Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 216, Decatur, Adams County, 18 September 1917 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER Preaident ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier *6.00 Per Month, by mall 26 cents Per Year, by mall $3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the poatoffice in Decatur, Indiana, ea second-class matter. People living along the line of parade are asked to decorate and light up their homes Thursday night, in honor of the event. Show your patriotism and your respect for the men who are going to the front. It’s an important occasion and it’s up to the community to make it, a real success. Do your part and it will be. The splendid condition of Adams county is reflected in the bank state- ( ments published this week, each show-] ing an increase in assets, deposits and reserves and each showing wonderful business throughout. Don't look on the dark side. The conditions are good and it’s up to you to get your share. Work a little harder and advertise. That’s the secret? Are you for the forty-two boys who will leave here Friday morning to fight for all that you hold dear? Do you want these lads to leave here with the knowledge that you are for them and back of them, that you w ill fight the battles at home while they are fighting for the nation? Then help make the patriotic Celebration to be held here Thursday night, a success. Come and bring your neigabor. While complaining about the tax rate, be sure to remember that more than half of it is used for roads and schools. That may make it easier for few people w’ould do without either at any cost. The amounts necessary for these two purposes are high in every community and will probably continue so for some time. Unless you pay fur some -thing you don’t get, however,

a Well Made - j Clothes /All conquering 1 clothes are these -built with pride S P ur Pose, and /'!' ■ offered to you ©1917 0 a clean con-Michaels-Stern this season have raised men’s clothing standards, they have injected an added artistry and reinforced it with the quality of rare craftsmanship. This Two-button Model is a creation unmatchable, made of popular summer fabrics, styled with extreme care and finished with fine regard for its good behavior in service. We tuinmcnu uto yon. Conic in and see it. $22.50 to $30.00 The Myers-Dailey Company

I i there seems to be no real cause lur 'complaint. Advertising is the very cheapest thing you de. a you buy space in the j Daily Democrat you will reach fifteen thousand people, three-fourths of 'he population of the county. The rest is up to you. Write your advertisement in such an attractive way and Include therein such bargains that will bring these people to your store and you have solved the problem of how to make money. It looks easy and it is if you Just work at it. No.greater practical service was ever rendered the American people than when President Wilson put forth his hand to stay the mad scramble of business to push nr! beyond all reason and all justice. The last year has witnessed the depress’’.r.-' Tectacle of profits-mad men abandoning all jirinciples of fair dealing that are concerned with reasonable profits and extracting the last possible penny fiom the consumers In 90 per cent of the cases no justification existed for th?se increases, manufacturers and dealers i vying with one another in seeing how much profit they could extract. Speculation was the belled ram of business that led the flock, and when it was killed by executive order the downward trend of prices was at once noticeable.—The Commoner. Maurice C. Niezer. democratic candidate for mayor of Fort Wayne, in his recent keynote speech, made it clear that he is not a “white livered pacifist.” He came out four square far the government and all that it stands for and the people y of Fort Wayne know before they vote that if they elect Mr. Niezer. as they will, that they will have a real American administration and not a "Bill Thomjson farce.” Usually national affairs lo not enter very strongly in municipal campaigns but at this time when our country is passing through one of her gravest periods, it is important indeed that the voters be informed as to the position to be taken by the chief executive. if chosen. Local questions of course are important, in selecting local city officials, but along with these and even more important this year, is the great international problem of making the world safe for democracy.

