Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1914 — Page 1

Volume XII, Number 301.

TWENTY MILES FROM CAPITAL: Desperate Attempt is Being I Made by Russians to 1 Stop German Advance. , ——- i WILL ENTER FIGHT ' Portugal Votes to Join Eng. land in War and Prepares for Action. Lisbon, Dec. 23-( S pecial l 0 Daily Dwnocrat)-The Portuguese chamber' today voted favoring preparations for Portugal joining Englands fight T)ie vote was taken immediately alter the announcement of a German attack on the province of Angola. San Antonio Tex., Dec. 23—(Special to Daily Democrat)-Provisional Pres ident Gutierrez of Mexico and some troops loyal to him have left Mexico City following a disagreement with Generals Palafox and Angerles. according to reports. A commission of Villistas and Zapatistas will rule the capital pending the selection of a new president by a convention to meet January 10. This information was contained in dispatches from Neuvc Loredo to the Mexican counsel. It has uot yet been confirmed. Ix>ndon, Dec. 23-(Speeial to Dai!) Democrat)— The main line of the Rus »ian defense before Warsaw lias beet withdrawn to within twenty miles o‘ the capital. This was indicated In r? ports today of the desperate fighting which is in progress west cf the city The Russians are stubbornly opposite the attempt of the Germans to cross the Dit-tra and Awa rivers, hut the Germans have established themselves in strong positions north of Fozliac zcw. From the Vistula through Pclanc and Galacia the Germans and Aus .trienss are now operating on a front of 250 miles. The front about War saw extends about 60 miles. Th< Austrians present a 70 mile front t< thirty miles from Prsemysl. The scuth Poland frent is along a 90-mil frent. Th' killing of two Gernrr i viators by their own troops is report ed today. 'Die Germans •.•'...t00k th* aeroplane for one cf the enemy's. Tin extreme cold has made the operat'onr of both factions difficu’t. In some places heavy sleds are being used. Paris, Dec. 23—(Special to Dail: Democrat) —Germany and Austria an to be cut off entirely from all French trade. Commercial relations are to h< < ompletely severed by a bill introduc ed today which will make trading ai offense, punishable by imprisonment

Paris. Dec. 23,—(Special to Dail) I .Democrat)— General progress along ■ the front marked by the retaking c Givenchy east of Bethune and the at tacks of Vie British and French in thregion of Dixachoot Is reported tc day. Perograd, Dec. 23, -(Spec ml to th Daily Democrats — Two thousam Germans, part of a colunu ( { the advance on "ar raw were annihilate,! along the Deu ra. Details of the tight reaching’ hen today said that the Russians market their artillery and did not open lift on the closely massed ranks unt they were in mid straeui. The des truHtion was frightful. Hundreds .4 wounded were swept off their feet by the current. The Germans with drew under cover to escape the lire. Constantinople - Dec. 23, -(Special to Daily Democrat)— The Egyptian frontier has been passed by Turks force it was reported today. Petrograd, Dec. 23,— (Special to t Daily Democrat)— A Rusian orp boat bombarded the region o aob directing fire on occ by Turkish troops. Khataob is Black Sea. ♦ New York. Dec. 23.-(SpecialJo the Daily Democrat)—Trenches a ' dug about London and preca are being taken in anticipation oM further German raid or inva information reached the t. from a reliable source. The tr digging began two months ag. announced at the time ft more practice f . T, on Many travelers out of Ro1 "* (Continued on rase •

