Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 309, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1915 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier $5.00 Per Month, by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mail $2.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Postoffice in Decatur, ndiana, as second-class matter. Get your New Year’s day resolution ready. Better make one and break it than not to make it. Be sure to include that one that you will be a booster. We need you. The Red Cross sales are still growing and a little extra effort will help the committee to establish a new record. It's not too late. Keep on using the little seals this week and use them often. R. O. Johnson is running like a thoroughbred in the Tenth district straw, vote and he will very probably show the boys something in other places over the state before the campaign is closed. He is a hustler, an old Adams county boy, and is deserving. He ought to have the unanimous support of the republicans of Adams county. The business men of Decatur did a thriving business during the holiday season, almost every firm reporting an increase over previous years. We feel that at least a part of their success was due to the fact that they used plenty of printer's ink and we feel that this ought to be proof sufficient to cause them to make a liberal allowance for advertising for the next year. Start in right now to tell the people what you have to sell through the columns of the Daily Democrat. We take our hats off to the ladies who suggested the municipal Christmas tree and to whose untiring efforts was due the splendid success thereof, and it was a success. Several thousand people waded through the snow and stood for an hour to watch the happy children and when the lights were turned on a shout of pleasure went up that ought to largely repay those who labored so earnestly to make the event a happy one, for it was a shout of approval. The exercises were short and appropriate, the Santa Clauses were just like the pictures and they passed out joy to the children in a liberal way, the city band did its part, as it always does and it was all great. In addition to the exercises at the tree the committee gave out nearly a hundred baskets containing good things to eat and assuring a happy Christmas for a number who would not otherwise have had it. The tree was beautiful and the thanks of a pleased community are due to those who worked so diligently to make it so and this includes City Electrician Mylott and his assistants. Miss Hattie Faurote went to Fort Wayne today noon.

Startling Announcement on Holeproof Hosiery TUESDAY ami WEDNESDAY of this week, we will sell Holeproof Hosiery in all colors except black, 15 cents or two pairs for 25 cents I ll '- I ' l L '- r 1 'J THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY

I x I DOINGS IN SOCIETY L ■tr.rt’-nnntutnnMMnntmmmnmm •• •‘Happiness is a perfume that you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.” Clara Boknecht and Ed Boknacht entertained last evening at the home of , their parents for a number of friends. Games, music, both Instrumental vocal with a fine and toothsome two-course luncheon, were events of the evening. , Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bittner, of Brycn. Ill: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haugk of Columbia City: Miss Martha Heckman, Ft. Wayne; Irvin and Roy Goldner, Preble; Ed and Marie Boese, Luella Bultemeier, Ida Gunsett, Clara Weiland, Frank Schultz. Dr. and Mrs. S. D. Beavers and family entertained at dinner Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. Al’-At Brittson and daughter, Marion and son, Donald; of Owosso. Michigan. The Brittson's who have been visiting with his mother, Mrs. Adaline Smith and family, left today for Deleware and Columbus, 0.. and other points to visit with Mrs. Brittson’s relatives before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. John Christen entertained at a Christmas turkey dinner Saturday evening. There was disappointment because some of the members of the family could not be at home for the event. Mrs. B. B. Uhl and children. Mary Catherine; Jessie Mayand. Albert, of Toledo. O.; Burt Christen of Toledo, O.; Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Christen and children; Ellis of Purdne University, Catherine and children:Naomi, of this city, were members of the family present. Fanchon and Jessie Magley were also -present. Their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Christen of Louisville, Ky„ arrived Sunday noon from Fortville, for ? visit. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Howard and family entertainel at a Christmas dinner Sunday noon for Mr. and Mrs. Clem Yarger and children, Harold and Floyd Mr. and Mrs. Merle Laisure and children, Howard and Maxime: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schlickman and daughter. Vera Jane: Miss Ethel Bunch and Ralph Spade. A fine dinner was served and a good time enjoyed. County Clerk Ferinand Bleeke. Mrs. Bleeke and children. Gust Reinking and children. Miss Martha Koldewey and Miss Esther Merkel were guests of the Fred Grote family. Fort Wayne, 'at dinner Sunday. The C. R. Hammel family enjoyed a fine time Christmas day with a big turkey dinner at noon. Guests were •Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith of Portland Miss Effie Patton. In the afternoon ' there were other callers and the day was a most delightful one. County Assessor William Fravel and family of this city were among the thirty who were Christmas guests at the annual Christmas party and rc- , union at the Davison Mattax home in Blue Cr&ek township. In the evening they came to the Municipal Christmas tree services and closed a happy day with a visit to the picture show. Deputy County Clerk L. L. Baumgartner had the greater part of their family at home for the Christmas fes--1 tivities. Dr. Clyde of Arcola and John of Geneva were those from out of . town. The hotne of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. i Fledderjohann and family was a fesi tive one for Christmas dinner. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Will Richards; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McKinney and daughter. Eula of Russiaville. Mr .and Mrs. J. F. Snow were host and hostess at Christmas and Sunday dinnejs for a number of relatives. The week-end was a joyous one, full of the ’ reminder of holiday cheer and the 1 fact that Christmas comes but once a year.” Guests were Mrs. Snow's mother, Mrs. A. J. Hoskinson, of Ceylon; Mr. and Mrs. .Snow’s sons’and f their families, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Snow anj children, Eleanor and Carolyn, of Bluffton; and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Snow and children, Kathleen and Billy of Columbia City. Mr .and Mrs. Henry Knapp entertained at their annual Christmas reunion, the family circle being complete at this time with the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knapp, Mr. ana Mrs. T. E. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Cowan, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ashbaucher and Harry Knapp One of the happiest doings of the Yuletide season was the Christmas celebration at the home of Mrs. Jessie Deam on Adams street, the occasion being in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Burt Townsend and son Dick of Kokomo who are here for a visit. A party of guests gathered on Christmas night and enjoyed the old fashioned games, clumps being the popular one resulting in a contest of two hours, fiercely waged and wildly exciting. Just ns the two teams were ready for a grand

