Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1917 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUBE, Secretary Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier ~10 cents Per Tear, by carrier .$6.00 Per Month, by mall ...28 cents Per Year, by mail $3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates mads known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. A TRIBUTE TO SENATOR KERN: Since our last issue, death has laid claim to one of the nation’s abk-t statesmen, one of the democratic partys most trusted leaders —one of the country's most lovable men —John Worth Kern. The Commoner shares —as do its readers —the sorrow that has overwhelmed his family and the sense of personal loss felt by his host of friends. Senator Kern was a self-made man; by rare qualities of mind and heart he earned for himself a high place among the public men of his day. He met the 1 exacting requirements of leader of the i majority in the senate during as trying a time as our country has ever experienced, and nearly half the voters of the country, by supporting him for vice-president, put him in the presidential class. He was an ideal public servant; his place will be hard to fill. He was a believer in the people and i ever their champion. He loathed corruption in politics and sought to purify the election-. His Indiana friends could pay him noj higher compliment than to give his i name to the effort which must sooner j or later be made to free his party an! his state from the dollar brand of campaigning. His life was an asset to his people —his death can not take from them the value of his career. The generation is richer for th’s typical American — devotee} husband and father, loyal and sympathetic friend, conscious citizen, faithful public servant—manly man. —W. J. BRYAN, in The Commoner. Adams county has been assessed $220 as her share of a fund to provide hooks for the soldiers. Just how the matter will be handled we do not know but it's a safe bet that this old county will he there with her share and a little over when the reports go in. The report of the number of ships sunk by submarines last week shows

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' the least number both over and under ' 1600 tons since last February and this * immediately alter the announcement . that they were going to show the r world something startling. It must lie t a little discouraging. 1 A committee of republican politicians seem to be telling Lieutenant l Governor Bush what he can do and J what he can’t do about the governor's s office during the very serious illness s os Governor Goodrich. Funny, we - thought tin* constitution fixed the dut--1 ies of the lieutenant governor duri ig such an emergency and we can't fathpm just why a few noisy politicians * should have any thing to say about it. The city campaign will open in De- * catur within a short ti- ie and the poii--1 tlcians on each side are nc w getting ready for that battle. We realize the fact that It is difficult to create public 1 opinion on anything as ordinary as an election this year but we believe the people will recognize the fact that the men elected in November will conduct the city the next four years and that it is a mighty important duty to select those trios competent. ■ _ jua Maurice Neizer, democratic candidate for mayor of Fort Wayne, opened his campaign Saturday evening in a key note speech filled with good sound sense and a ring of sincerity that ought to pli»ce him so far in the lead of all competitors that they won t come within five thousand of catctiing him. He expressed himself clearly on local as well as national issues. The campaign promises to become red hot I before election day. The public should remember the j demonstration to be given in this ci'y | Thursday evening tor the forty-two boys who are to leave the following 1 morning for Camp Taylor, to Join the new nationa. army. The program a.planned will be of interest, the parade will he worth seeing, the enthusiasm will be as sincere as have been the numerous similar events in this patriotic county and you should join the crowd. Every body coming. -—■ 1 ~~ About ten thousand ship builders on the Pacific coast have struck because some of the lumber was purchased from companies that do not employ union labor and now nearly every union branch in that section is going out jn sympathy. It looks a little far fetched in these days when every one ought to he helping the nation prepare. There will be plenty of time to dispose of labor problems at some other time. Just now it would seem personal affairs ought to be overlooked at least to some extent.