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NCII HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. -•j—'.Si.'K his gift * t P ed ° Ut er crosl, ade for feelin's 1 k<>(,p frUm hurtln ‘ ,hplr m a kottage ain't so bad es y ‘ keep th' rent paid in advance an' th pantry well stocked. anv'm'i yU ’ S€e “ man whut thinl!B y uther man ez good enuff for his ‘tugliters er sisters er his wldder. geneva woman dead Geneva, Ind, Dec. 23—Mrs Ethe' Campbell, 29, i s dead at her horn.' Here The deceased was a daughter '> Mr. and Mrs. John Whiteman of this place and tor some time was a resident of Fort Recovery. The funeral will be held at the M. E. church li ere. — o EXCELLENT SOU For Raising of Sugar Beets is That of the Maumee River Basin SAYS GOVERNMENT In Report—Land of Eastern Indiana is Included in This. Washington, D. Dec. 23—Th. present and prospective high price o ugar gives an added interest to a re cent bulletin of the United States de partment of agriculture on the Clydt eries of soils. While sugar beets may be grown it he northern part of the humid reglot >n quite a variety of soils it soon he •ante evident from the field studies c .he buteau of soils that a typical bee .oil is one which maintains a consici table supply of moisture throughon he growing season without becomim waterlogged; it is one which is suffi •lently open and friable to enable th beet roots to penetrate to a consul erable depth; that the beet crops ar grown upon soils well supplied wit organic matter; and that the tonnag of the crops is usually greatest :.t ■ soils at least mildly calcareous. The heavy soils of the Clyde serie' meet all of these requirements. These soils are found in the Mau mee basin of northwestern Ohio am , northeastern Indiana, in the Saginav basis of Michigan, and are scatters hrough southeastern Wisconsin an; i other portions of the Great Lakes re gion. . ..

"It is morethan a mere coincidence that the six leading counties in bee' production in Michigan all col an large areas of these soils. These si: -ounties embrace two-thirds of the to tai acreage of sugar beets grown it •he state and they yield over seven ■enths of the total tonnage produced Michigan is the leading state in suga> beet producticn east of the irrigate' region It produces 80.000 acres onore of sugar beets annually. Aside from the direct returns fron ■ ug ar, the by-products of beet produ' tlon , including tops, which are let the farm, and the beet pulp, ""‘d y be obtained from the factorin' Xstituto a valuable adjunct tn cat ”* fWd ' ti a of the Clyde series an crops as cor moat an . a] better drained areas are i of the soils of the Oyd ; "T t 2 have bee. 98 ° n t 'through county ditch organ, e 2 the most fertile farm. ' :a, ‘° xtnsive tile drainage sys possess exte i tho count , J teD ’i ’“some of’the most profitabb e ditches. Soine . thP states adja drainage U kes have bee, cent to th jlg in o ] nc rie d out upon these g Indiana and * CROCHET hook acc| DE NT ' iF . iher of the many crcchet hoo' • y A ” \°s reported this afternoo. " ’ eCld9 r A Peoi ,he Un ?7 ,e MrS ’ m the crochet hook bein' 1S nate victim. flnger o{ he , e . forced mtn ary to cut th B . i f ft band- it witbook out.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening,December 23, 1914.

AN EASTERN TRIP Vlerril Fulk of East of the City Leaves Today for Richmond, Va. AS A DELEGATE Phi Chi Medical Fraternity of Indiana University— . Will Visit. M. E. Fulk was in town today making arrangements for an eastern trip during the Christmas vacation as a delegate from the Alpha Mu chapter ol the Phi chi Medical fraternity of the Indiana university school of medicine. The fraternity is by far the largest of its kind in existence and holds its conventions annually. This year the national convention is being held at Richmond, Va. Enroute to the convention Mr. E'ulk will stop at Bloomington, where he will act as best man at Prof. Charles E. Cook's wedding, to be held at the Clear Creek church Sunday evening at 3:09 p. in. Mr. Fuk received his A. B. degree from Indiana last year and Is now working on his A. M„ and holds a teaching fellowship in the medical department at the state university. The only other representative from Adams county working on his masters' degree at Indiana is Fred Myers, who holds the olllce as secretary of the graduate school. Merril Fulk is a son of Peter Fulk, of east of the city, and has been atending the Indiana university for some time. He has made good, both ! n his studies and in other works of duration at the university. He is well known in this city and his many friends wisli him continued success in his bright and promising future. 0 4 GOOD REPORT 3f Root Township Teachers' and Trustee's Meeting is Given Us by 3NE WHO WAS THERE The Home-coming Was a Great Success—Many Visitors Present.

