Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 24 May 1915 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

V r * , «wXHI Number 123.

AUSTRIA STARTS WAR WITH NAVAL ATTACK RUSSIAN MAN-OF-WAR SUNK IN BLACK SF.A—ITALY’S DECLARATION CAUSES DELAY IN GERMANY’S REPLY TO UNIT ED STATES « *4 .it. . S._ « < ThSO S. IW. ‘ H " - ■ 11 "" " " ll'ITH" "Tl" I 111 "I™" '"l'l"r"i'■■■■!

wm» a-'Special to iMtiy fkm wpstt IMin'i naval aud •** «•*** fa* atiwk ih« erat Mo* n •W v». ’h.MM wei, Official « n ' •■ma*-wsg |M> aftemcwn told of • tw*iwwi.w h th* Austrian fleot <•**• «M •*»«**! Adriatic coast •** •* At sheet the umr hour. A u*- »*•*• «*Man> tea-herded the Italian ••WMN M *«MM «ad the acropte'"' taa#»a» «t tee* testroyera and tortaste «Mk part in the naval raid On tto (•«« towns Ths warship atfcM te W*»> the railway from *Btata Mt »«irto • <•«»*. h'ft reportw htee sltaw-*w Mrtl that only »*Ur*s< dssesg* ••• dee* The !►*•! (•> tears The waranipa then tamed ►«>. autV.as sheila at other ««M»a iseat While Rome feverishly i«»*M *»•• <f »h* fl.et land batt 10. tataa avattors eped over the A.i tat*. tana the as al ha»e at Polw. tatate barfad .t th* outer fort* taaMtec V*wk» and fatue fell in <s«mmb The eti< n v kir-men w,'-<-btwe «4 The object apparently *«* • t.vraee* < * It» fan p«! ul.nnn an.) • v«* -»«t bl'» r 'd" Os th* war e». (Mt <.-rn»ny had proclaimed me at war with Italy waa receive ! *>W- *•» sftaa n C. May 24— (Bp<w- * * Its fir fwoi rati— Italy's en- ••» » n>to the war will delay set tiet» ,t iwrlraa differences with ta- -.-jay and the Anglo-French allies. • ». tdmiltrd today »• tb ® state »„ mH < ottnaelnr landing said he dtf .V eat*v an Immediate reply to r* W notelull « mMi being of ao much greater tern Jute moment to the kais -r. Tte* .ere signa that officials were tw** r««< etn*d with his delay tart t., assert, though they own-

M '1 »U n May J — (Special to Daily I r.o The Russian man-of-war 1 c , «** »unk in ‘l> e Black , * (cm of 1 400 lives. accor ‘‘‘ j .«« r »? oat rh<>« j *- . e-.t na'.-l records show • o ~-,.,<.1... it f« po«t ... me.’nt the nuspnntelimen. ot tn \ ftwsMan ship* Ul the . , . v«v 24—(Sim*'* 1 t 0 r ' as,? * dispatch 3 = ' . ~.. s «. ■««* that the B- .v >..<! American mail f‘ _ „ rd th American liner .. t.v ■>< -(Special to Daly J” , . imw; that ' ' I a•» bclIM water on r { •** ln thM* wounded ■; •• rixXS*"”‘r. " 'vere r,-«do >n an officml it>k she '■•• ! Gsr»> ao K' ,v ... 5 .... iMted by tt< t „.. The •• o<)k 11 1 , M » . , ~ <tify meaeurec ot tr>w |>< __ "i (opeeinl to Dai.y , ecr'meny today officially similar """I i«».»"«»" r " sre ’ wi n> mnt t° uc ocnutiw. ~ „ 94—(Special to Bush l: -"' • ’Uh Hfdy formally : ‘ be <>.rat' • ' mniert >t.g ul) dvil !lll( t ;b_ jvlnf:H The !,( cree S B U t Ld institute s a ' :,r< L; over mails and tele- « cntinuad on I as ß

