Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 180, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1916 — Page 1

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FIERGEJIGHTING Fierce Fighting Around Brudy Has Given Russians More Ground. FRENCH BUSY, TOO Advance Along a Four-mile Front to Rivers Graherki and Seret. (United >ress Service) Petrograd, July 31 -(Special to the Daily Democrat) —After fierce fighting around Brody the Russians have thrust their way forward again, this time taking ground from the Teutons np to the river Graberkl and Seret. The war office made this announcement today. (United Press Service) Paris, July 31—(Special to Daily Democrat) —French troops brilliantly retrieved a temporary German footing obtained around Monacu farms, according to today’s statement. The enemy had taken a slight hold there, but French counter attack drove them out and back with terrible losses to the Germans. French troop are consolidating and strengthening the positions which they won yesterday nort-h of the Somme, in a sweeping forward drive which took German positions along nearly a four mile front. (United Press Service) El Paso, Texas, July 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Three troopers of the Bth United States cavalry were killed in a running fight with Mexican bandits near Fort Stockton early today. aeording to reports here. The detachment of American cavalry killed five of the Mexicans. None of the dead have been identified. (United Press Service) Plattsburg, N. Y., July 31—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Under the personal direction of Major General Leonard Wood, Commander of the United Slates Army, Department of the East, 7,000 citizen rookies in training here for several wec-k> started a series cf war games today which will close t)i<> senior camp for this year. e Participating in the minic campaign are a lot of New York society young men. The 7,000 includes four regiments of infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, a field artillery detachment and several hundred regulars. The active operations are under the personal direction of Major Peter Murray, Camp Commander and Quartermaster Major Frank Lawton, CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST (United Press Service) Fort. Wayne, July 31—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Play was called today in the fifth annual tennis tournament of the Northern Indiana Tennis association—with exception of the state tournament, Indiana’s most classic tennis meet. All matches will he played on the courts of the Country Club. The opening day’s program included play in all four of the events, for which prizes are offered —the men’s singles, the women's singles, the mens doubles and the women’s doubles. All matches will be decided by the best two out of three sets except in the men's singles and doubles, which will be decided by the hept three out of five sets. COURT HOUSE NEWS. Real estate transfers: 11. W. Sholty et al to Elizabeth. Barrone, lots 975976, Decatur S2OO. County Clerk Will Hammel! today administered the oath to Adam ('. Butcher, who tomorrow will begin his term as county attendance officer for a year. He succeeds Jesse H. Steele. Deputy Clerk John T. Kelly is at work again after a week’s vacation spent at Geneva and at his farm east of that town. PICNIC FRIDAY. The Sunday school picnic of the Reft.rmed church will be held Friday, August 4 at Steele’s park. Everybody j f; invited and a good time is assured. MrTaud Mrs. Abe Hocker and Mary Baumgartner, of Berne, were Sunday guests of their nephew, C. E. Hocker and family and also of the E. B. Macy family.

