Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 9 September 1916 — Page 1

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BOYS JIEftLTHY Rev. Thornburg Writes of Conditions in Camp at Llano Grande. GOT HIS TYPEWRITER And Says it Will Save Him Much Time and Trouble —Everyone Likes it. Llano Grande, Texas. Auk. 25. My Dear Friends of the Church, Decatur, Ind.:

I this day received this beautiful machine from the best people any pastor ever had. I am delighted with it. It will relieve me of a great deal of laborious longhand writing, which is always a great task to me, and will take less of the grace of God to read my letters. A few days ago I had occasion to take a memorandum of a detail I wanted for the camp postoffice to Major Babcock, chief of staff to General Lewis, and after spelling out a few of the names he, in a very genteel manner, asked me to please take it to a stenographer and have it typewritten. I think I will now be better able to retain the love and respect of my friends by making it less difficult to read the letters and cards I may be privileged to write to them. The volume of my correspondence is increasing continually, and thig little machine will save me time, paper, patience and be a great blessing in every way. I have just begun to receive responses to my appeal that I sent out to the people of the north. From a little country church in Steuben county I received an order for $6 and from a persona! friend to whom I wrote I received a check for SIOO. I have no fear that the Lord will open the hearts of his children to the support of the work, when we show them the needs of this field. We want to begin on the building next Monday or Tuesday. I had expected to begin earlier than this, but the site for the building was covered with lumber for other buildings and is not all removed yet. and the carpenters were all engaged in other construction and are not through yet, and the wagons have all been hauling building material and equipment for the camp and are not through yet, so that for all practical purposes we have been held up. We think, however, that we will have a chance to drive the first nails the forepart of next week, and. possibly, meet in our building one week from next Sunday morning.

Plans for definite work have been laid for the entire camp. There is a corps of Y. M. C. A. workers here and we are co-operating with them and they with us so that we hope to accomplish the larger work. Pray that we may be able to help these boys to a clean life and clear-cut Christian experiences. Mr. Sears of Williams college, who has been with Dr. Granfell in Labrador, and who is incidentally the president's son in-law, is here to assist in the work. He seems to be a very fine gentleman and one whose heart is greatly interested in the work for young men, is here now. and will stay for a few weeks. We have a conference with him this afternoon. Mr. Heinzman, who has been in Europe working with the Y. M. C. A., in the military camps of the nations there, is also here and has been speaking in the Y. M. C. A. buildings. He is a man with a great sympathy for young men, and soldiers particularly, and with a great storv to tell. One like you fall in love with right away.

This morning I joined the regiment in a seven-mile hike. Quite a number of the boys fell out of line because of the heat. The roads were in a very muddy state in spots, and the walking was very laborious. I felt sorry for the boys who were too soft to endure, but it is a part of the training to get them so they can stand it. There is great progress being made by the troops. As they swing into the regimental street from their company streets they move with assurance and precision which they did not have when they came down here, and could not effect by any will power. It is drill, drill, drill, and hard rigorous program of toil that develops the soldier. Some do not want to pay the price, and therefore are not making marked progress, but others are moving forward with great strides. In the dourse of a few months they will have developed into an army seasoned and hardened for

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any service that may be required of them. It is a great thing when we learn to endure hardness as a good soldier, whether It be in the ranks of our country’s military forces or in the ranks of our Lord and Savior. It certainly requires a soldier’s spirit to stand amid all the testings of society. Happy is the man who can look down the pathway of his life, and see that, though his way has been a little torturous, yet it has been ever upward, and that now he stands at the summit and nothing obstructs his vision. There is a hunch of boys that just borrowed a couple of song books and are now making the song ring—- “ There is Sunshine in My Soul Today.” May the dear Lord press the great truths of these gospel songs onto their hearts. We cannot tell what a little moment may mean. The Holy Spirit needs only a chance. I am anxious that many of these boys shall know the Lord before we shall return to our homes. Join me in prayer that this may be the happy result of our work here. (Continued on Page 2.)

