Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 244, Decatur, Adams County, 16 October 1914 — Page 1

'olume XII. Number 244.

■■OSTEND IS OCCUPIED DY GERMAN CAVALRY ■ Entire Territory Os Belgium Now In The ■| Possession Os Germars-Reserves ■ Being Sent To Battle Front - - -

■cruiser is sunk ■Berman Submarine Torpe■■r I does British Ship With a Loss of 500 Men. ■ ■ CHECK IS CLAIMED Petrograd Reports Say Ger>an Advance Into Rusian Poland is Stopped. . ®*4ftLou<lon, Oct. ib--(Special to Dally ..jjcr."'rat > Mail rdviiis r>" • ived loda> from the Ostend correspondent of I the Daily Globe sail tbit Osl'iil ha I beer occupied for a few hours on ly German cavalry patrol /Tile i orre-pondent does not stale they have left the city or not. ' His story carries no details. — Oct. bl -(Special to Daily ' ’Penn crat i An e.fheial statement ismied by the German general staff de/eland as excellent the entire situs L.ilon in both the eastern and western of war. It is stated that at Hw, point have the Drench made any ■ /decisive advances. They have gained ground only at points where for strategic reasons the Germans have withK . drawn. The imperial chancellor and other members of the cabinet are now P , et Antwerp arranging the city government. The Hague. Oct. 16—(Special to the s Daily Democrat) —Practically all of •'•<•■11:11 is m w German. The German advance column which moved from Ghent has taken possession of Blankenberg. This occurred Thursday morning. They met practically no resistance and immediately proceeded | toward (the name of the town was eliminated by censorship.) i ' It is considered likely that this means that the Germans have actually occupied Ostend yesterday for Blankenberg is only ten miles northeast of Ostend. — London, Oct. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)— England ha* lost another cruiser through the activities of the German submarine fleet. The cruiser , Hawke, used for scouting purposes, off of the German naval base in the North sea has been torpedoed and sunk with a loss of about 500 officers and men. The disaster took place yesterday afternoon at a point in the North sea whose location is withheld by tlie admiralty. The Hawke was steaming along when she was struck almost amid •Ships by a torpedo fired from a submarine and was almost torn to peices. An official announcement ■*,- sued by the admiralty at noon to'day said that three officers and 49 men had been saved. The Hawke was a comparatively old vessel but was especially suited for the work assigned her. It was the Hawke that nearly sent the giant White Star liner Olympic to the bottom of the English channel when she rammed the liner during a fog in 1911. The Hawke was built in 1891. Paris, Oct. 16,—(Special to Daily Democrat)-The allies’ lines have been extended so that they now are holding lines extending from Ypres to the sea. As a result they will be able to prevent any sudden flanking movement by the German forces sent into Belgium. This was the most noteworthy announcement in the official statement I issued at 2:40 o’clock. The report dei dared that progress had been made L’/ by the allies at every point in the line B and was being continued without interruption. London, Oct, 15—(Special to Daily,

