Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1919 — Page 2

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' DAILY DEMO C R AT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER.. President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE Secretary Subscription Rates By Government Order Caah la Advance. One Week by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier 16.00 One Month, by mall 36 cents Three Months, by mall SI.OO Six Months, by mall $1.76 One Year, by mall ...........$3.00 One Year, at office $3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce in Deca-1 tar, Indiana, as second-class matter. Just at the time that Borah the man who •'would not follow Jesus Christ, etc.,” is demanding that the ] republicans make a “party issue” o£ > the league of nations it is gratifying to find Mr. Taft inviting Senator Hitchcock, a democrat, to accompany f him on a two weeks’ speeking tour in the middle west in behalf of the * league. The action of Mr. Taft is characteristic. He takes this method of manifesting his contempt for the petty professional pie-eaters of party politics who must make an “issue” of anything that may be proposed by the leader of an opposite arty. It is reported too that the former president is anxious to confer as to the waging of the fight for ratification. In other words even though the professionals in caucus decide that the league is a

party question the former president imoposes to keep the coni|>any of his intellectual self respect, and to make his fight for ratification. Perhaps the plan is to read men like Taft out < f the party. Ho has been such a loyal supporter of the government during tlie war that he must be distasteful [ to Senator Lafollette of the republican 1 steering committee of the senate and to Billy Mason of the foreign relations committee of the house. —Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. '■ . We have the assurance from Colonel Beach, division engineer for the central division, that he will come to Decatur and make a careful survey before submitting his report to the government on the proposed new waterway. This indicates that this county has an excellent chance to secure i this wonderful improvement, the j

dredging of the St. Marys river and making it a part of the great waterway system, to be eonsructcd by the government. It is important that some step# be taken at once that no opportunity be overlooked. It would provide besides a carrier the greatest drainage feeder possible and would save the county eventually millions of dollars. You are not asked to give very much but something for the Salvation , Army. The quota for this county is i *3,300. Your subscription should be < what you feel you can afford and what you feel this great organization which without blare of trumpet or ,

Smart and Exclusive CREATIONS in this summer’s fashions for women of particular taste and high ideals. A complete assemblage of the most distinctive footwear styles that it has ever bp P n our privilege and pleasure to show. Many new oxfords, pumps with a high Louis heel or a military heel, in black, brown and white. PEOPLES & GAY

grandstand publicity, did such splenI did work for the lx>ys at the front during the great war. Though the 'campaign will not start until Sunday here you can give at any bank or a' this office now if you want to. SOCIETY ITEMS Club Calendar Tuesday. I). Y. B. Section I—Mrs. Ves Baker C. U. B. I.—Dreda Parent. Dutiful Daughters—Miss Melvena Butler. M. E. Ladies’ Chorus—At Church. Tri Kappas—Mrs. Roger Gipe. War Mothers—At Library. D. Y. B. Sect. 2 Handkerchief Sale —Mrs. George Mumma. Wednesday. St. Vincent de Paul —Mrs. J. B. Holthouse. Thursday. lc-nick —Florence Myers. Tho Ic-nick club will meet with Miss Florence Myers Thursday evening. Presbyterian Indies’ Aid—Mrs. Jacob Atz. Young Woman's Missionary—Evangelical Church. Evangelical Ladies’ Aid Open Meeting—L. L. Merryman Home. Mite Society-—M. E. Church. Mt. Pleasant Mite—Mrs. Ben But-1 — I Friday. Evangelical Class Picnic. “I would be true for those who trust me.”—From Young Woman’s Missionary Creed. Tlie C. U. B. I. girls will meet with Miss Dreda Parent this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Milo McKinney, of Portland, were guests of Mrs. Goldie

