Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1919 — Page 1

Volume XVII. Number 198

CAVALRY TROOPS HAVE | CROSSEDJNTO MEXICO El Paso, Texas, Aug. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Eighth cavahy troops crossed into Mexico below Candelaria early todayin pursuit of the Mexican bandits who released Lieut. Peterson and Davis for $15,000 ransom. Airplanes are scouting with the cavalry in an effort to pick up the bandits’ trail. Lieuts. Peterson and Davis joined the American troops and acted as guides in the chase according to an unofficial report reaching here.

Col. Langhorn sent the cavalry' across the Mexican line in accordance w >th his standing order from the war department, authorizing such punitive expedition when he had a “hot trail.” This was the ninth crossing by Langhorn's men after Mexican raiders during the past two years. There is no undue activity among the American armed forces here, and Gen. Erwin, district commander, had received no intimation from Washington that any movement into Mexico on a large scale would take place. The hunt in the vast lands is expected to be over today, and the pursuing troops should be back on the American side tonight, according to military officials here. The expedition consists mainly of the mounted guards led by Captain Matlack which escorted the Marfa ' banker with the $15,000 ransom. The crossing was made in accord- ' ance with a pre-arranged scheme for these troops to take up the bandit’s trail as soon as Matlack returned safely with the two aviators. However, the bandits had a few hours' start of the American troops. Peterson reported twenty men in the bandit’s. He said the leader told h : m the fourth force numbered sixty. This leader spoke English, Peterson said, and told of yorking on a railroad in Kansas, where he lost an arm and a leg in a wreck. Peterson reported his plane was badly damaged In landing and said the machine gun was disabled. Austin, Texas, Aug. 19.—Special to Daily Democrat)-—Anticipating an early climax in the Mexican situation, Gov. Hobby today ordered speeding up of recruiting of the Texas national guards to full strength of 16.000 men. TWO WILLS PROBATED The last will and testament of Mary : Fox, of Berne, was probated this aft ! erntrm. It bequeaths S6OO and choice of one beds to her son, Calvin, for caring for her, provides for payment of debts and funeral expenses and divides the rest of he restate equally among her children. Jacob. John. Fred, Julius, Edward and Calvin Fox. Caroline Beers, Elizabeth Luginbill and Aldine Yoder and the children of a deceased son, Ferdinand, each to receive one tenth. The will provides that William is not to receive any part, having already received his share. The will was written May 3rd. 1916 with Rudolph Schug and Amos Hirschy as witnesses. The will of Elizabeth Willey written in Fort Wayne May 10th, 1919 was probated. It provides for payment of debts and funeral expenses and then gives all real and personal property tc her daughter, Florence Keller who is also named as executrix. AGED LADY DIES — Mrs. Emily McDaugh. well-known to residents of Pleasant Mills, died at her home six miles east of Willshire yesterday from complications due to old age. Mrs. McDaugh was born Aug. 19, 1839, being just eighty years | of age. Her husband, John McDaugh preceded her in death a year ago Funeral services will be held at 10 i o’clock Thursday morning in the Green Briar church near Willshire Rev. Frank Johnson, officiating. LEAVE ON MOTOR TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Burt Lower, Bill Linn and Harry Knapp left yesterday for a motor trip to Niagara Falls. The party will stop at Alliance, Ohio, tomorrow, to attend the annual Lower reunion. The return trip will be made through Cleveland and the northern cities of Ohio. They expect to be gone a week or ten days. 198-t3 While in Fort Wayne Saturday, Bob Falk, who is here visiting his father, John Falk, had the misfortune to lose a pocketbook containing S2B in bills.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

