Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1916 — Page 1

Volume XIV. Number 31.

ROUND-UP OF CANDIDATES For County Office and Committeemen is Being Made—Time Expires FOR A DECLARATION Os Intention Tonight—The Two Tickets' Are Well Filled. Political leaders in the several parties were busy today rounding up their candidates for their several parties, the time for the filing of declaration of intention to become candidates expiring tonight, except for that of delegate to the state convention, for which ten days longer are given. But two parties' are represented in the main—the democratic and republican, except for congressman, Carl W. Thompson, of Winchester, progressive candidate, entering the race here in that office and party. Up until 2:30 this afternoon the following representing the. candidates for county office and precinct committeemen, had filed with County Clerk Will Harnnmll their intention of becoming candidates: Democratic County Offices. Representative —R. C. Parrish. Decatur; Jos. W. Walker, Geneva. Commissioner. Third District —Bart Boice, Wabash township; Jacob A. Moser, Monroe township. Coroner—D. D. Clark. Decatur. Auditor—Ed L. Kintz, Decatur; Menno S. Liechty, Monroe; John Mosure, French. Sheriff—Ed Green, Decatur. Surveyor—Orval Harruff, Decatur; Grover C. Baumgartner, Berne. Commissioner, Third District —Jos. M. Peel, Jefferson. Treasurer— George E. Kinzle, Decatur. Bweecuting Attorney—J. Fred Fruchte. Commissioner, Third district Robert Schwartz, Wabash. Commissioner, First district —David J. Dilling. Democratic Precinct Committeemen. Preble —John G. Hoffman. West Jefferson—Frank Orndorff. North Blue Creek—John Durr. pe4fctur, Third Ward B—C. N. Christen. North Preble —August Bloemberg. East Jefferson —Jacob J. Tester. West Root—Fred T. Schurger. East Root— August Walter. Smith St. Mary’s—Andrew J. Case. Decatur Third Ward A —J. O. Sellemeyer. Geneva B—Jantes H. Kelly. South Blue Creek—W. A. Sipe. Geneva A —Geo. Inelchen. Decatur, Second Ward A —Henry B. Heller.’ French—Henry Presdorf. Middle MonroeI—Vance 1 —Vance Mattax. Decatur, First Ward A—Albert L. Colchin. North Kirkland—Simeon J. Bowers. South Kirkland—John W. Parrish. South Hartford—J. W. Heller. North Hartford—Fred W. Studler. East Union —Frank Mclntosh. Wabash, Ceylon —Jos. Chrisman. North Monroe —J. E. Nelson. Decatur, First Ward A —F. V. Mills. Decatur, Second Ward B—James Hurst. Republican County Offices. Surveyor—John. A. Teeple, St. Mary's township; O. A. Potter, Vabash township. Auditor— Harry Fritzinger, Decatur. Coroner— Harry O. Jones, Berne. Sheriff—Reuben Lord, Decatur. Treasurer—William Arnold, Kirkland. Commissioner, First District Samuel Fuhrman, Root township. Commissioner, Third district John Brown, Wabash. Republicans —Precinct Committeemen Berne A —John H. Hilty. North Blue Creek —J. P. Hilyard. Wabash A—William Mesel. South St. Mary’s —J. Wesley Dague. Middle Monroe—W. T. Waggoner. South Washington — Esaias T. Jones. North Washington—George W. Raudenbush. Monroe A —J. F. Lehman. Decatur, Third Ward A—E. Fritzinger. Decatur, Second Ward A —C. L. Walters. Decatur, Second Ward B—M. A. Frisinger. French—D. A. Baumgartner. - 7 (Continued on page 2)

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CONVERTED SALOONKEEPER To Speak Three Times at Evangelical Church Tomorrow. Enthusiastic interest in the services is being shown in the meeting to be held tomorrow in the Evangelical saloonkeeper and gambler, of South church by Pat Emmons, a converted Bend, Ind. Some two years ago, Mr Emmons was converted and since than he has been very active in Christian work, helping minister here and there in evangelistic meetings. He is a layman and in the employ of the Studabaker wagon works. In this man one cannot only see and hear, but feel what the grace of God can do for a man. Last Wednesday evening he spoke to a large gathering in South Bend. A special invitation to the men of the city and surrounding country to attend the 2:30 meeting, which is for men. The pastor and the membership wish to make this service undenominational. All men are welcome. Good heartfelt singing will aid in this meeting to make it worth your coming. another “fire ■ 1 U ■ "1 Breaks Out in Manufacturing Plant at Ottawa, Canada. ARE INVESTIGATING The Five Million Dollar Parliament Building Blaze. (United Press Service) Ottawa, Ontario, Feb. 5, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The greatest round up of aliens since the beginning of the war was ordered by Canadiin authorities today. The Dominion police have been ordered to apprehend all foreigners who left Ottawa Thurs day night, when the five million dollar Parliment buildings were burned. The general belief in Canada is that the fire was started by German plotters. Sir Robert Borden has indicated he is convinced the blaze is incendiary. Following