Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1916 — Page 1

Volume XIV. Number 61.

CARRANZA REPLIES TO UNITED STATES

SUDDEN CRISIS CAUSED I BY TORPEDOING SILIUS ■SEVEN AMERICAN LIVES IN JEOPARDY I WHEN SUBMARINE SINKS NORI WEIGIAN BARK NEAR HAVRE

■ (United Press Service) I Washington, March 11.—(Special to ■Daily Deocrat)—The Gerinan-Ameri-Bcan situation was brought to a sudden ■crisis today by official dispatches stat.■ng that the Norweigian bark silius ■With seven Americans aboard, was torMppedoed without warning Thursday Knight, supposedly by a German submarKlne All the Americans were saved, a dispatch from the American consul |at Havre stated. Press dispatches K Mid that three of the crew were drown ed. g The Silius was bound from New | .York to Havre and was sunk in the I Havre roads. Immediately on receipt of the official dispatch it was stated unofficially that the nation whose sub-| marine attacked the Silius will be held ■ I to account by this government. Secretary Lansing will not act until, he has comrlete details. This is thei first instance sinve the new German r.nued merchantmen decree went into effect that the lives of Americans 1-ve been imperiled. That the Silius was an unarmed vessel was generally taken for granted, since she was a neutral ship of commerce. This fact, itself, officials said, E may make the case more serious than any that has confronted this government since the war began. No gov--8 emment has even hinted that non-com- | batants either neutral or beligerent I have not the right to travel on the ■high seas on board neutral vellels. I Washington. March 11. —(Special to ■Daily Democrat)—The American ship. formerly the Mexican steamer Mazatt lan, how owned by a San Franscico |.i'firm has been captured by a British ■I cruiser and taken to Port Stanley. ’ Fa klan d Island. J The Edna left San Francisco some Eyime ago with a domestic cargo, for the ftkrest coast of South America. ReturnSing she was loaded with nitrate, valu■able in munition manufacturing. She Hhailed from Barbados and Martineque Hand left a Chilean port w'th orders to ■coal at Talpal Chile. She never reachEed that port. U. B. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. I The following program has been arranged for the Christian Endeavor ■meeting at the United Brethren church ■ Sunday evening: F Topic—" Failures; Their Causes” i Instrumental Prelude. Song—“ Yield Not to Temptation." Prayer. 1 Scripture Lesson—Prov. 10:1-32. Lesson Talk—Mrs. John Hill. \ Instrumental Solo —Dolores BallinB ger - * “What is ‘Success’ and ‘Failure ■ Mrs. Lon Ball. “Scripture Light on ’Some Causes |of Failure’ ”-l. Timidity. Jesse ■ Schwartz; 2. Selfishness. Leia Hill: 13. Dishonesty, Artie Lenhart; 4 I Drunkenness, Frank Fisher. Vocal Duet—Miss Zelna Stevens, I Mr. Chester Imler. Code of Successful Workers— Mr. I Brentlinger Instrumental- Solo —Mrs. Earl A > I ers - "Some Failures I Know and Their I Causes” —Mr. C. Schafer. Mizpah. , Mrs. Chester Imler will be the lead I er for the services. KOENEMANN BABE DEAD. Wilbert, three days old, son of Mr I and Mrs. Carl Koenemann, of nea: I Friedheim, died this morning at om ■ o’clock. The funeral will be held Sun I day afternoon at two o’clock, sui I time, from the home. Rev. Koch o I the Lutheran church will official! I The family has one other son. Oscai

