Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 2 March 1916 — Page 1

Volume XIV’. Number 53.

SENATORS SAY THAT WILSON WANTS A WAR STIRRING SCENES UNPARALLELED SINCE SPANISH WAR DAYS DRAWS ATTENTION OF COUNTRY. *

Press Service) (By Bond P. Geddis, United Press Correspondent) Washington, D. C., Mar. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The storm over the president’s demand for a show-down in the matter of the interruption by congress of his negotiations with Germany broke in the senate this afternoon. The senate responded to the president's demand for a consideration of the Gore warning resolution with nearly two hours of tempestous debate. At an early morning session tomorrow the final vote may be taken. Senators Stone, Lodge and Williams, in speeches, demanded that the president be given the vote he asks. Possibilities of hostilities with Germany were openly discussed. Senator Stone answering a statement by Senator Gore, denied the president had ever intimated that war with the Teuton Allies would be desirable. Throughout the afternoon the charge was renewed in ’he Senate corridors that the president had determined to go to war with Germany. The charges created something of a sensation. “I have heard three senators say within the last ten minutes that they Ir. w Gore spcke the truth,” Senator Jc::cs said. Senate,r Gore, himself points rat that Stone had denied the statement with reservations. In its phraseology, he said, the Stone answer to his question had evaded a direct denial. Who the three senators were who had said they knew Gore’s statement of the president’s position to be correct. Jones refused so say. ' The president made no such statements as quoted by the senator from Oklahoma 4 ' said Stone on the floor. ''Whatever the president said is something I do not care to repeat. When I go to the wjiite house to hold a-conference with the president what he says to me is sacred. I have not repeated conversations I have had wi’li the president. 1 have stated impressions that conversations made upon my mind.’ Senator Williams charged opposition tion democrats with "nagging defying the president”. Senator Lodge called upon the senate to show the country that congress stands behind the president and not behind Germany. While the senate was breaking into stormy debate the house remained obdurate against consideration of the McLemore resolution as desired ly the president. A meeting of the foreign affairs committee was called 'h’s afternoon with final action possible then. The president delivered an ultimatum during the day to congressional leaders that he would insist upon a record vote and let it be known that he will stand by his position while congress is hearing from the country. The president also took up the matter of republican support, inviting Republican Leader Mann to confer with him late this afternoon. Stirring scenes unparalleled since Spanish-American war days were brought on by the senate debate. Every senator was in his seat. Galleries were jammed. Nearly one hundred house members camo over end crowded about the chamber. It was practically certain that the senate will sustain the president, but the greatest doubt still prevails about'the house's action. Washington. March 2,—(Special to Daily Democrat)—President Wilson y ill make no further positive move to v ard’getting a show-down in Congress fr. his foreign policy. He has decide! to leave it to congress and the country a high administration official said to day, depending on the country 1 swing congress to his way of think ing. In other words the president has de termined to apply watchful waiting t< the situation, lie leaving congress am the country to fight it out. To chairman Stone of the Hous;

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j foreign relations committee the presis dent declared today by telephone that j he wanted congress to act on a “clean cut issue.” He does not want any i compromise resolution, he said. 1 London. March 2, —(Special to Daily '• Democrat) —On the first day of the new German’order to torpedo armed merchantmen the Russian steamer Alexander Wentzel was sunk with a loss of eighteen lives, according to disf patches received here today. Elevon ) cf the crew were saved. Four fishing smacks have been sunk within twenty-four hours. Their crews were landed. • Amsterdam. March 2, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germany is prepar- • ing to declare war on Portugal imine- ‘ diately on receipt of an unsatisfactory reply to the note demanding the release of the seized German ships, said a dispatch from Berlin today. Lisbon, Portugal, March 2, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Sixty leading members of the German colony left hurriedly for Spain today on receipt , of reports that Germany is abojjt to declare war on Portugal. The majority of the German busi- , neSs houses have closed. r The foreign office is reported to ha ze r dispatched an answer last night to the < German note demanding the release J of the interned German warships seiz1J ed by official decree. It is rumored I that the answer is very brief and con_i tains a flat refusal to comply with the German demands. ’ London. March 2. —(Special to DailyDemocrat) —The government conscription act went into effect today and - early this alternoon me machinery 1 was set in motion for its enforcement. ■ Large proclamations were posted all ; o”er England, announcing that henceforth all batchelors and widowers, e’i--1 gible under the act, will be regarded as soldiers and drafted as needed. The first nine groups, it was stated, will 1 be called up by March 15. t Paris, March 2— (Special to Daily Democrat) —The lull cn the Verdun t front continued throughout last night, I (Continued on 11 I KICKED BY MULE Harrison Coffelt, 17, Kicked Under Chin by a Perverse Mule. a BIG GASH IS a CUT II t And Boy is Rendered I n- | conscious—Was Assisting in Moving There. i • When Harrison Coffelt. aged seven- ® teen, who is employed by Mr. Coffelt, e north of the oity, left last last week ’ for Celina, Ohio, to assist George '■ 1 Strickler of south of this city move e to that place, he little thought that r his stay there would be so extended. (■ But such was the case. He arrived '• home yesterday, having been disabled e by the kick of a mule last Friday, e Mr. Coffelt was bedding the mule team, when one of them, with the perversity for which this beast is not- ° ed, kicked the boy under the chin. He ” was rendered unconsciiMis and a phy- ’ sician 'found it necessary to take six S stitches to close the gaping wound. d Mr. Strickler took the best of cpre of y the boy until he was able to come home, and he returned to his work 0 here yesterday. k- The boy is the son of Mrs. Cityton Grim by her former marriage, and e- he is also a nephew of Mrs. Aaron to DeVinney, both of whom with the othid er relatives of the boy, express their sincere thanks to Mr. Strickler for io the excellent care given him.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, March 2, 1916.