another mysterious fire destroying a big factory, manufacturing supplies for the gov ernment early today, and what was apparently an attempt to blow up the famous Victoria bridge at Montreal authorities decided to take this drastic action. Details of the attempt on the Victoria bridge were wired government officials here today. A man was seen stealing across the ice toward one of the piers and was fired upon by the guards. He probably was drowned. That the fire extinguishers used in the house of commons had been tampered with and refilled with a substance to intensify, rather than extinguish the flames, is the theory < f (Continued on Page 3.) reporTjsjHven Woman’s Civic Improvement Society Begins New Year With Balance IN THE TREASURY Will Keep Up Good Work This Season and Plan More Improvements. The Woman’s Civic Improvement society met yesterday afternoon in ’.hd library, for their annual meeting. The election of officers was not completed at this time, but will come up again at a meeting to be held in about two weeks. The report for the past year was given. The society took in the sum of $236.32 and expended the sum of $197.22. This leaves a balance of $39.10 in the treasury to begin the work of the new year. Plans for this season’s work also - came up. The tennis courts and playgrounds and water works park will be . kept up again this year, and the society also expects to do something to- ■ wards converting the old abandoned cemetery In the south part of the city, into a park, or improving the grounds in some way.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, February 5, 1916.

ROAD _SCHOOL Several Days’ Sessions Are Planned by Purdue Experts This Month. ONE AT FORT WAYNE Local Road Enthusiasts Will go to That Meeting February 12. Purdue University will conduct County Road Schools in three of the counties in the northern part of the state. At Auburn on February 10th, Wabash on February 11th, and at Fort Wayne on February 12th. The work will under the direction of Prof. Geo. E. Martin of the Highway Engineering Department of the School of Civil Engineering of Purdue University, assisted by Mr. J. G. Short of Hillsboro. The object of these schools Is to be of assistance to the local road officials of the county and also to interest the general public in the work of the road men. The work is confined to a consideration of the local conditions in the county and is practical in everyway. Plenty of time is allowed for discussion and all of the talks are made intensely practical. The subjects considered are the construction and maintenance of gravel and earth roads and the proper sei ection of types or road surfaces. The lectures are illustrated with charts and with photographs of Indiana roads. It is expected that these meetings will be of great value to the counties in which they are held and provisions are being made to extend’ them tc other counties of the state if there is c demand for them. In connection with this work, road demonestrations to he given later are being planned in several counties. NEWESTWRRSHIP American Dreadnaught Pennsylvania to Have Trials February 22. WORLD’S BEST AFLOAT Has Biggest Main Battery of Any Vessel Afloat — Speed 21 Knots. (United Press Service) Washington, D. C., Feb. s—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The new mon ster super-dreadnaught U. S. S. Pennsylvania, one of the two most powerful sea battlers afloat, will begin her trials off the Maine coast February 22nd. The Pennsylvania displaces 31,400 tons, is 608 feet over all, 97 feet in breadth, and will, if she fills her contract agreement, be capable of developing 21 knots. Her main battery consists of twelve 14-inch guns in four turrets, and four submerged torpedo tubes. In her second battery are twentytwo 5-inch rapid-fire guns, four 3pounder saluting guns, two one-pound-er guns for boats, two 3-inch field guns and two 30-calibre machine guns. Her full complement is sixty-five officers, 863 men and seventy-tour marines. She has a fuel capacity of 694,830 gallons of oil and 2,322 tons of coal. Her total cost was $13,000-, 009. An idea of the monster’s size and power can be better realized through comparison with the Delaware, launched in February, 1909, and at that time considered the last word in a man-o’-war. The Delaware displaces 20,000 tons. She carries ten 12-inch guns in five turrets from which . can be hurled a broadside of five tons. A broadside from the Pennsylvania weights seven and one-half tons. The Pennsylvania was the second ship to be launched since 1843 with ceremonies that included prayer. The other was the Oklahoma, launched .n ' 19.14. This latest super-dreadnaught was built at the Newport News yards. I Mrs. Jenne Whltwright left today , for Fort Wayne where she will visit i a week with her brother, J. O. Smith and family and other relatives.

