Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 13 September 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 218.

CONFERENCE HELD TODAY Between Secretary Lansing and Ambassador Bernstorff on Arabic. REACH NO CONCLUSION Situation Believed Serious Explains What German Promises Meant. Washington, Sept. 13,—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Secretary Lansing and Ambassador Bernstorff will attempt during the next few days to straighten out the German-Amer'can misundestanding which has arisen. Tliis information was obtained th's afternoon from a reliable source. No conclusion was reached at todays conference but this was not taken to mean that Mnsing has refused to agree to an agreement to arbitrage on Arabic incident. It was interpreted to mean that no adjustment had been readied however. (By Charles Stewart.) Washington, Sept. 13,—(Special tc. Daily Democrat)— German Ambassador Bernstorff will tell the state department. it was learned today that such incidents as that of the Arabic will continue to occur until Gr»Y Britain disavows orders to commanders of merchantmen to ram submarines at all times. The department will be told that Germany expects the United States to obtain such a disavowal from Great Britain, thus proving real American neutrality from a German viewpoint. It will also be stated that “full satisfaction" for such incidents as the Arabic means “full regret.” There was the best grounds for believing that Bernstorff had been turned down by his government on the “full satisfaction” issue. Secretary Lansing unexpectedly went to the white house for a conference with die president at 10:30 this morning. The nature of Bernstoff's statement to be made promises to create an exceedingly serious situation between Washington and Berlin. The ambassador will also tell Lansing that no one in Germany believes that the United States is neutral and this government must dissipate this impression by taking up the issue with London before an conclusions can be reached. Washington, Sept. 13—(Special to Daily Democrat)—lt became known from a reliable source that Mr. Archbold will be put under arrest by the United States government upon his arrival in this country. London, Sept. 13.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Zepplins raided the east coast Saturday night, it was officially announced today. The press bureau states there were no casualties. Berlin. Sept. 13, —(Special to Dailv Democrat) —“Field Marshall Machensen has broken the enemies resist race on a wide flat" said an official announcement from the war office, this afternoon. “We expect to make further progress at Pinsk." WAS GIVEtUsURPRISE. Mrs. Henry Martz of Pleasant Mi’ls was given a surprise yesterday for I er seventy-second birthday anniversary this falls today, but the surprise wa: given a day in advance. The guests spent the day with her. had a fine dinner and reunion. The party included the families of D. B. Erwin, this City; Asa McMillen, Pleasant Mil’s: Charles McMillen, R. T. Dunn ar.d Mrs. Jaekel of Napoleon. Ohio. The Napoleon people ale great adm'rcs of Gene Stratton Porter’s books, and on Saturday they, with the D. B. Elwin family, motored there to see her home, Limberlost Cabin. TO KELLEY’S ISLAND Mr. and Mrs. Cal Peterson and Mrs. John Everett left for Kelley’s island, where they will spend their annual vacation. Mr. Everett who is in Michigan. buying peaches, will join them <n his return. They go by automob.de to Sandusky, wherfli v they take the ferry to the island. — —o- ——~~ ABOUT THE SICK. Mrs. Henry Schultz became quite ill Saturday night of stomach trouble and a nervous breakdown and is quite ill.

