Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 282, Decatur, Adams County, 27 November 1916 — Page 1

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TAKES LAST WORD Ambassador Gerard to Take America’s Last Word on Sub Warfare BACK TO BERLIN ft X No More Note Writing,"But Swift Action if Law is Violated. (United Press Service) (By Robert J. Bender) Washington, Nov. 27—(Special to Dai!( Democrat) -Ambassador Ger-, ard will take back to Berlin next week Americas last work in the submarine situation. This will include notice of the administrations plan to 1 do no more note writing, if there ‘s any German violation of submarine warfare pledges. New York, Nov. 27—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Wireless flashes from the British curiser to entente shipping in American waters warning them to be on the look out for German submarines intensified reports here today of German submersibles nearing the United States prepared for wholesale raids on shipping. A uuraor also reached New' York that two submarines . are near the New Hampshire coast. One of these is said to be the U-53 the submarine which sank five ships near Nantucket in October. Rome, Nov. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Dispatches ‘from Athens today declared resignations of the cabinet are imminent. Messages from Greece during the last few days have indicated impending dissolution of the cabinet formed on October 10. With tre demands made by tre allies for disarmament of the Greek forces and the revolutionary government under former Premier Venizelos taking a determined pro-ally stand. Hts neutral ministry is evidently hard put to keep its stand. London, Nov. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —It was officially announced today that the British government has refused a safe conduct for Count Tarnowski, recently appointed Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States. A statement made to American ambassador Page by the British foreign office gives as grounds for refural of a safe conduct as based on previous cases where diplomats accredited to central powers have not acted in an exclusive, diplomatic capacity. STATEWIDE CELEBRATION (United Preijs Service) Indianapolis, Nov. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A statewide celebration of the anniversary of the admission of Indiana into the Union will be held on the night of December 11 at the State House it was decided at a meeting of the Indiana Historical commission today. Dr. James A. Woodburn, head of the historical department of Indiana University has been asked to make the main address. CANADIANS ON STRIKE. (United Press Service) Winnepeg. Canada, Nov. 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)—One thou sand coal miners at Fernia, British Columbia, failed to come to work today. Many South Alberta miners failed to report. The men are merely waiting the outcome of conferences at Ottawa before striking to enforce their demands of regulation of food prices or higher wages. With winter coming the decrease of the output of coal, starting today, is R " 15,000 tons daily. . —o — A STOCK QUARANTINE. (Unf’ed Press Service) Chicago, 111.. Nov. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat)- —A quarantine barring all live stock from Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas markets from Chicago was issued here today. The order is a precautionary one issued when a case of hoof and mouth disease, discovered in the Kansas City stock yards, was reported. o- — Mr. and Mrs. Gust Yager of Eleventh ‘street entertained Sunday tor Mr. and Mrs. Buffenbarger and two sons and Miss Bess Chaffin of Ossian and Miss Gusta Yager who was at home for over Sunday from Tocsin whore she is teaching.

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SPECIAL MEETING. The Knights of Pythias lodge will hold a special meriting tonight at the usual hour at which time special business will come before that body for action. Several candidates will be prepared for lbe work at the district meeting to be held in Bluffton tomorrow, and other important business that cannot bo delayed will be up for settlement. Every member should be there. — n——— —...... ... OFF TO FLORIDA. Alpheus M. Roop will leave tbnight for Fort Meyers, Florida, where ho will takes a position us salesman for a large land-holding company. His brother, Miles Roop, has been there for more than a year and is making good in a similar position.

