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20 Veteran's Plight Portrays I Republics' Ungratefulness THE FORT WAVN JOURNAU1AZETTE SUNDAY MORNING JULY SO, 12 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CELEBRATES ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY TODAY i 11 i tf 1 il Ruddies at Irene Bron Hospital Take Up Collection for family of Volney A. Mason, Who Has Been Waiting for Two Years for Government Compensation That Has Never Come; Is Nearly Blind and Has Tuberculosis. TVrott In tht beautiful but lonely and llttlo productive bills of brown county a mo her wife of a world war service mil at Irene Byron hospital Is struggl ng along without a Cent In the world to make ende meet and keen the breath of Ufa In the bodies of her babes Monday the will get a money order for 12 raised for her by her husbands buddies at the Irene Byron several ot them (riving their, last penny and forwarded to her by Mrs. Maeh Ian secretary of the local unit of the American lglon auxiliary The bra wife ould have had the money Friday night but there Is no tele graph office near olney A Mason the husband. Is 6ut has bee i over a year totally Ind In the right eye Sight Is fast falling JO per cent gone In the other aoo He has a serious ease of tuber, oulosla.

both lungs affected He han even glasses to conserve what Etle vision has been, spared to him. STad he enllrted tn the army air Service at Indlanapnlla on Dec J. G7 leaving his freshman year 'at Sutler College to do Jt He was dls Surged at Camp Grant with the rank Df sergeant rhirorter excellent and absence without leave on April lllll Two years ago the young soldier fat In application for government sensation. No action has been bken on It yet so far as could be Caned Mason was however kept fair a time under observation Jn Kwi ital In Indtana oll On Cll was sent to a government ftuitp tal in Dayton On Feb. 14 ISM voung Melon left Bk Duyton hospital to go berk to Bmwn county nnd try to help his Eire nnd family Tl ey have bevfi In a need of money for several Bujiths His efforts failed and rto ftark could he got Thus h.

twd. nil an added burden to th family rd in added drain on the family Seoder and fast dlnltlng rc rourcee dcclled to come to the hi itl to relieve (hem of thai lurden rXarnlng of his plight and ktt the hospital relscd the ItttU fun small but meaning eo much to th lo ely wife and te der ttle tea in Oi "extreme need Iov sonec.se It Is known gave t.ir "Set cant la the world to heln out fi.r fellow uffercr 'he young wife lives all alone In ffb. Brown county hills near Mount 'EberlY not for fto Naihyllle Wl ber are only Haby I my and little two year aid Kenneth Eugene Absolutely destitute with not a cent In th world, but nothing daunted by her heaped misfortune and keeping a brave front for tl sick husband and father's take the writes him on July It that all are well and doing fine" "Sunday Morn PS July IS 111 "Dear pad; "Just got your letter yesterday Will answer today but I don know when I will get to send It No, (a local relief worker) has never sent a red cent out yet A lady came after noma beans and 1 sold 10 I I pounds for (I cents, cents a pound yeeterday and got some thing to eat Clot Kenneth some rice and car and soap If he don send any til get along some way tilt the government sends me a check. "I got a letter on you did rather Thursdny from th 8 veterans huienu district of Indianapolis Wanting you to report the Seth tor examination. Bent transportation I did pot know what else to do, so I sent It back th next day and told them you had got order and transportation, from their offlo a fw dago iVpor at th I.

It. at Toi aynea.1 You ma" hear from them now I thbt It wsa funny they would send you Utters for different places "We are all well aad doing fin Hsv been 'staying by ourselves It bee nevr stormed yet Ilalned last night or nearly dsj light this morn Ing No storm to amount to anything The lamp has never been lit alnc ou left I alwn go to bed early and get up about as usual. Have been cooking on th oit tov but If don get som chink from samewrer III hnv to get eome stood. Think III go down lo Everett this ternoon Cant do anything Either that pr woik In garden Have a tomato i st about rip The vine are it loaded Pickle or setting on Ticke 1 that cold I i id dish nearly full of soup bean yesterday (after they were hulled Just off one row ud there A lot won on the vines Well I It hsv to quit 1 let th hojs Writ Oh yee Harold Moor have a new boy th Moore, Billy wanted to cat th rencll eo 'dldn rlt very good With love MOTHER" And the letter closed with two la borlou scrawls Billy Al en Ma on" and Kenneth Fugene Mdsoiy COURT PROTECTION U.S. SHIPPING BOARD DENIED UNI MEN CHARTERS SIX SHIPS Judge Says Organized Labor Cannot Command Respect Until It Blots Disgrace DETROIT 'july M.

