Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1916 — Page 4

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by _____ The Decatur Democrat Company LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Bubserlptlon Rats* Per Week, by carrier 10 c« ntß Per Year, by carrier 16.00 Per Month, by mall 26 cents Per Year, by mail >2.50 Single Copied 2 centß Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Postofflce in Decatur, ndiana, ae second-class matter. And now the republican press is busy planning some way to figure out Mr. Taggart’s decision not to be a candidate for the short term was due to some deep laid political plot. They are certainly a hard lot to please and sometimes we think they don’t want to be pleased—by the democrats. The American soldiers in Mexico did what they always do, made a wonderful showing of military skill, ability and speed in cleaning up the Villa forces, killing several of the leaders and scattering the rest of the band. And there are those who think we wouldn’t make any real showing in defending our country and our homes against a foreign invader. The republicans will meet in state convention next week at which time it will be their duty to o. k. the nomination of Goodrich, Watson and New 1 and to convince the several hundred ' thousand progressives that they are getting a square deal. Maybe it’s j not as easy a job as it was to nomi- ( nate them, but they will go through £ with it and let the progressives come : in or stay out, and some of them will 1 I accept the invitation and stay out. ■ It’s hard to understand how the g. o. p. expects to reorganize and have everything their own way. Representative H. A. Barnhart, of the Thirteenth Indiana district, is j entitled to credit and co-operation in 1 the effort to commit the United States - to the non-partisan tariff board the- f ory. We should have a commission , of experts to make an exhaustive study of conditions at home and abroad and be in a position to insure scientific adjustment of sched- t uies. The sentiment for such t non-political, -business-like handling t of the tariff question is increasing < rapidly. The day has gone when the £ apostles of protection may expect to 1 enjoy the special privileges that were theirs in the past. The people are I awakening to the fact that the line ‘ along which a tariff schedule pro- j tects is not a matter cf guesswork, s

SOCIETY BRftND CLOTHE.S you’re coming to them---vounsf man

sure as youre a foot high, and once you get them you are going to stick to them as you would to a favorite girl. They have style that is just your style, class and dash that is bound to stand you out in the crowd, boost your stock in business and make you look like “somebody.” You may pick from scores of colors and we’ll go easy when it comes to prices $lB to $25. who wants a hat? —a good one at $3.00. Is it you? We’ve a dandy; call it the “Imperial”. Show it in all shapes and colors-so you had better come around.

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p but can be definitely ascertained = They are realizing that the fixing ol rates should not be a subject for par ty dickering and everlastingly threat ed with change after party reverses. The schedules should be based on facts and altered to meet changing : conditions.— Indianapolis Star. DOINGS IN SOCIETY | i [ t* anrtrtnttitiSL’BMimtutiuiiunumaMl 11 WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. 1 Monday. Young People's Club —No Meeting. Thursday. Methodist Missionary—Mrs. D. D. Heller. Friday. Historical Closing—K. of P. Home. Satrday. Queen Esther’s Mite Box Opening —Mrs. O. L. Vance. As for enthusiasm, it is worth more than money and learning put together—as a producer of happiness.—Bradford Torrey. Mrs. C. H. Colter. Mrs. P. B. Thomas, Mrs. B. J. Rice. Mrs. D. L. Leonard and daughter, Hallie; Mrs. A. R. Bell, Mrs. D. T. Stephenson and children. Mrs. C. L. Walters, Mrs. F. V. Mills, Mrs. John Rice were among the Methodist ladies who went to Ft. Wayne to attend the conference today and especially the missionary meeting this afternoon. The Woman’s Home Missionary sosiety of the Methodist church will meet Thursday with Mrs. D. D. Heller, who will be assisted in entertaining by Mrs. P. G. Hooper and Mrs. F. W. Downs. Mrs. D. W. Beery will be leader. Mrs C. A. Dugan and daughter, Helen, saw the play, “Daddy Long Legs,” at the Majestic theater. Fort Wayne, today. They had especial interest in the production, which is from the book written by Jean Webster, because Miss Webster was a Vassar student, being in college just before Miss Frances Dugan entered. Miss Dugan occupying Hie rooms which Miss Webster had. When Frances Carson, who plays the part of "Judy,” came To New York to play, the Vasar girls gave her a great ovation. The Pocahontas team drilled last evening to get ready for the degree work to be given at the district meeting in Warren May first The Minnehaha Needle clube therefore held a limited session, the ladies crocheting for awhile. Refreshments were served by Mrs. James Fristoe, Mrs. Al and Mrs. Charles Burdg. “What Women's Clubs are Doing” was the subject of Miss Mallonee’s gcod paper for the Historical club at the home of Mrs. Mary Congleton yesterday. This is the last study meeting and the club will have its dosing social event next Friday evening, being a banquet at seven o'clock at the K. of P. Home. Miss Esther Zerkel, teacher of District No. 6 in Union township, closed a most successful term of school Thursday. The crowd began gathering at ten o’clock and by noon the school was filled. At the close of

