Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1914 — Page 1

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SEAT OF GOVERNMENT IN BELGIOM ISREMOVED Al! Records Are Removed To Antwert And Germans Expect To Capture Brussels Within few Hours

ISSUES WARNING I President Wilson Advises Citizens of United States to be Careful WITH THEIR SPEECH Russian Army is on Frontier —ls Reported as Having Entered Germany PARIS, Aug. IS—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Sir John French, commander in chief of the British troops in France after conferring with the feneral staff which lasted a good part . of the night, left for the front today. A high power automobile with a racing chauffeur, was placed at his disposal. Ali information regarding the | whereabouts of the British troops is ■witheld. Neither is it known where: General French went. Although the' war office withheld details, it was 1 learned that the expedition comprised .72 infantry battalions of about 1,020 men each, 18 cavalry regiments of Hbout 674 men each, 24 batteries of artillery with 144 guns, 50 batteries’ of field artillery with 144 guns, 50 batteries of field artillery with 624' Runs and 6 howitzer batteries with ‘ 14 guns. | WASHINGTON, Aug. 18—(Special Sto Daily Democrat) —To prevent ter- • Erible slaughter of Germans in Kaiu ~ Chau, Charge Halmhausen of the Ger-' ■man embassy today said he believed Hlie best thing Germany could do K Would be to cede the province back ■to China. He was greatly concerned afii-r a conference with Bryan today S ever the Japanese ultimation. "Ger ■many has only 3.000 soldiers in Kain 1 IfChau and with the present fortificaBatons it will be impossible to resist a BJapanese- attack. Germany proposed £>«. the outset of the war the neutralisation of the territory in the far east ■ ‘but this, was refused by Japan." The ■ Charge said he had "absolutely no ■ faith in Japan’s statement that she | would turn Kaiu Chau over to China." ■He said Japan would be like England ■on making promises and never keeping them. LONDON, Aug. IS—(Special to DaiBly Democrat)-With the admittance I from the war office that England's g army is on the firing line inter,st in ■the 'impending battle became intense E today. Their whereabouts is carefulI ly guarded but that they are at the | front is indicated in an address to E the troops sent to John trench. In i | the King said: ‘‘You, my soldiers, K have left home to fight for the safety I and honor of my empire. Belgium, I whose country we have pledged de--1 tense, has been attacked, trance ■ about to be invaded by the power.u I foe. I have implicite confidence in g you. Duty is your watchword. I know it will be nobly done. I shall I follow every movement with the deep B est interest a|d take eager satisfac- | tion in your daily progress. pr* - I God to bless you and bring you .« • I victors." In announcing that the e.- [ peditlon had landed on the continent t the war office emphasized that not . man had yet been lost. Rumors that I- the German Crown Prince ia< ' wounded and is in a nangerouon Idition at Aix LaChapelle emulated I in Amsterdam, The Hague an | They cannot be continue ~ PARIS. "On to Strassburg, was the I. French slogan today. The g’”-' f fieri capital of Alsace-Lorraine Is the I object of an immense French . | now operating from tour cent ai pon • I in Alsace-Lorraine. Troops have

