Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 238, Decatur, Adams County, 9 October 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 238,

ANTWERP STILL RESISTS GERMANBOMBARDMENT Unconfirmed Reports State That Przemysl In Galicia lias Fallen Before An Attack Os Strong Russian Forces

DROPPING BOMBS German Aircraft Setting Fire to Antwerp in Scores of Places With Petrol. WITHDRAWS TROOPS King Albert With Majority of Troops Withdraw to Concentration Camp. Paris, Oct. 9, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Belief that the success . in the battle of the Aisne is now moving forward favorable to the allies, is universal here today. The war office statement was most brief. It shows that the center of the long drawn out j battle line is practically unchanged. But it carries the confirmation of the report .that the lines are now able to hold this line in the center and at the same time attempt more vigorusly to attack the wings. A crumpling in the line at either end would mean a retreat by the center. Military experts here are confident that this is impending. Pressing back of the German forces in the neighborhood of Verdun is regarded as particularly significant. The French artillery is proving itself more than a match for the Germans in this section. Rome, Oct. 9, — (Special to Daily Democrat) —Unofficial diplomatic advises received here carry the report that Przemysl had fallen before the Russian attack. The Russian embassy has no official confirmation. Przmysl has been the object of the Russian attack in Galicia now more than two weeks. A steady augmented force of the czar’s men have repeatedly beseiged the garrison. If the report of the fall is true, the Russian forces have established a road clear of any fortifications across Galicia and to the Carpathians. Ghent, (via Ostend) Oct. 9, — (Special to Daily Democrat)—Antwerp still withstands the assault. All night long the German bombardment of the encircling forts continued. Special mounted guns, apparently assigned to the work, dropped an occasional shell into the city, the range of which was secured by scores of German aircraft. Refugees arriving here say that the mass of Belgian troops heretofore concentrated in the city have been removed. King Albert does not desire to bottle up the remaining first line forces and has left the city, it is reported. leaving only sufficient men to completely man the forts. The king left Antwerp at the head of his troops. The censor does not permit transmission of the section in which the Belgian troops are concentrating but it is reported that the king and his staff have arrived in a small Belgium town on the Holland frontier, 35 miles west of Antwerp. German aircrafts constantly hover over Antwerp and the bombardment of the city is constant, from the air. A score of fires have been started by the aerial bombs, many of which are filled with petrol which ignites. Paris, Oct. 9, (by Wm. G. Shephard, sent by mail)— Special to the Daily Democrat)—"When t train carrying wounded soldiers and German prisoners from Omeaux to Paris plunged through a weakened bridge across the Marne on September 20, there is every reason to believe that nearly 600 men were drowned. The utmost secrecy has surrounded the case. Nothing more awful has happened in the European war than this accident. I have been able to obtain the following

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I facts: The train consisted of eight- ' era coaches, each carrying fifty ■ wounded men. Many of these soldiers | had lain for more than two days on | the battle field without any kind of attention and were congratulating themselves that they had been rescued and were now on their way home. On the rear of the train was attached a car of German prisoners. Before reaching the Marne the engineer, who had never before operated a train over this line, was given orders to stop at the red light, A switchman, who misunderstood the instructions sent the train on the wrong track and the signal was not seen by the engineer. Soldiers were summoned from both sides of the river, but only 160 men were taken out alive. o — I EXTRA I ’*« »**'»* **»’**»' *' »' *' »' »'*'»* »' w»’ »' ** ** ** 1? • 1 FIRST GAME WORLD'S SERIES. Boston ...0 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 o—7 11 2 Athletics .0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—l 5 0 BATTERIES. Boston —Rudolph-Gorody. Athletics — Bender-Schaug; LappWycoff. o - — ART SMITH HAS ACCIDENT. While making an exhibition flight at Angola yesterday just before noon Art Smith, the "bird boy," had an accident that called forth all his skilfull maneuvering to reach the good old mother earth alive. Smith had just mounted to a good height .and was about to indulge in some of his thrilling stunts, when to the great disappointment of the crowd, the main shaft of his motor snapped and Art had to exercise his ingenuity in volplaning to the earth and which he succeeded in doing without injury to himself or machine. He left soon after in his automobile for Fort Wayne for the needed repairs and assured the fair management that he would be ready to fly again today. o BIOUVELTSSTARS Os Fort Wayne Will Play the “White Stag’’ Team Here Sunday MINOR LEAGUERS Team Is a “Crack” One And The Coming Battle Will Be a Hot One The Blouvelt All-Stars base ball nine of Fort Wayne , most of them all being old time Minor League players will battle with the local “White Stag" team here Sunday afternoon. The game will be one of the most spirited of the season and will probably be the last one. Manager Thomas of the "White Stags” had asked the Monroeville team for a return game but owing to an impossibility the local boys will not be able to avenge themselves as they would like to. The Blouvelt Stars are known all over the state as most of them have played in the different minor leagues around the surrounding community. The line of the team is as follows: Knox, S. S. Wares, 2nd b.; Blouvelt, C. F.; McKees, L.F.; Jack Smith, R.F.; F. Smith. 3rd b.; Humphrey, Ist b.; Hargrove, Catch.; Zumtom, Pit.; and Schulte, Sub. The game will be called at the usual hour and the same price of admission will be charged. Come and see the boys play in what might be their last battle this season.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, October 9, 1914.

