Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 18 September 1914 — Page 1

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I GERMAN ARMY I STILL HOLDS I Desperate Fighting is Going I on Between Two Armies | on the Oise River. ? DENY OVERTURES — Vienna Dispatches Say That Austrians Will Fight to th Last Drop. Berlin, Sept, 18, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—(Wireless to the United, Press) The war office today emphati-, cally denied that any German war ( craft has been lost to the enemy. It also stated that the general battle in France continued with all attempts of the French to break through the German center and lines, repulsed. The ■ statement said: “Reports circulated abroad that German aircraft have been captured by the enemy are false. All of the aircrafts have come up to expectations In a series of long and dangerous flights although a few were damaged, they have been repaired and are again ready for service. The batBtle between the Oise and Meuse rivers continues unchecked although there are sure indications that the ■ French offensive is declining. The French effort to attack the German S right wing was broken down without exertion. The German army is slowly but surely advancing.” Bordeaux, Sept. 18, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Military headquarters admitted today that the great battle in northern France continues a draw. It is said that the battle will continue for several days before a decisive result is reached. There was rejoicing following this statement: “Thanks to the success of our army all danger to the position at Nancy iias been averted. The enemy after, suffering enormous losses in an at-, tempt to carry the main position from the French by storm lias been forced to retreat”. Vienna, Sept. 18, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —(via Rome) The Russian army today made a determined assault on the Austrian center which holds the line from Jaroflaw to Trzemysl. The chief points of the attack are the forts which command the San j-iver. The Russians have occupied a part of the Trzemysl fortifications but so far they have been unable to make any impression on the main defenses. Montreal, Sept. 18,—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—The Canadian ernment steamer Montmegny was sunk in the St. Lawrence this morning after a collision with another boat during the fog. Captain Pouliot and twelve members of the crew missing and are believed to have been drowned. Vienna. Sept. B—(Special to Daily Democrat)I—lt 1 —It was officially, denied today by the foreign office Miat Austria has made any overtures looking toward peace. The announcement. stated that so far as the war was con- ( cerned Austria will fight to her very, last resource to maintain the justice of her cause. Berlin, via Rome, Sept. 18 (Special to Daily Democrat) —Captain Von Medel, personal aid and probably the most intimate friend of the Crown Prince, has been killed in action at the battle of Aisne. London, Sept. 18—(Special to Dally Democrat)—Pride in the achievements of the British army was uppermost today when the war office stated that the British had again preventen General Von Kluck’s great force from breaking the French left. In a series of desperate nattles the British threw the Germans back on the defensive inflicting enormous losses. Emphasis is placed by all the newSj this afternoon on the note into the king’s speech read in the house of the lords this afternoon in which his majesty declares England will not lay down her arms until the object for which it is fighting is accomplished. This is interpreted as another notification that England will insist on Germany being decisively beaten before she will talk of peace. Mean-

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while additional troops have been sent to France to fill the gaps. New York, Sept. 18—(Special to 1 Dally Democrat) —Arriving today the liner Celtic was Paul Van-de-Vede, a resident of Dallas, Texas, who said that he had been fighting for a month with the Belgian troops and had been engaged in four battles. He said he knew the German soldiers were guolty of atrocities. "I have seen children who -nave been mutilated and men with their feet hacked off by sabers. The hands of women have been cut off in many cases so that they are not able to get in the crops. Villages and towns have been burned without cause.” Paris, Sept. 18—(Special to Daily Democratl—General Gallineni is confident that the German line must break. It may take a couple of days 1 ( and it may take a week, but break, it The fighting on the center J I where the Germans have tried to take 1 Rheims is desperate. Last night the Germans tried a night attack in force and tried to break through. ■ 0 TAKES EVIOENCE Os Engineer, Fireman and' Conductor of Erie Express That KILLED THREE MEN Monday Night—lnquest is Held This Afternoon by Coroner Clark. Coroner D. D. Clark and Prosecuting Attorney R. C. Parrish this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the sheriff's office, conducted the inquest relative to the death of the three men, Fred Hess, James Long and the Austrian, who were killed Monday night when I their hand car was struck by the Erie express. Miss Vera Clark served as official stenographer. The examination brought out very ilittle that is new regarding the sad affair. Engineer Lee Robinson of Huntington was the first witness examined. He testified that the eastbound express left Huntington at 8:55 that evening, averaging about 40 to 45 miles an hour until they approached the targets, when they slowed down to about 20. The engine had an un-.

