Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1916 — Page 1

V olume XIV. Number 56.

CHANCE OF WAR HASJ.ESSENED German Officials Regard Senate’s Action as Quieting Crisis. BAKER FOR CABINET Newton I). Baker of Cleveland Selected to Fill Garrison’s Place. (United Press Service) (By Carl W. Ackerman.) Berlin via Amsterdam, March 6.— (Special to Daily Democrat)—The Senate’s vote of confidence in President Wilson last Friday has lessened the possibility of a German American break, well informed Americans who have canvassed the situation thoroughly report today. Officials and the public are somewhat puzzled at the exact meaning of the Senate vote. But the general opinion is that it strengthens the hands of those who, though desiring a most vigorous submarine war. do not want to take any chances of a break with America. The newspapers differ widely in their interpretations of the Senate’s action. For the most part they agree that the Senate, seemingly, voted to keep hands off the German American controversy, excepting in a case likely to result in war. The Tageblatt for instance, believed that the Senate registered a clear decision not to interfere with President Wilson in his dealings with foreign powers. » This was a natural result when President Wilson made it a question of national honor, said the Tageblatt I ''The Senate's action leaves President j Wilson and Secretary Lansing a fr°e ‘ hard to continue the negotiations with Germany with only the obtlwation that they must tell Congress together on a question of war or peace.” Washington, D. C., Mar. 6—(Special to Daily Democrat (—Newton D. Baker, forty-five years old. twice mayor of Cleveland, and an effective supporter of President Wilson at the Baltimore convention, will be secretary of war in the president’s cabinet. Admission of that fact was made at the white house today. Baker, who twice declined an invitation to become secretary of the interior, when the president was forming his cabinet, has accepted the place made vacant by Lindsey M. Garrison’s resignation. In the appointment of Baker, the president, it is said, meets a qualification which it has been intimated is considered important —that the new secretary be an attorney from the middle west. He has had the rough and tumble experience of politics, being a long-term pupil of Tom Johnson. Baker confirmed this afternoon the United Press dispatch that he had accept President Wilson’s offer to become secretary of war. ”1 have accepted the post,” said Baker, after the official announcement was made in Washington. "1 do not know definitely when I will leave for Washington it will surely be within a week.” Baker has always been known as a pacifist. He is a short, slim man with a colorless wrinkled face. He is noted for the lightning rapidity with which he canvasses facts and forms an opinion. London, March 6, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Three of the Verdun forts, defending the city from the east, have been almost totally wrecked by the German bombardment, according to Amsterdam dispatches today. BULLETIN. London, March 6,— (Special to Daily Democrat)—Twelve persons were killed and thirty-three injured in Sunday night’s Zepplin raid over the norineast coast of England, it was announced officially today. Three raiding .’>r- ; ?dps dropped bombs on eight cities. ‘‘MOTHER'S DAY" County Superintendent Ed. S. Christen has received a communication from . tate superintendent Charles A. Greathouse calling "his attention to the desirability of having the schools observe Mother’s Day in county. The date selected was March 17th. which tome., on Friday. The local and county schools will enter into the celebration of the day with vim and vigor, ami special programs will be prepared by the county superintendent and distr i buted to the various schools.

