Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 278, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1914 — Page 1

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ARE FORCED INTO SWAMPS; gseg:- i Retreating German Infantry ' ■I Driven Into Swamps by the Russians. ' i IN MEXICO CITY ' K ~ Mobs Ransack the Business , Houses and Rob Stores— ’ 1 Special Police Sworn — Bera Cruz, Nov. 25—(Special to th I Daily Democrat)-Mobs swarmed through the streets of Mexico City las' night, looting stores and business 1 houses and appropriating all arms that could be obtained, stated reports reaching here today. A body of civilians and federals, who had been mustered, went to the police station where they were sworn in as special police |&aris. Nov. 25—(Special to Daily Ijfefnoi rat) —The French are now nearer (the German strnnglu.ld cf Met: ' H than at any time since the war began The official statement today declarethat in the region of Pont-a-Mouxsot; on the French right the artillery ha.' bombarded the town. Nov 25- .Spe. • Daily Democrat)—Grand Duke Ditm ] itry has been severely wounded ir t the fighting on the Warche river. I Rome. 25—(Special to Daily ( * Demo, ra’w .. naval engagement ’< rported near T.isau island in the Adria’ ic in a meaage received today. Petrog»a.„ 25—(Spe.ial to th2 eDaily Democrat) —Heavy losses to r ■•• treating German infantry corps was driven into swamps by Rus sian cavalry is reported today in ar official statement announcing contir BE}. * ued success. g London. Nov. 25 —(Special to Dai'Democrat)—The steamer Admira Granteaume loaded with refugees wa sunk in the channel October 26 by ; ; German snubmarine. Tin- discovery o a fragment of a German torpedo w a life boat proved conclusiv. ly that th ship was destroyed by a Ge rman sul marine. > Washington. Nov. 25—(Special tDaily Democrat)— Sweeping investige tions of the charge that the Turkisl government is interfering with cod messages addressed by Ambassadc Morganthau was ordered today by Sc. retary Bryan. The government take the position that since it is neutral i cannot be expected to transact bus ness with diplomatic representative in uncoded messages. “It is b-lieve here that Turkey may be holding u messages and that this is the real re | son while the complete official repor of the Tennessee incident has no reached President Wilson.' Washington. Nov. 25- (Special tDaily Democrat) —Alarm over repot 1 ed conditions in Mexico City grew ir official circles today. Communication with the Mexican capital remains in terrupted. Despite the feeling the there-is a foundation at least lor som ■ of the reports it was not believed tha' | there would be need, or cause of anxiety. ——— I.K Washington, Nov. 25-(Special tDailv Democrat)—General am' evacuated Mexico City yesterday, tak ing all troops with him and leavim I only policemen to Protect the ci . according to a dispatch recei ed th. afternoon by the state ' ep ■ The message was under date o . e? day. _ —o- “ CHRISTMAS SHIP ARRIVES. | MM „„„ harbor was re and chc e r . or . Crews lined f|ut ed lustily. banner tered from the; as ye with the ms r ' pt the |ea6t of these you do It unto one o yed do it unto m , was account of naval et.quette

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ADVERTISEMENTS that draw. A good writer of advertisements can demand his o\)i salary and especially is this true in the large cities whore the big institutions are always looking lor men with the ability to write advertsienients that have the power of drawing br|,iness. Along this line Decatur has several who are natural ad writers. Wo wish to call your attention to t| IP ] aa ( advertisement of the First National Bank of this city, which tells you how th. row war tax will affect you, giving valuable information and only incidentally mentioning the fact that the First National wants your business. It's a good one as have been the hundreds befor n it. If you haven’t been reading Mr. Dugan's catchy announcements you should do so. They are unique and instructive. BACK ntPRISON Roy Woodruff Taken Back to Michigan City Prison for His Term ON OLD CHARGE Has Four Years to Serve— I No Action in Clover Seed Theft Charge. August H. Knosman, of Michigan City, parole officer of the Indiana state prison, was here this morning. He took back with him Roy Woodruff, who will finish his term of service for conviction of stealing cattle from Davis I Daily about ten years ago. He has our years longer to serve for this offense. No action will be taken against Woodruff in his latest case, that of •tealing clover