Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1916 — Page 1

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CONGRESS WILL ACT AT ONCE Senate Leaders Expect a Vote on Resolutions on Friday. WAR FRONTS QUIET Germans Preparing for Another Gigantic Drive, Says Paris. (United Press Service) Washington, March I,—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Congress will act cn the president’s request concerning warning resolutions “at once" Senator Stone said following a conference with the president today. He added, however, that action will not be possible today. Senator Kern and Chairman Flood and of the house and senate foreign affairs committees, met tlie president at nine o'clock, remining nearly an hour. At this conference an agreement was reached to have votes on one of the various pending resolutions in both branches. Following the conference Flood said “In the light of events. I think there is little question that all members will support the president.” Agitation was earnestly renewed today in congress for the president to appear before congress in executive session with a special message concerning his dealings with the Central Powers. Indications were today that there would not be a vote on a resolution such as the president desires, before 1 Friday. Waiter Stone ncr Kern believes, they said, that the senate will be called t n to act before Friday. A conclusion practically reached by the i resident and administration lender* was that a vote on a resolution such as the McLemore resolution, warning Americans to stay off armed boats would best serve the purpose. The president would expect the house to vote It down. A resolution expressing confidence of complete endorsement of his international policy is not desired, the feel Ing being that it would be difficult tc I get the votes for that. The republi- i can leaders told Flood they would net I support a resolution merely expressing confidence in the president. S* • r.—r i London. March. 1, —(Special to the | Daily Democrat) —A lull in the Verdun ( fighting throughout last night was reported in a wireless from Paris this afternoon. The dispatch gave warning however, that there is no reason to believe that the German offensive movement has been abandoned London, March. 1, (-Special t<3 the Daily Democrat) —Germany’s new submarine decree,, sanctioning attack without warning on beligerent armed merchantmen ships, went into effect at the stroke of midnight. Thus, f ir, , there have been no results and no definite reports'of topped; ing under the new decree are expected before twen-ty-four and posibiy forty-eight hours. Montreal, March 1. —(Special to the Daily Democrat)—While firemen poured streams of water on the charred shell of the Bonadventure railway station at 10:3(1 o'clock today police and raliway officials attributed the fire jo a German plot. The loss is estimated at 1300,000. Paris, March. 1, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A German submarine torpedoed and sank the French auxiliary Provence in the Mediterranean Saturday with a loss of lives now estimated at between 900 and 1100, the ministry •of Marine announced today. The statement made known the facts that the Provence was a submarine vicitm and established the identity of the attacking craft. Though an official statement yesterday afternoon reported about 870 of the 1800 aboard the Provence saved the latest dispatches today Account for only 696 survivors landed at Malta and Melos. London March 1, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—lnfantry fighting in the region around Verdun came to an almost complete halt last night, official dispatches from both the French and German war offices agreed this afternoon. At the same time Paris gave warning that the Germans are probably (Continued on Page 4.)

“THE YELLOW STREAK.” Lionel Barrymore, who was featur1 ed with Pearl White in the serial, ' "The Exploits of Elaine, and who ' has scored heavily in both stage and screen productions, will be seen here at the Crystal on Thursday in “A Yellow Streak,” a five-part feature picture produced by Rolfe Photo Plays, Inc., for release on the Metro program. Irene Hawley, the charming little actress, who was known in vaudeville as "The Manhattan Girl," is featured with Mr. Barrymore in this screen production. These two artists are surrounded by an exceptionally well selected cast, including Dorothy Gwynne, Niles Welch, William Cowper, William Davidson, J. H. Goldsworthy and other well known dramatic artists. "A Yellow Streak" contains a wealth of striking ami artistic photographic effects, which show the masterly hand of William Nigh, the talented director. Admission five and ten cents. ASSESSORS MEET Get Supplies and Instructions and are Now Ready to Begin Work. — OF THE SEASON — AH Present Except One Who is III —True Cash Value, Less Fourth. The township assessors met this morning with County Assessor William Frazier to receive their supplies and instructions regarding their annual work, upon which they will enter at once. The property will be assessed as last year, at' its true cash value, less twenty-five per cent. All assessors were present except Ed Gallmeyer of Preble township, who is ill. The others are: Root —R. K. Fleming. Union —Fremont Bowers. Kirkhind—James