Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 200, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 200.

GERMAN TROOPS HAVE TAKEN NAMUR | GIBRALTAR OF THE ALLIED FORCE Three Day Battle Results In The German Troops Driving The French From Their Strongest And Most Impregnable Fortified Town

TO FIGHT JAPAN| Austria Formally Declared War Against Japan Late This Afternoon. PROTEST IS MADE By Belgium Against Violation of Civilized War Rules by the Germans. London, Aug. 25,—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Namur has fallen. This was admitted today by the war office. The sudden fall or this fortification, believed to be impregnable, came like a slap in the face to the English people who demanded an explanation from the war office. It is now accepted that England will have to send every available man, both on the continent and in the colonies, if the German invasion of France is to be checked. Additional troops are being rushed forward. It also admitted that the British casualties have been enormous. Officers say that when they are revealed they will startle the world. Military experts of London papers are mystified by the fall of Namur which was believed to be stronger than the Liege forts. “The possession of Namur was as vital for the Germans as for the allies” says one expert “and it was a fine strike for Germany.” An Ostend despatch says that a fierce fight between Uhlans and Belgians is now in progress. VIENNA, Aug. 25—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—Austria today declared war against Japan. The formal declaration- was served on the Japanese ambassador and he was handed his passports, and will leave for Rome as soon as possible. LONDON, Aug. 25—(Special to the Daily Democrat)— England is grimly ( determined today. The admission ( that Namur, the Gibraltar of the al- ( lied defense has been taken, has amazed the entire south. The war offlee withholds the particulars, but newspapers very frankly admit that a real advance on Paris is now more! than a possibility. That the English expeditions stood steadfast in the face of the determined German attack isassured. Premier Asquith made this announcement in the house of com-; mons today. He insisted that the tirement to the secondary line of de-1 sense was an act of prudence. He ( also insisted that the allied troops j were confident of their ability to hold , the Germans back. In the house di lords, Earl Kitchener, the secretary | of war, spoke of the fact that the British line held under the concerted! attack of the Germans at Mons. He said: “I wired Sir John French to congratulate the men for their splendid work. We are all proud of them., The fact that it took the Germans] only three days to overwhelm the French at Namur and drive them out; of their position, speaks volumes for, the strength of the German attack.”, The Daily Chronicle makes this ap-| parent by saying: "England and Russia must stubbornly resolve that come what may to France, they will never surrender to Germany. They must stick to her as they stuck to Napoleon until they pull her down. - As long as we hold the sea, we cant, ourselves, be vitally struck.' ONDON, Aug. 25- (Special to the Daily Democrat)-The war press bureau this afternoon officially confirmed the United Press dispatch from S Antwerp telling of the attack on the

