Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 174, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1916 — Page 1

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BRITONS GAINING •I ■ ■■ I 111 British Push Forward in Slow Advance, Crushing Teutons Back. HAND TO HAND WAR Pozieres Giving Way to British Posts—Hot Work Around Bazentin. (United Press Service) (By Ed L. Keen) London, July 24 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A laconic report from General Haig that British troops held a portion of Pozieres, coupled with (he admission in today's German official report that “some houses in that town were in British' hands,” led to the deduction here this afternoon that the British thrust, started with the first hours of Sunday, has so far been successful. From the German state- ‘ ment that the Teutons .are hurling heavy masses of men in violent es- . forts to dislodge from the points at which Haig reports an advance, it was learned. From the German version this afternoon it also appears that a desperate struggle is in progress south of the.dent made in the German line around Bazentin. The Teutonic statement claims a repulse of the British by Brandenburg Grenadiers in a hot counter attack and the dislodgment of a British detachment from Sapd Pits, southwest of Guillemont, where the allies are striving to pus hthrough to Combles. London, July 24—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Premier Asquith in commons today moved for a vote credit of 450,000,000 pounds, the largest sum which the government has asked since the beginning of the war. This measure will bring the total asked since the beginning of the war to about 14,160,000,000 pounds. London. July 24—(Special to Daily Democrat) —“The possibilities of battle are good—British generals are more than satisfied —I am confident victory is assured,” declared Minister of War Lloyd George in the house of commons this evening. Berlin, July 24—(Special to Daily Democrat)—“Our torpedo boats returned from a point close to the mouth of the Thames undamaged after a short engagement" said an official statement issued here today. Washington, July 24—( Special to Daily Democrat)-'The blacklist difficulty will be adjusted,” Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia declared today after a talk with the president. “I believe Great Britian will witli- « draw either the whole or the major part of this blacklist order,” he said. Smith has been a leader of the opposition in this country to England’s blockade policy, most of which opposition has been unsuccessful. mr ' “That policy is so foolish that I think even Great Britian will appredate it", said Smith. To other callers President Wilson admitted the black list difficulties had “got on his nerves." He indicated that the method of handling it had not been determined. Baltimore, Md., July 24 —(Special to Daily Denibcrat)—The wireless instruments of the German sub-sea freighter Deutschland was sealed today by federal officers under the neutrality laws. Pipes were run from the nearby liner Neckar to the submarine and a supply of fresh water was pumped aboard the beutschlaml. The tug Timmins stood by with a full head of steam. Washington, July 24-(Special to Daily Democrat) —The state department will immediately acknowledge to Ambassador Page at London receipt of the reply from Great Britian to our note of protest on British seizure of mails, and will inform him that it is not considered a response to the American note. The request for an early reply on the principles involved will be repeated. This was the official declaration at the state department today. The British reply, received yesterday, will be given out for publication some time today* London, July 24-(Spccial to Daily Democrat)— Six German destroyed, attempting either a raid or a reconE- -sance on the British coast, were put to flight by a British sea force in

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a running fight oft Shouwen bank Saturday night and early Sunday, an admiralty statement announced today. The German ships, it was said, were "repeatedly hit.” One British vessel was struck once, but the total British casualties were two wounded. The German destroyers succeeded in reaching a base on the Belgian coast. London. July 25—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Amid a blast of artillery fire hurled from big guns, British forces have advanced still further in their thrust around Pozieres, General Haig reported today. The fighting i 4 s continuing with the advantage with the British. o LAST MOOSE DANCE The last of the series of Moose dances will be held Thursday night commencing at eight-thirty o’clock. Plenty of electric fans will be going so come. The dances will be resumed when cooler weather becomes a reality and not a dream of the future. ,9 Congregation of St. Mary’s Church Cheerfully Give Toward Fund for SUFFERING POLAND Sum of $250.43 Was Collected Sunday—Bishop Alerding’s Request. Answering the prayer or plea of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Herman J. Alerding of Fort Wayne, for the congregation to render a little help toward relieving the misery and, suffering among lite poor of Poland, a special collection was taken in the St. Mary’s Catholic church in this city Sunday. So willingly did the congregation respond that the grand total of $250.43 was cheerfully given toward the relief fund. This money will be sent to