Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 141, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 141.

TO BE FRIENDLY German Officials Say There is no Reason for Apprehension by Americans. A DECIDED FEELING Os Optimism Prevails Regarding Possibilities of an Agreement. Berlin, June 12—(Special to Daily Democrat)—America has no need to be apprehensive over the German reply, a high official of the German foreign office told the United Press today. "We are much impressed by the friendly tone of the second note. We certainly shall reply in the same man- . ner. There is no reason for apprehension. Undoubtedly there will be a solution which both countries can accept.” Everywhere in Berlin a decided feeling of optimism prevails regarding the possibilities of a German American agreement. Berlin, June 14—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Sixteen thousand Russians were captured by General Made- •* ensen’s armies in a series of sharp smashes against the enemy’s line we«t and north of Lemberg yesterday. Paris. June 14—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Germans have begun a new attack on Souches. They are.j hurling large quantities of highly exii plosive shells against trenches and the walls of the old sugar mill. A state- 1 ment this afternoon admitted that the; a bombardment wrecked part of the p trenches and forced French troops to > j retire. On the eastern ridge of the ■ 1 cl Ixirctta hills the French shelled and then occupied a portion of the German 1 trenches. d i 1 — n London. June 14—(Special to Daily,* Democrat) —The British steamer o Hope Mount has been torpedoed and v sunk by a German submarine. e * Athens, June 14—(Special to Daily 1) Democrat)—Venevelous "war party” ( v won an overwhelming victory in the S Greek election. At least 200 Venevol- o ous deputies were elected, assuring |tl the former premier a majority in par-, t liament and making his return sure, to h the head of the government. I ti Rome, June 14—(Special to Daily | s Democrat)—Roumania has signed ai u tentative agreement with Russia re- ■ b moving the obstacles preventing Rou-|P mania from entering the war on thejv side of the allies, according to a tele- ( S gram received today by the Monic- b negrian minister. li Washington. D. C„ June 14 (Spec- v ial to Daily Democrat) —"The heart off, America will yet interpret the heart p of the world.” That will be the mis- g sion of this nation according to President Wilson, if the people of the country are true to its great traditions. He so told a crowd of 5,000 people assembled before the treasury build- I ing in celebration of flag day. lam c sorry you do not wear the flag every ( day. I can only ask of you that yo i r love the emblem you wear so deeply r in your heart that the heart of Ameri- < ca may yet interpret the heart of the t ’ world.” — I RALSTON NAMES COMMITTEE. < Indianapolis, Ind., June 14—(Special 1 to Daily Democrat)—Before leaving for San Francisco today, Governor Ralston named the commission to codify the mining laws. They are: T. I. Roberts, a miner, of Linton: Hamilton < Irvin, a miner, ot West Terre Haute; < Henrv Moore, coal operator, of Terre Haute, and Philip H. Penna, Terre Haute operator. Don A. Lapp will as slat them under the law. , —o— ’ UNEARTH EXTENSIVE FRAUD. Washington. D. C.. June 14-(Spec-ial to Daily Democrat)— Oleomargarine frauds that have cost the government more in lost taxes than the whiskey tax fraud, have been unearthed bv revenue agents, if was learned today. Tim wldskey fraud averaged $2,000,000 a year. SOCIAL TUESDAY EVENING. The Royal Neighbors will give a social Tuesday evening to which you are most cordially invited and assured a good time. Como, and bring some one with you.