Orgnl.d workers jeopardised th. right, to oourt protection by th Hrrin massacre Judge Arthur Tuttl de. eJirtd in federal court her todiy In rrgntlng a temporary Injunction ktralnlng atrikliig hop workers from trespassing on the rr Marauett railroad company propel ty "Organised, labor" sail Judge BTuttle cannot have th rdp of honest men until It wipes out the Emac of the Herrln maewcr It ust ire itself By such aots or sranlzed workers put themse out auda the wtor. th courts can ilv them otect i The Injulctlon replace a tern oiary restraint! order Issued July it witnesses Ihe rallrtart tesrl fled to alleged lb mt and tnjlrr Inflicted by upon railroad pmploye at Saginaw Judge Tuttl declued to rule a la Jwhether the injunction forbad Picketing o. Try Journal Gazette Want fds.

They bring results jThone 5Q50 Craft Now Under Charter to Haul Coal Said to Be More Than Ninety NEW TORK. July Six more vessels er chartered today by th 1 1 at shipping board for th moement of Britlah coat to th UnUed Estate Th total ships now under charter for th coal trade by both British and TTnlted Btate shipping authorities is said to mor than 00 which will provld space for 750 000 ton of coal due to arrive In August and early Sep tember Coal rate are reported to have Jumped 110 per cent from th oravall Ing summer price a th result of the movement to obtain British coal to meet th preeent emergency Th problem of further increasing th eoal carrying fleet is expected to be complicated by th reported lack of facilities for loading coal In Welsh and Scotch porta. laaaaaaaaaaaaa9RBasxaaaaaaaaaaaatl sLLLLlsxeBaaaaaPJxaaaaaaaaa! KB EHMlli? YihJlH IBT KeV TjTlf ssHHM.K..WiaaaaaaJ)))V..I...HI sB aaaaaaaaaaaKH.H BBsBPiiFTlr VWfT lwk. I HHsBnH 0 wcM'gmLMmmKmMmmm mmmmm REV OONN fJJJriBJinJft ANDERSON PrtMnt Pastor iBmJmSHKSK9BSmK Deacon WlMlsgrSiWrMji i "BJjfBCTBmHHtfH. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, JEFFERSON STREET gBlliv jpji 'vmm 'I Bw ssBKIixaH dKKBJrfci ixa.H aa BOW.ER 1 jLSSH JT ma iaW POLHAMUS Iff SgaB I BaV IV mlH flrsctor of the neard ef Deseen Ts.

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HmIS sot I Rounding out a century of Chrla tlan service Is the Interesting and marvelous record of th First Baptist church whose congregation cele brate this morning the on hun dredth anniversary of th founding or th cnurcn. Qcd fearing men this temole worship has withstood toll, prtva tlon sacrifice and suffering that th word of Ood might be taught th peopl of th community A report of th arly history of thla church gee hand In hand with the Dteneer history of the great northwest For It was tn the year 1S20 when Bv Isaac McCoy tinder appointment of the Baptist Termor lal convention, com aa a missionary to. th Miami and Pottawaml Indian tribes who reservations wer located In this vicinity Rev McCoy having spent several months In visiting different prU of what then termed th Indian Country Becking a favorable alt for a mUslon station started from Fort Hdrrlaon March II 1J0 Mr Turner lit Indian, agent at Fort Wayne Accompanied by on Indian tsavel.d through th wilder nes 180 great inconvenience and not a little danger Finally reaching Fort Wayne Rev McCoy Interviewed Mr Turner who promlsd th gratultou of th public buildings and a gardn snot as well jis hearty co operation From the History of Baptist In dlan Missions written by Rv Mc. d.ri..twa nf hi. actual en WancTupon th flW shortly after r.

invtlratlon he write W. arrived in Fort Wayne after a journey through in wood, of 11 tUy. Fort Wayne wa then only a small village of traders bv th govern ment a. TnUrprt.r. Many of were of French and Indian k.c.nt The nearest of wMt Poo.

