Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 301.

NOTE ISJVISIVE Austrian Note Evasive and Unsatisfactory, Says Report. NOW ON ITS WAY Ford Peace Ship Denied by American Legation Statement. (United Press Service) BULLETIN. Washington, D. C„ Dec. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)—An unofficial report to the state department today said the Austrian note, replying to American demands concerning the Ancona, was cabled to Berne, Switzerland. last night, to be forwarded from there today. It was expected to reach Washington tonight. Another and more pre-emptory demand for disavowal of the Ancona’s sinking was under consideration today. Preliminary outlines of the Austrian reply to the American note reported delivered to Ambassador Penfield were pronounced evasive and unsatisfactory. In this government’s second note, Austria is to be curtly informed immediate compliance with the American demands is insisted upon. Further reasons for demanding the disavowal were not likely to be given. * Ixmdon, Dec. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The police early todayraided the headquarters of the Pankhurst militant suffragettes and seized the type used in publishing the Pankhurst organ “Britianna,” formerly called the “Suffragette.” London, Dec. 16—Special to DailyDemocrat) —The American legation at Stockholm and Copenhagen have issued statements formally declaring the American government has no connection with the Ford peace expedition, according to Copenhagen die-. patches today. Amsterdam, Dec. 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Austria has failed to meet the American demand for a prompt disavowal of the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona. In her reply to the American note, Vienna dispatches today said the Austrian reply was delivered to Ambassador Penfield yesterday. It contains a request for more time and furtfier negotiations. Austria, according to reports, makes no reply to the American demand that the commander of the submarine be punished. Washington, D. C., Dec. 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Austria must directly comply with or refuse in every respect the demands of the United States in the Ancona case. With the reports indicating that AustriaHungary is playing for time and asking for details the American government may posses, regarding the attack on the liner, in the reply handed to Ambassador Penfield, this attitude of the administration was outlined in detail today by an official who has advised Secretary Lansing on every step taken in the case.

MUNICIPAL CHRISTMAS EXERCISES. CHRISTMAS DAY —5 O’CLOCK, P. M. ....Decatur City Band AdSesr: ’.GE. Beil,' Chairman General Committee Address, “The Spirit. d / Smith Songs, “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”. Men’s Chorus “America Distribution of presents to the children O s the entire city including aso . d 1dren atliliated with any and all ol the city churches. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, at 7:30 P. M. This exercise is to be held in honor of the old people of the city and vicinity. p cca tur City Band of Good Cheer to the OKI People” Music to be arranged for. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, at 7:00 P. M. Selection, ■■■■■■ Cily Bi '"" A<l<lr«.s. "llw■ - o - f - catholic Church Music—Comiiined Chorus made ol Choirs ol the City Churches. .

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AGAINST HOTEL KEEPER. i Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 16 —A Jury in the Grant county circuit court has awarded SSOO damages to George B. Warren, an Indianapolis traveling man, who was suing the Bliss hotel com pany for $15,000 for damages (or injuries sustained when he fell through an open doorway oh the ground floor to an alleyway four feet below. The jury held that the hotel company is not liable and that the damages shall be assessed against Dell Locke, who was the landlord of the Bliss hotel at the time of the accident and who is now in the hotel business in Kokomo. ELECTION SOCIAL FRIDAY. Attention is again called to the box social, parcels post sale, cake walk and general social at the Election school house, two miles south of Peterson, Friday evening. This is given jointly by the schools taught by the Misses Clara Boknecht and Ruth Leyse. The public is invited. to loHnceTes Leon Crawford Will Leave January 5 for Los Angeles to Join His MOTHER AND SISTER Resigns at First National Bank December 31— Will be Missed. Leon Crawford, the popular collec- I tor and bookkeeper at the First Na- 1 tional bank, and nephew of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kuebler, of this city, will leave January 5, 1916, for Los Angeles, 1 Cal., where he will join his mother, ! Mrs. Mary Crawford, and sister, Miss ! Edna, who have made their home in 1 that beautiful city since last January. Mr. Crawford had been making his' I home in the meantime with his uncle 1| and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Kuebler. Since he graduated from the St. Joseph’s school in this city and after taking a ( year’s business course in the Fort Wayne business college he accepted a He has been steadily on the job ever He has been steadily on the job eveh since, and most every business man or firm knows that he is one of the most successful and congenial bank ] collectors the town has ever had. Being very popular with his many boy friends, they will all regret to see 1 him leave for the Golden West. On the way to Los Angeles Leon will stop off at Portland, Oregon, to spend a few days with his brother, John Crawford. A gentleman of*Mr. Crawford’s calibre will no doubt make good in the prosperous city of Los j Angeles. Anyway, we’re not afraid I t osay that he will. —o PAY YOUR SHARE. J All lodges, churches and other associations and individuals who have i promised subscriptions to the fund for the Municipal Christmas tree are re- , nuested to pay same as soon as possible to M. Kirsch at the People’s Loan & Trust Co. H. J. YAGER, Chairman.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, December 16,1915.

