Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 204.

ALLIED ARKY WEAKENED BY CONSTANTFIGHTING Every Soldier Forced To Stay At The Front While German Troops Are Permitted To Relieve Each Other

GIVESJNTERVIEW Lord Winston Churchill Explains Causes and Results of European War. CONFLICTING REPORT Is Given by German and Rus- i 1 sian Officials Regarding Capture of Allenstine. London, Aug. 29—(Special to Democrat) —Allied armies on the continent are being subjected to continually increasing pressure. The assault presents an unbroken fighting line. This I keeps every man in action while the superior number of men in the German army permits the constant relieving of their men at the front. The Austrians and Germans united today and twelve corps crossed the Rhine and headed for Belfort. War experts said this proves conclusively that the allies are outnumbered. The Kaiser is trying to split the allies into two parts and then crush each part with his mighty force. German reports of a Russian defeat in east Prussia are being denied at the Russian embassy here. Paris, Aug. 29—(Special to Daily Democrat) —An ominent silence hung over the developments at the front today. The war office admitted nothing -except that the Germans were appa--ently massing for another supreme effort to crush the allied army. One French general is said to have been killed but his name is being withheld. Many French officers have been killed, due tp the necessity of keeping them exposed to the German shell fire. - I St. Petersburg, Aug. 29—(Special to i Daily Democrat)—The minister of for- ( eign affairs this afternoon announced | that the Russians in east Prussia have occupied the fortified town of Allenstown. Both the German and Russian governments have now issued official bulletins regarding the occupation of Al-. lenstine. The Germans say that the! Russian army numbering 200,000 men was defeated. London, Aug. 29—(Special to Daily ( Democrat)— Announcing a newly or-1 ganized regiment of London business men today, Lord Roberts, commander-in-chief of the British over-seas forces, declared that England would need hundreds of thousands of troops before the war ended. He characterized the war as a life or death struggle forced on England by an “unscrupulous rival” and that every able bodied man in England should come to his country’s assistance. Washington, Aug. 29— (Special to Daily Democrat) —Responsibility for the destruction of Louvain was placed on the priests and civil authorities by the Berlin ofilce in a wireless dispatch to the German embassy here today. The message declared that the priests and people of Louvain provoked a twenty-four hour battle in the streets of the city and then the burning of the city was forced on the Germans. Paris, Aug. 29-(Special to Daily Democrat)— The war office this afternoon issued a statement announcing that three squadrons of German bicjcle dragoons had been routed by Russian cavalry troops from Petropos. New York. Aug. 29-(Special to the Dailv Democrat)— The White S tar liner, Adriatic, docked here today with 1,788 passengers, most of them mer

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can refugees. The Adriatic left Liverpool August 20. Berlin, Aug. 29, — (Special to Daily Democrat) —Orders have been issued to check the Russian advance. There is confidence that the combined Austrian and German army will be able to completely check this invasion. Rome, Aug. 29, —(Special to Daily Democrat^—Frequent cabinet meetings indicate that the Italian-Austrian crisis is approaching rapidly. Pressure from within against Austria is slowly overcoming the friendliness and I the triple alliance. London, Aug. 29, — (Special to Daily | Democrat) —Three British steamers, were sunk by the German lines Kai-’ ser Wilhelm der Krosse before that , ship was sunk by the English cruiser Hjghflyejr. This was learned today when the crews of the Tubalcain Katpara and the Nyanada were landed at the Canaries. bodies of British India troops were today landed at the continent. They will join the English forces on French soil. By Wm. G. Shephard. Copyrighted by United Press. London, Aug. 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Winston Churchchill, first Lord of the Admiralty today granted me an interview on the subject of the European war. On my asking him, the cause, he handed me the ceiebrat- 1 ed “white papers” of Sir Edward Grey negotiations, saying “Oh there is our cause —and all I ask of the Amemrican people is that they should study it with severe and impartial attention.” I then asked what was the underlying cause—and all I as>. of the American 1 leading up to the rupture. He reply-' ed: “That the war was started and was being maintained by the Russian artistocracy which left no limit to its ambition of world wide predominance. In a word it. is the old story of a hundred years ago against Napoleon. The I grouping of the forces are different; the circumstances are different; the occasion is different; the man above all is different—happily—but the issue is the same. We are at grips with Prussian militarism. England stands right in the path of this ever growing power. Our military force is perhaps | small but it is good and it will grow; our naval and financial recourses are considerable; and with these we stand between this mighty army and dominance. It would certainly not be conItent with European limitations.” I asked whether the end of the war would not see some abatement of the struggle of araments. He said: “That depends on the results. If we succeed land if as a result our victory in Europe is rearranged as far as possible in regard to the principles of nationality and in accordance with the wishes of the people who dwell in the various disputed areas, we may look forward to a great relaxation and easement, but if Germany wins It will not be a victory of the great sober commercial element of Germany nor of the common people of Germany with all their virtues, but will be the victory of the blood and iron military school whose doctrines and principles will have received a supreme and terrible vindication. I cannot understand,” he continued, “why Germany has not been content with her wonderful progress since the battle of Waterloo. For the last half century she has been the center of Europe,, courted by many; feared by many; treated with indifference by all. No country has had such a reign of popularity and splendor. Yet all the time she has been discontented; solicitous of admiration; careless in international law; worshiping force and giving us to understand that her triumphs of the past and her power of the present were but little in comparison to what she sought in the future. And now the great collision has come and it is well that the democratic nations of the world—the nations 1 mean where the people and the gov(Continued on Page 3)

