Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 71, Decatur, Adams County, 23 March 1916 — Page 2

D AI Published Evary Evanlna 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 O 5 0 ® Per Month, by mail 25 cents Tef Year, by mall 02.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Postoffice in Decatur, ndiana, as second-class matter. , - ■ ■ - ■- - - ■ - - i SENATOR i TAGGART:— t

By reason of his unusual career, in and out of politics, and because of the harsh criticisms to which he has been subjected for many years, Taggart is likely to be in the spotlight from the first day he appears at Washington. He is known all over the United States and his appointment to the senate will cause much comment. No matter what the trend ot the talk, “Tom" Taggart will keep on smiling. It is his way. Taggart is a “good winner” and a “good loser.” He believes in "keeping sweet," as the politicians say. If Taggart decides, later, to enter the race for the democratic nomination for the senatorial short term he will be strongly supported, and if he goes on the democratic ticket in the fall, “believe us," speaking impartially, the man who beats Taggart will know be has been in a “hoss race.” This situation may not please a lot of folk who honestly believe Taggart should get out of politics and stay out. but the situation is there just the same From this time on Taggart not only is a force in politics and an influence in government and in legislation, but he is a factor in the government it self, and counts, in his own person for Indiana, on every roll call in the greatest of deliberative bodies, the United States senate. Taggart has it in his own power to discredit his foes and to justify Governor Ralston’s expression of confidence. He is to speak and act for Indiana. Thomas Taggart is a picturesque personality. He was born in Ireland. As a boy he learned the restaurant business, working in Ohio and at Garrett and Indianapolis. Ind., as a railroad lunch counter man. He became popular, as a youth, when in charge of the Union station lunch room in this city. He later became owner of the place, and from that branched out into politics and in the hotel business. He now is the head of the Denison Hotel company and is also president of the French Lick Springs Hotel company at French Lick, Ind. His rise in business and in politics has been typically the result of intense application, original driving, inspiring methods and unremitting good humor, combined with vigilant and sleepless shrewdness. Taggart embodies in his present station the wonder-story of American opportunity as it was offered to the newcomer forty years ago.

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Taggart is fifty-nine. His life history would make the ordinary American novel pale and uninteresting. Let us hope the chapter which now is about to be added to the Taggart record will be one which will reflect glory on all concerned. Ladies and gentlemen, Senator Taggart •►—lndianapolis Dally Times. Repsentative Kitchin , Democra.ic leader in the house at Washington, shot Congressman Joe Cannon, th'? staurpgt, full of holes, the other day in a debate over the bill to retain Ute tariff duty on sjugar. Cannon made an attack on the Underwood tariff law, using all of his old, worn out standpat arguments against it. Kitchin said in reply that he had heard a great many people denounce the Underwood tariff law, but that he had not heard

1 a single, solitary Republican defend f the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, which the Republicans themselves repudiat-j ( ed at the first national convention fol- * t lowing its passage. Cannon said he ; approved of the Payne-Aldrich tariff t law when it was passed, had not apologized for it since and wished that it , was still on the statute books. “Then > you are repudating the platform of the . Republican party in 1912," Kitchin anI swered, "as you promised to revise : the tariff after a commission had act- ’ ed. and specifically declared the Payne ■ tariff act was too high and ought to be cut down.” Cannon subsided, but I he is still the same old standiiatter and a leader of the same old crowd that has had control of the Republican party for years and that is still in control. —Marion Leader Tribune. j DOINGS IN SOCIETY f 3 tmtnr c.tnattrtttittttixxtii i miiitata! WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Thursday. Helping Hand —Mrs. John Bieneke t Reformed church. Euterpeans—No meeting. Philathea—Mrs. S. E. Hite. Presbyterian Aid —Mrs. Kate Place. Friday. Mite Society—At M. E. Church. Zion Lutheran Aid-Mrs. Fred Schaumann hostess at schoolhouse. The Arrow and the Song. I shot an arrow into the air. It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight 1 Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, I It fell to earth. I knew not where. For who has sight so keen and strong. That it can follow the flight of song. Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; , And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. —Henry W. Longfellow. Twenty-five couples attended the 1 regular Wednesday evening assem 1 bl}' dance at the Masonic hall last ' evening. Elgin King and Carlyle- 1 Flanders played for the dances. 1 i Mrs. Alex White of Ossian; Mrs. J. 1 O. Sellemeyer, Mrs. Frank Schirmey- 1 er, Mrs. Dick Townsench Mrs. Dan Beery, Mrs. Fred Fruchte, Mrs. F. E. France, Mrs. Dolly Durkin and Mrs. E. B. Adams were guests besides the Research club members when Mrs. P. B. Thomas entertained i.he

