Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 5 July 1917 — Page 4

D AIL Y D E M O C R A T Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER PrMldent ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Ratee Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier |S.On Per Month, by mail 2u cents Per Year, by mail 13.00 Single Copies ..2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. Are you watching the garden? If not your time ami expense of plant is wasted. This is the important time. Keep the garden growing and keep planting. Its just the time for i planting many products that you can put away for winter use. The Fourth is over and it was a more perfect day than the usual one, due to the tact that less money was burned up with lire crackers, less fingers blistered, fewer accidents and more real serious patriotism than has been noticeable tor several decades. Whatever else we do, this commute I ity shotild not permit the building of a ward school and the repair of the central building for high school puposes. This would only delay temporarily tile erection of a new building and we don’t believe the people of Decatur want a make shift. Let's build it right or wait until we can. Claude G. Bowers made the principal address at the Catholic picinc on the Fourth and his brilliant thirty minute discussion was a real patriotic inspiration. The only objection we heard offered was that he quit too soon. From the very first sentence he held his audience with perfect coatroll, each person listening intently fot* the next sentence, apparently expecting an expression even more iterfeet and brilliant and surprising than the previous one and they w ere n. t disappointed. The word pic Lures were splendid, the patriotism unalloyed, the sentiment just right for the occasion and the entire speech a most fitting climax to a well planned celebration of our day of national independence. If you missed hearing the prypram of the afternoon you missed a most enjoyable feature of the splendid

day- , Indiana women have taken up the work of knitting four pair of wool socks for each Indiana soldier. Since this state will furnish during the next few months something like 20.000 sol- ' diers, this is a real woman’s job and a work that will give them much pleasure and the feeling of having helped the brave boys at the from. It is said that the socks furnished by the government have great seams which cause the soldier to suffer from what has been termed “trench feet’’ and the women of Indiana now propose to knit for “our boys” sock.- which are seamless and which will make the soldiers more comfortable during the I days when every little bit of comfort counts, in many cities the work has been taken up and the women, young and old. are knitting. The yarn is

WE are selling a pile of those Summer Cool Skeleton lined suits at $8.50 to $13.50 Better Look Them Over. THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY i

? being purchased by money given by - those able to give. Why not in De- ' catur and Adams county? ■ s DOINGS IN SOCIETY WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Thursday s Phoebe Bible ('lass—Mrs. Tillman 1 Gerber. ’ Concord Aid Mrs. Sherman Kunkel 1 r- -J Friday Her Hurs Initiation. i Birthday Club Dinner —Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart. Pocahontas* Needle Club. Saturday 1 Christian Indies’ Pastry Sale Gas' ■ Office. Ice Civaiu Social — Washington .church. TO KNOW ALL IS TO FORGIVE ALL If I knew you and you knew mo — | If both of us could clearly see; And with an inner sight divine The’meaning of your heart and mine,' I’m sure that we would differ less i And clasp our hands in friendliness; Our thoughts would pleasantly agree If I knew you and you knew me. If I knew you and you know me, As each one knows his own self, we Could look each other in the face And see therein a truer grace, Lite has so many hidden woes, I So many thorns for every rose; The "why" of things our hearts would If 1 knew you and you knew me. —Nixon Waterman, in "The Merry Mood." J. C. Houk, of this city, was elected president; and Pearl Goldsmith, I Spencerville, secretary, when an or-1 ganization was pertected at the first annual reunion of the Houk family at Robison park. Fort Wayne. June 30. Representatives from the various branches at Fort Wayne, Decatur, Huaghmd. Defiance. Marian. St. Joe and Spencerville to the number or six-ty-five were present to enjoy the day. A bounteous basket dinner was served at the noon hour, to which all did ample justice. The next reunion will be held at the same place the date to be announced later. The Phoebe Bible class membersan anticipating a very good time at . the home of Mrs. Tillman Gerber west j of this city, this evening. The mem-, hers will meet at seven o clock at the j home of Mrs.' Fred Ashbaucher .on | Indiana street from which place they will motor out. The ladies of the Birthday club and their husbands will have a six o’clock dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart Friday evening. Mrs. Dallas Butler and children of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Martin Gilson