Decatur, Indiana,Saturday Evening, August 29, 1914.

DIED IN THE WEST I Lewis Bowen Hale, Former Decatur Man, Died on Thursday Night at ’ SPRINGDALE, WASH. Was Brother of J. D. Hale— He Lived Here Until 1897. J. D. Hale received word last night of the death of his brother, Lewis I Bowen Hale, aged sixty-two. His , death occurred Thursday night at . Springdale, Wash. The announcement ! was not unexpected as word had been received of his critical illness, following an operation for hernia. Mr. Hale was a former Decatur res- [ ident and will be well remembered by • many. He lived here for many years 1 and was in charge of the Clover Leaf 1 grain elevator for his brother, J. D. Hale. In 1897 he left Decatur and ■ went to Willshire, Ohio, where he i. a grist mill. He later went to Springdale, Washington. He owned a 'string of oil well drilling outfits, and ' was engaged in tiiat business for the ’ Standard Oil company and others. It is said that 7»ir. Hale was buried at Springdale yesterday but relatives * at Bluffton expect to make arrangements to have the body removed to ■ Bluffton. His wife, from whom he was divorced, lives at Bluffton. He also has the I following children: Bessie, wife of Dan Lanningan; Hazel, wife of Walter Grove; Amos Hale, Mrs. Pearl Lockwood, Bluffton; Mrs. DamaTl, of West I Unity, Ohio. 1 Sisters and brother.- are: Miss Mary .Hale, Mrs. Dan Markley, Bluffton; Sillas Hale, Geneva; and John D. Hale, Decatur. o ' UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES The Broville Breeze hez jist issued '|an extra edition fer August fer fambly reuions. Uv kours th’ prop, did'nt git ' his annual vakashun. 0 HAD A RUNAWAY > I Sons of Ben Butler Figure in Spectacular Runaway Today. i I 'horse cuts foot } 1 And Buggy Loses Wheel But Neither of Boys Was r Injured. a L I Nile and Brice, aged eleven and four- - teen, sons of Ben Butler of northwest 3 [of the city, had an exciting runaway -' this morning. They came to town in s the surrey, to which was hitched a 3 horse, and had a can of cream and a 1, basket of eggs in the rig. When they /neared the John Falk home on North i Second street, a wheel of the rig 1 caught in the interurban track. The i- horse frightened and ran. The wheel r was broken but the horse continued e running south until it reached the core ner of Monroe ano Second street, where it was caught by' a man who i- left his paint bucket and made aspect- tacular run and catch. The boys were n i badly frightened but unhurt. The s horse had its leg badly cut by getting e, it caught on a part of the buggy and it t- bled profusely. It was taken to the ’• veterinarian for treatment. e o — a FUNERAL OF MRS. GAFFER it t- The body of Mrs. Mary Gaffer arrivs ed on the 11:10 interurban car from e' Fort \Vayne this morning and was ■r [taken to the St. Marys Catholic church if where many friends took their last i- look at all that is mortal of a lady who j. has been one of the best known in this e city for many years. Burial took place ip in the St. Joseph cemetery. Services I were held at St. Peter’s church in Ft. r- Wayne before coming here this morning.

