Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 228.

GREEKS GATHER FORDEFENSE King Constantine Orders Mobilization of Forces— Explains Reason. ANGLO-FRENCH LOAN Deal Nearing Consummation —German Industrial Association Warning. Athens, Sept. 24,—(Special to Daily Democrat)— King Constatine today signed a decree ordering general mobilization of the Greek land forces. The Greek parliament has been summoned to meet next Wednesday to vote on military measures. An official note explained reasons for the order said mobilization was Greece’s only possible answer to the Bulgarian atitude. The mobilization is ordered .or defensive purposes. A great crowd cheered Premier Venizelhs widely, when he left the foreign office with the decree to obtain the king’s signature. The government is expected to take over the controll of the railroads at once. New York. N. Y„ Sept. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The AngloFrench loan is today nearing the final stage, it was officially admitted. This was asserted today by a financier who has played an important part in the negotiations. Two important steps were decided upon, it is understood. One of these is that the amount shall not exceed a dollars and the other is that Russia will not officially sign the contract. New York. N. Y., Sept. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Henry Ford made the statement today that if any of the banks in which he is interested or in which he deposited money participate in the Anglo-French loan, he would withdraw every penny of his from them. He said: “If I had my way I would tie a tin can to the financial commissioners and send them back where they came from. You know who is in favor of this loan. The militarist want to see it successful for they are the ones who will profit most.” Berlin, Sept. 24,—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germanys Industrial association today served warning that participation in the Anglo-French loan will me considered a reason for breaking off all commercial communications. London, Sept. 24, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —King Constantine has signed the decree for the mobilization of twenty divisions of the Greek army, according to a dispatch from Athens, today. Washington, Sept. 24,—(Special to Daily Democrat) —“I don’t want to be attending vaudeville, while church is going on.” With this epigram, Vice President Marshall today in an interview with the United Press urged congress and the American people to “soft pedal" politics while the nations foreign relations are critical. He opposes. he said, “The propsed extra session of the senate.” Paris, Sept. 24, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Three more Turkish transports have been destroyed by the allied forces at the Dardenelles, it was officially announced this afternoon. An allied aviator bombarded an enemy transport in Nagara bay. An English submarine sank two Turkish tramports in Akbachi bay,, under enormous difficulties. DIVORCE DAY AT WARSAW (United Press Service) Warsaw, Ind., Sept. 24, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —This was divorce day in circuit court, seventeen cases being set for trial. The big court room was crowded with witnesses and interested parties and during the morning ten were rapidly disposed of. >t is probable that all the seventeen cases will be heard today. EASTER°N STAR. There will be a called meeting of the Eastern Star Monday September 27, for initiation. All be present. Also all members going to Monroeville Wednesday please leave word at Hensley’s store by Saturday so automobiles may be provided for all.