1 DOINGS IN SOCIETY §; : u seats :u; acaesaawacx: ; WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Monday Euterpean Called Meriting —Mrs. Hoy Archbold. Tuesday Tri Kappas Florence Myers. Loyal Workers —Mrs. M. E. Johnson. Ilebekah Anniversary Celebration. W. C. T. U. Knitting Party— Mrs Robert Case. Thursday. Do Your Best Class —Mrs. Dick Hill. It has been a thousand times observed, and I must observe it once more, that the hours we pass with happy prospects In view are more pleasing than those crowned with fruition.—Goldsmith. The Loyal Workers’ class will j meet Tuesday evening with Mrs. M. | E. Johnson on South Winchester street. Dr. and Mrs. Burt Mangold went to Portland Saturday evening, where they were guests of Dr. and Mrs. Templeton, motoring with them to Fort Harrison Sunday morning. Lew H. Hess and family of Plymouth. and Miss LuEmma Hess of I Dayton, Ohio, were guests at dinner Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stewart, of South Third street. The visitors were motoring through from Plymouth to Miss Hess’ home in Dayton. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Anker enter- 1 tained at a six o'clock dinner Bun-| day evening, guests being Mr. and, Mrs. J. H. Stewart and sons. Mere-! dith and Max William. J. P. Hall and daughters. Elizabeth and Mrs. Roy John and daughter. Emma; Mrs. Charles Zimmerman of Lima, Ohio, and their guest, Mrs. Charles Byrnes, of Robison. 111., motored here Sunday from Lima and spent the day with the John Bolinger family. Other guests at dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baker and daughters and in the afternon callers were Mr. and Mrs. George Bright, of Peterson and Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Abbott and family of Craigville. The Research club will not have its literary programs this year, but instead will take up sewing and knitting for the Red Cross. The year books for the year’s literary studies have already been published and willcarry out the plan of meeting at the homes of the members as outlined therein. However, the roll call and business will conclude the program, and the ladies will henceforth busy themselves during the afternoon with work for the soldiers. A called meeting was held at the home of the president, Mrs. L. A. Graham, Saturday afternoon when arrangements for the Red Cross work were made. The first meeting will be Monday, October 1, at the home of Mrs. P. G. Hooper. The E. S. Christen family were guests of the John Christen family at dinner Sunday. This was a dinner reunion before the son and brother. Jesse Christen, leaves Friday with Adams county’s quota for the nationa! army at Camp Taylor, Louisville. He has a brother, Gus Christen, residing at Louisville, so he does not go wholly among strangers. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Butler, Clyde and Naomi Butler and Ireta Beavers motored to Eaton Sunday where they were entertained at the home of Mrs. Butler's brother, Dan Fisher and family. The Rev. Daugherty, former pastor at Mt. Pleasant church, now located at Eaton, and his family were also guests at the Fisher home. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mann, of West Monroe street, entertained a company' of relatives at dinner Sunday, the day I being a delightful one. Among che honored guests of a bride and groom. l Mr. and Mrs. Russell Amspaugh, of Lima. 0., who were married last Wednesday and who are on their honey- 1 moon trip. The guests included Mr. I and Mrs. John Amspaugh and daughter, LaDelia, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Amspaugh, and daughter, Eunice; Hershel anl Clifford Amspaugh, of Payne, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Russel! Amspaugh, of Lima. O.; Mr. and Mrs.l Earl Martin and children, Mildred. Virgil and Lucile: Mr. and Mrs. John Amspaugh ami VV. H. Baker, of this . city and vicinity. The fifth annual reunion of the Wel-(ty-Heery families will be held at Waterworks park, Decatur. Wednesday, October 3. Invitations have been isfcuel to the members of the family, askfug them to pass on the word to any relatives who have not been invited. The officers of the association are: President, J. D. Beery; treasurer, C. M. Weldy; sec rotary, Burt Mangold. Mrs. F. H. Harman, wife of tlio United Brethren pastor, with her:

son, Theodore, visited over Sunday at the George Cramer home, east of the city. Mrs. Harman conducted the Sunday service at Union Chape! Sunday In the absence of her husband, who attended the conference ut Butler. The Do Your Best Class will be entertained Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Dick Hill north of the city, assistant hostesses being Mrs, George Hill and Mrs. John Hill. Those desiring to go on the interurhan car will leave the station on the car at 1:30 city time. The Tri Kapt>as will meet with Miss Florence Myers tomorrow night ut 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. Jesse Cole and daughter, Frances, Miss Madge, Hite and Paul Saurer motored to Fort Harrison Sunday whore they visited with Jesse Cole, Jr., of Company A. Mrs. George Wenihoff, Mr. and Mrs. John Hoover, Mrs. Henry Gerke and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bacon formed a party that visited with the soldier relatives and friends at Fort Harrison over the week-end. Floyd Hunter, member of Company E, mobilized at Ft Wayne, now at Fort Harrison, returned to Indianapolis last night after spending a fortyeight hfltir furlough here. He was the guest of honor at a family dinner party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hunter yesterday. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martz, Fort Wayne: Mr. and Mrs. Ves Baker and children; Mrs. Colonel Foreman and children. Mrs. Fred Hoffman and daughter, Hope, entertained at a dinner party I Sunday noon for Mr. and Mrs. \V . W . Briggs, of Geneva: and their son. Lieutenant W. C. Briggs, of Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Runyon. Mks Hoffman sang at the First Presbyterian church in Fort Wayne Sunday! morning and in the afternoon they motored to Geneva and then to Bluffton from which place Lieutenant Briggs took the car for Fort Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bremerkamp and Mrs. Elizabeth Heidemann were guests at supper last evening (f M’s. Elizabeth Heidemann and family in the country. Attention of the members of the Rebekali lodge is again called to the sixty-sixth anniversary celebration to take place after the regular lodge meeting at the I. O. O. F. hall Tuesday evening. There will be games and other amusements and a picnic supper. Each member may bring a guest, bringing a contribution to'the picnic supper enough for the member and guest. UNDER ARREST~ (Continued from Page One) by Forrest Murray. It was for $10.” Mr. Murray arrived home at noon, the case being settled when Crane’s friends came to the rescue and made good the check and Mr. Murray's expenses. .—n SCHOOL OPENED TODAY. The Monmouth high school opened today. All first year pupils are requested to attend this school. All grade schools will open Monday, September 24th, and 'all patrons will please send their children at the beginning 4>f the term. PHIL L. SCHIEFERSTEIN. 1 - oBABE BORN TO KRICKS. A girl baby, their second, was born Sunday noon to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Krick at the borne of Mrs. Krick’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Leonard, of First street. Mrs. Krick was Miss Muriel Leonard. DUNN AND SULLIVAN SHORT (United Press Service) Indianapolis, lnd.. Sept. 17 —(Special I to Daily Democrat ) —Wholesale rnisapj propriation of city funds were ma le public today by the state hoard of acI counts in the cases of Jacob I’. Dunn, former city controller and several m.nor charges were placed against Reginald Sullivan. Warrants were erron- , eously issued and ihe city defrauded I out of $11,033.35, The checks were . made out to ficticious persons or peri sons not in the city employ. A prera- * iunt was charged on bonds of city employes, rental charged for telephones at their residences and the sum of $2,457.00 was spent for street car tickets. AFTER CONTRACT BUYERS. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, lnd., iffept. 17 — (Special to the Daily Democrat) — J P. Willet, of the state food commissioner's office is today investigut--1 iirg a report that onions and tomatoes 'are being allowed to rot in the fields [of Whitley county by contract buyers who refuse to market the crop. o Ethel Rowp obtained a decree of divorce from Leander Rowe and her maiden name of Burdg was restored by Ihe court at Fort Wayne, Friday. The divorced couple both formerly lived in Bluffton.

SIX MEJILIED I In Rear-end Collision on 1 Burlington Railroad a* Earlville, 111., Today AND SIX ARE INJURED Roth Trains Eastbound : Stock Cars and Loss is Said to be Enormous. (United Pres* Service) Aurora. 111., Sept. 17—(Special to Dally Democrat) —Six persons were j killed and six injured early today at Earlville, thirty miles West of here, ,wheu two eastbound stock trains came together in a rear-end collision j on the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy rairoad. The Dead. John Walker, 65, Milo, lowa. J. M. Fuller, Charlton, lowa. W. D. Dixon. Hamilton. lowa. Otis McCauley, Kellerton, lowa. Siltiam Foulks. Charlton. lowa. Thomas Bender, Fairfield, lowa. The Injured. John Rogers. Knoxville. lowa. Harry Vaughn, Caldwell, lowa. Fred Canady, Ford, lowa. Roy Hopper, Sheridan. lowa, i Floyd Twombly, Osceola. lowa. A. C. Carlson, engineer, rear train. COURT HOUSE NEWS. F. M. Gossard. indicted on the charge of false pretenses, pleaded not guilty and went on trial this morning in the circuit court before Judge D. E. Smith and a jury. He is charged by James A. Steele with securing tis signature for what Steele says he believed was a recommendation to enable Gossard, who is a stock buyer, to deal better with livestock commission men, when in fact, it was a $5,060 indemnifying bond, made to the Peoples Loan & Trust Company, whereby Gossard afterwards received credit for $3636.27. Attorneys Moran and Hooper are assisting Prosecutor Fruchte for the state: and Attorneys DeVoss and Linz are conducting the defense. The trial will continue two or three days. Paul G. Hooper, administrator, filed final report in the Mary A. Woodward estate, which was approved and he was discharged. Hooper & Lenhart are attorneys for Thomas S. Fleetwood vs. William A. Fleetwood in a partition case. Joseph Graber, Walter Whittenbarger, Henry Oetting. Alfred Kelly and Orlin Fortney were excused from the regular jury panel for the term; while Chris Eicher was excused temporarily. Inez McVeigh vs. Leah McVeigh. Motion to strike out parts of the complaint was overruled and exceptions taken. Demurrer by defendant to the complaint. In the Smith Shoemaker drain matter. petition and motion were filed to set aside order made on the third day of the present term as to change of specifications for branch three. A marriage license was issued this morning to Lloyd Wright, farmer, of Bluffton, born February 5, 1893, son of Charles Wright, to wed Mrs. Orpha Wheeler, of Geneva, born September 25, 1889, daughter of Beius Van Camp. The bride was married before, her first husband dying January 12, 1917. The couple, after securing the license here, were married about ten lo’clock at the manse by the Rev. J. C. Hanna, pf the Presbyterian church. They will live on a farm. Marriage license: Otis James Briggs, salesman, born December '26, 1892, son of Thomas Scott Briggs, of. •Pennsylvania, to wed Ethyi Williams, 1 born April 19. 