IN BABESTHROAT 11 Was Small Tin -Can Lid I Lodged—Cupped Against Soft Palate. | THE STRAHM BABE Nearly Suffocates—Unique Accident Befalls Ten Months’ Old Babe. While playing with a sewing basket . Tuesday evening, the ten months old babe of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Strahm , living three miles northwest of Preble found-a little bright tin patent lid. Child like, the lid went to the babe's mouth where it was sucked back cupping and lodging against the soft palate. There was just enoungh space' left free in the air passage to sustain life until Dr. D. D. Clark could come from this city, though by the time he I reached there the babe was black n the face and life was nearly extinct. The tin was removed and the babe soon restored, the doctor making the trip, attending to his professional duty at the Strahm home and returning to this city, all in fifty minutes. Although the parents knew by the manner of the child, and its frantic crying and gasping for breath, that . something foreign was lodged in ! ;s throat, is was not until the same was removed, that they knew- just what it was. The lid was of the patent variety that fits in, and not over a can The Strahms formerly lived in this city, Mr. Strahm having ( been associated with Mr. Schlickman in the feed yard. ' THE DREAOIRL Came True for H. A. Neubaum of Detroit in Miss Dorcas Kuntz OF GENEVA, INDIANA Married on Leap Year Day —Bride is Former Decatur Music Student. A special from Detroit, Mich., to the Geneva Herald, says, regarding the wedding of Miss Dorcas Kuntz of that town, who is well known here, being a former music student at the Academy of the Sisters of St. Agnes: “After four years of blissful dreams, in which he pictured a beautiful French maiden with dark brown hair and blue eyes, Mr. H. A. Neubaum of Detroit, Mich., formerly of Steeler, Pa„ has at last come to the conclusion that life is worth' living after all. when he found the ideal of his dreams in Miss Dorcas Kuntz, of Geneva, Ind. “The marriage took place at the home of the gioom on Tuesday, February 29, 1916. They will spend their honeymoon, taking in the sights at Niagara Falls and an extended trip through the east. They will make their future home in Detroit, Mich., and they will be at home to their frieitds after March 15, 1916. “Dan Kuntz, the bride's brother, is responsible for the marriage of the happy pair, as it was through him that Mr. Neubaum became acquainted with Miss Kuntz. Mr. Neubaum and Mr. Kuntz are friends of long standing, they both being employed by the same concern. "It was not until five weeks ago that Mr. Neubaum was able to say “When Dreams Come True,”,at which time he met his dreaih girl.” MOOSE DANCE TONIGHT The sixth of the series of dances planned and successfully carried out by the Moose lodge of this city will be given tonight at the lodge assemb- , ly room commencing at eight-thirty o’clock. At seven o'clock the students class will commence learning another lesson, under the diretion of Fred , Schurger. the director. Seventy cou- [ pie were on the floor at the dance , last Thursday night, and the floor was not crowded unconveniently. If you r are looking for a good time and want r to enjoy yourself, go to the Moose dance tonight. ,

