Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 3 January 1916 — Page 1

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SINK ANOTHER • —, —l-l Liner Glengyle Torpedoed and Sank in Mediterranean Today. LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST Report of Sinking of Japanese Kemkon Maru Follows Fast. (United Press Service) I Loudon. Jan. 3, —(Special to Daily ■Democrat)—The big Glasgow steamer ■ Glengyle has been torpedoed and sunk ■it was announced today. Excepting ■ the Lucitania and the Arabic it is the | largest submarine vicitm of the war. I The first dispatch received here said | about one hundred survivors have I been picked up. The Glengyle disK placed 9.000 tons and presumably carKried a large crew. It is believed that I lives have been lost. It was sunk in | the Meditteranean while enroute from the far east to Italian ports. News of the sinking reached here while the admiralty was bending every effort to learn more of the details of the sinking of the British liner Persia with a loss of about 250 lives. A moment later came word that the Japenese steamer Kemkon Maru had befen torpedoed. The crew was saved. The Glengyle is a new steamer, it was built in 1914 at Newcastle on the Tyne It was 500 feet long and had abeam of 62 feet. Though ordinarily In freight service the Glengyle was ing some passengers. A Malta dßpatch today declared that all the Aigpengers have been landed there and that the missing are members of the (By Charles P. Stewart.) ■ Copenhagen, Jan. 3, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Germany has granted permission fqr the Ford peace party to cross German soil enroute to the Hague from Copenhagen it was announced today. The German consulate will vise passports of the delegates, and American state department having refused to act. The peace pilgrims will leave Copenhagen by special train on Friday. Washington, D. C„ Jan. 3 —Special to the Daily Democrat)— .Doth Baron Zwiedenek and Secre--tary Lansing refused to discuss a visit paid Lansing by the former to- „ day, but it was learned the Austrian had called to ask for any de- ; tails the government might have regarding the Persia. Later Baron Swiedenek said: "I feel just as sure ® tod ay as I did Saturday upon the ar- | rival of the Ancona note that AmeriHnm and Austrian relations will continue friendly. It seems to have been ■enerally overlooked that there never bar been an intention on the part of 3a submarine commander to torpedo Ships without warning. It seems obvious, however, upon study of AusStria's Ancona reply that this is a £ fact.” MB. One high official said today: ‘ Any ■error of judgment made by a subma■pine commander undoubtedly will be |&emedied in due time and to the full of the United States goviHtnment.” ■Rome, Jan. 3—(Special to Daily ■piocrat)—“Survivors of the Persia saw the American Consul McNeely struggle a few minutes in the water and then go down,” said a news agency dispatch from Cario this afternoon. . • ■ , o BOYD EXPLODES. (United Press Service) Greencastle, Ind., Jan. 3, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Jackson Boyd, former progressive state chairman, today denounced as a betrayal oT prinples, the movement of the progressive party heads to run J. Frank Hanly as the party candidate for governor. He reviewed the recent temperance Convention at Indianapolis at which Hanly suggested a separate political party for state wide prohibition was rejected. “The idea of betraying the fundamental principles for a candidate rejected by the temperance people of Indiana,” said Boyd.” How low has the progressive party sunk?” He denounced the plan of a move ’o make the party the tail of one man’s Kite. ' -——o ARE INVIOCING. e Mr. Overdear of Columbia City, and Mr. Eismann of Hillsdale, Mich., are here and are assisting Manager L. A. Jackson of the Morris store, and his force of -clerks in the annual invoice.