Tlie following splendid report of the .eachers' institute and tlie home-com ng of the township trustees held lasi Saturday in Root township at the donmouth school house is given tc as today by “One Who Was Present it the doings, and we take pleasure it publishing it: Although Saturady morning dawnee cloudy and stormy it could not chil the ardor of the teachers and trustee if Root township and the pupils ant patrons of the Monmouth school, ant ather friends of education. It wat the occasion of the fourth townshij eachers’ institute and liome-comiui neeting planned by Trustee Charlo. 3. Magley. The regular program as outlined it nanual for institute work was car ried out in the forenoon. All teach ers of Root township were present, at were also Trustee Magley and County Superintendent E. S. Christen. Som. ively discussions were entered int< >y the teachers and others present a' he meeting. The institute adjourns ~t 11:30 o’clock to meet on tho lourt) Saturday in January, 1915. While tlie meeting was being nelc n tlte school room, the patrons ant heir friends were assembling, eaci bringing well-filled baskets for tht qo on hour, and began preparing foi the feast in tho dining room in th. basement of the school building Promptly at 12 o'clock all present were invited to partake of the feast big and little, hungry and not hungrv ,11 mingled in one hour of oabel ant .easting, and social enjoyment And such a dinner. It cannot be de scribed. To appreciate, you had t< he there." There was turkey, chick en , salads, pies and cakes of all kinds sausage, cold meats* sand ’* fhr apples, hot coffe and no en< of other good things. The ladies o Root township and Monmouth c« tuinly know how to prepare for an or

casion of this kind and they surely deserve much praise for their pains and interest in school work. After the feast all present assembled in tlie school room again and the large audience was entertained by the pupils of the school, graduates and tea/.iers of former years and County Superintendent Christen. The entire afternoon was taken up and the program was never finished, owing to the lateness of the hour. Everybody was loud in their praise of the work done by the pupils and others on the program, and felt that the day was one well spent and that there are “no flies on the Monmouth schools and Root township." This is the last township institute to be held during Trustee Charles E. Magley’s term. He will he succeeded January 1 by Philip Schieferstein, who was present, on this occasion, getting acquainted his new duties as trustee of Root township. ‘ "ONE WHO WAS THERE.” FROM WEST WARD Comes Report of the Sale ol Five Hundred Red Cross Christmas Seals. WORK PROGRESSING Committee of Ladies Canvass Patrons of the Local Postoffice. The West Ward school lias report , ed the sale of five hundred Red Croatseals, the work having been in cliargi ■ of Miss Nellie Winnes and Mrs. Roy Archbold. Each school in this city has made a splendid showing in thi; good work, and it is appreciated. The Red Cross workers are thit , week pushing the sale of the Christ mas seals from the postoffice, a com mittee of the ladies being constant?; there asking in a polite way that tlios* who have letters or packages to sent away, use the little seals. The repor from the first day's work yesterda was most gratifying and the total wil thus be increased considerably durin, this week. Last year there was a total c 45,000.000 seals sold in the Unltei States. The means that many per nies for the fund with which to flgb. tuberculosis as every penny is use< for that purpose. It is believed thii year’s campaign will exceed that c last and the battle will go on until i won. Mrs. Breiner at Peterson reporte< today that she had sold 450 of the 50< seals left with her and would dispo.j< of the rest before New Year’s Day, r splendid record for that community Dyonis Schmitt has purchased on' hundred seals and will use them .< the packing house. REV L LINDSEY Well Known Minister, Sue cumbs—Wife Was Formerly Laura Dailey. HAS RELATIVES HERE Funeral Will be Held To morrow at Will Dailey Home at Van Wert. Charles Teeple received a tele phone message this morning of th< . death of the Rev. Lindsey an Ohio minister, who is well knowr . in this city and county. His wifi was formerly Miss Laura Dailey, a daughter of Judge Dailey, of Van Wert. Ohio., and the family is related to many here. The deceased wat I about fifty or fifty-five, years of age Several years ago lie delivered an ad dress in this city to the soldiers and I , will be remembered by many in that .I . way also. The Lindsays have one i child, a daughter, eighteen years of age. The funeral will be held Thurs I day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the I f home of Mrs. Lindsey's brother, Will ' ■ Dailey, in Van Wert. Many from here < will attend. 1

