Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1916 — Page 1

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THREE BIG DRIVES I t ■""* -T-t English and French Co-op-erate in Three Big Drives in Great Offensive. WAIT ON ARTILLERY Infantry Chasing Teutons so Fast They Leave Guns Far in the Rear. (United Ftess Service) (By Ed L. Keene) IxJndon, Sept. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Allied soldiers have swung forward on three great battle fronts in the last twenty-four hours but have suffered reverses in the southeastern Roumanla. The British advanced their center to within les sthan four miles of Baupaume the infantry baiting to pirml* moving up of heavy artillery. General Haig announced this afternoon and Berlin admitted that the villiages ot Courelette, Martintuicli and Flers are now in British hands and Hals said that 2800 Germans captured were taken in yesterday’s fighting. Twenty divisions of Anglo-French troops, (about 400.000 men) participated in yesterdays violent attack against the German lines north of the Somme the German war office officially declared.

In Macedonia the Bulgarian right wing is now in full retreat toward the Serbo-Greek frontier. An official report said that troops of the allied nations have recaptured the importan’ Greek town in Florina. The British have resumed the offensive on the left wing. The extent of the Teuton victon over the Russian and Roumanians in southeast Roumania is in doub . Sofia dispatches today asserted that ilio Rttss’an-Roumaniane have abandoned the whole district north of Dobric and are falling back rapidly toward the Danube to escape capture. BULLETIN. London, Sept. 16—(Specia Ito Dailv Democrat)—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch this afternoon declared'that the allied fleet has begun a bombard ment of Kavala and Greek town recently occupied Ify the Bulgarians and Germans. All the inhabitants were warned to leave the city before the bombardment opened.

Rome, Sept. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)—ltalian troops have cap tured the summit of Monte Carlos, Sangrado height and other large Austrian entrenchments in their new drive, it was officially announced today. New Austrian prisoners number 1,077. Berlin, via Saville, Sept. 16— (Special to Daily Democrat)—A further retreat of the Bulgarian right wing in northern Greece was officially admitted by the German war office this afternoon. At the same time claim was made that German. Bulgarian and Turkish forces are pursuing the Russians and Rouman ians in the Dobrudja after scoring a decisive victory. Rome, Sept. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)—ltalian troops are now on the offensive on the whole Isonzo front, from Goritz to the sea and the Austrian lines have been broken at several places. Austrian losses in two days fighting are said to exceed ten thousand.

Salonika, Sept. 16—(Special to thDaily Democrat)—Victorious Serbian troops are driving the defeated Bui garians in disorderly retreat back toward the Serbian-Greei frontier in the direction of the Serbian town of Monastir, said a Serbian official statement issued here today. The Bulgarian losses are enormous, one regiment losing 1500 men. Lqjidon, Sept. 16—(Special to Daily Deomcrat) —Premier Zaimis has finally declined to attempt to reform th? Greek Sabinet and had suggested to king Constantine that ex-premier Venezilos leader of the pro-ally war party will be invited to head the new ministry, said an Athens dispatch to the Evening Star today. London, Sept. 16~(Special to Daily Democrat)—The British center las been thrust forward to a point five hundred yards north of the Fourneaux wood in the violent battle raging north of the Somme General Haig reported today. Five hundred more prisoners have been captured making

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a total of 2800 Germans officially reported captured In the first twentyfour hours of the renewed Somme offensive. BATTERY COMES HOME. (United Preus Service! Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Battery B. Indiana national tyiard. consisting of 141 students of Purdue university, arrived at Fort Benjamin Harrison at 9:30 a. m. today from the Mexican border. All the men are in good health. The battery has been released from the federal service to allow the men to return to school. MUST BUILD BLOCKS. tUnlted Press Service! Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The state public service commission today granted the Union Traction company until November 1. 1917, to complete installation of a block signal system. PLANS COMPLETE For Eighth District Marshall Meeting in This City Monday Afternoon. FOR VICE PRESIDENT

Event Will be Held in Court Yard or in Court Room —Many Coming.