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thrown across the front from Belfort to the Vosges mountain passes into thp valley. SHANGHAI CHI, Aug. IS—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Tiie Japanese government has sent a formal request Ito China asking her to pursuade Ger- . many to evacuate Kaiu Chau peacefully and to transfer her territory to the Chinese republic. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The National German Alliance today wrote President Wilson asking that he and congress appeal to Japan not to carry the war into the far east. The Alliance claims there is no reason to oust, the Germans from the far east. They suggest that The Hague settle the difficulties. BRUSSELS, Aug. 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The censorship js becoming more prominent. All war correspondents have been ordered to leave the front and the war office has ceased to issue its bulletins. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat) —President Wilson today issued along statement calling upon the citizens of the United States ■to confine their speech to sympathy of the struggles now going on in the European situation. The statement >s las follow's: ".My fellow countrymen: I suspect that every thoughtful man in America has asked himself during the last few weeks v hat influence the European war may exert on the United States hmd I am taking tne liberty of addressing a few words to you in order to point out the sort of speech and condition which will best safeguard the Nation against distress and dis-1 aster. The effect of the European war I upon the United States will depend' upon what the American citizens say 1 and do. Every man who really loves America will act and speak in the true 'spirit of neutrality which is the spirit of impartiality, and fairness and 'friendliness to all concerned. The I effect on the Nation in this matter will be determined largely by what individuals, societies, those gathered in, public meetings, do and say: upon I what newspapers and magazines con-1 tain: upon what ministers utter ini their pulpits and men proclaim as I their opinion on the street. The people . of the United States are drawn from ' many nations and chiefly from those I at war. It is natural and inevitable i that there be many various sympath-l ies, and desires with regard to issues | and circumstances of the conflict. - Some are with one nation, others with I another to succeed in the momentous j struggle. It will be easy to excite passion. Those responsible for exciting it will assume a heavy responsi-1 bility. We might be divided in camps . of hostile opinion, hot against each. other, involved in the war itself, n impulse and opinion if not in action. , Such division amongst us would be fatal to our peace of Blind and might I seriously stand in tne way of proper performance of our duty as the one’ great nation of peace. I want therefore, to speak a solemn word of warn- j ing to you against that deepest, most • subtile, most essential breech of neutrality which may spring out of partisanship, out of passionately taking sides. The United States must be 'neutral in fact as well as in name during these days that are to try men’s soles. We must be impartial in fact as well as in action; must put a curb upon our sentiment as well as upon every transaction that might be construed as a preference of one party in their struggle against each other. My thoughts are of America. I am I speaking, I feel sure, the earnest wish and purpose that this great country of intrs which is the first in our thoughts and hearts, should show herself in this time of peculiar trial, a nation fit bevond others to exhibit the fine poise (Continues on Page 2)

Decatur, Indiana.Tuesday Evening, August 18, 1914.

SLIPS ONE OVER On His Fellow Employees —William G. Kist, of Decatur Democrat WEDS AT HILLSDALE Mrs. Jenette R, Kennall of Rockford, 0., the Happy Bride William G. Kist, foreman of the job department of the Decatur Democrat, “slipped <me over” his fellow employees by slipping away to Hillsdale, Michigan, last Friday where on Saturday Ito was united in marriage. The Democrat force supposed he was only going away for a vacation visit and it was not until Monday evening’s issue of the Hillsdale Daily arrived at the exchange table this morning that the wedding became known. The Hillsdale Daily says: “William G. Kist of Decatur, Ind., and Mrs. Jeanette R. Kennall of Rockford, Ohio, were married Saturday afternoon at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. C. S. Wheeler.” Mr. Kist lias been a resident of the city for four years, during which time he has been in charge of the job department of the Democrat. He made his home while here with his mother, Mrs. Belle Johnson on First street. Mr. and Mrs. Kist arrived home this afternoon at two o’clock from Rockford where they had been visiting since yesterday. "Billy” immediately made his appearance here with a box of cigars for the boys and received the heartiest good wishes of all with whom he is a great favorite, and deservedly so. After the wedding at (Continued on rage 2> NEW MOTOR CAR Tested Out on the Clove.” Leaf Sunday From Marion to Swayzee GIVEN TRY-OUT Clover Leaf is Contemplating Purchase of Several If Satisfactory At Marion Saturday the new gasoline driven railway motor car manufactured by the Marion Railway Motor Car Co., of Marion, was demonstrated to a number of railroad officials. The car was taken to the Clover Leaf station and was run out on the railroad to Swayzee and return. It is said that the Clover Leaf is contemplating the purchase of several of these cars if they prove satisfactory. The car is 71 feet long and is equipped with two powerful gasoline motors of 200 horse power each, the extra engine providing for emergencies and always insuring the c-ar its own power. The car is not equipped as yet witli the bed, but the chassis is surmounted by a platform on which those observing the demonstration may ride. Several railroad men from ■other places were at Marion to witness the test of the car which it is regarded will revolutionize this class 'of traffic. I wheel of the Marion car is power driven and in this respect it is different from other gasoline and electric propelled cars. The operations of the car are controlled by compressed air and a complete electric starting and lighting system is employed. o PICNIC SATURDAY. The Sunday school of the St. Paul church, south of this city, has completed all arrangements for their annual picnic to be lield Saturday, Aug. 22, in the Fost Grove, one mile north and one mile east of 'the St. Paul church. The arrangements include excellent music and speaking with a fine picnic dinner and the day will be one of the most enjoyable of its kind. Everybody is invited.

