Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 1 September 1916 — Page 1

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NEW BOOK LISTS List of New Books Needed for School Work is Issued by CITY SUPERINTENDENT Students Start Year’s Work Monday Morning at 8:30 O’clock. The Decatur public schools will throw open their doors next Monday. September 4. Everything from every angle seems to predict a very prosperous and successful year. We hope that every pupil may be in his place on the opening day. The work on next Monday will consist of registration. organization of the classes and the assignments of the lesson of the various classes for Tuesday. Prompt attention to the nyttter of purchasing the needed supplies as outlined below will enable the city schools to enter vigorously upon the work without delays. The pupils are not to purchase until their fists are passed on by their respective teachers next Monday morning. Students living outside the corporation must present to the principal a transfer from their trustee. This transfer must be brought in during the first week of school. The following changes have been made in the text books by the state board: The Tarr-McMurry’s geography will replace the Cann's two book edition, the Conn's physiology (one book) will replace the Conn’s two book editions. Manly-Bailey's Lessons in English. Book I and II will replace the Scott-Southworth English books, the Centennial speller will replace the old speller. Gordy’s histories will be used in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventnh and eighth grades. Dunn's supplement of History of Indiana will be used in the seventh and eighth grade. Our school motto: This year must ( be better, fuller, richer than the last. Books and List of Supplies Needed in the Decatur City Schools. Primary Grade One Child's Classic Primer $ .15 One box of Prang's Crayons 05 One five-cent pencil 05 One Royal Exercise Tablet No. 41 .05 Five cents to teacher for drawing paper 05 Second Grade. One Child Classic Second Reader .20 Progressive Music Series Book I .30 One Centennial Speller 15 Royal Spelling Tablet No. 105.. .05 One Royal or Double qq Composition Tablet 05 One Outlook Writing Book No. 1 .05 One box Prang’s water colors.. .25 One box of crayolas 10 One water pan 05 One bottle of paste 05 One five cent pencil 05 One bottle of ink 05 Five cents to teacher for drawing paper 05 One cqfk-tipped penholder 05 Third Grade. One Child Classic Third Reader .25 One Centennial Speller 15 Royal Spelling Tablet No. 7 05 One Phillips-Anderson Elementary Arithmetic 30 One New Outlook Writing Book No. 2 051 Progressive Music Series Book I .30; One box Prang's water colors.. .25 Box of Prang's crayolas 101 One water pan 05 j One bottle of paste 05 One five cent pencil 05 Royal Writing Book No. 103... .05 One bottle of ink • • -05 One Royal Composition Tablet. .05 Five cents to teacher for drawing paper 05 One cork-tipped penholder 05 Fourth Grade. One Child’s Classic 4th Reader. .30 One Centennial Speller 15 One Phillips-Anderson Elementary Arithmetic 30 One Wellworth Composition Book 05 Royal Spelling Tablet No. 105.. .05 Royal Note Book No. 065 05 Royal Composition Tablet No. 870 .05 New Outlook Writing Book No. 4 .05 Progressive Music Series Book II .35 One box Prang's water colors.. .25 One cork-tipped penholder 05 Package Falcon pens 05 One water pan 05 One five cent pencil -05 Dixon's drawing pencil No. 300. .05 One five cent eraser 05 Roval Public School Tablet No. 235 05 Manley-Bailey's Lessons in English, Book I 25

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| Drawing Book, Applied Arts No. | 44 15 Gordy’s Stories of Early Amort can History 50 One bottle of ink 05 I Tarr-Me Murry's Intro. Geography .40 Five cents to teacher for drawing paper 05 Fifth Grade. Child’s Classic 4th Reader 30 One. PhilliptAnderaon Complete i Aritchmetic 42 Manly-Baiiey Lessons in English, Book I 25 Tarr-Murry's Intro. Geography.. .40 ■ Gordy’s Stories of Later American Historians i;o One Centennial Speller 15 Conn's Physiology and Health.. .55 New Outlook Writing Book No. 6 .05 Progressive Music Series Book II .35 One box Prang's water colors.. .25 One water pun 05 (Continueii oS“pag72J REVOLT IN GREECE Serious Revolt Has Broken Out in Grecian Cities ♦V’ith Fighting'. KING HAS ABDICATED Unconfirmed Report—Roumanians Still Push on Transylvania March. (United Press Service) BULLETIN. Salonika, Sept. I—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Bulgaria has declared war on Roumania, it was officially announced here