Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1916 — Page 1

Volume XIV. Number 199.

VERY -SUPERIOR Is the Talent at Chautauqua — Weatherwax Bros.* Quartet and Lecturer. MR. CHARLES STELZLE • —1 Dr. Ng. Poon Chew and the Parish Players Tomorrow —f'ine Programs. + 4.*+++++ + + + + * + + PROGRAM TONIGHT—7:4S. + + Musical Prelude — Weatherwax * 4. Brothers. + 4. Lecture —"The Church and the ♦ 4. Man Outside"—Dr. Charles * 4. Stelzle. * 4. WEDNESDAY'S PROGRAM * 4. Supt.—Glenn H. Thomas. + 4. Morning Lecturer—W. E. Wen- + + tier. + 4. Children's Worker—Franc Dun-.* 4- ning. + 4. Children's Hour—9:oo a. m. + + Morning Lecture —10 a. m. ♦ 4. Afternoon Music—3:oo p. m. ♦ + Afternoon Lecture —3:30 p. m. + + Evening Music —7:45 p. m. ♦ 4- Evening Entertainment —8:30. ♦ 4. MORNING—9:OO + 4. Children's Hour, "Stories from ♦ 4. the Classics” —Miss Franc ♦ 4. Dunning, f * * Morning Lecture—“A Man’s Job ♦ 4. for a Man”—W. E. Wen- ♦ * ner. + 4. AFTERNOON. ' + * Lecture, “The New Orient and ♦ 4. Its Relation to the United * 4- States” —Ng Poon Chew. * 4- TOMORROW NIGHT—7:4S. * 4- "In the War Zone;” a classic ♦ 4. Comedy, “The Man Outside” * —Parrish Players. * 4.4. + 4.4.4>*** + + * + + With the promise of the Redpath (•iiautauqua company of the best program yet submitted here, fully sustained by the opening day's presentation yesterday, the Chautauqua is going along nicely, and the second day finds an even larger attendance than yesterday. The weather man sent particularly v. arm weather. Ttnd fans are plied vigorously. but with the sides of the large 'tent raised, whatever breezes there are going, are caught up and kept here. The Chautauqua will come to a brilliant close next Monday evening, when Madame Julia Claussen, prima donna contralto of the Chicago Grand opera company, assisted by Pierre Henrotte and Marcel Charlier of the Chicago Grand opera company will be heard in a song recital. Madame Claussen’s place on the program corresponds with the one filled last year by Miss Alice Neilsen, grand opera soprano. The first regular morning junior Chautauqua was conducted this morning by Miss Franc Dunning, at nine o'clock. The story' hour is a pleasing cne and will be quite popular. This is free to everyone, and adults are welcomed also. Tomorrow morning W. E. Wenner will give his first morn ing lecture, on "A Man's Job for a Man.” The Weatherwax Brothers quartet and trumpeters for this afternoon: and again in the prelude this evening, followed by Stelzle’s lecture. “The Church and the Man Outside.” will

find appreciative audiences. I It is safe to say that not one in fifty who heard the lecture. ‘‘The Man Who , Can.” given by William Rainev Ben- I nett last night at chautauqua. feels like “I Can't" this morning. It was I full of enough non and ginger and lc. to say nothing of good stfck-to-the-ribs meat, to last one through the year, and was worth nearly the price of a season ticket itself. "Roosevelt is energy lifted to the nth degree." declared William Rainey Bennett in opening his lecture last evening. ‘‘This is not my definition, but that of an ardent newspaper correspondent, when Mr. Roosevelt was at the height of his meridian. “This brings me to the corp of my cubject—no man’s down and out until he admits it —to himself. Roosevelt lias never admitted it and never will. 'Again let me say it: No man is down and qut until he admits it. Tou can come bac. You can mage good—not only good but great." He spoke of the power of personally in achieving success and named faith as the cornerstone of success — faith in self; faith in work; faith in people. “Act like you ought to feel, and you will feel like you act,’’ he said. Mr.

