Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 137, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1916 — Page 1

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HUGHES HONSTWIOH TWENTY MINUTES OF REAL OLD FASHIONED NOISE GREETED NOMINATION OF HUGHES--ELIHU ROUT GETS FOURTEEN MINUTES.

BULLETIN. (United Press service) Washington, D. C., June 9—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Alone in his library Justice Hughes refused to make any comment when told by his secretary that the republican convention had greeted the presentation of his name with a great demonstration. “Justice Hughes will make no statement unless he is nominated by the convention. That is Tinal,” said his secretary. BULLETIN (United Press Service) Coliseum, Chicago, June 9—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Theodore Burton received an ovation continuing for thirty-feur minutes. BULLETIN (United Press Service) Coliseum, Chicago, June 9—(Special to Daily Democrat) —At 2:21 Senator Lodge began his speech nominating John W. Weeks. BULLETIN. (United Press Service) Coliseum. Chicago, June 9—(Special to Daily Democrat—The official order of business of the republican convention for today provides for the nominating of both president and vice presidential candidate, it was learned shortly before the session was called to order. BULLETIN (United Press Service) Coliseum, Chicago, June 9—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Following Whitman’s speech nominating Hughes a big demonstration was made. Oregon Vermont. Mississippi and Michigan delegates paraded. (By Perry Arnold) Coliseum. Chicago, June 9—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Republican hosts this afternoon cheered the name of Justice Hughes for twenty solid minutes in the first real, oldfashioned republican convention outburs* that has featured the present meeting. The outburst followed Governor Whitman’s nomination speech. The convention plainly indicated the relative popularity of Taft and Roosevelt by giving the former five minutes of generous noise and cutting the colonel down to one and a half minutes of scattered hand-clap-ping when their names were mentioned incidentally. x After Nicholas Murray Butler had nominated Elihu Root, characterizing him as "the greatest statesman of all time,” the delegates gave Root fourteen minutes of riotous noise. The session was a field day ot ora tory. A storm broke loose immediately after Butler closed. It started sweeping but got spotry before long. Then a woman who said she was Mrs. Thomas Root, daughter-in-law of the senator, in the gallery, back of the speaker’s stand, cut loose with the wildest most maniacal yells so far heard. Many delegates were so interested in watching her perform that they forgot to clap. Chauncey M. Depew, eighty-two years of age, but a youngster just the same, stood on his seat and lifted his voice in mincing modulated yells. The former senator waved a flag. He and the lady in the gallery divided attention and finally Depew always gallant, subsided so that the crowd could concentrate its attention on the feminine booster. She was mainly responsible for keeping things going after the demonstration had been going five minutes. CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS. Coliseum, Chicago. June 9—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Chairman Harding of the republican national convention called for nominations at 11'38 A M. today and the convention enteder its most important phase. Alabama and Alaska passed when they were asked for nominations. Arizona