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POLICE COURT Frank Nolan was arrigned before I Mayor Christen this afternoon ami pleaded guilty to the chaige of public intoxication on the 9th day of September. He was given a fine of SI.OO and , cost, amounting to $ll.OO in all. Being broke he went to jail for a little eleven days vacation. o FABRE LINER IS SAFE. (United Press Service) New York, Sept. 13—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —The fire aboard the Fabre liner Santa Anna has been extinguished, according to a wireless message by her agent here this afternoon. She is proceeding on her way. ■ o— ■— THE COURT NEWS John Schlegel in Jail on a Charge of Wife and Child Desertion. MARRIAGE LICENSES Judge Smith Assisting the Blind Goddess at BluffI ton This City. Upon affidavit of his wife, Cora Schlegel, that he had deserted her and his child, September 2, and 'eft I them without reasonable means of s ip- 1 < port John Schlegel was arrested Sit urday afternoon by Sheriff Ed Greer The charge was filed in the Adams circuit court by Prsecutor Fred Fr’tch te. Schlegel is said to have been liv ing with a sister since he left his wife. He failed to give the S3OO bond and is in jail. A marriage license was issued to ' Wilia, Elmer Burnett, ramer, born i December to, 1890, son of Jesse H. , Burnett, to wed Iva Ola Meyers, bo:n March 29. 1889, daughter of William Franklin Meyers. | While business has been at a stu.d- ' still in court since Thursday, the wheels of justice are being proper- , ly oiled for business Monday morning, when Special Judge Smith comes from Decatur, to remain a week in seeing that the blind-eyed goddess does her work properly an<i to the satisfact’on of at least one client in each case.— Saturday’s Bluffton News. LEAPED TO° HIS DEATH (United Tress Service) Indianapolis, Sept. 13, — (Special to Daily Democrat)—Fred Schroede”, 18, a director in-the real estate firm <’t Lourenz-Schmidt Bros., jumped nine stories to his death this afternoon fram the Annex in the heart of the business district. No reason , has been assigned for the suicide. —o— MACCABEES TO MEET The Maccabees will meet Monday night instead of Tuesday. NAMES TEACHERS ■ Philip Schieferstein. Trustee of Root Township, Announces Selection. THE SCHOOLS OPEN September 20, Except Monmouth, Which is Delayed Account Heating Plant. Philip L. Schieferstein. trustee of Root township, gives the following announcement to the patrons of the schools of that township, relative to their opening: School will begin in Root township . on Monday Sept. 20, 1915 excepting , No. 6 at Monmouth. The teachers • selected for the schools are as follows - District No. 1 Bessi- Wilder. i District No. 2 D. Ot<o Rice. ■ District No. 6. Guy Brown, Prilled- ’ pie. Dictrict No. 6. Helen Fonner, Primary. District No. 7. Erma Houck. ; District No. B—lva Spangler. 3 The Monmouth schools will not be--9 gin until new heating plant is installed and further notice will be given.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, September 13, 1915.

FOR THE CIRCUS The Public and Parochia Schools Dismissed at 10 Oclock Tomorrow AND REST OF THE DAY Students Should Show Appreciation by Being on Hands Opening Hour. It wouldn't be a real circus day unless the children were permitted to follow the parade, see the grand, free exhibition on the out side of the big tent "right away” and realizing that fact the heads of the schools in Decatur, who must have been boys them selves, have announced that school will be dismissed for the parade and for the rest of the day. The trustees of the public schools and Rev. Seimetz of the parochial schools have decided to dismiss school at about ten o’clock in tilme for the parade and after that for the rest of the day. The children should appreciate this favor on the part of those in charge and all be present at the opening of schools in the morning. The parade will form on the show grounds at ten o’clock and will pass through the principal down town streets at from 10:30 to 11:00 o’clock. It is said the pageant is nearly three miles long. o MURERER ENDS IT ALL (United Press Service) Waynesburg, Pa., Sept. 13. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Dr. J. L. Sievert, suspected of the murder by an illegal operation of Nettie Poland whose nude body was found in an auto on a desrted road, was found d’vl in his office at Georgetown. W. Va , today. He had committed suicide. SUNDAYWEDDING Rainbow Wedding Marks Nuptials of Sophia Louise Jaebker AND MR. M. H. MEEHL At Preble Lutheran Church —Forty Attend the Wedding Reception. “Pretty rainbow wedding" was that of Martin William Meehl, a well known building contractor of North East, Pennsylvania, and Miss Sophia Louise Jaebker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Jaebker of Preble. The St. Paul’s Lutheran church at Preble, was the scene of the wedding Sunday afternoon at three o’clock, the Rev. E. J. Koch officiating. The wedding march was played by Prof. WHI- - Goede. and marked the approach of an unusually pretty wedding procession. Miss Jaebker had as her maid of honor, her cousin, Miss Marie Boesse of this city; and her briiesmaids, were the Misses Augusta Meehl, of North East, Penna., and Miss Amanda Weriing of Preble. Ushers were Will Lexow, of North East, Penna, and Robert Jaebker. The bride wore a beautiful costume of white crepe de chine,, with trimmings of Criffon crepe charmeuse and lace. The gown was simply and becomingly made, and a long veil fastened to her hair with orange blossoms fell to the bottom of the long train of the gown. Her bouquet was of bride’s roses. Miss Boese was lovely in a freck of sheer white, and carried a white bridal shower. Miss Meehl wore pale green crepe de chine and Miss Weriing pale pink, and hoth carried asters. After the wedding, the party came to this city and had their pictures taken at the Moser studio, after which they returned to the William Jaebker home where a reception was given for them, forty guests attending. A fine dinner was served at six o’clock. The home was unusually nretty, in its floral decorations of asters in rainbow colors. The bride’s table had as its centerpiece a lovely white wedding cake. Mr. and Mrs. Meehl will remain at

I the Jaebker home as gm-sts for two k days, after which they will leave far North East, Penna, where they will live, the groom being a building contractor. Both are fine people, and begin life with a promising future. Out of town guests at the wedding, besides those named in the bri la! party were: Mrs. William Meehl, Mr and Mrs. Henry Reids. Amelia un.l Henry Meehl, of North East, Penna.: r Pauline, (’lara and Martin Huer, Rhcda Rudolph, Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jaebker and babe. Decatur; Mr. ■ and Mrs. Otto Peters and babe, t ort Wayne; Miss Clara E. Cutting, Kenton, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Em.wood and children, Griffith, Indiana. o THE BELL TRIAL ) - I Resumed This Morning, the Jurors Smiling After a Pleasant Sunday. RUCKER IS TALKING Expects to Use “Bud” Gibson as Means of Demoralizing the Defense. Indianapolis, Sept. 13, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Smiling faces greeted the court today when the jury to try Mayor Ben on election conspiracy charges filed into the criminal cou-t room. Their Sunday’s rest, cou'led with automobile rides and the best of hotel accomodations haj worked a pleasing change in their spirits. Stanley M. Timberlake, the juror who was under a doctor's care Saturday, a ■ peared much refreshed. Prosecutor Rucker continued his opening estatement. He said that in one precinct ninety-nine more democratic votes were counted than were physically possible. The tally sheets he sa'd showed 1199 voters though there were only 1100 registered. Indianapolis, Sept. 13.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —That James "Bui", Gibson, who pleaded guilty to the charge of election conspiracy, is tbe explosive shell with which Prosec.it >r Rucker expects to demoralize the defense, in the trial of Joseph E. Bell, was hinted at in Ruckers opening statement today. Gibson was jointly indicted with Bell and the 125 others. E 1« is said to have talked with Gib , son when the polls opened and j.’st after the polls closed he is sail to have again gone to Gibson and said “I forgot to put Ralph McCarty on the slate and 1 want you to fix it up for him.” Gibson who had charge of third precinct of the third ward went in and gave McCarty 142 votes. He told the board members to burn the ballots and then went to a notorio is , colored saloon and went to sleep, a - - cording to Rucker’s statement. “Jos eph E. Bell was directly behind it al!” shouted Rucker. The prosecutor 1 charged that when the commissioners — (Continued ~bn page !2) .. !■ . O' LADY JUGCUMBS Mrs. John Lawson, Elm and Thirtenth Streets, Passed Away AT AN EARLY HOUR Will be Taken to Former Home at Lafontaine Wednesday for Burial. I ( I f Mrs. John Lawson, a well known • elderly lady, who has resided in this I city for the past three years, passed 1 away this morning at ten minutes till I two, at the home corner of Elm and . Thirteenth streets. She had been a'!ing since last January from a compli- > cation of diseases, superinducing dro>>5 sy. i Mrs. Ijiwson was sixtv-two years of r age last Wednesday. Her aged hu;r band survives, also one daughter, Mrs. ■; S. O. Meyers with whom Mr. and Mu - . e Lawson made their home. The fams ily came here three years ago last .- March, from LaFontaine, and the bodv s will be taken to that city for burial g Wednesday morning. Prior to going, short funeral services will be held at t Rilling, officiating.