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I royal palace there by a German ZepI pelin, later brought down by the guns from a fort near the city. The British statement declared that twelve persons were killed by 6 shrapnell bombs dropped from the airship. The noise of the cannonading gave the alarm in tlie city. Hundreds of people ran out into the street terrorstricken. The whirl of the motors was discernable to those in the street. The Zeppelin headed for the palace grounds and as soon as it was directly overhead began dropping bombs. The dirigible was compelled to remain so, high that it was impossible for the crew to get the proper range of the palace. Two buildings were destroyed and others badly dijmaged. Seven persons were killed and six wounded. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The German army lias captured 10.000 soldiers and several generals, members of the I French army under General Joffre.' and now control Lottgwy and the [ greater part of the Belgian-Franco frontier. The Belgium foreign office today informed the Getman embassy here. One despatch says: “German troops chased French troops defeated in the battle of August 21. The. German troops passed through French troops in several battles. Numerous ensigns, 1,500 guns and 10,000 prisoners were taken. General Joffre’s army is disabled, and it is no more capable of action. The German Crown Prince’s army chased French troops west if Longwy. The army of the Duke of, Wuertemburg marched through Belgium and crossed the river Semois, completely crushing the advancing French army. Numerous guns, ensigns, prisoners, generals and ammunition were captured. German troops have advanced west of the river Meuse on Maubeuqe, France. An English cavalry brigade lias been defeated. The greatest part of the Bel-gium-Franco border is now in German hands. A concentric advance of all the German armies toward Paris is probable. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25—(Special to Daily Democrat)—TJie French army still holds Altkirch and Mulliausenf the allies, following a defeat by the Germans, have firmly established themselves at a point west of the place where the big battle was fought and neither the French nor English are in the least disheartened by the reverses. This was the official statement at the French embassy today. Official dispatches from Paris I to the embassy brought this information. The allies originally assumed an offensive position but this failed. ! A line of retredt was then found to be necessary to the entrenchments to the I west of the original position. The defeat of the allies was due to the over- [ whelming numbers of the German opposition. The dispatch stated that the j Germans were massed in bulk. The ! point the allies now occupy is said to be impregnable. The second division of the French army suffered severely but the bulk of the division was reported in good condition and not in the least discouraged. The German losses are reported to have been high. High authorities in Paris, it is announced, never declared that the I French had been overwhelmingly victorious at any time. France believes that Germany has yet its entire army Ito eventually strike Paris. It is said, however, that the allies have not yet been forced out of Belgium and that there will be considerable fighting in that territory before the German troops cross the Belgium-Franco frontier. One reason the allies were not victorious in the first great conflict in Belgium was because France and England never thought that any nation would violate the neutrality of Belgium. Some time ago when France feared the Germans might disregard the neutrality, France began fortifying the cities along the border. So

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far the work has progressed only in one city—Maubeuge. LONDON, Aug. 25—The official press bureau today made public the formal charges prepared by tlie Belgium government to the neutral powers, alleging the gross violation of the rules of international warfare. Ti e statement says: “Tlie German infantry following the battle near Diesc on August 12 shot Major von Damme through the head as he lay helplessly i wounded, and then hurriedly buried 'him. When the body was disinterred, twenty-six bullets were found in his head. Following a fight between the Belgium and German troops in which a German officer was killed, tlie Germans at dusk burned six farm houses. They then divided the inmates into six groups of eleven each and placed them in ditches. Then the soldiers struck them down with their rifle butts. Atrophities were committed against women and children, yet not a civilian participated in the fighting in which the German officer was killed. Germans maltreated an aged man, torturing him with fire and then burning him to death. German troops used women and children to advance upon a strategic position and then opened fire on them. Antwerp, Aug. 25—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Germany sacrificed its best Zeppelin dirigible today in an effort to destroy the Royal Palace With high explosives. Forts six miles distant disabled the monster, forcing it to alight and the entire erpw of 25 men and officers were captured. The city was terror stricken for a (Continued cm Page 3)

MAIDEN NAME h i And a Plain Divorce Are AIL; That Are Asked by Maud i i R. Tyndall in 1 DIVORCE COMPLAINT ' *"* i Filed Today—Husband Was [ Drunkard. Failed to Pro- ] vide and Was Cruel. A good plain divorce, with no trim- 1 mings but the restoration of her maid- ' I' en name, Maud Everett, is asked by i Maud R. Tyndall from her spouse. 1 Samuel L. Tyndall, to whom she was married December 31, 1910, and from r whom she was separated March 12, 1913. The complaint was filed late this afternoon by Attorneys Peterson 1 & Moran. During their married life she says she fulfilled her part of the marital contract with faithfulness, but her ( husband was in the habit of coming. home drunk and spent the greater part of his earnings for intoxicating | liquoiji. Since January,, 1911, for. more than two years, he has failed to provide for her. Further, he was guilty of cruel and inhuman treat-, ment. of her, frequently cursed her, | called her bad names, and struck and beat her. When she was sick, he failed to provide her with a physician or medicine, and paid no attention to her while she was sick. ATTENTION W. R. C. All members of the Women’s Relief Corps are requested to meet at the hall at 1:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon and from there march to the Methodist church to attend the funeral of John R. Russell.