ESTATE DIVIDED Catherine Allison Estate Equally Divided Among Three Children. AGREEMENT MADE Daughters Take Real Estate ‘and Bank Stock—The Son Stock and Notes. The final report in the Catherine Allison estate was filed today by tne executors, Mrs. Jessie Deam and Bob Allison, an! the same approved by court. There' are three Heirs, Mrs. Jessie A. Deam. It- K. Allison and Mrs. Mary Macke, ail children of Mrs. Allison. A petition and agreement was filed by them, whereby they have divided the estate equally among themselves-, ar.d this was approved by court. It is understood that Mrs. Jessie Deant of Riverside. 111., to whom was p ven the Allison homestead in this city, will come here to make her home. The estate was divided as follows: Tq Jessie A. Deatn —Catherine Allison homestead, this city, valued at $3,500; lots in Oden, Midi, $2,000: two buildings, occupied by F". V . Mills’

| grocery and Hunsicker & Afillc r, SecI end street, tms city, $12,000; Lodge of I Perfection bond, $500; Continental ! and Commercial National 1 ank. stoc.c, 1 ' $9,520. To Rufus K. Allison —First National I Bank of Marion stock, $4,250; F. Macke, check. $1,517: Willshire bank stock, $100; notes, $1,223; Lodge of! Perfection bond, $500; and Commercial National bank stock. 73 shares, $19,856; Jessie A. Dearu, check, $37. To Mary Allison Macke:Three busin >sp blocks, occupied by th- Hower & Baker «> ' 1 market, the Teeple, Brandybevry di Peterson clothing; store and the Runyon, Engelcr store, .this city, $29,000. The three heirs arc also to share • tia'ly in two items mentioned in the f nal report, r.ot having any appraise! value. One is a certiFx ate of trustee I of Rufus K. Allison, of the face value lof SB,OOO, bear’,ng a credit of $160; ' the other is r. certificate of trustc'3 of The Card -ell Mill & Lumber company of th face value of $8,049.72, bearing f» redit of $1.605.14. Mrs. it is said, will make a number of Improvements on h r block. A steam heating system will be Instilled, and Other improvements made. o —— DITCH ASSESSMENTS County Surveyor. Phil I-. Macklin has given official notice that all assessments on the George W. Gates dr; in better known perhaps as Big B’ue Creek are due and payable ut 1 the surveyor’s office this city b • ’ 4 inning June Ist and on the first lay of each month thereafter unlil ’ paid. Under the law if you default as to payment the assessment has , be placed on the tax duplicate a t< n per cent penalty is added. If you ’ are one of the parties you should see that this is looked after. o — Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Poole of Fori - Wayne spent Sunday in the city wit! 1 Mrs. Poole’e parents. Dr. and Mrs 0 - D. Clark. They returned to the' home th's morning.

