Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 72, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1916 — Page 1

Volume XIV. Number 72.

NO WORD FROM PERSHiNC TODAY Wireless Still Refuses the News of American Punitive Expedition. RUMOR OF BATTLE Mexican Authorities Say They Have Official Information of Fight. (United Press Service) El Paso, March 24,—(Special to the Daily Democrat p—Whether Panoho Villa is surrounded by American and Carranzlsta troops or had again made good his escape from a reported trap set for him north of Namiquipa was unknown here this afternoon. Though Carranza authorities at Jaurez still insisted tnat they had received authentic reports last night of the defeat of Villa at El Oso, United States Army officers here and at Columbu;, were without information. Some of them doubted that a battle had occured. Confirmation of report s : that General Pershing obtained permission to use the Mexican railway lines south of Casas Grandes wt»,s brought to El Paso today by Americans arriving from Casas Grandes. Pershing sent two troop trains to Agua Je. Chihuahua in an effort to cut eff Villa’s fltght southward. As the troop movement was made’ Sunday it is believed the troops have) 1 had sufficient time to reach a point south of Namiquipa. BULLETIN. San Antonio, Tex.. Mar. 24—(Spec- ; lai to Daily Democrat)—At General Tmston’s headquarters shortly before' noon it was said absolutely no v.otti of the report of rurround/ng Villa near Et Oso has been received from General Pershing. Washington, March 2,4 —(Special to i Daily Democrat) —General Luis Herrera hitherto reported as disloyal to Carranza and allied with Villa, is loyal to Carranza, is still military der at Chihuahua City and is not:, heading any revolt, acording to a , state department message from consul Letcher at Chihukhua City today. Coming direct from the scenes of , Huerrera’s reported defection and sign ed by the United States consul, administration officials were Inclined to . take the denial at its face value, des-1 pite the many reports to the contrary from the border. War department officials frankly admitted they had, up to this time,.feared the original report concerning Herrera was true. El Paso, Texas, March 24,— (Special j to Daily Democrat) —With official information from General Pershing s expeditionary forces lacking, reports from Mexican sources indicated today that Villa is surrounded and may; be engaged by the American troops, before nightfall. Major Sample, commandant at Columbus, stated he had absolutely no information of any engagement tween Pershing’s troops and \ ilia. The army wireless is now in good working order, Sample said, but early today he had received no information of Villa closely surrounded by American and Carranzista troops. Carranza consul Garcia at <• gin *1 s morning said he had received no «o’ I from the front, although he had expected fighting with Villa to beg l ", at | daybreak. Port Bliss, authorities said th U had received no word from Peishng to indicate that a battle with Villa was at hand or that Villa was surrounded FORGED LAST LINK. (TTnitea tw-ss Y rvic o2 (SnccNew York. N. Y„ Mar. 24- -(SPee ial to Daily Democrat)— District A torney Swann announced this afternoon he had forged the last link in the evidence which he claims wi hold Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, for the deaths of his millionaire fat if r in-law and mother-in-law. sistei am Mrs. John E. Peck, of Grand Rapids. Through his secretary, Swann sail he had found a place where Di. Mai'' had obtained a quantity of arsenic about two weeks ago. MADISON SUNDAY DINNERS. Any one wanting Sunday dlnneis at the Madison house should lot the management know not later than o'clock Saturday afternoon.

