Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 124, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 124.

ITALY STARTS FIRSTBATTLE Italian Cavalry Forces Austrians to Retire After a Sharp Engagement. ENGLAND TO COMPEL American Ships to Prove Cargoes Are Not Consigned to Germany. • Rome, May 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Italy has delivered her first aggressive stroke, both on land and sea. Italian cavaft-y crossed the Austrian border in the Isonzo district, attacked a strong enemy outpost and forced the sAiydrians to retire alter a sharp c| gagement. OfTTcial announcement was made cany t'r day that an Italian destroyer shelled the Austrian hrybor of Porto Jluso a‘ the. head of tire Adriatic, sinking an Austrian motor boat flotilla, destroying the Quay,’ landing stage and military barracks. The enetfiy lost two men killed. T.he destroyer took th;r-ty-seven prisoners, among them one officer and fifteen norj-commissioned officers who were landed at Venice. . King Victor F>nanuel left fdr the front early today’, aceompanied*by his staff. Wash i nut on, D. May 25 —(.Special to Daily Democrat) —The British foreign office was reported today to be contemplating even more drastic action against neutral commerce.' Some advices indicate that, following' Italy's. entrance into the war. w.hichj will relieve a number of British war. ships, a more careful watch fs to be kept on merchant, vessels. Because the report of the. aepartment of commerce showed very large- increases in Ameri. an trade with Norway, Sweden,. Denmark and Holland, it is under-' stood that all* vessels bound to and ’ from these countries will in the future be diverted to British ports and compelled to prove that their cargoes are not in reality consigned to Germany-. * , Rome. May 2.5 —(Special to Daily, Democrat) —With practical# the entire Austrian border -lined witli Italian troops,, the stage was set for the hostilities that are expected to occur •tween the land forces. Already three 'small Austrian towns have been seized by the Italians and they are reported to be attacking several of the larger border cities. o SUFFERS PARALYTIC STROKE. Daniel Urick, residing two miles south and one mile west of Monroe, • and one of the best known men in Adams county, suffered a paralytic stroke shortly before noon and is in. such a precarious condition that practically all hopes of recovery have been j given up. Mr. Urick had been confined to his bed the past three weeks from illness, suffering a slight stroke last Sunday, the one today being the second stroke within the past three days. Mr. Urick will soon reach the S 4 mark, and on account of this advanced age, together with the serious ailment, it will be a very difficult matter for him to recover. o REFUSED THIRD TRIAL. New York, N. Y., May 25—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The court of appeals of New- York this afternoon refused to grant the appeal of Charles Becker, convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Gambler Rosenthal, for a third trial. - o- —— WILL NOT LOWER BONDS. Chicago, 111., May 25—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The court of appeals here this afternoon refused to lower the bond of Donn M. Roberts, convicted Terre Haute mayor, and cf nine other convicted election fraud conspirators. o~ NOTICE, BEN HURS! The Ben Hur Aid will be entertained at their hall Thursday evening by Mr. and Mrs. William Worden. Everybody invited. SECRETARY.