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TO HAVE OPERATION Mrs. Linus Beard, of Fremont, Mich, who has been with her mother, Mrs. Harvey for several weeks, was taken to Fort Wayne tills morning to enter the Lutheran hospital. She was accompanied by her brother and als'.or Orval and Della Harruff. Mr. Beard will arrive tomorrow and after his arrival, Mrs. Beard will undergo an operation. She was formerly Miss Bessie Harruff of this city. NOTICE, MEN’S CHORUS. A full attendance is desired at the regular meeting this evening as a large amount of new music has been secured and will be tried tonight. Also matters of great interest to all will he brought up. DR. FRED PATTERSON, Director. TRAFFIC BED UP Chicago Surface and Elevated Car Men on Greatest Strike in History. A SPECIAL REQUEST For One Thousand Police Made—Armed Trains Operated Today. Chicago, 111., June 14—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Chicago today was in the grip of the worst transportation tie-up in history. The last surface and elevated cars were run into the barns at 5 o'clock this morning and 14,500 motormen, conductors, shopmen and ticket sellers were on strike. There has been no violence. Presi-I dent Budd of the elevated lines announced at day break that no attempt would be made to run passenger cars on his lines today. Every policeman was ordered to be on call at the pro;e er station and nearly 1,000 policemen were stationed at the various car barns. Jitney busses and all sorts of vehicles were pressed into service. Steam roads took care of most of the outlying districts. Thousands walked through a drizzling rain and other thousands were forced to stay st home. Carrying armed guards, elqvated trains shortly before noon today were sent away on their runs of fifteen-min-ute schedules in an effort to crush the biggest street car strike Chicago and perhaps the nation has known. There were no passengers on the first trains. Several crews of professional strikebreakers from Cincinnati and other cities arrived for duty tomorrow. Police Chief Healey teday announced he would ask tonight’s council meeting for an .appropriation for 1,000 special police. The request is expected to be granted. O MARRIED BY REV. BORTON. At exactly 12 o’clock, noon, today. Rev. Borton, pastor of the Christian church, united in marriage Miss Fay Connor, daughter of Francis M. Gonnor of Geneva, and Mr. John T. Shoemaker, son Os Daniel Shoemaker, also of Geneva. Mr. Shoemaker is the traveling representative for Indiana and Ohio of the Bewley-Dist Coal company, of Knoxville, Tenn. The young couple went from here to Ft. Wayne. They will probably make their future home in Marion. _— o— FEAR GENERAL RACE WAR. Winsboro, S. C., June 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Sheriff Hood, six deputies and a number of citizens were wounded today, the sheriff mortally, wide the officers were resisting a mob’s attempt to lynch a negro. The negro was taken from the officers and shot to death. Governor Manning immediately ordered out the militia. Heavy guarded automobiles carrying ammunition left Columbia for Winsboro at 11 a. m. A general race war was feared. o — POLICE COURT The case of State vs. Ben Gross on a charge of jumping a five dollar board bill, the affidavit!, being sworn out bv Mrs. Belle Harmon, was heard this morning before Squire Lenhart. Ow ing to the lack of evidence a decision was not gicen and the case was dis missed. Gross was arrested yeterdaj by Marhal Melchi.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, June 14, 1915.

WIFIE IS BAD r Decides Anthony J. Smith After Living With Dollie 1 for Thirty Years. HE WANTS DIVORCE She Also Refused to Get His i Meals at Proper Time and Tore Down His Bed. I ——_ After living with his wife for thirty years, Anthony J. Smith of Geneva I says he has found out that she, Dollie Smith, is not the woman that she should he and has begun a suit for divorce. F. S. Armantrout and Attor ney U C. Devoss are his attorneys. The couple was married May 22, 1885, an ( ] lived together until May 26, 1915. He says that as soon as he found out that she had committed adultery during May, with one Winfred Pease, and at various times thereafter, he refused to live with her longer and they separated. They have four children Two of these are of age and able to do lor themselves, while two of them— Beulah, aged fourteen, and Bertha, age ( ] ten —are at home. He says his wife is not a fit person to have their custody and he asks that they be given to him. He says that before their separation his wife was guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment of him. in that she refused to get the meals at proper times and also tore down the bed in order to give him no place to sleep. He further says that she. falsely accuses him of adultery, in the presence of their children. o HER SIXTHMVEL Will be Issued June 17 by Gene Stratton Porter— Sketch is Given OF THE AUTHORESS In Muncie Star’s “Hoosier Who’s Who” Authors’ Column. Adapts county’s former resident. Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter, formerly of Geneva, now of Rome City, is spoken on interestingly in the following sketch of the Muncie Star, under the caption “Who’s Who Among Hoosier Authors:” "Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter, author of ‘Laddie,’ ‘Freckles,’ ‘A Girl of the Limberlost,’ ‘The Harvester,’ and other best sellers, has just completed another novel .at her home, Limberlost Cabin, Wildflower Woods, Rome City, Ind. It is called ’Michael O’Halloran,’ and will be published by Doubleday, Page & Co., on August 17, the anniversary of Mrs. Porter’s birth. It wiil • be her sixth novel and eleventh book, and Mr. Doubleday, president of the . publishing house, and the house critics pronounce this novel the most matur- : ed and scholarly piece of work she ■ has yet produced. ■ “When asked as to which portion of her books is her favorite, Mrs. Porter replied: ‘I do not recall any one part-of any book I have ever written which appeals to me as so much above 1 the remainder of my work as to be c worthy of especial attention. I do my s level best at the time, on everything - I write. ; “ ‘To ask which of my characters is '■ my favorite is very like asking the s same question of a mother concerning ? her children. lam equally fond of the • characters I put into books, for the g greater part, and most of them are i- used because I feel that in some way r the story of their lives will be a help to others in like circumstances. “ ‘Almost without exception all of my characters are based on real Indi ana peple, so real that they are eithet ■i living today, or have lived within my d knowledge.’ V “Mrs. Porter is an authority on s birds, moths, butterflies anj flowers r- A number of her books have been upon n these subjects and have been partial s- larly successful. One of the best y known of her books, other than nov els, is ‘The Song of the Cardinal.’ Mrs

I Porter formerly resided in Geneva, Ind., but lias moved to Rome City, where she has a summer and all-year home, which Is one of the show places of the lake.” Mrs. Porter’s Prize. Crawfordsville. Ind., June 14—J. Kenyon Nicholson, of Crawfordsville, a sophomore in Wabash college, last Friday was awarded the SIOO prize offered by Mrs. Gene Stratton-Porter , for the best short story written by a ‘ member of the English composition two course in the college this year. Mrs. Porter herself acted as one of 5 the judges. C. W. Moores of Indianaixilis and Dr. C. J. Masseck of Washington university, St. Louis, also passed on the manuscripts. There were twelve entries, and Mr. Nicholson received two first and a third. The winning story was one dealing with the ’ present war. i o DEATH John H. Kundred Passe 1 Away at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. i WAS ILL TWO DAYS / I Death Due to Hemorrhage —Body Will be Taken to Kendallville. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette gives the following on the death of the brother of Mrs. Jacob Atz of this city: "Julius H. Kundred, aged 25 years, died late Friday night at the Lutheran hospital, where he had been a patient but one day. Death was due to pulmonary hemorrhage, and he had been seriously ill but two days. The deceased had been a resident of Fort Wayne but two years and resided at 520 West Fifth street. He was employed as a clerk by Charles Degitz. Surviving besides his widow are his mother. Mrs. Mary J. Kundred, of : Kendallville, and four sisters: Mrs. Jacob Atz of Decatur. Mrs. Ernest Autenreith and Mrs. Martin Schuman of Kendallville, Mrs. Robert Hall of Johannesburg, Africa: two brothers: Ames of Goshen and Edward of Angola. He was a member of the German Lutheran church of Kendallville. The body will be held at the Getz Jf- Cahill parlors where friends may view the remains until 7 o’clock Monday morning, when the body will he sent to Kendallville via the G. R. & I.” o IT S MISS MfIYER Named Postmistress at Monroe—Received Official Notice Today. WILL MOVE OFFICE To Building Occupied by the Reporter—Here Today to > Arrange Bond. i > Miss Harriet A. Mayer has been appointed postmistress at Monroe, hivi ing received the official notice of her - appointment this morning and will ens ter upon her duties at once. The i postofflee will be moved from its pres--3 ent location to the building 600 feet 3 west, where her father, John Mayer, r conducts the Monroe Reporter. The r place pays SBOO per year and is under civil service, the examination having s been conducted several weeks ago, at e which time three applied for the posi- » tion. Miss Mayer is well known In e this city, having been reared in Decae tur and attended the city schools for ea number of years, completing the y grades here. She is a clever and agreeP able young lady and will, we predict, prove popular in her place, both with if the patrons of the office and with UnI- cle Sam. She was here this afternoon ir with her father arranging the bond y and filling out the necessary papers, as required by the department. n — c- - s. LIBRARY BOARD MEETS. 11 i- The regular monthly June meeting st of the library board will be held this v- evening at 7:30 o’clock in the refers. ence room of the library.