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STARTING IN YOUNG. Children are highly imitative and it is a deplorable fact that they imitate the bad things just as readly as the good. A little shaver, three or four years old, with his “big" brother, a year or two older, was sitting at seven o'clock this morning along the curb of West Monroe street. The littlest brother had in tiis mouth an old iia’uburned cigarette, which he had picked up unlighted from the roadside. Os course he was only "playing” smoking but It showed that ho knew what was what about the cigarette. The land only knows what fifthy, diseased mouth it had been in before the child got hold of it, and how many hundreds of microbes and germs were left to breed in the babe’s mouth. FOR InsIEALTH Floyd Luttman Departs for California—Father and Brother in CHARGE OF DAIRY At Bluffton—Floyd Contracts Cough—ln Swimming Pool too Often The Bluffton News says: "Floyd W. Luttman, who has been in charge of the Sanitary Dairy, located on E. Wabash street, departed Saturday afternoon, and the local j dairy is in charge for tiie present of | his father, Ed Luttman of Decatur, and I his younger son, John Luttman. The i latter is in active charge, serving as , deliveryman and looking after tiie retail end of the business, while bis father, proprietor of the City Dairy at Decatur, will have general supervision of the Bluffton Dairy also for the ’ present. He was here over Sunday i returned to Decatur today, and said that he would be back again- to help look after tjje dairy here. “Ed Luttman stated to a reporter of the News this orning that his son, Floyd, would be absent a few weeks, lor the benefit of his health. He said that when he departed Saturday aft ernoon it was his purpose to go to California. His father said that he had contracted a bad cough and he assign-i ed as part of the cause that he had I spent too much time in the waters cf the swimming pool, which is just across from his dairy. “Mrs. Floyd Luttman, who departed Thursday morning for a visit with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Ed Luttman, at Sturgis, Mich., has returned here to Help look after the dairy during the absence of her husband. "Ed Luttman said this morning that | there had been some exaggerated re-; ports circulated in connection with his son during the past. He declared that' any reports that there had been trou-j ble between his son and any member (Contmueo on Page 3) SISTERjrDEfIO Conrad Gillig Left Today for Pittsburg, Pa., to Attend Funeral of His SISTER MRS. VOLTZ ' Death Occurred Sunday From a Stroke of Paraly-sis-Funeral Wednesday Conrad Gillig of this city left this morning for Pittsburg, Pa., where he was called on account of the death of his sister, Mrs. Peter Voltz who died Sunday from a stroke of paralysis and other complications. Mrs. Voltz had been in poor health for a number of years but prior to the death message, Mr. Gillig had not received any word relating to her ser-‘ ious sickness, it is thought that her death came very suddenly Mrs. Voltz had visited in the city with her brother on several occasions and was weil known in this city. She was seventyfive years old. The funeral will be [held Wednesday morning at Pittsburg.

