Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIH. Number 215.

GERMAN NOTE ON THEARABIC Has Been Handed to Ambassador Gerard —Fear of Boat Being Rammed IS HIS EXCUSE Shake-up in Russian Army Circles —Grand Duke Nicholas Superseded. (By Carl W. Ackerman.) Berlin, via Hague, Sept. 8,— (Speciil tn Daily Democrat) —Germany’s note to the United States with regrets to the torpedoing of the liner Arabic was delivered to Ambassador Gerard last night. The contents were not made public. It is understood however that the note contained the substance of the report of the commander of the submarine which suuk the Arabic. He justified the attack on the grounds that he feared his vessel was about to be rammed and shot a torpedo in self defense. No official statement on this point has been given out by the admiralty but it is understood that the report of the commander of the U-boat was received a few days ago. This disposed o> the report from English sources that the boat had been captured or sunk The government was disposed to send an explanation to the United States to clear any misunderstanding that might have followed Bernstorffs’ message to this nation. The note as completed is in four typewritten i>ages and was handed to Ambassador Gerard at eight o'clock last night. Petrograd, Sept. B—(SpecialB—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —The Grand Duke Nicholas, superceded in command of the Russian armies by the czar, lias been appointed viceroy of the Caucasus, it was officially announced today. Other shake-ups almost as drastic are promised as a result of the Russian retreat r.-orn Warsaw. The emperor in person intends to make a complete reorganization of the government departments, it was stated this afternoon. The official reason for the retirement of the grand duke is given as ill health. A letter from the czar to the grand duke was made public and the reply was also given out. The czar thanked the grand duke for his services and expressed regret of the necessity that he go to other fields. (By Edwar<i L. Keene.) (European manager of the U. G.. Copyrighted 1915 by U. P. copyrighted in Great Britain. London, Sept. 8, —(Special to Daily D mocrat) —Germany is' not angling for peace. She was never more confident of the ultimate outcome even if the world war should become a wai of exhaustion. They adni’t that their task on the Western frontier is vastly more difficult than that in the ent hut are also convinced of their ability to break through the Anglo-French lines when they desire to do it. In t.ll quarters it is asserted that Germany is equipped not only from a mil .titfy standpoint, but also financially find economically to continue the strug i’c indefinitely. I have just returned from a weeks visit in Berlin. Tiie shove conclusions are based upon per sonal observations and conversations with Germans of low and high degrea, among the latter several important government officials. Berlin, Sept. 8, — (Special to Daily Democrat) —The German foreign office r<s yet has received no representation from America, formal or otherwise concerning the Hesperian. Ambassador Gerard has not been asked to te quire an explanation. In the absence of reports from submarine command err., the government is extremely reti.cent London, Sept. B,—(Special to Dai'v Democrat)—A news dispatch from Queenstown this evening said it had been definitely settled that an American named Wolff from Newark, N. J. an able seamon was lest by the sinking of the Hesperian. The American assembly has no confirmation. London, Sept. 8, —(Special to Dai'v Democrat) —Ten persons are known to have been killed in last night’s raid by eppelins on the east coast of England. Three are missing and forty three were injured. (Continued on page 2)

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BOND FOR JITNEY DRIVERS (United Press Service) Elwood, Ind., Sept. B.—Additions restrictions were placed on Elwood jii I ney bus operators today when the nevi city ordinance went Into effect requlr ing a license fee of $lO and that eacl . operator must put up a bend of $2,500 The license fee did not seem t Hither the jitney drivers but the bom requirement was not so easily met. .1 number of the lines were forced tc suspend and it is believed the period! cal jitneys are eliminated entirely. —o CHICKEN GROWERS MEET (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Sept. 8, —In connection with the state fair a special meeting was held today or the Indiana State Poultry association. The Hoosier chicken growers gathered in a large tent near the poultry building. Plans for the coming season’s work were considered by the association. BOOSTERJUNCH Indiana Retail Merchants Doing Some Advertising on Annual Trip. HERE LAST NIGHT For an Hour or Two—Had Good Time—Met by a Ft. Wayne Crowd. Traveling in three big cars covered with banners which announced that they represented the Indiana Retail Merchants Association, a uozen officers and directors of that organization arrived in Decatur on schedule tim(> at 5:30 last evening. Titty were me; here by a committee from Ft. Wayne acting as a reception bunch forth? party who held a night meeting there. The crowj went to the library and the meeting was immediately called to order by C. J. Voglewere who presided, the president H. J. Yager being unable to attend on account of illness. R. B. Clark of