Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1915 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evenins Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company LEW 0. ELLINQHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rate* Per Week, by carrierlo cents Per Year, by carrier>s.oo Per Month, by mall 25 cents Per Year, by mail>2.so Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. We favor the changing of the first day of summer from June 15th to September 1st —it seems to be so much more dependable. The Jay county fair association certainly put their bet on the right dates ana have drawn the only perfect weather of the summer. Get up on your toes boys, September is here. Vacation days are over and its time to hustle. Lets put this community ahead of the procession a little. We can do it if we say so and then help to do it. Some victory—that one the president has just won in his settlement of affairs with German;' and England —and without the firing of a single shot. If the people of this nation do not appreciate Mr. Wilson, they should and they will some time. If possible President Wilson will come to Indiana the 29th of next month to address the teachers in their annual meeting. The visit of this distinguished gentleman will no doubt add much to the interest of this always big and important event and give them the opportunity to hear the most famous educator of this nation today. Have you noticed that the streets of Decatur have been kept clean and bright this summer? We haven't heard many people say so but a few who have left here tp visit Other cities and then returned have noticed anJ offered praise for the work done here. Why not boost a little? We imagine it would help the fellows who do it a lot and it can't hurt any thing? If the people of Decatur want a gymnasium for their boys and girls they can have it but it will take several years to get it. The committee in charge of the work feel and we believe they are right that it would be a waste of money to put in a club room and favor a combination with the school board that will give the community a read “gymn” in the new building. If you are for it, say so. The annual reunion of the Roop family was held today at Steele's park and was well attended. A line time was spent.

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-. :n«::n:ntnunnnu winuuntjtttutt;:: y I DOINGS IN SOCIETY | WEEK'B CLUB CALENDAR. Thursday, • Picnic —Dorwin’s Grove. Baptist Aid—Mrs. Betz. Walther League—Zion's Lutheran church. Be;i Hur Penny Social—Ben Hur Hall. Methodist Missionary—Mrs. Emma Daniels. Friday. Christian Aid Section 2 —Miss Eva Acker. Otterbein Brotherhood U. B. Church Saturday Loyal Workers’ Pastry Sale —Gas Office. Mr. and Mrs. Erank Bogner and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Keller are entertaining the Lou Greulich family and Mrs. Fred Fisher of Bellevue. 0., v 'io motored here. They will leave tomorrow for Ottowa, Ohio. Miss Pauline Hankey of Ft. Wayne arrived yesterday for a visit with Miss Naomi Christen. Mrs. Charles Johnson had charge of the Bible study of the Concord Ladies' Aid society yesterday afternoon when Mrs. E. S. Christen entertained twenty-five being present. The society has planned to serve dinner at the sale to be held by Mrs. Cora Wilder about October first. During the social refreshments were served. Mrs. Benjamin Borton was a pleasant hostess to the girls of the Ruth Circle of the Christian church last evening at her home on Fifth street. Fifteen were present, During the business period the circle decided to give a penny social in the near future and committees were appointed to attend to the furtherance of thq plans. A delightful social closed last.evening's meeting. The Home Guards of the Methodist church continued their missionary study yesterday afternoon when Miss Gretchen Graham entertained. “The White Man’s Way” was the lesson considered at this time, with Mrs. Harvey Smith, superintendent, leader. Miss Dorothy Walters conducted the devotional. A fine social followed and refreshments were in order. Kenyon Walters entertained at a stag party last evening at his home. Cards were played and the boys had a fine general time. Kenyon leaves next week for Delaware. Ohio, to attend the Ohio Wesleyan university, and Byard Smith to Earlham college. The party included Ishmael Macy. Byard Smith, Tom Vail and Fred Elzey. C. L. Walters, W. H. Fledderjohann and William Richards attend the Modern Woodman picnic in the Willey grove near Willshire, Ohio, last evening. There was a band, good speakers and a fine musical program. The members of the Sunday school class of the United Brethren church taught by Miss Zelma Stevens went to Monmouth this .morning, where they attended the picnic given by the Leader’s Sunday school class in the Dorwin grove. Miss Stevens and Miss Pauline Krick accompanied the class there. The members were Lawson and Lineas Lenhart, Leland and Donald Wall, Gregg Ball. The Wednesday Five Hundred club spent a pleasant evening with Mrs. Fred Fullenkamp. when she entertain-

