Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1916 — Page 1

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CERMANrSSI ANSWER Wte: »■ y i< Germany’s Answer to Ami, ican Contention is Con-V sidered Weak. ADMITS THE SINKING 01 the* Arabic, Claiming She Was a Transport Carrying Chinese. (United Press Service) (By Carl D. Grant) Washington, D. C., Dec. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) Germany’s contention that the steamer Arabia was a troop transport and admission that she was sunk under that impression is the answer to the American inquiry, made public by the state department today. At the same time German agreed to “promptly draw appropriate consequences.” if the United States shows the vessel was an ordinary passenger liner. The message states that when the submarine encountered the vessel it was not traveling the route regularly used by passenger steamers. Instead, the vessel, according to the Berlin Contention, was moving on the transport route, used solely for war purposes up to that time. The commander of the submarine asserts that < hinese were aboard and considered that they were to be used as soldiers, but he did not see any women and

children, the report declares. It was learned that this government views the Get man explanation as weak. London, Dev. 7 (Special to D.iilj Democrat)—The defeated Roumaniai '“a; my Is reTreat ini dlftng' the wheit front according to the Berlin officta statement today, announcing the cap ture of two other cities in addition tc Bucharest. The Roumanians retreat from Bucharest was covered on the left flank by Russians the Petrograd statement declared. The evacuation of the capital took place at noon yesterday It was stated. (By Ed L. Keen.) London, Dec. 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat)- Tiie supreme question in England today was whether David Lloyd George would succeed in forming a new cabinet. In his way stood the bitter display by friends of the old regime and yesterdays formal refusal of other libera.] party ministers to serve under Andrew Bonar Law. which means now also under Lloyd George since Law is one of Lloyd George’s best supporters. It was believed likely he will make a forceful appeal to all parties to sink their political differences and wage an energetc and successful conduct of the war. TODAYS HOOSIER ODDITY (Unite<J,Prr»s Service) Bedford. Ind., Dec. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Grover Closson, 24, leaned on a circular saw to “turn . ever” the engine that ran the saw. He | turned over the engine, all right, and (he saw also made a few revolutions. Grover did not get out of the way cuickly enough. Besides having his rlothes lorn off. he was sawed from the tip of his thumb to the tip of has toe suffering only minor injuries. o- — THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. Tomorrow, December 8, is the feast of the immaculate conception, and it wil be observed in the Catholic churches throughout the country. The feast of the immaculate conception is one of the most important of the six holy days observed by the church. Masses at the St. Mary’s church in this city will be at 5, 7:30 and 9:30 o'clock. It is a holy day of obligation. „ .... —• ELKS TO INITIATE. The local order of Elks will initiate three candidates tonight at their hall. A social session will be enjoyed afterwards and all members are requested to be present. A our help is needed. ATTENTION. RED MEN! Council fire will be kindled at 7:00 o'clock this evening. Warriors and hunters' signe will be conferred. SACHEM.

BOAR HUNT IN “THE SERPENT" A real hoar hunt is seen in the William Fox photoplay, "The serpent" in which Theda Hara is starred. The Picture is one of Russian life and it topics the customs of gentry and peasantry. Boar hunting is one of I 1 "’ chief sports of the Russian Emyre- It is: a dangerous pastime, for ¥’ hoar, once corm red, fights with yfiereeness of the bear and other |e animals. i Iris of “The Serpent” were made lussia by members'of the Fox' A permanently locate; in Petro-' B .'A Difficulties were experienetd Wi the film to this country. flrel '' ,,ys ' al theater tonight, for " yti-n cents. SATED’ THINGS 1 \' J)<'catAs econ d Municipal ChiAs Tree is Well ller Way. named 1 I — By I resiot j esse Sellemeyer aEthusiastic Meeting V t Night. A meeting that k things gtart ed” in a good way A , )(l ]ast pvpn . ing by Municipal << g Trpp pn thusiasts at the city A d npcatur will have its second V tmaß trpp if the old adage. “WelV,,, jg half done,” holds true. The nominating coik

