Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1916 — Page 1

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CARRANZA TROOPS FIRE ON THE AMERICANS GOING THROUGH PARRAL ONE HUNDRED FORTY AMERICAN TROOPS SUBJECTED TO AMBUSH FIRE OF CARRANZISTAS AT PARRAL today. ;

BULLETIN. (United Tress Service) San Antonio, Tex., April 13— Special to Daily Democrat) — Carranza soldiers and citizens in Parral tired on American troops when the latter marched through the city. Consul Letcher reported to Major General Funston today, quoting advices from General Gutierrez, the dafacto commander at Parral. There were no casualties according to the advices. Genera! Gutierrez adopted a complaining attitude in his advices to Letcher. Carranza had r.o idea the Americans were so far south, he declared, and was surprised at the inarching powers of the men. Mexican dispatches were interpreted to mean the Carranzistas did not in ?ud to permit the Americans to progress so far into Mexico. ■ me hundred and forty soldiers, believed to be part of Major Tompkin’s command, comprise . the force that pumed through Parral, Letcher reported. The Americans kept on marching. paying little attention to the firing. Funston flatly denounced the Car-' ranzistas as failing to co-operate with the Americans. He pointed out that they have twice allowed Villa to slip through their I lines. It was considered evident at headquarters that Gutierrez held the Americans responsible for the shooting. Letcher's dispatch did not make clear whether the American troops returned the fire. He reported that the force numbered about Y>ne hundred and forty men and stated that they paid little attention to the shooting. The same dispatch, howI ever, mentioned an "exchange of ' shots.” Following receipt of the advices Funston stated the American 'f troops will continue the Villa hunt until ordered by the war department : - to return or until the object is accomplished in Villa's death of capture. BULLETIN. Washington, D. C., April 13 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —In a twentyfive minute conference with Secretary Lansing this afternoon Mexican Ambassador Arrendondo presented General Carranza's suggestions for the withdrawal of American troops from Mexico. After the conference Arren-' dondo was reticent. BULLETIN. Washington, D. C„ April 13—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The adminis-: tratlon today faced two big questions —Mexico and the submarine issue—at the most critical stages since either became an issue. The next move in each case may bring on a real crisis. BULLETIN. San Antonia, Tex, April 13 (Special to Daily Democrat)— Prepared for any eventuality the American forces will continue their hunt for Villa until orders to discontinue the chase arej received from the war department or Villa is killed or captured. This was the statement of ’Major Bi* General Funston today. Funston denied the American advanced forces i were in danger in case their supplies E should be cut off. He intimated he ■ has full confidence in the ability of I the Americans to _tat<e care of themse. res. Funston has not yet received any I official information of the request for | withdrawal of the expedition. Washington, April 13 —(Special to | Daily Democrat)—Carranza’s note is K in the hands of the Mexican embassy

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| here. It is in no sense an ultimatum or a demand, is was said at the embassy. It was characterized rather as a "request” for negotiations looking to the withdrawal of troops. Long correspondence is believed inevitable and in the meantime the chase of Villa will be conducted with utmost, energy. Columbus, New Mexico, April 13 — ((Special to Daily Democrat) —(censored) A high military official at the base camp here today expressed the belief that it was inadvisable for he American troops to withdraw from Mexico at present but that if Carranza's request was not granted, a break between the two governments is inevitable. Many officials were of the opinion that Carranza’s wishes would be respected and the troops withdrawn. All declare that the taking up cf stragegic positions by the Carranza troops, commanding the American supply lines was significant. The officers believe the defaeto troops were sent to their places for moral effect to support the request, (deleter by censor). Washington, April 13—(Special to Daily Democrat) —General Carranza has prepared a demand for withdrawi al of American troops in Mexico. The state department had not yet received this demand at noon today and no comment was made. In advance of the actual receipt of the demand and before the administration’s policy has been formulated a high administration official hinted broadly to the United Press that it <s doubtful whether this government will meet such a demand. "The first chief of the constitutional army charged with the executive power of the nation considers it is already time to treat with the United States government for the withdrawal of their forces from our territory.” says the communication from Carranza’s secretary of state to Secretary Lansing, according to the unofficial text received today. The administration was suddenly brought face to face with what may prove the most serious situation that has grown out of the pursuit cf Villa. Declaring the crossing of the Mexican border never has been formally agreed to by the Caranza government, the note enroute makes this declaration, perhaps the most important of its contents. “The Mexican government judges it convenient to suspend for the pres- ! ent all discussion of negotiations in j this particular,”- 4 - “disoccupation” < f Mexico is asked on the grounds that ■ Villa’s band has been dispersed and I Carranza’s forces are able to complete ■ the task of extirminatlon. — IS STATE PRESIDENT B. C. Henricks President Os I. C. P. Association. B. C. Henricks, the chiropractor, attended a meeting of the Indiana Chiropractors’ Protective Associativa in Et. Wayne Tuesday evening, he being the president of the association. A rous- | ing meeting was held and arrangements were made for a state convention to be held in Fort Wayne in July. EXAMINATIONS SATURDAY Tfie second diploma examination ! for county school diplomas will be held next Saturday under the direction of the various township trustees. At this time students who failed to pass the first examination will be given an opportunity to try it again. THIRD RANK WORK. > The third rank degree will be given s at the K of P. home tonight. All r members will please be present.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, April 13, 1916.

