Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 158, Decatur, Adams County, 2 July 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 158.

S'JBMARINES AGAIN ACTIVE 1— 111 , Three Large British Vessels and Several Sailing Boats Sunk Last Night. THE COMMANDERS ARE Believed to he Receiving “Tips” Regarding Ships from United States. (By Eil 1.. Kern) London, July 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) With the renewal on a large scale of submarine operations around the British Isles, definite reports reached here this afternoon that the departure of British vessels from American ports was being "tipped off" to German submarine commanders. The sinking of three big British steamers, the Inglemoor, Caucasian and Welsbury, and of at least two sailing vessels, was confirmed by the admiralty. But the greatest interest was shown in the story of the Welsbury crew, that her departure from Cuba with a cargo of sugar for England was made known to submarine commanders who lay in wait and attacked her. The crew found this painted on the ship: "You have a cargo of sugar for England. You'll never get there.” Cable dispatches from New York reported rumors of similar threats against the White Star liner Adriatic, bound tor Liverpool with a passenger list that includes many persons of prominence, both here and in Canada, and eight Americans. It was recalled that similar rumors preceded the departure of the Lusitania from New York. It was deemed certain here that extraordinary precautions would be taken to protect the liner. For several weeks rumors have reached officials that the submarine operations were directed from information received in America. London, July 2, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —German U-boats, during the night made their biggest haul since the torpedoeing of the Lusitania. They sent to the bottom the big British steamer Caucausian and the liner Inglemor whose combined tonnage exceeded that of the Armenian. The big British steamer Wellsbury and the British schooner L. P. Power were among other submarine victims reported to theadmiralty. The inglemoor was the largest and one of the newest vessels of the Moor line of twenty-eight transoceanic liners. She fitted out as modern passenger and was completed only two years ago and cargo, boat. The Caucausian was one of the largest boats of a fleet owned by a Petroleum steamship company. Amsterdam, July 2, — (Special to Daily Democrat)—A German Zepplin exploded while leaving its shed in Brussels and was totally destroyed. Despatches received here today said the cause of the etlplosion and toe number of casualities were unknown Borne, July 2,— (Special to Daily Democrat)—A French aviator bombarded and sunk the Austrian submarine U-ll in the Adriatic, the ministry of marine announced today. This is the second time in naval history that a submarine has been sunk by an aeroplane. The Austrian U-ll was one of the newest Austrian submarines and displaced about 800 tons. She was supposed to carry a crew of abcut twenty-five men. (By Henry Wood, Constantinople. July 2, — (Special Io Daily Democrat) —Despite all efforts of the allies to create the impression that a desperate situation exists here, the fact is that Constantinople is leading an absolutely normal life—you might even say it's normal gay life. While the allied fleet and land forces pound away at the Dardanelles and the Russian fleet occasionally shell the Bosphorus forts 20 miles away, a goodly part of the population of Constantinople gather every afternoon in the municiple gardens, take tea or Turk ish coffee and listen to the magni'icent orchestra, as in times of peace. •IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY. All members of the Ladies Civic Improvement society are requested to meet at the library at 7:30 o’clock this evening. Business of importance, e