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Democrat) —All England was demanding revenge today. The official announcement that another cruiser had fallen victim to a torpedo of a German • submarine stirred the nation to its very depths. There started a chorus of criticism of the admiralty that only a sweeping blow with final success can check. Where is the British fleet, is the question on every lip. The chiefs of the admiralty made it plain by their attitude that England would reply in her own way. Petrograd, Oct. 15 —(Special to Dailj Democrat) —An official statement is sued today at the Russian war office announced that the German advance into Russian Poland with Warsaw as their objective lias been checked. The Germans, it is announced, have been compelled to fall back. Positive denial was made that the Austro-German forces have been able to raise the siege of Przenisyl. “The Germans were able to advance within ten miles of Warsaw,” said the statement because the Russians planned a battle on ground of their own choosing. The fight which resulted was one of severe character. For two days the Germane made efforts to cut through our line but because of the peculiarly. advantageous position held by our troops they failed. Finally they were com pelled to give way and have now been driven back more than twenty miles While the fighting continued it was almost constantly in our favor. Th< German center was finally pierced ir a series of desperate charges by Rus sian forces and the wings retreated hurriedly to prevent being overwhelmed. In this movement we were able to take 1,000 prisoners. At all points in the east the Russians have again assum'ed the offensive. Washington, Oct. 16 —(Special to th Daily Democrat) —Orders to close the i Marconi wireless station at Honolulu within the next twenty-four hours un a satisfactory explanation is given concerning the despatch of a German gun boat’s message, was issued this afternoon by the navy department. The administration held that the message was a clear violation of netrality. The department was advised by Rear Ad miral Moore, commander of the Hawaiian naval station, that following the arrival of the German gun boat and during the temporary absence of the naval censor, the Marconi station sent a message announcing the ship’s arrival. The act was considered un neutral because it gave positive infor . mation of a belligerant’s operations and its actual position. Rome, Oct. 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Marquis di San Guiliano (he Italian minister of foreign affairs died at 2:20 this afternoon. The death of the foreign minister was not unexpected, but it is believed it will have a potent effect on the present European war situation. He had steadfastly opposed Italy’s taking up arms against her former treaty companions. Germany and Austria. He lias often been described as the “safety valve,” which prevented Italy from joining in the general bloodshed. Cettinje, Oct. 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Anglo-French fleet now comprised forty units and supported by the heavy P.-encli naval guns successfully mounted on top of Mt. Lowcon, has again resumed the bombardment of the port of Cattaro. The allied fleet is anxious of taking this port as it will give their much needed base on the Adriatic. Washington, Oct. 16 —(Special to the Daily Democrat)—The British ambassador today complained to the state department that ships of neutral nations are using the port of Manila as a base for supplying the German cruisers. The state departnvn\ promised to make an investigation. Paris, Oct, 16 —(Special to Daily (Continued on Page Two)

War in the East! Peace in the W est! "Thanh God for Wilson”

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, October 16, 1914,

PROCRAM_READr Washington Township Sunday Schools to Hold Convention October 18. ’ IN THIS CITY At the Presbyterian Church —Excellent Program Has Been Prepared. The annual Sunday school conven--1 ticn of Washington township will be held Sunday, October 28th, at the i Presbyterian church and the following ■ program lias been prepared for the event: Opening Prayer—Rev. Gleiser. Song —Audience. Adult Bible Work —Rev. Hqssert. Good Results in Sunday School Work —J. F. Lehman. Reading—Profesor Mann. Vocal Solo —Dr. Patterson. How to Keep tlie Girl in Sunday School—J. C. Anderson. How to Keep the Boy in Sunday School —Rev. Stephenson. Song—Baptist Male Quartet. How to Keep tlie Sunday School in Church —Rev. T. A. Harmon. Effective Work in tlie Sunday School —C. E. Spaulding. The Graded Lessons —Clark Lutz. Music —Christian Church Orchestra. Closing Prayer—Rev. Rilling. NOSE IS BROKEN Clay Engle of the Berry &. Engle Restaurant Imitates Art Smith In LOOPING THE LOOP Results in Breaking Nose, Spraining Wrist and Badly Bruising Face Clay Engle, one of the proprietors of the Berry & Engle restaurant, just soutli of tlie Erie depot, is carrying around a broken nose, sprained wrist lacerated face and bruises and cuts all over his body as the result of attempting to break all records for looping tlie loop down the stairway of the restaurant building Wednesday evening. Clay was endeavoring to turn on the electric light at tlie top of the stairway and was forced to stand on the tips of his toes to reach it. He became overbalanced and in an attempt to catch himself, his feet slipped over the top step and he was precipitated headlong down the steep incline. Whether or not Clay broke Smith’s reeord, he does not remember as he was going downward with such speed at the time tliat he forgot to count the number of revolutions. Not being satisfied witli merely falling to the bottom step. Clay proceeded to make a turn at the foot and shot out at a 40 degree angle, landing in the center of the large dining hall, happily oblivious for an hour of all the excitement occasioned by his sudden descent. The first part of his anatomy that struck any resisting substance, was his nose. This proceeced to immediately break and from then on Clay did not take the trouble to take an inventory of the number of steps he hit. From his general appearance this morning however, tlie stairway undoubtedly withstood the ordeal in a much beter condition than did Clay. WILL FIGHT MAYOR IN COURTS. Gary, Ind., Oct. 16—Mayor Jornson has demanded tlie resignation of Jos- ■ eph Morris, safety commissioner. Morris says he will not resign without cause and that he will fight the mayor ■ in the courts. o MORE CONTRIBUTIONS. > Several more contributions to the war orphans' Christmas ship have i been received by tlie Tri Kappas. Tills swells the west ward school’s funds to $2.55, and the south ward to $2.57. Mr. r Nelson's class contributed twenty-one cents more.