usually good headlight and the whistle was sounded strongly. The first intimation he had that anything was wrong was when he saw a man in a light shirt jump from in front of the engine, apparently from the middle of the track into the weeds at the side on which the engineer sat. Then they heard a crash as of something struck. The brakes were put on and tlJe train stopped as soon as possible. They went back to look for the man who had jumped, but did not find any trace of him, except his cap. The body of the elderly man, James Long, was found on the pilot, dead. Lying back along the track was found another! 'dead body, that of the Austrian; Hess [was found badly wounded. He stated) he did not see how anyone on the ( track ahead, could have failed to see the headlight or hear the whistle. Win. Wagner, of Huntington, fire-) man, and A. M. Johnson of Marion, Ohio, conductor, were then examined., Neither saw the car before it was struck. Johnson was the first to reach Hess’ side, eased him, gave him a drink and put the cushion under his head. | The man who jumped, they did not find, but other foreigners told them that he had reached the camp and was all right. , o | MYSTERIOUS BLOOD SPOTS. , i Pedestrians on South First street i were greatly agitated yesterday upon finding two large pools of blood on lithe curbing on the east side of the : street about thirty feet north of the I‘corner of First and Adams streets, i Smail drops of blood were trailed : from the corner to Second street, where the trail was then/lost in the • maze of travel. The blood spots hint ■ of a deep mystery and many of the i pedestrians are of the opinion that - the place has been the scene of foul

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, September 18, 1914.

A QUIET WEDDING a- i • Roy Uhrick and Miss Hope r ' Hoopengardner Take the 1 Life Vows. a 8 ' [ THE REV. L. W. LOVE t> - < t Was Officiating Minister—- ! Will Make Home in Decatur. With the members of the family and I [a small number of other relatives 1 present, the wedding of Miss Hannah ’I Hope Hoopengardner and Mr. Roy ' I Uhrick was quietly but prettily sol- ’ emnized last evening at 7:30 o'clock ’ at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hoopengardner, on Ninth street. The Rev. L. W. Love of the United Brethren church ofti1 dated. Miss Hoopengardner was very pretty in a lovely gown of pale blue mesI saline, with net, made in tunic effect. 'After the ceremony a dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Uhrick will reside for the present with her parents and expect to go to housekeeping in the spring. Mr. Uhrick is engaged in the business of moving buildings. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Uhrick of Upland. The bride is a young lady of merit and is active in the departments of the United Brethren church, where she has long been a member. ’ Both are deserving of the good wishes which are theirs. p - . UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. Folks ez alius willin’ t’ believe everythin’ they hear except about theirselves er theirs. o • UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. [ There ain’t nothin’ so funny ez a 1 person whut takes himself seriously. l ( Big Carnival Company Will be Here for Fair—Carry* Electric Plant. ' ART SMITH COMING Management Adds Another Race—Teddy Tetzlaf to be Here Wednesday. k The management of the New Ad- , ams County Fair, to be held here week after next is delighted with the , prospects. It will be a week full of , splendid attractions. The auto races , on ednesday with Teddy Tetzlaf and , the other noted drivers will be a won- > derful show of death-defying speed. s 'Art Smith, the bird man, is startling . every one who sees him at Ft. Wayne . this week and says he will show the i people something here they have nevI er witnessed. The races on Thursday , and .Friday will be great with a field ,'of horses never equaled in this section. So great has become the de.'mand for entrance in the county race Jon Friday that the management has arranged for an extra county race on , Thursday, a trot, with a purse of SSO. , A contract has been closed with the , Todd & Paul United Shows to come 3 here for the week, bringing eight .high class shows, a Ferris wheel, t merry-go-round and other attractions, I They carry a big electric light plant 1 and will cover the grounds with 1,600 incandescents, making the big ground [an attractive place at night at which time the shows will be given. With good weather it will be a week of t'amusement worth seeing. Get ready i to come. i o s FUNERAL HELD TODAY. e The funeral services for Jamas ( :. I Long, one of the three men who were' 1, instantly killed on the Erie railroad i Monday evening, when the hand car. e on which they were riding was struck t by an express train, was held this e morning at 10 o’clock. Rev. .Gleiser tof the Presbyterian church had 1 charge of the services and interment was made in Maplewood cemetery.