wee. corals prising Mrs. C. F. DavisdL (1 Ch < ’S Christen reported the so* ng off .' cers: President. Jesse sL.,, wtip ver, secretary, Oscar Hoffman; \ BUrpr i Charles Christen. V n Mr. Selemeyer took his oA W j ln 1 lea firm grip and eommitteesL p ,1 named to get busy with activlgp aiations for the big event. Al )-1 wer o meeting will be held next Mond.V , ening at 8:15 o’clock and all <y j men of committees, especially, Y , ( |to attend this. V ' i The following committees w® i named: Y Arrangement—C. S. Niblick, chail ' man; J. H. Heller. Mrs. F. H. Hub bard, Mrs. D. W. Beery, Dr. C. R Weaver, D. F. Quinn. v Program and Music —Mrs. J. H j I Heller, chairman; Charles Hocker I Roy Mumma. Mrs. C. E. Bell. Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, Dr. Patterson, j Soliciting—H. J. Yager, chairman; r | Mrs. James Bain, Dr. Elizabeth Burns. M. Kirsch, Mrs. Davison. Ed ’ Macey, 11. H. Knodle, S. I*. Fordyce, Florence Myers, Mr. Overman. . | Purchasing—G. T. Burk, chairman, Dr. Costello, Wm. Myers, Mrs. J. S. Peterson, Mrs. Al Burdg. Decorating—D. M. Hensley, chairman; Mrs. E, B. Adams, Jessie Whines Burt Ixmhart, John Logan. | The goodly sum of seventy-five dol- ' lars is the balance remaining from i last year’s fund, and more will be so- | licited. However, the raising of • money by the Goodfellowship club plan is generously advocated. Last year good programs were given at the tree; a treat of candy handed out to the children, and seventy t baskets of good things for a ChristI mas dinner were sent out during the day to deserving homes. o — HUNT LOST SON. (United Press Service) Marion, Indiana, Dec. 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A state wide search has been instituted for Harvey Eschleman, 18. student at Indiana • university, and son of Dr. L. H. Eshleman, a prominent physician of this city, who disappeared shortly after after Thanksgiving with a check for Eshleman returned home from Bloomington to spend the Thanksgiving holiday. He left home the Sunday after Thanksgiving with a creek for $35 on a Marion bank and his parents ; supposed he was returning to the uni- ■ versity. Since then, however, he has not been heard from. .______o UNSIGNED COMMUNICATIONS We have lately received a number ■ of unsigned communications, sonle of ■ them excellent reading, but a newspa- . per does not like to print an article j i unless they know where it comes ' from. You will assure publication of [your articles if you will sign them. l lf your name is signed it does not t mean that it has to appear in the nal per, but we must have some know- ■ ledge of where the items come from. I Please sign your communications.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, December 7, 1916.

PLANS_J)RDERED For Number of New Bridges Will he Filed by Mr. Macklin by January 1. EXTRAS ARE ALLOWED On Two Macadam Roads— I Appeal Bond Fiied on Andrews Drain. The commissioners concluded their regular December session last evening and adjourned until Monday, when they will meet in continued session. Extras were allowed on the following macadam roads: George W. Miller road, not to exceed $102; Henry Bauman road, not to exceed $26.00. The Auditor reported that Gallagher Malloonee and others had tiled an appeal bond in the matter of the petition of Marion Andrews et al. for a drain. The bond was approved. County Surveyor Phil Macklin was instructed to prepare specifications for bridges to be filed on or before January 1, as follows: The Herman Reese bridge, Ed Gallmeyer, Philip Schiefersteine, Isaac Burr, John ■ Burke, Marion French, John Felty, Albert Spuller, Alfred Graham. Ed Aughenbaugh, trustee of Washington township, was authorized to extend further aid to the poor of Adams county, not to exceed fifteen dollars for each of eleven families filed for. — ii * ——n

o THE COURT NEWS Case of Christian Hockei vs. Joseph P. Johnson, Suit on Note. WENT TO THE JURY Judgment Rendered in the ißrown-Ault Case —Real i.l \ Estate Transfers. i. 1 » case of Christian Hocker vs. . Jo % Johnson, on note, was given to ;| the \y at o’clock today, at h I tim fgoing to press, they had not il . yet %ied a verdict. j Hani p axtO n vs. Frank P. Adams. -V ara i 1C e by Heller, Sutton & Helhy r defendant. j John \V- own et al vs. James M. ■ Ault, et 1 judgment for plaintiff, -jjohn Bro\A.- 01 . $264.42 and for Effie |V. JohnsonL $132.21. There is no -1 priority to <V 1 between these plain--1 i tiffs. E indinl an{ j judgment was ■ made thatWL eea defendant, has a second and \ se(lU ent lien on the '.real estate 0f\ 3 . 75i wh i C h j 9 duo | February 29. y property is ordered sold and thtL ( . ee< j 8 distributed as here in set 4 Appearance for Luce, a new defA, lt was entered by DeVoss. \

