Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 147, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1917 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT, Published Every Evening Except' Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company t JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Rates Per Week, by Per Year, by carrier $5.00 ' Per Month, by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mall $3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. The girls and women at the glove factory did their "bit" for the Red Cross and they did it graciously, sending their list into the committee wi‘h the amount subscribed. The gifts for this splendid cause are all appreciated and the greater the sacrifice, the greater the appreciation should and will be. After all it's the only country in the world. The indications are that the Red Cross fund of one hundred million dollars asked will be more than given by our good people which doesn’t lessen your responsibility in the least. On a call like this every one should give proportionately as they can and it is hoped that the total will be double that asked; Then this great organisation is doubly financed and the amount will last just twice as long as would the hundred million. Give your share Thats the thing to do. Mayor Thompson, of Chicago, is in bad again. This seems to be his frequent recreation. Os all the misfits in this country, Bill seems to be the read "dude” that stands alone in a < lass where few would care to stand. He has bucked every decent movement and stood for every wrong one about as consistantly as a man could during his administration and now ne is making a great effort to ruin the school organization. The motion of the aiderman to remove him from office ought to be taken by consent. About forty men and women registered the first day which would indicate that either the people are not interested to any great extent in the election for delegates to the constitutional convention or else they don’t understand the law which requires that every one who votes must register again this year, or else, American like we are putting it off with the belief that there is plenty of time. Well there is but if everybody waits until the last day it is probable that some will never get up to the registration table. Do it now. It only takes i moment or two and then you have qualified if you want to vote. The big campaign is drawing to a (lose and by Monday it will be known whether or not Adams county, so richly blessed, has made good for the Rod Cross, the greatest opportunity to show our real love for humanity, ever offered. We believe the desired amount, $8,750. will have been secured, when the returns are all totaled. If we are short we ought not to report until the amount asked has been over subscribed. This money is to be used

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I I to relieve suffering, the suffering of I < I men who are serving their nation as soldiers, lighting to defend this great country which has given you your opportunity. If there Is a greater cause, we have never heard of it and we sincerely hope and believe that Adams county will make good. | DOINGS IN SOCIETY | WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Monday Red Cross first Aid Classes—Dr. $. D. Beavers and Dr. W. E. Smith. Wednesday Walther League- Hedwig Hleeke. Thursday Civic Improvement Tea — Mrs. Charles Knapp. But deep within my heart cf hearts there hid Ever the confidence, amends for all. That heaven repairs what wrongs earth’s journey did. —Browning. The Christian Pastoral Helpers at the home of Mrs. P. G. Williams yesterday afternoon sewed for the P.ed Cross society. It was also decided’ to give a social, Thursday. July 12. al the home of Mrs. Dr. Weaver. A pastry sale will be held Saturday. July 7, at the gas office. Mrs. Williams was assisted by her daughter, Dorothy in serving excellent refreshments. Business and pleasure were combined by the Methodist Mite society at the meeting at the home of Mrs. Milt Hower yesterday when the section of which Mrs. Hower and Mrs. O. L. Vance are chairmen entertained. Plans were completed for the social for next Friday evening on the church lawn, and it was also decided to devote time to sewing for the Red Cross A fine program included a piano solo by Helen Walters; vocal solos. Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer and Miss Della Sellemeyer; piano solo, Lee Anna Vance; reading. Vera Powell; piano solo, Mrs. C. D. Lewton and daughter, Eloise; duet. Marcella Mower and Mary Callow. Miss Marie Boese left this afternoon for Glenmore, 0.. where she will serve tomorrow afternoon as the maid of honor at the wedding of Miss Florence Wambsganss and Mr. Walter Augenstein. The wedding will be : n the Lutheran church near Glenmore, of which Miss Boese’s uncle, the Rev. Buuck is pastor. He will officiate. Miss Hedwig Bleeke will entertain the Walther league Wednesday evening and desires a good attendance. Miss Imogene Black went to Portland this afternoon to spend the week-end with Miss Irma Wilhelm. Miss Leia Lewton of Fort Wayne was the guest of Miss Abbie Bigham this week. Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Lhamou of Fort Wayne, are guests of* their brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Andrews, and other friends over Sunday. Miss Ruby Miller went to Linn Grove for an over-Sunday visit at the Henry French home. She goes at this time to meet Mrs. Minerva J-’rench-Warner. late of Rock Island. 111., who is here for a visit before going to her future home in Colorado. The Baptist Ladies’ Aid society cleared about twenty-five dollars at i,s apron social last evening at the (hurch. more than a hundred guests enjoying the good program, given as it was announced and mingling in 'he general social that followed. The luncheon served was very delicious. o— — BRUTAL MURDERER CONFESSES (United Press Service) , New York, N. Y., June 23 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Confession