MAY ORGANIZE MILITIA HERE Rev. .J. Ed. Stone Who Has Had Many Years’ Experience is Requested BY ADJ’T. GENERAL Requires Sixty Members— Part of the United States Military Militia. Decatur has an opportunity to have a militia company, a part of the great United States Militia now being organized. Rev J. Ed. Stone, pastor of the Baptist church in this city and who has been connected with military organizations for many years has been requested by the adjutant general to organize a company here and if given any encouragement will do so. : Rev. Stone served as a member of the regular army for three years and j took part in the Spanish-American | war Later he was for many years a ! member of the Kentucky militia. He I took the course-tn owe- of the Indiana ' Officer’s Training Schools, was captain and colonel of the Indiana Home Guards for some time in Montgomery and Wabash counties and during last winter was physical director at Camp Custer, Michigan. He is well posted [ on all things pertaining to military affairs and will organize and join the company. He is not particular about serving as captain of the company that being left to the members after they are sworn in. The company can be formed with 1 sixty members, none less than eigh- | teen years of age and none over thir- ! ty-five unless they have had previous experience. If a few business men will assist Rev. Stone he will give it all the attention possible and it is believed that a hundred young men will wish to become members. The U. S. militia will become a great part of the government within a short ! time and this gives Decatur the opI portunity to have a company to repre- ' sent this communityIf any interest is manifested a meet ing will be held soon, the papers pre- I pared and the company organized as j soon as possible. It is believed that arrangements for using the gym one I night a week for drilling can be made. I it’s largely up to the young men of j this community. If they feel they like the training and experience, Rev. Stone will see that the opportunity is theirs. What do you say boys? WILL REPEAT PLAY Owing to the large crowd of people that were turned away the night the j Young People’s society of the St. John’s church presented their play, i “The Peacemaker,” it has been decided to hold it again on Wednesday I evening, thus giving all the people of the community an opportunity to see it. The play is a very good one, : splendidly acted, and no doubt another ! large crowd will witness it. — A PLEASANT SURPRISE The Young Peoples society of the St. John’s church at Bingen planned an agreeable surprise on their teacher, |C. W. Hohnhaus, Sunday evening, the event being in celebration of his birtn s day. The class presented him with a beautiful leather rocking chair, to--1 gether with a number of other useful ’ gifts. BUSINESS MEN MEETING 1 ! There will be a meeting of ti e De--1 catur merchants tomorrow evening at the city hall. A business meeting and ) a smoker will take place, and at which . time, the eleciton of officess for the ? coming year will tak eplace. A large attendance is desired. Be there.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, August 19, 1919.

BORROWED AUTO Bluffton Girls Take Joy Ride to Huntington in Arthur Eulk’s Auto A TEN MINUTE LOAN Resulted in Car Being Gone for Hours—Police Called to Aid in Search. What’s the use of having friends, if you can’t use their automobile? This is evidently wltat Marjorie Bowen and Grace Baumgardner, 15-year-old girls, thought Saturday night when they asked Arthur Fulk for the use of his car for about ten minutes to drive to the south part of the city to get their wraps. Fulk, who lives near Honduras, readily consented and told the girls to just leave the car where they found it. Long about one o’clock when the girls did not return, Fulk became uneasy and enlisted the aid of Sheriff Gehrett. They went to the homes of the two girls and found that they were not at home. On report of a wrecked car on the Ellingham pike, investigation showed this car to belong to Dr. Laidlaw, who had rented it to a party of men. At 2:00 o’clock, however the girls drove the car into Bluffton and left it where they had found it. They stated that they had been “just driving around" but they had used three gallons of gasoline. It is the supposition of the police that the girls called for partners and drove to Huntington for a joy ride. — Bluffton Banner.

AGENT RESIGNS J. R. Meeks, County Agricultural Agent, to Leave For New Field NEW MAN NOT NAMED Most Efficient County Has Had According to Supt. Ed. Christen County Agricultural Agent J. R. Meeks, who has been on duty in Adams county for the past year, has asked the department of Co-operative Extension Work at Lafayette, not to re-appoint him for next year. Mr. Meeks expects to take up work with his father in the manufacturing of a hog cholera serum near Thorntown. Ind. He will leave for his new field September 1. The county agent is appointed yearly by the department at Purdue university and if he is approved by the county board of education he assumes his duties. County Supt. Ed Christian has been notified that the department is considering naming a man from St Joe county to succeed Mr. Meeks. The county board of education will meet the first Monday in September, and if the new man is approved he will take up his duties. A representative from Purdue was in Decatur last week, reviewing the situation. “Mr. Meeks was the best county agent we ever had," said Mr. Christen today. “He was a very conscientious worker and has done a great deal for the county. I am very sorry to see him go, and am sure the farmers of the county agree with me."