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ON THE DECLINE 1 - I Is the Death Rate from Tuberculosis — Ten-Year Drop Largely Due I TO THE ACTIVITIES — i Os Anti-Tuberculosis Societies—Statistical Details Given. | While the latest reports of the bu- , reau of the census shows that in 1914 I tuberculosis caused over 10:5 per cent ' of all deaths in the registration area ■ of the United States, the National As- | sociation for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis points-out in a statement just issued that the death rate from this disease is steadily decreasing. having declined from 200.7 per 100,000 population in 1904 to 146.8 ’■ln 1914. This would indicate, the as- ’. sociation claims, that the anti-tuber- ■ culosis movement, organized in the 1 last ten years, is having a marked effect on the mortality of tuberculosis, ’ especially since the death rate from ’ this disease seems to be declining more rapidly than the general death ’ rate from all causes. Commenting on this decrease in , the rate from tuberculosis, the bureau 1 of the census says: “As a result of ■ a more genera! understanding of the laws of health, the importance of . fresh air, etc., due in part, no doubt.. to the efforts of the various societies for the prevention of tuberculosis, ■ there has been a most marked and gratifying decrease during recent ■ years in the mortality from this , scourge of civilization. In only a dec- . ade—from 1910 to 1914 —the death rate from tuberculosis in all its forms : , fell from 200.7 to 146.8 per 1W.000,' , the decline being continuous from I 1 year to year. This is a drop of more than 25 per cent.” As an indication of the growth of the campaign against tuberculosis, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis ‘ I show that in 1905 when the campaign ' ‘ was definitely started, there were in ! 1 the United States only thirty-nine anti-tuberculosis associations, 115 sanitariums and hospitals, twenty special clinincs, no open air schools, and not more than 5,000 people actively interested in the prevention of this disease. At the close of the year 1915 there were 306 associations, 600 san- ‘ ‘ itoriums and hospitals, 450 dispensar-1 | ies, 800 open air schools and over 100,-j " ■ 000 people actively engaged in the ■ i prevention of tuberculosis. Besides 3 j this, the fundamental truths that tu-, p ' berculosls is a communicative, pre-: ; | ventable and curable disease have > been carried into almost every vil-, lage and hamlet and to millions of ’’ men, women and children in a great variety of ways. •. * MEN’S MEETING The Mens’ society of the Zion Reformed church meet at 2 p. m. At the r | church. Mr. M. Kirsch will present j “The History of the Local Church. Mr. Fred Fruchte will speak on 'The ; Immigrant Coming Through Ellis Is- ! land.” The men of the church are ' specially invited to this meeting. r. I HAD SUCCESSFUL SALE . I Harry Daniels the Pleasant Mills n auctioneer was at Portland yesterday n where he assisted in crying a big stock □f sale. It was one of the biggest in e. this part of the state for the season, ,r. (totaling about $9,000.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, March 11, 1916.

WED IN CHICAGO ! Ernest Reicheldeffer of GeI neva Meets Miss Doris Louise Acker There. RETURNS FROM WEST For Her Wedding—Couple Will Live in Geneva— Well Known People. Geneva. Indiana. March 11,—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Ernest Ray

I —" anvjvi ui / uiucoi I Reicheldeffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reicheldeffer, of fliis place, went to Decatur and securing a marriage license there, left for Chicago where he will meet his bride. Miss . Doris Louise Acker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Acker, formerly cf this place. Two months ago Miss Acker accompanied her father and the children to Denver, Colorado, where they joined her mother who spent several years in the west for her health, , Miss Acker assisted the family in get- ; ting settled there, before returning. In ■ Chicago the bridal couple will go to i the home of Mr. Reicheldeffer’s sister, i Mrs. Luella Mathieu, the wedding will probably take place, although the definite plans for the same are unknown here. They will return to Geneva Wednesday or Thursday of next week, where they will make their home. The groom is engaged in farm- 1 iug. After her graduation from the Geneva high school, Miss Acker kept house for her father and is accomplished in many ways. She is a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Acker of Decatur.

