Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 4 September 1915 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Exoept Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 15.00 Per Mouth, by mall 26 cents Per Year, by mall (2.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. Other cities in Indiana are placing metal signs at all the cross-roads, showing the distance to the towns and cities of that county, a wonderful aid to autoists, local as well as strangers. Adams county will have them sooner or later. Why not sooner? It’s always better to lead than to follow. Democrats of the Ninth district Will open the campaign with a love feast and barbecue at Kokomo the first week in October. The city bidding for the location of the event made the statement that Kokomo is the busiest In her history, every wheel turning and their factories unable to keep up with the rush. A call for outside laboring men was recently made. Kokomo is some town and the democratic workers there are hustlers. Jim Watson is now talking about another whirl at the governorship, and promises an announcement on the 15th of this month when a barbecue is to be held at Rushville. It will be some relief to know just what Jim is going to run for, tlioug'i a run will probably be all it will amount to. His predictions have about the same weight as those of one Mr. Beveridge, who is always running and always predicting just the oposite from what the people know will happen. The American public and the world at large have reason to rejoice that so patient, so courteous and .« iiQn an executive as President Wilson has had charge of this great case in the court of humanity and justice. He has done more than win a victory for peace and civilization. He has bestowed upon Germany itself inestimable benefit by appealing irresistibly to the humane spirit of the German people, the better instincts and the sober second thought of the men who wield the authority of the German empire. That great nation could not hope to prosper with the stain upon it of such crimes as the sinking of the Lusitania and the Arabic. In doing its best to remove these stains it will gather new moral strength after a calamitous outburst of unrestrained savagery. Germany has now set its feet in surer paths than those which it has lately trodden in These Cool nings I A < > / / ... ■■■jjildMf ** v *e . x . ... . .4? *, £•’ < £ * A '• 4s* ** •"■-.wr-L V* .1' C' <5 A _ J* 1 (hi' f£ a < - V s ' NT J amtZVZ country /b home ru? /£ < kA, Its nat J

its war of frenzy, its future course in harmony with its commentous resin harmony with its comentous resolution to respect the rights and spare the lives of non-combatants at sea. —Chicago News. tjfuuninncitnxnwmnKnußtxtttnttn DOINGS IN SOCIETY WEEK'S CLUB CALENDAR. Tuesday. V. P. V. E. U. Entertainment—Chester linier Home. Presbyterian Missionary—Mrs. C. F. Davison. Friday. M. E. Mite Society— Mrs. D. F. Leonard. VERSE THOUGHT » I am glad to think I am not bound to ma” the world go right, But only to discover and to do With cheerful heart the work that Cd appoints. I will trust him That "he can hold his own, and I will take His will above the work he sendefh me To be my chiefest good. The glory is not in the task, but in the doing it for him. —Jean Ingelow. The entertainment commmittec of the Y. P. C. E. U. of the U. B. church will entertain the members of the society at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Imier next Tuesday evening. Tlie entertainment lias been plann, d in the form of surprise and they will succeed each other in rapid succession. Something doing all the time. All the members should be sure to g J. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilpert, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Waggoner, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leikhoff, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Henschen of Fort Wayne will motor here Sunday for a visit at the home of Auditor T. H. Baltzell and family. The Otterbein Brotherhood had one of the busiest meetings ever, last evening in the United Brethren church. It was a sort of “experience meetting”—that is each one told funny stories of things that happened to them when they were young. It was one laugh after the other, and all so close together that it was a sort of “moving picture laugh”—you couldn’t tell where one left off and the other began. John Cratner also sang a song and proved a star. An address by Harvey Everett was also much appreciated. Announcement is made that the Presbyterian Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary society will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. C. F. Davison on North Second street. Request is made that every lady