at Bologna. Italy, by Alfredo Coc- * chi. that he murdered Ruth Cruger. was reported in press dispatches to police heads Here today. According to their information, Cocchi made his clean breast of the murder when under Interrogation by Italian police authorities at Bologna yesterday. Cocchi, whose arrest was first told in United Press dispatches, displayed complete indifference when formally charged with the murder, a further United Press cable stated, fie employed M. Vanturini, who is regarded as one of Italy’s foremost advocates.

Where he obtained the funds for employing such counsel is not known. o AUTOMOBILE BURNED Frank Mills, son of F. V. Mills this city, city salesman for the American Tobacco ,Company at Minneapolis. I Minn., suffered the quick loss of his Overland roadster recently when it , [caught fire and burned totally. He ( | was about eight miles out of Minue- .i ' apolis when, in attempting to crank (the machine. It back-fired and In a ‘ few minutes was in ashes. i I

RED CROSS FUND Is Growing and Committee Has Hope* of Reaching the Total Asked. DECATUR IS LIBERAL And Indications Are That Total Will Exceed SIOOO —Township Reports. With the taking up of collections in a number of the churches and Sunday schools over the county, tomorrow. and the subscriptions from a few individuals who have been out of the city, together with the receiving of reports for the various townships, the campaign to raise the sum of $8,750 in Adams county as our share of the one hundred million dollars being raised in this country, will have been completed. The success or failure of the big effort will be known by Monday. Indications today are I that we will be at least close to the amount asked. Up to noon today the amount turned in from Decatur was about $3,600 with some to be heard from. Many believe the total here will reach $4,000, while from the townships adjacent it is believed at least $1,500 will be secured, nearly S6OO having been reported already from north Washington. The Monroe territory will likely give SI,OOO and the six miles including Berne is expected to produce at least double that. The Geneva territory which was expected to furnish $1,200 will fall short of that amount by haif. it is feared. Mr. Quinn, the secretary, estimates that the totals will be within SSOO of the required total and is hoping for extra contributions today and tomorrow to make it up. The total collections on the east side of Second street yesterday total $ :19. Other reports in today are as follows: Union township. John W. Shaffer, captain. $14.25; J. A. Barkley. $11; Frank Mclntosh. $10; Hubert Zerkle, $23.50; J. E. Ulman. S2O; C. L. V. ‘ Sheets. SS.SO; E. D. Wass. sl4. Root township. C. D. Kunkle, cap- . tain. $25.50; C E. Magley, $13.50; Roy Runyon. $7.25. Kirkland township, Wm. Zimmerman. captain. $101.00; W. B. Weldy, $23.50. Late Returns from Berne. Up to this morning the total returns from Berne and vicinity were $1,469.70, divided as follows: Town of Berne. $635.50; Monroe township.

IMBECILE, DEAF. BLIND, MADE NORMAL BY OSTEOPATHY Baby Pronounced Incurable Last November Now Sees and Hears and Shows That it is in Fine Physical and Mental Shape.