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JAMES AULT SAFE Rumor False That He Had Been Killed In Fall From House I —I ■ A report was spread about the town yesterday that James Ault of this city, who has spent the summer at Rome City, where he is engaged in carpentering, had fallen from a building and was killed. Members of the family including Mrs. Allen, called the Drug store at Rome City where he has his headpuarters and a telephone mesage brought word that he was alive and well and had been in the store only an hour and a half before. How the rumor gained currency, is not known. o ARRESTED_ HERE Austrian Commissary Man Taken to Huntington to Answer Charge OF EMBEZZLEMENT It is Understood—Mix-up Relative to Payment of Grocery Bill. George Barchico, an Austrian, who operates a commissary car in construction camps along the Erie rail-; road, was arrested at Decatur by Constable J. E. Johnson of Huntington I and taken to that city to face a charge 1 of embezzlement, according to an exchange. Hearing of the case was commenced in the court of ’Squire G. W. Stults. i Barchico is alleged to have left Hunt-' ington owing C. A. Brown, proprietor 1 of a grocery store, $188.16. While Barchico’s commissary car was sta- 1 tioned at Huntington he entered into lan agreement with Brown whereby he I was to be given credit and the rail- 1 | road company was to settle with i Brown. Payments were made in this I manner up till June it is understood. Bills run from that time until the car was moved east, were not paid for. Constable Johnson, accompanied by Mr. Brown, motored to Markle, where they learned that the car was stationed at Decatur. o PACKING HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Rev. and Mrs. L. W. Love are packing their household goods preparatory to going to Pleasant Lake, in Steuben county, where Rev. Love has been assigned as pastor of the U. B. chhrch. This is in the lake district, near Angola, and is noted as a summer pleasure resort, and will be a delightful place to live. Rev. Love was pastor for two years of the Decatur U. B. circuit. They will be greatly missed here by their friends, and in all departments of the church and city’s wirk in which they have been active. NOTICE. All persons desiring to attend the cantata at St. John’s next Sunday evening will have the privilege of a special interurban service. All desiring to leave here on the 5:45 car will arrive at St. John’s at 6:08. Returning an extra car will leave Ft. Wayne at 7:30, arriving at St. John’s at 8:20, and will wait there until the cantata is over. ALBERT SCHIEMANN. G. P. A. 220t2 Ft. Wayne & Springfield R. R. o ABOUT THE SICK. C. C. Clemens, who for the past three weeks has been confined to his home on First street, is still in a very bad condition, his illness having developed into a rheumatism. Mrs. Harry Clem, living about three miles east of the city, who has been ill from typhoid fever for the past three weeks, remains about the same today. Huldah, aged ten, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Haugk, who has been ! quite ill of typhoid fever five weeks, lis getting better and is able to sit up Jin bed a while, when supported by pillows.

Mrs. Henry Krick called on her son Virgil, yesterday afternoon at the Hope hospital. He is recovering nicely.

