Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1915 — Page 4

DAILY DEMOCRAT Publlah»d Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subacrlptlon Ratea Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 18.00 Per Month, by mall 25 cents Per Year, by mail >2.60 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Postofflce in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. The Indiana Retail Dealers' Association officers and directors will be here on the evening of September 7th. Lets give them a hearty welcome. It will help to put Decatur on the map. If the sinking of the Steamer Arabic, almost within sight of the spot where Ute Lusitania went down is to be taken as a reply to President Wilson's note to Germany, the next note may be even more firm. Some where along the line, the matter will probaoly have to be settled in one way or another. The Democratic state central committee will meet tomorrow at Indianapolis to discuss plans for opening the campaign for next year. It is the first session of the committee as it now exists, several vacancies caused by the new law, having but recently been filled by appointment, anj it will be a very important session, attended by democratic workers from over the state. ( I This is the year when the wide awake farmer who has had a little luck will make the most money he ever made. If he can save his crop he will get a dandy good price for his goods. To be sure he has worked hard and worried much and has lost at least a part of his crop, bui many will still have their barns and > graneries crammed to the limit, it might be much worse. The state of Georgia is in disgrace , as a result of the lynching of Lea Franks and its up to the best citizenship of that great state to clean up on the men who have taken the law into their own hands. Governor Slay ton says he will return and he ought to and he should lead his people in the campaign to punish those who have placed the black mark of shame on one of the states of this union. 11. 0. Johnsen, former Adams county resident, and present mayor of tincity of Gary, touring the state in the interest of his candidacy for the governorship of Indiana, on the republican ticket, stopped here this morning He is an active candidate and the man who wins the nomination will have to defeat him at the primary next March Johnson never quits in a political fight

* ! ’’ IMPESUM.ISS HATS OUR CONSIGNMENT OF IMPERIAL HATS HAVE ARRIVED and are now on display. The latest blocks in both stiff and soft hats. $2.00-$2.50-$3.00 • 1 THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY

and there is no prospects that he will do So in this one. He has made goo I and he comes from Adams county. As mayor of the stool city of this State he is popular and the fact that he is accompanied by thirty or forty business and professional men of his district is proof that he has the backing of 11 is associates. His friends al home are proud of him and his success and feel that he is entitled to the honor of the nomination for the highest office in the state. At Kendallville yesterday he was given a splendid reception, met by a band and a committee of sev eral hundred and escourted through the city At other places in the north eastern part of the state he was welcomed in such away as to make his reception at home, look a little off color. Itnnanunannnxtncntuttn :ttt: a DOINGS IN SOCIETY | BttwmtHnwtwweH,ft WEEK'S CLUB CALENDAR. Friday. Helping Hand—Mrs. Fred Ashbaucher. Saturday. Christian Pastry Sale —Gas Office. Loyal Workers’ Social —Court St. Mrs. Alva Nichols entertained i crowd of her lady friends Wednesday at her home in the south part of the city. The guests spent the entire day and the occasion was a delightful one Those present included Mrs. Ferd Peoples, Mrs Henry Gerke ;-nd child ren, Mrs. (’. L. Walters and daughters Dorothy and Helen. Mrs. Herman Tettmann Miss Velma Opliger, Mrs. Dallas Hower, Mrs. Clark Spahr and daughter Virginia. Miss Agnes Miller and mother. Mrs. Lena Miller.

A number of the friends of Miss Grace Miller were entertained last evening at her home at a private musical recital. Mr. Harold Sowards, formerly of Bluffton, but who for the past few years has been studying music and training his wonderful baritone voice at the Northwestern Music Academy. Chicago, sang a number of beautiful songs. His brother, Paul, of Bluffton, who is the possessor of an excellent voice, helped entertain the guests. Miss Miller also sang, and to say that her beautiful voice thrilled the hearts of all present would not be giving her due credit. Her se lections were greatly appreciated. Miss Gertrude Moses served as accompanist. After the musical selections Howard Wisehaupt. of Kingsland, who was also present, took the party to the Robison confectionery for a light lunch. The affair was indeed a very enjoyable one. Twenty-two ladies of the St. Vincent de Paul society were entertained last evening at the home of Mrs. Junies P. Haefling home on Fourth street at the regular meeting. In a contest as to who could make the largest number of words out of the club name, Mrs. Frank Gass proved to be the most fficient in this contest and won first prize. Delightful refreshments were served. Members of the Pocahontas lodge surprised Mrs. A. P. Beatty of Des Mcines. lowa who is in the city visiting with her daughter Mrs. George Kinzle in a very pleasing way last evening when a number at’ the ladies together with well filled baskets arrived at the Kinzle home and had a six o’clock dinner in her honor. Mrs. Beatty was a member of the local Pocahontas lodge before moving to lowa with her son. o BIG DRESS SALE Starts On Saturday Morning at, 9:00 O’clock S n arp.