Brown. Washington—William Blackburn. St. Mary's—Daniel Roop. Blue Creek—Willis Laughrey. Moffroe —Isaac Kerr. French—John Tonner. Wabash—George E. Kink. Jefferson —S. J. Fogle. Deputies who will help Mr. Blackburn assess Decatur are George Gentis and David Coffee Albert Sfmller is a deputy for Monroe township One of the assessors asked that those owning dogs havetheir dog tax ready to hand to the assessor when he calls, as this is the requirement of law. maWiooay Dr. Lloyd Magley and Miss Luella Conrad Will be United in Marriage THIS AFTERNOON At Parsonage of the Rev. Hinz —Wedding Supper at Bride’3 Home. A wedding of interest that will take place this afternoon about four o'clock at the Zion's Lutheran parsonage on West Monroe street, tMe Rev. Hinz ’ officiating, will be that of Dr. Lloyd K. I Magley and Miss Luella Conrad. The, couple will be unattended. After the ceremony a supper will be served at; the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Coqrad, in Root town- ’ ship, with only the members of the two families present. The groom is the only son of Rural Mail Carrier and Mrs. S. S. Magley of Monmouth. He is a graduate of j the Indiana Veterinary college of Indianapolis. After his graduation he established an office in this city for the practice of his profession and has built up a fine practice, being very successful. Both ha and his bride are most excellent young people, and their union is a source of much pleasure to their friends. They will make their home for the pres’ent with the groom’s parents at. Monmouth. • The county commissioners will meet next Monday for the regular March session. On Wednesday they will dispose of five roads, that being the day for receiving bids. a

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening,March 1, 1916.

ASKS ASSISTANCE 1 Governor Ralston Official- •* t ly Asks Organizations » ) to Help ) _ ; IN CENTENNIAL PLANS J J Heads of Departments Selected—Exhibition Has Been Planned. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, March, 1, — (Special to Daily Democrat) —Governor Ralston officially has asked all the state institutions to assist in a centennial exhibit showing one hundred years proi gress in the state in the work or charities and corrections. This exhibit will be one of the biggest attractions, it is hoped, for the entertainment of the National Conference of Charities and Correction to be held here. Public and private chartitable organizations and welfare agencies cf i all kinds are likewise asked to assist. ' The. exhibit will be assembled under the direction of the committee on exI hibits of which Governor Ralston is I honorary chairman, and Homer L. Cook is honorary vice-chairman. Mr. Frank C. Jordan is chairman and Dr. , E. B. Mumford, vice-chairman. There will oe co-operation from! , John A. Lapp, who will help make up the enactment and enforcement of Jaw exhibit; the various institution superintendents. who will help nfake up the exhibits for the state institutions and special schools; the public and private charities exhibit in charge of J. A. j Brown; the general welfare exhibit in charge of Dr. W. F. Kind of the state ! board of health, and the national and miscellaneous exhibit in charge of Dr.; ( E. B. Mumford. H. E. Barnard state I food and drug commissioner, is in charge of installation committee ROYAL NEIGHBORS I Entertain Their Friends at j a Birthday Celebration Last Evening. — HALL IS FILLED i Excellent Program of Talks, Music and Readings is Given. The leap year birthday celebration of the Royal Neighbors’ lodge, which ; 1 is eighty years old, was an elaborate ! one, befitting the occasion, as the bitrhdays come only once every four years. The spacious hall was filled I with members and friends of the order. when a fine program was given j last evening, with Mrs. W. H. Fled-' | derjohann presiding. Miss Electa I Baltzell opened the service with a fine piano solo and Miss Helen Archer j gave an excellent recitation. The piano duet by the Misses Berentea Reynolds and Urcile Amspaugh was appreciated and then came an excellent talk by C. L. Walters, with fraternity and neighborliness as the theme. i Clifford LaDeUe, with Miss Lydia ! Kirsch as pianist, sang several seleci tions which were applauded. Ruth I Mayer, Jianist, Naomi Mayer, trap ■ drummer, and Miss Ireta Beavers, piI anist, played to the enjoyment of all, I while the violin in the hands of Miss ' Thelma Williams, with her sister, ! Dorothy, playing the accompaniment, fairly talked. Little Dorothy* Enos sang herself into the hearts of her auditors, and the readings, given by 1 Mrs. Harve Butler, who was called [ back again, were given in a most pleasing and effective way. Andry Moser gave a speech and was applauded heartily, while the piano solo by Miss Portia Thomas pleased all, as did the music by the Fledderjohann sisters and the recitation by Opal Robinson. The German song by five ladies, Mrs. W. H. Fledderjohann,’ John Glancey, Mrs. Frank McConnell. Mrs. Reuben Lord and Mrs. Martin Worthman, with piano accompaniment, by Miss Flora Fledderjohann, drew a second by the hearty applause. One of the most pleasing features of the evening was the drill by the Royal Neighbors’ team. The ladies were gowned in white, with scarfs of purple, carrying out the lodge colors.