FOR CDPPETTES National Conference of Charities and Correction Will Discuss Need FOR WOMEN POLICE May Take Up Matter With Police Departments of Cities of Indiana. Indianapolis, April 13,—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Whether to have coppettes or not is the question in many Indiana cities which can be answered with first hand information on and after May 10-12, which is the date of convention of the International Association of Policewomen. The policewomen will meet in connection with the National Conference of Charities and Correstion which will be in session from May 10-17. The association is headed by Alice Stebbins Wells cf Los Angeles who wears the blue and swings the night stick. Many cities employ policewomen on the theory that there is a field for tl.em in preventive police work among their own sex. Just how the policewomen has found a place for herself will be learned at the convention here ENTIRE CLASS PASSED. Clyde Hendricks, teacher of tile eighth grade in the Monroe schools is very proud indeed of ills pupils, as indeed he has the right to be for each was successful in the March county diploma examination. The grades made were from 78 to 93.8 and it is doubtful if another school in the coun ty can show so good a record. Theri were nine pupils in the class and a: stated each was successful in the examination. The class included Mao Johnson, Florence Andrews, Fee Halberstadt, Leo Miller, Don Essex, Carl , Martz, Horn.au Kirkendall, Chester Watkins, and Gerald Hendricks. Mr. Hendricks deserves credit for his splendid work with the class. THE VWIONAI These Subjects Will be Discussed at Teachers’ Meet in Fort Wayne ON NEXT SATURDAY Adams County Teachers of These Subjects Will Go —School Notes, Adams county teachers who have vocational subjects among those they teach, such as manual training, agriculture. domestic science and domestic arts, will join those of other counties of northeast Indiana, in the educational meeting in the high school assembly room in Fort Wayne, next Saturday, April 15. The Decatur teachers who have these subjects are among those who will go, and they will be allowed their salary for the same* instead of attending the regular institute here. The counties of Allen. DeKalb, Huntington, Lagrange, Wells. Noble, Steuben, Whitley and Adams are'in the group which will be represented. Speakers are: Agriculture, Z. N. Smith, state agent; domestic science, Adelaide Steele Baylor, assistant state superintendent; industrial art, J J. Ritter, head of the manual training department. Fort Wayne high school. The eighth grade students are selling ten cent tickets for a stereoptieo i display of the subject of “Palestine; the Bible Land” for Friday night at the high school. The pictures are sent out by the sterecpticon company and with them a description. Twenty eighth grade students will give the description of the pictures, in turn. The proceeds go to the stereopticon fund. A meeting of teachers of the eighth district is scheduled for Saturday, April 22, at Muncie. CIVIC IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY The Woman’s Civic Improvement society will meet at the library Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.

