Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 223, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 223.

THREE BRITISH SHIPS SUNK BYTHEGERM ANS Battleships Were Torpedoed In North Sea By German Submarines With A Loss Os Over 2,100 Men

MADE PROGRESS Series of Uninterrupted Successes Reported by the German Embassy. EXPLAINS REASON Reports State That Rheims Cathedral Was Directly in French Battle Line. London, Sept. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Out of a clear sky catpe the laconic announcement this after-1 noon that the Germans had sunk ■ th'-ee British cruisers, killing more ( than 2,100 men and with a loss esti-, mated at $12,000,000. German sub-1 marines were responsible for this dis-1 aster, which Is the greatest frem the British view since the war began. This terrible blow to England s su premacy of the sea occurred in the. North sea, but the exact location was not given out. The supposition is that it followed a raid similar to that in which German submarines sunk tael British cruiser Pathfinder. The three! cruisers were the Aboukir, the Hogue and the Creasy. All were of the same class twelve thousand tons displacement, 440 feet loqg, capable of twentyone knots, and armed with heavv nick-1 el steel, six inches thick. The displacement was twenty-nine feet. Each carried a full complement of 700 men. Fortunately, the loss of life is not absolute. The government says “a considerable number” was picked up by destroyers and trawlers that hurried to the rescue. The exact number of dead cannot be had until the list of survivors is completed. These ■ cruisers have been reported as being very active in an effort to locate the i main German fleet. There was evidence that this disaster came not far from the point where the Brit.isli squadron struck its first blow against the Germans, sinking three light cruisers and two destroyers. To the excited throngs that beset the admiralty asking for news, the word was sent out that there was nothing "at present” to add to the announcement except that the Aboukir was torpedoed, and that the Hogue and the Cressy closed in to rescue the survivors that were struggling in the water and fell victims to the German sub-[ marines and tiiat part of the crews had been rescued by destroyers and trawlers, which, witnessing the tragedy, had hurried to the rescue. Paris, Sept. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Despite the assurance by French military experts at headquarters that tlie Germans had already commenced a retreat, there was nothing in today’s official communications' that confirmed this belief. Dealing' with yesterday’s fighting it stated that [ tlie German assault continued at points but without any breech being | made in the allied line. The review! of the situation carried a confident! tone and it was reflected in the atti tude of tlie officials. London, Sept. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Rome correspondent of the Star wires that the combined Servian-Montenegrian army has taken Sarajevo, capital of the Austrian province of Bosnia. I Washington, Sept. 22- J (Special to Daily Democrat)—The German atack against tlie French and English has made little progress, the Berlin foreign office informed the German embassy by wireless this afternoon. The dispatch said: "Rheims lies in the French battle line and we regret being forced to answer their fire. The

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city suffers, but orders have been given to spare the cathedral. Tlie French attack in middle Alsace was repulsed. Subscriptions to the German war loan today amounted to 4,200,000,000 marks, Berlin, Sept. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The official war office statement isued today reported an uninterrupted series of successes against the French. It said: “The attack of the German troops on the line of fortifications south of Verdun continues uninterrupted. Cote in Lorraine, defended by a French army corps, has been occupied. A sortie of French troops from the northeast of Verdun i was repulsed.” Berlin, (via Rome) Sept. 22, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —All telegraphic and telephone communication , with Dreslou suddenly ceased today. •It is feared that the Russian center | may have pushed forward in force [ and may be attacking the city. It seems almost incredible that the Russians could have penetrated in force to Dreslou which is one of the links of the chain in the Oder line [of fortifications. It is the second largest city in Prussia and is the cap- : ital of Simesia. It occupies an im-1 portant strategic position. | London, Sept. 22—(Special to DailyDemocrat) —The German line is staggering under the continual hammering of tlie allies and they are slowly , crumbling at important points. This was tlie opinion today of British military experts who are familiar witli the exact situation at the front. The present battle is a contest of endurance. Tlie Times milieary expert declared that the Germans' extreme right which resembles a fish hook is I being subjugated to great exposure at the most northerly point. London. Sept. 22, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —News agency reports from Geneva declare that rioting is i taking place daily in the cities of Vienna and Berlin. It is declared that shops in the poorest section of the city are being looted and that many women have been shot down in attemps to control the mobs. The despatch also denies that the Germim loan has been oversubscribed and asserts that appeals are being made to both Italian and Swiss bankers to come to the rescue. The above despatch is in direct contradiction to the message received by J the United Press from its Berlin correspondent who is in direct touch by both wireless and cable via The Hague. He stated that the situation in ' Berlin continues quiet and that prices 'on foodstuffs are being fixed by tlie city authorities. Paris, Sept. 22, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Evidence is accumulating here to indicate that the German 'right lias been forced to take a posi[tion almost north and south to present the turning of its line in that I region and that the entire force of 1 100,000 men sent to aid General Von |Kluck to hold the right has had to Ibe dispensed of in this way to check the allies turning movement. If this lis true it is i real victory for the allies. Paris, Sept. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —With the most desperate of fighting since the battle of the [Aisne began, the tenth day of fighting began with the opposing armies still hanging to their trenches and showing the utmost determination not to yield an inch. Despite all this terrible struggling to maintain their positions it is claimed that the German west wing during the past forty-eight hours has been forced back for a distance of seven miles, caused by the arrival of fresh allied troops to that part of the (Continued on Page Four)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, September 22, 1914.

