Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 30 June 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 155.

TWENTY MEN LOSTAT SEA When Dominion Steamer Armenia Was Torpedoed This Afternoon MOSTLY AMERICANS Germanys Reply to United States Will Be Given to Public Saturday BULLETIN. Washington, I)., C., June 30—(Special to Democrat) Word receiced at the state department this afternoon gave the information that the Dominion steamer Armenia, enroute from Newport News to Great Britain, had been sunk off’ the coast of Cornwall by a torpedo. Twenty men w ere lost and ten badly injured, most of them being Americans. (By Karl Ackerman) Berlin, June 30,—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The German reply to the second American note regarding the Lusitania will be despatched to Washington this week. The present plans 1 provide for publication in the United States perhaps before Saturday. The' II return of the chancellor and the for-' eign secretary from Vienna has hast- ! ( ened the preparations of the note. I From reliable scourses I learned to-' ( day that the final draft, now in pro-j ( cess of preparation, differs but slightly from the outline given the U. P. ] a week ago. ( London. June 30,—(Special to Daily j Democrat)—The Holland-American liner Nieuw, Amsterdam to Rotterdam collided with an unidentified steam- ( er off Deal this morning and was dam- j aged in the port quarter. The injury , to the steamer that rammed her is , unknown. The Nieuw Amsterdam is f one of the largest of the fleet of £ ocean liners. She displaces 17,149 t tons and is GOO feet in length with I a 70 foot beam. , • c Petrograd, June 30, —(Special to ( Daily Democrat)—"With the help of|, God. Russia will continue the fight un-L til her enemies are completely crush- 5 ed. Until that time peace is impossi- { l ie” The Russian premier made this emrhatic statement in a manifesto , Issued today. The document was - , made public immediately following: ( the remarkable conference of the czar , and his ministers behind the battle , front in Galacia where the Russian ] armies are retreating before the Ger- ( man drive. The manifesto was gen- ( erally constructed here as an answer j to the statement appearing in the , German press that Russia was weary ( of the war and ready to sue for ( peace • I Berlin, June 30,— (Special to Daily | Democrat)— The governing board of i the German socialist party in a mani- i festo passed by the censor today called on the German government in the name of humanity and culture” to begin peace negotiations. The German socialists expect that their friends in other belligerent countrys will take the same step. Barlin, June 30— (Special to Daily Democrat)— The Austro-German drive now threatens to cut off the Russian right wing from the armies operating east of Lemberg. Mackenson’s left is sweeping the Slavs west of Lemberg back upon their own frontier. “We have reached the district of Belz.” (38 miles north of Lemberg) said this afternoons statement. “Part of our forces are approaching the northern border of the Tancw forest.” Along the entire Galiacian battle front the Russians continue steadily in retreat, except at certain points southeast ot Lemberg.

London, June 30,— (Special to Daily Democrat)— Premier Asquith refused this afternoon to be drawn into a discussion of peace rumors or the terms upon which England might agree to a termination of the war. Replying to a query put by David Mason,

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liberal member, the prime minister declared lie had nothing to add to previous statements and that discussion of i'eaee terms at this time would be I detrimental to the interests of the nJ. lies. Mason asked Asquith if it would not be possible for him to specify up- . on what terms England would be willing to end the war. o ■■■ TWO AMERICANS ARRESTED El Paso, June 30, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Ike and Frank Alderete, 1 local politicians and business men, and General Marcelos Caradeo, a former Huerta officer, were arrested today on charges of conspiring with Huerta and others to violate American neutrality by invading Mexico. MILLIONS^ DEAD During the First Year of European War 2,150,000 Men Have Been Killed FIGURES COMPILED By the Red Cross Association—Allies Lose Greater Number of Men Under the sod of 300 acres of Calvary Cemetery lie 900,000 dead; 400,000 more slumbered in 1- their graves i in the 500 acres of Greenwood's shelter. A total of 1,300,000 in these two immense resting places Os weary mankind, who closed their eyes in isola- 1 ted cases of fatal illness, in accidents, or of old age. And many decades dolled down the slopes of time ere this vast number of mounds was built.over the remains of frail humanity. For orderly and low is the procession from lite to death as decreed by the Almighty. But there lie today in Russia, in Galicia, in France, in Belgium and i» Flanders, the corpses of 2,150,000 men who died since the beginning of last August by the hand of other men, uselessly slaughtered in the bloom of life. They were mostly strong, and happy, and glad of the sunshine, and laboring in the fields of peace. And then a few mad Kings lashed them against each