Bishop Alerding, who will then, together with the other collections of the variouns churches in the Fort Wayne diocese, forward it to the needy of Poland. The money collected here was taken in the two masses, and will do doubt be among the largest sums donated by any congregation of its size in the state. The people of Poland are suffering greatly from the effects of the war, and funds are being sent to them to keep them from starvation. A committee, representing the Poland people, has also asked federal aid. DARR-MILLER WEDDING. At the M. E. parsonage at Bobo, Ind., Friday at 6 p. m. was solemnized the marriage of Mr. James Owen Darr and Miss Bernice Miller. The ceremony was performed by their pastor, Rev. J. R. Elson, and was witnessed only by a few relatives and friends ,of the contracting parties. The bride and groom are highly respected farmer folks. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Darr, who reside on a farm one mile north of Clark’s Chapel M. E. church in this county, and the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McIntosh of the same vicinity, and is a young woman of true Christian worth. o— PARALYSIS WANING. (United Press Service) New York, July 24—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Infantile paralysis cases today reached a new low mark in the history of the epidemic since June 6. Only 89 new cases were reported. Yesterday there were 115. The number of deaths of cases alreayd reported have increased from 23 yesterday to 31 today. With todays figures there has been 2398 cases since June 6 and 609 deaths. THIEVES ARE CAUGHT. The thieves who stole the automobile belonging to Homer Clark, a mail carrier at Bluffton, last Friday, were caught. Howard Brickley was ' caught at Fort Wayne Saturday night and Dan Coleman at Warren, Ohio, 1 yesterday. Coleman is being brought ‘ back today The two young men also stole sixty chickens at Murray, t Both young fellows live near Kings- ’ land. — -o — — ’ SUNDAY FISHING TRIP E. M. Beavers and family, Charles Poling and family, B. F. Brelner end family, Robert Atz, Hulda Hower and Viola Potts motored to Angola yes e terday where the party spent the daj ti l fishing and visiting friends.

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LOCALJLKS WIN 3 1 Carry Os! Fifty Dollar Gold ' Piece as Prize for Having Biggest Crowd r AT THE PICNIC 1 I At Fort Wayne—The Decar ’ tur Delegation Number- . ed Forty-eight. ! The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette ; says: The largest stag picnic, and the : most successful in every respect ever - given by Fort Wayne lodge No. 155, [ B. P. O. Elks, came off at the J. Herman Bueter farm, on the Lincoln highway, Sunday when nearly nine | hundred out-of-town visitors, crowded | the grove and lawn in front of the Bueter residence throughout the day. At eight o’clock in the morning the first Elks arrived at the picnic ground and soon the place was the scene of all sorts of athletic contests and out-or-door sport. The following prizes were awarded to the lodges sending the largest delegations: First prize—Decatur, With forty-eight delegates, SSO in gold; second prize—Defiance, with thirty-seven delegates, $25 in gold; Van Wert, with thirty-four delegates. sls in gold. No less than eighteen hundred pounds of chicken were consumed at the noon hour when a sumptuous dinned was spread on long tables that had been placed in the grove. An all-day open air concert was rendered by the Elks' band, of fifty pieces. DEATH WINS RACE Claims E. P. Hubbard of Montague, Michigan, Before Arrival OF SON AND FAMILY F. H. Hubbard and Family Leave by Autombile But Arrive Too Late. Death won in the race against , time, and F. H. Hubbard, manager of I the local Holland-St. Louis sugar factory, with his family, who left here Sunday morning at 5:30 o’clock in ' their automobile for Montague, Mich., 1 arrived too late to see his father, E. P. Hubbard, alive. He had been ill for some time and Mr. Hubbard had been at his father's bedside. When he returned here last Tuesday he seemed better. Yesterday morning at three o’clock he received a telegram that he was worse and of his rapid decline, the family leaving a short time later. About 8:30 o’clock Will Kremers received a telegram telling of Mr. Hubbard’s death, and stating that the son, F. H. Hubbard, had not yet arrived. A son, B. C. Hubbard, of St. Louis, Mich., was successful in reaching his bedside before he passed > away. . Mr. Hubbard was known here to . many. The widow survives. , Mr. Hubbard was about seventyfive years of age. He and his wire were married October 26, 1862, and four years ago celebrated their goldj en wedding, which was one of the memorable events of Montague. Mr. 5 Hubbard was a veteran of the civil war, and it was soon after serving in the war, that he and his wife came to Michigan, where they were pioneer residents. I1 BUSINESS MEN MAY DINE COUNTRY FARMERS s t Clarence Henry, agricultural agent i, of Allen county and Ross McCulloch t have returned from Decatur, where u they interviewer several of the bus!- ’• ness men and County Agent Hutchins i- in regard to the community supper which they so successfully gave a short time ago. The supper was tendered by the business men of the s town to the farmers of the county and d was put on for the purpose of bringd Ing both classes into better acquaints- anceship and understanding for •mu y tual benefit. A similar event is con templated here.

