Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1916 — Page 1

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ENGLAND WILL DISCUSSTERMS English Foreign Office Will Not Return a Flat Refusal to Talk OF TERMS FOR PEACE — Germany Ready to Give Full Statement of Terms is Bernstorfl’s View. (United Press Service) ' (By Robert J. Render) d Washington, Dec. 16-(Speelal to I Daily Democrat (-Germany is ready to give the allies a full statement of peace terms at a conference, German ambassador Von Rernstorff officially announced following a conference with Secretary of state Lansing toduy. ( At the same time Germany is also • ready to discuss disarmanment, creation of a league to guarantee perman- ] ent peace and other subjects that would arise from any peace negotiations. The envoys visit was to obtain official confirmation of this country’s intention not to supplement Gennanvs peacj proposals at this time. The British embassy had advises f from the foreign office not to return c a flat refusal of the German peace > proposals for the sake of neutral op- ( inion, it was learned today. Because f of the close understanding between allied embassies here it is believed the 1 French and Russian embassies have < taken the same action. ■ 1 Athens. “Dec. 16—(Special to Daily Ik-mcorat) —The Greek reply acepting demands of the allies complies completely with their ultimatum. The reply, made public today, says Greece desires to give another proof of her friendship and announced that - orders already have been given com- '

plying with the allies demands. The movement of troops and materials began today and will be carried out as rapidly as possible. Satisfaction was promised for the; attack made on French forces .in Alh-' ens and arbitration was suggested for adjustment of the details. The reply expressed the hope that the allies will reconsider their blockade decision. BIG FACTORY FIRE. 'United Press Service) Los Angeles. Cal.. Bee. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Fire, which officials declare of incendiary origin, today destroyed the plant of the Llewellyn Iron Works, with a loss of $500,000. Two explosions preceded the fire and fifty men barely escaped from the burning building. The plant was partly destroyed by a bomb six years ago. The bomb was placed a short distance from where the flames were first observed today. David Caplan, convicted of manslaughter in connection with the 1910 Los Angeles Times dynamiting just twelve hours before the explosion, declared no associates of his were in any way connected with the explosion which some ascribed to a demonstration against Caplan’s conviction.

FINE WASHINGTON APPLES p Myers and wife received a > fine Christinas gift in the form ot boxes of super-fine apples from a good friend, C. H- Laizure, of Omak. M as.i. Each apple is perfect as specimens selected for a picture, and are wrap- 1 ped in soft papers with the name of the grower and his address and tne, name of the apple. The Leisure], fruit farms have gained fame where- ■ ( ever their fruits are sent, for the per ■ section to which they have attained. A box of cherries was received Lie] spring by Mr. Myers from the Insure ranch. Messrs. leisure and Myers won’ college mates. “Poultry show. Great Fort Event Will be Held January 17-21. Manv from this city who attended th ; Gr eat Triangle Poultry show at Fort Wayne last season will be into 98ted in learning that the assoc.at on tion building that was need I at that time The show promises to be larg er and better than ever. The prem-i lum list is sent free to all dress the secretary. J- c - stein.

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prof, musterberg dead Prew Service) Cambridge, Mass.. Dec. 16 I Special to Daily Democrat)- Professor Hugh Munsterberg, of Harvard university noted German physiologist, - dropped dead at Radcliffe college today He was lecturing to a class when he was suddenly taken ill, dropped to the | floor and was dead within ten mltut ' tes. | With his last breath the professor! attempted to quell (he disturbance, which spread through the class of girls when ho fell to the floor. He was bom in 1863 In Germany. He has been connected with Harvard since 1892 and during that time produced many scientific books. - TENT Installed by Adams County Society for Study and Prevention OF TUBERCULOSIS Installed Today — Another is Ordered—Society is Doing Good Work.