Anderson preside) t of the Indiana Association was introduced and gave a half hour address. He said the trip was bein<>: made that they might meet the business men of the state and again invite them to join the state asociation. They are making a campaign in which they show how the farmer, the professional man and the business man ought to all work together. The better the city, the more valuable the farm lands and every dollar sent out of town and spent with a mail order house is so much money gone from your community and gone for good. Mr. Clark told what they have done to help the merchant of Indiana and what they hope to do. He said that at the Portland meeting Congressman J. A. M. Adair attended and at the close asked him what tl.e association wants most from the national congress. Mr. Clark repli-'d that they desire a law which will in some manner cause the mail order house to pay tax on the business it transacts outside the state in which they are located. Mr. Adair told Mr. Clark to have the association attorneys prepare a bill looking toward that end and promised to not only introduce it in congress but to give it all the support he posibly could. Mr. Clark was delighted and said he believed such legislation could be secured with the aid of Mr. Adair. At the conclusion of the meetmg Mr. George Wenthoff moved that the local organization join the state body, Mr Voglewede asked that the matter be deferred until the next meeting night, next Tuesday, which was done. The officers and the Fort Wayne reception committee, together with several of tlie local men were guests of the Decatur Merchants at a dinner served at the Hotel Murray, leaving here at seven o’clock for Ft. Wayne. They declared themselves highly pleased wtth the reception here and asked the privilege of returning again, which will likely be given soon. The official bunch included C. T. Johnson, Lafayette; C. L, Warner. Muncie; S. S. Van Palten. R. B. Clark, R. W. Clark, Anderson; Robert Sewar.l Columbus; Ralph Hill. Delphi; E. McConnell, Bedford; and George M. Heffner, H. T. Kennerk, R. Roerber, C. A. Niebergall; E. C. Bell, E. J. Golden, G. H. Kline, C. M Mills. M. Dukes and M. H. Dukes of Fort Wayne. —— — James Strickler of Pleasant Mills was in the city today looking aftei business matters.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, September 8, 1915.

STILL JT WORK u ~ 1 * Commissioners Completing ■' September Term—Some > Road Business. <i o DR. PARRISH NAMED iPhysician for Poor—James Stults Reappointed Court ‘ House Custodian. e ■ r The commissioners were still in e session today, closing up the business 8 ot the term. A finding was rendered e on the George D. Brown et al petition for drain, that no remonstrance had been filed. W. A. Bowman was anI pointed a commissioner and with the | others-will meet at the auditors office Saturday, September 11th. The petition for the Adam Beiber- ’ stine road was found sufficient acor 1ing to law as was also the petition of Fred Minger et al for a macadam road. The board apointed Dr M. F.| Parrish of Monroe as physician for the t poor, his salary for such services to be S3OO for the year. . James Stults, efficient custodian at I the court house was reappointed for another year, beginning October Ist, his salary being fixed at $75.00 per month. John Amstutz and Jacob Newhouser I were appointed viewers on the Jones t road and will meet at the auditors office, September 10th and report at the I next term. . i The Commissioners on the Albert , Schroeder drain, were granted an ex- ’ tension of time in which to report. ■ Similar action was taken on the Ab- 1 ’ raham Minger drain. 1 ’ I The viewers report on the Abraham . Stoneburner road was received and > the cause continued. J o f THE COURT NEWS: t I Business in Court Continues Brisk —Orders of Sale 8 , t of Real Estate. c PROBATE MATTERS , f Given Attention —Several ' Estates Adjudged Finally Closed. 1 ; I I L. C. Devoss was appointed guari dian ad litem of Christena, Irene, Frederick and Richard Bittner minors, who I defaulted, in tiie partition case of ( 1 , William H. Bittner et al vs. John G. 1 ' Bittner, et al. Lutz appears for the Shafer Hardware Company. ■ II In the case of Riley R. Bradford vs. ■ Finley Kelly et al the defendant dei faulted. I! J L. C. De Voss was appointed guar- , i dian ad litem of Clyde Meyers and . i Mary M. Linton, desalting minors in j the case of Karl A. Myers et al vs. Louisa J. Myers et al: Judge D. E. Smith being disaquali- 1 ’ fied to serve in the matter of the 1 estate of David Meshberger, he ap- ’ points L. C. DeVoss special judge, who J I assumes jurisdiction. Jane Mashber--1 ger, executrix, filed her current ac- ? count which is approved and the trust continued. i . , Miranda Q. Moore, administratr'x '• of the estate of Adella Marnett, filed ; r account which the court -approved and i s 1 the administratrix was discharged. i 1 Abraham Raver was discharged as executor of the estate of Mary Welty, ? upon approval of his final report. In the Buckmaster estate, seperate demurrer by John Buckmaster to see--1 ond paragraph of separate answer of I. the defedant, Virginia Buckmaster, D was filed. [' Christina Kuntz was discharged I from further liability as administrat trix of tiie estate of Edward Lou’s Kuntz, her final report being approved. T William Frazier was appointed In on Page 2.)

