Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 309, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 309.

REPORT JS MADE Consul Bristom of Port Said Furnishes Official Information to STATE DEPARTMENT German Suply of Munitions in New York Endangered by Fire. * ' i[' • ■ ■

(By Henry Wood.) Rome, Dec. 27,—(Special to Daily Democrat).—At Jeast .150,000 Albanians have starved to death in the last year md the same fate awaits an equal number during the coming year according to W. W. Howard, owner of the American relief schooner Albania. Howard has just reached Rome after distributing 200 tons of flour to starving Albanians. "The crop has been a failure the past two years,” said Howard,” to the normal population of one million has been added two hundred thousand Serbian refugees who arrived without food and who possess only worthless Serbian money. And they brought with them twenty thousand Austrian prisoners who mv t be fed.” Washington, Dec. 27,—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Official confirmation of the submarining of Japanese liner Yacaka Maru which has been awaited by the state department before framing a protest over the jepardizing of one American pasenger was received today. It came Consul Bristow at Port Said Egypt. The vessel was attacked without warning the report said. The periscope of the submarine not being seen until after the vessel was struck. It sank in 49 minutes. The nationality of the submarine is unknown. The crew of 162 and 120 passengers including W. J. Leigh, American, all took to small boats and were picked up later by a French cruiser. Paris, Dec. 27, —(Special to Dally Democrat*) —Six pasengers and one member of the crew perished when the Italian liner Port Said was sunk in the Mediterranean by an Austrian submarine, according to Milan dispatches today. Other pasengers and members of the crew numbering about 150 were saved. London, Dec. 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Turkish forces were defeated with heavy losses and driven back in an attack upon the British Mesopotamian base of Kut-El-Amara Saturday, according to official dispatches received here today. New York, Dec. 27— (Special to the Daily Democrat) —Fort the first time since munition plots attracted the government’s attention a fire today threatened the destruction of a large supply of amunition destined for German',. The oregin of the blaze is unknown. Three million pdunds of high power cartridges, several thousand pistols and rifles and a number of modern field pieces were stored in " le warc ’ house by a man named Robert 'an Cleff. The amunition is said to have been purchased before the outbrt 'K of the war. The plan was to ship it to a south American country and ■ ■ it by a neutral European port to Germany. Petrograd, Dec. to the Daily Democrat)—Several thousand rebel Persian guards led by TurkHi and German officers were Ruslan troops midway between Dlier an and Hamadan, it was officially announced today. The Persians were well arme d with field artillery and machine guns. Paris, Dec. 27,-)Special to Daily Democrat)— King Peter of Serbia, has arrived In Italy aboard an Italian w. ship according to Rome dispat ’ f ’ day. He plans to visit Rome am go to the royal villa at Cas '’ r^ e " king was placed at his disposa . had to be carried from arm chair according to p CB A. port or Areh.»«l. ” . fio.Uug cording to authorltativ reaching shipping toaay. The news is said to ha pressed by the British fens . ght fear that neutral ship (Continue^ on Page 2 ')

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■ | A FOOL THERE WAS. ''laying the theater tomor 7 “ atlneo and nl ßht is " A Fool , ‘‘ 7 " aS ’’’ a slx reel apeelal feature ' m ' ,aHcd on R “ d -vard Kipling’s famous poem, "The Vampire.” With Sm a h r V° B t fOrmer ' eadir ‘ K ma n with am T! r n a ' flt ' P,ay,ng the ' ,f 001.” st , X Un ‘ " the Vamplre ’ the the I n m ° Vle field wi!l he leading phases of the play. The Hl tl nat fl iOn ° f the Play grips one unil the final scene of the last reel and ® dramatic value of the film and the thought inculcated on one’s mind is orth much more than the cost of seeln« it. The play will show here one day only, Tuesday, matinee and night, Rt five and ton r.