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Bennett lias appeared here twice in the past two years, and is well remembered. Equally pleasing, in their distinctive way. were the Killarney Girls, in the opening afternoon and evening programs. In costume, and stage setting, suggestive of old Erin, with both folk songs and classic music of Ireland, as well as the folk dances, they pleased all. Pianist, violinist, soloists and chorus singers, made the program n varied one. Their act was featured by the child imeprsonations of Miss Rita Rich. Her impersonation of the language and mannerisms of children, gave the audience a real treat. Miss Franc Dunning, at the close of yesterday afternoon’s concert, met the children, explaining her work and getting them ready for their part in the Bird Masque. "Sanctuary” and Pageant on Saturday evening. Thirty or (Continued on Page 3.) MARKING TIME Railroad Presidents Hold an All-night Conference With no Agreement. A DIVISION EXISTS Some Want to Trade—Oth- 1 ers Want to Stand Pat for Arbitration. (United Press Service! Washington, D. C„ Aug. 22—(Spec-j ial to Daily Democrat) —As the situa-i tion stands this afternoon the employees have put their remand for an eight-hour day and time and a half for overtime in the hands of the pres-1 ident. He has put it up to the heads of the great systems and they in ' turn have passed it on to the direct-' ors. After an all-night session the selected committee of “big barons” appointed by the two-score executives, failed to reach any decision early today. They then wired their directors and upon reply from the , money powers the country's transpoi' tation system largely rests the fina , I results. In the meantime the hisn- | salaried railroad executives con time | to wrestle with the various negcia- ; tions. There is no doubt that a diviion exists among the railroad hads. Against one faction which faors trading with the president in acepting the eight-hour day principe is another group violently opposd to ] any step that would weaken their stand demanding arbitration o all i matters. A short session attended by all the two-score railroad president was held during the morning, but djourned at noon until six o'clock tls evening. Washington, Aug. 22—(Spcial to Daily Democrat)—The qustion of 1 strike or no strike today ws in the 1 hands of the "big barons" < the rail- < way world. A limited nurOer of the t heads of the country's Iggest sys- 1 terns had taken charge o the situa- ; tion last night. t Their answer, it appeaed, was to t be the final answer to Pssident Wilson's proposal and peronal appeal j for preventing the mo. paralyzing ; transportation tie-up in he history of- - nation. They wereto meet, one , way or another, the resident’s dec- ( laration that the courry’s industrial ]

future rested in theiminds. In a secret conferece at the Metropolitan club last nint a small number of the "big baron” of the railway world, representing 100.000 miles of track and two billio dollars’of capital, determined on ,-course of action. With coats, and < some cases collars off, these men abored with their problem until an arly hour today. Then they adjourn! and opinion prevails that a peaoul adjust. <e- t of the threatened .mmercial crisis would be affected HOG PR'ES SOAR. (United I«ss Service) Chicago. Aug. L— (Special to Daily, Democrat.)— hit the highest mark since 1« when choice hogs sold in the livestock market today for $11.30 a hund-d pounds. The previous high leve was $13.25 in 1865. Heavy buying b<anadian purchasers for shipment to soldiers in Europe, according to thoaekers. is thq cause. Indianapolis, Ug- 22. (Special to Daily Democrat— Hogs-in the local market today cached the highest price in the his>ry of the local stock yards, selling t> SH-30. The second highest price, 11.20, was paid in March, 1910,

GOLOENJEODING Comrade John Hendricks and Wife, Monroe, Celebrate Fifty Years OF MARRIED LIFE Two Score or More Friends and Relatives Give Them a Surprise. Comrade John Hendricks, of Company H, 89th regiment of Indiana volunteers, with his wife, celebrated I their golden wedding at their home in Monroe August 19. The celebration was in the form of a surprise I party planned and successfully carried out by the children and grandchildren. Over two scores of friends ' and relatives were present and sitting on the front porch. Eli Ray and wife came in a little early, but the couple did not think anything of that as they drop in quite often for a chat. But not long after that, when visiters began to come in bigge.crowds, then “we knew what was up” to use the words of the strprised couple. Os ice cream and rake and ’ good wishes there was nc end, and it was late before the nerry party broke up. hoping to tome again on many more similar occasions. > BOYS HOME FROM FISHING TRIP. Four PrebleAownship boys, Henry Borne, AI bet and Arthur Fruchte ’ and Elmeiyßeppert returned last evi ening frorf a several days' fishing i trip that/was most enjoyable. They travelar in a touring car and enjoyed every? minute of the time, spending I fourJlays at Lake James and Gage | Lai/ and then stopping for over Sun.dy with their uncle, Jacob EasterdA at Kenonsha, Mich. They brought home some corn stalks fiftn feet high to show the Adams ounty folks what kind of corn can be -aised on their uncle's farm. boosteF Tay Huntington Making Preparations to Entertain Thousands FOR NEXT THREE DAYS When Erie Railroad Starts Unique Celebration for Their Men. Huntington. Ind.. Aug. 22. —Officials and employees of the Erie railroad from all points on the system between Chicago and New York gathered here i today for the first of the three Erie Booster Days. More than a thousand passes have been issued to employees and their families attending their annual celebration of the road. A camp to accomodate 750 men, members the Erie railroad fire teams, band and police, had been laid out. The camp is to be known as Camp Mackrell in honor of the late Superintendent Theodore Mackrell of the railroad, who died July 24. The commjs-