Hunters licenses V re issued to Ernest Ralph Whek clark Sours> Owen D. Sours, L. L llinmPr s. Inland May and Earl Mt , iehpy I Real estate transfersL na M p,. o|. 0 |. bilbiss to John M. Walk j ots 39.10 [Williams, quit claim n yron . S. Thompson to John M.kj tPrSi | O j s 37-38 Williams, quit Mary Zwick et al to John Ywalters, I lots 41-42 Williams, quit t, ( | eP(k isl; Elizabeth Meyers to k eon j. I Hain, lot 30. Decatur, $1; K - I Tumbleson to Frank Neadk p ,-q 1 acres, Blue Creek township, ign o —- k WANTS W. C. T. U. TO S N (United Pless service) \ Indianapolis, Oec. 7 —(Spec'S )0 Daily Democrat) —In a statemeik.. sued today E. S. Schumaker, sk tary of the Anti-saloon League ak the W. C. T. U. to join with the II j gue in the fight for state wide proS bition and indicated that the [the Anti-saloon league did not en‘ei the "dry federation” was because th< federation was partisian in chara cter. Schumaker stated that the An ti-salcon league and the Temperanct Union should lead in the fight i’m prohibition because they were non partisian in character and were fret from all political alliances.

I LABOR DEPARTMENT REPORTS /United ProHM Service) JV anhinglon, !><*<•. 7 (Special Io Daily Democrat) "Martialling of , armed thugs to quell labor disputes," l ’ was denounced- as a menace to the nations industrial jleace in the re-( port of the department of labor sub-' ■ rnltted to congress today. If local i and stale forces cannot cope with strike outrages cal! in the federal I government, advises the governments report. Labor organizations is indisI pensible to the attainment of economic ■ importance, the report said. Secretary Wilson expressed satisfaction over “the general disposition of employers to recognize workmens rights to bargain collectively for better wages.” FARM GOODS POOR I I 'Average Worth of Farm Foodstuffs Less Than Manufactured Goods. SAYS 11. E. BARNARD Caused by Inability of the Farmer to Get Pure I Supplies. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Dee. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Farm made foodstuffs are adulterated to a far i greater extent than manufactured : products, according to the annual re- • j port made by Dr. 11. E. Barnard, state I ! food and drug commissioner, today. The department examined 1,385 sam-

pies of food purchased by inspectors I jor sent in by consumers during the * year and 1,086 of these samples were legal and 319 were listed as illegal. In commenting on the adulteration of food, Dr. Barnard said: "Many of the milk samples were reported illegal not because they were skimmed or watered but because they contained dirt. Eighteen out of twenty samples of cider were listed as illegal because of the high f alcoholic content, and of vinegar, twenty-four out of forty-four samples fell below standard because of imma--1 turity rather than because of intententional fraud. ■“lf it were possible or advisable in tabulating the result of analysis of foodstuffs into two classes, one of which would show naturally the farm made foodstuffs and the other manti- ’ 1 factored products gathered from all 1 , parts of the world and sold in pack-' I age form, it would be evident that the adulteration would be confined almost entirely to the first class. t “The unsatisfactory samples would ( be found in the list 6t goods produced by the local butcher in his back room and by the farmer who did not know how to work and who had no ( means of determining whether or not his goods were standard. It is a difficult matter for the farmer to determine when his vinegar is matured, how much moisture is in his butter. ' whether or not the condiments and spices he uses in his preparation of ’ homemade sausages and meat loaves are pure or loaded with chemicals." Seventy-five out of 377 samples of milk were declared illegal. Os forty- t eight samples of “temperance beer," I he examined, twenty-three were de- g

dared illegal. Regarding the Indiana water supphy, Dr. Barnard says: “The private water supplies of Indiana are of doubtful quality and the chances of getting a safe drink of water front the average supply is two to one. Os the 1,609 samples examined, 618 were condemned, 998 were of good quality and twentythree were of doubtful quality. "The figures of the past year are almost identical with those of other years. The condition cannot be remedied quickly. The average householder is not easily convinced that his supply of water is ftolluted and until the health officer of the community deliberately sets about closing bad wells, they will continue to be used.” ARRESTED FOR ARSON. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Dec. 7 —(Special to I Daily Democrat;) —Fred Brown, son W of a wealthy farmer nears BrownsAurg, Indiana was arrested here early ,p \day charged with being a fugitive a- pin justice. Brown is accused of »• king set fire to two barns on the ;e Hn of Edward P. Graham during ir Tyday night. Bloodhounds were »• Piytl on the trail and went to the ■e Bru konlP- Fred was not at home' * ,u fyas traced to this city. |