Hve ana ten cents. ;IN JITNEY CRASH .1 — f Mrs. Rosa Blazer Shaw, Whose Life Has Been r an Eventful One a IN JITNEY WRECK 3 tI As the Latest Sensation— i t Daughter-in-law, Lena Blazer, Also Injured. 1 Two women injured Friday evening when the jitney bus driven by Oscar I Shust, 1710 Wells street, Ft. Wayne, < was struck from the rear by a Hoff- , , man city car, at the corner of Sher- i man and Huffman streets, Ft. Wayne, 1 are believed to be Mrs. Rosa Blazer i Shaw, divorced wife of Elwood Blazer, 1 formerly of this city, now of Fort i Wayne, and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. i Lena Blazer. The Fort Wayne Jour- : nal-Gazette says: , “The injured are: Mrs. Lena Blazer, 1125 Polk street, at St. Joseph hos- i pital with internal injuries and possi t bly a fractured skull. Condition ex- ; tremely serious. “Mrs. Rosa Shaw, 1125 Polk street, mother-in-law of Mrs. Blazer, at St. I Joseph hospital, with badly bruised shoulder and limbs. “Oscar Shust, driver of the jitney, bruised about the legs and arms. * » » ■ “The women boarded the jitney at the corner of High street and St. Mary’s avenue, and with the driver started east on Huffman street. As they neared Sherman street, says Mrs. Shaw, who was in the front seat ( with the driver, the city car came up behind them, struck them once, hurling the automobile ahead along the track, and then came up a second time and threw the bus over near the curbing. The rear of the machine was badly damaged. “F. W. Ruttman was the motorman on the city car and W. E. McCarty, conductor.” A later paper says: “The condition ( of Mrs. Lena Blazer and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Rosa Shaw, both residing ' at 1125 Polk street, who were serf- i ously injured when city car No. 188 ] (Continuedon page 21 i — TO BUILD HEBE ■ R. R. Schug Has Purchased K. of P. Lot Opposite the Traction Office. DEEDS FILED TODAY Will Build a Business Block on the Lot-Plans Not Fully Consummated. r. R. Schug, the well known Berne banker, was here today to have recorded the deeds for the S fortrfour foot lot known as the old K. of P. on South Second street, just opposite the interurban offices. He recently purchased the lot from the Ohio bankers, who held same, and he ex pects to build a business house ther d "’,“ lot « oue .< I.- I* “ whether he does or not he wiR buffi _ modern business house on the lot. ““what kind of a building has not P nne which finally closes a lease. , The lot. is one of the best locations ;in the city and this.sale means o ’ other improvement for the .

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, December 27,1915.

TO HITJHE LINE R. O. Johnson Will Open State Headquarters at Severin Hotel. STRAW VOTE TAKEN — Shows Former Decatur Man I Leading in Tenth Dis- ' trict Three to One. <

The lead article in the Gary Tribune of last Wednesday was a column and a half boost for R. O. Johnson, a former Decatur man, who is one of the active candidates for the republican nomination for governor. Mr. Johnson, who is mayor of Gary, will enter the last lap of the big race by giving a big demonstration at Indianapolis on the 30th, assisted by 200 boosters from his home town. It will be house warming of Johnson's quarters and from this time on these will be busy offices. He will probably hold forth at the Severin. The result of the straw vote in the Tenth district now being conducted by the Hammond Times stands at this time as follows: Johnson, 3883; McCray, 1026; Goodrich, 206; Meyers, 10. The Tribune prints the following interview with Mayor Johnson: "I am glad this ballot was taken and am highly pleased with the result, particularly since there are two candidates for the same office from the same district. Wherever I go in the state I find that McCray has been claiming the Tenth district. These figures will show how he is going to carry it, for his workers were busy everywhere, yet he lost three to one. I feel confident that nearly every other district in the state will show the same percentage in my favor. We are going to hit the line from now until the very day of the primary and we are going to hit it hard.” o ALL MUST PAY Attorney General Stotsenberg Finds State Candidates Must Pay. QUOTES AUTHORITIES Proves Status of Offices in Question —Under One Per Cent Rule. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 27 —(Special to Dally Democrat)— Attorney General Stotsenberg today gave out an interpretation of the new primary law in which he said that prosecuting attorneys shall be nominated under the provisions of the iaw, correcting an error widely published recently. The attorney general also ruled that candidates for state senator and representative must pay one per cent of the total per diem received by him, or one per cent of $356. and that mileage will not be taken into consideration. The rulings came in reply to a letter from Homer L. Cook, secretary of state, who asked concerning candidates for prosecuting attorneys and the legislature. The rulings of the attorney general follow in full: “The primary law (see section 1 thereof) expressly provides that prosecuting attorneys shall be nominated under the provisions of such law. Said law by the provisions of section 13, provides that a declaration of candidacy of all candidates for a judicial office shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The office of prosecuting attorney is a judicial office and had been so declared by the supreme court, of the state in several cases I call your attention to one, which will suffice: State vs. Henning, 35 Ind., 189. "In answer to the second inquiry, it is my opinion that it the fee portion of said section No. 13 is upheld it will be only necessary for a candidate for the legislature to pay one „‘ er cent of $366. The amount received by the legislature for mileage, is not in the nature of a fee and need ' not be taken into consideration in . calculating the fee to be paid in such section 13.’

