Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 129, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 129.

PRESIDENT WILSON TO SEND REPLY TOMORROW WILL SEND BILL PARTICULARS AND DENY GERMANY ALLEGATIONS THAT LUSITANIA CARRIED MUNITIONS AND TROOPS

(By John Nevins) Washington. D. C. May 31—(Special to Daily Democrat) —America’s future policy toward Germany was taking shape today. Germany's rejection i of President Wilson's specific demand that under-sea warfare either be stop- 1 ped or safeguarded for non-combit- t ants' protection is in the administra- i tion's hand. No official word of the < intentions was forthcoming. The ’ president let it be known that he l hoped to act shortly. It was expected ’ that his decision would be ready when 1 the cabinet meets tomorrow. It is believed certain that within forty- < eight hours another note will go for- i ward to Germany. It will answer the i teutonic demand for a bill of partied- ( lars in plain bold terms. It will be f stated that the nresident. knew, when s he sent his first note, that the Lusi- 1 tania was not recognized as an auxiliary cruiser; the customs officials ex- ( amine,) her hold and her manifest bo- I fore clearing her, and that not only c was she unarmed, but that she carried v no munitions of war in violation of t the laws of the United States. The c United States will plainly state that a the vessel was not a troop ship, that c the United States is maintaining the f strictest neutrality and that no Canad- o ian soldiers have been permitted on United States soil since the war. Re- I garding the Cushing and Gujflight s cases, it will be made plain that until i the German reply was received, the c United States had not been able to v credit the suggestion that the subma- <i rine commander and officers of a Zep- e pelin, which attacked the ship, did so i with the German government’s sane- i tlon. The government’s expression ot t regret for these particular occur- 1 rences. and offer of reparation, are i not expected to have any weight in i the reply. As a moderate fact it is t believed that the president will make it evident that the German patronizing s attitude in dealing with these cases t Is bitterly resented. . ’ Washington. D. C„ May 31-(Spee- t ial to Daily Democrat)—Private Sec- I retary Tumulty said today that he could be quoted to the effect that talk ( of- a cabinet split over the course to , be pursued was nonsense. — — Rome, May 31—(Special to Daily , Democrat)— Dustrian troops had evacuated Fort Serravalle and are falling , back on the Trepino village of Mori, , sixteen miles south of Trieste. A , pitched battle between an Italian , army now closing in upon Trent and the Austrian defenders to the south , cannot long be delayed. The Italians moving up the Adige valley are now within less than ten miles of the Tyrolese fortress town of Rovereto where the first engagement will occur From the northern heights of Mos' Baldo Ridge, Italian shells already an crashing down upon the railway soutl of Rovereto. -I ' — Germany’s Reply. Berlin, via London, May 31—The following is the text of the German note: "The undersigned has the honor to submit to Ambassador Gerard the allowing answer to the communication of May 15 regarding the injury t. American interests through German submarine warfare. "The imperial government has suo jected the communication cf the Amor lean government to a thorough inves tigation. It entertains a keen whl to co-operate in a frank and friend'? way in clearing up a possible misunderstanding which may have arisen in the relations between the two governments through the events mentioned by the American government. "Regarding firstly, the cases of t ie American steamers, Cushing and w.e flight. The American embassy has •a!-| ready been informed that the German government has no intention oi submitting neutral ships in the war zone, which are guilty of no hostile

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acts, to attacks by sumbarinc or submarines or avralors. On the contrary,! the German forces have repeatedly j ‘ been instructed most specifically to 1 avoid attacks on such ships. ‘‘lf neutral ships in recent months, 1 have suffered through the German : ’ submarine warfare, owing to mistakes -' in identification, it is a question only 1t of quite isolated and exceptional cases | which can be attributed to the British' < government's abuse of flags together i 1 with the suspicious or culpable be-; 1 havior of the masters of the ships, i 1 "The German government in a’l! cases in which it nas been shown by ' ‘ its investigations that a neutral ship,! I not itself at fault, was damaged by 11 German submarines or aviators, has < expressed regret over the unfortunate; 1 accident and if justified by conditions, < has offered indemnification. < "Tlie