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WINTER WHEAT BULLETINS. The Old Adams County bank has " sent to Purdue university for 1,000 “ copies of tile Winter Wheat Bulletin, a booklet showing the result of many experiments in Indiana and Ohio, types of soil, fertilizer reoulrements ana many facts of interest to wheat fanners. The booklets will be distributed free of charge and should arrive in a few- days, WILL MEET THIS EVENING. ‘ The Decatur Retail Merchants’ association will meet at the library at 8 o’clock this evening and ail memlibers are urged to be present. 'Several important matters will be considered, among ihem b*>tng the trip to the alfalfa fields of the north part of the county on Thursday. PROVEN SUCCESS I Is New Employment Bureau of the United States Gov- . eminent. IN NEED’ OF HELP? Then Apply to Postmaster for Application Blanks— Will Explain System. • - Few of our read-ms’an perhaps, aware- fiiat the Un ' States government, through the department of labor, has inaugurated as a part of the division of information a country-wide employment bureau, ft. H the jbeliel ■-ef—t-l-i‘6s-c--<em-rrey-ted witli the work that it will go far toward improving bu ;i- --; ness conditions in the United States. The underlying principle of the work ! is, perhaps, best expressed by the-sec--1 retary of the department of labor in the following words: “Tlie department of labor lias « tablished distribution branch's s throughout the country for the rutpose on tl.-e one hand of developing the welfare of the wage earners of the | United States and improving theif 'opportunities for profitable employment, and on the other lian-1 ing to employers a method whereby they may make ap) lication for stj.-l> ; help as they need, either male or c I inale, citizens or alien resldi nts, add 1 have their wants s’upplied through I said .distribution branches.” Comparative statistics show that there has been in some sections oi the United States a surplus of labor, while in other portions a deficiency. It is believed that this* condition will’ be almost, if not entirely, eliminated by this work. This will appear from the following brief explanation of the system under which the work is conducted : The United States has been divided into eighteen, sections, or “distribution zones.” as they are called, and In each of these zones an employment office has been opened. These zones in nearly every case have been subdivided and branch offices opened tin I der the jurisdiction of the controlling , zone office. This means that a large number of employment offices have been opened by the United States government. At these offices the eiti: ployer who needs help of any kind, skilled or unskilled, be he farmer, merchant, manufacturer, or whatever his business, can secure what he wants without more trouble or < x rense than the work of stating what he desires, and the expense of a post age stamp if he finds it convenient io call at the distribution office in person. Neither is any fee accepted by the government from those seeking employment. It goes even further; ■ every postmaster in the United States i is a representative of this employ ' ment bureau. At every postoffice- m • the United States will be found, on application to the postmaster, blanks for the use of employers in need of help and for the use of persons seek’ing employment. These blanks, upon > being handed to the postmaster are - transmitted by him, free of change, lo > the proper zone office, where both . blanks are properly registered, and f proper help selected for the emplov--1 er in need of help, either from applicants residing in the city in which the office is located, or from the applications on file. On the day the employer’s application is received by the - distribution office, a copy is sent to z the division of information at Wasn- - ington, D. C. At frequent intervals (Continued on Page 2.)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, May 25, 1915.

ZION'S CLASSIS Os This District Will be Held at Berne Beginning Thursday. OF GREAT INTEREST Will All the Services— Rev.- L. C. Hessert is the Stated Clerk. Rev. 1.. C. Hessert, stated clerk of the Zion classis, with others of the Gorman Reformed church, will go to •Berne to attend tho annual • class;---meeting to bo held (.here. Rev. H. H. Kattman.