MR.SELLERSDEAD f Frank Sellers of Chicago, Well Known Here, Passed Away Sunday k IS THE WORD I —I. I Received by Friends—Had Been Afflicted Four Years With Cancer. Mrs. C- S. dark is in receipt of a letter from the Sellers family in Chicago, stating that Frank Sellers, well known here, died Sunday morning. I passing peacefully away in sleep. Mr. Sellers had been afflicted for about four years with rose cancer of the face which the scpcialists agreed was , incurn.ble. He came here last November for treatment, and for a while seemed to improve. The case had. however, became so advanced that no permanent cure could be effected, and he returned the first of May to Chicago. His daughter. Mi’-s Flo Sellers had been here with him during that time caring for him. He waa fifty-six years of age, and for many years had been general manager of the painting department o-' The International Car Company. Chicago. where he was held in high esteem. Mr. Sellers is survived by a family of nine children. The funeral will be held Wednesday. AIJTO”3?P™ T Attorney IlcUWniell Was Victim of Auto Smash-up Saturday Evening. SOUTH OF THE CITY Ford Runabout Crashes Into Hammell Car and Does Considerable Damage. While returning from a business call southwest of the city Saturday evenan unknown party and which resulted [ Hammell, driving his three seated Briscoe car was the victim of a mixup with a Ford runabout, driven by 'an unknawn party and Which resulted in a bent front axel and badly dam- ! aged fender to Mr. Hammell ? ma- ! chine. Hammell was driving east on I the country road about a mile south of the city and the Ford runabout was driving south on the Monroe road. The runabout did not have any headlight on and Mr. Hammell did not see 'it until he had started on the crossing. Hammell was driving on the ■ right side of the road while the run- ■, about was being driven on the left side of other road and the two machines ■ came together on the southeast cor- • ner of the crossing, the Ford striking 1 Hammell’s car squarely in the center > with such force that the car was knocked off the road into a wire ; fence. The. driver of the Ford st tp- ; ped only long enough to see if Mr. ■'Hammell was injured, then turned bis J car around and drove back to the. city. , Mr. Hammel! did not know the driver ■'and as neither the tail or headlights r were lighted, he was unable to secure lithe license- number. Shortly after s'the accident. Howerd Sikes of the Ford Garage. and George Smltl-y drove past. After taking Mr. Sikes family home, the men returned and I tilled the Hammell car back to the i city, It is thought that the axel can i-l be straightened out, but the fender s'will have to be replaced with a new it one. t o falls down .stairs. t il Mrs. John Colch’n had the misfort tune to fall fr"'n a cellar landing, s down four or ii /e steps to the cement a [floor Saturday afternoon. She fed, u striking the back of her head, bruisel fng it badly, and causing the raising of a large lump, as large as a hen’s egg. But for the fact that her heavy •t hair was ceiled about her fiead where h'it struck, the fall might have proven X 1 fatal. She was bjdly shaken up and ■'shocked by the fall'and was confined 'to her bed until yesterday noon.

•Jecatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, May 24, 1915.

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I CHILDREN MAY GET PLANTS. B. W. Sholty has thousands of little salvia or scarlet sage plants whl ji have come up in his garden and’these he will give to tlie children who apply for them for their Hower beds inr the civic league contest. They may call at his home on Monroe street. BIBLE CLASS MEETING Tn the announcement of thr- community bible classes district four of ward three was omitted. This class wilt meet kvltli Mrs. Ben Miller c.n Seventh street, Tuesday evening at seven o'clock. TO WED THURSDAY Edgar Gerber and Miss Lele Shafer Will be Married at Eaton Green BY REV. POWERS Will Take Trip and I <ter be at Home in D. E. Gerber Residence This City. The wedding of Edgar Gerber, a W’<-11 known man of this city, son of Ex-County Clerk and Mrs. D. E. Ger-| her. will take place next Thursday to| Miss Lele Shafer, only daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. John Shafer of Union township. The wedding, will take place at Eaton Green, Indiana, a town' north of Fort Wayne. The Rev. Po’.v-, ers, pastor of the United Brethren church, who is an old friend of the family, will perform the ceremony. The wedding will be a very quiet one and will be witnessed by only the nearest relatives of the two. The couple will take a trip in Ohio to visit with relatives and will be at home later in the I). E. Gerber residence" in the north part of the city, until fall, occupying the residence during the time that the D. E. Gerber family will be at their farm. The bride is a young lady of personal charm an 1 worth, and is a granddaughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Wherry of this city, having many other relatives here. The groom is an exemplary ycung man and is a clerk at the Vance & Kite clothing store. o RIG OVERTURNED Mrs. John Magley and Children of Root Towship Have Thrilling Time. CHARLES WAS HURT Auto ashes Into House to Avoid Running Over Them —Lucky Escape. Mrs. John Magley and children. Dora Marie, Florence and Charles ha<j an exciting experience Sunday afternoon. They had driven to town in a surrey to bring in Mrs. Fannie Peterson and Miss Elizabeth Peterson who had been their guests. They were returning and had reached the point on north Second street where Fifth street joins and were driving down the traction car tracks, when an automobile came in which were riding Messrs. Scott and Barr of Ft. Wayne and the Misses Smith of this city. The auto cut in behind the rig and just then Mrs. Magley turned out to the left. In some way or other the rig was overturned and the driver of the auto in order to avoid running over the occupants courageously turned his car into the little house which stands there. The Magleys were thrown out and the rip turned over ■ and quite badly broken, a wheel being torn off and the spring and top broken. : The people in the car picked the cc- . cupants up and brought them to this • city where Charles was attended by a ; physician, his left, leg being quite badi ly hurt at the ankle where the ligaments were torn. The party was tlr-n ■ taken home in the auto. Mr. Magley i was in this morning and reported I »hat th? lad was doing nicely but that l'Mrs. Magley was quite sick as a re*sult of the shock and bruise I recoil d.

