Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 213, Decatur, Adams County, 10 September 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 213.

RUSSIAN FORCES NOW ADVANCINR ON BERLIN German Army Is In A General Retreat At Every Point While The Fren h And British Successes Continue

ATTACKS FLANK I Large British Force Has Cut ' Line of Communication— Will Attack Flank. THE LOSS IS HEAVY ' —’ ■ • < During Fighting With Rus- i sians Austria Has Lost ( Over 120,000 Soldiers. London, Sent. 10 —(Special to Daily 1 Democrat) —The Russian menace to- ' ward Berlin is now very real. Officials 1 here believe that an enormous Rus- ! sian army has started for Berlin and/ that even though the German invaders j' withdraw their active army from/ French soil and begin an offensive j 1 movement on both frontiers, the move-/ ment will come too late to hold back 1 the Russians. / 1 London, Sept. 10 —(Special to Daily/ Democrat) —The war office announced 1 this afternoon that the allied successes in France continue. "The Germans. 1 are retreating all along the line. The 1 British have crossed the river Marne ,1 in a northernly direction. The Germans have lost heavily and General < French reports that he has taken 1 many prisoners. The German troops I are reported as being utterly exhaust 1 ed. ' Paris, Sept. 10—(Special to Daily i Democrat)—“The allies are forcing j the enemy back*at every point along] the line,” General Gallieni announced 1 this afternoon. That was the only of-p flcial information forthcoming today of/ the outcome of what is generally ex-/ pected to prove the decisive battle of/ the present war so far as France is i concerned. The Germans are being/ hard pressed. The French-British/ north army now is being assisted by | the Paris defense army, the necessity of manning the fortifications having passed. The German right wing under General Von Kluck has suffered great- ] ly. It bore the brunt of the fighting all the way from the Belgian border and the attempt to reinforce it from General Buelow's force having failed. As a result the Germans have been pushed across the Marne and are now being driven due north toward tßelgium. At the same time it is believed another British force which recently landed has raided the lines of communication and is now essaying a flank attack in force. General Galliem declared that the French center is also advancing. The great Germ/n assault in force designed to crush the center having failed, and the French everywhere are on the offensive. London, Sept. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat)— The official war bureau this afternoon admitted that the British cruiser Pathfinder whicli was sunk Saturday off the coast of Scotland was destroyed by a German submarine instead of a contact mine as was at first reported. The admission of the act of the German aggressive caused a nistinct stir in naval circles. This is the first time in the history of naval war fare that a submarine has been used so successfully. The fact that the Germans were able to send a submarine to strike a British cruiser almost in a Scotch port has greatly alarmed London. Bordeaux, Sept. 10- (Special to the Daily Democrat)— The French foreign office today issued an emphatic denial that French troops are using dumdum bullets or that they were to be found on French soldiers. London, Sept. 10-(£pecial to Daily