IS UNDER SIEGE Chihuahua City is Under a State of Siege Believe U. S. Officers. RUSHING SOLDIERS From Northern Departments of Mexico—Many Deal Lie on Streets. (United Press Service) El Paso, Nov. 27 —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —That the attempted storming of Chihuahua City by an army of four thousand bandits under personal command of Villa was still in progress early today, was the declaration of the United States department agents here today. They based their statements upon the action of the JU'Xican government authorities in sending every available Car? ranzista soldier available in northern Mexico to the relief of the besieged city. In United States official circles here today it was stated that it was certain Chihuahua City was in a state of siege or messengers wonll have brought news. Losses in the four days fighting have l>een extremely heavy on bo‘h sides, one message saying that the streets were filled with dead and that it was impossible Jo aid the wounded because of necessant firing. — — o NO PROOF OF BRIBES (United Press Service) Charleston, W. Va„ Nov. 27-(Spec-ial to Daily Democrat)—That no proof exists to show that members of the West Virginia house of delegates have been offered money or other bribes to influence the action of any measure pending before the house, is the finding of the committee that investigated charges made by J. Luther Wolf, the committee reported today. Wolf charged attempt had been made to bribe members to vote against administration measures. o JURY OUT SIXTY-SIX HOURS. (United Press Service) Indianapolis. Ind., Nov. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —At noon today the jury trying the damage suit brought against Chief of Police Perrott and other police officials by Thomas ('ampbell, colored, for $25,000. was still deligerating, after it had been locked out for sixty-six hours. Campbell asked damages on the grounds that police prevented him from registering and consequently he lost his vote at the last election. The jury has been out since six o’clock Friday night. — o GENTRY BROS.’ CIRCUS SOLD. (United Press Service) Bloomington, Ind., Nov| 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Gentry Brothers’ circus was today sold to J. D. Newman and J. B. Austin for SIOO,OOO. The purchasers have been with the Gentry organization for many years. ■— ' ■ — DOUBLE ON MILLIONAIRES. Washington, T>. C., Nov. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—There are now 120 Americans with incomes of one million dollars or more, according to the annual report of the internal revenue commissioner. Last year there were only sixty by the figures then upblished. — o SMALL ROOF FIRE Fire, from an overheated flue, caused ten dollars' damage at the Frank Smith home, corner of Clark and Gloss streets, at 5:30 oclock this morning.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, November 27, 1916.

IN DANCEJIEALM Hawaiian Music and Setting for Tri Kappa Charity Ball at Masonic Hall WEDNESDAY EVENING Moose Will Give Dances Thanksgiving Afternoon and Evening. The Hawaiian music and Hawaiian setting for the Tri Kappa charity ball at the Masonic hall Wednesday evening will make the ball splendidly unique and enjoyable. The Parker Colored orchestra of Columbus, O. which played for the charity ball a year ago will play for this event also. The tickets are selling for one dollar a couple for the dances and fifly cents apiece for spectators. lie sure to get a ticket of the girls. The proceeds will be used in local charity work. The Moose hall will be the scene of two Thanksgiving Day dances, for which Miss Bertha Kohne and Oliver Heller, pianist and trap drummer, will play. The afternoon dances will be from two to five o’clock the charge being thirty-five cents for gentlemen: and the evening dances from seven to twelve o’clock, fifty cents for gentlemen. Ladies will bo admitted free. There will be no instruction classes at this time, the«e being purely social dances.

DEATH Called Rev. F. G. Rogers to Springfield. Mo.—lll a Short Time. DEATH WAS SUDDEN Deceased Was Rev. Edwin L. Rogers, a District Secretary for State. Rev. F. G. Rogers of the Baptist church left last night for Springfield, Mo. where re was called by death of his brother, the Rev. Edwin L. Rogers, a district secretary under the Baptist state organization, located at that place. The cause of the death is unknown and death came very suddenly, as he was known not to have been ill, until a message came yesterday that he was dying. This morning a message came that he died at 10 o’clock last night. The deceased was about forty-one years of age, still in the prime of life and usefullness. FIRE AT PERU. (United Press Service) Peru. Ind., Nov. 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Fire caused a loss of $75,000 here early today when buildings used for car repair and painting shops by the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad were destroyed. The buildings contained shop records, all of which were destroyed. General supplies for the entire division were also lost. Railroad officials believe the blaze was of incendiary origin, as no one was working in the shops yesterday and no fires were left burning. KIT COWAN ARRESTED. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Kit Cowan, formerly postmaster at Bobo, Adams county, was brought here today by Deputy United States Marshal A. J. Larkin, of Toledo, Ohio, where Cowan was arrested on an indictment returned by the federal grand jury alleging he embezzled $231 in money order funds. Officials say he left Bobo several months ago and went to Lima, Ohio, where he has been employed since then. A SECOND OPERATION Mrs. Ray Teenle was operated upon again Sunday at the hospital in Fort Wayne, the first operation being a week ago. She came out brighter from the second operation, but another' will be required. Very little hope is entertained for her recovery.