attend. The program follows: Hymn; devotional, lead by Mrs. D. B. Erwin; bus’ ness period; “The Ch\ld :.t Worship,” Mrs. Fred Patterson; vocal solo, Mrs. E. D. Engeler; recitation, Margaret Belle Atz; instrumental soln, Lulu Atz; social hour, with offering and refreshments, closing with the Mizpah benediction. The Misses Florine Bueter and Ilene Lantenier of Fort Wayne will arrive for a visit over Sunday with Miss Philomene Colchin. Miss Eva Acker entertained section two of the Christian Ladies’ Aid society yesterday afternoon at ay fine meeting. The section took up plans for the next two months’ season's work. The Methodist Mite society will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. D. F. Leonard on North First street and a good attendance is desired. o POLICE COURT Sheriff Ed Green and Deputy Jacobs to Linn Grove last evening and 'Xj under arrest. Horace Bryan vwiii an affidavit had been >sbim with forgery. Bryforged a check a e! Xand to have ? <s’ , i> A small , ■>/ ’ « /Q ,e/ .s/AV//// //// * / ’////A, / ■ / ADS S>4/ / % /

THE COURT NEWS September Term of Court Opens Monday—Three Months’ Vacation. A HEAVY DOCKET Mary Reed Asks for a Divorce from Willie J. Reed—Court News. The Adams circuit court will open Its September term next Monday, September 6, after u three monUis’ summer vacation. The dockets show u heavy amount of business, the civ’l docket being especially heavy. There are 222 civil cases to be disposed of. Os this number 56 were filed during the vacation period. Os the 56, ten arc divorce cases. The criminal cases number fifteen. The guardianship and estate dockets are also quite heavy. Attorney L. C. DeVoss filed another divorce case this -afternoon and withdrew the papers from the file. The plaintiff is Mary Reed and the defendant, Willie J. Reed. During the month of August just passed there were eight marriage licenses issued, which is a very smell number. Last year however, in the same month, there were but ten. o BATTLES ARE BEING FOUGHT (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) river under cover of a heavy artillery fire. Should the Germans throw a large body across the river the evacuation of Riga and a retirement toward Petrograd would be necessary. Athens, Sept. 4, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Turkish troops have Imrn ed two Armenian villages, slaughtering nearly the entire population of both towns according to traverels arriving here today. Berlin, Sept. 4 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germany's troops under General Von Besseier have stormed the strongly fortified bridge head at Friedrichstad. forty-two miles southeast of Riga. a ten days’ battle. This bridge headmost important for the defense of Riga, was stormed, after terrific battering by thousands of big German shells. The Germans took 3,362 prisoners at Friedrichstad. Washington. D. C., Sept. 4—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Admiral Caperton has proclaimed martial law at Port Au Prine, Haita, on account of continued outbreak against the American patrol there, he reported today. — — o AUTO RACE IS ON. (United Press Service) St. Paul. Minn.. Sept. 4 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —With fourteen drivers entered the first Twin City speedway 500-mile race started at 12 o’clock today. On the sixth lap Oldfield threw a tire. At thirty miles Burman went out with a broken piston. Resta and Cooper alternated in the lead during the early part of the race. At fifty miles Cooper was leading. Resta second. Cooper had averaged 90.5 miles. At 100 miles Anderson was leading. A broken oil pump put Resta out of the race at the end of 102 miles. o REPUDIATE CONFESSIONS < United Press Service) Providence, R. J., Sept. 4, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The three negros reported to have confessed to complicity in the murder of Dr. Mohr declaring they worked in a plot with Mrs. Mohr, this afternoon repudiated tlie alleged confessions. Mrs. Mohr was arrested on tlie strength of these confessions. CHILDREN ARE BURNED. (United Press Service) San Francisco, Sept. 4 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Five bodies of children, terribly burned, have been recovered from the ruins of St. Francis girls’ directory, which burned to the today. Elizabeth O’Brian, fourher five-year-old sister, Kaidentified. JRDINER WINS. /nfted Press Service) Z Mich., Sept. 4—(Special to democrat)—Robert Gardiner of this afternoon won the cham/ship in the national amateur golf ornament from J. C. Anderson of /it. Vernon, N. Y. -o NOTICE. We will start our cider mill August 3, 1915, and will make cider every Tuesday and Thursday until further notice. Factory, North Third street. lS2tf PETER KIRSCH.

