Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1916 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

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REV, J. B, KIRACOFE COMING. Itev. ,1. It, Klracofe, who, until gnboiil eight months ago was a citizen of Decatur, but now In Bonebrake semlwy, Dayton, Ohio, a theologl•it school of tho United Brethren diurrh, and where he Is taking a special wino In preparation for the mlnlitry. will be In Decatur next Friday, Ho desire# to moot with tho offinals of the Ghrlstlnn Endeavor society of the V. 11, church al tho parsonage at 1 p. in. Friday evening, He •) has a proposition of Interest ho desires to place before them. At ";30 p. nt., same evening, ho will preach in the Dulled llrcthren church, An ’ Invitation Is cordially extended to the public to hear ono of our old Decatur hoys. Give him a good hearing and then encourage him In the work to whlrli God has called him, No offering will be taken. Wo are trying to hare him n main over Sunday and ■ occupy the pulpit, but, as yet no dollr nite arrangements are made to that d effect. PASTOR. MCM S e Three Bis Audiences Greet (I Pat Emmons at U. B. Church Yesterday. I RAINS INTERFERED "I jMorning Service Most Impressive of the Day-Is an Evangelist. 11 ■ ' Yesterday Mr. Pat Emmons, the ret» i termed gambler, of South Bend, Ind., ■■'spent the entire day with the United Brethren people. Mr. Emmons is be- ' Ing largely used by God, In lining op linen to Christian and reform work. ( The congregations were not so large as they would have been if it had not J rained, yet good congregations were in , attendance, , 1 The rooming service was the most ’ Impressive of the day. and a good coa- ’ gregation greeted the speaker. The speakers made a number of good hits revealing the native Irish wit. A. large number of persons' reconsecrated their lives In this service. t A good congregation was present at I the men's mass meeting at 2:30 P- ■■ thought not so many as expected, 8 whig to the rain. The house not be- ■■ lug quite filled. Mr. Eramonds gave ' a splendid talk, W to face, with men, 1 He spoke on some of the prevailing 'evils of the day, and of how men cculd help correct tho same. He spoke of _ w ,me of the social influence in some of ; ihe towns he bad hit. W®' l l )lil >' lns ~ ,ud the evils of dancing and of how „ tll ., churches could help bring about |. a changed social condition If they • would only be true to their calling. At tho evening service despite Hie Atonn, the house was crowded. Mr. '• Kntmons was at his best, and an eager Acceptive of people sat before him. It 1 w a great day i»"" lifl oI tlie J church. , , 1 Mr.Emmonalsawhole-hearted.de--6 vo ted spiritual man, and is being iargely used by hl. Master in the advance'■L t If righteousness and truth throughout the state. Sundays ’Lee all engaged uplothen’l*” ; J native make up, and coU l fl be | Bg M rlh along that lim'ri Wk, ROADSHOW MOTORING ; Dick Dueler i than one automobile 11 ”’, 11 sMBd , X Io send out two Iwr(tsto get them all*_ ; J* w A::"vlted to come. "TMrsd I.® wlcn M(1 Cllil ' J' Monmouth were Sunday >B dr ® , w. Frank homo on rs guests at the b-' West Monroe street.