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CHAPIN TONIGHT. A two-reel special entitled "A Woman” will feature Charlie Chapin tonight at the Crystal theater in his lusi showing here. The special will show him at his best. Owing to his changing to another film corporation he will not be shown on the Crystal program henceforth and tonight is your last opportunity to see him. Another reel entitled ”The Hazards of Helen” will be shown. Tiie entire show costs but a nickel. See Chaplin for’the last time tonight. AGRICULTURIST HERE. H. A. Stevens of Oral, Ohio, who recently accepted a job as county agent of Clark county, Indiana, with headquarters at Jeffersonville, Ind., was here today visiting with A. J. Hutchins, going over the field that will be his new work. A. J. Hutchins was county agent of Clark county two years prior to coming here. PUWiIIR IFTS Gil —— Forty-five Hundred Pounds of Dynamite Injures Three Men AT GREENCASTLE, INI). Only Few Minutes Before a Hundred Men Were to Go to Work. Greencastle, March 24, — (Special to Daily Democrat) —Three foreign work-’ men were injured at the Ohio and Indiana quarry two miles southwest of here when 4,500 pounds cf dynamite let go at 6:55 o'clock this morning. The explosive was stored in the ground and was being warmed by steam pipes. The day force had not yet reported. The night force was in a shanty several hundred feet -listant. Jim Mike, a Russian, suffered a broken leg. The others received lesser injuries. Plate glass here were shattered and the shock was felt for a radius of fifty miles. One hundred men are regularly employed, and their escape was considered fortunate. The quarry and mill were wrecked. The dynamite was contained in eighty boxes. The steam pipe used in thawing cue processes are supposed to have become too hot. Charles Wright' a workman, saw smoke issueing from j the storage place and his warni igi gave men near the spot an opportun-1 ity to run for safety before the ex-' plosion occurred. Indianapolis, March 24, —(Special ‘o Daily Democrat)—The explosion of 4,500 pounds of dynamite at Greencastle caused a noticable tremor of the earth which was felt in Indianapolis forty-one miles distant. SPELLING MATCH Monmouth Teachers Train Their Grades for Big Spelling Match AGAINST TOWNSHIP Two Contests and a Freei for-all for the Public Will be Held. Challenging the seventh and eighth grades of the entire township, the students of the seventh and eighth grade of the Monmouth school w:il have a spelling match in the Monmouth school house on the evening of Thursday, March 30. Two centests will be had between tlle two grades. AH Root township is preparing to fight to a finish, and the Monmouth school will find worthy opponents. The county spelling bock will be used. The teachers of the Monmouth scholars. Guy Brown and Miss Helen Fenner are giving much time to training their respective grades. Hollowing the double event a free J for all spelling match will be held . for any who wish to attend. Prizes > will be awarded the winners. Ad- ’ mission of ten ’cents will be charged.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, March 24, 1916.

THE PSICE SOARS Small Boy Derives Greater Source of Profit From Paper Famine. OLD WASTE RAGS And Papers Are in Great Demand—Save Them and Help Country. When that mysterious “high sign” known to boydom had been given and its message had spread like wild (ire among the kidlet population, with a rapidity that defies explanation, a rapidity that is so foreign to many phases of boylife—that the price of rags and paper had gone up on the | local Wall street of junkdom—the i best impetus to the saving of old rags ' and paper was given. But the commerce department of j the United States has, nevertheless,: I issued a bulletin further urging the , I saving of waste paper and rags, bej cause of the scarcity of materials for paper manufacture, hence the imminence of a paper famine. A bulletin has been received by Postmaster J. I W. Bosse, urging the saving of cot-1 ton and woolen rags, old papers, in-1 eluding magazines, news, wrappingi and card board. The following rules , on how to save waste will also be of I interest: 1. Keep waste materials clean and dry. 2. Separate rags from old papers. 1 3. Separate cotton and woolen ■ rags. •1. Separate rags from other pa- ■ pers. 5. Tie in bundles for convenience in handling or put in hags. 6. Call in the nearest dealer in junk and rags. ] Prices on the local market have < soared higli in the past,' few days, much to the delight of tile small boy whose yin monqy has in ratio to ■ the rags and paper he sold. In ar. 1 interview this morning, Mr. Barney 1 Kalver stated that the price he pays I for old paper has risen from twenty- ( five to forty cents a hundred pounds. . and old rags from a half a cent to a ' eent a pound, in the past few weeks. o POISON SCARE Monroe Wrothy Because Someone is Poisoning AH the Dogs. ! REWARDS OFFERED And When Found the Poisoner Need Not Buy a Return Ticket. Some bright young, enterprising Nick Carter or Sherlock Holmes can make fifty dollars, and perhaps a hundred, real easy, if he will catch the fellow who delights in poisoning all the pups owned by the citizens of Monroe. z This morning when John Everhart got up he found his hundred dollar bird dog suffering from poisoning and had to shoot the valuable animal. Gther citizens are looking for the poisoner, too, ns they have felt the heavy loss of a valuable dog. The poisoning is going on all over the small city to the south and the populace is wrothy. The town marshal must give much of his time to the cremation of the dead dogs. WHAT THEY WANT. (United Press Service) Minneapolis, Ind.. Mar. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Physicians who don’t wear those nasty little mustaches, who don’t drink and who get ' $1,642 a year, are most eligible for husbands for Minnesota university coeds. This is the result deducted ’ from 210 answers to a “first aid to ; Cupid” questionaire conducted by the 1 University Daily. 1 DAUGHTER IS BORN. Mr. and Mrs. William Rupert of 3 Rural Route No. 2, Monroe, are the 1 proud parents of a fine baby girl, born 3 Thursday. This is the third child, but !- only girl. She has been named Ruby Alberta.