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• ACADEMY TO OPEN Music Students May Report Now For Duty The Sisters of St. Agnes Music academy will open next Monday and students are requested to report now for assignments for lessons. The music academy is one of the nourishing institutions of the city, and many of the young musicians have be- ■ gun their training here. The summer vacation is now over, and the activities beginning Monday, will be marked . with enthusiasm. o NEARSJTHEJJLOSE Nearly Half of Ticket Guarantee Secured the First Night to Bring 1 CHAUTAUQUA HERE , Next Year—Kryl and Band 1 Please All—Sunday Services. i >■ — ! There were probably never so many ’ raincoats nor umbrellas together in a Decatur audience as yesterday at the Chautauqua. For everybody went. The rain couldn't keep them at home ! with Bohumir Kryl and his band in town. And the audience was not disappointed. The heavy rain that be- ( gan in the morning and kept up nearly a continual downpour through the day, slackening a little during the evening, couldn't dampen the ardor of k ! the muscians—nor of the audience. The great band master and cornetist never acquitted himself better, nor h did his musicians. The programs were rendered in full and there wore many responses to encores. In the evening the Denton Grand Opera company also appeared and presented ’ “Martha," which was highly pleasing to those who liked grand opera, the band playing their accompaniments. Besides being a great band master, I Bohumir Kryl is known as the greatest cornetist in the world. He is also a sculptor. It will be remembered that Bohumir Kryl began his career asa sculptor. He carved the great battle monument in Indianapolis and later was selected to preserve in marble the features of General Lew Wallace, the author of Ben Hur. It was whole engaged in the latter work at , Crawfordsville, Indiana, that he, at the suggestion of John Philip Sousa, the march king, and band leader, laid down the chisel and adopted the cornet as his future instrument of expression. He immediately sprang into great prominence as a musician. ’ Subscriptions Taken. During the intermission last evening I Superintendent George Rheinfrank in- , troduced Senator J. W. Tyndall, who' I made a plea in behalf of securing the Chautauqua for next year. The price of the season tickets has been advanced to $2.50, and the sale of 700 of these must be guaranteed before the Chautauqua will come. Subscription . cards were passed to the audience last II evening and the sale of 315 tickets ■ was guaranteed the first night. The i remainder must be made up before the ! close of the Chautauqua tomorrow j night, to ensure the return of the f Chautauqua. The Redpath Chautauqua ) has been established in Decatur for t the past two years, and its worth, both P as an instructor and entertainer, Is 1 conceded by all. It is quite probable 1 that, the guarantee will be secured to .. enable its return here next year. Children’s Night. 0 Tonight is children’s night and a ~ special entertainment has been devis-j e ed for them. Sam Bellino, the Italian e accordeonist, gave the musical preg hide for this afternoon and,will appear If again this evening. Merton & Colby e are the children’s; entertainers. This afternoon Judge McKenzie Cleland gave a fine lecture. Miss Band had her iiour with the children this morning and Dr. Mills, the lecturer, gave r- a lecture on “Jean Vai Jean.” Both n were very good. s Sacred Concert. h The Sunday afternoon period will t open with the sacred concert by Kelo logg-Haines. The afternoon lecture s will be given by Montaville Flowers, e followed by a vesper service. In the s evening the Kellog-Haines singing t. party will give a sacred concert, and i- the greater number of the churches (Continued on Page Two)

