Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 8 February 1916 — Page 1

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SITUfITICN CLEAR Final Settlement of the Lusitania Case is Believed Near at Hand. . WAR FRONTS QUIET An Air Raid Provokes British—Food Shortape Reported at Berlin. (United Press Service) Washington, D. C., Feb. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Demcorat)—Final settle-' ment of the Lusitania negotiations is now up to Ambassador Bernstorff. American leaders are hopeful that a , satisfactory settlement will be reach- 1 ed within twenty-four hours and probably ut a conference late today j between Secretary Lansing and Ambassador Bernstorff. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing today passed on the memorandum which was submitted by Bernstorff last week and this afternoon Lansing will tell Bernstorq just what this government has decided. In view of the fact that the memorandum is said to have indicated additional concessions on the part of the Germans would be made if necessity demanded, it is believed that changes in the memorandum will be suggested ( to Bernstorff this afternoon. BULLETIN. Washington, Feb. 8, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Lusitania situ-, ation looks very hopeful, it was said ■ at the white house today following a conference between President Wilson , .and Secretary Lansing. Washington, Feb. B—(Special to' Daily Democrat )—President Wilson and Secretary Lansing a few minutes ten o'clock this morning took up the" consideration of Germany's latest proposal to dispose of the Lusitania case. The conference was held in the president’s private offic? in the white house The discussion occupied a full hour. At eleven o’clock Secretary Lansing left the president’s private office and* \yent by a rear way to the executive offices for the cabinet meeting. The secretary would not talk. To every question he only shook his heal. • Out of this conference, it was expected, would come the decision of i’ie American government as to ths acceptability of Germany’s so-called last word. The latest information from high adiflinistration sources was that nothing short of absolute admission of the illegality d* the sinking of the liner, with disavowal of the act, would be accepted by the president. German information was that the I memorandum from the German ior- ! cign office, which Lansing carried o' the white house today, practicayy does this, and that Germany had left little for the United States to conceed. The cabinet met at eleven o’clock this morning and considered, the Lusitania matter. Later today. Ambassador Bernstorff may be told, of the government’s conclussions. (By Carl W. Ackprman.) Berlin, F'eb. B,—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Leading German bankws and financiers with large interests in America -likely to be effected by a break between the two countries, are standing firmly behind the foreign office In its refusal to disavow the sinking of the Luoltania. This much was I learned today upon /he adjournment | of the conference of the big financial I men and corporation directors. Practically no voice was raised against tile attitude of the German government, it was stated. London, Feb. 8, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—German consuls in Holland are refusing payment of fees in German paper or silver according o Reuter dispatches today, insisting on gold or Dutch currency at the rate of l exchange prevailing before the war. Their action, the'dispatch said, is due to the depreciation of German credit. An Amsterdam dispatch reported that v the Berlin authorities are considering A naming two more meatless days help cause of a shortage in the food supply. 0 The Exchange Telegraph Copenhagen J( correspondent reports that Germany 0 will soon forbid the importation of alluxuries as a further measure cf conomy. Washington, D. C., Feb. B—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Queretaro was decreed# the Mexican capital by General Carranza today, according to a message ,to the embassy here. The