OOGS VERY BAD Injury to Live Stock by Dogs in County Last Year Was $1,578.57. THE DOG TAXES State Gets $40.67 from This County for Hydrophobia Fund. Sheep, chicken and other stock-kill-ing dogs cost Adams county $1,587.57 the past year, according to the report , filed with the county auditor by the trustees. This leaves a surplus of i $772.81 which Deputy Paul Baumgart- ! ner has distributed among the school townships ( and corporations, per capita, taking out the five per cent, or $40.67, paid into the state hydrophobia fund, for the cure of hydrophobia, i Kirkland and French townships lead in having the worst dogs, their damages being the highest. The total sum of $1,100.92 was paid by all trustees to persons having stock hurt by dogs, as follows, according to townships: Union, $67.32; Preble, sl4; Kirkland, $120; Washington, $76; St. Mary’s, $318; Blue Creek, $700; I French, 289.60; Wabash, $109.50; ! Jefferson, $99.50. I In cases where the receipts were higher than the expenditures the bal- ; ance was turned into the county I treasury. In cases where the damages were more than the receipts, the ' losses were made up by the sum turn ' ed into the treasury by the others i Those whose losses were made up by ! others above their receipts, are: j Kirkland, $314.50; St. Mary’s, $78.15; I French, $66; totals, $467.65. The amount turned into the treasury by i each trustee above damage was: I Union, $81.68; R00t,'560.45; Preble, I $162; Washington, $227; Blue Creek, ‘ $163; Monroe (no damages), $254; Hartford (no damages), $117; Wabash, $158.50; Jefferson, $57.50. Root, ; Monroe and Hartford had no dam- | ages, The amount distributed to each s school township or corporation from - the total balance, $772.81: c Union $ 43.00 l Root 41.34 ( i Preble 40.90 (Continued on Page 4)

| MADE MILLIONS LAUGH. I Clown Well jjinown to Decatur Audiences, Dies a Suicide. New York. March 11—Frank Oak- ’ ley, who as "Slivers," a circus clown, made millions of people laugh throughout the country, was found dead a suicide, from asphyxiating gas in a theatrical boarding house here early today. “Slivers,” who was forty-five years old, came by his nickname through his height and slenderness. His cleverness as a contortionist earned him a circus job at the age of fourteen and for years he traveled with Barnum’s circus. Later he appeared in vaudeville. He was born in Sweden. "Slivers” was well known to Decatur audiences. o

MR. WALKER IS THANKFUL. I yant to’thank the people of Adams county for the courteous treatment shown me during my campaign i and for the support given me in the primary election. JOSEPH W. WALKER. HOOSIER’WOMEN Are too Busy to Weep— They Are Stirring the Men to Activity. « , TAKING BIG PART In Behalf of Centennial Observation — What They Are Doing. A familiar classis has it that “Men

uttsf work end women must weep.” Not in Indiana in 1916. The Hoosior women are too busy to weep—they ire stirring tne men to activity. When the history of the centennial is written a very large place must be given to the patriotic women of the state who are now so active in behalf of the right kind of a centennial observance. Peerless among them all for her devotion, her vision, her enthusiasm and self-sacrificing and tirelsess efforts, is Miss Charity Dye. With her keen insight as to the significance and possibilities of the centennial year, she is a prophetess, and not without honor in her own state. With a zeal that is holy she is preaching the gos pel of civic loyalty and patriotism all over Indiana. No other person in the state has made such a contribution to the centennial movement — none has done so much to interpret it to our citizens in its noblest terms. Miss Dye is ably supported by scores of loyal, efficient women. Such

<Uonttuued ou Paso 4.) speciaFWch J For First Time in History of Organization Specialization Sought. MEETINGS IN SESSION At Indianapolis — “Little Conference” is First Special Department. i Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —For the first r time in the history of the National : Conference of Charities and CorrecJ tion, which meets in Indianapolis May 3 10 to 17, the department of children f of “little conference,’’ so called because of the nature of the subject, ’ will be devoted entirely to the rela- ’ tion of the public school to' child wel- ’ fare programs and agencies. The topic discussed will include ’ everything from dietary supervision ' to juvenile courts, that is directly related to this phase of the child wel- - 1; fare problem. The conference is ii. 1 ; charge of Julia C. Lathrop, chief of the Federal Children’s Bureau, Washington, D. C. William Wirt, su4 perintendent of the Gary (Ind.) schools, will have a prominent place j on the “Little Conference” program.

