S ’^ ewe^r y Store Charles Elzey Shoe Store J.M. Hensky J t . w e jrj store Dr. Roy Archbold | V ante & Hite C lothing Store j Monroe State Bank - II II You Don t Buy This Week They Cost You More-

his own poor platter. The boy was t binding up the wounded paw or the I dog and the poor little beast was loting up its 'nee and licking the boys , chin in gratitude. A hundred juicy bones or an armed host could probably not have lured nor driven the poor animal away front his benefactor. t Dogs are like some human friends; or rather, some human friends art- like ■ dogs. ■ There are soma "friends" who have • to be bound to you by the chain of s gifts, lavish expenditure, dinners, ;ui- ■ tomobile rides, convenience In location I of your home, and such. When tha t "ehain"is broken and there is nothing ’ further to be gained, the “dog-friends" ■ are last seen trotting gaily down the I street, leaving you in the lurch. On the other hand, there are th® true friends like the poor “friend-dog" II gained by real service and affection I in whom friendship has been ingrain1 1 ed like the grain of hardwood. Instead : of t’hi-namel finish. The gain will there when the wood is worn to the last fibre; and not vanish like that of the surface polish, when some one 1 comes along with more and better to : offer. NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS. Notice is hereby given that all trespassing on the John Hoffman farm in ! Preble township is forbidden and that i if any* one is caught thereon they will Ibe prosecuted. No hunting of any kind will be allowed. 147t30 o Democrat Want Ads Pay.