seed front Philip and Alva Baker, for which he has been n jail some time. Woodruff' was paroled last September and at that time, seemed so repentant and promised to conduct himtelf as he should, with such faithfulness, that everything possible was lone to help him begin life anew. He l' has failed to make good, however, and he trip back to prison again is the utcome. WED IN MICHIGAN Miss Jennie Howard and Albert Schlickman Married at Kalamazoo 3Y THE REV. BUEL Wedding Solemnized Yester-day-Couple Returned Last Evening. — - ' A wedding that was supposed by their friends to have taken place two weeks ago, in Michigan, took place' yesterday at Kalamazoo, Mich., when Miss Jennie Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Howard, of Tenth street, this city, became the wife of Albert Schlickman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schlickman of near Mag ley The couple left yesterday for Kalamazoo, where the wedding was solemnized by the Rev. Buel. They returned here last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Schlickman will make their home with the bride’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Howard. Both are representatives U the excellent families of the county and have many good wishes for a long and happy life together. RECEIVES INSURANCE CHECK. E B Macy, clerk of the local camp of Modern Woodmen of America, today received a check for SI,OOO payable to Nancy Dutcher, the same being for the benefit policy carried by her son, the late Alonzo Dutcher, who met a sudden death October 1. from heart trouble. SPRINGER case dismissed. The case against Virgil Springer in the mayor’s court at Celina, Ohio, for non-support, was dismissed. Attorney j. C . Moran of this city represented Springer.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, November 25, 1914.

ON TUBERCULOSIS Special Sermons Will be Delivered Over the United States Next Sunday. TUBERCULOSIS DAY Special Plea Will be Made for Help in the Red Cross Work. Next Sunday, November 29, is tuberculosis Sunday and in many places in the United States the day will be observed in a special program and sermon at the churches on the subject of tuberculosis. Local ministers have been sent matter relating to the observance of the day, and have been asked by the anti-tuberculosis society now engaged in the sale of Red Cross seals to consider the subject at some time during the day. Tuberculosis day is an educational movement conducted annually under the direction of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, and its affiliated local organizations. It is an attempt to secure as nearly as possible a simultaneous presentation of the nature and methods of prevention of tuberculosis in all the churches and religious organizations of the United States. It was inaugurated in 1910. and the campaign this year is therefore the fifth annual movement of this character. PENNANTjIVEN By Americn Red Cross Association to Counties, Cities and Towns FOR SEALS SALES To Seven Selling Largest Number Per Capita Before January 1. Tl ■■■R Pennants or banners will be given by the American Red Cross and the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis to the seven counties, cities, towns and villages in the United States selling the largest number of Red Cross ChristI mas seals per capita before January 1, according to an announcement from headquarters in New York today. In order to make the competition even in all parts of the country, the counties, cities and towns have been grouped according to their population in 1910 into seven classes as follows: From 500 to 2,000; from 2,000 to 8,000; from 8,000 to 25,000; from 25,000 to 50,000; from 50,000 to 150,000; from 150,000 to 500,000; and over 500,000. A specially prepared pennant will be given to the county, city, town or village in each class anywhere in the United States selling the largest number of seals per inhabitants. Last year, Cody, Wyoming, was among the largest buyers per capita selling over 22,000 with a population of 1200. Some cities in New York, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and other states sold from three to six per resident. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, which is carrying on the promotion of the sale considers that any city of 10,000 to 100,000 population ought to sell at least three cents worth of seals per inhabitant. i All of the proceeds from the sale r of Red Cross seals, except the expense of the sale, will go to fight tuberculo--1 sis in the community, state, city, or town where the seals are sold.