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FINE SERVICES I I Memorial Services Hd<l Yr k’ terday Mornirr, m I* r. byterian Church. EXCELLENT SERMON r Was Delivered by Rev. H. h 1 na to Old Soldiers arc! Members of W. R. C. j The memorial <l.n eutiM. held yesterday mo.nina al t < I' 1 " ’ Presbyterian church, and <’•« •Hi j . was filled with Ute w;,r • n . members of the \\ It », ,| I friends. The (I. A. 11 »»•<! " I: ' formed in pmdte at th< ?>•■' H* • • post hail ami manlwil i<> th'of worship at 10;SO o’>'?«!• It Hanna deliven'd an exo-llmt M t j to the soldiers, uitlnr ' ’ » !'• - “I have fought a good Oshi ’<• compared the life of Christ ! I >r • and tribulations with tho?c nt a dicr on a field of battle and I < « unflinchingly ho am-pted and ■ >-> I , ut the orders of hi; Cniiimanib-r • i chief. Great tribute end -»•••* paid both to the living and d diers of the civil war. Fm-llon • , s’c was also given, the <liolr » ? an anthem and the quart I >..ri I ing Mrs. E. D. Engeler, M > M<>- r ; Patterson. Mr. E. I), Engeler and i>T Fred Patterson, giving a fin* »• F tion. 0 LIFE AT CULVER Was Delightful Two Week - for Two Hundred Indiana High School Lads. WHO CAMPED THERE As Special Guests ot Instil tion and Received Military Instructions. Truman Hey and hhinael M ■ y r< turned today from a two campment on Lake Matinkuek-e where they participated In a cate which consisted of 200 high sch x'li boys chosen by competition troin tie various cou-‘l»s of the state In Id '? der the auspices .' Culver M i tary academy, May 10 to 24. All equipment, uniforms, meals n/vl m tary instructions were furnish'd !?■ boys free of charge. They lived . specially constructed tents with ■■ vated board floors and siT' -tt dm They kept the six cooks sent by t? government to preoara the u • .th < ? the verge of dlspair, as Is testified to by the chef, who says the younr-1- ’ “made away with more grub than «ny equal number ot recruits I o'er saw. The boys did regular aoldierbi li . fcr two weeks and it was a wonderful training and the military training • that fortnight will be remot e■r- d dways. The boys were delighted «• ' the experience. It is the hope of the academy ett thorities that the success of this rm p will lead the state authorities to It augurate some such systems of catntts ; for each county an ( ] tints In a few years add vastly to our trained t'l'i zenry for national defense. Colonel Gognilliat suggests that the county fair grounds which lie Idle through n good part of the year furnish the ideal spot upon which boys may drill Adjutant General F. b. Bridges cf the state, representing the govern t with his aide, Captain .1.1. Toffe. Ji . of the regular army, paid a visit to to camp on last Thursday and Inapt- ted the battalion of high school cadets as well as observing their drills. Theyi expressed as h--inp. groat--1 ly surprised at the phenomenal ti<- : compllshments of the boys during the . brief period. BREAKS BIG PLATE GLASS — A stone thrown from among a nit ' - ber of small boys playing around the i Moser & Williams studio Saturday v r ening struck the Mg plate gla.w in lb" I display window and knocked a hole in I. it. The break is in the confer of tlie - glass and will necessitate the replai . ing of it.

