Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 180, Decatur, Adams County, 1 August 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 180.

FRENCH ARMY IS MOBILIZING I German And French Troops Facing Each i Other Waiting For Order To Fire

TO JOIN RUSSIA England and France Must Assist Russia in War as Treaty Allies THE BRITISH NAVY Is Stripped for Action and Mobilizing in North SeaCrisis Is Near (United Press Service.) Aug. I.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Russia and Germany have broken. Persistant reports state that diplomatic relations between these two countries have been severed at noon today and that German ambassador at St. Petersburg has demanded his passport and started for the frontier. The German ultimatum expires today. The United States will be asked to Serve for these countries and also for France. Under secretaries and attach-, es of the French, German and Russian 1 embassies left today to return home i at d join their regiments. Great Brit ians tentative war plans were completed today when the cabinet ended a two and one half hour sitting. Plans «io meet every possible emergency were completed. The British war fleet, stripped for action, is mobilizing in tlie North Sea. The run on the Bank of England the greatest financial institution in the world, was resumed today. More than 100 persons were in line when it opened. The National Penny Bank suspended operations today. The entire wheat supplyin Antwerp was purchased today by the Bergian government, it was announced. The pressure of famine is already in evidence in Europe Prices have trebled. | London, Aug. 1, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A despatch from Amsterdam says that a report has reached there that the Russian ambassador to Germany has demanded his passports. Paris, August, I—(Speciall—(Special to DailyDemocrat) —Germany has demanded of France a statement of her intentions in this crisis. France’s reply was that: “France must consult her own interests at this time." This is admitted at various embassies. France broke off all telephonic connections today and is censoring all cable despatches. The situation along the frontier is most alarming. Many clashes have occurred between the French and German border forces.* These developments indicate that the I- rench and German relations are near the breaking point. The German ambassador has asked the United States representative to take over his duties in event of war and the request was granted. Paris, France, Aug. I—(Speciall—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The foreign office this evening issued a general mobilisation order for the entire French army and reserves for Sunday. The order is taken to indicate that the two conferences held today by Prem ier Viviani and the German ambassador failed. The Premier is understood to have told the ambassador that France must, under her treaty, stand by Russia and the allies. News of the order was quickly spread and as the officers arrived they were cheered by the crowds. The boulevard went Wild tonight when huge posters announcing the mobilization were posted at points of vantage. The German ambassador will prob ably demand his passoprts and leave tonight. An order will probably be issued immediately setting a time in which all Germans must leave France on penalty of being arrested as snys The climax of street enthusiasm came when a war dirigible swept across the sky. Men and women embrassed with patriotic fervor. The American embassy has been jammed all day with tourists who

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I have been advised to hurry to England. London, Eng., Aug. I—(Special to Daily Demcorat) —The issue of war (Continued on Page 3) ENJOYING TRIP ■ Misses Frances Dugan and Fanny Frisinger Are Now Touring Italy. ARE IN NO DANGER Os the Recent War Complications—Expect to be in Paris Aug. 15. Friends of the Misses Frances Dugan and Fannie Frisinger who are apprehensive as to the surroundings of the young ladies during the recent European war developements will be delighted and relieved to learn that the ! party of which the young ladies are ' members is at present making a tour of Italy and the southern countries, are enjoying their trip to the fullest extent and are in no way endangered by the war preparations. The young ladies are members of the University Traveling Club of Boston and of which Dr. Babcock is the head. All transportation, sight seeing facilities and other arrangements are in charge of his management thereby relieving the members of these burdens and permitting them to enjoy the tour with greater pleasure, knowing that all accommodations and necessities have been arranged. In a letter from Miss Dugan to her mother, she states that the members of the club are so congenial that it seems as though it were a family party and it is also especially pleasing to her for the reason that eight of the members are school mates of her Vassar days. The party is at present completing their tour of Italy and will be in Paris about the fifteen of this month. After a visit in that city, the party will continue to Scotland, Holland, and England. From England it was Miss Dugan’s intention to return to Germany and take an advanced course of study, but whether or not she will be enabled to do this depends solely on the future developements of the present trouble between European empires. o WHAT WILL HAPPEN. Vancouver, Wash., July 31—Eleven men on the jury, before which was tried the case of John Gounagias for. the murder of Dan Grunas, agreed within five minutes after retiring to ’ the jury room on a verdict of guilty. , Owing to the presence on the jury of a woman who was not able to make up her mind at once as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner, the verdict, | however, was delayed for fourteen hours. Gounagias and Grunas were quarry laborers and quarreled. At night after Grunas had retired Gounagias took revenge by shooting his enemy to death as he lay asleep. o MARTIN AULT FUNERAL. The last sad rites for Martin Ault former pressman at this office who shot himself through the head last Thursday afternoon with a 32-caliber revolver were held at ten o'clock this morning from the Ault home on Niblick street, the Rev. R. N. Ball of the Baptist church officiating. Burial took place in the Mount Taber cemetery near Rivarre. RETURN TO CALIFORNIA. Mrs. H. Hagist and daughter, Emma and sister. Miss Kate Kirschner left this morning for their home at Oakland, Cal., after an extended visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kirschner of Preble.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, August 1, 1914.