MANY HOLIDAYS Another One for Postofficc Next Monday—ls Discovery Day. NO CITY DELIVERY Rural Carriers Work as Usual Because It’s Only a State Holiday. Next Monday is Discovery day a 1 state holiday, and there will be a partial holiday for the postoffice force. The rural carriers will work as usual, but there will be no city delivery of mail. Those who wish may call at the office front 8 to 9 o’clock for mail. Holidays for the postal force come thick and fact, there being nine in the year, very nearly one for every month. The very first of the year starts out with one —New Year’s day; then comes Lincoln’s birthday, February 12; then Washington’s birthday, February 22; —two holidays for the shortest month of the year. March and April have none, but May comes in on the home run with Decoration day, May 30; June in another miss, but July 4 comes in strongly. August is jjlso an off month, but September comes with Labor Day. From that on until the close of the year, there is a holiday <gice a month. October 12 is only a state holiday; but November brings Thanksgiving day, of national reputation, and December closes with the grand holiday of Christmas. “There is not really very much holiday about it, for some of us, though,” said a postal clerk. We have to come down at 6 o’clock in the morning to rush the mail up. and stay until nine, I and then one or us has to be here all afternoon.” — o WILL BEGIN RUN Holland-St. Louis Sugar Co. Will Start the Season’s Campaign MONDAY MORNING Outlook Very Encouraging With Third More Beets Than Previous Years. With over one-third more beets coming in than in any previous year, with the market at the top mark of efficiency, the third year’s campaign of the Holland-St. Louis sugar factory will begin bright and early Monday morning with the factory continuing to operate day and night for a period of from sixty to seventy days. In an interview with Manager F. H. Hubbard this morning he stated that the outlook was exceptionally bright and that this would undoubtedly prove to be the banner year since the factory began operation The weather conditions during the summer have been very satisfactory and were conducive to an exceedingly large crop of beets, the quality of which is said to be the best of any crop so far raised and having a large percentage of juice. Over six thousand acres are now in beets, this being the largest acreage secured since establishing the factory here. The majority of the weighing stations over the country have been opened and in a week or so every station is expected to be running full blast. Fif-ey-eight cars are already on the sidetracks of the factory ready for the opening run Monday and many more are on their way. The local factory is one of the largest and best-equip-ped in the United States and is the only refinery in Indiana. The acreage not only includes that in Adams county, but in other counties in the state as well as over a large area in Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. The process of making sugar ready for the table from the raw beet is an interesting and fascinating study and a great number of people take advantage of the campaign to follow the many different operations through which thebeet goes from its entrance into the

factory via the sluice-way until it comes out into the sacks and barrels ready for shipment. When once the wheels have started turning, they are kept moving night and day until the run is completed, and require a large force of men to keep the factory in operation. o CALLED TO SOUTH BEND. Harry Fike Receives Telegram Informing Him of Mother's Death. Harry Fike, proprietor of the blacksmith shop on North Second street, this morning received a telegram from South Bend informing him of the death of his mother, Mrs. Amanda Fike, and which occurred last night from dropsy. Mrs. Fike was sixtytwo years of age and is survived by several children. She had been ailing from tills disease since last March. Mr. Fike left this morning for South Bend to be present at the funeral services. o MEMODIAL MASS Will be Held Monday Morning at St. Mary’s Church By the K of C. PROGRAM FOR DAY Local Knights Will Observe Columbus Day—Judge Erwin to Speak Together with the observing and celebrating of Columbus Day, Monday October 12th. The local Knights of Columbus will also pay due respect to their deceased brothers by having a Requiem Memorial mass at the St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Rev. Father Seimetz officiating. All knights will meet at the hall at 7:30 and march in a body to the church at 8:00. After mass they march back to the hall, where an open house will be kept all day. Beginning at 7:30 in the evening a band concert will be given in front of the hall. The public entertainment will commence at 8:00 with the opening song “America” which will be followed with a song by the school children, a dance by the Niblick sisters and a piano solo by Tony Holthouse. The feature of the evening will he the address by the Hon. Richand R. K. Erwin, judge of the supreme court. After the Judges’ speech a solo will be delivered by Elmo Smith followed by a music selection by the K. of C. quartet and the singing of the Star Spangle Banner. Every member of she Knights of Columbus is urgently requested to attend the Memorial mass in the mornNEPHEW~ ISIEAD Karl Kuebler of Tiffin, Ohio, Nephew of W. A. Kuebler, of This City. DIED VERY SUDDENLY Was But Twenty-two Years Old—Mr. Kuebler Will Attend Funeral. About 9 o’clock this morning, W. A. Kuebler of this city received a telegram informing him of the sudden death of his nephew, Karl Kuebler, of Tiffin, Ohio. The sad news came as a great shock to Mr. Kuebler as prior to the death message no word was received by him about the sickness of the young man. it is thought that deatli came very suddenly. Karl Kuebler was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kuebler and for the past few years had been engaged in the shoe business with his brother, Al. He was one of the finest young men in Tiffin and was respected by everyone. His sudden death will fill many a heart with sadness. Mr. Kuebler will leave Saturday night for Tiffin to attend the funeral which will be held Monday from the St. Joseph’s Catholic church.

