Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1916 — Page 1

Volume XIV. Xumber 243.

SOUND_REASONS Wm. G. Shepherd, World’s Noted War Correspondent, Writes ON POLITICAL MATTERS Compares Wilson With European Diplomats He Has Bested. BY W. G. SHEPHERD. (Famous American War Correspondent.) I have been on every front in Europe and in every capital except Petrograd. On the fronts I have seen the horrors of war. Anil in the capitals I have seen the efforts of the various fighting nations to draw the United States into the war. in war, thinking men become unthinking beasts. Men of business science and achievement stop their work and become mere physical units, in an army. Youths drop their life dreams and 1 their futures. Ambitions . crumble. Home and family plans are swot aside. Progress, whose figures we carve in marble to decorate our proud buidings, becomes a withered, paralyzed wreck. The blight of hate reaches into the intermost corner of every city, of every home, of every heart. WORSE THINGS THAN DEATH FALL TO THE LOT OF MILLIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS IN WAR. including mental and moral decay. Into the situation which would produce these terrible changes I have seen all the nations of Europe endeavor to drag the United States. Watched Europe Try To Tangle Us. From these capitals, at the other end of the line, I have watched Washington and the government there extricate the United States from one plot after another, from one diabolical machination after another. Sometimes we in Europe who were seeing the European side of the picture—the efforts of the allies to draw us into war with Germany: the efforts of the Germans to draw us into war with the allies —held our breaths. There were times when it seemed that war would be the only way out. | I have seen Germans rejoicing at the prosjiect of having United States quarrel with the allies; I have seen the allies wild with delight over the chance that the United States would go to war with Germany over the Lusitania or some other incident. Thrilled Us That This Was Our Country. But always sane, sound, steady the United States came through. It was a magnificent thing to see from our point of vantage in Europe. It made one thrill to realize that the United States was HIS country. Now, when I return home. I find an election campaign under way. I hear men say that we have peace without honor.

We, in the European capitals, who I saw our government escape the war i traps, FELT NO LOSS OF HONOR J We are always able to look the othei . 1 felli’w in the eye and be proud. 11 No one over there ever seriously i charged us with loss of honor, and men are highly sensitive to such things over there. We are proud of American sanity ' and of American statesmanhip and that cool, calm reckoning of the ' American people which prevented them from being stampeded. It was a fine, thrilling thing to be , an American in European capitals, and to know that in our own capital at Washington there were men as shrewd and as far-sighted as any o! the statesmen of Europe: to know, also that the statesmen in Washington were steadier, saner, less influenced by hate and bitterness and better able to judge right and wrong than the wisest statesmen in Europe. Comes Home To See Us Playing With Dynamite. And to come home now to the United States and witness the attempt to thrust from the guidance of American affairs the government which has led the United States through this maze of diplomacy and machination is, to one who has witnessed affairs from the European end, little short of terrifying. It is like playing with dyna mite. There is no politics in European nations today. Governments are be- ( ing held in their places by collitions.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Among the neutrals this also Is true. Holland has no politics, and it is safe; Switzerland has no politics and It Is safe. Greece did have politics and behold Greece today. To come home and to behold the workings of politics in this world crisis, is, 1 repeat, little short of terrifying. , With all the European peoples doing all they can, even to abandoning elections, in order to keep their governments intact and unchanged, there are persons in the United States who out of sheer politics and by discussion of such petty matters as the removal of a minor government official, seek to overthrow the government. Certainly the steadiness of our government is as important to us as Hie steadiness of their government is tn Germans or Britishers, our danger is (Continue ’ on Page 2.)

USE OFPOISON Petrograd Officially Announces Central Empire is Using Poison TO FIGHT HER BATTLES Aviators Dropped Poisoned Candies Within Roumanian Lines. i (United Press Service) Petrograd, Oct. 12—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Poisoned sweets and garlic infected witii cholera bacilla were dropped by enemy flyers who attacked the Roumanian Black Sea port of Constanza it was officially announced here today. If this is true the central powers have been guilty of a new lorm of frightless warfare, arousing intense indignation in official circles. The official statement did not disclose whether any child ate the infected and poison ed sweets.

