Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 235, Decatur, Adams County, 6 October 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 235.

ENCIRCLING MOVEMENT ATTEMPTEDBYIIERMANS Large Detachments Os iGerman Cavalry Seen Near Lille Believed To Be Attempting A Flanking Movement

CAUSING ALARM Resuming of Offensive by Germans Causes Great Alarm in England. TRYING NEW TRICKS Wounded Officer Says Germans Are Combining Artillery and Cavalry. Paris, Oct. 6, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Germans are believed today to be attempting an encircling movement of their own. The official afternoon statement reported the presence of German cavalry near Lille., It is believed that this is merely a reconnoitering force but since the main line of the railroad that will be used by the lines for the relief of Brussels and Antw’erp passes through Lille it is possible that the Germans have started a force to destroy this line. The general statement was encouraging. The fierce fighting which lias now been in progress for nearly a week at Arras continues unchecked but the Germans have failed to gain any substantial advantage. Between the Somme and the Oise rivers the engagements continue to fluctuate. The Germans have been repulsed in their attemp to break through the French line at Lasslgnly. In general the military experts declare that there is no cause for alarm. A wounded French colonel who arrived here today said "No troops have fought as wildly as the Germans. They also have a trick that is new in warfare. They are combining their artillery and cavalry for the first time. They have brought high powered automobiles on which they have mounted big machine guns. One of these guns travels with each cavalry detachment. Whoever heard of artillery and cavalry together before? Berlin, Oct. —(Special to the Daily Democrat)—The official war bulletin today stated: "The offensive ot the German troops on both wings of the battle line in France continues and we are pushing forward slowly and in perfect order. We now occupy the former position of the allies on the western front but the lighting continues with no let up. Under our overwhelming pressure on botli wings we have compelled the enemy to take less advantageous positions. In th eeast we continue our offensive, unchecked. The general battle has not materialized though there is constant skirmishing Advices from Vienna say that Pr::zemysl defies all efforts of the Russians to take it and that the Russian forward movement in Galicia has been checked.”

London, Oct. 6,— (Special to Daily Democrat,)—The admission that the Germans have again resumed the offensive on the east and west wings in France is causing some apprehension here that the government may be holding back important news. Headquarters state' however, that whatever ground has been yielded will be regained when the reinforcements reach their new positions. Berlin, Oct. 6—(Special to the paily Democrat)—An official statement today said that Fort Camp de Domains near St. Nehiel had been taken after a hard fight. Five French officers and over 500 soldiers had been taken prisoners ,the remainder of the garrison having perished in action. Paris, Oct. 6—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The text of the 3 o’clock (Continued on Page 3)

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BODY PETRIFIED Remains of Mrs. Mary E. Sprague Exhumed from Alpha Cemetery in PERFECT CONDITION Had Been Buried Thirteen Years and Not Even Clothing Was Decayed. One of the strangest and most miraculous of nature’s unexplained transformations was discovered yesterday afternoon at the Alpha cemetery, four and one-half miles northeast of this city when Chronister tnd Oswald, together with a number of relatives from this city went to the burial place to exhume the body of Mrs. Mary E. Sprague, step-mother of Harve Sprague, in order to remove it to Maplewood cemetery. Although having been buried for thirteen years,

when the men readied the body, great was their surprise to find it in practically the same condition as when interred. The coffin had crumpled to pieces, but the clothing, flesh and even the hair had retained their natural form and but very few effects of the 'many years under the ground were discovered. The face had, however, turned to a dark color, and the flesh under the clothing had attained a yellowish hue, otherwise the features were perfect in detail. Ropes were placed under the ankles and ; neck and it required the efforts of five men to raise the body from its resting place on account of its great weight. The bodies of Mr. Sprague's mother, Mrs. Mary F. Sprague, and of his brother, Richard, were also exhumed and were also found to have retained their plumpness and perfection of features until brought into contact witli the air, the action of this causing them to immediately crumple to pieces, they having apparently been but a hollow shell. These latter Jwo bodies had been interred thirtyone years ago. I Petrifaction is a replacement of 'the organic tissue by a mineral substance. As each particle of the animal or plant decays or disappears its place is taken usually in water or mud by a particle of mineral matter deposited from the water which has held it in suspension. Thus the perishable original is changed into imperishable stone, preserving its form and even its structural appearance. ' It is very seldom, however, that this action will take place in flesh, as the water, but in rare cases will percolate through it. ■ - PROGRESSIVE SPEECHES. County Chairman L. A. Graham of the progressive party today announced that W. A. Pierson, candidate for secretary of state, and Harry Kitzelman, candidate lor congress, will address the voters at the court house Saturday evening. These men were billed here some days ago but the meeting was postponed because of the Roosevelt meeting at Indianapolis. It is also announced that Albert J. Beveridge, the moose candidate for Uniti ed States senator, and a former mem- ■ ber of that body, will address the voI ters at the court house at 4 o'clock ■ on Saturday afternoon of next week. , o- ■ THE STORK’S STOP r A fine eight pound boy baby was [ born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Chil Omlor.