WAS HIT BY AUTO Harley McCoy Was Hit ant Thrown Under Marsh Burdg’s Ford Sunday AT CARROLL CORNER Was Badly Scratched Up But No Bones Broken— Accident Unavoidable. Harley McCoy, clerk at the Sam Hite grocery was hit and thrown under Marsh 19urdg’s Ford machine Sunday evening at about five o’clock wl en in the act of crossing from the E. L. Carroll corner on Adams street to the opposite side. Mr. Burdg was driving north on Winchester street and was in the act of turning down Adams when the accident occurred. Mr. McCoy was going south and had just step ped off the curb and into the street when the auto caught him throwing him around to the front of it. Before the wheels ran over him Mr. Burdg stopped the car. Mr. Burdg was driving his machine at a ve.y slow rate of speed and intended to “cut” the square corner when McCoy who was evidently not looking for an auto stepped directly in *ront of the car. Mr. Burdg tried to get around him and ran the machine up tlie ctfb As he did so Mr. McCoy made an effort to dodge him and was caught. From bystanders and people who were sitting on their porches it wis stated that the accident was unavoidable. After Mr. McCoy was knocked down he was taken home by Mr. Burdg. He was badly scratched up about the body and face but had no bones broken. Mr. Burdg had in the machine little Marsha Helm an,i a gentleman friend when tbe accident happened. He was on his way to the Frank Snyder home west of town. MOTHERAND BABE Mrs. Mort Andrews and Infant Daughter Die at 9 O’clock Today. A SHORT ILLNESS Mrs. Andrews Formerly Miss Anna Gunsett, This City—Well Known. A double death, that causes intense sadness among the many friends of the deceased, occurred this morning at nine o’clock, being that of Mrs. Anna Gunsett Andrews, wife of Morton An drews, a well known farmer living southwest of the Washington church, together with that of the infant daughter boro to them. Death was due to complications of kidney trouble. M-s. Andrews had been ailing for pnly a few days, but had seemed in fairly good health and Saturday had been in this city, returning home at eleven o’clock Sunday also, she semeed in her usual state of health, and received several visitors. Mrs. Andrews was the daughter oi Mrs. Hannah Andrews and resided in her girlhood in this city, being a stud ent in the Decatur high school. S’>e was married in young womanhood tc Morton Andrews, and for a while they lived in this city. Tlfe husband and two children, Helen, aged eleven, an 1 Clarice, aged seven, survive. She also leaves a mother, Mrs. Hannah Gunsett; three brothers, Henry of this city; George of Kansas: Joe of near this city; and two sisters, Magg’c Larnpey and Kate Tindall, of Ven Wert, Ohio. Mrs. Andrews was about thirty-two or thirty-three years of age. The funeral will probably be held Thursday at the Washington M. E. church, though definite arrangements had not been made at time of going to press. NOTICE MEN’S CHORUS Rehearsals will begin tonight at eight o’clock at regular meeting place. All members urged to be present as idans for fall and winter work will be discussed.

) ATTENTION LADIES All ladles of the city, especially ladies belonging to federated dubs, ate invited to meet Mrs. Susan B. Marsh of Muncie, Wednesday afternoon at 3:15 in the assembly room of the Public Library. Mrs. Marsh will speak to the ladies upon subjects of interest to all women and every lady in the city is cordially invited to bear her. I DAUGHTER IS BORN Evelyn is the name of the girl born I Saturday afternoon to Mr. anfl M's Henry Yocum. Mrs. Yocum was formerly Miss Ada Drummond. This is the fifth child. o .SERIOUS ILLNESS r ■ Carlisle Flanders Stricken Suddenly With Cerebro Spinal Infection. I WAS IN FAIR HEALTH I t : Until Fainting Attack Came on Almost Without Warning Sunday. ) Carlisle Flanders, only son of Mr. ' and Mrs. George Flanders of Third I street, a senior in high school, and , one of the most popular young men of the city, was stricken very sudden- ■ ly Sunday afternoon with a cerebro ' spinal infection and his condition is considered very serious. He appearI ed to be in his usual health Sunday, ate a hearty dinner and went down ! town. During the afternoon he hap- ( pened to see a man who had been slightly injured in an autombile accident and whose hand was bleeding. The sight of the blood made him ill and he hastened Home. Shortly after arriving there he fainted. A physician was called and administered, but , the young man gradually became i worse, convulsions following and dur- , ing the entire night and today he has grown steadily worse. He suffered terribly until midnight, rested fairly well until 5 o’clock this morning, was again in pain until after noon, w - hen he became quieter and at 2:30 was sleeping. A physician has been summoned from Fort Wayne for consultation and will arrive at 6 o’clock this evening. Relatives of the family have been notified and will reach here tonight. A trained nurse is in charge, everything possible is being done, and the many friends are hopeful of the outcome. SATURDAY NIGHT SCRAP A general week enfl scrap and fist fight was indulged in Saturday nignt. about eleven thirty o’clock in front of the Red Hower barber shop, when Clarence Stevens, Red Hower, Bennie Brown and a number of others clashed and had a round or two with their mils. Hower received a sprained arm in the fight. RIG IS_STRUCK Willshire Men’s Buggy is Struck by Auto Driven by Joe Krick Sunday. LLOTTER IS HURT Slight Injuries Sustained by Man—Harness Torn— Damage Made Good. An automobile driven by Joe Krick, Elzey Jackson, Walter Koos and others ran into a buggy driven by Lewis McClure and John Llotter, of Willshire, Sunday afternoon about four o’clock, on the Preble road, near tbe Erie rai'way, west of this city Both were . driving east, and it is said the rig tailed to give way for the coming nut:>I mobile, which struck the wheel of the . rig as it passed. Llotter was skinned i about the forearm, a finger hurt and > bruised, but no one was seriously hurt The harness is said to have been torn also. Llotter was brought to this city to a physician, by Krick where his int juries were attended to. The harness . was also brought here by Krick tor s repair, and things straightened out 1 generally, and the damages made go~d. The rig was a livery conveyance.