SHAMROCKS DEFEAT WILLSHIRE In a game full of thrills, the rejuvenated Decatur Shamrocks, registered their first victory of the season by walloping Willshire Sunday on the Ohio village diamond, to the score of 12 to 7. The Decatur crew started the contest off with a rush, garnering six runs In the first inning. In the sixth Willshire made a five run rally assisted by Stalter’s errors. Cochran and Coffee were the batteries for Decatur. A return game will be played a week from Sunday. WAS GUEST OF KING (United Press Service) Rome, Aug. 19.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—After lunching at the Quirinal yesterday as the guest of the king, General Pershing visited the Pantheon, where he placed wreaths on the tombs of the late Kings Victor Emanuel and Humbert. The Popolo Romano, in paying tribute to Pershing, said today that the United States and Italy were bound by ties of indissoluble friendship.

WAR VETS WILL HOLD A MEETING All Discharged Service Men Urged io Meet at Elks Hall Friday Night i WILL ORGANIZE POST Os the American Legion— Meeting Called by Sgt. Albert Colchin.

On Friday night at eight o’clock, August 22nd, a mass meeting of all discharged soldiers, sailors and mari ines will be held at the Elks hall in this city for the purpose of making preliminary plans to organize a post of the American Legion and to affiliate the county organization with the state and national association. Officers of the Legion will probably be elected at this meeting and steps taken to enroll every ex-soldier, sailor and mar-j ine in the organization. Albert Colchin, recently returned from overseas where he served as a sergeant in the engineers corps, has received a letter from the secretary of* the Indiana branch of the American Legion, appointing him the organizer in this county. He has, therefore called the meeting for Friday night at the Elks hall. The letter from the secretary states that there are twenty chartered posts in Indiana now, and about fifty in process of formation, while in the i United States over twelve hundred posts have been organized with a (total membership aggregating near four hundred thousand. The American j Legion was first organized in St. i Louis last June. Lieut. Col. Theadore ! Roosevelt being elected commander of ■the organization. It is the purpose of| the organization to have every dis-1 charged man who served so heroically , in the World war to enroll in the, legion.. Article two of the state con(Continued on Page Two)

REPEAL DAYLIGHT BILL OVER VETO — House Votes 223 to 101 to Repeal Measure Over President’s Veto AT THE WHITE HOUSE President Tells Committee That Senate Must Accept or Reject Utterly. (United Press Service) Washington, Aug. 19 — (Special Io Daily Demo crat —The repeal of I lie daylight savings law was passed today by the house over the veto of President Wilson. The vole to over ride the veto was 223 to 101. (By L. C. Martin, United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Aug. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The; Senate must accept the peace treaty and the league of nations . covenant as they stand, or reject them utterly. President Wilson told the senate foreign relations committee at the White House today. There can be neither amendment or reservation in the rati(Continued on page two) ! ■ — '= 18 MINERS KILLED Trinidad, Colo., Aug. 19— (Special to Daily Democrat) —Eighteen miners were killed by Monday’s explosion in the Oakview coal shaft near La Veta it was definitely established today. The bodies of 12 have been taken out. The remaining 6 dead have been located and are expected to be brought out today. THE WEATHER FORECAST Indiana—Fair Tuesday and Wednesday, with rising temperature.

CALLED BY DEATH William Schamerloh, Retired Farmer, Dies After a Long Illness WAS 56 YEARS OF AGE i Funeral Will Be Held Thursday Morning—Burial in Union Township Henry Schamerloh, well known retired farmer, died at his home on North Fifth street at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon after a protracted I illness of cancer of the liver and

stomach. Mr. Schamerloh had been ailing since last winter and had undergone several operations to prolong his life. He was born in Union township, Adams county, September 26, 1863, being almost 56 years old at the time of his death. He spent the greater part of his life on the farm, but retired > from active work a year ago last November, to live in Decatur. The deceased was the son of Christian and Caroline Schamerloh. On November 13, 1892 he was married to Augusta Germann and to this union one son. Edwin, was born, who lives on his father’s farm. Besides his wife and Json, Mr. Schamerloh leaves one brother and three sisters. They are William Schamerloh, Mrs. Caroline Thieme, Anna Schamerloh and Mrs. Beta Bleeke. Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock Thursday morning at the Zion Lutheran church in this city and at 10:30 o’clock at the Emmanuel Lutheran church in Union township, where the burial will be made-