Dr. S. P. Hoffman, medical advisor and vice president of the local society for the study and prevention of tuberculosis, has received a sleeping tent which is being installed by Hoffman & Moon in the Purdy home on First street. This fresh air tent is the latest invention of its kind and embodies manygood points. It can be instantly installed in any ordinary window and ■Ed® ilailSh

while the person using same gets all the fresh air required, the bed room may be kept at a comfortable temperature. Dr. Hoffman states that if the tent proves successful it will be adopted as a standard equipment by the local ■ society. The tent is the gift of Mr. A. J. Smith to the Adams County Society for the Study and Prevention of TuI berculosis. Another tent has been ordered and will be placed in the Henry Foreman home for the use of Miss l>ella. The fresh air cottage that was on exhibition on the court house lawn has been moved and is now in use. With these examples of active and beneficial work being done it is hop(Continued on Paga J.") o ASK FOR PERMIT -. I f Etate Etomologist Advises , Buyers to Ask Agents i for License ,

WHEN BUYING TREES ■ To Prevent Getting Diseas- 1 ed Goods — Honest Agents Prepared. i i (United Press Service) Indianapolis. Dec. 16—(Special to - Daily Democrat) —Frank N. Wallace, ( state entimologlst, today advised pur- ( chasers of nursery stock to ask agents ( from whom they make their purchases, to show their licenses. Wai- , lace explained that this insures purchasers from unfair agents or from f I buying a diseased stock. I License cost $1 each and are issued f only after the agents have shown that ; he is honest and has a reliable stock. ‘ Since June 1. 1916. the state has is- ( sued 423 permits. I In pointing out the crooked practi- j > cm followed by some agents, Wallace t I told of the arrest ot one agent recent- i ly Who had been selling peach trees : • grafted onto hickory trees to prevent , I cold weather from killing the peach- > i . 1 es.

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

WIFE WAS CRUEL John Didot Says His Wife ' is a Scold and Nagger and That He HAS LOST HIS LOVE For Her—Applies for Divorce—Married Twen-ty-four Years. 1 That his wife, Lorena Didot, was! cruel and inhuman In her t realm* nt of him, so that he was continually , worried and harassed, to the extent that he became nervous and was unj able to sleep at nights, and has lost ’ his love and affection for her, is the complaint of John A. Didot, of Geneva, who today filed suit for a divorce. L. C. DeVoss is his attorney. I The Didots were married June 11, 1892, and lived together until June ; 30, 1916. They have one son, Joseph J. Didot, over twenty-one years of age. The charges against his wife are varied. He says she continually

; scolded, found fault, nagged, was unclean about her person and slovenly in her habits; refused at times to cook his meals, do his washing and mending; at times used profane and improper language in the presence of their son; and even went so far as to* lock the house and draw in the latch string, so that when he went home at night he was unable to get in and frequently bad to return to his store I room to sleep. It also happened at times during the day that he was unable to get into his house which ahe had locked against him. The Didots resided here a short time, on Madison street, Mr. Didot conducting a jewelry store. MiSrSIMOY 1 Township and School Trustees May Get Money from November Taxes. — CHECKS ARE READY Distribution Made by Auditor and Deputy—What Each One Gets.

Deputy Auditor Paul Baumgartner has the distribution made so that the township, corporation and school trustees may now get their shares of the November installment of taxes. The checks are ready and may be secured at any time. The amounts are set out below: Union $1109.99 Root 3961.59 Preble 2384.77 Kirkland 2086.40 Washington 5377.00 St. Mary’s 3895.47 Blue Creek 6049.97 Monroe 8133.80 French 1439.68 Hartford 3337.41 , Wabash 4175.99 Jefferson 1935.77 Decatur (schools) 16202.03 Decatur (city) 5810.26 Decatur (library) 894.66 Monroe (town) 638.18 Berne (schools 3986.00 ] Berne (town) 3635.17 Geneva (schools) 2704.75 Geneva (town) 2756.75 ] State treasurer 25412.20

MISFORTUNE COMES NOT SINGLY Mrs. Aaron DeVinney has returned] from a visit at Ossian with her sister. Mrs. Joseph Elzey. Mrs. DeVinney tells of a misfortune which her niece, Mrs. George Upper, suffered while there. The Uppers were moving from north of Bluffton to Ossian,when the horses rau away, upsetting the load of furniture and damaging it so that scarcely a whole piece of furniture remained. The Leppers are young married folks, and In their short marled life have experienced much misfortune, having lost a horse, a cow. and other live stock, by death.