cases of the Cushing and the i Gulflight will be treated on the same principles. An investigation of both 1 < cases is in progress, the result of t which will presently be communicated i to the embassy. The investigation I ( can, if necessary, be supplemented by- ( an international call on the interional < commission of inquiry as provided by, t Article 111 of The Hague agreement; j of October 18, 1907, | < “When sinking the British steamer i Falaba, the commander of the German i submarine had the intention of allowing the passengers and crew a full j opportunity for asafe escape. Only I when the master did not obey the cr-i der to heave-to but fled, and summoned help by rocket signals, did the Ger-' man commander order the crew and passengers by signals and megaphone to leave the ship within ten minutes. He actually allowed them twenty-three minutes’ time, and fired the torpe.lo only when suspicious craft were hastening to the assistance of the Falaba.' "Regarding the loss ,f life, by the . sinking of the British steamer Lusitania the German government has already expressed to the neutral government's concerned, its keen regret that citizens of their states lost their lives. “On this occasion the imperial government cannot escape the impression that certain important facts having a direct bearttg on the sinking of the Lusitania Jilay have escaped the attention of the American government. “In the interest of a clear and complete understanding, which is the aim of both governments, the imperial government considers it first necessary to convince itself that the information accessible to both governments about facts of the case is complete and in accord. “The government of the Unit' d States proceeds on the assumption hat the Lusitania could be regarded is an ordinary unarmed merchantman. | The imperial government allows it-1 lelf in this connection to point outj hat the Lusitania was one of the largest ana fastest British ships, built with government fund as an auxiliary cruiser, and carried expressly as such in the ‘navy list’ issued by the British admiralty. “It is further known to the imperial, government from trustworthy reports: from its agents and neutral passen-i pers that for a considerable period practically all the more available British merchantmen have been equipped with cannon and ammunition and other Weapons and manned with persons who have been specially trained in serving guns. The Lusiatnia, too. according to the information received - here, had cannon aboard, which were mounted and concealed below decks. i “The imperial government, further, j ■ has the honor to direct the particular ■ attention of the American government to the fact that the British admiralty ' in a confidential instruction, issued m February, 1915, recommended its mcr -j cantile shipping to seek protection tin -Ider neutral flags and distinguish! ig I marks, but also, while thus disguis 'd r to attack German submarines by rame (Continued on Pago 2.)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, May 31, 1915.

THE Authorities Claim Feeding of Skimmed Milg to Hogs Resulted In the RECENT EPIDEMIC Os Foot and Mouth Disease —Unprecedently. Large Number of Hogs Died A feature of the present outbreak of the foot and mouth disease to which the Federal authorities attach much, importance is the unprecedently large number of hogs which have been affected. Both actually and in porportion to the total number of animals stricken, this has been much larger than in any of the previous outbreaks in this country. The chief reason, the authorities say is the spread of the infection through uncooked skimmed milk and other creamery by products, returned to the farm to be fed hogs. Infected garbage, it is thought, is also to be held . responsible for a portion of the loss. In the epidemic of 1902, in which 4.461 animals were lost, only 360 of the total were hogs. The loss in cattle amounted to nearly 87 per cent of the total, that in hogs to only 8 per cent, and in other animals, to only 5 per cent. In the present epidemic, however, the loss has been almost equal to that of cattle, each being within a fraction of 47 per ’ cent. Os 146,138 animals lost since < the outbreak of the disease in Mich- 1 'ifran Last fail, were jeattf.l 68.275 bogs, and the remainder, !>,- 087 sheep and goats. The epidemic t of 1908 stands in this respect, as well 1 as in time, midway between those of i 1902 and 1914. Tn 1908, 56 per cent, of the loss jvas in cattle. 37 per cent. < in hogs and approximately 7 per cent. ' in other animals. 