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HOUSE COMES HOME (United Presß Service) Washington* March 6.—(Special to Daily Degiocrat I—President Wilson today conferred with Col. E. N. House, his personal envoy, back from abroad, on conditions in the heligerent countries. House arrived from New York early today and found the president not yet returned from a trip down river on the Mayflower. The president got back however, in time to have breakfast with his friend and adviser. LAST DANCE TONIGHT The last dance before the lenten season will be held tonight at the Moose hall at which time many Decatur people who like this form of social events will be present .The dance starts at eight thirty o’clock. Special music has been provided for the event and the public is cordially invited to attend. OFFICimWCT Clover Leaf Officials Say Willshire Bridge Leaves Wide Way FOR HIGH WATERS And Threats of Dynamiting the Bridge Are Without Foundation. That the Clover Leaf bridge did not retard the water and that citizens of Willshire did not attempt to dynamite the approaches to the bridges, is the contention of Clover Leaf officials in a letter to the local agen today. The letter said in part: "During the first week of January I high water in the St. Mary’s river caused considerable damage at Will-! shire. Ohio, families in the lower. parts of town being obliged to move | out temporarily. "Some excitement was caused at the time by parties claiming that water obstructed by the Clover Leaf bridge which is a steel bridge over the river at this point with fill approaches. There were rumors that the fill approaches were to be dynamited on account of them backing up ■ water on upstream side making water | several inches higher on this side than on the other. This brought Sheriff Gunsett and County Prosecutor Good on the scene but no action was taken, the rumors of violence being evidently without foundation. "The Clover Leaf made a thorough investigation and had men on the ground during the tfme of high water. When water was at its highest practically no difference in heighth' on the two sides of the bridge could i be detected either by the eye or by actual measurements, a number of people verifying this. “Prosecutor Good was interviewed regarding this matter recently, as to conditions he personally found them when he visited Willshire, and said he could not say from looking at water on both sides of the bridge that it was any higher on upstream side. "Sheriff Gunsett was also interviewed in regard to this and stated he could hot observe any great difference in the stage of water on each ■ side of the bridge. He said that the | rumor evidently started from a few people who became unduly scared at the rapid rise of the water and that, he did not find any excitement which . would lead him to believe that there ■ was any danger of the citizens committing an unlawful act. ' COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION. The board of commissioners met this morning for the March session, and the greater part of today was ' spent in going over and allowing bills. They will adjourn over tomorrow, on ’ account of election, resuming the work ’ of the session Wednesday morning. - when roads, bridges and other public work will be taken care of. I. G. Kerr resigned as superintendent of the Kerr road and Vance Mat- ” tox was appointed in his place. Gus 1 Gallmeyer resigned as superintendent ' of the Scheiman road in Preble town- “ ship and Henry Wischmeyer was ap- - pointed. |> ■ -O missionary here. K The Baptist Missionary 'Circle will n meet at the church Thursday after<l non Mrs. Robinson, a returned misy sionary from China, will address the 1- meeting. All missionary circles of the city are invited to be present.

Decatur, Indiana. Monday Evening, March 6, 1916.

318 BARN FSRE Bank Barn on Andrew Miller Farm Destroyed by Fire Saturday. STATION ON FIRE Fire on Roof Causes Fivedollar Loss at Clover Leaf Station. Fire, of unknown oregin, caused the destruction of a sixty by thirty-eight foot bank barn on the Andrew Miller farm one mile south of Decatur Saturday afternoon three o'clock. None of the contents were saved. The barn contained a quantity of corn fodder, about three hundred dollars worth of farming implements, and a little hay. The stock which was quartered in the barn broke out and was saved. A forty ton straw stack near the barn was also destroyed. The barn was valued at nearly two thousand dollars. The entire loss is estimated by Mr. Miller at two thousand five-hundred dollars and he has eight hundred dollars insurance in the Preble company of this county. No' cause can be assigned for starting the blaze. The barn was tighty closed, the railroad could not have caused it. neither could have spotaneous combustion been a posibility. No one had visited the barn since Tuesday that might have carried matches. Five dollars damage was done to the Toledo St. Louis and Western railroad station here Sunday afternoon at two-thirty o’clock when a blaze, starting presumably from a defective chimney, set fire to the roof. Tho fire department answered a quick call and extinguished the fire with the chemical. IsiSTEf IS ®NO Girls Separated in Babyhood, Find Each Other After Fourteen Years. A HAPPY VISIT Being Planned—Youngest is Foster Daughter of Freeman Evans. After a separation of fourteen years, from babyhood during which time n?i- --; ther knew of the other’s whereabouts and, indeed, never expected to find out. ' perhaps, two sisters have came into touch with each other and expect io have a happy reunion soon. One of the happy girls is the foster daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Evans of Monroe —Wavie, now fifteen years old. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have iiad the girl since she was nineteen months of age, taking her into their home at the time they lived in Knox. Indiana. At that time the baby's mother died, leaving two daughters, who having no place to go, were taken io the county infirmary until kind I homes received them. That was in 11902. Little Wavie was taken by Mr. and ■ Mrs. Evans in 1902, and they soon came to this county, where they have lived. It was never known by them who had taken the other child, Stella, who was about six years older than Wavie. Some time ago Mrs. Evans wrote to the postmaster at Knox, and it was through him that her whereabouts were learned. She is now twenty-one years of age. us married and lives at LaPorte. She was taken by a family named Grundel, [ and adopted by them legally. Tho location of the sister resulted in an ex change of letters. When the letter came to the older sister, who had made every effort to locate her baby sister, but had failed, she stated that i her happiness was supreme and she felt, indeed like, shouting, as she had never expected, with the passing of so many years, to find the baby sister, whom she remembered only slightly. 'Wavie is equally happy, although of I course, she has no memory of the old er slsetr. A reunion of the sisters is being , planned to take place soon, and thus 5 will come a happy chapter in lives as interesting as that in many a book