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change is temporary and Mexico City is expected to bo named again after the organization of the republic has been completed. A constitutional convention fill meet in Queretero September 16. Berlin, via Saville, Feb. B—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A German air squad attacked the railroad station at Popbringhe and Britisli camps near Diximude, it was officially announced today. The teuton aviators were attacked by British flyers and engaged in several combats but returned safely. o NO “WASTE’ OF MATERIAL Some new spring evening dress models have arrived and are attracting much attention. They consist of silk skirt, bouffjant in effect, with yards and yards of silk and ruffl-s. Also, a waist consisting of a silk girdle, much crushed into small dimenI tions, there being no “waste” of materi ial. This girdle is held up to the shoulders by a wisp of chiffon and a pink and blue silk rosebud or two. theTourtnews Clarence Stevens Pleads Guilty to Petit Larceny —Given Six Months AT PENAL FARM State Docket Called —Many Cases Dismissed—Some Set for Trial. i . “ j The belt that Clarence Stevens was : caught taking from a separator on 1 Madison street near the Schafer warehouse, turned and slapped him figuratively, speaking, for upon pleading guilty in the circuit court to the charge of petit larceny yesterday afternoon, he was given a line of j 5 and six months at the state penal farm. Sheriff Green left this morning with both John Coffee who was given .ninety days for stealing corn, and with Clarence Stevens. Mr. Green was accompanied by Fred Braun. With the * taking of Coffee and Stevens, the jail is again empty. i The following state cases were dismissed: Clem Knoff failure to support family; William Wolf, desertion; Charles Deems, failure to provide; William Reimer, desertion; Martin Zezula, John Schlegel, failure to provide. I The following state cases have been .set for trial for February 29: Ora Andrews, issuing fraudulent .check; Y’brace Bryan, forgery; Isaac Weible, violation of liquor laws; John Hey, ’selling liquor to minors. ! The ease of the state vs. Frank and Earl Neneuschwander is set tor March 1 2, and Parrish appeared for the deI fondants; that of the state vs. the ' Steurys, assault and battery, for .I (Continued on Page 4.) BIG" FMRIS ON ■ Yeomen Open Indoor Fair Last Evening With Banner Attractions. BIG TIME TONIGHT il — Everybody Invited to Come X *• Up — The Admission Will be Free. r Going to the fair? 1 Why of course! ’ Say, it’s great! 1 Everything you could see at an outq doors fair, including the menagerie of ’• tranied animals, the hobo’s camp, “a 3 chicken feast," booths of*ll kinds, in- ■ eluding that of fancy work; fine mut sic by the Mangold orchestra, and ? I many things too numerous to men- ■- j tion. And this in the dead of winter! -. But you’d never know it was winter, n the Yeoman hall is so nice and warm, y The crowd is a very congenial one, |. too. j Take this as a special invitation tc come up and enjoy the pleasures oi the fair with them. The fair opened •-1 last evening and will continue to o night and tomorrow night. Games and y 1 contests are also In order. There wil. ojhe no admission fee charged, but yot e' can spend some money inside.

BIG LAND DEALS Farm of Late .John W. Myers South of City Sold to Dan W. Beery ‘ AND CALVIN F. MYERS i Widow, Louisa J. Myers, Takes Real Estate in This City. r . i A series of big lahd deals has just been closed and the transfers record- . ed. The real estate of the late John W. . Myers, a short distance south of ’he > county infirmary was the b&sis of the i big deals, this being sold by Commissioners John T. Myers, who is administrator of the estate and D. B. Erwin. Dan W. Beery and wife, this city, puri chased 80 acres of the Myers estate and 20 acres belonging to the widow Ixiuisa J. Myers, the consideration being 12,000 ( and SISOO, respectively, ' This lies in Washington township. Calvin J. Myers purchased fourteen acres belonging to the estate, this being in St. Marys township, a mile and a half east of. the ether farm, for SISOO In turn, Myers took as part consideration, the