- date having been changed from Mon- . day on account of the W. C. T. U. institute. Mrs. Jesse Dailey had an excellent study of American Music composers, their lives and works were brought out in her paper and in the sub topics and their musical compost - tions were illustrated iu song by Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer and on the piano by Mrs. Dailey and Mrs. Carrie Haubold. A number of the selections were also heard onathe Victrola. Miss Nellie Blackburn will conduct next week’s meeting with Mrs. J. T. Merryman when they will have “An Afternoon with Riley’. Miss Frances Dugan, instructor at Girl’s preparatory college, Ornaho, Nebraska, will arrive Friday night; an 1 Miss Dorothy Dugan, student at Vassar will arrive Saturday morning for their spring vacation of ten days a the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dugan. The men and women of America who have made a mark in achieving great things in the world, were discus ! sed by Mrs. A. D. Suttles in her paper for the Shakespeare club at the home | of Mrs. C. C. Schafer yesterday after i noon, and further in the talks by the , members. Mrs. T. M. Reid will have I next week’s lesson at the home ot , Mrs. D. T. Stephenson. As Shakespeare’s birth anniversary , which comes on April 23. falls on Sunday this year, the club's closing social event will be given Thursday evening.! April 27. at the home of Mrs. J. W j Tyndall. The club has engaged Mbs Bessie Baldwin, a professional entertainer of Fort Wayne into whose hands the entertainment has been giv'en. This is the tercentenary anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth. Mrs. Kate Bnrdg had many callers today for the beginning of her annual spring and summer m'llinery opening. The opening is announced for three days. A very pretty display of hats I and millinery novelties is shown. Councilman Peter Kirsch had a | birthday yesterday and in honor of the event Mrs. Kirsch entertained at din ner at noon. Guests were Mr. and i Mrs. Otto Kirsch and daughter, Helen.] and their guest Mrs. Emma Rosenfeld er, of Toledo, Ohio, Miss Ella Mutchler. Mrs. D. H. Hunsicker. Mrs. John Myers, Mrs. George Houser and Mrs. James Bain will entertain the Pythian Needle Hub Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at the K. of P. home. Mr. and Mrs. cjtarles > Frank and daughter. Grace; Mrs. Whitman and Albert Buck of Fort Wayne motored here and were guests of the L. W. ■ Franks family. u. s. soldier! TAKE RAILROADS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ; mish to get back to the border over Mexican telegraph wires long before the news reaches mo.” Army headquarters insisted that ] General Bell had made no report ot ] the issuance of censorship orders at; El Paso. Staff officers admitted, however, that such a step would not be at all improbable under “existing circuiMtances.” They refused to explain what was meant by “existing circumstances.” o FORT WAYNE AND SPRINGFIELD TRACTION Leave Decatur. A. M.—5:50, 8:$0, 11:30. P. M.—2:30, 5:45, 9:30. Leave Fort Wayne. A. M.—7:00, 10:00. P. M.—1:00, 4:00, 7:30, 11:00. Freight car leaves Decatur at 7:55 a. m., and leaves Fort "Wayne at 12 in., arriving in Decatur at 1:45 p. m. HOMER RUHL, Agent. FARMERS ATTENTION Bring your disc harrow to sharpen. On the Peter S. Steffen farm, 7 miles west of Monroe. Work guaranteed. Craigville phone No. 11 or 3. 67t3 EMIL STEFFEN. HOTEL FOR SALE OR RENT. The Park hotel is for sale or rent. A good opportunity for the right person. Inquire at once of Mrs. D. W. My era, Winchester street. 20tf FOR RENT. Fields for spring crops. Inquire ol J. K. Niblick, K. r . u. No. 8, or tele phone (i-T. 39tf +++ + + * FAYE SMITH-KNAPP ♦ ♦ + * Teacher of Interpretative * Reading. * ❖ ❖ ♦ After several requests I ♦ have decided to take a lim- * ♦ iled number of pupils in * ♦ reading. Those interested * ♦ call ♦ ♦ Telephone SSO. *