I clash, Mrs, Deam with her winning smile served a luncheon so delicious that every thing else was forgotten, j It- was a happy evening. On Sunday Mrs. Deam served her Christmas dinner also a delightful occasion. A festive holiday scene was that ->t the home of Mrs. Verena Miller on , South Mercer avenue Sunday when the annual Christmas reunion took ' place. The family circle was complete except for a son, Henry who *s in the navy. There were twenty-sik present, including fourteen grandchildren. The party included Leo Miller and family, Huntington; Robert Miller family, Alva Nichols and family, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kohne; Claude Gay and family, and Miss Agnes Miller. •t 1— A happy event of Christmas day was the annual reunion and dinner and , supper for the Heller family, given this year at the beautiful new home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tyndall, on Monroe street. It was a happy day with all present, a Christmas tree, the exchange of gifts and a delightful day of fun. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mills of Minneapolis, Minn., arrived Friday evening for a visit over New Year's with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Mills, and family. A Christmas family dinner party that was a merry one was given by Mr. and Mrs. George Flanders. The dinner was excellent and nicely serv- . ed and cut flowers and red candles were the pretty decorations of the , table. The guests were Robert Carlisle and daughters, Elizabeth and Anne; Mr. and Mrs. David Flanders, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wemtworth of , Cincinnati. The members of the Do Your Best class, taught by Mrs. John Hill, and of the Can and Will class, taught by Jesse Hurst, will hold a watch party Friday evening at the home of Mr. ’ and Mrs. Burkhead on Madison street, i Continuing from Christmas eve ! through Christmas day and the following Sunday the Fred Sellemeyer famI ily had a joyous reunion. The festivities began Christmas eve at the O. i L. Vance home, with Mr. and Mrs. ‘ Fred Sellemeyer, Miss Della Sellemeycr, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heuer, Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sellemeyer present. Christmas day they were , joined by Mr. and Mrs. William Bien- , eke. The house party —continued , through Sunday and that evening they went to the Fred Heuer home, where they were all royglly entertained. , The Henry Magley family had their reunion at the parental home at Monmouth Christmas day. The family , circle included thd John Magley fam- ' ily, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Lewton and 1 daughter. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Peoples, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Magley, Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Cline and the S. S. Mag- [ ley family were also present. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Baughman have as their holiday guests, Mr. and Mrs. Emma Wertzberger and son, Rob--1 ert, of Hammond; Ola and Orval ■ Baughman, Redkey; Gertrude and • Thelma Baughman, Ridgeville. A Christmas dinner that was postponed until Sunday was given by Mr. ■ and Mrs; D. V. Ruckman. The Christ- ' mas decorations of red and green pre- - vailed and the repart was a splendid i one. Covers were laid for Mr. and ’ Mrs. Charles Johnson and children; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Okeley, Mr. and Mrs. Will Ruckman, Mrs. Todd and Kenneth Barkley of Hoagland. ■ Miss Blanche Hart came home from Fort Wayne to spend Christmas with . her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Tettman. t Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Meyers and r children were Christmas guests of , Dr. and Mrs. L. P. Meyers at Con- ' voy, Ohio. Will O’Brien spent Christmas with - his mother at Bluffton. I Mrs. Fred Bacon and children of I Holland. Mich., are here visiting with . relatives and friends. r Eugene Runyon spent Christmas ! with his mother east of Berne. Mrs. Frank Rumschlag and Miss Caroline Bergman left this morning -for Delphos, Ohio, where they will - visit until after New Year's with rel- • atives. The Fred Hoffman family had a delightful Christmas reunion at home. ,' Out-of-town members of the family there were Grover Hoffman and family of Fort Wayne and Mr. and Mrs. > L. C. Vanderlip of Elkhart. > Mr. and Mrs. John Myers and ( daughter, Lena, were guests Christt mas night at dinner of Mr. and Mrs. j Frank Parent. Billy Myers visited in , Fort Wayne. , ' Miss Harriet Wertzberger is at home from Mt. Pleasant, lowa, where she • has been in charge of a millinery de- ' partment. i 1 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bockover of Reil-