FOOD SALE OPENS Orders Being Taken at the Postoffice for Surplus Army Supplies WILL END TOMORROW Postage Rates Reason for Comparatively Little Business. — The government sale of surplus army food at the Decatur postoffiee opened yesterday and Postmaster Bosse and his assistants assumed the roles of grocers and butchers. The i sale, which is being held over the entire country, will end tomorrow night. Yesterday's sale was fairly good, according to Mr. Bosse, who sent in his first order last night. Decatur’s share of the foodstuffs will come from the zone surplus supply officer at Chicago. The food is being sold only ( in certain fixed quantities, for if the packages were broken and distrubuted in smaller amounts, it would entail a great deal of extra work on the part i of the government employes . Since Decatur is in the third postal ! zone from Chicago, the postage rates on the food amount to considerable, I and this is believed the reason why I the sales are not larger. However, 1 j there has been some agitation to bring about a rebate on the postage rates by subtracting a like amount from the price of foodstuffs, but no definite decision on this matter has been reached. TO OBSERVE LABOR DAY The organized laborers of Decatur desire to celebrate Labor day in this city for the first time this year. All labor organizations, workmen, discharged soldiers, business men, rep-1 resentatives of lodges and all others I who will, are urged to attend a meeting to be held at the G. A. R. hall I Wednesday evening, of this week, at! eight o’clock to complete plans and arrange for a suitable program. Please be present. COURT HOUSE NEWS

Real estate transfers have been made as follows: Fort Wayne & Decatur Traction company to John A. Trout, acres. Washing township, $25; Fleman A. Siberg et al to John T. Waiterhouse to Ida E. Siberg, quit claim deed, SI.OO. The honorable discharge of Seal Ramsey has been filed at the recorder’s office. Hunters licenses were issued to J. E. Johnson, Auburn Thomae, Merland ; Ross and P. B Dykeman.

STRAW STACK BURNS j Quite a little excitement was had on the John Chilcote farm, five miles south of this city, near the Brandyberry school house, Sunday noon, when a big straw stack standing near the barn caught fire, burning to the , ground. The stack was located near ! the barn, which was filled with crops , 1 from the harvest, and several times . it looked like it would go up in flames too. About two hundred farmers from the surrounding vicinity I were on hand to help fight the fire, and whom with their efforts, saved the barn from burning. How the fire started is not known, as no members of the Chilcote family were at home at the time. WILL WORK OUT UNIFORM PLANS — For Presenting Tuberculosis Sanitorium Proposition to County Officials I MET AT BLUFFTON i Commissioners of Wells, Jay and Adams Present —Huntington Absent The county commissioners of I i Adams, Jay, Huntington and Wells county will meet within the next few days and decide upon a uniform resolution to be presented to the county I councils of the four counties when , they meet in regular session in September. The proposition set out in this resolution will be approved at a joint meeting of the boards of comI missioners to be held within the next two weeks upon call of the secretary of the association, H. B. Heller. ) This was decided upon just before the meeuiiK held at Bluffton yesterday adjourned. The commissioners of Adams, Jay and Wells attended the r meeting, but for some cause. Huntington county was not represented. A telephone call to the county auditor • brought, the reply that they did not know of the meeting though they had I been notified by letter. David J. Dilling of this county presided and the meeting was attended by Robert 3 Schwartz and Grant Owens of this 3 county: William Redding. John Prough and H. L. Swain of Wells; S. S. Buckingham, E. S. Jones and Louis 3 Stone of Jay. Mr. EQ. Laudeman, executive secretary of the Indiana • tuberculosis association, also attended ' and several citizens from the various 1 counties including C. J. Lutz, Oscar ’ Hoffman, C. N. Christen, Jim A. Hen--1 dricks. H. B. Heller. J. T. Myers and J. H. Heller from here. i Mr. Dilling stated that Adams ( ! county continues to favor the project j ' and renewed the offer for the donating of fifteen acres of grounds. Mr. Buckingham of Jay county said his county i was in sympathy with the movement. Mr. Charles Dailey, county attorney ; for Wells county then announced that the Wells county board was opposed, to the Adams county proposition be-1 cause of the fact that the resolution provided that the title to he old fair grounds would refer to Adams county, together with the buildings thereon in case the building should at any time not be used as a tuberculosis! hospital. It was announced, however, that this could be corrected by giving the four counties a deed in fee simple Mr. Dailey then read a resolution ask- ! ing the commissioners to visit the Mock property near Bluffton to in-j spect same with a view of purchasing! same. This iresoultion was signed I I by the Wells county commissioners. After discussing several plans it was finally decided that the county attorneys of the four counties work out a uniform plan and the following res!olution was unanimously adopted: “That the county attorneys of each of the four counties shall hold a meeting a* a nearly date in which all preliminary questions