The United States must act as u unit J and it therefore becomes necessary that the head of every hamlet, city and state, co-operate in the great movements constantly arising. Mr. Niezer leaves no doubt as to where he (hands and the issue will be thus out of the road so far as he is concerned. | DOINGS IN SOCIETY g u: ;u:::::n:: on tm oc ui- 5 WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Tuesday Bachelor Maids—Bertha Voglewede. Tri Kappas —Florence Myers. Loyal Workers—Mrs. M. E. Johnson. Rebekah Anniversary Celebration. W. C. T. U. Knitting Party—Mrs. Robert Case. I Thursday. Do Your Best Class—Mrs. Dick Hill. . Friday Loyal Men’s Class—John Schultz.• Lutheran Aid —Schoolhouse. The year grows rich as it groweth old. And life’s latest sands are its sands of gold.—Julia C. R. Dorr. The members of the Zion Lutheran ladies’ Aid society, having spent a few months vacation, will now resume their work. Their first meeting will be Friday afternoon, when they will meet to quilt at the school house. _ I Through oversight in transposing the type, the names of Mr. and Mrs.; Peter Amspaugh. Urqjle and Doyle ( Amspaugh and Lucile Buhler were omitted from the list of those enter-' tained Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mann. The Euterpean club met with Mrs. Roy Archbold last evening at a called meeting and unanimously agreed to suspend meetings for a year, during which time the members will devote themselves to Red Cross work, putting in what time each thinks he can best devote to this work. The Bachelor Maids’ club will be entertained tonight by Miss Bertha Voglewede, the club renewing its meet Ings after a vacation of several months Miss Anola Frank entertained at dinner Sunday for Stella David. <f Fort Wayne, and Lilly Buhler. In the evening at supper the same girls wore guests at the Buhler home. Mr. and Mrs' Alfred Lewis, of Huntington, who were married last Wednesday and are now in Chicago on their honeymoon trip, are expected to arrive here Thursday for a visit with the bride’s aunt. Mrs. Elgin King. Mrs. Lewis was Miss Bessie Gehring. Lester Everett and family, of Wren, Ohio and the Misses Frances and Bertha Dauer. Helen and Geraldine Everett, of this city were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Everett Sunday. Also Mrs. John Brown, of Geneva; Mrs. Alice Chronister and niece; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Johnson and babe, of Decatur; and Mr. John Miller, the county commissioner, and wife and children, Mayme and Grace, of Van Wert, Ohio were additiohal callers Sunday afternoon,—Contributed. Helen Fonner and Lucile Fleming returned last night from Indianapolis. Mrs. W. A. Fonner who accompanied them there Saturday having returned Sunday night. The girls remained over to watch the boys drill, enjoying it very much. A number of them expect to get a furlough to aiiow them to come home Saturday. Miss Fonner returned Saturday from a visit with Miss Marie Strebe. at Syracuse; and the Eley family at Topeka. Rev. and Mrs. W. Paul Marsh and daughter, Emma 'Madeline, went to Berne this afternoon and from there to Maple Grove church where Rev. Marsh is finishing his revival with a i baptismal service this evening and a reception for new members. The Loyal Men’s class will meet Friday evening with John Schultz. One of the most complete surpries ever given was the one on Mrs. Earl Bowman last Sunday at her home south of town. Her birthday was September 13 and although it had passed a few days, her friends and relatives had not forgotten it. for about fifty or sixty came with wellfilled baskets to eat dinner and spend the day with her. Her husband had planned it and it surely was planned to perfection, for she did not know anyone w’as there until they all walked into the house. A. M. Bowman’s family had gone .there for the day and they were just (taking up the dinner to eat when the rest stepped in to join them. Those present were A. M. Bowman and family, Mrs. George Myers and sons from Decatm*. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zimmerman ard son from Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. Clint Zimmerman from Honduras, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Zimmerman, west of Decatur; Mrs. Ed,