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j ART SMITH BACK. I Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Smith yesterday received the following telegram from their son. Aviator Art Smith, who has just reached litis country from Japan: “Portland. Ore, 4:21 p. m., July 30. 1916: Mr. J. F. Smith, R. F. D.. No. 5, Fort Wayne, Ind. Arrived at Vancouver. All fine; now on way to ’Frisco; arrive there tomorrow. Feeling great and will soon lay away the crutches. Will write letter from 'Frisco soon. It is mighty good to get back to U. S. again. With very best wishes and love.—Art"—Fort Wayne Journa-Gazette. WAS BESSIE WEBER An error was made in name in the item in Saturday evenings’ paper. It is Miss Bessie Weber, instead of Miss Bessid Wilder, who is ill of diphtheria in Fort Wayne where she is employed. Miss Wilder Is a student at Angola. hoosier briefs University and College Students in Militia to be Released. WHEAT IS DISEASED General Obregon is Reported by Indiana Boy to be Popular. (United Press Service) Bloomington, Ind., July 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The United States war department by the order that all university and college militia companies now on the Mexican border should be permitted to return before the opening of school boosted Indiana university football prospects about one hundred per cent, according to I. U. students. About a dozen of the most promising candidates for the varsity eleven are members of Company L, now at the border. Laporte —Thirty per cent of the wheat in Laporte county is diseased, according to County Agent L. B. Clore. From the samples collected there was found to be a large number of them affected by smut, scab and fusarum sartorius. Use of the formaldehyde treatment would have cut down the percentage very much, according to Clore. Washington—General Obregon is the popular and logical choice of the Mexican people in the Tampico district according to Frank Axtell, formerly of Washington, but now connected with a large Tampico oil company. who has been visiting here. Tampico Mexicans are dissatisfied with the Carranza administration, says Axtell. Mishawaka —County commissioners of Elkhart and St. Joseph counties met here today to take final action on the county line bridge across the St. Joseph river. NEW METHOD OF STUDY. (United Press Service) Crawfordsville, Ind., July 31 (Special to Daily Democrat)—Montgomery county boys today made the first sixteeiynile lap of their second annual farm boys’ hike. The hikers were led by County Agent Citty, who conceived the idea, which is unique in Indiana. Each day the boys will walk sixteen miles, visiting the best farms along the route. Lessons in practical agriculture will be given by the county agent as the hikers walk along, the agent drawing his illustrations from the farms just visited or from the farms yet to be visited. The boys will visit several stock farms. No evening lectures are to be given this year as was the plan followed last year. County Agent Citty believes the boys will be too tired to sit through the evening lectures. The last lap of the hike will be made Sat- , urday. WAS ACCIDENTAL (United Press Service) New York. July 3y—(Special to the , Daily Democrat)— Nothing to Indicate other than accidental cause for the gigantic explosion of yesterday morning in New York harbor has been found by Federal agents. The Justice department bureau of investigation stated today this is the report ’ sent in by agents of the bureau at ' work on the case. Unless members ’ of the New York staff of the bureau V find something to indicate the wreck v of the stores of the allies explosion r was due to outside interference, the y bureau will not take any further steps.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, .July 31, 1916.

HEN SUFFRAGE 1 _______ * Called Indianapolis Chickr’ on and She Left the Sun 1 > to Hatch Her Eggs. t AFTER EIGHT DAYS ) . r t Five Little Chicks Motherless Because of Higher Life to Mother. I i The Indianapolis Star says: 1 Five little chickens are sitting in a basket near the oven in the kitchen of E. A. Daily, 2938 Brookside avenue, with no parent but the sun. They , were hatched out yesterday with no I attention other than the benignant 1 rays of the well-known sun. Once 1 1 they had a mother, but that was when they were eggs. For fourteen days ’

the hen sat on the nest like any regular, domestic hen. Eight day ago the wanderlust got her, or she heard the call of the higher life. Be that as it may, she flew the coop and left her fourteen eggs to do the best they could. Daily left the eggs hoping that the hen would get an attack of remorse and come back and stick around the nest and do her duty, but Bohemia had got the hen and she wouldn't come home. Yesterday afternoon Daily, delving in the henhouse heard a squeak. It came from the orphaned nest, and there was a fuzzy little chicken. He took the rest of the eggs indoors and 1 early in the evening the solo chicken was increased to a quintet: Daily has the chickens wrapped in flannel near the oven. There may be more on the way. They seem healthy, proving that the solar system in hatching chickens is all that could be desired. The mother hen is still gadding around ( to hen conventions and lias paid no attention to her family. pioneerT dead L ( Philip Frauhiger, Sixty-two J Years Old, Died Satur- , day Night. AN OLD PIONEER Father of Noah Frauhiger, i Formerly of This City— ’ Burial Tuesdav. — Philip Frauhiger, 62 years old, a resident for many years on a farm . two miles north of Curryville, died i Saturday night at seven o’clock after an illness from hardening of the liv- 1 er. He was the father of Noah Frauhiger. auctioneer of Bluffton, but formerly a resident here, and of Mrs. August Schlickman, of Peterson. The deceased is survived by the widow, three sons and four daughters. The sons are Noah Frauhiger, Bluffton; Harry and Albert Frauhiger, at home, while the daughters are Mrs. August Schlickman of Peterson. Mrs. Louis Yake of Tocsin. Mrs. Forest Mankey of Craigville and Fanny Frauhiger, at home. Two brothers. John and William Frauhiger, and one sister, Mrs. Simeon Aschleman, also survive. Funeral services will be held from the home Tuesday morning at nine o’clock and at the Christian Apostolic church short services will be held before interment in the church ccm- ' etery. o TO OAKWOOD PARK Rev. J. H. Rilling will leave tomorrow morning for Oakwood Park at which place ho will attend the as--3 sembly. He will be gone eight or ten - days. He will be joined by Mrs. Rilr linf and daughter, Helen who have ( been near Ann Arbor, Mioh., Walter i Rilling who is working there for an - uncle on the farm, may also come. ’ PASSED SOME CARS t Returning from Celina last night, by 3 the way of Mercer and Rockford, Mr. i and Mrs. Jonas Fisher, Andrew Bax- < ter and family, and Oscar Sprague, r passed three hundred fifty-nine autoe biles. They were visiting with Mr. r.and Mrs. John Yaney at Celina, a sister lof Mrs. r isner and Spraguo.