FOR DEDICATION Geo. Wemhoff Will Attend Dedication of Finnerty Monument in Chicago. ON NEXT SUNDAY Was Designed by Mulligan and Executed by Dodd— Miss McMasters Model. George Wemhoff, the monumental dealer, will leave tonight for Chicago where he tgoes to be the guest of Charles Mulligan, the sculptor, and to attend to business relating to the national monumental dealer’s association of which he is president. Mr. Wemhoff has been invited by Mr. Mulligan to attend the services of the dedication of the new Finnerty monument in Garfield park. Mr. Mulligan, who designed the Adams county soldiers’ memorial, has designed this monument and the same party that was identified with the monument here is connected with the Finnerty monument. These include Charles Dodd, the sculptor, and Miss McMasters, the model. Miss McMasters was the model for Ireland in the Finnerty monument. Finnerty was an Irish patriot and Amerisan soldier and newspaper man. He is also the author of “The Warpath and the Bivouac.” The dedication will be Sunday and will also close with a banquet. Mr. Wemhoff was requested to bring his evening dress suit along for this occasion, which will be a brilliant one. A short time ago Mr. Wemhoff was a guest of the party at a dinner while in Chicago, others being Mr. Mulligan and Miss McMasters and her sister, both of whom are the greatest heroic figure models in Chicago, being more than six feet in height. wwtTwork Indiana Women Will Have Exhibit of Hand Work at Exposition. IN SAN FRANCISCO Adams County Women Urged to Send Articles—Mrs. Beavers Chairman. Adams county women will be represented in hand-made work at the Pan-ama-Pacific exhibition. The state has made an appropriation for the same and the work is organized so that every county is being reached and urged to send its exhibit. Mrs. S. D. Beavers of this city has been appointed chairman for Adams county, and has received an outline of the requirements from Mrs. Robert H. Strong of Indianapolis. Mrs. Strong is visiting the various counties and explaining the matter and urging them to send a good exhibit. She urges them to take pride in the exhibit of their state and gives directions concerning handwork of various kinds. The women who wish to exhibit are not to send their work to Mrs. Beavers, but simply notify her that they wish to enter the exhibit. Mrs. Beavers then sends to Indianapolis for application blanks. These are furnished the prospective exhibitors, who send their work directly to Indianapolis. From there it will be sent to SanFrancisco where a final judgment will be passed upon the collection before it is sent to the Indiana building at the exposition. The only cost to the exhibitor is the postage in • sending her pieces to Indianapolis. A splendid exhibit is looked for from Adams county. Mrs. Strong stated that no article over ten years old would be accepted; that because of the room they would occupy no quilts, bedspreads or similar articles of the size could be possibly considered, no matter how beautiful or how rare it might be. An idea of what will be considered is all that comes under the head of hand made, such as