FORM NJ EW UN 10N Fort Wayne Union Leaders Institute Bricklayers’ Union Here. FIFTEEN MEMBERS In New Local — Officers Elected and Committees Were Chosen. Organization of a local union of the International Union of Bricklayers,

Masons and Plasterers of America was completed yesterday afternoon, when fifteen charter members met with Deputy Harry Kindrey of Fort Wayne and instituted local number seven, with headquarters at Decatur. A committee from Fort Wayne, consisting of Deputy Harry Kindrey, I Bert Hawkins, L. Frederick, of Fort ■ Wayne; Lawrence Hawkins and Bert Hawkins of Van Wert and F. L. Lower of Melgrove were present to institute the new union. Local officers of the union were chosen as follows: Deputy, Frank Aurand; president, Lewis Hammond; , recording secretary, Earl Baumgart- 1 ner; financial secretary and treasurer,’ Hurst. The next business session of the local union will be held upon notice to the fifteen members, as soon as a committee finds a room in which the meetings may be held. This committee on ways and means is Lewis Hammond, George Chronister and Jesse Hurst. They will secure union headquarters and report to the proper officers, who will issue the call for ... . ...4 (Continued on Page 4.)

CREGGSARE SAFE Widow of Rev. Gregg and Son, Kenyon, Safe from Mexican Raiders. ARE IN NEW MEXICO They Were Friends of J. H. Dean, Who is Mentioned Among the Killed. A dispatch from Greencastle says: “Miss Naomi Gregg, a teacher in the Greencastle high school, has received a message from her mother, Mrs. Eva r K. Gregg, who is in Columbus, N. M.. . saying that she and her son, Kenyon,

Iwere safe from the Mexican raiders. The Greggs were friends of J. H. Dean, who is named among’ the kill- | ed. The Greggs lived next door to the Deans in Columbus. Young Gregg is in poor health." The Gregg family mentioned above are the widow and children of the Rev. Gregg, former pastor of the De catur Methodist church. He was also a brother of Hiram Gregg, son-in-law of J. D. Hale, of this city. Mrs. Gregg is a sister of C. M. Kenyon, former Decatur newspaper man. SHE WAS SHOCKED. (United Press Service) Crawfordsville, Ind., Mar. 11 —(Spec ial to Daily Democrat) —Expecting to see the dead face of a young lady friend, Miss Helen Elston Smith of this city was greatly shocked in New York City recently when the casket was opened to find the body of a dead French army officer. Miss Smith had been informed of the death of a dear friend in Europe some time ago and had gone to New York to be present, when the body arrived. It is presumed that a mistake had been made in the shipment of the bodies and that M®. Smith’s friend was buried in Europe and that the body of the ' Frenchman was sent to New York. o ALWAYS A DEMOCRAT I wish in this manner to sincerely ■ thank the many loyal Democrats, who supported me for Surveyor on the . Democratic ticket on March 7, 1916. I am for the nominees, Yours, “Al- ■ ways a Democrat” GROVER C. BAUMGARTNER.

REQUESTS SAME RIGHTS IN PURSUIT OF BANDITS HAY OF HOUSE COMMITTEE BELIEVES INVASION HAS BEGUN—MORMONS IN DANGER WERE SAVED

IT’S TRACTOR DAY Hundreds of Adams County Farmers Interested in New Labor Saver. ADAMS COUNTY LEADS Fifty Have Been Sold in County—Half the Farmers Have Inquired. The tractor has come to stay and within two years from now it is predicted that there will be 500 tractors in th s splendid and progressive county. This statement may surprise you but it won’t if' you once realize that already there have been sold in the county some fifty tractors of various makes and orders are being taken each week. Today was Tractor Day in Decatur and all day long hundreds of farmers interested themselves in the demon strations that were being made by the Avery Tractor company, Schaub <£ Schuey, local agents and the Interna tional Harvester Company, Schafc: Hardware company local agents. One of representatives sent here tc demonstrate made this statement.