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Democrat)—The British government today received official assurances from Tokio that Japan will not enter into any peace agreement with Germany or Austria unless the terms are satisfactory to England. I I Capetown, U. S. A., Sept. 10 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Premier Botha announced in parliament today 1 that strong forces from German south-' west Africa have entered in British territory near the boundary. He stat- ( ed that the South African government is preparing to attack and dislodge them. He explained the plans of a general official movement against the' Germans and that troops have already > been sent. — Vienna, Sept. 10, — (Special to Daily , Democrat)—All Austria was plunged in gloom today when it was officially admitted that the recent operations against the Russians has cost the dual I empire at least one fourth of its first Tine of effective fighting men. It al-' ]so became known today for the first time that the operations in Galicia and Russian Poland have been under] the direct personal direction of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. The an] nouncement at the war office stated j that since operations began against! the Russians the total loss in killed, wounded and missing of the Austrian first line army would number 120,000. In addition, by reason of the attack by an over whelming Russian force who have outnumbered the Austrians at all times, large quantities of military stores, amunition and cannon have been lost. The economical situation is admittedly grave. All es- j forts of the government to float a war loan have failed and this is causing as much worry as the reverses. I Rome, Sept. 10, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Pope Benedict today despatched notes to the ambassadors cf < all the warring nations to asertain the sentiment of their representative gov-1 ernment relating to a plan for a papal appeal for peace. It is confidently believed here today that Aus-' trias reply will be favorable. This is the first step in a definite program for peace to be acted upon, by the Vatican. | [ Lor«lon, Sept. 10 —(Special to Daily | Democrat) —News from the battle front in France today stated emphatically that the success of the allies continued, and that the latest attempt of the Germans to force the French center has fallen. The British-French forces are driving back the German right before them with the heaviest of losses. General Smith-Borrien is the hero of the occasion. His praises are on every tongue. Tiie present offense of the allies is due to his efforts. With a small force for two days he withstood an overwhelming force Germans, making it possible for the saving of the entire left wing of the allied army. Bordeaux, Sept. 10—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—With the fighting line extending over 200 miles, from Paris to Verdun, it is hard to judge what the results of the desperate assaults will be, but with the failure of the German attempt to break the French line on the right of the river Oarcq, and with the French center and right wing holding their own, the situation is exceedingly in our favor. The British army has crossed the Marne and the enemy has fallen back about twenty-five miles. The inability of the German forces to secure ammunition and the lack of previsions is placing them in a very difficult position and greatly hindering them and ■in general the French and British ■ troops seem to be gaining advantage. Although the Germans, who have ; brought up reinforcements, are strik- ) ing at the allies’ left und center between Montmirail and Vitry-Le-Fran-‘cois with a front of from fifty to sixty (Continued on Page 5)

Decatur, Indiana,Thursday Evening, September 10, 1914.

LOSS IS HEAVY Homer King, of Sanford, Mich., Suffers Heavy Loss When Barn Burns. TEAM OF HORSES Valued at S6OO Was Lost— Carried Insurance-Burns During Night. Elgin King, the local newspaper agent, is in receipt of a letter from his father, Homer King, of Sanford, Mich., formerly of this city, telling him of the heavy loss he suffered Tuesday when fire completely destroyed his large barn filled with the year’s hay i and oats crop, the farming implements.

and also burned a team of thoroughbred horses valued at S6OO. Mr. King 'stated in his letter that the fire was i first seen at about 1 o'clock on the morning of September 8, but had gained so much headway that it was impossible to save anything and the only | thing they could do was to stop the wild flames from setting fire to the house and other property. The total loss will reach about SI6OO with only S6OO insurance, leaving the net loss close to SI,OOO. Mr. King has been living at Stanford about three years and is doing 'fine. He now has 276 acres of fine farming land, and a large stock of cattle and the like. effects of wae • i Reach to Laborers in Adams County—No Assurance Given by POSTAL DEPARTMENT Os the Safe and Timely Delivery of International Money Orders. | Away in far-off Europe—Belgium, Austria, Italy and Russia —are wives and children, who no doubt will look anxiously for long-delayed and doubtless much needed money from the husbands and fathers, many of whom are , working in Decatur and Adams county- ' I On account of the state of warfare in Europe, which involves the movement of armies, and the monopolization by the state of the means and avenues of transportation, which inter-] seres seriously with the usual method of conveyance, the United States postoffice department announces a state ment in its daily bulletin received here this morning by Postmaster J. W. Bosse, that is of much interest to many foreigners, including the Italians . on the Erie road; the Belgians and Austrians in the beet fields and leath- ■ er shops and tho Russians. The bulletin states that persons who apply at the postoffice for international money orders, payable in any Euro- • pean country, should be informed that ; the department cannot insure speedy i and sure delivery, but that the bust- • ness will be accepted subject to tho ■ delays and risks incident to the state • of war. This will continue until peace > and normal conditions are restored. Many substitutes are on duty at the > postoffice allowing the regular clerks . and carriers a vacxtion. Milt Leavell. > rural mail carrier, has been ill since t yesterday, showing symptoms of tyr phoid fever. Elmer Archer, another - rural mail carrier, is in Mid / id, 3 Mich., on a visit. George Everett, - clerk, and Henry Fuhrman, rural car--1 rier, spent today at the Van Wert fair, i going by automobile. , , s ' Mrs. John Koop of Fort Wayne, for- .- merly Miss Clara Bultemeier, was able i- to sit up in bed in the Lutheran hos- .. pital, last Sunday, for the first since p her operation held a few weeks ago. ] She is recovering.

