Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1916 — Page 1

Volume XIV. Number 293.

WON THEJMTION David Lloyd George in Five Days Has Electrified the Nation. ALL ARE BEHIND HIM In Determination to Prosecute the War Vigorously the Next Year. (United Press Service) (Uy Ed I* Keen.) London, Dev. 11—(Special to Daily mocrat)—-The force of Lloyd Geors 'touch has within five days elecrified the British nation. While the new war director was today forced to his bed hy ill health brought about by his recent strenuous work. London was in a fever of enthusiasm for the new order. That the new premier is to have hie full force of the British nation behind him in whatever he does became evident today. in the rise of Lloyd George the British people see a free people's answer to the claim repeatedly made since August 1, that in a crisis their democracy with its scattered control and its division of power cannot cone with the efficiency and force of centralized power possible under an autocracy of the German type.

Athens, Dec. 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—King Constantines government made formal protest to the allied powers today against continuance of the allied blockade. Rome, Dec. 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat)- Italy, no less than her allies. is preparing to make 1917 a year of its most vigorous prosecution of the war. Two events today so indicated >'ie new determination of the nation. One was the calling to the colors of the class of 1898, one year in advance of the time at which the men of that age ordinarily would he called upon for military service. The other was the vote of confidence accorded to the present government by parliament. Paris, Dec. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)—lt appeared certain today that Premier Briand will organ-j ize the French cabinet along the lines of reconstruction adopted by David Lloyd George. Berlin, Dec. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Germany delivered to Secretary Grew of the American embassy today a reply to the American inquiry relative to the sinking of the steamer Lanao. Grew expected to deliver to the German foreign office today an in-1 quiry received from Washington as to the sinking of Norwegian vessels.

VILLA INTERVIEWED. (United Press Service) New York. Dec. 11— (Special to the Daily Democrat) —"I am K oil 'R t 0 drive the Americans out of Mexico or make them fight. This is the declaration of Villa reported in an interview published in the New York Evening World today. Villa declared that the mayor of 11 Paso had chased his wife out ot the city after taking her jewels; that Phishing had violated the sacred rights 'oT'Mexieo and "had to get out’ and that Wilson has "turned traitor to me and the cause I represent” to help Carranza—"the bad man of Mexico.’ Brownsville, Tex., Dec. 11-(Special to Daily Democrat)— Richard Solis, American citizen, arrested in Mata-

moras last week unknown charges today was taken to Victoria for military trial over the protest of the United States consul. The consul had warned the Carranza commander tha. sue haction possibly would have grave results as he had reported the matter to Secretary Lansing. HEAR ARGUMENTS JAN BTH. (United Press Service) Washington, Dec. U-(Speciai t Daily Democrat)— The United States supreme court will hear the argument in the Adamson eight hour law e-> case January 8. The court set the date today when goernment lawyers asked that the case be expedited as much as possible. The Adamson law goes into effect January 1 but will not be enforced until the supreme- court hands down its decision.

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headlight law valid (United Press Service) Washington. Dec. 11 -(Special to Daily Democrat)—The supreme court today affirmed the decision which declared Indianas electric headlight law tor locomotives constitutional. The headlight law was enacted in 1909 and authorized the public utilities commission to investigate the locomotive headlights in use in the state and determine if they are adequate for the Protection of persons and property. — - ROB six stores. (United Press Service) Wabash. Ind.. Dec. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Robbers visited LnFontaine early today, blow one safe, broke open the cash registers in six stores, stole an automobile and escaped. They procured about SIOO besides the automobile. THE COURT NEWS Attendance Officer Case is Venued to Jay County on Petition OF THE DEFENDANT Another Case is Dismissed —Sale of Land in J. P. Baker Estate.