BLUFFTON WATER TAINTED (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Nov. 27 (Special lo Daily Democrat) John ('. Diggs, of the sanitary engineering department of the state board of health left tor Bluffton this morning to inspect the city well over which a controversy has arisen as the result of the typhoid epidemic. Mr. Diggs will be lowered into the well and will take seepage from the sides in order lo determine the cause of "the epidemic. Four half gallons of water from wells in various parts of the city were examined in the laboratories, c.f the slate board of health. The water was found to be polluted. THE COURT NEWS Quiet Title Decree Rendered—Final Report Approvproved in Egly Estate. HUNTERS’ LICENSES Keep County Clerk Rushed —lssues Made in Several Cases. William P. Colchin vs. William B. Martin. Answer in two paragrapns to defendant’s counterclaim. Interrogatories by the plaintiff filed from one to fifteen inclusive. Defendant ruled to answer absolute by December fourth. A decree of quiet title for Oscar D. Coons vs. Riley R. Bradford was granted. The clerk is to make a transcript of proceedings for record. The final report in the Emil Egley estate was approved and the executrix discharged. No inheritance tax was found due. Inventory number one in the John H. Meyer estate was approved and the administrator. E. X. Ehinger was authorized to sell personal proper ty without notice for cash and to re port within thirty days. Hunters’ licenses were issued to William Whittenbarger Harley Hum ble, John Pickering, Grover Alber son, Daniel Curtis. Floyd Rinaker. Elmer Moser, William Aumiller. C A. Teeter. Leo W. Brown, James D Miller. Sapipson Farlow, William Wemdel. County Assessor H. S. Gaunt today filed an appraisement of the Frances Longshore estate for inheritance tax purposes, finding personal property which he appraised as $826 and appraising forty acres of land in Union township at $3,660, making the total $4,426. The sole heir in Ira K. Long shore, husband of the decedent. Bluffton Banner. Real estate transfers: U. S. patent deed to Elizabeth Drummond, 80 acres. Wabash tp.. $1; Swiss Milk Company to Libby, McNeal & Libby, 1.70 acres, Monroe tp. licensed to marry: Hugo Steiner, assembler of Fort Wayne, born August 8, 1895, son of Fred Steiner, and Agnes Parr, of Berne, born June !’:, 1893, dauyhter of W. H. Parr. F. M. Cottrell, attorney for Amos Steiner has filed suit against Jennie Evans, for sll2, on note. Albert Melville Gessinger, aged seventeen, and under no guardianship, has filed a petition asking that sixty dollars due him from the Sarali Gessinger estate, be paid to him. I . C. DeVoss is his attorney. DEMOCRATIC FINANCES (United Press Servloe) Indianapolis, Nov. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The total contributions to the democratic state cen tral committee during the recent campaign amounted to $70,937, according t<> the s>port filed with the Marion county clerk today. The expenditures have not be-n tabulated yet but it is said they will approximate! yequal the receipts. Crawford Fairbanks donated $2500 and W. 11. O’Brien S2OOO. The contributions of SIOOO were, J. A. M. Adair; J. H. Fry Willard New; Alpheus Adair; Frederick Van Nuys; Janies J. Morgan; Thomas Taggart; W. A. Kimble; V. M. O’Shaughnessy; N. E. Squibb and Charles S. Murdock. —o BOARD TO MEET. The board of children's guardians will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the library. All members please be present. —————