“Adams county is considered th most progressive farming county ii the state of Indiana and in the tractor line as in all others they have proven this. We have a record of fifty frac tors sold in the county and inquiries have been made by half the farmers of the county. Only one county in the state. Rush, has more tractors and it is probable that within another year this county will exceed Rush for there seems to be a greater interest here. The tractor which will become popular here is the one known as the 8-16 size, a small tractor that will do about every thing on the farm and eliminate half the hordes. The average farmer when he thought of a tractor thought of one of the big “White elephant" used in the west and not the handy little tractor now being sold over this

territory, which weighs a little over half a ton and which has less weight on the ground to the square inch than the ordinary plow horse weighing 1300 1 pounds. This machine will do more' plowing than three two-horse teams, and it will also pull the mower anil 'jinder. load hay, chop the fodder and| do about all the real hard work on a ’ farm. It helps the farmer to get his | fields In condition quickly and the live ’ farmer will soon have one. There are several good makes and the effort being now is not so much to sell any particular one as it is to interest the farmer and to show him what a tractor will do. The tractor is here to stay and live, progressive Adams county will soon have a large number of them, in fact within a few years,, no farm will be complete without a tractor.” —f, SUNDAY PROGRAM. The Epworth League of the M. E. church will render a very interesting program at the services Sunday evening. The subject for discussion will be “Gods Worth and My Responsibility.” Following is the program: Song—League. Song—League. Prayer—Rev. Stephenson. Talk—Guy Brown. Piano Solo—Bereneta Reynolds. Talk—Laura Stanley. Solo—Mrs. C. E. Bell.

Price, Two Cents.

(United Press Service) Washington, D. C., Mar. 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —General Carranza today replied to the United States government that American soldiers will enter Mexico to pursue Villista badits with a request that Carranzista soldiers be allowed the privilege of crossing into American territory in pursuit of lawless bands. The note was received at the state department today through Consul Silliman. It was partly depleted. Secretary Lansing said this afternoon he had reached no decision regarding Carranza’s request. Carranza's note suggested his willingness that American troops should cross into Mexico in case the raids at Columbus “should unfortunately be repeated at any point on the border.” It did not definitely approve or disapprove the expedition ordered to hunt down Villa. A stand squarely approving all the administration has done along the Mexican border was taken today in unanimous action by the senate foreign relations committee. “The deplorable incident that has iust occurred bears some resemblance to the raids effected by Indianas from he reservations of the government of the United States into the states of Sonora and Chihuahua,” says the Carranza note. It asks that if at the time of these raids in 1884 and 1886 the precedent was established that armed forces from either country could freely cross into the territory of the other to hastise those bands. A question of 72 hours was the view the Mexican embassy took this afternoon of the Villa situation. “Villa’s campaigning now will be largely a matter of running,” it was said. The conference last night between Carranza, General Bertani and Colonel Slocum has resulted in plans that will stop the bandits. Safety for all the people along both sides of the border was assured, it was stated at the embassy, by co-operation of Bertani and Slocum. Mexican Ambassador Arrendondo was elated at the news he had received and believed Villa's end is near. BULLETIN. Washington. March 11, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Despite the fact that high army officers late this afternoon said they did not believe tho expedition into Mexico had started. Chairman Hay. of the house military committee, said after leaving a conference with Secretary of War Baker, "I believe our troops are now wc.l across the border on their way to run down Villa and his bandits." BULLETIN. Cdlumbus, New Mexico. March 11,— (Special to Daily Democrat) —Six Mexican prisoners released by the i'ltli. United States cavalry were found riddled with bullets a mile east of this town this afternoon. They had been released and told to leave the city. BULLETIN. (By H. D. Jacobs, U. P. Cor.) El Paso, Texas, March 11, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Villa’s plans to i massacre 500 American Morman colonists of Chihuahua at Guzman, Mexico, has been foiled by the Carranzlstas, Andres Garcia. Carranza consul here informed the United States today. The train on which the Mormons were fleeing toward the border was stopped by Carranza soldiers, who warned of Villa’s plans by General Gavira Carranza commander at Juarez. The whereabouts of the Mormon train is not known to Gtrcia, but he stated that all trains on the Mexican and Northwestern railroad were stopped pending the results of Villa’s movements. This order affected the (Contluuea on Rage 4.)