relating to Hie establishment of the hospital shall be determined, including suggestions as to the amount of the appropriation and make a report to the separate boards of commissioners. A majority of said attorneys may make such report.” A joint session of the commission ( ers will then be held and in this man , ner it is hoped to have everything I ready that the plans may be presented to the county councils. The matter of deciding as to location will be (determined later.

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INSTITUTE WILL OPEN NEXT WEEK Teachers’ Institute Will Be Held in This City Aug. 25 to 29 Inclusive I WONDERFUL PROGRAM Has Been Prepared—Noted Lecturers and Instructors Will be Here. The Adams county teachers institute will be held in this city during the week of August 25th to 29th, inclusive in the circuit court room, with county superintendent of schools, E. S. Christen, presiding. All teachers I expecting to teach in the county ■ schools are required to attend the institute. A most wonderful program I lias been arranged for the week and . the services or noted lecturers and instructors have been secured for the sessions. Attractive little programs have been sent out to the teachers, township trustees and those interest- ! ed in the education of children to attend he sessions. The following instructors of state and national prominence will deal with the foregoing subjects at the institute. Education. , William D. Henderson, Ph. D., head of the department of extension serv- ’ ice, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Geography and Dedagogy. , Dr. Charles H. Albert, department | of geography, State Normal School. Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Primary. 1 Harriet Eleanor Cook, primary 1 teacher and institute instructor. ■ | Washington, Indiana. Head of det partment of education. Summer Nory mal School, Canonsburg, Pa. Music. a Miss Edna A. Marlatt, educational department of the Victor company, f Camden, N. J.

31 Lecturer. Senator Franklin McCrary, presi- • dent Indiana Branch of League to Enforce Peace, Indianapolis, Indiana. Institutes. I The preliminary institutes will be ■ combined this year and held as fcl- ’ lows. For the fcix northern townships in the county at the Central i school building, Decatur, Indiana, ' September 13, 1919, and for the six ■ southern townships at the school ■ buildings in Geneva, Indiana. September 20, 1919. The program arranged for the week is as follows: Monday Forenoon. 8:30 Devotional —Rev. V. C. Rogers. 8:45 Underlying Principles in Teaching—Dr. Albert. | 9:35 Rest. 9:45 Primary Problems—Miss Cook. j 10:35 Rest. 10:45 The Experience Factor in Education -Dr. Henderson. Monday Afternoon. 1:00 A Negative View of Geography—Dr. Albert. 1:50 Rest. 2:00 Phonics—Miss Cook. 2:50 Rest. 3:00 Fear as a Factor in Human Conduct Dr. Henderson. Tuesday Forenoon. 8:30 Devotional —Rev. W. S. Mills 8:45 Underlying Principles *in Teaching—Dr. Albert. 9:35 Rest. 9:45 Reading — Different Methods and How to Proceed Miss Cook. 10:35 Rest. 10:45 The Meaning of Attention— I Dr. Henderson. Tuesday Afternoon. 1:00 The Unity of Geography—Dr. Albert. 1:40 Rest. 1:45 Model Reading Lesson, First 1 Grade —Miss Cook. 2:25 Rest. 2:30 The League of Nations—Senator McCray. 3:30 The Power of Suggestion— Dr. Henderson. Wednesday Forenoon. 8:30 Devotional —Rev. J. Ed Stone. 8:45 The Working Factors of the School—Dr. Albert. 9:35 Rest. 9:45 Model Reading Lesson, Second Grade —Miss Cook. 10:35 Rest. 10:45 The Philosophy of Interest—b Dr. Henderson. 1- Wednesday Afternoon. g 1:00 The Mississippi Valley as a t- Type Study—Dr. Albert. 1:50 Rest. (Continued on page two)