Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 308, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 308.

ford comes home Authoritative Information Leads to Fact That Ford is Coming Home BY WAY OF BERGEN Unconfirmed Report Says Two British Ships Were Hurt in Battle. (United Press Service) BULLETIN. London, Dec. 24,—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A Christiana dispatch to Reuters this afternoon declared it was learned from an authoritative source that Henry Ford has reserved two cabins on the liner Bergenjord, leaving Bergen for America this afternoon. Ford, it was said, was known to have taken a train for Bergen. London, Dec. 24 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Henry Ford has abandoned his enterprise to bring the boys out of the trenches before Christmas and sailed for America today aboard the liner Bergensfjord, according to dis patches from Bergen. The peace program will be carried out by others who came from American on the liner Oscar 11. Madame Schwimmer, peace advocate, has promised to interest other leaders of the Women’s International Peace association in the movement for a neutral congress. Ford’s secretary, Lewis P. Lochner, remains with the delegates. Dean Marquis, of Detroit, a close personal friend of Ford's, is accompanying the peace leader on the return trip to America, according to dispatches. Ford decided to quit the 1 party principally because his health has not been good. The Ford delegates enroute to Stockholm, are ignorant of the fact that their leader and principal financial backer has turned his face homeward. It is assumed, however, that . Ford will continue to pay the expenses of the peace party. London, Dec. 24,—(Special to Daily 1 Democrat) —Rome dispatches, unconfirmed from other sources, reported ' today that the Turkish cruiser Hidirli, 1 formerly the German Breslau has been sunk and the Turkish dreadnaught Sultan Selim, formerly the German ; Goeben, damaged in a naval battle in the Black Sea. The Goeben and the Breslau eluded hostile warships at the outbreak of the war and steamed through the Dardenelles into the Black sea. They were sold to Turkey and , renamed. Washington, D C„ Dec. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The British : embassy today denied officially the j ; report that Great Britain had deelin-! ed to permit the shipment of Arae:-: can Red Cross supplies to Germany. Cairo, Egyt, Dec. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat)- —Serious outbreaks of strong Arab forces operating in Tripoli and Egypt have forced the British to evacuate the frontier post of Sellum on the Egyptian border, it was admitted today. Berlin, via Saville, Dec. 24 —(Special to Daily Democrat) -The last American note to Austria not only makes a diplomatic rupture impossible, but is friendly in tone, said the Cologne Gazette today. The Gazette pointed out that English forecasts of the contents of the American note were not borne out. _

’ CHRISTMAS GREETINGS. The Adams Count.' Soc Ay , S people of Advention of Tuberculosis a Merry ams county and to all people . Christinas and a Happy ■ 1 hristmas seals in Indiana The sale of t, . Oh L? anv o( her vear in Hoosier this year tar exceeds .hat < - • |arge and hclpe d history. The sale in ™“"ible. You who have so to make the above lec X nt | y responded in .his cheerfully and so KS mav well feel the hapgreat fight against tubtriu pier for the pari you < but (h e results of our living, soon be but a memory but tne on unchange . our efforts, our words, our atu able and unperishab e. f the day o f Him, It is well then J " Merriest Christmas, feel whose birthday we " j and helped humanity. ihal we have ““’XySOC.ETY FOR THE OFFICERS ADAMS C f TCBEBCUL0 SIS.