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday Evening, October 6, 1914.

NO ROAOHOGS In Linn Grove Says “Perry Goric” Mayor in a Letter —i vj < ' TO HARTFORD CITY News Says He Should Swallow Himself to Relieve His Fretting. Linn Grove must be a smoothing place, judging from the name attached to a letter received from there regarding an automobile "Road Hog” who was supposed to have come from the vicinity of that little burg. The v. riter signs himself Perry Goric mayor. The communication reads as follows: “In reply to a statement in your paper that a Linn Grove man was in an auto accident, will state that there is no person in Linn Grove or vicinity by the name of S. B. Grannis, nor T. A. Davis. I wish furthermore to state we do not have any "road hogs.” Evidently the parties in the auto were ashamed of themselves as well as their town, probably from Montpelier or Kokomo. Please rectify this mistake. Persy [Goric (Paregoric) Mayor.” The automobile accident referred Ito happened last Sunday when a large machine nearly pushed the Ford auto driven by Dr. Sellers from the road, east of the city. The physician followed the other car to the Hartford hotel here and secured the names of the occupants from the hotel register. The “paregorical mayor” ought to swallow himself to relieve his fretting.— Hartford City News. ELECTION BETS Now Being Made That the Democrats Will Carry State by Thousands. THE RACE IS CLOSE * Between Miller and Beveridge According to Dope— Betting Even on Them. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 6 —(Special to Daily Democrat —The betting here shows that Senator Shively and the democratic state ticket are strong favorites over the republicans and progressives. Three to two is offered that Senator Shively will be re-elected. There are no takers of those bets. Bets are being posted that Senator Shively will have a plurality of at least 40,000. Even money is offered that the democratic state ticket will win by from 25,000 and upwards. This bet lias not been taken for the reason that the men who gamble on elections feel that the state ticket will have a plurality of from 50,000 to 75,000. Even money is offered that Miller will run ahead of Beveridge for senator. However, there is a great deal of uncertainty about second place in the contest for senator. Many smart politicians say that Beveridge will run away from Miller. Beveridge is having large meetings. In fact there is no comparison between the meetings of Beveridge and those of Miller. Beveridge is making a spectacular campaign which was expected of him. Miller is also running true to form. It was not anticipated that he would make much of a campaign. He is not a spell-binder and is not regarded as a good mixer. His speeches are not calculated to arouse enthusiasm —and in truth they are not.

However, if the progressives are coming back to the republican party as they are in other states it would appear that Miller has better chance than Beveridge to run second. There is nothing else on which to base the statement or prediction that Miller will be second. Beveridge is supremely confident that he will fun far /head of Miller. In fact he does not take Miller at all seriously.

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SOUSA'S BAND IN FT. WAYNE MATINEE AND NIGHT. It is not necessary now-a-days to tell anyone of the merits of Sousa's band, or to enlarge on Its unequal excellence. Neither do we need to be reminded of th wonderful personality of John Philip Sousa, whose musical achievements are known throughout the world. What we do want to know is when Sousa and his hand are coming to town, for Sousa has made a place in the world of music which no one else can possibly fill, and the coming of Sousa and his band is always eagerly looked forward to. Two hours of tile keenest enjoyment, may be anticipated on Wednesday afternoon and evening, when Sousa and his band, with eminent soloists will be at the Majestic theater, Fort Wayne. o THEY REGISTER Result of Last Registration Day as Shown in Returns from Twenty-two VOTING PRECINCTS Democrats Are Jubilant Over Showing Made—lncrease Over Former Vote. The final registration day yesterday was a successful event, the vote registered being larger than that of two years ago in most of the precincts and the total vote will be considerably higher. At 2 o’clock this afternoon twenty-two precincts had reported as follows: East Union 107 West Union 90 North Preble 116 South Preble 132 North Kirkland 113 South Kirkland 97 North Washington 172 North St. Mary’s 140 South St. Mary’s 147 North Blue Creek 158 South Blue Creek 108 Middle Monroe 130 North Wabash 129 West Jefferson 126 East Jefferson 123 Geneva “A” 155 Geneva "B” 251 Decatur, First Ward "A” 230 Decatur, First Ward “B” 175, Decatur, Second Ward "B”. 151 Decatur, Third Ward “A” 226 Decatur, Third Ward “B” 261 The democrats are jubilant over the showing made yesterday, the vote being in accordance with their poll books all over the county. THE SECOND DAY Commissioners Dispose of a Large Amount of Turnpike Business Today. SPREAD OF RECORD Reports Filed by County Officers Showing Amount of Fees Collected. The board of commissioners disposed of considerable turnpike business today, adjourning at noon until tomorrow when they will let the contract for the new heating plant at the county infirmary. The J. O. Sellemeyer et al. petition for road was continued. On the |U. S. Drummond petition Frank Hisey and William Foreman were appointed 1 viewers to meet at the auditor’s office. [The following petitions were found sufficient under the law and ordered spread of record: I. G. Kerr, John Appleman, John Hessler, J. M. Foreman, Emil Brunner, John J. Hirschy, John Durr, Henry Dirkson, Albert Harlan, Benjamin Miller, L. N. Grandstaff, and Harvey Pyle. The Joseph Yoder et al. 'petition was found sufficient and un- [ der a nunc pro tunc entry made to apIpear as though entered February 3. 1914. County Treasurer Archbold filed his (Continued on rage Two)