SECOND SPELLING MATCH. The second spelling matt h between the business men of Decatur and a select team from the high school pupils will bo held on Friday evening, March 31. at the Central school building. A general admission charge of ten cents will be made, the proceeds from which are to Im applied on the schools’ stereopticon fund. This contest bids fair to be more exciting and interesting than the first contest held February 25. Both | teams are drilling to [the utmost and are going in to win. The high school pupils have, to their credit the honoi of defeating Bluffton In a three-cor-nered spelling contest on the evening of March 17, and are taking a somewhat boastful attitude, as a result, regarding the outcome of the second contest with the business men. It will be a battle royal, and one that you cannot afford to miss, if you are at all inclined to grow enthusiastic over a first-class spelling bee. Tickets are on sale at the various business houses and by the pupils of the high school. Remember th' 1 time. Friday, March 31, at 7:30 o’clock. Be a good I fellow, buy a ticket, ami come to the spelling bee—a a strenuous, but good : natured contest. thTcourlnews Cecii Miller, Applicant for Divorce, Filed Petition for Allowance. , I CASES ARE SET For Trial — Three Cases From Allen County Will be Heard. The case of James Karr vs. John D. Rauch, venued here from Allen county,- has been reset for April 24. Cecil Miller, who is suing William Miller for divorce and alimony, has filed application for an allowance for herself and attorney. Edward F. Borling vs. Henry Bremerkamp. Defendant ruled to answer absolute in five days. The case of Alva A. Miller vs. Geo. M. Mong et al., venued here from iAllen county, is reset for April 27. j Another Allen county case, that of The International Business College vs. Henry A. Wiese, is set for May 1. — In the partition case of William O. Miller et al. vs. C. Raymond Miller, appraisement has been filed. Real estate transfers: Berne Lumber Company to Albert Beer, lot IS, Monroe, $920; F. M. Schirmeyer, trustee, to Decatur Democrat Company, lot 2, Decatur, S7OO. a— , , ... WILL NOT MOBILIZE. (United press Service) Washington, March 24, — (Special to Daily Democrat) —There will be no mobilization of the national guard on the Mexican border at the present time. In the light of recent reports from American consuls in Mexico and from army officials in charge of tl>° punitive expedition. President Wilson and his cabinet today decided there is no need at present either for a call for volunteers or for the use of the militia. Tho question of, calling out the militia for patrol dutyjwas gone into in detail. ALLIES REPLY i finond Press Service) Washington, March 24.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Tho Joint reply cf the Allies to the state department’s proposal that merchantmen be disarmed, was received today. It is understood from high authority that the proposition was not accepted, the Allies replying that the situation and conditions of naval warfare did not warrant them .in consenting to subject their vessels to the risk of disarmanment. FOR IMMIGRATION. (United Press Service) : Washington, D. Mar. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The house by a vote of 282 to 74 this afternoor determined on immediate considera tion of the Burnett immigration bill The vote indicated the whit 1 was vetoed by Presidents Taft an( Wilson because of the illiteracy test it proposes, will pass overwhelming f lyn i Miss Dessie Buckey of Rockforc t Ohio, left on the l;05 train on th y G. R. & I. for Geneva to visit wit the Guy Adams family. I

WOMAN’S MARK 11 r - n 1- :• In Business is .lust as Great j o as That of a Man Decidi ed the Judges i. t IN THE DEBATE 1 ,i i Os Evangelical Ladies at the Home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Avery. 1 “Resolved, That a Woman is as SucJ cessful in the Business World as a , Man” The judges hearing a debate ■ on the question last evening at the • Fred Avery home, when the December ’ section of the Evangelical Ladies' Aid i gave a sock social, decided that she I is, after hearing the affirmative side ’ discussed by Mrs. C. E. Hocker and Mrs. Joel Reynolds, and the negative side by L. L. Baumgartner and Ed i Macy. Judges were Mrs. Peter Wini ans, Mrs. Frank McConnell and Frank | Butler. There were one hundred and ' two present and the social was a sue- : cessful one in all ways. A program , given, also included a prayer, the sing-' ' ing of “Count Your Many Blessing :", rcadftigs by Mrs. Harvo Butler and I Mrs. A. I). Artman, both of whom ■ were called back for another: and ’ music by the male quartet, mixed qu.ir- ' tet. In a contest for the guessing of I the doll, no one guessed that it's name ! was “Kenosha” hence the babe was auctioned off and James Gatshall was i the one who bid the highest. TODAY’S ODDEST STORY. lUnltei! Press Service) Boston, Mar. 21 (Special to Daily Democrat) —Dr. Samuel A. Eliot, member of the United States board I of Indian commissioners, declared to- ■ ' day that Minnehaha has turned mili liner aud iliat the Indian women and girls of the southwestern reservations ' are rapidly acquiring the art of hat-; 1 making. Also they have turned the ; gaudy hues that delighted “he heart of the ol(> warrior and now prefer modest shadings. Dr. Eliot i just home from a trip through the west. the sick James Johnson Who Had i Hips Fractured, is Not Resting Well. OSCAR BROTHERS ILL ■ Mrs. Elmer Smith Doing Weil—Mrs. John A. , Mumma is 111. 