DAY IS JIECALLED Robert Blackburn Recalled Yesterday Was FftySecond Anniversary OF THEIR PAROLE As Prisoners Taken At Munfordsville, Ky.—Held Flag Os Truce

Robert Blackburn, one of the boys in blue, recalled that yesterday was the fifty-second anniversary of the day that he and 4400, including many others who enlisted here were paroled by General Bragg, after being taken prisoners at the battle of Munfordsville, Ky. by that general. This happened only twelve days after leaving the state of Indiana. They were mustered into service August 28, and left the state a short time thereafter. They were defeated at the battle of Munfordsville, and taken prisoners, but as General Bragg did not wish to be hampered with the men, as he wished to join another force, he sent the prisoners over to a union general. General Buell. They were then sent to Indianapolis, and then on home for twenty-seven days. Mr. Blackburn says the funny part of it iwas that the governor failed to make 'report and the men were first declared deserters. This was finally cleared up, however, and everything was 'declared “right”. This was on Sunday morning, September 14. -After the battle, a temporary truce was declared, that each side might bury its dead. Mr. Blackburn was jthe one chosen from his side, to hold white flag of truce. Another boy i was chosen from the rebel army to hold the flag for their side. One sat on a stump and the other on a log, leach holding his white flag for tour I hours. During that t ime neither was .allowed to speak to each other. iluSThme

Mrs. Martha Bittner, Wife of John G. Bittner, of Union Township DIED LAST NIGHT From Hemorrhage Resulting from Ulcers of Stomach and Bowels. Though she had been ailing for two or three years from ulcers of the stomach and bowels, the death of Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Bittner, wife of John G. Bittner, of Union township, which came last night at 9:40 o’clock was very unexpected. Mrs. Bittner had been able to be up until yesterday morning about 10 o’clock, When she suffered a severe hemorrhage, the ulcers having eaten through the walls of the intestines. A physician hastened to her bedside, and remained until 2 o'clock, doing all that he could for her. The loss of blood was so great, however, that 'she could not survive and passed away last night. Even had she survived longer, it is thought that her condition was such that another hem-1 orrhage would have ensued in a short | time, and that her death in a short, time would have been inevitable. Had she lived until next November 3 she would have been fifty years of age. She was born November 3, 1864, in Adams county, being a daughter of Abraham and Esther Ann Lower Welty. Four children died in infancy, and those who survive with the husband, are: William, John, Charles, Tcna, Irene, Fred, Rosetta Bittner, all at home. She was a fine Christian woman, and greatly loved. The funeral will be held Sunday morning, leaving the house at 10 o'clock for the Pleasant '•Grove church, where the Rev. Wyer of Lima, Ohio, will officiate. William Welty, a brother, residing on Hie old home place, is tue only one of his parental family living.

ARE NOW IN DETROIT. Mrs. Anna Laman Williams Enjoying Honeymoon in Detroit. Mrs. Anna Iranian Williams, who was married Monday in Indianapolis, writes Decatur friends that she is nowenjoying her honeymoon visit in Detroit, Mich., with her husband and her two daughters, Nevah and Naomi Laman. They spent yesterday in Belle Isle park and are enjoying the othe( beauties of Detroit and vicinity. They expect to return here before going to their future home in Battle Creek, Mich. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our many friends and especially our good neighbors for their help and sympathy in our sorrow. MRS. AMELIA HESS AND FAMILY. theTodgFnotes Odd Fellow and Rebekah Grand Officials Guests of Local Lodges. GAVE ADDRESSES Decatur Ben Hurs Confer Degrees on Seven Bluffton Candidates. From seventy-five to one hundred attended the public meeting at the I. O. O. F. hall last evening, when Grand Master William Naier and Rebekah Assembly President Ella M. Clark were present. The grand officials of the state gave excellent talks and there were addresses by others also. A musical program was rendered by White Brothers of Preble: Gladys Selman, Mrs. Amos Yoder, Elgin King and others. In the afternoon a meeting for the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs only was held, and the grand officials addressed the assembly. The two meetings were well attended and very interesting. Grand Patriarch Sharp could not be here as announced. Twenty-six members of the local court of Ben Hur went by automobile to Bluffton last evening, where they conferred the degree upon seven candidates. They were royally entertained by the Bluffton court, given a rising vote of thanks and invited to come again in the near future to initiate another class. They made the trip safe and are pleased with the good time they had. RESULTS FATALLY ■ Five-year-old Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hitchcock of This City

