Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1916 — Page 1

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ORPHANED PROGRESSIVES WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATS--McCOMBS WIRES COLBY OFFERING OLIVE BRANCH.

(By Lowell Mellette) St. Louis, Mo.. June 13—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Democratic National Chairman William F. McCombs today wired Bainbridge Colby of New York an invitation to join the democratic party. His action was based on Colby’s repudiation of Roosevelt (or whom he made the nominating speech in the progressive convention at Chicago Saturday. ( McCombs’ action was the most striking development to date of the democratic leaders' efforts to find a way to kidnap the four million votes of the progressive party which they consider orphaned by Roosevelt’s decision not to be their candidate. The telegram to Colby read: “I have read your statement. It appears that Colonel Roosevelt has attempted to send his former enthusiastic followers stumbling along to destruction. The democracy cordially and sincerely offers them safety.” PUNCTURING BOOMS. (By Robert J. Bender) , St. Louis, Mo., June 13—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The gentle work of puncturing vice presidential booms is being carried out neatly today by democratic leaders. Vice President Marshall will be renominated, according to the leaders—there’s nothing to it—it’s cut and dried —but for the purposes of "pep" and some disorder there have been agitations afoot for the nomination of Secretary of War Baker, Roger Sullivan of Illinois and Governor Major of Missouri. The Baker agitation is not new. It * was started some weeks ago by a ’ young and progressive element of the * party and has been steadily nursed ’ along by Henry Morgenthau, of the ‘ Wilson Independent League and oth- ' ers. The Texas delegation is reported strongly in favor of the war secretary and many of the democrats here * feel that being a rip-snorting campaigner, Baker would make a better running mate for Wilson than Ma*- ' shall and would also appeal to the younger democracy. WILSON SPEAKS. West Point, N. Y.,— (Special to the Daily Democrat) —“The world is going to know that when America speaks she means what she says, President Wilson told the military acedemy graduation class today. A moment before he had said: "Undoubtedly, gentlemen, this is the duty of America to be prepared. President Wilson promised in behalf of the United States to uphold the Monroe Doctrine. He promised, too, what he did not promise when he made the recent peace league speech, that when the time comes America will

be ready to join other nations to, see that “that kind of justice prevails everywhere what we believe in. To be military does not mean militaristic" the president said. He ask ed the West Point men not to forget that they are citizens first—mentioning the “small number who love their countries more than the country of their adoption" he said: ‘Nobody who does’nt put America first cannot consort with us.” BRYAN TO BE QUIET. (By Perry Arnold) St. Louis. Mo.. June 13-(Special to Daily Democratl-William Jennings Brvan arrived today and found the democratic national convention ready to tell him “Good bye and God bless could he more indicative of how democracy’s times have changed than the fact that the great commoner, four times a dominant figure in national committees and three times democracy’s candidate for presidential honors, now figures in the counsels of his party as a mere alternate and reporter. In all the platform talk heard oday there was no indication that the former secretary of state won l a hand at hewing of the planks. He pledged himself several weeki ago not to inject the prohibition issue into the convention—and having one so, the democrats today were w ng

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let Bryan alone with the hope that Bryan would also let democracy alone and raise no discordant note in the harmony program. Bryan may be invited to address the convention but no aid or advice will be sought of him. As an alternate he cannot address the chair from the floor without unanimous consent. The great bulk of the delegates were arriving today and the hotel lobbies began to take on life. Secretary of War Baker will arrive tonight with the draft of the platform approved by President Wilson. It appeared today that the renomination of Thomas R. Marshall for vice president would not be unanimous. Roger Sullivan of Illinois and Governor Major of Missouri will draw complimentary votas from their states and the name of Senator Lewis of Illinois may be presented. CONVENTION TRAIN WRECKED. Owensboro, Ky., June 13 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Kentucky demo,crats bound for the national convention in St. Louis were injured when the Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis train No. 14 was wrecked here early today. Two Pullmans left the rails and another oveturned. Many passengers were injured and some of them were rushed to hospitals where none of them were found to be in a serious condition. Mayor John H. Buschmeyer of Louisville was thrown from an upper berth and badly bruised. Included in the party of democrats were Governor A. O. Stanley, former Governor James O. McCreary, General W. B. Haldeman and Lieutenant Governor Black. They were unhurt. A split rail was blamed for the wreck and delayed the train two hours.