spent the day with Mrs. Charles Gage at the farm north of the city. The beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yager, eight miles west of the city was thrown .open yesterday evening for a six o'clock dinner party, and other social amuse-. meats much en toyed by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ashbaucher and daughter. Margaret; Mr. and Mrs. Herb Burroughs,' Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ashbaucher. of. this city; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Weav-j er and daughters, Nona and Zella, of, Orrville, Ohio. Misses Regina Auer and Marie Gai-’, fer, of Fort Wayne, were guests of. Miss Frances Gaffer over the Fourth.. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Heller, Mr. and; Mrs. Orval Harruff, Mr. *ud Mrs. R. Chrisman, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Baker. ’Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Merryman, and their families took an automobile trip! to Celina. ().. where they spent the 1 . day fishing at the reservoir and had a fine picnic dinner. ’ Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hocker and children, of this city; Mrs. Jcstise,Hocker, Mr. and Mr:’. J. F. Hocker. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Myers, of Monroe; Rev. Harvey {docker, Fullerton. Cal., motored to Fort Wayne where they were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. It. B. MiKeeman and family at dinner a.td spent the afternoon at Robison park yesterday. The spacious: porch at the John Niblick home, adorned with flags and the national colors in other forms; made cozy with .its porch furniture was a very comlortable place for the quiet Fourth of July picnic party in which Mr. and Mrs. Philip Obenauer, the A 1). Sutil ’: family. Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison and grandchildren, Harriet and Bruce Wallace, and Mrs. Ida Beulah, of Peoria, 111., participated. Picnic dinner and supper were provided cafeteria style. The lawn social given by the West Ward Parent Teacher club on the .campus last evening was a most sueI cegsful one. The boys’ band played, j being highly appreciated; there were i many'amusements. and good refresh-

' tuenta were sold at the booths. Mrs. .'Letta Peters, president of the club, had all the members and patrons as able assistants and everything went off smoothly The proceed- will go to |,lhe playground equipment fund. It Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Myers will be at home to relatives and friends on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage on Monday, the 9th f July, from 7 to 10 p. m. at their homo. , 234 North Fifth street. All thei’ children and their grandchildren will i be at home for the event. They will i arrive from Cleveland. ().. St. Louis. Mo.. Abingdon, ill., and Fort Wayne on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Frank and children, of Dayton, 0.. Mr. and Mrs. Me- [ Donald, of Springlcld.O.. stopped hero .yesterday for the picnic at Steele's park. Later they continued thoir motor trip to Fort Wayne to visit with the Ed Myers and Bernard Coffee families until tomorrow when they will i return here for a visit with the J. W. ' Bosse family. Mr. and Mrs. 1 Bernstein entertained a company of relatives Wednesday 'at a most enjoyable dinner party. Guests were M. Flox. South Bend; Abe Zimmerman. Frankfort: Mr. and Mrs. S. Flox and the Misses Bess and Julia Flox. of Peru. The annual custom of the reunion of the family on the Fourth of July I was no exception this year. t>ud a very delightful day was spent yesterday at the Michael Henneford home at Vera Cruz by the members of the family. The party included Mr. and .Mrs. Frank Nl'Farren. of Bluffton; Harold Henneford of Spokane, Wash; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Henneford. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Niblick and children. Mildred and Harold, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Meibers and 'daughter, Tonk, returned last evening front Rome City. Bob Meibers and Bernard Parent remained for a longer visit. Mrs. Meibers has been there four weeks. Miss Dorothy Dugan, who has spent severed weeks in the east with friends following the closing of her term at Vassar, has returned to her home here She was accompanied by Miss Catherine Shepherd, of Boston, who will be her guest. The Minnehaha Needle club will be entertained Friday evening after the tegular Pocahontas lodge meeting, al j which the installation of officers will also take place. i Miss Margaret Mills has returned from Fort Wayne where she was the guest of friends over the Fourth of ' July. She was accompanied Acre by Miss Leia Shrock. of Kokomo, who will be a guest of the Rev. Mills' family over the week end. ! Miss Portia Thomas has as her guest for the week, Miss Fern Lindsey, of Huntington. ..