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, I DELIVERY IN JANUARY. I he new for Decatur and Adams county will he delivered some during January, according to a letter received here today by Frank chultz, local manager for the Wilmer Atkinson Company, of Philadelphia, 'he printers of the book. There has teen some delays in the Printing of the book, but is is well under way and delivery may be expected In January the letter reads. body leftwallaceT" The body ofAantel Colchin was shipped from Wallace, Idaho, Thursday and is expected to arrive here Monday night or Tuesday morning. In either case the funeral will be held Tuesday morning from the St. Mary’s Catholic church in this city. Mr. Colelnn died last Monday of pneumonia at the Providence hospital. SAVE VOUFiIFE If You Are a Jaywalker, Read Up on Things You Should Know TO SAVE YOUR LIFE Eighteen Rules to Prevent Street Tragedies Worth Following. 1. For Pedestrians. Don’t let your familiarity with traffic breed contempt for its dangers. 2. Don’t forget that if you are carrying a large bundle or an open umbrella part of your view may be cut off. 3. Don’t vacillate on the approach of a vehicle. The driver will be better able to avoid striking you if you act normally. 4. Don’t forget that the proper place to cross the street is at the cross-walk. 5. Don't day-dream when crossing the street; you are likely to wake up in the hospital. 6. Don’t jump on or off a moving car. 7. Don’t try to anticipate when a driver is going to stop or start. Give him space to pass you. For Chauffeurs: 8. Don’t imagine you are a careful driver because you shout or toot your horn at a pedestrian. 9. Don’t lose sight of the fact that the pedestrian is also permitted to use the roadway. 10. Don’t forget that children must play and that the streets are sometimes the only place where they can play11. Don’t forget that the operator of a motor vghicle has the same responsibility aAhe engineer of a train. 12. Don’t fail to anticipate that persons will cross at the crossings and that you must slow down. 13 Don't imagine that traffic regulations were made for everybody but yourself. 14. Don't race home after your day s work. This practice caused most of the wagon accidents last year. 15. Don’t fail to examine your brakes occasionally. 16 Don’t forget that you cannot stop quickly on a down grade or on a slippery pavement. 17 Don't, if you are in a hurry, try to make up time across the street "rr'lton't leave a motor vehicle unguarded so that a child can throw it in first speed. — — — ~~

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, December 24, 1915.

MUNICIPAL TREE Is in Readiness for the Exercises Tomorrow Evening at Five. CHRISTMAS BASKETS Seventy-three Baskets and One Sack Go Out This Afternoon. Seventy-three baskets and one sack comprise the municipal Christmas tree committees’ Christmas basket effort. anti lined up in the gas office ready for delivery this afternoon it represents a community spirit of good fellowship that will tend to unite the people of the city into a closer companionship that will aid the community in more ways than one. The municipal tree is well decorated, dozens of colored lights are in place to flash out their rays upon a signal from the chairman, the program committee is ready and the only necessary thing to make the tree a success is five o’clock Christmas night—and that will come. The Christmas baskets will be delivered this afternoon and tonight by special deliverymen. reaching the recipients in ample time for the Christmas dinner it provides. The program to be given at the municipal tree during the coming week is printed in a handy form, and it is suggested that you cut out this program and paste it upon a piece of cardboard so you will have a program of the week’s festivities to carry with you. The Elks lodge, following their usual custom are sending out baskets again this year, and fifty-two baskets containing excellent provisions and a chicken each, and each bearing a red cross seal, are ready to be sent out. Dr. Roy Archbold is the chairman in charge of this work. LOWIEATHIATE Has Indiana —Ranks Seventh and is on Par With Noted HEALTH RESORTS Os the West—Rate is Lower That That of the City of Denver. A dispatch from Washington, D. C„ giving some vital statistics says Indiana ranks among states having low death rate, according to a report made public Wednesday by the bureau of the census, setting forth the death rates of the registration area of the United States in 1914, in comparison with death rates in former years. "The death rate for 1,000 inhabitants for Indiana as a whole in 1914 was 12 9. the lowest since the collection of mortality statistics began. In 1913 it was 13.3, in 1912 it was 13, and the averages from 1901 to 1905. inclusive, was 12.2. “Indiana, as a whole, Ims a lower death rate than Denver, which is noted as one of the healthiest cities in the world. The Denver rate is 13.2 a thousand. Indiana has the same death rate as Los Angeles, also noted as a health resort. “The death rate for the entire registration area in 1914 was 13.6, the 'lowest on record.” I A TURKEY FOR °EACH EMPLOYE. Following the custom of previous years, the Smith & Bell company of ! this city today gave to each of their ' cmploves. in the office and yards—-'twenty-two in all—a dandy turkey for the Christmas day dinner. It is needless to say the gift was fully appreI elated and will be the more so tomorrow, when the feast of cranberry ! sauce and all the other good things ' are added to make the dinner complete. The turkeys were purchased 'from the Decatur Produce company and were delivered today. BASKET BALL NEXT WEEK The high school basket ball schedule for next week. Monday they play with |Tocsin; Wednesday the alumi plays; Thursday Bluffton plays.