LARGEST WELL IN COUNTY. Peter Heimann Has Largest Well Drilled for Use as Stock Well. Peter Heimann of Union township has just finished the largest well ever drilled in Adams county for private use. The well is eight Inches in diameter and 110 feet deep. Three pumps will be attached to the well, by running separate tubes down the casing and a pump will be installed In the hog house, in the barn and at the well. The capacity -of each of the three pumps will be one barrel a minute. The water comes so near the surface that it could have been easily made an artesian well if it had been stai ted on lower ground.

FOR THEORPHANS I 7 I r Christmas Collection at the St. Marys Church Totals $625.00. THE ORPHANS’ HOMES At Ft. Wayne and Lafayette Will Receive It—Largest Ever Donated. Six hundred and twenty-five dollars was the total of the annual Christmas collection taken up for the orphans at the St. Mary's Catholic church on Christmas day. This mohey will go to the St. Vincent’s orphans' home for girls at Fort Wayne and the St. Joseph’s orphans’ home for boys at Lafayette. This year’s collection was the largest ever donated by the members of the St. Mary’s church and it will without doubt lead the list among the churches of its size. Having a membership of about three hundred families, the average sum donated by each family was over two dollars. Christmas collections are being taken in all the Catholic uiiurches for the orphans on Christmas day. In this way the two orphan asylums are kept up. The services at the St. Mary's church on Christmas day were very beautiful. A solemn high mass was held at 5 o’clock in the morning with the Rev. Othmar Knapke of Carthagenia, Ohio, as the celebrant, Father Seimetz as deacon and Father Kroeger as sub-deacon. Father Kroeger delivered the sermon. o EVERYBODY INVITED. The ball which will open the assembly room of the new Masonic hall on New Year’s eve, Friday night of this week, is for the public and yot| are cordially invited to come or buy a ticket. The floor is said to be one of the best in the state, come and try it. The impassion that the event was only for Masons is incorrect. The opening event is for the public. elsTomyers Wedding of Alva E. Elston and Miss Irene Myers Took Place ON CHRISTMAS DAY In Fort Wayne—Will Leave Soon On Extended Trip Through the East The wedding of Alva E. Elston, a well known business man of Angola, and Miss Edith Irene Myers, of this city took place Christmas afternoon, at four o’clock at the parsonage of the First Methodist church, Fort Wayne, the Rev. D. H. Guild officiating. The 1 wedding was a very quiet one witnessed only by a number of the nearest relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Elston left immediately 1 for Angola where they will bo at home ' until January 9 when they leave for an extended trip of business and pleasure through the east. On their return in the spring, they will again be at. home I at Angola. Mr. Elston is a shoe merchant of s Angola, and is well and favorably known here also, having visited here , on several occasions. The bride is a 1 young lady of fine character, a daughi ter of the late Henry Myers. She is i a nurse, graduating from the Hope hospital school.

McMILLEN-COWAN Brice McMillen and Miss Mary Cowan Quietly Married Christmas Eve. AT COUNTRY HOME Os Brides Father, John Cowan—Will Make Their Home In This City.