other, and so it happens that in the eleven months since the outbreak of the war nearly twice the many have died than were hurried in scores of years in Calvary and in Greenwood. And trails of hot tears shed from more than 2,000,000 homes in the cities and the hamlets of the warring countries to the bloodstained I graves on the battle fields. This is but one sidelight on the war to be gleaned from Red Cross figures recently made public: They give the total loss as 3,831,000. which in addition to the dead alluded to includes 3,781,000 slightly wounded; 1,150,000 prisoners. And it may be assumed that these figures are far below the facts, for an official statement from' Berlin, just obtained places the number of prisoners in the hands of the Germans and Austrians alone at 1,610,000 However, for argument’s sake, the Red Cross statistics may well he; accepted. Their most remarkable feature conveys an excellent reason for the ability of the Teutons to hold their own, for in killed and wounded and prisoners their losses are far smaller than those of the ailies. German’s and Austria’s dead number only 823.000, while their enemies counted 1,313,000 lost lives—every ten Germans having killed fifteen of their enemies, Now,, if it is considered that Austrian losses of 341,000 were incurred almost entirely on the Russian border, where the Czar’s forces sacrificed 733,000; and -that German's contribution to be silent army of 482,000 was made both in Russia and in France, while in the latter country and in Flanders alone the British and French lost 580,000 men in death, it follows that the military fury of the Germans seems to have a far more fatal effect, man against men and weapon against weapon. than as results of the allied soldiers. Even more amazing proportionsare figured out in respect to the wounded and the prisoners. Os the former vicitms 1,358,000 are Germans and Austrains and 4,378,000 soldiers of the allies, each German wounded being offset by three wounded soldiers of the allies. And in prisoners, the Germans and Austrians lost 416,000 and their opponents 1,348,000. These . are staggering figures. They explain , ~ (Continued on Page 2.)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, June 30, 1915.

A NEW LINOTYPE i Merganthaler Number Fourteen Now Ready For Business In This Office BEST MACHINE MADE Sets Many Different Sizes of Type—Big Improve ment Over Old Ones H. S, Callahan of Indianapolis is here today installing In the office of the Daily Democrat a new model 14 Merganthaler Linotype, the very latest and best machine manufactured by that company. The machine was erected Monday and Tuesday by the Messrs Stewart ana Amrine of this office and Mr. Callahan came today to inspect it before starting to work with this wonderful machine which ’s a printing office within itself. That the model 14 is the greatest machine ever built of its kind is conceeded by every one who has seen it in operation. It has three magazines and an auxiliary and sets eight point, ten point, twelve point, eighteen and twen-ty-four point, the different magazines being throws into position simply by turning a crank. It will permit us to do job and advertisement work faster and better than heretofore and will besides that prove a great aid in getting out the Daily Democrat. Come in and see this almost human machine do its w'ork. You are welcome any time and any day. o TDRNEMN GAS Fort Wayne Man Believed to Have Deliberately Killed Self and Family MRS. CHAMP CLARK Celebrates Daughters Wedding Day By Rescueing Nephews From Wreck Fort Wayne, June 30, —(Specia Ito Daily Democrat) —When neighbors broke open the door of Matt Gooley’s home today they found two dead and three unconscious from gas. Tiie dead are Matt Gooley, 50, Donald, his son,, 10; Mrs. Gooley and her two daughtejs, Hazel, 21 and Lorette, 18 are believed to be dying. The police believe that Gooley, who was intoxicated last night deliberately murdered 'all. Bowling Green, Mo., June 30, — (Special to Daily Democrat)—Mrs. Champ 1 Clark celebrated her daughters wedding day tolay by heading a relief expeditioin to bring to Bowling Green her two nephews and other guests who were stranded when the Chicago 1 & Alton train was derailed seven miles from here. Mrs. Clark had retired when she heard other members of the household discussing in subdued tones a message they had received telling of the wreck. She dressed hurridly and took an auto. The wreck was half a mile from the road and Mrs. Clark, climbing barbed wire fences, made her way to the piled up cars. — o ONE DAY’S CATCH In Burt Lake Sent To Postoffice Force By Jessie Helm Jesse Helm, postoffice clerk, who Is spending three weeks at Oden, Michigan, today sent to the postofflee force a fine “kit" of fish. There were some twenty or twenty-five pounds and a postal that followed said that it was one day’s catch In Burt Lake. There were speckled trout, pickeral, blue , gill, pike and others — all the finest , kinds. The largest weighed four lbs. i or more. I -O CHARGED WITH RIOTING l ■ ‘ Atlanta, Ga., June 30,—(Special to • Daily Democrat)&—Twenty six arresti cd at the home of former Gov. Slaton 1 today indicted by the grand jury this afternoon for violation of the riot law.