ELECT_OFFICERS The Knights of Columbus Elect New Officers for the Coming Year. MR. MARTIN MYLOTT Is Honored With Grand Knight—Regular Meeting Held Monday Night. The annual election of officers of the Knights of Columbus in this city was held last evening at their hall and the following were honored with the different offices: Martin Mylott, grand knight John Holt house, deputy grand knight; Julius Heidemann, chancellor; Joe Lose, recording secretary; Dan Niblick, financial secretary; Charles Niblick, treasurer: Thomas Malley, advocate; eo Ullman, warden; Bernard Smith, inner guard; Ed Weisling, outer guard; Ben Eiting, trustee, and Joe Gase and Barney Myers, charity committee. These men assume their offices at the first meeting in November. The installation ceremonies will be held later on. Their term of office will be for one year. o CARD OF THANKS. To all the kind and thoughtful friends and neighbors, who so gener-1 ously gave to us assistance and sym-1 pathy at the time of the death and bur-1 ial of our son and brother, Alonzo W. I Dutcher, we take this occasion to ex-1 press our gratitude, thanking all Who I so generously gave assistance and aid in our hour of trouble and bereavement. THE MOTHER AND FAMILY. frump Jas ¥rl Will Be Same As Wife-Says Mrs. Atkinson To University Students NOT A LOTTERY [ Is Marriage She Says—Marriage Won’t Oil Yale Lock On Pocketbook — — “A young man ought to know with-, out being told that the girl who sacrifices her old father to gratify her I vanity and love of finery will immolate 1 her husband on the same altar, and that a frowsy little frump will still be frowzy and frumpy after marriage.” j This is a part of the message brought to students of the University of Kansas by Mrs. Fannie Cooper Atkinson of Parsons, Kas., in an address at chapel exercises, says a Lawrence, l Kas., dispatch. “And any girl ought to know that 1 the young man who keeps a Yale lock 1 on his pocket book before marriage I will be very apt to keep that lock in I repair afterward,” continued Mrs. At-1 kinson. “The young man who sulks when she treats other young men with cour-1 tesy will be a jealous, suspicious, sei-1 fish husband, and the young man who is not nice to her family as a lover will not be prone to treat them any better as a husband Make Friends of Family. “A young man makes a great mistake in not cultivating an Intimate acquaintance with the family of his sweetheart. If mother is a sloven and a bad housekeeper, daughter is apt to turn out the same, and as for that world old thorn in the lover's side, little brother, cultivate him. You may learn things you could get in no other way. “The state expects you at the proper time to establish a home. You may have had a very vague thought that , you were going to marry some day | when you were old enough, just to please yurselves, of course. “Dear young friends, this is the very thing the state expects you to do. It expects you to found a home and rear a family, because the home is the foundation of society, the family the unit of national life.