Paris, Oct. 12—(Special to Daily Dunocrat) —Greece has accepted all the conditions imposed by the allies including the disarmament of all the forts, the internment of all Greek fleets and the use of the railways and canals by the allies, it was announced here toady. Copenhagen, Oct. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —King Otto of Bavaria, Europe’s “mad king” died suddenly at the castie of Fuersteneid where he has been confined insane for several years.—The mad king ot Bavaria startled Europe before be was declared incapable of ruling In 1913 and was succeeded by his cousin, King Ludwig ill. During the Franco-Prussian war Otto I showed symptoms of insanity when he called out a squad of cavalry to charge a stone wall. The stone wall he said was a body of French infantry. Later he was sum mcned by the Kaiser and it was reported letters were found in his possession offering to make peace with

France. Several years ago he was imprisoned. He is reported to have lived like a savage, refusing to have; his hair or nails cut and avoiding water and soap. For days he would re fuse food. London. Oct. 12—(Special to Democrat) —The new Greek provisional government headed by ex-premier Venezelos and favoring Greece entering the war began taking shape at about the same hour that French naval autiiorities yesterday took over the ships of the Greek navy. A warm supporter of the allied cause was sworn in as the war minister. The ceremony took place at Salonika where Venizelos has established headquarters. Jhe Greek ships were taken over early yesterday morning and under the direction of the commander of the Anglo-French fleet. This act was taken by the allies it was stated to remove the danger to the allied forces in Greece caused by the activity of the pro-German element. WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. William Goede ind children of Preble went to Ft. Wayne today noon to attend the 'Walter Reinking, son of Mrs. W. J. Bieberich of Preble, which was solemnized this afternoon at the Lutheran church to Miss Rose Geiger, or J Fort Wayne. They will live in Union township.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, October 12, 1916.

FAMILY PARTY Eighty-third Birth Anniversary of Mrs. Sarah M. Hower Observed BY THE CHILDREN 'At Home of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Myers—Children Honor Aged Mother. On Wednesday, October 11. 1916, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John i T. Myers on Fourth street was the I scene of a most enjoyable party. The eighty-third anniversary of the birth of Mrs. Sarah Hower, whose home is at the above address, was appropri--1 ately and enjoyably celebrated. At ; the noon hour a very elaborate lunch'eon was served to all the .children. The table was beautifully decorated and sumptuously spread with tempting dishes. In the center of the table was placed a birthday cake, upon which were arranged eighty-three small candles, which, during the progress of the meal were lighted by i Mrs. Hower. At six o’clock in the evening were assembled all the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, forty in number, to whom was served, in cafeteria style, a sumptuous dinner. After dinner a very interesting program. consisting of a number of read ings, interspersed with music, was rendered by-some of the children and grandchildren with a closing speech given by the Rev. I). I. Hower of Council Bluffs, lowa. The entire family consists of Mrs. Hower, seven children, all of whom are married; thirty grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. o

STILL THEY COME Last Four Cases on Court Docket Divorce Suits —The Fourth by HENRY RHODENBECK Asks for Divorce from Mol- * ly—Was Incompetent and Non-Co-operative. The last four cases on the court docket this morning were divorce suits. The fourth was that filed by Henry Rhodenbeck, prominent farmer who asks for legal separation from Molly C. Rhodenbeck. He alleges cruel and inhuman treatment, in that she was incompetent and lacked the co-operative spirit. Their marriage took place only last February 19, and their married life together was for less than four months. Long before that time, Molly rued marrying for a home, and taking her two sons, aged seven and eleven, by a former marriage, shook the dust of the farm from her feet in the last glad springtime of Juno 2, and returned to the haunts of her former tphio home. ,