CHAIN LETTER • Poor Old Bill Will Easily be Taken Care of by the I Boys. i JUST A FIVE APIECE I Will Amount to a Patrimony Worthy of a Railroad Man. Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 16,-A chain letter asking aid for the former traveling passenger agent of a big American railroad, sent to railroad officials throughout the country, inspired Traveling Freight Agent C. R. Calvert of the Yazoo & Mississippi to write the following to the Chicago official back of the move: “I have received your chain letter No. 21 requesting aid for an old comrade who has broken down in the harness and I cheerfully contribute. However, I note that it is requested that the chain be continued up to No. 50.1 Allowing for error in multiplying such large figures , 1 find there will be 86,819,772,411,163,186.686,038,970, 947,263,625 letters written which will be about 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 for each man, woman and child in the world. “Now, if favorable replies are received to these letters, as expected, I figure that Bill will get about $868,197,749.111,631,866,860,389, 709, 472, 656. 25. This confirms your statement that a sufficient sum will be raised I to make Bill confortable while he is ‘ with us, unless fie lives an unusually long time. The 20 letters already sent should bring Bill something like $473,371,582,031.25, and I think he should try to worry along on that, even if he has worked for a railroad.” i . OFFICIAL’ STAFF I Os Evangelical Sunday < School—L. L. Baumgartner Superintendent. • ( ELECTION WAS HELD j Last Evening—S. S. Raised J $256 for Building Fund in Ten Months. F An interesting meeting was held J last evening at the Evangelical church when the annual election of officers j for the Sunday school was held. The t new staff includes the following: I Superintendent—L. L. Baumgart- 1 ner. Assistant Superintendent—Sam Cramer. Secretary—Ethel Fuhrman. Treasurer —H. A. Fuhrman. 1 Building Fund Treasurer —U. S. ■ Cress. Organist—Mary Fuhrman. Assistant Organist—Hope Hoffman. t Chorister—L. L. Baumgartner. Reports were also given at this time, being for ten months only, as the conference year will not cjose until March. The collection for ten months for the building fund, of the Sunday school, only, was $256, making a total raised in this department for this fund of $1,300.23. The general J Sunday school fund raised in the last ten months was $172. — G BANDITS ROB TRAIN. (United Press Service) Kansas City, Mo.. Dec. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Three bandits, t early today held up the Kansas City , Southern passenger train number one, t one mile south of Eagleton, Arkansas. ( They forced the enginemen to detach | two baggage cars and the mail car and j dynamited the Wells-Fargo Express j company’s safe and robbed the mail | car. 1 o— A WOMAN’S HONOR. f Tickets are selling fast for the , home talent play, “A Woman’s Hon- ] or,” being staged by the Decatur city , band on December 21, at the opera I house. The cast has learned their parts thoroughly and the play will be i interesting. The tickets may be re- 1 served Monday morning at the usual i place. Get your ticket today.