COURT HOUSE NEWS. Loverda Brewster has tiled her election to take her one-third interest of the lands of her late husband’s estate under the previsions of the law and • has refused to abide by provisions ' of the will of the late Daniel Brewster. , which gives to her a life estate in forty acres as long as she remains his widow and provided she deed her inI'terests in the remaining forty to the i other heirs, certain other provisions i being also made regarding the disposal thereof and of the personal prop rhy. In addition to this, she has tiled a purtition case, asking for the part jtion of the land. Others were made plaintiffs therein with her. and Philip H. Brewster and others are made defendonts. D. B. Erwin is attorney for Mrs. Brewster. » The will of the late Louis Koenenu n was admitted to prol ate this afternoon at three o'clcok. The details | will be given in tomorrow’s paper. | . 1 Notice of the acceptance of Lucy J. 1 Fields 'as a pati-ht at East haven insane asylum, Ims teen received by . County Clerk Will Hammell. -o FATHER TRAVERS PROMOTED 1 One hundred and fifty members of i the Catholic church assembled at the ■ Phi Delta Kappa, fraternity rooms on Monday evening to attend the fare. ’’ well gathering given in honor of Rev. c I Father Travers and his aunts, Misses jLucy, Nellie and Agnes Tiernan. ‘ Father Travers and the Misses Tier--1 nan will leave on Wednesday for their h new home in Anderson. The change promotion to the local man for the new parish will have four hundred 1 families and there will be two asst - '’.taut priests.—Portland Sun. c Father Travers was forjner assittant here. NOSED IN WRONG PLACE (United Press Service) : Chicago, Jijly s—(Specials—(Special to Daily • Democrat)—Frank Klinger “stuck ais . nose” in a war argument at Eckhardt > park. Ignatz Stefanovitz shot the end -’of it off.

THE CABLE LEAK' — Is Deady Peril Which Government Must W ipe Out Says Northdiffe. » . MORE THAN RUMORS I British Statesman Tells of Similar Troubles Exist- ling in England. f (United Press Service) Washington, D. ('.. July s—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The pri- 1 vate cable leak—and not so much ' what is printed in the newspapers— 1 is the deadly peril which this government must wipe out in its cam pi.ign against spies. This was the warning given by Lord Northdiffe. head of the British commission in this country, in an ex-. elusive interview with the United Press today. Ke was found by a United Press staff stenographer today working in his shirt sleeves, dictating to a ste-' pngrapher. “The censorship question?” he , ft-, hoed, replying to a query. If the censorship can effect the saving of a single American life, it : is worth thi while. “The present censorship in Great 1 Britain, about which you inquire, was ' arrived at after more than two years of experiment and is worthy j of consideration. It is roughly divided into three sec-1 ticns. the most important being the cable censorship. Then follow in their respective order, newspaper censorship and the censorhsip of , mails. “These censorships aim primarily , at the suppression of information like-1 ly to help the enemy and at the dis-1 covery of information which may be . of assistance to the allies. "The cable censorship of private and commercial messages presents the greatest difficulties. “It would be easy for a well-inform-ed spy to cable to a neutral country a few domestic or business phrases conveying news of priceless value, to the enemy. Spies who have been caught, til'd and shot in England, haye usually been found in possession of what appear io be codes. In one case I remember the spy and his accomplice posed as traveling salesmen in Dutch cigars. Various brands | . pf cigars re presented certain kinds of ships.” o HAVING SHAM BATTLES Great Lakes. Training Station, Great Lakes, 111., July s—The sham battle ' of altout 9.000 bluejackets from the col- ■ leges, offices, factries and farms, at today’s belated “Fourth of July” cele-

bration was the most realistic that has ever been seen in this section. Drills, splendid in their precision, and other military exercises preceded the battle. The immense drill gall with room for 20,000 was turned over to the guest after the “battle." Lieutenant Hammond made a series of digit's in the; station hydro-aero-plane while the station, band of 300 pieces played a series of concerts. The celebration was similar to Lie recent navy day fete held at the station which suffered because of rainv weather. It could not be held yesterday because many of the Jackies were detailed to ; articipate in Fourth of July celebrations in neighboring cities. FOOD CONSERVATION SCHOOL Another training camp will be established at Purdue university the week of July 9-13 in the form of a food conservation school for the purpose of training Ihe women aud girls of Indiana in the arts of canning, preserv- ' ing and drying of fruits and vegetables in buying home supplies and in economical clothing. Herbert Hoover, Food Director of the United States, is of the opinion that if the vast crop of fruit and vegetables, the of [ the food supply for the coming year . will be largely solved. i The food conservation school is offered free of charge to every pr who wishes to attend. The latest methods 6 of canning, drying aud the planning of inexpensive dietaries and econo- ■ mlcal methods of cooking will be r given. DEMOCRATS MEET TONIGHT d' (United Press Service) Indiana polls. July s—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Leading democrats of the tale were ■summoned to Indi- : anapolis by Chairman Charles A. Greathouse, of' the democratic state committee for a meeting tonight‘to discuss the work of the party in the pamy patgn for the election of delegates to ■ the constitutional convention. The t meeting will also make plans for more 1 complete organizations in future eket|ons.