1 o 1 DOLPH Will BUY - I I The Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway Soon is the Word Given Out BY REPRESENTATIVE ( Financier Was Here Last, Week Looking Over the Property. The visit of Fred A, Dolph, well known Chicago financier and railroad promoter, who was in this city last, Wednesday, looking over the property of the Fort Wayne & Springfield railway, mention of which was made in the Democrat, will in all probability result in his purchase of the road. The Fort Wayne Journa Gazette contained the following interview; with a representative of Mr. Dolph: That a deal for the purchase of the Fort Wayne and Springfield interurban line, running from Fort Wayne to Decatur, by Fred A. Dolph, Chicago I financier, who with others recently ' purchased the C. B. & C. railroad, would in all probability be completed by July 4, was the word given out by Edward M. McKinney last night, general freight agent of the C., B. & C. and representative of Mr. Dolph. As certain negotiations in a financial way are still unsettled, Mr. McKinney stat■ed that the approximate purchase price could not be given out now. The ' road was bought in at receiver’s sale May 4, for $85,000. Mr. McKinney said that the deal was practically assured and that the short line would become park of a system of a 420-mile electric interurban , system reaching into Ohio and northwestern Indiana, making the longest ■ single system under one management [in the United States. Details of this , [ proposed system cannot be given out! at this time because of several rail- ( . road deals hanging fire, Mr. McKinn y, ’ | declared. II When the C., B. &C. was purchased -1 by Mr. Dolph and associates, it was stated that it would be extended into I Ohio and was only part cf a proposed II system which involved several million Jof dollars. Dolph now is in New York. I “The road has been kept in cxcell-

1 ent condition for receiver’s property,” 1 said Mr. McKinney last night in speak 1 Ing of the Fort Wayne and Springfield traction line. The announcement was made lad night following the completion of i preliminary examination and favorable report by P. H. Guentzel, a N>w York engineer, representing Mr. Dolph and his associates. Engineer Guentzel was over the road during the past week in evamlning the property. Mr. Dolph last Wednesday completed an examination of the financial affairs of the traction line and has approved the) terms of the deal from that point, said Mr. McKinney. Final details of the deal cannot be completed in less then the next two or three weeks, it was declared by Mr. McKinney, who will remain here for two ofr three days. TRIBUTE TO THE SOLDIERS Is Paid Today in Decatur and Adams County in a Fitting Way. ANNUAL MEMORIAL Judge D. E. Smith Will Give the Address of the Afternoon. With one accord the city and county are joining with the ethers of the entire United States in showing honor to both living and dead heroes us the civil and other wars today. The living soldiers are honored by the other populace, and the entire populace, with the veterans, joined in paying tribute to the deceased. The graves of the departed soldiers over the county were decorated in advance with flags by the several committees and this morning visits were paid to the cemeteries by committees bearing flowers for the decoration of the graves. The assembly met at 9[ o’clock, and with martial music by the j band got the automobiles in line, | bearing the veterans and others to the! cemeteries with flowers. The autos were gaily decorated with flags. The veterans and W. R. C. then assembled at the G. A. R. hall for dinner, and this afternoon at 1:30 the a'ternoon services will begin. There will be a big parade of school children, veterans, Woman’s Relief Corps members. The cenotaph services will be on the court house lawn; the ritualistic services with an address by Judge D. E. Smith, at the court house, and then the march to the river where the services for the marine heroes will be held at the Monroe street bridge. — ■o 11 11 ■ FOUR AUBURNS SOLD. Tommy Durkin, ex-county sheriff, is meeting with great success in tke sale of the fine Auburn cars, for whieh he is the local agent. Saturday he sold three of the beautiful cars, the purchasers being Lee Vance, Vern McGonagle and the Yager brothers. During the week he also sold one of 1 the cars to Charles Bentz. The Auburn is a good one and without doubt is proving a great favorite this year. o A WINDOW SASH Invented by George Dixon, Well Known Blacksmith of This City APPLIES FOR PATENT Sash Holds Glass Without Putty or Moulding—May be Taken Apart. George Dixon, the well known blacksmith. who has gained considerable I fame as an inventor, has another !n---vention ready, for which he has ap- * plied for a patent. It is a window sash, so arranged that no putty ner molding is used to hold in the glass. 1 [ The sash can be taken apart, when 1' the glass is broken, and the glass roll placed very easily, and without <n--1 jury to the sash. It is said to be quite Jan ingenious arrangement and will no - 1 roubt be gladly taken up.