ed at five hundred. Autumn garden Howers in many vgses beautified the home. After cards, the hostess was assisted by her sister, Miss Lucile Corbett, in serving a luncheon. The Club prizes were won by Mrs. Lawrence Klelnhenz. Mrs Otto Green and Mrs. Ed Coffee and the guest’s prize by Miss Kynt Voglewede. Guests were Mrs. Harry Helm, Miss Kynt Voglewede and Miss Ode Fullenkamp. The Walther League wil hold its first meeting of the season this evening at 8 o'clock at the Zion's Lutheran church. Mrs. D. B. Erwin and children are spending the day at Pleasant Mills. The Misses Ella Strebig and Ada McMullen of Fort Wayne were guests over night of the Misses Irene and Marguerite Gerard. A few other friends were also in for the evening. Miss Dorothy Dugan went to Winchester yesterday to be the guest of Miss Florence Goodrich for several days and <o attend a dance given last evening. The members of the Civic Improvement society are requested to meet Friday evening at 7:30 at the public library. o IN FIERCE STORM (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) it from place to place covering it up as long as we could find anything dry to cover it with. By one o'clock we got relief and went to bed, and by 4:30 another dash came and we got up and went at it again and stayed at it until after daylight. Then 1 got on some dry clothes and drove to town to get material to repair the roof, and it took me the rest of the week to get that repaired, as I could get no help and had to do it all my self, as every body had their own repairs to look after and there are ten jobs for every carpenter. You will understand then why I say we are more or less tired out. All this time May, Dorothy and mother have been trying to dry out rugs. beds, bedding and. various other things that were soaked. I wrote the Dakota folks a day or two ago, but did not write them as fully as this and you might send this on if you wish. It is needless to say crops are ruined. Will close as it is time to retire. Yours as ever, LON. HOGSIER HISTORY IN TABLOID “For the long years the struggle between the railroads and the steamboats went on. Millions of dollars were invested in the great white vessels that glided up and down the rivers, but they dropped out of the race and became the sport of time. Some far-seeing owners knowing the fight lost for all time, dismantled their vessels. Others more obstinate kept their boats trim and clean. Through the long idle summers they would sit in the pilot house watching the railroad engine write, in letters of smoke against the sky, the story of.their doom. The hungry race for cargoes was responsible for more than oue river tragedy. The wind seemed to carry the news of a waiting shipment and the idle boats raced to the scene like a school of sharks.” —An Old Record. o . PARK HOTEL VACATED The Park hotel building, in which Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Hoffman conducted a boarding house for the past year or so, was vacated yesterday, the Hoffmans moving to the James Niblick property. The Park hotel building which is owned by. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Myers, is one of the excellent ones of the city, and is known to the traveling and local public as an ideal hotel, both from location and from the manner in which it has been conducted by the hosts who have been in charge from time to time. The L. A. Holthouse family who vacated the Niblick residence, have moved to the Dorwin house, corner of First and Monroe. OBSERVES HIS ANNIVERSARY. Charles A. Dugan, the popular and efficient cashier of the First National bank, yesterday celebrated his twenty- 1 first anniversary as a member of the 1 banking force. He was too modest to ' mention it, however, and only inci- ‘ dentally we learned that he observed the occasion by a trip to Fort . Wayne with Mr. T. J. Durkin, a dinner at the Anthony and a trip to the theater. Here’s hoping he enjoys twenty-one more years at the head of the bank, which is. by the way, one of the best institutions in the middle west. o 1 QUARTERLY MEETING. The third quarterly meeting of the Brethren in Christ for the annual conference year, 1915. will convene at the Antioch church, tour miles west of Decatur, beginning Saturday, Septejn o— Democrat Want Ads Pay.