SEEKING HER SON 1 Strange Woman from Green* 1 ville, 0., on Walking Trip to Seek Son. HE WENT AWAY With Wife and Has Not Been Seen Since-—Be-lieved to be Demented. A woman, about sixty years of age, giving her name as Clara Green, of iGreenville, Ohio, who is on a walking I ' tour seeking her son , about thirty years of age, who left Ohio with his wife, and has not been seen for about a year, stopped last night over night at the home of Mrs. Mary Heidemann. Last evening the strange woman telephoned to Sheriff Durkin and asked for aid in seeking her son, or any information that might lead to her locating him. At times the woman seemed in good mental condition, and then again, her peculiarities lead them to believe that she is demented. She is making the trip by walking. She came to the Heidemann home about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. With her she brought a bucket containmg cups and necessaries, including I tea, coffee, bread and cheese, and from this she ate her supper and breakfast, steadfastly refusing to come to the table to eat with the Heidemanns, although they tried to prevail upon her to do so. She did, however, remain there over night, and this morning at 7:30 continued her way to Fort Wayne on the search. | She described her son and his wife to the Heidemanns, and they believe that they are the same couple who walked past their home about two weeks ago carrying a basket, and walking north. | The woman stated that her son had often expressed the desire to see In diana and it was her belief that he left home and came over here to see the state. The woman was neatly dressed and »at times seemed intelligent. A MOTOR TRIP Joe Tonnelier and Family Will Take Delightful Motor Trip Through NORTHERN MICHIGAN Will Visit With Brother at Traverse City—Will be Gone Three Weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Tonnelier, daughter, Rose, and son, Dick, will leave Thursday morning in their auto for Michigan, where they will visit I with relatives and'friends and spend a most delightful three weeks’ outing, motoring through the northern part of the state. The entire trip will cover nearly 1,000 miles, counting their return. The first stop will be made at Traverse City, Mich., a distance of about 400 miles. Here they will visit with Mr. Tonnelier's brother, Charles Tonnelier, and family. From Traverse City they will make a number of side trips and on their return home will stop off at Grand Rapids and Benton Harbor for a few days’ visit. The outing will be a most enjoyable one, and no doubt envied a great deal by a 'good many of us. t > SEASON TICKETS FOR FAIR. You can buy season tickets for the fair, fifty cents for adults and twentyfive cents for children, at any of the following places: Holthouse drug store, Callow & Rice, Smith. Yager & Falk, Enterprise druk store, Holtliouse, Schulte & Co., Myers-Dailey [Co., Vance & Hite, Teeple, Brandyberry & Peterson, First National bank [and Old Adams County bank. Ready now. Buy your tickets this week.