| THANKSGIVING PROGRAM. Manager Parent of the Crystal theater announces that for tomorrow he has secured two entirely different pro- - grams, one for the afternoon and one for the evening, of three reels each. Tills will enable the patrons of the the ter to attend both afternoon and evening and still not have to see the same pictures. The price of admission tomorrow will be the same as usual, five cents to all. For this evening's show the popular Vltagraph comedy entitled “The New Stenographer.” has been seb ured. This comedy features Walter Van. Lillian Walker and Flora Finch. A tworeel feature, entitled. “The Heart Rebellious,” by the Lubin company, constitute the balance of this evening's program. swFomo I I ! Dr. Goheen, Ft. Wayne Phyi sician, Who Gained No- , toriety Here i ROBBED LAST NIGHT Lay Unconscious for Threequarters of an Hour—i Robbers Get $7.00. ; Dr. Goheen of Fort Wayne, who I gained much notoriety here when he I I was charged witli being responsible for the death of an Adams county wo- ■ ! man, prior to the conviction of Dr. Thain on the same citarge, the charge then being dismissed as to Goheen. was the victim of an attack by robbers last night. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette says: “Dr. C. M. Goheen, 1412 Wells street, was knocked unconscious and robbed of $7 at 6:05 o’clock last evening when he went to the rear of his property to lock the barn door. Dr. Go- ■ heen lay unconscious by the barn door for forty-five minutes after being attacked. "The physician had started to the • barn to lock it for the night. When he reached inside the door to turn on the light he was struck over the head with a large file, which he had had laying on a work bench in the barn. He fell unconscious by the steps and remained there until shortly before 7 o’clock. His pocketbook, containing nearly $7 was all that was missing. "Dr. Goheen went to the house and called a physician. who dressed the scalp wound over the left ear. The file penetrated the cap the doctor wore, and inflicted a wound which may prove serious. Until a late hour last night Dr. Goheen had not entirely recovered from the blow. Still later the wound began to swell and reached the size of a large hen egg. At present there are no indications of any fracture in the skull. 1 “So far the police have found no t clue to the men, or man, who did the - work. Owing to the fact that Dr. Goheen was rendered unconscious with the first blow, and before he could turn the light on to get a ’ description of the thugs, the police - have but little to. work on. They also r had an abundance of time in which to ] escape while the doctor lay prostrate by the steps. 1 SHE WHACKED CONSUMPTION. 3 * ~** i She was richly gowned and liedecki ed with furs and jewels. He was a : shabby, wizen-faced sort of a man. : Both of them came up to the Red Cross ) seal booth at the same time. “My i wife is dying with consumption," he . said in a husky voice, "and we ain't 3 got much money, because I’m out of - work, but she did want me to buy five s of them seals. She says if she can • take a whack at consumption afore she dies, she’ll rest easier, an’ I guess she s will.” He wiped his eyes with his t- knuckles and reached for the package f of seals w-\-h the pretty atendant had i- put up for him. 1 "Where do you live?" said the richx ly dressed woman, who had been an i- interested listener to the shabby man’s f brief story. He gave an address in one e of the poorest tenement house neight borhoods. a ‘1 was going to buy a few of the b seals for my little girl," said the woman; "but your wife's desire to got a e wback at consumption has shown me e what I should do. Please give me fifty > dollars’ worth, miss. Tell your wife r that she gave consumption a bigger ; whack than she expected.”

