Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1916 — Page 1

Volume XIV. Number 66.

VILLA REACHES mod™ camp Francisco Villa With Three Hundred Fighters (Jets to the Mountains. PERSHING PURSUES — Troopsand Munitions Being ; v Concentrated for Long, Hard Campaign. - (United Press Service) | El Paso. Tex. Mar. 17- (Special to , ■ Daily Democrat) -Pancho Villa arrived today with lightly equipped cavalry at the mountains in the San Buena Ventura district. He had made good fa,’ use of his six-day start. The Amerij cun expedition hunting the band must go after him into his favorite a.* haunt: in the mountainous western Chihuahua. F ' Brigadier General Pershing's main | expedition was laboring through K?' northwestern Chihuahua today. There has been no fighting yet and none of Villa’s men have been sighted by the American airmen, who are circling in wide areas over the region. News of the steady progress of the expedition was relayed here to General Funston ■g? today over the government’s private ■ wire. Pershing's heavily equipped army n. is moving southward at about twelve, to fifteen miles a day while Villa's' force can retreat forty miles a day if' necessary. Villa is breaking his force up into small groups and is sending many of his followers to their homes. One report said he had retained about 300 nn n for protection in mountain gueril>r. fighting. Absence of trails will render the American mountain artillery useless. th° cavalry and infantry must face on foot a foe who gives no quarter. It ts already costing the. United States government SSO a minut° to hunt Villa, or $72’000 a day. This estimate was made today by Major William Elliott quartermaster. Millions may be expended before the threat of Mexican banditry against the border states is completely wiped out . r ■ Additional troops reached Columbus throughout the day from interior posts. Ammunition, foodstuffs and trainloads of othei war supplies passed through El Paso, westbound. Washington, March 17 —(Special to

Daily Democrat» —The senate this afternoon adopted a resolution assuring ■ the Mexican people the puntitive expedition to capture Villa will not grow, into intervention and will not encroach in the slightest degre" upon the sovereignty of the defacto government. BULLETIN. El Paso, Texas, March 17. — (Special to Daily Democrat)—Mexicans burned | a bridge on the Mexican Northwestern , railway near San Pedro today, furtherdelaying the rescue of several hundred I American Mormon colonists in Chi- i huahua. San Antonia, Tex.. March 17,-(Spec-ial to Daily Democrat)—General Funston said today no casualties had been sustained thus far nor any fighting done by the American expedition in pursuit of Villa. F There was still apprehension at (ht headquarters over the final attitude of Mexican peens who are ignorant of the real nature of the expedition. E: Washington, March 17, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Poncho Villa has tkired the Mormon colony town of Cassas Grandes eighty miles south of Columbus and is heading southward according to state department tdvices today. I Washington, March 17. — (Special ,o Daily Democrat)—President Wilson at 10:30 today signed the joint resolution passed by the house and senate calling for recruiting of the army to full war strength. The order went into effect immediately. k Washington, March 17.— (Special io Daily Democrat)—President Wilson has received further assurances front ■General Carranza that the defacto government acquiesces in the American ■ expedition after Villa. It was learn.d today Carranza has given consul Silliman additional expressions of confidence and willingness to co-operate in the pursuit. Washington. March 17,-— (Special ipT (Continued on _ Page _ 45

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I MAN WHO CHASED VILLA ll® w ,■" i Maj. Frank Tompkins of the Thirteenth United States Vavalry, is the man who had the first brush with Villa at the raid on Columbus, New Mex., and who with a small force of cavalry.men followed the Mexican bandits across the border, killing over 100 Mexicans. Major Tompkins was stationed with the border patrol at Columbus at the time of the raid

HOLO INSTITUTE Woman's Christian Temperance Union to Hold County Meet Here FIRST OF THE WEEK Begins Monday Afternoon and Continues Through Tuesday Evening. The annual institute of the Adams County Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held in the Methodist church, this city, next Monday and Tuesday, March. 20-21. The institute will open Monday afternoon at two o’clock and continue through Tuesday evening. On Monday evening a silver medal contest will be held. The program follow’s: Monday—2:oo p. m. Devotional—Mrs. D. T. Stephenson. Address of Welcome —Mrs. John