I MEN WANTED AT ONCE The Bluffton Hoop company which recently purchased the Adams County Hoop companys’ mill from J. W. j Vail and sons are getting started and within a short time will be employing forty to fifty men. They need n dozen more men right now and are advertising for them. Unless they are secured at once it will be neces- , sary for them to go away from town ' to secure the men. They pay good wages and offer steady employment. ■ NO WORD HERE. Advance reports of the twelfth annual Catholic carnival to be held in Rushville on the 28th reaching here today gave local members of the par- | sh their first information of the affair. Local delegates have not been 5 selected but doubtless a Decatur rer presentation will be on hands the 28th. LES IS TORN OFF DEATH RESULTS I Joseph Emenheiser, Fifty, Died at Hoagland at Noon Today. I ■ LEG TORN OFF I I Last Friday, When Dragged by a Cow—Brother-in-law of Dr. J. L. Smith. ‘ Hoagland, Ind., July 2. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Joseph Emenheiser, bachelor, fifty years of age, residing east of town, died at 12:15 o’clock . , this afternoon, at the home of his brother-in-law. Dr. J. L. Smith, at | Hoagland, following a terrible injury. Last Friday noon, while leading a ' cow with a rope, he was thrown. The rope was wrapped around him and he was dragged in such away that when he was caught and held by a log, his leg was broken off below the knee. Amputation was necessary to finish severing the torn member. Besides the sister, Mrs. J. L. Smith, he leaves three brothers. They are David, Stephen and John Emenheiser. • NO GUNS OR HORSES. (By William G. Shepard) Brownsville, Tex., July 24—(Spec- ■ ial to Daily Democrat)—Militia from ! President Wilson's own home town was no more ready to go into Mexico | I than any other state militia along the i border. Colonel Willliam J. Perry, ' of the First Virginia, whose home is lin Staunton, spoke smilingly today . j in his tent of what he hoped would be sent him in the way of supplies. He has a machine gun company that is all ready to go into Mexico, except that it has no machine guns. He has twenty-nine transport wagons ready for immediate use; the harness is in excellent shake with buckles and everything, but he has no horses. Less than half of his officers have mounts. .. ; O HAVE GOOD CONDITIONS (United Press Service) Washington, July 24—(Special to ' Daily Democrat)—Thirty thousand militiamen on the border are living ' under excellent conditions and the men themselves denounce reports «o the contrary as falsehoods, General j Bliss reported today to the war department after an inspection trip that extended to camps containing that , many soldiers. 1 FIREMEN TO MEET , A special meeting of the volunteer firemen of the city has been called 1 for Wednesday night when final ari rangements for the social to be held } Thursday night at. Waterworks park will be made. The firemen are arranging to have amusement? on tap for the entertainment of the visitors. j WELSH AND WHITE TO FIGHT. . (United Press Service) 1 Chcago, 111., July 24—(Special to * Daily Democrat)—Representatives of 3 Freddie Welsh and Charles White i- signed articles today for a twenty s round battle for the lightweight r championship before the Colorado a Springs Athletic club Labor day. o DECATUR REPRESENTED e , d Mr. and Mrs. Martin Laughlin, wife 5- and daughters Mary and Grace, and t- Thomas Durkins and family motored t- to Geneva Sunday to attend the chau- -- tauqua and also were guests 6f J W. Kelley and family.