Mr. Rhoden beck says that they were acquainted for two years prior to their*marriage. He was a widower with several children and she a widow with the two aforesaid sons, and lived in Ohio. Prior to their marriage, he says they talked over their families and his financial conditions and the aforesaid -Molly told him she would go with him to his 120 acre farm, on which, through sickness and misfortune he was somewhat in debt, .nd that she would take her two sons and they would assist him in the farming, while she would care for his family by his former marriage; and that she would and-was able to perform the housework and garden work and care for the chickens and farm produce such as the butter and eggs and garden produce, etc. He says she also alleged that she said she was a member of the German Lutheran church, the same as lie, but soon after marriage, he found that she did not belong to that church nor to any other. The scales further were lifted from his eyes he says, when he found that she knew’ very little about housework and refused to prepare food for him and his family, althbugh he amply provided the things with which to do so. Her boys he said were indolent and impudent

and refused to obey him or do any work about the home so that lie was compelled to do for them. When the mother observed this, he sayn she iefused to correct them and told him that her boys did not m ed to work for him. He alleges that she told him she married him only for a home and that if they had to work, they would have and Im could give her $2,000 alimony. He further states that when he asked her to sli.n a renewal of the mortgage she refused, stating that she would never sign a deed or any other papers. He complains that she was possessed of a vile and ungovernable temper, was constantly nagging and scolding him. stating that she did not like his home and family. In April, 1916, she left and remained away for more than a week without his consent, and in June, again, left and remained away. He says that he has been greatly inconvenienced in his farm work by her lack of co-operation and that by reasons of her action, he h is lost his affection for her and cannot live longer with her as her husband. D. B. Erwin is his attorney.

CAMPAIGNJS ON Wheels at Big Sugar Plant Now Running Smothly —First Day Good. OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT For Crew of Men Which is Employed There—Wages Paid for the Year. The sugar plant started off yesterday nicely, the best in the history, according to the report of those ’n charge. More than tn-ae hundred tons of beets were received during the day. a full force of men is at work and the outlook for a dandy campaign was never brighter. The crop is fair and the beets are testing high The plant will probably operate until Christmas time and will add to the prosperity of this locality. The following record of wages paid at the sugar plant during the year is conclusive evidence that the concern is a splendid one for any city: • Total Exp. for salary and Month wages. October. 1915 $14,262.52 November 15,772.38 December 15,844.07 January, 1910 11,733.80 February 1,468.73 March 1,489.85 April 1,803.64 May 2,476.38 June 4,149.61 July 3,558.03 August 4.060.19 September 4,307.64 Total .$80,935.84

WAS A DRUNKARO And Past Reforming, Says Clara Watson of Johnson Watson. WANTS A DIVORCE Suit Filed in Allen Superior Court —Efforts Failed to Rekindle Love. The story of how all her efforts *o induce him to continue to love her, only kindled his haired will be told before Judge Carl Yaple in superior court when the divorce suit of Clara Ff. Watson, which was filed yesterday, comes up for trial. Johnson Watson is the husband from whom she wants a separation. She alleges that he is is an habitual drunkard, that he spent his money in drunken debauches and failed to provide her a home in which to live. Also, so she alleges, he said he did not love her any more and commanded her to take her clothes and go. She also’ avers it is useless to attempt to reform him. She wants SSOO alimony. L. C. DeVoss is her attorney —Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. (Continued on Fago 2)

FOR TrIEPUBLIC Everybody Invited to Attend Columbus Day Celebration Tonight IN THE COURT ROOM A Speech and Musical Program—Holiday is Being Observed. Everybody is invited to attend the Columbus Day celebration to be given tonight in the circuit court room in this city under the aspires of the local Knights of Columbus. Hon. Quin O’Brein of Chicago will make the address of the evening end the promise of hearing one of the best talks ever given in this city, is safely made as Mr. O'Brien is an orator of note and had a speech that all like to hear. Mr. O’Brein is a state's district attorney. In connection with the speech there will be plenty of good music. Among the music numliters of the evening will be Dr. Neptune’s male quartettie. No admission will be charged and a cordial welcome Is extended to everybody to attend. The local Knights of Columbus, about two hundred in number marched from the K. of C. Hall to the St. Mary’s church this morning where they attended the memorial high mass for deceased brothers and heard Rev. Father Keller of Hartford City deliver the memorial sermon. After mass they marched back to the hall.