TO HUNTINGTON T , , Delegation of Odd Fellows ( go to Huntington for District Meeting. NEW STYLE WORK Was Exemplified hy Peru, Indiana, Team—Three Degrees Were Given. A large delegation of local Odd Fellows went to Huntington yesterday afternoon where they attended the | district meeting, witnessing the Bern team confer the three degrees on a class of seventy-five candidates. The I work was in conformity with the new J system in which seven men are used, instead of the twenty, as formerly the case. In the afternoon a round table meet-' ing was held at which Grand Master j Spears addressed the members, givI ing much information about the work i of the order. W. H. Leedy, grand see-' ■ retary of the organization was present 'and gave interesting information about his phase of the work of the order. Among those going from the Decatur lodge were L. ('. Helm, Murray J. Scherer. Glen Baker. Homer 11. Knodle, M. S. Venin. Owen Davis and Ed. S. Christen. UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES “Too bad” sez Jimp Jumpson, as he paid his fine an’ costs, "thet th’ city I don’t give no automobile koopons.."

'I o ‘ . CARNIVAL HERE I I ■ . ' Central School House Will be the Scene of a Grand County Fair FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 Be Sure to go—Vaudeville Shows, Booths and Gen-

eral Amusements. A visit to a real county fair coni 1’nt be any more interesting and amusing than the visit to the mock county fair which the Athletic Association of the Decatur higlt school will give toraorow in the central schoolhouse. Real booths where refreshments will be sold; real vaudeville shows, with their minstrels, orchestras and clogging will be given; and every feature of a real carnival will be carried out. Be sure to go. The public is cordially invited. Ten cents to all. The proceeds will be used in promoting athletics. o BIG FUN SHOW. “A Full House,” the next attraction at the opera house, Wednesday, December 13, comes to us with the guarantee that it is the best and r, 4- 1n , , 1, n 1,1 n z. .1 . , .

most laughable farce comedy ever ■ presented in this city. The action of the play takes place in the apartment . of Mrs. Fleming, who sub-lets the . apartment to Mr. and Mrs. Howell. ' i when the fun begins, with a hundred I screams a minute. Nothing like it . has ever been presented in this city. If you want a big laugh, don't miss this one. You will feel better after seeing it. The press and public give this play their own highest endorsement. o— BIG BOND ISSUE (United tress Service) Washington, Dec. 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Federal farm loan banks will declare a one hundred million dollar bond issue today. The issue will be made shortly after the new banks open their doors. The bonds will be issued in denominations of from $25 to SIOOO and will bear between found and five percent interest. THIRTY-THREE TRAINS LATE. Out of 382 trains operated on the Fort Wayne and Decatur Tractton i line between this city and Fort Wayne during the month of Novem- , her, only thirty-three of them were late, leaving 349 arriving on time. On ' a per cent basis 91.3 arrived on | time. j

ENLISTED IN ARMY Ralph L. Ixih.ure and Harry A. Martz of Monroe, Ind,, enlisted In Un- < le Sam's army yesterday, making application through Recruiting Officer, G. U. Cook of Fort Wayne. Both gen.Heinen left on the five forty-five car last evening for l-'ort Wayne and from there to Columbus where they will serve their one year term. Officvi Cook expects more applications today. RETURN TO DECATUR™ M. S. Ramey and wife arrived from Ethridge, Tenn., and will make this Place their home, living in the Will Ramey residence on Mercer avenue. They formerly lived here and their return Is a home-coming. Mr. Ramey was a veteran of the civil war. • o — 1 SUDDEN^ DEATH Came to (’has. Lovelace, a Former Decatur Man, Ft. Wayne Furnace man. HERE A WEEK AGO At Thanksgiving Reunion— Today Others Are Attending His Funeral. A week ago today a party of friends enjoyed a Thanksgiving reunion in this city; today they are attending the funeral of one of the party. Mr. and Mrs. Will Ramey, Mr. and i Mrs. John Barnett and others went to Fort Wayne today to attend the

funeral of Mr. Ramey’s cousin, I Charles M. Lovelace, a well known I furnace salesman of Fort. Wayne, residing at 2206 Curtis avenue, formerly of Decatur, who was killed a few minutes after six o’clock Monday evening. He suffered a severe shock which threw him with violence on the cement floor. He suffered a fractured skull and died a few minutes afterward before a physician could be summoned. Mr. Lovelace and wife had spent Thanksgiving here, attending a dinner party at the John Barnett home, and the reunion was a particularly happy one. The shock of his sudden death was very great. The Fort Wayne Sentinel says: “It is the opinion of Dr. J. E. Mc-