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CAUSED SMALL FIRE Becoming overheated from the pipes leading to the register In the parlor of the ('. Pumphrey residence on Fifth street, the flooring and supports caught fire early this morning and a serious conflagaration was narrowly averted. Upon retiring last evening, Mr. Pumphrey noticed the odor of smouldering wood, but thought tint it was possibly caused from the freshly built (Ire in the furnace, which hadn’t been used since last spring. This morning however, when he arose, the flooring in the vicinity of the register and the floor supports was merrily burning away and it was with the most difficult work that Mr. Pumphrey managed to outen the blase without the assistance of the fire department. Had the fire been allowed only a few minutes more to start, a very serious fire would have resulted. A NEW £ENTURY Begins for Grandma Caroline Ferry for Many Years a Resident 11 * OF THIS CITY Received Ft. Wayne Masons in a Body Today—Also Decatur Greetings. ‘ Grandma’’ Caroline Ferry is cele-

biating her one hundredth birthday anniversary today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eudora Boyles, in Fort Wayne. The Masons of Fort Wayne were received by Mrs. Ferry this afternoon |at the Boyles home, and many Deca- ■ tur people sent he' 1 greetings. Her great drandson, Clinton, son of Madame May Siebler de Ferry, of ] Strassburg, Germany, had intended to he with her on her 100th. birthday ] anniversary, but was prevented on ac--1 count of the European war. His [father is an officer and is now at the front. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette says of Grandma Ferry in part: Despite her advanced years, Mrs. Ferry’s mind is clear and her memory is remarkable. Since a fall five years ago she has been unable to w alk and goes from her bed to her easy rocker by pushing a chair in front of her or assisted by her daughter or one of her granddaughters. She 'will be down stairs today for the first time since returning here four months ago from Decatur, where she made her home for fifteen years before the death of another daughter, Mrs. Harriet McMillan. The Masons asked that she come to the Scottish Rite cathedral and hold her reception there, but relatives believed that she should not be subjected to the strain. The Boyles’ home will be decorated with flags, both inside and out in celebration of the dual birthday. With her parents, Louis Bourie, a trader and his wife, Mrs. Ferry came to Fort Wayne in December, 1814 when she was but three months old. For a time they lived in the old fort, which she can describe perfectly, and a couple of years later her father erected a home near the stronghold The dwelling was destroyed while the family was on a visit to Detroit and Mr. Bourie built another house at the southeast corner of Columbia and Clinton streets. In 1831 she was married to Lucien P. Ferry, a respresentatlve of the Ameriyin Fur company, whose name appears frequently and prominently ■ in the early history of Fort Wayne, i They lived for several years in a > house on what is now tho site of the Stag hotel, and from there moved to the southwest corner of Main and ■ Broadway, where the St. Joseph's hosi pital stands, residing (here until a ho- . tel known as “Rockhill’s Folly was erected. Next they lived at the corner of Washington and Ewing streets ’ and is was there that Mr. Ferry died , in 1844. Mrs. Ferry went to Decatur . in 1882 to reside with her daughter • there and returned here early last , summer to spend the remainder of her days with her only surviving child Mrs. Boyles. ii " — - CENSUS REPORT. ! Boy babies were born to both the . Rollo Raudenbush and William Aescliliman families of Monroe.

MARRIED TODAY Cecil Harvey Claims Miss Mary Agnes Barkley as His Bride. —- -4 REV. J. H. RILLING Performs Wedding This Morning—Couple Leaves on Wedding Trip. Rev. J. H. Rilling, pastor of the Evangelical church, officiated this morning at. 8:30 o'clock at the parsonage on Winchester street, at a very quiet but happy wedding. The principals were Cecil Harvey and Miss Mary Agnes Barkley. With the couple as their only attendant, was the bride's sister-in-law. Mrs. Jessie Barkley, of Three Rivers, Mich. The bride’s wedding gown was a very pretty one of cream silk, with trimmings of laces, chiffon and French knots, becomingly combined. A wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barkley, to the immediate relatives and the bridal party, before Mr. and Mrs. Harvey left at. 10:25 over the Clover Leaf for Clinton county, where they will visit. They expect to spend this winter at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barkley, southwest of the city. The groom is the son of James Harvey, »he real estate man. Both bride and groom are young people of fine character and ability, and their union is pleasing to their many friends.