• FIVE BIG REELS TONIGHT. The next release on the Metro pro gram will be Rolfe Photo Plays. Inc. production “A Yellow Streak,” ir I which Lionel Barrymore, the talentec stage and screen actor, is starred, ami Irene Howley, the brilliant young dra matic actress, is featured. This tin usual feature will be seen here at the Crystal tonight. Mr. Barrymore and Miss Howley are surrounded with n ! strong supporing cast, including Nllee I Welch, Dorothy Gwynne, William | Cowper, William Davidson, J. H. ! Goldsworthy and other distinguished players. “A Yellow Streak" is in five gripping acts and there are many interesting scenes of New York City and life in a picturesque mining community. Mr. Baprymore plays the role of a careless wanderer with a j dual personality.'that of a sky-pilot I among the miners, a noted highway- , man and outlaw. Miss Howley also | has a part admirably suited to her I notable dramatic gifts. Five and ten I cents. SUMMONS GAME For Mrs. Henry t Meyer This Morning—Death Came After A LONG ILLNESS Passed Away at 8:30— Funeral Services Will be Held Saturday. In the death *of Margaret, wife of Henry Meyer, which occurred 1 this morning at 8:30 o’clock at the family home on Madison street, the city lost one of its finest and best ladies. Mrs. Meyer had been ailing since last June. 1 The best medical treatment here failing to bring relief, she was taken to j the St. Joseph hospital. Fort Wayne, I where on November 15, she was operated upon. A cancerous condition was found and after four weeks at the I hospital, she returned home. She 1 grew better to the extent that she was able to be up and around for a few weeks, but five weeks ago she be-, 'came bedfast and continued to de- ■ cline. Last Sunday she suffered a relapse, since when she had been very low. Mrs. Meyer was fifty-one years old last January 18. She was born at Columbia City, being a daughter of Florian and Elizabeth Ehinger. Her parents later moved to Independence, Mo., and then to Decatur, coming here when Mrs. Meyer was six years old. The remainder of her life had been spent here. Twenty-seven years ago last Sep-' tember 13, she was married to Henry Meyer,, tailor at the Myers-Daily store. The husband and following children are living: Lillian, wife of Joe Lose; Arthur, Florence, Agnes. ■ Helena and Frances. , Her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ehinger, resides in this city, as does her brother, Ed Ehinger. A brother, Bob, lives at Kansas City, and Otto, at Columbia, Mo. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at nine o’clock from the St. Mary’s Catholic church of which she was a faithful member. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Thomas Meyer of Minster, Ohio a brother of Mr. Meyer. - -— , ... ■—o ——— * "—* THE BANK BURSTED (United Press Service) Hammond, ind.. March 2,—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Modest Mary Domelia, of Indiana Harbor, mourned to-1 day the loss of several hundred dol-l lars because her lisle bank broke. Al- ‘ though she had for ten years lived j next door to a bank she distrusted r them. She went shopping , carrying' the money in her stocking. While; passing a crowd of loafers her garter! broke, too modest to investigate she walked on, arriving home she found all the money was missing. It has not been found. WANT AN ELECTION. ’United Tress ?»ervice) Kendallville. Ind., Mar. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Local democratic politicians who would like to be postmaster have come forward with the unique suggestion that an election, financed by the candidates, be held as a primary. The nomination would serve as a suggestion for Rep- ‘ resentative Cline and President Wil- ' son. Kendallville democratic circles 1 have been torn once by an appoint- ■ ment since the present administration ’ took office. Joseph T. Stahl was appointed. He died recently. • —