[CLOSED FOR FUNERAL. The funeral of Mrs. M. F. Borroughs was held this afternoon at the residence on South Main street. DurT ing the time of the funeral the Leader store, where Mr. Borroughs has been employed for years as a clerk, was closed.—Bluffton News. Herb Borroughs, manager of the Enterprise drug store, this city, is a son of the , deceased. The Enterprise was closed i here yesterday during the funeral. HISER-HISER. Rev. A. K. Zartmann offleited Tuesday at the marriage of Miss Alta Hiser, of North Webster, Kosciusko county, and Mr. Marion E. Hiser, of Decatur, the marriage taking place at the home of the groom's brother, 1828 i Lafayette street.—Fort Wayne Jour- ■ nal-Gazette. MR. FOSTER HERE Anderson Man Who Seeks Place of J. A. M. Adair is Fence Building Here. IS REAL CANDIDATE And Expects to Enter Name in the State Primary to be Held in March. Hon Frank P. Foster, attorney, former mayor of the city of Anderson and former member of the Indiana legi islature, is here today, looking over I the field and meeting old and new democratic friends. Mr. Foster is a candidate and an active one for the democratic nomination for congress, subject to the decision of the state, primary to be held March 7th next. I I He is going over the district now, makI ing his first trip as a candidate and says he has received much encourage-! inent. As mayor of Anderson from i 11910 to 1914 be made a splendid record, paying off the entire city debt and conducting the affairs of his office ?n a business like way. He is the first to make official announcement that he will be a candidate though a number of others have been mentioned and may get into the race. The list includes the present mayor of Anderson. Mr. Mellett, Judge Denny of Portland ( and Fred VanNuys of Anderson. It j is said however that the latter is plan-1 ning to move to Indianapolis where he will practice law. ■ —o KIMSEY NOTICE. A *first class entertainment and shadow social will be given at the Kimsey school house in Blue Creek township, Saturday night, December 18. Pretty girls from far and near- 1 have been inquiring for the date of the ( entertaniing feature. 'Girls, bring your t pies, and boy, remember that the floor i ( and musical instruments are yours for this event. You can’t afford to miss | this number, if you enjoy a good i1 time. Be sure to come and bring i1 your friends. COMMITTEE, j WED LAST MAY John Strait, Son of Mrs. i John Bolinger, Married Last May to MISS BESSIE MILLER At Middletown, O. —Kept Wedding a Secret from Relatives Until Now. Mrs. John Bolinger and her daughter, Mrs. Ed Baker, have received ( word of the wedding of their son and , brother, John Strait, of Middletown, { Ohio. They were much surprised to f learn that his wedding took place last t May to Miss Bessie Miller, a young t lady of that town. None of the rela- , tives, either of the bride or groom, s knew of the wedding until now. , The couple were married while his brother, Alva Strait, and wife, of that place were here on a visit last May. Mrs. Alva Strait is a sister of Mrs. John Strait, the sisters marrying t brothers. I The groom lived here with his t mother until several years ago when < he went to Ohio to be with his broth- < er and other relatives. He will be re- t membered by many here.

INDIANA HORSES Will he Subect of Two Days’ B Lectures for Local B r armers. 3 ' DECEMBER 21 AND 22 Lectures Will be Held in Different Parts of the ) r County. t i County Agent A. J. Hutchins has again secured for the farmers of the county a nationally known man to adi dress them on subject of interest and 1 profit. H. E. McCortney, secretary of the Indiana Draft Horse Broders' as- , sociation, Is the man in question, and he will be in Adams county on the 21st and 22nd of this month and will conduct four meetings at different points throughout the county. On Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock at the St. John’s school house an illustrated lecture will be given, on the subject of horses, a lecture that is much sought after by the various county agents of the state. Wednesday, the 22nd, commencing at 2 o’clock in the afternoon a horse judging exhibition and lecture will be held. This is horse day in Monroe, and efforts to bring in the county’s best horses is being made. In the evening an illustrated lecture at the Pleasant Mills school house will be held on the subject of “Indiana Horses,” or “Better Farm Animals.” Farmers of the county are urged to be in attendance at every one of these I lectures as all will be different and will treat of some phase of interest about the horse. A HOME COMING Pleasant Mills is to Have Homecoming on New Year's Day. i PLAN A BIG PROGRAM ( Decatur Men on Program ( Invtiation to the Public ' to Come. , Citizens of Pleasant Mills are ar- 1 1 ranging a home coming for New ' I i Year’s day, the same to be held in I the school house assembly room. Ev- ; ery one is invited to be present on that 1 ' afternoon and evening and enjoy the * ' program that has been prepared. The 1 1 i program: 1 America—Audience. Prayer—O. J. Suman. ■ President’s Address —Mr. Jess Steele 1 1 Song—Pleasant Mills Male Quartet. 1 Recitation —Miss Dora Davis. I “Mrs. Stubbin’s Book Agent”—A ' Playlet. ‘ Address —Irvin Brandyberry. Vocal Duet —Misses Lucile White t and Gladys McMillen. | Piano Solo—Miss Mayme Teeple. j Recitation —Miss Neva Acker. ( One Act Comedy. Address —C. L. Walters. Song—Pleasant Mills Male Quartet. 1 Address —Wilson F. Beery. ' Recitation —Dick Davis. ‘ Extemporaneous Speeches. “God be With You ’Till We Meet ( Again.” ~ BRING YO°UR AUTO. Every person going to the short 1 course at Geneva tomorrow morning 11 who owns an automobile, is requested by the committee to report at the j court house at nine o’clock sharp and take a friend or two along. Be sure to attend the meeting as it will be Decatur day, and efforts to get the t short course for Decatur next year will be made. o 5 WALTER OLDStjUITS. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Walter Olds of i Fort Wayne, issued a statement in i which he announced that he had with- I drawn from the race for the republican nomination for United States sen- < ator, and will support Harry S. New, < James Watson’s chief opponent. I