DIED LAST NIGHTS i |i As Result of Burns Received ' Wednesday While Play- j 1 ing With Old Stove. j As the result of a severe shock and ( painful burns received Wednesday i noon while playing with her little ’ I companions around an old stove in [the yard at her home on Nortli Eleventh street, Vinie, five-year-old daugh- 1 ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hitchcock, passed away Thursday night at 10 o’clock. The little girl and her companions were having a fine time baking mud pies and cakes on a real stove, with a real fire in it. Vinie stepped too close to the flames, with ! the result that her dress caught on fire and she was horribly burned about the legs and lower parts of her body. The shock and pain proved too much for the little girl's constitution and although everything was done to alleviate her suffering, it was of no avail, and she passed away last night. Vinie was born August 19, 1909, and : was five years and one month old. ) She is survived besides her parents (Continued on Page Two)

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WITNESS_HEARD Trial of LeVan Baker Begins in Reality—Dennis is Nervous. MOTHER AND SISTER From Adams County Sit Quietly by Weeping— Much Interest in Case. Celina, 0., Sept. 18 —The selecting of the jury to hear the case of the state of Ohio vs. LeVan Baker, charged with the murder of Wilbur Phillips on the night of November 29, 1913, was finished Wednesday aftlernoon. After calling thirty-seven jurors, besides the regular thirty-eight, I the jury was selected, composed mostly of farmers. I After swearing in the jury, Prose[tutor B. A. Myers read the indictintent and gave a brief statement of 'the case on behalf of the state, saying that he expected the evidence I would show that LeVan and Dennis Baker spent the afternoon and evening of November 29 in Lima and left on the L. E. & W. freight, and that the blow was struck by LeVan Baker, that it was intentional and for the purpose of committing robbery. | To the charge of the indictment the [defendant, through his attorney, entered a plea of not guilty. Two special court stenographers, besides the regular stenographer, will make a daily transcript of the evidence. I George Logan, a machinist of Lima, was the first witness called,. He saw and conversed with LeVan on the afternoon of November 29 and said Baker told him he was hunting for work. Dennis Baker was brought into the court room and Logan testified that he was with LeVan that day. Logan saw LeVan later on that day in company with two men, one of whom was Phillips. They were in one ot the saloons and that was the last Logan saw of them. • B. B. Cooksie, a switchman at Lima, identified a brown hat and light overcoat worn by one of the men who inquired of him the time of freight No. 65, going west. Later he saw the same men sitting on a tie pile talking together. 1 LeVan Baker looks neat, being dressed in a blue serge suit. His hair is well combed and he maintained the same demeanor that has characterized his actions since the time of his arrest at Portland and return here to the county jail. He is apparently not worried and is among the most composed of any one in the court room. He listens attentively to all evidence. However, both he and Dennis Baker have been bleached from their long ' coinfinement in jail. Dennis, like his alleged companion in crime, is dressed in a blue serge suit. He is much thinner than at the time of his arrest. The trial yesterday afternoon was not without its heartrending situation. During a short recess LeVan [ Baker’s sister created a scene when she went forward from the large con- ! gregation of spectators and crying i bitterly, hugged and kissed her brother. Mrs. James Harman and daugh,ter of Bobo, mother and sister of Dennis Baker, are present at each session [of the hearing and sit quietly by weeping. Dennis is somewhat nervous. I The widow of the murdered man, Mrs. Wilbur E. Phillips, her son and daughter, both of the latter welldressed and refined young people, are in attendance at the trial. They were moved to tears during the opening statement of the prosecutor and continued to weep throughout the afternoon. The strain is trying on Mrs, Phillips. 0 K. OF C. NOTICE. 1 Monday, September 21. regular ’[meeting. Arrangements will be com--1 ipleted for the Columbus day program; ''also other important business to be 1 transacted. A good attendance is der sired. G. K. o o a OPENING OF SCHOOLS DELAYED o o Geneva, Ind., Sept. 16 —The Wat. bas 1 ’ Township schools, which were (1 to nave*been opened on Septemebr 21 I. will not open until September 28. The s.schools or Hartford Township opened [last Monday for the school year.