Plans are completed for the Marshall meeting here Monday afternoon. The meeting will be held at the court house, in the yard, if the weather permits, and otherwise in the court room. Delegations will attend from various parts nf the county, as well as from ißluffton, Port land, and other parts of the district. It has not been learned at just what hour the vice president will arrive, but he and Mrs. Marshall are expected to reach here about noon. They will leave in the evening for Fort Wayne and will go from there to Pittsburg, returning to Richmond on the 22nd. Asked to Decorate. Business houses who will are requested to decorate in honor of the vice president and everybody is invited to participate in the event of entertaining the distinguished guest. Decoration Committee. The decorating committee for the Marshall meeting is requested to meet at this office at eight o’clock Monday morning to attend to the decorating of the speakers’ stand. All members are urged to be on hand. A. R. HOLTHOUSE, Chairman. BOATMEN THREATEN STRIKE. (United Press Service) New York, Sept. 16—(Special tc Daily Deomcrat)—A symphathetii strike which the union leaders d» dared would result in 75,000 workers leaving their jobs in support of the striking employees of the traction companies, became effective in Nev York before noon today. Twenty thousand longshoremen and boatmen were expected to be the first workers to respond to the strike call. Labor leaders de clare these men will be followed bj twenty-five thousand machinists who will strike before night.

ART SMITH TO FLY. (Un>'*d Vcess Servlcel Chicago. 111., Sept. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Art Smith, Fort Wayne, Ind., aviator, who broke his right leg while making an exhibition flight in Japan, will resume the flying game within three months, he told the United Press today. Smith, who is in the Hahnemann hospital. plans to make a flight on the Pacific coast at that time. Smith also considers an offer from Japanese financiers to take charge of an aeroplane factory in Tokio. BURNS PEANUT ROASTER Fire, caused by ignited gasoline, practically destroyed the peanif roaster and pop corn stand belonging *o Fred Mills, standing on the curb in front of his downtown store at eleven o’clock today. A burst pipe is believed to have been the cause of the fire as gasoline leaked out and ignited. The flames did not reach the reservoir. Pedestrians hustled up a pair of extinguishers which did .little good. The fire department used two more and then used the pressure chemical [to kill the blaze. The machine will ba rebuilt.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, September 16, 1916.

FIRE fIIJONROE Blacksmith Shop Fire at Monroe Yesterday Endangers Town. USED EXTINGUISHERS City Plans to Build Next Spring and Get Firefighting Equipment. That the town of Monroe is in need of increased fire protection and that a serious conflagration was narrowly averted became apparent yesterday afternoon at two-forty-five o’clock when the John Miller blacksmith shop caught fire. The fire was discovered by pedestrains who saw the lurid flames mounting to the sky from the roof of the structure, which stands in a thickly poulated district, and an alarm was at once given. Bucket brigades were formed. Men rushed to the fire with the twelve extinguishers with which the town board equipped them. Water poured freely and the fire was quenched. The building is owned by John Hendricks and the roof was badly damaged. For a time two residences the postoffice and the Monroe Reporter office were in danger of destruction. However the heroic work of the citizens freed the small city from the danger of a serious and costly fire that might have destroyed the entire business district. The town board, prevent a serious fire in the future, will take steps towards the erection of a city building and the purchase of a hand drawn extinguisher of large capacity. T’.’e matter has been talked of for several years but never has there been any official action. It is assured now however, that by next spring the town of Monroe will have a villiage extinguisher that will prevent large fires by extinguishing incipient ones.