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TODAY’S HOOSIER ODDITY. (United Press Service) , Hartford City, Ind., Sept. 24—(Spec- , ial to Daily Democrat)—To under- ■ Stand this story, remember that HartI ford City has voted out the saloons [and that the best to be had is near , beer. “How many saloons do you have here.” asked a stranger of a policeman; “four or five? What kinds of beer do they sell," he added. "There's a Berghoff sign down there,” was the evasive answer. “Gosh, I’ve drunk Berghoff before, but it never tasted as weak as that before," said the stranger, and he moved on. o PASTRY SALE POSTPONED The pastry sale of the ladies aid society of the United Brethren church whic was to have been held Saturday at the Gas office has been indefinitely postponed. o OFF FBRJIARITOL Five Veterans from Here Will Attend the National Encampment. PROGRAM IS GREAT Mr. Fordyce is Delegate—.l. D. Hale Will Visit Cousin, Harry L. Deam. Five veterans of the civil war, S. B. Fordyce, John D. Hale, F. F. Freeh, Jonas Cline and Nathan Ehrman, will leave here tomorrow morning over the G. ft. & I. for Richmond where they will board the Pennsylvania and pro-| ceed to Washington, D. C., the national capitol, to attend the National Encampment of the G. A. R. which epens next Tuesday, September 28th. They anticipate a delightful week as the greatest preparations have been made for this event, a quarter million dollars having been raised to provide suitable entertainment. There will be receptions, the grand parade participated in by army and navy officials and men, the grand parade and review , before the president, numerous entertainments and plenty doing. Mr. Fordyce goes as a delegate and will take part in all the business sessions. Mr. Hale anticipates a splendid time. Fifty two years ago he marched through the streets of Washington when his division was inspected by General Grant. He says he wants to repeat the performance now with President Wilson as the inspector. Mr. Hale will be the special guest of his cousin Mr. H. L. Deam a government appointee whom he has not seen since the war. During the strenous days of ’63 Mr. Hale came home on a furlough and to recuperate after having been seriously wounded. While at home in Wells county he was the best man at the wedding of his cousin, Mr. Deam who was then a major of the 34th Indiana regiment. After the war Major Deam located in St. Louis ana fifteen years ago went to Washington where he has since lived. He has written several urgent letters insisting on Mr. Hale visiting him and has arranged to devote all his time to entertaining J. D. and his friends. A KIND MAN. Didn't Blame Horse for Stepping on His Foot. J. H. Sullivan, who had his toe painfully mashed by a horse stepping on his foot, is still under the care of a physician. At the time of the accident Mr. Sullivan’s first thoughts were not for his foot, but for the comfort and welfare of the blind horse which stepped on his foot, as he says the poor old horse was not to blame. If more men would be more thoughtful of the horses they work, how much happier the lives of i some horses would be. —Contributed. , o ’ AUTO IN DITCH i Last night while returning home 1 from the Bluffton street fair two Wells - county boys met with a dangerous and L costly accident just a little ways outt side of Bluffton, near the newly built bridge, when their new Maxwell automobile tiped and fell over into the ditch along side the road. The ens bankment which the machine rolled r down was about ten feet from the . level of the road. The boys fell with i- it but were not hurt in the least. The 1 auto was badly wrecked. The driver a was evidently trying to make a turn I. when the spill happened.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, September 24, 1915.

AWARDJMNTRACT . City Council in Special Ses- ■ sion Awards Contract to L. W. Frank & Son FOR IMPROVEMENT » Os Rugg and First Streets —Walks and Curb—AL i leys Ordered Repaired. I A special session of the city council was held last evening for the purpose of reconsidering, and if possible award, the contract for the improvement of Rugg and South First streets, formerly known as Market street. The bids of Michael Miller. Eli Meyer and L. W. Frank & Son had been filed at the regular meeting I of the council on Tuesday evening, but were tabled at the time. Last evening these bids were gone over again and on figuring them out it was found that L. W. Frank & Son were about $l5O lower than the next man, MiI chael Miller. The contract was therefore awarded to the lowest bidders. The improvement of South First street consists of the building of cement sidewalks and the setting of curbing, while Rugg street will only be improved with curbing. The street and sewer commitee was ordered to enter into contract with Frank & Son for the faithful permormance of the i contract awarded to them. The street commissioner was also order.ed to repair the alley back of the Democrat office and the Schafer building. The alley alongside of the 1 city building will also be repaired. o BUY YOURS NOW If You Haven’t a Season Ticket for Fair You Ought to Get it at Once. AND SAVE MONEY Outside Autos for Races— Wednesday Will be Big Day—Gertson Act. Many people have already taken advantage of the offer of the fair management and have purchased season tickets, thus securing $1.25 worth of the big fair for seventy-five cents. If ' you want a season ticket but it now. Good weather is assured by the forcasters, every big attraction promised will be on hands and indications are that the fair will be one grand glittering success. The race horses began arriving yesterday and today there is quite a string at the grounds. By Sunday the big park. will be well filled with concessions and by Tuesday every thing will be in readiness. Several more entries for the auto races have been received, a peculiar fact being that every one of them are from a distance, Lima, Richmond, South Bend. Indianapolis and Fort Wayne contributing most of them and there are a dozen different kinds of cars. The auto races will be great. Wednesday, the first big day of the fair will be one of the good ones and it is expected that a good sized crowd wil be there to see Captain Gertson in his famous biplane act, a thriller. One notice from another paper says that in a city he showed recently his act the first day required fifty minu- , tes. The race program is a dandy. • Be sure to lie there. , o— MARRIED AGAIN Hillsdale, Mich., Sept. 23,—Paris D. Jones, of Wells county, Ind,, and Miss > Evelyn A. Hchnurbush, of Brooklyn, s N. Y. were married here by Rev. J. 1 W. Will, at the Presbyterian manse. The groom in the avobe so-called t romantic wedding is well known in - this city. He has lived in the vicinity ? of Tocsin for years, and has been - engaged chiefly in the occupation of I a farmer. He has been married bej fore, but this latest venture into mati rimony will come as a complete surs prise to his friends. r Mr. and Mrs. Jones were treated to i an old-fashioned belling upon their return to Tocsin.