HERE NEXT YEAR The Annua) Teachers’ PreThanksgiving Institute Will be in Decatur. PROF. CARL HOHN HAUS Elected President — Miss Virginia Cravens of This City Secretary. The strong program, as previously announced, was carried out with interest and profit Saturday by the Adams County Teachers Association I at their annual meeting at Berne) witli Miss Bess Congleton of this city, presiding. The attendance was very large, nearly every teacher in the county attending. It was decided to hold the next annual pre-Thanksgiving institute, that conies the Saturday preceding Thanksgiving of next year, in this city. Prof. Carl Hohnliaus of St. Johns > was elected president, L F. Davis, vice-president: and Miss Virginia Cravens, secretary.*GIRLS WANT A GAME. The St. Paul Junior Girls’ basket ball team of Fort Wayne desires a game with the best girls’ team of Decatur. Kindly write Miss Bertha Koenig, 1002 E. Washington Blvd., Ft. Wayne, Ind., for particulars. Alt IS_READY Ernst Thornhurg of Winchester Selected as .Judge for Corn Show. HELD AT BERNE Several Classes and Sweepstakes Will be Given— Much Interest Shown. Final arrangements for the annual: Adams county corn show to be Held at Berne December 14-16 have been made with the selection of Ernest Thornburg of Winchester as judge. Mr. Thornburg is a farmer of wide experience, is a veteran exhibitor and jude, and he knows corn. The boys and girls' classes will be judged in the morning of the fourteenth, while the men’s classes will be pjudged during the afternoon. On the fifteenth Mr. Thornburg will lie at the show all day to discuss exhibits with farmers, telling them of the points to watch in gaining show corn. The county will be divided into four sections, each tier of townships constituting a section. Classes for corn will be white, yellow and off color. making three in number. Premiums will run from firs tto fifth place and there will be sweepstakes in sections and for the county. There will also be a county class, in which seventy-five ears must be entered. This is for both men and boys and girls and following the judging of this corn there will lie a shelling contest to learn the highest percentage of corn to the ear in the lot. Official Corn Score Card. Uniformity of exhibit ...10 per cent Shape of ears 10 per cent Length of ears 10 per cent Color of grain and c0b...10 per cent Tips of ears 5 per cent Butts of ears *5 per cent Kernel. Shape 10 per cent Indentation 10 per cent Seed condition 15 per cent Proportion of grain to cob 10 per cent 100 per cent General Standard of Perfection. A perfect ear of corn should be cylindrical, or nearly sc, in shape. The circumference of the ear should be about three-fourths of its length. The rows should be straight and not less than sixteen nor more than twen-ty-two in number. The kernels should be well formed (about five-sixteenths wide by five-eights of an inch long), uniform in size and six to the inch in the row. Dsiqualifications. A white cob in a yellow ear. A red col> in a white ear. One or more

I white or yellow ears having twelve I or more crossed kernels. ELECTIONTONIGHT. The regular semi-annual election of ofll ers will be held at the Odd Fellows’ lodge tonight in the regular meeting that commences at 7:30 o'clock. Every member of the order should be present. The formation of u seven-man degree team will also i be made at this meeting. ( o BOX SOCIAL The Epworth league of the Washington M. E. church will hold a box I social ut tile Washington school . house Friday evening December flr. t jto which every Decatur fellow is lit I vited. There will be plenty of boxes. and free parking space. ASKS ALLOWANCE Mary Rodenbeck Sets Out Reasons Why She Should be Given Divorce. CHARGES CRUELTY Asks Two Hundred Dollars for Nurse and Expenses of Impending Illness. Mary Rodenbeck, sued recently by ' Henry Rodenbeck for divorce, has filed a cross complaint asking that she be given the divorce, ami asking that the sum of S2OO lie paid her within five days for her expenses, nurse and board during her impending illness and for attorney's fees; and that the weekly sum of three dollars be allowed her for the support and care of the child. L. C. , De Voss is her attorney. She gives cruel and inhuman treatment and habitual drunkenness as the grounds for which she asks for a divorce Thqy were married February 10. 1916 and lived together uni til June 2, when she says she was ' obliged to leave on account of his cruelty. She had two children by a former marriage and her husband had four by a former marriage, and she and her children came to reside with Mr. Rodenbeck and family on his farm here. She says he was cross and crabbed with her and her childr?n i and that he compelled iter children to do more work on the farm than fliey were able. She says further that he never accompanied her <o visit any of the neighbors or to thia city; and that he would be morose and sullen for days, refusing to speak to iter except to make som ■ demand. She sets out that her health for several years had been poor and delicate which he well knew at the time of their marriage. After he brought suit for divorce site says they entered into a contract and agreement whereby if the divorce were granted, she was to receive S3OO alimony. Since then, however, she says other conditions have become known, whereby more will be required, hence her request for the aforementioned allowance. TO DEDICATE NEW HOSPITAL The $125,000 hospital presented to the city of Van Wert, by George Marsli of that city and considered the finest in the United States for r, city of 10,000 will be dedicated tomorrow afternoon and evening and a suitable program will be given. In the afternoon Dr. Duemling will speak and tjie evening address will be given by Dr. E. O. Smith of Cincinnati, president elect of the Ohio Medical Association. LEAVE FOR SOUTHWEST. Mrs. Emeline Stalter and daughter. Mrs. Sherman Essex, of near Monroe, left Saturday night for DeWitt. Ark., to visit until after the holidays with their son and brother, Allen Valentine, who has been there for the past ten years. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tritch of Fort Wayne, visited with Mrs. Tritch’s mother, Mrs. Stalter, before she left. SEASON O°F ADVENT The season of Advent will open cn Sunday and will be observed by the Catholic churches. Advent closes on the 6th of January. On next Sunday at the St. Mary’s church in tills city a special collection will be taken the same to go towards the expense of keeping up the Catholic university at Washington, D. C. |