COTTAGEJET UP i zlnti - Tubercular Society i Sets Up Fresh Air Cottage at Geneva [ FOR A PATIENT Is One Room Cottage, of Wood and Canvas, Entirely Screened in. Some very practical work will be 11 begun today in Geneva by the Adams • - Courtty Society for the Study and’Pre- ' vent ion of Tuberculosis. A cottage, built along approved plans, for the treatment by fresh air and isolation of tubercular patients, will be set up in Geneva today, and a patient will thus be given the privilege of the outdoor method of treatmqjit. The cottage is built of wood and canvas, and is nicely screened in. It is portable and may be moved to any place in the county for the use of patients. Mrs. C. V. Connell, county president; Mrs. J. H. Heller, another county officer; Mrs. C. A. Dugan and daughters, Frances and Dorothy, motored to Geneva y.esterday on business t relating to the cottage. BENEFIT SHOW TONIGHT. The Bethany class of the Methodist i Sunday school will have a benefit show at the Crystal theater tonight. Special films have been secured and during intermissions Miss Martha Tucker will read. The members of the class are busy today selling tickets for the affair. o AUTO IMUMPED Ford Car Driven by Beech Beery Crashes Into Big Studebkaer. SMASHED THE FORD Were Enroute to Barn Dance—Car Owned by Martin Heckman. Saturday night about ten ’oclock, I while enroute to a barn dance north lof the city, a Ford car. driven by Beech Beery, with five other fellows, was following a large Studebaker driven by and belonging to Martin I Heckman. Both cars were going at a fast rate of speed, when, suddenly, the Studebaker car stopped, and because of the dust the driver of the Ford could not see it, and bumped into the rear of the Studbeaker. The Ford was damaged considerably, the radiator being bent In, the axle and fenders bent and the headlights broken. The rear fenders of the Studebaker were bent, a large dent made in the body, and the gas tank, which was in the rear, was completely caved in. Both cars were towed in Sunday morning. TO MOVE HERE. Dr. L. K. Magley Leases Clark Residence—Will Move Here. Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Magley have leased the Dr. C. S. Clark residence on North Second street and expect to be located there by August first. Since their marriage last March they have resided with Mr. Magley’s pat>ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Magley, u v - Monmouth. Dr. Magley’s office ha, been located in this city, however, and with the big growth of his practice, as veterinarian, he feels that he can serve his patrons better by living in this city, hence his remov- ) al here. o— —— PICNIC IS CALLED OFF Because of the fact that, at least , two cases of infantile paralysis have ’ been reported in Fort Wayne and be- > cause of the fact that physicians are ’ warning the greatest care and askt ing that children avoid crowds, that > this terrible epidemic may be averted, it has been decided by the committee in charge to call off the Presbyterian picnic scheduled for tomore row at Robison park. While the comd mittee realizes that this announced ment will cause much keen disap- -- pointment, they deem it advisable asJ. I ter conferring with physicians and | others.

| CONDUCTED SERVICES. Members of the Co-Workers class of the Methodist Episcopal church here wont to Pleasant Mills Methodist r church yesterday morning where they conducted services in the absence of the regular minister who is on his vacation. O .L. Vance gave the address of the day and fourteen other members of the class furnished the music, i In the evening O. L. Vance and wife and Wilson Beery and wife motored to Salem church where they held ser- • vices for that congregation. DEATH OF UNCLE Ralph Amrine of this city is in receipt of a message from his father Charles Amrine of DeGraff, Ohio, aps prizing him of the death of his uncle, . Martin Amrine, a real estate dealer of Flora, Illinois, on Thursday. Mr. Charles Amrine and Theadore Anirfne and wife of DeGraff went to Illinois to atend the funeral, return- ( Ing to their homes Sunday evening. LItHTHFIOLT Strikes House in Which M. F. Martz spent Part of Vacation. A NARROW ESCAPE / _ Bolt Passes Out Room Near Where He Slept—Tore Things Up Badly. M. Frank Martz, of West Monroe street, left last night for Fort Wayne to resume his work at the Mayflower mills after a week's vacation. When Mr. Martz, before leaving Fort Wayne a week ago, shook hands with the boys, some of whom had spent their vacation quietly in the parks in Fort Wayne, he said: “Be lieve me, I am going out of the city for my vacation. I am going to enjoy myself." He little thought, however, that he would have such a strenuous, or rather violent series ofi events to recount to them. But such ' is the case, and it is a wonder that he ever lived to return to them. He visited among other places at Grover Hill, Ohio, and last Wednesday night, experienced with others the worst cyclone and electric storm the vicinity has known. Mr. Martz was a guest at the George Sanderson home, and the house was one which the lightning chose to strike,' coming about 11:30 o’clock. Lightning struck the roof of the' house; tore off two rafters and the rafter plate; ran down the stairway, tearing it loose from the wall, and setting the paper and woodwork on fire; ran to the end of the house and knocked out a large window; and then ran to the room, near the head of the bed in which Mr. Martz spelt, and ran off the telephone wire . to the ground. The lightning seem-' ed to be in the form of a large ball,' that bounded down the stairway. ' Two of the boys had arisen and gone I down stairs and were sitting in | chairs. One was lifted bodily out of, his chair and was stunned. Mr. | Martz was also stunned tor a while. | and those who called him. getting no reply, feared he was dead. Rallying, he noticed the house filled witli smoke, and grasping a bucket of water, ran (how he does not remember) to the stairway where he put out the fire, the greater number of the oth,er occupants of the house being too .Madly stunned and frightened to render much assistance. A screen door had been torn off by the shock and set outside, still hooked to the jamb; a large hole was torn in the wall at the back of the bed in which Mr. Martz slept; an insurance man, as well as others, agreed that but for the telephone wires which carried the lightning to the . ground, the occupants would un- , doubtedly have been killed and the house burned to the ground. About two hundred people gathered at the scene of the disaster at an early hour the next morning. The I * downpour of rain which accompanied L ‘ the storm for an hour and a half, ’’ soon covered the streets of the town, 5 ‘ and ran into the basements. r- Mr. Martz considers his escape very 1- miraculous. He suffered from a SOS' vere headache for several days fol- >- lowing the stroke. f- Tills was the storm in which sevd I oral barns wore burned and live 1 stock killed in the pasture fields.