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announced that it yielded to New York. All alternate delegates immediately contested this action and the 5 state delegation was ordered polled. ’ The poll was decided affirmatively and ’ Governor Whitman was recognized to t nominate Justice Hughes. The g. o. p. hosts had received the ( report of the harmony conference of r republican and progressives without I enthusiasm. Relative popularity of Roosevelt and Taft with the republicans was shown with striking clearness. When Smoot, ! reading the report, mentioned Roose- ! velt as the progressive’s choice, the Colonel received one and a half minutes of applause—mostly from the galleries. When Whitman, nominating Hughes, mentioned Taft, delegates leaped to their feet and the loudest ■ cheering of the convention followed. When the cheering had been in progress three minutes the band started playing. The Taft demonstration continued for five minutes. An attempt to hate taken up Colonel Roosevelt’s hint that he would address the republican convention if invited, proved abortive. Delegate Weinberg of Maryland had a resolution all ready iwoviding that an invitation be issued, but was forstalled when informed that unanimous consent was necessary to its consideration. Smoot's report was considered in deep attention. He read it with great emphasis and frequently had to pause for applause. But never did this applause develop into anything like a really spontaneous outburst. Chairman Harding volunteered the information that the harmony committee not having been discharged, would continue its work. The prospect at noon was that the nominating and seconding speeches would continue for at least three hours probably more. Whitman, nominating Hughes said: "We are assembled here to name the standard bearer of the great republican party. We are here in response to the demands of the American people that a minority president give way to a leader representing the will of a majority. We are here to select the next president of these United States. “The national horizon is dark and ‘roubled. From afar the lurid flames if the world- war reminds us of our iwn citizens killed and our own flag nsulted. To the south we see anarchy encroach upon our borders. At Washington the president “Watches and -waits.” “Yet we must not think the task before us an easy one. The country : s still at peace and the maintainence of peace will be plausibly claimed bv the democratic party. That party hopes that the country will soon forget the insults to our national honor. It believes that the people will not leng remember the vacillating diplomacy clothed in glittering rhetoric i which has alarmed our people, discredited our stand among Ihe nations and I brought us to the verge of war. ‘A form of prosperity is in the land and few, perhaps, realize its temporary nature, or pause to analyze its ■ causes.” 1 Here Whitman citel the European war as giving unnatural prosperity. 1 “If the devout prayer of all mankind ■ be answered and our hopes be fulfill--1 ed, which God grant,, the frightful holocaust of war will end as quickly and unexpectedly as it began, and the pro- . duct of regular labor will pour in upi on us undeterred at prices ruinous to 1 trade. I “We must choose a man so great he i will meet not only the issues of the hour but those of the future. Our , party is rich in men imbued with the i (Continued on i*age 2)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, June 9, 1916.

HELD UNJUNOAY Memorial Services Will be , Held Sunday by Three Local Orders. TWO AT CEMETERY I Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Ben Hurs Plan Big Day. Sunday, June 11, will see Decatur fraternal orders in full regalia observing their annual memorial services. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows have set apart the day for the observance of memorial services throughout the state and the local subordinate lodge will meet at two o’clock in the afternoon at the lodge hall at which time the organization of the parade will be made. L. C. Helm, J. S. McCrory and Amos Yoder are the committeemen in charge. The lodge will hold ritualistic services at the cemetery. Automobiles will be used. The Knights of Pythias have, arranged for a memorial sermon to be delivered in the morning at the Christian church by Rev. Mavity. In the afternoon at three o’clock the lodge will march in a body to the cemetery where ritualistic ceremonies will be held. Commitees have been appointed to manage the affair. The Ben Hurs, at two o'clock in the afternoon will have their memorial services in their lodge hall over the Rex theater. Rev. Mavity of the Christian church will deliver the memorial sermon to the order. Committees have been appointed to visit every'cemetery in the county in which members of the order have Seen buried to decorate the graves of the deceased Ben Hurs. K. of P. Meetings. Members will meet Sunday at 10 a. m., prompt, and attend services at the Christian church. Meet at 3 p m. and go in autos to cemetery and decorate graves. Everybody requested to bring flowers (Continued on Page 2.) BAND WILL PUT At Formal Opening of the Beautiful Waterworks Park This Season UNDER THE AUSPICES Os Woman’s Civic Improvement Society—Concert Thursday Night. The city waterworks park, which has been beautified so much this year and last through the efforts of the Woman’s Civic Improvement society will be formally opened for the season next Thursday evening by a concert by the city band and a social, given under the auspices of the Woman’s Civic Improvement society. Refreshments booths will be installed and ice cream, cake, candy and other refreshments sold by the society. The band will play and an evening of general pleasure will be enjoyed. The public is very cordially invited to come. The society has been divided into committees and each of these, with the co-operation of others, has been working to make the affair a success. The committees are: Concert —Mrs. Clem Voglewede, Mrs. Eugene Runyon. Place and Lighting—Miss Anna Winnes. Refreshment Stands and Cake— Mrs. f. H. Hubbard, Mrs. Fred Heuer, Mrs. L. W. Stolte, Mrs. Jesse Helm, Mrs. James P. Haefling, Mrs. P. J. Hyland, Mrs. Sam Hite. Ice Cream —Mesdames O. L. Vance, L. A. Graham, D. M. Hensley, J. S. Peterson, Will Niblick, Charles Niblick, Miss Eva Acker. Candy—Mrs. Oscar Lankenau, Miss Leah Hensley, Mrs. W. P. Schrock, Miss Kynt Voglewede, Mrs. Jesse