sary at the camp is in charge of the I dining car service of the Erie. Prizes are to be awarded during the three days to winners in athletic contests and fire drills. Tomorrow night and Thursday night a sham battle will be fought between mimic battleships on the river. "a persTstent BAIT. Linn Grove. Ind., Aug. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Judge D, E. Smith and wife and Will Hammell and sisters were among Decatur people who visited here recently and fished in the Wabash river. Judge Smith's hook was never without a fish. When - he got ready to go home it was neci essary to take from his hook the • minnow which had served as bait all . day. His fish larder was supplied however, from the "live” box of Lon ■ Runyon. FUNERAL HERE TODAY. The funeral of John Leimenstall, i former Adams county farmer, whose I death occurred at the VanWert hos- : pital Sunday, was held this afternoon : from the German Reformed church in I this city, with burial in the Decatur i cemetery. Death resulted an hour> after an operation for hernia. 1

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, August 22, 1916.

j HANDED US SOME LEMONS. I Frank Schumacher, a member of the machine gun squad at the Mexican border, has written us two or . three times a week and we have enjoyed his letters. We don’t mind mentioning also that he has enclosed from time to time a postoffice order or two which has bene placed to his credit in the bank, and he now has a nice little roll laid away. Yesterday i we received a box of lemons that cost forty-nine cents parcel post and we supposed there were several dozen of i the yellow fruit. Judge our surprise when we opened the box and fount? just two about the size of a ha.'fgrrtwn watermelon from Posey county. Schucks says they grow lirge fruit on the border and we art convinced of the truth of his statement. HAVE BOUGHT AN ALBURN. T. J. Durkin, local ag.‘nt for the Auburn automobile, ar.l Dan and Ralph Tyndall, went to Auburn this morning and will drve through the new 1917 five-passenger Auburn recently purchased Jy J. W. Tyndall. ‘ HOUIfO DAWGS 1 Hill Have Their Day—Race at Lebanon for World’s Championship. $2.50 THE PRIZE But the Title, “Great Grand Champion General Purpose Dog of World.” Lebanon, Ind., Aug. 22. —(Special to Daily Democrat.)A "hound dawg" race J of the breed commonly "kicked ( around” furnished the chief feature of today's racing card at the annual Boone county fair here today. The race is open to all “general purpose" dogs, which class is defined as combination 'coon, 'possum and fox dor. No age limit is fixed and there will be no "selling” of dogs after the race. The winner of today’s race will be acclaimed the "great gand champion general purpose dog of the world." Justice Ellis Price was to lead hisi pet coon. Napoleon Bonaparte, once around the mile track. Then the entered dogs will be turned loose on the ftcent. The first hound to yelp his way under the wire will wear the title and incidentally draw a prize of $2.50 for his owner. HAS TICKETS FOR SALE. Gerard at this office has for sale tickets over the Fort Wayne & Decatur traction line to Fort Wayne and return Sunday on account of the Yeoman’s state picnic, it will be a big event and a delightful one and you are invited to participate. The fare is fifty cents for the round trip. Get your ticket of Lawrence Gerard at this office. HOOSIER’ BRIEFS Indianapolis Citizens Will Swim by Electric Light Tonight.

YOU RED HEADED GIRLS Get in Touch With M. H. Brown —Has Rich Home and Empty Heart. Indianapolis—Swimming by electric light will be given its first tryout tonight. when a number of electric lights will be turned on to illuminate the municipal bathing beaches. Crawfordsville —Wanted; a red haired girl of nineteen summers. Such is the appeal sent out by M. H. Brown, a young farmer living near Advance. To any girl with red hair about nineteen years old Brown will furnish a home and become her husband. Greencastle —A ten-cent cut of watermelon proved rather costly to Rev. C. F. Reed when John Sweeyen, a farm hand in his employ, stopped at a restaurant here to eat the melon. As-, ter finishing the melon, Sweeney dls-l covered that the horse and buggy bei longing to the minister was missing. *No trace has been found of it.