FACED_AJBURGLAR Mrs. Roy Archbold Had a Thrilling Experience While Visiting in Toledo MAN AT BEDSIDE Mrs. Archbold Awakened by Her Baby Daughter to Find Burglar in Room Mrs. Roy Archbold, of this city who with her children are guests for a few weeks at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nachtrieb at Toledo had a thrilling experience Wednesday morning at three o’clock, and according to her letter home she is not entirely over her fright yet. She was awakened by the screams of her little daughter Josephine, and opened hej eyes to look straight in the face of a big burly burglar, standing near her bed. She raised her head and looked at the man, who began backing away. Mrs. Archbold finally located her voice and let out some screams that we imagine that burglar will remember as long as he lives. When she screamed the man turned and ran. Mrs. Archbold fails to say whether or not the man succeeded in securing any loot and it was apparent that she had not entirely recovered from the shock. hSyjsjlain Says We Reap as We Sow so Far as Health is Concerned —Has a New Plan WANTS A NEW LAW Providing for a Permanent Health Officer Who Will be Properly Paid. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. I—Dr.1 —Dr. J. N. Hurty, state health commissioner, today gave the United Press his plan for the prevention of disease in Indiana. He advocated the passage of a law establishing an “all time,” competent, health officer of every county, to be properly empowered and properly paid, whose duties should include the visiting of schools, the homes, the courts and the jails, the slums and the poor houses practically applying the gospel of hygiene. Dr. Hurty said he would advocate a bill embodying this before the next legislature. He wrote the following for the United Press: (By Dr. J. N. Hurty, State Health Commissioner.) Preventable diseases are obviously a disgrace. Their presence means violation of nature's laws of health. Man was not made to mourn, but he certainly does mourn and suffer from j iris own asininity, anl rightly too. ■ People are getting exactly what is ' coming to them when they are sick. "They fully deserve every bit of sickness they have. The man who soaks up liquor and has delerium tremens is reaping what he sowed. The young ! man who visit the scarlet woman and rots with disease reaps what he has sown. The community which refuses to take care of all its sewage all the time in a sanitary way, and in consequence has an epidemic of typhoid, reaps what it has sown. Nature is pitiless, her laws are inexorable. Plague and disaster are of our own making. What Hygiene Can Do. Hygiene can prevent all plagues. She knows how to prevent consumption, pneumonia and influenza. She knows how to ward off diphtheria, typhoid, and scarlet fever. She knows how to stop the onward march of crime, insanity and idiocy. She knows how to secure “jocund health” with its many blessings. And when will the business man, who runs things, see the good business of employing hygiene to better business. How To Do It. Hygiene is a patient and willing ox that must be yoked to the task of producing more health, and this is the way to do it. (Continnen on Page 3)

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I EXTRA •• •«.*« •*.•• ft »**• »• »• ** »• *•>»• **»• •» »• w»• »• wi f J ONE KILLED TWO INJURED John, Jess and Wade Andrews of Monroe Turn Turtle in Automobile South of Preble. Attempting to change drivers while going at'a fast rate of speed on the Peterson-Preble road, one half mile south of Preble at 3 o'clock this afternoon, the five passenger E. M. F. tourng car belonging to John Andrews residing east of Monroe, and occupied by the owner and his two brothers, Wade and Jess, turned turtle resulting in the death of Vvade Andrews, the probable fatal injury of Jess, and seriously Injuring John. According to witnesses at Preble, the brothers had been drinking rather heavily in the saloon at that place and had been refuted any more liquor by the bartende - . Angered at this they had entered the machine and with curses and threats had driven out of the town.’ An eye witness to the accident states that about fifty yards on the north side of the place where the accident occured, the two brothers in the front seat attempted to change seats. While doing this however, control of the machine was lost and it turned turtle in the side ditch, swerving the car around and leaving it with wheels in the air. Wade was instantly killed and Jess secured a broken shoulder blade with possible a broken back and internal injuies.. John, the most fortunate of the three, secured serious injuries also, but at the time of going to press no examination had been made and it is not known just how serious his injuries may be. The machine was badly strained and cracked in places but was not seriously damaged. o • MARTZ_FUNERAL Last Services held Today for Two Young Men Who Met Death in a Wreck. FURTHER DETAILS Were Received This Morning in a Letter From the Waterville Undertaker The funeral services for Floyd and Orlin Martz, whose sad and tragic deaths accurred Tuesday morning, were held this afternoon at the Valley Church near their home. Interment will be made at Spring Hill cemetery. The bodies were held at the Meyer, Scherer & Beaver morgue yesterday and were viewed by hundreds of friends and acquaintances. The faces of each young man were quite badly disfigured but were recognizable. Mr. Scherer, of the local undertaking firm has received a letter from J. J. Werelin, the undertaker at Waterville, Minn., who prepared the bodies for shipment in which information is given concerning the accident. He says the boys were bound for North Dakota and boarded a freight train at New Richland, Minn., and had gone about thirty miles when the accident occurred at 2:40 o’clock on the morning of July 28th. They had gotten into about the center of the train among loaded coal cars when a broken journal derailed them in a deep cut and piled up eight cars. They were pinned under the mass of wreckage. The feet of Orlin could be seen while Floyd was entirely hidden from view. It was some time until they could be extricated but death to both was instataneous.