BIIIIM ■ Bl Three Thousand More Soldiers Concentrated Near Border Io Invade. IF HELP IS NEEDED Question of Transporting Supplies Brings Acute Situation. (United I'tui Service) Coliinilnw, Nw Mexico, Mirth 27,— (Specl»i Io Dally Democrat)—Over three tlieirtand additional Vnitt’d States troops it the border wre paringtoenter Mcxicotoday. Military officials at IM l«e amp here Niter ated their belief that the. Vllllitu wild not be extlrmlnated without i long hard campaign. They said there ns no reason to believe list Villi w surrounded at present. Preparations bearing out their predictions were xeen in the arrival al huge quantitiea of supplies of al) klnls in the put twenty loir hours. Himdeeds of cavalry horses are arriving to replace the mounts already writ oat: In only twelve d’! l campaigning. Aviator Dargue left at sunrise In his aeroplane for fa® Grandes. San Antonio, Texas. March 27,~ iSiwrlal to Daily Democrati-Pwao Villa escaped Iran the trap set .'or him at NamiquiP* lh ™«lt ,lie Carranza troops, not through American forces, General Funston declared today. Funston heatedly denied the bildir escaped through an American detachment. Tin American lines already described by Funston M phWl ' s ' a:lt becoming i menace, It we IcirneJ . lay, Any one nt unity possible wcntualitlca wonld bring about disaster. The supply problem Is becoming acute. immediate permission to use the lines of the Mexican Central Railroad Is a vital issue Mlttoi DXtobfT' (SP«lai to Daily Democratl-Destructlon nl twos the eight aeroplanes used hetween Columbus and General PershIng's advance coll®:" JWf ’’ from some unexplained cause w aniiiiirced In the war del® 1 *' 11 ' ! " 1, meat this afternoon. Others n."l Mir pjrti. Only lw « in actua' coniintiom wice. Cortw, N. Met, (Special to Daily Democrat) -May driven of incoming »W» W® lo ' day reported encountering Mexican snipers along the CaUM Grandes-i ol umbut road. No Amerlc i DI Paso. Texas, March (Speclai to Daily Democratl-An ed report reached here today W V American soldiers had been w-ounded by peons sniping near that several Mexicans ha 1 been kt ' 1 .! by the return tiff ll soldiers. , vnd I The report was denied by ” C ®-P r ®’| blent Crockett of the Mexican Non* western railroad *l» ,wnl !|f U been in constant communication wit Caw Grandes ami point ß 1,11 '■ "Taggart sworn in. (Unlt "'n r r”w lr !l-l* f - Washington, D. 0,, Ma. ial to Daily girt mi today WO J" 111 “ ( | States senator from Indiana. ■ Inj tho lite Senator 81* wife and daughter. W “ ■ ’ part, sat in the vH lery with Mrs. Marshall, * 1 part, escorted by Senatoi taking the » vlc9, ' c , |( , Marshall gaVe 4 luncheon » new senator. Taggart vflS , the senate democratic cmt® ■ ulthough not utrictlr enW l '' present. taken’tohuntington. Tho body whose death occurred Fr W it tie home of her 8'“ ' s, ( Mrs. Richard Bischoff, in W >« ship, ns taka to Huntinglon day noon on the 12:40 traill- - services were bald tisr day. SPELLERS MEET TONIGHT. Members of tht I> MI|IC ” ®'”. spelling class are requested » promptly at J o’clock this r '' at the office of .Graham H for practice.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening,

J POLICE COURT II _ :g I Charles Hower and Charles n « Barrone Arrested and ie i Found Guilty. I' 4 > r ASSAULT AND BATTERY Dn Charles Straub Acquitted—- „ Saturday Night Bee Hive ’ Activities. d 0 Two casualties and one narrow, esr’ capo marked the activities of the 0 "Hee Hive" Saturday night. At d nine o’clock Night Policeman Reyb Holds was called to the place, just II opposite the Erie depot, in the building formerly occupied by the packing ! house, to quell a riot. He found the fight in progress. Charles Straub swore out an affidavit against Charles. Hower, charging him with assault and battery. I The hearing before ’Squire G. F. 1 Kintz found him guilty and a fine of three dollars and costs was assessed. The total, eleven dollars and eighty cents, will be settled by remaining in jail. Reynolds filed a similar affidavit against Charles Barrone and a ) like sentence was assessed by the court. Charles Straub, against whom an . affidavit was also filed, was acquitted because he was defending his home In the occurrence. iheWtlews J. ,i Wm. Palli Sues H. 1). Os1 ternian for Running p Into Him With Auto. ;e ’ n ‘CASE IS ON TRIAL » 111 «l. — il Here Today—Many Pro10 bate Court Matters Dis18 a. posed of Today. :d A jury and Judge Smith today' ;t heard the damage suit of William b Palli of Fort Wayne against If. D. '’ Osterman of Monroe, alleging that e ’ he, Palli, was thrown off his bicycle 6 and Injured when Osterman struck him with his automobile in Fort ® Wayne. ■I -,t Lavina Kern, administratrix.of the )f estate of her mother, the late Rachel ig a, Kern, was authorized to expend " S2O for the removal of the body of ls David Kern from the Salem cCmeiy tery to that of the Decatur cemetery where his wife was buried. ra r William Frazier was appointed in>r heritance tax commissioner in the n Charles Krueekeberg estate.

