Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1914 — Page 1

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ALLIES ARE HOLDING BACK GERMAN ATTACK Secondary Line Os Defence Has Been Hard Pushed By German Avalanch For Thirty-six Hours

PANIC IN BERLIN Expected Russian Invasion Has Caused Wave of Fear Over That City. RUSHING SOLDIERS In a Call for Volunteers England States Every Man Will be Needed. Paris, Aug. 26,—(Special to Dail} Democrat) —"The great battle is progressing favorably.” The war office after 12 hours of silence, following the admission that the fate of France hinges on the present fighting, issued the above laconic statement. It meant that the allied lines were holding. It also meant that the German offense which has surged against the secondary defence for the past .26 hours, has been unable to penetrate it. The few words entirely transformed Paris from a city of gloom to one of hope. Coupled with this statement came the announcement that Britain was rushing reinforcements France’s desperate condition has been recognized by her ally and the assistance necesary to withstand the determinined attack by Germany, now doubly dangerous under the incentive of earlier victories is forthcoming. The allied lines are holding especially at the point which threatened the gate way to Paris. The BritishFrench forces between Maubeuge and Viebet are reported to have repulsed an attack and to have pushed their own line forward. It is also reported that the battle in Lorraine is going against Germany. The concerted assault is said to have been defeated and the French moved forward until checked by an order from General Joffre, who insists that the entire battle shall be fought along defensive lines until the German forward movement ends. Meanwhile the war office declares, the success of the Russians in eastern Prussia and along the Austrian frontier is "unbelievable.” The official announcement says that much of eastern Prussia has been evacuated by the Germans who surrendered many cannon, rolling stock, and enormous quantities of ammunition and that Russians are now in force along the eastern German defense and are well inside Prussia, Copenhagen Via London, Aug. 26— (Special to Daily Democrat)—Advices from Berlin via the front say that a panic is imminent there. The fear of a Russian invasion that will only end at the capital has greatly aroused the populace. Many wealthy Germans are fleeing to Scandinavia. (By Henry Wood) ROME. Aug. 26—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Forty-four cardinals have arrived in Rome for the conclave at which the successor to Pope Pius X will be elected and it was certain that sixty members of the sacred college will participate in the balloting. This means that forty votes will be necessary to elect the new pope. All newly arrived cardinals are escorted immediately to the crypt in St. Peter’s, where they pray over the tomb of his holiness. Cardinal Falconio was former delgate to Washington, and has been chosen to celebrate the mass of the Sistine Chapel next Sunday. CHICAGO. Aug. 26-(Special to Daily Democrat)-Wheat jumped 5% to 5% cents over yesterday s recordsmashing price in another *P ectacular buying movement on the boaid o. trade today. At noon September Wheat was quoted at 108%; December