THE COURT NEWS Julius Haugk Prepares to Fight Bankruptcy Proceedings. ALLEGES HIS WORTH Os $25,000 Above Claims— Marriage License Issued Today. Through his attorneys, Peterson AMoran, Julius Haugk has prepared an answer to the bankruptcy proceedings brought against him by the First National bank of Fort Wayne. The answer will ue filed in the federal court in Fort Wayne and he declares that he is worth, above any claims that may be made against him, the sum of >25,000, and that he is not therefore. a bankrupt. He asks that afjury inquire into the case and that the report of the trustees, holding the money from the sale of the Rufus Allison property. The Cardwell Mill & Lumber company and The Allison Real Estate company, for whose indebtidness he and Henry Hite bonded themselves for >50,000 be examined. He avers that the excessive charges would make up, nearly all, if not wholly, the indebtedness, and he would have very little to pay. He alleges he is worth, not subject to any claim of his wife, or others, the property on Madison street, worth >35,000, for the lot of which alone he paid >8,500, and which is partially rented, for >2Ol a month; a residence on North Second street, valued at >5,000; 34 acres in Blue Creek township. >4,000; 254 acres in Texas, worth >5.000, making a total of >47,000, with personal property worth $3,000, a total of $50,000, of which $25,000 is above any claim. Real estate transfers: Ix-Roy Elzey et al to Myrtle Wise, lot 718 Decatur, S6OO. John Hessler, executor, has given notice of the hearing of the final report in the estate of Gerhard Hessler, for September 24. Idella Dudgeon. 32, daughter of Douglas Dudgeon of Blue Creek township, has been declared insane, by an inquest board, comprising Justice E. B. Lenhart, Drs. J. M. Miller and S. K. Christy. A marriage license was issued this morning to Herschel A. Whiteman, oil worker, of Geneva; son of John E. Whiteman, born January 24, 1889, to wed Grace E. Swank, born June 3, 1890, daughter of Jerry Swank. The groom was divorced from a former wife December 21, 1912. Attorney D. B. Erwin for Samuel T. Niblick today filed a suit in the circuit court, against Jesse E. Niblick, asking for possession of real estate and damages in the sum of SIOO. County Treasurer, W. J. Archbold has received the report of Daly and Stout, state accountants, relative to his books for the year 1914. The report is a good one and shows that the balance he had at the close of the year tallies to the cent with that Cf the auditor. At the beginning of the year, the balance was $128,403.27; receipts for the year were $643,647.53, making a total chargeable of $772,D50.80. There was disbursed during the year, $703,589.62, leaving a balance at the close of the year, of $68,461,18. A part of this balance is made up of unpaid warrants, which the auditor holds in the sum of $229,10, furnishing the balance to the cent. Excess collections during the year were $1.66. o SEED WHEAT FOR SALE. I have several hundred bushels of nice dry and clean seed wheat that 1 will sell at once at a very reasonable price. See me in Decatur, Ind., or phone number 309. D. E. STUDABAKER. 209t6 — o WE WANT 5,000 MEN AND WOMEN —in the next thirty days. Live wlro partners in every town and city, to help us handle our fast increasing real estate and general agency bus!inoss. We will share enormous profits with those who will join us now. You receive a life membership. Write today for free particulars.—B. F. Loos Co., Des Moines, lowa. 175t-m-tf LIVE STOCK~ and General Auctioneering I thank you lor your past favors. 1 am still on the job. Telephone at my expense. J. N. Burkhead Monroe, Ind.

GERMANY MAKES KNOWN HER TERMS OF PEACE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ry and armed civilians Is in pursuit. The Mexicans were due to reach San Benito some time today. Load on, Sept. 2,—(Special to Daily Democrat) —British submarines have sunk more Turkish transports at the Dardanelles it was officially announc- , ed this afternoon. Two of the transports were sent tq the bottom of Galli polls and two in the Nagara Roads. New York, Sept. 2,—(Special to the Dally Democrat) —That the German submarine that sank the Arabic was , captured, not sunk by British wari ships, was the story brought here . today by an officer of the White Star ■ liner Adiatic, who said the report wrs t current in Liverpool. ''Right after the Arabic was sunk, the report reached . Liverpool that the U boat had been i captured ” said the officer, who' asked ■ that his name be withheld. “The story ’ circulated in shipping circles was thst i she was one of the latest and most i powerful of the submarines. It was ■ reported she carried two crew’s and had good sized guns upon her decks 1 for shelling vessels that tried to escape her. This story,is generally be- > lieved by shipping men.” Adriatic of--1 ficer-i agreed that the German goviernmeat must have got wind of the report that the submarine had been captured ■ They suggested that might be the reason for the hasty decision to accede to this country's demand. The officers said, also, that the number of sub1 marines captured or sunk far exceed ' popular belief. “We’re getting them” said one. "We're getting them all sorts of ways. They’ve done a lot of damage but the Van Tirpitz campaign cn the whole has been a failure.” Petrograd, Sept. 2, —(Special to the Daily Democrat)—Gep. Ivanoff’s arm--1 les have escaped the latest trap set by the Austro-Germans. The fortress Lusk has been evacuated by the Russians with scarcely any loss in men or guns and the Slavs falling back in the direction of Dubno fortress have taken 10.000 prisoners. The Austrian plan to pierce the Russian line 'in tins , region ro)l up the right flank of Gen. Ivanoff’s forces and cut off the Russian army corps operating in Galicia, has broken down. The enemy had made no material gains but have suffered heavily in killed and captured. The Slav line already has been reformed. Half a million Austro-Germans are now engaged in tl:e attempt to sweep the Russians out of Galacia. but desite their most determinde efforts the enemy forces have been unable to break the ffont. .—. —o notice: of intr. settlement of ESTATE. Notice Is hereby given to the creditors, heirs anil legatees of Gerhard Hessler, deceased, to appear in tlie Adams circuit court, held at Decatur, Indiana. on the 24th day of September, 1915. and show cause, if any. why the flinal setlement accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be approved: and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof or heirship, and receive their distributive shares. JOHN HESSLER. Executor. Decatur. Ind.. Sept. 2, 1915. Peterson * Moran, Attys. O CYCLONE DID DAMAGE Winnepeg, Sept. .2, —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Cyclones did great damage in central and northwestern Manitoba today. Fields were swept bare. The bridge at Uno on the Grand Trunk-Pacific was blown away and telegraph wires are down and information is meager. Houses and out buildings were blown over and horses and cattle were killed or driven into forest fire. o DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BIG