F. M. Schirmeyer was discharged s as administrator of the estate of So- a phia Patterson, on the approval of his final report. No inheritance ' tax I was found due. | In the surviving partnership of the lowa Oil Company, report of assignment of lease and also final report ] were approved and the surviving partner, Andrew J. Juday, was discharged from further liability. The final report of Johanna Marhenke, administratrix with the will annexed of the estate of Henry Marhenke, was approved and she was discharged. Thera was no inheritance tax. In the estate of Ottis O. Juday. Samuel H. Teeple, administrator, was authorized to assign certificate of stock to heirs. Distribution and the assignment and final reports were reported and approved and the administrator was discharged.— No inheritance tax. In the matter of Robinson & Company vs. Andrew Gottschalk administrator of the Jacob J. Runkel estate, a petition to make Grover Cleveland Runkel party defendant, was sustained and notice was ordered returnable April 16. Upon petition the drainage com missioner in the matter of the Joseph ■ L. Hook et al drain has his time *or ■ reporting extended to April 15. Rand. McNally & Company vs. Les ■ ter Baade et al. Demurrer overruled r and exceptions; motion by the plain- ! tiff to strike out parts of 2,3, 4, 5 and 6 paragraphs of answer, wds

overruled and exceptions taken by the plaintiff. Edward F. Berllng vs. Henry 11. Bremerkamp. Motion by defendant to require plaintiff to make first' paragraph more certain and specific. Tho State on the Relation of Rufus Glendcnnlng et al. vs. Peter Fox, trustee of Hartford township, et al. Separate demurrer by Peter Fox and by- township board. Lena Vogt vs. Lewis Vogt, divorce. The defendant did not show up and the prosecuting attorney was ruled to answer. Proof of publication of notice to non resident was filed. John F. Deßolt vs. Preston Pyle. Defendant ruled to answer absolute in five days. Real estate transfers: Addie Andrews, administratrix of the Caleb (Continued on Page 4.) hoTseWgone Also Mail Wagon—S. S. Alagley Surprised to Find Outfit Missing. WAS TIED TO BUGGY Lady Had Driven Away Without Noticing Outfit Hitched on Behind. S. S. Magley, rural mail carrier on route seven, was a much surprised man when, Saturday afternoon late, he went out to get his horse and mail wagon, which lye had tied in front of the postoffice, and found both gone. He had driven up sometime before, and finding no place else to tie the horse, hitched it to the back of a buggy standing there. Inquiry developed the fact that the mail wagon outfit had been seen going east and a small boy and bicycle were pressed into service in riding east In"the*hopes of finding tho missing rig. The boy was successful, for after riding east a mile he overtook a lady riding in her biiggy and complacently trotting along behind, obedient and faithful, although he had just completed a thirty-mile—more or less—stretch of mail delivering—was the S. S. Magley horse and' mail wagon. The lady had untied her own rig and getting in proceeded to drive to - her home without noticing the fact that the mail outfit had been tied to her buggy and when the boy notified her of the appendage to her • own buggy, it was the first that she 1 was aware of the fact. If she indeed, lat all noticed the following vehicle I and horse, it is probable that she supposed that some one was driving up very closely behind her and paid no further attention to rig. Her surprise am 1 , embarassment i were just as groat as that of the owner when he found his outfit gone. A blanket worn by the mail horse had

ijlilillvvv num mj mu ***“*“ •• 11 slipped off and was probably lost f along the way. y o ESTERS THE Lffl I I Fred R .Smith Begins His < Career in Office of Lawyer C. J. Lutz. RESIGNS HIS PLACE With Vance & Hite—E. B. Adams to Engage in Practice for Himself. < J Fred R. Smith has resigned his posi- , tion with the Vance & Hite clothing j store and this morning assumed a post- i tion in the law office of Clark J. Lutz, i He will serve as law clerk and will devote his spare moments to the study of Blackstone. He is a talented young rian and assisted by Mr. Lutz will no doubt rapidly gain a splendid knowledge of the law. Earl B. Adams' who has been with Mr. Lutz for fifteen years will engage in thq active practice of the law cn his own behalf, retaining his office in the rooms -occupied by Mr. Lutz over the First National Bank. Both young men have the qualities that make men succeed and have many good friends who hope for them the culmination i of all their hopes and desires.