I 'PUBLIC AND PRIVATE THRIFT| Notable Examples of Men Who Were Celebrated for Looking After Candle Ends. In his own day, Thomas Guy s econ ■ omies were so famous that folk went r to consult him, and, with others, a notorious miser, whe felt his own , cheese paring outdone by the master , He found Guy writing by the light oi a farthing dip, and stated his errand. "Oh, is that all?” said Guy; “then 1 we can talk as well in the dark," and 1 blew out the candle as a first practi cal I jsson in the art ot saving. The statesman who gave most thought to small economies as well as great was undoubtedly Gladstone, who ' was as thrifty in the public household as in his own, the London Chaonick observes. So he appealed to the foreign office for a retrenchment in flyleaves and thick folio sheets used foi docketing only, and the same for mere covering dispatches without (inscription; for. as Lord Morley says, “all these had to be bound, and the bound books wanted bockcases, and the book cases wanted buildings, and the 11 braries wanted librarians.” When on the mission to Corfu, Gladstone made his staff scratch out the address off the parchment label of the dispatch bags and use the same la bels in returning the bags to London A supreme example of thrift was Rev. Robert Walker —the "Wonderful Walker,” who gained appreciative mention in the “Excursion.” His wife brought him a fortune of S2OO, and on the Interest of this and his $25 anI nually Walker reared a family of eight. When, after 20 years, his stipend was raised to S9O a year he contrived to save. And not only did the family "live well, though plainly,” but as he declared with justifiable pride, his children never lacked any of the necessaries of life and were given an education to fit them for any rank of society. the boys, indeed, going to one of the universities. WON HIS ITALIAN AUDIENCE Maeterlinck Tells How Jules Destree Made Friends for Belgium's Cause in City of Naples. Maurice Maeterlinck, the great litterateur of Belgium, tells in London I Everyman’s of visits which he paid Italy in a propaganda conducted by two Belgian deputies, Jules Destree and George Lorand, and describes Italian audiences. He says the Italian is generous, courteous, hospitable, exuberant, enthusiastic, but very proud and touchy; that he knows his worth; that he knows that his is the oldest civilization, and he recognizes the right of no other nation to teach him his duty. Describing a meeting at Naples, he says: “At the last moment we had been warned that, though we might speak of Belgium and her suffering, any definite allusion to war or overviolent attack on the people from beyond the Rhine would excite controversy and only damage our cause. Being myself no orator, I had ! only my miserable written address, which, of course, could not be changed the last moment, and might I prove dangerous. It was necessary ! to prepare the land. Destree mounted the platform and in a masterly improvisation began by establishing a long, patient, skillful parallel between I Flemish and Italian art, between the I great painters of Florence and Venice i and those ot Flanders and Brabant; and from there he glided almost in- - sensiblv to the actual distress in Belgium today. He was applauded; the barriers were broken through. Nothing was to be added to what he had said, but he could-have said anything to them then.” One Side Later. Txxn Guernsey, who has been a telegraph operator f(Jr the Pennsylvania lines at Columbus for 25 years, had an unusiial experience just because some freight cars hopped the track and blocked traffic for a while. Guernsey started to shave, because all of the trains had been dispatched, and he knew he would have some spare time on his hands. He had completely bared the north side of his face of whiskers -when the telegraph instrument began to clatter. Guernsey hastily put down his razor and answered the call. For nearly four hours he was kept at the key, sending and receiving messages. The lather dried on the south side of his face, but he could not think about that because there was more important business on hand. By the time he got through with the hurry-up work and started to shave the other side of his ft.ee, it is said the beard began to show up on the side first shaved.—lndianapolis News. Joffre of Peasant Blood. No definite information is available as to the ancestors of General Joffre. In one account he is described as descended from the hard-headed “rough and ready” rac<s of Catalonian peasants who have lived for ages along the Mediterranean hinterland on both the French and Spanish sides of the • mountains. It is supposed that he has • some trace of Spanish blood in his t veins, while he is said to speak the > Catalonian dialect quite fluently. !• i. Good Roads and Bicycles. The expected revival in the popularky of the bicycle is here—perhaps j as one result of the general improve-' ment in roads. Last year 400,000 bi- ■■ cycles were sold in this country, the largest number in any year since 189fi, I !■ when the wheel reached its greatest !• popular favor.—Youth's Companion. I