i A DAINTY REPAST. That some people are not as choice as tlie majority in tlie nature of their fodstuffs lias been proved by an exper- ’ lence of W. F. Wilson, residing north of tlie city along the interurban line, Mr. Wilson had a hog killed Wednesday morning about 8 o’clock by the interurban car and the section men had been too busy to remove it from the , track but left it there in tlie sunshine and rain Yesterday morning Mr Wilson noticed a number of foreigners who had been working in that vicin- [ ity, pass ills house and stop at the place where the hog was killed. The men remained there for over an hour and when they left. Mr. Wilson to satisfy his curiosity, walked up to tlie place and found that all that remained of tlie hog was the skin, which tlie men had thrown over tlie fence, and the head. Tlie quarters ‘ and sides had been put in a sack and • undoubtedly removed to their camp ‘ where feasting will be in order for a week or so. , THE COURf NEWS Judgment for SIOO by Agreer ment for Christ Kosta Against I THE BASS COMPANY Why the Two-year Prohibitive Marriage Clause in Divorce Cases. l The current report of J. F. Lehman, guardian of M. Jennie Miller, was filed and approved and the trust continued. It may be a matter of wonder why the clause prohibiting marriage within two years is a part of some divorce judgments and not o fothers. This provision is made by statute in cases ' where the notice to non-residents is given by publication. This gives the absent person two years in which to return and set aside tlie decree if so ddsired. Any marriage which takes place within two years, when this is prohibited in cases of this kind, is illegal and should the absent party to the divorce suit show up within two f years and so desire, she or he may so t declare it illegal, set aside tlie illegal > marriage and take their place once I again in the household so broken up s by tlie divorce granted in their ab- - sence. ? Real estate transfers: A. Gordon to - W. D. Dnnifon, 16.73 acres of Union i tp., $1; John H. Smith to Christena - Kuntz, 40 acres, Jefferson tp., $5000; ; Elizabeth Topp to Homer Charleston, - realty in Jefferson tp., S2OOO, t • r Heller. Sutton & Heller as attorneys I for the Old Adams County bank, have . filed two new suits on notes. ? By agreement of the parties, a judgI ment for SIOO was given Christ Kosta t in his suit against the Bass Foundry r & Machine Co., venued here from Fort > Wayne, and the costs were paid and » tlie case wiped from the docket. i o r PROGRESSIVE MEETING TONIGHT I The progressives will hold a meet- . ing at the north side of the court house t at 7:30 o'clock this evening, the weath 3 er permitting. In case of bad weather - the meeting will be held inside. The 1 speaker for tlie occasion is Mr. Earl - Crawford of Wayne county. Tomorrow afternoon, former Senator Albert 3 J. Beveridge will speak at the court - house square, stating his arguments in i his own behalf as a candidate for United States senator. q —— YOUNG BABE DEAD. i Brooks, the three months’ old son of - Mr. and Mrs. William Scherry, resid- - ing in Kirkland township, passed away I early this morning, after having sufr sered for several weeks with whooping cough. The babe is survived by the parents and a little sister. The funeral services will be held Sunday morning at the Honduras German Reformed > church and interment will be made in > tlie church cemetery. , o , > A number of local democrats are planning to go to Willshire next Tues- > day afternoon to hear Governor Cox, who speaks there at 5:30.