March 27, 1916.

0, DUKE-RESIGNS As Chief Engineer of Interurban—Goes to Hoopeston, Ill.—Has Charge OF PLANT THERE Leaves April First—Fam ily Will- Remain Here Until School is Out. Curtis Duke, who for three years and ten days has been chief engineer for the Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway company, has resigned his position and April first will leave for Hoopeston, 111., where he has a similar position with the light and power plant there,. Mr. Duke s family will remain here until after school is out and then join him at Hoopeston for their future home. Mr. Duke has been very effi- I cient and the work under his charge has been running along very smooth‘■v - # During their residence here they have been prominent in lodge and church circles and otherwise, socially, and it is with much regret that their many friends see them go. Charles David, former night engineer. takes Mr. Duke’s place here and • Jack Conway takes David’s place as night engineer at the interurban. oiedinWyFrk Miss Helen Spencer, Sister of Late Wm. G. Spencer, Died Sunday. WELL KNOWN HERE Last of Thirteen Children — Former Deputy Pension Agent for Indiana. Will Spencer of this city received a telephone message this morning conveying the sad news of the death of his aunt, Miss Ellen J. Spencer a former resident here and well known by all the. older people of this vicinity. She was a sister of the late Willjam G. Spencer and was the last of a family of thirteen children. Her death occurred Sunday at the home of a ’ niece in NeW York City where she had . been visiting several months. She i left Indiana about a year ago going to > Syracuse and from there to New York. She was about seventy years old and ■ for a number of years was the Indiana - deputy pension agent with offices in i Indianapolis. The funeral party will I probably leave New York this evening

for Fort Wayne where the funeral will probably be held the arrangements not having been completed. Mr. and Mrs. Will Spencer will go to Fort Wayne tomorrow to meet the funeral party. Details of Miss Spencers illness have not been received. A few days ago a letter was received saying that she was suffering from severe pains in the head and the next information was the news of her death. TndTana’S birthplace. (Centennial Souvenir Edition.) The above is a title of a very interesting history of the early days of Indiana and Corydon, her first state <apital. recently published by William H. Roose, formerly of that town. It ontains elaborate accounts of early events and is illustrated with cuts of such historic landmarks as the first state house, constitutional elm, governor’s mansion and others. The book is a very interesting little volume to teachers, students and others interested in her centennial. The price is 50 cents and it will be sent postpaid upon receipt of tlie price by Wm. 11. Roose, publisher, 110 South Werten Parkway, Louisville, Ky. GOES TO BLUFFTON A. J. Hutchins, county agent of Ad ams county will go to Bluffton in tin morning to attend the district meeting g. nmwstT -..-ptirs which will 1" lit 1 !’ • there. At this time plans for eacl ; county’s work during the coming set’ ! son will be made and other matter j pertaining to the welfare of the farrr i ers of the various counties will I. talked over.

GLEE CLUB AT CLAYPOOL. | i Thirty members of the Indiana University glee club, ineuuding J. Dwight Peterson of this city, gave a concert in the Riley room at the Claypool hotel. Indianapolis, Saturday evening which according to the newspaper accounts was a most delightful event. Samuel Ralston attended the event not as governor but as a boy again and had a “rippin’ good time.”. After-the program a dance and reception was given for E. 0. Stiehm, the new director of athletics at the university. The glee club also had dates at Greencastle and Ahderson where they delighted large audiences. o— T. J. PENCE DEAD. (United Press Service) Washington, March 27, —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Thomas J. Pence, secretary of the democratic national committee died at 2:30 o’clock this morning at his home following a lingering illness due to complications. MULLiGfljr® Charles Mulligan, Eminent Sculptor, Died in ChiCagO/JJospital. ON SATURDAY NIGHT 111 Short Time —Designer of Adams County Soldiers’ Memorial. Charles J. Mulligan, the sculptor, who designed the Adams county soldiers’ monument, now standing on the court house square, this city, and who was known personally to scores of Adams county people, died Saturday night in St. Luke’s hospital, Chicago, after a brief illness. Mr. Mulligan recently sustained severe injuries in a fall and was subsequently attacked by jaundice, which caused his death. Concerning his demise the Chicago Herald said: L....... Str F r THE LATE CHAS. J. MULLIGAN “By his death Chicago will lose one of the most distinguished figures in American art circles. “Mr. Mulligan was born in Ireland in 1867. 'He studied in Paris and later came to Chicago and became a pupil of Lorado Taft. Ha soon became famous and his sculpture is to be seen in many parks in Chicago and other cities. “Mr. Mulligan was an instructor at the Art Institute.” Mr. Mulligan’s design for a memorial statue to be erected in. Fort Wayne to the memory of Anthony Wayne, had been accepted a week or so ago. When news of his death