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I IS GRANDPA TO GIRL I Grandpa L L. Baumgartner's face was wreather in smiles a couple of years or so ago when he got a terngram that he was grandpa to a boy baby named for him, but he felt like turning somersaults and skinning a few cats this afternoon when he got a telegram anounclng the fact that he i was grand fat her to a girl baby who arrived at the home of Mr, and Mrs. , Ben Welker, in Dele ware, Ohio, Mrs. Welker was formerly Miss Bess Baum gartner. The child Is theirvjpecond. o PRESIDENT RETURNS. (United Press Service) Hot Springs, Va., Jan. 3, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —President Wil- . son and his bride will leave here tonight. His decision to cut short ins honeymoon came immediately after he had been advised of the Glengyle sinking. He had expected to be here until Wednesday night. A LONGJLLNESS Ends in Death of Mrs. Sarah E. Fansler at Lutheran Hospital IN FORT WAYNE Sunday Morning — Lived Here Until Four Years Ago—Burial Here. Mrs. Sarah Fansler, aged fifty-one l years, six months and five days, wife of William E. Fansler, formerly of this city, now of 1727 Hench street, Fort Wayne, died Sunday morning at 4:10 o'clock at the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, where,she had been a patient for some time. Death followed a prolonged illness, of cancer of the bowels. For several weeks she had been at the home of her sister, Mrs. Robert Gregory, in this city, returning to the hospital again, when her case became more serious. Mrs. Fansler was the daughter of William Hoffman, who resides west of this city. The father, the husband and a son, Jesse, survive. There are also the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. E. Fritzinger, Mrs. Robert Gregory, of this city; Mrs. William Meyers, who resides with her father on the home place; Mrs. Otto Oberlin, Fort Wayne; Frank Hoffman, this city; Harvey Hoffman. Tucson, Arizona. Mrs. Fansler was fifty-one years of age last June. The family lived in Decatur many years, going to Fort Wayne about four years ago. Mrs. Fansler was a devout member of the Reformed church, and was a most excellent lady. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock from the German Reformed church in Decatur, burial to be in the Maplewood cemetery. o INSTALLQFFICERS Womens Relief Corps and Grand Army of the Republic Lay Plans FOR SATURDAY MEET When a Public Installation Will be Held for Benefit of the People. A public installation of officers has been planned jointly by the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman’s Relief Corps to be held Saturday, either in the afternoon or in the ! evening. This feature of the year’s work is of interest to the general public and , the two organizations, realizing the , fact, have for the past few years ari ranged a public installation for the benefit' of the people. A call to the Woman’s Relief Corps was sent out this morning for them 1 to meet at the hall Tuesday afternoon commencing at 1:30 o’clock in . tlie afternoon, to make the necessary, . arrangements for the meeting.

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IS HIGH WBTER River Reaches Flood Stage Within Twenty-four Hours. RUNS OVER THE ROAD Lack of Ice Prevents Serious Complications at Bridge. Water, from the excessive rain and melting of snow since Saturday, has caused the river to reach the flood stage, and it is still rising. Saturday, it is asserted, the water raised eight feet, and yesterday a like amount. Since six o’clock last night the level has gone up another foot, and is flowing across the Piqua road, a foot deep, making it impossible for pedestrians to use the road. Several school boys coming to school this morning had to wait until an obliging driver carried them across the hundred foot rapids. The road is getting rough there, the top dressing being washed off the stones. Perhaps the roadbed will go, too, if the water keeps on rising. The rise is much slower, however, due, no doubt, to the cold weather that prevents further thawing. Four feet remains clear under the arches of the bridge, and one more foot in depth will make the flood stage the highest ever had at this point. The river is particularly free from ice and no trouble is being experienced at the various bridges. Watchmen are on duty at the railroad bridges. IS RE-APPOINTED Jim A. Hendricks Again Elected Road Superintendent for Two Years. HIS ANNUAL REPORT Shows Interesting Figures —Commissioners in January Session Today. At the meeting of the board of commissioners today in the first session of the year reports were filed by Ferdinand Bleeke, county clerk, showing fees collected, $580.49 for quarter; extra fees SIB.OO and $56.65; ex-sheriff’s fees, $240.40; Thomas Baltzell, fees for quarter, $39.45; Ed Green, sheriff fees, $260.73; A. F. Welfley, $521.70. W. J. Archbold also filed his report as county treasurer for November. The board re-elected Jim A. Hendricks as the county highway superintendent for Adams county for two years from this date and until his successor is appointed. He qualified and filed bond and took the oath of office. Mr. Hendricks has served in this capacity for two years and has made good. Without question he has kept the roads in the best condition they have ever been and his annual report for the year ending December 22, 1915, showed