lot and two houses, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Beery, this being formerly the Ehinger residence corner of Marshall street, and also on the same lot facing on Marshall street, west of the Ehinger house, the consideration being $5,500. Mrs. Myers alSo purchased the John W. Moser residence on ■ Rugg street for $1550, and has moved i to this residence. • L. W. Franks to Move. L. W. Frank of West Monroe street. - who purchased what was formerly the , Weyand residence on West Monroe .street, including ejglitAcres of land, a part lying across the street, will move , his family there March first. Thomas ' Dowling has leased the residence owned by Mr. Franks, in which is family ' novz resides, and will occupy it. The ' Weyand house was also formerly occupied by the J. F. Lachot family. : MOTHER IS DEAD Mrs. M. Flox of South Bend, Mother of Mrs. I. Bernstein, Died Monday. WAS ILL LONG 1 The Bernstein Store is Closi ed Today on Account of 1 the Death. I. Bernstein left yesterday afternoon at 3:22 over the G. R. & I. for South Bend in response to a tele gram of the death of Mrs. Bernstein’s 1 mother, Mrs. M. Flox, which occurred yesterday. Mrs. Bernstein had left earlier in the day in response to a message that her mother/was worse. Mrs. Flox had ill for several months and under the care of a trained nurse. She was known to many in Decatur, having visited here on sevI eral occasions, as did other members of the family. The husband and six children survive; The children are ) Jacob Flox, Columbia City; Louis Flox, Plymouth; Mrs. I. Bernstein, this city; the Misses Lottie, Kate and Sarah. at home. The funeral will prob ably be held today. The Bernstain store is closed during this time. o — : SERVICES AT CALVARY Tho revival services being conduct . ed by Rev. Heil at Calvary church one f mile south and four miles east of this a city, are growing in interest. The i- crowds are large and much good is be >- ing derived. The subjects of sermons -for the week are: Wednesday evening, i- “Hell and the Devil;” Thursday ! “Judgment;” Friday, “Healing of the r ’ leper;” Saturday, “A settling day;’ >• Sunday morning. “Backsliding is pos “ Bible;” Sunday evening, "What shall I do with Jesus." Every body is in ° vited. •f —o : d IS DOING WELL jj William McCague who was taken l< II the Lutheran hospital Fort Wayne u last Saturday for an operation for t.p pendicitis, is getting along well.

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)| MEET ON SATURDAY I The Farmers Equity Union Insurance Company will hold a meeting ! n Fort Wayne Saturday, February 12th. . on the third floor of the Cooperative store at 610 Harrison street. All people interested are requested to be present. A number of Adams county farmers are connected with the Company. , r, > SELLS EIGHTY ACRES. Leonard and Company sold an eighty acre farm yesterday to Ed Dirkson. > The land lies four and one half miles southeast of Willshire and possession wil] be had the first of March. CONTRACTS LET For Construction of Twelve Roads in Adams County During the Year. MANY BIDDERS HERE H. B. Heller Re-employed as Attorney—Assistant 1 Road Men File Bonds. i i The bids and awards on the macadam roads were as follows: Amstutz & Neuhauser—Estimate, 5,816.40. Finley Striker $5,100.00 1 Harry Meshberger 5,136.00 Abe Bieberstein 5,200.00 ' Smith & Mathys 4.990.00 Jacob Mysser 5,200.00 Awarded to Smith & Mathys. Geo. W. Miller —Estimate, $8,083.16 Merriman.& Fugate $7,742.00 J. G. Crum & Stoneburner... 7,471.00 L. W. Frank & Son 7,421.00 L. O. Bears 7,663.00 > Wm. B. Martin 7,100.00 ' Chas. McAfee 7,454.00 Awarded to W. B. Martin? Adam Bieberstein —Estimate. $3,938.45 1 Finley Striker $3,619.00 Harry Meshberger 3.289.00 Abe Bieberstein 3,380.00 Smith & Mathys 3,428.00 L. O. Bears 3,366.00 Awarded to Harry Meshberger. Abe Stoneburner—Estimate, $6,856.75 j Haugk Sons $6,247.80 Michael Miller 6,107.00 Hugh Woods 6,145.00 Chris Musser 6,142.00 L. W. Frank & Son 5,992.00 ' Wm’ B. Martin 6,700.00 Engle & Andrews 6,150.00 Chas. McAfee 6,159.00 Awarded to L. W. Frank & Son. Robert Speicher—Estimate, $11,039.70 L. O. Bears ;.