Philomena Narducci, two years old. daughter of Michael and Nellit Narducci, of 519 Fitzwater street, was taken before Judge Raymond MacNeillie. in the juvenile division of the municipal court on November 2 last, and it was there recorded that the infant was blind, deaf, imbecile and incurable. The same baby, normal in mind, with its sigh restored, its hearing acute and robust and healthy hi every way; its face bubbling with smiles and its sparkling eyes looking all about it. was taken before Judge MacNeillie, recently. Judge MacNeillie could scarcely believe the picture before him. He picked up a nursing bottle and waved it at the baby. The baby smiled and with its eyes followed the bottle as the judge waved it about. The baby cooed ami reached out its chubby dsts for the bottle. Philomena Narducci will go down . Jon the records of the juvenile court as an osteopathic baby, for it war, osi teopathy that made Philomena’s eyes -see. her ears hear and her little, puny I body fleshy and healthy. Philomena, as bright now as any baby in Philadelphia. responded in a remarkable way to treatment. | It was through Judge MacNeillie that osteopathy was resorted to as a last chance to restore the faculties of the baby. When the mother and infant were taken into the court the plan was to have the baby commit- 1 ted to an institution for incurables. At best it couldn't live but three or lour months, it was said. . Judge Mac Neille was told that the baby had been in several hospitals. , Everywhere they said the baby was , incurable. It was at this point that Judge MacNeillie suggested osteopahtj* to the mother. She had never heard of osteopathy, but agreed to let the child be treated that way. "I have tried everything." she said. “I’ll try anything it there is any hope for my baby.”

I $405.90; French, $92; Blue Creek, $65.50; Hartford. $162.50; Wabash.' $9.50: Jefferson, SIOB.BO. o COURT HOUSE NEWS. Dr. Price, of Geneva, recommends lhe re-commitment of Lucy J. Fields to Easthaven asylum. Her hallucination is that she will starve and that everything is going wrong. In lhe past few days she tried to shoot her self, tried to drown herself in lhe cistern and wants to be electrocuted to stop expenses. Mrs. Kedah Carey's will was admit-, cd to probate today by County Clerk Will Hammell, witnesses teing J. ,1. MelaiFollette and (). E. Crosley. the date of the execution of the will being March 25. 1907. She gives to Iter grandchildren. Margaret and Muri C. Bears, each SIOO. If one is deceased the other is to receive the entire sum.j If both are deceased, the legacy is void. The remainder of the estate is ( to be divided equally between her, daughters, Mrs. Josephine Bolds and ( Mrs. Delia Swisher. Mrs. Bolds is to ( take as her share, certain notes and obligations, while the money on hand is to go to Mrs. Swisher. She asks that the estate be settled out of court and wiihout the appointment of executor or administrator. The registration boards and clerks are quite busy. By 1:30 o’clock this afternoon of the second day, sixtynine had registered. Os this number, not more than fifteen are women. WOMEN ARE TAKING CHARGE (Un'ted Press Service) Indianapolis, June 23 —(Special to ! lor Au roGd —fognshrdl cmfwy mm l Daily Democrat l-Women took charge of the Red Cross campaign in many cities of the state yesterday, when ’ seemed that the state's portion would he raised. Indianapolis today reached the $366,692 mark with a $400,000 quota. "Five hundred thousand or bust" has been adopted aS the slogan of the Indianapolis workers. Tomorrow one hundred fifty autos will carry workers through Marion county. The auto parties will lie piloted by rural mail carriers and calls will be made at every house where mail is delivered. o REV. FAUROTE TO LEBANON. Bishop Aierding of the diocese of Fort Wayne announces seventeen appointments effective Friday. June 29. Among the number is that of the Rev. D Leo Faurote. formerly of near Monroe, who has been appointed pastor at Lebanon, and its missions. He was former pastor of the St. Mary's church at Huntington. o Democrat Want Ads Pav