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RILEY IS DEAD • ,—, —l t James Whitcomb Riley is Dead from Paralytic Stroke. INTERESTING CAREER Without Pretense or Schooling Becomes First Citizen of State. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., July 24—(Special to Daily Democrat) —James Whitcomb Rilye is dead. Death occurred at 10:50 o’clock Saturday night and was due from paralysis. At the time of his demise only his nurse, Miss dementia Prough, was awake and at his bedside. His death came as a surprise, following a third stroke in the morning and a strong rally toward evening, when his physician issued a statement that his condition was much better. Indianapolis, Ind., July 24—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Indiana bowed today before the bier of a simple man, who without pretense or schooling, became her first citizen. James Whitcomb Riley, interpreter of Hoosierdom’s most intimate emotions, lay dead at his Lockerbie street home. Riley’s funeral will be tomorrow and will be private, according to the wish of the poet. The body will be placed for the present in a vault at Crown Hill cemetery here. Relatives said the body probably would be finally interred at Crown Hill, although Greenfield, his birthplace, is bidding 1 for the honor. President's Tribute. Washington, D. C., July 24 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —President Wilson today paid high tribute to the memory of James Whitcomb Riley, Hoosier poet. In a telegram to Henry Eitel, of Indianapolis, he wrote: "May I not express to you my sincere sorrow at the death of James Whitcomb Riley? With his departure a notable figure passes out of the nation’s life; a man who imparted joyful pleasures and a thoughtful view of many things that other men would have missed. 1 am sure I am speaking the feeling of the whole country in expressing my own sense of loss.” ENJOYS THE WEST. Miss Kathryn Mangold, who is with her sister, Mrs. Sophia Taylor, at Portland, Oregon, is enjoying the delights of the west and especially of that busy, hustling city. One of the | big features was the rose festival, in , which hundreds of automobiles, gayly and most beautifully decorated, formed a parade. The three days’ inter-state real estate convention was also another busy feature. Prominent among those who managed the same were her brother-in-law, F. E. Taylor, president of his company, who as president of the Portland i realty board, was one of the hosts, i together with his committee of sixty- ' five members, and presided at the 'sessions. The Oregon Sunday Journal recently gave a page to the pro- | posed convention, and with it showed Mr. Taylor’s picture, with others I prominent in the association. Representatives from many states attended the convention and were most hospitably entertained. o LINN GROVE SCHOOL BIDS. Several Decatur people were at Linn Grove today to attend a meeting at Trustee Peter Fox's office for tho letting of a contrac tto remodel the Linn Grove school building. Moon & Hoffman and Fred Linn were contractors from here who bid. Tho firm of Moon & Hoffman were low 1 bidders by a few dollars, both bids, ' however, being slightly over the estimates. Trustee Fox has not decided 1 what he will do, but will dispose of 5 the proposition next Saturday. .— ATTENDED FUNERAL City Treasurer. Mr and Mrs. Joe ~ McFarland and son were at Salamonia, Jay county, Sunday, wherethey ate tended the funeral of Mr. McFarland’s ,] grandmother, Mrs. Dan Heister, r whose death occurred Thursday at i’ the age of ninety-two years. o —• _ EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING. y >- The Epworth League of the M. E. I- church will meet this evening at 7:30 o’clock. This meeting will also In- ■ elude the members of the league and s those who are raising the subscripjtions for the magazine. S .«»■ i