Niblick, president. Response—Miss Martha Speicher. Organization of Institute. Piano Duet—Mrs. Clark Sphar, Miss Vera Hower. Report of Secretary and Treasurer. “Temperance Literature" — Mrs. Knipe, Geneva. Reports of department superintendents. Song—Ladies’ Quartet. Adjournment. Monday—7:3o p. m. Devotionals —Mrs. J. H. Rilling. Silver Medal Contest, beginning at 7:45, for which the program is: Musical Prelude—Christian Church Orchestra. Onward, Christian Soldiers—Congregation. Prayer and Scripture —Mrs. Rilling. Selection—Male Quartet. Reading No. 1. Reding No. 2. Reading No. 3. Selection—Male Quartet. Reading No. 4. Reading No. 5. Reading No. 6. Selection—Male Quartet. Offertory, "in the Twilight” (prayer)— Harger. , • Presentation of Medal. Doxology. Benediction—Rev. Harman. Tuesday—9:oo a. m. Devotionals —Mrs. Borton. Election of Officers. Solo—Mrs. Arthur Ford. The Influence of "Lifters and Lean-i ers ”_Mrs. Ray, Berne. The National Convention of 1916 Miss Martha Speicher. Vocal Duet—Mrs. Runyon and Mrs. C. E. Bell. Adjournment. Tuesday—2;oo p. m. Devotionals —Mrs. Rogers. First Report of Committee on Membership and Subscription Lists. Piano Duet—Mrs. Jesse Dailey and Mrs. Haubold. “The Legislative Council of Indiana Women”—Miss Martha Speicher. Organ Solo—Miss Rose Lehman. (Continued on Page 4)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening,

SEE WHITS WHO The Decatur High School Spellers Will Meet the Bluffton Students. SPELLING CONTEST Will be on Tonight—Decatur Students Going in the Jitney Busses. This evening the supremacy of the Decatur and Bluffton high school students as spellers, will be decided >n a spelling contest to be held in the Methodist church at Bluffton. Twelve student spellers from here, together with four teachers, will gc. leaving here at six o’clock in two chartered jitney busses. The contest is in three divisions. The first will be a written contest in which fifty words will be given; the second, grades; and the third, the old fashioned "spelling down” oral contest. Superintendent Muri a Dunbar cf Hartford City, will pronounce the words. The Decatur spellers are: Sophia Droll, Roy Kalver. Ida Gunsett, Ramona Smith, Rachel Leavell, Alex Sutton, Bessie Davis, Ishmael Macy, Ze - na Stevens, Helen Walters, Chalmer Porter, Luella Bultemeier. Substitute Blanche Biggs. Teachers who will accompany them are Miss Cravens and Messrs, Penrose, Barnhart, and Worthman. A musical contest to have been he’d also at this time has been postponed until two weeks from today. The Decatur high school has agreed to join Fort Wayne high school athletic association and others In a big field meet to be held in April or May in Fort Wayne. Bluffton, Huntington, Fort Wayne and others will participate. The boys are busy getting ready now for the meet.

HAO LEG HURT Isaac Zimmerman Had Leg Hurt in Ft. Wayne Explosion Yesterday. IS NOT SERIOUS Open Doors is Said to Have Saved the Lives of Twelve Workmen. Isaac Zimmerman, a former Decatur resident, now working in Fort Wayne and living with his mother, Mrs. Malinda Fronfield, 617 Holman avenue, was injured in an explosion at the Western Gas Construction Company’s plant yesterday afternoon. Zimmerman was injured about the legs, but is not serious. He was working in the dye house when benzol fumes ignited tearing the iron building to pieces. Open doors, is said to have saved the lives of the twelve men working in the building. None of the men knew how the explosion occurred and all had narrow escapes. One of the officials of the company said last night that the property damage would not be more than five hundred dollars on that portion of the building destroyed. /They have decided to remove the fusing pot from the dye house, thus removing the danger of fires and explosions. WEARIN’ THE GREEN tUnfted Press Service) Washington, March 17, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —President Wilson is "■Rearing the green" today. He appeared with a sprig of real shamrock in the lapel of his coat and wearing a green necktie. The shamrock "was sent across the water by John Redmond. K. OF C. NOTICE. Monday, March 20, important meeting. Arrangements for initiation will be made. Also some other important business will be disposed of. G. K. o *• UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. Will those who have had the most experience "soldiering” be the first ones to enlist?