| OLD FASHIONED "REDINGOTE” Bring* Amusement*—l* French for Frock Coat ’ The old-fashioned “Redingote” is coming back into style. The name Is enougli to create among much amusement, especially amongst the younger circle to whom It is new, but to the older ones the name is quite fam- . iliar. The style, itself, creates just as much amusement, in many cases, where it is combined with tlie old fashioned basque and tlie long-tailed ; Redingote tunic, although it is believed it will be quite popular. One household was especially hilarious over a "Redingote” being made by a daughter. A son who is just now in the deptli of study of French, announced with a shout, a few days ago: ' “Eureka”. I have found it.” And coming down from his room with a : hop, skip and jump, he showed the word “Redingote” in the back of the , French grammer, where the vocabulary Is given. It is the French word ■ I , for frock coat. o UNIQUE DISPLAY — Uncle Sam Will Have His First Display at Decatur Fair. THE PARCEL POST 'Department Will Have a Booth—Will be Sort of Instruction School. A unique display, the first of its [kind here, will be in the booth under the grand stand at the fair grounds next week, where will be shown the United States parcel post exhibit. This wHI he a sort of school of instruction, and Uncle Sam is enconrI aging the holding of them everywhere, that the patrons may become familiar with this comparatively new way of ; sending and receiving farm suppiles as well as mercantile supplies, and the manner of packing, the costs and other details. Tlie local display will be in charge 'of the various members of the post--office force, including Postmaster J. iW. Bosse; C. E. Hocker, George Everett, Jesse Helm and others. In ! many of the displays the various business houses were glad to allow the use of their wares, which is an ad- , vertising source. The exhibit will include samples of things that may be sent through the mail —such as fruits, groceries, hardware, etc. A picture of a parcel post exhibit at the Louisville fair, was received witli the bulletin. A plough, which may be sent in parts, a wagon wheel, likewise divided, were among the exhibits shown, as things that may be sent by parcel post. l iie Decatur fair will be September 29-30, October 1-2, and you should be sure to look for “Uncle Sam’s” booth. o NOW TALKS FREELY. The fourth member of the crew on the hand car, on which the three lost their lives a week ago last night, ' when it was struck by an Erie express ■. has recovered from his fright and 'i talks quite freely of tlie affair. He is ’ a foreign interpreter and states that the hand car had just stopped to let |Fred Hess off. He (the one saved), ’ | was sitting with his foot on the step lof the car, when suddenly he turned and saw the engine bearing down up--on them, r r it ten feet away. He ini--1 mediately jumped, but before he ! i struck the ground the car was struck. ’ He had not time to call out a warn- ' ing to the others. When struck the 1 hand car was standing still. — —— 1 FUNERAL OF MRS. FACKLER The funeral of Mrs. Martin Fackler was held this afternoon at the Bethlehem Lutheran church at Tocsin. Her death occurred at the hospital - in Fort Wayne Saturday morning. The family resides between Magley ■ and Tocsin. ; — o TO MOVE TO FORT WAYNE Mrs. Mary Reinking, who resides in tlie Yoder residence on Monroe St., : went to Ft. Wayne today noon. Mrs. ■ Reinking has purchased property at that place and will move soon.

WERETWODELAYS Bad Fire n Fort Wayne And The Killing Os a Child By Car DELAYS TWO CARS On Ft. Wayne & Springfield Railway—Child Killed By Another Road It was not until the crew came In late yesterday afternoon that it was ; known at the Fort Wayne & Springfield railway headquarters, what delayed both the 11:30 and the 2:30 cars in reaching here. It surely was a season of bad luck for Fort Wayne, | but fortunately none to the Decatur 'cars, except the delay. The cause in the morning was a bad Ft. Wayne .fire, and in the afternoon the killing [of a little girl by a Wabash [Valley traction car. The ten o'clock car out of Fort Wayne was delayed two hours, until twelve o'clock, by a fire at the Horstman livery stable. Tlie car out at one o’clock, was delayed thirty minutes, arriving here at 3, by the killing of tlie child, tlie way in both instances being blocked by the great crowd.! An extra car was sent out of here at 11:30 to take the passengers to Fort Wayne. Owing to something wrong with the interurban telephone, no definite information could ge gotten here until the arrival here of the crews. The fire, which began in the Horstman livery barn, on Main and Pearl streets, spread to Scheumann & Son, Klaehn & Melching, Mungovan & Rice, and the loss is said to be $12,650. | The child killed was nine-year-old Mary Irene Thomas, who fell under, the wheels of a Wabash