KOKOMO REMAINS "DRY” Kokomo, Ind., June 29,—The local option election today resulted in Kokomo staying In the dry column by a majority ot 153 votes. Two years ago the drys had a majority of 100. The vote was counted rapidly, but until all returns had been made the result was in doubt. The drys made increases in the wet precincts. The campaign, which proceeded election, was one of the cleanest ever held in this city. Jacob F. Bergman, local bottling man. and Frank Korby, local cigar manufacturer, were managers of the wets. Their popularity made the drys afraid of the result and probably helped in a large measure in making the majority for the drys as small as it was. o UNION TO MEET Woman’s Christian Temnerance Union to Meet With Mrs. L. L. Baumeartner A GOOD PROGRAM Will Be Given—Mrs .C. L. Walters Will Be Leader of Meeting The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will be entertained Thursday afternoon by Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner. Mrs.H. 7. Butter will be an assistant hostess and Mrs. C. L. Walters will be leader. The program will begin promptly at two o’clock. The program follows: Opening song. Devotionals lead by Mrs. A. C. Ball. W. C. T. U. Jubilee Song, “A Saloonless Nation in 1920”—by the Union Woman in Business —Mrs. B. W. Sh-Jl-ty. Woman in Government —Mrs, Dr. W. E. Smith. Woman in Religion—Mrs. J. H. Rilling. Vocal Solo —Eloise Lewton. “The Cail of the New Year”—Dorothy Walters. Piano Duet —Dolores Ballenger, Alice Lenhart. ‘ A view of the Times” —Mrs. C. F. Kenna. Voval Solo —Lee Anna Vance. “A Double Emancipation"—Mrs. John Burk. Piano Solo—Naomi Butler. Reading of a letter from Gertrude Fulton, state superintendent of Christian citizenship—Mrs. C. E. Bell. Round table discussion of the plan for development of Christian citizenship. Business period, social hour. BABY DAUGHTER DEAD Dorris Helen, little four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Reber, residing in Kirkland township, passed away last evening at eleven o’clock, death resulting from tuberculosis. The little girl had been ill for some time from the dreaded disease, but not until a week or so ago had hopes of her recovery been given up. The funeral service will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Zion church and interment will be made in Pleasant Dale cemetery. PROF. DRIVER TO SPEAK Prof. Lee L. Driver, Randolph Co. school Superintendent, arrived from Winchester this afternoon and this evening will speak at the Christian Union church at Honduras. Albert Sellemeyer will have his Victrolla there and furnish music. Prof. Driver will speak Thursday evening at the church at Salem, and Friday at the Pleasant Mills church. FAST FLYER Gossip dwells both near and far. It’s on the job forever, And flys around in a motor car, Using the high-speed lever! —oWILL LEAD MEETING Mr. John Rex will be the leader at the mid-week prayer service of the Methodist church this evening at 7:30 o’clock. — ——o— LUMBER YARDS TO CLOSE Both lumber years will be closed ,J1 day, July sth.