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I wheat, 112%c; May, 51.19. The advance was inspired by a sharp buldge in Liverpool, where It is now believed the European war will be long drawn out, a feeling that was reflect1 ed in all European markets. WASHINGTON. Aug. 26—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Belgian minister, on behalf of the Belgium l foreign office, filed a protest with Sec-| , retary Bryan today against the depre-| ’ dation of the German dirigible Zeppe-i' lin over Antwerp, causing the death I of many non-combatants. Secretary, l > Bryan acknowledged receipt of the protest, but declined to take any fur-1 ther steps at tills time. The protest i of the Belgium foreign office was as 1 follows: “During the night of the : 24th and 25th a dirigible balloon flew J over Antwerp at a great height and i successfully threw eight bombs of i great explosives strength. According >< ! to investigation of conditions by the i “ judicial court, there nave been killed, 1 ' all harmless civilians, among them i I four women; eight have been injur- I ed, several mortally. One bomb had ’ ■ been exploded above the palace, i where the queen and royal children i ‘ were living. The material damage < > was considerable. The bombardment < ' constituted a violation of Act 26 of 1 • the first convention of The Hague. it > 11 London, Aug. 26 —(Special to Daily . 1 t Democrat)—The total losses of thep s Austrians in the battle of the Drina ( ’ i are placed at 60,000, out of a total of 1 - 300,000 Austrians engaged, according') ■ to a statement issued by the Servian '< ' legation. Or these 15,000 were kill- ■ ed, 30,000 wounded and 15,000 captur- , . ed. i ■ PARIS, Aug. 26 —(Special to Daily ■ Democrat) —The war office this aftI ernoon announced that a German cav I airy detachment of 2,500 men which • had crossed the frontier to raid 1 I French territory, was ambushed by a ; hidden battery'. The Ulhans were ■ completely routed, being either kill- I I ed, wounded or taken prisoners. I I LONDON, Aug. 26—(Special to ■ Daily Democrat) —With the allied line ■ in France and Belgium holding fast ■ against the German avalanche and the ■[ Russian advance pushing rapidly into • ; eastern Prussia and Austria, the gen- • 'eral situation was much improved ■'from the British standpoint today. Tire , i [ war office admitted that the rest of I the great battle for the possession of I: the French frontier was still in doubt -.but insisted that every hour the GerI man attacks were withstood. The en- ; tire German army is in the field and ■ 'the constant fighting is sappng its ' strength. If ,it can be held in check;, i [even though the allies are eventually , ■'forced back, its effect will be maters ially ledsenea. There is no attempt to i disguise the need of more men. In I' the house of commons today Premier 1 I Asquith stated that Earl Kitchener ! needed every man he could get. He ; said it was a mistake to believe that only 100,000 men were needed. The war secretary wants 600,000 men but this does not mean, the premier said, r that all are destined for foreign serv- > ice, but explained that it was the int tention of the government to have an ; efficient fighting force developed for t any contingency. The premier also > announced that the Germans in Ger--1 man Pogoland. Africa, have offered to -'surrender, but the offer was coupled - with demands for terms, which will - not be granted. Only unconditional . surrender will be considered. The s Russian minister of war is quoted in s an official dispatch of saying that with--1 in the next fortnight, Russia will s have upwards of 3,000,000 men in Ger many and half that number in Austria. This giant force, British military j experts believe, will turn the tide of 1 battle in favor of the allies, as Ger- - many must withdraw much of her r force in the west to cope with this, f The fact that it is announced in Berr lin that all German boys between the r (Continuea on rage 2)

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday Evening,August 26, 1914.

YE OLDYN TIME Suggested in Strange “Post Card of Wood Received By Decatur Girl FROM “ABE LINCOLN’’ Today—Form In Strange [ Contrast With The Present Style Os Delivery Except that there was then no post carrier, but the private horseman who rode scores of miles through forest in which were concealed. the perils of the wilds, inclding the roving Indians one might have imagined himself I away back in the early days this morning, had he caught a glimpse, as [many did. of the large "postcard", a cross-cut slab of a tree with charcoal [writing, which Parcels Post Carrier Butler delivered to Miss Ruby Parrish on South Tenth street. I The novel ‘“postcard” was the result of a wager. On last Saturday evening the class of 1911 had a reunion at the home of Carl Smith. At that time the subject of the great difference in conditions of “ye early days” and the present time, was discussed; especially the ways of writing. The old custom of writing on birch bark, pieces of wood, with charcoal and other primitive tilings before the newer methods were discovered, was discussed. Some of the boys dared others to use the old methods, and the postcard received today was the result of one wager. It has been learned that it was sent by Earl Colter, from the Colter saw mills at Schumrn, O. It consisted of a cross cut piece of tree, a quarter or half-inch thick, with the bark still chr,gtng to the sides. The dimensions were about two feet by a foot and a half. Fifty-one cents ' in postage adorned one side, while on the other was written: “Hard times are with us at this place; but nevertheless we are well and hope you are the same. As ever, ABE LINCOLN” ABANDONEES Clara Lopes Alleges That Husband Departed After Three Months OF MARRIED LIFE And Failed to Provide for Her — Wants Maiden Name Restored. A divorce case in which former Adams county people figure was filed in Hie Allen superior court today by Judge J. T. Merryman. The plaintiff is Clara Lopes and the defendant is Samuel Lopes. They were married December 22, 1911, and lived together only about three months, separating tn March, 1912, on which date she alleges he abandoned her at their home in Adams county. The charge is simply abandonment and failure to provide. Besides a plain divorce, she asks that her maid- [ en name, that of Clara Kelly, be restored. They have no children. Mrs. Lopes now resides with her father, Lewis Kelly, in Allen county, near Monroeville. MINGER RELEASED. Bond Furnished for Man Who Robbed Hattie Bowman’s Hotel. David Minger, the Geneva man who was arrested at Montpelier Saturday night, charged with the theft of a number of articles of jewelry and other valuables from rooms at the hotel conducted by Mrs. Hattie Bowman, was released from the jail at Hartford City Monday evening, under bond of S3OO. His father and broth-ers-ih-law went to his assistance and furnished the bond for him.