1. the forenoon’s work, a very tempting ,f dinner, consisting of all good things to eat, was served. After dinner an ' excellent program was rendered. Thia was Miss Zerkel’s second term at Dis- •- trict No. 6. ” Miss Grace Batenberg left at uoon ’ today for Muncie where she will spend Sunday with her sister, Betty, who is at the Home hospital in training to 3 be a nurse. | Mrs. P. G Williams entertained the | Christian Ladies Aid society yesterday I a good attendance being in evidence. A parcels post sale will be held soon. , Mr. and Mrs. -Tony Miller of Kain ’’ mazoo, Mich., are here visiting with , the George Appleman family. Mrs. A ,M Anker and daughter. Veronica, Ruth Hubbard, Ruth Frisinger, Josephine Myers were among those from here who saw "Daddy Long Legs ’ at Fort Wayne today. PAYNE LECTURE MONDAY The last two numbers of the Senior Lecture Course will be given Monday and Tuesday evenings, April 3rd and ' 4th at the Central School building. Charles A. Payne will make his second appearence in Decatur. Monday . evening whe he will give an illustrat- ■ ed lecture on the Hawaiian Islands. . Tuesday evening he will lecture on Mexico, a lecture that cannot help but

be instructive and interesting at this time. Mr. Payne’s lectures are the result of twenty years devoted to travel and intimate study among forty races and natives. He goes alone, lives with the natives, seeks their best, and makes friends every where. Each lecture is from first hand knowledge and able to stand alone without a picture; and every lecture has a purpose and thrills with vision and inspiration. They are not picture exhibitions, though they are illustrated with the finest apparatus and pictures, possible most of them original and exquisitely colored. Mr. Payne gave his first lecture here on Yellowstone Park, January 17. and it proved to be the best of its kind ever given in this city. The price of admission wil be 10 and 25 cents. Those holding season tickets will be given good seats. Don’t fail to see both of these numbers on the 3rd and 4th. o ■ ■ CARD OF THANKS. I wish to thank class five. Wood chapel for the beautiful flowers sent me following the death of my beloved mother. Mrs. Rachael Kern. We appreciated the remembrance and we thank you for them. MRS. BEN SCHILTZ. SCHULTZ FUNERAL The funeral services for Miss Bertha Schultz will be held from the house on Elm street at 2:00 o’clock Monday afternoon and later from the Christian church, burial to be in the Maplewood cemetery. SPECIAL SERVICES. Special services will be held tomorrow at the Monmouth school house when Rev. Gibson will preach, commencing at two o’clock in the afternoon.

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:A SUDDEN DEATH I ■ Isaac Zimmerman of This i City Dropped Dead in Ft. Wayne Today I . - OF HEART TROUBLE • Had Talked With John Loshe of This City Only a Short Time Before. Relatives here at two o’clock this afternoon received a telephone messige from Fort Wayne stating that Isaac Zimmerman, a former Decatur r. an. had dropped dead there. He is said to have been subject to heart trouble. Mr. and Mrs. George Zimmerman left at once for that city. John Loshe of this city, who had been in Fort Wayne, returning here on the 2:10 car. was much surprised to hear o;’ the death, as he had met him i'i Fort Wayne a short time before he left at 1 o’clock for his return trip here, he being seemily in his usual health. Mr. Zimmerman was injured in a recent tank explosion in. Fort Wayne.

s JO MEET AGAIN 1 1 F. W. Down's Methodist 4 ’ Sunday School Class Rei organizes—To Meet J ON MONDAY EVENING “Better Work for the ’ Church’’ is the Aim—To i Name Committees. i ( The Methodist Sunday school class t of men. No. 41, which is taught by i Frank W. Downs, will meet again next Monday evening. April 3. at 7:30 o’clock, at which time the standing committee will be appointed. The I report of the commitee on constitution and byJaws will also be made I at this time. The men’s chorus, un- . der the leadership of Prof. W. F. > Beery, will also take a workout at this time. "Better work for the church” is the aim of this class, which reorganized last Monday evening, is bound to become one of the best organizations 1 of the church. The following officers were selected last Monday: President—Mel J. Butler. Vice President —Milton E. Hower. Secretary—Frank Carroll. Treasurer—Harve Smith. Much work has been mapped out and it is urgent that every member of the class be on hand Monday evenI ing at 7:30. HOLIAND MAY