I Stllemeyer, Miss Adelaide Deininger, Miss Grace Coffee. ERNST IS NAMED A CHIEF. Charles Ernst of this city has re- ! ceived official notice of his appointment as chief of the sergeants-at-arm and the ushers and doorkeepers for the democratic national convention to be held at St. Louis next week and he has been ordered to report to Mr. ' White ot New York, general director, at national headquarters by Sunday morning to receive instructions. The 1 position is a very important one and besides being an honorary one, carries with it other benefits. Mr. Ernst has been attending national conventions for twenty years and has some idea of what his duties will be. He will leave here Saturday eveing over the Clover Leaf for St. Louis. TRUE FRISTOE, DIRECTOR. The musical comedy, "The Timo, the Place and the Girl,” playing at the Palace theater. Fort Wayne, this week, is the one of which True Fristoe, a former Decatur boy, is director. washingtoOry Wet and Dry Fight at Washington, Ind., to he Heard in Court Today. CONTEND TWO YEARS Both Sides Aver They Will Abide by Court’s Decision—Compromise? (United tress Service) Washington, Ind.. Jtme-9 —This jity today is once more waiting the action of the court to see whether or not it shall have saloons. The case of the saloons first was put to popular vote last March, which resulted in a tie election. Since that time appeals have been made first to the county commissioners and then into the circuit court to settle the question over the election. Washington at present is dry. The county commissioners decided after their recount of the ballots that the town had gone dry by a majority of nine. Consequently they refused to renew the liquor licenses of ten of the eleven saloon-keepers. The eleventh license, that of Joseph 1. Gordon, did not expire until June 6 and for the past several months his saloon has been the only one that iris been operating. It did a land office business until it was closed by the expiration of its license. From the county commissioners the wets appealed to the circuit court. A change of judges was asked by the wets. This was granted and Fabius | Gwin of Shoals, Ind., was named special judge in the case. The drys then asked for a change of venue from the Davis circuit court and the case was transferred to the Martin circuit court to be tried today. A special committee of lawyers in the case, two representing the drys and two representing the wets, were appointed by the court and they went over the ballots, eliminating each doubtful ballot. In the trial today the court will decide on the legality of the ballots which were eliminated. This will be the only action the court wili take, but will decide the election. There are one hundred and twerilyfive questionable ballots. The wets have announced that they will rest on the decision of the circuit court. It has been suggested that the question be settled by allowing the saloons to be open one day and closed the next. HELD OPERATION Mrs. Sylvester Staub, living four miles east of the city, was ojierated upon this morning by Doctors E. J. Mc’Oscar of Fort Wayne and D. i). and C. S. Clark of Decatur for appendicitis and obstruction of the gall ducts. Mrs. Staub is improving nicely and underwent the operation very good. Miss Snyder of the Lutheran hospital of Fort Wayne is the nurse la attendance. The operation was performed at eight o’clock this morning.