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WIECKINGS ARRIVE IN STATES. Ernst and Herman Wlecklng. Bluffton men, who recently sailed for Germany, landed at Ridgewood, N. J., today according to a message received late this afternoon by Mrs. Ernst Wieckling. They wil be home I Wednesday. Earlier in the day the family received a card stating that the Wieckings had sailed for the United States. August 15. on the ship. Noordan. The card was mailed at The Hague. The European war caused the men to immediately hunt for transportation homo when they landed, according to indications. —Bluffton News. BONNIESCOTLAND The W. F. Brittsons and Jacob Schafers Sojourning in Scotland. A DELIGHTFUL TIME Is Enjoyed There—Are Safe and Secure from War Inconvenience. > —'"-i The following letter from W. F. Brittson, who, with his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shafer, of Dalias, Tex., [are traveling abroad, will be of interest to Decatur people, who have wondered whether the European war will affect them. It will undoubtedly make their trip abroad less extensive but they are wholly safe. The letter was written August 14. from Fairlie, Scotland, and says: Dear Sir: —Here we are in Bonnie Scotland. We landed at Glasgow July 20, and after having spent a fortnight in that city we moved on to this picturesque little village by the sea. Glasgow is interesting in many respects. Substantial —all its buildings being built of stone: beautiful —because of its many flower gardens, and I spacious parks; educational in its his- 1 toric love and commercial enter- 1 prises. Buildings whose history dates I .back to 1185 and tell much of the Reformation are visited by thousands j every year and the commercial interests are among the largest in the i world. The Singer Sewing Machine company alone employs six thousand | men and the shipbuilding industry is | gigantic. It was here that the Mauretania, Lusitania and Aquitania, the I swift and luxuriant Cunarders, were built. Tlie factories of Glasgow, apparently, make everything from a spool of thread (both Coats’ and Clark’s thread mills being located just out of the incorporate limits) to the largest steam engines that plow the mighty deep. We have visited many of the chief places in Scotland of which the “Trip through the Thousand Trossacks” is one of the most interesting. It was in this region that Sir Roderick Dhu held sway. We saw Colin Fogle Ford where Rhoderick Dhu and James Fitz James fought. Our voyage on Lock Katrine arid Lock Lomand were delightful. This trip covers The Chase, described in Scott's “Lady of the I Lake.” Fairlie is a quaint little village located in the heart of the Burns country. Not far from here Robert Burns I was born and is buried. Hills, water falls, old castles, beautiful villas, golf links and the sea, all combine in making it an ideal place to spend a holiday. We are enjoying the invigorating salt sea baths and I have become quite an enthusiast in golf. Truly, ■ [we are having the best time of our : .lives. ■ On the 17th we leave for Edin- ; burgh, the “show ground of Scotland.” • From there we will go into the “Bor--I'der country," or “Scott's country,” i 'and then on to London, where we con•!template spending several weeks. , Should the war continue, which is I most likely, we will arrange to leave J the British Isles sometime during the i latter part of September and spend a i few months in the New England states. The one thing, however, that I wish to make clear Is that we are not in any danger. War is on in earnest and : we see soldiers everywhere, but so i far as safety is concerned we feel just ■ as secure as if we were in the states, i Business, though dull, is being carried ■ on in the usual quiet way and so far (Continued on Page Four)

CALL IS SOUNDED Jeremiah Russell, Aged Veteran and Resident, Died Last Night from BRIGHT’S DISEASE Had Been Resident of Adams County Three Quarters of a Century. Last taps were again sounded last evening for one of Adams county's brave veterans, and like the true and faithful soldier he had always prven himself to be when he offered his life for his country, they were answered by Jeremiah Russell, one of the best known and highly esteemed residents of this city. Although having passed the three-quarter century mark, Mr. Russell was closely identified with the growth and most progresive interests of the city and county up until the first of May this year, when he was confined to his bed witli tlie disease that eventually proved fatal. He was an active member of tjie G. A. R. and was looked upon especially by tlie members of that order as one of the strongest characters and lovable men in this vicinity. He was also a devout member of the Methodist church. Jeremiah Russell was born in Tuscarawas county, 0., in 1837, and was the son of William and Mary Ann Russell. When but two years of age he moved with his parents to this county and settled on a farm in Washington township. He remained on this place, gaining his early knowledge and growing into manhood. In 1860 he was united in marriage to Mary Ann Parrish. To this union were born six children. Three of them, Devorah Jane, Clara and Ollie, have preceded the father in death. The rest, however, are still living and are residents of this city, they being Mrs. [Carrie Amrine, Mrs. Stella Poling and I Ulysses G. In January, 1908, Mrs. I Russell departed this life and in November of the same year Mr. Russell as again united in marriage to Mrs. Winifred Russell, who survives the

