Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 217, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1915 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Evsry Evsnlng Ex**H Bunday by The Decatur Democrat Company LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Ratsa Per Week, by carrier 10 cent* Per Year, by carrier 16.00 Per Month, by mail 26 cents Per Year, by mall 1160 Single Coptee » cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Postofflce tn Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter.

A PROUD POSITION;The State of Indiana la out of debt. It is not borrowing money to run on from day to day and it has a surplus, in its treasury. The running expenses are the West per capita of any statu north of the Ohio and cast of the Mississippi rivers. It hae the fewest officers and pays the smallest salaries. Tliis is a different state of affairs from what the Democrats found when they took hold in 1910. Then they found expenses far in excess of the revenue; debts and bond issues that were past due were unpaid and no funds to pay with. Additions to new institutions costing several mtllio dollars were contracted and under construction an I no funds to meet the maintenance of them when completed. The Democratic administration in five years has paid these past due obligations, in addition to meeting those maturing since. It has completed all the institutions contracted, for . paid the bills like a man, and provided for their maintenance at a cost of more than a half million dollars each and every year. After doing all these things, keeping the state’s property up in ship shape and doing business as a successful man would run his own affairs, avoiding every kind of scandal and fullfllling every pledge made to the people, the organisation that did this is spoke* of as a “corrupt machine." ABd'IVH so termed by the biggest newspaper in Indiana and by a lot of outs that want in. The Marchall and Ralston administration have been economical and strictly business. Small mistakes may have been made just as every man makes but the desired end has been accomplished and the state of Indiana stands today in the best financial condition it has been in since its organization a hundred years ago. We challenge a comparison of the last five years accomplishment with any like period in its history. The people of Indiana will know more about this and every intelligent citizen will understand the real facts as they are, and not an they have been so grossly misrepresented by malicious interests that could net control afrfairs. The state and the people hav< profited by keeping those influences out of the state house, and will continue to keep them where they ean do no more harm than to snarl at successful officials —New Castle Times.

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| DOINGS UM SOaETY | WEEK'* GLUE CALENDAR. Monday Pythian Needle Club—At K. of P. Homo. Tri Kappa*—Frances Dugan. W. C. T. U.—Mr*. David Hander*. Young Woman’* Bible Club Pot Luck Supper—Central School Lawn. If we could shed our year* As trees their leaves, How vain We scalding tears, The care that grieves It we could do as they. Return in Spring Unto the silver May Os burgeoning! O, life were all that men Could long for then! And dreams were all as true As skies of blue! These years Wat go so fast. What would we care, If when the gates were past, Our Spring smiled there! If we could fade and die As yon wide-spreading beech. With Spring’s etherel sky Within oar reach. And feel as it does—sure Os life renewed and sweet In Maya of laughter pure. So we could smile to meet The death we must endure! —The Bentztown Bard in Baltimore Sun. The Afternoon club will not meet with Mrs. James P. Haefling Thursday of this week as at first announced.

The W. C. T. U. will meet Monday, September 13, at 2 p. m., instead of Tuesday, with Mra David Flanders, 315 South Third street. Mrs. Flanders will be assisted by Mrs. Congleton. Devotionals. led by Mm. Jane Crabbs; leader, Mrs. Emma L, Daniel; topic, State and National Prohibition; Twentieth Century Red Man Fights, "Firewater” —Mrs. Robert Case; Plea for Prohibition from the Negro. Mrs. B. F. Rice; A Plea from a Saloonkeeper’s Daughter, Mrs. Rev. Borton; Czar of Russia on Alcohol. Mrs. Rev. Stephenson. Delegates to state convention will be elected at this meeting. Mrs. Krick, treasurer, desires all members of the local union who have not paid their dues to come prepared to do so at this time. All flower mission record cards to be returned to Mrs. John Burk at this meeting. Social hour. The Methodist Milo society had a splendid meeting at the home of Mrs. D. F. Leonard yesterday on First street, she being ably assisted in entertaining by Mrs. John Bolinger and Mrs. John Niblick. A piano duet bv the Misses Ireta Butler and Bernice Leonard, was highly appreciated. The society made plans for its annual New England dinner to be given the third Thursday in October, which is Thursday, October 21. This is given in the church dining room, and the dinners have proven very popular. The total number of thfrty-thre? attended the Do Your Beet Class meeting at the home of Henry Hill near this city last evening. Os this number twenty-six were from this city and were taken out in conveyance driven by George Mumma and Frank Fisher, with a long, delightful drive home after the meeting. There was a good program, with a question box, an-i games were played and fine refreshments of fee cream and cake serve 1 by Mrs. Hill. It was decided to give an "out-of-date" social Thursday evening, September 23, at the home of Mrs. M. J. Welker. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Dei Lake, who will bo assisted by Mrfs. Chauncey Bowser. A fine time was spent.

