Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 254, Decatur, Adams County, 28 October 1914 — Page 1

XII. Number 254.

BLOODIEST BATTLE OF WAR NOW IN PROGRESS Violent Fighting Is Raging In Belgium 4 With No Decisive Victories Attair.ed On I ither Side

NIGHT ATTABKS Germans Make Atta k in Attempt to Cut Through the Lines. LOSS TO THE ALLIES I Will Jae Staggering While German Loss is Also Very Severe. London, Oct. 28 - (Special to Daily Democrat ) -All r ports reaching here today indicated that the bloodiest lighting of the war has be« n in progres in IHMv.ni during the i>; s’ week and continues with tut slight abatement Desperate nigiit attempts directed against the French and British line |by the Germans in their effort to ent ■ their way through to Calais and Dunkirk have been repulsed according t<> p official word from the war bureau. It is feared that the loss to the allies will prove staggering. British war ships e.re said to again be in action and to have taken terrrible toll. Although g. t! e / man attacks are officially re- & ported to have been checked and th (Offensive of the enemy has become less violent it is evident that the battl? has not yet reached a decisive stage. 1 The German artillery continues a con ; Slant bombardment of the allies' posit'-”. Russia reports admit heavy fighting all along the Russo-German line. Unofficial dispatches from Warsaw assert that Radom, fifty-five miles south of Warsaw, has been taken after a desperate fight. Lodz has been occupied by a detachment of Russian catairy it is declared. This cavalry mov« ment toward Lodz and the occnpatio of the town is regarded by Russian authorities as forecasting a further I withdrawal of the German line. The Russian offense is b'dng pushed as rapfhdly as possible despite the fact that an earlv vdrtter has set in and heavy snows have fallen. H Tokio. Oct. 27—(Special to Dailv Democrat) —In a meeting of party leaders. the premier delivered an address, urging the immediate expansion of the ' Japanese army in order to enable the government to act quickly in the event of an emergency, it is expected the next budget to be introduced scon will contain the largest military fund Japin’ has known for many years. Paris, Oct 28>—(Special to Dailv Democrat)—The German forces attempted a violent night attack near Craonne last night only to be repuls ’d ■with heavy losses according to today's official optimistic. It declared that the German attacks between Nieunort and Arras tfre becoming less violent indicating that the forcK of the German assaults on the extreme left have become slackened. North of the Ypres ’ and between Cambrrn and Arras, the allies are declared to be advancing and the Germans are also suffering severe losses at these points. The French are also advancing in the Woevre district. Lisbon, Oct. 28.— (Special to Daily I Democrat)— A declaration of war between Portugal and Germany seemed g TCrv npar today. Advices received B here from the governor of Portugese West Africa stated that a force of Germans invaded Angola. Orders have Sheen cabled him to resist the invasion with the entire strength of the A ct ,lonv An official report has also been called for. Should it develop that » the invasion was made by a respensiI bl> German force it is believed that "an immediate declaration of war will Bellow Angola is the Portugese coleny in west Africa.

War in the East! Peace in the West! “Thanh God for Wilson*’ DECATUR DAIRY DEMOCRAT