‘ Both girls found excellent homes and * have all the love and affection lavish * ed upon them that their own parents could have bestowed, U. B. ANNOUNCEMENTS, The Ladies’ Aid of the U. B. church will meet in the home of Mrs. George Simmers on South Seventh street Thursday afternoon at 2:00 p. m. A light lunch will bo served. Not only ’ ladies, but men are cordially invited to this gathering, regardless as to whether you are members of any . church. The Sunday school council will convene immediately following the prayer meeting Wednesday evening. It is earnestly desired that all members of the council will be present as business ? of importance to the Sunday school t will be discussed. The Junior Endeavor of the U. B. church will give a social at the home of Miss Blanch McCrory on West Monroe street, Thursday evening. In 1 connection with light refreshments a splendid program will be given. The 1 public is cordially invited to this gath--1 ering. There will be a business meetl ing in connection. 56t3 o_ CLARIONS COMING — For Adams County Prohibition Convention to be Held in Decatur THURSDAY, MARCH 9 Huddleston, One of Speakers, Has Voice in Proportion to His Size. Attention, Adams county! Forward! March! Where? To the Ad ams county prohibition convention in Decatur court room, March 9th. at 10 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. The clarions will be there —they are a strong team —Lough and Huddleston. J. W. Huddleston the giant bass, stands six feet four and one-half inches tall, wears a number 13 shoe, a number 20 collar, 7% hat, weighs 315 pounds, and has a voice in proportion. He sings with ease to B-flat below the bass clef. Prof. F. W. Lough, is a singer, pianist and lecturer, with years of experience. The clarions are fresh from the' coast after a trip of a year helping to chase booze out of the country. Miss them, and you miss a treat. These same men will also speak in Bobo in .the evening of the 9th at 7:30 p. m. J. W. SHIFFERLY, County Chairman. HOMINY FOR SALE I The December section of the Evaa- > gelical Aid will have hominy for sal.e > Tuesday and Wednesday, ten cents a quart or three for a quarter. This will * be delivered. Telephone 308. lIMEE CAME BACK 1 Art Smith’s Aeroplane Bride Returns to Ft. Wayne 1 Home from Chicago. 1 i WILL NOT TALK 1 i To Newspapers Without Instructions from Lawyers 1 s —Will Fight Divorce, a J. The Fort Journal Gazette, of Sunday, >. says: e Mrs. Aimee Cour-Smith, girl-wife of I, Art Smith, worlds greatest aviator, >. who filed divorce proceedings before ;■ he sailed Thursday for Japan, returnr ed home from Chicago yesterday al d noon. She had been visiting at the y home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bishop, ,t 1848 West Van Buren street, relatives e of Mrs. William A. Bright, 711 East d Wayne street, with whom Mrs. Smith >f went to Chicago Thursday morning r, “I have nothing to make public now and have left everything in the hands >f of my attorneys, Barrett Morris (5 1- Hoffman,” said the girl-wife' last night She further declared that she wou’t g make no statements to any newspaper is men hereafter without instruction: s, from her attorneys who are Barrett k. Morris & Hoffman.