UNVEIL TABLET. (United Press Service) Bloomington, Ind., June 13 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Starting with an alumni breakfast in the commons of the Students’ Building one continuous program greeted Indiana university alumni who returned for “Alumni Day" today. Following the breakfast came a business session at which an alumni trustee was elected A tablet to Harold Whetstone Johnson, late professor of Latin, was unveiled, Francis W. Kelsey, of the University of Michigan, giving the boys” were to meet she faculty in a baseball game on Jordan field. —o—— ———— ANOTHER PAGEANT. (United Press Service) Crawfordsville, Ind., June 13— (Special to Daily Democrat) —Indiana a»d Montgomery county history will be depicted in seven scenes at the Montgomery county celebration of the Hoosier state centennial which opened here today. Among the scenes will be those picturing the naming of Crawfordsville and the founding of Wabash college.

PROFESSOR PEPE TO OSSIAN. Prof. Charles G. Pepe has been selected by Trustee Fryback to head the Ossian schools for the coming year. Professor Pepe comes from Monroe, Ind., where he has been superintendent for the past five years, and conies highly recommended. He is a young married man .and with Mrs. Pepe will come to Ossian before the beginning of the new school year. Meanwhile he will attend Chicagio university.—Ossian Journal. — o GREENLANDS HAVE DAUGHTER. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Greenland, manager of the Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction company, and of the Decatur interurban line, a beautiful nine-pound daughter at their home on avtenue, Fort Wayne All are doing well Mrs. Edith Dicer Is the nurse in attendance. NOTICE. Every member of the class of Mrs. Downs of the y M E church is requested to be present at the church tonight at seven o’clock.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, June 13, 1916.

ANNUALCLASSIS Os Reformed Church— Meeting Will he Held at St. Luke’s Church NEAR NEWVILLE, INI). Magley Congregation Will Celebrate Home-coming of Three Ministers. The annual session of Zion classis of the Reformed church will be held at St. Luke’s church near Honduras, this county, beginning Wednesday evening and continuing over Sunday. Towns in this classis, which will be represented are Auburn, Garrett, Ft. Wayne, Huntington, Magley, Berne and Newville. The business of the classis will be attended to and two ministers, Rev. Albert Scherry of Magley, and Rev. Burkett, of Berne, will be ordained. On next Sunday there will be a big demonstration at the Magley church in honor of three Magley boys, who are now ministers, and who were members of that congregation. They are Rev. Worthmann of Detroit, Mich.; Rev. Otto Scherry of Garrett, and Rev. Albert Scherry. Rev. Vorn Holt of LaCrosse, Wis., who ordained them, will be present and it will be a sort of home-coming event. The Magley congregation has probably sent out more ministers than any one other in the district. 0 BUSINESS MEN TONIGHT.

The regular meeting of the Retail Merchants’ association will be held at the library this evening at 7:30 sharp. There will be business of importance to transact and the presence of every member is desired. OOIPH BUYS ROAD Buys C. B. & C. Road at Last—Price He Paid Was $350,000., TO DEPOSIT BOND He Will Operate Road—Alleged to Have Financiers Interested. When the C. B. & C. receivership case was called in the Huntington circuit court again yesterday, the time specified for receiving bids once more Fred A. Dolph, through his attorney, was again the successful bidder, and the road was sold to him on his bid of $350,000. He must carry out the provisions of the order of sale before he will acquire title to the road. As a guarantee of good faith Dolph deposited a certified check today for $4,000, which with SI,OOO he already had on deposit, makes a total of $5,000 he now has put up toward the purchase price, and as a guarantee that he mdans business. The order of sale requires that Mr. Dolph now pay $2,000 per month, until January 12, 1917, when the balance of the $350,000 then due shall be paid.