PARCEL POST CONVENTION Between the United States and Liberia. A parcel post convention having been concluded between the United States and Liberia, to take effect July 1, 1914, parcel post packages for destination in Liberia will be admitted on and after that date to parcel post mails for Liberia made up and dispatched from this country. Parcel post packages exchanged between the UniJed Sates and Liberia must not weigh more tnan eleven (11) pounds or five (5) kilograms nor measure more than three (3) feet six (6) Inches in length and girth combined. Postage must be paid in full at the following rates, viz.: In the United States on parcels for Liberia, 12 cents for each pound or fraction thereof. In Liberia, on parcels for the United States, 12 cents United States gold for each pound or fraction of a pound. Parcel post packages for Liberia may be registered. abouFtheTck < I Mrs. C. M. Hower Getting Along Nicely—May be Home in Two Weeks. NO IMPROVEMENT Shown by Mrs. Theodore Kennedy—Huldah Haugk Is Improving Huldah, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Haugk, of West Monroe street, who is ill of typhoid, is getting along well, the fever having been broken. Mrs. Isaac Peters of Bluffton is reported as somewhat better, though physicians extend no hope for her recovery. C. M. Hower, who has been at the bedside of his wife at the Lutheran 1 hospital since her operation a week' ago Tuesday, writes that she is out of danger, is feeling fine and may be brought home in two weeks. She is allowed now to eat anything. The meal eaten on Tuesday is the biggest one she had eaten in a year, having been on a special diet during that time. Mrs. Theodore Kennedy, who is quite ill, shows very little improvement. She is very weak from her long sickness, having, been confined to her bed and home since last March. Mrs. Reckara is the nurse attending her. ■ o $l5O DINNER FOR PET GOAT. “Nigg" Animal Actor With the Gentry Shows Dines on Currency. "Nigg,” a goat as black as midnight, and the only capricorn that ever dined on real money, is one of .the trained creatures that will be in this city with Gentry Bros.’ shows. “Nigg,” in addition to being a trained | goat, is precious in many ways. He has all the earmarks, peculiarities, and vagaries of appefite due to creatures of his kind. Three years ago, when Gentry Bros, shows were exhibited in a little town in the Virginia mountains a hoy came to the front door leading “Nigg." He also led a youngster two years his junior. In a pitiful way he pictured . the poverty of his family, said he had ( no money, and for two tickets hei would trade the goat. "He is a pet and a good goat,” said the older boy, as he handed over the string to the trainer. - “Nigg” is a pet and a good goat. One day he strolled into the ticket wagon. Something green caught his eye. He ate it. Then he was discovered. The goat had devoured three bundles of paper money, fifty dollars to the bundle. He in the leader of the split hoof performers with Gentry Brothers’ shows. They are here with Gentry ■ Brothers’ famous shows today. For this city only admission is reduced to twenty-five and thirty-five cents. — o UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. Nothin’ makes one feel so helpless ez sumthin’ you don’t know what.