today. Salonika, Sept. I—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —A revolt has broken out in several large cities. The revolutionists surrounded the Greek garrison at Lessi Kara Burnu, which surrendered and a revolutionary committee is now administering this part of Macedonia. Greek soldiers joined the forces of revolutionists and surI rounded the garrison at Salonika. The beseiged troops fired from barracks'when ordered to surrender and killed three of the beseigers and wounded two. Bucharest, Sept. I—(Speciall—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —The Roumanians are continuing their advance into Transylvania on the north and northI west fronts with success in all directions it was officially announced today. Roumanian armies have occupied Tarlauge valley and industrial center of Petrossam with very little loss. On the Bulgarian front Austrian gunboats and monitors operating on the Danube have bombarded small cities. Petrograd, Sept. I—(Speciall—(Special to the Daily Democrat)-Russian troops have captured 289 officers and 15,501 men in a resumption of the fighting on V-’ eastern front yesterday, it was officialily announced today. The captured booty includes six cannon and 65 machine guns. I London. Sept. I—(Speciall—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A Reuter dispatch from Salonika today said an unconfirmed , report has been received from Athens ' that King Constantine has abdicated , his throne and that the Crown Prince has been appointed regent. I General mobilization of the Greek army has been ordered the report said, and ex-Premier Venezelos. leader j of the pro-ally war party is supporting the Damis ministry. Greece is ex- ' pected to enter the war soon on the , side of the allies. student militia returned. tUntted Press Service) Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. I—(Spec- ' ial to Daily Democrat)—lndiana’s two student military organizations will be returned from the Mexican border at once and be mustered out * of federal service. Company I of ( Bloomington and Battery B of Lafayette, composed respectively of Indiana and Purdue university students, ’ have been ordered to Fort Benjamin ’ Harrison by the war department, ac- ’ cording to word received here by the adjutant general today. 5 ~ 5 HORSEMEN DINF. s r ~ ' * 5 Ed Ahr, D. W. Beery and others of 5 the Decatur Horse Sale Company ga ;e 5 a chicken dinner last evening at the 5 Peoples restaurant for the horsemen. 5 Covers were laid for fifteen and the g repast, which included fried chicken and other good things, served in the 5 good style of this restaurant, was a delicious one. Several out of town 5 guests were present.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, September 1, 1916.

BURIAL SATURDAY I i • Funeral of Ralph Dellinger Will he Saturday Aft- , ernoon from THE BEULAH CHAPEL Body Arrived from Lima Yesterday—Private Funeral of Mrs. Place. Funeral services for Ralph Dettiuger will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock at Beulah Chapel west of this city. Rev. Glendenning w’ll be in charge and the body will be laid to rest in the Decatur cemetery. The body was brought here yesterday afternoon from Lima, 0,.’t0 w'hieh place the injured brakeman was rushed for medical treatment, late Wednesday night when he was injured at Ohio City by falling under his train. The body was brought here, on the Erie train, due here at 12:48, but which arrived an hour or two late. After being taken to the Scherer morgue, the body was taken to the family home at Magley. The body of Mrs. Alice Moses Place which will arrive from Evansville this afternoon will be taken to the home of the grandmother, Mrs. Julia Moses, on Fourth B street. The casket will be open from 6 to 8 o'clock tonight and from 8 to 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The funeral service which will be at ten a. tn. tomorrow morning at the Moses home, will be private. Rev. J. C. Hanna will officiate KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. The attention of all members is called to the meeting of Monday, Sept. 1. This is our annual election of officers, so make it your business to be there. G. K HO W IT WA S DONE Hartford City Man Gives Elucidation of Way a Gypsy Charmer Works IN ROBBERY STUNT Says He Gave Her no Privilege of Nosing Into Purse —Did it Anyhow. A Hartford City man, named Mullins. gives a highly elucidoting description of the way gwpsy charmers work in their little robbery stunt. Several Adams county and Decatur men have been robbed, in similar ways, but it was left to the Hartford City man to tell just