+ * + * + >!• A- <• v * + 4- + SHALL WE CELEBRATE? ♦ + ♦ * Citizens of Adams County, Ind.: 4Presuming that there has ❖ been enough said about our sen- + + tennial it seems expedient to as- * + certain quickly by a public meet- + + ing whether Adams county will + ♦ observe Indiana's centennial in 4 •> statehood, as many of the coun4> ties of this great state arc do- ♦ + ing. Therefore ail the citizens + who are interested in properly + + observing the one hundredth <• + birthyear of this state, are re- + + quested to meet at the court + + house in Decatur’at 8:00 p. m. + + Thursday, April 20, 1916. for the ♦ + purpose of considering and de- v ■fr ciding if we may whether we + shall have a county celebration + + and of what It may consist, and + •& how and when. ♦ All (justness men, clubs, organ- + izations and farmers from every 4part of the county are requested + 4- to attend and participate in this + b meeting. <• F Very respectfully, + fr E. S. CHRISTEN, * 9 Chairman Appointed by State 4> ■F Commission. 4 ++++++++ «F + + + -F + the court news Three Divorce Cases Dismissed—Barger Breach of Promise Case SET FOR MAY 16TH Several State Cases Dismissed—Several Are Set for Trial. Civil cases were set for trial as follows: Jesse D. Dailey, receiver vs. James E. Moser, et al, set for April 17; Hannah Paxton vs. Frank P. Adams, May 4; Marcellus E. Hui ton vs. Joel Ellenberger, et al, May 4: State on the Relation of Bessie B. Lichtenberger, vs. Cleo Jackson. May 18; Mabel Pence vs. Sophia Widdie, May 8; Edward Zimmerman et al vs. Helena Berling, May 11; John Favry vs. Chas. M. Sparling, et al May 15; Cox MultiMailing Company vs. Journal Gazette, May 15; Emma Muselman vs. Roy Carter, administrator, June 15. First National Bank of Fort Wayne vs. Julius Haugk. Peterson & Moran appear lor defendant. Rule to answer. —» White Sewing Machine Company vs. The Schaub Dowling Company, Peterson & Moran appear for the defendant Rule to answer. In the case of the Blue Creek ditch Special Judge L. C. DeVoss finds against the petition for construction of specifications, to which the petition excepts. Andrew J. Blowers vs. Isaac N. Teel ers, administrator of the Telphenas Glancy estate. Erwin appears fop the defendant and the claim hearing is set for May 22. Carrie Driver vs. Fort Wayne ANorthern Traction Company. Peterson & Moran appear for the defendant. R. C. Parrish appears for Nade Haley, who is sued for divorce by Doilie Haley. Night Riders' Friends Sales Companly vs. Schafer Hardware Company. Motion by the defendant to require the plaintiff to provide a cost bond. Frank Schirmeyer, trustee vs. E. G Coverdale. Appearance by Peterson &. Moran for Coverdale. Rule to answer. The petition of Jesse Carpenter for a guardian for Susan Carpenter, has been ordered left off the docket. In the case of William Palli vs. H. D. Osterman? judgment on the verdiet of the jury awarding Palli SSO was rendered against Osterman, who is also to pay the costs. Ira J. David vs. Charles Funk. Defendant ruled to answer absolute in five days. Cora Buris vs. Jocoh J. Runkel, et. al.. Petition to make Grover C. Runkel a defendant was sustained and summons was ordered issued returnable April 27. Joseph Wolf, administrator of the estate of Washington Simon Wolfe, (Continued on Page 4.) |

INTO THE DITCH Ford Car Goes Into Ditch. Spilling Driver and Passenger. BOTH WERE HURT ■Jacob Goidblock, a Horse Buyer, is at Murray Hotel Badly Injured. Jacob Goidblock, of Cincinnati, a horse buyer famed over the Central states, was seriously injured in an automobile accident three miles east of Decatur, yesterday at fouF o'clock, when the Ford in which lie was being brought to Decatur from Celina, 0., turned over. The driver of the car, Ferd Kreigel, of Celina, had his knee badly lacerated and was shaken up considerably by the jolt, being unconscious for fifteen minutes. Goldbloek lias no bones broken but is bruised all over. He is at the Murray hotel in the care of friends. Witnesses of the accident say the car swerved unsteadily and took io the ditch where it toppled over. They rushed to the scene of the accident, finding Kriegel unconscious, and Goldblock attempting to crawl out of the wreckage. Goidblock recently came out of a hospital from a six weeks stay for a broken hip. Kreigei just left the hospital last Thursday after a long siege of brain fever. Kriegel speaking of the accident last night said that he was running along at eighteen miles an hour when the machine struck a rut. This broke the bolts on the steering gear leaving the machine free to climb anything in sight. That’s all Kriegel remembers. Luther Hower, machinist at the Kalver Noble garage, who investigated the machine thoroughly when it was brought in said this morning that the gear was all right and that some other cause for the ‘accident existed. The machine is the property of ‘he (Continued on Page 5.) MR. LEITER DEAD Former Decatur Miller