ONION SERVICES Will Be Held at the Presbyterian Church In This City Thursday Evening FREE WILL OFFERING To Be Taken Up For Poor and Needy—Rev. D. T. Stephenson to Speak Union Thanksgiving services will be held at the Presbyterian church tomorrow evening at 7:30 o’clock. The sermon of the evening will be delivered by Rev. D. T. Stephenson, pastor of the Methodist church. The Presbyterian choir will render special music. A free will offering will be taken to minister to the needy of the community. Following Is the order of Service. Prelude. Doxology. Invocation —Rev. J. H. Rilling. Psalter Selection. Hymn. Scripture Lesson—Rev. Borton. Prayer—Rev. L. C. Hessert. Anthem —Processional from Mendelsohn’s “Athalie" arranged by L. B. Marshall. Offering. Hymn. Sermon—Rev. D. T. Stephenson. Hymn. Benediction —Rev. Harman. TWO ARE SHAVED Willshire Barber Believes That Two Strangers Waiting for Shave IN THE MORNING Were Men Who Had Robbed August Koenemann the Night Before. A slight trace of the two strangers who held up and robbed August Koenemann a week ago tonight, near Williams, has been obtained by the officers. Marshal Melchi was informed yesterday by a barber of Willshire, 0.. that lie is confident that he shaved the two men the next morning after the robbery. When the barber reached his shop next morning, two strangers were waiting for a shave. From the description of the men which he read afterwards in the paper, together with the account of the hfcld-up, lie is confident that they were the two offenders. It is believed that the men walk- | ed "cross country" from the scene of the hold-up to Willshjy ’, Ohio, from which place they doubtless made their get-away. o RAISED FINE POTATOES. John R. and Samuel Peoples, who, are located in Ayr, North Dakota, have , sent to their relatives here several bushels of as fine potatoes as you ever looked at, proving that they can raise garden stuff in that section of the states. They raised this year 1,769, bushels on sixteen acres and a sample may be seen at this office. Some of the potatoes weighed nearly three pounds. The potatoes were send to Ferd Peoples, the shoe man, for distribution. THREE OPERATED UPON. Mrs. J. A. Smith was operated upon yesterday at tlie Lutheran hospital. Fort Wayne, for the removal of the gall bladder and gall stones. Mr. Smith and daughter, Vernia. and Miss Anna Winnes were with her when the operation was performed. Miss Huldah Kiefer of this county and Mrs Henry Heuer were also operated upon at the same hospital yesterday. — — NO LIVE STOCK RECEIVED. Th© Wells Fargo Express company has received notice that no live stock except, horses will be accepted for shipment between points in Indiana, | on account of the hoof and mouth disI case.

, THANKSGIVING AT THE REX. If you want to spend a delightful hour or two take your family and the company to the Rex theater Thanks- ■ giving afternoon or evening. We have arranged specially for this day and in the afternoon will give two extra reels besides the regulars, a total of five reels. Can you beat it? Come and enjoy yourselves. THE REX. e ' PIE SUPPER—SCHOOL PROGRAM. A good school program and pie sup- ■ per will be given at Kimsey school Wednesday evening. November 25. A slight admission will be charged. The various committees arranging for tin evening promise u good time to all and especially to those bringing or buying pies. KIMSEY SCHOOL. > o HORSES ARE HELD Shipment From This City J For Use In War Will Not Be Made For Few Days QUARANTINE CHICAGO Causes a Hold Up In Business—Message Received By Mr. Beery Today Tlie Decatur Horse Company recently received an order for a large number of horses to he shipped to Chicago and from there to be sent to vatious parts ot' Europe for use in the war territory, Mr. Beery and liis assistants went over this territory and , succeeded in buying a number of splendid horses which were to have been shipped out this week. Mr. Beery talked to the Chicago representative last evening and was told to proce ■! but this morning a long distance telephone communication from him gave r the information that five hundred head of horses ready for shipment there had been held up by quarantine and that it would not be available to ship m at this ime. Mr. Beery is notifying those from whom he purchased to re tain them a few days until the quaran tine is lifted. work~nears’end Campaign to Raise Funds for Cotton for Stricken Soldiers a Success. I NEAT SUM RAISED Was $94.70 at Noon With Two Lists Out—Dr. Hoffman is in Charge. At noon today the lists for subscription for the fund for sending cotton ■ to the stricken soldiers of Austria and ' other parts of the war districts of Eu rope had reached $94.70, with one list i out. It is believed tlie total will reach as was predicted. SIOO. Dr. Hoffman, who had cliarge of the campaign, feels elated over its success and desires to ' thank the many who made it possible. , He will give a complete report later, i He was too busy tqday arranging for the shipment of the cotton and was having some trouble in receiving replies to his messages for prices and instructions, but hoped to be able to complete his work by tills evening. ’ The subscriptions varied from very I small sums to ten dollars, but every gift was in the right spirit and speaks well for the community. The cotton i will be pu>“*.ased wholesale and will very probably he sent by parcels post i direct to Vienna, where it will be sent to the Red Cross society. o ATTENTION, W. R. C. r AU members are requested to be t present at ihe called meeting at the r post hall Friday evening at which time , all arrangements for the chicken dini- ner to be given December 2, will be completed.