Miss Lydia Miller whose wedding to Walter Deitsch will be in October, was the guest of honor at a shower given at the Charles Miller home last evening by Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Charles Brodbeck and Mrs. Glen Cowan. Pink and green crepe paper streamers, with .1 great many autumn garden were tasefußy used in the room decorations, and the home, which has been beatuifußy remodeled recently, was especially prety. There were forty guests. There were nine little tables for the game of hearts, which is played by the forming of the words from the letters which are in cubes. Prizes in this were vrthv by May me Harting, Huldah Bauer, Mrs. Fred Heuer and Miss Lydia Kirsch, and were given to the bride. After the games, a fine two coarse luncheon was served at the little tables, by the hostesses who were assisted by Mrs. Irvin Miller, Mrs. Ralph Miller. Mrs. Owen Davis, the Misses Frances Baker and Della Moser.. The gifts which were very numerous, and beautiful, including linens, est glass, china, and other things, were deposited on the table in the dining room, under a canopy of white crepe paper streamers. caught to the chandelier with a large white bell. The sifts were cov.

ered with autumn foliage, from whlcu they were brought forth with a small rake. Mis* Agnes Kohne furnished music during the evening. The Tri Kappas will meet Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock with Miss Frances Dugan. Miss Agnes Meibers went to Portland to visit until tomorrow evening with the Misses Ruth Whipple and Vera Reinhard. Tomorrow Bob Meibers and Leon Crawford will go and a big dinner wil be given for them at the Whipple home Mrs. Elisabeth Amend of Dayton, Ohio arrived for a visit with her brother John Christen and family and and other relatives. The Pythian Needle club will meet Monday evening at the Pythian Home. TJje Young Woman’s Bible club will open their season Monday evening with a picnic supper at six o'clock at the central school building. The picnic will be on the lawn if the weather is favorable; if not, it will be held in the building. As many old members a* posible, and as many new ones who desire, are urged to come. Each girl will contribute one thing to the supper, and is desired that only those edibles that may be used without dishes be brought, as deviled eggs, sandwiches, potato chips, fruit and such. The Misses Mayme Hartings and Georgia Meibers went to Ft. Wayne today for a week-bnd visit with Miss Monica Bueter. • * The Baptist Ladies' AM society will conduct a refreshment booth or stan 1 on Monroe street, near the Holthouse Schulte A Company’s store, Tuesdav the day of the show. They will have homemade pies, sandwiches, soft drinks candies and other things for sale and the patronage of the public is solicited. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bell and son, William, and Mr. and Mrs Cal Peterson have returned from an automobile trip to Indianapolis where they ed the state fair. Enroute home, they learned that Mrs. Downing of Chicago who was formerly Miss Grace Manning teacher of Latin in the Decatur high school was visiting at Anderson, and they called on her, having a delightful visit. Both Mr. and Mrs. Peterson were students in her classes here.

FLOWER. SHOW _ 4 Contest Under Auspices of Womans Civic Improvement Society HAS BEEN CLOSED Prizes Awarded Yesterday and Today For Best Beds And Flowers The flower bed contest, among the school children, under the auspices of th* Woman's Civic Improvement society closed yesterday, with the awarding of the prizes. All the beds were iso beautiful, that the judges had difficult work on deciding among them. T! prizes, however were awarded as follows:

Flrat Ward First —Florine Michaud. Second —Helen Rilling. Third —Melvena Butler. Second Ward. First —Murray Sutton. Second —Dorothy Walters. T”lrd Ward First—Helen Stephenseon. Prize winners are requested to call at the home of Mrs. J. H. Heller for their orders. Bouquet Contest The bouquet aster contest closed today, with a big floral disiday at tie gas office. The prizes were awarded at two o'clock this afternoon, the judges being Mrs. W. E. Sm’th Mrs. D. D. Heller and E. S. Moses The prizes were awarded as follows: For between ages of 12 and 18. 1. Helen Stephenson, aged 12. 2. Melvena Butler, aged 12. 3. Gertrude Kinzle., 12 For between ages of 6 and 9. 1. Helen Rilling, 9. 2. Bernard Meyers, 9. 3. Floyd Burdg, C. o ; WE WANT—Ambitious branch managers and local agents for our worldwide General Agency Business. Experience unnecessary; no stock or merchandise to buy, operate from your own home in spare time. You should make from 860 to 6100 per week. , Write today tor free information.— B. F. Loos Co., 403 W. Walnut St, ■ Dee Moines, lowa. 175tu-fr-tf • o—■ DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BIG

THOMPSON'S REPORT OF TRIAL (By Willis S. Thompson.) Indianapolis, Sept. 11,—At the end of he fourth day of the trial of Mayor Bell, Prosecutor Rucker was in the midst of a lengthy and rambling presentation of what the case expects to prove. Much of the first four hours of his talk to the jury in which he Is supposed to tell the men in the box what the state proposes to prove, was spent in the reading at the law* and recisions of other states not ably New York state. The defense evidently decided to make no objection lo the line of discussion, waiting for the prosecutor to say what he expected to prove against the defendant. The nearest approach to a description of how it is propsed to connect Mayor Bell with any election frauds, as a conspirator or otherwise, was when Mr. Rucker read the list of indicted men and declared that they were city employes and that if stl!l other men committed crimes with their knowledge or convivance, th? circumstantially it must appear that Joseph E. Bell as Mayer and boss cf all city employes, must be the arch conspirator. He told how corrupt the republicans had been before the democrats came into power in Indianapolis. How clean the democrats were for a time, and then came Mayor Bell "and all was corruption.” And yet, in fact of this as Attorney Charles W. Miller might describe it, “how peculiar that the state fought so hard to keep any Indianapolis business men off the jury, whether he happened to be a democrat or republican or any other sort of a voter. If the administration is so corrupt business men who pay the most taxes and suffer most severely would be first to rebel." It is supposed there will be a large number of witnesses introduced. On the motion to have the witnesses kept from the court room during the trial counsel for Mayor Bell said it was impossible to say who might be their witnesses and at the outset they could not say whether they would call any. It would depend upon what the stale attempted to prove. The state has indicated the trial may last six or seve-.i weeks since there will be a large number of prosecuting witnesses, reports showing that nearly two thousand appeared before the grand jury.

For Wayne ft Springfield Ry. Company. TIMB TABLE. Northbound. Cara leave Decatur at 6:60, 8:80 11:30, 2:30, 6:46, 0:30; arrive at Fort Wayne at 6:63, 9:40, 12:40, 8:40, 6:61 and 10:40. Southbound. Leave Ft. Wayne at 7:00,10:00,1:00, 4:00, 7:30, 11:00; arrived In Decatur at 8:10; 11:10; 2:10; 6.10, 8:40,12:10. Connections are made at Fort Wayne with the Ft Wayne A Northern Indiana Traction Co., The Toledo & Chicago Interurban Railway Company, The Ohio Electric, and Indiana Union Traction Company: also with the Pennsylvania, Wabash Nickle Plate. L. S. & M. 8., C. H. 4 D, and G. R. A I. railroads. Freight Service. Freight service consists of one train each way dally; Leaving Decatur at 7:00 a. m. and returning, leaving Fort Wayne at 12:00 a. m. This enables shippers to telephone orders and receive shipments promptly. W. H. FLEDDERJOH ANN, General Manager, ■ • Decatur. Ind. o IRENE FRANCES ROHYANS PIANO TEACHER Studio Room 11 —Peoples Loan and Trust Co. Famous Leschetitski Touch and Technic system. Taught only by the leading teachers of the country. For appointment phone 102 or call Monday afternoons on or after Sept. 20, at Studio. 217t7 IRENE GORDON Teacher of Plano. Has openej a studio in Room 11 of Peoples Ix>an and Trust Co. For appointments phone 102 or call at Studio Friday and Saturday afternoons of each week. 217t7 TODAY'S HOOSIER ODDtTY. faaiAiag svaJd pajjun) Elwood. Ind.. Sept. 14—(Special to Daily Democrat) —While C. E. Henn, a brick mason, was working on a high chimney, he suddenly lost his balance and fell headlong. Fellow workmen expected to find him dead or seriously injured, but foud that a truck load of cotton casks had happened along just in time to catch Henn. O 1.,. . h . ABOUT THE SICK. George Steele who called on his wife at the St. Joseph hospital. Ft. Wayne yesterday, reports that she is getting along nicely from her operation. Democrat Want Ads Pay,