some interesting facts. During the past year the report shows the following expenditures: Day labor. $3,616.43; teams and drivers, $.9871.13; material and supplies, $21,861.50; assiltant superintendents’ salaries, $4,227.51. , Total, $39,576.57. The total funds handled by Mr. Hendricks were $41,101.57, and he bas a balance on hands of $1,271.71. This money was derived from the following sources: Auto licenses, $6,946.45; tax, $27,850.14, the balance having been on hands at the beginning of the year. During the year the superintendent and his assistants rolled seventeen new roads and sixty-five old ones, a total of 1,250 miles,, and also repaired twenty-eight bridges. In addition to his services as superintendent Mr. Hendricks personally looked after the work in district number 6, where there are 120 miles of road. He has made good and his reappointment will meet the approval of those who stndy the road question and its requirements. Jim has added to his knowledge of how to keep up the roads and will prove a valuable man for the county. Bonds were ordered sold for the building of the following macadam . foads: Frank Hisey in Jefferson wnship; J. M, Foreman in Blue

| Creek, B. A. Miller in Wabash and i Hartford, John J. Hirschy in Monroe; I. G. Kerr in Monroe, Henry Scheimann in Preble and the J. M. Bollenbacher road, I ■ A petition for the acceptance of the Fred Thieme road was filed. The board granted an extension of time for the commissioners to file a report on the Sol Luginbill drain, to the February term. On the George D. Brown drain the report was approved, the drain ordered established; Phil L. Macklin appointed superintendent and ordered to proceed with the construction. The board appointed Noah Beberstine as a drainage commissioner for a period of two years or until his successor is appointed. BEAUTIRUTORY Os Children’s Gift to the Christ is Told in the Cantata AT REFORMED CHURCH Part of Audience Unable to Get in—Beautiful Song Service. The sacred cantata, “The Heart of the Bells, rendered at the Reformed church last night, under the direction of Mrs. L. W. Stolte, with Miss Lulu Gerber at the piano, proved a success. The church was filled to its capacity with an attentive audience, many of them standing. A large number were turned away, being unable to get in. Story of the Cantata. There is a beautiful legend of an old church which was noted for the wonderful chime of bells which hung in i|s high tower. At Christmas it had long been the custom for all the people to bring to the church their offerings to. the Christ-child, and when the greatest and best offering was laid on the altar, the beautiful chimes, of their own accord, would start ringing far up in the tower. But it was easily seen that the people had been growing less careful of their gifts to the Christchild as for many years no offering had been brought great enough to deserve the music of the chimes. But this year, by the king’s decree, the church is again to be opened and ■ cantata opens with the children preparing to bring in their gifts. Varied are the gifts that are brought, but no chiming of the bells is heard until Ben Hur and Orpah. two poor children, lay their humble gift on the altar, when to the surprise of all, the bells are heard again. When they hasten forward to get a glimpse of the wonderful gift, only a branch of ce dar, trimmed with holly berries, is seen. They gave of their all, and it was from the heart. The king is so impressed that he decrees that the little branch of cedar shall forever after be known as the Christmas tree. MRS. JUNES DEAO Mary Rawley Jones, Wife of Esaias Jones, Dead After A LONG ILLNESS * —— Leaves Husband and One Daughter—Funeral Will be Held Tuesday. Mary Celena Rawley Jones, wife of Emaias T. Jones, died New-Year’s afternoon at three o'clock at the family home on the Sol Coverdalc homestead southeast of the city, of a complication of diseases. She had beeen in poor health for a long time, but most seriously ill the past two weeks. She was born February 14, 1879, and had she lived until next February 14, would have been thirty-seven years of age. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rawley, and at her mother’s death was taken and reared by her aunts, the Misses Coverdale. The father, husband and daughter, Rhoda, survive. A brother, Nelson Rawley, is deceased. The funeral will be held • Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock at i the home, in charge of the Rev. G. i L. Conway, of the Rivarre M. E. j church. |

ON NEWJEAR’S Was Wedding of Will Bowers and Miss Florence Leahy at Ft. Wayne. FATHER J. R. QUINLAN Officiated—Miss Ruth Bowers of This City Was a Bridesmaid. The wedding of Miss Florence Leahy to William S. Bowers of Decatur was performed at the parish house of the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception at 6:45 o’clock last evening by the Rev. Father John R. Quinlan. Miss Ruth Bowers of Decatur was bridesmaid and Julian Kaough, brother-in-law to Mr. Bowers, acted as groomsman. Miss Leahy is a graduate of the Hope hospital training school of the class of 1914. and is a daughter of P. J. Leahy, of Churubusco, a retired farmer. Mr. Bowers is connected with the Lee Hardware company at Decatur, and is a son of J. S. Bowers, a retired business man of that place. He was a student at Indiana university in 1912. After a wedding trip the young couple will take up their residence on North First street at Decatur and will be at home to their many friends there after January 1. A wedding supper was given last evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Kaough, 1023 West Jefferson street. Mrs. Kaough is a sister to the groom.