AN INDIANA PLAYWRIGHT. > Test Dalton to Produce New Play In Fort Wayne. Mr. Test Dalton of Indianapolis and ■ Now York, author and newspaper man whose iiew farce, “Uncle John,” is to be produced next week by the Temple Players at Fort Wayne, is the first Indiana dramatist save one, to have a play produced during the last five [ years. Booth Tarkington’s new play, “The Ohio Lady.” is the one exception. For this reason the production of Mr. Dalton’s play is of particular interest to Indianians, who are familiar with him as the author of such novels as “The Role of the Unconquered,” “May Fair,” and other books of equal merit. A peculiar interest to Hoosiers attaches to the production of Mr. Dalton’s new play, because of his close blood relationship to one of Indiana's greatest literary men, the late General Lew Wallace, author of “Ben Hur.” Representatives of prominent eastern producers will be present at the performance of “Uncle John,” including Mr. Dalton’s personal friend, Mr. Madison Corey, of New York City, the producer, who has staged and produced Mrs. Fiske's latest success, “Erstwhile Susan.” The engagement is for four days, starting Sunday afternoon with matinees, Tuesday and Thursday. THrWFAIR Three Night Stand at Yeomen Hall Will Begin Monday Evening. SOMETHING GOOD All the Time —Don’t Fail to See the Attractions —Admission Free. The Yeomen big indoor fair begins next Monday evening and continues three nights. The program says: “Something doing all the time” and everybody is invited. The doors will open at 7:30 in the evening and admission at the door is free. Music, talks and special programs will be given and every night will be “A Eig Night.” Refreshments will be served and a small fee will be charged inside. Don’t miss seeing the special attractions, such as The Hobo Camp, A Big Circus, The Crazy House, Fortune Teller, Japanese Tea Parlors, Boneparte Crossing the Rhine, A Chicken Feast, Fishing Pond, and other amusements to please young and old. MENS’ CHORUS MEET The men’s chorus will hold their regular meeting tomorrow at 3:30 p. in. instead of the regular hour on account of the mass meeting planned for an earlier hour. Members will take notice. ~ ATTENDS RECITAL. Elmo Smith went to Fort Wayne last night where he gave a recital with Miss Ruth Gompers at the Kaymspencer studio. Other local people attended the recital. IN EXIRA BONUS I Os $20,000 to Beet Growers is Given by Holland-St. i Louis Sugar Co. PREPARE THE CHECKS r ■ ’ To Send to Growers— Sugar ! Abnormally High—The Profits Are Shared. t 1 The management of the local Hol- ' iand-St. Louis Sugar company is preparing to send out an extra bonus of $20,000 to beet growers. This is bei ing done because sugar has been abnormally high this year, and the comI pany is preparing to share the profits “ thereof, with the beet growers. ! The bonus is distributed at the t rate of twenty-nine cents per ton on beets grown, and will be quite a handsome gift to the growers. V In the past four months sugar has t averaged $5.29 a hundred nounds, II which is about eighty cents Jiigher [than the average price, normally.

