Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 105, Decatur, Adams County, 3 May 1915 — Page 2

datlydemocrat; PuMishad Every Evening Except ] Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company LEW O. ELLINOHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Ratal F" 11 " ' ■ ■« Per Week, by carrier 10 centa Per Year, by carrier 16.00 Per Month, by mall 26 cents Per Year, by mall 62.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. Bluffton business men say they do I not need a directory of the people of tiiat county. Some towns are so slow they don’t just know what they need and what they don’t need. How a business man gets along without , knowing the addresses of the people I who would patronise him if invited to do so, Is beyond the understanding of , most people outside that slumbering and peaceful village. Every indication at this time is for prosperity. Every financier, every newspaper with the exception of n few partisan papers which prefer hard times to any success that might be attributed to democratic management, are telling of the splendid improvement at this time. This great nation has within six months revived from the terrible effects of a world-] wide war and from now on it is go ing to be easy sailing. The times in this country during the next few years will be the best ever known here. Get ready to get your share. If you don’t get it the hustler will. The Man who built up the Unite 1 Cigar Stores retired the other day. His name is George J. Whelan; while no statement is made of his wealth, it doubtless runs well up into seven figures. Like all rich men. Mr. Whelan made a statement when he gave up the reins of active business. But unlike all other rich men, Mr. Wiielan substituted horse-sense for hot-air when he gave out this interview; "This company,” he said, “was built ( by the men in It, not by me. I get the credit for it, but I didn’t do it. i Practically everyth.ing in the con:- ' pany—even the auditing system —was ' invented by somebody else. I simply let them go a Head and do it. No man is great. There are no great men and there are few fools. Opportunity is the thing that counts.” This statement is distinctly disappointing. Mr. Whelan utterly neglected to tell young men that honesty is the best policy, and that no young man should associate regularly with evil® com- ' panions. He failed to describe the < terrible battle he waged against the . wicked wiles of a great city. He , didn’t even caution )them against i spending their twelve dollars a week * in riotous living. Worst of all, he ' t never even mentioned the fact that ] virtue is ever rewarded. Mr. Whelan seems to be too blamed human to he trusted with so much money.—Puck. 1 Early cabbage and tomato plants 1 for sale at Fullenkampa. 105t3 FOR TRADE—Good five passenger automobile for a vacant lot. Inquire ' of Erwin & Michaud. SlOltG. 1