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MANY __ATTEND n d Hundreds of Farmers Will d i Hear About New and 1e Profitable Crops d a s DURING THIS WEEK nl I.' d Professor J. C. Beavers e i Starts Lecture Tour of ! the County, e * a Many farmers gathered at the Rip--1 ley school house in Blue Creek towna ship this afternoon to hear Professor “ J. C. Beavers of the Purdue univer- ■ ' sity talk on soy beans. alfalfa and cow-1 peas. His lecture was excellent and the dozens of farmers who heard him > known more about these crops than j ■ they did before. Tonight at 7:15 • o’clock in school house number 7 in ' French.Htownshlp, Professor Beavers | will talk to another audience of farm- • j ers. This will be a steropticon lecture. Tomorrow at two o’clock at school number 6, in Monmouth another lecture will be given. In the evening at 7:15 o’clock the i illustrated lecture will be given at Monroe, a/:l the agriculturjl association there will see to it that a bi? . crowd is bn hand. Saturday afternoon a meeting will be held in the county agent’s office in the court house and in the evening Bobo will entertain the professor. Every’ farmer in the coi|nty is urged - to hustle out to one of the meetings and hear an up-to-date lecturer talk on a new and valuable crop for this region. AST SUBSIDIES Dolph and His Co-workers Ask Subsidies from Jay, Randolph and Wayne. SEEK TO EXTEND — Interurban System South from Portland—What They Say About it. Fred A. Dolph and his co-workers in seeking to have the C. B. & C. extended south from Portland to Richmond and made an interurban, are seeking 'subsidies of $150,000 from Jay, Randolph and Wayne counties, the proposal as it now stands, being to have townships in Jay county through i which the proposed line would extend, Ito vote $25,000, a similar amount in Randolph county, and SIOO,OOO in Wayne county, in which Richmond is situated. According to dispatches Richmond and Union City commercial associations have voted the project their support, providing the promoters make the proper showing. Richmond Must be “Shown.” j The Richmond Item says: “Many questions must be cleared up before indorsement of the propos- ‘ ed traction line from Richmond to Portland win be given by\the taxpayers of Wayne township, wll) are asked , to vote a subsidy of SIOO,OOO in order Ito assure construction of the line, ' prominent business men declared. | “Chief of these questions is the re- : sponsibility of Fred A. Dolph and Ed- ! win McKinney, Chicago attorneys, ■ who have been here discussinug the ; project with certain business men. j The experience of this city with Eugene Purtelle. of Chicago, who in 1914 i undertook to promote a SIOO,OOO sub- ! sidy for the construction of a traction | line between this city and Hamilton, is ' too fresh in the memory of citizens for them to enthuse over this new proposition without first being , shown. "Inquiry made among business men ‘ today developed that so far they are 1 unwilling to express favor or disfavor of the proposition. They would like j 'to see a traction line built between ■ this pity and Portland, connecting - with the smaller towns and cities ens route, but they say that there are • many other questions to be consideri ed Resides their mere wishes. h “So far Mr. Dolph and Mr. KcKinney have give,n no information as to - L

| their responsibility of the responsibl ity of capitalists whom they may b representing, nor have they reveale the identity of such individuals o corporations. “As the situation now stands, Mt Dolph and Mr. McKinney have give, business men to understand that i there is sufficient interest in the pre Ject to make the voting of the sub sidy reasonably certain, they will bi interested and willing to go aheat with their plans. The two men havi assured members of a committee o i the Commercial club that they will re veal to them the identities of th< “capitalists” who can be interests but the names of these men, it is said, will not be made public. “Whether Dolph and McKinney an in a position to invest in the propo sition, or whether they would be will ing to do so. if they are, has not been made clear.” ' o PRIMAIIVJCHOOL Was Held in This City This Morning, Attended hy 50 Board Officials. BALLOTS NOW READY Big Job of Printing Them Was Concluded at This Office at Noon Today. Fifty officials of the election boards for the primary election to be held next Tuesday met this morning at the city hall where they were informed as to every point in the new law which is likely to come up on that day. Henry B. Heller, democratic county chairman, and Hon. John C. I Moran, who have made a careful study of the law, explained the various questions as they may come up and the officers will be able to explain thoroughly each problem. Mr. Moran held a similar meeting at Berne last evening and another will be held at Geneva tonight. The printing of the ballots for the primary' was concluded at this office today, requiring two presses three printers and the three election commissioners, J. C. Moran, Will Hammell and J. S. Peterson, two and a half days. The changing of committeemen and delegates for each precinct and the rotating of the commissioners on the democratic ballots as required by law made more than five hundred changes necessary. The number of tickets printed were ap proximately 4.500 democratic, 2,000 republican and 1,000 progressive, divided among the precincts according to the vote cast two years ago. Inspectors will get the tickets and supvticketshrd cm sh cm cm cmfw mfw plies Saturday. IN I’DIICE COURT Ralph Spade Arrested on an Assault and Battery Charge SLAPPED A KID And Step-father Had Him Arrested—Melchi Found Good Pen. Ralph Spade was arrested this morning bn a charge of assault and battery brought against him by Merle Laisure who alleges that Spade slapped his step-son, Howard Peterson, four years old, at the dinner table yesterday, a the home of his grandparents, Mr. am I Mrs. Samuel Howard. Spade pleadei I not guilty and his trial was set so: Monday at once o’clock before Squin E. Burt Ijenhart, who will hear thi case. Chief of Police Melchi has found i new fountain pen which the owne can have by giving a proper descrip tion. He found the pen on the street; yesterday. If you have lost a pen am can describe it, maybe Seph has it. TODAY’S HOOSIER ODDITY. (United Press Service) Hammond, Ind., Mar. 2 —(Special t< i Daily Democrat)—Mrs. Rose Juricl of Indiana Harbor lost her balanc< while washing windows and fell thre< stories. She suffered a slight seal) i wound.