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A ZEPPELIN RAID J t Thrilling Story Told by the c United Press Representative on the Spot. LONDON IS MAD NOW 1- 1 Seven Million People Watch Midnight Air Attack on World Metropolis. 1 (By William G. Shepherd.) (Copyright 1915 by The United Press; copyrighted in Great Britain.) London. Sept. 11 —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —It is Wednesday night, September the eighth. Above the din of the orchestra there sweeps over the theater a cavernous. bass “boom.” “Zeppelin!” whispers a pretty girl sitting next to a Scotch officer. “No.” you hear him whisper, “it’s a door banging.” He's Being and knows it. “Zeppelin! —Zeppelin! ” The whisper runs through the audience. if you knew what was transpiring in the streets, you’d be out there, instead of waiting for the last act to end. Such a scene is being enacted out there as the old town of London, in all its rich, thousand-year history, never before beheld. The curtain goes down. You file out of the theater into a crowded street. Traffic is at a standstill. A million quiet cries make a subdued road. Seven million people of the biggest city in the world stand gazing into the sky from the darkened streets. Here is the climax to the twentieth century! • Among the autumn stars floats a long, gaunt Zeppelin. It is yellow—the color of the harvest moon. The long fingers of searchlights, reaching up from the roofs of the city, are touching all sides of the deathmessenger with their white tips. Great booming sounds shake the city. They are Zeppelin bombs—falling—• killing—burning. Lesser noises—of shooting — are nearer at hand, the noise of serial guns sending shrapnel into the sky. "For God's sake! Don't do that!” says one man to another who has just struge. a match to light a cigarette. Whispers, low voices, run all through the streets. “There’s a red light in the sky over there; our house may be burning.” exclaims a woman clutching at a man’s coat. “There are a million house in London; why ours particularly?” he responded. A group of men talking French stand gazing up from the street. They are in waiter’s clothes and have rushed out from the upper room of one of the most luxurious hotels in the world. "Tlie devil!” exclaims one, and then—- " We’ve got it!—lt can’t get away! There's shrapnel all around it!” "Oh. my neck." says a pretty girl in evening wraps. "I can't look up a minute more." but she does. All about you are beautifully garbed women and men in evening clothes. “Oh!" and “Ah!” long drawn out —Exclamations of admiration like the sounds made by American crowds watching fireworks—great the brilliantly white flashes of shrapnel. Suddenly you realize that the biggest city in the world has become tlie night battlefield on which seven million harmless men, women and children live. Here is war at the vary heart of civilization, threatening all the millions of things that human hearts and human minds have created in past centuries. Mourners tonight will leave the side of their dead to look into the sky fearfully. Little children, who have said: “Now I lay me and have gone to sleep, will be awakened and rushed into cellars to save them from death. There are more cries. "Good God! It's staggering!" as a shrapnel flash breaks apparently near the great air ship. But the Zeppelin moves on steadily. What a roar of joy would go up from the millions of this great city if they sould suddenly see the yellow object transformed into the flash of one gigantic explosion! Little -white gloved hands clapp their approval at the Zeppelin’s near approach to death; white teeth sparkle in smiles; men roar with delight. (Continued on Page 2.)