Died Wednesday Morning at Columbia City. WAS ILL LONG Os Liver Trouble—Funpral Services Will be Held Thursday. The Columbia City CommercialMail says of the death of J. C. Leiter. former miller for A. Van Camp, this city, former member of the Decatur I. O. O. F„ late residing at Columbia City: “John Clyde Leiter, who came to this city about four years ago to accept a position as head miller in the R. Tuttle & Co. mill, but soon resigned to accept a position as traveling salesman for the American Machine company, having the northern part of this state and adjoining territory to look , after, until taken sick last May with enlargment of the liver, as well as a complication of ailments, died at Ills home. 311 West Market street. Wednesday forenoon at ,10:30 o’clock. “During the past year the deceased was not able to perform any work and during that time was for a time at the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne, and the Mayo hospital at Rochester, Minn., where he took treatment, but was not much benefited at either place. Since the 9th of last September he? was confined to his bed but he was conscious up until almost the last moment. He fully real-, ized his condition and declared he wa sprepared for the future. “John Clyde Leiter was born at Rochester, Indiana, March 14. 1871, he being a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Leiter, the father surviving, and the mother having died about eight years ago. He was given the common school education and was a Christian man. studying for the ministry and being ordained as a Methodist pastor, though he never had the appointment as a minister. “On January 21, twenty-five years ago he was united in marriage to Miss } Etta Taylor, at Rochester, his bereft

I wife. To this union three children were born, two surviving, Miss Mildred, at home, and Donald Leiter, of Mishawaka. Other surviving relatives are Fred, Misses Della and May , Leiter, cf Rochester, and Charles and Will Leiter, of California, also Mrs. John Greenstreet, of Lewisville, Ind., they being brothers and sisters. The deceased was forty-five years and twenty-eight days old. “Short funeral services will be conducted at the home Thursday forenoon at 10 o’clock by Rev. J. T. Bean, of the Methodist church. The remains will then be taken overland to Rochester by Undertaker Huff and left at the home of the father. The funeral will occur there Friday or Saturday, owing to the arrival of relatives. “It was the intention of several of the physicians of the city to hold an I autopsy to determine the exact na-' lure of the baffling illness that caused the death of Mr. Leiter, although none’ had been held at press time.” FAREWELLS SAID To Rev. I). T. Stephenson and Family—Reception Given Last Evening. AT THE M. E. CHURCH — Largely .Attended —Gift is Given as Slight Measure of Appreciation. I Not only the members of the congregation, but citizens in general were i numbered among the several hundred , who thronged the parlors of the Meth-, odist churclulast evening to pay th- r 1 respects to the pastor, the Rev. D. T.| Stephenson and family, and to wisli 1 them well in their new home to which they go, Muncie, where the Rev. Stephenson has been asigned to the pastor-' ate of High Street Methodist Episce i pal church. The farewell reception followed the regular prayer meeting which was an unusually largely attended one. Theie was a very impressive service and through the prayers, ran the motive of farewell ,the appreciation of ,th<work of the pastor and his wife here. | and their commendation to their new , home, with the wish that they have i even higher and greater measure of, success in their new field. Not only the members of the Con--gregation, but others took part in the , expression, showing the universal love , and esteem in which the family is!. held. | ] There was no set program of enter . tainment during the reception but aillj mingling informally, had the oppor | tunity of meeting the pastor and hi:; t family and cf “visiting” with them in I the real sense of the word. Durin::[ j the evening, C. L. Walters, in behalf jt of the congregation and other friends, 11 called the pastor’s family together and I' gave an expression of the esteem and ' i of the appreciation of their work here, | and stated that they wished to evi-I > dence the same in a material though ; 1 slight way, by the presentation of a 1 gift. A cloth was raised simultane-1 * ously from a table on which lay a| 1 splendid collection of silver —knives ' 1 and forks and spoons and ladles of' ! i ( several varieties. Rev. and Mrs. . s Stephenson gave talks voicing th sir appreciation of the sai»e, but stating I. that they needed no material gift to f hold in their memory the pleasure of t their three years' life here and the 1 love that they bear the people. | } Rev. Stephenson spoke very highly ( of the new pastor, the Rev. F. E. , Thornburg, late of Auburn, and