- pastor of the Berne church, makes the following announcement: The pastors of the Reformed church of this district will meet in 'Berio from Thursday to Sunday, inclusive, in their annual classis. Many prominent pastors will attend and it is ex-, pected that all the services will'bo of great interest. There will be five sessions in all. The following program lias been arranged. Thursday, May 27—7:30 a. m. German Service--Rev. J. K. Bach. . Friday, May 28—7:30 p. m. ■ English Service —Rev. o. ii. Sherry. Synday, May 30 —9:00 a. m. Sunday school. German address byRev«J. H. Bosch. English address Rev. W. H. Schroeder. German Sermon— Rev. J. F. Winter. English Sermon—Roy. F. H. Dielwn. Evening—7:oo O’clock. English Sermon—Rev. F. W. Knatz. All are cordially invited. o Hoiromoaß Decoration Day Services Will be Monday—Judge D. E. Smith WILL BE THE ORATOR Os the Day—Beautiful Exercises Will Mark the Day. The exercises for Decoration day will'begin at fl-o'clock, Monday, Alav 31, 1915, when- the veterans and the Woman’s Relief Corps will assemble at the- Grand Army hall on Madison street. A line of march will be formed and the veterans will inarch to the old Catholic cemetery, ' where the graves of the soldiers buried there will be decorated, then return to the post hall, and the decoration of the graves at the Maplewood and St. Joseph cemeteries will be done by committee. Adjournment will be takenuntil 1:30 o’clock. At 1:30 o’clock they will re-assem-ble at the post hall and form a line of march to the court house lawn, where the cenotaph will.be decorated, after which the assemblage will repair to tlie circuit court room where the ritualistic services of the post will be given and an address by the Hon. Judge D. E. Smith, orator of the day, the exercises closing w'ith a parade of school children, secret and benevolent societies, the G. A. R. and W. R. C. members. The last service will be >n memory of those who sleep beneath the waters and will be performed at the Monroe street river bridge. Line of March After Exercises at the Court House. The line of march will form on Madison street, right resting on Fourth, the Decatur City band in front. Headed by the Catholic school children, . march south on Fourth to Jefferson, there to be joined by the children of the public schools; south on Fourth ■ to Adams; east on Adams to Second; north on Second to Monroe; east on Monroe, across river bridge; counter march to bridge, where services by the Woman’s Relief Corps will be held ■ by decorating the waters in memory > of the dead sailors and marines of the - civil war, concluding by the singing s of the national hymn. COMMITTEE.

I * Tomorrow is Clean- * up Day in Decatur. Do * your part and the work * e * will be a success.- Are * you ready? * :’t ;?• •?* •!* »•* ••• BOXING BOUTS PROHIBITED. Indianapolis, Ind., May 25—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Attorneys, for Dan Smith today dismissed his suit against Chief of Police Perrott et al., - to enjoin'him from stopping tlie p-> P<>-' i| Chit-Dilloti fight.. Friday afternoon. Tlie action was taken because of tlie stand taken by the. city administration, which had announced that the Welsch-Saylor bout for Friday night will not he staged. There will be no boxing limits prior to ther racei o— — SCHEDULE MADE Adams County Alfalfa Tour Will be Run on Schedule Plan Thursday. • MEET AT 9 O’CLOCK At Peterson School House— Nine Stops Will be Made —Talks Delivered. In order to give every person who is interested in the alfalfa tour of northern Adams county a chan.ce to attend at least one or more of the ••nfl tetings and hear the talks on alfalfa to I’.e -delivered by Mr. E. C. Martindale of Wilkinson, Ind., the Farmers’ Institute association, which is m charge of tlie tour .lias mapped out .the following schedule-. The trip tliroug lithe northern part of the county will he made by automobile. Everybody invited to join: Forenoon. 9:00 —Meet, at the Peterson-'school house in Kirkland township-for' a short explanatory address by the •speaker for the day. Mr. E. C. Marlin dale. 9:3o—Visit the farm of Ed Arnold. 10:00- Visit tie farm, of FloydStoneburner. ' 10:30—Visit-the farm of Thomas .Griffiths. 11:00—Visit the farm of Mart'n Kirschner. 12:00 to 1:00 —Vislt-’tißrtfarm of Kukel'han Brothers in Root township, where tlie noon stop will' be madeand a siiort address-given. Afternoon. I:4s—Visit farm of W-. -A. Wherry 1n Union township. s:3o—Visit form of J. A. Fleming. • 3:oo—Visit farm of J. D.. JCUllinr.-r in Root township, where tlie last stop will be made. Please reivmber to take your lunch along, as no stop will be made in Decatur at noon. • , As announced- before, an evening meeting will he held at Monroe. thebo#inWoe Will be Remembered at Salem M. E. Church Next. Sunday With a. MEMORIAL SERMON After Which Graves Will be Decorated in the- Trick-' er Cemetery. — - t . There will be a memorial sermon preached at the Salem M. E. chure i - next Sunday, May 30, at 2:30 sun time, by ti e pastor, 11. C. Powe'l. • There will also be solos, songs ans , recitations, after which the people will go to the Tricker cemetery and r decorate the soldiers’ graves. It is i requested that all bring flowers with which to decorate. All are invited i to attend, and especially the boys • who wore the blue; net only those r who live nearby, for they are few, but 1 from neighboring towns and. country, r Come, and see how they do things in ' the little old town of Salem, and ’ spend the day in honor of our dead heroes, and gladden the hearts of those who are yet alive.—Contributed.