It was indicated that Dolph will get possession of the road soon, and will operate it even before he completes the payments, by depositing a satisfactory bond with the court, as a guarantee that the road will be indemnified in case of any damage or fosses it might incur under Dolph’s management. It was indicated that such guarantee bond probably would be $25,000. C. A. Lucas, attorney for Dolph, made a showing that he had a communication from a New York firm, to the effect that Dolph now is in that city arranging for the bond. It was stated further that Dolph has big New York financiers interested In the project of financing the road, and looking to the payment of the balance of the purchase price when due. PICNIC THURSDAY The St. Joseph school picnic will be held on Thursday of this week at Steele's park. It was stated yesterday that the picnic would be on WadI nesday, which was 'an error. Every- | body is invited. •

QUAKERS’ BIG DAY. (United Press Service) Richmond, Ind., June 13 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The eyes of every Quaker in Indiana and every Earlham college alumnus were directed toward Earlham campus this afternoon when the big Quaker pageant, “The Quest tor Freedom.” was given. The pageant celebrated at once Indiana’s centennial year, the history of Quakerism in Indiana, and Earlham college May day. The largest assemblage in the history of the Quaker college was gathered on the campus when the pageant, with 300 persons taking part, began at 1:00 p. m. FLAG DAY WEDNESDAY. Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 14, will be observed over the United States as (lag day.

IS MUCHJCTION Four Companies of Coast Artillery Needed at Eagle Pass for Police Duty. RUSSIA’S BIG DRIVE r Is Taking on Dimensions of Greatest Rush of War— One-third Lost. (United Press Service) San Antonio, Tex.. June 13 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Four companies or coast artillery enroute here from the east will be rushed to Eagle Pass, Texas, across the line from Peidras Negras, which has become a hotbed of anti-American activity, General Funston announced today. Petrograd. June 13 —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Hustling westward with seeming superhuman vigor, the Russian armies are now hammering their way toward Lemberg, the Galatian capital, in giant strides. The demoralized Austrian defenses are rolling back before them. It is now estimated that more than one-third of the men in the Austrian armies on the east front have been killed, wounded or taken prisoner since the giant offensive started June 4. Approximately 120,000 men and officers have been imprisoned to date. In actions, such as the Austrians are engaged, the estimates of conservative critics are two killed or injured for every prisoner. This would mean that a total of 360,000 have been put out of the fighting since June 4. The Austrian army on the east front has been variously estimated from 700,000 to 1,000,000 men. MRS. CLINE CONSCIOUS Mrs. Catherine Cline, of Monroeville, who is at the point of death at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sol David, and who was unconscious since last Thursday, rallied this morning becoming conscious recognizing all and calling them to her bedside. She remains at the point of death hoewver. Her granddaughter, Mrs. Earl Van Horn and two children, returned to Fort Wayne this afternoon. . —o . WILL STAND PAT.

(United Press Service) Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 13—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Though Colonel Roosevelt has declared he is out of politics it can be stated today that he “will not abandon his struggle to place the United States on a proper basis of preparedness.” The information was obtained from a person in closest touch with the colonel, INTRODUCES RESOLUTION. (United Press Service) Washington, D. C„ June 13—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Senator Thomas of Colorado today introduced a resolution for an amendment to the constitution prohibiting justices of the supreme court being candidate for any public office. DAUGHTER IS BORN. Thelma Adeline is the name of the fine nine-pound girl born Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. Whitright. Mrs. Whitright was formerly Miss Ida Johnson, being a daughter of Maynard Johnson. FLAG DAY FOR ELKS. The annual flag day of the Elks will be observed tomorrow by the local order. In the evening services will be held at the hall. All members ! please take notice.

HDNORJSTUDENTS Twenty-three of 204 Common School Graduates Received Grade OF NINETY PER CENT ■■■l 111 ■ ■ d Or More—Leo Miller Receives Highest Grade, Being 93.9.

County School Superintendent E. S. Christen has completed his grade classification in the list of students who successfully passed the county diploma examination and finds that there are twenty-three “honor” students. This means that twenty-three of the 204 common school graduates who will be graduated Saturday received a grade of ninety or more. Those having the three highest grades are: Leo Miller, 93.9; Lloyd Cowens, 93.6; Estella Moser and Minnie Ehrsam, 93.5. The complete list of honor students is: Root Township—Pauline Wolford, 90.5. Preble —Ruth Hohnhaus, 90.7. Kirkland —Frank Shoaf, 92.3; Kenneth Miller, 91.50; Paul Ray, 90.6. St. Mary’s—Gordon Vizard, 92.8; Neva Acker, 92.2; Theodore Dague, 91.7; Chester Walters, 90.5. Blue Creek —Archie Parr, 92. Monroe —Leo Miller, 93.9; Estella Moser, 93.5; Ida Roth, 91.7; Chalmer Gilbert, 90.6. French —Ida Graber, 92.4. Hartford — Lloyd Cowens, 93.6; Minnie Ehrsam. 93.5; Serena Hornada, 92.5; Margaret Pusey, 92.5; Rolland Sprunger, 92.3; Alton Burry, 90. Jefferson —Isabel Zehr, 91.6; Albert Zehr, 90.7. ISIEftR DEATH

