Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 188, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 188.

FRENH ARMY FORCED TO MAIO RETREAT German Troops Are Winning A Victory Over French Troops At Millhousen And Forcing Retreat

REFUGES ARRIVE > T’.T: ‘ 1 — Liners Cedric and Kroonland , Arrive at New York With First Passengers i HEAVY FIGHTING ! i i Is Occuring at Belgian and i French Frontiers and at * Many Forts , t LONDON.Aur.II —(Special to Dhily ( Democrat) —The war is progressing ( rapidly. There is fighting now in Al- , Bare and Loraine. Germany; Bosnia , and the Styr river valley Austria: , Luxemburg and Belgium. The German ] invasion of Belgium is completely j checked. The German success in , Southern Alsace was not unexpected, j It has been known the Germans were , present in large force on the France . frontier and that Austrian and German , troops were massed on the Swiss frontier and Basle. Military experts pointed cut that General Joffre’s army, even . though big enough to capture Neu Briesach would be in danger of a , heavy flank assault. The German army north of Neu Briesach is enormous. , There was no surprise here when the f admission was made that the French ( had evacuated Mulhousen. t LONDON, Aug. 11—(Special to Daily . Democrat)—The Austrian ambassador j here has been asked for an explanation ( from his government of the presence . of the Austrian troops now on the , French border, but so far no explana- ‘ tion has been given. It is understood , that the British government in de- ( manding the explanation, emphasized ( that France was her ally in the war ( against Germany. It is not believed ( that a satisfactory reply will be given , and it is expected that the British am- ( Aiassador to Vienna will demand his ( passports. Wether Vienna has demanded an explanation of the reported ( shelling of the Austrian dispatch boat ( Tauru has not been received. Details Cf the reported happening are vague ( an dsay that the Taurus was accidentally hit by a shell. LONDON. Aug. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Germany has enough food ' to last her for one year even though < she should be cut off from all communication. This was admitted here to- , day. It was announced that a report ■ to this effect has been made to the ’ | aiser by a government committee. . The Kaiser has contributed from his own personal fortune $200,000 of which one-half will go to the Red Cross and the remainder tor the reliel of the families of the soldiers killed in action. _ NEW YORK. N. Y., Aug. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Carrying one thousand passengers who flud Iroin Europe at the first rumor of war between the continental nations, the White ■ Star liner Cedric arrived today. She has been kept nearly a week in the Halifax harbor where she had fled to ; escape capture from a German cruiser scouting the coast. Arriving soon after the Cedric was the Red Star liner Kroonland which came direct from Liverpool. Brussels, Aug.H.-(Special to Daily Democrat)—The German invasion army is moving toward Waterloo but so far have been unable to penetrate Belgian territory north of Congress where two divisions of cavalry supi ported by infantry and artillery are in operation. It is now considered certain that this is the main army < I invasion. Copies of war plans were found on captured Uhlan officers show