■ THE GUYS ARE COMING. The Guy Players will be here all next week, opening Monday night in a comedy drama, when ladies will be . admitted free when accompanied by one paid admission ticket. The company plays under the auspices of the Decatur City band, and the advertising this year says the company is stronger than ever, with a new repertoire of plays and vaudeville, presenting the following: “The Tie That Binds,” "From Rags to Riches,” “The Yankee Doodle Boy,” “A Long Way to 1 I Tipperary,” “The Whole Damm Family,” and- “Kidnaped for a Million," The tent will he located on the same old lot and prices remain the same, ten and twenty cents. In case of rain the Guy Players will show in the opera house. FOUR WEEKS YET Will be Required for State’s Evidence in Bell Trial Said Roach Today. THREATS BY STATE That Example May be Made of Farber Who Did Not Testify to Suit Roach. Indianapolis, Sept. 24, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —That the state will require four weeks more to introduce their evidence in the Mayor Bell trial, was the statement of Deputy Prosecutor Roach this afternoon. The court announced this afternoon that a Saturday afternoon session will be held and a request from members of the jury to hold night sessions is being considered by the court, to hurry the case along. The state this afternoon out on another of their star witnesses, Edward O'Leary alias “Big Chief" O’Leary. one of the defendants who pleaded guilty. Indianapolis, Sept. 24, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Perjury charges nay be filed against witnesses for the state in the trial of Mayor Joseph E. Bell, who are “ducking down” on evidence, said to have geen given before the Marion county grand jury that returned the indictments. Deputy prosecutor Roach said today that an attempt may be made to made an example of Harry Farber, saloon keeper, who Roach asserted, gave evidence in the trial today which differed materially from the evidence given before the grand jury. In several instances, the states witnesses have proven disappointing to the prosecutor. Farber testified today that he gave William Kittel, who has the city mule contract, $25.00 for the campaign. He gave negative answers however when Prosecutor Rucker asked him whether Kifel didn'ttell him. “He had better make the contribution, that it would be the best thing to pay .that it would be the best thing to stand with (Continued on Page 4.) o BEING ENLARGED U. B. Church Basement Enlarged With Two Sunday School Rooms. A GREAT INCREASE In Attendance Makes This Necessary—Rev. Harman Returned Here. The United Brethren church is being extensively remodeled. The building is being raised two feet or more and a large basement built thereunder, the old basement allowing only for the heating plant. In this, there will be made two additional Sunday school rooms, this being necessary on account of the great increase in the size of the Sunday . school. Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Harman of ■ the United Brethren church return- ■ ed last evening from a three weeks’ • vacation visit. They also attended ■ the annual conference held at Kokomo. The Rev. Harman was returned > to the charge here, much to the sat- • isfaction of the congregation and the city in general.

, NAME COMMITTEE 1 - Local Men and Wives Will Form Reception Commits tee for Governor’s Party t FOR NEXT FRIDAY 1 ) Arrangements Being Completed for Proper Reception for the Guests.