Steele and Miss Eula McKinney at dinner Sunday. Jesse A. Swartz and family, Miss Ethel Potts, Clara Baughman and family, and Isaac Nelson and family spent Sunday in Craigville, the guests of Rev. and Mrs. T. H. Harmon. Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Miller gave a week-end house party for their niece, I Miss Helen Lower, in honor of her seventeenth birthday. Eighteen young ladies from Warren and this city assembled at the Miller home Saturday afternoon and happily surprised Miss Lower on her return from town. Those w'ho attended from Warren were the Misses Louise Faust, Buena Schultz. Lorah Eraick, Theodale Wiley, Delpha Harrold Mary Wilhelm Ruby Laymen. Berha Kriegbaum, Harriet Rippey. Martha Ruth Harrold, Lillian Andrews, Misses Geradine Brandyberry, Mildred and Gertrude Yager. Ircta Beavers. Marsha Helm. Naomi Butler, from this city, Riley Ruble, Dick Stevens, Everett Lawrence, Joe Lower, Riley Kriesher and, Fred Bouman motored over from War'

ren for the evening. The young ladies from Warren returned home Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs 'James Watts of Monmouth entertained at dinner Sunday for their nephew. James Mahan, who returned Saturday night from service overseas .He was in the medical corps at a base hospital in France, and at the last was stationed at Coblenz, i Germany. Other guests were his par-1 1 ents, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Mahan and I Mr. and Mrs. Dick Hill and daughter,' Mabel. Mr. and Mrs. George Simmers, Mrs. | 1 C. C. Wilder and daughter and Law-1 rence Johnson were guests Sunday at the Calvin Simmers home near i Monroeville. The Evangelical Ladies’ Aid society I will have an open meeting Thursday, evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs.) 1

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L L Merryman on Rugg street when the men and other friends of the i church will lie invited. h Howard. Wisehaupt and the Misses Madge Hite and Frances Cole drove to Bluffton Sunday where they were guests for the day of Dr. and Mrs. Blackman, Eugene Runyon’s class of the Evan-| gelical Sunday school has arranged, for a picnic for Friday evening, to | which Mrs. W. S. Mills’ class, The I Loyal Daughters, has been invited.] They will meet at the church at six] o’clock and if the weather is fine will enjoy an auto ride to a woods for the supper. The Young Woman’s Missionary Circle of he Evangelical church will have their regular monthly supper Thursday evening at six o'clock in the church parlors. Following the supper, there will be a program. The study will be “The Broadening Horizon.” A feature of the program will be a talk by Mrs. L. W. Stolte of the Reformed church, on the first line of the young women’s creed, “I would be true for those who trust me.” Mrs. Harve Smith and Mrs. D. F. Leonard will be hostesses for the Mite society of the local M. E. church Thursday afternoon in the church parlors. The Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid so- • ciety will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Jacob Atz, 411 North Second street. Mrs. Carrie Haubohl left Sunday evening for Chicago where she will i attend the annual Northshore Music festival and attend the commencement exercises of Northwestern university at Evanston, where she will also visit with friends. Mrs. Jennie Furman, of Marion, O. and Winfield Maddy, of Detroit, Mich. ' who were guests at the Dr. P. B. 1 Thomas home for commencement, returned to their homes. Winfield was f accompanied by Bryce Thomas who ! will be employed in Detroit this sum-

i mer. The Delta Theta Tau sorority gave ' their third anniversary dance at the I Knights’ of Columbus hall last evening when twenty couple participated. ’ Music was provided by Miss Bertha Kohne and EJrno Smith and there ' were twelve dances following the ’ grand march which began at. nine ‘o’clock. Leading this were Fred ’Schurger and Miss Mayme Harting, Alfred Mougey and Miss Grace Arnold ■ During the march the Greek letters from which the sorority takes its name, were formed being in the form l i 'of a triangle, “O" and “T.” Programs I I were white cards, patriotic in adornment. bearing a flag, and a red pencil 1 Tables where punch and wafers were - [ffroivded for refreshment between ' dances, w-ere arranged in the reception room. Only the members of the sorority, their man friends and the ' patrons and patronesses of the sorority attended. Patrons and patron nesses are Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Schafer, | Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, Mr. and Mrs. Clayson Carroll, Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Coverdale. Mrs. Harvey Everett's Sunday school class of the Presbyterian church went to Monmouth on the 10 o'clock car to spend the day in the grove. They took a picnic dinner with them and expected to have a most delightful time. Accompanying , Mrs. Everett were Bobby Cole, Eleanor Pumphrey, Robert Frisinger, Betty i Erwin, John Lewis DeVoss. Amy Kremers, Mary Catherine Schug, Sadie Clyde Steele, Billy Wagoner Virginia Hite Mrs. Arley Wagoner, of Saginaw, Mich., is here visiting with her sister, Miss Peter Schneider and family. Mrs. E. L. Can-oil spent the day in Fort Wayne. Several leading newspapers of Paris, France, have arranged for a