r RUSSIAN LAD WANTS JOB L (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Sept. B,—A twelve year old Jewish boy from Kiev, Russi-i , came here witli tiie trite idea that ’ America means freedom and stationed himself on the busiest corner here to sell papers. A man witli an organized force claimed to have tiie exclusive right to sell papers on that corner and ordered tiie boy nicknamed Kiev away. But Kiev found out that this man had'nt bought his right from the city or anyone else, and kept on selling his papers. Now Kiev lias fallen for an imposing policeman lias ordered him off tiie corner. - ' o TODAY'S HOOSIER ODDITY (United Press Service) Bluffton, Ind., Sept. 8, —Mrs. Jesse Sunier thought an indendiary bomb had hit her. It was merely the explosion of the gasoline iron she was using. The burning oil and bits of metal did considerably surface execution, but Mrs. Sunier was not seriously injured. WILL JJQUIDATE German Building Loan Fund and Savings Association Quits Busines. THE DIRECTORS MET And Adopted Resolution— Built More Than 600 Homes in County. At a meeting of the board of directors of the German Building Loin Fund and Savings asociation held last evening,; a resolutifon was adopted providing for the liquidating of the association under the law This mear-s that tliis olj and reliable company will quit business after twenty fi-’e years of success. They will make no further loans or receive further deposits, while those who have borrowed money from the association, will continue to pay heretofore this money being used to pay off these who hold stock. The company was organized in 1890 and has been the financial base through which more than 600 houses have been built in this county, over 500 of which were erected in Decatur. During the past few years the company has had but little business and feeling that they had outlived the demand for their existance, the directors voted to liquidate. Mr. Schirmey< r lias been the secretary of the c< since 1893. The company was organized April 15, 1890 and P. G. Hoop?r was secretary until 1893. The company will pay out nicely. o M. E. PRAYER SERVICE The Methodist prayer meeting this evening, beginning at 7:30 will be led by F. W. Downs. LEVY THE SAME City School Board Made Tax Lew of $1.52 and I SI.OO Poll. REMAINS THE SAME — As Last Year—Arrange for Repairs and Also Allowed Bills. The city school board met last night and made their tax levy for the ensuing year. The total levy is $1.52, the same as last year. Besides this, there is a poll of SI.OO. The school levy is apportioned as follows: Special school $ .50 Refunding bond 09 Special sanitary buildig 15 Bond issue 25 Vocational 03 Tuition » 50 The board also allowed bils and arranged for supplies and repairs, and attended to other miscellaneous business of minor importance. Arrangements are being made to cement another one of the basement rooms of the Central building and fit it up to be used by a manual training and agricultural class.