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. THE COURT NEWS Case from Allen County is on Trial in Circuit Court Before a Jury. TWO NEW SUITS Filed Today—Geneva Man Faces Charge of Failure to Support. The case of Edward J. McOscar vs. Edward J. Munghaus, venued here i from Allen county, is on trial in the Adams circuit court today before a jury. The case is on account. , In the matter of James K. Martz et al, petition for a drain, Peter Rich was appointed tile third drainage commissioner. The commissioners are to meet January 10, at the surveyor’s office at ten o’clock to qualify and proceed with their work, to report on or before February 18. The Plaint of Laurence R. Van Entmon vs. Frank Schirmeyer, administrator of the R. S. Patterson estate, was dismissed and the costs ordered taxed to the estate. William Moellering’s Sons vs. Julius Haugk et ’al. Defendant ruled io answer absolute in five days. County Clerk Will Hammel! received notice today that the applications for the admission of Sarah Stepler , and Elizabeth Neuenschwander to East haven asylum had been accepted and that there is now room for them there as patients. Real estate tranfers: Augpst E. Stogdill to 'William T. Johnson, realty in .St. Mary’s township, $4680; John B. Holthouse to Arthur Kleinhenz, real estate, $1; Arthur Kleinhenz to John B. Holthouse, real estate, $1: Daniel M. Erwin et al to August Stogdill, lot 533 Decatur. SISOO. Marshall Burris of Geneva came down yesterday with Will Smith who was bound over to the circuit court from that of Justice of the Peace Henry Dickerson, on the charge of failure to support his family. Smith was taken to jail. Lorena Pearl Irwin qualified as administratrix of the estate of Phillip Irwin, giving SI2OO bond. Proof of servlet of notice on interested parties in the matter of .the petition of Adam Beberstein et al for | (Continued on ’page 2)

ST ELMO TOMORROW St. Elmo, Alexander Duma’s misterpiece visualis'd for the theater going public, will be shown at the Crystal theater Tuesday matinee ami night in six big reels, staged under tlie direction of William Fox, of the Fox film corporation. Those of you who have read tlie book are well able to appreciate the nature of the work necessary to make such a film success. Those of you who have not read the book will lie appalled by the soul-rending gripping drama unfolded before you. It costs five and ten cents and plays this theater one day only. TAKES POSITION IN BANK Earl Blackburn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Page Blackburn, today began duty at the First National Bank, as collector and bookkeeper. He succeeds Leon Crawford, who resigned to go to Los Angeles, Cal. o DEATH Experienced by August Schroeder of Near Fort Wayne Sunday Noon. WELL KNOWN HERE Father of Mrs. Will Krueckeberg and Mrs. Henry Conrad. August Schroeder, who resides three or four miles south of Fort i Wayne on the Decatur road, and who is the father of Mrs. Will Krueckeberg of Union township, and of Mrs. Henry Conrad of Preble township, i this county, and who has many relatives in the vicinity of St. John’s died suddenly of paralysis or heart trouble Sunday noon. He had been in good health and had attended to his chores as usual in the morning. On going to the house and sitting down in his chair, he suddenly succumbed. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette says: “August Schroeder, sixty-nine years j old, died yesterday morniiig at his home in Marion township, after an illness of some time, death being due to an affection of the heart. Deceased lived his entire life on the farm where he was born in 1846, the Schroeder homestead being located on the Decatur road, eight miles south of Fort Wayne. Forty-three years ago he was married to Miss Louise Bultemeyer, who survives, with one broth er, Edward Schroeder, and eight children, Henry and Frederick, of Marion township; Harmon Schroeder, of Fort Wayne; Sophie, Lena and Minnie Schroeder, of Marion township; Mrs. Marie Krueckeberg of Union township, Adams county, and Mrs. Hanna Conrad of Preble township, Adams county. Mr., Schroeder was a member of ffie Bauer Lutheran church and was well I known in this city. The funeral announcement will be made later.” It is said the funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock. WEEK OF PRAYER I Will be Held at the Baptist Church, This Week. Beginning This Evening. • — THE SERMON SERIES Will Bear Upon Prayer, How, Why, When, Where and for What. A special week of prayer wil be held at the Baptist church this week. The pastor, the Rev. F. G. Rogers has prepared a series of excellent sermons for this week, the first of which will be given this evening. Everybody is given a cordial invitation to come. The subjects for the week are: Monday—Why Pray. Tuesday.—How Pray. Wednesday—When Pray. Th u rs d a y—W h e re. Friday—What Pray For. o— - — After the holiday rush the mails are being flooded with advertising matter and as a consequence the carriers are weighted down, very nearly as heavily as during tlie holiday rush.