wilsonjn state President Wilson Greeted by Big and Enthusiastic Audience AT RICHMOND TODAY Will Give Two Addresses in Indianapolis Today and This Evening. (United Press Service) Richmond, Ind., Oct. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat)—President Wilson was welcomed by a large crowd when his train passed through here this morning. The train was slightly late but stopped while the president shook hands with the people. Wearing a grey traveling suit and grey cap the president looked fit and felt the same. A man in the crowd said: “Jerusalem! He doesn't look forty!” The president overheard and laugh ed saying, ‘‘And I don't feet it.” Only prompt work of Jack Slye, secret service man, prevented an accident at Richmond when the presidents train backed into a crowd packed at the rear of the coach. A woman caught in the jam was threatened to have been thrown under the wheels. Slye reached her just in time to grab her and wrest her from danger. Indianapolis, Oct. 12 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Appeals for the knitting together of all sections, industries and interests of the country to accompany, “new nationalism” for the United States was made in two addresses delivered by President Wilson here today. Speaking at a good roads celebration in the fair grounds the president praised the work of the state in improving their roads, bringing all people more closely together jn living, understanding and desire to co-operate to common ends.” Ten thousand people packed in the great coliseum hear him. This address constituted the foundation for a later speech to the farmers in which the president defined the new nationalism of the country—a co-ordinatipn of transportation interests and th' union of all effort by all industries toward bringing about a state of preparedness which will insure peace. The president emphasized the necessity of mobilization of busln' ss statistics in order to promptly define and supply the military industrial and commercial needs of the nation. (Continued on Pagi 2.)

TAKE LONG AUTO TRIP Mr. and Mrs. James Frlstoe and Mrs. D. 11. Erwin returned Wednesday night from a fine automobile trip of six or seven hundred miles. Aft«-r attending the Pythian Sisters’ convention at Indianapolis, they motored to Colfax, where they visited with relatives; thence to Crawfordsville, at which place they saw the college and attended the foot ball game; thence to Lafayette. There they visited the home for soldiers and soldiers’ widows, and visited with the inmates Among those they saw Mrs. Rebecca Phipps, of this city. She is recovering nicely from the Injury received in a fall, but is very lonesome and homesick, being among strangers, and greatly appreciates all papers, letters and messages from home. They made the trip ’’without a puncture." and enjoyed it very much. ROOM JACKED Enthusiastic Crowd Filled Democratic Headquarters to Hear TALK BY EARL PETERS Gave Excellent Speech—R, C. Parrish and Fred Fruchte Also Spoke. A crowd that almost taxed the capacity of the democratic headquarters listened attentively to the halfhour speech of Mr. R. E. Peters as he addressed the Young Men's Democratic club last evening. At a few minutes before eight, Fred Schurger, 'the county chairman of the Young Men's Democratic club, turned the evening's meeting over to Attorney R. C. Parrish, who in turn introduced Mr. Peters. For about half an hour. Mr. Peters gave an excellent little talk, well delivered, and full of sound and convincing facts about the good accomplishments of the democratic administration. He mentioned the tact that the Wilson administration had made the currency law. thereby taking the control of finance from Wall street and the money kings, making it impossible for them to cause a panic; that the democrats gave the people the right to cast their individual vote for United States senator, and the the democratic party was the party for the laboring man, as was evidenced by the passage of the eight-hour law. and then recited a story that he had heard a few days ago about the way the country was going to vote for president at the coming November election. The facts of the story are: Twenty-one of America’s big millionaires were traveling over the country in a monster Pullman train, similar to the one being used by the re publican candidate for the presidency in his sight-seeing tour from coast to coast (maybe the same one), and as they neared a little town one of the millionaires and lords of Wall street ordered the engineer to stop. Standing alongside the right-of-way. near where the million-dollar train had stopped, stood a man, wearing overalls. One of the millionaires call ed to him and asked, “What do you think of the political situation?" The laboring man, quite astonished over the fact that the millionaire would want his opinion, answered: “I am going to vote for Wilson and I think the nation will go democratic." The millionaire replied, “That’s tunny. We have just taken a straw vote on our train and everyone of the twenty-one on it voted for the republican nominee.” The laboring man replied. "Well, that’s nothing, wait until the gravel train comes through and everybody on it will vote for Wilson.” And that is the way the country is going. The laboring man will vote for Wilson. Mr. Peters also elaborated on a number of the good acts of legislation passed by the democratic congress. After Mr. Peters had finished his interesting talk, R. C. Parrish was called on for a speech. Mr. Parrish gave some good sound facts and was applauded heartily. Prosecutor Fred Fruchte also gave a few minutes’ talk and promised that when time permitted to fulfill the demands of the voters who asked him to talk “more.” The meeting then adjourned and went down in the minute books as one of the most enthusiastic and happy evenings of the campaign. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Nestor and Miss Cecil Watkins of Pittsburg, elft this morning for Fort Wayne.

