Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1919 — Page 4

DAILY DEMOCRAT HuDlished Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER.. President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE Secretary Subscription Rates By Government Order Cash in Advance. Due Week by carrier 10 cents Jne Year, by carrier $5.00 One Month, by mail 35 cents Three Months, by mall SI.OO Six Months, by mail $1.75 One Year, by mail $3.00 One Year, at office $3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. About five hundred people crowded into the gym Saturday night and stood for three hours watching the youngsters play basket ball. More than a hundred were turned away and many more did not go because they knew they couldn't get in. This proves that we need a better place where uie boys and girls can enjoy themselves and where others can witness the games in comfort. The board of managers are trying to secure it and they will do so if given the proper financial support. A few dollars doesn’t mean much to you but a few dollars from a thousand people makes an aggregate sum that will provide a decent hail. Give to the

gym fund and keep on giving, one business man in town, Mr. J. L. Kocher, has brought in three dufferent subscriptions. That's the spirit, help do it. If you have a boy or girl they will enjoy it, if you haven'a, help some others. That's all there is to life any way—how much can you help some one else? If we had ten thousand dollars we could have a gym equal to any $50,000 one in the country so far as being comfortable and i odern. It’s a bargain. Advertising pays. If you don't believe it, ask John Wanamaker, or any other successful merchant, in New York or Decatur. Watch the Daily Democrat for the live ones. They are all there and those stores are the places in which to trade.

The Victory Loon bill was passed late Saturday night and the most famous congress in all history will ad journ Tuesday. The record will be u part of history for many decades. The state legislature is considering the tax bill this week. It has been decided to replace the amendment urged by farmers and laboring men so that you will have to pay taxes on 100 per cent valuation of your real estate and personal property but only 25 per cent on stocks and bonds. Ir other words it now locks as though the big interests and the idle rich art to win over those who toil for theii money. And that’s ecupomy spelled the new way. Advertising pays. Decatur merch ants realize it and they are using the columns of the Daily Democrat to in-

There Is A Reason For the large trade we have enjoyed, even through an open winter. That reason is that the people of this community know that this store represents the best that is to be had in men’s and boys’ clothing. tr-g ... _.J THE MYERS-OAILEY COIVIF’AIMV' The Store that Dees Things

vite you to their stores. You will profit by reading carefully every’ announcement. Each day we present you several pages of well written advertisements, each of which contains an item that should interest you. If you do not go over them carefully you are losing an opportunity to help yourself and you are not being fair. The governor in his speech Thursday compiled a formidable list of ex-

cellent bills that either have been passed or that he believes the legislature will pass. We hope that his prognostication will prove to be sound. We note, however, that the oil inspector’s bill is not placed prominently in the list, and we do not wonder. Neither the party nor its putative head can be proud of this measure, for it is a bit of extravagance through which much of the mony saved in other directions is to be wasted. Os course, there is the chance and the hope that the governor may veto this measure. Also the mere prevention of increases of salary of which the governor speaks is not in itself a virtue. Justice ought to be done at any rate. There is much talk of the deserved increase in the range of pay of school tachers and other school and expert officials. The state is beginning to waken to the fact that its informed and nonpolitical servants should be compensated according to their merits. Political employes have as a rule been compensated beyond their merits. Why educated and trained men should receive less pay when serving the state or the public than their merits warrant is one of the mysteries that pertain to the misty political past when only the man with votes could be expected to draw fat pay.—lndianapolis News.

| SOCIETY j :::::::: tunuKanam:!; ii Club Calendar Monday Research—Mrs. J. C. Sutton. Tuesday. Tri Kappas—Mrs. Dan Tyndall. The Tri Kappas will meet with Mrs. Dan Tyndall Tuesday evening. Reformed Woman’s Missionary — Mrs. Martin Miller. C. L. of C. —Knights of Columbus hall. Wednesday. Shakespeare—Mrs. F. F. Thornburg. Concord Ladies’ Aid —Mrs. C. D. Kunkel. Thursday Presbyterian Missionary Mito Box Opening—Mrs. J. L. Kocher. Christian Women’s Board of Missions—Mrs. Arthur Fisher. Evangelical Woman’s Missionary— Mrs. Fred Linn. Euterpean Club —Mrs. D. W. Beery. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad whne h estumbleth. —Bible