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| DOINGS IN SOCIETY ♦ 0 000 00000 0& WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Monday Young Women’s Bible Club —Central School. Progressive S. S. Class—Mrs. C. A. Battenberg. Research Business Meeting—Mrs. J. C. Sutton. Tuesday Presbyterian Missionary—Mrs. C. A. Dugan. Thursday. Baptist Brotherhood—C. E. Bell. Helping Hand Society—Mrs. John Bieucke at Ciiurcb Presbyterian Aid—Mrs. J. C. P ;• terson. Friday. Eastern Star irft'tion—Masonic Probably more ■: n or’ -am: ;i who had to march up to the coui ■ treasurer's office today, or prior the ■ to, to pay her taxes, would join qu heartily with the Fort Wayne cl > women singing their su.Truge soi “Just As Well as He" to the tune “Coming Through the Rye,” as f ■ lows: If a body pays the taxes, Surely you'll agree. That a body earns the franchise Whether he or she. Refrain. Every man now has the ballot; None you know- have we. But we have brains and we can use them, Just as well as he. If a city’s just a household And it is they say, Then every city needs a housecleaning. Needs it right away. Every city has its fathers, Honors them I ween, But every city must have mothers That the house be clean. If a home that has a father Needs a mother, too. Then every state that has men voters Needs its women, too. Men now make the laws far women. Kindly, too, at that, But they often seem as funny As a man-made hat. Miss Vera Hunsicker entertained at six o’clock dinner Sunday evening for Miss Jennie Randolph of Piqua, Ohio, and Messrs. Ed Thompson and Owen Davis. The party was a veryenjoyable one. Miss Randolph, who has been visiting with her aunt, Mrs. Samuel Doak, will leave Wednesday for her home. Mrs. Doak will accompany her home. The German Reformed Helping Hand society will meet Thursday afternoon at the church. Mrs. John Bieneke will be hostess. The following program will be given by the Presbyterian Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society at the home of Mrs. C. A. Dugan Tuesday afternoon: Hymn; devotional, Mrs. Julia Moses; business; special music, lesson study, “The Child at Home;” hymn; report of convention at Elkhart; special music; offering; social hour: Mizpah benediction. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Cushman, Delbert and Floy Cushman were guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Hurst and family at dinner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sprang were delightful host and hostess yesterday at a family dinner, the event being in honor of Mrs. Sprang's birth anniversary. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vail and daughter, Kathryne, of Bryan, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Vail and daughters, Lucile and Mrs. Ben Schwartz, of Fort Wayne; Mrs. R. M. Donaldson of Marmaduke, Ark.; Mrs. Mildred Burnette and daughter. Elizabeth, of Spokane. Wash., and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Patterson and son, Junior. • The Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid society will meet Thursday afternoon. The Baptist Brotherhood will be entertained Thursday by C. E. Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brodbeck entertained at supper Sunday evening for Miss Lydia Miller and Waller Deitsch, of Celina, Ohio. There will be no meeting of the Afternoon club this week on account of the death of Mrs. Touhey. Mrs. Henry Schulte was to have entertained Tuesday afternoon. There will be a called meeting of the Eastern Star for initiation at 7:30 o’clock Friday evening when Mrs. E. Tyrill, Cincinnati, Ohio,: Mrs. Hattie]

Blackbum Rockover, Riley, Ohio: and Mrs. L. A. Grahum will be Initiated. There will be a picnic supper following the initiation. All members should take notice. Miss Alella Stremple returned to Fort Wayne today noon utter attending the silver wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Thieme Sunday. About sixty-five guests joined with them in tiie festivlties of the afternoon and evening which were splendid. Tiie wedding of Dick Blossom, son of Mrs. Helen Blossom, formerly of this city, now of Fort Wayne, will take place Thursday of this week t<J Mi»» Ruth Flick of Fort Wayne. John Wemhoff will be an attendant of tin groom. Mr. and Mrs. Jaek Ross entertained at dinner Sunday for Janies Ross anl family, Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. | A. C. Ball and family of this city. Miss Grace Butler who visited hl I Fort Wayne Sunday was accompanied home by Miss Juanita Bock win was her guest over night and returned home- today. ■ w Mr. and Mrs. James K. Niblick an 1 family entertained Sunday for Mi s Kathryn Egley, Berne; Felix Holthouse, Lafayette; Miss Bertha Kohl a Mr. and Mrs. C. X. Niblick, Mr. a,i 1 Mrs. L. A. Holthouse and children; and the Misses Mary and Amel'a Niblick. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gerke and children; Mr. and M/s. FJ- A. Peopl motored to Fort Wayne Sunday where they were entertained at dinner and supper by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Speckman. Charles and Miss Tillie Meibers and Miss Frances Treasure had a delightful day at the Meiikys cottage at Rome City Sunday. Miss Ruth Parrish has gone to Chicago for a week's visit. She goes on business and will also be a guest of Miss Hazel Macklin who is a medical student there. Miss Ruth Parrish is ia Lafayette on business, and is expected homo soon. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ashbaucher were entertained at the home of-rel? tives in Blufftcn over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Blackburn a.’,' daughter. Helen; Miss Beatrice Gl ver and J. P. Gray motored here frov Fort Wayne Sunday and were guesif of Mrs. Sarah Blackbum and daughter. Nellie, during the day. rMiss Celeste Wemhoff entertain" at dinner Sunday for Mrs. Arthur K. Covert. Ft. Wayne; Miss Helen Weber, Indianapolis; the Misses Bess anl Rose Tcnnelier. In the afternoon the Misses Celeste Wemhoff and Bess Tonnelier gave a picnic party at the Tonnelier home. It was planned tc have it in a grove, but the railchanged the scene of the picnic. Be sides those named before, membe of the party were the Tonnelier and Mrs. Mary Wemhoff families, an ’ Messrs. Dick Boch and Theodor Gralliker. Mrs. Leo Wilhelm entertained Sunday for her nephew. Johnny D. Aber', seventh birthday anniversary. A dinner was served and a splend d feature was the birthday cake c. which were the name, -age and da; - of the birth of the celebrant. In the afternoon a number of other friends Joined the party and there were games, music and a general good time. Those guests at the dinner were the boy’s grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mumma and the Misses Josie Mumma, Hilda Kern and Messrs. Waft er Fuelling, Herman Conway, Clyde Cline and Paul Heinzy of Elkhart. Guests in the afternoon were Grace and Fern Hoeneisen.. Gladys Eady and Bereneta Reynolds. Mr. and Mrs. 'Will Lyman and son, Damien, and Miss Helen Weber returned to Indianapolis after spending the week-end here. Mrs. George Houser, mother of Mrs. Lyman, returned with them, They motored through. WINNING HONORS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) of the state. Aside from his political success he has secured a splendid law practice, some idea being given from the tact that at the May session which opens there today, Mr. Robin son is the attorney in forty nine damage cases. His friends here are pleased with his success. 0 — FOR SALE—Two full blooded Jersey male calves; one 6 months old, other, 2 months eld. Inquire of Win. A. Myers, Decatur, R. R. No. 2. Craigville 'phone. 105iS Early cabbage and tomato plants I on sale at Fullenkamp’s. 105t3