Ella Sprang Bell Quite Seriously 111 in Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich. WAS OPERATED UPt)N Last Week—Found to be Suffering from Affection of Cancerous Nature. Mrs. C. B. Wilcox of Grass Lake, Mich., is said to be seriously ill in a hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., and not expected to live. It is said that she was operated upon there last week and it was found that she was suffering from an affection of a cancerous nature. She rallied somewhat,- but became worse again and relatives were called to her bedside. Her father, Dan Sprang, and Mrs. Sprang, of this city, are among those who are at her bedside, together with her husband, and her daughter, Margaret Bell, of Grass Lake. Mrs. Wilcox was formerly Ella Sprang Bell of this city. o .... - . ■ ATTEND CONVENTION MrsgGeorge Simmers and Mrs. John Hill left at noon today for Roanoke to attend the district Y. P. C. E. U. convention of the United Brethren church. This will open with the banquet of “get acquainted dinner” Wednesday evening and the session Thursday will open the regular convention, closing Thursday. Rev. Harraap left this afternoon for the convention.

KRICK DITCHER STARTS. Henry Krick visited his farm east of the city today where he superintended the first work of the new ditcher he recently purchased. Contracts for several weeks work have already been placed with Mr. Krick and indications point to the fact that the ditcher will be busy at work during the entire summer. He is using a tractor to pull the machine. —*. I ICE CREAM COMMITTEE The committee on ice cream for the band concert and Water Works park opening Thursday will meet this evening at the home of Mrs. O. L. Vance to make arrangements for their work A big time is expected at the opening I Thursday and an ample line of re- | freshmentse is • being prepared for a • big crowd. I

CHILDREN’S SERVICES. 1 Among the many churches that observed children’s day Sunday was the Salem Evangelical church, east of the city. In the evening they rendered the beautiful cantata entitled, "Hearts of Gold,” and with other recitations, some fine songs by their famous quartet, and a very fine talk from their pastor, the Rev. Edwin Habegger, made a very fine program. There was a very good attendance and collection. BASKET BALL TOURNAMENT A basket ball tournament will be held in Decatur, on the south side tennis ground? Wednesday afternoon when Decatur, Geneva, Bluffton and Berne will meet in a series of games. The games commence at one o’clock and everything is free to the public. GIVEN _WELCOME Greeting Extended to Rev. Thornburg and Family in Reception ON LAST EVENING In Methodist Church Parlors —Ministers of City Were Present. A very cordial welcome to the city and church was given the Rev. F. F. Thornburg, pastor of the Methodist church, and his family, last evening in- a reception in the church parlors. The ministers of the city, as well as the members of the congregation were present and if the family had the least iota of a doubt as to their welcome here, it was certainly dispelled last evening. The parlors -were decorated with spring flowers in great quantity and in the receiving line were the heads of the various departments of the church. O. L. Vance presided as toastmaster during the program, which he likened to an intellectual feast. Unlike usual dinners, how*ever, he stated that the feast would not be opened with the soup course, and while that might appear during the course of the banquet, it would probably not be recognized. Prof. C. E. Spaulding gave a fine talk of welcome in behalf of the various departments of the church, followed by an excellent talk by Rev. J. H. Rilling, president of the ministerial association, giving him and his family a cordial greeting in their behalf. The response was made by Rev. Thornburg, expressing his appreciation of the good will shown them and of his desire, as that of Rev. Rilling, to be a “minister first." Prior thereto, however, he expressed two worries that had obsessed him during the evening. One, he said, was whether his part on the program would be the soup part; the other, was whether they did not think he was good, having heard several times during the course of remarks, the expression. “Rev. Thornburg and his ‘good’ family.” These worries were blown away, however, before the evening was over. The musical part of the program was also very good. Mrs. Jesse Dailey and Mrs. Carrie Haubold gave a fine piano duet; Charles Thornburg gave an excellent violin solo, with Mrs. Thornburg giving the piano accompaniment; the vocal duet by Cecil Andrews and Abbie Bigham was excellent, as were the numbers by the men’s chorus.