TIME DRAWS NEAR • —I J For the Contests Between ’ the Bluffton and Decak tur High Schools. k I THE DEBATE IS FIRST Will be Held in This City— Spelling and Music at Bluffton. Two < interesting contests between the Bluffton and Decatur schools are drawing near. The first will be held in the central high school, this city, Thursday eyening, February 17, and will be a debate. The second will be held at Blufffon, Thursday evening, March 2, and will be a spelling and music contest. The debate will be on the question: “Resolved, that our present municipal government is the best for Indiana that has as yet been devised.” Three debaters from each school will le chosen from the contest. Each speaker will be given seven minutes for 'he constructive speech and three minutes for the rebuttal. Decatur debaters will take the negative side of the question. For the spelling contest, the twelve best spellers from each school will be chosen, and the contest will be both oral and written. Miss Cravens English teacher of the Decatur high school with the English teacher at Bluffton, will pronounce the words. The music contest will be in vocal solo work, piano solo and duet, mixed and male quartet, and violin solo work. TODAY’S HOOSIER ODDITY (United Press Service) Frankton, Feb. 5, —Practical joking is too expensive. Anyway, that is the doecision of four young men from this city who were arrested last week and charged with stealing. They took two horse blankets just for a joke. The court fined the boys $15.80 a piece. nebraWdoms Louis C. Zwick, Seventeen Years in the West, Writes Home. TELLS OF NEBRASKA Seems as if the West is Settling up Some —The Farm Prices. Staplehurst, Nebr., Jan. 31, ’l6. Editor Daily Democrat: —Enclosed find pay for my subscription to your paper. A few more words, it you will find same fit to print. At first I want to say, hello, to all my old acquaintances and friends in the good old Adams county. It is nearly seventeen years since we embarked for the west. In that space of time I have seen through your columns that many old pineers have passed away to the better beyond; and what was then the young generation has taken a hold and put its shoulder to the wheel of commerce and is grinding on in the same old way. I presume many a reader of your paper may think that Nebraska is the wild west. It was such at one time — fifty or sixty years ago. The country here was a vast endless tract of unbroken prairie, where the buffalo used to roam by the thousand. It was here in Nebraska, where Bill Cody got his name of “Buffalo Bill.” But since then the string of immigration kept going on west farther and farther, and now the buffaloes- are a thing of the past. The Indians have ceased to put their feet here on the war path; the raw prairie has been put into cultivation; railroads have strung rails; cities and towns have sprung up; farmers have settled down and through their toil the earth gives us seed to sow and bread to eat. And this all has taken place in a half a century’s time. By nature, Nebraska 1 was treeless; only some timber along streams; now a number of small , grove of different timbers, acting as , wind brakes on the north and west of the dwelling houses have sprung up. The soil is of a black loam with a 3 vellow clay as sub-soil. At places it is spotted with alkali. We raise the same varieties of grain as Indiana. , (Continued on page 2)

DR. J. 8. BOYERS RETURNS Arrived Home This Morning From West Palm Beach, Florida. Dr. J. S. Boyers returned this morning on the 8:00 o'clock train from West Palm Beach, Florida, where ne was called to be at the bedside of Mrs. Hattie Studebaker Obenauer arriving there last Saturday evening. When Dr. Boyers left on his return trip, she was better but she is still very ill. Hope is entertained for her recovery. MET DEFEAT AGAIN Decatur basket ball fans were dis appointed again last night when the first high school team went down under the hardest defeat of any yet suffered by the local bunch. Liberty Center came across the time limit with 66 big points to correspond with the locals 16. In the second game, between the Decatur and Liberty Center second teams the score stood .17 for the foreigners and 6 for the home boys. The games were played at Liberty Center, and twelve local boys were taken down by Kalver’s jitney. MEN Jo_ MEET German Reformed Church to Have Men’s Meeting Sunday Afternoon AT TWO O’CLOCK Good Addresses by M. Kirsch and M. F. Worthman—Special Music. A men’s meeting is anonunced for Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the German Reformed church, when the following program will be rendered. Song—By audience. Selection —Male Quartette. Scripture Reading—Rev. L. W. Stolte. Selection—Male Quartette. History of our own local church—Matt Kirsch. Song—Audience. “Immigration in U. S. —M. F. Worthmann. Discussion —By different men of he audience. Business session. Selection—Male Quartette. .— O —————— IT IS WORKING The report this morning that the furnace of the Presbyterian church was out of condition and services would not be held in the church tomorrow is false. At noon officials of the church reported that the furnace was all right and that services would be held as anounced in the church calnadar. A PEACF Bill Resolution Advanced by J. J. M. Miller Will Receive Action. MILLER WRITES HOME And is Enthusiastic —Big Organizations Behind Him Now. J. J. M. Miller of this county, now n Washington in the interests of house resolution 8678 asking for a universal peace plan, writes that the bill, in a revised form, has been reentered in both the house and sftiate and that action upon its will probably be se- ! cured. Several peace societies are back of t Miller's bill, and he recently spoke to L a large audience on the subject of his : resolution. 1 He has spent many years of his life i advocating universal peace and lias t formulated the bill after much deep . study. i "The Crisis” a four page monthly, i the official organ of the Anti-War > league of the district of Columbia is • behind Miller and is actively supporting his resolution.