MISS WELTY DEAD Aged Lady of Union Township Passes Away at Three O'clock Yesterday WAS 75 YEARS OLD Has Lived in Adams County for Sixty-five Years—The Funeral Sunday. Miss Mary Welty for sixty-five years a resident of Adams County passed away at her home in Union township Friday afternoon at three-ten o'clock, due from infirmities of old age. She was seventy-five years old. Miss Mary Welty was a pioneer of the county having lived in Union township for sixty-five years. She was born in Tusearais county. Ohio, on the 28th of July, 1839 and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Welty. When a small girl she came to this county making her home with her parents in Union township. Here she lived during the rest of her life. The deceased was never married. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at one thirty from the house and at two o’clock from the Pleasant Valley U. B. church, the Rev. D. S. Kinsley of Collect, Ind., officiating The burial will take place in the Pleasant Valley cemetery. disastrousTre Barn and Corn Cribs on Mrs. John Niblick Farm Burned Last Night LOSE ABOUT SI7OO Origin Thought to Have Been Spontnious Combustion—Little Insurance Fire, thought to have been caused by spontaneous combustion in the new hay, completely destroyed the large barn and two corn cribs on the Mrs. John Niblick farm in Jefferson township shortly after midnight. The fire when first seen had spread over the entire roof of the barn and had gained strong headway. The farm was tenanted by Mr. Gideon Reisen. Mr. Reisen managed with much difficulty to remove all the live stock from the building as well as the implements, but lost all the harness. From 15 to 20 tons of hay were destroyed in the barn while about S3OO worth of corn was destroyed when the cribs caught fire. The loss of the buildings including a share of the grain, will amount to about $1,700 to Mrs. Niblick, while only SSOO insurance was carried. Mr. Reisen also carried some insurance but , the exact amount is not known. MAY LOSE LICENSES. Some action in the Montpelier municipal tangle, brought about by the fight between Mayor Neal and the democratic members of the city council, is expected with in the next few days on the part of Montpelier saloonists, whose city licenses expire during the next week. These saloon proprietors cannot legally go forward without a city license, which has to be signed by the mayor and attested by the clerk. But since Mayor Neal refuses to sign warrants for the city pay roll over the attest of Pliny McCullick, the city clerk appointed by the council, it is quite probable be will do likewise when it comes to signing the city liquor licenses. ST. MARY’S G. O. P. TICKET. The republicans of St. Mary's township held a convention at Bobo nominating the following: for Trustrjt— Walter Johnson; for assessor, Daniel B. Roop; for justice of the peace, Ezra Mcßarnes; road supervisor, Robert A. Andrews; advisory board, G. W. Ray, David Archer and Albert Chronister.