MAJOR GENERAL SCOTT w tr Ek /i b CZI Chief of staff of the United States army who is in charge of the plans for the pursuit of Villa.

WAS WILD CROWD Wild Enthusiasm and Big Crowds Feature Basket Ball Tourney. EXCELLENT WORK Liberty Center, Lebanon and Martinsville Came Over Winners. (United Press Service) Bloomington, March 17, — (Special to Daily Democrat) —Lebanon. Martinsville and Liberty Center fives were winners today in the first day of the state high school basket ball tourney here. They won from Bloomington, Washington township and Elkhart res-

pectively. Wild enthusiasm and record breaking crowds featured the contest. Bloomington led in the first half but the Lebanon five got together in the second session. Martinsville was far too fast for the big Washington boys. Captain Stahr of Elkhart was the star of the day but his individual work could not save tne game from th a speedy Liberty Center lads. Lebanon, 25; Bloomington, 15. Martinsivlle, 53; Washington township, 22. Liberty Center, 28; Elkhart 25. Bloomington, Ind., March 17, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Eighty hope- [ ful basket ball tossers destined to start: games for the sixteen championship I high school teams of Indiana here to-1 day will be cut to twenty and their ■ subs before night, all but four will be 1 eliminated before bedtime. The four winning teams will be cut to two tomorrow morning in the semifinals and the finals will be played tomorrow afternoon. The teams that will play today are: Crawfordsville, Lebanon, Martinsville. Bloomington, Kokomo, Cicero, Elkhart Liberty Center, Vincennes, Washington, LaFayette, Clinton, Hopewell, Sey- ’ mour, Brookville, and Valparaiso. Dopsters admitted that it would be 1 a hopeless proposition to try to pick 1 a winner out of the bunch. Craw-’ fordsville, Labanon, Bloomington, and Valparaiso look good, but so do the other twelve. Bloomington presented a much altered appearance today over the same day last year when there were no preliminary sectional contests. System predominated today and confusion was at a minimum. o— ARCHIE AMOS SENTENCED. (United Press Service) Bluffton, Ind., Mar. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Archie Amos, 21, son of a Fort Wayne patrolman, who ordered goods from mail order houses to the tune of about $4,400, and paid for them with forged checks, pleaded guilty in the Wells circuit court today and was sentenced to from one :c five years in the state reformatory. BULLETIN. Indianapolis, Ind.. Mar. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —William H. Hays announced late th:.; uf'ernoon j that he would accept the chairmanship of the republican state committee, and would not run for United States senator.

March 17, 1916.

TO STATE FARM • William Benard, Bell Hop at Randall Hotel, Given Ninety Days AT THE PENAL FARM Pleaded Guilty to Stealing Watch That Belonged to Late P. A. Randall. William Benard, employed at the ' Randall hotel as a bell hop, was Thursday fined S2O and costs and ordered imprisoned in the state farm for nineity day's. He pleaded guilty to stealing [the watch that had belonged to the . late P. A. Randall. Bernard, who is a native of Decatur. I came here about a year ago and seI cured employment at the hotel. When Mr. Randall’s death occurred suddenly some time ago his watch and gold spectacles were given to W. A. Black, manager of the hotel, who placed them in a cash drawer. From this drawer Benard took the watch and hid it in his room until Sergeant Immel ran him down and discovered the timepiece. Mr. Randall carried the watch for many years and Mrs. Randall valued it for the reason that it is to be given to their son as a keepsake.-— Fort Wayne News. n SPRING AT BERNSTEIN'S. Their Annual Spring Opening Sale to Begin Saturday, March 18. ‘‘Official spring will be here in a few days, but the Bernstein store has anticipated its coming and will be ready to give spring and their patrons a warm greeting a few days before. On Saturday March 18, their annual spring opening which continues until April 1, will begin. The fine spring and summer stock has been placed and an extra force of clerks will be ready to wait on the large crowd that is anticipated.