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.WATER STOPS : SUGAR HOUSE r j Forty-two Inches of Water Stands on Sugar House i Floor, t WATER STILL RISING I . Three Million Pounds of Sugar and Much Pulp Imperiled. Water, breaking the levee, flooded the Holland-St. Louis sugar factory Sunday morning, and today forty-two inches of water was measured on the first floor. The damage to the engines and machinery will amount to several thousand dollars. Work was stopped at four o’clock Sunday morning when the levee first broke, and the water rising rapidly, soon made it necessary to draw the fires from, under the boilers. At midnight last night the water measured twenty-eight inches and this morning it had risen to forty-two inches, a distance of fourteen inches in thirteen hours. At seven o'clock another measurement was made at a different point and at ten o’clock it had again measured deeper. The river is still rising. Three million pounds of sugan lie in the warehouse within ton inches of the water level. -Several car loads of pulp, worth thirty dollars a ton, lie I the same distance from the water in ' another warehouse. Vast quantities of sand bags and sacks of cement have been provided to stop the flow of water into the factory ■ and men are on watch to place them if the water rises much higher. Ac- | cess to tlie factory is only possible with a boat. Several families of foreigners employed about the factory, and living in a cottage! in the lowlands back of the levoe, were marooned by the water when it burst through the levee I and were rescued with a boat. I The water first burst through tlie i levee directly east of the factory and a large force of men were put to work to attempt to stop the break. This they succeeded in doing, but soon after another stretch of the levee, a hundred feet long, and in the strongest place, burst. The rush of the water overran the second levee provided at this point and the work was futile. , Three thousand tons of beets lay in the sheds partly submerged. One hundred, additional cars are on the road to the factory, making about eight thousand tons of beets remaining to be worked up by the plant. It was. thought this morning that work would commence as soon as the water was down far enough to allow men to commence cleaning up thugmachinery. W On the first floor of the factory in . the water are three valuable Corliss engines, seven pulp driers, the washer, elevator mechani»m. portions of i the centrifugals and ■ agar elevators, other machinery, and .It a hundred pumps that will be damaged* A thorough clean-up of this machinj ery will be necessary before the plant I can start again. Men Off Duty. Two hundred men, regularly employed at the plant are thrown out of work by the flood, is probable that the water will remain at flood 'stage for several days as it still con tinues to rise. Just a few of tlie men are working at the plant, and tit | only to block ingress of the wno.-r I should it rise' above the warehna <• doors. The remainder of the men .’ o not working. Tlie engineers and foremen are working in the water soaked mill saving what they can of the machines' from damage. No attempt to repair the levee will be made until tlie wat. r receedes and then the work will be done permanently. Additional supports will be added to the dyke, in an effort to make future occurances of this kind unlikely. o — NOTICE TO BOYS AND GIRLS The King’s Helpers 7 * Loyal Tenn rance Legion will begin the lesson study Wednesday, January 5. at 3:45 o’clock at the usual meeting place, the Methodist church. Great tilings are being {daniied for this new year and tlie leader and teacher extend a cordial invitation to all the boys and girls in all the grades to be present. Be sure to come as the legion will I e divided into classes at this ■ meeting, which will be an important meeting. ) -J i