BIG GIFQ GIVEN Sum of $244,001 in Gifts is Made to De Pauw University IS ANNOUNCEMENT 7 1 Made by President at Com--1 mencement Exercises—--3 Local Students There. 3 . r Greencastle, Ind., June 8--Announce-ment of gifts aggregating $244,000 to DePauw. university was made by President G. R. Grose at the seventy-sev-t enth annual commencement exercises i in the new Dorman Memorial gymna- - sium building. Os the gifts $150,000 - will be available at once for tlie erection of a new administration building and a new dormitory for women. The domitory will cost SIOO,OOO and will be the gift of Edward O. Rector, an attorney of Chicago and a member of the board of trustees of the university. The administration building is made possible by a gift of $50,000 from Clement Studebaker, Jr. another trustee Mrs. Charles A. Carlisle and George M. Studebaker, all of South Bend. The building will be a memorial to their 1 father, the late Clement Studebaker. Charles H. Barnaby of Greencastle, who was chairman of the building committee during the erection of the Bowman Memorial gymnasium, was named as permanent chairman of the university building committee. Real estate valued at $17,000, subjec to an annuity, has been deeded to DePauw by the Rev. Edward M. Chambers or Indianapolis. An after death bond for $25,000 is the gift of Marion B. Stultz of Huntington, a members | , of the board of trustees. A bequest of property valued at $20,000 was made by the late Bascom O’Hair of Greencastle. The property is the Commercial hotel building in Greencastle. “A Friend” gives the university $30,000. George Ward of Garett, Ind., is the donor of $2,000, subject to an annuity. THE COURT NEWS Court Strikes Out Remonstrance to Proposed Dredging o’s Wabash. SPECIAL JUDGE HERE Drainage Commissioners Named —Judgment in McKinnie Case. Special'Judge J. H. Aiken of Fort Wayne was here again relative to the petition for the proposed dredging of the Wabash river, known as the Archie P. Hardison et al. drain. Amended petition was filed. Objections, separately and severally by the G. R. & I. railroad and by Jacob R. and Joseph L. Grager, as well as separate demurrers to the amended petition, were overruled as were joint objections by George Stahl et al. A motion by George Stahl and others to dismiss the cause was overruled, the motion of the petitioners to strike ' out joint remonstrance of George Stahl and others, being sustained. Objection made to the county surveyor and drainage commissioners, both of Adams county, was sustained. Dick Boch and 1). Hoffman, for Adams county and tsaiah Wirsoel, of Bear Creek township, Jay county, through which the proposed drain runs, were appointed drainage commissioners, who after taking the required oath, are to meet jointly with the officers of Ohio and proceed to view said proposed drain, and to report to court as the law requires. They are to meet at tlie office of C. M. Brown, Geneva, June 20, with the Ohio commissioners and to report September 30, 1916, to court. i A part of the papers in the Jose- - phine Hoover vs. Stella May DeLegrange, et al case were withdrawn and

1 BORAH BOOSTS FOR T. R. J — PROGRESSIVES ORDERS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE TO MEET REPUBLICANS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN EFFORT TO UNITE.

( a cross complaint filed by the defendant, who also filed an application for change of venue from the county. 1 In the case of Wm. C. McKinnie vs, Mathias Kirsch et al. judgment 1 was rendered against the plaintiff on ■ his complaint and against Hill and ■ Leonard on their cross complaints and costs ordered taxed to each. A motion for a new trial was filed by McKinnie and also by Leonard. The case of John A. Didot vs. The Old Adams County Bank was redocketed, and the final report of E. C. Arnold, trustee ot John Didot filed and approved, after which he was discharged as trustee. He was ordered to pay balance in his hands to the court clerk which was done. County Clerk Will Hammell has issued fishers’ licenses to Daniel Geary, C. D. Kunkel and David Dilling. Tomorrow will be the last day of the April term of court, which will be followed by the long summer vacation. William Frazier was appointed inheritance tax appraiser in the estates I of Christian Gerber and Jacob Kaesi er. Upon petition, the property in the Sarah E. Gessinger estate was ordered sold at private sale, for cash at not less than appraisement. Appraisement was filed and approved and additional bond in the sum of S6OO was ordered, filed and approved. Waiver of service of process was filed by heirs. C. J. Lutz was appointed guardian ad litem of Albert Gessinger, a minor, Bnd answered for him. Walter A.. Whitteubarger was discharged as executor of the estate of Sarah J. Whittenbarger, upon approval of his final report. Dennis Striker was discharged as administrator ot the estate of Elmer J. Ray, his final report being approved. He was ordered to pay $300.65 i into the hands of the clerk. Julius Heidemann filed final report , in the estate of Clem Heidemann and was discharged from further liability, i _ i Real estate transfers: Isabelle Kelly J to Oscar I). Coons, lot 286, Geneva, 1 $400; Christena R. Niblick et al to ' Isaac Chronister, quit claim deed to lot 1 473 Decatur, $156.84. John T. Lose 1 et al to Thomas J. Smith, et ai, part of lot 83, Decatur: U. S. patent deed . to Charles H. Hubbard, 84.43 acres of ( Blue Creek township. Licensed to marry: Martin Kuhlman ' farmer, of Dearborn county, born on I November 10, 1928, son of Henry Kuhlman, and Hulda Ewell, born July 15, 1894, daughter of Theodore Ewell. The petition of E. X. Ehinger, administrator of the Margaret Meyer estate, for sale of property was granted. The sale" will be public, at not less than two-thirds of the appraisement, terms 1-3 cash, 1-3 in nine months and one-third in eighteen months. Elizabeth Meyers is found to hold a SI,OOO mortgage. NOTICE TO SCHOOL PUPILS. All pupils of the seventh and eighth grades and all pupils In high school, of the Decatur pulflic schools, who know themselves to be conditioned in any subject and who desire to make arrangements for making up back work during the summer are requested to meet at the Central school building at 8:30 Monday morning, June 12, for the purpose ■ of making plaus for such review I work. C. E. SPAULDING, Superintendent. |