MUSIC RECITAI r iii ■ i ( Second Annual Event Wil “ be Given Saturday Night by the Pupils i l OF MISS JACKSON r , At U. B. Church at Craig--1 ville—To be Splendid Musical Treat. ? The second annual musical recital J will be given by the pupils of Miss • Kathryn Jackson at the U. B. church . at Craigville, Saturday evening, SepI tember 11, beginning at 7:45 o’clock, t sharp. Everybody cordially invited. . Admission, free. The following program will be given: • Piano Duet—Elsie Arnold, Leona 1 Henschen. • Piano Solo—Genevieve Ormsby. Piano Solo —Helen Andrews. Piano Solo —Cecil Meyers. Piano Duet —Ida Spade, Edna Ehrman. Piano Solo—Mae Shoaf. Piano Solo—Mildred Johnson. Piano Solo —Vera Patterson. Piano Duet —Anna Johnson, Vera Stoutenberry. Piano Solo —Gladys Goldner. Piana Solo —Barbara Smith. Piano Solo —Thelma Shady. Piano Trio —Anna Johnson, Naomi and Merle Poling. Piano Solo—Lucy Smith. Piano Solo—Dorothy Johnson. Piano Solo —Rowena Miller. Piano Duet —Emma Miller, Lncy Smith. Piano Solo—Ruth Johnson. Piano Solo—Nellie Barger. Piano Solo —Naomi Poling. Piano Trio —Nellie Barger, Elsie Arnold, Leona Henschen. Piano Solo—Emma Miller. Piano Solo—Merle Poling. Piano Solo —Elsie Arnold. Piano Duet —Merle and Naomi Poling. CONCLUDE_ DUTY County Council Fixes Appropriations for Year— Tax Rate Forty Cents. INCLUDING BRIDGES Exactly Same as Last Year —Commissioners Will Plan Rest Room. Tiie county council have concluded the labors of their annual session, the total appropriation amounting to $84,926.60, a little less than was org nally estimated. The commissioners were authorized to investigate tiie proposition of establishing a rest room for the ladies and it is likely that some action will be taken on this project during the next year. Several plans have been proposed but so far there has been no agreement on the best thing to do. Figured from the appropriations as named above tiie county tax for 1916 will be 34 cents, with six cents lor bridges. This is the exact total cf last year when the tax was 32 cents and bridges 8 cents. Indications are at this time the total lax rate for next year will be about twenty cents lower than last year in Decatur and lightly higher in most of the townships. ’ Tiie council appropriated the following money for bridges: Roop bridge in Root township $4,500: Beckme'r bridge, Root, $450; Monmouth retaining wall $900; Jacob Graber, French, $600; Bethel, Jefferson $1,450; Ben Meyer, Wabash, $700; The sum of $14,000 for the Burk bridge in Wabash was appropriated but not included in the levy, arrangements for this to be made next spring. • s-s———l 0 -I • ~ r r AGAIN BREAKo PRECEDENTS (United Press Service) Washingion, 1). U., Sept », — (Special to Daily Democrat) —President Wilson today broke all Washington precedents regarding executive dignity. Instead of summoning Secretary Lansing to the White House, lie walked to the state department himself for a conference.

L HOOSIER HISTORY IN TABLOID (United Press Service) In the long story in the travel ways of Indiana, from the wilderness trace || to tiie hourly interurban, the old plank road occupies a chapter. When there was literally timber to burn, and with a demand for good wagon roads to markets, a boom in the plank road making took place in the middle of the century. It is said that by 1850 k 00 miles had been built at a cost of from $1,200 to $1,500 per mile. With the wearing of the planks and rotting ’■ of the sills, the weakness of this system of road building was soon apparent and enthusiasm for it waned. o THE U. B. CONFERENCE (United Press Service) j Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 8, —The St. Joss epli conference of the United Brethren li church, comprising the northern part >- of the state convened here today for :, a week's session. I. o CROPS ARE FINE In Saskatchewan, Canada— Says J. R. Moser—Writes Brother, Elmer. ONE LITTLE FROST I Did no Damage—Harvest Hands Are Plenty—Are i Now Harvesting. Elmer Moser is in receipt of the I following letter of date of September 3, from his brother. J. R. Moser, who has many hundreds of acres of land in the vicinity of Watson, Saskatchewan, Canada: “Dear Brother: —Will drop you a few lines to let you know how things are. We are having dry and hot weather. Had one rain since we got up. The barley is all in tile shock. The wheat will all be in shock by Saturday night. Have about 300 acres of oats cut. Wheat is of the best grade. No. 1 Northern, and a , good crop. Oats is higher than my ( iiead and filled good. They can’t take ! a full cut; too heavy. It all stands up good, except about one hundred t acres, which is cut. See by the papers ( it is still raining in Indiana. We had one little frost here, about a week ( ago. It didn’t do tiie grain any dam- . age. It is too far along now for frost , to hurt, as it is all ripe. Harvest help , is plenty here. There were one him- ' dred hands who got off of one train t Monday from the east. They pay , $2.00 for shockers. They are coming from the east by the thousands to c work in the harvest fields. Prices , 0 of grain will not be so high as last ( year. It is z going to take a lot of q work to take the crops off. They f have more than twice tiie straw and t about 340 acres more out; cutting ofi ( about seventy to eighty acres a day; ( going to start another binder and will , get it off as soon as we can, as we don’t know what kind of weather wo might have. J. R. MOSER." HAVE EXHIBIT AT FAIR >' t Dan Tyndall left at noon today for Indianapolis where he will attend tue ( | Indiana State Fair, at which the Krick- n Tyndall & Co. plant have an exhibit b in connection with four other tile manufacturers of the state Dan w’ 1 <1 have charge of the exhibit tomorrow, s ABOUT THE SICK. e Joshua Parrish, wiio lias been quite * ill of dysentery, is better and is get- 1 ting along nicely, being allowed to - take nourishment today, it is believ- ( ed he will recover, 1 Daniel W. Myers, who lias been ( quite ill of Bright's disease, is some- ( what better. , o ■— ATTENTION, BUSINESS MEN! Mr, Charles A. Crockett, special representative of the Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland, Ohio, is in the city and will talk to the Decatur merchants at the library at eight o'clock this evening. Every business man is urged to be present. o RETURNS NEXT WEEK Miss Annie Winnes who spent several weeks in California, writes relatives that she will be home next week. She visited lately at Colton, Cal., with the Burt Harruff family, and will also visit with Mrs. Wagoner at Sawtelle. , F. H. Hubbard ajid family have re- > turned from a two weeks' auto trip i to Oswego, N. Y. They report a most delightful time.