The Delta Theta Tau sorority will neet tonight at the home of . Miss layme Harting. The Concord Lu he an Ladies’ Aid ociety will meet with Mrs. C. D. -unltel Wednesday afternoon. The Catholic Ladies of Columbus ■ ill meet at the K. of C. hall Tueslay evening. Mrs. Dr. C. R. Weaver's section of he Christian church will hold a pasry sale at the gas office Saturday, at en o’clock. The Euterpean club will meet Thursday evening with Mrs. D. W. leery. when Mrs. Eugene Runyon ind Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer will have

he program. Mrs. Will H. Hendricks and Mr. md Mrs. H. P. Moses, of Ft. Wayne were Sunday guests of Miss Annette Moses and Mr. and Mrs. W* A. Kuebler. The Christian Woman's Board cf Missions’ local auxiliary will meet with Mrs. Arthur Fisher Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Minnie Daniels will be leader of the good program which will be announced tomorrow. A family reunion was held Sunday at the home of Mrs. Mary 'Weber, on! Nuttman Avenue, in honor of her daughter, Miss Minnie Weber, who leaver Wednesday for Clyde, Mo., where she will enter the St. Benedictine Convent. Present for the day were Mrs. John Sullivan, and son. of Lima, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Merle Kimble, Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Houser and family, Mr. and Mrs. Will Beerbaum, of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weber, Clarence Weber,

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1 Mrs. Maurice Murchland. I The Evangelical Woman’s Mission!ary society will moot Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with Mrs. Fred ; Linn on Mercer avenue. ’’The BroadJening Horrizon of Oriental Women” , will be the subject. A birthday dinner was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Sheets, 1 yesterday in honor of Mr. Sheets’ forty-eighth birthday. All came with well-filled baskets and a good time was enjoyed by all present. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Addison Sheets and sons; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sheets and children; Mr. and Mrs. E. E. McClure and children; and Miss Irene Leßrun, all of Wren; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sheets and son, of this city. Mrs. Velma McGill was also a guest in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gillig entertained at supper last evening for Rev. Seimetz, Rev. Kroeger, William Zeser and Joe Colchin. Tn the even- ; ing following that. Mr. Gillig carried out a carefully arranged surprise for

his wife’s thirty-third birthday anniversary. her sister, Mrs. Nellie Gabriel, of Chicago, assisting in the arrangements. There wcro general social amusements and a very delicious luncheon in two courses. Mrs. Gillig received a number of pretty gifts. Besides those guests of the supper party, those present for the surprise were Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Gillig. Mr. and Mrs. John Baker, Mr. and Mrs. James Colchin, Mr. and Mrs. A. Tanvas, Mrs. Alva Nichols. Misses Mary Bernard. Edith Miller. Messrs. Ora Baker. Paul Miller, John Kintz. William Harting. Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Gillig. Tho evening was one of unusually great pleasure. PYTHIAN SISTERS, NOTICE! The Pythian Sisters’ picnic supper will be held at the K. of P. home tonight. A fine menu has been prepared. and those who attend will receive the feed of their lives.

i GO (J R T § M v s ssuku ebsssos sttsttsmnrtD' b Marriage licenses were issued to Lloyd Bowman, born March 18, 1596, son of William Bowman, to wed Frances Bucher, born March 7, 1900, daughter of John Bucher; also to Calvin Carter, born April 12, 1872, son cf Ervin Carter, to wed Addie Marie Myers, born August 11, 1896, daughter of David C. Myers. R. C. Parris is attorney for Cyrus Lyon, who brings a SI,OOO damage suit against Lemuel G. Williams, for injuries sustained December 28th, when Lyons says Williams struck him and knocked him down with a pitchfork, with which he also struck him about the head, arms and other parts of the body and stabbed him. He says his arms were rendered sore and helpless for some time and his head

WEAKNESS REKAINS LONG AFTER Influenza Reports Show That Strength, Energy and Ambition Return Very Slowly to Grippe Patients. After an attack of influenza, doctors advise that nature be assisted in its building-up process by the use of a good tonic —one that will not only put strength and endurance into the body, but will also help to build up and strengthen the run-down cells of the brain. One of the most highly recommended remedies to put energy into both body and brain is Bio-feren —your physician knows the formula—it is printed below. There’s iron in Bio-feren—the kind of iron that makes red blood corpuscles and creates vigor. There is lecithin also; probably the best brain invigorator known to science. Then there is good old reliable gentian. that brings back your lagging appetite. There are other ingredients that help to promote good health, as you can see by reading this formula, not forgetting kolo, that great agent that puts the power of endurance into weak people. Taken altogether Bio-feren is a splendid active tonic that will greatly help any weak, run-down person to regain normal strength, energy, ambition and endurance.