Judge David E. Smith, chairman of the reception committee for the governor’s party, which will be here Friday of next week, went to Bluffton yesterday, where be was again assured that the entire party, including all the state officials, Congressman Adair and District Chairman W. A. Kunkel and their wives, will be here for the fair. They will reach Bluffton at 10 o'clock and will be met there by eight or ten automobiles from here and brought at once to Decatur. At 11:30 dinner will be served at the Hotel Murray, the local reception committee, including the following men and their wives: D. W. Beery, president of the fair association. and Judge D. E. Smith, H. R. Moitz, R. C. Parrish. C. A. Dugan, J. C. Moran, J. M. Frisinger, C. S. Niblick and J. H. Heller. As many autobiles as can be secured will meet the party at the city limits. At 12:30 the governor’s party and the reception committee will he conveyed to the fair grounds in automobiles and after a trip over the grounds will be taken to a special stand where they will see the races and where short talks will i be made. < —o TO OPEN HOME I ™ " n "■ Knights of Pythias to Have General Opening of Home for Winter. GIVE ENTERTAINMENT Thursday, October 14— , Lodges from Surround- ' ing Towns Invited. i The Knights of Pythias have planned a grand general opening of their , home for the winter. This will be ; marked by an entertainment Thursday evening, October 14. The ladies , will be invited, as will probably the t lodges from Berne, Willshire, Mon- I roeville, Geneva. Ossian. Tocsin. < There will be a program given and refreshments will be provided. The ] following committees to prepare for . the veent have been named: Entertainment —Charles Burdg. Dr. 1 Patterson, Joe Hunter, Albert Selle- I meyer, Frank Carroll. < Invitation —Harry Helm, Jim Hendricks, George Davis, George McAlhaney, Charles Yager, Ed Christen. Dan Erwin, John T. Myers, J. W. , Tyndall, Sam Hite, Dr. J. M. Miller. ( lames Bain, M. E Hower. f Refreshments—F. V. Mills, H. S. , Michaud. Fred Hanscber. Decorations—Frank Parrish. J. N. j Fristoe, Orval Harruff, J. O. Hoagland. ( Earl Smith. General Arrangements —D. B. Er- , win, A. D. Suttles, Henry Dellinger, ' A. H. Sellemcyer, Frank Pearce. o THE STORK’S VISIT. Relatives and friends have received word of the stork’s visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Culler of Toledo, Ohio, bringing a fine girl baby last Sunday. September 19. This makes the second child and daughter in the home. Mr. Culler is a member of the Clover Leaf carpenter crew, with headquarters at Toledo. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Stogdill of West Adams street, a fine girl baby. This is the third child and girl in the home, the other two being twins past five years of age. and they are Very proud of their baby sister. o —. MEET FOR PRACTICE. The Sunday school class taught by Miss Nellie Blackburn is requested I to meet Saturday afternoon at 2:30 1 o'clock at the Methodist church for practice tor promotion day exercices Sunday.

AUTO TALK BY ENGINEERS. (United Press Service) Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. 24 —(Special to Dally Democrat)—Advantages of twelve-cylinder automobiles over six cylinder machines and other technical points of building automobiles were discussed by experts today at the opening meeting of the Indiana section of the Society of Automobile Engineers in this city. J. G. Vincent of the Packard Motor Car company, is slated for the principal address at this evening’s session. Automobile men from all parts of the state are in attendance. o K. OF C. FOURTH DEGREE. Your attention is called to the meeting Sunday, September 26. at

3 p. m. The annual election of officers will take place, so be there if possible. F. N. THE COURT NEWS Edna Fetters Qualified as Guardian of the Two Baker Minor Heirs. GAVE $3,500 BOND Hessler Estate is Closed— Claim Agreed Upon in Johnson Estate. John Hessler was discharged as exe i cutor of the estate of Gerhard Hesslsr, I upon the approval of his final report. | Cora Wilder, administratrix of the, estate of Dwight Wilder, was authoriz-1 ed to sell wheat on the market at market price for cash. Edna Fetters qualified as guardian , of Chalmer and Madonna Baker, minor, heirs of John P. Baker. Her bond as guardian is $3500. The following cases were set for. trial on the dates specified: William’ Scheumann vs. Jacob Leimenstall et . al, October 14; Celia Weiland vs. Mar-1 tin Weiland, September 28; Marie Vevia, by her next friend George Vevia, vs. George Dunkelberg, Oct. 22; Law- 1 ; rence R. Van Ermon vs. F. M. Schir-'t meyer. administrator of tiie R. D. Pat ; terson estate. This claim is ordered ( left off the trial calender I < More issues were made in the Bitt-', ner partition case. Lutz and Walters entered appearance for Jesse A. Niblick in the suit 1 against him by Samuel T, Niblick. In the divorce case of Mary Reed vs Willie Reed, the defendent is ordered < to pay $25 to the plaintiff for her us> the same to be paid within fifteen ' days. j In the matter of the claim of Holt . house, Schulte & Company vs. Lulu Johnson, administratrix of the estate of Edward Johnson, the claim was al- , lowed by agreement in the sum cl . $35.40, to he paid from the assets of , the estate. | TUCKER CHILDREN’S DEATH. A dispatch in the Asociated Ptess > report gives a few further details con- 1 cernlng the death of the five children of Mrs. Melvin Tucker at Hobson, Montana. The dispatch is as follows: "Tucking her five little children in bed. Mrs. Melvin Tucker left them sleeping in the frame cottage on the Tucker farm, near Moccasin., and joined her husband, who was thrashing. The parents returned to find the cottage in ashes and the five children burned to death. The oldest was 8 years old and the youngest 2.” The Tucker family formerly lived near Craigville and moved to Montana two years ago. Mr. Tucker is a son of James Tucker, of Craigville. and Mrs. Tucker is a daughter of Ed ward Chronister, of South of Decatur. CRAIGVILLE POSTMASTER. Dr. E. P. Davenport, the newly appointed postmaster at Craigville. will within the next few days take over the postoffice fixtures there, an in spector from Fort Wayne checking out the former postmaster, A. S. Abbott. Mr. Davenport will move the postoffice into the store now operated by his son, Claude, and will appoint his son deputy posamaster. — - LUTHERAN CHURCH MEETING. Zion Lutheran church members will meet Sunday morning after the service for their regular meeting.