stated :. that he had never had a successor to', whom he consigned his charge wit hl so much confidence and esteem and love, as Rev. Thornburg. During the evening frappe and wafers were served from booth tables by Mrs. J. J. Helm, Misses Laura Stanley, Pearl Purdy, Goldie and Ruth Gay. WORD OF DEATH. I Gus Sellemeyer received word yes- i terday from Chicago of the death of | Phillip Rosenfelder, about sixty years i of age, a cousin of Mrs. Sellemeyer and of Mrs. Mathias Kirsch. No details of the cause of death or of his illness was given in the message. The. funeral services will be held Friday, and it is probable that either Mr. Sellemeyer or Mr. Kirsch will leave for! Chicago tonight to attend the funeral, j Mr. Rosenfelder was a hardware mer-; chant and has been in business in Chicago for many years. j

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AGAINSTMORGAN Was Finding of Special .Judge L. C. DeVoss Regarding His Petition FOR A RE-SURVEY And an Additional Allowance in the Blue Creek Ditch Case. The following is the finding and judgment of Special Judge L. C. DeVoss in the Blue Creek ditch ease or the George W. Gates et al case, on petition of Fred Morgan, contractor: “This is a proceeding by Fred Morgan, contractor, wherein he asks for an additional allowance, and a resurvey made in the matter of the construction of said drain. The court finds tliat the Adams cir--1 cuit court, of Adams county, Indiana, on petition of George W. Gates et al., appointed commissioners, together with an engineer to locate and view the proposed drain and ordered drawings, profile, plans and specifications to be made and filed, together with an estimate of the work to be done and l the probable cost of construction; that after all preliminary steps as i provided by statute had been taken, notice was duly given that on a day named bids would be received for tho construction of said drain. The petitioner herein was a bidder on such work and the contract for the construction thereof was awarded to | him and P. L. Macklin was, by the ■ court, appointed as superintendent of I such work and the commissioners [theretofore appointed were discharged. It appears from the evidence that Fred Morgan, the contractor, before , placing his bid on said work, by an engineer in his employ, had gone over ' the ground where said drain was to ibe constructed and from what infor- . mation the court could gather from tho evidence, had full knowledge of the lay of the land, and had as much knowledge of the formation of the 1 earth along the route of the proposed 1 drain, and of the work to be performed, as anyone could gather, without I actual demonstration. The evidence discloses the fact 1 that the estimate of the costs of con- ‘ struction of the proposed drain was far above the amount shown by petiI tioner’s bid he was willing to do such work for, according to the plans, specifications and profile theretofore approved and adopted by the court. It appears from the testimony of the petitioner himself, that he never saw the plans, profile or specifications for said work before placing his bid therefor, but depended solely upon the examination and statements of Mr. Gerard, an engineof in his employ; that his bid was prepared at the Murray hotel and submitted as a proposal for the construction of said work and was accepted and contract awarded on said bid. After tlie contract had been entered into by petitioner, bond given by him for the construction of the work according to the plans and specifications on file, it is shown by the evidence that the contractor started on the construction of said work and had reached station No. 315 when he or his foreman concluded there was some error in the original survey, and by some means not shown, the superintendent together with the employes of the petitioner herein, without any right or authority from the court, made a re-survey, and the bench marks were changed, and thereafter the contractor continued in the construction of, said drain in accordance with the unauthorized re-survey, and at the time of filing the petition here- | in had reached a point in said construction equal to about one-half of the proposed drain. The evidence shows some difference in the calculation of the yardage of dirt to be removed. Where the drain is located in the channel of the old ditch the yardage is less than ' shown on profile, and at other given 1 stations, as shown by the evidence [the yardage is more. The court canI not satisfy himself from the evidence i that when the drain is completed, there will be an excess of yardage to that shown on tabulated statement. There was some evidence tending to ■show tliat if petitioner was compelled to construct the drain according to his contract after the bench marks I had been changed, he would have to ' remove a greater amount of stone ■ and earth than he would, had tho •bench marks not been changed. It (Continued on Page 5)