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BULLETIN (Unltea r-ress Service) Auditorium. Chicago, June 9—(Special to Daily Democrat)—When the progressive national convention convened at 10:26 o’clock the conservative leaders agreed to force the platform ahead of the nominations. The radicals will try to force the nomination of Roosevelt when the Republicans begin balloting. BULLETIN (United Press Service) Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Colonel Roosevelt said to newspaper correspondents “I can see no change in the situation which will call me to Chicago.” He is still keeping in close touch with the situation. Auditorium, Chicago, Juno 9— (Special to Daily Democrat) —The progressive national convention recessed at one ’clock this afternoon until three o’clock without having taken any definite action. After the report of the conference committee had been read it was announced the committee was still in service and a request was made upon the republicans for another meeting. The feature of the session was a tremendous ovation given Senator Borah, who recently withdrew as a candidate for the republican nomination. Borah, who was one of the republican peace conferees, visited the progressive convention. “I am here to get a little inspiration,” he said. “1 have not left the republican party and I am not here in any official capacity.” Borah took the platform and was greeted with cries of “Now, come on home.” Borah made a hit by referring to Roosevelt. “It is pretty well known,” he said, “that I have a deep, sincere admiration for your great leader, Roosevelt.” Order was restored after four minutes. “There is no doubt at all that you want Teddy,” he said. By some this action by Borah was considered an attempt to test his own popularity. He has been put forward as one of those who could unite the party. Borah spoke of T. R. as a "master of our international problems.” “If your convention and mine should agree on your great leader,” he said, “there would be no more enthusiastic supporter of Roosevelt than myself.” When the progressive adjourned the understanding was that the. “Roosevelt at once” delegates had consented to hold up their nomination of T. R. until after the republican and progressive conferees got together again this afternoon. —. o JOHN CROSS RELEASED. Child Neglect Case Should be Filed in Michigan. The affidavit filed in the circuit court here, charging John Cross, a former Adams county man, but for two years a resident of Michigan, with child neglect, failed to hold. The man was arrested at Midland and Sheriff Green left to get him, going first, however, to Lansing, Mich., to the governor for requisition papers. The governor held, and was sustained by the attorney general, that since Cross was a resident there, the charge should be filed in Michigan and that he could not be brought here for the charge. Cross recently shipped his wife and children to the home of relatives in Geneva. Sheriff Green telegraphed to Midland officials to release him. BAND PRACTICE TONIGHT. The regular practice of the Decai tur city band will be held tonight. The members of the band should [•ake notice and be present.