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£ THE CLASS PLAY or r ■. i .■ t'« , “The Hoodoo” is Play Se- " lected hy Junior Class of if o- High School b,e FOR MARCH SEVENTH id re 1 ’ f Cast Includes Most All of ee Class—The Synopsis is and Program. ■e t The junior class of the Decatur ]. high school will present the annual n junior class play at the Bosse opera house on the evening of March 7, at 8:15. “The Hoodoo” is a comedy , farce, by the well known playwright, . Walter Ben Hare. The following is the synopsis of the play: Professor Spiggiot gives Brighton, § for a wedding gift, a marvelous Egyptian scarab. Under its evil influence, Brighton is blackmailed by a former flame; the susceptible Billy finds himself engaged to three ladies; the professor is accused of bigamy; Aunt Paradise, the colored cook, loses her supper and her monj ey; the burglar gets caught., The matters are straightened out when the scarab is buried. The cast is as follows: Brighton Early, about to be married—Bob Colter. Billy Jackson, the heart breaker — 8 Roy Kai ver. 1 Professor Spiggot, an authority on e Egypt—Roy Goldner. I Hemachus Spiggot, his son, aged v seventeen- —Bill Linn. t Mr. Malachi Muk, a lively old genc tieman of 69—John Clark. '. Mr. Dun. the burglar—Ralph My--1 ers. i- Miss Amy Lee, about to be marP ried —Doris DeVoss. Mrs. Perrington Shine, her aunt ’. and Mr. Muk's daughter—Vera Eady, t Gwendolyn Perrington Shine, who 1 does just as mamma says—Pauline Krick. Dodo de Graft, the dazzling Daisy—e Eva Augenbaugh. 5 • Mrs. Ima Clinger, a fascinating g young widow—Rowena Shoaf. Angeline, her angel child —Naomi i- „ Cramer. 1 Miss Doris Ruffles, Amy’s maid of honor —Leone Peterson. Mrs. Prof. Spiggot, the mother of seven —Sophia Droll. Eupepsia Spiggot, her daughter, aged sixteen —Gertrude Kinzle. Miss Longnecker, a public school ( teacher —Ida Gunsett. Lulu by name and nature —Vivian Burk. Aunt Paradise, the colored cook —• Martha Tucker. r Time—l9l2, in late September. Place — Mrs. Perrington-Shine’s country home about thirty minutes ■ from Philadelphia. Occasion —A house party at the LeeEarly wedding. Time of performance —Two hours and twenty minutes. Synopsis. Act I —The lawn at Mrs. PerringtonShine’s country home. An Egyptian wedding present. Trouble for the groom. Act II —The library at 8 p. m. A thief in the house. Trouble for Billy ' Jackson, the susceptible. Act III —The same library at 11 p. m. Trouble for the burglar. Eloped 1 at midnight. “A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men.” If you want a continuous laugh, of two and one-half hours, come out and see Billy Linn as Hei- machus, the professor’s son; Martha y Tucker as Aunt Paradise, the colored cook; and Naomi Cramer as the ans gel (?) child. • s The play is being coached by Mr. Penrose, and assisted by Miss Cravj ens. Tickets can be purchased of any ~ junior for 35 cents. Seats will be reserved at the Holthouse drug store, )r _ e Monday morning at 7:30. ie SEE A BIG PAPER. Friday evening the patrons of the a Crystal theater will have an opporsr tunity to see a metropolitan newspa- !>- per in action. The Tribune of Chicats go has sent two special reels to the id local playhouse showing the paper from the mills to the newstands. Not an actor appears in the play. Y’ou see the actual staff of the Tribune hustle out on a big assignment, see to the reporter put up a stiff fight for ■k his story, see it cast into type, see t :e on the presses grinding away at >e ninety-six thousand papers an hour, p If you have never visited a big newspaper office, do t Friday night.