' Zimmerman, west of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. Sant Shackley and family, from Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Wilder and son. from south of town; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Huffman and family, from south of Bluffton; John Ward, Bluffton; Will Studebaker, of Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowman and son, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bowman and son, and Treva Ray.—Contributed. Mrs. Charles Rinehart, Mrs. Delma I Elzey. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Elzey and son, Clyde, were guests of the Jack Pyle family at Craigville at a fine chicken dinner. COURT HOUSE NEWS. (Continued from Page One) tenilorSTlHs - resignation, which was accepted on his turning the monies in his hands over to the court clerk, and upon the approval of his final rej port. He was discharged as guard‘ian, accordingly. Hooper & Lenhart are attorneys for the Cincinnati Cordage and Paper Company in a suit against The Decatur Herald, demand $l5O. The case of the Lee Hardware Company vs. Melbin E. Babcock was dismissed and costs paid. Laura Walters vs. Julius Haugk. Upon leave being granted, additional third paragraph of answer was filed. Rule to reply thereto. The trial of the case of the State , vs. Francis Gossard, indicted on the I charge of false pretense, continues and will probably last several days longer. At noon today, James A. ' Steele, one of the chief witnesses, was on the stand. | —o — GUARD GOVERNMENT PLANTS. (United Press Service) San Francisco, Sept. 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —United States marines stood guard today in the , • Union Iron Works plant where con- , struction of government ships valued , at millions of dollars has been completely stopped by the strike of ship- ( i builders in San Francisco bay cities. i Two companies of marines were hurI ried to this city from Mare Island ' during the night, at the request of II Captain Harry G. Leopold. U. S. N„ [ in charge of naval eons 'iction at 5 the yards. Early today Captain Leopold ordered the closing of all sa1 loons within half a mile of the big San Francisco plant. 3O i — INTERURBANS IN COLLISION. (United Press Service' Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. 18 —(Spe- ‘ cial to Daily Democrat) —Charles 1 Schweinfurth, of Muncie, conductor ’ on a westbound car from Muncie to Indianapolis, was probably internally 1 injured today w’hen two interurban 1 cars met in a head-on collision near ! Fortville, shortly after 6 o'clock. Daniel Howell, of Muncie, motorman on the westbound bar, leaped from j his cap just before the eastbound interurban crashed through the baggage compartment of his car. Slippery tracks is given as the cause of the accident. No passengers were ' seriously hurt. o f HAD A LOT OF TIME HTnited Press Service) 1 Rushville, Ind., Sept. 18—(Special 1 to Daily Democrat) —When 'police ; found five watches on John Doughty, following the arrest of the man. they believed they had caught a watch thief. It was afterwards shown, howj ever, that Doughty has a hobby of , carrying several timepfsces and [ takes pride in keeping them all run- , ning and keeping good time. o INDIANA CROPS LEAD. i ? Two Hundred Million Bushels i of Corn Harvested. i (United Press Service' Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 18 —(Special to Daily) Democrat)) —Bumper I crops in Indiana this year are no , myth and the increased food produc- , tion campaign is showing good results, according to reports reaching ' state officials from all parts of Udiana. According to estimates of officials, Indiana should produce 209.000,000 t bushels of corn this year in comparison with 174,658,000 bushels last year. ’ Increase in the wheat crop is also 1 forecast. Last year 19,440,000 bushels were harvested while the esti- ’ mate for this year is 31,600,000. 1 Other food crop estimates by ex- ' peris are; r Potatoes), 1916, 3,256,000 bushels; ■ 1917, 9,390,000 bushels. 1 Apples, 1916, 1,307,000 bushels; 1917, 1.920.000 bushels. Other fruits show slight increases ’ with the exception of peaches which ' were injured by the last spring. ■ Hoods cut down the corn yield in ’ the southwestern part of the state, - yet, despite this, estimates show a ' big increase in the estimated production. i o : Vincent Forking and daughters, Mary Louise and Esther left this afternoon for their home at Fort Recovery, O. They visited here and also with the Peter Forbing family at Fort (Wayne.

t“THE BEST YET” That’s what you will say when you see our li ne of OVERCOATS and SUITS for fall, made by HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX Some of them have belts all around; others belts at the back. All of them are made of all-wool fabrics and are guaranteed to satisfy or your money back. SIB.OO to $25.00 Clothcraft make SIO.OO to SIB.OO holthouse”schulte & co. Copyright Hart Schaffner & Man * •