$9,092.00 Finley Striker 9,291.00 Buckmaster & Huey 8,658.00 Smith & Mathes 9,000.00 ■ Lybarger & Pusey 9,559.00 Awarded to Buckmaster & Huey. John Carpenter—Estimate 3,397.60. Dave Gerber $3,450.00 L. W. Frank & Son 3,450.00 Sam J. Durbin 3,749.0 f Chas. McAfee 3,698.00 . Awarded to DaVid Gerber. Elmer Eley—Estimate, $4,830.20, L. O. Bears $4,132.00 = Merriman & Fugate 4,191.00 j Finley Striker 4,200.00 Dave Gerber 4,450.00 Buckmaster & IHuey 4,186.00 ’ Smith & Mathys 4,100.00 Smith & Mathys. I A. F. Thieme—Estimate $8,055.00. t Merriman & Fugate $7,647.00 M. Miller 8,011.00 L. W. Frank & Son 6.933.00 ' L. O. Bears 7,806.00 s W. B. Martin 7,100.00 x Chas. McAfee 7,650.00 e Awarded to L. W. Frank & Son. s Warren Jones —Estimate, $4,721.10. s Merriman & Fugate $4,500.00 '• L. W. Frank & Son 4,153.00 >- Engie & Andrews 4,335.00 n Sam J. Durbin 4,349.00 C. McAfee 3,926,00 Awarded to Charles McAfee. John Appleman—Estimate, $1,832.00. t- Merriman & Fugate 1,674.00 e Haugk Sons 1.642.00 s MichaqJ Miller 1,549.00 e L. W. Frank & Son 1,738.00 W. B. Martin 1,750.00 Engle & Andrews 1,650.00 C. McAfee 1,770.00 r ’ Awarded to Michael Miller. John Smith —Estimate, $4,113.00. ® Merriman & Fugate $3,745.00 Crum & Stoneburner 3,394.00 ’’ Abe Bieberstein 3,800.00 II C. Musser 3,885.00 v W. B. Martin 3,550.0( .Awarded to Crum & Stoneburner. John Pearson—Estimate, $5,795.00. L. O. Bears $5,100.0( io Harry Meshberger 5,177.0 f e, Lybarger & Pusey 4.882.0 C p. Awarded to Lybarger & Pusey. (Continued Pag© 4.)

THEIR P'S AND Q’S j - ? Will Have to be Watched IStrictly by High School Students if They WANT TO BEAT Business Men at Spelling i Match—Captain John Myers Lines ’Em Up. The business men of the city never let themselves be challenged to no purpose! Tney have rallied to the > call and figuratively speaking they have girded up their loins for the grand spelling match to which the high school students challenged them, the same to be held Friday evening, February 25, at the Central ! school house. And it will be a big afi fair. The high school students will have to mind “their p’s and q’s” if they want to get past the bunch of "fast and furious spellers” that Captain John T. Myers has lined up from the business men of the city. There are ex-school teachers, galore, in the number, and doctors and lawyers and printers and publishers and —most every other profession, including nearly the entire postoffice force! The following is a partial list of those already lines up, and if any others desire to enter the contest, please give > your name to John T. Myers, captain: J. Fred Fruchte, Charles Teeple, W. i A. Lower, C. F. Davison, O. L. Vance, > F. V. Mills, George Everett, J. W. Bosse, C. E. Hotker, O. P. Mills, E. B. Macy, Jesse Helm, George P. Flani ders, Wilson H. Lee, Dr. W. E. Smith, Alva Nichols, Henry Gerke, H. F. Callow. Samuel Magley, Ray Christen, Lawrence Biggs, Ray Smith, M. Jat berg, William B. Trout, Omer Butler, W. R. Dorwin, Hugh D. Hite, Dr. S. P. Hoffman, D, N. Erwin, A. M. Sellei meyer, A D. Suttles, R. D. Myers, C. H. Elzey, L. A. Graham, C. L. Walters, Dr. Fred Patterson, A. J. Smith, John H. Stewart. If there are others who wish to enter this contest please give your name (Continued on Page 5.) 1 LUfIGE CLASS Secured for Spectacular Degree Work of Ben Hurs Friday Night 1 AT OPERA HOUSE — District and State Officials Are Here Helping in the Work. ) . Friday night will be a great night for the Decatur Ben Hurs. A great ) spectacular demonstration of the de ) gree work will be given at the Bosse ) opera house. Already more than sixty ) have been secured for the class and ) the state, district and local members ) and officials still working to secure more. • The spectacular degree will be for ) Ben Hur members only, to witness. ) There will be no charge for the mem- ) hers, “except the password.” The ) password is all that is required to ) get into the opera house on that ev- ) ening and there will be no expense at all to members. F. F. Braughman, of Marion, who is ) district deputy, and has been here ) working for several weeks; W. N. ) Steele, of Crawfordsville, supreme in- ) structor; Mr. Bowen, of Crawfords- ) ville, who is state manager, are herein the interests of the spectacular de- . gree production. ) o ( ARE SELLING SILVERWARE? 