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THE OLD AND NEW Ways of Farming—Contrast of Results by a Farming Expert. DR. CYRIL G. HOPKINS Bread from Stones—“ Modern Miracle” Under Scientific Methods. County School Superintendent E. 8. Christen is in receipt of some interesting pamphlets issued by Dr. Cyril G. Hopkins, of the Illinois University Agricultural experiment station. that show in a great way. what scientific farming will do. The following, “Bread from Stones.” tells of what many would perhaps call a “modern miracle” in the way of reclaiming abandoned agricultural land, but which is really an application of scientific methods, and nothing miraculous about it. It shows the contrast of the results of old and new methods of farming. The pamphlet says: In November, 1903, I purchased a farm in southern Illinois at a cost of less than S2O an acre. It comprised about 300 acres of poor, gray prairie land (the commonest type of soil in about twenty counties of the state) and a few acres of timber land. It was christened "Poorland Farm” I by others who knew of its Impoverished condition, and 1 finally adopted this as the farm name. In 1913 a forty-acre field of this ' farm produced 1,320 bushels of wheat, and because of numerous requests for infortnation regarding the treatment that has been given the land I this circular can be issued. This particular forty acres was bought at sls an acre. It had been agriculturally bandoned for five years prior to 1904, and was covered with 'a scant growth of red sorrel, poverty 'grass and weeds. I During the ten years this field has [been cropped with a six-year rotation, including one year each of corn, oats (or cowpeas) and wheat, and three years of meadow and pasture with clover and timothy. A fairly good stand of volunteer < lover appeared with the oats in 1911 and this was allowed to produce a crop of clover in 1912, wheat being seeded in the fall of that year for the 1913 crop mentioned above. During the ten years about four tons per acre of ground limestone and two tons per acre of tine-ground raw phosphate have been applied t othirtyseven acres of this field. Two applications have been made of each material; the phosphate was plowed down for the corn crops of 1909 and 1910, and the limestone was applied in the fall and winter of 1904-1905, and after the ground was plowed for wheat in the fall of 1912. The entire forty-acre field was covered with one uniform application of six loads per acre of farm manure with a fifty bushel spreader. A six-rod strip entirely across the field (eighty) rods) received the same application of manure and the same rotation of crops as the remaining thirty seven acres, but no phosphate was applied to this strip, and no limestone was applied to it until the fall of 1912, when the regular application (about two tons per acre) and was applied to one-half (three rods) of the six-rod si rip. Only thirty-nine acres of this field were seeded to wheat in the fall of 1912. a lane having been fenced off on one side, and the 1.32(1 bushels were produced on the thirty-nine acres. The actual yields were as follows: One and one halt’ acres with farm manure produced eleven and one-half bushels per acre. One and one-half acres with farm manure and the one application of ground limestone produced fifteen bushels per acre. Thirty-six acres with farm manure and two applications of ground phosstone and two of fine-ground phosphate produced thirty-five and one-half bushels per acre. The cost of two tons of limestone delivered at my railroad station is $2.25, and raw rock phosphate has averaged about $6.75 per ton. making $9 per acre the cost of each six years. To this must be added the expense of hauling these materials two miles from the station and spreading them on the land, which 1 estimated at titty cents per ton. This makes the average annua) cost $1.75 per acre ~ (Continued oo Page 4.)