MANY DEGREES DIFFERENCE rsniAjos ssnJJt u»>irtO) Torre Haute, July 31—(Special to Pally Democrat) —Exactly 2.470 degrees separate the hottest job in Terre Haute these hots days from the coldest job held by a Hut man. Beforea blazing furnace in a glass factory Grover Hudson, the man who lias the hottest job in town, was working today in an atmosphere that was fairly scorching because the temperature of the open furnace was 2,500 degrees. Wearing heavy underwear, woolen socks, two sweater vests, a pair of corduroy trousers, a pair of overalls and a heavy pair of mits, E. J. Bicemel, weighmaster of an articicial le« companyand the man that holds down the coolest job in Terre Haute, was working today. TO HAVE OPERATION. Mrs. A. M. Anker is in receipt of. word that her sister. Miss Hazel ' Smith, of Danville, 111., well known here, will undergo a serious operation tomorrow morning at the St. Elizabeth hospital, Danville. The operation is for a tumorous growth on the

skll and is quite a serious one. HEAT CASUALTTES Floyd Hunter Affected Sunday Noon, Requiring Constraint. OTHERS AFFECTED Charles Brodbeck Stricken Saturday—Mrs. B. Huffman Later. Floyd Hunter, son of Mrs. M. F. Martz, of West Monroe street, was overcome with the heat yesterday noon while, at the home of a brother-in-law Ves Baker on North Seventh street, where he was a guest at dinner. He suffered two very severe spasms and the efforts of several men were required to hold him. Charles Brodbeck. living on North Seventh street was overcome by the heat Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock. | He was mowing the yard about the house and started for the porch but was overcome before he reached it. A physician was called and he was soon revived. Mrs. B. Hoffman, mother of Dr. S. I P. Hoffman of this city was stricken l seriously, Saturday evening, as a re-, stilt of the intense heat. She is still in a critical condition. Dr. S. P. Hoffman and wife motored, to his mothers in Linn Grove Sunday to visit. Tlfe large black horse belonging to The Center ice Cream factory, used to haul ice about the city dropped dead Friday afternoon about three o’clock on account of the heat. They returned from their route and put him in the stable. When he reached the monger iie fell dead. The horse was valued at $l5O. PLAN. COMPENSATION BILL (United Press Service) Washington. July 31 —(Special to Dally Democrat)— Passage of a Workmen’s compensation act for government employes, on lines suggested by the American Federation of Labor, today was agreed on by Democratic and Republican leaders. For six years it has gone through all the stages of congressional action except final passage. Something always stopped it there. This year the federation demanded of both conventions the passage of the bill before congress adjourned to take up the fall campaign, on pain of the federation’s doing a little campaigning itself. The bill paovides, in case of: Death, thirty five per cent of wages to widow or widower until their death or remarriage, with 10 per cent additional for each dependent child. Total disability—Two thirds of the wages, in no case to be less than $33.33 monthly. Partial Disability, two-thirds of the difference between wages earned before and after injury. Refusal of a partially disabled man to dd work he can do makes him ineligible to any payment. Medical care for a reasonable time after an injury is suffered in government service is provided; and in case of death, SIOO for funeral expense is allowed. Intoxication or wilful carelessness on duty makes a federal employee in eligible to benefits under the act.

WAS ORGANIZED Adams County Christian Endeavorers Elect ClayI > ton 11. Schafer I AS COUNTY PRESIDENT Enthusiastic Meeting Held in Presbyterian Church, This City, Sunday. At an enthusiastic meeting at the Presbyterian church in this city yesterday, Christian Endeavorers from various parts of the county, met and organized a county association. The I county officers are: President, Clayton Schafer, Decatur; vice president, Miss Beitler, Berne; secdetary and treasurer. Miss Inda Sprunger, Berne; i junior and intermediate superintendent, Mrs. L. W. Stolte, Decatur