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I this. They also absolutely confirmed tlie fact that the Germans expected no opposition from Belgium. According 1 to the plans as made public by the ' war officials, the Germans intended to 1 occupy Brussels Aug 3, and push for- t ward rapidly to Lille which they had * hoped to invest on Aug. 5. The check < at Liege however, upset their plans. 1 The French artillery is moving rapidly 1 to the front. It is expected that a • combined French-English and Belgian < army will assume the offensive against < tlie Germans immediately. Liege still 5 holds out. The German garrison in J the city is small, the majority of the I army of the Neuse being still engagedl in the besieging of the fort but are < holding out and inflicting great dam- c age. Reports from the front, say that S the river Neuse is red with blood, c This afternoon the war office issued a < formel statement in which it annoup- 1 ced that the German army of inva- r sion was now entrenching along the f river Ourtbe. This is taken to mean a that for the present the Germans will ‘ remain on the defensive and probably < indicates according to the army staff a that another route will be sought to r invade France. It is stated that Ger- 1 man outposts have been skirmishing J at various points north of the Neuse r with minor casualities. t — 5 Paris, Aug. 11, —(Special to Daily a Democrat) —The real conflict for the - possession of Alaee is in progress. The I Germans have driven tlie French from Mulhousen city and a battle is in pro- t gress on the outskirts of the plain e surrounded city. That the battle is general is indicated by the admission ■ of the French war office that the army of invasion was compelled to evacuate Mulhousen. Whether or not Colmar has beer evacuated is not known as censciaaip is absolute. The German attacking army comprises that massed at Strassburg. It is understood to number 500.000 men and was only designed to lead the invasion of France from points in the Swis border. With the outcome of the pending battle will , decide whether France is to maintain J her foothold in Alsace or fall back across the’border to her home fortifications. Little news is being re- ’ ceived from the north. There has been fighting in Belgium and French troops are supporting the Belgium troops. There jias also been continued fighting along the Luxemburg-France frontier. Washington, D. C„ Aug. 11 —(Spec- 1 ial to Daily Democrat) —Information 1 concerning the mining of the North 1 Sea and the English channel was given ] to Secretary Bryan today through the , English embassy. While Bryan refus- ( ed to discuss the question it is under- j stood that the information was a , warning to save from damage American vessels, particularly the gold ; (Continued on Page 3) ' i ASK EXPLANATION ■■l I WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 11— (Special to Daily Democrat) —Resoln- I tions directing the secretary of Commerce to make a report on the cause 1 of the increasing cost of food supplys ; in the United States, was introduced I in the house by Representative Farr I and Kelly, republicans, both of Penn- i sylvania. The Kelly resolution direct.- 1 tlie Secretary of Commerce to assertain where the prices have been, ar- < bitrarily advanced on the pretext that - they are due to the European war and I whether the manipulation by specula- ; tors and the Chicago Board of Trade 1 and elsewhere is responsible despite 1 the fact that this country has record i breaking crops and that there is prac- i Itically no exportation of food supplies, i I Representative Farr admitted that 1 flour has advanced $1.50 on the barrel since the war began and that the 1 cost of living is sky rocketing in the i face of the greatest crop of our history. , , 1

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, August 11, 1914,

SHAFFER_REUNION Held Sunday at Home of Almond Shaffer Was Much Enjoyed by Guests IN LARGE NUMBERS Fine Dinner, Social Conversation and Music Formed Entertainment

One of the most pleasant reunions held this season was the Shaffer reunion Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Almond Shaffer of Bobo. At 12 twelve o’clock a delicious dinner was served. The day was spent in a social chat and music which was furnished by the Misses Myrtle Budd, Ada Heath and Agnes Shaffer. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. Amos Bruebaker, of Ohio City; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Agler. of Rockford, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Reason Fortney of Ohio City; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Budd of Shreve, Ohio; Mrs, John Krick and children, Viola, CoHins, and Pearl of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Seph Melchi and children Russel, Cecil and Harold of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Smitley and daughter Melvina of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kelly and children, Irene. Harold and Luella of Monroeville; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bunner and children, Forest, Vernon, Gifford, Cleo Glen Doris, Gladys, Aldine and Delora; Mr. and Mrs. Reason Shaffer; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Heath and children, Eber, Ada, Bertha, Curtis and Doris; Mr and Mrs. Henry Ehresman; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Amsworth; Mr. and Mrs. Almond Shaffer; Mr. and Mrs. Levi Shaffer, and daughters Elma, Aletha, Shaffer and son Robert; Aghes and Lucile Shaffer; Dessie Swing, Myrtle Budd, Mr. Fred Winans of Decatur; Mr. Ray Budd of Sherve, Ohio; Oliver and Harry McCullough. The guests lingered until late and that a royal entertainment was accorded them was the unanimous verdict. o TO GO TO COLVER Decatur Boy Scouts will Join Encampment at Culver Next Monday FOR EIGHT DAYS Will be Under Strict Military' Government —Will Have Fine Time The Decatur Boy Scouts are preparing to go to Culver to join the annual encampment of the Troops of Boy Scouts of America. They will leave next Monday and expect to be gone eight days. They will be in charge of Assistant Boy Scout Master Dr. Weaver in the absence of the Master, Clark Spahr, who is at school. The encampment at Culver will be similar to the Boy’s City at Winona a few years ago. Tents will accommodate the boys, they will be in charge of a day officer and a night officer. They will be under a strict military discipline and must abide by the rules that regulate the camp. The boys will take turns, acting as sentinels for the camp at night. No clothing except their uniforms, bathing suits, night robe or pajamas and blankets will be allowed. Each boy is to take also a tooth brush, towels, soap, knife fork, spoon, aluminum drinking cup, Scout axe, belt, knap sack, and safety matches. According to th,e published schedule each hour of the camp from the reveille at 6:30 to taps at 9:30 o’clock Is definitely set aside for some duty, and these rules must be strictly followed out. At 7 o’clock is mess call for breakfast; at 8, the cleaning of the tents and airing of beding, each boy attending to his own work; 9, the sick call, mall, etc.; 10, swimming for one hour only under charge of the master; li, athletic sports, instructions; 12, mess call, luncheon; 1, rest hour, sports; 2, band practice other scouts rest; 3 swimming; 4, scout instruction, signaling, etc.; 4;45 first drill