TEACHERSSCARCE Are the Examinations for Teachers Getting tlnsurmountable? | MANY TEACHERS FAIL And Trustees Are Searching for Country School Teachers. (United Press Service? Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Are the examinations for teachers in the Indiana public schools becoming harder! or are the applicants less fitted to take these examinations? Several hundred Hoosier school mistresses and school masters lay it on the exI aminations. I While statistics are not available, I reports from township trustees throughout the state indicate, it was ! said by the school officials here to- ' day, that a larger per cent of applicants will make a final attempt to secure licenses in the examinations to be held Saturday than ever before. Among the number are many exteachers. as well as first-timers. Many trustees have reported they face the beginning of school with a j smaller supply of teachers to draw on than ever before. Many say that teachers to whom they promised positions have not yet obtained licenses and should these teachers fail in Saturday's examinations, the trustees will have to call on extra teachers from other counties. Very few complaints in the shortage in the | teacher crop have been received from I school boards in the towns and cities. I The shortage is noticeably marked in the country schools. Some trustees have served notice that hereafter an applicant for a position must show a teacher's license before a promise of a position will be given. WILL VETO BILL President Wilson Says He Will V eto the Immigra- • tion Bill IF IT COMES UP The Senate Votes to Lay It Over Until the December Session. (United Press Service) Washington, Aug. 22.—(Special to Daily Democrat.)—After Preident Wilson had let it be known to callers today that he would veto the immigration bill again if it shoull come to him for signature, the senate voted 32 to 23 to consider at once the revenue bill This is believed to mean the immigration bill will go over until December. The return to the regular democratic fold of five of the ten democrats who insurged in behalf of the immigration bill yesterday was responsible for the vote this afternoon to pass it over. The

rebellion against the caucus agreement not to vote on immigration, senate leaders believe, has been smothered. ART MUST PAY. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 22. —(Special to Daily Democrat.)—Mrs. Art Smith, wife of the aviator, intends to fight her husband’s suit for divorce. The fact that she has filed an appearance in the case here and has obtained an injunction tying up all her husband's property until his divorce petition lias been disposed of, became known today. Mrs. Smith alleges that the Fort Wayne, Indiana. a'\itor is worth $100,00(1. and that he has an income of SI,OOO a week. Her petition, it is believed, forecasts legal action on her part to demand a division of Smith’s estate and a large amount of alimony. AN INDIANA MELON SAMPLE. Hunsicker & Miller today received a shipment of fine Indiana water melons and to prove that they are as good las they look, the firm sent over one of the choice ones this afternoon. It ( was dandy and the boys enjoyed the ■ lunch served at press hour. We ac-. i knowledge our appreciation. I

-j —. .A. : .... . WAS BOUND OVER. Edward Gaffer, charged with petit larceny, was boun dover to the circuit court by 'Squire E. Hurt Lenhart, when the evidence in the case was heard. Gaffer is charged with grabbing a ten dullar ill from the hands of Ned pobo Saturday night, when Bobo was making a purchase lu the Ed Kintz |x>ol room. Gaffer was placed under four hundred dollars bond. THE UNPARDONABLE SIN. Holbrook Blinn as Walter Norman becomes a souse and a social outcast. He becomes a scandal and is finally saved coming home to fall when an enemy waiting the same girl manages have him intoxicated He falls again only to rise for revenge. He finally gets the girl. Better come and see the whole five reels for five and ten | cents at the crystal tonight. SINKS _WARSHIP British Submarine Makes Successful Attack on Big German Battleship. IT IS BELIEVED SUNK Five Destroyers Unable to Keep Undersea Boat from Big Vessel. (United Press Service) London, Aug. 22—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—The British submarine E-23 made a successful torpedo attack on a German batleship of the Nannua class Saturday, the ad miralty announced this evening. It is believed the battleship was sunk. She was first attacked by the submarine and damaged. Five destroyers came to her rescue and were escorting her back to harbor when the British E-boat broke through their line and again attacked the battleship. London. Aug. 22—(Special to DailyDemocrat) —Greek and Bulgaria forces have clashed in the region of Serres and fighting has been going on since Monday morning, said an Exchange telegraph dispatch from Athens today. A number of Greeks have been killed. The Greek com mander' is summoning all neighbor ing reserves. Athens, Aug. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Russian troops have landed at Salonika to join in the allied offensive. Dispatches from Sa lonika today reported that allied transports arrived with the Russians as the Italian contingent was disembarking. . For the first time since the beginning of the war the troops of the six allied nations will be fighting side by side. Serbians, Montegrins. French and British are already engaged on the Balkan front and the Italians and Russians probably will be seen within a short time. Early in the war landing parties of Russian and Italian marines co-oper-ated with the Anglo-French infantry in occupying a small Greek port near Salonika. MRS. SPRAGUE BROUGHT HOME. Mrs. James Sprague was brought home from the Lutheran hospital