CAST FIRST VOTE Mrs. F. E. Taylor, Formerly Miss Sophia Mangold, Voted in Oregon at GENERAL ELECTION State Went "Dry”—Decatur Girl Resides in Portland, Oregon. Mrs. F. E. Taylor, of Portland, Ore., ormerly Miss Sophia Mangold of this city, is one of the few former Adams ■ounty women who had the distinction of voting at the last general election, November third, in her present home city and state. The Oregon women helped elect all the general officers this year, snd furthermore had the privilege of voting on the state local option question. Oregon went “dry" by 36,000 votes, and Mrs. Taylor writes her sister, Miss Kate Mangold, that when she returns to Portland on a visit there will not be a saloon there. Mrs. Taylor had tlie privilege of v it 'ng on the school question while she resided in Montana, but this was her first vote ot a state general election Mrs. Taylor's Decatur friends will be interested in hearing of her voting experience. o SERVICES ON CHRISTMAS EVE. There will not be any services ai the St. John's Lutheran church or Christmas night, as announced yester lay. The special services will b held on Christmas Eve at 7 o'clock sun time. Rev. J. Kuntaman wi!> speak, and every one is invited. -.- XMAS PROGRAW Children of the Various Churches Ready With Cantatas. THE BEULAH CHAPEL Will Give Cantata Entitled “A Good Time With Santa Claus.” Beulah Chapel S. S. “A Good Time witli Santa Claus,' g the title of tlie cantata that tin children of the Beulah Chapel M. E Sunday school wilt render Thursday .•vening at the church. The childrei lave been rehearsing this cantata foi several weeks and have perfectei ihemselves in each part. Everyone ii uost cordially invited to attend an< njoy tlie. evening with the little oner Lutheran Church. The following will be the Christnur irogram for Thursday evening at tin .utheran church: Prelude and Hymn Prayer and Scripture Lesson. Song Childrt n. Song—Congregation. Song—Children. English Catichisation. Song -Children. Recitation. Song. German Catichisation. Recitations. English Catichisation. Recitations. Song—Congregation and Children. German Catichisation. Recitations. Song—Children. Responsive Readings. Recitations. Song Children. Catichisation of tlie Primary Class Recitations. Song—Children. Prayer and Benediction. Hymn—Congregation and Children. Postlude. The public is cordially invited t< hear this program. On Friday morn Ing at 10 o’clock there will be Ger man Christmas services. Methodist Sunday School. The Christmas exercises of the Methodist church snd Sunday schhol will be held Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. A short program will he rendered, consisting of appropriate songs

and recitations and tlie usual treat of candy and fruits will be distributed. In addition to this supplies of all kinds for the poor and needy will be brought in to be distributed. These distributions will be made by a committee that has made a thorough investigation of tlie situation in this city. After the local needs are taken care of. boxes will be sent to tlie various church homes and institutions. A collection will also be up tomorrow evening for the Belgian relief fund. Any one desiring to contribute to this fund, hut cannot lie present tomorrow evening, kindly send the money to tlie church and it will be taken care of by tlie proper authorities. At Reformed Church. Tlie following program will be given Thursday evening at 7:15 at the German Reformed church: Song—Choir. Scripture and Prayer. Recitation, “Joy to the World”— Thelma Breiner. (Continued on Page 3) 0 JAILS CROWDED With Drunks and Vagrants in Indiana Says the Report OF MR. A. W. BUTLER Secretary of State Boan Charities—Report Made Public. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 23—Drun enness and vagrancy till Indiana county jails. According to tlie fortl coming report of A. \V. Butler, seer, lary of the state board of charltie a portion of which has been mad public, 14,429 persons were jailed l<. drunkenness in Indiana during tl, past year. Brown and Pulaski cou ties had no drunkards or tramps. Ti statement just Issued follows; “Os tlie 42.566 persons confined du ng tlie year in tlie county jails. 4.7; were committed for vagrancy, and 7 others were given temporary lodgin 14,429 were there because of drun enness, a total of 19.950 for these t« auses. Complete data would dou' .ess disclose tliat others were cbarg* with a mere or less serious offem xlid appearing under other heading n the reports, were vagrants or wei drunk when they broke tlie law. ‘The counties which reported tl most vagrants were Marion, 985; Vi; 636; Kosciusko, 566; Sullivan, 486. O the other hand, 35 jails had no v. grants, and 11 reported Irom one l live each. The total number. 5.521, i. eludes 4,975 white persons and 54 degrees. There were 132 women, -i boys and 5,344 men. Ot tlie men. 84 per cent were between tlie ages of 1 ind 50 years. Tlie greatest numbers in jail on a •mint of drunkenness were reporte .roni Marion county, 1,812; Vigo, 944 Grant, 755; Knox, 706; Madison, 601 St. Joseph, 600; Allen. Delaware at Miami, a few more tlian 500 eaci .here were 29 counties in which tli lumber was fewer titan 25. Some . .lie more populous counties in th. ist ot 29 are Gibson. Harrison, Join ion. Parker, Spencer and Wells. "The persons committed to jail l< irtmkenness are classified by sex an olor and age groups in tlie foliowin able: Os tlie males 13.133 wet white and 714 colored; 15 were 1 years of age and less; those from 1 to 35 numbered 5,528; from 36 to 5( >,352; over 50, 2705, and tlie age i he remaining, 247 were white and 13 ■olored One was under 16 years < ige; 326 were from 17 to 35 yean. 201 were front 36 to 50; 49 wore ove 50, and the age of five was not report •d. 4 “The sheriffs are allowed fort, cents a day for the board of eaci nmate. This is paid from the count, treasury. The board bill for tramp and drunkards this year amounted t< $49,019.81, an average of $532.82 pe county. It is interesting to find tht Brown and Pulaski counties had n expense whatever for this purpose the only ones in tlie state with thn record. - STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. Th* stockholders of the Prebb telephone exchange will hold their an nual business meeting Saturday in tin Klopfenstein ball. It is desired lha' I' every stockholder be present as t great amount of important businesi will be transacted.