I This is the first time the Adams county Christian Endeavorers have 1 been organized, this county being the I only one in the Fort Wayne district not so organized heretofore. In spite of the very warm weather, , the attendance was very good, far exceeding expectations. There was an especially large delegation from, Berne, and societies in various other parts of the county were represented. C. H. Schafer presided and a very I ■ good address on “The Value of Christian Endeavor Societies" was given by the Rev. J. H. Mavity of the Chrischurch. Various societies responded to the roll call for five minute addresses on “Our Society Last Year, Its Successes and Failures.” The music was exceptionally high class. A male quartet from Berne sang; C. D. Leman gave a vocal solo; , and Charles Thornburg, a violin solo, j Attention was called to the state 1 1 Christian Endeavor convention to be ' | held August 24-27 in Muncie. Each society is planning to send a delegate.' I o ; A BURS£ TIRE Threw Mac McQuay Over Embankment North of Rockford Sunday. [ BROKE A WHEEL - i Plying Telephone Pole Inflicts Scratches and Bruises. i Mac McQuay, driving a Studabaker >' roadster, and accompanied by the pri--11 vate chauffer Brown, driver of A. J. : Smith’s car, ran off an embankment ■ near the birdge as you run north out i of Rockford Ohio, yesterday, demolish- > ing a rear wheel and tearing a telet phone pole out of the ground. McQuay had bought an Auburn car of C. 11. Sutton at Rockford and was on the way home when the accident happened. The telephone pole was > broken in two and the piece that still hung from the wires flew back strik- . ing McQuay in the face inflicting se- , vere bruises and scratches. A new rear wheel was purchased I and the trip home continued. The two rear tires, in the holder embraced > Brown around the neck when the dust . cleared. A front tire that burst was the cause of the accident. O —4 IS RESTING WELL John Brothers a patient at the St. . Joe hospital Fort Wayne since July ■ 11th who was brought home in the Scherer ambulance Friday evening, is resting pretty well, since the trip s home as it had to be made on a cot. i It is thought at this time that he will - soon be able to be up again although there was little hope entertained at > the time of the operation for his rei covery. Mr. Brothers had the right kidney and a gallon of pus removed ? An infection set in later breaking out - on the jaws, those being lanced sevj oral times. Dr. Keller accompanied ? him home. MEL BUTLER ON DUTY. e City Mail Carrier Mel Butler who t- has been off duty twenty days, on ace count of injury to his arm, returned s to work this morning. W. R. Dorwin today began a five days’ vacation, s which lie and his family are spending i- at the lake at Helmer Omer Butler is working in his place.

, COOLER WEATHER COMING (United Press Service) Chicago, July 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Cooler weather was in sight for the middle west today after a day of record scorching heat. A cold wave, according to the weather bureau, will hit this section tonight. Today, it was predicted, will he cooler titan yesterday, but will stilt- be hot. Deaths toll in Chicago yester- . day from the heat was 117. This makes a total of 264 deaths in ChlcaI go in the past four days as a result of the heat. —o—ATTEND CONVENTION Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, and Miss Adelaide Deininger left last night for Toledo. 0., where they will attend the convention of the Catholic Ladies of I Columbia. They will also go to De- ’ trolt, Mich., and enjoy other side J trips They expect to bo gene a week.; ’ ———■ -————O—————— . ' I “SCHUCKS” HURT ; — IW hen Syphon Seltzer Bottle r

Exploded—Wrist BadlyCut by the Glass. BARREL OF DAINTIES Duly Received by Rev. Thornburg and Boys Made Very Happy. "Schucks” Schumacher writes us from Llano Grande, Texas, where he is serving with Company E of the First regiment, telling of an accident in which he received painful injury a few days ago. He was assisting in the quartermaster’s tent when a syphon seltzer bottle exploded, cutting his wrist to the bone and requiring several stitches to close up the wound. “Schucks” says “the darn top flew twenty-five feet and I was lucky I that I didn’t get my head blown off." The following items of interest are from W. H. Blodgett’s special letter to the Indianapolis News; “The carbonate generator bottle in the canteen of the First Indiana regiment exploded and the flying glass made a bad wound on the arm of Private Schumaeker of Company E. A. C. Bradley, surgeon in charge of the canteen, had a nervous attack because he thought the explosion was caused by an attempt to capture money that he had on hand. “The Rev. Fred Thornburg, chaplain of the Third regiment, has received from his congregation of the First M. E. church, of Decatur, a barrel of dainties, consisting of fruits, jellies, honey, cakes, etc. His wife wrote that she personally packed the barrel on a very hot day while two other women members of the Mite society took turns fanning her. The contents of the barrel were distributed among the sick of tire regiment. Captain Thornburg suggests that it would be a good thing for those who intend to send dainties to the troops j to co-operate and ship them in large packages by express, as goods sent by parcels post have been arriving in bad condition.” HELD UP THREE HOURS A car of pig iron, in a west bound freight on the Clover Leaf tied up traffic on the line Saturday night for over three hours. The car broke down at the road crossing one mile west of the city. It was not derailed, but the wrecking crew was necessary to clear the tracks. Both the east and west bound Clover Ix>af passengers were forced to detour over the Erie byway of Kingsland to Bluffton where thev got onto their own tracks again. No one was injured in the smash-up and aside from the delay and the loss of the gondola no damage was done. LEAVES FOR NEW YORK Dr. A. D. Clark of the Decatur hospital left today for New York City where he will spend a week or ten ■ days at a clinic to be held at the Lkin and Cancer hospital largest Institution 1 of its kind in the world. He will take t some special work as to cancerous ail- - ments and will hear some of the 1 world’s greatest experts on this line. AVERY FUNERAL HELD The funeral services for Mrs. Mat- □ tie Avery, whose death occurred on ■- Thursday night at Rome City, were J held this attesnoon at 2:30 o’clock n from the home of her daughter, Mrs. , C. L. Mcibers on Nortli Third street. ? Interment, was made in the Mapler wood cemetery Mrs. Avery was six-ty-one years old. j