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HOME DN VISIT Bird Boy Art Smith Visits With Parents—Recovering from Fracture OF HIS RIGHT LEG Will Return to Japan—Sails About January I—But 22 Years Old. Art Smith, aviator who has been under the care of physicians in Chicago for the past two months, on account of his ngnt leg which was broken in a fall while flying in Japan, is now in Fort Wayne visiting witli his parents. He spent Sunday driving around the old town and viewing the scenes of his “boyhood days." The business men and several clubs of the city are planning a royal reception for him. He will probably go to Auburn today to visit with an old friend of his who was his staunch and loyal supporter in his early days of attempted flying in Fort Wayne—Al Wertman. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette says following in an interview with him: When asked whether he intend'd to remain in aviation, he said: ‘lt is the work 1 like better than anything else and I have no thought retiring. I feel that my career still has great things in store for me. The field is unlimited and there is • much to be done to develop the oer- ■ feet aviation. Constant experimenting is needed and I Intend to devote ’ my time and talents to this work.' Mr. Smitli stated that according to ■ jiersent plans he would sail for Japan about January 1, arriving there ’ when the cherries are ripe and the ’ season of the year is particularly r beautiful. Art could not state definitely the length of his stay for business trans--1 actions are now pending which may call him away before the two weeks are up that he intended to spend with ills parents. Mr. Smith stated that his divorce suit against Aimee Cour Smith, who resides in this city, is still pending in the courts of California, but will be acted upon in the near future. The winner of the greatest of aerial laurels is now but 22 years of age and has not been in Fort Wayne for any length of time since the fall of 1914, his stay at this period being for two weeks. His last visit to Fort Wayne was September 1, 1915. when he was in tlie city for two hours and changed trains on his way east. No one has had the meteoric and brilliant risein any profession to parallel that of the Fort Wayne boy in the field of aviation. The world over recognition has been given him as the king in his sphere and lie has responded with even greater feats. The story of his unheralded deeds in the air have been the subject of countless newspapers articles and several magazine write-ups. The Bird-boy’s parents formerly resided In Adams county and they have relatives in this city, his mother being a cousin of Mrs. George Houser of Fifth street and Mrs. Ben P. Rice of Seventh street. o— , COMING ATTRACTIONS. "Fine Feathers." F. L. Homigan's big show, will appear att he Bosse opera house on next Friday. December 1. This is the big city attraction and comes here from Marion, Ohio. "Fine Feathers,” by Eugene Walters, is on a par with "Paid in Full.” "The Wolf.’ etc., one of the dramatic triumphs of the season. This same show and company played at the Temple theater. Chicago, for six con secutive weeks and Chicago papers have been most liberal in their praises. , BELONGS ON THE LIST William Ruckman East Monroe street -barber is a memlier of the Decatur Advertising association and his name should have appeared on the list. Through some error his name was omitted. AT THE 7 REX? Neglected wivas are promised a treat in "The Children in the House.” newest Triangle drama. The husband who stays out nights is shot in the fifth reel and dies in time for a happy ending to the picture. At the I Rex tonight.