(Oontinuea «n Page 2) SELECT_ TEACHER John Nelson of Monroe, Former Principal of Monmouth School HAS BEEN SELECTED For Principal of South Ward —He Succeeds Late Harry Fleming. The city school board, including O. L. Vance, Fred Fruchte and R. D. Myers, met this morning, when John Nelson was selected principal of the South Ward school, succeeding the late Harry Fleming, whose death occurred last week. Mr. Nelson is a well known teacher of near Monroe and for the past two years or more served as principal of tlie Monmouth schools, where he had excellent success and he is consider ed a teacher of much ability. The school board also went on an inspection tour, visiting the various buildings, where the janitors have begun work on the annual "schoolhouse cleaning” preliminary to the opening of the schools a week from next Monday. The walls are being cleaned, the floors scrubbed, the woodwork washed with soap, the curtains washed and other work done according with tlie state regulations. BROTHER IS ILL.

Marshal Ceph Melchl left this morning for Antwerp, Ohio, where he was called by word that his brother, Charles, who is employed there, is seriously ill. The nature of his illness is unknown here. Charles is well known here, where he formerly work ed. His mother resides at Convoy, Ohio.

MINGER ACCUSED. Dave Minger, whose home is near Geneva, was arrested at Montpelier Saturday night and after a preliminary Sunday morning was bound over to circuit court under bond of S3OO and was taken to jail at. Hartford City. Minger. acording to the reports, had rented a room at Mrs. Hattie Bowman’s hotel for the night. It was discovered, it is claimed, that he had I rifled some of the rooms and stolen a number of articles, which it is alleg ed were found under his mattress. He denied his guilt, despite this evidence. Minger had rode to Montpelier on a motorcycle.—Bluffton Banner. o- — READY Arranged for Annual Adams County Teachers’ Institute Next Week IN THE COURT ROOM; Fine List of Instructors Secured — Secretaries Announced. The programs for the annual Adams county teachers’ institute to be

held in this city next week. August 31 , to September 4. as arranged by Coun 1 ty Superintendent E. S. Christen, are i being printed and will be ready for i distribution in a short time. The circuit court room has been ; secured for the institute sessions and i the following secretaries have been < appointed: B. F. Kizer, general sec- i retary; Miss Clara Boknecht, enroll- 1 ing secretary: A. C. Sphar, enrolling : secretary. i A very good staff of instructors has i been secured for the institute, they being: Ixiuis Sherman Davis. Ph. D.. of the department of chemistry. In , diana university, Bloomington, Ind.; Mrs. Ella Tryner Price, institute instructor, primary teacher, and principal Sheridan school, Bloomington, Ill.; Lee L. Driver, county superin tendent, Randolph county, Indiana: Miss Elizabeth Schrock, department of music, and drawing, Decatur public ■schools, Decatur; Miss Elizabeth Peterson, pianist; Miss Leila Gaddis, ; domestic science, Purdue university, Lafayette. Tlie program follows: Monday—9:oo a. m. . i Opening Exercises —Rev. J. 11. Ril . ling. ; 1 Reading—Mrs. Price. I Rest. j