• + + + + + + + + 4- + + 4--F + ' + SPECIAL NOTICE. + ■ * + + To Children for Municipal Christ- + + mas Tree: 4- ■ 4- The children will form for the + 4- parade, immediately at the close 4- + of the program on Christmas 44- night, forming on Second street, 4* 4> In front of Court House, and led + + by the City band, will march 4i + north to Monroe, west on Mon- 4- ' 4- roe to Third, south on Third to + 4- Court, east on Court to the tree, 4- ♦ pass in front of tree and get a + ♦ special treat from Santa Claus 44* and his assistants. R. D. Myers 44- will act as marshal. + 4" COMMITTEE. 4-4*4*4-4-4-4*4-4-4-4-4-4*4>4* FULL PROGRAM Forty-one Numbers Arranged for German Reformed Program AT 7 15 TONIGHT Given Principally by Elementary Grades of the Sunday School. With forty-one numbers on the program, which commences at 7:15 o’clock tonight the German Reformed Sunday school Christmas exercises by the elementary grades principally, will be one of the feature meetings of the Yuletide. Mathias Kirsch, Sunday school superintendent, will be chairman for the evening. The program: Piano Prelude—Lydia Kirsch. Song —School. Scripture Lesson and Prayer—Rev. L. W. Stolte. Recitation, “Welcome” — Frank Yahne. Recitation —Helen Kirsch. Recitation —Wilson Greisinger. Recitation — Wilson Greisinger, Thurman Elzey, Gerald Schlickman. Song, “Little Stars” —Elementary Grades. Recitation, “Christmas Song”—W’alter Kiess. Song, “Lighting of Tree" —School. Christmas Acrostic—Primary. Song, “Little Lord Jesus” —Walter Miller. Recitation —Nedra Glancy. Recitation —Naomi Stolte. Recitation—Helen Gerber. Recitation, “Eve Dropprs”—Arthur Kiess. Song—LeAnna Vance. Recitation —Richard McConnell. Recitation —Katherine Wiedler. Recitation—Nola Hoffstetter. Song, “So Am I”—Primary. Recitation, “A Stitch in Time” — ■Walter Rilling. Dialogue, “The Children and the Stars —Junior Girls. Piano Duet —Ruth and Naomi Mayer. Song, “Christ is Born”—Eleanor Reppert, Leo Kirsch. Recitation, “Christmas in the Heart” Kenneth Hoffstetter. Rectiation, "Spirit of Christmas” — Elmer Brown. Song, “Happy Hearts Light and Gay —Junior Boys and Girls. Recitation —Martha Egly. . Recitation—Richard McConnell. Recitation, •"Christmas Carol”— Francis Limenstall. Cornet Solo—Albert Gehrig. Dialogue, “I Want All I Want” — Harry Yahne, Lester Hoffstetter, Leo Kirsch, Lawrence Beel. Song—Martha Sellemeyer. Recitation—Fred McGill. Vocal Solo—Dell Sellemeyer. Recitation, "Two Little Stockings” —Marie Gehrig. Recitation, “Johnannes Falk and Die Waisen”—Marie Wilder. ’ ' Song, “The Orphan House” —Gladys , Hoffman. Song—School. Offering. Benediction —Rev. L. W. Stolte. A BOX OF N. H. C. CIGARS We acknowledge receipt of a box i of N. H. C. cigars from the manufact- ■ urer, Mr. Herman Colchin and the I Daily Democrat force have been enjoy- ’ Ing the delights of that splendid, well made and home made smoke. It Is one of the best on the market and Herman tells us that he has enjoyed ) the greatest business of his years at i cigar manufacturing. Go to it and ; may you triple the output each year for the next half century.