oy, Ohio, are holiday guests of Mrs. Bockover's mother, Mrs. Sarah Blackburn and Miss Nellie Blackburn. Mr. ana Mrs. Tom Drnley and son Burnett, and Miss Marguerite Burnett, spent Christinas at Ossian with the J. S. Burnett family. Miss Malissa spent Christinas in Fort Wayne, ® — RUMORED FORD IS DEAD. (United Press Service) Detroit, Dec. 27,— (Special to Daily Democrat)—Officials of the Ford Motor Company were swamped this afternon with telephone calls from persons seeking confirmation of the rumor that Henry Ford, on his way home from Europe, had died. The company has no information. Mrs. Ford likewise was without word from her husband. The last direct message received In Batrolt from the peace leader was adressed to Ford's private secretary and was filed shortly after Ford embarked for home, stating that his physical condition was good. GIFT FROM HORSE SALE CO. We found a box of Sether cigars on our desk Christmas morning and found a card therein which included the compliments of the Decatur Horse Sale company. We enjoyed the cigars and we acknowledge the gift from one of the livest business firms in this section of the world. The Decatur Horse Sale company has proven a great thing for this community, providing the best market in the middle west and each year transacting a million dollar business. They are boosters, the right kind, deserving of success and we hope they have it in wholesale quantities during 1916. o TODAY’S HOOSIER ODDITY. (United Press Service) Hartford City, Ind.. Dec. 27—Special to Daily Democrat) —“Never look a gift horse in the mouth,” said Otis Holmes was at one time the janitor of ed to retire from active business here. Holmes was atone time the janitor of a big office building here. A lawyer in the building jokingly offered him one thousand shares of mining stock, considered worthless then, as a Christmas present. He accepted the shares and had them legally transferred. A few days ago he received a letter from the attorneys saying the stock was valued at SIO,OOO. o SAM BUHLER VISITS HERE. who used to be one of the boys here, and who a score of years ago knew everybody in Decatur and about everybody in the county, is here for a Christmas vacation with relatives and is having a fine time greeting old friends and having them guess who he is. He lives at Marion and with the exception of one visit this is his first in fifteen years. He has been successful in business and is enjoying life and he looks it. o HUERTA TO STAND TRIAL. (United Press Service) San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 27 — (Special to Daily Democrat)—Preparations were under way today to rush the trial of General Huerta on a charge of setting on foot a hostile movement toward Mexico, directed from the United States. The federal prosecutor said today he is Huerta will be found guilty and sentenced to eighteen months in the Leavenworth prison. o BANNS ARE PUBLISHED The banns of matrimohy between John Brown of south of the city and Miss Alvina Schultz of Indianapolis were announced yesterday at the St. Mary’s Catholic church. The wedding it is thought will take place about the 11th of January at Indianapolis. Mr. Brown is a widower. He lives on the Brown farm south of Decatur. o ; OFFICIAL SMITH BOOM (United Press Service) Lansing, Mich. Dec. 27, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The presidential boom of United States Senator William Alden Smith, of Grand Rapids, was made official today when petitions naming him as a candidate for the republican nomination were filed with the secretary of state. 0 — - —u A BOX OF WHITE STAGS, TOO. Among the gifts the editor found in his stocking Christmas morning was a box of White Stag cigars, with the compliments of the manufacturer. It’s a good cigar, it’s made in Decatur and is made by a booster, who is always trying his best to make things move. We hope he makes two million in 1916. NO BEARD AFTER FORTY YEARS. If Al Steele, the well known Decatur resident, gets snubbed by his many friends today, it is o#n fault, or rather that of his barber. He is without a beard today for the first time in forty years—and a glanco is necessary to establish his identity. DEMOCRAT*WANT ADS PAY BIG