With only the members of the two families present, including the parents. brothers and sisters of the contracting parties, the wedding of Brice McMillen and Miss Mary B. Cowan, Friday evening at five o'clock was a very quiet one, coming as a surprise at this time to their many friends. The ceremony took place at the country home of the bride’s father, John Cowen, in St. Mary’s township and the Methodist minister of the Pleasant Mills church officiated. On Christmas day, the newly married couple, with a number of other relatives, were guests of the groom's grandmother, Mrs. W. H. Martz at Pleasant Mills, at their annual Christmas family reunion. The D. B. Erwin, Asa McMillen, Samuel Durbin, Fred Durr, Harry Durbin families were also present. Mr. and Mrs. McMillen will reside in this city, the groom being a clerk at the Niblick store. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Asa McMillen of Pleasant Mills. He is a young man of excellent character and business ability. The bride is a daughter of John Cowen, until this year, had been one of the school teachers of the county. She is a most estimable young lady and as beautiful in nature as she is in appearance. MUNICIPAL” TREE Fourteen Hundred Sacks of Candy Distributed to the Children by FOUR SANTA CLAUSES Exercises Were Carried Out Nicely — Program for Wednesday. Fifteen hundred people gathered closely around the speaker’s platform at . the municipal tree Christmas night, stood silently in tho snow to hear Judge David E. Smith eulogize the children and the fellowship spirit that made it possible for the youngsters to have the tree. Promtly at 5 o’clock Martin Mylott, city superintendent, threw the switch that lighted the tree. A deep, insistent murmur of surprize ran through the spectators. A hundred twinkling, colored lights spread beauty through the tree, the heavy clinging snow weighting the tree into a beautiful symbolism of Yuletide, good fellowship that forecasted tho success of weeks of effort. The city band came, playing. C. E. Bell, general chairman, Introduced Rev. F. G. Rogers of the Baptist church, who offered the prayer. Judge D. E. Smith gave the address. Short, rhetorical, yet fully rounded out, it expanded the feeling of Christmastide in the people gathered to hear. The Men’s chorus sang several songs that were well received. The band led the parade of children to Monroe and Second streets and return. In the meantime the four Santa Clauses, provided for the distribution of the gifts, prepared to stand a siege. The Santa Clauses were Frank Gass, Dr. J. Q. Neptune, Charles Coulter and Simeon Hains. They distributed fourteen hundred sacks of candy to the children, who maintained their line under the direction of the teach? ers of the public and parochial schools. The affair, to quote one baby, "iss pretty,” which means successful. The four hundred remaining sacks, of candy that were not given out Saturday night will be handed to the smaller children at the Wednesday night meeting. I Wednesday's Program. Commencing at 6:30 o’clock Wednesday evening the exercises will be-

Igln with selections by tho Decatur City Band. The evening will bo devoted to the old people of the city and vicinity and the G. A. R. and the W. R. C. • C. J. Lutz will address the audience on the subject, “A Message of Good Cheer to the Old People, G. A. R. and W. R. C.” Special music will be provided by the G. A. R. fife and drum corps. This program will he one of interest to everyone nl the city and a committee is in charge of the work of securing vehicles to brjng the old people to the tree. o BASKET BALL GAME. The high school boys and girls will

meet the alumni teams Wednesday evening at 7:45 at Porter hall. o DIED SUDDENLY e » i Clayton U. Dorwin, Well Known Resident, Passed Away Suddenly 1 ON CHRISTMAS DAY Os Heart Trouble and Gastritis—Funeral TomorI row Morning. Christmas day was a sad one for k the family of Clayton U. Dorwin. well known resident of this city, who passed away unexpectedly Saturday afternoon at 2:05 o’clock at the family . homo on North Second street, after a short illness. Mr. Dorwin, who had been employed at night, had worked the preceding night, but had not slept very well during the day. He arose about one o’clock Saturday afternoon and complaining of being ill of gastritis, asked that the doctor be called. The physician was called, but was unable to, come until about two o’clock. Mr. , Dorwin passing away about five mini utes later. The only ones who were • at home at the time were his wife, his aged mother, Mrs. Belinda Dorwin, and the son, William R. Dorwin. who lives near and from whose home the telephone call to the doctor was given, and who hastened at once to the home. The other children reside out of the city and were unable to be there. The deceased was a life-long resident of the county. He was born February 5, 1852, near Monmouth, the, son of W. R. and Belinda Dorwin. ; Had he lived until next February 5. I he would have been sixty-four years old. Mr. Dorwin was one of the best known men of the city, and for many years was employed as engineer at the city waterworks and electric light plant. He is survived by the widow, Emma J. Dorwin, and six children. They are: Bess, wife of Miles Pillars, of The Dalles, Washington; William R. Dorwin, city mail carrier, this city; Beatrice, wife of Jesse Braden of the Fort (Continued on page 2) BURIAL SUNDAY Funeral of Mrs. Joel V. Kipfer of East Vera Cruz. WAS HELD SUNDAY Death of the Well Known Woman Occurred After a Prolonged Illness. Tho funeral of Mrs. Joel V. Kipfer. residing east of Vera Cruz, was held Sunday afternoon at one o’clock from the Christian Apostolic church, north of Vera Cruz. Mrs. Kipfer’s death occurred Thursday afternoon at four o’clock after a prolonged illness of stomach trouble, with severe complications. An operation which she underwent three months ago, failed to bring any relief. Mrs. Kipfer leaves her husband, one daughter, Aldine, and the following brothers and sisters: Abraham Moser of Berne, Mrs. Daniel Kipfer, near Vera Cruz; Joseph Moser of Bluffton, Noah Moser of Paulding, Ohio, and John Eli and Aaron Moser, residing east of Bluffton.