ENTER FIGHT ! I CONTINUED EROM PAGE ONE. ceed Henry Morganthau, it was stated today in diplomatic circles here. Berlin. April 1, —(Special to Daily £ I Democrat) —Four French aeroplanes were shot down by German aircraft. two of them being brought down with- ( in the German lines, the war office an- t nounced this afternoon. Heavy ar- ( tillery engagements were reported on I the Argoynne and the Meuse sections, j VILLA CAPTURED? I i (United Press Service) BULLETIN. (By E. T. Conkle) Ela Paso, April I—(Special to the i Daily Democrat) —Unconfirmed ru- , mors are current in Chihuahua City that the Amreican forces captured Villa in Minaca yesterday. 1 | El Paso, April I—(Speciall—(Special to the r Daily Democrat) —Further xotifirniation of Villa’s injury in the battle with Carranzistas at Guerrero was obtained today from General Guiterrez of Chihuahua City, who said Villa was shot in the knee and carried away on a litter by Indians among his band. General Gavira, of Jaurez, - who made the announcement this afternoon. stated his information came from General Buis Gutierrez, commadant at Chihuahua City. Gutirrez reported the wires to Minaca interrupted and confirmation unobtainable. BODY ARRIVED. The body o" Ferman F. Burkhart, who was instantly/killed at Clayton, Michigan Thursday, arrived in Decatur today over the 1:15 Grand Rapids and Indiana. The body was taken to th) home of relatives near Monroe. ■ —•—o , Democrat Wants Ads Pay.

CITY’S LOW COST OF LIVING Cheap Dlnnere Supplied Working Girls In British Metropolis ; Without Loss. Whatever the fate of Germany, the English are boasting of the plentitude of food in their country. What is claimed to be the cheapest lunch in London is provided by a girls’ club associated with the Social Institutes' Union for Women and Girls, of which Lady Ancaster is president, saya an exchange. In connection with the union there is a Women’s and Girls’ Dinner Hour club, whose members meet and dine daily at the W. H. Smith Memorial hall, in Portugal street, Klngsway. Some 200 working girls lunch there every day, and the meal costs them only 13 cents. Before the war the price was ten cents, but the advance in the cost of certain articles has obliged the management of the club to put up the charge. The following is a typical menu from which the girls may make a choice: Roast leg of mutton, boiled rabbit, steak pie or sausages. Baked or boiled potatoes, cabbages or haricots. Boiled mince roll, rice pudding, rhubarb tart or stewed rhubarb. Apart from the dining room there is a cozy restroom, with a piano, and many of the girls are accomplished players. Membership in the club costs four cents a month and working girls are joining it in increasing numbers. The club is run without a loss. All girls working in the neighborhood are invited to attend. GIVES HER DIVORCE AND JOB After Granting Decree Asked For Judge Takes Interest In Deserted Woman. \ Mrs. Augusta Blackledge got a divorce and a job on the same day through the offices of Superior Judge Graham. After testifying that her husband, John Blackledge, a clerk had deserted her a year ago. she secured an interlocutory decree. When the judge questioned her as to her finances, she said she had just six dollars, and would have one dollar left after paying the court stenog rapher his fees. ’ If that’s the case, there will be no stenographer’s fees in this case/’ declared the court. Stenographer Roy Gallagher willingly consented. Some time later Judge Graham got busy on the telephone, and as a result Mns. Blackledge was notified that employment awaited her tn a local department store. —San Francisco Chronicle Brave Dogs Honored. The hall cf brave dogs was the most fascinating ’’exhibit” at a dog show, held in London, recently. There are ten of those hero dogs on view on a wide stand draped with purple hangings. the observed of all observers. One called "Sammy” is the greatest hero. Ke is a plcasant-faced, kindly retriever. A year ago the lady who owns him was lying ill in bed, and alone in the house. She was awakened by Sammy barking and licking her face. The bed was on fire. She was dazed and half unconscious, and she most certainly would have died had not her faithful dog dragged her out of bed and so out of danger. Five years before this she was attacked in Epping Forest by a wandering lunatic. The brave Sam, who was roving near by on the quest of rabbits, heard his mistress' cries, dashed up, collared I the madman, and held him by the