1 1 Word from the bedside of Jim John 5 . I I son, who fell from a load of corn sod-1 a der a week or so ago and mashed I i both hip bones, is that he was not so j s well last evening. His advanced age 1 makes his recovery all the more “ questionable. , Oscar Brothers, 70, of Bobo, who has been ill for some time, is slightly better. Mrs. Hobbs of Bobo, who is suffering from the after-effects of the grip, f is quite ill. being bedfast. s Mrs. John A. Mumma cf Union i- township, who has been very ill cf •- the grip and complications, passed a >- very bad night and this morning is s not so well. i- ' . , Mrs. Elmer Smith who was operated I upon two weeks ago at the. home of ( Mrs. Smith’s sister, was able to he taken to her home on Gloss street. Mrs. Peter Gaffer of North Tenth street, who suffered a severe attack > of neuralgia of the heart Wednesday e night, is still bedfast, but is much n better. 1 Miss Qelia Gaffer has been bedfas *’ this week, suffering from the grip, h _ _ o id ATTENTION, SPELLERS! ts — g _ All the men who are intending t< take part in the students and bus! r.ess men's spelling match should b d, at the elimination contest tonight a he the Graham & Walters offices th Bring your books. JOHN T. MYERS, Captain.

f GOES TO MANHATTAN, KAS. L Don Burk, who has been a student at Columbia university. New York City, .arrived yesterday afternoon on i : the 3:22 G. R. H I. train and stopped j off here over night with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Burk. He left ' tills morning at 7 o’clock over the G. R. & I. for Indianapolis and from | there will go to Manhattan, Kas., where he will begin his work as in- ! structor in the state agriculural college. , ”COUNTY AGENTS MEET. Bluffton, Ind., Mar. 24—County Agent Harry Gray today received word that there will behold in Bluff-1 j ton next Tuesday, March 28, the secI ond annual conference of county . agents of northwestern Indiana, j County agents will be present from, Wells, Adams, Allen. Huntington, Grant, Delaware. Randolps and Henry I counties. HAVE A PROGRAM ■I — German Reformed Church Plans Program for Sunday Evening. WOMAN’S SOCIETY — ! In Charge and Collection Will be for Foreign Missionary Work. Sunday evening, 7:15, at Zion Reformed church. This service is arranged by the Woman’s Missionary I society for the annual ingathering of “thank offering boxes.” Every member holding one of these boxes will please remember to bring it to this , service. The special offering lifted 'at this service and that coming in through the "thank offering boxes" ; is designated for the science building |in Japan and the Ziemer memorffil building in China. The address for the evening will reveal to you the I needs of thesp institutions. | We hereby extend a cordial invita-. tion to every one. The program: Prelude—Mrs. Edger Gerber. Singing, “Gloria Patri”—Congrega- j i tion. Responsive Reading—W. M. S. Hymn. “Come Thou Almighty, King”—Congregation. Scripture Lesson —I Timothy 6. Prayer. Vocal Solo—Miss Della Sellemeyer. Address —Rev. L. W. Stolte. j Exercise, “Under the Search Light" Y. W. M. S. Hymn, “General Praise”—Congre- ( gation. Exercise, “God's Way of Working” —W. M. S. Leaflet, “My Thanksgiving Box”— i Mrs. L. W. Stolte. Vocal Duet. “Cast Thy Bread"—> Marie Gehrig. Leo Kirsch. Offertory—Mrs. Charles Brodbeck. Consecration of Offering by singing, "We Give Thee But Thine Own.” i Mizpah Benediction. WAS ILL LONG — Mrs. J. H. Fuelling of Root Township Died at Eleven O’clock Today. WAS ILL TWO YEARS Os Pernicious Anemia — Well Known Lady of the County. Mrs. J. Henry Fuelling, wife of a I prominent farmer of Root township, f died this morning at 11 o’clock at e her home near the Fuelling church after a two years’ illness of pernicious h anemia. I_ The deceased was past middle age y and was one of the well known ladies h of the Fuelling Lutheran parish. The husband anil the following children are living: Emma, wife of st Herman Melcher, of Root township; Martin. Edwin, Henry, Marie and Theodore. Mrs. Fuelling was formerly Miss t 0 Minnie Fruchtenicht. She was born ,j. in Allen county, June 13, 1862, and )e was fifty-three years old at death. at She leaves a brother, Fred Fruchtelg nicht, of Allen county; five sisters: Sophia Kohler, Mrs. William Prange, (Continued on Page 4.)