ANSWERS CHARGE Attorney General Stotsenburg Answers Goodrich’s Charges AGAINST OFFICIALS Tells Where Goodrich's Figures Have Become Sadly Mixed. (United Press Ssrvfce) Greencastle, Sept. 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Declaring that J. P. Goodrich, republican candidate for governor “has been made the victim

of some political acrobat” attorney general Stotsenburg today delivered i here the state administration's an swer to republican charges of extravagance. Goodrich’s first speech relat ing to state finances was made here. | Referring to the charge of Goodrich that expenditures during gover nor Marshall’s term exceeded those of Hanly’s term by $1,254,290 and eight cents per annum, Stotsenburg said this expenditure was necessary to , “correct as far as possible the parsi monious policy of the republicans toward the schools and institutions of the state” i “I hesitate to charge Mr. Goodrich xyith a willful misrepresentation of facts,” said Mr. Stotsenburg “or with a knowingly dishonest use of figures; 1 rather I am content to believe that Mr. Goodrich has been made the victim of some political acrobat, who in his zeal to get into the good graces if the managers of the republican party

has knowingly, willfully and dishonestly furnished Mr. Goodrich with figures that are dishonest, misleading, inaccurate and not applicable.” Attention is called by Mr. Stotsenburg to the statemen of Mr. Goodri-'h that since the democrats reduced the general fund levy, to seven cents, transfers from other funds have been made to meet the general expenses. It was pointed out by Mr. Stotsenburg that this was the charge made by the democrats against the republicans, which was true in their case. All the funds for state institutions as well as the sinking fund, which was levied for payment of state debts, were raided by the republicans to enhance the general fund and keep up the republican state organization. TENNIS KING COMING. William Kegley, Indiana University Player, Visits Here.

William F. Kegley of Indianapolis will arrive Sunday for a visit with Dwight Peterson, The two boys were roommates at Indiana university, at Bloomington, to which they are preparing to return? Mr. Kegley is a tennis player and has made an enviable record in university tournaments. Tomorrow afternoon, with a team player from Bluffton, he will play in a tournament with Dr. Burt Mangold and and Hugh Hite, local tennis kings, and probably other matches will be arranged with other local tennis players also, should they so desire. MR. HIGGINS FUNERAL The funeral of Ex-Sheriff William Higgins of Bluffton, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Bluffton M. E. church. Mr. Higgins is the father of Mrs. Frank Snyder of this city.

VOWS ARE TAKEN »■■■< Felix Holt house and Miss Winifred Burk Married at St. Mary’s Rectory ON LAST EVENING Leave for Chicago and Milwaukee on Wedding Trip—Well Known. Felix Holthouse, son of the late John Holthouse, and Miss Winifred Burk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Burk, were quietly married last evening at 8 o’clock at. the St. Mary’s rectory by the Rev. J. A. Seimetz. Standing with the couple were Norbert Holthouse, cousin of the groom, and Miss Leona Bosse. Other witnesses wore Mr. and Mrs? L. A. Holthouse, Mrs. E .G. Coverdale and Mrs. May Holtliouse McMahan. The bride was pretty in a dark blue broad cloth tailored suit, with which she wore a black velvet hat, with a pink rose trimming. Immediately after the ceremony, the wedding party and the witnesses motored to Fort Wayne where they had a dinner at the Anthony Hotel. This morning, Mr. and Mrs. Holthouse left for Chicago and Milwaukee and Elmira. Wis. At Elmira they will visit with Mr. Holthouse’s sister, Katie, who is in the convent there. After a week or ten days, they will return here and in the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McMahan will reside temporarily in the McMahan home on First street until they have their own home ready. The groom is in charge of the sales department of the Holthouse garage, being associated with his brother. L. A. Holthouse in business. He is a most exemplary young man and well liked by all. The bride is a young lady of winsome manner, highly accomplished in domestic science as well as the other arts. She is a member of the Tri Kappa sorority and other social organizations and is most highly esteemed. Their wedding at this time comes as a surprise to many of their friends.