[ IN HIGH SCHOOL (CONTINUED ’•‘ROM PAGE ONE) t ature. ' High School Spelling Book. Frank’s High School Exercises in Grammar. BOUNDARIES OF SCHOOL WARDS. North Ward. For first, second and third grade* ? —All children on north side of Monroe street and east of G. R. & I. railway. - For fourth, fifth and sixth grades-— All children north side of Adams street and east of G. R. & I. West Ward. For all children living west of G. IL & I. railway and north of the ,1 Eric. Library. r Grades lirst, second and third—j All children east of G. R. & I. south j of Monroe stret and north of Erie. South Ward. First, second and third grades— All children south of Erie railroad. All children south of Adams street 1 and east of the G. R. & 1. and all 9 south of the Erie and west of the p G. R. & I. iiix<a:x ox thk hiunk. (Published by request of a reader of r the Ibiily Democrat.) [. A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers: p There was lack of woman’s nursing, there was deartl/of woman’s tears; * Dut a comrade stood beside him, while his life-blood ebbed away And bent with pitying glances, to hear what he might say. t Tbo dying- «inldipr f«Horp<l ho »nok that comrade’s hand. And he said, ,’I never more shall see my > own. my native land. Take a message and a token to some 3 distant friend of mine; For 1 was born at Bingen—at Bingen on the Rhine! ‘Tell my brothers and companions, when they meet and crowd around. To hear mv mournful story, in the pleasant vineyard ground, p That we fought the battle bravely; [ and when the day was done. Full many a corpse lay ghastly pale beneath the setting sun. And midst the dead and dying were some grown old in war, The death-wounds on their gallant P breasts the last of many scars; r But some were young, and suddenly 1 beheld life's morn decline; And one had come from Bingen—fair Bingen on the Rhine! ’ “Tell my mother that her other sons shall comfort her old age. For I was still a truant bird that thought his home a eaffe; 7 For my father was a soldier, and even as a child My heart leaped forth to hear him tell ; of struggles fierce and wild; And when he died, and left us to divide 1 his canty hoard. T I let them take wiiale’er they would—but kept my father’s sword; And with boyish love I hung it, where the bright light used to shine On the cottage wall at Bingen—calm Bingen on the Rhine! r “Tell my sister not to weep for me, and 1 sob with drooping head When thetroops come marching home again, with glad and gallant tread; . But to look upon them proudly, with a <‘alm and steadfast eye For her brother.was a soldier, too, and , not afraid tn die; And if a comrade seek her love, I ask, her in my name . To listen to him kindly, without regret I or shame; And to hang the old sword in its place, ‘ my father’s swdrd and mine. For the honor of Bingen—dear Bingen on the Rhine! “There’s another, nota sister, in the happy days gone by Y'ou’d have known her by the merriment that sparkled in her eye; . Too innocent for coquetry, too for idle scorning; O friend! I fear the lightest heart makes heaviest mourning. Tell her the last night of my life (for ore this moon be risen. My body will be out of pain? my soul be out of prison), I droame<l 1 stood with her, and saw the yellow sunlight shine ( On the vine-clad hills of Bingen—fair Bingen on tlie Rhine! "I saw the blue Rhine sweep along; I heard, or seemed to hear, The German songs we used to sing, in chorus sweet and clear, ' And down the pleasant river, and up the slanting hill, The echoing chorus sounded, through the evening calm and still. And her glad blue eyes were on me, as we passed, with friendly talk, Down many a path beloved of yore, and well -reme m be red walk, . And her little hand lay lightly, confidI inglv in mine: But we’ll meet no more at Bingen—loved Bingen on the Rhine!’’ His voice grew faint and hoarse—his t ) grasp was childish weak: His eyes put on a dying look—he sight'd, and ceased to speak; His comrade bent to lift him, but the 1 spark of life had tied The soldier of the Legion in a foreign land was dead! And the soft moon rose up slowly, and I calmly she looked down On the red sand of the battle-field, with bloody corpses strown. Yes, calmly on that dreadful scene her pale light seemed to shine, . As it shown on distant Bingen—fair i Bingen on the Rhine! i k —Caroline E. Norton. • WORK FOR INSANE PATIENTS. ' ■ (United Press Service) Michigan City, Ind., Sept. 4—(Spec- 1 ial to Daily Democrat) —The criminal i insane in the state prison here soon are to be put to work supporting them- | selves. The last legislature appro- , priated SIO,OOO to be used by Warden , Fogarty in devising suitable employ- ( ment for the insane. The warden has just returned from a trip to New ( York and Massachusetts where the , criminal insane are employed in pro- ] ductive labor. It is probable , said Fogarty, that hand looms will be in- , stalled soon and that the inmates of , the insane ward will be turning out | linens, blankets, towels, etc. Besides | being productive and adding to prison revenue, it is said the employment has a beneficial effect on the patients. Indiana will he the only state in the west which provides employment for its criminal insane, said Warden Fogarty. The ides is a new one. and only Massachusetts .•id New York 1 iiave utilized it to any e.?ent. y i LOST —An oriental back comb. Find- 1 er please retorn to this office. 212t3,1