how 'twas done, and thus sound a warning to all who might be similarly placed at any subsequent time. He says in a Hartford City paper: To the public As there has been a great many people asking me concerning the little piece they read in the evening news about me was only a misunderstanding concerning having a gypsy woman to tell my fortune and I did not give her any money or give her any privlege to run her finger into my purse. She did it unexpected un to me and stired the change in the purse and said that she was giving me good , luck but I soon discovered that some of the money was taken out of the purse and I went back a few steps to • where she was and told her that she . had stolen some of my money and • made her give it back. I told her I would have her arrested if she didn't 1 and she said all right you can have it ■ and she give it to me then I had Jake > Pursley to fire them out of town. yours respectively ARTHUR MULLINS. A dispatch in the Muncie Star also f says County Assessor Arch McFar--5 land, who is the father of City Clerk ? Joe McFarland of this City, lost his . pocketbook containing five dollars, j George Simpson was "touched for 1 S2BO. Simpson is building a house !*and had come to the city from his ) farm northwest of Portland, intending 1 to pay a lumber hill. He drew the money from the bank but when hs

I went to the lumber yards he learned that the proprietor was at the fair He went there hoping to see him and when he did the money was gone. . HELD POST MORTEM Coroner D. D. Clark assisted by Doctors Grandstaff of Preble, Smith, Boyers, C. S. Clark, and J. M. Miller of Decatur, performed an autopsy on the body of John Springer who died sudi denly yesterday while working on a derrick on North Second street. They found a bad fracture of the skull over , the left ear. several body cuts and bruises, good lungs and other organs, but have reserved their decision until after the Inquest, which will be held next Tuesday. The autopsy was held at the Gay, Zwlck and Meyers morgue . this morning at eight-thirty. THINKING HARD Railroad Trainmen Giving Lots of Thought to Their Jobs. MANY ARE TOO OLD To Regain Jobs if They go Out on Strike—Uneasiness Plain. "Even if the strike is called,” said a local railroad man this morning,” complete cessation of transportation , will not result for the reason that nearly sixty per cent of the employees are now above the age limit for reemployment and if they go out they go out for A good many conductors on our line are way past the limit, and they’re looking down their noses these days." Which, statistics show. Is correct. The majority of the train employees are above the limit for re-employment and if they do go out the railroads • will have ample excuse for refusing to hire them again With the large number of these veteran employees who. even though belonging to the brotherhoods, will not go out, the railroads of the country can operate probably fifty per cent efficient. The larger roads carrying a pension system would be enabled to out off that exceptionally large ex(>ense. Erie Embargo A shipment of five carloads of horses from the Decatur Horse Sale Co., eastbound, was turned down last night by the Eric railroad. The shipment would be taken only at shippers risk. Perishable shipments of all kinds are now under an embargo on the Erie, although no formal statement has yet been issued. HAD OPERATION Mrs. Marcellus Davidson, living four miles east of Monroe, submitted to an operation yesterday morning for a complication of diseases. Drs. C. C. Rayl of Monroe and Jones of Berne performed the operation. For tbe past six months, Mrs. Davidson has been in ill health and the operation was the only visible help. She is re covering from the shock nicely. A SERIOUS CASE Joseph Shady Will Undergo Another Operation Tomorrow Morning IN ELKHART, INDIANA I _ Case Serious —Cannot Take Anaesthetic —Is Eightyseven Years Old. Mrs. Israel Rex left today for Elkhart where she is called by the illness of her father, Joseph Shady, who went ' there a few weeks ago to visit with his son, Martin Shady. He became ill quite suddenly, having been in fairly good health and underwent an opera- > tion for bladder trouble a few days - ago. Another one will now be nec- : essary and this will be performed to- ’ morrow morning. Mr. Shady is eighty seven years old and as his heart is ‘ weak, it will probably be necessary ’ to perform the operation without the s use of an anaesthetic. It is thought : that he cannot withstand the opera- ’ tion. Mr. Shady is also the father of s Mrs. Martin Beery of this city.