fine needlework, bead bags or purses, beautiful embroidery and drawnwork, crocheting, tatting, tooled leather, Illuminated page designs, wood carving if very small pieces, watercolor work, infants’ clothing, hand-made lace, anything not perishable in the sense canned fruit would be. Originality in design, the artistic, the article beautifully made, naturally will be most likely to be accepted. Unusual amateur photography may be considered as will be hand-bound books and other unique or rd\e articles of splendid workmanship. Everything sent to Indianapolis next December will be passed upon by a committee of expert judges, no one of whom will be an exhibitor. Every article will be returned. Each one will be insured if sent to San Francisco, where experts will judge, pack (Continued on Page 2) BUSY Democratic Committee Arranges Speeches in Various Parts of County. THREE-WEEK HUSTLE List Includes Governor Ralston Who Speaks Here on Friday, Oct. 23. The democrats will have a busy speaking campaign from now on until election, the list including a number of speakers from out of the county. | Governor Ralston will speak here the afternoon of the 23rd and the local committee has the promise of Senator Kern and Senator Ollie James before the campaign closes, though the exact dates have not been announced. The political calendar for the next two weeks follows: Saturday, October 10. Rupright School House —John C. Moran and R. C. Parrish. Monday, October 12. Berne, Ind. —Hon. Philip Zoercher, reporter of supreme court. Monmouth School House, Root Township—R. C. Parrish and J. Fred Fruchte. Linn Grove, Hartford Township— John C. Moran and D. N. Erwin. District School, No. 4. Kirkland, Township —Judge D. E. Smith and J.' F. Snow. Tuesday, October 13, 1914. Booher School House, Jefferson Town-' '■mtinned on raga Four) o IS NOT SO BAD That it Might Not Have Been Worse Said Dennis Baker as HE WAS TAKEN AWAY To State Penitentiary for Indeterminate Sentence— LeVan Gets Life. Celina, Ohio, Oct. 9 —Dennis Baker was taken to Columbus yesterday and placed in the state penitentiary to begin his sentence of an indeterminate 1 period for his connection with the murder of Wilbur Phillips, on the' night of November 29th. Dennis was ( in a cheerful mood, saying he was glad it was no worse. He voiced; the thought that he would get out in a year or two. Before he left the j jail where he has been confined for the past seven months he shook hands with LeVan Baker, his companion in crime, at the same time telling him toWe good. LeVan Baker was found guilty after a ten days’ trial, of murder in the second degree and must pay the penalty for his crime by spending the remainder of his life in the penitientiary. A motion for a new trial was filed immediately after the first trial and the case was taken under advisement by the court. 0 Perhaps the reason some women speculate in stocks is the hope of being squeezed.

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ABOUT THE WAR f ‘ • I Valuable Information Touch' ing On Peoples And Conditions OF THE COUNTRIES R—■ i 4 I ' At War May Be Found At Library-Librarian Compiles List of Works. In view of the rich store of information in the Decatur Public Library touching on the peoples and conditions of the various countries at war in the European war zone, a list of the works concerning these nations has been prepared by the Librarian. A valuable list of books and articles giving descriptions or information may be found in the following compilation: For the latest information about the war read the following magazines found at the library: Collier’s Weekly, Harper’s Weekly, Literary Digest. Outlook, Current Opinion, Everybody’s Review of Reviews, World’s work. Scribner. Nat'l Geographic, ScientificAmerican. Austria For a concise history of the various countries at war, see the encyclopedias, Larned’s Hist, of Ready Reference and Lodge’s Hist, of Nations. Austria and the Balkan Alliance, Independent 74: 563-5. Europe’s Dangerous Crisis and the Conflicting Arms of Six Great Nations Harper's Weekly 57-8. Austria —Scribner. Oct.. 524. The Forging of a Great Peace. Dynastic Tragedy that begins a new political era in Europe, Current Opinion, Aug. 14, 88-9. Belgium Story of War—Outlook, Oct. 7, 'l4. Belgium, the innocent bystander, Nat’l Geog., Sept. 14-195. Hist, of Nations Lodge Vol. 13. Belgium, the Balance Wheel of Loodcent, 84-212. The Old Masters in Belgium, Fromentin. England England in the Nineteenth Century, Latimer. Hist. England—Logde. Hist England—Macanlay, 5 vols. Hist. England—Hume, 6 vols. Hist. England—Dickens. Hist Snglish People—Green. Abbey's Castles and Ancient Halls of England—Timbs. Hist, of England.—Parr| Hist, of England—Larned, 1900. England's poverty and its causes, Outlook 105: 153-4. English and their England, Century, 87: 897-91. France Hist, of Nations, Lodge, Vol. 9. Hist, of France, Guizot, 8 vols. Students' History of France. Old Louraine —Cook. Hugenots in France After Revocation —Smiles. The French Revolution —Carlyle. Causes of the French Revolution — Dabney. Glimpses of the French Revolution —Alger. The French War and the Revolution —Iloane. The Foes of the French Revolution —Lieb. French History—Montgomery. History of France —Larned. France in the Nineteenth Century—• Latimer. The France of Today—National Geog., Sept. 14. P. 195. Medieval France; French thrift acountable for some loss of prestige— Cent. 84: 911-22. French election ends in a challenge to Germany —Current Opinion 56:416. Russia’s mysterious intervention; the French political crisis—Current Opinion Ag. 14:40. Germany. German’s World War for Trade — i Literary Digest 49:57. The German —Nat'l Geog.: Sept. 14, 275. The Germans in France —Literary Digest, Sept. 5, 399. Germany—Story of Nations, ser. History of Germany—Lodge. Where the Business Men Rule — Outlook 103: 202-9. French and German Back-biting— Literary Digest 46: 1003. Anti-German Riots in Allsace— Literary Digest 47: 1217. (Continued on Page Two)