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POCAHONTAS MEMORIAL The Rod Mon and Pocahontas coun Eclls will have iiielr Joint memorial ser vice this evening at 7:30 o’clock at the hall. Some time ago the graves ol deceased members were decorated, b tl the memorial service was postponed ‘ until this evening. Ail members are especially requested to attend. o——■ ■ LAUNDRY CLOSED MONDAY Notice is hereby given that the Deji catur laundry will not run on next J Monday, July sth. o TAKE LIFE VOWS Glen Cowan, Well Known Young Barber, and Miss Alice Knapp Married. 1 8 AT KNAPP HOME t 1 * Rev. Stolte of German Reformed Church Officiates at Ring Cerefnony. With only the nearest relatives wit- . nessing the pretty ceremony, the wedding of Glen Cowan and Miss Alice Knapp last evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knapp, on North Third street, was the simple but charming affair that the bride wished, lovely garden flowers beautified the home, and in one corner of the living room the couple took their places at eight o’clock, entering to the wedding march played by Miss Lydia Miller, an intimate friend of the bride, the only guest beside the immediate relatives. Rev. Stolte of Indianapolis, who will be the new pastor of the German Reformed church of this city, officiated, with the ring ceremony. Very girlish and pretty was the bride in a lovely frock of white embroidered net over white satin. The skirt was made in tunic effect and the waist in the prevailing draped style. Following the ceremony light refreshments were served at the Knapp home. The party then went to the home of the newly married couple which they have had furnished for some time on North Second street, awaiting their arrival there, and were nicely entertained there. Mr. and Mrs. Cowan will leave Saturday night for Grand Rapids, where they will be guests a week of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Deininger. Active and popular in church circles. and a member of several clubs which have entertained for her, the bride is one of the well liked young ladies of the city. The groom is a son of Millard E. Cowan, and is a young business man, being proprietor of the Madison street barber shop and is a very deserving young man. 0 COURI HOUSE NEWS. Marriage licenses were issued to Glen Cowan, barber, born February 2, 1891, son of Millard Cowan, to wed Alice Knapp, born December 8, 1892 daughter of Henry Knapp; Albert LeRoy Upp, laborer born May 9, 1893 son of William E. Upp, to wed Florence Fern Bartlett, born July 1, 1898, daughter of Andrew Jackson Bartlett. Real estate transfers: Ed and Jessie Magley to Jessie Magley, part of lots 7 and 8, Decatur ♦BSO. County Clerk Ferdinand Bleeke announces that the clerk's office will be closed all day Monday, July sth. Any one having business there, should ati tend to it on Saturday. In his will probated today, George H. , Strickler leaves a life estate in his real and personal property to his wii low, Jane Strickler. At her death the sum of fifty dollars is to go to the > Church of God; the household furniI ture to his daughter, Laura; and the ■ rest of the estate is to be divided eqn- - ally among their four children —Law- ■ rence, Gilbert. Isaura and George E. > He asks that John Chilcoat serve as executor. Mr. Chilcoat qualified giv - ing SI,OOO bond. The board of review today assessed the nine banks of the county, none ap- ?. pearing in response to the notice, a According to the laws of the state the x assessment is the capital stock, sur- - plus and undivided profits less twen-ty-five per cent.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, July 2, 1915.

. GOOD MEETING r- »■■■ ■ ii « e ,r Os the Woman’s Missionary ‘i Society of the Pleasant Grove Church ON SUNDAY EVENING t ‘ Program Has Been An- > nounced in Full-Music ) and Recitations. I The Woman’s Missionary society of the Pleasant Grove U. B. church is to hold a meeting Sunday evening, July 4. The following program has been arranged: Song. Scripture Lesson. ! Song. Prayer. Song—Children's Mission Band. Recitation —Lilah Mumma. Recitation—Helen Wilhelm. Recitation—Luella Chapman. Duet—Rosetta Bitner and Lilah Mumma. Recitation —Richard Harkless. Recitation —Luella Chapman. Quartet. Recitation —Mildred Harkless. Recitation—Marie Lebrun. Recitation —Lelah Chapman. Reading—Missions, the Life of the Church —Irene Bitner. Duet —Golda Nidlinger and Edna Welty. Address —How the Gospel is Received in the Foreign and Home Land, a Comparison—Rev. Chupp. Chorus. Offering. Report of Officers. Benediction. All are invited to attend. O HAVE SMALL HOPE The Recovery of Aldine Wafel Who Was Injured and Operated on IS VERY DOUBTFUL Mrs. C. S. Clark Submits to the Second Operation This Morning. Aldine the five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wafel who met with such a serious accident yesterday noon when she was caught under a heavy hay loader and had two of i.he sharp steel prongs run through her little body was operated upon last evening at the Decatur uvopital by Drs. C. S. and D. D. Clark, J. C. Grand staff, and Earl Coverdale of this city and Dr. E. J. McOscar of Fort Wayne, i Today the little child is lying between life and death, her condition beI ing very serious. In the opration it ; was found that the left kidney was • cut in two |>aits as was also the liver, ; The intestines and bowels were also • severely bruised. The kidney had to be extracted. Whether the child will survive or not is hard to tell. It will be several days at least before the > physicians in charge can give any hope s for her recovery. Mrs. C. S. Clark was again operated - upon this morning at her home on > north second street. About five r weeks ago she underwent an opera- - tlon and at this time a number of gall stones, and the appendix was removed. While still on the operating table her condition became so weak that the i physicians did not get to complete - the ordeal. She was brought home 3 about a week ago and since that time 3 has been suffering intensely. In the - the operation this morning the left a kidney was removed. At the time of - going to press she had not yet come • out from under the influence of the '. antiseptic. It is hoped that she will s recover. o A TWIG OF CHERRIES d L. A. Jackson today brought to this >- office a small twig from a cherry tree >. containing exactly 119 cherries on it. e They are the fine mellow sweet kind r- that make excellent canning. Mr. i- Jackson has three large cherry trees of the same variety.