Sunday evening. She was operated on five weeks ago for appendicitis and an abscess of the side and is re covering nicely now. She stood the trip well and it is believed will get along rapidly from now on. She was taken to the home of Harvey Sprague on Seventh street, where she will be given the best of care until’completely recovered. Mr. Sprague who went to Fort Wayne to accompany his wife home, also called on Miss Gustie Cra mer, who was recently operated on and who is getting well now; also on Oliver Jackson, who is a patient at the hospital. “ TO RECRUIT? (TTn’tAd •■’••rs Sorvlc*' Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A recruiting squad of seven officers and twentyone enlisted men arrived in Indianapolis today from Llano Grande. Texas, the camp of the Indiana national guard. The squad which was sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison is expected to take recruiting in various cities of the state to fill the vacancies in the ' Indiana guard on the border which have been or soon will be brought about through the mustering out of men under the dependent family and I college student rulings. I

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TELLS THESTORf Comparison of Crowd at Ft. Wayne With That Which Heard Shaw IN CITY OF MUNCIE On Same Day—More Muncie People Heard Adair Than Shaw at Home. * (By WJllis S. Thompson) Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A number of most interesting things have happened within the past few days, Indicating the collective, mind of the people on political matters in Indiana. For instance, John A. M. Adair, democratic candidate for governor, formally opened the state campaign at Fort Wayne on Saturday. In commenting on the meeting. D. I. Lewis, staff correspondent of the Indianapolis News, introduced his report of the meeting by saying it yas "one of the greatest and most successful ever held in the state." and adding that "there was a big and enthusiastic crowd.” While this sort of a meeting was going on at Fort Wayne, Leslie M. Shaw, standpatter of standpatters, was over at Muncie speaking to an extensively advertised republican meeting, at which he had promised to tell the people how the Underwood tariff ami all things done by the democratic administration has been the ruination of the whole country. How, as Mr. Hughes has said, the democrats have made it impossible for people to make a living in the United States. • The Indianapolis Star, which is the avowed official organ of the republican cause in Indiana (with apologies to Charlie Sefrit), was generous enough to say that 5.000 people were present at the Adair meeting at Fort Wayne. The same, newspaper stated that 400 people attended the Muncie meeting to hear Leslie M. Shaw. Other republican newspapers reported that there were 300 present. The 'Star excused this small attendance by saying it was "one of the greatest the excessively hot weather” For his opening remarks Mr. Shawsaid lie did "not blame the people for not coming to a political meeting in such terrbilv hot weather.” Surely it was no hotter in Muncie on Saturday than it was in Fort Wayne, and surely at the city of Muncie where John A. M. Adair, as a democratic candidate for congress, has often spoken to meetings of three to five thousand, it should be as easy for a spellbinder like Leslie M. Shaw to get big crowds as it would be for anyone to get them at Fort Wayne. For Leslie M. Shaw is the republican campaign headliner in Indiana The Indianapolis Star did not even tell us that the Muncie audience was enthusiastic. More Muncie people went to Fort Wayne Saturday to hear Adair than turned out at home to hear Shaw. It is pretty hard to get the most prosperous people on earth to grow enthusiastic in listening to denunciations of an administration that has brought unprecedented prosperity and to hear the speaker declare that, in fact, there is no prosperity—that it is simply an imaginary thing in the minds of a lot of people living in a "fool’s para-

dise." INTERESTING PERHAPS. Fort Wayne. Ind.. Aug. 22. Four years ago Andrew- Schwab was dead and local papers described him as a. “man of sterling character" in obituary notices. Today Sehw-ab is at work here at a hotel. After leaving this city some years ago, Schwab moved to Ixtuisvllle and engaged in business. His partner, despondent because of ill health, committed suicide. Some where between the Kentucky cit,y- and Fort Wayne the partner’s name became that of the Fort Wayne man and the latter was declared dead. Upon arriving her* a few days ago Schwab looked up the files of the Fort Wayne papers of four years ago and read the accounts of hut own deatfi. MARKETS REMAIN FIRM. (United Press Service) New York. N. Y.. Aug. 22 — (Spatial to Daily Democrat) Opening at and advance of % over yesterday’s close. United States steel advanced to 96%, the highest price on • record. Railroad stocks were strong, showing that Wall street believe* a I railway strike will be avoided.