: A HEAVY PENALTY h I ► Imposed on Students Found ' Guilty in Mock Trial— Bob Colter to Supply la . ■< ; ALL THE TEACHERS ► * With Candy During Year—- • John Clark Must Supply Them With Peanuts. a I The mock trial given by the commercial students at the Decatur school yesterday afternoon made the two and ' a quarter hours in Its duration, very • interesting to the students as well as the large number of visitors present. The trial was given under the auspices of E. E. Barnhart, supervisor of the commercial department. i The trial was of three students, mockly accused of grand larceny, the mock theft of $15,000 from the mock , commercial bank of the high school. Roy Kalver pleaded guilty before the finish of the trial and his punishment' was not fixed at present. Buy John Clark and Bob Colter, who stood trial to the finish, and were found guilty . by the twelve jurors, were given a heavy penalty. Colter, who was more deeply in the plot, was sentenced to supply the high school teachers with candy during the whole year of 1916. Clark w T as sentenced to supply them ' p-eanuts during the year. Harold Kirsch as the dignified and able judge; Chalmer Porter was prosecuting attorney and had Miss Helen Kinzle as an able assistant; Dick Burdg anfl Pariz Vizzard, were attorneys so rthe defense. The twelve jurors were selected from the students. The parts were very ably taken and the affair handled in a very judicial manner. BIRTH OF CHRIST Will be Generally Celebrated Tomorrow and Tonight—Programs AT THE CHURCHES Will be Rendered—ManyTonight—Family Reunions—Municipal Tree. Tomorrow is Christmas day, the gladdest day of all the year, celebrating the birth of Christ. This evening is Christmas eve, when many of the real festivities incident to the Christmad take place. Many of the churches have arranged for special programs for tonight, Christmas night and Sunday. Many of these have already been published, but a brief mention of them to refresh the memory, will not be amiss. A fine miscellaneous program will be rendered tonight at the Zion Lutheran church; at the Presbyterian church this evening at 7:30 o’clock a mixed program will be rendered, and at the Evangelical church this evening at 7:30 o’clock a program, with its theme. “White Gifts for the King” will be presented. The Concord Lutheran and the Mt. Pleasant M. E. church will also give Christmas cantatas and exercises. The United Brethren church of this city will give its program Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock, a miscellaneous program having been arranged. The program at the Baptist church will be given Sunday morning. Santa Clauses will be in evidence of course. Many of the homes in the city will have happy Christmas family reunions and the children are already gathering home for these events. Many arc also leaving the city for their parental homes. On -Christmas day the big general event will be the municipal Christmas tree in the court house yard, which will be lighted and the service held at 5 o’clock. The German Reformed and the Methodist Sunday schools will also have their Christmas services this evening. On Sunday evening the Methodist choir will render a sacred song service.

’ DOUBLE SHOW CHRISTMAS. William Parent, manager of the Crystal theater, has arranged a double program for Christmas day. The afternoon show will be featured by an Edison “Breaking the Shackles” and a Selig and a Vitagraph comedy. The night show will feature a two reel special “Mind Over Motor” and Sidney Drew in comedy. Both shows a jitney. Tonight Maurice Costello will play in “The Romance of a Handkerchief.” DAUGHTER IN HOSPITAL Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wolfe went to Fort Wayne today, where they will call on Mrs. Wolfe's daughter, Mrs. Harry Kaylor, who was taken to the Lutheran hospital Wednesday night, on account of suffering from a tumor. It is not decided whether she will undergo an operation. Mrs. Wolfe was formerly Mrs. Isabelle Llby. SENT OUT GIFTS Indiana Board and Filler Co. Remembers Employes and Railroad Men WITH CASH GIFTS Also Send Souvenirs to Customers Showing Appreciation of Business. The Indiana Board & Filler company, one of the splendid industries which operates a plant in this city, has had a successful year and they believe in sharing their good fortune with those who have helped them to make such a record as is that for 1915. This morning each of the employes in the five different plants operated by this company, received his check, in full for the week, and in addition thereto an extra five-dollar gold piece as a Christmas gift. At the Decatur plant the gifts also included the gift for the railroad watchmen at Jefferson and Adams streets, William Sudduth and John Marbough, and the smiles denoted only partially the joy the gifts brought. It is good to be thus remembered. Also the company remembered the local crews, section men and the railroad office men each with a good box of excellent cigars and a handsome souvenir was sent to each of the 1,650 customers of the Indiana Board & Filler. The total expense of Christmas to this company was more than $2,000, thus showing appreciation of a prosperous year. o THE FORD TRACTOR. The first Ford tractor received in this region was unloaded at Monroe yesterday by William Michaels and son. It is from the first consignment finished up in the new tractor plant at Detroit. CORRECTION'CORRECTED. Through mistake of the reporter in writing copy, an error crept into the Bernstein ad correction. The $1.25 slippers will be sold for 98 cents instead of 89 cents.