STATE TEACHERS 3 , Association Will Meet in 1 Indianapolis October 29, 30 and 31. i t - 1 THE SOCIAL SERVICE 1 > Is the General Topic and r ( Program is a Very Fine One. ? - - I . Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 26—(Special to-Daily Democrat) —The program for I the State Teachers’ association anI nual meeting, just completed, shows that “Social Service" is to be the t general topic for this year's convention. October 29, 30 and 31. The gathering of educators will be ■ in Indianapolis as usual with headquarters at the Severin hotel. The change from the holidays was made to meet the demands of a majority of teachers. A bulletin recently issued by Ernest P. Wiles, chairman of the ; executive committee, announces that ■ "the fight is on for the largest enroll- | ment, the largest number of teachers In actual attendance and the best pro- ' gram in the history of the association.” The program will be ready for distribution by September 15 Under the general topic o' “Social Service" such speakers as Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, of New York; State Superintendent J. Y. Joyser of North Carolina; Dr. W. C. Bagley of the Univer-j sity of Illinois; MJ. D. Lewis of the. William Penn high school, Philadel- j phia; Dean Russell, of Teachers' Col-' lege, and others have been chosen to discuss this vital topic. To accommodate the increased number of teachers expected to attend on Friday. October 30, the "big day,” the general association will be divided into three groups. One group [ in Tomlinson hall, will be made up of' rural teachers; a second group in Ca-' leb Mills hall, of teachers in graded j schools; a third group in Roberts Park; I Church, of teachers from high schools’ and colleges. The speakers will gO| 'from c/e group to another so practically all of the teachers may' hear these addresses. buYanjnterest Mr. and Mrs. C. Baughman Become Partners of C. H. Hayslip IN THE STORE Formerly the Steele Racket Store-—Open for Business This Morning. The G. C. Steele racket store, recently purchased by C. H. Hayslip, was opened this morning for business' [again after being closed for the in- ( voice for several days. It was opened, however, with new partners in the firm, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Baughman having purchased a halt interest. Decatur people ( will gladly welcome Mr. and Mrs., Baughman, who were the veteran flve t and ten cent merchants of the city. Aj [few years ago they disposed of the store here, which they had built up ! nicely, to the Morris company. They I later located in another city, but have, returned here and are going into the ( business again for which they are so ( well qualified. The deal was made ( through the W. S. Robbins real estate agency. Mr. Hayslip has been with the Smith & Bell company as traveling salesman for some time and is also proprietor of the Madison House. He is a good business man and the new firm will be a very strong one. Mr. Hayslip, however, retained his ■ position with the Smith & Bell company and will continue his work with . them. Mr. Baughman takes active charge as manager of the store. The[ Misses Rose Kleinhenz and Georgia Magner, the popular and efficient clerks, who have been at the store ; for some time, will remain with the new firm.

| GENTRY BROS. HERE. The big combined Gentry Brothers’ shows arrived bright and early this morning over the Erie railroad from I Rochester, Ind., where they gave a performance ye terday, and the usual crowd of curiosity filled people were on hand to watch them unload and erect their big tents In t he field just south of the Shamrock ball ground. , among them being the small boy fill- ‘ ed with enthusiasm over the elephants and other animals. The performance given this afternoon was [ largely attended and the pleasing and satisfactory manner In which it was carried out, proved conclusively that Gentry Brothers are heading t he biggest trained animal show on the road. o THE com NEWS Big SIO,OOO Damage Case is Filed by Judays Against Oil Company. NEW INSPECTORS I i; For Registration Day Are 1 Named for Places of Those Who Resigned. The offloe of County Recorder AnI drew Welfley presents quite a differ- ’ ent appearance with the installation of ■ the new fine, metal roller shelving, I 'the new file boxes to match, and the/ 'rearrangement of the other office fixatures. The old counters have been ' moved out toward the front of the 1 I office, thus giving more space behind for the workers. With the removal of the old shelves, the walls need re- ■ papering. ( ■ i Certificate of the election of George |W. Cramer, trustee of the St. Joseph | United Brethren church, to succeed .Newton Lenhart, was filed with the 'county recorder. The board now com- , [prises Bert Wolfe, R. A. Drummond and G. C. Cramer. Certificates of the ; [election of J. A. Foreman and George |W. Ruckman, trustees of the Mt. i I Pleasant. M. E. church and of James , Steele, B. F. Breiner and John H. Bo- . Iner, trustees of Alpha M. E. church, i were also filed. " i Real estate transfers: Margaret , Meibers to Michael C. Meibers et al., i lot 858, Decatur, $1,000; Calvin Boan; et al. to Clement Michael, lot 12. 1 Ceylon, S3OO. i c C. J. Lutz and Simmons & Dailey i of Bluffton are atorneys for Ottis O. I and Andrew J. Juday in a new SIO,OOO t damage case filed today against The < Cliftqn Oil Company. The plain\ffs t allege they are owners of a valual/le ' oil and gas lease In Hartford town- i ship, and that the defendants’ pump- I ing station near their property, dam- 1 aged their oil wells by forcing in salt t water, float sand and other sub- ’ stances which remains tn the wells, i and injures their production. .' Flora Patton took out letters of ad I ministration on the estate of her late 1 i , husband, Charles E. Patton, giving t 'sl,ooo bond. i i Because the first registration day comes on Saturday, Ben Schrank and l F. V. Mills, who were appointed to. i 'serve as inspectors, resigned and in ; ! their places Ed Kintz was appointed jin "B” Second ward and H. S. Mich- < aild in “A” First ward. I Letters of administration on the.i [surviving partnership of Linn & Pat-.i ( ton were taken out by Frank Aurandp 'and H. F. Linn, the surviving partners. James L. Kocher and C. N. Christen were appointed appraisers. Inventory and appraisement were filed in the Nancy Vaughn estate. , o FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON. The funeral of Jeremiah Russell, who died at his home corner of Winchester and Russeli streets, Monday ■ evening at 10:30 o’clock, was held this afternoon from the Methodist i church at 2:30. The services were , held by Rev. Stephenson, assisted by : Rev. Grimes. Interment was made ■ in Maplewood cemetery and was in j charge of the G. A. R., it being a military burial.