“ Will Richards served as drill master ■ A pretty tableau closed the drill. th< ■ ladies standing under a red light glow, while they sang. The lodge i? one of the progressive ones of the - city and has a membership of some one hundred. The hall was prettily decorated in the lodge colors, purple and white. —•—— — -—t» —— ——- BIRTHDAY ON MARCH 7TH. } We were informed by citizens who were at Preble yesterday on business that Jeff Klopfenstein the well kno vn . banker and business man of that flourishing community would celebrate ins birthday on Tuesday, March 7th. and if for no other reason than that observing of this remarkable day he would close his saloon and make his birthday one of rest. > ° IN EFFECT NOW Ten Per Cent Increase for Clover Leaf Telegraphers Starts Today. EVERYONE SATISFIED O. R. T. Organizers Say I That Telegraphers Have Won Victory. (United Press Service) Frankfort. March I—(Special to ! 1 Daily Democrat) —When the Clover Leaf time whistle blew this morning 135 station agents and telegraph oper-i ators went to work at an increase in wages averaging ten per cent. After a ten-day conference in To- j ledo representatives of the union and | 'officials of the company, which has its I main offices here, came to terms. In 1 I addition to an increase in wages, the Order of Railway Telegraphers was i reorganized b ythe company, and all j employes discharged because of affiliation with the union will be reinstated. The total increase in pay will ■amownt to $8,500 a year. The minimum monthly wage was increased from $28.60 to $45 a month. No; | straight time telegrapher shall receive I less than SSO a month. 1 Officials of the O. R. T. stated that the agreement is satisfactory in every, • respect to the telegraphers and station men. EVANGELICAL CHURCH. Mid-week service this evening at 1 7:15 at the Evangelical church. After this service the members of the I choir will sing. Some choice new ( songs are on hand. It is hoped that i the attendance may be large. A wel- ■ come to the public to attend. J. H. RILLING, Pastor. GREAT OFFICERS — Os the Maccabees Attended the Roll Call Meeting Here Last Night. — A FINE TIME Seventy Local Members Present—Visits Here from Other Tents. Last evening the Macabees enjoyed one of the biggest events since their organization. About sevents mem-' bers were present to answer to the roll ! call and there were visiting,members ‘ present from other tents also. Mr. | Mendith, of Wabash, the great com-] I mander, gave a splendid talk and approved of Decatur tent’s fine progress. Mr. Turgi, of Alexandria delivered a splendid message to the boys and short addresses w'ere also given by the members present. After the talks refreshments were served and a good social time indulged in by all. o FORD BUCKED—THREW WHEEL. A slight automobile accident occurred just this side of Monmouth yes- | terday when a young man from this 1 city driving a Ford car attempted to drive around another car. caught one wheel on a culvert and came near i overturning. The wheel was torn off and the driver alighted in the ditch ; alongside the road. The car is said : to have belonged to Mr. Parrish, the i barber, of this city. The young man ’ was not injured other than a few . | bruises.