KILL : John Niblick of South of Town Has Battle With a Full Grown Snake at ' CELINA RESERVOIR t ■ Snake Had Fed on Carp Which Lived in Creek— Unusual Experience. > • “Doc" Schroeder, of the German Reliable Medicine com; any, a.cconip.itiled by John NibHck of south of .toy t,' his wife and Mrs. *Charls Penning- , ton, drove to ?,1.-i>ti'zuma. Ohio, yesterday and they r< port a .snake story, the first of the season and one that might be doubted if there were not so many witnesses and their stories all As they were driving along on the south, side of the i-es(-r,voir,.n big blue racer stuck his- head up in the middle of the mad. Nibliik jumped out and finally got a piece of board loose from the abuttment ol' a bridge nearby and after a. several minutes' fight succeeded in killing the snake which measured six feet and four inches in length. -A little creek crept along under the bridge and the ■ tourists saw that it .was filled with, hundreds of carp. Tin water had run so lev. that in mmy instances the backs of the fish were out of.water. The blue racer had - succeede I in catching several of the fish arf had partially devoured them. The! travelers realize the story is unusual but they, are willing to baek every word of it up by affidavit if necessary to convince a doubting public. TIIIS ABOUT W»R i John Frisinger, Who is Posted on European Affairs, . Believes War Wi.ll j LAST ANOTHER YEAR ■ Says It Will be Prolonged • on Acceunt of' Italy En- I tering Into Conflict. ft • This morning in a very interesting interview with John Frisinger the well known horse man of this- fityl and a man wh-o'is without doubt better posted on Foreign and tlie Euro-, pean- war affa-irs than any other per•son In Decatur and who has made mouc i trips across the ocean than some of us have made to Chicago ytgled that it was his belief,’“that tlie European ■ (Var which just has dragged*the country of Italy into the-conflict wVii-l last at least another year anefpossibly two”. Mr. Frisifiger stated that with Italy in the battle the war would oe prolonged. Tie also stated that thel Italian army and navy was a one-and that the soldiers were flght-> ers. Tie talked on the remarkable events that Germany has accomplish-j ed during the past ten months and that it Would be a very hard task for. the other warring nations to beat her and Austria. Mr.. Frisinger who is about as well kpown in Germany an 1 Belgium as he ,'is’in this country receives every week from his friends a number of papers and other interestinh pamphlets from those countries. This week he received an eight pame from Hamburg, Germany. It' contains a review in pictures of the actual scenes on the battle-field. The explanations below the pictures are given in seven different languages. The back of the paper consists of an explanatory map of the scenes of the German successes between the Ma is ' and thp Mosel. It is a very interesting little paper. If anyone enjoys a little talk or conversation with a well posted man a few minutes or an hour if granted him with Mr. Frisinger would be a big treat. Mr. Frisinger no doubt can discuss the Europeon affairs about as well as any person we know of. You will enjoy his talks. o James Kiger, a representative ot an '[ Indianapolis shoe company, was in the .(city today looking up customers.