TO ARREST PLOTTERS j (United Press S*rvl<-*> n Paso, Texas, Dec. 16 -(Special to Daily Democrat)- Wholesale arrests of Mexicans and Americans along the j < border accused of breach of neutrality ! laws in fomenting or aiding revolutionary factions of different Mexleitn factions, are planed by United Stales secret service meu. Members of the i various revolutionary factions are now being watched but action is held jp' ' pending ratification of the AmericanMexican mediation prottx-01. i TWO MEN KILLED (United Press Service) Wood River, 111., Dee. 16- (Special! to Daily Democrat)—Two men were [ killed and several injured today wn -n 'an explosion wrecked a building own-' ! ed by the Standard Oil Company. JOHN Wi COFFEE DROPPED DEAD Former Street Commissioner and Marshal Succumbs to Heart Attack. f WHILE AT WORK X T

Native of Adams County— Highly Respected and Esteemed Man Dead.

I John W. Coffee of Winchester street, aged sixty-eight years, former street commissioner and marshal of Decatur, dropped over dead this . morning at 9:30 o'clock while at work, death resulting instantly from heart trouble. Mr. Coffee, who had the contract for hauling the city coal for some ( time, was engaged this morning in i loading coal from a bin into a wagon at the Hoosier Packing company's plant, working with John Case. Mr. . Coffee was in the bin, loading the ' coal, when the fatal attack came. He had seemed in his usual good health and the attack came wholly unexpected. . Mr. Coffee was born in Adams county January 19, 1848, and had be lived until next January 19, would ! have been sixty-nine years old. He was the son of Timothy and Rosina Coffee. The father died when the, subject of this sketch was a young; boy, the mother passing away twenty years or more ago. A brother, Joe and a sister, Mrs. Hary Wais, of Union City, are deceased. A half-sis j ter, Mrs. Catherine Alibright, resides in Fort Wayne. Mr. Coffee is survived by the widow, Mrs. Barbara Coffee, two sons and two daughters. The children are Joe,

. Mathias, Rose and Mary. ; Mr. Coffee was an industrious man. of excellent character and habits, and he is spoken of in the highest terms i by all who knew him. About a year ago he figured in an accident while on duty, having a leg fractured, disabling him for many weeks. He was a faithful member of the Catholic church from which the funeral will be held. The services will probably be held Wednesday. Coroner D. D. Clark will hold the inquest Monday. RAIO IS MAOE I ■ i Two Slot Machines Are ' Taken from Geneva Bus- • iness Men. £ — : MACHINES ARE HERE « , (] 11 In County Jail—Charges Will be Made Against (

Proprietors. ,B Acting under orders from the dr-1 1 cuit court, Sheriff Ed Green and his deputy, L. D. Jacobs, went to Geneva , last evening where they made a raid taking two slot machines. These were brought to this city and taken to jail awaiting order for their disposition. This will probably bode- v termlned when official charges of r keeping a gaming device will be flled in the circuit court. R The slot machines were taken from D the Clayton Byrd pool room and the S (Continued on Page 2.)

ELECTION TODAY For Road Supervisors in Every Township in the State—Polls Open FOR THREE HOURS Supervisors Get Two Bits an Hour for Limited Number of Days. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind.. Dec. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —With the memories of the election of November 7 still fresh in their minds, Indiana voters went to the polls again today- this time to choose road supervisors for the 1,016 townships in the state. The election was sort of a calm aftera storm, unattended by glittering parades or a fluent of oratory. The number of road supervisors in any township is limited to four by the law passed by the legislature in 1915. A supervisor is paid 25 cents an hour for his work and is not allowed to work more than fifty days each year except in townships where I there is only one supervisor. In such • cases he is limited to 120 days. The polls opened at 2 o'clock this afternoon and close at 5 o'clock except in such places where the entire vote is cast before 5 o'clock, or at polls where ample opportunity has