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SCHAFERS OPEN FOR BUSINESS Schafer Hardware Company Already Doing Business in New Place f ON MADISON STREET 1 Employ Braden & Company as Adjusters—Lose Bros. Had Loss. The Schafers are live ones. Titty have had many tests during tlie years we have known them, but none as severe as the one this week, when tlie I big triple store building and all the I contents went up in smoke in a fewhours. Before tlie ruins were cooled off, almost before tlie firemen had • quit throwing water on the smoking debris, tlie hustling proprietors of the big retail store were planning to reopen. Today they are located for business in the Madison street building and will take care of their trade from that place until spring by which time they expect to have the new block .eady for occupancy. Mr. Fr d Schafer stated tills morning that they would open immediately in tlie Madison street building, where tlie office will be located and where they will take care of tlie trade on all lines fornerly carried in that building, also ook after special orders and as soon >s possible have a line of hardware _,c.ods. The Schafer company has employed rank Braden & Co., expert adjusters or the assured, of Indianapolis, who will have charge ot the settlement with tlie insurance company. .Mr. Jradeu took charge of affairs tills aiorning and will effect a speedy a Ijustment it is believed. Au effort to take care of the salvage in tlie best ossicle inaniK r will lie made. As 10011 as the wreckage can be cleaned arrangements for tlie rebuilding of lie big block will be made. The fact ems assured that the Schafers will ebuild as soon as possible, and that act means much to the people of uis community. We are glad, as .a very cue else. Among those who suffered from tlie .re and who were overlooked in tlie xcitement yesterday were tlie Lose irotbers, who conduct a cigar factory n tlie Forbing building over tlie Meng store. It is said tlie loss to this irm will be about S4OO. manufactured ,oods having been damaged by the .moke and water. Fire Chief Wemhoff says the fire lid not start in the tin shop as stated .esterday, liut his idea is that it tailed in tlie tear of tlie basement, le argues that tlie tire burns upward nd tliat tlie Hames would not have .ecured tlie headway they did had It lot been tliat tlie blaze started in the , lasement. He says that fact is also hown from the clean burn out in tlie larness department, where tlie most .tubborn lire was in the basement. « The loss to the Daily Democrat Is ■ mall and by last evening the maliinery had been cleaned- up so that ve were able to get out the paper o.i line. The damage to tlte in he basement is slight, but lias not zet been invoiced We recognize the act that we were extremely lucky, ind appreciate the many offers of ongratulations extended. The fronts of the Schafer buildings have been boarded up and every attention is being given to protect the salvage as much as possible. The big safe was taken out yesterday and the papers found intact. Tlie ruins were guarded last night by three men. he fire company furnishing two and he Schafer company one. The front jf the store is still roped off. until lie debris can be cleared away. —o— ————— CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Everybody is invited to the Chrlstnas exercise, "Christmas Spirit" rt he Concord Lutheran church in Root township, Christmas eve. Announcement is made ttyt the “hildren of the Blceke Lutheran conxregatioQ with Professor Water Cotich teacher, will give a Christmas program Thursday evening at seven j'clock. All are invited.