Judge MacNeillie sent for Dr. John 11. Bailey, an osteopathic physician and member of the staff of the new Osteopathic hospital. “There is no money in this case—the people are very poor,” Judge MacNeillie said. “Will you take it?" “If it is hard enough—yes.” Dr. Bailey said. So the arrangement was made. The judge ordered that the mother take tier baby home and let the osteopathic physician treat it. The history of the case was submitted to Judge MacNiellie recently. After three treatments an improvement was noticed and after six months the baby began to relish solid food which previously it had no taste for. It weighed fourteen pounds when Dr. Bailey began treating it and within six weeks the weight had increased to twenty pounds. It began | to eat various kinds of food suggested by the doctor and instead of crying incessantly, as it had done from infancy until November 22, it slept a great deal and manifested a good humor when it was awake. It is now a laughing baby. Philomena, the mother said, was subject to convulsions. At one period she vvas afflicted with high levers and a doctor said that she had pneumonia and that she was imbecile as well. It was after this that Philomena, through her mother, bejgan to make the rounds of various institutions. Finally she found her way to the juvenile court. Virtually it had been determintd to isolate the child in an imbecile institution, the impression being general that it could live only a few months. Defies the Fates, Judge MacNeiliio’s order interrupt ed this plan, and instead of being in a home for incurable;- or imbeciles Philomena, growing healthy and fat. is still with her mother, defying the fates. Philadelphia Press. C. R. Weaver. Osteopath, oter People’s Loan and Trust Co,

TODAY'S WAR RECEIPT From Britain's "official Win-the-War Cook Book. FISH OMLET (for four peoplel Two heaped teaspoonfuls of cook d fish, one table.spoor.ful of grat'd cheese, two eggs, one tablespoonful of butter, pinch of cayenne and salt. Beat lhe yolk of the eggs, and add the cheese and seasoning. Fold in the whites of the eggs, whipped to a sun froth, and put the mixture into a Hv-ling-pan or omelet-pan in which th. ' butter has been melted. When the 'eggs begin to set, stir in the fish, an I cook until the omelet is done. Serve immediately. MEMORIAL SERVICES Rev. W. Paul Marsh will preach the annual memorial sermon to Odd I i lows and Rebekahs Sunday morning. 'The members will meet at the hall ..i 9:30 and go to the church. In the 'afternoon they will meet at 1 o'clock ' at the hall and go to the cemetery ■" ' decorate the graves of deceased me n--1 bers. ■ o- ———— A SMALL FIRE A small fire occurred at the home of Frank Butler, on Studebaker street this morning at eleven o’clock, as a result of a gasoline stove exploding Mrs. Butler was in the garden, and a neighbor lady called her attention to the flames in the kitchen and other neighbors oujened it with buckets of water, but tlie blind and curtain were burned and the carpet was destroyed. The fire department was not called. a» l it was extinguished before they hid time to call. The loss is estimated at ’ $25.00. WAR WORKERS IN CAPITAL. (United Press Service) Washington. D. C., June -3 (Special to Daily Democrat)—War prosperity has hit Washington and those| who have rooms to rent are getting ■ rich. The capital's population is growing rapidly. Every train brings ( its load. War talk fills the air. The government and the various industries that have established war head quarters here will need 50.000 more s clerks before the dog days, accord- . ing to conservative estimates. Already there is a famine in stenographers. Uncle Sam commandeered them. Now government offices are springing up all over the city. Department offices which for genera-

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.tions have been small, quiet affairs, have suddenly become bloated to twenty times their usual size. This means more employes. The restaurants are busier than Coney Island chowder kitchens. The street cars are almost always jammed to the 1 guards and frequently blockaded. ! Apartment houses have been made I into hotels —residences into apartments. In some cases startling . . J prices are demanded for cots. AU ' rents are upward bound. The tele-

phone service is swamped—the nitssinger service overwhelmed Streets are crowded and the aged hacknun arc investing tn Liberty Bonds. Now Uncle Sam is meditating commandeering more office space and ousting private firms. It's a seething sit-uation-hut —as the French say, “'C’est la guerre.” INDIAN GASOLINE — More power, more mileage, less carbon, same price.—KalverNoble Garage.