Valley trac- t tion car, after noon, on Calhoun street, just north of Holman street. She had been sent across the street to get a loaf of bread and in trying to dodge an automobile, ran in front of the interurban car and fell. The wheels passed over her, cutting the body in two at the waist. The legs were also crushed. Five years ago her father, was electrocuted by the wires of the' same company. j o FOR NEW RECORD Teddy Tetzlaff Will Send 300 Horse Power Blitzen Benz Around Track AT STEELE’S PARK Eight World Famed Drivers Have Entered in Races on Wednesday. i On account of the great number of entries for the big automobile races at the fair grounds track, Automobile! Day—Wednesday, September 30 —' when such cracks as Tetzlaff, Carlson, | DeAlene, Callihan, Getz. Kennedy, Marston and other noted drivers battle for big cash prizes in the seven big races to be run on that day, the management of tlie fair has decided not to allow any local or state entries for fear that there might be some acci-| dent. With eight notable and daring drivers of the fastest cars in the world it is not a safe place for any but the most skillful of pilots and for that reason no amateurs or other driv- - ers will be allowed except in a spec-, ial race for that purpose. During the intermissions between the auto races the eight auto polo experts will play five minute periods of. that fascinating and dangerous game, ( which was aptly named by an eastern newspaper man as the “undertakers’ [ delight.” A corps of workmen are working on the race track to prepare it for the speed kings and the fair management will leave no stones unturned to make automobile day the biggest day. Fast time is bound to be made and records for a half mile track are sure to be established with the big string of high powered cars which will compete.

i Tetzlaff will send his 300 horse powI er Blitzen Bena against the state and world's record on a half mile track, of which he is at present the holder. A world's record on the Decatur track I would do much to put this town on the map as a mecca for speed annlhilators and would give much desired publicity to the town. The management appreciating this, has offered a special cash prize to the driver who , makes a new record. This will bring ' out the Blitzen Benz, the speedy Marmon, the lightning Maxwells and the Keeton, which formerly held the [ speedway record for the fastest lap, 1 which is now held by the Maxwell. o .. A SERIOUS OPERATION. Miss Bess Fisher of this city was operated upon yesterday at the Hope I hospital, Fort Wayne, and today is •’resting some better. The ordeal was [ a very serious one and was performed by Dr. D. D. Clark of this city and Dr. McOscar of Fort Wayne. Miss 1 Fibber will have to remain at the hospital for a week longer. o WEDDING CHIMES I I Peal Merrily For Two Cou-' pies at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Today DOUBLE WEDDING ~ ’ I Lee Meyers and Anna Miller—Leo Ulman and Agnes Miller Wedded. Another of those rare but very happy double weddings was solemnized at I eight o’clock this morning at the St. Marys Catholic church. The brides were the lovely and lovable daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Miller, a ‘prominent and highly esteemed lain ily residing two and a half miles •south of this city. Miss Anna M. Miller was chosen as a bride by Leo G. Meyers, son of Mrs. Mary Meyers, of two miles south of the city, and Miss Agnes R. Miller, by Leo J. Ulman, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ulman, living four miles east of the city. | September sent her brighest and I best shower of golden sunshine, to .make the occasion a happy one, and [the bridal party, and all the features of the ceremony and wed.ding were unusually pretty in every detail. The wedding bells chimed merrily 'as the bridal party approached the church. With the stilling of the bells, the notes were taken by the pipe organ, when Sister Aloysia played Mendelssohn’s wedding march, to which the party entered the church and made its way to the altar, where the ring ceremony, by Rev. J. A. Seimetz was said, beautiful in its solemnity and impressiveness. The wedding was a "white” wedding, symbolic of virginal purity. Miss Anna Miller wore a handsome dress of white chiffon over silk, in the draped effect, with shadow lace trimmings, with the sleeves long and the neck high. White satin slippers and a [white satin hat, with two ostrich plumes, completed the costume. The flowers carried were white bride’s [roses. Her maid was Miss Ella Mey[ers, the groom s sister, and she likeI wise wore pure white. The gown | was of white voile, with over-skirt effect, low neck and short sleeves. The trimmings were of Venice lace. Her slippers were of white satin and the .bonnet hat had ostrich trimmings. The groomsman was P. L. Miller, a brother of the bride. Miss