1 been given voters to cast their bal- ' lots and ten minutes have passed without a ballot being cast, when the polls may be closed. The township trustees acted as election inspectors. > They appointed two clerks, who with the trustees, comprised the election board. n UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. i Th’ meanest person is one who j uses a Red Cross Christmas seal twice. J ~ OOUBLEJORY Is Scored by the Ft. Wayne High School Basket Ball Teams—Boys Win. SCORE OF 38 TO 24 Decatur Girls Lose in Game Which Scored Forty- ’ 1 nine to One. '

The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette says: "The Fort Wayne high school team staged its come-back last night by defeating the Decatur high school quintet at the Smart gymnasium by the score of 38 to 24. The local basket bailers were exceptionally fast on the floor and this, with the star playing of Captain Kendricks, kept them well in the lead of their opponents. At the end of the first half Fort Wayne led i with the score 30 to 8. The locals slowed down in the second half and ! Decatur made 16 points to Fort i Wayne's 8. The stiff practices that I Coach Wright has been putting his boys through has shown a wonderful! improvement in all departments. Van Barnett, one of the star guards for the locals, was out of the game owing to a broken bone in his hand. "In the girls’ game, Fort Wayne swamped Decatur by the score of 49 to 1. Miss Tec Wermuth was easily the star, shooting eighteen field goals. This was the locals' first game of the season and they showed good team work. - ’ Boys’ Game. Ft. Wayne 38. Decatur 24. Kendrick F Gehrig DannackerWilkens G..., Snyder Berghoff C Ball Lindemuth G Gay Flgel 'G Roop Field Goals —Kendrick, 13, Dannacker. 2; Figel, 1; Gehrig, 4; Snyder, 4; Ball, 1. Referee —Harold. Girls' Game. Ft. Wayne 49. Decatur 1. Wermuth F Williams ! Kampe FR. Smith' Hackius CG. Smith Keller S. C Leonard Deister G Fuhrman Schwehn G Gregory! Field Goals—Wermuth, 18; Kampe, i

5. Foul goals: Wermuth. 1; Williams. I. Referees-- Miss Wingert, Miss Cra ! vens. -■' - O I COMES FOR VISIT Mrs. W. A. Kuebler received word that her niece. Miss Edna Crawford, who has been at Ixjs Angeles, Cal. two years, left yesterday on a return trip here for a visit over the holidays. She ; will first go to Portland, Oregon, to I visit with her brother. John Crawford and wife, and from there will go to , Chicago where she will stop a day or so with a girl friend, before coming here for the holidays. She is in need of a rest ami desiring to return h > r e to visit at her former home, came at this time.

TO BE HEARD HERE Dallas and Katherine Butler Defendants in $6,000 Damage Suit. WAS SENT HERE I —— From Ft. Wayne—Employe Crippled When Scaffold Fell is Plaintiff. si ' £ . Dallas E. Butler, and wife, Kat'ie erine, Butler, formerly of Decatur, it now of Fort Wayne, are defendants in is a $6,000 damage suit sent here today

I on change of venue from tlie Allen f I circuit court. 1 The Plaintiff is Albert Uplegger, ' who demands $6,000 for personal in-, ■ juries sustained. He sets out that (he Butlers built a brick veneered house at Fairfield View Place, Ft. Wayne, and that he. Uplegger, was employed as a mason's tender on May 14. 19,5. and prior thereto. ) At that date, he states, while he 1 was getting ready to ascend the scabfolding it fell, the timbers tailing and ■ | crushing him. His left hip was broken. rendering his left leg an inch and

a quarter shorter than the other, so that he is obliged to use crutches in walking and will be crippled for life. He also sets out other bad injuries which he sustains. He alleges that the timber used in J the scaffolding was old and insure, I that it was erected more than twenty; ; feet from the ground; and that it w.->s‘ not built according to the requirements of safety to employees. BUSINESS PART BURNS 'United Press Service) Shamokin, Penn.. Dec. 16—(Special , to Daily Democrat) —Fanned by hi-.-,li - winds, fire today swept a wide path ] through Shamokins business district. u