1 A FINE CARTOON. * A member of the reportorial staff of the Democrat is in receipt of a fine ' cartoon executed by Cecil Cole, with ’ “Mutt and Jeff” as characters therein. The execution is fine and reiteration of the belief is made that Cole will someday be a "Kink Cole” in his profession, should be adopt cartooning as such. The picture has been hung on the walls of the reportI er’s sanctum at this office and will be kept and cherished as an “original” when Cole has become famous. I Cole is quite an artist and many of the sketches published In “Ravelings,” the high school paper, have been executed by him. XMAS. MAILS INCREASING 3 The Christmas mails are gradually s increasing in volume. Today Parcels . Post Carrier Omer Butler was out with I a sled delivering the extra large number of packages. Send your packages early to assure timely delivery. THE COURT NEWS 1 1 Rush for Hunters’ Licenses Continues—New Suit is Filed in Court. MARRIAGE LICENSES Matters Attended to in Probate Court —Little Doing in Civil Circles. James Earl Barton, against whom a divorce suit is now pending in the Adams circuit court, was arrested this morning on a grand jury indictment returned in Wells county, on the charge of child neglect. He was caught near Domestic, Wells county. His wife resides in French township, this county. Hooper & Lenhart filed a suit for The Tripoli State bank against Sam uel C. Wyatt, to foreclose chattel mortgage, demand $135. The chattel j mortgage was given to Shores-Muel ler Company, to secure notes and was j given on a medicine wagon with red body and yellow running gears, and also on a team of horses, one gray and one spotted pony. Hunters’ licenses were issued to Owen I). Saurs, Medford Myers, Lewis Miller, Floyd Shoaf, Jesse J. i Hurst, Ed Miller, Rufus Runyon, Milton Liechty, W. J. Barklow, Oren Shilts, Ralph Schnepp, Joe Brandyberry, Martin Bienz, Amos Fisher, Henry Ward, H. M. Smith, Burkitt Smith, Kit C. Cowan. E. Burt Lenhart, guardian of Maria Robison, filed appraisement, which court approved. A private sale of the personal property, at not less than appraisement, was ordered, report to be within thirty days. Real estate transfers: Christian Conrad et al. to Henry Conrad, 75 acres, Preble tp.. $5000; Edward Dirkson et al. to Louise Koldewey, 80 and 90 acres in Preble tp., quit claim deed, $6500. Robert Marbaugh, farmer, born June 25, 1893, son of Christ Marbaugh, was granted license to marry Ruth Brokaw, born September 6, 1897, daughter of Frank Brokaw. Attorney C. L. Vv alters, of Graham & Walters, was at Portland today, whore he is interested in the suit of Slitoll of Jay county vs. Levi Miller. The case of The Bruce Sewing Machine company vs, F. W. Studler was dismissed and costs paid. The petition of William Frank Pearce and Leona May Pearce for the adoption of a child was granted. Graham & Walters are attorneys for Jacob Graber et al. in a quiet title suit against James Johnson et al. Inventory number one was filed in the estate of Henry Dirkson, sr. Sheriff Ed Green went to Fort Wayne today on business. ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH. Announcement for the communion next Sunday will be accepted tomor- 1 row afternoon from 3 to 5 o’clock and ■ from 6 to 7:30 in the evening. A free will offering will be taken after the services next Sunday to defray ‘ expenses of the Christmas celebra- J tion. A. W. HINZ, Pastor.