GET 1011 READY For Big Public Municipal Hallowe’en Parade Saturday Evening. I I LEADS TO FESTIVAL Corner Madison and Third Streets—Big Vaudeville a Feature. | The big masked parade in which everybody is invited to take part, at the Municipal Hallowe’en party Friday evening, will be lead by the city band.' ' It is not necessary that those who wish to be in the parade register in advance, but all should meet at the corner of Marshall and Second streets. The parade will start as 7 o'clock, sharp. Mrs. Charles Niblick ahd Mrs. Clem Voglewede will be in charge of | parade affairs, and numbers will bel given to each masked person to carry j in the parade. The judges will report I according to the numbers. The parade will disband at the scene of the street party, at the Wear-U-Well shoe store. | The prizes for the best masked are many and various. These were contributed by the following- merchants, and are shown in the Holthouse,' Schulte clothing store window: Wear-U-Well store, Boese millinery,! Burdg millinery, Deininger millinery, ■ Bowers millinery, Morris store, Hayslip & Baughman, Pumphrey. Hensley, Meyer. Scherer & Beavers, Yagar Bros, j & Reinking, Gay, Zwick & Myers, Chas, j Sether, Herman Colchin, Schaub-Dow-ling, Schafer Hardware Co.. Lee Hardware Co., Moser & Williams studio. ■ Callow & Rice, Holthouse Drug C0.,1 Enterprise Drug Co., Smith, Yager & Falk, Boston Store, Runyon, Engeler & Co.. Niblick, Fullenkamp, Gass & Meibers. Bernstein, Holthouse, Schulte & Co., Vance & Hite, Myers-Dailey, Elsay shoe store, Charlie Voglewede, j Winnes shoe store, Peoples & Gerke, I Robison confectionery, Indiana Lighting Co. The Vaudeville. The vaudeville will be especially fine, and Mrs. L. A. Holthouse is assisted bv the Misses Madge Hite and Marie Patterson, who are in charge of this. Tlie vaudeville will consist of music, dances and latest “stunts.” The song, “Bogie Man Moon,” will be especially good. There will be three performances during the evening when a thirty-minute program will he given. The first will begin immediately after the parade. The vaudeville will be in the Murray notel salesman’s sample room on Madison street. The room will be appropriately decorated and there will be splendid accommo-■ dations. The public is cordially invited to' come to the party. Make your slogan this: “We’ll all be there. wiUi lard in our hair and our ears pinned back.” ■ | — FLIRTED WITH ERIE MEM Bluffton Women Want Young Lady •| Arrested ————— I I i Local officers received two calls today, to Wabash Avenue, from parties - who wanted action taken against “ Miss Leia Bennett, but none of those ■ complaining wanted to file affidavits. I ■ the first complaint declared she had ; > insulted another woman, and also i asked she be prohibited flirting with I ■ Lake Erie trainmen. The next call I informed officers that the girl had a 1 revolver and threatened to shoot two - women. No action had been taken jlate today. 1

Decatur, Indiana,Wednesday Evening,October 28, 1914,

FINAL SUMMONS Came for Mrs. Edward A. Kirschner of Kirkland _ Township Last Night AT TEN O’CLOCK Prominent Lady of Community—Was Sixty-seven Years of Age. Elizabeth Kirschner, wife of Edward ' A. Kirschner, prominent resident of I Kirkland township, died last night at. 110 o’clock at the family home. Mrs. Kirschner was born tn Allen county, Marell 3, 1847, being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bender. She was six-ty-seven years of age last March 17. Mucli of her life lias been spent in this county, where the family has been one of the influential ones, highly respected and beloved. I The following children survive: Katie. Charles G. Kirschner, Fred, Augusta Hagist, Emma Blake, Caroline Bieberich and William. Brothers and sisters are Mrs. Charles Ewell and I Fred Bender of Nebraska. Mrs. Kirschner’s deatli 'yas due to •a cancerous a Iction. She had been in ill health for six or seven years and the most seriously ill the,past three months. An autopsy was held this morning by the physic.ian. I The funeral will be held at the Preblue Lutheran church by the Rev. Koch. The time has not been set, pending .word from a son livmg in Alabama. If he can be here by that time, the servives will be, Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock; if not. they will be held Sat-' urday. rt WILL MEET TODAY State Board of Education to Hear Petition of School Board for — 1 TIME EXTENSION To Build New High School Building Here—lnspector Here. i I At a meeting of the state board of education in Indianapolis today, the petition of the Decatur school board fur an extension of time in which to build the new high school building ordered •by the state board, wil! be considered. It will be remembered that the present building was deemed insufficient in requirement, and the old school board given until 1915 to erect a new one. They have found that by that time they can raise only $27,000, and this will be insufficient. They decided to ask for an extension of time of a year or two to make levies to raise more funds to meet the outstanding bonds and care for finances in general, relating to the building. As stated in last evening’s paper A. O. Neal, an inspector from Indianapolis, was here yesterday afternoon and inspected the school, and will report today to the state board. Their decision in the, matter will be given in a few days. , FUNERALS THIS MORNING. The funeral services for Mrs. Cecelia Ehinger, whose death occurred Monday morning from heart trouble and other complications at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Philip Salisbury, of Chicago were held this morning at 9 o’clock at the St. Mary’s Catholic church in this city. I . 1 I The funeral services for Mrs. Louise Bradley Kennedy, whose deatli occurred Monday morning from Bright's di-1 sease, were held this morning from the | Presbyterian church. ——o TEACHERS IN INDIANAPOLIS. i The city schools dismissed todaynoon for the remainder of the week. Many of the teachers have gone to Indianapolis to attend the meeting of the Northern Indiana Teachers’ associa-i ;tion in session there. j