BADLY-POLLUTED Are the Rivers and Creeks of Indiana Says State Board in Report. CHEMISTS’ REPORT Shows Very Bad Conditions in White River South of Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept 15 —The question of the pollution of the rivers and creeks of Indiana became one of interest to every city in the state today, following the publication of the report of chemists of the state board of health to the effect that While river for a distance of several mdes south of Indianapolis is so polluted ♦hat fish life is not found and birds ordinarily found along the stream are not heard. The report shows that above Indianapolis the water, is fairly cleer Beginning at the packing house district, it was found to be badly polluted and below the city, after it had caught all the sewage and refuse from factories it was “o’s the character of the ordinary household sewage,” the report says. There are suits aggregating t-100.-000 now pending against the city of Indianapolis because of the pollution of the stream. They were brought by farmers living south of the city. The city administration is now drawing plans for a sewage disposal plan to cost J 1,500.000. There are said to he many cities in the state where packing plants or other nianufacturies, together with the sawage from the cities, are polluting the streams. “* QU AR AN TIN E LIFT E D The quarantine on the home of Geo. Matheson, one half mile north of Monroe, where a case of infantile paralysis developed three or four weeks ago has been lifted. The child is recovered and none of the other children exhibit any symptoms of the malady.

PRESIDENTS SISTER DEAD (United Press Service) New London, Conn., Sept. 16 (Special to Daily Democrat)- Mrs. Anne Howe, age 60, only sister of President Wilson died here at 6:40 a. m. today. Joseph Wilson her brother and other relatives were at the bedside when the end came. Mrs. Howe died peacefully. Asbury Park. N. J. Sept. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)—President Wilson today cancelled his engagement to address the national life in surance underwriters at Saint Louis. September 20, following receipt of • lie news of the death of his sister, Mrs Anne Howe at New London, Con. The president asked secretary of wi,-■ Baker to speak for him at Saint Louis.

CONFER DEGREES Encampment Branch of Odd Fellows to Initiate Class in October. REBEKAHS CEEBRATE Their Anniversary /Kfter Regular Meeting Next Tuesday Evening. Celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the order will be oh served by the Olive Rebekah lodg*. of this city next Tuesday evening when a picnic supper will follow ih< regular lodge session. Committees in charge of the affair are working hard to fix up a program for the en tertainment of the members ami a great social session will follow th< lodge meeting. During the lodgmeeting the Berne invitation will b( discussed and the team drilled foi awhile. Installation of officers occupied *h< time of the Reiter encampment, an ad anced branch of Subordinate Odd Fel lowship, at their regular meeting last night. John W T . Merriman was chos en as chief patriarch, Hoemr H. Kno die, as high priest, Lewis C. Hein as senior warden and Amos Yoder as junior warden. The encampment decided to confethe degree work upon a class of cat' didates at the next regular meeting which falls the first Friday in Octo her. The class is in waiting. • n —• DID NO DAMAGE While we got the frost allright, am a good one, it did little damage t< late garden truck in this vicin.fy Several citizens got up an n< ur call' in their enthusiasm to see th ■ beau tiful little crystals before they dis appeared. HOLDING INSTITUTE The teachers of the six south town ships of the county are in session ii Geneva today at their preliminary in stitute. County School superintend ent, E. S. Christen presided and thprogram as outlined by the st.i'e board was given.

AT CROWN POINT Miss Hazel France and Geo. Sulzer of Gary Married Thursday. TO LIVE IN GARY i - — Bride is Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. France, Formerly of Decatur. Announcement was received in the city today from Gary of the marriage of Miss Hazel France, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. France, which took place Thnursday to George Sulzer, of Gary. The ceremony was performed at Crown Point. They will live at Gary. The bride who was born and reared in this city, spent her early childhood here, the family going from here to Columbia City, and thence to Gary a short time ago. She has many relatives and friends here, who hasten to extend their very best wishes. The bride is a granddaughter of Mrs. Fannie Peterson of this city.