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TAGGART IS BUSY Indiana’s New Senator Has Three Stenographers Answering Messages. FROM EVERYWHERE L — Republicans and Democrats Send Letters and Telegrams Expressing Joy. (By Willis S. Thompson.) Fernch Lick, Ind., March 24, —Senator Thomas Taggart is spending one ' of the busiest weeks of his remarkably 'busy life before leaving for his new : duties at Washington. He is giving his personal attention to answering : tiie thousands of letters and telegrams 1 which have been coming from his friends not only in Indiana but from I all over the country. He has three stenographers keeping up with his iictation of personal letters and he will not finish the work before Saturday, ' when he will leave for Washington, going first to Indianapolis. I Messages of congratulations and good 1 wishes are not confined to his democratic friends by any means. Distinguished newspaper men .editors an I correspondents from all over the country have wired and written. One republican senator wires “if we must have a democratic senator from Indiana may you always be that democrat. “From over the political garden wall allow a republican to congratulate Indiana upon the fact that her most distinguished and deserving citizen has been recognized,’ wired another republican from New York City. All over the country there are former hoosiers and there were hundreds of telegrams from these. Republicans from all parts of Indiana urge Senator Taggart to seek the nomination for the full short term and guarantee him support. Delegates to the democratic state convention insist that he must ! accept the nomination and guarantee him their support. In three instances solid county delegates have wired and 1 declared they will not consent to vote for another man for the nomination, and that his name on the ticket will > mean thousands of votes. From one northern county in Ind--1 iana a bunch of enthusiastic republican admirers write “if your name is on the democratic ticket the republicans of this county will join the demo- ' crats and make the county unanimous i for Tom Taggart for short term sena- ' tor and as long after as you will take it, no matter whom the republicans name to oppose you. We are tired f the vile work of character assassins who have been assailing one of the ! most substantial and constructive men i the state of Indiana has ever had, and : we are anxious to administer the rebuke direct on this creature they digi nify by the name of newspaper. Give I us the chance.’ Democratic National Chairman W. M. CcCombs wired from Washington I when lie beard of the appointment of Senator Taggart and said he was coming to French Lick to offer congratulations personally. He is here and is one of the best pleased men in the country. Others from Baltimore, Philadelphia. Pittsburg’ and New York have wired to ask when he will take his seat and express the wish to be there to greet him in person. ‘lf thlj expression of good will from ones home folk and those in other states goes with the election of men to the United States senate what more pleasant thing could one experience in a life of service? To me the approbation of my friends have always been much valued, but any man could , not but feel gratified with this kindly t expression from so many people us ( soon as the press reports carried Ihe news. I am trying to answer each writer personally and shall do so as nearly as my time will allow.” Senator Taggart will not announce his decision whether he will seek the nomination until after he has been f sworn in. It is known generally that . ' while he fully appreciates the honor, ( i ■ it involves much personal sacrifice in ja business way. But his friends are s I going to make it difficult for him to n decline. (I There is no doubt that the republii. can organization and those who seek >- the nomination on their ticket dislike : the idea of Thomas Taggart being a », candidate on the democratic ticket. (Continued on P r .,Te 4.)