AT THE CHURCHES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday School at »: 11. Tomorrow i* designated a* day cf prayer for Public School* The 10: SO service will be In harmony with thia Idea. Salmon subject "Our Reapoasi biitty to the Oncoming Generatkx, All interested in our Public Schools not attending worship elsewhere are especially invited to thia service. Christian Endeavor at «:30.“FH«idships That Are Worth Forming.’’ Miss Rowena Shoaf will lend this meeting. Public worship at 7:30 subject for evening sermon: “My Own .What May I Do With it." A hearty welcome for all at all services. JAY C. HANNA, Minister. o- ■ ■— l BAPTIST CHURCH Bible school 9:15, C. E Beil, Sup’.. Morning service 10:30,Thenae “Our Judea" Communion services will follow. Young Peoples meeting, 6:45 “Friendship," Miss Alice Brandyberry leader. Evening worship, 7:30. Theme, “Value of an education.", th* pupil* *«d teachers of the public schools nre cordially Invited. Wednesday at 2:30 the Ladies Missionary Circle will hold an open service at the church with visiting speakers. Wednesday evening. 7:30, mid-week prayer service. Thursday at 9:30 .at the Baptist church at Bluffton the Salemonia Association will meet. The pastor and a number of members from here wIH attend, the pastor being twice on the program. A cordial welcome await* an wno worship with us. FLOYD G. ROGERS. Pastor. ■ ■ ...... ——o BT. MARY’S CHURCH Low Mass 7:30. High Mass 9:30. Christian Doctrine 2:00. Vespers and Benediction 2:30. REV J. A. SEIMBTX. Pastor. o— ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH English communion service Sunday morningfl Confessional service at ?:30 a. m. German Service next Sunday. A. W. HINZ. Pastor. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH 9:00 Sunday School. 10:15 Morning worship. Quarterly Communion Service, conducted by the pastor. 6:30 p. m. Epworth League Service. 7:30 p. m. Evening worship, sermon by the pastor. Wednesday evening next, Rev. J. A. Beatty D. D. will lead the Prayer meeting after which he will preside at th*s 2nd. Quarterly Conference. D. T. STEPHENSON. Pasctor.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH (United Press Service) 9:00 a. m. Orchestral concert Ou r orchestra will be with us after the summer vacation to render some special numbers. us be there to hear them. 9:15 a. m. Bible school. Preaching at 10:16 a. m. Communion at 10:50 a. m. 7:00 p. m. Evangelistic service. All are invited to these services. BENJAMIN BORTONJastor. e ■ EVANGELICAL CHURCH Sunday School at 9:15 a. m. sharp, S. S. Cramer, Supt. Preaching at 10:15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Y. P. A. at 6:45, Topic, "World Ideals, and How Foreign Missions Will Promote Them”, Eola Gentis, leader. Mid-week service Wednesday evening t 7:30 after which the choir will rehearse. The public is cordially invited to attend these meetings. Good singing by a large choir. J. H. RILLING. Pastor. o ZIONS REFORMED CHURCH Sunday school 9:30 a. m.. M. Kirscii Supt German preaching service at 10:00 a. m. Theme "Macedouische Ruf: Ernst und Jetzt" Rev. T. Hoernemann of Lima, 0., will deliver the message. German—English service 2:30 p. tn. German address ‘‘Our Work Amors the Winnebagoes’”’ by Rev. O. Engilmann of Magley. English address: "Missions in the Home”.—Rev. T. Hoernemann. Christian Endeavor service at 6:30 p. m. topic, “Friendships that arc Worth Farming” “Making and keeping them”— Matilda SteHemeyer, leader. * ; English preaching servite 7:30 p. w. Address by Rev. T. Hoernnmann « “Home Missions." j Offerings will be received at all services for the cause of Missions. We herewith urgently request all the members and friends of the tioa to be present at the services.

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