A CELINA MAN ■ l ■ ' Andrew, F. Gast Will Claim Miss Emma Gillig as His Wife ON JUNE THIRTIETH Announcement is Made at St. Mary’s Church for the First Time. On Wednesday, June 30, Andrew F. Gast, a well known and popular business man, of Celina, Ohio, will claim Miss Emma Gillig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Gillig, of south of this city, as his bride. The wedding will take place at the Decatur St. Mary's Catholic church. The bans were published yesterday for the first time at the St. Mary’s church. Mr. Gast is well known here, where he has often visited, being a relative of the William Hartings family. He is a member of the firm of J. A. Romer & Company, a gentlemen’s furnishing, clothing and shoe firm, one of the substanial business houses of Celina. He is a man of fine character and ability, and worthy of so excellent a young lady as Miss Gillig. For ten years Miss Gillig had been an assistant at the Old Adams County bank, this city, recently resigning. She also assisted a month during the opening of the new bank. The People’s Loan & Trust company. She is a young lady of excellent worth, and all in all is one of the best and most popular young ladles of the parish. Decatur will indeed be sorry to lose her, but congratulates Celina upon its gain. FRENCH_ LEAVE Taken By Millard Mathews Arrested Here For Stealing Chickens NEAR WREN, OHIO Left Before Jury Reached; Verdict of Guilty— Bond Was SSOO The trial of Millard Matthews, of Harrison township, on an indictment for burglarizing a chicken coop at the home of Oliver S. Sheets, near Wren, and making away with about two dozen fowls, took a series of sensational turns, after the proceedings had been under way one day. It was developed from the witness stand that Matthews had attempted to frame un an ablbi, in which the allegation was to be set up that Courtney LeClaire, employed as a farm hand by Matthews, had acknowledged that he stole the chickens. It was expected, according to the story, that Harry Boyd, of: Lima, and William Beard, of Harrison I otwnship, who are brothers-in-law, the former being related to Matthews by marriage, woula tell a story of that kind. Beard was the first summoned to the witness chair and he declined to implicate LeClaire. Boyd, also, refused to say that he had heard LeClaire make a confession of guilt. When the court of Common Pleas was convened this morning, Matthews failed to appear. An investigation de-1 veloped that he was not at home during the forepart of Friday night, but appeared there about twelve o’clock and related to Boyd, who was stopping there during the trial, that the failure of the witness to tell the story implicating LeClaire had ruined him and lie would be required to serve time in ' the penitentiary. Mrs. Matthews &n- --’ nounced that the mother of Matthews, • who lives in Convoy, was quite ill and . she intended to care for her and make 1 her home there while her husband was ■ confined In prison. Matthews and his i wife left the place about two o’clock 1 this morning and have not since been . seen. The officers discovered that Matthews and his wife left Van Wert at about six o’clock this morning, went to Lima, where tickets were purchased for Indianapolis, by the way of Hamilg ton. Messages have been sent to s Hamilton in the hope of intercepting ’■ them. Matthews was not aboard the train when it reached Hamilton. The

II police departments of all towns and cities in this part of the country ’nave been requested to aid In the seared. The trial of th* ease prooeeded in tlie absence of Matthews, the lav. beI ing that lie was voluntarily absent an 1 for the proceedings to be stopped at that juncture and taken up later would have the effect of placing him twice In jeopardy, which Is not permissible under the Ohio statutes and forms ground for discharge of the . prisoner. Tlie rebuttal of the State was confined to one witness and the case was immediately given into the hands of the jury. A verdict was received, the bond of Matthews was forfeited in a public outcry made by Sheriff Gunsett, in front of the Court House. The bond, in the sum of five hundred dollars, was given by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Matthews, aged residents of Convoy. THE COURT NEWS Rosa Stump Asks for a Divorce from James Stump —Filed Today. TRIAL CONTINUES I I t 1 1 Special Session of Court Will be Called for July 6— t Many Entries. _______ < Although the regular April term of , court closed Saturday, the trial of | Martin Steele, administrator, vs. The ’ Indiana Lighting company, which be- 1 gan last week, was taken up again' 1 i today and will lie continued until finshed. There will also he a special ses- , sion ot court, beginning July 6, and continuing as long as business ,e- 1 quires it. The clerk is ordered to give 1 notice of the same by publication. The following matters were disposed cf 1 Saturday, besides those reported in Saturday’s issue of the paper. A judgment for $26.40 and costs was ' rendered on account for the Bauer > Company against Runyon-Engeler. In the