A MAIDEN LADY Decided She Needed Protection of Man After 49 Years and Married. HE SKIPPED OUT After She Sold Her Home and Gave Him the Proceeds, $3,000. After living in single happiness for forty-nine years, and owning considerable property. Miss Cora Andruss of Fort Wayne let herself be persuaded that she needed the protection of a man’s strong right arm and nine months ago married Frank Durand, an ex-convict, who was paroled from Michigan City prison a year ago after serving time for forgery. Durand persuaded her to sell her property in which they lived and he put this money, $3,000 in the bank, subject to his own check, instead of jointly as she supposed. They then moved to a rented house. Durand bought an automobile, fine clothes and diamonds, and rode around alone. Recently he left for Chicago to hunt a job. He gave his wife a.check for S2O on the money from the sale of the house, to keep her until he returned. When she went to cash it she found the account overdrawn. She told the officers and they are hunting Durand in Chicago. o WILL OPENTODAY State Conference of Charities and Correction Will Convene at Madison. TO DISCUSS SUBJECT Os Betterment of Conditions in Rural Life—Governor Ralston to Speak. Madison, Ind., Oct. 16 —-Betterment of conditions in rural life will be one of the principal subjects discussed at the annual meeting of tlie state confer ence of charities and corrections open ing here today. Representatives ol many agencies and institutions working to better rural conditions have been invited to attend and were here today. As a representative of the state board of charities said today: “One group of persons is interested in good roads, another in good schools another in good libraries, another in good libraries, another in good farm ing, another in the country church, an other in the country clubs, another in household econ/nics. The consideration of the great problem of rural life and living and how all of these various agencies affect it and can contribute to it is of great importance. Prominent representatives of these different activities are here today or will arrive before the conference ends. They represent the state board of agriculture, the state Grange, farmers’ institute, Purdue university, the State Horticuitrual society, the state depart ment of public instruction, the Indiana apple show, different church denominations, the Woman’s Federation of Clubs, tlie Good Roads association, tlie Indiana highway commission, the pub lie library association and others. Tlie program includes addresses by Governor Ralston, Prof. F. T. Moran, of Purdue, Mrs. Mary Wilcox Glenn of New York; James A. Collins of Indianapolis; W. C. Bell, Terre Haute; Dr. Charles P. Emerson, Indianapolis; Dr. E. P. Busse, Evansville; Dr. S. E. Smith, Richmond; Dr. W. C. VanNuys, New Castle; Dr. W. A. Mills, Hanover college; Congressman Barnhart, Rochester; T. A. Coleman, Purdue; R. F. Daggett, Indianapolis; Prof. H. A. Woodworth, Hanover College; Dr. Cecil C. North, DePauw; Ernest P. Bicknell, national director of the Red Cross; Mrs. L. J. Blaker, Indianapolis, and Alexander Johnson, Vineland, N. J. Tlie conference will end October 20.

LAST KATHLYN FILM. Tlie last of the series of the mucli-(alked-about “Adventures of Kathlyn” will be given this evening at the Crystal theater. Kathlyn and her party escape tlie rain of lava and rocks and Uinballah escapes with tlie treasure. He is trailed and tlie gold is taken from him. Kathlyn returns to tlie palace but enroute she and her father arc captured by Umballah and taken to the court of death. Bruce learns of the predicament and rescues them. The party then goes before the tribunal and Kathlyn is freed and the gold Is given to her. She divides this among tlie poor and they leave for their home in California, Bruce accompanying her. When tlie home is reached she accepts Bruce’s proposal of marriage. This serial story has pleased hundreds of Decatur theatergoers and all give Mr. Parent a vote of thanks for securing it. An additional film entitled “Caught Courting," a Vitagrapli comedy, will be given this evening, TYPHOID FATAL Mrs. John Jacob Drake Succumbed Early This Morning After Illness OF NINE WEEKS Was Twenty-five Years Olc —She Leaves Husband and Two Sons. After lingering for more than nim weeks with typhoid fever, Bessie Ma, Drake, wife of John Jacob Drake, su< cumbed at 2:15 o’clock this mornini at tlie family home on Oak street, ii he southeast part of the city. Mrs. Drake was in the prime o ' young womanhood, being but twentj ive years, five months and fifteen day .if age. and her death ts a heavy ahi sorrowful loss for the young iiusbam and the two little sons who survive and to her many friends. Mrs. Drake’s maiden name was Bes ;ie May Sproul. She was born Ma. 1, 1889, being a daughter of Mr. an Mrs. George Sproul. Van Wert count) Ohio, was her birthplace. Funeral services will be held Sui day afternoon. The procession wii 'eave the home at 1 o'clock forth Evangelical churcli east of th city, where tlie Rev. L. C. Hessert wi’ officiate. Interment in the Salei cemetery. METHODIST LADIES SUCCESSFU! The Methodist ladies have taken a< count of finances gleaned from tin New England dinner, supper and ba zaar yesterday and the total taken it was $l3O. It is not known just wlia the sum cleared is, but as most of th things for the dinner were donated, i is believed trat the ladies clearer nearly SIOO. They are receiving man: compliments, not only for the excel lence of the meals served, but forth excellent system with which the wor’ was done. A new system, on the case teria style, was inaugurated this yeai Each guest on arriving, received r plate at the door, and then passe< down the line where ladies in chnrg< served the plates with portions fron hot pans and kettles of food. The? then passed on to the tables, whic) seated sixty at one time, and fount places, and were there later serve< with /lessert, coffee and various sid< dishes. Mrs. C. L. Walters, presiden' of the Mite society, had mapped ou< the work in carefully detailed system and it was so divided that each lad? had her particular work, the, variom committees working under a chairmat in general supervision. In spite of the rain, th'i supper hour brought out jus! as many as the dinner hour, nad the evening proved as p</bular as the noon o ARE SETTLING LOSSES. The Decatur Insurance company, ol which Gallogly & Johnson are members, is having the losses rapidly settled for Gillig & Peoples, who held several policies in companies carried in his agency. Already $2,500 have been paid in and there is more to come. The companies who have already settled are the National, Royal Center, the . Royal and Niagara.