Die was 10 mile. wj is P'rcv McCoy began hi. work school on tha twenty Sr'th o'f th. moth with 10 EnglLh irrenrh al.ht Indian and on. nVgro: August I.

th. number of Indian pupil had 1 At tne Close ov --Indian pupil wer enrolled, allot mnhn of Rev Mc Coy, family being clothed lodged and fed at th expenM of th ml. 'n 1U1 ft" MeCoy went to Phlla delphla to conmilt with th board of th trUnnlal convention under who. dlrwtlon h. wa.

working UW hi plan before the board and told of In privations and jiapds of th distant Indiana colony A a ward Is wcurlng th. appointment of thre mission sta tions for th. Pottawatomi. Otta wa and M.aml trlb. re.pectfully On Augurt 1, 1 Mr and Mrs REV JOHN (EAR lrst P.str the men ot God carrlad on until death put an end to their abors Th Present Chyrch On January II 1117 a number ot Baptist, who had moved to Fort Wayne following tn malarial attack convened In th brick alhoolhouee ed tn b.

con soon a Rev, John S.ar. arrived in Fort Wayne and began their mlealonaiy labor, with R.v McCoy "August lilt" R.v McCoy organised ourselve Into a regular church, aaalatad by Bar Martin ot Ohio Mr Martin preaohed Isaiah 15 li Th wlld.rnea. and th aolltarv Lo. h. al.d for fi? 'I'h" i my nic BBMn at wniun iiuie itev 'S Tladal.

waa appointed to draft a con Tha rl.ht hand of fellowshln wa imt tntlAn given by Mr Bear and tha cbirgal Accordingly on March tHey met by Mr Martin. Article ot laitn again In th schoolhoiw and unanl were drawn up and signed by the moualy adopted a declaration ot faith following named pereone who com and a church covenanf thus organ poeed tha First Baptlat church ot Islng themselves into "The First Wayne: Isaac MoCoy John Bears, Regular Baptist church" Christiana McCoy Mary Bears, Oiles On December 1 th chujoh de. Jackson, Johnston Lyksns, Mary elded that they wer. not abl. at that Jackson Menjamen Bear Jr Wl I time to support a pastor but agreed kebekashq.ua a Delaware Indian to keep up monthly meeting.

In woman Ann Turn.r Jesse Coo. I regard to a building the church rc Shortly alter th formation of in ora iaiej tiesoivea. That we take church Rev McCoy a family Includ Ing eeveral of th Indian children wer afflicted with th malarial fever On September 1 5 fever patient wr reported. On Beptem ber I two mor were added toi the list. in tnia vi ii mm Mr Star became prostrated with I th.

f.ver and were' compelled to re a u. vii i Wn IsaS turn v. vember II BenJ Bear. Jr, re 1 malnad on th field only II day when too, waa tricnen witn in fatal malady, to which he succumbed November I For everal year jn iniani cnurcn Wa left leaderles until th year 1811 when a number of Baptist from varlou part ot th country who had migrated to thl city one again organized tha nearly extinct church. Th whol tory of their effort and labor of Rev Isaac McCoy and his assistants typical of th hard ships encountered by th early mid western pioneer Although It wa.

almost ImpoB.lbl for a whit, man to llv. th. fever Infested community nergetio measure for bulldlnal.aM What those "energetic measure' vsr, 1 lft to conjecture but they wer taxen nvenneie and in du present sit of the Clay sohool on Washington street Tha lot wa do natcd by Samuel Hanna. Th prog resa of th new church was at first vary alow Th In securing and maintaining a pastor seemed to hinder any forward movement On ortobert 19 1119 th church licensed, "Urothei) Comb to exercise his gift a minister ot the gospel Later a call was extended to Rev William Cox to becomo pastor He accepted and took charge of th pa.torate Immediately In Istl a branch pi the Fort Wayne church waa organised at Gel River Allen county Preacher, of th. preeent day ar not alone In their necessity to llv on modeet salaries A brief glance at th history of th Baptist church In this city reveals that In th early day pastors also collected remuneration for thelt aervlce In July 1IC0 Rev Meeson began his pastorate at a salary ot 1160 He wa (ustalned partly by th.