NARROW ESCAPE Gerald Cole Was Knocked Down in Front of L. A. Graham Automobile. ON LAST EVENING Machine Was Running Slow and Was Stopped Before Injuring the Boy. I ■ I A very narrow escape from serious injury was averted last evening at about 5:30 o’clock, when Gerald Cole, ten-ycar-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Cole, of South Fifth street, was struck and knocked down by the autombile belonging to L. A. Graham. Mr. Graham was driving north on Second street at a very slow speed and was just going around the interurban car which was standing in front of the station, when Gerald made his ap pearance around the rear end of the

car in an endeavor to cross the street. He failed to see the automobile uneil | he was directly in its path. He turned ; and was apparently going back when he became bewildered and again started across the street. By this time the auto was upon the boy, and he was struck down by the radiator. He managed to grab hold of a rod, however, and the machine dragged him along for a distanc eof over a foot. Fortunately, Mr. Graham was going slowly and had perfect control of the. ma chine so that he was permitted to stop in a second or iwo. Outside of being badly scared and having a little gash cut in his lip, Gerald was practically as good as new and wended his way to the Hensley playground, where he courageously displayed his injuries and was made a hero by his fellow playmates. O ——— ..I - lull nr-n- ■ ' COUNTY COUNCIL CONCLUDES. The county council held a continued session this morning, six members being present and the matter of appropriating money for establishing a rest, room was discussed for half an hour, the board finally appropriating SIOO with which to secure plans for an addition to the co'jrt house, the first floor to bo used as a rest room and the second floor as offices. The SIOO will b 1 ! taken from the general fund and will i not change the levy. The appropria •ition sheet was duly signed this morn

POLICE COURT. An affidavit was filed in the court of Justice of the Peace Kintz late yesterday afternoon State vs. 1 John Bowers and sworn out. by Mrs. Amanda Richards. Mr. Bowers was arrested and brought before 'Squire | Kint." last evening. He pleaded not guilty to the charge ami was released under a SSO bond. The ease will be heard tomorrow. | A search warrant was also filed before 'Squire Kintz against John Bow- , ers, being sworn out by Frank Richards, in which it is charged that the plaintiff has reason to believe that a leather halter, an axe, and a Keen Kutter cross-cut saw' belonging to him may be located on the Bowers property. A search of the premises located the halter, but the other two articles could not be found. THE COURT NEWS ■■■ Judge D. E. Smith at Fort Wayne Today—Fourth License. WAS GRANTED TODAY ■■ John Johnson Qualifies as Administrator of Susannah Johnson Estate. Hunting and fishing licenses have been issued by the county clerk this month to E. ('. Runyon, Bluffton: j Leonard Baumgartner. Berne; William Jackson, James Bain, Frank Hisey, P. E. Fugate, Decatur. i John E. Johnson qualified as administrator of the Susannah Johnson estate, giving $6,000 bond. Inventory .was filed and approved and the petition to divide the household goods among the heirs was sustained. The will of Jeremiah Russell probated yesterday afternoon was very short, and gives to the widow, Winifred Russell, all the estate after the payment of any debts or expenses. It was drawn December 14, 1909, and the witnesses were J. W. Brown and Pau! G. Hooper. Bertha Fuhrman vs. Harry Fuhrman et al., support. Finding was en tered that Ira Fuhrman has turned over the note described in the complaint to the plaintiff and that the other defendants herein have fully paid the same to her. The cause is dismissed .as to all defendants except Harry H. Fuhrman, and continued as to him.