ARE PRACTICING Every City Fireman Will Learn How to Use the Lungmotor. EVERYONE WELCOME To Attend the Lectures Each Wednesday Night at City Hall. Every city fireman volunteer and paid, and in fact every employee of the city, physicians and others interested, may learn the operation of the Lungniotor recently purchased by the city. Each Wednesday night a demonstration of the machine wll be gven and a lecture explaining the points of operation will show those who wish to learn how to operate the mechanism. Last Wednesday evening the volunteer firemen practiced with the machine for an hour and on next Wednesday night, at a special meeting of the fireme nthe work will be continued. Any citizen who wishes to learn the operation of the Lungmotor is welcome to attend the lectures. The machine will be given a permanent place on the fire truck and the truck will answer emergency alarms when the machine is needed. ~EVANGELISTS COMING. Mr. And Mrs. Botts Will Speak At Church Os God. The church of God on Cleveland street will have special services tomorrow, when they have with them, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Botts, noted travel ing evangelists, who live in Florida. They have been attending the camp meeting at Anderson and visiting in Indiana, their former home. Enroute home, they conduct services at varI ious places. They will preach here i Sunday morning at 10:30 o’clock and Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, September 9, 1916.

PENSION LAW FOR WIDOWS One of the bills which became a law in the last days of the recent congress and which will he of much interest to many in this section was one which provides a pension for the widows of all soldiers of the Mexican, civil or Spanish-American war. In the early nineties a law was adopted which prevented the widow of any civil war soldier married after that date to secure a pension and this law will restore them to the list. Under this law widows of civil war veterans who are over seventy years of age will receive $20.00 per month. und?r that age fiften dollars a month while the widows of Spanish war veterns will receive twelve dollars a month. The new law does not provide for any back pay but starts from day of passage of bill. NEW Will be Installed by Junior Epworth Leaguers Sunday Afternoon AT M. E. CHURCH I Mrs. Farr Will Have Charge of the Lesson Story— Special Music. The Junior Epworth League society of the M. E. church will have an unusually interesting meeting Sunday afternoon, beginning at two o’clock. The president will be leader and every league officer and member is requested to be present. The program follows: Song 164. Song 40. Prayer. Lesson Story—Mrs. Farr. Instrumental Duet—Bernice Leonard and Delores Ballinger. Recitation —Neoma Stults. Song 160. Books of the Bible—Dorothy Walters. Bible Story—Mary Brown. Repeat the 23rd Psalm. The Installation of the folowing of-' fleers will be planned President —Faye Stults. Vice President —Victoria Mills. Assistant —Charles Downs. 2. Vice President —Dorothy Walters. Assistant—Helen Swearanger. 2. Vice President —Donna Parrish. Assistant—Margaret Kinzle. 4. Vice president—Mary Brown. Assistant—Ruth Smith. Treasurer —Donald Farr. Secretary—Mary Suttles. Pianist —Bernice Leonard. Assistant —Beulah Nickles. League Rei| rter —Leona Hunsicker. Ushers —James Downs and James Leonard. Song 154. Benediction.

oates Assigned For Tour of This County and District by Congressman Adair. RACE FOR GOVERNOR Will Tour This County on Monday, October 2— Here in Evening. Hon. John A. M. Adair, congressman for this district, and democratic candidate for governor of Indiana will tour the eighth district the week of October 2nd, making a half dozen speeches in each county. According to announcement received today from Frank D. Butler, chairman of the speakers bureau. Mr. Adair will begin his eighth district in Adams county on Monday, October 2nd, and will speak during the rest of the week in Wells, Deleware. Madison, Jay and Randolph, devoting one day to each county. Chairman Heller will announce his schedule in this county soon. Mr. Adair will speak in Geneva, Bern.?, Monroe and two or three other places and conclude with an evening meet-j ing here. He will be accompanied ( in his tour by District Chairman Kuni kle and several other prominent demoI crats besides local workers.

HIS FIRST RWE On a Street Car Was Taken in Ft. Wayne Last Week by Isaac Grimm OF BERNE, INDIANA Aged Man and Wife Began Housekeeping in Decatur Many Years Ago. ¥he Fort Wayne Journal Gazette contains a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Grimm of Berne, who visited in Fort Wayne recently with their son. C. J. Grimm. Mrs. ('. J. Grimm, the daughter-in-law, was formerly Miss Polly Lord of Monmouth. With Jhe article, is the following write-up: Isaac Grimm, seventy-six years old. of Berne. Ind., had his first ride on a street car last week. Accompanied l.v Mrs. Grimm, who is in the eighty-fifth year of her age, Mr. Grimm, who is one of Adams county’s pioneers, motored to Fort Wayne, and rode on a city car from the transfer corner io Elizabeth street, to visit his son, J. Grimm. The last time he visited Fort Wayne was in 1859. I don’t, come very often that’s a fact.” stated the old gentleman, commenting on the fact that his last visit before this one was made fifty-seven years ago. The venerable couple went to housekeeping in Decatur in a log building containing two rooms. They were born in Adams county and the journey of 1859 to Fort Wayne was made when oxen traveled the country roads, with automobiles unheard of. The age 1 bride and groom of ante-bellum days are remarkably well preserved and retain their faculties to an unusual degree. MISSIONARIES ARRIVE Rev. Vincent Trost, O. M. F. and Rev Andrew Henze, O. M. F. of ('in cinnati arrived in the city this afternoon and Sunday morning will open the mission at the St. Mary's Catholic church. The program for the ten days mission will b° announced by Father Seimetz at the services tomorrow.