(PROMISES SNOW t Parson Hicks Dishes Up Some Wild and Woolly Weather This Month. GET YOUR COAL IN Between Strike and Weather Man We Mortals Have Slim Chance. If old man Hicks' weather forecasts for September are as near correct as those for August, you had better get your winter's coal supply ready as he says the month will he noted for its unseasonable cool weather, with snow at the closing. The month opens with a regular storm period from the second to seventh. when the temperature will rise and rains will pass over the country from west to, east, beginning about the third in the west and ending the seventh in the east. They will be attended by more or less wind storms. Cool nights will follow these storms. A reactionary storm period is central from the 9th to 12th. when there will be a drop in the temperature after these storms to the frost line in the central states. These storms denote an early fall and as the month progresses the weather will grow in intensity. From the 14th to 19th is a regular storm period and sporadic storms are expected in time. This period will bring warm and sultry weather which will turn suddenly cool with northern gales that will bring snow squalls and sleet. From 21 to 23 the sun will cross the line south and fall will begin. Southerly winds with rising temperature and growing cloudiness about the 24th will bring storms of wind and rain and thunder that will increase in violence as they pass eastward. This will be followed by a cold wave, with snow and killing frosts as the month passes out. FOR ROAD REPAIRS Road Superintendent James Hendricks Asks for Increase in the Levy. HE WANTS 25 CENTS On Hundred Dollars, Making Total of About $52,000 for the Year. With the acceptance of roads now under construction. Adams county will have about 560 miles under the supervision of the county road superintendent, James ftendricks. Adams county has the reputation of having excellent roads, but their upkeep is great and Mr. Hendricks has found that the new year will require more than the last for their upkeep. Last year a levy of nineteen cents on the hundred dollars was made, and this with the sum from the automobile license fund, apportioned to the county, made a total of about $40,000 for county road and bridge repairs. This year Mr. Hendricks asks the sum of twenty-five cents on the hundred dollars. With the sum of about $(0,000 from automobile licenses, and the amount from the levy, the amount for the repairs of roads and bridges will be about $52,000. Mr. Hendricks makes the following request for a levy, which will be presented to the county commissioners at their September session, which opens next Monday: “1 have made a personal obseht ance and examination of the highways and bridges of the county under my supervision and I find that for the maintenance and upkeep of the five hundred and sixty miles’ of turnpike which are under my care it will take a twenty-five cent levy on the taxable valuation of the county I to keep the necessary repairing done.” JOE JOHNSON ROBBED. Joe Johnson, of Monroe, was among the several who got their pockets i picked at the Portland fair yesterday. Johnson lost about six dollars. A ■ man east of Portland is said to have f i heen fleeced of about a hundred dol|lars.

CANAL CLOSED AGAIN (United Press Service) BULLETIN. Washington. Sept. I—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Panama canal commission today received a dispatch from major-gei*. ral Goethals governor of the canal zone, reporting a slide just south of Gold Hill. About two hundred feet of the canal are blocked and no vessels have gone through since Wednesday. o —, SIGNS CHILD LABOR BILL (United Press Service) Washington, Sept. I—(Special to Daily Democrat)—President Wilson today signed the child labor bill. "1 am glad to have as my small part in this,” he said, "it will mean much to the health and vigor of the country.” CRISIS IS PAST Eight-hour Legislation Will Pass Both Houses Before Adjournment. THE SENATE UNITED Republicans Withdraw Any Opposition to Measure and Will Vote for it. (United Press Service.) Washington, Sept. I—(Speciall—(Special to Daily Democrat) —President Wilson indicated to his cabinet today his firm belief that the eight hour day legislation will be passed before night. This was stated following the cabinet' meeting. Republican Senate leader Gallinger said: “There will be no obstructive tactics. The bill probably will be passed by tomorrow night.” For the first time today republican senators prepared a substitute resolution. which includes provisions for arbitration. Republicans said there would be no attempt at a fillibuster but that a determined attempt would be made to obtain compulsory arbitration. With only the passage of this.-hill! standing between the country and :> national railroad strike, it was con j sidered practically certain today that the strike would be called oft. President Wilson may receive notification that the railway strike is called off co-incident with his notification of nomination for the presiden-] cy tomorrow at Shadow Lawn. The senate plans to rush the eight! hour day bill through before it adjourns tonight. The house adopted special rule under which it proposed to pass the bill at 4:30 o’clock this afternoon.. Debate on the bill was held to one hour. Representatives Lenrood and Cooper of Wisconsin, re-! publicans, voted for the rule and announced they would vote for the Ad !