TEACHERS’ MEET ■I I ♦ I The Annual Adams County , Teachers’ Institute Be- ( gins Next Monday. ALL IS NOW READY • t -- - I The Sessions Will be Held in the Circuit Court Room. [ The Adams county teachers’ institute will begin next Monday morning I at 9 o’clock and continue through Friday evening, with County Superintendent E. S. Christen presiding. The institute will be held in the circuit court room. The program in full was published this week. Monday—9:oo a. m. Opening Exercises Rev. J. H. Rilling. Reading—Mrs. Price. Rest. Music —Miss Schrock. "Chemistry of the Soil” —Dr. Davis, . Adjournment. Afternoon. Music —Miss Schrock. Story Telling—Mrs. Price. Rest. “Fundamental Impulses of Children” —Dr. Davis. Adjournment. t Tuesday—B:4s a. m. Opening Exercises—Rev. Benjamin Borton. “Chemistry of the Soil” —Dr. Davis. ( Rest. g Music—Miss Schrock. c Rest. a Class of Beginners in Reading—n Mrs. Price. e Adjournment. Afternoon, I Music —Miss Schrock. g Rest. “Impulses and Suggestion”—Dr. Da- , 1 vis. Rest. r Story Telling—Mrs. Price. Adjournment. c Wednesday—B:4s a. m. Opening Exercises —Rev. L. C. Hessert. j Phonics —Mrs. Price. ‘Conmuea on P-ige 4) E _ <> { GOES TO EUROPE: 1 ——' 1 Dr. C. C. Rayl Receives Ap- 1 pointment to go With ‘ American Red Cross t i i AS A SURGEON 1 — [ May Not Wait for Expedi t tion But May go and Lo- [ cate for Practice. 1 I s - Dr. C. C. Rayl of Monroe, who, with [ his wife, returned recently from near- s ly a year’s stay in Berlin, Germany, j • where he took a special course in sur- r ' gery, yesterday received an appointI ment to go to Europe with the Amer- * lean Red Cross as a surgeon to help . i ! the wounded in the war. t . Dr. Rayl’s application was filed too < > late to get to go with the first expe- i dltion, which starts In about two t weeks. The second expedition will | i sail later, the time depending upon < •.how fast the donations pour into the II Red Cross committee. Dr. Rayl, is < [however, not certain whether he shall i ■ wait and go or if he shall go on and lo- ] • cate for practice. 1 i It is certainly a great opportunity i I for great experience, as well as an op- I I portunity for doing much good to man- i ■ kind in general. Dr. Rayl has had the i ■ advantage of his several months’ resii dence in Germany and will be well qualified. Prior to his going to Europe last I year he was associated with Dr. M. F. - Parrish in Monroe in practice. , o UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES 1 1 II ; The jokesmith whut hez run t'l’ 1 talkative barber joke into th’ ground s hez evidently never et at sum restaurants.

WANTED AT THE GATE. The Decatur physicians have been enthusiastic attendants at the Chautauqua. Nearly every evening at the chautauqua comes a call, “Dr. So-and so Is wanted at the gate.” This never falls to bring laughter. And this is why. On the very first evening, when Strickland Gijliian, the humorist, was on the platform the call came, "Dr. Blank is wanted at the gate." Gillilan immediately called out: "What's the matter with the gate?” o YEOMAN NOTICE. All Yeomen are requested to attend the special business meeting of importance Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock. GREAT Democrats Are Enthused Over Outlook in lidiana This Campaign. THE COMMITTEE MET Reports from All Over State Indicate That Organization is Sound. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 29 —(Special' to Daily Democrat) —If Chairman ' Korbly of the democratic state committee had needed any confirmation of the reports lie has received lately j that the conditions generally are growing more favorable to the democratic party in Indiana he obtained it at a meeting of the state committee, nominees on the ticket and party leaders here Thursday. In reviewing the mass of reports made then Chairman Korbly finds a great deal of an encouraging nature, and very little that is discouraging. None of the reports showed that the democrats are divided on state and national issues. Here and there a report was made that troubles of a local nature are being experienced but that none of them were very serious. The republicans have magnified the local troubles for the purpose of making it appear that the democratic state ticket is in grave danger of defeat. The local troubles have arisen generally because a democratic nomiI nation wes regarded as being equivalent to an election and in many places there were hard and frequently bitter fights for places on the ticket. But the reports now coming to the democratic headquarters indicate that the local strife is not going to cause the party any serious loss. In fact most of the local troubles are being healed and by the time the campaign is opened it is not believed that they will amount to anything. In Indianapolis. %>r example, the republicans have been trying to convince themselves that they ar« going to carry the county because there was a bitter fight over some of the places on the democratic county ticket. It was represented that several thousand Germans were' "off" on the ticket here because so many Irish were nominated. The Germans are not “off." .although the republicans are circulating a lot of literature calculated to make trouble among them. At the meeting here the general plan of campaign came in for careful consideration. The republicans have been setting a pace with their stories about democratic disaffection, democratic mismanagement and democratic inefficiency. The democratic administration in state affairs has not been paying any serious attention to the charges of the republicans. However, Governor Ralston and others who are to take part in the speech-making campaign will be prepared to meet whatever charges the republicans will make providing they do not continue along some of the foolish lines they have followed. Governor Ralston is to deliver the keynote speech here September 15, and in it he will deal with state finances am with everything that his administra tion has done. As soon as the campaign is opened the democratic speakers will be pro vided witli information that will b conclusive regarding state affairs am which will show that under both Go\ ernor Marshall and Governor Ralstoi ’ there was no wild extravagance sucl I as the republicans charge. -I At the conference here the deme (Continued on Page Two)