1894, daughter of Harjvey E. Williams, of Pleasant Mills. — Real esate transfers: Calvin 11. Hamrick, et al to William W. Harper, i I 7.31 acres of Blue Creek township, quit I claim deed. Hunting and fishing licenses were issued to H. L. Merry and Reuben ! Lord. The name of the bride of Samuel J. i Speer, Lima carpenter, pubiishod Sat- ; urday. should have been Emma Baum- 1 an. instead of Emma Baughman, as ■ printed. ■ • ——— • ■ i O— — | Information gathered by the railroads’ war board during the first four months of its existence, indicates that .the voluntary act of the 693 railroads 1 ' 'of this country in merging their com-! petitive activities for the period of the ' war and uniting in one continental ! system, has not only made the trails- |J [portation problem presented by the' war, less cumbersome to handle, but surer of satisfactory solution.

BOOK FUND WEEK Effort to be Made Duringi Week of Sept. 24-29 to Raise Fund to Buy BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS Secretary Baker Appoints Library War Council— Good Reading. The week of September 24 to 29 | has been designated as “Library War Fund Week" when a campaign will be conducted by the Library War Council, appointed by Newton i D. Baker, secretary of war, through 'the American Library association, to raise $1,090,000 or more with which to buy books for the men who are defending the nation. After the Y. M. C. A. and Red Cross organizations passed up the library end of the war service, the American Library association was asked to solve the problem. Neither the Red Cross or Y. M. C. A. has the money for it. or an organization trained for that kind of work. It is planned to supply the fiftyfive camps in the United States, the troop trains, transports, navy vessels, camps in France, the base hospitals. serving the nurses, ill and wounded, with educational and recreative reading. The men who compose our national army and the national guard units are men who have given up their business and professional life to fight for the country. They have been accustomed to recreative reading at home. While serving in the army they will demand more, because they will have more time to devote to reading. They want instructive and informative reading, including history, biography and geography. The experience on the border was that because of a lack of censorship in collecting the books 80 per cent which were collected and sent to the Mexican border were burned as “rubbish.” and 50 per cent of the remainder were lost or destroyed for want of a caretaker. The American Library association has 4.000 active members composed of public librarians in the United States. There are also 30.000 library trustees, with 10.000.000 library users Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City bank, of New York City, is chairman of the Library War Council. Governor James P. Goodrich, of Indiana, is honorary president of the War Council of Indiana. Louis J. Bailey, librarian of the Gary library. Is director for Indiana. The Library War Council, with the aid and co-operation of the Red Cross, will conduct the campaign, through the librarians, library trustees and Red Cross workers of the country. “Books will take the place of every Immoral practice, including dice, cards, etc., which armies in previous wars have been afflicted.” says Louis J. Bailey, director for Indiana. "The books will help bring the men back in as nearly a normal condition as possible. It is vital to the future of the nation that these men have recreative and recreational literature. The Library War Fund is just as necessary as the Red Cross in filling its place in the war. “One dollar will keep one book in circulation for one year, and pay for the taking care of it. This means that at least twenty-six men in the war service will read one book in one year. A million books and more (will be necessary to supply the demand. “Forty thousand men will be encamped at Louisville. This is equal to a city of 200,000 persons and rep- | re sents the young reading element in a city of that size. “The Library War Council must rely on the patriotism and loyalty of I the People of the nation to come for-! ward with contributions to make this campaign a success.” JOINT INSTITUTE The joint Sunday school institute of Hoot. Union and St. Marys townships will be held Friday evening and Saturday. September 21 and 22 at the 1 Salem Evangelical church. Through ' error it was previously stated that it W-ould be Wednesday and Thursday. ' Note the correction. NOTICE, SPANISH WAR VETS. Spanish War veterans are request- 1 ed to meet at the G. A. R hall on ' Thursday evening at seven o’clock 1 and then take part in the patriotic l celebration which will be held in I honor of the forty-two Decatur and Adams county boys, who will leave Friday morning for Camp Talor. , ’ Democrat Want Adsl’ar t

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