MUNICIPAL CHRISTMAS EXERCISES. CHRISTMAS DAY—S O’CLOCK. P. M. Selections Decatur City Band Prayer—Rev. F. G. Rogers. Address.... C. E. Bell, Chairman General Committee Address, “The Spirit of Christmas” Judge David E. Smith Songs, “Hark the Herald Angels Sing Led by Men’s Chorus “America” Led by Men’s Chorus Song, “Silent Night” • To be sung by entire gathering, led by City Band Distribution of presents to the children of the entire city, including also all children atliliated with any and all of the city churches. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 29, 6:30 P. M. This exercise is to be held in honor ol the old people of the citv and vicinity, of G. A. R. and W. R. C. Selections Decatur City Band Address, “Message of Good Cheer to the Old People, G. A. R. and W. R. C.”C. J. Lutz Music by G. A. R. Fife and Drum Corps. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, at 7:00 P. M. Selections Decatur City Band Address, “The New Year” Father Seinietz, of the Catholic Church Music—Combined Chorus made of Choirs of the City Churches. * —■

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LAW QUESTIONS Was Only Communication Between Dailey and Justice Department Says ATTORNEY GENERAL Disclaims All Knowledge of Letter Intimating Against Prosecution. I (United Press Service) Washington, Dec. 2«,—(Special Io , Daily Democrat) —Flat denial that tho department of justice was “playing politics” in the case of the Terro Haute election conspirators, or for that matter, that it even knew in advance of the trial of the plotters, was made today by assistant attorney general Wallace, who had charge it the Washington end. “The department never knew of tho cases until the indictments had been made and tiie trial under United States attorney Dailey was under way.” said Wallace,” the statement that a letter signed by 'be attorney general was sent to Mr. Dailey to inform him by inference, that the department did not want tiie cases prosecuted is absolutely untrue. There was no such letter. This much is true; there were sejious questions of law involved in tiie cases, these questions have not yet been decided. They are before the circuit court of appeals for Indiana and neither the department or Mr. Dailey knows how they are to be decided.” Uniteq States District Attorney F. C. Dailey today nailed the rumor that there has been any friction between him and the Justice department at Washington concerning the Terro Haute election conspiracy cases or any other matter. His statement to tho United i’vess which is the first -he has made since the parole of the four conspirators follows: “Every sort of rumor has been circulating with refrence to the Terre Haute conspiracy cases. The present rumor that the Department of Justice was opposed to the prosecution is untrue. The Department knew nothing about the case until after the prosecutions was instituted.” -—. FRED BAYS FOR GOVERNOR (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Dec. 24, — (Special to Daily Democrat) —Fred F. Bays, 33, prosecutor of Sullivan county, went back home today to think it over. It became known that Bays was called here last night by a company of antiTaggart democrats representing various cities, and asked to run for tho gubernational nomination against John A. M. Adair. Bays told them lie stood for a constitutional convention, law enforcement, equal suffrage, state-wide prohibition, free text-books, arbitration of later disputes and home rule for cities. “I'll tell you in about four days what I'll do.” said Bays.