USES SUNSHINE Fostoria, Ohio, Machinst Perfected Caloric Storage Plant. HEAT ALL WINTER He’s Solved the Problem of High Cost of Winter Coal —It Works. “Bottled Sunshine’’ is what Albert Barnes an expert machinist and Fostoria genius, calls his new invention, a caloric contrivance which he u; e; to heat his house in winter and to do the washing, ironing and all other household tasks requiring stored force. On the hottest day in summer Mr Barnes catches the rays of the sua it the focus of a bright tin roof on his house and conveys the heat to hi* barn which he lias remodeled itjt' in immense model of a fireless cook er box. In this building great square' of artificial stone are stored and the heat is stored within these big disks These are closely packed inside bales of pressed straw. These stones hold more than 1,206,000 calories of heal sufficient to heat his house all wintet and to supply all needed extra heat Mr. Barnes claims that it took onb ten days last summer to charge ; i: hot stroage plant. The idea for the contrivance originated with Barne= when he was trying to paint the roof of his house on a hot day. Finding such great heat on the tin he war curious to know if food could be cook ed there and taking a beef steak to 'he roof he left it. After a wait of in hour he crawled to the top of the house and found the steak cooktd to a crisp. The incident gave him 'he idea for his storage plant. Hundreds of visitors are viewing the dish-shaped roof, the hothousr and heating system at the home of Mr. Barnes who states that as ther ie no meter on the sun he does no expect to pay a cent for heat the re mainder of his life.

THE SECOND TIME Mrs. Clyde Shady Says Husband Did Not Live Up to His Promises TO DO BETTER After She Married Him a Second Time and Wants Another Divorce. For the second time Cora Shady is applying for a divorce from Clyde L. Shady. They were divorced in November 1913, but Mrs. Shady says that upon his promise to do better and treat her in a kind way, she remar ried him February 10, 1914. H.s promises did not bear the right kind of fruit, however, for she says tha soon thereafter he began cruel treat ment of her again, calling her vih names in the presence of their daughter, Edna, now- eighteen years of age, and also in the presence of others; that he failed to provide her with food or clothing after their second marriage, and that he also falsely accused her of being intimate with other men. Because of her inability to stand Such treatment, and also because she feared bodly harm, she abandoned him April 15, 1914 a litt!" more than two months after their second marriage. She says he is a strong and able bodied man, able to work and provide for her and owns twenty acres of real estate in Wells county, valued at $3,000. Notice was issued to the sheriff of Weils county for service. Peterson & Moran are Mrs. Shady's attorneys. EPWORTH LEAGUE PROGRAM C. L. Walters will lead the Epworth League at the Methodist church Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock. Talks will be given by O. L. Vance, Prof. Lester Keller, Prof. W. F. Beery and others and there will be good special j music. An invitation to come is ex- | tended to all.

KILLED A TARANTULA The fact that Earl Hoagland Is sab today, with good prospects or re mainlng so, is due to the fact that hi saw a tarantula before it had a goo?, chance to bite him. Earl who is or; Ployed at the Mills grocery, was nip ping of bananas when he noticed tin tarantula sitting at the top of iht bunch. It began running down th< stalk and hid under a banana, bvt finally dropped to the floor, wnere short work was made of him by Mr. Hoagland, who was not particular either about preserving him whole. The tarantula x;aa about as large as a thumb. K. OF C. NOTICE The meeting of Monday, Sept. 18th has been changed to Monday. Sep' 25th on account of the mission. All Brothers please take notice. G. K.

THE COURT NEWS Brokaw Divorce Case Sent to Wells County on Change of Venue. CASE WAS RESET Robert Mann Case Will be Heard October 31— Probate Matters. The estate of John Huser, docketed for inheritance tax purposes, was ordered left off the docket. In the estate of Edward Johnson, a petition of Pilliod and Nancy Fergu son for order to require the administratrix to accept the money ami make settlement was filed. The guardianship of Dougles Duda eon was ordered left off the docket. The case of the State vs. Robert J. Mann was reset for trial for October 31. In the partition case of Michael Miller, executor of the estate of James Wagoner vs. Mary (’. Andrews et al. the commissioner was authorized to accept the second payment of the purchase price of the real estate. The Irwin partition case was s■■■for trial for October 14. in the divorce cases of Adeline Simht vs. Joseph Smith and of Hazel Emery vs. Peter Emery, the defend ant was ruled to answer absolute in five days. Amarriage license was taken out this afternoon by Otto Ehlerding, of Preble township, born November 21. 1888, son of Christ Ehlerding, to we<l Hilda Diebericff, born July 29, 1897, daughter of John Bieberich. Fishers' licenses were issued t i William A. Ehresman, Peter R Rash, and George B. Robison. Upon petition of the plaintiff in th divorce case of Margaret Brokaw v< Chauncey Brokaw, the case was sen' to Wells county on change of venue. FROST WAS HEAVY. Ex-Trustee Dan Hoffman of Preble township, who was in the city this morning on business, tells of the heavy frost that did much damage in that, section of the county last night. The corn crops is quite badly hurt two weeks longer of good weather being needed for maturing. However, the damage was not as heavy as it would have been had wet weather prevailed. A frost that came one year as early as September 27 was the last big early frost damage to corn in his memory. o TWO FIGURES OFF. In the report of the assessment valuations of the telephone and ex press companies as given yesterday, the totals should be two figures less, failure having been made by the reporter to designate the two figures as cents, instead of dollars. Thus the assessment of the Citizens' Telephone company should he $31,555.00, instead of $3,155,500. And so on down the list. ROTARY MEETING MONDAY. A special meeting of the Decatur Rotary club will be held Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the MartinKlepper Creamery company’s office. AU members are required to be present. The Rotary club will probably give a dinner Monday evening and have as its guest, Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. |