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.BOOZE IS BARRED R I From Oatman Gold Mining Camp Which is First of I Kind in America. s _______ i NO GAMBLING HOUSES t Charles S. Peterson Writes Another Interesting and Refreshing Story. r Oatman, Ariz., Dec. 12. 3 Dear Johnny:—Last night I stood on 1 the steps of the shack that serves as Oatman s postoffice and counted six-ty-eight new faces trying to break into the three-foot door of the “Mad i House.” The “Mad House,” be it i known, is the mulligan headquarters, where for two-bits and a dime you can obtain the steam producer for the inner man. That is the way that Oatman grows. To get into this said mulligan and get the fodder while it’s steaming hot, hundreds stand in line for an hour or so, and it’s one of the sig’hts of the town. And it is only one of the numerous eating houses here. Since I wrote to you a week or so ago, fully three hundred newcomers have arrived and after taking a squint over the surrounding scenery for a few hours, announce that they are here to stay. Not only are we getting the promoters. camp followers and real estate sharks, but automobile tourists, who are on their way to the coast to spend the winter, come into the town, and after a few hours’ conversation with the inhabitants, decide that California does not look so rosy as they thought, and immediately become pioneer citizens. I’ve been here for five weeks, and believe me, Johnny, I’m established. A newcomer asks me how long I’ve been here, and I answer: "Oh ,I’m an old timer. I’ve been here a month.” Wednesday a man and his wife and two children, tourists from Newcastle, Ind., chugged i into town. They were driving a "Desert Bug,” which is the local name for I the Ford, and they were on their way to Los Angeles, to spend the winter. Until they reached Kingman, Arizona, they had never heard of Oatman. but now they are permanent citizens. The man has a lumber yard and the wife is erecting a twenty-room lodging house. California is forgotten. | I’ll tell you. Johnny, I’ve been in a great many boom towns in the west in the last ten years, since I left Decatur, but this one is the banner one of them all. Not a bottle of booze or even a roulette wheel. True there are a few stud poker games going under cover of the drawn curtains, but the players don’t get wild like they did in Goldfield or Rochester and the outsider never hears of the game. Six of us. who had some years ago, hit the trail for Goldfield, sat in the chairs of the Oatman drug store, and beckoned the cheenui waiter to our sides. Bill Gray wanted a coke. Henry Weber took an orange phosphate, Frank Lathrop asked for a milkshake, Slim Heywood and I took the same, and "Diamondfield Jack” Davis: "Oh, hell, give me a glass of water, I never could stand them strong drinks." The more I see boom camps like this the more admiration I have for the "Desert Rat,” the all-western name for the miner and prospector. Here in Oatman he seems to be coming into his own. and the very fact, that there is no place nearer than Needles, Cal., where he can reach the booze, is making another character of him. Many odes have been written to him, but none have ever given him more credit than he deserves. He searches out the barren places in the good old world of our and after he discovers the bacon, the man with money generally, by playing on the miners’ appetite for liquor, takes the bacon home. In this again Oatman is different. When the miner reaches the surface after ills shift in the mine, he comes up town and instead of placing his "roll” over the bar, or across the roulette wheel, a buys a block of mining shares, and goes to bed with a clear head. The average miner is a born speculator. He is a person endowed with an ultra-optimism and evertabiding hope. He is a man who is willing; yes. eager to take a chance. Were he not, he would not be a miner. Did you ever give thought to the chances that the miner takes while blasting out a trail to the mineral (Continue? Ju rage '

Dear Johnny