Bio-feren is sold by all reliable druggists and is inexpensive. For weakness after influenza patients are advised to take two tablets after each meal and one at bed time — seven a day, until health, strength and vigor are fully restored. It will not fail to help you and if for any reason you are dissatisfied with results your druggist is authorized to return your money upon request—without any red tape of any kind. Note to physicians: There is no secret about the formula of Bioferen, it is printed on every package. Here it is: Lecithin: Calcium Glyccro-piiosphate: Iron Peptonate, Manganese Peptonate; Ext. Nux. Vomica: Powdered Gentian; Phenolphthalein; Olearsin Capsicum, Kolo. g

wounded to such an extent that sewnig was necessary to close the wound. Lyons says he was unable to work for four weeks and was obliged to pay a twenty dollar doctor bill. It is said Williams paid a fine for assault and battery in the court of Justice Butcher some time ago. Yydbrdl cmfwyp SH SH SHSHRDL D. B. Erwin is attorney for Elizabeth Eberhart, who asks that a guardian be appointed for Mary Ann Wanner, sixty-six, who is of unsound mind and incapable of managing her own estate, the petition alleges.

GEORGE KRICK VERY ILL. George Krick, who is very ill of double pneumonia, is somewhat better this afternoon. He has been ill since Thursday night of pneumonia, which is believed to be an aftereffect of influenza. He had been attending conventions and to business at Pittsburg, Indianapolis and other points, and it is believed the strain was too much. Miss Springer, of Berne, is the nurse attending him. Relatives from out of town have been summoned.

Samantha Shoaf, defendant in a divorce suit brought by Ambrose Shoaf, and which is now pending in the Wells circuit court where it was sent on change of venue, filed a crosscomplaint today, by her attorneys, R. C. Parrish and C. J. Lutz. She asks that the divoce be given to her, - together with SB,OOO alimony and the additional sum of SSOO for attorney’s fees and expenses in the prosecution of this action. Cruel and inhuman treatment during the time they lived together, from their marriage December 18, 1906 until November 10, 1918, is alleged. She says that he had three children by a former marriage and that she gave them a mother’s attention during illness and health. She says that her husband, as well as the oldest son. struck her on one occasion; that the husband swore at her. called her vile names, accused her falsely of crimes, and told her she was not human: that he compelled her when she was sick to get out of bed to cook and care for hired men; and growled bee.-use she was ’’piling up” doctor bills on him. That he was guilty of a syste- -.tic course of vex ing and harassing her. is also alleged. She says he complained because she talked too much on the telephone she installed and cut tho wires and hid the phone in an outbuilding: that she got only the proceeds from the milk and butter, and on one occasion he found a basket of eggs hidden in the barn, and when she attempted to take them to the house, he violently assaulted her and knocked her down. She says he was niggardly and refused to permit her to have company come home from church, because cf the cost of feeding them, or to allow neighbors to help with threshing for the same reason. That he made her go to her brother’s home in this city during the cold spell of the winters of 191" and 1918 to save fuel, and that he hung around a store for the same reason, is alleged. When she asked him to bring some provision home from town, she says he went to the pantry and made an inventory; and when she asked him for some small amount of money to supply the wants of the household, she says he would growl and snarl and then maybe dole out a small per cent of the amount necessary, and instead of giving it to her would slyly lay it on the table and sneak out of the house. She says the husband is the owner of real estate in the county valued at $17,000 and in this city of the value of $2500 with $5,000 worth of personal property, a proportion of which she helped to accumulate during their married life. D. B. Erwin and L. C. De Voss are attorneys for Mr. Shoaf.

SCHOOLFOR BOYS Will be Established by Toledo Moose in Old Wartime Barracks AT TOLEDO, OHIO Will be Patterned After Industrial Department at Mooseheart, Illinois.

The training school for boys, to be established in the abandoned wartime barracks at Toledo University will be patterned after the industrial department of the great educational system at Mooseheart, 111. A committee from the city hall expects to go to Mooseheart this week to study conditions there with the view of establishing the Toledo university school at the earliest possible time. It will Be necessary for the city to . provide funds for the equipment of the barracks, which were abandoned ;soon after the armistice was signed.

This will be in keeping with plan® announced some time ago by Mayor Schreiber. Tho Loyal Order of Moose, which maintains Mooseheart, where the children of deceased members of the Order are given a life training, 8 I said to be the first to successfully conduct an industrial school, which has for its purpose the adaption o education to industrial needs. Toledo Lodge No. 713. the members of which have become deeply interested in the plans of the city to establish a school for boys at Toledo university, has demonstrated Its concern for future citizens and its loyalty to the cause of constructive advancement by offering to defray the expenses of a municipal committee to investigate Mooseheart.