E. B. Lenhart, guardian of James 11. Stone, filed report of sale of personal property which was approved. In the partition case of Catherine Gorss, et al vs. John Baker, et al. report of sale of land in the suit, was made by John Baker, commissioner. Eighty acres of land in Washington township in the John P. Baker estate ( were sold to Frank and Mary Baker, for $11,650 and fifty-two acres to Joseph and Mary Heimann, for S7IOO. Report was approved, deeds ordered, reported and approved. Upon puetition of Adam C. Butcher defendant, in the case of the State on the Relation of Jesse Steele, the case was sent to Jay county on change of venue. The case of Amos Steiner sv. Jennie Evans was dismissed and costs paid. The minutes of the appellate and , supreme court Friday show that the, supreme court held that jurisdiction in the case of Faylor and others vs D. D. Studabaker lies in the appellate court and the ease was transferred there. The appellate court shows, that on appellees’ motion the case ( was advanced on the docket. Bluffton News. Real estate transfers: Gerhardt Koenemann to Gustave Yager, lot 274 , Decatur, $2500. 1 The case of Emily Musselman in 1 her claim against the Emily Carter ' estate will probably go to the jury late this afternoon.

FOOD PROBE STARTS. (United Press Service) Washington, D. C., Dec. 11 (Spec- | ial to Daily Democrat)—With the departure today of Special Assistant Attorney General Anderson, food prober, for Cleveland, where he will as- , a ume personal direction of the federal grand jury investigating the high cost of living, the government’s real work on the question started. AnJderson carried with his evidence •' against food speculators throughout I the middle west.

BIG PLANT BURNS. (United Press Service) Peterboro. Ont., Dec. 11-(Special to Daily Democrat)—Three employes dead, 17 others injured, and almost total destruction or tne plant of the Quaker Oats company at a loss of two million dollars, was the toll taken by a fire here today. The court house caught fire at 1:30 and probably will be destroyed. modern woodmen election Notice is hereby given that the Modem Woodmen will hold their election lof officers Wednesday evening. A 'good attendance should characterize this meeting. ______ MTInTMrs. Walter Eicher and two children of Rockford. Ohio, were entertained Sunday at dinner by Mr. 'and Mrs. Jesse Beery of Jackson street. Mesdames Eicher and Beery iare sisters.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, December 11, 191«

WAS RE-ELECTED M m. 11. Myers, Well Known Townsman, Again to Head Staff OF G. A. R. OFFICERS Other Well Known Members Elected to Help in Work of the Order. — - . 4 The G. A. R. mot Saturday afternoon for its annual election. William H. Myers, a prominent member of the post, was reelected to the highest office, that of commander, an office which he fills with dignity and credit to himself and the post. Other officers are: Senior Vice Commander—S. B. Fordyce. Junior Vice Commander—R. A. Drummond. Surgeon—Benjamin Pillars. Quartermaster—F. F. Freck. Officer of the Day—D. K. Shackley. Officer of the Guard —Samuel Chronister. Patriotic Inspector—J. D. Hale. Trustees—J. D. Hale, T. W. Mallonee, S. B. Fordyce. Delegates to the State Encampment —Nathan Ehrman. S. B. For dyce, R. A. Drummond. Alternates — Washington Kern Eleazer Biggs, John Williams.

COAL BARONS RUN To Cover to Hide from Federal Grand .Jury in Session at New York. PRICES TAKE TUMBLE Showing Almost Conclusively High Prices Were Caused by Conspiracy. (United Press Service) New York, Dec. 11—(Special to the Daily Democrat (—With a sudden tumble in coal prices here, regarded as the best evidence that the high price of coal was the result of conspiracy, the federal grand jurys inquiry into the high cost of living began today. ’’There never .has been a real shortage of coal in this port.” Frank M. Swacker, in charge of the investiga- i tion said. "Our evidence thus far is that somewhat more than usual has been shipped here from the mines. “Jobbers have for some time been refusing shipments on the pleas that they are not up to the quality contracted for." “The truth is the governments action has started the speculators to run to cover.”

ENCLOSED CAR FOR NIBLICK 3 One of the most attractive cars ever delivered in this city was the Auburn enclosed car today turned over to John Niblick by the T. J. Dur kin garage company of this city. It is certainly a handsome automobile, made to be comfortable and convenient for use during all seasons of the year. Its a 1917 model the first delivered here and one of the first models of its kind turned out by the Auburn company. The price is $2,000 and it looks like the money, equipped with every known modern device, six cylinders, seven passenger, beautifully upholstered with the seats covered in grey to match the top and a car that will attract attention any time or place. The enclosed car is coming more and more into use because of the fact that it can be used at any time, no differenct what the weather. The car was displayed in the window at the Durkin garage today and as inspected by many critical eyes, standing every test well it is needless to say. BIG TOLEDO FIRE. (United Press Service) Toledo, Ohio, Dee. 11-(Special to Daily Democrat)— Two men are deat and one is still buried under the ruins of a bui'ding, destroyed by Are here early today. The man buried was thought still alive late this afternoon. The dead are Fire Captain Welsh and Fireman Urie.