C. B. Aldrich vs. Zenith Stamets. . Appearance by Hoffman, Peterson & • Moran for the defendant. Answer by the defendant in two paragraphs. Rule, to reply to the second paragraph. Cross complaint in two paragraphs filed by the defendant. . Rule to answer each paragraph. Up until this morning, but four mar- ( riage licenses had been issued this month. Three of them were issued Saturday, September 5, and one this morning. Pat Kilday, fifty-one, one of tho. tramps charged with stealing WalkOfer shoes from the Erie railroad consignment, and on account of illness was unable to appear in person v, it h the other five, in court to answer to' the charge Monday, is quite seriously ■ ill at the jail of kidqey and heart trouble. Judge D. E. Smith was at Ft. Wayne today, where he served as special, judge in a case in court there. A marriage license was issued this morning to Cecil Harvey, born September 2, 1893, son of James Harvey, to wed Mary Agnes Barkley, born August 10, 1894, daughter of Henry Barkley. .j , I Glen A. Smiley filed a new partition i case entitled William Otis Miller et • al. vs. E. Raymond Miller. -I Rai estate transfers: Frederick O. 1 Eichenberg to William J. Sprunger, 1 quit claim deed to lot 201, Berne, i-[sßso; Rozelda Phipps to Delma V. i Ruckman, pari of lot S 3. Decatur, (Continued on Page Two)

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TANKS OF MERCY Used Every Day by Newspapers Says One Who Knows What Goes on r- 4 BEHIND THE SCENES Strickland Gillilan, Chautauqua Lecturer and Writer Says “This.” Strickland Gillilan, the humorist, who appeared in the Decatur Chautauqua the first evening, writes the fol'lowing on newspapers in yesterday’s Indianapolis Star, where he has a daily column. He knows whereof he speaks, too, because he worked on a newspaper in Richmond, among other places. He says: Newspapers have much to learn in the matter of accuracy. So have the people who read them. Perhaps out of ten newspaper re- ] ports of an affair, one will be exactly , right. j But out of the several thousand people who read the story perhaps five ] will read it as it is printed. Send twelve newspaper-kickers to see the same event and have them tell you about It. Yon will have as wide or a wider variety of tales than you would in a thousand papers. I Superintendents of big enterprises have far less trouble getting under officers who can send out competent and intelligent orders than they have' in finding employes with sense enough to understand a sentence of plain English, either in print or by word of mouth. I Whenever people get so they can tell newspaper men the truth and can understand what they read, the newspapers w’ill be found telling the truth. A newspaper is merely a great big, composite individual. | It is stronger than any one person, and is usually merciful apd kind, as are all truly strong people. When a newspaper has a chance (and it has a thousand such every day) to say truthfully and safely a word that would blacken somebody's career for the rest of his life and render useless his efforts to retrieve a mistake, the newspaper does not do it unless it comes squarely in its line of duty to the public. If people who blatt around about the ‘ unscrupulousness” of newspapers could get behind the scenes awhile and see the barrels and tanks of mercy used every day and every night in dealing with the events and people of a community, they would apologize instead of roasting.

Suppose the newspapers, instead of saying the kind and encouraging tiling about your vocally.ambitious, but fearfully squawky, daughter or son, were to tell the truth?

i In such cases you would far rather the paper were to be truthless than ruthless. Newspapers will ever mark the trend of the times, always walking a bit in advance. I Humanity in the bulk is always just a wee bit less virtuous than the papers it reads. , Newspapers that assume a selfrighteous attitude in their dealings with the people are riding to a fall. | People who assume that attitude toward newspapers are doing likewise. Only in the second instance the fall is smaller. I The statement that the public can not get along without newspapers is as superfluous as to state that it takes time to produce a two-year-old colt. o ABOUT THE CICK. ] Virgil Krick, who became seriously ] ill yesterday, and was found to be sutIfering f-it.n hernia, was taken to the ; Hope hospital. Fort. Wayne, this afternoon and will be operated upon tomor- ' row morning. Mrs. Fred Isch, who has been seriously ill is recovering, —o • II FINE WHEAT CROP it Ed Ulman yesterday threshed tho wheat crop for his son Victor on his ). farm east of town and the showing f, [was a splendid ono, the total from >. four and a half acres being 180 bush’.'era or an average of forty bushels per ■.[acre and Ed says it was as fine wheat as he ever saw.