REPORT IS MADE . (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) become alarmed of possible danger In Russian waters. Except the Lusitania and the Arabic the Arlanza is the lai'gost steamer sunk by mines or nubmarines since the beginning of the war, IN JITNEY CRASH (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) crashed into the jitney bus of Oscar Shust 1710 Wells street, at the corner of Sherman and Huffman streets, on Christmas eve, was reported as slightly improved last night at St. Joseph’s 'hospital. The symptoms were more favorable and the patients were resting easily, although Mrs. Blazer is very seriously hurt, her injuries including a fracture of the skull, according to Dr. J. Frank Dinnen, the attending physician.” DIED SUDDENLY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Wayne postoffice force; Mayme, wife of J. E. Church, Los Angeles, Cal.; Guy, of Fort Wayne, and Gypsy, wife of Tom Dent, «f Fort Wayne. The mother, Mrs. Belinda Dorwin, aged eighty-six, living with Mr. Dorwin, has been very ill and at the point of death for some time, but for the past two weeks had recovered sufficiently to be able to be up and had been in the hopes of gaining strength enough to go to visit with her daughter, Ada Walters, at Delaware, Ohio, over Christmas. Mr. Dorwin leaves the following brothers alid sisters: ReV. Jay Dorwin, Seattle, Wash.; Fred Dorwin, whose residence is unknown; Mrs. ' Ada Walters, Delaware, Ohio; Miss Margaret Dorwin, of Oxford, Ohio. The children residing in Fort Wayne are here, but the daughters who live in the west will be unable to . make the long journey in time, the . message having been delayed on aci count of the wires being down. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock from the Djjri win residence. The Rev. D. T. Stephenson of the Methodist church will officiate. o COURT HOUSE NEWS ’ A marriage license was granted Friday evening to Alva E. Elston, merchant of Angola, born October 2, 1864, son of William Eldton, and Edith , Irene Myers, nurse, born March 5, 1889, daughter of Henry H. Myers. The groom’s first wife died May 29, 1913. In the divorce case of Alice Harmon vs. James Harmon, a motion for change of venue from judge was sustained and the cause was aligned to Hen. L. C. DeVoss an attorney of this bar. The case of Andrew J. Langhor vs. City of Fort Wayne was continued. Licensed to wed: Brice Bernard McMillen, clerk, born September 18, 1889, son of Asa McMillen, and Mary Bernice Cowan, school teacher, born November 28, 1890, daughter of John Campbell Cowan. A marriage license was issued this afternoon at 2:45 to Cloyd Haffner, Elliott, N. D., teacher, born November 12, 1894, son of Elmer Haffner, Jay county, to Wed Bessie Fisher, born January 22, 1898, daughter of Benjamin F. Fisher, Geneva, The claim of Cora Burris against the Jacob Runkel estate, has been docketed and will be heard as a case in court. 1 — o— . NO HIGHER RATES (United Press Service) Washingtali, Dec 27, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Interstate Commerce Commission today denied the petition of the Big Four railway to inaugerate new rates from Dayton Ohio to Indianapolis and other interveneing points through Springfield Ohio. CALL FOR CRAFTSMEN. The Craftsmen who take part in the Masonic degree work are requested to meet tonight at 7:30 for practice. Please be on hands. D. E. SMITH. W. M. o BASKET BALL GAME TONIGHT, There will be two games of basket ball at the Porter hall this evening and the admission is but ten cents. The boys have been busy today boosting it and a big crowd is expected. _ GUARDIAN’S BOARD The board of children’s guardian’s will meet tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock at the* library. c WANTED—Man past 30 with horse and baggy to sell stock condition powder in Adams county. Salary, S7O per month. Address 9 Industrial Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. 306t2

— -V-Ea.., I ■.n—.m. 11,,— . From My Narrow Little Window iO| By ' J THE HOOSIER OBSERVER |jU g WE CAME, WE SAW, WE THOUGHT.