| SHOULDER WAS BROKEN. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sprague of near Monroeville were here today on busic ness. Mrs. Sprague is recovering from a .severe injury, when she fell from a porch step and broke her shoulder and tore the ligaments of her arm. Sim was formerly Miss R ■ beepa Steele of this city. o I ATTORNEY FOUND GUILTY. ) to Daily Democrat) Frank Fippei, attorney for Donn Roberts while the latter was making his fight to remain out of Leavenworth, vjas today-found guilty by a jury, of uttering -bogus checks was fined SIOO in criminal - court • • ——. 0 _ VOTE AT MARION , 1 i ’ * “Wots” and in Theii Biennial Struggle in’the Ceunty Capital. . JDRYS CLAIM VICTORY ; . ' . . Rochester “*Wet” by Recte'ced Majority After aX In- I terestrn-g Fight. ■ ; •T •. - I . Marion, Ind., May 25—The “wets''i land “3rys" have lti<Fed horns at the. ballot box here tddav. The. “wets” rare trying to win'sick oik-i’ ilv hi:---est “dry” cities in the state. Should i Marion go “weti’ t< da y if would | the creatiorf of twenty saloons: The number is limited to that by city or i dinances. ■ . i' ® \ • whereas'the “drys” are confidently | predicting that Marion will go ’“dry” the “wets”.are not saying mtich. Tl.-' “drys” claimed a majority- of 500. which Woulfi a P nin of nearly 300 ; over the majority two years ago. ' Evidence advanced by the’Attirys” | as showing that Marion would r< i "dry” were that men who fermerl'*[were prominent “wet” -leaders hat ! ch?eiared that they will vote “dry? ■ Also tlm “drv" cilmp;;I•?n. am-ordiii ■ | to the "drys”, is l;eing led by the bus- | in’ss men*and professional men,rath er than by the preachers. The ;<Trys' , [are also counting on the influence ol , a revival meeting here recently. The M-arion Chronicle has put iv p stiff-fight for the “dry” caudb while other publications have romamed m e--1 tral. ■’ "i MJrion has been '“dry"- for six years., | When it Jirst. went “dry” fifty-five saloons were put out of business.' Epi 'a time after the w-i .: ''iLry” brewery here continued busin'ess, but : following a stiff fight on several flourj ishing blind tigers the brewery stop ! ped Rochester. Ind.. May 25 —Rochester will remain in the “wet" column as 9 result of tlw i a '■ rity ( |in the local option election ln B this 'city yeslertlay V.'.!:o:i the city vc,:- ■ 1 in 1911 the “wet"-/najoritv was 172. Before that time the city- h-oxl beat) ■ “dry” by remonstrance. ’ The yo ■ 1 vesterdav wdfe as follows: ' ' • tV. t ’ Dr.First Ward --' I*-'' .Second Ward I'Third Ward 156 —— Totals ' 581 519 (yj-. POLICE COURT. Harry Barrone was arrested this morning by Marsh?,! Melchi in the .alley at the' rear of the Schmitt meat market on the charge of public intnx cation. Barrone was in such an In toxicated .condition that it wa e . nrcor ; sary to call tlie city “lily" to take him to jail. Curt Johnson appeared be-! • fore ’Squire Kintz and filed an aff'l.t---i vit against Barrone and a man by the • name of Taylor plead guilty in it ; ■ paid the line of two or thr-e della -■ - There is some douh* as to the legality i of such proceedings, however, and 1 more developments are expected. ; OUNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES, j 3 i Th’ easiest way,t’ cure a gossip u j believin’ an’ repeatin’ everything they hear ez t’ tell them sumthin' y’ hc.t j 1 about them thet you know a.n’t true j e Wiiut ez sauce fer th’ geese ez sam fer th’ gander. •