A BIG TIME Will be in Order at the Local Maccabees Tent This Evening MANY VISITORS From Ft. Wayne, Bluffton, Wren and Other Ohio Towns Expected Fort Wayne, Bluffton, Wren and Ohio City tents have been invited to] ■ take part in the big time the local Maccabees are planning to have this evening. The tent recently won a hundred dollar degree outfit and are going to admit several new members into their already strong ranks at this meeting. This promises to be something of interest for it will be the first time they have used the new outfit. After the degree work they will be presented witli the state banner for getting the largest number of new members in the last six months. Refreshments are also in line and a very good time is promised all that come. We “Con and Will." So come.— Tent Reporter. - GENEVA CHURCH ELECTS. Geneva, Ind.—The following have been elected as the officers of the board of trustees of the U. B. church: | President. F. E. Lindsey; secretary, O. jO. Juday; treasurer, Thomas Drew; • general steward. A. J. Juday. Officers of the Ladies’ Aid Society are as follows: President, Rosetta Pyle; vice I president, Lucinda Juday; secretary,' Margaret Wheeler and treasurer Eliz- 1 aeth Martin. A CRUEL FATHER; Fined At Geneva-Neighbors Testified That He Had t ? Unmercifully BEATEN YOUNG SON Fine And Costs On Being Found Guilty of Charge Are $17.20 Sheriff T. J. Durkin, Deputy Kelly and Prosecutor R. C. Parrish were i I called to Geneva yesterday afternoon’ by a call to Invesigate the alleged | cruelty of Marion Coon, a blacksmith there, formerly’of this city, whom it . is said, had beaten his eleven year old sen very unmercifully. The boy is | said to lie rather weak looking, innocent child, and neighbors of good re- ' pute testified to tiie father’s having ’ I struck him in the back with his fist [and also to his having beaten him with a board. A charge of assault and battery was filed against Coon and ’Squire Dickerson heard tne case. Coon was found guilty and his fine and costs amounting in all to $17.20, which he arranged to pay. Some twelve or fiftenn witnesses testified to tiie father’s cruelty, and the concensus of opionion was that the' boy’s punishment was more severe than the cause justified. o - IS AT HOSPITAL, Earl Heffner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Heffner of Fort Recovery, 0., is | at the St. Joseph’s hospital at Fort Wayne taking treatment for an injured eye. Last Thursday while Earl was playing about his home he ran: a small twig in his eye injuring the ball. It is thought that he will lose (he sight of the injured eye. , 0 BRYANT BANKER SUES G. R. & I. Portland, Ind., Aug. 14. —Suit for SIOO damages was brought in the Circuit Court today against tiie G. R. & I. Railroad Company by James Rupel, a Bryant banker, because of the death of a cow killed on the company's lines at Bryant last March. Mr. Rupel is the new banker to locate here.

■ AT WAKARUSA NEXT YEAR ’ Linn Grove. Indiana, Aug. 18—The Eel River District Christian conference closed here today noon after being in 1 session since lust Friday at the Christian church. The conferences will be held next year at Wakarusa. President Whitlock of Huntington was reelected for the year. 0 , BERNE’ S HEALTH STANDING. > _ Five months of the Indiana Good Health Contest is past and Berne is , sustaining her reputation well, her per cent for June being 99.950; for May it was 99.975; and ’ for April, March and February, 100 per cent. Decatur had 99.911 for February, the rest of tiie months being blank. ;T0 OPEN STORE _______ 1 Georee C. Steele Closed a Lease for Building at Huntington FOR NEW BUSINESS I Will be Ready by September First—Will Have Fine City Store George C. Steele, who sold his racket store in this city late yesterday afternoon to C. H, Hayslip, as stated in this paper at that time, returned this afternoon from Huntington where lie closed a lease for a business block there. Mr. Steele will open a similar store there and expects to be ready for business by September first. I Mr. Steele has leased the Dr. Hague ; building, on Jefferson street, the main [ I thoroughfare of Huntington, an excel ' I lent location. He was quite fortunate: •in securing the building. Huntington; has but one other store in the novelty | line, that being a five and ten cent} (store. The town is considered a good location for another and the fact that there has been but one there, is due to the inability to secure a room. The Hague building has been occupied by la picture show. Quite recently all the shows were bought up by a combin and two closed, the one in this building being one. Mr. Steele slipped in and leased the building at once. He will make a regular city store of it. He will put in a fine new front.'; new fixtures and have a fine, up to- ; , date stock in the novelty line. lt He will not move his family at pre-1 sent and is undecided about tiie fu- . hire, as it is impossible to secure a , house in Huntington. 'j Mr. Steele has several other loca- , tions in view and will open other stores of this kind at various places. , | He is a hustling business man and has made his store here a winner, .building it up year after year until lie enjoyed a most excellent business. SECURE LICENSE Marriage License Issued at Noon Today to Mrs. Della Merriss OF PLEASANT MILLS ( ■ 1 1 And James Monroe Bowers, i Railroad Man of Huntington —Well Known ■ —I A marriage license was issued at noon today by County Clerk Ferdinand Bleeke to Mrs. Della Catherine Merriss of Pleasant Mills, widow of the late Ellsworth Merriss, and James • Monroe Bowers, a railroad man of Huntington. The news of the wedding at this time will come as a surprise to many of the friends of the couple although . some had been anticipating it. Mr. Bowers is known to many here, and has long been a friend of the Mer■'riss family. Mr. and Mrs. Meriss were :! both reared in this county later mov- , ing to Huntington where Mr. Merriss i! was engaged in railroading, and then s ito Kentucky. They returned to Adjanis county a lew years ago and loi- ■ cated on the old farm where Mr. Mcrirlss death occurred of heart trouble.