ft NEW TEACHER Miss Anna Rackstraw, of Bay City, Mich., Select- j ed as Teacher BY SCHOOL BOARD Will Teach Music and Drawing—Succeeds Miss Bess Schrock. At a meeting of the school board last evening, Miss Anna Rackstraw.! of Bay City, Michigan, was selected teacher of music and drawing in the Decatur schools. She succeeds Miss Bess Schrock who resigned to take a similar position as teacher in tlie Wabash high school. Miss Rackstraw' received her special education in the Cincinnati, 0..1 conservatory. For five years she has been teacher of music and drawing ,n tlie schools of Ft. Thomas. Ky.. and for two years prior to that taught in the schools near there. Miss Rackstraw met the school board here last Tuesday and the matter was closed by them last evening. Miss Rackstraw will begin work here Monday or Tuesday of next week. In order to take care of more prirn-

ary pupils the first grade will be moved from the south room of library building to central and the commercial department! will be moved .o the library building The board and Mr. Worthman are doing their very best to take care of the students m the best manner possible and will soon have the proposition satisfactorily worked out it is believed. no countVagent FUND Action similar to that taken here by the county council in refusing an appropriation for a county agent, I seems to have likewise been taken in a number of counties ovep the state. 'lt is reported that no appropriation was made in Whitley, Dekalb or Kosiirr.ka counties for a county agent. ;

FROM MAIL ORDER HOUSES ' The lowa Trade Journal prints an . article in which it is claimed the many isolated cases of infantile puaralysis I over the country outside of New York can be traced to the big mail order houses. It is stated much of the good-; sold by tlie mail order houses of th" country are made In sweat shops in New York, by which is meant that the material is furnished and the poorer classes of New York take the same to their homes where they are manufactured. In many of these povertystricken homes is where infantile par. alysis lias been abounding, and the lowa publication states it as its belli f that many cases of infantile paralysis have arisen in this way from infected and unsanitary goods sent out al! over the country, which have been in these infected New York sweat shops. o P. O. INSPECTOR COMING Washington. I). C., Sept. 9 - William Fields, site inspector of the treasury department, will leave this week for Decatur and Bluffton, Ind., to inspe t I sites offered for government buildings. THE COURT NEWS Edith Dicer Granted Divorce from Chas. Dicer —Sheets Divorce SET FOR TRIAL Order of Sale in Ault Partition Case — Marriage License Granted. Frank Coppess was granted a fishers’ license. The case of The Pfau Manufacturing Company vs. The Fort Wayne Eng neering Manufacturing Company, w.is continued by agreement of the partier,. The divorce case of Sarah S. Sheets vs. John G. Sheets was set for trial for October 18. Homer A. Andrews vs. Walter L Ross, receiver for the Toledo, St. Ixiuis & Western railroad. Appear ance by Lutz and Van Brunt. Rule to answer. Edith A. Dicer was granted a divorce from Charles H. Dicer and 1 prohibited from remarrying for two years. In the Harvey Ault, administrator of the John T. Ault vs. Celia J. Ault, et al case, the parlies wore found <> be owners as set out in tlie complaint and in th interests therein mentioned An order of sale was made, the sal to be private after due notice, the terms to be one-third cash, one-third in one year and one-third in two year . D. B. Erwin is named commissioner to make sale, his bond to be $16,000. The sale is to be subject to a $4,000 motgage held by the Mutual Benefit Insurance Company. Licensed to wed: Felix William Holthouse, salesman, born July 21 1893, son of John Bernard Holthouse, to wed Winifred Burk, student born May 18, 1893, daughter of George Thomas Burk. TEST FOR BOY SCOUTS Twenty seven bright, snappy, live boys last evening took the examination to become “Tenderfoot” scouts. Scout master Fred Patterson conducting the written test, Lawrence Archbold the rope tieing “exam” and J. T. Myers and J. H. Heller the oral examination. If the boys did as well in the written work as they did orally they will all get by.