Price, Two Cento

THE TENTH YEAR - —< ’ 1 Os Library Shows Great Growth—The Librarians Submit Report. A BIG INCREASE In Circulation—Juvenile Readers Outnumber the Adult Readers. The following is the report for the tenth year of the Decatur library, as submitted to the board by the librarians: To the Board of Trustees of the Decatur public library: I herewith submit the annual report for the year ending July 20, 1916; Books. No. volumes in library July 20, 1910 8100 No. volumes added during year by purchase 864 No. volumes added by gift 30 No. volumes worn out or destroyed 75 No. miscellaneous pamphlets ... 60 No. miscellaneous clippings .... 200 Peridicals Received. By purchase 30 By gift or loan g No. newspapers received 7 Circulation. The total circulation for the year was 26,581, of which number 10,871 were for adults, 13.808 juvenile and 1.939 classed. The average monthly circulation was 2.215. Theaverage daily circulation was: August (1915) 78: September, 60; October, 71; November. 75; December 76; January (1916), 69; February, 107; March. 96; April, 85 ;May, 110; June, 78; July 71. The highest circulation was: August (1915), 127; September. 139. October, 120; November, 157; December. 200; January (1916), 113; February, 187; March, 149; April, 128; ‘ May, 150; June, 122; July. 115. 1 Aug.. 1915, No. books 7200 1 Aug., 1916. No. books 8100 Added 900 Periodicals. Youth's Companion. American Boy. St. Nicholas. American Boy, Boy Life. Little Folks. National Geographic, Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Monthly, ' Country Gentleman. Saturday Evening Post. Good Housekeeping, Review of Reviews, Ladies’ Home Journal. Woman’s Home Companion. Modern Priscilla. Delineator. World’s Work. World Outlook. Popular Mechanics, Popular Electricity, Scientific American, Literary Digest. Current Opinion, Independent, Scribner's Magazine. Collier's. American. McClure’s Everybody's, Cosmopolitan, Outlook, Century. Etdue. Magazine 34 Newspapers 7 Gifts. Hurlburt’s Story of the Bible, Clennit Smitley, ten years of age. American Food and Game Fishes —• Mrs. Jessie Deam. Peeps in Many Lands —Mrs. Dan Sprang. In Redman’s Land, Leupp—Mrs. Fred Mills. Pictorial Review for one year— Mrs. Avon Burk. Popular Science Monthly for one year—C. A. Dugan. United States History 2 vols. —Father Seimetz. Songs of Streets and by-ways (poems.) William Herschel — Indianapolis News, , Files of Literary Digest Magazine —W. J. Myers. Fashion Art Magazine—Harry R. Daniel. Chicago 111. "How to Tell Stories to Children.” "Stories and Story Telling." “Telling Bible Stories”—M. E. Sunday School. Western Christian Advocate for one year—Rev. Stephenson. The Mid Continent, Foreign Mission Magazine, Home Mission Magazine Mrs. J. C. Hanna. “Seventeen,” Booth TarkingtonJoseph Fulton. Easter Lily in Bloom for the Easter ’ Times—Moses Green House. Industrial Arbitration, Mote—C. I Thompson. Indianapolis, Ind. There has been a decided increase 1 in the volume of work done month by month and evidence of a growing appreciation of the library on the part of the public is noticeable. The circulation for the year shows a satiss factory increase in the number of ' books drawn for home use. with an additional gain in the per cent of g books other than fiction. An endeavg or is made to arrange the books to | (Continued on Page 2.)