THE RAINES! MAY In Last Five Years Is the Month Just Closing—But Rainfall WAS LEAST AMOUNT Snce May of 1911—June Will Also Be Some Damp According to Hicks Not for the last five years has such a rainy month of May as this month been recorded. At the same time the, amount of rainfall is the least for the same month since May, 1911. This I j month it has rained nineteen of thel I thirty-one days. | The record of rainy days and the I amount of rainfall for the past five years is as follows: May 1911, nine days with rainfall, 2:48 Inches; May. 1912, twelve days with rainfall, 3:08 inches; May 1913, nine days with rainfall, 3:33 inches; May 1914, eight days with rainfall 4:68 inches: and to date, May 1915, eighteen days with rainfall, 2:79 incb.es. During March 1913, there were the same number of rainy days as recorded so far this month and as a result was the floods with over nine inches of rainfall. Parson Hicks, the St. Ixiuis weather prophet, Is out now with his predictions for the month of June, which will , be some damp, if he is guessing cor- , rectly. He says among other things: ( The first regular storm period is ( central on the second, extending from f May 21 to June 5. The first week in June promises many and some dangerous storm developments. The first reactionar.v storm period I ( will fall on and touching the eighth' ( and ninth. This, it must be remem-1 bered is at the crisis of magnetic and, (Continued on Page 2.) HOW ABOUT THIS? Some Really Interesting Sta-,. tistics in Regard to the ' Coming Campaign > s i OF SUGAR FACTORY,' |i Ji Train Thirty-seven and Half i Miles Long Required to [ Move Products. t Manager F. H. Hubbard of the ’ocal Holland-St. Louis Sugar company ( has compiled some very interesting ■ < and startling statistics in regard to i t this season’s business and a glance | ' will prove to the people of this vicin-', ity that the sugar factory is about the , best thing that ever happened to Ad-jj ams county. It is estimated that 'JO, , i 000 tons of beets will be harvested i 1 this wear and it will require 3,124 cars to move them. Twenty thousand, pounds of sugar will be made, reqmr-i ing 540 cars; 4.500 tons of pulp, re-|i quiring 266 cars; 4,500 tons of mo-| lasses, requiring 100 cars; 5,400 tons i of stone, 100 cars; 550 tons of coke, < 14 cars; 14,400 tons of coal, 400 cars; seed, requiring 5 cars; miscellaneous , supplies, requiring 11 cars. The length of these cars, including locomotive and caboose, would be 197.640 feet or thirty-seven and one-half miles of train. This would extend seven miles west of Huntington, within six miles of Lima, or within three miles of Delphos. The beets alone would fill a train twenty-five miles long. If all the beets were piled on a ten-acre field, they would cover the field eight feet deep. The sugar In barrels would make a pyramid 125 feet square at the base and 125 feet high, cr if placed in a line would extend from this city to Fort Fayne. The sugar company will pay out more freight to the railroad companies this year than all of the various enterprises of the city will total, and will operate more hours during the season run than the average tactory does in an entire year. The wages that will be paid out this year will equal the .wage disbursements of all of the loI cal factories. Does it pay:

! FOUND BIG TARANTULA, An unusually large tarantula, measuring about five inches across, with legs spread, was found Saturday in I u bunch of bananas at the RunyonEngeler store by James Gatshali, a clerk. Tlie big spider was nestling among tlie bananas which Mr. Gatshall was pulling from tlie stem. Fortunately he noticed It before tlie thing had an opportunity to bite him, and cutting off the end of the stem on which it hung, it was dropped into a big coffee stick, suspended beneath the bunch, and from that into a large glass jar. which was later filled with alcohol. The spider attracted mu h attention at the store where it 1s on exhibition. Words fail to describe the spider. A bite from tile spider is very poisonous. o VETERAN IS DEAD, I John Brock, Well Known Merchant, Passed Away Sunday Afternoon. DEATH WAS RESULT Os Accidentally Breaking 1 Hip—Funeral Will be Held Wednesday. i II As the result of a hard fall lait i Thursday nn/aing at ills home cn : Monroe street, John Brock, a veteran of the civil war, and a retired merchant of this city, passed away at his , home Sunday afternoon shortly after : one o'clock. Mr. Brock was one of the best known business men of the , city, having been proporietor of the Brock hardware and tinware store for the past fifty years, and having ; been actively engaged in its management until three years ago, when tlie son, Charles, assumed management. Five years ago last winter, Mr. Brock had the misfortune of falling on the Icy pavement while going to work, an<j which resulted in severe injuries. He was able to attend to his dutii however, for two years afterward, when , his failing health necessitated his giv- , ing up active management. Thurs- , day morning while walking’ about :1m , home he again received a hard fall in which he broke his hip. The great j shock to the system was more than , it could withstand and resulted in Ills j death yesterday. " j Mr. Brock was born in Meisenheim. , Bavaria, Germany, January 29, 1833. being the son of Samuel and Kathryne Brock. Shortly after his birth his | mother died and when he was six months of age his father, brothers and • sisters came to the United States, settling in Massillon, Ohio. He grew to , man’s estate in this vicinity and there received his education. While on a | visit with his brother in ths county , during 1861, Mr. Brock answered the , call for volunteers for the civil war , and served as a faithful soldier until . being mustered out in 1864. He then , returned to this county and engaged , in the tinware business in this city. , Shortly afterward he was united ’n s marriage to Miss Louisa Lucky of Un- , ion township. To this union were . born three sons, George and Edison.! of Cleveland, Ohio, and J. Charles, of this city. Mr. Brock was the last surviving member of his paternal family. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock at the Methodist church, Rev. Stephenson officiating, and the G. A. R. having | charge of the ritualistic work. Inter-' ment will be made in Maplewood cemetery. His War Record. Robert Blackburn furnishes us the 1 following account of Mr. Brock’s army: record: At the firing on Fort Sumpter in April, 1861, the soldier and comrade was living in Charleston, South Caro | Una. where lite war started, and as. Comrade Brock told me, they had all able-bodied men drilling for the south. But the comrade being too good a unionist, lie improved the opportunity and came north and joined the union army, enlisting in Company C, 47th Indiana regiment, which was mustered ! in October 10, 1861. A month later ! the regiment was sent to Kentucky, ! landing at Bardstown, and assigned to ■ General Buell’s command, it being the I first regiment to enter Camp Wickliff. i A few days iater it took boats for ) Missouri, moving on Riddles’ Point. 1 Its next move was Memphis, Tenn.,| 3 having a skirmish at Brown's plania-j - tion, Miss. It then went to Helena, . (Continued on Page 2)

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SPEED RECORD 8- : IS EXPECTED Il 1 ' DePalma, Wilcox, Resta and Cooper Lead in the Fly--1 ing Get-away, 1 I ; CROWD IS PULLING 1 I i For Stutz Car, But is WatchI ing DePalma for Recordsmashing Time. Indianapolis, Ind., May 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Race-day dawaI ed cold and damp witli a slight inlet falling. Fans who had come to Indianapolis from all parts of the country to view the race, were heartened however. by the announcement of officials that the race would surely be held t’ J ’ day—only a heavy down-pour would ■ cause postponement. Spectators began arriving at an early hour, but the crowd did not approach in numbers those of former years. The long string of autos was not in evidence, for the speedway management had announced that tlie parking space was closed. It is a sea of mud. New grandstands had been opened for the tourists free of charge. DePalma’s Mercedes and i the three Stutz cars led in the betting today. All predictions were for a record-breaking race, providing the track is dry. Only twenty-four cars were to start in today’s race This is the smallest entry list in the course's history. This is partly accounted fcr by the fact that the eighty-mile requirement to qualify is stiffer than in the qualifying of last year. Six rows of racers, four abreast, bad lined up at 8:30 ready for the start. In the front row were the four cars that made the fastest time in the elimination. They were Wilcox’s Stutz, DePalma's Mercedes, Resta’s Peugeot, and Cooper’s Stutz. They represented speed “best bets" from the. grand stand viewpoint. The fast test cars were placed in the front, with the slower cars toward the rear, the theory being that the slower cars would not be so apt to run down the speedy ones in the start. DePaima was the favorite with Wilcox and Resta following. Three Stutz cars and DePalma vied with each other for popularity. While the crowd watched the Italian, it was pulling for tlie three fast Indianapolis made cars. (By a United Press Staff Correspond i ent) Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Ind., May 31.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Promptly at 9:58 a. m. today Carl G. E'isher, father of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, started around the big oval in his touring car followed :by twenty-five picked racers. At ten o’clock sharp he crossed the tape and the fifth 500 mile race was on with a flying start. , Two hundred times around the oval will complete the necessary five hundred miles. The winner usually finishes at five o’clock with nine others who place stringing in anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours behind. ' With a smaller field and faster cars entered than ever before, it was considered probable that the Speedway record will be bettered. The present record for the event is 6:03:45.94, established last year by Rene Thomas in Delage. i Although past history of the speedway has demonstrated that a victory ' can not be claimed until the last lap 1 is over, the betting gentry made the ! odds today with the well-grounded belief that for the third time an Indiana- ’ I polis car may win the race. The Stutz team of three, with Cooper, AnI I derson and Wilcox driving, was co.i- --; sidered the most formidable condition. - This race was remarkabe for the fact that five three car teams start1 ed. They are the Stutz, Maxwell Duessenberg, American, and the Suni- beam and Peugot, foreign. Racers Y have established that three is the magq ic number, and the men with money h to bet have absorbed the idea that d with a definite plan outlined, three r drivers have a decided advantage over r , cne. o Os the individual entries SePalma’s e Mercedes is notable. Depalma na I f. victory almost within his grasp in r 1912 but with one lap to go was forced .[to walk his car in while Dawson sped .. steadily around for the prize. Be- - cause of this piece of bad luck and 1 because of his previous record en (Continued on Pago 2.)