PUBLIC SALE. This year, without doubt, is going to be the biggest and most profitable public sale season in the history of Adams county. Existing conditions will make it so and we venture to say that every hog. cow. buggy, wagon, set of harness, plows and the hundred and one ! articles put on the auction block will bring the “high dollar.” We’re not in the farming business—wish we were—for then we might he assured of three squares a day. Our line of business, however, keeps us closely related to the farmer. In this connection we are glad to say that we print practically nine-tenths of the public sale bills in this part of the county. We want to print all of them this year and have a special offer both in price and style of bill to offer to the farmer and those who are going to hold a public sale. We want you to come in and look our line over, get our prices and ask us to write the bills for you. Our sale bills run from two dollars for fifty up to six dollars a hundred. We can print them in any color. When it comes to advertising your stile The Daily Demcorat is the hundred per cent medium by which to get your notice of sale before the people. Try us. We want to please. THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. CANADA CASUALTY LIStTow (United Press Service) Ottawa, Ont., Sept. IS—(Special to Daily Democrat)—During the last two weeks of August in the terrific fighting around Lens, Canadian casualties were astonishingly small, according to figures made public today by Sir Edward Kemp in the house of commons. The total was only 7,586 of dead, wounded and (pissing—9o7 killed; 313 died of wounds; 6.183 wounded; 11 taken prisoner; two died aS prisoners; 145 missing and 25 died of disease. The small casualties list attests strikingly the excellence of the British barrage and preparatory the in protecting its troops. • RETURNS FROM ELKHART Mrs. S. P. Sheets returned this afternoon fropi Elkhart where she has been with her sister, Mrs. I. P, Moore, who was operated upon last Friday and who is recovering nicely. M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL There will be a meeting of the Sunday school board of the M. E. church this evening at 7:30 o’clock. Every officer and Sunday school teacher is requested to attend. REAL ESTATeTIOANS AND ABSTRACTS. Dear Friends: ! We have some fine farms for sale. Excellent city bargains also. We have 5 per cent money to loan on farms. We have especially attractive features connected with our farm loans. Let us make your abstracts to title. We have complete records in our office and long experience. Respectfully. THE BOWERS REALTY CO. SCHIRMEYER ABSTRACT CO. FRENCH QUINN. 216-9 t

HOOSIER BRIEFS. Pearl Found in White River Sells for §475.00. (United Press Service) Anderson, Ind.. Sept. 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Willis Baker of this city, who recently found atwen ty-grain pearl in White river near here, has sold it to a pearl button manufacturer of St. Joseph, Mich, for $475. Warsaw, Ind.. Sept. 18 —The tax rate of Warsaw for 1918 will remain the same as this year, $1.42. The Kosciusko county tax rate is 19.9 cents on the SIOO, the lowest m the state. Washington, Ind., Sept. 18—The Commercial Coal company, composed of Evansville men. has opened up ■ a new coal mine near here and when J running full force will employ 150 ifnen. Frankfort. Ind.. Sept. 18—The total tax rate of Frankfort for 1918 will be $3.52 on the SIOO valuation, six cents lower than the 1917 rate. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 18 —The Indiana public service commission today held a hearing on the petitions of the Central Heating company of Anderson and the Crawfordsville Heating company of Crawfordsville, for a temporary increase in heating rates. It is claimed that the advanced price of all material used, and especially coal, makes it impossible for the companies to contniue service at the existing rates, except at a loss. *•— I— Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 18—Indiana today sent its second quota of men conscripted for the national * army to Camp Taylor at Louisville, Ky. Forty per cent of the state's | quota of the first draft will leave for i training during the four days startI ing today. Groups of relatives and friends gathered at the railway stations to bid farewell. , CINCINNATI~AT FT. WAYNE Matty, Chase and All Stars Assured by Red Managers. Word has been received from headquarters that Christy Matthewson at the head of his Cincinnati Reds willarrive early Wednesday morning for their game at League park in the afternoon with the local team. Their sleeper will be placed on the siding at 7 o’clock, giving the men plenty lof time to rest before taking the field. They will appear at the park ground and early so the fans may have an opportunity of looking them over before the game starts at 3 o'clock (eastern time), the gates opening at 1:30 o'clock. Arrangements for the Fort Wayne team are practically completed and with the exception of possibly a different battery, the line-up will undergo but slight change from that put on the field in the other encounter. Interest in the event has heightened considerably since the announcement of the guarantee that all of the stars, including Matty himself, would take part, and inquiries for scats are increasing each day. Fans in this district are anxious to get a glimpse of the grand old man of the i game and the other celebrities, such an < base, who is considered the ' foremost first baseman in the game; Eddie Rousch. ex-Federal leaguer who now leads the National league in batting, ami others -in the team which made a great tight for the pennant at the start of the season The