Not Necessarily A Lottery , "I trust that you are not going to be troubled nor deterred by any of this pessimistic talk that marriage is a lottery in which there are more blanks I han prizes. Let me assure you there is no contract or relationship in life where you may be more certain, if you will, of your bargain. "The difficulty is that young men and women do not always seek those qualities in friend and sweetheart which they wish in husband and wife. o— - SCHOOL BOARD MEETS. The school hoard met last evening and allowed bills that were held over from the meeting last week when the teachers’ pay roll was allowed. No other business came up them. HAVE SETTLED UP New Adams County Fair Association Smashes Another Record in Wind-up. ALL PREMIUMS PAID Splendid Work Done by a Half Dozen “Live Wires” Who Deserve Boost. The affairs of the New’ Adams Counity Fair Association have been closed for the season, thus smashing another i record. Every bill has been paid in J full within three days after the close of the fair, every premium winner has ' his money and every body is satisfied That the fair was a rip-roaring success is acknowledged. The men be-, hind the big show made money as they , were entitled to do. They gave the fair just as they said they would, giv-, ing every feature as advertised, giving the best race meet ever seen in this section and left a good taste that ■ ! will make it easy to give a fair next j year. The credit for the big success, is due to a half dozen men and they deserve mention. As president Charles S. Niblick, president of the Old Adams County Bank, assured the pub lie that the fair would l>e a real one and he did his part to make it that. J. M. Frisinger as secretary only start!ed his work when lie was called to . London because of the illness of his daughter and his work was taken up by his able young son, John Charles [ Freemont Frisinger. better known as “Free” and say that lad made good. It was his first opportunity to show the public that he could step some land he made a record that entitles ! him to entrance in any old free for all in the line of public enterprise. As 'a live wire, a hustler, an advertiser. !a man with good judgment, able to | dispose of business affairs quickly, “to keep his head when all around are losingtheirs,” to smile when others are mad, he moved around enough to let [the public know’ that he is a comer in public affairs. He deserves great credit for his part in the fair and much of the success thereof is due to Free and don’t you forget it. Dan Beery was speed superintendent and [ was assisted by J. W. Meibers. The I fact that over a hundred horses were I here and that every race was a real 'one from start to finish proves that they did their work well. Each of these men assisted in many other ways to complete the big show. Ed Ahr as superintendent of the horse show and one of the general managers had many duties and worked with the zeal that has made him a live' wire for a good many years. P. T. Streider was the manager of the fair. He has been in the business for many years and untangled knots as rapidly as they were presented. It was a bunch of men who did what they set out to do and we believe in handing them a few flowers now while they can enjoy them. o C. E. BUSINESS MEETING The Presbyterian Christian Endeavor society will hold a business meeting at 7:30 this evening at the home of Thomas Perkins on Mercer Ave. It I is desired that every member be present. o ATTENDS CONVENTION. Sheriff T. J. Durkin went to Lafays ette today to attend the national con- ; vention of the Horse Thief Detectiv association.

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THE ARMYWORM Is Now Marshaling Its Forces and Preparing to March Against INDIANA FARMERS The Sign of the Times is the Forerunner the Moth— Very Numerous. O !lU| d? ’ To ward off a serious outbreak of the army worm next summer, the state entomologist, C. H. Baldwin, is sending out a story on the insect that will be appreciated by farmers especially. A great many of the forerunners, the army-worm moths, have been seen here this summer, and specimens of the same have been submitted from three localities to the state department. Mr. Baldwin's bulletin follows: Adults or moths of the army-worm are making their appearance in Indiana and with favorable conditions for their development, there will undoubtedly be serious loss next summer from the ravages of this insect. This seemingly premature publicity is for the purpose of enabling the farmers to “mobilize" as a small amount of work done at first appearance of the caterpillars in the spring may preclude serious damage later on. The army worm has occurred in many localities throughout Michigan. Ohio and the eastern states, but Indiana in so far as the writer knows escaped any damages from this insect last summer. Adult moths have to date been submitted to the state enItomologist's office from three widely I separated localities in the state, name‘ly: Kendallville, Bluffton and Lawi renceburg. At Kendallville the report states that “the moths are collecting in such ■numbers about the electric lights that j the lights are dimmed." and from Bluffton the report states that “the [electric light poles are literally covered with them,” and the word from Law. renceburg is that “the town is being invaded by millions of them.” The army-worm is a close relative of our common cut-worms, the caterpillar stage resembling somewhat that, of the cut-worm and both belonging to the family of night-flying moths—Noctuirae. The army-worms ordinarily feed during the night like the cutworms but when they occur in enorI mous numbers they take on the marching habit and travel considerably during cloudy, dark days, devouring all vegetation coming within their path. The reason why this insect occurs in such enormous numbers during a single season and then practically disappears for a period of years may he attributed to the following causes: any parasites, common among which are various species of the tachnia-fly and predaceous ground-beetles pray upon the army-worm and no sooner do the latter attain great numbers than these parasites have developed sufficient! y to almost annihilate the pest. An unfavorable winter and a lack of numerous patches of rank growing grass in which to hibernate also stands in the way of an outbreak of the armyworm. The development of large numbers of natural enemies both parasites and predaceous cause an almost total disappearance for several years after the pest has occurred in very great numbers. The army-worm moths may be recognized by their fawn or clay colored front or top wings with a distinct spot at the center. The under wings are of a uniform lighter color with darker margins. The expanse of the wings is about one and three-quarter inches. The moths are night-flyers and are attracted by lights. The full grown caterpillar is from one and one-half tn two inches in length stnd has a dark gray or black color in general. Threo yellowish stripes may be noticed running lengthwise the back and a broader and slightly darker stripe on each side. In this latitude there are three ’ broods per year. The adults which are now appearing in such great numbers ■ will deposit eggs from which the caterpillars will hatch and become partially grown this fall. Slight, if any, damages may be expected from this brood. The partly grown army-worms • hibernate, or pass the winter, as such - and pupate the following May and the first generation of moths appear in (Continued on Page Two)