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TEACH TO MARRY "" 1 * Lecturer Ott Says Agitation for Unborn Multitudes Should be . > • MADE IN ADVANCE Os Marriage-Reform Should Not Aim at Results— Good Lecture. The best campaign against disease is its prevention. The best campaign against unhappy marriages and their unhappy fruits, thinks Edward Amherst Ott, tno cnautauua lecturer, is their prevention. ’"Sour Grapes.” This was his subject at the Chautauqua last evening. Mr. Ott is spending his life in making a plea for the multitudes of unborn children, and ibis subject is from the text of the 'great Ezekiel of thousands of years [ago—"The fathers nave eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge." Heredity was the theme. The human race should be bred with the same careful selection that the blue ribbon cattle, the prize fruits of the 'orchard, are grown. Like begets like. Choose the best varieties for the union. | The world's greatest people come from a long line of careful production. The good and the bad in the human race do not come by accident. Teach the people what they need to know about our life. The American home is the least advanced of our institutions. I Every child has the right to begin life normally. Out of every thousand 450 die before the age of five years. This is usually due to the mis mating or to ignorance in care of the child after birth. | Criminals are not chance products. To empty our jails, allow certain classes of people “to die out.” Segregate them, and let them die childless. , Teach our people how to marry. Out of every nine marriages in Indiana, there is one divorce. The law should be regulated, not to cure, hut to prevent. Don’t fuss with results; get to the cause. Social diseases should be treated the same as physical diseases. Agitate on the side of marriage, not divorce. Mr. Ott, with other reformers, has been trying to get a uniform marriage law, that would do much to make successful marriage. They advocate a publication of the engagement at least ninety days before the marriage; a certicate of normal health and the education of the young man as well as the young woman for domestic life. Love alone, does not make happy marriages. Some one said it is better to he understood two minutes than loved a whole day. Sympathy and understanding ar& r\cesary. Make a woman happy in her own way. A man should also have the right to bo "made happy.” One cause of man's staying away from home is that the house is “too feminine.” Furnish the house to appeal to the men, also, and entertain their friends there, that they do not need to seek them outside. He made a strong plea for social headquarters for the boys that they may have a good wholesome place to go for their amusement. Since man cannot help what his ancestors were, it is up to him to do the best he can in his own generation. Live clean, that those who come aft■er you, may he cleaner. Let each .man do the best for himself, and the | rest will necessarily follow. No crit|ic is worthy who does less in life than the one he criticizes. Man’s test of intelligence Is this: an animal can fight to the death for what he wants; man has the courage to see what he wants, and yet resist it if it is not what he should have, lie faces his weakness and resists it. The musical part of the Chautauqua ■yesterday was exceedingly good, consisting of vocal and piano numbers by II Welch-Christensen-Baker company, a [trio of young ladies. The two vocali.ists were very good, and the pianist [equally fine. A rare treat was given ‘lin the monologue, "A Message from i Mars,” by Mr. Newens. He portrayed I the characters depicting the evolution j (Continuea cm Page 3)