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WHENJWWEOS His Trouble Begins—“ Tango” Steve is No Exception SUES FOR DIVORCE i I And Then His Wife, Formerly Nell Grove, Sues Back The married life of Steve Thlmlar, I known as “Tango Steve" of Fort • | Wayne and Miss Nell Grove of Bluff- ■ ton, who has often visited here, and I who eloped sometime ago and were married at Centerville, Mich., proved of short duration. Sti ve sued for divorce recently, and now Nell asks for one under a cross complaint. Under the head "Needles and pins, needles and pins, when man marries,” the Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette says: “His troubles begin! “Steve Thimlar has had another chapter added to his eventful career. Test rday his wife, Nell Grove Thim;lar, filed a cross-complaint against him for divorce, alleging that Steve was tiie biggest four-flusher of which she knows. Before tiie marriage, tiie wife says, Steve told her that he was possessed of great wealth and that he had property which was worth a lot of money. By these tales, she says, she was inveigled into marrying him. Among the long list of allegations in the complaint, which covers six typewritten pages, Mrs. Thimlar charges her husband with most everything. He refused to work, and what . money he did get hold of lie either stole or borrowed. He induced tiie ; wife to pawn and sell her jewelry and . spent tiie money for booze and cigaret|tes. all of whi< he smoked and drank I himself. He drinks to excess, fails to i provide, and compelled her to go two or three days at a time without food, as a result of which she became ill During her illness, she swears, he refused to provide food or medical attendance. One day. when Steve thought the world was not as bright as it ought to be. he took a razor and cut a few slashes in his throat to I Tighten and grieve his young wife, so she claims. He was arrested in Fort Wayne for beating a board bill, and accused his wife cf an illegal operation performed, all of which is false, .according to the complaint. “In addition to a decree, the wife .asks for S3O a month support, S2OO to i pay attorneys, $2,000 alimony, and 'restoration of her maiden name. Roberta Nell Grove. Simmons & Dailey, of Bluffton, filed the action for tiie crosscomplaint.” o ■■- WILL BE GALA DAY. The Old Settlers Meeting and After Harvest Festival to be held in tiie Sacket Grove, one half mile south of i Monroe next Sunday, August 23. promises to be one of the biggest and most enjoyable events of the year in this community. Outside of tiie general amusements and diversions, exceptionally good speaking lias been arranged for as follows: Current Events by Walter Thornhill of Geneva; Opening address by Rev. Phillips and Rev. C. It. Pearson; Address by Supremo Judge R. K. Erwin of Indianapolis; Address by Hon. Judge D. E .Smith and a temperance lecture by Fred Rohrer . Music will be furnished by the Colored quartet and by the band. Tiie program will begin at 10:30 with an interval for dinner and will conclude at 4 o’clock. Valuable presents will be given to the oldest lady and oldest gentleman on the ground, also to the youngest baby. Everybody is invited to come and enjoy the day thoroughly. - — o ■ AUTO IS STRUCK. Julius Haugk, the contractor, had a s narrow ecape when the rear of his ' automobile was struck by a G. R. & I. i local while he was dossing the track '. near the sugar plant, ahead of the 10-1 1 cal. The car was pushed and shoved ’• sideways and put out of commission e but no one was hurt. r. O' -■ ■— s MONROEVILLE GIRL WEDS. n —— I- A marriage license was issued at >-j Hillsdale, Michigan, (o William Kling '■ 21, of Columbia City, Indiana; Hattie jMar’e DeWert, 18, Monroeville, Ind.