; BANK IS GROWING S ——■ -A e e J Farmers’ State Bank al y Preble Now Has Total Resources of $45,000. « SIXTY DAYS OLD 8 n Bank Keeps Open Saturday s i Nights to Accommodate j the Farmer Patrons. Lewis O. Adler, cashier of the Farmers State Bank at Preble was he-e ' last evening and report.; that the newest financial institution of Adams county is rapidly growing from an infant into a healthy and strong young- . ster. The bank opened the first of the year with capital stock paid in of $14,050 and the total resotfrees the 28th of this month were $45,913.06. The bank now has demand deposits of $17,984.89 and time deposits of $13,682.91. They have loaned over $21,i 000 and are busy all the time. Mr. Adler says the outlook for a conI tinned growth in their business is very bright and they are a bunch of live wires. This is shown by the fact that they have established a new rule for Adams county banks by keeping open on Saturday night from seven to eight o’clock to accomodate the farmers. ; They pay four per cent interest on money left six months and they have taken out burglary insurance thus further protecting the depositors as well i as the stocknolders. The first statej ment appears elsewhere in this is- ! sue. __o TO SERVE DINNER FRIDAY I The ladies Aid society of Union ' Chapel church will serve dinner Fri- ! day at the former Isaac Peterson home just opposite the sale barn on First ' street. Price twenty-five cents and ! an old fashioned country dinner will i be served. ELKS AS HOSTS Cannot be Excelled Say Ladies Who Were Their Guests Last Evening AT CARD PA&TY And Chicken Feast—Two Hpndred in Assembly Have Excellent Time. The Elks outdid all previous efforts as entertainers when last evening they ' entertained at their annual party for ! I heir wives, sisters, sweethearts and daughters. Fully two hundred guests I were received and as each entered, j the Misses Marie Gass and “Tonk” I Meibers presented a carnation as a ' favor. At 8:30 the series of games of : five hundred” began and six games were played. Mrs. Lawrence Kleinhenz and Mrs. Christen Niblick won all six and in cutting, Mrs. Kleinhenz won the prize. Mrs. I. Kalver won the second prize. W. A. Kuebler of the gentlemen won all six games and was givqn first prize while George Flanders won the second. While the guests were asembling, Miss Germaine Coffee at the piano played. Following the games a musiJ cal program was given. Mrs. L. A. Holthouse and Miss “Tonk” Meibers' ! sang in a most pleasing way. A hit lof the evening was the singing of I “Schnitzlebaum” by Shafer Peterson j ! and his chorus of Elks and the read-1 ings by Br. McLaughlin of Indiana-' polls. The feast was a big part of the eve-| ning’s entertainment and in this the boys deserve great credit; for they did the preparing of the food and the cooking and arranging on the plates, having assistance only in the serving This was done by a bevy of young ladies, including Georgia Meibers, Mayine Hartings, Leah Hensley, Marguerite Gerard, Germaine Coffee, Vera Clark, , Margaret Smith. “Tonk” Meibers, Na- , omit and Marie Gass. The menu: , Bouillon. i Fried Chicken Dressing. I Potato Salad. a Hot Rolls Pickles, i Ice Cream ’ Cake. r Coffee. Several of the ladies who were ill

"J and could not. be present were remcm- • bered by the hosts who sent their suppers and carnations. NEW YORK FOR WILSON t (United Press Service? Syracuse, N. Y„ March. I,—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Declaring President Wilson as, "asserted the rights of our citizens and pr/serving the honor and dignity of our country” the plat- ) from adopted by the democratic state convention here this afternon will recommend the renomination of the f chief executive. IS ON WAY HOME Mrs. John Niblick, who spent several weeks at the bedside of her sister Hattie Studebaker Obenauer, at West i_ Palm Beach, Florida, is now on ler P way home, and is expected to arrive . Friday afternoon. She stopped two s of three days at Coronado, and a day . at St. Augustine, Fla., enroute here. . Her sister is improving. f ° THE CHARITY BALL f Will be Big Social Event of the Season on Next Friday Evening. AN ADMISSION FEE - - Os Fifty Cents to be Charged Spectators—Special Orchestra Secured. The Charity Ball to be given Friday evening at the Masonic Hall by the Kappa Kappa Kappa girls will be the! big society event of the season. The members of this organization which has already done much good in this community are busy hustling for this occasion and it will be the most delightful event of the kind ever given [ here. A special orchestra has bean l secured fro mColumbus, Ohio, and the! .prdgram includes a number of surI prises that will prove most delightful. 1 A large number cf tickets have already been sold and you can’t afford not to take part in this if you remember that aside from the good time you have, the profits go for chartitable' work. The tickets are one dollar each for those who wish to dance and a general admission price of fifty cents will be charged for spectators. Get your i ticket at once from any of the mem- | bers or pay at the door if they missj 1 you. But whatever you do. be sure j to attend or at least to contribute your j' share to the Charity Ball. PIONEER DEAD Adam Syphers Dead at Age > i of Ninety-four Years— i Lived Here A I t IN FORMER YEARS r — I: Funeral Will be Held on 1 i Thursday Morning from i the Salem Church. i Adam Syphers, a former Decatur ’ man, one of the pioneers of the county 1 died at three o’clock Tuesday morn- 1 > ing at his late home at Berne. Death ; resulted from a stroke of paralysis , , which attacked him a week ago Sunday. Had he lived until the fifteenth of this month he would have been J ninety-four years old. i He was twice married and leaves | two children from his first marriage. I They are Mrs. Mattie Neff of St. Louis Mo.; and Joe Syphers of Antwerp, O. His second wife, who was formerly I 1 I Mrs. Sarah Jane Merriman, is living at fVlie age of eighty-six years. The deceased is the step-father f John W. Merriman of this city. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at the Salem church and bnr--3 ial will be in the Tricker cemetery * east of the church. * ■ . . Q.... , . NEW 'PHONE MERGER. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. I—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The public service commission was to hear today arguments favoring the proposed merg- '• er of the New Long Distance Telephone Company, and the New Telephone Company into the Indianapolis 1 Telephone Company.