direct cable connection with the Indianapolis motor speedway in order to obtain flashes on the. progress and outcome of the international 500-mile Liberty Sweepstakes race on the big, Hoosier oval, May 31st. The fore| most sial's of the old continent are entered in the event. Mrs. John Schnitz and daughter. Wilhelmina, went to Monmouth this morning. Mrs. Ed Borne and daughter. Ruth, and Mrs. Gettys Parmer and daughter, Mabel, spent the day in Fort Wayne. Carey Finkhausen and Mahlon Tickle, of Wren, O. were business visitors here. The appearance of the name J. JMcCoy among the entrants for the Indianapolis Liberty Sweepstake race is the first time that any one of this name has figured as u speedway performer since Kid McCoy, of fistic fame, essayed the role of relief driver to the late Louis Strang, in 1911. If J J. can prove as deft with the wheel as the Kid was with the padded mitts, he will be able to inscribe his name in large letters on the speed role of honor after May 31.

COURT HOUSE NEWS A marriage license was issued to Caspar Jon Miller, farmer, born February 12, 1885, son of Andrew Miller, to wed Margaret Cecelia Omlor, born April 5, 1898. daughter of Jacob Omlor. The petition of J. J. Crum, contractor for the Seth Beavers macadam road, from which contract the county commissioners refused to release him has been appealed to the circuit court. He sets out that May 8 1917, he was awarded the contract for $4723 but that materials, labor and freight have increased so that should be complete the road at these figures, he will lose from SI2OO to SI6OO. He asked to be paid for material and lal>or already finished and to l>e released from completing the road. D. B. Erwin is his attorney.

Olive 11. Peterson qualified as admin istrator de bonis non with the will annexed, of the estate of John D. Hale to succeed C. A. Dugan, the executor who resigned. Hon. Shafer Peterson is the special judge having jurisdiction of this estate. John W. Meibers, executor of the estate of Margretta Meibers, was auth orized to purchase a grave marker not to exceed SIOO and to expend not to exceed S3O on the property of the decedent. Bank of Geneva vs. Edward Dunshee estate. Appearance by Mattax for the estate. Farmers' State Bank vs. Delmer F. Leonard, et al. Case set for June 6. Henry Kintz vs. Will Hammell, Old Adams County Bank. Appearance by Sutton for Old Adams County Bank. Rule to answer. In the two cases of Bank of Geneva vs. William Drew, et al. Appearance by Peterson & Moran for defendants. Rule to answer. Real estate transfers: John Ames, et al. to Lawrence F. Morgan, lot 2, Monroe. $l5O.

Honorable discharge of Merrill E. Pyle from military service, was filed with the county recorder. The damage suit of Albert Lewis Krill against George Honley was venued to Adams county.—Bluffton Banner. TO REPEAL DAYLIGHT. Washington, D. C.. May 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Repeal of the daylight saving law was attached as a rider to the agricultural appropriation bill reported favorably by the house agricultural committee today. The repeal would®uffcct the second Sunday after the passage of the bill.

FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY Services for Mrs. Jesse Dailey Largely Attended. I The funeral of Mrs. Jesse Dailey which was held Sunday afternoon from the home on Fifth street was attended by a large concourse of relatives. the procession following the body to the plot in the Decatur cemetery being one of the largest ever known here. Special conveyances w-ere used for the beautiful floral offerings the beauty of which testlfled to the love in which Mrs. Dailey was I held by all. The Rev. Charles TinkI ham, of the Methodist church preach- | ed the sermon, while the musical serv»he was given by the Misses Cecile = ? ( el ’ a Andrews. Pall Bearers 1 V 6 * 1 . BeU ' Dr Patterson. I too late for cG^^, on JE 1,011 t>ALE—One-ton Ford t 5 complete with tr hck shape. See J p . ln &rii '-<Tass Ind ArnoW ’ Decatur. | — - 126t6