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THE COURT NEWS r j> g Mattie Schlegel's Susjientlc ' r Jail Sentence Is Revoke I f —Goes to Jail FOR NINETY DAV » ~ On Old Charge—Change -! Venue Asked In a Dam1 i ■. age Case i Ma-ttle Schl.egt‘l was -i ■ ' •« ’ ■ fore Judge D. E. Smith this moruj >r : and tin; suspension o’ r tu:i' '> ! jail sentence was revoke" and ■ ■ j taken to jail to enter upon lh<- i'-:i i lof ninety days. This senH.uvo « I given het, but sus'pi.'mh’'!. «*•:•-,«i<- c ■ | behavior, when she pleaded uu L, I March 22 to keeping a house of >-'l fame. .Yesterday she was arrt t on the same charge, hence the r. \ " in.:: of the suspension. In tire rase of E-li W. Stocl - vs. B> ro’n A. Dent et ai., tleed was report ■ed anil approved, ► ■ A jlidgm/ent of $'1,230.40 v.r■ n I ed for Anthony B. Hollhou.“« .olm-.n-I Isi>-mof of the estate in !'' ti , r Hoit lln use, against Perry lb ; ,-i n, • 0:1 being on noli la the superior court •’■ t- r I ■ ' , lias filed a cross-complaint against .I -Tire Ladig sos-divorce. H<- alltfcaf the wife deserted him atpl th»-n * . “ack. He says he did take her ba> ■ . but she.did not keep her prea .■ ■ that she would stay at home an ! <in t ' drinktag, he a good hausekeeiier and i “cut everything <yit and do \.b. • . right.” The complaint r.’h■■ th. t ■■'.er il o ini di: i'.'i took hi; w • !>., site told him some tilings lie dhl n know before. One day when-lte cat 1 home frepi warlt. lie says, she WiiS cone ami wli.rn he w<-Ht lit lo 1. >r b.i r lie found bur in a liot-d «it ■ tn other man. ife.tried to get her M IgO he alleges,-.and she cause*! so nne I. disturbance the police were calk 1 That she.deserted .him a ■!«;■""! i •». •.attacked him with a hutclicr kßi : nd pawned her jewelry v. ' ;,j Ins. ax. allegations in the com; Itiint Emrick Emriek are attorneys r the eross-cdhwlainant. —Fort .Wayt ■ Jcurna4-G.aette. ,■ In "the divert e suit *pt K Klelnknight against E/lwa?M»F. KI .■ knight, a motion for a dhange >• ue from! the county wtfs sustaint I the case was sent -to Ihe Ada ma 111 suit emwt rft Decatur.—Blufij on N- ' ■ Motion for new trial was- overrul 1 by Special Judge, Janjes J. M<->r.tn ■ Saturday in-tlie* account ease ot t an w. Bochnect ts. Erastus Frltzln er. Tlie easy: was tried in t several weeks tigo on a change venue front Adams? county. Motion was ' '■ I seeking an appeal to the ann' Mnt-- ■ <Kirt, and was gwmled. Bond <>l ’ was fixed with'J. !■'. LuFollotfc <ll ■ ’ty Portland Commercial Review. Peal estate transfers: Sheriff 1 I Green to Jacob Neusauser, lot Berne, $3370.57; R. K. Allison et al to Jessie a. Deam, undivided. two-thsi ft ■■ •. r;y'•'■■ this -ity. .-„■• i.-. . , lot 62. Decatur, $3,800: R. K. Alli- i to Mary A. Macke, undivideil t ••■ .- , tl-inis lots ’O2, 63. Decatur. Yi". :■ Amos Gardener ot nl. to Jolm I’c ► this, 160 acres. Hartford tp., $775. it ' 1 Louis Kruetzmann vs. Tlie Chie.i; •> '.' Erie Railroad, a mot i- ■ • ■ ■ by affidavit for change of venue fro n •he county,*was sustained. Soptember 10 was tlie date sot ' r '■•;,■■ hearing of the report of tin d[heritance tax appraiser in tlie MfaUl 'of Peter Wetzel. Notice was order- I I to all interested parties. ■1 Samuel T. Niblick vs. Jesse Nihllek, !appearance by Walters for defendant. Niblick .1- Company vs. Horace il. Snow, motion by the defendant to II make the complaint more certain and .pecific was filed. I Samuel C. Wyatt vs. Lillie May [Wyatt. A petition was filed by lay I defesdant to have her default n t A marriage license was granted I i phis Holmes, general mechanic, of (Continued en Rage 2.)