fame of these stars has sprea; throughout the country and hudreds of the fans will avail the* selves of this opportunity to see them in action. 1 It is expected that all of the ntet f bers of the team will stay over the boxing carnival at the Majest; r ‘n the evening, for which an excel.i i '.ent card has been arranged. Tie . club will go from here to Indianan : dis, where it will play another exb B bition game on Thursday-Fun Wayne Journal-Gazette. 1 o— — PUBLIC SALE. 1 Having sold my farm. I must gn fi ’ possession October 1 and will then fore offer for sale at my resides - 4% miles northwest of Decatur. \ ‘ mile north of Mt. Pleasant chur- ■ and % mile south of Mallonee scho , house. Wednesday. September X 1917, beginning at 1 o'clock p. m.® 1 following personal property, to-wit ’ Two Horses: One 9-year-oid ha; good general purpose horse and «b 2-year-old black mare colt, a god ■ one. Two Head of Cattle: Tn j good milch cows, giving milk, will, fresh in winter. Hogs: Three > ’ roc Jersey hogs, one a sow whid will farrow by day of sale; other, weighing about 100 lbs. each; » ’ head of chickens. Farm Implement- , Two-horse wagon, double bed, spri: seat; one-horse wagon, double trt 1 spring seat; surrey, two top buggfc f one rubber tired: 2 sets work bar- > ness, 2 sets single harness, pair hr - ladders, iron kettle, cider barrel a:! \ numerous other articles, including household goods. Eight acres of goo: ■ corn in field; 5 tons of good clover hay in mow. , Terms —$5 and under, cash: or" that amount a credit of 9 months win be given, purchaser giving note with approved security; 4 per cent off fi>' cash. No goods removed unti. tied for. GEO. W. DUTCHER. John Snuhler. Auct. ■ Chas. Magley, Clerk. 20-21-ftil ' o Democrat Want Ads Pa? It is because we feel we can give you absolute satisfaction and a little better service that we ask you to come to us when your eyes are in trouble. N. A. BIXLER Optometrist So. Second St. "Phone Ijj MANGOLD & BAKER Corner Monroe and 7th Sts. PHONE 215. j Bulk Peanut Butter, a '' l ' 25c Apple Butter, 2 tbs“ Bulk Coffee, art) 17c; 3 f» r * 10c Parowax (Paraffine), a Crystal White Soap, 10 bars.. 4 ‘ * 75c Corn Flakes, 3 pkgs Sweet June Peas, 2 cans v 95c Heavy Jar Rubbers, 3 doz. Goblin Soap, per bar Rice, 12c value, a Rolled Oats, 12c value Serv-us Cleanser, 6 for ' Oranges, Bananas. Lemons, W‘” and Celery. We pay Cash or trade for Profit’ Eggs, 38c; Butter, 30-35 c. Arthur $ Ifenpld -A

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