AT THE CHURCHES ST. MARY'S CHURCH. Low mass, 7:00, High mass, 9:00. Benediction after high mass. FATHER J. A. SEIMETZ, Pastor. o FIRST METHODIST CHURCH Rev. A. S. Elzey of Ossian will preach at tlie First Me’hodist church tomorrow morning at 10:If. Sunday school and Epworth Ixiagtfo at tlie usual hours, 9 o'clock a. m. and 6:30 p. m. o ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH German service Sunday morning. English communion service next Sunday morning. Confessional service at 9:30 a. m. Announcement at the parsonage Friday afternoon anj evening. A. W. HINZ, Pastor. CHRISTIAN CHURCH The hour of the evening service is changed from 7:30 to 7:00. 9:15 a. m. Bible school. 10:15 a. m.. preaching; subject. “Coming Christianity.” 10:50 a. m. Communion. 7:00 p. m. Evangelistic Service, Subject—“ The Establishment of Christs' Church”. All are welcome to these services. BENJAMIN BORTON, Pastor. o—* PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sabbath school at 9:15. The vacation period is closing. It Is hoped that many who have been missed for some weeks will again be in their places. Public worship at . 10:30 a. m. An important question will furnish the theme, “Is It Worth While to Pray ?” Christian Endeavor at 6:30. “Throw Yourself Into Your Task.” Rom. 12:11. Miss Ruth Patterson will lead the meeting. Song and preaching service at 7:30. Another important question for this hour, “Why the Kingdom Halts?” You will be very welcome at all services. JAY C. HANNA. Minister. EVANGELICAL CHURCH. Sunday school at 9:15 a. m. sharp; S. C. Cramer, superintendent. Preaching at 10:15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. At the morning worship the pastor will speak and at 7:30 Rev. J. W. Mentzer will preach and conduct the communion service. Y. P. A. at 6:45. Hope Hoffman, leader. Topic, “Throw Yourself Into Your Task.” Mid-week service, Wednesday evening at 7:30. Sunday is building fund day. Let there be a good attendance at the quarterly meeting service. A cordial invitation to the public to attend these services. J. H. RILLING, Pastor. o ZION’S REFORMED CHURCH. Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.; M. Kirsch, superintendent. German preaching service. f0:30 a. m.; theme, “Innerste, Innere. Austere Mission.” Christian Endeavor service, 6:30 p. m.; topic, “Throw Yourself Into Your Task.” Agnes Sellemeyer, leader. English preaching service, 7:30 p. m.; theme, “Christ’s Missionary Commands.” These services will be preparatory to our annual missionary srevice next Sunday, September 12. Upon that occasion Rev. T. W. Hoememann of Lima, Ohio, and Rev. O. Englemanu of Magley will be the speakers. Friends, members and strangers are cordially welcomed at all services. o PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will sell at public auction at her home at 619 Elm street on Saturday, September W. sale to brr gin at 1 o’clock, the following prop erty and household goods, to-wit: One full sized lot, 66x120, six room house, good frame barn, 20x20; good drove well, cistern, known as the oid 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 bug gy, good set single harness, 2 good fly nets, 1 oil stove, 4-year-old bay mare, weighing about 1200 pounds. Terms:—Under $5, cash iif hand; over |5, note for six months, without interest; 6 per cent off for cash on household goods. Terms on property to suit purchaser. MRS. NEUENSCHWANDER. J. J. Baumgartner. Auct. Willis Fonner, Clerk. 210t8 —o SEED WHEAT FOR SALE. I have several hundred bushels of nice dry and clean seed wheat that I will sell at once at a very reasonable price. See me in Decatur, Ind., or phoue number 309,—D E. STUDABAKER. ’ 209t6