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THE LURE OF GOLD Is Certainly Some Lure Says C. S. Peterson Writing from Oatman Field. HE FOLLOWED TRAIL Os Old Indian Twenty Miles and Then Marched Back Again—Mining Tales.

Oatman, Ariz., Dec. 20, 1915. Dear Johnny:—The lure of gold is some lure. Os course being a newspaper guy, I really have no use for money, but when an old Indian, who | claims to have lived in this country when it was owned by Mexico, when the rattlesnake was the only real rival to the said Indian, and who looks it, came to me with the story . that he had a great gold mine just a few miles out which I could get for practically nothing, why he just unfastened my goat and led it off over the ' hills. Not wanting to lose the said goat, I gathered to me one Tom Fisher, a friend, and Jack Shank, a buddy, and followed the Indian. Tom. for the last twenty years has occupied an office in Denver, and has been known for that length of time as the general passenger agent of the Colorado & . Southern railway, and the only real exercise he had in that time was a little game of draw in his private car or a game of golf at the Denver Country club. Jack is different. He has been a regular mountain goat for a . number of years and he knows this . country like a book. Tom was game, . however, and although he cussed me . a little and the Indian more, he kept . the trail until we reached the promis- , ed Eldorado. It was only about five miles out from camp as the crow flies, and about . twenty as we flew, but finally we , reached the spot, and the old Indian I dug into the rocks a while and brought |us a chunk of rock that was really las fine a rock as I ever saw. Fisher .and Swank also thought it was fine | rock, but it was all that I could do ! to keep them from slamming it over I the old boy's head. Jack is an essayer and when he saw the rock, he turned to the old Indian and said: "Did you bring us clear out here to see this? Why you old stiff, that hasn’t as much gold in it as a lead I nickel.” We beat it back to Oatman I and found that we had only been one of a large number that had trailed off after the same old Indian. Oh! yes, it's a great game, and you’ll surely win out if you don’t weaken. And so it goes here every day. A newcomer comes in and the Indian gets his trail, he follows off the redskin over the hills, and come back a seasoned pioneer. Tom and Jack and I are not telling our experience around the camp, as we have been here some time, and we would occupy about the same position as the boy who went snipe-hunting, or who refereed tho badger fight. A mining camp is surely one of excitements. Word comes in of a new strike and before you can say “Jack Robinson" the camp is emptied and the whole population rushes over the hills to sqe about it. Last Tuesday morning I was awakened by the chugging of about twenty automobiles in front of the hotel, and when 1 got up to see what the excitement was, the man in the hurricane seat of a dilapidated Ford yelled to me that a rich strike had been made at Union Pass, sixteen miles out. I caught tho next machine out and after abount three hours of precarious riding I reached Uniontown and found “J. Rufus Wallingford" Straub, tho man who put Ely, Nevada, on tho map, standing in the middle of an excited crowd soiling town lots. J. Rufus said he hadn't heard of any big strike and there was just a slight suspicion that Straub had started tho rumor himself. However, we all camo back, but Straub had sold a number of new lots, and now all the Uniontown is waiting on is a postoffice. It has got all the other requirements for a town, including a mulligan, a tent-house and a barber chair. I told you last week about some Toledo people making a rich strike here in the Times mine. Well, Indianapolis came across this week. General “Jack” Ward of Indianapolis, who during Governor Durbin's term of office in Indiana occupied the adjutant general's office, drifted in to look us over about three weeks ago. Tho (Continued on Page 4./