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THE CM NEWS New Trial Denied Mrs. Isabel Liby in Her Claim Against HUSBAND'S ESTATE Shirk-Hanlin Case is Set for December B—Two New Administrators. Real estate transfers: William Hen- . drleks et al. to Jacob Conrad, real estate in Preble township. $125; Jacob Conrad to Catherine Hendricks, real estate in Preble township, $125; Philip Harshbarger to John C. Malron, 64 acres, Jefferson tp., S6OOO. The motion for a new trial of the case of th' State vs. John Andrews et al., for obstructing justice, appeal from the ’squire’s court, was sustained. A motion for a new trial in the claim of Isabelle Liby vs. herself, as administratrix of the estate of her late husband, was overruled. Exceptions were taken by tlie plaintiff, against whom judgment was rendered in the previous trial. The case of the State on the relation of Charles A. Shirk vs. Charles A. HanUn et al., is set for trial for December 8. William C. McKinney vs. Mathias Kirsch et al. Answer in one paragraph by Thomas A. Leonard; also cross complaint filed by Leonard. Alma Gilpin was appointed administratrix of the estate of Mary Reding. She gave $3,000 bond. Wilhelmina Wente qualified as administratrix of the estate of William Wente and gave $4,000 bond. In the surviving partnership of Laman & Lee. a petition to sell the remainder of notes and book account, was granted. Tlie sale is to be at public auction for cash after notice. A marriage license was granted to Clell Butcher, carpenter, born October 17, 1893. son of Elbridge Butcher, to wed Grace Fetters, born May 1, 1897, (laughter of Theodore Fetters. The couple was married at 11:30 o’clock today by the Rev. D. T. Stephenson at the Methodist parsonage. A marriage license was issued to Peter Lehman, carpenter, of Berne, born May 21. 1887. son of Jacob Lehman, to wed Elizabeth Bertha Welty, clerk, born September 9. 1888, daughter of William E. Welty. Marriage licenses were issued to Dale Rockwood, farmer, born Septem’>er 9. 1894, son of Frank Rockwood, o wed August Blanche Brewster, born December 20, 1896, daughter of Danel Brewster; also to Fred Ellsworth "'ook, painter, born February 1, 1894, son of Daniel Cook, to wed Fanny <'rances Williams, seamstress, (laugher of Will Williams, born October 18, 1892. Tlie last named couple were waiting this afternoon at 3 o’clock in the clerk's office to be married by ludge D. E. Smith. DISEASE BREAKS OUT IN ALLEN. The indications are at this time that several cases of the foot and mouth disease have broken out near Maples In Allen county. Quarantines will likely be placed upon the townsiiips affected and may reach the county line. However, Dr. Connell, deputy state veterinarian for this county, said this afternoon that there are no signs of the disease in this and nothing to alarm any one. He is keeping a strict watch and will report the first indications of the disease. He lias so far not quarantined against Allen county. though tills may come if the disease I spreads over that ’/>unty. Lo_ . t RETURN FROM SOUTH. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Miller of near Preble returned last uigltt from a week’s trip through the south. They e stopped off enroute, at Fruitdale and - Mobile. Ala., and also at Huntingdon, s Tenn. Mrs. E'rnrua Everett of Wren, ■ Ohio, who was in charge of their home ? I during their absence, returned home | today.