CAPTURING LIONS. Mott Wild Animals With Carl Hagenbeck Wallace Circut Are From The Jungles. Few who see wild animals in cagt -< realize the vast amount of trouble, danger and expense necessary to get them there. The greatest danger lies in capturing the wild animals in their native country, With the Carl Hagen-beck-Wallaee circus which will give two performances in Decatur, TuesdaySept. 14, there are several hundred wild animals, most of which were captured in tlie forests and jungles of their native country. For capturing full-grown Hons large traps of various forms ire used. One trap is square, one of the sides lifting upon a spring like tlie old-fashion-ed mouse trap. The tr»!> is hated witii a piece of fresh meat, and as soon as the lion has entered the trap the door shuts and he is a prisoner. More than a score of lions with the Carl Hager,-beck-Wallace Circus were captured in this manner. Elephants are generally caught in nooses. A number of men surround the elephant after they have previously formed a circle of fire about the beast. The fire gets closer and closer to the elephant, and finally a noose is thrown over his head He is then securely tied to a tree and allowed lo remain there until quiet. Tame elephants are then brought into use. and appear to be sort of persuasive in making the huge animals tractable. In catching snakes various devises are used. One is to set grass on fire in a circle where it is known that snakes have hiding: places. As they rush out they are caught in large nets mounted on wooden hoops to which is attached a large bag. o ■— WANTED 5000 bushel of OFF-GRADE Oatsand Wheat, will pay the highest Market for such grain.—BOWERS-NIBLICK Grain Company. 111tl0 — o HAIR CUT 15c Frank Hower and Clem Knoff have opened a barber shop four doors south of the Moser & Wiliams gallery. Hair Cut 15c shave 10c. 205t8 o NOTICE Dr. C. R. Weaver will continue to close his ollice on Wednesday afternoons during the months of September and October. 20716

HELP US MAKE IT A MILLION IN 1915 “WHITE STAG” EXTRA MILD CIGARS They’re Good To Smoke. OHORLICrs THE ORiGiHAiL MALTED MILK the FOOD-DRINK FOR ALL AGES TAKE A PACKAGE HOME „ W*NO SUBSTITUTE IS “JUST AS GOOD" Ix>ok for the Tnrkey on Every Bag Toa Bwy Great Strength, Durability, fine Color E,“!, fkiWom, W»w. . _ ** lh - ‘ Block*. Bridge*. ab A s H PORTLAND CEMENT CO General Offlcee. Detroit, Mich. „ ‘ i i Works, Strok. lidLium I or sale by bajnuel Acker, Decatur, Ind. POL.fVND-GHlNft’B We have for sale a number of April farrow pigs, males and females. Sired by a good son of Giant Wonder, No. 85,083, and out of sows by Keefer’s A Wonder, J Oakland’s Equal and Big Expansion. These pige are the long, heavy boned, easy feeding kind, out of litters of 7 to 11. Pig S are weighing up to 100 pounds, not fat, but in good growing order. , will price these pigs well worth the money. GOLDNER BRO’S

THE VIEW OF A FARMER In general the farmer is supposed to be the "has been" or the "lias to he". Now OTtr view Is different. What, is there In the city to giveemployment, for dress apparel, for living commodities, but what lias had. a beginning on tlie farm. Did you ever stop to think our living came first, then yours. Yet tlie city folk shall say what we shall do. You oppose the mail order business. Yet when we come to town to shop, tired no doubt, sonw little folks to care for. you tell us to leave our automobiles on the side street, carry ottr babe on our arm and trod down the sidewalk, only to be pushed to one side by the city mother with her darling in a handsome cab, taking half the side walk. Th, re is always two sides to every tiling. We economize in dress, wear colored over alls to fix up our home. We live beside a farm owned by the city brother who shares the profitE of the farm toil, lives in a fine dwelling in the city, hut puts no improvement on the farm, would not live in the house there or do tlie work on the farm. But when it conies to putting value on the farm for taxation, he shall say if we are not assessed high enough to suit. But if the farm is for sale, his land is as good as his neighbors. Now to be real plain about it is'io say we do mt like it. If any one can be independent it is the farmer. We visit our cities, see automobiles backed in against the sidewalk giving more space for cars, a vunvenieiicv is made for tlie farmer whose tired wife is caring for the children, and they can sit in the car nnd view considerable and have a rest with the babe asleep on her lap. The fact is we would rattier do our shopping by mail, than pleasure ride on Saturday evening or visit ous sister cities where they will be ready to give us a hearty hand shake and welcome us for our trade and feel we are one of them. Now we know tilings must be done in a safe and sane manner but there are two sides to every thing and when city folks come to the country they expect the best we have and we in like manner try to be hospitable and show how nice we can be. But if we need take a cold shoulder when in town, why we likely shell give in return as we have received.— One Who Knows. o . FOR RENT —House at the corner of Sixth and Jefferson. See Joshua Parrish. 211t3