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WIDOWSJPENSION Three-quarters of a Million Widows to he Benefited by New Law. GET TWENTY DOLLARS Soldiers' Widows Over Seventy Years Get Twenty Dollars a Month. Washington, D. (’., Sept. 16—Already the pension bureau is receiving a flood of applications for pensions under the Ashbrook. widows’ pension act, which was signed by the president a few minutes before the gavels fell for the close of the first session of the sixty-fourth congress. Representative William A. Ashbrook of Ohio, author of the law. is remaining here to render his aid in getting the adminstration of the law started along right lines and in assisting soldiers’ widows in securing pensions or increases under the new legislation. "For the benefit of those who do not know how to proceed to secure pensions or increases under its provisions," said Representative Ashbrook. “I would state that those widows who already are on the pension rolls are not required to file applications, but to prove their age. and their increases when granted will date from the passage of the bill. September 8, 1916. Proof of age usually can be obtained from a family Bible or public record. If it should happen that no proof is available in the family or neighborhood the applicant should furnish the name of father or mother and place where the family was residing in the year 1850. This information will enable a search to be made of the records of the census bureau at Washington and the census of 1850, which sets forth the names of the heads of families and their children living in that year, nearly always can be depended upon to supply the needed information. All widows who are not on the pension rolls must make an original application on a blank which will he supplied by the pension bureau for that purpose. "Another thing which it is important the widows should know is that thev are not obliged to pay out considerable sums for attorney’s fees. The law expressly forbids a pension agent or attorney from charging a fee of any widow whose name is now on the rolls but in the case of an original claim a fee of $lO may be charged. Widows iu making original claims should bear in mind that they should not in any case pay a greater fee than $lO, "The salient provisions of the law," added Representative Ashbrook. "are these: All widows who married the soldier husbands prior to June 7, 1890. are entitled to pensions if die soldier served in any war of the country except the SpanishAmerican war. A hill to take care of the Spanish American war widows is pending, but has not yet passed. The soldiers must have served at least, ninety days and received an honorable discharge. All widows under seventy years of age get sl2 a mpnth and all over seventy get S2O a month. An important provision is that all war widows, regardless of their age, are to receive S2O a month. By the term war widows is meant widows who were married to the soldiers during part or all of the period of their service. The bill restores the pensionable status to a widow who may have married again. For instance, a widow may have married two or more times after the death of her soldier-husband, but under this law she is entitled to a pension when she again reaches the state of widowhood. The widow who has been divorced from her sol-dier-husband. under its provisions, is entitled to a pension when the divorce was not by any fault of her own. I estimate that 750.000 widows will benefit by the law.’’ WILL PLAY GARRETT. The Decatur Shamrocks will play the Garrett city team at the Shamrock park in this city Sunday afternoon. A big game is promised as hot 11 teams are about evenly matched. Ladies will be admitted free. ISSUES CALL (United Press Service) Washington, Sept. 16 (Special tn Daily Democrat)—-The comptroller of the currency today issued a call for the condition of national banks st the I close of business on September 12.