PARDON IS REFUSED. Indianapolis, Ind., July 2 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The pardon board today refused to recommend a pardon for George Thain sent up from Adams county. o NO PAPER NEXT MONDAY. The Fourth of July comes on the fifth this year, legally speaking—and that’s next Monday. On that day the Daily Democrat force will take their annual vacation and as a consequence there will be no paper published. Nearly every business house In the city, including the banks and postoffice, will be closed on that day. , ——O— — PRETTY ROMANCE ! Associated With Wedding of Lorene Miller, Mrs. Porter’s Secretary. AND MR. F. M. WALLACE Groom Was Tree Surgeon at Mrs. Porter’s Home Near Rome City. The wedding of Miss Lorene Miller, a Geneva, girl, who for seven years has been secretary to Mrs. Gene Stretton Porter, will be of interest to Decatur and Adams county people. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette says: Limberlost Cabin, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Darwin Porter, on Red Wing lake in Noble county was opened for its first social event on the afternoon of June thirtieth. An interesting romance had developed there be tweeen Mr. Frank M. Wallace, of Indianapolis, who while secretary of the state forestry association had spent three months directing the bands of workmen who removed the dead wood and filled the tree cavities of Wildflower woods, and Miss Lorene Miller, who for seven years has been the secretary of Gene Stratton-Porter. The trees stand a monument attesting the skill of Mr. Wallace as a ttee surgeon; the wedding proves him equally efficient in courtship. As would be expected this cabin in the woods became a bower of wildflowers for a rental occasion, the decorations being designed and carried out under Mrs. Porter's personal supervision. The veranda entrance was flanked on one side by a sheaf of black-eyed Sussans and sweet marsh grass and on the other by butterfly flower and burr reeds. The wall pockets bore great bouquets of spiderwort iris. The reception hall and living room which are of quartered wild cherry with old rose fresco were filled at every available point with baskets of red clover which made a wonderfully beautiful decoration, and the big fire place was laid with logs and tinder of roots and dry leaves. The dining room, with the same woodwork and pale yellow fresco, had the fire place banked with silky cornel, the china, cabinets topped with gold St. John's wort and the mantel, buffet and serving table bore pitchers of yellow wild snapdragons. The sun parlor was filled witli burr reed and blue flag, while the library, in which the ceremony was performed, was indescribably beautiful. Here the woodwork is white enamel, the walls pale green, the large rug green and the smaller ones white goat skins. The big fire place, of white glacier boulders flecked with pebbles of bright blue and red was banked with lacy tall meadow rue, the corners filled with alder, and from book cases, mantel and curtains trailed fleecy sprays of sweethearts., our daintiest wild flowers. The bridal party was grouped before the east windows, backed by Red Wing Lake and the green of the big trees. , At five in the afternoon Rev. Treus. ' dale, of the First Presbyterian church . of Kendallville performed Dr. Van Duke’s beautiful ring service in a moat ’ impressive manner. • The charming bride- was unusually . lovely in a lacy gown of point de esI prit, and never did a bride carry a more exquisite bouquet than the shower of sweethearts and Queen’s lace built for Mr. Wallace by Mrs. Porter. . The women of the party wore beau > tiful afternoon gowns, notable among which was the bride’s attendant. Miss I Maude Wells, of Indianapolis, in gold and white chiffon, the bride’s mother, j Mrs. Sarah Miller, in black and white (Continued on Page 6.)