WAS NINETY FOUR Wm. Laisure, Former Monroe Township Resident, Died Last Night. WAS 94 YEARS OLD Death Occurred at County Infirmary—Well Know n Aged Man. William Laisure a pioneer of this county, died last night at ten o’clock at the county informary at the age of ninety-four years. Nine years ago last November, Mr .and Mrs. Laisure who were residents of Monroe ship, came to the county infirmary to make their home. The wife died seven or eight years ago. Mr. Leisure’s death was due to old , age. He gradually declined until a > week ago today, he became bedfast i Mr. Laisure has two sons, James and : Samuel Laisure living southwest o' < Monroe, and also several children liv- < ing in Fort Wayne Dunkirk and other ,’ places at a distance. The body was brought to the Scher- 1 er morgue in this city for preparation for burial. The funeral will be Sunday morning ‘ at 10:30 o’clock from the Friend’s 1 church south of Monroe. —o I “WORK” See -the hilarious two reel photoplay. at the Crystal tonight featuring Charlie Chaplin in the title role. “Work” is the name of the film and if you can conceive of any funnier situation for Charlie to be in, you. have the makings of a photoplay author. If you can’t suggest something better, then you’ll want to see the play. Charlie, since his advent into the millionaire class, still remains one of the com-' mon people' in filmland at least. Other films will be shown tonight to make up the biggest nickel’s worth you've bought at a picture show for many days. GET TWO REO CARS. The Bucher Motor Sales Company went to Lansing, Mich, to get two Reo Cars. One of these are sold to William Parent and the other will be used in demonstration.

MAJOR GENERAL FUNSTON ' ■EL \ Wg / In commam of the United States troops on the border of Mexico. Centers of Lace Industry. The principal lace manufacturing centers of the world are Nottingham, England, and Calais, France. About sight tho isand lace machines are in operation in Nottingham and the surrounding district and about the same number in France. While Nottingham produces cheaper and medium grades of laces, France produces mostly the higher grades. Finer point machines are used, in France than in Nottingbam IT WILL BE CUTE That New Spring Suit— Just Like a Barrel Will

it be. MARGARET MASON Gives the Latest on Milady’s U p-to-the-Hale-Second Styes. (Written for the United Press by Margaret Mason). “Where are you going my pretty maid?” “Down to the cooperage, Sir,” she said, “To get designs for my new spring suit; Just like a barrel it will be cute.” New York, N. Y., Mar. 17 —With the new barrel skirts and the short coats, coopers and carpenters seem more qualified to turn out the new spring toilettes than tailors and dressmakers. An electrician might need to be called in on some of the jobs to do the wiring on some of those high hip effects. Even thejflumber might not be amiss when it conies to the piping that promises to be so popular a tritning on ruffle edges and as a finish around necks ■ and sleeves. The barrel skirt is sure 1 to be an all-around winner. Any bru-1 tai husband who refuses to let his wife wear one is in for a barrel of trouble, j As may be judged from its name, the contour of the new skirt bears a mark- : ed resemblance to that common wood- 1 en receptacle used for encasing flour - and apples. How fitting that this : model should be chosen to encase the flower of womanhood and the apple i of Mr. Everyman’s eye. Os course we i often hear also of the pork barrel, but why go further into the matter? Il requires just seven yards of taffeta to fashion one of these new skirts, i They are set onto a rather high waist-1 line and immediately begin to barrel out over the hips. Further similitude to the genuine article is obtained by three bands of contrasting colored ribbon trisecting the skirt for all the world like regular barrel hoops. Could anything be more aesthetic? Now the - real secret of the successful barrel ( skirt isn't so much the outer shell as the inner. In fact, on the barrel petticoat rests the success of the bar-■ rel skirt. This petti is built of the heaviest, stiffest taffeta stitched and 1 corded and tucked to give it a proper conisistency; and 'round the hips and down to the knees is a series of tiny, stiff ruffles that is guaranteed to hold anything at bay. It’s quite the same proposition as when we used to ruffle the fronts of our corset covers and camisoles to obtain a voluptuous frontage. It’s the same ruffling, only times have changes and also the place. Os course the new barrel skirts are very short, though we are promised that they are coming down a bit ere ■ long. They are invariably worn with , a tight-fitting bodice, thpreby accenr tuating the rotundity of their outline. , As an article of wearing apparel we iContlnut-a on Page 4. <