Ou this committee will be Mayor Schreiger. Finance Director James Martin. Welfare Director C. M Benedict and a member of the city council to be chosen. Governor Arthur Capper of Kansas, in indorsing the Mooseheart system, is quoted as saying the sooner tools are placed in the hands of children to be used in creative work the sooner children will develop into self-reliant characters. Such form of schooling, he says, should be given to all children because it trains for life. Mooseheart is pre-eminently the exponent of vocational education, according to E. J. Henning. past supreme dictator of the Supreme, Lodge. “It believes that agriculture is the greatest, most promising and most desirable vocation in America today,” says Mr. Henning. "It believes many problems of the unemployed, many of the problems of the down and outs, the bum end the tramp and of the inhabitants of jails can be , solved by proper attention to early I youth id the discovery of vocational | aptitudes of childhood. "Moogeheart believes that to make ’ a wise choice a child must have the opportunity of coming into actual contact with the most usual voca-l tions and industrial operations cf the day.” Industrial courses are a feature of tho Mooseheart vocational system. One of the largest buildings of the institution is devoted to classes in painting, machine shop, carpenter work, mill work, drafting and electrical laboratories. Other branches of the system include art stone and concrete furniture. art or trim stone, garden furniture and cement making. In addition children are given horticulture, agriculture, printing, plumbing, commercial, garage and pro-electrical courses.

THE HIGHWAY BILL Now in Hands of Conference Committee —House Refuses to Confer. TAX BILL POSTPONED — Resolutions Offered to Aid Discharged Soldiers But None Have Passed.

(United Press Serrtcs) Indianapolis. March 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The house tixliy refused to concur in the amendment to the highway commission bill A conference committee of three was appointed by Speaker Eschbach to confer with a committee of the senate The house postponed until tomorrow afternoon the appropriation bill. Indianapolis, March 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Senator Negley, Indianapolis, today introduced a senate concurrence resolution requesting congressional option for six months’ pay to discharged soldiers, sailors and marines.

Senator English. Indianapolis, in- g troduced another resolution provid- s ing for the making up of deficits tor £ six months, between the present pay £ and pay received by soldiers.' sailors ? and marines before entering the serv- | ice. | Senator James asked that the Sym- | on's Blue Sky bill be referred to an- t other committee. The motion was t ' lost. Consideration of the Mendenhall x tax bill, which was on the docket for ! ‘ today was postponed until tomorrow J ' on motion of Senator Negley. The senate today passed the Rapps I I;resolution amending the constitution * 1 and providing for enumeration of leg- | 1 islative apportionment be taken on j > total number of votes cast for all can- , didates tor secretary of state every • six years. The vote was 36 to 0. : ’ The Masters senate joint resolution I c legalizing expenditures for labor on 1 public highways in excess of rates prescribed by law bv countv hinhwav !

superintendents and commissioner's and for maintainance of prisoners and orphans was passed by the senate 28 to 10. Ttie Bide man bill giving the sheriff

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BLOOD IN BAD CONDITION?? iMBLED WITH BOILS OR CARBIiH EVER TRIED LAXCARIN! The peculiar effect on the blood caused by the rap: 1 chang. ofi.-j especially this winter, the chilly blasts and dampne-, I>> undoubtedly have a disastrous effect upon your system if vaur x- - pens to be in bad condition. You should not allow yourself to raa&x of suffering with boils and carbuncles, you should : the snare of pain and suffering of rheumatism or catarrh when ■ : — your blood in shape to prevent it by the simple method of taking a« of hot water upon arising with one-half laxarin tablet. Boils and carbuncles are evidence of disordered bl —I They -a necessarily moan an inherited taint, but they tell you thtu poisoned, that the life-saving stream that should flow through y pure, vigorous and healthy, has become upset, maybe by drinking, more probably by constipation, stomach trouble w A kidney; ; not properly working liver, or perhaps by uric acid. Whatever nttt:-•-the cause, your blood has become poisoned and you are not going to what it is to feel well until the poison and impurities have nr; from your system. The blood, purified and invigorated, »i form its normal function of keeping the body full of health and Every part of the body is dependent upon the blood for nourMmmz! strength,’ and when for any cause this vital stream b< -omes run don: invites disease to enter. The liver and kidneys, failing to : Kiser amount of nourishment from the blood, grow inactive ..d d>.l . a waste and bodily impurities that should pass off through the- : nature are left in the system to encourage some blood disorder Take example a great big dam built to hold the flowing waters , < .-L-.-sg River. Supposing we were able to hold up the milllor.s ■ !ir immense artery What would be the consequences—what would iuas: the lands which would be overflown? When the bltod in condition, it should be treated with a remedy that is no: only thorottik gentle n its action. Laxcarin is a pure vegetable remedy, which is m; de f herbs, and it Is exactly what Is needed It not only ' - ;h . impurities and enriches and strengthens it, but gently buikis up system by its fine tonic effect. Laxcarin re-invigorates everyman c:u body, gives tone and vigor to the blood, and as it goes to the di£<.r carries health aud strength. Laxcarin acts promptly and ghes good results. It - - power to drive out rheumatism, catarrh, boils, sores a 1 ■ eases, corrects constipation, gives a healthy movement. h l' •’ in performing its duties —does away with sour gassy ferments belching. LAXCARIN

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