DRAFT CAME BACK St. Louis Horse Buyer Bought Car of Horses At Sale Here Last Week WERE SHIPPED OUT Yesterday Draft Came Back “Unpaid”-Recovery Process Is Necessary Attorney Shafer Peterson of the law firm of Peterson & Moran and Ed. Ahr, the well known stock buyer, left last evening over the Clover Leaf for St. Louis where they will look after the collection of an account ot considerable size. At the horse sale held here last week a buyer named H. Vervaek, a Belgium who has bought many horses in this city during the past year for use in the foreign war, purchased a car load of horses for which he authorized the drawing of two drafts through the Old Adams County Bank on one of the largest commission firms of St. Louis, one for Mr. Ahr being in the sum of $3,485 and the other for the horse company for $350. The draft for Mr. Ahr came back yesterday “not paid" and those interested got busy at once. It is said the condition was brought about because of the recent floods in the southwest and the fact that there was an over supply of horses shipped in. It is believed that the money can either be secured or the horses recovered. o GET BIHETURNS From County Agricultural Expert-Chautauqua Started Movement IN OHIO COUNTY “Community Building” Dis- 1 cussed At Chautauqua— Promotes Interest Following the Chautauqua at Mt. , Vernon, 0., in 1914, the Mt. Vernon Banner said that as a result of the i lecture of "Community Building” at 1 the Chautauqua, local members of i the Citizens’ Association discussed , the advisability ot hiring an agricultural expert to spend the entire year | in Knox county and offer h's techni- . cal knowledge gratis to farmers. i Continuing, the Banner said: i “In an lowa county, such an expert I returned $25,000 to the farmers in a larger production of corn and in the i stamping out of hog cholera. The sal- 1 ary for such a man would run be- ! tween SI,OOO and $2,000 per year. I "In addition to his giving practical advice, the work of the expert is to establish a better community feeling, i A dozen farm families are grouped i into a district, and these ristricts hold basket picnics twice a month and are ; addressed by the expert upon some phase of agriculture.” o SUBMARINE IS ASHORE - - I San Francisco, June 30, —(Special : to Daily Democrat) —With a heavy surf running, officials of the dare Island navy yard feared the United States submarine H-3, ashore today south of Point Sor, would pound to pieces on the rocks. The steamship Arizonian was standing by, the monitor Cheyenne was near and a revenue cutter was approaching the submarine. No one aboard the vessel was injured and no fears were felt for the safety of the two officers and eight men of the crew. o EVANGELICAL CHURCH This evening is the time of the Midweek service at the Evangelical church. The service will begin at 7:30. The pastor will give a short talk on: The Altar, The Tabernacle, and the Temple, and what they represent. The choir will rehearse songs after the meeting for Sunday's services. The public is cordially invited to attend these meetings.

MRS. JESS WILLARD DYING ‘ Buffalo, June 29, Mrs. Jess Willard, accompaning her husband, who is traveling with a wild west show now playing here, is dying of tuberculosis, according to four Buffalo physicians, today. They declare she cannot live more than a month. Mrs. Willard starts alone to-morrow for Emmett Kan., their old home. The champion begged the management of the show for release, but it was refused because of his big drawing power. He get SSOO. a day and percentage, and recently made $3,000 in one day ut Detroit. "Just when we’re ready to enjoy life," said the big fellow “the girl must go. I ct n’t believe it.” Many from here sa;y Willard at Fort Wayne recently. chW wedding St. Mary’s Catholic Church Scene of Happy Wedding —Gillig-Gast NUPTIALS SOLEMNIZE Emma Gillig Becomes Wife of Andrew F. Gast of Celina, Ohio. The wedding of Andrew Ferdinand' Gast of Celina, 0., and Miss Emma■ Mary Gillig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.; Conrad Gillig of south of the city, l was solemnized at seven o’clock this) morning at the St. Mary's Catholic: church by Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz., Simplicity, but beauty and impressive-1 ness, characterized the wedding, as, the bride desired. The colors of yel-, low and white were carried out in the (Costumes of the bride and her maid.i as they were in the decorations of the home where the wedding festivities were continued by the nearest relatives. I The bride wore pure white. Her gown of embroidered sheer white was made in a becoming, prevailing mode, and a long white tulle veil was worn. She carried a white prayer hook, with marker of lillies of the valley. Her sister, Miss Agnes Gillig, as her maid, wore white over yellow, girlish and becoming, and her hat was of white mo line, while the bouquet she carried was of yellow and white roses. , Leo Gast of Celina, a brother, attended the groom. i At the bride’s parents’ home at noon, a wedding dinner was served. The immediate relatives were guests. Tie appointments of the table, and the de corations of the home were pretty and were carried out in yellow and white. 1 This afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Gast left for northern Michigan on their wedding tour. They will be gone a month and will then go to Celina,O.. to live, Mr. Gast having a furnished ' home awaiting them. i ' Mr. Gast is a well known and substantial business man of Celina, Ohio, being a member of the firm of B. J. A. Romer Company, handling gentlemen’s furnishings. He is a son of Mr. and | Mrs. John Henry Gast of Celina. 0., Personally, he is a man whose traits 1 of character and fine personality, ha ze made him extremely well liked. The i bride is too well known here to need ■ any introduction. Suffice it to say, her sunny dispositioi, sincerity sterling worth, have made her a general favorite with all. For several years ( she was an assistant in the Old Adams County Bank, where her acquaintance ship was widely extended. Guests from, out of town were: Mr. 1 and Mrs. John Gast, Antoinette. Jennie and Leo Gast, Peter Ockuly, Ce-j lina, O.; Alex Miller, Ottoville, O„ Mrs. John Shafer, Clncinnnati, O.; Rev. Julius Heffner. St. Marys O.; Rev. Othmar ( Knapke, Pasadena, O.; Frank Gillig. Chicago. o ■ PETERS WILL TALK Earl Peters, secretary to the Hot. Cyrus Cline, will talk to the members of the Fort Wayne Real Estate exchange at their regular weekly noon meeting and luncheon today at the Commercial club. —Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. o REV. STOLTE MOVING HERE Rev. Stolte, the new pastor of the German Reformed* \church is moving • here from Indianapolis. His goods arrived today by automobile truck. His > first sermon as regular pastor will not Ibe preached until Sunday July 1.