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LINER TAB ANTIA WAS TORPEDOED First and Fourth Officers Say Tubantia Was Torpedoed and Sunk. SAW THE TORPEDO In Its Rush for the Ship— Was at Anchor and All Lights Burning. (United Press Service) Washington, March 17,—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Investigation of the sinking of the liner. Tuhantia with Americans aboard and the reported attack upon the liner Patria have been ordered by the state department, acting secretary Polk announced today. London, March IT, —(Special to t.ie Daily Democrat) —One of the Tubantia's boats, carrying fifteen persons, is missing, and it is feared has been lost the Evening Standard declared this , afternoon. | Amsterdam, March 17, —(Special tc Daily Democrat) —Affidavits made by the first and fourth officers of the Dutch liner Tubantia declared that the 1 steamer was torpedoed according to of- [ ficial announcement of the admiralty, i telegraphed here today. i The officers were examined at tho Hague. They swore, the dispatch asserted, that they clearly saw the wake of a torpedo just before the Tubantia was struck. The Tubantia’s commander, who was quoted as saying he believed the ship i might have been torpedoed was to*be examined later. | London, March 17, —(Special to tho Daily Democrat) —A number of bombs have heen discovered under the Bulgarian Royal Palace at Sofia according to wireless dispatches received today. A special dispatch from Roni-' today asseted that a military revolt is imminent in Bulgaria. The populace is growing restless the dispatch stated. BULLETIN. London, March 17,—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —The Dutch liner Tubantia was at anchor, fully lighted and could not have struck a mine. Lord Robert Cecil British minister of blockade, told newspaper men this afternoon. His information, lie said, came from official sources. BULLETIN. Constantinople, March 17, — (Special to Daily Democrat) —British troops which attempted to relieve Kut-el-Am-ara were defeated by the Turks in a battle one week ago and forced to begin a general retreat, the war office announced today. —n—■ TO ATTEND FUNERAL. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Myers and Mrs. Henry Kiting left this afternoon at 2:30 for Fort Wayne to attend the funeral of the former's grandson, Irvin twenty-two months' old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Hake. The funeral will be tomorrow morning at nine o'clock at St. Peter’s Catholic church and burial will be at Hesse Cassel. Death resulted from pneumonia. Lenus Meyer will go tomorrow to attend the funeral. ALEX HOYER SICK. Alex Hoyer, of south Winchester street, suffered a nervous breakdown the early part of the week and his? condition is serious. His nerves gave way completely and he is able to talk only a few words at a time. He is not able to leave Ifr, bed. 1 • a . 1 SOCIETY NOTICE. 1— The Aluminum club organized by , Henry Knapp & Son has certainly 1 created interest among the houser wives of our city. Those who have I been lucky enough to get a membership are more than pleased with the I high grade ware. —Adv. B | ATTEND COUSIN’S FUNERAL. B | I I Mrs. Ed Ulman and Mrs. Fred s Steigmeyer left yesterday afternoon y on the 3:22 train on the G. R. & I. ■. for Avilla to attend the funeral of a e cousin, Leo Bender, nineteen. I o NOTICE. SPELLERS! e I 1 ! Those who are planning to spell in l ' the high school-business men's con- '■ test are requested to meet at the Gra--0 ham & Walters office at 7:30 this evening. for practice.