A RAVELING CORRECTION. In the. advertisement of the Decatur Merchants’ association In the issue of the Ravelings last week, the names of Yager Bros. * Reinking, Miller's pool room. E. L. Carroll and T. J. Leonard and Murray Scherer wore unintentionally omitted, while the names of Morris Co., Hunsicker & Miller and Wemhoff Monumental Works which were used, should have been left off. The Ravelings staff gladly makes these corrections. o PUBLIC SUPPER TUESDAY An excellent supper will be served to the public for twenty-five cents, by the Presbyterian church ladies in the church dining room. Everybody is cordially invited to come. BONDSMEN SUED

People’s Loan & Trust Company Sues Bondsmen and Gossard and Nash. DEMAND IS $5,000.00 On Notes Drawn for Overdraft of Banking Account According to Contract. Attorneys LaFollette & C. L. Wai ters filed a suit in the circuit court, in which Francis M. Gossard and Thomas E. Nash, partners in a firm for buying and shipping of live stock, and their bondsmen on an indemnifying bond, are made defendants in a suit on note, demand $5,000, brought by The Peoples Loan & Trust Com pany. The other defendants, bonds men, are Homer Archbold, Cecil A

Harvey, Louise Conrad, James A. Steele, Charles Liby, Ray Tope, Gottlieb Kirchenbauer and E. S. Liby. i The live stock firm is one that op-r---ated in several counties, including Adams and others. They aranged with the bank for credit, whereby their checks were to be honored, not to exceed a total of $5,000. According to the contract and bond, if their account, which they were to keep at the bank, in which they were to do all their banking business, were overdrawn, the bank was to draw notes for the amounts, signing the firm name of Gossard & Nash. This they did, for a note for SI,OOO given May ”2, 1916, and another for $2,536.27, given June 24. These notes and interest, the bank claims are still unpaid, and the firm and the bondsmen on the indemnifying bond, are made defendants.

ED KURT WEDS Ed Kurt Returns from V isit at Warren —Brings Home a Bride. WED AT HUNTINGTON To Mary McCrege Brown. Saturday, December 2— Will I Jve Here. Ed Kurt, well known young man. has returned home from a two weeks visit at Warren, giving a most pleasant surprise to his relatives here by returning with a bride. He was married Saturday. December 2, to Mrs. J. S. Brown, a well known Warren lady, the wedding taking place at Huntington, where a justice of the peace officiated. The bride was formerly Miss Mary MeCrege. Mr. and Mrs. Kurt will g oto housekeeping in this city. The groom is a ' son of Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Kurt of Tenth street.

BURFORD AWARDED CONTRACT The county commissioners met at twelve o’clock today to award the bontracty tor the stationery for the ensuing year. The only bidder was the W. B. Burford company who were awarded the contract. The uncertainty of the printing game just now prevented any of the smaller firms taking a chance on the printing one year ahead. The board also allowed the bills for the recent election.

BURNS ABE FATAL 3abe of Mr. and Mrs. Oren Shilts Died Two Hours After Accident. FUNERAL HELD TODAY Services at Wren, Ohio— Babe Granddaughter of Abe Schnepp. The burns sustained Saturday l.y Frances, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oren Shilts, residing on the Arthur Bleeke farm in Union township, proved fatal, the babe dying near noon two hours after receiving the fatal bunts. The child had been left in the room but a few moments by the mother while she went out to get a bucket of soft coal. When she returned she found the child lying on the floor ablaze, nearly all its clothing having been burned off. (Is blackened tongue told the story of internal burns. Funeral services were held today from the IJberal United Brethren church at Wren, Ohio. Tlie child was thirteen months and eighteen days old and was the only child in the family. The babe was a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abe 1 Schnepp formerly of this city.