At the close Mr. Vance presented to Mrs. Thornburg a bouquet of exquisite roses given by Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Adams from their lovely gardens. Mrs. Thornburg responded thereto with a talk. The reception was also to have been for the Rev. W. W. Martin, district superintendent, and his wife, but they were unable to be present. Rev. Martin has just returned from the general conference, and he is also moving at this time from Muncie to Fort Wayne, where they have purchased a home. Punch and wafers were served from two booths, presided over by Helen Walters, Mildred Yager, Fay Stults, Mary Brown, Doris DeVoss, Anita Swearenger, Eva Aughenbaugh. The refreshment committee comprised Mrs. John Vail, Mrs. Ed Ahr, Mrs. ‘ Frank Carroll, Mrs. L. C. Annen. ‘ Mrs. F. V. Mills, president of the ■ missionary society, and Mrs. C. L. ■ Walters, president of the Mite socie--11 ty, were in charge of the arrangejrnents for the reception

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THIS IS THE LIFE F 1111 I Leon Crawford Writes to Friends Here About Life in the Wild West. LOVES THE COUNTRY Describes Several Nice Trips to Points of Scenic Beauty. The following letter by Leon Craw rford, of Los Angeles, Cal., to his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ku«bler, will be read with interest by his friends here: Los Angeles, Cal., June 5, 1916.

Dear Aunt and Uncle:—l suppose you think I am a dandy for not writing to you sooner. It just seems that there is something doing-all the time that keeps me from writing. I am going to tell you right now what a good time I had Saturday night and Sunday. A girl called me up Thursday and asked me if I wanted to go to the mountains with a crowd Saturday night, and of course I said, sure. I was invited to a dinner for a fellow that was to be married today; that was also Saturday night, but I preferred the mountains, so had to tell them I could not go to the dinner. There were five couples of us who went to the mountains. We left the P. E. station at eight o'clock Saturday night and got to Sierra Madre about nine o’clock and we immediately “hit the trail.” We took what is called the Sturtevant trail to Robert’s Camp. One of the fellows in the crowd has a cabin there. We got lights at the foot of the trail. They give you a; tin can with a wire handle on it, and a hole punched in the side of it an da candle stuck in, and it makes a dandy light, almost as good as a search light. About the first twenty minutes of walking was pretty hard for me, until I got my second wind and then I was good for all night. We were the last couple on the trail, because we did not get away from the store where we got our light until last. We took our time until 1 got my second wind, and then we started up speed and soon commenced to pass the rest of the party. We were the first ones to the half-way house, which is three miles from the foot of the trail. We had to wait at the half way house for the rest as we were not sure about the trail; so we waited and left the guy that owned the cabin go first. From there we' went up about another half-mile and then started going down into the canyon. Every one was glad to get a drink when we hit the canyon, as that was the only chance we had for water after we left Sirre Madre and it sure tasted good, out of that ice cold mountain stream. From there it was about a mile to the cabin and quite a hard trail as we had to cross the ravine several times and pick our way along rocks. We got to the cabin at just a quarter of twelve, which shows that we made pretty good time as it is nearly seven miles’ walk. We had coffee just as soon as we could get it made, played the victrola a while and then piled in bed. There are two bed rooms there and the beds are built like berths on a train, only they are much wider than an ordinary berth. Each section accommodates three peoplo nicely. Three of us fellows slept in the lower and two in the upper, and I guess the girls did the same. I slept like a log, and I guess everybody else did. It was about eight o’clock, when the sun shining in our window, woke one of the fellows up, and he soon had us _ all up, and all trying to do something so we would have breakfast in a hurry. They have an old kitchen stove out in the back yard that they do the cooking on. We soon had a good fire and the girls were busy frying bacon and eggs and pancakes, and I wish you could have seen us eat that stuff; just, as fast as two girls could cook it we would eat it. We stayed right at. the cottage most all morning, taking pictures, dancing and having a general good time until about 12:30, when we had dinner. Dinner consisted of tuna salad. veal cutlets, new potatoes, can- , ned pe»s and corn and plenty of good bread and butter and coffee, and canned peaches and pineapple for dessert. Aftej we cleared up the dinner dishes we all took a walk up to the falls which is just about ten minutes’ walk from the cabin. The falls are sure a wonderful sight, the water comes rushing down over the rocks about fifty-five feet above. After we had seen enough of the falls wo went (Continued on Page 4.)