Music —Miss Schrock. “Chemistry of the Soil’’—Dr. Davis.] Adjournment. ( I Afternoon. Music —Miss Schrock. Story Telling—Mrs. Price. Rest. "Fundamental Impulses of Chil- ( dren” —Dr. Davis. i Adjournment. i Tuesday—B:4s a. m. i Opening Exercises —Rev. Benjamin Borton. “Chemistry of the Soil” —Dr. Davis Rest. ji Music —Miss Schrock. Rest. I Class of Beginners in Reading— i Mrs. Price. Adjournment. Afternoon. Music —Miss Schrock. i Rest. (1 “Impulses and Suggestion”—Dr. Da- I vis. I Rest. i Story Telling—Mrs. Price. < Adjournment. i Wednesday—B:4s a. m. i Opening Exercises —Rev. L. C. Hessort. Phonics—Mrs. Price. Rest. Music—Miss Schrock. Rest. "Problems of Plants" —Dr. Davis. Adjournment. Afternoon. Story Telling—Mrs. Price. Rest. Music —Miss Schrock. Rest. “Subconscious Life and Impulses" —Dr. Davis. Adjournment. Thursday—B:4s a. m. Opening Exercises—Rev. D. T. Stephenson. “Problems of Plants” —Dr. Davis. Rest. (Continuea on rage £)

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BIG TENT FILLED Large Audiences For Opening Two Days Enjoy High Class Entertainers DUNBARS FAVORITES Noted Humorist Pleases All • --Big Attractions For To-,, day’s Program i— ——> i i The second annual Chautauqua for Decatur under the direction of the Redpatli bureau of Chicago opened promptly yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The local committee had done such excellent work that before noon all of the required tickets had been sold and many folks who were somewhat slow in purchasing their tickets found that the price of the same, according to previous announcement, had been placed at $2.50 per ticket. Owing to the excellent work of our own local committee and the popularity of the Chautauqua of last year the attendance at the opening this season far exceeds that of last. Superintendent George C. Rheinfrank seems to thoroughly understand his business. He opened the first meeting promptly at 2:30 o'clock and gave notice that every service would be opened at the extet time announced, which is a very acceptable feature to Decatur folks. | The local committee invited Judge Smith to express their word of greeting and appreciation of the coming of the Chautauqua yesterday afternoon and before the program began, he, in a few well chosen and well spoken words, not only expressed the appreciation of the Decatur people of the Chautauqua, but showed himself to lie capable of gracing any public platform himself. ! There have been some changes in the program from that printed in the

first announcement, as was indicated in the Democrat last evening. It was demonstrated last year, however, at Decatur and it. is the reputation of the Redpath bureau elsewhere that whenever such a change is necesary they more than make good. The loss of the tenor through sickness yesterday in the musical program was well compensated for by the substitution of Miss Robertson as a cornetist. The three young men. however, as bell ringers, singers and general public entertainers demonstrated their ability to please their audience. The lecturer of the afternoon was Rev. Leslie W. Sprague of Chicago, who for over an hour entertained and instructed his audience. Many people truly never know of what our American cities are composed, or what, danger these cities may be to our great republic. It is needed that such information lie given to the people of our land and there is no better way to give that instruction than through the chautauquas. The national reputation of the lecturer last evening, Strickland W. Gillilan, was sufficient to indicate the

character of the evening's entertainment. It is sufficient to say that no humorist ever entertained a Decatur audience in a more pleasing and at the same, time instructive manner than was done then. The entire talk was characterized by not only humor and pathos, but good solid sense. One Decatur person said: “Before Strickland Gillilan, the humorist, appeared on the platform last evening, he already had hundreds of friends in Decatur who have brushed away the cobwebs of dull care with the sweep of his humor current in many newspapers and magazines; but his appearance here has made him doubly dear to them. With a pleasant voice, and a free and easy way of expressing himself, his talk on “Sunshine and Awkwardness" delighted the audience every minute. The lecture was admittedly humorous but touched with bits of pathos and the tenderest emotion, 'that fully exemplified the definition of optimism which he gave at the close, and showed that he is an optimist of the highest type. He ' said that optimism fs the rainbow of hope and good cheer gleaming through the mist of tears, and the fact that he can so bring out the col- - or of humor through the mist of the tears and pathos of ordinary, homely. everyday things of life with which we are familiar, and yet bring them (Conanssa so *ase 2)