LEAVE FOR FUTURE HOME. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Mann Leave For Rochester, Minn. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Mann left yesterday for Rochester, Minn., where they will make their future home, Dr. Mann being in the experimental department of the Mayo clinic. Their wedding took place a week ago Tuesday at the home of the bride s mother, Mrs. Minnie Daniel in this city and they remained to bo at the bedside of his father, Joseph Mann, who has been very low. before going to their future home at Rochester. The bride was formerly Miss Velma Daniels, who was a teacher in the Geneva schools for several years. COMPLETED TRIP Ralph Fuller and John Boner! Are on Return Journey to Their Homes FROM NEW ORLEANS Have Completed 2000 Mile Trip Down the Mississippi River. After having completed a two thousand mile trip down the Wabash, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers in rowboats, earning their food, clothing and all necessities by doing odd jobs along their route, gaining much knowledge by experience and travel of the countr ythrough which they passed, Ralph Fuller and John Boner two Adams county boys, have reached their destination and are now on their return trip home by rail. According to a telegram received by Irvin Brandyberry this moning and which was sent by the boys from Cincinnati, they will reach this city at midnight tonight. The boys left their homes about six weeks ago, going to Bluffton where tliey launched upon the Wabash river. They followed this stream Into the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and down the Mississippi to New Orleans. The boys have had many exciting experiences and have gained knowledge that could only be secured by the actual travel through this part of the country and the trip will be one of the instances of their lives which can not be forgotten. Thrown upon their own resources and compelled to look out for their own subsistence and forced to meet the problems of life squarely in the face, the boys have with stood the test manfully and have unfalteringly ( pushed through to the end of their journey with a determination that is ■worthy of the highest praise. The boys ' were graduates of the 1914 class of the Decatur high school. The attempting of the trip on the treacherous Mississippi with only ten foot rowboats and the consistency with which they push ed their way through to the destination is an excellent example of the courage and determination which so character izes the American youth. ■ o BIG BATTLE TOMORROW The most bitterly fought battle of the season will take place tomorrow afternoon at the local base ball diamond when the “White Stag” team meets the Vera Cruz bunch. Although the Vera Cruz bunch has a reputation that is hard to beat in this territory, the local team lias been strengthened in such a manner that the victory will be an easy one. CTishdollar or Bistli’ from Fort Wayne will do the twirling, Remington will do the catching stunt and Berlin and Coffee will play in out field, and together with the local stars will give such strong assistance to the pitcher that a steam engine could’nt get through. Although it is necessary for the management to go out of the city to get base ball talent, there is plenty of it at home and the team ought to be composed of purely home talent. Any one who can play base ball should hand in his application to Manager Thomas. Don’t forget the game is called at 3 o'clock sharp and that the “pork barrell" is stationed at the gate ready to be salted with your quarter. o THE STORK’S VISIT. A ten pound boy born to Mr. and i Mrs. Elmer Tricker this morning has . been named Elmer Kermit Tricker. . Mrs. Tricker and babe are doing nicely.

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OCEAN TRIP IS DOUBTFUL European War Matters Will Probably Prevent J. M. Frisinger From Going TO BELGIUM Would Sail Next Tuesday if Possible-—Foreign Exchange Market Tied Up On account of the European war situation which is almost at the critical ! point today the annual ocean trip of J. M. Frisinger of this city the well (known importer of the famous Belgium iand Percheon horses will in ali probability be postponed until the war matters between the ffuropean countries who are or wao will be engaged in the Austrio-Servia war come to an end and peace is again restored among the warring nations. Mr. Frisinger intended to sail from New York on next Tuesday on the steamer Entonian, an English line vessel and go direct to Antwerp. Belgium, where he wouhd buy twenty or more of the famous Belgium stallions and ship them to this country. As the war matters over in Europe are becoming more dangerous and a clash between the six warring nations is expected at most, any time Mr. Frisinger does not know whether or not he will be able to sail Tuesday or have to postpone his voyage indefinitely. He has been informed by local bankers that the foreign exchange market is tied up and that he will not be able to get the required exchange needed in his trip. Had it not been that the ship “Entonian” which Mr. E’risinger intends to sail on towed a disabled steamer to the Horvor port in France, lie would have sailed on the 25th of last month and been nearly half-way to Belgium before the threatened war became so critical. The steamer was delayed 12 days on account of it. Mr .Frisinger has made 29 trips to the old country, the first one being in 1894. The coming one will bring the number up to thirty. In an interview with Mr. Frisinger this morning and when asked what lie thought of the threatened war he said: “I certainly believe that it will not develope into a National European war. for there are too many learned men and rulers concerned in the matter to throw the entire continent into war, from which effects they might never recover.” Mr. Frisinger is waiting for further developements and to hear from New York this afternoon. He might go to New York City tomorrow and wait there till the war matters become settled. Later this afternoon Mr. Frisinger informed us that he had postponed his trip to Belgium indefinitely as he could not secure the foreign exchange and that he had received a telegram from the Steamship line that no boat would leave the New York port. .—o SAFETY FIRST, SAFETY ALWAYS. Sunday is preeminently Death Day for automobiles. Long is the register on each Monday of accidents, of injuries inflicted and sustained, far. far too many of them on account of carelessness and want of due precaution and sound judgment on the part of the drivers. Every owner and every chauffeur should know by heart the life saving recommendations prescribed and circulated by the National Council for Industrial Safety: “Safety First. Safety Always, Auto Drivers." “1. Be considerate. “11. Go slow: passing children; passing vehicles; approaching crossings; turning corners. "111. Stop: At railroad crossings; behind standing street cars. ! “IV. Use chains on slippery pave--1 ments. “V. When in doubt —go slow or stop." I By what magnification of t>pe, by 1 what relief of raised enamelled letters by what brilliance of colors can these rules be impressed upon the mind of the multitude of devil-wagoneers ? Peo--1 pie that mean well, but are too ready r to take chances. If they won't spare . their own lives they might at least reIfrain from taking chances with those of other persons.