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THE CLUB COLUMN American Club Woman is Free in Thought Action and Speech. THE CLUB NOTES Indiana Club Women Have Exclusive Hickory Furniture Exhibit at Fair. The American clubwoman is a unique figure. She is free in thought , and speech and action. She possesses self-respecting dignity which is not arrogance or unwomanliness —it is the repose of conscious power. More and more the attitude of the clubwoman.toward the vital questions of the day is being understoo'd, and any new big movement that tends toward the betterment of conditions for all the people, seeks the intelligent interest and co-operation of the organized womanhood of the country. There are so many great questions today that come within the realm of education, of political science, of the home —for every question in its last analysis gets back to the home—that it sometimes is difficult to choose those that should make the strongest appeal. Women in Indiana are not behind women of other states in studying the great questions of the day, and political science, in all its phases, is just now coming in for its full share of attention. The women of Indiana believe in ‘preparldness” to the extent that when they finally are grant■ed the boon of equal rights, which is inevitable, they will be able to meet the situation with intelligence. The distribution of the Indiana wo-' men’s exhibit at the Panama-Pacific 1 exposition to the various owners took I place last week at the state house in , Indianapolis. That brings back to memory the work of Mrs. Robert H. Strong, who worked for months to complete the exhibit only to die before she saw it completely placed. Mrs. Strong was appointed superin- , tendent of the Indiana woman’s exhibit at the solicitation of 20,000 club women and the popularity of this de- ' partment shows with what care and thoroughness she worked. Mrs. Cora E. Woodbury, another Indianapolis woman, succeeded Airs. Strong and she completed the work started by Mrs. Strong with satisfaction to everybody concerned. The exhibit consisted of many beautiful examples of fine art, Indiana being the only state having an exclusive woman’s exhibit at the fair. The booth, seventy feet long and thirty feet wide, in the Varied Industries building, was very popular, the open fireplace giving a home touch, while the old hickory furniture from Martinsville was eagerly bought by "exile Hoosiers” as souvenirs from back home. The women of Indiana are to be invited to join in a plan for a memorial to the pioneer mother. The Department Club has indorsed the enterprise and is sending out an appeal to all women of the state. The memorial, something in bronze or stone, is designed to be, in part, woman's permanent expression of the centennial year’s appreciation of the services of the heroic mothers who came into the wilderness and shared in its sacrifices and dangers to establish a new home and a new state. The project is in every way worthy of the women of this day. And it would be strange if many men, who know, or ought to know, what is owing to the 1 courage, patience, endurance and faith of the mothers who helped to ! lay the foundation of this state, do not ask for a share in this undertaking. Charles A. Bookwaiter, chairman of the Marion county centennial commission, proved his sentimental belief in the memorial to the pioneer mothers by contributing SSO to the fund as a memorial to his own mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Riley Bookwaiter, and to Mrs. Mary Rundeß Bennett, Mrs. Bookwaiter’s mother. The plan of erecting a monument to the pioneer mother was presented to the annual convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Terre Haute, in October, by Mrs. C. E. Kregelo, of Indianapolis. The proposal was indorsed by the state organization, and the state regent, Mrs. Henry A. Beck, will co-operate with the Indianapolis women who have undertaken to raise the necessary money for the monument. The Euterpean club will have a (Continued on Page 4.)