PRIMARY GRADE MOVING The furniture of the primary grade in the library building is being moved to the central schoolhouse where it will take the place of the classes of commercial and sowing department which will be in the library. TEACHERS’ MEETING. The teachers of tlie six northern townships are holding their preliminary institute in this city today at the Central school house. The program 'as outlined by the state was given. WILL HOLD STOCK SALE Amos M Danner of Blue Creek township will hold a sale of stock and other personal property at his resi--1 deuce on route two Monroe, on Wed- ’ nesday, September 27. j

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ON JDEFENSIVE Germans Entirely on Defensive Before Verdun —Wtihdraw Troops TO BOLSTER LINES In Somme District—Russian Chief of Stall Sees Victory Ahead. (United Press Service) (By Henry Wood.) With French Armies at VerdunSept. 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat)Tlie Germans are now entirely on the defensive at Verdun. The great tattle began two hundred and one days ago and has now cred its third and final stage. The French are steadily winning back their i lost positions. The battle will gradually die out like an extinct volcano. ; It hai? been learned definitely that , the Germans were forced to remove j huge quantities of artillery and men | from Verdun to tlie Somme front thi ■ weeks ago to meet the Anglo-French offensive. This had an immediate effect upon the morale of tlie remaining men. In February they had been told they would capture Verdun. (United Service) BULLETIN. Berlin. Sept. 9—/Special to Daily Democrat) -German and Bulgarian troops have advanced more than fifty miles beyond the Roumanian frontier in their operations along the Black sea Icoast, German war correspondents reported today. (United Press Service) BULLETIN. Paris. Sept. 9—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The French struck anI other successful blow against the ‘ German lines south of the Somme last night, capturing a small wood east of Belov. (By William Phillip Simms, the only representative of an American j press association or newspaper at the Czar's headquarters. Imperial Headquarters, Russian Army, Sept. 9—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Germany must send 400,000 men to the aid of the demoralizled Austrians if she hopes to stiffen ' their resistence, General Michal | Alexieff. chief of the staff of Emperjor Nicholas II armies, told the United j Press today. j Furthermore, German troops must ' provide the driving power if Von I Hindenburg attempts the great offen- | sive talked about in Berlin. The J Austro-Germans cannot count upon the Turks for substantial aid, said ’ the man who directs the movements of Russia’s millions of troops. The Turks can send no more than 40,000 ■ men to the support of the Teuton i allies. London, Sept. 9- (Special to Daily . Democrat) — Turkish troops have come to the rescue of the hard pressed GerI mans in Galicia and have checked the j Russian advance on the fortified city of Halitz. r MARSHALL OPENS CAMPAIGN. Press Service) j Winchester. Ky., Sept. 9 —(Special ito Daily Democrat) —“In this Blue I Grass region. I need not remind you I that tlie horse that doesn't strike his j gait during the first quarter never fln- ' ishes under the wire a winner,” said ' Vice President. Thomas R. Marshall I here today at tlie opening of the state campaign. “Republican Candidate j Hughes, it is said, has not struck ills I gait. However, the republican nomii nee is more to be comiserated than | criticized in attempting to please both Roosevelt and Barnes—both Penrose and LaFollette,” said Marshall. 0 BULLETIN (United Press Service) Speedway, Indianapolis., Sept. 9 - (Special to Daily Democrat)—Johnny Aitken in a Peugeot won the ewentymile race, the first of three races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this afternoon. His time was 12:37:35. He won a S4OO purse. Wilcox’s Premier > was 2nd and Cheverlot in a Sunbeam - was 3rd. Hughie Hughes in a Hos- ' kins Special finished fourth. Aitken > averaged 95.8 miles an hour. o - ■ ■ — RAINCOBT EXCHINGED. The party who by mistake took a ; raincoat, belonging io Mrs. Arthur I Mangold Thursday evening will do a • great favor by exchanging for the one left in its place. Please call Mrs. ArI thur Mangold.