GRAVE SITUATION * Sinking of Two American Vessels by Submarines Causes Apprehension. NORWEGIAN VESSELS Are Also Sunk—-Germans Announce Sweeping Victory in Galacia. Washington, D. C., May 3—(Sp?< ! ial to Daily Democrat)- The state de- I partment this afternoon received its I first official notice of the torredoin ; I of the American tanker GuL-light by I the German submarine off Sicily is- I lands. It was contained in a cable from American Consul Stephens. Plymouth England. “American tank steamer Gulslight torpedoed off Sicily, first instant," said the message. “Captain died of. heart failure. Bodv landed. Two of crew drowned. Thir-ty-four saved. Vessel afloat. Patrol boats attempting to tow her into Sicily.” The state department faced the gravest situation since the Europeal war began. The German embassy, us- I ually prompt to defend acts of the I kaiser’s land or sea forces, declined I to comment concerning bombardment I of the American ship Cushing by a I German aviator near the Dutch coast I last Thursday or the Gulslight attack. Secretary Bryan announced that the state department had forwarded to Berlin the formal account of the attack on the Cushing. TLe department seemed as much perturbed concerning the Cushing as in the case of the Gulslight. The Cushing's name appeared so plainly on its side an 1 son conspicuous were the marks of its nationality, it was said the attack is particularly hard to exquse. Fcr the torpedoing of the Gulslight on its way to the French port of Rouen with an oil cargo which the Germans were ! naturally anxious to prevent reach-1 ing the enemy, it was felt some ex-1 euses might be made—though not dor the vessel’s destruction under cireui.i- J stances responsible for the loss ofAmerican lives. Concerning the I Cushing, it was stated Ambassador Gerard had been directed to request I a full investigation to determine whether the aviator's action was upheld by the foreign office, and if so, ■ or a German official explanation of i its action. , — Loudon, May* 3 —(Special to Daily , Democrat) —German submarines have • sunk two additional neutral vessels i according to word reaching the ad- , miralty this evening. The Norwegian steamers T/ildwin and Laila have been torpedoed and sunk in the North sea. It is believed the crews escaped. Berlin, May 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The German war office 1 today announced a sweeping victory over the Russians in western Galacia. i In an additional statement the-war of < flee said: “Yesterday the Austro- < German forces everywhere pierced i and crushed the entire Russian front i in western Galacmia with heavy losses for the enemy.” i Petrograd. May 3. — (Special to ;hc I Daily Democrat) —For the first time 1 the Russian war office today admitted ‘ that the German expedition toward ' the Russian Baltic provinces is ser- 1 ious. The Germans are cooperating 1 by land and sea. Detachments of * German calvary supported by an auto- 1 mobile detachment and mounted in- * fantry, are over-running the Shazli 1 region. Patrols of the enemy have ‘ been reported near Lipau and a squadron of German torpedo craft is operating along the Russian Baltic coast F and has penetrated the Gulf of Riga. ; Grand Duke Nicholas has sent a strong force of Russians to check the German advance which is believed 1 here to have a double object of cutting off the lines of communication ' toward Warsaw preliminary to anoth- t er assault on the Russian positions t along the Vistula, and secondly tiie I ravaging of the rich Baltic provinces in retaliation for the Russian raid iu- r to East Prussia. t c Paris. May 3,—(Special to Daily / Democrat)—The Germans are again A using their asphyxiating gas in efforts d to gain ground west of Ypres. This A was declared by the war office today. It was added that the Germans hat t failed to gain ground by these means, e t London, May 3,—(Special to Daily d Democrat) —A German Tabue flow d over Dover but was driven cut alter F inflicting slight damage. J Washington, May 3,—(Special to o Daily Democrat)—President Wilson arrived in Washington from Williams- fi