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i mum emt ■ I UM 1 ((ill I w KM «••*>* ■iMMvM M*D« th I “t<ib» *»n «• ***•«» **’•«*. •* tem t-****4’ lb* aaHHM, «• ’*»*• n»n. atwMMXIM *** I* •** ***** |H. Os C. lblTi*fiO* CILINAj I » X ,H‘ »*«*«♦*• •«* »*•*« *’l I** |otb»r» w I ‘ A vt «» vwMiAMu* •»**■ ’»*'«* ! ■ min lb«" IHE FAREWELL Rev. L. C. Hauen Prwched t Farewell Sermon at the Ger.nan Reformed ON I AST evening; ■mmMl . | A Sad Occasion—Will ro to , Berne to Attend Classis ! Thursday. Rev. L C. !!*•*«. W y«*r» 1 ‘ ia»tnr ot th* OrfteM Reform* I chan h, dvilverM Bl» ter* »*W •mtoh; ‘, ,lMt rv*Blar. Th* »•*•*••* ••• 1 • rrtwly terg* tt • ’time <!nc» tbe obteH tan • *»«“■ ’ , ■wrrowfnl etvanl* TS» a«i4teiK* ( shed t>nr» of wmr »*• !*«♦•«« j of the p»»tor and f«»tlT. U WMj with dffllrnlty thnt WW* | MUMr. H*v. IlMMtn Wilt •» ® ‘ R * < Diuralay to nltted tk* cte«*»« o’ i which he l« the tinted Clerk, ■lid < , where hr will t*nlrr h** ■ before going tn • new • *♦*• line. Obto. T»>*r* wifi , i ing here nevi Sttedty «* •rveent • f « the clgaala. but Albert S' ot Mag , by. who la a mtaiatertal »t«t'i*nt. w i , preach here until the tew ■ | Rev. flt.Mdte. of teduanr* 11*. *"’• i come July I?. NEW OEPJRTUPF — .. I In Training of Machinists . Journeymen Carpenters, Dressmakers and Others FCR THE TEACHING . I ( —— In Vocational Schools —In I diana University Will ( Have Classes. 1 •Maa>aau»« The following noth* *»«* *‘** f * n ** ( sued by R. J LeonntM dfcwtwr of »•> rational eduction. Indiana «niver«lty: In order to aut tly I’T’ llitiina'y • training tor tewh«ra ir v<r #tlon» l. sthoolv. and Umar who whh to bocomt-; j vocational teaclirra. two tlw»a»* »« *hv ’ toachlrK ot ts iradoa w?;; 1. [by Indiana unlvir I'y at th* Sii< rt riga high school In lodtanat**!** ■ two.week* July S to July I*. ISIS. The men'i ola»«r* will b* <»P*n - n | journeymen rarpetttvr*. printer* , plumbers, »h<>rt metal «<>rkera. «n»-■ chtnlsta, olsctrlolans and draught*-1 men. Attondcn’o In th* women claw* will ho roatrlrio'l to dreoamab . era. No profeuloflhlly trnlnrd tca'h-| eta will he ndmlt'. 'l to • ’ • r cl i , E. E. MncNary of Korin-.' eld. M:i*» i will be In ehsrgo of *h« n>cn'a ela*» and the women'* cl*’? ~<w ducted by Ml** Cleo M inland of N-w i ork City. Th- wide < I < rlcn. <• < both the»c lndl'.-lduoU In •* , I M hebl specially prepare* ilic.h f- r * ll ’' w ' v ' in Indiana. Since only a limited nu»nh«'r of ■ men and women can !>«• ac‘ otnntO'l. t • o<l, preference will le* given cantl dates of strong rhymo’* tinder ' ■ • yeara of ago. who hr- ' * al "| i complete den>?ntary <do< uli,,, ’j ? am! acvoral yotra* am? experience, Inch llnu a variety f> . (Continued on Fa*” 2 ’