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, CRIMINAUCTION Against Dr. Goheen Seems Probable—Twins’ Death Not Due i [ TO HEMORRHAGES But to Hyoscine, Used Hyi podermically; is the Belief. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette says: “Confident that criminal negligence on the part of Dr. C. M. Goheen was responsible for the death of Paul and Pauline Ullmer, five-year-old twin children of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ullmer, 422 Fairmount Place. Thursday night, Prosecutor Hilgemann and Deputy Callahan, Coroner Kruse and the police are continuing the investigation in the case in the hope that they will find evidence that will warrant the prosecution of the physician on a charge of manslaughter. “The officials have already gained information that they believe will be sufficient to cause the state board of medical examination and registration to revoke the license of Dr. Goheen, but they are continuing with the view .of bringing all possible punishment I upon the man. who, to all appearances they say, wantonly disregarded human life. j “Dr. Goheen was not at his office • when Mr. Ullmer came for him after the children were apparently in a dying condition. "He was coming from , the north on Wells street and last night admitted that he had been to [call on a woman patient on Fifth ; street, while in his first story he said , that he was attending a case in his •xifflce when the call came. . | “Although there is no way to tell < whether the children were given an I overdose of hyoscine, which drug ■ caused their death, the investigators ■ are confident that such was the case. Dr. Goheen said that he purchased a . bcAtle containing twenty-five of the > hyoscine, morphine and cactine tab- ■ lets at the Drier drug store at 11 ■ o’clock Thursday morning. Four of these, he stated, he used in a preparation for a woman patient on Fifth ■ street and delivered the medicine to her at noon. Detectives visited the woman's house and learned from her ' that Dr. Goheen had not been there at noon but at 8:30 o’clock Thursday evening. The medicine that he left is in the hands of the coroner to be analyzed. The only other preparation he made, he testified, was for a man at Pleasant Lake. and. though lie does not think he used 11. M. C. tablets in it, a detective goes there this morning to get the medicine. ': In the bottle of tablets twenty re1 i main, showing that five have been used. If the drug is not apparent in the medicines he concocted during the time between the purchase of the bottle and the operation on the children, • there.will be every reason to believe that he used all five of them, instead of one, in the anaesthetic he gave the ’.little ones. If this can be proven, Deputy Prosecutor Callahan said last 1 night, there will be little doubt of the [success of prosecution for manslaughI ter. I I “Dr, Goheen was arrested about a ' year ago, charged with having aided ’ in performing a criminal operation on • a woman at Monmouth, Adams county, ■|but the evidence aga'inst him proved ■ insufficient .and he was acquitted. 1 1 “A post-mortemm examination of the of the tots yesterday morning I disclosed to the satisfaction of. Coro--1 ner Kruse and Deputy Coroner John ‘jE. McArdle that death had been duo ito hyoscine, which had been given e t hypodermically in No. 1 H. M, C. taby lets, an anaesthetic. 1- “The H. M. C. tablet, which is com- >• posed of hyoscine. morphine and cace tine, is an anaesthetic that should nevIt er be used on children, according to d|the city’s most prominent physicians a-1 and surgeons, because it is too powerful. The result of the post mortem d, proved that the twins did not die o- from hemorrhages, as Dr. Goheen claims. id “Dr. Goheen was on the stand for v- two hours yesterday afternoon at the m coroner’s inquest. He stoutly main:h tained that he had performed the operation and prepared the children for o- it in exactly the same manner he had (Continued on Page Two)