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call; 5, field drill from which no one is excused; 6, mess call, supper.; 7. rest period; 8, camp fire talks; 9:30 taps lights out. No scout may leave the camp without a written permit. — —o ■■■■ ' JENNIE ELEY FREED. Jennie Eley, charged with selling intoxicating liquors In her room in the Shirk building on August 3, was acquitted yesterday afternoon by Judge Ralph Gregory in City Court, following testimony tending to prove that beer was owned and sold by Fred Myers, who was arrested with the woman in the raid and who entered a plea of guilty and paid a fine of S6O in City Court the following day. There were nine witnesses called in the case and I Judge Gregory based his decision on the fact that most of the witnesses either did not know who supplied the beer or to . whom the money was i paid. Frank Myers testified that lie I served the liquor and received the money for the sales. —Muncie Star. PICNIC AT TOLEDO Annual Picnic Os M. E. Sunday School of This City Will Be Held At WALBRIDGE PARK On Thursday, August, 20— Special Train Will Leave Here At 6:30 A. M. The annual picnic of the M. E. Sunday school class of this city will be held at Walbridge Park, Toledo, 0., on Thursday, August 20th. A special train which will accommodate at least 1000 persons has noon arranged for on the Clover Leaf railroad. Il will leave Decatur at 6:30 A. M. on the morning of the picnic returning from Toledo at 5:00 P. M. Excursion rates of $1.25 for adults and 65 cents for children wiii be charged. You cannot buy these excursion tickets from the railroad office but must purchase them from the ticket committee or at the following business houses. Brushwilier and Baker grocery, A. D. Suttles, C. L. Walters office, Elzey and Carroll barber shop, Peoples and Gerkes shoe store, Hunsicker restaurant or the Myers Daily clothing store. The train will stop only at Pleasant Mills and Willshire from which places about 300 hundred people are planning on going The Decatur band of 22 pieces will also accompany the picnicers. Everybody is invited to come and join the excursion and have one grand time. Walbridge Park will offord you more amusement than you find anywhere. o ANNUAL MEETINC Os Eel River Christian Conference to be Held at Linn Grove BEGINS FRIDAY And Continues Through Tuesday of Next Week— Rev. Hiley Baker Pastor The annual conference of the Eel River district of the Christian church will be held at Linn Grove beginning this week. The conference will begin on Friday and will continue over Tuesday of next week. The conference will be held in the Christian church at Linn Grove of which the Rev. Hiley Baker is pastor. The town is preparing to entertain a large number of the ministers and their friends of the district. The little town is gaining much fame as an entertainer, the Evangelical conference having been held there this j [spring.