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BOOSTING DICK I > Well Known Hotel Man Is Making Good At New Locaton In Kentucky GETS A WRITE-UP In Humorist Journal, Hogwallow Kentuckian, That Makes Good Reading A city, like a well ordered house- ■ hold, should be regardful of the itnI pression'it makes in the minds of visitors,, strangers within its gates. For when they return home they tell about I it and there is a reputation made. Aside from the general appearance of the streets and buildings, the one thing which chiefly forms the opinion of a visitor in a city is the hotel where he stays. To him, that represents the life of tiie city and he is more apt than not to judge the entire town by the service and equipment of his temporary home in It. Paducah is fortunate in having a hotel which meets every requirement or modern demands in that line. Tne improvements which have been made in the Palmer House have transformed it from an ordinary, first class hotel into thoroughly up-to-date and above the ordinary one. The entire interior, from top to bottom, has been J made practically new. and all those i comforts and conviences which are i found in the very best hotels have i been installed. There are some of the ' most delightful rooms in that hotel | which one can find anywhere. The service, under the management of Mr. Townsend, has taken on that ' thorough and satisfying character ' which only the highest executive ! capacity ctm produce. The connoseur in hotels finds nothing of which ;.o camplain there, from the time the bell hop grabs his valise at the entrance on through the various attentions and ministrations he receives at the hands of clerk, waiter chef, of different kinds, and a varied assortment of telephone,—cigar,—manicure — and stenographic girls. If it so turns out that he comes into touch with the manager himself, then does he experience the pleasure of knowing “a royal host to the guests within his inn," to quote from our old college chum, Bill Shakespere. Paducah should be proud of the Palmer House. The men who are responsible for it have rendered a civic service of great importance. While no doubt they did’nt have that view of the matter in mind while “digging down for the necessary," we think they deserve to get that which they did have in view, which we would guess in dividends. We hope they get them, and as an earnest of our good wish's, we are thinking of spending a couple of dollars for a dinner there the first Sunday in July. Hogwallor Kentuckian. THE “WINNERS” CLASS The "Winners” Sunday school class of the Evangelical church, had a delightful class meeting last evening at the heme of Mr. and Mrs. Orval Harruff. After the business session several contests were enjoyed. One was questions and answers on the Bible, other was along patriotic lines. The refreshments indicated that the Fourth of July is near at hand. Each plate was decorated with a U. S. flag the layer cake and the brick ice- ! cream was beautifully colored in lay--1 ers: red, white and blue, making a patriotic appearance. j Tne refreshments were served 'ey Orval 1 Harruff. William Myers, and Frank Butler, wearing bouquets red, I white and blue respectively. It ma le a fellow feel good and proud that he was living in America where the Stars and Stripes are appreciated and honored. The next meetng will be held the last Tuesday in July at the home of Mr. Mat Briner.—Contributed. o — WIRT FOR SUPERINTENDENT I —■ I I — New York June 30,—(Special to Daily Democrat) —New York friends of William Wirt, superintendent ,>f schools at Gary, Indiana were booming him today for city superintendent ! of the New York schools. Mr. Wirt is well known to many ■ people of Decatur, he having several i years ago been superintendent of the Bluffton schools and was born and raised in Markle.