me mauman, ana ueiu throat until assistance arrived. Women to Raise Drug*. •After consultation with leading firms of drug dealers and medical men, the Woman's Herb Growing association, recently formed in England, has drawn up a list of medicinal plants which it is both desirable and profitable for women to grow in their gardens and allotment plots. In the old days England used to grow most of its own drugs, but in recent years the industry has passed largely to Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Balkans. The new association Intends to prove that the Industry can be carried on just as well in England by women. Among the plants In urgent demand are monk’s-hood, camomile, deadly . nightshade, thornapple,' henbane, purple foxglove, fennel, opium poppy, valerain. Snoring Caused Divorce. The French law courts declare that a woman afflicted with a snoring husband has good grounds for a divorce. Some time ago a newly-married couple, ’both of whom were confirmed snorera. found It impossible to get a good night's rest as each woke the other by unpleasant snoring noises. At first they tried sleeping in different rooms, gradually increasing the distance between them. But they both "snored so vigorously that the flat was not big enough to cure the evil. Finally they mutually decided on divorce as the only solution of their common trouble. Finds Body In Cake of Ice. Frozen in a cake of ice and in an almost perfect state of preservation, the body of an unidentified man In working clothes was found floating in the Allegheny river. Charles Debor, an engineer, while moving a barge noticed a dark object Incased in ice and towed it to shore. He notified the coroner, and the body, after beifig chopped out, was taken to the morgue.—Pittsburgh Dispatch to Philadelphia North American. - IT . • ‘ ——-

BRANDEIS CHOSEN /United Press Service) Washington. April 1,— (Special to Dally Democrat) -Til* senate sub-com mittee which investigated tin fitness of Lewis D. Brandtis for a place in the supreme court today voted to recommend his confirmation. The vote was three to two. While names were uOt given out It was learned the unfavorable votes were cast by Works and Cummins, republicans, and the vole ot Cummins was based on acts less adverse to Brandeis limn that held by Works. The report will go to the senate judicary committee Monday. There the report, in view of the action cf the two dissenting members of the sub-committee are expected to make a fight to keep the recommendation delayed or indefinitely postponed. CREAMERY HAS SUBSTATION At Monroe—Will Be Open Next Saturday. The Adams County Creamery Company of this city, will open a station at Monroe, a week from today. The company is erecting a building at that place and this wil) be completed the first of the week and everything gotten ready for the opening next Satur-] day. This station will be in charge .di S. E. Brown of this city. Cream will be received at this station and the money paid therefor at once. The system will be open Wednesday and Saturday two days of each week. O — U. B. JUNIORS. All the members of the United Brethren Junior society are requested to be present Sunday afternoon at 2 p. m An excellent program has been prepared by Theodore Harman. After the services we will have a photograph taken if the weather permits. ETHEL POTTS. Superintendent. ADELAIDE PHILLIPS AND AN OLD-TIME NEGRO MELODY. Early in 1840 a tiny English lass of seven years ..landed in America with her parents from Stratford-on-Avon, the historic birthplace of William Shakespeare. At the age of nine little Adelaide Phillips made her first appearance at the Tremont theater .in Boston. Jenny Lind met her and advised her to go to London. and later she studied in Italy, where she won a great triumph as Arsaee in “Scmiramide.” Returning to America she was given an ovation accorded few singers and continued her tour on to Cuba. When the Boston Ideal Opera company was organized in 1879 she appeared in “Pinafore” and the Sullivan operas, and added greatly to her fame as one of America’s most popular and beloved contralto singers. It was a memory that can never be affaced to hear Adelaide Phillips sing the old popular songs as encore after encore was demanded. To hear her sing that plaintive melody of Foster's, “Massa’s in de Cold, Cold Ground,” vibrated the heart chords and touched the liearts of hearers. This song is to be found on page 350 ot "Heart Songs,” a veritable library of the greatest songs in the world, and now offered to the readers of this paper for six coupons and the cost of distribution. See coupon with terms elsej where in today’s issue.

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 ar.d music seller, who later moved to London. The air to which “Cornin' Thro’ the Rye’’ has become familiar to thousands of Americans — and to which it is now sung,— is an old melody. “The Miller's Daughter”— somewhat modified by Walter. People generally, and the artist and commentator who have followed suit, have taken it for granted that the song referred to crossing a field of rye. But the 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 tne shallow water that swirled about their pretty ankles. This world-famous melody is to le found in the wonderful collection entitled “Heart Songs”—now offered by this paper to its readers on terms that make it practically a I’lft. -Elsewhere in today's issue is printed the coupon with music border that explains how this song book may be obtained. We commend to every subscriber thiSf tinusual opportunity of procuring a book that will be a source of pleasure in 1 11 the years to come. WANTED —Calves from one to four weeks old. No Jerseys.—l. A. Kaiver, Decatur, Ind. 79tfl HERE u a reu.ejy that win cure most ail akin ai* scalp troubles. Eczema, Barbes* Itch, itch. Cull and Sore*. Why waato lima and money when B. B. Ointment it an ointment ot real merit? Ask your drusgist. If not handled lend 50 cent* to th* 8 B. Ouitmaal Co., W Momve ar'et,