ABOUT TOWN Men rarely admit that they proloosed to their wives. They like their masculine friends to think that they were more or less victims of circumstances. But every man should pause to think that his friends are not going to believe him. No man is willing to concede that any other man has anything on him in the way of attraction and they al] know how they got their wives and they can't help think ■ ing that he got his the same way. If it were so customary for women to do the wooing ahd proposing scarcely any of them would be married to their own hit-bands. A great many women develop their first interest in a man after he exhibits the good taste of asking her hand in marriage. Madame De Lyonnes in Fort Wayne News & Sentinel. Mrs. J. J. Helm and children, of Fort Wayne, are here visiting with the Alex Bell family. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Crawford, of Raton. Arizona, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Ramey at Monmouth. Both; families have just returned from a visit in Reading and Hillsdale, Mich. I Mrs. Arthur Beery left yesterday i afternoon for Louisville, Ky. for a, visit with relatives. She attended the; funeral of Mrs. Jesse Dailey' Sunday. Mr. Beery’ remained for a visit here Dr. Hamilton, of Fort Wayne, was. here Sunday in consultation with Dr.] D. D. Clark on a case in the west part of the city. Dr. Hamilton recently I returned from military service t All kinds of bicycle repairing and parts, tires and motorcycle casings;] also Indian motorcycle for sale, cash or payments, at 409 Monroe St. 126t3 MAKING NEW WALKS Cement walks are being built through the court grounds, at the east side of the courthouse. They curve through the grounds, the south end■ pointing toward the door of the proposed new postoffice building and the] north end toward the door of the surveyor’s office in the Haugk building. RAT_ CORN) | Il T-s ' WITHOUT' I o ’ s Governor Goodrich has designated May 27 as Rat Extermination Day. Did you make an effort to get rid of rats? Rats are a luxury no one can afford. Our rat exterminator is a poison which is sold on a money-back, guarantee that it will kill your rats. I This poinson, however, will not kill chickens, cats or dog«, is safe to use. I The rat, after eating the poison, dies and then immediately begins to dry up, leaving no offensive odor. H. KNAPP & SON

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC All persons willing to contribute flowers for dating soldiers’ graves should bring them or send word to corps membere who will come and get them Friday morning by 9 a m. R Committee. THE ELZEY SHOP. I do repairing of clocks, watches, etc,, and will appreciate your patronage. I have reopened my shop ■it 118 E. Monroe St. Satisfaction guaranteed. Give me a call. H7tl2 NOTICE TO BANK PATRONS That the employes and officials of. the Decatur banks may enjoy the, luncheon and meeting of group one, In-if diana bankers, next Wednesday, Mav j 28th, the three banks in this city will] clase at 12 o'clock. Patrons are asked to take notice and transact their banking business during the morning T-F-T hours. _ The one great dread of a mo-; torist is tire trouble. You can ] almost eliminate this if you use an Insyde Tyre. This is not an ordinary reliner, but made out regular tire fabric, vulcanized together; will not slipe in your casing and wrinkle, neither will vour tube stick to same. Every Insyde Tyre guaranteed to do just as represented, or your money refunded. See J. H. Stewart, or telephone 168.125t6 Celery plants, ten cents per ] dozen, and yam plants seventy-; five cents per hundred at Ful- p lenkanip’s. Get yours. 12613 “HOODMAN BLIND” A big five-reel William Fox , production, featuring the famous matinee idol. William Far- J num. A great play with a great player. f Are you quite sure you know • your own wife? The hero in ! ; this play mistook a gypsy for 1 his wife and he regretted it ; [ever after. But nevertheless. ' i many men are like that, prob- > ably. But this man didn’t even : recognize his wife when he saw her. If you have a double as [ this girl has. be sure and make friends with your double to keep out of trouble, and the double of this little girl has caused William Farnum a few inconveniences, in this great Fox production. A story different from the rest. Come and see for yourself.

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