G. A. BUNNER DEAD G. A. Bunner, Prominent Blue Creek Farmer, Died Early This Morning OF STOMACH TROUBLE Funeral Services at Mt. Tabor M. E. Church—Burial in Church Cemetery. G. A. Bunner, for thirty-three years I a prominent farmer or Blue Creek I township, died this morning after suf-1 sering for several years of stomach I trouble. He was born in Fayette county Pen-! Sylvania October 16. 1841 and was!

- the son of Mr. and Mrs. Enoch A ’ Bunner. He was married April 21 1868 which wife proceeded him ir I death. i He is survived by the following children: E. A. Bunner of Spiceland ndiana, William J. Bunner of Rivarre and Lucy Bunner at home. One son. H. S. Bunner is dead. Os brothers and sisters, Mrs. S. F. Allen oi Glenmore .Ohio, survives while four brothers and one sister are dead. Funeral services will be held from the Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal church with burial in Mount Tabor cemetery at an hour to be announced later. Dr. D. I). Clark, coroner, was summoned and his examination gave the facts that death was caused primarily from stomach trouble. Coroner Clark made the trip at four-thirty o’clock this morning. The funeral will bo held Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock from the home. ATTENDS BANQUET. Clyde Rice, local Metropolitan insurance agent, went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to attend a district meeting of insurance agents, at which Superintendent Innman ot New York City will speak. There will also be] a banquet. I

CHIEF JUDGE DEAD. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind.. Dec. 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —James B. Black, 78. first chief judge of the appellate court, died today. He was appointed” to the. appellate court in 1891 by Governor Hovey. Eugene J. and George Tisron, who arrived Saturday from Tulsa, Okla., to visit, with their father, John Tisron, left today for New Haven for a visit at their old home. They will return here to complete their visit.

LEAF AGENT SHORT. Brazil, Ind., Dec. 11—Lewis Mendenhall, aged forty-five, an agent for the Clover Leaf railroad company at Cates, was arrested here charged with embezzlement of railroad and express money. When F. M. Thompson, special agent of the Clover Leaf, arrived at the Cates station to make an investigation of the office. Mendenhall escaped through a window and went to his home, where lie told his wife good-bye, and armed himself with a revolver. Mendenhall flagged a freight train and went to Veedersburg, here he took a southbound C. E. A I. train for Brazil. He was arrested here by Chief of Police Walter Jackson. Mendenhall had about S2OO when arrested. He said he was on his way to Florida. He confessed the embezzlement, mid attributed his downfall to whiskey and heavy losses on bets made on the recent election.

HOME WEDDING Nearest Relatives Witness Wedding of Irene Smith and Don Vancil SATURDAY EVENING Leave at Once for Future Home at Lima—Will Take Eastern Trip Later.

With only the nearest relatives present, in the number of twenty-five, the wedding of Miss Irene Smith, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith, of Fourth street, and Mr. Don Vanc.il, of Lima. Ohio, was t quietly solemnized Saturday evening at 4:30 o’clock at the Smith home, with the ring ceremony, performed by the Rev. Diefenbaugh, of Bluffton, acting pastor of the Decatur Method-

I ist church. j, I The wedding was performed in tho J I living room, and while a sister-in-law, I Mrs. Fred Smith, played Lohengrin’s | wedding march, the bride, with her I father. W. R. Smith, who gave her in I marriage, and her bridesmaid. Miss I Ireta Erwin, walked to the altar, I where they met the groom and his atI tendant. the bribed RichI ard Smith. The bride was married in her travI eling costume, a tailored suit of dark I brown velour, with a blouse of fleshI colored embroidered chiffon and I smart brown boots. A bouquet of I creamy bride’s roses was worn. For [the trip to their new home at Lima, for which the left on the 7:05 train 1 on the Clover Leaf, with this cos- 1 I tume, the bride wore a creamy hat