TAKING WINGS Prices Still Soar Upwards— Merchants Receive Word That Embroidery Thread HAS TAKEN ADVANCE Housewives May be Obliged to Find Some Other Occupation I If you like the real imported Swiss cheese, buy it now for fifty cents a pound, make it last as long as possible and get as much enjoyment out of it as possible. The supply is cut off. |Of course people of this community have just as good, if not better because of the Swiss cheese made right here in this country and in surrounding states by Swiss commuities, so that doesn’t cut any figure in Decatur in particular. Decatur housewives who do embroidery and crochet work in their spare time, however, are likely to look for some other kind of ‘‘fancy work" in the near future. The reason is that a certain kind of embroidery and crochet thread, which is imported, is going up, and may soon be at a premium, if the supply is not indeed, wholly cut off. Already Decatur dry goods merchants have been notified that (he price has gone up from fifteen (o twenty per cent. If the supply is cut off, it may not be gotten for “love nor money.” A certain kind of knit gloves that are made in England and Imported to this country will soon be all gone. Clothing merchants have received notice from jobbers that part shipment will be made on the last orders, and after that no shipments at alt Most of the articles which will be very scarce or impossible to obtain if the war keeps going, are things with which the public can get along very well without, with only slight incon- 1 venience.

TO STEAL A CHILD Gypsies, Undoubtedly the Ones Who Passed Through Decatur Last Week FRIGHTEN PEOPLE Near Uniondale by Threat to Steal Child When Denied Food The gypsies who passed through here the latter part of the week, and spent one night camping near tlie H. A. Fuhrman home north of this city, and also near a schoolhouse are undoubtedly the ones who threatened to steal a child near Uniondale. The Bluffton Banner says of them: "Nine wagons, numerous tine horses and smail tribe of gypsies composed the band that pitched camp in a woods near the home of Fred Shively, south of Uniondale, last Friday night. They turned their horses in corn fields, and committed various other depredations on tlie residents. At the home of Otto Cupp, south of Uniondale, when they were refused some food, they threatened to take a small child and were going to execute their threat, but were prevented. At another home they stopped and gatiiered together a large number of chickens and crated them without offering any money in payment. In addition to these outrages, they would turn dogs loose and send them after chickens and turkeys along the road. The country in that vicinity has been infested with many different tribes of tills kind of people and it was almost necessary that official action be taken against some of them.” o ~.. —-.. . MACCABEES. Arrangements for the reception Aug. 18 are under way and will be completed at the regular meeting tonight. I A good attendance is requested. D. A. ST ALTER, T. R.

ANXIOUS ABOUT WIECKINGS. At the request of the family, Judge W. H. Elchorn late Saturday evening wired Congressman John A. M. Adair, asking him to assist in locating Ernst and Herman Wiecking of this city, who sailed for Rotterdam, Holland, a few weeks ago Mr. Adair telegraphed Mr. Elchorn Sunday that he would immediately take the matter up with the state department and the consul at Rotterdam and Osnabruck, Germany, will be notified to get in touch with the Bluffton men immediately. Although Messrs. Wiecking are in the war zone it is not thought they were in any danger. The Wieckings sailed for Rotterdam, intending to go from there after their departure from this country. Word from the state department is expected within a very short time, as .the consuls in the cities are in touch with :all Americans there. The family here does not thinks the men are in danger, but suppose they arc unable to get messages home telling of their safety.—Bluffton News. The Wieckings have relatives here. HAS OPERATION »■■■» " ■ ■ — Mrs. John Koop, Formerly Miss Clara Bultemeier Operated on Today ■< IN FORT WAYNE Jeremiah Russell Very Low —George Teeple Reported Better A telephone message came this morning for Miss Luella Bultemeier, asking that she come to Fort Wayne as her sister, Mrs. John Koop, former ly Miss Clara Bultemeier of this city, was to be taken to the hospital for an operation this morning. Mrs. Koop haj been ill for some time, and her mother Mrs. L. Bultemeier has been with her daughter. About three weeks age a son was bom to them, the babe living only a few days. Mrs. E. E. Zimmerman returned to Leo this morning after a visit at the bedside of her brother George Teeple civil war veteran who is afflicted with paralysis and very low. He is reported as better today. She also visited with her sister Mrs. Elijah Walters. Jeremiah Russel, tlie civil war veteran who has been an invalid for years and is suffering from tuberculosis, is said to be at the point of death. Atty. D. B. Erwin who is suffering from an attack of rheumatism in his foot, was able to come down to his office today. The little daughter of Rural Mail tcontinnen on Page 8) 0 i ; A HALF CENTURY