1 Several salesmen are calling on De--3 catur housewives endeavoring to sell them what they represent to be the 9 very best 26-piece silver chest for 0 $13.00. At any of the local jewelry stores this outfit can be purchased for $6.50 or $7.00. It would be well O’ for you to ’phone any local jeweler be--0 fore you make any purchases from 0 the visitors. 0 o , 0 SON IS BORN Wendell Evans Mann is the name of the son born Saturday to Mr. and >0 Mrs. Robert Mann, residing on the '0 Mann homestead north of the city. 0 Mrs. Mann was formerly Miss Helen Evans. Mr. Mann is principal of the ~ Peterson high school.

I DIFFERENCE NINE INCHES. I Gary, Ind., Feb. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Although Mrs. Michael Mishu of Gibson, positively j identified” the corpse of an unknown man found here as that of her husband, who disappeared recently, the Gary police disputed her claim and refused to turn the body over to her. Mrs. Mishu’s husband, they said, was nine inches shorter than the corpse. Mrs. Mishu was so insistent that burial was delayed. Mishu jumped a bond of SSOO when lie disappeared, and the police asserted his wife had been influenced to claim the body to cover his flight. The body was found near the place where the Rev. Kayser was mysteriously murdered. ACKER SALE ON THE 14TH. Attention is called to the public sale that A. N. Acker will hold at Pleasant Mills on Monday, February 14th at his residence. A fine lot of cattle, horses and farming impliments will be sold. Lunch will also be served on tlie grounds. CHARTERMEMBER I Os the Magley Reformed Church Was Mrs. Eliza- I beth Kreutzmann. — I DIED LAST NIGHT At Age of Seventy-four Years—Funeral Will be Friday Afternoon. In the death of Elizabeth Sophia Kreutzmann, widow of Fred Kreutzmann, the community of Magley lost one of its best beloved and most worthy old ladies. Her death occurred last evening at 6:30 o’clock at the home of liei son-in-law. Will Bracht, southwest of Peterson, where she had lately made her home, having lived with her several children, in turn, for the past few years. She had been ill several weeks. Mrs. Kruetzmann was seventy-four years, seven months a .d sixteen days old at death. She was a native of, Germany, born there April 21, 1841, I but came to America when but a year old. She was a charter member of the Magley Reformed church, a consistent Christian lady, active in al! good works, and her death brings the community a heavy loss. She leaves the following children: Mrs. Henry Hildebrand, Mrs. Louis . Conrad, Magley; William Kruetzman, north of Preble; Mrs. Martin Reppert, Preble; Mrs. Henry Bloem- , ker, Magley. A brother, Fred Peck, lives at Magley. The funeral will be Friday after- , noon at one o'clock from the Bracht , residence and at two o’clock from the ] Magley Reformed church. Rev. Eng- j lemann will conduct German services , and Rev. L. W. Stole of this city, , English services. . o NO FREE RIDES I For Your Potatoes, Flour and Repairs LTnless You Take Them With You INTO INTERURBAN CAR Ten Cents or Twenty-five Cents Will be Charged for Transportation. Hereafter there will be no free rides for half bushel baskets and packages of equal size, or larger on the interurban pasenger car unless you takd • them with you into the car. If you 1 leave them any place else on the car, 0 you will pay for their transportation. r Such is the ruling of S. W. Greenland, y general manager, announced in A bul--1 letin. Heretofore it has been the cusI tom for shoppers from the country to ’’ come to town, make purchases of poII tatoes and flour and other groceries, repairs, etc, and leave them on the passenger platform, no charge being e made for their transportation. Henced forth if the basket is a half bushel e or a package of equal size.Vnd is not ’. taken into the car with the passenger, ii he will pay ten cents. If It is larger e than the aforsaid, he will pfty twentyfive cents. (_