I with old rose trimmings. Miss Erwin I wore a costume of dark blue. I The wedding dinner w'as served imI mediately after the ceremony. The I long table was beautiful with its I swansonia and chrysanthemums in I yellow and white and as honored ones I it this table were the bridal party, the I parents of the bride, her grandmothI er, Mrs. Catherine Rugg; her brothI ers anil sisters. The parents of the [groom were unable to be present on [account of illness in the family. I Mr. and Mrs. Vancil went to housekeeping at once, having a furnished apartment at Lima. Ohio, where Mr. Vancil is employed as a clerk in the offices of the Pennsylvania railroad company. Later, they wjll take a trip to New York City. Both bride and groom have the highest esteem of all, and deservedly so. for their sterling worth. The groom is a son of Edgar Vancil of Van Wert, Ohio, formerly of Decatur. Out of town guests at the wedding were Mrs. Albert Lachnit and Mr. and Mrs. Don Smith of Indianapolis. ■ ■ - ■■ o CATCH BOMB PLOTTERS. (United Press Service) Pittsburg. Dec. 11 —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Federal agents today spread their net for a group of men thought to be concerned in bomb plots against munitions plants. The first to be captured was James Reed. Reed was arrested following an jxplosfbn at the Aetna Chemical Companys plant last night which coat three lives. n DEPOT BROKEN INTO Sheriff Green this morning received word that the Clover Leaf if- pot at Glenmore, had been broken into this morning about four o’clock probably by yeggs. Nothing of value was secured, but the depot was badly demolished. The doors and windows were broken; the telegraph instruments broken and the wires cut.

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EASY AND SURE You Can Make Money in Adams County Raising Hogs Says Marion Andrews. BOOSTER FOR ADAMS Says This is Best County in World—lmprove it by Improving Decatur. Do you want to make money? Ot course you do. Well, if you live in Adams county, here is one way you can do it: Raise hogs. It’s about tho surest and best way we know of and we have watched it for several years. We believe that more money is made out of hogs than in any other way in this greatest of all counties. We have been sure of it for some time, and the fact was further demonstrated Saturday afternoon when Marion Andrews, one of the best known farm--1 ers of the county, and a nice fellow any where you meet him, told us ot an experience he has had. Last year he sold all his hogs but three sows and one pig, which slipped out of the car when loading. During this year, one of the sows had eleven pigs, another nine and the third but one. These with the runa-

| way made a total of twenty-one. Os these Marion kept five for his winter's meat, and the other sixteen brought $286.75. If you know of any easier or safer way to make money, give us the dope and we will try it. Mr. Andrews pointed out to us the fact that the farmer who has fifteen or twenty sows should make more ( money than the average business man is making and he is right about it. Marion also took occasion to say that this is some county in which to live and every farmer ought to be thankful for his splendid soil, his excellent roads unaparalleled in tho ’ middle west, of his market and tha opportunities to advance and enjoy life. ’ Why.’’ he said, "do you realize that wo farmers can eat our supper and then attend an entertainment in Decatur or Fort Wayne or Bluffton or anywhere most we want to go and I be home in time tor a good sleep in our own beds?" : He said further "Every farmer in the county ought to boost for the towns and cities. I am for Decatur and I hope to see it advance and become a greater center, a better market, and 1 know that when it does my farm will increase in value and we will all be happier.” ’Marion is right about it and we believe that what he expressed is tha

| real feeling of every farmer in this 1 splendid county. We may quarrel a. little about taxes and one thing or another during campaigns, but we all understand that we have something to show for the taxes we have been paying, good schools, fine roads, and it isn’t so bad after all, and the man who can make nearly three hundred dollars and his winter’s meat off of three hogs- and that’s what every man who works at it can do—ought to find that while he has many things to complain about, he likewise has a multitude of things to enjoy and be thankful for. Come again, Marion. Your optimistic spirit is what we all need. oSTANDIFORD BABE DEAD Infant Daughter Os Merle Standiford Succumbs. Violet May, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Standiford, of S. Twelfth street, bom August 19, died Sunday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock, after an illness of kidney trouble. The child w'as the only one In the family. The mother was formerly Miss Nel’io Barkley, of Ohio. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at ten o'clock from the home, the Rev. F. If. Harman, of the United Brethren church officiating. Burial will take place in the city cemetery. GIGA NTIC° SWINDLE - (United Press Service) Philadelphia, Dec. 11 —(Special lo Daily Democrat) —Federal officials today arrested three men and threatened the arrest of fifteen others in connection with a gigantic swindle which it is charged the postal inspectors have uncovered, pne of the swindles is declared to have involved $2,500,000.—most of it money of widows and orphans. The three men arrest'd stand high up in Philadelphia business circles.