■ amson bill, but declared the president I is responsible for the present crisis Senator Newlands introduced into! the senate the bill at two o’clock this afternocn. All arrangement for i! night session were completed this afternoon. Senate leaders said they would remain in session until after midnight to get a vote. Senate lead ers also said the completed bill wil’ reach President Wilson before tonin' row noon. "The bill will go through the senate tonight, "said Senator Ne lands. BULLETIN Washington. Sept. I —(Special Io Daily Democrat)—After a sharp fight ( the house this afternoon decided to except from the Adamson eight hour bill provisions covering electric interurban railways and independent railroad companies of less than one hundred miles in length excepting terminal companies. Washington, Sept. I—(Speciall—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The interstate commerce commission reported the senate eight hour bill favorably at two-thirty and unanimously-consented to proceed (with this was granted. Washington. D. C., Sept. I—(Speciall—(Special to Daily Democrat) —President Wilson’arrived at the capitol at. 9:30 a. m. today, an unusually early hour. : and began his efforts to force through i the eight-hour bill which is ex- . *pcctcd as a Jaw to prevent the raili road strike. The leaders were confi- > dent that they could push the bill . through and that it will be ready for (Continued on page 2)

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STATE_JSSUES Republicans Attributing Their Mis-rule to the Democrats. RECORDS PROVE MUCH News Attacks Adair for Talking on National Issues. (By Willis S. Thompson.) Indianapolis, Sept. I—(Special ,o Daily Democrat) —The speech delivered by Hon. John A. M. Adair, Democratic candidate for Governor, at Ft. I « Wayne. Aug. 19. was remarkably strong summary of Democratic achivements, says the Rockville Tribune. However, the Indianapolis News in its editorial comment on the speech, while admitting the strength of Mr. Adair's presentation of National issues, speaks somewhat severely in criticising the fact that much more attention was given the National question than was devoted to State question. In doing this the News took occasion to speak of the alleged mal-ad-ministration of State affairs: of the shortcomings of the Bell administration at Indianapolis and referred to "Terre Haute” as if in some way the Democratic party of Indiana was responsible for a situation which had existed in that city under both Republican and Democratic rule for years until it was finally cleaned up Let us first consider the propriety of Mr. Adair devoting the principal part of his speech to National issues. . Mr. Adair as a candidate for Gov?rI nor of Indiana must run on his record ' as a public man. since he has for ten i vears occupied a prominent nlaee 'n tlie politics of State and Nation He ' was nominated on that record. It is ! a record of ten years service in ConI gress. It is only natural that he should devote the greatest part of his first speech to an account of his stewardship. and particularly should this be the case since his record presents —with tlie record of his party—no vulnerable point of attack from such a formidable adversary as the Indiannj polis News. . But he if remembered that the Tni dfanapolis News refrains from giving the record of the Republican party r I even referring to that record in comparison with that of the Democratic nartv. T.“t us go hack hist a few . years only to a time so recent that the i very men who are now candidates of I the Republican party were then most j prominent in its control and-adminis-tration. Tn January 1897. Claude Matthews retired as Governor of Indiana. Up to that time there had never been a serious scandal in connection with our State affairs. Upon his retire- | ment the full and complete statement >of all the receipts and disbursements I of the State was published, as such I statements altars had been published j with the Acts of the Legislature. It required all the pages from 337 to 375 of the Acts to give this finani cial statement. It showed total receipts amounting to $6,888,807.00: disbursements $6,363,112.31; and a balance of $525,694.69 remaining in the treasury. Less than ten years passed with the Republican party in uninterrupted control of the State. At the end of that period what happened.? . Well, in the first place the Republicans in State office shamelessly refused to obey the constitutional iftjun'ctfon to publish receipts and diebursements. Section 4. Art. 10 of the Constitution of Indiana says: ‘An accurate Statement of the receipts and expenditures of the public mony shall be published with the laws of each session of the general assembly." 1 The people of Indiana were paying $6,888,807 in taxea when the Republi- ' can party came into power in 1897. ' In less than ten years they were pav- ' ing $9,702.867.76 — in increase of fifty percent. Did the Republicans then in office ( have anything to show for this enor- ( mous increase? Was it something io whicli they could point in justifica- ! tion? If so why was such a flagrant: . offense against constitutional la v . committed? It was at this period that the Dwuo--1 erats might easily have <-arried the • j State had the people of Indiana been ■ j Tdastfitiiid