COURT HOUSE NEWS. Miss Lavina Kern took out lett -rs ’of administration on the estate of her (mother, the late Mrs. Rachael A. Kern | whose personal estate is of the proI haMe value of SI2OO and real estate iof thfc probable value of $4,000. Miss] ! Kern gave $2500 bond. ■ The evidence in the Blue Creek ditch case was concluded yesterday | and Special Judge L. C. DeVoss has taken the matter under advisement. 1 Further issues were made today tn the Hoover partition case. Simmons & Dailey, of Bluffton, fib d a suit in the Adams circuit court this morning for Ralph, Raymond and Blanche Baumgartner, againkt the State of Indiana to recover the sum •of T 04.09. each or the total sum of $282.27 due them from the case of Lang vs. Baumgartner, and which was turned over the state of Indiana after a lapse of time in which no claim was made. An error was made by the reporter in stating that no inheritance tax was found due in the estates of Gallmeyer and Reppert In the Oswald Reppert ('state there is due the sum of S3B. Iu the Heavy C. Gallmeyer estate there is due the sum of $35.32. or $17.66 each from Paul and Ruth Gallmeyer. County Clerk Will Hammell is in receipt of a new marriage record wherein the application and license records arc kept in one book instead of two as heretofore, making it more convenient for transcript. Hooper & Lenhart for Lavina Kern have filed a partition suit against Clara E. Burger and other heirs of Rachel Kern. This is necessary for the sale of the two houses and lots in this city which belong to the heirs, that the proceeds may be divided among them. ABOUT THE SICK. Miss May Carrier, who was operated upon six weeks ago for appendicitis, and later developed ether-pnenmonia, and was at the point of death, is here visiting with friends. She formerly lived here and for seven years, has been employed in Fort Wayne. She has been out of the hospital three weeks but this is her first visit out. She is rgeflining nicely. i Mrs. Absalom Ginter end daughter, Mrs. Charles Henschen, went to Fort Wayne tliis morning to Mr. Ginter who is at the Lutheran hospital. He is getting along nicely. BOUND TO GO. (Dnnnrl Press Service) Cincinnati, O„ Mar. 23 —Two pounds under weight and refused as a Rookie for the United States army, Tom Miller drank four quarts of water, returned, asked for another examination and was accepted. EVANGELICAL CHURCH. Sunday morning, following the Sunday school, baptismal service and reception of new members into the church will take place at the Evangelical church. An opportunity will be given for adults and children to be baptized. J. H. RILLING, Pastor. BLESSING OF BABE. The body of the son, born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kohne, and which lived but a short time, was blessed this afternoon at two o’clock at the St. Mary's Catholic church and ■interment took place in the St. Joseph cemetery. > o PLENTY OP MONEY. To loan on farms, 10 years’ time, without renewal, no commission, partial payments any time. 297tf ERWIN OFFICE.

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a popular delusion concerning AN OLD SONG. "Cornin’ Thro' the Rye"—as now printed and sung, is usually attributed to Robert Burns —but as a matter of fact, only the first four lines are by Burns, the remainder having been added by John Walter, an Edinburg musician and music seller, who later moved to London. The air to which “Cornin’ Thro’ the Rye” has become familiar to thousands I of Americans — and to which it is now sung,— is an old melody. “The Milker’s Daughter"— somewhat modified , by Walter. r People generally, and the artist ard j commentator who have followed su t, ■ have taken it for granted that the song > referred to crossing a field of rye. But

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tire authentic version, however, shows , that it refers to the fording of the River Rye, where certain stepping stones allowed the barefooted Highland Lassies to cross none the worse for the shallow water that swirlel about their pretty ankles. This world-famous melody is to le found in the wonderful collection ?n- --’ titled “Heart Songs”— now offered by this paper to its readers .on terms that make it practically a gift. Elsewhere t in today’s issue is printed the coition with music border that explains how - this song book may be obtained, yre I commend to every subscriber this enusual opportunity of procuring a book I that will be a source of pleasure in 111 the years to come. DEMOCRAT WANT ADS