case of Louis W. Meyers vs. Frank J. Johns et al., judgment was 1 rendered on a verdict of the jury forj i $1,170 and costs in favor of the plain- | tiff. This case was venued here from I I Allen county. I I' Attorney C. L. Walters filed three 1 new quiet title cases. They are en- < titled: Sherman Essex vs. John Wag- 1 goner et al., Samuel J. McAhren vs. r John S. Gable et al., Calvin R. Weav- 1 er et al. vs. Hobart H. Scott et al. 1 1 Ed Green left this morning for, Richmond, accompanying William Jackson, who will enter the hospital for treatment. Real estate transfers: Susan C. Rutherford to Pearl King, realty in Blue' Creek township, $2,500. E A divorce was granted Elnora Al- ( ten from Elza Allen, and the custody i of the children, Thetus D. and Russ?U i I J. Allen, was granted her until further ■ order of court. i The divorce case of Jennie Lewton i vs. Perry V. Lewton was venued to I Allen county, ten days being given to. perfect the change. The venue was j asked for by Mrs. Lewton. A judgment for $16.50 and costs I was given Charles T. Melthaler on | j mechanic lien. A sale of the property was ordered. A judgment for $52 was granted Homer Raudenbush against David I). Rice, on note. In the estate of Edward Johnson, the administratrix, Lulu Johnson, has asked that the property which failed to sell recently, be reappraised. Th's was granted. . In the estate of Nora Moran, inherii tance tax in the sum of s3l was found - due from Catharine Adang and $3 ! from Anthony P. Kinney. The up- . praiser was allowed $13.50. t Inheritance tax was found due in 1 the estate of Joseph Rich in the sum I. of $24.71 from each of the following 0 heirs: Peter Rich, Barbar Stucky, n J. J. Rich, Chris Rich, Nicholas Rich, 0 John Rich, Anna Yoder, Mary Meyer. e (Continued on Page 3J

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Al OPERA HOUSE Annual Entertainment of St. Joseph’s School Will be Held Wednesday. PLAYS AND DIPLOMAS An Excellent Program— Seats Were Reserved Today—School Closes. The annual entertainment of the St. Joseph’s schools will be hold Wednesday evening at the Bosse opera house in this city. The curtain will be raised promptly at 8:15 o’clock. Although school will not be dismissed until Wednesday, studies were practically suspended last Friday. The remaining two days will be spent in arranging for tlie entertainment. For the past ten days the children have been selling tickets and all those desiring may get them reserved today at the Holthouse drug store, without any extra charge. On Thursday morning after the entertainment the school picnic will be held in the Eiting woods west of the city. Free refreshments will be served to the children. An excellent program has been arranged by the Sisters for Wednesday. Besides the program, which includes drills, songs and plays, diplomas will be awarded to eight pupils of the eighth grade and to twelve for Palmer method writing. It is without doubt that this year’s entertainment is one of the best arranged. Following is the program and the names of the graduates who will receive diplomas. The graduation exercises which, it will be remembered, were held at the K. of C. hall last month. Ten graduates received diplomas: Song, "Let the Old Flag Wave” — Girls. Exercise Song—Little Girls and Boys. “Playing Soldier”—Little Boys. “The Plaint of the Bisque Doll” — Little Girls. Curtain. (“A Public Benefactor," Comedy) Erastus Steele, a merchant—Chas. Holthouse. Harry, Robert, Edward, his friends —Simeon Schmitt, Abmrose Kohnc, Elmo Ehinger. Solomon Longface, an imposter— Alfred Mougey. Cyrus Caucus, Benjamin Green, countrymen—Martin Lose, Gerald Durkin. Bobby Simson, lubberly boy—Orval Parent. Barney Hoolen, a laborer—Hubert Kintz. Curtain. Gypsy Drill —Girls. Curtain. St. Agnes Drama in three acts. The Caste: St. Agnes —Virgine Smith. St. Lucina, mother of Agnes—Anna Smith. St. Ermentia, adopted daughter— Genevieve Kftson. Symphorian, Pretor of Rome —Richary Ehinger. Claudia, wife of Pretor—Mary Laurent. Serva, Claudia’s slave —Lois Connell. Amlia, Lucilia, Faustina, vestal virgins— Rose Nesswald, Cecelia Mille“. Jucunda, Superba, Liberta, Roman ladies —Florence Mejrer, Jessie Ho’.thouse, Mary Coffee. I Officer —Athtur Hyland. Executioner—Martin Laughlin. Angel—Florence Holthouse. Synopsis. Act I—Claudia accuses Agnes to Pretor of being a Christian. He attempts to revert her from the faith and calls for the assistance of the vestal virgins, who try to compel Agnes to offer incense to the Goddess of Rome. Agnes refuses, and by the sign of the cross conquers idolotry. Act ll—Claudia and the three Roman ladies again try to persuade Agnes to renounce the faith. Superba lays hands on her, and as punishment is struck blind. Agnes is sentenced ' to death. Superba recovers her sight. ' Execution of Agnes. Act in—Emerentia tells Lucina how Agnes died. Prays at Agnes’ grave i and is attacked by heathens. She dies in Lucina’s arms. The Pretor : feels remorse and abandons Rome. Curtain. Tableau—Agness in heaven, surrounded by angels. "(Continued on Page 3.)