We have about five hundred dainty new Wash Dresses and we are going to place them on sale, commencing Saturday morning at $2.99. the weather has been against the wash dress season and has left us with a few more dresses than we ought to have this time of season, and as we are going to need the room for our fall goods that will arrive in the next month or so. we are going to close them so cheap that if you need a dress you can’t afford to miss this sale. We are going to offer you dressesthat sold as high as $9.50 at $2.99 No try on. No approval. No telephone orders. No dresses returned after sold. No charges. Ne alterations free. At the Gass & Meibers, Store if Quality. o CARD OF THANKS In this way we desire to express our thanks for many kindnesses of the neighbor? and friends during the illness and death of our mother ..Mrs. Catherine Eady, also for the automobiles and beautiful flowers. THE CHILDREN.

BLOOD HOUNDS Tom Druly Will Organize Protective Association in City September 1. USE BLOOD HOUNDS Has Purchased Pair of Dogs from Famous Schunk Kennels at Celina, O. Tom Druly. who has served for several months as an extra policeman and traffic man. has purchased two blood hoifnds from the Schunk kennels at Celina, Ohio, and after September 1 will be ready for calls from this city. He is organizing a protec five society here, the members each paying a fee of two dollars per year. They are then furnished with a metal sign which reads. Protected by Druly's Blood Hounds." This sign hung in your jfiace of business is a sure cure for ail night prowlers and petty thieves. The same plan has been used for several years at Celina and St. Mary's and it lias proven the greatest protection ever used. Members are allowed free use of the dogs whenever they are needed. Mr. Druly has already had several calls and will likely be kept busy after September Ist. o COURT HOUSE NEWS A return has been received at the office of the county clerk, from the

Easthaven asylum at Richmond, admitting Adam McKisick. who has been declared insane. He will be taken to that place by Sheriff Green tomorrow. Sheriff Green is again advertising for sale two-thirds of inlot 284 in the Haviland addition to Geneva, the property taken in the case of Lorbena White vs. George White. The sale will occur on Monday, September 13th. Articles of incorporation of the Cardmon Land company, mention of which was made several weeks ago, have been filed at the office of County Recorder Welfley. The capital stock is JIO.OOO. the company organized to take over the. unsold property ou the Allison estate in Missouri. The directors are F. M. Schirmeyer, L. G. Ellingham. L. C. Waring of this city and H. A. Keplinger and 11. R. Freeman of Fort Wayne. o BICYCLE IS STOLEN While standing alongside the railing leading to the basement barber shop of Forest Elzey in the I. O. O. F. block, a Mason bicycle belonging to Charles Helm was stolen about eight o’clock last evening. Although a number of people were standing around the corner, nobody can be found who saw person take the wheel Owing to Mr. Helm being a very tall man, the reach from the seat to the peddles was an extremely long one aad another distinguishing mark was an electric light with a battery attacked to the frame. o LEAVE ON TWO WEEKS TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cooper will leave early tomorrow morning on a ten days or two weeks auto trip ail through northern Michigan. They will be accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Lord who will stop at Holland, Michigan for a visit with Fred Bacon “nd family who formerly lived here. The Cooper’s will go on to Nunlcn. Michigan, where they will visit Mr. Cool er's mother and then to Muskegon tor a few days with other relatives. Mr. Cooper is employed at the sugar factory. The trip promises io be a very delightful one. Q. A GREAT SUCCESS. Twenty-two members and frtends of the local German Reformed dnurch went to Fort Wayne yesterday on the special interurban car to attend the anniversary celebration of the German Reformed orphanage. The city hand accompanied the local people and furnished the music for the occasion. which was greatly appreciated by all present. o COOPER IS LEADING (United Press Service) Elgin* Aug. 20, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Cooper’s Stutz was leading at the 100 mile mark in the 300 mile classic this afternoon. His time was 75:55:08. Anderson was a close second. Alley third and Oldfield fourth. happenedatseven O’C lock. An error on our part occurred in yesterday’s paper in relating the time of the auto smash-up south of the city. The time given in the paper was eleven o’clock, which should have been about seven. We willingly correct the mistake.