REBEKAH MASQUERADE Novel Hallowe’en Masquerade Social Friday Evening All wrapped up in a dime. I Everyone put on your false face And .have an old fashioned time. At the I. O. O. F. hall October 30— ' at 7:30. j See "Old Marjory”, the witch, the “Mysterious Fami’y and their stunts” . at the I. f). O. F. hall Friday evening. ? |There will be a great public Hallowe’en masquerade social, with plenty of : fun for everybody. There will be good ] entertainment stunts, music and refreshments. The proceeds will be used for the new robe fund. A fortune telling booth will be a feature of the I evening's entertainment. THIcOURTNEWS : 1 r Case Venued to Jay Circuit 1 Court—Two Are Dis- i missed. ( I THE PROBATE WORK < i i Many Entries Grace Court; Dockets—But Little of p Importance Done. ,f — Two cases were dismissed today and • the costs taxed to the plaintiff. They 1 were the cases to set aside conveyance * entitled “Preston Orr vs. Rose E. Smitley" and “Jacob E. Martin vs. Louis * D. Smitley.” I 1 1 1 The case of James H. Brewster et al. i | vs. Sophia Brewster, partition and accounting, was venued to Jay circuit ‘ court and ten days given to perfect,' I the change. — The ease of Clarence Clay vs. Walter D. Cross, to rescind, was set fdr November 17th. — b The case of the State on the relation of Essey Harvey vs. Claude Harvey, fraudulent marriage, set for today, was continued. Harriet C. Ribble vs. Della F. Fetner et al., partition. Demurrer over- ' ruled, exceptions by the defendants, separately and severally. Appearance 'by Lutz for Florence Evans was withdrawn, and said Florence Evans de- ’ faulted. The cause of the State on the Rela- • tion of Hazel Smitley vs. Forest Ray seduction, was continued. i I Margaret Mayer vs G. R. & I.railroad Defendant ruled to answer absolute ' within five days. i 1 D. B. Erwin has fled a. new quiet 1 i title case entitled Morton E. House vs. p Thomas McQuire. ■ The current report of James M. Mil- 1 ler, administrator of the John Gair es- 1 tate, was approved and the trust con- ! tinned. He was also authorized to pur 1 chase a monument at not less than 2100. ! f r ~ i The report of sale of personal pro- ‘ perty by Murray Scherer administra- 1 tor of the Catherine Wagner estate, ? was approved. He also filed petition to compound debts due the estate. Heller, Sutton & Heller have filed * a new partition case entitled America Fink et al. vs. T. C. Buckmaster et al. 1 i The final settlement of E. Hurt L n- c hart, adminstrator of the Joseph y Whitehead estate, was approved and the administrator discharged. TO MAKE PLANS ! c For Annual Firemen's Convention — Pres. Helm In Ft. Wayne n Charles Helm, president of the a Northern Indiana Volunteer Firemen’s v Asociation, went to Fort Wayne today noon to meet with other officers. a Committees for the annual convention to be held next June will be appoint- a (ed. The 1915 convention will be in Union City. t ATTENDED FUNERAL. d Among those from out of town who. n attended the funeral of Mrs. Louise t Kennedy this morning were Joe Brad- 1 ley and John Moses, Chicago; Mr. and a iMrs. Frank Buskirk of land Miss Irene Evans, Camden. t t