Because a man doesn't make a fool of himself all the time for her, many a woman thinks herself abused. » » • • It’s easier to get a cat out of the kitchen by going ahead of it with a saucer of cream, than after it with a broom stick. • » • • The average girl who wears a flower in her hair is not going to wilt it bv cooking over the hot stove. * • * » Some people have a reputation of, being wise; others talk and write too much. * • • • The' average mind is often strained beyond endurance trying to figure out what all those crocheted dew-dabs that Santa Claus brought are meant for, anyhow. * ♦ • • The average male would be grabbed up quick as a wink by a dime museum, a curio shop or a freak show manager, if he stepped out on the street, decked out in all the wearing apparel that his feminine friends made, : picked out or bestowed upon him at . Christmas time. » » « * A boy never shines as a hero in ’ his own eyes as much as when he 1 thinks he has made “his girl” believe that he could have had his choice of a dozen or so more but honored her , by settling down his choice on her, , Bue SHE always has a lingering sus- , piclon. • * * • The nearest Ole Miss Lickticut says she ever came to riding in her friends' automobile whs when the gasoline gave out in front of her house and I they came in to see if they could borrow some more to get hone on. * * * * Funny how the first husband after he has been dead a year or two, and his widow has been remarried, always seems to have been a kind of a ' saint. . * * * * Any male who wears a necktie, scarf, wristbands, gloves or anything ’ else the average woman crocheted or picked out for him is either deeply FOR SURVEYOR. In reply to the inquiries of my friends I take this method of announcing my name as a Democratic Candidate for the office of County Surveyor

Provide Next Year’s Needs This is the week in which every individual should carefully take account of the past year. No more appropriate time txists than the interval between Christmas and the New Year to review the past and plan for the future. Provide in advance for next year’s needs—see to it that you will be financially able to carry through every plan for Christmas 1916. It is easily done—simply begin now to put aside small amounts systematically through the Christmas Savings Society of the First National Bank and the results will astonish you. opare dimes and nickels, deposited regularly, amount up surprisingly and actually earn money. Eveiy Christmas Savings account pays 4 per cent interest. Our Christmas Savings Society enables you to start with 2c, sc, 25c, 50c, SI.OO and is now forming. START WITH US. FIRST NATIONAL BANK DECATUR, INDIANA.

in love with her or a fit subject for the lunacy board. « • • » If eastern capitalists had as much push as the store box capitalists of Bingville have gab, the Rip Roaring Roustabout Railway would be a sure go, says Uncle Hezekiah. ♦ • ♦ • Nothing is more uncomfortable to have around than a bawly woman. The man always feels that he is eyed with the suspicion that he has been abusing her. 9 • • • Before he is married a man can stay up all night at a barn dance; or until the election returns come in the next morning, and feel like a three-year-old knee high in clover; but let him walk a colicky baby a half hour during the night after he's married and he won’t be able to get up the next morning to build the fires or go to work. ♦ • • In most localities a woman’s reputation hangs upon the time she can get her wash hung out upon the line in the morning. * * • * What contrary little Imp is it that that makes a person do just the opposite to what he wants to do just to tease some one? » « » » Confidence in the city must be at a low ebb. In a restaurant •in Fort Wayne some time ago I saw a notice on the wall: “A deposit required when dishes are taken out.” • * « • Don’t worry about woman suffrage taking the women out of the homes to work and leaving the men at home to wash the dishes. A man who unnecessarily lets his wife go out to work hasn’t force enough to even wash the dishes. » » » • Some people speak of their friends as being bachelors or old maids as though it were a fault to be condoned, of Adams County, subject to the decision of the Primary Election to be held in March 1916. 305t6 ORVAL HARRUFF. o Democrat Want Ads Pay.