LAKES SWALLOWED BY Valley* of Northwestern Nevada h In th* Past Absorbed (m mt '* Volumes of Water. The largo prehiatoric wb j flooded a number ol the v»n eyß , northwestern Nevada at a very ret geologic date, but has now away, was named Lake Uhontan thonor of Baron La Hontan, one the early explorers of the headwater, of the Mississippi. The lake covered approximately 8,400 square miles at in greater* and in its d« P8! 1 part, the present site ot Pyramm laL it was at least 880 feet deep-that | 6 its surface stood approximately feet above the present water surface of Pyramid lake. The ancient lak. had no outlet except the one that straight up, its watere being di ßßipr ed entirely by evaporation A ; arg . area a few miles north of Winnemuc ca is covered with sand-dunes fonuec since the disappearance of Lake U hontan. The dunes are fully seventy five feet thick, and their steeper slope* are on the east side, thus indicate that the whole vast field of sand slowly traveling eastward. This prog ress has necessitated a number o; changes in the roads in the souther, part of Little Humboldt valley during I recent years, in some places tn ait I region the telegraph poles have beet ' burled so deeply that they have had u ; be spliced in order to keep the wire, i above the crests of the dunes. The sand is of a light creamy yellow coloi and forms beautifully curved ridges and waves that are covered with j fretwork of wind ripples, and many a these ridges are marked in the mon curious manner by the footprints ol animals, which form strange Mero glyphics that are sometimes difficul to translate. EASY TO DETECT THE LIAF Scientific Tests Have Shown Her Plainly a Deviator From the Truth May Be Distinguished. When a man is telling a lie b breathes differently from when he is telling the truth. The difference wu , discovered by means of some tests made upon his students by Profess; Beuussi of Italy. He prepared cards bearing letters 1 figures and diagrams and distribute* these among his pupils. These wen - required to describe the cards cor 1 rectly, except tn certain cases whet the cards were marked with a re • star, and the students receiving then i were required to describe them falsely Each student was watched careful!! . by his fellows, who, ignorant of ths ( nature or the card, tried to judge fron his manner whether he was telling tbs truth or not. The watchers were ua able to judge with any certainty. Under the direction ut Profetsa Benussi the time occupied In inspra tion and expiration was measured and the measurement was taken aga I .’- i immediately after he finished. It - found that the utterance of a fa.s< statement always Increased and tut r utterance of a true statement always r diminished the quotient obtained bj dividing the time of inspiration by ths ’ time of expiration. Dr. Anton Rose, commenting or these results, remarks that the to ’ covery furnishes a certain criterior ' between truth and falsehood Foi 5 even a elever liar is likely to failit i’ an attempt to escape detection bl r breathing irregularly, Professor Be - nussl having discovered that men are i- unable voluntarily to change their res plration so as to affect the result *

Chicory Cultivation. Chicory, so extensively raised is France, is harvested either by ban or by plowing. As fast as the planin on© line are pulled the roots are gathered in heaps after the remora, of the leaves and are roughly clean They are then transported to the factories, where they are mechanically washed in flowing water and dumD on a perforated conveyer that pertn. • them to drain while traveling tow • the root-cutters. The roots, when in small pieces, are conveyed to W malt kilns or special driers, wt they remain thirty-six hours or more and after cooling are bagged, t chicory, having now become ■ passes into a series of enishers: s each crushing the broken matfri passed through sifters that Ll '‘ into four grades. From the crushe.the chicory goes to the roastin r torts and then receives a fina ulation. that of tinting, which co - in giving the grains a coating, palatable chicory dust. The as . ation is that of packing the ch either by hand or by machinery. How Habits Affect Sleep. Habits play an important part m daily life-habits, for ißßtan^ ng drumming, tapping the foo > to . pulling out the watch every f • utes and scratching to reliev . g The latter, say nerve speoahs'. among those most difficu.t t tc 1, „ can rcsiraln « scratch every time we fee sensation we shall have ma 5 tfnet advance in control Ot 0 tinie and we will find that in a the itching itself will lessen. Science has lately <\ s^ rc b9b it, if a person masters te - ilt which tend to nervous »’ re^ d abSowill acquire the power o wba tevu lutely skill in bed at - flnd himposition he assumes, and wu* self falling asleep in a «“ ar , rcl fflO re' 1 accustomed time. He wi *- r j or a energetis ths next day and P- ’ ttlS _^ rk b - er -- hi —