Horn Mission noeiety Rev Miller at a eal ary of 1500 per annum, 1100 of which was paid by the Horn Mission ocl ty th remainder waa to collected beyond chemical treatment to UN.nte ror any purpose That is not being done her and the result Is that we are In great danger from strtam pollution, w. must help be m.d. ueeful TWO CHARGES FILED OVER ONE COMBAT to ill In 'the oeurt of Bnu re BtulU on a charge et ansiui ana pauery Caspe After paying hi 4 by Frank jferoderle) in ca.net th nrovoke end warn aImam under arrest casner Indicted that tl. would trial, and It wee con tlnuod for setting of a date. Tn.

men met in combat In the ea. part of th. city nd Broderlck alleger that Csper talked so Insultingly thai lemned three old buildings it Roanoke owned by Henry Crawford of Whitley ct unty it ha. been announced by the ii ana rnaay time a little tram church waa erected I by the paator hlmaelt. on "Clay Hill almost oppoeite th I Th rapidly Increasing membership REV STONE do Pastor 180 ti mad.

it necessary to aecur. larger quarters Concerted work on the part of the congregation succeeded In rala Ing fund, sufficient to erect church building on tha present property on West Jeffersou tret Following is a ltat ot the pastors ot the First Baptist church and the date which they served 1 1122 1837 John Sears HIT Robert Lpisdale; 1137 William Corbln 1889 Jiooeri xisume isoy au William 11. Comb 1840 1841 William Coxt 18411842 William Olldersleve 1143 1845 II Dunlay 1848 1848 II. Mason 1850 1863 I Meeson 1853 1851 Milter 1851 1858.W a Reee 1859 1880 Stephen Wllklns 18(1 1888 Ij. Stevens J89 1882 R.

Stone) 1882 1895 A Northrop 1195 1900 Heneon 1901 1908 Held 1907 1913 Vlchert: 1913 1013 Snashall 1917, John R. Ounn which wis In a partlcu lua condltlnn waa (Arn down by a Vreckingaquad of the Slate marehal office The announcement aid that Mr Crawford had refused carry out the order of the Ure marehal to tear down the build ng Dleeuery was made tud.y that th offle of th fsler 8c huh Lumber company on Beet Stat. trA had boen entered some time Friday Bight n1 1178 In cash and check, takes. I h. check, were found by Taul Morse, a paper carrier in a hollow timber near the Erie trecke a.

th. boy wag collootln on hta rout. it i. wild mat two lads, on. of whom wa.

Implicated In the breaking Into of a etore last winter are missing 11 e. of th. company say th eaf locked when they left the office Thtire ire, nuura wiy iiney aw a light In the viflee at clockv Four burned matches wer fr und Indicating that thee the eafe wa ir tune a tiicuny WW encountered. In penlr It GIRL INJURED IN FALL FROM HORSE Madeline Keokuk 18 vearaVnlA living at 242T llench atreet waa pln4 ruuy Druisea wnen reu rronv horse showa riding shortly atler clock last night While cantering along th saddle fell off throwing Mis Kokuk violently to th ground Harry Trak prohibition agent wa passing at th time and conveyed th injured girl to the Methodist hospital where her Injuries wer attended tor Be sure and read the an nouncement of the Rowjand furniture store or pages 24 and 25 today. ARGO VEGALUE8 Virgil Helntey recently Installed a huncollor commander of Phoenix odge No 101 Knight, of Pythias, and Argo Vegaluea recently elected lodge deputy ot th order will tlve In til fall membership campaign tp be conducted by the lodge Following the Installation of nw offltera, a commute, ha.

nsmed to supervise th. actual work of th. drive tor member and to conduct Ah season prugrarn Harry Eolmm.rman 4 general chairman and chairman of tb separate organisations form th activities com nitta Th relief committee I com tosd of all lodge officers with Roy Uruber, vie chancellor commander a. chairman banquet committee K. A Rlvlts chairman Harry Zlmmer man Zolhirl PhllJKs.