Is Spanned by Levi Baker, i Well Known Resident of j the City ■> . ~ - I ( DROVE A CARRIAGE At Funeral of John Meibers Sr. 50 Years Ago—Also for Son Last Saturday Levi Baker, the well known resident of First street, easily spans the chasm of half a century in memory and fact. Fifty years ago was held the funeral of John Meibers, Sr., a pioneer resident of this city. Mr. Baker at that time attended the funeral and drove a carriage in the procession that followed the veteran to the last resting place. The late Barney Meibers, whoso funeral took place last Saturday was the youngest son of Mr. John Meibers, Sr., whose funeral Mr. Baker attended, and Mr. Baker also drove a . carriage in the procession that followed the son’s body to the cemetery last I Saturday. s

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GIRLS _AR£ SAFE C. A. Dugan Family Apprized of Safety of Misses Dugan and Frisinger IN MILAN, ITALY Interesting Letter From Rome—Had Audience With the Pope While they have not been especially worried, knowing that the girls were not in the immediate war zone, never-the-less the word that was received by the C. A. Dugan family tilling of the perfect safety of the Misses Frances Dugan and Fannie Frisinger who am in Europe, gave them a feeling of much satisfaction in the making of “assurance doubly sure." The letter was received from the secretary of the University Travel Bureau of Boston, the Decatur girls being

members of one of their tourists’ parties. Tlie secretary had received a cablegram from Dr. Babcock who is with the party stating that they were now at Milan, Italy. They are very near the bay of Genoa, from which they may sail at any time, should danger or conditions warrant their hasty departure from Europe. They are having no financial difficulties as are many farther inland, having the full protection and co-operation of the embassies. All members of the party are well and enjoying themselves nicely. The family have received no letters from Miss Dugan written since the beginning of the war. The last letter was written from Rome, July 22, and with the kind consent of the family is published herewith, as it is very interesting: July 22, 1914. Dear Family: The days have been so terribly full since we arrived in Rome that 1 have resorted to postal cards instead of letters: but will try to tell you rather briefly some of the things we have been doing. On our way to Rome wo stopped at Pompeii, and had a most interesting day there. With old Vesuvius smoking in she distance ami groves worn by chariots of long ago under our feet it was easy to live in imagination the last days of Pompeii. The first part of the excavated town we went into was once the business district. Here we saw teh old Forum and market place, with its marble slab which was used in establishing the correct measurements. Then we went into what wore once many stores. Over one was a goat’s head carved in the stone. Inside were long confers with earthen jars set in them, where the proprietor of this little shop once kept the goat milk he dispensed to the thirsty. Ono curious thing about many of the counters was that instead of one long slab of marble they were evidently pieced fragments. It seems that in 63 A. D. —sixteen years before the volcanic eruption—there was a severe earthquake and the town had not quite recovered from that at the time ft was buried by the volcano. It is easy to imagine that some morning in 79 A. D. the sun did not shine quite so brightly as usual over this busy little town and the man who kg»>t the shop for goat milk probably did not do a flourishing business for all the people must have been greatly excited as they heard the strange rumblings coming from Vesuvius, which, old paintings seem to show they had always feared more or less. First, alight shower of ashes began to come down, and the people now terrified began to leave. Most of them who started early and stayed away had time to escape, but those who for some reason were delayed, or who scoffed at the danger, or who went back to save some cherished possession were undoubtedly lost. Pompeii was not buried under lava but under this mass of ashes and tine pumice stone which poured down upon it, and then the rains which usually accompany such disturbances hardened it into a kind of cement which has preserved it wonderfully ' and at the same time made it fairly easy to excavate. Terculaneum the other town buried at the saiee time, was nearer the crater of the volcano and so was covered by the lava, which makes it very hard to dig out. The ‘houses in Pompeii are built on -ome(Continued an rage 2)