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IS NOT Ollllir Says the Jury—Min Lulu Wikon Acquitted of the Manslaughter Oarge. A POPULAR VI RDICT iSht Will Return to ikr Former Home in Kc ttucky —ls in Good Sp rits. Va» Wwt, OM< Hay fwy hMfteg tbr rw «4 UIM i at* [»•< larsmnwr, M»l X. Jp» [<<**. returned a mdM t |-|J A bro bi f Ije* fhtlotw « W nMt. it** bc«r «t •trutk< wh**w JMe«» W*r lb* tb* M-O Ihtl WRwfj br*'fs s**» Cfßt. MMM WttMNI VM B «MH M Ml tlw» aM Iflfr ftjtw $ llht •H-'if* Um wfe* hs4 bbuM m Mr bMt. TM TcnUrt ipßMfwtty OmiH* lb* •!*» |Wil of IM iMUte It WAU SHNPntltjr e’lf*’' IMt * MNI m tbl mml Ils'”** to M no of •#?****» wni. fetrw * mtotrb! w<*aM Hay eharrM tb* bry M fiVkrk fbtsHter tHIW mm O’B* *i* Iww r blfilt I® * « f ter, which wa«- rtnnvd'. *sm*M and battery with fktnrt to kid. or sadMX Witness)*) Hatardav rxm>mg w-' l* F. H Frr»wa« of T- lei". «M». * celebrated apoptot. who iSserred M a Wllwi <Mm the *h! I Mtw tte* »*« on the »nn»»» ar j who dev'.*** rd that, from hM lire rlM** rs th* caw. she m«nt*l y antalM* *t wbM •&« »1*» JaraAs; Or f' A l’ 1! t of Van Wert, pliyelcten for th* l»cote family, who teeft ItM tn of th* «sm* point, and Mttwney I! C> Rtebcy ant Jude* It K Allen, win elated that they had hv*n coanlf -I by Ml»» Wil> | hwt II * ! *« art >r peetlv* brer est of p*n ds* euk Ikth nt the fatter w'l that they Iwd tl- itgbi Mier Wd nr tnsne* twaa-* of Jarote' vnl«tr»efr ent ot her Th* three •< Jaaebs* ween re, ailed by tn* atet ‘ to show that they haj not beer tt u» at Immorally by their father and that he had not been tetoilcaled on th* nirtt of tha klllfag , Attorney* <» W. K|re«, for th* state, t>p*ne-' th* a sue • nta at 9' 1* o'ctcck Satutday mamtett, H* wes Mlnwed by W It, Dailey and II L. Bonn, far th* - .. id Pw<a*vuf »r c-.rrk flood Cfat'd I C o'clrwk Sutwrday plght fit brltf. th* defense b* tempted Io •h**' hat M'e* ge» !e,| hv Jscobe' InfidelHy, w»e Jfa -nne when she dr«d the fatal «h<»fa, • bile the state's .Horneys e'rov" Ut Show that the d»fend«mt ntre’n'ly rlnnnod she d'wd pci stated by h alott»y. A later dlsntttr t *»»•: “M * Ijilu I Wibmi. acquitted early Sunday m«ro lag of the chant* «f manstausht** ’”• 1 th* faath of A tnrney lx *4 X <!»• cote, will not mt •*!» In Vaa Wert and [cars far his orphaned children, but i »he will p» lw‘< t ( ’ ter ' !■! h' n e n I Kentucky, wh*r> nh<- h«« sows! fb I Hirst. Tit" chi dr« n h»vtt born r»r*d ' for by their grandmother since JaMw was killed Ml<a Wll«u»n »a» In rs'-d I spirit* and ah' amtnnd t« aporveiat* | Ute fact l ist ah« la n free women ' again. Th" vi r.;fat rtf not mtli'y •*« potmlar tn Vat. W tt and wn» Brt un« expected. Wt 0t the fare dM tt«»t **• ! nori far so tats a «lme. u was thought that a dlteft.'oment would he »B* nounced." ONLY TWJ CATHOLIC 81BLt« I The iTll'fa fampalim 'tf th* Uu.ty , ffammrat w »leh ckmod StUtHay rv* rtlng was n i<mat surer**. During t«te ' pa*t three months that th* r;tmt»L*n was 'Otidttc rd. we sold "V r one hilt* dred blhlea a month. Gut of the sev< . rral huudr ’d. wr have <m hand totfay just two o. tho Cathot'* *;<»»*«• »a »■. Llofh bliH !n. U yen *mi’ 'f these call at once They sell for Ohly J I'lghty-ono ccnlr. Today will fa' yffae I last chat C*.