Charlea Hit John Hteinmsn and John fluoleton. Membership committee Argo VIRGIL HEINLEY Vegalue chairman; Robert Oarmlr. Roy Bate and Ch.fle HnauMinr rnisruinment committee Sam Randolph chalrmun LauU Bchro aeri program nenjamin Kline) or chestr Howard Freeman rltuells tlo work Walter Beatty chali'maii, a u. rouar. yraaerick Musser Harry Zimmerman athletic Clydi Boyer (hairman.

bowling: Philip Welckt basketball Bruc Hamilton publicity Charles spauldlng chairman 'William Ward and Louis Bcbrooder pfflcer ef th lodge arei Chancel nder Virgil Helnleyt vice chancellor Roy amber! prelate Harold Lewis master at arms How ard Mllleri Inner guard, Clarence Zerlng outer guard John Btelaman master of work Walter Beatty host A Blvlts organist A Arnold, )odf deputy. Argo Vega luea, Gold Medal Given Bluf fton Hero BLUFFTON Ind July 19 Th Rotary tlub at th. rgular wkly meeting her la.t night, RusmU Rlpp. hlh sohool athlstlo coach who la noting this summer a community recreational dlwctor with a gold medal a. a tok.n of recognition of hi.

r.scu. recently of two Bluffton boy from drowning In th Wabash river Th two boy Clarenc Mad od et Dr Mead and Warner Waeon a of Wason w.r. saved from drowning near warkie, whit, on a camping expedition They wer washed over th MarVl dam Into whirlpools blow th dam and would hav drownwl but for Rlpp bravely plunging inio in sircam and rescuing them. I HOUSEWIVES READ THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS Manv "real bargain in Autos, Household Goods, Rooms, Miscellaneous Ar tides. Radio Supplies, Ma chinery, Tools, Etc.

What you have to sell the other man or woman may want Phone "your" ad in today Irish Irregulars Attack Nationals DUBUN July 19 Four hundred national who left Thurlei yesterday irskfn af nar flnliiAn Vlllaar by tiegrulara according to a meaaagv recelTed ner today Alter an en fakement laetlna; 20 mlnutea the tr regulars retired toward Tlpperary leavlnt; behind them a quantity of equipment and munltlona One prla oner waa taken by the nationals Farmer Sentenced for Being Cruel to Own Daughter BVCTRU8, July J9J M.ngss, farmer living near Crestline was tinea DO and cost and given a auapefided, sentence of six months in on a cnarga ot cruelty lo nia daughter Irene Menge now conflnd to th Toledo Btate hospital He will appeal th case tt waa announced Th case attracted widespread at t.ntlon tvhen th. Menges girl waa found by! county authorities living It ait Iron sheeted amok house in th rear of )he Menge home It wa charged the w.e kept Jn tl) bouse almost continuously with I xufflci.nt lignt ana, air Alter an investigation the returned to th Toledo Btat hospital wher she had previously been an Inmate a Journal Gazette Want Ads bring; results Try them Phono 5050. BJSJ I DON'T make: THE MISTAKE of Letting Tour Accident Lapse If you will pay attention th grt numbir auto and pdstrln aoldnt that oeeur durlnq day yu will re.lii. th.t THE JOURNAL GAZETTE and THE EVENING PRESS accjdent. In.ur.no.

policy Is your b.st It will you many dollar if you should b. tinfertunat. anouah lnjurd In an aeoldnt whll WALKING ON THE STREET or whll RIDING IN ANY MOTOR HORSE DRIVEN VEHICLE or In any accident whll. a passenger en a public conveyance uoh a STREET CAR, TAXICAB, or PASSENGER TRAIN RENEW YOUR POLICY TODAY! Th new policy h.e th added feature ef the PEDE8TRIAN CLAUSE which protect you whll walking th publio highway. $1100 will be paid if you ar killed In TRAVEL ACCIOENT or 1250 if death I du to tnjurlee reeelvad by being knocked down or run ever en th publl highways.

Wwkly Indemnity will be paid during th tlm you ar disabled Only registered subscriber, to either THE JOURNAL GAZETTE er EVENING PRESS obtain thl Insuran fr th small sum (1 DON'T LET YOUR INSURANCE LAPSE An aocldent I I kly td hsppen to you at any tlm and thl policy will you money. CALL The Journal Gazette The Evening Press CIRCOlATION DEPARTMENT fto THE GENCY Phoo.6050 OR flfinjiS tv A REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE SENT TO RENEW YOUR POLICY THIS IS SPLENDID PROTECTION FOR THE FARMER.

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