LOAN IS PAID OFF 1 I State Finance Board Has ' Taken Care of $400,900 e s February Loan. NO ADVANCE DRAW 0 —— Y On County Treasurers This e * Year—First Time I3 ing Eighteen Years. i (By Willis S. Thompson) • Indianapolis, June 30,—The Stale • finance board, consisting of the gover- ’ nor, treasurer and auditor of state, today paid off the loan of $400,000 to the Merchants National bank and the r Indiana Trust company. Tills loan was made on the eighteenth of last February at 2% percent, the temporary relief being necessary pending collection of taxes from the county treasurers later in year. Under the law the state may call ' upon the county treasurers in March, April and May for advances on the taxes collected, and this custom has ■ been followed for many years by atl administrations, and temporary loans have been as regularly the rule, pending settlements in June. But these loans have never before been made at such a low interest rate. 1 This is the first year in eighteen years that advance calls have not been made upon county treasurers in May. the counties this year being lalowed to retain the cash until the date of final June settlement. It is seldom also that the state treasury has been in as good condition as in June 1915. Many economiies in management by the several departments have operated to this end. AT STEELES PARK Big Program Arranged for Next Monday by Fair Association. FIVE RACE EVENTS Including County Owned Trotters, Pacers, Runners and Motorcycles. If you want to enjoy yourself next Monday take your dinner and go to Steele’s park. Its a delightful spot where you can have more fun than any place we know of in this section of the good old world and then in the afternoon the Adams County Fair Association have arranged a great program of races. There will be a county trot and county pace, each best two out. of three heats for purses of $75.00; a county run, two in three., purse $40.; a five mile single motor cycleraie for S4O. and a ten mile twin motor cycle race for $60.. All entries are Adams county horses and Adams county motor cycles. The entries already in prove that it will be a big afternoons sport anq you will have a R° <xl ,inle if you go. The admission is but twentyfive cents. o PARDON BOARD REPORTS. Indianapolis, Ind., July 2—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The pardon board reported today, recommending clemency for twelve. The board made no report on thirty cases, and among these was that of Albert Musser, serving a life sentence from Blackford county. The board will go to Michigan City later, and may then report on these cases. o TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Notice is hereby given that my wife, Elizabeth Judd, has voluntarily left my ' home in Preble township, Adams 1 county, Indiana, and that 1 will not be responsible for or pay any debts she 1 may make. HENRY F. JUDD. o TO GIVE SOCIAL : 5 The Queen Esthers announce a ,o---l cial for Friday evening, July 9, on the ’• Methodist church lawn. Tickets will B be sold and everybody is requested to buy one and come.