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town, Mass., at 9:15 today. He went at once to the White House. He was told at New Haven of the torpedoeing off the Scilly Islands, of the American tanker, Gulslight, supposedly by a German submarine, but would not comment on the incident. o DEFENSE SPRINGS SURPRISE. Syracuse, N. ¥.. May 2—'Special to Daily Democrat) —"Boss” Murphy asked William Barnes to help deft the direct primary bill enacted dur-1 ing Governor Dix's administration, and Barnes said He would "let the democrats pull their own chestnuts' out of the fire,” according to testimony produced today by the defense in the Barnes-Roosevelt libel suit. testimony—that of a former newspaper correspondent—was one of the three surprises sprung by the Roosevelt side today. Another correspondent told how Barnes was disgusted with Governor Hughes for fa-1 voting the anti-race track bill and! that Barnes said he and Hughes could I not agree because Hughes cared more for his conscience than for votes. The third surprise was the production by the defense of a big liatch of letters between Platt and Barnes to be read this afternoon. — o— Get your early cabbage and tomato plants from Fullenkamps. 105t3 Are you plastering or papering? Let us figure on your lighing changes. Lawrence Electrical Co. 103t3 V OR SALE—Modern home near business section of city, nine large rooms well arranged, bath furnace, good cement cistern. Enquire of A. D. Suttles. at Old Adams Counyt Bank lOltf FOR SALE—Eighteen room rooming house, 2 baths and large dining room. Hot water heat, good location. Lovely home for widower or couple. We wish to leave the city. Address ■‘The Home,” 202-204 West Washingtor. Blvd., Fort Wayne, Indiana. 10St2 AGENTS WANTED- -One for each township in Adams county, to sell the "New Era Rope Machine.” Every farmer needs one. A proposition that will make you big money. Address F. J. McWhinney, Geneva, Indiana’ 103t3 FOR RENT—A middle room in the Gregory building at the corner of Madison and Third streets. Inquire ts Jesse Sutton, agent. Eany cabbage and tomato plants 'or sale at Fullenkamps. 105t3

FOR RENT—Six room house, Mercer avenue; toilet, light and gas, incide railroad. See Dan Erwin at Erwin office.

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FOR SALE —Full blooded Black Orpington and White Leghorn chickicns; also five Indian Runner ducks. I 'Phone 438.—Ge0. F. Flanders. Sfit3