CAMPAIGN- OVEi Candidates Ready for Elec 1 tion Day—First State Prie mary Tomorrow. t >■ i RIGHTS OF VOTERS 3 r Are Now Being Urged by Leading Attorneys — Claims by Candidates. L ■? "" ” 1 The field work of the candidates is over, there remains only the work a l , the polls tomorrow to close the firs; primary held under the new law ii. Indiana. For months the candidater L ha|e battled for the honor of repre t senting their party on the county, con , gressional, district, state and national . tickets and it'h now up to the voters Attorneys of state reputation have held that a progressive voter of two vears ago may if he desires vote either the democrat or republican ticket this year. Under the same ruling of course one who voted the independent ticket in this county two years ago may this year vote either of the old party tickets, but you can of course vote but one ticket, republican, democrat or progressive. This does not mean that a republican can vote the democrat ticket or vice versa, though no one has the right to challenge excepting a member of that party for whose ticket you ask. There is nothing to frighten any person away from the polls tomorrow and you should vote and thus assist in selecting the men who will represent your party next November. Vote above the line, and be careful not o extend the cross below the line as this would confuse the clerks and might throw your vote out. (Continued on page 2) like dry bones Are a Large Number of the Churches of the Present Day, Says Pastor. A FINE SERMON On Ezekiel’s Vision of Dry Bones, and Its Application to Present Time. Large crowds attended the services at the United Brethren church yesterday. Though there were nothing but the regular services, the Sunday school went near the three hundred I mark in attendance. Only an ordinar- ' ily number remained for the preach--1 ing services. The Junior Endeavor at 2:00 p. m. , had one hundred and twenty-four in attendance. About thirty-two members were received into the society yesterday. About sixty-nine have been received into the Junior society ' during the last eight weeks, making a membership of about 125. The Senior Endeavor was led byMrs. John A. Hill, and a very excellent program was given. A number of selections on the phonograph, by • Reason Mamma, added interest to the ‘ program. The house was crowded, some having to stand, at the preaching services, following the Endeavor service. Rev. Harman spoke on the vision of dry bones by the Prophet Ezekiel, which represents the whole nation of Israel, and made practical application to the churches of the present time and to our own individual ’ lives. large number of the churches of this day. of all denominations are f as a valley of dry bones. They need , prophesying upon, and resurrecting ’ into a new life. Sinew, flesh and - breath needs to come upon them. — t Contributed. o SAINTS AND SINNERS. I, s A special three reel feature, from t the Vitagraph studio, will be seen at h the Crystal tonight. The film, "Saints ;. and Sinners” is the story of fifteen .v years of pathos owing to a misunder s standing between a husband and hie & true wife. You’ll understand the real t. dramatic worth of the play if you sec id it. It costs a jitney tonight, and will >r play here this date only. It’s worth is spending an hour to see this clean, up t, lifting drama, not overdrawn from real life. . . Ata fa.,

| NEW SECRETARY OF WAR. (Pne.d Press Service) Washington, March 6, —(Special ic Daily Democrat l—Newton D. Baker formerly mayor of Cleveland will be secretary of war, according to inform at ion obtained today and believed tc be absolutely reliable. Announcement of the appointment it is said, may bt ‘xpected from the white house in the next day or two. The president, it i- ’ understood, lias been advised by the attorney general’s office that Generni Scott, chief of staff, cannot be retain ’ ed as acting secretary of war longer than next Saturday, when his thirty days appointment expires. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our heartraost thanks to our friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and death of Mrs. Meyer. HENRY MEYER AND CHILDREN NIP FRUIT BUDS Will March Zephyrs, Says Parson Hicks —St. Louis Prophet. TELLS US WHAT To Expect — Has Whole Rigamarole of Doings Blocked Ahead. Rev. Irl R. Hicks' forecast is filled with dire forebodings of all kinds of weather. He says that the moon, sun, earth and a new moon. Mercury. Uranus. Jupiter and Venus will have a hand in dealing us up something from the sth to the 7th. Then we are to have softening skies, southerly winds and warmer weather. As a natural sequence, these touches of gentle spring will be scattered by forceful storms of thunder and rain. By the Bth these blizzardous conditions, the prophet says, will hereaus mit dem, after having swung across the country. From the Bth to the 15th we are to have a reactionary storm period, in which all kinds of weather from snow squalls to gentle zephyrs, “in accordance with the simple law of averages” if you make a statement often enough there is a fair chance of it some time coming true, especially if you state it in sufficiently comprehensive terms, is an axiom which seems to fit the seer’s case to a T. We are told that the greater portion of danger will lie Saturday and Sunday, 18th and 19th. Well, w*e will tell you about it after these dates. : A reactionary storm period will sneak in on the heels (but the seer doesn’t say whether the storm will wear sneakers or not), which will be central on the 21st or 23rd. The prophet says that somewhere about the 22nd, the plane of the earth's equator if extended far enough into space will go slap-bang into the center of the sun and our little measly planet will be at a point where day and night are approximately equal from pole to pole. Now, that’s some prophecy, and we are mighty tarnal glad it is no worse than tlrat. Then our informant goes on to tell us in a long rigmarole something about “the solar energy pushes northward into the boreal colder regions, creating an ambulance of atmospheric paise and infusing excess of magnetic and electric forces not only into the atmosphere above us but the solid globe beneath.” Too bad! too bad! But we are glad we found this out in 1 time to protect ourselves from such 1 an assault. Perhaps this is only the • professor's way of looking at it. Anyl how the seer says that this is what * gives us the high proverbial winds of 5 the month of St. Patrick, and other I ills which follow in its train. . ’ From the 27th to the 31st we are I going to have one of those regular - storm’periods we hear so much about which is brought about by the moon, Mercury and Venus, and the pity of it is all this will extend, the seer says, n into April, the month of. smiles and ,t tears. FINDING CHILDREN HOME n r- Miss Clara B. Flynn, representing Is the Catholic Home Bureau for Dependil ent Children was here on business. ie She visited children placed in homes II here by the bureau and is also trying h to find good homes for others of the o- dependent children. Tho bureau is tl located at 105 East 22nd. Street, New York* City .