P READY FOR JULY SALE Chief among the various stores that ure preparing for July Clearance sales, Is Bernsteins. The July clearance S sale with Bernstein is one of Ills biggest drawing cards of the entire year. And it is a sale too. Every thing In his large stock is reduced to the very lowest margin and all of the good* are seasonable goods. Several thousand large circulars have been printed for Mr. Bernstein by this office and a glance at one of these will convince you that you can save money there. ; The sale begins tomorrow. TO GIVEJSOCIAL Mt. Pleasant Mite Society Will Give Patriotic So- ’ cial and Program. > . AT THE HOME , i Os Ben Butler—Splendid Lawn Fete Will be Giv- 1 en—All Invited. 1 i Fourth of July eve will be fittingly 1 observed by the ladies of the Mt. ( Pleasant Mite society with a patriot- , ic social on the Ben Butler lawn ( northwest of the city Saturday evening. July 3. Refreshments of ice cream and cake and the usual good ’ things will be sold. Dufing the even- t ing a patriotic program, in keeping t with the holiday, will be given. The committee in charge of this c has taken special pains to make it a ; good one. There will be the opening i (Continued on Page ♦.) 1

| NEXT SUNDAY EVENT AT WILLSHIRE

Sunday, July Fourth, will mark one of the biggest days in the history of Willshire, Ohio, and especially so to the members of the congregation of the First Methodist Episcopal church, for on this day their beautiful new $17,000 house of worship will be dedicated. Grand preparations are being made for the occasion which will { mark the dedication of one of the most ! beautiful churches in northwestern [ Ohio. Bishop David H. Moore, of Athens, j Ohio, will officiate at the ceremo- ' nies. He will also be assisted by the I pastor, the Rev. Carl Jameson, and by his brother, the Rev. Charles Jame- j son, of Waterville, Ohio. The dedicatory services will begin at 10 o’clock. I Services will also be held at 2 p. m. Following is a program to be carried 1 out during the day: Morning Service —10 O'clock. Voluntary. Mymn Uo. 180 —Miles Lane. Prayer. Anthem —“The House of the Lord." Lesson —Psalter, Page 64. Gloria Patri. Offertory. Sermon —Bishop David H. Moore, D. D„ L. L. D. Doxology—Duane Street. Benediction. Afternoon Service—2 O'clock. Voluntary. Hymn. Prayer. Anthem —“Angel Voices.” Addresses by Visiting Ministers. Hymn. Benediction. Evening Service—7 O’clock. Voluntary. Hymn No. 661 —Italian Hymn. Prayer—" Remember Thy Creator.” Lesson —Psalter, Page 75. Sermon—Bishop Moore. Dedication Hymn, No. 66 —Portuguese Hymn. Dedicatory Service.

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ORDER WAS MADE Refusing Application of Receiver Ross to Move Clover Leaf Division. ■■■■—— SAY NEWS DISPATCHES Rumored Another Effort Will be Started Soon by Railroad Officials. Toledo, Ohio, July 2—An order was made in United States district court here yesterday refusing the application of Walter L. Ross, receiver for the Clover Leaf Railroad company, for authority o issue receivers' certificates to permit the company to transfer its terminals and shops from Delphos. Ohio, to Decatur, Indiana. The petiton was filed by the receiver nearly four months ago. The above dispatch published in the Enquirer and other papers this morning gives the only information we have been able to secure so far concerning the decision of Judges Killets and Humphreys, who heard the evidence several weeks ago. It is presumed the decision is final and that for the present at least no further action will be taken. It is rumored that the cause of the decision was the fact that too many other requests were made in the petition and it is possible that another effort to have the change made will he started before the close of the year.

Doxology. Benediction. The new Methodist church is taking the place of the old one which burned down a year ago last February. Work on the present edifice was started last summer. The building has a to-i al seating capacity of seven hunj ired souls, including the rooms in | he Sunday school department. It [ s built of red pressed brick, finished i with a slate roof. The inside walls I are finished in a light cream color I vith a plain border around the ceil- —

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ings and above the wainscoating. A basement containing a hot air heating plant, fan ventilating system, runs under the entire building. The contacting firm of Mann & Christen of this city built the new church. A number of people from this city will attend the dedication ceremonies Sunday. Refreshments will he served in the basement for all out-of-town quests.