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GIVEN SORPRISE Dr. C. T. Rainier ad Mrs. Mary Durr Were Remem- • bered by Friends. I ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS Dinner Was Given Them by Mrs. Sam Chronister—i At G. A. R. Hall. Yesterday proved to be a very happy 1 day for Mrs. Mary Durr, who celebrated her sixty-seventh birthday and for Dr. C. T. Rainier, who. celebrated his. sixty-second birthday/ Starting in the morning Mrs. Durr and Dr. Rainier were invited to the home of Mrs. Durr's daughter, Mrs. Sam Chronister, where a big birthday dinner was served in their honor. A unique feature of the meal was that Mrs. Durr and Dr. Rainier drank from a china cup one hundred and ten years old, it having been given to Mrs. Durr by her mother. The afternoon was also spent at the Chronister home in a very sociable way, and when supper time came the guests were invited to stay. After supper the big surprise came for Mrs. Durr and Mr. Rainier. They were persuaded to go with the rest of the party to the Grand Army hall with Hie understanding that they take part in tlie practice of degree work, but to their surprise when they reached the hall about seventy-five members jumped out from “under cover” and surprised them. A number of speeches were delivered, music furnishex and later on a light lunch was served. The good wishes of tlie people followed Mrs. Durr and Dr. Rainier when the crowd departed. miTTdaimere Popular Congressman For This District Is Touring County In Two Days IS HERE TONIGHT Crowds Everywhere Assure Him That His Vote Will Be Larger Than Ever Congressman Adair arrived in this city last evening from Bluffton where lie addressed a large crowd. This morning lie started over tlie county accompanied by two automobiles visiting a number of the townships. He spoke at the Kohr school house in Union township at nine o’clock, Williams at ten, Freidlieim at eleven, Preble at one and eat dinner there. This afternoon he is billed for Magley at two, Hondorus at three, French at leur, Monroe at 6:30 and in this city tin's evening at 7:30. Hon. Guy Colerick of Fort Wayne will address the audience before the congressman arrives here. Tomorrow Mr. Adair goes to Bobo. Pleasant Mills, Salem, Jefferson township, Linn Grove, Geneva and Berne, thus covering the entire county in two days. He has been conducting a siniiliar campaign all over the district and has been speaking to immense crowds every where. He is assured everywhere he goes that his old majority will be increased this year. HOPE IS EXTENDED. Deputy Sheriff Jesse Kelly is in receipt of good news from his parental home at Van Buren. His mother, Mrs. Elizabetli Kelly, aged sixty-seven, has been ill of what was believed to be abscess of the lung, and physicians advised that she could "five but a year longer. She was taken to a physician j at Warren, who states that her ailment > is an abscess of the bronchial tube, | and that she can be cured. Thomas S. Fox, assistant trainmas- • ter of the G. R. & 1., is in Decatur to- • day, looking after some business connected with the beet sugar factory in that city. Those works are doing the heaviest business of their history and are furnishing lots of freight to the Grand Rapids road.—Fort Wayne Sentinel,

DUKE STOOPS “MAKES GOOD.” Both as Sunday School Superintendent and Democratic Editor. Editor M. McC. Stoops of the Petersburg Democrat, bears the proud | distinction of having served twenty consecutive years as a Sun Inv . hvsuperintendent. I-ast week he was rejelcctcd superintendent of the Method 1 1st Sunday school nt Petersburg, which makes his twentieth consecutive year in that position. Superintendent nf a Sunday school is a distinction that but few editors aspire to; Editor Stoops, however, seems to be not only a good Sunday school superintendent, but also 'a good democratic editor —a combina‘tion that is very unusual.—Hunting- | burg Signal. COW MLLOTS Are Now Being Printed at This Office for the Next Tuesday Election. REQUIRES TWO DAYS Four Different Ballots Necessary Besides State Ticket—A Big Job. The printing of the election ballots 1 for the next Tuesday’s battle began at this office" this morning under tlie direction of the election commissioners, Ferdinand Bleeke, Charles W. Yager and L. A. Graham and.it will re-| quire two days to complete tlie job which is this year larger than usual, because of tlie fact that tlie township tickets must be printed in addition to the county ballots and also ballots for the “Constitutional Convention ■ question” and “Tlie Centennial anniversary question.” It is a big job. the law requiring that there be printed 25 per cent in addition to the number registered besides reserves for eacli precinct. This makes it necessary to print 6,587 ballots in the county besides the name number for the township tickets and an equal number for each of the special questions. In addition there must be printed a suffi- 1 cient number of reserve ballots to take -care of each precinct in case of the ballots being lost or destroyed. The number of ballots for each precinct follows: Fast Union I'M West Union 112 East Root 160 West Root 218 North Preble 145 South Preble 165 North Kirkland 142 South Kirkland 122 North Washington 215 Soutli Washington 229 North St. Mary’s 184 South St Mary’s 184 North Blue Creek 198 Soutli Blue Creek 135 Middle Monroe 163 Berne “A” 232 Berne “B” 328 French 189 North Hartford 207 South Hartford 138 North Wabash 162 Ceylon 117 Geneva “A” 194 Geneva “B” 314 West Jefferson 158 East Jefferson 154 Decatur 1 “A” 288 Decatur 1 “B” 219 , Decatur 2 “A" 322 Decatur 2 "B” 189 Decatur 3 “A" 283 Decatur 3 “B” 327 o | FLYER IS DERAILED Huntington, W. Va. Oct. 28, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —More than a score of persons were injured today, three of them probably fatally, when the Washington-Chicago flyer of the ,C. & O. was derailed at Barboursville, ten miles east of here. Eighteen of | the injured were brought to the hosIpitals in this city. Three Pulmans • left the rails and two of them went into a deep ditch. The engine, baggage car and first day coach broke from the Pullmans and ran for nearly a quarter of a mile before the engineer learned that lie had lost most of bis train. A broken wheel on tlie first Pulman is believed to have caused | ithe accident. |