U( 3 U. »• reached the members of the Wayne | . commission in Fort Wayne, Col. D. j . N. Foster of the commitssiop stated . that a meeting of the committee would be for Tuesday after- , noon at 3 o'clock at the relic room of the court house to determine what the next action of the commission B would be relative to proceeding with t the work. ' The suggestion has been made that. h since the plans prepared by the sculptor for the monument have been completed and accepted and remain only to be carried out, the contract should d- be turned over to his son, George 10 Mulligan, director of the art departing meat of the Chicago public schools. Id who, it Is said, is in every way quali•h tied to take charge of the work.. -a- A Chicago paper says: “Plans for rs a public funeral in the Art Institute -n- for Charles A Mulligan, the noted sculptor who died in St. Luke s hos- — (Continued otTPage ’■£)

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'GERMANY IW DECLARE WAR Kaiser May Declare War on United States if Relations Are Severed IS THREAT SPOKEN Wilson Wants Details and Will Wait for Them But Wants ’em Quickly. (United Press Service) BULLETIN. Washington, March 27, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Diplomatic relation with Germany probably will be broken off if the United States government finds a German submarine was responsible for the attack on the channel steamer Sussex, according to a high administration official today. (By Charles P. Stewart) London, March 27, —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Several Americans were seriously injured but no Americans lives were lost in the disaster to the channel steamer _ Sussex, the American ambassador announced this afternoon. Miss Calliope Fennell, of New York, who was reported missing, lias been located in Paris. The embassy has confirmed press reports that Professor J. M. Baldwin, Mrs. Baldwin and their daughter, Elizabeth are in a hotel near Boulogne. Washington, D. C., Mar. 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)—“President Wilson is waiting for the facts,” it it was said at the white house but he has urged all haste. Official reports indicate the Sussex was struck by a torpedo. The state department and white house hold the views that if a submarine was responsible there will be no need to inquire its nationality since neither Austrian or Turkish submarines have operated in the English channel. If a German submarine is found responsible no inquiry will be made of German. This would be unnecessary in view’ of the status of the GermanAmerican situation at present. In all circles the situation was regarded as extremely grave. The fact that no Americans lost their lives does not lessen the gravity. The president has information from I unquestioned sources that should this I Government sever relations with Germany the Kaiser might declare war on the United States. | Washington, March 27, —(Special to 'Daily Democrat) —A piece of bronze metal similar to that used in German torpedoes has been found in the wreckage of the channel packet Sussex, a French official informed the American consul at Boulogue the state department announced today. (By William Phillip Simms.) Hetdquarters of the French Army, around Verdun. March 27, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Thrice baffled in their efforts to enter Verdun, the Germans are /ow seemingly bent on the destruction of the city. Daily they hurl incindentary shells of large calibre onto purely busine-s and residential districts. In these sections I saw several large fires raging simultaneously. From the military view-point Vexdun is unscratched, otherwise the city ■ seems destined to become another ’ Reihms, Arras or Ypres, threatening r the destruction of its beautiful catbei dral, bishop’s palace and other build-

ings of note. About three hundred and fifty big shells fall upon Verdun daily. London. March 27.—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —At least one American, it now appears certain, was lost in the sinking‘of the channel liner Sussex by a submarine or mine Friday afternoon. After carefully checking over lists of survivors, the American embassy, | announced today that Mrs. (alliope 'Fennell, of New York, is missing. Twelve bodies of passengers and J members of the crew have been recovered. About seventy others are missing. Fleven persons were killed in the sinking of the British merchant liner - Minneapolis by a submarine in tha 1 Mediterranean last Wednesday. All 1 others aboard the liner were saved, - said official reports received today (Continued on Page I)