THIEF CAPTURED Man Who Stole Fensten- I maker Rig and Charles Helm Bicycle WAS ARRESTED THIS Morning by Ft. Wayne Po-lice-Sheriff Green Goes to Get Prisoner. Sheriff Ed Green received a telephone call at noon from the Fort Wayne police that the young man who stole a horse and buggy betungiiig to James Fentenmaker of near Geneva I Wednesday evening which had bee:: Il tied to a hitching rack in that city.) had been captured. According to the I information the young man is also the one who stole the bicycle belonging to Charles Helm from the north side of the Boston store last evening. Sheriff Green motored to Fort Wayne early this afternoon to bring the prisoner back with him. Mr. Fensten makers horse was recovered late yesterday afternoon a lew miles southeast of Bluffton, and the buggy was found this morning in I Nottingham township, Allen county, about twelve miles south of Bluffton. The thief had cut the horse from the buggy, cut the lines into short reins and had ridden the horse to the place v.hero it was found. Several farmers bad seen the young man pass and a good description was secured by the sheriff of Allen county who immediately informed the Fort Wayne police. It is supposed that the thief came to t> is city from Bluffton and procuring the bicycle here, had gone on to Fort W-vne. unerarabic had NOT BEEN WARNED J

(CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) that at least 40,00(1 Russians were captured when the garrison surrendered. New York. N. Y., Aug. 20—Special to Daily Democrat) —The White Star office at 3:05 announced that through an error. W. E. Randall, an American, was included in the list of survivors, whereas Randall is still missing. This makes three Americans unaccounted for. New York, N. Y.. Aug. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mrs. Josephine Brugiere of New York, one of the Americans in the Arabic, believed to have been lost, was prominent in New York. Newport and Paris society. Before her marriage she was Miss Sather, of San Francisco, Her step-mother left $700,000 to the University of California. Her father founded the first bank in San Francisco. Berlin, Aug. 20,—(Special to DailyDemocrat I—Six1 —Six Russian generals and 85,000 men were captured by Gen. Von Beseler’s troops when they took Novo Georgievsk yesterday. The official statement from the war office this afternoon added that the number of captured cannon is about 700. In the southwestern theater of war, Gen. Mackensen is gaining ground at ad points. AFTER TWENTY-THREE YEARS Yesterday one of the men employed by T. A. Leonard the tinner who with his force of workmen arc busy remodeling the Henry Voglewede residence brought to Charlie Voglewede a bottle in which was a small card reading, “This card was put in bottle October 19. 1892, Anyone finding it please return to C. J. Voglewede. U can be seen that the date of writing and hiding the bottle lacked just one montji to the day of being twenty three years from the day it occurred. Charlie said that when hb was quite young yet he put the bottle under his father’s house and had almost forgotten about the matter and was greatly surprised when he was presented with the card bearing his signature. Mr. Voglewede also stated that he had a hobby when young to put his name in a bottle or other closed device and throw it away with the hope that some < ne would find It a million miles away and return it to him. This bottle is however the first one that was ever returned to him. — o— WILL VISIT THE EXPOSITION Mr. and Mrs. French Quinn left here Wednesday lor Bluffton where they joined Mr. and Mrs. George Morri? and left on a trip to the Pacific coast. They went to Fort Wayrte and from there to Chicago where they boarded the Santa Fe and proceeded to San Francisco ovef the southern route

I BIG CLEAN UP SALE Special On Ready To Wear Owing to the backward season we are left with a lot of Wash Dresses which we must close out at once. Lot No. 1 ' All Wash Dresses that were $3.50 f Sale Price $1.48 x Xrr . j ’ Lot No. 2 YTn |. Al! Wash Dresses that were $2.00 :la \\ Sale Price $1.28 //", | \ Lot No. 3 / All Wash Dresses that were $1.75 I A Sale Price 98c __ /Xr* 9 V Choice of all Cloth Coats at $5.00 1 Lot Wool Dress Skirts worth $5 to $7.50 Sale $1.98 ALL WASH SKIRTS AT SALE PRICES. BUY WHILE ASSORTMENT IS COMPLETE. NIBLICK & CO.

After a week or ten days at the Panama exposition they will return home byway of the northern route, stopping at Seattle, Portland and other places of interest. They will be absent from tour to six weeks. - — , NOTICE TO PUBLIC I have returned from a two months vacation trip through the west and have opened my office to resume my regular practice. 198t6 DR. J. M. MILLER. o PATRONS, NOTICE. My office will be closed from August x 2O urttil August 27. 197t9 ROY ARCHBOLD. Democrat Want Ads Pay.

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SPECIAL VACATION TOURS VIA CLOVER LEAF ROUTE | TOLEDO, DETROIT, CLEVELAND, CEDAR POINT PUT-in-BAY, BUFFALO AND NIAGARA FALLS Tickets on sale every Saturday at Decatur during the Summer at greatly reduced fares RETURN LIMIT 15 days. See H. J. Thompson, Agent, or address Chas. E. E® A. 0. P.A