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ILL CANDIDATES ARE JHJNFIDENT Managers of All Candidates Refuse to Show the Blues and 1 BELIEVE THEY’LL WIN _________ •* Adair Certain to Carry Every County by Handsome Majorities. 4 , ++++++ + + ** + + + * LAST WORDS FROM + * CAMPAIGN MANAGERS. + k + •t United States Senator. + ♦ JAMES E. WATSON—“Watson + + expects to receive the majority + 4* for United Stales senator. We + •k are serenely confident. We + •k will carry 73 of the 92 coun- + k ties.” + •k HARRY S. NEW—“New will + ■k carry every district. He will + ■k be nominated at the primary + •k because the republicans real- + k ize he is the only available -k •k candidate from the standpoint + •’> of the party.” + + ARTHUR R. ROBINSON—“Aft * * er ten months of personal ac- + k tivity by Senator Robinson, re- + ■fr ports from over the state indi- + ■k cate his nomination in a land- + slide.” ■k Governor (Republican) + + JAMES P. GOODRICH —“Mr * •k Goodrich has 83 counties or- + •k ganized better than during the + k average pre-election cam- + ■k paign. He will be nominated + ■k and it will be a landslide.” + 4- WARREN T. McCRAY—“Mr. + ❖ McCray will be nominated in a * ❖ landslide.” ■k QUINCY A. MYERS—“The day <k ■k after the primary there will be + ♦ only one republican candidate + for governor and he will be + •k Quincy A. Myers.” <• Governor —Democrat) + •k J. A. M. ADAlß—“Adair will car- <k ■k ry practically every county by <k <k handsome majorities.” + ❖ LEONARD B. CLORE—"CIore «k ■k will be nominated —possibly by $• ■k a landslide.” ♦ •k4‘4"d‘‘k4 , 4 - + + 4‘4 , + ‘k4' (By Dan L. Beebe, United Press Correspondent) Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 6 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Knowing that the time for campaigns has passed Indiana’s one thousand office seekers rest on their oars today awaiting for tomorrow when the state will hold its first general primary election. Optimism beamed from the countenance of every campaign manager and oozed from campaign headquarters. The three republican candidates for U. S. Senator were “confident” of victory. Both James E. Watson and Harry S. New claimed they would be nominated by a majority at the polls and the nomination would not go to the convention. The same was true of the republican candidates for governor. All predicted landslides. Although tomorrow’s weather will have much to do with the vote total, political seers have estimated today that at least 50 per cent of the voters who generally take part in elections will vote at the republican primary tomorrow. This was the percentage also fixed by one of the leaders in the republican party of the state. Because the democrats have few cdn. tests, their vote will not be as large, it is generally admitted. Some said today that the democrats will be lucky if they poll a 22 per cent vote. Ed Jackson of Newcastle was the only unopposed republican on the state f ticket. James E. Watson, republican candidate for U. S. senator, is "serenely 5 confident,” to use the words of Elam r H. Neal, his campaign manager. He 1 expects to get more votes than Harry ’ New and Arthur Robinson taken to- ( gether, im Neal’s statement is taken ’ at its face value. J At the headquarters of Mr. New there was equal confidence. Edward H. Schmidt, former U. S. marshal, New's campaign manager, said New ? Would carry every district. At the headquarters of Arthur R. : Robinson, whose campaign for nom--8 ination has consisted almost entirely 5 of his personal efforts, the following j statement was made: j "After ten months of personal activity by Senator Arthur R. Robinson, (Continued on I'aga »■>