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We Desire to Inform the students ol the Decatur Schools that we will be able to satisfy your SCHOOL WANTS corteously and promptly. BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES. The Holthouse Drug Co. —J -4L. -- ■ - YOU’LL TAKE PRIDE ,n driving y° ur horse if he is wearing one of our stylish light driving barness. They add greatly to the ap'mMMM» 9 pearance of the animal; besides they ® . I represent great values in hafness. In A —-jZ our present stock you will find a " V X great choice of light and heavy harh \ \\ \ ness that is guaranteed by us in every particular. A. W. TANVAS The Hamess and Buggy Man. NORTH SECOND ST.

ber 4. Business meeting at 2:30 p. m. Preaching, 7:30. Sunday morning, Sunday school at 9:30. Preaching, 11. Sunday evening, preaching at 7. Elder J. S. Walters of New Carlisle, Ohio, will be in charge. 210t2 F. 1. BAKER, Pastor. o DECATUR SCHOOLS TO OPEN I Monday, September 6. —Work of the Schools to Be Resumed I The opening of the Decatur Public Schools will occur on Monday, September 6. Patrons of the schools will please to see to it that pupils enter the first day, that lists of needed supplies may be given them and assignments to classes made. A list of suoplies needed by each grade will be given in Friday’s issue of the papers. Parents should preserve these lists as an aid in purchasing Pffpils living outside the city limits mqst have a transfer from the township in which they live. Please have this matter of securing transfers attended to before the opening of school and send the transfer to the proper teacher on the first day. Care should be taken by parents to avoid errors in making purchases of supplies. Those pupils who have water color boxes qn hand can replenish these by buying the color cakes at the drug stores and thus save a ne v supply of water colors at considerable saving. The school authorities and teachers invoke the hearty support of patrons and public for the coming school year - -

Let us all, working earnestly together, make this year tl;e best in the history of our schools. C. E. SPAULDING, Superintendent. o PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will sell at public auction at her home at 619 Elm street on Saturday, September 11, sale to begin at 1 o'clock, the following property and household goods, to-wit: One full sized lot, 66x120, six room house, good frame barn, 20x20; good drove well, cistern, known as the old Andrew Baxter home. Good abstract and deed and will sell to the highest bidder. One organ, in good condition: one Keller incubator, good heating stove, burns wood or coal; one glass cupboard; 6 chairs, 2 rocking chairs, 1 top buggy, good as new; open buggy. good set single harness. 2 good fly nets. 1 oil stove, 4-year-old bay mare, weighing about 1200 pounds. Terms:—Under $5, cash in hand; over $5, note for six months, without interest; 6 per cent off tor cash on household goods. Terms on property to suit purchaser. MRS. NEUENSCHWANDER. J. J. Baumgartner. Auct. Willis Fonner, Clerk. 210t8 • o THE ART OF SELLING FOR CASH — This little brochure explains fully how we can sell your real estate or business for cash; no matter where located. We mean it. Write today describing what you have to sell, buy or exchange, and receive this booklet free.—B. F. Loos Co., 403 W. Walnut St.. Des Moines. lowa. m th-175tf