FOURTH WAS A HAPPY ONE (Continued from Pn« <)n(> ' A. R.. made a short. hwpirinK W* j predicting that the boys of • 1 * be just as loyal and brave a were the hoys of every previous war tn which this country has taken part Joe Lose, grand knight, accepted the flag for the K. of C. lodge in a short talk, closing the patriotic pro gram. The afternoon was devoted to games and contests in which many of 'P' young people took part and which all enjoyed. Many remained for the evening. eating supper on th. and at night there was a display o fireworks that amused and entertained everybody. The picnic was a sin cess and the financial returns wdl add considerably to the trexsurv fund to be used for the new church building. Results of Contests. Interesting contests were participated in by the youngsters, and the results were as follows: Girls’ 10(i yard Dash—Helen Gass; prize, tennis racket. Potato Race—Lillian Smith; prize, tennis racket. Sack Race—Bernard Myers; prise, bathing suit. Swimming Race —Arthur Russell, prize. $2.50 gold piece. HAUCK WINS OUT (Continued from Page One) M. Smith, of Portland. Henry Hite, well known business , Iman of this city, was a signer of the ' note with Mr. Haugk but had made a settlement by the payment of $3,000. As a result of this suit Mr. Hite considering reopening his part of the <ase and has employed attorneys 'o look after the matter. KNOCKS LAMP POST DOWN I A large moving van belonging to a I south side moving company, of Fort Wayne, in their attempt t> turn i around at the Madison and Second ' street crossing had the misfortune to knock a lamp post over, that was st’uated at the corner. The telephone number and the license number of the machine was taken. The city council will take the steps to see about the repairing of it. TO BE NURSE Miss Rowena. Shoaf left this aft-r---noon for Richmond where she will join Mrs. P. W. Smith in a trip to Oden. Mich., for the summer. On her return the latter part < f August. Miss Shoaf will enter the Lutheran hospital nurses’ training school for a three years’ course. — o FIRST BAND CONCERT The first band concert of the year will be riven tonight at the corner of Second and Madison streets. The Decatur city band will give a new pr >• gram this evening, one that they have spent -much time in preparing The concert will commence at 7:30 o'clock and no one can afford to miss it. ■ o— APPOINTMENT o> administrator Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Jacob Musser, late of Adams 'uii.t decd. The estate is probabh solvent. PETEK MUSSEII, Administrator. June 2». I*l7. D. I‘». Erwin, Atty. APPOINTMENT OF ADMIMSTRVTOR Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estab of A; s 11 liter! French, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probabl solvent ALBERT S. KINDE 1a Administrator. June 30. 1917. L>. B. Erwin, At:.. , — o — _ Powers of Flying Lemur. The flying lemur lives in the Indian - nrchipelngo. It is from two tn throe 'j feet in length, and is furnished with a sort of membrane on each side of its body connecting its limbs with each - other. This is extended and acts as a , parachute while it takes its leaps. ; from a higher tn a lower place. Sometimes It will soar from a distance of .: 300 feet, or about the length of a city block. r Puzzled Youngster. Our grocery man’s delivery boy is ’ always accompanied on Saturday by ' his younger brother who in looks is 51 exactly like his older brother. The i-; younger one always brought on our . groceries, but one Saturday he was out of town and the oldest boy bad to come in. Five-year-old Marian looked for a few seconds at him with a puzzled face and then exclaimed: “Say, did you growed up.”—Chicago Trib--0 uue. 3 i- -O—LOST—A pocketbook. Lost somep Where along the Peterson road on way to Decaturt Finder please re- ’ turn to Mrs. Geo. Winters. So Winj Chester street, or to this office. Big Granite Ware Saklrt the 1 Morris Company’s 5c and Jo c store, Saturday, 2p. m . Don't I forget the time. * n 1

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