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THE RIGHT WAY State Board of Health Opposed to Closing Schools for all Epidemics INSPECT CHILDREN Before School Starts in Fall and Then All Danger Would be Removed. The state board of health is oppos?d to closing schools on account of epdemies except under extreme circumstances. In tlie month of September sixteen ichools were closed on account of epllemics. The epidemic diseases were iiphtheria, scarlet fever and small■lox. Now, how can closing the ichools stop epidemics? “By separating the children,” you say. “By preventing infected children from coning in close contact with tlie non-in-’ected.” Certainly, but why should inected children be in school? Obviousy they should not be there. If they •vere not there they could not endanger others. And tliat is the point, and ;o tlie state board of health says arefully cull out all sick children vhen the schools open in September ind then they can’t transmit their inection. It would cost less than the iresent method. It would be more hunane. It would be more practical and 'usinesslike. As it is we permit, yes, we force he children into school, not making he least effort to find out whether or lot infection is being mobilized. A child ill in the slightest degree hould not be admitted to school, and t is not difficult to discover the sick -mes. If a child is not full of spirits, f it is droopng. if it has dull eyes, if t has a “cold” or is “slow," then look ■>ut. Every child should he medicalV inspected before entering sciiool in he autumn. This could be dene at he home by the family physician or ■ven the mother could do it after a ittle study, and a certificate be given. Tr, as would be necessary in most instances, have the examination made by the experienced medical inspector at the school. If the tongue is coated. if the throat is red, if the face is flushed, if the nose is stopped, if either one or both ears are running in the least, degree or are fetid, then the ■hild is ill. Such ailing children may ind frequently do carry infection, which, transferred to others less susceptible, appears in pronounced symponis. By examination under a miscroscope •if the secretion from a red or inflamid throat or nose, it can be positively Ictermined whether or not a child is i diphtheria carrier. We know diphheria epidemics start in schools from he infection by germ carriers. Then vhy admit them? They could be cull'd out for their own sake as well as or the sake of others. They are hardy likely to get well while confined in •chool and under the nervous strain of getting and reciting lessons. It in dangerous to them and dangerous to ithers. To expose children to danger is cruel and highly extravagant. Yet we do it. o — WILL RECEIVE DONATIONS. Mrs. C. V. Connell, chairman of the ommittee of the Woman’s Civic Imirovement society, which is to give he big Municipal Hallowe'en masluerade on Saturday evening, October list, at the corner of Madison and Third streets, has been quite busy the oast few days, notifying the people to offer donations for the event. It will be Impossible for her to see all those who wish to donate to the cause, but those who wish to do so may notify lier and tlie doi'l'tion will be gladly received and called for. If you have anything to give, call Mrs. Connell’s residence, ’phone 102, and tlie gift will be called for. The masquerade Is the first of its kind to be given in this city and will no doubt prove a big success, with your help. o MAKES ’EM “TEAR UP JACK” The state inspector blew in this i morning on his periodical inspection i of the groceries, restaurants, etc. to take due consideration of the food and 1 sanitation conditions. Where condii tions warranted, he made them “tear up jack" to use tlie expression of one.