o i Firemen from half a dozen neari y towns fought the conflagration. The loss was $350,000. i o YOUNG SDN DEAR > I Sylvester, Aged Eleven, Son of Bob Peterson, of Sherwood, Ohio. DIED EARLY TODAY Was 111 Nine Weeks of Tongiiitis and Complications. Relaties here have received word o r the death of Sylvester aged ten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Peterson, of Sherwood, Ohio formerly of Decatur. The death of the lad occurred this

morning at two o’clock, following a| I nine weeks’ illness of tonsilitis and j ■complications. Three brothers andj j three sisters, survive, with the pari ents. The boy was a grandson of Mr. and | Mrs. S. W. Peterson and of Mrs Nancy ■ Ferguson. The mother was formerly Miss Lilly Noll. The funeral'will be Monday after--1 noon from the Reformed church at i Sherwood. o BASKETS FOR XMAS DINNER If you know of any family in Decatur who you think will not be able to i secure their own Christmas dinn o r, notify any member of the Elks lodge I or telephone 164 and they will be sup-i plied with one of the special baskets, |

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SELECT THE NIBLICK LOT Treasury Department Announces New Postoffice Building Goes There. COURT AND THIRD Appropriation for $55,000 Made at Last Congress—

Adair Keeps Promise. Decatur's new postoffice building will be located on the John Niblick lot, corner of Court and Third streets, jnd opposite from the library east and from the court house south. The United States treasury department yesterday announced the selec--1 tlon of that site at the price named in Mr. Niblick’s offer, $9,000. Quite a contest was on here for t'm location of the new government building and for two years those, particularly interested have expressed the desire and the reasons for their preference. Three inspectors from tbe land department of the treasurers office have come to Decatur and looked them over and in each case the report has favored the Niblick lot. The last inspector to visit here came about , three weeks ago hut spent only a couple of hours in the city. The other

sites projiosed were the James Niblick lot. north Second street; the Weber and Costello lots and the Christen and Smith lots on .Monroe street. Each inspector reported that so far as convenience was concerned the locations were about even but tbe value in dollar and cents seems to have ’avored the Niblick lot. The new building will lie built it is believed within the next two or three . years, the appropriation tor I $55,000 for that purpose having been . made by the last congress. The n-w I building was secured by Congressman

) Adair who several years ago made i the promise and has made good. He has also secured postoflice buildings ; for practically every city of $5,000 or more in the eighth district during his ten years in congress. PEARL SHRINKS FROM SSOOO TO $5 (United Pres- Service) Columbus. Ind.. Dec. 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—A pearl which was found by James Walker and Charles Havron, three years ago in the White river, and which was believed of great value, was sold for $5. The men were offered $1,200 for the pearl but held out for $5,000. The pearl was peeled by its owners to rid it of defects, but it was found

impossible to eliminate the flaws, and they disposed of it at the reduced price. CHIROPRACTORS MEET. Chiropractors Henricks and Burgener will go to Fort Wayne tomorrow to attend the meeting at the Anthony Hotel at two o’clock. This is a meeting of the Allen county Chiropractors’ and the Indiana Chiropraetirs’ associations. At tills time the proposed bill for which they will work, asking that a state examining board of Chiropractors be required, will be read and discussed. TODAY'S HOOSIER ODDITY. (United Tress Service) Gary. Ind., Dec. 16—(Special to tho Daily Democrat)—The month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dempsey, who caused quite a sensation when born by having two teeth, has lost one of the teeth. Nurses do not know what became of the tooth but have a suspicion that the baby swallowed it.

> STRIKE ENDED (United Press Service) Wilkesbarre, Penn., Dec. 16 —-(Spec* ial to Daily Democrat) —Wilksbar.-es fourteen month street ear strike ended today when the strikers voted in favor of a peace proposal that tz.is drawn up by members of the United Mine Workers. — o ■ K. OF. C. NOTICE. Regular meeting next Monday. It will be determined at theis meeting whether or not we will be able to soI cure enough for a special car to attend the reception to Supreme Knight Flaherty at Fort Wayne on Tuesday. December 19. The lecturer has also arranged an excellent program for this meeting. G. K.