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S TA TE _POL |T| CS Republicans Happy Because They Have Candidates for Each Office. TRAINS TO ST. LOUIS Democrats of Indiana Will Take Large Delegations to National Meeting. w (By Willis 8. Thompson) Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. B—Will8 —Will H. Hays, chairman of the republican state central machine, and L. W. Henley, secretary of that same steamroller organization for the suppression of independent voters, have announced in their party organs that “we arc proud of the record we have made in Indiana politics. We have at least one candidate for every federal, congressional, senatorial, judicial, legislative and state nomination that is to be made at the March primary in Indiana.” Not only is this true, but every candidate’s declaration of candidacy has -been properly filed to get his name on the primary ballot. The official organ of the republican state central machine, in which this announcement is made, proceeds to assure the people that “this stands as a record.” That “never before did any political organization have a candidate for every position to be filled.” Notice is thus served that the steam roller of 1912, which the people so thoroughly wrecked, has been replaced by one which the republican state central machine believes is too powerful to be demolished. As Chairman Will H. Hays assured his faithful followers in a love-feast speech, “We must bear in mind we are about a king's business.” Captain Harry S. New, backed by the millionaires’ club, announced himself “right off the reel,” as allied with Roosevelt. The standpatters of Indiana, a’s elsewhere, are carrying large axes for Theodore, to be used at the Chicago love feast in June. They hate any one who loves the Oyster Bay statesman. The progressives are not going to vote the republican ticket in the March primary because the law declares that even an attempt to do such voting is a crime, punishable by fine, imprisonment and disfranchisement. Colonel Mulhall is out in the state doing what he can for Captain Harry, and they do say that he is doing a plenty. Poor. Harry! The Indiana Democratic club has arranged to run two special trains from Indianapolis to the St. Louis convention in June. They will be run as democratic club specials to “whoop-’er-up” for Wilson and Marshall. Democrats all over the state are invited to climb aboard. To insure space on either train, with reservations at St. Louis during the convention, persons intending intending to go must not be too long in deciding. John E. Hollett is chairman of the committee of arrangements and his associates are Charles C. Pettijohn, T. P. Sexton, Fred H. Sillery, John L. Spiegel and Bowman Elder. Already many reservations have been made from the list of club members, for it is not far to St. Louis and the representation is sure to be large. Six men have been fined on plain charges of assault and battery as the result of 6,144 criminal charges contained in the famous and infamous Marion county election indictments. This is the net result of expending $30,000 of the state’s money to satisfy the vicious purposes of the Illinois owner of an Indianapolis newspaper, in his ambition to destroy the lives and property of all Indiana men. women, children, communities and corporations that refuse to do his bidding, and to aid the republican state machine to find some issue on which to oppose the democratic candidates for state offices in 1916. All the criminal charges having been dismissed, because there never was a syllable of evidence on which to indict or try a single case, six men have been fined lor assault and battery —a cost of $5,000 of the state’s money for each case, for ordinary police court assault and battery cases. Th? ‘only other conspicuous thing remaining in the public record of unanswered charges of the most outrageous case of suborning perjury ever presented in any court. The criminal court machinery of Marion county stands charged with conspiring with the Illinois owner of the republican machine organ of Indiana to purchase perjured evidence with the state’s money, hoping to convict men whom they knew to be innocent of any offense.