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AFTER THE "LEAF” a Frankfort People Surprised ' at Appointment of Receiver for Clover Leaf. THINK THE ERIE May Be After the Road—ls One of Best Paying Freight Lines The people of Frankfort, where tlie .big shops of tlie Clover Leaf are located, were greatly surprised over the announcement that a receiver bad i been appointed lor tlie road and express tlie opinion that the Chicago & Erie is wanting th- property. Tlie Frankfort Times says: That the road should be placed in tlie hands of a receiver came as no great surprise to many railroad men who have been predicting for some • time that tlie Clover Leaf would undergo a change in order to meet its obligations that are now past due. The road is one of best paying freight lines in the central west but several years ago tlie company took over the' Chicago & Alton railroad, which proved to be a losing proposition and plunged the road deeply into debt. i The earnings of the Clover Leaf have been equal to and greater than the cost of operation and maintenance but the old obligations resulting from the consolidation with the Alton have proved a heavy burden for the company. With road passing into the hands of W. L. Ross as receiver the line will be under the management of the same man who has headed the company as its president for a number of years and it is more than probable that no changes of importance will be made. I A number of railroad men familiar with the operation of the Clover Leaf, are of the opinion that under the management of a receiver the road will make still greater progress and will be more flourishing than it has been for a number of years. 1 Since the Clover Leaf was built it has been placed in tlie hands of a receiver three different times, during which four receivers conducted the business of the company. i Tlie first receiver was S. R. Calloway, under whose management tlie load was placed on a sound financial basis. A number of years later the oad suffered business reverses and on the petition of creditors the federal court appointed n F. F Fh as receiver and under hi- management the road was paying its way to n sound basis. While managing the business of tlie company Mr. Pierce was stricken and died in his private car while away from this city looking after the nterests of tlie company. Following bls death, Samuel Hunt was appointed receiver. Under his management the company was again placed on a paying basis and eventually was returned to the managemc/! of the stockholders. I The company was then operated on a paying basis until it absorbed the Chicago & Alton. Then followed the ruitless efforts of tlie company to overcome financial difficulties growing out of the Alton deal, resulting in the <livorcement of the Alton and finally the present receivership. I According to railroad men, who are well informed, it is said the Erie railroad has been negotiating for some time to lease the Clover Leaf to operate in connection witli its line. If ihe road should pass into tlie hands of the Erie, it would cause no surprise of railroad men, who assert that the stockholders of that line have been purchasing all the Clover Leaf stock that was available. I The Clover Leaf and the Grand Trunk railway jointly own the Lake Shore & Michigan Somite's railway. What effect the passing of the Clover Leaf into the hands of a receiver will have on this line is not known but it is thought that the Lake Shore will be operated under the management of tha Grand Trunk until the Clover Leaf stockholders again assume charge of the latter road. MORE BODIES RECOVERED > Herrin, 111., Oct. 28,—(Special to Democrat)— Messages from Roy- • alton received here stated that 18 additional bodies were brought to the surface this morning from the wrecked north mine, making a total of 47 j bodies recovered.