Agnes Miller, the second bride, had a frock of white embroidI ered net over satin. The waist was outlined with a satin girdle, the neck , was cut low and the short sleeves jwere met with long silk gloves. Like , the first bride, she wore a white satin hat, with two lovely ostrich plumes, and carried white- bride’s roses. Miss Gertrude Ulman, the groom's sister, ( was dressed in white crepe de chine. I The long tunic was of lace. The low neck and short sleeves also charactersized her frock. Her hat was of white satin, with ostrich trimming, and both > ibridesmaids carried white carnations, I The second groomsman was Bernard • Miller, the bride’s brother. s Eighty guests were, bidden to the ? Miller home where the dinner was c served at noon. A wealth of fall ? roses, charmingly combined with i ferns, further beautified the rooms. (Continued on rage Four)

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FROM WAH ZONE Interesting Letter from Miss Frances Dugan Telling of Trip. THROUGH “SAD” PARIS •From Italy to LondonPassed Very Near the Firing Line. The ('. A. Dugan family Is in receipt •of tlie following interesting letter from Miss Frances Dugan, telling of interesting trip made by herself and Miss Fannie Frisinger from Italy, up through Paris (very near the firing i line, of the terrible European war, to London, where they now are. A part of the letter was written at Paris, and parts enroute to London, closing with a postscript on arriving in London, telling of the illness of Miss Frising er on arriving there. They are with a party conducted by Dr. Babcock, of the University Travel Bureau of Boston. The letter: Dearest Family:—We reached Paris [at 3 o'clock this afternoon and found your letters. My, but it was good to get them. . For we never reached Interlaken and 1 bad not heard from you since Venice, almost a month ago. . I hope some of my letters are reach- ! ing you, as I write every few days, I and am sending them with some one | who is sailing, as ordinary mail is not going through. We have certainly had one exciting time—nothing dangerous, but seeing enough of the results of the war to believe that it is all Sherman ever said it was. We stayed at Menaggio two weeks, and they were two weeks long to be remembered. The place is one of tlie most beautiful in all the Alps and the war ue vwiw ULUu except in the inability to get out. Dr. Babcock found that in Interlaken. Luzerne,'etc., all hotels are closed; foreigners are forbidden to go into Germany, so it seemed best to make for Paris by the shortest route possible, and hence to England. But the consul told us that the trip was impossible for some time. Finally word came to Menaggio that we could probably get there byway of Geneva. Then came the worst of Dr. Babcock's problem—to get enough money in a lump sum to get all twenty-five of us through. He had a letter of credit for $20,000 and could get only about SSO a day on it. No letters of credit belonging to ordinary people are honored at all. Dr. Babcock has, however, a good many different pulls—in fact, I feol more and more that fate was mighty good when we were thrown in with him. For in a couple of days he managed Heaven knows how, to get the money. We have had about one hundred people trying to join us, as other conductors have not been so successful. However, Dr. Babcock has all he cares to manage and he started out with us Sunday morning. We took a steamer down Luano, then a train ride across a strip of land between Lugano and Maggiore and hoped to get another steamer there to cross over to Stresa. But, and it is a typical example of the situation here—that boat was not running that day. There is absolutely no regular train or boat schedule any where and a train which the officials assure one will go at a certain time is very frequently taken off two minutes before starting. This time, however, Dr. Babcock found out an hour before that the boat would not run, so telegraphed to the hotel across the lake where we were going to send launches for us. Luckily the telegram went through—it is only luck , when one does —and instead of spending the night on the shores of the lake we found these fine little steam launches waiting for us and had one of the finest boat rides we have hail this summer, the whole length of Lake ( Maggiore, with the sunset on the Alps and then the starlight. When we reached the shore we saw this mag- • nificent structure ahead of us and i found that we were to stay at the Rei gina Palace hotel —one of the finest, . they say, in Europe. We were quite 1 dazed by the magnificence. I mention this to show how we jump from star- ■' vgtion to luxury' in times of war—and ■s tlie Regina was our last, bit of luxury 1 for some time. We were told as I i think I said in one of my other iet- . [ters to you that the bureau frankly (Continued on Page 3) \ \