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OBJECT TO FOUR 5 Property Owners on For- ' nax, Russell, Oak, Mar- ) shall Streets Object. I TO THE IMPROVEMENT Before Council—Rugg and First Streets Pass—Porter Sewer Ordered. The city council met in regular session last evening and as soon as the meeting was called to order objections against the proposed improvements along Fornax, Oak, Russell, Marshall, Rugg and South First streets were heard and acted upon. The proofs of publication in all six improvements were filed and placed on record. No one objected to the Rugg and South First street improvements and later on in the evening after the other four streets had been disposed of a resolution was passed, adopting the improvements and ordering the clerk to give notice to bidders that the council would, on the 21st day of September, receive sealed bids for the construction of the two streets. The four streets which were remonstrated against were Fornax, Oak. Russell and Marshall. After all objections had been filed and heard the improvements were referred to the street and sewer committee. On some of the streets it was asked that curbing and cement walks be laid, while one or two petitioned that the streets be bricked or tarvaed. Attorney Henry Heller represented the property owners who objected to the improvements. The quarterly report of the treasurer. which had been referred to the finance committee, was approved and spread on record. Petitons for a four-foot sidewalk, either brick or cement, along Eleventh and South Fifth streets were filed and referred to the street and sewer committee. Tiie clerk reported as having received a fifty-dollar rebate from the Ford Motor company. The * report was ordered placed on record. The city engineer tiled his report in the matter of the completion of the (’. (’. Linn sewer. The same was approved and spread on record. The final resolution was then passed, adopting the improvement and assessment roll and ordering the clerk to give notice to property owners affected by tiie improvement to appear with their objections on the 21st day of September. The petition for the John Porter sewer which was filed about a month ago, was approved and the improvement ordered constructed. The plans and specifications of tiie engineer were filed and a resolution passed whereby ,the clerk was to give notice to property owners to hear any and all objections at tiie next regular meeting. The petition of John Vail for the rebuilding of a sewer from Madison street to Jefferson street was referred to the street and sewer committee. Tiie street commissioner was ordered to look after the matter of removing dirt from the hydrants along Eleventh street. Tiie purchasing committee was ordered to buy a car load ot crushed stone for the street commissioner. The following bills were then allowed and the meeting adjourned: Omer Parent $ 11.00 Decatur Vol. Firemen 15.q0 New York Belting Co l.i>o Orval Harruff 37 50 Isaac Chronister 32.50 J. G. Adler 1.50 Street Commissioner pay roll .. 133.00 G. E. Steele 61.63 William IJnn 3.00 Kalver Nolde Garage Co 4.10 Moore Oil Co 2.50 Hooper, Hayslip & Bell 3.24 National Mill Supply Co 28.26 Lawrence Electric Co. . 1 J>o L. G. Hammond 52.25 The Democrat Co 4.10 Citizens Telephone Co 6.90 P. V. N. Supply Co. 11.00 Standard Oil Co .... 16.71 Protective Electric Supply Co. 32 b7 Ft. Wayne Eng. & Mfg. Co. .. 1.75 The Democrat Co 40.C0 City Firemen 62.50 Ira Elzey , 25 Walter Meibers k 5 C. C. Linn 48.10 H. C. McGill 12.00 H. O. McGill 22.53 William Keller 1.00 (Continued on Page 3.)