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, AWAITS_HOUSE President Wilson and LanI sing Await Report from Colonel House. BEFORE THEY ACT In the Lucitania Case—Belgian Frontier Completely Closed Up. (United Press Service) Washington, Feb. 5, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Although Germanys refusal to disavow the sinking of the Lucitania has created a situation of the utmost gravity. No decisive step is planned for today, at least. The conference between President Wilson and Secretary Lansing which was expected to have important bearing on the Lucitania situation was called off this afternoon. President Wilson met Secretary Lansing today in the first of what probably will be a series of all-important conferences that will determine this country's policy toward Germany. Lansing carried to the white house Ambassador Bernstorff’s latest report. It was hinted that no drastic step will be taken until E. M. House, now in Paris, arrives in Washington, to give first hand reports on the German situation. Among high officials in Washington Bernstorff alone remained optomistic toaay. Both the president and Lansing let it be known that they consider a crisis has been reached. Lansing practically admitted today that no message delivered by Bernstorff yesterday offered new hopes of a satisfactory settlement. That the situation is not altogether hopeless Lansing indicated today when he said that confidential negotiations with the German ambassador will be continued. “Is the situation on deadlocked?” he was asked. “While confidential negotiations continue,” he answered, “the situation cannot be called deadlocked.” Paris. Feb. s,—(Special to Daily Democrat) —-A riot assuming the proportions of a revolution broke out in Lisbon last night and is continuing today. Crowds are attacking the republican guards in the Portugese capital and pillaging the stores. Amsterdam, Feb. 5, —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —The Belgian frontier has been completely closed to all travelers, it was announced here today. This action is believed to indicate important German troop concentrations against the Anglo-French lines, prepartory to a heavy offensive, Athens, Feb. 5, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Anglo-French troops have occupied the government agricultural school at Salonika according to dispatches received today. London Feb. 5, — (Special to Daily Democrat) —The Manchester Dispatch commenting on reports of a German American crisis,-said today:—‘lf the Germans now face a rupture with America, the cause is wholly the Germans’ blind criminality and bungling.” Berlin, Feb. 5, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Despite pesimistic ieports from English sources, German officials today scoffed at the posibility that Germany’s refusal to disavow the Lucitania sinking, will bring an immediate crisis in German American relations. Further informal exchanges between Washington and Berlin ere ceretain to occur before Germany frames her formal reply to the last 1 American note, it was stated here. Amsterdam, Feb. 5, —(Special to the Daily Democrat )-450 Germans attack- ' ing Dvinsk across the frozen Dwina i were drowned when the ice was t smashed by heavy Russian fire, oc- . cording to dispatches received here today. f Vienna via Berlin, Feb. 5, —(Special ’ to Daily Democrat)—A hitch was de- ’ veloped in the peace negotiations between Austria and Montenegro, it was 5 semi-offlcially admitted today. Actual s peace discussion cannot begin until 3 Montenegrin representatives can produce credentials authorizing them to ’ act. t Miss Irene Gerard was at work at - the Erwin office today after a several days’ vocation occasioned by illness.