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LAST JEETING Held in Old Evangelical Church Last Evening Was Inspirational. ;SHORT TALKS GIVEN In Reminiscent and Prophetic Vein—Wrecking Building is Begun. Today six or eight men began wrecking the old Evangelical church building and in a day or two, little will he left of it, except a pleasant memory. The forward view, however, is just as pleasant as the old memory, because of the fine new building to take Its place, and its great possibilities. The last meeting held in the old church last evening was an inspira-

tional one. Rev. Rilling conducted the preaching service in the morning, which was well attended, and in the evening the various members took part and it was mainly a reminiscent one, with, however, some talks prophetic j in nature. Miss Annie Whines spoke on the history of tlie church and of its early revivals; Levi Barkley gave some reminiscences; L. L. Baumgartner gave a forward glance in Sunday school work and its bright future; Dr. O. L. Burgener talked on the young people’s society. Mrs. Asa Engle, the oldest member of the church, in point of years of membership, gave ' some reminiscences, and Mrs. Dan Erwin, who was present with friends, told of the blessings of the old church to herself and mother. The songs sung were in keeping with the occasion. being old songs during the years’ history of the church. An oldfashioned hand-shake, and social time, closed the service. TWENTY ONE DAYS OF IT * The welcome rain this afternoon broke the three week drouth and heat i spell which has afflicted the middle west for that time. Every day of the twenty-one the temperature has risen above ninety degrees, in some cases reaching one hundred four and five with temperatures of one hundred and twenty common where the sun shone <?n tlie termometer Fanners of tlie county are tlie ones who will profit most by the heavy downpour of today. Some of tlie corn that was planted late will not be able to mature, but the rain today will bring along the majority of it in fine shape, and in fact, will mature the crop, some farmers said this afternoon. People about town who have suffered because of the heat, forced to endure the hot pavements, the stagnant air and the oppressive humidity were more than joyful when clouds lined tlie horizon at noon today. The thermometer dropped to 73 degrees following the shower. , —o , METHODIST CONFERENCE Seymour, Ind., July 31—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Reports from pas- ' tors and lay representatives of tlie 1 Methodist churches forming the Sey- ; mour district of the Indiana Conference will form the principal part of the program of the annual meeting which begins here tonight. Tlie conference is composed of the pastors of the district, one district steward from each congregation, the class leader of each congregation, and the presidents of the various auxiliaries. There are thirty-four pastors in the district and it is expected that more ' than one hundred delegates will be in ' attendance tomorrow and Wednesay. | -o WHEEL BROKE DOWN. Ed Aughenbaugh, while returning from Pleasant Mills last evening had tlie misfortune to have three blowouts In his tires, and as he didn’t. z have that many extra casings he x started to town on the rim. When 1 within three miles of town the wheel u broke down, completely demolishing p it. He then called the Kalver-Noblo ! garage and was brought to town. No one was hurt, but all were badly e i i shaken up. SOCIAL AT SOUTH WARD The Dutiful Daughters’ class of the t- Evangelical Sunday School will give a an ice cream social Tuesday evening e on the lawn at tlie south ward school < house. Everybody invited to come to this delightful spot and enjoy a happy . evening. Ice cream and cake and all - kinds of light refreshments wiil be - served. Don't miss this. Come out (and cool off.