Ardle, coroner of Allen county, that , the high voltage wire of the Fort ‘ 'Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction • company became connected with the ■ wire leading into the Lovelace home i by a wire shich had been thrown ■ across the two wires by some boys I “Mr. Lovelace went into the base ; ment to fire the furnace. As he , reached to turn on the electric light he suffered the ’ fatal shock. The light bulb broke and members of tht family rushed to the basement only | to find Mr. Lovelace lying on the flooi I unconscious. He was carried upstairr but died soon afterward. “At the time of the sad accident linemen of the traction company were on their way to fix some trou ble reported by a neighbor lady of th* Lovelace family. She stated that sparks were shooting from wires between two poles near the Lovelace home. The contact of the wire which had been thrown across the two wires

was causing this display of fireworks. “Coroner McArdle stated that 2,200 volts passed through the man's body. Although no definite statement has been made by the official, it is thought that in his verdict he will state that the wire which formed the connection was placed there as the result of a boyish prank. “The deceased was 62 years of age and came to Fort Wayne several years ago from Decatur. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias at Auburn, Modern Maccabees and the Benevolent Order of Buffaloes. He sides the widow he is survived by a daughter. Mrs. David Current. There are also two grandchildren.” MARK MASTER DEGREE The Royal Arch Masons will meet tonight for the conferring of the Mark Master degree upon three candidates from Geneva, and every member is requested to be presnent. The degree work will be followed by a luncneon and a good time. Members 1 should be on hands. | 0 MISS PATTON’S CLASS. Miss Effie Patton's Sunday school I class is requested to meet at the li- 1 brary Friday afternoon immediately 1 j after school. t

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UP TO DECATUR We Can Have the Redpath Chautauqua if We Want It—Decide Tomorrow SAYS MR. DUNBAR Has Twenty-five Guarantors But Needs Twice That Many More to Close. "Well, what about the chautnuqun?” asked the Democrat man of Harry Dunbar, the Redpath booster, when met on the street this morning. “Greetings, friend Democrat, and I say, if there were many more folks like those who publish your pauer, it wouldn't take long to settle the Chautauqua question. I'm having a good time meeting the folks, and near- , ]y every one I find says, “have the Chautauqua, by all means." One or two said “I've been ‘stung’ on that • now twice, and altho I want the Chautauqua to come. I will not sign a guaranty to sell ten tickets again." “Upon my word." said Dunbar, “I was amazed, the first time I heard it. . To think that a man who lives in Decatur, brings up his children here, and one wno knows what the Redpa.h ■ Chautauqua is should feel “stung.’ b—cause, he had invested several dollars 1 probably less than ten, in season t tickets which he didn’t sell. Os ? course there was really no need of even this happening. The facts are, there was no organized effort at handling the tickets, or presenting the . claims of the Chautauqua as a perv manent community institution to the ~ people. Some people were asked to k buy tickets by a dozen different peoe pie. Others who ought to have been I there, knew nothing of it. or at least . had no intelligent idea of it. and n> body even asked them if they w-re going. In all fairness, the fault was not entirely with these busy men, either. Methods are in the making. Every town seems different from every other, and every year brings new lessons. For next year, as soon as the contract is completed, which is now very doubtful, we are gathering a carefully prepared list of 1000 heads of families and responsible persons who by reason of their intelligence, we know should attend Chautauqua. These will be mailed much informa•ion about next session from time to time. Then three weeks before the session, each subscriber will select 'rom this printed list those whom he will see about tickets, and those left will be apportioned to some of the many who have a talent for selling •hautauqua tickets,” On further questioning, Mr. Dunbar said that up to last night twenty f ive of the necessary seventy had sign "d the guaranty. He had been callmg alone, it being such a busy time with business men that those members of the Rotary Club who planned to assist, could not go out. He of -ourse wanted much time by approach!ng irresponsible people, but said that he would put in another day, then leave if the signors were not forthcoming. He said this was his first “xperience in going alone asking poonle to get behind a Chautauqua guaranty to the extent of selling tan tickets. In fact this method had not been necessary in recent years. It certain that the needed number of Chautauqua patrons are here in Decatur and the adjacent county, and the Redpath are reluctant to abandon such a town and never do hastily. However there came to Mr. Dunbar yesterday morning a call from lx>u!sville, Ky., for a place on the Redpath circuit, and one from Ligonnier, and it ! s more than possible that one of these places will sign the contract at once, and probably displace Decatur, one or two Indiana towns not yet signed up for next year No more towns can l>e taken than there are week days between April 15 and September 1, for only one Chautauqua can open each day. It would he of course Impossible for 'first day' talent to be ‘first day’ in more than one town the same day, etc It has been suggested that any one interested enough to sell ten tickets to the Chautauqua, call at the Old Adams County Bank, or the Holthouse Drug Store by tomorrow noon. By then, the fate of the Chautauqua he-e next summer will be definitely sealed.